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#include "ComponentHandle.h"
#ifndef US_PLATFORM_POSIX
#include <strsafe.h>
#endif

namespace ds4cpp
{

ComponentHandle::ComponentHandle(const std::string& name) : name(name), osHandle(0)
{
}

ComponentHandle::~ComponentHandle()
{
}

bool ComponentHandle::isLoaded() const
{
	return osHandle != 0 ;
}

ComponentHandle* ComponentHandle::load()
{
    if (osHandle)       // already loaded
    {
        return this ;
    }
    std::string libPath = name ;
#ifdef US_PLATFORM_POSIX
    osHandle = dlopen(libPath.c_str(), RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_GLOBAL) ;
    if (!osHandle)
    {
        const char* err = dlerror() ;
        throw std::runtime_error(err ? std::string(err) : libPath) ;
    }
#else
    osHandle = LoadLibrary(libPath.c_str()) ;
    if (!osHandle)
    {
        std::string             errMsg = "Loading " ;
        std::ostringstream      oss ;
        oss << GetLastError() ;
        errMsg.append(libPath).append("failed with error: ").append(oss.str()) ;
        throw std::runtime_error(errMsg) ;
    }
#endif
    return this ;
}

void ComponentHandle::unload()
{
    if (osHandle)
    {
#ifdef US_PLATFORM_POSIX
        dlclose(osHandle) ;
#else
        FreeLibrary((HMODULE)osHandle) ;
#endif
        osHandle = 0 ;
    }
}

void* ComponentHandle::createObject(const std::string& createFunName, const us::ServiceProperties& componentParameters)
{

    void* (*create)() ;
	void* (*createParam)(const ::us::ServiceProperties& parameters) ;

	std::string createParamName = createFunName + "_param" ;
#ifdef US_PLATFORM_POSIX
    createParam = (void* (*)(const ::us::ServiceProperties& parameters))dlsym(osHandle, createParamName.c_str()) ;
    create = (void* (*)())dlsym(osHandle, createFunName.c_str()) ;
    if (!create && !createParam)
    {
        const char* err = dlerror() ;
        throw std::runtime_error(err ? std::string(err) : createFunName) ;
    }
#else
	createParam = (void* (*)(const ::us::ServiceProperties& parameters)) ::GetProcAddress((HMODULE)osHandle, createParamName.c_str()) ;
    create = (void* (*)()) ::GetProcAddress((HMODULE)osHandle, createFunName.c_str()) ;
    if (!create && !createParam)
    {
        std::string             errMsg = "create " ;
        std::ostringstream      oss ;
        oss << GetLastError() ;
        errMsg.append(createFunName).append("failed with error: ").append(oss.str()) ;
        throw std::runtime_error(errMsg) ;
    }
#endif
	if (createParam != NULL)
		return createParam(componentParameters) ;
    return create() ;
}

void ComponentHandle::callMethod1(const std::string& methodName, void* instance, void* param)
{
    void (* funCallMethod1)(void*, void*) ;
#ifdef US_PLATFORM_POSIX
    funCallMethod1 = (void (*)(void*,
                               void*))dlsym(osHandle, methodName.c_str()) ;
    if (!funCallMethod1)
    {
        const char* err = dlerror() ;
        throw std::runtime_error(err ? std::string(err) : methodName) ;
    }
#else
    funCallMethod1 = (void (*)(void*, void*)) ::GetProcAddress((HMODULE)osHandle, methodName.c_str()) ;
    if (!funCallMethod1)
    {
        std::string             errMsg = "callMethod1 " ;
        std::ostringstream      oss ;
        oss << GetLastError() ;
        errMsg.append(methodName).append("failed with error: ").append(oss.str()) ;
        throw std::runtime_error(errMsg) ;
    }
#endif
    return funCallMethod1(instance, param) ;
}

void ComponentHandle::callActivate(const std::string& methodName, void* instance, const ::us::ServiceProperties& param)
{
	// Typedefs
	typedef void (* Activate)(void*) ;
	typedef void (* ActivateParam)(void*, const ::us::ServiceProperties&) ;

	// Method
    Activate funActivateMethod = NULL;
	ActivateParam funActivateMethodParam = NULL ;

	std::string activateParamName = methodName + "_param" ;
#ifdef US_PLATFORM_POSIX
	funActivateMethodParam = (ActivateParam) dlsym(osHandle, activateParamName.c_str()) ;
    funActivateMethod = (Activate) dlsym(osHandle, methodName.c_str()) ;
    if (!funActivateMethod && !funActivateMethodParam)
    {
        const char* err = dlerror() ;

        // fail silently if activate isn't here!
        US_DEBUG << "DEBUG: " << name << ": Couldn't find activate method" ;
    }
#else
	funActivateMethodParam = (ActivateParam) ::GetProcAddress((HMODULE)osHandle, activateParamName.c_str()) ;
    funActivateMethod = (Activate) ::GetProcAddress((HMODULE)osHandle, methodName.c_str()) ;
    if (!funActivateMethod && !funActivateMethodParam)
    {
        std::string             errMsg = "callActivate " ;
        std::ostringstream      oss ;
        oss << GetLastError() ;
        errMsg.append(methodName).append("failed with error: ").append(oss.str()) ;

        // fail silently if activate isn't here!
        US_DEBUG << "DEBUG: " << name << " " << errMsg ;
    }
#endif
	if (funActivateMethodParam)
	{
		funActivateMethodParam(instance, param) ;
		return ;
	}
    if (funActivateMethod)
    {
        funActivateMethod(instance) ;
    }
}

void ComponentHandle::callDeactivate(const std::string& methodName, void* instance)
{
	// Typedefs
	typedef void (* Deactivate)(void*) ;

	// Method
    Deactivate funDeactivateMethod = NULL;
#ifdef US_PLATFORM_POSIX
    funDeactivateMethod = (Deactivate) dlsym(osHandle, methodName.c_str()) ;
    if (!funDeactivateMethod)
    {
        const char* err = dlerror() ;

        // fail silently if activate isn't here!
        US_DEBUG << name << ": Couldn't find deactivate method" ;
    }
#else
    funDeactivateMethod = (Deactivate) ::GetProcAddress((HMODULE)osHandle, methodName.c_str()) ;
    if (!funDeactivateMethod)
    {
        std::string             errMsg = "callDeactivate " ;
        std::ostringstream      oss ;
        oss << GetLastError() ;
        errMsg.append(methodName).append("failed with error: ").append(oss.str()) ;

        // fail silently if activate isn't here!
        US_DEBUG << name << " " << errMsg ;
		return ;
    }
#endif
    funDeactivateMethod(instance) ;
}

}

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Q: In a Multi-index DataFrame, how to perform matrix multiplication for a subset of data? The following code is a sample DataFrame. Now I need to have all the XYZ under Position to be multiplied by a rotation matrix, let's say 90deg around Z: [[1,0,0],[0,0,-1],[0,1,0]]
How to do this without using loops? Or as fewer loops as possible. Thanks in advance.
index = pd.MultiIndex.from_product([[2013, 2014], [1, 2]],
                                   names=['year', 'Record'])
columns = pd.MultiIndex.from_product([['Point1', 'Point2'],['Position', 'Not-Important'], ['X', 'Y','Z']])

# mock some data
data = np.round(np.random.randn(4, 12), 1)
data[:, ::2] *= 10
data += 37

# create the DataFrame
hd = pd.DataFrame(data, index=index, columns=columns)

              Point1                                         Point2
            Position             Not-Important             Position             Not-Important
                   X     Y     Z             X     Y     Z        X     Y     Z             X     Y     Z
year Record
2013 1          26.0  38.1  42.0          35.0  37.0  37.2     35.0  36.9  28.0          37.2  58.0  37.0
     2          42.0  36.4  36.0          36.5  43.0  35.4     28.0  36.3  60.0          35.5  41.0  37.3
2014 1          47.0  36.6  32.0          37.9  58.0  37.7     25.0  36.5  21.0          38.6  33.0  36.3
     2          42.0  38.6  26.0          35.2  37.0  36.3     21.0  36.5  27.0          36.3  26.0  35.5

A: We have our transform matrix:
Z = np.array([[1,0,0],[0,0,-1],[0,1,0]])

Each row has two points but it also has values that are not important.  We build a transform matrix with the desired rotation matrix for the points and the identity matrix for the other values, so that they remain unchanged.
# I'm sure there is a more elegant way of doing this
ZZ = np.zeros((12,12))
ZZ[0:3,0:3] = Z
ZZ[3:6,3:6] = np.eye(3)
ZZ[6:9,6:9] = Z
ZZ[9:12,9:12] = np.eye(3)

Now we are ready to rotate those points:
hd.transform(lambda x: np.matmul(ZZ, x), axis=1)

DataFrame.transform will call our function for every row (because the axis parameter is 1) and will pass a series with the values.  Our function simply does the matrix multiplication between the transform matrix and the vector that corresponds to a row in the original DataFrame.

To avoid the iteration done by DataFrame.transform do a matrix multiplication in numpy and create a new DataFrame.
result = np.matmul(hd.to_numpy(), ZZ.T)
pd.DataFrame(result, index=index, columns=columns)

This was about 20 times faster and may be easier to understand for some.

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According to an analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics employment data, women have been hit the hardest by job loss as a result of the pandemic. Gains made over the last decade have been wiped out by the coronavirus crisis, leading some economists to describe the crisis as a "she-cession."
"This is historic and unprecedented," said C. Nicole Mason, president and chief executive officer of the Institute for Women's Policy Research. "Women have never been the face of the economic impact in terms of job loss. This is really uncharted territory."
In April, the unemployment rate for women increased to almost 3 percentage points above the rate for men — 16.2 percent compared with 13.5 percent.
Hispanic women's unemployment rate reached about 20 percent in May, with Black women second at 16 percent compared to a 15 percent unemployment rate for white women, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Young workers and women of color have experienced high unemployment rates because they are more likely to work in leisure and retail industries, which have been closed for business during the crisis.
But even in industries where men are more dominant, women are losing more jobs. For example, women make up about one-quarter of all jobs in transportation and warehousing, but represent 39 percent of job losses in those sectors.
A full recovery for women is expected to be slow as schools and childcare centers remain closed. A recent survey found that women report they have been doing a greater share of the schooling and parenting throughout the pandemic. This responsibility may continue if schools close as a result of a second wave of the virus.
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Kaplan, Bonnie MD
Emergency Medicine News: January 2020 - Volume 42 - Issue 1 - p 15-16
doi: 10.1097/01.EEM.0000650988.99507.b5
Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis. Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis
A 19-year-old woman presented with generalized weakness of four hours. She did not have any recent illness or chest or abdominal pain, but she said she was feeling tired and weak.
She noted that she hadn't been eating well recently, but did not have nausea, vomiting, constipation, or diarrhea. She had a blood pressure of 120/80 mm Hg, pulse of 80 bpm, respiratory rate of 18 bpm, and temperature of 36.7°C.
What was causing her symptoms?
Find the diagnosis and case discussion on the next page.
Diagnosis: Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis
Hypokalemic periodic paralysis is a neuromuscular disorder where there is a defect in the ion channels in the muscle. Hypokalemia is the most common cause of periodic paralysis, but hypokalemic periodic paralysis is a rare disorder; its prevalence is estimated at one in 100,000. (Adv Genet. 2008;63:3.)
The two most common causes of periodic paralysis are autosomal dominant inheritance or thyrotoxicosis. In autosomal dominant inheritance, a mutation is often present in the gene coding for the dihydropyridine-sensitive calcium channel in the skeletal muscle, CACNA1S. (Cell. 1994;77[6]:863; http://bit.ly/2Ciqfew.) Another less frequent genetic mutation in this disorder occurs in the skeletal sodium channel, SCN4A. (Brain. 2001;124[Pt 6]:1091.) Mutations in these genes alter the calcium and sodium channels, reducing the ability of the skeletal muscles to contract.
These patients often have attacks that occur suddenly. The weakness does not extend to the respiratory muscles. Patients often first start experiencing these attacks in late childhood or as teenagers, but the weakness is temporary, lasting minutes to days. Exercise, stress, and high-carbohydrate meals can trigger episodes. All of these can increase insulin and epinephrine, causing potassium to move into cells and serum potassium levels to lower. (Kidney Int. 1996;49[1]:9; http://bit.ly/2WKaS8a.)
Patients are usually found to have weakness that affects proximal muscles more than distal muscles. The legs tend to be more affected than the arms. Serum potassium levels can be anywhere from 1.5 to 2.4 mEq/L, but the average level tends to be closer to 2.4 mEq/L. (Neurology. 2004;63[9]:164.)
The initial workup should include checking electrolytes, thyroid function tests, and an ECG, which can show signs of hypokalemia, including depression of the ST segment, decreased amplitude of the T wave, and a U wave. (Image.) It is also recommended to check the arterial blood gas to look for acidosis and other electrolytes. Periodic paralysis should not have metabolic acidosis or alkalosis. (QJM. 2001;94[3]:133.) Further workup could include an electromyogram, provocative testing, and genetic testing.
Treatment includes potassium supplementation, which should be given incrementally, and levels should be monitored closely. It is important that potassium not be given in any liquid that contains carbohydrate because it could increase insulin. (Arch Neurol. 1983;40[9]:539; http://bit.ly/2r9jb1x.) One should also be careful about not giving too much and causing rebound hyperkalemia, which could also cause weakness. Periodic paralysis attacks can be reduced by using acetazolamide, dichlorphenamide, or even spironolactone. (Brain. 2006;129[Pt 1]:8.)
Our patient's potassium was 2.5 mEq/L. She was admitted for slow repletion and scheduled for genetic testing.
Dr. Kaplanis an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora. Read her past columns athttp://bit.ly/EMN-QuickConsult.
Quick Consult: Symptoms: Weakness and Fatigue
Emergency Medicine News42(1):15-16, January 2020.
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), well known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), which has been called the "Great American Novel," and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). He also wrote poetry, short stories, essays, and non-fiction.  His big break was "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" (1867).

Novels
 The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873)
 The Prince and the Pauper (1881)
 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889)
 The American Claimant (1892)
 Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894)
 Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc (1896)
 A Horse's Tale (1907)
 The Mysterious Stranger (1916, posthumous)

Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)
 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884)
 Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894)
 Tom Sawyer, Detective (1896)
 "Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer Among the Indians" (c. 1884, 9 chapters, unfinished)
 "Huck Finn" (c. 1897, fragment)
 "Schoolhouse Hill" (in  The Mysterious Stranger) (c. 1898, 6 chapters, unfinished)
 "Tom Sawyer's Conspiracy" (c. 1899, 10 chapters, unfinished)
 "Tom Sawyer's Gang Plans a Naval Battle" (c. 1900, fragment)

Adam and Eve
 "Extracts from Adam's Diary", illustrated by Frederick Strothmann (1904)
 "Eve's Diary", illustrated by Lester Ralph (1906)
 "The Private Life of Adam and Eve: Being Extracts from Their Diaries, Translated from the Original Mss." (Harper, 1931),  – posthumous issue of the 1904 and 1906 works bound as one, as Twain had requested in a recently discovered letter

Short stories
 "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" (1865)
 "General Washington's Negro Body-Servant" (1868)
 "Cannibalism in the Cars" (1868)
 "A Medieval Romance" [1868] (unfinished)
 "My Late Senatorial Secretaryship" (1868)
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 "A Ghost Story" (1870)
 "A True Story, Repeated Word for Word As I Heard It" (1874)
 "Some Learned Fables for Good Old Boys and Girls" (1875)
 "The Story Of The Bad Little Boy" (1875)
 "The Story Of The Good Little Boy" (1875)
 "A Literary Nightmare" (1876)
 "A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage" (1876)
 "The Canvasser's Tale" (1876)
 "The Invalid's Story" (1877)
 "The Great Revolution in Pitcairn" (1879)
 "1601: Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors" (1880)
 "The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm" (1882)
 "The Stolen White Elephant" (1882)
 "Luck" (1891)
 "Those Extraordinary Twins" (1892)
 "Is He Living Or Is He Dead?" (1893)
 "The Esquimau Maiden's Romance" (1893)
 "The Million Pound Bank Note" (1893)
 "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg" (1900)
 "A Double Barrelled Detective Story" (1902)
 "A Dog's Tale" (1904)
 "The War Prayer" (1905)
 "Hunting the Deceitful Turkey" (1906)
 "A Fable" (1909)
 "Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven" (1909)
 "My Platonic Sweetheart" (1912, posthumous)
 "The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine" (2017, posthumous)

Collections
Short story collections
 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Sketches (1867), short story collection
 Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance (1871), short story collection
 Sketches New and Old (1875), short story collection
 A True Story and the Recent Carnival of Crime (1877), short story collection
 Punch, Brothers, Punch! and Other Sketches (1878), short story collection
 Mark Twain's Library of Humor (1888), short story collection
 Merry Tales (1892), short story collection
 The £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories (1893), short story collection
 The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories (1906), short story collection
 The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches (1919, posthumous), short story collection
 The Washoe Giant in San Francisco (1938, posthumous), short story collection
 Mark Twain's Fables of Man (1972, posthumous), short story collection
Essay collections
 Memoranda (1870–1871), essay collection from Galaxy
 How to Tell a Story and other Essays (1897)
 Europe and Elsewhere (1923, posthumous), edited by Albert Bigelow Paine
 Letters from the Earth (1962, posthumous)
 A Pen Warmed Up In Hell (1972, posthumous)
 The Bible According to Mark Twain (1996, posthumous)

Essays
 "Advice to Little Girls" (1865)
"On the Decay of the Art of Lying" (1880)
 "The Awful German Language" (1880)
 "Advice to Youth" (1882)
 "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses" (1895)
 "English As She Is Taught" (1897)
 "Concerning the Jews" (1898)
 "My First Lie, and How I Got Out of It" (1899)
 "A Salutation Speech From the Nineteenth Century to the Twentieth" (1900)
 "To the Person Sitting in Darkness" (1901)
 "To My Missionary Critics" (1901)
 "Edmund Burke on Croker and Tammany" (1901)
 "What Is Man?" (1906)
 "Christian Science" (1907)
 "Queen Victoria's Jubilee" (1910)
 "The United States of Lyncherdom" (1923, posthumous)

Non-fiction
 The Innocents Abroad (1869), travel
 Roughing It (1872), travel
 Old Times on the Mississippi (1876), travel
 Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion (1877), travel
 A Tramp Abroad (1880), travel
 Life on the Mississippi (1883), travel
 Following the Equator (sometimes titled "More Tramps Abroad") (1897), travel
 Is Shakespeare Dead? (1909)
 Moments with Mark Twain (1920, posthumous)
 Mark Twain's Notebook (1935, posthumous)
 Letters from Hawaii (letters written in 1866, published as a book in 1947)

Other writings
 Is He Dead? (1898), play
 The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Updated (1901), satirical lyric
 King Leopold's Soliloquy (1905), satire
 Little Bessie Would Assist Providence (1908), poem
 Slovenly Peter (1935, posthumous), children's book
 Some Thoughts on the Science of Onanism (1879), a speech given to The Stomach Club

Autobiography and letters
 Mark Twain's Autobiography
Chapters from My Autobiography published by North American Review (1906–1907)
Posthumous edition compiled and edited by Albert Bigelow Paine (1924)
Posthumous edition named Mark Twain in Eruption compiled and edited by Bernard DeVoto (1940)
Posthumous edition compiled and edited by Charles Neider
Posthumous edition compiled and edited by Harriet Elinor Smith and the Mark Twain Project: Volume 1 (2010)
Posthumous edition compiled and edited by Robert Hirst and the Mark Twain Project: Volume 2 (2013)
Posthumous edition compiled and edited by Harriet Elinor Smith and the Mark Twain Project: Volume 3 (2015)
 Mark Twain's Letters, 1853–1880 (2010, posthumous)
 "Territorial Enterprise letters" being compiled for release in 2017.

References
Notes

Citations

Bibliographies by writer
Bibliographies of American writers
Journalism bibliographies

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Android tablets (and tablets in general) are not the hot sellers they once were. Cheaper Windows laptops, Chromebooks have, and larger phablet-style phones have all eaten into tablet sales. Samsung has released a few budget tablets, which do still sell in appreciable numbers. It's not done with premium tablets, though. The company is coming to MWC with a new device, most likely the high-end Galaxy Tab S3. All we have to go on now is a silhouette, but there are plenty of leaks too.
Samsung's S series tablets have always been like blown-up versions of the S phones. They have excellent AMOLED displays, fast processors, and thin frames. The leaks point to something very much like that for the Tab S3. We're expecting a tablet with a 9.6-inch 2048×1536 screen, a Snapdragon 820, and 4GB of RAM packed inside a 5.6mm body.
Samsung's announcement of its event at Mobile World Congress on February 26th includes a silhouette of something. Judging by the proportions, it's most likely a tablet. The perspective is a little odd, making it look like the device has cut-off corners à la the horrendously ugly Motorola Xyboard. I think what we're actually seeing is a tablet laying flat at an angle, though. There is something of note in the image — the home button shape is clearly visible, which might indicate Samsung is adding a fingerprint sensor to the Tab S3.
The Tab S3 will also certainly ship with Android 7.0 Nougat, which Samsung is rolling out to its 2016 phones currently. Nougat includes a native multi-window mode in Android, which is much better supported than Samsung's old multi-window implementation. That's not a huge advantage on phones, but it can be great on a tablet. There's also more efficient Doze mode, ensuring the tablet will conserve power when it's not in use. This makes a lot of sense on tablets as they are generally not woken up as frequently throughout the day as phones.
Samsung may not have pricing available at the time of the announcement, leaving that up to regional arms for each launch. The last round of leaks called for a starting price of 700,000 Korean won, which works out to more than $600. That would be far too expensive to sell in the US — even the iPad Pro is cheaper. For Samsung to have any hope of keeping Android tablets going, it needs to come in significantly less expensive than the iPad.
It's not clear what Google's plans are for Android tablets. It's adding Android apps to all upcoming Chromebooks, and there are rumors of the Andromeda project. That would include a partial merging of Chrome OS and Android to make a more useful interface on tablet devices. Still, if there's an OEM that can convince people to buy Android tablets as they currently exist, it's Samsung.


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Record first half as Enterprise Ventures invests £14.6m
Enterprise Ventures, which provides equity and debt finance for SMEs, invested £14.6m in the six months to the end of June 2014 – up from £11.4m in the same period last year.
The number of transactions also rose from 96 to 105. The figures represent a record first half for Enterprise Ventures, which is one of the UK's most active private equity investors according to the number of deals it completes.
Key deals during the first half included a £2.5m investment in Winning Pitch, the national coaching and business support specialist; and a £750,000 investment in DataCentred, which is launching a series of datacentres in the North and which is led by Telecity founder Dr Mike Kelly.
It also saw the flotation of one of its longstanding investments – the Barnsley-based cleaning technology company Xeros – although it has maintained its shareholding in the business.
Other events during the first half of 2014 included the launch of Enterprise Ventures' new office on Liverpool Waterfront to strengthen its presence in Merseyside.
Enterprise Ventures manages 14 specially-targeted SME funds raised from the public and private sectors providing venture capital, growth capital and loans. They include The North West Fund for Venture Capital, The North West Fund for Mezzanine, Lancashire's Rosebud Finance, the Finance Yorkshire Seedcorn Fund and Small Business Loans Fund, and the Coalfields Funds.
Chief Executive Jonathan Diggines said: "We are seeing increased demand for funding as business confidence begins to rise. However the funding landscape has changed for good since the downturn began six years ago. Since then the banks have had a much reduced appetite for SME lending and a whole new generation of small businesses have come of age without being able to rely on their backing.
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It is Easter and the meaning of this holiday isn't something that is new to me.
But I keep thinking about what it was Jesus actually went through. The fact that he knew he was going to die. As a human man, He must have been so scared and yet he remained faithful to God. How many times do I become overwhelmed with fear and forget to turn to Him for help? Or how many times has something I'm going through seem too overwhelming, too painful that I lash out in anger or frustration rather than finding comfort in Him?
I think about the mental picture that comes with what Christ went through. The anticipation of what he knew were to be His last moments.
All of that for us. I think of my children and ask myself, "How amazing is a God who could give up his child to save mankind?" I find myself in awe that God was willing to do for me what I, admittedly, would never do for anyone else. Because I look at my kids and I know. I know I could never make that sacrifice. I could not willingly let anyone hurt my child just so screw-ups wouldn't get what they truly deserved anyway. And then I think, why in the world would someone ever do that for me, (a lowly screw-up)? As much as we hate to admit it, we're all deserving of the consequences brought on by how we live our lives. But that's what makes God's love amazing.
Today, Easter Sunday, we are reminded that we get a second chance. Redemption. Not because we deserve it, but because it was so graciously given to us by a God who loves beyond comprehension.
Here in Smalltown, Texas, this time of year is dubbed "rodeo time" due to the fact that the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is going on.
This means great music, carnival rides, livestock, the smell of manure and of course, off the wall foods (many of which are deep fried).
LD's big Christmas wish this past year was rodeo tickets to see Demi Lovato and Austin Mahone. So, on Sunday LD and I, with two of her friends, were Houston bound.
My night was instantly made.
I had never tried it but I figured pairing two of my most celebrated foods can't be wrong. I eagerly waited in line for about 6 hours 20 minutes and spent half of my 401k $8 on this delicacy. And I would gladly do it again.
It was delicious. The perfect salty/sweet combo. The only thing that would have made this snack heavenly was if it had been hot. The bacon had to be chilled so the chocolate would stick but I think hot, crispy bacon with a side of chocolate dip would be magical.
Also? While I was on a roll trying new foods, I tried a red velvet funnel cake. I'm not entirely convinced that it wasn't just a regular funnel cake with red food coloring but, whatev, it still tasted great.
If loving chocolate covered bacon is wrong, I don't wanna be right.


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Jobseekers with criminal records now easier to knock back
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The government has amended the Australian Human Rights Commission Regulations 1989 to allow employers to exercise "reasonable discretion against prospective employees if their criminal record is relevant to the position being applied for".
It remains unlawful for employers to discriminate if the conviction is irrelevant to the role. In the past, employers had to clear a much higher bar that required them to show that an individual's criminal record was directly relevant to the "inherent requirements" of a position.
Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations Christian Porter said "most Australians would agree that people with criminal records should have a chance to turn their lives around and not be permanently excluded from employment".
"But at the same time, we need to strike a sensible balance that ensures employers can reject an applicant if they reasonably believe they are unsuitable for a position due to the particular nature of their conviction," he continued.
Need for change
The Attorney-General highlighted a 2018 case which involved an insurance company that was found to have unlawfully discriminated against a man when it withdrew an offer of employment after finding he had failed to disclose convictions for child pornography offences.
The company had argued that the criminal record demonstrated the man was not someone of sufficient character and integrity to be trusted to hold the position, which required him to work unsupervised from his home address and deal with sensitive customer data.
The man's offending had primarily involved the use of computers, and most of his work would be computer-based.
Under the previous rules, the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) had rejected company claims, finding the man had been discriminated against because his record wasn't directly relevant to the inherent requirements of the position.
The criminal record on its own was also not considered to be evidence of poor character, according to the AHRC.
"This case demonstrated that our laws in this area were not working and were at complete odds with common sense, which is why this change has been made," Mr Porter continued.
"The amendment that we've introduced will provide the certainty and clarity that employers need, while also ensuring that applicants remain protected when their conviction clearly has no relevance to the job they are applying for."
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia officials say ice buildup on a pipeline caused the spill of 108,000 gallons of coal slurry into a creek.
Tuesday's spill at Patriot Coal's Kanawha Eagle Prep Plant in eastern Kanawha county affected six miles of Fields Creek and flowed one-half mile into the Kanawha River before dissipating.
State environmental mining official Harold Ward said it could take 21 to 28 days to clean the creek. Officials haven't spotted fish kills.
Ward said the company has set up barriers to stop flow into the Kanawha. An environmental agency news release said the company is using vacuum trucks and pumping water from the stream near its plant into settling ponds.
The state doesn't expect the spill to have a major impact on the Kanawha.


A couple of weeks ago my chiropractor had an SCE representative come into his office.
In commercial buildings built before a certain date, they have a program that will replace all the lamps and ballasts in the building with no cost to the customer, because it saves them money in the end.
I know that SoCalEd isn't the only involved in this kind of thing.
What are some of your power companies' programs?
One hour??? Dang! They are quick.
With that kind of time seems like some shortcuts were taken. Did they even swap out the ballasts? Opening up fixtures can be a pain, and a soffit can amplify the difficulty factor.
Years ago, part of a fixture change out in the showroom of a tire store in the SF Bay Area, there were no Lithonia wraps (LB series) w/ T8 ballasts avail on the West Coast so the T12's were pulled & T8 ballasts installed, it got so I could uncrate the the fixture, strip out the old ballasts & replace the ballast in 10 min a fixture, & that was on the ground, ladder work is much slower.
Did they use that "one piece" replacement kit? We had a road warrior pitching it at an ECF lunch a few months ago. Basically you just rip everything out of the can, hook up the 3 wires from the branch circuit, snap the new part in and put in the lamps.
It replaces the ballast, keystones and wiring, all in one part.
They used traditional ballasts and lamps for the retrofit, not 1 piece units. The lampholders were replaced on an "as needed" basis. I opened 1 up to check, because I was so curious and amazed.
The fluorescent wraps were (11)Lithonia LB240s, and (1) LB440, 2 and 4 lamp fixtures respectively. They changed the ballasts in these, as well as the soffit strips.
The last big push SCE had was solar panels. They offered subsidies for customers who wanted to go solar.
A friend of mine got a panel upgrade, the solar panels themselves, and the inverters and disconnects installed for free by a private contractor commissioned by SCE.
What freebie, rebate, or subsidy type programs does your POCO offer?
I guess if you do it all day, you get good at it.
That is an interesting program. I would like to see a pencil put to the numbers. I find it hard to believe it actually saves them money unless there is a government subsidy. I assume your dependence on so much hydro limits new construction and that tends to be shoved into renewables so the economics are different than a utility that just tacks on another gas boiler.
The California PUC has long had programs that subsidized 'nega-watts' -- lamp substitution programs. These go back many, many, many years.
In the fulness of time, don't be surprised to find out that the troops are from an independent contractor pursuant to the Poco's 'nega-watts' side deal with the PUC. Getting rid of peak load demand has been proven to be much cheaper than building more peak load demand. SCE just doesn't have access to ultra-cheap hydro-electric power; which, BTW, is ideal for load trimming -- beyond all other power sources.
While the talent is certain to be represented by the IBEW; (Davis-Bacon terms have to apply) you should figure that the program normally specifies that the actual contracting party is a third party.
This stops Poco customers from suing Southern California Edison over trivial issues -- and makes it possible for SCE to swap out contractors if things go south.
I can only imagine that the contractor has a working scheme that's awesome: a rolling warehouse of swap ins.
Buying as many components as they do, their materials prices have to be the best on offer. The program manager/ estimator can probably floor-walk the prospective job -- and wirelessly load up a work order.
Paid by the Poco, the contractor doesn't have to chase his money! Pricing -- in the contract -- must be some variation of piece-work.
The whole scheme takes one back to Thomas A. Edison -- who never wanted to sell kWHr -- he wanted to sell lumens. He envisioned that his crews would re-enter customer locations and upgrade them to suit the Poco's economics, which is what the 'nega-watts' program really represents.
I'm must admit, I'm astounded that a TWO man crew could possibly swap out that many devices in one-hour. For me, with my experiences, I don't believe it. If nothing else, there's going to be too much customer stuff in the way. And, working too fast triggers injuries -- particularly cut fingers around all of the sharp fixtures.
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One other thing they are big on was compressed air systems.
As an example Manitoba Hydro went through the 2 major rail shops/yards in Winnipeg and saved both the CN and CP railways thousands of dollars of electrical usage by modifying their air systems.
One POCO here(NJ) had 'lighting rebates' and retro deals way back in the early/mid '80s.
Jobs were mostly 'sold' by ECs, work performed by ECs, paid by customer, who received the rebate from POCO.
One of the deals was 'cash back' after an 'auditor' from the POCO checked the install. $$$ in a check, plus the reduction in the monthly bill.
One I remember a few details, F40-T12 lamps to F32/34 T12 with a watt miser ballast. Did about 900 fixtures in a catholic school which got about $3-$4K. Also, replaced incandescent fixtures in the church with MH uplights, for another $4-$5K.
They also had $$ for efficient motors, VFDs, furnaces, water heaters, and appliances.
I do not know if there are any active rebates now.
FPL has some energy rebate programs but they are all passive.
If you buy some energy saving deal, they give you a few bucks.
They are not sending crews around to do the work.


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Timsort ist ein hybrider Sortieralgorithmus, der von Mergesort und Insertionsort abgeleitet ist. Er wurde entwickelt, um auf verschiedenen realen Daten schnell zu arbeiten. Er wurde 2002 von Tim Peters für die Nutzung in Python entwickelt und ist ab der Version 2.3 der Standard-Sortieralgorithmus in Python. Mittlerweile wird er auch in Java SE 7 und auf der Android-Plattform genutzt.

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Tim Peters beschreibt den Algorithmus folgendermaßen:

Es findet bereits sortierte Abschnitte in den Daten. Absteigend sortierte Abschnitte werden umgedreht. Dann wird geprüft, ob die Länge dieser Abschnitte die minimale Abschnittslänge für die jeweilige Array-Größe erreicht. Die minimale Abschnittslänge hängt von der Größe des Arrays ab. Für Arrays mit weniger als 64 Elementen ist die minimale Abschnittslänge das gesamte Array, sodass Timsort in dem Fall einem Insertionsort entspricht. Für größere Arrays wird als minimale Abschnittslänge eine Zahl zwischen 32 und 64 gewählt, sodass die Größe des Arrays geteilt durch die minimale Abschnittslänge gleich einer oder minimal kleiner als eine Zweierpotenz ist. Der Algorithmus nutzt einfach die sechs höchsten Bits der Array-Länge und addiert eins dazu, falls noch zumindest eines der weiteren Bits gesetzt ist. Wenn ein Abschnitt nicht die minimale Abschnittslänge erreicht, wird er mit Insertionsort vergrößert, bis er lang genug ist. Die Abschnitte werden dann mittels Mergesort zum fertig sortierten Array zusammengefügt.

Komplexität und Effizienz

Wie Mergesort ist Timsort ein stabiles, vergleichsbasiertes Sortierverfahren mit einer Best-Case-Komplexität von  und einer Worst- und Average-Case-Komplexität von .

Nach der Informationstheorie kann kein vergleichsbasiertes Sortierverfahren mit weniger als Ω(n log n) Vergleichen im Average-Case auskommen. Auf realen Daten braucht Timsort oft deutlich weniger als Ω(n log n) Vergleiche, weil es davon profitiert, dass Teile der Daten schon sortiert sind.

Bekannte Fehler
Im Februar 2015 stellte der Amsterdamer Informatiker Stijn de Gouw unter der Verwendung von Methoden zur formalen Verifikation fest, dass alle Implementierungen des Timsort-Algorithmus einen Fehler enthalten. Dieser Fehler hat in der Python-Implementierung keine praktischen Auswirkungen, da er nur auf Rechnern mit sehr viel Speicher auftreten kann, die zurzeit nicht existieren. Dennoch wurde der Fehler behoben, sodass die Korrektheit der Implementierung nachgewiesen werden konnte. Für Java dagegen war die Konstruktion einer Eingabe möglich, die das Programm zum Absturz bringt. Auch hier wurde der Fehler kurz nach Bekanntwerden korrigiert.

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Weblinks
 Visualising Timsort – Beschreibung mit bildlicher Darstellung
 Python's listobject.c – die Implementation von Timsort in C für CPython
  – die Java-Implementation von Timsort

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is due to arrive in Moscow for a three-day official visit for talks focusing on Iran's nuclear program, missile defense and the new strategic arms reduction treaty.
According to Dmitry Suslov of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, the American side may feel tempted to demand something unofficially from Russia in return to last month's decision by the Obama administration to shelve its AMD plans.
However, the decision was clearly not a concession to Russia, Suslov says, and the United States may not get what they want.
"It is unlikely Russia will join the US and sanctions [against Iran]," Dmitry Suslov told RT.


Frank Lloyd Wright has influenced more members of the profession than any other architect. In a survey of UK practices, Wright received more than twice the votes of runners-up Sir Michael Hopkins and Lord Foster.
Following on their heels were Richard Meier, Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano and Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Other eminent practitioners named include Alvar Aalto, Mies van der Rohe, Edward Cullinan, Edwin Lutyens, Lord Rogers and Charles Eames.
However, nearly 30 per cent of architects claimed not to be influenced by any others.
The most inspiring project of the past 10 years - and on which most architects would like to have worked - was Marks Barfield's London Eye. The project was well ahead of Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and Foster and Partners' Great Court at the British Museum in London.
The most hated structures identified in the survey were post-war housing, council housing blocks and speculative developer homes, followed by the Millennium Dome, Colin St John Wilson's British Library and Foster and Partners'Millennium Bridge. Specialist construction recruitment consultant Eden Brown conducted the survey.


The systematic compilation of GosNIIAS museum collection dates back to 1971. For more than 30 years materials on technical and scientific achievements of the Institute in combat aircraft development area and early weapon models produced before, during and after the World War II have been collected. To date the weapon collection is made up of over 120 depositary items.
The GosNIIAS History Museum is a member of the "Association of workers of aviation enterprise museums" Trans-regional non-governmental organization and is a participant of Russia national museums festivals, for which it has been awarded diplomas.
The Museum has been reconstructed in order to expand its area of exposition up to 500 square meters and to arrange the museum exposition as two thematic collections: "Aviation weapons" and "Science" which are the core business areas of GosNIIAS.
Hall 1 displays domestic airborne weapon models created before, during and after the World War II (Hall "Aviation weapons").
Hall 2 presents the scientific and production activities of the Institute from 1946 to the present day (Hall "Aviation systems").
The approximate number of exhibit items comprising the museum collection is 800 in depositary units.
The Institute management would appreciate any contribution such as a new exhibit donation, memoirs and suggestions, or any other help.
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When air quality governs traffic management
Phasing traffic lights according to air pollution rates at the scale of a city district could soon become a reality. But this, first, requires overcoming the complexity of air pollution models.
Poor air quality costs Europe more than €700 million per year, in health expenditures and loss of economic performance, according to official EU sources. To tackle such major issue, the EU-funded MACC-II research project, due to be fully operational in 2014, aims at delivering accurate air quality predictions all over Europe. Now, these predictions could soon be used in traffic management. Specifically, scientists have developed one specific solution, called iTRAQ. It is designed to provide a dynamic traffic management system for optimising use of the road network. In addition, it aims to meet the growing requirements for high standards air quality in urban environments. To achieve this goal, it relies on both traffic information and on MACC-II data. Its objective is to be operational down to the scale of a city district or even at main street level. "iTRAQ will deliver traffic strategies two or three hours ahead," says Roland Leigh, a researcher at the air quality group of the department of physics and astronomy at the University of Leicester, UK. He adds: "MACC-II is critical for this purpose, as it provides incoming data that we use to constrain our air pollution models at a smaller scale and for hourly forecasts." Traffic control strategies consist in changing the phasing of traffic lights, namely speeding up or slowing down their frequency. "If necessary, we can withhold the traffic in a well-vented area, whilst allowing free-flowing in a [congested] street, in order to reduce the accumulation of pollution," Leigh tells youris.com. The iTRAQ feasibility study has now been completed. Field tests are now due to take place within two or three years. The system is based on predictions from MACC-II data on the level of nitrogen oxide, which are irritant gases affecting the respiratory tract. In the future, the solution will include predictions of other harmful pollutants such as ozone and aerosols, from the same source. However, such a system might be difficult to implement. "I see the complexity of modelling both traffic and air quality at small scales as the main obstacle for this project," says Gabriel Jodar, of Jodar + partners, a Swiss consultancy specialised in urban planning, in Rivera. His company advised the municipality of Barcelona, in Spain, to implement traffic management solutions in response to high pollution rates. "In Barcelona, we have chosen a simpler approach. As an example, we reduce speed on the motorway bypass from 120 km/h gradually down to 60 km/h depending on air quality measurements, and we check drivers' speed with radars." By contrast, a city like Lyons, France, has chosen to reduce traffic levels with roadwork amenities and cycle paths. "Using air quality prediction to manage traffic is an interesting initiative," says Mireille Roy, deputy mayor of Lyons, who is in charge of urban ecology and environmental quality. "But it doesn't stimulate the search for alternative means of conveyance," she tells youris.com However, she recognises that "air quality predictions, traffic management systems and roadwork should be considered as complementary solutions."
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Big, Bold and Versatile: Introducing Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Series
Watch, connect, work, and play with new Galaxy tablets that deliver powerful performance and expansive displays in a super-slim design
Today, Samsung Electronics, Inc. announced its new Galaxy Tab S8 series, including its first-ever Ultra tablet. Available in three distinctive models, Galaxy Tab S8, S8+ and S8 Ultra each feature a new, super-fast 4nm processor, a smoother-than-ever S Pen in the box, an industry-leading Armor Aluminum body, and a large, beautiful display. Slim, durable hardware is matched with the productivity features Galaxy users count on to work seamlessly and securely, like improved video chat with 4K recording, powerful multitasking with Samsung DeX, and password protected Quick Share for safe and easy file sharing. Galaxy Tab S8 series offers users the freedom and flexibility to work and play from anywhere.
The Tab S8 series is the perfect companion for our always-on, video-first world. It starts with large, immersive screens, perfect for streaming or gaming, wherever you are. Each device in the Galaxy Tab S8 lineup comes equipped with quad speakers, ultra-wide cameras, three mics with noise-cancellation, and intelligent auto-framing software, for a truly professional video call experience. Users rely on their tablets for high quality video conferencing at home and on the go more than ever. The Galaxy Tab S8 series works hand-in-hand with the full ecosystem of Galaxy devices, from smartphones, PCs, to Buds, with features like Second Screen, Quick Share and Buds AutoSwitch.
"As we rely more on videos to stay connected and entertained, we know that a tablet's most compelling feature is its large screen and portability," said TM Roh, President & Head of MX Business at Samsung Electronics. "We built on years of innovation in mobile experiences to refine the Galaxy Tab S8 series, and to push the boundaries of what's possible on a tablet with the first Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra."
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Expand Your World with the First Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra
The Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra offers a premium tablet experience unlike any Galaxy Tab before. With its unprecedented 14.6-inch Super AMOLED display and 120Hz refresh rate[1], the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra features the largest screen on our thinnest, lightest, but strongest body yet. Tab S8 Ultra boasts the highest screen-to-body ratio ever seen on a Galaxy tablet, with our thinnest bezel — it's an expansive display that's still as portable as ever. And its gorgeous display is protected by an Armor Aluminum frame that is over 30% more scratch-resistant and 40% less prone to bending than Galaxy Tab S7.
Equipped with powerful dual 12MP front cameras, the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra also transforms your video call experience with professional 4K video quality.[2] Advanced hardware meets software with Samsung's auto-framing technology that automatically keeps you in focus during a call, while also zooming in or out to include new participants as they join you. You'll also sound as clear as you look, thanks to three precision microphones that use advanced noise reduction technology to prevent unwanted background chatter. Quad Speakers with Dolby Atmos®, found on all three Galaxy Tab S8 models, ensure that everything sounds incredible, with lifelike detail and clarity. With Tab S8 Ultra, users enjoy a video experience that feels truly premium.
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Creative and Productive Power
Equipped with the fastest processor ever in a Galaxy Tab – a 4nm chip – Galaxy Tab S8,S8+ and Ultra provide ample RAM and storage for any task. If you need more, Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra packs in up to 16 GB of RAM and up to 512 GB of storage, and all three models offer expandable storage by up to 1 terabyte with an optional microSD[3] card. The Galaxy Tab S8 series is also the first Samsung tablet to support Wi-Fi 6E[4], which provides up to double the bandwidth[5] and maximum speed of Wi-Fi 6.
On Galaxy Tab S8 series, you're always ready for action, fueled by an intelligent all-day battery[6] that supports hours of video playback[7] when you're in the middle of a movie marathon. It supports 45W super-fast charging that can get you back to 100% in 90 minutes[8]. If your other devices need a power boost on-the-go, simply connect your Galaxy Tab S8 to a Galaxy S22 smartphone with a USB-C cable, and the tablet's incredible fast-charging battery can double as a portable charger[9].
The Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra and S8+ both come with a new and improved S Pen that uses a prediction algorithm for ultra-low latency[10] — delivering an incredible writing experience that mimics gliding a pen across paper. And for the first time ever, Samsung's exclusive partnership with Clip Studio Paint[11] can turn your smartphone into a digital color palette, your S Pen into a paintbrush, and Galaxy Tab S8's expansive screen into your canvas. Customize tools and choose brush options, and even select vivid real-world colors from pictures taken on your synced Galaxy phone.
Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra's new 4K recording capabilities now allow you to capture crisp, eye-catching videos with both the rear camera and ultra-wide front camera. Content creators and streamers can capture online tutorials and gameplay effortlessly, using customizable Selfie Videos[12] that are now embedded within Samsung's Screen Recorder. With LumaFusion's[13] premier editing tool coming soon to Galaxy, you will soon be able to use your Galaxy Tab S8 and S Pen to make precise edits to 4K videos.
To help you create and do more at once, the Galaxy Tab S8 series features an improved multi-window mode that makes it easy to split your screen into three windows with four layout options, and even adjust to the exact height, size, and layout you need for any given task.
Tablets also play an important role in keeping you connected to others. Samsung has partnered with Google for even better video calling and live sharing[14] experiences through Google Duo[15], so you can co-watch videos with your friends on YouTube, share your browser to help plan your next meetup, or develop creative ideas using Jamboard[16], Google's interactive whiteboard.
Life Opens Up with Galaxy
The Galaxy Tab S8 series performs seamlessly within the mobile Galaxy ecosystem. Openness means giving you the flexibility to define your own mobile experience and easily use Galaxy devices together. Samsung's One UI Tab 4 user interface ensures a consistent and intuitive experience, while seamless connectivity and integration enable real-time syncing across devices.
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Take a gorgeous photo on your Galaxy smartphone and automatically sync it to your Galaxy Tab S8, or write a list on your Tab S8 at home on Samsung Notes and then take it to the store on your Galaxy smartphone. Plus, with Wi-Fi 6E on Galaxy Tab S8 series and Galaxy S22 series, Quick Share lets users share files between devices up to twice as fast[17] as before. And thanks to Auto Switch, your Galaxy Buds will automatically pair from your Galaxy Tab S8 to your Galaxy S22, so users can move between devices without missing a beat. And for the first time, Samsung Health is available on Galaxy tablets so you can browse fitness videos for workout content and keep track of your health and fitness data from your Galaxy Watch on a larger screen.
Enhancements to Samsung's DeX mode now allow it to function vertically, offering incredible screen flexibility unavailable on your standard PC. Using DeX, convert your Galaxy Tab S8 into a wireless, touchscreen monitor for your PC or phone. Revolutionize your multitasking by dragging files in both portrait and landscape mode between devices, and then signing or notetaking with your S-Pen.
A Tablet You Can Trust
In today's always-connected world, security is more important than ever, which is why all three Galaxy Tab S8 models are equipped with new features that give the ability to track when your tablet's camera and microphone are in use and allow you to instantly prevent unwanted recording. The Galaxy Tab S8 Series is also protected by Samsung's industry-leading Knox Vault platform, which encrypts personal data and keeps stored files and information isolated from the device's main operating system to safeguard it from attacks. All members of the lineup sport an intuitive fingerprint scanner[18] that enables single-touch device unlocking.
As part of our commitment to giving users the best possible mobile performance and experience, the Galaxy Tab S8 series will be supported by up to four generations of Android OS upgrades and five years of security updates[19]. Now millions of Galaxy users can increase the lifecycle of their devices even further with the most up-to-date security, productivity, and other exciting new features, as Samsung continues to scale this effort across our product line-up and your Galaxy ecosystem.
Standout Sustainable Design
The Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra comes in bold and timeless Graphite, and Galaxy Tab S8 and S8+ come in three sophisticated shades — Graphite, Silver and Pink Gold.[20] Samsung is also releasing a new Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra Book Cover Keyboard[21] that takes the Ultra's functionality even further with wider, backlit keycaps, customizable shortcut settings, and adjustable standing angles. The Book Cover Keyboard features premium, antimicrobial polyurethane leather and a glass-coated touchpad that enables smooth and responsive typing. Plus, Wireless Keyboard Share[22] can link your connected keyboard to a Galaxy smartphone for easy typing across devices.
Users will also have plenty of ways to express their personal style with distinctive Galaxy Tab S8 accessories and add-ons, including a transparent Note View Cover[23] that allows you to write with your S Pen while keeping it protected, and an eye-catching Strap Cover[24] to hold your Tab S8 in the orientation that suits you best.[25]
Additionally, Samsung is proud to help reduce ocean-bound plastic and protect the planet, with the Galaxy Tab S8 partially constructed with plastic components repurposed from discarded fishing nets. Samsung is helping lead the industry by employing this practice. The Galaxy Tab S8 devices also come in Samsung's slimmest packaging to date, made from sustainably-sourced paper, which enables the company to lower emissions, and produce less waste.
Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra will be available for pre-order beginning February 9th in Graphite and starting at $1,099.99.
Galaxy Tab S8+ and S8 will also be available for pre-order beginning February 9th, in Graphite, Silver, and Pink Gold, starting at $899.99 for S8+ and $699.99 for the S8.
Customers who pre-order Galaxy Tab S8 and S8+ from Samsung.com can receive a free Slim Book Cover Keyboard[26], and those who pre-order Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra will receive a free Backlit Book Cover Keyboard. For more information, visit https://www.samsung.com/us/tablets or Samsung Newsroom.
[1] Tab S8 Ultra's 14.6-inch sAMOLED screen supports WQXGA+(2960×1848) resolution with 240ppi and 120Hz refresh rate.
[2] Certain resolutions and ratios may not be supported. Certain functions may not be available when Auto-framing is on.
[3] MicroSD card sold separately. Availability of detailed features (such as Memory and Processor) may vary by market and carrier.
[4] Wi-Fi 6E network availability may vary by market, network provider and user environment. Requires optimal connection. Will require a Wi-Fi 6E router.
[5] Double speed for Wi-Fi 6E measured for devices while using Quick Share. Compared to speed on Galaxy Tab S7 (Wi-Fi 6). Actual bandwidth and speed may vary by market, carrier, and user environment. Available on devices running One UI 2.1 or later including Galaxy Tab S8, Tab S8+, Tab S8 Ultra, S22, S21 Ultra, and Z Fold3.
[6] Actual battery life may vary depending on network environment, usage patterns and other factors.
[7] 15 hours of video playback for Tab S8, 13 hours of video playback for Tab S8+ and 14 hours of video playback for Tab S8 Ultra. Based on results from internal lab tests for local video playback time conducted by Samsung. Test results are estimated values of the battery sample from a pre-release version tested under default settings (audio volume and brightness levels) without connection to Wi-Fi or mobile network. Battery life varies significantly with settings, usage, and other factors.
[8] 80 minutes to fully charge Tab S8 and Tab S8+. 90 minutes to fully charge Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra. Actual charging speed may also vary depending on the actual usage, charging conditions, and other factors. Chargers are sold separately.
[9] 15W fast charging supported when Tab S8 Ultra display is turned off and connected to select Galaxy smartphones including Galaxy S22, Galaxy A53, Galaxy A33 using a USB Type-C cable. Cables may be sold separately depending on market. Not compatible with wireless charging. Charging speed may vary depending on charging conditions and other factors.
[10] Compared to Galaxy Tab S7. Latency speed of 2.8ms measured for Tab S8 Ultra(14.6'') and Tab S8+(12.4'') models when using Samsung Notes.
[11] Clip Studio Paint EX 6-month free trial for first-time users on Galaxy devices. PRO and EX versions of Clip Studio Paint are both available. Preload supported in select markets. Clip Studio Paint for Galaxy can be downloaded from the Galaxy Store. Supported languages for the software settings: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Traditional Chinese. For text input, Arabic, Hebrew, Urdu are not yet supported. Remote controller feature "Companion Mode" supported on Galaxy tablets and smartphones with Android 9 or above. For "Companion Mode," both host and remote controller devices have to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network. Connectivity may vary depending on Wi-Fi. Terms of service may vary by market.
[12] Selfie Video within Screen Recorder supports full HD video recording and playback.
[13] LumaFusion for Android will be available for download from the Galaxy Store within the first half of 2022. Exact timing of availability may vary depending on LumaTouch's readiness. Availability may vary by market. Android OS version 11 or above required. Supported languages for software settings: Chinese Simplified, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Turkish and US English.
[14] Current sharable apps during Google Duo video calls are Google Arts & Culture, Google Maps, Jamboard, Samsung Notes, Samsung Gallery, and YouTube.
[15] Google Duo is a trademark of Google LLC. Live sharing host is available to Galaxy S22 series and Galaxy Tab S8 series users at time of launch and will be provided to other Galaxy device users with Android 12 at a later date. Participants may need to upgrade to the latest Google Duo app to use live sharing. Google Duo app availability may vary by market. Requires optimal network connection.
[16] Jamboard needs to be downloaded separately. Additional functions may require purchase.
[17] Compared to speed on Galaxy Tab S7 (Wi-Fi 6). Double speed requires both devices to have Quick Share and Wi-Fi 6E, and may not be available on older devices. Using older devices may result in slower speeds. Available on Tab S8, Tab S8+, Tab S8 Ultra, some S22 devices, S21 Ultra, and Z Fold3.
[18] Galaxy Tab S8+ and Tab S8 Ultra have on-screen fingerprint scanners. Galaxy Tab S8 has a side-mounted fingerprint scanner.
[19] Availability and timing of Android OS upgrades and features may vary by device model and market. Devices eligible for four generations of Android OS upgrades and 5 years of security updates currently include Galaxy S22 Series(S22/S22+/S22 Ultra), S21 Series(S21/S21+/S21 Ultra/S21 FE), Z Fold3, Z Flip3, and Tab S8 series(Tab S8/Tab S8+/Tab S8 Ultra).
[20] Availability of detailed features (such as Memory, Color, and Processor) may vary by market and carrier
[21] Book Cover Keyboard sold separately. Book Cover Keyboard product design may vary by model. Availability may vary by market and carrier.
[22] Wireless Keyboard Sharing is available on Galaxy Tab S8/S8+/S8 Ultra and select Galaxy smartphones, running One UI 4 or later. The smartphone should support Bluetooth HID profile. Both devices must be logged into the same Samsung account. Performance may vary depending on user network environment.
[23] Galaxy Tab S8+ only.
[24] Galaxy Tab S8 only.
[25] Availability of covers and accessories may vary by device model and market. Covers and accessories are sold separately.
[26] Conditions apply. Purchase from a participating authorized retailer, Samsung Experience Store or on samsung.com. Pre-order bundle offer availability and details may vary by market and retailer.
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"Every element of a Rodrock community is well executed," said Kerwin Holloway, Colton community manager and a ReeceNichols real estate agent. "Our model homes further showcase thoughtful attention to detail. It's a complete package."
Seamless home-buying experience. Rodrock's must-see masterpiece models are impeccably furnished and loaded with trends. Highlighted throughout each home is the latest in tile, finishes, upgraded features and artistic materials.
The cutting-edge interiors are created by professional interior designers Kristen Ridler and Shay Edwards, whose services are available at no additional cost to each homebuyer with the Rodrock Homes Custom Experience.
"An added bonus of the Rodrock Homes Custom Experience is that buyers get work with the very same designers who create our exceptional models," said Jennifer Rich, Terrybrook Farms community manager and a Weichert Realtors Graham-Welch, LLC real estate agent. "It's a priceless opportunity to have that level of professional input—and makes the whole experience of purchasing a new home a smooth one."
Homebuyers, like Neal and Erin Woodworth who built a customized Larsen EX floor plan in Wyngate with the Rodrock Homes Custom Experience, benefitted from Edwards' design expertise. Rodrock's Custom Design Center is equipped with elements to help buyers bring a home to life, including countertops, backsplashes, tile, carpet, paint, cabinet finishes and more. The Woodworth's met with Edwards several times at the center to discuss and make their final selections.
"Shay was able to bring my interior dream—paint colors and everything—to life," Erin Woodworth said."
Lifestyle-enhancing interiors. Well-equipped gourmet kitchens featuring stunning countertops, islands and backsplashes are still one of the first stops a buyer makes when touring a model. Terrybrook Farms, a Don Julian-Rodrock Homes collaboration at 171st and Switzer in Overland Park, features carefully curated, prime examples of modern interiors, including spectacular kitchens.
"White kitchen cabinets are still in vogue, but they're often offset with a pop of color on the island," Ridler said. "Jewel tones are hot—having your island a bright color really mixes up the all-white cabinet trend of the past couple of years, keeping it fresh and relevant."
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"People want to create a relaxing, inviting mood while still making a personal statement in their interiors," she said. "We achieve that through anything you can touch and feel—like a luxurious navy velvet sofa in the Cimarron in Terrybrook Farms.
"The most important thing Kristen and I do is to ensure a buyer's home reflects their personal style," Edwards said.
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"I call it the navy-and-gold home," Edwards said, "because it uses the traditional color of navy with a modern twist. Navy accompanies most any color scheme well and adds interest and drama to a space without making it feel small, which black can sometimes do."
Edwards is pairing navy—the new black—in the Anthem's kitchen cabinetry and accent walls and embellishing with gold.
"It's a lovely contrast," she said.
Unusual combinations of lighting fixtures are another interior focus for Ridler and Edwards as they design Rodrock models.
"Buyers are weary of the standard single fixture hanging over a dining room table, for instance, or arm chandeliers," Ridler said. "They want something out of the ordinary, like Terrybrook's Coronado where the dining room has multiple smaller pendants. It's a conversation piece."
Visit today. Rodrock's attractively appointed model homes are open today from noon to 5 p.m. And don't worry—if you can't visit today, we're open tomorrow and every day. For a complete listing of Rodrock model homes, visit http://rodrockhomes.com/models/.


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'How to Survive a Plague', ACT UP, and Marriage Equality Activism
Ari Ezra Waldman October 24, 2012
BY ARI EZRA WALDMAN
Last night, I had the opportunity to attend a screening of David France's How to Survive a Plague at the IFC Center in New York City. It is a story about ACT UP and the AIDS crisis in Greenwich Village between 1987 to 1996, but more accurately, it is a story about the struggles and success of several leading figures in that movement: How a few men took their diagnosis and became more educated about medicine and clinical trials than many PhDs; how a straight housewife took it upon herself to educate the community about the FDA and the NIH; how one man's pestering of Bill Clinton in 1992 got HIV/AIDS into a nationally televised debate.
Some of these stories ended tragically, as too many of us know too well. And, some of these stories are still being written, as evidenced by the many healthy HIV-positive members of our community today. It's a film worth seeing not only for its stark reminder of the sense of anger, despair, and urgency at the time, but as an inspiring story of unity, community, and love. No matter your age, your HIV-status, gender, or political involvement, How to Survive will make you cry; but the film's final scenes may be most rewarding few minutes you spend in a theatre this year. It is, after all, a story about hope, not death, life, not sorrow. It is the story of surviving the AIDS crisis. And, even as we mourn those vibrant young people AIDS took from us, we are so grateful that so many did survive and are, to this day, a part of us.
First-time director David France, an investigative reporter by trade, said that he did not time the release to coincide with any particular developments in the world and the gay community today, but it is hard to watch How to Survive without thinking about Occupy Wall Street, the Arab Spring, and, most notably, our community's quest for the freedom to marry. The times are different, as are the underlying goals. But, it is worth asking: What can we learn from the community's mobilization to fight AIDS?
I begin a discussion AFTER THE JUMP…
Surviving the AIDS crisis is qualitatively different than seeking the freedom to marry. One is literally a fight to avoid death; the other is important, but in a less urgent, immediate, instinctual way. Fighting against a plague threatening to wipe us out of existence prior to any notion of rights, honor, and equality. Life is a prerequisite for love.
It should come as no surprise, then, that ACT UP was fueled by urgency. The federal government's and hospitals' slowness to react and the Reagan Administration's willfully blind refusal to even mention AIDS in any real way coupled that urgency with anger and a need for grassroots activism. Urgency, anger, and grass roots power brought unity, a movement, and, ultimately, some progress. There may have been excesses and mistakes along the way; How to Survive is honest in its retelling of the movements difficulties. But, no one here is in a position to judge.
We are, however, in a position to learn. The quest for the freedom to marry is different. Our journey is less urgent. Edie Windsor's late wife, Thea, passed away before the couple could see the states and the federal government recognize their marriage. And, every day we go without marriage rights, elderly men and women are missing their chances to be treated with honor and dignity. But, no one is dying, no one is going blind, no one is getting too sick to walk.
Our movement is less angry. We have the President on our side, and we knew he was even before he said so publicly. We have two ex-presidents and ex-vice presidents, 14 current governors, and 166 members of the House and Senate on our side. We face hostility all the time — from the venial National Organization for Marriage to the outright lies of wingnuts like Bryan Fischer and most of the Republican Party leadership and members of Congress. But there is no sense that people are taking a blind eye to our rights.
The quest for the freedom to marry is not as grassroots as the fight against AIDS. This is not a value judgment. The fight against AIDS had to be grassroots; the elite not only ignored our community, but they would wear surgical gloves just to get near us. Today, the fight for marriage is in the courts, at the ballot, and in the hearts and minds of the great movable middle of America. By their nature, court cases and political battles require a cadre of leaders that may reflect the will of the grassroots but has the JDs to make them a little different. That is not to say that the movement is without an essential grassroots element: we will win the freedom to marry in 3 or 4 states in November because of the thousands of people on the ground in Washington, Minnesota, Maine, and Maryland, making phone calls, and telling their stories.
Therefore, we could conclude that the lessons of ACT UP are not immediately evident for the marriage movement. I disagree.
The fight against AIDS made its greatest strides when our community was united, not divided. Before ACT UP split off into factions, a story How to Survive tells well, it succeeded in moving mountains to get clinical trials and experimental medications on the market. Despite some setbacks, their unity delivered progress.
We have already learned that lesson. The disunity that is a notorious part of the conventional wisdom about the gay rights movement disappeared in the fight for marriage freedom in New York State and is nowhere to be found in Freedom to Marry's coordination with local groups in the four states with marriage on the ballot this year. Even in the Perry case, which is challenging California's ban on marriage freedom, what many in the gay media reported as discord was more mirage than anything else. And, besides, the American Foundation for Equal Rights and other mainline gay advocacy groups are on the same side in the fight to win the right to marry at the federal level.
The fight for lifesaving drugs encouraged ACT UP and its offshoots to work with pharmaceutical companies and other allies in the medical communities because they held the reins to a possible holy grail of treatment.
We have also learned that lesson. The 2008 failure in California was, in part, the product of too much insulation, too little work reaching out to different communities, and a bizarre insistence on divorcing marriage from love. Today, we have the freedom to marry in New York because we brought together a vast coalition of gay groups, business interests, religious houses, and other allies to show Albany that this was a human issue, not a gay issue. Our straight allies are the gateways to the moderate middle of America whom we must persuade in order to win.
Most notably, the 1980s version of ACT UP teaches us that hope springs from perseverance and involvement. In the face of so much death and fear, these gay men and women stood up when no one else would, challenging the world to pay attention to something it was willfully denying for years. They challenged Bill Clinton to think about AIDS and slowly, but surely won over countless members of Congress to their cause.
We have learned that lesson, too. The freedom to marry has to be fought, continuously and on all fronts. We need to bring various cases in the states, as Lambda Legal is, and as the ACLU, the Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, and Lambda are all doing regarding the Defense of Marriage Act. We need to win in the four states in November and we can help by making calls, donating money, and telling our personal stories.
The fight for marriage is such that it allows us to slow down, be respectful, and methodically change hearts and minds by living our lives and being good citizens. Those who lived through the AIDS crisis in Greenwich Village, in the Castro, and in West Hollywood did not have that luxury. We must appreciate the gravity of those times and be thankful so many of our loved ones survived. And, when we do win the freedom to marry — and we will win it — we should remember that without those who survived a plague in the late 1980s, we wouldn't be here to enjoy the still-fragile freedoms and growing acceptance we have earned today.
Ari Ezra Waldman teaches at Brooklyn Law School and is concurrently getting his PhD at Columbia University in New York City. He is a 2002 graduate of Harvard College and a 2005 graduate of Harvard Law School. His research focuses on technology, privacy, speech, and gay rights. Ari will be writing weekly posts on law and various LGBT issues.
Follow Ari on Twitter at @ariezrawaldman.
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Sherrill is known as "The Silver City" to people in other parts of New York, and it is the smallest city in the state when measured by population. The population count from the 2010 census was 3,071, and the city was originally founded back in 1916. Although all of the other cities in New York are completely independent from other town jurisdictions, the city of Sherrill is actually under the control of the Vernon town government. The Oneida tribe purchased land in the city back in 1997, which eventually led to a dispute as to whether or not they would have to pay taxes on the land.
When it comes to activities in the smallest city in New York state, it's going to be somewhat difficult to find something to pass the time. The good news is that there are plenty of eateries that will be able to feed you tasty foods for any meal of the day. Sherrill New York Pizzeria is a local town favorite, and this is the spot where many of the younger kids go after a long day of school and hanging out with their friends. If you're interested in a tasty treat for dessert, then you should head over to Ebeneezer's Cafe and Creamery for some local, homemade ice cream. If you'd like to go upscale with an Italian option, then Colosseo Italian American Restaurant could be right for you.
Remember to check newyorkmotorinsurance.com before you settle into any kind of long term commitment on your auto insurance in Sherrill. This is the website where you can compare quotes from all of the different car insurance providers in Sherrill to make sure that you are getting the best deal.