Whether you're giving the bathroom a whole new refit or you simply want to freshen things up, choosing a new window treatment for the windows is a quick and easy way to inject style and even glamour into the space. Most homes will have frosted glazing for privacy so a window treatment tends to be chosen to bring colour or pattern into the room. It also adds a feeling of warmth and gives the perfect finishing touch to your décor.
Here's our pick of the best window dressing ideas. Find more window treatment ideas in our dedicated hub, and check out all the ways you can update your bathroom, too.
There are endless options available in a variety of fabrics, designs, patterns, prints and colours as well as the different types of window dressing.
Roller and Venetian blinds are the most popular as they are easy to install and cost effective. They are also hardwearing with clean, simple lines that sit flush against the window. Made to measure will create the perfect fit and many companies offer a free measuring service.
Window shutters are also becoming increasingly popular, as they give full coverage and complete privacy as well as great light control with easily adjustable louvers of varying sizes. Some fabrics are specially designed for bathroom use, withstanding moisture, heat and humidity to prevent the appearance of mould and mildew.
Where extra privacy is needed however, window film that can be applied straight on to the glass and simply removed and swapped for another frosted film design when you fancy a change.
Period properties often come with unusual and interesting shaped windows and it can be difficult to know how to dress them. This bathroom has a large arched feature window, which is perfectly finished with two panels of wooden shutters in a Rustic Grey stain. Available from Apollo Blinds, they have 63mm louvres with nickel hinges and measure W100cm x D150cm. Prices start from £397 per sq m and they can be made to fit almost any size and shape of window.
With a top down, bottom up Duoshade Zinc pleated polyester thermal blind from Blinds 2 Go, you decide where you want the opened blind to sit. This made to measure design is energy saving too, as the outward facing fabric is white for improved solar protection. The honeycomb fabric is made from cells coated on the inside with reflective aluminium and it's also a blackout design for complete privacy. Prices start from £84.50 for W95cm x D130cm.
If you know you like to change your window dressings more regularly than most, then a fabric changer system is for you. Its hook on/hook off design allows you to quickly and easily swap the blind for another pattern, print or colour when you fancy a quick room refresh. This Tranquillity Rust blackout fabric from Bloc Blinds is shown on a standard roller blind with built-in fabric changer option for instant fabric updates. It costs from £78 for W101cm x D101cm and also comes with a lifetime guarantee on the barrel system.
Give a contemporary or classic scheme a splash of colour with a DIY shutter that features a bold framed design. Available as café style, tier-on-tier or full height, choose from standard paints and finishes or custom colours, with prices from £166 per sq m at California Shutters. You can also select waterproof vinyl as well as a wood hybrid, smooth or grained hardwood. This full height style shown lets you control the light, warmth and privacy as well as adding soundproofing and security, too.
We may not think of using Roman blinds in the bathroom but so long as there's plenty of ventilation with an opening window and extractor fan, it can create a classy look. This Mineral Aqua design is from Hillarys' Romans collection and costs from £138 for W65cm x D75cm. Find out more about Roman blinds in our guide.
Window film is a fantastic way to achieve instant privacy on clear glazing as well as giving the bathroom a focal point with etched frosted designs. The Window Film Company offers reflective films to combat heat, specialist UV films to guard against fading, frosted window films and solid vinyls with prices from £30 for W75.8cm x D60cm. Their frosted patterns give the appearance of acid-etched or sand-blasted glass and allow a good level of natural light through. Each order is cut to your exact measurements and you choose where you want the design.
Ideal for loft conversions where the en suite often comes with the challenge of sloping ceiings, Velux Venetian blinds are the perfect choice for Velux Integra® roof windows. Priced from £76, they are moisture resistant so are suitable for humid rooms and offer privacy, light control and cordless operation. There are nine colours to choose from including Midnight Blue, Charcoal and White with 35mm wide lacquered aluminium slats.
One of the easiest options is a roller blind and the heat efficiency and moisture resistant properties of Duette® blinds make them an ideal choice for the bathroom. Their designs can be cut to suit almost every shape of window with a made-to-measure service that also includes an in-home design consultation, measure and fit. Available in over 300 colour, texture and transparency options, prices start from £150 for W40cm x D60cm.
Many city apartments and period properties have bathrooms on the ground floor or facing the street, which can leave you rather exposed if the window isn't frosted. For the best of both worlds, offering privacy and plenty of natural light, cover just half the window with shutters. Café designs from Shutterly Fabulous are a half-height plantation style, which cost from £299 per sq m. Choose their waterproof polyvinyl for maximum durability.
Go large with luxury charcoal faux silk textured blackout roller blinds from English Blinds when you need coverage for floor-to-ceiling windows. The custom-made Bartlett Basque design is made to measure for the perfect fit and cost from £47.31 for W40cm x D60cm.
Assuming you're not overlooked – and this is often the case in a loft bathroom, for example, leaving the window undressed can be very practical and increase the feeling of space in the room.
Find more loft conversion ideas in our design gallery.
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Aaron Vercruysse, Jeff Siegel and Zoe Cadman take a closer look at an action-packed slate of Saturday stakes action, highlighted by a pair of key Triple Crown preps. This week's featured stakes include the Swale, Sweetest Chant, Forward Gal, Dania Beach and Holy Bull from Gulfstream Park, plus the Palos Verdes, Robert B. Lewis, San Marcos and San Pasqual at Santa Anita Park.
Aaron Vercruysse, Jeff Siegel and Zoe Cadman analyze this week's stakes action from across the country including; the Whimsical Stakes at Woodbine, the Elusive Quality Stakes at Belmont Park, the William Walker Stakes at Churchill Downs, the Miesque's Approval and Powder Break Stakes at Gulfstream Park and the Santa Barbara and Californian Stakes at Santa Anita Park.
Aaron Vercruysse, Jeff Siegel and Zoe Cadman take a closer look at this weekend's top action from across the country including: the Private Terms Stakes from Laurel Park, the Correction Stakes from Aqueduct, the Inside Information Stakes from Gulfstream Park, the Azeri and Rebel Stakes from Oaklawn Park and the Pasadena and Santa Margarita Stakes from Santa Anita Park.


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The Henley College Basketball Academy come third in AoC U19s League
The Henley College Basketball Academy which is run in conjunction with the Reading Rockets, played in the Association of Colleges (AoC) Under 19 South East Men's League in the 2016/2017 season. The team finished in a very respectable third position with five wins and five losses.
The squad have progressed well over the year and narrowly lost to the league winners at the back end of the season. Head Coach Ben Fisher, has been really pleased with the progression of the team over the course of the last six months saying: "The guys work really hard every day and their commitment to be better individually and compete as a team is something we are all very proud of at Henley. We are really looking forward to next season!"
If you would like to find out more about The Henley college Basketball Academy and the Reading Rockets please contact Ben Fisher ben.fisher@readingrockets.co.uk.
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You know it is about time for our Danny Brown shot of the month ! Here is a pretty interesting track mixin' to my ears old and new school. Detroit born and raised, L.A. based hip-hop producer and Dj House Shoes has teamed up with Danny Brown for an eloquent bathroom junky rage track part of his debut LP Let it Go. Are u ready for some heavy sound ? Are u ? Because they are !


FEMININITY AND BLACK WOMEN -- Are Black Women the New Men?
This video examines the relationship between femininity being expressed as delicate and soft, and the necessity of black women living in urban areas who must present themselves as tough to protect both themselves and their children.
The bottom line is that a woman being "feminine" is a privilege afforded only to a select group. Every woman does not have the space to relax into stereotypical "feminine" behaviors due to the fact that she lives amongst predators, violent criminals and poverty. Survival in such areas requires her to be a warrior, not a soft and delicate flower. Let's look at femininity and the black woman.
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I feel that it's very important for myself to continuously improve my knowledge and practice, to ensure that I'm aware of any changes, becoming constantly up to date with all current health and social care standards, legislations and guidelines. I must also be up to date with any changes in my company's policies and procedures. When there is a change within the company's policies and procedures, they email to inform me of what's been changed and to what policy and procedures including an explanation of why. Once I have read and understood the changes, I encourage my team members to follow my lead. If an individual was to ignore these emails and was to refuse to view and sign for the changes, this flags up on the system. I must also sign online to report that I have read and received the new changes for the policy involved. An email is then sent out to the individual to prompt them to be compliant and to read the changed that have been made to the important policies and procedures. When there is a new team member, whether a renal technician or someone else who is involved in the renal work, I advise and assist them as best as I can by using my skills and knowledge. I find this helps everyone to work as a strong and committed team. This helps everyone become up-to-date with the policies and procedures in place and work more effectively. If there are any issues, I encourage staff to inform myself or my manager at any time including appraisals if they feel the need to speak out in private way. Learning new skills enables me to work as a stronger team leader, which benefits patient satisfaction and benefits the company. This is professional development and career progression. As a team leader for other renal technicians, I am responsible for the team and the patients so it's important for me to be aware that the team are also up-to-date with knowledge of the current health and social care standards, legislations and guidelines.
Potential barriers for myself to continue working towards my professional development could be a lack of support from the team. The team of renal technicians must all work together as smoothly as possible, they need to be aware of how they're actions will affect others. They must have a caring nature and be willing to learn and improve themselves. If they don't, this could result in a problem with the care being given and becomes a barrier for my professional development. Training issues, this could become a barrier for my professional development that if a staff member is not willing to go on annual training sessions, this would disrupt the whole team. Other renal technicians within the team would have to work extra hard, putting stress on them. This in effect would show in others working patterns and professionalism as they maybe more stretched and tired. This would become a barrier to myself as this could become a larger issue to then control and allow others to work as part of a good team. A month before anyone's training is due, each team member gets a reminder, then weekly up to the date it's required for them to attend the annual training. The team member is then expected to phone the office when they receive these reminders to book themselves in on an available training session. I have noticed that at each team members' three-monthly appraisal, it gives each technician a good chance to get issues of their chest in confidence. Other team members, I can bring up any issues in their appraisals as a goal to work towards. However, this could affect the individual's self-esteem, so I must approach each team member different but effectively. An individual who has low self-esteem can also be lacking in confidence, which will affect their work correspondingly having a knock-on effect to the rest of the team including myself. A main concern, resulting from this issue, would be to worry about staff sickness. When a member of staff isn't happy with themselves or a colleague and doesn't feel content, and valued as part of a team, they are more likely to have a poor sickness record. This has a bad effect on the team, patients, myself and the company.
Each year with the annual assessments, sometimes team members need to go on a refresher course, this might be because they are not as confident as when they finished they're training, or they are skipping vital parts of their job roles. When the team member must attend training, this could be outside of their normal working week, this may mean problems with transport or even child care problems. This could be a knock-on effect that if the team member is unable to attend vital training, they will become un-compliant with the company, meaning other renal technicians and myself would have to pick up the team members usual work load or set days.
There are several sources and systems of support for development available to people working within a care setting. I feel that inductions are the best start of education into the job role and company, this helps the company also to evaluate on how the new team member is doing. This helps to put in place the policies and procedures, of which they will be working towards always. An induction provides the individual with the knowledge and correct skills that they will need to work as part of the team and their job role. It will also help you to get used to the working role. If the individual was to start work without having their induction, they would find it very difficult and to start the job as a renal technician and what the job role would entitle.
As a renal technician, the team member would need to go on specialized training for a week with renal nurses trained by Baxter. This is an intensive course, giving person centred training. Following this intensive training, the start of the following week, they trained nurses and the new team member go out to visit the patients on the run, which they will be starting on. The nurses stay with the new team member throughout the day, visiting all the patients needed, this happens for 2-3 days depending on how confident and competent the individual is.
Once the new team member renal technician is happy with their job role and continues to be part of the company, they will have a three-monthly appraisal. When I give appraisals to the renal technicians, I use this time to will help the individual to see the issues, strengths and weaknesses they need to work on within their job role and what they need to improve on, giving goals can help the induvial work as a good team. Sometimes, I can help the team member set up a target, which they need to towards by their next appraisal. It helps me to bring up any issues with their skills knowledge, also by keeping the team up to date by highlighting the areas of policies and procedures that may have been adapted.
Different sources and systems are available to promote professional development. This can be done through formally or informal communication. Communication plays a crucial role in my job role. This helps with the team members, myself and my manager to express ideas, feelings, options and information amongst each other. Formal communication refers to information passed through predefined channels throughout the organization. Informal communication refers to the method of communication which flows in every direction, i.e. it moves freely in the organization. This communication could be verbal, such as spoken communication, through the telephone, at appraisal. Written communication, such as, by email, by letter. Also, communication can be carried out non-verbal i.e. using sign language, body movements, facial expressions, gestures, eye contact or even with the tone of voice. Workers in companies, i.e. managers, renal technicians, administrators, often confuse these two methods of communication.
As a lead supervisor, I have a responsibility to engage in nonstop professional development. I must make sure that I make it my own duty to keep my skills and knowledge up to date continuously seek to improve my knowledge and abilities across the range of responsibilities I carry out daily. This helps me develop my own performances and standards. It's my duty to make sure that I'm working towards all current and up to date policies, procedures and legislations, which are in place, within the company and by law. All legislations are set out for care givers, providers and managers to make sure that care standards must never fall into bad quality and service for the patient in receipt of any care. I believe that good management leads to good organisation, which is vital to maintain high standards of all levels and expectations of care. Also, I believe that a very important part of this is good communication between staff and management.
My company has annual mandatory training, which all the staff must complete to keep up to date with legislations, policies, procedures and practices. This will always be a priority with regards to my personal development against my own set goals and targets. I also make sure that training, supervisions and appraisals are keep up to date and in line with legal requirements which are set up by the care standards. This aids any problems which can occur with recruitment and retaining staff levels.
The code of professional practice for social care sets standards for all care professionals in Wales. All registered workers can also find practice guidance relevant to their job role.
Planning is a very important part of my job role. Plans are put in place to help ease staff to be monitored and reviewed. This can be undertaken through appraisals, which are taken place when needed and/or once every three months of employment. The plan is to measure learning of each staff member. This could be carried out by firstly identifying what it is that I want to evaluate. This could be changes in a staff members knowledge, skills, or attitudes, it can be helpful to evaluate these matters at each appraisal, which can help to see if the individual would benefit from training and helps me to determine their knowledge, skill levels, strengths and weaknesses.
Its very important to have reflective practice to improve performance on a personal level and a team level. It is good to use own experiences and knowledge, which can be passed on to others, left experienced team members. I like to do this as the norm for any new team worker as I know that I've given my knowledge and can explain bad experiences that I have come up against, which they may or not experience in the future. I believe that this is important for team development and improvement. I encourage new and older workers to ask as many questions as they feel necessary.


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#include "phd.h"

#ifdef ALTAIR

#include "cam_Altair.h"

#ifdef __WINDOWS__

#ifdef OS_WINDOWS
// troubleshooting with the libusb definitions
#  undef OS_WINDOWS
#endif

# include <Shlwapi.h>
# include <DelayImp.h>
#endif

class AltairCameraDlg : public wxDialog
{
public:

	wxCheckBox* m_reduceRes;
	AltairCameraDlg(wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id = wxID_ANY, const wxString& title = _("Altair Camera Settings"),
		const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition, const wxSize& size = wxSize(268, 133), long style = wxDEFAULT_DIALOG_STYLE);
	~AltairCameraDlg() { }
};

AltairCameraDlg::AltairCameraDlg(wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id, const wxString& title, const wxPoint& pos, const wxSize& size, long style)
	: wxDialog(parent, id, title, pos, size, style)
{

	SetSizeHints(wxDefaultSize, wxDefaultSize);

	wxBoxSizer *bSizer12 = new wxBoxSizer(wxVERTICAL);
	wxStaticBoxSizer *sbSizer3 = new wxStaticBoxSizer(new wxStaticBox(this, wxID_ANY, _("Settings")), wxHORIZONTAL);

	m_reduceRes = new wxCheckBox(this, wxID_ANY, wxT("Reduced Resolution (by ~20%)"), wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, 0);
	sbSizer3->Add(m_reduceRes, 0, wxALL, 5);
	bSizer12->Add(sbSizer3, 1, wxEXPAND, 5);

	wxStdDialogButtonSizer* sdbSizer2 = new wxStdDialogButtonSizer();
	wxButton *sdbSizer2OK = new wxButton(this, wxID_OK);
	wxButton* sdbSizer2Cancel = new wxButton(this, wxID_CANCEL);
	sdbSizer2->AddButton(sdbSizer2OK);
	sdbSizer2->AddButton(sdbSizer2Cancel);
	sdbSizer2->Realize();
	bSizer12->Add(sdbSizer2, 0, wxALL | wxEXPAND, 5);

	SetSizer(bSizer12);
	Layout();

	Centre(wxBOTH);
}

Camera_Altair::Camera_Altair()
    : m_buffer(0),
    m_capturing(false)
{
	PropertyDialogType = PROPDLG_WHEN_DISCONNECTED;

    Name = _T("Altair Camera");
    Connected = false;
    m_hasGuideOutput = true;
    HasSubframes = false;
    HasGainControl = true; // workaround: ok to set to false later, but brain dialog will frash if we start false then change to true later when the camera is connected
}

Camera_Altair::~Camera_Altair()
{
    delete[] m_buffer;
}

wxByte Camera_Altair::BitsPerPixel()
{
    return 8;
}

inline static int cam_gain(int minval, int maxval, int pct)
{
    return minval + pct * (maxval - minval) / 100;
}

inline static int gain_pct(int minval, int maxval, int val)
{
    return (val - minval) * 100 / (maxval - minval);
}

bool Camera_Altair::EnumCameras(wxArrayString& names, wxArrayString& ids)
{
    AltairInst ai[ALTAIR_MAX];

    unsigned int numCameras = Altair_Enum(ai);

    for (int i = 0; i < numCameras; i++)
    {
        names.Add(ai[i].displayname);
        ids.Add(ai[i].id);
    }

    return false;
}

bool Camera_Altair::Connect(const wxString& camIdArg)
{
    AltairInst ai[ALTAIR_MAX];
    unsigned int numCameras = Altair_Enum(ai);
    if (numCameras == 0)
    {
        wxMessageBox(_T("No Altair cameras detected."), _("Error"), wxOK | wxICON_ERROR);
        return true;
    }
    wxString camId(camIdArg);
    if (camId == DEFAULT_CAMERA_ID)
        camId = ai[0].id;

    m_handle = Altair_Open(camId);
    if ( m_handle == NULL)
    {
        wxMessageBox(_("Failed to open Altair Camera."), _("Error"), wxOK | wxICON_ERROR);
        return true;
    }

    Connected = true;
	bool hasROI = false;

    for (int i = 0; i < numCameras; i++)
    {
        if (ai[i].id == camId)
        {
            Name = ai[i].displayname;
			hasROI = (ai[i].model->flag & ALTAIR_FLAG_ROI_HARDWARE) != 0;
            break;
        }
    }

	int width, height;
	if (FAILED(Altair_get_Resolution(m_handle, 0, &width, &height)))
	{
		Disconnect();
		wxMessageBox(_("Failed to get camera resolution for Altair Camera."), _("Error"), wxOK | wxICON_ERROR);
		return true;
	}

	ReduceResolution = pConfig->Profile.GetBoolean("/camera/Altair/ReduceResolution", false);
	if (hasROI && ReduceResolution)
	{
		width *= 0.8;
		height *= 0.8;
	}

    FullSize.x = width;
    FullSize.y = height;

    delete[] m_buffer;
    m_buffer = new unsigned char[FullSize.x * FullSize.y];

	//TODO
    PixelSize = 3.75; // for all cameras so far....

    wxYield();

    HasGainControl = false;

	unsigned short min, max, def;
	if (SUCCEEDED(Altair_get_ExpoAGainRange(m_handle, &min, &max, &def)))
	{
		m_minGain = min;
		m_maxGain = max;
		HasGainControl = max > min;
	}

	Altair_put_Speed(m_handle, 0);
	Altair_put_RealTime(m_handle, TRUE);

    wxYield();

    m_frame = wxRect(FullSize);
    Debug.AddLine("Altair: frame (%d,%d)+(%d,%d)", m_frame.x, m_frame.y, m_frame.width, m_frame.height);

	if (hasROI && ReduceResolution)
	{
		Altair_put_Roi(m_handle, 0, 0, width, height);
	}

    return false;
}

bool Camera_Altair::StopCapture(void)
{
    if (m_capturing)
    {
        Debug.AddLine("Altair: stopcapture");
		Altair_Stop(m_handle);
        m_capturing = false;
    }
    return true;
}

void Camera_Altair::FrameReady(void)
{
	m_frameReady = true;
}

void Camera_Altair::ShowPropertyDialog()
{
	AltairCameraDlg dlg(wxGetApp().GetTopWindow());
	bool value = pConfig->Profile.GetBoolean("/camera/Altair/ReduceResolution", false);
	dlg.m_reduceRes->SetValue(value);
	if (dlg.ShowModal() == wxID_OK)
	{
		ReduceResolution = dlg.m_reduceRes->GetValue();
		pConfig->Profile.SetBoolean("/camera/Altair/ReduceResolution", ReduceResolution);
	}
}

bool Camera_Altair::Disconnect()
{
    StopCapture();
	Altair_Close(m_handle);

    Connected = false;

    delete[] m_buffer;
    m_buffer = 0;

    return false;
}

inline static int round_down(int v, int m)
{
    return v & ~(m - 1);
}

inline static int round_up(int v, int m)
{
    return round_down(v + m - 1, m);
}

void __stdcall CameraCallback(unsigned nEvent, void* pCallbackCtx)
{
	if (nEvent == ALTAIR_EVENT_IMAGE)
	{
		Camera_Altair* pCam = (Camera_Altair*)pCallbackCtx;
		pCam->FrameReady();
	}
}
//static void flush_buffered_image(int cameraId, usImage& img)
//{
//    enum { NUM_IMAGE_BUFFERS = 2 }; // camera has 2 internal frame buffers
//
//    // clear buffered frames if any
//
//    for (unsigned int num_cleared = 0; num_cleared < NUM_IMAGE_BUFFERS; num_cleared++)
//    {
//        ASI_ERROR_CODE status = ASIGetVideoData(cameraId, (unsigned char *) img.ImageData, img.NPixels * sizeof(unsigned short), 0);
//        if (status != ASI_SUCCESS)
//            break; // no more buffered frames
//
//        Debug.AddLine("Altair: getimagedata clearbuf %u ret %d", num_cleared + 1, status);
//    }
//}

bool Camera_Altair::Capture(int duration, usImage& img, int options, const wxRect& subframe)
{
    if (img.Init(FullSize))
    {
        DisconnectWithAlert(CAPT_FAIL_MEMORY);
        return true;
    }

    wxRect frame;
    frame = wxRect(FullSize);

    long exposureUS = duration * 1000;
    unsigned int cur_exp;
    if (Altair_get_ExpoTime(m_handle, &cur_exp) == 0 &&
        cur_exp != exposureUS)
    {
        Debug.AddLine("Altair: set CONTROL_EXPOSURE %d", exposureUS);
        Altair_put_ExpoTime(m_handle, exposureUS);
    }

    long new_gain = cam_gain(m_minGain, m_maxGain, GuideCameraGain);
    unsigned short cur_gain;
    if (Altair_get_ExpoAGain(m_handle, &cur_gain) == 0 &&
        new_gain != cur_gain)
    {
        Debug.AddLine("Altair: set CONTROL_GAIN %d%% %d", GuideCameraGain, new_gain);
        Altair_put_ExpoAGain(m_handle, new_gain);
    }

    // the camera and/or driver will buffer frames and return the oldest frame,
    // which could be quite stale. read out all buffered frames so the frame we
    // get is current

    //flush_buffered_image(m_handle, img);
	unsigned int width, height;
	while (SUCCEEDED(Altair_PullImage(m_handle, m_buffer, 8, &width, &height)))
	{

	}

	m_frameReady = false;
	if (!m_capturing)
    {
        Debug.AddLine("Altair: startcapture");
		Altair_StartPullModeWithCallback(m_handle, CameraCallback, this);
        m_capturing = true;
    }

    int frameSize = frame.GetWidth() * frame.GetHeight();

    int poll = wxMin(duration, 100);

    CameraWatchdog watchdog(duration, duration + GetTimeoutMs() + 10000); // total timeout is 2 * duration + 15s (typically)

    if (WorkerThread::MilliSleep(duration, WorkerThread::INT_ANY) &&
        (WorkerThread::TerminateRequested() || StopCapture()))
    {
        return true;
    }

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    {
		if (m_frameReady)
		{
			m_frameReady = false;

			if (SUCCEEDED(Altair_PullImage(m_handle, m_buffer, 8, &width, &height)))
				break;
		}
		WorkerThread::MilliSleep(poll, WorkerThread::INT_ANY);
        if (WorkerThread::InterruptRequested())
        {
            StopCapture();
            return true;
        }
        if (watchdog.Expired())
        {
            Debug.AddLine("Altair: getimagedata failed");
            StopCapture();
            DisconnectWithAlert(CAPT_FAIL_TIMEOUT);
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        }
    }

    for (int i = 0; i < img.NPixels; i++)
        img.ImageData[i] = m_buffer[i];

    if (options & CAPTURE_SUBTRACT_DARK) SubtractDark(img);

    return false;
}

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{
    switch (direction)
    {
    default:
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        return 0;
    case EAST:
        return 2;
    case WEST:
        return 3;
    case SOUTH:
        return 1;
    }
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bool Camera_Altair::ST4PulseGuideScope(int direction, int duration)
{
	int d = GetAltairDirection(direction);
    Altair_ST4PlusGuide(m_handle, d, duration);

    return false;
}

void  Camera_Altair::ClearGuidePort()
{
	Altair_ST4PlusGuide(m_handle, 0,0);
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Reviews are in: These PGA Tour pros have played the new 13th hole at Augusta National. Here's what they think
Adam Schupak
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The calendar may say December, but April in Augusta already is on the minds of golfers competing at the Hero World Challenge this week.
Some of the competitors already have begun making scouting trips to Augusta National, and we've got their early reviews of the par-5 13th hole, which has been lengthened some 35 yards.
"You know, what?" said Kevin Kisner, who lives in Aiken, South Carolina, about 45 minutes away from Magnolia Lane and the famed home of the season's first major. "I was totally against it until I played it, and I don't think it's going to be that bad."
The par-5 13th ranks as one of the great risk-reward holes in golf – going for it should be a "momentous decision," in the words of Bobby Jones, who assisted Alister MacKenzie in its design. It originally measured 480 yards when the Masters debuted in 1934 and had played to 510 yards for the 2022 Masters. But that distance is shorter than many par-4s in major championship golf these days.
In recent years, powerful players such as Bubba Watson and Rory McIlroy have been able to blast balls over the trees that protect the dogleg-left hole, sometimes hitting it far enough around the corner to leave a short iron or even a wedge for the second shot to the green. The 13th played as the third-easiest hole on the course at the 2022 Masters, only more difficult than the two front-nine par-5s.
In 2017, Augusta National purchased a swath of land from Augusta Country Club – the land actually was part of a hole on the neighboring course, and Augusta Country Club was forced to reroute its layout to accommodate the land sale. In his 2022 press conference, Augusta National Chairman Fred Ridley said there was no timetable to use the land for a new tee but also hinted that changes to 13 could be coming.
"There's a great quote from Bobby Jones dealing specifically with the 13th hole, which has been lengthened over time, and he said that the decision to go for the green in two should be a momentous one," Ridley said. "And I would have to say that our observations of these great players hitting middle and even short irons into that hole is not a momentous decision."
He added: "From our perspective, we will always do what's necessary to maintain the integrity of our golf course."
So far, the club has not commented on what work was done to the hole, but thanks to the good people at Eureka Earth, golf fans have been able to follow the construction project via detailed aerial images.
Kisner said he wished they left the old tee as a potential option in case conditions became extreme.
"If we catch it straight into the wind, I'm not sure you can get it around the corner," he said. "But it's a par-5, you can lay up."
Kisner, who played Augusta National on Sunday, said he had 210 yards to the front of the green – "I pounded it and there was no roll" – and anticipated that "the bombers can probably get home with 5- or 6-iron."
Tony Finau can confirm. He visited Augusta National two weeks ago and played 36 holes. He said he didn't think adding length was necessary at 13, but he, too, agreed that the changes were better than he expected.
Like Kisner, he still reached the green in two shots – the first time with a 3-iron and the second time with a 4-iron.
"In the spring, that should be a 5- or 6-iron," he said.
Count Billy Horschel, who called 13 "the greatest par 5 in the world," among the players who are saddened by the changes. While he hasn't seen them yet, he predicted, "I think you're not going to see as many guys go for it."
Looking ahead: 2023 men's major championship venues include Augusta, Royal Liverpool
2022 Masters Tournament
Story originally appeared on GolfWeek
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A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Oladipupo Adebutu, has predicted that the party would win the 2019 election by a landslide.
Adebutu, a member of the House of Reps, urged the leadership of the party to be united to ensure victory in the 2019 general elections.
The lawmaker, who is eyeing the governorship seat of the state, noted that imposition of candidates would further polarise the party and might scuttle its chances in the next election.
He stated this on Friday at a meeting with the party leadership, members and supporters in Abeokuta.
The lawmaker added that the only way the PDP could bounce back in the state was for the leadership and party members to redouble their efforts to defeat the All Progressives Congress in 2019.
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2. Motherboard: MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC LGA2066 8DDR4 ST6RD GBLAN, ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING LGA1151 USB 3.1 M.2, or a different and better one?
3. Videocard: ASUS NVIDIA GTX 1080TI ROG STRIX 11GB GDDR5X PCIE3, GIGABYTE NVIDIA GTX 1080TI WATERFORCE XTREME AORUS 11, MSI NVIDIA GTX 1080TI GAMING X 11GB GDDR5X PCIE3, or a different and better one?
4. RAM: 16GB DDR4 4266 2X288 DIMM CL19 1.2V GSKILL TRIDENT Z? One needed or two of these which makes 32GB in total? Any different suggestions?
5. HD: MZ-V7E500BW - M.2 PCIE X4 2280 SAMSUNG 970 EVO 500GB 3500/2500MB to run Windows 10 at 64 bits, SAMSUNG SSD 1TB SATA Serie 850 EVO - mSATA to run FSX/P3D, or any other sugestions?
6. Cooler: which one? Watercooling is probably better?
One thing that I notice reading every forum is: we are still talking about simulators running at 20 or 25 fps with all stuff like Aerosoft, FlyTampa, ORBX, detailed clouds, PMDG 777 or FSLabs 320, AI aicrafts at 75 % or 100 %, scenery details at 100 % and so on.
Is this machine good to run one of those simulators at 30 fps at least and without stutters?
All the hardware you mention will run the sim fine.
Definitely P3D v4, FSX is very outdated and there already are several developers who don't support it anymore. For home use the academic license will be good enough, no need for professional.
Only about RAM, for future use I'd recommend 32 GB. For the current add-ons 16 GB will still be enough but they're getting more demanding and you don't want to run out of memory.
P3D v4 doesn't lean as much on the CPU as FSX, in fact it doesn't make much difference. Overclocking isn't needed. There are people running it just fine on an old i5. What you do need is one hell of a video card, that's far more important than the CPU. However all video cards you mention will do the job.
The SSDs you mention will be fine, but if you really want it fast I suggest you look at the next generation NVMe SSDs. The best (but also most expensive) are the Kingston DCP1000 series. A bit cheaper but still very good are the Kingston KC1000 series, I got one myself and I'm very satisfied about it. It's bloody fast!
The problem is when you add everything together. We were discussing this issue about framerates and stutters like 15, 10, 5 years ago... I hope that with this system and everything together doesn't give me problems at least to run it about 30 fps.
You can bring ANY system to it's knees with P3d settings. How many FPS you get depends far more on settings then hardware.
Well, that I know but of course I am taking in account that those settings we always speak are set to 100 % or very near. That's what I am talking about when we discuss fps. If I use default scenery I know that I can achive a lot of fps, but if I use an ORBX or Aerosoft scenery I expect to use all settings at 100 % or near.
It's the same discussion of 10-15 years ago: is there any hardware combination that can run P3Dv4 with all sliders set to 100 %, with detailed sceneries (ORBX, FlyTampa, Aerosoft), clouds (REX), AI aircrafts, complex aircraft (FS Labs, PMDG) and so on? I suspect that maybe the answer is again: No.
Well if the aircraft and other things are compiled with the latest compilers as we did with the A318/A319 professional you would make big gains in FPS.
The discussion about being able to run the sim with everything maxed out is pretty pointless: I suppose that high end systems can do that with a stock Mooney in 99.9% of all situations i 1920x1080 with no other addons installed and no weather.
Indeed that's what I said: probably no hardware is ready for that... the same as 15 years ago. Computers are better but stuff is also more detailed and complex.
I am happy with 25-30. The human eye cannot "distinguish" more fps after a certain number. I think even a lower number. I have read something like 17?
That's a myth. You can easily spot the difference between 60 and 120 fps.
Have you got any proof for that because it's the first time I hear that. All my life people have been saying above 25 fps the human eye doesn't see the difference anymore. That's what everyone is saying, including me. I can't see the difference either, and believe me when I say I have looked at it.
In a fast shooter you can see the difference easy (serious sims insist on 60hz screen update), but for sims it does not matter a lot.
I use the P3D v4. x Professional, with which I can do ' some ' things more, with the academic if you only fly to fly, and do not want to get into things deeper, you're left, same as Hardware.
So, if with your "normal" PC you already can fly very good, with a high-end PC you can do a lot more.
But what are the things you can do more with Professional P3D version? I was reading something about it, but I didn't understand quite well the difference between both versions.
Look at something that spins with 25 rotations per second.
Then at something with 50, 100, 150 and faster.
Then tell me at which speed you stopped to see a difference.
It's certainly not with 25 revolutions per second.
It's rather rare that material nowadays is shot with 24 or 25fps. That's only done for a cinematic effect.
If 25fps were enough, why having monitors with 60/120/144/240 Hz?
the difference between your eyes and your brain: your eyes can catch up to 300 fps, but the brain puts it down to lower numbers and this also depends on additional factors: playing a boring game brings it down to something like 20-25 fps; but when you play a highend egoshooter which lets you get more Adrenalin in your blood, fps can go up to 60-100 fps.
By the way, to run P3D fast, is there any advantage from the new M.2 HDs?
Always go for an SSD. They are pretty cheap now. And amongst them, go for the cheaper ones. There is not much difference in speed between SATA and M2 unless you move a lot of large files in databases.
Mmmmmm. As FS add-ons often include thousands of small files I believe the advantages of an M2 ssd can be felt.


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EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern has suspended running back Venric Mark for the first two games for violating a team policy.
The school said Friday that Mark will miss home games against California on Aug. 30 and Northern Illinois on Sept. 6.
Mark was granted a medical hardship waiver by the Big Ten and allowed to return for a fifth year after missing most of last season with a broken ankle. He was limited to three games in 2013 after rushing for 1,366 yards and 12 touchdowns as a junior. He ranks fourth all-time at Northwestern with 4,271 all-purpose yards.
In a statement, Mark says he "made a mistake" and "let my teammates down."


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Neither candidate made much of an issue that political analysts believe could be decisive in the midterms.
Karen Handel (left) looks on as House Speaker Paul Ryan campaigns for her at an event in Dunwoody, Ga., in May.
Despite Democrats' well-telegraphed plans to make the House GOP's health care bill an anchor for Republicans in 2018, the issue played a conspicuously small role in Tuesday's special election in Georgia.
Republican Karen Handel, who notched a narrow victory in the race to replace Tom Price, President Trump's Health and Human Services secretary, did not make health care a central part of her campaign, and it was not the primary focus of the millions of dollars spent by Democrats in the election. A recent Washington Post PowerPost report noted that health care was absent from the airwaves leading up to the election.
Meanwhile, Republicans found success tying Democrat Jon Ossoff to the policies of his own national party leaders, even as they moved away from the repeal-and-replace mantra they trotted out in the last four election cycles.
The lack of attention to health care was surprising given that voters in the 6th District listed it as a major concern. A survey by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution taken before the race found health care policy to be a top issue for 81 percent of voters. The same poll found just one-quarter of voters approved of the House's plan, known as the American Health Care Act.
"If I was a Republican leader I would say, 'Our bill is not popular but it's not sinking our candidates,'" said Robert Blendon, professor of health policy and political analysis at Harvard University.
Georgia Republican consultant Todd Rehm said it was smart for the Handel campaign to downplay health care in the race, particularly while the issue remains unsettled on Capitol Hill.
"It's hard to come out full-voiced in favor of something that could be changed significantly next week," Rehm said. He pointed out that after Handel defended the House bill in a televised debate, President Trump had made "less than fully enthusiastic remarks" about the legislation.
Democratic media consultant John Rowley said that the health care issue is "in a dramatically better place for Democrats" but the party should heed lessons learned in Georgia. In the future, he said, Democrats need to have a message that resonates with voters, and not just rely on the fact that Trump is in the White House.
But the GOP also has reason to worry. "Republican leadership should be very nervous by the amount Ossoff was able to raise and the fact that the election results were so close in a district they won by 20-plus points in the past," said Rowley.
Rehm said that Handel's close finish, in a district Republicans have easily held for years, could also give rank-and-file members pause.
"If they take this win as a warning, even in a heavily Republican district, that a Democrat can come very, very close to winning, more vulnerable members are going to assert some independence from the caucus and the position of the president," he said.
Alternatively, if Republicans view this as a boost to the national Republican proposals and to Trump, then it should be easier to "maintain party discipline with the House caucus and keep those vulnerable members in line," he said.
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Democrats see a chance to pick up seats after all seven Republicans in districts carried by Clinton voted for the GOP's controversial health care bill.
Rep. Tom MacArthur of New Jersey led the GOP's efforts to repeal Obamacare. His Democratic opponent, Andy Kim, is convinced that's why he won't get reelected.
President Trump has been talking about lowering prescription costs since the 2016 campaign, but voters trust Democrats more when it comes to handling the issue.
Newly-elected members from swing districts don't need the caucus to move to the left, and now is not the time for a speaker who requires on-the-job training.
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The protesters expressed fear that the wrong people will end up benefitting from the temporary shelters in Mile Six in the Koya Chiefdom, secured for flood victims by the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL).
They waved placards demanded they be relocated. They claimed the first sets of persons relocated on Sunday were not flood victims and that people are already residing in the temporary accommodations.
The protesters say they suspect a 400,000 Leones and a bag of rice to each household that has not yet been relocated is a sort of compensation; leaving them with no home to go to.
At the onset of Hurricane Fred which left hundreds of Sierra Leoneans homeless in Freetown, the GoSL accommodated the flood victims at the Siaka Stevens and Brima Attouga stadia in the west and east of the city.
On his way to work on Monday morning, President Ernest Koroma came upon the protesters around the Cotton Tree. He later spoke with the leader of the protesters.
In an interview on AYV Radio's Issue of the Day on Monday, Deputy Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs, Mustapha Bai Atilla refuted claims that people are already residing in the temporary accommodations.
He informed 130 households are being catered for and that the first 50 have been relocated. He said the remaining 80 will be built in due course.
The Minister said the sum of Le 400, 000 and a bag of 50 kilogramme rice will be distributed on Tuesday to remaining households while they await the construction of the remaining temporary structures.
Recently, the Communication Pillar at the Flood Command Centre brought together stakeholders and heads of the Koya Chiefdom to discuss the relocation process.


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The standard features of a BlackBerry are calendar, notes, calculator, tasks, alarm clock and few games.
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Four people in Ho Chi Minh City will face charges of theft for hacking foreigners' credit cards and stealing their money, the People's Supreme Procuracy, Vietnam's highest office of prosecutors, announced Monday (March 7).
All in their twenties, the four men stole information from hundreds of credit cards and then used them to buy air tickets for themselves or to resell to others.
Between August 2009 and February 2010, they had bought air tickets worth over VND1 billion (US$47,927) in total. One of them, 24-year-old Mach Huu Tai, was also found using the credit cards to buy goods online from overseas.
The Ministry of Public Security launched investigations after they and the Vietnam Airlines found one member of the ring Le Ngoc Thai and another man, Pham Minh Duc, failing to present the credit cards used to buy their air tickets online at the Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City late December, 2009.
The duo couldn't prove that the tickets were bought by another person as well; and police found information about many credit cards owned by foreigners in Thai's laptop.


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Jump to height of 9 floors: Unique robot to prepare for the Moon
Comics and science fiction films demonstrate the superhuman abilities of superheroes, capable of jumping to absurd heights. But such pop culture sows the seeds of interesting and sometimes ambitious ideas that can be implemented for the benefit of humanity. The latest creation of such an engineering idea is a robot capable of jumping up to the height of a 9-floors building at a time. Nature magazine writes about the unique creation.
Jumping robot (without a name) capable of climbing to a height of 30 m on Earth and 125 m on the Moon. Photo: Nature
Jumping robot was developed by a team led by Elliot Hawkes, a professor of engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His creation is capable of reaching a height of about 30 m. The developers say that this is the highest figure among all known natural or artificially created similar mechanisms for jumping.
The robot weighing 14 g has a small motor connected to a spring consisting of compression arcs made of carbon fiber, bent by rubber bands, which are connected to a spindle driven by a motor. In the video below, you can see how the robot jumps to the top of the cliff, straightens up, and then pulls the spring again, preparing for the next jump.
According to Professor Hawkes, the basis of the robot's chassis can be used to explore the Moon, where it would be useful in studying difficult terrain. The fact is that on our natural moon the force of gravity is 6 times weaker than on Earth, which means that such a jumping robot will be able to climb an order of magnitude higher than on Earth. At the same time, it might use jumps to travel long distances, which would be much faster than existing slow moon rovers.
"We calculated that the vehicle on such a jumping chassis on the Moon would be able to climb to a height of 125 meters, and in one jump would cover a distance of half a kilometer," the professor said.
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Pakistani Taliban commander killed in bombing in Wana
by The Long War Journal | Dec 22, 2012 | Monitor |
A Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan commander and three other people were killed in a bombing yesterday in Wana, the main town in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of South Waziristan. The bombing appears to be related to an assassination attempt on another senior Taliban leader who is linked to al Qaeda.
Maulvi Abbas Wazir was killed in a blast at his office, which was located near a bazaar in Wana. The cause of the attack is unclear; some reports indicate that a bomb was placed in the office, while another indicates that it was a suicide bomber that killed Abbas.
Abbas was one of six Taliban commanders in Wana who joined up with Hakeemullah Mehsud's Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan back in the fall of 2010 [see LWJ report, Pakistani Taliban enlist 6 local groups in Wana region of South Waziristan]. The Wana branch of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan is led by Wali Muhammad, the son of famed Taliban commander Nek Muhammad, who was killed in the first recorded US Predator strike in Pakistan in 2004. Wali replaced Haji Omar, another Taliban commander who was killed in a drone strike in early 2010.
The presence of Abbas and other Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan leaders in the Wana area is a direct violation of a peace agreement between Mullah Nazir, one of the tribal agency's most powerful Taliban commanders, and the Pakistani military. Nazir agreed to not shelter or support the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan in exchange for the military bypassing his tribal areas during an offensive that was launched in 2009. Additionally, Nazir, who has described himself as an al Qaeda commander, has continued to shelter al Qaeda and other allied terror groups. The Pakistani military is well aware of Nazir's violations, yet continues to allow him operate without repercussions.
According to Pakistani press reports, Abbas was closely allied with Uzbek fighters in the al Qaeda-allied Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and its splinter organization, the Islamic Jihad Union. In 2007, Abbas was ejected from the Wazir tribal areas of South Waziristan by Mullah Nazir after the latter clashed with Uzbek fighters over the assassination of al Qaeda financiers [see LWJ reports, The Taliban's internecine war in Waziristan and Spinning the Fighting in South Waziristan]. Abbas and Nazir reconciled in 2010, and Abbas was allowed to return to Wana.
Abbas's killing is likely linked to the suicide attack that targeted Mullah Nazir on Nov. 29. Nazir was wounded in the attack. After the assassination attempt on Nazir, he ordered all members of the movement of the Taliban in Pakistan to leave the Wana area. Nazir has made similar decrees in the past, only to continue to shelter the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan's top leaders and its fighters.
No group has claimed credit for the suicide attack that targeted Nazir, or the bombing that killed Abbas.
Mullah Nazir's Taliban faction is one of four major Taliban groups that have joined the Shura-e-Murakeba, an alliance brokered by al Qaeda late last year. The Shura-e-Murakeba also includes Hafiz Gul Bahadar's group; the Haqqani Network; and the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, which is led by Mehsud tribesmen Hakeemullah Mehsud and his deputy Waliur Rehman Mehsud. The members of the Shura-e-Murakeba agreed to cease attacks against Pakistani security forces, refocus efforts against the US in Afghanistan, and end kidnappings and other criminal activities in the tribal areas.
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Massachusetts 3rd District primary marks lowest plurality win so far
The Democratic primary for Massachusetts' 3rd Congressional District proved closer than perhaps anyone anticipated, with a 52-vote margin giving Lori Trahan the win over Dan Koh in results declared late Wednesday night.
But what we knew even before polls closed Tuesday was that the winner would likely secure the party's nomination with less than 50 percent of the vote. As we've already seen in other crowded primaries this year, the 10-person field of candidates vying to fill retiring Rep. Niki Tsongas' open seat foreshadowed a non-majoritarian outcome: just 21 percent of the votes, as it turned out.
Even with a recount looming, the 3rd District primary provides the unfortunately perfect example of how plurality voting methods backfire in crowded races. In fact, it's the lowest plurality win of the 80 House primaries this year, according to FairVote data. Thirty-six primary winners claimed victory with less than 40 percent of the vote, a dozen of which won with less than 30 percent of the vote.
Whoever emerges winner out of the likely recount - in turn becoming the "prohibitive favorite" come November - will have done so despite nearly 80 percent of voters preferring a different candidate.
Consider how the same election would play out had voters been able to rank all of the candidates instead of choosing just one. The same person might very well win under ranked choice voting, but only with the broadest possible support of the district's voters.
Ranked choice voting is already gaining traction across the state thanks to citizen-led reform efforts and backing from major news outlets. Tuesday's primary results should drive that home.


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An Exclusive Interview With Tamara Ralph Of Ralph & Russo
BY Rohma Theunissen / Nov 14 2019 / 11:06 AM
The globally renowned couturier is one half of the only British label to be recognised by the Parisian Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode in almost a century
"I was born to a family with four generations of couturiers and have been designing since I can remember," reminisces Tamara Ralph. "My grandmother was always especially strict and would have me unpick an entire piece if one stitch was wrong – I think it was her way of triumphing over for me for the years of raiding her pattern archive!" she laughs. And its little surprise that couture literally runs through Tamara Ralph's veins. One half of the only London-based couture label to be recognised by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode in almost a century, Tamara Ralph is globally renowned as the visionary couturier behind the massively successful, privately-owned British luxury label, Ralph & Russo.
Tamara Ralph is a fourth generation couturier
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Tamara's story is nothing short of a real-life fairytale. On holiday in London, the young couturier bumped into a dashing Aussie, Michael Russo. The two immediately bonded over their native accents and a short while later, Tamara followed her heart to London and started up the Ralph & Russo brand, choosing Michael as both her life and business partner. "Building a brand with Michael has been both a pleasure and a dream come true," says Tamara. "We'd both always shared the same vision of building a luxury brand, and with Michael spearheading the business side of the company and I the creative, our partnership couldn't be better balanced. We took a real leap of faith and are in the privileged position now to say that it was the best choice that we could have made."
Backstage at the Ralph & Russo Haute Couture show in Paris
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Ralph & Russo's ascent since its inception in 2010 has been positively legendary. For starters, the brand's intrepid choice of starting up a couture label in London has allowed it to set itself apart in remarkable fashion. London, once home to world-famous couturiers such as Hardy Armies and Norman Hartnell, had all but lost the tradition of haute couture due to unprecedented economic and societal shifts, that is until Ralph & Russo came along. "We felt there was a real gap in the market in London for couture," explains Tamara when asked why they chose to start Ralph & Russo out of their hometown over the more traditional choice of Paris. "Paris had in many ways become too saturated by couture brands and clients were more frequently in London than Paris, making it inconvenient to travel specifically to source their own couture. Meanwhile London had continued to develop as a creative and commercial hub, drawing international footfall and giving rise to a luxury clientele in want of personalised couture." And it was this visionary approach to service and authenticity coupled with immaculate multi-generational couture savoir-faire that allowed Ralph & Russo to receive the highest of accolades in the world of haute couture in 2014: an invitation by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode in Paris to show their collections as part of the official Couture Week schedule. "I'm still not sure I can describe the feeling!" states Tamara when asked on how it felt to be acknowledged by the ultimate authority in the realm of haute couture. "There is nothing more rewarding as a designer to have your talent recognised by such industry masters and showcased on an international stage."
Ralph & Russo SS20 RTW Moodboard
And the brand has continued to amass global recognition, growing from its pared-back beginnings to bringing on board more skilled workers than Dior to cater to its burgeoning clientele. Couture is, after all, the most elite category within fashion, known for employing delicate traditional techniques and artisanal skills to create one-of-a-kind creations that are almost entirely done by hand. Perhaps it's the brand's British roots, or perhaps it stems from Michael and Tamara's Australian origins, but Ralph & Russo has somehow maintained a uniquely amicable, down-to-earth approach to haute couture which has only served to broaden the brand's appeal; cementing its position as a firm favourite amongst celebrities, royalty and VIPs who regularly turn to the brand when commemorating their most important occasions. "The red carpet has always been important to us as a celebration of excellence and as an opportunity for women to feel their most beautiful," explains Tamara. And her favourite Ralph & Russo red carpet moment? "We have had the pleasure of working with such inspirational women, from political leaders and royalty, to businesswomen, artists and celebrities. It would be impossible for me to pinpoint one appearance as the ultimate red carpet moment," says Tamara graciously.
Meghan Markle famously wore a Ralph & Russo haute couture gown for her official engagement shoot
In 2017, Ralph & Russo launched their first-ever ready-to-wear collection, extending the brand's highly-acclaimed ethos and perspective to cater to the everyday needs of its devoted clientele. "All of our product categories embody the same brand values and level of quality," describes Tamara. The difference between her couture line and ready-to-wear line? "The detail behind couture and ready-to-wear is incomparable. Where a ready-to-wear piece may pass through the hands of five artisans before reaching production, a couture piece can be worked on by twenty or more specialists at any given time."
In 2019, Ralph & Russo took Paris Fashion Week by storm when they pulled all the stops to showcase their Miami-beach inspired Spring/Summer 20 collection as part of the ready-to-wear schedule. "Showing at Paris Fashion Week for SS20 was in many ways like a relaunch of our ready-to-wear category for the brand and we will continue to show there for the foreseeable".
Backstage at the Ralph & Russo SS20 RTW show at Paris Fashion Week
From London to Paris and from couture to ready-to-wear, Ralph & Russo have eloquently accumulated a loyal fan base within every arena that they have ventured into. A remarkable feat given the global economic climate in which they launched their label in 2010. And they are showing no signs of slowing down; the dynamic duo have been working meticulously to realise their dream of converting the Ralph & Russo brand into a global luxury powerhouse with a physical presence in key fashion capitals. En route to attaining their dream, Michael and Tamara inaugurated their UAE flagship boutique at The Dubai Mall in 2018. "Our Middle Eastern clientele are also all such warm people. I have always loved how welcoming and family orientated they are. So many of our clients have become true friends and even family," says Tamara of her regional clientele. "Opening in Dubai was such a special moment for us. We've always received such incredible support from the region and we really wanted to return this favour to our followers by opening our first flagship in Dubai Mall."
Ralph & Russo's flagship boutique at The Dubai Mall
So what can Ralph & Russo fans expect in the future? "We've always had the vision of building a global luxury brand and in the years to come we will be taking huge strides towards that," reveals Tamara. "We would like to one day have our brand encompass not only couture, ready-to-wear and accessories, but also beauty, interiors, and more. We want to curate a Ralph & Russo lifestyle for our clients so that the brand continues to be an element of their daily lives." A complete Ralph & Russo lifestyle? Sounds like music to our ears.
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