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If you are in hurry then you will not find it appropriate to sit around and read that lengthy article or to watch a 10 minute video. This is when a bookmarking Android App can be helpful for you.
With the help of a good bookmarking app, you can easily save a link to an article or a video so you can have a look at that stuff in your free time. There are different bookmarking apps that can be used by you if you are an Android user. However, you must know which app is best for this purpose.
Instapaper ($2.9)
Instapaper is a good app for those who don't want to get into complicated processes for bookmarking a link. With only a few taps, you can bookmark anything that you want and get access to it at any time easily. If you are using a browser, app or any other tool to read something then by opening the share option, you can save the file for future reading.
You know what is the best thing about this bookmarking app? Well, all the bookmarked data is automatically uploaded to your online account. You can access that data easily from any other mobile device as well.
If you are using your computer and you want to read that article or watch that video then you can access your bookmark history at Instapaper.com. This will give you complete access to your bookmark history and you will be able to access any link that you like.
Once you will open the Instapaper app, you will get a complete list of the bookmarks so you can access them easily. You will also find buttons with the help of which you can toggle between Archive, Read Later Items and Liked items as well.
This app also allows you to make more folders to organize your bookmarks. If you want then you can move the items up or down by tapping the pencil icon in front of all the bookmarked items.
Pocket (Free)
Now, let us take a look at the Pocket which is the successor of a very famous but no longer available bookmarking tool called Read It Later. The Pocket not only offers some of the same features that are offered by Instapaper but it also contain some unique features as well.
If you have signed for a free pocket account, it is not that difficult to save items to your list. It doesn't matter what you are viewing, you can simply save it to pocket but hitting the share menu and sharing that item with pocket.
All the bookmarked will be cached by Pocket and it will store the data on SD card. If you don't want to store that data on SD card then you can select otherwise too.
There is one thing that I really like about pocket and that is; it shows the best version of your saved bookmark. This really makes it easy for any person to use this bookmarking app.
Which One Is Best?
For me, Pocket is the winner in this case. First, it is free of cost and secondly, the features are very simple and easy. You will not face any confusion or problems while using this app. On the other hand, Instapaper is a paid app and still, it needs to learn so many things from Pocket.


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A security vulnerability, that has existed for 10 years, has only recently been discovered.
A patch for Linux has been released and Microsoft plans to release a patch next Tuesday. Apple will release a patch for OSX.
For understandable reasons, many organizations are significantly behind schedule in applying patches. The patch won't help protect your organization until the patch is applied to your computers.
A big concern is that the patch is predicted to have a major impact on performance. Estimates of the degradation in the performance range from 0% to 30%. If you have computers that are slow anyway, this will matter to you.
Additionally, this vulnerability affects computers in the cloud too. Amazon and Microsoft have announced that they are working on patching their cloud servers.
Ask IT what the status is of your patches for all of your operating systems, and make a plan for getting your patches up to date.

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Academic study finds women wearing heavy makeup less likely to be perceived as leaders
Women wearing heavy makeup are less likely to be thought of as good leaders, new research from Abertay University has found.
A study led by Dr Christopher Watkins of Abertay's Division of Psychology, published today in Perception journal, revealed that the amount of makeup a woman is wearing can have a negative impact on perceptions of her leadership ability.
Study participants were asked to view a series of images featuring the same woman without cosmetics and with makeup applied for a "social night out".
Computer software was used to manipulate the faces and the amount of makeup was also manipulated in the face images.
Each participant completed a face perception task where they judged sixteen face-pairs, indicating how much better a leader they felt their chosen face to be compared to the other face.
It was found that both men and women evaluated women more negatively as a leader if the image suggested she was wearing a lot of makeup.
Dr Watkins said: "This research follows previous work in this area, which suggests that wearing makeup enhances how dominant a woman looks.
"While the previous findings suggest that we are inclined to show some deference to a woman with a good looking face, our new research suggests that makeup does not enhance a woman's dominance by benefitting how we evaluate her in a leadership role.
"This work is a good example of the diverse and interesting research ongoing within the Division of Psychology."
The study was carried out by Abertay graduates Esther James and Shauny Jenkins and used a measurement scale common in face perception research, which calculates the first-impressions of the participant group as a whole, working out an average verdict.
Dr Watkins has carried out previous high-profile studies including work looking at how women remember the faces potential love rivals and the role of traits related to dominance in our choice of allies, colleagues and friends.


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Is There Such a Thing as Tea Party Foreign Policy?
Over the past two years, the Tea Parties have become a national movement in opposition to President Barack Obama's domestic political agenda, advocating conservative positions on issues such as taxation, health care reform, the bail-outs of the banking and auto industries, and immigration. But what do Tea Partiers think about foreign policy?
Foreign Policy magazine's Josh Rogin used this weekend's Glenn Beck-led rally at the Lincoln Memorial as an opportunity to find out. Rogin interviewed ralliers to ask them about the chief foreign policy issues of the day. He found that the Tea Party followers, for all the movement's focus on domestic issues, "have no unified view on major foreign policy issues. They are all over the map."
The positions may get confused because Tea Party leaders, from Sarah Palin to Ron Paul, articulate vastly different foreign-policy principles. "Some attendees sounded like reliable neocons arguing for more troops abroad. Others sounded like antiwar liberals, lamenting the loss of life in any war for any reason. Still others sounded like inside the beltway realists, carefully considering the costs and benefits of a given policy option based on American national security interests."
Many cite the Bible and religion in determining foreign policy decision. One person Rogin spoke to "said that her foreign policy views were determined exclusively by her faith." Some called for a global foreign policy strategy based on evangelical predictions about the apocalypse. Interestingly, no one Rogin spoke to supported an Israeli or American attack on Iran.


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Vortex Global has appointed Stephen Eastick as European Sales Manager.
In this role, Eastick will be responsible for the oversight of sales and rep groups throughout Europe, doing so through customer site visits and rep network relations to ensure all necessary tools are provided to further the sales of Vortex's diverse product lines.
"We are delighted by Stephen's return to the Vortex family," said Laurence Millington, Managing Director of Vortex Global. "His familiarity with our company and overall industry experience will make immediate impact on Vortex's ability to consult with customers and rep groups in a quickly growing European market. We wish Stephen all the best in his return, and are excited for what is to come."
Previously, Stephen was an integral member of the Vortex Global internal sales team from 2011 to 2015. In that time, he was tasked with managing Asian markets. Most recently, Eastick was employed as an external salesperson for Eclipse Magnetics, where he had great success working with manufacturing OEMs and end users throughout the UK.
Read the article online at: https://www.drybulkmagazine.com/material-handling/03072017/vortex-makes-appointment-to-global-team/


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Enjoy Vivid from the best spot in the house: high atop the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Sydney's winter light show Vivid Sydney has attracted millions of visitors over the past decade, but few would have seen it quite like this: 134 metres (440 feet) above ground level on the crest of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
On Friday, when the sun goes down and the light show begins, visitors in flashing neon safety vests will climb the 1,002 steps to the top of the world's largest steel arch bridge for a bird's eye view of Vivid.
Over 23 nights until June 15, climbers in groups of 14 will traverse the catwalks and ladders to take in stunning night-time views of the Harbour, the Opera House and the city skyline.
Visitors can also dance the night away on a 70's-style dance floor as part of "Boogie on the Bridge". The only downside is that they'll have to do it sober because alcohol is not permitted up there.
In fact, every climber must agree to be breathe-tested, as well as sign medical forms that say they are in good health, before taking part in Vivid Climb.
The 3.5-hour experience doesn't come cheap though. Scaling the Sydney Harbour Bridge, affectionately known as 'the coathanger', will cost $268 for an adult and $188 for children aged 8 to 15.
Even though smartphones and cameras are banned way up there for safety reasons, fear not: every climber gets a free group photo and certificate of their achievement.
Top Attraction
Since people began scaling the iconic landmark in 1998, four million climbers from more than 140 countries have paid up to $400 a head to reach the summit of Sydney Harbour Bridge.
So it's hardly surprising that BridgeClimb has been voted the number one travel experience in Australia by Trip Advisor, and ranked as the world's fourth most-popular experience.
The NSW state government last year awarded the contract for BridgeClimb to adventure operator Hammons for the next 20 years. Hammons also runs Scenic World in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.
Tourism Bonanza
In sheer visitor numbers, Vivid Sydney is the biggest festival in the nation. In fact, some say it's the biggest event of its kind anywhere in the world.
And it's proving to be gold for tourism operators in the state of NSW. Last year alone, 2.25 million visitors injected $173 million into Sydney's economy while another $13 million was spent by Vivid visitors in other parts of the state.
A record 185,887 travel packages were sold in 2018, up 37 per cent on the previous year. Of those, about 73,000 were international (up 12 per cent) and around 113,000 were domestic (up 60 per cent).
The majority of overseas visitors came from China, where more than 25,500 (mainland and Hong Kong) packages were sold.
About 7,000 travel packages were sold in Indonesia and Malaysia respectively, with another 12,000 packages sold in the United States and Singapore.
Vivid 2019: What to Expect
This year more than 82 different projections and installations will illuminate the harbour foreshore, from the Royal Botanic Gardens to Darling Harbour and right through the centre of the city.
Dancing fireflies, a peacock, underwater wildlife and a menagerie of three-dimensional characters will cast a technicoloured glow on landmark buildings and iconic locations at Circular Quay, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Taronga Zoo and Luna Park.
The Opera House sails will light up with Austral Flora Ballet, a swirl of bright Australian flora and human movement created by Chinese American artist-filmmaker Andrew Thomas Huang.
At the Argyle Cut in The Rocks, Pixar films – the animation company behind massive hits that include the Toy Story movies, Up and Finding Nemo – will trace the history of 3-D animation with its Pixar installation.
Visitors will be able wander through a Firefly Field at the Royal Botanic Gardens, while there'll be colourful illuminations at Taronga Zoo, Chatswood, Barangaroo and Luna Park.
Special guests this year will include the mayors of Dallas and Fort Worth, who will be sharing experiences on building connected communities.
For those looking to light up their tastebuds, Sydney Restaurant Group will hold Cruise Through Vivid, a progressive dinner starting at Aqua Dining at Milsons Point at 6.30 pm followed by a harbour cruise at 8.30 pm, and a final food stop at Ripples Chowder Bay.
The Sofitel Darling Harbour will also have a pop-up bar 35 storeys high at its panoramic Club Millesime, usually reserved for the hotel's VIPs.
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The program is for routine maintenance, not for lot clearing. Excessive piles will not be collected. Leaves may be bagged or raked to the curb line, but may not be placed in the street. Placing leaves in the street is not only prohibited per the state and local regulations governing stormwater (leaves in the street allow debris to filter into the storm sewers) but also can cause hazardous travel on roads for cars and pedestrians. Grass clippings are not collected. Branches should be stacked for easy chipping, all facing one direction. Stickers should be stacked separately.
The dates listed above are when residents should have their branches/leaves out by. It does not mean that the debris will be collected on that date, it means that DPW will be starting in that zone on that date. If DPW has come through your zone (your street) already, please refrain from repiling leaves until closer to the next pick-up date for your zone.
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Temple Moon
Pa Vesh En / Temple Moon
United Kingdom
Review by Alex on August 23, 2018.
I tend to keep away from raw black metal because some bands within the genre disguise their lack of musical understanding and instrumental competency under the term "raw". I've heard quite a bit of this so called "raw" black metal in which has some of the most amateur shit you will ever hear in black metal and music in general. Indeed, amateur is the ideal word to describe many bands residing under the disguise of "raw" black metal. It's that one man, homemade MRE version of metal that is just a can of Campbell's chicken noodle soup or a Bridgford Cinnamon bun; bland and fucking disgusting. Also the fact that most of them do the Darkthrone thing doesn't help in terms of their identity; and if you're wondering what the Darkthrone "thing" is, take a brief listen to Under a Funeral Moon or Transylvanian Hunger. However, to my surprise I have discovered two acts within the genre that have a considerable degree of talent that is for the most part absent given the bands I have heard thus far; most of which are so irrelevant I can't even remember their names. All I'm aware of is, most of what I have encountered under the moniker is an endless lacuna of pungent regurgitation; some paradox isn't it.
Pa Vesh En of Belarus and Temple Moon of the United Kingdom joined forces with the ever growing Iron Bonehead Records to compose 10 tracks of occult madness. 38 minutes of magic and malice awaits the listener on this split LP. This endeavor is by far the one of best raw black metal records to have emerged in more than 2 decades. Pa Vesh En and Temple Moon have delivered something so foul that I have no choice but to categorize this oblation with the excellence that is Ieschure, whom had released The Shadow in 2015 and whom also reside within the haunted realms of Iron Bonehead Records; why am I not surprised? The Pa Vesh En side of the split has a thick, claustrophobic, murky sound that truly seizes the entrancing air of enchantment being output during mixture of the lofi drums, blurring guitars, wailing and gaping screams. Melody is given a more than decent amount of accentuation during Pa Vesh En's portion and does a noteworthy job of effectuating the flow of the ritual in practice. I find Pa Vesh En's methodology to be somewhat unorthodox, a diversion from archetypal constraints given the incorporation of a relatively doomy pace on the track "Damnation and the Witch". I did notice "Last Episode" has a very post-core riff during the beginning at the 1:16 time stamp; it sounded like something I've heard before; by the way, who is that I hear saying "something strong"?, is that Lilita Arndt of Ieschure?, it surely sounds so. However, it worked well and did give an added punch to the sound and miscellany of the record.
Temple Moon's side is vastly different from Pa Vesh En's, both in vocal output and overall sound. And yes, Temple Moon does the Darkthrone thing, but with loud vocal screams and the added effect of echoing tones, dark synthesizers and acoustic guitar interventions that can be pointed out on songs such as "Ceremonial Decay" and "Maze of Decrepit Trees". That is my definition of drawing influence as opposed to copying, thus leaving no room for individuality and improvisation. The contrast in sound is very strong compared to Pa Vesh En's side; one can hear the snare drum and screams being brusquely enunciated with a greater sense of lucidity. With Temple Moon I get the sense that this is a much more sincere and stalwart black metal act than most newly formed. This is attributed to the way in which the music is played and arranged; it beckons a more serious, earnest and critical musical conscious than that of a plethora of new entities and older ones that come across as nonsensical. Temple Moon gives a whole-hearted performance on the split and does well at providing soothing landscapes filled with inordinate screaming vocals. It is a worthwhile experience listening to the performance of both bands featured on this collaborative effort. Iron Bonehead have found 2 more great bands that have showcased diligence when making underground black metal that has been challenged only by a small quantity of bands of the breed.
- "The Murderer Instinct"
- "Damnation and The Witch"
- "Last Episode"
- "Ceremonial Decay"
- "Maze of Decrepit Trees"
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The U.S. is on top again.
The county may be sixth in the world in terms of the percent of the population with college credentials and 20th in the world (just below Slovenia) in terms of general education quality, Cambridge may even have even surpassed American universities as the best in the world, but apparently America is the best "at providing higher education." What this really means is not so useful, however.
The number one position comes from a new study by Universitas 21 Ranking, an international group of researches. According to the organization:
Research authors at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, looked at the most recent data from 48 countries and territories across 20 different measures. The measures are grouped under four headings: resources (investment by government and private sector), output (research and its impact, as well as the production of an educated workforce which meets labour market needs), connectivity (international networks and collaboration which protects a system against insularity) and environment (government policy and regulation, diversity and participation opportunities). It also takes population size into account and produces some interesting results.
Interesting, indeed. The top 20 counties are:
1) United States
2) Sweden
3) Canada
4) Finland
5) Denmark
6) Switzerland
7) Norway
8) Australia
9) Netherlands
10) United Kingdom
11) Singapore
12) Austria
13) Belgium
14) New Zealand
15) France
16) Ireland
17) Germany
18) Hong Kong
19) Israel
20) Japan
The factors they used to determine quality tax the patience of any education critics, however; "resources, output, connectivity, and environment" are hardly the factors any most students or scholars would consider when thinking about higher education systems or how to implement change.
The United States, for instance, certainly has a very high investment by government and private sector, but it's not really clear that the investment is appropriate or efficient.
Part of the reason the list falls the way it does is because researchers didn't consider affordability, learning, or completion rates. These things are arguably much, much more important things to considering when determining the quality of a national higher education system for undergraduates.
Another rating fail.


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(2) Jean Pierre (John Peter) Cazaly & Jeanne (Jane) Poulain
(3) Jaques (James) Cazaly & Elizabeth Eagles
(4) Catherine Walford (Kate) Cazaly & William Little (goes to LITTLE tree)
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A consulting firm with close and controversial ties to the Clintons was recently sanctioned by the Financial Industry Regulatory Agency (FINRA) for failing to properly handle electronic communications, documents reviewed by The Daily Caller show.
Teneo Securities was censured and forced to pay a $17,500 fine for the infraction, which was settled on Sept. 7.
That's according to a broker check report filed on the firm, which is a subsidiary of Teneo Holdings, a consulting firm founded by longtime Bill Clinton aide Doug Band and a former Hillary Clinton campaign financier named Declan Kelly.
Bill Clinton was named honorary chairman of Teneo Holdings in 2011. He stood to earn $3.5 million in that role but gave most of it back because of the controversy that later erupted around the company, which consults corporations on merger and acquisitions, securities placements and communications strategies.
The sanction stems from Teneo Securities' management and auditing of its electronic correspondence. FINRA and the Securities Exchange Commission impose strict rules regarding records management for firms that trade securities.
From June 2011 through September 2014, Teneo "failed to ensure the review was conducted within those parameters by testing the consultant's review or obtaining documentation from the consultant evidencing the review," the report reads.
The New York City-based company also failed to have an audit system in place "to ensure that the consultant was conducting a review of the firm's electronic correspondence." Teneo also failed to provide its third-party consultant, which is unnamed in the FINRA report, with access to its electronic communications from Aug. 2013 through Sept. 2014.
"As a result, the firm failed to ensure that any contemporaneous review of electronic communications was conducted during this time period," the report states.
In a statement from Teneo in the report, the firm said that it recognized the issues flagged by FINRA and began remediating them last November. The company did not respond to The Daily Caller's request for comment.
The FINRA report also provides a clearer timeline of when Teneo was established.
Teneo Holdings' start date has been widely reported to be June 2011. But records filed with FINRA, the Securities and Exchange Commission and with several different states show that the company was established earlier than that, at least on paper.
The broker check report shows that Teneo Securities was registered in Delaware in July 2009. And Teneo Holdings established a relationship with Teneo Securities in Oct. 2010 and "direct[s] the management or policies of the firm," according to the FINRA report.
Those start dates raise questions about potential conflicts of interest because co-founder Declan Kelly worked at the State Department until May 2011. In Sept. 2009 he was appointed by Hillary Clinton to the office of special envoy to Northern Ireland at State. Prior to that, Kelly helped raise millions for Clinton's Senate and presidential campaigns.
The timeline is important because Band regularly sought favors and access to Clinton and the State Department on behalf firms that paid Teneo for consulting work.
One company that stands out in particular is Dow Chemical.
Band reached out to Clinton and her deputy chief of staff, Huma Abedin, from 2009 through 2011 to obtain access for Dow's CEO, Andrew Liveris. (RELATED: Emails Reveal Clinton's 'Sleazy' Relationship With Chemical Maker)
A recent Daily Caller investigation showed that in Oct. 2010, Band pestered Clinton's deputy chief of staff, Huma Abedin, over a letter that Liveris gave Clinton that he wanted her to give to India's prime minister at the time. Other State Department emails have showed that Band asked Abedin "to show [Liveris] love" at a diplomatic function in July 2009.
Dow paid Teneo $2.8 million in 2011 and $16 million in 2012 for its consulting work. The chemical manufacturer had a longstanding consulting relationship with Kelly prior to its hiring of Teneo.
Teneo was a source of angst within the Clinton Foundation, emails released in the hack of Clinton campaign manager John Podesta's email account show.
In Nov. 2010, after Chelsea Clinton took a bigger role at the Clinton Foundation, she Clinton sent numerous emails to other Clinton Foundation officials calling out Band and Kelly for "hustling" business at Clinton Foundation functions. (RELATED: Chelsea Clinton Accused Bill Clinton Aide Of 'Hustling' Business For Consulting Firm)
Clinton also alleged that Justin Cooper, another Bill Clinton aide who worked at Teneo, planted spyware on various Clinton Foundation employees' computers.
Band pushed back against some of those allegations, telling the Clinton Foundation top brass that Chelsea used money from the organization to help pay for part of her $3 million wedding. Band also alleged in an internal memo that Chelsea's husband, hedge fund operator Marc Mezvinsky, used a Clinton Foundation fundraiser to meet potential investors in his hedge fund. (RELATED: Doug Band Accused Chelsea Clinton Of Using Clinton Foundation Funds To Pay For Wedding)
This article initially referred to FINRA as a federal agency. It is a private corporation that has regulatory oversight of various securities markets.


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Surgical Treatment of Bladder Cancer Benefits Patients Older Patients
Researchers from the University of Michigan have reported that aggressive surgical management of bladder cancer in patients over the age of 80 may improve survival.
Bladder cancer occurs predominantly in elderly men and less frequently in women and younger men. Most bladder cancers are not diagnosed until they have become very large. As a result, bladder cancers are typically treated with surgery and in many cases, the surgery is very aggressive, or extensive, in order to remove all of the cancer. In patients 80 years old or older, the management of bladder cancer typically includes watchful waiting (7%), radiotherapy alone (1%), full or partial cystectomy (12%), and transurethral resection (79%).
Data for this study was derived from the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results cancer registry. The researchers evaluated treatment and survival information from 13,796 patients who were diagnosed with bladder cancer. In this group, 24% were older than 80 years of age.
Patients 80 years or older were less likely to be treated with curative surgery. However, results indicate that the elderly patients who were treated with aggressive surgery consisting of a radical or partial bladder removal (cystetectomy) experienced the greatest reduction in risk of death.
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Game 5: Rangers-Bruins in review
A picture is worth a thousand words, and the picture right here, well, just wow. Look at the five Rangers around Henrik Lundqvist and Gregory Campbell, look at who they are in a must-win Game 5 of a second-round playoff series, and how nobody can prevent the fourth-line Boston center from scoring the Series … Winning … Goal.
Again, wow.
Think about what had to happen for those five guys to get on the ice or in the game. Brad Richards and Arron Asham had to be healthy scratched, Marc Staal and Anton Stralman, Ryane Clowe and Darroll Powe had to be injured. Not an excuse. But, geez. And some of the guys who played on lines or defense pairs ahead of the guys on the ice there weren't a lot better, especially No. 61 and No. 4. Actually, that series-winning goal looked a lot like the goal that eliminated the Rangers last year, only the pedigree of those on the ice last year made it more unforgivable.
I am not jumping on Roman Hamrlik for the two turnovers and the bad defensive read on the GWG. There is no way in hell that guy, 39 years old and scratched forever by Washington, then by the Rangers, who quickly determined he wasn't in NHL condition, should have been expected to jump onto a speeding playoff train, against a beastly team like the Bruins, and survive it, or not eventually cost the Rangers. It is their fault to a very large degree that he was their best option in this game.
It sure didn't look very good when the Bruins had three D-men out, two of them not very great, either, and yet they were able to summon Torey Krug, Mark Bartkowski and Doug(ie) Hamilton.
The Bruins just wore down the Rangers. They were more skilled, too. But it was men vs. boys for way too many minutes of the five games, even though the Rangers could easily have won a couple of those games with a power-play goal or a big play. They really could have.
I thought that this was easily Rick Nash's worst game of the series. Don't know if it was Del Zotto's worst, but his was putrid too. And I imagine those were two of the guys that John Tortorella was thinking about when he talked about how it was his fault that he couldn't get some of his top players to play at the level he needed them to play.
So, since organizational depth proved to be quite an issue this season, and since Richards and a few others are going out the door, and since there aren't going to be many top free agents, and even if there are, the Rangers are going to be too close to the cap to make a big move, then, well, next year a bunch of kids are going to have to make the jump. Right? And that might be a good thing.
The fourth line, despite that Campbell goal and a couple of penalties, sure got things going for the Rangers in Game 5. They fought, they hit, they made their presence known, which isn't easy to do against the Big Bads.
You know who had big games? Jim Ramsay and Cas Marques. Rammer had to sew up Derek Stepan, who took that Ryan McDonagh shot to the mush, and Cas had to deal with Lundqvist's multiple equipment malfunctions and fashion a helmet and full shield for Stepan.
You know who else I liked? Chris Kreider, start to finish. Yeah, he turned one over at the blue. Who didn't? Early in the game, Nathan Horton elbowed Nash in the faceoff circle. Kreider skated right up to him and slashed him on the back of the leg. Horton spent the rest of the night chasing him. And later Kreider bowled over two Bruins on the same shift, including Horton. I personally hope the kid figures it out by next camp. I think he will.
Captain Callahan had a strong game, too, starting stuff every shift, drew David Krejci into that penalty on which the Rangers scored, had that breakaway late. The power play that scored, by the way, was the real No.1 unit: Girardi and Del Zotto at the points, Mats Zuccarello, Boyle and Kreider up front. Move, move, move. Puck and feet. Del Zotto moved it up ice. Boyle moved the puck and goes to the front, Zuccarello moved it to Girardi, who had moved his feet to get open for a one-timer. So very simple.11) Hope we're not going to go on that "fatigue" tangent again. They played 12 games. They had three days off between Game 7 and Game 1, then two more days off between 1 and 2. If they were tired (other than Hamrlik) then they will never win anything.
That Lundqvist save on Milan Lucic after the delzasterous Del Zotto turnover in the first was one of the best ever. Had Lucic looking to the rafters.
Lucic=Monster. No. I mean he really is a monster. Like, made out of nuts, bolts, and beast parts.
Torey "John Druce" Krug. What a series for the kid. The play I really liked, which showed his poise, was puck on his stick last seconds of the second period, on the power play, and he stopped and looked up at the clock. Wow.15) By the way, when and why did the NHL go to this idiotic practice of not announcing the visiting team's starting lineup?
The new Boston Garden is just as bad as MSG in terms of fans being quiet until something big happens. … but at least MSG doesn't leave your ears bleeding from the speakers being cranked about 10 notches too high. And uses fully-clothed T-shirt tossers.
I'm in the minority on this, but I think Boston has a shot against Pittsburgh. Of course, I thought Ottawa had a shot against Pitt, too, and that ended with Teddy Roosevelt saying, "I hope they don't bill us for the clinic."
Stick around during the off-season, which still doesn't start for a while. I'll have a bunch of analysis coming, hopefully, and break-up day will probably be Monday, so we'll have a lot of stuff from there, and probably at least one Live Chat coming up this week ... and of course, this place never goes dark. Dull at times, maybe, not never dark.
Special thanks to everybody who helped, who did guest posts during the off-season and the lockout and even during the season, to everybody who helped out with the Three Stars (especially the real Kenny Albert, Josh Thomson, 26, and RangerJHW, who took the job seriously, W, L or OTL). And to all you guys who make this place, in someone's words, the "worst blog on the internets."
My Three Rangers Stars:
1. Ryan McDonagh.
2. Derek Stepan.
3. Henrik Lundqvist.
The real Kenny Albert's Three Rangers Stars:
1. Henrik Lundqvist.
2. Chris Kreider.
3. Ryan McDonagh.
RangerJHW's Three Rangers Stars:
1. Carp ... for another stellar season (editor's note: Thank you).
2. The Boneheads ... for having to endure a lockout and a mediocre, soft team.
3. The King ... for allowing us to even believe we had a chance ... and he does it every year!
Your poll vote for Three Rangers Stars:
1. Henrik Lundqvist (25.0%).
2. Chris Kreider (21.43%).
3. Ryan McDonagh (17.86%).
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Get the entire High School Season Ticket of 6 Meets, each with 10 tests, all for only $450 and the Middle School Season Ticket of 3 Meets, each with 16 tests, all for only $299.
BIG Discounts are available for Returning High Schools and Middle Schools.
In 2021-2022, we had 481 High Schools participate and they posted over 25,400 scores on the Virtual Challenge Meet website, while 138 Middle Schools posted over 7,000 scores, all in the middle of a stinkin' pandemic!!!
WE are poised for another big year in 2022-2023, so come join the fun and competition, designed to prepare your students to be successful at their UIL District/Region/State Meets, with no travel and utilizing a customized testing schedule that YOU devise to work best at your school.
Last year, 83% of the Team State Champions and 73% of the Individual State Champions competed in the Virtual Challenge Meets as part of their UIL Academic Training Program.
My name is Chuck Thompson...I am the Owner and Director of:
10 years ago, I developed a system for running entire invitational academic practice meets virtually...no travel costs, no meal costs, no getting up in the wee hours on Saturday morning to drive a yellow-hammer across our great state to compete. I called it:
The Virtual Challenge Meets.
The Virtual Challenge Meet concept allows for maximum flexibility, minimal costs and MUCH greater competition in that you will be competing with schools your size from all across the state.
The High School Virtual Challenge Meets offer unlimited entries in the following 10 events:
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- Calculator
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- Current Events
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- Literary Criticism
- Spelling
- Computer Science
- Accounting
The tests are made available to you several days prior to the posted date of the Meet and you then can administer them anytime you see fit in a controlled, meet-like, secure fashion.
You then grade them and report your students' scores on this Virtual Challenge Meet website by the posted date of the meet, by the midnight deadline.
Starting the 2015-2016 Season, a new component was added to the Virtual Meet Experience, The Middle School Virtual Challenge Meets.
The Middle School Virtual Challenge Meets program operates using the same basic format, except we utilize a 3-week Testing Window for added flexibility.
The Middle School Virtual Challenge Meets offer unlimited entries in the following 16 events:
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- Maps, Graphs & Charts (7-8)
The Results for all Virtual Challenge Meets will then be tabulated and posted on the website and/or emailed out within minutes. We have developed a Certificate Generator which generates 1,000's of Award Certificates for each Meet and emails them directly to each school where you can print them off.
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Some schools do the Virtual Challenge Meet testing as they can fit during their normal practice times throughout the testing window, some schools have their students all meet after school or on Saturday morning as a team to take them. The most important aspect is to make the testing as much like that of a conventional meet as possible for better and more useful results.
One option that I think is the best of both worlds is to get together with 2-3 schools in your close proximity that also are enrolled in the Virtual Challenge Meets and have a little "mini-meet"...that way students are still in a competitive environment, you have additional graders, no tabbing, no costs and still get to compete with schools across the State.
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Last year, the HS VCM program had over 350 schools compete and over 24,000 scores were posted in the six High School Virtual Challenge Meets.
Even more exciting is the fact that in 2018, in the ten events we offer, 34 out of the 60 Individual State Champions, and 37 out of the 60 Team Event State Champions ALSO competed in the Virtual Challenge Meets, including 220 of the Top 3 Medalists (Team & Individual).
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I believe that the key to having a quality and successful academic meet is that you must have two things:
GREAT TESTS and GREAT COMPETITION and we think you will find we have both...
The VCM tests are written by former UIL State Directors, current UIL State Directors (in different events), State Champion Academic coaches, and university professors that have repeatedly answered the charge of providing top-quality academic tests that will emulate the UIL tests in design, depth, and difficulty.
Combine that with the tremendous state-wide competition that is continuing to grow and I feel like VCM has the components in place to provide you and your team the best training experience possible.
I have tried to make the cost for the Virtual Challenge Meets very affordable to maximize the number of schools being able to participate. The more schools play, the better the competition and the more valuable the competition is to your kids.
The HS Entry Fee for each Meet is:
$230 total/meet for unlimited entries for all ten events.
However, most of our schools choose the "Season Ticket" package deal...all 4 Regular Season Virtual Meets, the Virtual Regional Qualifiers' Meet, and the Virtual State Qualifiers' Meet...all for only $450.
That is all 6 Meets for less than what 3 would cost. So, if you buy the Season Ticket and become a certified Virtual Challenge Meet VIP School, at a minimum you are getting 60 tests throughout the year, plus the chance to compete with hundreds of schools across the State.
Plus, once you have joined us for the Season Ticket of Virtual Meets once, you will forever qualify for the "$100 off Loyalty Discount" on all future Season Tickets...unlike your cable company, I believe in giving the best price to the loyal, returning teams, not one-time discounts to attract the new schools.
I hope offering the Virtual Challenge Meets for such a low cost will result in more schools being able to participate, which is better for your kids as they prepare for District, Regional and State competition.
So, thank you in advance for helping us spread the word and I hope you will join us in this endeavor.
Interested coaches are asked to e-mail me at:
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You can also call or text me at (940) 782-9898
I look forward to hearing from you so I can add you to our contact list, answer any questions and keep everyone informed.
Thanks again!
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Governor visits Twin Cities mosque damaged during break-in last week
Days after a Minnesota mosque was broken into and vandalized, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton condemned the action during a visit to the religious center.
Someone smashed doors and windows at the Umatul Islam Center in Minneapolis Wednesday night, also making off with equipment and files – damage that totals about $5,000, according to the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN).
The group said afterward the Muslim community is worried about what might have motivated the incident.
On Sunday, Dayton and Lt. Gov. Tina Smith visited the Umatul Islam Center, with the governor calling the crime "unMinnesotan" and "unAmerican," according to MPR.
Dayton was one of the few dozen state leaders and elected officials who signed a full-page ad published in the Star Tribune, which said they "know better than to be silent or still in the face of bigotry toward Muslims. Our fellow Minnesotans."
The ad also encouraged people to use #UnMinnesotan to discuss the issue on social media.
People who work at the mosque told CAIR surveillance video the night of the crime shows a white male, who appears to be in his 50s. It's the second time this month someone has targeted a mosque, according to the council.
The Star Tribune says police are investigating.
The mosque posted photos of Dayton's visit on Facebook as well.
Muslims in Minnesota and the US
According to PEW Research Center there are about 3.3 million Muslims living in the US, a number that is likely to double by 2050. A study by the group found Muslims are one of the most negatively viewed religious groups in the U.S.
There has been a string of recent incidents and cases around the state, including a former school board member resigning over comments he made on Facebook directed at Muslims, a license plate that reads "FSMUSLMS" (which Dayton and other state officials also condemned), and debates over mosque and Islamic cemetery proposals.
Meanwhile the Twin Cities Somali community has been concerned over the allure the Islamic State militant group has had on young men – including those from Minnesota – who have left the U.S. to fight.


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Alert! Alert! My new obsession, cabinet wreaths.
Okay fine, wreaths in general. I could put them on every wall, in every room and probably see no problem in it. Ethan has to stop me in my madness from time to time!
So I recently refinished this Hoosier Cabinet in my kitchen. (Read all about that HERE!) I had this idea to hang small wreaths on the front cabinets. These are the artificial boxwood wreaths I used on the pews at my wedding. Hello re-purposing! I wanted to breath new life into them, so I picked up a bag of small faux lemons from Hob-Lob. I then hot glued an odd number of lemons on the wreaths. (Tip: Things look better in odd numbers!)
What do you think of my super easy and fun summer wreaths? Stay Tuned: I am going to make mini wreaths for every season!


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Daily Archives: 23. April 2008
Only one design will survive!
Yawn … you will say … yet another contest… Well, look again! This is not like anything you have seen before. At least in terms of engineering challenges … this was never done before to my knowledge.
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Some grain-based desserts you don't even miss after going Paleo: stale grocery-store cookies, tasteless "snack cakes" out of the vending machine, and the Styrofoam sheet cakes that seem to spring fully formed from break room tables for office birthday parties. But other old favorite treats are harder to let go of, even if they're not ultimately worth the pain of eating them. Fond memories of enjoying an old family recipe during the holidays can easily put fruitcake into this latter category, making every heavy, sticky-sweet slice a wrench to pass up.
With a little creativity, though, you can put together a Paleo version of fruitcake – with a cup and a half of almond flour and a hefty dose of dried fruits, this isn't a treat to have every day, but it's definitely better for you than making the cake with grain flour. I've suggested a mix of spices and some fruit in the ingredients list, but you can make this one your own by adding whatever else you like: if your family's special fruitcake calls for prunes or walnuts or something else that's not on the list, don't hesitate to toss it in.
If you'd rather have multiple smaller cakes, you can pour the batter into several smaller loaf pans; just lower the cooking time accordingly. Ribbon-wrapped mini-fruitcakes make great healthy gifts for a party host or visiting relatives, or just freeze them to pull out later on when you want a Paleo-friendly treat to brighten up your day.
Fruit Cake Recipe
PREP: 15 min. COOK: 1 h.
Protein: 22g / %
Carbs: 244g / %
Fat: 81g / %
Values are per portion. These are for information only & are not meant to be exact calculations.
- 1 ½ cups almond flour;
- ½ cup tapioca flour;
- ½ tsp. baking powder;
- 5 eggs;
- 1 cup raw honey;
- 1 cup clarified butter or ghee;
- 1 tsp. ground cloves;
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon;
- 1 tsp. ground nutmeg;
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract ;
- 1 cup dates, chopped;
- 2 cups raisins;
- 1 cup dried cherries;
- 1 cup assorted dry fruits of your choice; (mango, apricots, cranberry)
- ½ tsp. sea salt;
- Preheat your oven to 350 F.
- In a large bowl, combine the almond flour, tapioca flour, salt, and baking powder.
- Add the ground cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg to the almond flour and mix again.
- In another bowl, mix the eggs, butter, honey, and vanilla.
- Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and combine until smooth.
- Add the dried fruits to the mixture and stir again.
- Empty the mixture into a greased loaf pan and bake for 45 min. to 1 hour.


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Students have a chance to win a $1,000 scholarship from TEG to help with their college education expenses.
The TEG Joyce A. Betros Scholarship will be awarded to three high school seniors who have demonstrated high academic excellence and community service throughout their high school careers. The scholarships will be given to students who are TEG members or whose parents/guardians are members in good standing. All applicants must be graduating in 2019 and preparing to attend an institution of higher learning in the fall 2019 semester. The scholarship is a one-time gift made payable to the student upon verification of registration at the chosen college or university.
The scholarship is named in honor of Joyce A. Betros, one of the founding members of the TEG Board of Directors and its scholarship program. Ms. Betros, a dedicated educator, spent 37 years as a teacher in the Wappingers Central School District. She retired from the TEG Board of Directors in April 2012 after 43 years of service.
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Desperate Zionist move to start WWIII backfires drastically
The U.S. murder of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was either a "brilliant chess move" or a very stupid mistake, but either way, it has severely harmed the Zionists.
"The martyrdom of Soleimani may have been a brilliant chess move by U.S. President Donald Trump to unleash global anti-Semitism and terminate Israel, Saudi Arabia, Zionism, Exxon, and the deep state using Iran, Russia, China, Turkey, the EU, and its allies," was how one Pentagon source summed up the situation.
However, British Intelligence got a very different story from their U.S. counterparts, who told them Soleimani was killed because "he was going to set off nuclear weapons in an attempt to start WWIII and bring on the Mahdi or Messiah." The British don't believe this excuse and note that "It was highly unusual the Pentagon did not forewarn Great Britain," according to MI6 sources.
Regardless, despite the incredible Zionist beating of war drums, the Pentagon, Russian, and Chinese sources agree that this incident will not be allowed to escalate into WWIII.
"As Einstein said, 'I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.' We need to make sure the Iran situation does not threaten modern civilization," was how an Asian Secret Society source described China's view of this engineered crisis.
"…Eliminating officials of another UN member state…blatantly violates the principles of international law and should be condemned," was Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's response to the incident. The world community will support Iranian war crime charges against Trump and he will eventually end up in jail for this crime, Russian FSB sources promise.
Veteran's Today is reporting that the U.S. government committed a war crime by officially inviting Soleimani, under the promise of diplomatic immunity and the lifting of sanctions on Iran, only to ambush and kill him.
Pentagon sources say that because Trump was "tricked into ordering the hit [on Soleimani] with false Israeli Intelligence," he now has cause and may fire …
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Collecting points for freebies is fun isn't it? When I was a kid, I had a piggie bank which was filled almost religiously every week, and a little box in which I stashed coupons from the neighbourhood supermarket and fast-food chain. Reaching the required number of points and redeeming them was always cause for a little celebration – it felt like an achievement and the freebie (in most cases, candy or a burger) somehow tasted better! These days, collecting points for more travel opportunities is much like a second nature to me. With frequent traveller cards by major airline alliances and hotel chains in my wallet, I collect points whenever I can, and I love just browsing through the loyalty card websites to check the different rewards. I would then make mental notes of what I would like to do and the number of points required. As soon as I reach this number, the big excitement begins! How shall I spend these hard-earned points? On accommodation, flights or an upgrade? For me, this is the biggest kick, knowing that I have all these options from the points I earned.
What would you do with 100,000 Starpoints?
One fine day, I was approached by American Express and Starwood Preferred Guest® (SPG) to experience the exclusive benefits offered by The Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express. The email read: "What would you do with 100,000 Starpoints?" I didn't need more persuasion to accept the challenge!
There were no restrictions – I could redeem the Starpoints for a stay at any of the over 1,100 luxurious Starwood properties (think Sheraton, W Hotels and St. Regis, amongst others) and flights on over 150 airlines. That sent my mind into a flurry of activity. I wasn't sure what 100,000 Starpoints would be worth so I headed straight for the Starwood Preferred Guest® website to look up the possibilities. Imagine my reaction when I discovered that hotel stays started at 2,000 Starpoints a night and there were no blackout dates for both hotels and flights! It took me ages to sift through the many options – it was easy enough to redeem the Starpoints for an indulgent getaway anywhere in Europe or even a weekend in New York.
With vivid images of the past winter still lingering in my mind, my attention shifted to somewhere warmer in southern Europe. Athens, Barcelona, Rome, Sardinia, southern Portugal, Cyprus….. it was hard to choose. The properties all looked stunning, making it even harder to make a decision. One thing I decided very quickly was to take my partner with me – I figured I needed to share the joy of spending all those Starpoints with someone special. I finally settled for a five-day trip to Gran Canaria, a popular winter getaway destination for northern Europeans. We'll stay at the beautiful Sheraton Salobre Golf Resort and Spa. Situated in the hills and surrounded by the undulating greens of one of Spain's most exclusive golf courses, the resort offers rooms with panoramic views of the hills and the Atlantic Ocean.
Gran Canaria
Located off the coast of Morocco, Gran Canaria is one of the largest Canary Islands and has Las Palmas as its capital. It is mostly volcanic with a mountainous interior and a sandy coastline. The main tourist hubs are in the south of the island, where it's warmer and sunnier, whilst the countryside is characterised by picturesque villages, forests, rugged peaks and verdant valleys. With a bit of luck, it may be warm enough for a day at the beach – the resort has its own private beach club – or at one of the splendid pools. We've also hired a car during our stay so we'll definitely be exploring the rest of the island.
I booked four nights at the Sheraton Salobre Golf Resort and Spa for 28,000 Starpoints and two return tickets with Air Europa from Amsterdam via Madrid to Las Palmas for 70,000 Starpoints. The bookings were made in a flash – well, easy enough once I made my choice – and to top it off, there are no blackout dates and all taxes are included in the Starpoints. As you can imagine, I'm really looking forward to this luxurious winter getaway in Gran Canaria, all thanks to 100,000 fabulous Starpoints.
NOTE: This trip has taken place. Please read all about my luxurious winter getaway in Gran Canaria.
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Weekend Tour One, 2008
- Cue sheets: Detailed turn-by-turn directions with distances
- Map, day 1: Cayuga Mall to Fillmore Glen State Park
- Map, day 2: Fillmore Glen State Park to Sampson State Park
- Map, day 3: Sampson State Park to Ithaca
- Photos: snapshots from various sources, in no special order
June 13-15: Weekend Tour — Ithaca – Fillmore Glen – Sampson State Park – Ithaca
The Start
At around 4:30 pm last Friday a group of 9 cyclists and 3 support people gathered in the parking lot of the Cayuga Mall in Ithaca. This would be the first FLCC overnight tour of this season where we would be fully embracing self-contained touring (a fancy way of saying we were going to carry all, or nearly all, of our camping gear and weekend supplies on our bikes). Andrejs Ozolins arrived with wonderfully detailed cue sheets and colorful maps for all 3 days of touring. We gathered in the small covered gazebo in the hotel parking lot and started looking at the details: 18 miles to Moravia where we would camp later that evening at Fillmore Glen State Park, 52 miles for the Saturday riding to Seneca Lake and Sampson State Park, and 34 miles for the last leg of the journey on Sunday back to Ithaca.
9 Riders and 8 Bikes
Captain Paul Monkman and stoker Oliver on a red Bike Friday tandem, with Holly Monkman nearby on her own bike fully laden with rear panniers. Scott Smith from Newfield with a beautiful mid-1980's black Miyata touring bike that he bought recently on Ebay for $200 (I believe he told me) and the seller said had less than 500 miles on it. If anyone has anything to sell or buy on Ebay they should contact Scott because he has story after story of great Ebay deals. Mary Bouchard with her seatpost-mounted rear pack and bright red handlebar bag. Jim Landis with his vintage blue and white beautifully lugged touring bike, and brand new low-rider front rack and panniers. Mark Cordano also had a nicely lugged touring bike with new rear panniers and a matching handlebar bag. Andrejs Ozolins chose his black Bike Friday for this ride, and used the matching suitcase/2-wheeled trailer to very elegantly pull all of his weekend gear. I rode my reliable Trek 520 touring bike with what everyone agreed were the worlds largest panniers (Arkel GT-54s). My bike topped out at nearly 70 lbs — try riding that on the Cacadilla Hill Climb!
Great Support
Hobit Lafaye and Jacob enthusiastically provided transport for a few stray items that wouldn't fit on our bikes and was on standby for SAG rider scoop-up (fortunately, not needed). Throughout the weekend Hobit drove ahead to the next campground, handled the check-in process, and was there to greet us as we arrived on our bikes. David Williams joined us for camping Friday night in Moravia, drove back to Ithaca for a wedding on Saturday, and then drove up to the north end of Seneca Lake to help with dinner (thanks for the watermelon) and camping that evening. Diana Ozolins also drove up to Sampson State Park for dinner and camping on Saturday, and had a large tarp on standby in case of the rain that never came on Saturday night. A big thanks to all of these support people.
The Riding
With the assist of a nice southerly tailwind we covered the 18 miles from the Cayuga Mall to Fillmore Glen State Park in just under 1-1/2 hours. Not bad considering the loads we were carrying, and the fact that several in our group were touring with a loaded bike for the very first time. We followed the published cue sheet route that is used on many of the FLCC Sunday rides to/from Moravia (Warren Rd to Asbury to Benson, etc…., to NY 90 to NY 38). We road in one large group most of the time, with quite a bit of space between us, since we were still getting used to the feel of the loaded bikes. For those interested: In general, a fully-loaded touring bike rides very smoothly, with wider tires (and lower air pressure) than racing-oriented road bikes, and typically a steel frame that soaks up much of the imperfections in the roadway. But it does take some time for your brain to get accustomed to the different steering sensitivity of a loaded bike. We passed the little diner on the right hand side of NY 38 just before we turned into the state park (Andrejs noted that the diner was open until 8 pm and later went back for a meal). We unloaded our packs from our bikes, set up our tents and spread out over the 3 campsites. Fortunately, the 20% chance of rain never materialized, at least in Moravia, so we were able to get the camp setup at a leisurely pace. Hobit setup the big 3-burner camp stove and she and Jacob prepared their dinner (the ever-popular baked beans plus something else I didn't see). Mark and I rode to the nearby supermarket in Moravia for some freshly canned foods.
Some of us got up as early as 5:30 am. The rumor was that a weather front with showers and thunderstorms would move through the area mid-day, so there was some motivation to get as much cycling done early in the day. Jim was all packed up by 7:15 am and decided to head out on his own and forge the trail for all of us. Most of the rest of us left an hour later, and headed up the west side of Owasco Lake towards Auburn. The typical FLCC ride around Owasco Lake goes counter-clockwise around the lake, so I enjoyed heading north on the west side of the lake for the first time. Nice views of the lake and the hills as one approaches Auburn at the northwest end of the lake. We picked up a few sprinkles of rain in Auburn and we stopped at the convenience store at the traffic circle for a mid-morning snack. Andrejs plotted a very interesting course through Auburn and westward toward Cayuga Lake, mostly on Genesee St, avoiding the main highway (US 20). At the village of Cayuga we turned onto the very quiet River Rd which took us past lock #1, which connects Cayuga Lake to the Erie Canal system. There is also a spillway system there which is used (I think) to control the lake level. With temperatures in the 80s we enjoyed the occasional light showers. Just enough to cool off a bit, but not enough to get soaked. 5 of us grabbed a take-out sandwich at another convenience store at the north end of the lake, and planned to have a picnic at the nearby Montezuma Wildlife Refuge. As we turned into the entrance road to the refuge, the light showers changed to a more sustained rain. We took shelter under a huge, and I mean huge, red and white canopy — the type used at a large graduation ceremony or even a circus. We later learned that it had been setup for a wine festival for the following day. Very convenient lunch location. The rain stopped just about the time we finished lunch, and then did a quick look around the refuge visitors center. I am not a big bird person, so I didn't get a lot out of the displays, but Scott, Holly, Paul, and Oliver seemed to enjoy them. All I remember is that the water at the visitors center is not safe to drink, and there is a warning sign only in the women's restroom (thanks Holly for saving the rest of us).
I see this write-up is getting much too long. So I'll try to be quick with the rest.
We zipped from Montezuma to Seneca Falls on the evil NY 20 highway (too much traffic, but at least a big shoulder). Picked up some supplies at a large farmstand/local market, and all rendezvoused at Sampson State Park around 3 pm or so. Actually, Mary, Mark, and myself arrived last since we decided to take an extended break at a winery overlooking Seneca Lake. Some wine tasting and refilling of water bottles. I was really impressed how both Mary and Mark were able to fit full-sized wine bottles into their bike packs that just moments earlier appeared to be full. Just before arriving at the state park, we came across Andrejs and Steve Grossman resting at the side of the road. Steve Grossman had hoped to do the entire weekend trip, but due to some needed home repairs had instead opted to ride with us for part of Saturday (he coordinated with Andrejs via cellphone and met up with him in Seneca Falls).
At Sampson State Park we had 3 sites overlooking Seneca Lake. Mark set about preparing an amazing pasta dinner for the entire group that had grown to 13 people. Thanks Mark for coordinating the food purchase with Hobit and cooking all of the food.
At 5:15 am I woke up to the smell of fresh french toast being cooked on the camp stove by master chef Mark. What a treat compared to the usual abbreviated camping food. Jim once again was the first packed up and ready to roll by 7:15 am. The rest of us dribbled out of the campground between 8:00 and 9:00 am. The climb up from Seneca Lake near Willard slowed us, but had the advantage of bunching a group of us back together. We headed east across the ridge between Seneca and Cayuga Lakes on a nice low-traffic road masterfully selected by Andrejs (CR 139). Right turn on NY 89, and south along the shore of Cayuga Lake and back into very familiar territory.
But one last great experience awaited us before returning to Ithaca. We had planned to stop at the Cayuga Creamery along NY 89, south of Interlaken, for lunch. But because we had made such good time cycling, we arrived at 10:00 am, a full 2 hours before it's usual opening time. We propped our bikes against the front of the building and peered into the darkened ice cream shop. Our fortune quickly changed when the proprietor opened the door, and offered to open the shop early just for our cycling group. We helped setup the chairs in the dining area and even carried some of the supplies from the proprietor's vehicle into the store. The proprietor and assistant could not have been nicer as they took our sandwich and ice cream orders. They asked some questions about our touring route and we showed them our progress on the laminated Finger Lakes map on the wall of the shop.
Back on the bikes, south on NY 89, Andrejs, Mark, and Mary split off toward Trumansburg, while Scott and I continued to downtown Ithaca, and up the hills to our homes, arriving in the early afternoon. The Monkman trio arrived at their home a little later as they continued to savor the Cayuga Creamery experience. A great weekend.
Until July 25-27, when we will do something similar…..


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Most of David Lynch's fans know him for his cult-favorite movies like Blue Velvet, Eraserhead, and Mulholland Drive or the TV series Twin Peaks. What they might not realize, however, is that Lynch—a four-time Oscar nominee who last month received a lifetime achievement Academy Award—is also an accomplished artist. In fact, as a young man he studied at the Museum School in Boston and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and it was painting that led him to filmmaking.
"I was just painting until I got this idea for a moving painting," he tells T&C, "and that led to cinema."
It's a practice he thankfully hasn't given up. Lynch recently opened Squeaky Flies in the Mud, an exhibition—his first in New York City in nearly seven years—of his paintings, watercolors, works on paper, furniture, lamps, and sculpture at the Sperone Westwater gallery.
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This is your first New York exhibition in quite a while. What brought you here?
I don't know how it started, but one thing led to another and here it is.
There's older work here and newer creations as well. When you're approached to do an exhibition like this, do you dive into the archives or create new things?
Both. I have stuff that I've made, but then I want to do new work as well. So, on this show I think I counted eight new paintings and three sculptures. And then the rest is pretty recent work.
What's your practice like? Are you someone who paints every day?
When I'm into painting, I'm into that pretty much exclusively, but sometimes I don't have the opportunity to paint. So, when I get the opportunity it always takes me some time to get back into it—and that's a very frustrating time. I want to sink back into it, and it takes time. Then the ideas start flowing and I want to stay in there, but then it comes to an end for one reason or another.
What brought the most recent run to an end?
A trip to New York.
This trip?
Yes. I just finished the big sculpture ["Lamp"] the day before the truck came to pick it up.
Will you dive back into making art when you're home in L.A.?
It's getting to be winter. It can be good weather up through into January, but then it does get cold in L.A. Our blood is thin, we're used to nice warm weather. So, when it gets even a little bit chilly, we suffer just like people suffer in Alaska. Everything's relative.
What got you interested in painting?
In the ninth grade, I had a girlfriend and I was over to her house one night. There were some other people there as well on this particular night, and as I left the house I met a young man my age on the front lawn of her house. He went to private school, so I never met him before and we started talking there on the lawn and somewhere in the talk he told me his father was a painter. I thought maybe a house painter, a'nd he said, 'No, a fine art painter. And a bomb went off in my head. From the millisecond of hearing this, I wanted only to be a painter. And that was it. He took me to his father's studio the next weekend and I ended up renting a room as a studio for myself.
How is creating artwork different for you than making movies?
It's all ideas. You go where the inspiration from ideas that you happen to fall in love with will take you. Once in a while you get an idea for a painting that's just like a gift; you're so excited and you know what you're going after it because of the idea, and it takes you into the world of paint. Some ideas are cinema ideas; there are ideas for everything. So, you go by the ideas that you fall in love with.
You're also exhibiting furniture and a number of lamps. How did you start making those?
I love electricity. I love light bulbs, especially light bulbs from the early days of electricity and light—the filament, the glass, and the shapes. And then I like also I have a wood shop and I love building things with wood. My friend Alfredo is turning into an ace metalworker, so I can design these lamps and he does the metalwork, and I do the wood or plastic or plaster. They're sculpture, but they have a purpose in a home as well, and I really like that. I'd like to do a lot more with lamps and sculpture.
Adam Rathe is Town & Country's Deputy Features Director, covering arts and culture and a range of other subjects.


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Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 2 1/2 hours
Serves: 15-20
- 10 lb. ham
- 1 bottle marmalade or pineapple rings
- 2 tsps. grated orange rind
- 2 cups fresh orange segments
- 2 Tbsps. fresh lime juice
- 1/4 cup lightly packed brown sugar
- 15 whole cloves
- 2 Tbsps. vinegar
- Bake ham in preheated oven at 180°C / 350°F, (15 minutes for each pound).
- In a saucepan over low heat, heat marmalade until it is of a syrupy consistency.
- Stir constantly with a wooden spoon, remove marmalade from heat and blend in orange segments, and lime juice.
- Spoon mixture over ham 15 minutes before it is finished baking.
- In a separate bowl, combine the brown sugar and vinegar, brush this over ham. Bake ham for a further 15-20 minutes.
Serve with your favourite sides
Baked ham is one of the main items on Christmas Day


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Gray Star / COBRA GEMINI
Electronic Systems Center is developing a program that will result in what is believed to be the first dual-band, sea- and land-based radar system. The Cobra Gemini program will acquire three X- and S-band radar systems that can detect, acquire, track and collect both high-precision metric and signature data on targets of interest. CG is designed to be transportable and capable of operating anywhere in the world in either a land or sea-based mode. This program is included with other funding in Program Element 31315.
Properly deployed ship-based radars with ranges of about 2000 km can provide a forward-based radar missile defense interceptor commit function against many of the potential threats to the US. These radars can remain silent until cued by DSP or SBIRS-High. Because they would be difficult to target due to mobility and unknown location of ships, they would add robustness against defense suppression attacks, particularly before SBIRS-Low is available. Sea-based radars could be added to the NMD architecture to provide robustness against certain defense suppression attacks before SBIRS-Low is available, and in some scenarios, to provide an earlier interceptor commit. Two such radars could be procured, installed on existing ships, and integrated with NMD BM/C3 for a total cost of less than $0.5B. O&S costs for the ships would total about $0.03B/year.
The system, also known as STEEL TRAP, will use a two frequency dish-based radar that will serve a dual role. The primary mission of CG is to support the Central Measurement and Signatures Intelligence (MASINT) Office (CMO) requirement for ballistic missile data collection. CG will be capable of detecting, acquiring, tracking, and collecting both high precision metric and signature data on tactical ballistic missile launches, but it can also lend support to future military operations, since metric data can provide launch and impact point estimates as well as basic missile trajectory.
Although phased-array technology may provide better surveillance and track resolution, cost considerations dictated the use of a dish system in the Prototype.
Tracking is performed at S-band. The X-Band frequency, essential for signature data collection and for supporting the wide bandwidth imaging requirement, is not well-suited for initial target acquisition or tracking complexes which have significant spatial separation. At S-Band, the area of the beam is ten times greater than at X-Band and results in an excellent acquisition and tracking capability. X-band monopulse is not being considered due to cost and complications to feed and receiver design.
The maximum range window to be covered in bow-tie search mode is 1200 km. In the nominal mission scenario this window will extend from 300 km range to 1500 km range with 1 second dwell [1 second of noncoherent integration].
The original program concept called for one prototype system and two production radar systems. The first prototype system was designed and built by MIT/LL under contract to ESC, with the remaining two (2) systems to be built by industry via a competitive follow-on production contract. An option in the contract could fund up to 10 of the radar systems. Because of funding limitations, the original plan to have a follow-on production contract for two additional CG radar systems has been postponed indefinitely.
An acquisition team composed of Electronic Systems Center, MIT Lincoln Laboratory and the MITRE Corporation will develop and fabricate a prototype system. The MITRE Corporation will work closely with MIT/LL to accomplish technology transfer by capturing hardware and software information and code in industry-standard, commercially available electronic engineering environments to maximize the usefulness of the MIT/LL design to the industry follow-on system(s). The MIT/LL prototype contract commenced in Feb 96, and was a two year effort(followed by an extensive nine month testing period). The MIT/LL contract commenced in Feb 96, and will be a two year effort (followed by an extensive testing period). The major milestones are as follow: Feb 96, CG Development Effort Begins; Jul 97, MIT/LL moves radar to Westford, MA; Aug 97, MIT/LL starts testing at Westford, MA; Jan 98, Satellite Track Test at Westford, MA; Apr 98, Complete Ground-Based D/OT&E (Site TBD); Oct 98, Start Ship-Based D/OT&E; Jan 99, Ship-Based FOC.
After prototype development, a competitive production contract was to be awarded in 1998 to build two more systems and complete integration of a second U.S. Military Sealift Command modified oceanographic survey ship. The 224-foot-long T-AGOS ships were formerly used by the Navy in a sensor array mission. Testing of the ground-based prototype is expected to be complete by mid-1998 and aboard ship by early 1999. Total weight for the shipboard COBRA GEMINI system is approximately 50,000 kg.
The three radar systems in the initial contract were to each be sea- or shore-capable and air-transportable aboard U.S. military cargo planes. The system equipment is housed in environmentally controlled containers and can be mounted/dismounted from appropriately prepared and supported sea-going vessels. It can also be operated from appropriately prepared and supported land sites. The system is intended to be used to detect launches of 'rest of world' missiles in the Scud class. Cobra Gemini is not a replacement for Cobra Judy, ESC's other shipboard program. Cobra Judy looks for intercontinental ballistic missiles and Cobra Gemini will look for 'rest of world' missiles.
On 14 May 1999, Raytheon Support Services, Burlington, Mass., was awarded an $11,824,227 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for operation and maintenance from May 14, 1999, through May 13, 2000, of the Cobra Judy and Cobra Gemini radar systems deployed on the USNS Observation Island and the USNS Invincible (T-AGOS 10), respectively. There were four firms solicited and three proposals received. Expected contract completion date is May 13, 2000. Solicitation issue date was Oct. 20, 1998. Negotiation completion date was May 13, 1999. The 668th Logistics Squadron, Kelly AFB, Texas, is the contracting activity.
On 04 June 2002, it was announced that the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) intended to modify, on a sole source basis, Contract HQ0006-01-C-0001 with The Boeing Company, to develop a Sea-Based Test X-band Radar (XBR) capability in support of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Program. This action will provide for the Sea-Based Test XBR capability design, development, acquisition of a sea-based platform, and modification of the platform and existing XBR to meet design requirements, integration and operational check-out, and radar test operations. Currently, Boeing is providing development of initial components of the GMD system (interceptor, XBR, and upgrades to the Early Warning Radars) under this contract. A sea-based platform for the Test XBR is required to support the expanded test operations of the GMD component of the Ballistic Missile Defense System Test Bed. The effort necessary to satisfy this Sea-Based Test XBR capability is highly specialized and tightly interwoven with the on-going GMD development efforts being provided by Boeing. No other source can meet this requirement without the intimate knowledge of, and the ability to provide the currently planned XBR element for installation on the sea-based platform and integration into the GMD system under this contract.
In 2002, Diversified Technologies, Inc. [DTI] won contracts to upgrade the X-band radar transmitters in both the Cobra Judy system on the USNS Observation Island, and the Gray Star system, located onboard the smaller USNS Invincible. A 45 kV,50 A solid state opening switch and fault sensing electronics replaced the vacuum tube crowbar that protected the X-band radar's TWT. Its sub-microsecond response means that fewer pulses are missed in case of an arc.The new system offers faster fault isolation, reduces fault energy delivered to the TWT,and reduces the size of fault currents and mechanical forces by orders of magnitude. In addition,two new DTI 150 kW switching power supplies replaced the original DC power supplies. These provide higher regulation and full redundancy for the transmitter system.
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Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews will miss some time with the broken thumb that he suffered in the 22-9 win over the Detroit
Lions on Sunday.
The Packers were seeking several opinions on Matthews broken thumb to determine the course of action. That means just how much time Matthews would miss is still unclear.
At this time, it's looking like Matthews will need surgery, but until that decision is made, there's no timetable for just how long Matthews will be out.
At his Monday news conference today, Packers coach Mike McCarthy didn't think it was something that was going to sideline Matthews for the season, but the coach didn't offer any other information.
If Matthews can return to action this season, he'll likely have to play with a soft cast or a club on his hand to protect the thumb. That will affect his ability to rush the passer and tackle ball carriers.
Without Matthews, defensive coordinator Dom Capers said Mike Neal and Nick Perry would handle the outside linebacker position. Both players had career high performances on Sunday against the Lions.
McCarthy said the Packers weren't sure how bad the hamstring injury is that Brad Jones suffered on Sunday. If he can't play at Baltimore next week, then the starting job would go to Jamari Lattimore.


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This Autumn in Budapest seems to be one of the surprise free concerts. Yesterday Will Smith celebrated his birthday by performing a free show for his fans at St Stephens Square. However, there is another surprise concert in the store.
Some of you may remember last year when the Hollywood star was in town, videos of him climbing the Chain Bridge went viral. The Fresh Prince is in town once again, this time to celebrate the release of his new film Gemini Man, much of which was shot in Budapest. Much to the delight of his fans, he celebrated his birthday with them by performing a free concert.
This Saturday 28th September, Budapest will be the host of another free concert, as Canadian singer, songwriter Bryan takes the stage at Heroe's Square. The singer behind a string of superhits such as the "Summer Of 69", will be supported by Hungarian band Wellhello. The event is completely free to attend and organised by the Hungarian Gambling company, Szerencsejáték Zrt, in celebration of their 20th Birthday.
When: Saturday 28th October 2019 Where: Heroes' Square
Click Here For The Full Event Info
Surprise contests aren't the only thing happening in Autumn in Budapest, the city will be hosting a whole range of awesome events. Check out our guide to What's Happening In Budapest this October for a taster of what's to come. In the meanwhile, you can start exploring Budapest off the beaten path with the Like Locals App. Stay tuned, there are some exciting updates coming very soon. Download now for free, available on both iOS and Android devices.