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Rated 4 out of 5 by MisterRealityCheck Far From the Madding Crowd You won't be blown away by the spartan lobby -- you may not even realize you're there other than for the check in process -- but count that as one more reason to book your NYC stay at the Westin Grand Central. Zip straight to the elevators and on to the comfort of your spacious and well appointed room, and enjoy the relaxing and restful vibe so characteristic of the Starwood brand. We arrived in NYC on SantaCon "parade" day, and couldn't have been happier our hotel was "far from the madding crowd" and away from the noise of Times Square, where ordinary citizens were outnumbered at least ten to one by all manner of Mr. and Mrs. Claus and Elves. (Lesson Learned: At all costs avoid NYC on this day, or come dressed in red pajamas, and wearing a pointy red cap...) In any event, you can grab a cab to anywhere you want to go, returning with the blissful knowledge that you won't have to fight the throngs of tourists (and Santas) when you come crawling back to your heavenly bed. Also, not to shortchange the property when it comes to the human element, the service was top notch, professional and friendly. Our check in was a breeze, and although we were a bit late checking out (blame the horrible traffic and lousy cab driver), they were kind enough to allow it without any additional charges, one of the perks of Starwood loyalty recognition. December 19, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by LarryPlatinum Don't stay here if you are Elite Member Where do i begin? Rude @ check in. Gave me key to an OCCUPIED ROOM! Had to go back down & get reassigned. I'm Platinum but they argued w/me about giving me an extra bottle of water for my room! Cleaned room even though I had do not disturb on door. When they did "clean" it they didn't vacuum obvious crumbs all over the floor. No robe (empty hangar with note referencing the robe) & no plastic laundry bag in room even though there was supposed to be one. Room service order was wrong. Don't even give Platinum member a complementary cup of coffee let alone breakfast. Don't stay here if you are an elite member. They do not appreciate you. December 19, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by FrequentTraveler17 Front of the house staff needs better coordination The hotel is perfectly situated near Grand Central station and the many wonderful shopping and dining places in Midtown. Sandy from concierge gave us a really good recommendation for a sushi place - we loved Tsushimi. Room service was prompt and the charcuterie appeased my snacking need while we lazed around on a Sunday afternoon. If I can suggest one thing, it would be to have the front of the house staff work together a little more. In my situation, I left my phone in an Uber car and was able to get the driver to drop my phone off at the hotel with the front desk. I spoke with the concierge on duty - Eve, and the front desk folks that the driver would be dropping off my phone and left an envelope for the driver as a thank you. What then occurred feels like a comedy of errors. The driver left the phone with security within a couple of hours of dropping me off and unfortunately security never told anyone. We spent the night trying to call my phone and calling the driver. We finally got a hold of the driver the following day and he told us that he had already left the phone with security the previous night. We called Service Express and they tracked my phone down and had Security deliver it to my room. Then concierge called to follow-up on my request asking if I'd heard back from the driver and if my phone was already dropped off. I then explained that Security already dropped my phone off, etc. Everything felt disjointed. December 9, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by Staycation Nice hotel, but non-responsive For a member that brags on the SPG collection and to have a large amount held for incidentals on a stay where I used Star Points for a night, is unheard of. I have not been contacted or compensated for the inconvenience of the Hotels mistake and I have not gotten a response back from the General Manager, Colleen Senters, after leaving a voicemail message with her concerning this issue a couple of days ago. Clearly they are showing me that my loyalty to them is not very important. Very disappointed in this hotels response to their error! December 4, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by BornInNYC Westin Grand Central The hotel is about a block from Grand Central. The property is modern, rooms are spacious for NYC. I loved the dual detachable and rain shower head. The fitness facilities open 24 hrs/day was clean with modern equipment. Pei at the front desk/check in area was especially helpful, welcoming, and courteous. December 3, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by mumezu0317 Need to improve quality of service *No one pick up a phone for services (message only) *Even when picked up by operator is not friendly *Everyone too busy to fulfill guest's satisfaction *Restaurant service extremely poor. *I was awarded free breakfast as a platinum member but no waiter explained properly how I can use it (Showed up early at 6 am) *Under this situation waiter was treating me like as an idiot and was not a good experience. *Waiter & Waitress was holding their hands and flirting with each other. *Totally unacceptable December 1, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Annie19 Over the Top Service I mistakenly booked the prior week. so there was no reservation. ARGGH! The check-in staff (Alex and her co-worker) were amazingly kind and friendly and helpful. They were able to get us a top floor with an amazing view. These two people did an awful lot to neutralize a tense situation. They explained what we needed to do to get a room, in a way that put our personal interests first, and they were funny and professional too. November 30, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by tdb2014 I do not recommend this hotel I've stayed here twice now - the first time I stayed here, housekeeping left my door open - serious security issue! The hotel did deal with it, but I did not feel comfortable staying here for the rest of my stay. I just ensured that housekeeping not enter my room for the rest of the stay. Note that the hotel was under construction during this time, so I decided to give them another try for my next stay. The next time I stayed here, I was over-charged and the hotel (also spoke with the billing department) would not refund me the difference. I am a Platinum customer, and have never disputed a charge before. I was not treated as I should have been. I would not stay here again and will not recommend this hotel to any of my friends. November 29, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by JT89 The worst hotel I have ever stayed in NYC I am a business traveler who visit NYC 3-4 times a year. This was my first time stay at Westin Grand Central last week for a conference. I would say this hotel is a mess. First of all, the reception staff checked me in as someone else. She didn't even ask for my ID/visa. After I got back I found that I got charged one night penalty because the system thinks I've never checked in this hotel. Secondly, overall attitude of the staff was terrible. The staff at concierge were not willing to help at all. They were mean to everyone coming for their help. I have never got greeted by any staff in this hotel except room cleaning lady and doorman. Not even the hotel manager I met when I walked out of the gym (it's near the management office). The room wasn't clean - there was used tissue paper under the desk and in the toilet when I checked in the room. I made a complain and got no apology from anyone. The cleaning lady and her supervisor were just trying defending themselves. I have told what I feel about this hotel to the conference organizer and they feel the same way as I do. There must be something wrong with this hotel. November 23, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by Needacab Poor Customer Service Reflects Poorly on the whole Hotel I've been trying to get someone to call me back for an online error and after 4 calls I've had zero call backs. The national customer service was empathetic but said the error would need to be resolved by the hotel. No response towards a Platinum member who travels to NYC twice a month. November 21, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by SDELSOL Disappointing stay at The Westin Grand Central We have stayed in the hotel before and had a very good experience. This time was the complete opposite. We had 2 rooms on the 14th floor. There was construction on the floor that began at 6am on Saturday morning. When I called to complain the front desk did not believe what I was telling them! One of our rooms was half cleaned one day, (only one bed changed and no towels or toiletries' replaced) on the second day we returned from all day in the city to find the whole floors laundry piled up outside our room and the room had not been cleaned. When we called to complain the front desk had a terrible attitude and the laundry remained outside our room for several hours afterwards. Even the doormen were rude and unhelpful, one of the men in question was so rude to my daughter and I, that I simply could not believe he worked at the hotel. The service in the bar was very slow on both nights. All in all, it seemed as if there was no one of authority at the hotel during our stay. We asked to speak to the Manager prior to check out and he/she was not available. November 17, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by Joey234 Not so great Bed was awesome so had a very restful sleep and room was very nice. Lots of little things weren't so great. Never was recognized for being a SPG gold member until the end of checkout and then she said I would get free internet or 1,000 points. I chose Internet. Not enough towels in room, lights over the bed were burned out, empty box left on table, big wad of paper on floor, no soap in shower, horrific water pressure, and then when I got out of the shower with wet hair I couldn't find a hair dryer. Called down and they said it should be under the sink, but I told them it wasn't there. By the time they brought it up I found it in the closet. Then at checkout I was charged for Internet. No help in getting a cab the night we went to dinner and theatre. November 16, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Daniel257 Hotel was just right !!! Hotel was clean, comfortable and staff was polite and helpful. November 12, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by JGNY Good experience I booked with Starwood points, and was given a "quiet room" on the 25th floor. It was excellent -- since it wasn't facing 42nd street, it was indeed quiet (at least after rush hour ended). Excellent bed. Great shower -- simultaneous overhead stream and handheld wand. I got a great night's sleep and had a very nice stay. November 9, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Mybro Great location and well appointed Easy checkin and out experience. Helpful concierge.Good sized rooms for NYC. Updated bathroom October 30, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by Emonallica Not Great I had 2 rooms booked for a weekend. In one of the rooms, the bathroom was not cleaned properly. There were hairs on the bathtub from the previous guest. The shower curtain liner had mold and mildew stains at the bottom, which should have been replaced long back. The lady who checked us in was not very friendly and helpful. I told her that I would like to get the 250 (each) bonus points as the Welcome Gift for being a Gold Member for both of the rooms, she gave me the bonus points for one room. I have chatted online with SPG customer service and called them as well with no results. Both promised to give me the 250 bonus points which I still have not received. I did not have to go through this if the receptionist had done her job properly. I have been to better Westins and this one is below average at best. October 29, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by BigJR Mr Rogers Excellent care by all your staff, a very thought group of professional October 28, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Sharon0907 Business Travel The staff at The Westin Grand Central is truly one of the finest I run across time after time. I cannot recall the name of the woman at the registration desk who checked me in; however, she has the best personality. The only negative is the staff in the coffee shop who seem put out when they have to work but there are plenty of other coffee shops in the area. October 24, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by AL13 Worst Experience Experienced billing errors at Check out. We were overcharged by almost $250 for our stay. AND the front desk was rude and was NOT willing to resolve the billing errors at check-out. Very unprofessional and unacceptable service from Westin. I had made numerous calls to the hotel as well as SPG since we left New York City. I am still waiting for a response from Westin regarding the billing errors! October 20, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by latearriver Nearly as good a usual I have used this hotel for business and occasionally leisure for some years. it is not a spectacular building but the location is excellent, the rooms comfortable (though beware emergency services on 42nd) and the hotel is usually very efficient. Mostly, that applied this time. However, they had the wrong terms in the system on check in (wifi was supposed to be in the group rate we had), and on two of the four occasions we used the dining facilities, service was very slow. Buck up! October 18, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by YJCH On Duty Manager ignored complain email and room near lifts are noisy Stayed in a room beside the lift where you can hear the bell ringing whole night. When on duty manager was notified, Timothy in on duty manager just offered to provide earplugs which would just mean i could potentially miss my meetings if I can't hear alarm. On top of that he did not reply to the complaint email asking for supervisor's contact info. October 15, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by rrb2008 Disappointing I've been an SPG Platinum member for several years now and have stayed at this property about 15 times over the past 3 years since it was rebranded as a Westin. I had trouble with the in-room wi-fi on my last visit and tried to call "Service Express" by pressing the button on the phone. For 1.5 hours, I got nothing but a busy signal. Also found hair in the bathtub and the hair dryer filter was full of lint and had someone else's long hair sticking out. Not what i expect from this property and will choose other options in the future. October 7, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII disappointed The only reason I said I would recommend this hotel is that we have stayed several previous times and had no issues so this stay, while disappointing is not an end point for me. October 3, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by rbsimons Soluzione ideale per NY It's the third time I went in Westin Grand Central, this time with my familty for summer holidays (August 2014). According to me this hotel represents one of the best solutions in Manhattan in terms of price / quality. Staff caring for you. Strategic location, modern and large rooms (very quiet), high attention to cleanliness. Price more than correct for such a high level hotel in the upper part of Manhattan October 3, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by SandyWeekendVisit Great location great beds! We stayed for two nights at this hotel and the location is very convenient to Grand Central. Staff is very pleasant and attentive (but not overly so). I spoke with two different concierges, and they were both very helpful in identifying restaurants that were appropriate for my requests. The beds were very comfortable too! September 29, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by MikeG11 Front desk was most excellent Front desk was so caring and supportive. Made my stay stress free. Thank you. September 23, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by ngee a few initial glitches I've stayed at this Westin previously and have also found the staff friendly, rooms spacious and clean. I also like the convenience of the location, close to main attractions, but away from the crowds of Times Sq area. On this particular stay when I entered my room there was a random piece of clothing left on the bed. At first I thought it was occupied, but looking around there was no other indication this was the case, so figured that housekeeping just left by accident. After I unpacked, I saw a piece of parsley by the bureau, so whoever cleaned this room definitely did not do a careful or thorough job. Then I discovered my room safe was broken & had to call & report. Between security and maintenance coming multiple times to check/fix it was over an hour I had to wait and finally left them in the room still trying to figure out the problem, which also meant I had to take my valuables with me. Then I find out safes in the lobby are not large enough to accommodate my laptop. At this point, I figure it would be easier to just switch to a room with a working safe. Molly (not sure if she is reception staff or concierge) was very helpful and was nice enough to upgrade me and have some SPG points put back into my account. Despite the initial negative issues with my original room, I felt that the staff when informed, addressed them quickly and to my satisfaction. One thing the hotel lacks is a lobby area with seating. September 21, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by bj827 Great hotel This hotel is conveniently located. The rooms are spacious for NYC and the desk staff is very polite and efficient September 14, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by annoying1 outstanding customer service Alexandra Burnett was so wonderful to work with. She was helpful, great listener & so pleasant. September 13, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Theboys Staff rep All the staff and management are great and made us be part of the family especially Lilly!!!! September 12, 2014


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The Guru Looked Good: An Impious Memoir
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The Guru Looked Good tells the real-life story of a young woman leaving her Manhattan life and lover to join an internationally known yoga movement headed by a glamorous female guru -- the same organization and guru featured in the bestseller, Eat, Pray, Love.
Like a fast-paced novel, The Guru Looked Good follows its narrator as she moves up the hierarchy of this international yoga movement to become secretary to Gurumayi – a woman revered as God by hundreds of thousands of people around the globe. Against a lush background of marble fountains, chandeliers, carpeted meditation halls and landscaped gardens from New York to India, we get an inside look at a cult-like world.
Set within a culture where it is impossible to speak – or even think – one's mind for fear of being disloyal, The Guru Looked Good is the story of a person unable to give up forever what she wants and who she is.
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The Guru Looked Good was the best read of the winter. Marta Szabo writes with a searing insight into what would make someone give up their choice to think freely. This is the book people pretend Eat, Pray, Love is, but The Guru Looked Good is the real deal.
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Marta Szabo's deeply insightful writing shares the gifts and trappings of guru culture with such careful and compelling detail that we recognize ourselves at every turn… Her journey is a page- turning triumph of discipline, self-exploration, and following the calling of her own creative heart.
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GP closing Hawthorne plywood mill, eliminating 400 jobs
Published: Friday, September 9, 2011 at 5:04 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, September 9, 2011 at 5:04 p.m.
Georgia-Pacific has announced it plans to shut down its Hawthorne plywood mill in November, a decision that will eliminate about 400 jobs.
Weak demand in the housing and remodeling markets has made the mill unprofitable for several years, said spokeswoman Trish Bowles, of GP in Palatka.
GP made the announcement at 3 p.m. Friday before sending employees home. They will return to work Monday and work through Nov. 7 or until they are released by their supervisors, Bowles said.
The mill could reopen if market conditions improve, she said. The mill previously closed for two weeks in 2009 as a result of weak demand.
GP closed a sawmill in Cross City in late 2007, eliminating about 100 jobs, also citing weak housing demand. It remains closed.
The Hawthorne employees are welcome to bid on other jobs within GP, Bowles said. Salaried employees will be laid off, while hourly employees will negotiate their benefits with their union.
The Atlanta-based company has 300 mills throughout North and South America and Europe, including a pulp and paper mill and a chip mill in Palatka, a flooring and construction board mill in Hosford near Tallahassee, and 20 facilities in Georgia.
The Hawthorne mill opened in 1982 south of State Road 20 in Putnam County just over the Alachua County line.
Hawthorne Mayor Matthew Surrency said the closure of the largest employer in the area will have a big impact on the eastern Alachua County town.
"A lot of the locals have been employed there," he said. "They've also been big supporters of our schools, donating goods to our elementary school this year.
"We're hoping there's maybe some reconsideration and anything the area can do to help keep them around, and hopefully better times will present better opportunities for them and the locals here."
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Looking back on March 1, from the archives of The Dalles Chronicle, and History Mystery results.
St. Paul's Chapel featured Saturday
St. Paul's Chapel is the topic for the last of this year's Regional History Forum programs at the Original Wasco County Courthouse. Rodger Nichols will present photos and stories that he and Julie Reynolds have prepared about the historic church. The program begins at 1:30 p.m. at the 1859 Original Courthouse, 410 W. 2nd Place, The Dalles.
Mystery Gadget
Mystery gadget The search for a photo to match the "Mystery Gadget" found in an old junk pile by Raleigh Dillon-Underhill of Dufur and published in the Chronicle on Feb. 11 remains elusive. The explanation that seems to best fit the circular metal band, with several arrow-shaped points of different sizes pointing in one direction, was offered by Russ Wilcox of The Dalles. He said the device was likely part of a tool to make wagon wheel hubs around the turn of the century. We have been unable to find a picture that would confirm that assessment. Glen Davidson of The Dalles guessed that the metal ring was attached to a wooden handle and used as a hand-operated drill. We have attempted to verify that use of the ring without success. Other residents suggested the metal piece was part of a Christmas tree stand and a whale harpoon. Anyone with information about this mystery is asked to call RaeLynn Ricarte at 541-506-4604 or email email@example.com.
Mount Adams subject of Saturday history forum
"Time and Change on Mount Adams" is the title of the Regional History Forum presentation Saturday, Feb. 21, at the Original Wasco County Courthouse. The program begins at 1:30 p.m. in the historic courthouse, 410 W. 2nd Place, The Dalles.
Looking back on Feb. 15
Looking back on Feb. 15, from the archives of The Dalles Chronicle.
Looking back, History Mystery, Feb. 8
Looking back, History Mystery, Feb. 8, 2015
Astoria boiler may be designated historic
ASTORIA (AP) — The old White Star Cannery boiler, a stark and solitary reminder of Astoria's past, may get historic designation. The city's Historic Landmarks Commission has filed an application to designate the property with the old boiler, a pile field and ballast rocks in the Columbia River west of Second Street as historic.
History forum changes topic
Saturday's Original Courthouse Regional History Forum presentation has been changed. Dave Wilson, who was scheduled to present a program about the Japanese community at the Mayerdale Estate, has cancelled and his presentation has not yet been rescheduled.
Looking back on Feb. 1
Looking back on Feb. 1.
Looking back, Jan. 25, and History Mystery
Looking back on Jan. 25, from the archives of The Dalles Chronicle. History Mystery is a regular feature of The Dalles Chronicle Sunday print edition.
Mosier stories recalled Feb. 4
Join Mosier residents on Feb. 4 as they recall significant tales and events from Mosier's past. Mosier is an entrepreneurial, welcoming town with a vast history unknown to many Gorge residents. Gorge Owned (GO!) invites you to learn about some of the dynamic people and stories that have helped shape the character and economy of this town, which today has a population of 430. Residents will use photos, videos and oral histories to explore Mosier's most interesting tales from the past 100 years.
Life of Edward Curtis explored
The White Salmon Community Library invites participation in the Koobdooga program (A good book spelled backwards), by reading "Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher" by Timothy Egan, which looks at the life and photographs of Edward Curtis.
Original Wasco Courthouse regional history forum programs scheduled
The original Wasco county courthouse history regional forum has a full slate of programs scheduled for February. Programs begin at 1:30 p.m. in the upstairs courtroom, of the 1859 courthouse, 410 West 2nd Place behind the The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce visitor's center.
Braceros of the Pacific Northwest topic of discussion Jan. 31
Culture a la Carte, a free evening presentation on the topic of Braceros of the Pacific Northwest, is scheduled Saturday, Jan. 31, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, 5000 Discovery Drive.
Memories of a Christmas truce in WWI
PLOEGSTEERT, Belgium — With British and German forces separated only by a no-man's land littered with fallen comrades, sounds of a German Christmas carol suddenly drifted across the frigid air: "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht" ("Silent Night, Holy Night").


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The guy who downgraded America's credit rating is an old friend of mine. Here's what he's like.
Actually, John is from Kansas—a cluster of towns the U.S. post office labels Shawnee Mission, and not long ago he told me he arrived at Grinnell barely literate, which helps explain the tenacious drive that sent him careering beyond the syllabus into Beckett and Proust and also, with the French he doggedly mastered, into the linguistic maze of post-structuralist theory.
This last will seem a cliché. In his new novel, The Marriage Plot, Jeffrey Eugenides, another heartlander, satirizes the fetish for lit theory at Brown when he was there in the early 1980s. But Grinnell in the mid-1970s was an altogether different place. It had the reputation for being a hippies' paradise, druggy and cool, and to some extent it was. Yet our tiny egosphere spun on a strangely innocent course. Outside influences, what we called "the real world," scarcely impinged on us. Once you left campus and the tiny cross-hatched streets of the town, with its Red Wing boot store and exquisite miniature bank designed by Louis Sullivan, and pressed on past the truck stops and the feed stores, you entered a void of cornfields, stretching on for miles beneath an often-lowering sky. The closest true cities, Chicago and Minneapolis, are each almost 300 miles away. Milwaukee and St. Louis are farther still. Even now you have to change planes to get from New York to Des Moines, and it's another hour by bus to Grinnell.
All this encouraged an atmosphere of curiously monastic devotion to our "work," as we thought of it, along with an intense belief in privacy and even propriety of a certain kind. When in an email the other day John told me the Post reporter had camped outside his building and was phoning all his neighbors, while a photographer circled nearby, my first thought was that at Grinnell I'd never once seen his dorm room, as I'd not been in the rooms of others I'd known far better. The reason wasn't timidity or fear of being unwelcome. Twelve hundred young people flung together, jazzed up by all the usual stimulants, we needed clear space and time apart from one another. We developed an unspoken code of deference—a curious but reassuring mix of friendly distance. Everyone said "Hi," but no one knocked on your door. It was our version of "that weird Midwestern niceness," as another of our band of English majors put it recently. She grew up in Illinois, an hour from Chicago. Many others, in fact the best of the English majors, came from the Midwest, too: Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, Minnesota. Some had the uprightness of the Minnesotan Nick Carraway, who longs for the world "to be at a sort of moral attention forever," others the laconic force of the young stoics in the Illinoisan Hemingway's early fiction.
These same values infused our impassioned study of English literature, which in those years chiefly meant British poets and novelists along with civic-minded critics like Samuel Johnson and Matthew Arnold. I have remarked on the limitations of this particular approach to literary study, its stickling axioms and ecclesiastical certitudes. What I didn't say is how intoxicating it could be to learn to read in this way, how it left so many of us convinced that literary study, which some thought an escape from life, instead could yield up its deepest truths. It made us permanent close readers—and not just of books.
The supreme Midwestern novelist of our moment, Jonathan Franzen, who grew up in the same St. Louis neighborhood as one of my English-major pals, is especially eloquent on the paradoxical condition of being raised in the deep heart of America. "You are just so far from a border or a coast," Franzen once told an interviewer, "that the possibility of cynicism takes just a little longer. … I know that I was an unbelievably innocent 18 year old in every way. But not stupid and not unaware of the world . … I somehow still thought it was a nice world."
I have never heard John Chambers plead innocence of any kind, and he isn't doing it now. And I have never heard him complain. When I asked him what he thought of Paul Krugman's column on Monday, John acknowledged it was "rough," but added "I read him regularly, both in the Times and on his blog. I've also read a good deal of his academic work and even his textbook." He is still the student, even of his harshest critics.
There has been much dispute about the budget calculations in the S&P report. But not about its language. John has told me the most important thing Grinnell taught him was how to write a well-argued paper. He learned his lesson well. The S&P report, whatever one thinks of its conclusions, is a model of clarity. Even an English major like me has no trouble making sense of the following: "The effectiveness, stability, and predictability of American policy-making and political institutions have weakened at a time of ongoing fiscal and economic challenges." Or: "The fiscal consolidation plan that Congress and the Administration recently agreed to falls short of what, in our view, would be necessary to stabilize the government's medium-term debt dynamics." John Chambers is now the author of a work being dissected as closely as the poems we quarreled about all those years ago, though for reasons neither of us could have imagined.


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Digging this one out of the archives...taken almost exactly 2 years ago I have a print of it in my room but havent 'released' it yet. So went back and completely reworked it. This was before I realized what I should be doing so was actually shot in JPG not RAW! Yikes. RAW allows soo much more leway with editing.... Luckily it was exposed close enough.
This lookout is one of the most epic places in Hawaii...though conditions can be varied to say the least (see "Patience's Reward"). During the summer season the sun sets far north and this golden light comes streaming in the valley. Lovely indeed!
This lookout is one of the most epic places in Hawaii...though conditions can be varied to say the least (see "Patience's Reward"). During the summer season the sun sets far north and this golden light comes streaming in the valley. Lovely indeed!
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Beautiful place! so nicely captured
very nice!
Such a vast landscape, you could quite easily get lost down in that canyon?
Excelent capture
I have to agree with everyone here, this picture is stunning. Curious though... what could have RAW done differently to enhance this any more?
With RAW I could have recovered the blown highlights fully but it actually works well in this case being bright. Also more data in general. jpg is compressed, raw is open. Not too much noise in the shadows but would have been cleaner w/ raw.
Take me to Hawaii, I'll spend all the time in those mountains..looking for amazing insects there....
Epic indeed. I love how the hint of cloud cover on the right gives a sense of exactly how large these are.
out of this world!
Epic shot. Just shows how much Hawaii rules.
Oh what I'd give to see such beautiful landscapes as this! It's gorgeous, really makes me appreciate life!
Just takes a plane ticket
wow, thats a stunning pano! this one must not be missing in our group #panoramicshot. hope you don't mind adding it to the group gallery
Beautiful, Squire. Simply beautiful
What a breathtaking panorama!
If only to convey it in reality. There is a 10x30 I have printed but want to go much bigger!
Wonderful work
Wow, I considered going on that hike. At the time though I wasn't so into photography. If I ever go back, it will definitely be on my to-due list. How long does it take to hike the Waimea Canyon trail round trip?
Remarkable capture, great exposure and bursting colors!
Remarkable capture, great exposure and bursting colors!
This is just from the parking area overlook at the top of the island. No hiking :-P
What?!?! lol Which parking area... this isn't that big long drive up waimea canyon in which you pass the missle defense base is it? We did drive to the top of that road, but it was all misted over.
Yep. All the way up there. Almost out the car (and up a few stairs) to get this shot Tough life. hehe.
Every time I've been the weather has cooperated. Lucky perhaps
Every time I've been the weather has cooperated. Lucky perhaps
Damn had I known I would have waited for the weather to clear! hehe ahh well an excuse to come back! Thanks for the info!
man, sweet shot. Hopefully I'll get over to kokee to hike this summer.
Beautiful omg
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Great tour to take to hit three attractions: catacombs, Appian Way, and the aqua ducts. This tour is really all about the catacombs, with just a taste of the other two. Tour bus was small but comfortable, and our guide was fantastic! Made me wish that I had booked an Appian Way tour by itself! Guess that's for the next trip to Rome. This tour is definitely recommended!!!!
Great tour on the outskirts of Rome: Quiet and very interesting.
This is a fabulous tour! We've been to Rome many times but never done this tour before, you get to see a completely different side of Rome, just outside the City. Tour guide was fantastic, extremely knowledgeable, we had a great time.
Very good tour. Guide was excellent. We learned so much about the catacombs. Also saw a golf course along the aqaducts.
The tour was great and Jeanette our tour guide was very knowledgeable and funny!
The tour guide was excellent with plenty of knowledge about the sites
And all around history of Rome she is a credit to your organization
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Being frequent visitors to Rome, we decided to take this tour as we usually don't go out to the countryside too often. Visiting the Catacombs, the ancient Via Appia and the Roman Acquaducts was very interesting. A great informative guide Jeanette provided us with a lively commentary throughout the half day experience. The tour was well organized and the departure point was just a few blocks from Termini.
Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and entertaining. The tour was well worth the time and money.
Janette, Janette, Janette how we wish you were our guide on all our Tours. Incredible interaction with her and her ability to get everyone involve by knowing 25 odd names and all the history she unleashed on us.we can say enought about this experience and our tour guide Janette !!
The tour was great! Janette was very informative and funny. It was a small tour and the rest of the group were very friendly.
Enjoyed relief of air conditioned bus and smaller crowds. Guide was talented at blending ancient historical significance with comparisons to modern day situations. Bonus of seeing ruins of an acquaduct and walking on Appian Way were great.
This is a different type tour. Very informative and interesting. In addition to seeing the catacombs no bodies you get to walk the Apian Way - very cool. The Aqueducts were also amazing. Highly recommended.
The tour guide was pleasant and knowledgeable about the history of early Christian practices, the engineering of the Appian Way and Aquaduct system. Truly a pleasant experience and recommended. Mercifully, the tour bus was air conditioned, and the driver was excellent.
Very nice tour, small bus, few people, nice guide... everything went smoothly and calmly.
Jeanette was our tour guide! Fantastic is all I can say. She raved about on Trip Advisor and boy were they right. From start to finish she was funny, fully of really interesting facts and knew everybody's name. I went on my own with 2 LA film producers and a lovely family of 4 from Washington. It was a great trip and the crypts were incredible really incredible.
I would advise anyone to go on it. There was very little walking but lots to see and take photos of. I would give it 10/10 if I could.
Another great halfday tour. Our tour guide was phenominal. She was very knowledgable and memorized all the names of the people in our approx 20 people group. She even found a way to incorporate everyone's jobs and lives and related to centuries ago. Extremely good information.
A really enjoyable tour interesting to see inside the Catacombs and the original Appian way we had a great tour guide who gave us plenty of information about Roman life and death. All in all a good trip.
What really made this tour awesome was our tour guide, Janet. She was remarkable she made sure to remember all our names and included us in the history story that she was telling us. She was not only extremely knowledgable about all aspects of the tour but had a great sense of humour. We had some dominant personalities on our tour and she handled them with such class. One of the best guides we have ever come across. Thank you Janet.
Splendid tour guide, an young American expat who studied Italian history and now lives in Rome. Entertaining and fun throughout. Not much walking as such but nice to get out of the hot city and see some different things.
The guide was great-- there were 12 of us in the group and she got to know all of our names. Her commentaries about the catacombs were very insightful.
We had Jeannette as our guide on the tour. I thought that the tour was one of the best tours in Rome I had on this visit. The history of catacombs is fascinating and Jeannette made it even more interesting by actively engaging the group in the discussions and making the history come alive. I like the coupling of the dark underground catacombs part with the sun-filled short field trip to the countryside and Appian Road as well as a comfort of an air-conditioned bus on a hot summer day. My teenage children also enjoyed the tour.
I highly recommend this tour. Our tour guide was so energetic, funny, and informative. The catacombs were very interesting and the aquaducts were beyond words...amazing! Although the history of the Appian Way is extraordinary, the original stones from the Appian Way are few, so it was a little disappointing. I expected to see a whole road of original stones, but there were only a few. I would still highly recommend this tour.
Janet our tour guide was great! Very knowledgeable and animated. She learned all our names and provided us with great information in a way we could easily relate to. We took a nice bus with a/c. Could've used a little more time at each stop, but still enjoyed it immensely.
Tour guide was excellent!
Good mix of bus and walking. Very informative and entertaining guide.


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Rotten egg smell in my tank!
Hello. I did a 25% water change in my 30 gallon tank and now there's a disgusting rotten egg smell coming from the water. I lost all my fish a month ago when the heater went and fried them all. I'm starting over and can't get the ammonia down so I've been changing water every 2-3 weeks. This is the first time this ever happened to me. What is causing this smell and how do I get rid of it?? Thanx
You may wish to try 50 percent water change and vaccum the bottom of tank .If ammonia level is still high after twenty four hours, do another water change ,maybe twenty percent. Be sure and use dechlorinator for new water. Water changes should be once a week after you get rid of ammonia and smell. They should be twenty percent each week along with vaccuming the bottom of tank to remove uneaten food or other waste. Hope this helps. :)
Hi thanx. I vaccumed all the gravel yesterday, there's no guck in the bottom. the bttm of the tank is clear glass. The rocks are clean as I've been vaccuming every 2 weeks. There hasnt been any fish in the tank in over a month. I get a dechlorinator tonight. I added some ammo-lock to break down the ammonia. Do you think that caused the stench? I've used it before with no problems. What else can I do to get rid of all this ammonia. When I test for ammonia the results are bright christmas green!
The rotten egg smell is sulfur dioxide, a huge gravel stir is needed. The gas is building up in pockets in your substrate. The gas is explosive and, obviously, not good for your tank.
Stir up the gravel? I even took some out. I read somewhere else that gravel should never be more then an inch high. Mine was like almost 2 inches high.
product ammolock has been known to provide false positive ammonia readings. Were it me I would use nothing but dechlorinator that removes ammonia ,chlorine, and chloramines. It is in my view all that you need . :)
Mine is almost 3" deep, in some places.
I have AMMQUEL too and I have put that in but it never released a stench before. I won't buy ammo-lock ever again. I'm upstairs right now and I can smell the darn tank from up here! This is horrible. I appreciate all the advice! I really need help here. :frustrated:
I'd recommend doing 25% water changes every 1-3 days until the ammonia is down to zero, then you can do water changes once a week, but 3 weeks is really pushing it.
Ammo-lock 'neutralizes' ammonia so that it is not as toxic to fish, but it doesn't remove ammonia. It just converts it into a different form. That's why you're still getting the ammonia readings on your ammonia test. The ammonia is still there, it is just not as caustic to your fish. Also, the ammonia will still be converted into nitrites the same way the 'toxic ammonia' is- and the nitrites are also dangerous for fish.
Anyway, when it comes down to it water changes are the best cure!
I agree with Herefishy that the rotten egg smell is gas pockets built up in the gravel. Did you move the decorations and do a good deep gravel vac under them? Also, check around the lip at the top of the tank for any bits of old food that may be rotting there.
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what would be better suited for the determination of timing cycles on a microcontroller?
Also the one you posted only samples at 200 Khz, whereas the atmega 8 and 168 have a default of 8 Mhz, now me and acronyms dont get along, but I think that the Mhz is faster then the Khz.
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Huh, when I was home alone I would try on different combinations of my fathers best clothes or throw parties, watch movies or play video games. But sit backward in a chair in my underwear then get my picture taken? Nope, you certainly beat me there. The sad bit is that depending on the type of girl she is, she may have had more fun.
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I have been working on some code for a while. And I had a question: What's the difference among casting, parsing and converting? And when we can use them?
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I have been working on some code for a while. And I had a question: What's the difference among casting, parsing and converting? And when we can use them?
marked as duplicate by nawfal, Mansfield, alko, Lee Taylor, Tushar Gupta Nov 29 '13 at 16:42
This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question.
Casting is when you take a variable of one type and change it to a different type. You can only do that in some cases, like so:
Casting does not change the variable's value - the value remains of the same type (the string "Hello").
Converting is when you take a value from one type and convert it to a different type:
Note that in this case, the conversion was done in the form of casting.
Parsing is taking a string and converting it to a different type by understanding its content. For instance, converting the string "123" to the number 123, or the string "Saturday, September 22nd" to a DateTime.
casting (casting to work the types need to be compatible) Converting between data types can be done explicitly using a cast
parsing (Parsing is conversion between different types:) converts one type to another type can be called as parsing uisng int.parse
traversing through data items like XML can be also called as parsing
When user-defined conversions get involved, this usually entails returning a different object/value. user-defined conversions usually exist between value types rather than reference types, so this is rarely an issue.
converting Using the Convert-class actually just helps you parse it
for more please refer http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms228360%28VS.80%29.aspx
These are three terms each with specific uses:
A cast from one type to another requires some form of compatibility, usually via inheritance or implementation of an interface. Casting can be implicit or explicit:
There are quite a few ways to parse. We read about XML parsing; some types have
Converting may entail changing one type into another incompatible one. This could involve some parsing as well. Conversion examples would usually be, IMO, very much tied to specific contexts.
Casting: Telling the compiler that an object is really something else without changing it (though some data loss may be incurred).
Parsing: Telling the program to interpret (on runtime) a string.
Converting: Telling the program to use built in methods to try to change type for what may be not simply interchangeable.
This question is actually pretty complicated...
Normally, a cast just tells the runtime to change one type to another. These have to be types that are compatible. For example an
Performs the cast by running the IL code:
A parse is some function that takes in once type and returns another. It is an actual code function, not just an IL operator. This usually takes longer to run, because it runs multiple lines of code.
For example, this code:
Runs the IL code:
In other words it calls an actual method. Internally, the Int64 type provides that method:
And Number.Parse:
And so on... so you can see it is actually doing a lot of code.
Now where things get more complicated is that although a cast is usually the fastest, classes can override the implicit and explicit cast operators. For example, if I write the class:
I have overridden the explicit cast operator for
Which looks like a normal cast, but in actuality it calls my method that I defined on my class. The IL code is:
So anyway, you typically want to cast whenever you can. Then parse if you can't.
Casting: or Parsing
A cast explicitly invokes the conversion operator from one type to another.
Casting variables is not simple. A complicated set of rules resolves casts. In some cases data is lost and the cast cannot be reversed. In others an exception is provoked in the execution engine.
Converts a base data type to another base data type. Convert.ToInt32, along with its siblings Convert.ToInt16 and Convert.ToInt64, is actually a static wrapper method for the int.Parse method.
Different people use it to mean different things. It need not be true outside .net world, but here is what I have understood in .net context reading Eric Lippert's blogs:
All transformations of types from one form to another can be called conversion. One way of categorizing may be
While conversions are language level constructs, Parse is a vastly different thing in the sense it's framework level, or in other words they are custom methods written to get an output from an input, like