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Hyatt Regency Denver At Colorado Conv Ct
Top Business Hotel
The bed was very comfortable and the accessible bathroom was roomy and well designed. We did not like paying $42 for parking. On the website it says "parking available" but the steep price tag was a shock. This hotel is in downtown Denver so parking is at a premium but I would prefer to know the price up front.
Clean room nicely updated. Excessive parking fees that were added in and not disclosed at check in or departure.
When I walked up to the counter for check in, the young woman who assisted me was extremely friendly. She answered all my questions and pointed out a few nearby locations I should visit, including some good places to eat. I appreciated this touch and congratulate her, though I cannot remember her name! I had some difficulty finding the cups as they were tucked away in cabinet under the TV. I did manage to find them before I called customer Service, but it was strange not to have them out in the open.
Well Clean!!! N/A
Typical Hyatt...the Grand Hyatt Denver is a bit nicer. I would definitely stay here again. Clean, well appointed rooms...nice bar & coffee shop in lobby.
Nice place, good price, excellent service and ubication.
I loved the location. It was central to everything. The hotel and rooms were very modern and luxurious. They already charge an arm and a leg, but the also charge their own guests to park overnight. It was $35 every night I was there!. Next time I'll stay further, pay less, and still have quality sleep. I can just Uber.
Great location friendly helpful staff. The towels were horrible! Stiff, scratchy, not soft at all. Hurt to dry off with. For such a great hotel this was a huge disappointment
Kayak hooked me up with competitive pricing. The hotel was beautiful and very luxurious. Every single Staff member was very friendly and helpful.
Very clean room, very friendly staff, clean common areas, wonderful location in close proximity to 16th street bars & restaurants Walls were very thin and not soundproofed like many hotels. A domestic disturbance broke out in the room next door at 2:00am but was quickly resolved by hotel staff. Our shower curtain was also torn and needed to be replaced.
Beautiful hotel with excellent rooms. Very good customer service. I've stayed in Denver many times and this is the first hotel I want to return to.
Comfortable, clean, great location, electronic check in and check out. The tv in our room was not plugged in and the plug was inaccessible. We didn't feel like calling maintenance for this but it was definitely annoying. Also we were on the sixth floor and when we were going to bed around 10 the sound of music from what I presume was a ballroom party was loud. We got a really good deal, maybe that's why? Not typical for my experiences with Hyatt.
Seth, the guy who checked us in was great, gave us free drink card and gave us recommendations for clubs. Room was clean and hotel had a nice friendly atmosphere.
Great Staff comfy room and on site resturant Price for parking
The rooms and staff were knowledgeable and cordial N/A
Location, Location, Location. The rooms in the tower are smaller. It was not an issue as purpose of visit was a staycation to dine in Denver. Parking was not included with the room it was a extra daily charge.
Big place...hard to find the rooms because of the multiple towers. I gave 2-3 other guests directions because the had problems too.
Staff was great. Location is perfect for taking in LoDo area - walk to anything. Some of the tower rooms could use updating and hopefully replace a few of the shower/tub combos with walk-in showers. Bartenders, desk staff all very friendly and helpful with directions and suggestions. Shower/tub combo in Tower rooms.
Facilities were clean and the staff was helpful. Location was good being right in downtown Denver and parking wasn't terrible either. Inappropriate party favors littering the halls and the excessive noise of all the party goers ensured that it would be a restless night.
I like the location. The Mall Ride takes you right to the hotel. The rooms are large, making it easy not to be in others way. The rooms are large but a lot of wasted space. No mirrors for others to get ready. The shower wasn't hot.
The hotel smelled nice when you walk in. The staff was courteous and helpful. Great location! Overall it was an alright hotel however we'll probably stay somewhere else the next time we are in Denver. Our room was quite small for the cost. The shower was dissappointing. The elevators were particularly slow.
Located on the 16th street mall. Anything you want within walking distance.
Staff were super nice and accommodating, room was clean and updated, pool was great, facilities were well maintained. Elevators were weirdly slow; a small flaw.
Fun restaurants in the hotel. Good location Wished the pool area also had a whirlpool spa.
I liked the location as myself and the person I was with had a very early flight and the hotel being close to the airport was a big plus. The sink in our room was completely clogged, hair from a previous tenant was all over it and it would not drain at all. The tub had a very slow drain making taking a shower almost like a bath.
The staff was very friendly and accommodating
Staff was very helpful. Rooms were tidy. Wifi was adequate. Airport shuttle excellent. Amazingly, room not stifling hot in winter -- thermostat worked! -- and heater not noisy. Would have liked to have lounge to get food and drink at night, but that's the trade-off for pricing I guess. Light over sink didn't come on in the morning but I didn't have time to ask staff.
very conveniently located near airport, cost about $25 Lyft ride into denver one way.
convenient to Denver airport, good shuttle service, the pool looked lovely and next time we might actually swim if we have more time.
The hotel was convenient and clean. The breakfast wasn't very good. The hot water was cold, many of the apples were rotten, and the eggs were powdered and watery. There were no towels in the exercise or pool area. Housekeeping was knocking on our door at 7am. I had trouble with the computers in the lobby. And while they said that they had a sewing kit, they didn't have one when I needed one. It seems that they just are not taking care of all these details that make life good for guests.
Convenient location to airport. Room always hot, even though we never used the "heater card". No food in hotel, besides early morning breakfast. Drink and snack vending machines were out of a lot of items.
The bed was comfortable and that was the only good part. Front desk staff was not very professional. Twice I called regarding ground transportation...once to the city of Denver from the hotel and once inquiring about bus transportation near the hotel. The staff had no idea if buses even came to the area. Thankfully Uber was available to get us back and forth to the city...no thanks to the Baymont staff on that one either. The guests next to us didn't even get in to their room until 2:30am and were extremely loud and disruptive. The icing on the cake was when the shuttle to the airport that we had to reserve when we checked in told us along with half of the other patrons waiting to board that it was full and we would have to wait for 30 minutes for the next one...Uber came in handy again.
It was near airport out in the boonies. The check in clerk was unprofessional. He stated when a room becomes available he would call me on my cell. He never called. I went back to check & he said it's been available.
Comfortable bed and pillows, clean and perfect for a quick stay near the airport. Airport shuttle took awhile.
Rooms were clean, location was great, indoor heated pool, breakfast Small rooms, small bath rooms, older utilities, did not have microwave or mini refrigerator, parking wasn't the easiest
Internet was marginal on fourth floor. Windows 10 didn't connect properly to it. Bed was rock hard. Which isn't my preferred.
Clean The day after we checked out, our friends were staying at the hotel. We were supposed to pick them up at a certain time. My phone battery died, they weren't answering their hotel phone (seemed to be broken) but the staff wasn't very accommodating in helping us reach our friends.
The staff was nice The price of a bottle of water was crazy never drink the water rather drink out the sink... Bring own water
Great location. Live music in the lobby was lovely. Bell boy staff was very helpful. Check-in took nearly 20 minutes because there was one person checking us in and about five people in line. I've never waited so long to get a key to my room. And not a huge deal, but all of the preferences I had indicated in the pre-survey were "no longer available." Door to my room took nearly 30 seconds to close. For safety reasons I would have to stand and watch it close every time I went in and out of my room. Area around the tub wasn't very clean.
Hotel representatives were extremely friendly and helpful. The room was spotless. No coffee when we went down for breakfast. Parked across the street cause parking was expensive.
Clogged drain in the shower
I did not like paying $275 for the night and being put in room whose walls adjoin the elevator shafts. Could not sleep at all, elevators whizzing up and down all night long. The room we were in 1606 should not be rented for the same price as other rooms of the same layout. I wanted to take it up with the staff in the morning, but had to leave first thing in the morning due to an unexpected family emergency. Therefore I cannot say if they would have taken $ off our bill or not. I may still try to contact management.
The stay was very enjoyable. Great staff, they were available when needed and very friendly even the valet staff. Being from out of town the hotel was easy to find and close to everything-food, fun, and shopping!
light rail and b cycle is only a block away.
Great proximity to everything downtown, great service, ambiance, etc. Nothing!
Small gym and not hot tub.
Excellent staff great location.
The room was spacious and clean. The bathroom/shower was great. The staff provided great service and I always had clear communication with them. Highly recommended.
Super friendly staff. Great location. Rooms outdated - bad lighting (sucks when you're trying to do your makeup), no microwave/ fridge, limited parking and super uncomfortable beds.
Great room for the price!
We got upgraded to a nicer room at no additional cost when we mentioned we were on vacation to celebrate my husband's birthday. That night the hotel also had complimentary champagne and dessert delivered to our room for his birthday. I felt like they went above and beyond to make our stay nice. We would definitely stay there again.
I liked the roof top swimming pool, spacious rooms with a nice deck. Nice location a few blocks away from 16th Mall shuttle and area. That I had to leave.
Room size was huge MA
Love being able to bring our yellow lab and have him treated as a guest not a problem with no additional charge Patio in our room was big but was in need of some maintenance
The staff was very helpful and friendly. It was obvious that they were concerned with our comfort.
Out dated rooms and lobby
They pre authorize your card every night.
The rooms were clean The bed was comfortable The staff was helpful The location in Denver is near the state capital and the artsy gayborhood Reasonable value for the quality room Faint smell of cigarette smoke in my non-smoking room Valet had some fun parking my rented Camaro Valet Parking charges are over-the-top expensive.
Wonderful pillows!
The Warwick Hotel is located within walking distance of downtown Denver. Our suite was beautiful, comfortable and very clean. The view off of the balcony was so nice. When leaving to walk to dinner, the Bellhop gave us some suggestions on where to go. He was right on and we had a delicious dinner at Avenue Grill. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at The Warwick and would stay there again if in the area. The rooftop pool was closed, but we knew that before we booked our reservations. No problem!
did like the king size bed. Didn't like the view I had, when I asked for a room with a good view I didn't mean into someone's apartment. So that was a little awkward. Also the furnace kept turning on and off through out the night until finally at 2 am we just turned it off. Lastly when I asked where the aerobic room was they said it was under construction but that they had access to a gym 4 blocks away. Then when I said okay the front desk concierge made a look with a "sorry we can't help you because the car shuttle is backed up" face. Just a little awkward.
clean, and comfortable beds. No refrigerator, 2 towels for 2 people and only one towel rack, bathroom sink design was tough to use. Sparse decorations for a high end hotel.
Very friendly staff. Spacious rooms for an older property. Very good amenities, Especially appreciated the complimentary breakfast with quality and variety. Rooms would rise to luxury grade if bathrobes and slippers were included. Otherwise, the property reflects luxury standards.
Evening treat of cookies & milk a great perk! Breakfast was OK - but hey it was free!
Breakfast included, beer and wine happy hour, comfortable lounge areas, friendly staff, valet parking our window faced a brick wall, but I believe some other rooms have mountain views
Great service from all ends-
The staff was nice and fairly attentive. The location was good for my purposes. Cleanliness and housekeeping were lacking. The room was very dark and the bed extremely uncomfortable.
Friendly staff. Clean Room.Really comfy beds. Luxurious feel in an old style hotel Location is great for walking to restaurants and shopping. Free beverages and milk and cookies in a fun atmosphere. Valet is efficient. $30 to park overnight, but is the best deal for parking with unlimited ins and outs. Went here for our anniversary, great choice, romantic, and fun!
The staff was really friendly and helpful The furnace is really noisy. The bathroom was dirty
Good location, friendly staff, good value Room felt like it had not been used in a while. There was dust and room had that "sealed up" smell.
Staff was great. Stylish and modern. Decent bed and really nice room. Very clean and quiet. We were overcharged in the bar/restaurant so look out for that.
Location, breakfast, ambiance, room service menu and food No shampoo in bathroom, phone line to room service not working - front desk had to take my order, loud guests in the hall from 9-10pm so I had to call and make a complaint - took nearly 20 minutes for a response, lamp in room did not work, no washcloths in bathroom
It was clean and staff was nice. I did not like that there was construction being done on the building and we were not told ahead of time or given any kind of discount for the room. Also despite paying for my room in advance and them taking my card and having it on file I got charged a $25.00 fee that I was told would eventually be put back into my account. I have been checked out of the room for almost two days and the fee is still not back in my account. I think the fee was unnecessary when they already took my card information. I was also not told about this fee when booking the room.
Outdoor hottub was awesome during the snowstorm. Pool open 6 am to midnight! Also very close to good shopping and unique restraints in a nice neighborhood. We loved it.
Clean, comfortable, and conveniently located. Proactive and friendly staff. Good breakfast and free parking
Pool and hot tub were nice. Bed was comfy as are all Hilton brand beds. Location is not very good. Too far from downtown. Breakfast was expensive and very mediocre. To top it off, our bank account was charged for extra charges after we checked out and when we call to find out what the charges were for, their "accounting department" is impossible to reach.
Two words: fitted sheets. I shouldn't have to remake my bed when I want to sleep in it after paying over $150 for the night.
The staff was super! Friendly and attentive! Very clean!
I purchased the "extended parking" when I didn't need it. Kayak listed a room with parking, which didn't clearky state that it was only extended and not just general parking.
The staff was very helpful and the rooms very nice and clean...great view of the mountains and downtown from my room! The wifi was pretty bad...Struggled to get some of my work done...
The staff was very friendly. Almost the entire parking lot was blocked off so we had to park on a second parking deck with no entrance. The drop off area was very crowded due to coned off parking lot. The ac unit in the room was extremely loud.
Bed was comfortable, location was great for me, not too many noisy neighbors. Parking was horrible and no one told me about the parking garage when I checked in. Room cleaning inconsistent.
I rrally enjoyed checking in with the friendly staff at the Double Tree. I work at the Broadmoor Hotel and I will say, the service that I recieved was excellent. The staff and my room was oustanding. Thank you for all the great hospitality.
The hotel was clean & comfortable. There is a frig but no microwave in the room. We felt safe in the hotel itself, but the surrounding neighborhood isn't the best.
There's a very clean and modern feel to the rooms and lounge areas, with a great pool, hot tub, guest laundry room as well as fitness room. Upon entrance you are greeted by friendly, helpful staff. There was a live performance in the lounge/bar area when we returned to our room on Wednesday night. Although we did not stay to see the whole act, we did comment on how fun that was, but didn't notice other performers the rest of the time we were there, although we weren't around much during the evening. Rooms were comfortable and clean! In the mornings there are fresh apples, newspapers and a water decanter with lemon and lime slices for the taking as well as a Starbucks vendor around the corner for those who need a bit more. You're also nearby restaurants and shopping and not very far from the downtown area at all. As most people have and will comment, the Light Rail is somewhat of an inconvenience as it mandatorily honks at every cross street night and day, but the hotel does mention that on it's website and as you arrive so you should know what you're getting yourself into before it happens. They are kind enough to offer you earplugs as well. As we were on vacation, we didn't see it as a big deal at all. We honestly didn't have many cons on our list aside from the pool being a bit cold for our liking and the parking situation was kind of a bummer. They have a parking fee or valet or the final option was to park in the street for free (Which was alright. We were able to park nearby our window each night and had zero problems with our vehicles or street sweepers). Free wifi would have been a plus, but overall we were very pleased with our stay and would recommend it and stay again!
Staff, service, room, restaurants, lounge all top-notch. Staff especially sharp, helpful and attentive in ALL areas. Our event was enhanced by the helpfulness and efficiency of the excellent staff as well. My wife and I both were very impressed. Breakfast service at the hotel restaurant was strained due to lack of enough staff. However, those that were working gave service unexpectedly above and beyond given the hectic conditions.
Staff were courteous and helpful. Shuffle to airport on departure. Business center. Distance from downtown. Noisy. Overpriced. No separate shower. no refrigerator. Stirrers instead of spoons. Food was mediocre
The bed was fine, the staff friendly, and the bathrooms were clean enough. It took me over an hour to connect to their internet, even with tech support on the line, and even then only via wi-fi as the LAN line wouldn't ever work. The television was a decade old and could never properly decipher the signal, maintain a single screen instead of split, or pass audio through an HDMI port. As much as they're charging, some of those profits need to be invested in upgrading their outdated and insufficient equipment. I wouldn't go back.
Good location, fair price for nice room.
Nice balcony. Well designed lobby Did not get the room I booked.
The room was nice and clean, staff was very friendly and helpful. They are still charging for wifi which seems pretty archaic these days, especially since the facilities are geared more toward business travelers.
I liked the cleanliness of the rooms and the accomodating nature of the staff. I didn't like being charged for internet or parking.
Great location, comfortable bed, easy access to freeway but far enough away to avoid traffic noise Hotel was remodeling and they were testing the train signals around the clock
Bed was comfortable The hotel is right next to the highway and train tracks, we could hear everything. The hotel goes so far to include a noise reduction machine in your room but even with the volume on high we were woken up frequently by the train. Location is ok being that it is close to he highway but far from restaurants/shopping. Also, there is no free wifi-for one day you have to pay just under $10. The bathroom had an unfinished feeling to it as well. The bed was extremely comfortable so that was definitely a positive.
- Decent bar, great food at said bar - Very friendly staff that asks which side of the building you'd like, a fairly rare experience for me - Clean and spacious - It seems on the ground floor like it's going to be loud, but the set up turns out to make that a non-issue in rooms. - Not close to much you'd want to see, wouldn't use as a base for a stay in Denver, but it's very easy to get to if you're on your way from Denver or the airport to somewhere else (or vice versa). - On the west side of the building you may hear obnoxious protesters in the morning who have nothing better to do than harass women seeking healthcare. They don't tell you this when you check in and they ask which side of the building you'd like. - Although my car was parked, they didn't think to tell me to keep my room key until I got my car. This created a bit of a headache.
I like the atrium style and the bar in the lobby. Nice rooms. The gym is better than most hotel offerings. Needs on demand video. The location is a bit out of the way if your business is downtown.
The last night had a large group of noisy young people next to us that partied late into the night. Multiple calls to the front desk to mitigate did not result in any reduction of noise. We now wish we would have requested a new room in another wing of the hotel. Will probably not use again due to lack of response by the staff.
Staff friendly but professional Clean with all the amenities we were looking for We just wished that parking was better Very surprised to find we had only 2 options regarding parking both of which we thought pricey
The staff were wonderful and the room was clean. They have a policy of 2 kids per adult but when I told them I have triplets they quickly made an exception. They had a party that was really loud till 11pm
Everything!!! There wasn't anything I didn't like about my stay.
The personal were professional and very courteous. We will return to this hotel again in the fall and winter. Rooms were clean. The bar service was poor and slow. More help as it was full and saw maybe at best 3 people waiting the tables.
The staff was friendly and the atmosphere was nice. It would be nice if the rooms came with a microwave and a parking spot in the garage at no additional cost.
Pros... Room darkening curtains, triple sheeted bed, lots of pillows, nice restaurant and bar on the second floor with a decent happy hour, Starbucks in-room to brew. $12/day parking, no wifi instructions in the room, dirty bathroom, tiny room, air conditioning never truly got cold, broken ice machines on several floors, guest smoking marijuana in outdoor pool area and letting non hotel guests in to "party". Security did nothing when notified. Not a place to bring children (we didn't, just a heads up). There are add on charges for every little thing. This hotel is not conveniently located to downtown Denver. Will pass on it the next time we are in town.
They were friendly, it was clean except for the carpet which looked really dirty. Housekeeping kept knocking on our door when we were trying to sleep, I figured she would go away if we didn't answer, but No I had to get up and tell her we didn't want room service. We had to pay for water, never had this in any hotel. Also, only got 23 hours of free internet after that I had to pay. Oh yeah and I had to pay for parking as well!!! Never had to do that at any of the hotels I have stayed at, in fact breakfast is included at other hotel. They were very friendly but it's not enough to make me come back, next time I will stay somewhere I don't have to pay for everything.
Spacious rooms, employees were friendly, nice breakfast, well priced. The person who checked us in was in training and didn't know what she was doing. We didn't receive our buffet vouchers until we asked the next morning. The cards frequently did not work in the parking garage, which was really frustrating. The TV did not work until we had an "engineer" come and fix it. He said this happens all of the time and it took about 20 minutes to fix.
Having a refrigerator in the room at no additional charge As I was adjusting the pillows to go to sleep, the headboard of my bed came off the wall, and fell to the floor nearly hitting me in the head. When I called the front desk to let them know, I asked if a manager could please come up to my room so that I could show them the severity of the situation. I felt that a manager should be informed of the condition of the facilities that ther customers are staying in. I felt that this was a highly bad situation and poor customer service, and felt that a manager should be informed.. They said they would send them up, but instead maintenance was knocking at my door and offering to reattach the headboard so that I wouldn't need to worry about it falling on me that night. However I was on my way downstairs to check out from my one night stay. When I went to the front desk to check out, the receptionist asked how my day was and I voiced my displeasure about the headboard and how it was not handled very well. I want they can ask to speak to a manager and was told that there wasn't one available. She offered to take the charges off of my hotel bill, which was $10 for parking and a $2.50 bottle of water. I feel that this was extremely unsatisfactory for the amount of money that I paid for the hotel room and the fact that having something so unpleasant happen during my one night stay was ridiculous. I expected more than a $12.50 incentive. I will never recommend this hotel to anyone, and the fact that I paid $180 for a room where when I ask for extra towels, I did not receive them, and my headboard sell off most hard to adjust pillows, was horrible. After the headboard fell down, I could see that this has been a problem before as there were previous drywall anchors that were in the wall and that have been stripped out from the headboard following previously. After the headboard fell, my bed was covered in sheetrock dust. I'm asthmatic and this definitely causes the problem. But as it was late at night, & I was extremely tired and did not feel like moving all of my things to a different room, I dealt with it. It became an issue though in the middle of the night when I woke up having an asthma attack because of all of the dust. I got one night away to get some rest, and was completely unable to. It was a very disappointing experience.
The staff was great!!! The room was quiet even though there was a lot of activity in the atirium. The service in the restaurant was very accommodating and the food was excellent. The grungy desk staff and concierge was extremely helpful.
easy access, modern, helpful staff wall heater was hanging out into the middle of the room, and we had to fix it ourselves. The shower was weak and the shower head was positioned in a strange way that made it hard to get directly under the spray. there was one trash can total for the entire suite. it had the feeling of a new facility that had been opened too soon, like it wasn't quite done, or things were rushed at the last minute to get it open.
The hotel decor had style which was neither tired and dated nor sterile and characterless. The room was large and high-ceilinged with a huge window. It was well heated and the umbrella in the closet was a useful item that cold and rainy week. The staff was very pleasant and helpful and even handymen encountered in the hallways were polite and welcoming. The Italian restaurant had interesting breakfast offerings. I am only sorry I could not stay longer.
Luxury and that it is very dog friendly Liked it all
I mentioned to the front desk staff that it was our first anniversary that day . . .just after we got to our room a nice young man brought a bottle of champagne and two glasses to congratulate us - very cool!
Location & bar Cold shower. No exaggeration.
My wife and I decided to stay at the Hotel Monaco our first 2 nights of our honeymoon. From check-in to check-out everything and everyone was perfect. Very pleasant staff and beautiful guest rooms. The hotel has a lot of personality and unique decor, making it a great choice for a special occasion. Its located in the heart of downtown Denver and is walking distance to everything. A delicious Italian restaurant, Panzano, is located inside the hotel for featuring the Colorado chef of the year. Needless to say the food was amazing. These first 2 days in Denver have been absolutely perfect. My new bride and I head to Vail Colorado for our 2nd half of our honeymoon.
A staff to die for.
Their people Flooded basins 85 min room service
Beautiful room-spacious suite.excellent auto valet service and courteous staff Checked in about 3pm-broken mini-bar refrigerator in the hall along with dirty dishes from someones breakfast 2nd day -Left the room at 11am,returned at 4pm ,no maid service. Had to call front desk for service,no paper 3rd day-no turn down service,had to contact front desk for a breakfast room service menu Elways-two salads-$ 60 SYSCO precooked chicken-salty
NIce hotel in a good location Lobby and bar area are lacking. Room bathrooms need updates.
The hotel didn't get my reservation from Booking.com. The staff was very nice though and honored the rate that I said I had booked and gave me a room. The room service menu is very so-so.
Location, location, location! Very comfortable beds, beautiful views of the city and mountains, good shower, great service. Being nit picky, but the iHome is outdated, USB ports are only on one side of the bed, like I said I'm being nit picky, everything was great.
The location Our room was above the atrium. It was LOUD at all hours. The fan in the room was extremely loud. It was a horrible experience. It makes me rethink using Marriott in the future.
Great hotel in terms of technology, nice room, very cool and would be great if staying for more than 1 night. Poor service, no name use, no "little things", like it was my birthday and they never said anything, and the restaurant was good, but again, service was bad. Asked for late check out and house keeper came three times, didnt speak english and said I didn't when I did.. I would stay again, but only if I couldnt find something better
The staff was friendly. The room I stayed in was very clean and comfortable. I had a gorgeous view of the mountains.
Staff was responsive to any issues, extra towels, coffee, parking gate not working etc. Didnt spend much time at hotel so can't say anything about the facilities. Everything was clean and operational.
Great Location, comfortable big clean 2 room suite, good black out curtains.
Great location for anyone attending an event at the convention center. The complimentary breakfast is great - huge selection of food. They also offer a managers reception in the evening with snacks and complimentary beverages (including beer!) We stayed in 2 separate rooms because of a mistake made by the hotel. When I made our reservation we were booked in two room types...so we had to check out of our first room and move to a second room, which was a huge inconvenience. The cleanliness of both rooms was seriously lacking - our first room had a blood stain on the duvet and something sticky splattered on the bathroom light switch. The second room had stains on the towels and something gross splattered on the wall next to the toilet. Definitely not up to par for a ~$200/night room!! I never really felt comfortable or clean during our stay. Also, parking at the hotel is $37/night --absolutely RIDICULOUS. Next time I'll probably stay at the Hyatt across the street.
It's Embassy Suite, typically nice There are parts that need to be updated and repaired. Our carpet was stained and the bathroom fan did not work. But still a nice environment.
Staff very friendly. Great location. Breakfast was very crowded. Hard to find places to sit. Took a long time to get the car out.
Breakfast buffet and managers reception was terrific!
Great location. Ceiling had been previously repaired, but the work was terrible. Looked like the ceiling could fall in at any time.
beautiful, modern and roomy rooms free happy hour Free breakfast
The view was great, breakfast was good, staff was friendly and helpful No hot tub, no free parking
The atmosphere is just beautiful- full of history. The staff are wonderful. This is our second 'annual' Oxford Hotel stay to celebrate our 23rd anniversary. Once the gentleman heard this at check-in, he sent up a complimentary bottle of wine - which was very good. It was a very nice stay- a bit pricey for one night. I wish it were more affordable.
The staff was unbelievably helpful, polite & courtesy. There was a historical feeling of era gone by. I love leaving my key at the desk to be put in my room slot. The beds are beautiful but mattresses can be more comfort.
The entire experience was a pleasure. The staff was very accommodating, from the desk clerks to the bellmen to the manager. They Upgraded our room to a better view. The bourbon tasting was a nice touch and our breakfast in bed was delicious. Can't wait to return on our next trip to Denver.
Room was very clean & comfortable. Convenient property close to 16th St. & Union Station. Lobby ambiance was warm and classical. Bell staffs and valet were courteous and friendly. Morning coffee service at elevator area was thoughtful. Elevator floor w/accurate days of the week was great for international travelers and for those coming from different time zones. Finally, ...michael, the Director of Operations, very courteous, friendly, diligent and took ownership of guest concerns. His presence pretty much negates other negative issues surrounding hotel staffs. Unable to cash "American Express" travelers check. Last I checked, the Traveler's Check was for Travelers & still good as cash. It was embarrassing to be told that our traveler's check was not accepted and cannot be cashed here. Proper phraseology should've been, " We are sorry, current our hotel policy does not allow us to cash any traveler's check at this time." Instead, we were told, "We don't cash traveler's check here." Diplomacy and style of delivery is still a part of customer service.
Best hotel experience ever. Incredible staff and service, incredible accommodations in a historic building and a perfect location. It was beautiful.
The staff and the room Having to leave
Location. Staff. Architecture. Outage of running water. Street noise from outdated single-pane glass.
Unique and interesting building; very friendly staff; gym was amazing; location was unbeatable
From the moment we walked into the lobby, we knew we had picked the right place. Everything about the hotel is intended to insure the comfort and experience for their guests. From the old key and hassle room key to the Victorian period furnishings to the Cruise Room bar, you feel like you are part of another time. The staff was fantastic, the service was 5 star and the custom cocktails and history lesons in the Cruise Room were fantastic. Best location in Downtown. Perfect for first time Denver visitors or anyone looking for the perfect weekend getaway. The bed was too high and too firm for my taste and the only chair in the room was not comfortable. It is a hard balance to use period furnishings and keep them comfortable to today's standards I'm sure.
Great location ,classic decor, nice rooms and the staff were very friendly
The Oxford Hotel is an example of Denver at it's best. I loved returning,after 20 years, for an overnight stay. Apparently, Orbit booked me for two rooms. The Oxford Hotel informed me of your error, and only charged me for one. Thankfully to them, the mistake was corrected .
Upon our arrival, the ancient Land Rover embarrassingly lost a bunch of coolant fluids. The valets took care of us and the next day filled the radiator. I wish we'd gotten the valet's name who did this---he was excellent. The Cruise Room bartender was professional. The entire hotel was run with quiet efficiency; a sort of european grace and style. After reading the menu at McCormick's, we wish we'd eaten there, although for breakfast, the small Italian place across the street was rather nice, too. We'd certainly stay at The Oxford again. Whoever is in charge seems to understand the clientele, because it's well-run. My guess is that he or she has stayed at quite a few good hotels, been to excellent schools, or both. Keith Doughty
Really cool renovated hotel Staff was not friendly. Our room was not clean. Staff had no knowledge of the area. If this hotel had a better staff as far as professionals and it was clean it would have been amazing. But the staff where rude and dirty and no where near professional.
Clean, great staff, and in an excellent location. Nope
Lobby and the rooms were really nice. The only problem was the beds were so amazing you didnt want to get out of them.
Location and renovation of an old bank with character.
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Clean and convenient. Staff exceptionally friendly and helpful. No. 10/10.
Valet attentiveness. No amenities for a family. No pool. No coffee in the lobby. $37 a day for valet when nearby parking only $15 a day. Very small room. Had to call for housekeeping to clean the room at 5:00 pm. Very lacking customer service and friendliness.
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The duvet cover did not have any fastenings, and so the comforter inside kept sliding out.
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The room was beautiful, comfortable and clean. We loved having a balcony. The elevators were a bit dated, but it's an older building, so it's somewhat expected.
Staff was amazing and very helpful. We were in town for a Broncos game and a hotel car was able to take us there. However we were able to walk because location wasn't too far. We used car for another trip but this place has such a location we were able to walk most of downtown. I hope kayak has deals for them again because we would love to come back!
Great location, staff, overt appearance and cleanliness. The staff went above and beyond when they heard my concerns and righted a poor nights sleep. Thank you. Had a king corner room. Ended up on the 2nd floor. Could hear everything outside due to poor window construction. Shower head was comeing out of the ceiling with plaster on the shower floor. Vanity mirror was cheap had lights out and didn't hold a position and was therefore useless.
Hotel concierge and door men were very pleasant very positive attitudes!
location not great value, poor windows, tiny fitness center
Excellent staff, wonderful location and very comfortable all around. More reasonable food options e.g. continental breakfast.
I loved almost everything about my stay. The room and hotel were beautifully decorated and very clean. The staff were all very friendly and professional. Room service was incredibly fast, and the food was delicious. I was given a corner room as a surprise and that was very, very cool. I only have a couple minor complaints. To start, there were some stains on the carpet and some chipped paint on the walls. The room also had a funny smell, but I figured it was just "old building" smell. My biggest issue was that I wasn't sure if the balcony was supposed to be private or not. It wraps around the whole building, but each balcony is separated by a large potted plant that was easy to step over. I figured that meant "private balcony" so we left our curtains open to enjoy the sunshine, and I happened to be undressed when the guests from the next room over stepped over the plant and walked across our balcony to look around the corner. It was very embarrassing. Either the hotel should have let us know that our balconies aren't exactly private, or they should put up barriers that you can't just walk over. Another small issue, they only gave us decaf coffee in the room.
Doesn't act like a penny-pinching hotel. Offers free wireless, free shuttle within two miles, complimentary breakfast. Great place. Quiet rooms.
Met basic hotel needs. Parking garage is overpriced at $32 per night, and it has a terrible stink to it as well as leaks and dirty floors. Not a nice experience for hotel guests.
Each floor has its own theme decorated in the hallway and announced from the Elevator voice with music. Rooms are nice, well maintained, and cant beat the location. Close by is a huge diner, and you are steps away from Lodo and 16th street mall. Dog friendly and Cheese friendly too! no hot tub
The floors all have a theme and it's exciting to explore them all. It's location is great as well. Parking is way too expensive- $36 for the night.
I loved the gaming floor, it was the best out of all the floors. I wish the other floors were as exciting as the gaming floor.
I left a waterpik/waterflosser in my room. Housekeeping confirmed that they had it whein I contacted the hotel. We played VM phone tag 3x. The only option was for me to pick up the item at the hotel. I got no response to 2 messages offering to pay for shipping of the $100 item to my home.
Location Room sign was on the floor, and room was right outside the elevator. Loud and small.
The bed was extremely comfortable!! The room was clean and had a nice overall layout. The fun artwork all the walls was a nice personalized touch. I also liked that you could self park in the garage instead of having to use the valet or to try and find parking elsewhere. We had a room with a shared door to connect the two rooms. This allowed noises from the room next to ours to come through very clearly. You could hear everything from conversations and music to other things happening in their room.
Great location. Two blocks from 16th St mall and next to performing arts. On street parking was good and free overnight. Better option than valet in my opinion. Loud on a Sunday night and security nearly banged down the door of next room over at midnight while yelling hotel security open up. Unprofessional and disruptive to the rest of us guests. Not a great place. About average.
Every floor has a theme and and even the elevators dialog is customized for each floor. It is just really fun. I found my room cozy, comfortable, and efficient. All the staff I interacted with were really nice and helpful. Good Wi-Fi. Just steps away from good places to eat and walk to. And if you want to venture out and explore the city, there is a bike rental around the corner! And while I don't have dog, they do welcome them and had food and water for them in the lobby, which I thought was really cute. Last, I got a great deal for this hotel on Kayak (35% off), which made it more reasonably priced than normal. I don't know if I would have paid full price, but I really enjoyed my stay.
Great location, very friendly staff and really cool themed floors and rooms! Elevator flooring needed to be replaced.
The decor is interesting. The rooms were clean and the staff was friendly.
We stayed through New Year's Eve, and had a great time! Great service from the staff, loved the themed floor, and happy hour at the attached restaurant was great.


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"Duck Dynasty" Star Buys Wife Lavish Christmas Gift
(NEW YORK) -- It took half a century, but Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty has bought his wife, Marsha Kay, a wedding ring for Christmas.
"After 50 years of marriage Papaw Phil finally gave Mamaw Kay a wedding ring for Christmas," granddaughter Sadie Robertson tweeted Wednesday.
The gift for his wife of 47 years comes on the heels of inflammatory anti-gay comments Robertson, 67, made to GQ magazine this month, resulting in an indefinite suspension from his hit show on A&E. (ABC is a part owner of the A&E Network.)
The picture Sadie Robertson tweeted shows the Duck Dynasty patriarch pointing to the new bling he just got his wife, 63, as she smiles wide, wearing a festive red Christmas shirt. Robertson has on his classic Camo pants.
As for Robertson's comments, including that homosexuality is a sin and he never saw the mistreatment of any black person growing up in Louisiana before the civil rights era -- the Rev. Jesse Jackson decided to weigh in earlier this week in a statement obtained by ABC News.
"These statements uttered by Robertson are more offensive than the bus driver in Montgomery, Alabama, more than 59 years ago," Jackson said. "At least the bus driver, who ordered Rosa Parks to surrender her seat to a white person, was following state law. Robertson's statements were uttered freely and openly without cover of the law, within a context of what he seemed to believe was 'white privilege.'"
Even with Jackson's urging A&E to uphold his suspension from the show, Robertson has said, "I will not give or back off from my path."
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Re-Focused: Rams @ Steelers, Week 16
Re-Focused: Rams @ Steelers, Week 16
Without Ben Roethlisberger I thought maybe the St Louis Rams could spread a little Christmas cheer to their fans by causing an upset against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
I was wrong to even contemplate it.
Instead, the Steelers dominated in every phase, with the Rams' hopeless offense reduced to running out the clock while laying an egg on the scoreboard to hasten the end of their disappointing season. And some people are inclined to think Josh McDaniels deserves another head coaching job after this year?
The Steelers had no trouble against an overmatched Rams offense while getting good enough play from Charlie Batch to complement a rushing attack that picked up 6 yards per attempt. So easy were things they even found a way to manufacture catches via screens and shovel passes in an attempt to get Hines Ward to that magical 1,000 receptions figure.
Still that doesn't mean there aren't things to talk about so let's look at some of them.
St Louis – Three Performances of Note
Up and Down Day for the O-line
When you go up against James Harrison & Co., you expect your offensive tackles to have a tricky time of things. Only the makeshift duo of Harvey Dahl (+2.6) and Adam Goldberg (+1.1) coped reasonably well. Instead the real problems came either up the middle with an interior offensive line that graded at -7.9 combined, and with some odd protection schemes. Any play that asks for a tight end to block James Harrison one-on-one on a four-man rush is asking for trouble, and yet the Rams felt comfortable leaving Harrison singled up against either Billy Bajema or Lance Kendricks. The end result saw Harrison pick up a pressure on Kendricks and a sack and two pressures on Bajema. Way to make things easier for Kellen Clemens.
The Bright Spot
I'll be honest, I've never been a huge Steven Jackson (+2.1 rushing) fan. I always found him a bit underwhelming compared to some of the other top backs in the league. But this year there's been less dancing outside, and more downhill running and the result is about as good a year as I've seen from Jackson, given the inconsistent blocking in front of him. Picking up 104 yards against the Steelers may go down as one of the highlights of his year. An always stingy defense, even more so when you don't have to fear the pass, Jackson broke three tackles and picked up 70 of his yards after contact to punish the Steelers whenever they gave him a glimpse of daylight.
Earning a Spot on the 'Had a Bad Day' Team?
The annoying thing for Darian Stewart (-5.1) is that he did quite well in coverage, especially his pass break up on third down with 3:31 to go in the first half. But his work in run defense was terrible. It wasn't just the three miss tackles but the horrible angles he took that meant he wasn't even in position to attempt a tackle. Look at his play with 8:44 to go in the second quarter where he comes unblocked at Rashard Mendenhall with such recklessness that the Steelers RB makes a simple cut and Stewart is left on his backside on the floor. If this year was an audition for Stewart to be the Rams' safety of the future, let's just say I wouldn't be halting the process just yet.
Pittsburgh – Three Performances of Note
Head and Shoulders Above the Rest
We've already mentioned some bad safety play, so now let's mention some good. Troy Polamalu (+5.6) is one these players who, once he senses weakness in a player, he really starts to take over a game. That was the case here against a poor Rams offense where the Steelers safety was able to attack, and almost come away with a pick (though his coverage figures of thrown at three times, with no completions allowed and two passes broken up will provide some solace). He hasn't always been at his best this year, but could he be coming into his top form at the exact right time?
Magnificent Mendenhall
Speaking of players who could be hitting form at an opportune moment, what about Rashard Mendenhall (+3.4)? It may have only been his second 100-yard rushing game of the year in the Steelers' pass oriented attack, but the former first round pick continues to make the most of so-so blocking. He picked up 85 of his 116 yards after contact, constantly made sharp cuts that left Ram defenders out of position, and made the Steelers forget they were missing their franchise QB.
Getting Woodley Healthy
While others have said he's coming into his own, I do have my concerns about whether the Steelers can cope with Jason Worilds (-2.2) playing. All signs point to Lamarr Woodley being back before a playoff run, but in what kind of shape will he be? If he's less than 100% we could see more of Worilds, who is streaky at best as a pass rusher and far from impactful in the running game, seeing more action than he seems ready for. Against a guard playing tackle you'd think he'd have a field day, but he walked away with just the two pressures, one of which came on Steven Jackson.
Game Notes
– Jonathan Scott started at right tackle for Marcus Gilbert (who played two snaps, both of which were touchdowns) and gave up just three pressures.
– Kellen Clemens completed just one pass that went over 9 yards in the air.
– Ike Taylor was targeted nine times, giving up three receptions for just 12 yards.
Game Ball
The Rams didn't make it too hard for him but Rashard Mendenhall ensured the Steelers didn't slip up.
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Sandy Aid Distribution 'Not Perfect': NJ Official
A New Jersey official who oversees the distribution of billions of dollars in federal Sandy aid acknowledged on Wednesday that the state has made some mistakes in how it's handled the recovery process, but he said that much of the criticism it's received is unwarranted.
"Understandably as we undertook this massive effort, we were not perfect," Department of Community Affairs Commissioner Richard Constable told lawmakers on the Assembly Housing Committee. "But every day, we learn important lessons and constantly strive to improve our program delivery."
Constable was responding to testimony from groups like Fair Share Housing, the NJ NAACP and the Latino Action Network, which complained about a lack of transparency in how the state has run the recovery behind the scenes, as well as race and class disparities in the distribution of aid.
New Jersey is due to begin receiving an additional $1.5 billion in federal aid money in the coming months.
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I Chose to Be Homeless: Reflections on the Homeless Challenge
From October 10-12, I participated in the National Coalition for the Homeless' Homeless Challenge. I spent 48 hours living on the streets disguised as an unhoused person—sleeping outside, panhandling, and walking blocks and blocks to access food, a bathroom, transportation, … Continue reading
Welcome our Summer Interns
Summer is in full swing and our interns are hard at work! From co-coordinating our National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week to cataloging our in-house library, these students are actively learning and contributing to NCH's work. Get to know our … Continue reading
NCH Earns Glowing Congressional Recognitions on its 30th Anniversary
U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) and U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) recently presented congressional recognitions congratulating the National Coalition for the Homeless on its 30th Anniversary, commending NCH for its accomplishments in the struggle to end homelessness. NCH began … Continue reading
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Jake Walters believes that Membership Matters, especially to young people. Read how youth can make a difference in ending hate crimes against the homeless by becoming a member at NCH: The Coalition's You Don't Need a Home to Vote campaign … Continue reading
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The 16 Faces of Sally
Flora Rheta Schreiber's 1973 Sybil, about a woman with 16 personalities manifested from an abusive childhood at the hands of her schizophrenic mother, sold 6 million copies and made Shirley Ardell Mason the most famous American case of multiple personality disorder. But in 2011, Debbie Nathan's book Sybil Exposed proved that the story was mostly a lie perpetrated by the author, Mason and Mason's unethical psychiatrist, Cornelia B. Wilbur. Tonight, Cinefamily screens a 16mm print of the 1976 CBS made-for-TV adaptation of the book, also titled Sybil, but which we like to call Gidget Goes Crazy. This was Sally Field's first star-turning and Emmy-winning role -- years before Norma Rae, Steel Magnolias and Forrest Gump, and way, way after Gidget and The Flying Nun. In it, she plays the titular, mousy grade-school teacher with too many voices inside her head, who goes around screaming about "The People! The People!" and drives her fist through a lot of windows. Our favorite personality? Vicky, the sophisticated one, who wears red lipstick, speaks French and rocks a fabulous French twist.
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Late last year, after years of looking for the right location, the Ministry of National Defence
to take over a large complex of office buildings in Ottawa. The military's existing nerve centre, the National Defence Headquarters, is an old building, filled to capacity. Staff is spread all across Ottawa, filling up offices in whatever government buildings can hold them. Moving a significant portion of the DND workforce to a new central location will obviously improve efficiency and hopefully help bring down costs. And that's great. But
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… DND's ever-increasing demand for office space is fuelled by massive growth in the number of employees, whose numbers went up 31% between 2005 and 2008, and are still rising. The documents show that the number of DND employees in the capital region, which stands at 16,200, is projected to increase to 19,800 by 2013 …
Put another way, our current government, despite all its tough-talk about supporting the troops, has been able to add bureaucrats at 300% the rate they've added uniformed personnel, with more to come. So, by all means, support the troops. Just make sure there's enough paper pushers in place first. The most current available numbers for the full-time strength of the Canadian Forces is 69,022, as of Dec. 31, 2010. That's up from 62,703 in March of 2006, when the Conservatives first took power. That works out to be about a 10% increase, and that's obviously a good thing. The military was starved for troops, and the army, in particular, needed boots on the ground to sustain the mission in Afghanistan (as of Dec. 31, the army had 36,717 soldiers). The military of a G8 power, a NATO member with a trillion-dollar-plus economy, really ought to be larger, but a 10% increase is nothing to sniff at.
But when you examine the numbers for 2005-2008, the years cited above for the 31% increase in civilian staff at DND, things look worse. In March of 2005, the Canadian Forces had 61,460 personnel. In March of 2008, it had soared to … 64,397. That's a gain of 2,937, or less than five percent over three years. The same three years, recall, that the bureaucracy added 31% to its ranks. No wonder they're running out of office space. Maybe they should start sending the civilians to work in barracks. There's probably plenty of room there.
After the decade of neglect under the Liberals, it's perfectly understandable that National Defence needed to add some staff, especially as the war in Afghanistan heated up and the current expansion and modernization of the Forces got under way. And though taxpayers may grumble, bureaucracy is essential for the effective operation of any organization. And, yes, the military will experience a higher rate of attrition than the civil service. But even so, for a pro-military, anti-big government party, DND office buildings filling to capacity while the army scrambled to find troops to send off to war is lousy optics. Never has the old saying, "The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy" seemed more apt.
Meanwhile, it's
that the civilian staff, which currently stands at 28,500 members (or 80% of the strength of the CF's Reserves), is not only expanding rapidly, but has already expanded past its maximum authorized level of 25,000 employees and is now being targetted by the government for some reductions, at least bringing it back to its authorized level. Good news, one might think. Until you consider how many bureaucrats and consultants will be needed to shrink the size of the existing bureaucracy, and how big their office budgets will be, and where they'll be housed…
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SCOTUS Sides with Broadcasters on Aereo
From The Walt Disney Company to Univision, broadcasters far and wide are rejoicing over the Supreme Court's ruling against Aereo.
The high court ruling effectively ends Aereo's practice of retransmitting television broadcast signals to subscribers through tiny antennas, and networks are already seeing gains. Following Wednesday's ruling CBS, ABC, Fox and NBC saw a slight uptick in stock prices around the same time Aereo's chief investor Barry Diller told CNBC that the company "is over now."
The Supreme Court agreed with the broadcasters who sued Aereo for copyright violations, accusing the Internet streaming service of retransmitting signals without paying fees.
Disney, 21st Century Fox and Univision are calling the ruling a major victory for consumers and content creators.


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Dissension in the Groundhog Ranks
Mayor Michael Bloomberg headed to the Staten Island Zoo this morning to see if Chuck the Groundhog would predict more winter once again.
"Now for the prediction," the mayor said, "No shadow! Ooooh, no shadow!"
A camera-shy Chuck did not see his shadow, and so goes the saying that Spring is coming soon. Last year the groundhog bit the mayor's hand during the festivities.
But not all groundhogs are seeing eye to eye about the weather forecast this year.
The Associated Press is reporting that Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning before chilly revelers in Pennsylvania, meaning winter will last another six weeks.
German tradition holds that if a hibernating animal sees its shadow on February 2, the Christian holiday of Candlemas, winter will last another six weeks. If no shadow is seen, legend says spring will come early.


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White House announces new women's healthcare rulesposted by Candace E. West
In the wake of this summer's Hobby Lobby decision and Wheaton College order, the White House has announced a new regulation designed to reconcile recent accommodations for nonprofits and closely-held for-profits with the requirements of the Affordable Care Act.
Today, the Administration took several steps to help ensure women, whose coverage is threatened, receive coverage for recommended contraceptive services at no additional cost, as they should be entitled to under the Affordable Care Act. The rules, which are in response to recent court decisions, balance our commitment to helping ensure women have continued access to coverage for preventive services important to their health, with the Administration's goal of respecting religious beliefs.
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Senator Urges Administration to Put Greater Emphasis on Regional Diplomacy to Achieve Stability in Iraq
Saying that the "answer to our problems in Iraq cannot be found down the barrel of a gun," U.S. Senator Herb Kohl today urged the Administration to pursue more aggressive diplomatic efforts with Iraq's neighbors to help bring stability to the country and end the U.S. military commitment there. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee today regarding supplemental funding for the war in Iraq. Kohl serves on the Appropriations Committee and its Subcommittee on Defense, which has oversight over the Pentagon=s annual budget.
"Everyone agrees that Iraq is an enormous problem for us and that by anyone's reckoning it has been badly mismanaged. Republicans and Democrats alike are desperately searching for a way out that leaves behind a stable Iraq and allows the men and women in our military -- who have done a magnificent job and been stretched to the breaking point -- to come home. And I also think we agree that the answer to our problems in Iraq cannot be found down the barrel of a gun. The changes that need to be made are more political than military. Our hopes increasingly focus on our diplomatic efforts: Iraq's neighbors must be more invested in quelling the country's escalating violence, and Iraqis themselves need to believe in their government and take charge of their own security," Kohl said at the hearing.
Kohl also expressed concern about a statement Secretary Gates made several weeks ago mentioning that if the troop surge backed by the President was not successful, the Secretary is considering "alternatives."
"What concerns me about that statement is that it implies there will be no end to our commitment. I am worried that there is no point at which this Administration would look at the situation in Iraq and say that this cannot continue. Who knows, the Administration could change strategies several more times. Are you proposing an open-ended commitment with constantly changing strategies -- and if not -- when do we run out of 'alternatives?'" Kohl asked Secretary Gates.
Secretary Gates indicated that if Iraq is left in chaos, more problems for the United States would store up in the region and beyond. He reminded the panel that the President has said the patience of the American people is limited with regard to the war in Iraq, and the Administration wants to balance that with the imperative needs of the security of the U.S. by not leaving Iraq in chaos.


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My G30 is the softest shooting of all my .45's and that included a 5" 1911. My mag was tough to seat for awhile, that gets easier. It does take a little smack to seat it, or a firm press, but it will get easier. I do carry 10+1 and have no trouble with it.
I've never experienced it, but the failure to go into battery was a common issue for the early G30's. The trigger bar (I think is what it's called) was updated. If yours has a number with a "-1" behind it, it should be the updated version. I don't know the facts 100%, I'd look into it further if your concerned.
Buying .45 ACP ammo does suck. That's why I bought a G19. Now I just alternate them when I carry.


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Category: Reproductive Rights, WMC in the News
WMC in the Christian Science Monitor: Has Rush Limbaugh Finally Gone Too Far?
| March 3, 2012
An article published in the Christian Science Monitor yesterday asked "Has Rush Limbaugh Finally Gone Too Far?." The piece asks whether Limbaugh is beginning to alienate former political allies with his incindiary and offensive comments about women.
Staff writer Peter Grier gives a shout out to WMC: "The Women's Media Center posted a Web story titled 'Rush Limbaugh's Sexism: Finally Too Much to Bear?'" (published Thursday).
The piece points to Sleep Train Mattress's recent pull of all advertising from Limbaugh's show as well as a twitter account created solely to push for repercussions for Limbaugh.


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starter strip for vinyl
starter strip for vinyl siding - should just click in, correct?
When it appears to be in, I go to put the nail in, and it pops out - every time!
Don't know if it's my technique, the metal starter strip, or what...
If the starter strip is aluminum or steel - the siding will not "click"/snap in.
It will "snap" in if the starter strip is vinyl.
If you're going to use metal starter strip - you have to hold the first panel into the starter -
knee, foot, something - while you nail it.
Better - have someone hold the panel up.
Ditto on what Ross said. One additional thing I do is measure the total height of the panel and measure up from the bottom of the starter strip and snap a chalkline. Just a way to make sure you pull the first row up all the way and get off to a straight start. I also pull the panel up snug, still nailing in the middle of the slot. The bottom panel will not necessarily slide side to side as easy as the ones above it. Not a problem. I do prefer steel starter strip over the aluminum or vinyl starters. It is much more ridgid and helps get off to a good start.
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The 5 Chillest Stories From Gypsy Lore
Gypsies have a breadth of awesome history, particularly when it comes to their mythology. Here are five classic tales explaining the mythos behind some gypsy traditions, as well as folklore. There's much more to gypsies than their past, though—check out the modern gypsy lifestyle in American Gypsies, premiering July 17 at 9pm only on National Geographic Channel.
1. Jack and His Golden Snuff-Box
In this story, we find "Jack," a young boy, looking to set out on his own. Before the journey, his totally rude mom gives him a big cake (with "her curse" in it, of course), while his (cool) dad offers him a golden snuff-box, for use only when he might otherwise die.
He stumbles upon some house that's occupied by this weirdo who demands a "great lake" and a warship or else he's gonna kill Jack. Fearing for his life, he opens the snuff-box and three little red men hop out (obviously), who say they'll take care of it. The next morning, there's a lake and a boat right outside.
It turns out this dude was looking for someone to marry his daughter. He says that Jack can, as long as he helps out with a couple other reasonable things, like constructing an entire castle. He manages to do it all, even after dealing with the King of Mice, the King of Frogs, and the King of Birds who insert themselves into the situation and try to wreck everything.
The moral? Do whatever crazy shit some guy in the woods says and you'll end up finding the girl of your dreams.
2. The Little Bull-Calf
Here we have a boy whose dad had given him a little bull-calf to raise, but his mom's second husband isn't into it and says he'll kill the calf. So the boy runs off.
Anyway, turns out this bull-calf is insane. It tells the boy it's gonna go into the woods and kill "all the creatures" it finds, though ultimately some dragon's going to kill it. After that, the bull-calf says, the boy must skin it and take its bladder, which will apparently kill anything it touches.
After the bull-calf gets rubbed out, the boy does as it says and loses his finger in the process—but also stumbles upon a princess who totally digs him.
The moral? Bull-calf's bladders kill everything and princesses love guys with nine fingers.
3. The Story of Origin
So one day, the gypsies were just hanging out when this cool-looking necromancer showed up. He offered them immortality if they would serve under him, but the group was like, "Hell no" to that garbage deal. Being mean and upset, the necromancer cursed them and said they'd never have their own land again. The next morning, they got attacked by a bunch of zombies and crap. A lot of people died and the land was ruined.
Obviously, the survivors had to get the heck out of there and just ran. They ran so far away, in fact, that they ended up on a mountain. Once they regrouped, they called upon the spirits and a voice told them they'd have to continue wandering, but could recruit others to join them, and could curse those who tried to kill them.
The moral? Don't mess with necromancers unless you wanna end up traveling forever.
4. Aleandro Kalderasha and the Four Horrors
Ever wondered why horseshoes are lucky? Naturally, it involves another necromancer. And again, this one sought to destroy the gypsies. To do so, he unleashed four undead gods: Hunger, Bad Luck, Bad Health, and Unhappiness.
Unfortunately for them, this chill dude Aleandro Kalderasha wasn't having any of that nonsense. He went to confront the horrors, and not-so-unexpectedly, Bad Luck chased after him. Fortunately, one of Aleandro's steed's shoes fell off and hit ol' Bad Luck right in the face, KO'ing him on the spot. Aleandro wanted a lil memento of his "victory," so he grabbed the shoe and headed home, hanging it above his door.
When Bad Luck's bros found out, they went to kill Aleandro, but noticed the shoe. Unhappiness said: "My brothers, there are three of us, and that horse has three shoes remaining." Being all cowardly and dead and all, they fled, never to return again.
The moral? Always make sure you bring a horse whose shoes are loose to a demon fight.
5. The First Gypsy King
Thousands of years ago, a rude dragon showed up and planned to, you know, lay waste to the Earth. A brave man named "Nicolaos" charged himself with the task of stopping the dragon before it had the chance. With claws forged from iron and clothed in a bunch of ox hides, he called upon the dragon. Killing it was probably gonna be too hard, though, so he challenged the dragon to a game of dice, with the wager being their skins.
Nicolaos lost the first round, but he simply cut off one layer of ox hide and rolled again. This time, the dragon lost, and Nicolaos removed the dragon's ONLY hide with his own mighty claws. He then casually returned to his people and said: "My brothers, my sisters, the great Aleandro Kalderasha taught us well, and today the lesson is repeated; it is better to be lucky than to be good."
The moral? Don't bring guns to a dragon fight. Bring like, a lot of ox hides.


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Among the earliest of my books bought for what has become something of a library of art history, is one on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood by Robin Ironside, a sometime assistant keeper at the original Tate Gallery. Published in 1948, the movement's centenary, it cost three guineas and, at 17, cost six weeks' worth of my pocket money. The dense text is of exquisite literary elegance — now a rare thing in books on art — but apart from its stylistic example it did me little good, for in evading a definition of Pre-Raphaelitism and concluding with later artists as alien as Lord Leighton, William Morris and Simeon Solomon (who was eight when the Brotherhood was formed and 13 when it disbanded), it sowed the seeds of confusion in my mind. Could there really have been as many as two dozen Brothers and one Sister? Was Augustus Leopold Egg, that painter of quotidian narratives, really one of their number? Did the movement really last from their gathering in 1848 to the death of Henry Wallis in 1916 — that is as long as the High Renaissance and the working life of Michelangelo?
For more than 60 years I have remained confused and the new exhibition at Tate Britain, the latest of a dozen or so in my lifetime — Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde — does little to remedy my confusion. Tate Britain's director tells us that it "is both very specific — examining the relationship between the key founder members and their closer associates — and also more general, expanding into a much wider frame of reference over 50 years". The three curators support her with the assertion that after its first decade (within, rather than after, I must argue), part of it metamorphosed into a group that urged Pre-Raphaelitism into a diversity of textiles, applied furniture, stained glass and other applied arts, fusing the visual arts not only with craft but with poetry and music, Morris, Burne-Jones, Solomon and Lizzie Siddall sitting at Rossetti's feet. At the end of the 19th century it metamorphosed again "into an explicit Socialist affiliation, developing an iconography for the British Left". An examination of the embroidered banners carried on trade union marches may suggest the craft influence of William Morris, but I am inclined to argue that it was Morris himself who became the icon of the Left, visionary, emotional and absurdly ideal in a preposterous middle-class way — his maxim "Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful" must have been as incomprehensible to the workers of his time (householders among them few), as to their great-grandchildren today.
The curators thus offer "the mixture as before", the tincture varying only in the increased dose of Lizzie Siddall (whose trivial work only weakened and enfeebled it) and spiced with other women of even less consequence than those who later played handmaiden in the Omega Workshop, so that this is, in part, a show of tapestry and furniture, rag, tag and bobtail. Apart from scholarly observations here and there (and some unscholarly — was Jacques-Louis David ever "artificially slick"?), the catalogue follows the well-worn course from Pre-Raphaelite antecedence in the work of the German Nazarenes earlier in the 19th century, William Dyce who knew them in the later 1820s, and William Blake, dead in 1827. To these, entirely as a consequence of work by Max Browne, a worthy amateur researcher, has been added Theodor von Holst, 1810-44, a pupil of Fuseli and a direct influence on Millais and Rossetti. From one work by each, we are expected to discern their influence, but who on the Clapham omnibus, I wonder, knows anything of Holst, or Dyce, or, particularly, the Nazarenes, and why, if they are so important in this context, has the Tate never, in any of its incarnations, bothered to exhibit them?
In 1848 there were major political revolutions in France, Austria, Italy and Germany, but we made do with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Of the seven Brothers, John Everett Millais, then 19, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 20, and at 21, William Holman Hunt, all painters and all ex-students at the Royal Academy, were the leaders; a fourth Academy student, James Collinson, affianced to Rossetti's sister Christina, resigned in 1850, and a fifth, Frederick Stevens, was to destroy almost all his work and become an art critic. Rossetti's younger brother, William, secretary to the group, was also a critic. The seventh founder member was the sculptor Thomas Woolner who, in 1852, removed to Australia to prospect for gold. The two critics could have cobbled together a manifesto, but did not; in 1850 the Brotherhood published four issues of a magazine, perhaps unfortunately called The Germ, in which they expressed opinions on art but not their art-politics, which might well be summed up as "Down with Joshua Reynolds (whom they nicknamed Sloshua). Down with the Royal Academy. Down with brown paintings. Down with Raphael. Up with Italian art and literature before the end of the Quattrocento." In 1853, Millais, precocious, ambitious, charming and still only 25, betrayed his friends when he was elected an Associate Academician and the Brotherhood disbanded; within two months Hunt left for Egypt and the Holy Land taking his Pre-Raphaelite mannerisms with him.
In 1848 not one of them had been to Italy, and in the National Gallery — then a collection so small that the building housed the RA and its schools as well — there were only three paintings by or attributed to Raphael, the tiny Vision of a Knight, St Catharine, and the portrait of Pope Julius II, none so objectionably brown as to generate a revolution. Evidence that they were familiar with the national collection (then of fewer than 200 paintings) lies in the haunting influence of Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait, and perhaps of Lorenzo Monaco's Adoring Saints, but what they knew of Raphael they gained from black and white engravings. Had any of them been, I wonder, to Hampton Court to see his far from brown tapestry cartoons?
This is not my hoped-for exhibition of pre-Pre-Raphaelites and the boys' responses to them, nor of their early work before the idea of Pre-Raphaelitism seized them, nor of the changes wrought by whatever was in their unwritten manifesto; of the 175 exhibits listed in the catalogue only 20 represent the five years of the Brotherhood's existence. Had these been hung together, combining in their impact to engender acute insights in terms of realism, emotion, colour, light and technique, we might have identified the probable declarations of the absent manifesto; but they are instead scattered to illustrate such imposed themes as Salvation, Beauty and Paradise, all chronology discarded.
Even with so few there are significant absentees from the precocious Millais's tally — The Proscribed Royalist, several portraits and landscapes, and above all, The Bridesmaid (with which he set a pattern for the half-length sensual women of his peers); and had his boyhood masterpiece of 1846, Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru, been included to demonstrate how great was the leap to his Isabella and the Pot of Basil of 1848-49, it would have been worth a thousand words of exegesis. This last, dubbed by Hunt "the most wonderful picture that any youth of 20 years of age ever painted", perfectly demonstrates the Brotherhood's infatuation with Italian art and literature before the High Renaissance, the subject Boccaccio's tale of love and murder, the costumes pseudo-Quattrocento, the realism and the differentiated profiles wholly of Millais' 19th-century day. We can almost hear the scrotum crunch of the walnut in the cracker, and we fear for the sleeping dog under the murderer's tilted chair. Always illustrated in seemingly misleading brilliant colour, it is so tonal as to suggest a substantial layer of grime — an impression heightened by the curators' comparison with the scrubbed Lorenzo Monaco borrowed from the National Gallery.
In terms of tone and colour, Millais proves to be surprisingly inconsistent, Hunt far less so — indeed Hunt in this exhibition emerges as a pure Pre-Raphaelite for far longer than Millais and never as drab (except in The Awakening Conscience); visitors may be surprised too by the drabness of Rossetti's watercolours. Poor visitors — the Tate last offered them a comprehensive review of the Pre-Raphaelites in 1984, yet after a lapse of 28 years, all will leave this exhibition in confusion as absolute as mine in the year of their centenary, indeed worse, for they will have no idea of what is meant by the subtitle, Victorian Avant-Garde. Comparing Holman Hunt's Hireling Shepherd, the bright peasantry blatantly lustful in the meadows between Kingston and Ewell, with the mysterious dooms and glooms, romantic, symbolic and Wagnerian, of The Perseus Cycle by Burne-Jones, 35 years later, they will discover no connection, for by then the essential fire of the Brotherhood had long since fizzled out.
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Been following this for what seems like forever now, very exciting to actually get to play it.
Play Wakfu on the Remington server with us.
soo basically..its salem.. lol
Quoted from Kashis
"I have a penis, I don't need to play as a guy to be reminded of that."
Every time you promote a crap browser game...I die a little inside.
So when will we be able to play this?
Alpha Test starting Monday! I am so hyped for the territory control system! They also have crafting and an interesting character customization system (different item-combinations affect your character). Let me know if you are playing my IGN is Maple and I'll be joining the Albion Academy guild! Tell your friends!
wasn't able to get a key ):
I signed up for beta/etc. several months back, never was invited. Though might be because I told them I disliked forced PVP.
Only plays Magic DPS Classes, Healers and Machinist/Engineers.
Playing MMO: FFXIV (Balmung)
Waiting On: FFXV, KH3, Tree of Savior, RE:FFVII · Saving For: New Computer
Hmm didn't know of this one. Could be a lot of fun, we'll see.
looks like trash Bird camera browser game
I've been in alpha a few days now and this game has great potential it is very addictive, crunch of it is forage, craft, build, fight. When you die you lose what you have on you, there's really not much point running back for it either, it'll be gone, eaten by someone else, you don't lose cash, just whats in your bag, You have to remember to double craft and stock pile it up in event of the death failure, this helps dramatically curb a crawl back to life from nothing to a more faster pace of being where you were before you died, quickly. Crafting is really quiet cool and is a main focus, you can of course just go and kill stuff, you'll have to craft something though, it pays to do every single thing in this game for all your fame. Its a brilliantly structured game graphically its amusing. If your lucky to start in alpha its learn as go experimental experience, you soon come to grips with the ropes of its play, its economy and advancement tiers. I can't wait to jump back in, like maybe about now. there's many types of operating platform downloads for all types of systems, I use the PC but you can use whatever! The download size is only 132 meg or so. brilliant
If you want to try for keys use twitch and search for Albion Online streamers or use the AO forums to seek other ways.
Great game! nice work devs
Anyone have a spare key?
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Been trying to get into alpha for a while now, unlucky so far. Pretty excited for this game, can't lie.
Twitch is the best place to get keys. Personally I know http://www.twitch.tv/thatguycraig has a bunch of keys to give away still and he streams almost everyday. Also the devs tend to hang out in his stream so you can ask them questions and stuff.
How does housing/safe zones work?
Haven and hearth, one of the best has one big flaw and that's that older players who are fully stated can just destroy your walls and house and take everything you ever loved and more. And while obviously sabotage and thievery are expected problems, being able to completely obliterate a player(more or less) who is offline is pretty....annoying.
housing is based on a upkeep system. People must pay ingame money every tick depending on their plot size. If they miss a tick and don't pay. Someone can steal their lot. For guild lots there is also an upkeep but ontop of the large upkeep they set 3 times that their guild can be attacked. Outside those times no one outside of the guild can even enter the plot.
I'm a bit worried about the "multi-platform" thing. This usually means the game has to be overly simplified and thus has the combat pretty boring.


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Australia's plan to ban Uluru climb sparks debate
By Rob Taylor
CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian government proposal to stop people from climbing the famed Uluru, in deference to the wishes of indigenous people, sparked debate on Wednesday with lawmakers opposing the plan.
A draft management plan for the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park called for a ban on people climbing the 348-meter (1,142 ft) rock, which is sacred to local Aborigine people and visited each year by 350,000 people, half of them from overseas.
The plan for Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, could be implemented within 18 months, but must be approved by national Environment Minister Peter Garrett after a two-month public consultation, a spokesman for Garrett said.
"Kevin Rudd must veto any plans by Peter Garrett to shut down Australia's world-famous Uluru climb," said conservative politician and environment spokesman Greg Hunt.
"Visitors from around Australia and the world would be stopped from completing the majestic and exhilarating journey," Hunt said.
The world heritage-listed rock, famed for its shifting red-ochre colours, is a top tourist drawcard and is climbed by more than 100,000 people each year, despite its central desert location and against the wishes of indigenous people.
"You can't go climb on top of the Vatican, you can't go climb on top of the Buddhist temples and so on and so forth," local elder Vince Forrester from Mutitjulu township told state radio.
Forrester said traditional owners of the rock, which is 9.4kms (5.8 mls) in circumference, have wanted the climb closed since the park was placed in indigenous hands in 1985. The monolith features strongly in indigenous creation myth. Continued...


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Card carrying member of Gen X here, and also a lady who does not mind watching a little porn herself. I've dated/slept with men (all mbrs of Gen X except 1) who have had problems distinguishing porn from reality and others who have not. I dated a guy with a porn addiction, but not a porn affliction. He had to watch it to become aroused, but was actually a very considerate lover. I was offended at first but later found out this was typical for him, in every fling or relationship. I dated another guy who despised porn, refused to watch it, and he was the most inconsiderate, disrespectful and forceful lover of all. Another had no problems in the bedroom but expected women to look as if they just stepped out of a porn. He wanted me to lay in a tanning bed and straighten my hair everyday. He often referred to porn stars as "top quality models". Um, no. The (upper end of) Gen. Y guy... HELLO!! He could have taught everyone else a thing or 12. IME, it depends on the guy.
After discovering the porn star James Deen (also known as the feminists porn star), I think every woman needs to hand out his stuff to potential lovers. Not his fetish stuff mind you, unless... but the "how to please women" films he participates in. Watch and learn fella's! Watch and learn!
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cutting a stud in an exterior wall
I'm trying to install a wall dog door between 2 garage doors. This is on the bottom floor of a two story section of the house. It seems, there are double 2x6 studs 11" apart and I need to cut one of them. My question is this: because they seem to have an overkill situation with side by side 2x6 studs and 11" on each side the same situation (double 2x6 studs), will it damage the integrity of the wall to cut one of them.
What is the distance between the doors? About 17" plus the trim? It is most likely that the double studs are holding your door headers, which in turn hold up the rest of your house. This is probably not an area in which you want to make structural modifications.
The distance is 34"
Okay, that makes more sense, but still, there is a reason they doubled them up; I would definitely consult with an engineer before doing anything with those studs. You have a lot of weight resting in that area.
Thanks, you're probably right. I may be much simpler to just get rid of the dogs! Problem solved!!!
Or put the dog door (if it's small enough) in the garage door panel.
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