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The Bourne Bridge in Bourne, Massachusetts carries Route 28 across the Cape Cod Canal, connecting Cape Cod with the rest of Massachusetts.  It won the American Institute of Steel Construction's Class "A" Award of Merit as the "Most Beautiful Steel Bridge" in 1934. Most traffic approaching from the west follows Massachusetts Route 25 which ends at the interchange with US 6 and Route 28 just north of the bridge. The highway provides freeway connections from Interstate 495 and Interstate 195.

History
The bridge and its sibling the Sagamore Bridge were constructed beginning in 1933 by the Public Works Administration for the United States Army Corps of Engineers, which operates both the bridges and the canal. Each bridge carries four lanes of traffic over a 616-foot (188 m) main span, with a 135-foot (41 m) ship clearance. Construction ended in early 1935 and the bridge opened on June 22, 1935. The approaches to the main span of the Bourne Bridge are considerably longer than those of the Sagamore Bridge due to the topography of the land. The bridge replaces an earlier 1911 drawbridge, and the original drawbridge's approaches are still accessible. The current structure was built to accommodate the widening of the canal.

The bridge commences at a major rotary on the Cape Cod end.

Suicide deterrent fences
Between 1967 and 1977, 36 persons were recorded as having died by suicide from the Bourne and Sagamore bridges, and another 24 had attempted but either survived or were apprehended. From 1979 to 1983, as part of "major rehabilitation work," both of the bridges' four-foot high railings were replaced with  suicide deterrent fencing. The 12-foot high fencing consists of one-inch round pickets spaced a maximum of six inches apart; the tops of the picket are bent on a seven-inch radius toward the roadway. In the 28-year period after the new fencing was installed (1984-2012), seven persons are known to have died by suicide from the bridges, and between 2013-2021, two attempts were prevented. The fencing was cited in 2021 as a possible model for bridges in Rhode Island.

On the mainland side, New York Central Tugboat 16 sat on dry land at the approach to the bridge from the rotary from 1982 to 2006, serving as a local attraction.

Future
In October 2019, the Army Corps of Engineers recommended replacing the bridge with a wider bridge with four travel lanes, one auxiliary lane in each direction, bike and pedestrian paths, shoulders, and a median. The recommendation said that replacement was more cost-effective than upgrading the existing bridge in order to reduce long summertime backups.

The Massachusetts DOT is following up on the 2019 study about the future of the bridge along with the Sagamore Bridge.  The 2019 study concluded that improvements were needed to connectivity across the canal.  The Cape Cod Bridges program is currently taking public input into the multi phased project and have unveiled different design types for feedback.

Bicycle/pedestrian access
There is a six-foot wide sidewalk for pedestrian and bicycle access on the west side of the bridge. The sidewalk is slightly raised, but there is no fence or barrier between it and car traffic, and cyclists are recommended to walk their bicycle. The bridge road is plowed in winter, although the sidewalk is sometimes unplowed and unpassable. Bridges to the Cape are sometimes closed for safety during high winds.

See also
 Sagamore Bridge
 Southside Connector
 Cape Cod Canal

References

External links

 Steve Anderson's BostonRoads.com: Bourne Bridge (MA 28)

Through arch bridges in the United States
Bridges completed in 1935
Bourne, Massachusetts
Bridges in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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7,000-year-old Chinchorro mummies are turning gelatinous
The Chinchorro mummies of Chile survived more than 7,065 years without deteriorating until about 10 years ago, when moisture began to allow bacterial growth that is making them turn gelatinous and black, says an American university professor who examined the mummies. Experts are taking steps to preserve them.
Moisture in the air and on the mummies is allowing bacteria to grow, said Ralph Mitchell, a Harvard University professor emeritus of applied biology. About 120 mummies, which radiocarbon dating date from 5050 BC and before, are rapidly deteriorating in the archaeological museum of the University of Tarapacá in Arica, Chile, on the northwest coast of that South American country.
The university is near the Atacama Desert, in some parts of which it hasn't rained for nearly 400 years.
Valley of the Moon in the Atacama Desert (Reinhard Jahn Mannheim/ Wikimedia Commons )
Archaeologists say the Chinchorro people mummified the deceased from all levels of society, even fetuses. They appear not to have had a rigid social hierarchy in life, too, unlike other civilizations. The Chinchorro people inhabited the coast of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile and southern Peru between 7000 and 1500 BC. They relied on fishing, hunting and gathering for food. The earliest known Chinchorro sites date to 7000 BC.
The Chinchorro mummies were first identified in 1917 by the German archaeologist Max Uhle. Further excavations showed mummies were spread along the coast and concentrated between Arica and Camerones. In 1983 the largest and best-preserved find of Chinchorro mummies was made by the Arica water company while laying a new pipeline near the foot of El Morro.
The 7,000-Year-Old Chinchorro Mummies of the Andes
School children uncover 7,000-year-old mummy in Chile
In a fitting find in April 2014, at-risk children on an archaeological field trip to help them identify with their heritage found a 7,000-year-old mummy. The ground-breaking find was made during a visit to the Morro de Arica site on El Laucho beach in Arica. The area had been hit by a massive 8.2 magnitude earthquake on 1 st April, and many archaeological artifacts have been uncovered following a series of landslides triggered by the quake, including Inca silver, spearheads, pottery and clothing.
Chilean children, at the site of a mummy they found after an earthquake in April 2014 turned over earth, revealing ancient remains and artifacts. (Photo courtesy of La Tercera)
The discovery was made by accident, when one of the students noticed a strange shape in the ground, which turned out to be a mummy dating back to the ancient Chinchorro period.
Changing climate in Chile could be the reason for the deterioration of the mummies in the museum, Marcela Sepulveda told Live Science. She is an archaeology professor at the University of Tarapacá. Researchers found mummies begin to rot quickly after 21 days of high humidity. To preserve the mummies, the humidity in the room will need to be kept at between 40 to 60 percent. At more than 60 percent they could rot and disintegrate; at less than 40 percent their skin could be damaged.
Unless experts can take measure to regulate the temperature and humidity where the mummies are stored, Mitchell told Live Science , "the native microorganisms are going to chew these guys right up."
The Chinchorro mummies appear to reflect the spiritual beliefs of the ancient Chinchorro people, although why they mummified their dead is unknown. Some scholars maintain that it was to preserve the remains of their loved ones for the afterlife, while another commonly accepted theory is that there was an ancestor cult of sorts. There is evidence of both the bodies traveling with the groups and of being placed in positions of honor during major rituals, as well as a delay in the final burial itself.
Unlike the ancient Egyptians, who reserved mummification for royalty and the elite, the Chinchorro community accorded everyone, regardless of age or status, this rite. The decision of egalitarian preservation is proven in the mummification of all members of society and included men, women, the elderly, children, infants, and miscarried fetuses. In fact, it is often the case that children and babies received the most elaborate mummification treatment.
One explanation for this egalitarian funerary practice is climate. As the Atacama Desert is one of the driest places on earth, corpses would have been preserved naturally. Moreover, as the Chinchorros buried their dead in shallow graves, it is likely that the bodies were partially exposed by winds. As the level of seawater increased around 6000 to 7000 years ago, the amount of marine resources also increased, which in turn supported a larger population. As the group size increased, there would be a greater exchange of ideas, leading to more prosperity and cultural complexity, one of them would be the practice of mummification. Perhaps one of the most interesting aspects of the Chinchorros is that, based on the available evidence, it appears that social hierarchy was not developed, unlike other early civilizations. How this culture managed to remain egalitarian for many millennia and function at a social level without hierarchy is something that has intrigued archaeologists and anthropologists for decades. Research into this aspect of their culture is ongoing.
Featured image: The head of an ancient Chinchorro mummy from northern Peru that had not been rotting (Photo by Pablo Trincado/ Wikimedia Commons )
By Mark Miller
Chinchorro
Andes Mountains
Mark Miller has a Bachelor of Arts in journalism and is a former newspaper and magazine writer and copy editor who's long been interested in anthropology, mythology and ancient history. His hobbies are writing and drawing.
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The iPod has his favorite music along with a few of his favorite audio books.
I have also packed plenty of snacks, play-doh, a couple of movies, headphones for both of us (though I can't seem to find our headphone splitters so he may be watching movies on his own...) and a change of clothes in case he has an accident.
We are going to miss David and I know he'll probably miss us even more but I am looking forward to traveling, seeing my sister and her family, seeing all of her baby goats, and spending lots of time with Ayden away from all of my normal daily to dos. We should be getting plenty of quality time! I'm also excited that this trip will make the time between now and our anatomy scan fly by since I get home Thursday and our ultrasound is on Friday.
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In Bolu, a young gay man was the victim of a homophobic hate attack in the middle of the street by two people saying "We are [Devlet] Bahceli's soldiers". [Bahçeli is the leader of the far right-wing Nationalist Movement Party.] Bolu Labor and Democracy Platform condemned the attack.
A young gay man studying at Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University was attacked on March 8th, International Women's Day. The young man who attended the women's protest on the campus on 6 March, suffered from a homophobic hate attack from two people two days later, on 8 March, while he was on his way to buy some bread.
"The dominant ideology let on in numerous occasions is that it is patriarchal and heterosexist. Until this severely macho mentality is transformed, trans, gay and women's murders will not cease, fascist attacks will continue, assailants will not consider themselves guilty, and they will think that a social or even legal approval is granted to hate murders and attacks. Until the sexist, transphobic and masculine language of the society is transformed, the lumpen and fascist mentality's attacks under the influence of hate speeches will not come to an end.
"We demand that the expressions 'sexual orientation' and 'gender identity' are included to article 10 of the Constitution regulating equality, that hate crimes are set forth in the code as an aggravating circumstance or a separate type of crime and are materially applied, that effective precautions to prevent violence against LGBTI individuals are taken instead of oppressive and police practices aimed at trans individuals, and that the pressure on gays applied under the pretext of contradiction with public decency is ended.


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Q: Code sign assemblies before Setup gets created I try to update our build-process so that it code sign all the assemblies and installers:
1) Build all the projects
2) Sign their outputs
3) Build installers (msi, with VS2010 Setup Projects)
4) Sign installers
The problem I have is, that in Step 3, the Installer-Project takes the primary output out of the obj-folder. But in step 2 I take the outputs of the MSBuild-Task, and they are in the bin folder. So I have an unsigned primary output in my msi.
The MSBuild-call:
<MSBuild Projects="%(SolutionFiles.FullPath)" ContinueOnError ="false" Properties="Configuration=$(BuildConfiguration)" Targets="Build">
        <Output TaskParameter="TargetOutputs" ItemName="AssembliesBuildByChildProjects"/>
    </MSBuild>

The signing works with a cmd-File:
<Exec
        Command=""$(SignPath)signcode.cmd"  "%(AssembliesBuildByChildProjects.Fullpath)" /t"
        WorkingDirectory="$(SignPath)" />

Thanks

A: I found a solution for this, not nice - but could be worst :-)
I just sign all the output-files located in the obj-Folder also:
<ItemGroup>
        <PrimaryOut
            Include="@(AssembliesBuildByChildProjects->'..\**\obj\**\%(FileName).%(Extension)')" />
    </ItemGroup>

    <Exec
        Command=""$(SignPath)signcode.cmd"  "%(PrimaryOut.Fullpath)" /t"
        WorkingDirectory="$(SignPath)" />
    <Exec
        Command=""$(SignPath)signcode.cmd"  "%(AssembliesBuildByChildProjects.Fullpath)" /t"
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Frozen Flagpoles, Sexy Leg Lamps, and the Red Ryder: Remembering "A Christmas Story" on its 35th Anniversary
November 19, 2018 - 11:14 am	| by	Michael Coate
"A Christmas Story should be remembered as a small film that had a very large impact." – Caseen Gaines, author of A Christmas Story: Behind the Scenes of a Holiday Classic
The Digital Bits and History, Legacy & Showmanship are pleased to present this retrospective commemorating the 35th anniversary of the release of A Christmas Story, the humorous and now-classic Christmas-themed film based upon the writings of Jean Shepherd and directed by Bob Clark (Black Christmas, Porky's).
Featuring Melinda Dillon (Close Encounters of the Third Kind), Darren McGavin (Kolchak: The Night Stalker) and Peter Billingsley (The Dirt Bike Kid) as Ralphie, A Christmas Story opened in theaters across North America 35 years ago this month, and for the occasion The Bits features a Q&A with a trio of historians and pop culture authorities who discuss the film's enduring appeal. [Read on here...]
The participants are (in alphabetical order)….
Eugene B. Bergmann is the author of Excelsior, You Fathead! The Art and Enigma of Jean Shepherd (Applause, 2004). Bergmann's other books include Rio Amazonas (Xlibris, 2001) and (as editor) Shep's Army: Bummers, Blisters, & Boondoggles (Jean Shepherd, Opus, 2013). His blog is Shepquest: The World of Jean Shepherd (shepquest.wordpress.com).
Thomas A. Christie is the author of A Righteously Awesome Eighties Christmas (Extremis, 2016). Christie has written numerous other books, including The Spectrum of Adventure: A Brief History of Interactive Fiction on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum (Extremis, 2016), Mel Brooks: Genius and Loving It! (Crescent Moon, 2015), The James Bond Movies of the 1980s (Crescent Moon, 2013), The Christmas Movie Book (Crescent Moon, 2011), John Hughes and Eighties Cinema: Teenage Hopes and American Dreams (Crescent Moon, 2009), and The Cinema of Richard Linklater (Crescent Moon, 2008). His latest book, Contested Mindscapes: Exploring Approaches to Dementia in Modern Popular Culture is due for publication later this month from Extremis. He is a member of The Royal Society of Literature, The Society of Authors and The Federation of Writers Scotland. He is online at www.tomchristiebooks.co.uk.
Caseen Gaines is the author of A Christmas Story: Behind the Scenes of a Holiday Classic (ECW Press, 2013). Gaines is a high school English teacher and co-founder of the Hackensack Theatre Company. His other books include The Dark Crystal: The Ultimate Visual History (Insight Editions, 2017), We Don't Need Roads: The Making of the Back to the Future Trilogy (Plume, 2015), and Inside Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Untold, Unauthorized, and Unpredictable Story of a Pop Phenomenon (ECW Press, 2011), and he has also written for The A.V. Club, Decider, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair. He is online at www.caseengaines.com and on social media @caseengaines
The interviews were conducted separately and have been edited into a "roundtable" conversation format.
Michael Coate (The Digital Bits): How do you think A Christmas Story should be remembered on its 35th anniversary?
Eugene B. Bergmann: A Christmas Story is a well-deserved, perennial favorite for holiday viewing. It's a very funny, clever, and, indeed, pointed commentary on the life and ways of kids. It also comments on the way Christmas has been so heavily co-opted by movies and our society as a whole. For these reasons A Christmas Story deserves a permanent place in American culture. It comments on our gift-oriented way of life, and it does its commenting in a subtle/funny way. Not only as Ralphie goes about promoting his BB gun desires, but as narrator, Jean Shepherd, comments while the family opens its Christmas morning gifts – he says their response is "unbridled avarice," not the most appropriate way to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
The film should be recognized as a major expression of Jean Shepherd's legacy. Those reading the opening titles will note four of them devoted to Shepherd: the film is based on his works; the incidents depicted come from his book of kid stories, In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash; Shepherd co-wrote the film's script; the voice throughout, of Ralphie as a grown-up, is that of Jean Shepherd.
Thomas A. Christie: I think there's a good reason why A Christmas Story still enjoys such an esteemed reputation thirty-five years after it first appeared in cinemas, and that is the fact that it captures so perfectly the careful balance between wistful nostalgia for a bygone age and the actual realities of family life with all its idiosyncrasies and occasional absurdities. As the narrator perceptively points out, Christmas is the epicenter of any kid's year, and we see all the trappings of youth being expressed in larger-than-life terms as though they were high drama. Though the movie may be set in the 1940s, it says so much about childhood that is universal that anyone from the early eighties could easily relate to it, and the characters were so genuinely likeable that even now they are fun to spend time with.
Caseen Gaines: A Christmas Story should be remembered as a small film that had a very large impact. The movie really is a series of vignettes of everyday life, but something about that simplicity made it so universal to everyone who saw it. When you think about the movies that really make a big splash today, they're filled with special effects and major movie stars. The beauty of A Christmas Story is while, yes, writer Jean Shepherd and director Bob Clark had major successes prior to this film, and yes, several of the actors were very well-known at the time it was released, the enduring beauty of the movie lies in its story and accessibility. Who doesn't know what it feels like to want something and consistently be told "no"?
Coate: Can you describe what it was like seeing A Christmas Story for the first time?
Bergmann: I didn't see it when it opened in 1983. When I caught up to it soon after Jean Shepherd died in 1999, I failed to sufficiently appreciate it, but as my family and I have watched it every year since, as broadcast by Turner for 24 hours straight starting Christmas Eve, I've come to enjoy it a lot. My wife and I laugh at so many of the funny bits even though we've seen them so many times and know just when and how they are about to appear again. That's how well done this film is.
Christie: It seems strange to believe now, given how enduringly popular A Christmas Story has been in the United States, but here in Britain it didn't make all that much of an impact when it was first released. In the UK, arguably the best-remembered Christmas movie of 1983 was John Landis's Trading Places – ironically, a feature that isn't really considered to be a Christmas movie at all by most critics in the US. But though I didn't see A Christmas Story until the film was around twenty years old or so, it had by then enjoyed such a stellar reputation within American popular culture that so much of its content was already familiar – Flick getting his tongue stuck to an icy flagpole, Ralphie's titanic battle of wits with Scut Farkus, and of course Mr. Parker's infamous "leg lamp." So the film's rock-solid cult following came as no surprise.
Gaines: I remember seeing A Christmas Story for the first time and thinking it was actually a very old movie, not made in 1983! I grew up loving the original Our Gang (Little Rascals) comedies, and thought there was a very similar energy to the movie. The flag pole scene was, of course, incredibly impressionable. I had heard of that rumor before seeing the movie, but never actually seen someone fall victim to it. As a black kid in suburban New Jersey, one might not think the film would strike such a strong chord, but it really did. I saw so much truth in all of those characters.
Coate: In what way is A Christmas Story a significant motion picture?
Bergmann: Many people respond to the film with nostalgia, but a perceptive viewer will see that it expresses a sensitive and witty view of the world of kids, families and holidays. It also presents Jean Shepherd's overall philosophy of life – note that every scene (as we laugh at them all) is somehow a disaster: poor Flick with his tongue stuck to the pole; the dogs snatching Christmas turkey; the longed for BB gun nearly shooting Ralphie's eye out, etc. The film's director, Bob Clark, noted that A Christmas Story is "…an odd combination of reality and spoof and satire." Jean Shepherd hated nostalgia. As the dogs go tramping toward the kitchen's Christmas turkey, past the oblivious father, narrator Shepherd, presenting his ironic philosophy, says, "Ah, life is like that. Sometimes at the height of our revelries, when our joy is at its zenith, when all is most right with the world, the most unthinkable disasters descend upon us."
As much as I and millions of others can appreciate the nostalgic aspects of the film, one should note that the metal sign that appears sideways and to which Ralphie attaches his BB gun target, is the cause of the ricochet that nearly shoots his eye out – the dastardly sign, proclaiming a long-gone product and era, is emblazoned with the lovely scripted words: GOLDEN AGE. I strongly suspect that – as all we viewers sigh in the warm glow of nostalgia during the ending, that sweet conclusion of mom and dad watching the snow fall and Ralphie in bed embracing his dangerous BB gun – that warm glow was probably mandated by the film studio as the only way to commercially end a story about Christmas.
Gaines: A Christmas Story is a significant motion picture because, somewhat ironically, it shows the power of radio and television. The stories that make up the film largely come from Jean Shepherd's radio broadcasts and short stories, and it was by listening to the radio that Bob Clark first fell in love with Shep's characters and childhood experiences. The movie really wasn't a success when it first hit theaters, but thanks to cable television and the still-ongoing Christmas marathons, the movie found an ever-increasing audience. About as many people who watch the Super Bowl each year tune in, at some point, to the annual marathon. That's fascinating.
Coate: In what way was Bob Clark an ideal choice to direct A Christmas Story, and where do you think the film ranks among his body of work?
Christie: Bob Clark had already made a huge contribution to Christmas cinema in the form of the wonderfully atmospheric Black Christmas in 1974 – a movie which became a cult classic for entirely different reasons, effectively launching the Christmas horror as a whole new subgenre and paving the way for films like Christmas Evil (1980) and Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984). Naturally A Christmas Story is a world away from the shadowy suspense of Black Christmas, and the sense of sheer warmth, nostalgia and childhood innocence make it about as far removed from Clark's earlier work as it was possible to imagine. So in that sense, Clark demonstrated considerable range in presenting this diametrically opposed rendering of the festive season in comparison to his earlier work. It seemed appropriate, given his diversity as a filmmaker – lest we forget that this is the same director who brought us Breaking Point (1976), Murder By Decree (1979) and Tribute (1980), to say nothing of the raucous Porky's (1982). Intriguingly, of course, Clark's ill-fated attempt to recapture the magic of A Christmas Story in its belated sequel, It Runs in the Family (1994), was an object lesson in the futility of trying to catch lightning in a bottle.
Gaines: Bob Clark was an ideal choice, but you may not realize it based on his previous films at the time of A Christmas Story's release. He truly understood what made those stories connect with the audience and, most importantly, he had this uncanny ability to draw great performances out of his actors and make moments that we've all seen in our everyday lives seem like a revelation on screen. Porky's is obviously a very popular film of his, but it's no surprise that when he passed away, most of his obituaries mentioned A Christmas Story first and foremost among his body of work.
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Coate: Where do you think A Christmas Story ranks among Jean Shepherd's body of work?
Bergmann: Because the film encapsulates many of Shepherd's ideas and humor in a form that millions enjoy, it's valuable. A Christmas Story is the most visible and popular work of Jean Shepherd. His most ardent enthusiasts consider it a very good piece, but not his best claim to fame and the appellation "genius." That belongs to his decades of improvised monologues and story-telling on radio that influenced aspiring young intellectuals of New York and surrounding territory. Slyly funny on his broadcasts, he taught us to observe, think, and appreciate American culture and the immensely quirky and delightful humanity around us. We listeners are indebted to him for helping to make us more perceptive observers of our world. For example, Jerry Seinfeld, in his "Season 6" DVD sets of his television show, commented, "He really formed my entire comedic sensibility. I learned how to do comedy from Jean Shepherd."
Coate: Where do you think A Christmas Story ranks among Christmas-themed movies?
Bergmann: I'm not a good judge of how it ranks among Christmas-themed films because I've only seen tiny bits of a couple of the many recent ones – I suspect they're no better than the average, mindless sitcom. I love A Christmas Story and I avoid the rest.
Christie: Certainly within the canon of Christmas movies throughout the 1980s, A Christmas Story can hold its head high. After a long wilderness period throughout the 1960s and 70s, where there was comparatively little in the way of Christmas-themed cinema (with most of the prominent festive features appearing on TV at the time), suddenly the genre burst back into life in the eighties, and by appearing early in the decade A Christmas Story is now closely associated with this renewal in public and critical interest. It may not have enjoyed the huge publicity of Santa Claus: The Movie (1985), displayed the gleeful subversiveness of Gremlins (1984) or the dark humor of Scrooged (1988), but its good-natured take on what it means to be a child during the tortuously long build-up to the festive season – having to impatiently endure school when all you can think of is the allure of opening Christmas presents – has cemented itself into the public consciousness for good reason. Certainly the movie's regular marathon screenings over Christmas are understandable, given the way in which it has so successfully established itself across generations as a firm favorite with audiences.
Gaines: Christmas movies are so personal to so many people, so everyone will have a different answer to that question, but I clearly think A Christmas Story is one of the most significant Christmas-themed movies of all time. No other film that I know of has an annual 24-hour marathon, and let's be honest, when you can make a sexy leg lamp and a Pepto-Bismol-colored pink bunny suit symbols of Christmas, you've done something right! It's easy to turn a movie like Elf into a holiday classic; all the elements are there. But A Christmas Story is so beautifully honest and simple, and subversive at times, it's great to see the legs the movie has had – pun fully intended!
Coate: What is the legacy of A Christmas Story?
Bergmann: The film's popularity has resulted in a yearly-produced stage play in scores of towns, a musical Broadway production, many theme products, and the "A Christmas Story House" where parts of the film were made and where visitors can tour a recreation of the film house's interior. There's a popular book of reprinted A Christmas Story-related tales and a major behind-the-scenes, illustrated coffee-table book. Those are part of the legacy, but there's also the importance of Shepherd as its creator.
For me the film's legacy is that it may forever be by far the most prominently known vessel of Jean Shepherd's world. As fine as it is, Shepherd deserves more recognition in America's pantheon of creative forces. For those who care to hear his radio voice, one can find hundreds of complete broadcasts on the Internet – free or cheaply for sale on eBay and elsewhere. Acquire them so that at night, when the cares of the world are shoved aside, relax, open your sensibilities, and absorb the unique and always unexpected commentary by ol' Shep. (One never knows what quirky mix will ensue.) Maybe he'll tell a story, maybe he'll comment on the passing scene, maybe he'll describe his trip to headhunter country of Peru's Amazon when he helped deliver 500 pounds of Luden's cough drops to the natives, or maybe he'll expertly render a little ditty on nose flute, Jew's harp, or kazoo. Or maybe he'll knock out a tune by thumping his knuckles on his head.
Long live Jean Shepherd and his A Christmas Story.
Christie: Fittingly enough, for a movie that is so closely associated with nostalgia, A Christmas Story has benefited from audience fondness of its backwards-looking recollections of the golden age of Christmas cinema in the 1940s and 50s as well as now being affectionately remembered by any children of the eighties who grew up with the film at the time. Thus its evocation of what it means to be a child in the approach to Christmas has never lost its relevance, just as its refusal to present too rose-tinted a view of family life (we see many of the disappointments as well as the joys of youth) feels commendably fresh given the occasionally saccharine tendency that the genre has to idealize hearth and home. As the narrator Ralphie himself wistfully admits, there would never be another Christmas quite like the one we see in A Christmas Story, and I'm sure that statement is true for many of the movie's fans as well.
Gaines: A Christmas Story is proof that low-budget, small-scale movies can stand the test of time. It is such a testament to Jean Shepherd's ability to recapture his youth into words, and Bob Clark's ability to communicate that on screen, all through great performances. No one who worked on that film thought we would be talking about it 35 years later, but now everyone involved knows that 35 years from now, it will still be entertaining new generations of fans. That's a legacy to be proud of.
Coate: Thank you – Eugene, Thomas, and Caseen – for sharing your thoughts about A Christmas Story on the occasion of its 35th anniversary.
Selected images copyright/courtesy Los Angeles Times, MGM/UA Entertainment Co., MGM/UA Home Video, Warner Home Video. Thomas A. Christie author photo by Eddy A. Bryan.
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Q: Communicating with air-conditioner controller using pyserial I am trying to the first time to send and receive information through serial port. The manual for the device with which I am trying to talk can be found here. I am trying for a start to send a set of hexadecimals to ask about the condition of the system and my purpose is to ask in real time about the temperature and store it. Until now my code is this:

import serial
import time

#import serial.tools.list_ports
#ports = list(serial.tools.list_ports.comports())
#for p in ports:
#    print p

ser = serial.Serial(port= '/dev/ttyUSB0',
baudrate=9600,
parity=serial.PARITY_EVEN,
stopbits=serial.STOPBITS_ONE,
bytesize=serial.EIGHTBITS, timeout=0, xonxoff=1, rtscts=1, dsrdtr=1)

command = "\x10\xFF\x29\x2C\x16"
command = command.decode("hex")
ser.write(command)
print command
#time.sleep(10)
ReceivedData = "\n nothing"
while ser.inWaiting() > 0:
    ReceivedData = ser.read()
print ReceivedData

The problem is that I cannot get any response.
EDIT:
So I solved the communication problem. It turned out I was using an extension cable so the T and R channels were not correctly connected. Now The response that I receive is "\x00\x10\xFF\x29\x2C\x16" which is the same that I put in only with a \x00 in the front. Does this mean it is an error message? How do I calculate the 4th bit? Until now I am using an example from the manual.

A: dont use command = command.decode("hex")
just
command = "\x10\xFF\x29\x2C\x16"
ser.write(command)

should work i am sure it expects bytes like this
to put it differently
START_BYTE = "\x10"
ADDR_BYTE = "\xff"
FN_BYTE = "\x29"
CS_BYTE = "\x2C" # We assume you have calculated this right
END_BYTE = "\x16"

msg = START_BYTE+ADDR_BYTE+FN_BYTE+CS_BYTE+END_BYTE
ser.write(msg)

you can abstract this out since start and end and address are always the same
def send_fn(ser,FN_CMD):
    START_BYTE = "\x10"
    ADDR_BYTE = "\xff"
    END_BYTE = "\x16"
    CS_BYTE = chr((ord(ADDR_BYTE) + ord(FN_CMD))&0xFF)
    msg = START_BYTE+ADDR_BYTE+FN_CMD+CS_BYTE+END_BYTE
    ser.write(msg)


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Destination: Xiamen, Nanjing ,Wuyishan
Duration: Five Day
This 5 days Fujian discovery tour covers a full range of scenic spots in Xiamen, Nanjing and Wuyishan. You will visit historic temples and islands in Xiamen, witness the Earth Buildings in Nanjing County, and explore Mount Wuyi in the most relaxing way!
Touch the ancient heart of China to fully experience the history and culture of China;
Experience the local life style with our local guide;
Trace back to the past prosperous dynasties of China, being awed at those man-made ancient wonders
Day 1 Xiamen Arrival
Welcome to Xiamen, the Garden City on the Sea! Clear the customs and retrieve your baggage by yourself upon arrival, be greeted by our tour guide in the airport or train station who is holding a sign on which says your name. A comfortable vehicle (non-smoking) with experienced driver will transfer you directly to your hotel. Your guide will help you check in. The rest of today is on your own to explore this beautiful city.
Day 2 Xiamen - Nanjing Tulou - Xiamen (B, L)
After breakfast, take a 3-hour scenic drive to see the earth buildings in Nanjing County, Zhangzhou City. You'll visit Tianluokeng Tulou Cluster, Yuchanglou (learn structure Hakka House), and Taxia Village. Drive 30 minutes to Gaobei Tulou Cluster to visit Chengqilou. After the tour, transfer back to Xiamen.
Tianluokeng Tulou Cluster: Composed primarily of four round and one rectangular earthen house, it is one of the most magnificent and well-preserved Hakka Castles in the area. The village is also listed in the Famous Historic Cultural Village in China for its typical cultural regional system.
Yuchanglou: Yuchanglou was built in 1308 and is one of the oldest existing Tulou. This five-story earth building is most famous for its tilted pillars. The most extreme is slanted at 15-degree angle.
Taxia Village: There are more than 20 earthen building of different shapes built along the bank of a clear brook that flows through the entire village.
Chengqilou: It is the largest of the earth buildings located in Gaobei Tulou Cluster. Chengqilou is about three hundred years old and is made up of four concentric circular buildings. This King of Round Earth Buildings has altogether 400 rooms and used to house 80 families, more than 600 people in its prosperous days.
Day 3 Xiamen & G Train to Wuyishan (B, L)
In this morning, transfer to the ferry for a 20-minute boat trip to Gulangyu Island from Xiamen City. Have a nice stoll in Shuzhuang Garden, a beautiful seaside garden and walk to the famous Piano Museum with a collection of 80-fold rare old pianos from all over the world.
Then, head to South Putuo Temple which first built in Tang Dynasty. It is renowned for its collection of Buddhist cultural relics, such as a Burmese jade carving of the Buddha, some important Buddhist texts. Standing at the top of the Wulao Peak, you can enjoy the bird's eye view of Xiamen University and Xiamen Port.
After the tour, you'll be escorted to Xiamen North Railway Station to catch the 3-hour G train to Wuyishan East Railway Station. Stay overnight in Wuyishan.
Day 4 Mount Wuyi (B)
A full day to enjoy the natural beauty of Mount Wuyi, the world Natural and Cultural Heritage Sites. Float down the Jiuqu (Nine Bend) Stream on bamboo raft fitted with rattan chairs to appreciate the natural scenery along the way. Visit the Taoist temple - Wuyi Palace and ancient Song Street, an imitating street full of Song style buildings, and climb up Tianyou Peak, the sheer rock peak that just rise skywards, to have a bird's eye view of the magnificent mountain.
Optional Evening Activity: appreciate the world largest live show ¨C Impression Da Hong Pao to know more about the tea culture and admire the different charm of Wuyi Mountain.
Mount Wuyi: It is the most outstanding area for biodiversity conservation in south-east China and a refuge for a large number of ancient, relic species, many of them endemic to China. The mountains have been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999.
Day 5 Wuyishan & Wuyishan Departure (B)
In the morning, you'll visit Big Red Robe Scenic Area to see the growing place of Dahongpao tea, and admire the crystal-like waterscape at Water Curtain Cave. Then, head to Xiamei Ancient Village. The walk in the Xiamei Village brings you back in time to Ming (1368 - 1644) and the Qing (1644 - 1911) Dynasties. Most of buildings are very well preserved and featuring the sculpture of brisk, wood and stone, which is one part of the Wuyi World culture heritage.
After the tour, you'll be escorted to the airport / railway station to catch the scheduled flight or train to your next destination or back home.


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The History of American Sign Language
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American Sign Language has been around for a long time. But who invented it or how did it come to be?
What we call American Sign Language actually has roots in Europe. It is also known that in the 18th century, the teacher of the deaf Abbe de l'Epee of France developed an early form of sign language that contributed to American Sign Language. The Abbe de l'Epee developed a system of manual French similar in concept to Signed Exact English.
France's Signing Community
However, there was already a signing French community before the Abbe de l'Epee. This was documented by the deaf author Pierre Desloges. Desloges wrote in his 1779 book Observations of a Deaf-Mute that de l'Eppee had learned French sign language from deaf people in France. It appears that for years, the manual system and the "true" system of signing co-existed, with the manual probably being used in the classroom and the "true" system outside of the classroom.
Martha's Vineyard's Signing
Nora Ellen Groce's book, "Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language," traces the origin of Martha's Vineyard Sign Language (MVSL), an early sign language used on the island of Martha's Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts, where hereditary deafness was common beginning in the 17th century. She traced MVSL back to County Kent in southern England. Groce found in "Samual Pepy's Diary" that sign language was used in the Kentish "weald" (woodland area). Vineyard residents called their sign "Chilmark Sign Language" after the village of Chilmark where there was a good sized deaf community.
MVSL may have had some influence on the development of American Sign Language when some deaf children from Martha's Vineyard began attending the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut. In addition, as deaf children from around the country attended the school, they probably brought with them "homemade" signs. Over time, these signs probably combined with the other sign language used at the school (including manual English) and developed into what is known as ASL.
Sign Language History Resources
The journal Sign Language Studies from Gallaudet University Press has published articles about the history of sign language. For example, the article "The Study of Natural Sign Language in Eighteenth-Century France," was in Sign Language Studies, Volume 2, Issue 4, 2002.
Signing in Other Countries
Every country's sign language has a history. The history is often similar to that of ASL's development. For example, Nicaraguan sign language developed when Nicaragua's first school for the deaf was opened.
Groce, Nora E. Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language: Hereditary Deafness on Marthas Vineyard. Harvard University Press, 1988.
Van Cleve, John V., ed. Gallaudet Encyclopedia of Deaf People and Deafness. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1987.
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Profile of William Stokoe ASL Researcher
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The Top 5 U.S. and International Colleges for the Deaf
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Learn and Practice Sign Language With These Fun Games and Puzzles


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Q: Is it safe to save root login/password for Webmin in browser? Is it safe to save root login/password for Webmin in browser? I mean the autosave login feature in most browsers. I'm using Chrome on my own PC.

A: i would suggest to use a password manager like lastpass through which you can access your password on all major browser and devices .

A: On Chromium-based browsers on Windows OS AFAIK (on all I know) passwords are stored encrypted and can only be reviewed by entering the users Windows login password. So if you have your own Windows login user with save password, then it can be assumed relatively save, comparable to a dedicated password manager. As already mentioned it is all relative and depends on how you generally handle your passwords and how sensitive the server is that you are controlling via Webmin. However if you use Webmin at all (instead of SSH with pubkey access) it should be acceptable since granting root/admin access to any web application introduces a security risk on its own.
However the above applies for Chromium-based browsers. E.g. on Firefox by default any user can review the passwords, but they are about to change the default currently. Until then one can manually add a master password, although I cannot say something about how secure (encryption/algorithm-wise) this is: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/use-master-password-protect-stored-logins


The drawing is based upon an imprint of the artist's thumb: a mark of identification. It is the back of the thumb, a reversal of the impressions that we are familiar with. The image explores ideas about systems of measurement in relation to the human body. I have attempted to describe an organic form whilst limiting myself to the horizontal and vertical lines of graph paper; to fit the human body into an 'alien' system of measurement.


I am not someone who usually agrees with Chuck Norris, who is a staunch Christian conservative activist, in addition to being a martial arts star. Consequently, I was shocked when I came across his recent column on the American Family Association website and found that I agree with it 100%!
Want to know something almost as scary as an Obama re-election? Many news sources reported over the last couple months how Monsanto, the world's biggest vegetable seed maker, will begin selling biotech or genetically engineered (GE) sweet corn this fall for U.S. consumers.
Norris goes on to make three points. First, he explains that, according to Bloomberg, Monsanto has genetically engineered corn "'to kill insects living above and below ground and to tolerate applications of the company's Roundup herbicide.'" The mutant sweet corn is the first consumer-oriented vegetable sold by Monsanto, and it will be marketed to consumers beginning this fall. The corn does not have to be labeled as genetically engineered.
Second, because of its dominant role in the food industry, corn is something to be concerned about. That is to say, because of over-production (caused by agricultural policy), corn is used in most processed food products. If you are unaware of this reality, I highly recommend that you read the first section of Michael Pollan's best-selling book, The Omnivore's Dilemma. Much of the corn that goes into processed foods is already genetically engineered. Now we have to also worry about our sweet corn supply.
Third, no one knows at this point what the long-term health effects of GE food will be, but studies indicate cause for concern.
The science of genetic food tampering is still spurious at best and hazardous at worst. A plethora of reports have been published to show the potential dangers not only to crops and the environment but also to humans. The UK Daily Mail news reported in 2010, "According to the research, animals fed on three strains of genetically modified maize created by the U.S. biotech firm Monsanto suffered signs of organ damage after just three months." Despite tests supporting that genetically altered organisms in crops become a part of the bacteria in even our own digestive tracts, and that polls show the American public wants more labels on foods that utilize genetically-engineered ingredients in their production, the USDA now wants to eliminate any controls from genetically altered corn and cotton!
Norris is also upset because, according to the LA Times, the Obama administration "has approved an 'unprecedented number of genetically modified crops,' like ethanol corn, alfalfa and sugar beets" — and so am I.
Norris urges us to take action.
Currently at least 14 states have introduced legislation on genetically modified organism labeling, but most face government gridlock. So please take action and keep foods safe (non-genetically engineered) by contacting your representatives, as well as the FDA and the USDA, and tell them all that you are demanding that genetically modified food must be labeled on every package.
The Center for Food Safety, another great watchdog organization, offers a new and free "True shopper's guide" download on its website and even a mobile application for smart phones, to help you find and avoid GE ingredients wherever you shop. Go to TrueFoodNow.org.
Help make sure GE sweet corn is not sold in your local grocery store by signing FWW's petition. They'll be delivering the petition to the top 10 grocery store chains in the country in the pursuit of stopping GE sweet corn from reaching your plate. Go to FoodAndWaterWatch.org.
Mostly, remember to buy certified organic products, because they are not allowed to use GE ingredients.
Incidentally, Monsanto told the LA Times it doesn't expect much consumer outcry. I guess it didn't know about my culture warrior column and its readers!
Nor does it expect a mobilized Tikkun community to join the growing movement against Monsanto. So let's surprise Monsanto and demand that the government put the welfare of the People before the special interests of large corporations and make health a part of our new bottom line.


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Scope management is one of the most challenging aspects of software development projects. While we want to exceed your expectations, we believe that adding additional features beyond the agreed-upon scope has a good chance to cause project delays and cost-overruns. Additional scope is managed through a formal change-control process.
Apart from making sure that the software is addressing the right problem, this is the second most important job that we do -- making sure that it actually does do what it is supposed to do. Quality assurance testing is a joint responsibility, and we use web-based software defect tracking tools that allow us to collaboratively manage the QA/QC process with our clients.
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A Piece of New Mexico on Mars
A sample of basaltic rock from a lava flow in New Mexico serves as a calibration target carried on the front of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity for the rover's Canadian-made Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS) instrument. This image of the APXS calibration target was taken by the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) during the 34th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's work on Mars (Sept. 9, 2012). The image has been rotated to compensate for the tilted orientation of the camera when it was taken.
The prepared slab of well-characterized dark rock collected near Socorro, N.M., is held in a nickel mounting. The circular opening revealing the rock is about 1.4 inches (3.5 centimeters) in diameter.
The Sol 34 imaging was part of characterization testing of the rover's arm and tools on the arm. A subsequent step commanded the arm-mounted APXS instrument to take a reading of the composition of the calibration target. Curiosity will use the target from time to time during the mission, checking the continuing performance and calibration of the APXS instrument.
APXS can identify chemical elements in rocks and soils. The spectrometer uses the radioactive element curium as a source to bombard the target with energetic alpha particles (helium nuclei) and X-rays. This causes each element in the target to emit its own characteristic X-rays, which are then registered by an X-ray detector chip inside the instrument's sensor head.
The rock in the calibration target is the hardest basalt of more than 200 types tested by the APXS team. Hardness was a desired attribute for preventing the target from breaking during the stresses of launch and landing. In addition, this basalt is low in sulfur, nickel and chlorine. Those elements are common in Martian dust. Thus, scientists using APXS will more easily detect and account for any Martian dust on the calibration target.
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This map shows the route driven by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity through the 29th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission on Mars (Sept. 4, 2012).
Curiosity Traverse Map Through Sol 29
In this picture, the Curiosity rover is sitting on top of six shiny wheels. The picture was taken from the side of the rover and only four wheels are visible. The wheels have a black coating which ...
Wheel Installation
The 2013 list of the 100 most influential people named by TIME Magazine includes three men from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
Three JPLers Named Among the 'Most Influential'
On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, lightning masts protect the 197-foot-tall United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket as it leaves behind the safety of the Vertical Integration Facility (...
Atlas V Positioned On The Launch Pad
This image from Curiosity's Mastcam shows inclined beds of sandstone interpreted as the deposits of small deltas fed by rivers flowing down from the Gale Crater rim and building out into a lake whe...
Inclined Martian Sandstone Beds Near 'Kimberley'
This is a closeup view of the wheels on the Scarecrow mobility rover. Scarecrow is Curiosity's test double that engineers use for testing such as this drive over dunes in the Dumont Dunes in Calif...
Scarecrow Rover Wheel Closeup
The hills and troughs in this little valley, carved between a ridge and cliffs higher up Mount Sharp, almost look like undulating waves. The Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover cap...
Curiosity Sees 'Waves' in the Clay Unit
From a position in the shallow "Yellowknife Bay" depression, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used its right Mast Camera (Mastcam) to take the telephoto images combined into this panorama of geological ...
View from Inside 'Yellowknife Bay'
This mosaic of images from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows a series of sedimentary deposits in the Glenelg area of Gale Crater, from a perspective in Yello...
Erosion by Scarp Retreat in Gale Crater (Unannotated)
Goal 2: Characterize the climate of Mars
This photograph of the NASA Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, was taken during mobility testing on June 3, 2011. The location is inside the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA's Jet Propul...
Mars Rover Curiosity with Wheel on Ramp
A wheel track cuts through a windblown ripple of dusty sand in this Nov. 7, 2014, image from the Mastcam on NASA's Curiosity rover. The view spans about four feet across. This experiment was planne...
Ripple's Interior Exposed by Rover Wheel Track
The Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity was used to check the composition of gray tailings from the hole in rock target "Cumberland" that the rover drilled on M...
Drilled Hole and ChemCam Marks at 'Cumberland'
A ceremonial ribbon is cut for the opening of new "Destination: Mars" experience at the Kennedy Space Center visitor complex in Florida.
This animation shows the location of a set of Hazard-Avoidance cameras on the back of NASA's Curiosity rover. Each camera is protected by a clear dust cover, shown here popping off. (No audio)
Curiosity's Hazard Cameras Ready for Action
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the fairing acoustic protection (FAP) system lining the inside of the Atlas V payload fairing for NASA's Mars ...
Curiosity's Rocket Fairing
This animation shows how NASA's Curiosity rover communicates with Earth via two of NASA's Mars orbiters, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) and Odyssey, and the European Space Agency's Mars Express....
Curiosity Communicates with Help From Its 'Friends'
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover spotted these iridescent, or "mother of pearl," clouds on March 5, 2021, the 3,048th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Seen here are five frames stitched together fro...
Curiosity Spots Iridescent 'Mother of Pearl' Clouds
This stereo view from NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover shows the downwind side of a dune about 13 feet high within the Bagnold Dunes on Mars. The image appears three-dimensional when viewed through red-...
Downwind Side of 'Namib' Sand Dune on Mars, Stereo
This self-portrait of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity combines 66 exposures taken by the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) during the 177th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's work on Mars (Feb. 3...
Curiosity Rover's Self Portrait at 'John Klein' Drilling Site
This graphic offers comparisons between the amount of an organic chemical named chlorobenzene detected in the "Cumberland" rock sample and amounts of the same compound in samples from three other M...
Comparing 'Cumberland' With Other Samples Analyzed by Curiosity
NASA has selected Gale crater as the landing site for the Mars Science Laboratory mission.
Gale Crater: Future Home of Mars Rover Curiosity
This artist's impression Mars' Gale Crater depicts a cross section through the mountain in the middle of the crater, from a viewpoint looking toward the southeast.
Cross Section of Gale Crater, Mars
This animation shows a proposed route up Mount Sharp that NASA's Curiosity Mars rover could follow in the future. "Rafael Navarro Mountain" is marked along the way.
The Route Past Rafael Navarro Mountain
A panorama combining images from both cameras of the Mastcam on NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover shows diverse geological textures on Mount Sharp. Three years after landing on Mars, the mission is inves...
Curiosity Rover's View of Alluring Martian Geology Ahead


Why do so many people skip their annual eye exam; maybe because they don't know what to expect. We're here to shed a little light on the process so you can see there's nothing to worry about. These are the most commonly asked questions about an eye exam.
Your optometrist will review any current vision problems, your general health, and even working environment to better tailor the exam to your needs.
"What can I expect from the overall exam?"
Not only will your exam measure overall vision - how well you see (both near and far), color vision, depth perception - it looks for any early indicators of possible eye disorders, such as cataracts, retinal problems and glaucoma. Ultimately, the elements of your exam will be determined by the doctor.
"Why does the doctor keep asking, 'Better now? or Better One or Two?"
These questions are just one of the many steps taken to establish an accurate prescription. The doctor will compare a series of lenses to determine which is clearer for you. As the differences become less noticeable, the doctor will be closer to finalizing your prescription. So the fact that you may be having a hard time choosing at the end is actually a good thing.
"What's that puff of air for?"
It measures the fluid pressure in your eyes - high pressure may be an indicator of glaucoma.
"Why take my blood pressure?"
High blood pressure can affect the blood vessels in your eyes which an lead to vision problems.
"Why am I following a light?"
It's used to determine how your pupils and eye muscles react, and is important in assessing neurological function.
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October 14th, 2014 | Written by G. Taylor
Apple Plans Broad Global iPhone 6 Distribution
Cupertino, CA – By the end of this month, technology giant Apple Inc. will make its highly popular iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus available in 36 additional countries and territories across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa.
Starting with China, India and Monaco this week, the new iPhones will be available in China and 68 other countries and territories by the end of the month, including the initial launch countries.
The distribution campaign is reportedly also on track to make the devices available in more than 115 countries by the end of the year, making this the company's fastest iPhone rollout ever.
Apple set a new record for first weekend sales of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, having breached the 10 million mark within just three days of its initial September 9 sales launch in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore, the UK, and the US.
The new iPhones will be available in Israel from Thursday, October 23 and in Czech Republic, French West Indies, Greenland, Malta, Poland, Reunion Island and South Africa the following day. They will be available in Bahrain and Kuwait from Thursday, October 30.
It will be available in further 23 countries – Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Guam, Hungary, Iceland, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macau, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, South Korea, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine and Thailand – on October 31.
Cupertino, California-based Apple unveiled the two new larger screen smartphones, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, last month in San Francisco.
The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are both available in 16GB, 64GB, and 128GB versions and feature larger HD (high definition) screens than their predecessors, as well as markedly enhanced performance and power efficiency.


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Q: flip a 1bpp .bmp image horizontally I am trying to write a program containing two source files: main program written in C and assembly(x86 32 and 64) module callable from C. The C declaration for the assembly routine looks like this:
void mirrorbmp1(void *img, int width, int height)
The task involves Mirror/flipping a 1 bpp .BMP image horizontally while Handling any image width properly, not only multiples of 8.
I am new to assembly programming and have very little idea about how i should do the ask.
Any help would be appreciated.

A: The solution should be based on shift and rotate instructions in assembler. If you know how to program with macros, you can make a smart macro which will generate you 8 versions of the routine for each width of image (0 to 7 bits in last byte).
Example for basic situation where width is a multiple of 8:
;al ... byte from input
;bl ... for output

;load from [esi] to al and move to next byte:
lodsb

repeat 8x:
shr al
rol bl

;store bl do [edi] and move to previous byte:
mov [edi],bl
dec edi

Example for width not being multiple of 8:
repeat 3x:
shr al
rol bl

lodsb

repeat 5x:
shr al
rol bl

mov [edi],bl
dec edi

I hope these short examples can guide you enough so you can make the complete solution on your own. Good luck.

A: If the image is a .BMP, then each line is alighed on DWORD boundary, so at least the beginning of each line is alighed at byte boundary.
To mirror the image you have to reverse the order of bits in each byte, and also to reverse the byte order. They can be combined easily:
void rev_line(unsigned char* line, unsigned char* tmp_buff, int line_sz){
    unsigned char* line2 = line + line_sz/8 - 1; // last complete byte of the input buffer
    int bit_delta = line_sz % 8; // number of unaligned bits.
    // special case for bit_delta == 0 :
    if (!bit_delta){ // just reverse the input
        while (line < line2){
            unsigned char c = reverse(*line);
            *line++ = reverse(*line2);
            *line2-- = c;
        };
        if (line == line2) // odd number of bytes, so we'll just reverse it.
            *line = reverse(*line);
        return;
    };
    // now we have to take bit_delta bits from
    for (; line2 >= line; line2--)
        *tmp_buff++ = (reverse(line2[1]) >> (8 - bit_delta) | // not sure about endianness here!
                      (reverse(line2[0]) << bit_delta;
    memcpy(line, tmp_buff, (line_sz + 7) / 8);
};

It's not optimized, but explains the idea. Note that you have to be very good at assembly to be able to beat C compiler, so measure!

A: I don't know how a .bmp file is stored in memory, but at first approach I would do something similar to (pseudocode):
for y = 1 to row_num
    for x = 1 to col_num / 2
        swap pixel(x, y) with pixel(col_num - x, y);
    next x
next y


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Norma Jean Thompson (Wyatt)
July 2, 1935 - August 15, 2020
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Norma Jean Wyatt Estell Thompson, 85, of White Hall, finishing her race here on earth only hours after her husband, Saturday, August 15, 2020, at Arkansas Hospice River Valley Home in Russellville.
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Mrs. Thompson was born July 2, 1935, in Pine Bluff, to the late E. L. and Thelma Davis Wyatt. She grew up in the Noble Lake Community and graduated from Linwood High School. She also attended Draughon School of Business.
Mrs. Thompson retired from Varco-Pruden as the Human Resources Supervisor in 2004.
She was a former member of the American Business Association, DuBacage and Port O' Cotton Chapters.
She is survived by her daughter, Susan (Tony) Resinger of Dardanelle; three grandchildren, Colton (Alisha) Resinger and Courtney Resinger, both of Dardanelle, and Jennifer Estell; great-grandchild, Callie Resinger of Dardanelle; stepdaughter, Shari Gray of White Hall; stepson, Russell (Kay) Thompson of White Hall; sister, Nina (Johnny) Heard of Dumas; and her brother, Jim Wyatt of Pine Bluff.
Mrs. Thompson was preceded in death by her parents; first husband, James Estell; second husband, Edward Eugene Thompson; two sons, Michael and David Estell; a grandson, Jonathan Estell; and two brothers, J. W. Wyatt and Edward Wyatt.
Funeral services will be private.
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NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSource_AuthorizationType_AuthorizationCode = @"AUTHORIZATION_CODE";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSource_AuthorizationType_AuthorizationTypeUnspecified = @"AUTHORIZATION_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSource_AuthorizationType_FirstPartyOauth = @"FIRST_PARTY_OAUTH";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSource_AuthorizationType_GooglePlusAuthorizationCode = @"GOOGLE_PLUS_AUTHORIZATION_CODE";

// GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSource.dataRefreshType
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSource_DataRefreshType_CustomSlidingWindow = @"CUSTOM_SLIDING_WINDOW";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSource_DataRefreshType_DataRefreshTypeUnspecified = @"DATA_REFRESH_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSource_DataRefreshType_SlidingWindow = @"SLIDING_WINDOW";

// GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSource.transferType
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSource_TransferType_Batch = @"BATCH";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSource_TransferType_Streaming = @"STREAMING";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSource_TransferType_TransferTypeUnspecified = @"TRANSFER_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED";

// GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSourceParameter.type
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSourceParameter_Type_Boolean = @"BOOLEAN";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSourceParameter_Type_Double = @"DOUBLE";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSourceParameter_Type_Integer = @"INTEGER";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSourceParameter_Type_PlusPage = @"PLUS_PAGE";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSourceParameter_Type_Record = @"RECORD";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSourceParameter_Type_String = @"STRING";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSourceParameter_Type_TypeUnspecified = @"TYPE_UNSPECIFIED";

// GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferConfig.state
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferConfig_State_Cancelled = @"CANCELLED";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferConfig_State_Failed = @"FAILED";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferConfig_State_Pending = @"PENDING";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferConfig_State_Running = @"RUNNING";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferConfig_State_Succeeded = @"SUCCEEDED";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferConfig_State_TransferStateUnspecified = @"TRANSFER_STATE_UNSPECIFIED";

// GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferMessage.severity
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferMessage_Severity_Error = @"ERROR";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferMessage_Severity_Info = @"INFO";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferMessage_Severity_MessageSeverityUnspecified = @"MESSAGE_SEVERITY_UNSPECIFIED";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferMessage_Severity_Warning = @"WARNING";

// GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferRun.state
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferRun_State_Cancelled = @"CANCELLED";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferRun_State_Failed = @"FAILED";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferRun_State_Pending = @"PENDING";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferRun_State_Running = @"RUNNING";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferRun_State_Succeeded = @"SUCCEEDED";
NSString * const kGTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferRun_State_TransferStateUnspecified = @"TRANSFER_STATE_UNSPECIFIED";

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_CheckValidCredsRequest
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_CheckValidCredsRequest
@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_CheckValidCredsResponse
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_CheckValidCredsResponse
@dynamic hasValidCreds;
@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSource
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSource
@dynamic authorizationType, clientId, dataRefreshType, dataSourceId,
         defaultDataRefreshWindowDays, defaultSchedule, descriptionProperty,
         displayName, helpUrl, manualRunsDisabled, minimumScheduleInterval,
         name, parameters, scopes, supportsCustomSchedule,
         supportsMultipleTransfers, transferType, updateDeadlineSeconds;

+ (NSDictionary<NSString *, NSString *> *)propertyToJSONKeyMap {
  return @{ @"descriptionProperty" : @"description" };
}

+ (NSDictionary<NSString *, Class> *)arrayPropertyToClassMap {
  NSDictionary<NSString *, Class> *map = @{
    @"parameters" : [GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSourceParameter class],
    @"scopes" : [NSString class]
  };
  return map;
}

@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSourceParameter
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSourceParameter
@dynamic allowedValues, deprecated, descriptionProperty, displayName, fields,
         immutable, maxValue, minValue, paramId, recurse, repeated, required,
         type, validationDescription, validationHelpUrl, validationRegex;

+ (NSDictionary<NSString *, NSString *> *)propertyToJSONKeyMap {
  return @{ @"descriptionProperty" : @"description" };
}

+ (NSDictionary<NSString *, Class> *)arrayPropertyToClassMap {
  NSDictionary<NSString *, Class> *map = @{
    @"allowedValues" : [NSString class],
    @"fields" : [GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSourceParameter class]
  };
  return map;
}

@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_EmailPreferences
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_EmailPreferences
@dynamic enableFailureEmail;
@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_Empty
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_Empty
@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_EnrollDataSourcesRequest
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_EnrollDataSourcesRequest
@dynamic dataSourceIds;

+ (NSDictionary<NSString *, Class> *)arrayPropertyToClassMap {
  NSDictionary<NSString *, Class> *map = @{
    @"dataSourceIds" : [NSString class]
  };
  return map;
}

@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_ListDataSourcesResponse
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_ListDataSourcesResponse
@dynamic dataSources, nextPageToken;

+ (NSDictionary<NSString *, Class> *)arrayPropertyToClassMap {
  NSDictionary<NSString *, Class> *map = @{
    @"dataSources" : [GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_DataSource class]
  };
  return map;
}

+ (NSString *)collectionItemsKey {
  return @"dataSources";
}

@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_ListLocationsResponse
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_ListLocationsResponse
@dynamic locations, nextPageToken;

+ (NSDictionary<NSString *, Class> *)arrayPropertyToClassMap {
  NSDictionary<NSString *, Class> *map = @{
    @"locations" : [GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_Location class]
  };
  return map;
}

+ (NSString *)collectionItemsKey {
  return @"locations";
}

@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_ListTransferConfigsResponse
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_ListTransferConfigsResponse
@dynamic nextPageToken, transferConfigs;

+ (NSDictionary<NSString *, Class> *)arrayPropertyToClassMap {
  NSDictionary<NSString *, Class> *map = @{
    @"transferConfigs" : [GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferConfig class]
  };
  return map;
}

+ (NSString *)collectionItemsKey {
  return @"transferConfigs";
}

@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_ListTransferLogsResponse
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_ListTransferLogsResponse
@dynamic nextPageToken, transferMessages;

+ (NSDictionary<NSString *, Class> *)arrayPropertyToClassMap {
  NSDictionary<NSString *, Class> *map = @{
    @"transferMessages" : [GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferMessage class]
  };
  return map;
}

+ (NSString *)collectionItemsKey {
  return @"transferMessages";
}

@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_ListTransferRunsResponse
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_ListTransferRunsResponse
@dynamic nextPageToken, transferRuns;

+ (NSDictionary<NSString *, Class> *)arrayPropertyToClassMap {
  NSDictionary<NSString *, Class> *map = @{
    @"transferRuns" : [GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferRun class]
  };
  return map;
}

+ (NSString *)collectionItemsKey {
  return @"transferRuns";
}

@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_Location
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_Location
@dynamic displayName, labels, locationId, metadata, name;
@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_Location_Labels
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_Location_Labels

+ (Class)classForAdditionalProperties {
  return [NSString class];
}

@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_Location_Metadata
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_Location_Metadata

+ (Class)classForAdditionalProperties {
  return [NSObject class];
}

@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_ScheduleOptions
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_ScheduleOptions
@dynamic disableAutoScheduling, endTime, startTime;
@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_ScheduleTransferRunsRequest
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_ScheduleTransferRunsRequest
@dynamic endTime, startTime;
@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_ScheduleTransferRunsResponse
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_ScheduleTransferRunsResponse
@dynamic runs;

+ (NSDictionary<NSString *, Class> *)arrayPropertyToClassMap {
  NSDictionary<NSString *, Class> *map = @{
    @"runs" : [GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferRun class]
  };
  return map;
}

@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_StartManualTransferRunsRequest
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_StartManualTransferRunsRequest
@dynamic requestedRunTime, requestedTimeRange;
@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_StartManualTransferRunsResponse
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_StartManualTransferRunsResponse
@dynamic runs;

+ (NSDictionary<NSString *, Class> *)arrayPropertyToClassMap {
  NSDictionary<NSString *, Class> *map = @{
    @"runs" : [GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferRun class]
  };
  return map;
}

@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_Status
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_Status
@dynamic code, details, message;

+ (NSDictionary<NSString *, Class> *)arrayPropertyToClassMap {
  NSDictionary<NSString *, Class> *map = @{
    @"details" : [GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_Status_Details_Item class]
  };
  return map;
}

@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_Status_Details_Item
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_Status_Details_Item

+ (Class)classForAdditionalProperties {
  return [NSObject class];
}

@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TimeRange
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TimeRange
@dynamic endTime, startTime;
@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferConfig
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferConfig
@dynamic dataRefreshWindowDays, datasetRegion, dataSourceId,
         destinationDatasetId, disabled, displayName, emailPreferences, name,
         nextRunTime, notificationPubsubTopic, ownerInfo, params, schedule,
         scheduleOptions, state, updateTime, userId;
@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferConfig_Params
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferConfig_Params

+ (Class)classForAdditionalProperties {
  return [NSObject class];
}

@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferMessage
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferMessage
@dynamic messageText, messageTime, severity;
@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferRun
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferRun
@dynamic dataSourceId, destinationDatasetId, emailPreferences, endTime,
         errorStatus, name, notificationPubsubTopic, params, runTime, schedule,
         scheduleTime, startTime, state, updateTime, userId;
@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferRun_Params
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_TransferRun_Params

+ (Class)classForAdditionalProperties {
  return [NSObject class];
}

@end

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//   GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_UserInfo
//

@implementation GTLRBigQueryDataTransfer_UserInfo
@dynamic email;
@end

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"On The Waterlogged Oregon Trail"
Oregon - March 27, 2009 to April 4, 2009
Day 8: THE OREGON COAST
We were hoping that the weather might start to calm down today. The forecast seemed to provide some hope of this happening, but when we first got up in the dark and tried to make our early departure northwards, the weather was still chilly, rainy, and windy.
We left the Sunset accommodation at 5:45am.
I didn't get a whole lot of sleep last night so I wasn't exactly in the best of shape driving this morning. But the fear of elk running out in front of the car was always on my mind so I stayed vigilant.
Through the mixture of squalls with heavy downpours and breaks in the rain, daylight slowly revealed itself, and we arrived at the Oregon Dunes Day Use area a little before 7:30am. There was just enough daylight to get satisfactory views of this place, which we opted to skip yesterday due to a nasty downpour.
This break couldn't have come at a better time because both Julie and I were getting sleepy.
Sure the views here were interesting, but we saw an approaching squall and didn't linger very long before we left some ten minutes later.
So we continued driving northwards on the US101.
Much of the drive was spent listening to NPR Radio while still navigating through more mixtures of heavy downpours, drizzle, and even a few sun breaks here and there. But the skies were still predominantly cloudy with dark patches of squalls.
It wasn't exactly the kind of improving weather we were looking forward to.
In any case, we arrived at Cape Kiwanda a little after 10am. There, we arrived at a beach that was heavily overcast with threatening downpours. But we the primary reason of our improvisation to the Oregon Coast was to do some arch hunting to kind of mix up things a bit after being severely waterfall saturated and in need of some variety.
And Cape Kiwanda didn't disappoint as we saw an offshore rock stack rising up out of the churning ocean with a jug handle arch.
Continuing further north at what is now the Three Capes Loop, we next arrived at a place called Cape Lookout just before 11am. There, we got out of the car and braved the frosty and blustering winds to get onto the beach to check out the scenery here.
Perhaps the most interesting part of this beach was that there was a trio of temporary beach-bound waterfalls in the distance. This was something reminiscent of Hawaiian scenery, but here, Oregon was so waterlogged with late Winter storms that we happened to be caught in that it seemed like waterfalls like these were a dime a dozen.
About a half-hour later, we entered the residential community of Oceanside where there was a beach strolled on. At first, we tried to get better views of the Three Arch Rocks just offshore of this beach. Unfortunately, we couldn't really get a clean look at the spans of the sea arches in each of these rocks.
We did however walked through a pedestrian tunnel that led onto some secluded cove with more rocks and cliffs surrounding it. Still no arches visible here though.
At 12:25pm, we got back into the car and continued northwards on the Three Capes Loop.
About 10 minutes later, we arrived at the busy Cape Meares Lighthouse car park.
The skies still remained overcast, but the clouds were brighter than earlier this morning. It seemed like the weather is indeed improving albeit painfully slow for our taste. After all, this was the eight straight day of absent blue skies on this trip. We felt we were due!
Anyways, while browsing around the area, we saw yet another wispy ocean-bound waterfall in one of the overlooks.
But we also saw the Three Arch Rocks again. Only this time, the overlooks here revealed the spans of 2 of the three rocks. Finally, more arches collected on this part of the trip.
We also briefly checked out the cozy little lighthouse before heading back to the car.
A little after 1pm, our Three Capes Tour ended and we continued northwards towards our next stop – Cannon Beach. Here was where we'd spend the night.
At 2:20pm, we arrived at Cannon Beach. Unfortunately, our room wasn't ready so we couldn't check in just yet. So we headed further into town for some greasy fish 'n chips. And an hour later, we arrived at Ecola State Park.
At the park, we caught nice distant vistas of the rock stacks at Cannon Beach.
We also saw an attractive waterfall below us at Crescent Beach. But to get there, we had to hike over a mile and after all the driving we did, we didn't really feel like doing it.
We also hunted around for a view of the arch apparently under the Sea Lion Rock nearby the viewpoint here (we were unsuccessful as I bet you'd have to somehow scramble around in low tide to get the right angle). In the distance was some lighthouse offshore on an isolated rock. Apparently, it was called the Tillamook Lighthouse. I can't imagine how hard and costly it was to erect that structure and how to keep it functional with all the violent waves and weather battering it over time.
By a little after 4:30pm, we finally checked into our Hallmark accommodation. And after dropping off our stuff, we walked down the steps and onto the famous Cannon Beach where we were right in front of the big rock stacks before the backdrop of a setting sun.
We were hoping for a legitimate sunset but there were still lots of clouds moving about on this afternoon.
Eventually, we braved the frosty winds as long as we could and got some interesting low-light photos of the stacks with sun beams breaking through clouds behind them. But there wasn't to be any colors of the setting sun on this day.
We had ourselves a later-than-usual dinner (at Newman's) because of our sunset attempt afterwards. And it ended up being delicious though pricey.
Still, upon reflecting back on this day, this changeup in going from soggy temperate forests with waterfalls to rugged coastlines and ocean waves was a welcome change. It was too bad the weather didn't improve for us sooner to really get the best of this part of the trip.
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They're all over the place. A grasshopper in the kitchen. A beetle in the living room. A fly in the playroom. Even a moth in the freezer.
It does not please me that we have so many, but I want my daughter to get a good education. Her grade on her Science project depends on it, so we have bugs—temporarily.
And we are actively recruiting more bugs, preferably ones we've never seen before. The bigger the better. She's hoping to find one of those giant cockroaches that hisses. If she does, I'm calling our realtor. I can have the house packed in 48 hours.
Each time she finds a new bug, she catches it in an empty peanut butter jar. She observes it for a few minutes then hastens its demise by adding a cotton ball soaked with a few drops of acetone to the jar. It doesn't take long. She likes to do play-by-play of the dying process for me, usually while I'm around food. Her favorite part is when the bug is lying on its back, signaling with one leg that the end is near with periodic twitches.
My husband and son have gotten into the act as well. They help her find and catch creepy-crawly things, watch them die with her, and threaten to send me into a bona-fide mental breakdown by tossing the creatures onto my lap. It would only take one.
I hate bugs. That's why I keep the sugar in a canister with an air-tight seal and don't allow candy stashes in the bedrooms. That's why I was especially upset the other night when my husband presented my daughter with a prize he'd caught while she was at school.
He cocked his head as if my question were a silly one. "That's one of those bugs that lives in the basement," he repeated.
This was news to me. News I haven't gotten over. And now, not only am I aware of the phantom bugs I've never seen that I'm told live and breed in our basement, but every day I'm confronted with the assortment of dead bugs we have on display in peanut butter jars all over the house.
Creepy. I'd prefer a good book report any day.


In my eyes the game is easier than Super Pixelknight, most likely because you only need to defeat 1 boss here.
Anyway, in my eyes the shuriken is the best weapon since you can use it very fast. The sword is in my eyes too slow and caused a lot deaths for me. I guess everyone needs to find out himself which weapon would be the best.
Just like Super Pixelknight, it's a pretty brutal game. It's more tougher seeing how there's no magic, but it still provides a good challenge for those who play. My advice is to use the Sword, since it goes through every enemy it hits.