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You're the boss - pick your Northern Ireland starting XI

By www.bbc.com
Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 07:02:13 GMT

It's time for you to be the boss as you select your Northern Ireland starting XI to take on Belarus in Belfast on Friday.


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MOTD has been a big part of my life - Lineker

By www.bbc.com
Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:00:28 GMT

Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker speaks to BBC Breakfast's John Watson as the flagship football show celebrates its 60th birthday. Lineker has been presenting the show for 25 years since 1999.


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NASA Alert: Massive 'God of Chaos' Asteroid Apophis Makes Closest Pass by Earth Yet - Bizz Buzz

By news.google.com
Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 07:13:33 GMT

  1. NASA Alert: Massive 'God of Chaos' Asteroid Apophis Makes Closest Pass by Earth Yet  Bizz Buzz
  2. NASA alert! 'God of Chaos' asteroid approaching Earth on November 13 sparks worldwide concern  The Times of India
  3. Nasa Alert: Massive 'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis nears earth in closest pass yet  CNBCTV18
  4. Giant Meteorite To Hit Earth On November 13? What We Know  News18
  5. 'Astonishingly close': A colossal space rock could wreak havoc on Earth in 2029  Business Today


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Coldplay announces fourth show in Ahmedabad on 25 January. Tickets available from… | Today News - Mint

By news.google.com
Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 06:38:59 GMT

  1. Coldplay announces fourth show in Ahmedabad on 25 January. Tickets available from… | Today News  Mint
  2. Coldplay announces new show in Ahmedabad: Check date, how to book tickets and more  India Today
  3. Coldplay Announces Fourth Concert In India. Check Out Date, Venue And Ticket Prices  NDTV Movies
  4. Coldplay announces new show in Ahmedabad, check details here  CNBCTV18
  5. entertainment News Live Today November 13, 2024: Coldplay announced 4th India show in Ahmedabad: Check out ticket sale details  Hindustan Times


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Amazing: Trump Moved 48 States toward the Republican Party

By lidblog.com
Published On :: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 00:41:00 +0000

When the 2024 election dust settled early on Wednesday morning, it became clear that Donald Trump didn’t just win the election, he trounced Kamala Harris. It was so bad for the Democrats that nearly every state moved to the right. The GOP hasn’t seen so many votes move their way since Ronald Reagan in 1980. […]

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Court Denies Arizona ACLU’s Bid to Keep Counting More Ballots

By lidblog.com
Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 02:04:56 +0000

The American Civil Liberties Union wanted to keep “finding” more ballots for the election in Arizona ad infinitum, but the state’s Supreme Court finally denied their demands. The deadline for accepting more ballots in Arizona is already an absurd Nov. 10, five full days after Election Day. But the AZ ACLU wanted to keep miraculously […]

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News24 | EXPLAINER | COP29: What is a carbon credit? What is Article 6?

By www.news24.com
Published On :: Tuesday Nov 12 2024 06:21:50

Countries at the UN COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan will attempt to agree to rules for a global system for trading carbon offset credits.


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News24 | Israel's parliament bans and gags lawmaker Ofer Cassif for supporting SA's genocide case at ICJ

By www.news24.com
Published On :: Tuesday Nov 12 2024 10:57:15

Israel's parliament, the Knesset, has suspended lawmaker Ofer Cassif for six months due to comments he made about the IDF, the war in Gaza, and his support for South Africa accusing his country of genocide against Palestinians.


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velocityconf: Free webcast w/ @jon lives http://t.co/TxL60Oagos 'Michelin Starred Cooking with Chef at Etsy' starting NOW. #velocityconf #devops

By twitter.com
Published On :: Tue, 14 May 2013 17:03:21 +0000

velocityconf: Free webcast w/ @jon lives http://t.co/TxL60Oagos 'Michelin Starred Cooking with Chef at Etsy' starting NOW. #velocityconf #devops


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velocityconf: RT @suzaxtell: #WomeninTech You're invited to a women's meetup on Tues May 28 in SF w/ @courtneynash @mjawili, more http://t.co/MsMZ0IK8L2

By twitter.com
Published On :: Tue, 21 May 2013 20:27:27 +0000

velocityconf: RT @suzaxtell: #WomeninTech You're invited to a women's meetup on Tues May 28 in SF w/ @courtneynash @mjawili, more http://t.co/MsMZ0IK8L2


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velocityconf: RT @oreillyanimals Vote Instant Wild's Digital Eyes & Ears for Wildlife Protection to win Google Global Impact Award http://t.co/Z0EetiQshZ

By twitter.com
Published On :: Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:35 +0000

velocityconf: RT @oreillyanimals Vote Instant Wild's Digital Eyes & Ears for Wildlife Protection to win Google Global Impact Award http://t.co/Z0EetiQshZ


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velocityconf: RT @allspaw: Operations and System Safety - always a student http://t.co/1VYBEZYrK8 #devops #velocityconf

By twitter.com
Published On :: Thu, 30 May 2013 18:43:30 +0000

velocityconf: RT @allspaw: Operations and System Safety - always a student http://t.co/1VYBEZYrK8 #devops #velocityconf


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velocityconf: RT @courtneynash: Bill Scott's #fluentconf keynote theme also rings true re #velocityconf: tech change is really about people/culture change

By twitter.com
Published On :: Thu, 30 May 2013 19:07:50 +0000

velocityconf: RT @courtneynash: Bill Scott's #fluentconf keynote theme also rings true re #velocityconf: tech change is really about people/culture change


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velocityconf: RT @OReillyAnimals Advice, please! Elephant Listening Project asks for ideas/solutions/help with 3 practical problems http://t.co/Y90YP3maoz

By twitter.com
Published On :: Tue, 04 Jun 2013 03:15:10 +0000

velocityconf: RT @OReillyAnimals Advice, please! Elephant Listening Project asks for ideas/solutions/help with 3 practical problems http://t.co/Y90YP3maoz


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velocityconf: RT @avleen: Ok folks, home stretch! We need 10 more people to record short #OpsSchool videos NEXT WEEK at @velocityconf. We can do it!...

By twitter.com
Published On :: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:23:53 +0000

velocityconf: RT @avleen: Ok folks, home stretch! We need 10 more people to record short #OpsSchool videos NEXT WEEK at @velocityconf. We can do it!...


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News24 | Booker Prize 2024: Samantha Harvey's Orbital soars with astronauts' earth reflections

By www.news24.com
Published On :: Wednesday Nov 13 2024 09:00:20

Samantha Harvey's Orbital wins the Booker Prize. The 136-page space novel explores astronauts' reflections on Earth, touching on mourning, desire, and the climate crisis.


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New Report Highlights States that Are at the Vanguard of the Reading Revolution

By www.the74million.org
Published On :: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 09:33:32 EDT

A new FutureEd report, The Reading Revolution: How States Are Scaling Literacy Reform, tells the story of how Mississippi, Tennessee and other states at the vanguard of the reading revolution have redesigned reading instruction and raised student achievement in thousands of public schools through bold, state-level leadership. These states have addressed every aspect of early literacy, from how teachers and prospective teachers are trained to the curriculum they use, how students are assessed and whether children are retained rather than promoted to the next grade.


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Airbnb CEO says most employees don't want full autonomy at work — and those that do should start their own companies

By www.businessinsider.com
Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:10:41 +0000

"I think they say they want autonomy. I think their actions don't say the same thing," Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky recently said in an interview.


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Apple's reported new smart home device will use its AI to help it catch up with Google

By www.businessinsider.com
Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 22:27:17 +0000

Apple's smart home device, featuring AI and FaceTime, could enter the market by March, Bloomberg reported, and could compete with Google and Amazon.


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Here's how much more laptops, TVs, and smartphones could cost under Trump's proposed tariffs, consumer group says

By www.businessinsider.com
Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 23:17:54 +0000

Donald Trump's proposed tariffs would hit the consumer tech sector, raising prices on US consumers' favorite gadgets, an October report found.


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We got married at a luxury resort in Thailand. If I could go back, there are 5 things I'd do differently.

By www.businessinsider.com
Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:14:01 +0000

Looking back, Ellie Furuya says her wedding reception in Thailand was too adult-centric. If she could go back, she'd make it more kid-friendly.


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27 SaaS & Subscription Influencers and Experts to Follow into 2019

By blog.avangate.com
Published On :: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

If you’re an entrepreneur nurturing your own company to a full-blown success, you are always looking for insights and ideas to take your business to the next level, right? But you’re probably super busy as well, and don’t always have the time to figure out where you should be looking for those insights.


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Tips for Getting Started with a Business Growth Framework

By blog.avangate.com
Published On :: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Growth is top of mind for most companies, but it can be tricky to get started with developing a growth framework. For one thing, most companies aren’t organized around growth, so thinking about growth requires a lot of collaboration between teams. Additionally, companies often don’t have easy access to all of the data they need to understand growth.


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Cool Start-up Interview Series – Mondly Languages

By blog.avangate.com
Published On :: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

We’ve recently had the pleasure to chat with Andrei Nastasie, the affiliate program manager at Mondly Languages, an innovative language learning app that incorporates native language recordings, augmented reality and virtual reality to help people learn new languages. In this interview, he shares how Mondly started out, what it has been up to and what’s next for this creative company.


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News24 | WATCH | SA closes Lebombo border port of entry as Mozambique violence escalates

By www.news24.com
Published On :: Thursday Nov 07 2024 13:26:55

South Africa has closed the Lebombo port of entry to and from Mozambique after 15 officials from the Ressano Garcia border fled to SA on Thursday morning for protection.


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News24 | Lesotho to ban importation of bottled water

By www.news24.com
Published On :: Friday Nov 08 2024 09:34:43

Lesotho's national assembly has passed a motion to ban the importation of bottled water into the country as part of measures to promote the local industry.


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News24 | At least 30 killed in Mozambique since start of election violence: HRW

By www.news24.com
Published On :: Friday Nov 08 2024 18:12:23

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday that at least 30 people have been killed in Mozambique in almost three weeks of crackdowns on protests over a disputed presidential election.


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News24 | Somalia insists Ethiopia will not be part of new AU mission

By www.news24.com
Published On :: Saturday Nov 09 2024 17:41:54

Somalia insisted Saturday that Ethiopia will not be part of a new African Union peacekeeping mission, as the two nations remain locked in a dispute that has sent shivers through the Horn of Africa.


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News24 | Former president Mahama projected to unseat Ghana's ruling party in December election

By www.news24.com
Published On :: Monday Nov 11 2024 09:52:41

Ghana's main opposition leader John Dramani Mahama looks set to win December's presidential election, an opinion poll showed on Monday.


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News24 | Mozambique opposition's Mondlane calls for protests at border posts, ports

By www.news24.com
Published On :: Tuesday Nov 12 2024 11:23:37

Mozambican opposition presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane has called for gatherings at ports and borders, and in major cities from Wednesday for what he describes as a fourth round of demonstrations against a stolen election.


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News24 | SA sold Côte d'Ivoire R3.2m worth of wine last year. Now the US wants a piece of that action

By www.news24.com
Published On :: Tuesday Nov 12 2024 13:41:56

Côte d'Ivoire is sub Sahara Africa's biggest importer of wine, says the US department of agriculture, and it is time American companies take advantage of the market.


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Getting Your First Grader Off to a Good Start: Tips for Families

By www.readingrockets.org
Published On :: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 12:36:22 EDT

First grade can bring a lot of changes! Even if your child had a great kindergarten year, there can be lots of new routines and expectations for first graders that can feel really different for students (and families). Here’s what you need to know.


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Current State of the Evidence: Examining the Effects of Orton-Gillingham Reading Interventions for Students With or at Risk for Word-Level Reading Disabilities

By www.readingrockets.org
Published On :: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 10:40:37 EDT

Over the past decade, parent advocacy groups led a grassroots movement resulting in most states adopting dyslexia-specific legislation, with many states mandating the use of the Orton-Gillingham (OG) approach to reading instruction. Orton-Gillingham is a direct, explicit, multisensory, structured, sequential, diagnostic, and prescriptive approach to reading for students with or at risk for word-level reading disabilities (WLRD). Evidence from a prior synthesis and What Works Clearinghouse reports yielded findings lacking support for the effectiveness of OG interventions.


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Improve the performance of your Joomla articles (part 1)

By www.joomlaworks.net
Published On :: Fri, 04 Dec 2020 18:44:41 +0200

The performance of the default article system in Joomla really sucks big time, that's a well know fact.

It''s actually one of the reasons we built K2 in the first place.

And as we venture into Joomla 4 territory, instead of seeing performance improvements (finally) for the entire database scheme, we actually witness new ways to mess up performance (if that was even possible). Apparently the Joomla core team likes to exercise who knows PHP's syntax better instead of actually building working code that doesn't break for extension developers every so.

Oh well, we're used to the mess.

Back to our topic.

Wanna improve the performance of the Joomla article system, especially in sites that filter/order content in various ways? Well, for starters add a few indices to the "content" table, e.g. using phpMyAdmin.

ALTER TABLE `#__content` ADD INDEX `idx_publishup` (`publish_up`);
ALTER TABLE `#__content` ADD INDEX `idx_publishdown` (`publish_down`);
ALTER TABLE `#__content` ADD INDEX `idx_modifiedby` (`modified_by`);
ALTER TABLE `#__content` ADD INDEX `idx_created` (`created`);
ALTER TABLE `#__content` ADD INDEX `idx_modified` (`modified`);

Just remember to replace #__ with your actual database prefix for Joomla.

But what's the measurable improvement? Well, something like this after you apply the above changes (on a really busy site that sorts articles by published date, aka 99% of Joomla sites)...

Yeap.

And that's performance tip no.1. We'll come back with more in the future as we delve into the software architectural wonder that is Joomla 4.

Or do yourself a favour & switch to K2 which recently passed 4 million downloads, yeah! :)

To those who might say, hey why aren't you contributing that back to Joomla, well, our answer is that if you've ever contributed in Joomla, you know the painful process & bureaucracy and you juuuust might wish to keep your sanity.

Until next time.


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The Role of Word-, Sentence-, and Text-Level Variables in Predicting Guided Reading Levels of Kindergarten and First-Grade Texts

By www.readingrockets.org
Published On :: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 10:54:00 EDT

Texts classified according to guided reading levels (GRL) are ubiquitous in U.S. beginning reading classrooms. This study examined features of texts across three grade bands (kindergarten, early first grade, final first grade) and the 10 GRLs within these bands. The 510 texts came from three programs with different functions in beginning reading instruction: core, intervention, and content areas.


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Upgraded: Stopovers in Istanbul, with free tours courtesy of Turkish Airlines

By www.upgradetravelbetter.com
Published On :: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 07:40:04 +0000

Sure, some airlines let you work in a free stopover. But Turkish Airlines goes one step further and offers up a free city tour on a stopover as short as six hours. Maybe getting into a shuttle bus and tooling around Istanbul after seven hours on an Airbus isn’t your cup of tea, but if […]

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Which Americans have passports, and which Americans don’t?

By www.upgradetravelbetter.com
Published On :: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 10:46:06 +0000

30% of Americans have passports. But where do those Americans live? New Jersey takes the prize for the highest percentage of passports issued: 68.36%. At the low end: Mississippi, with just 19.86%. Via C.G.P. Grey, see the graphic below: For the “yes, but…” file: This dataset actually reflects addresses for issuance, not ownership of US […]

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Top 3 Airports With Casinos

By www.upgradetravelbetter.com
Published On :: Sat, 27 May 2017 08:03:32 +0000

Have you ever been at an airport waiting to connect your flight for hours on end? We all have, and yeah, it always blows to twiddle your thumbs for hours waiting for a flight that might delay or not. Aside from drinking mugs after mugs of coffee, there really doesn’t seem to be much one […]

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Bitcoin’s market cap briefly overtakes silver’s at $89,000 level

By readwrite.com
Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:26:53 +0000

Earlier today, Bitcoin’s market cap briefly overtook that of silver, as the world’s first cryptocurrency reached never-before-seen heights. CoinMarketCap data… Continue reading Bitcoin’s market cap briefly overtakes silver’s at $89,000 level

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News24 Business | New R4bn startup fund planned for African tech firms

By www.news24.com
Published On :: Wednesday Nov 06 2024 16:01:25

Tech accelerator Startupbootcamp, British-East African business tycoon Ashish Thakkar’s Mara Group and Blend Financial Services are planning a $250 million (R4.4 billion) fund to invest in new African technology companies.


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News24 | Wednesday's weather: Severe weather predicted in parts of the country with multiple warnings issued

By www.news24.com
Published On :: Tuesday Nov 12 2024 18:36:01

The country is set to experience varied weather conditions, with several impact-based warnings issued across various provinces, according to the South African Weather Service.


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News24 | SA Jewish Board of Deputies approaches Equality Court with social media hate speech complaint

By www.news24.com
Published On :: Wednesday Nov 13 2024 08:11:04

The Cape South African Jewish Board of Deputies has asked the Equality Court in Cape Town to declare politician Mehmet Vefa Dag's social media posts about about Jewish people hate speech.


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News24 | Budget constraints force Gauteng education department to delay teacher promotions until April

By www.news24.com
Published On :: Wednesday Nov 13 2024 06:20:32

The Gauteng education department has postponed the appointment of new office-based staff as well as teachers who applied to be promoted as heads of department, deputy principals and principals until April because of budget constraints.


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Jon Stewart on the bewildering denial in remaining an undecided voter

By boingboing.net
Published On :: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 15:10:43 +0000

Jon Stewart tears apart the denials and false claims Trump supporters make about their terrible candidate and wonders how anyone can remain undecided.

At the top of this piece by Stewart sits the strange claim MAGAs keep making that Vice President Harris isn't clear about her plans. — Read the rest

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Do you like party games and music history? Try HITSTER

By boingboing.net
Published On :: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:07:57 +0000

I recently attended a weekend-long birthday getaway for an old college friend, and as soon as I arrived, he pulled out a box and said, "You have to play this game."

And he was right.

Hitster describes itself as a Music Party Board Game, and that's accurate. — Read the rest

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Kentucky Sheriff who killed judge plans to retire; footage of shooting shown in court

By boingboing.net
Published On :: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 18:30:36 +0000

Update: Surveillance footage of the shooting shown in court

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines shot dead District Judge Kevin Mullins in his chambers, was charged with first-degree murder, and has pleaded not guilty. It soon became apparent that Stines had no intention of resigning, despite the inconvenience of his incarceration, leaving authorities to deal with the long and difficult process of removing him from office. — Read the rest

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New York feeding rats tasty birth control

By boingboing.net
Published On :: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 20:30:00 +0000

The tales of New York City's rats are legendary. NY Rats are big and smart, and they have lots of babies. The city has a rat czar and recently held a rat summit to discuss the issue. Mayor Eric Adams was undoubtedly happy to talk about the rat problem rather than his own issues. — Read the rest

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