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Ronaldo Keeps Pushing to Leave, Despite United's Stance On His Future
Cristiano Ronaldo remains firm in his desire to quit Manchester United this summer even after talks with manager Erik ten Hag and legendary United icon Sir Alex Ferguson at the club's Carrington base.
Cristiano Ronaldo returned to Manchester to hold talks about his future with United's decision makers. (Image: mirror.co.uk)
The Man. United hierarchy insists Ronaldo is not for sale, while Ten Hag informed the media he's preparing the following season with Ronaldo as part of his plans. Still, Cristiano and his agent Jorge Mendes are working to find options on the market. It's understood informal talks with Atletico Madrid have lost pace over the past days, while Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich and Chelsea decided not to go after Ronaldo after his services were offered to them by Mendes.
According to The Athletic, the last club to enter an initial phase of negotiations for the five-time 'Ballon d'Or' winner is Sporting Lisbon. Ronaldo's first professional club looks at bringing him back and is tempting him with Champions League football. Sporting will enter the group stage after finishing second in Portugal last season. 37-year-old Ronaldo is desperate to continue his chase of personal records at the highest level, that being one of the main reasons behind his request to leave United. The Reds will only play in the Europa League starting September, after only finishing in sixth place in 2021-22.
Sporting would need to work out a way to sign Ronaldo given his high wage demands.
Cristiano is not expected to be involved in United's friendly against Atletico Madrid in Oslo on Saturday, but could play a day later against Rayo Vallecano at Old Trafford. Ronaldo is said to be match fit after training individually in Portugal while United was away touring Asia and Australia for pre-season.
Ronaldo hit out at the media
Cristiano took to Instagram to comment on his current situation, attacking the media for what he calls 'lies' regarding his future.
"Impossible not to talk about me for one day," he wrote. "Otherwise the press makes no money. You know that if you don't lie you can't get people's attention. Keep going like that and one day you'll get some news right."
Ronaldo's sister, Elma Aveiro, also took to social media to defend her brother. She shared a post from a fan which read: "You can keep talking like a parrot, he will shut everyone up in no time. Patience."
The bookies tend to believe Ronaldo will be with Manchester United even after the transfer window closes at the beginning of September. Cristiano staying at Old Trafford is now at -230. Sporting climbed over Atletico Madrid as Ronaldo's most probable transfer destination in case he does leave this summer. The Portuguese side sits at +300 to sign Ronaldo, with Atletico now at +750. Chelsea is at +1100, while Bayern and Juventus stand at +1400.
Ronaldo was United's top goal-scorer last season, netting 24 times across all competitions. He is tied to the club until 2023.
Tagged Future, Leave, Pushing, Ronaldo, Stance, Uniteds
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United Way of Okaloosa & Walton Counties and Okaloosa County Teachers' Federal Credit Union hosted the third annual Feed the Need food packing event on Saturday, March 30, at Gregg Chapel Life Center in Fort Walton Beach. United Way of Okaloosa & Walton Counties has adopted this event to insure local food banks and non-profit agency pantries in the two-county area have access to a variety of nutritious and filling food alternatives.
This event captured the hearts of nearly 1,000 volunteers who worked in teams of 10 throughout the day, in 1.5 hour shifts to create meal packages that will feed 100,000 hungry people in Okaloosa and Walton Counties. The scene was exciting and filled with energy, upbeat music, and teams celebrating the completion of filling each box with Tomato-basil pasta or Cheesy Rice – a gluten free alternative.
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Jared Ashley Releases New Single "Stained"
by corps | Sep 15, 2020 | News | 0 comments
Available to Download and Stream on All Digital Platforms
"The second I began listening to "Stained", I was instantly drawn into the meaningful song. Throughout the lyrics, you experience the raw emotion that Jared Ashley takes you through with connecting lyrics and a unique style that isn't seen in everyday music." – Trevor Justin, Country Sway
"Jared Ashley allows his rich, rumbling voice to shine on "Stained." It is sultry and expressive, where the listener can recall such artists as Keith Urban and Travis Tritt, and that should be taken as a compliment." – Markos Papadatos, Digital Journal
"A beautiful medley underscores haunting lyrics that perfectly–and literally– paint the picture of life's heartaches and the inner battles every human experiences." – Matt Bailey, The Music Universe Nashville, Tenn. – Singer/Songwriter Jared Ashley is set to captivate listeners with the release of his latest single "Stained". The beauty of songwriting is manifested when an artist is able to capture common feelings in colorful and exciting ways. Ashley expertly relays the idea of wanting to love a woman for who she is, while suggesting that pain and faults are part of God's perfectly blended masterpiece. Love is not a race around a standard track, but a slow and steady drive with unexpected twists and turns that all must learn to maneuver. This single provides fans who crave it's optimistic message with a most powerful and uplifting listening experience. Written by Ashley and Nick Sturms, "Stained" is available to stream and download on all digital platforms now!
"Songs like Stained I feel are a gift; they almost write themselves," explains Ashley, "As an artist, I feel very lucky this song came to be because I think, or at least my hope is that it will make an impact on someone out there somewhere because it's a message which needs to be heard by all. Love yourself no matter who you are!"
It was after moving to Nashville and building rapport as a live performer at venues like Tootsie's Orchid Lounge that Ashley discovered what it truly meant to be an artist.
"I'm a songwriter first, and I became an artist because I wanted people to hear my songs," Ashley says.
Jesse Iwuji, a personal friend of Ashley's, is an American professional NASCAR driver, who competes part-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series in the No. 33 Chevrolet Silverado for Reaume Brothers Racing and in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in the No. 13 Toyota Supra for MBM Motorsports. Ashley and Iwuji met while doing events for the United States Navy Exchange and Navy Entertainment supporting American troops and their families serving abroad.
"I'm so happy for Jared and what he's done in his music career," Iwuji said. "I met him in 2019 during a tour of appearances we did at multiple US Navy bases and learned how both of our lives both had similar type journeys – chasing our dreams in worlds most would say we could never make it in. He became a country singer and I became a NASCAR driver, all after serving our country in the Navy. His new single will be at the top of my playlist I listen to before my next NASCAR race!"
The single title will be featured on the side of Iwuji's car on September 25th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the South Point 400. Fans around the world will not want to miss this one-of-a-kind release!
For more information, visit www.JaredAshley.com.
Stream/Buy "Stained" at smarturl.it/jaredashley
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About Jared Ashley:
Born in Hobbs, NM, near the oil fields on the Texas-New Mexico border, Ashley relocated to Newnan, GA with his dad as a small child. Inspired by the revitalization of country music in the early '90s by artists like Travis Tritt and fellow Newnan native Alan Jackson, Jared came to claim country music as his own. After high school, Jared joined the Navy, serving four years aboard the USS Independence and USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carriers. He spent much of that time stationed in Yokosuka, Japan while also serving two tours of duty in the Persian Gulf. Jared moved to Nashville the following year, assembling a band nearly as soon as he arrived. His talents quickly landed him the coveted weekend gig at the world-famous Tootsie's Orchid Lounge on lower Broadway. The gigs at Tootsie proved to be a tremendous break for Jared, giving him the opportunity to meet and impress numerous Music Row executives at his shows and make his first foray into the recording studio. It was there that Jared also met the booking agent who began to mold Jared into the road warrior he has become.
After placing fifth on Season Four of "Nashville Star" in 2006, Jared used the exposure to further his ability to tour and build a fanbase as a live artist, even without the benefit of a record deal. More confident with his abilities to write songs as well as spot the special ones from other writers in the Nashville community, Ashley headed into the studio in 2010 with co-producer Bobby Terry to create an album for his fans. The music also brought Jared to the attention of Blaster Entertainment, a multi-faceted Ohio-based entertainment company. Jared was soon signed for management representation, and it was an easy decision for both parties to sign him to a record deal when the company's Blaster Records division launched a full Nashville operation in 2012 behind the release of albums by Hank Williams, Jr. and Aaron Lewis.
Ashley will continue to tour and release new music. Visit www.jaredashley.com and follow on social media for the latest information.
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Password expires in N days.
indication of which email account will expire, since its not very useful as is.
list such a term in the code.
presume it was added only recently.
Can you download the latest nightly and see if this problem persists?
servers, and Mozilla just outputs it word-for-word.
Any chance of a fix for this for this dialog?
useful than the fix for the status-line messages.
off-topic to address here, or do I need to go back to bug-hunting?
This seems to be about alerts from IMAP servers. Maybe this just needs update of the alert dialog function, similarly to bug 221592 for POP3.
Suyash, can you look at this?
This is a partial patch with some useless duplication that can/will be removed if not used till the end.
This is probably to check if the Patch is heading in the right direction and if yes, what else is required, and if no, what needs fixing.
So, can you please put up a screenshot showing that?
That will be easier to look at, rather than the patch (I think).
Because I can't reproduce any error, my TB isn't connecting to the internet (port issues).
ui-r=me for this piece.  Feedback coming later.
The patch has f+ and ui-r+.
Also, please let me know if I have missed any messages/alerts while modifying.
I don't like this, it's not very localisable. Which messages does this affect?
But why is this at the wrong place?
So, if I create another string Id, and then pass this message in it and form the display string, is that acceptable?
By the message to be passed, I mean progressMsg and the display string returned refers to the progressMsg and accountName together forming a string.
And also then, ":" isn't localisable, so that will also be covered in this part.
I think this affects all the progress status bar messages, by prefixing the account name to all the messages.
> the display string, is that acceptable?
and then in the dialog code do bundle.getFormattedString("statusFormat",[accountName,progressMsg]).
Inconsistent - you put one new string on an existing declaration but another one on its own.
Don't bother assigning it, just pass progressString directly to DisplayStatusMsg.
Suite version of this string is wrong. r=me with that fixed.
> one on its own.
Thanks :Ratty, made the change.
I request to keep this bug open for a while so that I can take into account any alerts/errors/status messages that still don't include the account name.
Changing product from Seamonkey to Mailnews core as the changes are made in Thunderbird too.
Please correct me if this isn't correct.


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Monster Energy Supercross: Detroit, is it time for change in Supercross?
Another series challenge is the need of updated timed qualifiers. I would like to see the top 20 timed qualifiers split in the heats. Rewarding the top half of the field, top 10 in each heat get a 2 second advantage over the other half of the gate, prevents slower guys from becoming moving road blocks. The rest of qualifying should follow suit, if you don't qualify out of the heat or win your semi, during the Main event you take off in the second wave. Again, this will reward the top qualifiers. This will also give us the elite matchups in the front of the field, Dungey vs Tomac and the moving roadblocks like Alessi and Friese won't be in the way. Every other major form of racing rewards fast qualifying. This will also make the first turn far safer, and while it's cool seeing 22 of the worlds fastest 450's funnel into a couple lines, the bikes are too fast and have outgrown the current starting procedure. This will help keep the stars healthy and on the track, but still maintain the entertainment factor.
The final issue in review is how quick the riders figure out the fast lines. With dartfish and overlapping video these teams have taken out the guesswork of finding the fastest line. If part of the track was not opened until the night program, riders may have more difficulty discovering the fasted line before the race has started. Give the guys a hot lap and then turn them loose! While this doesn't seem to promote safety, it rewards riders who can learn new sections quickly, making the series more interesting as we will see different rider's skills outside of dirt preference. Also, the much debated "chase" format has been discussed and in this era of short attention spans, smart phones, and instant gratification we have lost the appreciation for a season long war. If we want to attract a new generation of fans, we need to up the intensity and make sure the champion is not crowned halfway through the series (like Dungey in 2016), we can't count on Eli making it interesting every year.
These are just a couple things I feel need to be addressed for the future of Supercross, what do you think? Should we add a shark pit or have riders change a tire for starting position? Let me hear your ideas.
Obvious answer is for the race owners to spend more money and get it right. Have bare spots always been a problem on SX tracks, or is this a relatively new phenomena?
I say don't do it. Keep the tracks 100% dirt. That's MX. That's what us recreational riders relate to the best, as well. The more you make it board track racing, the more it becomes a circus act. Did you see the MXGP Indonesia mudder? Painful to watch, but that's MX dirt racing baby!
I love the idea. I think it would work great. The top 8-12 riders earn this privilege. I wish they'd just try it for a night? I think the racers will like it. I think it's safer.
Chris, I'm not sure what the problem is here. Is this a problem because the low budget teams don't have access to the technology you mention?
(5) Of the different audiences, which one are we trying to please?
The folks that go to their local stadium once a year to watch a race are one of the revenue streams. A second audience is the series follower. We watch every race. I'm guessing there's a third audience that is the general cable television sports watcher. This fan will watch Pro Bull Rodeo one night, a replay of a SX race another night, and F1 race another.
I'm wondering if each of these audiences would want to see different changes, to make the race, or the series, more interesting to them?
I think the track layout was very good this week, just they had bad dirt.
I also think the two row start would be pretty cool, maybe try it at the monster cup first though.
Some have been suggesting that it inherently creates a single line track. Where as with out it, the riders would be trying different lines to figure it out. In doing so a diversity of lines would be created.
Keep the 22 across start, but make 2 lanes to the first turn.
One side of the dog house is longer to the first turn. This would create two waves of riders without having a rider get caught behind someone stuck in the gate.
First turn to the left.
the wave idea is good in theory but implementing it would be difficult, you'd either need two rows of gates or individually operated gates and it would take a lot of strategy out of gate selection. maybe some sort of staggered gate like how they start a track and field race would be a good compromise.
this sport is never going to be mainstream IMO, it may grow but it's growth is not independent of other sports. As it grows so is nascar and soccer and UFC etc... it's way to much a niche and for the majority of people that dont ride it's not that interesting or relatable. I like dirtbikes but i dont watch F1 or bull riding so I dont think your casual viewer is watching F1 one night bull riding the next and then SX. Rather then trying to appeal to masses, focus should be on your core audience and getting them as involved as possible. one way to do this might be fan voting for track layout.
A more radical idea might be to get rid of the pit board and give the mechanic one way radio comm to the rider similar to in auto racing and letting the fan tune into communication between mechanic and rider. it may have to be regulated so they can only communicate as the rider passes through the pit area.
I like the split start idea, but keep in mind that the more you do to slow up the bottom half of the field, the sooner they start getting lapped, and the more of them that will be lapped. I think the biggest problem is the lack of passing opportunities inherent in trying to squeeze the tracks into small venues.
The bare floor problem in Detroit was an embarrassment for Dirt Wurx.
(1) In theory..., the split start would be safer, but is this true? 11 at a time is probably just a dangerous as 22.
(2) In theory... "the fast guys," or "the elite 6," if there is such a thing, would not "get stuck" passing 15 guys to get from 20th the 5th. Looking at Detroit, Dungey made pretty quick work of getting to Bagget. In a post race comment, Dungey said he got stuck behind Bagget. This merely speaks of Dungey's inability to pass Bagget. Considering Detroit, if we had a split start, Dungey would have gotten to Bagget sooner. Would Dungey have then caught MM25 or ET3? No way! Not this race anyway.
What about a more complex points system? Right now you have to race the main to earn points. How about points awarded for qualifying position and every race throughout the night. Would this serve to improve something?
In discussing changes, I don't think it works to discuss what I think will make SX more popular for a "marketed to" audience. It's ridiculous for me to speak on behalf of the arbitrary masses. I think the best way to engage this discussion is for me to talk about the things that might make the racing more interesting for me.
I've been through several different threads discussing a change to the points system. I even went as far as mapping most/all of the recommended systems into spreadsheets and applying the actual finishing positions from the same riders. The only thing that changed the outcome was to award one point for a win and zero points for everyone else.
I'm not a big F1 fan, but I've seen discussions on how to make the races more interesting/engaging/entertaining to watch. The discussion talked about overtakes (passing), how these were the exciting moments, and that there were too few per race.
SX/MX has a similar problem I guess..., if we are trying to identify problems with SX.
I will agree that passing, bar-to-bar racing, close racing, etc, is what makes motorsports in general, more exciting. But in SX/MX, does not the rider enter "a zone of increased danger" whenever they battle it out with someone with equal, or close to equal, speed? I think with motorcycle racing you have a unique situation in terms of the danger. NASCAR seems to be doing okay with their new segment system, but if SX/MX were to implement systems that bunched the riders back together, I think we have to consider the increased possibility of injury.
I think 2 row starts is great but top finishers from the previous race should be limited to gate choices in the second row. It forces top guys to mix it up and pass more which is more exciting for everyone except the top guys that no longer can check out on lap 1 and win the race on the start. It also gives those back markers and privateers a chance to shine and gain some confidence. If top guys always get the best front gate pics it'd still be boring races but if the fastest guy always starts 10th or worse it would make for exciting races.
It'd never happen obviously but multi row starts work for other disciplines. The local car tracks impliment top finishers start in the back and they always find their way to the front. Way better than a chase format or extended series. Maybe a points change that would allow for 1 or 2 races to be dropped so a bad night doesn't have as big of an impact like best 15 of 17 or something.
How about allowing one race to be dropped, except for the final race? This might make the last race a little more competitive.
CORider, great input! It would take some work but it would be fun to see a report written up using the data you created. I don't mean this as "You should do this." I mean it in the general sense. I could do it too.
Assuming that you handled a number of the "what if" scenarios correctly and sufficiently ( - and I think you did), we have now arrived at the conclusion that there's not much you can do to the points scoring system that would provide closer competition, more excitement..., more...., more, more, MORE!
The only real opposition I've heard to the purely-mathematical comparisons is that one system or another could provide additional incentive for riders to perform better. My counterargument to that is it should provide additional motivation for the front-runner, as well.
To me safety is an issue. I think injury is the "big ugly" in MX/SX.
This said, I don't know what safety measure would have saved Roczen. Well..., maybe an airbag suite would have saved him. An airbag suite would have worked for Ken, but I don't see it working in a quick slam, such as Tomac's shoulder injury.
Punting your fellow rider, such as Christian Craig punting Alex Martin in Detroit, should have stiff penalties. No way should the riders be allowed to use their bikes as a weapon. Ever! In the case of Craig on Martin, I think Craig should be penalized, maybe banned for two or three races. Any points chase he's in should be ruined.
Risky cavalier riders, such as Canard a couple of years ago, and Anderson last year, need to be warned, and eventually penalized. They must understand the limits of the race risk they want to take, versus the overall safety ethos. They need to understand that they are a part of the safety culture too. They actually create and maintain it, each and every race. The rules provided by the sanctioning body are only part of how safety is maintained.
Wow! Nice! Thank you! I will definitely look at this. Call me weird, but I love seeing a little supporting data related to SX/MX once in a while.
I just had another thought (my second one, this year!): how about a 1-time use Joker Lane that's actually a short-cut, rather than a penalty?


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Q: How to drag and drop images from Windows Explorer to Excel? When I drag and drop image files from Windows Explorer to Excel,
nothing happens.
Can you make it work?
I'm particularly interested in jpg/png or ico files,
but I'd like to be able to do it with all image types.
I have been inserting them using Excel's insert image features,
but it doesn't seem to be super productive.
I was looking for a faster, efficient option to improve productivity.

A: If you are using Excel 2007 or greater, try the shortcut key ALT+N, ALT+P
That might be the fastest way.

A: Here is a workaround: drag into MS Word and then drag into Excel.
Definitely better then going through the Insert system.

A: The easiest way I've found is to copy the image itself by viewing it first and then copy it into the clipboard. Then it can be pasted into Excel.

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Are You Asexual? Here's How Scientists Measure Asexuality
June 26, 2017 by Justin Lehmiller
Sex scientists have become increasingly interested in the topic of asexuality in the last few years. For example, they've published studies on everything from the genital arousal patterns of asexual individuals, to the biological correlates of asexuality, to the masturbation practices of asexuals. However, all of this research has generated some controversy over how best to measure asexuality because different researchers have used different definitions and measurement techniques. For example, some have focused on self-identification as asexual, while others have focused on a self-reported lack of attraction and/or behavior. If the broader literature on sexual orientation has taught us anything, it's that identity, attraction, and behavior don't always line up in the way that you might expect and shouldn't be used interchangeably.
In an attempt to provide a more standardized way of measuring asexuality, the Asexuality Identification Scale was created. According to the creators of it, this scale is designed to be "used as a valid and reliable tool to distinguish asexual individuals from sexual individuals for research purposes."
This scale consists of the following 12 items, each of which is rated on a 5-point scale, ranging from completely false/never (1) to completely true/always (5).
1. I experience sexual attraction toward other people. (reverse scored)
2. I lack interest in sexual activity.
3. I don't feel that that I fit the conventional categories of sexual orientation such as heterosexual, homosexual (gay or lesbian), or bisexual.
4. The thought of sexual activity repulses me.
5. I find myself experiencing sexual attraction toward another person. (reverse scored)
6. I am confused by how much interest and time other people put into sexual relationships.
7. The term "nonsexual" would be an accurate description of my sexuality.
8. I would be content if I never had sex again.
9. I would be relieved if I was told that I never had to engage in any sort of sexual activity again.
10. I go to great lengths to avoid situations where sex might be expected of me.
11. My ideal relationship would not involve sexual activity.
12. Sex has no place in my life.
Before calculating the total score, you would need to reverse-key items 1 and 5, as indicated above (the easiest way to do this is to just subtract each of those scores from 6—so if you gave one of those items a 2, your reverse-scored number would be 4. And if you gave one of the items a 5, your reverse-scored number would be 1). Then, you simply add up all of the numbers.
The total possible score is 60, but researchers have established that 40 is the cut-off point for asexuality. In the original scale validation paper, they found that this cut-off captured 93% of self-identified asexuals (i.e., 93% of them scored 40 or above); it also captured 95% of sexual persons (i.e., 95% of them scored below 40).
This measure is useful for researchers who are looking to classify participants into well-defined groups—a very important scientific goal. When researchers use different measurement tools (especially tools that haven't previously been validated), it makes it very difficult to make sense of studies that have conflicting results because you don't know whether the difference is due entirely to measurement or to something else.
While I've read some criticisms of this scale suggesting, for example, that it necessarily implies that asexuality means experiencing sexual repulsion, that's not the case at all. In fact, it's possible to answer "completely false" for that item and still be categorized as asexual, which means that repulsion isn't a defining feature. Asexuality is something that can be a bit different from one person to the next and this measure allows researchers to capture some of that diversity and variability. It also offers researchers the option of sorting asexuals into subgroups based on whether they experience things like sexual repulsion or not.
To learn more about this scale and how it was developed and created (including how the specific items were chosen), check out the video below in which one of the study's authors, Dr. Lori Brotto, breaks it down for us.
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To learn more about this research, see: Yule, M. A., Brotto, L. A., & Gorzalka, B. B. (2015). A validated measure of no sexual attraction: The Asexuality Identification Scale. Psychological Assessment, 27, 148-160.
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A timely par helps Brian Komline win Hochster Memorial
Mike Dougherty
mdougher@lohud.com
SCARSDALE – The adrenaline was pumping as Brian Komline watched the ball settle on the green on his final hole, thinking he needed to make one more birdie.
And then he got a good look at the slippery putt.
"I had to shift gears," Komline said "It was a slider, and really fast so I was pretty happy just to make par and get in."
Quaker Ridge Golf Club rewards that mindset.
Komline captured the Hochster Memorial by one shot with a 6-over total of 146 on a course that only surrendered birdies reluctantly. The member at Black Oak Golf Club in New Jersey went 76-70 and outlasted Ken Bakst, a three-time winner here who defied his age and the heat before losing momentum with four holes to play.
"I was trailing by three strokes when I finished my round," Komline said. "I knew that Ken still had to play 15, 16, 17 and 18 and those are difficult holes. "I got lucky. Ken has won so many titles over the years. Sometimes it's not enough to play well. Sometimes you need luck on your side, too."
Komline, 41, was optimistic despite finishing the opening round with a score that left him in chase mode the rest of the day. He made a couple of bad swings, resulting in a double bogey on the 11th hole and then a triple bogey on the 16th.
"I knew that everything would be fine as long as I stuck to my game plan," he said. "I just made a string of pars and three in a birdie or two. I really played well, kept on grinding and grinding and making pars. It was so hot. You couldn't drink enough water, so it became a battle of attrition. I was fortunate to wind up one stroke ahead of Ken."
Bakst won this event in 1992, 1996 and 2009.
The former member of Sunningdale Country Club in Scarsdale who built Friar's Head is also the 1997 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion. He was sailing right along most of the day until failing to get through an 8-iron from the middle of the 15th fairway.
A bogey on the hole left him at 5-over.
Bakst toed a driver on the 16th and landed in the rough along the right side of the lengthy par 4. His approach clipped a small branch and came up short of the green. He chipped well short of the hole, then proceeded to putt three times to card a double bogey 6.
"Sloppy," he said to himself walking off. "Terrible."
Komline was resting comfortably on top of the leaderboard, but he kept the golf shoes on until a long birdie putt from Bakst on the 18th green wandered off line.
It would've been a popular win among the graying and balding.
"That was my tournament right there, on 15 and 16," said the 57-year-old Bakst, who is hosting The Ike stroke play championship at Friar's Head next week. "When you're out on the golf course in the heat of battle, you're not thinking about nostalgia. You are focused on executing a golf shot."
Ned Zachar of GlenArbor Golf Club was the top local finisher. He tied for third place at 148. James Nicholas of Westchester Country Club was tied for ninth at 10-over par.
William Rice Hochster Memorial Tournament
At Quaker Ridge Golf Club
1. Brian Komline (Black Oak) 76-70-146
2 Ken Bakst (Friar's Head) 70-77-147
3. Ned Zachar (GlenArbor) 77-71-148
3. Matt Lowe (Colonial Springs) 75-73-148
3. Gregg Angelillo (Baltusrol) 75-73-148
3. Nick Desa (Baltusrol) 72-76-148
7. Bryan Pendrick (Mill Rive) 77-72-149
7. Tyler Gentilella (TPC Eagle Trace) 73-76-149
9. Jamie Miller (Wanakah) 74-76-150
9. James Nicholas (Westchester) 72-78-150
11. Ethan Wall (Manasquan River) 82-69-151
11. Hans Albertsson (Ekwanok) 79-72-151
11. Greg Reilly (Darien) 76-75-151
11. Luke Feehan (Mahopac) 76-75-151
11. Trevor Randolph (Arcola) 71-80-151


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