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Rated 5 out of 5 by bonvoyage Hidden Gem A perfect boutique blend of sophistication, style and warmth, Le Meridien Delfina Santa Monica exemplifies what hospitality should be. From our arrival until we bid farewell, our experience was pure class. Although this was our first stay, we were welcomed like old friends. Haley at the front desk made sure our needs were met beyond expectation and the hotel manager was ever so charming as well as his team who genuinely seemed happy to work there. The food was fresh and amazing. Stop by the bar for a Cocojito and talk football with star bartender Rebecca. Enjoy the tuna tartare or outstanding taco plate while you soak up the sun poolside with a private but just enough posh guest crowd. Rent bikes and cruise down to the Santa Monica boardwalk just blocks away. Return to your pristine room just in time for a nap on the cloud like beds. Pop a bottle of champagne on your balcony overlooking the sunset views before you're off on your next adventure. Of all the hotels I've stayed in Los Angeles, this was by far the best! A hidden gem. I can't wait to book my next stay. September 11, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by MikeinWI Delfina Consistency The Delfina is good. The staff very proficient and friendly. One minor gripe is pricing in relation to my colleagues that work for my company. We are supposed to have a corporate rate, but every time I book, I not only get a different rate, but so do my colleagues. The price difference has been almost a $200 price difference! When we try to get this changed, it doesn't get changed because we were told that the Delfina "books on availability" and no joy even after speaking with a manager. If they get their act together on this, so we all payed the lesser corporate rate, I could recommend. July 18, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by TravelerD Great Staff Jessica and Sonia went out of their way to make my stay and birthday visit memorable. The room, balcony and ocean view added to the experience. The restaurant recommendations were very helpful and met our expectations. The porters/doormen were exceptional throughout my entire stay. September 6, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by MarcL Not that Great... Have stayed here a couple of times now and this last time was the weakest yet. They put my wife and I and our one year old on the second floor. Beware that the second floor rooms all overlook the bar and the doors are not soundproofed so you will hear everything going on in the bar until it closes. The refridgerator froze all of our food (no, there was no adjustment mechanism) and the shower decided at will to go from scalding hot to cold all weekend long. Add in a front valet group that could care less about helping you (standing around watching you load bags into your car) and you have a recipe for a weak experience. August 8, 2012
Rated 2 out of 5 by leftydiver Out of Character Experience I have stayed here several times in the past. This time, the staff let us down. Specifics: *Was not able to check in until 6:30 pm since room was not clean. Was told they allowed late check out till 4:30. *Brought my own Rediel stemware for a nice bottle of wine for my wifes birthday. Maid too them and had to go through hoops to get them returned *Conceirge lounge staff was rude both mornings, ran out of coffee both days at 9:45 even though it does not close until 10 *Asked for docking station vs bose radio and never got a call back from desk; never came *Parking lot full, valet was $20 a night I have stayed here multiple times and not had this poor of an experience August 1, 2012
Rated 2 out of 5 by L852 Needed to get a massage after my stay the beds hurt I had to pay $70 to get a quality neck and shoulder massage after my 2 night stay because the beds and pillows were so unnatural and uncomfortable. I couldn't get on my 11 hour flight the next day without one. It was awful. Additionally, 3 of the 6 people in my group reported hip pain during the night from sleeping on their sides. I do not recommend staying here unless you have zero health concerns. Gym was surprisingly good. Pool was way smaller than images show; we canceled our cabana reservation when we saw it. Only gave us one caffeinated K-cup when our rooms had 3 guests each. Was told they would find the steamer for me to use one evening but they never got back to me. I'm an SPG loyalist so this was disappointing. July 29, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by scottray34 Only 1 Issue Everything was satisfactory except I was supposed to get 500 Starpoints for checking out before 9:00 AM. I checked out around 7:30 and never received the Starpoints. September 8, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Olive56 Outstanding staff/service, great location, pleasant Staff is extraordinarily courteous, friendly and helpful. There are many different sitting areas in and around the lobby and pool area, as well as on the mezzanine. I like the decor very much - modern, light -, rooms are beautiful and well-maintained, maid service is very good, and there is a green option, that is, not to have your room made and/or your towels and linen changed every day. The only thing that needs improvement is the dining options - too limited and too pricey. May 16, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by romanov0411 ruined my vacation feel that as an SPG member, starwood and this hotel allocate worst hotel rooms for redemption guests. my room overlook cafeteria dumpster and had an interconnecting door to strangers and they were loud and the noise travelled through door. towels threadbare and grey when should be white. sheraton club lounge should be for adult paying guests but was full of free loaders who made pigs of themselves and left the lounge in a disgusting state. I had to spend a lot to earn my points and I was on recuperative vacation following cancer surgery and barely got one nights sleep due to noise. Lost a valuable week of my vacation time and left in a worst state than when I arrived. November 16, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by CD04 lacked personal connection I looked this hotel for 5 days out of a 8 day vacation to the LA area. We were celebrating my daughter's graduation from high school and our 25th wedding anniversary! I specfically mentioned this as I made the reservation and was told this hotel has excellent recognition and service. I was disappointed that the staff did not provide any special service. I read other reviews and I am not sure what it takes to get an upgrade or over the top service. Disappointed with this property, lacked the connection with its guests. August 12, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by distad Avoid this hotel I am a SPG Platinum and we first were first booked into a Jr. Suite as I was in LA for a 2-week work trip with a pregnant wife and young son - space was important. NOTE: the exact same thing happened earlier this year! On our way to the hotel we called to verify our room was ready. Nope. They gave it away. I called my Starwood Ambassador and she called and was utterly dismayed that they gave away my booked room. So they put us in a TINY room with a King bed and a roll away. We have been there for two days and NOT ONCE has the room been made over. We have called the hotel service a ton of times and nothing. This shouldn't be a Starwood. Avoid this hotel at all costs! Stay ANYWHERE but here! Management is totally unresponsive to our repeated requests to remedy issues. When leaving our other hotel (Westin) the GM there even said he has not heard any good things about the Delfina. If you have had a bad experience call Starwood and ask them to create a file on your experience. The more 'files' that are created on this hotel, the faster it will be kicked out of the Starwood licensing program. I stay at Starwood hotels over 120 nights per year and this is THE WORST HOTEL I HAVE STAYED IN. June 15, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by SteveandNancy Thank you! We enjoyed our stay at the Sheraton Santa Monica. The room was comfortable and the hotel is within a reasonable walking distance of the pier, restaurants and shoping. Bus service is easy if you don't want to drive. Staff was very friendly, helpful and quick. Housekeeping was never able to figure out that we had two adults and two children and thus needed 4 of each type of towel and a bit extra soap; although, they always brought it quickly. The hotel advertises free self-parking, but really they have so few spots that it's never available. Count on spending $23 a day plus tips to park. Very pleasant stay! July 26, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by CocoCher Excellent location fabulous staff I stay at the Delphina whenever I am in Santa Monica. I always get treated w respect to my Gold Status. Stephen, the front desk manager, was awesome and granted my requests. Delphina is in an excellent location, self parking is free and easy access, which is unheard of in The Los Angeles area. My only complaint was this time, there were loud and obnoxious guests in the hall and next door and they were banging on our door Didn't sleep much or well. I never realized that the walls were so thin. This was on the top floor and shouldn't have happened, but staff responded quickly to my phone call. I still recommend this gem which is close to the Santa Monica Place shopping mall and Third Street Promenade. May 13, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by rv902160 Does not live up to it names I was very dissapointed at he hotel and lack on customer focus. The hotel rooms are very small and do not have any furniture to accommodate families on vacation with dresser draws. The parking is extremely limited and the staff forces you to pay for Valet parking by blocking the free parking spaces in the garage once they feel it is all occupied. They do not want people to search for parking at the location. Customer services is very poor as do not greet guests with any welcomes, assistance with luggage or catering to personal needs.The pool is very small and not recommended for large parties August 9, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by ashleyc17 My recent stay I stayed here for business, otherwise I think it would have been out of my price range. The men at the front desk were very friendly and professional, and my room was clean and comfortable. My only complaint it that I stayed in a room on the Mezzanine floor, which is right above the lobby where they play LOUD music until about 10 PM. It was the middle of the week, I don't see why that was necessary. Otherwise, great. August 14, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by Globetraveller Poor Service My greatest frustration with this stay is that I left my wallet in the safe. The manager on duty would not check the safe once I realized it was gone. I could not return to the hotel as I was on my way to Australia and realized it was missing at the airport. What I really needed was to get the wallet back, and she would not even check. Just said the wallet wasn't there. November 30, 2012
Rated 2 out of 5 by RCowles Late Check in - Room Not Ready We arrived early and were told that there was no room available, and that they would call when it was ready. They "pre-checked" us in by taking all of our information and credit card info. The room wasn't ready until nearly 4:00 (normal check-in is 3:00 PM). When we finally returned we still had to stand on line again, show our ID again, and give our credit card again - really, what was the point of "pre-checking" us in? They "upgraded" us to the top floor (but we are gold SPG members anyway - so no big deal). By the way wifi is $15 per day for a limit of 3 machines (more than that and there is an additional fee) - I have never heard of a limit on devices. There are better options within the city - we will not be returning to this hotel, I would not recommend this hotel. July 20, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by AnotherDispleasedCustomer Account Services conned me! This hotel is taking advantage of it's guests!!! As soon as I arrived at the hotel I was poorly greeted and my room was not properly cleaned; they had forgot to take out the trash. I called and complained and they gave me a "$20 food and beverage coupon" as complimentary. Well, I went to to their buffet and used it (food wasn't bad), but they never gave me the credit. I have tried reaching them twice now and the account services department has not even bothered to call me back. Other hotels are much more speedy in these matters. Be careful and don't let these hotels take advantage of you! You are their paying guest, and you should not be held accountable for paying for services you should not have to. January 10, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by Mori Bad Feng Shui & Service needs Improvement My first room was right by the pool belonging to the condo next door. After asking for a room change, they sent me to a room not yet cleaned. On the third try, the keys did not work. The front desk upgraded me to a SPG room but the demeanor of the front desk manager was not very apologetic. Bell desk, though, was very helpful and efficient Design of the hallways to the rooms is zig-zag, full of sharp corners leading nowhere, which is disorienting. Hard to change bad architecture! Elevators are also slow. I would look around at other options in the area before staying here again. May 9, 2012
Rated 3 out of 5 by Nado29 Too expensive for what you get I recently stayed at this property with my family, The room was nice, but it smelled like cigarette smoke. Additionally, the bathtub was not clean. Overall, I would rate it average, which is unfortunate for a Le Merdian hotel level and for the price you get too expensive. January 2, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by RunnerJac Pleasantly Surprised Having read a number of the reviews my expectations were rather low. They shouldn't have been though as it was a good experience. I stayed in this hotel when it was the Sheraton, which was rather outdated. Although, the hotel doesn't look that great from the outside, the revamped interior and rooms are lovely and of a high standard. The bedrooms are typical Le Meridian style and with associated toiletries. I really liked the upscale expresso machine. The breakfast was good. The pool is small and I wish i had more time to enjoy it! June 28, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by jorgie great staff the staff is accommodating like no other. August 23, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Kees1954 Excellent hotel with some issues to improve The hotel is excellent. Good rooms. Staff is very helpful and service oriented. Nice view from our room. An exception was our experience with breakfast at the Zest restaurant. Long waiting and poor service. Breakfast in the lobby was excellent. Another minor issue is the Parking based on first come first served.There are limited places. If it's full, the only option is valet parking for $32 a night. August 5, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by smitty11 No Power The day we arrived the power was out at the hotel. No advance notice of the power outage which the hotel new because the city turned it off. Basically paid for a night and could not use the facilities at the hotel until after 8:00 pm. Was disappointed that nothing was offered for the inconvenience except for a glass of sparkling wine. August 11, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by Richie09 Bad experience Prior to our visit I asked for a room not facing the construction site. We were given a room facing into private accommodation . We were next to the emergency exit which was used by smokers even though the hotel is non smoking. Below us was a gated entrance which was used for the private accommodation and banged all night. We did complain but nothing was done about the smoking. The reception staff were very unfriendly and could not answer any of our questions about the surrounding area. Lots of noise due to construction.I could go on but it would take too long. September 13, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by Cristy48 Excellent Hotel The staff were very professional and friendly. The hotel was very nicely decorated. The food was excellent the rooms were nice and overall our experience was excellent. The location is great a few blocks from the beach, dining, shopping and everything that you need. I would recommend this hotel it was amazing. I can not say enough about how nice the staff were. Always welcoming and holding the door for us no matter what time it was. They were amazing! July 21, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by jl22 Inconvenienced I was in town for a family wedding and a water pipe burst a few floors down so we had to change rooms. After waiting for a few hours and missing out on some events for the weekend the room that we were put into was not a preferred guest room. The crib for our infant barely fit after we moved around the furniture and had to placed right up against the balcony door making that unusable. The closet was tiny and our luggage so we had to scatter our luggage out in the room. And our old room was near family who was helping us with the baby and our new room was not. March 15, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by JoeMamma Disappointing Beautiful Lobby. Understaffed. Parking absurd. Rooms need upgrade. Trying but failing. Maybe in a coupla years, but now? Nope. October 22, 2011
Rated 1 out of 5 by Zwizzer This is an old Sheraton...nothing more Too many too list....in general, this re do of Sheraton Delfina, does not deserve Le Meridien branding, nor prices, regardless of higher priced prestige chain properties nearby. For example, bathrooms were updated , but old, tired fixtures remain, even in purchased suite. Request to be far away from Pico Blvd., was not fulfilled, or recognized despite Platinum status for years. This is a Starwood embarrassment. Rename it Aloft, and change to lower price point, and guest expectations. July 5, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by Spoiled50 Disappointed Stay Really disappointed! Staff unresponsive to Starwood members. But that comes from GM he was the same way. Cold food and rude employees in restaurants. I was not expecting this type of environment at a La Meridien. August 12, 2014


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February 24, 2014 6:30 PM, Barnard College, James Room 4th Floor Barnard Hall, New York, NY HOW TODDLERS THRIVE: What Parents Can Do to Plant the Seeds of Lifelong Success Tovah Klein reflects on her firsthand work with thousands of toddlers and explains what parents can do to build resilience, self-reliance, self-regulation, and empathy in their children.
March 6, 2014 4:30 PM, Bankstreet Bookstore, 610 W 112th St., New York, NY HOW TODDLERS THRIVE Book Reading and Signing Dr. Klein will read from and sign copies of her book as well as answer your audience questions.
March 8, 2014 10:30 AM, West End Synagogue, 190 Amsterdam Avenue @ 69th St. New York, NY Prior to Tot Shabbat, a discussion about what toddlers need for lifelong success, along with a Q & A about young children ages two to five.
March 20, 2014 7:00 PM, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, Community Room, Princeton, NJ Inside the Child's Mind, a discussion with Tovah P. Klein.
March 25, 2014, Downtown Community Center, 120 Warren Street, New York, NY Hudson River Park Mothers Group, How Toddlers Thrive Lecture and Signing, along with a Q & A about young children ages two to five.
April 8, 2014, 6:30PM, The Day School at Christ and Saint Stephen's, 122 West 69th Street, New York, NY What Young Children Need to Thrive Discussion and Book Signing
April 11, 2014, 4:45 PM, Harvard University, Peabody Terrace Children's Center/Common Room, 900 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA HOW TODDLERS THRIVE Book Talk & Signing
May 1, 2014 7:00 PM, West End Synagogue, 190 Amsterdam Avenue @ 69th St. New York, NY HOW TODDLERS THRIVE Book Reading and Signing, along with a Q & A about young children ages two to five.
May 2, 2014 2-3:00 PM ET, Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) I'll answer questions on toddlers, being a parent, and kids!
May 8, 2014 7:00 PM Hevesi Library, Central Queens YM/YWHA, 67-09 108th St., Forest Hills, NY HOW TODDLERS THRIVE Book Reading and Signing.
May 13, 2014, 6:30PM, Kings Bay Y at North Williamsburg, 14 Hope St., Brooklyn, NY What Parents can Do Today for Children ages 2-5 to Plant the seeds of Lifelong Success
May 19, 2014 7:00-9:00 PM, Case Western Reserve University, 26500 Shaker Blvd, Cleveland, Ohio. How Toddlers Thrive, Distinguished Lectures What makes a child succeed or wander into an unfulfilled adulthood? New research indicates that the seeds for adult success are often planted in the toddler years, ages 2-5. Dr. Klein cracks the code on how to help your toddler grow into a happy and successful child and adult, while helping you and your toddler live more happily together, every day. Free and open to public.
May 20, 2014 9:15 AM-12:30 , Case Western Reserve University, The Lillian and Betty Ratner Montessori School, 27575 Shaker Blvd, Pepper Pike, Ohio. The Importance of Play, A Workshop for Early Childhood Professionals In this interactive three-hour workshop geared towards professionals working with young children, Dr. Klein offers all the advice and information she has provided to early childhood professionals and parents, including celebrities like Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, and helps us all understand the vital importance of play and why the small things really do become the seeds of success and happiness for a lifetime.
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The Rev. Janis Dashner is an active duty UCC Air Force Chaplain serving in Iraq. From the field, she wrote the following account to friends and colleagues on Dec. 12:
Today is a quiet day. I slept most of it away. I was supposed to start my 12:00 noon to 12:00 midnight shift yesterday. Instead, I came in yesterday at 12:00 noon but did not fall into my bed until 7:00 this morning, because last night around 10:00 p.m., 47 patients came into the Casualty Air Staging Facility (CASF)—a place where "litter patients" are "collected" from various treatment areas, field hospitals, etc. so that they can be made ready to fl y [to other military medical facilities], usually to Germany.
Eighteen of these patients needed to be carried from the ambulance to the CASF and then from the CASF to the plane. Lots and lots of very heavy work.
Of these patients, four came in all from the same site. An explosive device hit the building they were in. It must have been a huge explosion because it blasted through protective barriers before it destroyed the walls of the building they were in. One soldier lost both eyes, two others lost an eye each and both had extensive shrapnel wounds to their faces, the fourth soldier had most of his lower face injured and had to have a tracheotomy in order to breathe.
In addition we saw every other kind of injury and illness. Wounds from a grenade explosion that injured a foot, one young man's elbow was shattered because he had been driving with his elbow on the window sill when a explosive device went off. Then, of course, there is the regular stuff that happens to people all the time—kidney stones, etc. One young women had a miscarriage. She had been in country for not quite two months and didn't know that she was pregnant.
One of the young men with the eye injury and shrapnel wounds became my patient to take care of. He was on heavy medication that caused him to be confused and acting out. The medical staff didn't have time to stand by him, so they gave him to me. When I took his hand to introduce myself he held on and didn't let go. His "good" eye was swollen shut and he couldn't see. He was drugged and scared and still covered with blood from the blast.
My ministry last night was to talk with this guy, wash him off so we could see what were wounds that needed dressings and what were just scratches from crawling through the debris. As I washed the blood away he fell asleep—the first sleep he had had in three days.
A couple of hours later he woke up, he was feeling the stitches that had been placed to piece together his face. He then asked if he could have a mirror to see his face. When he looked at himself, through one blurred eye, he asked me, "Do you think my children will kiss me when they see me?"
Wow, try to stay upbeat and reassuring with that question.
The night ended with our 47 getting on the plane that would take them to Germany—and one step closer to home. While the plane was being loaded, we had explosions on our perimeter. I can imagine how scary it is to be tied to a "litter"—blind and hearing explosions going off not too far away.
Tonight, at least, they are in Germany. Safe from further harm. It has been quiet for us, except for artillery from the Army site down the road—firing out into the night.
As I have been writing this message, I got a call from the mortuary. They are loading several human remains on a plane that is ready to take off. I went out to do a short memorial service—a prayer, a scripture, and with the aircrew at attention, a salute. If the plane is carrying passengers, it is an opportunity to talk to them about the privilege they have of escorting these bodies home and to reassure them, since they will be flying for several hours with the transfer cases at their feet.
Last week, the priest did a memorial service like this. The religious preferences of these three service members were listed as Catholic, Jewish and Sikh. Pluralism in action.
In the midst of this job, we are doing all the other stuff pastors do. Getting ready to light our Christmas tree and Menorah this Sunday, Preaching on Sunday and doing a Bible study on Wednesday afternoons.
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Garmin 451/551 Chartplotter Questions
Hi All
Looking at purchasing either GPSMAP 451 or 551 Chartplotter.
I currently have a GPSMAP 178C combochartplotter/sounder with external GPS antenna. This unit is 5 years old and the screen has started to fail. Gradually loosing the picture and am wanting to upgrade.
I recently installed a Furuno FCV620 sounder so only need a chartplotter. Require some assistance with following:
1. Unit will be mounted inside the aluminium console onboat which is covered over top and rear of unit. Will the internal antenna on the 451/551 work in this arrangement? My thought is that it will not but someone may have come across a similar issue.
If not, can I use my existing GPS antenna? Not sure what it is as I cant pick up a If not, what external antenna is compatiblewith the 451?
2. What cables/connections do I require to connectto Furuno FCV 620 Echo Sounder? I am a complete newby with all this NMEA stuff but am I right in the understanding that this sounder can talk to the GPS and vice versa?
3. What is the best compatible software for mapping onPC? On Apple?
4. I have over 5 years of waypoints, saved tracks and odometer data on the old 178C. Can I transfer this to the new 451/551 unit? Pretty sure I can do the waypoints but not sure about the odometer data.
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This stunning video will show the true statistics on guns & violence based on demographic. You will learn where most violence takes place in the US and see a side-by-side comparison of the US to Western Europe. Don't expect to see this expose on network TV.
Citizen Journalist Exposes The Lies, Deception & Silence of Politicians and Media on Gun Statistics
Bill Hill
Something is really wrong with our POLITICIANS where are their brains, have they been sniffing gun power? Why don't they set up another committee to investigate the ones who had control of the guns that were involved in the murders. IT was not the Guns, it was the controller.
I would have to agree with him. The reason we don't get this information is because it doesn't fit the presidents agenda. The media is Obama cheerleaders, they stopped being an unbiased, report the truth organization a long time ago. I DON'T TRUST OR BELIEVE THE MAINSTREAM MEIA
http://www.facebook.com/people/Leonard-W-Giddens-Jr/100003624642108 Leonard W. Giddens Jr.
Let me say this. There isn't any interest in curbing or stopping crime. The more crime there is, the more Government jobs there will be.The elite does not give a rat's a33 about the regular citizens of the world. We are nothing more than tools by which the live like kings from our tax dollars. Stop being stupid folk. Nobody loves you but your mother and in far too many cases that is about as true as the fraud that divides us for his and his muslim scumbags gain of control of our country. Get your head out people.
The more criminal the government…the more laws they make.
And law enforcement is a for profit and control – business.
scott dutra
thank you but the democrat communist party have the goal of nazi germany….facts just get in the way
democrats are socialist, republican is communist..
the facts that get in the way are blocking the forest for the trees. It's ALL fraud. (vanity)
Career Soldier
This is an outstanding work of journalism that I totally agree with. Mainstream media is full of lies , deception, and misinformation. The "Talking Heads" cannot even get the true facts and spout-off with a lot of untruths and are unworthy of being on TV News. They are a disgrace to their profession.
They "are" doing their job. Disseminating propaganda in the pursuit of Globalism.
We patriots will have to be very well prepared if we are to retain a free and sovereign nation.
Well done. This young man is more of a journalist than ANY of them doing the "news" today. THEY are propagandists, liars, hypocrites, and obfuscators.
I like to see what happen,s if these same leaders and people in the media.If they move in Britain where they don't allow people to not have guns.But you can't even protect your home from a person that trys to rob you .Because if you do you will be arrest in that country. Now they are trying to ban kitchen knifes .Just like you saw on here.The crime rates have gone up . Now I like to see the same leaders and people in the media.Go over there and live there without there guards that carry guns.Since they think that nobody should be allow to have guns .They live there and still tell me and most americans that like to bare to arms if they,think we should not have guns.I like to see that
Be prepared to protect your rights the perfect storm is coming.
Tahoe Andy
Well said Leonard. A lot of people better wake up real fast. We are headed for muslim take over.
He has a goal to bankrupt America, and he is well on his way. And like u say, everyone has their
Heads up their ass, or has their hands out. God help us.
Thank you very much.
Just like the Demo-Nazis to demand our guns before they know the problem.
Kind of like pass it before we know what is in it.
They are an hysterical and emotional lot with the collective IQ of a house plant.
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It is also telling that the media includes, without explanation or disclaimer, those gun crimes which occur in "gun-free" zones (such as Chicago, schools, theaters and shopping malls) as a reason to curtail gun ownership elsewhere. If they honestly wanted to make a case that gun ownership or carrying is bad policy which should be changed, they would exclude 'gun-free' zones from consideration and only concentrate on those places where guns are allowed. But of course they are not honest. Out of all mass shootings in the last 30 years, only one (in Tucson AZ where Giffords was shot) happened in a place where citizens were allowed to carry guns. Every other one – Columbine, VA Tech, the Aurora CO Cinemark theater, Sandy Hook – happened in a place where armed citizens were prohibited.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Carol-Fryer/100000156546455 Carol Fryer
Sure why stop it when it not only makes stories but it makes money. They never stop to think they are cutting their own throats along with ours. Love of money seems to stop reasoning.
When they put on their boots and go to those neighborhoods, they also have to figure out how to convince those people to not want to live off the dole, leave strings of fatherless babies behind them, to actually value education, etc. Bill Bennet got a call on his show the other morning from a black man (conservative) who is successful and was able to pay for his daughter's college education himself. His daughter was NOT raised ghetto. She however, CHOSE it, and now lives in a not so nice part of Ann Arbor with son from a baby daddy who is long gone. He has family members, as does his wife, who are of the same mind – live for free off of someone else. You're a fool to do otherwise. This change must go hand in hand with any other proposed solutions, or the others just won't work. For them to choose the education, jobs, etc,, they must also want the lifestyle that comes from it as opposed to the dependent lifestyle they have now.
Here's another factor politicians and the lamestream media propaganda machine are ignoring; recently, a private blogger did his own research, on all the mass shootings and school massacres that have taken place, since (and including) Columbine, in 1999. He found that ALL of those shootings were committed by "liberal democrats", OR their children!! So, if we want "real gun safety", ALL liberal democrats should be "banned" from having weapons!! Better still, just ban ALL liberal democrats!
It has nothing to do with violent crimes, it is only about creating more restrictive laws to Control the Law Abiding citizens. What we need is Politician Control, We The People need to become more active and place Controls over the laws that the Politicians wish to pass onto is.
I'm British so I see how total gun control works. If you have an intruder here it would never occur to you that he may have a gun. You just can't get them here. The trouble with statistics however is that can be used to say anything you want them to. This guy may be right or he may be lying through his teeth.


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Crystal System: Tetragonal
Status of Occurrence: Confirmed Occurrence - 1st UK recording
Distribution: Rare
Chemical Composition: Manganese silicate
Chemical Formula: Mn2+Mn3+6SiO12
Method(s) of Verification: Nant Mine - XRD at the Natural History Museum, London (X-ray numbers x17911 & x18399).
Geological Context:
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- Hydrothermal: limestone hosted hematite deposits
Introduction: braunite is a brownish black mineral that forms a series with abswurmbachite, (Cu,Mn2+)Mn3+6SiO12. It is formed by metamorphism of manganese silicates and oxides and may also be produced as a weathering product.
Occurrence in Wales: two occurrences of braunite are known from Wales. Criddle & Symes (1977) reported the first UK occurrence of braunite from the manganese deposit at Tŷ Coch in South Wales. Braunite has subsequently been confirmed from specimens from Nant Mine, Llŷn collected, but not analysed, prior to the work of Criddle & Symes (1977).
Key Localities:
- Nant Mine, Nant-y-Gadwen, Rhiw, Llŷn, Gwynedd: The Natural History Museum, London holds specimens from the Russell Collection from which the presence of braunite has been confirmed by X-ray analysis. No further data is available currently.
- Tŷ Coch, near Porthcawl, South Wales: braunite occurs in manganese ore from a disused mine at this locality. It forms euhedral to subhedral grains associated with hausmannite, interstitial and vug-filling calcite, manganocalcite, ferroan calcite, dolomite, barite and rarer pyrobelonite and vanadinite (Criddle & Symes, 1977).
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Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Thursday that paying more in taxes is the patriotic thing to do for wealthier Americans. This is another example of our rulers attempting to brainwash us by re-defining taxation.
Paying higher taxes is "patriotic"?
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- September 18, 2008 at 9:59 am
Yeah, it's just as patriotic as singing the national anthem and reciting the pledge or allegiance. In other words, praising the state. Country first, got that?
- September 18, 2008 at 10:26 am
This comment is only the set-up.
It implies a second line of argument, which we can assume is coming — stating that you want to pay less in taxes is unpatriotic.
And if it's unpatriotic, then people ought not to call for lower taxes.
And if it's wrong to call for lower taxes, then it ought to be illegal.
- September 18, 2008 at 10:29 am
Indeed, siphoning off more cash to cynical elites is patriotic!
- September 18, 2008 at 10:56 am
And if it's wrong to call for lower taxes, then it ought to be illegal.
Treason, in fact! Death penalty.
- September 18, 2008 at 11:58 am
A wide variety of people say it is patriotic to die for your country in a state promulgated war.
Is paying taxes better or worse on the patriotic scale that demanding that people lay down their very lives?
At least taxation is only partial life deprivation (or fractional slavery as the case may be).
So maybe Biden is being generous–he could call for the death of the rich and expropriation of their property like Cambodia, China, Russia, France, or Cuba?
- September 18, 2008 at 1:09 pm
There is a post on the blog Who's Your Nanny? about this topic. Here's a comment from one of the readers:
While "taxation without representation" was one of the rallying cries of the Revolution, the Declaration of Independence decries "taxation without consent." But given that all politicians save Ron Paul have nothing but contempt for the Constitution, useless document it is, they would seethe with apoplectic fury if they ever read more than just "all men are created equal†in the Declaration. Even the first sentence condemns their statism:
"When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."
I wonder how many people would sign the Declaration today.
- September 18, 2008 at 1:31 pm
The American Revolution was fought over taxes totalling 3% of the yearly output of the economy. The founders of this once great land felt that was too much to pay and according to Biden: They in an unpatriotic move rebelled against the British.
I guess the 34% max rate soon to be 37% (12 times that in the Revolution) just isn't enough.
- September 18, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Mr. Biden,
Please review the principles that the United States (patriotism = "love for the United States") was founded upon. It was not founded upon the ideal of a large central government; that was Lincoln, the grandpappy of the Democratic party.
It is becoming more and more apparent that anything liberals call "patriotic" or "American" are actually "unpatriotic" and "unAmerican". Their usage of "patriotic" and "American" is for the sake of buzzwords to push through socialistic, anti-American policies.
- September 18, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Well, the American rebels were disloyal, and many of them were just using taxation without representation to hide behind. That said, had they not rebelled their projections for the future would probably have come to pass. The best outcome would have been, a negotiated peace with full autonomy but no outright victory for either side.
- September 18, 2008 at 10:13 pm
A wide variety of people say it is patriotic to die for your country in a state promulgated war.
If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old lie: dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.
- March 25, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Do not dilute or homogenize the concept of "patriotic" by attempting to define it in terms of taxation, Republican or Democrat, "right" or "left". Let us all agree that patriotism is an entity unto itself, and stands solely for "love" for, or devotion to, one's country.
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Remember, they might be a good player in a bad guild. They don't have the gear because they couldn't get the boss down, and in some cases, because the gear simply didn't drop. Gear doesn't determine how good they are, though it can provide a very loose guideline. There are plenty of people in full T8.5 that couldn't heal/DPS/tank their way out of a paper bag. I've raided with people in Sunwell who had a bunch of T6.5 and were terrible players that couldn't think on their own.
Make sure you use the template supplied by the guild, and keep it simple. Colors might attract interest with some guilds, but it might be an instant deny with others (like mine). Know who you're applying to when you write your application, and set your tone accordingly. Your ability to follow directions to the letter in the guild app show that you're able to follow instructions the first time when you're issued them in a raid.
When you're in the guild as a trial, an exceptional player is more than just a guy who comes prepared. He's the guy that isn't repeatedly dying to environmental damage, and if he makes a mistake, he adjusts and doesn't make the same mistake again. Ask questions if you don't know. Be vocal when you need to be, but don't be annoying.
Also, it's a really good idea not to belittle current members when applying. I don't care if you're better geared than our current prot pally, or if you think our offspec moonkin's 4K DPS is trash. You're not going to earn the respect of any guild that way.


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From a mass of books, videos, and publicity material dealing with "psychic" Anthony Carr – just received at the JREF Isaac Asimov Library – I selected one volume and was leafing through the pages, when I discovered an astounding fact: that this man Carr – who says he's "The World's Most Documented Psychic" – might want to lay off further documentation; he's been quite, quite, wrong. See this Swift for more . You see, two years and four months after he posted their imminent deaths, Lauren Bacall, Margaret Thatcher, Jack Klugman, Jimmy Carter, Ernest Borgnine (91), Sidney Poitier, and Mohammed Ali are still alive. True, Gerald Ford, Richard Widmark, and Oscar Peterson, are deceased, but the first two of them were 93 and 94 years of age, and Peterson – just 82, was in failing health and not expected to live long, at the time that Carr made his stunning prophecies.
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John's cholesterol is high but he doesn't like taking prescription drugs. Should he take red yeast as a "natural" alternative? Evidence shows that it is effective in lowering cholesterol.
In 1994, the Diet Supplement Health and Education Act was passed, allowing the fiction that "natural" medicines are really "foods" and need not be regulated the way prescription medicines are. Do we need to supplement our diet with red yeast? Do we suffer from a red yeast deficiency? Of course not. People are really taking it as a medicine, not as a supplement to their diet.


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Engine-owned Jam, which works on the BSkyB digital account, was the incumbent on the business.
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2012 Chicagoland Easter Events GuidePosted by: helenoliveri in News, tags: Breakfast, Easter, Eggs, events
A Guide to Chicagoland Easter Events in Cook and Lake counties for 2012, brought to you by The Helen Oliveri Team.
Arlington Heights:
Easter Egg Hunt- 4/7/12 11-2:30pm
Glory House/Lakewood 1307 E Palatine Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60004.
Easter Egg Hunt – 4/7/12 All Day
Lutheran Church of the Cross 2025 South Goebbert Road Arlington Heights, IL
Easter Eggstravaganza Egg Hunt – 4/8/12 9:45am to 10:30am
Faith Lutheran Church 431 S. Arlington Heights Rd Arlington Heights, IL 60004
Visits with the Easter Bunny – 4/6/12 12:00 to 3:00pm
Ice House Mall and Village Shops 200 Applebee Barrington, IL
Easter Bunny Breakfast -4/7/12 9am to 11am
111 Grille 200 Applebee Street Barrington, IL 60010
Easter Egg Hunt – 4/7/12 10am
Presbyterian Church of Barrington 6 Brinker Road Barrington, IL
Easter Egg Hunt- 4/8/12 10:15am
Saint Mark's Episcopal Church 337 Ridge Road Barrington, IL
Buffalo Grove:
Bunny Bonanza – 4/7/12 10am to 11:30am
Willow Stream Park 651 Old Checker Road Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
Paschen Park Easter Egg Hunt- 4/6/12 11am to 12pm
1932 W. Lunt Avenue, Chicago, IL 60626
Bunny Rock- 4/7/12 9am
Diversey Harbor 2430 North Cannon Dr, Chicago, IL 60614
Easter Bunny Cruise- 12:30pm to 2:30pm
Spirit of Chicago. DJ entertainment, dancing, goodie bags for the kids and an appearance by the Easter Bunny.
Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt- 4/6/12 7 to 9pm
3620 S. Lituanica Donovan Park
Doggie Easter Egg Hunt – 4/7/12 10am to 12pm
2741 W. Montrose Avenue Horner Park
Trump Tower Brunch and Petting Zoo – 4/8/12 10:30am to 3pm
410 N. Wabash Ave., 16th Floor Trump Tower's Sixteen Restaurant
Elk Grove Village:
More Than An Easter Egg Hunt 2012 – 4/7/12 11am to 12pm
Elk Grove Baptist Church 801 Bisner Road, Elk Grove Vlg,IL
Easter Egg Hunt – 4/7/12 10:00am – 12:00pm
74 Park Drive Glenview, IL (847) 724-0057 View Website
Hawthorn Woods:
Easter Brunch – 4/8/12 11am-1:30pm & 3:30pm
Hawthorn Woods Country Club
St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Hawthorn Woods, Easter Breakfast – 4/8/12 7am to 11:00am
St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 24500 N. Old McHenry Rd., Hawthorn Woods, IL Tel: 847-438-7709
Scrambled eggs, ham, potatoes, bread, baked goods, and a wide variety of fruit.
Children's Spring Party – 4/7/12 10:30am to 12:00pm
Hawthorn Woods Village Barn 2 Lagoon Drive Hawthorn Woods, IL
Pose with the Easter Bunny and receive a free photo, have fun with crafts, play a few games, and win great raffle prizes! The Egg Hunt will start at 11am for 3 years old and young; 11:15am for 4-6 yr olds; 11:30am for 7-9 yr olds. The Egg Hunt will take place weather-permitting, but the party will go on!!
Lake Zurich:
Easter Egg Hunt – 4/7/12 9:30am
St. Peter United Church Of Christ 47 Church Street Lake Zurich, IL 60047
Lambs Farm Easter Bunny Brunch- 4/6,7 10am Noon and 2pm
14245 W. Rockland Rd., Libertyville
Easter Egg Hunt – 4/7/12 2pm to 4pm
Community Christian Church 1970 Riverwoods Rd. Lincolnshire, IL 60069
Long Grove:
Season's of Long Grove's Easter Brunch- 4/8/12 10am-3pm
Seasons of Long Grove 314 Old McHenry Rd. Long Grove, IL 60047
Morton Grove:
Eggstravaganza Egg Hunt – 4/6/12 11am
Children ages 3-10, join the Spring Bunny as you hunt for eggs in Prairie View Park. The hunt is divided into three age categories: 3-4 years, 5-7 years and 8-10 years old. All ages are to report to the tennis courts by 11:00am. Children must be accompanied by a parent. Please provide your own basket. Register your child(ren) by calling 847-965-1200 before the deadline. Morton Grove residents only. Small toys and candy are contained in the eggs. Parental discretion is advised. This is a free event will be held at Prairie View Park. In case of inclement weather, the event will be held inside the Prairie View Community Center.
Lunch with the Easter Bunny – 4/6/12 11:00am to 2:30pm
Twin Lakes Golf Course 1200 East Twin Lakes Drive Palatine, IL 60074
Easter Egg Hunt – 4/7/12 10am
Twin Lakes Golf Course 1200 East Twin Lakes Drive Palatine, IL 60074
Prospect Heights:
Prospect Heights Annual Egg Hunt – 4/7/12 9:30am
Prospect Heights Park District. 110 West Camp McDonald Road Prospect Heights, IL 60070
The Easter Bunny is making a stop at the Prospect Heights Park District and you are invited to join him for an Eggcellent time! Grab your basket and be on time…Egg Hunt will start promptly at 9:30 am. There will be an opportunity to take pictures with the bunny after the hunt. Don't forget your camera!
Easter Breakfast – 4/8/12 8:00am to 9:45am
St Paul Lutheran Church 5201 Galitz Street Skokie, IL 60077
Annual Easter Egg Hunt – 4/7/12 10:30am – 1:00pm
Westfield Old Orchard (Skokie Blvd & Old Orchard Center, 847-673-6800) is providing Easter fun for North Shore and surrounding area families. April 7 marks Westfield Old Orchard's annual Easter Egg Hunt! You won't want to miss this opportunity. Kids will hunt for the Golden Eggs filled with prizes from Westfield retailers. Participating kids can also enjoy a day of face painting and take home a piece of balloon art. New York Life will be partnering with Westfield by providing free Child ID's (name, picture and finger print) for parents to take home. Registration for this free Easter event starts 10:30 am April 7 and is open to the first 150 families who arrive. Kids must be between the ages of 2-5 years old to participate. The festivities will commence 11:30 am in the Serpent Play area. For more information, contact the Westfield Old Orchard Concierge at 847-673-6800.
Children's Egg Hunt – 4/8/12 All Day
St. Augustine's Episcopal Church 1140 Wilmette Avenue Wilmette, IL 60091
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I spent last week on vacation visiting my best friend in Los
Angeles. When we were planning this trip, I checked in with my friends at Stone
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to see if anything interesting was happening, as my friend's brother lives near Stone's location in the Northern part of San Diego County and we were thinking about going to see the brewery and its vaunted World Bistro and Gardens.
It just so happened that I was landing the day before Stone's 18th Anniversary Party. I'm not one to pass up an opportunity like that, so off we went.
Rather than simply open the Bistro and have a celebration of all things Stone and only Stone, the Anniversary Party is basically an all-day beer festival split into two sessions; one earlier in the afternoon and one later. Some sixty breweries were featured, with well over 100 beers available for sampling.
Tickets weren't exactly cheap ($45 — and yes, I paid for them), but the price ensured a crowd of die-hard craft beer enthusiasts. I should compliment everyone involved in setting up and running the Anniversary Party; I can't remember ever attending such a well-organized beer fest.
Make no mistake, though: it was a big crowd, and some breweries attracted a lot of attention. This (right) was the line I got into to sample what The Bruery brought to the party (their tent is the one straight ahead in the picture):
And the line for Russian River sampling was twice as long, but the pourers worked efficiently and lines progressed smoothly. Overall, very well done.
After the Anniversary Party on Saturday, we were treated to spots in a tour of the Stone brewery on Sunday, along with reservations at the Bistro (those I'll thank Stone for). The brewery tour itself is… well, it's a brewery tour — they're all fairly similar.
I always enjoy brewery tours though, and at Stone I appreciated not only our knowledgeable and engaging tour guide, but the carefully selected samples poured for those on the tour immediately afterwards in the Stone Company Store.
There were a couple noteworthy items during the tour: The first, on the heels of my last column here talking about the issues California breweries are having with the state's ongoing drought, was that Escondido — the North County area in San Diego where Stone is located–was under a boil alert the weekend we were there. Testing that Friday the 15th showed the presence of coliform bacteria, so the first thing we saw when parking at Stone on Sunday was a very large truck outside pumping clean water in.
By Monday the 18th, the alert had been lifted for all but around 60 of the reported 6,300 water customers in Escondido. While this issue in Escondido wasn't drought- related, it was interesting to see how an operation their size had to scramble to handle a temporary water emergency.
The other thing that came up on our tour was the news, released the day before the Anniversary Party, that Stone has narrowed the potential locations for its East Coast brewery to three finalist cities: Richmond, Norfolk, and…Columbus, Ohio? Ok, then — I'm still rooting for Virginia to get the nod (and rumors are flying about large spaces in both Virginia cities that could potentially work for Stone), and it sounds like we won't have to wait much longer to find out for sure.
The Bistro is everything you've heard about it: a bit pricey but the food is delicious, with carefully chosen ingredients prepared very well. The draft and bottle beer lists are exceptional, featuring more than a few Bistro exclusives by Stone, along with cool unexpected Belgian selections and brews from Evil Twin and Mikkeller. My advice if you're visiting? Grab a snack and a couple pints and enjoy a walk around the lovely outdoor area; I can imagine that as a really nice way to spend an afternoon. To wrap up this week, here are some highlights from the beers I tasted at Stone's Anniversary Party — or in other words…


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Last week, I was gushing with friends about the Humble Jumbo Bundle, a dependably fantastic collection of six indie games following a pay-what-you-want model – an offer that you still have 12 days to take up, if you have been missing out on the awesome first-person shooter + real-time strategy game Natural Selection 2 or the tongue-in-cheek fantasy RPG Magicka + DLC. But in that whole discussion, everyone failed to pick up on a local indie game expo that's completely free to attend (what people usually "want" to pay), Indienomicon.
Indienomicon sponsors a meetup each month to showcase two new games, but their Indienomicon Expo, which is today (Thursday, Dec. 5) from 6-9 p.m. at Envy Labs (618 E. South St., Ste. 620), features a whopping 16 games and presents a completely free opportunity to play them and meet the folks behind them. As if you needed a further bonus, they also promise swag and prizes to attendees, so you might wanna bring a tote bag. Among the featured games are mobile games like Temple Tap, with its puzzling adventurescapes, and mythical combat games like Rise of the Ravager, which is just gorgeously colored in and has the we're-all-doomed narrative that follows a God who wishes to be reborn. Sounds intense, right? The trailer will make it seem even more so:
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Shin, Hyun Bang (2014) Contesting speculative urbanisation and strategising discontents. City: Analysis of Urban Trends, Culture, Theory, Policy, Action, 18 (4-5). pp. 509-516. ISSN 1360-4813
Shin, Hyun Bang (2014) Urban spatial restructuring, event-led development and scalar politics. Urban Studies . ISSN 0042-0980 (Submitted)
Shin, Hyun Bang (2013) The right to the city and critical reflections on China's property rights activism. Antipode: a Radical Journal of Geography, 45 (5). pp. 1167-1189. ISSN 0066-4812
Shin, Hyun Bang and Li, Bingqin (2013) Whose games? The costs of being 'Olympic citizens' in Beijing. Environment and Urbanization, 25 (2). pp. 549-566. ISSN 0956-2478
Li, Bingqin and Shin, Hyun Bang (2013) Intergenerational housing support between retired old parents and their children in urban China. Urban Studies, 50 (16). pp. 3225-3242. ISSN 1360-063X
Shin, Hyun Bang (2013) [Book review]: The new Asian city: three dimensional fictions of space and urban form. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 31 (5). pp. 947-948. ISSN 0263-774X
Shin, Hyun Bang and Li, Bingqin (2013) Whose games? The costs of being "Olympic citizens" in Beijing. Environment and Urbanization, 25 (2). pp. 559-576. ISSN 0956-2478
Shin, Hyun Bang (2012) Unequal cities of spectacle and mega-events in China. City: Analysis of Urban Trends, Culture, Theory, Policy, Action, 6 (6). pp. 728-744. ISSN 1360-4813
Shin, Hyun Bang (2010) Book review: "Shanghai Pudong: urban development in an Era of global-local interaction" by Y. Chen. International Journal of Housing Policy , 10 (1). pp. 97-100. ISSN 1461-6718
Shin, Hyun Bang (2010) Urban conservation and revalorisation of dilapidated historic quarters: the case of Nanluoguxiang in Beijing. Cities, 27 Sup (1 (S)). S43-S54. ISSN 0264-2751
Shin, Hyun Bang (2009) Residential redevelopment and entrepreneurial local state: the implications of Beijing's shifting emphasis on urban redevelopment policies. Urban Studies, 46 (13). pp. 2815-2839. ISSN 1360-063X
Shin, Hyun Bang (2009) Property-based redevelopment and gentrification: the case of Seoul, South Korea. Geoforum, 40 (5). pp. 906-917. ISSN 0016-7185
Shin, Hyun Bang (2009) Life in the shadow of mega-events: Beijing Summer Olympiad and its impact on housing. Journal of Asian Public Policy, 2 (2). pp. 122-141. ISSN 1751-6242
Shin, Hyun Bang (2008) Living on the edge: financing post-displacement housing in urban redevelopment projects in Seoul. Environment and Urbanization, 20 (2). pp. 411-426. ISSN 0956-2478
Shin, Hyun Bang (2007) Understanding China's urban transformation in post-reform period: an interview with Fulong Wu. Planning and Policy, 305 . pp. 81-101. ISSN 1739-3450
Shin, Hyun Bang (2007) The role of communities in urban regeneration and social mix: an interview with Anne Power. Planning and Policy, 309 . pp. 85-97. ISSN 1739-3450
Shin, Hyun Bang (2005) Changes in China's social welfare system during the reform period (in Korean). Health and Welfare Forum, 104 . pp. 116-135. ISSN 1226-3648
Shin, Hyun Bang (2015) Urbanization in China. In: Wright, James D., (ed.) International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Elsevier, Oxford, UK. (Submitted)
Shin, Hyun Bang (2014) Contesting speculative urbanisation and strategising discontents. In: Brekke, Jaya Klara , Dalakoglou, Dimitris, Filippidis , Christos and Vradis, Antonis, (eds.) Crisis-scapes: Athens and beyond. Synthesi, Athens, Greece, pp. 139-149. ISBN 9781938660153
Shin, Hyun Bang (2014) Elite vision before people: state entrepreneurialism and the limits of participation. In: Altrock, Uwe and Schoon, Sonia, (eds.) Maturing Megacities: the Pearl River Delta in Progressive Transition. Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research . Springer, Dortrecht, Germany. ISBN 9789400766730
Shin, Hyun Bang (2011) Vertical accumulation and accelerated urbanism: the East Asian experience. In: Gandy, Matthew, (ed.) Urban Constellations. Jovis Verlag, Berlin, Germany, pp. 48-53. ISBN 9783868591187
Shin, Hyun Bang (2010) Empowerment or marginalisation: land, housing and property rights in poor neighbourhoods. In: Wu, Fulong and Webster, Chris, (eds.) Marginalization in Urban China: Comparative Perspectives. International political economy series. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 112-130. ISBN 9780230237728
Shin, Hyun Bang (2007) Residential redevelopment and social impacts in Beijing. In: Wu, Fulong, (ed.) China's Emerging Cities: the Making of New Urbanism. Routledge contemporary China series. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 163-184. ISBN 9780415416177
Shin, Hyun Bang and Li, Bingqin (2012) Migrants, landlords and their uneven experiences of the Beijing Olympic Games. CASE paper, CASE/163. Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London, UK.
Shin, Hyun Bang (2011) Right to the city and critical reflections on property rights activism in China's urban renewal contexts. CASEpapers, CASE/156. Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
Shin, Hyun Bang (2008) Driven to swim with the tide?: urban redevelopment and community participation in China. CASEpapers, CASE/130. Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
Shin, Hyun Bang (2007) 'Entrepreneurial' local state: the implications of Beijing's shifting emphasis on urban redevelopment policies. Working Paper, 22. Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
Shin, Hyun Bang (2016) Urban transformation in East Asia. Routledge contemporary Asia series . Routledge, Abingdon, UK. ISBN 9780415469456 (In Press)
Lees, Loretta, Shin, Hyun Bang and López-Morales, Ernesto, eds. (2015) Global gentrifications: uneven development and displacement. Policy Press, Bristol, UK. ISBN 9781447313489
Shin, Hyun Bang (2014) Book review: a middle class without democracy: economic growth and the prospects for democratization in China by Jie Chen. LSE Review of Books (17 Apr 2014) Blog Entry.
Shin, Hyun Bang (2013) China's speculative urbanism and the built environment. China Policy Institute Blog (24 Apr 2013) Blog Entry.
Shin, Hyun Bang (2013) Development and dissent in China's 'urban age'. Cities in Conflict Series (25 Feb 2013) Blog Entry.
Jennings, Will, Shin, Hyun Bang, Perryman, Mark, Davis, Juliet, Burdett, Ricky and Power, Anne (2013) Introducing our latest eCollection: 2012 London Olympics. British Politics and Policy at LSE (11 Jan 2013) Blog Entry.
Shin, Hyun Bang (2012) Book review: ghetto at the center of the world: Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong. LSE Review of Books (20 Nov 2012) Blog Entry.
Shin, Hyun Bang (2012) Looking back and ahead: lessons from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. British Politics and Policy at LSE (01 Aug 2012) Blog Entry.
Shin, Hyun Bang (2012) Urban land battles in China: resistance and land politics. LSE Review of Books (25 Jun 2012) Blog Entry.


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The Net Investment Income Tax is a permanent tax that became effective in 2013. Investors who break a certain modified adjusted gross income threshold may face a 3.8% surtax. This tax is in addition to any ordinary income or long-term capital gains tax obligations. The Columbia Management Learning Center is dedicating a series of blog articles
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Abram Claude is vice president of the Columbia Management Learning Center®, the value add program for Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (CMID). Mr. Claude is a member of the national speaker bureau and has spoken extensively on retirement and education planning topics. He joined the firm in 2002 and has been a member of the investment community since 1987.
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UK Facebook users 'dropped 5% in January'
Now, the drop of just 400,00 may not be all that substantial, but some of us here at Download Squad know of folks still rather mad at being unable to close their accounts (well, at least of free will) and certainly among contacts of ours there is, shall we say, a weariness with Facebook right now. Whether that translates into a continual drop in Facebook's visitor numbers, or this is just a monthly lull (perhaps brought on by friends posting less than endearing photos after the New Year) is anyone's guess.
Update: Facebook have since got in touch to say: "The number of users for Facebook continues to climb in the UK. Our internal monthly active user numbers rose between December and January in the UK and are now at more than 8.3 million. Facebook tracks active monthly users, rather than registered user or unique visitors. Active users reflect those who have used the site in the past 30 days."


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A representative group of educators and stakeholders convened to discuss and draft a vision of what personalized and proficiency-based learning looks like over the next 3-5 years in Rhode Island. The vision includes:
Shared implementation of these visionary strategies will ensure all students are college and career ready and able to succeed in a global environment. This work is ongoing and will require the collaborative effort of many stakeholders across the state to fully realize this vision.
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Interested in learning more about Proficiency-Based Learning (PBL) or creating a robust digital environment in your school? This calendar is maintained by various professional organizations in partnership with RIDE.
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Mean What You Say: Defining and Integrating Personalized, Blended and Competency Education - This paper is intended to provide a scan of the literature and expand the knowledgeable for the field to integrate the core ideas of personalized learning, blended learning, competency education, and standards. The goal of the paper is to explain the nuances of key terms used across the field of K-12 education related to personalized, blended and competency education, and how the ideas integrate in order to create new learning models. In sum, the goal of this paper is to make sense of the terms and how they fit together
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Rhode Island includes performance assessments as one of the requirements for demonstrating readiness for graduation. Performance assessments include common tasks, comprehensive end of course tasks, diploma assessments, and other "authentic" assessments. Performance assessments allow students to demonstrate, at a more comprehensive and increased cognitive level, the application of content learned through coursework.
Performance assessments are multi-step assignments with clear criteria, expectations, and processes that measure how well a student transfers knowledge and applies complex skills to create or refine an original product. Performance assessments are an important measure for determining graduation readiness and should be administered across all content areas and grades. Performance assessments make up student portfolios and comprehensive course assessments and are a central component of student exhibitions (known as Diploma Assessments).
Performance assessments are included in the RI Comprehensive Assessment System (CAS) as an important type of summative assessment and one that is required for graduation determination.
See the CAS guide pages 13-14 [PDF].
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