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I have a confession to make... I enjoyed the first transporter film! It
involved car chases, martial arts action and all sorts of implausible
things that kept me entertained for the majority of the running time.
It was relatively short, had some pretty cool moments and was generally
a bit of ridiculous fun that needn't be taken too seriously, although
the concluding chapter sold the first half short (the final fight and
resolution of the movie left me thinking 'They're ending it like
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of the sequel, which suffers blisteringly from a syndrome I like to call sequilitis... a perilously common and highly contagious disease, with its epicentre in California. It leads to movies, which can be described at best as 'ok' or 'just above mediocre,' being unnecessarily dragged through another 90 minutes where everything is faster, bigger and more explosive. It can even happen to the better class of film, witness Godfather 3... Anyhow, here we have what may well become a test case to compare against all future sequels...
Now I've once sat down to watch an Uwe Boll movie... I endured at least ten minutes of Plan 9 from Outer Space... Whoever made Lost in Space got £5 of my pocket money (circa 1998)... And I once watched an entire episode of Corination street... All these were experiences I have tried, and failed, to forget, from the awfulness of the dialogue to the woodenness of the acting, the preposterous scenarios and the long list of other problems they all share. It is now time for me to add another 'film' to that list: Transporter 2.
This movie lacks just about any redeeming features. Clearly none of the production crew have even heard of the concept of physics while the director, who was also responsible for the Luc Besson penned snore-fest Danny the Dog (titled 'Unleashed' in the UK), doesn't seem to have the slightest clue as to what he's meant to be doing. He merges CG that a kid with an Etchersketch could improve upon with gun play that John Woo would say 'Now come on, that's really too over the top!' His wardrobe department deserve to be taken out and shot while the casting people may be lucky to escape such a fate...
Everything about this film sucks and Luc Besson would do well to stop penning any more of this dreary garbage. He's turned his once promising career into a litany of cinematic trash, producing, writing and being involved in dozens of films a year, none of which are worth watching. This isn't even the most recent catastrophe, with Revolver, Angel A and many other poorly planned rush jobs helping to fill videostore bargain bins across the world. The director of Leon and Nikita really should know better.
So too should everyone else involved. An audience really isn't going to accept that a car can fly upside down, clip a bomb on a passing crane, land on the other side of a bleeding one hundred foot wide (maybe more) river as the bomb explodes... and then drive off into the next scene... it's not just impossible it's insultingly preposterous and the dodgy CG only serves to further deny us any feeling that we're watching a film crafted with any degree of love or skill.
Instead we're inundated with ridiculous notion after ridiculous notion... implausible scenario after implausible scenario... and so on and so forth. From a female villain who goes out in nothing more than lingerie, a see through shirt and two fully automatic, laser sighted, silenced pistols, to a horrendously unsympathetic family who you practically want to die of a biologically impossible disease... no one emerges with any credit.
The exception, to a very small extent, is Jason Statham and it is he who gives the movie its only all right moments. Called upon to do nothing more than pretend to drive, look moody and occasionally beat people up, he shows as limited a range as he did in the first film... but is hardly being called upon to do much more. A couple of the car chases are OK, one or two of the 'one men versus a lot of other people' fights are quite cool and his demeanour throughout does allow us to believe that his character, Frank Martin, really would take this course of action. Other than that it's nothing but bad news...
Matthew Modine is wondering where his career disappeared to... Amber Valletta clearly regrets getting involved... Kate Nauta will not be gracing any films soon (God willing)... and the rest of the cast are generally asking themselves quite how they became embroiled in such an awful movie, Keith David and Francois Berleand, for example, are two men way above this kind of crap. Overall I can't warn you enough not to see this film, it's got practically nothing to recommend it and you'll only feel cheated of 87 minutes of your life (plus whatever the cost of the rental). Please don't waste your time... it's far more precious than this pile of rubbish.
Professional driver Frank Martin is living in Miami, where he is
temporarily filling in for a friend as the chauffeur for a government
narcotics control policymaker and his family. The young boy in the
family is targeted for kidnapping, and Frank immediately becomes
involved in protecting the child and exposing the kidnappers.
As I said, I wanted to like this film. I actually thought it would be slightly better than the first movie, which I also liked but the plot is better in here. Having said that, the execution in the film runs out of gas.
What makes this film slightly badder than the first are the action scenes. Did I say action scenes? Yes, I did. You thought I might say that the film's action scenes was better than the first. I have to answer "yes" on that. But there's a flaw: There are too many action scenes! There is one after another and another throughout the whole film! It really gets tiring during the end when you just want no more action scenes! This is probably my first movie where I said that the action scenes were too much.
This film really had potential. I liked the beginning in the movie but not the rest as much as the first movie. The acting in the film by Jason Statham was good but Amber Valletta's acting was better. The special effects was good and yes, this film is more ridiculous than the first.
If you liked the first, or an action fan, this is a good action movie but you might get tired of the multiple action scenes in here. I say rent it.
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Jason is an enjoyable actor, and a talented martial artist. Under the
direction of a talented Hong Kong director (in Transporter 1) a great
film/ character was created.
The French director ruined this movie franchise. Aside from hitting a ramp, doing a three sixty into the air and timing his rotation to clip an explosive device from the underside of his car (the point at the movie when I apologized to my friend next to me, who i had brought with the promise of a good action flick).
This guy had way too much fun in the editing room, instead of just making an alarm go off in the hospital, he has the camera wiggle and undulate with wave computer generated effects, and show the characters face of surprise as the sound and camera approached them. For a split second I was left to wonder if some freak amoeba weapon had been released in the hospital.
He couldn't even let the laser sites on the machine gun pass over the camera without making a fancy "laser noise"! Leave us not forget the gratuitous "establish Frank as a bad ass" footage, like him walking towards the fleeing Russian scientist (played by an actor who could not be ANYTHING but Englsih/Scottish/Irish) as he shoots at him, Frank makes no attempts to disarm him, just marches with his angry face, ridiculous, then the nice slow standing up after he hops over the wall, to slowly adjust his coat with his angry face.
His music video-ish character portrayal, and excessive fun with sound effects aside, there's the issue of prostitution: James Bond always had the Bond car, BMW was getting some advertisement, we always accepted that, but this was ridiculous, at one point, when in his fancy sports car ( not the Audi, the on at then end) rather than going straight he peforms a 360 degree turn, then goes straight. Just to promenade and show this thing off.
Then the lame fight scene with the blonde girl swinging from beads, attacking by sticking her feet out as she went by. If you've studied the martial arts you know that an airborne kick is not a matter of running, jumping (swinging in this case) then sticking your legs out....there's a kick aspect! this scene was pathetic.
Throw in some very odd African American characters (played by some very odd looking fellows), and a couple of Russian scientists who like to package biological agents in an assortment of beautiful glass containers, and you've got yourself a movie that destroys what could have been a great franchise.
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The Transporter 2 is about Frank (Jason Statham), a man who will
transport anything, no questions asked. All he requires is that you
stick to the deal and follow the rules, of which he is very strict
with. In the sequel, Frank is transporting a young child named Jack
Billings (Hunter Clary) to school and back on weekdays. That's right-
Frank is babysitting. Nothing wrong with that, as it has little to do
with the actual story once the movie gets going.
Due to an elaborate plan by the main villain, Gianni (Alessandro Gassman), and carried out by his ruthless girlfriend/sidekick, Lola (Katie Nauta), young Jack is kidnapped. Of course, Frank is the prime suspect by the police and is pursued from that point forward by the police.
After following the kidnappers orders and paying $5 million, Jack's parents retrieve him safe and sound and everything seems great. Without giving anything away, this is where the real problem begins.
Katie Nauta delivers a stand out performance in what I believe is her film debut. She has an awesome screen presence and would have liked to see her have a bigger part. She is exactly what Hollywood needs, in my opinion. Someone sexy, new and a little different. She reminds me of both Rebecca Romijn and Fairuza Balk.
Jason Statham is great, as usual. Easily the best part of this movie. Jason is England's answer to Jackie Chan. The fight scenes are a little more over the top than the original movie and the same goes for the car chase scenes. While the chase scenes were wild in the first one, it does not come close to the absurdity in the sequel. As seen in the preview, the car jumping scene is not very realistic. It looks like it belongs in XXX: State Of The Union. Don't get me wrong, I liked that movie and I like this one. A lot. I just wish it could have been more like the original. I would still recommend this movie and rate it 8/10.
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I went into this movie with an open mind, even though my better
judgement told me otherwise. the TV ad's painted this to be an overdone
stunt fest and too over the top. there were a few colorful nods to the
first film, but not enough charm throughout to save the sequel.
the stunts are the focus of this movie. they were the nails in the joists holding the walls together in the first movie, they're the entire foundation this time. The writers and director make frank out to be not a mere astute wheelman and fighter, but rather a one man army, a superman of sorts. they packed in more choreographed nonsense than the average Jackie Chan movie. I seriously cannot say enough bad things about this director. A few times he made a nod in Sergio Leone's direction, but minus the brilliance that director was known for. The fight scene with the female assassin near the end was so crouching tiger-esquire it made me literally shout obscenities at the screen. The final showdown on the plane was so predictable that the second the plane was introduced onto the screen, my friend said "here comes your BIG Hollywood ending.", he was right. Just pointless overacted tripe. Those scenes on the plane looked like an episode of the Thunderbirds circa 1966. As for the driving, this movie is packed so full of CGI car stunt nonsense it's sickening. CGI can look fake, but this...this looks like adobe photo-shop bad. The bomb on the car and hook on the crane thing, had me shaking my head. and you know who i feel the worst for, Jason Statham, because they ruined this character big time, using this sequel to try to make him the next Mega-action Hero. This movie is to the transporter series what Blade:trinity was to that series. Convoluted, self-absorbed, unintelligent, cinematic rubbish. Anyone who tells me that i'm being too harsh on this movie is obviously easily entertained. This movie will insult your intelligence.
Looking to a third installment i'd expect Frank will be transporting birthday gifts for orphans and fighting terminators.
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-If you are looking to go to an action movie, a movie with high thrills and great excitement then you should avoid this movie! However if you are looking for a humorous laugh at a totally unrealistic depiction of an action movie go see Transporter 2. I have to admit that some scenes cracked me up such as the scene where the main character takes out an army of men with a fire hose. I have to tell you some scenes reminded me of Magiver when he used to make bombs out of paper clips and string. The plot was headed in an OK direction in the beginning and I thought that I might be surprised. However when the plot began to develop my friend and I could not stop laughing.Don't worry we were in the theater alone and did not disturb anyone, I hate people who do that. To sum it all up, pass on Transporter 2.
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Hahahahahahahaha! This was so rubbish!!! I could smell it from all the way over by the sofa where I was sitting, but I got my hubby through and we both laughed our heads off, cos this film is so bad, it's good. Jason Statham has the weirdest accent. He's straight from the "transatlantic, cor-luv-a-duck Michael Caine, Carey Grant, I think I'm a Yank but actually I'm a lovable barrelful of Cockney monkeys" school of acting. And everything he said sounded like it had been dubbed on afterwards, after he's been asked in post-production to drink a pint of neat testosterone. If you told me that's how they made it, I wouldn't be surprised. The colours were all a bit day-glo. Matthew Modine and his slutty-acting wife, didn't look anything like their little boy either, which worried my husband somewhat, but I just said the boy probably looked like the previous chauffeur, because that wife wasn't any better than she ought to be. And the baddies! What's with the lassie in the Lara Croft outfit blasting the sh *t out of everyone with two guns at once? It was like a character from a video game had shown up on screen. And her eye make up made her look like a robot, but maybe that was the effect she was going for anyway. I liked Jason Statham when he drove his car (which I think was KITT's cousin from Knight Rider) off a pier, twirled it in midair so that a handy chain could knock the bomb off the bottom of the car without exploding the car. A nifty move, one that I often accomplish when I get a car bomb under my car in suburban London and need to get rid of it quick smart while chasing a bunch of Russian ne'er-do-wells. I mean, it was like watching my life on the screen, the gritty realism of it was just off the scale! I don't really get who the friend with the French accent was all about. We kind of gave up after a while, but good effort all round. Hilarious! It was meant to be a comedy, right?
No, no, no, no, no! The Transporter was far fetched but it had just enough intrigue, fun and action to make it enjoyable. This time around with Transporter 2 we have all of those elements again but exaggerated way too much! I've just seen this and I'm finding it hard to remember the plot. The storyline takes a BIG backseat this time around, I know it's supposed to be a fun action packed film but PLEASE! The french detective who's name escapes me now had a good part in the first film, with the "I know you're up to something but one day I may catch you out" feel to him. This time around, well he may as have been a different character all together. Sleeping on a bench in the Miami Police Station after showing them all how to cook and then sloping off to somebody's desk to use their PC? The Jamaican Taxi driver, where did he come from? A chance meeting in an alley and then he's helping the hero out - for what reason? The fight sequences are good but too many, I could go on but, I was just SO disappointed with this film. I'm amazed that this get's so many good reviews and at the time of writing this it has a higher score than The Transporter (first one). If you want to see Martial Arts films without a storyline (there's plenty of them) watch some outtakes from a Jackie Chan film or something. If you want to see a film with an albeit far fetched in a James Bond sort of way storyline don't watch this.
I don't normally write these kind of comments, but felt compelled to
review what I consider to be possibly the worst movie I've ever seen.
Don't get me wrong- I LOVE this genre. When I had completed construction of my drastically overhauled 5.1 channel surround sound home theatre system, I wanted a movie containing tons of great noises- explosions, gunfire, fighting, cars, etc... what can I say, I'm a simple guy with simple tastes. So my buddies and I chose this. What a mistake. Now, I can put up with a lot of poetic license. But this movie really was beyond the pale. I don't know who the woman was who played the blonde femme-fatale (and I really don't care)but she was completely miscast. Utterly unbelievable in this role, I doubt she'd be believable in ANY role. I can't begin to list how many times I just plain got angry at this movie- the bullets from a sub-machine gun failing to penetrate a cheap plywood door, the 'removing a bomb from underneath a car with a crane hook' sequence... actually, just trying to list them is irritating. Do yourself a favour- never watch this movie.
"Suspension of disbelief" is applied to movies such as the most
excellent James Bond movies, or Indiana Jones,... but not The
Transporter 2. A terribly plotted action movie that has action soooo
ludicrous that the movie becomes, well... completely cheezy and
ludicrously bad. Even the FX were terrible. The characters were so
clichéd and cookie cutter C-movie level. This shoulda be
straight-to-video. Jason Statham is somewhat a likable hero with some
screen presence, but in the movie, he turns into Neo from The Matrix,
literally even flying at some points. Really really lame acting from
the entire supporting cast... Horribly painful dialogue and plot
points.... It didn't even look good... I don't even feel good writing
The first Transporter film was one of the better action films of the last coupla years (along with Jet Li's cradle to the grave, and Die Another Day for ex.), this trash, was disappointing at best.
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The plugin has been gone from the repository for a number of days now. Anyone know why?
There are a couple of possible reasons:
- the plugin's developer ask for it to be removed
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Maybe the plugin developer believes he has a fantastic plugin which he believes he can sell, leaving thousands of WordPress users shafted.
Last Ten - and maybe not, give the dev a break eh?
There was a problem with it, hopefully they'll fix it.
Mark - OK if there was a problem with the plugin I apolagise, maybe rather than pulling it they could at least tell their customers whats going on instead of just deleting it!!
I agree I hope they fix it :-0
Don't forget that what powers many plugins can sometimes be a rare "Thanks". Plugin devs don't get paid for creating the code, bug fixing, supporting, answering emails, being sent wishlists of things people want adding. It is their time given freely and we owe them for that.
There are some plugin authors who write and ask that their plugin be withdrawn because they simply do not have the time any more. We can't blame them for that - they don't owe us anything.
Thanks Mark, you don't need to preach to me, I agree :-)
What I do disagree with is that a total withdrawal of a plugin with no explanation to us mere mortals pees me off.
Don't take it personally and I will not be contributing in this thread no more, I have made my point - End of.
This just came back - might be worth a look?
Not as good as Share and Follow!
Can anyone send me the file which is not now available for Share and Follow?
I'm also curious where it went?
I have found my share and follow file from a previous installation, all working now :-)
Still gone, and no updates on the developer's site in months. It isn't looking good, I think.
It's a shame, because there doesn't seem to be anything else that does the same job.
Send me ur email address and I will send you my file, the only trouble is that it will not be supported!
@last-ten ,
I would be interested in the plugin as well...
It could be used as the restart of a reworked plugin..
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I'd appreciate a copy of the plugin as well. Many thanks.
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Our question is, using iSCSI, and a single gigabit connection between each hypervisor and the dell storage server, is it true that maximum theoretical transfer rate per hypervisor would be 1000 Megabits / 8 = 125 Megabytes a second? Or, am I completely wrong, and iSCSI does some sort of compression and is able to achieve higher I/O throughput rates.
125 Megabytes a second actually is somewhat slow seeing as we have 12 spindles and running RAID 10. What are some alternatives, besides fiber channel to remove the network bottleneck? We are aware of enabling jumbo frames, and will give that a try, anything else. What sort of performance should we expect using a single gigabit connection per hypervisor?


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Rated 5 out of 5 by Fe65 Great Hotel We have been in the Royal Begonia for 5 days and we had a great time . The general manager and all his staff have done all their best to give us e very high quality stay. It's really unusual to find a so good service and so much kindness! I 'd like to thank you all of them once more for what they have done for us. January 16, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by JoeGolfer Food and beverage service is totally disappointing!!! Because of the very nice and warm lobby bar, we went from Sheraton Haitang Bay Resort to the lobby bar of Luxury Collection. We supposed to enjoy a very good wine there, but the service was a disaster!!! Food and Beverage staff has no idea of how to serve a glass of wine. I recognize that Starwood hotels are promoting the wine of the wold. However we were not able to find any wine by glass in the wine menu,and with big surprise we got only 1OZ red wine in our wine glasses after ordering two glasses of red wine. After our complain, they just poured 1 OZ more into the glasses!!!! This was first time in my life to buy red wine by OZ like whiskey! And this was happened in the LUXURY Hotel!!! December 31, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Wisteria3 A Good Family Gateway Spending 4 nights of great moments with my family of 4 in this beautiful hotel. The great feature is that we are able to share the amenities/facilities with Sheraton which is conveniently located next to the hotel. And the beach alongside, has make it more perfect. A special thanks to Jeff Li from The Begonia. He has made our stay more complete with his little touches. His attentiveness and friendliness has indeed impressed us very much, making our stay here more memorable. Our overall experience was excellent and will definitely stay in this hotel again if we will be back in Sanya. December 29, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by galarneau Honeymoon My wife, my 2 year old baby and me were in honeymoon at the hotel. Service is polite and generous. We met friends in the industry that told us it is the best hotel in Sanya and I beleive for all the quality of their client service and installations, always perfect and food soo good... Paradise for honeymoon we beleive! Michel, Marianne and Chloe December 3, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by feifei1986 5 Star Hotel 2 Star Service Stayed here over the weekend and definitely disappointed by the service. Was expecting top notch service when they emailed me prior to my stay and asked for my special needs, i told them not much except just that I will be arriving late around 11pm and to make sure my room was ready. So i arrived around 11:15 and no one was at the front to greet me or take my luggage, but thats alright because it was late a night, understood. I took the luggage inside myself and checked in at the front desk, they were like " oh you are a gold member", i was thinking hmmm these guys pay attention small details and I was expecting at least semi-mediocre service. When i got into my room around 12 AM, we checked out the room, very spacious and comfortable, but guess what, TV WAS BROKEN, so we called and 2 guys came in and took the tv off the wall and took one from next door. Shouldnt the hotel check for stuff like this before making a room ready? Then I went to the fridge to grab a drink, but guess what, REFRIDGERATOR WAS BROKEN TOO . Unbelievable, nothing was cold(you know we hate lukewarm coke) and the smell was awful. I asked for a bucket of ICE. Two major appliances broken, how depressing is that?. Last thing that was very disappointing was the speed of calling a taxi, i arranged for a taxi at 10AM the next morning and we waited downstairs for 33 minutes, and finally got on a taxi at 10:33AM, Talk about service, definitely not 5 stars and not even close. I was very disappointed they did note this stuff when I was checking out or even asked me how was my stay, nope just charged me a 15% service fee. Definitely won't recommend this place if you care about service. And i can't believe other people got fresh fruits everyday ? I didnt get any of that and I was a gold member, hmmmm.. i wonder why. August 15, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Dave109 A true 5 star hotel in a wonderful location We booked to stay 6 nights at The Royal Begonia so we could have a relaxing beach break during our sightseeing holiday of China. Due to our flight being diverted we didn't arrive at the hotel until 3:00am but this wasn't a problem. Reception staff were on hand to do our check in and we were in our room in no time. What a room it was. To say it was big is an understatement and the facilities in the room were excellent. As well as an enormous double bed there was a huge flat screen television, seating area, expresso coffee machine, tea making facilities and a welcome bowl of fruit. The rest of the room comprised of a separate study area, walk in wardrobe and a huge bathroom with two wash basins, a roll top bath with a television integrated into the wall and a rain forest shower. The air conditioning in the room was first rate, we could have spent the whole holiday just in the room. There is Wi-Fi in the room and the curtains open with the touch of a button to reveal a large balcony overlooking the gardens. Breakfast is served 7 - 11. So there is no need to get up early. The food is wonderful! The chef serves up some surprise treats each morning such as blueberry pancakes, as well as having a wide selection of delicious food on offer to cater for European as well as Asian guests. There are a range of excellent restaurants to choose from and we ate in the Chinese and Seafood restaurants as well as The Begonia which is the main restaurant. The food and service in all 3 was first rate. When we ventured into the grounds we discovered various pools including jacuzzi pools and splash pools. There are plenty of sun loungers available and as soon as we chose our spot the pool attendant always appeared as if by magic with fresh towels. The beach is always clean and there are ample sun loungers with parasols so we could just relax in the shade and stare out across the South China sea. Everywhere we went within the hotel complex we found the staff to be attentive and efficient. Even though some of the staff speak little or no English we never had a problem making ourselves understood. The General Manager and his staff made a point of checking with us daily if everything was OK and if we needed anything. We thought this was a really nice touch. Other little touches we found impressive were when we returned to our room each afternoon there was always an impressive tray of refreshing fruit or vegetable nibbles and drink for us to enjoy (thank you for my special Anchor one). When we returned in the evening, as well as the bed having been turned down and the room tidied, there was always a little gift such as a pendant or a key ring left for us. If you are looking for a true 5 star luxury hotel experience then I would highly recommend The Royal Begonia. June 27, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Jrock32 Certainly a ROYAL experience, indeed A stellar Haitang Bay addition to the luxury collection I'm a spoiled Platinum member, have been for the last 6 years... So I tend to expect a lot from SPG, ESPECIALLY in this part of the world where they truly value the loyalty of a traveler like myself. We received an amazing upgrade upon check in, they allowed an EXTREMELY late checkout due to our late flight, they arranged several special meals in various locations throughout their uniquely configured property. There are several standout employees that deserve to be recognized for their personal interest in my happiness and overall satisfaction: Kamal, Aaron, David, Gustavo, Phillipp, Maurizio, and Harrison... these are all employees that will likely be promoted to higher levels at SPG so make sure to get to The Royal Begonia while its new, and is full of 5 star help that will truly take personal interest in your rest and relaxation. Truly a 5-Star luxury experience in every sense of the word. April 30, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by Pan888 有点失望 两年前入住感觉挺好!本回预定两个房间,办理入住两个房间名字登记反了,和前台沟通换下名字,回复没有关系这样不影响签单,实际去签单时候名字对不上等一堆问题!入住房间时候碰到房锁没电,打不开门,再是房间客厅射灯坏了!入住期间碰到酒店工作人员问些问题,感觉不是自己岗位的就不是很清楚!老是不知道!绝对的培训不够!更有趣的是SPA,酒店人员说会员可以八折!实际SPA地方回复:我们是外包的重来没有折扣!早餐厅品种少的可怜!很单一!......但是这酒店唯一可赞的是工作人员的态度:各个都很好!很有礼貌!而且客房送东西很快! July 9, 2016
Rated 3 out of 5 by skywalk 没有达到预期的LC 去年的海棠湾Westin很是满意,今年又是一家老小来海棠湾,总不能重复住吧,就选择了淡季非常便宜的LC。早早包车到了酒店就怕房间没了,三点就到了酒店,马上有服务生过来帮忙提行李,这点很满意。到了前台一问果然我要的挨着的房间没了,带了两个老人一个孩子,就算没有Westin的连通房,至少也有挨着一起的房间吧,都已经是双床大床无所谓了,还是安排了中间间隔了一个房间。一进房间,有霉味,开了阳台门透气,马上潮气就来了,地板全湿了。晚饭懒得出去了,就在中餐厅解决,其实就是喜来登的中餐厅,那价格有点贵,好在spg活动,小孩套餐赠送。早餐不错,品种不算多,服务员很热情,非常主动安排座位,询问喝什么。 晚上去游泳池,淡季,注意是非常淡的淡季,游泳池的水不算干净,儿童区还有很多沙子,而且一连几天沙子都在。 安排房间这一块真的很欠缺,如果入住海棠湾,还是首选旁边的Westin吧。 June 11, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by Tony209 High-quality hotel in China It is quite in line with the position of LC brand. As platinum member I was updated to the suite with splendid sea view. The staff are so nice, especially the staff in the restaurant on the floor 1 called Ethan (I think he is running the restaurant), he is very professional and hospitable. Strongly recommended! May 14, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by TARTAR 终生会员的客观评价 1.想要热闹,去旁边共享设施的喜来登。想要安静,来御海棠。 2.一楼全日餐厅的地中海食物不错,厨师水平远远超过喜来登的自助餐。竖琴驻唱的两个老外把LA PALOMA唱出了一种俄罗斯、西班牙、古巴的综合味道(个人认为,哈哈)。 3.全日餐厅的那位准妈妈领班很敬业,也很专业。她代表了LC的员工素质还是不错的,如果再注重一下细节和更能由内心传递出热情,就更好了。 4.中餐厅蒸鱼的火候是把握得很好的,不过建议再培训一下员工专业的葡萄酒知识(不伤大雅,这里不多述)。 5.大堂吧的椰子比泳池边的好吃,这个酒店自己去发现原因。建议大堂吧调花式咖啡和鸡尾酒的能多点时间在线,现磨咖啡是没有什么意思的。 6.SPA技师中上水平,值得试试。 综述,值得推荐的度假酒店,我一个会员订的两间房都升级到了顶楼最佳位置的海景房,在这里十分感谢。 February 19, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by john0905 很好的度假酒店 为了在免税店购物特地定了一晚海棠湾豪华精选,超出了预期。客房做了升级,很宽敞,客房内设施很精致漂亮。由于第二天要回瑞吉,酒店还给联系了专车免费接送,十分感激!酒店餐厅也是送了儿童餐,家里小孩吃的很开心。海棠湾沙滩人很少,可惜这次只入住一天,不能好好体验了。非常满意的一家酒店。 February 15, 2016
Rated 3 out of 5 by flyingpanda 还是三亚喜来登好 cash+point一晚,入住时候告知无法升套房,非要打开app指给人看大量的空房才勉强同意升套房,还非要说是把留给旅行社的房给我了,似乎给了多大的便宜,让人觉得非常难以接受,严重差评。三亚喜来登就没有这个问题,非常爽快。 房间设施很好,但是维护很差,bose音响不能外接自己的手机,找个人来修直接把线扯断了,结果连电视也接不了;房间内的ipod deck是老式接头,转换器不要太难用。洗手间还有怪味,差评。 泳池服务人员除了扎堆聊天不知道还能干嘛,差评。 SPA的手法非常一般,而且放的音乐都是劣质MP3,杂音不断,让人如何放松? January 27, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by Verified Reviewer 完美的升级,完美的体验,还会再来 积分兑换的度假旅行,完美的体验。原来预定住在海棠湾喜来登,得到升级为海景套房,已经相当满意。第二天升级到海棠湾豪华精选,更是出乎意料的完美。服务非常好,景色房间配套都很美,给人浪漫的感觉,强烈推荐各位入住! December 6, 2015
Rated 1 out of 5 by Rudolfe 相比去年,让人大失所望 去年因为这里的完美体验所以选择加入SPG计划,今年在同一时间选择这里作为保级最后一晚,可以说是让我非常失望,入住前邮件希望能安排去年入住的那间房间,CI的时候被告知是其他房间,询问邮件情况结果是告知我房间都是一样!!接着在前台询问免税店预约的时候又来了一位前台工作人员询问是否是X先生,说邮件已经收到房间也安排好了,但是需要客房部主管去查下房。真是无语了难道前台的人员都是各做个的么?房间都安排好了还需要查房么?。酒店的泳池的康乐部员工现在看到客人连问好都免了,难道你们带了墨镜就是看不到人么?免税店预约也出问题,礼宾部的电瓶车送女不送男真是让我惊讶。去年的早餐是我至今用过最好的早餐,今年改成了全自助不仅人多小孩也很吵。酒店相比去年这种退步让我非常的失望。这里还是要感谢礼宾部主管Owen的热情。如果下次再次入住也是因为他的热情和酒店没有任何关系。 July 2, 2015
Rated 2 out of 5 by RAYGU1312 一个令人多方面失望的酒店! 与朋友各订了两晚的基础房,预先看到只升级到了海景客房,电话谈心,也没成功,CI时,再谈心,告知两家人都带小孩,能否换大一些的套房,回答是没有,但我打开手机看是有套房卖的,想想是LC ,标房也应该不错的, 也就不做强求, 客服推荐加钱1100多每间可以升级别墅房,果断拒绝。我们被安排在四楼,三楼就是大堂的楼层,其实海棠湾大多数的酒店都是向着海的弧形分布,所有客房都有海景的,区别是海景的大小和远近而已。不像以前的酒店房间有园景或山景或高尔夫景。该酒店标准房面积70平方,开门是个门厅或称衣帽间,也有小10平方,门侧搁一大瓶,内置雨伞一把,其它就没啥了,卧室与门厅间的过道设计了衣帽间和一张写字台,略有套房感,但是卧室的确很拥挤,小朋友稍微走走便到处磕磕碰碰,根本没有皇家宽敞大气感,倒是很有经济型酒店的拥挤,当然家具还是蛮考究的,有西班牙小资感而非皇家感。考虑到观景,电视机是可旋转式的,面朝房间的侧面的单人沙发,但无人告知可以旋转,我朋友也就只能趟在床上看手机了。比较奇葩的是,房间内的空调和电扇!本人入房就感觉闷热,忍了一个多小时,实在难以忍受,经巡视一遍发现空调控制盘是没有显示的,打电话询问,原来这个空调是与门联动的,门只要一开没有关上,空调就自动关闭了,美其名曰节能型空调,实则铿钱族设计,哪来豪华的皇家奢侈感啊!这家酒店有管家式服务的,这个铿钱设计居然没有人告知,房内也没有任何提示!还有就是那个搞笑的电扇,控制盘是全白色,没有指针也没有刻度,我调试了几十次,也无法关闭,它居然在我头顶上晃了一个晚上!另外房内的保险箱也出问题,浴缸转换水阀也是漏水严重,这是我住SPG酒店多年来,唯一发生诸多问题的的一次,而这些居然发生在皇家的豪华精选酒店,实在难以理解!第二天,果断找经理再谈心并投诉,要求换房间,最终换到隔壁的海棠湾喜来登的海景套,价格还是按豪华精选的价格结算(隔壁的基础房价是609+),CO时,要求两间房各自积分(我们两人是各自分开订房的),但最终还是积分在一个人头上了(反复两次还是错的),实在无语! May 22, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5 by feier 传统欧式风格装修很合心意 去之前在网上比较了很久,个人更喜欢御海棠的房间装修风格,就选择了这家,果然惊喜,是我住过的五星级酒店里面装修风格最合我心意的!房间阳台景观很棒,面朝大海春暖花开。酒店绿化也很好,跟喜来登相通,可以共享很多设施。服务总的来说不错,友好热情,但稍显人手紧张,建议增人。离免税店不远,但在烈日下步行过去还是不行的,酒店有巴士过去,但要提前预约,打折卡也可以提前预定,免税店相比于商场专柜还是有一定优惠力度的,但跟国外比还是略贵。海棠湾浪比较大,沙滩不够细软,海边不适合小孩子玩,可以在酒店游泳。早餐还不错,无明显特色。非常推荐这家哈,旁边的喜来登也不错,户外活动更多些。喜达屋品牌还是很让人放心的。 March 25, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5 by AndyCai Excellent resort 硬件设施非常不错,性价比很高的度假村.房间很大,卫生间特别棒。早餐的品种不多,住了5天,第二天早上就不知道吃什么了。无论是带孩子,还是情侣度假都是个不错的选择。晚餐在喜来登吃的自助,不好吃。很奇怪,餐桌上不放纸巾,每次都要跟服务生要,人多地时候就会很慢。比较感动的是,在泳池边上点了杯可乐,虽然下着雨,但是服务生还是很快送来,一个打伞,一个拿可乐。下次还会住。泳池吧,貌似没有饮料。 November 13, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by show 非常棒的度假酒店 整个酒店是属于西班牙风格,给我每次都升级到了套房,整个前厅部员工的素质都非常高,是我目前感受到最好的一家,有求必应。海棠湾非常漂亮就是浪大了一些。唯一就是希望洗浴备品能更好一些就好啦。御海棠的细节方面还是很用心的,总之非常推荐 November 3, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by shuyasing 服务无可挑剔 酒店风格独树一帜,房间舒适到没朋友!海滩浪大,很有冲浪的赶脚,很嗨森!海棠湾绝对首选 October 25, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by zhangyn 精致 非常不错的酒店,高端大气的装修,训练有素的工作人员,超大房间,住起来非常宽敞舒适,自助餐虽然品种不算太丰富,但较精致,是我们近五次来亚龙湾,海棠湾性价比最高的。 September 23, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Andrew527 完美假期 喜达屋在大三亚范围内已开业的10家酒店中,只有亚龙湾瑞吉是CAT6的全岛旗舰店,其余9家从在Spg官网体系中从2-5不等,Spg 5的有亚龙湾喜来登,石梅湾艾美,以及海棠湾豪华精选。已经签约了即将落户海棠湾的W和瑞吉一定也不会低于CAT5。这样看来,喜达屋对于海棠湾的认可度相当高,9大品牌中6个高端酒店已经有5家落户海棠湾,这相较于六大集团的其他几家的确力度不小!3家Spg5级别的酒店中只有豪华精选在软硬件上能与亚龙湾瑞吉相提并论:King Koil金可儿的床垫(内地喜来登的床垫,大部分是King Koil做的,斯林百兰、丝涟、席梦思也是供应商,金可儿的卖点是独立簧加Talalay乳胶垫。金可儿号称在全国有近500家酒店客户,除了甜梦之床,喜达屋旗下威斯汀的天梦之床和福朋的舒适之床大多也是从他家订货,这几年看到由席梦思生产的越来越少。)布草依旧是江苏康乃馨,浴缸是科勒水容量最小但最适合躺卧的内型,德国Bauscher的瓷器和意大利Bormioli rocco的水杯、酒杯,天津威利克的沐浴用品,茶包是新加坡的TWG,胶囊咖啡机和illy的咖啡,浴室标配隐藏的镜面电视。金卡会员的免费网络和欢迎水果也让人心情很愉悦!最难得的是酒店会记得一年多以前的几月几日我住了几晚的碧波苑别墅,当时的特殊要求和喜好都同样备注到了这次入住!值得真心赞一个! September 22, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by wo45074345 很漂亮的一家度假酒店 全部很赞,除了工作人员的态度,下车的时候下雨服务员也不会主动过来打伞,洗澡的过程中有服务员进来 September 15, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by longfei 非常值得体验的一家酒店 原本预订四晚的望海阁,到房间大失所望,房间冲着隔壁施工的酒店。体验两晚后联系旅行社换到了临波阁。当天中午去前台说明情况,尽管当时特别忙,满大堂都是客人,但是前台的一位男生还是马上非常热情带我挑选房间,最后选了一件我最喜欢的,美中不足的是房间太潮了。还有就是房间打扫,而且饮料补的很慢,但酒店的大部分的服务还是值得表扬的! August 26, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Larry529 酒店設施有特色,員工服務有些未到位,如早餐餐廳服務 酒店設施不錯,可能因為新酒店且淡季,人員不夠部分服務未到位,客房飲料及咖啡膠囊因缺貨未能補齊或滿足客人需求,餐廳食物種類可以適時增加或變換~總體來說大廳服務及客房還算不錯 August 14, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by sycbz 很不错的酒店 酒店很不错,设施很好,海滩也很漂亮。美中不足的是,刚进房间的时候,房间里面没有咖啡胶囊,向服务生反映问题,服务生也没找到胶囊,于是答应我一会会给我送一些咖啡胶囊过来,结果是一直没有人送过来,下午的时候第二次打电话催促才把胶囊送过来,但是咖啡机好像是坏的,按了之后只能断断续续的出咖啡,希望改进。还有,餐厅口味希望改进,没有达到预期。 August 13, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by luyangyang 非常不错的酒店 前台当天为我们check in的女孩很好!一直陪我们选房间并介绍房间的特色,带我参观了酒店大约半个多小时让本人对酒店的第一印象就非常好。 July 7, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by fanyaun01 豪华酒店 酒店位于市中心,交通便利,闹中取静,房间很干净,布置的也很温馨,相比同档次酒店,性价比很高。服务员很热情,还推荐了酒店免费的SPA体验,下次还会入住 June 3, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Terry Nice resort hotel 一直最喜欢豪华精选,海棠湾御海棠豪华精选也不例外,酒店安静,服务很贴心,房间很大,景观很好,游泳池很漂亮。适合度假, May 28, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by hughrice 中国最喜欢的酒店之一 非常喜欢酒店的装修风格,已经是第二次入住了,给升了转角的套房,风景非常好,给爸妈订的一间房也被免费升到海景房,这个要表扬一下前台 海棠湾好就好在人少,豪华精选的人就更少了,整个沙滩就像自己的一样,整体体验非常好,中国最喜欢的酒店之一,下次还会来,只是餐饮选择是在有点少 April 9, 2014


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Sorry to be a pain, the latest version 2.3.5, has now broken a different site of mine, that the previous version didn't effect! :(
So problem not fixed I'm afraid :(
IGNORE ME! Seems to working fine :) (had the cache one).
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I'm 22 weeks pregnant and 've finally realized after almost 4 years that i'm in unhealthy relationship...great time huh! Anyway i really can't be with my bf not just because he gets on my nerves he is very controlling and possesive and bit on the abusive side while i don't think he would ever harm the baby i still don't my child growing in that situation. My only problem is when i leave him i want to drop all ties with i don't want my son to have to know who he is some of you may think it is selfish but i truely believe it would be for the better. I know that he want to try and get custody and he probably would because i really have no way to prove he is unfit except for the fact he sells drugs but i don't have any actual "proof" that he does, and by the time i would actually have to go to court he would be smart enough to stop because he knows i would throw that out there. I don't want anything from him just my baby. Is it possible that i could get full custody or no?!?! Please help
what can i do
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First off, sorry for your situation, you NEED to get out, no matter what level the abuse is on, it's still abuse. If you're having a little boy, do you want him to think that is how he is supposed to treat women or if it's a girl, that's it's all right to be treated like that?
As for him getting custody, the only way (in the majority of cases) that would happen is if he could prove that YOU are unfit. It doesn't sound like you are. Courts favor the mom whenever possible, especially when the child is so young. As for now, get your ducks in a row! Save every email, text, etc that you could use against him. If you know he is dealing drugs, find a way to prove it, go to the police NOW and tell them that you believe he is a dealer and they will investigate and he won't even know. Don't wait for it to be too late.
Hope I helped you a bit. Be sure to take care of yourself first! If you can't take care of you, how can you take care of your baby?
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yes it is possible for you to get full custody! when your son is born, dont tell the father, just go to family court and file for Sole Custody. i had to do it for my first DD, and it wasnt hard, but her father was in jail at the time. BUT, with Sole Custody the father still has legal rights to see the child! you can ask for supervised visits, which would last a few months to a few years, and once they see that that is working out of, they might allow him alone time with the child if he goes to court and asks for it!
on the note that he is abusive, you need to get away! its not healthy to stay in a relationship where your partner is controlling you or abusing you! your best thing is to call the cops next time he puts his hands on you, and get an order of protection, this way when you go to court for the custody, you can prove he was abusive towards you.
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Its very possible for you to get full custody. and did we date the same guy? Im doing the court thing right now, I have my first date in front of a judge on the 8th so if you have any questions I can try to answer then for you. Im in Ontario so the rules might be a bit different but I have learned alot.
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Also, If he is known to sell drugs, he may do them aswell, you can actually petition for a drug test, and it wont be a urine test, it will be a hair test, which goes back up to 90 days, showing every drug. I had to do this for my childs father.
He ended up failing it for cocaine, which I had no idea he was doing.
The courts will totally take that into account, and if you are clean, you will get full custody hands down.
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I agree with everything the PP's have said. Get yourself out of that situation, and be sure to document everything. On a side note, if you breastfeed the baby, it will prevent your ex from being able to have extended visits in the first several months (i.e. no overnights).
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle. -Gloria Steinem
I'm going to agree with what the others have said - you need to get out. My son's SD was also controlling, manipulative, and a bit abusive. Not physically, but emotionally.
Like you, I wanted out, but wasn't as 'far' as you are at your point. It took me until CAmeron was 6 months old before I broke up with SD.
Can you get sole custody? Depends on how hard he fights and where you are. Drop /all/ ties? If he fights, he's going to have the right to see his child, probably drugs or no drugs. Where I am, had SD fought at all, he would have gotten visitation/access for sure and probably not even supervised. He's served time for cutivation of pot.
Your best bet is probably to break all ties now, perhaps don't even let him know that the baby is born as long as you can. Avoid letting him build a 'bond' with the unborn child. Make it hard for him to care.
Get all your ducks in a row before leaving. Have somewhere safe to go where he doesn't know where you've gone. Un-entangle your finances as best as you can. Don't warn him. Don't have a long, drawn out discussion in private. Treat him as potentially dangerous ... just in case.
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You all seem to know a lot about custody so I have a few questions maybe you can help me w/.
I want nothing to do w/ my BD. He's a nice enough guy but has no common sense, makes very bad decisions as far as right & wrong & is a loser, druggie who also sells drugs on a small time basis. Thinks it's ok to sell if only to friends & thinks it's ok to drink & drive, get high & drive, drive while getting high, etc.... Has been to jail for check fraud & has also had a drug addiction to cocaine & heroin in the past. I didn't know any of this when we started dating & was why I ended it when I found out.
My questions are
1. I plan to petition for sole residential custody & legal custody via family courts. Does anyone know what the average cost of this is? I can't find any info on it online. I live in Florida. I am willing to give him supervised visitations.
2. when do I file for custody? Before the baby is born or immediately after?
3. When I have the baby, when do I fill out/sign the birth certificate? Will he have to be there for that?
4. Also how do I prove he deals drugs? He only sells to his close friends so there's no traffic going in & out of the house. When would the courts give him the hair test to prove he uses? He has mentioned in the past that he knows ways around that so it woudl have to be by surprize
I am trying to keep him as uninvolved as possible
Single Mom
"A woman needs a man, like a fish needs a bicycle." - Irina Dunn
You might want to consider talking to an attorney to get all your information. It varies from state to state.
You would file for custody after the baby is born but if you already have an attorney you could have everything ready to go when you give birth. Talk to your attorney about what happens if he is not on the birth certificate and does not sign the papers admitting he is the father (I forget what that's called).
Now onto the drugs - they can search his house and find the drugs - depending on the amount if it's over a certain weight or worth over a certain amount of money they consider that an amount for distribution which carries more jail time than if he has the lesser amount which is considered a personal use amount.
Onto the hair testing. The pull it out from the roots in differect areas on his head. However if he gets "smart" and shaves his head they will just get them from somewhere else - usually off his body and they will get it from the groin area if they have to.
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I am outrage about these errors, and so are the rest of the Seniors, and to all, a good night.
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Medical errors research in latest Health Affairs. Society of Actuaries study indicates more than 2 million patient injuries each year. http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/...
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The problem is a corrupt greedy medical system. Peoples help now are being determined by for profit insurance companies and not doctors. Many many medical providers are corrupt and greedy.
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Besides third party reimbursements(easy money) Americans are way over medicated and over doctored. The medical care industry thinks they can control your outcome like a scientific experiment. There is no one glove fits if for no other reason people/patients behave differently.
The medical care industry does not look at cause and effect only a set of symptoms to be treated.'If you have these numbers or these symptoms this is what we'll do.' The industry want cookies cutter treatment, why for productivity and/or more money. That's why there is cya medicine as well, to preserve their money.
Medical industry personel like most American employees are lazy. They want to get through the day with no hassles, questions or doubt. Blissfull ignorance. You pesky details you. Conscience
For many in the industry it is a clock punching job. It's not about helping someone or actually improving one's health and quality of life.
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It has to do with everyone's fear of death. People who have lost their minds are dead people. They no longer exist in terms of their personality and their minds. Their brains simply gave out before their bodies did. We go to Medicaid and ask the government to give us $100K a year to put them into homes to keep them alive until their bodies give out. If we were not terrified of death, we would put them to sleep once their minds are gone. It costs us a bizzillion dollars to keep people alive who have no brain left, who don't recognize their family members, who have no memory, and who are a danger to themselves and to others. It's all driven by fear of death. People are so afraid to die that they would rather keep people alive who are brain dead than to let them go, but, ask their family members to pay for it, then they wouldn't do it. They do it on the govenment's dime. I'm sorry, but how much caring and love and help do you think a minimum wage worker is really going to give to a violent, brain dead person who is a stranger to them?? Seriously??
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"In the long run ,we're all dead".
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Unfortunately I can not come up with a simple reproducible example - if one would be helpful, please suggest how I can do it - but I have found that the following code does work:
system("echo 'nls <- function(nls) return(nls)' > foo.R")
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- Age limit 5+
- Categories Festivals, Food, Heritage & Cultural, Folk
- Cost $10 - $20
Above: Graphic logo for the San Diego Museum of Man, located in Balboa Park at 1350 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101.
Experience the rich culture of Portugal at San Diego Museum of Man's next Tower After Hours: Portugal! The Portuguese community just marked their 100th anniversary of Festa, a religious and social gathering. The celebration of culture continues during our Tower After Hours event! Listen and dance to the Portuguese folk music of fado, and sample savory Mediterranean-style cuisine - flown directly from the Azores region of Portugal!
Tickets: $10 members, $15 students and military, $20 non-members. Ticket price includes entrance to SDMoM, two drink tickets, food tastings, and cultural entertainment.
Location: San Diego Museum of Man, 1350 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101 Google Map
Tower After Hours: Portugal is made possible with support from the United Portuguese Socioedade do Espirito Santo and the San Diego Historical Center. Sponsored by the Nissan Foundation, City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, and the County of San Diego Community Enhancement Program.


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Render Unto Rome: The Secret Life of Money in the Catholic Churchby Jason Berry
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The Sunday collection in every Catholic church throughout the world is as familiar a part of the Mass as the homily and even Communion. There is no doubt that historically the Catholic Church has been one of/b>
The Sunday collection in every Catholic church throughout the world is as familiar a part of the Mass as the homily and even Communion. There is no doubt that historically the Catholic Church has been one of the great engines of charity in history. But once a dollar is dropped in that basket, where does it go? How are weekly cash contributions that can amount to tens of thousands of dollars accounted for? Where does the money go when a diocese sells a church property for tens of millions of dollars? And what happens when hundreds of millions of dollars are turned over to officials at the highest ranks, no questions asked, for their discretionary use? The Roman Catholic Church is the largest organization in the world. The Vatican has never revealed its net worth, but the value of its works of art, great churches, property in Rome, and stocks held through its bank easily run into the tens of billions. Yet the Holy See as a sovereign state covers a mere 108 acres and has a small annual budget of about $280 million.
No major book has examined the church's financial underpinnings and practices with such journalistic force. Today the church bears scrutiny by virtue of the vast amounts of money (nearly $2 billion in the United States alone) paid out to victims of clergy abuse. Amid mounting diocesan bankruptcies, bishops have been selling off whole pieces of the infrastructure—churches, schools, commercial properties—while the nephew of one of the Vatican's most powerful cardinals engaged in a lucrative scheme to profiteer off the enormous downsizing of American church wealth.
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"The Catholic Church wants us to believe that it can reform itself from within. This book shows that it simply can't. If you are an entrenched member of the hierarchy, you are not going to like this book. If you are a Catholic who believes that truth will lead to change – and that the Vatican needs to change, and change fast – Render unto Rome is your catechism." James Carville
"A captivating read, Render to Rome is an astounding revelation of the church's financial system, and required reading for those who donate to the church or are interested in the ongoing effort to restore the credibility of the church and its hierarchy." Sister Joan Chittister, OSB
"Once again Jason Berry is ahead of the curve when it comes to writing about the Catholic Church. Nothing about this book is superficial. This is a prodigiously researched work that looks at the church with both breadth and depth, and it is fascinating." John M. Barry, author of Rising Tide and The Great Influenza
"As a writer, Jason Berry has the jeweler's eye for significant detail that combines with the novelist's art in telling a story; as a reporter and researcher, Berry is thorough, compelling, and complete." George Fish
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Jason Berry achieved renown for Lead Us Not into Temptation, a milestone work on the Catholic Church crisis. He produced the award-winning film Vows of Silence, based on his book of the same name written with Gerald Renner. He has done consultant work for ABC News and the BBC and received Guggenheim and Alicia Patterson Foundation fellowships. Also a novelist and playwright, he lives in New Orleans.
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I have been a practicing catholic all my life and that over the past couple of years, I have had problem with the way our local bishop was destroying our diocese, church and local pastor. It has become such a problem that me and my adult children have become lax in attending mass. I heard this author on a radio show interview and found him very interesting. You will be shocked at the amount money that is flowing through the church with no one watching how it is spent, how the leaders of the church have zero tolerance for dissent, or even for any questions to be asked. After reading about 30 pages I said to my wife it will be a miracle if I'm still a catholic after reading this book. It's not that bad, I will not allow these criminal to rob me of my religion, but I will be vigilant on my contributions to the church, and send my donation to different causes. There is so much information here it is almost drowning, the author lasers in a specific group and after their story is told he brings you back out to see the whole picture then moves you in another direction and lasers you in on another group then back out again. Very good work.
I have not read this book and because of that I can't give it a fair review, but I would advise anyone who does read it to "keep their minds' open, but not so open that their brains' fall out." I don't deny the possibility that there could be corruption within The Church, but I also believe that some people like to twist the truth and exagerate the actual facts. Of course I don't know if this author is one of those people, but I ask you to keep in mind that possibility. Lastly, if you find that you cannot trust The Church because of what you read, try going to the website Catholicanswers . Com to talk to an apologist or another knowledgable person. They could help you figure it out if there is a misunderstanding, or you could give them the push they need to start fixing the problem if there is one. In short, if you discover the ship is damaged, rather than try to swim, try to fix it.
Well researched and written. Gives real insight into the the chuirch hierarchy who are human beings just like us who make mistakes. What a shame it is that their mistakes effect so many of the faithful. And even more sad that they cannot see their mistakes and hide behind authorityh and power. So UnChristlike!
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WONDERFUL detail! Quite sincerely, this is the best Warrior's fanfic on NOOK that l have read. :) Five stars (two stars is my signature thing; l don't use them to rate fanfics). I personally am a huge fan of realistic-ness. Keep it up!

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The sky was a colorless gray, oozing heavy snow clouds. A predictable snowflake fluttered like paper down to the land of WaterClan. It was the first snowlake of leaf-bare. Down it went, dancing and swirling in the soft breeze, until it somehow found its way through a tiny drift in one of the nursery's walls. A tiny white newborn she-kit, the only in he parents' litter, was curled up in the cozy belly-fur of her mother. Her eyes weren't opened yet, and her parents agreed to wait to name her until they were. The snowake gently landed on the kit's moist, pink nose and melted. The sudden burst of cold made the white she-kit wail and she snuggled closer to her mother's silver tabby pelt. The proud parents chuckled.
 "That could've very well been the first snowflake of the year, Ripplestar," the mother purred to her mate. Ripplestar nodded.
 "And remember the old tales the elders would tell us? I recall one saying that the first snowflake of leaf-bare carries with it a blessing from StarClan, and whatever the flake touches gets blessed. But do you really believe those old myths, Crysalsky?" Crystalsky looked a little hurt, but hid it quickly by laughing.
 "Of course not! Now, shh, our daughter's sleeping." (Hope you liked it! I will take 10 charactor applications. 2 per person is the limit. -Reflections
Jason Berry's books detail the financial practices of the Catholic Church and how they bring in billions of dollars annually through donations in various business deals. The book plays on the themes of authority and legitimacy, the persuasion that the Church uses, corruption, and substantive justice. It illustrates a modern connection between church and state that has been in place in any and all religious cultures, making it an interesting topic to read about. However, I thought that the way Berry organized his information drew away from the simple facts. He included INSANE amounts of numbers. I think any reader would be surprised at the amount of research Berry did. It is a good book to read for a research paper or political science coursework, but I wouldn't pick it up for pure enjoyment. It was interesting and I learned a lot about the Catholic Church but found myself struggling to keep reading. I would suggest purchasing the book if you want to know about the scandals through extensive data and research, not straightforward facts.
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These are tapes on which I like every song. They don't necessarily represent the best album by a given artist (Money and Cigarettes is definitely not Eric Clapton's best album), but they are albums that I love when taken as a whole, and don't mind hearing over and over.
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