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Changing The Game With Social Fitness At Its Best
With the rise in the popularity of contactless rugby we were tasked to get people hands on with a new a digital solution. Making O2 Touch Rugby more accessible regardless of gender, age or experience with O2 and England Rugby.
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The challenge was to create a digital platform that would inspire new players to get involved in O2 Touch, fuel the passion that existing players had, and remind lapsed players why they fell in love with the game in the first place.
The platform needed to make finding your nearest sessions easier. Whether players are looking to learn a little more about the sport or get involved in a competitive game, the platform needed to make taking part in O2 Touch Rugby more accessible for anyone and everyone, regardless of age, gender or level of experience.
The solution was a platform with two main components; an app and a facilitating website. The app allows players to find sessions based on their area, the size of the session and the level of their experience. As well as rewarding returning players and advocates with various rewards and making the process of checking into sessions easier and more convenient.
Also used as an administration tool by O2 Touch Centre operators and England Rugby, the O2 Touch app is supported by a website and both platforms enable them to follow the rise of the game and its success. Being able to track the popularity of the game in different areas, centres and sessions is crucial, so the administration side of the platform was just as important as the app that players are using.
What does the app do?
Educating new players
New players are able to read up on the rules and watch short videos which explain all the need-to-knows; from defining a turnover to the best strategy for attacking.
Personalising sessions
Choosing the date, location, session type and skill level that's best suited to you is quick and painless. Having the ability to filter sessions this way means you can always find a game that's right for you're individual needs and desires.
Rewarding passion
The app makes it more convenient than ever for players to recommend the sport or specific sessions to friends and family, and can even earn rewards such as exclusive kits and rugby balls by doing so.
Automatic check-ins
Existing players benefit from quick registration and automatic check-ins, meaning that they can sign up for teams and sessions as quickly and easily as possible, without having to spend valuable game time filling out forms and submitting information.
O2 Touch Rugby operators and ambassadors
The app has been designed to make it easy for new or existing operators and ambassadors to organise and schedule sessions for players.
What is O2 Touch?
O2 Touch is a fun and friendly environment for both men and women of all abilities to get involved in touch rugby, a contactless version of the game. Teams of six take it in turns to pass the ball and attempt to get it over the try line, to stop the attacking side, a defender only has to touch the player with the ball, no tackling allowed! Whether its about honing your fitness or having a great time exercising as a group, this is social fitness at its best.
We decided to give it a go ourselves!
Our team visited and played in sessions across a number of O2 Touch centres, including Old Elthamians, Bournemouth RFC and Oakmeadians Rugby Clubs. Although we had a lot of fun getting involved in the game, it was the insights from players and ambassadors that made our time playing worth it. Exploring the differences between players/users, from how often they play to what motivates them to do so, how they would want to pay for the sessions and what would make them refer these sessions to friends/family.
A lot of the team have now become fully paid up members of O2 Touch Rugby teams and are regularly playing, so we know the positive impact the game can have.
Richard Strachan, Managing Director, 3 SIDED CUBE
It was research, testing and prototyping that allowed us to prioritise and design the UX (User Experience) and UI (User Interface), as well as each different function, feature and element of the platform. Insights like exclusive kits and rugby balls being a major motivation for people to engage with the rewards system, or the idea that payments and data capturing were prime issues for ambassadors. The importance of getting out there and involved in O2 Touch Rugby gave us a completely new way of thinking about the platform, and led to solutions that we wouldn't have considered otherwise.
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Since he hesitantly became CEO in 2012, David Marcus has had a successful but unconventional relationship with PayPal. Unsure if his entrepreneurial spirit would bode well with a large financial firm, Marcus accepted the position based on his belief that PayPal could create an "unfillable hole in the lives of people." Despite his reluctance, Marcus took a "fix it before it breaks approach" with his self-proclaimed "invisible turnaround."  It worked. With a natural avoidance of bureaucracy, Marcus streamlined product lines, collapsing a set of nine tools into one and increasing mobile payments from $4 billion to nearly $30 billion. He also hired and fired liberally, cutting almost a third of engineers while sourcing tech and entrepreneurial talent from competitors. Under Marcus, eBay announced it would spin off PayPal because of a changing "industry landscape," even though PayPal accounted for about 41% of eBay's profits. After purchasing over $1 billion in start-ups, Marcus became "exhausted" and ripe for the picking. Mark Zuckerberg made him an offer to run Facebook Messenger and, in a surprising twist, Marcus accepted the friend request, implicating Facebook's desire to become competitive in the multi-trillion dollar e-commerce payment business.


Anne Clifford was born at Skipton Castle on 30 January 1590, during the reign of Elizabeth I. She was the third and only surviving child of George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, and his wife Margaret Russell.
Lady Anne Clifford (left) portrait by John Bracken at Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal.
When she was 15, her father died. She was upset to find she did not inherit her father's vast estate, his brother got it instead. The Earl of Cumberland had not recognised the strength and determination of his only child. From that moment Anne's mission in life was to regain her inheritance. She married and had five children, but her husband was obstructive to her claim for the inheritance.
Six years later he died, and she married Philip Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, who did support her claim. He provided her with two things of importance. He employed Inigo Jones to restore the family home, and gave Anne inspiration for her later building efforts. Also, he provided the name she used thereafter, Anne Pembroke. The initials AP can be seen written large on many of the buildings she restored or built.
Eventually she did inherit the estate in 1643. With the Civil War raging, it was in 1649 that she came north. Her husband had died and there was nothing to keep her enthusiasm in check. Lady Anne was now 60 years old. She spent the next 26 years rebuilding churches and castles. Skipton, Pendragon, Appleby, Brough and Brougham Castles were restored to their former glory. As a devout Christian she built and restored churches and almshouses. She finally died on 22 March 1676, when she was 86. She died at Brougham Castle in the room where her father had been born.
Eden Tourism produce a leaflet 'The Anne Clifford Trail', describing a route you may take from Skipton to Brougham, and detailing all the Anne Clifford connections on the way.
Lady Anne's Way is a 100 mile walk through places associated with Lady Anne Clifford. It starts at her birth place, Skipton, goes through Wharfedale and Wensleydale and finishes in Cumbria at Brougham Castle near Penrith, where she died.
The 'Great Picture' of the Clifford family, was commissioned by Anne at about age fifty-six, when she came into her inheritance. The artist, probably Jan van Belcamp, had to paint much of it from earlier portraits.The Great Picture hung in Appleby Castle for over three hundred years, and was purchased in 1981 by the Lakeland Arts Trust.
The left and right panel's are on display at the Abbot Hall Art Gallery in Kendal, and they are hoping to display the centre panel in the summer of 2011.
The center panel of the triptych presents Anne's father, mother, and the two brothers who died, leaving her Clifford's only living child. The left side picture is Anne aged 15, the right side picture is Anne aged 56.
See more information sbout the 'Great Picture'.
There is a painting (see top of page) by John Bracken of Lady Anne Clifford at the Abbot Hall Art Gallery in Kendal. A similar painting is at Dalemain, near Penrith.
The Lady Anne Clifford Westmorland Heritage Trail will guide visitors from her former home at Appleby Castle to Kirkby Stephen. The trail has been produced jointly by Appleby Chamber of Trade and Community Association, Kirkby Stephen Town Forum, English Heritage, Eden District Council, Neighbourhood Forum, Julian Thurgood, Simon Ledingham and www.visitcumbria.com.


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Kate Baker
Currently a practising artist based in Sydney, Kate regularly exhibits both nationally and internationally. She graduated with First Class Honours from the Glass Workshop at the Australian National University School of Art (Canberra).
Kate has taught glassmaking techniques in several contexts, including as a lecturer and demonstrator at Sydney College of the Arts.
A finalist in several art prizes both here and overseas, Kate was the winner of the biennial juried international glass competition e-merge at Bullseye Glass in the USA in 2010.
In 2014 she founded Studio4, a creative studio collective in Sydenham with a purpose-built glass studio where she is currently based.
Find out more about Kate's work on her website.
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Libby Lumpkin, Dave Hickey & Josiah McElheny
Libby Lumpkin is Assistant Professor of Modern Art at the University of Nevada–Las Vegas (UNLV), and Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art for the Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery at UNLV. She was the founding curator of the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art in Las Vegas, and has served as a visiting professor at Harvard University, University of California–Santa Barbara, and Umea University in Sweden. Lumpkin received her MA from the University of Texas–Austin, and her Ph.D from the University of New Mexico, and has written on design in New Mexico. Lumpkin publishes widely on art and design, and a number of her essays have been collected in Deep Design: Nine Little Art Histories (Art Issues Press, 1999), in which she examines "how" objects make meaning rather than "why" they exist: " 'How,' " she writes, "is a question of design," which, in turn, can be interpreted as "the artificial configuration…of visible materials in the presence of a beholder at particular points in time and space…"
Dave Hickey, recently named a 2001 MacArthur Fellow (commonly referred to as the Genius Award), is the curator for SITE Santa Fe's Fourth International Biennial, Beau Monde: Toward a Redeemed Cosmopolitanism. Hickey received a B.A. (1961) from Texas Christian University and an M.A. (1963) from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a freelance writer, curator, and lecturer who has been affiliated with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, since 1992. His critical essays on art have been collected in two volumes: The Invisible Dragon: Four Essays on Beauty (1993) and Air Guitar: Essays in Art and Democracy (1997). He is the author of many museum exhibition catalog essays on a variety of artists' work such as that of Josiah McElheny for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, John Baldessari for the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, and Vija Celmins for the Philadelphia Institute of Contemporary Art. Hickey is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant (1969) and the College Art Association's Frank Jewett Mather Award for Distinction in Art or Architectural Criticism (1993).
Josiah McElheny's work combines old world craftsmanship–specifically traditional glassblowing–with provocative conceptual frameworks that reference historical models and the works of individuals such as Joseph Albers and Frank Lloyd Wright, and the architects/designers Adolf Loos and Josef Hoffman. His installation in the Biennial is entitled KŠrtner Bar, Vienna, 1908, Adolf Loos (White), 2001, is an homage to the Viennese architect/designer, and was commissioned by SITE Santa Fe. McElheny has taught at the Pilchuk Glass School and the Rhode Island School of Design, and has been a visiting artist at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston presented a survey of his work in 1999.
SITE Santa Fe's Fourth International Biennial, Beau Monde: Toward a Redeemed Cosmopolitanism, curated by Dave Hickey, is on exhibit through January 6, 2002. SITE Santa Fe's Art & Culture series is partially supported by The Brown Foundation, Inc., Houston, Lannan Foundation, Madelin Coit and Alan Levin, Bobbie Foshay-Miller and Chuck Miller, and Marlene Nathan Meyerson.
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EMA: move to greater clinical trial transparency 'irreversible'
New Europe data rules could be ready by 2014
EFPIA's Dr Neil Weir and Bad Pharma author Dr Ben Goldacre at the meeting (pic: EMA/Nada Photography)
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published a report on transparency in clinical trials in the wake of its stakeholder meeting on the topic in November.
The report reiterates the EMA's position - voiced strongly at the November 22 meeting - that clinical data will have to be published, although it reveals there is still considerable disagreement about how this should be done.
In broad terms, the workshop divided along 'traditional' lines, with those calling for complete transparency to avoid potential for interpretation bias in one camp and others - mainly from industry - calling for data access on a case-by-case basis to protect intellectual property rights.
One of the industry voices at the meeting was Dr Neil Weir, who sits within EFPIA's research director group and is senior vice president of global research at UCB.
He told the meeting that "we may need an independent judge to decide what data should be accessible", adding: "In terms of the greater good, we must find a balance between fostering great science and an acceptable commercial environment."
Meanwhile, Hans-Georg Eichler, the EMA's senior medical officer, said at the meeting that the move towards transparency "is irreversible" and - despite the opposing viewpoints - the agency intends to bring a new policy into force as early as January 2014.
One of the main conclusions of the workshop was that the topic needed to be split into more manageable chunks, "each to be tackled by experts in that arena", said Eichler. These advisory groups have been drawn up as follows:
• Protecting patient confidentiality
• Clinical-trial-data formats
• Rules of engagement
• Good analysis practice
• Legal aspects
The next stages for the project are receipt of nominations for membership of the advisory groups, which will take place this month, followed by initial meetings in January/February 2013, said the EMA.
Final advice from the groups - which the EMA may "adopt or politely refuse", according to Eichler - should be made available by April 30, 2013, with a public consultation phase extending through the end of September.
The move comes amid a major overhaul of the EU's rules governing clinical testing. Earlier this year the EC published proposals to simplify procedures relating to clinical trials in the first major revamp of the system since the introduction of the Clinical Trials Directive (CTD) 11 years ago.
Greater transparency on the results and recruitment status of studies was one of the hallmarks of that proposal document.
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Elvey er et nedslagskrater på Månen. Det befinder sig på Månens bagside og er opkaldt efter den amerikanske astronom og geofysiker Christian T. Elvey (1899 – 1970).

Navnet blev officielt tildelt af den Internationale Astronomiske Union (IAU) i 1970.

Omgivelser
Elveykrateret ligger nær den nordlige udkant af det tæppe af udkastninger, som omgiver nedslagsbassinet Mare Orientale. Nord for Elvey ligger det mindre Nobelkrater.

Mindre end to kraterdiametrer syd for Elvey findes et nedslagssted, hvor der er dannet et lille krater. Dette ligger som centrum for et strålesystem, der strækker sig mere end 200 km i alle retninger. Den centrale del af dette system danner et lyst dække af materiale med højere albedo, men strålerne bliver mere tjavsede med afstanden. Et større, men mindre tydeligt strålesystem findes længere mod nordvest for Elvey, og disse to systemer krydser over hinanden langs en del af det terræn, hvori Elvey ligger.

Karakteristika
Elvey er et beskadiget krater, hvis rand kun er delvis intakt langs den østlige side. Resten af den er irregulær og mindre tydelig at se. Denne tilstand er formentlig skabt af udkastninger fra Mare Orientale-nedslaget mod syd. Der ligger et par små kratere langs den nordvestlige rand.

Satellitkratere
De kratere, som kaldes satellitter, er små kratere beliggende i eller nær hovedkrateret. Deres dannelse er sædvanligvis sket uafhængigt af dette, men de får samme navn som hovedkrateret med tilføjelse af et stort bogstav. På kort over Månen er det en konvention at identificere dem ved at placere dette bogstav på den side af satellitkraterets midte, som ligger nærmest hovedkrateret. Elveykrateret har følgende satellitkratere:

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A Shorten Labor Government will deliver the biggest investment in public schools in Australian history, ensuring that every child in every school gets the education they deserve.
Under Federal Labor, every public school in each state and territory will benefit.
Under the Liberal-National Government billions of dollars have been cut from public schools.
Because of Scott Morrison's cuts, almost nine in ten public schools will never get to their fair funding level.
Public schools are at the heart of our education system. They educate two in every three school students, and the overwhelming majority of Australia's neediest children: 82 per cent of the poorest children; 84 per cent of Indigenous children; and 74 per cent of children with disability.
A Labor Government will use its first budget to deliver a major funding boost so that parents everywhere can be confident that their local public school has the resources it needs to deliver a world class education.
A Shorten Labor Government will deliver an extra $14.1 billion in funding for public schools over ten years, boosting Commonwealth funding for public schools to a record $137 billion.
$3.3 billion extra will be provided over the first three school years (2020, 2021, 2022) alone.
Labor's funding will break through the Liberals' unfair 20 per cent cap on federal funding for public school students by 2022, and we will abolish the cap for good.
A Federal Labor Government will work with state and territory governments to make sure they invest strongly too.
This will transform public schools across Australia and give all children the opportunity to reach their full potential – no matter where they live, or how much their parents earn.
More funding means more individual attention and more help with the basics such as reading, writing, maths, and science. It will allow public schools to offer a broader range of subjects including languages, coding, the arts, and vocational education.
Labor believes that for parents to have real choice about where they send their kids, governments have a responsibility to make sure our public schools are second to none.
As Education Minister in a Shorten Labor Government, Tanya Plibersek will work with the states and territories to get every public school to 100 per cent of its fair funding level. this important goal.
Over the last five years the Liberals have slashed public school funding. Scott Morrison doesn't think that the 2.5 million students attending public schools deserve fair funding – he thinks he can get away with his cuts. Australians didn't vote for Scott Morrison, and they didn't vote for his $14 billion cut to public schools.
Labor is proud to work with teachers, parents, principals and unions in our campaign for better funding for public schools. Labor will make other policy announcements and funding commitments before the next federal election on priorities including better support for students with a disability.
At the next election there will be a clear choice for voters – Labor's commitment to invest in public schools, or the Liberals' cuts.


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Russian recruitment platform HeadHunter goes unicorn, cements $1bn valuation
Online recruitment platform HeadHunter has sealed its position as a $1bn tech company after a new multi-million dollar share deal confirmed the company's soaring valuation
By EWDN in Moscow July 31, 2020
Online recruitment platform HeadHunter has sealed its position as a $1bn tech company after a new multi-million dollar share deal confirmed the company's soaring valuation, reports East-West Digital News (EWDN).
The new deal will see US investment giant Goldman Sachs sell a 9.9% stake for $101mn, thus valuing Headhunter at just over $1bn — a rise in the firm's valuation of more than $300mn over the last year.
Russian news outlet RBC reported Goldman Sachs will retain a 14.9% stake in Headhunter, which is held in the form of American Depositary Shares (ADS). The deal valued each ADS at $20.25 — up more than 50% from their value at Headhunter's initial public offering (IPO) in May 2019, when Headhunter became the first Russian-born firm to go for a US IPO since the imposition of sanctions following the annexation of Crimea.
From the early days of the Russian Internet
HeadHunter was founded in 2000 by Russian businessmen Mikhail Frolkin and Yuriy Virovits under the name 'National Job Club' (it was renamed into HeadHunter in 2003.) The founders invested about $550,000 in their startup.
In 2007, a 24.5% stake of HeadHunter was acquired by Mail.Ru Group (at that time called Digital Sky Technologies, DST) for $15mn. At the time of purchase, the service's total worth was estimated at $61.2mn. In 2009, Mail.Ru Group got control of the project and in 2012, it became its sole owner.
In 2016, HeadHunter was sold by Mail.ru Group to a consortium of investors led by Elbrus Capital for about $140mn. Goldman Sachs was said to be among the new shareholders.
In February 2019, HeadHunter acquired a 25% stake in Skillaz, a developer of advanced recruitment solutions valued around $15mn at that time.
HeadHunter reported a profit of $25mn for 2019.
The coronavirus pandemic has hit revenues at the recruitment giant, but also helped it pull away from rivals SuperJob and Rabota.Ru, which have suffered more, said Ivan Kim, telecommunications analyst at VTB Capital. Russia's upcoming technology tax shakeup could also benefit Headhunter, if a VAT exemption its rivals currently benefit from is cancelled from next year.
Russia's most famous tech entrepreneur and the creator of the Telegram messaging service has rejected an offer by Western funds to buy a 5%-10% stake in the company with a valuation of $30bn.
LAUNCHub Ventures aims to raise €70mn for the fund targeted at companies from Central and Southeast Europe in a range of tech sectors.
In late 2020 Quarter Partners, an established Ukrainian investment group, launched the venture firm 'QPDigital' to invest up to $100mn in digital startups
"The time is right to expand in Europe," said UK-based Moneyhub after opening a new office in Ljubljana.
Romanian chatbot builder Druid completes $2.5mn series A financing round
Druid, one of the best-capitalised startups in Romania, has a global partnership with Romanian-born robotic processing automation leader UiPath.


While cyberattacks anywhere are always a concern, the true weakness in cloud, endpoint and network security is people. The Cloud Security Survey from Netwrix found that 61 percent of respondents believe their own employees pose more risk to data security in the cloud than anyone else.
The second annual survey polled 600 IT professionals from technology, government, healthcare, finance, manufacturing and other industries about cloud and data security.
According to the findings, 70% of respondents believe security and privacy of data and systems in the cloud remains a concern. The top three cloud security worries include unauthorized access, malware, and denial of service (DoS) attacks.
Ninety-five percent of respondents also consider visibility into user activities in the cloud to be an important element in cloud providers' security guarantees. However, it's unrealistic for companies to rely on others to secure corporate data.
We've talked about the Three Faces of the Insider Threat, which are the same across networks, endpoints and the cloud, and how understanding this behavior can help mitigate those threats. But it's also about knowing what the data is, where it is, and how to protect it.
While the majority of cloud applications lack enterprise-grade security and cause fragmentation that increases the risk of cyberattack, the real problem is visibility. That's where Absolute comes into play.
We recently introduced the first Security Posture Dashboard to provide an at-a-glance measure of the health and compliance of endpoint devices and applications. Part of Absolute's self-healing Data and Device Security solution, the Dashboard gives companies an easier, intuitive way to see and assess data-at-risk.
Join us on Twitter and LinkedIn for more insights and to continue the conversation. Questions? Comments? Topic suggestions? Email us at editorialteam@absolute.com.


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Merkel breaks off dealing with Greece to visit Balkans
By Catherine Hardy with Reuters, APTN, AFP • Updated: 09/07/2015
Angela Merkel is in the Western Balkans, on the first leg of a tour that will also take the German Chancellor to Serbia and Bosnia.
The countries of the Western Balkans have a european future
Her visit sends a signal that the region's stability is crucial to the EU. Balkan nations are likely to suffer the spillover effects from the Greek debt crisis and there are fears that the progress towards EU membership could falter.
"It is in our own interests that we put our promise into practice," Mrs Merkel told reporters in Albania, "namely that the countries of the Western Balkans have a European future. This is directly linked to our credibility."
Along with Albania, Serbia has EU candidate status but has yet to start accession talks Angela Merkel congratulated her counterpart Aleksander Vucic on his strict management of the economy:
"We chose the tough measures because it is the best way to get good results." the Prime MInister said, "Greece is our friend, but the economic measures and the economic path that we have chosen is different."
Mrs Merkel also promised the EU will intensify cooperation with Western Balkan countries to help them stem the influx of illegal migrants from the Middle East and Africa.
They are using Serbia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as transit countries before crossing to Hungary and the rest of western Europe in the EU.
Aleksandar Vucic becomes first Serbian leader to visit Albania
Chancellor Merkel heads Forbes most powerful women list - again!
EU membership remains Serbia's priority, says PM Aleksandar Vucic
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Prominent Tory defends environment and gets sacked
In a remarkably frank interview, Zac Goldsmith was critical of the government on several fronts and gave a personal insight into the way the government operates. He said:
• George Osborne's anti-green rhetoric was damaging investor confidence in the green economy and investors were "very worried".
• He had been "sacked" just two hours before he was due to take up the position of Cameron's climate change emissary because he voted against the government on an EU referendum.
• He had made it clear to party whips and colleagues that he was not interested in a ministerial role because he was not prepared to be "lobotomised".
• He would resign as an MP and trigger a byelection if the government reneged on its promise not to expand Heathrow airport, which would be a "betrayal".
• Pro-development changes to the planning system, a revised version of which is due to be published on Monday, were disastrous.
There is a battle within the Tory party and within the coalition over climate change," he said. "I think there is a problem in government … I know it is a problem in the Treasury. Environmental policy is seen as a cost, something that will put the brakes on.
"The biggest thing where we are getting it wrong is not the policies but the language. It causes uncertainty. The biggest risk for investors in this area is political change … If I was an investor in this area of low-carbon growth I would be very worried."
Goldsmith said the pro-development planning reforms due to be published on Monday were "another area where we got it very wrong". He pointed out that 31,000 hectares of brownfield land were available for development and 240,000 plots for homes in the south-east existed with planning permission in place. The problem was not the planning system – although he accepted it was "clunky and bureaucratic" – but other issues, such as finance.
"You don't resolve it by just chucking it in the bin and saying to the big operators: 'Go for it'."


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Nairobi - Tanzania's Catholic church on Sunday accused the government of President John Magufuli of violating democratic norms by limiting freedom of expression.
"Party political activities, such as public meetings, demonstrations, rallies, debates inside premises, which are after all every citizen's right, have been suspended until the next elections," said a letter penned by the country's Catholic bishops.
Denouncing "violations of the constitution and national laws," the bishops pointed to the temporary shutdown of some media outlets, saying it amounted to "restricting citizens' right to be informed" and hence freedom of expression.
The episcopal letter warned such a political climate would only foment "division and hatred."
"If we allow this to continue, we should not be surprised if we find ourselves embroiled in worse conflicts which will destroy the basis of peace and national unity," it said.
In recent months, the church has come under fire for its silence in the face of Magufuli's "dictatorial bent" and particularly over its failure to address the attempted murder of senior opposition lawmaker Tundu Lissu in September.
Lissu was shot at his home in the capital Dodoma and was rushed to the Kenyan capital Nairobi where he was in intensive care for several months before being transferred to a hospital in Brussels.
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His CHADEMA party has accused the government of trying to assassinate Lissu, who is also president of Tanzania's bar association.
Magufuli, nicknamed the Bullzozer, took office in 2015 promising to tackle corruption.
But detractors say he is autocratic and has clamped down on freedom of expression with opposition party meetings routinely banned and several newspapers shut while several journalists and artists have suffered death threats for criticising his regime.
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On Social Security Romney Just As Dangerous As Other GOP Candidates
by Scott Hochberg | Dec 15, 2011 | Blog | 0 comments
No matter how fatigued the rest of the country is with the endless Republican debate schedule, Mitt Romney must be looking forward to tonight's face-off in New Hampshire. Despite reports that he is losing ground in some states to Herman Cain and others, Romney knows he has nothing to fear in New Hampshire. Pundits expect him to continue his above-the-fray act while letting his challengers duke it out for King-of-the-Right-Wing. That the media has latched onto this narrative so tightly is disappointing, since even a glance at the candidates' records shows them often to be apples from the same tree, differing more in rhetoric than actual substance. Case in point: Social Security.
Romney has repeatedly claimed that he is the man to "save Social Security," insisting that the real danger to the program would come through turning the program into a "Perry scheme." Yet the policy differences between Romney and Perry are actually not so deep. While Romney does not refer to Social Security explicitly as a Ponzi scheme (Perry's language), he does compare it to a "criminal fraud," and suggests if a bank account had been managed in the same way as Social Security, those bankers should go to prison.
Romney has also supported the creation of private retirement accounts, both in years past (when the public was busy rejecting that idea in 2005) and even today, though he is more careful about his language these days. In his book written just last year, he wrote that "individual retirement accounts would encourage more American to invest in the private sector that powers our economy." And the last time he was running for President, he endorsed President Bush's push for privatized accounts as a "good idea." What's more, Romney would also consider raising the retirement age and means testing Social Security as a way to close the program's modest shortfall. Romney is full of ideas which may sound reasonable, but are at their base are fundamental, structural changes to Social Security.
Some have doubted the fairness of attacking Romney for statements made four years ago, or even of citing sections from his book to make those claims. After all, he's evolved as a candidate since then – maybe his views have changed, right? But Romney himself doesn't play by those rules. He often quotes verbatim from Gov. Perry's book to score points on Social Security; why isn't it legitimate for him to be confronted in the same way? Also, Romney's book in which he airs out many of his policy ideas was published in 2010 as a campaign manifesto, clearly intended to be the platform for his Presidential bid. If that isn't fair game, what is?
Don't be fooled by all the maneuvering on Social Security that will no doubt happen tonight and in future debates. As much as Romney wants to play Social Security's savior to Perry's menace, the truth is that there's really not much separating the two at all.


Water Damage: Wifi, sound and Power button issues?
I dried it and after reading some threads here (thank you ifixit) I opened it and cleaned it with isopropyl alcohol.
The phone works fine except the power button the audio jack and the wifi.
The audio jack has a similar problem I think it's like if it was always a earphone plugged in it. I have sound on earphone but not with the speaker except when sb calls me.
I think the best way to fix these 2 problems is to buy a new "iPhone 3GS Headphone Audio Jack Ribbon Flex Cable?? And are the 3Gs one and the 3G the same??
The third problem is that the wifi is grayed out (no wifi). I searched on internet and I found that a fix is to reset the network settings, I tried it and it worked once. But the day after I've the wifi grayed again and when I try to reset the phone shut down and I had to plug the charger to turn it on and the wifi is still grayed out.
I read every thread about wifi on ifixit and it seems to be a bad problem... I don't think that changing the wifi antenna (connector number 6) will fix this issue?? You think it's a problem of the mainboard??
i think that the headphone jack assembly will fix the problem with the audio jack and the power button - but i would check the assembly again before replacing. it's possible that the connector is still shorted.
I'll check everything againl. My alcohol is only 70% I see on other threads that you recommend to use >90% alcohol is there a real difference?
And is the jack assembly for the 3G and 3Gs the same? My BIL had an old 3G with the screen broken maybe can I take the wifi antenna or the jack assembly from it?
Hi, I cleaned everything with alcohol and then replace the jack assembly and wifi antenna taken on an old 3G. Everything works now! Good luck!
if someone can upload a high resolution photo of the logic board i will do that.i dont have any good picture of this repair.
dont turn it on, i did, but luckily it didnt short curcit.
dry it with a towel then immetialy dry it with a hair dryer, concentrating most on the headphone jack and speakers.
take a thin piece of tissue, wrap the heaphone's plug, and with the tissue, plug it in the headphone jack. twist a little, then take out.
if it doesnt work, blow in the headphone jack with ur mouth.
I recently have this problem too with my iphone 4 which cause by water damage via home button.. many people say it is the headphone jack problem..
the no sound happens because my iphone recognize it as using dock speaker, so it mutes all the sound except ringtones.
so probably you want to have a look at your dock connector.
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"The Miseducation of Cameron Post," directed by Desiree Akhavan, is an intelligent and introspective film that investigates the relationship between youth, religion and the LGBTQ+ community.
"Miseducation," starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Sasha Lane and Forrest Goodluck, made its debut at Sundance Film Festival in January. After playing the festival circuit, it moved to theaters where it plays today.
Upon Cameron's arrival, she meets other teens who were sent to God's Promise to be cured. Together, they wrestle with their potential damnation, while also struggling through the trials of their ordinary teenage lives.
Cameron and her friends are young and full of life. They love and rely on each other like family. However, "Miseducation" isn't just a film about teenage bliss and being young.
Cameron and the other "disciples" of God's Promise share an identity that their families believe will condemn them to hell. They are anxiety-ridden and fear the possibility of eternal punishment. "Miseducation" immerses itself in both the angst and joys of youth, teetering on the line of being a heart-wrenching drama and a coming-of-age flick.
The script is insightful and intelligent, telling the story that isn't an immediately obvious one. Cameron doesn't enter God's Promise kicking and screaming. Instead, she spends a good portion of the film questioning her own heart.
Cameron is unsure if she's in the wrong but keeps an open mind to conversion therapy. She wrestles with her own salvation and the nature of her attraction to other girls. She turns to the "disciples" around her for help. Some fully believe they can pray their affliction away. Others see it all as a hoax.
By taking the less obvious route, the script opens a refreshing dialogue. LGBTQ+ and religion are not two-sided conversations. It is multifaceted just like the characters and stories in the film. Each character embodies a different perspective. Akhavan does a great job of ensuring various experiences are represented on screen.
Very rarely are audiences able to watch a character wrestle their spiritual obstacles the way that "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" allows. The film does this in an intimate and beautiful manner. However, the big breakthrough never comes.
"Miseducation" leaves the audience anticipating Cameron's moment of self-realization, but Cameron seems rather unchanged by the experience. She enters God's Promise hesitantly, makes some friends, misses home, wonders who's right, and then the movie ends prematurely. Cameron's story is interesting but the character herself is overall underwhelming.
The characters are underdeveloped and the end dampens the impact of the rest of the film, but still "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" is an important film. Akhavan underwhelms in some areas, but she is impressive in her ability to encapsulate the nuances of such a complex and important issue.
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Directions (1-15): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
In eighteenth-century France and England, reformers rallied around egalitarian ideals, but few reformers advocated higher education for women. Although the public decried women's lack of education, it did not encourage learning for its own sake for women. In spite of the general prejudice against learned women, there was one place where women could exhibit their erudition: the literary salon. Many writers have defined the woman's role in the salon as that of an intelligent hostess, but the salon had more than a social function for women. It was an informal university, too, where women exchanged ideas with educated persons, read their own works and heard those of others, and received and gave criticism.
In the 1750's, when salons were firmly established in France, some English women, who called themselves "Bluestockings" followed the example of the salonnieres (French salon hostesses) and formed their own salons. Most Bluestockings did not wish to mirror the salonnieres; they simply desired to adapt a proven formula to their own purpose – the elevation of women's status through moral and intellectual training. Differences in social orientation and background can account perhaps for differences in the nature of French and English salons. The French salon incorporated aristocratic attitudes that exalted courtly pleasure and emphasized artistic accomplishments. The English Bluestockings, originating from a more modest background, emphasized earning and work over pleasure. Accustomed to the regimented life of court circles, salonnieres tended sward formality in their salons. The English women, tough somewhat puritanical, were more casual in their approach.
At first, the Bluestockings did imitate the salonnieres by including men in their circles. However, as they gained cohesion, the Bluestockings came to regard themselves as a women's group and to possess a sense of female solidarity lacking in the salonnieres, who remained isolated from one another by the primacy each held in her own salon. In an atmosphere of mutual support, the Bluestockings went beyond the salon experience. They travelled, studied, worked, wrote for publication, and by their activities challenged the stereotype of the passive woman. Although salonnieres were aware of sexual inequality, the narrow boundaries of their world kept their intellectual pursuits within conventional limits. Many salonnieres, in fact, camouflaged their non-traditional activities behind the role of hostess and deferred to men in public.
Though the Bluestockings were trailblazers when compared with the salonnieres, they were not feminists. They were too traditional, too hemmed by their generation to demand social and political rights. Nonetheless, in their desire for education, their willingness to go beyond the confines of the salon in pursuing their interests, and their championing of unity among women, the Bluestockings began the process of questioning women's role in society.
Q1. Which of the following best states the central idea of the passage?
(a) The establishment of literary salons was a response to reformers' demands for social rights for women.
(b) For women, who did not have access to higher education as men did, literary salons provided an alternate route to learning and a challenge to some of society's basic assumptions about women.
(c) The literary salons provided a sounding board for French and English women who called for access to all the educational institutions in their societies on an equal basis with men.
(d) In England, as in France, the general prejudice against higher education for women limited women's function in literary salons to a primarily social one.
(e) University where women exchanged ideas with educated persons
Q2. According to the passage, a significant distinction between the salonnieres and Bluestockings was in the way each group regarded which of the following?
(a) The value of acquiring knowledge.
(b) The role of pleasure in the activities of the literary salon.
(c) The desirability of a complete break with societal traditions.
(d) The inclusion of women of different backgrounds in the salons.
(e) The thought of women, tough somewhat puritanical
Q3. The author refers to differences in social background between salonnieres and Bluestockings in order to do which of the following?
(a) Criticize the view that their choices of activities were significantly influenced by male salon members.
(b) Discuss the reasons why literary salons in France were established before those in England.
(c) Question the importance of the Bluestockings in shaping public attitudes toward educated women. (d) Explain the differences in atmosphere and style in their salons.
(e) Motivate the atmosphere and style significantly
Q4. Which of the following statements is most compatible with the principles of the salonnieres as described in the passage?
(a) Women should aspire to be not only educated but independent as well.
(b) The duty of the educated women is to provide an active political model for less educated women.
(c) Devotion to pleasure and art is justified in itself.
(d) Substance, rather than form, is the most important consideration in holding a literary salon.
(e) Hammed by their generation to demand social and political rights.
Q5. The passage suggests that the Bluestockings might have had a more significant impact on society if it had not been for which of the following?
(a) Their unwillingness to defy aggressively the conventions of their age.
(b) Competitiveness among their salons.
(c) Their emphasis on individualism.
(d) The limited scope of their activities.
(e) The aggressive individualism.
Q6. Which of the following could best be considered a twentieth-century counterpart of an eighteenth-century literary salon as it is described in the passage?
(a) A social sorority
(b) A community centre
(c) A lecture course on art
(d) A humanities study group
(e) A egocentric centre
Q7. To an assertion that Bluestockings were feminists, the author would most probably respond in which of the following way?
(a) Admitted uncertainty
(b) Qualified disagreement
(c) Complete indifference
(d) Strong disparagement
(e) Mild indifference
Q8. Which of the following titles best describes the content of the passage?
(a) Eighteenth — Century Egalitarianism
(b) Feminists of the Eighteenth Century
(c) Eighteenth Century — Precursors of Feminism
(d) Intellectual Life in the Eighteenth Century
(e) Life Precursors
Q9. Which of the following is most nearly similar in meaning of the word decried as used in the passage?
(a)display
(b)disperse
(c)denounce
(d)respect
(e)delicate
Q10. Which of the following is most nearly similar in meaning of the word orientation as used in the passage?
(a)temperature
(b)direction
(c)audience
(d)transport
(e)feminist
Q11. Which of the following is most nearly similar in meaning of the word camouflaged as used in the passage?
(a)evolve
(b)common
(c)equipment
(d)disguise
(e)flora
Q12. Which of the following is most nearly similar in meaning of the word elevation as used in the passage?
(a) decay
(b) reduction
(c) abasement
(d) ascent
(e) level
Q13. Which of the following is most nearly opposite in meaning of the word imitate as used in the passage?
(a) rising
(b) imagine
(c) immediate
(d) originate
(e) acclivity
Q14.Which of the following is most nearly opposite in meaning of the word confines as used in the passage?
(a) border
(b) territory
(c) free
(d) find
(e) value
Q15. Which of the following is most nearly opposite in meaning of the word traditional as used in the passage?
(a) information
(b) modern
(c) company
(d) involved
(e) concepts
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The game uses an advanced development of the genetic pattern evolution system used for the egglab game, with more geometric patterns added to the mix. The findings will offer insight into the role of stripes, which are common in many species. While these patterns may have evolved to confuse the visual perception of a predator, they may also be a result of other selection pressures, such as attracting a mate or regulating body temperature. If striped patterns survive and evolve in the game, this would provide strong evidence that these patterns do act to confuse human predators and therefore likely to do the same for other creatures.
Read more in Laura's article on Dazzlebug in The Conversation
Dazzlebug has since been used for teaching by the University of Glasgow in a laboratory practical session, and a special version is being exhibited at the Anchorage Museum in Alaska as part of their Camouflage: In Plain Sight Exhibition running from the 28th October 2016 to the 5th Febuary 2017.
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PHOTOS: Santa helps light Alexandria's holiday tree in Old Town
James Cullum November 21, 2022 at 3:30pm
The holiday tree lighting at Market Square in Old Town, Nov. 19, 2022. (Via Griffin Vision)
Santa Claus with Mayor Justin Wilson at Santa Claus with Mayor Justin Wilson at the holiday tree lighting at Market Square in Old Town, Nov. 19, 2022. (Via Griffin Vision)
Santa Claus at the holiday tree lighting at Market Square in Old Town, Nov. 19, 2022. (Via Griffin Vision)
Santa makes his way through the Market Square crowd, Nov. 19, 2022. (Via Griffin Vision)
Vice Mayor Amy Jackson takes a selfie with (left to right) Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker, Mayor Justin Wilson, Council Member Alyia Gaskins, Council Member Kirk McPike and Sen. Adam Ebbin at the holiday tree lighting at Market Square in Old Town, Nov. 19, 2022. (Via Griffin Vision)
Mayor Justin Wilson at the holiday tree lighting at Market Square in Old Town, Nov. 19, 2022. (Via Griffin Vision)
Vice Mayor Amy Jackson and children at the holiday tree lighting at Market Square in Old Town, Nov. 19, 2022. (Via Griffin Vision)
Santa Claus with local elected officials and their families at the holiday tree lighting at Market Square in Old Town, Nov. 19, 2022. (Via Griffin Vision)
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Old Town just got a little brighter.
On Saturday (Nov. 19), Santa Claus made his way to City Hall on the King Street Trolley to help members of City Council light the holiday tree at Market Square in front of City Hall.
Town Crier Ben Fiore-Walker started things off with a proclamation, followed by speeches by Santa and Mayor Justin Wilson.
There are 40,000 lights on the 40-foot-tall tree at Market Square.
Coming up, the Del Ray holiday tree and Menorah lighting is on Sunday, December 4. Santa is also expected to make an appearance at the annual event.
Photos via Elijah Walter Griffin, Sr./Griffin Vision
Old Town holiday tree lighting is Saturday night
Santa Claus will ride into Old Town on the King Street Trolley this Saturday night (Nov. 19) for the annual holiday tree lighting ceremony in front of City Hall.
The party starts at 6 p.m. at Market Square (301 King Street), where Santa and Mayor Justin Wilson will do their part to reduce seasonal darkness by lighting the 40,000 lights on the city's 40-foot-tall holiday tree.
Town Crier Ben Fiore-Walker will cap off the event, which will include a program of holiday carols.
Admission is free, and the event will occur rain or shine.
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Alexandria's City Hall just got an F rating, and renovation is years away
Alexandria's City Hall just got an F rating in a new facility report, and long-awaited renovations are still years away.
Redevelopment of the aging site got shelved when the pandemic struck in 2020. The design phase for the $70 million project will get underway next year, as will a public engagement process to renovate the landscaping, plaza and garage structure at Market Square.
"We're currently reevaluating our program space and needs," said Ebony Fleming, the City's director of communications. "Next year we'll begin the design phase."
The aging home to Alexandria's government was deemed "functionally obsolete" in a new Joint Facilities Master Plan Roadmap, which City Manager Jim Parajon presented to City Council and the School Board last week. The roadmap acts as a guide for the bodies to plan for city projects that need redevelopment.
"City Hall had been in a bad shape for a while," Mayor Justin Wilson told ALXnow. "We have deferred the project a bit to work to better define the scope after the pandemic and address more emergent capital needs, but we will have to address the building soon."
In 2019, the City was on track to finish its public engagement process for the project, which includes roof repairs, reconfigured offices and window replacements.
The City's 2023-2032 Capital Improvement Program budget has a timeline for renovation and HVAC repairs for fiscal years 2024, 2025 and 2026. Approximately $9.3 million is funded for FY 2024, $51.5 million is funded for FY 2025 and $9.3 million is funded in FY 2026.
City staff say that office spaces will be renovated in FY 2025 at the earliest, according to an October, 2021, CIP presentation to Council.
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Pride flags torn down outside City Hall and thrown into fountain at Market Square
James Cullum June 7, 2021 at 4:45pm
Pride flags were torn down outside City Hall and thrown into the fountain at Market Square. (Courtesy photo)
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Alexandria Police are investigating the destruction of several Pride flags that were thrown into the fountain at Market Square outside City Hall (301 King Street).
On Sunday evening, approximately half of the multicolored flags mostly erected on light posts around Market Square to commemorate Pride Month were thrown into the fountain, Alexandria Police told ALXnow.
"We have a destruction investigation ongoing at this time," APD Senior Public Information Officer Amanda Paga said. "We're looking into it… At this time the incident is not being investigated as a hate crime."
Mayor Justin Wilson said that the missing flags will be returned.
"We received a few very disturbing reports about the damage of the Pride flags in Market Square," Wilson said. "The flags were donated to the City to aid our celebration of Pride. The Alexandria Police Department is investigating and we will ensure that the flags are quickly returned to display."
June is Pride Month in Alexandria, and the flags are a part of the city's recognition of "LGBTQ+ people, their influence around the world, and the challenges they face."
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Photos: City Hall Lit Purple for Domestic Violence Awareness Day
James Cullum October 21, 2020 at 10:30am
City Hall at Market Square in Old Town is being lit purple at night in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Day on Oct. 22. (Staff photo by James Cullum)
City Hall at Market Square is being lit purple at night in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Day on Oct. 22. (Staff photo by James Cullum)
The fountain in front of City Hall at Market Square is being lit purple at night in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Day on Oct. 22. (Staff photo by James Cullum)
Alexandria's City Hall has been lit purple in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Day on October 22.
The city's Domestic Violence Program is also promoting the regional #PowerUpNOVA campaign, which asks locals to "consider their power as individuals and part of a larger community devoted to reducing and eliminating domestic and intimate partner violence," according to the city.
City Hall was also lit up at the end of August in recognition of International Opioid Awareness Day.
Last year, there was a candlelight vigil at Market Square to honor the 22 people in Alexandria who have lost their lives to acts of domestic violence since the mid-2000s. The annual event is hosted by the city's Domestic Violence Intervention Project, and is being put off this year because of the pandemic.
The city's Sexual Assault Center and Domestic Violence Program is open, and hotlines are available 24/7 at 703-684-7273 [Sexual Assault Hotline] or 703-746-4911 [Domestic Violence Hotline]. Online support is also available with The National Sexual Assault Online Hotline.
The Commission for Women and Friends of the Commission for Women are lighting City Hall purple this week in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Day on Oct 22. Learn what you can do to reduce and eliminate domestic violence at https://t.co/0ohy9qk41R. #DVAM #PowerUpNOVA pic.twitter.com/fGDnqpft9f
— DCHS Alexandria, VA (@DCHS_AlexVA) October 20, 2020
There's a Candlelight Vigil For Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg in Old Town Thursday Night
James Cullum September 22, 2020 at 11:30am
There will be a candlelight vigil for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Old Town on Thursday night.
Ginsburg passed away at the age of 87 on September 18. She and served on the court for 27 years.
"We will meet in Market Square to pay tribute to the life and work of RBG," the organizers wrote in the event announcement. "Battery operated candles will be distributed, and speakers will lead us in a moment of silence to reflect on RBG's life, work, and service."
The vigil will start at Market Square (301 King Street) at 7 p.m., and at 7:30 p.m. the group will walk down King Street to the Wrought, Knit, Labors, Legacies art installation at Waterfront Park.
The vigil will end at 8:15 p.m.
James Cullum September 22, 2020 at 9:00am
Virginia Tech Announces Advisory Board for Innovation Campus — "The board consists of company leaders along with several tech pioneers. Members include Sanju Bansal, founder and CEO of Hunch Analytics; Dave Calhoun, president and CEO of Boeing; Ted Colbert, executive vice president of Boeing; Joe DeSimone, professor at Stanford University and executive chairman and co-founder of Carbon; Lynne Doughtie, former chairman and CEO of KPMG; Regina Dugan, CEO of Wellcome Leap; Steve Mollenkopf, CEO of Qualcomm; Russ Ramsey, board chair of Greater Washington Partnership; Kathy Warden, CEO, of Northrop Grumman Corporation; Glenn Youngkin, co-chief executive officer of The Carlyle Group." [Patch]
Beyer: Trump and Republicans Should Feel Same Urgency With COVID-19 as Ginsburg Replacement — "Imagine if Donald Trump and Senate Republicans felt this urgency about responding to a pandemic that has now killed over 200,000 Americans. 4 months ago the House passed a bill to help American families and boost the economy. Mitch McConnell said he didn't feel any 'urgency.'" [Twitter]
Volunteers Honored in Virtual Ceremony — "On Saturday, August 29, New Hope Housing (NHH) – an Alexandria nonprofit that helps homeless families and individuals – recognized a group of volunteers at its Annual Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast." [Zebra]
Little Theatre of Alexandria Auditioning for 'A Christmas Carol' — "LTA's A Christmas Carol for 2020 will be the most unique ever. It will feature live, virtual, and animated elements. We are looking for a family who can portray Mr. Cratchit, Mrs. Cratchit, and Tiny Tim. Tiny Tim will also portray Turkey Boy and Boy Scrooge. These three characters will participate in Zoom rehearsals in October and three rehearsals at LTA in early November, with a taping date of Saturday, November 15." [Facebook]
Tall Ship Providence Gets Repaired — "Our Providence team has had a very busy weekend! While in the boat yard, they have sanded the hull to prepare it for a new coat of paint and performed other routine maintenance in preparation for the scheduled Coast Guard inspection." [Facebook]
Today's Weather — "Sunny skies (during the day). High 72F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph. Clear skies (at night). Low 54F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph." [Weather.com]
New Job: Global Trade Group Command Media Manager — "Manage of Global Trade Group (GTG) Command Media throughout the lifecycle of drafting to final posting in the corporate electronic library. Reviews draft policies and procedures submitted by corporate trade segments/functions and non-trade functions to ensure alignment with corporate GTG trade-related command media. Recommends changes to ensure alignment with GTG trade policies and procedures. Maintains GTG
records relating to trade policies and procedures, tracks status of all command media submitted to GTG by the Policy Review Board (PRB) and ensures suspense deadlines are met." [Indeed]
City Hall Will be Lit in Purple in October for Domestic Violence Awareness Month
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and all next month, the Alexandria Department of Community and Human Services will light up City Hall (301 King Street) purple in honor of domestic violence victims.
"It's really beautiful to see," said City Hall engineer Matt Wise. "We lit up City Hall in purple at the end of August through September 1 to raise awareness of substance use disorders, and next month we're going to honor and raise awareness for domestic violence victims."
"COVID-19 is having a dramatic effect on our daily lives," states the city's Domestic Violence Program. "During a crisis like this, the risk for intimate partner and domestic violence increases and may happen at higher rates. Survivors are also at an increased risk for violence and may need additional service."
City Hall was previously lit up at the end of August in recognition of International Opioid Awareness Day.
To raise awareness and understanding of addiction prevention and treatment on International Overdose Awareness Day,…
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James Cullum September 1, 2020 at 9:00am
Beyer Criticizes Trump Defense of Wisconsin Shooter — "The President stands at the White House podium and defends a man, his supporter, charged with murdering two Americans. This is not surprising, but it is a dark moment for the country. It puts the lie to Trump's talk of "law and order" — his rhetoric incites violence and murder." [Twitter]
City Hall Lit Purple for Opioid Awareness — "To raise awareness and understanding of addiction prevention and treatment on International Overdose Awareness Day, August 31, and National Recovery Month in September, the City is lighting City Hall purple with spotlights tonight through September 1." [Facebook]
Free COVID Testing Tomorrow at William Ramsay Elementary School — "Important information for families regarding free COVID-19 testing at Ramsay Elementary School on Wednesday, September 2 from 4-7pm." [Twitter]
9 More COVID Cases in Alexandria — "The latest update from the City on COVID-19: Positive tests up 9 to 3,378 in the City 7-day Positivity Rate steady at 4.5% 0 new hospitalizations. Still safer at home, wash hands, wear masks and support our essential workers." [Twitter]
Fire Department Selling Breast Cancer Awareness Shirts — "AFD breast cancer awareness shirts are now available for purchase online. Orders will be shipped at the end of September, and a portion of the proceeds will go towards the Vola Lawson Memorial Fund." [Twitter]
Chamber of Commerce Hosting Free Virtual Legislative Reception Next Week — "The highlight of the event will be the release of our 2021 Legislative Agenda, which outlines our advocacy priorities for 2021 and beyond. In addition, Chamber leaders and elected officials will be on hand to answer YOUR questions." [Alexandria Chamber of Commerce]
Today's Weather — During the day, "Cloudy. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 81F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph." At night, "Mostly cloudy during the evening. A few showers developing late. Low 71F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%." [Weather.com]
New Job: Tanning Salon Manager In Training — "We are looking for outgoing, energetic positive leaders to accurately represent our brand, develop sales teams with a focus on increasing profits, and increasing both customer and employee satisfaction." [Indeed]
ALXnow.com November 14, 2019 at 8:00am
Key Leader Chosen for New VT Campus — "Virginia Tech has found its founding director for the computer science program at its forthcoming Innovation Campus in Alexandria. Sara Hooshangi, a faculty member at George Washington University's College of Professional Studies since 2010, will join Virginia Tech in January to build the curriculum at the new campus." [Washington Business Journal]
Va. Tech Flags at Market Square — "Thanks to @AlexandriaVAGov #VirginiaTech flags are flying on Market Square commemorating the one-year anniversary of the #VTInnovationCampus announcement. Snap your photo – they'll be up all week." [Twitter]
City Urges Food Bank Donations — "The City of Alexandria urges the public to participate in a regional 'rolling food collection drive' to help replenish local food banks before the holiday season. The 'Food2Feed' collection drive, sponsored by Howard University and WHUR 96.3, will visit Alexandria's Market Square (301 King St.) on Tuesday, November 19, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m." [City of Alexandria]
Smoke from Generator Causes Fire Scare — "AFD on scene of a reported possible fire at 400 Cameron Station Blvd condo complex. Source of smoke determined to be a malfunctioning generator, most firefighters now leaving the scene." [Twitter]


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Q: Show Title Tag on Hover - jquery I currently have my title tags HIDDEN using the following jquery:
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*How can I re-show title tag for a specific image?  Specifically, I have some icons in my top-left navigation bar I want title tags to show for on hover.  I believe this is the CSS ID: ".top-bar ul>li a"

*Is my method for hiding title tags a good way to do it without being hurt in my google search results?
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Thank you!!
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Maybe this would be easier: The only thing I want to have title tags hidden from is my main navigation menu (product categories).  Instead of having jquery set to hide all tags, how can I hide just the category menu and dropdown submenus? HIDE, NOT REMOVE, IF POSSIBLE.

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Considered one of the most typical electrical wiring inquiries is regarding how to wire a switch. Even though making use of switches in your house is fairly effortless, wiring a person may well not be that easy for everyone. An ON-OFF switch is really quite simple to wire. There are actually several types of switches, but for this example, let us say that you are installing a single-pole toggle switch, an exceptionally widespread switch (along with the easiest).
You will discover three colours of wires inside a common single-pole toggle switch: black, white, and inexperienced. Splice the black wire in two and hook up them on the terminal screws - one on leading as well as the other to the base screw of the change. The white wire serves to be a resource of uninterrupted electricity and is generally related to the mild colored terminal screw (e.g., silver). Connect the green wire to your ground screw within your change.
These actions would commonly be sufficient to create an average change get the job done and not using a challenge. However, should you aren't self-assured you can execute the activity properly and properly you better allow the professionals do it as an alternative. Right after all, there's a rationale why this job is amongst the most frequent electrical wiring inquiries requested by many people.
For many cause, the way to wire a ceiling fan is also considered one of essentially the most common electrical wiring questions. To simplify this activity, you need to use just one switch for just a single ceiling fan. To wire the fan, it is simply a issue of connecting the black wire with the ceiling fan to your black wire from the swap. When there is a lightweight, the blue wire ought to be connected to the black wire on the change in addition.
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Cup of Lavender Tea? It's Got 8 Benefits!
Lavender tea is a refreshing, calming drink that has a vast array of healing benefits.
Lavender (1) is used in food and medicine; it's aromatic, carminative (i.e., combats gas), antispasmodic, antibacterial, antiseptic, and an expectorant.
It has a long history of use, dating back to ancient Greece and Rome, and even earlier.
Dioscorides, a Greek naturalist, was using lavender medicinally in the first century AD.
Lavender was used in ancient Egypt as a perfume and in incense. In China lavender is used in a medicinal oil called White Flower Oil (2).
Lavender has been known to ease headaches, anxiety, toothaches, sore joints, and coughs, and to calm digestive troubles.
English lavender, Lavendula angustifolia, is the most widely cultivated species of lavender and the type used in most recipes. You can purchase dried and fresh lavender online, though it's more realistic to expect to find dried lavender than fresh. Acquiring fresh lavender means going to a lavender farm, which can be found in California, Washington, and Oregon (these three states have by far the most lavender farms in the country), Colorado, Connecticut, Ohio, Michigan, and New York, among many more. There are also lavender festivals throughout the year in states that grow lavender successfully and prolifically. If your state doesn't grow lavender, you'll need to order online.
A lavender tea recipe is actually a lavender herbal tea. The use of the word tea is a loose association to what we more commonly think of as tea: the black leaf variety. A basic lavender tea recipe won't have tea in it, but that said, there are lavender black teas available which are either infused with lavender essential oils or combined with lavender leaves.
To make lavender tea, you can either use a saucepan or a teapot. Add four cups of water and two tablespoons of lavender flowers. Once you've had it a few times, you'll figure out the desired strength and adjust accordingly. Let the water boil and then allow the tea to steep for at least 15 minutes. Strain and then serve. You can also chill this to make a lavender iced tea.
Lavender milk tea is easy to make. You can use any black tea you have and add some fresh or dried lavender leaves to it. Prepare the tea as you normally would, then add milk or cream to taste. For an added treat, use sweetened condensed milk instead of regular milk.
Heat milk on the stove in a saucepan or pot, but not to scalding.
Top your lavender tea with the frothy milk and garnish with dried or fresh lavender.
So you've got the recipes and you'd like to try this delicious drink, but what will it do for you as far as health benefits are concerned?
If you get headaches or migraines, it's a good idea to have lavender on hand in some form. Lavender calms the nervous system and slows the cardiovascular system down so it can release the constricted blood vessels that end up causing pressure in the head. Sip a cup of lavender tea and rest in a quiet place until the pain is gone.
Lavender's most common use, arguably, is as a sedative to help promote sleep. In a sleep study conducted in 2005 at Wesleyan University in Middletown (3), Connecticut, a test group that inhaled lavender in vials experienced positive changes in their sleep quality, compared to a control group that inhaled the scent of distilled water. Lavender promoted deeper sleep (4) and the test group said they felt more vigorous in the morning. Prepare a potent cup of lavender tea and enjoy the smell of it, sipping slowly so you can benefit from the scent as well as the tea itself.
Having some gas issues? Bloated? Feeling nauseated? Lavender tea can help ease these symptoms. The polyphenols in lavender help prevent harmful gut bacteria from developing, which in turn will help stop creation of gas and toxic emissions from said bacteria. This eases stomach discomfort.
A study published in 2016 in the Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research (5) found that regular inhalation of lavender helped 140 women prevent stress, anxiety, and postpartum depression versus a control group that did not inhale lavender. The women were asked to inhale three drops of lavender oil every eight hours for four weeks.
Herbal waters have been used for centuries in beauty regimens because they are hydrating and deliver beneficial properties of particular herbs or flowers to skin cells. Rose and lavender floral waters are two of the most popular and healing. Make a batch of potent lavender tea, allow to cool, and then add to a spray bottle. Wash your face, then mist it with the floral lavender water.
Lavender improves your cardiovascular system because it's been shown to lower blood pressure levels and improve blood circulation. If you're on blood pressure medication, don't stop taking it and speak with your doctor first about using lavender as an adjunct therapy. Stress impacts cardiovascular health, particularly blood pressure, so using lavender to calm the nervous system and mind should put less stress on the heart.
Lice are typically an issue when you have school-aged kids at home, and if you do you'll want to stash this tidbit away. Lavender can help kill lice, nymphs, and nits. If lice crops up in your family, consider rinsing hair with lavender tea after using conventional treatments just to have an added preventive measure treatment. You can never be too cautious when it comes to lice!
Mosquitos do not like the smell of lavender! You can make a natural mosquito repellent from lavender tea. Follow the basic recipe above, but make the batch quite potent, so use four tablespoons of flowers to four cups of water. Let the concoction simmer for eight hours. Add to a spray bottle and then spray when outside as much as needed.
Though herbs can be used to fortify the body and mind, as with anything they can have side effects, so caution is advised. That said, lavender is known to be a safe herb that many people can tolerate very well, though if you're allergic to flowers, it might not be a good idea to consume the tea until you talk to your allergist or doctor. If you do decide to try it, have a small sample of tea first and then wait 48 hours to see if any side effects occur. Drinking lavender tea in pregnancy should also be discussed with your doctor beforehand.
If you're thinking of bypassing the use of fresh or dried lavender flowers and want to use the easier-to-find lavender oil instead, stop right there. Taking lavender oil internally is a one-way ticket to toxicity, as the oil is far more concentrated.


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Turningthe voucher argumenton its head
We must find new and innovative ways to im-prove public schools, before it's too late.
Champions of public education will rightly criticize the school voucher plan Sen. David Hann, R-Eden Prairie, and Rep. Mark Buesgens, R-Jordan, recently introduced. If private schools get public funds in addition to tuition, they will eventually put public schools out of business, destroying an important cornerstone of our democracy.
But those who value public education need to do more than simply fight the proposal and others like it. We need new initiatives to improve public schools, and we should start by turning the voucher concept on its head. School systems should be allowed to create some tuition-based schools, thus bringing private dollars to public schools, instead of the reverse.
A school district could create a tuition-based school that charges $2,000 per child, per year. That school keeps, say, 70 percent for on-site, parent-directed improvements. The other 30 percent goes to improve other schools.
Imagine a public school with 500 students that collected an additional $1,400 per student in tuition and what it could do with an extra $700,000 a year in unrestricted funds. Then imagine what the district could do with the additional $600 per student -$300,000 – to help other schools.
The key to this plan would be attracting parents – like my wife and I – who are willing and able to pay tuition for a public school. We plan to send our son to a public kindergarten this fall, and would certainly pay tuition in exchange for a significant say in its use. That's what private school parents get. We're not well off, but we can afford $2,000 a year – it's much less than our preschool costs. I'm certain there are many other willing and able families.
Critics might argue my plan would lead to a two-tiered public educational system. I wouldn't dismiss this argument lightly. But we're already facing that prospect, between public and private schools. This inequity will only grow stronger as vouchers, tuition tax credits and other plans are enacted. Support for such plans will grow as confidence in public schools wanes.
My plan would bring significant additional revenue into the public school system when state and local funds are hard to come by. It has the potential to keep families invested in – and confident about – our public schools' future.
Michael Jon Olson has a master's in education policy and administration from the University. Please send comments to [email protected]


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Hackers who spotted security holes in United Airlines website, rewarded | FairPlane UK
This follows hot on the heels of a situation recently where United Airlines grounded all of its domestic flights after an issue reportedly to be with faulty flight plans being uploaded to pilots. It was reported that flight delays affected 235 US destinations and 138 international. The airline also...
Can you claim flight delay compensation because of global warming? | FairPlane UK
Researchers have found that an increase in journey times from East to West for long-haul flights can be linked to variances in the jet stream (which is a high altitude current of air that moves around the planets Northern Hemisphere from West to East). According to the research this can now be seen...
Bird Strikes on Aircraft - are they dangerous and can flight delay compensation be claimed?
In 2013 the Civil Aviation Authority had 1,535 reports of birds ending up in plane engines, however, most bird strikes do not result in any aircraft damage They happen the most at take off, landing or flying at low altitude – 90% of which at or near airports. The impact depends very much on...
A Bang on the Nose | FairPlane UK
One thing I hadn't realised about the EU delayed flight compensation legislation is that, in the UK, it applies to any late flights or cancelled flights in the last 6 years! 4 years ago I was flying back from Dalaman in Turkey to Stansted with Thomsons Airline on a business trip. All was going...
Flight delays at Heathrow as protesters demonstrate on the north runway | FairPlane UK
13 demonstrators from climate change activist group 'Plane Stupid' who are opposed to the airport's expansion plans, breached a perimeter fence and got on to the northern runway at 03:30 BST. They then locked themselves together and staged a lie-in demonstration in protest at the airport expansion. The...
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The addition of a 3rd runway at Heathrow has now been recommended by the Davies Commission. It has also been confirmed it would mean the construction of a sixth terminal. In total, flights out of Heathrow would increase from the current 480,000 per year to around 740,000. Additionally, the airport has...


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Q: Porting Android on Set top box I am trying to port Android on an IP Set top box.
Can anyone help me in creating the vendor folder (product and board definition files)? I've successfully compiled and ported the bootloader (u-boot) and linux kernel (2.6.34) with required drivers.
I'm stuck at creating this vendor folder.

A: Android source website has details on how to create your vendor directory here:
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