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Q: Oracle SQL query SELECT MINUS SELECT not working or too slow I do not understand why the following Oracle 10g SQL query is not working although each sub-query is working fine and fast on its own:
SELECT ref.EWO_ISSUE_ID, ref.EWO_REF_ID, ref.MSN_ID, ref.MSN, ref.HOV, ref.RANK,
ref.EWO_WP_ID, ref.EWO_WP, ref.EPAC_TDU, ref.MOD, ref.MP, ref.EWO_REF_DESCRIPTION,
ewo.EWO1, ewo.EWO2, ewo.EWO3, ref.TRS_ISSUE, ref.TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_1,
ref.TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_2, ref.TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_3,
ref.TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_4, ref.TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_5, ref.TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_6,
ref.TRS_TECHDOM_INFO
FROM V_EWO_ACTUAL_REFERENCE ref
LEFT JOIN EWO_REFERENCE ewo
ON ref.EWO_REF_ID = ewo.EWO_REF_ID
WHERE ref.EWO_REF_ID IS NOT NULL
AND ref.TRS_TECHDOM_INFO IS NOT NULL

MINUS

SELECT EWO_ISSUE_ID, EWO_REF_ID, MSN_ID, MSN, HOV, RANK, EWO_WP_ID, EWO_WP,
EPAC_TDU, MOD, MP, EWO_REF_DESCRIPTION, EWO1, EWO2, EWO3, TRS_ISSUE,
TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_1, TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_2, TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_3,
TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_4, TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_5, TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_6,
TRS_TECHDOM_INFO
FROM EWO_REF_TRS_HISTORY;

I only get a time out error because it takes very long. Has anyone an idea what could be wrong?

A: This may not solve your problem, but it will probably force a different execution plan:
with x as ( SELECT /*+ materialize */ ref.EWO_ISSUE_ID, ref.EWO_REF_ID, ref.MSN_ID, ref.MSN, ref.HOV, ref.RANK,
                    ref.EWO_WP_ID, ref.EWO_WP, ref.EPAC_TDU, ref.MOD, ref.MP, ref.EWO_REF_DESCRIPTION,
                    ewo.EWO1, ewo.EWO2, ewo.EWO3, ref.TRS_ISSUE, ref.TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_1,
                    ref.TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_2, ref.TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_3,
                    ref.TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_4, ref.TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_5, ref.TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_6,
                    ref.TRS_TECHDOM_INFO
            FROM V_EWO_ACTUAL_REFERENCE ref
            LEFT JOIN EWO_REFERENCE ewo
            ON ref.EWO_REF_ID = ewo.EWO_REF_ID
            WHERE ref.EWO_REF_ID IS NOT NULL
            AND ref.TRS_TECHDOM_INFO IS NOT NULL ),
     y AS ( SELECT /*+ materialize */ EWO_ISSUE_ID, EWO_REF_ID, MSN_ID, MSN, HOV, RANK, EWO_WP_ID, EWO_WP,
                    EPAC_TDU, MOD, MP, EWO_REF_DESCRIPTION, EWO1, EWO2, EWO3, TRS_ISSUE,
                    TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_1, TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_2, TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_3,
                    TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_4, TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_5, TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_6,
                    TRS_TECHDOM_INFO
            FROM EWO_REF_TRS_HISTORY )
select *
from   x
minus
select *
from   y;

A: You can use NOT EXISTS or NOT IN and check something like this
SELECT ref.EWO_ISSUE_ID, ref.EWO_REF_ID, ref.MSN_ID, ref.MSN, ref.HOV, ref.RANK,
  ref.EWO_WP_ID, ref.EWO_WP, ref.EPAC_TDU, ref.MOD, ref.MP, ref.EWO_REF_DESCRIPTION,
  ewo.EWO1, ewo.EWO2, ewo.EWO3, ref.TRS_ISSUE, ref.TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_1,
  ref.TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_2, ref.TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_3,
  ref.TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_4, ref.TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_5, ref.TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_6,
  ref.TRS_TECHDOM_INFO
FROM V_EWO_ACTUAL_REFERENCE ref
LEFT JOIN EWO_REFERENCE ewo
ON ref.EWO_REF_ID = ewo.EWO_REF_ID
WHERE ref.EWO_REF_ID IS NOT NULL
  AND ref.TRS_TECHDOM_INFO IS NOT NULL
  AND NOT EXISTS
    (SELECT EWO_ISSUE_ID, EWO_REF_ID, MSN_ID, MSN, HOV, RANK, EWO_WP_ID, EWO_WP,
    EPAC_TDU, MOD, MP, EWO_REF_DESCRIPTION, EWO1, EWO2, EWO3, TRS_ISSUE,
    TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_1, TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_2, TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_3,
    TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_4, TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_5, TRS_UPDATE_ON_SHEET_6,
T   RS_TECHDOM_INFO FROM EWO_REF_TRS_HISTORY);

or try with NOT IN. Hope it helps.

A: At first i was thinking that the first answer is correct, but it is not! The second works fine. I tried it like this and it seems to work, but it is much slower than Jens's answer.
SELECT columns
FROM V_EWO_ACTUAL_REFERENCE ref
LEFT JOIN EWO_REFERENCE ewo
ON ref.EWO_REF_ID = ewo.EWO_REF_ID
WHERE ...
AND ...
AND (...) NOT IN (SELECT columns FROM EWO_REF_TRS_HISTORY);

But finally i am still confused about the MINUS in the query of my question making so much trouble.


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Bilateral epidermoid cysts of the testis
R. C. Davi, K. G. Braslis, J. L. Perez, M. S. Soloway
We present a case of bilateral testicular epidermoid cysts. These lesions were identified in a 22-year-old male who had previously experienced mild testicular trauma. Management consisted of inguinal exploration and wedge resection on one side and transscrotal exploration and excision on the other. This case represents the second reported case of bilateral conservative management of testicular epidermoid cysts in an adult male. The etiology and management alternatives for testicular epidermoid cysts are discussed.
European Urology
Bilateral testicular epidermoid cysts
Orchiectomy and testicular preservation
Davi, R. C., Braslis, K. G., Perez, J. L., & Soloway, M. S. (1996). Bilateral epidermoid cysts of the testis. European Urology, 29(1), 122-124.
Bilateral epidermoid cysts of the testis. / Davi, R. C.; Braslis, K. G.; Perez, J. L.; Soloway, M. S.
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Davi, RC, Braslis, KG, Perez, JL & Soloway, MS 1996, 'Bilateral epidermoid cysts of the testis', European Urology, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 122-124.
Davi RC, Braslis KG, Perez JL, Soloway MS. Bilateral epidermoid cysts of the testis. European Urology. 1996 Jan 16;29(1):122-124.
Davi, R. C. ; Braslis, K. G. ; Perez, J. L. ; Soloway, M. S. / Bilateral epidermoid cysts of the testis. In: European Urology. 1996 ; Vol. 29, No. 1. pp. 122-124.
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// ExpectedCloneNetContent returns a slice of strings pertaning to the network interfaces ghw
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// Additionally, we want to make sure to clone the backing device data.
func ExpectedCloneNetContent() []string {
	ifaceEntries := []string{
		"addr_assign_type",
		// intentionally avoid to clone "address" to avoid to leak any host-idenfifiable data.
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S650 MUSTANG PROTOTYPE VISITS THE RTR GARAGE
2021 RAM TRX: A 700+ HORSEPOWER SUPER TRUCK
The T-Rex Aims To Chew Up Any Terrain And Spit It Out With Incredible Speed And Power
by Manoli Katakis August 17, 2020, 11:00 am 1 Comment
Would you just look at this freaking thing? Has there ever been such an aggressive looking pickup truck from the factory? While the Ford F-150 Raptor has been the standard bearer for the most gung-ho off-road truck on the market, it's clear that the 2021 Ram TRX shatters this perception from a visual standpoint.
Cab lights in the hood scoop?! Come. On.
Of course, looks aren't the only thing at play here. As expected, the 2021 Ram TRX features a supercharged 6.2L V8 Hellcat engine just behind that gaping hood scoop that provides 50 percent of total engine airflow, calibrated to produce 702 horsepower and 650 lb-ft of torque, managed by a ZF-sourced TorqueFlite 8HP95 8-speed automatic transmission. This gaps the 2020 F-150 Raptor by over 250 horsepower, 140 lb-ft of torque, and an even wider margin from an audio perspective. If the sound of a supercharged V8 engine howling and snorting through the rev limiter like some sort of rabid grizzly bear doesn't make you laugh with excitement, check your pulse, as you might be deceased.
In terms of proportions, the Ram TRX is a full 8 inches wider than the standard Ram 1500, and composite flares help to compensate for a 6-inch increase in track width, and wheels that are 9 inches wide, opposed to 8.
In terms of sheer power and acceleration, the 2021 Ram TRX is in a league of its own. 0-60 comes at just 4.5 seconds, and 0-100 mph in 10.5 seconds. Just as impressive is its quarter mile time: 12.9 seconds at 108 mph. This is on a knobby set of Goodyear Wrangler Territory 325/65/R18 All-Terrain 35-inch tires – which are, to say the least, like trying to run a track meet in work boots. Because of the speed rating of these tires and the sheer physics of aerodynamics, the TRX has a limited top speed of 118 miles per hour.
While it doesn't possess the 154 mph top speed of the late, great Dodge Ram SRT-10, It's certainly quicker from 0-60 and the quarter mile, even without the low ride height and street performance tires. It's far and away the quickest and fastest factory pickup truck the world has so far seen. But with the electric truck onslaught on the horizon (looking at you, Hummer EV), that may not last long. But even if the electric players are a little quicker, they won't achieve the same levels of drama and sense of speed made possible by the revered Hellcat engine.
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The TRX also includes a full-time active transfer case with upgraded internals for improved durability. It will also ford a full 32 inches of water, features an 8,100 pounds max towing capacity, and a maximum payload of 1,310 pounds.
Inside the cockpit is familiar at this point, but there are several touches that are unique to the T-Rex. It will come in three different equipment groups: TR, TR1 and TR2 Equipment Groups – and takes design cues from the Ram 1500 Rebel and Limited models, but adds unique features, materials and colors.
The TRX will offer an all-new Head-up Display unit can show up to five different content areas at once. The Head-up Display is available on the TR2 Equipment Group and is a full-color unit that's accessible through the 12-inch Uconnect 4C touchscreen. From the options menu, users can even drag and drop what is shown and where to show it. There are a few different configurations that allow the Head-up Display to show up to five different areas of interest, including Lane Departure, Lane Keep Assist, adaptive cruise control, turn-by-turn navigation, current speed, current gear and speed limit. Pretty useful when you're bombing down the desert at 100 miles per hour. Massive aluminum paddle shifters also make an appearance.
Other unique features of the 2021 Ram TRX that found in the interior include a commemorative plate on the console lid. This plate lists which engine is under the hood, the type of supercharger TRX uses to boost output, horsepower and the vehicle-specific Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). There's also full coverage all-weather floor mats aligned to each trim's accent color. On the driver's side there are metal pedals, while bright door sill inserts all around, and wrapped A- and B-pillar grab handles complete the appearance on TR1 and TR2 Equipment Groups.
The 2021 Ram TRX will begin production in October 2020, in Sterling Heights, Michigan. Pricing has not yet been officially announced.
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Martina Navratilova tips Rafael Nadal to break her astonishing Grand Slam record
by DZEVAD MESIC | VIEW 15623
Former nine-time Wimbledon champion Martina Navratilova thinks Rafael Nadal will definitely break her record for most wins at a Grand Slam event. On Tuesday, Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic in four sets to clinch his 110th French Open victory.
Navratilova holds the record for the most wins at one Grand Slam event as she finished her career with 120 victories at Wimbledon. Nadal will need to play at least two more and have two deep runs in order to break Navratilova's Grand Slam record.
"That record will go down before Rafa is done for sure:), and I am so ok with it!" Navratilova tweeted.
That record will go down before Rafa is done for sure:), and I am so ok with it! — Martina Navratilova (@Martina) June 1, 2022
Tuesday was a magical night for Nadal
Going into his French Open quarterfinal match, Nadal was doubted as many were giving Djokovic the edge.
However, Nadal went out and showed yet again why he is one of the greatest players in tennis history. "It has been a very emotional night for me. I'm still playing for nights like today," Nadal said after the match. "But it's just a quarter-final match, no? So I didn't win anything.
So I just [need to] give myself a chance to be back on court in two days, play another semifinals here in Roland Garros. [It] means a lot to me." Even though Nadal won, Djokovic still has a positive 30-29 head-to-head versus the Spaniard.
"Well, this is one more episode, no. That's it. We played, as I said before, in the most important events, in the most important matches for a lot of years, and it's always special to play against each other," Nadal said. "Tonight was just a quarterfinals match, not the final.
So that's different, no. But still a super classic match and in a big scenario. So yeah, between Novak, Roger, myself, we have an amazing story together facing each other in the most important matches for such a long time. So that makes the things more special and more emotional."


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Q: how to display a page with a certain duration when click the button before goback in Flutter How to display a page with a certain duration when click the button before goback in Flutter.
This is my code:
                    onPressed: () {
                        Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 2))
                            .then((value) {
                          Navigator.push(
                            context,
                            MaterialPageRoute(
                              builder: (context) => SuccessMessage(
                                  title: "Ubah Password Sukses!",
                                  subtitle:
                                      "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Consectetur adipiscing elit."),
                            ),
                          );
                        });

                        Navigator.of(context).popUntil((_) => count++ >= 3);
                      },

A: Below is the code to navigate or go back after a few seconds hope it work for you
Future.delayed(Duration(seconds: 2), () {
  //Here you can put your code which executes after 2 seconds
});

you can change seconds based on your requirement. You have used .then after Delayed which is not required

A: Use await on your Future.delayed
onPressed: () async {
  await Future.delayed(Duration(seconds: 2), () {
     Navigator.push(
        context,
        MaterialPageRoute(
          builder: (context) => SuccessMessage(
            title: "Ubah Password Sukses!",
            subtitle: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Consectetur adipiscing elit."),
         ),
     );
  });
  Navigator.of(context).popUntil((_) => count++ >= 3);
},

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PIRATE PRODIGY BAND WINNERS REAP REWARDS
Posted at September 23, 2019 by Rachel Brown in MUSIC, MUSIC
Pirate Prodigy band winners set to reap the rewards as the teams behind Liam Gallagher, The Libertines, Tom Grennan and more get to work…
"I'm excited to be a part of this. What Pirate Studios are doing for the new music scene, at the stage when most bands/acts really need it, it's brilliant" Katie Gwyther (Fear PR – Liam Gallagher, DMA's, The Pixies, The Sherlocks)
Indeed, a competition to win industry mentoring, unlimited rehearsal and recording time, festival slots and more has proved immensely popular, with over 5,000 acts entering. The new initiative, in its second year, is steered by a team of industry mentors including artist managers, agents, promoters, publishers, PR and radio experts, all at the top of their game, giving up their time (for free) to support new British talent. And it's working…last year's winners Red Rum Club are flying, selling out shows all over the UK, bagging a top 50 debut album and are gearing up for the release of their 2nd album next year…
Credit: Andrew Cooper
"The Pirate Prodigy's mentor day ended up being one of those days that we relish as a band: great advice, boss laughs and of course a last minute gig to keep us on our toes. As our journey continues with Pirate we've really started to feel like a part of the industry and it was great talking through some of the ideas we had to push our name further and look to 2019 and beyond" Red Rum Club
2019's winners were Crystal, Peeping Drexels and Spilt Milk Society who will all spend time with mentors including Katie Gwyther (Fear PR), Adam Read (Deezer), Richard Barber (Solo), John Dawkins (Various Artists management) and Mikey Jonns (This Feeling) before playing an intimate showcase at London's Water Rats Sept 26th.
Sept 26th London Water Rats 7.30pm Pirate Prodigy Band Winners showcase
Growling punk rock, shoe-gaze vocals a killer choruses from Glasgow. "Sugar Sweet" live at Kendal Calling.
One of London's hottest prospects. "Bloody Gums" live at Isle of Wight Festival.
With over 4 million streams and a growing fanbase, one of Birmingham's most exciting new bands live at Pirate Studios.
Tickets are free and available from www.thisfeeling.co.uk
With Pirate Studios set to unveil plans for 2020's competition soon, the future of new music is bright with Pirate Studios…
"Impressive and innovative rehearsal facilities" (Clash Magazine)
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The lobby at Bond Collective, a coworking space just a few blocks from New York's famous Wall Street, is dim despite natural and lamp lighting. When members and visitors exit the elevators, their first impression is a wall of framed images featuring pristinely dressed businesspeople in wildly contorted poses. It's the work of Robert Longo from his series "Men in the City."
Sophistication doesn't have to be stuffy, and work doesn't have to be a drag. That's the mentality Elide Grabowski, Bond Collective's director of design, kept in mind when detailing every inch of common area in the 40,000-square-foot space at 60 Broad Street.
She says that, above all, she wants Bond Collective's members to "feel refreshed to be at work" when they arrive. Muted lighting and dark walls evoke the feel of both a lounge and exclusive club, as well as a sense of coziness. Dozens of chairs and sofas, of all shapes and textures — even pillows propped against the window ledge — invite members and guests to make themselves comfortable.
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In this front lobby area, you won't find a sign that reads "Bond Collective," and unlike at some other contemporary coworking spaces, you certainly won't see any posters with motivational slogans. There are designated times when members can get together for happy hour — the collective is mature, in contrast to the college dorm coworking stereotype.
"With the furniture, the people around you and the lighting, it doesn't need to say 'get motivated.' You feel the vibe and you feel motivated," says Shlomo Silber, co-founder and CEO of Bond Collective. "Shared space, I think, originally was for startups — a place for smaller companies to come until they were ready to grow into a larger office. We see that very differently. We see companies that want to be in a shared space, where they don't have to worry about any of the daily headaches of the copier breaking down or cleaning services or anything along those lines."
Bond's combination of classic and modern design is devoid of overt branding, and Silber says he doesn't want to tell his members — which include companies that specialize in everything from healthcare to hospitality, architecture to coding and even cookies — how to work. If you look closely, you'll recognize how Bond Collective members' preferences define the space, which, although decorated, is a blank canvas. "It's not about our brand," Silber says. "It's about making your brand better." The geometric shapes throughout are Bond Collective's most explicit (yet still subtle) nod to its own brand imagery.
"We like to be in the background," Grabowski says, "and let our members be on display."
The company has four locations in New York and a fifth in the works. It also recently announced a forthcoming space in Philadelphia set to open in spring 2018, the first of 30 additional leases Bond Collective plans to sign nationwide by 2020. Future locations will go beyond workspaces to include hotels, retail stores and more.
Click through to discover how the design of Bond 60 Broad reflects a unique take on shared office space.
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BzST | Business Analytics, Statistics, Teaching: Translate "odds"
Odds are a technical term that is often used in horse or car racing. It refers to the ratio p/(1-p) where p is the probability of success. So for instance, a 1:3 odds of winning is equivalent to a probability of 0.25 of winning.
What I found odd is that the term "odds" in this meaning does not exist in most languages! Usually, the closest you can get is "proabbility" or "chance". I first realized it when I tried to translate to Hebrew. Then, students who speak other languages (Spanish, Russian, Chinese) said that is the case in other languates as well.
A frequent terminological error when it comes to odds: Sometimes odds are referred to as "odds ratios". This is a mistake that probably comes from the fact that odds are a ratio (of probabilities). But in fact, an odds ratio is a ratio of odds. These are used to compare the odds of two groups. For example, if we compare the loan defaulting odds of males and females (e.g., via a "Gender" predictor in the logistic regression), then we have an odds ratio.
Does anyone know of a language that does have the term "odds"?


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>The Benign Masculinity Of Vinod Khanna, Bollywood's Original Sex God
The Benign Masculinity Of Vinod Khanna, Bollywood's Original Sex God
Premankur Biswas
For most, the title of this obituary will be an oxymoron. How can masculinity be benign, especially of the Bollywood variety. Our men are supposed to be like the summer sun in Delhi, overwhelming and unrelenting.
In 1970s, when Vinod Khanna broke into the scene, Bollywood was reeling under two prototypes of Indian masculinity. The flamboyant Rajesh Khanna, a man who could do nothing wrong and the reedy Amitabh Bachchan, a man who seemed capable of anything. Vinod Khanna was a foil to both of them. Actually, Khanna, who died in Mumbai today, was the designated foil of the 1970s. He was also Bollywood's most consistent and deserving sex symbol.
b'A young Vinod Khanna/ Source: Facebookxc2xa0′
In his breakthrough film, Gulzar's Mere Apne (1971), which was a remake of Taapan Sinha's Apanjan, Shyam (Vinod Khanna) is a lout. But he is the decent lout. His half-sleeved shirt is starched to perfection, there is a wistful song in his lips. A queer mix of middle-class genteel and street-side roughness, Shyam is the project every woman, and some men, would love to undertake. In contrast, Shatrughan Sinha's Chennu, a ruffian with a heart of gold, is too toxic. He stands out too much. Not surprisingly, Sinha garnered more attention than Khanna when the film was released. His performance was singled out. Khanna had to make peace with being the equally-competent foil.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPvoWyeSsxU
Maybe that's why Vinod Khanna's brand of sexuality thrived through the decade. Apart from being an insanely good-looking man with a commanding screen presence, Khanna had the magical ability to immerse himself into his role without any pomp and show. In Gulzar's Achanak (1973), he plays an army officer, Major Ranjeet, who realises that his wife is cheating on him with his best friend. The shock of this discovery, pushes him off the edge. In a fit of Othelloesque rage, he murders both the friend and the wife. The rest of the film shows him coming to terms with the consequences of this act. The film is inspired by the real-life sensational 1958 murder case KM Nanavati vs State of Maharashtra, which also inspired the film that won Akshay Kumar his National Award, Rustom.
b'A still from teh film Achanak (1973)xc2xa0′
Khanna layers his performance with a great sense of empathy. His Ranjeet is an emotionally fragile protagonist who battles his demons throughout the film. Khanna, under the able guidance of Gulzar, doesn't end up making a misogynistic hero out of Ranjeet. And that says a lot about him as an actor.
In mid 1970s, the Amitabh phase of Khanna's career began. During this phase, he mastered the art of blending into the background so that Bachchan could take the centre-stage in a series of Manmohan Desai and Praksah Mehra films. Yet, no one can fault Khanna for not doing enough in these films. Prakash Mehra's Hera Pheri is one of those rare films where Khanna has the meatier role. There are parts of the film where he is shown to be morally ambiguous, those are the most delicious part of an otherwise assembly-line production.
b"Vinod Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan in a still from Prakash Mehra's Muqqadar Ka Sikander (1978)"
But it's probably Manmohan Desai's Amar Akbar Anthony that set the tone of this pairing. Amitabh gets to have all the fun, while Khanna cleans up after him. He is the moral compass of the enterprise. In Prakash Mehra's Muqaddar Ka Sikanader (1978), he was struck with a role that was meant to pale in comparison to Amitabh's Sikander. Yet, Vinod Khanna's Vishal had a quiet dignity that almost seems to make Sikander ashamed of himself. How can Kaamna (Rakhee) opt for Sikander, when Vishal is such a good guy?
In the 1980s, Khanna aged like Cabernet. The wholesomeness gave way to full-bodied smoothness. In Qurbani (1980), he played a single father who is trying to give up a life of crime. There is an overwhelming sense of tragedy about him that makes him irresistible to Shiela (Zeenat Aman), a nightclub dancer who is already in a relationship with Rajesh (Feroz Khan). It was Khanna's sexual charisma that made Shiela's conflicted emotions almost comically exhausting. Who would not want to be with this fine wine of a man?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH2_T9_21gU
In the mid 1980s, Khanna was at the peak of his career. He was being flooded with offers that gave him more to do than just be a second fiddle to Amitabh Bachchan. Finally, the Amitabh eclipse on Khanna's career was waning. But that's when Khanna decided to join Osho Rajneesh's ashram, where he spent a good five years (1982-1987). Five years in an actor's career is a long time. But when Vinod Khanna did make a comeback in 1987, he had changed. He chose primarily single-hero projects, brought a sense of gravitas to his characters that was missing in his previous roles and most importantly, he looked sexier than ever.
In his comeback film, Insaaf, he was the undercover cop in a tumultuous relationship with a troubled woman (Dimple Kapadia). Khanna made a style statement with leather jackets and khaki pants in this film. This was to become his signature look for the second phase of his career.
b"Vinod Khanna In Feroz Khan's Dayavan (1988)"
His Dayavan, the Hindi remake of Mani Ratnam's Nayakan (1987), was burdened by the obvious comparisons to the original. Nayakan was, after all, a much superior film, Kamal Haasan's performance as Velu Naicker is considered to be the best of his career. Yet, Khanna didn't get bogged down by all this. He interpreted the character of the South Indian gangster in his own way. His Velu was quirky, he had a sense of irony and had a definitive softness about him. And ever so often, between the cracks of a smirk, you could see a man with a sense of humour in Velu.
I would like to believe that Vinod Khanna, Bollywood's original sex symbol, was somewhat like Velu in that respect. You did get a glimpse of a different man, a benign man, when he smiled.


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Astronomers search tiny galaxies to understand the evolution of black holes
By Georgina Torbet January 11, 2020
Artist's conception of a dwarf galaxy, its shape distorted, most likely by a past interaction with another galaxy, and a massive black hole on its outskirts (pullout). The black hole is drawing in material that forms a rotating disk and generates jets of material propelled outward. Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF
We know that at the heart of galaxies lie enormous supermassive black holes, although exactly how these black holes formed when the universe was young is a question scientists are still investigating. Now, astronomers have new clues to this conundrum with the discovery of 13 massive black holes in dwarf galaxies relatively nearby to Earth.
The 13 dwarf galaxies are less than a billion light-years away, and they are tiny compared to the Milky Way. The size of the black hole is related to the size of the galaxy, so tiny galaxies usually (but not always) have tiny black holes to match. In the case of these galaxies, scientists are expecting the black holes to be around 400,000 times the mass of our sun. For reference, the black hole at the heart of our galaxy, Sagittarius A*, is around 2,600,000 times the mass of the sun. Researchers can observe these black holes to learn about how they grow over time.
"We hope that studying them and their galaxies will give us insights into how similar black holes in the early universe formed and then grew, through galactic mergers over billions of years, producing the supermassive black holes we see in larger galaxies today, with masses of many millions or billions of times that of the sun," Amy Reines of Montana State University, one of the researchers, said in a statement.
The black holes were discovered using the Very Large Array (VLA), a set of 28 radio telescopes each 25 meters across, that worked together to create high-resolution images of a selection of small galaxies.
"The new VLA observations revealed that 13 of these galaxies have strong evidence for a massive black hole that is actively consuming surrounding material," Reines said. There was another surprising finding as well: "We were very surprised to find that, in roughly half of those 13 galaxies, the black hole is not at the center of the galaxy, unlike the case in larger galaxies."
This means that there is more we have yet to learn about how black holes and galaxies evolve together over time. "This work has taught us that we must broaden our searches for massive black holes in dwarf galaxies beyond their centers to get a more complete understanding of the population and learn what mechanisms helped form the first massive black holes in the early universe," Reines said.
The research is available to view on pre-publication archive arXiv.org.
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The child has been identified as Saurabh, a class 1 student, who lived with his family in a village in Sector 81.
The body of a 6-year-old boy, who fell in a drain in Noida on Monday, was recovered on Tuesday morning, a NDRF official said. The body was recovered at 8:45 am.
The boy fell into the drain on Monday afternoon when he along with some other children was crossing the drain near Salarpur Khadar village.
Soon after, a search operation was launched by the police and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to rescue him. However, the thunderstorm on Monday night forced the authorities to halt the rescue operation.
Another official involved in the operation had on Monday said the drain is not very deep, but considering the height of the child it is risky.


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INDIANAPOLIS - The Big Four have already passed Bengals offensive line coach Paul Alexander's playground test.
"I size them up," he said of all the NFL prospects at this week's NFL scouting combine. "And if they can kick my butt on the playground, then they pass. Then you go to the next thing and project how they'll do against Robert Geathers in practice. If they can do that, the next thing is how you think they'll do against Albert Haynesworth and Dwight Freeney. And if you think they can beat them, then you've got a first-round draft pick."
But then there are the two guys that Alexander rejected out of hand during a series of first interviews Wednesday night. He's looking for athletes with a good attitude and they've got to be smart.
"Some kids are smart but don't get football," he said. "Some get football but don't really love pro football. I ask them who are their favorite NFL players (at their positions) and I talked to two kids last night that couldn't name one NFL offensive lineman. I told them, 'When I was coming out of college, I knew the name of every NFL left tackle.' A negative? That's a reject."
But it sounds like The Big Four have passed that test, too, because Alexander and assistant Bob Surace pretty much agree that Virginia's Eugene Monroe, Baylor's Jason Smith, Mississippi's Michael Oher, and Alabama's Andre Smith are going in the first round.
"It's just a matter of who likes who," said Alexander, who refuses to say much more beyond the fact that he won't tip his hand.
They are extremely proud that the Bengals stunned the world in 2002 by selecting Arizona State left tackle Levi Jones with the 10th pick. Jones turns 30 in training camp and with a series of injuries that has taken big chunks out of two of the last three seasons, his questionable status highlights the most uncertain offseason status the line has faced since Alexander started three guys at new positions in the 1996 opener.
When his players have approached him since the season to ask where they're playing in '09, Alexander tells them he won't know until after the April 25-26 draft.
But don't forget how good Jones was before his knee injuries piled up and how well he protected Carson Palmer's blind side in the sack-happy AFC North.
Jones came out of a similar draft, where three left tackles (Mike Williams and Brian McKinney) went in the top 10.
"Levi wasn't going to go past 13," Alexander said. "The only thing with him is that he had a very unorthodox pass set he was taught in college. People thought it was him, but I talked to his college line coach and saw it was him. We thought we could change it and we did."
There is spreading speculation that The Big Four are going to go in the top 10 and each was asked in his media availability Thursday how he would feel about being the No. 1 pick.
The consensus through Lucas Oil Stadium on Thursday seemed to be that Monroe and Jason Smith are the top two right now, Oher is a huge X-factor, and Andre Smith is dropping because he is looking more and more like a right tackle.
Alexander scoffed and invoked his current left guard, Andrew Whitworth, a guy he says can play anywhere but center.
"All I kept hearing was Whitworth couldn't play tackle," Alexander said of the club's second-round pick in 2006, "and then he couldn't play left tackle. He's fine anywhere you put him."
Whitworth holds a big key in the draft. If the club thinks he can play left tackle and it can get a guy that helps elsewhere, or if some of these guys are already gone, then he'll be the starting left tackle.
But no matter what, Alexander and Surace are looking for athletes because first and foremost, he says, they are looking for pass protectors. When the prospects undergo drills Saturday, Alexander is looking at some pretty specific things.
"You're looking for the kind of guys that can accelerate differently than the guy who has the same speed; you have to be able to accelerate differently," Alexander said. "They say the 40 (yard dash) isn't a good test for a lineman, but I don't know about that. A lot of our players have ended up in the upper end of 40 speed. If a guy can't run, I don't like him."
Four-time Pro Bowl right tackle Willie Anderson ran well enough to clock 5.2 seconds. That's what last year's rookie left tackle Anthony Collins did in his pro day, which helped him because Alexander recalls him running only a 5.5 at the combine.
"Mike Goff and Richie Braham and Steiny (Eric Steinbach) could run," he said of former Bengals guards and centers. "And Levi could run, too."
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The Big Four couldn't run from the media, where the most impressive guy had to be Jason Smith. He was also supposedly the biggest hit at the weigh-in at a very solid 6-5, 309 pounds.
There has been concern in some corners that he doesn't have a huge frame as befitting a former tight end that made the switch to right tackle as a red-shirt sophomore. But Alexander again pointed to Braham and Steinbach.
"That's a positive to me that he was a former tight end. So were Richie and Steiny," he said. "They're athletes."
Smith even has an athletic nickname:
J. Smooth.
"I got it when I was younger and I just kind of carried it with me," Smith said. "A friend of mine at college came home with me and he heard my friends calling me that and he brought it to college. Over the years, I've developed that."
Smith is also a college graduate and so proud of it that he knows the date: May 17, 2008.
"It's very important for my grandmother, for me and for the program," Smith said. "I wanted to graduate. But overall I did it so fast because I was ready to get to the NFL."
Smith knows Collins from the Big 12 and struck up a relationship with him before the Bengals took him in the fourth round last year. He hasn't talked to Collins since the season, but remembers some of his advice and calls him a friend.
"We developed a line of communication last year. he told me to stay focused and play hard," Smith said. "Don't worry about anything that's going on. Just play football.'"
Smith made a pretty persuasive pitch why he hopes he's gone before the Bengals pick No. 6.
"I'm tough, I'm physical, and I have a great attitude. I show up every day willing to work. And I'm productive. And I have 12 games that shows it. And I have 12 weeks of practice that also shows it.
"So if you want to see a guy that practices hard, plays hard, look at my practice or look at my games -- you won't be able to tell the difference. I'll be going full speed, and every day you walk in there I'll have a smile on my face, ready to go to work. There's a lot of technique involved. You don't just walk out there and hit somebody. But once you get your hands on a guy and grab him and squeeze him and slam him, or whatever goes on in the trenches, it's a great feeling."
If Jason Smith was the most impressive and Monroe the most polished and Andre Smith the most mysterious (he wouldn't talk about his agent problems or bowl game suspension), then Oher was the most interesting.
He has the most notoriety of The Big Four because his life story has been documented in the best-selling book, The Blind Side, but it turns out he hasn't read it.
"Hearing what a lot of people say about it, I think it was fairly accurate. I think it was a good look though," he said. "(Author Michael Lewis) talked to me about a lot about the stuff, and went over a lot of things, and I felt I didn't need to read it."
Oher has been getting plenty of questions about his background before an affluent Memphis couple adopted him out of one of America's harshest ghettos. Before he was 15, he barely went to school, but he also doesn't understand the relevance of it all now.
"Hurt me? Like what?" asked Oher of his background. "How could it hurt me? What do you mean by that? I think it should be all about the performance on the field and how I play as a player. If I keep doing the things I do, it shouldn't hurt me one bit."
Oher has the rep for being shy and non-communicative with people he doesn't know, but handled himself adroitly amid Thursday's media throng.
"I was on the dean's list my sophomore year," he said. "I was on the honor roll a couple of times. I'm a smart guy. I'm very smart."
Alexander, smart enough not to tip his hand, already has one thing in common with Oher:
He didn't read the book, either.


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Getting to grips with rocket science
David Whitehouse describes the cut-throat competition between the superpowers for mastery of space after the second world war
Patrick Skene Catling
The Apollo 11 astronauts: Neil Armstrong, Mike Collins and Buzz Aldrin. Credit: Getty Images
Escape from Earth Fraser MacDonald
Profile, pp.353, £20
Apollo 11 David Whitehouse
Icon, pp.322, £12.99
Now that we are stupidly rendering Earth almost entirely uninhabitable by many species including our own (through overcrowding, failing political systems, chemical pollution and climate disorder), a few humans of means are looking forward to migrating soon to other planets, even though, as yet, there are no good hotels and restaurants there. Scientists, stimulated by international rivalry and their own ambitions during the past century, have put together the machines and propellants for interplanetary travel. Here are two excellent, microscopically detailed books about the most important individuals and organisations that achieved personkind's first progress into space.
In Escape from Earth, Fraser MacDonald, who teaches historical geography at Edinburgh University, has raised a crucially influential American pioneer rocketeer from obscurity to the recognition he deserves. Frank J. Malina, born in Brenham, Texas in 1912, of Czechoslovakian immigrant parents, developed a rocket that was propelled at five times the speed of sound up to 224 miles in altitude, on which even more powerful, longer-range rockets were founded.
In 1938 Malina joined many of his Caltech (California Institute of Technology) scientific colleagues in the Ccommunist party, when it was apparently less a pro-Russian revolutionary conspiracy than a liberal-socialist extension of President Roosevelt's New Deal. His earliest collaborator in experimental rocketry was one Jack Parsons, a self-taught expert in liquid and solid explosives, who eventually blew himself up (accidentally or deliberately?). A California newspaper identified him as 'the high priest of a weird sex cult'.
Rocketeers have not always been taken seriously. However, Caltech's Theodore von Karman, who claimed to be the greatest scientist in the world after Newton and Einstein, always encouraged Malina to proceed with his experiments. In the beginning, Malina liked to believe, he did so for peaceful purposes, such as meteorological observation and boosting aircraft for short take-offs. But when he needed cash for materials, he accepted a $3 million subsidy from US Army Ordnance, with concomitant compulsion and secrecy. As the stresses of the situation got him down, he submitted to a local psychotherapist, recommended as sympathetic to communists, but who, in fact, reported his patients' politics to the FBI and Senator Joseph McCarthy's infamous House Un-American Activities Committee. While Malina helped to satisfy the demands of the military establishment, he was constantly under surveillance as a possibly dangerous subversive.
Near the end of the second world war he visited London to study European progress in rocketry. The devastation caused by Germany's supersonic V-2s appalled the man who had once said 'I can't get very enthusiastic over making rockets for murdering purposes.' But he was required to do just that, immediately after the war, with the arrival in America of Wernher von Braun, the Nazis' chief rocketeer. Hardly distinguishable from Dr Strangelove, von Braun was willing to play a leading role in the development of America's nuclear weapons. As one of his compatriots put it: 'We despise the French, we are mortally afraid of the Soviets, we do not believe the British can afford us, so that leaves the Americans.'
Malina, in spite of political antagonism, collaborated with von Braun during the Cold War. Together, they designed a multi-stage rocket called the BUMPER Wac Corporal. The obligingly chameleonic reformed Nazi provided the massive initial stage, which was dropped when its fuel was exhausted; the unencumbered smaller stages, conceived by Malina, climbed independently the rest of the way. Malina was relieved when he was able to get a job with Unesco in Paris. MacDonald's access to Malina's family archives and freedom of information FBI files adds intimate details to this scholarly and colourful work.
As the eleventh Apollo shot is now part of western folklore, and the 50th anniversary of man's first landing on the Moon will be celebrated on 21 July, David Whitehouse's masterly narration of what he calls 'the inside story' is profoundly gratifying. A former BBC science editor and correspondent, he provides implicit evidence that a nation can best undertake a leap of technological advancement when confronted with the threat of a major war.
In 1950, the Soviets were working on their own version of the V-2. Then, like the Americans, they were busy building intercontinental ballistic missiles, able to deliver atomic bombs. However, in 1957, attention was diverted even higher when a Sputnik, weighing less than 50 kilograms, was launched into orbit around the Earth. As Whitehouse points out, 'the Space Age had begun'. President Eisenhower established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) the following year, briefed to send a man into space. But America was shocked again, in April 1961, when the Soviets launched Yuri Gagarin into Earth orbit.
President Kennedy responded immediately. In his State of the Union address in May that year he daringly committed the US to landing a man on the Moon by the end of the decade and bringing him safely back home. Whitehouse covers the technical history of 17 Apollo missions, from 1968 to 1972, and adds warmth by humanising the 29 astronauts involved, largely in their own words. The focus, of course, is on the crew of Apollo 11, Mike Collins, Buzz Aldrin and the commander, Neil Armstrong — the first man to set foot on the Moon, and so, as Whitehouse writes, 'the most famous man on Earth'.
Kennedy died before the day of climactic success. But someone placed flowers on his grave in Arlington cemetery, and a note: 'Mr President. The Eagle has landed.'
Book review — rocketry
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Varlam Shalamov's Kolyma Tales are among the most harrowing in all literature
Mia Levitin
From frontispiece to endpapers: the last word on the book
Ian Sansom
Whores of phwoar: women talking dirty
Emma Byrne
A lovable, impossible man: Bryan Robertson, gifted curator and Spectator critic
Lynn Barber
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package org.apache.geode.internal.cache.eviction;

import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;

import org.apache.geode.internal.cache.BucketRegion;
import org.apache.geode.internal.cache.versions.RegionVersionVector;
import org.apache.geode.internal.logging.LogService;
import org.apache.geode.internal.logging.log4j.LogMarker;

abstract class AbstractEvictionList implements EvictionList {
  private static final Logger logger = LogService.getLogger();

  /** The last node in the LRU list after which all new nodes are added */
  protected final EvictionNode tail = new GuardNode();

  /** The starting point in the LRU list for searching for the LRU node */
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      getStatistics().incDestroys();
    }

  }

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      // not in the list anymore.
      return false;
    }

    unlinkEntry(evictionNode);
    return true;
  }

  protected synchronized void unlinkEntry(EvictionNode evictionNode) {
    EvictionNode next = evictionNode.next();
    EvictionNode previous = evictionNode.previous();
    next.setPrevious(previous);
    previous.setNext(next);
    evictionNode.setNext(null);
    evictionNode.setPrevious(null);
    decrementSize();
  }

  protected synchronized EvictionNode unlinkTailEntry() {
    EvictionNode evictionNode = tail.previous();
    if (evictionNode == head) {
      return null; // end of eviction list
    }

    unlinkEntry(evictionNode);
    return evictionNode;
  }

  /**
   * Remove and return the head entry in the list
   */
  protected synchronized EvictionNode unlinkHeadEntry() {
    EvictionNode evictionNode = head.next();
    if (evictionNode == tail) {
      return null; // end of list
    }

    unlinkEntry(evictionNode);
    return evictionNode;
  }

  protected boolean isEvictable(EvictionNode evictionNode) {
    if (evictionNode.isEvicted()) {
      if (logger.isTraceEnabled(LogMarker.LRU_CLOCK_VERBOSE)) {
        logger.trace(LogMarker.LRU_CLOCK_VERBOSE,
            "discarding evicted entry");
      }
      return false;
    }

    // If this Entry is part of a transaction, skip it since
    // eviction should not cause commit conflicts
    synchronized (evictionNode) {
      if (evictionNode.isInUseByTransaction()) {
        if (logger.isTraceEnabled(LogMarker.LRU_CLOCK_VERBOSE)) {
          logger.trace(LogMarker.LRU_CLOCK_VERBOSE,
              "removing transactional entry from consideration");
        }
        return false;
      }
    }
    return true;
  }

}


It's the start of a new school year, and I'm excited and anticipating another great adventure...the smell of new crayons, a new drawer of neon post-its, a rainbow of Flair pens, my pages of idealistic lesson plans, and my new kids. The beginning of a new school year is my favorite time of year, and I suspect it's part of the reason that autumn is my favorite season. It's a fresh start. For everyone.
It's a fresh start for school-loving kiddos who come to school so ironed and perfect that I suspect their underwear was probably starched and pressed. It's also a fresh start for the kid who walks in wearing a threadbare t-shirt and holey jeans. You know the type. The kid who drums constantly. The one who, a month into the school year, you can tell what kind of day you're going to have by the way his hair is standing up on the back of his head. The fifth grade girl who comes perfectly coiffed, but has so much insecurity coursing in her veins that it takes your breath away. It's a fresh start for those kids, too.
Every classroom management guru will tell you that the most important thing you can do is to form relationships with your students. It's vital for their emotional well-being and their learning.
Children need to belong. The despair and isolation felt by some of our kids is heartbreaking. So how will I foster a sense of belonging in my new classroom this year? How will I give my kids a fresh start? One starfish at a time. Remember that story?
In the first month of school, I have lunch with every child in my classroom. It's a private lunch. I give each child an invitation. The day of the lunch, I set out placemats for us. I provide a sweet treat for dessert, usually cookies. My student brings his/her hot or sack lunch to the classroom. I have my lunch with me. We eat together and talk. That's it. Nothing earth shattering. But it kind of is.
I've seen the most challenging students bask in the one-on-one attention. They want to be liked by me. They want to feel that connection. THIS WORKS. Seriously.
If you haven't tried this yet, please think about it. It's a game changer. You can snag some free invitations for this here.
We all do back-to-school projects. We do them for a reason. They help us observe our students doing different tasks, they give our kids a chance to communicate about themselves, and if they're well thought out, they can give our students a sense of belonging.
I do a writing/art project with my students called "Where I Belong." We begin by reading about Australian Aboriginal peoples. This gives me a chance to watch my students interacting with nonfiction text. We use a visible thinking routine to think through the article. They write a summary of the short informational article I provide them. Then we begin to talk about where we feel a sense of belonging. This concept of belonging is intrinsic for Aboriginal peoples.
We brainstorm a list of places and then practice stretching the details of our list, until students have written a poem about where they belong.
Finally, we create a piece of artwork to go with our belonging poems. The artwork is associated with the informational article we read about Aboriginal rock art and the significance of hand prints. When we share with each other, we do so in a popcorn style.
We stand around the room in a big circle. One person begins by reading a line from his/her poem. Someone else jumps in when they feel like it, reading one line. Then another, and another. What occurs is a whole class improvised poem about belonging. It's a goosebump moment. Afterward, we display our poems and artwork for the school to enjoy.
You can find the "Where I Belong" project below. Click on the picture to see it in more detail.
Last year, I tried something daring. I was looking for an alternative recess idea. I wanted something that would appeal to many, that I could handle on a weekly basis, and that might break down the playground social barriers. I discovered a yoga resource for kids.
I purchased the resource and printed and laminated it. I invited my kids to bring yoga mats to school, but I kept a few extras in case some didn't have access to one. I created five stations around my classroom. Each station consisted of about 5-6 yoga poses and breathing exercises. Students rotated through the stations in 3 minute intervals. When the chimes went off on my phone timer, they moved to a new yoga station.
I began the session by reviewing the poses and breathing. Then, they rotated through the stations on their own. Sometimes, we played soft instrumental music. My kids ate it up, boys and girls! Some even chose to miss important recess soccer or basketball games in order to do yoga. My kids had a common goal: To do yoga together once a week! Our afternoons were calmer, as was their lunchroom behavior, and they interacted with students who weren't necessarily in their posse.
This yoga product isn't my own creation, but it's one of my favorite TpT discoveries. You can access it here.
The fourth thing I use to build community and a sense of belonging in my students is called The Gift of Gab. Every Monday morning, we sat in a circle on the carpet to share about our weekends. However, there was a catch. You could only share using one word! Check out the poster below to see how it works.
My students begged for this every Monday morning. It became one of our traditions. It helped me take their emotional temperatures after their weekend lives. They enjoyed the time to gab with each other, and we reviewed nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs! More importantly, they learned how to listen to each other respectfully.
You can grab The Gift of Gab resource for free. Just click on the picture below.
I wish you the best fresh start this school year, and I hope it's filled with a sense of wonder, community, and belonging. Happy Back to School!
Relationship building and trust between students and teachers is vital! Great post!


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PREP HOOPS: Alamogordo squads lose in Los Lunas
Peter Dindinger
LOS LUNAS – In the first round of the Village of Los Lunas Holiday tournament Thursday night, the El Paso Montwood Rams (6-7) defeated the Alamogordo Tigers (3-10) boys' basketball team, 51-35.
Senior Danilan Smith led the Tigers with 17 points.
UP NEXT: Alamogordo plays Santa Teresa at 12 p.m. Friday in the consolation semifinals.
TEXICO – The Tularosa Wildcats (6-2) beat the Eunice Cardinals (5-3) 39-27 Thursday afternoon in the opening round of the Citizens Bank tournament.
Tularosa senior Toby Carrillo tallied 11 points, while senior Marcos Barreras had eight points. Sophomore Josh Chavez chipped in with seven points.
UP NEXT: Tularosa plays Farwell (Texas) in the championship semifinals at 3:45 p.m. Friday.
ALBUQUERQUE – In the opening round of the Striking Eagle Native American Invitational, the Mescalero Chiefs (8-3) defeated Tse' Yi' Gai JV, 65-15, Thursday afternoon.
The game ended with 1:25 left in the fourth quarter after the fire alarm prompted fans to exit the gym.
Mescalero junior Jamal Rocha had 18 points.
UP NEXT: Mescalero takes on Monument Valley (Utah) at 8:15 p.m. Friday.
LOS LUNAS – The Alamogordo Tigers (4-8) fell to the Eldorado Eagles (4-1) 45-35 in the first round of the Village of Los Lunas Holiday tourney Thursday afternoon.
Junior Calysta Jacob tallied 14 points for the Tigers.
UP NEXT: Alamogordo plays Santa Fe High at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the consolation semifinals.
ALBUQUERQUE – The Mescalero Chiefs (12-0) defeated the Cibecue (Ariz.) Wildcats (3-8) 76-37 in the first day of the Striking Eagle Native American Invitational Thursday night.
Mescalero sophomore Fallon Velasquez led the way with 23 points.
UP NEXT: Mescalero takes on To'hajiilee at 3 p.m. Friday.