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TJ English and the Political Economy of Crime
Sunday, 07 July 2013 00:00 By Aaron Leonard, Truthout | Book Review
In "Whitey's Payback and Other True Stories: Gangsterism, Murder, Corruption, and Revenge" TJ English reports on a "vast ecosystem, a parallel universe to the social and economic system we observe in the upper world on a daily basis."
Strip away the desperation, the violence, the punishment, in the end, crime is a pretty basic undertaking, a single component in the larger matrix of commodity relations. That's what jumps to the fore in a certain reading of Whitey's Payback and Other True Stories: Gangsterism, Murder, Corruption, and Revenge, TJ English's compilation of crime writing over the past 20 years. English's new book reprints writing from the 1990s up to today on such things as the Witness Protection Program, the marketing in human labor, the framing of a black youth in '60s New York and recent writings on the capture of the notorious Boston gangster and longtime FBI informant, James "Whitey" Bulger.
English is not a true crime sensationalist in the manner of Nancy Grace, Geraldo Rivera or Greta Van Susteren. Such journalists, all protestations aside, make it their job to turn human horror stories into the grist of gossip and Manichean judgment. It is crime reporting as a peculiar form of entertainment. English is going for something else, in his words, the "vast ecosystem, a parallel universe to the social and economic system we observe in the upper world on a daily basis."
Take the example of undocumented immigrants from China's Fujian Province working in New York's Chinatown. Smuggled into the United States by Asian gangs, we learn they are at the bottom of a pauperized hierarchy: "Dominican illegals might work months to pay off his or her debt, an alien smuggled in from Hong Kong, Taiwan or Mainland China will work up to five or six years." For the privilege, they endure the most awful conditions - the brutal voyage, crushing work regime, and for the women, the violation of sexual abuse. In the words of a senior immigration agent, "What some of these aliens go through to get here would turn your stomach." All this goes into the clothes you wear, the shoes you walk in. It is suffering as a by-product, or in the words of Karl Marx, the "faux frais" [incidental operating expenses] of capitalism.
Or look at the horror of the Mexican drug cartels that have so pierced our consciousness recently. English tells us what ought to be obvious: The market that drives this is firmly within the US borders, filling the demand of the North American drug consumer. He presents the compelling argument made by the Mexican newspaper El Diario that the Al Qaeda-like tactics employed by the cartels - including the brazen execution of two US Consulate employees in 2010 (one a pregnant woman) - were an effort by the Barrio Azteca Gang - whose origins by the way are in the Texas state prison system - to force the United States to intervene, the aim being to undermine the power of the Sinola Cartel, which currently has a certain level of official government support. In this telling, it is Clauswitzian, "War is merely the continuation of policy by other means." In this case, it is the striving for greater influence over the circulation of drug commodities.
As for the dark underbelly of how the criminal justice system works, it ought to make anyone think twice before instilling it with any confidence. First there is something of a lesson in Criminal Justice 101. "Cops are rewarded for high numbers of arrests, and so they invariably go where those arrests are easiest to make - poor communities primarily populated by people of color." Yes it is racist, but crucially, it is systemically so.
Then there is, "Crime and Punishment 102," the nuts and bolts of convicting people. This generally involves someone from law enforcement and usually someone trying to dodge jail by turning informant. The result is a lot of people copping pleas because the odds are better than going to trial - guilty or not. That is because the one-two punch of law enforcement corroborating an informer's story usually means a conviction. Yet, as former DEA agent Michael Levine tells English, "I can't tell the number of times I've heard fellow agents, cops, training instructors and prosecutors say, 'Mike, never trust an informant.' But I have never once heard a prosecutor say that to a jury."
In that respect, the Bulger tale is curious. The FBI allegedly had Bulger as a confidential informant for decades while he went about the work of being the most powerful, and murderous, gangster in Boston. It was a situation where the line between cop, prosecutor and criminal blurred beyond definition, and it went on for decades. The Bulger tale is odd because, according to English, it "violated one of the most basic tenants of information cultivation: The proper strategy with informants is to get someone mid-level who can help take down the boss and therefore the entire organization." The fuller story of why that tack, along with the larger chain of contamination in the Bulger story, may never come out.
Early in the book, we hear the tale of woe of one Connecticut cocaine dealer-turned-informant who entered the Witness Protection Program. The man is wanting to hear from prosecutors that "He did the right thing." He and others in his situation are looking for moral approval and absolution and are astonished to find themselves abandoned into the regardless system of witness protection. English tells us, "To believe the government would ever truly concern itself with his welfare required a kind of wishful thinking of which only truly desperate men are capable." True enough, but what they seem to miss most is that they are only a cog in a larger machine. Or in the words of Michael Corleone, "It's not personal, Sonny. It's strictly business."
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At 08:40 AM 1/27/99 -0800, you wrote:
>I think we (VRT) absolutely need to draft a letter to the ALA Prez and
>Council re this idiotic move.
>It drives me nuts that, instead of promoting critical thinking and good
>information saavy, ALA persists on pitting print against that ol' devil
>Can we put this on the agenda for VRT's Monday meeting, Becky?
>Gary Handman
>>The ALA news releases below caught my eye because they include one on the
>>big television turn-off day that ALA is co-sponsoring. Even though the
>>press release says that the focus is not on the lack of quality, but on
>>the execssive amount of time people spend watching TV, the posting of the
>>public librarian that Gary forwarded makes it clear that it appears to be
>>television content that is being attacked. Or video programming. Why
>>else would a librarian consider not circulating her library's video
>>collection during that week? I was going to edit out all of the other
>>press releases, but two others are relevant. First, we are going to
>>celebrate Freedom of Information Day, to promote access to government
>>information. What about televised information? You can read the
>>transcript of the impeachment trial, but not watch it. Second, ALA and
>>A&E are offering all public and high school libraries a free Horatio
>>Hornblower learning kit, to accompany the broadcast of their adaptation of
>>the book. I wonder if the broadcast falls within the television turn-off
>>week? It's so hypocritical.
>>Perhaps an official letter to the President of ALA from the Chair of the
>>Video Round Table would be in order, just to point out the harmful aspect
>>of supporting this television turn-off week.
>>Kristine Brancolini
>>Indiana University Libraries
>>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 08:10:12 -0600
>>From: "Spalding, Helen H." <email@example.com>
>>To: ACRL Leads <email@example.com>
>>Subject: FW: ALA News Releases
>>> Freedom of Information Day to be held March 16; poster/tipsheet
>>> available
>>> The American Library Association (ALA) encourages libraries
>>> and librarians across the country to celebrate Freedom of Information
>>> Day on March 16 by sponsoring activities that raise awareness about
>>> the importance of government information and the "public's right to
>>> know."
>>> "The library plays a critical role in connecting citizens to
>>> information by and about their government," says ALA President Ann K.
>>> Symons. "As librarians, we have a responsibility to make sure this
>>> access is preserved."
>>> A poster/tipsheet will appear in the March issue of American
>>> Libraries magazine published by ALA. It includes background about
>>> Freedom of Information Day, ideas and suggestions for planning a
>>> celebration, resources and sample press materials. The tipsheet also
>>> is available online at http://www.ala.org/foiday.
>>> Freedom of Information Day is held on the birth date of James
>>> Madison, fourth President of the United States and the author of the
>>> Bill of Rights. Each year, the James Madison Award is presented on
>>> Freedom of Information Day by the Coalition on Government Information
>>> to recognize those who have championed public access to government
>>> information. The 1999 winners are the board members and congressional
>>> sponsors of the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board.
>>> To request a poster/tipsheet, contact the ALA Public Information
>>> Office at 50 East Huron, Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 800-545-2433,
>>> ext. 5041/5044. Fax: 312-944-8520. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.
>>> -30-
>>> ALA, A&E offer free Horatio Hornblower kit to libraries
>>> The American Library Association (ALA) and A&E Network are
>>> offering a free kit with programming and promotional materials for use
>>> in public and high school libraries in connection with A&E's
>>> presentation of the adventures of Horatio Hornblower, based on C. S.
>>> Forester's classic novels.
>>> A request form for the "All Hands On Deck" promotion kit was mailed
>>> to public libraries, including branches, in January. Others may fax
>>> requests to 212-532-6113 by February 12, 1999. For more information,
>>> call 212-532-6600, press 1 then, ext. 298.
>>> Found on library shelves everywhere, the Horatio Hornblower books
>>> chronicle life on the high seas amid the backdrop and battles of the
>>> Napoleonic Wars. A&E will air four, two-hour original movies based on
>>> the books on four consecutive Sunday evenings in April.
>>> The "All Hands On Deck" kit provides ideas for showcasing books and
>>> other resources related to the Horatio Hornblower series and its time
>>> period. Along with posters, countercards and bookmarks, the kit
>>> includes a resource book with suggestions for planning events,
>>> workshops, curriculum programs, guest speakers and theme parties.
>>> In addition, A&E Network will award five grants of $1,000 each to
>>> libraries submitting the most unique or creative displays and events
>>> based on the Horatio Hornblower theme. Twenty-five tall ship replica
>>> models will be provided to runners up.
>>> "We are honored to collaborate with ALA to bring greater awareness to
>>> these awe-inspiring works of literature,"said Michael Mohamad, vice
>>> president, Consumer & On-Air Marketing, A&E Network. "We are
>>> confident that ""All Hands On Deck" will generate excitement in
>>> schools and libraries nationwide."
>>> "All Hands On Deck" is a terrific opportunity for libraries to tie in
>>> with national publicity surrounding A&E's Horatio Hornblower series
>>> and to promote library resources," said Ann K. Symons, president of
>>> the American Library Association.
>>> The Emmy and Peabody award-winning A& E Network offers viewers a
>>> unique blend of original programming featuring its signature series
>>> BIOGRAPHY*, intriguing mysteries, original movies and engaging
>>> documentaries. The A&E Web site is located at www.AandE.com and the
>>> Biography Web site is located at www.Biography.com.
>>> -30-
>>> ALA encourages visits to libraries
>>> The American Library Association (ALA) will join more than 56
>>> organizations in supporting the fifth annual National TV-Turnoff Week,
>>> April 22-28, coordinated by TV-Free America.
>>> National TV-Turnoff Week is the only nationwide effort that
>>> focuses attention not on he quality of TV programming but on the
>>> excessive quantity of television that most Americans watch. Since the
>>> first National TV-Turnoff Week in 1995, more than 12 million people
>>> around the country and abroad have taken part.
>>> "National TV-Turnoff Week is the perfect opportunity for families to
>>> visit the library." Said ALA President, Ann K. Symons. "There are
>>> many program, such as free author readings, that a family can enjoy
>>> together. A family can learn a great deal about each other just by
>>> the books they choose to read."
>>> An "Organizer's Kit" can be purchased for $10. The kit includes a
>>> guidebook, posters, bumper stickers, pledge cards, substitute
>>> activities, articles, essays and much more!
>>> To learn how to organize a TV-Turnoff in your community or to
>>> purchase an "Organizer's Kit", contact: TV-Free America, 1611
>>> Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 3A, Washington, DC 20009. Telephone:
>>> (202) 887-0436. Fax: (202) 887-5560. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.
>>> Visit the web site at http://www.tvfa.org.
>>> -30-
>>> END OF ALA NEWS Vol. 4, No. 10
>Gary Handman
>Media Resources Center
>Moffitt Library
>UC Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
>"You are looking into the mind of home video. It is innocent, it is aimless,
>it is determined, it is real" --Don DeLillo, Underworld
Becky Albitz
Head Librarian
Penn State Shenango
(724) 983-2880


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Montreal patient doesn't have Ebola: hospital
A patient placed on isolation in a Montreal hospital because of the possibility of Ebola has been cleared of the deadly virus.
QMI Agency learned that on Friday the Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital placed a patient who recently returned from a trip to western Africa in isolation after displaying some of the symptoms associated with the virus.
The hospital released a statement early Saturday evening stating test results showed the patient doesn't have Ebola.
Some 1,427 people have died among 2,615 known cases of the deadly virus in West Africa since the outbreak was first identified in March, according to new figures released by the WHO on Friday.
— with files from Reuters


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About the presenter:
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47 mins
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• Revenue increase (overall and digital)
• CSAT, NPS and other rating changes
• Cost reduction
• Agent retention
• Customer retention
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58 mins
Robin Gareiss, President & Founder, Nemertes Research
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• What is a typical budget for digital CX?
• What technologies are crucial for success?
• How do companies measure success?
• Which vendors receive the highest scores from their customers?
We look forward to sharing this information with you!
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Aug 22 2018
64 mins
Tim Lustig, Mellanox; Fred Zhang, Intel; John Kim, Mellanox
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Join to hear the following questions addressed:
•Both RoCE and iWARP support RDMA over Ethernet, but what are the differences?
•Use cases for RoCE and iWARP and what differentiates them?
•UDP/IP and TCP/IP: which uses which and what are the advantages and disadvantages?
•What are the software and hardware requirements for each?
•What are the performance/latency differences of each?
Join our SNIA experts as they answer all these questions and more on this next Great Storage Debate
After you watch the webcast, check out the Q&A blog http://bit.ly/2OH6su8
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Aug 16 2018
40 mins
Simon Evans, CTO, Amido & Kelly Harris, Senior Content Manager, BrightTALK
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Symantec's State of the Data Center Report
Sean Derrington, Director: Storage Management and High Availability, Symantec
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You have to take many things into consideration when you think of "winterizing" a pond or waterscape. In southern climates, it may be that putting a leaf net up if deciduous trees are present is all you'll need to do. However, if you go 1,000 miles further north, that same leaf net—covered with leaves or ice and snow—can get frozen in the pond and create several problems, least of which would probably be its own destruction. In the South, most formal water features with no fish or plants are usually drained for the winter. Dealing with the pressures of frost heaving further north is something I'm glad I don't have to deal with.
Here in the northern suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia, leaf netting is pretty standard. We don't have to worry about a lot of ice or snow. At most, we'll get an inch or so of ice around the edges, but we leave our water features running year-round.
On really cold days, we do have to watch for ice forming from the waterfalls that may channel the water outside the watercourse, but this occurs so rarely that it's not really a problem. It also serves the additional purpose of keeping an area of the pond open, so that bad gases can escape from the water, and oxygen can be renewed. I'll touch on this topic again a little later.
With regards to fish and their feeding, this hinges on temperature. Here in the deep but not deepest south, we recommend stopping fish feeding when water temps are below 55° Fahrenheit. For us, that's usually between Halloween and valentine's Day.
Feeding koi at temperatures below 55° can cause gastrointestinal issues of food rotting in the gut rather than being metabolized. Many people will go to a zero protein, wheat germ type feed as temperatures drop below 65° and then stop at 50°. I personally don't; I just cut back on the amount as their metabolisms slow, much like a reptile's, as the water gets colder.
Many perennial plants die back in the winter. It is beneficial to the health and well-being of the fish and the pond overall if they are cut back in the fall, with time to recover so that they don't lie in the water and slowly decay over the course of the winter months. We do the trimming right before we net our clients' ponds.
Any sensitive or tropical plants should be removed and be brought into climate controlled storage for the cold season. I envy those of you in south Florida and Southern California, with your year-round tropical water lillies and palms. you have that beauty when the rest of us are looking at bare trees and dormant, dead looking grass, or snow drifts.
As we move further north, however, things get a little more time and temperature sensitive. For those of you in central Canada, as well as those in a somewhat colder climate like the Dakotas, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and other northern tier states, many of you will want to shut down your water features and winterize your irrigation systems.
It is strongly recommended to not only drain your water lines, filters and remove submersible pumps from skimmers, but to also blow air through the lines to make sure that any sitting water is removed as well. Set your air compressor at about 10psi. Anything much higher or introduced too quickly will allow you to see what a PvC hand grenade explosion would be like.
The last thing I'm going to touch on has to do with adding bacteriological products to your pond. Where icing isn't an issue, by trimming your perennial plants and netting a pond to keep leaves out of the water, you cut down drastically the amount of decaying organics in your pond during the winter hiatus.
There are quite a few biological and bacteriological products out there that will continue to work during the colder months of the year. Adding these products prior to ice forming—and I can't stress that enough—over time will usually give you the result of having a cleaner, healthier looking pond come ice-out time.
I wouldn't recommend chopping a hole in the ice and dumping any of these products in the pond, especially if you have koi. Add the bacteriological products in a month or so before expected icing weather and I think you'll be pleased in the spring. I don't feel it replaces a total drain and clean in the spring, but it will give you a healthier pond over the winter months, and will definitely make the spring clean a less onerous task.
Many of these bacteria consume oxygen during the bio-conversion process. That is why it is so important to keep the water open somewhere in the ice overhead. In that way, the carbon dioxide and other noxious gases can escape and oxygen can be replenished.
If you're far enough north that you do have to shut your systems down, a floating heater or a fluming pump may very well do the job quite nicely for you. What is a "fluming" pump? It's a pump set down in a lower area, but not necessarily the deepest part of the pond. This pump will usually have a short piece of pipe to direct the water upward to move it vigorously at the surface. We're not trying to create 'Old Faithful', but a one to three inch bulge of water will keep the ice open in all but the most extreme freezing conditions.
I'm sure I've forgotten to include something that someone reading this will think should have been included and was super important. Honestly, this brief article and topic could be expanded into a modest-sized paperback. I've tried to hit the high points and head off the majority of headaches that could happen north and south, east to west.
I hope there is something here that can be of help to you in your business. Closing ponds for the winter definitely does add a certain profitability going into what is, for many of us, a slow time of the year. Cheers, have a Happy Holiday season and best wishes for 2013.
Editor's Note: Dave Jones is the owner of The Pond Professional.


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ORLANDO, FLORIDA -- This hotel will RUIN your vacation easily. I am writing to express my disappointment with a recent stay at a Hilton family hotel. I sent a message through the Embassy Suites "Recent Stay Comments" on the website, but have received absolutely no response. I'm not sure if my message was never received, or just ignored. My husband has been an Hhonors member for quite a few years, and we have been staying at Hilton hotels for quite a bit longer than that. In fact, we stay almost exclusively at Hilton hotels (more specifically Embassy Suites hotels) whenever we can. We have always been more than pleased with the hotel quality as well as service.
I have NEVER had a complaint about any of the Embassy Suites we have stayed at in the many years we have been patronizing the hotel chain. In fact, I specifically search out an Embassy Suites when we are beginning our travel plans. Over the years, I have consistently recommended Embassy Suites - even getting my daughter's entire traveling soccer team to switch from Marriott to Embassy Suites since we had been so pleased with them.
This was again the case recently when we were purchasing a hotel package through Universal Studios in Orlando. When given the multitude of hotel options for our package, I found the Embassy Suites on Jamaican Drive, and without hesitation or further research - booked the hotel for four nights. We arrived at the hotel around 6 pm (two hours after check-in) and were told that that double bed room that we had requested had already been given away, so our family of four (my husband, myself, and our two children - ages 19 and 16) were going to have to share a king suite with a fold-out couch.
I asked if we could be moved when a double-queen room was available and was told that there would be nothing available during our stay. So, we went up to the room that was available to get some rest after a long day of traveling. My son immediately folded out the couch, and we went searching in the room for extra linens, but couldn't find any so we called down to request linens for the couch. Two hours later, I called back and finally received the blankets. We went to turn the living room TV on, and it didn't work - a technician was sent up, and fixed it and said that it seems to happen every now and then.
So, we unpacked and tried to get some sleep - which turned out to be another feat in itself. The room had broken furniture, and was so poorly insulated from sound and we were backed up to the freeway, so it felt like we sleeping next to a speedway that night. The ventilation in the room was terrible, and we had condensation all over the windows (which apparently are so infrequently cleaned that there were a number of spider webs in the corners of each window).
Throughout the night, young children were running up and down the hall screaming and yelling - which finally subsided around 2 am - and my son's "mattress" on the couch was constantly falling through the framework of the couch.
The next morning, we got up happily left the hotel for the day (not usually the case at Embassy Suites) and went to the theme park. When we returned I checked again to see if we could be moved, as we had never spent that horrible of a night in a hotel. I was told there still weren't any rooms available, but today they could offer us a roll away bed (they had been out the night before) and that we would be put on a "list" to be moved. So - we received a roll away bed and linens - with a blanket that had a large hole in it and was so scratchy I wouldn't put my dog on it.
My husband went downstairs to work out, and couldn't get the room key to work in the door. He went to the front desk and was told that he would just have to keep trying, as this happened every now and then (much like the TV). After a second night of sleeplessness, we were considering looking for another hotel if we couldn't be moved.
Finally on the third night - after returning from the park and being told that they "forgot" to hold a room for us - we were moved to a handicap-accessible room with two beds. The room was bigger, but seemed dirty. There was used towel in the bottom drawer of the dresser, and the bathroom seemed unclean. The ventilation seemed to be the same, but it wasn't as noisy as the first room, so finally after two nights we got some sleep. After the fourth night, and for the first time in our history of stays with Embassy Suites we were so happy to leave the hotel. This stay made me rethink my automatic reflex to stay at Embassy Suites in the future.
I feel like I now have to check the hotel recommendations (which after returning - I did, and found that our stay was not that unusual at all for this hotel) - something I never even considered when booking with Embassy. I feel that the $900+ that we spent on the hotel could have easily been cut in half and we could have stayed at a hotel of much lower quality than what I would consider expected from a Hilton-family hotel and received the same type of service and accommodations that we received at the Embassy Suites on Jamaican Drive. I have pictures documenting our hotel stay, if anyone is interested in seeing them.
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA -- On January 22, 2010, I planned a trip to Philadelphia for the students in our program on my job. I called Embassy Suites at 1776 Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, PA. I was told that I would have to hold the rooms with a credit or debit card which I did. I explained that we do not have a credit card for our program and that the payment would come from the university once I submit the invoice.
On Monday, February 1, 2010, I called and canceled all the rooms. The cancellation number was **. However on Monday, May 3, 2010 while checking my account I discovered that Embassy Suites had authorized $528.77 out of my checking account. I was very upset because I had paid all my bills online with my Credit Union from my accounts. When I noticed this it was around 10:00 P.M. and the debit was appearing in the view details area.
I quickly pulled up the phone number for Embassy Suites and called them. I was told by a lady that she did not see any cancellations. I asked to speak to a manager and was told there was not one available. I explained the situation and was told to call back in the morning and talk to the accounting department.
May 4, 2010 at 8 a.m., I called and asked for the name of the supervisor in accounting. I was told that there was no supervisor over accounting. I was told that I would have to talk to Mr. **. I called several times and left several messages. As I was looking in a folder from my office I found the information above with the cancellation information. I called Embassy Suites back gave them the cancellation number and date and was still told that they did not have that number. I requested a manager and again was told I had to talk to Mr. **.
Finally Mr. ** answered the phone I explained as I explained on several messages and he also said he did not see the cancellation number. He said he would check and call me back. He checked and called me back but by the time he called the bank had posted the amount to my account. He said sorry and faxed me a sheet showing that he returned the money. However as of today May 7, 2010 the money is still not in my account. I am angry.
I planned to go see my daughter and new grand baby in Augusta, Georgia. However due to the hardship, unjust treatment, disregard, hurtful treatment enforced on me by Embassy Suites I can't go anywhere and my mortgage has not been paid. No one from Embassy Suites tried to call my office nor did they try to email me for payment or tried to see what happened before May 1, 2010. If someone had called I would have given them the confirmation number and date before all this happened. Because of the total disregard, hardship, disrespect, bad policy, messed up Mother's Day, 4 days of worry and dismay I feel they owe me.
We reserved a city-view suite online. During check-in and with much excitement, we inquired as to whether city -- or logan square-view was better, ONLY then we were told that neither was available! This was a huge disappointment, since we reserved the room as a surprise for a special occasion and the city-view was specifically asked for. And the question is raised -- what if we wouldn't have asked? Would the mix up have been brought to our attention? We were offered a reduced rate, but that didn't compensate for the expectations of our one night stay there. We were promised that it was still a great suite.
With open minds, we settled into our room. During the night, the suite felt warm so we turned on the air, only to discover that it made obnoxious and loud noises -- obviously needing maintenance. But certainly not at 3 am! After an uncomfortable night's sleep, we made our way to breakfast, but soon realized that the elevators were packed and extremely slow, so we ended up having to take the stairs from the 9th floor! Upon our return to the room, and to top off our experience at Embassy Suites, our room key didn't work! What else could go wrong??
A few days later, after reviewing the bank account used to pay for the room, it was showing that we were charged for two nights!! A phone call to an Embassy Suites representative, left us to believe that it was the deposit that was charged to our account and will be refunded within 5 days. I have never heard of such a thing! Usually, a hotel will take a credit card number down to secure the deposit, but won't actually charge the card! And for one night!!!
I've stayed in an Embassy Suites before with much pleasure. Unfortunately, our special occasion, and what was supposed to be a wonderful surprise, was overshadowed and dampened by our experience with your hotel that night.
AUSTIN, TEXAS -- Staff at Embassy Suites at 300 S Congress in Austin left me with such a bad taste that I wouldn't return if given a free weekend. Our room's couch cushions were flat, springs were broken and the fabric was dirty. The couch was a hideabed and the support bar dug into guests' legs. Guests must roll to remove themselves. I was embarrassed by the condition of the furniture. Walls are very thin, through which I could hear my neighbors at night. Their front desk and service staff stood around talking rather than assisting guests. Parking is charged at a daily rate, the valet rate unless the guest specifies self-parking (about $20.00 per day).
One of the worst inconveniences, the Embassy Suites' front entrance, though billed as wide enough to accommodate 3 cars, is usually blocked on one side by their vans and on the other side by "e-cars" leaving no space to off-load and load bags. Don't expect assistance loading and off-loading. After we checked out, the entire front desk staff watched while cars behind us honked and yelled as we struggled to maneuver a wheeled luggage carts off of a sidewalk with no ramp. No one offered assistance.
One bellperson named ** had the audacity to ask us to move forward onto the street while we were still loading luggage into the car. I asked to speak to the manager and was told that he was occupied "taking care of issues for another guest upstairs." I can only imagine. We left having been treated like homeless lepers rather than paying guests. After calling back later that day, I reached the manager **, who apologized and promised to make changes. I was so upset and disgusted that I wouldn't chance ruining my trip by staying there again.
They may bill themselves as a 3 star stay but I took away the message that the hospitality of the 300 S Congress Embassy Suites staff is limited to when the managers ** and ** are in sight on the premises. If you want to ensure your family or colleagues enjoy a peaceful, trouble-free stay in Austin, Texas, learn from my unfortunate experience and pass over this hotel. I was beyond dissatisfied. I would be happy to provide proof of my stay to confirm myself as a guest.
I most certainly was in the bedroom watching television. He left, without checking to see if I was there, and later then called me on my cell phone and said he would be up to speak with me. Accompanied by a female associate he was informing me that I was being asked to leave, and if I did not they would "take it to the next level". I said that I we were wrongly be singled out and that if they felt it necessary to please take it to the next level. They then summoned the sheriff's office to inform me that if I didn't leave they would call child protective services to take away the children and physically remove me for trespassing. I agreed to leave as the children were visibly frightened, of armed officers and this sinister looking manager. I requested a copy of my signed agreement and a refund. The assistant manager in front of the sheriffs said he would provide me with a copy of the agreement and his business card, but would not refund our money. The children were quiet and nervous at the sheriff's presence and the thug of a manager leading us out. In the lobby when I requested the copy of my agreement a Mr. ** who was apparently the general manager, and perhaps franchisee owner, venomously spat out that the form was hotel property and would not provide me with a copy, much to the surprise of the sheriffs standing there. When I questioned the sheriff they said I would have to subpoena a copy. Myself and the children were humiliated and could never have imagined being treated so shabbily by a hotel or any other customer service business. They have clearly made an impact on the five of us and their families and everyone else that we most certainly relay this story to. BAD service gets told to many more people than good service. I plan on speaking with "corporate" as they told me to talk with, as well as willing to spend a considerable sum in our courts, to prove that what they did to us was well beyond the contractual obligation with which I signed.
I most certainly was in the bedroom watching television. He left, without checking to see if I was there, and later then called me on my cell phone and said he would be up to speak with me. Accompanied by a female associate he was informing me that I was being asked to leave, and if I did not they would "take it to the next level". I said that I we were wrongly be singled out and that if they felt it necessary to please take it to the next level. They then summoned the sheriff's office to inform me that if I didn't leave they would call child protective services to take away the children and physically remove me for trespassing.
I agreed to leave as the children were visibly frightened, of armed officers and this sinister looking manager. I requested a copy of my signed agreement and a refund. The assistant manager in front of the sheriffs said he would provide me with a copy of the agreement and his business card, but would not refund our money. The children were quiet and nervous at the sheriff's presence and the thug of a manager leading us out.
In the lobby when I requested the copy of my agreement a Mr. ** who was apparently the general manager, and perhaps franchisee owner, venomously spat out that the form was hotel property and would not provide me with a copy, much to the surprise of the sheriffs standing there. When I questioned the sheriff they said I would have to subpoena a copy. Myself and the children were humiliated and could never have imagined being treated so shabbily by a hotel or any other customer service business.
They have clearly made an impact on the five of us and their families and everyone else that we most certainly relay this story to. BAD service gets told to many more people than good service. I plan on speaking with "corporate" as they told me to talk with, as well as willing to spend a considerable sum in our courts, to prove that what they did to us was well beyond the contractual obligation with which I signed.
DALLAS, TEXAS -- I recently booked a weekend for our 10 yr. anniversary at the Embassy Suites Dallas Hotel (North Dallas). The hotel included the sweetheart package. With our stay which included chocolates, wine, etc. When we got there late that evening the clerk at the front desk was not very helpful. We carried our luggage to our rm. But the door wouldn't open. We had to go back down to the desk to have the key fixed and went to the rm again but the door still wouldn't open. We went to the front desk a third time (carrying our luggage back and forth each time mind you). He had security go back w/ us again to open w/a master key and found the battery in the lock had died.
They had to move us to another rm. & wasn't able to bring the wine, etc. to the new rm. Our whole night was ruined. I went to take a shower & there was hair all over the wash cloth that I grabbed to use. My hubby & I decided to go swimming but the pool was so murky it looked like they had filled it half with milk and there was big globs of hair that I had to fish out w/the net. Every time we would go to the front desk for something it would take several minutes to get their attention. There were other people there also complaining.
There was only 1 clerk that tried to fix our problems but after I left I still wanted to call and make a formal complaint. I had also taken pictures of the pool, etc. The customer service dept. representative took the info and said she would be in touch. All I got was an email a wk. later saying it looked like the hotel had called me and adjusted my bill for the inconvenience but no one had called.
I called customer service back & the same lady that took my initial report answered my call. She wasn't very friendly & immediately got defensive. She said the hotel said they had called me & apologized. I asked to speak to a supervisor about the situation & she said I couldn't. I told her I would contact the hotel manager myself and hung up. For $120+/night I should get better service than this. I won't stay at Embassy Suites again.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- We stayed at the Embassy suites in Las Vegas on July 20th through July 22nd. We had a flood on the 3rd floor and some of the water came into our room. They brought a big fan to our suite which needed to be on all night as per the workers that were cleaning the mess. I asked if they could move us to a different suite and the front desk person said it would not be necessary. And my kids had to sleep in the room with that noise, we couldn't watch TV, and there was no TV in our room either. The noise of the fan was very loud!!!
When we were checking out of the hotel the clerk asked how was our stay and when we started telling him how our night was he said "oh yeah honey everybody has been complaining about that," but not everybody experienced what we experienced, he told us to go into the gift shop and grab a bag of chips and a soda for the inconvenience. I asked if I could talk to the manager on duty and he said, "why would you want to do that???" And he dismissed us and said "thank you for staying at the Embassy suites." He didn't even let me talk to the manager.
I'm very disappointed on them I wrote 2 e-mails complaining about this and no one has called or e-mailed back. It's already been 2 weeks and haven't gotten any response from them.
As a business traveler I log 100,000 miles a year and stay at numerous hotel chains. Embassy Suites by Hilton used to be a very enjoyable experience. Unfortunately I have noticed a decline, especially on the weekends when Party Groups and Sports Teams seem to descend on the hotels.
You are typically awoken in the middle of the night with kids screaming and running down the hallways. Where are the parents? According to security, they are partying in the lobby and the hotels appear to be at a loss for a solution. Do they alienate the weekend rowdies or lose the business travelers business. As I write this letter, I am listening to someone banging on drums in the room next door. "I kid you not!" Despite my Gold Level Status, I will be looking at Marriott or Sheraton for my lodging needs.
DUBLIN, OHIO -- I recently stayed at the Dublin Embassy Suites. Cold food, overbooked, very loud, and the pool was closed. Management refused to do anything about any of the problems. I took my grandkids who were not happy at all. When I complained about these problems it was shrugged off and said "well we are sorry." Sorry does not help with crying kids, no sleep and a poor quality food. I would have at least have expected a discount.
This will be my last stay at embassy. When you pay over a hundred dollars for a bed you expect more than oh well as an excuse for a poorly managed hotel. You can't survive on sorry, it leaves a bad taste. If I gave this as a response at my job there would be heads rolling. I guess all they care about is we are making money. Poor Management, Poor quality, and if things are as I expect, there will not even be an apology even though I took the time to complain.
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY -- Stayed at Embassy suites on Friday... ask for Late check-out when I check in and they told me to come back in morning. SO I go back Saturday morning and ask again. The so-called Manager says that he cannot allow it. So two hours later I am down in lobby and I watch an older gentlemen approach him and I hear him ask for a late checkout... HE GIVES IT TO HIM.
So, I walk back up to him and ask him why he allowed him to have a late checkout and not me... he can't give me a reason. FOR THE MONEY DON'T STAY HERE!! You can pay half the rate and stay at the HYATT PLACE which the rooms are just as nice. WILL NEVER STAY AT THIS HOTEL AGAIN!!! Oh and the bathrooms are only average and furniture is worn in the rooms.


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Within a Padres farm system that's a consensus top-3 outfit according to farm-ologists of repute, a flawed prospect can get lost and, heck, might even disappear if he piles up 106 errors in 232 games.
Edinson Rincon's headaches as a third baseman notwithstanding, the 21-year-old bears watching as he heads toward his sixth -- yep, sixth -- professional season. "He's a sleeper," says farm director Randy Smith.
Smith acknowledges Rincon may be moved to left field, depending on how the dominoes fall.
It's a growing Padres trend, this booting of prospects who are corner infielders (some in name only) to left field. Chase Headley, whose best position is third base, went with gritted teeth to left a few years ago, followed by the first baseman Kyle Blanks. Next may be the Triple-A third baseman James Darnell, who isn't the most accurate of throwers and has Headley blocking him and third baseman Jedd Gyorko, a consensus Top 100 prospect, looming nearby. With the Padres also considering their starting left fielder Carlos Quentin for a contractual extension, seemingly the last need this organization has is for another left fielder in the pipeline.
Too many promising hitters on the farm, however, wouldn't be a problem for the Padres or any other organization. Rincon's righty bat intrigues the Padres, no less so after the four hits in seven at-bats in Cactus League play this month.
"This dude, he can flat out swing it," Smith says.
The Padres know Rincon almost like a son, having employed him since Smith and scout Felix Francisco signed him out of the Dominican Republic in May 2007. Smith finds him "highly intelligent," says he "works like crazy."
His statistics don't yet tell deep stories, as Rincon hasn't reached Double-A. Consider them a conversation starter: .283 batting average, .367 on-base percentage, 86 doubles and 30 home runs in 1,318 at-bats.
Because he's stronger than most of his age peers, the 6-foot-1, 185-pounder is known as "El Toro." (The Bull.)
"I think he's going to be a huge bat," says Smith.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Another left fielder?
Posted by Tom Krasovic at 5:43 PM
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