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23 Vanderbilt Ave
New York, NY 10017
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Michael Jordan's The Steak House N.Y.C. Details
Dining Style:
Fine Dining
(212) 655-2300
Hours of Operation:
Monday through Friday 11:30am – 2:30pm
Monday – Saturday 5:00pm – 10:15pm
Sunday 5:00pm – 9:15pm
Monday – Friday 11:30am – Midnight
Saturday 12:00pm – Midnight Sunday
2:00pm – 11:00pm
Payment Options:
AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Dress Code:
Smart Casual
Accepts Walk-Ins:
Additional Details:
Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Counter Seating, Delivery, Full Bar, Late Night, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Private Room, Takeout, View, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine, Wine Bar
Getting there
Cross Street:
43nd Street
Public Transit:
4,5,6,7 & S Train to Grand Central.
Street Parking
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Convenient Garage
A word from Michael Jordan's The Steak House N.Y.C.
Situated on the North and West balconies of New York's Grand Central Terminal, this restaurant was designed to reflect Michaels sense of taste and style. Michael Jordan's The Steak House N.Y.C. ranks among the finest steakhouses in Manhattan, offering a world class menu and an extensive, eclectic
selection of wines and spirits. There are two private dining rooms and two semi private dining rooms available, with pre-fixe menus.
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Diner Reviews
Of course the big draw is the fact
that the restaurant is located in Grand Central Station - pricey for everyday, but really good steak-house food and a great place to bring out of town guests. They haven't quite tackled the heating/cooling situation since they are situated on a balcony open to the entire station, but, if you get the right table the view of the wonderful GCT ceiling takes your mind off the temperature. My party ordered steaks and chops with a variety of sides - all very good. The one odd note was that even though they featured a number of a la mode desserts they had run out of vanilla ice-cream - not acceptable!"
Dined on 8/23/2014
This restaurant is all about the
location and the view. Fortunatley, the food & service are also very good. If you are OK with a small portion, go for the cut of the night."
Dined on 8/20/2014
Great steak and sides, desserts
were also fantastic. However, our bottle of cabernet was poured into small wine glasses. When we brought this to the server's attention we were told that this was the proper glass for red wine - news to us! Otherwise a great meal."
Dined on 8/19/2014
I eat here 3-4 times a month. You
can't beat the location for midtown east and Connecticut commuters, plus the food/service is always great. Their fast track menu is good (but I wish it would change more often) - currently, the RibEye steak is a perfect size for lunch, and the Gespatcho soup is VERY good with a hint of spiciness. Grand Central Station is also one of my favorite buildings in NYC - so I always have something to talk to my guests about when I need small-talk."
Dined on 8/19/2014
When you ordre à main course (for
example a steak), it comes with nothing else un the plate. Just the steak. If you want vegetables, they charge you 9 dollars for each but they don't tell you that you have more than enough to share... for 3 !!! Just for veggies, we paid over 36 $ to leave more than half !!! I really wasn't happy that our waiter did not advise us. Please be aware !"
Dined on 8/18/2014
No appetizer, no dessert yet $100
per head. Not that great a steak and no Michael Jordan memorabilia or anything to link restaurant to him. No wonder the place was pretty empty."
Dined on 8/17/2014
Stay away! The best part of the
meal was the bread and the strawberry short cake. Everything else was horrible. The meat were a cheap cut and were overcooked. I ordered med rare on the rare side and my boyfriend ordered med rare. Both steaks were medium to med well and covered in so much pepper, I could barely eat it. I ordered sautéd green beans and they came out steamed. The meal took forever and we had to order more bread in the middle because we were so hungry. The portions were tiny. You could see directly into the kitchen b/c the double doors were left open the whole time. Final insult, they charged me extra for a birthday cake we did not order (I asked just to write something on the plate of the included dessert)."
Dined on 8/15/2014
the steak is good, salad and
dessert are just OK, not exciting at all"
Dined on 8/15/2014
As it was our first time at
Michael Jordan's Steak House, I and my friends did not expect the food at Michael Jordan's to be delightfully delicious. We certainly enjoyed our lunch with a nice view of GCT (courtesy of the Maitre D'). [My only disappointment was the Mojito, which had an excess of lime and had very little of rum.]"
Dined on 8/15/2014
It was better than I expected. The
food was delicious and I can't wait to return."
Dined on 8/15/2014
I have walked by Michael Jordan's
Restaurant for many years unsure if I would like the ambiance of the restaurant. I was pleasantly surprised that with all of the hustle and bustle of Grand Central Station you can still feel a sense of privacy . The service was very good as well as the food. I would return to Michael Jordan's Steak House."
Dined on 8/14/2014
It's located in the historic main
hall of Grand Central Station. The food, service & decor are a match to that great location. My friends and I had a lovely lunch."
Dined on 8/14/2014
Went for lunch during restaurant
week. Great selection for lunch, had excellent boneless rib eye. Great seats overlooking Grand Central, not too noisy for location. No choice for side, came with fresh corn salad (kids didn't like peppers in salad). Had to order side of creamed spinach, a la carte. Desserts and salads great. Daughter loved fresh mozzarella with tomato and balsamic. Service was excellent."
Dined on 8/14/2014
Thought I'd try Michael Jordan's
for Rest Week. The lunch menu offered appealed to me. Right off the bat I almost did not stay because all tables are on the open balcony and there is very little air conditioning. Pleasant greeting by all staff even though I was a lone female. The mozzarella & tomato salad was fair; I've had better quality elsewhere. Had to send the sliced roast beef back;very fatty. Second sandwich was better but was well done instead of medium rare, as I had ordered it. However, I will say that it was tasty. Good size portions. The pineapple with vanilla ice cream was refreshing. The staff were all very accommodating and genuinely wanted to please me. The Maitre D was apologetic about the meat."
Dined on 8/13/2014
I enjoyed it , I like the feel of
it ,some place nice to go , people , thank you!"
Dined on 8/12/2014
This was a very nice dining
experience The servers were fonder full and the good was quite good."
Dined on 8/11/2014
I went here for lunch and quite
possibly had the best rib sandwich i've ever had in my life. The meat was cooked perfectly and the creamed spinach on the side made it even better. I will definitely be back here again."
Dined on 8/11/2014
We went for restaurant week-lunch.
My salad had a bug in it and needed to be replaced. The ceasar salad tasted OK, but not spectacular. Boneless Ribeye was cooked perfectly on the inside but the outside was peppery and there werent any other flavors. It was served with a bland sauce and "corn salad",it tasted like corn that I could make at home. I expected more from the desserts, the roasted pinapple with vanilla ice cream sounded delicious, it was literally a scoop of vanilla ice cream sitting on a pinapple slice. My friend had the "summer sorbet"-a scoop of raspberry sorbet. The waiter accidently spilled some drinks next to our table, and our feet were wet and sticky. Definitely not worth $25 dollars. Maybe the regular menu tastes better."
Dined on 8/11/2014
The building had a historic feel
because of the location. I took my children and we are from Chicago therefore it was unusual to have a high end restaurant in a train station. We enjoyed the meal and the service was excellent. We were seated quickly and also received a call a day in advance to confirm out reservation. Overall, the food was very good and the dessert was delicious (strawberry shortcake)."
Dined on 8/10/2014
What can you expect from a
restaurant in grand central? It was filled with tourists looking for a New York steakhouse experience. Food was okay, portions were slightly small. But hey, I get it... Restaurant week allures customers with promises of steak at no extra cost. The gazpacho was actually really, really good."
Dined on 8/10/2014
I came here to restaurant week.
Their selection was very good. I had the gazpacho and boneless rib eye. Everything was delicious. The best part was dining right in central park. I would go back!"
Dined on 8/8/2014
Unfortunately, our waiter forgot
to bring us bread. I thought this was the restaurant's policy until I later saw bread bing delivered to the next table. When I asked the waiter why we hadn't received any bread, he said "Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot." He needs to be retrained. on how to take his job more seriously."
Dined on 8/8/2014
What an amazing experience! I
wasn't sure how it would be to "eat in Grand Central", but it was such a unique opportunity - being removed from the hustle and bustle and being able to really take in the atmosphere. The food was delicious. We went for Restaurant Week and the portions were great and the menu was fantastic! The host was very gracious, in asking us if we wanted to wait a couple of minutes while they cleared one of the overlooking tables. The servers were spot on - when we ran out of bread from the fondue dip, they brought us more without us evening asking. Definitely deserving of the ratings. Thanks so much for a great evening out!"
Dined on 8/7/2014
Three of us went there during
restaurant week for lunch (prix fix $25). The ambience is absolutely fantastic and the dining room is really spacious. Lot of room between the tables. Service was average in the sense that one had to call the waiters frequently for things...they were not proactively checking on us. The food arrived on time, but just felt average. I had the salmon, and somehow just did not taste great and the green beans that came with the dish was seriously undercooked. Overall, an ok experience..nothing spectacular."
Dined on 8/7/2014
You figure any famous person who
is not a chef but puts his name on a restaurant...not likely to be worth a visit. Michael Jordan's Steakhouse is a major exception...it's a particularly great place to eat during NYC Restaurant Week! Friendly service and terrific food, not just steak."
Dined on 8/7/2014
We had so many different waiters.
We kept having to ask different people for things such as a menu, water, bread, our drinks. The waiter asked if I wanted water and it never came. When my friend arrived they came for our order but never gave her a menu. We asked for the wine list and had to ask 2x. We ordered drinks and they never came. No one ever came back so we asked the hostess when she walked by for whatever we needed. It was not packed so no excuse for the horrible service."
Dined on 8/6/2014
Great food, great service. The
location is a little noisy: the din of Grand Central station can be heard from below."
Dined on 8/6/2014
This was an excellent choice for
all age levels, from 10 years to past 80. The food was very good and the service was excellent, even for some of the folk who did not speak English. I would recommend Michael Jordan's wholeheartedly. We were there during restaurant week, so the prices were incredible."
Dined on 8/6/2014
Great spot and friendly staff but
the food was almost inedible."
Dined on 8/6/2014
This is the second time I've taken
a family member to MJs Steak House for a birthday dinner and I wasn't disappointed!! I booked through Open Table and advised during the online booking process that it was my daughters 24th birthday...not only did the hostess greet my daughter with a "Happy Birthday" at the door, but the kitchen did a beautiful job dressing up the dessert plate with a birthday wish spelled out in chocolate syrup...AND they sang to her! On top of all this, it was Restaurant Week" so we got a good deal :) the food was absolutely delicious!"
Dined on 8/1/2014
food was uninspired,overpriced and
very small portions"
Dined on 8/1/2014
The food was better than I
expected. My boyfriend is a huge Michael Jordan fan so it was the main reason we went. The rib eye was tender. The sides were amazing!"
Dined on 7/30/2014
Tried out this restaurant for the
first time and the food was fantastic. Have to say the portion is mighty small for a regular male including the appetizer and dessert. However, it was delicious. I am an Asian avg size male and the portion was kind of dissappointing. The dessert set up could be more artistic."
Dined on 7/30/2014
I went for a birthday dinner. the
food was very good. The staff was friendly, they sung happy birthday and decorate a cake. Overall, very nice setting."
Dined on 7/29/2014
Everything was amazing. From the
service down to the classic grand central style hustle and bustle. Loved it."
Dined on 7/29/2014
Although the quality of the food
was very good, Restaurant Week portions were considerably and noticeably small (dining at a nearby competitor resulted in normal portion size, and not a downsized Restaurant Week portion). Small minded thinking by management, as we were new to Michael Jordan's and would be extremely reluctant to return. I'm sure if Michael were there he would have considered this an appetizer!"
Dined on 7/29/2014
Great value for Restaurant Week
lunch. Generous portion and good service. Food was delicious. My friend had Caesar saland and I had tomato with mozzarella. We both had the boneless ribeye - big lunch portion, good quality and tasty. There's enough steak leftover that both my friend and I took it home to make sandwiches for lunch the next day."
Dined on 7/29/2014
my steak was very fatty, dessert
was plain and simple"
Dined on 7/28/2014
the food was of good quality and
the table service very good. nothing to complain about. The server was attentive and i was seated without issue though i was half an hour early. Well done. That's the good. The bad is that the hostess, at the front of the restaurant, before you enter the bar area is the worst. She was not welcoming, not pleasant and clearly had better things to do. thankfully everyone else was very nice."
Dined on 7/28/2014
We went as part of restaurant week
and we expected the quality of food to be better. Our starters were good, me and my friend both ordered the caesar salad, hers came with no croutons. Then we ordered the rib eye and the roast beef sandwich - both meats were extremely fatty and involved alot of cutting the fat out."
Dined on 7/28/2014
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The 3rd Annual Cancer Benefit Dinner and Dance of Batesville will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m., Oct. 26, at the Knights of Columbus Hall, located at 624 Delaware Road.
The event is open to the public.
Event Coordinator Ken Konradi told the Daily News that proceeds will go to The Hansen Center, Batesville, and to Hanson-affiliated St. Francis Hospital, Indianapolis.
"The money raised from this benefit doesn't go toward patient bills," Konradi said. "Instead, it goes toward gas, lodging and other associated expenses for patients who can't otherwise afford it. People come from quite a long distance in many cases to be treated at these facilities."
For a $17 admission, attendees will be treated to dancing and a dinner of Roast Beef or Turkey, with sides that include mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, salad, drinks and dessert.
According to an event flyer, the evening will include music from the '40s, '50s and 60s, with local DJ Kevin Green manning the turntable.
Konradi stressed that the music will be played at a volume low enough to allow attendees to easily hear one another and chat.
"It will be low enough to hear yourself think," he said.
Chris and Laura Ault, who own a Batesville dance studio, will provide a short ballroom dancing demonstration.
The evening will also include a 15- to 20-minute joke session, and presentation by a bone-marrow donor.
"Our joke teller isn't a professional comedian," Konradi clarified. "Just a local man who likes to tell jokes; he's very funny."
Konradi stressed that the jokes will be 100 percent clean. "These are jokes you could tell your minister."
"This event isn't a seminar or any type of business meeting," he continued. "This is just a public event of dinner, dancing, soft music and friendship."
Konradi, himself a cancer survivor currently in remission following a successful bone-marrow transplant a year ago, first conceived of the Dinner and Dance Benefit shortly before his own diagnosis a few years ago.
"The Greensburg Audiology Center held a similar event a year or so before we organized our first one," he said. "It gave us the idea, and showed how to put it together."
Konradi added that the Dinner and Dance has evolved as a way for himself and other cancer survivors to give back to the community.
"This community has been so supportive and helpful to me throughout my battle with Luekemia," he said. "I can't thank them enough, and there are plenty of other cancer survivors here who feel the same."
He also thanked the 31 businesses who sponsor the event, saying it wouldn't be possible without all of their support.
"This is certainly a group effort," he said. "We've got businesses who help with printing and advertising and just about anything else you could think of associated with staging something like this."
Sponsors include: The Office Shop, Roman Nobbe Inc., Edward Jones — Greg Berkemeier, Friendship State Bank, Konradi Insurance Services, Ault Chiropractic, ETC, Tudor Square, Dunlap Building Materials, Straber Oil Company, Batesville Chrysler, Wallpe & Trenkamp, Laker Electric and Plumbing, George's Pharmacy, Quality Auto Mart, Tri County Vet Clinic, Morris Feed Mill, Enneking Auto Body, Whitewater Publications, Whites Auction Barn, Osterling Chimney Sweep, Meyers Funeral Home, Steve Meyer Trucking, Southeastern Indiana Tile, WRBI, Bedel's Marathon, Brau Haus, Vertical Landscaping, Lincoln Street Grill, Cricket Ridge Public Golf Course, Scheele Orthodontics, Ollie Masonry, Litzinger Carpet and Cabinets, and D and D Tractor Sale.
For more information on the 3rd Annual Cancer Benefit Dinner and Dance of Batesville, call 812-934-6600.
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Never mind that the featured speaker of a work ethic workshop co-sponsored by Corinthian Baptist Church, Lowe's and the Jefferson County chapter of the NAACP was unable to provide job interviewing advice Thursday.
Local members of the NAACP gave out plenty of advice to about 25 youth in an effort to prepare them for entering the job market.
"Our goals is to equip them with the tools that they would need to be a good employee," said Brishanta Lee, a representative of the local NAACP. "We want to make sure they know the proper way to dress, proper etiquette in an interview, proper way to fill out an application or a resume and to get their questions answered from a management perspective."
Bill Goedken of Lowe's and an instructor at Kaskaskia College was the scheduled featured speaker but was unable to attend due to a store emergency, according to Lee.
"Even after this process, we want to mentor them on, actually help them prepare resumes and do mock interviews with them, and get them the clothing they need, if necessary, for interviews," Lee continued. "Our next step is to reschedule the presentation and have the kids work one-on-one with the speaker," Lee said.
Lee said it is important for the NAACP to take an active role in helping the younger generation learn job-seeking skills.
"We try to meet the needs of the community and this is definitely one of the biggest needs. You hear a lot, 'We don't have jobs, there's no jobs,' or whatever, but there are some jobs available. You just have to make sure you are in the proper position to be chosen," she said.
"This is a generation that texts a lot so to get them to engage in real conversation and making sure when they go on an interview to not just give a 'Yes' or 'No' answer to a question is an important part of the process," she concluded.
James Malone, an employee of Walgreeens Distribution Center, told the group that persistence pays off.
"I was at Walgreens for two years as a temp before getting my foot in the door," Malone told the youth. "We've all got to start somewhere, but even as a temp, you are working and building a resume."


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SALEM — Boston Harbor Cruises is interested in returning to operate the city's commuter ferry.
The company was the only respondent in the city's request for bids this winter. Boston Harbor Cruises ran the city's high-speed catamaran between Salem and Boston for the 2012 season.
The city had solicited bids for a ferry operator this month, in hopes of securing a long-term vendor. The proposal offers a contract of up to five years: a one-year contract, followed by four, one-year options to renew.
"The longer-term contract is better for us," said Alison Nolan, general manager at Boston Harbor Cruises. "It makes sense to make larger investments (such as marketing and promotions) if you have a longer-term contract."
Nolan said the ferry had 43,046 riders for the 2012 season. If awarded the contract, they'd like to increase that number to 80,000, she said.
"Although we had slightly lower ridership than previous years, we're still very excited about the connection between Salem and Boston," Nolan said.
They've proposed a schedule that retains the ferry's commuter runs but adds more non-commuter trips, ideal for day-tripping and sight seeing.
Also, the company plans to offer a 20 percent discount to Salem residents for any non-commuter trip.
"Boston Harbor Cruises has a very strong marketing base here in Boston," Nolan said. "That's one thing we think we can bring to the table — drawing commuters and tourists from the Boston market."
Whitney Haskell, the city's purchasing agent, said price proposals are sealed and won't be opened until an evaluation committee has vetted the proposal.
Boston Harbor Cruises took over the city's commuter ferry service last year from Water Transportation Alternatives of Quincy, which had run the ferry for six years.
The city's request for a 2013 ferry vendor sought an "experienced ferry operator" to provide daily service from Memorial Day weekend through Halloween and to maintain the vessel in the off-season. The operator would also be responsible for advertising and promoting the ferry service.
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The book evaluates the scientific and technical readiness to move ahead with the establishment of a research-driven ocean observatory network, and highlights outstanding issues. These issues include the status of planning and development, factors that affect the timing of construction and installation, the cost and requirements for maintenance and operations, needs for sensor development and data management, the impact on availability of ships and deep submergence facilities, and the role of research-based observatories within national and international operational ocean observing systems being developed and implemented.
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WARREN, Ohio - Support Service Workers at St. Joseph's Hospital will not be picketing come Monday morning.
One hundred eighty members of Teamsters Local 377 now have a new contract that went into effect immediately after voting it's passage on Friday.
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The final report, Responding to Capability Surprise: A Strategy for U.S. Naval Forces, is available here: http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=14672.
A letter dated December 21, 2011, to National Academy of Sciences President Dr. Ralph Cicerone from the Chief of Naval Operations, ADM Jonathan W. Greenert, U.S. Navy, requested that the National Research Council's (NRC's) Naval Studies Board (NSB) conduct a study to examine the issues surrounding capability surprise—both operationally and technically related—facing the U.S. naval services. Accordingly, in February 2012, the NRC, under the auspices of its NSB, established the Committee on Capability Surprise for U.S. Naval Forces. The study's terms of reference, provided in Enclosure A of this interim report, were formulated by the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) in consultation with the NSB chair and director. The terms of reference charge the committee to produce two reports over a 15-month period. The present report is the first of these, an interim report issued, as requested, following the third full committee meeting.
The terms of reference direct that the committee in its two reports do the following: (1) Select a few potential capability surprises across the continuum from disruptive technologies, to intelligence inferred capability developments, through operational deployments and assess what U.S. Naval Forces are doing (and could do) about these surprises while mindful of future budgetary declines; (2) Review and assess the adequacy of current U.S. Naval Forces' policies, strategies, and operational and technical approaches for addressing these and other surprises; and (3) Recommend any changes, including budgetary and organizational changes, as well as identify any barriers and/or leadership issues that must be addressed for responding to or anticipating such surprises including developing some of our own surprises to mitigate against unanticipated surprises.
Capability Surprise for U.S. Naval Forces: Initial Observations and Insights: Interim Report highlights issues brought to the committee's attention during its first three meetings and provides initial observations and insights in response to each of the three tasks above. It is very much an interim report that neither addresses in its entirety any one element of the terms of reference nor reaches final conclusions on any aspect of capability surprise for naval forces. The committee will continue its study during the coming months and expects to complete by early summer 2013 its final report, which will address all of the elements in the study's terms of reference and explore many potential issues of capability surprise for U.S. naval forces not covered in this interim report.
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Accommodation Japan Kyoto Kyoto Hana Hostel
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We're located five minutes from Kyoto station (433m, 1/4ml.). This location is ideally convenient but is quiet because we're set one street off the main street. Everything you need, such as convenience stores, grocery stores, banks, foreign exchange, the post office, bars, restaurants and karaoke places are nearby.
Our hostel was opened in April 2010 with the aim of making your stay as cosy as possible.
Our deluxe dorm is equipped with a quite large-sized loft bed. Guests sleeping on the top use the loft and unlike ordinary bunk beds, you can keep your luggage up on the top. Taking the bottom, you sleep in an independent single bed under the loft. Each bed has a personal bed light, plug outlet and curtain. You can surf on your bed by Wi-Fi.
Almost all of our private rooms remain traditional Japanese-style with tatami mats and sets of futon bedding. Also, many of them include an independent bathroom and toilet. We have various private rooms such as twin/double/triple en-suite and twin/triple/quad shared bathroom.
We have tons of free services, such as Wi-Fi, two computers for guests, English maps of Kyoto, English maps of bus routes, coffee, English tea, green tea, seasonings, luggage storage, washing powder, shampoo, body soap and smiles. : )
Facilities include a washing machine (200yen), dryer (100yen/15 minutes), photocopy and print service and local and international calls.
Our bicycle rental (500 yen) is the perfect way to get around and see the quieter, older parts of Kyoto. You can also rent towels (30yen/70yen) and buy one-day bus passes (500yen), a padlock (150yen), unique Kyoto postcards (100yen), DVD, CDs and electricity adaptors.
Did you know we have a discount and coupon service? We'll give you a stamp for each night at any J-Hoppers Hostels (Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima and Hida Takayama) or Hana Hostels (Hiroshima and Kyoto). You will get a discount or a special coupon on every fourth night.
We are happy to store your luggage in the luggage room before check-in and after check-out. Longer-term luggage storage is available for returning guests.
Since it is easy to access JR Kyoto station from here, you can save time and easily make day trips out of Kyoto to Osaka, Nara and the surrounding areas. In our neighbourhood, you'll find Lawson convenience store, a supermarket, post office and central post office (with international ATM), several restaurants and car parking, all less than five minutes' walk away.
We can provide information on Hiroshima, Osaka and Takayama as well since we're a part of a chain of hostels!
--Reception Hours and Check In Time--
Our reception is open from 8:00 to 14:00 and 15:00 to 22:00 (check-in time is from 15:00 to 22:00)
*If you would arrive out of our reception hours, please let us know in advance. We will tell you how to enter the hostel and further information.
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*Even before 15:00, you can use all hostel facilities except guest rooms.
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cancellation fee of one night's stay will be charged. Cancellations made
with two days or more advanced notice will not be charged.
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For groups of more than 5 people, we may require additional condition when you make a reservation request.
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We stayed there for 3 days, the location was pretty good just 5 min walking to Kyoto Central Station (Metro, Buses, JR trains) so you can get anywhere from there. The hostel was very clean and the staff very helpful.
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Very good hostel. Warmly welcoming and clean room. The location is very good, many delicious restaurant around and 3 min walk to JR station.
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very convenience for JR, love to have heater in the bathroom, so cool place to stay.
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Just spent 5 days at Hana hostel with 2 days in between at Koyasan.Close to the station and Kyoto Tower to help get your bearings ,the Hostel would have to be the cleanest I have ever stayed in. The staff go out of there way to help and like most Japanese people are respectful and curtious. The common room - kitchen is a great place for coffee or tea or early morning noodle for the budget concious.Great place to mix with other travellers including some Japanese to swap stories and get tips.Internet and cloths wash and drying also available.They have dorms which are great price for the single traveller and we opted for 2 doubles which came with on sweet as there was 4 of us. I would stay again and recommend to my friends.Cheers to all the staff.
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Gus Malzahn is Auburn's first-year head coach only by technicality, having served as the offensive coordinator for three seasons prior to 2012. Of the scholarship players still remaining from last year, only 17 weren't brought to Auburn while Malzahn was on the staff. Only three of those are offensive skill position players.
No other first-year head coach will enjoy this kind of expedited acclimation. So while there will be holes in Auburn football's 2013 edition, there is still cause for hope, and not the rarely honored three-to-five-year-plan kind.
That instant familiarity is certainly a boon, but the greatest reason for optimism might be Malzahn's freedom to finally go as breakneck as he chooses, with total support. That luxury comes from not only earning a head job in the SEC, but also a genuine endorsement from his defensive counterpart.
"I'll tell you, the reason I have no concerns in coaching a defensive unit for Coach Malzahn is because he likes to run the football," new defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson says. "He likes hard nosed running, and he likes to run power. It's power football, running the guard and following a lead blocker. Defensive coaches want their offenses to be physical, and that's what his system is."
Outside of Auburn supporters, and allegedly Gene Chizik, most fans wouldn't believe that Johnson is right. Somewhere between the fallout of Malzahn and then-Arkansas coach Houston Nutt in 2005 and the rumored power struggle between Malzahn and Chizik following 2010 -- in which Chizik allegedly ordered Malzahn to remove the "hurry-up" part of his hurry-up, no-huddle attack in order to aid the defense -- Gus-ball has become a run-heavy attack. It's done so by defying old-school logic, delivering classic play calls that masquerade as new-fangled finesse.
The "power" that Johnson references (and that sites like Smart Football have documented) is the classic Power-O, an up-the-gut rush in which the ball carrier follows a pulling guard through a hole created by a fullback sealing the defensive end and an offensive line blocking down on the play side. It's a play that helped inspire the term "3 yards and a cloud of dust" when run out of pro sets and I-formations.
It's the furthest concept from the so-called finesse system's stereotypical trickery. Malzahn's version, best displayed by Cam Newton and company in 2010, just never looked that traditional because it was run out of the shotgun, and often the ball carrier was the quarterback, simply because Newton was the best option.
At Arkansas State in 2012, Malzahn's offense averaged 5 yards a carry and favored run over pass by a count of 540 to 411. But no matter if Malzahn broke down and ran the veer for four quarters, stats like time of possession (ASU averaged 29 minutes) were what his critics pointed to when debating his potential success at the highest college level. Defensive stalwarts and conservative head coaches have rebuked the system by claiming it's some sort of Y2K-type doom for Malzahn's own defenses.
From Nutt to Chizik, misinterpreted stats were the red herrings needed to denigrate the hurry-up no-huddle as a high school fad.
Thing is, it is a high school fad. A big one. Ask a high schooler.
"We ran that offense this year," says Carl Lawson, considered the nation's No. 2 defensive end, a consensus five-star prospect and one of Auburn's 2013 signees.
"In fact, hang on..." Lawson says, speaking via phone while riding with a teammate. "Hey, how often did we snap the ball?"
"One play about every 18 seconds," his teammate says.
"Eighteen seconds. I was gassed my freshman year. Now I don't even notice it. Everyone's running it anyway, so it's not something I even thought about. I really like this new defense from Coach Johnson, but I just wanted to go Auburn above all else."
Eighteen seconds for Lawson's high school team, Milton (Alpharetta, Ga.), is textbook Malzahn, literally. In his 2003 manual The Hurry-Up, No-Huddle: An Offensive Philosophy, Malzahn says his high school teams could "lengthen the game" by increasing the number of plays. Malzahn estimated that in a 48-minute game, most teams averaged only seven to eight minutes of real playing time, whereas his system, pushing an average of 40 offensive plays a game to around 60, added four minutes to the actual playing time total. This created a phantom "fifth quarter," wearing down unaccustomed defenses.
This is nothing new, as Malzahn has now been operating at the college level for almost a decade. But as the future freshman Lawson notes, it's now a college fad, too, and along with variations on the traditional one-back spread, the air raid and the spread option, will account for eight of the offenses the Tigers will face in 2013.
"One of the best things for this defense will be to see that offense out on the practice field everyday," Johnson says. "We're going to have to contend with that style for over half our games anyway, and the conditioning it creates in practice will be beneficial."
For Malzahn, it must be the richest of rewards to hear Johnson's endorsement. Sure, Johnson's a subordinate reciting what's best for the new body politic, but he didn't have to take the gig. After an ill-fated single year as coach of winless Southern Miss, Johnson was in high demand when he went back on the market. An SEC veteran, Johnson most recently directed defenses opposite Sylvester Croom's West Coast offense at Mississippi State and Steve Spurrier's calmer, Centrum Silver edition of the Fun 'N' Gun at South Carolina. His 4-2-5 defense ranked top 15 nationally three out of four years in Columbia.
He could've worked opposite a slower offense at another school, but he claims he wanted to coach opposite of Gus.
"To me this wasn't a home run decision, it was a walk-off grand slam."
The 4-2-5 Johnson will install is what Lawson happily calls "freshman-friendly," specifically because of its design to combat things like the hurry-up, no-huddle. Malzahn's textbook outlines its advantages as the low recuperation time and a shortened adjustment window it offers defenses. Much like the 4-2-5 Ole Miss' Dave Wommack installed during Hugh Freeze's first year in Oxford, the scheme will operate as a mirror on the defensive line.
To combat quick changes, the defensive front won't be saddled with specific roles, such as a strong or weakside defensive end, or a nose tackle and a three-tech tackle. Each player will be trained to execute multiple roles from his position as needed.
"There's a higher learning curve if you play slower, and mainly the system's not that hard from what I've learned so far," Lawson says. "I'm sure about this defense, I'm accustomed to it and it's more accustomed to me, what I can do."
What Lawson and fellow defensive end signee Elijah Daniels are accustomed to doing is blowing up backfields, as the one advantage defenses have found against any hurry-up with a quarterback that's a threat to run is good, old-fashioned impact. That, and Johnson notes, likely to the chagrin of his current boss, a fairer application of the rules.
"For a few years we had to battle what was an unfair advantage, having offenses snap the ball as soon as it was laid down, before it was possible to get ready. You're seeing better adjustment on that now."
While the paramount objective is to overhaul Scot Loeffler's pro-style scheme that ended up 115th nationally in total offense, Auburn needed Lawson, Daniel, stud tackle Montravius Adams and the rest of the 2013 defenders in the worst way, as defensive line was the thinnest position on the entire roster, with five departures following 2012.
The quietly impressive class of 23 didn't steal National Signing Day from dominant Alabama and upstart Ole Miss, but it did manage to give the Rebels pause by flipping five-star Daniels and four-star running back Peyton Barber from Oxford. Combined with the nation's No. 2 overall rated defensive end in Lawson, Auburn finished with a consensus top 15 class despite being hamstrung by a shortened recruiting schedule for its new staff and the dud of its previous season.
During his Signing Day presser Malzahn made a note of complimenting his defensive signees for staying with Auburn in the coaching transition. Lawson, like many others who ultimately stayed on, was initially wooed by the previous staff and bombarded when it was fired. Malzahn said upon his arrival the defensive staff was hired first, and after evaluating existing commitments from the Chizik era and the current roster.
"We did that on a fast turnaround," Malzahn said. "We didn't have the same kind of relationship with these defensive guys coming in. We knew some on offense from recruiting when I was here previously. With Carl ... when a lot of guys went south, went other ways, he hung in there with us. He provided the stability, specifically on the defensive side, for the class."
Malzahn also admitted that the defensive haul in the '13 class would give his offense more freedom.
"Up front they're going to have a chance to play immediately, but they're going to have to earn that ... but yeah, any time you add depth at all positions on defense it helps [the offense]."
The freshman will come with hype, but Johnson is tempering expectations of an instant fix.
"Some of these guys in the SEC, they belong in the [NFL] tomorrow. So we'll rotate those new guys in and some guys from junior colleges as well, but you don't build your season on high school guys starting, or you'll die in the SEC."
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So say Malzahn heals the damaged Kiehl Frazier in the system the dual threat was initially recruited to run. Say that Barber and Cameron Artis-Payne, a Juco transfer already on campus majoring in philosophy and rumored to be a "Ben Tate clone," are enough to help spell Tre Mason in the running game. All four non-conference games (including the opener against Washington State) are winnable, and the Tigers also catch two conference programs (Arkansas and Tennessee) that are truly rebuilding.
A bowl is doable. There will be pains, and Malzahn will still have to answer claims that his system can't operate effectively without a once-in-a-lifetime quarterback talent like Newton. But Johnson assures there will be no objections from within.
Save for that magical season with Newton, for the first time in SEC play, Gus-ball will push as fast as it can without the defense tapping the brakes.
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The game has been blessed with some phenomenal talents and it does many scant justice when it comes to choosing the 10 greatest soccer players of all time. But, for what it is worth, here is About.com World Soccer's best of the best.
A World Cup winner in 1958, 1962, and 1970, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, to give him his full name, is generally regarded as the greatest soccer player of all time. Pele won multiple titles with Santos, with whom he played out the best years of his career, before joining the New York Cosmos for a brief spell. Scorer of 760 official goals, Pele was a superb striker and dribbler of the ball, but could also combine well with his teammates and feature prominently in the build up to goals.
2. Lionel Messi
It is not an exaggeration to say that The Atomic Flee is now challenging Pele for the crown of greatest ever soccer player and will surely surpass the Brazilian if the remainder of his career is as fruitful as the opening years. Messi joined Barcelona when he was just 13, scored on his debut at 17 and now wows the Camp Nou faithful on a regular basis with his dribbling, passing and goalscoring exploits. He broke Gerd Muller's record for most goals in a calendar year when he scored an incredible 91 in 2012.
3. Maradona (1976-1997)
Diego Armando Maradona is one of the greatest dribblers the game has ever seen. His 'Hand of God' goal against England at the 1986 World Cup and the stunning solo effort that followed sum up this flawed genius better than any words. Maradona did not always play by the rules, and confesses that his expulsion from the 1994 World Cup after testing positive for ephedrine is one of his saddest memories. But the Maradona that captained Argentina to the 1986 World Cup and helped unfashionable Napoli to Serie A titles in 1987 and 1990 was irrepressible.
4. Johan Cruyff (1964-1984)
The outspoken Dutchman excelled for Ajax and Barcelona in the 1960s and 1970s and is considered by many to be Europe's best ever player. His name was synonymous with Rinus Michels' "Total Football" movement whereby players interchanged positions. Cruyff was effective in both wide and central positions, and was famous for his ability to turn players. Winner of three Ballon D'Ors (European Player of the Year awards), Cruyff won eight Dutch titles and three European Cups with Ajax, and also made a controversial move to bitter rivals Feyenoord.
5. Franz Beckenbauer (1964-1984)
"Der Kaiser is the only man to captain and manage his side to World Cup victory. In the early 1970s, the German revolutionised the game with his switch from central midfield to an attacking sweeper role where he would dictate play from the back by dribbling the ball out of defense and joining in his team's attacks. He enjoyed his best years with Bayern Munich, where he won five Bundesliga titles and three European Cups, but he also spent time with Pele at the New York Cosmos.
6. Michel Platini (1973-1987)
A star with Nancy, St-Etienne and Juventus, Platini was a European champion for club and country after winning the 1984 European Championship with France and the European Cup the following year with Juventus. One of the best passers in soccer history and an expert free-kick taker, the attacking midfielder scored nine goals in that 1984 triumph.
7. Alfredo Di Stéfano (1943-1966)
Di Stéfano's achievement of scoring in five consecutive European Cup finals is unlikely to ever be matched. Born in Argentina to Italian immigrants, but playing internationally for three different teams, Di Stéfano's career was nothing if not cosmopolitan. A player of exceptional fitness levels, the Saeta rubia (blond arrow) was instrumental in Real Madrid's dominance in the 1950s, although the history books could tell a very different story if he had joined Barcelona instead of the Merengues in 1943.
8. Ferenc Puskás (1944-1966)
One of the best strikers ever, Puskas averaged nearly a goal a game at club and international level. He was a prominent member of the great Hungary team of the 1950s, known as the Mighty Magyars. Puskas was top league scorer with Real Madrid on four occasions, and scored seven goals in two European Cup finals. He won five league titles with Budapest Honvéd before moving to Real in 1958 and winning another five. The inside-left also boasts three European Cups.
9. Eusébio (1958-1978)
"The Black Panther" is considered Portugal's greatest ever soccer player. Scorer of nine goals at the 1966 World Cup finals, Eusébio possessed explosive pace and deceptive ability. The forward turned out for a host of teams, but his best years were spent with Benfica where he averaged more than a goal a game. Eusébio told World Soccer magazine in 2010 that he signs photographs of himself every night to give to children the following day.
10. George Best (1963-1984)
Like Maradona, Best enjoyed the luxuries that his profession afforded him, and it was his alcohol addiction that contributed to his death in 2005. On the pitch he had a devastating combination of pace, skill and finishing that should have brought more than two league titles and one European Cup with Manchester United. Best played as a winger or attacking midfielder and had the ability to dribble past defenders as if they were not there. Like several other players on this list, Best also plied his trade in America in the 70s and 80s.


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Is it ok to use photographic reference when making art?
Yes. In fact, it can be a very smart thing to do.
This is a scan from Norman Rockwell's book Rockwell on Rockwell: How I Make a Picture. In his early career, Rockwell created his illustrations using live models. Later on, he adopted photography and projection because of their convenience and time-saving qualities.
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Because of his excellent drawing skills, Rockwell can use the reference as the basis to create exactly the type of character he wants. Notice all of the small changes he makes. Sticking too close to the reference is often called "being a slave to the reference" and can result in characters that look too stiff or posed.
Also, if there are problems in the photo where the pose is not exact or clear, someone who can only trace will copy these problems into the final image. A skilled artist can solve the problems in the drawing.
Is it ok to use other people's photos as reference?
It depends. Just like you own the copyright to your art, a photographer owns the copyright to his or her photos.
If you copy all or most of someone else's photo without permission, this could be a copyright violation. There is no rule that says "if you change it X%, then it's ok." In U.S. courts, the test is if a reasonable observer could look at the original and the copy side-by-side and tell that it is a copy. It is ok to copy someone else's photo as much as you want if it is only for your personal study. It is considered a courtesy to acknowledge your source if you then show that work to anyone.
Here are some examples of ways artists can use others' photos as reference:
Using individual, generic parts of a photo. Ex. A tree, hills, clouds.
Using individual, specific parts of a photo. Ex. The Empire State Building, a Jeep.
For historical research. Ex. Looking at pictures of WWII uniforms to get the design accurate.
Gathering multiple photos of a subject without using a specific one. Ex. Looking at many photos of lions to see how they are built and how they move.
Using multiple photos for general inspiration. Ex. Gathering photos of different kinds of machinery in order to get inspiration for your own machine design.
If you're looking for good places to find reference on the internet, check out our wiki and references subforum.
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Visit Paul Cava's site to see some reference photography from Frank Brangwyn, Alphonse Mucha, and Maxfield Parrish.
Jon Foster process thread.
Photos from Art Out Loud 2 (scroll down): Jon Foster, Adam Rex, Dan Dos Santos, Greg Manchess, Julie Bell, and Boris Vallejo at work.
Art Out Loud 3 (scroll down): Donato Giancola and Todd Lockwood at work.
To see reference shots by CAers, visit the Show Us Your Reference thread.
I can't see what was so terrible about this thread to merit a one star rating. The star doesn't give me that information, whereas a constructive comment might.
I just figure people don't want to have to read things. That must be why a thread about posting other people's images with minimal commentary gets 5 stars.
I still think some people around here could stand to read a book.
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Lovley thread thanks for posting it.
Dang about the 2 stars i've voted lets just hope more people move it up
I think i would personally follow Iain's way not a big fan of using refernce straight into the drawing
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This is a terrific thread and more people should read it!!! I have awarded it 5 stars because it is such an important topic. Not only should illustrators learn to use reference correctly, but we should learn to shoot our own (especially for figures).
Thanks for the support, guys.
And I love the pic of "read a book" Handy, arttorney.
Anything I can do to make this thread better would be greatly appreciated.
Voted 5 to help bump this up. All the quotes were great to read. It's always good to get opinions from people you respect on matters like this.
Plus the Norman Rockwell stuff was just cool.
'Cuz life is full of your regrets, and I should be one...
Helped by giving it a five, too, Luv. Great stuff that we all should have known when we were 10-years-old...
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Thanks guys. And thanks so much for sharing those links, Elwell.
Wow, those are incredible--I learned a ton just looking through the pictures.
I'm amazed no one has thought of a thread like this before! Great ideas always seem obvious once somebody has one. 5 stars from me.
Emily, is that book on Rockwell's methods called 'Rockwell on Rockwell' and is it still in print? I saw one like this some while ago and couldn't get hold of it - it looks very much like the same book.
Thanks, Chris.
Yep, that's the book and no, it's not still in print.
It's an incredible book, though.
Emily, thanks for posting this. Great thread (5 stars )
I especially loved the Norman Rockwell stuff.
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excellent helpful information.
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Thank you so much for the great information!
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Here's something that might interest people - I was asked to do a 'portrait effect' of the british snooker referee Michaela Tabb. I could take a lot of liberties so it was not one of my 'straight portraits' and is therefore interesting in that it willfully departs from the reference yet has to be a reasonable likeness. I thus made the drawing you see from the shown reference photograph and then made the painting entirely from the drawings without once looking at the photograph at all, releying entirely on the information that was important in the drawings.
P.S. Emily, if you do not wish people to put their own examples in this thread then please feel free to delete it, I quite understand.
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No, thank you so much for sharing Chris. This is wonderful!
This is an excellent way to work from photo reference and I want to thank you being willing to share it with us.
Emily G, thanks for this thread! I'm constantly surprised at how many young artists seem to think that reference is some evil crutch that "real artists" don't need. The truth is not only is it ok, it's a damn good idea, and if you aren't using reference you are doing yourself a major disservice!
1. Frazetta's stuff, while superb in its own right, is nowhere near as specific as Rockwell's. Superhero comic work is even less so. Fraz also used reference when he needed it. Alot of environmental concept art is realistic in general effect, but compared to a well researched landscape by the Hudson River painters it lacks in truthful information and subtlety of effect.
2. Unless a person has photographic memory of the highest order, it would be impossible for their work to match the work of a pro who renders realistically using models, props or photographs. Try doing a Dru Struzan-like poster without reference of the actors...
3. Yeah, maybe Michelangelo was knowledgable enough to draw the figure as well as he could from imagination, but at the expense of other subjects. He worked pretty much exclusively with the figure all the time, in 2D and 3D. Artists are not Batman where they can have absolute mastery of 10 different disciplines at a writer's whim.
4. The final result is what matters. Master artists have used models, photography, copying other art, camera obscura, projection, figurines, sculptures, mannikins,etc. to attain the quality of work they were looking for.
This is a great thread with a lot of usefull information. The Rockwell stuff was especially enjoyable. Photo refernces have been used for years, even the master used camera obscuras to help them get the details right. When all art is comprised of copying images either fromthe imagination or form life is there really a need to argue of the level of copying? Besides, I think it was Picasso who said that "Amatures Create, Professionals Copy" lol Of course that may be slightly out of context but you get the idea... : )
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Whenever we witness something 'new', as we do in great paintings, however old they are, there is always a certain kind of awkwardness about them, or rather an ineloquence that is very difficult to put one's finger on - I guess it is that when we surprise ourselves we are in a similar state to the amature in that we are of neccessity on unfamiliar ground. Slickness is almost by definition, lack of surprise.
As a professional, I am always trying to find the amature in me or, to put it much more accurately, and to paraphrase Isaac Newton (har har), trying to stand the amature on top of the professional's shoulders.
Well, I knew the quote was out of context, and as some of you have mentioned, misquoted too.Thats what I get for posting on the last 5 minutes of my lunch break. The spirit of the comment was intact in my head( if no where else lol ) Next time I will take the time to make sure I quote the statement correctly. I apologize for any ruffled feathers. : )
Honestly though I am glad I got it wrong, because if I hadn't I never would have heard Chris's interpretation of the statement. I love that interpretation of the quote. And while all artist didn't use camera obscuras,many did use grid systems, and sketched from life. Alternate forms of copying but copying nevertheless. I guess what I am trying to say is like art, its a matter of perception for me. Some people will always see anything that isn't formed from pure imagination as copying and that is a perception that we have to get away from.
Reference is a good thing! ( but only if you quote the reference right lol
Thanks Emily !....these are all great reminders.....and you won't find them at the box stores these days.
now.....how to get the time and money to do all this.....food for another thread lol
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I've learned that the whole 'the old masters used the camera obscura' thing is a myth, or at least largely exaggerated.
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Once you've populated your portlet's frame with your intended controls, simply select Run from the IDE's menu. Visual Studio will compile your application, and Mainsoft's components will translate the CIL code to Java bytecode, package the results into a .war file, and deploy that to a WebSphere Portal application server for execution. (Another addition to the Visual Studio IDE is an entry on the options menu that allows you to configure the connection information to the target WebSphere Portal.)
And, yes, you can debug the portlet as it executes in WebSphere. Mainsoft instruments the generated bytecode so that lines of C# (or VB.Net) source are properly associated by the debugger to the corresponding Java bytecode. In other words, while you single-step through C# or VB.Net source, it's Java bytecode that's actually being executed. You have to be careful where you set break points. While I was testing this capability, I occasionally caused WebSphere to interpret the paused process as an unavailable portlet.
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The two portlet templates are the SharePoint List Viewer portlet and the SharePoint Item Viewer portlet. Put the pair together, and you have what amounts to a database browsing kit, the database in this instance being a SharePoint site. The List Viewer portlet provides a WebDAV-style interface into a SharePoint site's data. It lets you navigate into SharePoint folders and subfolders, and select content within those folders in the same way you would do when normally connected to SharePoint.
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Hydraulic Problem?
I have a grunt noise and the deck jumps a 1/2" or so each time it grunts. This only happens for about 3 min after initail start. After the tractor heats up all is good. It makes it hard to get the correct mowing height.
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Try bleeding the system. Open the fill port in the reservoir and cycle the touch control 10-12 times. Should clear the air out of the system.
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