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Hills Around Cohocton

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Hilly country in Steuben County. Dutch Hill/Cohocton Wind Farm seen in western portion of this photo. 

Apparently government agencies aren’t allowed to know what the press is writing about them …

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I’ve been watching as Elon Musk is canceling all the subscriptions that various federal government agencies have to newspapers and industry publications, in theory to stop what he is calling payola to “liberal” press. I am a bit horrified, as having been a Communications Coordinator for years, and knowing how important it is to read the papers to know what is happening on the ground and react. 

Yes, the press does benefit from government subscriptions and it is an important part of their bottom line, but so is sales of gravel and cement to government. Nobody says though that it’s a pay-off to gravel and cement companies when the public works department buys such materials to build a government office building or highway. Good decision making is based on having information, and depriving government of what the press is writing about it doesn’t help it make good decisions.

Back Roads of Vermont

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Driving around and exploring some of the back roads in Vermont after a nice day of hiking in the Adirondacks a few years back.

Sunday February 28, 2016 — Vermont

Average Yearly High Temperature In New York

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The average yearly high temperature is the average of daily high temperature throughout the year in New York State. A cold weather climate state, the average high temperature is between 35 and 55 degrees depending on what part of the state you are in. It is on average 20 degrees warmer in New York City then in the High Peaks of the Adiroondacks. This interactive map can be zoomed in see the average temperature where you live in the state.

Data Source: This coverage contains data representing areas (polygons) of Average Temperature for the period 1971-2000. The data has been converted from grids to polygons. Purpose: Display and/or analyses requiring spatially distributed Average Temperature for the climatological period 1971-2000. From the The PRISM Group at Oregon State University. https://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/GDGOrder.aspx?order=QuickState

That curve on Interstate 89 in Royalton

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It makes a U turn around Broad Brook Mountain. After the curve, there is a significant drop heading south bound, which is supposedly the number one place where people get pulled over in Vermont for going in excess of 100 mph, which apparently is not reasonable or prudent.