ReSources' Hannah Coughlin starts the announcements over Boundary Bay brew at March's Green Drinks.
Going strong for more than eight years, Bellingham Green Drinks provides an informal, face-to-face opportunity for individuals, politicians, and professionals to network and discuss environmental issues, comfortably, over a pint. Green Drinks isn't a Bellingham original, but a branch of Green Drinks International, "an organic, self-organising network" began by Edwin Datschefski in 1989 in a North London pub called The Slug and Lettuce.
Martin Passmore, a long-time Bellingham resident passionate about reducing climate change by increasing soil fertility, appreciates the variety of venues that host the event. "I've been to many places I would have never been otherwise: a solar panel builder, 2020 Engineering, and George Dyson's place," explains Passmore. In the past year, Green Drinks has met at the World Famous Up & Up, Brandywine Kitchen, Backcountry Essentials, and ReSources, to name a few.
Coughlin secures locations and collaborates with local business to provide food, drink, and education to the 50 to 100 monthly Green Drinks attendees. Taylor Shellfish provided fresh clams at the December meeting while Boundary Bay Brewing has partnered with ReSources many times to provide local brew for a donation. February's meeting offered Aslan Brewery's No Coal Porter, a beer brewed specifically to raise funds to protect the community from risks associated with SSA Marine's proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal.
Partnerships brought fresh Taylor Shellfish clams to Green Drinks. Photo by Taylor Shellfish.
March's meeting was held at the Powerhouse, a Net Zero Plus Cohousing project in the Roosevelt Neighborhood, built by Ted Clifton of TC Legend Homes. "Ted likes to network with other builders and answer people's questions about energy-efficient housing," explains Clifton's wife, Rachel Lee. "He's kind of a pioneer because he's not making high-end properties. He's doing it in an affordable way." Clifton has received a lot of attention for the houses he's built in the Seattle area but would like to construct more in Whatcom County as well. The Powerhouse's on-site solar panels power both the house and cars for under $150 per square foot.
Each gathering is unstructured except for a short set of 3-minute announcements about relevant events, policies, or causes. Within an hour of casual conversation, I learned of Shannon Maris' Transition Whatcom movement to reduce fossil fuel dependence, Bellingham's Highland Hemp House renovated with Hempcrete, and upcycling of unwanted textiles at Ragfinery.
TC Legend Homes' Powerhouse hosted March's Bellingham Green Drinks. Photo by ReSources.
Bellingham Green Drinks meets the first Wednesday of each month at 5:00 p.m. at various locations. Find the next meeting here. Green Drinks April meeting will be co-hosted by Futurewise Whatcom from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Herald Building and will feature information on their new Green Link Project, which will help establish an integrated network of green spaces with people, water quality, and wildlife in mind.


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Bray, T., Ed., "The I-JSON Message Format", RFC 7493, DOI 10.17487/RFC7493, March 2015, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7493>.
Ecma International, "ECMA-262 6th Edition, The ECMAScript 2015 Language Specification", Standard ECMA-262, June 2015, <http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/6.0/>.
Reschke, J., "Character Set and Language Encoding for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Header Field Parameters", RFC 5987, DOI 10.17487/RFC5987, August 2010, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5987>.
Hoffman, P. and J. Klensin, "Terminology Used in Internationalization in the IETF", BCP 166, RFC 6365, DOI 10.17487/RFC6365, September 2011, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6365>.
van Kesteren, A., Aubourg, J., Song, J., and H. Steen, "XMLHttpRequest Level 1", W3C Working Draft WD-XMLHttpRequest-20140130, January 2014, <http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/WD-XMLHttpRequest-20140130/>.
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Democracy and the coronavirus: how might parliament adapt?
Parliament is currently in recess but its work continues, with select committees moving to remote hearings, and the Speaker promising to move, if only temporarily, towards a 'virtual parliament'. David Natzler, who spent almost 40 years working in the House of Commons, draws on his experience to suggest how issues relating to the remote conduct of oral questions, voting, committees, and other key matters, might be resolved before parliament returns in late April.
In my blog of 23 March, I suggested that parliament would be judged on how well it had dealt with COVID-19. Over the past fortnight parliament has passed the Coronavirus Act and Commons select committees have held several hearings (see below) in procedurally unique circumstances. Developments in other parliaments and institutions have given an indication of how Westminster might adapt in the coming months. And there have been growing calls for business – in some radically different form – to be resumed well before 21 April, when parliament is due to reassemble following its standard, if slightly extended, Easter break. The proceedings in both Houses on 23-25 March are of course available to read in Hansard. They do not seem to have been widely reported in the press, save for the observation that there were no votes.
Speaker's letter of 27 March: Chamber proceedings
On 27 March the Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, wrote a letter to all members of the House of Commons. The letter confirmed that he would be considering several practical measures to enable the number of members present in the Commons chamber at any one time to be reduced. These measures included advance publication of the order of speaking in debate, which the Chair has hitherto not revealed, thus requiring members to attend the debate and wait until called. In the past it has been suggested that the draft list be published, as it is in many other parliaments; this already happens in the House of Lords. If this were introduced it could take some persuasion to return to the existing practice, which allows the Chair to show some flexibility in response to debate.
Oral and written questions and statements
The Speaker's letter also envisages possible adaptations of the oral question regime, conceivably allowing for questions and supplementary questions to be posed remotely by absent members. Advance submission by MPs of their desire to be called to ask a supplementary question following a statement or urgent question is also canvassed as a possible change. And the Speaker gave a strong signal that he would expect the government to allow for answers to written questions to be given during any future extended period of adjournment, much as happened in the mid-2000s when September sittings were abandoned for several years (see Standing Order 22B and Erskine May 22.4, footnote 3). This was repeated in his letter to the Leader of the Commons on 2 April. Continue reading →
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Celebrating 40 years of departmental select committees
Forty years ago, the House of Commons revolutionised the way in which it scrutinises government by creating departmental select committees so that each section of government now receives continual and detailed scrutiny by MPs. In June, a two-day conference was held to explore the past, present and future forms and functions of these committees. Rebecca McKee and Tom Caygill summarise some of the event's key themes and contributions.
Almost 40 years to the day since the debate to establish the first departmental select committees in late June 1979, the House of Commons and the Study of Parliament Group held a two-day conference in parliament. The conference showcased the work of the committees, reflecting on changes since 1979 and looked forward at emerging challenges and how committees may need to evolve for the future.
There were 15 panels over two days, with a range of speakers from academia, Whitehall, the House of Commons and civil society. In this post we consider themes from the conference, looking specifically at the past, present and future of departmental select committees.
Looking back at 40 years of select committees
The history of select committees
With 40 years of departmental select committees to explore, the panel 'History, origins and early days of select committees' began by looking back to their inception in 1979. The panel heard contributions from Philip Aylett (clerk); Professor Gavin Drewry (Royal Holloway, University of London), Mike Everett (clerk), Sir David Natzler (former Clerk of the House), and was chaired by Oonagh Gay, (formerly of the Parliament and Constitution Centre).
The session began with a discussion of the work conducted by the Study of Parliament Group in helping to develop and monitor early select committees. It was noted that the group did not always speak with one voice. Bernard Crick, one of the group's founders, initially argued against specialist committees.
However, these committees were not a complete novelty. Committees have existed since the late 13th century, when the Committees of Triers and Examiners of Petitions were established. Their usage expanded over the centuries. A dramatic increase occurred in the 16th century following the designation (in 1547) of a special Committee Room in the House of Commons.
The panel then turned to the 20th century. They argued that the 1960s were a dark age for select committees; the Estimates Committee existed but had a very narrow remit and committees avoided policy issues. In 1965 however, the Procedure Committee recommended a greater specialisation of select committee work and in 1966 discussions began between parties to develop specialist committees. Harold Wilson argued that select committees should expand their remit beyond financial questions to cover policy issues also. By the 1970s a different role started to emerge, similar to the Committees we recognise today. Continue reading →
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Young Jeezy has pulled a gig in the US after four students at the University Of Delaware, where the rapper had been scheduled to play a gig, were diagnosed with swine flu.
The gig had been scheduled to take place last night (April 30) but, according to the university's website, Udel.edu, the show was pulled "in light of the recent incidents of influenza".
The gig is likely to be rescheduled – refunds are not being offered until a possible rescheduled date is finalised.
Japanese musician Cornelius recently cancelled his US tour as a precaution against swine flu.


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It was a very good weekend. The sun was shining and it stayed dry! It's funny how the weather can affect your mood and productivity. I find I have to really force myself to do things, even things I like, when it is gray and wet outside, but on a sunny day I feel so motivated! This weekend I completed two more blocks of my new Vintage Tiles in Neutrals design, glued two others ready to sew, and even managed to complete a few "must do" things around the house.
Here are the two I completed.
I'm hoping I can keep up the pace and get this one finished by the end of the summer, I have another idea in my head that I want to get started on. LOL The wheels never stop turning!
Dorothy, your taupe blocks are very very pretty. I am looking forward to seeing more! I love your quilt taste, and will be back to visit your blog often!
Dorothy - These are great. I love the neutrals. I am the same way about the sunshine. When it is bright and sunny out, I let all the light in and get alot accomplished. When it is overcast and grey, so am I.
Your blocks are turning out so gorgeous Dorothy.. the fabrics you are choosing really compliment them. I see that you have been very busy.. keep going we are all at the edge of our seats to see the next ones.
Love those blocks, beautiful patterns.
These fabrics-- stunningly vintage- the colors blend so well like Sunny said with the contrast of Grey, and Taupe.. You are truly talented!
You certainly did have a productive weekend. The two blocks you made are gorgeous.
Like everyone else I am looking forward to seeing the finished quilt top.
Absolutely beautiful!!!!I always watch the quilting shows on RMPBS and then there was the "Simply Quilts" that was on HGTV. Were you on that show? If not you should have been because people like me would have enjoyed your work!!!


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Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Remake of the popular Disney classic, this time featuring some well known voices as two dogs and a cat trek across America encountering all sorts of adventures in the quest to be reunited with their owners.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
An inexperienced detective and a psychologist must learn to work together to stop a masked killer who's terrorizing their small town.
The true story of how the Parkes Radio Telescope was used to relay the live television of man's first steps on the moon, during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
The Passion of the Christ
"The Passion of the Christ" is a film about the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus. Director Mel Gibson received much criticism from critics and audiences for his explicit depiction of and focus on violence and on christs suffering, especially on the part of the jewish community. The films languages are Arabic, Latin and Hebrew and its actors are laymen which was controversially received as well.
Country: Italy, USA
George Taylor returns from the WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A series of cryptic phone messages and visions haunt a writer while he struggles to finish a novel. As they increase in intensity, he loses his grip on reality, eventually obsessing over an old mystery that will lead to horrific revelations about both him and his loyal wife.
She's Lost Control
Ronah's life unravels when she starts working with a new client, Johnny.
The story takes place within Neo Tokyo in the year 2025, five years after a severe terrorist attack at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Students possessing special abilities are forced into serving an elite anti-terrorist unit created by the United Nations, fighting against threats including other ability users. If these agents fail their mission, they will be killed along with their families, who have bombs planted within their heads. One member of this covert ops unit, a Swedish girl by the name of Anthea Kallenberg, seeks to find who she really is.
Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction, Thriller
Love in Between
Formerly known as "Two Women" or "Freezing Rain". A man who wants all love, a wife who approaches her husband's other woman, and a woman who wants to keep her love. A classy melodrama of these three people and their risky encounter.
The Great Buck Howard
When a law school dropout answers an advertisement to be a personal assistant he unknowingly signs on to work for a belligerent has-been magician struggling to resurrect his career. This leads to a journey across the country staging the comeback of a lifetime.
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Young Cedric (Ceddie) Errol and his widowed mother (known only as "Dearest") live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American. But after the death of the Earl's remaining son, he decides to accept the little Cedric as Lord Fauntleroy, his heir.


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From the January 1996 Issue Subscribe
The 1996 Bum Steer Awards
A year of Anna's antics, biker Barbara, capsized chiles, Davidians defined, expensive electricity, futile freebies, Gramm gossip, helpful hurricanes, insect ingestion, jousting jurors, king-size kindergartens, lottery litigation, Microsoft misprints, naughty nonagenarians, ostracized Oilers, punching princes, questionable quenching, romantic rhinos, sanctified shooters, topless trading, unfriendly unionists, vetoed vagrants, weird wine, X-posed X-presidents, yaklike yearnings, and zilched zoos.
THE ECONOMY DIDN'T GO BUST IN 1995, BUT PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING ELSE DID. Like good intentions. Lee Bass had donated $20 million to Yale for courses on Western civilization, but when he wanted to approve the faculty, Yale said thanks but no thanks. George Bush resigned in protest from the National Rifle Association, but son George W. signed a bill giving Texans the right to carry handguns. Jerry Jones added defensive back Deion Sanders to the Cowboys' lineup for $35 million, but Barry Switzer forgot to have him cover San Francisco's Jerry Rice. Volunteers handed out organ-donor cards in memory of Mickey Mantle only to be criticized for drinking beer on the job, because Mantle had been an alcoholic. And Dick Armey meant to refer to Massachusetts' gay congressman as "Barney Frank," really he did, but somehow "Barney Fag" just slipped out.
When it comes to going bust, however, few can match Anna Nicole Smith. Take the outfit the 28-year-old model wore to the funeral of her 90-year-old hubby, Houston oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II: People described it as "a white gown with its neckline at half mast." Buxom she may be, but bucksome she isn't. Shortly after the marriage, Marshall's son Pierce was given power of attorney over the $500 million fortune, and Anna Nicole was forced to sue for spousal support. But Marshall died before the case could be resolved, and now the bereaved widow is suing for half his income during their marriage. She did get half of something, though—Marshall's ashes—but only after son and widow argued over funeral arrangements (they held separate services) and burial plans (he wanted cremation; she wanted a mausoleum). Once again they ended up in court before reaching the half-ash settlement.
That should be enough to keep anybody busy for a year, but Anna Nicole still found time to celebrate a Planet Hollywood restaurant opening in San Diego by joining part-owner Bruce Willis on stage—and pop out of her dress; lose a lawsuit to a former housekeeper, who accused her of sexual harassment; win a settlement from New York magazine over an unflattering cover photo that showed her gobbling junk food for its "White Trash Nation" issue; and star in To the Limit, a movie about the CIA and the mob that, it is safe to say, will not win any Academy awards unless someone invents a new category. With such credentials, who else could be our Bum Steer of the Year but Anna Nicole Smith?
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Objectives:• Select a problem for panel discussion. Select not less than three members in advance to speak on the panel.• Define the common goals and the purpose of the panel.• Acting as moderator, monitor the panel discussion to inform the audience.
Objectives:• Understand what role-playing is and how to use it effectively in group communication.• Select a problem involving human relations in which you may use the role-playing method to illustrate and explore the problem.• Create a plot and characters relevant to the discussion problem and select a cast from among the group members.
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STRIKEFORCE #1 is a perfect blend of action and horror, with a paranoia-inducing premise. While the book doesn't land perfectly in every department, it lays out an intriguing opening chapter that will keep readers coming back.
Review: An Action-Horror Team-Up in Store for STRIKEFORCE #1
By David DeCorte
Bio-terror, body-snatching action horror is on order in Strikeforce #1, out this week from Marvel Comics.
While we open the story with The Avengers, the action quickly shifts away from them to focus on our new team who, as the publisher explains, "fight the fights that no other Marvel team can take on." That's certainly one way to put it, as our heroes are tangling with a new foe originating from off-world, and familiar to only one member of the crew.
The Writing
First off, we should note that Strikeforce #1 covers a lot of narrative ground. The book is a fast-paced and engaging read from beginning to end. In addition, the characters forming the core crew—Blade, Angela, Spectrum, Spider-Woman, Winter Solider, and Wiccan—provide a fun balance of divergent personalities.
A downside to the story's pacing, however, is that a considerable amount of dialogue ends up dedicated to exposition. We're setting up the dynamics of an Avengers story…then suddenly pivoting to an entirely different team. It's not a major problem, but it can lead to some interactions feeling a bit stilted and long-winded to fit in a single issue. This might have been better-served split into two more even-keeled books that are allowed some space to unravel their narrative a bit.
Tonally, Strikeforce #1 hits a good balance between its horror and action aspects. The creatures facing our heroes are an interesting concept that really help sell the horror facet. Not to give any spoilers, but suffice to say they are, as one character describes them, "a virus of thought." Writer Trini Howard describes the story as "a horror book about trust," which, ultimately, is an apt description. The book contains elements borrowed from a classic Body Snatchers premise, but spun in an interesting new direction.
Despite a few qualms, Howard lays the groundwork for an interesting story with this first issue. The future's looking bright for Marvel's newest team-up.
German Peralta takes on art duties for the book, turning in a solid final product overall.
As mentioned before, we're moving at a brisk pace in Strikeforce #1. While that's alright for the narrative, it's less than ideal for the artwork, as some of the pages can feel crowded. In an different setting, we'd have an even balance between those denser pages and more expansive illustrations that offer some breathing room.
That said, Peralta does still get some time to shine, particularly in the book's last third. Here, as the action picks up considerably, the artist seems a bit more free to play with the images, rather than sticking to the tightly-gridded and cropped panels in the earlier pages.
The colors by artist Jordie Bellaire are stellar. The work is nice and vibrant, while remaining tonally cohesive and coherent. Pages are dominated by fiery reds, icy blues, and unearthly purples in equal measure.
Strikeforce #1 is not without its faults. However, it's an above-average start for the new series, and it promises interesting things are in store. I'd recommend giving it a shot.
David DeCorte
David DeCorte covers comic book, entertainment, pop culture, and business news for multiple outlets. He is also a sci-fi writer, and is currently working on his first full-length book. Originally from San Diego, he now lives in Tampa.
STRIKEFORCE #1 is a perfect blend of action and horror, with a paranoia-inducing premise. While the book doesn't land perfectly in every department, it lays out an intriguing opening chapter that will keep readers coming back.Review: An Action-Horror Team-Up in Store for STRIKEFORCE #1


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/* Ethernet driver for lwip. netif/ethernetif.c was taken as sample */

#include "lwip/opt.h"
#include "lwip/def.h"
#include "lwip/mem.h"
#include "lwip/pbuf.h"
#include "lwip/stats.h"
#include "lwip/snmp.h"
//#include "lwip/ethip6.h"
#include "netif/etharp.h"
#include "renetif.h"

#define ETH_PKT_SIZE 1536

#define IFNAME0 'e'
#define IFNAME1 'n'

/* for private data */
struct reif_s
{
	char* drv_ver;
	struct eth_addr *ethaddr;
};

static struct stats_s
{
	unsigned int tx;
	unsigned int rx;
} stats;

/* TX ETH packet. b_ethernet_tx() called inside.
   We store the whole chain of pbufs in one buffer and send it
   with b_ethernet_tx() then. This is important. */
err_t reif_ll_output(struct netif *netif, struct pbuf *p)
{
	int i;
	struct pbuf *q;
	char packet[ETH_PKT_SIZE] = {0};
	int used = 0; /* used space in the buffer */

#if ETH_PAD_SIZE
	pbuf_header(p, -ETH_PAD_SIZE); /* drop the padding word */
#endif
	for(i = 0, q = p; q != NULL; q = q->next)
	{
		/* Send the data from the pbuf to the interface, one pbuf at a
		   time. The size of the data in each pbuf is kept in the ->len
		   variable. */
		if (q->payload && q->len)
		{
		#if DEBUG
			printf("pbuf %d . len: %d used: %d \n", i++, q->len, used);
		#endif
			memcpy(packet + used, q->payload, q->len);
			used += q->len;
			if (used > ETH_PKT_SIZE)
			{
				printf("<TX ERROR: buffer overflow during copying pbufs into TX buffer. used: %d\n",
					used);
				return ERR_BUF;
			}
		}
	}
	b_ethernet_tx(packet, used);
#if DEBUG
	printf("TX. len: %d total: %u\n", used, stats.tx++);
#endif

#if ETH_PAD_SIZE
	pbuf_header(p, ETH_PAD_SIZE); /* reclaim the padding word */
#endif
	LINK_STATS_INC(link.xmit);

	return ERR_OK;
}

/**
 * Should allocate a pbuf and transfer the bytes of the incoming
 * packet from the interface into the pbuf.
 * @param netif the lwip network interface structure for this ethernetif
 * @return a pbuf filled with the received packet (including MAC header)
 *         NULL on memory error
 */
static struct pbuf* reif_ll_input(struct netif *netif, char *pkt, int pkt_len)
{
	struct reif_s *reif = netif->state;
	struct pbuf *p, *q;
	u16_t len;

	/* Obtain the size of the packet and put it into the "len" variable. */
	len = (u16_t)pkt_len;

#if ETH_PAD_SIZE
	len += ETH_PAD_SIZE; /* allow room for Ethernet padding */
#endif
	/* We allocate a pbuf chain of pbufs from the pool. */
	p = pbuf_alloc(PBUF_RAW, len, PBUF_POOL);

	if (p)
	{
#if ETH_PAD_SIZE
		pbuf_header(p, -ETH_PAD_SIZE); /* drop the padding word */
#endif
		/* We iterate over the pbuf chain until we have read the entire
		* packet into the pbuf. */
		for(q = p; q != NULL; q = q->next)
		{
		/* Read enough bytes to fill this pbuf in the chain. The
		* available data in the pbuf is given by the q->len
		* variable.
		* This does not necessarily have to be a memcpy, you can also preallocate
		* pbufs for a DMA-enabled MAC and after receiving truncate it to the
		* actually received size. In this case, ensure the tot_len member of the
		* pbuf is the sum of the chained pbuf len members.
		*/
			memcpy(q->payload, pkt, q->len);
			stats.rx++;
		#if DEBUG
			printf("RX. len: %d total: %u\n", q->len, stats.rx);
		#endif
		}
#if ETH_PAD_SIZE
	pbuf_header(p, ETH_PAD_SIZE); /* reclaim the padding word */
#endif

	LINK_STATS_INC(link.recv);
	}
	else
	{
		LINK_STATS_INC(link.memerr);
		LINK_STATS_INC(link.drop);
	}
	return p;
}

/**
 * This function should be called when a packet is ready to be read
 * from the interface. It uses the function low_level_input() that
 * should handle the actual reception of bytes from the network
 * interface. Then the type of the received packet is determined and
 * the appropriate input function is called.
 *
 * @param netif the lwip network interface structure for this ethernetif
 */
void reif_input(struct netif *netif, char *pkt, int len)
{
	struct eth_hdr *ethhdr;
	struct pbuf *p;
	struct reif_s *reif = netif->state;

	/* move received packet into a new pbuf */
	p = reif_ll_input(netif, pkt, len);
	/* no packet could be read, silently ignore this */
	if (p == NULL)
		return;
	/* points to packet payload, which starts with an Ethernet header */
	ethhdr = p->payload;

	switch (htons(ethhdr->type))
	{
		/* IP or ARP packet? */
		case ETHTYPE_IP:
		//case ETHTYPE_IPV6:
		case ETHTYPE_ARP:
			/* full packet send to tcpip_thread to process */
			if (netif->input(p, netif) != ERR_OK)
			{
				LWIP_DEBUGF(NETIF_DEBUG, ("ethernetif_input: IP input error\n"));
				pbuf_free(p);
				p = NULL;
			}
		break;
		default:
			pbuf_free(p);
			p = NULL;
		break;
	}
}

static void reif_ll_init(struct netif *netif)
{
	netif->hwaddr_len = ETHARP_HWADDR_LEN;

	unsigned long mac;
	mac = b_system_config(30, 0);

	/* set MAC address. XXX: this hardcode should be removed! */
	netif->hwaddr[0] = 0x08;
	netif->hwaddr[1] = 0x00;
	netif->hwaddr[2] = 0x27;
	netif->hwaddr[3] = 0x51;
	netif->hwaddr[4] = 0x28;
	netif->hwaddr[5] = 0x16;

	printf("MAC: %02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X\n", netif->hwaddr[0], netif->hwaddr[1], netif->hwaddr[2], netif->hwaddr[3], netif->hwaddr[4], netif->hwaddr[5]);

	/* MTU */
	netif->mtu = ETH_PKT_SIZE;

	/* device capabilities */
	netif->flags = NETIF_FLAG_BROADCAST | NETIF_FLAG_ETHARP | NETIF_FLAG_LINK_UP;
}

/* init func, passed to netif_add() */
err_t reif_init(struct netif *netif)
{
	struct reif_s *reif;
	memset(&stats, 0x0, sizeof(struct stats_s));

	if (netif)
		printf("reif drv init is OK\n");

	reif = mem_malloc(sizeof(struct reif_s));
	if (!reif)
	{
		printf("out of memory\n");
		return ERR_MEM;
	}

	netif->state = reif;
	netif->name[0] = IFNAME0;
	netif->name[1] = IFNAME1;

	/* LWIP IP module -> TX IP packet
	   Resolve and fill-in Ethernet address header for outgoing IP packet.*/
	netif->output = etharp_output;
#if LWIP_IPV6
	netif->output_ip6 = ethip6_output;
#endif
	/* TX ETH packet. b_ethernet_tx() called inside reif_ll_output() */
	netif->linkoutput = reif_ll_output;

	reif->ethaddr = (struct eth_addr *)&(netif->hwaddr[0]);

	/* initialize the lowlevel*/
	reif_ll_init(netif);

	return ERR_OK;
}

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Data from: Breeding synchrony and predator specialization: a test of the predator swamping hypothesis in seabirds
Sébastien Descamps
Reproductive synchrony is a widespread phenomenon that is predicted to be adaptive for prey with specialist predators but not for those with generalist ones. I tested this prediction in three polar seabird species characterized by different levels of predator specialization. In the Antarctic petrel, for which the only predator was highly specialized, hatching dates were highly synchronous and chicks that hatched close to the mean hatching date had a higher survival. In black-legged kittiwakes and...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.63q3v2r Cite
Data from: Transferability of biotic interactions: temporal consistency of arctic plant-rodent relationships is poor
Eeva M. Soininen, John-Andre Henden, Virve T. Ravolainen, Nigel G. Yoccoz, Kari Anne Brathen, Siw T. Killengreen & Rolf A. Ims
Variability in biotic interaction strength is an integral part of food web functioning. However, the consequences of the spatial and temporal variability of biotic interactions are poorly known, in particular for predicting species abundance and distribution. The amplitude of rodent population cycles (i.e. peak phase abundances) has been hypothesized to be determined by vegetation properties in tundra ecosystems. We assessed the spatial and temporal predictability of food and shelter plants effects on peak phase small...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.7r5d56c Cite
Data from: Extreme diversity in the songs of Spitsbergen's bowhead whales
Kathleen M. Stafford, Christian Lydersen, Oystein Wiig & Kit M. Kovacs
Almost all mammals communicate using sound, but few species produce complex songs. Two baleen whales sing complex songs that change annually, though only the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) has received much research attention. This study focuses on the other baleen whale singer, the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus). Members of the Spitsbergen bowhead whale population produced 184 different song types over a 3-year period, based on duty-cycled recordings from a site in Fram Strait in the...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.1ck400f Cite
The Arctic University of Norway


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Wegmans on its first urban supermarket in Boston: 'We are still committed to the project'
By Laura Newberry | laura.newberry@masslive.com
Food Grocery Dining
Customers shop at the salad bar for lunch at the Market Cafe in the Wegmans grocery store in Fairfax, Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
(Jacquelyn Martin)
BOSTON -- Construction of a Wegmans supermarket in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston -- the first to be built in the city proper -- is expected to be complete by 2018, the company said this week.
The Rochester, New York-based grocery chain told the Boston Business Journal that Wegmans will be a "central piece" to the $500 million renovation and expansion of the historic Landmark Center on Park Drive.
"We are still committed to the project ... and are making great progress," Wegmans spokeswoman Jo Natale told The Journal.
Natale said design plans are still in the making, but that the supermarket will likely be similar in size to the Wegmans in Chestnut Hill, which opened in April 2014.
Wegmans has locations in Northborough and Burlington, and is slated to open a 122,000-square-foot store in Westwood this October. There are just over 80 Wegmans across the Northeast, according to the Washington Post.
The Wegmans in urban Boston will serve as anchor for the food court on the ground level of Landmark Center. The renovated complex will feature hundreds of new apartments, offices and retail spaces once complete.
Wegmans, known for its fresh produce and reasonable prices, has been named the No. 1 grocery store chain by Consumer Reports each year for the past decade.


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In light of a family passing i will be taking the next few days to be with Family in our time of need. Therefore i will not be posting. This weekend was supposed to be dedicated to promoting my upcoming Blog Tour for my novel Sins of the Father slated for release on 6/15/13. The tour will begin on 6/10/13 and end 6/30/13.
Welcome to DWED's main event for the month of May. This month we will be focusing on the phenomenon that is Harry Potter and his journey on discovering the world of wizards and witch craft.
It was then I found myself enthralled in the world created by J. K. Rowling, as many others before me. So I have decided, though it may be a little late to some, to embark on my own Journey of Harry Potter, bringing his wealth of adventure to the blog, and taking an in-depth stroll through the books, the movies, the characters and their acting counterparts.
I hope you enjoy this month's theme. Please know that while Harry Potter Books were slated for adolescent view, there is a child at heart in all of us, and there is no age limit to the excitement of brilliant craftsmanship from the world which J. K Rowling created. After all she is an adult, and had she not had such a vast imagination the world would not know this Harry Potter, nor would they know how one can turn an old myth of magic into a stunning world of imagery.
Please stay tuned to DWED's Blog throughout the Month of May for postings on this exclusive adventure. And do not hesitate to check our Contest page for an exclusive giveaway that would definitely entice the magic within you.
Tune in Tomorrow for our review and interview on Green Woman Magazine!


Kama Haasan tells that he is taking time to launch the party to avoid mistakes. He also shares that like in cinema, in politics also there is a fear that a rival can run away with your script.
Giving a cinema analogy, actor Kamal Haasan, who has announced his entry into politics, said on Thursday that like in cinema, in politics also there is a fear that a rival can run away with your script and produce a film before he can do it — in what is seen as a veiled reference to his longtime friend and superstar Rajinikanth. There is a growing speculation about Kamal Haasan's political plunge.
In a write-up in the Tamil weekly 'Ananda Vikatan', he said he was often being asked about the progress of his plans to launch a political party. This was like asking what is the story plot on the first day a film's production starts.
"But in cinema there is a fear that a rival may complete a film and release it before we are able to do it. In politics also there is such a fear," he said in an apparent reference to Rajinikanth, who has also announced his entry into politics.
"That is why one has to be careful. What has to be said has to be said carefully and correctly. One has to guard against taking back what has been uttered. I am involved in that only," he said.
Kamal Haasan also said he was being asked by several people on 'how I am going to tackle the problem of friends turning rivals", again a veiled reference to Rajinikanth with whom he has about four decades of friendship.
He said he would take such things in his stride but he would not stoop to the "usual low levels" of politics and his followers would also not like it.
Recently, the two superstars met at an event in Malaysia and became nostalgic about their early days in cinema. They reminisced their first meeting and shared interesting anecdotes.
It would be interesting if both Kamal and Rajini were to run against each other.


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Picking seven future stars from Laneway's 2019 lineup
Since 2005, St. Jerome's Laneway Festival have been bringing together some of the most unique lineups on the Australian festival circuit. While their lineups always boast a range of heavy-hitting headliners, they also consistently feature a stack of brilliant artists lower down on the bill.
With past lineups including early performances from such acts as Lorde, The XX, St. Vincent, Flume, Run The Jewels, Danny Brown, King Krule, Billie Eilish and Florence & The Machine (to name a few), Laneway have firmly established themselves as one of Australia's most trusted music tastemakers. So we've taken a closer look at their 2019 lineup to pick a list of acts we reckon are about to crack it big.
As has come to be expected, Laneway's 2019 lineup is stacked to the brim with incredible acts from both Australia and abroad. So we've taken a closer look to pick seven we think are bound for big things.
Massachusetts based singer-songwriter Clairo (real name Claire Cottrill) has been releasing charming bedroom pop music for a few years now. Though it was last August with the release of her video for Pretty Girl that things really started taking off.
The concept for the clip was unglamorous but endearing; a teenage girl awkwardly singing and dancing along to the track in her bedroom. The clip has since struck a chord with fans the world over, and earned Clairo support slots for some of the world's biggest acts.
Since dropping Pretty Girl, Cottrill has released a string of further singles and her debut EP Diary 001. Clairo's performance at next year's Laneway will be her first foray onto Aussie soil… and we strongly recommend you don't miss out on catching her live.
For the past number of years now, Perth band Methyl Ethel have built themselves as one of Australia's favourite indie acts. As they consistently release infectious tunes and tear apart whatever stage they find themselves on, Methyl Ethel continue to win the hearts of audiences the country over.
Now, fresh off the release of their most recent single Scream Whole, the band are set to hit the Laneway stage.
As long as Methyl Ethel are releasing tunes of this quality, we're not expecting them to fade away. Make sure you catch them at Laneway next year, because we think they're one of Australia's greatest bands in the making.
If you haven't yet wrapped your ears around Mitski's latest album Be The Cowboy, stop kidding yourself and go listen to it now. We reckon it's one of the best albums of 2018, and we can't wait to see it performed live next year.
With her eccentric and idiosyncratic brand of indie-pop, Mitski is making music that's unlike anything else currently making the rounds. It's only a matter of time before it catches on… so we recommend you follow Laneway's lead and jump on board early.
Ravyn Lanae
As previously mentioned, Laneway Festival are professionals at staying ahead of the curve. So it makes sense that they'll be hosting the incredible Ravyn Lanae on her first ever visit down under.
Already, in her relatively brief career, Lanae has worked alongside The Internet's Steve Lacey, and delivered one of the most impressive EPs of 2018.
Although these are still early days in her career, Ravyn Lanae is showing all signs of greatness.
Since dropping her debut single I Want online last year, Ruby Fields has quickly become one of the country's most beloved indie-rock acts.
Having since released her debut EP Your Dad's Opinion For Dinner, Fields has firmly established her penchant for crafting insanely addictive slacker rock gems. We can't wait to belt them out alongside her at Laneway next year.
Of all the incredible international artists making their way over to Aus for Laneway next year, there's perhaps none we're more excited for than Masego.
With his irresistibly smooth concoction of jazz, soul, R&B and house, Masego's seductive sounds are not something you want to miss performed live in person. We guarantee this; once you experience his alluring sounds for yourself, you won't be able to get enough.
Since cracking into the spotlight with his vocal feature on Baker Boy's Cloud 9 in May last year, KIAN has gone onto become one of the country's most promising and exciting emerging acts.
Having just won triple j's Unearthed High competition in August, this young singer-songwriter is undoubtedly headed for great things. We can't wait to see KIAN bring his unique blend of hip-hop and indie-pop to Laneway next year.
Check out Laneway's full 2019 lineup here, and grab your tickets here.
Dates and venues below:
Monday 28th January – Albert Park, Auckland
Saturday 2nd February – Brisbane Showgrounds, Brisbane
Sunday 3rd February – Callan Park, Rozelle, Sydney
Friday 8th February – Hart's Mill, Port Adelaide, Adelaide
Saturday 9th February – Footscray Park, Footscray, Melbourne
Sunday 10th February – Esplanade Reserve and West End, Fremantle
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Women are accomplishing more every year. We're graduating from university with bachelors and masters degrees at higher rates than men, and have been since the late 70s. Seventy percent of high school valedictorians are women. We're entering the workforce at higher rates globally every year, and are staying in the workforce longer.
But those achievements start to flatten once we enter the workforce. Our collective wisdom and experience is often overlooked or ignored, resulting in lower lifetime earnings than our male peers, and tremendous opportunity cost to the economies into which we contribute.
The Rising Tides was created to equip organizations with the data and knowledge to maximize the potential of their entire workforce through adapting workplace cultures and practices to work better for every employee.
Because making workplaces better for women makes them better workplaces for everyone.
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Sometimes we need to scrape data from websites and export them to an Excel Spreadsheet. This is definitely not a problem for scraping tools as they provide many formats to export the data. In this tutorial, I will take Airbnb for example to show you how to scrape data from websites into excel.
Step 1. You need to configure a rule first. Choose "Advanced Mode" ➜ Complete basic information.
Enter the target URL of Airbnb in the built-in browser. ➜ Click "Go" icon to open the webpage.
Step 2. Click the pagination link. Click "Expand the selection area" until "Loop click in the element" appears. ➜ Choose "Loop click in the element" to turn the page.
Step 3. Move your cursor over the section with similar layout, where you would extract data.
Click the first highlighted link ➜ Create a list of sections with similar layout. Click "Create a list of items" (sections with similar layout). ➜ "Add current item to the list". Then the first highlighted link has been added to the list. ➜ Click "Continue to edit the list".
Click the second highlighted link ➜ Click "Add current item to the list" again. Now we get all the links with similar layout. ➜Then click "Finish Creating List" ➜ Click "loop" to process the list for extracting the elements in each page.
Step 4. Extract the title of the first section ➜ Click the title. ➜ Select "Extract text". Other contents can be extracted in the same way.
Step 5. All the content will be selected in Data Fields. ➜ Click the "Field Name" to modify.
Step 6. Drag the second "Loop Item" before "Click to paginate" action in the Workflow Designer so that we can grab all the elements of sections from multiple pages.
Step 7. Click "Next" ➜ Click "Next" ➜ Click "Local Extraction". Octoparse will automatically extract all the data selected.
Step 8. The data extracted will be shown in "Data Extracted" pane. Click "View Data" button to view data. You then could export the results to Excel file. Click "Export" button and then save the file as Excel to your computer.


Event is organized by the Pasadena Texas Chamber of Commerce to support their mission: to "promote economic development and community growth to ensure the prosperity of Pasadena's businesses and citizens." The 2017 Industry of the Year honoree is Dixie Chemical.
To help spread the word and celebrate, there will be an appreciation Golf Tournament held Monday, May 1, 2017 at Timber Creek Golf Course. This event is a way to support local industry while enjoying a day on the green. With a chemical company as the honoree, more exposure will be brought to the specialty chemical industry and the fascinating and crucial role we play in our world, both at a regional and worldwide level.
One of the most important aspects of the day is the fundraising opportunity. Proceeds from the event provide much needed scholarships for Pasadena Independent School District students who excel in the area of Career and Technology.
Supporting the local community, as well as the chemical industry in general, is important to Dixie Chemical. By providing reading benches that contain complimentary books that students and family members can borrow to Pasadena elementary schools, Dixie helped to prevent the "summer slide" in education. And by working with the Dream It, Do It campaign, we are helping to to encourage the next generation work force to consider a chemical manufacturing career. The future stability of the area, as well as the chemical industry, is up to the leaders within it, which is why we support important outreach efforts.
Update: May 1 was a great day for golf and supporting local industry in Pasadena! Thanks to all those who came out to help us celebrate!
Since 1946, Dixie Chemical has been committed to manufacturing high-quality, high-performance chemical products that improve our world. With 300 customers in 25 countries, Dixie Chemical is a proven partner for open innovation in thermoset materials, alkaline paper sizing, and fuel and lube markets.


The Independent Payment Advisory Board, or IPAB, has remained one of the most controversial provisions of the Obama health care law since its passage.
At this time, it is still unclear whether this newly passed rule disregarding the IPAB will have effect. One of the controversies surrounding the law is the tough process it establishes if Congress wants to override IPAB recommendations.
The law states that Congress can, with difficulty and large majorities of both houses, replace (not set aside) the cuts recommended by IPAB. Alternately, if Congress does nothing, the recommendations become law. Whether The attempt by the House of Representatives to ignore the IPAB provision altogether will mean that the recommendation will simply become implemented anyhow remains to be seen.
What does the IPAB do?
Integral to the Obama Administration's stated mission to drive down what Americans choose to spend for life-saving and health-preserving health care, the IPAB is charged with a key role in suppressing health care spending by limiting what treatment doctors are allowed to give their patients.
What happens to doctors who violate a "quality" standard by prescribing more lifesaving medical treatment than it permits? They will be disqualified from contracting with any of the health insurance plans that individual Americans, under the Obama Health Care Law, will be mandated to purchase. Few doctors would be able to remain in practice if subjected to that penalty.
This means that a treatment a doctor and patient deem advisable to save that patient's life or preserve or improve the patient's health–but which exceeds the standard imposed by the government–will be denied even if the patient is willing and able to pay for it. Repeal of IPAB is critically important to prevent this rationing of life-saving medical treatment.
Since the passage of the Obama Health Law, the IPAB has faced tremendous opposition from Republicans and Democrats alike, and was even repealed in the House. No action was taken up by the Senate.
This article courtesy of National Right to Life.
Concluding the Fortnight: Now What?


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• Leafield D-7 valves (The industry's best).
• 5-year retail warranty on workmanship and materials.


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, né à Osaka le , est un acteur japonais.

Biographie

Filmographie sélective

Au cinéma
 1999 :  de Yuji Nakae
 2000 :  de Ryūichi Hiroki
 2000 :  de Junji Sakamoto
 2000 :  de Hideaki Anno
 2001 :  de Hiroyuki Nakano
 2003 :  de Ryūichi Hiroki
 2004 :  de Hideaki Anno
 2009 :  de Banmei Takahashi
 2011 :  de Sion Sono
 2012 :  de Yang Yong-hi
 2012 :  de Sion Sono
 2014 :  de Naomi Kawase

À la télévision
 2004 :  de Sayo Yamamoto (anime)

Récompenses et distinctions

 2001 : prix du meilleur acteur dans un second rôle au festival du film de Yokohama pour ses interprétation dans Nabbie no koi, I Am an S&M Writer et Shin jingi naki tatakai

Notes et références

Liens externes

Acteur japonais
Naissance à Osaka
Naissance en juillet 1973
Acteur japonais de doublage

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Ecosystem Based Approach
Marine Management Area
Marine Zone
St. Kitts and Nevis Investing in Aquaculture
(ZIZ News) – As the fisheries sector in St. Kitts and Nevis continues to reel from the effects of climate change, the Department of Marine Resources believes aquaculture can be a viable solution.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), aquaculture is the farming of aquatic organisms. It involves cultivating freshwater and saltwater populations under controlled conditions.
Director of the Marine Resources Department, Mark Williams, said this method can significantly boost fish production in St. Kitts and Nevis by the year 2023.
"Aquaculture is being explored to compliment FADS and marine management areas. It is envisioned that aquaculture can account for 75 percent of the fish production landing by 2023, on par with the FAO projections at that time," Williams stated. "Given the requisite trained professionals assist in utilizing the available land for fish production, aquaculture can become a major fish and fishery production method for the federation."
Williams said they have already identified areas where aquaculture can be successfully employed.
"In 2013, the government undertook, in conjunction with the Regional Coordinating Unit for the ACP Fish II Project funded by the European Union, an Aquaculture Development Strategy for 2013 – 2023. The strategy identified, among other things, land required, training and production technologies that would be necessary to effectively implement the strategy. It identified lands in Conaree, New Guinea, La Valle, Canada (Estate), Parsons and Heldon. Of all these sites, La Valle was identified to be the most suitable site for aquaculture development," he explained.
The other two methods being looked at to help boost fish production in St. Kitts and Nevis are the introduction of Fish Aggregating Devices (FAD) and Marine Management Areas.
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As she answered the phone, all that could be heard was a dog barking, followed by a breathless "hello?" Laughing, she apologized as she took care of the dog and returned to the call, lively in every word and excited for the interview. Rose Marie Beebe is a renowned Spanish professor and exceptional editor, and she knew how to make a nervous interviewer feel comfortable. Quite the combo.
"I was so thrilled with the work on the two magazines!" she said, referring to La Mezcla and Nuevos Caminos, the Spanish publications we produced last fall (which I wrote about here and here.
Rose Marie made sure she spoke of how much she enjoys working with Capital A Publications, praising Ariane for her accuracy and attention to detail. She admitted that one reason why she wanted to do the Spanish magazines was because it would give her the chance to work with Ariane again.
Cover of volume 22, no. 1, 2005.
Before producing La Mezcla and Nuevos Caminos, Ariane had the chance to work closely with Rose Marie on a number of publications. The Boletín: The Journal of the California Mission Studies Association, was the first, a design project started at the Arthur H. Clark Company.
The journal ran for ten issues before coming to an end. Rose Marie likened the Boletín to what she accomplished with her Spanish class. She talked of how it was so awesome to see her students really jazzed about writing.
"I wanted them to have something to hang on to," Rose Marie said.
Cover of volume 25, no. 1, 2008.
Concerned with the students getting bored, she looked at the magazines as something to persuade students to really work hard and look forward to an end result.
Twice a week for two hours at a time, her students worked hard on essays, ads, and anything else they wanted to include in the publication. She described the laughter that surrounded her in the classroom, not because students were messing around or not working with a purpose, but because they were truly enjoying the writing process.
Rose Marie watched as students' Spanish improved because they had to pay close attention to what they were writing. She said she's going to teach the class again, and she hopes the school will fund her project next time.
Though she does plan on continuing the class, she'll be taking a year off to translate a five-volume memoir.
She said she feels like a detective sometimes, using tricks and tips she's learned through the years.
Rose Marie was born in San Jose, and has lived there her whole life. She grew up in a bilingual home as her mother is from Cuba. Her grandparents lived across the street and spoke only Spanish.
Rose Marie said her grandmother was her mentor, and a wonderful one at that. She taught Rose Marie how to read Spanish as well as speak the language. Rose Marie credits her grandmother for inspiring her to become a teacher.
After high school, Rose Marie attended Santa Clara University, then Stanford for her Ph.D. She was hired at Santa Clara right away when she graduated from Stanford and has been teaching since 1978.
In the beginning of her career at Santa Clara, Rose Marie met her husband, Bob Senkewicz. As a professor of history, Bob compliments Rose Marie very well in both their marriage and in their work. They've been working together since the nineties and have completed a number of books together.
Rose Marie said she believes they are a great pair. Bob speaks fluent Spanish, and she knows much more about history since working with him. She giggled when she admitted that Bob cannot get past a New York accent while speaking Spanish.
We also worked with Rose Marie on a collection of essays from a presentation that was given at the Santa Barbara Mission Archive–Library. The essays present new scholarship that is being done on Junípero Serra, a priest who was negatively portrayed because of his mistreatment of Indians.
Cover of "To Toil in that Vineyard of the Lord": Contemporary Scholarship on Junípero Serra.
Next Rose Marie and Bob worked on a documentary series, Early California Commentaries, that follows along the same lines as the previous essays. Their goal is to get primary documents accessible to scholars, researchers and anyone else interested in the topic. Pairing with that series is a monograph series, Before Gold: California under Spain and Mexico, which is also published by the Arthur H. Clark Company and designed and typeset by Capital A. The first volume, Vineyards and Vaqueros: Indian Labor and the Economic Expansion of Southern California, 1771-1877. The second volume, Contest for California: From Spanish Colonization to the American Conquest, is expected to be printed soon.
Rose Marie mentioned seeing a review for Vineyards and Vaqueros in the fall 2011 issue of Southern California Quarterly, another Capital A publication for the Historical Society of Southern California. A review of the first volume of the Early California Commentaries series, with Anza to California, 1775-1776: The Journal of Pedro Font, O.F.M., ran in the winter 2011-2012 issue of the journal as well.
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Ladaptació sensorial o adaptació neural és un procés neurofisiològic que consisteix en la disminució de la resposta del receptor a causa de la presència prolongada d'un estímul. Suposa una evolució dels sistemes sensorials per afavorir la percepció dels estímuls sensorials nous enfront dels vells. Gràcies a l'adaptació sensorial els nostres sentits poden estar captant constantment informació del nostre ambient sense sobresaturar-se.

Adaptació visual
Un dels tipus més importants d'adaptació sensorial és l'adaptació a la foscor. En el cas de la visió els bastons i cons (cèl·lules receptores de la llum situades a la retina) se sensibilitzen depenent de la quantitat de llum disponible en l'ambient.

Els cons i els bastons estan constantment sensibilitzats a la luminància mitjana del camp visual però tot i així necessiten cert temps per adaptar-se a unes condicions lumíniques noves quan aquestes són molt diferents de les que hi havia anteriorment. Quan passem d'una zona il·luminada a una a les fosques necessitarem uns 30 minuts i quan és el cas contrari necessitarem més de 30 segons.

Quan entrem a un cinema, on les llums estan apagades, el més probable és que no veiem gairebé res, ja que en aquell moment els cons seran pràcticament insensibles a la llum. En el transcurs dels 10 primers minuts començarem a ser capaços de veure les coses situades immediatament al nostre voltant perquè els cons lentament s'aniran fent sensibles a la llum. Els bastons encara necessitaran 20 minuts més per a acabar-se de sensibilitzar. A partir dels 30 minuts s'arribarà al màxim de sensibilització. Tot i així, allò que veiem serà en colors blancs grisos i negres, ja que en condicions de llum tan tènue no es poden estimular els cons per a que captin colors.

Cal mencionar que l'adaptació sensorial de la visió mai és total (de ser-ho arribaria el moment en què no veuríem res en absolut). És gràcies als moviments sacàdics (moviments involuntaris dels ulls) que la llum mai es fixa en el mateix punt de la retina, evitant la insensibilització dels receptors visuals.

Adaptació auditiva
En l'adaptació auditiva patològica es produeix una atenuació de la sensació sonora i un deteriorament del llindar de diferenciació d'intensitats en estímuls persistents. El procés d'adaptació regula el llindar d'activació per tal de mantenir la sensibilitat de l'oïda i canviar el rang d'activació dels cilis, que formen de transducció auditiu.

Adaptació olfactiva
L'adaptació olfactiva o fatiga olfactiva és la dessensibilització davant un estímul i cal diferenciar-ho de l'anòsmia, sent aquesta una pèrdua permanent o de llarga durada de l'olfacte.

El compost que participa tant en el sentit de l'olfacte com en la seva adaptació és l'AMPc. Aquest compost s'encarregaria d'obrir els canals de calci, a partir dels quals es produiria una descàrrega, un potencial d'acció, que transmetria la informació olfactòria fins al cervell. S'ha demostrat que en l'adaptació es produeix un retroefecte negatiu en la producció del compost d'AMPc, és a dir, una inhibició. Aquesta inhibició és produïda pel mateix calci que entra a la cèl·lula en l'obertura de canals.

Adaptació somestèsica
Els sentits somàtics proporcionen informació sobre el que passa en l'exterior i en l'interior del nostre cos i de la posició d'aquest. L'òrgan principal és la pell, en ella es localitzen diferents receptors que s'encarreguen de captar diferents estímuls. La deformació mecànica és captada pels mecanoreceptors, els termoreceptors capten la temperatura i el dolor i el prurit són captats pels nociceptors i els pruriceptors respectivament.

A l'hora de parlar d'adaptació del sistema somatosensorial, s'ha de tenir em compte que les aferències mostren diferents propietats funcionals. Una d'elles és la dinàmica temporal de la resposta respecte l'estimulació i, segons aquesta característica, els receptors es classifiquen en receptors d'adaptació ràpida o fàsics o receptors d'adaptació lenta o tònics.

Els receptors fàsics produeixen potencials d'acció quan es presenta per primera vegada un estímul, però si aquest es prolonga, és a dir, hi ha una estimulació contínua, no s'envien més descàrregues. Quan hi ha un canvi en l'estímul també es produirà un potencial d'acció. Aquests tipus de receptors tenen una alta adaptació atès que són sensibles a les alteracions de l'estímul i són efectius quan s'ha de transmetre canvis en una estimulació contínua, és a dir, dinàmica (per exemple, el moviment de l'estímul).

Els receptors tònics generen descàrregues sostingudes en presència d'un estímul continu. És a dir, comencen a produir potencials d'acció quan s'inicia l'estímul i no en paren de produir fins a la seva finalització. Aquest tipus de receptor són poc adaptatius ja que es mantenen i no varien en el temps de duració de l'estímul. Es consideren adients per a estímuls amb propietats espacials com la forma i la mida, és a dir, característiques constants, estàtiques.

Els receptors que participen en les diferents modalitats dels sentits somàtics d'adaptació tònica són el disc de Merkel, encarregat detectar el tacte epicrític i la pressió, el corpuscle de Ruffini, responsable de percebre l'estirament de la pell que informa sobre el moviment, i les terminacions nervioses lliures, en concret els nociceptors, que transporten informació sobre el dolor. Els receptors d'adaptació fàsica són el corpuscle de Meissner, encarregat de la detecció del moviment i del control de l'agafament, el corpuscle de Pacini, que detecta les vibracions.

Vies neurals que no s'adapten

Via del dolor
El dolor és una sensació produïda pel sistema somatosensorial i els receptors encarregats de detecta els estímuls que el provocaran són els nociceptors. Aquests es classifiquen segons l'axó al qual estan associat. Els grups principals són les fibres Aδ i les fibres C. Les fibres Aδ estan associades al primer dolor, una sensació de dolor agut. La intensitat d'aquest va decreixent, és a dir, que s'experimenta una lenta adaptació. En canvi, les fibres C estan associades al segon dolor, el dolor percebut és sord i durador. Contràriament al primer, el segon dolor incrementa en intensitat (sumació temporal lenta).

Estudis recents indiquen que el cervell també s'adapta al dolor. La via mesolímbic, la via encarregada de transformar l'activitat dels nociceptors en dolor conscient, patiria uns canvis adaptatius que serien crítics en el desenvolupament del dolor crònic.

Adaptació induïda farmacològicament

Fàrmacs antidepressius
Estudis demostren que l'ús d'antidepressius involucra una adaptació neural que comporta una regulació a la baixa dels receptors β-adrenèrgics. En aquesta adaptació, induïda per antidepressius, es troben implicats múltiples mecanismes neurals. Altres estudis proven que diferents antidepressius produeixen efectes variats sobre els receptors del còrtex i de l'hipocamp.

Diferències entre adaptació, fatiga i habituació.
En psicologia és important distingir entre l'adaptació, que és un fenomen purament sensorial, i l'habituació, que és una forma d'aprenentatge no associatiu (no mediat per processos cognitius). En l'habituació, l'organisme deixa de respondre a un estímul encara que conserva la capacitat de percebre'l. L'habituació és un fenomen conductual, mentre que l'adaptació i la fatiga són fenòmens fisiològics.

L'adaptació sensorial i la fatiga impedeixen la resposta a nivell dels òrgans sensorials i dels músculs, sense la intervenció de el sistema nerviós. Per tant, poden distingir-se de l'habituació. Mentre que la adaptació és causada per una estimulació perllongada la fatiga és provocada pel previ ús excessiu de la musculatura involucrada en donar resposta a l'estímul, la qual queda incapacitada.

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Neurociència
Sistemes sensorials


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Trump Helped Parents Shield Millions From Taxes: New York Times
10/02/2018 04:34 pm ET Updated Oct 02, 2018
The Times alleges that Trump set up a fake corporation to disguise millions of dollars in gifts from their parents.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump engaged in tax schemes that included cases of fraud in which he and his siblings helped their parents dodge millions in taxes, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.
The Times investigation, which the White House said was "misleading," showed Trump received the equivalent today of at least $413 million from his father's real estate business.
The Times, citing a "vast trove" of confidential tax return and financial records, reported that much of that fortune came to Trump because he helped his parents evade taxes, setting up a fake corporation with his siblings to disguise millions of dollars in gifts from their parents.
During his presidential campaign, Trump promoted himself as a self-made real estate mogul who started out with only a "very small" loan from his businessman father, Fred Trump.
Reuters has not been able to verify the report.
In a statement, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders called the story "misleading" and said that "many decades ago the IRS reviewed and signed off on these transactions."
White House reaction to @nytimes investigation of Trump family's long history of avoiding taxes is a classic non-denial denial: pic.twitter.com/FOYSdN4pZ6
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) October 3, 2018
Trump lawyer Charles Harder told the Times: "President Trump had virtually no involvement whatsoever with these matters."
Harder added: "The affairs were handled by other Trump family members who were not experts themselves and therefore relied entirely upon the aforementioned licensed professionals to ensure full compliance with the law."
James Gazzale, a spokesman for the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, said the department "is reviewing the allegations in the New York Times article and is vigorously pursuing all appropriate avenues of investigation."
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
Citing tax experts, the Times reported it was unlikely Trump would face criminal prosecution because the acts were past the statute of limitations. There is no time limit, however, on civil fines for tax fraud, according to the paper.
Statement from the NY State Taxation authority, regarding this blockbuster NYT story: "The Tax Department is reviewing the allegations in the NYT article and is vigorously pursuing all appropriate avenues of investigation." https://t.co/rACzwJPPx0
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) October 2, 2018
The Times reported that its findings were based on more than 200 tax returns from Fred Trump, his companies and various Trump partnerships and trusts. The records did not include Donald Trump's personal tax returns. Unlike other White House candidates and presidents in recent decades, Trump has declined to release his tax returns.
According to the newspaper, the report was also based on interviews with Fred Trump's former employees and advisers and more than 100,000 pages of documents describing the inner workings of his business empire.
"The investigation also draws on tens of thousands of pages of confidential records - bank statements, financial audits, accounting ledgers, cash disbursement reports, invoices and canceled checks," according to the Times.
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England
 Derby High School, Bury in Greater Manchester
 Derby High School, Derbyshire in Derby

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Q: Compiled queries or not Hey there!
Earlier today I came across a new term "compiled queries" in linq2entity and found out what it was used for, however I still wonder whether there are any drawbacks since its never used anywhere? (atleast in the web dev world)
Thanks in advance.

A: compiled queries are just a little bit faster than normal queries. they are often used when one query needs to executed repetitively. however, there is no huge difference in performance. in fact, stack-overflow.com is built using normal linq queries and as you can see the performance is great

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By adopting a range of technology tools, institutions can provide a much higher level of customer service become operationally excellent.
The following interview is with Diana Wu, dean of the UC Berkeley Extension and executive director of the Berkeley Resource Center for Online Education. Despite shrinking operational budgets for higher education institutions, they're being forced to compete against rising numbers of competitors all working to improve their product and provide best-in-class customer experiences. This is, of course, familiar territory for continuing education (CE) professionals. In this interview, Wu discusses the value of operational efficiency in helping institutions navigate both challenges and successes in the modern postsecondary marketplace.
The EvoLLLution (Evo): How can better operational efficiency help institutions become more nimble and responsive to market needs?
Diana Wu (DW): One way I think about operational efficiency is, "Why do we need to be more efficient?" Your end goal is not just to streamline or to reduce cost or to even think about how to better serve your customers. The end goal is actually about your organization's broader goals; how to become nimble and responsive to market needs.
One of the things that's happening at Berkeley at the campus level is the pursuit of operational excellence. It's big picture and it's thinking about how to strive for excellence across the board. Yes, it's a massive initiative — its goal is to save the university $75 million a year — but when you really break it down, its goal is how to become more operationally efficient in order to achieve that goal. It has everything to do with providing better service, forcing us to think about our business processes and how to do everything better.
For CE, it becomes critical to think about it. I think about it in terms of an opportunity cost: what can we do to become more operationally efficient in order to free up our talented staff to work on more important things? For us, that has implications for staff recruitment, retention and career and professional development. Right now we have program directors, assistants, all very dedicated and committed, but they have to do A to Z. In other words, they were having to do everything from approval processes, pushing paper, all the way to the other extreme in terms of being creative, thinking about new program ideas, doing outreach to the community and how we're going to do better public programs.
If we're more operationally efficient and able to relieve our staff of some of the tasks — especially the mundane, repetitive tasks — then they can do higher order, higher-level thinking, and more creative thinking.
Evo: What impact does back-end efficiency have on the customer experience for students?
DW: We've been emphasizing the need for really great front-line customer service. To that end, we've been doing things like bringing in consultants to do customer service training for our front-line staff and for anyone else who touches the student. We pretty quickly realized that's great and that's important — our staff welcomed it and there was some really good learning coming from that — but we weren't providing our staff with the tools they needed in order to provide really excellent front-line service. That goes back to your point about back-end efficiency. In other words, you can be on the phone with the student, the student could walk in and be at the counter and you're talking to them, but if you're not able to get on the computer and find the information the student is looking for or enroll them right away or take their money and process it right away, these things all affect your ability to provide a good customer experience.
To take it a step further, the experience is getting better for students because they may not even have to pick up the phone or come in person anymore, because our back end is becoming better and better. Everything that's tied into customer service — it's a change for our students. It's actually been a challenge on both ends, but it will lead to better outcomes. From the staff's perspective it's more obvious; they have to get used to new tools, used to new systems and be able to use them effectively in order to provide better service. On the student's end, what we're finding because we have a lot of repeat students coming back [is] they're used to getting their information or level of service in a certain fashion or format.
Everything we're doing on the back end is having huge implications and reaches for what I would call the front-end experience.
Evo: How can tech tools help institutions streamline processes and become more efficient?
DW: Technology has been the driver and often times the catalyst that forces us to look at our business processes because in order to streamline, in order to become more efficient, we have to revisit those things. I can give you a few highlights.
Before, we could not do a broadcast email to all our instructors. That's doable now. Instructors can email all students at once [or] they can email students individually. For students, we've vastly improved their ability for self-service. In other words, students can log in and see their grades, their enrollment information, look at their schedule — it's a whole set of tools we've made available that we can point to in terms of the customer experience.
For our purposes internally, it's the technology that has helped us to streamline processes. It's been a time saver where one system was replaced or has replaced multiple legacy systems and when that happens, you don't have people having to double-enter data. It was a lot of redundancy that no longer exists. I feel the relief of my staff who no longer have to do these very mundane tasks. It relieves them of that.
Evo: Is there anything you'd like to add about the strategic importance of efficiency to helping institutions differentiate themselves and succeed in the highly competitive postsecondary marketplace?
DW: We have to do it. Any organization, regardless of how operationally efficient you are, can become more efficient, thereby increasingly improving your customer service and your ability to serve the market.
Process streamlining allows staff to focus on high-touch customer service and improving the student experience.
This streamlining is made possible by the adoption of technology tools.
Improved efficiency is a strategic asset to institutions looking to transform into operationally excellent organizations.
Wu adopts a broad definition of "efficiency," and perhaps this is something we should do as CE leaders. The example of giving staff customer service training doesn't immediately strike me as something efficiency related, as we've had "efficiency" hammered into us as something that involves downsizing, lower costs, etc. Staff training seems to run counter to that, as it involves maintaining staff levels and higher costs (to run the training).
For Wu, efficiency is related to overall business improvement — and I'm slowly coming around to this line of thinking. By making staff better at their jobs, we might be able to improve productivity. We would certainly improve the student/customer experience. Staff would be able to work more independently. All of these could impact our bottom line.
Interesting observation, Nancy Mabee. I agree, and I think Wu makes a good point that the objective of improving operational efficiency should be to free up staff to focus on high-impact, high-touch activities.


In 1811, James McGill bequeathed 10,000£ and his forty-six acre estate, which stretched from Dr. Penfield Avenue to Cathcart Street, to the Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning, a body which then governed the Quebec education system. This was done with the understanding that the land and money would be put towards a University to be created within ten years of McGill's death or the whole would become the property of McGill's heirs. James McGill died in 1813, but at that time, the Royal Institution had neither trustees nor a board and so did not have the power to execute the stipulations of the will. Ultimately, it took another sixteen years, several lawsuits, and many delays before classes were started.
In June of 1829, classes were started in Burnside Hall, the late McGill's house, which was named after a small brook that meandered through the property. In this year, McGill College, as it was then called, annexed the Montreal Medical Institution so that it could grant degrees and McGill could have students. In 1837, with the property deed and the bequest in hand, the Royal Institution and McGill's new Board of Governors decided to erect the first buildings on campus, yet each faction had a different idea of what was required. The Royal Institution held a competition among several architects who were asked to design an edifice that befitted a University, met its teaching and housing needs, yet was not too expensive. In 1839, John Ostell, a prominent Montreal architect of British origin, won the competition and, after much strife between the Institution and the Board, construction began.
In 1843, the central and east portions of the McGill College Building (now the Arts Building) were complete, but the Royal Institution was fast running out of money and so halted any further work. It had been decided in 1839 that a third floor and a cupola would be added to the central block to provide more room, but the planned west wing would not be constructed nor would the corridors that were intended to connect the wings to the centre. Both the exterior and the interior of the two completed sections were designed in the Classical style. A pediment, supported by Tuscan columns, capped the central block and the library on the second floor of this block was decorated in the Greek manner. The central block contained the steward's apartment, the kitchen, the Governors' council room, the library, the college Hall, and classrooms. The east section held the chapel and the vice-principal's residence. A two-storey portico with Doric columns was planned but was not built at the time. Before 1843, the Royal Institution, despite the protests of the Board, decided to sell the land south of Sherbrooke Street to raise enough money to finish the project.
Sir William Dawson, who lived in the east wing, immediately made it his responsibility to get the campus into shape. In 1860, he hired J.W. Hopkins to add a one-storey wooden portico with Doric columns to the central block. Since Dawson was well connected with the elite of Montreal, he persuaded Sir William Molson to donate the west wing of the McGill College Building, named Molson Hall, and the connecting corridors built in the same Classical style as the original units. These held the convocation hall, library, classrooms, chemistry labs, and a small museum and left more room for residents. Of particular interest was the library on the second floor of Molson Hall which featured oak shelves and Classical columns.
In 1925, Fetherstonhaugh and McDougall were hired to extensively renovate what, by then, was called the Arts Building. Until this time, the building had suffered problems with ventilation, heating, and overcrowding. Fetherstonhaugh transformed the first floor of the central block into a large entrance lobby with black marble columns and a floor of pink Tennessee marble. A coloured globe lamp hangs inside the entrance foyer surrounded by the signs of the zodiac, declaring the worldliness of the Faculty of Arts. Moyse Hall, a large lecture and play theatre adorned by ten electric bronze chandeliers and bas reliefs by Henri Herbet, was added behind the central wing of Arts. The rest of the building was divided into suites, one for each Arts Department. Outside, the wooden portico was dismantled and rebuilt in yellow stone with Doric columns and Molson Hall's roof was raised by one floor. Although the interior was greatly changed, the exterior remained the same. The east wing of the Arts Building was named Dawson Hall after Sir William Dawson, its most permanent occupant. It serves as an Administration facility today.