Editor's note: If you experience suicidal thoughts, the following post could be potentially triggering. You can contact Suicide Stop at 0800 200 600 or Call your closest friend, family member or search for Rehab centers in Uganda and get yourself admitted.
There's a lot of well-meaning people out there posting in response to recent reports on suicide deaths. We are easily devastated in our culture when popular, well-loved, well-known folks choose to remove themselves from the planet. It's OK to be hurt, sad and angry. I feel it, too.
I get what you're going for here, and the intention is genuine and very needed. However, may I suggest some alternative deployments of that intention?
By no means are all experiences at this end of the world the same, but I'd like to share what it feels like on the inside looking out for many of us who swim in the dark waters. I'm also including thoughts and experiences that friends shared on my original Facebook post about this subject. I'm by no means a mental health professional, here, either, just someone who's been working with my own depression and anxiety for 20+ years, so that's my lens.
Often the person who is struggling can't reach out. When I drop down, I drop out. A common experience in my depressive episodes, until 5 years ago, was a disastrous cocktail of not knowing that what I was experiencing was abnormal (I thought I just couldn't handle life like everyone else does) and extreme shame about that. I didn't know to send out a flare or reach out, mostly, and when I did, I'd downplay my symptoms to my friends. I was in therapy for years and didn't report symptoms, too, because I honestly didn't know that other people didn't experience the world the way I did.
Therefore, it's up to you to notice when something is off — when you haven't heard from someone in a while, or when you see them posting things that give you a red-flag-tingle. Does that feel awkward? Yep. Do you fear it sounds like you're overreacting? Sure. But what's the worst that can happen if you poke the person who's hurting? More on potential downsides in a second, but the point here is, community care is on you, not the people needing the care.
This did so much for me at that moment , it took the sharp edges off what I was feeling. I was still feeling hurt, but a tiny bit of the despair was aleviated. What was it about this? Duncan was human here. He said he didn't know what to say, but he noticed my posts, made a couple funnies, and most importantly, he didn't put it on me to relieve him of his concern with that second message. This is a good model to follow.
3. That's the main point I want to hit with how you decide to reach out. Make sure the person knows that your worry is not their problem. This is NOT about you. I'm always reminded of the Silk Ring Theory of comfort here — comfort the afflicted person, and then share your own hurts and needs with people less affected by the situation than you are.
4. Ditch the passive voice. Seriously. Saying "You are loved" is not only impersonal — "no one in particular, but someone might have nice feelings for you!" — but it can hit that craptastic note I mentioned above. People suffering an acute emotional crisis might feel their pain is causing loved ones' pain, and that hurts even more. Vicious cycle stuff. And ideation often isn't the result of feeling unloved, it's an acute and dangerous response to wanting to relieve yourself from extreme pain, and feeling like you have no other way to do so. (This doesn't account for people with disorders that involve voices telling them to do harmful things, and other illnesses that inspire suicide ideation, I know.) In my experience, I didn't want to stay on the planet if being here meant pain, plain and simple.
5. Consider putting preemptive systems into place with your close homies. Don't wait for your peeps who struggle with emotional wellness to do this, either. Start now. One big thing that's changed a lot of circumstances for me is a texting system my heterosexual life partner, Cyn, and I started doing a couple years ago. We both happily live on our own, and at various times in our life, we're either single or non-traditionally partnered. Both of us fear having a New York death (where something happens to you and no one finds you for days and your pets have eaten your face), and Cyn was having particularly acute anxiety after losing a friend to sudden death in the night. We agreed that we'd text each other every single morning, and that there were agreed-upon sets of actions we'd take if we didn't hear from one another. We've done it every day since, and having that structure has shifted a lot for me. Both the task itself and knowing that someone who loves me and gets me without judgement will both notice and take action if I'm not OK gives me a welcome toehold on reality.
And the system's original intention works, by the way — there was one time my technology was messing up, and I hadn't heard from Cyn by our agreed-upon time. I started texting and calling her friends at work by noon or so, and was ready to call her neighbors to check on her. I finally got one of her messages that was like, "Um, settle down, I'm in a meeting…" We laughed ourselves silly. It feels good to know people are going to show up. Overreacting with burden-free, guilt-free, shame-free love can be OK.
6. Lastly, for my fellow swimmers of the dark waters: Oh man, I'm with you. I'm so with you. This world is just… I don't even know what to say about it right now. If it's helpful, my friends and I built a free little tool to help folks reach out and share difficult stuff; it's called The Weather Report. What I like most about it is that it has a place for you to say what you do and don't need right now. Yesssssssss.
Deanna Zandt makes things that connect with people. Bug her on Twitter: @deanna.
Some of us have literally lived with depression all of our lives but it was until this year that i felt like committing suicide.the feeling of being judged ,not being understood, and not being loved have become part of us.but this year i really needed someone who could just listen and not judge like most do and tell me things are going to be okay but found none.the battles in my mind couldn't let me sleep and now am trying to live with the fear but it is horrible.
Often times , i wish i could talk to some one that wont judge and would just listen to me and tell me its going to be alright but there is none.I guess some of us were felt to live this way all by ourselves because all that people do out there is judge i guess that is why we have no friends.We just learn to do and do every thing by ourselves and the process of learning of learning how it is done is the hardest and that is why most people that are depressed break down and even try if not commit suicide.
But i do not think there is somebody out there that is as strong as a depressed person these people do everything on their own and face challenges by themselves.
Cheers to all you that are depressed,this season will also end,you can make it.Keep on going and be happy.


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The novel coronavirus has fundamentally shifted the way many Americans vote: Local election officials, in the name of safety, have closed thousands of polling places and encouraged voting by mail. But since the U.S. Supreme Court's 2013 decision to weaken major protections in the Voting Rights Act, polling place closures and changes have affected equal access to the ballot for communities of color. A project of the Center for Public Integrity and Stateline. Stateline is an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Published — September 9, 2020
Running an election in a pandemic, in 10 steps
Election officials tweak messaging, recruit unlikely poll workers and hit dollar stores for supplies.
First came the floods. Then came the polling place changes.
National data release sheds light on past polling place changes
This offers potential new insights since the U.S. Supreme Court weakened voter protections.
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Yes, Elon Musk is serious about wanting to take Tesla private for $420 a share.
The CEO wrote in a letter to employees Tuesday, revealing that he is genuinely considering moving Tesla off the public stock markets. That came after Musk voiced similar thoughts on Twitter merely an hour earlier, writing: "Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured." Still, owing to the informal nature of the platform as well as the $420 stock price's close association with so-called weed day dated April 20, many questioned whether Musk was serious.
"First, a final decision has not yet been made, but the reason for doing this is all about creating the environment for Tesla to operate best," he wrote in the letter, adding that he came to the price of $420 by applying a 20% premium to the company's post second quarter earnings. The company would be valued at about $71.7 billion at that premium.
In the letter, Musk lays out several reasons prior companies have left the public sphere: The quarterly earnings reports that may distract from a long-term picture, and scrutiny from short sellers.
Shares of Tesla closed up 11% after being briefly halted in trading by the Nasdaq to release the letter. Though notably, that halt was not put in place until after Musk disclosed on Twitter that he was considering turning the company private.
It's unclear if Musk will run into trouble with the Securities and Exchange Commission over how he disclosed the information.
Back in 2013, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings came under fire from the SEC, after disclosing Netflix's streaming hours via Facebook. At the time, the SEC worried that Hastings' post on Facebook gave a certain group, namely his Facebook followers, access to exclusive information. Eventually, the SEC decided that companies and executives could use social media to pass along information, as long as shareholders know ahead of time to look on those platforms.


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Coalition commandos kill religious scholar in Pakistani tribal belt. US quarters in Waziristan come under rocket attack
Coalition commandos killed the controller of a seminary in Birmal-Larra, South Waziristan Agency some 385 km from Pakistan's north-western frontier province capital, Peshawar, in the wee hours on Wednesday.
The US troops, at 2:30 am (local time), using a helicopter landed in the Birmal-Larra area, some 40 kilometres north-west of the agency headquarters of South Waziristan, Wana, close to the Pak-Afghan border and killed a religious scholar, Darya Khan Malikshai Wazir, 33, who was the controller (muhtamim) of Madrasa-e-Fayazul Uloom. The body of the muhtamim was carrying twelve bullet wounds.
The chopper is said to have crossed into the Pakistani territory from Afghanistan side where 24 American commandos, led by Pashtun commander of Northern Alliance, Sher Ahmad Zadran, are stationed in the fortress of Machadad Khan Kharotai, just a few kilometres from the Pakistan western border near South Waziristan Agency.
Machadad Khan Kharotai along with his four other family members was arrested in the mid January last in a nocturnal operation carried out by five helicopters carrying dozens of US commandos and whose 17 other family members were killed by US bombing while travelling towards a shrine in three trucks some two months ago.
Washington believed that he had strong links to Taliban and reportedly hosted the militia and al-Qaeda leaders at his residence. He was also in possession of a satellite phone, which he used to convey messages to the Taliban and al-Qaeda members.
Thousands of people attended the funeral of the religious scholar at his ancestral village, which later turned into a protest gathering. Religious scholars also addressed the gathering and vowed to resist the joint Pak-US any other such operation.
The news of Maulana Darya Khan's death spread like a jungle fire across the South Waziristan Agency and protest demonstrations were held across the region.
Reports from Wana say that many religious scholars addressed the protest demos and warned the US and Pakistan army that if in future the sanctity of their religion, culture and homes was not preserved, the tribesmen would be forced to wage jihad (holy war) and vowed to launch the same movement as their elders did against the British colonial rule.
Reports also say that pamphlets containing provocative statements were distributed in the town, which carried 'fatwas' (edicts) urging the tribesmen to take part in the protests and wage a war against the American forces.
As jihad (holy war) against them has become obligatory in the face of growing tumult and uprising in the tribal territories, American commandos tasked with the elimination of fleeing al-Qaeda network and Taliban militia in this rough terrain, have moved to the Afghan border, to evolve new strategy.
When Pravda contacted a chieftain in the South Waziristan Agency he said that the people are showing great resentment against the US operation in the area. He disclosed that for the last five days US helicopters, with bullet-proof jeeps hanging with them, are manoeuvring the area and land in some uninhabited site from where the commandos using the jeeps set out for operations. The helicopters give complete cover to the commandos while they are on land.
A high-ranking official in a secret agency, on condition of anonymity, said that after Shawal area operation in the tribal belt the US and Pakistani army troops would, within three days start operation in the Kanikurram area. The troops are still searching for Rasheed Wazir, a prime suspect in the abduction of US troops from the Arma mountains. There were also news about a rocket attack in the North Waziristan Agency at a building housing US agents hunting for al-Qaeda and Taliban fugitives in Miranshah.
"The rocket, the second in about a week, destroyed the boundary wall of the vocational training institute in Miranshah but no one was injured," said the official, who sought anonymity. "The rocket also left a one-meter deep crater beside the wall." The incident on late Tuesday night follows a similar attack on the same building on May 1, which also caused minor damage but no casualties.
A source in Miranshah, said that heavy contingent of Pakistan army have taken control of the border check-posts and possible infiltrating routes. The army had also sealed the Hassankhel and Bangidur check-posts, which were used by the car-smugglers.
The source said that a large number of Pakistan army troops was present at Datakhel area whereas, the Madakhel, Khaderkhel, Alwara, Margha, Zhawaisaedgi and Dwaisaedgi were also under control. On the other side of the border earlier the US troops had left the area of Zhawar killi area in Afghanistan but now they have erected posts near Spinkhwara, close to Saedgi.
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List of Sci-fi Movies starting with T
List of Sci-fi movies starting with letter T - Sci-fi Movies List
161). The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)
Two pretty but ditsy American girls are on a road trip through Europe. In Germany, they end up alone at…
162). The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence) (2015)
Bully prison warden Bill Boss, leading a big state prison in the US of A, has a lot of problems;…
163). The Hunger Games (2012)
In a dystopian future, the totalitarian nation of Panem is divided into 12 districts and the Capitol. Each year two…
164). The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
Score: 8/10 IMDB: 7.5/10 Trailer Review
Twelve months after winning the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and her partner Peeta Mellark must go on what is…
165). The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
With the Games destroyed, Katniss Everdeen, along with Gale, Finnick and Beetee, end up in the so thought "destroyed" District…
After young Katniss Everdeen agrees to be the symbol of rebellion, the Mockingjay, she tries to return Peeta to his…
167). The Ice Pirates (1984)
In the far future water is the most valuable substance. Two space pirates are captured, sold to a princess, and…
168). The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Depicting the events after the Gamma Bomb. 'The Incredible Hulk' tells the story of Dr Bruce Banner, who seeks a…
169). The Incredible Melting Man (1977)
"You've never seen anything til you've seen the Sun through the rings of Saturn," exclaims Alex Rebar. Apparently, somehow this…
170). The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Scott Carey and his wife Louise are sunning themselves on their cabin cruiser, the small craft adrift on a calm…
171). The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting…
172). The Invasion (2007)
While returning to Earth, the space shuttle explodes and the fragments bring an alien virus that recodes the human DNA.…
173). The Invisible Man (1933)
Working in Dr. Cranley's laboratory, scientist Jack Griffin was always given the latitude to conduct some of his own experiments.…
174). The Invisible Ray (1936)
Visionary scientist Janos Rukh convinces a group of scientists and supporters to mount an expedition to the African continent to…
175). The Iron Giant (1999)
This is the story of a nine-year-old boy named Hogarth Hughes who makes friends with an innocent alien giant robot…
176). The Island (2005)
Lincoln Six Echo is just like everyone else - he's waiting to go to the Island, the only place left…
177). The Island at the Top of the World (1974)
An Edwardian gentleman hopes to find his long-lost son, who vanished whilst searching for a mysterious Viking community in a…
178). The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
A ship-wrecked man floats ashore on an island in the Pacific Ocean. The island is inhabited by a scientist, Dr.…
Set in the year 2010, Dr. Moreau has successfully combined human and animal DNA to make a crossbreed animal. Well,…
180). The Jacket (2005)
The film centers on a wounded Gulf war veteran who returns to his native Vermont suffering from bouts of amnesia.…
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Q: Relation between definitions of Lie bracket via adjoint representation and via left-invariant vector fields I've been reading two books that touch on the Lie theory: Representation Theory by Fulton & Harris and Introduction to Manifolds by Loring Tu. They define Lie bracket on tangent space at identity in two different ways, and I want to know how these two approaches can be conciliated.
Short description follows.
Let $G$ be a Lie group and $\mathfrak g = T_e G$.
In the first book, Lie bracket is defined using adjoint representation.
For every $g \in G$ conjugation by $g$, $c_g: G \to G$ is a diffeomorphism that fixes identity. We define adjoint representation $\operatorname{Ad}: G \to \operatorname{Aut} \mathfrak g$ by differentiating $c_g$ at identity, $\operatorname{Ad}(g) = c_{g*}$.
We differentiate once more at identity to obtain $\operatorname{ad}: \mathfrak g \to \operatorname{End}(\mathfrak g)$, $\operatorname{ad} = \operatorname{Ad}_{*}$.
Then, Lie bracket on $\mathfrak g$ is defined as $[X, Y] = \operatorname{ad}(X)(Y)$.
In the second book, we first define Lie bracket on smooth vector fields and left-invariant vector fields on $G$ (these are vector fields invariant to differential of left multiplication by $g$, for every $g$ in $G$). Next, we notice that vector space of left-invariant vector fields is  Lie bracket-closed and isomorphic to $\mathfrak g$.
Lie bracket on $\mathfrak g$ is transported from Lie bracket on left-invariant vector fields by that isomorphism.

A: I gather that you want to prove that $L_{\tilde{X}}\tilde{Y}(e) = ad(X)(Y)$, where $\tilde{X}, \tilde{Y}$ are the left invariant vector fields corresponding to $X,Y$ respectively.
First observe that from definition we have
$ad(X)(Y) = \lim_{t \rightarrow 0}\frac{Ad(exp(tX))_*Y-Y}{t}$
Now we want to compute $L_{\tilde{X}}\tilde{Y}$ and thus we need to compute an expression for $\phi_{-t,*}\tilde{Y}(e)$, where $\phi_{t}$ is the flow of the vector field $\tilde{X}$.Now we make the computation.
$\phi_{-t,*}\tilde{Y}(e) = DR_{exp(-tX)}\tilde{Y}(exp(tX)) = DR_{exp(-tX)} (DL_{exp(tX)}Y) = D(Ad(expt(tX))Y = Ad(exp(tX))_*Y$
Here for $\psi$ a map from $G$ to itself by $D\psi$ we mean the map on tangent bundles. Here the first equality follows from the fact that the curve $xexp(tX)$ passes through $x$ and that $\frac{d}{dt}(xexp(tX)) = xX = \tilde{X}(x)$ and hence this is the unique curve passing though $x$ with the given derivative and hence it is the flow of $\tilde{X}$. Second equality follows from the left invariance of vector field. Now using this we have beginning from the second definition of lie brackets
$[X,Y] = [\tilde{X}\tilde{Y}](e) = L_{\tilde{X}}\tilde{Y} = \lim_{t \rightarrow 0}\frac{\phi_{-t,*}Y - Y}{t} = \lim_{t \rightarrow 0}\frac{Ad(exp(tX)_{*}Y - Y}{t} = ad(X)(Y)$.
I hope that answers your question.

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So, we have the Kindle and the IPad and the Nook and more e-readers coming out all the time.
And you have some big name writers making big bucks writing pieces just for these devices and you have other writers who are doing well enough, that they're backing away from traditional publishing to focus on work to be downloaded.
So, all must be pretty good for writers as the world of publishing expands online, right? Well, not quite.
Much as what happened when ITunes started and some musicians withheld their music, complaining about the terms. And, there are some who are still keeping their music out of digital stores and there are others who have seen their music become available but are none too happy about how it's turned out.
Well, it's turning out to be the same with writers as it has been with musicians as authors struggle on several fronts from controlling the rights to their work to how much their going to get to well, if everything's going to be sold online, what's going to happen to bookstores?
The issue's been in the news this week because after a month's long fight, Random House has agreed to let the family of William Styron, author of Sophie's Choice and other classics, to sell the e-rights to his books to Open Road Media.
What made this especially notable is that Random House has taken a pretty hard line when it comes to holding on to the e-rights of books.
As the Wall Street Journal reported in December, Random House CEO Markus Dohle sent a letter to literary agents asserting that the "vast majority of our backlist contracts grant us the right to publish books in electronic formats.
You would think Random House had learned its lesson — after all, it was nearly ten years ago that they lost a landmark case when it tried to get Rosetta Books from publishing some e-books.
In other cases, it's been writers deciding to withhold e-versions of their books.
JK Rowling has chosen to keep Harry Potter off of e-readers for now and, in November, John Grisham (lawyer, that he is) made a very passionate argument about why he wasn't allowing e-versions of his books to be sold.
And while Grisham's holdout didn't last long (unsurprisingly, perhaps, there's no comment from him or his representatives), his arguments are still valid.
So, as you download books (something I've done) and curl up with your IPad, Nook or Kindle or Sony Reader or whatever, keep in mind that someone created the work and that there's a chance that person is still fighting for the ability to have some control over it.
It's especially important when you realize there are still battles on the horizon.


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Q: spring batch :How it works in distributed environemnt I am planning to use spring batch in  a distributed environment. to do some batch processing tasks.

Now when i mean distributed env i mean i have set of boxes with fronteneding web service. Loadbalancer distributes then distributes the job to boxes.

Now I have few questions:
1)What happends if job is terminated half way(say the box got restarted).Will spring batch automatically restart the job?Or do i need to write my own custom watcher and then call spring batch api to restart job?
2)If spring back has this kind of auto restart .Can 2 boxes pick and execute same job at once?
Is this the case?

A: Spring Batch has four strategies to handle scalability, see here for further details:

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*Multi-threaded Step (single process)

*Parallel Steps (single process)

*Remote Chunking of Step (multi process)

*Partitioning a Step (single or multi process)

Yours is a multi-process scenario, so you can choose between step remote chunking and step partioning, depending on the cost of the read part compared to the process/write.
But in both cases there cannot be two instances that do duplicate work, it's all designed to avoid that. that could only happened if by accident deploying one of the two single process mechanisms in different machines, that would cause the problem you mention.
Restart logic is also foreseen, see here the Restartability section for further details.
Upon restart the job will go on reading, processing and writing the next chunk of data. If the reader/processor/writer are configured/written taken into that the task is chunked, it will all work out of the box.
Usually it involves including in the write part marking the read items in that chunk as 'processed'.


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Document issued by the Royal Norwegian Consulate-General certifying that Don Bauerlein served on Norwegian Merchant ships during the war, dated April 11, 1946.
Don Bauerlein's Identification Card issued by the Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission permitting him to board his ship, 1945.
Don Bauerlein was awarded two Norwegian medals for his role on Norwegian Merchant ships during the war. Medals are the War Medal (on left) awarded to Norwegian and Allied personnel who served in the war or defence of Norway and the Defence Medal 1940-45 (on right) rewarded to those who served at home and/or abroad in the Norwegian forces or Merchant Navy.
Don Bauerlein's Identification Card issued by Captain of Port in New York and validated by the United States Coast Guard on November 1, 1944.
"They just swung the gun on him and was ready to fire when he swerved off over our bow, came back on the other side, dropped the torpedo and the Liberty ship blew up. There were no survivors."
Canada in the Second World War
We had a load of army trucks and aviation gasoline. We were taking it to Bandar Shapur in North Africa. Bizerte [Tunisia] was the port we were headed for in Africa. But we made it to the Persian Gulf. We were in a convoy that took us into the Mediterranean and just after we got into the Mediterranean, we had planes over us all day long, leaving vapour trails. But they said that we were in for a raid that evening, to just watch at sunset. And we did have. We learned later it was supposed to have been a 50-plane raid. We lost a few ships. The one I was on was badly damaged by an American Liberty ship [merchant vessel auxiliaries to the US Navy] right beside us with 500 troops and sixty-some crew. But the airplane came in right low to the water, and our gunners on the foredeck – we had four British Royal Artillery gunners to man the three-inch gun on the foredeck. And the plane, they said that it was headed right straight for our ship, and it just swerved off. They just swung the gun on him and was ready to fire when he swerved off over our bow, came back on the other side, dropped the torpedo and the Liberty ship blew up. There were no survivors.
The 500 troops, we watched them going all the way across the Atlantic and going to the Mediterranean. And every day they used to come out on the hatch, they were playing basketball back and forth on the hatch and things like that. But every night at sunset, there was 500 of them on the ship loaded with ammunition and those army trucks. But every night at sunset, they'd put them down below in the upper hatches, I guess they would have had beds and that down in there. It was a Liberty ship.
But they had just been put below, just all gone down below, and I guess it wouldn't have mattered where they were on the ship anyway, it would have been the same thing. But no, it was a memory that sticks with you.
But the other thing was, when the corvettes would come up behind the tanker to try to pick up the pipeline when it was rough, too rough to get it, a big wave would hit the corvette, you couldn't see anything, well, the guys would all be lined up waiting to pick up the pipeline. And when a wave would hit, wash over them, you couldn't even see them. We'd stand watch on them to see if they were going to be there when the wave broke and there they'd be, all of them would be standing there, water dripping off them, waiting to get a hold of the pipeline. But I thought, I'm glad I'm not on one them.
I know we were just off of the, they called it Coffin's Corners, but we were just off the coast of Algiers. Well, you couldn't see land, we were far enough out I think. I don't quite remember just how far from Algiers we were but we always said it was, Algiers was Coffin's Corners. Well, the bombers came in at just about sunset, it was still daylight, you could see them alright. Later, I heard there was 50 of them. But they dropped bombs, dive bombers, kind of eerie to watch them drop bombs. The bombs were landing just between the column. We had already formed the convoy up again. But they were just dropping them in between the ships. None of the bombs hit our ship but there were a row of them between our ship and the one ahead. But the torpedo plane come in on the port side, flying right low to the water. And the gunner said that they just swung the three-inch gun on him and just went to fire it when he swerved off, went out over past our ship and came back on the opposite side, on the port side. He dropped the torpedo but he was so low, the ship on the other side said that no airplane came out on that side of the explosion. And they figured that he was so low that he went with the torpedo and the ship.
But there was nothing, just a twister of black smoke going up in the sky from the Liberty ship. There was no sight of it after the explosion. It was just a big explosion with a curl of black smoke and waves hitting, you know, coming at you. They kind of sort of hit you and then pulled away and come back and hit you again. That was the way the air was around where I was anyway.But anyway, I think that was why my hearing is not the best. I have tinnitus.
And I know a friend of mine that was on Norwegian ships too and lived in Trenton. He got his medals, I think everybody that sailed on the Norwegian ships got their medals. I don't know how many Canadians did sail on Norwegian ships, but we were able to go on them but they didn't consider us veterans until just a few years ago.


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#define __MOCKDEPTHGENERATOR_H__

#include <XnModuleCppInterface.h>
#include <XnTypes.h>
#include "MockMapGenerator.h"

XN_PRAGMA_START_DISABLED_WARNING_SECTION(XN_INHERITS_VIA_DOMINANCE_WARNING_ID)

class MockDepthGenerator :
	public MockMapGenerator,
	virtual public xn::ModuleDepthGenerator
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public:
	MockDepthGenerator(xn::Context& context, const XnChar* strName);
	virtual ~MockDepthGenerator();

	/*ProductionNode*/
	virtual XnBool IsCapabilitySupported(const XnChar* strCapabilityName);
	virtual XnStatus SetIntProperty(const XnChar* strName, XnUInt64 nValue);
	virtual XnStatus SetGeneralProperty(const XnChar* strName, XnUInt32 nBufferSize, const void* pBuffer);

	/*Generator*/
	virtual const void* GetData() { return MockMapGenerator::GetData(); }

	/*MapGenerator*/
	virtual XnUInt32 GetBytesPerPixel() { return xn::ModuleDepthGenerator::GetBytesPerPixel(); }

	/*DepthGenerator*/
	virtual XnDepthPixel* GetDepthMap();
	virtual void GetFieldOfView(XnFieldOfView& FOV);
	virtual XnStatus RegisterToFieldOfViewChange(XnModuleStateChangedHandler handler, void* pCookie, XnCallbackHandle& hCallback);
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The little ones of the Pre -Primary wing under our care enjoy a stress free classroom environment and one that is activity based. "Learning through doing" is very important in these initial years when two thirds of the child's intellect is formed. Eye catching charts and attractive teaching aids ensure that they get into the tempo of assimilating without strain. To ensure the little ones get all the required individual attention, each classroom has a class teacher and a co teacher to assist her.
The syllabus for Classes I to XII strictly follow the C.B.S.E pattern, including CCE. We have interpolated the regular syllabi with a lot of reiteration of material learnt and taught through comprehensive workbooks and assignment booklets. The curriculum design and teaching pedagogy follows the principle of multiple intelligence and caters to the specific needs of the learners.


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Journey Announces Major Concert Tour with Pretenders
Erik Kabik
Journey has announced an extensive North American tour starting in May, 2020 with the Pretenders that will feature all new production and hits from start to finish.
The 60+ date tour is produced by Live Nation and tickets go on sale Friday, November 8, at 10 AM.
The tour will stop at the TaxSlayer Center in Moline on July 2, 2020.
Ticket prices will be available soon, and we will also give you the chance to win tickets before they go on sale.
Journey's original members Neal Schon (founding member and lead guitarist), Ross Valory (co-founding member and bassist), along with longtime members Jonathan Cain (keyboardist) & Steve Smith (drummer), and Arnel Pineda (lead singer)
The Pretenders cross the bridge between punk, new wave and pop music with songs like "Back On The Chain Gang" and "Don't Get Me Wrong." The band has sold over 25 million albums and founder & leader Chrissie Hynde is one of contemporary music's greatest songwriters.
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Beltran sexy, but not what Sox need right now
There has been a lot of that kind of talk going around.
You know the kind. The kind of talk that involves the Red Sox going after any superstar perceived to be anywhere close to the trading block as the trade deadline approaches. The star of this year's show? Carlos Beltran.
Beltran is very much on the market for the Mets and there have been several reports linking the Red Sox to him. Some of them are probably true. No doubt, Theo Epstein wouldn't be doing his job as the team's General Manager if he didn't at least kick the tires.
It's also true that the Red Sox have been looking for more production from the outfield – Crawford has disappointed and been hurt and J.D. Drew appears to already be enjoying retirement – and have been concerned about getting another right-handed bat in the lineup. Beltran is a switch-hitting outfielder, serving both of those needs for the Sox.
But the fact of the matter is as good a hitter Beltran is, a bat is not the team's primary concern at this point.
Red Sox fans received some good news this week when reports out of the front office said that the team expects Clay Buchholz back and that the back issues that have kept him out will not require him to miss much more significant time. But if anyone thinks that pitching is not a concern for this team, they are sorely mistaken.
The Red Sox entered the season with a pitching staff that, in an ideal world, would have been better than almost anybody's in baseball, and certainly in the American League. Confidence in Buchholz and Jon Lester was high. Questions surrounded John Lackey and Josh Beckett, but few anticipated the horrendous seasons they endured in 2010 to repeat themselves. Daisuke Matsuzaka, while frustrating, would still be better than the fifth starter on almost any other team.
Indeed, Lester has lived up to expectations and Beckett has drastically surpassed them. However, as a team, the Red Sox' ERA is 3.91, good for eighth in the American League. Outside of Lester and Beckett, the rotation has been held together with bubble gum and scotch tape. Lackey sports an ERA of 6.70. Matsuzaka is out for the year. Buchholz, while very good when healthy, hasn't pitched since June 16. Suddenly the likes of Tim Wakefield, Andrew Miller and Kyle Weiland have become necessities in the rotation.
With that said, if Buchholz returns and can stay healthy, in a short series, he, Beckett and Lester are a formidable trio that can be counted on in a short series.
In the bullpen, the Red Sox face questions. Jonathan Papelbon has been solid. His setup man Daniel Bard has been superb. However, there have been struggles beyond that. Bobby Jenks, who was expected to be a key cog for this team, has been injured and ineffective. Alfredo Aceves and Matt Albers have filled their roles well, but Aceves especially has shown signs of inconsistency. The Red Sox had appeared to have found something in former starter Rich Hill, but Tommy John surgery ended his year. Franklin Morales has been used sparingly since being acquired from the Colorado Rockies.
Clearly, pitching is a much more pressing need for the Red Sox than another bat, especially in the bullpen. Should anything happen to Papelbon or Bard, the question won't be whether the team can close out games in the ninth, but how they will be able to get to the ninth.
In terms of bullpen help, the biggest names are most likely out of reach. Francisco Rodriguez was already traded by the Mets to the Brewers. Heath Bell is probably untouchable to the Red Sox because of the number and quality of prospects the San Diego Padres would want in return. Mike Adams has reportedly been told by San Diego that he won't be relocating at all. It is more likely the team could take a chance on Matt Capps, should the Twins decide they are out of contention, Grant Balfour, who has had a great season for Oakland in a middle relief role, but has not fared so well when given save opportunities, or Craig Breslow, the former Red Sox farm hand who had bounced around the past couple of years before finding a niche as a left-handed specialist for the A's.
Staring pitching talent on the trade market appears to be thin, and while the Red Sox have been linked to the Cubs' Matt Garza in rumors, its doubtful the Red Sox will want to pay what the Cubs would be looking for in prospects. The Red Sox most likely will give Wandy Rodriguez a look, but the same principle may apply. With such a shallow market, expect a cheaper option. Derek Lowe could be intriguing and cheaper, given the depth of Atlanta's pitching staff and while they might not want to trade within the division, Jeremy Guthrie is a solid pitcher whose pitiful record is more the result of the team that backs him up in Baltimore than his performance on the mound.
Giving Jacoby his due
Early on in his career, I was a Jacoby Ellsbury hater. I admit it.
Ellsbury, with his soft bat and blazing speed scared me because more than anything, he reminded me of Vince Coleman, who lit the world on fire, stealing more than 100 bases in his first three seasons. But by 29, Coleman wasn't the same. Sure, some of that was due to his personal indiscretions, but I think more of it had to do with the fact he rarely drove the ball and hardly ever walked. Once his speed wasn't quite what it once was, he started posting sub-.700 OPS numbers.
I saw a similar approach to hitting in Jacoby Ellsbury early on and it concerned me.
Consider me concerned no more. After coming into this season with 20 career homers, Ellsbury now has 15 on the season. Include his 26 doubles and two triples and you've got a player in the top 10 in the league in extra base hits. Ellsbury is keeping his weight back and driving the ball rather than thinking about getting out of the batters' box quickly and it's paying dividends.
With this added power, his stolen base totals may be lower, but he now is a much more versatile threat and that makes him very dangerous.
Chris Maza
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Good observations. I don't know. Beltran still seems awfully sexy. I'm glad I don't have to make these decisions.
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The fact is, nobody else is doing astrology quite like Planet Waves does. That's why you're here: our written horoscopes, audio readings and classes vibrate differently, look different, sound different and -- most importantly -- leave you feeling different about yourself and your world.
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As we head deeper into this year, the major transits have one important thing in common: Virgo. Your charts are bursting with potential, which Eric describes in full, accessible detail in your 2015 Virgo Birthday Reading.
For starters, Sept. 13 you get a New Moon that's a partial solar eclipse in your sign. Eclipses are potent, threshold-like pattern-setting events that usually come in pairs.
Opposite Chiron in Pisces, this solar eclipse indicates that themes of healing and teaching could be at the forefront. Since Chiron is in your relationship house (your opposite sign), you can expect these themes to express themselves in your relationships.
Then Saturn returns to Sagittarius on Sept. 17. Making a square to your sign, Sagittarius is related to your local environment, those closest to you (such as siblings and neighbors), and how you communicate with those people -- among other things. Saturn will be helping you to restructure this facet of your life.
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We are excited to announce that the the 2015 Midyear Report, The Art of Living / Astrology for Artists, is a beautiful success. The theme is how to live artfully; how to turn your life into a creative project; and how best to integrate conscious creation into your life, as a way of life.
Details Eric covers will include Venus retrograde, the two additional Venus-Mars conjunctions, the two additional Venus-Jupiter conjunctions, and Jupiter ingressing Virgo. You may order it here.
"Being an artist/designer & going through a host of challenging times for the past few years, I have been calling out to the Universe for guidance more than ever in recent months & weeks, for fear that my way will be wholly lost. One of the beautiful & timely answers to this calling came in the form of Eric's generous midyear report, aptly titled Astrology for Artists." She adds, "I am finding new insight & a sense of uncovering & recovering with each reading starting with my Sun sign (Aries) & moving on around the wheel."
One reader, Diane Agustsson, said earlier this year, "OK, I have historically highlighted in red the things that were most significant me in your yearly reading … always with a sense of awe at your ability to read the energy. And, then watching other things unfold during the year with support of monthly readings which aid focus. This year, the entire paper is red! You are definitely a clear conduit for thousands of people who can accept."
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If you're looking to strengthen your self-esteem or to reconnect with your personal flame and boost your courage for this year's mission, Eric has plenty to say in this reading to guide you there.
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Michael Behe has developed the argument for design from biochemistry and has published over 35 articles in refereed biochemical journals.
Ralph Seelke is a microbiologist at University of Wisconsin, Superior, who has researched Dr. Behe's ideas in the laboratory, using mutant bacteria. Dr. Seelke explained how his lab work focuses on what evolution really can do in this intriguing podcast last year.
Scott Minnich is a microbiologist at University of Idaho who credits the design paradigm to leading to new insights in his lab research.
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig is a German geneticist who suggests that ID provides fruitful hints for giraffe research.
The argument for design isn't limited to biology and biochemistry; astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez has opened a new frontier for the ID paradigm with his arguments from cosmology. Dr. Gonzalez is a world-renowned astrobiologist and assistant professor of astronomy at Iowa State University. He has written nearly 70 refereed papers and is the co-discoverer of the Galactic Habitable Zone, which led to a cover story he co-authored in Scientific American and feature stories on Dr. Gonzalez in Science and Nature.
These eminent scientists and scholars see merit in intelligent design theory. As they lead the way to scientific discovery, let's hope their work is unimpeded by politically motivated science-stoppers.


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In collaboration with CUBO, AUDE, UHR, HESPA and BUFDG, we at ucisa are delighted to announce a new, unique virtual event taking place 3.30-5pm on Thursday 5th August.
With a panel of experts formed by members of each organisation providing a cross-section of universities' professional departments, this event will consider a range of perspectives on the challenges and opportunities institutions face when planning for the next academic year.
Register now via login for this exciting collaboration event, which will bring key professional support services together under one virtual roof.
Adrian Ellison
Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor and Chief Information Officer
Caroline Low
Director of Planning
Dave Beavis
Space Manager
Director of IT
Kirsty Woodward
Director of Campus Services
University of Leicester and CUBO Chair Elect
Kirsty joined the University of Leicester in 2010 and has been Director of Campus Services since September 2016. She was previously Deputy Director of Residential and Commercial Services. At the University of Leicester, Kirsty is the strategic lead for Accommodation; Print Services; Leicester Conferences; Campus Operations, including Portering and Cleaning, Grounds and Gardens, Post, Fleet; and Security. Kirsty is also a Board Director of College Court Conference Centre and Leicester Services Partnership, (the Student Union and University catering partnership) and the University lead on Prevent. Kirsty joined CUBO Executive Board in March 2019, initially picking up the conference portfolio. Kirsty is now Chair Elect and has represented CUBO on the Board of the Universities UK Accommodation Code of Practice since October 2018. Prior to joining Leicester, Kirsty was a Senior Project Manager at the Russell Partnership. In this role, Kirsty worked with well-known organisations such as the BBC and Goldman Sachs to improve their catering offer. She also worked with a number of universities, including Leicester. It was while working for Leicester as a consultant that Kirsty began the journey of transforming the University's catering service, which led to her being offered a permanent role at the institution. Her early career was spent in hotels including a spell as a Hotel Manager working for Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries. She also spent ten years at the University of Warwick, firstly as Catering Manager and then as Head of Catering Services. Kirsty is a former winner of a Caterer and Hotelkeeper Acorn Award and was named Cost Sector Caterer of the Year in 2001. She received her MBA from the University of Leicester in January 2017, having combined her studies with a very busy job.
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Adrian Ellison is Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor and CIO at the University West London, where he is a member of the Vice-Chancellor's Executive and responsible for Academic Administration, Academic Registry, Academic Quality and Standards, Library and IT services and the Institute for Policing Studies. He has been in UK higher education for 24 years at four universities. Adrian is Chair of UCISA and a fellow of the RSA. He has written about and spoken widely on the use of technology and analytics in the HE sector.
Caroline Low is Director of Planning& Corporate Strategy at the University of Lincoln and is a member of the HESPA Executive. She has worked in the planning arena in Higher Education for over 20 years. She has responsibility for both operational and strategic planning across the institution as well as having institutional responsibility and oversight for Timetabling. Risk Management, Business Continuity and Careers and Employability.
Dave is a space management professional with over a decade of experience. As the University of Exeter space manager he has transformed the quality, understanding and strategic influence of space data, whilst developing policies and processes to support the institution during a period of both rapid growth and change. In 2009, Dave founded HESMG (Higher Education Space Management Group), promoting best practice and collaboratively creating tools and approaches to shared operational space management challenges within the HE sector. In 2018 he was appointed as a Chair of the newly created AUDE Space Management Special Interest Group, to provide strategic support regarding space management information, initiatives and developments. Currently heavily engaged in workplace transformation, he combines innovative thinking and collaborative approaches in the pursuit of the delivery of spaces which are efficient, effective and engaging. Dave gets particularly enthusiastic when visualising data, or exploring innovative solutions which are low cost yet high impact, contributing towards an improved student experience. Outside of work he likes to explore the great outdoors and bread making.
James Smith is Director of IT at Birkbeck, University of London, where he is responsible for the delivery of systems and services that are relied upon by Birkbeck's staff, students, and commercial customers. The services provided support student engagement with the life-changing educational opportunities that are central to the institution's mission, internationally recognised research, and the administration of the enterprise. James spent the early part of his career at Royal Holloway, University of London and SunGard Higher Education working on student system implementations, and retains a keen interest in corporate systems and business process development. James is vice chair of the ucisa CISG.


For the last several years (I can't honestly remember how many it's been) my Christmas Eve has more or less accidentally slipped into the following tradition: watch Die Hard; wrap the Kinderbesten's presents; finish the evening with a ghost story.
This year, I'm pleased to say we continued that tradition with one major change: the Elderbeast requested to join me and my friend for Die Hard. Talk about your rites of passage. This necessitated wrapping the presents a few days earlier (the benefits of a #childfree weekend), but we were more than happy to oblige. With the presents out of the way, this meant we were able to devote our full attention to Die Hard, instead of the 20% or so that isn't occupied trying keep two bits of wrapping paper together while you hunt for the tape.
It's a nice development: your kids growing up to share and participate in your traditions (no matter how ridiculous they are). And Die Hard, as always, was awesome. Perhaps even more so, given we were able to watch it rather than just have it on in the background.
Having sent the Elderbeast to bed, we followed up with A Warning To The Curious, the second story adapted for the BBC's Christmas Ghost Story strand (all the way back in 1972). The strand was revived a few years ago, but I was sad to see that there wasn't to be a new ghost story this year. Never mind, I have a DVD set of the lot and am always happy to pick through the oldies. There's something about the blend of M.R.James's stories and that old 1970s BBC style that really pulls every scrap of creepiness to the screen.


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Robert Haag, the world's first and only Meteorite Man, has been obsessed with space and extraterrestrial visitation (of the meteoritic kind) for more than 40 years.
It all started with his novelty Space Passports, moved on to the first meteorite bought and sold, and from there took him to all corners of the world via land, sea and air. (And sometime, such as when his plane crashed in Baja, or his parasail went down in the middle of the Australian Outback, via both air and land, but not in a happy combination…)
Robert and his sister and brother grew up in Tucson, AZ, back when it was possible to ride your bike from breakfast until last call for supper and no one was worried about you. Tucson was, and still is, a friendly desert city, and the home of the world's largest gem, mineral and fossil show. Bob's rock hound parents, Al and Bernie Haag, were in on it at the very beginning, back in the early 60s, selling rocks, crystals and, once or twice, a meteorite.
As a young adult, Robert spent a lot of time mining normal earth rocks and camping under the stars. "When I came out of an underground mine, the stars were so bright, like right THERE, so close, and then here comes one! BOOM. Let's go FIND it!"
After a lifetime of hunting, finding, donating, trading and selling rocks from outer space, Robert has decided to retire to pursue cruise ships, kids, grandkids, dogs, and hanging out with his mother, Bernie, who is still going strong at 97.
His reminder to all: "The school of rocks rules: know what you're looking for, how to identify it, then off you go – adventure and space treasure awaits! Go search and find some!"
Robert Haag did, and changed the way people look at meteorites forever.
"The Haag Meteorites 2020 collection needs a new home planet. It has outgrown my gravitational pull and needs a new planet to call home. Contact me!"


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BioSante Completes Enrollment in LibiGel Phase III Safety Study
BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:BPAX), announced that it has completed enrollment in its ongoing LibiGel (testosterone gel) Phase III cardiovascular and breast cancer safety study. LibiGel is in development for the treatment of female sexual dysfunction (FSD), specifically, hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) in menopausal women, for which there is no FDA-approved product.
As per the protocol, the safety study will continue for 12 months of therapy from the last subject enrolled before the primary analysis will be conducted by BioSante, which will provide the data for BioSante's new drug application (NDA) submission anticipated to be made in 2012. The study will continue for five years. Although enrollment is complete, the Phase III LibiGel safety study will continue as per the FDA-agreed protocol, without modification, after the sixth unblinded review of study safety data by the DMC, during which no safety issues were identified to BioSante. BioSante remains blinded as to which events fall into the LibiGel arm or the placebo arm of the study.
"Formal completion of enrollment in the LibiGel safety study is based on the third sample size re-estimation analysis, and the first time that BioSante has been informed that the analysis indicates that enrollment should stop. We are very encouraged that after six reviews of all unblinded safety data, no safety issues have been raised to us by the independent DMC," stated Michael Snabes, M.D., Ph.D., senior vice president of medical affairs for BioSante. "The LibiGel safety study will continue as per protocol and the DMC will continue to take its periodic unblinded looks at all safety data. BioSante will remain blinded until the primary data analysis which, as per protocol, will occur after the last subject enrolled has been in the study for 12 months of therapy."
"LibiGel remains the only product in the world in Phase III clinical development for the treatment of HSDD," said Stephen M. Simes, BioSante's president & CEO. "The ability to stop enrollment as per the sample size analysis that indicates a 90 percent predictive probability of success is very encouraging for the outcome of our LibiGel Phase III clinical development program. With this most recent development, we continue to believe that LibiGel will be the first product approved by the FDA to treat HSDD, also referred to as FSD, in menopausal women."
The Phase III LibiGel safety study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center, cardiovascular (CV) events and breast cancer study that has enrolled over 3,550 women and has accrued 3,800 women-years of exposure. The study will continue for a total of five years, however, BioSante will use the safety study data as part of an NDA submission after the last subject enrolled has completed 12 months of exposure to LibiGel or placebo.
LibiGel is a testosterone gel in Phase III clinical development for the treatment of women who suffer from female sexual dysfunction (FSD). The on-going Phase III efficacy trials are double-blind, placebo-controlled trials that have enrolled over 500 surgically menopausal women each for a six-month clinical trial. The efficacy trials, which have completed enrollment, are being conducted under an FDA-approved special protocol assessment (SPA) agreement. LibiGel is absorbed quickly through the skin after applying a once-daily pea-sized topical application on the upper arm that delivers testosterone to the bloodstream evenly over time.


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Even though hybrids are more popular than ever (and easy to hit), you still have to be able to handle your fairway woods to have a complete long game. If you can hit your 3- and 5-woods with confidence from the fairway, par 5s become birdie opportunities and 420-yard par 4s are a lot less scary.
When you're hitting a fairway wood, you've got a lot of real estate to cover to get to your target. Your first instinct is probably to give it a little more power, because you're worried about coming up short. But if you try to hit it hard, you'll tend to speed up your transition at the top and get out of sync. Lunging at the ball from the top leads to a lot of pulls and slices. You'll get better results—and often more distance—if you swing at 80 percent effort.
I almost never hit a shot all out, and I make a conscious effort to swing my long clubs just as I do my wedges. Keep this in mind when hitting your fairway woods.
I rarely change equipment during the season, but before the Byron Nelson I went back to an old Ping putter I had in my garage. It was a confidence boost, and I led the field in fewest putts for the week.
The championship series the PGA Tour is starting next year is going to put pressure on players who want to support both the PGA and European tours. I'll have to miss events I like because they don't fit my new schedule.


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Australian Woman Locked Down in Solitary Confinement for 22 Days for Resisting Lockdowns
Posted By LifeZette On October 3, 2021 @ 8:29 am In Opinion,Politics | 2 Comments
You may not have heard of Monica Smit, but you need to. Anyone resisting the tyrannical CCP virus lockdowns, mask and vaccine mandates, and vaccine passports needs to. On October 1, 2021, on the John-Henry Westen Show, in an interview recorded at LifeSiteNews [1] called, We're in psychological warfare': Jailed anti-lockdown activist exposes Australian COVID tyranny, Westen speaks with the intrepid Australian activist.
Smit has been gaining popularity and influence with Aussies fed up with the federal and some state government's increasing oppression—some of it violent. Of course, with this gain in popularity and influence comes a gain in notoriety and attention from the authorities. Police arrested Smit [2] in Melbourne, in the state of Victoria.
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Smit's story is important for Americans, Brits, Canadians, etc., who see unprecedented totalitarianism unfurl in their formerly free countries. Right now, the Australian government seems the most authoritarian Western nation on earth.
For example, recently, officials in the Australian island state of Tasmania ordered [4] an indoor and outdoor mask mandate despite having "zero Covid-19 cases." No hospitalizations, no deaths, no cases. This is mask hysteria. But the federal and many state governments in Australia (and the U.K., U.S., and Canada) are lapping up the power grab.
Smit doesn't hold back when commenting on that nation's newly minted dictators. She told Westen, "Our premier is a point-blank tyrant. He's a dictator; he's a narcissist, etc. People like that; they don't negotiate with people who are trying to fight back against them. They just double down. And, of course, they [Premier Daniel Andrews [5] and his subordinates] are using public health as a reason, an excuse to do that."
Smit admits the fight has gotten her down occasionally, even before her imprisonment, but she musters the resolve to keep going. "There was one protest where they started using the rubber bullets and the teargas bullets. And the next day, I was really disgruntled, okay… I feel like these protesters are my family, my people…. And I thought, oh my goodness, someone's going to die if this keeps happening. Whether it's a police officer or a protester."
Smit said she organized a liaison with the police. She told the official that the opposition was getting larger and needed an opportunity to express their feelings publicly. Smit generously suggested perhaps protesters could have "one day a month where we can walk the streets and practice our human right of protesting."
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Smit said the police representative told her, "But we're in lockdown." Smit replied the movement was getting bigger and needed an outlet. Again, the official said, "No, we're in lockdown."
"So, there's no negotiations?" Smit asked.
The official answered, "No."
Smit asked, "So, you're telling me that because of Covid, our human rights can be suspended, full stop?"
"That's correct," the official finished.
Smit asked rhetorically, where do you go from there? There's no way to negotiate. "They absolutely… believe that our human rights are… they can just stop them. Since then, that was before I went to prison. It's just gotten worse and worse."
The government finally arrested Smit. She said she was shocked and not shocked at the same time. She'd been seeing the signs of dwindling rights, but it struck her when the police took her into custody. She said she doesn't cry often, but she allowed herself a few tears while being transported to jail.
Once incarcerated, they held her in solitary confinement (partially because she refused the Covid test, which she believes has a history of being inaccurate. The government jailed her in a "three and a half meter by three and a half meter cell for 22 days."
She said she was fortunate to have sympathetic guards, some of whom she described as "on her side," who gave her "extra things." She explained that what she had done (not violating but) opposing the government's CCP virus orders, at worst, was punishable by a fine, a civil offense. Yet, the government imprisoned her as if she were a criminal.
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The state government wanted her to sign conditions of release that would have her rescinding her free speech rights. She refused. Fortunately, her lawyer was able to get her case before the Supreme Court, which ordered her released on normal release conditions, i.e., don't break laws, etc.
Smit said that because of her anti-mandate stand after another activist was similarly arrested, authorities released that person with normal conditions without her having to spend the better part of a month in jail. So, Smit feels her resistance was worth it. Plus, she said, she'd been working 12-15 hours a day, so she tried to treat her incarceration like she was "on holiday."
The activist insists on remaining positive, often citing her faith in God. She has organized several resistance groups in Australia that can augment each other to support the cause. She also offers to help any Americans who want to replicate what she is doing. She has organized over 100 groups all over her country.
She says forming groups help members build on each other's strengths. She called her cause a "global battle for freedom and good." She said, "We all have more strength than we think we do. I haven't always been like this. I had to work really hard on this. Do what you can according to your circumstances. You're stronger than you think you are."
Smit concluded, "I want people to feel what I felt in prison. Which was totally at peace because I knew that I had done the right thing, and I knew it was for God, and I knew that it was through Him that I was able to do it."
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This remarkable woman is continuing her battle to free her beautiful and formerly free country from the ideological bandits trying to steal it from the people. Like we Yanks, it seems Aussies are getting a bit of a slow start fighting back because of the deference exploiting a "health emergency" evokes in a good people.
But, like Americans, Australians may be slow to anger, but once angry, the tyrants in both countries better prepare themselves for the growing onslaught of righteous anger being unleashed in defense of liberty.
This piece was written by Steve Pomper on October 3, 2021. It originally appeared in LifeZette [9] and is used with permission.
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by toronto-employmentlawyer-com | May 19, 2020
While the public health emergency is far from over, both the federal and provincial governments are turning their attention to reopening businesses across Canada. Although each province is creating its own reopening plan, and the provinces may be at different stages in terms of emergency and recovery, it is never too early for employers to start considering how they are going to operate in a COVID-19 world. Below are some issues we encourage employers to think about when devising their return-to-work plans.
When to Re-Open
To contain the spread of COVID-19, governments across Canada issued public health and emergency orders which included the closure of many non-essential businesses. Some closure orders have already been lifted, while others will be lifted as part of the provinces' phased reopening approach. The timing for reopening businesses across Canada varies from industry to industry and across the provinces. Therefore, before recalling employees to the workplace, employers should make sure they are certain as to whether they are legally permitted to reopen. Breaching a closure order can lead to significant liability. For example, in Ontario, a company can be fined up to $10,000,000 under the Ontario Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, and directors or officers of corporations can be fined up to $500,000 and imprisoned for up to one year.
Most employers in Ontario are subject to the Occupational Health and Safety Act (the OHSA), which lists various employer duties including the catch-all duty to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of its workers. Thus, before reopening businesses across Canada, employers should consider what health and safety measures need to be taken. Employers who fail to take such steps expose themselves to increased interference from the Ministry of Labour (by way of inspections, orders and fines) as well as civil liability should an outbreak of COVID-19 in the workplace lead to illness or injury to employees and third parties who are not covered by workers' compensation regimes.
In addition to having a legal obligation to take every precaution reasonable to protect workers from a COVID-19 outbreak, a failure to take adequate steps could result in having to close the business again, especially if there is an outbreak at the workplace. Therefore, health and safety should be at the forefront of any return to work plan.
Keeping Informed
As COVID-19 related news is updated almost by the hour, it may be difficult to stay on top of each government update. However, it is crucial for employers to be informed as to the latest information regarding COVID-19 from public health officials and the government. Employers should assess what resources are available for them to monitor the latest COVID-19 updates. In this regard, federal and provincial governments have all established dedicated COVID-19 websites that are regularly updated. Most provinces have released their own reopening plans, which tend to include guidance for employers. If your workplace or industry is unique, you may wish to consult industry-specific resources.
Most employers in Ontario must have a written occupational health and safety policy which must be reviewed at least annually. Even if the policy has been reviewed recently, now is an ideal time to review the policy again, and consider whether it should be amended to include COVID-19 considerations, or if an entirely separate COVID-19 policy is needed. Regardless of which approach is taken, what is important is that policies be in place to establish employer expectations regarding the prevention of COVID-19 at the workplace, as well as rules and processes to be followed. Unionised employers should consult the collective agreement to determine whether the union should be involved with respect to developing or updating such policies. Employers may also want to review their current policies on sick days and assess whether any changes need to be made.
Changes to the Workplace
It is important for employers and employees to understand that reopening businesses across Canada does not necessarily mean returning to normal. Rather, there are likely many changes that will need to be implemented to limit the spread of COVID-19 and ensure the workplace can remain open. Some companies are considering requiring temperature checks for people entering the premises, while others are opting for self-assessment questionnaires. Other changes may include requiring employees to use PPE, closing access to common areas to avoid employee congregation, introducing plexiglass screens or other physical separation equipment, using directional signage and floor markings to assist employees in maintaining physical distancing, etc. Employers may also need to change employees' schedules so as to stagger start times, thereby reducing the number of employees at work at a given time.
Some of these changes could conflict with an employer's obligations under employment standards legislation or human rights legislation, or could give rise to a constructive dismissal. It is important to consult with an employment lawyer to understand all the implications a proposed change may have.
Responding to a Positive Diagnosis or Potential Exposure to COVID-19 in the Workplace
One of the most important things a COVID-19 policy must address is what reporting obligations employees have with respect to a positive COVID-19 diagnosis or even potential exposure to COVID-19. Employees should be reminded that they are already under an obligation to report any situation in the workplace which could be hazardous to the health or safety of others (this obligation arises from the OHSA). In the context of COVID-19, exposure to the virus is certainly a situation that could be hazardous to the health or safety of others. Thus, employees need to understand they are required to report to their supervisors if they have symptoms of COVID-19 or have reasonable grounds to believe they may be infected, and that they may be required to remove themselves from the workplace in these scenarios.
For the policy to be followed, it should be clear that no employee will be penalised for abiding by the policy. The policy should also address employee privacy and whether a positive diagnosis or exposure to COVID-19 will be communicated to other employees and to what extent. In other words, for employees to self-report pursuant to the policy, they must feel safe doing so.
The topics above are by no means exhaustive. Rather, the purpose of this blog was to raise the various issues and factors employers need to consider when planning for reopening the business. As the news about COVID-19 is always evolving, these factors must continue to be at the forefront, even after the workplace is reopened, to ensure it can remain open.
With years of experience in employment law, we at Whitten & Lublin are happy to provide insight and advice in your specific re-opening plan and any measures you are considering implementing. If you would like to discuss your plan with an employment lawyer, please contact us online or by phone at 416-640-2667.
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Former British No 1 Konta retires from tennis
Konta wrote on Twitter: "My playing career has come to an end, and I am so incredibly grateful for the career that it turned out to be"
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Johanna Konta has retired from tennis
Johanna Konta, former British No 1, has retired from tennis.
The 30-year-old has struggled with a persistent knee problem over the past couple of years and has slipped to 113 in the rankings.
Konta made the announcement on social media with a post headed "Grateful".
A statement on her Twitter profile read: "This is the word that I've probably been used to the most during my career, and is the word that I feel explains it best at the end.
"My playing career has come to an end, and I am so incredibly grateful for the career that it turned out to be.
"All the evidence pointed towards me not "making" it in this profession. However, my luck materialised in the people that came into my life and impacted my existence in ways that transcended tennis.
"I am so incredibly grateful for these people. You know who you are.
"Through my own resilience and through the guidance of others, I got to live my dreams. I got to become what I wanted and said as a child.
"How incredibly fortunate I count myself to be. How grateful I am."
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