When the first half of a book is episodic, with little story arc except 'they go away, they travel, they come back', one might think there's no point in producing a second half. I've read very few picaresque novels, but can't imagine that, say, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker would benefit from a second part as long as the existing novel, in which the same expedition is undertaken again. That Don Quixote pulls off this trick superbly well is probably the reason it is still read today, so it's not exactly a surprise to find that it does so, it's just surprising that it's possible at all. The more so, as the first part is substantially padded out, the humour of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza taking a back seat after the first (hilarious) 200 pages in order for some complicated romances to take the stage. These, as I mentioned previously, the reader would do well to treat as an ad break, or a romantic interlude in a Marx Brothers film: it's a chance to get your breath back. 'Surely you weren't expecting this pace to continue?' the book seems to say. 'Don't worry, there'll be more nonsense before we're through'.
The second part of Don Quixote is the same as the first in that it features the same two characters having the same ludicrous conversations and pursuing the same vague goals (looking for chivalrous adventure, attaining the love of Dulcinea). They leave their village only weeks after returning to it at the end of part one, and pick up where they left off. Cervantes seems to have felt keenly criticisms similar to the one I made above, and doesn't interpose any unrelated stories this time: it's all about Don Quixote and Sancho (hurrah!) Occasionally, to really spoil us, it's just about Sancho. On balance, it's a funnier book, though it never quite reaches the hilarity of the opening stretch of part one (reading Sancho's description of Dulcinea I laughed so much it hurt). It's a better book too, and not just for the jokes.
The most striking thing about part two is the extent to which it is a reaction to part one. The first part was meta fiction because it is a book about other books; the second is more recursive still, being also a book about the public reception of the first part of itself, and about (and against) another book called The Second Part of the Exploits of Don Quixote of La Mancha, written by one Avellaneda in the ten year interim between Cervantes' two volumes. Practically all the adventures in part two happen as a result of Don Quixote and Sancho meeting people who have read part one and who want to see how mad they really are. Adventures are constructed for their benefit, and they never suspect, Quixote taking them as proof that his delusions are true. Sancho gets to govern his long-promised ínsula, or island, and he glosses over the fact that it is patently inland, being one of the villages on the estate of a duke who goes to quite extraordinary lengths to get the pair to behave like lunatics.
There is a lot of glossing-over in Don Quixote, Cervantes taking advantage of the fragile state of reality to explain away what are almost certainly plot holes in part one: the theft of Sancho's donkey, for instance, which the reader only discovers when it is mentioned that he is on foot, or the existence of Dulcinea of Toboso, which seems to hang on conflicting testimonies from Sancho. Of course she doesn't exist as Don Quixote imagines her, and it's always doubtful whether she knows him and whether she – a young maid – would ever take a husband of Quixote's age and physical (and mental) disadvantages, but the ease with which Sancho convinces him that a peasant girl he picks at random is Dulcinea enchanted more or less proves that she is only imagined.
The second part benefits greatly from the familiarity of the characters. Though they are fundamentally unchanged from part one, the fact that we know them and are fond of them gives Cervantes the confidence to let them run riot over the whole of the book's length, and also to fit them to adventures which he might previously have left to his romantic leads. Don Quixote's hallucinations in the Cave of Montesinos are one example; Sancho's governorship another. Both characters are now strong enough to cope with something more than episodic buffoonery. Even Sancho's alteration during the governorship, into a wise governor, is just about within the bounds of what we are prepared to accept. Cervantes strings together a series of Solomon-like decisions which he is called upon to make, in order to sort out disputes between his subjects. The notes show that none of these is original, but to have Sancho giving this wise advice is strangely affecting: the duke is trying to make a fool of him, but he does rise to the challenge, he is wise when the occasion calls for it. Perhaps because he is such a chancer himself, he understands the mentality of the chancers brought before him.
Just a short entry, 'cause I didn't much care for this, but I did finish it, and also I took some photos of a viaduct at the weekend and it'd be a shame not to use one here. If you'll excuse the pun, there's just no body to this book. Characters all speak in the same way (generally starting off, 'I say'), and it's too self aware. Knox's rules for writing detective fiction intrude at every step, even breaking explicitly into the narrative on occasion. Mostly this happens near the beginning of the book, then on one occasion near the end, as though he's consulted another set of rules and remembered he'd forgotten about them, but couldn't be bothered to go back and amend anything in between. It reads as though it was written in one draft, all its ingenuity being reserved for the plot. And I'm afraid I'm not one to give two stuffs about the plot ingenuity of a murder mystery. I like a Sunday evening in with a cocoa and a Poirot as much as the next tired person, but I never follow the bloody things.


As we continue our 100th anniversary campaign:100 Years of Shelter, Housing, and Hope I am pleased to announce that - thanks to supporters like you - w e are well on our way in raising an additional $1 million to provide parents and children with more affordable housing as well as with the services and support that will help them overcome barriers and secure safe, stable housing.
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Q: Measuring depth or height from sea level How is the depth or height relative to sea level measured? Well, if it's near the ocean, it can be easily measured manually, but what if it is 100 km away from the sea? What method is used?

A: Orography has already been discussed, but it still leaves the question of how bathymetry is measured. From Wikipedia:

Satellites are also used to measure bathymetry. Satellite radar maps deep-sea topography by detecting the subtle variations in sea level caused by the gravitational pull of undersea mountains, ridges, and other masses. On average, sea level is higher over mountains and ridges than over abyssal plains and trenches.

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Q: Подписывание скриптов Не могу подписать скрипт, все время выскакивает ошибка UnknownError. Смена кодировки файла скрипта не помогает.
Подписываю скрипт следующей командой:
Set-AuthenticodeSignature "d:\dist1.ps1" @(Get-ChildItem cert:\CurrentUser\Krox -codesigning)[0]

Ошибка возвращается в следующем виде:
SignerCertificate          Status         Path
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                           UnknownError   dist1.ps1

A: На Connect есть баг, описывающий похожую проблему: похоже, что Get-ChildItem не отдает приватный ключ.

My suspicion is that because Get-ChildItem doesn't prompt for the
  certificate's password it's only getting the Public Key portion and
  not the Private Key portion actually needed to sign the script. Hope
  this helps!

Попробуйте так экспортировать сертификат с приватным ключом и сделать так:
$Сert = Get-PfxCertificate .\myCertificate.pfx
Set-AuthenticodeSignature -Filepath 'd:\dist1.ps1' -Cert $Cert -IncludeChain All


I've been using Pandora for a while on my PC, and was real happy you added it to SqueezeNetwork. Here's the problem: midway through a song the feed jumps to the next song it's as though I hit the "skip" button on the remote. This only happens when I listen through the SqueezeNetwork. The feed is fine when I listen at the PC. Any ideas?
This will happen if your player gets disconnected from SqueezeNetwork. Upon reconnecting, your current station will restart, causing the song to skip like you described. I assume it's not happening on every song?
It might not be every song, but pretty close. FWIW, the router is only about 8 feet from the Squeezebox, and I never lose the connection when feeding from the Slimserver.
Mine is doing the exact same thing.
It seems to play fine for a while, and now, mid every song it skips to another track.


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More than 900 staff off work as Welsh health board struggles to cope with 'darkest hour'
Posted by: admin , December 15, 2020
More than 900 healthcare workers are currently off work in west Wales as the local health board admits it is dealing with unprecedented pressures.
Hywel Dda University Health Board – which runs hospitals in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire – has confirmed that around 930 of its staff are currently off either with sickness or due to them self-isolating.
Furthermore, more than 150 people are currently in those hospitals with Covid-19 – a significantly greater number than during the first wave of coronavirus in the spring.
The health board has said the situation, which it described as "very difficult", was creating staffing problems, with support staff under "significant pressure" as they dealt with patients.
Across the health board region, the seven-day infection rate (for the seven days up to December 9) was at 316.3 per 100,000 population – higher than in London and Birmingham.
In Carmarthenshire, the rate for that seven day period was as high as 448.2.
Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen
(Image: Mike Walters)
Outbreaks of coronavirus have occurred at all of the health board's general hospitals, resulting in ward closures over the past few weeks, and because of sickness, those hospitals cannot staff all of the beds that they would otherwise expect to have open at this time of year.
Hospitals have also had to transfer some staff and patients to field hospitals located in both Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire.
The health board's chair did not mince her words when outlining the scale of the issue.
"The darkest hour is before the dawn and whilst hope is on the horizon in the form of the vaccine, this feels like our hardest hour yet," said Maria Battle.
"Our NHS and other care staff and critical workers have put themselves in harm's way during the course of their work. Whilst we know it is hard after this time and as we approach a special time of year, the risk we all face could be greatly reduced by each of us taking action."
Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli
(Image: Robert Melen)
Because of the current situation, Hywel Dda is pleading for the public's help to ease the pressure on it by following government guidance, including staying out of each other's homes except in limited circumstances.
It is also asking people to call 999 only for urgent and emergency care, to call 111 rather than attending A&E for non-urgent needs, and to play a helpful role by supporting the discharge of relatives from hospitals to their homes.
The leader of Carmarthenshire Council, Emlyn Dole, said the authority was "seriously concerned about the rapid spread of coronavirus within Carmarthenshire's communities".
"We are so concerned that in the run-up to Christmas and with the virus spreading so quickly, we are asking people to consider self-isolating to protect themselves and their families," he added.
"Please do everything you can to stay safe."
Meanwhile, in Ceredigion, which had an infection rate of 202.2 for the seven days up to December 9, the council's leader has called on people to sacrifice their enjoyment over Christmas in order to keep people safe.
"This year's festive celebrations will be different," said Ellen ap Gwynn, leader of Ceredigion Council.
"We must sacrifice seeing loved ones so that we can meet up another time when it's safe to do so. We all have a responsibility to ensure we follow the guidelines so limit the amount of people you see to play your part. This will keep our families and friends safe and protect our community and hospital NHS services."
Withybush Hospital in Pembrokeshire
(Image: Western Mail)
In Pembrokeshire, which had an infection rate of 184.4 for the week ending December 9, the message from local leaders is the same.
"I understand that people have been looking forward to Christmas even more than ever given what we have been through this year," said David Simpson, leader of Pembrokeshire Council.
"But now is not the time to throw away all the hard work and sacrifice of the past nine months. If we limit the number of people we meet over Christmas we will help prevent the spread. By preventing the spread we are preventing further deaths, it really is that stark.
"We have light at the end of the tunnel with the roll-out of the vaccines – sticking to the rules now will pay off for all of us in the longer term."
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Hywel Dda University Health Board reminded people of the importance of getting a Covid-19 test and self-isolating if they began to show any symptoms, and of self-isolating if another member of their household was showing symptoms.
With Christmas just ten days away, First Minister Mark Drakeford confirmed he was meeting with other ministers from across the UK on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the previously agreed upon four-nation approach to the five-day festive period between December 23 and December 27.
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Q: Name for grid system Is there a name for a type of grid you might find in Battleship? Where coordinates don't relate to points on a grid but rather the squares themselves?

A: "Grid" is as good a name as any: See Regular Grid in Wikipedia: In particular, see the "related" grid: the Cartesian Grid:

"A Cartesian grid is a special case where the elements are unit squares or unit cubes [cubes in the case of a 3-D grid], and the vertices are integer points." [brackets, bold-face mine].

You could also refer to this sort of "playing field" in a game like battleship as an incidence matrix of sorts: where a cell in the ith row and jth column might be occupied, using "$1$", or not occupied, using "$0$".

A: How about alpha-numeric grid?  That the coordinates refer to squares rather than vertices is no big deal.  Squares can be identified with vertices in the dual of the square lattice (which is also a square lattice).

A: Cell-centered grid may be a slightly better name, for when the coordinates refer to the cell. By contrast in a node-centered grid, the coordinates refer to the points on the grid.
The distinction is important in applications such as digital image processing, computational fluid dynamics and data sets for topography and bathymetry.


Anybody have thoughts on RetroPie?
Spidey games with spidey or game collection?
Do you like Football (soccer)? Wich club do you support?
Anyone else collect bottle caps?
Serious Question. How much do Politics affect us?
how do people capture game footage ?
Do you watch any films on VHS?
Why do I now like Music from 2009?
How many Members Have Mental Or Pysical Illness?
What do u think of Kaepernik, ChrisBrown, BlackLives Matter?


Ha, I wasn't even thinking about where the emphasis should be, but, yeah, this is how I pronounce it actually.
This. I didn't pay attention in the original post that the emphasis was on the beginning and end (and as dankrsta just stated, she didn't even mean to ).
kyuss? I pronounce it how it's spelled, so I roll the y and the u. one syllable, the end sounds like "gus" without the g.
How would one pronounce Tera Melos?
Hmmm...just how it looks? Tera Mel-oas.
I pronounce it kee-oos. No I don't, just kidding.
Haha. Must be purely a coincidence because I have avatars and signatures turned off, so it can't be affecting me. I wouldn't have put my face as an avatar if I had to look at it all the time, either, or especially if others could see it over my shoulder! I just figured my other one might have gotten stale.


Same poll posted two times.
Two polls are posted with same name and repeated. why it is approved?
Two polls with the same name is posted and it is approved , i am surprised that how it can happen?
Opinion Poll: Who will win the FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 ?
First of all, I appreciate your concern towards BengalSpider.com website. Yes we can't approve same postings more than once.
In this case the scenario is a bit different. The posts you have mentioned are Polls and they were not copied. The options given as choices are different. Most importantly both of those members who have posted those Polls are new and I don't want to De-motivate them by deleting their first Poll. Those Polls won't harm BengalSpider much as well.
Nevertheless, I am glad to have members like you who realy love BengalSpider from their heart and want to make it spam free. Hoping to see more and more contribution from your end.
Thanks for your support and concern regarding the post and mistakes done by various members on BengalSpider. I know that this is not a very easy task to approve or reject a post as seems to be. Thanks for your support.


UConn fell behind early in the rubber game of an American Athletic Conference baseball series against Central Florida, losing 8-2 Sunday afternoon in Orlando, Fla.
The Knights (29-12, 7-5) scored four runs in the first off freshman Mason Feole, who gave up five runs in three innings.
Down 6-0 in the fifth, UConn (22-16, 7-5) scored two runs on an RBI groundout by Keith Krueger and an infield single by Willy Yahn.
The Huskies threatened again in the fifth with runners at the corners with two out, but Zac Susi hit a low line drive to left field and UCF's Kyle Marsh made a diving catch to preserve a 6-2 lead.
UConn recorded nine hits, but stranded eight runners. ... With the score tied in the ninth, junior Ben Bengtson hit a solo homer off Stony Brook reliever Cole Creighton to give the University of Hartford a 6-5 walk-off win at Fiondella Field in West Hartford. Bengtson was 3-for-5 with two RBI for the Hawks (14-19, 6-6 America East). The Hawks struggled early against starter Bret Clarke, who allowed one run and three hits in seven innings for Stony Brook (17-19, 5-7). But Hartford jumped all over the Seawolves' relievers, tying it 5-5 with a four-run seventh, capped by a two-out RBI double by Chris Sullivan. Bengtson was 3-for-4 with two RBI. ... Fairfield (12-15, 10-2 MAAC) batted around in three innings on the way to a 19-0 victory over Siena in Loudonville, N.Y. The 19 runs were the most scored by the Stags since May 14, 2012. Kyle Dube held Siena (14-21-1, 5-7) to six hits in seven innings. Fairfield had 18 hits. ... Nick Garland was 3-for-4 with a double and a home run to lead Central Connecticut to a 9-7 Northeast Conference victory over Bryant in New Britain. The Blue Devils (21-16, 12-5) had 13 hits, with five players collecting at least two. Bryant is 17-21, 10-4.
Craig Maddox was 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI as the New Britain Bees won the finale of their season-opening series 7-2 over the York Revolution in an Atlantic League game in New Britain.


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Russian media are still trying to crack the mystery behind the disappearance of a Russian cargo ship, Arctic Sea, that was recently released by pirates, and the bizarre cargo it was supposedly carrying.
A Russian newspaper concluded that the ship was hijacked by Mossad agents because of reports it was carrying ballistic missiles to Iran. This report was also quoted in a number of Arab media publications.
The ship, sailing with a Malta flag and Russian and Latvian crew members, left Finland for Algeria on July 23, and disappeared without a trace on July 28. The ship was only found on August 16 off of Cape Verde. Ever since, paranoid rumors have abounded, most of which revolve around the ship's official cargo – sawdust – and its mysterious disappearance.
In one such rumor, the website of the Russian newspaper, Pravda, reported that the ship was supposed to transport cruise missiles to Iran, but that "a power that has relations with Ukraine" prevented this. The site also claims that Russia planned on relaying the weapons to Algeria as a stopover before heading to Iran. According to the report, Russia has transported weapons to Iran in this manner in the past.
The Pravda report claimed that Russia planned on sending experts to Iran to train the Iranians in how to operate the weapons system. According to the newspaper, "a Western power" was notified of the issue, but decided to operate in an unofficial channel in order to avoid a large-scale international conflict.
According to Ukrainian news site, Obozrevatel, Russia responded hysterically when it found out that the information had been leaked to "a Western power." The websites also reported that the ship's crew was aware of the fact that they were carrying unusual cargo, but did not know exactly what it was.
None of the various Russian and Ukrainian news reports identified which country is behind the hijacking "operation."
However, a column was published in Novaya Gazeta by Julia Latynina raising a number of questions about the affair. She questioned the likelihood that pirates would attack in such a high-traffic area. She also found discrepancies in reports provided by the Arctic Sea crew indicating that the pirates spoke in "broken English," when, according to Latynina, the crew members themselves are not English speakers.
Latynina claimed that even though the attack was known about almost immediately, it was not reported in the media. However, she said, when the ship failed to arrive in Algeria, the ships whereabouts were reported.
The columnist also noted that Russia was quick in sending military boats to search for the missing ship without activating the usual channels for searching for missing vessels.
All of these elements led the Latynina to believe that the masterminds of the attack are sitting in Jerusalem. "Israel likes these kinds of operations," she claimed. She mentioned that Israeli President Shimon Peres was visiting Russia during this same period and met with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to ask him that Russia not transfer missiles to Iran.
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Canada's Addiction To Building Homes 'A Loud Alarm Bell': BMO
"Kill the new condo market, kill the Ontario economy."
Daniel Tencer— The Huffington Post Canada
Mar 29, 2017, 01:48 AM EDT
The cost of buying a home in Canada has hit record highs, and so has the country's reliance on housing construction to drive the economy.
Bank of Montreal chief economist Douglas Porter published a chart Tuesday showing a massive divergence in the U.S.'s and Canada's reliance on home construction, following the burst of the U.S. housing bubble a decade ago.
Residential construction in Canada has hit an all-time high above 7.5 per cent of GDP. That's a greater dependency than during the housing bubble of the late 1980s. In the U.S., that number is just below 4 per cent.
"Both the gap with the U.S. and the level of activity are loud alarm bells for Canada's market," Porter wrote in a client note.
Porter earlier this month declared Toronto's red-hot housing market to be in a bubble.
While some others disagree, the number of industry insiders concerned about a correction in the city's housing market has been growing as rapidly as home prices, which soared by 27.7 per cent in the past year to an average of $875,983 for all housing types.
"The real estate industry represents 14 per cent of the economy for Ontario. Kill the new condo market, kill the Ontario economy."
— Toronto real estate developer Brad Lamb
A growing number of experts fear that a housing correction, particularly in Toronto's large market, could do serious damage to the economy.
Brad Lamb, one of Toronto's most prominent developers, warned last week that implementing a Vancouver-style tax on foreign buyers could result in a nationwide recession.
Declining home affordability has prompted Ontario's policymakers to look at measures to cool the housing market, including the possibility of a foreign buyer tax, similar to the one British Columbia put in place in Vancouver in 2016.
But in a Facebook post last week, Lamb warned that such a tax could "precipitate a Canada-wide recession."
Lamb said foreign buyers represent a "significant percentage" of people buying homes above $4 million, and people buying new condos bought off floor plans.
Foreign buyers a major part of condo boom?
"Without foreign investors to buy new condos from floor plans, many new buildings will not be able to move forward," Lamb wrote.
"The real estate industry represents 14 per cent of the economy for Ontario. Kill the new condo market, kill the Ontario economy. Kill the Ontario economy and Canada falls too."
A recent estimate from the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) suggested that foreign buyers are responsible for slightly less than 5 per cent of home purchases in Toronto.
TREB also opposes a foreign buyer tax, arguing that Ontario should instead loosen development rules to allow more home construction, in order to bring prices down.
But a recent study from Ryerson University's City Building Institute concluded that new home construction in Toronto is "well above historical norms."
Ontario's finance minister, Charles Sousa, said this week there will be measures in the upcoming provincial budget to address housing affordability. Premier Kathleen Wynne said that this will not involve shrinking the greenbelt surrounding Greater Toronto to allow more construction.
— With files from The Canadian Press
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Q: How to delete an object from its pointer? I have an object that I added to a few different ArrayLists. I wanna avoid changing every list, so I'm trying to change the pointer so all the lists change. But I can't get that to work if I want to set the object to null. For example:
ArrayList<Point> list1 = new ArrayList<Point>();
ArrayList<Point> list2 = new ArrayList<Point>();
Point a = new Point(2, 3);
list1.add(a); list2.add(a);

At this point, both lists have an item pointing at the same object. With the value "2, 3". If I change the value of the object. Then both lists changes:
a.set(5,5);

Now both lists have an item of value "5, 5". But if I try to set the value to null.
a = null;

Now the a is set to null, but the object both lists is still "5, 5" and not null like I wanted. I even tried to add a method to the Point class to set itself to null. But I couldn't get that to work either. What could I do to delete the object on all lists by changing only the pointer?

A: You can change the state of an object held by a reference variable and this will be reflected in all variables that refer to the same object, but if you change the assignment of a reference variable, it effects only that variable. The object referred to is unchanged -- as would be expected.

A: In Java you can't delete objects from its "pointers" ("references" to be more precise). When an object has been dereferenced (meaning: there are no references pointing to it) it becomes a candidate for being garbage collected; Java's garbage collector will automatically take care of deleting objects for you, there's no free() operation like in other languages (C/C++ come to mind) where you have to manually manage memory.
About your question: you could remove the object from both lists using the remove() method in ArrayList, or manually setting the object to null in the lists given an index (list.set(index, null)), but there's no way to delete an object by setting its external references (those outside of the list) to null.

A: The short answer is 'no'. You cannot change contents of an object by changing a pointer to it.
a = null; just clears the pointer, not the object.

A: As others have mentioned, there is no simple way to do what you're asking. What you could do, and I don't recommend this, is use WeakReferences in your Lists. A weak reference will not prevent your Point from being garbage collected.
List<WeakReference<Point>> list = new ArrayList<>();
Point p = new Point();
list.add(new WeakReference<>(p));
System.out.println(p);
System.out.println(list.get(0).get());

p = null;

System.gc(); System.gc(); System.gc(); System.gc(); // hopefully the GC collects p by now

System.out.println(list.get(0).get()); // null!

It would be much, much easier just to manually remove the Point from both of your Lists.

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What could I do to delete the object on all lists by changing only the pointer?

Nothing.  There's no way you can do that.  If you want to null the references to the object in the lists (or remove them from the lists) you must perform an operation on each of the lists.
If you cannot modify the lists, then consider the following alternatives:

*

*Use a different Point class that has an extra field that says if the point is "valid" and have the code that is looking at the lists check this field.

*Create a custom class that represents a nullable reference to a Point; e.g.
  public class PointRef {
      private Point p;
      public PointRef(Point p) { this.p = p; }
      public Point get() { return p; }
      public void invalidate() { p = null; }
  }

  ArrayList<PointRef> list1 = new ArrayList<PointRef>();
  ArrayList<PointRef> list2 = new ArrayList<PointRef>();
  PointRef a = new PointRef(new Point(2, 3));
  list1.add(a); list2.add(a);

  ...

  a.invalidate;
  // Now both lists contain hold a PointRef that points to a null Point.

But both of these make using the lists and their contained Point objects more complicated.
(@Jeffrey's answer suggests using the WeakReference class, but that has the wrong semantics.  In particular, the reference will "break" if the GC detects that there are no strong references to the object.  That's NOT what your use-case requires ... if I understand your question correctly.)

Incidentally, I can't think of ANY programming language that would allow you to do what you are trying to do in the way that you propose.


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I came across the requirement to use the "IN" equivalent of LINQ when using Entity Framework . I am sure most of the .NET Developers would also have come across a situation to use "IN" in LINQ .
When using LINQ , We can use the Contains Keyword which is the equivalent of "IN" keyword in SQL .
What is Entity Framework ?
well, you should be aware, that there's limited count of items, that are looked in, if I recall it correctly it's 2100.
How to get an Enumerator from range of elements from ArrayList in C# ?
How to check for the column name in an SqlDataReader Object in C# ?
Column Alias and Square brackets in SQL Query.


Race Takeaway: Even if I'm not prepared, it's good to keep racing.
This weekend is the We Care Twin Cities race events in our town. Plus I will be racing every day because after doing the local 5K Friday and 10K Saturday, I am driving up to run Quad Cities Half Marathon Sunday morning. I am in no way prepared to run half marathon or this much in one weekend, but eh I figure I should survive it. I would rather go for it than not even try, especially since we are having great weather this weekend!
Friday night we grabbed a quick dinner and headed over to the expo to pick up our packets and shirts. Rob would be completing the "half challenge" (5K + Half Marathon) and I would be doing the mini-challenge (5K + 10K), which had a sweet medal made of wood. The 5K start is right next to the expo, so it's logistically really easy. It was sunny and very warm at the start, 6pm.
While the 5K race is small in attendance, it feels bigger because it runs on our trail system, the Constitution Trail. It makes for a very congested start and we stay in the back since we had Chase in the stroller. It took about a .5 mile before we broke out of the crowd a bit and could set our own pace. I wanted to push myself and have a better time than last year, but not over do it and wear myself out either since there were more races still to do. I was able to accomplish my goal and complete in 25:33, beating last years time by a little bit. Plus I felt good afterward, so I was hopeful the 10K would well tomorrow. I got 3rd in my Age Group and Rob got 2nd in his.


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The 33 year-old, who has lost just two of 26 professional bouts and held the European title at 140lbs between 2009 and 2010, had no hesitation in taking on a challenge at the welterweight limit and is now set to have the chance to win the IBO belt in Belfast.
"I have seen some footage of Chris Van Heerden and see exactly how I can do a job on this guy," McCloskey told World Boxing News.
"Yeah, he is decent as he holds the IBO title, but I am better in every department and with the crowd behind me, I will come out on top."
The Dungiven fighter is currently being lined up by manager Francie McNicholl to appear in a ten-rounder on the July 13 Matchroom bill in Hull topped by Olympic gold medallist Luke Campbell's professional debut.
A victory for McCloskey will mean it is full steam ahead for the Irishman's world title challenge in September, with the Odyssey Arena an early favourite to stage the event as Van Heerden looks to build on his recent win over Matthew Hatton.


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Skansen w Wolinie – średniowieczny skansen położony na wyspie Wolińska Kępa w granicach administracyjnych miasta Wolin. Został otwarty 7 kwietnia 2008 roku przez Tomasza Wojtczaka prezesa stowarzyszenia Centrum Słowian i Wikingów "Wolin-Jomsborg-Wineta".

W 2008 roku prezentowanych było 13 obiektów nawiązujących do wczesnośredniowiecznej zabudowy Wolina. Budowle okalają wały obronne oraz część palisady wraz z bramą i wieżyczką. Planowane są jeszcze m.in. chata mincerza, garncarza, rybaka, bursztynnika oraz średniowieczny port. Okresowo w skansenie odbywają się pokazy dawnych rzemiosł i inscenizacje walk średniowiecznych wojów.

Co roku na terenie skansenu odbywa się Festiwal Słowian i Wikingów. W skansenie kilkakrotnie kręcone były filmy. Między innymi dla Telewizji Polskiej, History Channel.

W skansenie dwukrotnie dochodziło do pożarów. W lutym 2011 jedna z 25 chat uległa zniszczeniu w wyniku pożaru. Po raz kolejny dwie chaty spłonęły 24 kwietnia 2014 roku

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Trump Jr. makes light of Native American genocide
President's son rooted on father's Warren remarks
By Eli Watkins, CNN
Donald Trump Jr. attends the 140th annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House April 2, 2018 in Washington, DC.
(CNN) - President Donald Trump's eldest son made light over the weekend of the US government's history of genocide against Native Americans as part of a slam against Sen. Elizabeth Warren and her claims of American Indian heritage.
The offensive remark, largely characteristic of the 41-year-old's pugnacious and near-constant social media presence, is another in a series by the President and his son to engage in racism to smear the Massachusetts Democrat.
Warren: Trump 'may not even be a free person' by 2020
Elizabeth Warren kicks off presidential bid
WaPo: Warren listed race as 'American Indian' on Texas bar registration
Donald Trump Jr.'s comment on social media was in response to a tweet from the President, who on Saturday attacked Warren and emphasized the word "trail" in a tweet widely construed to be a mocking reference to the Trail of Tears, the forced relocation of thousands of Native Americans which led to thousands of deaths.
"Today Elizabeth Warren, sometimes referred to by me as Pocahontas, joined the race for President. Will she run as our first Native American presidential candidate, or has she decided that after 32 years, this is not playing so well anymore? See you on the campaign TRAIL, Liz!" the President tweeted on Saturday. CNN has reached out to the White House seeking additional comment on the tweet.
Donald Trump Jr. later posted a screenshot of his father's tweet on Instagram along with a reply by another user that said, "The Native American genocide continues with another murder by the president."
Trump. Jr captioned his post: "Savage!!! Love my President."
New Mexico Democratic Rep. Deb Haaland, one of the first Native American women in Congress, said on CNN's "At This Hour" with Kate Bolduan that she took Trump's remark to be about the Trail of Tears.
"He is just completely ignorant when it comes to Native Americans, Native American history," Haaland said. "It's exhausting, right? It's completely exhausting to try to keep up with so much of his ignorance and racism for native people."
Trump has dubbed Warren "Pocahontas" over her claims of Native American ancestry. For her part, Warren sought to address the controversy again last year when she took a DNA test. She apologized recently for her handling of the issue and acknowledged she is not a person of color or member of a tribe as she mounts a bid to take on Trump in 2020.
Additionally, Trump has referenced President Andrew Jackson repeatedly and has a portrait of Jackson in the Oval Office. In 1830, Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which led to the brutal, forced removal of Cherokees from Georgia to present-day Oklahoma. Trump held an event in November 2017 honoring Navajo veterans in front of the Jackson portrait, and at the same event he referenced his recurring "Pocahontas" attack on Warren. The National Congress of American Indians has condemned Trump's "Pocahontas" moniker.
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Healing is for the physical ills of the human body and is wrought by the power of God through the prayer of faith, and by the laying on of hands. It is provided for in the atonement of Christ, and is the privilege of every member of the church today (Mark 16:18; James 5:14-25; 1 Peter 2:24; Matt. 8:17; Isa. 53:4,5).
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An awning is a canopy made of canvas or other material to shelter people or things from inclement weather conditions, rain or shine. Awnings were very popular in the 20's. You'll see pictures of many homes from that time that had awnings covering each window and over a porch. This was before the era of air conditioning when keeping a house cool was difficult. One way to do this was to put awnings up over windows to keep the strong sunlight out.
Today's homeowners are seeking awnings in order to enjoy life outside. New and more durable synthetic fabrics have made the use of awnings more popular and they are far from only protective devices now. Today's awnings offer beauty and decoration to a home. They are available in a wide variety of colors and styles. Awnings offer shade to an outside dining area and keep the rain off when you're entering a home.
One very popular type of awning is the retractable awning. These modern devices are motorized and can be extended with the push of a finger over any sized patio area to offer shade and protection. When these awnings are closed they retract into an attractive hood that is out of the way.
Then, there's the original use of awnings to shade individual windows in a home, or to shade a porch area. These shades can help to cool the temperature inside your home which in turn saves on the air conditioning costs. It gives added privacy to your home, and with a limitless array of colors and fabrics can add beauty to your home.
A very popular awning material is now the Sunbrella material. The Sunbrella fabric color is during the manufacture of the fabric "locked in" and the color becomes an integral part of the fiber. Sunbrella fabrics are guaranteed for five years. They will not stretch or fade and are mildew resistant. Sunsure is another textile used in making awnings. It is mildew, rot, and UV resistant. Most awnings are generally easy to care for . They need to be kept clean with a rinse of water and mild soap, such as Ivory Flakes.
Window shutters add a nice touch to a home's exterior. In other parts of the world, especially Europe and the Caribbean, shutters serve a functional purpose. They cover windows by night or in bad weather to keep out bad weather or cold air. By day they are pushed open from the inside and secured in place to let daylight and the sun's warmth into a home. This is especially important in communities where the majority of residents lack central heating or air conditioning.
But in many industrialized nations, housing includes shutters more as accent pieces or adornments than as functional window covers. Shutters may cover the home's largest windows, the windows on the front side of the house, the windows on the sides as well as the front, or every window in the home.
Shutters typically coordinate with a home's design to bring out a certain style in its appearance. For example, you can get shutters that are rectangular-shaped, or those that come in other forms. Here are some things to consider when selecting shutters for your home.
1. Does the home's exterior paint or paneling come with matching shutters? If so, consider using these to match the existing design, even if you had the siding done first and now want to add shutters. If not, check with the home supply provider for suggestions about the type of shutters that will go well with your current outdoor siding. You may be able to look at a print or online catalog, or view samples at the store. Some stores provide references of previous customers who have purchased these shutters, and you may be able to talk with them about their level of satisfaction or drive by their homes to have a look.
2. Choose a coordinating design and color. If your home's siding or finish does not come with matching shutters, check out several possible options before selecting one for your home. Popular styles are made of aluminum and vinyl, along with other materials that are weather-resistant, so find out what's available, along with the merits of each.
3. Compare styles to find one that suits your home's design and structure. Some shutters come with two matching panels, while others have four. You can get louvers, but keep in mind these can collect dust and may be difficult to clean. Even when operational shutters are not needed, some people choose to install them for special effect on their homes.
4. Find out all you can about the product's quality. Ask the sales associate about each product's durability and lifetime expectancy. Also ask about how to clean various shutter types, and what type of special cleaning substances will be needed, if any. You might also want to know about any particular conditions that afflict certain products. Wood shutters, for instance, may tend to get dry rot, termites, or other wood-associated conditions. Any type of shutter might attract insect nests, and aluminum shutters may be prone to rusting.
What are the best shutters? The best kind are those that are affordable, are easy to install, and offer the greatest protection. Which of these properties is most important depends on individual circumstances. For a disabled or elderly person it may be ease of installation with either an automatic closing mechanism or accordion type shutters. For those with limited incomes plywood shutters may be the only affordable option. For most people the best compromise would be steel panels, which offer good protection, but are certainly more expensive than plywood. The most worthless type of protection is the often employed use of various types of tape over the windows. This practice does little or nothing to prevent breakage, may result in large, more dangerous pieces of flying glass, and is extremely difficult to remove after the storm.
With today's changing global climate, and the increase of tropical storms frequency, some regions of the world will need to equip themselves with window shutters to prevent damage to their properties.


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Yellow Fever Epidemic in Luanda Claims Three Siblings
5 de March de 2016 Rafael Marques de Morais
An epidemic of yellow fever on the outskirts of the Angolan capital, Luanda, which has already claimed an estimated 100 lives, has scythed through one family , taking three of their four children in a single day. The siblings, Mauro Julião dos Santos (7), Sofia Juliao dos Santos (5) and Lucrécia Julião dos Santos (3) succumbed to the fever within 24 hours of showing symptoms. The youngest sister, Natália Julião dos Santos (1) is fighting for her life.
The cause of death has been confirmed by Cajueiros hospital, which issued death certificates stating that the children died from yellow fever. Tragically, the family – despite sharing a name with the Angolan President, Jose Eduardo dos Santos – is so poor that they cannot even afford makeshift coffins for the tiny victims. The grandparents put out an appeal to the authorities to show compassion: "Can the government please help us with money to buy coffins? We are truly desperate", sobbed Maria de Sousa, the children's grandmother.
With the parents too distraught to speak, the children's grandmother blamed the insanitary conditions of the area in Cacuaco district, Malueca, where the family lives. "There are no basic sanitary conditions. Instead there is a large amount of trash and stagnant water all around which offers a fertile breeding ground for the mosquitos that carry the disease". Even getting the children to the nearest hospital was an ordeal. Travel from Malueca to central Cacuaco, a 40 minute journey, is mainly by truck due to the poor state of the gravel roads. It takes three and a half hours to get to Americo Boavida Hospital's pediatric ward in the city of Luanda. An aunt who accompanied the parents and child to that hospital says they were kept waiting in a corridor for over 12 hours. "A doctor saw the child and said it was yellow fever", a relative reported. "But nothing has been done since then." Maka Angola contacted the hospital but has yet to receive a response.
Official figures in Angola show there have been more than 600 cases of yellow fever so far this year. The Portuguese news agency, Lusa, reported that the World Health Organisation (WHO) is trying to raise $2.3 million US dollars from the international community to fight the epidemic. WHO is quoted as saying that the Angolan government was facing too many obstacles to successfully fight yellow fever, with a shortage of educational materials, staff, equipment and funds to transport vaccines. Yet the sum they are trying to raise is roughly equivalent to what the President's daughter and chair of the Angolan Red Cross, billionaire Isabel dos Santos, paid singer Nicki Minaj to appear in Luanda for a one-night show last December.


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"Home from Home by the sea" a cheerful welcome at Rosamaly. Comfy ensuite rooms await your stay or for you to return to any time of day. All creature comforts provided for you. A happy relaxing atmosphere too. Full English breakfast to start your day or fresh fruit salads the "healthy way". Choice of home-made bread and preserves. Such taste treats our guests deserve. Sunny Hunny is the place to be especially when it's at Rosamaly.
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The North Norfolk Coast is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and probably the finest of its kind in Europe. Here you'll find a string of quaint villages and small towns – Holkham, Wells-next-the-Sea and Cley next the Sea are 21st-century favourites, while Sheringham and Cromer are classic examples of a good old-fashioned seaside resort where grand Victorian hotels look out to sea. Further round the coast you'll find Great Yarmouth, one of the most popular resorts in the UK and packed full of amusements, shops and seashore entertainment. And let's not forget Norwich, the region's only city.
Norfolk prides itself on its wealth of historic houses, the most famous being Sandringham, where Her Majesty the Queen and her family spend Christmas. Many of Norfolk's towns have a particular charm and a strong sense of community. The quiet market towns of Fakenham and Swaffham are prime examples, as well as Thetford, with its popular museum focusing on the TV comedy series Dad's Army which was filmed in the area.
A hotel bar with a restaurant and function room, The Old Marine is situated in the centre of Hunstanton and some of the comfortable bedrooms benefit from sea views. A range of dining options is available with either a meal in the bar below or for...
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Summer evenings can be spectacular here; when the sun sets across the sands of The Wash, the light matches the golds of the real ales enjoyed by drinkers in the peaceful gardens, up to seven beers may be on tap. Equally enticing is the menu of...
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With over 35 displays, the highlight of this attraction is an underwater tunnel for close encounters with tropical sharks. There are otters, penguins, seals and many deep-sea creatures. One of the exhibits most popular with young children is...
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Norfolk Lavender is England's premier lavender farm, and home to the National Collection of Lavender. There are plants for sale and tours are available (including the distillery) between May-August. There is a Lavender Festival in July. Facilities...
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Titchwell Marsh is one of the RSPB's most popular reserves. Here, hundreds of thousands of migrating birds pass through in spring and autumn and many stay during winter, providing an opportunity to see various species of ducks, waders, seabirds and...
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When the NHL was born in 1917, stand-up goaltending was merely the style of play, it was the law.
Floppers weren't just frowned upon, they were forbidden. If a netminder were to leave his feet in order to stop a puck from entering his goal, the rules of the day indicated that he'd be subject to a minor penalty and a $2 fine.
This didn't sit well with Ottawa Senators goalie Clint Benedict. He couldn't understand why he wasn't allowed to block the puck via any avenue available to him. Benedict devised methods of making it appear that he'd lost his balance or had his skates taken out from under him, and in the process just so happened to fall in the path of the puck.
This date in 1918: NHL permits goalers to leave their feet; previously it was a penalty to sit or lie on the ice. New rule was a nod to then-#GoSensGo's Clint Benedict, sarcastically called "Praying Benny" by Toronto fans for his constantly dropping to his knees to make a save pic.twitter.com/ZAjJkBSyeE
— Dave Stubbs (@Dave_Stubbs) January 9, 2020
Fans and media were on to his game, hanging the nicknames Praying Benny and Tumbling Clint on the Ottawa goaler. But flummoxed referees were indecisive when it came to penalizing Benedict, so they brought their concerns to NHL President Frank Calder.
Tired of the ongoing battle, Calder capitulated. On Jan. 9, 1918, he announced that goaltenders would no longer be penalized for leaving their feet to stop the puck.
Asked to clarify his decision by a reporter, Calder answered in a manner that remains part of the hockey vernacular to this day.
Frank Calder was the 1st president of the @NHL from 1917-1943 & a strong advocate against racial discrimination pic.twitter.com/Gy1rKl9eCe
— Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (@sportshall) June 28, 2016
"In the future, they can fall on their knees, or stand on their heads if they think they can stop the puck better in that way than by standing on their feet," Calder explained.
Benedict brought NHL goalies to their knees. Calder coined a phrase that has continued to serve as a metaphor for spectaculr puckstopping.
So the next time you hear someone say the goalie stood on his head, now you know the origins of the phrase.
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iframe.id = "my-frame";
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into the iframeFn() function I want to check the location of the iframe itself to perform some controls before redirect:
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I put this script in a cdn and I use this script in a website with the same origin url of the redirect target (https://my.website.it), and it works. But if I try to use this script in a website with different origin (https://different.website.it) I got this error:
Uncaught DOMException: Blocked a frame with origin "https://different.website.it" from accessing a cross-origin frame.
at reloadInIFrame (https://static.website.it/my-script.js:34:29)
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at this line
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I've read this: SecurityError: Blocked a frame with origin from accessing a cross-origin frame but I can't figure out how to use window.postMessage in my case.
NB: the second level domain is the same in both cases (website.it)
Thanks for your help!


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A 2016 fourth-round Bengals draft selection, Billings started all 16 games at NT in '18 ... Saw action on 56 percent of team's defensive snaps in 2018 ... Saw his first pro action in '17, after a knee injury (meniscus tear) he suffered early in the team's '16 training camp sidelined him for his entire rookie season ... Known for his weightlifting prowess, he was dubbed "College Football's Strongest Player" by NFL.com in early '16.
2018 highlights: Started all 16 games at NT ... Totaled 32 tackles on defense, including 2.5 sacks ... Had season-high five tackles Oct. 21 at Kansas City and logged his first career sack, a takedown of Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes that forced a third-and-long ... Sacked Ravens QB Lamar Jackson for a loss of seven on Nov. 18 at Baltimore ... Recorded five tackles Dec. 2 vs. Denver ... Recorded a half sack of QB Philip Rivers on Dec. 9 at L.A. Chargers.
Previous seasons: 2016—Suffered season-ending knee injury (meniscus tear) in practice on Aug. 10; placed on Reserve/Injured on Aug. 30. 2017—Played in 15 games, with seven starts at NT ... All seven starts came at NT in final eight games ... Inactive Dec. 24 vs. Detroit (coach's decision) ... Finished season with 13 tackles, including nine solos and two TFLs ... Had four tackles (two solos) Dec. 10 vs. Chicago, including a TFL that pushed Bears inside own five-yard line.
College: Played three seasons (2013-15) at Baylor, seeing actions in 36 games, and 25 of his 27 starts came over his last two seasons ... Did not play a position conducive to high tackling numbers, but 30 of his career 106 stops were TFLs ... Started 12 games in '15 for 10-3 club that ended season with win over North Carolina in Russell Athletic Bowl ... Fifteen of his 40 tackles in '15 were TFLs, including career-best 5.5 sacks, earning unanimous first-team All-Big 12.
Personal: Hometown is Waco, Texas ... Father played college baseball and mother ran college track ... Attended Waco (Texas) High School, where he earned Class 4A all-state honors as a senior ... Coaches credited him with 266 "pancake" hits on opposing players over his final two seasons ... Following his senior season, was ranked the No. 12 defensive line prospect in the nation by Rivals.com and Scout.com ... Communications major at Baylor.


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Rebecca led our work in Europe and the Middle East and North Africa until March 2021.
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Her areas of expertise include security sector reform, violent extremism and youth marginalisation. She has acted as an expert witness to UK parliamentary inquiries on the MENA region, foreign aid, and violent extremism. Rebecca has media experience and is trained in public speaking and media engagement.
She has an MSc in Conflict, Security and International Development from the University of Leicester, and a BA in Political Science and International Studies from the University of Birmingham.
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Choose to be one of the very few that BELIEVES anything is possible. Choose to focus on what you CAN DO, not on what hasn't happened. Choose to be different.
From the motivational speeches album: STRONG MIND, STRONG LIFE.
What does this famous quote by Oscar Wilde actually mean?
How do you interpret his words?
What meaning do you give these words?
We ALL have our own challenges and issues, unique to us.
No-one goes through life without challenges.
The difference in the quality of life we live, is how we respond to those challenges and what MEANING we give them.
the pain, the problems, the struggle.
Some, however choose to look at the stars.
To dream of better. To BELIEVE there is better. To FOCUS on the positive and work toward making something magical of this life.
You can be happy with little, or miserable with much.
You can make A LOT from a little.
Or lose everything from having a lot.
Everything comes down to YOU. How you decide to live each day. What meaning you give to each challenge. What ACTIONS you decide to take each moment, of each day.
Some choose to throw in the towel, they say they will never make it because "this" happened… and because that person did this to me".
They frequently blame others for their misfortune and constantly play the "luck" card.
On the flip side, some who face massive challenges and big life issues choose to react differently, they will rise early knowing that every day is a new day, and a new opportunity.
Knowing that no yesterday has control over how you react today.
Knowing that today, and right now YOU CAN take the first step towards turning your life into something far greater than you ever imagined.
Take a step forward today, no matter how small, then another step tomorrow and another the next day… and always ensure you are moving forward.
Remaining alert to opportunities, seeking opportunities to move forward and capitalising when they arrive.
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Stay strong, remain hungry and always be looking UP, at the stars.
The fact of the matter is you made the choice to shoot for the moon because you understood that even if you missed you would still land amongst the stars!
No 'yesterday' has control over how you react TODAY.
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Marc Tumerman
My practice is in a small rural Wisconsin town just down the road from a large military base. I see soldiers pretty regularly these days; they stay here for several weeks of pre-deployment training before shipping off to Iraq. They come from all over the country--men and women of various ages, some single, some married and with families. Their health-care needs aren't too different from those of my civilian patients: maternity care, chronic illness management and the usual scrapes and bruises. I like having them on my schedule; their Boston accents and Georgia drawls make a pleasant change from my neighbors' familiar, made-for-radio Midwestern monotone.
I don't dwell much on what these soldiers do for a living. I do my best to take care of their needs and move on to the next patient. Once in a while, though, I run into one who sticks in my head at night as I lie in bed trying to make sense of the day.
Captain America is one of these patients. Sitting on my exam table, this 29-year-old man looks like a cross between G.I. Joe and the Terminator, his well-sculpted V-frame a walking advertisement for the U.S military. He is soft-spoken and polite, concluding his answers to my questions with "sir." We mere mortals admire guys like this; they make us feel stronger and manlier by association. He's the kind of guy I would like to join for a day of fishing, smoking cigars and swapping tales.
He tells me that he's recently returned from two tours of duty in Iraq. Prior to that, he served in Afghanistan. As a captain, he led troops in clearing city neighborhoods of "insurgents." He's the guy you see on television, rifle in hand, breaking down doors.
Since returning from his last tour, a year ago, he has not been himself.
"I just feel whipped. I ache all over, and I'm tired all the time--no stamina. I get short of breath, and my chest aches just walking up a hill. I can't even sleep at night, doc."
He used to run six miles in under forty minutes, but now has trouble completing one. "Hell, you wouldn't believe the stuff I used to do." I can tell he wants me to know how tough he is, and that he's not looking for sympathy or a ticket to early retirement.
"Patch me up and send me back," he tells me.
As I listen to his story, I sift my memory for any reference to Gulf War syndrome. Was it real? What did the government's final report conclude? My gut tells me that the captain is depressed and possibly suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. But I can't exclude the possibility of a toxic exposure to an as-yet-unidentified Agent X. How would the captain accept a diagnosis of depression? Would it offend this embodiment of strength?
He tells me that his last tour of duty was very stressful and left him disappointed and confused. Proud of what he'd accomplished during his first tour, he felt that what he'd seen this last time was unprofessional and reflected badly on our military and our country. "Unprofessional." Now there's an interesting choice of words.
I hesitate--afraid to ask for details. Despite my antipathy to this war, I still want to believe in my country. Hearing a first-hand account of the horrors of war, the inevitable mishaps and even the intentional and inherently human evils that occur, would force me out of the comfort of my insulated world. And yet I don't want to be complacent--a passive co-conspirator.
A series of lab tests, a chest x-ray, pulmonary function tests, electrocardiogram and a cardiac stress test reveal no clear explanation for this man's symptoms. The diagnosis of depression weighs heavy on my mind.
When he returns the following week, I admit that I've found nothing concrete to explain his dwindling strength: no kryptonite here. This should be good news, right?
He accepts a trial treatment with antidepressants. Within three weeks he's remarkably better. "I almost feel like my old self, doc!" But I can see that he's still troubled.
"Can depression really explain the way I was feeling?"
He confesses that he's questioning his role in this war and his career in the military. He doesn't think he can do another tour and is considering a desk job here in the States. This bothers him because he was good at what he did, and the military needs experienced captains.
I feel troubled as well. It's quite possible that he suffered some physical injury in Iraq. I know that he's been dealing with depression and PTSD, but I still can't be sure that an Agent X didn't trigger his condition. I also don't know how well the military will deal with him or with the many other soldiers who return with significant psychiatric disorders after their Iraqi experiences.
We talk awhile, and I ask him to stay on his medications and to see me back in one month. He agrees; we shake hands.
I never see the captain again. Perhaps he shipped out for his fourth tour. Maybe he retired early. I try to contact him, but without success. Like I said, some patients just stick in my mind.
I like and respect this man of steel. I am awed by what he had to endure and sacrifice in Iraq. My feelings about this war do not make him any less of a hero, any less deserving of my admiration and affection or of the best medical care possible.
And yet, I'm left feeling unsettled. This man's name and face remain etched in my mind. He's but one of the thousands of young men and women left to carry the scars of this ill-conceived, needless war. I feel angry at our government for perpetuating it--and ashamed at my passivity as my young patients continue to ship out. My mind keeps circling back to a single thought: damn it, he should not have been there.
Marc Tumerman MD has been a family physician practicing in Wisconsin for twenty-five years, during which time he has held various leadership roles involving practice management and quality improvement. "Like many, I have chosen to write about some of my more meaningful patient relationships because it's become clear that it is these relationships that give meaning and fullness to my life. In addition, writing serves as a way to help me deal with some of the frustrations and limitations that life places on us at work and at home."
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