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The Buzz About Bees
March 27, 2018 / Natalie Haywood
BOGGY CREEK BEEHIVES SUPPORTS HEALTHY HABITATS FOR BEES AND LOCAL CRYPTIDS
by RACHEL HORNE | photos by MOLLY MINTER
Clint Harris is, as he puts it, a bee nerd. With a side job as a beekeeper, he says he enjoys just being so close to something that could sting. The Fouke, Arkansas, native has a love of talking about all things bees, from the joys of honey to the challenges of pests. He and other locals Scotty Watson, Emily Greene, and Carla Watson run Boggy Creek Beehives, which boasts a mission statement on its website of supporting a healthy habitat for both bees and local cryptids.
While Clint and his team are still relative newcomers to the bee business, he does have a history with the insects. "My grandfather kept bees, and I had an interest in bees," he said. "I got a hive probably about 2010, and Scotty got an interest in bees, too. About three years ago, we were all sitting around. Scotty, Emily, and I were talking about starting a business in beekeeping and utilizing some of the local life, and it went from there."
That local infusion came in the form of the business' mascot – a lumbering yet friendly sasquatch stemming from Fouke legends of the Boggy Creek Monster. The monster was made famous by the 1972 docudrama, The Legend of Boggy Creek. Like the decline in bees, sightings of the monster have become scarce in recent years, yet the film's popularity remains strong. "The film has this cult following a lot of people were into," Clint said, "and we started getting a lot of orders from other states. It's kind of an interesting subculture, the cryptozoologists. I guess we didn't realize how many people were actually avid fans of the monster."
While the monster remains elusive for reasons unknown, the decline in bee populations stems from colony collapse disorder, in which worker bees disappear for a variety of reasons. This staggering issue that the Boggy Creek Beehive team faced starting out and continues to face has no one solution, but they've worked hard to keep their colonies thriving. "I think it's a little more delicate than what we had originally thought," Clint said. "You have to crawl before you walk. We've been learning these past three years have been a huge learning curve."
The team has lost several colonies during the last two winter seasons but was able to maintain several as well. The biggest foe comes from the varroa mites and hive beetles, pests which contribute to colony collapse disorder. "That's a big portion," Clint said. "Fighting the pests and trying to keep the bees healthy would be the biggest hurdle. We've lost some colonies, but it hasn't been super devastating to us. When spring fully springs, hopefully we can get up to 10 colonies this year. We're trying to build our numbers, but we've been struggling with keeping them alive and well, and that's kind of been what we've been focusing on these past three years. That's part of the game."
To help overcome these obstacles, the Boggy Creek team works with other beekeepers, examining each other's problems to help find solutions. The community shares a love of their craft, and particularly, a love of genuine honey. "That's the best part – having a real honey product," Clint said. "Honey is a lot of inverted sugar and stuff now, not real, raw honey. One of my favorite parts for sure is seeing people taste actual real, raw fresh honey. It's cool to see people taste it and say it tastes so much different."
The team is aiming to have a new batch of honey out in May, but their online shop is always stocked with beeswax products to help them purchase more bees and supplies. Clint hopes to further grow the business from what he and the team have learned, but he never expects to stop learning. "We haven't been doing this for a very long period of time," he said, "and we're still trying to figure it out. If we're still doing this by the time I'm 80, I'll still be figuring things out then."
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Doctor Who: The Beast Of Babylon
. at Friday, March 27, 2015
Christopher Morley finds Babylon...
Everybody knows Rose Tyler accompanied the Ninth Doctor in all his televised outings, but if you widen your scope a little, something arguably equally important occurs in the gap when she appears to turn him down but then changes her mind.
A whole new adventure occurs from his point of view- the TARDIS will next materialise on Karkinos, home to the crab-like Karkinians. For one of them it proves a mind-expanding experience! And Charlie Higson's The Beast Of Babylon is ultimately the tale of a could have been companion....
For young Ali will get but a taster of what it's like to accompany the Doctor, who's relatively new to his current incarnation following another regeneration. He wants something she's got- a strange silver orb. Though her possession of it irks him, he's still gracious enough to concede that ''when I first saw you I said to myself, here's someone special''. The man she calls a ''trickster'' knows he can't exactly pull a fast one on her! And having chased a Starman halfway across the known universe he might appreciate a helping hand/claw. Even so he can't resist the opportunity to tell her a little about the girl he thinks he's left behind for good as they begin a trek to ancient Babylon.
"I'd been down on Earth trying to save the old place again. And there was this thing, this creature, call it what you want...Actually it's usually called a Nestene Consciousness. Just another bully, another demigod like the Starman, wanting to feed off the planet and drain it dry. Not nice. I was trying to find it and put a sock in it and I was helped by a girl- about your age, as it goes."
He'd promised himself a ''new body, new start, new companion''. Of course going by what we know now of his previous self that new start was something of a temporal anomaly.
"So I won't remember that I tried to save Gallifrey rather than burn it. I'll have to live with that. But for now, for this moment, I am the Doctor again. Thank you."
The resulting lapse will come at a terrible cost for the man who came forth from the change of face for the warrior who had cast off the very mantle of Doctor- ''Doctor no more''. As he'll later tell Rose,
"You think it'll last forever. People and cars and concrete. But it won't. One day it's all gone. Even the sky. My planet's gone. It's dead. It burned like the Earth. It's just rocks and dust. Before its time."
And his materialisation in a Babylonian temple is perhaps the first hint of ''the lonely god'' as identified by the Face of Boe following another physical overhaul. The place will soon face a horror unlike any other- a hulking great beast, actually an angered Ali. You wouldn't like her that way, either......
But just what is it about Babylon that drew the former member of The Higsons & Fast Show in? Cast your eyes heavenward as we look to the zodiac of the ancient world! As Robert Powell PHD states by way of an introduction to his paper on the subject-
According to the Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy (second century A.D.), systematic observations by Babylonian astronomers began in the first year of the reign of King Nabonassar of Babylon (747 B.C.).Ptolemy's statement has been confirmed by the excavation of cuneiform texts from Babylon and Uruk, some of which contain recorded astronomical observations of eclipses going back to the eighth century B.C., or the early years of the era of Nabonassar. Diaries of astronomical observations by Babylonian astronomers, dating back to the seventh century B.C., give the positions of the Moon and planets within a zodiacal belt extending between 10 degrees north and 7½ degrees south of the ecliptic.
In these early astronomical texts, the positions of the Moon and planets are given with respect to a set of 31 reference stars, called Normal Stars, the more prominent stars belonging to the zodiacal belt. All 31 Normal Stars used by Babylonian astronomers have been securely identified, and have been found in a zone between 10 degrees north and 7½ degrees south latitude. In the texts the position of the Moon or of a planet is given by stating that it is in front of a Normal Star (which means to the west of the star), or that it is above or below the star, often in terms of the Babylonian units cubit and finger.
The primitive system of Normal Stars, although used throughout the period of Babylonian astronomy, until roughly the beginning of the Christian era, became superseded for most practical purposes by a new system in which the positions of the Sun, Moon, and planets came to be given in terms of zodiacal signs. The first recorded use in Babylonian astronomy of the new system, a list of solar eclipses given in signs of the zodiac, belongs to the first half of the fifth century B.C., the eclipses extending from 475 to 457 B.C.
In this system the zodiacal belt is divided into twelve equal sectors or signs, each 30 degrees long, where the signs are defined with respect to fixed stars in the zodiacal belt. The relationship between the Normal Star system and the system of zodiacal signs can be determined from a fragment of a catalog of Normal Stars, belonging probably to the fourth century B.C., and also in conjunction with readings from cuneiform texts giving planetary or lunar positions in both systems simultaneously. For example, the catalog gives the Normal Star α Librae in terms of the system of zodiacal signs as 20˚ Libra, i.e. the star α Librae is located at 20 degrees in the Babylonian (sidereal) sign of Libra.
Similarly, the longitude of β Librae is 25˚ Libra, or 25 degrees in the Babylonian (sidereal) sign of Libra. Peter Huber, using all available data at his disposal, determined the zero point (0˚ Aries) of the Babylonian zodiac,and the Babylonian sidereal zodiac has been reconstructed in its entirety by cataloguing Ptolemy's 1022 stars, listed in his star catalog from the Almagest, in terms of the Babylonian signs of the zodiac.
And within its ''exaltation'' system of categorising the planets, Jupiter is '' the crab'', as attested by Gavin White!
"The location of Jupiter's Exaltation is found between the constellations of the Crab and the Lion (Cancer and Leo) on the most northerly section of the ecliptic, where it's rising coincides with the summer solstice. Jupiter is considered to be the most auspicious planet, indeed the 'King of the Planets', and his omens specifically apply to the land of Akkad, the traditional 'homeland' as far as astrology is concerned. This symbolism is in marked contrast to the malevolent Mars, whose Exaltation rises with the winter solstice and who is associated with the land of Elam, the traditional enemy of Babylonia.
In Babylonian lore the Crab is sometimes called the 'Seat or Abode of Anu' . Anu is the most ancient god of the celestial realms; his name literally means 'heaven'. He is the ultimate authority figure who lends his power to the other gods, and in the human realm he is especially associated with the divinely ordained powers of the king."
And with that we'll be leaving Babylon, and Ali. The end of her travels will signal a new beginning for Ms Tyler- no more boring job in retail! But for now she's left to ponder the implications of what might be the strangest & most exhilarating meeting of her young life. She's always yearned to travel, & this Northerner is about to take her on the furthest journey she'll ever take.
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We had a somewhat overcast morning, which made the colors outside seem especially rich. Or maybe it was the spring green on the treetops. In any case, the campanile, or bell tower, peeking over the communication building at San Diego State University caught my eye, and I worked to capture it.
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Andrea is 1st named storm of Atlantic season
May 20, 2019	Local News
Subtropical Storm Andrea formed a few weeks before the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins.
Auburn officer's death prompts Alabama's first 'BLUE Alert'
BLUE Alerts are possible when a local, state, or federal law enforcement officer in Alabama has been killed or seriously injured and the perpetrator is at large.
Lee County Sheriff's Office searching for missing family last seen in Salem
According to the sheriff's office, the family was last seen on May 19 at approximately 2:55 p.m. near Highway 280 and Lee Road 252 in Salem.
Lots of nasty weather forecast for Southern Plains
Severe weather is forecast for Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas.
Georgia Mega Millions jackpot lottery advances to $367M
With no recent winners, the Mega Millions jackpot has grown since March 15 and has rolled 19 times, while the Powerball jackpot has grown since March 30 and has rolled 14 times.
Vienna Beef recalls thousands of pounds of hot dogs
The franks may be contaminated with bits of metal.
Judge rules against Trump in records dispute with Congress
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said Trump cannot block a House subpoena of financial records.
Hollywood actor paints Ala. governor being aborted
Hollywood has been very outspoken in its displeasure with the recent passage of Alabama's near-total ban on abortions. But one actor may have made his opposition known in the most personal way possible.
Auburn Mayor releases statement following tragic death of APD Officer
Auburn Mayor Ron Anders has released an official statement following the tragic shooting on Wire Road this morning that killed one APD officer and left two others injured.
CSU professor delivers math-inspired comic book to local elementary students
The comic book is the first in a three-part series that will be used to teach fractions in multiple Muscogee County Schools.


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Bush pledge on Middle East peace
PRESIDENT George Bush began his controversial state visit to Britain yesterday with a vow to bring peace and democracy to Iraq and the Middle East.
Amid the trappings of pomp and ceremony, President Bush made the only keynote address of his stay, telling an audience of foreign policy and defence experts that there would be no early coalition exit from Baghdad and no shrinking from his determination to spread America's values across the globe.
Earlier, Mr Bush and his wife Laura had been welcomed by the Queen with a formal ceremony at Buckingham Palace - staged away from London's Horse Guards Parade for security reasons.
A 41-gun salute heralded the President and the First Lady, who had arrived on Tuesday night, as the full pageantry of a formal state visit unfolded.
But later Mr Bush addressed the hard politics of his trip, with a speech at the Banqueting House in Whitehall.
He said there would be no backing down from the US-led mission in Iraq, despite the growing death toll among mainly American troops from terrorist attacks.
"We did not charge hundreds of miles into the heart of Iraq and pay a bitter cost of casualties and liberate 25 million people only to retreat before a band of thugs and assassins," he said.
The President stressed the "three pillars" on which he believed the peace and security of the free world were based.
These were vigorous multi-lateral institutions such as the United Nations and Nato, the willingness to use force to overcome tyranny as a last resort, and the spread of democracy across the world.
Mr Bush also spoke of his commitment to the Middle East peace process, repeating his call for a viable independent Palestinian state and the recognition of Israel, secure within its own borders, by its Arab neighbours.
The President went on to heap praise on the strength of the transatlantic alliance with Britain, and on Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Mr Bush insisted the US would not pull out of Iraq or Afghanistan until democracy was entrenched there.
He said, "We will meet our responsibilities in Afghanistan and Iraq, by finishing the work of democracy we have begun.
"Whatever has come before, we now have only two options: to keep our word or to break our word.
"The failure of democracy in Iraq would throw its people back into misery and turn that country over to terrorists who wish to destroy us."
President Bush, who was given a standing ovation for his 40-minute speech, said it was time for the West to take a more critical attitude towards regimes in the Middle East.
"Tyranny is never benign to its victims and our great democracies should oppose tyranny wherever it is found."
He said in the Middle East "we will consistently challenge the enemies of reform and confront the allies of terror. We will expect a higher standard from our friends in the region."
The President, due to meet some of the families of British service personnel who have been killed in Iraq today, said they were not alone in their grief.
"Some families now live with the burden of great sorrow. We cannot take their pain away, but these families should know they are not alone. We pray for their strength, we pray for their comfort.
"We will never forget the courage of the ones they loved."
Mr Bush outlined his guiding foreign policy principles, saying, "The peace and security of free nations rests on three pillars. Firstly, international institutions must be alert to the dangers facing our world. From lifting up failing states to opposing proliferation. Like 11 presidents before me, I believe in international institutions."
But he warned, "It's not enough to meet the dangers of the world with resolutions."
The second pillar was "the willingness of free nations, when the last resort arrives" to restrain aggression by the use of force.
Mr Bush said, "The third pillar is our commitment to the global expansion of democracy" as an alternative to "instability and hatred and terror".
Mr Blair's official spokesman said the premier thought it a "seriously impressive speech".
The President also met some of the families of the 67 British victims of the September 11 al Qaida attack in New York, the gathering taking place in private at the American Embassy.


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"""
Represents an SQS Queue
"""

import xml.sax
import urlparse
from boto.exception import SQSError
from boto.handler import XmlHandler
from boto.sqs.message import Message
from boto.resultset import ResultSet

class Queue:

    def __init__(self, connection=None, url=None, message_class=Message):
        self.connection = connection
        self.url = url
        self.message_class = message_class
        self.visibility_timeout = None

    def startElement(self, name, attrs, connection):
        return None

    def endElement(self, name, value, connection):
        if name == 'QueueUrl':
            self.url = value
            if value:
                self.id = urlparse.urlparse(value)[2]
        elif name == 'VisibilityTimeout':
            self.visibility_timeout = int(value)
        else:
            setattr(self, name, value)

    def set_message_class(self, message_class):
        """
        Set the message class that should be used when instantiating messages read
        from the queue.  By default, the class boto.sqs.message.Message is used but
        this can be overriden with any class that behaves like a message.
        Inputs:
            message_class - The new message class
        Returns:
            Nothing
        """
        self.message_class = message_class

    def get_attributes(self, attributes='All'):
        """
        Retrieves attributes about this queue object and returns
        them in an Attribute instance (subclass of a Dictionary).
        Inputs:
            attributes - A string containing
                         All|ApproximateNumberOfMessages|VisibilityTimeout
                         Default value is "All"
        Returns:
            An Attribute object which is a mapping type holding the
            requested name/value pairs
        """
        return self.connection.get_queue_attributes(self.id, attributes)

    def set_attribute(self, attribute, value):
        """
        Set a new value for an attribute of the Queue.
        Inputs:
            attribute - The name of the attribute you want to set.  The
                        only valid value at this time is: VisibilityTimeout
                value - The new value for the attribute.
                        For VisibilityTimeout the value must be an
                        integer number of seconds from 0 to 86400.
        Returns:
            Boolean True if successful, otherwise False.
        """
        return self.connection.set_queue_attribute(self.id, attribute, value)

    def add_grant(self, permission, email_address=None, user_id=None):
        """
        Add a grant to this queue.
        Inputs:
            permission - The permission being granted.  One of "ReceiveMessage", "SendMessage" or "FullControl"
            email_address - the email address of the grantee.  If email_address is supplied, user_id should be None
            user_id - The ID of the grantee.  If user_id is supplied, email_address should be None
        Returns:
            Boolean True if successful, otherwise False
        """
        return self.connection.add_grant(self.id, permission, email_address, user_id)

    def remove_grant(self, permission, email_address=None, user_id=None):
        """
        Remove a grant from this queue.
        Inputs:
            permission - The permission being removed.  One of "ReceiveMessage", "SendMessage" or "FullControl"
            email_address - the email address of the grantee.  If email_address is supplied, user_id should be None
            user_id - The ID of the grantee.  If user_id is supplied, email_address should be None
        Returns:
            Boolean True if successful, otherwise False
        """
        return self.connection.remove_grant(self.id, permission, email_address, user_id)

    def list_grants(self, permission=None, email_address=None, user_id=None):
        """
        List the grants to this queue.
        Inputs:
            permission - The permission granted.  One of "ReceiveMessage", "SendMessage" or "FullControl".
                         If supplied, only grants that allow this permission will be returned.
            email_address - the email address of the grantee.  If supplied, only grants related to this email
                            address will be returned
            user_id - The ID of the grantee.  If supplied, only grants related to his user_id will be returned.
        Returns:
            A string containing the XML Response elements describing the grants.
        """
        return self.connection.list_grants(self.id, permission, email_address, user_id)

    def get_timeout(self):
        """
        Get the visibility timeout for the queue.
        Inputs:
            None
        Returns:
            The number of seconds as an integer.
        """
        a = self.get_attributes('VisibilityTimeout')
        return int(a['VisibilityTimeout'])

    def set_timeout(self, visibility_timeout):
        """
        Set the visibility timeout for the queue.
        Inputs:
            visibility_timeout - The desired timeout in seconds
        Returns:
            Nothing
        """
        retval = self.set_attribute('VisibilityTimeout', visibility_timeout)
        if retval:
            self.visibility_timeout = visibility_timeout
        return retval

    def read(self, visibility_timeout=None):
        """
        Read a single message from the queue.
        Inputs:
            visibility_timeout - The timeout for this message in seconds
        Returns:
            A single message or None if queue is empty
        """
        rs = self.get_messages(1, visibility_timeout)
        if len(rs) == 1:
            return rs[0]
        else:
            return None

    def write(self, message):
        """
        Add a single message to the queue.
        Inputs:
            message - The message to be written to the queue
        Returns:
            None
        """
        path = '%s/back' % self.id
        message.queue = self
        response = self.connection.make_request('PUT', path, None,
                                                message.get_body_encoded())
        body = response.read()
        if response.status >= 300:
            raise SQSError(response.status, response.reason, body)
        handler = XmlHandler(message, self.connection)
        xml.sax.parseString(body, handler)
        return None

    def new_message(self, body=''):
        return self.message_class(self, body)

    # get a variable number of messages, returns a list of messages
    def get_messages(self, num_messages=1, visibility_timeout=None):
        path = '%s/front?NumberOfMessages=%d' % (self.id, num_messages)
        if visibility_timeout:
            path = '%s&VisibilityTimeout=%d' % (path, visibility_timeout)
        response = self.connection.make_request('GET', path)
        body = response.read()
        if response.status >= 300:
            raise SQSError(response.status, response.reason, body)
        rs = ResultSet([('Message', self.message_class)])
        h = XmlHandler(rs, self)
        xml.sax.parseString(body, h)
        return rs

    def delete_message(self, message):
        path = '%s/%s' % (self.id, message.id)
        response = self.connection.make_request('DELETE', path)
        body = response.read()
        if response.status >= 300:
            raise SQSError(response.status, response.reason, body)
        rs = ResultSet()
        h = XmlHandler(rs, self.connection)
        xml.sax.parseString(body, h)
        return rs

    def clear(self, page_size=100, vtimeout=10):
        """Utility function to remove all messages from a queue"""
        n = 0
        l = self.get_messages(page_size, vtimeout)
        while l:
            for m in l:
                self.delete_message(m)
                n += 1
            l = self.get_messages(page_size, vtimeout)
        return n

    def count(self, page_size=100, vtimeout=10):
        """
        Utility function to count the number of messages in a queue.
        Note: This function now calls GetQueueAttributes to obtain
        an 'approximate' count of the number of messages in a queue.
        """
        a = self.get_attributes('ApproximateNumberOfMessages')
        return a['ApproximateNumberOfMessages']

    def count_slow(self, page_size=100, vtimeout=10):
        """
        Deprecated.  This is the old 'count' method that actually counts
        the messages by reading them all.  This gives an accurate count but
        is very slow for queues with non-trivial number of messasges.
        Instead, use get_attribute('ApproximateNumberOfMessages') to take
        advantage of the new SQS capability.  This is retained only for
        the unit tests.
        """
        n = 0
        l = self.get_messages(page_size, vtimeout)
        while l:
            for m in l:
                n += 1
            l = self.get_messages(page_size, vtimeout)
        return n

    def dump(self, file_name, page_size=100, vtimeout=10, sep='\n'):
        """Utility function to dump the messages in a queue to a file"""
        fp = open(file_name, 'wb')
        n = 0
        l = self.get_messages(page_size, vtimeout)
        while l:
            for m in l:
                fp.write(m.get_body())
                if sep:
                    fp.write(sep)
                n += 1
            l = self.get_messages(page_size, vtimeout)
        fp.close()
        return n

    def save(self, file_name, sep='\n'):
        """
        Read all messages from the queue and persist them to local file.
        Messages are written to the file and the 'sep' string is written
        in between messages.  Messages are deleted from the queue after
        being written to the file.
        Returns the number of messages saved.
        """
        fp = open(file_name, 'wb')
        n = 0
        m = self.read()
        while m:
            n += 1
            fp.write(m.get_body())
            if sep:
                fp.write(sep)
            self.delete_message(m)
            m = self.read()
        fp.close()
        return n

    def save_to_s3(self, bucket):
        """
        Read all messages from the queue and persist them to S3.
        Messages are stored in the S3 bucket using a naming scheme of:
            <queue_id>/<message_id>
        Messages are deleted from the queue after being saved to S3.
        Returns the number of messages saved.
        """
        n = 0
        m = self.read()
        while m:
            n += 1
            key = bucket.new_key('%s/%s' % (self.id, m.id))
            key.set_contents_from_string(m.get_body())
            self.delete_message(m)
            m = self.read()
        return n

    def load_from_s3(self, bucket, prefix=None):
        """
        Load messages previously saved to S3.
        """
        n = 0
        if prefix:
            prefix = '%s/' % prefix
        else:
            prefix = '%s/' % self.id
        rs = bucket.list(prefix=prefix)
        for key in rs:
            n += 1
            m = self.new_message(key.get_contents_as_string())
            self.write(m)
        return n

    def load(self, file_name, sep='\n'):
        """Utility function to load messages from a file to a queue"""
        fp = open(file_name, 'rb')
        n = 0
        body = ''
        l = fp.readline()
        while l:
            if l == sep:
                m = Message(self, body)
                self.write(m)
                n += 1
                print 'writing message %d' % n
                body = ''
            else:
                body = body + l
            l = fp.readline()
        fp.close()
        return n

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"I can see why he loved this place," I told my wife later as we rode the bus across the arctic tundra into the Kantishna wilderness.
I saw surprise flicker across her face. I hadn't talked about him, our son, for months. Even if we carried it daily in our hearts, we couldn't keep bringing up our loss and our sorrow, could we, I'd said months ago to silence her tears. But now, here in this place, how could I not?
The mountains going up into infinity, the white braided streams running like the plaits he liked to play with on Aunty Jade's head, the silence… It was his type of space. He'd fallen in love with the trout fishing movie A River Runs Through It, our high functioning autistic genius of a son. He'd watched it repeatedly. Then, obsessed by the images, he'd travelled the West and the North in search of its essence. It had been here he had found it, at the foot of Mount Mckinley — Denali, the High One in the local Athabascan tongue. Here…
We left the bus to walk a tundra trail. The High One was on my left but I couldn't see it on this clouded-over midsummer's day. 'It's best viewed in the fall when the sky is clear and blue like ice,' my son had written. 'Then it's so beautiful I stay out all night to look at it.'
Braving the trail with my wife, I tried to imagine those darkling autumn nights: my son sitting in one of them until his body was numbed into unfeeling by the cold. "How someone with an autistic spectrum disorder might like it," we might have worried when we read his letter. But we didn't because he was high functioning, wasn't he? A genius, the people who knew about such things had told us. Someone who didn't have any common sense, we ought to have remembered.
"I wonder if this would be something he saw?" my wife asked, handing me a little stalk of forget-me-nots she'd just stolen from the side of the path.
The tiny flowers were the colour of midnight, with yellow hearts no bigger than grains of sand — how the sky and stars might have seemed to our son, the backdrop to the mountain where the Athabascan gods lived.
My wife and I stopped at a viewpoint to look down at the river running through the valley. It went on for thousands of miles through emptiness I couldn't imagine. I scratched at the moss on the caribou antlers displayed in front of us then picked at the bits collected under the edge of my nails. That dirt under my nails, it was something smaller, a problem I could deal with.
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Canada's First "State of the Nation" Report on Children's Physical Literacy
Results from Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy Findings on More Than 10,000 Children
Ottawa, October 2, 2018 – The results from a large national research project led by the Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (HALO) at the CHEO Research Institute shows that about two-thirds of Canadian children haven't achieved an acceptable level of physical literacy. Physical literacy is more than just fitness or motor skill; it includes the motivation, confidence, physical competence, knowledge and understanding to value and take responsibility for engagement in physical activities for life.
Fourteen articles that looked at different aspects of physical literacy and the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy (CAPL) were published today as a special supplement in the journal BMC Public Health. More than 10,000 children, aged 8 to 12, from 11 cities across the country participated in the study from 2014 to 2017 through the CHEO Research Institute and research partners. Using the CAPL, children were assessed on a number of different areas, such as step counts and questions about daily activities.
The results demonstrate that more needs to be done to ensure Canadian children are physically literate. "We hear about increasing obesity rates in kids, falling rates of physical activity and more time spent in front of screens," said Dr. Mark Tremblay, Senior Scientist at the CHEO Research Institute, Director of HALO and Professor of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa. "Physical literacy looks at different domains in children to give a better overall picture of children's healthy active living and future health. Physically literate children are more active and healthy children, which sets them up for life."
The HALO Research Group has been developing and refining the CAPL for the past 10 years. It's a robust tool that is valid, reliable and feasible and is being used across the country and internationally. The results of this research provide the first comprehensive assessment of the physical literacy of Canadian children.
"Through this project, we provide comprehensive evidence that Canadian children aged 8 to 12 years are not meeting the standards for components of physical literacy," said Dr. Tremblay. "For example, boys and girls across Canada have aerobic fitness levels at the 30th percentile of global norms and only 20% are meeting physical activity guidelines."
"These results show us that more needs to be done," said ParticipACTION President and CEO, Elio Antunes. "Every organization concerned with the well-being of children, whether provincial governments, municipal public health and recreation departments, boards of education and sports or recreation groups, should allocate additional resources to increase children's physical literacy. Additional education campaigns, greater priority in school curricula and increased numbers of physical education specialists could have a real impact in the health of Canada's children."
Findings from this project have led to further refinements of the CAPL and the release of the second edition of this tool, or CAPL-2. "Ensuring that we have the right tools for coaches, educators and parents is an important way to increase physical literacy in Canada," says Dr. Pat Longmuir, Scientist with the CHEO Research Institute, HALO Research Group and Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa. "The CAPL-2 is a shorter, easier to administer series of tests that can be used to assess and monitor physical literacy in Canada. The materials are available in both English and French, free of charge at www.capl-eclp.ca."
This research study was made possible in part with support from the RBC Learn to Play Project, an initiative funded by RBC and the Public Health Agency of Canada and delivered in partnership with ParticipACTION, with additional support from Mitacs.
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Diu, Indian Union Territory
Diu cannot just be called a place of beaches and people but is also a place of historical wonder.
History of Diu
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Diu, with its Portuguese feel and touch, emerges a serene place, the folk chatting their hearts out by the beach and sea breeze. Time appears to have just stalled here, with its old world charm, rendering Diu its characteristic feel, distinct from Goa- of which it was once a part. Diu is located in the union territory of Daman and Diu, withy its geographical co-ordinates as 20° 47' 0" North, 70° 42' 0" East.
History - Goa, Daman and Diu were Portuguese possessions in India for approximately 450 years, before they were freed on December 19, 1961, during Operation Vijay. In 1962, they were comprised into a Union Territory until May 30, 1987, when Goa was picked as a separate state, leaving Daman and Diu as one Union territory.
According to the Gazetteer of Goa, Diu had been ruled by several kings and dynasties mentioned in the Puranas. According to mythology, the Pandavas, during their 14 years in exile, had dwelled for a few days at a place called Mani Nagar (Diu), which was under the Yadavas headed by Krishna Vasudev. The Mahabharata speaks that King Jallandhar, a 'daitya' (demon) who was ultimately exterminated by Lord Vishnu, ruled Diu. Hence, Diu possesses the ancient name of Jallandhar Kshetra. Even these days, Diu has a temple by the name Jallandhar.
There is more validation that Diu was a coastal settlement in the 4th century, on the route to Gulf of Cambay (ancient Kambhat), another maritime centre. In the 16th century, when maritime trade was at its crest, Bahadur Shah, the Sultan of Gujarat, made Diu the headquarters of Gujarat Navy. He was, however, unable to retain possession of it. The Portuguese entered Diu in 1535, when Governor Nuno da Cunha built a fort in Diu and nurtured his armoury. It became a Portuguese custody 11 years later, when Governor Joao de Castro usurped it.
Diu being an island, enjoys maritime climatic conditions, with constant sea breezes affecting its temperature fluctuation. With a simple topography, the weather stays dry, though pleasing all through the year. During summers, the climate ranges between a maximum of 36° and a minimum of 20°. Nonetheless, during winters, it drops to a maximum of 26° and the minimum temperature stays approximately 20°. Diu receives an average annual rainfall of approximately 540 mms.
By Air - The closest international and domestic airport is Mumbai, only 193km away. All major airlines manoeuvre daily flights to and from Mumbai.
By Rail - Vapi, the closest railhead is just 12km away. Mumbai and Ahmedabad are two substantial Railway Stations under Western Railways, near to Daman.
By Road - National Highway No. 8 links Daman by motorable road with Ahmedabad (367 Km), Mumbai (193 Km), Vadodara (300 Km).
Tourist Office - The government tourist office is located at-
Information Assistant,
Department of Tourism,
Diu- 362520.
There are several options in hotels and resorts in and around Diu - from three-star to the economical category within the town and on the beaches, with most featuring their own restaurant and bar. The one place one needs to check out if one wishes to loosen up is Resort Hoka, 8 km from Diu. Surrounded by the picturesque Hoka branching palms, it is a tiny resort that satisfactorily accommodates every budget and is very close to the Nagoa Beach. Started by the young Aditya Dogra, who kick-started his corporate job to settle down here with a humble 10-room hotel, the resort's rooms are plain, yet tastefully designed and each has a private verandah.
One can also stay in a villa-style guest room at Radhika Beach Resort at Nagoa, an admired horseshoe-shaped beach that is safe for swimming. Hotel Kohinoor owns a restaurant, coffee shop and bar. Hotel Triveni near the Sports Ground at Naida Road provides a bar and restaurant as well as a travel desk. Hotel Prince at the Main Bazaar near the Old Feast Market possesses room and laundry service.
Tourists Spots In Diu: With its pack of mystical churches, lighthouses and forts, legend seems to abound in every corner in Diu. Every person has a different story to say, about the overwhelming, lofty and colossal structures in and around the vicinity if Diu. They are a must visit for every tourer, inquisitive about the history and grandness of these builds.
It goes without saying that seafood, preferably on the beach, is a must in Diu. The place also offers great deal of Goan and Portuguese fare. There are various places to experiment these out. Bon Appetite restaurant, opposite St Paul's Church offers an assortment of Goan and Portuguese cuisine, but orders need to be placed beforehand. The place is better known as Fatima D'Souza's Restaurant. Though Nagoa Beach has numerous restaurants and eating jaunts overlooking the beach, Resort Hoka is one of the few garden restaurants here. It has a bar and offers brilliant seafood (even though the menu is limited). The best part of Hoka is its food - refreshing and home cooked. One needs to order in advance. Another option is Dubchik (an enjoyable place to have a drink when not crammed full). Jardin D'Hoka, opposite Casa Ana in Firangiwada area, is advocated for breakfast and brunch sessions. They prepare their own jam, while their seared tuna and rice, corned fritters and poached eggs on toast are appetising and a must-try. A pleasurable garden restaurant, it is also a good meeting place. The restaurant stays open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Shopping In Diu
Diu at one time was legendary for its ivory carvings, but ever since merchantry in ivory was prohibited, the art of carving appears to have died with it. Instead, items made of tortoise shell are well admired now. However, it is ardently requested to desist from buying these to protect earth's eco-system. Diu's nearness to the sea guarantees that it has loads of decorative manufactured out of shells. One can choose these and a few handicrafts at the local markets. But as the locals themselves signalise, there is not much to shop in Diu.
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Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton, compares the Tea Party to a conspiracy "to undermine the government of the United States." When people like Reich make extreme comparisons, you know they've lost the argument. All they can do is pull the racist, homophobe, sexist, Nazi, and extremism cards from the bottom of the deck and try to play them as a legitimate hand.
The Tea Party's goal is not to subvert the Constitution, which is the goal of Reich and his fellow-liberals, but to insure that those elected to office and took an oath to uphold the Constitution legislate in terms of the limitations of the Constitution and do no more than that.
"Imagine a plot to undermine the government of the United States, to destroy much of its capacity to do the public's business, and to sow distrust among the population.
"Imagine further that the plotters infiltrate Congress and state governments, reshape their districts to give them disproportionate influence in Washington, and use the media to spread big lies about the government.
This is a perfect description of what liberals have been doing for decades.
But let's get to the real point. Is it wrong to oppose the government when it violates the Constitution? Is it wrong to oppose the government when it spends the nation into debt? Is it wrong to oppose elected officials when they will not curtail spending? Is it wrong to work against policies that take more of our money in taxes? Is it wrong to work within the system to stop the implementation of a government mandated healthcare system? Is it wrong to fix what's broken? No!
There's no conspiracy. The Tea Party has been very open about what it wants to do, and the whole world knows it. The Tea Party has used the electoral process to implement their constitutional agenda. Reich is upset because the force of his liberal argument is losing credibility.
What would Reich have written in the lead up to the rise of Adolf Hitler and his implementation of his blood-thirsty Third Reich? Would it have been wrong — considered to be a 'conspiracy' by the powers that be — to gain political influence to overrule the tyranny that was about to be unleashed on the German people and the rest of Europe and beyond?
What should we make of Poland's Solidarity movement? How about the "conspiracy" to end apartheid in South Africa or even the Civil Rights Movement in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s?
What were liberals doing during the Bush Administration? They opposed George Bush at every turn, and so did a lot of conservatives. In fact, for four years President Obama blamed everything on George Bush.
There's more in Reich's article that needs to be addressed. I put it in the same category as those who wrote articles defending the former Soviet Union. Reich is a "useful Idiot," a propagandist being used by Obama to help him destroy America.


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How does the Insidious Extra interact with the Weaken Power?
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I've been playing around with the Weaken Power and trying to find its best application. As of right now, I think it's in Weaken Senses. Almost every enhancement in Senses requires 1 rank at 1 point per rank and an unaugmented human has 11 or 12 ranks in senses (Acute, Accurate, Ranged vision/Acute, Radius, Ranged auditory/Radius olfactory/Accurate, Radius tactile/Close mental); with all this in mind, there would be virtually no situation where this wouldn't be useful. However, I've also been experimenting with placing extras on Weaken; the one that caught my attention was Insidious, which prevents targets from understanding what exactly happened to them. My concern with this is whether or not this application of Weaken automatically violates Insidious's "feels fine until some deficiency makes it apparent that they are weaker" condition.
As such, Can Weaken Senses benefit from the Insidious Extra? If not, what do I need to do to have it benefit from Insidious?
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Yes, Weaken can be Insidious
The Insidious modifier can be added to any power, though the Descriptors may require some thought and revision to make sense.
Keeping in mind the Insidious description:
This modifier is similar to the Subtle modifier (later in this section), except Insidious makes the result of an effect harder to detect rather than the effect itself. For example, a target suffering from Insidious Damage isn't even aware he's been damaged. Someone affected by an Insidious Weaken feels fine until some deficiency makes it obvious that he's weaker, and so forth. A target of an Insidious effect may remain unaware of the danger until it's too late!
An Insidious effect is detectable either by a DC 20 skill check (usually Perception, although skills like Expertise, Insight, or Treatment may apply in other cases) or a particular unusual sense, such as an Insidious magical effect noticeable by Detect Magic or Magical Awareness.
Note that Insidious does not make the effect itself harder to notice; apply the Subtle modifier for that. So it is possible for an active Insidious effect to be noticeable: the target can perceive the use of the effect, but not its results: the effect appears "harmless" or doesn't seem to "do anything" since the target cannot detect the results.
How would Insidious work on Weaken Senses?
Like any Insidious effect, the results are not apparent until the failure becomes obvious. For a Sense power, that's when it becomes obvious that the character failed to detect something they normally detect.
The Senses power is an extension of normal sensory input. That's what the related "Under the Hood" sidebar is about.
People and characters ignore much of their sensory information all the time, focusing on current tasks or sensory changes. An easy example: remember what your mouth tastes like, or what your skin smells like.
Without a prompt, information like that doesn't come to conscious (i.e. obvious) attention unless it changes. If you cut your cheek and start tasting blood or get dirty and notice the new smell of your skin then you pay attention, otherwise you ignore that data. The same is going to be true for a character with the Radio sense or Accurate vision or Darkvision - unless the situation is actively drawing attention to that sensory power, the character is almost certainly focusing on other inputs and issues for at least some time. And when they start using it, it seems to be working fine - this person must simply be concealed from it! Because invisible foes are much more likely than your own powers failing; the latter has yet to happen but the former has happened five times that you know of.
There are a few Descriptors where that doesn't work. (A malfunctioning technological display, that automatically gives the precise range to anything aligned with the targeting reticle, will be easily noticed by the operator.) Which is why GM adjudication is so important, and foundational, in the Mutants & Masterminds rules.
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When you enjoy, drag and go down the video from the sneak peek window into the timeline at the end of the display. Click the timeline and scrub via the video until you locate the factor where you desire it to begin. Click the Split at Playhead switch (it appears like a tiny rectangular shape separated by a populated line), after that right-click the part of the video you wish to remove and also select 'Clear'. Do the very same to prune completion of the clip.
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We are starting off with a challenge with it being the week of 4th of July. My family has a get together every year and of course it is BBQ with all the trimmings and lots of desserts. I have a cousin who tries to make the most delectable bad for you desserts possible. Last year it was a cake that started with ice cream sandwiches on the bottom and I think also contained oreo cookies. At one time my mouth would water over that but not so much now. My tastes have really changed over the years and that is entirely way too sweet for me now! All we can do is go in prepared that there is going to be temptation readily available there and hopefully with a united front we can overcome those obstacles. I am going to do some research and make something healthy/Paleo friendly to take so there is at least one think there we can eat!
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constexpr std::size_t test_count = 500;

template <typename InputIt, typename OutputIt>
std::pair<InputIt, OutputIt> sliding_average(InputIt first, InputIt last,
                                             const typename std::iterator_traits<InputIt>::difference_type window_length,
                                             OutputIt d_first)
{
    using value_type = typename std::iterator_traits<InputIt>::value_type;
    auto divide = [&window_length](const value_type& value) {
        return value / window_length;
    };

    auto iterator = shino::transformer(divide, d_first);

    auto result = shino::sliding_window(first, last, iterator, window_length);

    return std::make_pair(result.first, result.second.internal_iterator());
}

template <typename T>
std::vector<T> slow_sliding_average(const std::vector<T>& input, std::size_t window_length)
{
    auto head = std::next(input.begin(), static_cast<int>(window_length)); //intentional cast
    auto tail = input.begin();

    std::vector<T> output(input.size() - window_length + 1);
    auto d_first = output.begin();

    while (head != input.end())
    {
        *d_first++ = shino::average(tail++, head++);
    }
    *d_first = shino::average(tail, head);

    return output;
}

template <typename T = int>
std::vector<T> generate_vector(std::size_t size)
{
    std::vector<T> v(size);

    static shino::random_int_generator<> gen;
    gen(v.begin(), v.end());

    return v;
}

void sliding_average_test(std::size_t size, std::size_t window_length)
{
    if (size < window_length)
    {
        std::cerr << "Generator is working incorrectly: "
                "window length matches or exceeds "
                "size of the vector\n";
        throw std::exception();
    }

    auto input = generate_vector(size);

    auto slow_sliding_average_result = slow_sliding_average(input, window_length);

    std::vector<int> sliding_average_result(input.size() - window_length + 1);
    using difference_type = std::iterator_traits<std::vector<int>::iterator>::difference_type;
    sliding_average(input.begin(), input.end(), static_cast<difference_type>(window_length),
                    sliding_average_result.begin());

    if (sliding_average_result != slow_sliding_average_result)
    {
        std::cerr << "sliding average test: answers from slow and usual version "
                "don't match\n";
        throw std::exception();
    }
}

void run_tests()
{
    shino::random_int_generator<std::size_t> size_gen(100, 10'000);
    shino::random_int_generator<std::size_t> window_length_gen(1, 10);

    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < test_count; ++i)
    {
        sliding_average_test(size_gen(), window_length_gen());
    }
}

int main()
{
    run_tests();
}


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