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GPS RUNGA
Hurang, Naggar (Kullu), Himachal Pradesh
Schools in HURANG
About GPS RUNGA
GPS RUNGA was established in 1998 and it is managed by the Department of Education. It is located in Rural area. It is located in NAGGAR block of KULLU district of Himachal Pradesh. The school consists of Grades from 1 to 5. The school is Co-educational and it doesn't have an attached pre-primary section. The school is Not Applicable in nature and is not using school building as a shift-school. Hindi is the medium of instructions in this school. This school is approachable by all weather road. In this school academic session starts in April.
The school has Government building. It has got 2 classrooms for instructional purposes. All the classrooms are in good condition. It has 2 other rooms for non-teaching activities. The school has a separate room for Head master/Teacher. The school has Pucca boundary wall. The school has have electric connection. The source of Drinking Water in the school is Tap Water and it is functional. The school has 1 boys toilet and it is functional. and 1 girls toilet and it is functional. The school has a playground. The school has a library and has 392 books in its library. The school does not need ramp for disabled children to access classrooms.The school has no computers for teaching and learning purposes The school is not having a computer aided learning lab. The school is Provided and Prepared in School Premises providing mid-day meal.
GPS KASHTA GPS DHARA GCPS FOZAL GPS NERI GPS KUKRI GPS KATHI GPS FLYNE GPS DAMCHIN
Village / Town: Hurang
Cluster: Fozal
Block: Naggar
District: Kullu
State: Himachal Pradesh
Wall: Pucca
Playground: Yes
Books in Library: 392
ALEO ARCHHANDI BARAGRAN BURWA FOZAL GOJRA-I GOSHAL HARIPUR JAGATSUKH KALATH KATRAIN MANALI NAGGAR NASOGI NATHAN PALCHAN PANGAN PATLIKUHAL SARSAI SHIM
Hurang, Naggar
KULLU, Himachal Pradesh


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'Things are as good as they're going to get' - Expert sees no point in further reopening delay
There is no point in delaying reopening any further with no reason to expect case rates to improv...
Michael Staines
08.41 19 Aug 2021
There is no point in delaying reopening any further with no reason to expect case rates to improve in the Autumn.
Maynooth Immunology Professor Paul Moynagh is warning that Ireland's high vaccination rate means things are now likely to be "as good as they are going to get."
It comes amid reports that NPHET will not recommend any further easing of restrictions next week – with health officials concerned that the peak of the current wave will now not come until next month.
The Cabinet sub-committee on COVID is meeting today to discuss a roadmap for ending the country's remaining Covid-19 restrictions.
The plan, which is expected to include proposals for the reopening of events and nightclubs, will not be signed off by Cabinet until the end of the month.
On Newstalk Breakfast this morning, Professor Moynagh said there is no sense in delaying reopening any further.
"Really the point I am making is we could be getting close to the stage where things are as good as they are going to be," he said.
"We have 90% of the population singly vaccinated and 83% fully vaccinated and these vaccines are doing what they were supposed to do – they are protecting us really well against serious illness and hospitalisation.
"There will be breakthrough infections … so we are not going to be able to eradicate this virus because these vaccines will not give us sterilising immunity.
"So, I think the context has to be that we are getting very close to – if not already at – the point where things are as good as they are going to get so that should be reflected in some of the things we are thinking about."
He said the Government should have been more ambitious with reopening earlier in the summer.
"I thought the summer would have been a good time to open up quite a lot of the activities," he said.
"We did pilots back in the middle of the summer – for example, outdoor events in the Iveagh Gardens – which were essentially set up in such a way that there was no risk. So, it was a pointless exercise.
"Instead, at that stage, we should have been looking at events that would mirror what actually happens in reality. Trying to capture and reflect that risk and put in place and evaluate measures that would mitigate that risk.
"Instead, we are still talking about pilots in that situation."
Professor Moynagh said there is no reason to believe things will be any better in September.
"This is the problem I had during the summer when we decided not to open various things," he said.
"Were we seriously saying we were going to open up things at the beginning of September when schools were opening and universities and we were heading into the winter months?
"Things do not get easier and we need to be upfront about that."
He said we are now close to a situation where the virus is endemic in Ireland.
"We are getting close to as good as we are going to get so again, I don't quite see the reasoning in terms of continuously delaying things," he said.
"We are at the stage now where we have certain sectors that need help and need support and need to begin opening up that probably should have been opened up earlier – I think we need to look at that."
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The Story Owners Collective announces a brand new form of personal story-telling theater, with their Detroit premiere of THE RED THREAD: Interwoven Performance Portraits. The play uses personal narrative to honor individual journeys while revealing social interconnectedness. An ancient Chinese proverb speaks of an invisible red thread of destiny, which connects all humans to each other. It is said that this magical cord may tangle or stretch but will never break.


In The Division you can equip your agent will all kinds of gear, from holsters, to combat vests, boots, and backpacks. Each of these items will change the appearance of your agent, but it will also increase certain stats and attributes that can increase your agent's health pool, the damage they do, and a whole host of other modifiers.
The higher the quality and rarity of an item the more attributes it will contain. The rarest items will also have a wider selection of attributes, greatly increasing the power of your agent. Depending on what type of agent you're trying to build, you'll want to focus on collecting gear with certain attributes.
Each piece of gear will come with certain amounts of the three primary attributes. Some gear modifications will also come with attributes on them.
Stamina – Stamina will increase your health pool, a good pick for any agent but especially tanks. If you're building a security based agent building up your stamina will ensure you're able to last longer in those tough fights.
Firearms – The more of the firearms attribute you have the more damage you'll do with your weapons. As a damage dealer you'll want gear with lots of Firearms stat. This attribute does not increase the damage of your abilities/ skills, just the damage your bullets do from regular gun attacks.
Electronics – The electronics stat increases the power of your skills. If you're a medic your heals will heal more, as a damage dealer your damage dealing skills will do more damage, and as a security specialist your abilities will last longer and have more durability.
Basically it modifies your abilities making them more effective.
These bonus stats are randomly rolled on a piece of gear when it drops, meaning you can have the same piece of gear with different attribute bonuses. Attribute bonuses are applied as a percent (usually 5% or 10%) bonus to your stats and other modifiers like damage resistance and ammo capacity.
Armor – increases your total armor value.
Scavenging – Increases the amount of ammo and items that downed NPCs will drop.
Weapon Damage – A percentage increase on amount of damage your weapons do.
Skill Power – Increases the amount of Skill Power you have as a flat percentage.
Kill XP – Increases the amount of experience you gain from NPC kills.
Health – Provides a bonus to your total health pool.
Damage vs. Armor – Provides increased damage against enemy armored units.
Optimal Range – Increases the optimal range of your weapons.
Shock Damage Resistance – You will take less shock damage from enemies and abilities.
Disruption Resistance – You are more resistant to disruption effects.
Exotic Damage Resistance – Increased resistance to exotic damage from enemies.
Deaf/ Blind Resistance – You are harder to blind and flash with flash bang grenades.
Fire Resistance – You take less damage from fire based attacks.
Damage Resistance – Decreases the amount of damage you take from all sources.
Ammo Capacity – You are able to hold more ammunition for all of your weapons.
Critical Hit Damage – Provides a bonus to the amount of damage your critical strikes do.


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Help your kids discover their inner maker with these crafty gifts — just the thing for icy-cold snow days!Dodoland Dragon Kit$9.99 | 6 and upWhy we...
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We tested so many amazing new games this year! These were the kids' top picks, but keep an eye out in our future issues for the many runners-up.
Tumball
$24.95 | 5 and up
Why we love it: It's like Jenga, but more colorful and spherical — and less catastrophic. You start with a bundle of colorful balls suspended by multiple hooks. Then each player, taking turns, uses a simple plastic wand to try to place white balls into the cluster. If the beads fall on your turn, you have to add them to your collection. Whoever gets rid of all their beads first wins.
Where to buy: fatbraintoys.com
Flying Sushi Kitchen
Why we love it: Air currents whoosh up through the green bamboo shoots. Tiny Styrofoam balls — decorated to look like different types of sushi rolls with super-cute faces — spin suspended before your eyes while you try to pluck them out of the air with chopsticks. The object of the game is to fill the most order "orders" — complete with little wasabi and picked ginger pieces — before time runs out and the fans suddenly stop.
Good to know: It's challenging, yes. But not impossible with practice, thanks in part to chopstick modifiers that help beginners discover their inner Mr. Miyagi.
Where to buy: Walmart.com
The Floor Is Lava
Why we love it: Three of our tester kids — ages 5, 7 and 10 — loved this interactive, physical game. You start by laying out the game's 25 colorful foam "safety stones" around the floor. Everyone jumps onto the stone nearest to them, and then a designated spinner spins to decide which color they'll to jump next. If you're the last player to make it to a stone, you have to remove the last stone you were on from the game. Play continues with another stone removed after every round, and the last player standing wins.
Where to buy: ABC & Toy Zone (in-store only) or see EndlessGames.com
I SPY Dig In
Why we love it: If you or your kids love the I Spy search-and-find book series, this more tactile version is for you! Simply fill the included plastic bowl with the game's 128 objects — 32 each of red, blue, green and yellow — and use the game challenge cards to compete for the most finds while grains of sand fall through a 15-second timer. "SO fun," said one home-tester mama, who played with her 3-year-old. "Whether we're playing the actual game or he's just finding the matching pieces or sorting by color, this has been awesome!"
Good to know: See also I SPY Eagle Eye, a board-game version of the books, complete with a fun bell to ring when you spy the object on your card.
Where to buy: Creative Kidstuff
Wacky Wheels STEM Challenge
Why we love it: Every toy on the market seems to promise to deliver some sort of STEM benefit, but this one really does, including an introduction to speed, angles and distances as kids try to achieve one simple goal — send the launch balls rolling up ramps, over obstacles, through a target hoop and into the goal cup using a paddlewheel launcher.
Good to know: A full-color booklet filled with challenges keeps kids (and adults) coming back. As one tester mom said of her 4-year-old who wanted to take this one home: "Open-ended enough to keep his interest, but not too complex."
Where to buy: ABC & Toy Zone
Five Little Fish
Why we love it: This new memory game features five awesome plastic fish with tails that collapse until players pick them up — using special little fishing rods — to show their different colors. Each player starts their turn by flipping a card and then trying to pick up the matching-colored fish. If they succeed, they get to keep the card. When the deck runs out, whoever has the most cards wins.
Good to know: Multiple moms found the instructions to be confusing. "I read them three times, and we still aren't entirely sure we're playing the 'right' way, but he loves playing the version that we've created," said one mom, who tested the toy at home with her 3-year-old son.
Where to buy: ABC & Toy Zone (in-store only) or see Walmart or Ravensburger


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Students learn how to stop disputes
Giving an I-can�t-believe-this eye-roll with her arms crossed in front of her, sixth-grader Abigail Velazquez talks up a storm with her body language and long sighs, as two other students welcome her and Paul Felton to peer mediation.
Paul, also a sixth-grader at Fitchburg Arts Academy, joins in with his own signs of impatience and frustration.
And when mediator Kiana Whitfield asks her fellow students whether they have any questions, Abigail jumps right in.
�Why am I here?� Abigail asks. �I didn�t do anything. He did everything!�
Don�t believe her for a minute.
This pre-teen annoyance and self-righteous indignation are nothing but good acting, as Abigail and the others practice peer mediation.
While they�re all just putting on an act, the scenario teaches them how to get other kids to talk out their issues and resolve rumor spreading, name calling, bullying and fighting.
Fitchburg has had a peer mediation program off and on for about 15 years. It is being reinvigorated this week with training for students from all of the district�s middle schools.
The students all met yesterday for training at B.F. Brown Arts Vision School. Work is expected to continue today.
At B.F. Brown, 72 students applied for 18 positions in the program, said Elizabeth Rice, an adjustment counselor at the school. About 18 students also were chosen from each of the other schools, she said.
The program is paid for from a five-year Safe and Supportive Learning Environment grant, which also pays for other district programs.
Students are more apt to respond to their peers when it comes to resolving these disputes, said Mrs. Rice, who is in her 15th year with the program.
�We have found it to be very effective,� she said.
Students can ask to have disputes resolved through peer mediators, a teacher can refer them or the principal�s office can suggest the intervention, said Kathryn Brady, an instructional management specialist for the district.
Students involved in the dispute can come out of mediation with a signed agreement. But if drugs, weapons or abuse are part of the problem, the mediation stops.
Peer mediation doesn�t replace discipline from the school, Miss Brady said. But, for instance, if students were suspended from school for fighting, mediation could be used as they return to school to smooth out the re-entry, she said.
Marquis Torres, a seventh-grader at Memorial Middle School, said he believes mediation will help students work out their problems. Middle school disputes usually involve arguing and fighting over a situation that shouldn�t have been a big deal, such as someone being shoved against a locker, he said.
Meghan Lefebvre, a sixth-grader at the Fitchburg Arts Academy, said she believes arguments among middle schoolers usually involve girls fighting over a boy.
There was no doubt this was a crowd of middle-school kids yesterday, with the Bobby Jack monkey hoodies and an AC-DC T-shirt visible in the group.
But they were learning some very adult concepts � which some adults have never mastered � about how to get people to cool down and talk out their differences.
Miss Brady sat with the group of sixth-graders from the arts academy as they discussed �neutral language,� so as mediators they won�t make assumptions about the nature of a dispute.
At one point, they tried to come up with alternatives to asking, �Why did you start spreading ugly rumors about your friend? You�ve been friends for so long.�
This assumes rumors were actually said and takes just one person�s side, Miss Brady said. She wouldn�t use the word �rumor,� she said.
Danielle Zaleski suggested instead just asking one person to talk about what happened.
�They seem basic, but they�re good questions,� Miss Brady said.
Students were given binders of information that included scripts so they could practice their role playing.
Youngsters read aloud sentences such as, �We do our best to understand what has happened and to help you understand the situation more completely.� And they told each other that their job is to listen to those in the dispute�� not to judge � and help them to listen to others.
The importance of staying neutral and keeping what happens in these mediation sessions confidential also was discussed. Miss Brady explained what the word �confidentiality� meant and had the sixth-graders practice saying it.
They were told they need to listen to what upset students have to say during these sessions, and take notes, later asking questions and summarizing what has been said. Then they have to dig deeper and try to build an agreement.
Several of the middle schoolers said they wanted to be in the program because they like to help people with their problems.
They really do have a genuine sense of wanting to do good, Miss Brady said.


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Q: Limits at infinity of a function with convergent improper integral
Let $f:[0,\infty)\to\mathbb{R}$ be integrable in everywhere.

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*Suppose $\int\limits_0^{\infty}|f(t)|dt$ converges. Show that there exists a sequence $x_n$ such that $x_n\to\infty$ while $f(x_n)\to 0$.

*Show that if we require $f$ to be continuous, then the above holds even if $\int\limits_0^{\infty}f(t)dt$ converges (not necessarily absolutely).

*Is the statement in (1) true if we drop the requirement for continuity?

For (1), suppose every sequence such that $x_n\to\infty$, $f(x_n)$ does not tend to $0$. Then necessarily there exists $L>0$ such that from some point $x_0$, for all $x>x_0$, $|f(x)| \geq L$. But then
$$
|f(x)| > L \Rightarrow \int\limits_{x_0}^\infty |f(t)|dt \geq \int\limits_{x_0}^{\infty}Ldx = \infty
$$
a contradiction for the convergence of the improper integral.
For (2), I am not really sure. The only conclusion I got is that if $f$ is continuous and there is no such sequence $x_n$, then necessarily $f$ intersects the $x$ axis only finitely many times.
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For (3) it is proved here.

A: For (2) by the same reasoning by contradiction,  there exist $L>0$ and $x_0$ such that for all $x>x_0$, $|f(x)| \geq L$.
Because $f$ is continuous, either $f(x) \geq L$ for all  $x>x_0$ or $f(x) \leq -L$ for all  $x>x_0$.
Then the conclusion is similar than (1) (distinguish the two cases).

For (3) I think the counter-example you provide actually works.

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The application of petawatt lasers to scientific and technological problems is advancing rapidly. The usefulness of these applications will depend on being able to produce petawatt pulses at much higher repetition rates than is presently possible. The International Coherent Amplification Network (ICAN) consortium seeks to design high repetition rate petawatt lasers using large scale coherent beam combination of femtosecond pulse amplifiers built from optical fibres. This combination of technologies has the potential to overcome many of the hurdles to high energy, high average power pulsed lasers, opening up applications and meeting societal challenges.


Traditional bead selling Himba woman in Namibia,her skin glowing with the rich red ochre she applies to protect her from the harsh desert climate.
Lovin' the light...the guy I took a photography class from no long ago would say you've captured her face in a classic portrait shadow.
Can You Let Me Know When We Start To Have Fun?


I really should be working on my pea coat. Winter has come, it is cold. I need a warm coat. I've made a little Peacoat Progress, but that was ages ago, and I really need another push. I've ordered the last of my notions and I'll be ready to move on soon! In the meantime, I thought I'd (literally) warm up with a jacket. I'd fancied a bomber for a while, and I really fancied a 'tweedy' bomber, so it was a mix of smart and casual. Sort-of-half-inspired by what's his names tweed jumpsuit in the film Kingsmen II.
The main fabric is a wool that I picked up from Rainbow Fabrics in Ventnor on my recent trip to the Isle of Wight. I had some nice lining in 'the stash'. And for the contrast/ jersey, I used the leftovers from my current favourite jumper.
When it comes to the instructions, the photos are clear, but the photos and google translate will only take you so far. I tried my hardest to translate the instructions for the pockets, I scrutinised the photographs, all to no avail.
I marked the placement and interfaced the jacket and the welt before sewing it in place.
I trimmed all the excess back, then, with some careful placement, a bit of origami and some guesswork, I positioned the pocket linings to the top marking.
For this technique, it's important that the two rows of stitching are the exact distance as your welt. Mine ended up a little deeper and shows some of the pocket facing in the gap, that's why it's a good idea to make the back piece from the main fabric… I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.
Sides, stitched (Main & lining) & topstitched.
Now, I recently discovered 'easestitch plus' and was excited to try the technique out on a heavier fabric. I have to report that I didn't really get it to work, but I didn't really need it. Wool is so much more malleable than cotton, that I didn't find the easing a problem anyway. So there you go!
5. Pin on the collar, then sew the main to the lining along the fronts, round the neck and down the other side.
6. Make the waistband, attach the front corners, then snip the seam allowance to sew the rest together on the inside. Then I bound it with a bit of bias tape.
Then I had a mini brainwave… I've noticed a couple of fluffy bits coming out of the overlocking after repeated washings on a few garments – so I made my stitch a bit narrower and I went round the cuffs once, trimming and finishing. Then, I switched the blade off and went round again for good measure.
Apologies are in order as I made most of this late one night, and it's practically impossible to get a decent photo in my flat at night without totally changing the set up from sewing room to photography studio each time (which isn't going to happen). So that's it for construction shots.
I did try out a technique I haven't had the opportunity to try before, and I stitched a little roll of fleece into the seams at the sleeve cap. As it was my first time, I was wary, so didn't put too much in, but I can definitely see the benefit – the shoulders look a bit more structured without looking padded out.
I forgot to put a pleat in the lining, must remember next time. In the meantime, don't cartwheel in this jacket!
There must be a better way of attaching the waistband. Try bagging it and turning through a gap in the lining…?
If I want to get it back under the machine, I'll have to take it off first!
It's really warm with just two layers of fabric and a little interfacing – pare down the peacoat lining plans!
Next Next post: The Long-Weekender.
Excellent work sir! I shall be doing something similar for my eldest boy in pleather at some point… if i ever find the time! My sewing list grows ever longer and by blogging list is far longer still!!
Cool! The grey cuffing is a perfect choice for that material.
For this reason, manufacturers often make the top inch or so of a pocket's back piece in the main fabric. I've never bothered but guess you would prepare one long "stripe" before cutting out both pocket pieces (side by side). Not too sure about extra bulk at the welt; maybe it's not an issue?
Anyways, certainly don't lose sleep over it.
Haha, thank you! It was a bit of a free for all in the end, I ditched half the pieces and tried to keep it 'simple'!
Keeping it simple is not a bad policy. I have been trying to do so all my life – with spectacular lack of success!
That's spectacular. Now I wanna make one, and I've been slightly anti-bomber.
Pick a fabric you love & go for it! I haven't taken this off!


"You no look my mama" said to me in the saddest voice everrrr, complete with pouty, sad lips and large, actual tear-filled eyes one afternoon after she woke from her nap while I was doing a face mask.
"Now you clap for me!" – After putting on any performance of her repertoire of songs. Lately it's: Bah Bah Black Sheep, Mary Had a Little Lamb, London Bridge, and I'm a Little Tea Pot.
"Can I have some toilet paper, meow meow." – I absolutely killed myself the first time she did this. I know it's from Daniel Tiger, but my mind went straight to Super Troopers. I don't want to ever forget the mischievous look in her eyes when she did this the next time knowing I'd crack up. Her sense of humor is so great.
"MAMA YOU CAME BACK!!!" [Usually said while running to me with her arms outstretched.] These are the moments that remind me: Oh yea, THIS is why I wanted kids. This is the best.
– Yiddle [Little]; Can I have a yiddle bit of Daniel??
– You a good cooker, Mama.
– I yuv when you give me a spesal [special] treat, Mama.
"Stomp three times…. [stomps] and you'll feel better.
When she taught C all the sign language she knows when we were on a walk and I had both girls squeezed in sharing the bassinet attachment after E decided she no longer wanted to walk anymore.


Ylang-ylang (IPA: /ˈiːlæŋˈʔiːlæŋ/) (ee-lang ee-lang) Cananga odorata, is a small flower of the cananga tree. It is a fast-growing tree that exceeds 5 meters per year and attains an average height of 12 meters. It grows in full or partial sun, and prefers the acidic soils of its native rainforest habitat. The leaves are long, smooth and glossy. The flower is greenish yellow (rarely pink), curly like a starfish, and yields a highly fragrant essential oil. A related species is Cananga fruticosa, which is a dwarf ylang-ylang that grows as small tree or compact shrub with highly scented flowers. Ylang-ylang has been cultivated in temperate climates under conservatory conditions. Its fruit are an important food item for birds, such as the Collared Imperial-pigeon, Purple-tailed Imperial-pigeon, Zoe's Imperial-pigeon, Superb Fruit-dove, Pink-spotted Fruit-dove, Coroneted Fruit-dove, Orange-bellied Fruit-dove, and Wompoo Fruit-dove (Frith et al. 1976).
^ Manner, Harley and Craig Elevitch,Traditional Tree Initiative: Species Profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry (2006), Permanent Agricultural Resources, Honolulu, Hi.
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Ylang-ylang". A list of authors is available in Wikipedia.


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Tyra Banks Visits Singapore
Tyra Banks, international super model, stopped by Singapore to promote Asia's Next Top Model. You might have heard the term "smize" being used a lot in fashion circles. This was coined by Tyra, and means "to smile with your eyes". In 1994 and 1996, Tyra was proclaimed one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World by People's magazine. She was also dubbed one of the "women who change the world" and she is a constant source of inspiration to ladies all around the globe.
Her modelling career took a backseat to her role as producer and host of the reality TV series, "America's Next Top Model" in 2003. Since then the show has seen numerous spin offs in countries like Canada, Vietnam, China and more. It is now returning with the 13th instalment, and is going to be based in Singapore. It is scheduled for broadcast across Asia in the later quarter of 2012 and will be hosted by former international model and VJ Nadya Hutagalung.
Tyra is famously proud of her body image, and was one of the more curvier shaped models to take the runway by storm. She put on a lot of pounds in 2007, but she was unabashed and told critics to "Kiss my fat ass". When asked about beauty, Tyra feels that "there is no cookie-cutter type of beauty. "
During the press conference, she lamented, "It's really sad that as women, we cannot just be beautiful in our differences, that there has to be different standards that change." Tyra is supportive of Vogue magazine's efforts to help girls be comfortable with their own bodies, and not punishing themselves via excessive dieting. She is all about natural beauty, and has brazenly appeared under media spotlight sans makeup before. Evidently, to Tyra, looking good is not about conforming to expectations but projecting one's inner self.
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I want to make a function that gets second part of the xml in settings elements. I want the function to return a result so that i can assign it to textfield default value when the swing GUI starts. The function should take let's say 'isDecaptcher' variable name and return '0' VariableValue.
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            if (nNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                Element eElement = (Element) nList.item(temp);
                NodeList VariableName = eElement.getElementsByTagName("VariableName");
                NodeList VariableValue = eElement.getElementsByTagName("VariableValue");
                if (VariableName.item(0).getTextContent().equalsIgnoreCase(variableName)) {

                    String txtBookmarkUrlValue = VariableValue.item(0).getLastChild().getTextContent();
                    System.out.println(txtBookmarkUrlValue);
                    txtBookmarkUrl.setText(txtBookmarkUrlValue);
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        }
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        e.printStackTrace();
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This works, But if you have more robust answers you can share.

A: First of all create an Object wich will represent your settings. The case is to reuse it's values in whole app. I assume that you will use it only once at the beginning and settings will not change. Singleton pattern would fit there.
final class Settings{

    private static volatile Settings instance = null;

    private boolean _isDeathByCaptcha;
    private boolean _manualCaptcha;

    ...
    //getters & setters
    public boolean isDeathByCaptcha(){
         return _isDeathByCaptcha;
    }

    public void setIsDeathByCaptcha(boolean isDeathByCaptcha){
         this._isDeathByCaptcha = isDeathByCaptcha;
    }

    private Settings(){}

    public static Settings getInstance(){
        if(instance == null){
            synchronized (Settings.class) {
                if (instance == null) {
                    instance = new Settings();
                }
            }
        }
        return instance;
    }
}

After that you can call Settings.getInstance().isDeathByCaptcha(); to get your value. Of course you need to set it earlier with setter.


SUNGURA musician Peter Moyo has traced his musical journey in anew video showing the steps he underwent after the death of his father and music giant Tongai.
Titled Musarapavana, the video was dropped on Monday with a number of musicians among them Kapfupi, Bob Nyabinde, Somandla Ndebele, Progress Chipfumo and Baba Harare featuring.
He has managed remind people of Dewa, his late father's moniker, with his outfits in the video including a huge white furry jacket synonymous with Dewa.
Musarapavana is a song off his album Mopao Mokonzi explaining that even after the death of his father, the music had to go on.
Dewa died in 2011 succumbing to cancer leaving Peter to take over the reins at Utakataka Express.
He went through several steps among them vocal coaching by gospel musician Charles Charamba and guitar strumming skills until he found his footing.
Sungura bae as he is also known in music circels has found himself being subjected to comparison with his father which he has managed to circumvent.
He is now among the top performers in showbiz known for his entertaining drills that have seen his shows attracting huge crowds, making a name for himself.
"It has been a long journey with ups and downs. It was not easy but things are beginning to shape up. I have managed to realise and convince many that I am myself and not my father and when you look at me remember it's Peter and not Tongai," he said.
The Mushonga Mukuru singer last year promised to transform sungura through visuals and his latest release is a step in the right direction.
Sungura musicians are usually found wanting in as far as videos are concerned and he is on course to change the narrative.
"I'm happy with the response to the video and that people understand the concept. I did my best and I hope people will enjoy. This is a story telling video, showing the journey that many people travel up until they achieve the goal," he said.


Recently Jen Corley, our Director of Development and Wellness spoke to Cortney Love, a specialist in designing transformational retreats. Below are some of the awesome tips that came out of their conversation!
If you want to listen to the conversation yourself, then click here!
Wellness is more important than ever and as a result, the retreat space has exploded in recent years. There are so many retreats out there now and it's popular for retreat leaders to seek exotic destinations that they feel will enhance their attendees experience. However, a destination-centred retreat may not be the best way to make your retreat unique and stand out from the crowd. While the location is important and should speak to the retreat leader, what's most important in planning a retreat is a program that will really immerse your attendees and speak to their needs.
WHY do you as a retreat leader want to host a retreat? Think with a long-term approach; how does it fit into your career, your teaching, how will it benefit your students and you? When you're retreat planning you should mediate on and journal about these questions (and more!).
It's a common mistake to try and make a retreat that appeals to a broad audience, for fear of not filling spots. However, as the retreat space continues to become more saturated, this will make it harder to really stand out. Think about a targeted audience, but one that can still be broad. For example, stressed out office workers, people who want to combine a retreats with some form of art like dancing, artistic pursuits etc. While this may seem specific it's actually quite a wide group of people, and it can help you to sell more spaces when people feel like a retreat has been made just for them.
That's not to say that you can't start a little broader, simpler and shorter when you're just beginning as a retreat leader to gain some confidence. However, if you want to continue to host retreats and really make it part of your career and living, you should be thinking about a long-term plan and how you can become niche and stand out.
Retreat marketing is like an art-form, different approaches work well for different leaders and different retreats. But generally, you can try to appeal to some different crowds. For example, an Early Bird program that applies to the first X number of people that register will appeal to people looking to save money and push them into signing up.
For other's they may be more encouraged to sign up once they see that other people have, so they may feel more comfortable if you have sign-up with a friend program, or being able to see how many people have signed up to the retreat.
If you're getting closer to the retreat and worried about spaces not being filled than you can try and push the retreat, however, be careful with using discounts or extra incentives can make early sign-ups feel left out or a little discouraged as they have missed out on those benefits. Consider some more traditional methods like flyers, going to studios to share about the retreat, organising a coffee meet-up, and spreading the word amongst friends and contacts.
If you're starting out with tools, there's a lot out there! Start with a mailing list since this is direct contact with your customers. Operators like MailChimp and ConvertKit can help you with setting up and managing your list.
Social Media can take a lot of time but it can also provide great results. Choose a couple of channels and be consistent with what you're doing. Think similar styles and times to post. You can also schedule a lot of Social Media which can help you a lot if you don't want to constantly have to worry about it!
If you don't have a website for your retreat business yet then it's actually fairly simple to set up but can help to show your brand and it's something people do look for. When it comes to your domain name, make sure you think about the long run and don't lock yourself in with a name!
When you're selling retreats then taking payments can be another tech thing you need to master. Be wary of fees when you're choosing who to sign up with and research all of the features and conditions available. WeTravel have a cost-effective payment gateway aimed at the travel and retreat sphere that can help you to effectively sell your retreats with little cost to you.
Planning a retreat can be overwhelming, so set yourself weekly tasks. Stay organised and consistent with what you're doing and you'll get there! Something you may not realise that will take up your time is retreat admin. Make sure you've built the time this will take into your fees when you're pricing your retreat.
Creating a unique retreat may seem like a little extra work than your usual retreat, but if you really know why you're leading the retreat, found a niche, and have thought about the benefits to your attendees, then you'll reap the rewards of all your work!
Check out our Retreat Leader Resources and the Retreat Center Directory to help with your planning!


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Travels on your doorstep – the best walks, views and pubs in... Hampshire
By Joanna Symons, Travel writer 1 February 2019 • 6:00am
Wild ponies roam the open fields of the New Forest Credit: iStock
Hampshire has never quite made it onto Britain's tourist hotlist, which is surprising given that its boundaries enclose two national parks (parts of the South Downs and the New Forest), one of England's greatest cathedrals at Winchester and a historic naval dockyard at Portsmouth containing Nelson's flagship, the Victory and Henry VIII's warship the Mary Rose.
Then there are the various shrines to Jane Austen, who lived and died in Hampshire, the water meadows that inspired John Keats to write Ode to Autumn and Highclere Castle, the filming location for Downton Abbey.
In William the Conqueror's hunting ground, the New Forest, you can walk or cycle on miles of paths and tracks through leafy glades and pretty villages of gingerbread cottages, beneath towering redwoods and across gorse-covered heathland, where wild ponies and donkeys graze. On its southern borders, forest gives way to the creeks and marshes, and a stretch of coast with uninterrupted views of the Solent and the Isle of Wight.
Safe to say there's a lot to do in Hampshire. Here's our guide to the very best of the county.
Best country pubs
The Shoe, in the peaceful, postcard-pretty village of Exton, is a great pit stop if you're walking on the South Downs Way or Old Winchester Hill in east Hampshire (see best views). It's a proper local with a log fire and a friendly relaxed atmosphere; there's also an in-house bread shop, excellent locally sourced food (try the fish pie or Sunday lunches) and a riverside garden; booking essential.
The South Downs Way starts in Hampshire Credit: iStock
Right over in the far western reaches of the county, Rockbourne vies with Exton for Hampshire's prettiest village award. The thatched-roofed Rose and Thistle has the obligatory open fire in winter and cottage garden for summer, and great food. You may need to fast for a day after trying the steak and kidney pudding, but it's worth it.
Hartnett Holder & Co at Lime Wood Hotel has everything going for it: friendly, professional service, an inviting dining room opening onto a landscaped garden and beautifully prepared Italian-inspired food. The set lunch menu at £22.95 for two courses, £27.50 for three is great value. There's a good cookery school too.
I always want to eat everything on the menu at The Greyhound on the Test at Stockbridge – it's where we go for family celebrations and it never let us down. There are pretty, low-beamed dining rooms, a lovely garden, delightful staff and fabulous, locally-sourced food. Mains include herb crusted venison loin with braised haunch & wild mushroom charlotte (£24.95). Prix fixe lunch menu from £15.95 for two courses.
The New Forest has a clutch of good hotels. Among them, Chewton Glen (slightly formal excellence) and The Pig at Brockenhurst (more relaxed, shabby chic style), are both reliable bets for a special treat, but my favourite is Lime Wood, just outside Lyndhurst. It manages to be smart and fun at the same time, with cool decor, a wonderful collection of pictures and garden sculptures, a great spa and fabulous food (see where to eat). It's ultra relaxed but with friendly, spot-on service. The New Forest is all around and there are bikes and wellies for guests to explore.
Hampshire does sunsets, too Credit: iStock
Best sights and museums
At the heart of the historic city of Winchester is one of Britain's great cathedrals, a strong, solid Norman exterior giving way to the soaring perpendicular arches of the nave inside. King Canute, William II and Jane Austen were buried here, Henry III baptised, and it's where Mary Tudor walked down the aisle to marry Philip of Spain. Look out for the gold and lapis-lazuli illustrations in the 12th century Winchester Bible – and Antony Gormley's moving sculpture Sound II in the crypt.
The house where Jane Austen died, in nearby College Street, is not open to the public, but her home, now a museum, in the village of Chawton gives a fascinating glimpse of her daily routine. Here you can see family letters, the tiny table where she wrote and the donkey-cart in which she drove around the neighbourhood.
In the far north of Hampshire, Downton Abbey devotees flocking to Highclere Castle will recognise the interiors, both upstairs and downstairs, of this grand pinnacled home of the Carnarvon family, open to the public on certain dates. The gardens and woodland are pretty spectacular too.
If Downton's not your thing, take in the extraordinary Stanley Spencer murals in nearby Sandham Memorial Chapel. Inspired by his experiences in the First World War, they are one of the hidden treasures of Hampshire. Check website for opening times.
On a sunny day I defy you to find a more beautiful coastal walk than the stretch of the Solent Way from Keyhaven to Lymington. To one side are salt marshes and lagoons noisy with migrant birds, on the other, the great sweep of the Solent rolling past – and across the water the Isle of Wight so close you fell you could lean out and touch it. There are crescents of beach for paddling, and from nearby Milford-on-Sea a shingle spit (horribly hard walking) takes you out to Hurst Castle and more spectacular views.
The cobbled, historic centre of Lymington Credit: iStock
In spring the ranks of tulips and narcissi in the gardens at Hinton Ampner are a joyful sight, but even more magical are the vast swathes of bluebells giving a soft blue haze to the ancient woodland beyond. Pick up a walks guide from the information centre there.
Best views
For standing-astride-the-world views, clamber up one of Hampshire's great Iron Age Hill forts: Old Winchester Hill in the east, St Catherine's Hill above Winchester or Danebury near the western border with Wiltshire. All have mysterious earthwork mounds and a great sense of history. From St Catherine's Hill you look down on the water meadows of mists and mellow fruitfulness that inspired John Keats to write Ode to Autumn.
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Paulton's Park theme park has enough rollercoasters and water rides to keep younger children happy all day, while pre-schoolers will be in heaven at Peppa Pig World, set within the park. It's an infinitely gentler and less stressful experience for parents than the big theme parks.
Bring the Tudor world alive for older children at the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard. Henry VIII's great warship was recovered from the muddy bed of the Solent in 1982, and is now the central feature here, along with many of its well-preserved contents, from manicure sets and nit combs to guns and arrows and the skeleton of the ship's lurcher. Videos of life on board are cleverly projected onto the ship's hull and interactive games test your firing skills.
If you can cough up for the separate entrance fee, it's well worth going into HMS Victory next door to clamber among the decks of Nelson's flagship. Excellent guides describe life on board in the Georgian navy and will show you the precise spot where Nelson breathed his last.
HMS Victory in Portsmouth Credit: iStock
Best for shopping
The smart, prosperous little towns of Alresford and Stockbridge, a few miles to the east and west of Winchester, have a great selection of independent shops, a good choice of cafes and restaurants and free parking. In Winchester itself, good independent shops include The Hambledon for fashion and homeware, Forme for Italian leather and jewellery and the delightfully donnish P&G Wells bookshop near the Cathedral.
What are your favourite things to do in Hampshire? We want to hear your insider tips. Comment below to join the conversation.
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Prince Track by Track: "The Morning After"
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Jane Fonda in The Morning After, Sidney Lumet, 1986; © Twentieth Century Fox.
The last time I shared an episode of Prince: Track by Track, I promised that my next post would be something more substantial; so, to keep that promise, I held back on sharing this latest episode until now.
I have to confess that I wasn't familiar with "The Morning After" until I signed up to talk about it; I bought my copy of LOtUSFLOW3R on CD (from Zia Records in Tucson, Arizona), so I was only familiar with the configuration of the album that included "Crimson and Clover" instead. I literally listened to the song seconds before recording this, so you're hearing my unfiltered first impressions here:
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This is usually where I would make some kind of vague promise about when I'll be posting again, but I'm actually not going to nail anything down yet because I know that the next piece I write is going to be longer and more research-intensive than usual. I will just say it's a pretty significant chapter of the "story," and I hope you'll enjoy it once it's ready.
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Podcast: Prince (1979) Revisited
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Cover art for Prince, 1979; photo by Jurgen Reisch, © Warner Bros.
October 19, 2018 marks the 39th anniversary of Prince's self-titled second album–not the most glamorous occasion, perhaps, but reason enough to reassemble the review panel from our For You podcast for a reappraisal. Once again, Zach is joined by Harold and KaNisa for a track-by-track discussion of this underappreciated album, its resonances throughout Prince's career, and why it still matters.
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Prince, 1979
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Sam Cooke by Michael Ochs, 1959.
In late 1979, an interview with Prince appeared in the African American teen magazine Right On! The interviewer, Cynthia Horner, was one of the up-and-coming artist's earliest champions in the media, yet even she was not spared the usual quirks of his interactions with the press; to her growing exasperation, Prince spent most of the article deflecting her questions with flirtatious evasions. But then, just as Horner seemed about to give up and asked him the hoariest teen-mag question in the book–does he have a girlfriend?–Prince gave a response that feels disarmingly real: "I had one but she left me. I wrote some songs about it on the album." At her expression of disbelief–"Do you know how many young ladies would love to fill her shoes?"–he replied, "That's why she left me" (Horner 1979).
It's perhaps a tribute to Prince's growing facility as a pop songwriter that I never suspected the songs of love and heartbreak on his second album were inspired by real women; they feel much too universal in their vagueness, like the dozens of songs for imaginary girls by Lennon and McCartney. Yet, Prince suggested to Horner–and the various biographies agree–that several of his songs from around this period were inspired by his early girlfriend, Kim Upsher. Upsher, you might recall, was probably Prince's first "serious" relationship; when he moved into his house on France Avenue, she was the one who helped decorate and made it feel like a home, rather than a glorified studio space. Due to the deliberate fudging of Prince's age around this time, she's often assumed to have been his high-school sweetheart; biographers Alex Hahn and Laura Tiebert, however, have clarified that they didn't begin dating until around the time he signed to Warner Bros.–though he did apparently nurse an intense crush for her in high school, while she was seeing his close friend Paul Mitchell (Hahn 2017).
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Ephemera, 1977-1978 Lacunae Roundup Posts
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I'm not gonna lie, folks: this "chapter" of the blog wasn't always easy to get through. I've mentioned that For You is my least favorite album of Prince's "classic period," and his outtakes from that time are, well, outtakes. If nothing else, however, this was valuable training for when I trudge through the parts of his discography I like even less; the other day it sank in that at some point I'm going to spend a couple of months on Carmen Electra's album, and I promptly broke into a cold sweat.
So, in addition to my usual "thank-yous" for reading, I'd like to also thank my readers for being so patient in the five months (!) between this and the last roundup post. I'm sure this won't be the last time I feel some burnout on a project that, I'm well aware, will be a part of my life for the next several years. All I can do is continue to do my best and try to do the material justice, even when it doesn't especially excite me.
And hey, in case you were wondering what songs excited me least, here's the ranking:
11. 1978 Instrumentals No surprise here: like his 1976 home recordings, Prince's France Avenue instrumentals are For Devotees Only. But man, what a treat that we get to hear them at all.
10. "Baby, Baby, Baby" Another one for the devotees: just a couple minutes of Prince strumming and scatting, and yet here I am writing about it 40 years later like it's the Holy Fucking Grail. If this was some guy in a coffee shop, it would be unbearable; but it's Prince, and somehow that makes all the difference.
9. "Donna" A cute, if clearly unfinished little ditty. Also gave me an excuse to share a pretty dope photo of Donna Summer.
8. "Down a Long Lonely Road" The fact that this is ranked so high is proof that I'm being as subjective as possible: it's barely a song, but what can I say, I like the pure and simple gospel feel. Would have loved to hear this develop into something more.
7. "Make It Through the Storm" I know this is a popular outtake, but it's not my favorite. Still, an interesting reminder that even in the For You era, Prince didn't sound quite like anyone else: this is the exception that proves the rule.
6. "Nadira" I bet he writes songs like this for all the girls.
5. "Miss You" My favorite of the post-For You demos by default: it's the only one that really holds up as a complete song. Well, with one exception…
4. "Wouldn't You Love to Love Me?" This is low-key one of Prince's best early pop cuts, and it dates back all the way to 1976. Would love to hear the Sue Ann Carwell version one of these days.
3. Loring Park Sessions Would I care about this if it wasn't by Prince? Probably not; like I said in the original post, it's perfectly good jazz-funk in the Herbie Hancock vein, but nothing earth-shattering on its own merits. The fact that it is by Prince, though–recorded before his first album!–makes it a fascinating listen. I also feel like I've seen someone on the Internet share a link to Prince's "mind-blowing early jazz sessions" at least once a week since last April, so if nothing else these should be easy to track down.
2. "Just Another Sucker" I never really bothered digging into 94 East before I wrote this blog, so "Just Another Sucker" is one of my favorite new discoveries. It's no masterpiece, but it would have fit Prince's self-titled second album like a glove.
1. "We Can Work It Out" As a blogger used to toiling in obscurity, I can appreciate an idea like this: a superbly-crafted disco-funk-pop-rock opus only meant to be heard by a handful of people; an elaborate private joke that could have been a legitimate hit. Oh, and check out the handwritten lyrics! These were acquired late last year by the Minnesota Historical Society; I hope they don't mind me sharing the image below. I've also added it to the original post for posterity's sake. Gotta love that racy doodle.
Photo stolen from the Minnesota Historical Society
In case you missed it, I also just wrote a rather lengthy post discussing Prince's first band and his live debut as a solo artist:
I am You: Capri Theatre, January 5-6, 1979
Finally, here's a song without a home for the time being. I wanted to write about "Moonbeam Levels," the first officially-released outtake since Prince's passing, while it was still relevant. I'm sure I will revise this post by the time we get to 1982 in our official chronology, but here it is for now:
"Moonbeam Levels"
Next week, we're finally making the leap into 1979 with a post on one of Prince's early classics: "I Feel for You." I'm looking forward to it! In the meantime, remember that you can always see the full chronological index of songs right here.
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"Private Moment," Joseph Szabo, 1973.
Well, it's the first post of the new year, and once again I'm not as far along as I'd hoped to be; there are still a few loose ends from 1978 to tie up before we move on to the next "chapter." But those loose ends are at least more substantial than the ones we covered last month, so hopefully they'll be worth the wait. Today's post, for example, is about "Nadira": a song that feels in many ways like a more fully-realized version of last month's "Donna"–right down to its namesake, an actual person this time rather than a fictional construct.
Prince's cousin and former Grand Central drummer Charles Smith described the real-life Nadira as "a girlfriend, a real important one. Right after the first album came out, he started having her around" (Nilsen 1999 43-44). Along with high school sweetheart (and future Purple Rain extra) Kim Upsher, she's one of the earliest known figures in Prince's notorious revolving door of female companions and muses. But that's just about all we know about her–and the song she inspired doesn't offer many more clues.
Prince's lyrics are typical of his early songwriting, quivering with nerves and lust in the face of a vaguely-defined object of desire: "When I first looked into your eyes / That's when I knew that I wanted you" (see also: "Ever since I met you, baby, I've been wanting to lay you down," from "In Love"; "I took one look at you / And all the things that we could do / Dance within my head," from "I'm Yours"). And, like many of his 1978 demos, the song doesn't exactly overstay its welcome. Clocking in at under two minutes, it's just a single, short verse and an equally brief chorus: "Oh, Nadira / Now that you know I love you, baby, what are you gonna do?"
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Die 86. Belgien-Rundfahrt 2016 war ein belgisches Straßenradrennen. Das Etappenrennen fand vom 25. bis zum 29. Mai 2016 statt. Es war Teil der UCI Europe Tour 2016 und dort in der Kategorie 2.HC eingestuft.

Die dritte Etappe wurde neutralisiert, nachdem zwei Begleitmotorräder durch eine Kollision in das Peloton gerieten und 20 Fahrer zu Fall brachten. Der 26-jährige Radrennfahrer Stig Broeckx erlitt infolge dieses Sturzes Hirnblutungen und fiel ins Koma. Das Rennen wurde auf der vierten Etappe wieder ohne Broeckx' Team Lotto Soudal aufgenommen. Gesamtsieger wurde der Belgier Dries Devenyns vor dem Schweizer Reto Hollenstein und seinem Landsmann Stijn Vandenbergh.

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Mistakes could "bite" Vettel in title fight - Mercedes
Jul 1, 2018, 10:21 AM
Mercedes Formula 1 team boss Toto Wolff believes recent mistakes made by Sebastian Vettel could come back to "bite" the Ferrari driver when the 2018 title is decided.
Vettel was penalised three grid positions for impeding Carlos Sainz, and while the stewards noted that he had not been properly kept informed by the Ferrari pit wall, they also observed that he had erred by running slowly on the racing line.
The grid penalty comes just a week after Vettel collided with Valtteri Bottas on the first lap in France, costing himself vital points.
"I think in order to win a championship you need to be as fast as possible, as reliable as possible, and with the least errors," said Wolff. "But sometimes it's very difficult to put all these together.
"I've said it before, Sebastian's biggest strength is his ambition, but sometimes like in Le Castellet it went against him.
"I think every team is aware you have to get out of the way in order to not have a penalty, and all drivers are instructed by their engineers about what's happening behind them.
"I think it's important to try to collect every single point that's there, and when you leave some on the table, that could eventually come and bite you.
"And this is the difficulty of being in the car, you need to be aggressive and you need to extract every bit of performance you have, but equally try to avoid the mistakes.
"And they happen quickly. We've had situations, remember Melbourne, our first race, where we were just not good enough, we made a mistake and lost the lead. So it happened to us as well, and this is going to be how the season is going to go, trying to extract performance and minimise mistakes."
Wolff acknowledged that the Vettel penalty has potentially made life easier for Mercedes on Sunday, although he didn't discount Kimi Raikkonen, who now starts third.
"I mean, Kimi's still there. And what we have said is that the Ferrari is particularly strong on traction out of Turn 3, and into Turn 3 it will be difficult, so the problem is not solved, there is a Ferrari that performs well. But obviously the situation is more comfortable like this."
Wolff was keen to credit recent power unit and chassis upgrades with the upturn in Mercedes form since the Canadian GP, and which has allowed the team to edge clear of Ferrari.
"Spielberg certainly treated us well in the past, we've won four out of four races so you can say that the track has suited the car and the drivers.
"But certainly you can see Montreal was also our track in the past, and we weren't able to win the race there, because we lacked performance and the others brought the engine upgrades. We couldn't, and this is the one or two tenths that could make all the difference this year.
"And obviously in Le Castellet and now we've brought the engine upgrade, we've brought the chassis upgrade, and that's given us a little buffer again. That development race is going to continue and you need to bring performance possibly to every race, if you can."
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In critics eyes, and perhaps audience's as well, DC has been on the down slide for awhile and losing the war to Marvel in cinematic adaptations. Last year, both major releases that DC's cinematic universe hinged on (Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad respectively,) were not just panned, but destroyed by critics. I myself enjoyed Batman V Superman, despite the negative reactions of others, but felt that Suicide Squad itself tried to "Marvelize" itself too much and became a hot mess of studio interference. Now here comes Wonder Woman, whose brief appearance by Gal Gadot in Batman V Superman was undoubtedly one of its highlights. After the mess that was Suicide Squad, and the poor reception to Batman V Superman, I was unsure how good it would actually be, let alone that it could actually be received well. Much to my delight, the reviews so far have proven Wonder Woman to be loved by all, so I was very much encouraged heading into my screening.
Wonder Woman gives us the origin story of Diana, an Amazonian princess raised on an island of powerful warrior women. Nothing much changes in her world until the arrival of a lost World War I soldier named Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) who unwittingly brings the war to their paradisaical island. Feeling she can stop the God of War responsible for The Great War currently happening on the planet, she accompanies Steve to London and learns all about humanity and the ugliness of war. She also learns about who she is and her destiny.
Wonder Woman, so far, is the most delightful blockbuster of the summer. Gal Gadot really brought this famous heroine to life and she was so much fun to watch on screen. I found the fight scenes empowering and the human scenes warm and amiable. Her chemistry with Chris Pine is really what made this film work and I loved all of their interactions with one another. And while I know the fish out of water thing has been done a lot particularly in superhero films, but seeing Wonder Woman in 1910's London was really fun. I found myself cracking up quite a bit.
All in all, Wonder Woman is a triumph for the superhero genre (as well as DC) and an incredibly important film in this day and age. It was really amazing to have such a strong, powerful heroine up on the screen to be the role model that so many girls have longed to have. While this is not the first film of its kind to feature a female lead, it honestly is probably the best of its kind. RATING: 8.5/10


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Swedish and Scandinavian music in London and beyond by clarinettist and melodeon player Esbjörn Wettermark.
I play. The clarinet. The melodeon. Flutes. Mostly. Scandinavian dance music. Polskas. Waltz. Polka. Herding tunes. I learnt. Kitchens. Dance floors. Others. I studied. Malung. Malmö Academy of Music. University of London. I research. Publish. Music and theatre in Vietnam. Folk tunes from Hälsingland. I teach. Children. Adults. Myself. University students. I morris. I engage. People. Sounds. Things.
What is Scandinavian and Swedish traditional music?
The Scandinavian countries, that is Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland, have a lot of shared history and culture. When I talk about Scandinavian traditional music it is this shared aspects of the music cultures which I alludes to. That is not to imply that there are not differences between them, but as it is possible to talk about 'Celtic' music as a general repertoire and style, I think it is possible to do the same with Scandinavia. My focus as a Swedish folk musician has been dance music, and to an extent herding tunes and folk songs. Although my main repertoire is Swedish, as most folk musicians in my generation, I have also played a lot of tunes from Norway, Denmark and Finland.
If I would think about one thing which to some degree connects this 'Scandinavian' music, I would say that the prevalence of pieces in various forms of three beat meter (3/4), which is much rarer on the British Isles. Although this is less pronounced in Denmark with its more continental connections and in Finland where there is both a Swedish influence and an older Finnish music tradition, the three beat meter is a reoccurring element which I often have to work with when teaching Scandinavian music in the UK. At some point I will write a longer introduction to this area but if you are interested to learn more. I would recommend Dan Lundberg's introduction to Swedish folk music on the website of the Swedish Centre for Jazz and Folk Music Research.
This week I taught you three tunes from Denmark, Finland and Estonia. The common denominator was that they all were different kinds of polka, or at least 2/4 polka-like tunes. Although there are lots of different types of dance tunes played in these countries, the polka has definitely been very popular in both Denmark and Finland. For those of you who want to here some more music from these areas I am putting together a play list on spotify, which I will add below in the coming days.
The first tune we did was 'Jysk Fynsk' , a local name for Rheinlænder-polka, from a recording with fiddler Levy Vilsen from Læsø, Denmark. The second one was a polka recorded by the influential Finnish folk group Kankaan Pelimannit, I don't know much about the tune other than it was called Stövelpolka (Boot-polka) on a Swedish issue of their 1977 LP 'Kangas Spelmän' . The last short little tune was a Swedish-Estonian polka-like 'laik' (tune) from the bowed harp (talharpa) player Hans Renqvist from Ormsö in Estonia.
This week we did an asymmetrical polska with a short first/or long second beat. There are tunes played in this way in several places around Sweden (and Norway) but nowadays it is primarily associated with the western parts of Sweden. This tune, however, was collected from the fiddler Carl Herman Erlandsson in Uppland just north west of Stockholm. I taught you the tune in a style similar to how many musicians play this tune today, the original transcript however is somewhat different.
Erlandsson (1857-1936) was from a Swedish traveller family and although he eventually settled in Uppland many of his tunes was in a style more commonly associated with the province of Dalarna. As a young man he was sentenced to eight years of hard labour for manslaughter and it was not until later in life that he became recognised as a fiddler.
As you will see on the sheet music it is not easy to notate these kinds of polskas in a way which makes it easy to read, and there is always a risk that it becomes more confusing! If you want some initial help to get into the rhythm you can try this 'polska metronome' which Tom found online (thanks Tom!). However use it carefully, it may be a good tool to get reminded about the short first beat but don't use it as foundation when you play the tune. You can also listen to Lena Jonsson and Brittany Haas' version of the tune (see video link below, or listen to the whole album here). In the sheet music I have given suggestions on how to render the chords on a fiddle/melody instrument, but put on the recording and try things out yourself, you might well come up with something else which sounds great!
Lena and Brittany playing their arrangement of the polska together with an American old-time tune.
Another three tunes from Hälsingland this week, schottis, polkett and polska. The schottis I learned from Bertil Westling, who also taught me last weeks waltz. He got if from Holger Sjödin in Enånger, and it is fairly well known tune Holger was not much of a musician himself but played some of his father's Kalle Sjödin (1866-1938) repertoire. The polkett, another word for polka, I got from Olle Ollson, know as Vänster ('left') Olle as he played his fiddle on the 'wrong' side. Olle's father Olles Jonke was an important link to the older fiddle traditions in southern Hälsingland and in the late 1970s and early 1980s a number of younger fiddlers learnt tunes from him. Ulf Störling is one of the fiddlers who play a lot of Olles Jonke's tunes today. The last tune is from the famous fiddler Erik Ljung from Delsbo. Erik Ljung's tunes were collected in the early 20th century and included in the big collection of Swedish dance music known as Svenska Låtar. The original transcripts can be seen online here.
Last week we learnt two tunes from Hälsingland. The first one was a waltz I learned from fiddler Bertil Westling, who has been one of my most important influences in learning folk music. It's a tune he learnt from his father Bernard and there are a number of version of it played in different parts of Sweden. You can see Bertil play it together with his son Göran here, and look at another transcript with bowing details here (will take you to a pdf). The second tune was a polska composed by Eiwor Kjellberg from Järvsö. With its arpeggio figures in the B-part this polska is in a style very closely associated with Hälsingland. These polskas are especially connected with the Hälsingland fiddler Jon Erik Öst who travelled around the country in the first part of the 20th century performing a style of virtuoso polska that soon became very popular among fiddlers. Here is an example of one of Jon Erik's compositions called Skansenpolskan. His son Eric was also a very good fiddler who played both older and more modern dance music. He used to be a regular on entertainment shows on television and radio. Here is a recording of Eiwor playing her Polska i Moll, I've added a variation to the melody which may work better on if you don't play the violin.
This page has information about my work as a musician, educator and researcher. Use the 'themes' at the top of the page to find posts that interest you, and please get in touch if you have any questions!
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A flyer appearing apparently without the required HHA administration's approval has appeared stating there's an emergency meeting scheduled for 6:30 at 221 Jackson St.
The flyer also claims, "THEY REMOVED OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WE KNOW WE'RE NEXT!
Barbara Reyes, a staunch backer of Carmelo Garcia and thrice rejected HHA board candidate may be the person who is hosting the tenant meeting. Confirmation will follow this story.
A report from a reliable source says there is rumor mongering going on telling residents they will all be evicted.
The source insists there is direct linkage to this flyer. This flyer is not likely authorized by the HHA office and its new interim director.
What happened when other HHA residents previously attempted to post flyers? As MSV readers will readily recall, they were threatened with eviction and requested to sign their own eviction notice.
In some parts of Hoboken, this is called caring. The word we have in mind is not one likely to be published here.
Talking Ed Note: Talk amongst yourselves. Now comes the ugly sewer laden backlash. Lies will be propagated and fear will be sold to any HHA resident willing to listen.
The new interim HHA director should act quickly to stop the fear mongering.


You can trust products bearing the Linwoods name to contain all the vitamins, minerals, nutrients and essential fatty acids that the body requires to support a balanced, active and healthy lifestyle. Seeds and berries of the finest quality are sourced from around the globe in order to create natural, nutritious superfoods that may support and boost your health. These delicious foods fit easily into any lifestyle and, when taken daily, may help to maintain a healthy heart, boost energy levels and support a balanced diet. With over 30 years experience manufacturing health food products, you can be rest assured that each Linwoods product has been developed according to tried and tested formulas.


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Welcome to the SimRacingForm's new online site. We hope you like the new look. The site is still undergoing modification and is still a work in progress. Our plans are to report the races and stories as we have for the last 10 years. In addition to that we also would like more reader interactivity and involvement on the site. We've added a comment section for race articles and have introduced polls to get readers opinions and we'll be adding other things as time goes on. We're hoping to make this a full community paper that all can enjoy. We know it's going to take some time to get everything the way we want it to be and they'll be some growing pains, but we'll get there.
The SRF is a HRP community paper, our writers are players just like you, they are dedicated to the game and in return want to give something back that makes the community better. The community of players at HRP are all dedicated and very passionate about the game we all play. The SimRacingForm is proud to serve each and everyone of you and hope to continue long into the future. But now the most important thing is the news articles on the horses and players in the game, enjoy the read.
Michael La Rosa, Editor-in-chief SRF


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Effect of Nanofeatured Topography on Ceria-Stabilized Zirconia/Alumina Nanocomposite on Osteogenesis and Osseointegration
Oshima, Yoko / Iwasa, Fuminori / Tachi, Keita / Baba, Kazuyoshi
Purpose: The objective of this study was to evaluate the osteogenic and osseointegration capability of the Ce-tetragonal zirconia polycrystal (TZP)-based nanostructured zirconia/alumina composite (Ce-TZP/Al2O3) that was treated with hydrofluoric acid (HF).
Materials and Methods: Osteogenic MC3T3-E1 cells were cultured on acid-etched titanium (AETi) disks and Ce-TZP/Al2O3 disks without HF treatment (Zr[0%]), with 4% HF treatment (Zr[4%]), or with 55% HF treatment (Zr[55%]) for 24 hours, and biologic responses were compared among four conditions in vitro. Miniature implants of AETi and Zr(55%) were surgically placed in the femora of rats. Osseointegration was evaluated by a biomechanical push-in test after 2 and 4 weeks of healing.
Results: The surface of Zr(55%) rendered nanofeatured topography with a greater surface area and roughness, and extensive geographical undercut as ceria-zirconia crystal disappeared from the superficial layer and was similar to the surface morphology of biomineralized matrices. Culture studies showed that the attachment, proliferation, spread, and functional phenotypes of osteogenic cells, such as alkaline phosphatase activity and bone-related gene expression, were remarkably increased on the Zr(55%) surface. The strength of osseointegration measured using the biomechanical push-in test in a rat model was stronger for Zr(55%) implants than for AETi implants by 1.6 fold.
Conclusion: The nanostructured Ce-TZP/ Al2O3 surface substantially enhanced the osteogenic response in vitro and the osseointegration capability in vivo, which suggest its potential clinical application as a novel implant material.
Keywords: bone-implant integration, Ce-TZP/Al2O3, surface topography, zirconia implant


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Current Committee members who are nominated for the "Notable Contributions" award or the "Distinguished Contributions" award will be asked to either recuse themselves from the Committee or remove their nomination from consideration.
Care should be taken that the Committee include members with a range of expertise who are knowledgeable about exceptional, current, accounting research.
The Committee must include a representative from each of the AAA Sections.


Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW) announced that it has named Susan Bornstein as vice president of events, marketing and membership, effective Jan. 4, 2010. In this role, Bornstein will be responsible for marketing, media relations and membership—as well as developing new opportunities and strategic planning.
Most recently, Bornstein was the associate publisher/marketing of Gourmet Magazine, where she oversaw creative services, multi-platform initiatives, events and research.
Bornstein is a seasoned publishing executive. Prior to Gourmet, she was the associate publisher/marketing at Allure Magazine from 2000–2008. Additionally, her experiences include marketing positions at Conde Nast Traveler, People and Vogue.
Bornstein is a graduate of Tufts University. She currently lives in Westchester with her husband and two daughters.


Parents of young children in Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge are being asked to share their views and experiences about the health visiting services they have received in the County, to help shape the service going forward.
Somerset's independent health and social care champion group 'Healthwatch Somerset' wants to find out about parents of under-fives' experience of the Health Visiting service, as well as how they currently get information and support on child health and development, to inform their parenting.
An online questionnaire here has been created for parents to take part in and share their views and experiences.
Staff and volunteers from Healthwatch Somerset will also visit a variety of settings across the county to listen to parents and carers and note their experiences.
The survey will run until 22nd April and the findings from the engagement will go into a report to help inform the Family Support Service team at Somerset County Council on ways to develop health visiting services.
Healthwatch Somerset is the county's independent health and care champion. We exist to ensure that people are at the heart of care.
Our dedicated team of staff and volunteers listen to what people like about local health and care services, and what could be improved.


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