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Lakes of Bangalore: Part II – Kasavanahalli Lake
In the second post in this series I will be taking my readers to Kasavanahalli Lake a beautiful but dwindling lake on the Sarjapur main road. This lake has been in the news for the wrong reasons. It has been a witness to encroachments by the land mafia on several occasions. On the boundary of the lake there is a drainage that flows by from the high rise apartments nearby. If you avoid these boundary areas the lake is mostly calm and looks unpolluted. Unlike the Kaikondrahalli lake there is lesser activity at Kasavanahalli lake and may be for the same reason you will be able to have a more fruitful birding session here.
The location marked on google maps is correct. From Sarjapur Main road take the road opposite to the big bazar and continue till you reach Ozone fern city. There will be a small mud road that leads to a cemetry and then a school gate. Go through the gate and you will reach the lake.
The lake has almost 2km of jogging track. It is not paved with tiles and there would be cattle on these tracks, but still its much better than the human crowd.
There is a small island in the middle of the lake and that would house painted storks or Asian open bills. This lake is also rich in Pied King fishers. If you patiently wait you will be lucky enough to see these beautiful creatures hovering over the lake and plunging in to the water and coming up with a fish.
I waited there for almost 30 mins enjoying this view.
For a complete bird list and Photos visit the links below.
The Lakes of Bangalore : Part I – Kaikondrahalli Lake
Bangalore a city once famous for its beautiful climate, gardens and lakes, has been declared as one of the most polluted cities in the country.
In a recent study conducted by the prestigious Indian Institute of Science has said that this city will be 'Unlivable' in the next 5 years. The maddening pace at which urbanization and 'development'
that has happened in this city has ruthlessly cleared out the greenery and the Lakes that once were the pride of Bangalore.
This series of blog posts is based on my visits to the lakes in and around this beautiful city.
The first post in this series is about Kaikondrahalli lake. This is the story of a group of people who decided to save a lake that was almost at the verge of extinction.
This lake is on the Sarjapur Road, at about 6-7 km from the Outer Ring Road.
I had come to know that a restoration project was undertaken to save the lake somewhere in 2010, where people from the area had gathered and approached the BBMP to prevent illegal
encroachments and to prevent the drainage that was flowing into the lake. Today this is a well managed area and is quite clean and pollution free.
I visited this place on a fine Sunday morning. A 48 acre area in the midst of the dusty and polluted area of Bangalore.
This lake is part of the Varathur lake chain and is also connected to the Kasavanahalli lake. A picturesque spot full of bird activity and fresh air.
The early rays of the sun paint the whole scene with a beautiful orange tint. This place has a wide range of ecosystems.
There are marsh lands, shrubs, and really tall trees. This provides habitat for a wide range of birds.
The first sight I saw was that of a spot billed pelican gliding through the water. The water was so still and clear that even the reflection of the pelican was like one in the mirror.
When I reached there were already a few people on the jogging tracks. I strolled along the sides of the lake listening to the tweets of so many birds, most of which were hiding in the bushes and trees.
There is an island in the middle of the lake, which is a breeding ground for cormorants, purple herons, darters and the spot billed pelicans.
I was lucky enough to see a Kingfisher having its breakfast.
On one side of the lake there are high rise apartments and on the other side there is a slum. The lake is sandwiched between this stark contrast.
There are constructions going on and one can only hope that this fast paced development does not ruin what is left of Kaikondrahalli lake.
Snaps from Kaikondrahalli lake
Birding @ Ramadevara Betta
After spending a restless Saturday at home, I decided to go trekking at Ramadevara Betta. This was 12th of February. A fine Sunday morning. Finally the winter slowly receding from Bangalore, the mornings are not as cold as it used to be till a couple of weeks back. Started off from Bangalore around 6:00 AM in the morning and we crossed the NICE road tollgate by 6:30 AM. The sun was rising behind us and the moon was setting just in front of us. I decided to stop to take a few quick shots.
I was enjoying the bullet ride when my wife reminded me of breakfast. Till then I had forgotten about that but since she mentioned it I could feel my stomach rumbling. We had reached Bidadi by then. We saw 'Stop Over' ( Had a bad experience previously). Further ahead there was this place called 'Malgudi Vatika'. There was serene atmosphere to this place. Two gentlemen dressed up in white Shirt and a white pyjama, resembling the characters from R.K. Narayan's stories. The waiter had a thick rectangular moustache, which was perfectly trimmed at the edges. He had a black 'Freedom fighter's cap'. He reminded me of some shop keeper character in the small town of Malgudi, which R.K. Narayan had described.
After breakfast it took as another 1.5 hrs to reach Ramanagara. Right after the Ramanagar town we took a right. The distance to the the base of Ramadevara Betta from the main road is hardly 8 kms. The road goes through a village and there are houses and a few farm lands on both sides. There were hardly any shops after taking the deviation from Ramanagara.
Ramadevara Betta is a hill full of Granite rocks. It has a very old temple dedicated to Lord Ram. It is believed that Lord Ram visited this place during his exile. More than a trekking spot, this is a pilgrimage site. For nature lovers this place has thick vegetation full of birds and butterflies. Ramadevara Betta is also a vulture sanctuary and hence it is under the control of the Karnataka Government. The place has been maintained neatly. This was one of the very few places were I have seen almost zero plastic waste.
This place is also famous as 'Gabbar Singh's ' hideout in the Bollywood movie Sholay. 'Passage to India' a Hollywood movie was also shot at this place.
Before the trip I had read about this place and it had been mentioned as a moderate-difficult trek. But right from the base of the hill there are steps and railings. There are a few temple priests to guide you through. There are a couple of small shrines on the way. Me and Pooja were climbing slowly listening to every bird and trying to spot as much as we could. The Purple rumped Sunbird was quite elusive and Pooja managed to get a shot of it.
This was followed by a tussle with the Oriental White eye to give a good pose. We were already happy to have spotted two new birds to add to our list. There were a couple of beautiful spots on the way to the top that gave a very good view of the surrounding hills.
The flight of steps lead to the Ram Temple, after which this place got its name.
We had reached the final flight of steps. It looked really steep and here the steps were actually carved into the rock. They look intimidating but are easy to climb as there are railings.
These steps take you to the top which has a constant wind blowing and beautiful sceneries with a 360 degree view. At the top we were greeted by a paddy field Pipit, and finally when we had decided to decent back out of nowhere an Egyptian Vulture flew by. It happened so fast that I did not have time to focus my camera and take a shot. Although the Vulture sanctuary is well known for the Long Billed Vulture, I was happy with what I had just s, and we began our decent.
The trees here are full of birds, I was able to spot and identify only a few of them as I am new to this game. But Ramadevara Betta is a good getaway spot from the busy city life.
A Weekend at the Scotland of India
On January 26th when the nation was celebrating its 68th Republic, I set out on a family trip to the Scotland of India – Coorg.
Being a family trip I was not on my RE. Since it was a car ride, I slept for the initial part of the Journey. Then we sopped over at 'Stop Over' in Bidadi for breakfast. Looks like the staff there was not ready to accommodate the Long weekend rush. We had to wait for almost an hour to get our breakfast, and it was an even tougher struggle to finish that breakfast.
We resumed our journey and we crossed some beautiful countryside roads. The beauty of the Karnataka country side is always a welcoming sight. Cattles, farmers, farm lands small puddles of water.
We crossed Srirangapatna. Since we had already been there in the past we decided not to halt. The roads were really smooth and I dozed off a couple of time during the journey.
We reached 'Athithi Comforts' in Kushalnagar around 12:30 PM.
Checked in and rushed in for lunch. Over lunch we decided to visit the the famous Namdroling Monastery and Harangi dam. As these seemed to be close by to our hotel.
The first stop was the Namdroling Monastery. I have been to this monastery before during my schooldays. The picture I had of this place from my memories was of a colorful and serene place with lots of paintings. Like everything else the colors of the monastery had faded with time. It was dull but the place still had its serene and peaceful environment. We roamed around, occasionally glancing at the display boards that had descriptions about the various paintings and about the Buddha Idols that were the main attractions of the monastery.
The monastery was established by the 11th throne-holder of the Palyul lineage, His Holiness Drubwang Padma Norbu Rinpoche in 1963, following his 1959 exit from Tibet as the second seat of the Palyul Monastery.
It was prayer time and we could hear drum and trumpets accompanied by chanting, adding vibe to the whole monastery.
Our next stop was Harangi dam. The road to the dam was really interesting, lonely roads with greenery on both sides. I really missed not being on my bullet. We reached the dam, but unfortunately the dam was closed and was not accessible for the public. We stopped our car and decided to make the most of what we had. I tried clicking a few cormorants and parakeets that were around.
We still had time to kill and then we decided to make it to Raja's Seat before sunset to enjoy the view. Being a cloudy evening it got dark soon and we just made it to the place.
I was still excited about the few birds that I was able to identify that day and the photos that I clicked.
The Second day plan was to cover Tala Cauvery. We were all excited to see the birth place of one of the largest rivers in South India. Again the road from Madikeri to Tala Cauvery was full of curves and steep slopes and filled with beautiful picturesque backgrounds. All the way I was dreaming of a beautiful stream of water flowing through the mountains, may be a small water fall- Ah what a perfect spot to see some birds. But to my utter dismay all that was there was a regular temple with a small pond of water, there were some people, taking dips in that pond. This pond signified the origin of the river. We all were wondering whether we had missed something, the origin of a river cannot be a Pond for sure, was this a hoax or maybe we really missed something. From the temple there was a small flight of steps that led to a hill top that had some pretty decent views. The disappointment created by what we expected Vs what we saw at Tala Cauvery over shadowed everything else, even those beautiful spots seemed dull to us and we decided to head back to Madikere to get some lunch and maybe visit a couple more places and finish off the day.
After lunch, we visited the Madikere fort. It had a small museum with some relics and old artifacts. The museum building itself seems to be an old church and there were memorial stones all over the place. A small typewriter kept on display caught my attention and I stood gazing at that ancient piece of technology for sometime, imagining how many letters and documents that machine would have punched out in its years of service. We then took a stroll around the fort looking at the view and wondering how soldiers would have used those vantage points to spot enemies. There were some sparrows and a coucal on the walls of that fort, but since it had started drizzling, I had left my camera in the car. We also visited the Omkareshwara temple. The temple has a design that is quite similar to the ones seen in Muslim dargahs. It was almost getting dark and we decided to get to Abbi falls as it was nearby. By the time we reached there it was already dark. I don't know if it was the dim lighting or the gloom cast upon us by Tala Cauvery, but Abbi falls looked beautiful.
Next day morning I woke up early and decided to go for a walk. I had recently picked up the hobby of birding. I picked up my camera and started walking. The sun was just rising and i could hear the birds singing on the tree tops, but I just couldn't make out where they were. Finally I managed to see a brown shrike, a spotted dove, a red whiskered bulbul. This got my spirits high for the day. This was the last day of our trip and Nisargadhama and Dubare Elephant camp was left on our list. After breakfast we first went to the elephant camp. The camp was closed due to some strike but we had a good view of the cauvery river and people enjoying rafting. I was still on the look out for birds.
Nisargadhama was again a typical picnic spots with tourists littering the place, there was a deer park. Its a pity to see these beautiful creatures in captivity. On the final leg of this trip I was able to 'shoot' a Ashy Drongo, a yellow wagtail and a magpie robin.
Three days had gone by in this beautiful place and now it was time for us to return. With a bunch of photos and memories we bid farewell to the paradise called Coorg.
The Monarch of BR Hills
Sometimes things don't work out as planned and all you can do is just wait for everything to fall in place. From the last week of December, 2016 I had made plans to visit BR Hills. I had heard from friends and over the Internet that the ride to BR hills was beautiful and cannot be missed. But then every week the plan got postponed until 14th January 2017. Again as in my previous trip to Savandurga, we were a group of 4 ( my wife Pooja, and our friends Arun and Vidya).
From Bangalore through Kanakapura, Kollegal route we set forth to the K. Gudi Wilderness camp situated inside BRT Tiger reserve. Enjoying the scenic country side beauty of Karnataka. I must say it was difficult to keep your eyes on the road. There was so much to look around and see.
But the most interesting part of the ride was the final 11km just before K. Gudi wilderness camp through the BRT Tiger reserve. The jungle was silent and calm except for the leaves rustling in the wind and the occasional chirping of a few birds. There was a Blue chested Kingfisher that was trying to race with us, but I just slowed down to enjoy its beauty. Then lay ahead of us 11km of sheer pleasure, roads winding up the hill and through the jungle. I do not have words to describe what I saw or experienced in that 11 Kms. And probably the only sound to be heard was my enfield thumping as it was climbing the hill. Usually from my past experiences in such trips the jungle roads will be littered with bonnet macaques and spotted deer, but this time there was no one.
Around noon time we reached K. Gudi wilderness camp. My friends were already there had checked in and were out with their cameras. So we hurried into our rooms not wanting to miss anything. The welcome party at the camp was organized by an Asian Paradise Flycatcher. This was followed by another show by a couple of Blue-throated bee eaters. We took a stroll around their property and by then lunch was ready. At 4pm we all had geared up and were ready for the jungle safari. From our previous safari experiences expectations were low and we took it causally. Our guide was Mr. Narayan and besides the 4 of us there were 2 more people on the Jeep (Dr. Prem and his son). After the first half an hour of the trip I felt that Mr. Narayan had some kind of super power with which he could spot almost anything at any distance. All the way along we saw drongos, white breasted king fishers, Tickell's blue fly catcher and so on. There were some barking deers too. This continued for almost 2 and half hours and I guess Mr. Narayan was not yet in a mood to give up and took us on the main road in the opposite direction of the camp. It was getting dark and the cold jungle breeze was getting colder with each passing moment. And suddenly there it was, on the road side a magnificent beast with orange and white fur, with black strokes like the strokes made by an artist using a paint brush. I was in a trance for a moment trying to figure out what had just happened. There was so much excitement in that jeep and I was still not able to get hold of the moment. Having missed a golden opportunity in the past at Wayanad, this was like a second chance for me. I decided not even to touch the camera. This was the moment and I had to be in it. I was not going to let anything distract me from it.
Seems like luck was on our side, the tiger just decided to sit down relax and it gave us a grand pose. My friend started frantically clicking, even Dr. Prem was busy with his camera. Since all I had was my mobile phone, I thought I will enjoy the view. It never took its eyes off us but at the same time he was not scared or anxious. It seems that he knew that he was in control and that we were at his mercy. After all this was his jungle, his kingdom and we were the outsiders. And finally when he got bored by our gimmicks, just stood up and started walking towards our side. I could feel the tension in the jeep as it started walking, it gave us one final look. By then a couple of cars had lined up behind us, that grand creature just disappeared into the bushes.
Mr. Narayan drove like crazy back to the camp. We were received like heroes and everyone had gathered around to look at the photos.
That night we all went to sleep with a sense of accomplishment that none of us have ever felt in life. Maybe this was by far the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.
The Curious Case of Preprocessors
What would be the output of the following code snippet:
#include <stdio.h> #define V 1 int main() { int Value = 1; #if V == Value printf("Hello world\n"); #endif // V return 0; }
If you guessed that the program will print "Hello world" you are wrong.
The reason being #if is a preprocessor directive and at the stage where preprocessor directives are evaluated or expanded, 'int Value = 1' has still not been processed and memory has not yet been allocated. This will happen only at the compilation stage and not the preprocessing stage.
So basically there is no meaning in V==Value and this will evaluate to false. So for this piece of code to work you will have to define even 'Value' with the #define statement.
Thanks to two of my colleagues Rakesh and Mitul for this interesting discsussion.
Sunday @ Savandurga
It was a lazy Sunday morning. I had to struggle to get out of bed in the chilly January morning in Bangalore. But the thrill of the ride and the day ahead were motivation enough to get me moving. I started from Bangalore around 8am. It was a group of four (Me, my wife and two of our friends). We all had a quick breakfast and wanted to start the trek before it gets too hot.
Although it was a Sunday morning roads still had traffic blocks until we reached the toll gate on NICE Road. After that it was like a waltz for me on my RE. The cool wind blowing on your face randomly some cars whiz by. The feeling is just amazing and highly intoxicating, it makes you wish the ride was never over. We entered the Mysore road and then took a deviation that takes you to 'Dodda Alada Mara'. We passed by the gigantic Banyan tree. Having heard legends about it, I wanted to stop there very badly but then we were already getting late for the trek. I just enjoyed that marvelous tree as I drove by.
The next couple of kilometers had some dusty roads and nothing interesting. Soon we were riding through scenic Karnataka Country side with lush green fields on both sides. Once you approach Savandurga, you can see the Monolithic hill from several kilometers away. There was a Narasimha swamy temple at the foothills.
Without much delay we started our trek of Savandurga. At first the steep slope looked intimidating but we were confident that this is doable, at fair distance we could see a stone wall and we believed that was the top of the Savandurga hill. We all somehow managed to climb taking rests where ever we found a rock to lean on. There was a guy selling 'frooti' carrying a load of those tetra packs walking so leisurely. He told that us that further ahead there were steps. Then we saw a lady in a sari climbing the hill, all we could do was watch this with our mouths wide open. I wondered does a desk job make you so unfit (Or maybe it was all the Junk food that I eat). Any way these gave us hope and inspiration although short lived. To our surprise when we reached the stone wall we realised that we had not even made half of the trek. And the path ahead was even more steeper and and even more challenging.
Beyond a point I was literally crawling praying to all the gods that I don't slip. There were certain stretches of the trek which had to be done in one shot. If you stop in the middle you will just slide or roll back down. Anyway after 2 hours we somehow managed to climb upto a point where there were some kind of 'steps' but by then we were all exhausted and we also started worrying as to how we will descent. The sloped would be even more challenging on our way back.
My descent was something like the spiderwalk in the movie Exorcist. I was the slowest in the group and I was happy that I came back in one piece.
Yes but we somehow made and we all felt proud that we were part of some sort a dangerous adventure for the weekend. We never missed to take selfies. The view from the top was really breath taking . The beautiful river Arkavathi flowing towards the Manchinabele dam and the nearby hills. Even at around 12 noon the visibility was not that great and you could see the mist slowly drifting away. After all the tiresome and scary trek was for this view. Once at the top we forgot how hard it was to get there and we chose to ignore the thoughts of getting back down. For a few minutes we all were lost in this beautiful view and mother nature caressing our sweaty foreheads and cheeks with a cool breeze.
The Garden Pi
This is a small project that will introduce you to IoT and on how to use WebIOPi and Raspberry Pi to create a small and cool project.
These are the components that you will require for this project:
- Raspberry Pi B+ ( Any Rpi should work)
- 3-6V Submersible Mini water pump
- Wifi Adapter (You can skip this if you have a LAN cable long enough to reach your garden)
- Transistor Bs550
- 5V Relay
- Tube to supply water from the pump to the flower pots.
Setting Up the Wifi Adapter
As mentioned earlier if the LAN cable is long enough to reach your garden then you can skip this stage.
Make sure the Wifi adapter you have is compatible with the Raspberry Pi you have. I have used an Edimax Wifi usb adapter.
Insert the adapter into the Rpi USB slot and power up your Rpi.
At the command prompt type in the command lsusb
From the output of this command we get to know if the Wifi adapter was detected or not. In my case the last line shows my Wifi adapter.
The next task will be to edit the /etc/network/interfaces file. Type the command
sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces . This should open up the file and the contents should be edited as shown below:
# The loopback interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.0.26 #your static IP network 192.168.0.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255 gateway 192.168.0.1 #your gateway IP netmask 255.255.255.0 allow-hotplug wlan0 auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet static address 192.168.0.25 #your static IP network 192.168.0.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255 gateway 192.168.0.1 #your gateway IP netmask 255.255.255.0 wpa-ssid "SSID of Your Wifi Network" wpa-psk "password of your Wifi Network"
Here I have configured the static IP of 192.168.0.26 for LAN connection on Rpi and 192.168.0.25 for Wifi on RPi.
Type ifconfig at the comamnd prompt and make sure the IP address of the Wifi (or LAN) is assigned correctly. If not reboot your Rpi.
Once this is done try pinging your Rpi from within the same network. Use the IP address of LAN or the Wifi adapter based on how your Rpi is connected to the network.
Now on your Rpi try pinging some external website like http://www.google.com
If the ping is successful all is fine. If not don't worry there is a fix to it.
Type in route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0
If this is the output then notice that the gateway has not been set properly. All you have to do is execute the command given below.
sudo route add default gw 192.168.0.1
Now the you should be able to ping external websites. It would be a good idea to add this line to the ~/.bashrc file so that every time your Rpi starts up this get done automatically.
Once the wifi is setup you are ready to move on to the next section.
Installing WebIOPi
Since the WebIOPi has a pretty neat tutorial on how to setup WebIOPi, I will redirect you to that: http://webiopi.trouch.com/INSTALL.html
If you have both eth0(LAN) and Wifi(wlan0) configured you may run into and issue where weaved is not able to access your WebIOPi server.
In that case type in sudo ifconfig eth0 down and that should do the trick. If it does consider adding this also to the ~/.bashrc file.
Setting Up the Garden Pi Web Page
For this project all you have to do is to write a single index.html file.
so create a project directory structure as shown below:
mkdir ~/gardenpi/html
edit the /etc/webiopi/config file
- Locate
[HTTP]section, add following line to tell WebIOPi where to find your HTML resources
doc-root = /home/pi/gardenpi/html
More details about the config file can be found here
Now create the file ~/gardenpi/html/index.html
Add the following content into it:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Garden Manager</title> /webiopi.js webiopi().ready(function() { webiopi().setFunction(3,"OUT"); webiopi().setFunction(2,"IN"); // Create a "Pump" labeled button for GPIO 3 var button = webiopi().createGPIOButton(3,"Pump"); // Append button to HTML element with ID="controls" using jQuery $("#controls").append(button); // Refresh GPIO buttons // pass true to refresh repeatedly of false to refresh once webiopi().refreshGPIO(true); }); <style type="text/css"> button { display: block; margin: 5px 5px 5px 5px; width: 160px; height: 45px; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold; color: white; } #gpio3.LOW { background-color: Black; } #gpio3.HIGH { background-color: Blue; } </style> </head> <body> Turn on the pump by clicking the button below </body> </html>
Once the file is created connect and LED between the GPIO3 and Ground of the RPi.
Open up a browser in your PC or mobile and go to http://192.168.0.25:8000
and ensure that the LED turns on and off at the click of the button. All you have to do now is to connect the pump instead of the LED.
Since the pump draws more current than compared to what the Rpi can supply we will be using a relay.
Wire up your components as shown in the diagram below:
This is my Rig, you may not be able to make much from the picture:
Hope you guys ill enjoy doing this project.
My Experiments with Boost Graph Library
Recently I picked up "An Introduction to Graph Theory" by Robin J. Wilson. After going through a couple of chapters I felt the sudden urge to try out a few of graph theory problems through programming. To try out the algorithms I first need to create the graphs themselves, which seemed a bit of a tedious task. But then thats what the boost graph Library is there for.
The BGL has made it very easy to create graphs and perform any operations on them.
Below is a simple program that lets you create a graph using the BGL.
#include<iostream> #include<boost/graph/adjacency_list.hpp> #include<boost/graph/graphviz.hpp> int main(){ boost::adjacency_list<> graph; int noVert = 0; int start=0,end=0; char choice = 'y'; while(choice == 'y') { std::cout<<"Enter the start and end vertex of the edge: "; std::cin>>start>>end; boost::add_edge(start,end,graph); std::cout<<"Do you want to add another edge(y/n): "; std::cin>>choice; } boost::write_graphviz(std::cout,graph); return 0; }
The coolest feature of BGL is that it allows you to write your graph as 'dot' file, which can be used to by Graphviz to visualize. Checkout my github repo for more BGL based programs.
Range Based For Loops in C++11
Here is a short post on the range based for loops in C++. I recently learned about range based for loops in C++11 standards. These are nothing but easier constructs on writing loops. You no longer have to write:
The syntax is:
Although this looks like a very simple feature there are a few things to keep in mind while using the range based for loops.
Lets take a look at a simple piece of code:
#include<iostream>int count(int array[100]) { int total=0; for(auto num:array) total++; return total; }int main() { int array={1,2,3,4,5}; std::cout<<count(array)<<"\n"; return 0; }
If you compile the above code it throws compiler errors.
The same code will work if 'array' is a local variable in the main.
This baffled me for quite sometime and it is a friend of mine who explained to me why this happens.
This is how a range based for loop works:
It starts from the beginning of the array and travels till the end. So it needs the iterators to traverse the given array. In the code provided above 'array' is passed as a pointer and it does not have any iterator or boundary information. So in my original code if I pass 'array' as a 'std::vector<int>array', the code works fine.
Hope this will help someone else who is stuck. To know more in depth about how range based for loops work in C++, refer to the link provided below:


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Gene Zesch, b. (United States)
Gene Zesch was born during the Great Depression, raised on a family ranch, and tried making a living on the land during the worst recorded drought in Texas history. On a leave from army pilot's school in 1954, Gene and his wife Patsy saw an artist in Santa Fe working on a woodcarving of Dwight Eisenhower. Gene told Patsy, "I think I can do that." After that trip, he started carving humorous figures of cowboys and camp cooks in his spare time.
At first, Gene created a few Old West pieces, but he soon realized that his true subject matter was the hardships facing the small-time working rancher of his generation. He has always managed to find the humor in their predicaments. "Cowboys need a sense of humor," he points out. "Without laughter, they would hang up their saddles for good."
Throughout his career as an artist, Gene has ranched in Durango, Mexico and continues to play an active role in running his grandparents' ranch in the Hill Country of Texas. No doubt that experience inspired the title of one of his pieces: "If someone gave me a million dollars, I'd just keep right on ranching till it was all gone." Zesch has been featured in one-man shows at both the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and the Texan Cultures Museum, both of which hold the record as being the best attended shows in the history of the Museums. Zesch's work has been exhibited in 16 museums including two at the Smithsonian Institute.

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Welcome back. Nothing like some fiddle music to express happiness. :)
My own personal, thank God work is over happy song: Cut loose.
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Welcome back. Nothing like some fiddle music to express happiness. :)
My own personal, thank God work is over happy song: Cut loose.
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There is something wrong with the labeling of this sample. Anyone have any info on context? It's a she and she clearly is a lost NorthernItalian/Tuscan mix, just like me.
Distance to:...
Hope I wasn't careless. I tried to get only the pre-Iron Age samples from everywhere.
Bummer. My one Minoan in the top 25 is very far away.
Distance to:
Very interesting. I don't see Crete Armenoi anywhere, and the Greek Neolithic is further down the list. That tells us anything about the route(s) the Neolithic took into Europe?
Weren't there...
This isn't worth "correcting" your confusion. I do enough of that already.
So glad I'm not the only one who likes Disney songs, or maybe isn't afraid to admit to liking Disney songs. :)
Ed. One of my real loves is musical theater, what we call "Broadway music", and my...
Nice, guys. :)
Only two show up and I don't completely understand either one, but I'll give it my best shot.
I quite...
No, unfortunately we don't have samples from the right time period yet.
Yes, that's always the case with pcas. It's looking at the relationship between the samples the algorithm is given.
I do think we can see that a lot of the "Philistine" samples we have, if not...
Sorry, Demetrios, could you remind me of the source of your ancestry in Greece.
More broadly, I wonder if the original group of "Philistines" was very small, or rather we just got a skewed sample...
Sorry, Blevins, I had already downloaded it.
It's the paper the others are describing.
Just download the pdf to read it.
I was wondering where Aegean Greeks would plot.
Nice. Thanks, Jovialis.
Have you ever noticed how when remains which are clearly those of Central or Northern Europeans show up in Italian contexts no one suggests that they stayed, had thousands...
I agree.
However, I doubt Africans and Indians are worried about being PC.
I'm not at all surprised by India. One of our recent Miss America or Miss USA, I forgot which, was a beautiful girl of...
Let it go, buddy, or there will be serious consequences. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SSA.
This was the exchange.
https://www.eupedia.com/forum/images/misc/quote_icon.png Originally Posted by Angela...
You have some FREAKING nerve. I edited post number 9 hours before you posted about that issue.
Don't EVER question my integrity again, you little twerp.
READ the FREAKING papers by...
Well, one measure of it, anyway.
Still, I feel like making a copy of it and carrying it around to brandish whenever some "WOKE" idiot starts pontificating about how racism is all about WHITE...
I've told you they're delicious. Well, here the discovery is made by Italians from another region. :)
It's probably a technique from the Bronze Age and before. A "paste" of sorts is made from...
Didn't know if everyone was familiar with this paper so I thought I'd post it.
People will agree or...
Another "Amish" genetic disease, a recessive one leading to "sudden death". Poor families.
Well, they shrank as they evolved into birds.
These are high res images you could download, or use in other ways. Every museum should do this.
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16.1 When you go to bed
I'm going to bed. Listen A "I am on my way to sleep." <"It's late already, I'm going to bed.">
I'm going to sleep. Listen <"Turn the light off, please. I'm going to sleep.">
I'm off to bed. Listen <"I'm tired. I'm off to bed.">
I'm going to crash. Listen A "I am going to fall asleep." < – "I'm too. See you in the morning.">
I'm going night-night. Listen < – "Sweet dreams.">
It's bedtime. Listen < – "Good night, then.">
It's past my bed time. Listen < – "Sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite.">
I think I'll say good night now. Listen < – "Good night, sleep tight, don't let mosquitoes bite.">
16.2 When you want to take a nap
I'm going to take a nap. Listen A "I am going to take a short sleep." <"I didn't sleep well last night. I feel tired. I'm going to take a nap.">
I am going to sleep for an hour. Listen <"It's been a busy day today. I'm going to sleep for an hour.">
16.3 When you listen to the radio
What station is this? Listen <"I like this music. What station is this?">
Let's find a different station. Listen <"I don't like this program. Let's find a different station.">
What do you want to hear? Listen < – "I like music.">
Turn the radio up, please. Listen <"I can't hear it. Turn the radio up, please.">
Please turn the radio down. Listen <"It's too loud. Please turn the radio down.">
Turn the radio off. Listen <"This program is absolutely boring. I'm going to sleep. Turn the radio off.">
16.4 When you watch television
What are you watching? Listen < – "Latest news." >
What channel is this? Listen < – "A news channel.">
What's on TV? Listen < – "A concert.">
What's on tonight? Listen <– "A science fiction movie.">
What's on channel eleven? Listen < – "A documentary.">
Is this any good? Listen < – "Yes, I like it.">
What do you want to watch? Listen < – "Let's watch some movie.">
Let's change the channel. Listen < – "OK. What do you want to watch?">
Change the channel. Listen < – "Why? Don't you like this show?">
Hand me the remote control. Listen < – "OK. Find something entertaining.">
Turn the TV up, please. Listen <"I want to hear this. Turn the TV up, please.">
Turn the TV down. Listen <"This music is too loud. Turn the TV down.">
Could you please turn it down? Listen <"I'm on the phone. Could you please turn it down?">
Turn the TV off. Listen <"I haven't seen such a boring show in my life. Turn the TV off.">
Turn it off if you're not watching it. Listen <"Billy! Are you playing with your toys or watching TV? Turn it off if you're not watching it.">
16.5 When you hear good news
That's really good news. Listen <"The economy is turning around." – "That's really good news.">
I'm glad to hear that. Listen <"My mother is still at the hospital, but she is doing better." – "I'm glad to hear that.">
That's great! Listen <"My sister is getting married in June." – "That's great! Congratulations.">
That's wonderful! Listen <"Our nephew was accepted at a college." – "That's wonderful! He is a clever boy. I've always known that.">
16.6 When you hear bad news
That's too bad. Listen A "That sounds very bad." <"I got fired." – "That's too bad. What are you going to do now?">
That's really sad. Listen <"My grandmother died last week." – "That's really sad. She was a nice lady.">
That's terrible. Listen <"I scratched the boss's car in the company's parking lot." – "That's terrible.">
That's awful. Listen <"We went for a hike, and I hurt my foot." – "That's awful. Can I help you anyhow?">
What a pity! Listen <"I couldn't make it to my niece's wedding." – "What a pity! She wanted you to be there.">
What a shame! Listen <"Unfortunately, the board of directors cancelled our project." – "What a shame! The project was pretty promising.">
I'm sorry to hear that. Listen <"My beloved dog died yesterday." – "I'm sorry to hear that.">
I'm sorry I asked. Listen A "Now that I know the answer, I am sorry I asked my question." <"How is your brother doing? How is his wife?" – "They broke up." – "Oh… I'm sorry I asked.">


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Lane County has a significant homelessness problem that a public shelter alone won't fix, a consultant told city and county leaders Wednesday.
Representatives of the Boston-based Technical Assistance Collaborative, in their preliminary recommendations, advised adding 50 to 75 low-barrier shelter beds in concert with additions and changes to social services to help get hundreds of people off the street.
Those steps included increasing outreach to the homeless population to connect them to social services and adding more than 300 supportive housing beds that provide homeless individuals with a place to sleep as well as drug and alcohol treatment, job training and other support services.
Technical Assistance Collaborative will provide cost estimates for its recommendations when it delivers a detailed final report in December.
A year ago, the city and county hired the consultant to study the feasibility of a public homeless shelter as well as examine the area's current system to address homelessness and recommend areas where it can be improved.
The city has budgeted $1 million as seed money for a public homeless shelter. The county has not set aside a specific amount of money but a shelter remains a priority for Lane County leaders, county spokeswoman Devon Ashbridge said.
"As we move forward and start making decisions based on the information we receive, we'll have those budget conversations," she said.
The consultant's work will cost up to $84,000, with the expense shared by the city and county. The city is not drawing from the $1 million allotment to pay its share of the cost, a city spokeswoman said.
The county-organized homeless count in January identified 1,641 homeless individuals, including more than 1,000 people without any shelter who are surviving in vehicles, parks and under bridges. More than 80 percent are single adults — a percentage higher than the national average — and many are chronically homeless, military veterans and suffer from mental illness or drug or alcohol addiction, the consultant reported.
The unsheltered population is "very visible" and its numbers are significantly higher than in similarly sized communities, Technical Assistance Collaborative said.
"Homeless numbers have been going up nationally so Eugene is not unique in that sense, but from the unsheltered point you are," Elizabeth Stewart, a senior associate for the consultant, told Lane County commissioners and Eugene city councilors during the 90-minute meeting
About 130 people are becoming newly homeless in Lane County each month, said Gina Schaak, another senior associate, although she said there's no way of knowing how many are county residents and how many arrived here from another area.
The homelessness problem is exacerbated in Lane County because it has a comparatively poorer, older and more disabled populace in an area with an inadequate stock of rental housing, either market-rate or publicly subsidized, she said.
"A lower per-capita income with high housing costs really creates that perfect storm of less people in poverty being able to afford housing and falling into homelessness," Schaak said.
Building a shelter alone won't solve the problem without other additions and changes, Technical Assistance Collaborative reported, because the gaps in the current social services combined with the constant monthly inflow of the newly homeless means there always will be more people in need than shelter available.
Technical Assistance Collaborative noted there are no low-barrier shelter beds so homeless people who are intoxicated or high have no place to go.
It also found that 43 percent of the people who get on a waiting list for housing get kicked off because there's too much demand.
In addition, the consultant said that about one in five people who get into permanent housing return to the streets within two years.
Among other recommendations, Technical Assistance Collaborative advised social service and public agencies to take steps to more fully utilize available emergency shelter and housing units and move those tenants into permanent housing at a greater pace to free up space for others.
It also said they need to invest more in additional programs to help residents on the cusp of homelessness from ending up on the street. Currently, those efforts are focused on youth and families and not the at-risk single adults that make up the bulk of the county's unsheltered population.
City and county leaders generally praised the report as helping direct their ongoing discussion about a public shelter and other changes to social services to reduce homelessness.
Lane County Commissioner Pete Sorenson said it's important for Technical Assistance Collaborative in its final report to identify funding sources to pay for its recommendations.
"Without the money, we're not going to do any of this stuff, and I'd just like to get down to the brass tacks," he said.
Other elected officials said gaps in the state's mental health system and the area's supply of buildable land for housing also needs to be part of the conversation.
Commissioner Jay Bozievich said a public shelter is a key element of any social service improvements to address homelessness.
"It may not move the needle by itself, but with all the other strategies, I think it's really important for us (to be aware) about treating people properly with their civil rights," he said.
He was referring to a recent federal appeals court ruling. The ruling found that city ordinances that punish homeless people for camping or sleeping outdoors when they have nowhere else to go violates the U.S. Constitution prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
The scene across the street from where elected officials met illustrated his point. Homeless people have set up a camp next to the county-owned "butterfly" parking lot to protest that the federal ruling hasn't prompted the city to change its stance on enforcement of its outdoor camping ban.
The camp has grown to more than 20 people, the organizer said.


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Wrestling's 'Captain' Lou Albano Dies at 76
He also played Cyndi Lauper's dad in the "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" video
Beloved pro-wrestling figure "Captain" Lou Albano died at his home Wednesday morning, reports the Los Angeles Times. He was 76.
Best known to the '80s mainstream as the man who played Cyndi Lauper's dad in the video for "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," Albano was instantly recognizable for his unkempt beard, rubber-band accessories, garish outfits and boisterous personality in and out of the ring. His wrestling persona was of a loudmouthed manager who proved a popular villain at the height of Hulkamania (though he was one of the "faces," or good guys, in the Saturday-morning cartoon Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling.
Albano was sent home from a hospital earlier this week. He suffered, and recovered from, a heart attack in 2005.
– Michael Y. Park


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CHICAGO—The number of serious adverse drug events reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) more than doubled between 1998 and 2005, as did deaths associated with adverse drug events, according to a report in the September 10 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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A serious adverse drug event, as defined by the FDA, means an adverse event that resulted in death, a birth defect, disability, hospitalization, or was life-threatening or required intervention to prevent harm, according to background information in the article. Such events are voluntarily reported to the FDA through its Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) and known as "MedWatch" reports. The reports come to the FDA directly or through drug manufacturers, who are then required to forward them.
Thomas J. Moore, A.B., of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Huntingdon Valley, Penn., and colleagues analyzed serious adverse drug events reported to the FDA through AERS from 1998 through 2005.
During this period, a total of 467,809 serious adverse events were reported. The annual number of reports increased 2.6-fold between 1998 and 2005, from 34,966 to 89,842. The number of fatal adverse drug events increased from 5,519 to 15,107 in the same time frame, a 2.7-fold increase.
"The overall relative increase was four times faster than the growth in total U.S. outpatient prescriptions, which grew in the same period from 2.7 billion to 3.8 billion," the authors write.
A total of 1,489 drugs were associated with adverse events, but a subset of 51 drugs that each had 500 or more reports in any year accounted for 203,957 or 43.6 percent of the total adverse event reports in the study.
"Contrary to our expectations, drugs related to safety withdrawals were a modest share of all reported events and declined in importance over time," the authors write. In the subset of 51 drugs with 500 or more reports in a year, the percentage of reported events associated with drugs related to safety withdrawals declined from 26 percent in 1999 to less than 1 percent in 2005. "Among the most frequently reported drugs associated with fatal events, we observed a disproportionate contribution of pain medications and drugs that modify the immune system."
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Vixxie goes back to school
Vixxie goes back to school
Well, kind of.
Not in the physical kind of way, that hurts your bottom sitting on a wooden bench listening to the nuns 8 hours a day. (Anno 2015: things haven't changed a single bit, I still have a sore bottom. But from the desk chair instead. 10+ hours a day). I'm psychologically headed back to school today, which means hectic days, new schedules and lots of excitement ahead. That's me being optimistic. The realistic version however, probably features a fair bit of frustration as well, since it's been a good fifteen years I've hit a book with the intent of remembering what I had read. I'm not saying that I don't remember anything I've read in the past fifteen years, but I have a talent for filtering the important from the superfluous and remembering only the latter. My memory membrane is filled with useless facts and utterly pointless details that usually make me look like a know-it-all… but the good stuff that I probably should have remembered is playing hide and seek with my concentration and social comprehension skills in the dusty attic of my brain. Mmmyeah, the ability to retain and recall important information is an imperfect process even at the best of times.
Either way, just like everything else in Vixxie's psyche: it works in mysterious ways. But it works well.
I graduated with honors, I never failed a year in college, I had good grades and I managed to pretty much ace everything I tried in life. Go team Vixxie. Mathematics and sports excluded. And relationships. Don't get me started about those.
Have I ever told you the story on that massive U-turn I took from languages in high school to art in university? No? I have a lot of fancy stories about how I dreamed about being a designer since I was able to hold a pencil but in fact, just like any other little girl, I just wanted to be a princess. Or a veterinary, at best. Architecture crossed my mind when I was fourteen-ish, I was obses22sed with drawing my perfect house. Writer and journalist later too, but a graphic designer? Never. Although it made a lot of sense, in retrospect. I was that little girl spending hours drawing female figures, dressing them in the latest imaginative fashion. (Even then already, my OCD kicked in. I remember refusing to draw clothes and accessories until I got the underwear part 100% right. I was never satisfied, so I spent the majority of my creative time… drawing bikini's. Ironically the only piece of cloth I have not owned in my entire life. And never will.). In high-school, I did the lay-outs for the school newspaper, and most of the writing as well. I don't think anyone ever gave two shits about that school paper, but I did. Perhaps it was just a nice escape from reality, not having to deal with the bullies that had set eyes on me since first grade.
So yeah, in retrospect, choosing a graphic design education made a lot of sense. But when I was 17 and graduated from high school, I didn't have the smallest inkling. I aced all languages, I aced history, religion, esthetics. I aced music course. I didn't like sciences very much but I managed to get good grades with a minimal amount of effort. So I didn't know what to choose for a career. Everything was equally interesting, just as it was equally boring. When I eventually had to pick a college degree, I chose art. I never tried art before. Not necessarily because I wanted to fail the f*ck out of something, but probably because making people frown (my friends and acquaintances); or turn respectively white-green-red (my family) and mutter "graphic what now?" gave me pleasure. Seventeen, rebellious, and hating the world. The best motivation EVER, choosing a course in life, right? 🙂 I still firmly believe that no one had a clue about what my future as a designer would hold, including me.
The first year at art university was.. interesting to say the least. Mingling with students from various artistic backgrounds. I didn't even know what a charcoal was. I remember the first lesson. "Take out your drawing utensils". People dug up sepia and sanguine chalk, charcoal sticks, color crayons, markers, roller point stylo's and bamboo ink pens. WOW. There I was, with my standard HB pencil. Wait, what? There were different densities in pencils too? Oh look, there was even a graphite pencil for intensive black use. I didn't have to scratch through my paper anymore trying to apply shadow to my drawings?? Hello world!!!
Yeah, that first year was quite the eye opener.
A year that I also happened to glamorously fail. And I'm glad I did. It made me realize that people accept you either way. Especially my parents, who took my failure remarkably well and still trusted me to do better next year. Half the weight of the world dropped from my shoulders. "Trial and error". "Better next time". Phrases that until that moment, I had never fully flavored. Once I got acquainted with the different traditional media and the specific artistic mindset, my skill and confidence grew, which led me into a straight path to graduation.
Flash forward 15 years, at the age of 33, I couldn't have made a better choice if I tried.
In what other branch would people accept your quirks and personality shambles as an asset rather than a liability? In what other world would your mood extremities allow you to provide higher quality work? In what other profession is creative procrastination applauded and preferred over shallow productivity? None, I tell you. People often say that artistic types are crazy people, but I truly think it's Art that prevents us from going completely insane. Art allowed me to channel an excess of emotion and obsessive–compulsive tendencies into something constructive and opened up opportunities to taste colors of life I would have never known if I had been an interpreter. Just to name one.
Stepping up from Graphic Designer to Artistic Director seems to be a logical career step in terms of chronology. I could invest more time in getting to know absolutely every last single detail of Illustrator, or specialize in a certain type of design and brand myself in it, but there are other parts of me that I cannot deny. The writer. The language Nazi. The theory crafter. At the office, I often find myself writing up my own website and product-related content, even if we have fully-fledged copywriter marketeers to do so. Not because I think I do a better job per se, but because I just love finding that one special edge that completes my imagery. Whether that is textual, target specific, understanding mass media or simply finding the ultimate marketing positioning. It turns me on.
Many right-brain type designers possess the professional skillset to produce what their commissioner's brief requires. But typically, designers are extremely aesthetically oriented people. I grew up as a designer in a Business-2-Business environment, and experience taught me that the 'extremely creative approach' doesn't usually hit home with non-creative types, which make up a large portion in the business world. The average consumer doesn't get triggered to make an impulse-purchase if he doesn't instantly understand what he is about to buy. Yes, I can produce a visually top notch, super creative packaging that no living soul understands. But it would bring absolutely nothing to the table if the purchase manager of the large company distributor NOR the end consumer have a clue what's going on inside.
I do not lack that intuitive business-marketing mindset, but I've often been treated like a leper when I offered my input in communication strategy. "Because designers just make everything look pretty, they don't think". "Because designers can only do magic with Photoshop, not with Microsoft Word" (and unfortunately, I'm quoting certain people quite literally here.) But I want to grow. And expand my skillset from waving a magic wand to actually understanding what makes people's clocks tick. That's why eventually, when I'm done, I'll be waving a Director's title in their general direction instead. I've gained a lot of credit over the past years (and even scored a coffee mug with the inscription "Mrs. Always Right"), and at the office of my fulltime job, my opinion is more often than not respected in the decision which design elements are used. But when it comes to career opportunities, I have no degree to back that up. Much more than just visualizing other people's ideas, I want to be the one that determines how best to represent a concept visually. I want to be responsible for developing budgets and timelines. Who knows, maybe someday I'll even be articulating my vision to other designers and put them to work! Bring it on, bitches 😉
So, long story short: Today, on September 1st, I'm getting my learn on. My ceo came through, paid my textbooks and my prints, and I'm ready to rock.
I am officially attacking the beast of burden again, manifesting itself as a bachelor's degree in communication (marketing, copywriting and publicity). I've collected the necessary books, printed all the documentation of my course. Obviously, I also color coded my course material. Vixxie wouldn't be Vixxie if she didn't at least color coordinate the paper ordners with the tables of content within. Hey, what do you know? I chose the colors of the ordners in analogy with the colors of the adobe logos ! 😉
I'm not really confident yet in finding the perfect time management for combining a fulltime job with two hours of daily commute, weekends spent freelancing and being everyone's personal little design bitch, a household, a cuddle kittie, guitar lessons, raiding and watching NCIS. And somewhere, a bit of sleeping, when I see fit. Probably not even close to the advised 56 hours of sleep per week.
Yeah, we're going to have to do some proper puzzling 🙂
But it's nice to finally know where your life is leading and have somewhat of an idea how to get there. And so you see…
Late bloomers, they blossom well.
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Pottery Matchby DMajor - Jam Entry
A simple memory game where you try and mould pottery to match what you see, at least that's the idea, really I got for way too long on making the generated pot mirror itself so I ran out of time for the graphics, and music, and really the UI isn't so great either.
But my goal with these is always more of making something that has a unique gameplay gimmick, so I'm still okay with what I've done.
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Exclusive tickets to see Jake Bugg in London on Monday, 18 February 2019 at Omeara.
War Child BRITs Week together with O2 is proud to announce a special night at Omeara with Jake Bugg.
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Since his 2012 self-titled #1 debut earned him nominations at both the BRIT Awards and Mercury Prize, Nottingham's Jake Bugg has established himself as one of the nation's favourite singer-songwriters.
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Hit and Run.
He was driving too fast to see them early enough. One minute he was shouting at the kids in the back to calm down, the next, two shadowy figures were just there; in front of the car; riding the windscreen; falling limply to the floor with a sickening slow roll as the car pulled too slowly to a halt.
The sweat poured from his forehead; he looked in disbelief at the young bodies tangled together on the road. His face was aglow, his eyes large. His children for once sat quietly in their seats. His mind was unusually empty of thought, his body still. For one second he thought; ah, this is what its like to have no thoughts, no mind. It was relieving, a pleasure in that moment. He relaxed, his shoulders visibly sinking, relieved of the weight they had been carrying for the last few hours.
Frank climbed out of the car, aware of every movement; aware of how his leg caught momentarily on the handbrake, aware of his arms as they eased his body out onto the tarmac. A piercing wind slapped his cheeks. The youngest child began to cry - muttering from the back seat, and again silence. He stood, in apparent collectedness, wondering whether his tea would be ready when he arrived home. He glanced again at the bodies. A car's headlights flashed into his eyes, at the same time as another sharp gasp of wind slashed his cheeks. The slap of the cold and the flash of lights shook his mind awake. In front of him two young girls were lying either dead or unconscious because of him. Of course he was concerned for their welfare, but the reality was that they shouldn't have been crossing a dual carriageway at any time, let alone in the dark with no reflective clothing. He really did need to get the kids home for their tea, they would be cold and hungry and their mother would be worried.
At that moment another car pulled up and its driver threw open the door and rushed to the silent bodies. He bent over them, close to their faces, squatted low, and pulled out a mobile phone. That was the trigger for Frank to turn to his car, walk purposefully to it, climb in and drive off.
The rest of the journey was in silence; an occasional spluttering mew from his youngest daughter, sitting with her hand over her mouth in the back seat. The children had been witness to the accident and also to their father's reaction. Rain drummed against the windscreen, and the hum of the car was a comforting familiar in the new world that Frank found himself in. The click-click of the indicators, the dipping and rising of the lights as they met other cars, the swing of the air freshener as he negotiated corners. This was as it should be.
They pulled into the driveway and Frank turned off the lights and the engine. The darkness was silent, apart from the sound of the rain on the car roof. Frank undid his seatbelt, packed up his own and his childrens' belongings, and followed them in to the house.
He walked in to an alarmed quartet of tears and consolation. Sandra looked up as she held the children who were crowded around her, clinging and gasping in noisy sobs.
'What happened?' she mouthed.
In that moment the reality of what had happened crashed into Frank's consciousness. He too began to sob.
'Some girls walked in front of the car. It was impossible to stop. I don't know if they're alive or dead.'
'What?' breathed Sandra 'and you came home? Didn't you see them to the hospital? Which hospital did you ring? What did you say to the police?'
'Well, I saw to it that someone phoned the hospital. I needed to get the kids home.'
'Why didn't you phone me? I would have come to pick them up. You must be wanted for questioning.'
Frank said nothing. Just as suddenly as he had lost his composure, his tears dried, and he managed once more to take control. He sank into the nearest chair and lit a cigarette.
'There was nothing I could have done. They shouldn't have been there. They'll be in hospital now, that's the most important thing. I can't make any difference to them now.'
'Frank! This is what you always do! Shrug off responsibility! You have to step in and tell the police what happened!'
Frank remembered with wistfulness the calm that had descended just after the accident. Right now he was feeling unsettled. He didn't like to cry in front of his children, and even though his wife might be right about the statement, well, they would wonder why he had left; he had made it worse for himself. It made him look guilty. He took a deep inhalation of nicotine and sat back into the chair in a state not dissimilar, but not anywhere near as good as, that initial euphoria. He savoured the heady escapism afforded by the tobacco. His dark hair, a little greasy now with sweat, flopped ungraciously over his forehead, and his eyes wore darkened rings of exhaustion. Spittle crept languidly from his mouth as he exhaled into the now empty room, his wife having left in disgust to feed and calm the children. He spent the next few hours staring out of the window, cold air mingling with his own warm breath. His eyes closed slowly in the early hours of the morning, the house now quiet, and the rain just a slow trickle in the drains.
The day began as it always did; birds heralding the sunrise, sunshine painting daggers of light into Frank's consciousness. He eased his eyes open, resenting the sunshine, and aware of his heavy head and aching muscles. As the reality of last night dawned, his heart beat a leadened lurch, jumping with dread into his mouth.
He lit another cigarette, this time to help him to face the day and to wake up into it in half-human form. He realised that he would have to make that trip to the police station, and that he would have to explain his sudden disappearance last night. That was what was expected of him and was the only way he could hold his head up with his wife and children. They would track him down sooner or later anyway, and the later it got, the worse it would be for him.
Frank dragged himself out of the tired chair, and his feet carried him reluctantly over into the kitchen. He made himself a strong black coffee and alternately took swigs of it, followed by a long puff of the cigarette. His dull mind slowly began to clear.
He recalled the long journey from Reading to the South coast, the children excited at seeing their grandmother again, squealing in the back. He had not wanted to quell their eagerness, remembering that feeling of delicious excitement that comes with innocence, and had allowed them to go slightly 'over the top' as they neared their destination. They had both arrived and been met with exhuberance; a fitting beginning to a jubilant weekend.
The same journey in reverse had begun on a more sombre note. Everyone was tired after an exhausting, fun filled couple of days. Just as they had been about to leave, Franks' father had called him to one side.
'Frank, I just wanted you to know that this may be the last time you can bring all the kids to stay for the weekend. Your mother is ill. She's only just made it through this weekend. We found out some time ago but didn't want to tell you. She has cancer and its taking over her body. They found it too late to do anything to help her, and she wants to enjoy as much of the time she has left as she can. She doesn't know I'm telling you this; but you need to know...... the children wear her out, so perhaps just day trips from now on?'
His father turned on his heels and went back to the exhausted but happy children.
Frank's eyes followed his father as he went back to the car. He felt the blow in his solar plexus, his insides crumpling into a ball of silent pain. And yet his body stayed controlled and erect. The children, tired yet happy, were giggling and protesting as their grandfather whispered endearments. He pulled his shoulders back and walked calmly over to the car. As he shook hands with his father there was a flash of recognition and then a glance away as he climbed into the car and started the engine. Frank glanced into the mirror as he drove off and watched his father turn and walk into the house, head bowed, back to his dying mother.
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Sophie made two different Valentine's Day crafts this year! The first one was a handprint "blowing kisses" valentine, which I shared in this post, and today I'm sharing the second one we made! I love bumblebees and I think they're so cute in crafts. :) This is an easy craft you can do with your baby or toddler, and it fits the theme of Valentine's Day just perfectly when you add "Bee Mine" to the final product! RELATED: Baby Footprint Heart Valentines & "Blowing Kisses" Handprint … [Read more...]
Valentine's Day "Blowing Kisses" Handprint Craft
Once we hit February every year, Valentine's Day is just around the corner!! As soon as I saw we were nearing the end of January, I started brainstorming valentines that Sophie and I could make this year! Last year, we made little heart-shaped valentines out of her footprints! RELATED: Baby Footprint Valentine's Day Craft This year, I got extra ambitious (haha) and decided to do two crafts!! (You'll see the second one here on the blog soon!) I also felt extra gutsy because we did a … [Read more...]


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The \(H_2SO_4-HNO_3-NH_3\) system at high humidities and in fogs: 2. Comparison of field data with thermodynamic calculations
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CitationJacob, Daniel J., Jed M. Waldman, J. William Munger, and Michael R. Hoffmann. 1986. "The \(H_2SO_4-HNO_3-NH_3\) System at High Humidities and in Fogs: 2. Comparison of Field Data with Thermodynamic Calculations." Journal of Geophysical Research 91 (D1): 1089. doi:10.1029/jd091id01p01089.
AbstractConcentrations of HNO(g) and NH(g) determined in the field were compared to predictions from aerosol equilibrium models. The products of HNO(g) and NH(g) concentrations measured under cool and humid nonfoggy conditions agreed in magnitude with predictions from a comprehensive thermodynamic model for the atmospheric HSO‐HNO‐NH‐HO system. Observed concentrations of NH(g) in fogs were generally consistent with those predicted at equilibrium with fog water, but important discrepancies were noted in some cases. These discrepancies may be due to fluctuations in fog water composition over the course of sample collection or to the sampling of nonfoggy pockets of air present within the fog. Detectable concentrations of HNO(g) (up to 23 neq m) were often found in fogs with H 5 were below the detection limit of 4–8 neq m.
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The opioid crisis is growing in America, and it may be the reason many men are dropping and staying out of the workforce, according to a new study.
Nearly half of the men in the U.S. who dropped out of the workforce are on opioid painkillers, Princeton University economist Alan Krueger wrote in a Brookings Institute study released this week.
"The opioid crisis and depressed labor-force participation are now intertwined in many parts of the U.S.," Krueger wrote in the Brookings Institute study.
Krueger found that nearly half of the men surveyed "take pain medication on a daily basis, and in nearly two-thirds of these cases they take prescription pain medication."
"Labor force participation has fallen more in areas where relatively more opioid pain medication is prescribed," he wrote.
Krueger said the men surveyed took painkillers either as a result of being out of the workforce for a prolonged period or because they had a condition that required the use of painkillers and could not work because of the condition.
"The results of this survey underscore the role of pain in the lives on nonworking men, and the widespread use of prescription pain medication," he wrote. "Fully 47 percent of NLF (not in labor force) prime age men responded that they took pain medication on the previous day."
He added that nearly two-thirds of the men who took pain medication said they were taking prescription meds.
"These figures likely understate the actual proportion of men taking prescription pain medication given the stigma and legal risk associated with reporting taking narcotics," Krueger said.
NBC News cites data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that show the labor force participation rate, comprised of people who are working or actively looking for work, reached an all-time high of 67.3 percent in the U.S. in early 2000.
The labor force participation rate reached a 40-year low in September 2015, dipping to 62.4 percent, as the American economy grew very slowly under former President Barack Obama.
Krueger said the labor participation rate in the past decade declined faster than the decade preceding it.
"The share of non-college educated young men who did not work at all over the entire year rose from 10 percent in 1994 to more than 20 percent in 2015," he wrote.


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Why did the turtle go to the movies?
Because she liked the book.
This week has been slow and colorful here in Carpenter Country. In addition to the turtle we spotted plodding across the yard,
the rose is blooming,
the Loropetalum, or Chinese fringe flower, is blooming,
and the birds left us a gift.
We hope your week has been filled with beauty and gifts.
Oh, and maybe you can help us solve a riddle — is a turtle without a shell homeless, or naked? 🙂
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This set arrived June 5, 2002 and is now in Gallery 2.
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Having a really nice afternoon here at my friends house. We are just hanging out and talking. It's nice. I am having fun. Needed the break, mood has been pretty low today. Hoping it will pick up soon.
I didn't bring nitro with me. Left him at home with my mum and dad. He is being spoiled there.
Planning on watching X factor tonight. Don't know what else I will do probably will read for a while. Have to start a new book not sure yet what book I'm going to start.
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The Book Thief tells the story of Liesel, a little girl who is taken to a new home because her mother can't afford to take care of her. The story is told by Death, who becomes a character you come to respect and even feel sorry for by the end. The narration puts an odd perspective on the story. Much of what Death says is very philosophical, and even beautiful.
The Book Thief is set in Nazi Germany, at the start of World War Two. On the journey to her new home, Liesel's younger brother dies and she steals her first book: The Gravedigger's Handbook. When she arrives at her new home, she suddenly has a new mama and papa. Haunted every night by nightmares of her brother's death, Liesel and her Papa set themselves the challenge of reading the book, Liesel's last link to her brother.
I found this book a bit of an eye opener. It is one of the first books about the war that I have read that is from somebody living in Germany's point of view. It makes you realise that so many people in Germany became victims of the war, that they weren't all evil as they are often portrayed. It is not the kind of story that has you crying one moment and laughing the next. The sadness surrounding Liesel's story creeps up on you, until suddenly you realise that it was like this for so many, and how serious it was, and is.
In reflection, The Book Thief leaves behind a sense of guilt, in some ways. Because it is the British bombs that are falling in Germany, the British who kill so many in the story and leave the reader's cheeks soaked in tears.
Overall I would rate it 8/10, and recommend it to anyone aged 13 and upwards, as it is a serious story, and may not be fully understood by those younger.
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