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2014 Campaign - Space for Cycling
By London Cycling Campaign on at 10:58am 19 December 2013
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Tagged with: london, lcc, cycling, campaign, space for cycling
Our Space for Cycling local election campaign is all about local issues. So how do you go about identifying problems in your neighbourhood?
We're planning for 2014 to be a milestone year for the London Cycling Campaign. We're organising a hugely ambitious campaign to put safe space for cycling on the agenda of thousands of councillor candidates in the run up to the local elections next May. Our councils control 90% of our city streets, and it's vital the authorities take steps to improve them so they're safe and inviting enough for cycling to be a genuine choice for every Londoner, whatever their age or ability.
Our campaign will target local election candidates, many of whom will go on to become councillors and make key decisions about how our neighbourhood streets are designed. Crucially, our local election campaign will also serve as a timely 'mid-term' reminder to Mayor Boris Johnson that cycling is a major issue for hundreds of thousands of Londoners. Finally, our campaign will also be an opportunity to get positive coverage for cycling on mainstream news television and radio programmes, as well in print and online.
What are we asking for?
The message our Space for Cycling campaign is sending to politicians and the media is the same as we proposed during our successful Love London, Go Dutch mayoral election campaign in 2012: "Londoners need streets that are safe and inviting for everyone to cycle". We know there are other important issues affecting cycling in London — lorry design, driving standards, the justice system, cycle parking, theft, cycle training — but none of these is as critical as the way our streets are designed. Badly designed streets subject existing cyclists to significant and avoidable risks, and they prevent new people from getting on their bicycles at all.
That's why our message to our 2014 local election candidates is that redesigning our streets, something they have direct control over, is essential to encourage mass cycling. We define safe Space for Cycling as streets that either have protected tracks or lanes, or motor traffic volumes and speeds are at a low enough level that ordinary people can cycle in safety and comfort (see page 26 for more details on our recently endorsed policy). Because the biggest barrier to cycling is fear of motor traffic, then it's essential to keep people on bicycles away from heavy volumes or fast-moving motor traffic. Any street design that forces cyclists to jockey for space with thousands of motor vehicles per day or ride among motor traffic travelling over 20mph fails to provide an environment where ordinary people are likely to be willing to cycle. Our Space for Cycling campaign has the ambitious aim to make every street in Greater London suitable for ordinary people to cycle.
When we say 'ordinary people', we include young people cycling to schools and colleges, the elderly doing their shopping or visiting friends, disabled cyclists riding to work on adapted bicycles, parents taking young children to nursery or the shops, as well as fast commuters and others who already have the confidence to cycle. Providing protected cycle tracks or lanes often requires significant investment and excellence of engineering, but it's a solution that should be embraced in the right circumstances. This type of solution towards creating safe space for cycling is essential to provide safe passage through major junctions and along busy and arterial main roads.
Reducing speeds and volumes of motor traffic can be achieved quickly and without great expense, often requiring only signage and enforcement to create new area-wide speed limits, and imaginative use of street furniture such as bollards and planters to remove through motor traffic. Whole neighbourhoods that are hostile to cycling can be transformed quickly and at relatively low expense into safe space for cycling. The policies that underpin our campaign have been formulated by our elected Policy Forum, which is chaired by Dr Rachel Aldred, an elected trustee and respected sustainable transport academic. Our policies were also ratified by members at our October 2013 AGM. Our call for a mix of protected cycle lanes/tracks and motor traffic reduction/calming treatments is based on the Dutch model of Sustainable Safety, where designers attempt to design away conflict between motor vehicles and bicycles, reducing the risk of collisions.
You choose your local issues
We've defined the treatments that can turn streets into genuine space for cycling, but we want you to choose what issues we campaign on in your local area. Our elected Policy Forum has helped by highlighting six areas that are vital to improve cycling in Greater London:
1. Protected space on main streets and through major junctions
2. Removal of through motor traffic from minor streets
3. Introduction of 20mph speed limits
4. Safe cycling routes for schoolchildren
5. Safe cycling routes for town centres
6. Safe cycling routes through parks and other green spaces like along canals
We want you to tell us which of these is most important in your neighbourhood in order to encourage more local people to cycle. The issues preventing mass cycling are different in every neighbourhood in Greater London, which is why we're inviting our tens of thousands of supporters to tell us how the streets in their area can best be improved.
By the time you read this, you should have been emailed our brief survey asking you to rank the six measures in order of importance in your area. If you want (but you don't have to), you can give specific examples of places where these problems exist. If you haven't seen it yet, please find our short survey at www.lcc.org.uk/2014survey. We'll collate this information and work with our local groups to come up with a single Space for Cycling demand for every neighbourhood in Greater London.
By the time we've finished, all 624 electoral wards will have a Space for Cycling demand, with the decision ratified at a local group meeting in the New Year. We'll tell you about this meeting by email. Once the local Space for Cycling demands have been agreed, that's when we'll encourage our supporters to bombard their local election candidates with emails supporting it... simple!
2014 in my area...
LCC staffer Mike Cavenett writes:
Here I describe what I consider to be major barriers to cycling in my area. The term 'my area' is fairly arbitrary: I live in the electoral ward of Brockley, but the places I visit regularly don't conform to political boundaries. Indeed, because I live in Lewisham, but close to the border with Greenwich, it shouldn't be surprising many of the places I describe aren't even in my borough. However, it's much more important to fully describe the barriers to cycling in our neighbourhoods than to constrain ourselves with artificial boundaries.
Everyone's experience of London is going to be a litte bit different… and we want to know what affects your cycling the most. Below, I describe how the six policy themes affect my cycling, both positives and negatives.
The lack of protected lanes or tracks on main roads is a major barrier to cycling in my area. Large junctions like the crossroads on the A2 at Deptford Bridge (pictured right) are awful even for experienced cyclists to navigate. Pedestrians, too, have to scurry across the road without safe crossings. There's lots of roadspace here, which could easily be reallocated to make cycling safer and more inviting.
Heading east, there are five motor traffic lanes, including a nasty motorway-style slip road, while westbound there are four lanes, which actually merge into a single lane less than 100 metres ahead. Nowhere at this junction is cycling provided with any protection from turning or merging motor traffic. Tens of thousands of vehicles per day pass through this junction, with many hundreds of them lorries. This is the worst junction, but there other horrors too: Deptford Church Street is intimidating for cycling. Multiple 30mph lanes and a motorway-style central reservation give all the wrong signals to motorists. It's actually a residential street, with parkland, a family-oriented leisure centre and a pub and a restaurant nearby, but you'd hardly know it.
Brookmill Road nearby is another wide road that's plagued with speeding motor traffic. While Loampit Vale to the south is another street that's suffered a cycling fatality in recent months. And don't get me started on the New Cross one-way system or Old Kent Road.
I'm fortunate to live next door to a private estate that doesn't allow through motor traffic. To be strictly accurate, anyone can drive through if they buzz security, but waiting at the barriers adds a significant delay so most drivers don't bother. Living on what's pretty much a cul-de-sac makes my street very quiet and safe.
Cycling south to Lewisham train/DLR/bus station, my journeys are also along quiet streets. Coldbath Street isn't useful as a short-cut to anywhere, so most traffic is residential. Slightly further afield, Blackheath Rise and Morden Hill (pictured right) are two streets that have in the not-too-distant past been used as rat-runs by car and van drivers cutting between Lewisham Road and Blackheath. Now, cycling-permeable barriers prevent this. There are similar barriers in the nearby Ashburnham Triangle streets too.
My back-street commute to/from the LCC office in Southwark benefits from many streets — particularly those running parallel with Old Kent Road — being blocked to through motor traffic.The section along Oxley Close and Abercorn Way is especially quiet and safe. Other streets through industrial areas in Bermondsey do have some fast-moving motor traffic, and attempts at traffic-calming humps only have a partial effect. Verney Road springs to mind as somewhere you need to be alert, and the Trundleys Road junction is notoriously dangerous to cycling.
3. 20mph speed limits
Neither the authority in which I live, Lewisham, nor my neighbour, Greenwich, has a borough-wide 20mph speed limit. Disappointingly, Lewisham explicitly rejected a borough-wide 20mph speed limit when it was proposed earlier this year by one of my local councillors, Darren Johnson (also a London Assembly Member). The measure was rejected on the (spurious, in my opinion) grounds that it wouldn't be enforceable by the police.
The Royal Borough of Greenwich has introduced 20mph on a number of routes, including in Greenwich Park, and is planning to introduce more 20mph using a zoning system. There are certainly streets near me that would benefit from lower speed limits. For example, Coldbath Street — just around the corner from where I live — has a 30mph limit, which is inappropriate for a narrow street lined with parked cars, and in an area of high-density housing. It's not unusual to see unaccompanied children playing on the pavements here, and we should be doing everything in our power to encourage healthy outdoor behaviour.
Another road that would benefit from 20mph is the route to Greenwich town centre, which takes me on busier roads like Greenwich High Road (pictured) and Greenwich South Street, both of which can be intimidating even for experienced cyclists. These are both streets that are wider, longer and straighter than most of the residential streets around, which encourages drivers to put their foot down, creating extra noise and danger, and making these streets less inviting for cycling.
Speaking to parents in my neighbourhood, it's hard to find anyone who's satisfied with their school routes. That's reflected in the low cycling to school rates among children of all ages, and the small number of parents who can be seen cycling with children on their bikes.
Myatt Garden School is a good example of a primary school that isn't pleasant to cycle to. It sits between two parallel side roads, Rokeby Road and Upper Brockley Road, with an entrance on each. In order to cope with the congestion caused by parents driving to school, both these streets have been made one-way, which inconveniences cycling journeys. The streets are narrow and often busy with cars doing the school run.
Sadly, a child on foot was killed in the recent past by a car pulling away having been parked on the pavement — which is typical during busy periods. Approaching the school from Lewisham Way (pictured), a very densely trafficked red route, it's not at all easy to access the school in Upper Brockley Road. Even adult cyclists can be seen choosing the pavement instead, and there's a complete absence of young children on bikes. Other journeys to Myatt Garden School involve travelling via Malpas Road or Shardeloes Road. Both these streets have 20mph limits but are also wide, which encourages faster driving and rat-running. Riding along them or trying to cross can be intimidating, especially for younger or less experienced cyclists.
These streets show amply that 20mph speed limits alone are not enough to make for a comfortable cycling environment, and motor traffic reduction should be prioritised. Shardeloes Road is a bus route, but narrow and intimidating at times. St James Hatcham primary school in New Cross Gate might have the unfortunate accolade of being the least cycling-friendly school in London because it can only be approached from one direction, from the nerve-jangling one-way system on New Cross Road.
5. Safe cycling routes to and around local town centres
Deptford High Street is only 500m from my flat, but access via bicycle is poor. First, it's necessary to cross the major junction on the A2 at Deptford Bridge (see p16). There's a toucan crossing, but delays can be long, plus it's not unusual for motor vehicles to jump the red lights or block the crossing entirely, especially during rush hour.
To access Deptford High Street after crossing the A2, you cross two unsignalled crossings and then walk (or ride illegally) along the pavement to the shops. You can avoid this convoluted and potentially illegal route by cycling through Deptford Bridge junction on the A2. Sadly, you then you have to either make an illegal (and dangerous) right turn into Deptford High Street or pull over to the left on to the pavement, and wait to cross the A2 using a pedestrian crossing.
Cycling south to Lewisham town centre isn't at all safe or enjoyable either, and nor is cycling comfortable when you get there. There are quiet streets as far as the train station, but then you meet the roundabout where the A20 meets Molesworth Road/Lewisham Road (pictured). This junction is everything I hate about London cycling, with multi-lane entrances and exits, and very high volumes of fast motor traffic jostling for space. I wince seeing experienced commuter cyclists using this junction, and you never see a child or elderly person on bike there. There are railings and raised central reservations all around, heightening the sensation that this isn't a place that welcomes people on bikes or on foot. It's a total disaster.
6. Safe cycling routes through parks and green spaces
The green spaces around where I live are very pleasant and provide good access for cycling. My daily commute takes me through Margaret MacMillan Park and Fordham Park, both of which have direct and convenient routes for cycling. The underpass under the East London Line linking these two parks is particularly helpful (although I wish the lighting was better). It's a shame anyone trying to cycle to these green spaces is likely to have to overcome major barrriers such as main roads and major junctions. This goes some way to explaining why I'm often the only cyclist using these greenways even in rush hour. Nevertheless, these park links themselves are very useful.
Even though I walk and run there regularly, I rarely cycle in Greenwich Park because it's not on one of my regular routes. For this reason, the relative paucity of cycling-permitted paths doesn't affect me. However, as a local resident, I'm bemused through motor traffic is still permitted along The Avenue, with St Mary's Gate (pictured above) open to motor traffic on weekdays 7am-10am and 4pm-closing. At least through traffic is banned at weekends, but I can't understand why commuting motor vehicles must use a public green space at all. The 20mph speed limit agreed relatively recently (thanks to campaigning from Greenwich Cyclists) is a long overdue move.
Finally, the Waterlink Way, which follows the route of the River Ravensbourne, passes within a few metres of my flat. It's a popular route with leisure cyclists (particularly at weekends), but it's not one I use for local journeys. Over longer distances, the route is rather indirect, and not always that easy to follow. For that reason, when I'm visiting places for which the Waterlink Way might appear to be useful, such as going to Crystal Palace, I tend to brave the main roads instead. Going around Catford one-way system isn't exactly pleasant, but the slowness of the off-carriageway route puts me off using it.


Defining game success in terms of profits is the easiest and simplest. If game profits are higher than our investment, the game is successful. However this view does not help us know how to make a successful game: what ingredients to use and what processes to follow. How to be profitable depends on your game's business model, which can vary widely from a free-to-play casual game to a premium VR experience. Furthermore, in some cases success might not even be about profit, but about teaching something or about creating a change in behavior like in the case of many educational games.
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Knowing that you need your game to go through the sequence above will help you choose the right ingredients to fulfill each of the steps. For example, one of the best ingredients for standing out in the crowd is having unique art; and one of the best ingredients for growing your game organically is by adding social mechanics that form a community around your game. There are in fact a few key ingredients that can be combined to fulfill the sequence above and create long-term engagement. I will talk more about them in a following post.
Of course none of the previous stuff matters if you are not reaching the goals you were trying to achieve with your game in the first place. You might be attracting players and keeping them around, but if you are trying to make an educational game and your game fails to educate, you are not succeeding even if you have tons of players sticking around. The same goes about monetization: if you have hundreds of thousands of players but you are not monetizing or reaching the profit you were looking to make, you are failing. You need to make sure that as your game connects and engages it is also teaching and/or monetizing. That is a big part of the trick, but I'll save that discussion for a few posts down the road, for now let's stick to the basics: you need to have a very clear idea of what are your goals and make sure that everything revolves around that.
Just as important is to have a clear idea of who is your target player. The things that I need to do to stand out and connect to kids are very different from the things I need to do to stand out and connect to young adults. One of the main mistakes I've seen in my years developing games is trying to make something that is appealing to everybody, or to a very wide range of people. Trying to please all usually ends with not really pleasing or connecting with anyone.
A good first step towards creating a successful game or a successful VR experience is defining how does it look like in terms of player engagement. Player engagement usually follows a specific path with specific steps: stand out and be noticed by your target audience, connect with them, engage them to continue playing for a while, and finally make them want to share your game with their friends so they stick around and help you grow.
Once you have a clear idea of what the game needs to do, you can look for the right combination of ingredients – art, game mechanics, story, and community building- that can take the players through the engagement sequence. In another article I will talk more about how these ingredients relate to the engagement sequence.


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If you grew up on St. Simons Island, there's a good chance you know this property well. For decades, Village Creek Landing has been welcoming people to enjoy the splendor of the Golden Isles by using its marina and boat ramp or visiting the current event venue and earlier restaurants there that hosted countless celebrations over the years. Once the site of Cusie's Fish Camp, Village Creek Landing is a peninsula located at the end of South Harrington Road off of Frederica Road mid-island. The spot provides panoramic views over the Marshes of Glynn of Sea Island, Little St. Simons Island, and St. Simons Island.
Village Creek Landing was purchased from the prior owners of the property by the Gowen family through their company Village Creek LLC earlier this year. We can think of no better stewards or lovers of the land. Established local business owners, the Gowens have proven through their various endeavors over the years that they care about the community and environment we live in. Michael Gowen has been using Village Creek Landing as an outpost for his business Southeast Adventure Outfitters for quite some time. The Gowens have demonstrated not only a passion for sharing the beauty and bounty of our coast but a commitment and dedication to preserving our island home, its history and culture.
While the Gowens stress there are no plans for development or changing the traditional use of the property, they are updating the structures there. They plan on installing a wrap-around deck and decking the area to the gazebo. The iconic wooden gazebo will be repaired and new stairs installed. All this to make the venue safer and more attractive as a place for celebration and to watch the sunsets. The natural beauty of this birders' paradise and favorite launch site for kayaks will be maintained and protected under their care.
The interior renovations to the venue are well underway. Wooden ceiling beams, new floors, light fixtures and window treatments have been completed. Bathrooms have been updated. New live edge bars on the upper deck and seating areas are being installed. The venue can host up to 300 people and is perfect for weddings, family reunions, corporate events, and fundraisers. Imagine toasting your guests as the sun paints the sky in shades of orange and pink and makes the marsh glow in golden hues.
Plans for updating the space expected to be complete by Spring of 2019. To inquire about booking, amenities, and pricing, please contact villagecreeklanding@gmail.com. They are booking events now! Let the unique enchantment of Village Creek Landing make your next event magical.
The Elegant Island Living staff was on site at Village Creek Landing while Ben was taking the drone shots and we took the time to snap some photos of our own. Here's a exclusive website-only gallery of some of the incredible views at this wonderful little corner of our island.
Is the capacity of 300 people in the inside renovated area or in the entire venue inside and out? Also as with any event,, we will have older people who have trouble with steps. Is there an elevator?
Please contact the folks at Village Creek Landing directly for assistance with your questions.


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Since 2007, Kathryn Hawkins has been curating and reporting inspiring news and advice as editor—and, since 2009, owner—of Gimundo.com. The site and daily newsletter feature good news stories, advice, interviews, reviews, videos, and other content focused on promoting the brighter side of life, and has received more than 4 million unique visitors since Hawkins acquired it in mid-2009.
An experienced journalist, Hawkins has also written for publications including GOOD Magazine, BNET, and E: The Environmental Magazine, and she has served as editorial director and content strategist for the philanthropy start-up, Razoo. With her husband Jeff, she runs a content marketing agency, Hawkins Multimedia, which specializes in content strategy and execution for brands, focusing on both written and video content.
Although Hawkins Multimedia works with clients all over the world, the company is based in a home office in semi-rural Maine. Hawkins appreciates the quality of life afforded by entrepreneurship; she loves the ability to wrap up a client project at 3:00 p.m. and take her toddler on an impromptu beach trip at 4:00. Despite the occasional frustrations of being her own boss, she wouldn't trade it in for anything.
I'm always working on a dozen things at once. I just wrapped up a client proposal, finished revisions to a couple of marketing white papers, and am managing an alumni magazine for a university client which I need to wrap up later this week. Next on the plate: writing a new feature story for Gimundo and a blog post for my content marketing blog.
Where did the idea for Gimundo come from?
Unfortunately, I can't claim responsibility for the "good news" website concept itself—the site had just launched when I came on board. Back in 2007, I landed a job as editor of the site when it was funded by a Los Angeles start-up, and I was inspired by the thought of working on a venture that promoted the good that's happening in the world. So much so, that when the start-up folded in 2009, my husband Jeff and I decided to buy the site from them and run it on our own, which we've done for the past three years. We're currently focused on redesigning the site and developing new content models, including some original video segments and more visual pieces.
In the meantime, we've also launched Hawkins Multimedia, a content marketing agency that helps companies and media publications use compelling content to engage their audiences. We work with clients like the philanthropy platform Razoo, Intuit, State Farm Insurance, and many other start-ups and large companies alike.
With both ventures, we're focused on creating compelling, story-driven content designed to engage and inspire audiences.
I'm usually woken up by my two-year-old daughter yelling, "Up for breakfast!" After a long, messy meal complete with sing-alongs and lots of hugs, Jeff and I take her to daycare and go for a run most days. I settle in to work around 9:30, and usually start out by researching story ideas to use for Gimundo or any of my clients' projects and spending a few minutes on emails before launching into my writing and editing work for the rest of the day. I wrap things up around 4:30 or 5:00; we spend some fun time hanging out with our toddler until she goes to bed, and then there's usually a couple more hours of work to do at night.
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It's always tempting to try to be everything to everyone. With the consulting side of our business, we initially offered a huge variety of services, from photography to web development to copywriting. Eventually, we realized that we needed to focus on streamlining a few core offerings that we could be known for. We've since focused our business exclusively on content strategy and development, and are working on a rebranding initiative over the next few months.
Maybe it's wishful thinking, but as a self-employed professional with an ultra-high deductible plan, one business model I see a lot of potential in is an online service where you can get competing quotes for services such as labor/delivery and scheduled surgery from healthcare providers. More transparency in our healthcare system would help us all and cut premium rates even for those without deductibles.
I'd love to see more media coverage of the good in the world. It's not always as exciting as the latest political scandal or kidnapping, but by spotlighting role models and innovative technologies, we can inspire people to think in a proactive way about how they can help the world. That's what we're trying to do with Gimundo.
When my husband and I moved to Maine six years ago, we weren't sure what kind of business we wanted to start. We were initially considering a catering company, a bed and breakfast, or a web agency. We went with the last one, and we're glad we did—though it's a shame that Jeff's homemade brunches haven't gotten a wider audience.
Amazon because we can have just about anything delivered to our door within two days, adding a ton of convenience to our cabin-in-the-woods lifestyle.
FreshBooks for billing clients and keeping track of expenses so there's little prep work needed when we meet with our accountant.
Evernote for helping me collect and curate notes and ideas from all over the web.
I'm currently re-reading Po Bronson's What Should I Do with My Life? and think it's wonderful inspiration for helping potential entrepreneurs determine what their true values are and turn that inspiration into action.
@bittman for thoughtful links and commentary on food policy.
@countingcrows for music recs and randomness.
@brainpicker for a beautifully curated collection of art, history, and culture links.
This morning, while playing "tickle monster" with my two-year-old. Toddlers are the perfect antidote for taking yourself too seriously.
My father, Welsh White, who died five years ago. He taught me a love of books and knowledge at an early age—I remember him "reading" me Peter Rabbit and other favorite children's books from his bare hands; he knew them all by heart. When I was a little older, we'd read Shakespeare plays out loud together. He inspired me to dive deep into whatever I was passionate about, which has served me well as an entrepreneur.
What should entrepreneurs do to promote their companies?
As far as self-promotion goes, I think the old PR press release model is dying. Start promoting yourself as an expert, through posting on your own business blog and guest-posting on relevant sites within your industry. It will both boost your website's page rank organically, and get industry leaders and reporters to take notice of you, which can lead to press coverage. It's a less direct way to promote yourself, sure, but a more effective one in my view.
How do you balance entrepreneurship and family life?
It's always a tough juggle, but since having our daughter, my husband and I have made a real effort to place limits on our work time. Typically, we don't take business calls after 5:00 p.m., and even though we often work at night, we set aside any projects on weekends and evenings with her. We also delegate tasks to people we trust when we know we have too much on our plates. Working this way definitely means we're not making as much income as we could otherwise, but time with our daughter is far more important than having a few more dollars in our bank account.


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Alibaba's GET Global Challenge 2020 tasks students to create solutions for a post Covid-19 world
Competition targeted at uni and higher education students from 13 markets
Teams of 3-5 submit their proposals online via Alibaba's Dingtalk
Alibaba Business School has announced the launch of Alibaba Global E-Commerce Talent (GET) Global Challenge 2020, a competition meant to empower the next generation of entrepreneurial talents to contribute by creating transformative digital solutions in collaboration with mentors and partners from the Alibaba network.
The theme this year is aimed squarely at helping businesses and organisations worldwide recover faster and rebound stronger in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Challenge is targeted at university and higher education institution students from 13 markets, including the African continent, China, Colombia, France, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, Serbia, South Korea, Thailand and Uzbekistan.
A minimum of 100 teams, each comprising of three to five members, are expected to compete in a virtual competition spanning four phases. Following national finals that will take place between June and August, over 30 teams will face off virtually in the World Finals from 17 August to 25 August 2020.
"The pandemic is fast-becoming a generation-defining moment, especially for the incoming class of talents. We have collectively risen to the occasion with digital tools invented and repurposed to limit and mitigate the difficulties faced, and there is no better time to get our future talents to lend their creativity and digital savviness in helping the world to recover," said Alibaba Group partner and vice president Zhang Yu.
"We have seen examples of how digital transformation can play a key role in reducing dayto-day struggles, improving work productivity and quality of life. We hope the challenge will spur the creation of even more life-changing solutions not just for now, but for the future as well."
Teams submitting their business proposals will receive coaching and reference materials based on modern case studies and learning assets via Alibaba's DingTalk live streaming sessions. These will be conducted by GET Network-certified experts and Alibaba-trained managers and eFounders, who are regular instructors for Alibaba Business School's various existing digital training programs.
Participants will also have the opportunity to deepen their knowledge on digital economy topics ranging from digital transformation, customer-centricity, startup landscape to pitching for investment and more. The top six teams who qualify for the world finals will also receive one-on-one coaching sessions.
The teams will be judged on the innovativeness of their proposal, ability to solve real-world problems, as well as the feasibility, sustainability, and scalability of their new ventures. The final six teams will receive two additional benefits in the form of business funding by Alibaba and the eligibility to join the global GET talent bank, which will provide even more support for their business endeavours.
Additionally, the winning team will be granted a fully sponsored digital economy discovery trip to Alibaba's headquarters in Hangzhou, including exclusive sessions with Alibaba GET Network trainers.
The Alibaba GET Network was initiated in 2018 as an extension of Alibaba's GET program which, to date, has benefitted 80 education partners and trained more than 300 lecturers and over 13,000 students and other participants from Australia, India, Israel, Mongolia, Malaysia, Thailand, Turkey, South Korea, Singapore and China.
Interested participants can head to this link for more details and contact their respective country hosts.
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Darlings (film)
Darlings is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language black comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Jasmeet K. Reen, in her directorial debut, from a screenplay by Parveez Sheikh, and produced by Gauri Khan, Alia Bhatt (in her debut production), and Gaurav Verma under the banners Red Chillies Entertainment and Eternal Sunshine Productions.
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All-time Commonwealth Games medal table
This page shows the all-time medal table for the Commonwealth Games. The table is updated as of 8th August 2022, the day the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham ended. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country.
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Thor: Love and Thunder is a 2022 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Thor, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and the 29th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
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Nambi Narayanan
S. Nambi Narayanan (born 12 December 1941) is an Indian aerospace engineer, who worked for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and contributed significantly to Indian space program by developing the Vikas rocket engine. He led the team which acquired technology from the French for the Vikas engine used in the first PSLV that India launched.
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Bimbisara (film)
Bimbisara is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language fantasy action film written and directed by debutant Mallidi Vasishta, and produced by N. T. R. Arts. It stars Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, Catherine Tresa, Samyuktha Menon and Prakash Raj. In the film, King Bimbisara of the Trigartala Empire from the 5th century BCE lands in the modern-day world through time travel.
Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is a political association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire.
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The 2026 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Victoria 2026, is a multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth scheduled to take place in four regional sites, Geelong, Bendigo, Ballarat and Gippsland in the State of Victoria, Australia. The opening ceremonies will be held in the state capital Melbourne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Sharath Kamal
Achanta Sharath Kamal (born 12 July 1982) is an Indian professional table tennis player. He is the first Indian table tennis player ever to become ten times Senior National Champion hence breaking the record of eight times National Champion Kamlesh Mehta. In 2019 he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award. His ITTF world ranking is 32 as of May 2021.
Alexander Emerick Jones (born February 11, 1974) is an American conservative, alt-right, and far-right radio show host and prominent conspiracy theorist. He hosts The Alex Jones Show from Austin, Texas, which the Genesis Communications Network syndicates across the United States and online.
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India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: Bhārat Gaṇarājya), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world.
The cat (Felis catus) is a domestic species of small carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae and is often referred to as the domestic cat to distinguish it from the wild members of the family. A cat can either be a house cat, a farm cat or a feral cat; the latter ranges freely and avoids human contact.
Better Call Saul (season 6)
The sixth and final season of the AMC television series Better Call Saul premiered on April 18, 2022, in the United States, and is scheduled to conclude on August 15, 2022. The thirteen-episode season is broadcast on Mondays at 9:00 pm (Eastern) in the United States on AMC and AMC+, and is published on Netflix the Tuesday after outside of the United States.
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NES Advantage
The NES Advantage is an arcade style controller manufactured by Asciiware and released by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987. The device is meant to rest on a flat surface at a comfortable level, such as a tabletop or the floor, with the player seated behind it.
Nope (film)
Nope is a 2022 American science fiction horror film written, directed, and produced by Jordan Peele under his Monkeypaw Productions banner. It stars Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Michael Wincott, and Brandon Perea and follows two ranch-owning siblings who attempt to capture evidence of an unidentified flying object.
WhatsApp Messenger, or simply WhatsApp, is an internationally available freeware, cross-platform centralized instant messaging (IM) and voice-over-IP (VoIP) service owned by American company Meta Platforms. It allows users to send text messages and voice messages, make voice and video calls, and share images, documents, user locations, and other content.
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Thomas William Selleck (; born January 29, 1945) is an American actor. His breakout role was playing private investigator Thomas Magnum in the television series Magnum, P.I. (1980–1988), for which he received five Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, winning in 1985.
Muḥarram (Arabic: ٱلْمُحَرَّم) (fully known as Muharram ul Haram) is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year when warfare is forbidden. It is held to be the second holiest month after Ramadan.
UB40 are an English reggae and pop band, formed in December 1978 in Birmingham, England. The band has had more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. They have been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album four times, and in 1984 were nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Group.
Peter Michael Davidson (born November 16, 1993) is an American comedian and actor. He was a cast member of the NBC late-night sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL) for eight seasons, running from 2014 to 2022. Davidson began his career in the early 2010s with minor guest roles on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Friends of the People, Guy Code, and Wild 'n Out.
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is a bill proposed for passage in the 117th United States Congress in July 2022 that aims to curb inflation by reducing the deficit, lowering prescription drug prices and investing into domestic energy production while promoting clean energy solutions. It is a budget reconciliation bill sponsored by Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Joe Manchin (D-WV).
Endless (comics)
The Endless are a family of beings who appear in American comic books published by DC Comics. The members of the family include Death, Delirium, Desire, Despair, Destiny, Destruction, and Dream. The Endless were created by Neil Gaiman and first appeared in the comic book series The Sandman (1989–1996).
Thirteen Lives
Thirteen Lives is a 2022 American biographical survival film based on the Tham Luang cave rescue directed and produced by Ron Howard, from a screenplay written by William Nicholson. The film stars Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton, and Tom Bateman.
The national flag of India, colloquially called the Tricolour, is a horizontal rectangular tricolour flag of India saffron, white and India green; with the Ashoka Chakra, a 24-spoke wheel, in navy blue at its centre. It was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on 22 July 1947, and it became the official flag of the Dominion of India on 15 August 1947.
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Google LLC ( (listen)) is an American multinational technology company that focuses on search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and consumer electronics.
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Uncharted (film)
Uncharted is a 2022 American action-adventure film directed by Ruben Fleischer from a screenplay by Rafe Lee Judkins, Art Marcum, and Matt Holloway, based on the video game franchise of the same name developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
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The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a transcontinental country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine minor outlying islands, and 326 Indian reservations with limited sovereignty.
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International Cat Day is a celebration which takes place on 8 August of every year. It was created in 2002 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare. It is a day to raise awareness for cats and learn about ways to help and protect them.
Microsoft Office, or simply Office, is a family of client software, server software, and services developed by Microsoft. It was first announced by Bill Gates on August 1, 1988, at COMDEX in Las Vegas. Initially a marketing term for an office suite (bundled set of productivity applications), the first version of Office contained Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint.
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Judith Durham
Judith Durham (born Judith Mavis Cock; 3 July 1943 – 5 August 2022) was an Australian singer, songwriter and musician who became the lead singer of the Australian popular folk music group the Seekers in 1963. The group became the first Australian pop music group to achieve major chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United States and have sold over 50 million records worldwide.
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Amazon.com, Inc. ( AM-ə-zon) is an American multinational technology company which focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. It has been referred to as "one of the most influential economic and cultural forces in the world", and is one of the world's most valuable brands.
Dai Hong Dan incident
The Dai Hong Dan incident took place on 29 October 2007, when the North Korean cargo vessel MV Dai Hong Dan was attacked and temporarily seized by Somali pirates off Somalia. The following day, the crew of the vessel overpowered the pirates with the support of a U.S. naval vessel.
List of The Sandman characters
This is a list of characters appearing in The Sandman comic book, published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint. This page discusses not only events which occur in The Sandman (1989–1994), but also some occurring in spinoffs of The Sandman, such as The Dreaming (1996–2001) and Lucifer (1999–2007), as well as characters from earlier stories which The Sandman was based on.
India was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a 270-member strong contingent comprising 183 sportspersons and 77 officials. 2004 Summer Olympics silver medalist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was the flag bearer for India. Samresh Jung was chosen as the winner of the inaugural David Dixon Award, which honours the outstanding athlete at each Commonwealth Games.
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Predator (franchise)
Predator is an American science fiction horror action anthology media franchise centered on the film series depicting humankind's encounters with an intelligent race of extraterrestrial trophy-seeking, DNA engineering military personnel known as the "Predator".
Pakistan at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Pakistan competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022. It was Pakistan's 14th appearance at the Commonwealth Games. Muhammad Inam and Bismah Maroof were the country's flagbearers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.
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2022 monkeypox outbreak
An ongoing outbreak of monkeypox, a viral disease, was confirmed in May 2022. The initial cluster of cases was found in the United Kingdom, where the first case was detected on 6 May 2022 in an individual with travel links to Nigeria (where the disease is endemic). The outbreak marked the first time monkeypox has spread widely outside Central and West Africa.
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Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography which favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph.
Stranger Things is an American science fiction horror drama television series created by the Duffer Brothers. The brothers serve as showrunners and are executive producers along with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen. The first season of the series was released on Netflix on July 15, 2016.
Better Call Saul is an American crime and legal drama television series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Part of the Breaking Bad franchise, it is a spin-off, prequel and occasional sequel to Gilligan's previous series, Breaking Bad.
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Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman, 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, nonfiction, audio theatre, and films. His works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book.
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Westworld (season 4)
The fourth season of the American science fiction dystopian television series Westworld (subtitled The Choice) premiered on HBO on June 26, 2022, and will conclude on August 14, 2022, consisting of eight episodes. The television series was created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, and it is based on the 1973 film of the same name, written and directed by Michael Crichton.
Predator (film)
Predator is a 1987 American science fiction horror action film directed by John McTiernan and written by brothers Jim and John Thomas. It is the first installment in the Predator franchise.