As it stands, students either spend their own money or are left waiting until late meal at2 p.m. Students have to choose between going hungry during their afternoon classes or spending money outside the amount allocated to a University meal plan. Since all underclassmen are required to buy a meal plan — the University specifically requested an exemption from a New Jersey state law that made this illegal — Dining Services should take all steps necessary to ensure accessibility to meal options.
While the bagged lunch program does offer some relief to students unable to access the dining halls, it is hardly fair to expect students to accept the same offerings every day just because of their choice of major or classes. The offerings in the E-Quad Café change daily. They include a hot lunch option — something the bagged lunch option never includes — and a constantly changing slate of sandwiches. These options are much closer to the choices students eating in dining halls have than the limited options for variety in bagged lunches.
Some might be concerned that the E-Quad Café would not be able to handle the increase in students. While lines will certainly be longer, the café could handle the increase. The tables surrounding the café have ample sitting room, even at peak hours. Furthermore, students looking for a snack would be deterred by the use of a late-meal swipe, limiting the number of students that take advantage of this change. Any increase in customers would occur around lunchtime and would be limited to students looking for a meal. However, this increase may still require the preparation of greater quantities of food. Given that students are required to purchase a meal plan, the Board believes it is the University's responsibility to make the necessary staffing and facilities changes needed to serve the café's expanded customer base.
Some may argue that expanding dining options in the E-Quad could isolate engineering students from the rest of the underclassmen population. We believe that this is unlikely for two reasons. First, this would only affect students who have limited time for lunch — students who have long lunch breaks are more likely to make the walk to meet their A.B. peers at other campus dining facilities. Currently, students with limited time for lunch are not even going to dining halls. Second, the use of a late meal swipe could compel students to try making the 10-minute walk to the CJL or even the 13-minute walk to Wilcox Hall. Furthermore, students that take advantage of the E-Quad Café at lunch will still eat dinner at the residential colleges.
Engineering students must choose from getting a limited variety of bagged lunches, spending hundreds of additional dollars a semester or going hungry when faced with a short lunch break between morning and afternoon classes. The Board believes that the University should increase access to meal plan swipes by accepting meal swipes at the E-Quad Café. Though this change may require logistical changes to E-Quad Café staffing and modifications to its point-of-sale system, we believe that these changes are necessary to give all students the opportunity to use the meal plans they are required to purchase.


How can gaming affect your brain and biological acuteness? It is an on-going argument about the effects of gaming. Dr. Bavelier share a laboratory analysis of how gaming can improve your sight, awareness and other biological skills.
This article rang a bell for me because the author talked about a student who "was really frustrated because I was making her think." I know that this is true because I have experienced this myself. I teach courses in an unconventional manner where I want to see the students explore the world and then make decisions on their own. I have had students in tears saying "Why can't you just tell me what I need to know and then ask me on a test on Friday?"
The key to creating successful 21st Century Learning Environments is to pose difficult questions that require learners to make decisions and explore the world. Read the article to see if anything rings true. Do you have additional resources or ideas you want to share?
School Visitations: When I had finished the interviews with the superintendents, my first observation was that the decision to implement a 1:1 initiative was not made in isolation. Without exception, a factor that influenced the superintendent's decision was visits to others schools that had implemented a 1:1 initiative. All the superintendents I interviewed told me that they had sent teams to schools that had already implemented a 1:1 initiative to see for themselves, firsthand, a program that was already in place. These teams consisted of teachers, administrators and in some cases school board members and students. The number of visits each team made to other schools ranged from 3-20.
Political Considerations: The superintendents also talked about the multiple efforts they undertook to work with staff, school board, parents and the broader community to engage and keep them informed of the progress of the consideration. Most superintendents assumed the students would be receptive to the idea, but in one instance, students got the notion that once the computers arrived, all the teachers would be fired and students would receive their education strictly via the computer. So, a lesson learned was not to overlook the students and to enlist them in the exploration process.
Equity: Equity was another factor that influenced the superintendents in the study in their decision to implement a 1:1 initiative. The superintendents talked about equity in terms of equal access to learning opportunities for all students. These opportunities included access to technology and online resources.
Staff Readiness: The superintendents in the study indicated staff readiness was an additional factor that influenced their decision. Staff readiness fell into two categories. The first was characterized by the staff being open to or supporting the idea of implementing a 1:1 initiative. The other category of staff readiness was their comfort using the technology. There was a consensus among the superintendents that staff would need to gain further technology skills, but none of the superintendents were held back because of the technology skill level of the staff. Districts were also on a continuum of teacher possessing the pedagogical skills required to teach in a one-to-one classroom. But all superintendents felt their staff could gain this understanding through training and experience in the one-to-one classroom.
Student Engagement: This was an important factor in the decision. One superintendent remarked that "when we observed and went to other schools and we saw student involvement in the classroom, that became our number one thought. What a wonderful thing—you have 27 kids in class, everybody is involved, everybody is interested." Even once implemented, when the students told the administration in one district that they were not using the computers enough, the district's response was to send the students to another district that was using the technology successfully. Students wanted to be engaged and after the visit to another district, they returned to their district and helped design changes in the classroom that increased student engagement.
This was also cross-referenced using Wordle, an online tool found at http://www.wordle.net/. When the transcripts of the interviewee's answers were displayed in Wordle, "important" and "kids" are used most often and thus, appear as the largest words. The words that were used most frequently after that included "students," "involvement," "education," "everybody" and "projects." In contrast, when asked, "as you reflect on the various factors that influenced your decision to become a one-to-one school, what was the least important?" the word "kids" does not appear.
As the map of 1:1 districts in Iowa continues to add more schools, there is a likelihood that many of the factors discussed in this piece influenced the decisions to implement the 1:1 initiative. And it's good to know that these decisions are not being made to "keep up with the Jones" but rather to do what is best for students.
Here it is . . . I have been wanting to use the Vlog (Video Blog) format for my blog for a LONG time so I decided to do it today to tell you about an AWESOME experience I had in class last Tuesday night.
I teach two 1.5 hour online courses on Tuesday night through Adobe Connect. These are video conferencing sessions that allow the students and me to keep a connection that we wouldn't have otherwise.
This past Tuesday, I was meeting with my Emerging Instructional Technology class. This is a class of 15 students who are a mixture of Masters students and Undergraduate students. Good group of people. I had decided to spend some time getting feedback about how the class had been running. I received the typical feedback about too much work, but as we probed their comments we found that there was a difference between the perceptions of the undergraduates and the graduates . . .
I am not going say anymore or you won't need to watch this 7-minute video.
Tell me what you think and whether or not I should continue with periodic vlogs like this.
Internet: Pacifier of Digital Natives?
Is the Internet the Digital Pacifier of our Digital Natives?
This is a question that was posed by Bill Lammers. He conveys an incident in his high school classroom where the students were working intently on their assignments when . . . suddenly . . . the Internet Died.
Some students squirmed because they didn't think that they would be able to work on their assignment without the Internet. Others squealed in delight when they realized that they didn't have to work on their assignments but moaned in anguish when they decided that they "couldn't do anything else" because their window to the world, The Internet, was down.
Blammer (Bill Lammers) makes an interesting observation when he notes how tied to the Internet his students were. I was talking with a reporter the other day who told me that some of his interns were literally lost without their GPSs. They had no problem finding places when their smartphones had full access to the web, but they had no idea about how to read a map. They had no idea how to find north and what all of the squiggly lines on the map meant.
Is this a crime or merely a Symbol of the Times? What do you think? Read Lammers' article and then join in the discussion here about being connected to the world through the Internet has changed the skill set for our digital natives.
What About Teachers as Digital Natives?
A minute isn't what it used to be . . .
We used to hold our breath for a minute.
Now we upload 72 hours of video on YouTube.
We were excited if we could stand on one leg for a minute.
Now we upload 20,000 new images on Tumblr.
We could boil 1/3 of a 3-minute egg in a minute.
Now we have 20 million photo view on Flickr.
What do you do in a minute?
Wondering what your superintendent is thinking?
Gallup was thinking the same thing, but they asked them. This was all described in their What Superintendents Really Think report. They wanted to know what they thought about Common-Core Standards, Education Beyond High School, Affected Areas in Budget Cuts, and Technology in the Classroom.
What do you think? Do these results match your superintendent's opinion last time you spoke with her/him?
Well, I'm back from the ISTE '13 conference in San Antonio in late June. We had a wonderful time. Gaming was the theme of the conference and it was exciting to see Joan McGonagal talk about how life changing gaming can be. She autographed my book with "Play with Purpose."
One of my highlights was my opportunity to share my ideas about Making Learning Meaningful to Millennial students. I was honored that ISTE decided that my presentation should be video broadcast to those who couldn't make the conference. These broadcasts were recorded and are available through the ISTE channel on YouTube.
I decided that instead of providing a lecture full of facts and platitudes about what Meaningful Learning meant, I would provide a framework for the content but it would be more important to create a learning environment that demonstrated what we were discussing.
I was quite impressed with quality of the video production. Thank you for your work.
What do you think? I think that it went well. Were you there? If so, how did you like it?
Do you ever feel like you live in the Age of Distraction?
This is an interesting diagram that suggests strategies for managing time, how to work, reflecting on your work, and managing your space.
Some of the ideas are common sense and some are quite ingenious.
Upon reviewing the Learning Fundamentals website, it turns out that they have a collection of such Mind Mapping Diagrams that address: Getting Motivated, Getting Ready for Exams, Mindmapping, Busting Procrastination, Getting organized and a whole lot more.
I will probably be including them in the future, but you can take a look at them at the link above. If you use them, remember to follow their Licensing Agreement.
If you find this or any of the other maps useful, please share with us how you used them.
Mind Mapping. Is it useful?
The Social Media World is huge and ever-exploding. I was just reviewing graphics on social media when I came upon this Social Media Landscape infographic from the All Twitter Blog.
I found this graphic most useful by reading the topics to better understand the multiple aspects of the Social Media Landscape. Once you have an overview of the categories, explore the apps that are mentioned. Unfortunately, there are a few recent additions to the SM World that are not included (like Pinterest) but that will be included in Version 2.0.
How will you use this Infographic?
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January 21, 2016 December 26, 2015 Conversations with my editor, The Dressmaker's War fiction writinghistorical writinghistory
ED: Mary, you were a professor of history for many years before you turned to writing fiction. Did you always know that you wanted to write fiction?
MC: History and literature have been my two great passions and I have wanted to do both since I was a child. History promised a more realistic career to support a family, so I chose that passion first. Despite being widely published as a historian, I never felt I could call myself a 'writer' until I had published a work of fiction. I wanted to be up there!
ED: What was that transition like, from writing history to writing fiction?
MC: I was (and remain) on a steep learning curve. On the face of it, there are crossovers between history and fiction. Both operate with prose, narrative, characters, with mentalities and context. But a historian's approach is omnipresent, forensic and cerebral, a novelist's partial, fluid and involved. Historians have evidence to support their characters and context, and to present an authentic interpretation of what happened in the past. Novelists have to invent everything: characters, evidence and context to create that aura of authenticity. They need to inhabit the world of their novel and its people in order to portray the illusion of reality, to invent detail that historians have no concern with. On the other hand, a novelist is not constrained by the evidence in a way that a historian is, can invent and circumvent, lie and speculate.
Published in 1989, my study of Lambeth was one of the source books for my novel.
January 14, 2016 December 26, 2015 Conversations with my editor, The Dressmaker's War fiction writinghistorical writingwriting inspiration
ED: What gave you the idea for this story? Were Ada, or any of the other characters, inspired by real people?
MC: The starting points for my novel were two of my aunts. Ada, whom I never knew, left her husband and young children to be cared for by my grandmother. In any age, that was a shocking thing to do, but in the 1920s it was unforgiveable. The family never spoke of her again – a silence amply filled by myth. Aunt Ada, we learned, had – depending on the time and the source – variously married the heir to a manufacturer's fortune, run off with a Hungarian count, been rescued from behind enemy lines and smuggled out from the Iron Curtain. For me, as a child, this was high octane glamour and excitement. She was, by all accounts, uncommonly beautiful. But Ada was a working class girl from Walworth, and the stories say more about the family imagination than the truth. Nevertheless, I wondered why she abandoned her family, and what happened to her.
And then there was Violet, another aunt, a linen maid from Southwark, plain as a pavement, in sensible shoes and horn-rimmed glasses. Known as Viley to my mother, Auntie Bernadette to us children, she was a nun. I must have been twelve or thirteen when I first learned that this soft-spoken, lisping, aunt had been interned by the Germans and spent the war caring for their old people. I was old enough to know of the atrocities the Nazis had perpetrated, not old enough to understand the complexities of war, especially for prisoners. She never mentioned it again, nor did I ever ask. Trapped in the motherhouse in northern France and rounded up by the Germans, she was shipped by cattle truck across France – a journey that took days without water or rest – to an internment camp, from where the nuns were isolated and sent to look after the elderly, either in Germany or Vichy France.
(Ada on the right, Violet on the left. My mother and a cousin in the middle)
In the mill of my imagination, these aunts morphed into one and became my protagonist, Ada Vaughan, who ran the story in directions that would have both the sinning aunt and the saintly aunt turning in their graves. But I wanted to write about the real Ada's drive, about Viley's wartime survival, about women during and after the war, about post-war Britain and its problems.

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Flamenco dancer and choreographer La Tania (in white) performs in Osvaldo Golijov's "Ainadamar," about the life of poet Federico Garcia Lorca.
The remarkable thing about the latest offering from the ever-venturesome Opera Parallèle - a sumptuous and vividly sung production of Osvaldo Golijov's "Ainadamar" that had a three-performance run over the weekend at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts - was how much it made of its ultra-thin source material. Sitting through Friday's opening performance was like watching a virtuoso display of crepe-paper origami.
Written in 2003 and subsequently revised for a 2005 premiere at the Santa Fe Opera, "Ainadamar" is a memorial paean to the Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca. It has a static, cliche-ridden Spanish-language libretto by David Henry Hwang and a rhythmically vibrant but predictable score that relies heavily on repetitions and bland filler merely to make it - gasping and panting with effort - to the 80-minute mark.
Yet conductor Nicole Paiement and director Brian Staufenbiel took this flimsy concoction and - operating gently but with winning determination - breathed enough life into it to let the piece stand on its own feet. The result was not exactly gripping, but it was impressive in its way.
"Ainadamar" unfolds in a series of flashbacks by Lorca's theatrical muse, the actress Margarita Xirgu. In the piece's outer frame, we encounter her backstage in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1969, waiting to go onstage in the title role of Lorca's "Mariana Pineda." In private memories and conversations with her student, Nuria, she harks back to her first meeting with Lorca and to his murder in 1936 by Franco's Nationalists.
The piece is clearly conceived as a sort of passion play, which means that very little is really dramatized, or even given a distinctive identity. Lorca emerges like the hazy recollection of some old boyfriend, his political and artistic personality reduced to a series of empty slogans about freedom. The wrenching turmoil of the Spanish Civil War is flattened into a few pale snapshots of arrests and executions.
All of this might have come off more persuasively if Golijov's score - an amalgam of Flamenco rhythms and curling melodies in an Iberian-Arabic-Jewish vein - had lent it any character or shape. But the composer's main concern throughout seems to be how to get the most out of limited materials.
Golijov's MO in each scene is the same. He begins with a simple and sometimes compelling musical idea - a lusty duet for the two lovers as they prepare for a theatrical tour in Havana, or a beautiful instrumental chorale for strings and thrumming vibraphone - and then, rather than develop it, simply strings it out to the point of exhaustion.
All the more remarkable, then, that the mounting by Opera Parallèle, with the collaboration of the flamenco choreographer and dancer La Tania, made for a vivacious and intermittently affecting evening. Staufenbiel's resourceful staging, arrayed on Matthew Antaky's split-level set and intercut with video clips, moved deftly through the piece's different chronological tiers. Paiement led a propulsive, sensitive performance.
Though Lorca is the more famous personality, Margarita - who is onstage throughout - is the opera's central figure, and she was embodied in all her fierce integrity in a strong-voiced performance by soprano Marnie Breckenridge. Mezzo-soprano Lisa Chavez took on the trouser role of Lorca with plenty of dramatic fire and vocal richness, and there were fine contributions by soprano Maya Kherani as Nuria and baritone John Bischoff as a mildly sympathetic jailer.


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Home • Neo-vintage • Breguet
Breguet 3237, White Gold, Chronograph
Powered by the Lemania 2310 ébauche, this Breguet Chronograph 3237 combines a rarely seen white gold case with a hand-finished guilloché dial. It was one of the first models introduced by Breguet following the brand's resuscitation by the Chaumet brothers and their Master Watchmaker, Daniel Roth.
The Breguet Origin
Born in Neuchâtel, Abraham-Louis Breguet would go on to pioneer significant technical and aesthetic innovations during his career, with his influence carrying through to the present day. The watchmaker spearheaded a number of inventions, including the over-coil hairspring and the tourbillon, which he first invented in 1795 and patented in 1801. It is no coincidence that he remains the most cited reference point for accomplished watchmakers centuries later, from George Daniels to François-Paul Journe.
The brand bearing his name enjoyed success during the 18th and 19th century, producing pieces for distinguished European figures, from King Louis XVI to Queen Marie Antoinette. As it moved into the 20th century, the brand dramatically changed its focus, principally producing pilot's chronographs for the military. Though they occasionally made more classical timepieces - such as one of only three retrograde perpetual calendars from the 20th century - their focus was decidedly more utilitarian than Abraham-Louis Breguet had initially intended.
The Rebirth of Breguet
In 1970, Jacques and Pierre Chaumet took over Breguet, in the hopes of reinvigorating the brand and renewing the connection between the Breguet name and high-end watchmaking. Shortly thereafter, the brothers closed the French factory and moved production to the Vallée de Joux in Switzerland, the epicentre of Swiss watchmaking.
In order to restore the brand to its former glory, the brothers enlisted Daniel Roth, a watchmaker who had demonstrated his talent over seven years of working with Audemars Piguet. Roth was one of the only watchmakers who did not come from Le Brassus, the brand's historic home. Inspired by the work of the famous watchmaker, Roth agreed to help resuscitate the manufacture, though only after studying the Breguet archives and techniques.
François Bodet, the director of the brand, and Roth worked together to define the Breguet aesthetic in wristwatch form, as well as introduce a range of new models and complications to their collection. The engine-turned dials, coin case and distinctive Breguet hands have become signature features of these pieces. From perpetual calendars to tourbillons, they embraced the high-end complicated watchmaking first personified by Abraham-Louis Breguet.
A Classic ref. 3237
The chronograph reference 3237 was one of the earliest pieces introduced by Breguet after it was resuscitated by the Chaumet brothers, integrating many of the design codes from the past, whilst also introducing new details.
This reference 3237 is encased in white gold, a rare iteration of the reference, which is more usually seen in yellow gold. The piece is typical of the Breguet style of wristwatches which Bodet and Roth helped cement. Classically sized at 36mm, it features straight lugs and a distinctive fluted middle section, reminiscent of a coin. The caseback displays the watch's serial number, which matches the one displayed on the dial.
The design is that of a two-register chronograph, with contrasting textures throughout. The center of the dial features a sharply executed Clous de Paris pattern in a silvery grey colour. Meanwhile, the chronograph counter and running seconds sub dials feature an inner contrasting guilloché pattern, surrounded by another coin-like engraved chapter ring. The outer chapter ring is executed in a brushed silver, with Roman numerals printed in black. The subtle contrast in colour and finishing, as well as the layout on several levels, gives a satisfying depth to the design.
The dial is signed "BREGUET" at 12 o'clock and "N. XXXX" at 6 o'clock, where the watch's unique number is displayed. The tradition of numbering watches on the dial appears to have been carried over from earlier wristwatches by Abraham-Louis Breguet. The Breguet hands, another visual inspiration from the watchmaker, are rendered in blue steel. As is typical of Breguet pieces from the period, the dial is also hand-finished.
The Lemania 2310 Ébauche
Assembled by hand in the brand's Vallée du Joux workshop, this Breguet Chronograph ref. 3237 is powered by a finely-finished Lemania 2310 ébauche, which can also be found in the Patek Philippe 5070 and Roger Dubuis Hommage Chronographs. At the time of production of this piece, Breguet actually owned the Nouvelle Lemania manufacture, which they purchased in 1991.
The movement features a 21 jewel, straight-line lever escapement, a monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, a self-compensating Breguet spring and swan-neck micrometer regulator. Aesthetically, the calibre is finished to a very high standard. It features exquisite chamfering on all angles, polishing and decoration.
This Breguet Chronograph ref. 3237 comes with an outer box and an inner wooden box. It is accompanied by a saffiano strap in navy blue, in addition to the original black alligator strap from the manufacture and its white gold Breguet buckle.
If sold within the United Kingdom, this Breguet Chronograph reference 3237 will be subject to 20% VAT. Viewings are currently suspended for the time being.
Brand: Breguet
Model: Chronograph ref. 3237
Movement: manual-winding calibre, based on Lemania 2310
Functions: chronograph, hours, minutes, sub-seconds
Features: Clous de Paris dial, white gold case
Case: 36mm
Crystal: sapphire front and back
Strap: saffiano strap in navy blue, white gold buckle
Year: c. 1990
Box & papers: outer box, inner box
This Breguet Chronograph ref. 3237 is in good condition overall, with light markings throughout consistent with normal wear. A hairline mark can be seen across the coin edged mid-case, at the 9 o'clock position, whilst a graze on the lower right lug can be seen across the polished metal (as captured in our product photography). It is guaranteed for authenticity and comes with a two-year warranty from A Collected Man.
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Inspiring environmental talk – one of my faves!
By piecing together a complex ecological puzzle, biologist Willie Smits believes he has found a way to re-grow clearcut rainforest in Borneo, saving local orangutans — and creating a thrilling blueprint for restoring fragile ecosystems. UPDATE: December 2012: The core content of this talk has been challenged on a number of grounds. For details, and for Willie Smits' response to these criticisms, please see this page.


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God is Not American - Who Knew?
So... today for lunch Greg and I are tooling down Adams Street, headed to fifth, for a run to Roy's. We're chatting - had to stop for a train - looking forward to some exceptional barbecue.
We have to stop at a light at fourth street and I glance to my left and what do I see? Well, it's a billboard. But it's one I can't believe I'm seeing my little red midwestern town that's smack dab in the middle of a red state.
I don't know who put it up - no doubt they'll keep their identity well under wraps in this conservative spot. But, oh my gosh, there it was for everyone to see in stark black and white - "GOD IS NOT AMERICAN ...think about it."
We both whipped out the cameras and started snapping away. I'm sorry I didn't have time to post it earlier in the day but it was a busy day today. Thank goodness for digital cameras and the convenience of always having them handy.
I'm guessing it's a take off from the book, "God Is Not: Religious, Nice, One of Us, an American, a Capitalist" but I don't know. I just know someone paid some money to print it and post it. I'm curious who.
There's someone around I like, and I don't even know who it is. Obviously, there's another group I need to join.


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Giorgio Armani opens the button on the cuff of his navy cashmere jacket and loosens the brown alligator strap of his limited-edition white gold Borgo 21 watch. It's a muggy day in Paris and, as he watches final rehearsals for his haute-couture womenswear show, the Italian designer is feeling the heat.
The stakes in the couture business are high. Persuading a dwindling coterie of customers to part with £50,000 for a back-baring cocktail jacket in Chantilly lace with spilling black mink and Swarovski crystal butterfly buttons is tough at the best of times. But, for the Italian designer, flogging togs to toffs is about to get tougher.
Next month he will take fashion into uncharted territory by becoming the first designer to launch couture for men. "Men need couture just as women do — something made exclusively for them to define their social position," he said.


Fourth graders continued their study of cultures from around the world with this unit on Japanese art. Students watched an animated video introduction to the history of gyotaku prints. We practiced painting the rubber fish molds with tempera paint and printing on narrow sheets of newsprint paper. Students worked together to share paint, brushes and various fish molds.
On the next day of class, each student printed two to three fish in the color scheme of their choice, warm or cool. To create a lifelike representation, students added white paint to tint the fish's belly. Once each student had printed their fish, the paper was hung up to dry and students helped one another with printing and clean-up.
After students had printed their fish, they were encouraged to complete their composition by creating an underwater environment. Each class used chalk pastels and green tissue paper to depict water and seaweed. We talked about the use of space and balance, and how to create depth and overlap using the tissue paper.
When the compositions were complete, students finished the assignment by adding a red chop print with the Japanese character of their choice. Students carved the character in reverse into a small sheet of Styrofoam, and printed with red ink.


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using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Security.Permissions;
using System.Threading;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using NUnit.Framework;
using SIL.TestUtilities;
using SIL.WritingSystems;

namespace SIL.Windows.Forms.WritingSystems.Tests
{
	[TestFixture]
	public class UITests
	{
		//NB: in Mar 2011, I couldn't get these to run in vs 2010 with resharper, because
		// of the need to be in single apartment thread mode. The app.config is there, requesting
		// it, but it doesn't work. So I had to plug in this CrossThreadTestRunner thing
		[Test, Ignore("By hand only")]
		public void WritingSystemSetupDialog()
		{
			var runner = new CrossThreadTestRunner();
			runner.RunInSTA(
				delegate
				{
					using (var folder = new TemporaryFolder("WS-Test"))
					{
						//var dlg = new WritingSystemSetupDialog(folder.Path,
						//	DummyWritingSystemHandler.onMigration,
						//	DummyWritingSystemHandler.onLoadProblem);
						//that constructor is now obsolete, create repo first
						var repository = LdmlInFolderWritingSystemRepository.Initialize(folder.Path);
						var dlg = new WritingSystemSetupDialog(repository);
						dlg.WritingSystemSuggestor.SuggestVoice = true;
						dlg.ShowDialog();
					}
				});
		}

		[Test, Ignore("By hand only")]
		public void WritingSystemSetupViewWithComboAttached()
		{
			var runner = new CrossThreadTestRunner();
			runner.RunInSTA(
				delegate
				{
					using (var folder = new TemporaryFolder("WS-Test"))
					{
						var f = new Form();
						f.Size = new Size(800, 600);
						var repository = LdmlInFolderWritingSystemRepository.Initialize(folder.Path);
						var model = new WritingSystemSetupModel(repository);
						var v = new WritingSystemSetupView(model);
						var combo = new WSPickerUsingComboBox(model);
						f.Controls.Add(combo);
						f.Controls.Add(v);
						f.ShowDialog();
					}
				});
		}
	}

	public class CrossThreadTestRunner
	{
		private Exception _lastException;

		public void RunInMTA(ThreadStart userDelegate)
		{
			Run(userDelegate, ApartmentState.MTA);
		}

		public void RunInSTA(ThreadStart userDelegate)
		{
			Run(userDelegate, ApartmentState.STA);
		}

		private void Run(ThreadStart userDelegate, ApartmentState apartmentState)
		{
			_lastException = null;

			var thread = new Thread(
				delegate()
				{
					try
					{
						userDelegate.Invoke();
					}
					catch (Exception e)
					{
						_lastException = e;
					}
				});
			thread.SetApartmentState(apartmentState);

			thread.Start();
			thread.Join();

			if (ExceptionWasThrown())
				ThrowExceptionPreservingStack(_lastException);
		}

		private bool ExceptionWasThrown()
		{
			return _lastException != null;
		}

		[ReflectionPermission(SecurityAction.Demand)]
		private static void ThrowExceptionPreservingStack(Exception exception)
		{
			FieldInfo remoteStackTraceString = typeof (Exception).GetField(
				"_remoteStackTraceString",
				BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
			remoteStackTraceString.SetValue(exception, exception.StackTrace + Environment.NewLine);
			throw exception;
		}
	}
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


All around the world, connectivity is a key driver of economic growth, creating new revenue opportunities, increasing operational efficiency and fuelling innovation. Across the public and private sector, it's long been accepted that universal superfast connectivity will be central to the UK competing globally in the future. However, to date there's not been a consensus on how best to achieve this.
That's why I was delighted when the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) released the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Report (FTIR) in late July. Advocating greater collaboration via a neutral host network model, as well as densifying cellular networks by using small cell architecture, it moves beyond theory to provide pragmatic recommendations on how to deliver next-generation communications.
While the report shows where progress has been made, it also recognises that the UK is not quite where it needs to be when it comes to fibre. The country is doing well when it comes to overall connectivity, with 95 percent of premises covered, but we lag behind leaders like South Korea and Japan when it comes to next-generation Fibre to the Premises (FTTP or 'full fibre'), with just four percent coverage.
To address this, the government is proposing going beyond its manifesto pledge to provide at least 10 million premises with access to full fibre. This includes setting an ambitious new target of connecting 15 million premises by 2025, and coverage across all of the country by 2033.
Universal fibre connectivity will be central to another of the report's commitments – providing the majority of the population with 5G coverage by 2027. This is because successful deployment of next-generation 5G wireless depends on a fibre-enabled network of base stations to deliver coverage across the country.
The FTIR shows that quality of UK mobile service, both coverage and capacity, has been improving for some time now, with 87 percent of the UK's landmass is receiving 4G signal from at least one operator. A broad fibre network will be key to keeping up the momentum following the introduction of 5G, but the wireless architecture model employed is also incredibly important. The report advocates the use of neutral host infrastructure, a single, shared network offering equal access to Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to deliver services to their customers in key locations. The approach offers several benefits, including directly addressing some of the main challenges associated with rolling out 5G.
First and foremost, it's more economically viable. It makes sense for one neutral host deploying a single network for all MNOs to use than all of them creating individual owned networks. It also makes sense from a logistical standpoint. Delivering deep 5G coverage in dense urban environments requires the amount of infrastructure to be kept to a minimum. As the cellular market shifts from connecting static populations to connecting people on the move, transport corridors will play a key part in attaining ubiquitous coverage. As a result, it is easier for a single independent organisation with market experience to manage relationships with the transport authorities responsible for these highly regulated environments.
The DCMS also recognised the importance of small-cell networks for the successful deployment of 5G. Data demand is growing at nearly 50 percent year on year, and will increase further with 5G. As such, both coverage and capacity will need to be delivered with greater accuracy than ever before.
This can't be achieved with the larger rooftop antennas typically used to distribute mobile signal. They do not provide the level of accuracy required, planning permission takes too long, and there isn't enough available real estate to locate the additional infrastructure. Small cells, characterised as low-powered, small footprint radio access nodes, circumvent this issue as they can be placed at street level on lampposts and other 'street furniture'. Moreover, small cells allow MNOs to provide service where it is most needed. What's more, conventional Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS), which typically provide large scale neutral host connectivity for venues, are also rapidly evolving to a small cell topology.
In the coming years, consistent superfast connectivity will be central to driving economic growth in the UK. Neutral host models have developed and matured in markets like the USA, so it's great to see the DCMS recognising the importance of both shared networks and small cells for next generation communications. Both have been proven in environments such as transportation networks, including the New York Metro. With 5G on the horizon, it's the perfect time to introduce them across the UK.


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Hedgehog Central – Hedgehog pet care & owner forum > General Questions > General Questions > Hedgehog owners in Maine?
Thread: Hedgehog owners in Maine? Reply to Thread
[QUOTE=Kite;68900]My family and I are considering applying for permits to own a hedgehog. There isn't much information (that I can find) as to what the requirements are in order to be approved. Most out-of-state breeders whose websites I've seen seem to be unwilling to ship to Maine even if you have the permits to own and import them. Anyone who owns or has owned hedgehogs in Maine - What requirements did you have to meet in order to be approved for the permits? How long was the application process? Do you have to pay for the permits themselves in addition to paying to apply for them? Do you have to pay to renew the permits annually? Which breeder(s) did you get your hedgie from? Websites would be appreciated. We were told there was a breeder in Boothbay, ME but it seems to have stopped breeding or been closed down. We would greatly prefer a breeder we could visit as opposed to ordering a hedgie and not knowing for sure its personality, health, or the conditions in which the facility breeds and keeps their hedgies. We haven't made a solid decision yet on whether or not we'll get one. The answers to these questions will be a contributing factor, as will be the availability of hedgie food and products at our local stores, and whether or not our area has a hedgie experienced vet. We're just beginning looking into the care of these guys and as I said before, we're not close to making a solid decision yet. Thanks in advance for any help![/QUOTE]
Hedgehog owners in Maine?
My family and I are considering applying for permits to own a hedgehog. There isn't much information (that I can find) as to what the requirements are in order to be approved. Most out-of-state breeders whose websites I've seen seem to be unwilling to ship to Maine even if you have the permits to own and import them.
Anyone who owns or has owned hedgehogs in Maine -
What requirements did you have to meet in order to be approved for the permits?
How long was the application process?
Do you have to pay for the permits themselves in addition to paying to apply for them?
Do you have to pay to renew the permits annually?
Which breeder(s) did you get your hedgie from? Websites would be appreciated. We were told there was a breeder in Boothbay, ME but it seems to have stopped breeding or been closed down. We would greatly prefer a breeder we could visit as opposed to ordering a hedgie and not knowing for sure its personality, health, or the conditions in which the facility breeds and keeps their hedgies.
We haven't made a solid decision yet on whether or not we'll get one. The answers to these questions will be a contributing factor, as will be the availability of hedgie food and products at our local stores, and whether or not our area has a hedgie experienced vet. We're just beginning looking into the care of these guys and as I said before, we're not close to making a solid decision yet.


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Like the rest of downtown St. Petersburg, the University of South Florida, Bayboro Campus, located on Tampa Bay, is booming.
USF St. Petersburg broke ground on May 4, for the newest addition to the campus. Construction crews are busily working on the first phase of the $14-million Parking Center One, which will offer more than 1,100 parking places and include a two story Barnes & Nobel bookstore. The facility is set for completion by summer of 2006.
The seven-level, six–story-parking garage will be located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Third Street South.
The facility will be completed in two phases. Weeks before construction began, the crews were readying the ground using pumps to empty the retaining pond that had been there for years. First the area had to be dried out so preparation and subsurface testing could prove the location suitable to support the planned structure. Dirt was hauled in to fill the hole left by the dredging of the pond and the job of strengthening the site began.
The foundation is auger-bored, a low-noise and vibration system that is highly versatile and suitable for a wide range of ground conditions, like the sandy soil of Florida. A pile auger connected to a Link-Belt crane drills into the earth and creates a hole into which grout, slightly less viscous than cement, is injected, all in one operation.
The foundation of the parking garage will be supported by 344 of these auger cast pilings. On top of the castings, pile caps are placed to help stabilize them. To finish off the shallow foundation work, concrete mixed with an aggregate material of specified size is poured over the piling system.
In this case, according to John Dickson, associate director of facilities and planning for USF at Bayboro, "We typically use 4,00 psi aggregate material" to ensure strength and durability. "Sometimes we use early high strength concrete but on this site the 4,000 psi is our choice," continued Dickson.
Utilities will be installed after the foundation is completed through portals created in the stem walls. Openings will be poured into foundation and the lines and cables will be passed through in place.
Earlier this year on March 20, ground was broken for Residence Hall One. The $18.3-million housing facility also is set for completion in summer 2006.
"Today's ceremony is about the beginning of the campus of 2020. USF St. Petersburg students in the year 2020 will continue to enjoy a close knit student friendly campus where they can focus on their studies," White said at the groundbreaking.
Crews are on site using a vibra-displacement piling system that calls for 299 pilings as the support system for the 126,000-sq-ft. residence hall. The displacement tool is mounted at the bottom of a drill rod pushed into the ground as concrete is simultaneously pumped through the hollow stem as it is withdrawn. Full displacement of the soil keeps the working area free of drill spoil on site.
Effective soil displacement increases load carrying capacity of the pile. As sections of the foundation are completed the walls and floors are added, as the work continues on the other foundation sections.
The housing facility will offer 95 apartments that could house 345 students within its seven stories. The apartments will be four person apartments with double bedrooms, four person apartments with private bedrooms and two person double apartments.
The parking garage will benefit the students living in residence halls, commuters and downtown residents and business owners as they exit I-75. In addition to the Barnes and Noble College Booksellers, the first floor will house the USF St. Petersburg Police Department and Parking Services.


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Cancer Experts Mad About New Dietary Guidelines
Published January 7, 2016 • Updated on January 8, 2016 at 12:39 am
The U.S. government's latest eating guidelines came out Thursday — only to be greeted with the usual accusations that they go too far, or don't go far enough, or leave out something important, NBC News reported.
But this time some of the hottest criticism comes from cancer researchers. And other experts are upset that the guidelines don't say more about eating less meat.
"We are pretty disappointed the report doesn't recommend limiting red and processed meat because of the link to cancer," said Katie McMahon of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network.
Evidence goes back decades linking diets high in red and processed meats (like bacon and sausage) to cancer, McMahon told NBC News.
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The guidelines do, in fact, mention this — but don't blame meat specifically. "Strong evidence from mostly prospective cohort studies but also randomized controlled trials has shown that eating patterns that include lower intake of meats as well as processed meats and processed poultry are associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease in adults," they say.


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University > Research portal > Researchers > Stephen Ralph Holmes > Research publications
Stephen Ralph Holmes
New dictionary of theology: historical and systematic
Holmes, S. R., Grass, T., McDowell, J. & Noble, T. A., 21 Apr 2016, 2 ed. London: IVP. 1200 p. (IVP reference collection)
Christian Theology: Introducing the Classics
Holmes, S. R. & Bawulski, S., 2013, Routledge.
Baptist Theology
Holmes, S. R., Mar 2012, T&T Clark. 179 p.
The Holy Trinity: Understanding God's Life
Holmes, S. R., 2012, Paternoster Press. 231 p.
The Politics of Christmas
Holmes, S. R., 1 Dec 2011, London: Theos. 46 p.
Christian Doctrine: a reader
Hall, L. (ed.), Holmes, S. R. (ed.) & Rae, M. (ed.), 2010, London: SCM Press.
Walk This Way: On the road with Jesus
Holmes, S. R. (ed.) & Rook, R. (ed.), 2009, Paternoster Press. 165 p.
Public Theology in Cultural Engagement
Holmes, S. R., 2008, Paternoster Press.
What are we waiting for? Christian Hope and Contemporary Culture
Holmes, S. R. (ed.) & Rook, R. (ed.), 2008, Paternoster Press.
The Wondrous Cross: Atonement and Penal Substitution in the Bible and History


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Distilling in Germany and Austria is much more common than in the United States and it is there that we attended trade shows for still manufactures and asked experienced and successful distillers about their stills. We found Kothe Destillationstechnik not only to have the highest quality and aesthetics but also to have the most knowledgeable team informing its production. We set out to buy the best still possible and now we want to offer others the chance to benefit from the wealth of knowledge the Kothe team brings to the development of a distillery—from concept to production.
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Dang, for a second I was hoping this was Blendo returning to their Barista series.
The amount of arcades just for this year is absurd. I am real sad about Dinospark in Sapporo. That place was real special and I am happy and sad I got to go once.
Is it going to end up just being Club Sega and Taito Stations left in a few years? That would be sad because from what I saw they're mostly just several floors of UFO catchers and a few flavour of the month new releases. Not much in the way of classics.
The amount of arcades just for this year is absurd.
Three years ago or so, the amount of arcades that closed was about the same as the entire number of arcades in the Round1 chain, and it's only picked up steam since then.
It already kinda feels like that, and the chains have started closing locations as well. Club Sega Shinkan in Akihabara used to have two floors largely devoted to late 90s to mid-2000s Sega classics and fighting games and all of that went out the window a few years back, mostly replaced with all the Konami music games (which hadn't been in Sega arcades at all until a few years ago) and more wildly popular phone game adaptations like KanColle AC and FGO AC. RIP their Super Hang-On and F-Zero AX cabs.
In large part it's turning out like the US where the only arcades that are really profitable are those with shittons of UFO catchers (here, they would be redemption games) or that have other activities (karaoke, bowling, darts, etc…) to diversify their income sources and subsidize the money-losing arcade part of the business. Also the business model for arcade games changed almost ten years ago to cabinets being sold at cost to arcades in exchange for recurring subscription revenue for each game license and a cut of every credit played on those cabinets, so couple that with an increase in sales tax a few years back, and margins got slimmer and you couldn't survive unless you bumped prices and adopted alternate payment methods that allowed non-100 yen increments (often with that taking a cut of its own).
atmosfear platformer for super nintendo!
Yesterday while listening to SNExploration, I learned that Shrug and I are the same age.
@VastleCania IMO we should do a Snexploration Emergency Investigative Report on this.
I volunteer myself to join in this endeavor.


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Q: C TCP client-server segmentation fault problem I am trying to implement a client-server program in C with TCP for an exercise. The server should be able to serve many clients. The clients asks for some files that the server sends them. Each time the client ends, the server crashes with a segmentation fault error. It prints the "end of service", looking at gdb it also returns to the main function, but it never prints the "prova" after the call to the 'service' function, inside the loop.
Here you can see my server and below my client
/*
 * TEMPLATE
 */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <time.h>

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>

#include <rpc/xdr.h>

#include <stdint.h>

#include <string.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#include "../errlib.h"
#include "../sockwrap.h"

#define BUFLEN      1024 /* Buffer length */

char *prog_name;
char *err="-ERR\r\n";

void service(int s);

uint32_t getFileCreationTime(char *filename);

int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
    int     conn_request_skt;   /* passive socket */
        uint16_t    lport_n, lport_h;   /* port used by server (net/host ord.) */
    int     bklog = 2;      /* listen backlog */
    int     s;          /* connected socket */
    socklen_t   addrlen;
    struct sockaddr_in  saddr, caddr;   /* server and client addresses */

    prog_name = argv[0];

    if (argc != 2)
    {
        printf("Usage: %s <port number>\n", prog_name);
        exit(1);
    }

    /* get server port number */
    if (sscanf(argv[1], "%" SCNu16, &lport_h)!=1)
        err_sys("Invalid port number");
    lport_n = htons(lport_h);

    /* create the socket */
    printf("creating socket...\n");
    s = Socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
    printf("done, socket number %u\n",s);

    /* bind the socket to any local IP address */
    bzero(&saddr, sizeof(saddr));
    saddr.sin_family      = AF_INET;
    saddr.sin_port        = lport_n;
    saddr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
    showAddr("Binding to address", &saddr);
    Bind(s, (struct sockaddr *) &saddr, sizeof(saddr));
    printf("done.\n");

    /* listen */
    printf ("Listening at socket %d with backlog = %d \n",s,bklog);
    Listen(s, bklog);
    printf("done.\n");

    conn_request_skt = s;

    /* main server loop */
    for (;;)
    {
        printf("loop again\n");
        /* accept next connection */
        addrlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
        s = Accept(conn_request_skt, (struct sockaddr *) &caddr, &addrlen);
        showAddr("Accepted connection from", &caddr);
        printf("new socket: %u\n",s);

        /* serve the client on socket s */
        service(s);
        printf("Prova\n");
    }

    return 0;
}

uint32_t getFileCreationTime(char *filename)
{
    struct stat *attr;
    stat(filename, attr);
    return attr->st_mtime;
}

void service(int s)
{
        char rbuf[BUFLEN+1];        /* reception buffer */
        char buf[BUFLEN];       /* sending buffer */
        char sbuf[BUFLEN];      /* buffer that will contain the dimension of the file */
        int     n;
        char *get, *filename, filename_stats[20];
        size_t len;
        uint32_t bsent, dimension, modtime;
        FILE *fp;
        struct stat * fstatus;

        for (;;)
    {
        n=recv(s, rbuf, BUFLEN-1, 0);
        if (n < 0)
        {
            printf("Read error\n");
            close(s);
            printf("Socket %d closed\n", s);
            break;
        }
        else if (n==0)
        {
            printf("Connection closed by party on socket %d\n",s);
            close(s);
            break;
        }
        else
        {
            rbuf[n]=0;

            get = strtok(rbuf, " ");
                filename = strtok(NULL, "\r\n");

            if(strcmp(get, "GET") == 0)
            {
                printf("\nA client requested the file '%s'\n", filename);

                fp = fopen(filename, "rb");
                if (fp == NULL)
                {
                    printf("-ERR\tCould not open the file\n");
                    if(writen(s, err, 6) != 6)
                        printf("Write error\n");
                }
                fseek (fp, 0, SEEK_END);
                dimension = ftell (fp);
                //dimension--;
                fseek (fp, 0, SEEK_SET);

                sprintf(sbuf, "+OK\r\n");
                printf("Sending:\n%s\n", sbuf);
                if(writen(s, sbuf, 5) != 5)
                    printf("Write error\n");

                //printf("Sending:\n%d\n", dimension);
                //dimension = htonl(dimension);
                //printf("dimension net=%d\n", dimension);
                if(writen(s, &dimension, 4) != 4)
                    printf("Write error\n");
                //dimension = ntohl(dimension);
                printf("dimension=%d\n", dimension);

                bsent=0;
                while(bsent!=dimension)
                {
                    if(dimension-bsent < BUFLEN)
                    {
                        //printf("bytes to send <BUFLEN\n");

                        fread (buf, 1, dimension-bsent, fp);

                        printf("Sending last %d bytes of the file\n", dimension-bsent);
                        if(writen(s, buf, dimension-bsent) != dimension-bsent)
                            printf("Write error\n");
                        bsent+=dimension-bsent;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        //printf("bytes to send > BUFLEN\n");
                        fread (buf, 1, BUFLEN, fp);

                        //printf("Sending:\n%s\n", buf);
                        if(writen(s, buf, BUFLEN) != BUFLEN)
                            printf("Write error\n");

                        bsent+=BUFLEN;
                        printf("Bytes sent: %d\n", bsent);
                    }

                }

                fclose (fp);

                modtime = getFileCreationTime(filename);

                printf("Sending:\n%d\n", modtime);
                //modtime = htonl(modtime);
                if(writen(s, &modtime, 4) != 4)
                    printf("Write error\n");

                printf("File '%s' correctly sent to the requesting client\n", filename);

            }
            else    //invalid request
            {
                printf("-ERR\tINVALID REQUEST\n");
                if(writen(s, err, 6) != 6)
                    printf("Write error\n");
            }
        }
    }

    printf("End of service\n");
    return;
}

And here's the client:
/*
 * TEMPLATE
 */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <ctype.h>

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>

#include <rpc/xdr.h>

#include <stdint.h>

#include <string.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#include "../errlib.h"
#include "../sockwrap.h"

#define BUFLEN      1024 /* Buffer length */

char *prog_name;

int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
    char buf[BUFLEN];       /* transmission buffer */
    char rbuf[BUFLEN];      /* receiving buffer */
    char ok[5];         /* buffer used to receive the "+OK" message */
    uint16_t tport_n, tport_h;  /* server port number (net/host ord) */
    char **filenames, *out="_out";

    FILE* fp;
    size_t  len;

    int s, result, i;
    struct sockaddr_in  saddr;      /* server address structure */
    struct in_addr  sIPaddr;    /* server IP addr. structure */

    ssize_t nreadok, nread;
    size_t nleft;
    uint32_t breceived , bytes, timestamp;

    prog_name = argv[0];

    if(argc<4)
    {
        printf("Error! Usage: %s IP_addr port_number filename1 filename2 filename3 ...\n", prog_name);
        return -1;
    }

    filenames = (char **) malloc(argc*sizeof(char*));

    for(i=3; i<argc; i++)
    {
        filenames[i-3] = (char*) malloc (30*sizeof(char));
        strcpy(filenames[i-3], argv[i]);
    }

    /* input IP address and port of server */
    result = inet_aton(argv[1], &sIPaddr);
    if (!result)
        err_quit("Invalid address");

    if (sscanf(argv[2], "%" SCNu16, &tport_h)!=1)
        err_quit("Invalid port number");
    tport_n = htons(tport_h);

    /* create the socket */
    printf("Creating socket\n");
    s = Socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
    printf("done. Socket fd number: %d\n",s);

    /* prepare address structure */
    bzero(&saddr, sizeof(saddr));
    saddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
    saddr.sin_port   = tport_n;
    saddr.sin_addr   = sIPaddr;

    /* connect */
    showAddr("Connecting to target address", &saddr);
    Connect(s, (struct sockaddr *) &saddr, sizeof(saddr));
    printf("done.\n");

    for(i=3; i<argc; i++)
    {
        //filename=argv[i];

        sprintf(buf, "GET %s\r\n", filenames[i-3]); //creating the request "GET filename"
        len = strlen(buf);
        printf("\n%s", buf);

        if(writen(s, buf, len) != len)  //sending the request
        {
            printf("Write error\n");
        }

        printf("\nwaiting for response...\n");

        //filename=argv[i];
        //char rbuf[BUFLEN];

        nread = readn(s, rbuf, 5);  //receiving "+OK\r\n"
        if(nread == 0)
            printf("Connection closed\n");

        if(rbuf[0] == '-')
        {
            nread = readn(s, rbuf, 1); //remaining byte of the "-ERR\r\n" message
            if(nread==0)
                printf("Connection closed\n");
            printf("-ERROR! The server could not answer the request\n");
            close(s);
            return -1;
        }

        bytes=0;
        //printf("Bytes 0=%d\n", bytes);
        nread = readn(s, &bytes, 4);    //receiving the dimension
        if(nread == 0)
            printf("Connection closed\n");
        //printf("Bytes net=%d\n", bytes);
        //bytes = ntohl(bytes);
        printf("Dimension of the file = %d\n", bytes);

        /*
        nread = readn(s, rbuf, bytes-1);    //receiving the file
        if(nread == 0)
            printf("Connection closed\n");

        */

        strcat(filenames[i-3], "_copy");
        fp = fopen(filenames[i-3], "wb");   //creating the file "filename_out"
        if (fp == NULL)
        {
            printf("Could not open the file\n");
        }
        else
        {
            //coping data into the copy of the file
            breceived=0;
            while(1)
            {
                rbuf[0]=0;
                if(bytes-breceived < BUFLEN)
                {
                    //printf("bytes to receive <BUFLEN\n");
                    printf("Receiving: %d bytes of the file\n", bytes-breceived);
                    if(readn(s, rbuf, bytes-breceived) != bytes-breceived)
                        printf("Connection closed\n");

                    //printf("receiving:\n%s\n", rbuf);
                    //fputs(rbuf, fp);
                    fwrite(rbuf, 1, bytes-breceived, fp);

                    breceived+=bytes-breceived;
                    printf("Bytes received: %d\n", breceived);
                    break;
                }
                else
                {
                    printf("bytes to receive(>BUFLEN) = %d\n", bytes-breceived);
                    //printf("receiving:\n%s\n", rbuf);
                    if(readn(s, rbuf, BUFLEN) != BUFLEN)
                        printf("Connection closed\n");

                    //printf("receiving:\n%s\n", rbuf);
                    //fputs(rbuf, fp);
                    fwrite(rbuf, 1, BUFLEN, fp);

                    breceived=breceived+BUFLEN;
                    printf("Bytes received: %d\n", breceived);
                }
            }
        }

        if(rbuf[0] == '-')
        {
            nread = readn(s, rbuf, 1); //remaining byte of the "-ERR\r\n" message
            if(nread==0)
                printf("Connection closed\n");
            printf("-ERROR! The server could not answer the request\n");
            close(s);
            return -2;
        }

        //rbuf[bytes]=0;
        nread = readn(s, &timestamp, 4);    //receiving the timestamp
        if(nread == 0)
            printf("Connection closed\n");
        //timestamp = ntohl(timestamp);

        printf("\nFile received: '%s'\t %d bytes \t last mod: %d\n\n", filenames[i-3], bytes, timestamp);

        fclose(fp);
    }

    printf("Closing the connection\n");
    close(s);

    return 0;
}

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As you may recall from our pre-announcement on August 22nd, we've updated our policies and have rolled out a new Network Agreement and Code of Conduct. Please take some time to read and understand how they affect your business. You may also remember that we asked you to register all of your domains with us. This requirement is very important and dictates whether or not you receive payment for traffic that occurs on a mobile device. Please ensure this crucial step has been completed.
You will not need to make any changes to your existing affiliate links.
Please take a moment to review the new Network Agreement and Code of Conduct terms.
We understand that you probably have lots of questions around this rollout. We've compiled some helpful information below to help get you started – including a screenshot of what the report graph will look like, instructions on how to retrieve your reports and some answers to the most frequently asked questions you've raised thus far.
1. Where and how will I be able to see the mobile traffic that I'm driving?
There are a couple of ways to see your mobile traffic and they're nothing new. We simply added mobile traffic to reports you're already using.
Go to the Reports Tab >> Run Report and select "Mobile Traffic" for Traffic Type. You'll see your daily report and graph just like you're used to seeing with your classic traffic.
Go to the Reports tab >> Download Reports and run a Transaction Download Report. This report now has a column marked "Traffic Type" that indicates whether your traffic is mobile or classic. Please note that we've also added a column for "Item Name." This doesn't have anything to do with mobile specifically, but we know it's something you've been asking for.
2. What does ePN classify as web and mobile traffic?
We define traffic type based on the device. Web or "classic" traffic is defined as traffic which occurs on a desktop or laptop computer. Mobile traffic is traffic that occurs on a mobile device like a smartphone or tablet.
3. How will ePN track my mobile traffic clicks, purchases and other activity?
We will continue to use a 7-day, browser-based cookie to track on mobile, just like we do for classic traffic.
4. What commission model applies to mobile traffic?
The same payment structure that you're currently on for classic traffic is also applicable to mobile traffic.
5. I don't have a mobile site, can I still get compensated for mobile traffic?
Yes, publishers do not need a mobile website to drive mobile traffic. When your website is accessed on a mobile device the traffic will be detected and reported as mobile traffic.
We want to encourage you to ask questions in the discussion board or here in the blog comments. Our team will be monitoring both places very closely and jumping in to respond when necessary. We look forward to starting this exciting journey into Mobile with all of you!


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20 Dec Hutton Alum Back for Christmas Break
Posted at 00:04h in Holidays, Hutton Settlement, News & Articles, Success Stories	by	Kelly Naumann
Today we'd like to spotlight Hutton alum Tim McPeak, who is back visiting for Christmas break!
Tim is attending the Curlew Job Corps, where he has chosen to pursue Cement Masonry. He will be receiving his certificate of completion this spring. To date, he has become OSHA certified, scaffolding and green certified and has learned skills to teach and train others in the field, much like a foreman.
What do you like about Job Corps?
"People there strive to do their best. You learn how to deal with different types of people every day. I appreciate that job corps allows me to complete drivers ed, receive certifications that will help me with my career and it teaches me how to work hard."
Tim says that being a part of sports teams like track, cross country and basketball at West Valley High School helped him to learn how to work well with others and to help people achieve their goals. In high school, he lettered in track, cross country, basketball and football!
Tim also attended the Washington Youth Academy during his junior year of high school, where he earned high school credits in a military setting. He says he misses Youth Academy because he enjoyed the structure and routine environment – it made the days go by fast. He misses the people there as well.
What did you like about living at Hutton?
"I got to grow up with different age groups that taught me how to be patient. Hutton allowed me to grow up in a family environment, which I didn't always have. One of my highlights was our 2015 Hutton trip to Disneyland."
We asked him what he is looking forward to, once he completes Job Corps and he said having his own place, having money to buy things for himself, having the independence of growing up and most importantly, he's looking forward to experiencing the world.
We can't wait to see where Tim's bright future takes him!


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CelebritiesPopularTyler Funk: Top 10 Must-Know Facts About YouTuber
Tyler Funk: Top 10 Must-Know Facts About YouTuber
Tyler Funk (YouTuber) was born on the 3rd of July, 2001. He was born in 2000s, in Generation Z. His birth sign is Cancer and his life path number is 4. Tyler's birth flower is Larkspur and birthstone is Ruby. What does this all mean? Let's find out!
Discover all the facts that no one tells you about Tyler Funk below ↓
NAME: Tyler Funk
REAL NAME: Tyler Funk
NICKNAME: Tyler
PROFESSION: YouTuber
BIRTHPLACE: United States
SEXUALITY: N/A
Tyler Funk, best known for being a YouTuber, was born in United States on Tuesday, July 3, 2001. Member of the widely successful Funk Bros YouTube channel, who demonstrates his talent as a scooter rider and avid trampoline user. He also quickly surmounted more than 140,000 subscribers and growing on his personal YouTube channel.
Family: He is cousins with Funk brothers Corey and Capron. Tyler Funk father's name is under review and mother unknown at this time. We will continue to update details on Tyler Funk's family.
Dating: According to CelebsCouples, Tyler Funk is single .
Net Worth: Online estimates of Tyler Funk's net worth vary. It's easy to predict his income, but it's much harder to know how much he has spent over the years. CelebsMoney and NetWorthStatus does a good job of breaking most of it down.
2. Tyler Funk's zodiac sign is Cancer
Tyler Funk zodiac sign is a Cancer. Dates of Cancer are June 21 - July 22. Those born under the zodiac sign Cancer need to be needed. They have an great desire to feel loved and appreciated in every part of their lives. This is needed so that they can develop a sense of security and identity. They are nurturing, supportive, healing, compassionate, and unconditionally loving. Although, they can be dependent, indirect, moody, passive, aggressive, and unable to let go.
The American youtuber has been alive for 7,139 days or 171,355 hours. There were precisely 242 full moons after his birth to this day.
BORN: July 3, 2001
GENERATION: Generation Z
Tyler Funk was born on a Tuesday. People born on Tuesdays come with a fiery, fighting spirit. They are brave, impatient, energetic, active, and driven to succeed, sometimes to a fault.
Countdown to Tyler Funk's next birthday.
Tyler Funk will be turning 20.
4. On Tyler Funk's birthday
The world's population was 6,223,412,158 and there were an estimated 131,446,664 babies born throughout the world in 2001, George W. Bush (Republican) was the president of the United States, and the number one song on Billboard 100 was "U Remind Me" by Usher.
324 – Battle of Adrianople: Roman Emperor Constantine I defeats his co-emperor Licinius, who flees to Byzantium.
1187 – Battle of Horns of Hattin: Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, destroys Jerusalem's crusader army.
1863 – Battle of Gettysburg, largest battle ever fought on the American continent, ends in a major victory for the Union during the US Civil War.
5. Tyler Funk's height and weight
We're currently in process of confirming all details such as Tyler Funk's height, weight, and other stats. If there is any information missing, we will be updating this page soon. If you any have tips or corrections, please send them our way.
WEIGHT (LBS): Under review
WEIGHT (KG) Under review
Tyler Funk was born in the Year of the Serpent. Usually, people regard Snake as a cunning and sly animal, which likes hanging out in darkness. In fact, this animal is also a symbol of wisdom and wit. Their strengths are soft-spoken, humorous, sympathetic, determined, passionate, and smart. But they can also be jealous, suspicious, sly, fickle, and nonchalant. Their lucky numbers are 2, 8, 9, and lucky colors are red, light yellow, black.
7. Tyler Funk's life path number is 4
Life Path Number 4 represent 'The Worker'. Those who walk a Life Path with Number 4 have an almost unbreakable spirit and astounding capabilities of self-control. 3 reminds us that equality for all sides creates the strongest structures. Its energy is that of Stability. The values are structure, discipline, health. The challenges are to balance your ambitions with your need for security.
8. Generation Z
Tyler Funk was born in the middle of Generation Z.
9. Tyler Funk's birthstone is Ruby
Red rubies are tokens of harmony and peace. Their beauty speaks of strength and nobility of character. It was believed to protect its wearer from evil. Traditionally, the ruby has been regarded by ancient Hindus as the "king of gems"
10. Tyler Funk's birth flower is Larkspur
Larkspurs symbolize positivity and love. They come in a wide range of vibrant colors including indigo, purple and pink.


Drive Hard (originally titled Hard Drive) is a 2014 Australian action comedy film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith and written by Chad Law, Evan Law, and Smith. A professional thief (John Cusack) takes a former race car driver (Thomas Jane) hostage and forces him to drive his getaway car.
As Keller exits the bank, he opens fire on the guards, drops a bag into the car, and demands that Roberts serve as his getaway driver. Roberts protests in disbelief and attempts to surrender to the police, who open fire on him, too. Roberts reluctantly drives off and evades the police. Keller offers to share a percentage of his loot, but the panicked Roberts insists that he is now going to end up in jail. Keller assures him that the police will not pursue them, as the bank is owned and managed by a criminal syndicate with connections to the local police. Rossi, Keller's former associate, had previously betrayed him in the United States and then joined the Australian syndicate.
Rossi calls off the police and hires mercenaries to kill them. However, Agent Walker of the Australian Federal Police takes charge of the investigation over the objections of the corrupt Detective Chief Inspector Smith. Walker immediately threatens Rossi and Smith, both of whom she suspects to be part of the syndicate. Meanwhile, Keller and Roberts argue over Roberts' disappointment in his life, which Keller states is the result of giving up on his dreams. Upset, Roberts refuses to drive any further, and Keller shoots him with a rubber bullet. The two change cars, and Roberts once again becomes the reluctant driver.
After they evade Rossi's assassins, the car fails, and they pull into a reception hall. The owners recognize them, and an elderly woman viciously attacks Roberts after accidentally shooting her husband. Roberts and Keller escape in the husband's sports car and stop for gas. There, they are again recognized and attacked, though the cashier accidentally kills himself with his own shotgun. At Keller's urging, Roberts phones the police and his wife, telling both that he has been taken hostage, though neither believe him at first. In order to heighten Roberts' fear and make him more believable, Keller puts a gun to Roberts' head and threatens to kill him. In response, Roberts briefly holds Keller at gunpoint with the elderly woman's pistol, but he surrenders it when he realizes that it is empty.
Resigned to his fate as the getaway driver, Roberts offers to drive Keller to his final destination, a marina. On the way, the two reconcile their differences when both admit that the other has made good points about their respective lifestyles. When Roberts antagonizes a motorcycle gang, they become hostile and threaten to kill him. Keller saves his life, and, during the confrontation, the gang reveal themselves to be mercenaries in Rossi's pay. Roberts and Keller fight them off, only to be beset by Rossi himself and more mercenaries at the marina. Meanwhile, DCI Smith confronts Agent Walker, and Walker kills Smith in self-defense.
At the marina, Roberts and Keller defeat the mercenaries, and Roberts declines a share in Keller's stolen loot. Shot and left chained by Keller, Rossi is arrested. Keller handcuffs Roberts to the car and the two argue over whether Keller should punch him to make the situation look more believable; Roberts eventually agrees. Finding him ragged, wounded, and beaten, the police finally believe Roberts' story, and he returns to his family, who now respect him. Though she disapproves, Roberts' wife acquiesces to his return to professional racing.
An offbeat action comedy tailored to John Cusack and Thomas Jane's screen personas. I put them together and had some fun with the material. If audiences like Cusack and Jane they'll enjoy seeing them spark off each other. It's a nod towards Midnight Run (1988) and other buddy comedies with regular injections of action. It has the stunt of the near miss as opposed to the Fast of the Furious destruction.
There was a window of availability for John Cusack, so if were able to quickly retool it for him and for Australia we could have him, so that's what I did. We changed the tone and went through the script to make considerable changes to the characters that would work much better, things the Van Damme version didn't have at all... When you've got two great actors who have improvisational ability you might as well plug into it.
The film began shooting on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia on 6 June 2013. The shoot took 18 days.
Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 8% of 24 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 3.5/10. Metacritic rated it 29/100 based on eleven reviews. Dennis Harvey of Variety called it a "by-numbers buddy crime caper that is as forgettable as its title." Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter called it "a fast-paced, mildly entertaining lark".


Cartersville police say a man shot and killed his ex-wife's attorney and then killed himself on Wednesday.
The ex-wife of Walter Radford called police to say her ex-husband called her and said he'd just killed her divorce attorney Antonio Mari. At approximately 1:37 p.m. police were dispatched to Mari's law office at 605 North Tennessee St.
They discovered Mari had been shot several times and Radford was seen fleeing the scene in a late model Ford pickup truck.
Cartersville police and Bartow County Sheriff's Department located the pickup truck at the home of Radford's ex-wife on Willow Bend Road.
Radford had forcibly entered the home through the back door. At approximately 2:40 p.m., police entered the home and found Radford dead from an apparent self- inflicted gunshot wound.
The Cartersville Police Department was assisted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.


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THE COUNTRY HOUSE by Donald Margulies at Little Fish Theatre, runs April 4-28
Added by Lisa
Time: April 4, 2019 at 8pm to April 29, 2019 at 8pm
Location: Little Fish Theatre
Street: 777 S. Centre St., San Pedro, 90731
City/Town: San Pedro
Website or Map: https://www.littlefishtheatre…
Event Type: comedy/drama/variety, theater
Organized By: Lisa
Latest Activity: Mar 21, 2019
The Country House by Donald Margulies
Directed by Holly Baker-Kreiswirth
Featuring Belinda Howell, Frannie Morrison, Richard Perloff, Maire-Rose Pike, Patrick vest, Bill Wolski
One year after the death of a loved one, a family of actors gathers in their Berkshire home during the Williamstown summer theater season, wrestling with fame, art, and as always, each other. But when the events of the weekend go off-script, secrets are spilled and bonds are broken – threatening an already fragile foundation of a home brimming with old memories, new love, and discarded dreams.
April 4 - April 28, 2019
Opening Night:
Thursday April 4, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. ($24/$15 25-and-under with code "Hipster")
Regular Performance Times:
Thursdays April 4 and April 18 at 8:00 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays, April 5 through April 27 at 8:00 p.m.
Sundays April 14* and April 28 at 2:00 p.m.
*Talkback performance, with access to the actors and creative team
$26 seniors
$24 opening night
$15 25-and-under with code "Hipster"
Little Fish Theatre
San Pedro's Arts District
777 S. Centre St., San Pedro, CA 90731
Ticket Range: $15 - $28
Prices above do not include a $1 ticket service fee
Discounts Available for Groups of 10+
Discounts for Seniors 65 and over ($26) and Patrons 25 and under ($15)
https://www.littlefishtheatre.org/pond/
https://www.littlefishtheatre.org/pond/countryhouse/
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HomeEntertainment NewsPresidency officially dissolves Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS)
Presidency officially dissolves Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS)
Michael Of Ariyabaze Monday, October 12, 2020
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has announced the dissolution of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force.
He said the operatives will be redeployed to other police formations and commands.
Adamu announced this in a live broadcast on Sunday afternoon, October 11th.
The announcement came after days of online and offline protests against the brutality and extra-judicial killings by SARS operatives nationwide.
At the briefing, the IGP said, "The Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force otherwise known as SARS is hereby dissolved in all the 36 State Police Commands and the Federal Capital Territory."