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Published December 22, 2007
ADELAIDE, Australia (FR) – Three thousand Christians marched down the main streets of this Australian city early this year, proclaiming God's ownership of the city and praying for the government as the parade halted in front of various city offices and business houses. The rally, held in conjunction with a nationwide Christian conference called Revival '89, was yet another visible sign of the impact Christianity is having upon the nation of Australia.
Participants in the parade were numerous young people from Maranatha fellowships in New Zealand and Australia, some of whom had only been recently converted to Christ. Bob Weiner, founder and president of Maranatha Campus Ministries, was a keynote speaker at the convention – which drew leaders from throughout the Pacific region.
The Adelaide conference, sponsored by Barry Chant, leader of Tabor House, underscored a year of Christian activity that caused even secular observers to marvel. Last September, a constitutional amendment which many Christians feared would curtail civil and religious liberties was resoundingly defeated. One noted newspaper columnist in a Melbourne daily wrote of that event: "Christians have made their presence felt during the last year more than at any other time in our history. Voters turned down the national referendum that would have given government a stronger voice … I suspect (the Christians') opposition did much to influence voters. As for this writer, I welcome the Christian viewpoint in Australia. It's about time we heard from them."
There was also more movement toward Christian unity in Australia last year as over 35,000 people, including youth from Maranatha churches in Melbourne and Sydney, joined the National Prayer Gathering in the nation's capitol, Canberra. In keeping with the 200th birthday celebration of Australia, the Bible Society last year organized Christians to distribute Bibles to every household in the country.
Meanwhile, Maranatha campus churches in Sydney and Melbourne continued to grow last year, adding more international students from southeast Asia than ever. More than 24,000 Australian editions of Forerunner were printed and distributed on campus. According to Grant Clark, editor of the newspaper, the publication of an Australian edition dovetailed with the nation's bicentennial, which "allowed the nation to focus on its foundations and achievements. It has also allowed a time to ponder our future. Many politicians, church leaders and sportsmen have called for Australia's youth to lay the foundation for the next 200 years."
Evangelism has penetrated the Sydney University campus so powerfully that a recent poll disclosed that Christians have become the second largest group on campus, second only to the ski club! Christians are also making inroads into politics. In New South Wales, three Christians formed "Call to Australia," a new political party. During a hotly contested election, three party members were swept into office and now control the balance of power in the New South Wales Upper House. In Adelaide, the Student Representative Council President is a Christian and a member of an Assembly of God Church.
With this growth of Christian influence has also come an increase in Australia's stature worldwide. NBC Television spent a week televising live segments of the Bicentennial celebration, giving millions of Americans a window into a country they have known little about. Recent movies about life in Australia, such as "Crocodile Dundee I and II" and "A Cry in the Dark," have sparked a new wave of tourism – making it the number one industry in Australia. Hotels and related industries are building beachheads in not only the capitol cities of Sydney and Melbourne but also in medium-sized cities and resort towns where experts are predicting over 5 million tourists a year will visit by the turn of the century.
Visitors to Australia say there is a new spirit in the land, an enthusiasm and excitement that is translating into positive economic effects for the nation. Even though socialism has lurked in the culture for decades, a renewed free enterprise fervor is gripping the land, making Australia more prosperous than at any time in its history. "Aussies feel good about themselves," says Pastor Mark McClimens, who credits much of the change to the spiritual revival that is sweeping the land.
Meanwhile, in New Zealand, the promise of spiritual renewal is touching a country that one internationally-known Christian leader says "could go Marxist at any time unless a mighty Christian revival washes the land clean." Maranatha Campus Ministries has accepted the challenge to help change the nation: a team of 10 Americans, led by pastor Bob Muni, is now surrounded by a band of young, enthusiastic new believers who are preaching on campus and sharing Jesus Christ in classrooms, cafeterias and in their homes.
Christians who came to the campus during the Auckland outreach were amazed by the openness of unbelievers who wanted to hear the gospel. Pastor Muni says he wants to bring New Zealand back to its spiritual moorings, and believes his core group of 45 are making an impact on the nation even though the campus fellowship has been active for less than a year.
The young people in the Auckland church have a passion to impact the world. Angela McGrath, 21, a freshman from England studying at the University of Auckland, says she wants to "restore the education system in New Zealand to godly principles." Presently, Angela says feminists and lesbians are running the teacher's college where she is enrolled. "We are raising up a new generation of Christian leaders in every area of life," she added.
Nineteen-year-old engineering student David Senn watched Muni and evangelist Ken Dew preach boldly in the student union quad area during last summer's outreach He gave his life to Christ as a result, and now stands in the same spot to preach his own messages. Senn commented: "I want to see us in student government next year to raise God's standard on the campus."
Larry Goodall, 21, a recent mechanical engineering graduate, is working for the government "to be a shining light." Goodall and dozens of other students say the campus was impacted by Maranatha's summer outreach. "When the Maranatha team arrived, it shook the campus," reported Megan Hughes, an 18-year old freshman majoring in science. "I was one of the people who was totally adamant that I would not get 'saved'! But I realized there was more to life than partying and drinking. I realized I had not gone to that meeting by chance. God had drawn me!" Megan says she wants to travel and witness to people all over the world about Jesus Christ. Right now, however, she admits there is much missionary work to be done at Auckland University.
But things are just beginning in New Zealand. Ken Dew and a team of young Maranatha evangelists will hit the Auckland campus once again in July of this year. If you are interested in being part of this venture, plus a 20-day evangelism thrust in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, write: Maranatha Missions, P.O. Box 1799, Gainesville, FL 32602.
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Centile charts of birthweight for gestational age are used to identify low birthweight babies. The charts currently used in Scotland are based on data from the 1970s and require updating given changes in birthweight and in the measurement of gestational age since then.
Routinely collected data of 100,133 singleton births occurring in Scotland from 1998–2003 were used to construct new centile charts using the LMS method.
Centile charts for birthweight for sex and parity groupings were constructed for singleton birth and compared to existing charts used in Scottish hospitals.
Mean birthweight has been shown to have increased over recent decades. The differences shown between the new and currently used centiles confirm the need for more up-to-date centiles for birthweight for gestational age.
Birthweight is one of the important indicators used to assess the health of an infant at birth. Low birthweight has often been defined as weights less than 2500 grams with birthweights less than 1500 grams classed as very low birthweight. These definitions however do not take into account gestational age. It is important to be able to differentiate between babies who are light because they are premature and those who are small-for-gestational age since the latter may have different health problems to the former. They may be growth restricted and have an increased risk of other complications such as perinatal asphyxia, symptomatic hypoglycaemia, congenital malformations, chronic intra-uterine infection and pulmonary haemorrhage [1]. Large-for-gestational age babies also have related health problems. Identification of small or large for gestational age babies is important for the management of the individual pregnancy and neonate. It is also a valuable aid to epidemiological studies where the aim is to identify risk factors or to assess the management of pregnancies [2].
Small- or large-for-gestational age babies may be identified using centile charts of birthweight by gestational age. Centile reference charts are used to monitor clinical measurements on individuals in the context of population values. Raw centiles can be calculated from appropriate data but the perturbations in these curves are unlikely to reflect the pattern of underlying growth at the population level. It is therefore reasonable to use statistical methods to derive a series of smoothed curves showing how the centiles of a measurement, in this case birthweight, change when plotted against time, in this case gestational age.
In Scotland there have been three sizeable studies resulting in the production of centile charts each based on data collected in Aberdeen [3-5]. The charts from the most recent of these studies, using data from 17,927 singleton births occurring between 1975–1980, were extensively used as a standard throughout Scotland until relatively recently.
The Information Services Division (ISD) of the Scottish Health Service use and publish birthweight centile charts[6]. ISD collects data on all maternity patients admitted to Scottish hospitals on an SMR02 form. The charts are based on 894,066 live births occurring between 1975 and 1989 and are the most recent published in Scotland.
Increases in birthweight since the formation of these standards have been observed for Scotland [7] England and Wales [8], the United States [9] and Canada [10] There have also been changes in the methods used to calculate gestational age [11]. These changes suggest that the centile charts in present use may now be inaccurate. Therefore, we aimed to produce updated charts using more recent data from 1998–2003.
Data on singleton births occurring between 1980 and 2003 were obtained from ISD's SMR02 (maternity) data collection system. This includes information on the birthweight, gestational age and sex of the infant. The parity of the mother is also recorded. Gestational age at birth was reported in completed weeks and is a clinician's estimate of gestation at birth based on an ultrasound dating scan and date of last menstrual period.
In order to adequately represent the population of all singleton births, the only exclusions made were lethal congenital anomalies and obvious outliers which included any birthweights less than 250 grams. Outliers were identified using Tukey's methodology [12]. This calculates the interquartile range and identifies as outliers any values more than twice the interquartile range below the first quartile or above the third quartile. This method assumes a symmetric distribution which is not the case for birthweights at most gestational ages. However the values of L obtained in each of the groups for each suggests only a slight degree of skewness at most gestational ages. The number of birthweights omitted as possible outliers was small and inspection of the omitted birthweights suggests that most of these could be explained by transcription errors.
The mean birthweight of all singletons born in each year between 1980–2003 was calculated. This confirmed the reported increase in birthweight over this period. This increase is marked over the period from 1980–1997 but appears to level off from 1998 onwards and therefore the most recent years for which complete data were available, namely 2002 and 2003, were used as a basis from which to construct new centile charts. For births occurring at gestations between 31 and 42 weeks a two year period gives sufficient data, however for the extremes of gestational age the data was supplemented by births from 1998 to 2001.
Centiles were calculated using the LMS method [13] which uses the Box-Cox power transformation to obtain normally distributed data within each group. This involves estimating three sets of values for each gestational age group, namely, L the power transformation used to achieve normality, M the median birthweight and S the coefficient of variation of the data. L, M and S are estimated for each gestational age and then smoothed curves are fitted using cubic splines to these to give L(t), M(t) and S(t) where t is the gestational age. The extent of the smoothing is expressed in terms of the degrees of freedom used for the fit. The 100αth centile for the appropriate sex and parity group is then given by
where Zα is the α % point of the normal distribution.
For a particular infant, with birthweight y, a z-score can be calculated using the formula
Four sets of charts were constructed defined by the sex of the baby, male or female, and the parity of the mother, nulliparous or multiparous. Centiles were calculated using the software LMS ChartMaker. Other analysis was carried out using SAS, version 9.1
The mean birthweight for each of the years from 1980 to 2003 is shown in Figure Figure11 and confirms the previously reported increase in birthweight.
There were 98,904 records of singleton births occurring in 2002 and 2003. These were supplemented by information on 1,883 singleton births from 1998–2001 for gestational ages of 30 weeks or less or 43 weeks. Excluding lethal congenital anomalies and omitting outliers gave a total of 100,133 records. Applying Tukey's method resulted in 0.4% of the observations being omitted as outliers. Figures Figures2a2a and and2b2b show plots of birthweight against gestational age with and without the outliers for the subgroup girls, parity 1 or more. Table Table11 gives the numbers of births used in constructing the centiles, and the percentage of outliers omitted together with the overall mean birthweight and standard deviation based on the data for 2002–2003 only.
Tables Tables2,2, ,3,3, ,4,4, ,55 give the centiles for the groups: boys parity 0, boys parity 1 or more, girls parity 0 and girls parity 1 or more respectively. The tables also give the number of births used and the fitted values of L. M and S for each gestational age for each group, as well as the degrees of freedom used in fitting the cubic splines.
The z-scores resulting from the LMS models fitted should be normally distributed within each grouping. This was verified by obtaining normal probability plots of the z-scores overall and for each gestational age. The plot for girls, parity 1 or more is given in Figure Figure3.3. Table Table66 gives the observed percentage of z-scores by centiles groupings for the same group.
In order to assess the goodness of fit of the models, the new centiles were plotted against the observed centiles for each group. Figure Figure44 shows this plot for the 3rd, 50th and 97th centiles for girls, parity 1 or more. Figure Figure55 shows the 3rd, 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th and 97th centiles superimposed on the actual birthweights for the same groups. For comparison Figure Figure66 shows the new centiles compared to the currently used ISD centiles again for the 3rd, 50th and 97th centiles
Centile charts of birthweight for gestational age are a valuable tool in many epidemiological studies as well as providing important information to clinicians as to which babies may be at higher risk of neonatal or postnatal morbidity [14]. It is therefore essential that the charts used are representative of the population to which they are applied. A number of standards are available based on births occurring in various European countries; mostly using data from the 1980s and the 1990s [15].
There are clear differences between the centiles calculated here from recent data and those in current use in Scotland which are based on data from 1975–1989. For term babies the median birthweight in all sex and parity groupings is shown to be higher than it was previously. This increase in birthweight is also reflected in the other centiles. For babies born at very low gestational ages the median birthweight is now less than it was, possibly reflecting the increased survival rate in pre-term births [16]. The centiles for lower gestational ages are also much closer together than in the existing charts. One possible explanation for such a marked difference at lower gestations in particular may be poor estimation of gestational age, particularly in the 1970s, as was found in data for England and Wales analysed by Milner and Richards in 1974 [17].
In recent years a number of centiles charts [18] have been constructed using the method developed by Gardosi [19]. This method aims to give a fetal weight standard and requires only data for term births from the population of interest. Whilst it is desirable in principle to look at fetal weights the assumptions which are being made with this method cannot be substantiated with reference to our data which consists only of actual birthweights. It is therefore not possible to assess the goodness of fit of the centiles calculated in this way.
As well as modelling the median birthweight the LMS method also models the coefficient of variation S and the power L which is used to transform the birthweights to achieve normality. Within each of the sex and parity groupings it is seen that the coefficient of variation decreases with increased gestational age showing that the birthweights are more variable at lower gestational ages. This contrasts with the assumption used in Gardosi's methodology for fetal weights that the coefficient of variation is constant.
It is important in constructing charts of this type to test the adequacy of the model fitted both with reference to the raw data used to construct the charts and to the assumptions on which the model relies [20,21].
Comparing the new centiles to the empirical centiles suggests that the LMS method is a reasonable fit to the data. It can be shown that, in general, the standard errors of empirical centiles are larger than those for the centiles calculated using the normal distribution. The latter method is therefore more efficient. This is only true if the assumption of normality is reasonable which is not the case for birthweight and therefore some transformation of the data is required. A value of 1 for L indicates no transformation required with a value less than 1 adjusting for positive skewness and a value greater than 1 for negative skewness. For each sex and parity grouping the values of L suggest that the birthweights are negatively skewed for low gestational ages and positively skewed for higher gestational ages. The values of L suggest the extent of skewness at each gestational age is not high.
Normal probability plots of the z-scores for each grouping and for each gestational age within each grouping show that the LMS method has largely succeeded in achieving normality. There is some suggestion in the plot of heavier tails however the percentages in the tails are close to what is expected.
An important question in constructing centile charts of any data is which cases to include in the calculations and which to omit. Many previous studies into centile charts have used live births only because of the difficulty of accurately assessing the gestational age of stillbirths. The argument in the past has been that a baby which is stillborn may have died some time before delivery and therefore the weight may not be a true reflection of the gestational age at which delivery occurs. This is not often the case now. Fetal death is almost always recognized very quickly, and most women prefer to be delivered as soon as possible once it is realized that this has happened. This was argued by Tin[16] looking at the problems of estimating centiles for babies born before 32 weeks gestational age, In this paper it was suggested that not all stillbirths should be excluded, arguing that by doing so centiles at gestational ages less than 28 weeks have been largely overestimated.
For babies born within ten weeks of term the difference in centiles including and excluding stillbirths are negligible because the numbers of stillbirths are relatively small. Omitting stillbirths at low gestations of 24–27 weeks gestation causes bias in the centiles possibly because very small babies at any specified gestation are much more likely to be treated as "effectively" stillborn than larger babies of the same gestation when pregnancy ends as soon as this.
Information on ethnicity is poorly recorded on the SMR02 forms therefore no attempt was made to produce separate centiles for different ethnic groups. From the 2001 census it is known that the minority ethnic population was just over 100,000 in that year which is 2% of the total population of Scotland. The percentage is similar for women of child bearing age. Ethnicity is not therefore a major consideration for the Scottish data.
Other studies have followed the convention of excluding babies with major congenital malformations [22] and this has been used in this study. However with such a large data set the exclusion has made little difference to the centiles. Other studies [1,23] have also identified outliers at each gestational age using the criterion outlined by Tukey. From visual inspection of the charts with and without the outliers, it is clear that the points identified in this study are most likely to be due to transcription errors. The excluded points do not therefore raise any concerns about the accuracy with which gestational age is measured.
Other factors are known to have a significant effect on birthweight and a number of customised charts have been developed in recent years. It can be desirable to take into account physiological factors such as the height of the mother which contribute to the natural variation in birthweights but not potential risk factors such as whether or not the mother smokes. The distinction between the two types of factor may not always be clear cut however. For example height and weight of the mother may in part be determined by risk factors such as social deprivation or nutrition. There is therefore an important role in epidemiological studies into adverse perinatal outcomes for charts such as the ones described here which will allow both the effect of infant's size and the size of the mother to be separated.
The differences shown between the new centiles and the current published centiles confirm the need to have centiles appropriate for the population for which the charts are to be used. Use of inappropriate centiles may result either in small-for-dates babies not being identified or too many babies being flagged as small-for-dates. After consistent increases in mean birthweight from 1980 until the mid 1990s, mean birthweight has stabilised over recent years making the new charts appropriate for current use. It is however important that the distribution of birthweight continues to be monitored on a regular basis.
The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests.
SRB and CW carried out the statistical analysis. All authors were co-investigators on the CSO grant and contributed to the initiation of the project and subsequent discussion. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here:
This work was funded by the Chief Scientists Office. We thank Edmund Hey for his contribution and valuable comments. Dr. Gray is funded by a core grant from the Department of Health in England to the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Health.
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I've recently done a series of articles that feature calling databases via AJAX using jQuery. In pretty much all of the articles, I have used Web Services as my data access mechanism. Judging from the comments that some of the articles have attracted, this has caused a little confusion. But Web Services is just one mechanism. Page Methods and simple ASPX files are two more. And finally, as pointed out by a commenter, Benny Halperin, ASHX files are yet another option. In this article, I shall review each of these approaches.
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IP addresses can reveal a lot about your web visitors. For an ecommerce site, the owner or registrant of the visitor's IP address can be very useful information. You could paste each visitor IP address into one of the many free IP Lookup sites available, but that can be time-consuming and tedious. Or you could build your own lookup. This article shows how this can be done pretty quickly.
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02 March 2009 07:30
This article looks at efficient use of jQuery tabs when displaying data. Specifically, it covers how to lazy-load data, so that it is only accessed and displayed if the tab is clicked.
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It was bound to happen - you knock up an article on jQuery draggables one day, and the next, someone like Jim ;-) comes along and asks about persisting the position of the dragged item across Postbacks, or even sessions. I suppose it's my fault - I mentioned using draggables in a previous life in the context of saving the position, so it's only fair I share how that's done.
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24 January 2009 18:18
It's a common problem: you have a registration form, but you want to prevent user names or other values from being used more than once. You need a user-friendly way to prevent duplicate values being submitted. This is where the simplicity of jQuery excels.
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17 January 2009 23:13
My simple article on Ajax with Classic ASP is one of the most popular on this site. So I thought it's about time I updated it to show how to use jQuery to Ajaxify a Classic ASP page. Since I did that, the jQuery version became even more popular but needed to be brought up to date. This latest version uses a couple of suggestions that have been provided by commentors to improve the code. I have also added a download which contains all the code needed to run the samples.
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13 January 2009 08:47
Cascading DropDownLists or dependent dropdowns are the signature dish for AJAX applications. I spent quite a while fiddling to try to get some to work, before stumbling across a life-saving jQuery plugin that makes working with DropDownLists on the client-side a breeze. This article shows how it all works, and makes use of the WebService I introduced in my previous jQuery article.
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10 January 2009 09:09
There appear to be many articles showing how to use jQuery with ASP.NET Web Services around, but the vast majority of them illustrate the use of PageMethods that return a single value - typically "Hello World!" or the current date and time. Not much use in the real world, where you may more often need to call a service that returns a collection of complex objects. Here are a couple of examples that look at playing with more than just simple values.
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05 January 2009 13:54
I got given jQuery In Action for Christmas. By nature, I'm kind of a late adopter, and I'm already regretting this fact. jQuery has been around for some time, and I wished I had looked at it sooner. It's a fantastic library that really simplifies Javascript development, and is already attracting a goodly number of plug-ins. JCrop is one such, and while it hasn't yet reached version 1.0, it is remarkably easy to use as a web based image cropper. Here's how to put jQuery, JCrop and a FileUpload control together to allow users to upload images and crop them.
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Tekken 3D Prime Edition - Nintendo 3DS
- Contains the complete Tekken: Blood Vengeance 3D movie and the intense fighting action of the Tekken game series in one package
- Amass your collection of original Tekken cards in-game or use StreetPass functionality to gather them all
- The game includes a roster of over 40 favorite Tekken combatants
- Play in multiple single player modes or take the battle to the streets through local play and internet play
- With a 60 frames per second rate, even with 3D capabilities enabled, Tekken 3D Prime Edition offers players seamless, high-end graphical quality
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Watch and play Tekken in 3D anywhere with Tekken 3D Prime Edition exclusively on the Nintendo 3DS portable system.
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Tekken 3D Prime Edition is a Fighting game that brings the Arcade style action and backstory of the Tekken video game series into the 3d gaming realm like never before. Exclusively for Nintendo 3DS, the 3DS cartridge contains both the game and the complete Tekken: Blood Vengeance 3D movie. Additional features include: a roster of over 40 playable fighters, an in-game card system that utilizes 3DS StreetPass functionality for trading, single player and multiplayer modes, and a smooth 60 fps visible frame rate.
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Get Primed for Tekken in 3D Anytime, Anywhere
Play the game, watch the movie. Tekken 3D Prime Edition contains the complete entertainment world of Tekken on a single Nintendo 3DS card. Battle with more than 40 fighters from the Tekken universe and with Young Heihachi for the first time ever. In addition, watch Tekken: Blood Vengeance, a full 3D theatrical experience produced by Digital Frontier in conjunction with the Tekken Project development team. With the satisfying combination of a movie and fully featured portable Tekken gaming experience, players can take Tekken wherever they go.
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- Tekken Experience - Contains the complete Tekken: Blood Vengeance 3D movie and the intense fighting action of the Tekken game series in one package
- Card Collector - Amass your collection of original Tekken cards in-game or use StreetPass functionality to gather them all
- Huge Roster of Fighters - The game includes a roster of over 40 favorite Tekken combatants
- Game Modes - Play in multiple single player modes or take the battle to the streets through local play and internet play
- Bloody Vengeance - Watch the full length theatrical feature Tekken: Blood Vengeance in full 3D through the Nintendo 3DS system
- Smooth, Seamless Gameplay - With a 60 frames per second rate, even with 3D capabilities enabled, Tekken 3D Prime Edition offers players seamless, high-end graphical quality
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There does appear to be a slight difference in the timing of some controls compared to other versions, but they're not an issue once you've played the game for a while.
The 3D movie that comes with the game is a bit of a throwaway.
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If you're a Tekken fan like me, you've already heard a few things: This game runs at a full 60fps in 3D, and it comes with a movie, Tekken Blood Vengeance 3D. I chose this version over Tekken Hybrid for the PS3, which also comes with the movie.
All of the gameplay that you've come to expect from Tekken is here. You've got 40 some characters with all of the moves of Tekken 6. New are the touch screen controls. You can assign move sequences to the touch screen individually for each of the characters. It makes for easy execution of moves or serves as a learning tool for experimenting with combos.
Gone are the story modes of past games. Gone is also the costume customizaton besides changing the colors of costumes (as far as I know). So you only have a few modes left. They feel sparse. It's the usual sequence of battles but without even a final boss fight like Jinpachi or Azazel. Then the credits roll.
This game really does appear to run at 60fps in 3D mode! I also own Dead or Alive Dimensions, which drops to 30fps in 3D, but Tekken remains at full fluidity in 3D. The only time I've noticed the framerate drop is during Lili's victory scene where the camera gets really close to her and she says "Sebastian, they say they're leaving already". The game looks great in 3D, especially in well lit areas. You'll notice a lot of the old backgrounds along with a few new ones.
I have not played the game online or on local VS, but I did go online to see another person host a fight room. I usually play offline anyways. You can unlock and collect some 700 3D picture cards as well. You can have the game trade cards with other players automatically, but I have not tried it out for myself.
So the story modes are gone, but you have to consider that this game cartrige includes a full 3D movie! I'm very happy with the movie. Even as a fan I did not see this movie in select theaters in 3D. I didn't feel like getting Tekken Hybrid for the movie either. But the thought of having all of this on the 3DS sold me. The visuals and the action are great. The story involves less than a dozen of the characters in the usual fight for control over the Devil Gene, with a few twists. Fun stuff.
So this sums it up:
- Fewer play modes, less customization.
- Full 60fps in 3D.
- Online play, local VS, 700 tradable 3D picture cards.
- Full 3D movie.
As a fan I am happy with my purchase. It'll hold me over until Tekken Tag Tournament 2. I got the only copy from a local game store on February 14th. Wait, is it Valentine's Day?! What's that?! I say it's Tekken 3D Prime Edition Day!
The fighting engine is great, nice FPS and all but the lack of any tangible rewards or customizations make this a complete disappointment as a "full" Tekken game.
To sum it up, it deserves a title:
"Tekken 3D, Halved Edition w/ a Movie!!"
Sure, it might not be the Tekken with the most modes, the most customization, and the most variety, but it is best Tekken I have played in years when it comes to entertainment. The quick battle took me by surprise since I didn't think it would be that great, seemed like a half-assed attempt at the ghost battle mode, but it works, it simply works.
Sure you don't have the ability to chose your next opponent after you win, but that is because this is supposed to replace the arcade mode, it is simply a vastly improved arcade mode, one which fixes every complaint I have ever had when it comes to traditional arcade modes. Gone is the unnecessary unbeatable boss as well as the terrible AI. Instead, you fight 10 rounds (which can be as long and as challenging as you want them to be) against "ghost" AI characters, who are presented as standard versions of their characters. Every character is ranked, and how difficult they are to fight varies on both the difficulty setting as well as how much higher or lower their rank is in comparison to yours, which are concepts straight out of ghost battle mode. So as you can see, quick battle simply takes the best aspects of both arcade mode as well as ghost battle mode and combines them into one mode that simply works on a handheld.
The reason why all of this works is because the game simply feels like it is a far more pure Tekken experience than Tekken 6 as well as Tekken 5 DR. The customization is limited to color changes (which are unlocked at each ranking once you surpass the 4'th dan ranking), which only applies to your character as well as online players. This means that while you are playing quick battle, you play against the fantastic ghost AI, and rank up your character, all while fighting against characters that look the way they should.
The zaniness of customization in some of the recent Namco fighters has been somewhat of a turnoff for me. I mean just take Soul Caliber for example, you hardly ever see any characters that even vaguely resemble the characters they're supposed to be, which takes away from the feel and purity of the game. It is just nice to see a modern Namco fighter that sticks to it's roots when it comes to character design instead of embracing the customization mania that has turned some of their recent fighters into something that more closely resembles a circus than the game it is supposed to be.
Plus, to top it all off, the 3D effect looks fantastic and it truly ads a whole new dimension to the game. In 3D, you get a feel like there is a battle happening right in front of your eyes, it is a sensation that very few games have been able to capture, so considering the fact that it is this well done in a Tekken game speaks volumes about the way it looks. I have already spend a lot more time playing this game than I thought I would, and it has already become my most frequently played 3DS game.
What they got appears to be a watered-down port of Tekken 6 (Which would explain the faster loading times). How watered-down is it? For starters, it has a lengthy survival mode, local and online multiplayer, a standard arcade mode, a practice mode, player stats, and you fight for rank and points that go toward special virtual trading cards. Tekken Advance couldn't come close to matching the 60fps that this game has, but at least it included Tag Battle, VS Tag Battle, and Time Attack. All the characters are included and all their moves are spot-on. But you only get to customize the color of their costumes.
But hey, the developers needed the room to squeeze in the computer animated Tekken movie Blood Vengeance--in 3D! Cuz there's no way you can just rip it onto your SD card, or stream it through your 3DS via Netflix or Hulu, or even view it online with the Nintendo Zone net browser. Oh, and you barely notice the 3D unless the subjects are really close.
So in closing, I can say with a straight face that Harada-san may have won the battle against Ono-san, but has lost the handheld war.
This game is rated T for Teen: Violence, Adult Language.
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It took everything out of me to get my turkey prepared and in the oven. I am falling apart today. I am trying to hold it together so that my husband doesn't question whats wrong with me. He has already done it once today. I have no answers. I'm sad, I'm hurt and I am scared. It came over me suddenly this morning. Why can't I recognize these triggers? It is screwed up that I can't even enjoy the holiday. It is screwed up that it can take over and control me like this. I am alone with this and no one can understand, certainly not my husband. I have been stuck here for awhile now and with no hope in sight. I keep feeling it is never going to get better, just will have to deal with this. Can't help but feel I am being punished for something. I am not good for my family, not this way. I just want to disappear.


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The Gender-Bending Golden Girls Episodes Joss Whedon Won't Let You See
Keep 'Much Ado.' Give us 'Golden Boys.'By Margaret Lyons
Keep 'Much Ado.' Give us 'Golden Boys.'By Margaret Lyons
"It's called an iPod." "An i-what?" "iPod." "Pod?" "Pod. iPod." "An iPod." "Yes."By Margaret Lyons
And somehow, the stock keeps diving.By Caroline Bankoff
You've been warned.By Caroline Bankoff
"I'm playing it safe and going skiing on the 21st of December."By Jason Richards
"It's disruptive," says Hans Zimmer.By Kyle Buchanan
Find out who's done the long-distance thing.By Peggy Truong
But someone else will write it.By Kyle Buchanan
In giant close-up, no less.By Kyle Buchanan
'Three Musketeers' flops.By Claude Brodesser-Akner
In 'Elvis & Nixon.'By Caroline Bankoff
No. 2's not even out yet.By Andre Tartar
Is the box-office slump over?By Andre Tartar
In Brussels, home of Tintin author Herge.By Andre Tartar
After tragic Ohio private zoo debacle.By Andre Tartar
Actress slammed Summit's marketing.By Andre Tartar
Will play counselor's co-worker.By Andre Tartar
And it'll be a trilogy.By Kyle Buchanan
Slow-clap, Taiwanese animators. Slow-clap.By Kyle Buchanan
The cinematographer made a very unorthodox camera decision.By Kyle Buchanan


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Civil Disobedience Possible To Fight Emergency Law
Posted: 12/23/2011 - The Rev. Jesse Jackson and other leaders are promising protests against Michigan's new emergency manager law that could lead to a takeover of Detroit government.
Posted: 12/23/2011 - The Rev. Jesse Jackson and other leaders are promising protests against Michigan's new emergency manager law that could lead to a takeover of Detroit government.
Posted: 12/23/2011 - A new Michigan law that will place a 1 percent tax on health insurance claims faces a court challenge.
Posted: 12/23/2011 - Several people have been shot at a roller-skating rink in suburban Detroit during a private holiday party.
Updated: 12/22/2011 - Domestic partners of some public employees no longer gets health benefits under a bill signed by Gov. Rick Snyder on Thursday.
Updated: 12/22/2011 - With the new year comes a turning point in Michigan's education landscape. The cap on university authorized charter schools has been lifted, but what does that really mean? Will charter schools multiply over night?
Updated: 12/23/2011 - Will insure payroll taxes won't go up after the first of next year.
Updated: 12/22/2011 - Just in time for the holidays, a man who has cared for hundreds of area orphans receives a gift that is warming his family's heart and home.
Updated: 12/22/2011 - Andrew Thompson, accused of animal killings and cruelty, is headed to court.
Updated: 12/22/2011 - Lansing police have arrested the suspect in Tuesday's fatal shooting at the CATA station.
Updated: 12/22/2011 - Police are looking for the man who held up the Fifth/Third Bank on Pennsylvania.
Updated: 12/22/2011 - Police are looking for four people who robbed a Jackson credit union.
Posted: 12/22/2011 - J&J recalls Motrin caplets that may work slowly
Updated: 12/22/2011 - 38-year-old Christopher Perrien was on court-ordered work release when Michael Greene and his wife Terri were murdered September at their Delta Township home
Updated: 12/22/2011 - Consumer Reports just tested 16 newer camcorders-- many that could make a great gift.
Posted: 12/22/2011 - Operation Taconite is being coordinated out of the Coast Guard's Sault Ste. Marie sector.
Posted: 12/22/2011 - The petition was brought against the parents of a 10-year-old Upper Peninsula boy after they refused to continue his cancer treatments.
Posted: 12/22/2011 - The city of Benton Harbor already has an emergency financial manager.
Posted: 12/22/2011 - Kid Rock has teamed up with a Detroit church to give 100 retail gift certificates and more than 300 gift baskets to families in need.
Posted: 12/22/2011 - Officials are warning users of Michigan's 6,200 miles of snowmobile trails to ride safely.
Posted: 12/22/2011 - State offices will be closed the next two Fridays and Mondays for the holidays, but jobless applicants can still apply for unemployment benefits online.
Posted: 12/21/2011 - Film companies must split $25 million pool, while battery companies must prove they're creating jobs.
Updated: 12/21/2011 - Police haven't named a suspect yet.
Updated: 12/21/2011 - Lawmakers have not reached a deal on the payroll tax cut. Millions of Americans will get a smaller paycheck if no deal is reached by January 1, 2012.
Updated: 12/21/2011 - Owner says he's "overwhelmed" by show of support from residents
Updated: 12/23/2011 - Police are calling the CATA shooting bold and disturbing, but it is just one of several homicides Lansing officers have seen in recent months.


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15 Men You Seriously Never Want to See Without Facial Hair
By Dustin Rowles | Seriously Random Lists | September 8, 2013 | Comments ()
Gerard Butler
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Burt Reynolds
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Tom Selleck
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John Oates
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Kristian Nairn (Hodor)
The Male Cast of "Duck Dynasty"
Wilford Brimley
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Here's some Daveed Diggs for you. On Daveed Diggs' digs, actually. That man does things with clothes that should not make sense, but are absolutely perfect. (Go Fug Yourself)
Woody Allen has "so moved on" from his daughter's accusations and says he never even thinks about it. He equates her words about him to a bad review he won't read and comments on how wacky it is that Mia Farrow is his mother-in-law. He is the worst. (Celebitchy)
Not The Worst but still very gross: Leonardo DiCaprio and his
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I would like to know if there is a way to force a user to re-authenticate when queueing a new build on Team Foundation Server.
Right now our Production and Staging builds live on the same TFS server. Queueing new builds on Staging isn't an issue, but it's too easy to hit Production by accident and then untested changes go into play.
So ideally the steps would be:
1) Right click the Build. 2) Queue new build. 3) Re-authenticate. 4) Continue.


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Truth with a Capital Tby Bethany Hegedus
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I thought getting kicked out of the Gifted & Talented program—or not being "pegged," as Mama said—was the worst thing that could happen to me. W-r-o-n-g, wrong.
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Lots of families have secrets. Little-Known Fact: My family has an antebellum house with a locked wing—and I've got a secret of my own.
I thought getting kicked out of the Gifted & Talented program—or not being "pegged," as Mama said—was the worst thing that could happen to me. W-r-o-n-g, wrong.
I arrived in Tweedle, Georgia, to spend the summer with Granny and Gramps, only to find no sign of them. When they finally showed up, Cousin Isaac was there too, with his trumpet in hand, and I found myself having to pretend to be thrilled about watching my musical family rehearse for the town's Anniversary Spectacular. It was h-a-r-d, hard. Meanwhile, I, Maebelle T.-for-No-Talent Earl, set out to win a blue ribbon with an old family recipe.
But what was harder and even more wrong than any of that was breaking into the locked wing of my grandparents' house, trying to learn the Truth with a capital T about Josiah T. Eberlee, my long-gone-but-not-forgotten relation. To succeed, I couldn't be a solo act. I'd need my new friends, a basset hound named Cotton, the strength of my entire family, and a little help from a secret code.
With grace and humor and a heaping helping of little-known facts, Bethany Hegedus incorporates the passions of the North and the South and bridges the past and the present in this story about one summer in the life of a sassy Southern girl and her trumpet-playing adopted Northern cousin.
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Editorial Reviews
Sharing her Tweedle, Ga., grandparents with her newly adopted and only slightly younger Northern—and African-American—cousin is not what Caucasian narrator Maebelle had in mind for her summer. She's still a bit ego-bruised from knowing that she'll start middle school in a regular—not gifted-and-talented—class, and Isaac's extraordinary competence on the jazz trumpet is hard to take. While Isaac and their musical grandparents plan a performance for the town's Anniversary Spectacular, Maebelle grapples with her mixed feelings of protectiveness and resentment toward Isaac. A mystery about the closed-off wing in her grandparents' inherited plantation mansion grabs her attention—one of the town's most prominent 19th-century citizens seems to have figured in some kind of clandestine comings and goings. The somber acknowledgment of the town's slave-holding past is contrasted with a present in which racism and bigotry are not unknown, but there are no easy villains, and Maebelle's is not the only family where black and white come together. Lots of elements here, and most fit together smoothly and treat the nicely drawn cast of characters with depth and dimension. (Fiction. 9-11)
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- Publication date:
- 10/12/2010
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- Format:
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- Pages:
- 256
- Lexile:
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- 9 - 12 Years
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Little-Known Fact:
A hippo can hold its breath for a really long time.
I wish Mama and Daddy could.
I pressed my forehead to the bus window. It left a smudge, but I didn't care. I was riding a Peach--a Georgia Peach. All the buses in the fleet had gigantic peaches painted on the sides. The bus was decked out. There were four flat-screen TVs bolted to the ceiling and scattered throughout the bus. Of all things, a repeat of Good Afternoon, Atlanta featuring an interview with Mama and Daddy had come on ten minutes ago.
Mama and Daddy had made arrangements for me to sit in the front seat behind the driver where she could keep an eye on me. But as we waited for the last passenger to reboard the bus at our fourth Waffle House stop, I stood.
I went to slip Grace, the wrinkly bus driver, a five, a move I had seen Daddy do at fancy restaurants to get a good table--but he used Ben Franklins. As in hundred-dollar bills!
Grace laughed a deep Coca-Cola chuckle as she shooed the money away.
"Thanks, Maebelle, but no thanks. I can't be bought, but I can be persuaded." Grace kept on, "I tell you what, we've got another girl traveling solo. Take a seat near her, next to the toilet," she said, though her pronunciation of toilet sounded like twa-let.
I nodded. Getting away from the sound of Mama and Daddy's TV voices would be super-great.
"All righty now, go ahead. But don't forget, these eyes"--Grace pointed to her eyes, which were hidden behind big sunglasses--"can see you anywhere."
"Yes ma'am, thank you ma'am," I said.
I grabbed my backpack with my name, Maebelle T. Earl, embroidered crookedly (yes, it was my handiwork) on the zipper pouch and carted it down the long bus aisle, then took a seat diagonal and one back from the girl Grace had mentioned. She was asleep--dead asleep. She had one of those travel pillows wrapped around her neck and had a bag of snack mix in her lap. Her hand was still inside it and a bit of drool was creeping out the side of her mouth. G-r-o-s-s, gross. Had she fallen asleep midbite?
I plopped down as Grace revved the engine and took off for another lonely stretch of highway. I scootched around in my seat and did my best to settle in. At least back here, I figured I wouldn't be able to hear Mama and Daddy spout their self-help talk. I was wrong.
"The third step in our Making Our Love Last series is to face one another, breathe deeply, and to try to match the intake and outtake of your breath with your partner's," Mama's voice said from the nearest TV as I dug in my book bag.
I reckoned there was nowhere to run. Mama and Daddy's fame was spreading. They had just left for a nationwide book tour that kicked off in New York City, and they were being interviewed on the Today show and on Regis and Kelly. The publisher was so happy, they'd sent a limo to the house to take Mama and Daddy to the airport. I rode in it too, before they dropped me at the bus station. I may have had a T in my name, like everyone on Mama's talented side of the family does, but in my case, my middle initial stood for NO TALENT. As in not a lick.
Not anymore.
This fall, when I started school at Robert E. Lee Middle, I was going to be in regular classes. Regular! No more Gifted and Talented program for me. I'd been kicked out. Or as Mama had explained it when we went over the official letter that arrived two days before, I was "not pegged this year."
That night, we'd had a family meeting, Daddy in his wingback chair with Mama perched on the arm and me on the couch. "Darling, tell us how you feel," Mama'd said.
"Fine," I said. They didn't believe me.
They told me it was A-OK if I didn't want to talk about it. That in time I would. And that maybe a summer away would even do me good. In the meantime, they let me know I was more than fine the way I was and that as long as I did my best, my best was good enough.
I didn't swallow a word of it. My best made me regular, not gifted or talented. I was normal, as in nothing special. Truth be told, that was what had my chin hanging so low. Not traveling via bus or being without Mama and Daddy for the summer.
"Tweedle, Georgia," I whispered to myself. That was where this bus was headed, or at least where I was: Tweedle, Georgia.
I couldn't wait to see Granny and Gramps. Mama and Daddy were therapists and they said all the right things, but that was because they had to. They were trained to. When I needed cheering, I often talked to my grandparents. Even over their crackly cellphone, they were the two biggest cheerleaders any girl could have.
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My daughter and friends are going to be flying into PV in November and will need to get a taxi to their hotel. I haven't been to PV in a few years - can't recall exactly where the taxi booths are. Any info or advice for them on avoiding the crazy timeshare guys and getting directly to a cab?
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Taxi Booths are in the airport lobby, can't miss them, Big Signs.
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To avoid timeshare sales just don't talk to anyone who approaches you. The timeshare guys are located right after customs (red light/green light) but before you get out into the main open lobby. Just keep walking.
As cabron says, you can't miss the taxi booths, there's a couple with big TAXI signs on them. Prices are set by zone. You can pay in USD (at 10/1) or peso.
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This will reassure them. Here's the order of what happens when you arriev PVR:
land the plane, and either deplane thru a regular ramp into the terminal, or stairs onto the tarmac then bus over to the terminal.
the first desk if Immigrations where you show passport & the tourist card you were given & filled out on the plane.
then baggage claim.
next Customs where you push a button for a green or red light. No worries green you go right thru, red (which rarely occurs) they may check your bags.
then the "timeshare shark tank"... just keep walking.
out into the open lobby where you'll easily see the TAXI booths, find a restroom, etc.
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Thanks, suze! I already told her not to even make eye contact with the ts guys, but just couldn't quite remember where the taxi booths are in relation to the exit.
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The main lobby has been remodeled recently so I'm not exactly sure myself honestly (but I'll also find out in November -yea!).
But agreeing with the first post, truly you can't miss 'em.
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Call this reputable company which has your name on the card as you exit customs. They will take you door to door:
E-mail: email@example.com
Toll-Free Numbers From USA and Canada:
I have used the service maybe 5 times, all very successful. They will need your airline and flight number. May charge over phone and be all set upon arrival at PVR.
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gary, Can I ask please, why would you use a private driver instead of an airport taxi? I've never seen that recommended before.
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Me too Suze. I never had a taxi that was not door to door. Why would you pay extra for a private driver? In Zihuatanejo this would cause huge conflicts with the Taxi Union. Do not know about PV.
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Walk directly to the taxi booth. Choose yellow or white taxi. They are both fine. White taxi has more often a/c.
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Disregard post above. You can't "choose" a yellow taxi from the airport. Only white (federal) ones can pick up passengers from airport grounds.
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I walked outside got in a taxi asked how much and off we went.
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and it was white. That's my point.
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I developed an application that runs on a 8520 with Firmware 4.61.
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This fresh tasting colorful side dish would go with any entree and it's quick and easy to prepare. I came up with this recipe on my own about a year ago. It has a nice combination of flavors.
- 1 medium yellow summer squash, thinly sliced
- 1 small zucchini, thinly sliced
- 1/3 cup chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/8 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1. In a small skillet, saute the yellow squash, zucchini and onion in butter until crisp-tender; add the remaining ingredients. Cook and stir until vegetables are tender. Yield: 2 servings.
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Doggy Heaven
This is a wonder place to stay - especially if you have a canine buddy as your travel partner. The location is right next to the convention center - there's actually a bridge that links the hotel to the convention center. The locations is within close proximity to the "old town area" you can walk from here.
This is an ALL suite hotel - all the rooms are fully equiped with a micro and refridge...In addition, there is a Full-service Spa - exercise room and pool and jacuzzi - totally clean.. the rooms are beauty - almost "boutique style" - there is a $25 fee to have the dog in the room - which, is so reasonable. Wireless in the lobby and high-speed internet (with a fee -Wayport if you are already a member) I wish that I was not just here for one night.. i would love to be here for a few days.
I highly recommend this - even for the night.
Loved It!!!!!
My husband and I stayed at the Embassy on 3/17/05. The hotel was great! It is close to Bathouse row, all downtown sites, and adjacent to the convention center. The staff was very nice and we enjoyed the managers reception. We had to pay $1.00 for the alcohol driniks due to Arkansas law. We also enjoyed the live music at the Piano Bar. I would stay here again when I visit.
Great stay at the Embassy Suites
Spent New Years Eve in Hot Springs, Arkansas and stayed at the Embassy Suites on Central Ave next to the Convention Center. The decor was gorgeous and the staff was great! Really made us feel at home. The weather was lousy but didn't mind a bit ...could of stayed in all weekend in those type of surroundings and still had a great time.
Booked the reservation online and got "The Net Direct" rate and saved some money which even made the experience more pleasant. I would highly recommend this hotel to anyone visiting the area.
Appointment Necessary?????
We waited all day for a relaxing massage. we arrived 5 minutes before our appointment. we were made to wait 30 minutes before we could get our massage, past our appointment time, because the male massage therapist always went over, we were told. we left, very dissapointed. will not go back. Very unprofessional to make customers wait, not relaxing at all.
First Class in Every Way
I chose this hotel for a family reunion based on previous TripAdvisor reviews. It did not disappoint. We stayed at the Embassy Suites, Hot Springs over the Thanksgiving 2004 holidays. There were 14 of us, and all of us agreed this was a great place to stay. It is first class in every way---beautifully decorated, clean, comfortable, and friendly staff. The exercise room, indoor pool, and indoor jacuzzi were enjoyed by all. The breakfast buffet was yummy. The made-to-order omlettes were especially popular. Our family reunion was more enjoyable because of our stay at the Embassy Suites, Hot Springs! Our compliments to the management and the staff of hard-working employees! (PS: For dog lovers, we saw many guests with dogs on leashes staying at the hotel. I heard there was a 20 lb. weight limit; but some seemed to me to be a bit larger.)
Thank Goodness for the Embassy
My family and I came to Hot Springs for the first time in July, and had booked a room at the Majestic. Upon arriving, we were disgusted by the condition of the room and turned around and checked out. They apologized for the problem, and offered to move us, but I couldn't stand to deal with it. We had heard about the Embassy Suites, and decided to try them out. We were greeted as soon as we arrived, and were amazed by the cleanliness of the place. The price per night was higher than the Majestic, but it was worth it. The complimentary breakfast with freshly made omelets, pancakes, and a buffet with fruit, and pastries and other things filled us up for the day. When you are feeding a family of 4, this is a great value. The rooms were huge and clean as well. They did have an indoor pool, but there is a patio area off of the pool area if you want to lay outside. I also took advantage of their spa, and received a wonderful massage and body wrap. We will only stay at the Embassy next time we come to Hot Springs.
Best Hotel in Hot Springs!
We had the pleasure of staying at the Embassy in Hot Springs when my husband had a conference two weeks ago. In our opinion, shared by many others from the conference, this is the best hotel to stay in at Hot Springs. Aside from it's location just a short walk to Bath House Row, Hot Springs National Park and the "downtown" area, it is beautiful, new and very clean. The suites are large and well decorated and feel more like a small apartment. The staff all seem to love their jobs, are friendly and helpful. The nightly manager's special and complimentary made to order breakfast make it especially worth the extra cost of staying here. The restaurant was reasonably priced and food was good. We were originally supposed to stay at one of the historic hotels in town but after reading the poor reviews at TripAdvisor, decided to switch our group to the Embassy. We were all very happy and impressed with this hotel and will try to stay at Embassy Suites whenever we travel from now on. Thank you Embassy Suites and TripAdvisor!
Loved the Embassy Suintes Hot Springs
Loved my stay at the Embassy Suite. The staff was very professional, helpful, and friendly. I enjoyed the breakfast every morning and manager's special in the evening. Very lovely hotel worth the your money.
I had the pleasure of staying at the Embassy Suites Hot Spring this past weekend. I have to say the hotel and entire staff was outstanding. From the moment I walked in the door to the time I left everyone was extremely friendly and service oriented. I could see everyone took pride in his or her jobs and really enjoyed working at such nice property. The hotel is with-in walking distance to the Downtown Shopping area, Bath House Row and the National Park Trails. I really enjoyed my time site seeing and found it to be a very relaxing vacation.
You get what you pay for
Wentt to the new Embassy Suites hotel. It is beautiful with a wonderful resturant and a full spa the rooms are spacious and clean.The trip was a dellight. Hot Springs is a vibrant arts community. There is an HOliday art and craft sale at the Arts Center that is fab. I espically liked the retro jewelery. I plan to go back very soon. MWG
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