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July cannabis sales set record at nearly $61 million
Marijuana dispensaries sold 1.2 million products in July, totaling $60.9 million in sales, according to the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
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July was another record month for marijuana dispensaries in Illinois.
The businesses sold more than $60.9 million worth of products, according to the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
Last month, dispensaries surpassed the 1 million mark for items sold for the first time, ringing up 1,270,063 individual products for customers. That was an increase from 994,545 products sold in June. The average purchase in July was $47.99, not including taxes.
Since cannabis use and possession for people 21 and older became legal Jan. 1, Illinois dispensaries have sold $300.1 million worth of marijuana products. Lines on the first day of sales snaked along for blocks. Monthly sales have continued to grow as supplies have increased and more shops have opened.
Sales at the roughly 60 dispensaries in Illinois last month included $44.7 million worth of products sold to Illinois residents and $16.2 million to residents of other states -- both of which are new monthly records.
These sales figures likely will lead to a record in tax revenue, as well. The state during the first six months of the year collected $52 million in adult-use marijuana taxes, including $34.7 million in excise taxes and $18 million in sales taxes that will be shared with local governments.
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July tax figures are expected to be released later this week.
The state taxes marijuana based on its potency, ranging from 10% to 25%. Money generated from the state's marijuana tax will go into multiple coffers.
The state's general fund gets 35%, a community development revitalization program for areas affected by the criminalization of marijuana gets 25%, while 20% goes to substance abuse and mental health programs and 10% goes toward the state's backlog of unpaid bills. Local government law enforcement agencies receive 8%, and 2% goes to public education and analysis of marijuana legalization.
Legalization of marijuana has been a bright spot for Illinois finances, with revenues otherwise dwindling during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Daily Herald staff writer Jake Griffin contributed to this report.
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Slowgirl was an exciting design to create; it provided a great opportunity to transport the audience to an unfamiliar location. As we got further along in the design process, and I spent more time with the script, it became clear how much the location has profound affects on the characters from beginning to end. The Costa Rican setting initiates much of the action and scenarios in Slowgirl that would not have been possible in other more ordinary environments. The environment is continually acting upon the characters: insects, birds and creatures are all around and commonly come into the house. Sterling has planned his home to be completely open air which makes his jungle home even more of a vulnerable environment. The open air home is popular in Costa Rica to both native citizens and ex-patriots; I studied both and selected on a more modern style design using traditional materials.
The set design focuses on the world that Sterling has sculpted for himself; the roof is corrugated metal, the supporting structure is rough cut timber draped in bamboo. For our design it was very important to use real materials to get the true transporting effect of them. The bamboo shows Sterling's low-impact conservationist mindset and harmony with his surroundings. Sterling spends every day keeping himself occupied with projects to keep his mind busy and distract himself from pondering his self imposed exile. We have added small personal touches throughout the home that show his use of time; improvements such as rope railings, recycled coffee can lights, and bits of found natural elements that he has collected and nurtured.
Sterling's Labyrinth was also one of these projects, he refers to it as "the greatest thing I've done since I came down here". His creation of the labyrinth is a great spiritual mediation for him, for me it is physical proof of his wandering and searching for a path in his life. With the labyrinth being such a crucial element I wanted to give it paramount importance in the set design. For this production we have stayed true to the original and created an expansive design that includes the same 11 concentric routes as the Chartres Labyrinth that Sterling bases his upon. Within the theater, the route of our labyrinth is approximately 200' long as it wraps around on itself and also stays true to the 40ft width of the original.
I set a contradicting goal on my set design for this production to create a space that is simultaneously confining and expansive. The labyrinth is as wide as possible and extends all the way over to the FlynnSpace cafe, yet at the same time the central action is confined to boxes within boxes: the house platform sits in a wide jungle and the cement slabs on Sterling's property further confine the actors to a close proximity alone with each other. This confinement provides an essential crucible for the characters to confront each other and initiate their emotional journeys.
We all find many ways to distract ourselves from our own suppressed issues, and while most of us are free of serious strife in our lives such as Becky and Sterling face, their ability to square off with the situation is enviable.


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In order for humans to be able to live sustainably, the Earth's resources should be used at a rate in which they can be replenished. But nowadays, humans are living in an unsustainable way and there's now a need to return the human use of natural resources within its sustainable limits.
Hemp offers several different uses that can help promote a more sustainable practice of using the Earth's resources. For instance, it can replace products that are made of timber. With this, we can somehow help save our forests.
Restoring the Health of the Farmland
The best thing about hemp is that most of its applications are totally sustainable and eco-friendly. By growing cannabis, farmers are able to restore the overall health of their farmland since it eliminates the need to use pesticides or herbicides. Hemp tends to grow very densely and its roots are deep, which makes it possible to kill weeds naturally.
Growing hemp can provide for a great alternative solution to many of our Earth-killing practices. Hemp has a growing cycle of only 4 to 6 months. Thus, it's a more sustainable option for producing paper compared to trees. In fact, anything that you can produce from fossil fuel, you will be able to produce from hemp. This includes plastic, energy, and other petroleum-based products.
Hemp and Global Warming
Global warming is definitely not a myth. It's real and it causes a lot of destruction on our planet that affects millions of people around the world. Our dependence on fossil fuels and petroleum products is the main trigger of global warming. If we'll not do anything now, we could all suffer from the effects of global warming sooner or later.
It's possible to produce energy using cannabis hemp instead of relying on fossil fuels. The plant's unique growing properties make it an ideal crop for producing energy. In fact, one-acre worth of hemp is capable of producing up to a thousand gallons of methanol in just one growing season.
Hemp is also capable of producing a clean and energy efficient form of gasoline, not to mention the fact that it costs less for the consumers. It can be made into ethanol, and according to Henry Ford, all cars will eventually run entirely on ethanol.
If you want to learn more about the many benefits and uses of hemp in preventing global warming and helping build a more sustainable environment, get involved with the various hemp events that are going on in your city. This is a great way to mingle with fellow hemp enthusiasts and discuss how you can help spread awareness over hemp usage for sustainability.
Another way you can show your support is to write to your local legislators and encourage them to legalize the farming and growing of hemp in your local farmland. By doing this, you're making a significant contribution to saving millions of people from the harsh effects of global warming.
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Sterling Bancshares to Acquire MBM Advisors
MBM Advisors, Inc., a Houston-based investment advisory and pension administration and consulting firm, is to be acquired by bank holding company Sterling Bancshares, Inc.
By Alison Cooke
MBM, with approximately $700 million in assets under management, will operate as a subsidiary of Sterling Bank under the name of MBM Advisors. The MBM senior management team will remain intact and president and chief executive officer Donald R. Black, and senior vice president and chief operating officer Robert L. Burnam will continue to serve in their present roles. The transaction is anticipated to close by the end of the second quarter.
In addition to its location in Houston, MBM, founded in 1966, also has a location in Dallas. The firm specializes in the design, administration, investment management, and communication of retirement plans.
Sterling Bancshares, Inc., has total assets of $4.3 billion and operates 49 banking centers in the greater metropolitan areas of Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas, Texas.
More information on the companies can be found at the firms' Web sites: http://www.banksterling.com and http://www.mbm-inc.com.
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Hatteras 52 CMY, SERENITY – What a fantastic motor yacht!
Built in 1990 by Hatteras Yachts to a brutally seaworthy Hargraves design, the 52 Cockpit Motor Yacht affords 6 comfortable berths in two staterooms and a side cabin – each with a heads/shower. The volume inside this yacht needs to be experience to be understood – the space is quite phenomenal and the quality of the finish is very high throughout – from the engine room to the soft furnishings.
Her aft deck area is made for entertaining, and swallows a large table and chairs with ease, with a sink and fridge for catering, panoramic views and smart canvas curtains to keep the worst of the wind out, it's a lovely place to relax with friends.
She comes with all home comforts – dishwasher, air-co, heating, laundry – and there is plenty of storage space both on deck, and in her cabins and cavernous saloon. With a 2015 re-build by Mitchells on her twin Detroit diesels and regular maintenance, she is ready to roam – with either the Mediterranean, Baltic or just the Channel in your sights – she is a superb platform to carry you and yours away on the deep blue. We would be very pleased to show you on board her at your convenience, but she will not hang around for long.
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Q: ggplot Modification Theme change geom_area, How can I change the fill "names" ie : psavert to "personal saving rate" and "uempmed" to "median unemployment duration in weeks"
also i want to add % sign in the returns on the 7 y axis, unable to use scale_x_discrete() and modify it.
can someone please help?
attached is the image and below is the code
library(ggplot2)

library(lubridate)

theme_set(theme_bw())

df <- economics[, c("date", "psavert", "uempmed")]

df <- df[lubridate::year(df$date) %in% c(1967:1981), ]

# labels and breaks for X axis text
brks <- df$date[seq(1, length(df$date), 12)]

lbls <- lubridate::year(brks)

# plot
ggplot(df, aes(x=date)) +

     geom_area(aes(y=psavert+uempmed, fill="psavert")) +

     geom_area(aes(y=uempmed, fill="uempmed")) +

     labs(title="Area Chart of Returns Percentage",
          subtitle="From Wide Data format",
          caption="Source: Economics",
          y="Returns %") +  # title and caption

     scale_x_date(labels = lbls, breaks = brks) +  # change to monthly ticks and

labels

     scale_fill_manual(name="",
                    values = c("psavert"="#00ba38", "uempmed"="#f8766d")) +  #
line color

  theme(panel.grid.minor = element_blank()) + # turn off minor grid

  annotate("text", x=as.Date("1975-04-01"), y=25, label="Year with highest returns") #annotation layer

A: The first example below is how to do it with your original plot code. The second is a more "ggplot-like" approach that first reshapes the data to "long" format and recodes the names of the values.
library(tidyverse)
library(lubridate)

theme_set(theme_bw() + theme(panel.grid.minor=element_blank()))

ggplot(df, aes(x=date)) +
  geom_area(aes(y=psavert+uempmed, fill="Personal Saving Rate")) +
  geom_area(aes(y=uempmed, fill="Unemployment Rate")) +
  labs(title="Area Chart of Returns Percentage",
       subtitle="From Wide Data format",
       caption="Source: Economics",
       y="Returns %") +  # title and caption
  scale_x_date(labels = lbls, breaks = brks) +  # change to monthly ticks and labels
  scale_fill_manual(name="",
                    values = c("Personal Saving Rate"="#00ba38", "Unemployment Rate"="#f8766d")) +  # line color
  scale_y_continuous(breaks=seq(0,30,10), labels=paste0(seq(0,30,10),"%")) +
  annotate("text", x=as.Date("1975-04-01"), y=25, label="Year with highest returns")

The alternative below also uses the date_breaks and date_labels arguments to scale_x_date so there's no need to create the breaks and label vectors before creating the plot.
ggplot(df %>% gather(key, value, -date) %>%
         mutate(key=recode(key, "psavert"="Personal Saving Rate", "uempmed"="Unemployment Rate")),
       aes(x=date, y=value, fill=key)) +
  geom_area() +
  labs(title="Area Chart of Returns Percentage",
       subtitle="From Wide Data format",
       caption="Source: Economics",
       y="Returns %",
       fill="") +
  scale_x_date(date_breaks="1 year", date_labels="%Y") +
  scale_fill_manual(name="", values = c("#00ba38", "#f8766d")) +
  scale_y_continuous(breaks=seq(0,30,10), labels=paste0(seq(0,30,10),"%")) +
  annotate("text", x=as.Date("1975-04-01"),
           y=df %>% mutate(sum=psavert+uempmed) %>% pull(sum) %>% max + 1,
           label="Year with highest returns")

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Apple capital: new love of apple's finance arm
Our beloved Apple just hit the $800 billion mark in the market capitalization, midway this year. In the era of computer and mobile technology, where iPhones and Macs are ubiquitous, their sales was one of the most important factor for apple to reach this valuation and set up an industry standard. But in the hindsight, there is another factor which is also increasing the revenues for Apple Inc. day by day. The Apple Capital.
We all have a very clear picture of Apple as a pioneer in the technology industry by setting new standards every year with the release of its iPhones and Macbooks. Well, it looks like along with technology, Apple has also developed its interest in finance. In the post Steve Jobs era of Apple, the company has massively increased its investments in various financial instruments.
The long term marketable securities have a significant role in any company's investment portfolio. But with Apple, this significance have been increasing day by day. Apple Capital previously used to invest in Government bonds mainly which were fairly risk averse, but now the course has changed. Around 68% of Apple Capital's investment is in other type of securities which consist of corporate bonds. After Jobs, the company's assets grew by 110%, but the growth of Apple Capital has been almost double of that by nearly 220%.Thus these investments have been a major part of the profits of the company. These investments have contributed 7% in the overall profits of Apple Inc.
How can this affect Apple?
Well, as the trend shows, the investments of apple are moving away from the risk averse towards the risky assets. With time passing by, the returns from these financial instruments will rise and so will the risk. The global demand of Apple products is on a declining trend. Samsung as well as the Chinese competitors are taking over the market with Google being a new competitor in the pond. In adverse situations, these investments will save Apple, but instead of sitting and waiting for it, Apple should focus on developing better and disruptive technology. The gradient of innovation by Apple is at an all-time low in the post Jobs era. Let's hope Apple gets back its "Adrenaline for Innovation" back as soon as possible.
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Is the disney-fox merger, a direct threat to netflix?
With the acquisition of Fox network by Disney Inc. It seems like Disney is prepared to take the next big leap in the world of entertainment 2.0. The reason behind majority of mergers and acquisitions is to maintain the 'Synergy' between the companies. Disney bought in a deal of $52.4 billion, the rights of 21st Century Fox's majority of the assets including the movie franchisees and Fox studios. Well what was the reason for Disney spending so much. How will this affect the future of entertainment distribution? What challenges will the Disney-Fox merger bring in for Netflix?
Disney-Fox merger
We all know how Netflix, slowly and steadily captured the entertainment market with its new distribution model. It has already kicked off Blockbuster and is on its way to do the same with the cable TV industry. Netflix has two major pillars on which it sustains against the competition or rather disrupts the entire market. One being its online distribution model and the other is its original content. The revenue model of Netflix clearly states that "Profits Aren't Important" for them. Netflix has believed in investing heavily behind the original content it creates which is nearly $6 Bn. This when compared to its competitors is the highest as Amazon invests $4.5 Billion, whereas HBO and Hulu (owned by Disney) spend nearly $2.5 Billion.
Netflix's revenue model
With the change in time, people's mode of consuming entertainment is also changing. Media consumption on phones and tablets have drastically increased over the period of time. The players offering online video on demand services have benefited the most. Disney being one of the oldest giant in the media industry still had to deliver its content through the cable TV medium. Where the revenue generation was done through advertisement between the programs. The revenue incurred by offering subscription completely went to the cable TV operators. Even though a large number of channels were owned by Disney, the content was completely distributed across the channels and users don't buy a pack of all the channels.
Change in the time spent by different age groups in front of conventional cable TV
Netflix on the other hand has its own platform for offering online content. The revenue model being subscription based, there are no advertisements between the programs. The content from other companies like Viacom, Fox, Disney, Marvel which Netflix airs on its own platform is given least priority than the Netflix originals. The Netflix original movies and shows get a unique placement on the platform. As a result, the Netflix original content remains in the mainstream.
How can Disney-Fox merger be a threat to netflix?
Now after the Disney-Fox merger, what Disney will be planning to do is creating a similar platform for video on demand like Netflix. On this platform, Disney will be able to place its own content which it had to do so previously on Netflix. This in turn will bring the content from all the channels owned by Disney at one place. The platform will have same subscription based revenue generation model. Thus by buying rights from Fox, Disney will have rights to great content created by fox in the past. This also includes movies such as Avatar and Deadpool.
In a time of almost 1-1.5 years, we will be able to see this massive online Disney platform. Bringing in direct competition for Netflix as well as the existing incumbents in the market such as Amazon's Prime video and HBO. The Disney-Fox merger will surely raise the standards as well as competition in the online media transmission industry.
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How has the facebook scandal affected you so far ?
According to the generic definition, we humans are considered as social animals. But in the past decade, the SOCIAL MEDIA has been successful in changing this definition. Social media has been interlinked with our lives so much that now it is hard for people to re-imagine their lives without it. At the very core of this evolution of change in lifestyle and the way we look at things have been a few companies. These once so called small companies now control what people see online and try to mend the perspective of an average social media user by curating the feed and thereby changing the mindset of that person. These companies are none other than the social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat and many more. The recent facebook scandal has been able to create the hype and seek attention of a large number of people. But some people have been ranting about such privacy breaches since a long time. It is now when people have started to notice them.
In the facebook scandal, involvement of many third parties is the thing which makes it complex. Cambridge Analytica, which is a Britain based data research company was able to drive the opinion of a majority of US voters during the 2016 Presidential elections by supporting the Republican party. Things go back to 2014, when Cambridge analytica asked Dr. Aleksandr Kogan to develop an application named "thisisyourdigitallife" by paying him $8,00,000. This app by Kogan asked permission from the users to access their data and fill out a survey. But the app in hindsight also collected other personal data from the users, such as their likes, dislikes, the type of content they watch online and much more.
After collecting the data, a psychological profile of a particular candidate was prepared. Kogan collected the data of nearly 2,70,000 users, but the app was also able to collect the data of the friends of the person on FB who has filled the survey. As a resu;t, the data of nearly 50 million users was breached and then sold to Cambridge analytica.
Facebook scandal whistleblower: Cristopher Wyile
Cristopher Wyile, who was a former data scientist at Cambridge analytica came to know about the facebook scandal and the fact that Cambridge analytica has not deleted the data collected from Kogan's app, but has been using it to build the psychological profiles of the users. These users were then targeted with curated content on their facebook wall. They were shown ads which were in favor of Donald Trump and asking for donations for the Presidential campaigning. This is how the opinion of millions of people was mended to bring in desired results.
HOW DOES ALL THIS AFFECT YOU ?
This is the question of majority people, that what can facebook or any other company which collects your data can affect you personally or individually? Well, the answer is diverse. It can affect you on a personal level and in the society which we live in. We are slowly handing over the keys which drive the society to these social media companies. According to a study in 2017, Google and Facebook captured almost 20% of the global digital marketing share. This statement in itself can show the future dominance of these digital media moguls.
The news which you watch on your facebook wall has been curated just for the user. The FB wall of an individual is like a personalized headline newspaper which is based upon the interests of the user. It has been created in such a way that people are getting addicted to it. Facebook is changing entire social fabric and the way people look at things. These social media apps have been created in such a way that the user spends maximum time scrolling through the posts. These also include Instagram and Twitter. 'Fake News' has been the buzz word of 2017. The amount of fake news which is created nowadays, and the speed at which it is shared by the users to their respective groups is creating a devastating effect.
Whatsapp is also playing a major role in this. Whatsapp started off as a messaging app. After the group feature has been created, people within the groups can share pictures and links. These groups have been a primary source of information for many people. But many a times, the news or the messages which are being circulated on these groups are baseless and fake.
WHAT TO DO ?
Well, if you think that you can not spend a day without these apps. Or if they have been an integral part of your daily routine, then congratulations! You are not alone. The addiction of social media is getting worse day by day. What you can do is at least don't share news which are not credible, because what you share can be the primary source of news for many people in this new 'social_media_addict' world. Stay away from third party surveys which ask for your data. While installing a new app, take a pause and think logically before giving permission to any app. 'Why would a simple collage making app require your microphone access?'
But ultimately, we are humans, SOCIAL ANIMALS. Lets try to socialize the way we were meant to be and not be driven by a single app and take decisions accordingly. Or else anytime you can #deletefacebook.
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When the storage limit is reached, you will receive a notification on your device indicating the iCloud storage is full. At this point, no additional backups to iCloud can be performed.
If you are not sure if iCloud backup is enabled on your device, open the Settings app, select iCloud, then select Backup.
If the iCloud Backup slider is set to the on position, then your device will backup to iCloud. To stop your device from backing up to iCloud, set the slider to the off position. Turning off iCloud Backup will mean the data on your device is no longer automatically backed up. To backup your data, you will need to connect your device to your computer and back it up using iTunes.
Additionally, at the bottom of the window, you will find the date the last iCloud backup was performed.
To manage your iCloud storage, open the Settings app, select iCloud, then select Storage.
The total iCloud storage capacity and the amount of available iCloud storage will be displayed. Tap Manage Storage to see what information is being backed up to iCloud.
The Manage Storage window displays a list of all the devices that have backups stored in iCloud.
If you happen to see an old device listed that you no longer use, you can save some space by completely deleting that backup. To delete a backup from the list, tap on the device's name and select Delete Backup in the window that appears.
To change what data is backed up for the device you are currently using, tap the name of the device in the list of backups. A screen will appear displaying the size of the backup along with the date the last backup was performed and the size of the next backup. There is also a list of apps that have data included in the iCloud backup. The apps are ordered based on the amount of iCloud storage space used for the app data. Apps using the most iCloud storage space are listed near the top.
To stop an app from backing up to iCloud, simply set the slider for that app to the off position. Upon doing so, your device ask if you really want to stop the iCloud backup and delete all the app data from iCloud.
If you just can't seem to part with any of those photos on your device and still want to use iCloud to backup all your data, there is always the option to purchase additional iCloud storage space from Apple. To see the pricing for additional storage plans, open the Settings app, select iCloud, select Storage, then tap Buy More Storage. You can purchase additional storage directly from your device.
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This is my first attempt at a ride tale so bear with me.
My wife and I on our LT are on a roughly month long tour of the US, primarily the west since we live in PA and see the east and south fairly often. My sister and brother-in-law are joining us for the first week and then have to head back to their jobs. Being retired is nice.
A fairly uneventful day. Left in cool temps of 40-42 for the first couple hours. Warmed to low 60s as we crossed the Peace Bridge. Somewhat busy at the border given the holiday travelers, but we got through in less than 30 minutes. A fairly boring ride across Ontario to Sarnia where we spent the night. The roads here are in fantastic shape, but many long boring straight stretches that my LT really hates. A few more days of this ahead though!
We had planned to take the SS Badger across Lake Michigan, but saw the note about bringing your own tie downs. Who has room for those on a 30 day trip? Called to see if there was any alternative and they said no. So ... we are now routing down through Chicago. Oh well, I can't believe a ferry that doesn't provide tie downs. This is a first and we have ridden many ferries in the US, Canada and Europe!
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On my ferry crossings (only a few) I've found that ONE ratcheting type is more than adequate to keep the LT in place. I put it on the side stand and loop the strap over the frame under the driver's seat. You may need to use a jacket or similar as a pad to keep from scuffing the tupperware. I also put a velcro strap around the front brake lever as a little extra security. A while back there was a product called the Strong Back - which was very heavy duty frame that straddled the frame and utilized 4 tie downs. Bulletproof but awkward to carry on tour.
Good luck on the ride and remember if you get into Arizona and Southern California it is still going to be really hot after noon in the deserts.
Good luck and safe riding. I'm jealous. I retired in 2014 and wife is younger and wants to retire next year. Always dreamed of a bike trip to San Fran then up coast hwy. No schedule just take your time and go where and when you please. Now the Doc suprised me and says I need a knee replacement. The point is you guys are doing it now while you can, so good for you. The one quote that haunts me is, "there's a difference between dreaming and doing. The dreamers just sit around and moon about how wonderful it would be if only things were different. The years roll by and by, they grow old and they forget everything even their dreams." I hope I'm not just a dreamer! Have a great trip and I will look forward to your reports.
I've used ferries on lake Champlain, Nova Scotia, and Scotland and they always provide adequate tie downs. As you say, not much is required anyway.
The irony is that we brought clothes more geared to Death Valley, but our first day started out at 40 degrees in PA!
The day began with rain in Sarnia, Ontario, but ended in time for an 8:30 departure. No line at US customs so we were back in the states by 9:00. Weather was cool, but nice and we cruised along at, um, 70-something and made good time. The only downside was 32 mpg. This is the lowest I've recorded on my LT, but then I have never averaged 75 mph for two full tanks of had!
We could not take the SS Badger ferry across Lake Michigan as they require you to provide your own ratchet straps; like we have room to carry those. This is the first ferry we have encountered with such a dumb policy.
So, we rerouted through Chicago, which was a mess as usual, and made it to Madison, Wisconsin for the night. 495 miles today was very good considering the traffic in Chicago and the Illinois toll booths every 5 miles. $19 in tolls just to loop around Lake Michigan and I think we stopped at least ten times. I have decided Illinois has no redeeming value and I can see why it is bankrupt. And the nicest sight all day was Chicago in the rear view mirrors! My advice is to avoid Illinois if at all possible.
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Glad you made it back into the states Matt. Keep the daily reports coming.
Don't these ride tails usually contain some pictures along with the tail of the days events. Give the old girl, ( not the bike) or younger girl as the case may be a camera ( with wrist strap) and let her snap away as you ride and maybe you will get a few good shots of the days travel worth posting till you get to destinations of photo-graphical interest. Anything is fair game.
Those will come in due time. Nothing to see on interstates in flat country. Once we hit SD, pics will be included.
My wife took more than 1,000 pictures on each of our trips to the Alps, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, and the U.K. But they all had things worth photographing!
I've worked hard to come up with one set of gear that will cover me over a wide range of weather conditions. One particularly memorable ride was 112°F crossing Vegas at noon, then 32°F crossing Wyoming at midnight. Nothing like an 80°F temp swing in 12 hours to test out your gear.
Looking forward to seeing the pics as you make your way further west.
We had another cool ride today with temps in the upper 60s, but very nice riding overall other than strong and gusty winds.
We had a nice sightseeing stop at the Mystery Cave. Otherwise, a fairly boring ride on flat and straight Midwest roads. Just enduring the ride to the real treats starting in South Dakota.
Unfortunately, this brain dead forum software will only allow my iPad to upload one picture at a time. I can do multiple from my computer, but when I select multiple from the iPad, only one gets attached.
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I think an 80 degree range may be mission impossible. I have come close with mess gear and Frogg Toggs rain suit. Frogg Toggs are mediocre rain suits, but they block wind quite well trapping air in the mesh gear. I ride this combination for up to two hours in temps just above freezing crossing alpine passes and was quite comfortable. And I have ridden for several hours in temps in the 40s. Shed the rain suits and I have ridden all day in the mesh hear in temps of 100-105.
This is a lightweight combination that minimizes the amount of gear needed since the rain suits do double duty.
Pictures may be a nuisance with the one per message limitation this site seems to impose on the iPad.
And you can't post an attachment with an empty message.
It would be great if you could give us a heads up as to your general route that you are planning to take. I did a 25 day/25 state tour in '14 on my LT, but was solo (I ride, she flies), so I could take much more gear with me. Wearing an Aerostich Roadcrafter suit enables me to leave any rain suits and heavier clothing - a sweatshirt worked out well in temps ranging from mid-50's to about 28 degrees, and I also wore a Veskimo cooling vest and mounted the cooler on a BMR rack over the pillion seat that is great for temps ranging from 85 to whatever. I have been comfortable riding for hours in triple digits. BTW - did you start out with new shoes? Ride safe and have a great scenic time!
It would be great if you could give us a heads up as to your general route that you are planning to take. I did a 25 day/25 state tour in '14 on my LT, but was solo (I ride, she flies), so I could take much more gear with me. Wearing an Aerostich Roadcrafter suit enables me to leave any rain suits and heavier clothing - a sweatshirt worked out well in temps ranging from mid-50's to abiout 28 degrees, and I also wore a Veskimo cooling vest and mounted the cooler on a BMR rack over the pillion seat that is great for temps ranging from 85 to whatever. I have been comfortable riding for hours in triple digits. BTW - did you start out with new shoes? Ride safe and have a great scenic time!
Route is quite fluid changing each day. Mainly want to hit Yellowstone, Glacier, crater lake, Sequoia, Death Valley, Grand Canyon, stand on the corner in Winslow, AZ, planned to visit coastal Texas, Port Aransas, but not now, Barber Motorsports museum, Kitty Hawk, Chincoteague Island and those are the big things. Will hit others as we find them such as the Pioneer Auto museum later today in Murdo, SD.
No, my boots are a couple years old. Oh, you meant the LT.
Yes, new tires of the highest mileage combination I know of: BT020 rear and ME880 front.
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We had another cool ride today with temps in the 50s in the morning rising into 60s by afternoon. Southern Minnesota is as flat and boring as Kansas, but has lots of wind farms. Other than that it was unremarkable.
A nice riding day, but strong and gusty winds again quartering from the northwest made it unusually tiring. South Dakota has an 80 mph speed limit which combined with the 20G35 winds gave us air speeds close to 100 mph. The result was a range of barely 200 miles and an all-time low mpg of 29! That isn't a typo.
we had a nice sightseeing visit at the Pioneer Auto museum. Rather "tourist trappy" for my taste, but a nice break from riding.
Appreciate the trip post. Its enjoyable reading these. Its the first thing I do now....read your reports. I read your other thoughts on the LT making it. I have the same opinions after virtually my whole life on countless jap bikes. I have only been stranded once (1979 cbx, fuel petcock failure filled #1 cylinder, bent rod with hydro lock) in 42 years of riding them. Have fun and ride carefully!!!
It has been mundane thus far. That should change tomorrow as we ride the Badlands. I just wish I wasn't limited to attaching only one picture. If anyone knows a way to get multiple pictures to post from an iPad, please let me know.
I tried using my Ipad to upload pictures on a vacation and couldn't even get one to upload but it is an Ipad2 and not the latest so I will be of no help there. Keep posting and make several posts one at a time if you have to. We will understand.
If anyone knows a way to get multiple pictures to post from an iPad, please let me know.
I just uploaded three pictures in the test forum with no problems, except the first picture came in upside down. The pictures were taken with a iPhone. I am thinking that maybe the file size is too large, but again it worked for me.
Mine is a 5 year old mini which can't be upgraded past iOS 9. However, this function used to work so something on the site changed. I may try my iPhone as it runs iOS 10. One picture per post will be tedious to do and to read.
A leisurely riding day starting with a visit to the Minuteman Missile National Historic site. A very interesting bit of history that many of us lived through.
We then rode the Badlands loop in excellent weather with the sun still low in the sky. My wife took 69 pictures today so picking a few to upload will be an interesting challenge to say the least.
We then visited some cousins we rarely see and had a nice supper with them in Rapid City. Got back to the motel after dark, but could not pass up the bike wash facility provided by the owner. If you are staying in Rapid City, at least consider the Big Sky Lodge. Very motorcycle friendly and a great view over Rapid City.
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We used to refer to Rapid City as Speed City when I was in the USAF. If you haven't already, pick up a Sturgis BMW t-shirt as a memento. I stopped by a Yamaha dealer a couple of weeks ago and the salesman noticed mine and said, "Most people have a Sturgis Harley shirt". I had a laugh at that....Nice pictures and glad to see you've figured out how to post more than one picture at a time now - keep them coming!
Spectacular weather for today's riding and sightseeing. 68 degrees for our ride to breakfast to have our first caramel roll. Very tasty! The day soon warmed into the 80s and was getting uncomfortably warm for this northerner when it hit 86 in Wyoming.
Since we had been to Mt Rushmore before, we passed on that. My sister and brother-in-law had not been so they made that their first stop. While they were viewing the dead presidents, we rode to Crazy a Horse, our meeting point, on the scenic routes of the Iron Mountain highway and the Needles highway. Both were great riding.
After Crazy Horse, we parted company and the Gold Wing headed south toward Denver and we headed northwest to our next stop at the Cody Firearms Museum. However, seeing the sign for Devils Tower, we called an audible over lunch and made that our next stop. Great decision as it is a spectacular sight.
I had hoped to get within a hundred miles of Cody today, but the detour to Devils tower left Gillette as the stopping point for tonight. This worked out well as we got a great deal at the Arbuckle Lodge and are taking advantage of its free guest laundry.
I found that the site will accept multiple pictures from my iPhone so each post is now a two-step operation: text from the iPad and edit for pictures from the iPhone. So, if you see text with no pics, check back again as it takes a while to switch devices and edit the post to attach the pictures.
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Thanks....you now have my wife interested in finally going on a bike. Spectacular pics and ride report.
Started out nicely at 63 degrees and then gradually warmed to 68 until a few miles from Buffalo where it dropped to 58 in just a couple miles. We toughed it out in our mesh gear until Sheridan where it warmed to 70 as we stopped for coffee.
We rode to Greybull on route 14 through the Big Horn National Forest. This is a fantastic ride even with the road construction. We reached nearly 9,000' according to the GPS. A nice lunch stop at Lisa's and then rode on to Cody.
It is a good thing we booked a room in Cody during our lunch stop. We got the last queen room at the Super 8 which is one of only four motels that weren't sold out! And we paid twice as much ($160 vs. $81) for this motel as for last night's hotel in Gillette. And the Arbuckle was twice the hotel for half the money. This afternoon while walking through part of Cody on our way to and from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West museum complex, all we saw were no vacancy signs.
I suspect Yellowstone will be a zoo tomorrow. It seems the tourists don't know that it is after Labor Day and they should stay home!
Well, we can check the Yellowstone box and move on. Speaking of moving on, we decided to book a hotel for tomorrow night to ensure we had one. We spent two hours looking and calling and had to pay $200 at a ski resort hotel to avoid having to ride 300 miles after our visit to Yellowstone tomorrow. Just another reminder why I generally avoid popular tourist venues. Also, we are now seeing lots of smoke from the Forest fires in Idaho and Montana making it hard to see the mountains and we can even faintly smell smoke. I suspect our pictures tomorrow will not be nearly as spectacular as they would be otherwise. It reminds me of my visit to China where a haze hung over every city.
On the bright side, our visit to the Center of the West was fantastic. What an outstanding set of museums and overall facility. I mainly wanted to see the firearms museum, but we quickly perused the others. We stood and walked until our feet were sore and then only scratched the surface of what they have to offer. If you are in Cody, this is a must see place.
As an aside, my LT rolled over 60,000 miles today.
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I hope you didn't book the Grand Targhee Resort as you will be in for a very rude surprise and a very long drive. I almost booked this place this year but looked at the map and saw how it is located on the wrong side of the mountains for getting to/from Yellowstone. Those Cody hotels are very proud of what they have to offer. I thought the prices might be going down after Labor Day, I guess not. Although this is still Labor Day week. The prices must drop next week. Last year, we stayed in Cody in the middle of September and the prices were livable. This year, in August, the prices were ridiculous and finding availability was hard.
You are in for some great days now. Unfortunately, the smoke and fires around Glacier National Park are really bad. Portions of the park were closed. Good luck!
Well..I just had my right knee replaced. And it was sort of a surprise. I've been getting shots in that knee. But after a MRI. He said, Yea. you need a replacement.The surgery is nothing. The rehab is the difficult part .But it's what you put into it. If they offer joint replacement class before surgery. Take it. It will give you the info of what they do in the procedure, What to expect for healing time. As I stated. The rehabilitation..The exercises are what takes time. But be patient.
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I hope you didn't book the Grand Targhee Resort as you will be in for a very rude surprise and a very long drive. I almost booked this place this year but looked at the map and saw how it is located on the wrong side of the mountains for getting to/from Yellowstone. Those Cody hotels are very proud of what they have to offer. I thought the prices might be going down after Labor Day, I guess not. Although this is still Labor Day week. The prices must drop next week. Last year, we stayed in Cody in the middle of September and the prices were livable. This yehar, in August, the prices were ridiculous and finding availability was hard.
We had to settle for the Super 8, but have a very nice place tonight.
My experience is that dreaming precedes the doing. Yes, some never get past the dreaming stage, but I think both are important. I use our PA winters for dreaming and then planning and the summer and fall for doing.
You should be able to ride again once the knee fully recovers, right? There is always the Spyderbif holding up a touring bike becomes an issue.
We decided to leave early to see if we could beat the rush into Yellowstone. A 5:00 AM alarm got us on the road with a full tank of gas by 6:30 for the nearly 3 hour ride to Old Faithful. The ride to the east entrance was about an hour, but the geyser is deep into the park.
It was 73 in Cody at 6 AM so we decided to wear just our mesh gear without our Frogg Toggs. Probably not the best idea in retrospect. The temp dropped rapidly as we ascended to the east gate reaching 51 there. That wasn't so bad, but when it hit 39 a few miles later I was considering stopping to add the outer layer. However, we toughed it out and got back into the 50s a short time later after crossing the 8,530' pass.
There was no line at the gate and our annual pass got us through quickly. We passed a few slow cars on the way to Old Faithful, but got there at about 9:15 and parked in the second row. Nice. Saw our first eruption at 9:50 and then toured the lodge while waiting for the second eruption which occurred at 11:25. We had a nice lunch at the Inn and then headed for the west entrance to join route 191 towards Big Sky.
We are staying at one of the ski resort hotels as availability of lodging within 60 miles of Yellowstone is tight. The Summit at Big Sky is a little pricey, but it is very nice and the ride up to it was very fun. And they gave us complimentary lift tickets. We had time to ride both lifts since we arrived quite early as we got through Yellowstone much faster than anticipated. Traffic on the way out was fairly heavy, but was moving fairly well and I was able to pass the few slow campers with Ohio plates that are unable to read the signs that tell them to use the pull-outs.
Another great day with good weather, mostly in the 70s and just a couple light showers as we rode 191 north. 191 hasn't the best pavement quality, but the scenery was fantastic through the big valley.
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Yellowstone is one of my favorite places. There is such amazing diversity in such a small area of land. Glad the trip is going so well. Thanks for the reports.
My wife liked it, but I was underwhelmed. We didn't see the entire park by any stretch, but what I saw riding from the east entrance to Old Faithful to the west entrance is surpassed by most of Colorado and much of South Dakota, Utah and Alaska. And the Alps surpass them all.
However, I have checked the Yellowstone box now.
I was more impressed with the Grand Tetons and Estes Park than Yellowstone when I rode through those in '13. Hated the slurry tar that Wyoming slopped on their highway on one of the roads from Estes Park to Jackson Hole.
Today was a light day of riding, but no sightseeing other than on the ride itself - which was pretty good, albeit rather smokey in places from the fires to the west. The main objective was to get to Great Falls to watch the Steelers game with a high school classmate. Unfortunately, he got the times wrong so we got here as the game was ending. So, we met over supper instead. It was good to catch up a little after 40 years.
The smoke is fairly intense here in Great Falls this evening and the smell strong at times. I found that the Going to the Sun road is mostly closed in GNP, so we are contemplating our route for tomorrow. Do we ride half the road and backtrack or just go through on route 2 and leave the Going to the Sun on the bucket list? These are truly blessed problems to have!
So, no more words, just a few pictures from the ride up 191, 86, 89 and 87.
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Well, Glacier National Park was a bust due to the fires. We did enter from the west and rode the North Fork loop which in hindsight wasn't the best idea. The first 12 miles or so was paved (Camas road) and we got a glimpse of the fires, but the return part of the loop (North Fork road) was a winding 22 miles of which 10 was washboard gravel much worse then anything I saw in the 480 miles of the Dalton highway! It took an hour in first gear to traverse that section and I may need some fillings replaced.
The morning ride up 89 was VERY windy, mostly direct crosswinds. I swear I rode 50 miles leaning 15-20 degrees to the west. Montana very thoughtfully provides occasional signs that warn of crosswinds and have wind socks on top that are plank straight facing east just in case you somehow didn't notice the 30+ mph gusting winds.
Route 2 across the southern edge of Glacier was a nice ride other than the now 30 mph gusting headwinds. I don't think it holds a candle to the Riding to the Sun road though from what I've read. Alas, one item to continue on the bucket list for another time.
We finished the day with a warm ride along Flathead Lake as temps rose into the 80s. I need to start acclimating as in another week the low temps will be that high and the highs may approach 100 near Death Valley and Vegas. I am a cold weather creature so I am not looking forward to that part of the journey.
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I could not force myself to down select to the 10 attachment limit so here is the eleventh picture from the back of our hotel that I thought was cool.
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Great write ups. In your last post, picture 9 of 10 is a speed limit sign that says 70. What type of road is that? Is this the gravel road you were traveling 10 mph on?
It was at the end of the gravel and the start of tar and stone or chip seal as my home state DOT prefers. I went 50 on it, but no way I would ride 70 on that road. The gravel part was posted 35 and we were passed several trucks going all of that. I could have done 35 on a GS, but that washboard would have shook the fairings off my LT at 35.
From what I saw, you came through the east - I am sure the mountains were nice before the park. Then, you go into the most boring entrance of the park with a long ride around the lake. Then, you went to Old Faithful - definitely not my highlight. Did you walk on the paths to see the other thermals?
Looked like you stayed at Old Faithful for a second blast - yep, probably a waste of time for a second viewing. There are 5-7 other great things to see in the time lost waiting for the next Old Faithful eruption. You missed some really incredible things to see in nature. It's not really about the mountains but other things. I understand, you were in a hurry to get through the park. It takes a couple of full days to see everything and get a perspective of the true diversity of the area.
Glad you are doing well on the trip. I had the family in the car and had left the bike at home. I would love to take the trip on the bike. If you were underwhelmed at Yellowstone, Glacier may be a difficult time for you too, especially if the smoke covers up the mountains and decreases the views. Eat a huckleberry pie for me and maybe a huckleberry shake too.
Looked like you stayed at Old Faithful for a second blast - yep, probably a waste of time for a second viewing. There are 5-7 other great things to see in the time lost waiting for the next Old Faithful eruption. You missed some really incredible things to see in nature. It's not really about the mountains but other things. I understand, you were in a hurry to get through the opark. It takes a couple of full days to see everything and get a perspective of the true diversity of the area.
Yes, it definitely depends on your tastes. I am not a hiker or bird watcher. And I can do those from a car. For me, riding is about the roads and the scenery and the lack of civilization. The Alps hit my sweet spot dead center. Colorado and southern Utah are great also. Yellowstone was way down my scale. Glacier was awesome from what little I could see. I think the Going to the Sun road would definitely hit my sweet spot, but that is for another time.
I know what you mean. I have seen some incredible mountains in the world. Yellowstone is not home to the best mountain views. Hope you get some good plans worked out and I am enjoying each day's post. Thank you very much!
Today was mainly about covering a lot of ground through areas where we really didn't have much we wanted to see or hadn't seen before during a prior tour of Washington and Oregon.
We had a great ride on Montana routes 200 and 135 and even I90 to Coeur d'Alene was quite nice. It was a chilly start at 44 degrees, but we saw 99 before the day was over.
After a coffee break in Coeur d'Alene, we made tracks down I90 to Ritzville where we picked up 395 to Kennewick to I82 and then I84 to Rufus where I made my blunder of the day. My GPS showed a Sinclair station on the left slightly out of the way and a Shell station a half mile down Scott Canyon road on our way to route 97. Well, the Shell station was out of business. I nearly turned around and went back to the Sinclair station, but our hotel in Madras, OR was only 94 miles away and I was showing nearly 80 miles to empty (1/3 of a tank left). 97 looked like a significant road and I figured there had to be a gas station within 80 miles. Wrong! 97 runs from Biggs Junction to Madras, a distance of 93 miles without a single gas station! Who would have thought Oregon was a third world country in regards to gasoline availability?
About 60 miles from Madras, when I was showing about 48 miles to empty, I saw a semi at a commercial fueling station. I pulled in and the place had a gas pump, but it required a fleet card. The trucker said his card was restricted to diesel so he couldn't help us. I told him I was sure I could not reach Madras when he said that was the next available gas. He said he would watch for us, but he did way more than that. I rode at 50 mph to maximize my range and he followed us at that speed for 48 miles until I ran dry on a hill 12 miles north of Madras. He then stopped and gave us a ride to our hotel. I tried hard to pay him for his inconvenience, but he adamantly refused. Lee the trucker from California has my deepest gratitude.
I could not find any service station in Madras who would run me back to the bike with gas. It was getting dark and I didn't want to leave the LT by the road all night. Fortunately, the off duty hotel manager happened by as I was talking with the desk lady. He offered to drive me back. I then went to a nearby gas station to buy a gas can and gas, but they didn't sell gas cans! However, the lady said she would loan me one. Unfortunately, She found that the prior user had pushed the spout into the jug and we could not get it out. And the cap would not seal without it. So, she got a plastic bag and I used that with the screw on collar to seal the jug. I also bought a funnel to use sans the spout. By 9:00 I and the LT were safe at the hotel and my wife was able to start calming down. Hopefully, she doesn't divorce me when this trip is over! I tried to pay the Quality Inn hotel manager, whose name now escapes me, but he refused to take even $20 for his trouble. So, I left $20 and the funnel I bought with the service station lady and asked her to buy a jug for the next person who needs it.
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Most people are nice. It seems many people want to be helpful but have been scared into not helping others. Glad you found some nice people willing to give some help. You cranked up some miles yesterday. Fun!
This is my first time and hopefully last time. I am generally pretty conservative and I have a current database in my Nav V. It showed at least two stations along 97 but both were seemingly out of business. The hotel owner said some stations operate only during the summer and close after a Labor Day. Never heard of that before. In PA every town with a population above 100 has a gas station. We went through one sizable town, bigger than my hometown which has a population of 500 and four gas stations, that had a huge high school football stadium, but no gas station. I was amazed.
Now that I know Oregon is a third world state I can plan accordingly. I am now in California which had a gas station on every corner as God intended!
Today was a tale of two rides. The first was from Madras, OR to the California border. The second was the 50 or so miles in California.
Ride 1 was pleasant enough at first, albeit rather unremarkable. It then became increasingly hot and smokey as we circumnavigated Crater Lake and then continued on to route 199. The north entrance to Crater was closed due to fire and the south due to construction (open only on weekends). I admit I was very glad to see Oregon in the rear view mirror.
Ride 2 was fantastic. Almost the instant we crossed the border the pavement got better, the road more curvy, the temperature cooled from upper 80s to 70s and then the redwoods appeared. Just amazing riding down California 199. What a great way to end the day.
In addition, before departing this morning we had a nice breakfast discussion with a couple from Switzerland touring on their GS bikes. They bought them in the US and a dealer stores them so they can use them once a year for a tour. They were nearing the end of four weeks of riding and heading back to San Francisco to fly home.
As an aside, we rode some interesting pavement coming down 199 in California. It appears to not be asphalt, but is a dark gray and very smooth looking almost like sandpaper. And the smell of it was something akin to model airplane cement. Anyone know what this stuff is? It was fantastic to ride on.
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Seol Ki-hyeon named assistant coach for S. Korea's national football team
Former FIFA World Cup star Seol Ki-hyeon was named an assistant coach for the men's national team on Monday.
The Korea Football Association (KFA) said Seol's contract will officially begin on March 1 and run through the end of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, should South Korea qualify.
Seol, 38, has been coaching Seoul-based Sungkyunkwan University since 2015, following a solid club and international career spanning over a decade.
Seol is best known for scoring the equalizer against Italy in the round of 16 at the 2002 World Cup, co-hosted by South Korea and Japan. South Korea went on to win that match en route to making the semifinals, their best World Cup performance ever.
He had 82 caps for South Korea with 19 goals and two World Cup appearances. Seol played for Premier League clubs Reading and Fulham during his club career, which also included stops in Belgium, Saudi Arabia and South Korea.
Seol replaces Shin Tae-yong on the national team bench alongside head coach Uli Stielike. Shin was named the head coach of South Korea's under-20 men's team last November.
The KFA had initially sought to hire a foreign national to fill the vacancy, but decided to hire a native son after it couldn't find the right fit.
"We couldn't afford to wait much longer and we ended up picking from the pool of domestic coaches," said Lee Yong-soo, KFA's technical director. "Seol Ki-hyeon spent a large portion of his playing career in Europe and we believe his wealth of experience and knowledge in advanced football will come in handy next to Stielike."
Lee added that since Seol is relatively young, he can be "a big brother figure" for the players and help bring the team together.
South Korea are playing in the final round of the Asian qualification for the 2018 World Cup. They're in second place in Group A with 10 points after five matches, one point behind Iran, with Uzbekistan, Syria, Quatar and China trailing. South Korea will face China and Syria to resume the qualification campaign in March.
Only the top two teams from the group will earn automatic berths for the World Cup, while the third place team will must go through playoffs.
Seol will be formally introduced at a press conference at 2 p.m. Monday at the KFA headquarters in Seoul. (Yonhap)
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Q: Java application in Microsoft PowePoint 2010 I needed to make the presentation of a business project in powerpoint, but needed to hold the demonstration of a live application in JAVA. Well wonder whether there is any way to embed a simple Java (*.jar) application running on a slide in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 and can then carry the presentation to be shown on another computer.
Thanks.

A: The only way you can really do this is to use Liveweb. A long time ago Open Office supported embedded java applets, but this was discontinued. You would need to host the applet somewhere (even locally would work), and then using Liveweb embed the page into your presentation.
Details on install can be found on the liveweb website and here.
Hope this helps!
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Pitt comes back to knock out No. 20 Miami
Arkansas falls at No. 17 Baylor, 67-64
Wisconsin suffers an ugly loss to Illinois, the Badgers' 3rd straight defeat and 6th in 7 games
Mets top Yankees, 6-3, to take first game of Subway Series at Citi
The first game of the 2022 Subway Series hit all the notes one would expect.
Players on both sides stepping up, delivering big home runs and scintillating defensive plays? Check.
Fans of both teams displaying behavior that should probably get them institutionalized? You bet.
A game time well over three hours? Absolutely.
"Was that under three [hours?]," Mets manager Buck Showalter joked in his postgame presser.
In the end, the Mets won 6-3. They got a four-out save from Edwin Diaz — who has struck out more than half of the batters he's faced this year — and an encouraging showing from their starting pitcher.
Taijuan Walker, who figures to be a load-bearing beam in the Mets' rotation down the stretch, overcame a brutal first inning to turn in a gutty performance. Walker went six innings for his ninth consecutive start, the longest streak of his career.
"After the fourth inning, I was able to settle down and really get in there," Walker assessed. "In between innings, Max [Scherzer] came up to me and said 'Just reset.' That's what I did."
His first inning began with a 104 mile per hour comebacker, which he snared on a bounce to throw out DJ LeMahieu. Then Aaron Judge sliced a ball over the right-center field fence to give the guests an early lead, and before the Yankee fan contingent could sit down, Anthony Rizzo followed suit with an opposite field smash of his own.
After that, the only hard contact the Yankees managed off Walker was a grounder from Josh Donaldson and another deep shot by Rizzo, but this one fell gently back to earth and into Brandon Nimmo's waiting glove. Walker, making his 17th start of the year and first since the All-Star break, allowed seven hits and three earned runs. While nothing from his stat line will appear super impressive, the overall performance was laudable. The Mets' offense seemed to agree, banding together to make Walker's early hiccup nothing more than that.
Facing the normally steady Jordan Montgomery, the Mets came back with four runs in their half of the first. Starling Marte matched his opponent in the two-hole with a solo homer of his own, tucking a curling line drive just inside the left field foul pole. Francisco Lindor came up next and blooped a double into right field, then Pete Alonso split the left and center fielders to bring Lindor in. The big exclamation point came from perhaps the most unlikely source, the eternally struggling Eduardo Escobar.
Escobar came into the game as one of three players in Major League Baseball this season to have made at least 350 plate appearances and have a batting average under .220, an on-base percentage below .275 and a slugging percentage of .400 or worse. With a two-run homer to cap the Mets first inning, though, Escobar briefly threw all those stats out. The first episode of the Subway Series needed someone to leave their mark, and it was the Mets' disappointing third baseman.
"It honestly felt like a World Series home run," Escobar said through team translator Alan Suriel. "I've never played in an environment like that."
A chaotic start (Walker picked off Kiner-Falefa in the second, Gleyber Torres was hit by a pitch that might have got him in the head if his arm didn't get in the way, a run scored when Lindor was earholed by a throw to first while trying to beat out a grounder) gave way to a mellow ending.
The Yankees couldn't get another run after the fourth inning. They were presented a grand opportunity in the seventh, but a bizarre decision to double steal cost them an out when Rizzo was gunned down at second. Sure, Judge made it safely to third on the play. But with reliever Adam Ottavino — who was excellent in his 1.2 innings of work — only needing one more out at that point, Torres' infield pop up abruptly ended the inning.
"I think the biggest thing for our team is that we don't care what's going on earlier in the game or what happened right before," Escobar said. "We know what we're capable of doing and we go out there and play hard every single day. That's the most important thing for us."
The Yankees are now 5-9 in their last 14 and searching for answers. With the trade deadline looming, this once impenetrable team is starting to fray a bit. In the long run, they will most likely be fine, and will still glide into the postseason. But Josh Donaldson is inviting questions about the efficacy of playing him every day in the playoffs, and while the Yankees have downplayed it the whole way, Giancarlo Stanton's injury is still in the Achilles tendon, a frightening area for any athlete. Add that to the pre-existing questions about their injured bullpen, and the next week becomes even more compelling.
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import io.pdef.TypeEnum;

import javax.annotation.Nullable;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.util.Date;

/** Primitive and collection descriptors. */
public class Descriptors {
	public static DataTypeDescriptor<Boolean> bool = primitive(TypeEnum.BOOL, Boolean.class, false);
	public static DataTypeDescriptor<Short> int16 = primitive(TypeEnum.INT16, Short.class, (short) 0);
	public static DataTypeDescriptor<Integer> int32 = primitive(TypeEnum.INT32, Integer.class, 0);
	public static DataTypeDescriptor<Long> int64 = primitive(TypeEnum.INT64, Long.class, 0L);
	public static DataTypeDescriptor<Float> float0 = primitive(TypeEnum.FLOAT, Float.class, 0f);
	public static DataTypeDescriptor<Double> double0 = primitive(TypeEnum.DOUBLE, Double.class, 0d);
	public static DataTypeDescriptor<String> string = primitive(TypeEnum.STRING, String.class, "");
	public static DataTypeDescriptor<Date> datetime = primitive(TypeEnum.DATETIME, Date.class, null);
	public static DataTypeDescriptor<Void> void0 = primitive(TypeEnum.VOID, Void.class, null);

	private Descriptors() {}

	public static <T> ListDescriptor<T> list(final DataTypeDescriptor<T> element) {
		return new ListDescriptor<T>(element);
	}

	public static <T> SetDescriptor<T> set(final DataTypeDescriptor<T> element) {
		return new SetDescriptor<T>(element);
	}

	public static <K, V> MapDescriptor<K, V> map(final DataTypeDescriptor<K> key,
			final DataTypeDescriptor<V> value) {
		return new MapDescriptor<K, V>(key, value);
	}

	private static <T> PrimitiveDescriptor<T> primitive(final TypeEnum type, final Class<T> cls,
			final T defaultValue) {
		return new PrimitiveDescriptor<T>(type, cls, defaultValue);
	}

	/** Returns an interface descriptor or throws an IllegalArgumentException. */
	@Nullable
	public static <T> InterfaceDescriptor<T> findInterfaceDescriptor(final Class<T> cls) {
		if (!cls.isInterface()) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Interface required, got " + cls);
		}

		Field field;
		try {
			field = cls.getField("DESCRIPTOR");
		} catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("No DESCRIPTOR field in " + cls);
		}

		if (!InterfaceDescriptor.class.isAssignableFrom(field.getType())) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not an InterfaceDescriptor field, " + field);
		}

		try {
			// Get the static TYPE field.
			@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
			InterfaceDescriptor<T> descriptor = (InterfaceDescriptor<T>) field.get(null);
			return descriptor;
		} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
			throw new RuntimeException(e);
		}
	}

	private static class PrimitiveDescriptor<T> extends DataTypeDescriptor<T> {
		private final T defaultValue;

		private PrimitiveDescriptor(final TypeEnum type, final Class<T> javaClass,
				final T defaultValue) {
			super(type, javaClass);
			this.defaultValue = defaultValue;
		}

		@Override
		public T getDefault() {
			return defaultValue;
		}
	}
}


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Technology and Education: the iPad Project
Images courtesy of Fraiser Speirs
The Cedars School of Excellence is a small school of 106 students, ages five to 17, located in Greenock, Scotland. Its small size means that students receive personalized attention and are encouraged to reach their highest potential. But the school is special for another reason: every student has an iPad.
Before the iPad's release, the school toyed with the idea of getting an iPod touch for every student. It had became clear that there was more demand than the school's existing 25 computers could accommodate. However, the iPods were quickly deemed infeasible, because they lack a word processing function.
When the iPad was announced, the school saw they had a solution. Frasier Speirs, a teacher at the Cedars School, implemented the project this summer. "There's so much web-based material that's very useful for teachers, even if they're not particularly enamored of technology, they want a way to get to that material," says Speirs. The school ordered 115 iPads at the start of August and the iPad Project began.
While some public high schools in the U.S. the have begun using iPads and Kindles in a few subjects, Cedars is among the first schools to implement the iPad across all subjects and grade levels. "Nobody's declined to use them," Speirs says of the other teachers. "Even slightly older teachers or teachers who are less comfortable with technology."
To ensure that students wouldn't abuse their machines, Speirs created an acceptable use policy. He adapted it from the guidelines written by the UK's Joint Academic Network for universities. He incorporated vocabulary that school children could easily understand. "For example, things about cyber bullying, that's a term that the kids know. Whereas they may not understand 'material that may or is intended to cause offense or needless harm.' " He also created a user manual that outlined for students the specifics of using an iPad with the school's network.
Students were delighted to receive their iPads, and misuse has not been a serious problem. "One thing I was struck by was how seriously they took having them," remarks Speirs. "It's not just that they're being treated as toys, but they're really being treated as serious work tools as well."
Getting the applications loaded into the iPads was a much bigger problem. "By far and away, the biggest challenge is deployment. From a systems administration point of view, there aren't very good tools for deploying 100 iPads in one go." The school provided students with the iPads, and they did not want students using personal accounts to purchase apps. A student who buys app with their personal account would take those apps with them when they graduate, even if used on an iPad that belongs to the school. "What I really want is apps tied to these devices. That's not really the way the app store works."
In the end, Speirs decided to use iTunes Home Sharing, to sync all the iPads together from a central computer. Although this might make it possible to purchase only a few apps for more than a hundred devices, Speirs was careful to buy an appropriate number of apps. Students most frequently work with applications from the iWorks suite. To adjust to the touch-screen keyboard, the students use the TapTyping app, a learn-to-type program modified for the iPad.
The school is far from doing away with traditional bound books, but they are also using pdf versions of many textbooks. Speirs hopes they can upgrade to more interactive e-textbooks in the future. Many of the books the school uses are not yet available in the format, a challenge facing many schools using any sort of e-reader.
Despite these challenges, the program has been received with much enthusiasm from students and teachers alike. For younger students, math class has become a fun game with the addition of Math Bingo app. "Everyone's talking about how many bingo bugs they've won," says Speirs. "It's great. The head teacher was telling me the other day that she couldn't get her kids to go for lunch because they were doing maths."
Homework has also improved since the introduction of the iPads. For students over the age of 10, the school has a take-home program. Parents must sign a contract for their students to participate, and nearly 100 percent of students eligible are enrolled. "The biggest success I think we're seeing is in homework," said Speirs. "When the kids go home at night, they've got their homework on their iPad…there's less to forget, and it's all in one place. That's helping all the kids, particularly those who are less organized." Speirs reports that teachers are getting more homework turned in, and that it's also of a higher quality. "The kids love using them, but they also treat it with respect."
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Posted on September 24th, 2010	by Margaret
Tags: apple, elementary school, High School, ipad, private schools
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3 Responses to "Technology and Education: the iPad Project"
PCB says:
For only 106 students what would been the cost increase to just give all students iMacs instead of iPads ? But again this school is in Scotland isn't it?