As the title suggest this novel takes place over three cities; London, Cape Town and Johannesburg. The story follows Germaine Spencer a British woman who is a lecturer and a ceramist and Martin O'Malley who is a black South African trying to make it as an Investment Banker in London. The two meet after Germaine is dared by her friend to talk to Martin. Martin is immediately enamored by Germaine.
At the beginning of the book, Germaine Spencer tells us that her 13-year-old son is dead by suicide. Why?
The story is told through the perspectives of Germaine and Martin O'Malley from when they meet and fall in love. They fall deeply for each other very quickly and Martin quickly proposes to Germaine once he realizes that she is the one for him. They get married a few years later and later have a child.
They decide to move to Cape Town once they have a child in order to be closer to Martin's family. In Cape Town, they are able to settle down and even do well. Germaine gets involved in the community by starting an income generating project for the women in the township. However, eventually, Martin starts to get restless in his job. His brother offers him a chance to head his holding company in Johannesburg. This is when they decide to move to Johannesburg to start a new life there.
Zukiswa captures the political climate in South Africa after the apartheid and the political feelings and inclinations of the people. The racial tensions that still exist in South Africa after the apartheid are very clearly put through Martin's brother, Liam. The book also covers the difficult themes of family, betrayal and child abuse. Martin and Spencer are surrounded by family and very well supported. However, what do you do when the family you trusted and rely on betray you?
The book will take you through an emotional journey. The beginning of the book is sad where Germaine and Martin are trying to deal with the death of their son and confronting the guilt they both feel because they think that they are responsible for their son's death. Germaine and Martin's love story is also very compelling and beautifully told.
Zukiswa Wanner is a prolific South African writer. She has written several books including; 'The Madams', 'Behind every Successful Man', 'Maid in SA: 30 ways to Leave Your Madam', 'Jama Loves Bananas' and 'Refilwe'. She also co-authored Nelson Mandela's biography, '8115: A prisoners home'. Zukiswa now lives in Nairobi with her child and husband. You can learn more about her here.
The story is told in a very easy and light way despite the heavy themes in it. I read it in one weekend and I had a hard time putting the book down. Even when I had to put it down it was on my mind.
You can find the book at the Magunga Bookstore which is online or Prestige Book Shop which is on Mama Ngina Street in Nairobi CBD. The book cost about Kshs. 1190.
Attending the Cape town Jazz festival?


New York is a big town. It encompasses 5 boroughs and over 7 million people call it home. I moved here in 1977, other then a back and forth for graduate school, I've never left. I've lived here longer then any other place.
To live and work here, one has to have a love/hate relationship. New York is tempermental. One day she smiles down upon you and the next she throws it all over you forcing you to swim against the tide. It can be an amazing place with so many things to do and see. A true melting pot of the world's ethnographic make-up. It's not for the faint of heart as to live, work, and raise a family here. It can really wear one down. It can tax you to the limit navigating the streets with a child in tow. A simple task as visiting a friend downtown or in another borough can be a nightmare if public transportation is not running properly. One can have loud unruly neighbors or an employer prone to vial outbursts. But it is this love/hate that keeps one here. There is truly no other place like it.
For this project, introduction, since the city as a whole can be my neighborhood, I focused on my own little corner of the upper west end of Harlem, Hamilton Heights. I moved to this neighborhood in 2005, just before my wife Nicole and I married. I was a long time East Village resident, and she was a Brooklynite. We needed space that we could afford. This little area was the best compromise at the time. Now, we have a soon to be 6 year old addition to our family, our son Ethan.
Here below is Hamilton Heights as I see it. These images are part of a larger project, "Broadway", that I have been working on for the last 10 years.
I get the impression of a busy and diverse neighbourhood teeming with fast food, personal services and grocery stores all spilling into the streets. Your text gives the impression NYC is very finely diced into discrete neighbourhoods. Every image leaves me wanting to know more…Who is he waiting for? Why is she getting her hair done today? What is being celebrated (great shadow)? Neat storytelling in each image and the set has a collective energy about it. Subtle continuities seems to help that, like the way heads are turned alternate ways in the sequence, the kids linking 9 and 10, the colours linking 10 and 11, etc.. Deliberate or am I reading too much into it?
Thank you John. NYC is somewhat "diced" into discrete, and not so discrete neighborhoods. One really has to be here for awhile to begin notice the differences as one walks the streets, neighborhood to neighborhood. I did try to sequence somewhat, but in uploading it didn't turn out that way. I kind of left it up to chance with the selection and editing process of choosing just 12 images. I very much enjoyed your read. After all, that is in some sense what image making is all about. Viewers bring their own sensibilities. Even to the image maker, we tend to learn and see something that we might not have noticed if not for others who bring attention to certain aspects of the viewing process.
I think too much, I think!
Brilliant work Keith! Do you ever find yourself challenged to take pictures in New York? By this I mean your town is so synonymous with street photography… does it add extra pressure in terms of what shots you consider worthwhile or not?
Hi Steve, I don't honestly try to think too much about it. I am so very aware and know how much of the genre is synonymous with NYC. I try just to go about my business through my own personal experience. Hopefully to somewhat extend the historical nature of what has been done before. NYC exists so much differntly now than it has before. I can only do "my NY", through what is here now. Hopefully I'll succeed!
You certainly succeed Keith! I'm a jealous man, NY has always been the place for me, I'll get there one day, my friend said it had such a familiar feeling, as we've all grown up seeing so much of it.
I can understand what your friend says about a "familiar" feeling. There are a couple of cities that I have traveled to that I had that feeling myself. I do hope you get here! A lot to see!


That's quite a difference! What does it mean? Thanks!
most likely I'm wrong so, Someone who knows stuff should be along shortly.
A visit to a page with 3 embedded graphics will generate at least 4 "requests" - one for the page, and one for each of the three graphics.
That said, the number of pages requested does not really indicate how many "unique visitors" have visited the page, because, without special programming (cookies, session, etc) the "stateless" nature of the web means you can't differentiate between a single user visiting a page five times, or five visitors requesting the page one time.
You can get some indication of this by checking the IP address of the visitor making the request, but that is not completely reliable, as many (most) of your visitors will be coming to your site using a dynamic IP address assigned by their ISP (and it will re-assigned to subsequent users when no longer needed by a given user to whom it had been assigned).
Does that help explain it at all?
Or, IP address count may be higher than actual unique visitors due to visits coming through proxy or cache servers, which may rotate through several IPs for each visitor. It can also be lower than actual due to views through cache servers not making a separate request for each view (Visitor A gets counted, but visitor B, C, and D do not). Or it can be higher than actual due to a broken proxy/cache server requesting the same thing again and again (and again, and again…).
Also, some "pages" with unusual suffixes may or not be counted as "page views" depending on settings.
Lies, damn lies, and statistics.
All that is so very true, and those are excellent points to make!


This is a blood test to measure the concentration of hepatitis C RNA in the bloodstream.
Why do this test? This test is done in a person already known to have hepatitis C infection. It is usually done before starting treatment and then at regular intervals in order to find out how the treatment is working.


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Q: Problems using i-installer on OS X I am following the instructions on the page- http://guides.macrumors.com/Installing_LaTeX_on_a_Mac
I tried setting up tex on my MBP SnowLeopard using the instructions in the section - Second (more difficult) option
However I am seeing following issue while using i-installer.
When I click - open i-package for i-Package 'gwTeX based on TeX Live, I get the following error -
Cannot read remote table of contents. The most probable cause is a download problem.
If I select the option - show i-package info, I get - appendAttributedOutput: (NULL)
So I cannot move forward in this approach. I am new to LaTex/Tex and would like to learn how to use it on mac. Any idea how I can fix this issue? It seems that i-installer is no longer supported. But the easier approach that the web site maintains involves downloading a 1.3 GB file, which is proving to be very difficult for me due to network issues (even though I have broadband).
So any help will be highly appreciated - either pointers on how to fix the i-installer issue or how to get TeX working on mac using other approach.

A: i-Installer is old, unmaintained, deprecated, and totally not something you should attempt to make work if you are new at this.
If you really can't get access to a reliable network long enough to download MacTeX, then get the MacTeX BasicTeX distribution (92M), and the MacTeX Additions package (191M), which has all the GUI apps and other utilities that aren't strictly part of the TeX distribution. If you find yourself wanting to use a package that isn't included in BasicTeX, you can use the TeX Live Utility to download and install the package. (You could even use it to get all the packages in the full distribution, but downloaded individually.)

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Pniaki (do 24 stycznia 1962 Kraśniczyn II) – wieś w Polsce położona w województwie lubelskim, w powiecie krasnostawskim, w gminie Kraśniczyn.

W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość administracyjnie należała do województwa chełmskiego.

Wieś nie na statusu sołectwa. Według Narodowego Spisu Powszechnego (III 2011 r.) wieś liczyła 4 mieszkańców.

Z powodu braku utwardzonej drogi wieś opustoszała na początku XXI wieku.

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Przypisy

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[German]Users of Windows 10 may experience a nasty surprise when switching to version 1803. Drivers are no longer be loaded and return the error code 39 in the device manager – although all worked before installing the feature update. This is due to Core Isolation (HCVI), which was implemented in all versions of Windows 10 since version 1803 – and can cause the driver error on compatible machines.
Within this German MS Answers forum post it has drastic consequences. After installing the feature update lifting the machine to Windows 10 V1803, the Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 and its drivers no longer works. The Microsoft Basic Display Driver takes over the screen output, but only supports a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.
Error code 39 indicates an incompatible or damaged driver. But with Windows 10 April Update there is an additional problem, which my German colleague Ingo Böttcher described in his German blog post here. Microsoft has also introduced the so-called core isolation (HVCI) in the home versions of Windows 10 V1803 (previously this was limited to the Device Guard of the Enterprise Edition, see).
HVCI isolates the kernel via the built-in hypervisor (virtualization) to protect it. However, hardware support is needed. As Ingo writes, apart from Virtualbox issues also various drivers have problems with the new HVCI featrue. However, you can control and turn off core isolation on supported machines in the Windows Defender Security Center. Within this article is a screenshot and an explanation how to turn it on – this feature isn#t supported on my test system's hardware.
Then set the DWORD value Enabled to 0 (see also this Microsoft article) and reboot Windows 10. After that HVCI should be disabled and the old drivers (or Virtualbox) should work again.
This entry was posted in issue, Windows and tagged code 39, Driver, Error, isue, Windows 10 V1803. Bookmark the permalink.
Thanks for this . It worked.
I have been struggling for two days to find a solution as to why my intel hd graphics driver suddenly stopped working. There was a yellow warning in device manager and a code 39 for the display drivers. Max screen resolution with windows basic display driver was only 1600 x 1200 instead of 1920 x 1080 making text look distorted.
Tried reinstalling the drivers with no success.
Luckily I came across your article and it worked a treat.
After trying to find a fix for my driver issue, I came across your article and I turned off Core Isolation, rebooted and everything works fine now. I was previously suspecting the Special Folder Access settings and I turned it off to no effect. I even downloaded the 1809 update and I couldn't install it, and I believe it must have been the work of the Core Isolation Settings.
Thanks! That helped in my Acer 5951G laptop. It also had DVD-rom missing with code 39.


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The Islamorada Fishing Club originated over 60 years ago with conservation, recreational fishing, and the furthering of strong family and community bonds in mind. The club members were instrumental in the designation of Everglades National Park as one of our country's greatest treasures for all Americans to enjoy.
The club still embraces these core values as a private club comprised of like-minded individuals who embrace our unique island way of life.
The Islamorada Fishing Club was founded in 1950 by a group of avid fishermen, fishing guides, charter boat captains and their peers.
Now, more than ever, while celebrating our 60th Anniversary, we are still acutely aware that environmental concerns are equally as important today as they were at our genesis.
Information on IFC Membership Classes, IFC Membership Procedures and Membership Process.
Collections of photos of events, activities, and members throughout the years at the Islamorada Fishing Club.
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According to Delphine Courteille, hairstylist for L'Oréal Professionnel, 'The long tapered cut is timeless. It's a hairstyle basic, in the salon and the studio!' The secret to its appeal? The subtle volume the tapering creates. Those who've taken the plunge never look back! Think the 'Rachel Cut' from Friends.
Adding waves to tapered hair gives volume and movement, according to Delphine Courteille. Even better, she says, 'This cut can be worn on all face shapes. However, be careful with naturally fine hair: if it's over tapered it can look thin.' And if you skip regular trims, as she kindly reminds us, you are at very grave risk of 'an 80s effect'!
Whether ombré, 'babylights' or even regular highlights, Delphine recommends contrasting colours, aka two-tone, on long tapered hair. Thanks to this cut's natural movement, further complemented by waves, the light flickers off lighter shades. As for styling, our specialist recommends using texturising products like Beach Waves by L'Oréal Professionnel.
Match the Look- Long Hair: With Or Without A Fringe?
Long hair, don't care! But the real issue is – should you add a fringe to your ultra-long mane?


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Encyclopedia of Baldwin Wallace University History: Organizations - W
◄ Encyclopedia of Baldwin Wallace University History: Organizations - V
Women's Debate
During the current year, a new organization was formed on this campus, that of a Women's Debate Team. This squad is as yet untried, but is rapidly learning the fundamentals of debate in preparation for a more complete program.
Early in the year, two freshmen girls were chosen to start this team. Under the guiding hand of Professor Burns, these two girls have made a conscientious effort to become schooled in debating principles. They have participated in their own local scrimmages and have gratefully received any criticism in order that advancement might be made. The Women's Debate Team has not engaged in any formal debates this year because of the fact that they are so new at the work. However, their purpose has been well accomplished and the campus may look for timely debates among college women next year.
The Women's League was first organized in 1924, and four years later the present constitution was written in which is stated the object of the League as follows: "To regulate all matters pertaining to the student life of its members which do not fall under the jurisdiction of the Faculty; to further in every way the spirit of unity among the women of the college; to increase the sense of responsibility toward each other; and to be a medium by which the social standards of the college can be made and kept high."
As each girl joins the ranks of students here, she automatically becomes a member of the Women's League, and is invited to attend its meetings on the third Tuesday of each month. In accomplishing their purpose, the League has sponsored: a freshmen tea, the Dad-Daughter Banquet, a formal dinner for the girls, the Co-ed Dinner, and a Mothers' Day tea.
Every woman student is automatically a member of the Women's League, which was organized in 1924 for the purpose of creating a spirit of unity and fellowship among the women students.
The group sponsors several of the most interesting social affairs of the college year, including the annual Dad-Daughter Banquet, the Get-Acquainted Tea for Freshman Women, the Co-Ed Dinner, and the Mothers' Day Tea.
Citation: Doris Hauser, ed., Grindstone (Berea, OH: Baldwin-Wallace College, 1940), p. 67.
Upon registration on this campus every woman student automatically becomes a member of the Women's League. The executive cabinet, elected by the women students in assembly, carries out the aims of the organization. The real purpose of the Women's League is seldom recognized by most students. It exists to help co-ordinate the college life of all the campus women-dormitory, commuter, or town girl-so that they may have a more satisfactory and happy time here. Toward this end the Women's League cabinet appoints the Judiciary Council chairman, and the chairman for the judiciary committee of each residence hall, commuters, and town girls. Thus the League heads the women's student government on the campus.
By way of giving women a more rounded social life and of getting parents to the campus the League sponsors the Freshman Tea, the Dad-Daughter Banquet, the Co-ed Dinner, the Mothers' Day Buffet Supper (a new plan this year), and the Laurels chapel program. Margery Young headed the Women's League this past year.
Citation: Glenn F. Wickes, ed., Grindstone (Berea, OH: Baldwin-Wallace College, 1941), p. 19.
Establishing a complete activity program this year, the Women's League preserved its vitality through many traditional activities, and through the inauguration of several novel objectives.
A new note was sounded this year with the recognition of the freshmen through an extensive achievement program concerned with scholarship, extra-curricular activities, and personality development
Women's Self Government Association
Citation: Noreen Bonk Garman, ed., Grindstone (Berea, OH: Baldwin-Wallace College, 1955), p. 86.
The Women's Self Government Association administers rules for group living in the women's dormitories, tries to further a spirit of unity and understanding, and sponsors activities such as the annual Dad-Daughter banquet and Mother-Daughter week-end.
Members of this year's board are: President Alice Hofman V. Pres. Marlene Petty Sec. Pat Shrewsbury Treas. Barb Daniels Judiciary Head Gerry Redzinak
Committee Heads: Persis Nagel, Janet Reed, Janet Roll, Mary Ellen Brophy, Marion Thomas, and Marjorie Haskins.
Writers' Club
Citation: A. Wesley Roehm, ed., Grindstone (Berea, OH: Baldwin-Wallace College, 1928), p. 136.
The Writers' Club is an organization fostered by the department of English, to afford an outlet for the people who are afflicted with the disease known as "writers' itch". Membership in this club is open upon invitation by Professor Ridenour, of the English department, who is the head of the club. Meetings are held once a month at the home of Professor Ridenour.
The program usually consists of four or five papers which may include anything from one-act plays to blank verse.
As the name indicates, the Writers' Club is designed to be an aid for aspiring or limping pens, It is intended to be a meeting-place for those who like to write, for those who think that they may develop some ability in the writing game, for those who may not care especially for writing but who feel that development in the power of expression is desirable.
There is no presupposition that most of the Writers' Club addicts will be English majors. Frequently entire programs are given without the appearance of any student primarily interested in the work of the English department.
One of the requirements for the living of the full life in any of the professions or vocations is the possession of the power of expression. This power is developed in many ways -reading, conversation, observation, writing. Writing develops interest in the observation of life, accuracy in expression, ability in seeing what is many times unseen, artistic power and appreciation. In no profession or occupation are such capacities other than highly desirable.
B-W bards, playwrights, short-story writers! It is these campus scribes and their admiring literary fans who are members of the Writers' Club. The organization is practically an ideal one, for there are no dues, no roll-calls, and no officers. The purpose of the club, which is under the leadership of Professor Harry L. Ridenour, is to develop the literary talent on the campus and to give such ability an audience and to encourage appreciation.
Monthly meetings are devoted to the reading of student literary creations (gruesome murder mysteries, hilarious wit, inspiring poetry, "psychological" sketches, etc.) or to talks by outside speakers. This year, the group was fortunate enough to hear a talk by Robert Drake, a Berea editor and B-W graduate, and to enjoy the poetry of Dr. Harry J. Smith of the English department.
Paging all B-W bards, playwrights and short story writers! It is these campus scribes and their admiring (?) fans who are members of the Writers' Club.
This organization is practically an ideal one since there are no dues, no roll-call and no officers. It is democracy in its purest form. Led by Professor Ridenour, its aim is the appreciation and encouragement of student effort, wit or otherwise in prose or poetry.
The doors are open to everyone so English majors are not privileged members. Monthly meetings are devoted to talks by outside speakers or to the reading of student productions. In this way each member has the privilege of presiding during the year.
Be on your guard, for the next roar of laughter heard will probably mean a rip-roaring session of the Writers' Club.
Citation: Mary Papp, ed., Grindstone (Berea, OH: Baldwin-Wallace College, 1945), p. 94.
Amateur writers are encouraged in original work by the Writers Club. Sponsored by the English Department, the organization is open to anyone on campus who has a flare for writing and a taste for creative effort. Meetings feature poems, essays, short stories, or character sketches by the members.
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The First Lady did an effective job of listing the shortcomings that she claims make Trump unfit for the presidency.
At the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Monday night, marquee speaker Michelle Obama wasted no time reinforcing the night's attacks on Donald Trump—the only time in recent memory that a First Lady has lashed out at the opposing party's nominee— by strongly going after his character and yet she managed to stay above the fray of a tense election by never mentioning his name.
She opened by framing her remarks around the Obamas' two daughters, Malia and Sasha, and the fact that the president of the United States is one of the few people powerful enough to change their lives and the lives of all young people over the next four years.
She then set about explaining exactly why Trump isn't fit for the job.
The first lady didn't neglect to point to Trump's lack of experience in politics. "I want a president with a record of public service, someone whose life's work shows our children that we don't chase fame and fortune for ourselves, we fight to give everyone a chance to succeed," she said.
The first lady's remarks were effective, even moving.
Mrs. Obama clearly has plenty of her husband's oratorial magic. She displayed a wonderful reserve at the beginning of the speech, then cranked up the emotion at just the right time, even shedding a tear toward the end.


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Q: Boost async: which completion condition to use with async_read on a socket? I'm using Boost's async_read method to read from a socket (see code below).
Wireshark shows that packets of various size are received on the socket port, some with size between 256B and 512B (we only focus on these packets below).

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*When I use transfer_all() completion condition, the handler function is never called, as if all packets were buffered forever and never actually read.

*On the opposite, if I use for instance transfer_at_least(8) as a completion condition, the handler function is called twice per packet, once with 256B of data, then once with the remainder. This I can understand (I guess the condition is checked every 256B or something).
What I want is to have the handler called once for each packet with the full data, but I cannot find how to do this.
Note: this question (boost::asio::read with completion condition boost::asio::transfer_at_least(1) won't read until EOF) seems to say transfer_all is the way to go, but what is my issue here?

// Extract of .h file
class ClientSocket
{
    ...
    boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket socket_;
    boost::asio::streambuf input_buffer_;
    ...
}

// Extract of .cpp file
void ClientSocket::start_read()
{
    boost::asio::async_read(socket_, input_buffer_, boost::asio::transfer_at_least(8), boost::bind(&ClientSocket::handle_read, this, _1));
};

void ClientSocket::handle_read(const boost::system::error_code& ec)
{
    if (!ec)
    {
        const auto buffer = input_buffer_.data();
        std::size_t size = input_buffer_.size();
        // ---> the value of 'size' here show the issue

        // Copy data
        ...

        // Keep reading
        start_read();
    }
}


She's hip, she's quirky, she's no slave to Hollywood and damn, those blue eyes and that those bangs. In case you're not caught up to speed, everything Zooey Deschanel touches turns to gold. From her adorable presence in Yes Man, to her indie-cred-boosting appeal in 500 Days of Summer, and her wildly popular indie duo band She & Him, she's long established that she's got the goods and you better treat her right.
Fox's The New Girl has been met with unwaveringly positive reviews and offers (ahem, male viewers) a tantalizing concept. Zooey Deschanel stars as Jess, who moves in with three single men played by Jake M. Johnson (Nick), Lamorne Morris (Winston) and Max Greenfield (Schmidt). The boys of the show do more than hold their own against Deschanel; they help to create a humorous, family-esque environment, playing off Deschanel's humor with solid deliveries and strong timing.
Zooey Deschanel has superior comic timing, delivering certain lines that will make you spray whatever beverage you're drinking across the room. While a lot of pilots take some time to get going, Deschanel displays a strong and fundamental understanding of the character.
The real reason you need to make The New Girl a must watch is to witness the amazing way that Deschanel as Jess will "dork out" at certain punch lines with indescribable sounds effects and contortions of her face that will make you think, "Oh she is so adorable," instead of, "What's… wrong with her?" Catch Zooey's new hit show Tuesday's at 9 on Fox!
Love this show! Thanks Minx for getting the show out there! Zooey is such an awesome actress.


The 045Be is groundbreaking in its combination of extreme extension, high output, low distortion and wide coverage. Its development was related to recent advances in recording media. Traditional recording media (CD's in particular) restrict high frequency information to approximately 20khz. The new DVD formats can record information to 50khz and beyond. It was decided during the development of the K2-S9800 that this system would have the capability of reproducing this ultra high frequency information. However, no one had ever attempted such extension in a high efficiency, high output device. The 045Be was developed as a pioneering design to address these requirements.
Design of the 045Be was the responsibility of Tim Prenta, the Director of JBL Consumer Engineering. The need for high output and efficiency dictated a compression driver device. However, to achieve the required extension, an extremely small and light diaphragm would be required. As with the 435Be, beryllium proved to be the most suitable material. Tim specified a 1" diaphragm that has a weight of only 0.1 grams. To keep the total moving mass low, the coil is attached directly to the diaphragm without a former. The complete assembly weighs only 0.3 grams. High efficiency was accomplished with an extremely powerful, but small neodymium magnet that provides a flux density of 20 Tesla in the gap.
The small diaphragm and need for extreme extension dictated the requirement for an inordinately precise phase plug. The only process that proved capable of meeting the tight tolerances was stereo lithography. Normally, this technology is only applied to the development of prototypes due to the high costs involved. However, every production phase plug made for this driver is produced using this technique since no other suitable means could be found.
The result is a driver with minimal distortion levels and a frequency response that is essentially flat from 10khz to 48khz. It has extraordinary output, capable of sustained levels over 110db. Used with the UHF horn designed by Greg Timbers, it is able to provide uniform coverage over a 60º horizontal angle and 30º vertical angle for its entire bandwidth. All of this in a package that weighs less than 1lb.


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Kaya Genç
Author of three books from Bloomsbury Publishing: The Lion and the Nightingale (2019), Under the Shadow (2016) and An Istanbul Anthology (2015). His website is: www.kayagenc.net/writing
An ode to Marmara
What lies below the sea snot spectacle
Once the heart of a civilization, the inland sea connecting Europe and Asia has lost most of its astonishing wildlife and is suffocating under marine mucilage. Industrial pollution and reckless sewage policies feed the phytoplankton that took over the sea. Kaya Genç recalls the rich history of his beloved Marmara and identifies the culprits behind its rapid demise.
Read in: EN / IT
Tearing down the ivory tower
Abusing the COVID-19 crisis to close the 'wokest' university
It took a while for even the faculty to realize that the Istanbul Şehir University has effectively been closed down. It had stood its ground against Erdoğan's interventions for years, but the pandemic served as the perfect opportunity for a swift and silent takeover. Now the same can happen to any of the other independent universities in Turkey.
Watching the watchmen
New powers granted to the 'bekçi' – Turkey's auxiliary police force – have led to a spate of violent confrontations, releasing traumatic memories of the military coup forty years ago. The revival of this Ottoman relic consolidates Erdoğan's centralized rule. But will it end up hastening his decline?
Talking a tightrope
After the Gezi Park uprising in 2013, the idea that the Turkish nation can survive only through consensus between westernizers and traditionalists no longer dominates. Despite the subsequent crackdowns, dissent is still happening among those willing to brave the possible consequences, writes Kaya Genç.
In search of the 'New Turkey'
"The Old Turkey is behind us, and its doors are now closed", said Recep Tayyip Erdogan this summer, standing before a banner that read, "On the Road to the New Turkey". A month later he was president. But what now? Kaya Genç wonders if in fact two countries continue to live alongside one another.
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"You are NOT what you eat, you are what you digest and assimilate."
Any professional will tell you the quality of the tools they use plays a significant role in the results they achieve. For some, such as doctors, the tools they use every day must meet very high material standards. For instance, the metals used in the various tools in an operating room are of high quality steel, yet an even higher quality of steel is used in metal hip replacements and other metal pins which remain for years in human bodies. These metal alloys even though expensive cannot be replaced by lesser metals. There are large amounts of research now on how metals react to human tissues and cells.
How does this relate to the tools we cook with you may wonder? Well, almost all our primary cooking tools are made of metal alloys, which most of us are not well educated about. In the US, cookware is completely unregulated, so many products made with metals and coatings that are banned from use in other countries are sold here with the naive perception that they are perfectly safe because they are in the marketplace. But nothing could be further from the truth. Many are leaching highly toxic poisons directly into our food and millions of well meaning families who are buying quality 'organic' foods are tragically compromising their own health and the wellbeing of their families. Shoddy companies pushing shoddy goods on an uninformed population is shameful and unprofessional.
Not only are we, as a nation, poorly educated about nutrition, but even our doctors, on average, still receive less than 10 hours of nutritional education during their entire 4-6 years of medical school and internships. Only the very highest quality cookware is free from leaching damaging heavy metals and toxic chemicals into your food every time you cook. You may be inadvertently poisoning yourselves and your families. This poisoning, because it is ongoing, can have very serious consequences. Therefore, I highly recommend that you educate yourself on the materials you use to cook with and get familiar with the various health and safety issues. These are tools you use everyday and you need to be aware of the quality or lack of quality they possess.
High quality metals can also dramatically affect what happens to the nutrition in our foods, before, during and after cooking. Often, the simple overheating of our foods in the cooking process can destroy and rob us of over 90% of the nutritional benefit. It takes some education to discover the art of cooking with quality metal cookware so that you maintain the optimum nutritional value and have no leaching of toxic metals and chemicals. I can assure you it is well worth the effort. Not only will you have more strength and vitality but in using only high quality metal cookware you will delight every time you use it, knowing that you are safe and have stopped the slow poisoning coming from inferior products. I feel it is tragic that companies which have their products banned because of proven health risks in other countries would go on to sell them in 'unregulated' countries such as the United States.


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As Business writing etiquette, we have been traditionally taught to avoid using the 'I' word , To me, it was always challenging to do so.
After all, 'I' start a conversation because 'I' want to convey/ ask/ inform and so on, right?
At work, assertive and even hard talk is a requirement. Lets see how we can leverage the power of 'I' and get the desired outcome or responses from our Team members, Customers and Vendors.
A talks and B listens.
A is know it all.
Pushy. Bully. Only I know what's in my mind.
A is helpful by nature A probably has the solution for me.
3. I need you to.. A needs help from B on something.
It's your need, not mine!
Not clear why B should be part of it. You are making your 'wants'/ your personal agenda part of this project.
B may get defensive. Why should we..
A has thought about it.
A is the master of this thought. B may submit or add to the shared pool of thought.
6. I feel.. we should A has 'felt'.
A's talk is not only from the Brain level.
He has understood B's emotions. B feels A has a heart.
He has listened to understand.
A is empathic and so, B feels included.
B is likely to 'respond' rather than 'react' to A's proposal.
Transactional analysis (TA) talks of three states of our ego: Child, Adult and Parent. We are all the time alternating in these stages in our relationships and interactions. At work place, it is the 'Adult' in us that is required and expected to speak. Conversations need to be empathetic, rational and assertive at the same time. This could be challenging for some of us.
From the 'Child' stage or 'Critical parent' stage, talk ranges from Passive to Aggressive- often blaming, attacking, manipulative even abusive thereby putting the recipient in the unsafe zone. These are ways to run away from a situation or conflict. This leaves loops open. Importantly, 'Dialogue' ceases.
The only way to elicit the desired response in our conversations is the 'Adult' way- the 'Assertive' way. 'Adult' talk is open, inclusive, direct, honest, takes care of boundaries, does not harm anyone and is respectful. So much merit!
Using I words help in crafting assertive statements. The person using them is the Author, the master of those words and is accountable for what he says. This ownership is very powerful.
'I think, I want, I need' gives information. 'I feel' gives more information, connects with emotions and establishes closeness in the relationship. It's an excellent way to build 'Rapport' before talking.
Only 7% of the Communication we do is verbal (Albert Mehrabian model). Yet, no 'Adult' ever says what he/she doesn't mean. In this 7%, shouldn't we weigh every word we speak, so that we elicit the response we are seeking?
To most of us, these lessons have come a little late and have been expensive. It's not taught to us in colleges and schools. Let's look back at the events when an operative word we've spoken has worked or not worked in our favour.
Go ahead and use the 'I ' word, not to sound pompous or self obsessed.
Use it to assert yourself and make meaningful conversations.
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A culture of caring: OSU ramps up resources for students contemplating suicide
Bennett Hall
Holly Duvall, who works on the student mental health promotion team at Oregon State University, lost a good friend to suicide two years ago. While she still deals with feelings of guilt, the tragedy has fueled her passion to help others.
Andy Cripe, Mid-Valley Media
As the director of Counseling and Psychological Services at Oregon State University, Ian Kellems says an important part of his job is "creating a culture of caring across campus."
Jim Gouveia, a counselor and suicide prevention services coordinator at OSU, believes the right intervention can prevent suicide. "Most people who want to die," he said, "also want to live."
Andy Cripe Mid-Valley Media
Located on the fifth floor of Snell Hall, Counseling and Psychological Services is the primary resource for OSU students experiencing a mental health crisis.
Gouveia works at his desk. In addition to counseling students, Gouveia leads training sessions on suicide prevention for faculty, staff and student groups.
CAPS signs in the lobby of Snell Hall directing students to the fifth floor.
When Holly Duvall started working for Counseling and Psychological Services at Oregon State University, she had no way of knowing how personal the job would become.
Then a close friend took her own life.
That was two years ago, and Duvall, now 22, still struggles with feelings of self-doubt.
"There's no easy way to get over it," she said. "You have this slight sense of guilt all the time, even though you know it wasn't your fault."
Now Duvall tries to channel those feelings into her work as part of the mental health promotion team for CAPS, which provides an array of services for OSU students facing mental health challenges, including thoughts of suicide.
"It doesn't just affect one person. It affects everyone in that circle," she said. "It's one of the worst things that can ever happen, and I just can't bear to see people having to deal with it."
Confronting the problem
Suicide is on the rise across the United States, including Oregon, which consistently outpaces the national average.
It's also the second-leading cause of death among young people between the ages of 10 and 34, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — and that makes it a serious concern on college campuses, including OSU.
On average, Oregon State loses three to five students annually to suicide, administrators say. The last two years were particularly brutal, with a total of 10 students taking their own lives.
The university's leaders are taking notice — and taking action.
In his State of the University address in February, President Ed Ray called suicide "a national health crisis" and cited alarming statistics that showed 11 percent of OSU's student body had considered suicide, 4 percent had a suicide plan and 1 percent had tried to kill themselves.
He raised the issue again this month at a meeting of the university's Board of Trustees.
"This is a crisis that touches every one of us," Ray told the board, "and we simply need to work more effectively going forward."
In fact, OSU is already taking a number of steps to address the issue and has significantly ramped up its efforts in the last several years.
• Starting in 2013, the university contracted for a 24-hour crisis line so students in distress can reach a licensed counselor at any time of the day or night.
• Since 2015, Student Health Services has increased its investment in psychiatric services by 40 percent.
• Since 2016, all incoming students are given an online screening assessment and are referred for counseling if they show signs of being at risk for suicide.
• Counseling and Psychological Services has two full-time mental health promotion professionals on staff, and in the past five years it has received funding to increase its counseling staff by two full-time positions.
• In the past two years, the Dean of Students Office has upped its staffing by two full-time-equivalent positions to provide support services for students experiencing challenges.
The price tag for these expanded services comes to a little over $600,000 a year, according to figures provided by the Provost's Office.
And more help is on the way.
The university has budgeted $30,000 to acquire an online program called Kognito to train faculty, staff and students in ways to have conversations regarding mental health issues and refer people to resources.
That program will be available this fall, along with a new peer-support initiative for students called Beavers Belong.
"It is important to realize that, nationally, 80 percent of college students who die by suicide have never visited a counseling center," said Dan Larson, OSU's interim vice provost for student affairs.
"We believe that any prevention effort must involve training of the entire campus community to be able to recognize warning signs and provide the opportunity for helpful intervention."
From prevention to intervention
Located on the fifth floor of Snell Hall, Counseling and Psychological Services is perhaps the most important resource on campus for students experiencing a mental health crisis.
"Most of the work we do here at CAPS is suicide prevention," said counselor and suicide prevention coordinator Jim Gouveia. "That's kind of all we do."
With about 20 counselors and eight to 10 student trainees on staff, CAPS has a number of ways to help students deal with mental health challenges.
Students can make appointments for ongoing counseling sessions or for a new single-session clinic, a one-time, 45-minute visit that results in an action plan.
For more urgent situations, CAPS offers walk-in visits from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday, and students in crisis can call the office at 541-737-2131 anytime — if it's after hours, the call will switch over to a 24-hour crisis line that will connect them with a licensed counselor at any time of the day or night.
As with other mental health programs on campus, students are not billed for these services — the cost of care is covered by tuition and student fees.
The trick is just getting them to come in and take advantage of the services when they need them.
All the counselors at CAPS are trained to use a care model called Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality, which involves patient and counselor working together to create an agreed-upon treatment plan.
Gouveia believes the approach is effective, in part because it gives struggling students a chance to talk about their problems with a trained professional who can help them realize they have a positive alternative to suicide.
"People who are suicidal tend to think they don't have a reason to live, that they're a burden to other folks and that the world would be better off without them," he said.
"But most people who want to die also want to live. So what you're trying to investigate is what do you want to live for and what do you want to die for?"
Cultural shift
There's no doubt that the need for mental health services is growing at OSU, said Ian Kellems, director of Counseling and Psychological Services.
"We've seen the number of students coming in go up by 58 percent over the last five years and 138 percent over the last 10 years, and that far outpaces the growth of enrollment," he said.
The reasons for that aren't entirely clear, but Kellems notes that going to college can present a number of challenges.
For many young people, it means being away from home for the first time in their lives, leading them to feel cut off from their support network. Classes can be stressful, and the cost of attending school can add to the pressure.
And the current crop of students faces a whole new kind of challenge — the sense of alienation that comes with the increasing use of social media and a decrease in face-to-face human interactions.
"It's an anxiety-provoking world we live in," Kellems said.
"This generation is the most connected and the least connected ever, and trying to get them more connected with others is one of the most important ways we're trying to reduce the risk of suicide."
In an effort to connect with as many students as possible, CAPS is turning its attention outward to the rest of the university.
Gouveia has led hundreds of "gatekeeper" training sessions for faculty, staff and student groups, an approach that focuses on recognizing the warning signs, understanding what resources are available and making sure a potentially suicidal student gets connected with services.
The Office of Student Life distributes information packets on working with distressed and disruptive students to faculty and staff members. The emphasis is on getting students the help they need, even if that means personally escorting them to the CAPS office.
The office has a Student Care division that provides case management-type services for students experiencing a crisis. That division also steps in after a suicide to do a "postvention" aimed at helping friends and family of the deceased and minimizing the possibility that others will take their own lives.
"What we are trying to focus on is creating a culture of caring on campus — getting as many people involved as possible," Kellems said.
"Counseling service is part of the solution, but part of our responsibility is to engage people across the campus so that nobody falls through the cracks."
In some cases, students are taking the cause of suicide prevention into their own hands.
Last year OSU soccer player Nathan Braaten and former OSU gymnast Taylor Ricci, after losing teammates to suicide, started a public awareness campaign called Dam Worth It aimed at breaking down the stigma surrounding mental health — especially among athletes, who can be perceived as weak if they ask for help (see accompanying story beginning on A1).
The effort — which has its own hashtag, #DamWorthIt, on social media — has attracted national attention and prompted the Pac-12 to provide funding to extend the campaign to every university in the conference.
Steve Clark, OSU's vice president for university relations and marketing, thinks Braaten and Ricci are providing a valuable service on the Corvallis campus and beyond.
"They basically said, 'Enough is enough — we have to start talking about this,'" Clark said.
"I thought what Nathan and Taylor did a year ago is take the covers off what has been a dirty, dark secret in this country."
Holly Duvall still thinks about the friend she lost to suicide on an almost daily basis. Time has helped her to move on with her own life, but she still feels the ache of loss, the nagging sense that maybe she could have done something more to help. Something that might have made a difference.
She knows she can't turn back the clock to help her friend, but she believes that, through the work she does at CAPS, she might be able to help someone else.
"My passion and my care for what I do deepened because of that," she said.
As a member of the mental health promotion team, Duvall has lots of opportunities to help her fellow students.
She's done presentations on a whole range of issues — not just suicide prevention but also stress relief, nutrition, eating disorders and the importance of self-care.
Part of the job is making sure students are aware of the full suite of services available to them on campus. And part of it is just trying to break down the stigma surrounding mental health issues, spreading the message that it's OK to ask for help when you need it.
Some days it's just a job. But there are other days when she feels like she's getting through to people.
"Every now and then I'll get someone who comes up to me and says, 'Thank you for doing this,'" Duvall said.
That's when she knows she's made a difference, that she's made a connection with someone who might need help.
"It's those tiny little victories," she said, "that make you really appreciate what you're doing."
Reporter Bennett Hall can be reached at 541-758-9529 or bennett.hall@lee.net. Follow him on Twitter at @bennetthallgt.
RESOURCES FOR OSU STUDENTS
Counseling & Psychological Services offers a wide array of services for students in crisis, including walk-in counseling from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday and an after-hours crisis line that kicks in when the office is closed. Call 541-737-2131 for more information. Additional resources can be accessed through the CAPS website at https://counseling.oregonstate.edu/mental-health-promotion/suicide-risk-reduction-program.
Student Health Services has two psychiatrists on staff available to see students with a clinician's referral. Call 541-737-9355 for an appointment.
The Office of Student Life can help students work through a crisis and provide referrals for additional assistance. Call 541-737-9200.
The Student Care Team provides resource referrals and case management services for students experiencing a crisis. Call 541-737-8748.
OUT OF THE DARKNESS
OSU is hosting a campus walk to raise awareness about suicide and raise money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on April 27.
Check-in begins at 10 a.m. at the Student Experience Center Plaza, 2251 SW Jefferson Way in Corvallis, and all are welcome to participate.
Register, donate and learn more online at www.afsp.org/Oregonstate.
FEELING THE PRESSURE
Going to college can be a wrenching transition for some students. The pressure to perform academically can be intense, and many also experience financial difficulties and social stresses while feeling cut off from their traditional support network of family and friends. A pair of student surveys showed how those pressures are playing out at Oregon State University.
Anxiety: 15 percent of respondents reported moderate anxiety, while 10 percent had sever anxiety.
Depression: 18 percent reported some level of depression, while 14 percent classified their depression as severe.
Academic impairment: During the most recent four-week period, 31 percent said they had experienced one to two days of academic impairment due to emotional or mental difficulties, while 23 percent said they had problems on three to five days and 22 percent put the number at 6 or more days
Suicidality and self-harm: 11 percent of respondents said they had suicidal thoughts, 4 percent had a suicide plan and 1 percent had attempted suicide, while 20 percent had intentionally harmed themselves
Demand for services: The number of students served by OSU Counseling and Psychological Services has grown from 1,897 in the 2013-14 school year to 3,004 in 2017-18, while the number of clinical contacts by CAPS grew from 9,985 to 15,026
Source: OSU student responses to Healthy Minds and National College Health Association surveys
"Breaking the Silence" is a statewide collaboration between newspapers about suicide in Oregon. The effort features stories from our own staffs and reporters throughout the state to focus attention on the issue. See more online at breakingthesilenceor.com.
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LAGRANGE - Howard H. Jordan Sr., 91, died peacefully Dec. 21, 2006, at a Bangor hospital after a brief illness. He was born Nov. 19, 1915, in Millbury, Mass., the son of George and Anna (Flynn) Jordan. Howard was married in 1939 to his wife, Esther T. (Sanderski) Jordan, who predeceased him May 12, 2005. They made their home in Webster, Mass. Howard served in the Army during World War II in the Pacific theater as an airplane mechanic. After returning to the states, he made a career as an executive chauffeur for Wyman Gordan, from which he retired in 1978. Howard was a member of the Doric Royal Arch Chapter of Southbridge, Mass., and of Webster Lodge AF & AM for 52 years. He was also involved with the Milo Chapter of the American Legion. In 1978 Howard and Esther retired and moved to LaGrange, where he enjoyed living on the farm. He kept busy with carpentry projects, gardening and feeding his hummingbirds. They wintered in Lakeland, Fla., for several years. Howard is survived by his daughter-in-law, Judith (Szafarowicz) Jordan, wife of his deceased son, Howard H. Jordan Jr. who passed on Sept. 12, 2005 of LaGrange; one daughter, Marsha Paprowicz of Seattle; two grandchildren, Jayne and her husband, Wilkes Harper, of Warren and Jeffrey M. Jordan and his wife, Brenda, of Lincoln; two great-grandchildren, Nathan and Caelan Jordan of Lincoln; one brother, Richard Jordan and his wife, Bernice, of Millbury, Mass.; and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by three sisters and two brothers. Howard made friends with many residents during his short stay at the Town Hall Apartments in LaGrange. Everyone who knew him will miss greatly his dry sense of humor. In keeping with his request, services will be private. Those who wish to make a donation in Howard's name may send memorial contributions to CancerCare of Maine, care of Eastern Maine Charities, P.O. Box 404, Bangor, ME 04402-0404.


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"Rock and Roll's Finest Night!"
So said Little Steven in his incredibly eloquent "power of rock and roll" prelude to his induction speech for the Hollies.
The head scarf wearing former Soprano Steve Van Zandt continued, "The Grammy's? Nice people, nice show, but they go f*** themselves!"
He was right. If you want a real tribute to music so many love, done with respect, and a keen sense of history (your can actually learn something watching), and some humor like little Stevie's, there is no other show/event like the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. It is rock's greatest evening.
While uneven, most of the speeches were both informative and respectful. Trey Anastasio's induction of Genesis, Jackson Browne's induction of David Geffen, Geffen's acceptance speech, Carol King's induction of songwriters, the aforementioned Van Zandt, and surprisingly Iggy Pop's acceptance, were all nearly brilliant. It would be hard to improve on what any of them said.
ABBA's Benny Andersson shed some light on their Nordic roots, asking everyone to "imagine a world without the members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!" Great question, although most RRHOF critics would think the hall would be a whole lot better without the Scandinavian quartet – whose music pushes almost anyone's definition of what constitutes rock and roll. What's next, Phantom of the Opera?
Oh, and if you can't show up to accept the award in person – unless you are sick and dying – your induction is rescinded. Peter Gabriel couldn't make it, he's too busy rehearsing for a tour (and what, couldn't change the dates). Neither could two members of ABBA. My favorite of the evening however were the drummer and guitarist of the Hollies. THEY couldn't make it? That is some serious WTF?
There were some rambling speeches but most everyone came prepared and no one embarrassed themselves like Mike Love did years ago. I think we can rest assured that's a once in lifetime event.
The performances were uneven, and the inclusion of current hit makes to shore up the fading vocals of aging inductees, might want to be reconsidered for future inductees. Some people need to simply sit out. But as Jimmy Cliff proved, age shouldn't be the qualifier who was arguably the best performer of the night. Maybe marijuana is medicinal after all!
There are many RRHOF naysayers who are ticked off that KISS, Alice Cooper, the Moody Blues, Yes, RUSH, Chicago, Todd Rundgren, and a whole list of pet artists haven't been inducted. They call the hall "a big joke!" and want to throw the baby out with the bathwater. They should just simmer, take a chill pill and keep hoping the Hall comes to its senses on some of these artists.
Whatever criticism there may be for the RRHOF, it is rock and rolls' finest night.
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John Stamos has been charged with a DUI
John Stamos Charged With DUI, Facing Up to Six Months In Jail
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John Stamos has formally been charged with driving under the influence following an incident back in June in Beverly Hills, Calif.
John Stamos Charged With DUI
Stamos, 52, has been charged with one misdemeanor count of driving while under the influence of drugs, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said. If convicted of the charge, Stamos will face up to six months in prison. He will be arraigned on the charge Friday.
On June 12, Stamos, best known for playing Uncle Jesse on Full House, was arrested on suspicion of a DUI. He was pulled over after police received a number of calls about a possible drunken driver, Sgt. David Armour told CNN. After Stamos showed officers his drivers license, they had him transported to a nearby hospital due to the perceived severity of his intoxication.
At the hospital, it was determined that Stamos had been driving under the influence. He was released later that same day.
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"Thanks to everyone for their love & support," Stamos wrote. "I'm home & well. Very appreciative of the [Beverly Hills Police] & Cedars (Sinai Hospital] for their care."
Thanks to everyone for their love & support. I'm home & well. Very appreciative of the BHPD & Cedars for their care.
— John Stamos (@JohnStamos) June 13, 2015
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Q: Efficiently count number of distinct values in 16-byte buffer in arm neon Here's the basic algorithm to count number of distinct values in a buffer:
unsigned getCount(const uint8_t data[16])
{
    uint8_t pop[256] = { 0 };
    unsigned count = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < 16; ++i)
    {
        uint8_t b = data[i];
        if (0 == pop[b])
            count++;
        pop[b]++;
    }
    return count;
}

Can this be done somehow in neon efficiently by loading into a q-reg and doing some bit magic? Alternatively, can I efficiently say that data has all elements identical, or contains only two distinct values or more than two?
For example, using vminv_u8 and vmaxv_u8 I can find min and max elements and if they are equal I know that data has identical elements. If not, then I can vceq_u8 with min value and vceq_u8 with max value and then vorr_u8 these results and compare that I have all 1-s in the result. Basically, in neon it can be done this way. Any ideas how to make it better?
unsigned getCountNeon(const uint8_t data[16])
{
    uint8x16_t s = vld1q_u8(data);
    uint8x16_t smin = vdupq_n_u8(vminvq_u8(s));
    uint8x16_t smax = vdupq_n_u8(vmaxvq_u8(s));
    uint8x16_t res = vdupq_n_u8(1);
    uint8x16_t one = vdupq_n_u8(1);

    for (int i = 0; i < 14; ++i) // this obviously needs to be unrolled
    {
        s = vbslq_u8(vceqq_u8(s, smax), smin, s); // replace max with min
        uint8x16_t smax1 = vdupq_n_u8(vmaxvq_u8(s));
        res = vaddq_u8(res, vaddq_u8(vceqq_u8(smax1, smax), one));
        smax = smax1;
    }
    res = vaddq_u8(res, vaddq_u8(vceqq_u8(smax, smin), one));
    return vgetq_lane_u8(res, 0);
}

With some optimizations and improvements perhaps a 16-byte block can be processed in 32-48 neon instructions. Can this be done better in arm? Unlikely
Some background why I ask this question. As I'm working on an algorithm I'm trying different approaches at processing data and I'm not sure yet what exactly I'll use at the end. Information that might be of use:

*

*count of distinct elements per 16-byte block

*value that repeats most per 16-byte block

*average per block

*median per block

*speed of light?.. that's a joke, it cannot be computed in neon from 16-byte block :)

so, I'm trying stuff, and before I use any approach I want to see if that approach can be well optimized. For example, average per block will be memcpy speed on arm64 basically.

A: If you're expecting a lot of duplicates, and can efficiently get a horizontal min with vminv_u8, this might be better than scalar.  Or not, maybe NEON->ARM stalls for the loop condition kill it. >.<  But it should be possible to mitigate that with unrolling (and saving some info in registers to figure out how far you overshot).
// pseudo-code because I'm too lazy to look up ARM SIMD intrinsics, edit welcome
// But I *think* ARM can do these things efficiently,
// except perhaps the loop condition.  High latency could be ok, but stalling isn't

int count_dups(uint8x16_t v)
{
    int dups = (0xFF == vmax_u8(v));   // count=1 if any elements are 0xFF to start
    auto hmin = vmin_u8(v);

    while (hmin != 0xff) {
        auto min_bcast = vdup(hmin);  // broadcast the minimum
        auto matches = cmpeq(v, min_bcast);
        v |= matches;                 // min and its dups become 0xFF
        hmin = vmin_u8(v);
        dups++;
    }
    return dups;
}

This turns unique values into 0xFF, one set of duplicates at a time.
The loop-carried dep chain through v / hmin stays in vector registers; it's only the loop branch that needs NEON->integer.

Minimizing / hiding NEON->integer/ARM penalties
Unroll by 8 with no branches on hmin, leaving results in 8 NEON registers.  Then transfer those 8 values; back-to-back transfers of multiple NEON registers to ARM only incurs one total stall (of 14 cycles on whatever Jake tested on.)  Out-of-order execution could also hide some of the penalty for this stall.  Then check those 8 integer registers with a fully-unrolled integer loop.
Tune the unroll factor to be large enough that you usually don't need another round of SIMD operations for most input vectors.  If almost all of your vectors have at most 5 unique values, then unroll by 5 instead of 8.

Instead of transferring multiple hmin results to integer, count them in NEON.  If you can use ARM32 NEON partial-register tricks to put multiple hmin values in the same vector for free, it's only a bit more work to shuffle 8 of them into one vector and compare for not-equal to 0xFF.  Then horizontally add that compare result to get a -count.
Or if you have values from different input vectors in different elements of a single vector, you can use vertical operations to add results for multiple input vectors at once without needing horizontal ops.

There's almost certainly room to optimize this, but I don't know ARM that well, or ARM performance details.  NEON's hard to use for anything conditional because of the big performance penalty for NEON->integer, totally unlike x86.  Glibc has a NEON memchr with NEON->integer in the loop, but I don't know if it uses it or if it's faster than scalar.

Speeding up repeated calls to the scalar ARM version:
Zeroing the 256-byte buffer every time would be expensive, but we don't need to do that.  Use a sequence number to avoid needing to reset:

*

*Before every new set of elements: ++seq;

*For each element in the set:
sum += (histogram[i] == seq);
histogram[i] = seq;     // no data dependency on the load result, unlike ++

You might make the histogram an array of uint16_t or uint32_t to avoid needing to re-zero if a uint8_t seq wraps.  But then it takes more cache footprint, so maybe just re-zeroing every 254 sequence numbers makes the most sense.


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A malignant epithelial tumor of glandular tissue, especially the salivary glands, characterized by acini with mucus-producing cells and by the presence of malignant squamous elements. Most mucoepidermoid tumors are low-grade lesions readily cured by adequate excision. They may appear in any age group. They grow slowly. If high-grade, they behave aggressively, widely infiltrating the salivary gland and producing lymph node and distant metastases. (Dorland, 27th ed; from DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, p575)
C04.557.470.590.580
Mucoepidermoid Tumors
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Mucoepidermoid Tumor".
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Q: Excel VBA doesn't recognize shape selection in Powerpoint Dim ppapp As PowerPoint.Application
Dim pppres As PowerPoint.Presentation

Sub getshapedata()
On Error GoTo line1
Set ppapp = GetObject(, "Powerpoint.application")
Set pppres = ppapp.ActivePresentation

Dim shapeslide
Dim shapename
Dim shapetext
Dim nextrow

shapeslide = ppapp.ActiveWindow.View.Slide.SlideIndex
shapename = ppapp.ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange(1).Name
shapetext = pppres.Slides(shapeslide).Shapes(shapename).TextEffect.Text
friendlyname = InputBox("Insert Friendly Name for " & shapetext, "Friendly Name", "")

nextrow = Sheet1.Range("a" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row + 1

Sheet1.Range("a" & nextrow) = shapeslide
Sheet1.Range("b" & nextrow) = shapename
Sheet1.Range("c" & nextrow) = shapetext
Sheet1.Range("d" & nextrow) = friendlyname

Exit Sub

line1:
MsgBox "No item selected"

End Sub

Sub writedata()
Dim c As Object
Dim shapeslide
Dim shapename
Dim shapetext

Set ppapp = GetObject(, "Powerpoint.application")
Set pppres = ppapp.ActivePresentation

For Each c In Sheet1.Range("a2:a" & Sheet1.Range("a" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row)

shapeslide = Sheet1.Range("a" & c.Row)
shapename = Sheet1.Range("b" & c.Row)
shapetext = Sheet1.Range("c" & c.Row).Text
friendlyname = Sheet1.Range("d" & c.Row)
pppres.Slides(shapeslide).Shapes(shapename).TextEffect.Text = shapetext

Next c

End Sub

Hi all
I am using the above code to update the data in powerpoint from Excel VBA, I am using it on office 2016 on Windows 7.
following exactly the code, when I select a shape, it recognizes the box and content, then asks me to assign a friendly name , but then jumps to the error : no item selected, the line indicated in debugging is :
nextrow = Sheet1.Range("a" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row + 1

I would appreciate it if you could tell me how to resolve this

A: I found the answer to my question and I would put it here for anyone who might use it in the future :
Dim ppapp As PowerPoint.Application
Dim pppres As PowerPoint.Presentation

Sub getshapedata()
Dim shapeslide As Integer
Dim shapename As String
Dim shapetext As String
Dim friendlyname As String
Dim nextrow As Long

On Error GoTo line1
Set ppapp = GetObject(, "Powerpoint.application")
Set pppres = ppapp.ActivePresentation
shapeslide = ppapp.ActiveWindow.View.Slide.SlideIndex
shapename = ppapp.ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange(1).Name
shapetext = pppres.Slides(shapeslide).Shapes(shapename).TextEffect.Text
friendlyname = InputBox("Insert Friendly Name for " & shapetext, "Friendly Name", "")

With ActiveSheet
    nextrow = .Range("a" & .Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row + 1

    .Range("a" & nextrow) = shapeslide
    .Range("b" & nextrow) = shapename
    .Range("c" & nextrow) = shapetext
    .Range("d" & nextrow) = friendlyname
End With
Exit Sub

line1:
    MsgBox "No item selected"
End Sub

Sub writedata()
Dim c As Range
Dim shapeslide As Integer
Dim shapename As String
Dim shapetext As String
Dim friendlyname As String

Set ppapp = GetObject(, "Powerpoint.application")
Set pppres = ppapp.ActivePresentation

With ActiveSheet
    For Each c In .Range("a2:a" & .Range("a" & .Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row)
        shapeslide = .Range("a" & c.Row)
        shapename = .Range("b" & c.Row)
        shapetext = .Range("c" & c.Row).Text
        friendlyname = .Range("d" & c.Row)
        pppres.Slides(shapeslide).Shapes(shapename).TextEffect.Text = shapetext
    Next c
End With
End Sub


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Q: Magento BestSeller Cache I am showing Bestseller on index page of magento. This query takes long time to load. Hence I put following code in the class Mage_Catalog_Block_Product_Bestseller
class Mage_Catalog_Block_Product_Bestseller extends Mage_Catalog_Block_Product_Abstract
{

    protected function _construct()
    {
        $this->addData(
            array(
                'cache_key' => 'bestseller_settocache',
                'cache_lifetime'    => 999999999,
                'cache_tags'        => array(
                     Mage_Core_Model_Store::CACHE_TAG,
                     Mage_Cms_Model_Block::CACHE_TAG),
            )
        );
    }

}

I set this block to cache. Now I have a question. Whether magento automatically call this block from cache or whether I need to code something more?
i did try to get block from cache by cache_key but result comes bool(false).
Thanks


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