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(of clothes) made by a tailor for a particular customer
a garment that has been specially made for a particular customer
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This course is tailor-made to help those responsible change their behaviour.
Training will be tailor-made to cater for the individual woman's needs and can last from a matter of days to up to six months.
Some members who can be fitted with stock items, may choose to purchase fully tailor-made garments, and in these cases, the higher special measurement prices apply.
Future developments could also see new gene-based drugs being tailor-made to a person's individual DNA to make them more effective in combating disease.
The weather and the soggy pitch were tailor-made for the traditional New Zealand strengths of grinding forward play, and they held the edge throughout in the front five in an unattractive encounter.
The roles of the kindly professor and Santa Claus were tailor-made for Liam Murphy, whose avuncular presence must have been very reassuring for the children at the outset.
Jill Johnson, who spearheads the award-winning programme, said each course was tailor-made to the trainees' requirements.
Fay bounced up the stairs to try on the tailor-made pink frock-coat he'd picked up that day.
Its big advantage over mobile phones - which promise the same function - is that it is tailor-made for that purpose.
The school offers an education that is tailor-made to the needs of each pupil, enabling them to develop confidence and the skills needed to overcome whatever learning problems they may have.
In all the Assemblymen, I haven't seen one sharp dresser, as they all wears very expensive, locally tailor-made suits.
Sanders was wearing one of his tailor-made outfits - mauve jumper, mauve trousers and matching mauve shoes.
Phonepha provides a service where tailor-made suits can be made to such exact specifications that creations are generally unique.
This form of exercise is tailor-made for women in particular, because it effectively works the hips, buttocks, legs, arms and stomach and burns tremendous body fat.
My father was a gambler who wore tailor-made silk suits and Italian shoes and had his fingernails manicured once a week.
Checking e-mail is just about tailor-made for this purpose.
For the Wake game, all Illinois fans will wear orange, even Weber, who has a tailor-made blazer of that hue.
That's the beauty of a tailor-made suit; you won't need to have it altered several times before it fits perfectly.
K.S.Mathangan, director, was looking for a face calm and composed but with full of venom inside and he was tailor-made for the role.
Now she and her husband have opened a small store on the island, providing tailor-made clothes, cloth and an ironing service.
Al wore a tailor-made suit, the best clothes he had worn in several years.
Spielberg was in shorts and Jurassic Park baseball cap as he chatted with Rupert Murdoch in a Savile Row tailor-made.
Young's presented the Steeton youngster with a tailor-made chef's outfit - complete with hat and chequered trousers - to mark his sixth birthday.
As a commodities trader she dressed in tailor-made men's suits.
They'll add a touch of class to your new tailor-made suit, of course.
Reputed software training centres of national and international standards can bring out students whose knowledge will be tailor-made for various applications.
Lavish silks, sparkling gems and tailor-made clothes are just some of the items available at a fraction of Irish prices.
At work he wears tailor-made suits, smart shirts and braces.
As someone with almost no talent for languages at all, I can testify that the program at Macalester was tailor-made for the study of Russian.
A programme of therapies is tailor-made for each child.
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Bull Soc Belge Ophtalmol. Uh, ten grams, please At least we were taken to a friendly inexpensive hotel. There was no check of our luggage. We passed through a grove of Ponderosa Pines and emerged onto the Alpine tundra which was filled with wildflowers.
He directed me to a step program that required me to faithfully attend meetings with other alcoholics. It is nowhere near as strong or as pure as new-method products such as bubblehash. Seeing over the horizon -targeting the endocannabinoid system for the treatment of ocular disease.
Caffeine The average cup of coffee or tea in the United States contains between 40mg and mg of caffeine. Caffeine consumption and the risk of primary open-angle glaucoma: It is a transit point for goods smuggled in from Melilla to Al Hoceima and places further inland.
We were presented with a platter of nine or ten types of fresh fish to choose from. Avoid Ketama unless that is your primary destination. A boy comes out with a huge pitcher of hot water and we do the hand washing ceremony. At one long stop, not only were our passports required, but every bit of information was entered onto cards.
He suggested a little walking tour and then some tea and hashish. The women are making such a scene, Scarface is embarrassed and tells them to go back home, the water line will be fixed.
I didn't want to commit as I have read about such scams and I've heard Ketama can be a dangerous place.
Be prepared to stop at the numerous police check points usually at every intersection. Outsiders are not necessary or welcome. The bag is placed inside a bucket and the top of the bucket is sealed with plastic and then laid on its side.
The irony is that the contraband is all foreign. Redbud and I set out for a stroll up the mountain side to look at the fields and see the views of the mountains. How many times has he been here and how good a friend is this, I wonder? Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal. In fact, just about every building we passed had the thump, thump, thump of hash-making coming from inside I left Red sitting on a rock enjoying the superb view above Azilah, while I went a bit further up the trail.
Anterior eye segment pathologies. Visibly stung and humiliated, and with tears in her eyes, she looked to me for assistance, then put her hands to her heart and ran away. The prayer songs echo in your head like hallucinatory scenes from the classic William Burroughs novel later made into a fantastic movie Naked Lunch, which was written while Burroughs was in Tangiers in a weeks-long trance induced by eating Moroccan hashish.The Kif in the Rif Kif has been widely smoked by Moroccan men especially since the Spanish conquerors began to encourage its cultivation in an effort to keep the peace.
Today, nearly all of Morocco's cannabis production can be found in the Rif Mountains, which stretch from the Mediterranean Sea to the port city of Tangier.
The kif carried by the caf? men in little pouches initially looked like kif I was used to, but close examination with my macro lens revealed the tiny particles that looked like resin glands to the unaided eye were not resin glands at all: they were tiny granules of plant material, sand, and other debris.
I want it to become like a second skin, to the point that I am almost unconscious of its contents, in as much as you would never suspect, from a casual conversation on a street corner – or a desolate four-wheel drive track in the drug-growing Rif Mountains of Morocco – that I have anything more valuable on me than my wits.
If you've never read a Richard Flanagan book, you might be inclined to think First Person is some kind of thriller, based on the blurb alone. It isn't, rather it is very literary - by which I mean it consists mainly of a lot of introspection by the main character, Kif Kehlmann, who is himself a Flanagan proxy/5.
Results are considered as an advance of our actual investigations undertaken in the Rif zone to observe an improvement in night vision after smoking kif [Ethan et al., Post Kif d B Fig.
8. Scotopic Sensitivity Limit (dB) before and after cannabis smoking. A decrement of 1dB is noted in two subjects and 2dB in a third subject after smoking kif. This result is statistically significant (P.


When I got my first bike in 2009, there were a few weeks there as a newbie where I was diligently going through the motions of inflating my tires... without actually inflating them. I didn't know to unscrew the little top of the Presta valve...duh!
Today I needed help to inflate tires through valve extenders for the first time. It should not be that hard but the darn pump head would just fly off time and time again. What the heck...how hard can it be? I figured I was once again missing something obvious.
With growing frustration, I put bike and pump into my car and brought them into our local East Coasters bike shop. Turns out it takes a bit of fiddling, making sure the little nut under the extender is unscrewed, poking something down the extender to be sure, then shoving the pump head on with some force. At least now I understand how it works and what to do. It's just a bit embarrassing since I am a person with multiple degrees in engineering (technically human factors, so more of a blend of engineering and psychology).
I have to confess that I have NO desire to mess with my own bike, to putter, tinker, tweak, experiment, adjust. I feel like no good can come from that. The bike intimidates me. I depend on it working well and have not been willing to put in the time and effort to learn about all the intricacies. I either want to know everything or just enough to get by. Pathetic, yes. But it a time crunched life I've got to pick my battles. I depend on Steve and others to keep my bikes running smoothly.
I can adjust my seat, lube the chain, and now I can inflate ALL my tires. Plus I can clean and wax it and make it shiny for races! That's enough for me.


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Film International, "The Houses That Hooper Built – American Twilight: The Cinema of Tobe Hooper"
"This juxtaposition between some admittedly cheesy films and their serious thematic undercurrents can be jarring, and nowhere is this effect more evident than in Mike Thorn's 'Lizard Brain Ouroboros: Human Antiexceptionalism in Tobe Hooper's Eaten Alive and Crocodile.' These films are not the director's best by a longshot (although the former, his 1976 follow-up to Texas Chain Saw, has enjoyed a cult following), but Thorn skillfully dissects how they illustrate 'the [triune brain] theory…that human cognition's roots can be traced to the nonhuman animal world' (106). The boundary separating these worlds dissolves, and viewers may find themselves rooting more for the so-called 'monsters' than the oblivious humans exploiting them."
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"A New Kind of Drug" (Darkest Hours) Included on Steve Talks Books & Stuff's Top Short Stories of 2021 List

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China Blocks German Pork To Prevent African Swine Fever
Boris Johnson Moves To Save UK From 'Carve Up', Defend Open Irish Border
African swine fever,
imports,
pig,
pork,
China yesterday announced a nationwide ban all imports of pork products from Germany.
Earlier in the week, Berlin confirmed the European nation's first recorded case of African swine fever after tests on the carcass of a wild boar.
Authorities in Germany suspect the boar moved into German territory from Poland to the east where large numbers of the same animals have been found to be infected.
Prior to the announcement, German pork products ranked third in terms of volume imported by China – a nation with its own recent record of fighting the same virus.
After announcing the ban, however, it is understood suppliers across North America, elsewhere in Europe, and even in Brazil may be making moves to fill the void left by German pork.
Germany had previously exported around 158,000 tons of pork to China – the world's largest consumer – in the four months between January and April, a number twice as high as a year earlier, as China's own production rates dipped 20% in the first half of the year.
The virus itself is of no danger to humans, but can devastate pig populations in a short space of time. 2019 saw millions of pigs across China slaughtered to protect the wider population.
As a result, the price of pork products on the shelves in Chinese supermarkets doubled last year which, in knock-on effect, increased the prices of other protein sources such as chicken and beef.
Chinese Troops Struggle With Low Quality Winter Clothing On Indian Border
The People's Liberation Army (PLA)'s adventurism has started costing it heavily. Actions…
Taiwan – Somaliland Ties Drawing Attention From Egypt
According to sources speaking to the Somaliland Chronicle, and since independently confirmed…
Calling China's Bluff On Recent Provocations: Indian Style
Editor's note: Dr Punit Saurabh is an Assistant Professor (Strategy area) at Nirma…
Is Chinese Navy Eyeing Taiwan Held Pratas Islands?
A combination of reports from Japan and China over the past week…


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Rabbani says critical thinking is being trifled
ISLAMABAD: Senate's former chairman Raza Rabbani condemned the arrest of Prof Ammar Ali Jan under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance. "The rallies are peaceful and all the participants do not incite to violence nor they are armed," he said in a statement Monday. Rabbani said the student movement demands for free education, committees against sexual harassment on campus, provision of internet facilities and restoration of student unions. He said the object of the movement is to assail the university administration for promoting a fascist culture where critical thinking is trifled and teachers who encourage their students to voice independent views are shown the door, like Dr Sami of the Balochistan University, are kidnapped. "The government should ensure his recovery immediately," he added. He said the movement calls for grand alliance of the working classes to take the back the rights that the capitalists have snatched from them. He said Pakistan today shows little tolerance for progressive ideas, because they make for a troublesome populist narrative that refuse to sacrifice its rights and freedoms at the alter of narratives that serve only a selected few. Rabbani said many decades ago a student movement changed the course of history in Pakistan. "Are the authorities' affairs will lead to the same," he added.


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GP negligence claim settled following 7-year delay in melanoma diagnosis
Jamie Green secured a £445,000 settlement for his client Mrs Wellington*, who suffered a seven-year delay in diagnosing and treating her melanoma. Her GP negligently failed to recognise that a lesion on her thigh was consistent with a presentation of malignant melanoma, and subsequently failed to refer her to a dermatologist for further investigations.
Mrs Wellington told her GP that the lesion had recently become darker and changed shape and was also more than 7mm in diameter. All these are risk factors for malignant melanoma and mandated referral to a dermatologist under the urgent two-week cancer referral pathway. Mrs Wellington's GP failed to do so and instead asked her to return to the surgery if the lesion began to bleed.
Mrs Wellington was reassured that there was nothing wrong and carried on life as normal. Following thyroid surgery some six years later, she noticed a sudden growth of the lesion and again reached out to her GP surgery. This time, she was referred to a dermatologist but only as a routine appointment and not under the cancer referral pathway and was finally seen seven months later. The dermatologist was shocked that the GP had not referred her urgently. Further investigations confirmed that she had developed stage 4b melanoma.
As a result of the delayed diagnosis, she required extensive surgery to remove the lesion and perform a wide excision to help prevent recurrence. She now has extensive scarring on her thigh of which she is very self-conscious. She also required a 12-month course of immunotherapy and suffered from side effects from this treatment. She suffered psychiatrically and developed an adjustment disorder with substantial depression and a cognitive disorder that has affected her ability to return to work full-time. Her life expectancy is reduced by approximately six years.
Mrs Wellington instructed Jamie to investigate her claim. He obtained reports from a GP expert and a consultant oncologist. The experts confirmed that the GP negligently failed to refer Mrs Wellington during the initial appointment and, if a referral had taken place at that time, she would have undergone appropriate investigations and the lesion would have been removed.
The oncologist considered that the lesion may not have even been cancerous at that time, or would have been very early stage melanoma. She would not have required any more treatment and would have had a normal life expectancy.
Jamie subsequently sent a Letter of Claim to the GP who, following their own investigations, admitted liability in full. The claim was then quantified and detailed negotiations were held with the defendant, resulting in settlement before Court proceedings were issued.
Following settlement, Mrs Wellington said:
"I decided to contact Fieldfisher after reading one of their case studies on the internet. At the beginning, I was not sure if I had a case especially as I had contacted three law firms and Fieldfisher were the only ones who returned my call.
Jamie took on my case and worked extremely hard gathering all the relevant information. He kept me updated and explained very clearly how the case was progressing. He is professional, well organised, knowledgeable, thorough and persistent which led to a fantastic result. He really is a truly nice person and I shall always say I had the best person to fight my case. Thank you"
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For further information about delayed diagnosis claims or GP negligence claims, please call Jamie Green on 03304606771 or email jamie.green@fieldfisher.com.
You can speak to our clinical negligence solicitors on freephone 0800 358 3848


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From 18th April 2018 most people making a claim for working age benefits and help with housing costs in Wigan Borough will be placed in Universal Credit Full Service.
You will be transferred to Universal Credit in Wigan Borough if you have a change of circumstances that affects your current benefits.
Please note: Council Tax Reduction and Free School Meals are not being replaced by Universal Credit so you will need to apply for those separately.
The number of children you have does not affect your eligibility for Universal Credit, but it may affect how much payment you get.
Use a benefits calculator (external link) to check what benefits you could get if you're not eligible for Universal Credit.
Your partner's income and savings will be taken into account, even if they are not eligible for Universal Credit.
You do not have parental support, for example, you're estranged from your parents and you're not under local authority care.
You're in 'non-advanced education', (for example, studying for A levels or a BTEC National Diploma), are 21 years old or under and do not have parental support.
You can only claim if you live with a partner who is eligible for Universal Credit and under Pension Credit qualifying age. You will have to make a joint claim.
From Wednesday 15th May 2019, if one of you is of working age you will need to claim Universal credit.
You will need to go to Universal Credit (external link) on the government website for more information, to find out if you are eligible, or to apply.
From 1st April 2019, Citizen's Advice will be providing a Help to Claim service.
Help to Claim is a new service that will offer end-to-end support to help people make a new Universal Credit claim and be ready for when their first payment arrives.
Helping people to understand what Universal Credit will mean for them - this could include accessing adaptations to payment or supporting the client to prepare for the practicalities of the first payment.
In person - At one of the locations listed above. Find your nearest location (external link) or call 01942 709709.
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If you would like to refer anyone into this service, please call 01942 709709. You will need to have the clients consent to share details.
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Help for older people including advice on benefits and finances.
If you are worried about paying your water bill while waiting for Universal Credit payments. They can also check your tariff to see if you can reduce your bill.


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33 get indicted on drug charges
By - The Washington Times - Sunday, March 17, 2002
A federal grand jury in Virginia has indicted 33 members of a suspected drug ring accused of smuggling thousands of pounds of marijuana, cocaine and amphetamines in sport utility vehicles carrying women and children and bearing "pro-family" bumper stickers.
U.S. Attorney Paul J. McNulty, who announced the indictment at a press conference on Friday in Poquoson, Va., said gang members shipped the drugs through Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Chicago and Albuquerque, N.M., and supplied them to buyers throughout Virginia's Eastern Peninsula and the Shenandoah Valley.
Mr. McNulty said the ring diverted millions of dollars in illicit profits through several phony businesses.
"This was a sophisticated organization operating in what was considered to be a relatively safe place, but some very solid police work literally knocked them out," Mr. McNulty told The Washington Times. "This case was not about electronic wiretaps and clandestine undercover operations. It was about legwork and chasing down a lot of leads."
The arrests were part of Operation Tidal Wave, a lengthy investigation headed by the Virginia Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Task Force.
Two suspected ringleaders, both in custody, were identified as Anthony Pacheco of Albuquerque and George Haugen of Poquoson. Both were charged under the federal drug kingpin law.
Thirty of the 33 persons named in the indictment were in custody on Friday.
The 168-page indictment said that since 1996, Mr. Pacheco, Mr. Haugen and others did "unlawfully, knowingly and intentionally combine, conspire, confederate and agree with each other and with other persons" to distribute thousands of pounds of marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamines.
The indictment said the smugglers transported on a regular basis more than 10,000 pounds of marijuana and in excess of 40 kilograms of cocaine. It said the drug ring often used couriers to transport more than $1 million in illicit profits at any one time and that the cash often was hidden in game packages, CD-ROM discs, puzzles and magazines.
Mr. McNulty said the primary purpose of the conspiracy was to make money through the distribution of marijuana, cocaine and crystal methamphetamine in several cities in Virginia, including Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, Harrisonburg and Staunton. The ring also had established drug contacts in Albuquerque, Pittsburgh, Chicago and Atlanta.
He said members of the drug ring played different roles in the conspiracy, assuming roles of financiers, organizers, managers, suppliers, brokers, distributors, transporters and couriers of drugs and money.
Mr. McNulty said gang members rented and purchased houses, apartments, town houses, condominiums, hotel rooms and vehicles as part of the conspiracy. They also set up fictitious businesses and used bank and credit card accounts, along with airline, telephone and overnight courier and wire services, to further their drug sales.
Some of the fictitious businesses were identified in the indictment as Array Consultants Ltd. Co., International Hong Kong Tailors, Duran Consulting and Markal Financial Ltd. Co., which were used to give the appearance that their illegal drug proceeds were legitimate business profits.
Mr. McNulty said gang members used "stash" locations to deliver drugs and receive cash. The stash spots were located in Norfolk, Churchville, Harrisonburg, Staunton, Poquoson, Hampton, Newport News and Gloucester County in Virginia, and in Nags Head, N.C.
He said investigators believed the drugs originated in Mexico, and that the ring used threats of abduction, kidnapping, drowning and other violence to ensure the operation's security.
"It was a further part of the conspiracy that the defendants … did employ various methods during the transportation and delivery of drugs and drug proceeds to avoid detection by law enforcement agents," he said, including the use of women and children as passengers in vehicles containing drugs and the use of license plates and bumper stickers bearing pro-family messages.


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Book Review - Cassandra Clare's City of Lost Souls
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The Fortune Hunter by Daisy Goodwin
Published by: St. Martin's Press
Publication Date: July 29th, 2014
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"Empress Elizabeth of Austria, known as Sisi, is the Princess Diana of nineteenth-century Europe. Famously beautiful, as captured in a portrait with diamond stars in her hair, she is unfulfilled in her marriage to the older Emperor Franz Joseph. Sisi has spent years evading the stifling formality of royal life on her private train or yacht or, whenever she can, on the back of a horse.
Captain Bay Middleton is dashing, young, and the finest horseman in England. He is also impoverished, with no hope of buying the horse needed to win the Grand National—until he meets Charlotte Baird. A clever, plainspoken heiress whose money gives her a choice among suitors, Charlotte falls in love with Bay, the first man to really notice her, for his vulnerability as well as his glamour. When Sisi joins the legendary hunt organized by Earl Spencer in England, Bay is asked to guide her on the treacherous course. Their shared passion for riding leads to an infatuation that jeopardizes the growing bond between Bay and Charlotte, and threatens all of their futures.
This brilliant new novel by Daisy Goodwin is a lush, irresistible story of the public lives and private longings of grand historical figures."
Ever since reading Goodwin's The American Heiress, I have been waiting impatiently for this new book of hers!
Secrets of Sloane House by Shelley Gray
Published by: Zondervan
"One woman's search for the truth of her sister's disappearance leads her to deceit and danger in 1893 Chicago.
Rosalind Perry has left her family's rural farm in Wisconsin to work as a housemaid at Sloane House, one of the most elegant mansions in Gilded Age Chicago. However, Rosalind is not there just to earn a living and support her family—she's at Sloane House determined to discover the truth about her sister's mysterious disappearance.
Reid Armstrong is the handsome heir to a silver fortune. However, his family is on the periphery of Chicago's elite because their wealth comes from "new money" obtained from successful mining. Marriage to Veronica Sloane would secure his family's position in society—the lifelong dream of his ailing father.
When Reid begins to realize that Rosalind's life may be in danger, he stops thinking of marriage prospects and concentrates on helping Rosalind. Dark things are afoot in Chicago and, he fears, in Sloane House. If he's not vigilant, Rosalind could pay the price."
Set against the backdrop of Chicago's Gilded Age and the 1893 World's Fair, Secrets of Sloane House takes us on a whirlwind journey of romance and mystery."
Everything about this description makes me want to read it! Plus, Chicago and Wisconsin? My homeland!
Lucky Us by Amy Bloom
Published by: Tor Books
"My father's wife died. My mother said we should drive down to his place and see what might be in it for us.
So begins this remarkable novel by Amy Bloom, whose critically acclaimed Away was called "a literary triumph" (The New York Times). Lucky Us is a brilliantly written, deeply moving, fantastically funny novel of love, heartbreak, and luck.
Disappointed by their families, Iris, the hopeful star and Eva the sidekick, journey through 1940s America in search of fame and fortune. Iris's ambitions take the pair across the America of Reinvention in a stolen station wagon, from small-town Ohio to an unexpected and sensuous Hollywood, and to the jazz clubs and golden mansions of Long Island.
With their friends in high and low places, Iris and Eva stumble and shine though a landscape of big dreams, scandals, betrayals, and war. Filled with gorgeous writing, memorable characters, and surprising events, Lucky Us is a thrilling and resonant novel about success and failure, good luck and bad, the creation of a family, and the pleasures and inevitable perils of family life, conventional and otherwise. From Brooklyn's beauty parlors to London's West End, a group of unforgettable people love, lie, cheat and survive in this story of our fragile, absurd, heroic species."
I think it's the 1940s road trip aspect that calls to be.
Labels: 1940s, Amy Bloom, Chicago, Daisy Goodwin, Lucky Us, Secrets of Sloane House, Shelley Gary, The American Heiress, The Fortune Hunter, Wisconsin


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Gentle Giant ( B10 )
Gentle Giant's next release was 1976's Interview - another concept album, this time based around an imaginary interview with the band. The music pointedly poked fun at the state of the music industry and at the silly questions that rock stars are repeatedly asked in order to construct an image for marketing. Ironically, this more satirical and subversive approach ultimately proved to be a symptom of the undermining of the band's work and artistic integrity. Derek Shulman later admitted "I think Interview was the start of the erosion. I think the creative juices were starting to wane a little bit... I think Interview was the start of the slide towards the realization that this is a business now, and that's also a part of what the business had become. I was managing the band at the time and music business became a major business." Despite this approach, the album did not repeat its predecessor's American chart success, peaking at No. 137.
By this time, Gentle Giant had become a well-established live act in America and Europe, touring persistently and sharing stages with anyone from Sha Na Na to progressive rock contemporaries such as Jethro Tull and Yes. The band's notoriously virtuosic live act (featuring rapid-fire instrument swapping and equally demanding rearrangements of the already complex studio pieces) made a powerful impression on audiences, meaning that Gentle Giant could equal almost any act on the bill. One 1975 show (at Detroit's Cobo Hall) saw them steal the show from both Gary Wright (debuting his Dream Weaver album) and Rick Wakeman (headlining with the touring version of The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table). In 1976, this side of the band was captured on the live album Playing the Fool, recorded during the European tour for Interview.
The Chrysalis years, part 2: The Missing Piece and Giant for a Day!
While Gentle Giant's skill as performers remained undiminished, their creative peak was now behind them. Affected by changes in popular style (including the growth of punk rock), the band made a mutual decision to refine their writing and performance style in pursuit of a broader market, particularly in America. Over the next two years, the band gradually jettisoned many of their complicated stylings in order to attempt to write simpler pop music and attempt to create hit singles.
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On June 22, NPR reporter Richard Knox aired this story during the "Morning Edition" broadcast. It was an excellent piece profiling efforts by an individual and a volunteer organization to help patients and families get the care they need to navigate our health care and elder care systems. Each time the media does a piece on the needs of patients and the role of advocates, it helps to make folks aware that many of us are out there to do just that. It also helps advocates and navigators to find each other!


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SINN FEIN President Gerry Adams leaves a polling station after voting in his west Belfast constituency.
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A total of 256 candidates were vying for 108 seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly in yesterday's election.
A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl told yesterday how she delivered her baby brother in the bathroom after her mother went into unexpected labour.
Jodie Coupland said she was woken by mother Bev who began having regular contractions in the early hours.
With no time to get to hospital the youngster followed instructions from a 999 operator after Ms Coupland, 30, made it only as far as the bathroom in their home near York. Paramedics arrived to find Jodie had brought her brother Travis into the world.
MICHAEL JACKSON is to have his new video aired to re-launch Top Of The Pops this week, it was announced yesterday.
The singer is at number one in the album charts and sales do not appear to have been dented by an investigation into child molestation allegations.
The 12-year-old cancer survivor who accused Michael Jackson of sexually abusing him was last night reported to be in bad health.
The BBC said it would be screening a video to coincide with the release of his chart-topper Number Ones.
MINISTRY of Defence police are investigating the alleged rape of a woman at a Royal Marines training centre, it has emerged.
A member of the armed forces was arrested for questioning about the incident and released on police bail.
The rape is alleged to have taken place at the Commando Training Centre at Lympstone, Devon, between October 25 and 26.
A 13-YEAR-OLD pet Alsatian dog has been hailed a hero after saving the life of a baby girl who stopped breathing.
The family pet started jumping about in the car when his owner's 18-month-old daughter Shona began convulsing.
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stopped the car and flagged down an ambulance that was driving behind them.
A BODY found in a flat in Hull has been confirmed as that of a 21-year-old mother missing since leaving a pub four days ago.
Tina Wright, who has a three-year-old daughter, was last seen leaving the Endyke Pub, Hull, on Sunday evening.
Yesterday Humberside Police confirmed the body was that of Ms Wright.
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Pedro Caixinha's men couldn't make the breakthrough, and drop points for the second week in a row.
Rangers were held to a 0-0 draw by Hearts, on a frustrating afternoon at Ibrox.
The Light Blues dropped points for a second weekend in a row, a result which leaves them five points off Celtic, St Johnstone and Aberdeen at the top of the table.
Gers manager Pedro Caixinha made one change from the side which lost to Hibs last week, with captain Lee Wallace coming in for Lee Hodson.
Ryan Jack's red card against the Hibees was rescinded, so he retained his place in the starting XI.
Jamie Walker had been left out of the visitors' first two Premiership matches, with interim head coach Jon Daly admitting his head had been turned by interest from Rangers.
However, the winger returned to the starting XI for the trip to Ibrox, replacing Rafal Grzelak in the only Hearts change.
Wallace came close to an immediate impact, cutting the ball back for Kenny Miller in a good position but the veteran was denied by a superb saving tackle from Christophe Berra.
It was the Jambos who came closest to opening the scoring in the opening exchanges however, with John Souttar striding through midfield before rattling a long-range shot off the bar.
From the rebound, former Rangers striker Kyle Lafferty curled an effort at goal, but it went wide of Wes Foderingham's post.
At the other end, Portuguese international Bruno Alves met a corner at the back post, but his goal bound header was cleared.
Josh Windass thought he had opened the scoring on 37 minutes, but his effort was ruled out for offside, before Miller forced Jack Hamilton into a fine save five minutes later.
The teams went into the break goalless, and while the hosts dominated possession after that time, they could find precious little cutting edge.
Niko Kranjcar replaced Windass after 52 minutes, as Caixinha looked to introduce a bit of guile to proceedings.
The Croatian's first chance to impress was a free-kick from around 25 yards, but his effort struck the Hearts wall.
Kranjcar did force Hamilton into action on 70 minutes, the Hearts goalkeeper doing well to palm away a snapshot from the edge of the box.
It was all Rangers now, and Ryan Hardie saw a shot deflected just wide for a corner.
The Jambos were defending deep, and the sight of four minutes added time on the assistant referee's board couldn't have been warmly received.
The Light Blues couldn't find a way through though, with a frustrated Ibrox crowd seeing their side slip five points behind Celtic after just three games.


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{}

void CornerFeatureFinder::findCorners(const cv::Mat& image, FeaturesStore& features) {
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  PointsCollection corners;
  cv::goodFeaturesToTrack(image, corners, maximumFeaturesCount, 0.01, 2.0);

  if (corners.size() == 0) {
    return;
  }

  for (PointsCollection::iterator it = corners.begin(); it != corners.end(); ++it) {
    cv::Point corner;

    corner.x = static_cast<int>(it->x);
    corner.y = static_cast<int>(it->y);

    features.push_back(Feature(corner));
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}

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I have a 2008 Jeep Compass Limited (Wife's car) A while back the eps, abs, and a "swerving car" alert lights all came on. The cruise control also stopped working. I'm not too sure but it seems like a sensor of some sort. Does anyone have any advise on how to fix this problem?? I took the front and rear wheels off to check the brakes and all appeared to be in good order. Any help would be appreciated.
Could be a wheel speed sensor. Is it throwing any codes?


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After we sent out the questionnaire looking for the Top Dental Practices of 2017, we were amazed at the responses that we received from professionals across the country. It's inspiring to know that dental practices are passionately focused on putting their employee's and patient's needs first (though we really expected nothing less from the DentalPost community). That said, it was very difficult to narrow our choices down to three!
After sifting through the submissions, we've picked this year's winners (in no particular order).
Why We Chose Lake Oconee Dentistry: We love a practice which rewards employee growth. Oftentimes, fear of failure stifles a person's ability to succeed and a leadership team that encourages an employee to take risks to better themselves is a practice we want to highlight!
Why We Chose Beaver Dam Dental: Teamwork is critically important, and it's up to each company to embolden their employees to use their best skills. By highlighting individual strengths in regards to the group as a whole, a practice can do better work. Many times, an employee's benefit to the company is masked by internal differences or miscommunication, but it is clear that Beaver Dam Dental encourages diversity in the workplace. That, to us, shows a real culture of success.
Why We Chose Madison Dental Initiative: A non-profit facility must make many personal sacrifices for the betterment of the patients. Madison Dental Initiative proves that they go "above and beyond" by treating those less fortunate to afford dental care. That kind of commitment to a patient's wellbeing deserves recognition. Not to mention, their patient list is growing, so it's clear that the care is also exceptional!
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There are quite a history and a good number of facts behind the Rupp Arena. This arena is the delight of many basketballs and sports enthusiasts who live in Lexington and the surrounding areas in Kentucky. This stadium was opened in 1976. It has a sitting capacity of 23,500 and is a home stadium to the Kentucky Wildcats Basketball Team. Since its opening, Kentucky has lost 68 games and won 585 games.
There are some interesting facts about Rupp Arena. During the opening of the stadium, one ticket went for $6 only and the first game was highly attended such that snacks were finished by halftime. These are among the little known facts that we will discuss here.
The name – The Rupp Arena was named after Adolph Rupp, University of Kentucky basketball coach, who has been named as the "most winning" coach of his time, with 876 wins in his 1930 to 1972 coaching career. The stadium was opened about a year before the death of Adolph Rupp in 1977. In its lifetime, this arena has hosted NCAA games, regional high school basketball elimination games, many concerts, and WWE and SmackDown events among others.
Interesting history – Construction was stopped when Inuit bones were discovered during the excavation, in the early stages of the digging. The building site was moved 1000 feet aside in respect to the Inuit burial site.
Alcohol – You can neither bring alcohol into the stadium nor take alcohol purchased in the stadium outside. Besides, the stadium management reserves the right to halt the sale of alcohol at their discretion. At the same time, the stadium maintains a strict bag policy, so always check with them to see what kind of bag you can enter with.
Sitting capacity – The official sitting capacity of 23,500 but this is always exceeded when the UK (University of Kentucky) team is playing. There is an extra standing room for students behind the goals. This way, the capacity of the stadium can even exceed 24,000. In 2010, a record 24, 480 people were in the stadium to watch Kentucky play Louisville where the host won by 71-62. You can buy Rupp Arena tickets online seeing the seating chart for the next big basketball game.
Music concert – Champagne Music Makers led by Lawrence Welk held the first ever music concert in Rupp Arena on October 17, 1976. Four people twisted their ankles or suffered other minor injuries as they scrambled up to the upper arena seats. There were no handrails then, but they were installed later.
Mishaps – In the early opening years of the Rupp Arena, several mishaps like the twisted ankles discussed above would befall the stadium. It was during the first basketball season that seven sinks detached from the walls and in the same season, the lights were too bright, in effect blinding the Wildcats until they could only dominate 43% of the field. The lights' brightness had to be lowered by 50000 watts.
First Cat's game – The Wildcats played their first game in the arena against Wisconsin where they won by 72-64. This game attracted 23,266 fans who had eaten all the hotdogs at the snack stands by halftime into the game. This game took place on 27 November 1976.
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The Van Baer family, also known as Van Baer van Lathum or Van Bahr Van Lathum, was a Middle Age noble family from Bahr and Lathum, in the Dutch province of Gelderland.

There was a Kasteel Baer (Castle Baer) in the 13th century.

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External links
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 Kasteel Baer at Dutch Wikipedia (Dutch)

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Can't Find a Home in Manhattan? Try Brooklyn
Written By Debbie Fleury | October 22, 2015 | Published in Real Estate Market Trends
In recent years, Brooklyn has become New York City's very own Neverland.
Millennials have established their own territory and headquarters in the bordering regions of Bed-Stuy and Williamsburg, where property values have spiked to the point where Brooklyn homes are now selling faster than Manhattan's condos. And due to the newfound interest in the borough, the Brooklyn skyline is undergoing another transformation.
With numerous claims that the growth of Brooklyn's real estate bubble will have no end in sight, any speculation that the bubble might burst appears to be an afterthought for New York City developers. More than 65% of New Yorkers are renters, and considering Brooklyn's newest real estate boom, by the end of this year, city residents can expect to spend more than 60% of their income on housing. What's more, by 2016 the borough is expected to hit a new housing record, with 5,000 new apartments entering the market — an increase of about 2,700 units compared to this year.
DUMBO – Brooklyn's center-stage for new development, spearheaded a spread of luxury sales in neighborhoods like Bushwick, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and Crown Heights. The demand for housing in Brooklyn can be most attributed to the borough's historical districts, the inventories of which are mostly made up of townhouses instead of apartments. Downtown Brooklyn, Greenpoint, and Williamsburg are said to have the largest concentration of new construction, adding a combined 22,000 new units to the market within the next four years.
Brooklyn is gaining popularity with young buyers due to its unyielding influence on value and space. In other words, compared to Manhattan, you get more for what you pay for in Brooklyn. And this 2-bedroom, 2-bath condo at 122 Fort Greene Place has 12-ft ceilings, four marble fireplaces, and a newly renovated parlor — all at a value of $1,599,999.
The Clock Tower triplex penthouse at 1 Main Street in DUMBO is also in the market at a reasonable rate. It is a 3-bedroom, 3.5-bath home valued for its architectural charm and spectacular views. The unit comes with a wraparound stairway as well as its own custom elevator, accessible throughout all three stories.
Previously owned by supermodel Agyness Deyn, this 2-bedroom, 2-bath loft at 85 North 3rd Street in the Mill Building is back in the market with an adjusted price tag. Currently on sale for $3.5 million, the apartment features ample living space, exposed wood beams, and its own washer and dryer unit.
With Brooklyn homes reaching a record average sales price of $788,529 in the second quarter of this year, housing market experts believe that the borough's in a bubble that's unlikely to burst. As prices have gone up, many potential home buyers are still opting out of Manhattan for Brooklyn. As a result, the borough's inventory has been playing catch-up with demand.
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We had members of the Melbourne, Fl City Council as well as Mayor of Melbourne, FL Kathy Meehan on hand to open the event and read a NDEW proclamation. Due to significant, sustained bad weather we had numerous rain delays and some EV owner and Exhibitor cancellations. However most of the vendors and attendees braved the storms taking shelter under exhibitor tents, in the city parking deck, or under cover of an umbrella. FPL provided a caricature artist for the event which was a huge hit, and the city of Melbourne provided a DJ for the event. We held demo sessions with a L2 Schneider Electric EVlink in home charger to show attendees how simple it is to plug in. We closed the event with an EV caravan through the down town strip which included 3 Tesla model s, a Tesla roadster, a Porsche Panamera e-hybrid, leafs, volts, an i3, 2 ford fusion energis, a Rav4EV, and a Plugin Prius.
Kathy Meehan, Mayor of Melbourne, FL and City Council Members. Nissan Leaf, Toyota Rav 4 EV, Chevy Volt, Tesla Model S, BMW i3.
Contact SpaceCoastEVDrivers@gmail.com for exhibitor and sponsorship information.
The Space Coast Electric Vehicle Drivers Co-founders Josh and Brenna are honored to be serving as this year's City Captains for Melbourne, Florida's National Drive Electric Week (NDEW) Event.
This year's event is the first National Drive Electric Week event to take place in Brevard County and is being brought to you by the Space Coast EV Drivers & The City of Melbourne which has sponsored the location and city activity fees to give this event an excellent kick off in Melbourne. This event would not be possible without the help of local electric vehicle drivers who will be showcasing their personal EVs at the event, exhibitors, sponsors, area businesses and more.
There are currently 134 attendees registered.
Registered attendees report 245,461 electric miles driven.


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Q: Is it possible to find general solutions for $n$-th order Euler-Cauchy ODE? Consider $n$-th order Euler-Cauchy equation:
\begin{equation}
  a_nt^n\frac{d^nx}{dt^n}+a_{n-1}t^{n-1}\frac{d^{n-1}x}{dt^{n-1}}+\cdots+a_{1}t\frac{dx}{dt}+a_0x=0,\quad a_0\ne0,a_{1},\cdots a_{n}\in\Bbb R
\end{equation}
I'm asked to find solutions (not sure "general" solutions or just "special" ones) for this system. The hint is: try solutions of the form $x=t^\lambda$. So I let $x=t^\lambda$ and find that
$$
  t^\lambda\left[\left(a_nn!\binom{\lambda}{n}+a_{n-1}(n-1)!\binom{\lambda}{n-1}+\cdots+a_1\binom{\lambda}{1}+a_0\right)\right]=0
$$
Now it is clear that each $x=t^{\lambda_i}$ for which $\lambda_i$ fits the above equation is a solution for the ODE. Also, all the solutions for the ODE form a vector space.
If I am only required to find special solutions then I'm done. But I don't want to just stop here. I want to find general solutions, if possible. What troubles me is the case of repeated roots, say, $\lambda_i$ with multiplicity $n_i$. I wonder if I could extend the result of homogeneous linear ODE analogously into this case: would
$$(C_1+C_2t+\cdots+C_{n_i}t^{n_i-1})t^{\lambda_i}$$
also be a solution for the ODE? At first I tried the case of a second order ODE with repeated $\lambda=-1$ and it worked well, so I was encouraged. I found out that to prove my conjecture (if correct) I only needed to show, due to linearity of the solution space, that
$$t^m\cdot t^{\lambda_i},\quad 0\le m\le n_i-1$$
is a solution. But when I plug it back into the ODE the resulting equation looks horrible. So I kinda doubt whether I'm on the right track now.
It's very likely that I have made an incorrect analog here. But anyway, I would like someone to tell me how to find out the general solution for this ODE, if possible.
Best regards!

A: It may be convenient to rewrite the problem as a a set of coupled first
order equations.
\begin{equation*}
a_{n}\frac{d^{n}x}{dt^{n}}+a_{n-1}\frac{d^{n-1}x}{dt^{n-1}}+\cdots +a_{1}
\frac{dx}{dt}+a_{0}x=0
\end{equation*}
Put
\begin{equation*}
X_{0}=x,\;X_{1}=\frac{dx}{dt},\cdots X_{n}=\frac{d^{n}x}{dt^{n}}
\end{equation*}
Then
\begin{equation*}
X_{n}=-\frac{1}{a_{n}}\{a_{n-1}X_{n-1}+\cdots a_{0}X_{0}\}
\end{equation*}
and
\begin{eqnarray*}
\partial _{t}X_{0} &=&X_{1} \\
\partial _{t}X_{1} &=&X_{2} \\
&&\cdots  \\
\partial _{t}X_{n-1} &=&-\frac{1}{a_{n}}\{a_{n-1}X_{n-1}+\cdots a_{0}X_{0}\}
\end{eqnarray*}
Or, with
\begin{equation*}
\mathbf{X}=\left(
\begin{array}{c}
X_{0} \\
X_{1} \\
\cdots  \\
X_{n-1}
\end{array}
\right)
\end{equation*}
we have
\begin{equation*}
\partial _{t}\mathbf{X}=\mathsf{A}\cdot \mathbf{X}
\end{equation*}
and
\begin{equation*}
\mathbf{X}(t)=\exp [\mathsf{A}t]\mathbf{X}(0)
\end{equation*}
The eigenvalues of the matrix $\mathsf{A}$ correspond to the roots $\lambda
_{j}$ of the equation
\begin{equation*}
a_{n}\lambda ^{n}+a_{n-1}\lambda ^{n-1}+\cdots +a_{0}=0
\end{equation*}
obtained by substituting $x(t)=x(0)\exp [\lambda t]$.

A: If $\lambda$ is a root of multiplicity $k$, then
$$
t^\lambda,\ (\log t)\,t^\lambda,\dots,(\log t)^{k-1}\,t^\lambda
$$
are $k$ linearly independent solutions.
Another way to solve Euler's equation is to transform it into an equation with constant coefficients via de change of variable $t=e^s$.

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NEW YORK — At the movies, idiocy never goes out of style.
Twenty years after the 1994 original, "Dumb and Dumber To" opened with $38.1 million at the weekend box office, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Universal sequel debuted almost exactly two decades after the Farrelly brothers first introduced the Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels low-IQ duo.
"Dumb and Dumber To" edged out the animated Disney adventure "Big Hero 6," which took in $36 million in its second week. Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic "Interstellar" slid to third in its second week with an estimated $29.2 million.
The top three films took up the lion share of the box office, with the no. 4 film, the romance "Beyond the Lights," opening with a distant $6.5 million.
In a Hollywood constantly updating, rebooting and sequalizing old properties, "Dumb and Dumber To" was still unique. In between installments, there was also a 2003 prequel, though it was made with different actors and wasn't directly by Bobby and Peter Farrelly.
"It's always a risky move to wait this long, but in this case, the casting of Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels really made a difference," he added.
Most delayed sequels — "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," "Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" — depend on the addition of a new, younger star like Shia LaBeouf. The closest comparison to "Dumb and Dumber To" might be 1998's "Blues Brothers 2000," made 18 years after the original. But with John Goodman stepping in for John Belushi, it opened with just $6.1 million.
The project, though, took years to get off the ground and was independently produced by Red Granite Pictures before Universal signed on to distribute. Made for about $40 million, "Dumb and Dumber To" catches up with Lloyd and Harry in middle age.
1. "Dumb and Dumber To," $38.1 million ($3.2 million international).
2. "Big Hero 6," $36 million.
4. "Beyond the Lights," $6.5 million.
5. "Gone Girl," $4.6 million.
6. "St. Vincent," $4 million.
Follow AP Film Writer Jake Coyle on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/jakecoyleAP.


Golfer's elbow is also known as medial epicondylitis. It causes pain on the inside of the elbow which develops gradually over time.
It is sometimes known as thrower's elbow or little league elbow.
The main symptom of medial epicondylitis is pain and tenderness on the inside of the elbow, specifically over the medial epicondyle (prominent bony protrusion) where the flexor muscle in the forearm attach. Pain is worse when attempting to grip things hard and will be a general weakness in the wrist. When assessing Golfer's elbow, the pain will be reproduced by bending the wrist (palm downwards) against resistance and when resisting pronation (rotating the wrist inwards).
Medial epicondylitis usually comes on gradually over time and is an uncomfortable niggle with recurrent stiffness before it develops into a painful injury causing the athlete loss of function.
The muscles of the wrist flexors and pronator muscle insert at the medial epicondyle on the inside of the elbow. These muscles are involved in bending the palm downwards, rotating the forearm inwards and helping to grip. Overuse causes the tendon which joins muscle to bone to become inflamed causing pain at the point of attachment. In long-term chronic cases, degeneration of the tendon may be a more accurate way of describing what is happening rather than acute inflammation.
Medial epicondylitis is caused by repeated wrist flexion or bending the wrist, particularly against resistance such as holding a golf club. Tennis players who have a powerful forehand with lots of topspin are also at risk. It is also common in throwing events. Throwing a Javelin with a poor, low elbow technique puts a huge strain on the inside of the elbow. Likewise, Baseball pitchers are also at risk. It is important to recognize any early warning signs and rest the elbow before the injury develops into something more chronic and difficult to treat.
However, most causes of medial epicondylitis may not be sport related but caused by work stresses. Repetitive strain from using keyboards or manual labour like carpentry/DIY where grip strength is important are very likely to develop overuse injuries.
In order to maximize the chance of successful rehabilitation, it is important to apply as many treatment approaches as you can. There is unlikely to be one single cure and different people will respond differently to certain treatments.
Identify possible causes of injury.
It is important throughout the rehabilitation process to maintain fitness in ways that do not stress the elbow, for example, running or strength training so long as it is not painful.
Rest from activity that causes pain. Rest is very important. Continuing to use the wrist may result in the injury becoming chronic which is much more difficult to treat. If you are a golfer or a thrower then stop playing. It is not just sports that causes this injury or may aggravate it. Gripping anything tightly or for long periods may make it worse, even opening heavy doors. Rest means rest!
Apply the PRICE principles of protection, rest, ice, compression, and elevation when the injury is acutely painful. A cold therapy and compression wrap can be applied for 10 to 15 minutes every hour. After the first few hours, this can be reduced to 3 to 4 times a day as required. Later in the rehabilitation program or if the injury becomes chronic applying heat may be more beneficial.
Wear a brace, support or heat retainer. This will give support and help prevent further injury. A Tennis or Golfer's elbow type brace is worn around the forearm just below the elbow and changes the angle that the forces transmit through the tendon, hence taking some of the strain off the injured part.
After the initial acute phase, which may take anywhere from 2 days and 2 weeks depending on the severity and how much rest it gets, applying heat and using a heat retainer or elbow support may be more beneficial than ice. Heat will help stimulate blood flow which aids healing.
A doctor may prescribe NSAID's (Non-Steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs) such as Ibuprofen can help reduce pain and inflammation, especially in the early stages. It is thought they are less helpful later in the rehabilitation process. Always check with a Doctor before taking medication. You should not take Ibuprofen if you have asthma. A physiotherapist or similar may use electrotherapy such as ultrasound or laser treatment to help reduce pain and inflammation.
Sports massage can help in the rehabilitation process, especially after the acute stage and for stubborn injuries that fail to heal. Cross friction massage to the tendon can help stimulate healing. Applying sports massage to the muscles of the forearm can help reduce tension in the muscles improving their function which long-term should help reduce the strain on the tendon at the elbow. Apply cold therapy after massage treatment.
A steroid injection may be considered if more conservative treatment is not effective. It may heal quickly within two weeks but you could suffer from Golfer's elbow for months, particularly if it is not allowed to rest in the early days.
Expert interview: Controversial in their management, not everyone agrees on what is the best course of treatment and the vast majority of conditions to improve with conservative treatment such as ultrasound, physiotherapy or occasionally a steroid injection. Or indeed now patients may be treated with platelet-rich plasma injections which is where blood is taken from the patient themselves and a centrifuge the clotting and healing factors of the patient's blood can be injected into the site of the injury where the tendon has frayed.
The surgical treatment of golfer's elbow consists of recessing and releasing the portion of the diseased tendon, of the frayed tendon, removing this and releasing it from the bone. There are more modern techniques used to perform the operation using endoscopic or arthroscopic techniques where from inside the elbow we identify these structures and cut them. and there are different methods with respect to how big the scar is, however, the principle is the same and that is to remove or release the diseased portion of the tendon from the bone.
Overuse is the main cause of throwers elbow. Doing too much, too soon without allowing your body to recover. Keep a training diary. This will allow you to look back and identify if you have been overtraining.
The chance of suffering overuse injuries is greatly increased if you have a faulty technique. For example, throwing a javelin or ball with a 'low elbow' technique will place far greater stress on the tendons on the inside of the elbow than a correct technique. Particular attention needs to be paid to the technique of the golf swing or tennis forehand if the athlete is involved in these sports.
Stretching is an important part of the rehabilitation process and should begin as soon as pain allows and be continued throughout the rehabilitation program and beyond.
Stretches for the wrist flexor muscles are most important. Hold stretches initially for 10 – 15 seconds – during the acute stage. Later stretches should be held for up to 40 seconds. Repeat stretches 5 times and aims to stretch at least three times a day.
Strengthening exercises should also begin as soon as pain allows and this will depend on how bad the injury is. If it hurts during the exercise, after or makes it worse the next day then do not do strengthening exercises. Be patient!
Start with static or isometric exercises which are done without movement of the wrist or elbow. When these can be done comfortably without any pain then move onto concentric and eccentric exercises, particularly, for the wrist flexor muscles. It is important that strengthening exercises are done before trying to return to activity so the load through the tendon is gradually increased. Apply cold therapy after strengthening exercises to prevent inflammation.
It is better to air on the side of caution and start later rather than too soon. Working the elbow too soon may just cause symptoms to return. If you feel pain, stop and wait until such time as they can be performed without pain. Repeat the exercises daily and assess any effect on the elbow immediately after as well as the next day.
Isometric flexion – Rest the forearm on a flat surface such as a table or bench with the palm facing up. Start with the wrist in an extended position (fingers pointing down). Use the other hand to resist as you attempt to flex the wrist. There shouldn't be any movement at the wrist. Start at around 30% of your maximum effort. Hold this contraction for 5-10 seconds and then rest. Repeat 5-10 times. Gradually increase the duration of the static contraction until you can manage 10 contractions of 10 seconds without pain.
Golfers elbow is an overuse injury so don't overuse it with the rehab exercises and end up back to square one. Less is often more in this case.
Wrist flexion – specifically works the muscles involved in golfers elbow. Rest the arm on a flat surface, with the forearm and palm facing upwards. Curl the weight up and down keeping the forearm and wrist still. Start with 3 sets of 10 repetitions daily and build up gradually up to 3 sets of 30 reps.
This should be done gradually and begin only when you can perform the activity without pain.
When you can comfortably manage the strengthening exercises then it may be possible to return to activity. If you are a thrower, ensure you have the correct technique. Wearing a brace can help take the strain off the elbow during the return to full fitness.
For golfers, practice strokes without a ball to start with. Introduce a ball and gradually increase power in shots and number of practice shots played. For example session 1 – 20 strokes at 20% effort. Session 2 – 30 strokes at 40% effort and so on.
This gradual increase should take place over a six week period. If you find you have pain during, after or the next day then take a step back.
Throughout this phase, it is essential that stretching and strengthening routines are maintained.


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Yakubu Mohammed (born 26 July 1990) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a forward for the Equatorial Guinean club Futuro Kings FC. He is also a former member of the Ghana national team.

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The Myth of Liberal Ascendancy
Corporate dominance from the Great Depression to the Great Recession
A new book by G. William Domhoff (Routledge, 2013). Available direct from the publisher, or from Amazon.com and many other booksellers.
It is commonly accepted that America saw the rise of liberalism in the wake of the New Deal, especially during the three decades after World War II. Based on new archival research, G. William Domhoff reveals this period instead as one of increasing corporate dominance in government affairs, affecting the fate of American workers up to the present day.
While FDR's New Deal brought sweeping legislation, the tide turned quickly after 1938. From that year onward nearly every major new economic law passed by Congress showed the mark of corporate dominance. The influential Committee for Economic Development was a guiding force for presidential administrations and congressional leaders. Domhoff accessibly portrays documents of the Committee's vital influence in the halls of government, supported by his interviews with several of its key employees and trustees. In terms of economic influence, liberalism was on a long steady decline, despite two decades of post-war growing equality.
Ironically, it was the successes of the civil rights, feminist, environmental, and gay-lesbian movements -- not a new corporate mobilization -- that led to the final defeat of the liberal-labor alliance after 1968. These cultural successes generated just enough backlash to turn whites toward the Republican Party. It then became possible for the corporate community to solve its emerging economic and political problems through the offshore manufacturing and high interest rates that killed off inflation and the power of unions.
A review of The Myth of Liberal Ascendancy appears in the September 2015 issue of Contemporary Sociology; you can download a PDF of the review here.
Praise for The Myth of Liberal Ascendancy
VERDICT: Whether or not they agree with him, historians and political scientists will need to reckon with the reach of Domhoff's argument, the depth of his research, and the controlled passion underlying both. Domhoff has made a career arguing that the United States is dominated politically and economically by the corporate rich. His first book, Who Rules America? (1967), still in print, set the tone for all his books since. In this new title, Domhoff proceeds, administration by administration, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan, to document how the nation's organized business community has consistently thwarted attempts by the 'liberal-labor alliance' to change power structures in any significant way. He bases his argument primarily on research in the records of the Committee for Economic Development (CED), a public policy organization founded in 1942. The organization was led by moderate corporate officials often at odds with the 'ultraconservative' business wing but sufficiently aligned with them and with Southern Congressmen to ensure the success of shared goals, especially opposition to the labor movement. Through analysis of Congressional votes on relevant issues and close reading of CED policy papers, Domhoff makes a convincing case that business leaders were more influential in the development of public policy during these decades than most other accounts would have it."
— Robert Nardini, review in Library Journal
"Domhoff has long combined meticulous research with persuasive reasoning to reach conclusions about politics in the United States that overturn conventional wisdom."
— Randy Shaw, editor of BeyondChron [Click here to read Shaw's full review]
"No one who wants to claim understanding of the nature of American economic policy can ignore this work. Domhoff has meticulously scrutinized dozens of episodes over the last half century in the endless political battle to achieve a semblance of economic fairness and social justice. As the story unfolds, we see the ways that corporate power has profoundly restricted the capacity of government to promote equality of opportunity and economic security -- even when some headway was being made. Those who think they know that story will find in this work a great deal of news and much to challenge their presuppositions."
— Richard Flacks, University of California, Santa Barbara
"Domhoff's exhaustive review of national policy-making from 1939 to the Great Recession inflicts major damage on studies that find periods of liberal ascendancy alternating with periods of conservative dominance. Students will find abundant evidence in his research."
— John F. Manley, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Stanford University
"This is a beautifully written inquiry into how the United States moved so far to the political right in recent decades. Professor Domhoff provides a careful analysis of one of the most dramatic and important transitions of our times: the transformation from relative equality during most of the years immediately before and after World War II, to a world in which a well-organized and politically-engaged corporate community accelerated a movement to the right, starting in the 1970's. In addition to making an important contribution to understanding historic political shifts, this book also contributes to our understanding of patterns of inequality and the concentration of social and financial resources in the hands of a small portion of the population. The book is a must-read for sociologists, economists, political scientists, historians, and anyone who cares about inequality."
— Lisa A. Keister, Duke University
"In his most recent book, Domhoff debunks the view that the United States moved toward greater equality during the New Deal and that it wasn't until decades later that the power elite began its rise to power. Instead he convincingly demonstrates, contrary to the "fairy tale" of a liberal-labor ascendancy, that the large corporations have been well-organized and politically mobilized since the late 1930s and that the U.S. has experienced increasing corporate dominance ever since."
— Jill Quadagno, author of One Nation, Uninsured: Why the U.S. Has No National Health Insurance, Oxford University Press (2006)
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Q: Implicit cast of generic I'm working on an event class in Swift. The idea is that you can add a handler in a way that prevents retain cycles. For example:
let myEvent = Event<String>()
myEvent.addHandler(self, MyClass.handleMyEvent)

In a later step I'm adding the += operator etc.
I have the following code:
class Event<Arg> {
  private var handlers = [EventHandler<AnyObject, Arg>]()

  func addHandler<Target: AnyObject>(_ target: Target, _ method: @escaping (Target) -> (Arg) -> Void ) {
    queue.async { [weak self] in
      guard let me = self else { return }
      let handler = EventHandler(target: target, method: method)
      me.handlers.append(handler)
    }
  }
}

struct EventHandler<Target: AnyObject, Arg> {
  weak var target: Target?
  var method: (Target) -> (Arg) -> Void
}

The code above doesn't compile. The Swift compiler raises the following error:

Cannot convert value of type 'EventHandler<Target, Arg>' to expected argument type 'EventHandler<AnyObject, _>'

The compiler doesn't seem to understand that a (Target) -> (Arg) -> Void can be implicitly converted to a (AnyObject) -> (Arg) -> Void. I can fix the code by changing the way the handler is created:
let handler = EventHandler(target: target, method: method as! (AnyObject) -> (Arg) -> Void)

But it seems weird that the explicit cast is necessary.
Any ideas? Or suggestions on how I can improve my code?


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SFM is composed of a number of components. Development can be performed on each of the components separately.
For SFM development, it is recommended to run components within a Docker environment (instead of directly in your OS, without Docker).
For the purposes of development, you can make changes to docker-compose.yml and .env. This will be described more below.
Repeat for each of the components that you will be working on. Each of these should be in a sibling directory of sfm-docker.
You may not want to run all of the containers. To omit a container, simply comment it out in docker-compose.yml.
Note: * As a Django application, SFM UI will automically detect code changes and reload. Other components must be killed and brought back up to reflect code changes.
Note that if this file is not present, unit tests that require it will be skipped. Each component's README will describe the test_config.py requirements.
Many components have integration tests, which are run inside docker containers. These components have a ci.docker-compose.yml file which can be used to bring up a minimal environment for running the tests.
As described above, some components require a test_config.py file.
For reference, see each component's .travis.yml file which shows the steps of running the integration tests.
sfm-docker contains some smoke tests which will verify that a development instance of SFM is running correctly.
docker-compose -f example.docker-compose.yml -f smoketests.docker-compose.yml run --rm smoketests /bin/bash -c "appdeps.py --port-wait mq:5672 --port-wait ui:8080 && python -m unittest discover"
Note that the smoke tests are not yet complete and require test fixtures that are only available in a development deploy.
For reference, the continuous integration deploy instructions shows the steps of running the smoke tests.
requirements/common.txt contains dependencies, except warcprox and sfm-utils.
requirements/release.txt references the last released version of warcprox and sfm-utils.
requirements/master.txt references the master version of warcprox and sfm-utils.
requirements/dev.txt references local versions of warcprox and sfm-utils in development mode.
Each component should automatically create any necessary admin accounts (e.g., a django admin for SFM UI). Check .env for the username/passwords for those accounts.
The RabbitMQ management console can be used to monitor the exchange of messages. In particular, use it to monitor the messages that a component sends, create a new queue, bind that queue to sfm_exchange using an appropriate routing key, and then retrieve messages from the queue.
For more information on the RabbitMQ management console, see RabbitMQ.
When running on a remote VM, some ports (e.g., 15672 used by the RabbitMQ management console) may be blocked. SSH port forwarding can help make those ports available.
Django logs for SFM UI are written to the Apache logs. In the docker environment, the level of various loggers can be set from environment variables. For example, setting SFM_APSCHEDULER_LOG to DEBUG in the docker-compose.yml will turn on debug logging for the apscheduler logger. The logger for the SFM UI application is called ui and is controlled by the SFM_UI_LOG environment variable.
In the SFM UI container, Apache logs are sent to stdout/stderr which means they can be viewed with docker-compose logs or docker logs <container name or id> .
The development and master docker images for SFM UI contain some initial data. This includes a user ("testuser", with password "password"). For the latest initial data, see fixtures.json . For more information on fixtures, see the Django docs.
There are two flavors of the the development docker image for SFM UI. gwul/sfm-ui:master runs SFM UI with Apache, just as it will in production. gwul/sfm-ui:master-runserver runs SFM UI with runserver, which dynamically reloads changed Python code. To switch between them, change UI_TAG in .env .
Note that as an byproduct of how runserver dynamically reloads Python code, there are actually 2 instances of the application running. This may produce some odd results, like 2 schedulers running. This will not occur with Apache.
To assist with testing and development, a 5 minute interval can be added by setting SFM_FIVE_MINUTE_SCHEDULE to True in the docker-compose.yml .
You will be prompted for the password, which you can find in .env .
Containers are created from images. Images are either built locally or pre-built and pulled from Docker Hub. In both cases, images are created based on the docker build (i.e., the Dockerfile and other files in the same directory as the Dockerfile).
In a docker-compose.yml, pulled images will be identified by the image field, e.g., image: gwul/sfm-ui:master . Built images will be identified by the build field, e.g., build: app-dev .
In general, you will want to use pulled images. These are automatically built when changes are made to the Github repos. You should periodically execute docker-compose pull to make sure you have the latest images.
You may want to build your own image if your development requires a change to the docker build (e.g., you modify fixtures.json).
Killing a container will cause the process in the container to be stopped. Running the container again will cause process to be re-started. Generally, you will kill and run a development container to get the process to be run with changes you've made to the code.
Removing a container will delete all of the container's data. During development, you will remove a container to make sure you are working with a clean container.
Building a container creates a new image based on the Dockerfile. For a development image, you only need to build when making changes to the docker build.


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As Prime Minister Narendra Modi met French President Emannuel Macron on Saturday, the Congress slammed the BJP government over the Rafale deal, saying it is turning out to be yet another "mother scam".
Asking the government to come clear on the deal, Congress spokesperson Tom Vadakkan said: "You must be aware that for the last 3-4 days, we have been speaking (in Parliament) about the Rafale deal. For three days continuously we have been asking, but not one word from the government, not even denial.
"This is turning out to be yet another mother scam which I think the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government must come clear on," the Congress leader said.
"Where are the spokespersons of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the ministers — Piyush Goyal, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman? Not one word about Rafale deal," he added.
Vadakkan also said India had paid high price to France for the purchase of the fighter aircraft compared to prices paid by countries like Egypt and Qatar.
"It was not some charity. The government should answer where the money has gone. It is very strange indeed. What is it that they are trying to cover up? What is it that they are trying to hide," he said.


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The 58th Rescue Squadron is one of five active-duty squadrons under the command of the 563d Rescue Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona but located at Operating Site Alpha, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

History

Rescue in North Africa
In the fall of 1952, Air Rescue Service, expanded its existing squadrons to groups.  Its 7th Air Rescue Squadron, which had responsibility for rescue support in an area stretching from the middle Atlantic and across North Africa to the Middle East, became the 7th Air Rescue Group.  Air Rescue Service formed new squadrons, which replaced existing flights of the old squadrons.  The 58th Air Rescue Squadron was activated at Wheelus Air Base, Libya, where it assumed the mission and took over the resources of Flight E, 6th Air Rescue Squadron.

The 58th flew search and rescue in parts of the Middle East, Africa, and Southern Europe, especially at the El Uotia Gunnery Range in Libya.  It was briefly inactive from September 1960 until June 1961.  It also stood downrange alert during manned space missions, performed some overwater escort, and provided humanitarian aid during natural disasters.  In September 1969, a coup led by Muammar Gaddafi replaced the Kingdom of Libya with the Libyan Arab Republic. The new republic terminated American base rights in Libya and the squadron was inactivated.

Guardian Angel
Prior to about 2000, Air Force rescue units were frequently composite units (as shown by the number of fixed and rotary wing aircraft flown by the squadron at Wheelus).  At that time, rescue units were organized as fixed wing, helicopter, or pararescue units.  The squadron, now the 58th Rescue Squadron, was activated at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, in June 2002 as a pararescue squadron, often called a "Guardian Angel" squadron.  The squadron possesses no aircraft, but its rescue personnel fly on the helicopters of the 66th Rescue Squadron.

Lineage
 Constituted as the 58th Air Rescue Squadron on 17 October 1952
 Activated on 14 November 1952
 Discontinued on 18 September 1960
 Organized on 18 June 1961
 Redesignated 58th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron on 8 January 1966
 Inactivated on 15 February 1970
 Redesignated 58th Rescue Squadron on 30 May 2002
 Activated on 14 June 2002

Assignments
 7th Air Rescue Group, 14 November 1952 (attached for operational control to Headquarters United States Air Forces Europe (USAFE), until 15 November 1953, to Seventeenth Air Force until 1 August 1954, USAFE, until unknown date)
 12th Air Rescue Group, 8 December 1956
 Air Rescue Service, 18 Feb 1958 – 18 September 1960
 Air Rescue Service (later Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service), 18 June 1961
 Atlantic Rescue and Recovery Center (later 40 Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Wing), 1 April 1967 – 15 February 1970
 57th Operations Group, 14 June 2002
 563d Rescue Group, 1 October 2003 – present)

Stations
 Wheelus Air Base, Libya, 14 November 1952 – 18 September 1960
 Wheelus Air Base, Libya, 18 June 1961 – 15 February 1970
 Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, 14 June 2002 – present

Aircraft

 Sikorsky H-5 Dragonfly (1952–1953)
 Grumman SA-16 Albatross (later HU-16) (1952–1960, 1961-1968)
 Fairchild C-82 Packet (1952–1953)
 Douglas SC-47 Skytrain (1953–1956)
 Sikorsky H-19 (also SH-19 (later HH-19)) (1953–1960, 1961–1963)
 Douglas SC-54 Skymaster (later HC-54) (1957–1960, 1961–1964)
 Kaman HH-43 Huskie (1963–1970)
 Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter (1964)
 Boeing HC-97 Stratofreighter (1964–1966, 1968)
 Lockheed HC-130 Hercules (1966–1967)
 Sikorsky HH-3 Jolly Green Giant (1968–1969)

See also
 History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi

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Bibliography

Military units and formations in Nevada
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