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Holy Reboot, Batman
With Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy complete, we suggest three bold reinventions
By Alex Pappademas onFor the sake of argument, let's assume two possibly incorrect things about Batman in the post–Christopher Nolan era, which for all intents and purposes begins around noon today.
Assumption No. 1: Warner Bros. will want to keep Batman off the board as a movie-franchise character for a while — let's say five years, which is how long Sony waited before hooking up with a younger, sexier, broodinger, skateboardier Spider-Man. They'll say they're waiting out of respect for Nolan's legacy as a Bat-auteur, or something equally pious; no one will really believe this. Warner Bros. would have Batman Begins Again in theaters by Christmas if they thought the market would bear it. They'll actually be waiting to get the Nolan-cosigned Henry Cavill–Zack Snyder Superman up and running as a franchise and/or a thing people care about (hey, you never know), which would in turn set the stage for Superman II: The One Where the New Batman Shows Up around 2017, followed by the virtually inevitable Avengers-style Justice League movie by the turn of the decade. (I'm probably overestimating how long they'll let the corpse cool; the more salient point here is that the next big-screen Batman reboot will be about creating a new Batman for kids too young to remember Christian Bale, and right now that target demo is busy learning to Velcro its shoes and eat with utensils.)
Assumption No. 2: Unwilling to totally give up the license to print money that the Bat-franchise has become, the studio will find a way to keep the Dark Knight in circulation without bigfooting Snyder's movie or pissing off Nolan's ever-more-insane-clown-posseish superfan base.
There's only one real way to do that: TV. Yes, fine, for every historical example of how TV's been far more hospitable to comic-book subject matter in the past (11 years of Smallville!) there's a counter-argument (The Cape!). But at some point, somebody's going to make the first great modern TV drama series with superheroes in it. (No, I haven't forgotten Heroes, although I'd like to.) And if there's any character who can sustain a show like that, it's Batman.
Here are some ways that could happen, ranked from most to least plausible:
Scenario A: The One That Someone Should Do, Like, Tomorrow
Gotham Central, based on Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, and Michael Lark's great 2003-06 DC Comics series. It's a police procedural about what it's like to be the cops in Batman's town, working murders committed by the Joker or the Penguin. Think about it: Overtired, cynical, paper-pushing cops, bitching about "The Bat," laboring under the yoke of bureaucracy and due process that he willfully ignores, pridefully struggling to close red-ball murder cases before he does, just to prove that they can. You get to keep a lot of the stuff that worked in the Nolan films — the existential-cop-drama aspect, and the notion that by encouraging costumed lunatics to pick fights with him, Batman might be part of the problem — without having to push the old origin-story rock up the hill one more time. Plus, while you still have to find somebody new to play Batman, that person isn't your leading man; his job is to show up, maybe not even in every episode, as a shape outside the window, murmuring "Check out the abandoned cat-toy factory downtown" in a gravelly voice before disappearing into the night. It's Ed McBain's 87th Precinct novels or NYPD Blue or Homicide set in a city that happens to have its own superhero. Better pitch: It's The Wire in a world whose Omar is Batman. Boom! Only a studio that hates money would not green-light this immediately.
Scenario B: The One That Will Win All the Awards
Four words: billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne. In Nolan's version, Wayne's jetsetting lifestyle was a relatively minor detail, confined to a few boardroom confrontations and fancy black-tie-party scenes; make it the center of the story. Make it a show about a bored, guilt-ridden billionaire playboy who's decided to dress up as a bat and fight crime, because that's an amazing concept that you don't just throw away. Make it about the question of whether dressing up as a bat and taking your angst out on muggers and liquor-store stick-up men is just another form of billionaire-playboy indulgence. Make it about a rich guy who has a midlife crisis and buys a Batmobile instead of a Porsche. Give him a foxy shrink who reminds him of his mother just enough that it's weird. And make him funny, so as not to burden some poor actor with the impossible task of out-frowning a bottomless well of self-seriousness like Christian Bale. Yeah, OK, I've basically just described Tony Stark — but last time I checked, people seem to like Tony Stark. And there's a way around the inevitable Iron Man comparisons: Call it a winking reboot of the old Adam West TV show, set it in 1966, and make him Don Draper in a cape. Or make him Pete Campbell in a cape. Or keep it 21st-century-set, but go younger. Keeping in mind that "playboy" is the masculine form of "heiress," and that occasionally, in the comics, Commissioner Gordon would entertain his "young socialite friend, Bruce Wayne," make him Chuck Bass in a bat-suit — a superhero whose cover story is "rich orphaned TMZ-bait celebrity douche bag."
Scenario C: The One That Will Never Happen
One and a half words: Bat-Unforgiven. Take a cue from Frank Miller's '80s miniseries The Dark Knight Returns, and make it a future-set show about a grizzled, Powers Boothe–ish Bruce Wayne emerging from maudlin Kane-in-Xanadu retirement to pop a heart pill and saddle up for one caped crusade. (Note to HBO: This does not necessarily mean horses need to be involved, although Miller's book had them.) Give him a wide-eyed young partner to worry about — Miller's book had the first female Robin, Carrie Kelley. Or forget Miller's version of tomorrow's Batman (which, having influenced both Nolan's Batman and Tim Burton's, feels a little strip-mined today) and adapt Paul Pope's amazing Batman: Year 100, in which a spiritual descendant of the original Batman — "someone with the body of David Beckham, the brain of Nikola Tesla, and the wealth of Howard Hughes, who is pretending to be Nosferatu," as Pope once put it — dons a luchador's mask and a set of fake vampire teeth to take on an Orwellian police-state Gotham in 2039. You're welcome, TV!


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Marylhurst student Mario Martinez talked with The Oregonian about the recent tragic events in the country of his youth.
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Congressman Faleomavaega announced today that he joined with House International Relations Committee Chairman Henry Hyde and Ranking Democrat Tom Lantos to welcome and meet with the new President of Indonesia, Her Excellency Megawati Sukarnoputri.
In the meeting at the U.S.Capitol, President Megawatis delegation included Indonesias Minister for Political and Security Affairs, Mr. Bambang Susilo Yudhoyomo; the Minister for Economic Affairs and former Ambassador to the United States, Mr. Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti; the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. N. Hassan Wirajuda; and the Presidents Chief of Staff, Mr. Bambang Kesowo.
In light of the tragic terrorist attacks on the United States this past week, stated Faleomavaega, I commend President Megawati, the leader of 210 million people and the largest Islamic nation in the world, for coming to Washington and joining with our country in condemning international terrorism. While we are thankful for Indonesias support and cooperation, it is also important to recognize their concern that Americas response not be perceived as anti-Muslim, for our fight is against terrorism not Islam.
Congressman Faleomavaega noted that President Megawatis pledge to strengthen existing cooperation with the United States to combat global terrorism is particularly important given the rise in Indonesia of extremist, radical Islamic groups, such as Laskar Jihad, whose members have received training in Afghanistan and been involved in the Maluku Islands conflict where thousands have died. The wide-ranging discussions also focused on Indonesias progress in stopping human rights violations, necessary reform of the military, and repatriation of East Timorese citizens from West Timor, among other issues.
During the meeting, I commended and thanked President Megawati for deciding in her first major address to parliament to issue deep apologies to the people of West Papua and Aceh for the many atrocities committed by the Indonesian military over decades, stated Congressman Faleomavaega. Given Indonesias 300 year history of colonization where it labored under Dutch colonial rule, I noted that President Megawati more than anyone should be sensitive to concerns of human rights, self-determination and democracy.
While raising issues of human rights abuses in West Papua, the Congressman specifically inquired as to the status of the Special Autonomy proposal for West Papua and was informed it was still in planning with implementation expected by next year. In response to Congressman Faleomavaegas interest in West Papua, President Megawati invited him to come to Indonesia.
With over $20 billion of American investments in oil and mining operations, much of it in West Papua, and 36,000 of our citizens in Indonesia, the United States has numerous interests in that country and I look forward to traveling to Indonesia in response to President Megawatis kind invitation, concluded Faleomavaega.
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Limited Edition Dissidia Final Fantasy Entertainment Pack unveiled |
Listed in: News, Titles, Games Tags: GameStop, Memory Stick Pro Duo, PSP-3000
Included in the entertainment pack are the following:
- Mystic Silver PSP-3000
- Dissidia: Final Fantasy game
- Final Fantasy VII Advent Children on UMD
- 2GB Memory Stick PRO Duo
Related Dissidia: Final Fantasy Articles:
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2009-05-14 12:49
Well I will buy this I need to update my 1k.
Hopefully the PSP3K is fully hackable soon.
Hopefully the PSP3K is fully hackable soon.
lets keep are fingers crossed —
2009-05-14 14:41
my slim god of war psp was stolen and im stuck with my busted up fatty. i will totally hold out for this one. expecally if the 3000 is fully hacked! its definatly got all the good stuff for a ff fan
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2009-05-14 18:51
only regular AC? awww, i was hoping they throw in ACC....but then again, it would epp up ACC's sales....
still.....this looks damn tempting, but i was hoping for the white one, like Japan's
still.....this looks damn tempting, but i was hoping for the white one, like Japan's
2009-05-15 03:45
Was not white I own it. It's Mystic silver or whatever the Jack and Daxter bundle was. I just want to know if this has any super awesome decals on it like the Japanese FFVII PSP if so then I may buy it to have both :]


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Posúdené hosťami spoločnosti Hotels.com dňa dec 22, 2012
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"Tento hotel je v tichsej casti miami"Posúdené hosťami spoločnosti Hotels.com dňa nov 7, 2012
nam sa ohromne pacilo a to aj vdaka vyberu tohto hotela, vyhovovala nam 24hodinova recepcia, parkovanie za 8usd na den, cistota hotela, tichsia poloha, hotel sa nachadza v lepsej stvrti co nam uplne vyhovovalo, ale my sme nehladali zabavu ale skor sukromie :) plaz bola asi 5 minut od hotela, pobyt hodnotime velmi pozitivne :)
"v hoteli boli velmi mile a napomocne recepcne"Posúdené hosťami spoločnosti Hotels.com dňa júl 4, 2012
v prvom rade ochota na recepcii bola vyborna, shuttle bus asi za 8 min na letisku sofer, ranajky ok bola som velmi spokojna.
V závislosti od podmienok hotela sa na ďalšiu osobu môžu vzťahovať dodatočné poplatky.
Pri registrácii sa vyžaduje občiansky preukaz alebo pas s fotografiou a kreditná karta alebo peňažná záloha za účelom úhrady dodatočných výdavkov.
Splnenie špeciálnych požiadaviek závisí na dostupnosti služieb po registrácii a môžu sa naň vzťahovať dodatočné poplatky. Splnenie špeciálnych požiadaviek nemožno zaručiť.
Tento hotel neponúka funkcie dostupnosti. Ak máte záujem o objednanie izby s týmito vlastnosťami, vyberte iný hotel.
V tomto ubytovacom zariadení prebieha renovácia. Ovplyvnené sú nasledujúce súčasti ubytovacieho zariadenia:
Hotel ponúka nasledujúce možnosti rekreácie: vonkajší bazén a fitnes centrum.
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The Metromover links the AmericanAirlines Arena, Bayside Marketplace, the Brickell Avenue financial district, the Miami Art Museum, and many other central attractions. Passengers can transfer to the Metrorail to venture north and south. The Port of Miami is near downtown, as are three ethnic enclaves: Little Haiti, Little Havana, and Liberty City, the historic African-American neighborhood.
zobraziť všetky hotely – MiamiGood location in downtown for the price, not too far from MIA and cruise port. Hotel staff are very helpful. Hotel is little bit dated but will do for short stay. Room is very roomy. We will stay here again in the future.Autentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"I do not recommend."
I do not recommend. It is too old placeAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
I would like to give a "BIG THANKS" to the front desk staff. They were all very professional and went out of their way to make sure that we had everything at our dis-posal. The front desk manager is certainly an asset to your Hotel. This was our second time staying and will return whenever we are in Miami! I also got three other family members to stay […] there at this last visit! I know there is some work to be done within the hotel, but the service made up for that! Ďalšie informácieAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
This is an older hotel. It is expected to have wear and tear. It would be nice if they upgraded the wifi so it was available rooms instead of just the lobby. The shuttle to the port of Miami was great but you need to make sure you get down there early because some people did not make the shuttle.Autentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
The River Park is obviously an old hotel but it was clean and very comfortable. Our room was on the 16th floor and very quiet with a river view. We were very tired after a 13 cruise crossing from Lisbon to Miami. This hotel is not far from the port. We stayed one night and then went back to the port for another cruise. It cost $7/person to get from […] the port to hotel in a van and it cost $6/person from the hotel to the port the next morning. Taxis and buses were charging up to $60/person to go to the airport but if you take a van it was $10/person. There were very expensive hotels all around the River Park but this hotel was just fine for the price and location. Did have wi-fi in the lobby which was helpful. Ďalšie informácieAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"Really Satisfied with Eiver park Hotelel & Suites"
Great location, & all the front desk staff really helped us in every possible way, giving the extra mile every step of the way. We were really pleased, thankful & satisfied. We're absolutely coming back to the same place very soon, so no doubt about recommending this place highly.Autentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"Needle Park Hotel and Suites"
This is an absolutely scuzzy hotel. If Anthony Melchiorri from Hotel Impossible stopped in for a visit, he would immediately suffer an embolism and drop dead in the lobby. Personally, I think it's a toss-up between the staying at this hotel or bedding down for the night at a local homeless shelter. If you want to see the dark side of Miami's broken […] down and decrepit downtown area, this is the place for you. The economics of my business trip and the hotel's close proximity to work gave me no choice but to stay there. Don't expect anything in the room, but the very basics. To put it bluntly, I had to make my own "do not disturb" sign using a post-it note. It's unfortunate that the hotel is so scummy, as it is in a good location and is within a very short distance to the riverwalk stop on the Miami metro mover system. Good luck and abandon all hope, all ye who enter here. Ďalšie informácieAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"great price and location"
it was good...the hotel needs to upgrade badly, but if you just looking to crash for a night or 2 in the middle of dt Miami..the price is def. awesome. clean room but again older. Quiet stay as wellAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"very poor"
Very badAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"Its what you pay for"
Hotel was very average.Nneeds a tidy up but for the price was okAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"Old rooms"
Rooms outdated Water never got hot in shower Beds were hardAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"If I wasn't so tired!"
If I wasn't so tired I would have left. No parking $20 valet only Not ice bucket Holes in the confider Roaches No bar No restaurant Continental breakfast is: muffins, bread for toast and orange juice A/c handle rattled all night because it was in the room with you 3 tv channels Remote barely worked Everyone only speaks Spanish Wifi only in the lobby $2 […] a bottle soda vending machines That only give out frozen drinks Ďalšie informácieAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"Close to cruise ship port"
Room was not ready for occupancy-shower was very hard to turn on because the handle was so loose it almost fell off on my hand. The water was hard to adjust. Towels were skimpy and there was one small bottle of shampoo and only one tiny bar of soap. Desk lamp had a light bulb hanging by bare wires. Room had two TVs but only one remote control. NO TELEPHONE […] IN THE ROOM!! We had to take the elevator down from the 10th floor to the front desk if we needed anything. No information in the room regarding where things were located such as the ice machine. We did get a large suit--but the walls were bare except fro two bla pictures--it had a very cold, unwelcome feeling. Breakfast is skimpy--there is no bar or restaurant or even a snack area. BUT the location of the hotel is terrific--right in the middle of downtown and close to public transportation. Ďalšie informácieAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"Got moved to another hotel"
We arrived at the hotel to find that the hotel did not have the room available that we payed for due to an emergency shut down of a floor. Fine. Next we get offered a room at a low quality hotel partner in coral gables, about 45 minutes south of where we needed to be. The partner hotel was 1-2 star quality, and so far that it took us for ever to drive […] back from there to downtown miami where our event was hosted that night. Not a great experience. Next time i will spend the extra $50 for the nicer hotel. Ďalšie informácieAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"Not woth it"
The front desk staff were great, however, the bed was old and uncomfortable, they had a 1990's tv in the room and the volume would go up and down as it pleased. My room was two rooms away from a smoking room so I could smell the smoke. The continental breakfast consisted of muffins, toast and cereal along with coffee and juice. The carpets were old […] and the parking cost was $20 a day above the amount of the hotel stay. The only good thing about this hotel was it was directly inside downtown Miami so you could walk to your downtown destination. I would not stay here again. Ďalšie informácieAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"Sucks big time"
Don't bother staying at this 1960's era hotel. You get what you pay for.Autentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
It was the most terrible hotel I have ever been too. Also the elevators lisense is expired. Its been expired since 2012. Be careful everyone. It was just terrible.Everything was a problem!!!!! I would not rrecommend this to anyone!!!!!!Autentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"wonderful and beautiful"
Everything was wonderful except the bed it was a bit on the hard side and that they charge $20 for valet parking because they dont have their own parking. Other than that it was great!!Autentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
hotel was good but parking 20 bucks per day?????ughhhh!!!Autentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"Nice window view"
we visited there on labor day weekend. Hotel is quite good we have been promoted to a suite it was a good surprise. Room was quite big and clean. You can choose to have downtown view or river view room.But the sad part is Miami downtown has no night life. There was no body on streets at 9 in night. Every single place was closed. Somehow we found a restaurant […] for dinner. So if you are a night party person dont stay in downtown. Rather choose a place near south beach and enjoy your evening at ocean st. Ďalšie informácieAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"Best for the money"
ExcellentAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
Vey bad customer serviceAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
This hotel is disgusting, the service was horrible, the room is nasty, the pool is dirty, there are bums that sleep around the entire hotel... The manager of the hotel actually had the nerve to get sarcastic and talk down to me. I booked this hotel because it was close to the airport and port... I would have much rather stayed anywhere else... There's […] not much to do within walking distance... Overall if I could give this less than one star I would and I recommend NO ONE risk their health and well being by staying in this cesspool. Ďalšie informácieAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
Very bad customer service nogood valey and All rooms need a lot of work and no clean bedsAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"close to Bayside"
just okay. Breakfast wast really bad.Autentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"Great location, good value"
This hotel was perfectly located downtown and adjacent to Metrorail station for easy access to everything that we wanted to visit. There is not one thing wrong with the condition of the rooms and lobby, especially for the price! One caveat: no coffee available after 9:00 am.Autentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"Adequate for a desperate cheap stay."
The staff was not welcoming except for the manager and the valet. I was not very happy about the parking situation because it is a required valet service. The complimentary breakfast was a joke.Autentické hodnotenie zákazníka spoločnosti Expedia
"Very good price, clean and confor rooms..."
Hotel and rooms were clean properly. The area seems to be a little bit dangerous at nigh, but during the day is walking distance to everywhere (bayside, downtown, train) and also it is centrally located, easy to take a taxi. Breakfast was OK (don't expect a gourmet buffet). The only concern I have is the parking, we did not have a car, but a friend […] picked us up and it was crowded. Ďalšie informácieAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"You get what you pay for"
I knew that I would arrive around 10 pm and be checking out the next day by 7 am so wanted to choose a hotel that was located not too far from the Port and did not break the bank. That being said, I wished I had spent the $20 more dollars and stayed at a nicer hotel within the vicinity. As it turns out, I had to pay $20 to park my car over night anyway […] and the "breakfast buffet" in the morning was just horrible quality so ended up eating a real breakfast somewhere else and spending $25 on that. The breakfast buffet was horrible. White bread, packaged muffins, and some type of juice that was a step below Sunny Delight. The hotel had that 70's feel to it. I was with my 7 and 9 year old kids and they still have not stopped asking me why I did not spend $20 more for the Hampton Inn that was 1 mile away and a million times better. (We did stay there the next night though and I completely redeemed myself)! Ďalšie informácieAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"Dont even think about walking along the river!!!!!"
The staff here went over and beyond to accommodate us especially the valet workers. Such a nice high end hotel but along the side and the back nothing but homeless people. I couldnt find a hotel near the ocean on short notice but I thought the view of the river would be nice as well. After we checked in we took a walk along the scary river. We saw over […] 20 homeless people sleeping on benches and the floor. Its a shame that the city cant do anything to help the nice hotel. Ďalšie informácieAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"Cheap Hotel not worth it."
wasn't expecting the world, but received very little.This was a poor choice on my part. No microwave or anything to do at the hotel. This must just be a business hotel only. No entertainmentAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka spoločnosti Expedia
Furniture, bedding, and curtains were outdated. The carpet and curtains were torn. The airconditioner was not working properly. We Did not receive amenities as promised - no refrigerator, no safe, no microwave, no iron and iron board in room (we had to request it from front desk). Continental breakfast was poor - (bread, muffin, juice and coffee). The […] toilet did not function properly. The lobby of the hotel made us feel like we were in a 4 star hotel but not the room. Also, we requested a queen size bed but received a room with twin beds. The room was clean and the service was good. Ďalšie informácieAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
Excellent staff especially the Valet Parking personnel: OUTSTANDING!Autentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"Downtown hotel"
If you just need a place to crash placed in Downtown, you´ll find what you need. Free Wi-Fi in the lobby.Autentické hodnotenie zákazníka spoločnosti Expedia
For the price it was absolutely fine. Handy to Metrorail and MetroMover. Decent breakfast. Having to go to the lobby for internet is not ideal. Also, over enthusiastic room service threw out a plastic bag that contained my dental fIoss and spare razors. (If I want to throw something out, I know where to find the trash can!) Overall, I have no problem […] recommending this hotel to budget conscious travelers. Ďalšie informácieAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"Furniture breaks"
Staff was no nice... bed head was broken when we arrived ... Weak wifiAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
The hotel was central located, had a nice lobby. Also it was very clean, great staff and awesome service. And the room was big enough, very comfy and we absolutely loved it. I didn't use the pool but it was clean.Autentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"Never again!"
We booked this hotel online for 3 adults with a king bed and a pull out sofa bed. We arrived at the hotel and the man that greeted us was far from friendly. We got to our room and it smelled horrible. When my husband turned the shower on, the knob fell off! It wasn't until we were going to bed that we discovered that the sofa was not a pull out. My […] husband went to the desk to try to have the problem resolved. The man at the desk tried to argue with him that that was not what his paperwork showed. Seriously? We checked in as 3 adults. He showed him our confirmation that clearly said one king with pull out sofa bed. He finally let us change rooms. By the way, the second room smelled worse than the first! Ďalšie informácieAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"Good Experiance in Miami"
The desk manager Izrael was very helpful.The hotel was quiet and we were able to have a good rest in a comfortable bed after busy days in Miami and surrounds.Autentické hodnotenie zákazníka spoločnosti Expedia
"Good enough"
I needed a room near Jackson Memorial Hospital. This was clean and affordable and near enough.Autentické hodnotenie zákazníka spoločnosti Expedia
"You Get what you pay for."
I read the reviews and they were correct. This is an old hotel with no efforts to bring it up to date. The breakfast was toast, orange juice, muffins, milk and cereal (only two options) and oranges. The breakfast was the same each day.Autentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"Not Clarion Suites.. BUT"
I often stayed here when it was a Clarion Suites hotel... The Clarion was twice the price, but packed with amenities and a more "upscale" clientele. If you don't mind going to the lobby for wireless internet, going to the front desk for an iron, and don't need a desk lamp, note pads, pens, or abundant electrical outlets AND you want a clean, comfortable […] no-frills room at a great price for the area... this is the place for you. Ďalšie informácieAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka spoločnosti Expedia
"Very Good Service"
We got a great deal on this hotel and it was way more than we expected it to be. The staff were all very friendly and made the experience pleasant. We would definitely stay here again.Autentické hodnotenie zákazníka spoločnosti Expedia
"Don't go there. .."
Very bad hotel.They don't even have emergency first aid box.Breakfast is stupid just bread and old juice. The staff are very rude and ignorant.After we got ready to checkout and went to take our lughage...we got delayed in paking the guest manager entered our room without permission and started harasding us....Sheesh...totally invasion of privacy.....Old […] tv andmist channels dont work..Overall a bad experience. Ďalšie informácieAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka spoločnosti Expedia
It was the worst experience my friend and I had! Rooms are so stuffy and dirty! The carpet smells stale! The toilet and bathtub was disgusting! Don't let the hotel pictures fool you this hotel is simply disgusting! We ended up canceling our reservation just five minutes after checking in.Autentické hodnotenie zákazníka spoločnosti Expedia
"need of renovation!"
It seemed very old! I didn't even want to stay here if it wasn't for my friends trying to save money! This hotel has a poor rating for a reason!Autentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"The hotel needs an upgrade badly"
The room was very shabby, the wall by the window was torn the dresses had some greasy stuff on it and their was a group of school aged children that ended up staying on the floor we were on running back and forth slamming doors and yelling for most of the days we were there. Other than that the staff were very respectful and helpful. The hotel just […] needs an upgrade and some softer and cleaner beds and it would be a fine hotel Ďalšie informácieAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka spoločnosti Expedia
"I had a great time!"
We had a very comfortable room,big, it was 4of us including our kids,we had a river view room, the bathroom was beautiful the room was veey comfortable we had a kitchen area wich was great (would of been cool to have a small coffee maker there tho) everything was clean,towels were new. I was very scared while reading others rating,but it was good. Now […] i did not like at all the parking situation,its a pain to get in or out of the hotel, and they dont inform u that u have to pay $20 a day for valet pkng, but i di call plenty of other hotels in the area an they also charge that and more for valet because its downtown. Another issue would be the carts to bring your bags upstairs or downstairs,THERES WAS ONLY 2 an never available,we had our childs stroller so brought up in that. But loke i said other than those two issues,its great, for having free breakfast hey,we got the option of getting anything there,they had toast (butter,jelly) muffins,fruits,O.J. coffee,cereals,milk, its was good. I would defenetly stay again. Ďalšie informácieAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka Hotels.com
"Good hotel for down town stay"
I stayed here for one night with family. It was a decent stay right in downtown , closer to airport. They offer complementary breakfast - cereals, toasts and coffee. rooms and building look very old , elevators are noisy. But rooms are spacious. But good for the price they offer and location. Just watch for the parking. Self parking is $10 each time […] you drive out. You can self park at the building right next to it, but need some driving skills as the turns are sharp, narrow and steep. You can do valet parking for $20 . Ďalšie informácieAutentické hodnotenie zákazníka spoločnosti Expedia
"Good place to stay before a cruise"
The hotel was a nice, reasonably priced place to stay for just a night prior to going on a cruise. It was slightly outdated , but undergoing renovations. The hotel staff was extremely helpful and kind.Autentické hodnotenie zákazníka spoločnosti Expedia
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For the past 22 years, I have had the privilege of representing Canadians in Parliament. I feel blessed to have had unwavering support over those decades as I sought to make the small changes in Ottawa that could make big changes to lives of individuals and families in Mississauga and around the country.
Hon. Albina Guarnieri (Mississauga East-Cooksville, Lib.):
I would like to begin by thanking committee members for participating in the study of Bill C-470, which would bring about more transparency with regard to the salaries paid by charities.
Mr. Chairman, when I introduced Bill
C-470 last fall, I genuinely believed it was a mere accessory to motherhood and apple pie. I doubted anyone would actually argue with the idea that Canadian charities should have the same type of salary disclosure that American charities already have, that all Canadian public corporations like Rogers and Bell have, and that most provincial governments already have. The fierce resistance made me wonder if I had innocently stumbled onto something.
I met with countless charities and with even more donors and started asking why transparency could be so frightening to so many. The small measure of transparency my bill seeks is the disclosure of the names, titles, and salaries of just the five highest-paid employees. Charities would still report ranges of the top ten, as they do now, but the top five would be fully disclosed.
A second prong of my bill adds to the minister's long list of rarely or never-used powers to actually regulate charities. It would allow the minister the discretionary ability to de-register a charity if it pays an executive more than a quarter-million dollars in a year. While lately the media are full of reports of abuses by charities, I should say at the outset that there are many excellent charities in this country.
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Albina Guarnieri wants all citizens to know the salaries of the five highest paid executives at Canadian charities – a simple request, the Liberal MP thought, until she put it all down in a private member's bill, Bill C-470.
"I genuinely believed it was a mere accessory to motherhood and apple pie," Ms. Guarnieri, the long-time Liberal MP for Mississauga East-Cooksville, told the Commons finance committee last week. Her bill, which she introduced last spring in the Commons, is being studied in committee.
"I doubted anyone would actually argue with the idea that Canadian charities should have the same type of salary disclosure that American charities already have, that all Canadian public corporations like Rogers and Bell have, and that most provincial governments already have," she noted.
"The fierce resistance made me wonder if I had innocently stumbled onto something."
What she has stumbled upon is the fact that transparency is "frightening to so many." She argued before the committee that this secrecy has only helped the executives and not the charities.
Transparency will, she hopes, provide "some measure of restraint and donor awareness."
And what Ms. Guarnieri finds scary is that government figures show that since 2000, donations and donors have remained "basically flat" yet fundraising costs have "defied gravity."
"Management and administration costs marched skyward as well, rising even faster than fundraising costs," she said. "So secrecy has been certainly a booming success for fundraisers and executives in terms of pay."
Ms. Guarnieri is nothing but determined when it comes to promoting her bill. So, she commissioned a poll to look at what Canadians knew and thought about this issue.
And she discovered that Canadians agree with her premise: 83 per cent of respondents said they strongly or somewhat agreed that the top five executives from Canadian charitable organizations reveal their salaries; only 11 per cent said they disagreed with that notion.
The poll of 2,334 Canadians was conducted by Pollara, a national firm that also is the Liberal Party polling company. The survey was done between Sept. 8 and Sept. 14 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
Ms. Guarnieri, meanwhile, had originally proposed in her bill that executive salaries be capped at $250,000 and that the charity be de-registered if it pays an employee more than that amount. However, she had left this at the discretion of the National Revenue Minister.
When asked about that, 68 per cent of respondents said there should be a cap; of those, 82 per cent said it should be $100,000 or less with only 3 per cent arguing that it should be higher than $250,000.
Despite these strong findings, Ms. Guarnieri has since dropped the cap provision from her bill. She said it was too much of a distraction from the main purpose of the bill – to provide transparency. "I don't want that tangential debate to be the shield that keeps exorbitant salaries secret," she said.
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The cultural life of Nova Scotia is rich and varied, reflecting both the cultural diversity of its people and the strong sense of its past. Traditional aspects of Scottish and Acadian culture are particularly vibrant. A number of provincial organizations do much to encourage cultural and artistic development. In the last decades of the 20th century a major revival of interest in Celtic music began, with singers and musicians (especially fiddlers) from Cape Breton becoming well known nationally and internationally. St. Francis Xavier University offers courses in Celtic studies, and the Gaelic College in St. Ann's, Cape Breton, teaches Celtic piping, singing, dancing, and handicrafts. Clan gatherings take place annually at St. Ann's to celebrate the Gaelic Mod, a festival of Highland folk arts. Acadian culture, fostered by a French-language school system, French-language radio and television stations, and local festivals, remains an important part of the life of the province. The late 20th century witnessed a renewed interest in the culture and traditions of the Mi'kmaq. Nova Scotia's black community has retained a strong sense of its own traditions as well. Major cultural institutions include the Neptune Theatre and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, ... (200 of 3,701 words)Cultural life


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Aortic pulse pressure and aortic pulsatility are associated with angiographic coronary artery disease in women. | |
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BACKGROUND: Studies indicated that both aortic pulse pressure (PP) and aortic pulsatility are independently associated with angiographic coronary artery disease (CAD). However, most of these studies included a majority of male subjects, and women were underrepresented. OBJECTIVE: We investigated the relation of aortic PP and aortic pulsatility derived from invasively measured ascending aortic pressure waveform and presence of angiographic CAD in women undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography. METHODS AND RESULTS: From September 2003 to April 2004, 262 unselected female subjects undergoing first cardiac catheterization were consecutively included in the study. Systolic, diastolic and mean pressure waveforms of the ascending aorta were measured during cardiac catheterization with a fluid-filled system. Aortic pulsatility was estimated as the ratio of aortic PP to mean pressure. Angiographic CAD was detected in 175 (67%) patients. In multiple-adjusted logistic regression, both aortic PP and aortic pulsatility were significantly associated with the presence of CAD (for a 10-mmHg increase in PP: odds ratio [OR] = 1.3, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.1-1.76; for a 0.1 increase in aortic pulsatility: OR = 1.8, 95% CI = 1.3-2.4). When patients were divided into tertiles according to the level of aortic pulsatility, it was noted that multiple-adjusted OR of presence CAD was 2.2 (95% CI = 1.1-4.4) for the middle tertile of the aortic pulsatility level and 5.9 (95% CI = 2.7-12.8) for the highest tertile of the aortic pulsatility level compared with the lowest tertile. CONCLUSION: In female subjects referred to coronary angiography, ascending aorta PP and aortic pulsatility are significantly associated with the presence of angiographic CAD and these associations are independent of age and other cardiovascular risk factors. |
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For Your Women's History Month: Loretta Ross on the Origin of "Women of Color"
Full disclosure: I met Loretta Ross at a Women's Media Center's media workshop for progressive women last summer, and we're connected through the New York City chapter of SisterSong, which reshaped the reproductive-rights fight to reproductive justice. And I just think she is an incredible activist and living historian.
I saw this clip of her explaining to another generation of feminists where the term "women of color" came from and wanted to share.
Transcript after the jump.
Loretta Ross: Y'all know where the term "women of color" came from? Who can say that? See, we're bad at transmitting history.
In 1977, a group of Black women from Washington, DC, went to the National Women's Conference, that [former President] Jimmy Carter gave $5million to have as part of the World Decade for Women. There was a conference in Houston, TX.
This group of Black women carried into that conference something called "The Black Women's Agenda" because the organizers of the conference—Bella Abzug, Ellie Smeal, and what have you—had put together a three-page "Minority Women's Plank" in a 200-page document that these Black women thought was somewhat inadequate.
(Giggles in background)
So they actually formed a group called Black Women's Agenda to come [sic] to Houston with a Black women's plan of action that they wanted the delegates to vote to substitute for the "Minority Women's Plank that was in the proposed plan of action.
Well, a funny thing happened in Houston: when they took the Black Women's Agenda to Houston, then all the rest of the "minority" women of color wanted to be included in the "Black Women's Agenda." Okay?
Well, [the Black women] agreed…but you could no longer call it the "Black Women's Agenda." And it was in those negotiations in Houston [that] the term "women of color" was created. Okay?
And they didn't see it as a biological designation—you're born Asian, you're born Black, you're born African American, whatever—but it is a solidarity definition, a commitment to work in collaboration with other oppressed women of color who have been "minoritized."
Now, what's happened in the 30 years since then is that people see it as biology now.
(Murmurs of understanding, agreement)
You know? Like, "Okay…" And peopleare saying they don't want to be defined as a woman of color: "I am Black, "I am Asian American"…and that's fine. But why are you reducing a political designation to a biological destiny?
(Murmurs of agreement)
That's what white supremacy wants you to do. And I think it's a setback when we disintegrate as people of color around primitive ethnic claiming. Yes, we are Asian American, Native American, whatever, but the point is, when you choose to work with other people who are minoritized by oppression, you've lifted yourself out of that basic identity into another political being and another political space. And, unfortunately, so many times, people of color hear the term "people of color" from other white people that [PoCs} think white people created it instead of understanding that we self-named ourselves. This is term that has a lot of power for us.
But we've done a poor-ass job of communicating that history so that people understand that power.
Huh, that is good history, although that's what I always thought the term Women of Color was about, even without knowing the story.
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Wow, that's interesting. I always wondered where "Women of Color" came from. I proudly call myself a Woman of Color, because I see it as solidarity with other non-white women who belong to minority groups. I do NOT speak for Black, Latina, East Asian, Indigenous, Arab or women of any other ethnicities. I do NOT speak for Desi/South Asian or Muslim women even though I am Desi and Muslim. I speak for myself, and maybe my voice will inspire other Women of Color to speak up and make their voices heard, too. As simple as that.
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Denver, Colo.: Regis University men's and women's head cross country John Esquibel was a guest this week on the RMAC Radio Show hosted by Eric Danner.
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With all the talk on holiness lately while I'm still talking gospel, I've started to wonder if I've missed the boat. Lest I be misunderstood in my more recent emphasis on the grace of the gospel: I am not against holiness! It's just that I spent large parts of my life pursuing holiness in ways that were foreign to the gospel—thinking I was beyond the gospel—and because I've traveled that road before and I have seen the difference gospel-centeredness has made in my own spirit, the topic still hits a sensitive spot for me.
There was a time when I said that I was tired of hearing about the gospel, that I wanted to move on to sanctification. I remember saying things like, "we can't always just be talking about Jesus or justification; we have to move on to how we're supposed to strive after holiness… justification is an event; sanctification is a process." But you see, don't you, the hole in that logic: I assumed that Jesus was merely the foundation, and that you can then move on to something else, holy living if you will. The problem with that is that we don't get to "move on": we live there. We live in Christ Jesus, we don't move on from him. He is not the wedding, in which we say our vows, before we move on into married life, as if that were something different. He is the marriage.
For example, justification—central to, but not the limit of, the gospel—is not simply an event. It is a state of being; it goes on. Grammatically we use an adjective that describes our state of being, so we are not merely justified (past tense of "to justify"), we are justified (present tense of being). This justification is part and parcel with the gospel. It is not the only part of the gospel, but it is one we should never allow to shrink from view. It certainly is not something from which we should "move on."
Before I go any further I think there is something really important that we miss sometimes—we are not a monolithic people. I don't deny that there are some sections of the church that may be all "gospel-talk" with no "gospel-action." I get that. I understand that we see worldly, "outside" culture creeping into the church and seducing Christians, turning them into a people who live no differently than the unsaved in the world. However, even if we were able to protect ourselves from outside culture, the same thing would still happen, because worldliness and sin are in us. And yes, falling into habits of sin that make us indistinguishable from the world would be particularly easy if Christians do not believe in standards of holiness or the ability to do what is at all pleasing to God.
However, living "like the world" is not the only problem that exists in Evangelical Christianity. Parts of the church also stumble into what becomes prideful or even competitive "sanctification," which ultimately is just another way the world creeps into the church, and not from outside, but from within. An attitude of "moving on" from the gospel and focusing on holiness and sanctification would provide fertile soil for this error.
I think it's important for pastors, theologians, thinkers and writers to remember that there are different battles in the churches across this land. There are those who live with excess "grace" and deficient law; there are those who live with excess law and deficient grace. There are none who live with excess gospel—that is, if the gospel is rightly understood—because the gospel contains a right picture of law and grace. The gospel contains every holy, gracious, obedient, self-sacrificial act of Christ in his earthly life and as he sits and rules on high. We are given those acts: forensically, to cleanse and justify us, imputedly, his righteousness becomes ours, and exemplarily, to teach and guide us. This is not separate from the gospel, or beyond the gospel, this is the gospel.
As Carson has said many times and in many places, the gospel is not just what "tips us into the kingdom and then we go on to holiness." Rather all those areas of sanctification (e.g. disciple making, parenting, etc.) are all within the horizon of the gospel—it is the gospel that is the bigger category. Here's an example Carson used in a recent video at Desiring God for their conference Act the Miracle: (Ephesians. 5) Husbands, love your wife as Christ loves the Church and gave himself for her. That is the gospel, it is the cross as Carson says. So when a husband is loving his wife self-sacrificially for her good, doing something holy, he is living out—"fleshing out"—the gospel, and hence his sanctification, his greater conformity to the image of Christ, is in actuality him living the gospel out every day.
Holiness is not unhinged from the gospel. It can't be! It mustn't be! Those who would detach holiness from the gospel, either to minimize it or elevate it, have stopped living within the horizon of the gospel.


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