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The Skinny: “I recently had Lee Wolen’s ricotta dumplings. Not just because he is my best buddy, but THESE ARE UNREAL. Literally the best ricotta-gnudi-gnocchi-esque dumplings in the city. They are huge, fluffy, cheesy pillows — literally the size of a fun-sized Snickers bar. They have a firm beautiful chew on the outside and then the center is almost liquid ricotta and parmesan.”

Flight of the Horus I tested the Horus-M3 CC through Mesa/Boogie Tremoverb and Fender Prosonic amps. The Caparison pickups—SH-27F single-coil in the neck and PH-bc humbucker in the bridge—deliver distinctly classic metal colors that also manage to be a refreshing change from the sound of active pickups so prominent in modern metal. The neck pickup is quiet, exceptionally clear, and is free of the woofy qualities that plague some high gain neck pickups. The bridge pickup is tight and crunchy, and lends itself to chugging riffs like the intro to Iron Maiden’s “22 Acacia Avenue” and singing harmony melodies like the riff to “Aces High.” Interestingly, the sonic differences and volume ranges between the three pickup positions are not worlds apart in some high-gain settings. The upside is that changing between the three positions delivers very organic shifts in tone color.

There’s no tone control on the Horus-M3 CC, but—while having one would increase the guitar’s versatility—the instrument’s signature sound is very balanced, in general. The highs are not shrill or grating, and there’s a lot of tonal variation available just from manipulating the volume control. Knocking the guitar volume down to 8 tames high-gain tones noticeably. Down at 6, you can go from clean to dirty by varying your pick attack.

Featherweight Title Bout: (c) Max Holloway (19-3, 144.5 lbs.) vs. #1 Brian Ortega (14-0 1 NC, 144.75 lbs.)

Rain Bird recently introduced their new TBOS-BT, which they say is a Bluetooth enabled, 9V battery-operated controller that allows users to wirelessly manage irrigation at sites without electrical power via a mobile app for both iOS and Android devices.

They can accept six hammers with their skid-steer or mini excavator mounts installed. This allows the hammers to be loaded or unloaded directly on or off the pallet with the mini excavator  or skid-steer.

With the price tag of new bikes hovering around $10,000 these days, taking the time to properly prepare it for its maiden voyage in the dirt is more important than ever. New machines are assembled at the factory with the properly specified amounts of grease, lube, and oils, but in most cases, this isn’t enough to ensure the long-term durability of your shiny new bike. Our friend Ryan Collins is a factory technician at Kawasaki Motors, and with past Monster Energy Kawasaki race team and Team Green experience, he’s a wealth of knowledge when it comes down to properly prepping a new bike. Collins insisted that when taking delivery of a new motocross bike, the six following maintenance tips are imperative to ensure your bike’s longevity.

Such heavy equipment might seem to be overkill for uncovering buried treasure, a relatively delicate operation, but big equipment has rumbled around the island for decades, including well drilling rigs and tracked earth-movers. More than a half century ago, a California developer notably tore into Oak Island. “Tore” is the right verb, because the dozers and 70-ton digging cranes he employed ripped apart whole sections of the island, defacing it for subsequent explorers. All, incidentally, to no avail.

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The Verdict With a price tag of $2,799, the Horus-M3 CC is a splurge. But there’s no question that the Horus-M3 CC’s impressive build quality and surprising tonal range will justify the cost for many metal-in-the-veins players.

There’s still a happy ending for pups that fail the assessment, though. They will be offered to other charities whose work relies on assistance and therapy dogs. Dogs for Good, for example, trains canines to help people with disabilities. Their amazing animals can fetch items from supermarket shelves, open doors, or even help empty the washing machine.

“My only thought is that an angle function on the blade would be useful, provided you could add that function without detracting in any way from the blade’s present capability,” said Frieders. “With a multifunction blade like that, the 920 might be able to take a machine out of the picture on some sites.”