New Years Day, Start of a New Bird List!
I enjoyed the mild winter day with a trip to Aurora Reservoir (Arapahoe County). Winds were calm and temperatures reached into the 50s.
When I arrived at the east end of the dam at 1:20 pm, many gulls were less than 20 feet below. The gulls in this group included the Iceland Gull, an adult & 1st cycle Thayer's Gulls, a 1st cycle Mew Gull, Herring Gulls, California Gull & Ring-billed Gulls. Hopefully photos of the Iceland Gull will come out well?
Farther out (quite far south) on another ice shelf, I saw a Glaucous Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull.
At the western end of the dam, the many gulls included the Slaty-backed Gull and another Thayer's Gull.
Several Common Goldeneyes, American Coots and a Common Merganser swam around the open water.
When I returned to the eastern end of the dam, the Iceland Gull was still there (farther south of dam, 20 yards or so).
Most gulls took off for DADS (Denver Arapahoe Disposal Site) around 3:00 pm.
Next, I drove over to Rocky Mountain Arsenal (Adams) and stayed until 5:55 pm (they closed at 6:00 pm).
All of Lake Ladora and most of Lower Derby Lake were ice covered. A few Hooded Mergansers and Common Mergansers, American Coots and several Common Goldeneyes were in a small opening of water at Lower Derby.
About 20 minutes before sunset (5:16 pm), I scoped the eastern hills looking unsuccessfully for Short-eared Owls.
On the way between Lake Ladora and Governor's Row, a Great Horned Owl was observed on one of the telephone poles around the Contact Station.
With limited time, I spent 15 minutes at the Governor's Row area. Hundreds of Black-billed Magpies swarmed the area. Recordings of Long-eared Owls and Barn Owls were played. I did hear (only) one Long-eared Owl.
What a pleasant winter evening and a great way to end this fantastic day. Hundreds of White tailed Deer roamed the hills east of Lake Ladora. Dozens of Mule Deer were to the southwest of Ladora. The only sounds were the "rek rek rek rek" of the Black-billed Magpies (and one briefly crying Long-eared Owl).
I had to get out a bird a little bit in spite the snowfall. When I arrived at Aurora Reservoir (Arapahoe County), visibility was limited by snow and fog.
Most gulls were on the ice edge that was quite far from the dam. I had to hike about 3/4 mile to the northwest end of the dam to get any look at the gulls.
I could pick out a Glaucous Gull among 100s of Ring-billed Gulls. No Black backed Gulls were out there. Thayer's Gulls and Iceland Gulls would have required a much better view to identify.
A Northern Harrier flew across the road as I drove through the DIA Owl Loop. Again, visibility was limited. Roads were starting to get a coating of ice.
Richard Stevens and I after not finding the Riverside Reservoir Snowy Owl for the second day in a row went looking for the Barr Lake Rusty Blackbirds.
While we did not find them below the dam, we did see a Winter Wren and two Long eared Owls at separate locations.
Ferruginous, Rough legged, and Red tailed Hawks were along the DIA Owl loop.
Winds were steady at 24 mph, gusts to 32 mph. We saw little hope in finding a Short eared Owl.
After hunting of the Snowy Owl early Saturday (1/25) morning, I went to Highlands Ranch, Jefferson County. I stood scoping the backyard from 3:30 pm to 5:15 pm. The previously reported Pine Warbler never made an appearance.
It was a superb winter's day with calm winds and temperatures close to 60 degrees. The experience was quite enjoyable. Fourteen Black-capped Chickadees were seen at one time. Several times, Black-capped Chickadees were on a suet ball just four feet from my head. They are such an interesting bird to watch!
Many House Finches visited the various feeders. A Northern Flicker came by several times. Of course had a pair of Eurasian Collared-Dove that appear just about everywhere in Colorado now.
A Sharp-shinned Hawk flew into a nearby Ponderosa Pine (could be Scotch Pine) on two occasions. This may have kept bird numbers down? Perhaps the Pine Warbler stayed away for the same reason?
Instead of standing in the backyard, park 0.1 mile south of East Blackhawk Circle and South Prairie Falcon Creek Drive. Walk west on the Big Dry Creek Trail for a hundred yards and watch feeders from there.
What ungodly noise is that?
The phone call was from Bryan, am I going to make our rendezvous?
Yesterday (Saturday), Richard Stevens, Bryan Ehlmann and I went on an adventure.
A search for the Loch Ness Monster?
Big foot, although I heard it was shot last week?
A Snowy Owl in Colorado?
A Snowy Owl it was.
It was pitch black in the cloudy night at 4:30 am.
Not even a glimpse of the sliver of waning moon was seen.
The tires rattled along the cracks in the highway.
Hey guys, doesn't this demon heat up more in the backseat?
Later gravel crunching under the tires filled the air.
A heavy fog barely visible.
A Great Horned Owl called in the cottonwoods.
Guess we disturbed him also.
Soon the sky brighten slightly in the east.
The frost covered grasses barely seen swaying in the wind.
Many white clumps of snow remaining from recent storms looked like a Snowy Owl.
As it got lighter, we stopped many times to scope the rolling hills.
Steady winds shook our tripods.
Hundreds of snow clumps, no Snowy Owl.
Hundreds of light brown birds, now and then flashing yellow, Horned Larks!
Now and then the yell, darker brown bird with whitish tail, Lapland Longspur.
Not as loud, guys, lack of sleep has put my senses on edge.
We drove up and down the county road for hours.
In and out of the car, still no Snowy Owl.
Finally we ran out of roads and decided to head for home.
5:20 am now, my warm bed beckons.
My wife keeping it toasty.
Sorry guys, go on without me, may you find the Snowy Owl.
Who would read it, all should be asleep.
We hit several birding locations in Sedgwick County today. Winds were down to 14 mph, gusts to 17 mph; temperatures were in the middle 50s.
A male Northern Cardinal was singing in Julesburg Wildlife Area (as we stood on the County Road 29 Bridge).
Ovid Sewage Ponds area had many sparrows. A Harris's Sparrow & White-throated Sparrow were picked out of four dozen+ White-crowned Sparrows.
While we did not see it today, a young male Purple Finch is coming to feeders in Ovid. Now and then, it will be seen in the northern Ovid Woods. A Brown Thrasher has been wintering in the southern Ovid Woods.
Once back in Denver, I checked out Cherry Creek Reservoir (Arapahoe) late in the afternoon. Most of the gulls were in the center of the reservoir (I did not have my scope). A dark Gull looked like an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull.
Most of northeastern Colorado was hit with an inch or so of snow. It made for a slow birding day.
I took my friend with his leg still in a cast (cannot drive) around to visit his neighbors. While Roger visited, I checked out the windbreaks. Long-eared Owls are doing well in northeastern Colorado. My count at three locations: 2-2-8.
Winds had "died down" relative to the last few days. Anemometer readings steady at 16 mph, gusts to 23 mph, however, temperatures were 20 degrees cooler today (high around 39 degrees).
Roger Danka and took a drive around Phillips County to get him out of the house. His broken leg is taking a long time to heal.
We stopped at Sand Draw Wildlife Area. A few White-crowned Sparrows flew around the southwestern windbreak. No Harris's Sparrows this trip, the highlight was a Barn Owl in the northwestern section of the windbreak.
While driving by several rather dry cattail marshes in the county (no Eastern Meadowlarks) Lapland Longspurs were found mixed in with flocks of Horned Larks. Most were near County Roads 61 & 26 and 59 & 30.
I walked part of the S. Platte River at the Pony Express Wildlife Area (Roger limped around the car). A male Red-bellied Woodpecker worked the cottonwoods (stripped of much of the understory by this summers floods).
At dusk, we sat along the eastern side of the southern section of Tamarack Ranch Wildlife Area (Logan County). I walked about a mile west into the property. No Greater Prairie-Chickens or Short-eared Owls appeared tonight.
The Eastern Screech-Owl called at Jumbo Reservoir (Logan/Sedgwick) about an hour after civil twilight.
It was an interesting day in Northeastern Colorado. Winds were steady at 36 mph with gusts to 41 mph. Holding binoculars steady to see anything half a football field away was quite a chore.
We walked the southern section of Tamarack Ranch Wildlife Area (Logan County) at daybreak. No Greater Prairie-Chickens came into view. Nothing was flying around in the high winds; we missed Short-eared Owls.
The wind made for a short day; we did stop at Julesburg Wayside Rest Stop where in previous years Eastern Towhees and Common Ground-doves have been reported in past years. Neither was found today. A brilliant red male Northern Cardinal brighten up the cottonwoods along the South Platte River.
From there, we headed for shelter from the winds and helped our friend with chores. A day or two of ranch work is fine, would not want to do it all the time.
Up in northeastern Colorado to help a wounded (broke leg) friend with chores, Anemometer readings were steady at 21 mph, gusts to 34 mph.
A quick drive to Jumbo Reservoir (Logan/Sedgwick Counties) in the morning had found a Lesser Black-backed Gull and Thayer's Gull along the southeastern edge. When they flew up into the wind, they hovered one place.
Watching White-cheeked Geese and White Geese try and fly north was interesting. It took much effort for them to fly to the fields north of the reservoir to eat.
One of the resident Eastern Screech-Owls called without any incitation.
Two Eastern Screech-Owls called on Roger Danka's ranch at dusk. Many sparrows visited his feeders (although none was uncommon-Fox Sparrow or Harris's Sparrow).
We headed to northeastern Colorado to visit a friend's ranch. Winds indicated things to come. Anemometer readings were 12+ mph, gusts to 21 mph. The winds brought warm temperatures, however they are not always beneficial to birding success.
We found Long-eared Owls and one of the resident Eastern Screech-Owls at Jackson Reservoir (Morgan).
The previously reported Winter Wren and Rusty Blackbirds could not be found at Boyd Ponds. Feeders around Log Lane Village were empty of seeds and birds.
We drove the western section of Tamarack Ranch Wildlife Area (Logan) and found no birds. Two Red-bellied Woodpeckers were observed from the highway 55 bridge over the South Platte River.
At dusk, an Eastern Screech-Owl called from the eastern sections (6-7E).
Bryan and I set off for a couple of days of owling and winter camping in the mountains west of Denver. Eventually we planned to camp out on Guanella Pass and hoped for weaker winds than the attempt last week.
On the trip up, we found a Northern Pygmy-Owl along highway 67 (Douglas County). This perhaps was the same owl found a few days earlier by Glenn Walbek and company.
We camped at Handcart Campgrounds along Guanella Pass Road (Park County). The first three Campgrounds west of Grant are good places to search for Northern Saw-whet Owls (probably in spring through late fall is better time).
We set up our three "owl listening stations" (none of which caught any sounds). We did hear a Great Horned Owl calling after civil twilight.
Today Bryan and I made the long hike from the Guanella Pass trailhead toward the top of the pass (Park County). There are shorter routes to the top of Mt. Bierstadt. However, our goal was searching for wintering owls and not a summit.
Therefore, we chose to snowshoe the Scott Gomer Pack Trail from 5 miles south of the summit (through the forest). This offers an 8 mile trail around Geneva Mountain that ends at the Guanella Pass parking area.
While we did not expect any Northern Saw-whet Owls, a Northern Pygmy-Owl or perhaps a Boreal Owl was a possibility (slim).
The morning was bright with sunshine and winds 18 mph (weak for this part of Colorado). Warmer temperatures offered low 40 degrees during the day and double digit temperatures at night. In preparation, we carry Mt Everest type mountain gear and avalanche beacons (although from experience, I know that this route offers little danger of avalanches).
Our biggest concern is keeping equipment (owl listening stations and cameras) from any low temperature damage. We made the trek without any alarming incident.
Highlights were several flocks of Red Crossbills (unfortunately, no White-winged Crossbills), six Pine Grosbeaks, several flocks of Pine Siskins, Mountain Chickadees and a male American Three-toed Woodpecker.
We set up camp, using one of the restrooms as a windbreak. Winds measured 18 mph, gusts to 31 mph (last week winds blew off the 66 mph range of my anemometer.
We again woke up to sunny skies and winds less than 20 mph. As we circled back around Geneva Mountain, a flock of 31 White-tailed Ptarmigan was found above us on the south-southeast side of Geneva Mountain!
I had to look it up; my high count for White-tailed Ptarmigan here was 74 birds in 2001 and 66 birds in 2006.
We enjoyed the snowshoe trip back to our jeep (mostly downhill). Again, Red Crossbills, Pine Grosbeaks and a lone male American Three-toed Woodpecker kept our interest.
No owls were found during the last two days.
Our plan to go owling once back at Grand (Highway 285) was aborted when high winds with much snow was predicted in the afternoon (this did happen, 40+ mph winds and almost a foot of snow fell late afternoon into the next day).
Rebecca Kosten and I drove around Adams County in the afternoon. Winds were 12+ mph, gusts to 27 mph. High temperature was 53; it felt quite cold.
A quick stop at the Sprat-Platte Lakes area was not "quick". It took longer than expected to relocate the White-winged Scoter. Much of the ice cover has melted and the scoter and many ducks were far from the western shore.
Two Bald Eagles stood on the ice at the far eastern shore. All three male mergansers were found. The male Red-breasted Merganser was quite colorful.
Later we drove north of DIA and searched unsuccessfully for Lapland Longspurs (some were reported yesterday near Haynesmount Road and 120th avenue).
We saw two Ferruginous Hawks, a pair of American Kestrels, seven Red-tailed Hawks, two Rough-legged Hawks, five Northern Harriers and one Prairie Falcon (missed Short-eared Owls).
Another fantastic Colorado winter sunset lit up the sky with "flames".
Winds were relatively mild this afternoon (8 mph, gusts to 12 mph). High temperature was only 43 degrees (still better than most of the US is seeing).
Rebecca Kosten and I went for a drive and chose Rocky Mountain Arsenal (Adams County). We expected few birds but went to see the Bison. Today 48 Bison were 10 yards from 72nd avenue.
Birds were few as expected. No Bald Eagles and only one Red-tailed Hawk were east of Lake Ladora (along E. 64th Avenue).
The highlight was a Long-eared Owl in the fir trees behind the Contact Station. After sitting and watching the bison along 72nd avenue (under one of Colorado's spectacular sunsets), we returned to the Governor's Row area. One Long-eared Owl called from the New Mexico Locust trees.
I was at Aurora Reservoir (Arapahoe County) today from 2:04 pm to 4:40 pm. While I was parked at the east end of the dam, eventually I walked to the western side and sat for two hours at the dam where the steps turn into rough, non stepped concrete. Winds were 16 mph above the dam, but quite calm at the lowest step just above the water. The hundreds of gulls were quite close and ignored me. Over 350 photos were taken which need to be examined.
Probably the worse time to arrive would have been 60 minutes before sunset (4:58pm). 75+ percent of the gulls took off and flew toward DADS (Denver Arapahoe Disposal Site). I did not stay until dark (around 5:30 pm) to see if they returned).
Slaty backed Gull. sat in one position for 1.5 hours, and then took off toward DADS. I wanted to get a look at the wingtips in flight. They looked quite good for a Slaty backed Gull.
Iceland Gull: at least one 2nd cycle. A possible second was mostly hidden by other gulls. When they took off, I was more interested in the Slaty backed Gull.
When I initially popped up over the dam (from the parking area), a Ross's Goose was among 2000+ White-cheeked Geese. They flew northeast to feed somewhere.
Bryan Ehlmann and I headed north to Boulder County to be up some first year (2014) birds. Winds were terrible today (increased as the day continued, at times 26 mph, gusts to 38 mph).
The Golden-crowned Sparrow was in the windbreak around the parking area for Teller Lake # 5. The Swamp Sparrow reported by Ted Floyd south along the trail was not relocated.
We scoped Valmont Reservoir from Legion Park (off Arapahoe Road). The Tundra Swan was still there (since 12/8). An adult Lesser Black-backed Gull flew by and headed north.
We searched for the Swamp Sparrow at Walden Ponds (Cottonwood Marsh area) without success.
No longspurs or the Snow Bunting could be found along Lookout Road (west or east of 95th avenue).
Our trek continued north. No uncommon gulls were found at Carter Lake or Lake Loveland (Larimer County). Winds continued to get worse and we abandoned foothills lakes and decided to end our birding day at Wellington Wildlife Area (Larimer).
No one has reported Short-eared Owls there this winter; we thought to check that area out. A Great Horned Owl was found south of Larimer County Road 64.
A Long-eared Owl was found in one of the windbreaks. We stood at the CR 3 parking area at dusk and observed a Short-eared Owl flying over the windbreak west of CR 3.
In the afternoon I found time to drive over to the Sprat-Platte Lake area. The previously reported White-winged Scoter was on the gravel pond northeast of 100th avenue and McKay Road. I scoped the lakes to the south and west; nothing uncommon was observed.
At dusk a drive along the DIA Owl Loop (Adams County) did not find any Short-eared Owls.
Bryan Ehlmann and I wanted to test some camping equipment and decided on Guanella Pass. Winds for the next two days were 14+ mph, gusts 30+ mph (except the Summit).
A Northern Pygmy-Owl was found at one of the Campgrounds along Guanella Pass Road (Park County, location to remain unnamed).
Eventually we abandoned our vehicle for snowshoes and continued to the summit. We are quite familiar with the area and road and were comfortable continuing the trip into dark. Winds continued and snow starting falling. As stated on previous trips, we always carry avalanche beacons in winter. There are few places of avalanche danger along the southern route to the Guanella Pass summit (previous knowledge is recommended).
The next morning we woke to fresh snow, winds 50+ mph and partly sunny skies. ("Woke": if we fell asleep, the high winds made it sound like we were camped next to the running freight train). Chance was good to us; a pair of White-tailed Ptarmigan was found on the hillside southeast of the upper parking area.
At times anemometer readings went off the chart (only measures to 66 mph). Holding binoculars steady was quite a chore. When we observed a storm front moving in from the west, the plan to stay another night (including hiking down to Guanella pass Campgrounds) was abandoned.
We made a rapid pace to get the heck out of there. It was snowing quite heavy by the time we reached highway 285. Our plans to continue owling in Park and Douglas Counties were also deserted and we steered for home.
Another cold, partly sunny winter day, the high temperature did not reach 45 degrees; winds were measured at 8 mph, gusts to 15 mph. After spending most of the day catching up on paperwork, Rebecca and I drove the DIA Owl Loop (Adams County). A Snow Bunting or Snowy Owl would have been a great find.
Our biggest surprise was the lack of birds. In past years, we would see hundreds, even thousands of Horned Larks flying back and forth across the road. Today we ran into one flock of 20-25 Horned Larks along Trussville Road. I hope that the Horned Larks are wintering somewhere else (and not deeply decreased in numbers across the US).
The highlight was a Golden Eagle near the prairie dog town at 3.4 miles east of Tower Road and 96th Avenue.
Three Rough-legged Hawks, two Red-tailed Hawks, a pair of American Kestrels were the total of raptors. No Short-eared Owls appeared tonight.
I have long wondered if Dark-eyed Juncos can see better than other small passerines. We have a spotlight that shines over our back deck and throw out seed each night so that birds have food at sunrise.
At 4:00 am on two recent mornings, I noticed a flock of 60+ Dark-eyed Juncos eating seeds for about 30 minutes on the lit porch. The next morning, I kept the porch light off. The Dark-eyed Juncos did not come to eat until about 6:30 am when civil twilight reflecting off the snow made it visible enough for me to watch them (for them to see?).
The next morning with porch light on, they returned at 4:11 am gobbled up the seed.
House Sparrows and House Finches do not come by until almost sunrise or well after on most mornings.
So do Dark-eyed Juncos have better eyesight? They do live in darker habitats/woods and kick around for food under evergreen trees blocking sunlight. Have they adapted for this? It is worth doing some research when time permits.
Bryan Ehlmann and I went searching for owls in Douglas County today. It was another cold winter day as the high was not much more than 32 degrees. Winds were calm most of the day.
We drove around Chatfield Reservoir (Jefferson) and found the wintering Brant in the western Campgrounds. A quick stop at South Platte Park Reservoir (Arapahoe) found the three Long-tailed Ducks swimming quite far from the shore.
Another detour to Red Rocks Park (Jefferson) added the Golden-crowned Sparrow to Bryan's year list. The White-throated Sparrow unfortunately did not appear.
Next, we walked around Pine Valley Ranch Park (Jefferson) and searched for American Three-toed Woodpeckers and Northern Pygmy-Owls. Neither was found.
Then we headed to Cheesman Reservoir (Douglas). Regrettably, no owls or woodpeckers were found. The snow-covered roads were not the greatest to drive. We ended our trip at highway 67 and Rampart Range Road. Again, the resident American Three-toed Woodpecker(s) and owls were missed.
Rebecca and I skipped a trip to Aurora Reservoir today. Overnight snow made roads quite slippery. Instead, we chose roads less traveled by the many cars rushing/sliding around the city and drove to a friend's home in the country near Prospect Valley (Weld County).
A friendly bribe of food and we watched the playoff games (my favorite bribes-food or a bird field guide, although once a Plant Field Guide worked just fine).
At halftime, Jim and I trudged through several inches of snow and put a scope on one of the pair of Long-eared Owls that have found the windbreak around his ranch a suitable home.
My two football teams both lost and I was glad I am not a betting man.
After a snowy morning with single digit temperatures, I returned to Aurora Reservoir hoping for a photo of the "Slaty-backed Gull".
Fog hung over the reservoir this afternoon reducing visibility to not much more than 100 yards. The gulls along the swim beach were much easier to see. A Glaucous Gull, several Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 3+ Thayer's Gulls were the easier gulls to Identify.
The adult Slaty-backed Gull did not show up this afternoon. Two interesting but difficult to ID gulls were in the mixed with dozens of Ring-billed Gulls and few Herring Gulls and one California Gull.
A possible Glaucous-winged Gull hunkered down among the hundreds of gulls. Another strange looking Gull was "called" a possible 1st cycle Slaty-backed Gull by Nick Komar.
I digiscoped the line of gulls for future inspection and headed to Quincy Reservoir as the gulls all took off around sunset and flew west. I was hoping to discover where they spent the night. It was not Quincy Reservoir; the only birds there were White-cheeked Geese and American Coots.
It was too dark to check nearby Cherry Creek Reservoir; perhaps that is where they roost for the night?
I joined Chris Summers and we headed to Loveland Pass (Clear Creek County). A quick stop at Red Rocks Park (Jefferson) found the wintering Golden-crowned Sparrow. The previously reported White-throated Sparrow did not appear for us.
Today may have been the longest and most strenuous White-tailed Ptarmigan search which I was ever involved. Not finding any Ptarmigan from highway 6, we put on snowshoes and made several treks.
Eventually we would walk the eastern side of Loveland Pass down to the first pullover on the west side of the road (a steep traverse of about a mile in deep snow). Then we zigzagged back 1.6 miles on the east and west sides of the highway back to the top of the pass (again missing any of the elusive white birds on the white snow).
A hike about 0.5 miles up the western trail along the continental divide also was unsuccessful (this trail is quite steep and starting at 11,990 feet). It is quite a trek for anyone and especially flatlander Chris and tired old me.
The break for a late lunch was welcomed for both of us. With an hour before sunset, we again set up the western trail. According to my GPS, we pulled ourselves 0.755 miles up the trail before I spotted a pair of Ptarmigan perhaps 12 feet south of the trail.
(Shouts of exhausted joy!). The trip back to our car was arduous in spite of joyfully being mostly downhill.
Our depleted legs made the decision not to hike several miles around Montezuma for owls an easy choice.
I made it out to Aurora Reservoir this morning. Nothing uncommon was at the swim beach area so I walked the dam. Several Snow Geese, a Ross's Goose and Greater White-fronted Goose were below. Most of the gulls were too far away to identify (looking into the sun).
A return to the swim beach cove did not find any uncommon birds. A Black Scoter way off near the distant shoreline caught my attention. Then I went to lunch. After lunch, a return to the swim beach was productive.
This time the gulls there included a Great Black-backed Gull, three Lesser Black-backed Gulls and two Thayer's Gulls.
I moved to the picnic area north of the swim beach. While searching for the Black Scoter I noticed the Gull being reported as an adult Slaty-backed Gull swimming in cove that was not visible while I was standing farther south.
A brand new year and new year bird list, always a great reason to get up early and bird throughout the day!
I drove over to Cameron Pass (Jackson County) just before midnight. At 12:02 am, my first bird of 2014 was a Boreal Owl sighting. A quick look with my spotlight and I will not put them through that until next year. Hearing them is always a pleasure; it is not necessary to see them each trip.
We returned to Denver after seeing 30+ Rosy Finches at the Colorado State Forest Visitor's Center and another 800+ at a friend's nearby ranch! Traffic after the holidays is ridiculous along I70 and we rushed back well before noon.
On the trip home, we took a detour to Chatfield Reservoir (Jefferson/Douglas). Unfortunately, a two hour search did not turn up the Brant that has been around for several weeks. Later I heard that is was found at Campgrounds D (an area that I had searched at least three times).
Nearby South Platte Park Reservoir was generous. It only took five minutes to find the three Long-tailed Ducks (in Arapahoe County, swimming toward Jefferson County). All three appeared in my scope at one time.
Down the road, seven male and a couple of female Greater Scaups were on Eaglerock Lake (another five minute stop)!
I had to make one last stop on the way home. A quick hike down the South Platte River bike trail at 88th avenue and Colorado and I found the pair of Barrow's Goldeneyes just south of the green/white tower.
No Short-eared Owls were found this evening as we drove through the DIA Owl Loop (Adams). Surely, we will see them on a future trip. It was a great start to our 2014 Year List!
We more or less took a break from birding and enjoyed a few days in the mountains. Weather provided a few snow flurries and daytime temperatures in the 40s.
I walked around Cameron Pass (Jackson County) on several occasions and found (heard) Boreal Owls on 12/26 and one at the Crags Campgrounds on the night of 12/27.
Rosy Finches came to the Colorado State Forest Visitor's Center feeders early in the mornings of 12/27, 12/28 and 12/29. When we stopped later in the day, they had seemed to have disappeared.
I relocated an American Three-toed Woodpecker across from the Visitor's Center on 12/29. However, it could not be relocated on 12/30 and 1/1.
A drive along the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge did not find any meandering Gyrfalcons. A few Rough-legged Hawks and a pair of Golden Eagles provided raptor sightings.
Another pair of Golden Eagles was found along the drive to Delaney Butte Lakes and Lake John Wildlife Areas. Our hope to find a wandering Snow Bunting was not fulfilled. Neither was a sighting of a Greater Sage-Grouse successful.
Mostly we enjoyed the white landscape and lack of the crowds back in Denver. There is not much to do in Walden; we like that much. Breakfast at the Moose Restaurant is always enjoyable!


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The Hackney bin workers were considering their next move in the dispute as Socialist Worker went to press. The dispute is on a knife edge and it is vital that the strikers, members of the TGWU union, get as much support as possible.
The Labour council broke off negotiations after the strikes last week, claiming that there had been violence at the depot where the strikebreaking dustcarts operate.
The council has also launched a wave of disciplinaries against activists designed to intimidate strikers. The council clearly hopes to break the union and force through its agenda of huge pay cuts and worse conditions. This would not only be a defeat for the bin workers.
It would also set back organisation throughout the council and give a green light to councils across London to try similar manoeuvres against their own refuse service.
Firefighters, health workers, teachers and others have all sent money and offered support to the pickets during previous strikes. This is no time for the union leaders to melt under the heat of the council's pressure.
Further strikes must be called and support stepped up to stop the strikebreaking. Trade unionists should also pile pressure on the agencies who are supplying labour to keep the service going during the strikes. The main one involved is Team Support Services plc.
SCOTTISH nursery nurses planned the first of two days of action on Wednesday this week as they start a vote on whether to call all-out action over their pay and regrading claim. A second day of action is set for next Tuesday. More than 4,000 of Scotland's nursery nurses are still in dispute with local councils, eight months after the battle began. Some councils have tried to fracture the action by offering local deals.
But the nursery nurses' Unison union is rightly holding out for an all-Scottish contract. Margaret, a nursery nurse, told Socialist Worker, 'This is now a very important moment in the dispute. I hope this week's day of action will remind people that we are still fighting.
UNISON UNION members in Newham, east London, met on Monday night to discuss an offer by their New Labour council. It was designed to resolve a dispute which was on the verge last week of seeing an official strike ballot start. The council had threatened to evict the union from its offices and to cut the number of full time branch officers down to just one.
This attack was sparked by the council's fury at Newham Unison's active role in the long-running fight by council workers in the capital to win an improved London weighting allowance.
Before Christmas Newham Unison members voted by 93 percent for an official strike ballot, and that ballot was due to get under way last week. Workers also made it clear that any move to evict the union from its office would be met with a mass picket. Faced with this determined mood and the prospect of strikes the council blinked and sued for peace.
STAFF IN the IT section of Bradford Metropolitan District Council have voted for strike action over a planned privatisation of their department. In a ballot 91 percent of staff voted for industrial action on a turnout of 81 percent. Strikes have been put off until the end of February to give negotiators a chance to agree a deal.
The employer wants to offer a ten-year £100 million contract covering all the IT services provided by the council to one of a shortlist of high-tech companies. The three shortlisted bidders are Atos KPMG and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, with a joint bid coming in from IBM and ITNet.


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Frances Fran Chewning, 62, of Crystal River passed away on Wednesday, February 21, 2018. Fran was born on January 12, 1956 in Lake City, Florida to the late James Lee Jr. and Frances Dunaway.
Fran is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University with a degree in Education and continued on to receive her Masters of Education with an emphasis on Educational Leadership from St. Leo University. Fostering, encouraging, and educating students was Frans passion and she worked at Crystal River Primary School in the Citrus County School system for 15 years. Fran and her husband Joe have made Crystal River their home for the past 21 years.
Fran is survived by her husband of 39 years, Joe Chewning. Three daughters: Kristen Alaimo (Joe) of Beverly Hills, FL; Kaity Chewning of Tallahassee, FL; and Kimber Chewning of Boston, MA. Two grandchildren: Kolton and Joselyn. A brother Mike Dunaway of Jacksonville, FL and a sister Rosemary McLeod (Spike) of Jasper, FL. Her father and mother-in-law William WR and Tommie Chewning of Lake Park, GA. Sisters-in-law: Sandy Kenny (Bobby) of Hahira, GA and Cherry Arnold (Paul) of Valdosta, GA. She is predeceased by brother-in-law Richard Chewning. Fran is also survived by an extended family comprised of many loving aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, friends, and many others who loved her.
A funeral service will be held on Sunday, February 25, 2018 at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the Carson McLane Funeral Home with Reverend Danny Smith officiating. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 1-2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family is asking for donations towards the Stoneman Douglas Victims Fund. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanecares.com. Carson McLane.
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Name: Nicola Upson
Title of Book: An Expert In Murder
'... an extremely accomplished first novel...'
It is the last week of the run of Josephine Tey's play, Richard of Bordeaux, in London's West End. To mark the celebrations of a marvellous run, Josephine travels to London from Scotland. On the train she meets a young woman called Elspeth Simmons who has seen the play many times and views Tey as a heroine of some sort. While down in London, Elspeth plans to see the play one last time that week with a secret admirer.
On arriving at Paddington, Tey, enchanted by the girl's innocent quality, tells her to come backstage and offers to introduce Elspeth to the cast. Sadly, the next day Josephine hears of the girl's murder on the very platform she had left her on. It seems Elspeth was murdered within minutes of Tey leaving her. Soon Tey finds that Elspeth's sinister death has permutations that echo around the theatre where her own play is showing. What is the connection between this sweet Scottish girl and a play that is coming to a close?
Tey's friend and admirer, Detective Inspector Archie Penrose, is on the case and soon another murder that also strikes too close to home for Tey means that she becomes involved with a state of affairs going back many years to the Great War...
Nicola Upson's first novel of a planned series ingeniously includes the well known real-life crime writer Josephine Tey. It is always with some trepidation that a reader approaches a book that boasts having a real crime writer star between its covers, especially someone who is as revered as Tey – especially as she was a burgeoning talent who was cut down far too early in her career. However, you can tell from Upson's delicate handling of Tey's character that she has a great sense of respect for this writer.
The one thing to be thankful for is the fact that Upson has wisely decided not to make Tey an amateur sleuth, leaving the actual detecting to Archie Penrose, with Tey finding out the personal facts of the people involved as they class her more a friend than a detective.
Upson appears to have researched this period extensively and has been able to interview people who actually worked on the production of Richard of Bordeaux which lends the whole piece a sense of extraordinary authenticity. The era is evoked beautifully and like a good, classic P.D. James, the tale slowly smoulders along nicely until the final denouement.
This is an extremely accomplished first novel and one that bodes well for the others if An Expert in Murder is the bench mark for the subsequent novels in the series. Definitely worth reading.
Reviewed by: C.S.
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Fresh Blood Questionnaire
1) As it slowly evolves and increases in popularity, crime fiction seems to be organically sub-dividing into a number of widely diverse categories. Which genre (or sub-genre, even…) of crime novel would you say you write in?
It's very much a detective novel which follows the classical English format - suspicious death, tight-knit community of suspects etc - and it's set in 1934, so it falls within the genre of period fiction. There are also several novels now which feature a real person in fictional roles, and somebody is bound to have invented a term for that! If so, that would also describe An Expert in Murder.
2) What type of crime novels do you like to read? Do you prefer series or standalone?
I love both, and particularly admire authors such as PD James, Ruth Rendell and Reginald Hill who move successfully between series and stand alone novels, or Susan Hill, who moves in and out of the crime genre. It's great to look forward to a new outing from favourite characters - the new Dalziel and Pascoe is always a highlight of my reading year - but now that there are so many people writing high-quality series, it does put the pressure on a bit to keep up with everything! I'm ashamed to say that I've fallen a couple of books behind now with some of the people I'd been following religiously - Patricia Cornwell, Stephen Booth, CJ Sansom, Linda Fairstein, Ian Rankin - and I'm looking forward to catching up over the summer when I've handed my second book in.
My loyalties are fairly evenly divided between British and American authors. I enjoy good period fiction, too - and by that I mean anything ranging from the Golden Age - particularly Cyril Hare, Edmund Crispin and obviously Josephine Tey - to James Ellroy, and David Peace's incredible Red Riding Quartet, which is a remarkable achievement.
3) Your central detective character is "Golden Era" novelist, Josephine Tey. What made you focus on a real character in this way?
The book started many years ago as non-fiction - a biography of Elizabeth Mackintosh (aka Josephine Tey/Gordon Daviot), whose work I loved and who seemed to me to be vastly underrated in comparison with her contemporaries. But although Tey's work was well-documented, her private life left many questions unanswered and a number of gaps emerged which started to intrigue me as much as the facts. After a long time of banging my head against a wall, my partner suggested that I recreate her as a fictional character based on what we know, and it seemed ideal to put her in the genre for which the name Tey was famous. The end result is a series of fictional mysteries hung on a strong biographical thread. If people like the books, they'll run until 1952, when Elizabeth Mackintosh died at the age of just 55. It's a great period of time to write about, and the books will reflect her life as she grows older and follow the pattern of her work.
As sometimes happens, the minute I closed the door on a non-fiction book on Tey, things started to emerge which make it possible after all; a lot of new sources of information have come to light since I started making things up! It's been odd to discover that many of the details of her life that I put into the first book have since turned out to be more accurate than I could have imagined, and my partner has been busy collating letters and diaries from a number of different people which paint a fascinating picture, so we are planning to work on a book together which we hope will give an insight into the real lives of the theatrical community of that period, with Tey at its centre.
4) Your book features the run of Tey's play "Richard of Bordeaux", starring John Gielgud. What prompted you to start the series from this perspective?
Because it was her first big success and because I love theatre - all the books will have some sort of theatrical link. Theatre was a huge part of Elizabeth Mackintosh's personal and professional life: she wrote Richard of Bordeaux under the name of Gordon Daviot, and it ran for over a year in the West End, turned John Gielgud from a respected classical actor into a commercial star, and gave her many of her most enduring friendships. It was a moment of real contrasts, which are great for any novel: I loved setting the glamour of the West End against the misery of the depression and the aftermath of the Great War; and, for Tey, there was the more personal difficulty of balancing success and fame, which she was never comfortable with. The book's set in the last week of the run, when some of the shine had worn off and egos were starting to clash - and that's a marvellous background for a fictional murder.
5) The flavour of the era is well drawn. How much research did you do into this period of recent history?
Lots - and it was a joy to do. I was lucky enough to speak to some of Tey's friends and professional colleagues before they died, most notably Sir John Gielgud and Margaret Harris, one of the design team 'Motley' who created the sets and costumes for Richard of Bordeaux. The wealth of information and gossip which they shared has enabled me to create a truthful account of the stage at the time and Tey's part in it, as well as giving wonderful insights into her character which were often at odds with some of the mythology that has been passed down about her. I also spent quite a bit of time in Inverness, looking into that side of her life, which was very, very different to her London existence.
The First World War features heavily in the book and, as I read more about it, I was astonished to find out how much of an impact its suffering still had into the early 1930s. It's not hard to see what made Richard of Bordeaux so popular - it was strongly, if unintentionally, pacifist in its tone and the sheer glamour and romance of the setting must have been a welcome respite to its audiences, some of whom went 30 or 40 times to see it. I've worked in theatre marketing and you just don't get theatregoers like that any more!
I work on the background for the books with my partner, who has a passion for social history. The seeds of the plot invariably come from something that we turn up in the early stages of the research. It's a very exciting part of the process.
6) Do you intend to continue with many of the featured characters in the following books in the series?
Absolutely. Obviously Josephine will always be there, as will my fictional detective, Archie Penrose. He's important because, although Josephine is a central character, I don't want her to be another Miss Marple. The detection in the book has to be as real as it can be and appropriate to the time. Luckily, all the policemen of the time seemed to have had the sort of ego that resulted in an autobiography, so there's plenty of research material available.
The Motley sisters are series characters, too; they're a great foil for some of the darker parts of the stories and, if I'm honest, Ronnie has all the lines that I would love to be brave enough to use myself.
Some of the other characters from An Expert in Murder will also appear in subsequent books; I can't say which, for fear of giving away some of the plot, but it's a bit like having a travelling repertory company of actors to draw on when the role is there for them.
7) Without giving away the plot, which book - yours or by another author - included your favourite plot twist of all time?
It's a strange combination, but I'd have to say Iain Pears's An Instance of the Fingerpost and Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse. From an author's point of view, one of the bravest things I've ever read involves two Reginald Hill novels.
8) What is your favorite movie adaptation of a crime novel?
I have a very soft spot for the 1950s version of The Franchise Affair, partly because it's such a beautiful snapshot of the era and partly because I spent a memorable afternoon with Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray, who gave me a great deal of information on the film and the cinema of the period - that's been invaluable, as Tey was a huge film fan and it's marvellous to have an understanding of what that would have meant at the time.
More recently, it would definitely be Atonement - not a crime novel in the purist sense, but certainly the unfolding of a mystery and the tragic consequences of a single act, which form the heart of most good crime fiction. I thought it was a beautiful film and a wonderfully sensitive adaptation.
9) Would you describe yourself as a crime fiction fan in general and, if so, which authors do you most admire and why?
Yes, although when I talk to other crime fans, I realise what a long way I have to go before I could call myself an expert. My top three - in no particular order - would be:
Josephine Tey: she was so unpredictable, and way ahead of her time by focusing on the aftermath of crime rather than a conventional battle between good and evil. There is a remarkable realism in her sense of place and character, and her voice is unique. Andrew Taylor refers to her as the Jane Austen of crime fiction, and I think that's a beautiful expression of what's so special about those eight crime novels.
Reginald Hill: I love the way that he includes humour in his novels without trivialising the crime at the heart of them, and creates genuinely likeable characters who grow from book to book.
PD James: invariably, her books achieve that perfect fusion of setting and theme which is so rare. More than anyone else, she has proved that it's possible to explore serious and enduring themes through a form which is often regarded as frivolous. If it weren't for everything that she's done to make the genre both popular and respected, I doubt there would be as many opportunities or as big a market for new writers.
10) What is your favourite crime read of all time?
Can I have one of each from my top three?! The Franchise Affair; On Beulah Height; Death in Holy Orders.

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a parked area, it required careful consideration of layout and proportioning to obtain good esthetic effect. It was built upon centering which the contractor had used for another structure having smaller spans, and the centers were ingeniously adapted for service under these conditions.
Rocky River gorge, seven miles west of the Public Square, Cleveland's center, has heretofore been crossed by only two bridges. Traffic growth in recent years crowded these to capacity, and the need for a third crossing became imperative. Authorization to built it was obtained late in 1923, a bond issue of $930,000 being voted. The bridge was opened to traffic last December, 19 months after letting the contract.
The new crossing is on the line of Hilliard Road, and is 900 ft. long. Deck level is 125 ft. above the valley bottom. For the desired traffic capacity a 56-ft. roadway is provided in a total deck width of 80 ft.
The valley is part of the park system of the city of Cleveland. For this reason a three-span design was chosen, the vista through a central arch being considered desirable. The central arch is 220 ft. long center to center of piers, while the two outside arches are 196 ft. each. In order that the bridge might appear lighter, the distance from the grade to the crown or each arch was made as short as possible. In addition, a sharp batter was used on the piers, to make them narrow at the top but wide enough at the base to withstand unbalanced loading during construction. At each abutment there is an ornamental concrete pylon, through which an arched passage leads to a balcony. This affords a view of the side of the bridge and an extensive prospect of the river below.
The roadway has a constant up grade to the east of 0.5 per cent. It is surfaced with brick laid with an asphalt filler. Provision has been made for double street-car tracks by leaving a depression which is temporarily filled with cinder concrete and paved over.
6 ft. wide while the inner ones, which carry the tracks, have a width of 8 ft. Their thickness varies from 9½ ft. at the springing line to 4½ ft. at the crown.
The floor of the bridge consists of concrete slab, spanning longitudinally between floorbeams 11 ft. apart. Over the crown of the arches these floorbeams rest upon 2½ ft. longitudinal spandrel walls which have extra reinforcement beneath each panel point, forming virtually a series of posts supporting the floorbeams. At a distance from the arch crown a series of 22-ft. spandrel arches carrying two panels apiece supports the deck.
The handrail of Amherst sandstone, is composed of square balusters. This shape, which does not require lathe work, was less expensive than the circular sections and produced a balustrade to harmonize architecturally with the concrete pylons at the abutments.
beams separated by an expansion joint are located at the crowns of the first jack arches in front of the abutments and at the crowns of the jack arches over each pier. These arches are split at the center and designed as cantilevers to eliminate the use of sliding surfaces. On the pavement 6x6-in. angles are placed to retain the paving brick. The distance between the upright legs of the angles, which is almost an inch, is flashed with sheet copper to retain the bituminous filler. On the sidewalk the opening is covered with a sheet lead strip fastened to angles built into the slab.
The roadway surface is waterproofed by the membrane method. Drainage is taken care of by catchbasins placed at intervals of about 200 ft., discharging to the river through spouts in the piers.
The contractor, the Walsh Construction Co. of Cleveland, had previously built a railroad bridge at Sidney, Ohio, 150 miles from Cleveland, and the steel centers used in this construction were still available. They were three-hinged arches built for spans of 170 ft. By the use of auxiliary towers at either end, and wooden framing over the steel the centers were enlarged to fit the longer span and different arch curve of the present job.
The ribs were poured in pairs. After one pair had been poured the centers were moved transversely with the aid of jacks until they were in position for the other two ribs. The arch concrete was poured monolithically. The superstructure was placed by loading all crowns first and then pouring the balance symmetrically to insure minimum distortion of the piers. Careful measurements were taken of the horizontal deflection of the piers at the springing line, and it was found that 5/8 in. was the largest strain causes by the loading system. As the loading became balanced this strain was eliminated and the piers are now within 3/16 in. of their theoretical position.
The design of the mixing plant was governed by the source of supply of the raw material. Local conditions and freight delivery made the west bank of the river the logical location for the mixers, and the adoption of a traveling cableway with an 80-ft. travel spanning the 1,200 ft. across the valley, provided a means of delivering materials and erecting the centers and forms. All concrete was mixed by two machines, fed by gravity from bins built on the sloping west bank. These bins had a capacity of 1,200 cu.yd. and were filled by trucks discharging from the top of the bank. The coarse aggregates and sand flowed by gravity into measuring hoppers, which were regulated by the county inspectors. The concrete discharged into 2 ½-yd. buckets with drop-bottoms. The plant turned out regularly 30 cu.yd. of concrete per hour.
The prices do not include excavation, waterproofing, catch basins, lighting conduits, etc.
The bridge was designed by the writer under the direction of Frank R. Lander, county engineer. W. H. Baker served as the resident engineer for Cuyahoga County.
This electronic, World Wide Web edition of the "Modern Bridge in Parkway System of Cleveland, Ohio," by A.M. Felgate, contains the complete text as found in the reprint of the original Engineering News-Record article from 1926. The site is hosted by the Cleveland State University Library and was prepared by civil engineering graduate student Callie Voiklis.
© Website copyright 2003 by Cleveland State University. All rights reserved.


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A: I ran into the same problem with my project, and had to find out that the CSS transition was causing the issue.
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A: Seems not working because it takes a bit to maximize I think, this works for me:
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We had a fantastic day of researching, designing, building, and testing our parachutes. The groups did very well, with the longest descent taking 3.3 seconds from the top of the playscape! Following the test, we had a mini-lesson on how to calculate averages with some practice time for the kids.
In addition to our Parachute Palooza, we also worked on writing a new chapter or new ending for our novel, 21 Balloons. The kids are doing some AMAZING work! Wait until you get a chance to read it!
We spent some time today with our mindfulness practice, going back to 4-7-8 Breathing, which helped keep us on track and focused for the afternoon's work. We also continued our study of Growth Mindset with a short video and a Padlet response.
No class next week because of Gifted Eligibility Testing. We will see the kids again on December 1st.
Until next time--Happy Thanksgiving and Enjoy the Break!
We started our day with Multiplication. Yes, the multiplication you all remember--2 digit x 2 digit--the old-fashioned way! The kids did very well and got a chance to practice by creating a Mystery Picture from their answers!
Next, we used our creativity to do Pumpkin Transformations! Check out the clever and divergent results in the hall! We also tested our logical thinking skills with an old favorite hands-on activity, Versatiles.
Later we worked on innovation in transportation with a mini STEM lesson on helicopter designs, The Bunny Copters! The kids had a great time modifying a design, flight testing it and making additional modifications.
We explored Mindsets a bit more with a fun video, Big Ideas #1. The kids replied thoughtfully to questions about the character's mindset.
After lunch, we practiced our mindfulness with "Ocean Waves".
We finished off our day with another student-created Kahoot! battle. We finished the book! What an exciting story it's been!
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Yamaha replaced Dropbox with Egnyte to manage and secure content within its AWS environment, giving central control and greater visibility to IT administration.
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Securing irreplaceable performances and key business content drives IT transformation
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"Egnyte provides a solution that we believe truly transforms the way we work with each other and with our customers, delivering a seamless experience when collaborating inside and outside our company."
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Relying on an aging IT infrastructure that included on-premise servers, a consumer cloud-storage solution in Dropbox to share content, and physically mailing portable hard drives to preserve and share 50 years of irreplaceable performances and artists' information, Yamaha Corporation of America was putting its business at risk. While there was an IT recommendation for users on how and who should access the data, IT had no way to check if policies were being followed and, if they weren't, no way to enforce them.
After testing multiple cloud-based solutions, Yamaha selected Egnyte to manage and secure content within its AWS environment, giving central control and greater visibility to IT administration. The company now has the modern solution to manage, share and secure its musical legacy while keeping business moving forward.
After testing multiple cloud-based solutions, Yamaha selected Egnyte to manage and secure content within its AWS environment.
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Amazon is adding third "fulfilment centre" in the North of England, with a new base in Warrington.
The online giant will start recruiting for the 1200 new permanent jobs later in the year.
It currently has 12 UK centres, including Doncaster, which opens in the autumn and Manchester Airport, which will create 1500 jobs.
The new Warrington site will be equipped with "Amazon Robotics Technology". These robots slide under a tower of shelves, where products are stored, then lift them and move them through the centre.
"The Amazon teams are dedicated to innovating in our fulfilment centres to increase efficiency of delivery while enabling greater selection at lower costs for our customers. The introduction of Amazon Robotics in Warrington and Tilbury is the latest example of our commitment to invention in logistics on behalf of our employees and our customers," said Stefano Perego, Amazon's director of UK customer fulfilment.
Perego explained that the expansion was to meet increasing customer demand, expand selection and enable SMEs selling on the site, to scale up their business.


Inside the exclusive and gated suburb of Clear Island Waters is a contemporary residence that resembles a tropical Hawaiian resort by Superdraft Architects.
Walking through the home feels like an high-end vacation in the Aloha State. In fact, it is one of the most stunning homes sold in Gold Coast, according to Gold Coast Bulletin and Real Estate AU. Day and night, one enjoys the spectacular view of the lake, hinterland hills, and the Gold Coast skyline.
The highlight of this house is a stunning infinity-edge, solar-heated pool which wraps the entire ground floor and gives the livable areas with a waterfront view. The living room opens to multiple outdoor areas, including a covered lakefront terrace and two poolside patios.
Each outdoor area has cedar-lined ceilings, sandstone floors, frameless glass fencing, LED lighting, and sound system. Wooden bi-fold doors connect all the indoor-outdoor areas and there are retractable screens alongside the doors to keep unwanted insects outside. All of these makes the ground level a flexible venue for huge parties and intimate get-togethers.
Once the glamour of the pool and indoor-outdoor areas sink in, the open-plan kitchen steals your attention. It has counters and an island bench with an ergonomic low breakfast table topped with Quartz stone. The kitchen has abundant drawers and a large butler's pantry for all your storage needs.
Overlooking the pool is the walkway to the guest wing that has a captivating palm wallpaper. The guest room is an en-suite with its own walk-in wardrobe. Beside it is a mini home theatre that the homeowners and their guests can enjoy.
There's a floating' staircase made of Merbau timber which takes you the second floor. Upstairs, there are five more bedrooms. One of them is the master's en suite with a balcony, study nook, and a walk-in-wardrobe.
Overall, the entire house boasts luxurious features namely its high ceilings, standout lighting, dark oak flooring, and tropical-inspired furniture and decoration. It also has top-notch security and interior climate which the homeowners control via their mobile phones and a wall-mounted tablet.


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Film and Female Consciousness: Irigaray, Cinema and Thinking Women Film and Female Consciousness: Irigaray, Cinema and Thinking Women
By Lucy Bolton By Lucy Bolton
Description: Film and Female Consciousness analyses three contemporary films that offer complex and original representations of women's thoughtfulness and individuality: In the Cut (2003), Lost in Translation (2003) and Morvern Callar (2002). Lucy Bolton compares these recent works with well-known and influential films that offer more familiar treatments of female subjectivity: Klute (1971), The Seven Year Itch (1955) and Marnie (1964). Considering each of the older, celebrated films alongside the recent, unconventional works illustrates how contemporary filmmaking techniques and critical practices can work together to create provocative depictions of on-screen female consciousness. Bolton's approach demonstrates how the encounter between the philosophy of Luce Irigaray and cinema can yield a fuller understanding of the fundamental relationship between film and philosophy. Furthermore, the book explores the implications of this approach for filmmakers and spectators, and suggests Irigarayan models of authorship and spectatorship that reinvigorate the notion of women's cinema.
Review: 'Film and Female Consciousness opens up enticing fresh horizons for the feminist and philosophical study of authorship and spectatorship in cinema.' - Annette Kuhn, Queen Mary, University of London, UK 'Entering into the seriously playful spirit of Luce Irigaray's work, Lucy Bolton shifts the signifier of the cinematic from womenslaughter to women's laughter. Putting the 'close' into close reading, Bolton attends to the haptic strategies by which Jane Campion, Sofia Coppola and Lynne Ramsay intimate their female protagonists' Irigarayan becoming. Gestural, chromatic, musical, and tactile communion are echoed in Bolton's lucid readings, which will inspire future filmmakers, as well as film theorists, of all genders to enter, like Frannie, Charlotte and Morvern, a hopeful, feminist future.' - Sophie Mayer, author, The Cinema of Sally Potter Film and Female Consciousness is a fresh and engaging approach to what is often considered a well-trodden and even passe subject in film studies. Bolton's book suggests a potential methodology for the future of feminist film criticism in a way that opens up new directions in a discipline that had contented itself with circuitous discussions surrounding the dearth of interesting and new representations of female subjectivity, identity and interiority in mainstream female characters. - Alexia Bowler, Feminist & Women's Studies
"With Film and Female Consciousness Lucy Bolton has made an opportune and important intervention in the field as well as a vital contribution to our understanding of how the work of psychoanalyst and philosopher Luce Irigaray provides fecund material for feminist film theory." - Anna Backman Rogers, author, American Independent Cinema "What stands out in Film and Female Consciousness, and what makes it exceptional, is quite simply the care and attention given to the films themselves. This makes it very much a work of cinephilia in all of the best senses: it is a book that loves the cinema (and it is a book that makes me want to love the cinema too)." - Richard Rushton, author, The Politics of Hollywood Cinema and Cinema After Deleuze
Contents: Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 'Frozen in Showcases': Feminist Film Theory and the Abstraction of Woman The Camera as an Irigarayan Speculum In the Cut: Self-Endangerment or Subjective Strength? Lost in Translation: The Potential of Becoming Morvern Callar: In a Sensory Wonderland Architects of Beauty and the Crypts of Our Bodies: Implications for Filmmaking and Spectatorship Concluding Remarks: The Object is Speaking Bibliography Filmography Discography Notes Index
Author Biography: Lucy Bolton is Lecturer in Film Studies at Queen Mary University of London, UK. She is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on film philosophy and film stardom, and the co-editor (with Christina Siggers Manson) of Italy on Screen: National Identity and Italian Imaginary (2010).
Bolton, Lucy
Irigaray, Cinema and Thinking Women


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"""SCons.Tool

SCons tool selection.

This looks for modules that define a callable object that can modify
a construction environment as appropriate for a given tool (or tool
chain).

Note that because this subsystem just *selects* a callable that can
modify a construction environment, it's possible for people to define
their own "tool specification" in an arbitrary callable function.  No
one needs to use or tie in to this subsystem in order to roll their own
tool definition.
"""

#
# Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 The SCons Foundation
#
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# a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
# "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
# without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
# distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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# in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
# KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
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# NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
# LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
# OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
# WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
#

__revision__ = "src/engine/SCons/Tool/__init__.py  2009/09/04 16:33:07 david"

import imp
import sys

import SCons.Builder
import SCons.Errors
import SCons.Node.FS
import SCons.Scanner
import SCons.Scanner.C
import SCons.Scanner.D
import SCons.Scanner.LaTeX
import SCons.Scanner.Prog

DefaultToolpath=[]

CScanner = SCons.Scanner.C.CScanner()
DScanner = SCons.Scanner.D.DScanner()
LaTeXScanner = SCons.Scanner.LaTeX.LaTeXScanner()
PDFLaTeXScanner = SCons.Scanner.LaTeX.PDFLaTeXScanner()
ProgramScanner = SCons.Scanner.Prog.ProgramScanner()
SourceFileScanner = SCons.Scanner.Base({}, name='SourceFileScanner')

CSuffixes = [".c", ".C", ".cxx", ".cpp", ".c++", ".cc",
             ".h", ".H", ".hxx", ".hpp", ".hh",
             ".F", ".fpp", ".FPP",
             ".m", ".mm",
             ".S", ".spp", ".SPP"]

DSuffixes = ['.d']

IDLSuffixes = [".idl", ".IDL"]

LaTeXSuffixes = [".tex", ".ltx", ".latex"]

for suffix in CSuffixes:
    SourceFileScanner.add_scanner(suffix, CScanner)

for suffix in DSuffixes:
    SourceFileScanner.add_scanner(suffix, DScanner)

# FIXME: what should be done here? Two scanners scan the same extensions,
# but look for different files, e.g., "picture.eps" vs. "picture.pdf".
# The builders for DVI and PDF explicitly reference their scanners
# I think that means this is not needed???
for suffix in LaTeXSuffixes:
    SourceFileScanner.add_scanner(suffix, LaTeXScanner)
    SourceFileScanner.add_scanner(suffix, PDFLaTeXScanner)

class Tool:
    def __init__(self, name, toolpath=[], **kw):
        self.name = name
        self.toolpath = toolpath + DefaultToolpath
        # remember these so we can merge them into the call
        self.init_kw = kw

        module = self._tool_module()
        self.generate = module.generate
        self.exists = module.exists
        if hasattr(module, 'options'):
            self.options = module.options

    def _tool_module(self):
        # TODO: Interchange zipimport with normal initilization for better error reporting
        oldpythonpath = sys.path
        sys.path = self.toolpath + sys.path

        try:
            try:
                file, path, desc = imp.find_module(self.name, self.toolpath)
                try:
                    return imp.load_module(self.name, file, path, desc)
                finally:
                    if file:
                        file.close()
            except ImportError, e:
                if str(e)!="No module named %s"%self.name:
                    raise SCons.Errors.EnvironmentError, e
                try:
                    import zipimport
                except ImportError:
                    pass
                else:
                    for aPath in self.toolpath:
                        try:
                            importer = zipimport.zipimporter(aPath)
                            return importer.load_module(self.name)
                        except ImportError, e:
                            pass
        finally:
            sys.path = oldpythonpath

        full_name = 'SCons.Tool.' + self.name
        try:
            return sys.modules[full_name]
        except KeyError:
            try:
                smpath = sys.modules['SCons.Tool'].__path__
                try:
                    file, path, desc = imp.find_module(self.name, smpath)
                    module = imp.load_module(full_name, file, path, desc)
                    setattr(SCons.Tool, self.name, module)
                    if file:
                        file.close()
                    return module
                except ImportError, e:
                    if str(e)!="No module named %s"%self.name:
                        raise SCons.Errors.EnvironmentError, e
                    try:
                        import zipimport
                        importer = zipimport.zipimporter( sys.modules['SCons.Tool'].__path__[0] )
                        module = importer.load_module(full_name)
                        setattr(SCons.Tool, self.name, module)
                        return module
                    except ImportError, e:
                        m = "No tool named '%s': %s" % (self.name, e)
                        raise SCons.Errors.EnvironmentError, m
            except ImportError, e:
                m = "No tool named '%s': %s" % (self.name, e)
                raise SCons.Errors.EnvironmentError, m

    def __call__(self, env, *args, **kw):
        if self.init_kw is not None:
            # Merge call kws into init kws;
            # but don't bash self.init_kw.
            if kw is not None:
                call_kw = kw
                kw = self.init_kw.copy()
                kw.update(call_kw)
            else:
                kw = self.init_kw
        env.Append(TOOLS = [ self.name ])
        if hasattr(self, 'options'):
            import SCons.Variables
            if not env.has_key('options'):
                from SCons.Script import ARGUMENTS
                env['options']=SCons.Variables.Variables(args=ARGUMENTS)
            opts=env['options']

            self.options(opts)
            opts.Update(env)

        apply(self.generate, ( env, ) + args, kw)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.name

##########################################################################
#  Create common executable program / library / object builders

def createProgBuilder(env):
    """This is a utility function that creates the Program
    Builder in an Environment if it is not there already.

    If it is already there, we return the existing one.
    """

    try:
        program = env['BUILDERS']['Program']
    except KeyError:
        import SCons.Defaults
        program = SCons.Builder.Builder(action = SCons.Defaults.LinkAction,
                                        emitter = '$PROGEMITTER',
                                        prefix = '$PROGPREFIX',
                                        suffix = '$PROGSUFFIX',
                                        src_suffix = '$OBJSUFFIX',
                                        src_builder = 'Object',
                                        target_scanner = ProgramScanner)
        env['BUILDERS']['Program'] = program

    return program

def createStaticLibBuilder(env):
    """This is a utility function that creates the StaticLibrary
    Builder in an Environment if it is not there already.

    If it is already there, we return the existing one.
    """

    try:
        static_lib = env['BUILDERS']['StaticLibrary']
    except KeyError:
        action_list = [ SCons.Action.Action("$ARCOM", "$ARCOMSTR") ]
        if env.Detect('ranlib'):
            ranlib_action = SCons.Action.Action("$RANLIBCOM", "$RANLIBCOMSTR")
            action_list.append(ranlib_action)

        static_lib = SCons.Builder.Builder(action = action_list,
                                           emitter = '$LIBEMITTER',
                                           prefix = '$LIBPREFIX',
                                           suffix = '$LIBSUFFIX',
                                           src_suffix = '$OBJSUFFIX',
                                           src_builder = 'StaticObject')
        env['BUILDERS']['StaticLibrary'] = static_lib
        env['BUILDERS']['Library'] = static_lib

    return static_lib

def createSharedLibBuilder(env):
    """This is a utility function that creates the SharedLibrary
    Builder in an Environment if it is not there already.

    If it is already there, we return the existing one.
    """

    try:
        shared_lib = env['BUILDERS']['SharedLibrary']
    except KeyError:
        import SCons.Defaults
        action_list = [ SCons.Defaults.SharedCheck,
                        SCons.Defaults.ShLinkAction ]
        shared_lib = SCons.Builder.Builder(action = action_list,
                                           emitter = "$SHLIBEMITTER",
                                           prefix = '$SHLIBPREFIX',
                                           suffix = '$SHLIBSUFFIX',
                                           target_scanner = ProgramScanner,
                                           src_suffix = '$SHOBJSUFFIX',
                                           src_builder = 'SharedObject')
        env['BUILDERS']['SharedLibrary'] = shared_lib

    return shared_lib

def createLoadableModuleBuilder(env):
    """This is a utility function that creates the LoadableModule
    Builder in an Environment if it is not there already.

    If it is already there, we return the existing one.
    """

    try:
        ld_module = env['BUILDERS']['LoadableModule']
    except KeyError:
        import SCons.Defaults
        action_list = [ SCons.Defaults.SharedCheck,
                        SCons.Defaults.LdModuleLinkAction ]
        ld_module = SCons.Builder.Builder(action = action_list,
                                          emitter = "$LDMODULEEMITTER",
                                          prefix = '$LDMODULEPREFIX',
                                          suffix = '$LDMODULESUFFIX',
                                          target_scanner = ProgramScanner,
                                          src_suffix = '$SHOBJSUFFIX',
                                          src_builder = 'SharedObject')
        env['BUILDERS']['LoadableModule'] = ld_module

    return ld_module

def createObjBuilders(env):
    """This is a utility function that creates the StaticObject
    and SharedObject Builders in an Environment if they
    are not there already.

    If they are there already, we return the existing ones.

    This is a separate function because soooo many Tools
    use this functionality.

    The return is a 2-tuple of (StaticObject, SharedObject)
    """

    try:
        static_obj = env['BUILDERS']['StaticObject']
    except KeyError:
        static_obj = SCons.Builder.Builder(action = {},
                                           emitter = {},
                                           prefix = '$OBJPREFIX',
                                           suffix = '$OBJSUFFIX',
                                           src_builder = ['CFile', 'CXXFile'],
                                           source_scanner = SourceFileScanner,
                                           single_source = 1)
        env['BUILDERS']['StaticObject'] = static_obj
        env['BUILDERS']['Object'] = static_obj

    try:
        shared_obj = env['BUILDERS']['SharedObject']
    except KeyError:
        shared_obj = SCons.Builder.Builder(action = {},
                                           emitter = {},
                                           prefix = '$SHOBJPREFIX',
                                           suffix = '$SHOBJSUFFIX',
                                           src_builder = ['CFile', 'CXXFile'],
                                           source_scanner = SourceFileScanner,
                                           single_source = 1)
        env['BUILDERS']['SharedObject'] = shared_obj

    return (static_obj, shared_obj)

def createCFileBuilders(env):
    """This is a utility function that creates the CFile/CXXFile
    Builders in an Environment if they
    are not there already.

    If they are there already, we return the existing ones.

    This is a separate function because soooo many Tools
    use this functionality.

    The return is a 2-tuple of (CFile, CXXFile)
    """

    try:
        c_file = env['BUILDERS']['CFile']
    except KeyError:
        c_file = SCons.Builder.Builder(action = {},
                                       emitter = {},
                                       suffix = {None:'$CFILESUFFIX'})
        env['BUILDERS']['CFile'] = c_file

        env.SetDefault(CFILESUFFIX = '.c')

    try:
        cxx_file = env['BUILDERS']['CXXFile']
    except KeyError:
        cxx_file = SCons.Builder.Builder(action = {},
                                         emitter = {},
                                         suffix = {None:'$CXXFILESUFFIX'})
        env['BUILDERS']['CXXFile'] = cxx_file
        env.SetDefault(CXXFILESUFFIX = '.cc')

    return (c_file, cxx_file)

##########################################################################
#  Create common Java builders

def CreateJarBuilder(env):
    try:
        java_jar = env['BUILDERS']['Jar']
    except KeyError:
        fs = SCons.Node.FS.get_default_fs()
        jar_com = SCons.Action.Action('$JARCOM', '$JARCOMSTR')
        java_jar = SCons.Builder.Builder(action = jar_com,
                                         suffix = '$JARSUFFIX',
                                         src_suffix = '$JAVACLASSSUFIX',
                                         src_builder = 'JavaClassFile',
                                         source_factory = fs.Entry)
        env['BUILDERS']['Jar'] = java_jar
    return java_jar

def CreateJavaHBuilder(env):
    try:
        java_javah = env['BUILDERS']['JavaH']
    except KeyError:
        fs = SCons.Node.FS.get_default_fs()
        java_javah_com = SCons.Action.Action('$JAVAHCOM', '$JAVAHCOMSTR')
        java_javah = SCons.Builder.Builder(action = java_javah_com,
                                           src_suffix = '$JAVACLASSSUFFIX',
                                           target_factory = fs.Entry,
                                           source_factory = fs.File,
                                           src_builder = 'JavaClassFile')
        env['BUILDERS']['JavaH'] = java_javah
    return java_javah

def CreateJavaClassFileBuilder(env):
    try:
        java_class_file = env['BUILDERS']['JavaClassFile']
    except KeyError:
        fs = SCons.Node.FS.get_default_fs()
        javac_com = SCons.Action.Action('$JAVACCOM', '$JAVACCOMSTR')
        java_class_file = SCons.Builder.Builder(action = javac_com,
                                                emitter = {},
                                                #suffix = '$JAVACLASSSUFFIX',
                                                src_suffix = '$JAVASUFFIX',
                                                src_builder = ['JavaFile'],
                                                target_factory = fs.Entry,
                                                source_factory = fs.File)
        env['BUILDERS']['JavaClassFile'] = java_class_file
    return java_class_file

def CreateJavaClassDirBuilder(env):
    try:
        java_class_dir = env['BUILDERS']['JavaClassDir']
    except KeyError:
        fs = SCons.Node.FS.get_default_fs()
        javac_com = SCons.Action.Action('$JAVACCOM', '$JAVACCOMSTR')
        java_class_dir = SCons.Builder.Builder(action = javac_com,
                                               emitter = {},
                                               target_factory = fs.Dir,
                                               source_factory = fs.Dir)
        env['BUILDERS']['JavaClassDir'] = java_class_dir
    return java_class_dir

def CreateJavaFileBuilder(env):
    try:
        java_file = env['BUILDERS']['JavaFile']
    except KeyError:
        java_file = SCons.Builder.Builder(action = {},
                                          emitter = {},
                                          suffix = {None:'$JAVASUFFIX'})
        env['BUILDERS']['JavaFile'] = java_file
        env['JAVASUFFIX'] = '.java'
    return java_file

class ToolInitializerMethod:
    """
    This is added to a construction environment in place of a
    method(s) normally called for a Builder (env.Object, env.StaticObject,
    etc.).  When called, it has its associated ToolInitializer
    object search the specified list of tools and apply the first
    one that exists to the construction environment.  It then calls
    whatever builder was (presumably) added to the construction
    environment in place of this particular instance.
    """
    def __init__(self, name, initializer):
        """
        Note:  we store the tool name as __name__ so it can be used by
        the class that attaches this to a construction environment.
        """
        self.__name__ = name
        self.initializer = initializer

    def get_builder(self, env):
        """
	Returns the appropriate real Builder for this method name
	after having the associated ToolInitializer object apply
	the appropriate Tool module.
        """
        builder = getattr(env, self.__name__)

        self.initializer.apply_tools(env)

        builder = getattr(env, self.__name__)
        if builder is self:
            # There was no Builder added, which means no valid Tool
            # for this name was found (or possibly there's a mismatch
            # between the name we were called by and the Builder name
            # added by the Tool module).
            return None

        self.initializer.remove_methods(env)

        return builder

    def __call__(self, env, *args, **kw):
        """
        """
        builder = self.get_builder(env)
        if builder is None:
            return [], []
        return apply(builder, args, kw)

class ToolInitializer:
    """
    A class for delayed initialization of Tools modules.

    Instances of this class associate a list of Tool modules with
    a list of Builder method names that will be added by those Tool
    modules.  As part of instantiating this object for a particular
    construction environment, we also add the appropriate
    ToolInitializerMethod objects for the various Builder methods
    that we want to use to delay Tool searches until necessary.
    """
    def __init__(self, env, tools, names):
        if not SCons.Util.is_List(tools):
            tools = [tools]
        if not SCons.Util.is_List(names):
            names = [names]
        self.env = env
        self.tools = tools
        self.names = names
        self.methods = {}
        for name in names:
            method = ToolInitializerMethod(name, self)
            self.methods[name] = method
            env.AddMethod(method)

    def remove_methods(self, env):
        """
        Removes the methods that were added by the tool initialization
        so we no longer copy and re-bind them when the construction
        environment gets cloned.
        """
        for method in self.methods.values():
            env.RemoveMethod(method)

    def apply_tools(self, env):
        """
	Searches the list of associated Tool modules for one that
	exists, and applies that to the construction environment.
        """
        for t in self.tools:
            tool = SCons.Tool.Tool(t)
            if tool.exists(env):
                env.Tool(tool)
                return

	# If we fall through here, there was no tool module found.
	# This is where we can put an informative error message
	# about the inability to find the tool.   We'll start doing
	# this as we cut over more pre-defined Builder+Tools to use
	# the ToolInitializer class.

def Initializers(env):
    ToolInitializer(env, ['install'], ['_InternalInstall', '_InternalInstallAs'])
    def Install(self, *args, **kw):
        return apply(self._InternalInstall, args, kw)
    def InstallAs(self, *args, **kw):
        return apply(self._InternalInstallAs, args, kw)
    env.AddMethod(Install)
    env.AddMethod(InstallAs)

def FindTool(tools, env):
    for tool in tools:
        t = Tool(tool)
        if t.exists(env):
            return tool
    return None

def FindAllTools(tools, env):
    def ToolExists(tool, env=env):
        return Tool(tool).exists(env)
    return filter (ToolExists, tools)

def tool_list(platform, env):

    other_plat_tools=[]
    # XXX this logic about what tool to prefer on which platform
    #     should be moved into either the platform files or
    #     the tool files themselves.
    # The search orders here are described in the man page.  If you
    # change these search orders, update the man page as well.
    if str(platform) == 'win32':
        "prefer Microsoft tools on Windows"
        linkers = ['mslink', 'gnulink', 'ilink', 'linkloc', 'ilink32' ]
        c_compilers = ['msvc', 'mingw', 'gcc', 'intelc', 'icl', 'icc', 'cc', 'bcc32' ]
        cxx_compilers = ['msvc', 'intelc', 'icc', 'g++', 'c++', 'bcc32' ]
        assemblers = ['masm', 'nasm', 'gas', '386asm' ]
        fortran_compilers = ['gfortran', 'g77', 'ifl', 'cvf', 'f95', 'f90', 'fortran']
        ars = ['mslib', 'ar', 'tlib']
        other_plat_tools=['msvs','midl']
    elif str(platform) == 'os2':
        "prefer IBM tools on OS/2"
        linkers = ['ilink', 'gnulink', ]#'mslink']
        c_compilers = ['icc', 'gcc',]# 'msvc', 'cc']
        cxx_compilers = ['icc', 'g++',]# 'msvc', 'c++']
        assemblers = ['nasm',]# 'masm', 'gas']
        fortran_compilers = ['ifl', 'g77']
        ars = ['ar',]# 'mslib']
    elif str(platform) == 'irix':
        "prefer MIPSPro on IRIX"
        linkers = ['sgilink', 'gnulink']
        c_compilers = ['sgicc', 'gcc', 'cc']
        cxx_compilers = ['sgic++', 'g++', 'c++']
        assemblers = ['as', 'gas']
        fortran_compilers = ['f95', 'f90', 'f77', 'g77', 'fortran']
        ars = ['sgiar']
    elif str(platform) == 'sunos':
        "prefer Forte tools on SunOS"
        linkers = ['sunlink', 'gnulink']
        c_compilers = ['suncc', 'gcc', 'cc']
        cxx_compilers = ['sunc++', 'g++', 'c++']
        assemblers = ['as', 'gas']
        fortran_compilers = ['sunf95', 'sunf90', 'sunf77', 'f95', 'f90', 'f77',
                             'gfortran', 'g77', 'fortran']
        ars = ['sunar']
    elif str(platform) == 'hpux':
        "prefer aCC tools on HP-UX"
        linkers = ['hplink', 'gnulink']
        c_compilers = ['hpcc', 'gcc', 'cc']
        cxx_compilers = ['hpc++', 'g++', 'c++']
        assemblers = ['as', 'gas']
        fortran_compilers = ['f95', 'f90', 'f77', 'g77', 'fortran']
        ars = ['ar']
    elif str(platform) == 'aix':
        "prefer AIX Visual Age tools on AIX"
        linkers = ['aixlink', 'gnulink']
        c_compilers = ['aixcc', 'gcc', 'cc']
        cxx_compilers = ['aixc++', 'g++', 'c++']
        assemblers = ['as', 'gas']
        fortran_compilers = ['f95', 'f90', 'aixf77', 'g77', 'fortran']
        ars = ['ar']
    elif str(platform) == 'darwin':
        "prefer GNU tools on Mac OS X, except for some linkers and IBM tools"
        linkers = ['applelink', 'gnulink']
        c_compilers = ['gcc', 'cc']
        cxx_compilers = ['g++', 'c++']
        assemblers = ['as']
        fortran_compilers = ['gfortran', 'f95', 'f90', 'g77']
        ars = ['ar']
    else:
        "prefer GNU tools on all other platforms"
        linkers = ['gnulink', 'mslink', 'ilink']
        c_compilers = ['gcc', 'msvc', 'intelc', 'icc', 'cc']
        cxx_compilers = ['g++', 'msvc', 'intelc', 'icc', 'c++']
        assemblers = ['gas', 'nasm', 'masm']
        fortran_compilers = ['gfortran', 'g77', 'ifort', 'ifl', 'f95', 'f90', 'f77']
        ars = ['ar', 'mslib']

    c_compiler = FindTool(c_compilers, env) or c_compilers[0]

    # XXX this logic about what tool provides what should somehow be
    #     moved into the tool files themselves.
    if c_compiler and c_compiler == 'mingw':
        # MinGW contains a linker, C compiler, C++ compiler,
        # Fortran compiler, archiver and assembler:
        cxx_compiler = None
        linker = None
        assembler = None
        fortran_compiler = None
        ar = None
    else:
        # Don't use g++ if the C compiler has built-in C++ support:
        if c_compiler in ('msvc', 'intelc', 'icc'):
            cxx_compiler = None
        else:
            cxx_compiler = FindTool(cxx_compilers, env) or cxx_compilers[0]
        linker = FindTool(linkers, env) or linkers[0]
        assembler = FindTool(assemblers, env) or assemblers[0]
        fortran_compiler = FindTool(fortran_compilers, env) or fortran_compilers[0]
        ar = FindTool(ars, env) or ars[0]

    other_tools = FindAllTools(['BitKeeper', 'CVS',
                                'dmd',
                                'filesystem',
                                'dvipdf', 'dvips', 'gs',
                                'jar', 'javac', 'javah',
                                'latex', 'lex',
                                'm4', #'midl', 'msvs',
                                'pdflatex', 'pdftex', 'Perforce',
                                'RCS', 'rmic', 'rpcgen',
                                'SCCS',
                                # 'Subversion',
                                'swig',
                                'tar', 'tex',
                                'yacc', 'zip', 'rpm', 'wix']+other_plat_tools,
                               env)

    tools = ([linker, c_compiler, cxx_compiler,
              fortran_compiler, assembler, ar]
             + other_tools)

    return filter(lambda x: x, tools)

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text:
The hjärta & smärta EP (Swedish for The Heart & Pain EP) is an EP by Swedish rock band Kent, released in 2005. The production of the EP was kept secret and it was announced just one month before its release.  The CD and cover slip, in contrast to Kent's previous release Du & jag döden, are both almost completely white. As of 2007, the EP had sold 40,000 copies.

Track listing

Charts

References

Kent (band) albums
2005 debut EPs
Number-one singles in Sweden

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