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Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Ithaca, NY
Top Family Hotel
Airport shuttle
The room was clean and comfortable. The staff very helpful. The breakfast was great and convenient since my teenagers sleep later than my wife and I. The railing on the hot tub was a little loose.
Met our expectations. Nice staff and good breakfast. Room was clean and ready. Very nice. I would have liked breakfast available at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday - it's an hour later on weekends.
Friendly staff,clean rooms, and a nice breakfast area.
Staff, cleanliness , facilities and above all room, everything was excellent ! We enjoyed our stay, room was very comfortabIe. I highly recommend this hotel. Everything was great !
I was really surprised that all rooms were like little suites, not bad for $100 a night. I actually went downstairs to make sure they didn't charge me more than what I thought... seriously the room was super nice.
Very accommodating to an extended checkout time. Lots of space.
Great shuttle service. Good breakfast.
Amenities were nice. Breakfast was good. Room was clean. Too noisy. You could hear doors closing constantly.
The staff was friendly, the room and bed were clean, there were extra blankets and pillows in the room so I didn't have to bother anyone about it, and there were hot drinks and cookies waiting for me! Oh, and breakfast was REAL. Yogurt, cereal, eggs, sausage, waffles, oatmeal, so many things!
Clean and spacious accommodations, top-notch staff, perfect for our short stay and a great value.
We liked the public spaces, the decore and the location. All were excellent. The room was had a lovely decor but was very small. No place for luggage or place for clothling.There were hooks and the wall with hangars. Anymore than a one night over night would have been difficult. Breakfast was very minimal, staff in am was cranky.
Beautiful old building and bar. Friendly service.Near the Ithaca Commons. NO CLOSETS OR DRAWERS in the bedroom--nowhere to put our clothes. Bar closes at 10p, but it's still loud on bench outside our room. Apple TV is nice, but NO access to live local or network TV stations to watch football game. No hot breakfast.
The facilities were beautiful. But with only maybe 6 guests in the entire place I would have expected them to space us out some instead of putting guests right across the hall from eachother. And the room doors had a tendency to slam which caused some disruption to our sleep when the other guests went in and out of their room late in the evening.
It was clean and comfortable the desk personnel were the best we've ever met and we've been all around the world. restaurant there wasn't one
Was in close proximity to what I needed The stale cigarette and deodorizer smell, beds not so comfy, bed linen cleanliness questionable, bathroom not very clean.
They gave us the worst room because of the price we paid with Booking.com We couldn't get a shower. The room was very smelly. The toilet didn't work and not hot watter.The personnel was very kind . They gave us the worst room because of the price we paid with Booking.com We couldn't get a shower. The room was very smelly. The toilet didn't work and not hot watter.The personnel was very kind .
It was very cold outside, and the room temp didn't get above 63 degrees. It was cold!
The Bed was amazingly comfortable and huge! Front desk staff very helpful - thanks Autumn! Love the fact that we had a fireplace and jacuzzi tub in the room, however, the fireplace barely made a flame and the tub was outdated.
Ticked all the boxes ... friendly and efficient, can't ask for more.
Hotel room was spacious and clean. Plenty of parking. The property looks a little run down on the outside. And the breakfast wasn't great, but it was on par with other free breakfasts I've had.
Complimentary continental breakfast was a great value. More than just bagels and fruit Fitness Center could be updated,but acceptable considering the cost of the hotel
They had a service for picking up and dropping off customers which was very good and quick. The driver was always friendly and polite. Unfortunately, all the rooms were on the ground floor and the one in which we were staying in had a window which would not close and a noisy fridge.
The bed and continental breakfast was good. Didn't use the heating unit due to the terrible smell when I turned it on.
My room was upgraded when I checked in as they realized Kayak put me in a handicap room instead of a regular room. I appreciated the upgrade from Best Western. The room was large and spacious with several extra amenities, a fireplace, and big desk which I used.
Nice staff Long walk to room
Staff were polite. Breakfast passable, rooms adequate blowing heater
Price and location I requested housekeeping from Manager on duty during the noon hour. I returned mid afternoon to find nothing had been done. happened to run into house maid when she came by asking if I needed towels. Mentioned I requested cleaning, but she wasn't aware of my request. Housemaid cleaned my room soon thereafter. Also MOD did not email my receipt. I provided my email address at check out. still no receipt. Wifi connection is too weak.
wouldn't go back....old no wireless....they made no effort to change
The hotel was clean. It was quite. The location to downtown was excellent. It was a great 2 star hotel. The beds were not firm and the bed linens were low quality. It should be noted that it was on a busy street though we were not bothered by traffic at all.
Friendly staff clean basic motel
Staff was friendly and helpful. Rooms were clean and comfortable although older. Location was central to Ithaca so one could get around easily. Price doubled during the period when students were moving in. Given the age and style of the hotel, this made it way over-priced. In the building I was in, there was no internet. I had to go to the office and sit in a conference room to use it. Not unpleasant, but inconvenient.
It was the most reasonably priced lodging in Ithaca. Noisy neighbors. Motel was rather old, but clean, but the walls/floors allowed too much sound to pass.
David The sheets were not as if they are clean. And also the carpets...
location good cable tv pillows not good
Inexpensive hotel - cheaper than any other option including AirBNB. Bathroom fixtures worked well. Towels and bedding were ok. No elevator for 2nd floor rooms. Room not cleaned during stay except for new towels.
Friendly staff, enormous rooms. Noise isolation is poor, every word spoken in the corridor can be heard clearly in the rooms.
Relatively clean. Room was spacious and comfortable, bathroom up to date. Could have been cleaner.
It was close to where i needed to be. I understand why i was staying at this hotel.....just a place to sleep. When i first got to the room i took a shower and the tub was not draining. So i ended up showering in a tub full of water. We were told the password to connect to the Internet but there were 5 different things that said medowcourt inn and we could not log on to any of them. When i called the front desk he told me that it happends alot that if we wanted wifi that we should come down to the front desk. So i could not use my laptop at all. When i book this trip again i will not stay here. I will be going to a different hotel. I was not satisfied for the money i spent.
Staff is extremely friendly, room is nice, good working space, bathrooom spacious The shower pressure was quite low; a couple of times the room daily service was not complete. Both these aspects are minor glitches of an overall very pleasant stay.
Nice place. Kayak charged $80 more than the hotel would have charged. We felt ripped off, and in future will be sure to book directly with the hotel.
It is very convenient if you are going to Cornell - 5 min to north campus. Rooms are a bit dated, but serve their purpose. Cleaning was sub-optimal... If we hadn't arrived exhausted, late at night, I would have asked for a different room, as there was hair in the shower. Ew!
Staff was helpful. Room was great!
Nice room. All updated. Our room was above Cauuga St. And was noisy for awhile as we were trying to fall asleep.
The hotel is centrally-located and functional. Our stay was uneventful and we had no issues. The beds were very comfortable and the rooms sizeable. Check-in took a long time as, at any moment, 1 or 3 people were trying to help us. It was a little clumsy. The rooms were mostly clean but the bathroom walls need renovating.
Liked the hotel overall and the room was very good. Staff was helpful and accommodating. I would definitely stay here again. Parking is inadequate for the facility. Had to park in a public facility across the street. I would have gladly paid for valet parking, had it been available.
It's a nice hotel and conveniently located to the downtown and the colleges. The grout around the tub and tile in the shower had black mold spots. When I complained to the front desk, the girl just said we are renovating some of the rooms. I said there is no excuse for this. It's a quick easy fix. They also only had one waitress working the busy breakfast shift. The food was delicious, but we needed to wait quite a while to be waited on. Not sure why they were so short staffed when this is the beginning of move in time for the existing students as well as potential students checking out the colleges.
- Very clean - Allowed us to check in early (2 PM) - Free Wifi and HBO - Great location - A/C didn't work properly - Hot water in the shower ran out after about 2 minutes - Front desk attendant had cold/allergies and was not following any hygiene regiment when dealing with customers (sniff sniff, wipe nose with hand, hand us our key card...yuck) - Limited parking for trailers due to lot design - Two pillows for giant king sized bed
Free upgrade to the Honeymoon Suite while there during our actual legitimate honeymoon.
Stains on the hallway carpet. Tiny pillows. Not very clean overall.
The staff are friendly and helpful.. Very dirty rooms.
Great location downtown. Walking distance to great restaurants and Cambridge. No hot water in the shower and no maid came to refresh towels or even check if we needed towels. Floors we not the cleanest.
location, service, clean, easy check in and check out.
Staff was very friendly and room was nice. Easy walk to most places and parking was close. There was a strong cologne smell in the room, like someone spilled a bottle somewhere. But other then that it was good.
Clean, people were nice Small bathroom, beds not that comfortable, the not-included "made-order" breakfast was the same as the hotels that have an included buffet - just fewer choices, like you paid to have someone serve you the mass-made buffet food. Stayed in a nearby Hampton Inn the night before and it was miles ahead....
Location was great. Within walking distance of downtown Ithaca so we didn't have to drive in and it's right across the street from Wegmans if you need anything. We took our do not disturb tag on our room off at 10 a.m. and left for the day. Returned around 5 p.m. and out room was not service yet by housekeeping. We stopped at the front desk, because we were heading out again for the evening, and the person at the front desk did not seem pleased because housekeeping had already left for the day. It almost seemed like we were a pain for asking for our room to be serviced, like we were in the wrong. She tried to talk us out of getting our sheets changed but then agreed to do it along with new towels and emptying trash bins. When we got back to our room later that night the trash cans were not emptied but we did have new towels and sheets. Room/bathroom was not cleaned at all.
The staff was outstanding! My mother uses a walker and they were very accommodating. The free breakfast was adequate but the service was great. It's a no-frills place at a decent price. My mother and I are usually light sleepers but we slept through the night with no noise problems. Housekeeping service was quick and thorough. We really missed having a closet - there was just a shelf in the corner with 6 non-removeable hangars on a suspended bar.
staff very pleasant ugly carpet, curtains, & bedsppreads
Breakfast was good
Toilet flooded and room smelled bad. We were not offered any compensation. Will not stay again
There must have been a water issue at the hotel as there was a fan blowing and the musky odor was bad at one end of the hall way. No odor in our room though.
I was here for a quick overnight stay picking my daughter u from college. Can't say too much about the facilities, but my room was spacious, clean and the bed was super comfy! It's due for a refresh with the bathroom fixturing and a few appointments, but a lovely stay overall. Small issue, but there was no tv listing card and so finding something interesting to watch was a blind hunt.
could not keep just reading light on
Hotel was brand new. Very nice room features. Comfortable bed, fast WiFi, new LCD TV, USB charging ports. Convenient to downtown Ithaca on route 13 but very quiet.
New; clean no
It's brand new.
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The hotel is new and clean and folks went out of their way to take care of your needs. The hotel is right on the road and so was our room the first night it was difficult to sleep. Do not get a room 25 or over on any floor or you get street side. the staff did give us ear plugs so that was helpful.
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The hotel employees were very polite and professional. The hotel was safe and clean. A good location. I was traveling by myself, and arrived after 9:30 pm. The Hilton Garden Inn uses the public parking garage across the street. It does not have its own parking garage in the building. After checking in, one must walk back to your vehicle to place a tag in the windshield to identify your vehicle as one owned by a hotel guest. Not convenient. No valet service. Ordered room service from the restaurant on the premises. The Caesar salad and Brie platter were soggy. The hamburger was good. The room service menu was very limited. Tried to watch an On Demand movie. Paid $16.99 to see Bridge of Spies. The TV screen was small and staticky. The reception was very poor. I would suggest they upgrade the tv's in the rooms.
Very responsive front desk that is always there to help. Nothing of significance.
Location is excellent, especially if you're seeing a show at The State Theater. Comfortable, clean rooms. Nice pool area and lobby. Very accommodating staff. Had major problems with the TV. They were using a new system. Front desk was helpful & apologetic. They wrote off our breakfast for our inconvenience.
The guests above us were getting loud, I called the front desk, and they went up there immediately to quiet them down. The desk called to confirm that the upstairs guests had calmed down. A second visit by the clerk proved successful. Breakfast buffet seemed to be good; however, the bacon tray was empty, the oragnge juice was clear liquid, the forks were out of stock, and staff were not available to replenish. Still I had a suitable breakfast.
Staff was amazing. Very helpful and kind! Wish they had onsite bar/restaurant or room service
Very clean
New and clean The wall outlet and light that were above the refrigerator stopped working. We had to plug the coffee maker in at another outlet. Also the breakfast items (hot) were not tasty. Really, could be better.
bed was comfortable. room and common areas were very clean and well kept advertised a whirlpool but there was none. pool and pool area very small. breakfast was ok. nothing special
The staff was incredibly accommodating. Hotel employee placed our bicycles in a secured area. He was always friendly and so willing to lend a hand. Breakfast was wonderful. Great selection. Coffee was always fresh. Floors were always clean. Highly recomme No
The rooms are very new and clean. Not a lot of extra amenities but overall i think the rooms are more on the level of a 3 1/2 star hotel. Location is not that great
Clean and comfortable No
Clean and new Expensive for level of hotel and location
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Nice large modern rooms. Breakfast was great with tons of options. The pool is tiny! But our kiddos enjoyed swimming nonetheless!
soundproofing is not good. Nothing.
The location of the hotel was the deciding factor. It was also the cheapest hotel in the Ithaca area. Free breakfast cereal was a nice touch. It was also on a quiet road which was nice for sleeping. The rooms were pretty small but it was all i needed.. Also, the beds were a little stiff.
Quiet, wonderful location, clean, courteous staff; breakfast included coffee,milk, orange juice, cereal, various pastries; our room was recently updated but tv was not flat screen, bathroom tile was 1950's pink; Overall, great value for a budget motel Nothing
It was convenient to the airport and it was quiet. It needs some updating and a clock in the rooms. Fortunately, I had one with me.
It was cheap for the Ithaca area and clean.
Just the location of hotel..... Idid not like the breakfast--it was simply too basic --just the juice, bagel and coffe
Room 227 needed a new carpet since there was a smell in the room which wasn't in room 225.
Remodeled but still older. A little pricey for what you get. Musty smell.
The place provides me a warm and family-feel environment. The shopping malls are located within the walking distance from the hotel. The hotel staff are friendly and helpful too.
Enjoyed the continental breakfast and the location to the Cornell campus. nothing really
The staff and facility met my needs to conduct my work at Cornell University. I wish there had been a gym available for my work out needs.
Staff were extremely nice and helpful Nothing
My room booking was cancelled due to overbooking. No proper answer from getaroom people and very terrible service from them. Though I didn't use services they debited my account and been following with them for credit back but till now I didn't get. Very annoyed with them for the standards I received. Because of you guys I missed other hotel bookings and could not stay in Ithica that day. Very very poor service.
The room was clean and the staff was great. The family running in there room above my room and the dog barking all night.
Staff and management alike were exceptionally helpful and very kind during a difficult time.
Great Staff
The staff was amiable and efficient. This room was affordable in this small college town that is typically overpriced due to the limited number of motels. Despite a recent upgrade, the property still has the smell of an old motel.
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It was the first time stay .Everything went well for beyond our expectations.Even if there is anything to complain, it was a great experience in a positive way It was the least or almost nil experience to not like about this hotel. It was a friendly experience with staff.
It had a weird smell, not bad but like cheap soap.
The staff is outstanding. Very friendly and helpful. Made our stay special.
The location was good. It was clean, the staff was friendly and helpful. The doors on the rooms made an awful racket when they closed. They were so loud that you thought their was an explosion.
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The room was clean and comfortable, well appointed. The staff was friendly and helpful. We stayed several days and the housekeeping staff did a nice job of cleaning and restocking supplies every day. My wife did not like the breakfast items; said they did not taste good. I thought they were okay.
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Hotel is falling apart. Staff could not be found for 10 minutes at check in. Horrible security - outside doors off the parking lots are all open -- you do not need a key card to enter hotel. Poor lighting outside. Terrible breakfast. Place needs a total facelift. Overpriced. Could not find staff at check out.... waited 20 minutes and they never showed. Called and called and called.... finally 2 hours later got someone on the phone to confirm my check out. Do yourself a favor and stay somewhere else!!!! Really.
Rooms were nice building looked like it was falling apart
Fine as an OK hotel Pool was undergoing renovations, and that was one of the main reasons the hotel was chosen.
The hotel is straight out of the eighties and super deserted, so it's very fun to explore. It's also very clean and the staff were all awesome and very considerate.
Room was very clean Lack of owner responsibilities. .. run down falling apart hotel has so much amazing potential. owner should be real appreciative of his staff because if it wasn't for the clean room and courteous front desk staff we would have stayed somewhere else
It was close to everything. It looks run down wen u first get to hotel.the breakfast was cheap, they had to switch my room because the Tv was not working the carpet in the next room I was placed in was nasty needed to be clean.the exstrcise room only had one machine that worked nothing was up to date
it was simply gross
Clean bed and room. Good value once in the room. Good location but a little dated. The carpet in the hallways smell of smoke and the facilities are a bit dated.
I liked the fact the hotel was close to Cornell University, highway, and mall. This was the worst hotel I have ever stayed in ever! Driving up to the hotel I could not believe how run down and old the hotel looked. The hotel looked abandoned and had the feel it was being torn down. The parking lot was full of pot holes and no parking lines. When I walked up to my room the elevator felt as if it was going to break down. When I attempted to open the room door to my room with the card reader it took up to 10 tries to open the door. The door would not shut unless I slammed it shut. The bathroom was old and nasty. The bathroom smelled like sitting water and at times urine. The Cofee maker was in the restroom which grossed me out. The refrigerator had broken compartment inside and was difficult to place items inside. The bed was hard to sleep on because the pillows were very hard. The bed had sheets and I was only given a small blanket no comforter! The AC unit was loud and was making it hard for me to sleep. After staying there a few days I had bed bug bites on my arms and legs. I can't believe I spent over $700 for this hotel! I am so disgusted and disappointed. I don't recommend this place to anyone . This place needs to shut down!
Clean room, neat indoor pool, nice lobby. Wifi Is good Outside needs a lot of maintenence, breakfast was very limited and one hallway was very stained with old carpet but it looked like they were working on it. Also the parking lot needs some patching.
It's obvious this hotel is either going to be razed soon or converted into a welfarew hotel. Dirty, uncomfortable beds, terrible lighting, and the restaurant and pool are closed.


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Free hot breakfast, free WiFi, and more
Warm up by the fireplace in our expansive lobby, then return to your room equipped with cable TV and free WiFi. Book a Queen guest room and enjoy a microwave and refrigerator. Fuel up on a free hot breakfast before beginning your day. Non-smoking rooms are available, and there is ample free truck and RV parking.
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Enjoy the outdoors at Lake Metigoshe State Park, golf, and hit the casinos
Lake Metigoshe State Park offers swimming, canoeing, sailing, water-skiing, and kayaking in the summer, and cross-country skiing and snowmobiling in the winter. Hit the trails at Bottineau Winter Park for downhill skiing in the colder months, or golf nine holes at Birchwood Golf Course or Bottineau Country Club in the warmer months. Head east to Belcourt and roll the dice at several casinos, including Skydancer Casino.
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Dr. Seuss's Hats, and Other NewsBy Sadie Stein
- "In Plath's case, her writing began, soon after her death, to be relegated to a supporting role in a seductive, but intensely misleading, narrative of victimhood." How to give the poet her due.
- Are these the fifty key moments in English literature? Discuss.
- The strange mystery of who firebombed London's oldest anarchist bookshop, Freedom Books.
- "Believe me, when you get a dozen people seated at a fairly formal dinner party, and they've all got on perfectly ridiculous chapeaus, the evening takes care of itself." A display of Dr. Seuss's hats is going up at the New York Public Library.
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THE WONDER OF US ALL: We asked readers last week to help us create a list of the Seven Wonders of Long Beach, and a good indicator of the abundance of wonders in this town is the number and depth of the nominations we received.
Even the second team is pretty marvelous: Wonder Nos. 8-14 could be a starting line-up in most towns:
8. The Long Beach Bike Path
9. Long Beach Airport
10. The Nature Center at El Dorado Park
11. The Aquarium of the Pacific
12. Rancho Los Cerritos
13. The THUMS Oil Islands
14. The Belmont Pier
Great places, all of them and, to be somewhat frank, we would've put some of them on our personal Seven Wonders of Long Beach list. But this is a People's List (as socialist-sounding as that is) and here is what Long Beachers who exercised their voting privileges have deemed the Seven Wonders of Long Beach.
1. The Queen Mary: Voter/reader and former councilman from the Fightin' 5th District Les Robbins called this choice "an awesome no-brainer." And he's correct, as usual. The Queen invokes a gorgeous and romantic era when ship travel was evocative of the styles of London and Paris, in contrast with today's luxury ships which are more evocative of Vegas and Branson.
2. Naples: Once it was the worst place to live hereabouts. Nothing but swamp and marsh at the mouth of the mighty San Gabriel River. In 1903, the visionary Arthur Parson built the three islands of Naples and went all Italianate on the territory, turning it into one of the cooler neighborhoods and waterways in all of Southern California.
3. The Villa Riviera: Nothing says Long Beach like the towering Gothic Revivalist hotel-turned-condos standing guard at what was once the southeast corner of Long Beach, at Alamitos Avenue and Ocean Boulevard. The 1929 building took a star turn in its early days when Joseph M. Schenck of Twentieth Century Fox bought the hotel for his ex-wife and silent-film star Norma Talmadge to operate. She didn't show much talent or enthusiasm for the job and it was sold within a year.
4. The Walter Pyramid at Cal State Long Beach: What's a Seven Wonders list without a pyramid? Nothing. Opened in 1994, the Pyramid is the youngest of Long Beach's Seven Wonders. Our own little bit o' Giza is one of only three in the U.S. The others are the Luxor in Las Vegas and the Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tenn.
5. Rancho Los Alamitos: The Long Beach pioneering Bixby family donated this homeplace of the once-sprawling rancho to the city in 1967. Today, once you get past the guard at the foot of Bixby Hills at Palo Verde Avenue and Anaheim Road, you can visit the beautifully renovated home and outbuildings and the spectacular Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.-designed gardens. It's the city's finest oasis.
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Sam DuininckClass: Senior
Position: D/M
Height: 5-11
Weight: 178
Previous School: Summit Christian
Hometown: Tulsa, Okla.
2012 (Jr.)
• Team Captain
• Started all 18 games
• Scored three goals, compiling six points
• Netted a goal in wins at Longwood (9/1) and at Howard (9/12)
• Scored game-winning goal in the 93rd minute in 2-1 victory over High Point (10/23)
• Earned Big South Presidential Honor Roll inclusion
2011 (So.)
• Started all 20 games
• Posted five points on two goals and an assist
• Assisted on goal in victory at Virginia (Sept. 13)
• Netted first collegiate goal against Southern Virginia (Sept. 20)
• Score second half goal in win at High Point (Sept. 27)
• Named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll
2010 (Fr.)
• Saw action in seven games, starting two
• Posted two assists
• Recorded an assist in first collegiate game against Bluefield (Sept. 1)
• Had an assist versus Southern Virginia (Oct. 22)
• Received first collegiate start in 2-0 win over UNC Asheville (Nov. 6)
• Earned inclusion on the Big South Presidential Honor Roll
• Graduate of Summit Christian Academy
• Previously attended Grace Christian and Victory Christian Schools
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• Named team MVP after leading basketball team to state finals
• Received honorable mention all-state team honors in football in 2009
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For what it's worth, Mack Jenkins even retweeted Sheldon's tweet about Price being the new manager. I'd say it's official.
For what it's worth, Mack Jenkins even retweeted Sheldon's tweet about Price being the new manager. I'd say it's official.
"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
Why not Tromp?
Just happy it wasn't Riggleman, he was apparently the only other candidate they spoke to.
Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand
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Why not Tromp?
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Which coaches would be able to come up and be our new hitting coach? Are there any indications that a former player could come over as our new hitting coach?
I think pitching coach should not be as big a concern, since the manager (Price) has all final say on what happens with pitching and if it is Jenkins, that transition should be smooth.
The third true outcome is home runs. I guess Bronson Arroyo forgot to attend that day's class.
I'm sure Price will be fine. Hopefully he will look at traditional stats as well as modern stats. But mostly, hopefully he will make good judgments. That's the most important thing a manager in any line of work can do.
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I had a feeling that Price might be too expensive, while the Reds are paying the last manager. I'm glad the club didn't settle for the low bidder.
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San Jacinto Peak Climber's Log
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|Dave Daly
|Tag....You're It!
Date Climbed: May 20, 2007
|Damn the hoards!! This peak was getting abused by the loads of people coming up. Tagged this one as a pre-Sierra Challenge circuit, hitting up 4 peaks along the way. Humber Park to Marion Mtn to Peak 10,386 to Jean Peak to Mt San Jacinto to Humber Park: 7 hours 15 min
|Posted May 21, 2007 4:23 pm
|two summits, 30 years apart
|Summited in 75 with the boy scouts in late spring, with decent snow pack. Summited again in 2005. Great summit.
|Posted Apr 24, 2007 11:04 pm
|Bloody Feet
|I'm always successful. One of the many summits done with Theron, this one also included Cornell once again. I killed my feet and vowed never to climb Cornell with San Jack ever again.
|Posted Apr 17, 2007 7:38 pm
|Nice hike
Date Climbed: Apr 7, 2007
|Just a nice easy climb. Very nice views.
|Posted Apr 9, 2007 10:53 am
|Vic Hanson
|A Beautiful Snowy Summit
Date Climbed: Nov 4, 2001
|We started in Idyllwild at the Deer Springs Trail head, camped at Little Round Valley, and woke up to rain the next morning. We went on up to the summit, during which time it turned to snow, and came down on the east side between Miller Peak and Jean Peak, through Wellman Divide to the Pacific Crest Trail and back to the Deer Springs Trail.
|Posted Apr 1, 2007 5:51 pm
|Round Valley
Date Climbed: Mar 25, 2007
|I cannot get over how much I enjoyed this easy outing. An absolutely stunning mountain with incredible scenery. We started early and had the trail more or less to ourselves...both directions!
|Posted Mar 26, 2007 2:20 pm
|winter hike
Date Climbed: Mar 7, 2007
|Went from Deer Springs trailhead. First half snow free. Later on snow knee deep, nice to have snowshoes for about 2 miles of the trail if you are there in late afternoon and instep crampons (might or might not be used) for early morning... I wish tehre was more snow... Not too many tracks, compas and map might come handy if you do not know the area...
|Posted Mar 9, 2007 9:40 pm
|Good winter hike
Date Climbed: Jan 25, 2007
|Penelope and I hiked the San Jac from the Marion Mtn. trailhead on January 25, 2007. We lost the trail soon after the intersection with Deer Springs Tr. and navigated the NW bowl more or less by recollection with some help of Compass and map. The bowl was mid calf deep snow and slowed us down a bit. RT from the trailhead took us just under 10 hours. Good conditioning hike on a day off.
|Posted Feb 24, 2007 10:52 pm
|From the tram
Date Climbed: Jan 6, 2006
|Hiked partly on the trail, partly cross country. One friend turned back after about a mile because his leg hurt, another fell asleep about a half mile from the summit, said he felt weird, so I made it to the top alone. Great views other than the smog. You're definitely up a ways! Very icy near the top of the tram, some snow all the way to the top.
|Posted Feb 11, 2007 2:43 am
|From the Tram
Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2006
|Great easy day hike from tram. The temperature change from Palm Springs (105) to the summit (73) was remarkable. Unfortunately, the fires in the mountains north of Palm Springs made visibility poor in every direction.
|Posted Jan 23, 2007 4:06 pm
|from aerial tramway
Date Climbed: Dec 15, 2006
|Had a nice day on San Jacinto, Jean, and then on to Miller. Only a few inches of snow on the trail made for an easier ascent than I thought it would be for Dec. Very impressive peak from the valley!
|Posted Jan 23, 2007 12:00 am
|Ol Walsher
|Via Marion Mtn. Trail
Date Climbed: Oct 21, 2006
|A nice hike with an Ol' Buddy of mine!
|Posted Jan 21, 2007 7:19 pm
|Great Training Hike
Date Climbed: Jan 1, 2007
|The best training peak for any major climb. Everything from the Tram to peak trail or the cactus to clouds trail, this mountain has everything you could want in terms of training. Used it quite often training for climbing in the Andes, and found it to be superb training grounds.
|Posted Jan 12, 2007 3:41 pm
|This is another one of those peaks I just couldnt stay away from. While living in So Cal, I spent many a weekend on this summit. The only route I ever did was the one from the tramway. Hit the summit, and back to the tram station for some dinner. Get your dining package in advance. I have enjoyed this route in both winter and summer.
|Posted Jan 6, 2007 10:28 pm
|Climber Dave
|Via Marion Mt trail
Date Climbed: Oct 15, 2005
|Went up for the day up the Marion Mt trail for a change of pace. Its steeper but a nicely shaded and wooded trail. Very few people on this side compared to all the other routes.
|Posted Jan 2, 2007 3:39 am
|First Peak Summit
Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2006
|My first real hike to a summit. Awesome views the whole way and especially at the top. Took the Fuller Ridge Trail.
|Posted Jan 1, 2007 5:11 pm
|Humber Park
Date Climbed: Sep 2, 1973
|A great hike.
|Posted Dec 19, 2006 12:36 am
|Great Desert Peak
Date Climbed: Dec 12, 2006
|Climbed via standard route on the 12th. Made my way up a second time via Skyline trail on 15th.
|Posted Dec 18, 2006 1:52 am
|Tram to Summit
Date Climbed: Nov 25, 2006
|Went to the summit from the Tram under clear blue skies and warm temps. No snow or ice to be seen anywhere.
|Posted Nov 27, 2006 6:54 pm
|midnight Cactus to Clouds
Date Climbed: Nov 11, 2006
|A hike with Barry Holchin and comrades, starting from midnight at the Desert Museum trailhead in Palm Springs. We started with 13 people; only 7 summitted. Wonderful weather, though slightly chilly at the top. We summitted at 1:30 PM, and then hiked back to the tram, making it there by 4 PM. We rode the tram back down, instead of hiking. I, for one, was totally pooped and could barely stay awake walking back down. Watching the sunrise was probably my favorite part of the hike, as well as hearing Jennie Thomas yell, "Wooohoooo!" when we summitted, reminded me of a passage from Jack Kerouac's "Dharma Bums": "Suddenly I heard a beautiful broken yodel of a strange musical and mystical intensity in the wind, and looked up, and it was Japhy standing on top of Matterhorn peak letting out his triumphant mountain-conquering Buddha Mountain Smashing song of joy. It was beautiful... then suddenly everything was just like jazz..."
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Yeah, I would probably agree that fde wouldn't be necessary on the live cd, but it would be nice if there were an fde solution as part of the hard drive or usb install. I recently installed PGP whole disk encryption for a client, and that is a nice product. Not a bad price either ($149), but still, a whole lot more expensive than backtrack .
Does anyone out there know of any free encryption products that will do full disk encryption on the boot disk? I know of GPG and Truecrypt, but neither will encrypt the boot disk.
I think it would be nice to have most BackTrack-files on the DVD (USB drive, HDD drive) encrypted or at least hidden and to boot the fake OS by default (some kind of home theatre OS, e.g. MoviX). The OS should not look like a hax0r tool by default and it should not be possible to guess (to prove) that there is BackTrack-OS on the disk.
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back to the original story...so did this kid lie about his purple?
Or was he just no good.
Why would anyone put on a higher ranked belt then walk into a BJJ
academy? They would get found out in 1 sec.
I really dont understand the mentality there.
back to the original story...so did this kid lie about his purple?
Or was he just no good.
Why would anyone put on a higher ranked belt then walk into a BJJ
academy? They would get found out in 1 sec.
I really dont understand the mentality there.
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I like the sound of shortcutting. Do you think anyone would say anything if I turned up to class in a red belt? I bet they would all respect me without question
Seriously though, there is definitely a movement (thanks to the internet) for people becoming well respected in various fields, without taking years to build up qualifications/ approval from peers. I personally like it. Lots of really good ideas are coming out of it, and it COULD change the world. (I am not really one to respect authority). It almost always seems misplaced to me- government officials, teachers at school, etc.
Of course, becoming an 'overnight expert' will lead to a walloping increase in fraudsters and people being conned. But there you go- can't make an omlette without breaking eggs.
None of the above relates to my thoughts on BJJ though. I think the belt register is a very sound idea and I fully support it.
This is the problem with any Martial Arts System - a guy does a few lessons, watch UFC and then think they are experts and then open a class.
The belt register would mean Poo - I have been involved with Karate for 25 years and trust me - I get instructors come to my shop and buy the belts before their students have graded.
The problem now a days is MMA is getting bigger and you will always get muppets claiming they are this and that just to make money and you will always get people paying it - because they do not do their home work.
I get customers in my shop that say they are doing UFC and they never Tap - get arm bared or choked - my reply is when I was doing ju jitsu ( never took a belt and not saying that I am any good ) but if I get caught I tap like a bitch.
This thread is great and we need more like it - these idiots that quote this belt and that belt need to shown for the fakes they are.
sorry for the rant it just gets on my tits when instructors make claims they cant back up.
Ari has the skills of a 4 stripe white belt max. I respect keith owen a lot but Ari is not that rank he might scrape a blue but not a 2 stripe, i know people are graded on knowledge not necesarrily on skill, well i know a shit load put can't put any of it into practice. I can't stand bolden, he shows all his complicated garbage subs, which just get you smashed when in rolling he struggles to do the basics, he also refuses to roll with anyone apart from a couple of his buds in fear of getting smashed on the mat. Here is his blue belt grading
I remeber the first time i saw this i knew almost nothing about him I thought he was a black belt then i saw this and it pissed me off.
A friend of a friend was talking to me a couple weeks ago at his house claiming his brother does "UFC" and is a black belt, and he trains with him 24/7 and knows all subs, escapes and reckoned to be a purple belt level, i asked him for a roll and me with the shittest bottom game in england caught him straight away in a triangle he refused to tap and started snorting, so i let go, he gets up and says "I told you i know the escapes".
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"A boxer is the best predator on land. The Lion, but throw him in the shark tank and he becomes just another meal" Renzo Gracie.
Lol at eddie bravo having brown shirts in his grades
i had a little comment conversation with ari about this video
man, when you're the nail, hang in there....until the day you become the hammer


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I'm struggling with getting my ATV2 to see my USB drive connected to my router (NETGEAR WNR3500L). The ATV2 is jailbroken and all the XBMC menus work right but i can't get XBMC to see my drive. I can get to the internet fine so the ATV2 knows the password. Maybe i am just not starting in the right spot.
My XBMC menu is like:
Weather | Pictures | Videos | Music | Programs | System
I would think System is the right option.
Setting / Network from there an enabled uPnP.
I setup SMS client with the IP from the router page - 192.168.1.1 and entered the workgroup.
Then I back up a couple steps and go into file manager. Choose add source. It asks for a path and I enter the IP like 192.168.1.1 and click done. Or should this be the name of the USB drive? or readyshare?
The Browse / add network location?
Most all of the tutorials assume you have your drive hooked up to a PC. I have a mac, but, I want the drive accessed through the router because i turn my computer off at night. This is some type of simple NAS but couldn't make it work. Do I need to buy a real NAS?
I'm missing something here. Any help greatly appreciated. Been at this all day.
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I went to netgear login page, usb settings, writte down the letter of the ready share usb. Mine is something like u:readyshare/usb / your folder. Then i went in windows and Mapped the driver. Now i can access my usb hdd media no pc needed. I hope it helps.
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I didn't try with the U: part or the /usb/ your folder. Will try that tomorrow through the settings / network. Thanks for the tip.
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2012-05-13 17:40 Post: #4
This is rather... advanced and took me quite a while to get right.
I have a Netgear WNDR 3700v2 wireless router that I have hung a USB hub and 3 USB drives.
I replaced the Netgear router firmware (this is called "flashing") with the embedded Linux distribution OpenWRT.
I configured the Netgear router to be a NFS server (router acting as a NAS) sharing the USB drives.
I now have very good performance over the Wireless N 5 Ghz network with my ATV2/XBMC playing SD, DVD and 720p video.
Unfortunately the WNR3500L is not on the OpenWRT supported list. DD-WRT supports it. http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Netgear_WNR3500L. I have not tried to setup dd-wrt as a NAS so I can't offer guidance on how difficult it is.
You SHOULD be able to get your setup to work with the Netgear firmware but if you have the budget, I'd get a dedicated NAS.
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Hey thanks. Will try the above from bbdor a bit later. I night have to hit the netgear forums. They have this port for exactly this reason and XBMC seems like the right solution. I'm just not typing in the right typing in the right address somewhere. Ultimately i will end up doing a RAID solutions off the ethernet which is likely to be easier. Thanks for the help.
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I have the same problem with Netgear DGN2200v3.
The SMB share is listed, that is browsing WORKGROUP I can see the readyshare, then opening it I can see the shared folder name.
But it can't be accessed, that is trying to open the folder I see listed, I get an error 2 - the share cannot be opened.
I am trying accessing from ATV2 with XBMC 11.
As a workaround, I activate the DLNA server on the DGN2200v3 on the same disk, and the UPnP browser on XBMC can access the DLNA correctly.
But (yeah, there is always a "but"...) the movie and TV shows scrapers seem not to detect any media inside.
Su the only option that I have is to open the source mapped on the DLNA server and browse through file names with no metadata, clipart, info, and all the beautyful stuff I could have over the SMB-mapped source.
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Sorry for rebumping but I had to update again - there was a possible conflict with another program, so I caught that and fixed it. If you're getting weird behaviour, I would recommend you delete your current version and download the latest. This is mostly an optimisation update, no new features this time. For anyone editing this script for their own needs, certain things in the program have been re-written and a few extra (mostly cosmetic) functions added. The changelog above should explain a bit more.
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I was on my way to work this morning and saw the above story in paper in the newspaper rack at the drive-thru window. Needless to say, I was intrigued by the title and bought a paper. I read the story and I'm sure my mouth fell open several times as Lancaster, CA mayor Rex Parris was revealed to be a complete nut job. Later, in the morning I shared the story with my cube-mate who lives in Lancaster. She was horrified as she read the story and said "I voted for the man, but didn't realize he was such a nutcase." Another coworker, who is pretty religious, said her pastor attended the meeting and was shocked by the mayor's statements.
I'll post the complete story from the Antelope Valley Press, along with my comments from each section. I don't usually post a complete story, but in this case I'm commenting on all sections of the story. Here is the story on their website.
Parris Touts City as a "Christian" CommunityHow can this possible be anything but divisive? The mayor wants a "Christian city". What does this even mean? Does he want a higher percentage of Christians living in the city? Or does he want a town run by Christians for Christians? And if this is supposed to be a city run meeting, why is the audience mainly Christian pastors and their wives? What about switching the word "Christian" to "White", then the bigotry is instantly obvious.
Mayor's address focuses on crime, culture, green energy
By Gerry Price
Valley Press City Editor/Assignments
LANCASTER - Mayor R. Parris sees his city as strongly Christian, and he's proud of that.
"We're growing a Christian community, and don't let anybody shy away from that," he told an audience of 160 people, mainly pastors and their spouses, during his State of the City address Tuesday at the John P. Eliopulos Hellenic Center.
He said he wants the community's electorate to validate a Christian stance in the April municipal election, in which a ballot measure endorses prayers at city meetings, specifically with permission to invoke a specific deity, including Jesus.
While Parris, who is running a second term as mayor in April, sail he didn't care which candidates the voters favored. "I do want them voting for that prayer amendment," referring to a measure asking voters whether or not the City Council should seek religious guidance before its meetings.Currently the ACLU is suing the city of Lancaster for the use of sectarian prayers before city council meetings. But even worse in addition to the sectarian prayers, Mayor Parris has also limited the denomination as well. Only a couple of pastors are allowed give the prayer.
The council put the measure on the ballot after the American Civil Liberties Union sent the city a letter of warning that said allowing "sectarian" prayers, such as those that mention Jesus Christ, at governmental meetings is divisive and unconstitutional.
"I need them standing up and saying we're a Christian community, and we're proud of that", he said, speaking of his multimedia Powerpoint presentation flashed a big-screen picture with a large Christian cross and and the phrase "Growing a Christian Community."
[Correction - Currently the ACLU has not sued the city of Lancaster yet. They are waiting to see if the ballot measure allowing sectarian prayers passes.]
If the measure passes, hundreds of residents should petition petition the city to allow them to pray in the name of various deities. That would be hilarious. How can they possibly turn someone down without making it obvious the city prefers only Christian prayers? Personally I prefer the goddess Bastet, since I love cats.
Asked afterward whether his talk of being a "Christian community" tends to leave out or anger residents who are not Christians, the mayor said he doesn't mean to exclude anyone.The mayor says he wants a Christian community and says he can't see how that is divisive. What a crock of shit. How can stating a Christian community is better than a community that is not exclusively Christian not be insulting and divisive? It's like when Christians advertise they would like to talk to the "lost". How can this be anything but insulting?
Noting that he had a meeting scheduled that evening with members of a local gay and lesbian organization, Parris said "My vision of it is not a vision of exclusion. It's a vision of attraction. I understand for so long it had an exclusionary feet to it. That doesn't mean we shouldn't do it. We should remove the exclusionary aspect to it."
Parris maintained in post speech remarks that a Christian city had a better sense of community that an "atheistic city", and said that the progress Lancaster has made over the past several years came about because of the sensor of cooperation between the various elements in the city.What the hell is an "atheistic" city? Some place in North Korea or China? Or the former Soviet Union? Certainly no place here in the United States that I know of. Or perhaps he is talking about some city that is not expressively Christian? It's like when some Christians refer to anything non-Christian as "atheistic". Or perhaps he is confusing a neutral stance of not mixing government and religion as "atheistic"?
As a prime example, he referred to the recently announced 31% drop in the Lancaster crime rate in the last two years, commenting, "That 31% is the difference between a city that is dangerous to live in vs. a city that is safe to live in."What's with all of the statistics? References please, Mayor. I've spent time in places where the crime rate was low, a lone woman could walk around freely at midnight and never be disturbed. But these are places I would never live in. For in those places, there is little to no freedom to speak and write as one pleases.
Despite the best efforts of the Sheriff's Department, that drop wouldn't have occurred without the cooperation of all the city's departments and its citizenry, Parris said.
"It was all of us coming together," he said.
Parris praised the jump from 118 active Neighborhood Watch groups in 2008 to 192 in 2009, and an even greater hike in involvement in Business Watch.I'm almost beyond words at this. All I can think of is the quote by Benjamin Franklin, "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security." The mayor has strayed far, far from the American vision of our founders.
Other city-led actions took a large step to reduce what he called "hyper vigilance" of youth, which led them to become vulnerable to gang involvement.
Specifically, by allowing graffiti, truancy, roving pit bulls, and gangs to proliferate, we were putting our children in harm's way, Parris said.
To that end, the city:
Paris also touted the planned Voyager Sky Sentinel project, which will allow a Sheriff's Department official to keep an eye on crime from above the city from some 8,000 feet above the ground.
- Cleaned up graffiti in 18,114 locations in 2009.
- Removed 1,034 pit bulls from city streets during that same time frame.
He noted that, during one demonstration of the aircraft, the brainchild of aviation pioneer Dick Rutan, he was able to see every detail of an accident or crime in real time.
He discounted any idea of the plane infringing on the privacy of law abiding individuals, noting, "This device will not do anything a current (Sheriff's Department) helicopter can't do.
At the same time, by using the aircraft "we'll be able to utilize services like we've never done before."
I honestly believe we're on the way to becoming the safest city in America," Parris said, despite the many reasons that shouldn't happen, including the city's proximity to a state prison and the high number of parolees in the community.
The mayor also praised the introduction of Community Impact Homes in the community.I would like to see how these houses are financed. Are the churches renting them? Can only Christian groups rent them? Here is a video of the dedication of the Trend Community House.
The first two, one near Piute Middle School and the other in the Trend tract, are run by personnel from Grace Chapel and Central Christian Church.
Parris said, "We're not putting churches (running neighborhood houses) in every impoverished neighborhood. I'd like to put them up in every neighborhood.
The mayor also said he would like to have health workers operate out of the community houses.
The video starts off with the mayor, Rex Parris telling of his vision of overworked parents being helped (or preyed upon) by a house in every neighborhood run by an evangelical Christian church. If the Evangelical Churches are renting these houses, can't other groups rent as well. The Satanist Community House would be one happening place, with large pentagrams in the windows, and heavy metal blasting the neighborhood. Or a Rastafarian house, with mighty clouds of pot smoke drifting over the neighborhood. HehHehHeh. Perhaps the AV Freethinkers can get a house as well.
Then the mayor hands the podium over to a Pastor Dave Prather from the Central Christian Church, with the remark "Now he is responsible for an entire neighborhood." WTF? If I lived in that neighborhood, I would be insulted at the patronizing tone. No one is responsible for me but myself.
Pay attention at 4:15 in the video where Concepcion Harris says "We're here to transform the neighborhood for Christ. That's what we're here to do." And the mayor wants one of these in every neighborhood? Holy Church-State entanglement, Batman. Talk about preying upon those too poor to afford decent daycare.
Also notice the cross symbol. Apparently, this is the new city symbol for Lancaster CA. Lancaster's previous symbol was a California Poppy, representing the California Poppy Reserve west of the town. I've noticed the new symbol the last year or two. I liked the poppy better. It was much nicer and more representative of the city. Interesting note, the video is no longer hosted at the city's website. I found it on Youtube and downloaded a copy for myself.
He also said that on Sundays, church buses should be stopping at homes in all the neighborhoods to take children to church.You mean these buses? The mayor is probably a member of Lancaster Baptist Church. I've done some searching, but he never comes out and says which church he is a member of. But the Lancaster Baptist Church always seems to be involved in city business. (I've heard this from some friends.) I also have a vision of surveillance drones busily flying over the city on Sunday morning, searching for those children not going to Sunday school.
Another area the mayor praised was the city's support for the arts, especially in the development of Lancaster Boulevard as a mecca for artists and patrons of the arts, and as a place for fine dining.The above sounds like the city has neglected large problems for a long time, then suddenly realized how bad things were. The mayor sure seems to like bragging about himself a lot. How exactly did the city reduce the number of fatal collisions?
Noting the opening of the Brooklyn Deli and Giannini Bistro and the upcoming opening of BeX, the mayor bragged, "Pretty soon, when you go out to eat, you'll be going to Lancaster Boulevard. They'll have better restaurants than the (Antelope Valley) Mall, and more fun, too."
Upon revealing a slide titles "Alternative Energy Capital of the World," Parris said a Monday meeting between a foreign company and a "major home builder" will lead to the construction of 10 of the most energy efficient homes in the world within the next year.
Touting the "best sun in the world" and the Valley's nearly constant winds as wonderful sources of green energy, Parris said a planned trip to China will allow him to meet with representatives of a major company that builds batteries designed to store green energy.
The mayor also said the city hopes to be announcing that 6,000 to 10,000 new jobs will be coming in the near future.
Other statistics cited by Parris were a 36% drop in fatal collisions from 2008 to 2009, the elimination of 5,421 illegal dump sites during 2009, and the repair of 24,129 pot holes in that time frame.
Managing Editor Charles F. Bostwick contributed to this report.
This photo was taken the day before at a city council meeting where city council woman Sherry Marquez had to defend statements she made about Muslims on her Facebook page.
Do a search for Mayor Rex Parris on Google and check out the craziness. He seems to have the jobs of mayor and theocratic dictator confused.
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Walnut and Brown Butter Tart with Sour Whipped Cream
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- Alex Stratta's Walnut Tart Dough, rolled out and prebaked (or a purchased ready-made pie-shell)*
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier or other orange liqueur liquor
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup chopped, toasted California walnuts
For the "sour" whipped cream topping:
- 2/3 cup chilled heavy cream
- 1/4 cup crème fraîche, or sour cream
*If using a 9-inch unbaked, ready-made pie shell, bake the filled tart as directed below in a 325°F oven, but increase baking time to 35–40 minutes.
- If you are making the tart dough, prepare and prebake it as directed in the recipe. Cool before filling. If you are using a ready-made crust, there is no need to prebake it.
- Preheat the oven to 325°F. To prepare the filling, cut the butter into several pieces and place in a large saucepan. Set over medium-high heat, then stir or swirl the butter frequently, swirling until the butter has turned from yellow to pale brown and begins to smell nutty, about 7–9 minutes. Immediately pour the browned butter, including any solids in the bottom of the pan, into a large bowl. Cool for about 15 minutes.
- Stir the vanilla extract into the butter, then whisk in the eggs, sugar, salt and Grand Marnier. Add the flour and whisk until smooth. Stir in the walnuts.
- Pour the filling into the prepared crust and bake about 25 minutes, until set and the edges have puffed slightly. It is okay if the center remains somewhat soft, and it will firm up as the tart cools.
- To prepare the whipped cream topping, whip the cream until it is very stiff, then fold in the crème fraîche. Refrigerate until serving.
- When you are ready to serve, cut the tart into wedges, and garnish each slice with a dollop of the cream topping. The tart can be served warm or at room temperature, refrigerate any leftovers.
Note: Nutritional information below reflects one serving of the Walnut and Brown Butter Tart with Sour Whipped Cream using the Walnut Tart Dough recipe.
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