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Doug Martins
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Enrollment Year: 2003
Email Address: dkm18 at psu.edu
Atmospheric Mentor: Paul Shepson, Purdue University
Biosphere Mentor: Tilden Meyers, NOAA, ATDD
Research Topics
The development of a light-aircraft flux measurement system for determinations of fluxes of CO2 and odd-nitrogen compounds Recent increases in carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas concentrations present a concern in the global warming issue. CO2 has risen approximately 16% over the past 50 years and is almost exclusively attributed to anthropogenic sources. A major terrestrial carbon sink has been noted in the forests of North America due to a considerable storage of this carbon within the woody tissue of vegetation, dead or alive. In order to assess our current global warming situation and to predict further global warming and its impacts, it is necessary to understand the exchange rates of carbon within North American forests. This project proposes to use a low-cost, flexible, light aircraft-based flux measurement system to examine the relationship between organic nitrogen compounds and CO2 sequestration. To do this, isoprene nitrate flux measurements will be obtained using a disjunct eddy accumulation (DEA) method. Comparing flux measurements of H2O with simultaneous eddy covariance flux measurements will test this method. The reliability of the DEA method and eddy covariance method from the aircraft will be evaluated by comparing the aircraft data to surface-flux measurements from the PROPHET and Ameriflux towers at the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS). By comparing isoprene nitrate and CO2 fluxes, we will be able to examine the affect of organic nitrogen on carbon sequestration.
Current Work
Doug is currently conducting research in atmopsheric chemistry as a Post Doc at Penn State University.
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The Hobbit
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Lord Of The Rings
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So that's Martin Freeman to the right, with James Nesbitt, Richard Armitage and William Kircher all present.
They all met together at a press conference in Wellington. Sadly, Peter Jackson was unable to attend owing to his medical problems.
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'The Expendables 3′ Reveals 16 Truly Weird Character Posters
The 'Expendables' franchise has one thing going for it: nothing else can top it when it comes to the sheer number of interesting and noteworthy actors on screen. So it's not too surprising when 'The Expendables 3' drops 16 character posters on the same day because of course 'The Expendables 3' would have 16 characters important enough to warrant their own character posters.
Winter Is Here: 'Game of Thrones' LEGOs Bring on the 'Song of Ice and Fire'
LEGO isn't in the habit of making sets based on extremely violent and highly sexualized HBO fantasy series, but thankfully, someone is out there filling that niche. Custom LEGO creation company Citizen Brick revealed their latest creation and it's a doozy: 13 minifigs based on characters from 'Game of Thrones.'
'The Drop' Trailer: See James Gandolfini's Final Performance
There's a lot to admire in the new trailer for 'The Drop.' The first thing you'll notice is the presence of the late, great James Gandolfini is his final role. The second thing you'll notice is that Tom Hardy just plain smolders, even with a Brooklyn accent. The third thing you'll notice is that this is the American debut of director Michaël Roskam, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind the fantastic and truly unique crime film 'Bullhead.' Yeah, this is a movie you should keep your eye on.
Klingon for Rosetta Stone Might Be the Best April Fool's Day Prank
If you're a particularly extreme 'Star Trek' geek and have been looking for a new way to celebrate your fandom, look no further than Nerdist and Think Geek's newest venture: Rosetta Stone software for learning the harsh, bloodthirsty language of the Klingon empire! On hand to sell the product to you is 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' and 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' star Michael Dorn, who explains all of the details. Order now and you'll soon be able to threaten your friends and loved ones with the galaxy's most terrifying language! All you need is to pay the low, low price of $269.99
Chris Evans Talks 'Captain America 2′ on 'Tonight Show,' Plays "Sibling-wed Game" With Brother
When Chris Evans went on 'The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon' to plug his work in 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier,' the last thing he probably expected was to be forced into a twisted take on the 'Newlywed Game' with his brother, Scott. But Evans played along, sharing a few hilarious stories and putting his brotherly bond to the test on live television!
'The Avengers 2′: Here's Our First Glimpse of Captain America's New Costume
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Weekend Box Office Report: 'Noah' and Russell Crowe Flood 'Sabotage' and Arnold Schwarzenegger
Insert your own "when it rains, it pours" joke right here. Darren Aronofsky's instantly controversial biblical epic 'Noah' overcame mixed buzz to win the box office this weekend, catering to both religious audiences and film buffs who like weird movies from unique, picky directors. But all was not well for everyone -- the latest film from a certain Hollywood action legend got washed away in 'Noah''s success.
'Into the Storm' Trailer: 'Twister' For the Post-'2012′ Crowd
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Batman's 75th Anniversary: What Warner Bros. and DC Comics Have in the Works
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New 'Amazing Spider-Man 2′ Pic Gets Up Close and Personal With the Green Goblin
When Willem Dafoe played the Green Goblin back in 2002's 'Spider-Man,' hardcore Spidey fans were none too happy with his costume. The iconic villain is making a return in 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' (and will now be played by 'Chronicle' star Dane DeHaan) and the new design couldn't be more different. Our best look yet at DeHaan in costume and make-up has arrived online, giving us a taste of what to expect from Spider-Man's arch nemesis.


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coolfreshair on 6/28/2014 7:00:00 PM more reviews by coolfreshair
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I generally find Tom Ford scents way too intense. However, a friend decided to test a few today and I joined in.
At first, a strange blast of greens with a hint of smoky wood hit. It was better than some of his other scents but I still wasn't overly enamoured with it. However, after a while it softened and smelled quite flowery. As the day went on it became a dry powdery musk which I honestly wouldn't have thought I would like - but somehow I did.
Although quite strong on it's initial blast it is very much a unique scent and hours after spraying it's still transforming and amazing me with it's variation of notes and levels. For me it starts out as more feminine and transforms into an almost masculine tone but not in an unpleasant way.
It's very expensive, however, and I'm not sure if I love it enough to part with so much cash but putting this aside, it is quite luxurious.
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*TOP REVIEWER* sarahfeeni on 7/21/2013 12:10:00 AM more reviews by sarahfeeni
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My first Tom Ford Perfume. I am generally not a fan of his intense, musky, oriental, peppery scents but for some reason I felt like giving this a sniff and I fell in love. I agree 100% with the description the previous reviewer said. Its not too sweet or too strong, its a very unique floral, balanced very well with the violet leaf and musk.
Sadly, my husband says I smell "like an old lady" when I wear this. :( I know that this is partially due to the fact that he is used to me smelling like pure florals (rose, lily of the valley, jasmine etc...) and that this scent does have a "mature" smell to it. It doesn't smell like something a teenager would wear. It definitely evokes a feeling of a mature, classy woman. Its not a "girly" scent. I am hoping it will grow on him.
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starts out floral and green like fresh flowers. Then the topnotes quiet down a bit and the floral heartnotes come on stronger and the drydown is lovely with warm resinous musky notes. What I love most about this scent is that it is not too sweet or strong.
Top notes are galbanum, violet leaf, magnolia petals and olibanum; middle notes are hyacinth, pink pepper and jasmine; base notes are galbanum, benzoin and musk.
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They've always had a fabulous time working together and Brad Pitt and George Clooney are teaming up for a play about overturning Proposition 8.
The "Ocean's Eleven" costars will star in a production of Dustin Lance Black's "8" on March 3rd, along with Jessie Tyler Ferguson and Jane Lynch.
Clooney will play David Boies, a lawyer who worked hard to overturn the gay marriage ban, while Pitt will take on the role of US District Chief Judge Vaughn R.
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WoW Moviewatch: "Level Up" {WoW}
Feb 5th 2007 10:33PM Ok, i'm an idiot and i REALY regret not taking my time writing the first post.
1-so was supposed to be some
2-yah i feal REALY REALY REALY retarded now cause I thought it said days instead of hours on the play time.
sorry i'm such an idiot T_T
WoW Moviewatch: "Level Up" {WoW}
Feb 5th 2007 8:11PM well that was pathetic, they interviewed so veary bad people who were on the extreams of the subject, also that insanely high number they showed for getting from 1-60 was CRAZY! i'm currently 66 and haven't even played HALF that long.
Forget Warlocks, nerf Imps {WoW}
Feb 2nd 2007 7:31AM This isn't right, as most people said the imp was ment to do a little extra damage and it's true the only place it is usefull is in instances, we locks can't even use them in anything over a 5-man cause one of the mobs usualy has cleave and it's a pain to resummon it.
This was an uncalled for nerf.
Warlocks nerfed; every other class throws a party {WoW}
Jan 9th 2007 10:36AM guys, the dots are how Warlocks ATTACK! we do damage over time, thats the who attack pattern behinde us. all you rogues and mages and all other classes do the damage right up front but we have to dot you up and start praying that you don't get to us cause the minute you do WE DIE.
my point is stop whining about your shortcoming intelligence and start playing better!
Your class sucks in the expansion (a compedium of BC complaints) {WoW}
Jan 7th 2007 1:14PM We Warlocks are NOT overpowered! i mean you have like 12 seconds to kill us and find a preist to heal you before our dots kill you, that plenty of time compared to the rogu who comes up and kills you in 3 seconds flat.
Ask WoW Insider: Best duo for PVP or grinding? {WoW}
Jan 5th 2007 4:16PM for the arena, Pally and Pally
for all other pvp, Pally Pally
(make shure one's speced for healing and the other's for hurting)
Rolling restarts for US realms Friday morning {WoW}
Jan 5th 2007 10:42AM when you ask if they would do something "just for the fun of it" I would like you to direct your attention to the Bear/Fel reaver incident :)
Breakfast Topic: DKP Systems {WoW}
Jan 3rd 2007 10:53AM I am not in a raiding guild since im am still helping my friends get to 60 and am guild master (our guild will eventualy[
Countdown to Burning Crusade: Day 2 {WoW}
Jan 3rd 2007 12:37AM well I guess levitating is better than falling.
Breakfast Topic: Hand of Ragnaros is a druid weapon {WoW}
Dec 28th 2006 2:06PM once my guild starts raiding I have already said (as guild master) that we WILL NEVER use the DKP system. It causes instances like this to happen and also makes the getting of the item a little more personal than simply seeing who needs the item and having them role on it. All this drama on the forums and in the game would never have happened if they weren't using the DKP system and had instead rolled need on the HoR.


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Bleach » Is Bleach coming up on it's final chapter?
@Turambar said:
No. About a year ago or so, the mangaka was recorded saying the story in his head was only half done.
As I mentioned, yes. The second link is about just that. Still, it's not totally impossible he changed his mind, but as I said; I HIGHLY doubt it. It's either the final chapter of an arc, or just a marketing thing. Writing "final chapter" on your book (or in reference to, rather) does imply an ending to something. We'll just have to see what he means by it.
*edit* Well, the final chapter could still mean it goes on for years of course. It's not like it says the upcoming issue is the final one.


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Idabel, OK (KMSS) — The Red River flows throughout much of the Ark-La-Tex, and the Museum of the Red River in Idabel, Oklahoma has spend almost 40 years studying the history of the area, and the people in it.
The museum now houses more than 20,000 Native American artifacts, but started out much smaller. It was started in 1974, because an Idabel family had collected too many artifacts for their house, so they had to decided if they wanted to build a museum or a bigger house.
They chose museum, and since they the museum size has grown exponentially; now including not just artifacts, but creatures too.
Just 12 miles from the museum, an Acrocanthosaurus atokensis, the state dinosaur of Oklahoma, was found. A cast of its skeleton is on display at the museum. While it doesn't fit in with their original theme of Native American history, museum staff couldn't pass it up.
Even with a local dinosaur, the coolest part of the museum is that it's touchable. After looking at the Native American artifacts, kids of all ages can make their own. From totem poles to beading on a loom, there are hours of entertainment in the museum.
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Emacs Needs To Move To GitHub, Says ESR
Re:Insufficient Resources (252 comments)
I see what you did there, but Emacs' codebase is actually quite small by today's standards.
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Re:Insufficient Resources (252 comments)
I see what you did there, but Emacs' codebase is actually quite small by today's standards.
Regarding zombie servers (121 comments)
There are tools to deal with them, and were even recently featured on Slashdot: http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/01/07/1551231/netflix-open-sources-janitor-monkey-aws-cleanup-tool
Re:doesn't go far enough (1388 comments)
I nominate the comment above at the most stupid -as of yet- posted in the year 2013.
I nominate the comment above at the most stupid -as of yet- posted in the year 2019.
Fixed that for you.
Re:In summary (241 comments)
Almost all cellphones today come with a hands-free headset. I actually used it during an interview with Facebook, and had zero problems typing and speaking at the same time, although they didn't hire me either. I don't blame the headset though
Re:Not really impressive review (245 comments)
Also, according to their measurements, the conclusion should be more like "There's almost no point in spending $50 on a sound card, if you care only about playback, not recording."
Re:Should read it faster than writing... (148 comments)
Indeed, if the disk could be also read the same way like MO disks, it would be promising: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magneto-optic_Kerr_effect
Re:Degradation (142 comments)
I suppose the salt only takes part in the manufacturing process, and is removed afterwards.
HPC-Europa (264 comments)
If your friend works in the academia (from the currency mentioned, I assume you are from Europe), she can also try applying for an access to HPC-Europa infrastructure.
Re:Google must be watching... (204 comments)
Considering the bytecode didn't change between Java 6 and 7, they can just watch and get all the Java 7 benefits for free.
Re:Ah, progress... (194 comments)
Indeed. Like the internet. Or space flight. Or cell phones.
Article abstract (271 comments)
Czech govt. already did (188 comments)
And it's been a failure, for a number of reasons:
- it cost a fortune to deploy
- one message costs an equivalent of about 1 USD, which means no one uses it except for communicating with the government
- it relies on a proprietary (although free as beer) rather obscure application for Windows, fortunately a non-profit foundation later developed a cross-platform library for accessing the mailbox
- once you register into the system, any official letter you get is automatically considered delivered, so you cannot deny receiving it, that's why any sane lawyer will discourage from getting such an account ever unless you are obligated to
Obviously, because so much money already burnt, the mailbox system is here to stay.
Re: Don't Assume (464 comments)
Actually, If the cons really worked the guy for two years, that's a pretty impressive feat. Probably on par with three-letter agencies.
Re:Recommended or Mandatory? (302 comments)
Actually, the standard more or less reflects the status quo: 1) Devices which do not have USB data connection do not need to use USB for charging. 2) The phone itself does not need to feature USB-micro, it's enough to bundle an adapter to phone's proprietary connector from USB-micro.
Re:Past His Prime (465 comments)
Reminds me of Arthur Eddington and his search for fine structure constant formula.
Re:Is it just because I'm a nerd (156 comments)
There was also Tegra-based Toshiba AC100 on display, with a lot more nerd-appeal IMHO.
Re:This chip snickers at my 6502... (292 comments)
I'd guess most of the code run on these CPUs will still use the original IBM 360 instruction set from the sixties.
Re:from the team that brought you the Hubble? (82 comments)
Being 4 times farther from Earth than the Moon, JWST won't be serviceable once deployed. Certainly not using the Shuttle.
Re:Not much in the article (92 comments)
More details are here. Looks like it's a tweaked merge-sort.
Re:Comcast Network Engineers will be busy (454 comments)
Once again, America is playing catchup. The Chinese already send all their data through a government proxy.


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The plates are nice. However, I guess I didn't look at the dimensions very closely because the big plates don't fit in the microwave or my cabinets. So it a little bit of an inconvenience.
I was so disappointed with these dishes. They do not stack evenly and chip at a sneeze. VERY, VERY poor product - I probably would have done better spending half this amount for something from Walmart ... uuugh! and I bought 3 sets!
these dishes look exactly as pictured and are an excellent size and weight. if they match your decor you will be very pleased with them and the service provided by overstock. i have bought many different items on overstock and very few have been damaged upon arrival and they stand completely behind their products.
the plates chip at the corners very easily, not durable at all. the dinner plate is too big to fit in most microwaves, and definitely won't work if it rotates
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You can do the work yourself, what with all of the new information banks will have to disclose about all of the garbage they're hiding in them. Or you can trust that the ratings agencies will live up to the spirit of the new rule directing them to do what they say they do, rather than what's good for them. Read more »
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- 15 Aug 2014 at 1:01 PM
Regulators May Finally Get Around To Dealing With The Things That Almost Destroyed The World Economy A Few Years Back
By Jon ShazarWe all know that no one listens to what credit ratings agencies say, and that if you were buying up all of that RMBS eight years ago marveling at what a great deal you were getting on triple-A rated stuff, you had it coming. But wouldn't it be neat if you could put the tiniest bit of stock into a credit rating? Wouldn't it be great if the folks at Fitch and Moody's and S&P actually had to do the things they get paid to do?
The SEC thinks so, too. Although, this being Mary Jo White's SEC, it wouldn't want to be accused of going too far, or far enough, for that matter. Read more »
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Citi Mexico Not Quite As Creditworthy As It Was Four Months Ago
By Jon ShazarEven a ratings agency can see that a $400 million loss, some impending arrests and Mike Corbat's heartache are not good for business. Read more »
There are apparently companies without the resources to buy triple-A credit ratings from the Big Three. A little fourth has arrived to help, but plans to studiously avoid stepping on larger incompetent toes. Read more »
Fact: The Big Three perhaps maybe haven't done the best job rating bonds, sovereign or otherwise.
Fact: Powerful governmental bodies aren't especially happy with some of those ratings, even if they were indisputably right.
Conclusion: Kick'em while they are down. Read more »
What does a AA credit rating mean? The intuitive answer is something like "it means that the rating agency rating the thing thinks it has a probability of default no higher than X% and no lower than Y%," where X and Y are the boundaries of AA- and AA+ respectively, and sure, that's about right. But there's an important loophole there which is that each rating agency can set X and Y to be whatever they want. I can make AA a ~1% probability of default, and you can make it ~20%, and no one can tell us who's right and who's wrong, because it's just some letters, y'know? There's no a priori relationship between those letters and any particular probability of default.
That seems sort of odd, so Congress in the Dodd-Frank Act directed the SEC to look into standardizing the relationship, and the SEC looked into it, and in 2012 they came back to Congress and said no dice. Because basically everyone – ratings agencies but also issuers of and investors in bonds – preferred the current non-standardized system where ratings agencies just rate bonds however they want.1 Read more »
The judge hearing the Justice Department's CDO-rating lawsuit against S&P refused to dismiss it yesterday, rejecting S&P's much-mocked theory that its pre-crisis claims of independence and objectivity and, like, plausible ratings were just "puffery" that no one should have taken seriously. Here is the story, and here is his opinion, and here is a rhetorical question:1
At the hearing on this matter, Defendants repeatedly asserted that no reasonable investor would have relied on S&P's claims of independence and objectivity. Regarding the question of materiality, S&P argued that, since the issuer banks had access to the same information and models that S&P analysts did, they could not have been fooled by faulty credit ratings. This begs the question: if no investor believed in S&P's objectivity, and every bank had access to the same information and models as S&P, is S&P asserting that, as a matter of law, the company's credit ratings service added absolutely zero material value as a predictor of creditworthiness?
Well so I mean do you want an answer? How much value do you think they added?
The S&P case is a pretty weird beast because it's brought under the FIRREA, a law designed to protect federally insured banks, and so the government has to assert that: Read more »
The ideal financial regulatory regime would go like this:
- Regulators would tell market participants not to screw up.
- Market participants would not screw up.
- Peace and harmony would reign throughout the land.
This is ideal not only because of the peace and harmony but also because it omits any work by the regulators. Why choose whether to set capital ratios based on risk-weighted or total assets when you can just tell banks not to lose any money? If they never lose money then it doesn't matter how thinly capitalized they are.
These guys know what I'm talking about: Read more »
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Posted on Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 by Russ Fischer
You might recall, from a year and a half back, that Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wenick were hired to script a film for Disney called Cowboy Ninja Viking. The project was based on the Image Comics work by AJ Lieberman and Riley Rossmo, and features warriors boasting multiple personalities, the better to be prepared to take on a variety of tasks.
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Nicaraguan roosters never need the excuse of a sun to start screaming. A prowler startles one, or maybe it's a pair of headlights or another chicken, but with one loud cluck, that lone rooster sets off a chain reaction of shrieking across Managua. Nicaraguans never seemed to notice; to a local, a crying rooster was like a taxi horn to a New Yorker. You tuned it out or you never slept. Tonight, they started at 3 a.m. This was only his second night in Managua, and Rosemont hadn't learned to ignore them yet. He unwrapped himself from the sleeping priest and slid from bed.
After stepping into sweatpants, he walked around to the main gate leading into the Casa Evangelista courtyard. Enfolded in amniotic darkness, a broad-leafed tree nodding overhead in the night's sultry breeze, he sat by the bookcases in the open-roofed atrium where he could see through the front security gate into the street. Rosemont liked this hostel. He'd been backpacking south from Mexico and this was the fanciest place he'd stayed in since Costa Rica. Meals of gallo pinto (beans and rice), a hard-boiled egg, and a little cheese. Fans in the rooms. Showers with no warm water, but no one wanted it. Travelers from all over the world intersected here, some coming with church groups to offer aid, some to see the volcano south of Managua.
From the atrium, Rosemont could hear the Australian couple having noisy sex in the bathroom. Just that afternoon they'd been arguing bitterly, and just as loudly. He could also hear the group of European students drinking, flirting, and lamely trying to be quiet in one of their rooms. After translating for the hostel's cook, who had a crush on one of the French women, Rosemont had left that party a couple of hours ago.
Mentioned in most of the backpack travel guides, Casa Evangelista was an oasis after the trip that Rosemont had taken down from the Segovia region in northwest Nicaragua on Saturday. In exchange for food and board, he'd been picking coffee in that frontier for weeks. The harvest was over now, it was May, so he followed one of the shipments of beans south to market. Hopping aboard a wide wooden flatbed used for transporting one-hundred-pound bags of green coffee, he left the cloud-rinsed farms of the high Isabel mountains. Unfortunately for him, just before reaching the arid, middle regions of the country, Rosemont lost his hat when standing to hand a bottle of rum to a fellow hitchhiker. The man laughed, watching it spin along the dirt road behind the truck, and saluted it. "Go with God, hat!" Rosemont had laughed too. But when the sun vaulted to midheaven less than an hour later, he was baking like the wet coffee beans drying on wide, concrete patios that they passed along the road—nothing between him and the pounding Nicaraguan sun.
Around noon, as the mountain road stepped down into the deserts outside Matagalpa, his breakfast rum-buzz had worn off and Rosemont realized he was in trouble. He drank all the water in his one water bottle. He traded places to take advantage of what little shade he could get from the flatbed's crossbeam. He draped a T-shirt from his pack over his head, but he was already near heatstroke, dehydrated from rum and sun, and his whole body rumbled in a fevery hallucination of bouncing farm trucks, leafy boughs of coffee growing out of the stuffed burlap bags around him, and his landed-gentry grandparents back in the States scolding him that he'd never secure tenure for himself this way. When the truck stopped in Matagalpa at Cecocafen Coffee cooperative's offices, his fellow traveler had taken pity on him and bought him a couple of bottles of water, offering them with a wry smile, saying, "Vaya con dios, Se–or Sin Sombrero." Go with God, Mr. Hatless.
While Rosemont sat in the back of the truck, drinking water and waiting for the driver, a little boy had approached him with his palm out. From his sickbed of coffee bags, Rosemont looked down into that hand, and in his delirium, it had seemed the boy was holding a broken shellfish, offering it to Rosemont. He looked into the boy's face for an explanation.
"ÀPor favor?" said the boy. Rosemont looked back and realized that the hand had only three fingers.
What we do to kids in this world.
Rosemont nodded at the boy's fingers. "How'd that happen?"
The kid shrugged one shy shoulder. Then he managed, "Angels."
Rosemont hadn't understood, nor was he certain what he'd put into that hand, but it was the last two bills he had in his pocket. "Steer clear of angels, okay?"
The kid took the money, and as Rosemont's truck pulled away from the curb, he baffled Rosemont by saying, "You're the one who should watch out for angels."
The smooth highway to Managua had soon droned the strange warning from Rosemont's mind, and the bottles of water helped drown his thundering headache. By the time he'd reached Managua, well after sundown, the shirt-soaking humidity of the Pacific was almost a relief. With the help of a Finnish cab driver, Rosemont had made his way from the bustling terminal coffee market to the only hostel whose name he knew: Casa Evangelista. He was wary of the religious name—evangelista basically meant Protestant—but the Casa's reputation among travelers was sterling. He was greeted in the maroon-tiled atrium by the hostel's proprietor, who introduced himself as Aurelio, though he was obviously American.
"Budget-trail traveler, caught in the desert without a hat," guessed Aurelio. His blue linen shirt was open at the collar, revealing coarse, white chest hair. He took Rosemont's pack and slid it next to the front desk. "German?"
He got that a lot. Rosemont smiled, feeling dilapidated. "Not too many of us down here, but I'm American."
Aurelio laughed and looked him over again. "To quote the Bard," he said, "you do look all horse-piss." Aurelio took Rosemont's hand in both of his and then led him through the Casa's courtyard, where dark palm fronds bobbed, and to the guest rooms. The room that Aurelio assigned to Rosemont had an engraved door, painted with a rough portrait of bespectacled and goateed Carlos Fonseca. He said, "For you, Fonseca, my favorite room." He smiled affectionately. "We have a Sunday service tomorrow morning with Communion. You're invited but not expected to come."
Hector, the bellman and guard, had arrived a moment later with Rosemont's bags, slid them into the room, turned on the electric fan, and set a big dispenser of water on the dresser, flashing a winning smile as he departed.
"I won't attend," said Rosemont over the loudly oscillating fan, again wondering if he'd made a mistake selecting this hostel. "I'm not feeling very well, and—"
"So sleep in," said Aurelio, smiling and stepping back from Rosemont.
An Australian couple came to stand behind Aurelio, just outside Rosemont's room. They were quarreling over money.
Their dissonance wore on him. The welcome firmness of Aurelio's hand had reminded Rosemont how long it had been—weeks—since he'd even touched another human being. He wished that the couple would find a gentler way to speak, that the man wouldn't go.
"Perhaps I'll check back on you later tonight?" Aurelio said. "See how you're feeling?"
It begins, thought Rosemont. He should have said that wasn't necessary, but he was not himself. "Yes, do that."
As it happened, Aurelio did not come back to check on him, and Managua's roosters had woken Rosemont early that first night. The headache he suffered in the Matagalpa desert was gone, though he'd drifted in and out of a sunburnt sleep, drinking from his water bottle, dreaming of plump red coffee berries and relieved to have the fan aimed at him.
Hours later, hand bells woke him, announcing the church service. Rosemont figured what the hell, and put on his last clean shirt, a blue and brown plaid shirt with yellow stripes.
The Casa was set up like a big oval, with the atrium and gate at the front and the "church" at the back. Really, the church was just twenty chairs set before a makeshift altar. Guests walking from the rooms on the right side of the oval to the dining tables and kitchen on the left kept passing behind the congregation of Nicaraguans and international guests who'd risen early to hear the old Anglican priest.
Much of Aurelio's sermon was lost on Rosemont, who slouched into a folding chair and leaned back against the wall. He didn't understand the passages from Ezekiel, the obscure quotations from modern church fathers. But when Aurelio began talking about Rome, Rosemont leaned forward. "Saints Peter and Paul were executed," Aurelio said, preaching in English for the international crowd, "each according to their class. Paul was a citizen of Rome, and accordingly he was beheaded—a quick and merciful execution. But Simon Peter, a Jewish nobody, met a nobody's end, tortured to death by crucifixion—just like his nobody Jewish rabbi, Jesus, for sedition, conspiracy, and terrorism on the fringes of the empire."
After the service, Rosemont and Aurelio ate lunch together and walked through the dismal neighborhood. Aurelio told him that the Anglican Church was preparing to kick him out for his politics and "other practices."
Rosemont wished the man would take his hand. Do it. Go on. Do it.
They stood facing each other, but Aurelio would not look Rosemont in the eye. Then, as if Rosemont were being taken from him, Aurelio admitted, "I would like to hold your hand." He raised dark eyes to Rosemont. "But in this culture, that's a dangerous line to cross."
They bought a couple of Cokes, drank them standing outside the bodega. Strolling back to the Casa, Rosemont put an arm around Aurelio's shoulders. A block later, he took the older man's hand.
Aurelio went rigid under Rosemont's embrace, though he looked with want and fear at the younger, taller man.
"Don't worry. You're safe." Rosemont justified doing this by telling himself that he needed helpers now. He had little money, the coffee season was over, and he was still sick from the heat and sun. He had already erased a line between the French girl and the cook, pressed them together to create a cozy bed of good, compliant feeling in the Casa. The bickering Australian couple had spent the rest of Saturday evening apparently making up, because they were all whispers and coy laughter now, and the sound was soothing to Rosemont, actually relieved his headache. He hadn't interfered like this, not once, since leaving the United States when he'd promised himself never to do so again. But I need something good. A nest. Something that feels like home, Rosemont told himself. Just till I get better. Before anyone noticed that something was happening, he would move on.
"Trust me," Rosemont had said, smiling down into the priest's eyes. "I'll handle everything."
That night, sitting near the Casa's wrought-iron gate, Rosemont turned the priest over in his mind. The oceanic night air cradled him as he sat, exulting in his body's sated, satiated, and saturated warmth. The peak of gray hair on the old man's chest. The strapping shoulders that seemed to crack at the crucial moment. The salty tang of Aurelio lingered in Rosemont's mouth, and the sermon came like a breeze looking for him through the Casa's barred gate.
On the fringes of empire.
For the first time since leaving America six months ago, Rosemont looked backward at the height from which he'd fallen. Poverty here was not like poverty in the States. No one had money except the impossibly rich, while three-fingered boys begged in the streets. Untethered from a tenure track as an art historian, a respectable neighborhood, and his family, Rosemont had willfully abandoned prosperity and a promising future and had fallen down, down, as if draining from America into Mexico's high plains, Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras, falling in line behind a trail of migrant coffee workers and hidden jungle farms. Now he had finally landed here, in a destitute neighborhood and a radical priest's bed. Rosemont wondered what was beyond this fringe, if anything could possibly be beyond it. Looking back at the height from which he'd fallen he could see, far above him in the north, America, an immense and ridiculous bird, spreading vast wings pinioned with personal computers, telephones, modems, rear-window defrost, CD players, cable TV, talking cars, and jumbo decaf cappuccinos. Ivy-covered brownstones. University scuffles. Reputation and status; betrayal and sabotage. It all seemed so arbitrary from here; Rosemont wanted nothing to do with that bird. He wanted this road. He wanted it to take him farther into the fringes of the empire, and beyond, if he could find a place where someone like him might belong.
A burst of laughter came from the partyers in the French room. Rosemont closed his eyes. Listening to the mood of the hostel was deeply soothing.
"That's it! Forget it! I'm canceling my trip. I want to stay here forever," someone shouted in English.
"Me too," the French girl shouted. "I'm here for good."
"Good!" the Nicaraguan cook was yelling back. "We'll start a new city, here, inside the Casa. Our city won't join wars like Bush's. We'll populate our new city with Nicas and Euros. Where's Rosemont? If I could—"
A crash of metal on metal and another hysterical burst of group laughter.
Rosemont turned in his chair as he heard several pairs of footsteps rapping down the unlit road outside the Casa. A man appeared, pressing himself against the bars of the gate, eyes scanning the atrium and focusing down the hall to the light of the kitchen. "ÁAyudame!" he shouted. "ÁAyudame!" Help me.
House rules said that he couldn't open the gate for a nonguest after midnight—Aurelio's hostel was located in a very rough neighborhood. The man looked frantic as the young guard, Hector, appeared from his office where he had been listening to his shortwave radio. Glancing back the way he had come, the man fell quiet and looked suddenly dead-eyed with fear. Just then, two running men appeared, and each shoved him hard against the gate as they passed again out of sight, down the street. It was almost as if they were playing a game of late-night tag, and the man was safe, touching these iron bars.
Hector watched them go and stared at the man, waiting for an explanation or a departure, perhaps.
Still clinging to the gate, the man wore a nice dress shirt beneath a suit jacket, a fashion one didn't usually see in Managua's tropical bake. Both jacket and shirt were filthy. "I'm in trouble," he whispered in Spanish to Hector.
"I'm sorry. I am not allowed to open this gate," said Hector. "Gangs in this neighborhood make it unsafe here."
"It's not your gangs I'm worried about. Say, can you give me some food?"
"No, sir. You have to come back in the morning."
"I'm just going to stay here for a moment," the man said, leaning against the wrought-iron bars.
"You can stay there as long as you like," said Hector. He turned and noticed Rosemont sitting in the shadows. He beamed and tipped his baseball cap. "I didn't see you there, Se–or Rosemont. Good evening!"
Rosemont smiled sleepily at Hector, unsure if he was breaking house rules by sitting in the atrium this late. He made to get up, saying, "I'm sorry. I just needed to get out of bed for a bit. This heat—"
Hector shook his head frantically side to side. "Stay out here as long as you like." He smiled again, then gave the man at the gate one last scrutinizing look before walking back to the office and his blaring shortwave radio.
At the gate, the man watched Hector disappear, and from down the hall and the bathrooms came sounds of the Australians orgasming operatically. He sat listening for a moment, as if to music, then his eyes drifted over to Rosemont in the shadows. "I have a message for you."
Rosemont pressed back slightly in his chair, surprised by both the man's words and his use of English. "What did you say?"
"He called you 'Rosemont'?" said the man. "You're Jeremiah Rosemont?"
Sitting perfectly still, his body nonetheless broke a sweat. Rosemont laughed a small syllable of disbelief. "Yes, that's me."
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Rated 4 out of 5 by OzFamilyof7 Sheraton Hotel mostly enjoyable
Our stay at the Sheraton was mostly enjoyable but we found that staff weren't on the same page with advice and instructions.
Several times we were given conflicting information by different staff and it was a little annoying especially when it cost us more than what was anticipated.But overall the majority of staff were great especially Gerrom (activities) and Sharon (pool staff). As far as being in the heart of town it was great location. Because we had young children with us it was great location for the beach.
July 7, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by DavidAL Excellent family stay
My family and I recently stayed 5 nights here, and had an excellent family vacation. We utilized the valet parking, which was fast and efficient, and the SPG Gold/Platinum checkin line was empty, so we were checked in immediately. All the hotel amenities were explained to us, and we were off to our room, which was excellent with 2 balconies. The lounge here is excellent and worth every penny just for the view. The staff for breakfast and evening hors d'oevres was friendly and professional. We spent probably 2 hours/day in the lounge just enjoying the views. The pools here are very nice, with 1 family pool, and 1 adults only pool. Off the right corner of the adults only pool, where the beach meets the retaining wall, every afternoon around 3-4PM there would be 5 or more turtles swimming around that you could swim with also. Be careful though, the water can be a little rough right there. Overall, this was an excellent stay provided by an excellent staff and we look forward to staying here again soon.
September 30, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Travelalot33 Nice hotel that was Plat-Friendly
We have found the Sheraton Waikiki to be "Plat Friendly" and has what we consider to be the best Club Lounge in the United States. Club Lounge had great views and food was good in evenings. Recommend the breakfast buffet for the mornings. My Platinum status was recognized throughout the hotel and was appreciated by the hotel staff. Lobby area is busy and the main pools can be busy with families, but from our perspective an OK tradeoff for the Plat benefits, the service, the Club Lounge, and the views from the ocean front rooms.
November 11, 2012
Rated 3 out of 5 by Sanclementegriff A bit disappointed
The hotel grounds a beautiful if a bit small for the size of the hotel. We had a so-so experience on our stay. Regrettably it sometimes just takes on experience to make a bad impression. In our case this was the case. Although we had many goos( but not great) experiences it will be one glaring bad experience that we will remember and evidently this is a standard procedure since it happened many days. Towel service at the pool does not open until 8:00 AM SHARP. My husband as well as several other guests were waiting for pool towels before 8 and the pool attendants who were standing at the desk ready to work waited until exactly 8:00 AM to serve the guests! Deplorable customer service! Especially since for a majority of this hotels guests due to the mainland time difference, had been awake since 5:00AM! While at rhe pool only SPG Platinum recieved any service- even when heavy rain necessitated putting up the tall pool umbrellas. I saw old gentlemen fighting with the umbrellas while the pool boys were AWOL. A flagrant example of bad service. I will say our housekeeper was wonderful but that' s not what I will remember. It will be the don't care attitude of the pool service and pool policies!0
October 9, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by DakotasMom Excellent.
The hotel location is perfect. The infinity pool was the best ever. Of course, being in Hawaii, there is not much to complain about. However, the absolutely best feature of this hotel is its staff. The staff was always helpful, pleasant, and polite. They went out of their way to accommodate anything that I needed. The only awkward aspect of the hotel is the lack of dresser drawers. Although I understand the lack thereof makes the room appear larger, the room did have an "ottoman" that could have had drawers underneath for use.
July 1, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by AGSO A hotel that caters for tour groups and young familie
Well located facility right on the water. Outlook from room was great. The room itself was a little tired and having a bar fridge next to the bed is somewhat noisy. Bathroom is adaquet but tired and dirty. Bed linen worn. Room servicing well below par, beds not made on several occasions, there was one exception to this which I reported. Response from guest service was good. Lift areas not air conditioned on our floor. Room was generally noisy with children playing in corridors and lack of noise insulation between rooms and floors. Overall I found it to be a hotel without any personality and lacks customer service.
Alright for a night or two but no more. As mentioned before pitched to tour groups.
Beach attendants Kendall and Nath should be complimented on their customer service.
July 12, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by Oct14 A tired beauty
Hotel is in a great location but needs renovation.
October 10, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Akb71 Great location
Location of registration desk was not as visible or marked as we are used to seeing. Shops were the first we saw and had to keep walking to locate the registration desk. However, the room, staff and our stay were great!
October 3, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by 84Ryan Wonderful staff
Just spent 7 days at the Sheraton Waikiki. I must admit, despite traveling to Honolulu as well as the outer islands frequently, I have never had the opportunity to stay in Waikiki. It is certainly a busy resort, but the staff were wonderful and the food/drink was excellent. While the view from my suite was unbelievable, the most spectacular views are seen from the Leahi Lounge on the 30th floor. I could just sit there for hours looking both East and West at Honolulu, Diamond Head and the ocean. I had a really fun time.
May 16, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Hawaiilove2012 Infinity Pool and more!
We enjoyed our time floating in the infinity pool- the best view and place to relax at the hotel.
I would like to give recognition to the sous chef (unfortunately, I can't recall his name).
We went on a fishing trip and caught a nice mahi mahi. Guy at the concierge desk was helpful at contacting the restaurant managers and between them and my husband they coordinated bringing the fish to the restaurant. The sous chef came to our table (at the Rum Fire) and talked with us about how we would like it prepared. He was very gracious and created a wonderful family style meal for us. The mahi was the best we have ever had but the experience was personal and memorable. We had my mom and grandmother with us (she is 83) and she said it was the best night of the vacation.
September 30, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by Petr Great location and views from topleveled ocean rooms
It was my 2nd time in Honolulu and I like this hotel more than neighboring SW hotel Sheraton Moana Surfrider. There is more posibilities what to do, a bit better location at main streat and better ocean / Diamondhead view (30th floor). Very cool is posibility of watching turtless (afternoon hours) directly in front of hotel.
I don´t like opening hours of bars and restaurants, it closes so early and for people with european lifestyle is very hard to catch opening hours of all major restaurant especialy for dinner, it opens about 5PM and close about 9PM:-( I can't stand neverending checking of ID in every bar, restaurant and shops (including senior aged people)!
Also like in every US hotel or restaurant the cleanness is poor and not accordant to Sheraton level.
December 17, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by BkNeko Excellent Hotel for Vacations
I stayed in the hotel from the 4- 9. The staff at the front desk, concierge, the restaurant staff and the pool staff were very friendly and helpful in whatever question we had. The room was an excellent size. At the pool was a bit noisy because kids are running everywhere having fun while at the infinite pool it was the right spot for adults to relax and to have a drink while watching the sun set.
September 11, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Beaverbrook Pool Crashers
My family and I have stayed at this hotel several times. But the single biggest problem that existed a few years ago still exists and that's the access to the pools. The staff does a horrible job of removing people from the pool that are not guests. I ran into so many people that were staying at other hotels but were using the Sheraton pools. And that makes me angry because I'm paying a hotel resort charge and yet others are using it for free! This has to stop. It cannot be that difficult to control if the staff has a list of guests and their room numbers. If they fix this problem the hotel gets a 5 out of 5. But honestly as a guest, it is very frustrating when you are trying to get a seat by the pool and find out that half the people there don't stay at the hotel!
April 27, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by Mini30 The staff make it
This hotel needs to be seriously updated. The rooms are old and tired...like something out of the 70s. The pool isnt big enough, and its not a pleasant experience to spend an afternoon there. On the other hand the staff were amazing, especially Alex who does the graveyard shift. he went out of his way to make us feel welcome. Some other good points are the Edge bar...the food is good here and cocktails are yummy. The location of the hotel is perfect too. I would only stay here again if they did a complete renovations.
May 13, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Danielle23 Fabulous Hotel in Paradise
This was my first time in Hawaii and I had a wonderful time especially because of the hotel I got to call my home for the week. The hotel and its surroundings were absolutely gorgeous. To boost the wonderful ambiance that was found everywhere, the staff was excellent and very helpful. After touring other hotels around the same area, I still would choose the Sheraton and would stay at it again in a heartbeat ! Nothing beats sipping on a frozen drink while floating in the infinity pool over looking the ocean at sunset !
March 28, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by LINAdubai nice home to us to be
we are family of 4 ,coming from far way ,dubai , i have to say this is our 3ed stay here ,we love it and consider it home for us in the summer holiday juli or august ,wonderful property ,wonderful suite we love it 3028,,
the people at the culb are really very helpful and friendly ,,jenny helped us a lot wonderful manager knows how to please the guest ,,
we would love to come back in dec,but it is fully booked ,unfortunately.. but we will come beck next summer ...
August 15, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by honeymooner712 great view
we had a room on the wing that faced diamond head, it was spectacular. waking up to that view was great, it made me not want to leave the hotel.... but the beach and pools were soo great and close that i had to ! very cool hotel to hang out at.
September 28, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by mimi222 disappointing to say the least
Stayed at Sheraton over 12 years ago and couldn't wait to return. Booked 3 rooms for 2/3 days in Nov. Ocean room very generic is decor. Black fluff found on bed sheets. When asked to have sheets changed, maid quite rude. Hotel reeked fo cigarette smell. Sheraton even booked one of our rooms that allows smoking. Had to be change because person meant to stay in that room suffers with asthma. Met with a cold reception at desk when trying to change room
Sad that Sheraton has deteriorated so much. Needs major renovation.
January 12, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Christie Some rooms out-dated, but good service
The arrival to the hotel was the worst part of the trip. I made a reservation a year in advance for a 2 double bed room. Upon arrival they did not have one available. They offered me a triple bed room that was extremely out-dated and Sheraton should be embarassed about the state of this room. I asked for a better room and they offered me a 1 king room which was unacceptable. After waiting for 2 hours for a solution I asked to speak to the hotel manager. Only then was I offered a 2 double bed room that fitted our original booking needs. After an 11 hour flight, no one should have to wait 2 hours to get a hotel room that was booked a year in advance. However, after a solution was found the service provided by the hotel for the remainder of the vacation was terrific!
April 3, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by IS200 Thank you for a pleasant stay !
Everything are beyond our expecations.
Room, food, staff, everything is so nice.
We were supprised your hospitality.
Especialy welcoming room set-up.
We expressed our sincere gratitude.
Thank you for provideing a fabulous room.
We were quite comfortable during our stay without any truobles.
We were so honor to stay your hotel.
That is what the prestige hotel.
We definitely come back to stay your hotel.
September 4, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by JABEAUX OK, but loading dock trucks rumble and beep all night
Stay was OK. Big problem is that you have deliveries all night where the trucks have to reverse into the loading dock. They have their loud beepers on and it carries all the way up to the 20th floor. At one point in the middle of the night I counted four of these loud beeps going at the same time. Did not have a good night sleep on any of the nights. This situation also bothers adjacent hotels (I saw another disrupted sleeper on another balcony one night when I was out to observe all the noise).
June 30, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Riste23 Hotel was in a grat location
The room was ok, the pool was excellent and the location was great. The service was very good
October 4, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by DannoR Great Hotel on an iconic beach
Hotel is a grand classic in the midst of Waikiki Beach and in the center of the shopping district. The Staff, from Bellmen, to Front Desk, to Housekeeping helped to make our short stay a pleasant one. The main floor lobby is a mix of shops and restaurants and a bank of many high speed elevators to serve the 30+ floors. One is certainly not bored in the midst of constant activity. Rooms& Lanais are spacious & bedding is comfortable. The room decor could use a little update as could the smallish lcd tv screens.
December 15, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by Blesdib AWKWARD!!
Upon entering our oceanfront room we encountered two naked people, my husband and I backed out of the room very quickly! This gave our trip a start that we will not soon be able to get out of our minds. The manager was sorry it happened (yea, us too!) but did very little to compensate us for our AWFUL experience. She kept saying just let me know what I can do, GIVE ME A BREAK!! If you don't know how to right this situation YOU SHOULD NOT BE MANAGING A HOTEL!!!
We will never stay in a Sheraton again!!! ALOHA!!
December 21, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by Kalani54 Aloha!...alive and well at Sheraton Waikiki
Having lived in Hawai'i for 78 years, it is so
heartwarming to encounter the Aloha spirit
"full on"! A recent one night stay to celebrate
at a Hawai'i Ballroom banquet made me so proud of hotel staff, from check-in to check out. The Aloha spirit indeed lives on at the Sheraton Waikiki Resort.
September 21, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by kathyz Beautiful views, great location
Can't beat the location for Waikiki and the ocean views, common areas are well maintained but our sleeping room was tired, small and sparse. Paid for a king room with ocean view, got a room with double beds because no kings were available. My husband is 6'4" so sleeping was difficult. Staff were wonderful except pool bar attendants D and B. They appeared to be the only 2 on duty for our 3 days, so were very busy and did not appear happy about it. Could do much better with their tips if they would only smile!
January 22, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by RedRocket beds need soft pillowtop
We notice that a lot of other hotels we stay at make it more comfortable for beds-my wife and I both got sore backs-too firm-and we don't have back issues nor overweight-minor thing-just a reco for future. Also 1 sand castle would be sufficient-we prefer the traditional xmas trees-and I know in SF the Chinese and Japanese are some of the biggest Xmas decorators. We always enjoyed the entertainment in the lobby and at pool-traditional Hawaiian. We really enjoyed our stay-thanks!-just positive recommendations
January 6, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Joey8409 Central to Everything!
I was originally booked in Ko Olina for a week but ended up checking out early to stay here. Ko Olina was great but too quiet after being there several days.
We booked here and found this place to be even better! The place was lively and we were able to walk to all the places we wanted to. We had dinner at the restaurant below and found the food to be fresh and tasty. There are two pools in case you have a family which was very nice and the staff was always attentive.
July 25, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by WILNYC the perfect location to stay in waikiki
i love the friendliness of the staff here at the sheraton waikiki. this was my fifth stay in 2 yrs. and i absolutely recommend this hotel. talk about centrally located..you couldn't ask for a better spot by the beach!..from the infinity pool (the best in waikiki bar none) & drinks at Rumfire for the sunset! it doesn't get any better than that!!..thanx again to Alicia, Ashley, Geraldine, Login, Brett, Jeff & the rest of the staff that makes my stay memorable every time! see you all next year for sure!
October 21, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by travelpro65 Riding on Reputation
The Sheraton has a great location...no doubt, but the hotel has seen better days. The hallway wallpaper outside rooms 440,441 was peeling. The shower curtain was very musty and the pipes were very noisy when the shower ran. The check in and check out process is so poorly staffed it is painful. Forty min to check in or out. Sheraton has a system that pulls people from the Starwood Preferred line and if you are a customer in the regular line, you are in purgatory. No guarantee when you may get processed if Starwood customers keep joining their line. All of the tourists who are non-English speaking also slow the process immensely. The lobby and stores are shiny, but the rooms have seen better days. Rooms above the bar area to at least six floors up are VERY noisy until well after midnight.
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So here's Christmas morning, my wife opens her case of tasty mead, and was absolutely blown away. Best present ever, 9 months in the making :-)
Pendergrast Family Wines: Bottling in memory of Thomas and Glennadene Miller Primary: Spiced Apfelwein, Banana, Habanero Mead, Mango Wine, White grape-Raspberry Secondary: Apfelwein, Choco-cherry Mead, Plum Mead, Blueberry-Vanilla Mead, Mixed berry wine+mead, Cherry Wine Bottled: Too many to list!
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Nice inspiration I'm going to attempt to brew a Belgian wit using these !
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I don't receive my icons...
I purchased my rp 3 days before the deadline and I didnt receive any of the icons
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I still don't have my tier 5 icon? I've met the requirements and all. Is there a delay that I don't know of?
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I bought more RP on the 11th and didn't receive my icon
I bought the rest of mine to get the 5th icon and still haven't received the 5th icon.