Comes fall, comes color, but where to seek it. For years it's been Vermont and I thought I'd go up there again but for some reason it wasn't sitting comfortably. I opted instead for the Finger Lakes which we hadn't visited since 2003. In early October we headed for Watkins Glen at the southern end of Seneca Lake, and about five hours driving plus any pit stops. We had stayed in a B&B further up the lake previously but thought the Watkins Glen village would be a good base. Also, my fantasy was to enjoy sunset while sitting on the town dock there and looking up the lake and at the marina. It was a pleasant fantasy and it was realized.
The number one attraction at Watkins Glen is the gorge within the state park. In 2003 we hiked this 1.1 mile trail which rose 500′ through a carved canyon and some 19 waterfalls. I thought I would die before I got to the top (hey, that's a forty story building) . Since then they've added a transfer bus such that one can park at the top, walk down, and then bus it back to the car. Great! Except it only runs on weekends in the fall. So, we just walked in a little way this time.
The day being a little threatening we took off to drive west to Hammondsport at the south end of Lake Keuka, described as "America's coolest small town." Well, that's OK; we thought it was nice, and you could drive around its center square pretty quickly. The stores and nearby houses converted to stores were in the Halloween mode.
From there we went along the lake's western shore, stopping for lunch at Swissy Castel Grisch and taking in the lake from the restaurant.
My guide to the falls in the area was the Finger Lakes issue of Photograph America Newsletter which I have enjoyed using for many other locations. I recommend it.
Thanks, Linda. Hope you're in (or will be) a warmer place. Best to Tony and to the rest of the Useppa crowd.
What a wonderful trip, Ralph. You captured some of nature's finest and the beauty of the towns, buildings and scenes. Now, I'm going to have to go.
Great photos Ralph. We congratulate you for staying clear from the vineyards but sorry you chose to ignore lovely Aurora, home of Wells College.
Thanks. We did get over to Ithaca for lunch with our Cornell freshman, Maddie.
Ralph thanks for the Tour of the Finger Lakes, I guess I know where to go this Fall. Beautiful images!!
Nice you enjoyed it. I really recommend it and also getting that guide I mentioned. Saves a lot of time.
and wonderful rock formations. Thanks for the memories.
Thanks, Jeanne. BTW, you don't look a million years old.
Great images. I was in the area once for a wedding, but as it was a (long) day trip, there was no time to do anything else. I'll have to go there someday. I know the Photograph America newsletter and have used it before too.
Thanks, Terry. Nice to have you blogging again. I enjoyed the post about all of the succulents. Tough to have that much nice weather. There's a gentle snowfall outside my window as I post this reply.
Really,really like your last pic!!!!!
Thanks, Mike. I'm drawn to it as well. Deep vertical fall crossing horizontal rock lines; big splash at the bottom.
Thanks, Nina. Jack L. responded to me in an email saying that the Keuka Lake YC is just north of Hammondsport, and promising some interesting tales about nights at the winery with the E Easterns. Best to Paul.
Great post Ralph! And now that I see the scenery so beautifully displayed here I've added the finger lakes region to my photo bucket list. I love the waterfalls and the train tracks shot!
Do it! Not much potential for sunrises or sets because the lake is bounded by mountains but I bet there could be some beautiful skies. The waterfalls and the gorge carvings will keep you busy. I'm partial to that train tracks shot also.


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When did the use of acronyms begin?

For whatever reason, people love to claim that words are acronyms: wog, snob, fuck, news, posh; the oldest example I know of comes 1668 when five Privy Councillors (Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley-Cooper, and Lauderdale) were accused of forming a CABAL (the word, as every Madonna fan knows, really comes from ancient Hebrew kabbalah).
The actual habit of coining acronyms seems to be much newer.  All the real acronyms I can think of are either technical (scuba, radar, laser) or political (gestapo, Nato) innovations from the 20th Century.
What was the first acronym in English? Was there any developed as something other than a name for a new invention? And (if you really want to make me happy) is there one that is so old that it has fallen into disuse?

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2 Cheap Stocks With Tons of Upside
The market's major indexes have bounced back since their March 2020 lows, but many stocks within them still haven't. Great companies like Paypal (NASDAQ:PYPL) and Lemonade (NYSE:LMND) have been beaten down by unrealistic expectations and previously high valuations. Down 41% and 81% from their highs, respectively, here's why both stocks still present great buying opportunities.
Paypal: Big partnerships and acquisitions
Payment processor Paypal is best known for Venmo, which lets users send and receive money from their phones. The company makes money from transfer and payment fees for Paypal, Venmo, and "buy now, pay later" loans.
But supply chain constraints worldwide have slowed down online shopping, and in its third-quarter earnings report, the company announced that it was scaling back its fourth-quarter revenue expectations as a result. This, plus lower-than-expected revenue in Q3, sent the stock tumbling to its lowest price-to-sales multiple since May 2020.
But Paypal's Q3 also contained some good news. Over 75% of the largest global merchants now use PayPal at checkout. This integration, along with its vast network of 416 million active users, gives the company strong competitive advantages. And two key drivers could help the company grow even more in 2022.
First, Amazon – with its $450 billion-plus in annual revenue – will begin accepting Venmo as a form of payment at checkout at some point this year. Venmo has increased its customer base by 15 million users from Q3 in 2020 to Q3 in 2021. It is now as big on its own as Paypal's entire U.S. operations were in 2016. Being able to pay through Amazon could further increase Venmo's customer count this year. PayPal didn't provide any guidance about how this Amazon partnership might affect its top and bottom lines, but it will likely help Venmo's revenue grow from an estimated $900 million in 2021 to surpass the $1 billion mark in 2022. Venmo still has a lot of room for growth on monetization. It made up 19% of total payment volume in Q3 yet is only projected to make up 3.6% of the companies revenue in 2021. Paypal will need to find a way to help Venmo increase its overall revenue, not just its TPV.
The company also announced some other key partnerships in Q3: Walmart, GoFundMe, United Airlines, Valero, and Phillips 66 are integrating their own checkout systems with Paypal or Venmo, solidifying Paypal's position in the market and offering many more opportunities for customers to use Venmo at checkout. It is still unknown as to what size of an impact these partnerships will have for Paypal, but it will be interesting to watch and see how they play out.
Second, Paypal has acquired Paidy. This company leads the Japanese "buy now, pay later" market, which currently totals $10 billion with 38% annual growth expected through 2028. For $2.7 billion, compared to analyst estimates that Paidy brought in $66 million in 2021 revenue, the acquisition seems a bit pricey at 41 times sales. But Paypal seems willing to pay that steep price for a chance to grab some of the Paddy's vast market opportunity for itself.
Lemonade: New markets to conquer
High-tech insurance upstart Lemonade provides fast and easy insurance quotes and claims using artificial intelligence. The company is adding customers; those customers are spending more money, even as the company raises premiums; and it's expanding into new markets. But investors' current skepticism of high-growth stocks, and their concerns about a recent acquisition the company made, have sent this stock spiralling. However, both of these bearish points turn into bullish points when you look toward the year ahead.
Many high-growth stocks got hammered in 2021 – but when you look at some of the valuation premiums people were paying for them, that plunge makes sense. At its peak, Lemonade was trading at greater than 100x sales. Now, it is trading at much more reasonable levels around 20x.
For a company that grew premiums 84% year over year from Q3 in 2020 to Q3 in 2021, 20x sales is not a bad price to pay — if it can continue this level of growth. The company's still-impressive premium growth rate has slowed down year over year in all three completed quarters of 2021. But Lemonade's continued expansion of offerings — including auto insurance — should enable the company to keep increasing revenue rapidly.
Lemonade acquired auto insurer Metromile at the end of last year, and despite diluting existing shareholders to pay for it, it looks like the company got a great deal. Metromile has a decade-plus of valuable driving data and easy access to new customers. The $500 million in stock that Lemonade paid shrinks to around $200 million after you subtract the considerable cash on Metromile's balance sheet.
Share dilution is never great as is normal in stock acquisitions, but the trade-off seems worthwhile: Auto insurance is a growing market expected to reach $1.06 trillion by 2027. Lemonade already offered auto insurance but had to navigate costly, time-consuming regulations to expand to new U.S. states. Metromile's done that work already, letting Lemonade skip the hassles and jump into lots of new markets quickly.
Acquiring Metromile and expanding into new markets may help the company's top-line revenue grow quickly, but management needs to find a way to increase the bottom line. For Lemonade, profitability remains years — and likely many shareholder-diluting secondary offerings — away.
What to watch for next
Neither PayPal nor Lemonade shares may rise in 2022 – but buying at these levels should pay off for patient shareholders years down the road. Sure, Paypal could experience slower growth this year, and Lemonade's stock could get cut in half again, but the fundamentals of these companies remain solid.
Keep an eye on how Paypal's new partnerships affect their quarterly revenue growth this year, while keeping in mind that most of those deals don't go into effect until late 2022. For Lemonade, watch as the company utilizes its Metromile acquisition, and see how many states it can expand into with car insurance this year. Success on both these fronts could turn these two currently cheap tech stocks into long-term winners.
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Huawei has made the Enjoy 9 Plus and Enjoy Max official at an event in China. The Honor 8X and 8X Max lookalikes come with slightly different specs and Huawei's badge on them instead of Honor's.
On that occasion, the company has boasted about achieving an important milestone. So far it has sold more than 45 million Enjoy smartphones across the globe. That's in around three years of availability of this line.
The family was born in 2015 with the Enjoy 5 and Enjoy 5s aiming for very budget-conscious buyers that were looking for a device in the CNY 1,000 to 1,999 price range (around $145 to $289). The Enjoy 6 and 6S came one year later, and 2017 saw the launch of the Enjoy 7, 7S, and 7 Plus. This year's been the most prolific in terms of launches, with the Enjoy 8, Enjoy 8e, and Enjoy 8 Plus already on the market.
It's easy to launch new Enjoy devices in 2018 because they use hardware that Huawei is already selling under different names in certain places. Anyway, the new Enjoy 9 Plus and Enjoy Max should help the company sell a few more million units of the series in the next few months.
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Geo Hazards: Are we Prepared?
by V. K. Joshi (Bijji)
Our planet, the earth is unique as it supports life and allows it to evolve and flourish. Life thrives on this planet despite geo hazards, which are a challenge for the life to survive and sustain. Geo hazards have been part and parcel of the planet through the millennia. Events of destruction and reconstruction have been a part of the earth's history and affect even the contemporary life with an increasingly greater impact.
Prior to the development of scientific thought civilizations all over the world ascribed geo hazards as acts of God. Mythologies world over are full of stories connecting various geological events to supernatural powers. Later in the narrative we will read about one such Hindu mythology which has also been confirmed by the scientific observations.
Since the geo hazards were considered as expression of anger of the supernatural power, Geos or the Earth was always revered by all the religions. The Hindu mythology considers the earth as the mother and each morning before stepping upon the earth, a devout Hindu chants the following 'mantra':
'Samudra vasaney! Devi! Paravat stan mandaley!
Vishnu patni! Namstubhyam; paad sparsh kshamsva mey!'
Wearing attire of the oceans, goddess with mountain like breasts;
Wife of Lord Vishnu, Oh the mother earth,
I bow and touch thy feet, please pardon me.'
The Hindu mythology believed that the mother earth and her husband Lord Vishnu rested on the head of the serpent, 'Sheshnag'. The earth shook as per the mythology, whenever 'Sheshnag' shook his head.
Greeks and Romans thought Poseidon and Neptune respectively as the gods of water. Poseidon was considered as the lord of the earthquakes too, because the Greeks believed that the earth shook on his command only. Thunderbolts and lightening wee controlled by Typhon and Zeus. Hephaestus, a son of Zeus was supposed to be the god of the subterranean fire or the volcanoes. When the Greeks moved to Sicily, hey equated Hephaestus with local volcano god Vulcun or Volcanus. The eruptions of the mounts Etna and Stromboli were attributed to the wrath of the ire-god.
It was Thales of Miletus (about 624-565 BC) who took courage to describe the natural events not as supernatural acts, but as natural orderly events which could be investigated through observation and reasoning.
Human reasoning and logic took thousands of years to realize that geo hazards were caused by the nature's processes. There were several set backs for this thought to evolve because of the pressures from the religious lobby.
Today, the geo hazards are thought to be the manifestations of energy acting through matter. Events like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are no more considered as the revenge of the gods: on the contrary, we know they arise due to release of stresses and strains of the earth's unstable interior; and from the escaping gases and heat through the crust.
Modern technology has now made possible the forecast of many geo hazards like tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, floods, landslides etc. Generally the forecast gives sufficient time for the population to move to safer areas. Yet in front of the hazard like an earthquake man is miserably helpless. The shaking earth leaves a trail of death and destruction, barely giving time to people to escape. Many countries besieged by earthquakes have resorted to construction of earthquake resistant houses and retrofitting of old houses to prevent collapse.
Except volcanoes the mainland of our country is affected by all other geo hazards like earthquakes, avalanches, landslide, floods and tsunamis. Andaman-Nicobar Islands though safe from the snow avalanches are affected by volcanic eruptions on the Barren island.
The Indian landmass after it broke away from Madagascar some 120 million years ago (m y) moved northwards like the Noha's Arc and began to collide with the Asian Plate. The collision produced the loftiest and the youngest mountain chains on the earth, the Himalayas. The collision still continues and the impacts are felt as earthquakes.
Geo hazards are linked to each other. For example, as earthquake can trigger a snow avalanche or a landslide. A landslide can block he stream in he valley and cause flash floods later. Earthquakes in the ocean bed trigger off tsunamis.
The collision of he Indian Plate is not merely responsible for the earthquakes. It has rather produced some of the fantastic landforms the Himalayas and valleys which gave rise to the mighty river systems of the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra. The Himalayas are the climate controllers of our sub-continent.
Mountain building movement that produced the Himalayas in today' context can be taken as one of the severest geo hazard. The end product is in front of us like the three beautiful valleys, in this region, viz. Peshawar (Pakistan), Kashmir (India) and Kathmandu (Nepal). Kashmir or sensu stricto Srinagar valley was a huge lake filled up to the brim which is at an elevation of approximately 13000 feet. 'Nilmat Puran' a Hindu scripture mentions about the hug lake and it has been confirmed by the scientists too. As per the 'Puran' life on the lake was controlled by a demon which used to kill innocent people. Sage Agastya came to the rescue of the people and he gave a mighty blow on the Pir Panjal range at Baramulla to create an opening that drained the lake, destroying the demon. The presence of fossils of lake plants and fruits like Trapa near top of the Pir Panjal range made the doyen of Indian Paleobotany, Dr. Birbal Sahni conclude that the lake existed till that level in the geological past. The Baramulla gap mentioned in the geological literature came up as a consequence of one of mountain building movements and the past lake actually drained through that gap. What are left today are only the remnants of the past giant lake.
Geo hazards are part of the earth's environment and they can not be wished away. Only way to tackle them is to know the answers about why do we have such hazards and when and how they occur. This knowledge can help the society to remain prepared for the unexpected and escape their impact.
Sometimes tragedy from such hazard is avoided through keen observation and common sense. In 1976 while exploring the remote interiors of Spiti valley in Himachal Pradesh I found my camp had been pitched on a nala bed strewn with boulders with sharp edges. Such edges are produced when rocks shatter due to freezing and thawing of water in the cracks in high altitudes. Many times these boulders fly off like cannon shots and are capable of killing people in their path. Had I agreed to sleep there, perhaps that would have been an eternal sleep for me!
Despite knowledge and information about the vulnerability of houses on mountain slopes, river banks and beaches, in the name of development people go on investing huge sums.
Nainital a beautiful lake resort of Uttaranchal is a classic example of human greed and apathy. It is well known that the northern flank of the hill in Nainital is prone to landslides yet massive construction activity through the ages has converted the place in to a concrete jungle. Investigations by the Geological Survey of India (GSI) have revealed that in the past three decades the northern hill slope has subsided by more than one meter. In 1881 a massive landslide from the northern hill top had filled up half of the lake within eight seconds killing about 200 people. One dreads to think of a repeat of those eight seconds.
There is no end to such follies. In the plains housing colonies on the flood pathways of rivers, in he name of 'riverside apartments' have come up or on the beaches 'sea side apartments' have come up making lives of the residents vulnerable. Yet we go on making such mistakes.
Geo hazards are a serious threat to our society and need constant updating of information about them. It is equally important to enlighten the society about the possible threats and make people aware. As we proceed through the stories of different geo hazards in the coming weeks we shall know more about them and also learn the ways to tackle them and remain safe.
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One way I keep Depression at bay in my life is to get out and do things in the sunlight, in public, and nowadays that usually involves me driving somewhere. Years ago, however, I would be lucky if I could convince myself to take a walk around the neighborhood. I simply wouldn't go anywhere. Depression was like a dark blanket I kept on me at all times. I hid under it. I was constricted by it. I defined my entire world by it.
When I began peeking my head outside a bit more, I would allow myself to take trips. I would use these trips as a form of medicine. I wouldn't necessarily think, "Gosh, I'm feeling pretty down. I think I'll take a quick trip to Pakistan," but I would deliberately get out of the house to lift my spirits. Maybe to a bookstore or a movie. Maybe to a park. Usually very late at night when not another soul was awake.
Late night walks can be wonderful for clearing the head, wrestling with moral dilemmas, and working complicated decisions out loud, but they didn't always lift my spirits. And the darkness had its limits. I couldn't, for instance, pull out my sketchbook and draw in the dark.
For that I needed to embrace the light.
These days I love going for rides during the day to clear my head, and I especially love exploring new places in nature. In the past few years I have discovered Capital Reef, the Temple Quarry trail, Guardsman Pass, Antelope Island, and other wonderful places within Utah. It is a transition I am glad I made.
This week I discovered Creekside Park.
Creekside Park may not be as geologically fascinating as a trip to Bryce National Park, but there is much to explore there. The park is a dedicated Frisbee Golf course, and large portions of it have been allowed to grow wild to a degree. I was really quite taken with it.
I invite you to check out my photos of the trip. I only have an iPhone to snap shots with, so they aren't art, but I taught my remaining homeschooled daughter a bit about design, framing, and contrast.
Afterwards, as I drove us home, I mused about how far I had come compared to the miserable hermit I used to be. I am very relieved that I learned how to think more positively and live more boldly than I had in the past.
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Edgar (Etgair mac Maíl Coluim; * 1074; † 8. Januar 1107 in Edinburgh) war schottischer König von 1097 bis zu seinem Tod. Er wurde als dritter Sohn von Malcolm III. und dessen zweiter Gemahlin, der 1251 von Papst Innozenz IV. heiliggesprochenen Margareta von Schottland, geboren. Er wurde auch Edgar der Friedliche genannt.

Er bestieg den Thron als Nachfolger seines Onkels Donald III. und seines älteren Bruders Edmund, die gemeinsam geherrscht hatten und von einer anglo-normannischen Streitmacht vom Thron vertrieben wurden. Edgars Halbbruder Duncan II. hatte bereits im Mai 1094 die Macht an sich gerissen, starb aber nur ein halbes Jahr später auf dem Schlachtfeld.

Im Gegensatz zu Donald und Edmund suchte Edgar politisch wieder die Nähe zum normannisch regierten Königreich England. Schließlich war auch sein Vater Malcolm III. ein Freund Englands gewesen und seine Mutter Margareta war selbst Engländerin. Er förderte die Ansiedlung normannischer Lehnsmänner im Süden Schottlands und stärkte damit den Einfluss Englands. Außerdem verzichtete er zugunsten Norwegens auf die Hebriden und die Halbinsel Kintyre. Edgar starb unverheiratet und kinderlos und wurde in der Abtei von Dunfermline beigesetzt.

Unter Alexander I., Edgars jüngerem Bruder, wurde Schottland weiter geschwächt. Der Einfluss Englands stieg nicht zuletzt, weil Alexander der Schwager des englischen Königs war.

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Margareta von Schottland
Schottische Geschichte (12. Jahrhundert)
Herrscher des Mittelalters
Herrscher (11. Jahrhundert)
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