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The scman (7D) network device driver is a loadable, clonable, STREAMS hardware driver that supports the dlpi connectionless data link provider interface over the SUNW,scman network controller. The scman controller provides a highly available, secure communication channel between the dynamic system domains and the Sun Fire high end system controller.
The scman driver provides basic support for the SUNW,scman controller. Driver functions include network initialization, frame transit and receive, multicast and promiscuous support, and error recovery and reporting.
The scman controller is physically located in each Sun Fire high-end server dynamic system domain and connects to SUNWdman controllers found in each active dynamic system domain in the Sun Fire high-end chassis. See dman(7D). All links are point-to-point and are internal to the Sun Fire high-end server chassis. Traffic between the system controller and the dynamic system domains is not accessible by any third party; for example, another system domain within the Sun Fire 15K chassis. All system domains are accessible through the scman controller.
The link layer frame format is identical to that used by Ethernet (sys/ethernet.h).
The /dev/scman cloning character-special device is used to access the SUNW,scman controller installed on the system.
The scman driver is a style 2 data link provider interface. All M_PROTO and M_PCPROTO type messages are interpreted as DLPI primitives. Valid DLPI primitives are defined in sys/dlpi.h. Refer to dlpi(7P) for more information. An explicit DL_ATTACH_REQ message by the user is required to associate the opened stream with a particular device or physical point of attachment (PPA).
The PPA ID is interpreted as an unsigned long data type and indicates the corresponding device instance (unit) number. The only valid unit number is 0. An error (DL_ERROR_ACK) is returned by the driver if the PPA field value does not correspond to a valid device instance number for this system. The device is initialized on the first attach and deinitialized (stopped) upon the last detach.
The values returned by the scman driver in the DL_INFO_ACK primitive in response to the DL_INFO_REQ from the user are:
Maximum service data units (SDU) are 1500.
Minimum SDU is 0.
Data link service access point (DLSAP) address length is 8.
Media access control (MAC) type is DL_ETHER.
Service access point (SAP) length value is -2, meaning the physical address component is followed immediately by a two-byte SAP component within the DLSAP address.
Service mode is DL_CLDLS.
Optional quality of service (QOS) support is not included; the QOS fields are 0.
Provider style is DL_STYLE2.
Version is DL_VERSION_2.
Broadcast address value is Ethernet/IEEE broadcast address (0xFFFFFF).
Once in the DL_ATTACHED state, you can transmit DL_BIND_REQ to associate a particular SAP with the stream. The scman driver interprets the SAP field within the DL_BIND_REQ as an Ethernet type; as a result, valid values for the SAP field are in the 0 through 0xFFFF range. Only one Ethernet type can be bound to the stream at any time.
If you select the SAP with a value of 0, the receiver will be in 802.3 mode. All frames received from the media having a type field in the range from 0 through 1500 are assumed to be 802.3 frames and are routed up all open streams that are bound to SAP value 0. If more than one stream is in 802.3 mode, then the frame is duplicated and routed up multiple streams as DL_UNITDATA_IND messages.
In transmission, the driver checks the DL_BIND_REQ SAP field to determine if the SAP value is 0 and the destination type field is in the range from 0 through 1500. If either is true, the driver computes the length of the message, not including the initial M_PROTO message block (mblk), of all subsequent DL_UNITDATA_REQ messages and transmits 802.3 frames that have this value in the MAC frame header length field.
The scman driver DLSAP address format consists of the six-byte physical (Ethernet) address component followed immediately by the two-byte SAP (type) component producing an eight-byte DLSAP address. Applications should not be hard-coded to this implementation-specific DLSAP address format, but instead use information returned in the DL_INFO_ACK primitive to compose and decompose DLSAP addresses. The SAP length, full DLSAP length, and SAP physical ordering are included within the DL_INFO_ACK. The physical address length can be computed by subtracting the SAP length from the full DLSAP address length or by issuing the DL_PHYS_ADDR_REQ to obtain the current physical address associated with the stream.
Once in the DL_BOUND state, you can transmit frames on the Ethernet by sending DL_UNITDATA_REQ messages to the scman driver. The scman driver routes received Ethernet frames as DL_UNITDATA_IND messages up all open and bound streams having a SAP matching the Ethernet type. Received Ethernet frames are duplicated and routed up multiple open streams, if necessary. The DLSAP address contained within the DL_UNITDATA_REQ and DL_UNITDATA_IND messages consists of both the SAP (type) and physical (Ethernet) components.
In addition to the mandatory connectionless DLPI message set, the scman driver supports the following primitives.
The DL_ENABMULTI_REQ and DL_DISABMULTI_REQ primitives enable or disable reception of individual multicast group addresses. A set of multicast addresses may be iteratively created and modified on a per-stream basis using these primitives. These primitives are accepted by the driver in any state following DL_ATTACHED.
The DL_PROMISCON_REQ and DL_PROMISCOFF_REQ primitives with the DL_PROMISC_PHYS flag set in the
dl_level field enables or disables reception of all promiscuous mode frames on the media, including frames generated by
the local host. When used with the DL_PROMISC_SAP flag set, this enables or disables reception of all SAP (Ethernet type) values. When used with the DL_PROMISC_MULTI flag set, this enables or disables reception of all multicast group addresses.
The effect of each is always on a per-stream basis and independent of other SAP and physical level configurations on this stream or other streams.
The DL_PHYS_ADDR_REQ primitive returns the six-octet Ethernet address currently associated (attached) to the stream in the DL_PHYS_ADDR_ACK primitive. This primitive is valid only in states following a successful DL_ATTACH_REQ.
The DL_SET_PHYS_ADDR_REQ primitive is not supported.
The scman driver operates at 10 Mbps, full-duplex.
The scman driver allows you to set and get various parameters for the SUNW,scman device. The parameter list includes current transceiver status, current link status, interpacket gap, local transceiver capabilities, and link partner capabilities.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
|Sun Fire high-end systems
The scman driver utilizes the following files:
Special character device
System-wide default device driver properties
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Here we go. According to CNET, Internet Explorer 7 is going to be sent out automatically to XP users as a priority Windows Update upon its launch. We'll see a massive migration, and IE6 numbers will take a sharp dive in the very near future. This is a good thing.
However, a sharp surge of immediate adoption could be a little painful for those not currently testing in IE7; now is most definitely the time to start, if that's you. (Hey, don't feel bad, I still only have IE7 beta 1 myself.)
Also, as of the launch (no set date yet, some time in Q4 is the current best guess), I have a strong feeling the case for testing in IE5.x will be unjustifiably hard to make in most cases. Enjoy your last few months of the box model hack.
Hooray! Thank god.. but..
What about Windows 2000 users? They will most likely still be behind on IE6, which isn't exactly good news. I wonder what Microsoft will plan to do about the non-profit organizations, corporate users, etc.
OMG These are happy, happy news!
Just this week I've been strugling to make IE6 support position:fixed and correct z-indexes.
I have this beautiful image of myself dropping IE6 support in my mind already.
Will IE7 work on Win2k, though?
… but z-index is still broken, Ismael
Anyway. Hooray.
This is good news, but MS are also releasing a tool to block the update:
"Additionally, Microsoft on Wednesday plans to make available a special tool to block automatic delivery of the new browser version, Schare said. The tool is meant for business users who might not be ready for an IE update."
ZDNet - http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6098500.html
Lets hope not many businesses use it.
Zach - IE7 is a WinXP SP2 and above only update I'm afraid. So everyone who's using something below that now will still be using what they're currently using once IE7 comes out. :/
On the most non-techy site I run, people running IE6 in < XP accounts for 7% of visits. Not exactly insubstantial. Thankfully though, IE5.5 are virtually non-existent (for me).
It's like the apocalypse for all poorly written CSS.
Except without the kick-ass fire and brimstone falling from the sky.
=) go to http://ie7.com to get your browser. =)
I wonder if they'll ever tempt Mac users to install IE7. I guess not since they completely abandoned IE builds for Mac.
That is really great news. However I do worry that we'll end up in a situation where all those on IE6 will upgrade to IE7, but all those still stuck in IE5 will still be stuck in IE5, thus widening the gap even more. I've been thinking about this for a while, but when IE7 launches, maybe it would be time for another browser upgrade campaign?
Ugh, I'm on a Mac and I use Win2k in Virtual PC for IE 6 testing. I guess this means that I have to upgrade to Windows Vista when it comes out just so that I can test in IE7…
Is IE7 set to launch before Vista, or are they planning to release them together?
A bunch of us were talking about this very issue last week at WebVisions, and the general wish was that MS would do what they've just announced.
We're past the point of another official browser upgrade campaign: what we need to do now is stop supporting IE versions earlier than 6 (and by "stop supporting" I mean give them the content, but not the experience – just give pre-IE6 versions an unstyled page, or at most a minimal style that doesn't require much effort to develop or maintain). I'll even argue that it's time to start thinking about scaling back support for IE6 (I'm giving that serious consideration already with some projects), and focusing on IE7 as the soon-to-be-current version.
Though a tiny little notice at the top of sites visited by IE6 users, encouraging them to either upgrade to IE7 or use Firefox, wouldn't be a bad idea once IE7 ships… :P
Dan, I think a better idea would be to serve a styled page, but with a (fairly) prominent option to turn off the stylesheeting. It might be a desirable option for standards-compliant browsers, but primarily because it offers older browsers or ones that that you don't explicitly support a fair swing at rendering to the standard. If they can't hack it, they have a usable fallback.
My biggest gripe at the moment is 'default deny' on rendering pages rather than 'default permit'. For instance, Opera get's a 'ur browser is teh suck' at oldnavy.com without even a fair shot at using the page. I'm 99% sure that Opera can hack it, but because my favorite browser isn't on their list, I'm not allowed to visit their site. I can't say I'm too broken up, though.
There's a big difference between 'we dont' support…' and 'we don't allow…'. Be a 'we don't support'er rather than a 'we don't allow'er.
I have just installed IE7 Beta 3, and it has caused me problems already. My site is showing errors similar to Opera and Safari. So does this mean Firefox is behind?
I have also noticed that Dan Cederholm's SimpleBits has some graphical glitches in it too. This is not to say that Dan has suddenly lost the touch, but it sets bells ringing for me that IE7 Beta 3 is still not ideal.
@ Nick: I'm not advocating a 'default deny' approach, just giving older browsers a lower-end experience (similar to how standards-based developers approached NS4 for a long time). I'd rather display a clearly scaled-down version than something that almost works, or might even break. Again, IE versions prior to 6 are my target in this case, and unless a site's audience uses IE5/5.5 in large numbers, it shouldn't cause problems or discouragement.
I like your idea of allowing IE6 users (for instance) an easy way to turn off styles, so if something doesn't quite work they can at least get rid of it. However, I still believe that as developers, we will be in a unique position to influence the browser market when IE7 ships – perhaps we won't be able to get everyone running Firefox, but in most cases, IE7 will be a huge improvement over what we have to deal with today.
We're still getting visitors with versions of IE that are less than 6. Here's a month to date list of just Microsoft browsers:
Browsers = Visiters
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02 = 1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 = 29
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 (AOL) = 17
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.5 (Macintosh) = 1
Sub Total: 47
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 = 1,210
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 (AOL) = 117
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 beta 2 = 1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 = 1,624
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 (AOL) = 18
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.22 (Macintosh) = 779
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.23 (Macintosh) = 2,095
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 = 8,811
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 (AOL) = 1,624
Sub Total: 16,279 = 0.82%
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 = 1,576,173
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (AOL) = 116,334
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 beta = 59
Sub Total: 1,692,566 = 85.61%
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 beta = 95
Microsoft MSN Explorer = 33,082
Microsoft MSN Explorer 2.5 = 988
Microsoft MSN Explorer 2.6 = 66
Microsoft MSN Explorer 6.1 = 5,502
Microsoft MSN Explorer 8.0 = 700
Microsoft MSN Internet Access = 1,110
Sub Total: 41,448 = 2.09%
I'm happy to say that Firefox has increased its share at 154,943 = 7.84%. We have more Safari visitors at 2% of visitors than IE 5.x at 0.82%, but is it worth turning away 16,000 plus potential customers?
I suppose that we could use conditional comments for IE 5.x browsers that would display a "Please upgrade" or "Site best viewed with browser x" message.
Ugh! Who are we kidding? When do you make a decision to not support a specific version of a browser?
I second Andy Budd. Saying that "the case for testing in IE5.x will be unjustifiably hard to make in most cases" is ridiculous.
Users are *stuck* on IE5, they won't go from 5 to 7. Otherwise they would've switched to IE 6 already.
To John F: Microsoft first said that they were not going to release any upgrade from IE6 to IE7 before Vista was released… That they were going to release them together.
Since Vista is taking forever to be released, I guess they finally gave up and probably Firefox built more pressure by announcing their 2.0 version.
So, seems to be that they are going to release IE7 first, and some time in 2007… maybe 2008 they will release Vista… that probably gives them some time to patch the first security holes once it gets released. So Vista will sport an IE7.2 or something.
You know how that goes.
I also disagree with the statement, "the case for testing in IE5.x will be unjustifiably hard to make in most cases."
Having done work in the voluntary sector, I noticed many of our clients there were charities using earlier versions of windows (with refurbished equipment that doesn't support XP). The majority of employees were still using IE 5.x and like Andy Budd mentioned, will have no way to upgrade to the latest version. (I am under the impression IE7 will only be available as an upgrade to XP SP2 users?)
It wasn't even an option to drop support for these browsers, as like any client they wanted the design they signed off on to work perfectly in the browser of their choice. So will web developers keep locking out these types of visitor to sites they create in the future? I think it probably comes down to the question of target audience and/or the content that will be featured on the site.
To be honest I've found that it really doesn't take that much longer to produce a site for IE5.x if your already taking IE6 into account as well…
On one of my sites targeted at non-techies, IE6 on WinXP is just over 50% of visitors, but on pre-XP it adds up to about 9%, roughly the same as Firefox.
Considering all of those IE6 users aren't going to upgrade to IE7 for various reasons (i.e. they're not on SP2 as they have a bootleg, or they don't have automatic updates turned on) then I still think there will be enough IE6 users around to have to take them in to account. I'd bet IE6'll stay larger than Firefox's market share for at least six months, and a heck of a lot larger than Safari.
Unfortunately for me, I can't check IE7 at the moment as I'm on Win2000. Looks like I'll have to get an upgrade, just so I can check a browser. Joy.
The problem is that there are many computer users out there who have no clue about updates etc. These are the casual users and therefore I am not putting too much hope on IE 6 getting outdated so fast.
Yet, I think we should atleast appreciate what Microsoft is doing here. The intention is there, but the actual result we have to wait and see.
"I think it probably comes down to the question of target audience and/or the content that will be featured on the site."
Right, exactly. I'm surprised that can't go without saying by now. You need to measure your audience and make your own decisions.
I'll be quite happy to continue supporting IE6 as there's no reason people on earlier versions of Windows can't use that. Anything before that is just not worthy of support.
At work we are in the process of finally stopping support for IE5.5 and earlier in any of the web and other work we do involving browsers.
Oooh, yes: http://www.spookyismy.name/?x=entry&id=16
I cringe at the sites I'm going to have to fix with this update. I told them hacks were not a good idea, yet they wouldn't listen to me. Now we'll be paying for css ugliness…
But what do we do when IE6 still represents the bulk of what our users are using, and we need to keep it on our systems, and can't afford to have it give way to IE7, and don't have a spare/second system to have both running? Surely there's a large number of developers in this boat who simply can't replace IE6 with IE7 and move on? I know at least one (puts hand up…).
Kev: We technically can't, and yes surely most can't run IE6 and IE7. Other than the fact that IE6 doesn't have that great of CSS2 support, I am sure that we won't really need to worry all that much. As long as you have experience with IE6 and you know how to avoid problems (at least most of them) with the browser then the IE6 users should be fine.
Let's not get too excited. I think that if you need to support IE5 users then that will not change and IE6 users will remain significant for a long time. See my reasoning here: http://www.unintentionallyblank.co.uk/2006/07/31/ie7priorityupdate/
It would be interesting to guesstimate the collective amount of profit lost in production time, hacking and reworking the CSS on thousands upon thousands of sites because of all the browser problems and inconsistencies.
Me, I run a business, I need to eat. I haven't got hours to go back and rework sites I've already finished and billed.
Seems like a lot of folks here don't mind the idea of putting in a lot of free hours.
This has been coming for a while and there have been plenty of warnings about IE hacks not working or breaking in IE7.
You can get a standalone IE7 for XP and using Evolt's browser archive you can test on IE5 - 7. If you take a few simple steps now you can limit the impact on your code after the upgrade.
As far back as October Microsoft encouraged developers to stop using hacks. http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/10/12/480242.aspx
Although in IE7 the code should be interpretted closer to the spec I'm trying to avoid the following:
- html > body
- html
- head:first-child + body
- head + body
- body > element
Sometimes though I feel it is like trying to build a house without bricks…
Then Greg, you are probably not running your business as effectively as you can. The fact that your clients site does not work correctly in ie7 is not your issue, it is the clients issue. If they would like their site to be compliant with ie7 then they should have to pay for the updates necessary to make it that way, just like any other maintenance update. It only means new billable business.
That is such great news about IE7, should speed the transition significantly.
But, did I read somewhere that IE7 will only run on XPSP2? If so, that'll leave a lot of people out of the upgrade loop, as I've been surprised how many windows pc's I come across that do not have SP2 installed!
If they would like their site to be compliant with ie7 then they should have to pay for the updates necessary to make it that way, just like any other maintenance update. It only means new billable business.
Jive, if only it were this simple. Clients will not view this as their problem. They will view it as me coming back to nickel and dime them about a technical issue that they don't understand. My clients will not be happy about this, and if you've been in business for any length of time you will understand that unhappy clients mean less referral work, and more time needed on sales work to make up that loss of referrals.
Sure, I could probably get most of my clients to pay the 'IE7 fee', but they're not going to be happy about it. And that's probably a higher long term cost than just eating the IE7 work.
A couple of points.
IE7 RC1 is out today.
Dave should get a copy of IE7 RC1, as beta 1 was completely worthless in terms of site testing, in that it wasn't even close to being representative of the level of CSS support that the future shipping IE7 offers.
About IE5; you don't have to "drop support" for it, or "turn customers" away. Simply deliver it unstyled, by using conditional comments. Remember, delivering a standards-compliant website unstyled means it is perfectly _usable_, just not as pretty. Andy Clarke and others made the point "why should websites look the same in all browsers?" Isn't it reasonable for a website to look prettier if viewed with more advanced software?
The point is that putting in a lot of effort to support obsolete software is a distraction, and designing down to the lowest common denominator is selling yourself short.
So "to hell with IE5 and IE/Mac". Don't worry. You're not making anything inaccessible to anyone.
Accesskeys and IE7: I notice that CSSZenGarden's use of accesskey attributes means that I lose keyboard access to basic menu functionality in my IE7 RC1.
I have reported this to MS as a critical "bug", or more correctly a design defect.
The madness of accesskeys issue has been covered in a persuasive earlier article. It might be a pain to get it done, but CSSZenGarden would do well to strip out all these discredited attributes soon as a service to all of us keyboard users.
Browser manufacturers should take accesskeys far less literally, there's nothing stopping them from ignoring the idea of literal single keystrokes completely and using them to build an "accesskey list menu" or other UI object.


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Specal deals and discounts on services will be available for participants. We value this three hour plus event at $180, but it is our gift to you for the New Year and the opportunity to create the new you that has been waiting for 2013 to come out and play!
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Craft supplies will be provided. Please feel free to bring magazines and images to share, and any other decorative elements that you might be tempted to use in visioning.
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So this morning, Australian Shapeling Marg sent us an article with the headline, "Americans must diet to save their economy." Yeah, really. The basic idea is, since producing food uses so much energy, we could halve our energy demands and hold off fuel price increases if we all just stopped eating so much. Yeah, really.
Our friend Tari is not only a fat rights activist but a goddamned hippy an ecologically conscious badass who pays serious attention to where and how her food is produced, in hopes of having the smallest possible impact on the planet. I figured she could rant about this one far better than any of us could, and I was right. (She's also dang speedy with a rant!) Tari, thank you so much. Shapelings, please enjoy. –Kate
By Tari Follett
Want to save the US economy? Go on a diet.
So says New Scientist environmental reporter Catherine Brahic (big time Sanity Watchers on the comments, of course). I have to admit, although I was skeptical at first, by the end of her writeup, I totally saw her point and was on the verge of calling Jenny! Or, you know, NOT.
So, why is it that we must diet to save the economy? Because the economy is tanking due to the energy crisis:
That's the message ecologists are trying to get across this week. They say the apparently looming energy crisis could be averted if US residents cut their calorie intake.
David Pimentel of Cornell University and colleagues have drawn on an extensive body of existing studies to highlight the wastage in the US food production chain. To bring their point home, they have estimated how much energy could be saved by making a few relatively simple changes to the way corn is produced.
Wait…where's the part in there about going on a diet? I mean, anyone who's read their Michael Pollan has heard about how horrible the industrial food system is, putting corn into every fucking thing in the grocery store, supporting inhumane CAFOs and environmental devastation, oppressing farm and factory workers around the world, yada yada yada. Telling Americans to go on a diet is NOT the same thing as changing the way corn is produced, and considering how much "diet food" is chemically-flavored corn byproduct, I don't think it would have quite the effect Brahic seems to think it would.
'Cause, see, the big problem with corn production is not that people eat too much. It's that corn farmers grow too much. (Hint: it's the system, not the people.) Moving swiftly on…
Their conclusion is that energy demands could easily be halved. That could stave off the prospect of further rises in the costs of fuel, they say.
To do that, however, would require a considerable change in the average US diet. The average American consumes about 3747 kcal per day compared to the 2000 to 2500 kcal per day recommended by the US Food and Drug Administration.
The 3747 kcal per day figure does not include any junk food consumed.
Producing those daily calories uses the equivalent to 2000 litres of oil per person each year. That accounts for about 19% of US total energy use.
Okay, so I used some advanced Google-fu to try to track down what David Pimentel (a noted biofuel skeptic, longtime ecologist, and generally reasonable science type) and his colleagues actually said in whatever published report Brahic is talking about. I just couldn't imagine that someone who knew the intricacies of the industrialized food system, and its devastating environmental and economic impacts, would boil it all down to telling people to stop shoving baby donuts in their pieholes. Especially since, in the very quote above, it's the reporter drawing that false conclusion – energy demands being halved is not the same thing as people eating fewer calories. Most of the food-related calories Pimentel is referring to come from the fossil fuel-based fertilizers and pesticides being sprayed on the production end of the system, transit costs, and that sort of thing….not so much the actual kcals in the baby donut itself.
I couldn't find any recent statements or research from Pimentel. (If anyone else tracks it down, pass it on – I'd dearly love to review it.)
Brahic (who, as far as I can tell, is using Pimentel's research – wherever it came from – as a vehicle to promote her own views) next moves on to the ever-popular "go veggie" argument. Now, as a committed flexitarian (meaning I eat mostly veggie with occasional meat), I agree that reduced meat eating has a huge environmental impact – especially if it's mostly (energy intensive) factory farmed meat being cut out. Seriously, I think taking money away from those sick de-beaking fucks at Tyson is a wonderful thing…but it has nothing to do with going on a diet. Just switch it up to some nice ethically-raised free range chickens from your local family farmer, and you're cutting the fossil-fuel kcals in your food without necessarily changing your caloric intake one whit. (Of course, that's disregarding the limitations of class, location, and finances that make this not so much a workable solution for lots of people.)
Even Doc Pimentel agrees with that:
In 2004, Pimentel estimated 6 kilograms of plant protein are needed to produce 1 kg of high quality animal protein. He calculates that if Americans maintained their 3747 kcals per day, but switched to a vegetarian diet, the fossil fuel energy required to generate that diet would be cut by one third.
The next part is a little trickier. Brahic is using some crazy new math I don't really follow.
In addition to the 3747 kcals, the average American consumes one third of their calories in junk food and Pimentel and colleagues suggest this could be cut by 80% and the total calorie intake be reduced by 30%. That could drastically cut the amount of energy which goes into feeding Americans, as junk food is typically low in calories, but energetically expensive to produce.
Okay, for starters, where the fuck is she getting the data that says the average American consumes 3700 kcals, PLUS a third more calories in junk food? Say what? That's over 5600 kcals. Every day?
Seriously? I mean, the odious Morgan Spurlock didn't even quite pull that off by eating at Mickey D's three times a day… and I somehow doubt that's a habit of the average American. In fact, per the latest data (2004) from the UN Food and Agriculture Office, Americans average 3770 kcal per day. Now, I'm not sure if FAO is including junk food in there or not, but I'm guessing they probably don't count junk food calories separate from regular ones (especially since they have a dietary breakdown that includes fats and sugars and other junk-food-type ingredients right there on the same page).
What's really just pants-pissingly hilarious, though, is the bit about reducing that phantom third-of-overall-calories-from-junk-food by 80%, which somehow reduces the overall number by 30%. Now, I wasn't a math major, but lemme see if I can add this up: 3747 + 1874 (the extra third, assuming that 3747 is two thirds) – 1499 (80% of the 1874 junk food calories) = 4122 kcals. Hang on a sec, 70% of 5600 is only 3920! Hey, wait…maybe she lives in a land where numbers don't have a constant value?
I also particularly LOVE the "junk food is typically low in calories" line. Make up your own joke.
Don't get me wrong, I agree with a lot of the actual, substantive points of the article. Factory farming is horrible for animals, the environment, the economy, and for people. Eating less meat demonstrably reduces overall energy usage on a global scale. Single serving packaging wastes energy and materials needlessly. Reducing the amount of meat and processed food we eat is a step towards better physical and environmental health for most people.
But you know what it ain't? A diet.
In trying to stay abreast of what's going on in the environmental movement, I see a lot of fatphobia. The constant flourishing of a fatass as the foremost symbol of Classic American Overconsumption is a popular theme, and speaking out against it in environmental circles often a difficult and thankless task. In that context, quite frankly, this is a pretty mild example of the usual "if we stopped burning fossil fuels and eating meat, we'd all be skinny vegans riding bikes everywhere" rhetoric.
It's a cheap shot, though, and the reasons for making changes to how we look at what we eat are strong enough to stand on their own – without bashing fat people, without using Madison Avenue marketing smoke and mirrors, without playing on the engineered fears and insecurities of a constantly bombarded populace. But then, Brahic and her editors (who knows which of the two slapped the headline on this article?) aren't in the business of actually making the world a better place. They're looking for clickthroughs and ad revenue… and everyone knows, chicks can't resist an article with "diet" in the


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INDIANOLA, Iowa – Taylor Nelson plunged into the end zone from a yard out on fourth-and-goal with 22 seconds left as the Simpson football team came back from nine down in the fourth quarter to beat UW-River Falls 35-34 on Saturday.
The third time was a charm for Nelson, who was stopped short after minimal gains on second and third down. He appeared to be stood up again on fourth down, but a second surge sent him across the goal line as the Storm (2-1) held on after giving up a 17-point, first half lead.
Despite being stopped two plays before, head coach Jim Glogowski had no doubts about what play to call on fourth down.
"The only question was what formation we would run out of," Glogowski said. "That play has been good to us. It was a little tense when he got stood up, but he was able to spin in."
Nelson threw for 240 yards, ran for 58 and shook off a fourth-quarter interception deep in Simpson territory which allowed River Falls to take a 34-29 lead. He threw for one score and ran for two more, the passing strike coming on a 76-yarder to Brad Vogel in the fourth quarter which extended his streak of consecutive games with a touchdown pass to 21.
Nelson – who went 20-for-29 through the air – threw two interceptions on the day and was involved in a fumble on a center-to-quarterback exchange, but when the game was on the line, the ball was in his hands.
"He makes us go," Glogowski said. "All things considered, with four minutes to go he marched us down to score the winning touchdown. We put the ball in his hands, and that says everything we can about how we feel putting the game on his shoulders."
Vogel responded nicely after being held in check in last week's loss to Gustavus Adolphus, making eight catches for 115 yards.
As impressive as his body of work was offensively, his play on special teams proved crucial. Given only two chances to return kickoffs thanks to a series of squib and directional kicks by River Falls, Vogel set up the final drive with a big, 34-yard return that put the ball at Simpson's own 48.
"That was huge," Glogowski said. "He's so electric, we know we have to block for him when he gets a chance to return. He's always a threat to score."
Thanks to three, second-quarter scores, Simpson raced out to a comfortable 17-0 lead. Brian Schaaf connected on a 29-yard field goal, Cole Wigert returned an interception 40 yards for a touchdown and Nelson had a 13-yard touchdown run as Simpson sat in the driver's seat.
But River Falls quarterback Ryan Kusilek had other ideas. The sophomore led a spirited comeback by the Falcons (0-3), who came into the contest with losses to MIAC powerhouses St. Johns and St. Thomas. Kusilek threw two touchdown passes to Jordan Christianson, one to Jake Ryan and added a 34-yard scoring scamper for a 28-17 lead early in the fourth.
A four-yard touchdown run by Michael Chia followed by a three-and-out by River Falls set up Nelson's 76-yard strike to Vogel, as Simpson took a 29-28 lead. Two-point conversion attempts on both scores came up empty.
It looked as though the Storm wrapped up the win on the next drive when safety Sean DeGoey intercepted Kusilek on the Simpson 2-yard line, but Nelson returned the favor when he was picked off by Tyler Ledbeter just three plays later. Kusilek found Christianson from 11 yards out for a 34-29 lead.
"We certainly kept it interesting," Glogowski said. "It's nice to see the kids hang in there. A similar thing happened last week, so it was nice to see them respond. We're a couple plays away from being 3-0, and a couple away from 1-2."
The secondary had a big day for Simpson, intercepting Kusilek three times. Wigert's went for a touchdown and another – by Russ Fairfield in the first quarter – went to the house as well before being called back due to a hold on the return. It marked Simpson's first, three-interception game since 2011.
Dillan Hamilton led the defense with 11 tackles while Clay Finley had eight and four tackles for loss.
Kusilek finished 344 yards and four touchdowns through the air and 135 yards and a touchdown on the ground as River Falls out-gained Simpson 520-370 on the day.
Simpson goes into the bye week on a high note and opens Iowa Conference play Oct. 5 at Wartburg.


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Reminder Preliminary voting for the 2009 Reader Survey Wine of the Year and 2010 Wine to Watch continues until 9pm tonight. Finalist voting will begin late Friday/early Saturday. Read more about the survey here.
December's Virtual Tasting will be the Brian Carter Cellars 2007 Abracadabra. The tasting will take place on Monday December 21st. This wine is widely available and retails for $20.
Brian Carter Cellars is located in Woodinville, Washington. Winemaker Brian Carter brings almost three decades of experience in the Washington wine industry. During this time, Carter has made wine at Paul Thomas Winery (now defunct), Washington Hills, and Apex Cellars. In 1997, Carter began making his own wines. The first was Solesce - a Bordeaux-style blend that is now Brian Carter Cellars' flagship wine. Carter focuses on producing blended wines, including two Bordeaux-style blends, a Super-Tuscan-style blend, and a Southern Rhone-style blend. However, no blend is ever more interesting and outrageous than the Abracadabra which features an ever-changing mixture of varietals.
As usual, I will be opening the bottle about 7pm Pacific Time and posting my notes along the way every thirty minutes or so. I will also be tweeting @wawinereport and using the hashtag #virtualtasting.
Please join us in trying this wine and posting your notes any time on, before, or after the 21st.
Previous Virtual Tastings
November Virtual Tasting - Columbia Crest H3 Cabernet 2007
October Virtual Tasting – Owen Roe Sinister Hand 2008
September Virtual Tasting – Novelty Hill Cabernet CV 2006
August Virtual Tasting – Barnard Griffin Cabernet 2007
July Virtual Tasting – Charles Smith Kung Fu Girl Riesling 2008
June Virtual Tasting - Waterbrook Melange Noir 2006
May Virtual Tasting - Charles Smith Boom Boom! Syrah 2007
April Virtual Tasting- Columbia Crest GE Shiraz 2006
March Virtual Tasting - Magnificent Wine Co. House Wine 2006
February Virtual Tasting - Hedges CMS Red 2007
January Virtual Tasting - Columbia Crest GE Merlot 2006
December '08 Virtual Tasting - Ch. Ste. Michelle Indian Wells Cab 2005
November '08 Virtual Tasting - Russell Creek Tributary Red 2006
October '08 Virtual Tasting- Columbia Crest H3 Cabernet 2006
September '08 Virtual Tasting - Tamarack Firehouse Red 2006
August '08 Virtual Tasting- L'Ecole No. 41 Recess Red 2006
December Virtual Tasting - Brian Carter Cellars Abracadabra '07
Reminder Preliminary voting for the 2009 Reader Survey Wine of the Year and 2010 Wine to Watch continues until 9pm tonight. Finalist voting will begin late Friday/early Saturday. Read more about the survey here.
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Where can I buy this wine in the Tri-Cities?
Good question. I will do some digging and see if I can find out for you.
Thank you! Your virtual tastings sound like fun! I have only read one so far in your archive (didn't have more time), but I didn't see what you ate with it... or what you would choose to eat with it... maybe I need to read the other ones.
Anon, generally when I am sampling wines for review - which I do on the Virtual Tastings - I try to stay away from anything beyond unsalted crackers to cleanse the palate. That said, just because I suffer in this way doesn't mean you have to. Food often enhances the enjoyment of wine and brings out various flavors in the wine and visa versa.
The 2007 Abracadabra is a pretty diverse mixture of grapes, although it is predominantly (35%) Cabernet. That said, it is not a big, intense wine. This gives you a pretty wide range of meat options, although I would stay away from seafood as it would most likely clobber it. For non-meat options (I eat fish but not other meat), I would go with a zesty red pasta sauce personally. Hope this helps!
There has to be a pay off to an exhausting two hours of wine tasting! LOL Any luck on where to buy this wine in Tri-Cities?
Anon, here's some spots. In Kennewick, try the Costco at 8505 West Gage Blvd. or the Yoke's at 1410 W 27th. My thanks to the folks at Brian Carter for their assistance with this information.


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A cnidocyte (also known as a cnidoblast or nematocyte) is an explosive cell containing one giant secretory organelle or cnida (plural cnidae) that defines the phylum Cnidaria (corals, sea anemones, hydrae, jellyfish, etc.). Cnidae are used for prey capture and defense from predators. Despite being morphologically simple, lacking a skeleton and many species being sessile, cnidarians prey on fish and crustaceans. A cnidocyte fires a structure that contains the toxin, from a characteristic subcellular organelle called a cnidocyst (also known as a cnida or nematocyst). This is responsible for the stings delivered by a cnidarian.
Structure and functionEdit
Each cnidocyte contains an organelle called a cnida, cnidocyst, nematocyst, ptychocyst or spirocyst. This organelle consists of a bulb-shaped capsule containing a coiled hollow tubule structure attached to it. An immature cnidocyte is referred to as a cnidoblast. The externally oriented side of the cell has a hair-like trigger called a cnidocil, which is a mechano- and chemo-receptor. When the trigger is activated, the tubule shaft of the cnidocyst is ejected and, in the case of the penetrant nematocyst, the forcefully ejected tubule penetrates the target organism. This discharge takes no more than a few microseconds, and is able to reach accelerations of about 40,000 g.[1][2] Recent research suggests the process occurs in as little as 700 nanoseconds, thus reaching an acceleration of up to 5,410,000 g.[3] After penetration, the toxic content of the nematocyst is injected into the target organism, allowing the sessile cnidarian to devour the prey.
Discharge mechanismEdit
The cnidocyst capsule stores a large concentration of calcium ions, which are released from the capsule into the cytoplasm of the cnidocyte when the trigger is activated. This causes a large concentration gradient of calcium across the cnidocyte plasma membrane. The resulting osmotic pressure causes a rapid influx of water into the cell. This increase in water volume in the cytoplasm forces the coiled cnidae tubule to eject rapidly. Prior to discharge the coiled cnidae tubule exists inside the cell in an "inside out" condition. The back pressure resulting from the influx of water into the cnidocyte together with the opening of the capsule tip structure or operculum, triggers the forceful eversion of the cnidae tubule causing it to right itself as it comes rushing out of the cell with enough force to impale a prey organism.
Prey detectionEdit
Since cnidae are "single use" cells, and this costs a lot of energy, in order to regulate discharge, cnidocytes are connected as "batteries", containing several types of cnidocytes connected to supporting cells and neurons. The supporting cells contain chemosensors, which, together with the mechanoreceptor on the cnidocyte (cnidocil), allow only the right combination of stimuli to cause discharge, such as prey swimming, and chemicals found in prey cuticle or cuteous tissue. This prevents the cnidarian from stinging itself although sloughed off cnidae can be induced to fire independently.
Types of cnidaeEdit
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Over 30 types of cnidae are found in different cnidarians. They can be divided into the following groups:
- Penetrant: The penetrant or stenotele is the largest and most complex nematocyst. When discharged, it pierces the skin or chitinous exoskeleton of the prey and injects the poisonous fluid, hypnotoxin, that either paralyzes the victim or kills it.
- Glutinant: a sticky surface used to stick to prey, referred to as ptychocysts and found on burrowing (tube) anemones, which help create the tube in which the animal lives
- Volvent: The volvent or desmoneme is a small and pear-shaped nematocyst. It contains a short, thick, spineless, smooth and elastic thread tube forming a single loop and closed at the far end. When discharged, it tightly coils around the prey. They are the smallest nematocysts. A lasso-like string is fired at prey and wraps around a cellular projection on the prey, which are referred to as spirocysts.
Depending on the species, one or several types can appear simultaneously on the organism. The specific representation of cnidae is referred to as the cnidome of that species and may represent a dynamic aspect of the cnidarian species that is responsive to prey availability or the developmental stage of the organism.[clarification needed]
Nematocyst toxicityEdit
Nematocysts are very efficient weapons. A single nematocyst has been shown to suffice in paralyzing a small arthropod (Drosophila larva). The most deadly cnidocytes (to humans, at least) are found on the body of a box jellyfish.[4][5][6] One member of this family, the sea wasp, Chironex fleckeri, is "claimed to be the most venomous marine animal known," according to the Australian Institute of Marine Science. It can cause excruciating pain to humans, sometimes followed by death. Other cnidarians, such as the jellyfish Cyanea capillata (the "Lion's Mane" made famous by Sherlock Holmes) or the siphonophore Physalia physalis (Portuguese man o' war, "Bluebottle") can cause extremely painful and sometimes fatal stings. On the other hand, aggregating sea anemones may have the lowest sting intensity, perhaps due to the inability of the nematocysts to penetrate the skin, creating a feeling similar to touching sticky candies. Besides feeding and defense, sea anemone and coral colonies use cnidocytes to sting one another in order to defend or win space.[7]
Venom from animals such as cnidarians, scorpions and spiders may be species-specific. A substance that is weakly toxic for humans or other mammals may be strongly toxic to the natural prey or predators of the venomous animal. Such specificity has been used to create new medicines and bioinsecticides, and biopesticides.
Animals in the phylum Ctenophora ("sea-gooseberries" or "comb jellies") are transparent and jelly-like but have no nematocysts, and are harmless to humans.
Certain types of sea slugs, such as the nudibranch aeolids, are known to undergo kleptocnidy (in addition to kleptoplasty), whereby the organisms store nematocysts of digested prey at the tips of their cerata.
See alsoEdit
- Cnidosac, the sac in which an aeolid nudibranch stores the cnidocytes from its prey species
- ^ Holstein T.; Tardent P. (1984). "An ultrahigh-speed analysis of exocytosis: nematocyst discharge". Science. 223 (4638): 830–833. doi:10.1126/science.6695186. PMID 6695186.
- ^ Kass-Simon G.; Scappaticci A. A. Jr. (2002). "The behavioral and developmental physiology of nematocysts" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 80 (10): 1772–1794. doi:10.1139/Z02-135. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
- ^ Nüchter Timm; Benoit Martin; Engel Ulrike; Özbek Suat; Holstein Thomas W (2006). "Nanosecond-scale kinetics of nematocyst discharge". Current Biology. 16 (9): R316–R318. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2006.03.089. PMID 16682335. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
- ^ Tibballs J (December 2006). "Australian venomous jellyfish, envenomation syndromes, toxins and therapy". Toxicon. 48 (7): 830–59. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.07.020. PMID 16928389.
- ^ Brinkman D, Burnell J (November 2007). "Identification, cloning and sequencing of two major venom proteins from the box jellyfish, Chironex fleckeri". Toxicon. 50 (6): 850–60. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.06.016. PMID 17688901.
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- ^ "YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
External linksEdit
- Dangerous marine animals of Northern Australia: the Sea Wasp Australian Institute of Marine Science; dangers of box jellyfish
- Nematocysts Firing Movie
- Wrobel, Dave. "Nematocysts". JelliesZone. Archived from the original on 2010-03-30. Retrieved 2010-04-14. Cite journal requires


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ASU adopted the CourseSmart Faculty Instant Access program, which allows instructors access to course material to review without waiting for delivery of the printed copy. The program also provides multiple text versions for faculty to consider through a cross-book searching function. Faculty can order e-textbooks through the school's My ASU information portal and, as soon as an adoption has been made, the e-textbook is available for purchase through the CourseSmart web site.
In Ann Arbor, a working group made up of personnel from the library, Office of the Registrar, Information and Technology Services, and Instructional Support Services is testing a program that integrates digital titles directly into the university's learning management system. The group is conducting surveys and focus groups to learn about student and instructor expectations and experiences with e-books throughout the semester, and then report to campus leaders on e-book implementation.
Additionally, users are able to access the digital material from any computer or browser-based mobile device. There are also iPhone and iPad apps, and users with vision disabilities can download customized versions.