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10:00am Thursday 5th December 2013 in News By Wesley Rock
A FURRY-lipped team of Hampshire "fund-razors" brought Movember to an end with a big shave on Monday (Dec 2).
Local team the Wintachies called time on their campaign with a cutthroat shave at the Black Boy pub in Winchester.
Movember, a worldwide phenomenon, runs for the month of November, during which time members must grow a "mo".
Money raised by the Wintachies - Mike Biden, Mike Kerby, Max Illis, Steve Osborne and Cllr Martin Tod - will promote education, awareness programmes and medical research into men's health issues.
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Formby said his job is a diverse one that requires him to wear many hats. He works with all ages -- from pre-schoolers to senior citizens.
His department puts together and schedules all of the sports in the city. Formby's responsibilities include overseeing Piedmont's portion of the Chief Ladiga Trail, the welcome center and Bethune Center as well as the remodeling and upkeep on the department's buildings.
"Our schedule with recreational sports aren't set in stone," he said. "When you have all these different events going on, we have to adjust and work nights and sometimes weekends. It takes up a lot of time. We go from one sport to the next. But I wouldn't want to do anything else. I enjoy what I'm doing and where I'm doing it. It's a really good atmosphere and a good situation."
The city gets a lot of compliments for its parks and recreation program, but Formby refuses to take any of the credit.
"We have a great crew that takes care of the grounds and ball fields," he said. "We're fortunate to have a wonderful staff, kids, parents, coaches and volunteers who make it all work. If it weren't for them, I'd be a mess."
He said he appreciates the help his department gets from the city council and citizens.
One of Formby's past employers was Wal-Mart. He lived a year and a half in Houston, Miss., south of Tupelo, and spent six months in Columbia, Tenn., with that company. He also worked with Coca-Cola in Rome and was shop manager for a retail automotive company in Cedartown.
It was while working at Wal-Mart in Cedartown that he met another Wal-Mart employee who would change his life. Jamie Tyra introduced him to her sister, Anita. They hit it off and have spent the past 20 years as a married couple. Anita is secretary/bookkeeper at Spring Garden School. Their son, Dustin, 18, attends Gadsden State Community College.
Formby's parents are Gwen Formby and the late Joe Formby.
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AUSTIN -- If you've looked at your calendar or Facebook, you probably know Wednesday is 12-12-12.
The dates won't align like that again until 01-01-2101. This is the last of our lifetimes a date will align as such.
Some chose to get married Wednesday. Michele and Stephen Hays are one of at least 12 couples getting married in Travis County Precinct 3. The kiss happened right at 12 minutes past 12 p.m.
Justice of the Peace Susan Steeg says brides and grooms often line up when the numbers do, saying 08-08-08 and 07-07-07 were big days on the aisle.
Numerologist Diane Parma of www.lifebynumbers.com, helped KVUE decode why some think of 12-12-12 as a lucky day.
Parma says in numerology, 12 is the combination 1 and 2. One is the masculine. Two is the female energy, and together they create the perfect balance of yin and yang.
"It's the balancing of the male and female energy," Parma said.
Plus, she says you add up the one and two to get three. Three energy is joy.
"Then we start looking at the 12, the 12, the 12. We just enhanced it by repeating ourselves over and over again," said Parma.
So any bundle of joy born on 12-12-12 is joy times three. Parma says babies born Wednesday will be extremely intuitive.
"They're here as messengers, so they'll be very enlightened beings," Parma said. She says they will be here to teach us a lesson of some kind.
For the rest of us, Parma says individual numbers are totaled into the numerology of the day and says any day can be special.
"Everything has a meaning to it," Parma said.
It's partly what you make of it, whether it's buying a lottery ticket or marking it with marriage.
Just as Michele and Stephen Hays were kissing, a mother gave birth at St. David's hospital at 12 minutes after noon.


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The Virginia Supreme Court has dealt a blow to residents who hoped their homeowners' insurance would pay for damage caused by Chinese drywall.
The court on Thursday unanimously ruled against Larry Ward of Virginia Beach, whose claim was denied by TravCo Insurance Co. Ward's lawyer, Richard Serpe, says the ruling means more than 300 other Virginia families affected by the toxic drywall also won't be able to collect on their insurance.
The court cited the insurance policy's exclusions for damage caused by latent defects, defective materials, rust or other corrosion, or pollutants. Serpe said such exclusions are typical in homeowners' policies.
Chinese drywall has been used in thousands of homes, mainly in the South. The material has been blamed for foul odor, health problems and corrosion of pipes and wiring.
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The Linux4Afrika development help project that is active in a number of east African countries has released the next verson of its software distribution. The donated used hardware will be expanded by new functionality.
The newest version of the Linux4Afrika terminal server solution will no longer require interested parties to buy from One Laptop per Child (OLPC) to test its Sugar learning interface. The GUI can be installed optionally and, after registration, started simply from the dropdown menu.
An extra built-in WLAN card expands the L4A server capability to a WLAN access point so that children with laptops or netbooks can have remote central access in the x2go network computing environment. The card costs about 20 Euros, provides Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) secure encryption and thereby reliable access to the server.
Linux4Afrika also provides numerous add-ons of diverse software packages and their configurations, including the X2gospyglass monitoring tool for teachers and the Squid proxy server. An individual host, such as the school principal's, can also access the x2go.org domain per WLAN.
Hans-Peter Merkel of the FreiOss.net initiative that is behind the project indicates, "The next to-dos are already set: we're working on an update from Lenny to Squeeze and want to make it possible for teachers to blank-screen individual students. Most interesting is the work on chipcard authentication for x2go, which might not so much interest students as larger organizations such as universities."
Linux4Afrika seeks donations and used computers in Europe to equip them with free software and provide African schools with Debian and x2go terminal server solutions. Only days ago a container left Germany for Kenya. More opportunities of bringing the project to schools may open up in Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi and other African countries.
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STORRS — If Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis hadn't missed the wide-open three with six seconds left, we're not having this conversation.
If the woman who coach Geno Auriemma called the best three-point shooter in the country had swished it and UConn had won by two, chances are we're not talking about how Notre Dame is tougher-minded than the Huskies and we're not talking about how the most talented freshman in all the land — Breanna Stewart — played liked most any freshman in all the land.
But KML missed and when asked what her mind-set was at that moment, she answered, "Make the shot."
If only it was all that simple, if only emotions flat-line like that, Mosqueda-Lewis wouldn't have been wiping the tears away from her face and Skylar Diggins wouldn't have been strutting around, screaming at the Gampel Pavilion crowd Saturday after the Irish's 73-72 victory over the No. 1 Huskies.
"I think a lot of people are afraid of the name on the front of the jersey," Diggins said of UConn after Notre Dame had beaten the Huskies for the fifth time in six meetings. "We aren't anymore."
"I think we did a good job of showing that and being tough ... biggest stage, one of the best crowds in the nation, No. 1 team in the nation, playing on [CBS], this is what it's all about."
So now Stanford has knocked off No. 1 Baylor, and UConn has knocked off No. 1 Stanford and Notre Dame has knocked off No. 1 UConn after the Irish lost to Baylor. Who's No. 1?
"That's for you guys to vote on," Diggins said.
Diggins has the kind of smile that can light up a press conference and the kind of bad-ass attitude that has gotten her nearly 300,000 Twitter followers. Kayla McBride, who finished with 21 points, was probably the best player on the floor on this day, but there's no doubt that so much of the resolve, tenacity, and does an old man dare use the word? — swagger — flows from Diggins.
Last year, with seniors like Natalie Novosel, Deveareaux Peters and Brittany Mallory, if Notre Dame had come into Gampel and pulled out a game like this one, followers of women's college basketball would have nodded their heads sagely and spoken of the Irish's maturity, poise and toughness. Well, they're gone and there were the Irish still playing hard as nails when it mattered most Saturday.
Afterward, coach Muffet McGraw did everything but scream, "We've got Diggins and you don't!"
"When you have a player like Skylar on your team, you don't need to do a whole lot," McGraw said. "She does it all. She lays the groundwork. She sets the tone. Right from the summer on when the freshmen arrived, she let them know this is how we do it."
"She has been such a great leader. They hang on every word she says. They just want to please her. She brings the level of competition in practice way up. They have to respond to it. She's not afraid to get on them. With Kayla McBride and Natalie Achowna, we have a little bit of a core. But, really, it's almost all Skylar."
Diggins shot 4 of 15 from the floor, but she pushes, pushes and gets calls like an NBA star. The rest of the Irish had 12 foul shots. UConn had 14. Diggins alone hit nine of 12 free throws to finish with 19 points. And it was her free throw with 49 seconds left after her drive to the hoop that provided the winning point. Afterward, Auriemma would also point to two three-pointers in a row that Diggins hit early in the second half when he felt that UConn was taking over the game.
"Skylar has changed things for us and our mind-set," McGraw said. "She believes she can win. She has the confidence that is contagious."
Look, in a game like this, you can push the story line in a lot of different directions. One shot, one play can make all the difference. Michaela Mabrey hit a three in the second half that looked awfully close to her having her foot on the line. The officials wouldn't even review it. They should have, because those who looked at it afterward on video thought it was painfully close. One point only meant everything.
And what about the final 30 seconds? When was the last time a UConn team had three chances to win it on the offensive end and didn't?
"A play here and a play there ends up determining the game," Auriemma said.
Stewart had a shot blocked by Ariel Braker and UConn was fortunate the possession arrow was in its favor. Stewart then missed another shot with 25 seconds left and off a mad tumble, Kelly Faris was able to grab ball and call a timeout. Ultimately, KML missed the open three.
"How many times can we put up our defense?" McGraw said. "So we thought about our football team getting that goal-line stand three times in a row [against USC.] We said if they can do it we can do it."
"… and maybe [Mosqueda-Lewis] was too wide open."
So, sure, it came down to one play here and one play there. But it also came down to Notre Dame's being the tougher-minded team on this day and the greatest freshman in all the land playing like a freshman. If you glance at Stewart's line score, 10 points, nine rebounds and six blocks, you could be fooled into thinking she had a fairly decent game.
She didn't. Certainly not for her.
"Stewie struggled a lot," Auriemma said. "You want to play really well so badly, maybe you get a little bit ahead of yourself. Obviously, it was a real struggle for her at both ends of the floor."
Stewart missed a bunch of layups. She committed four turnovers without an assist. She got nailed for a lane violation on a free throw. She got blocked and missed another shot in the final 30 seconds. Balls bounced off her. She got beat some on defense. All sorts of stuff.
"I definitely could have slowed the game down, especially on offense, in my head," Stewart said. "It's a really big wake-up call."
Faris, in particular, was hard on herself and hard on her team. She crushed herself for the team's not scoring in the final 30 seconds: "I'm a leader of the team. I'm supposed to figure out a way to win the game."
Yet she also said, "It never should have come down to that. That's more frustrating. There no reason we should have been in that position had we fixed the things we should have fixed a long time ago. … Clearly Notre Dame exposed some things that we need to fix."
Such as?
"Same things, rebounding, not having a hand up on defense, not crashing the boards offensively. We've got to change our mind-set. "
Nor was Faris feeding Stewart a baby bottle of warm milk.
"No matter if you're a freshman or a senior, there's no excuse for different issues, turnovers or mistakes. Yeah, it's going to be tough. We've all been there. If you're the type of player to come here, you've got toget over that type of thing. She knows there's a lot of things she has to come back and work on."
And the coach?
"I would like to see [Stewart] take a deep breath and relax," Auriemma said. "I'd like for somebody to go down to the Charter Oak Bridge and make sure she doesn't jump off. That would be a big help for us so we'll get her back for Wednesday's game. I just want her to understand there are things about the college game, 'I don't know yet, that I'm not capable of doing yet.' The physical-ness of the game. … She looked out of sorts right from the beginning. It's not easy being a freshman in these games. But that's why you play them in January. You hope you get better."


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It had to happen, of course.
An aside. I had always assumed that Disney ducks, like their RuneQuest relatives, were smaller than human beings. However, I stumbled upon an illustration depicting Darkwing Duck foe Steelbeak (a Bond villain rooster with a fondness for white tuxedos and high tech weaponry) as 6'3" from feathered scalp to the soles of his claws (his upswept comb makes him a total of 7 feet tall). For comparison, TV's first animated superhero, Space Ghost, is a mere 6'2" tall. I figure that would make Darkwing Duck himself somewhere around 5'4" and several other of his Duckworld opponents in the 8- to 10-foot-tall range.
I'll have to recalculate their SIZ ratings in my future write-ups. Villains such as Tuskernini and Taurus Bulba would be as massive as their real-world animal counterparts, with Damage Modifiers to match.
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Manchester City Ladies preserved their 100% record after beating Rochdale 3-1 on Sunday to move seven points clear at the top of the FA Women's Northern Premier League.
In yet another polished display at SportCity, the Blues went into the break leading 1-0 through Becky Grocott's low drive on 26 minutes and doubled their advantage on 52 minutes when Krystal Johnson slotted home from close range.
Johnson added a third for the City – and her second – on 85 minutes against a plucky Dale whose efforts were rewarded in injury time with what proved to be no more than a consolation goal.
Manager Leigh Edwards was delighted with a performance that keeps City clear at the top of the table.
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"We dominated large parts of the game and created a host of chances. It was a really pleasing display."
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YP Embraces Programmatic, Taps OpenX To Sell Display Inventory
Local ad platform YP has beefed up its digital ad offering by "investing heavily in programmatic" through a new partnership with OpenX.
The companies have struck a multi-year agreement that will give YP access to OpenX's supply-side platform (SSP), OpenX ad exchange, and OpenX's ad server. The partnership is effective immediately.
YP, OpenX Join Forces In Programmatic Deal
The local search and advertising company YP has partnered with ad exchange OpenX, the companies said Tuesday.
Under the agreement, OpenX allows advertisers to bid programmatically on mobile and Web display inventory on YP's ad network. YP claims to have more than 300 publishers on its Local Ad Network, including AOL, Yahoo and Pandora.
Pasadena ad exchange firm OpenX has partnered with YP Intellectual Properties, operator of the Yellow Pages brand, to bring programmatic display advertising to the localized online and mobile directory service.
The multiyear agreement allows New York's YP to extend the audience and reach of its targeted display ads by using the real-time bidding platform offered by OpenX, which will connect all of YP's search platforms with national advertisers. YP said more than 70 million visitors use its search tools each month in the U.S.
OpenX launches the first global exchange for real-time bidding on native mobile advertising
Ad tech leader OpenX today announced Native O|X, a new ad exchange with an unprecedented combination of several of the most popular trends in the industry: mobile-first, real-time bidding and native advertising.
While the new offering might sound like a pile of buzzwords to those outside the advertising space, Native O|X represents a natural next step for OpenX and the industry. The firm helped pioneer the rise of real-time bidding and programmatic advertising, which relies on software algorithms to automate the buying and selling of ad inventory.
OpenX Debuts Native Mobile Ad Exchange
Ad exchange OpenX on Wednesday continued its mobile expansion, launching of a private exchange geared specifically to native mobile ads. The real-time bidding (RTB) exchange will allow developers and publishers to sell in-stream mobile ad units in applications to a select set of pre-screened buyers.
OpenX launches its mobile-first native ad exchange
OpenX Technologies is launching a mobile-focused native ad exchange today that it says will help app and game developers and publishers make a lot more money.
In an event at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona, mobile monetization firm OpenX is unveiling Native O|X. The exchange uses a number of buzz words that are popular with major mobile advertising efforts these days: real-time bidding, programmatic buying, and native ads.
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OpenX Technologies, a digital advertising company based in Los Angeles, hired Tom Fuelling as its chief financial officer. He succeeds Rick Gombos, who has left the company for another opportunity, according to a spokesman. Mr. Fuelling was most recently CFO of online video service Hulu.
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Today at the edge of our hope, at the end of our time. We have chosen to believe in each other.
The Jaegers are pulled from the ocean and rebuilt. After all, they've plenty of uses besides fighting extra-dimensional horrors.
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Creating a fairer Britain
Acas: The Independent Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service:
Acas aims to improve organisations and working life through better employment relations. It provides impartial advice, training, information and a range of problem resolution services.
Telephone: 08457 47 47 47 (Monday–Friday: 08:00–20:00;Saturday: 09:00–13:00)
Website: www.acas.org.uk
Access to Work:
Access to Work can help disabled people or their employers if their condition or disability affects the ease by which they can carry out their job or gain employment. It gives advice and support with extra costs which may arise because of certain needs.
Website: www.direct.gov.uk/en/disabledpeople/employmentsupport/workschemesandprogrammes
London, East England and South East England:
Telephone: 020 8426 3110
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Wales, South West England, West Midlands and East Midlands:
Telephone: 02920 423 29
Email: email@example.com
Scotland, North West England, North East England and
Yorkshire and Humberside:
Telephone: 0141 950 5327
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Association of Disabled Professionals (ADP):
The ADP website offers, advice, support, resources and general information for disabled professionals, entrepreneurs and employers.
Website: www.adp.org.uk
Telephone: 01204 431638 (answerphone only service)
Fax: 01204 431638
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
British Chambers of Commerce (BCC):
The BCC is the national body for a network of accredited Chambers of Commerce across the UK; each Chamber provides representation, services, information and guidance to its members.
Website: www.britishchambers.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7654 5800
Fax: 020 7654 5819
Email: email@example.com
British Retail Consortium (BRC):
The BRC is a trade association representing a broad range of retailers. It provides advice and information for its members.
Website: www.brc.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7854 8900
Fax: 020 7854 8901
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)
BIS is the UK government department with responsibility for trade, business growth, employment and company law and regional economic development.
Website: www.bis.gov.ukw
Telephone: 020 7215 5000
Business Gateway :
Business Gateway provides practical help, advice and support for new and growing businesses in Scotland.
Website: www.bgateway.com
Telephone: 0845 609 6611
Business in the Community:
Business in the Community mobilises businesses for good, working to improve businesses in terms of their responsibilities to both the local and global community, helping to work towards a sustainable future.
Website: www.bitc.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7566 8650
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Twitter: @BITC1
Business Link:
Business Link is a free business advice and support service, available online and through local advisers.
Website: www.businesslink.gov.uk
Telephone: 0845 600 9 006
Minicom: 0845 606 2666
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD):
The CIPD is Europe's largest human resources development professional body, with over 135,000 members. It supports and develops those responsible for the management and development of people within organisations.
Website: www.cipd.co.uk
Telephone: 020 8612 6208
Close the Gap Scotland:
Close the Gap Scotland works to close the gender pay gap by working with companies and trade unions as well as carrying out research to illustrate the gender pay gap.
Website: www.closethegap.org.uk
Telephone: 0141 337 8131
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI):
The CBI is the UK's leading business organisation, speaking for some 240,000 businesses that together employ around a third of the private sector workforce.
Website: www.cbi.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7379 7400
Direct gov:
Directgov is the UK government's digital service for people in England and Wales. It delivers information and practical advice about public services, bringing them all together in one place.
Website: www.direct.gov.uk
EEF is a membership organisation which provides business services to help members manage people, processes, environment and more, so that members can meet their regulatory commitments.
Website: www.eef.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7222 7777
Fax: 020 7222 2782
Employers Forum on Age (EFA):
EFA is an independent network of leading employers who recognise the value of an age diverse workforce. In addition to supporting employers, the EFA influences Government, business and trade unions, campaigning for real practical change in preventing age discrimination at work and in the job market.
Website: www.efa.org.uk
Telephone: 0845 456 2495
Email: email@example.com
Employers Forum on Belief:
The Employers Forum on Belief offers employers practical guidance and shares good practice around issues such as dress codes, religious holidays, the inter-relationship between religious belief and other diversity strands and conflict in the workplace. The forum is not affiliated to any religious group or philosophical belief.
Website: www.efbelief.org.uk
Telephone: 0207785 6533
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Employers Forum on Disability:
The Employers' Forum on Disability is the world's leading employers' organisation focused on disability as it affects business.
Website: www.efd.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7403 3020
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Equality Britain:
Equality Britain aims to promote opportunities in employment, education, housing and sport to people from ethnic minorities.
Website: www.equalitybritain.co.uk
Telephone: 0151 707 6688
Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)
The FSB works to protect, promote, and further the interests of the self-employed and small business sector. It provides a range of member services.
Website: www.fsb.org.uk
Telephone: 01253 336 000
Fax: 01253 348 046
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Telephone: 03000 6 03000
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Website: www.gires.org.uk
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Fax: 01372 272 297
Email: email@example.com
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Website: www.gendertrust.org.uk
Telephone: 0845 231 0505
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GIRES provides a wide range of information and training for Trans people, their families and professionals who care for them.
Website: www.gires.org.uk
Telephone: 01372 801 554
Fax: 01372 272 297
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Government Equalities Office (GEO):
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Telephone: 0303 4440000
Health and Safety Executive (HSE):
The HSE provides information and guidance on health and safety.
Website: www.hse.gov.uk
Telephone: 08701 545 500
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Website: www.healthymindsatwork.org.uk
Email: email@example.com
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Website: www.investorsinpeople.co.uk
Telephone: 020 7467 1900
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Mindful Employer:
Mindful Employer provides information, advice and practical support for people whose mental health affects their ability to find or remain in employment, training, education and voluntary work.
Website: www.mindfulemployer.net
Telephone: 01392 208833
Email: email@example.com
Opportunity Now:
Opportunity Now is a membership organisation representing employers who want to ensure inclusiveness for women, supporting their potential to be as economically active as men. Opportunity Now is part of Business in the Community.
Website: www.opportunity.org.uk
Telephone: 0207 566 8650
Press for Change (PfC):
PfC is a political lobbying and educational organisation. It campaigns to achieve equality and human rights for all Trans people in the UK through legislation and social change. It provides legal advice, training and consultancy for employers and organisations as well as undertaking commissioned research.
Website: www.transequality.co.uk / www.pfc.org.uk
Telephone: 0161 432 1915 (10:00–17:00, Thursdays only until further notice)
Email: email@example.com
Race for Opportunity (RfO):
RfO is a network of private and public sector organisations working across the UK to promote the business case for race and diversity. It is part of Business in the Community.
Website: www.raceforopportunity.org.uk
Telephone: 0207 566 8716
Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health works to improve the quality of life for people with mental health conditions. They carry out research, policy work and analysis to improve practice and influence policy in mental health as well as public services.
Website: www.scmh.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7827 8300
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Small Business UK:
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Website: www.smallbusiness.co.uk
Telephone: 020 7250 7010
Stonewall is the UK's leading lesbian, gay and bisexual charity and carries out campaigning, lobbying and research work as well as providing a free information service for individuals, organisations and employers.
Website: www.stonewall.org.uk Telephone: 08000 50 20 20
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
TAEN – The Age and Employment Network (Britain)
An independent charity whose mission is to promote an effective job market that serves the needs of people in mid and later life, employers and the economy..
Tel: 020 7843 1590
Website: www.taen.org.uk
TUC – the Trades Union Congress (England & Wales):
With 59 member unions representing over six and a half million working people, the TUC campaigns for a fair deal at work and for social justice at home and abroad.
Tel: 020 7636 4030
Website: www.tuc.org.uk
Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC):
Tel: 0141 337 8100
Email: email@example.com
Website: www.stuc.org.uk
Train to Gain:
Advice and resources for businesses looking for support in training their staff.
Tel: 0845 600 9006
Website: www.traintogain.gov.uk
Working Families (Britain)
Working Families is a work-life balance organisation. Helping children, working parents and carers and their employers find a better balance between responsibilities at home and work.
Tel: 0800 013 0313
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: www.workingfamilies.org.uk
Aims to make the UK one of the most progressive economies in the world by encouraging the widespread adoption of smarter working practices. To gain better productivity and to balance work-life pressures.
Tel: 01252 311557
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: www.workwiseuk.org
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Notification Area
The notification area provides notifications and status. Well-designed programs use the notification area appropriately, without being annoying or distracting.
Is this the right user interface?
Design concepts
Usage patterns
When to show
Where to show
Context menus
Rich tooltips
Notification area flyouts
Options dialog box
Minimizing programs to the notification area
The notification area is a portion of the taskbar that provides a temporary source for notifications and status. It can also be used to display icons for system and program features that have no presence on the desktop.
Items in the notification area are referred to as notification area icons, or simply icons if the context of the notification area is already clearly established.
To give users control of their desktop in Windows® 7, not all notification area icons are displayed by default. Rather, icons are displayed in the notification area overflow unless promoted to the notification area by the user.
Note: Guidelines related to the Start menu, taskbar, notifications, and balloons are presented in separate articles.
Is this the right user interface?
To decide, consider these questions:
- Does your program need to display a notification? If so, you must use a notification area icon.
- Is the icon displayed temporarily to show a change of status? If so, a notification area icon may be appropriate, depending upon the following factors:
Programs designed for Windows 7 can use overlay icons on the program's taskbar button to show change of status, as well as taskbar button progress bars to show progress of long-running tasks.
- Is the status useful and relevant? That is, are users likely to monitor the icon and change their behavior as a result of this information? If not, either don't display the status, or put it in a log file.
- Is the status critical? Is immediate action required? If so, display the information in a way that demands attention and cannot be easily ignored, such as a dialog box.
- Is the status useful and relevant? That is, are users likely to monitor the icon and change their behavior as a result of this information? If not, either don't display the status, or put it in a log file.
- Does the feature already have "desktop presence"? That is, when run, does the feature appear in a window on the desktop (possibly minimized)? If so, display status in the program's status bar, other status area, or, for Windows 7, directly on the taskbar button. If the feature doesn't have desktop presence, you can use an icon for program access and to show status.
- Is the icon primarily to launch a program or access its features or settings quickly? If so, use the Start menu to launch programs instead. The notification area isn't intended for quick program or command access.
For programs designed for Windows 7, users can pin taskbar buttons for quick program access. Programs can use a Jump List or thumbnail toolbar to access frequently used commands directly from a program's toolbar button. The Quick Launch area isn't displayed by default in Windows 7.
Design concepts
The Windows desktop
The Windows desktop has the following program access points:
- Work area. The onscreen area where users can perform their work, as well as store programs, documents, and their shortcuts. While technically the desktop includes the taskbar, in most contexts it refers just to the work area.
- Start button. The access point for all programs and special Windows places (Documents, Pictures, Music, Games, Computer, Control Panel), with "most recently used" lists for quick access to recently used programs and documents.
- Quick Launch. A direct access point for programs selected by the user. Quick Launch was removed from Windows 7.
- Taskbar. The access point for running programs that have desktop presence. While technically the taskbar spans the entire bar from the Start button to the notification area, in most contexts taskbar refers to the area in between, containing the taskbar buttons. This area is sometimes referred to as the taskband.
- Deskbands. Minimized functional, long-running programs, such as the Language Bar. Programs that minimize to deskbands don't display taskbar buttons when minimized. Deskbands are not recommended for Windows 7.
- Notification area. A short-term source for notifications and status, as well as an access point for system- and program-related features that have no presence on the desktop.
The desktop is a limited, shared resource that is the user's entry point to Windows. Leave users in control. You should use the desktop areas as intended—any other usage should be considered an abuse. For example, never view desktop areas as ways to promote your program or its brand.
Using the notification area appropriately
The notification area was originally intended as a temporary source for notifications and status. Its efficiency and convenience has encouraged developers to give it other purposes, such as launching programs and executing commands. Unfortunately over time, these additions made the notification area too large and noisy, and confused its purpose with the other desktop access points.
Windows XP addressed the scale problem by making the area collapsible and hiding the unused icons. Windows Vista addressed the noise by removing unnecessary, annoying notifications. Windows 7 has gone a step further by focusing the notification on its original purpose of being a notification source. Most icons are hidden by default in Windows 7, but can be promoted to the notification area manually, by the user. To keep users in control of their desktops, there is no way for your program to perform this promotion automatically. Windows still displays notifications for hidden icons by promoting them temporarily.
In addition, Windows 7 supports many features directly in the taskbar buttons. Specifically, you can use:
- Jump Lists and thumbnail toolbars to quickly access frequently used commands.
- Overlay icons to show status for running programs.
- Taskbar button progress bars to show progress for long-running tasks.
In short, if your program has desktop presence, take full advantage of the Windows 7 taskbar button features for these purposes. Keep the notification area icons focused on displaying notifications and status.
Keeping users in control
Keeping users in control extends beyond using the notification area correctly. Depending on the nature of your icon, you may want to let users do the following:
- Remove the icon. Your icon may provide relevant, useful status, but even so, users may not want to see it. Windows allows users to hide icons, but this feature isn't easily discoverable. To keep users in control, provide a Display icon in notification area option on the icon's context menu. Note that removing an icon doesn't have to affect the underlying program, feature, or process.
- Select types of notifications to display. Your notification must be useful and relevant, but there may be notifications that users don't want to see. This is especially true for FYI notifications. Let users choose to enable the less important ones.
- Suspend optional features. Icons are used to display status for features without desktop presence. Such features tend to be long-running, optional background tasks, such as printing, indexing, scanning, or synchronizing. Users may want to suspend such features to increase system performance, reduce power consumption, or because they are offline.
- Quit the program. Provide the more suitable of these options:
- Temporarily quit program. The program is stopped and restarted when Windows is restarted. This approach is suitable for important system utilities such as security programs.
- Permanently quit program. The program is stopped and not restarted when Windows is restarted (unless the user chooses to restart later). Either the user no longer wants to run the program, or wants to run the program on demand—perhaps to improve system performance.
Although it's a good idea to provide most of these settings on the icon's context menu, the program's default experience should be suitable for most users. Don't turn everything on by default and expect users to turn features off. Rather, turn the important features on by default, and let users enable additional features as desired.
If you do only four things...
1. Don't abuse the notification area. Use it only as a source for notifications and status, and for features without desktop presence.
2. Keep users in control. Provide appropriate options to control the icon, its notifications, and the underlying features.
3. Present a default experience that is suitable for most users. Let users enable desired features rather than expect them to disable undesired ones.
4. Take full advantage of the Windows 7 taskbar button features to show status and make your program's most frequently performed tasks efficient.
Usage patterns
Notification area icons have several usage patterns:
System status and access
Displayed continuously to show important but not critical system status, and to provide access to relevant features and settings.
System features that need notification area icons have no persistent desktop presence. Can also be used as a notification source.
Background task status and access
Displayed while a background task is running to show status and provide access to features and settings.
Background processes need notification area icons when they have no desktop presence. Can also be used as a notification source.
Temporary event status
Programs with desktop presence can display icons temporarily to show important events or changes in status.
Temporary notification source
Displayed temporarily to show a notification. Removed after a timeout, or when the underlying problem is addressed or task performed.
Temporary icons are preferred for pure notification sources. Don't display an icon that doesn't provide useful, relevant, dynamic status just because a feature might need to display a notification in the future.
Minimized single-instance application
To reduce taskbar clutter, a single-instance, long-running application can be minimized to a notification area icon instead.
Consider using this pattern only if all of the following apply:
Note: This icon pattern is no longer recommended for Windows 7. Use regular taskbar buttons instead if your program has desktop presence.
- Provide only one notification area icon per component.
- Use an icon with 16x16, 20x20, and 24x24 pixel versions. The larger versions are used in high-dpi display modes.
When to show
- For the temporary notification source pattern:
- Windows displays the icon when the notification is displayed.
- Remove the icon based on its notification design pattern:
Pattern When to remove Action success When notification is removed. Action failure When problem is resolved. Non-critical system event When problem is resolved. Optional user task When task is done. FYI When notification is removed.
- For the temporary event status pattern, display the icon while the event is happening.
- For all other patterns, display the icon when the program, feature, or process is running and the icon is relevant unless the user has cleared its Display icon in notification area option (for more information, see Context menus). Most icons are hidden by default in Windows 7, but can be promoted to the notification area by the user.
- Don't display icons meant for administrators to standard users. Record the information in the Windows event log.
Where to show
- Display windows launched from notification area icons near the notification area.
- Choose the icon based on its design pattern:
Pattern Icon type System status and access System feature icon Background task status and access Program or feature icon Temporary notification source Program or feature icon Temporary event status Program or feature icon Minimized single-instance application Program icon
- Choose an easily recognizable icon design. Prefer icons with unique outlines over square or rectangular shaped icons. Keep the designs simple—prefer symbols over realistic images. Apply the other Aero-style icon guidelines as well.
- Use icon variations or overlays to indicate status or status changes. Use icon variations to show changes in quantities or strengths. For other types of status, use the following standard overlays. Use only a single overlay, and locate it bottom-right for consistency.
Overlay Status Warning Error Disabled/Disconnected Blocked/Offline
- Avoid swaths of pure red, yellow, and green in your base icons. To avoid confusion, reserve these colors to communicate status. If your branding uses these colors, consider using muted tones for your base notification area icons.
- For progressive escalation, use icons with a progressively more emphatic appearance as the situation becomes more urgent.
- Don't change status too frequently. Notification area icons shouldn't appear noisy, unstable, or demand attention. The eye is sensitive to changes in the peripheral field of vision, so status changes need to be subtle.
- Don't change the icon rapidly. If underlying status is changing rapidly, have the icon reflect high-level status.
- Don't use long-running animations to show continuous activities. Such animations are a distraction. An icon's presence in the notification area sufficiently indicates continuous activity.
- Brief, subtle animations are acceptable to show progress during important temporary, transitive status changes.
- Don't flash the icon. Doing so is too distracting. If an event requires immediate attention, use a dialog box instead. If the event otherwise needs attention, use a notification.
- Don't change the icon rapidly. If underlying status is changing rapidly, have the icon reflect high-level status.
- Don't disable notification area icons. If the icon doesn't currently apply, remove it. However, you can show an enabled icon with a disabled status overlay if users can enable from the icon.
For general icon guidelines and examples, see Icons.
Note: The following click events should occur on mouse up, not mouse down.
- Display a tooltip or infotip that indicates what the icon represents.
For infotip text guidelines, see the Text section of this article.
Left single-click
- Display whatever users most likely want to see, which may be:
- A flyout window, dialog box, or program window with the most useful settings and commonly performed tasks. For presentation guidelines, see Notification area flyouts.
- A status flyout.
- The related control panel item.
- The context menu.
- A flyout window, dialog box, or program window with the most useful settings and commonly performed tasks. For presentation guidelines, see Notification area flyouts.
- Display a context menu only if the other choices don't apply, with the default command in bold. In this case, display the same context menu that is shown on right-click to avoid confusion.
- Prefer using a popup window over a dialog box for a more lightweight feel. Show only the most common settings and have them take immediate effect for a simpler interaction. Dismiss the popup window if the user clicks anywhere outside the window.
- Display small windows near the associated icon. However, large windows such as control panel items can be displayed in the center of the default monitor.
Left double-click
- Perform the default command on the context menu. Typically, this displays the primary UI associated with the icon, such as the associated control panel item, property sheet, or program window.
- If there is no default command, perform the same action as a left single-click.
- Display the context menu, with the default command in bold.
Context menus
- Display the context menu near its associated icon, but away from the taskbar.
- The context menu may include the following items, as appropriate, in the listed order (exact text is in quotes):
Primary commands
Open (default, list first, in bold)
Secondary commands
Suspend/resume enable/disable command (check mark)
"Minimized to notification area" (check mark)
Opt in to notifications (check mark)
"Display icon in notification area" (check mark)
- Remove rather than disable any context menu items that don't apply.
- For Open, Run, and Suspend/Resume commands, be specific about what is being opened, run, suspended, and resumed.
- Use Suspend/Resume running background tasks, Enable/Disable for everything else.
- Use check marks to indicate state. List and enable all states and place the check mark next to the current state. Don't disable options or change option labels to indicate the current state.
- All background tasks must have a Suspend/Resume command. Choosing the command should temporarily suspend the task. Users may want to temporarily suspend background tasks to increase system performance or reduce power consumption. Suspended background tasks are restarted when resumed by the user or when Windows is restarted.
- Allow users to opt into or out of different notification types if your program has notifications that some users might not want to see. The FYI notification pattern requires users to opt in, so these notifications must be disabled by default.
- Clearing the "Display icon in notification area" option removes the icon from the notification area, but doesn't affect the underlying program, feature, or process. Users can redisplay the icon from the program's Options dialog box. Don't automatically re-display the icon when Windows is restarted.
- The Exit command quits the program for the current Windows session and removes the icon. Don't have an Exit command if program can't be shut down. The program is restarted when Windows is restarted. Users can permanently quit the program from the Options dialog box.
- Don't have an About command. Such information should be communicated by the icon, its infotip, and the context menu. If users want more information, they can view the primary UI.
- Exception: You may provide an About command if the icon is for a program that doesn't have desktop presence.
For general context menu guidelines and examples, see Menus.
Rich tooltips
- Use rich tooltips only to make the information easier to understand. Don't use rich tooltips just to decorate the feature. If you can't use richness to make the information easier to understand, use a plain tooltip instead.
- Use a concise presentation. Use concise text and a concise layout with a 32x32 pixel icon. Spacious tooltips risk being distracting, especially when displayed unintentionally.
- Don't put controls or elements that appear interactive in a rich tooltip. Tooltips aren't interactive and therefore shouldn't appear interactive. Don't use blue or underlined text.
Notification area flyouts
- When appropriate, present notification area flyouts with three sections:
- Summary. Display the same information that is displayed in the icon's tooltip or infotip, possibly with more detail. For consistency, use the same text and icons, and generally the same layout (if using a rich tooltip). Unlike the infotips, this information is accessible when using touch.
- Common tasks. Present the most commonly performed tasks directly in the flyout.
- Related links. Provide at most one of each type of the following optional links:
- A link to the most frequently performed task in Control Panel. Provide if there is a frequently performed task that can't be presented in the common tasks section.
- A link to the related Control Panel item. This Control Panel item should allow users to perform any tasks that can't be performed in the common tasks section.
- A link to a specific, relevant Help topic. Follow the standard Help link guidelines.
Options dialog box
- Options not accessible directly from the context menu must be in the Options dialog box. This dialog could be the feature's control panel.
- The Options dialog box may include the following items as appropriate (exact text is in quotes):
- Enable [feature name] (check box)
- Clearing this option permanently quits the program. Program can be restarted from its control panel item. The Exit command in the context menu quits the program only for the current Windows session.
- "Display icon in notification area" (check box)
- Removing the icon from the notification area doesn't affect the underlying feature.
- Selecting this option allows user to restore the icon, which of course can't be done from the icon itself.
- Enable [feature name] (check box)
- Disable features that are rarely used, or potentially annoying or distracting. Let users opt in to such features.
For general Options dialog box guidelines and examples, see Property Windows.
Minimizing programs to the notification area
Note: Minimizing program windows to the notification area is no longer recommended for Windows 7. Use regular taskbar buttons instead. Your program may support both mechanisms for backward compatibility.
- To reduce taskbar clutter, consider providing the ability to minimize programs to the notification area only if all of the following apply:
- The program can have only a single instance.
- The program is run for an extended period of time.
- The icon shows status.
- The icon can be a notification source.
- Doing so is optional and users must opt in.
- Use the Minimize button on the application's title bar, not the Close button.
- The icon infotip should have one of the following formats (where the company name is optional):
- (Company name) Feature, program, or device name
- (Company name) Feature, program, or device name - Status summary
- (Company name) Feature, program, or device name status statement.
- (Company name) Feature, program, or device name
Status list with each item on a separate line
- (Company name) Feature, program, or device name
Infotip phrasing:
- Focus on the most useful information. Display other information on left single-click.
- Be concise. Use sentence fragments or simple statements.
- Don't use ending punctuation unless tip is phrased as a complete sentence.
- Omit unnecessary words. Don't include the software version or other extraneous information.
- Don't explain how to interact with the icon.
When referring to the notification area:
- Refer to the notification area as the notification area, not the system tray.
When referring to a notification area icon:
- Refer to the icon using the exact name given in its infotip, including its capitalization, followed by icon.
- For the first reference, also refer to the notification area.
- When possible, format the heading text using bold. Otherwise, put the heading in quotation marks only if required to prevent confusion.
Example: To check the network status quickly, click the Network icon in the notification area.


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Included sightseeing with a Local Guide features Buda Castle, which dominates the twin cities of Buda and Pest, separated by the broad ribbon of the Danube. Also see Heroes' Square, which typifies the modern capital, as well as the old inns and along the riverbank, the Royal Castle, Parliament, Margaret Island, Fishermen's Bastion, and Matthias Coronation Church. (B)
This morning, travel southwards at first along the motorway to the border town of Szeged to cross into the province of Vojvodina in Serbia. Stop in Novi Sad, the capital of the province, situated on the River Danube and famous for its Petrovaradin Citadel, known in the west as the "Gibraltar of the Danube." Drive along the motorway into Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. This evening, enjoy a special dinner at a local restaurant. (B,D)
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Cold one day, hot the next, raining the next
You cannot take classes that are required to get into grad school if it is not a part of your intended major
Biology is not my favorite, I just need it for grad school
Not easy, but not impossible
Do not participate because I live an hour away
Drug Safety:
I don't participate in doing drugs
Campus Housing:
I do not live on campus
I commute every day with my own car
Campus Strictness:
Never had a problem with anything.
Great school, great people, great professors
There are several clubs that promote diversity and acceptance. For example, there is the Interfaith Alliance which seeks to bring members of various belief systems together in an atmosphere of learning, respect,and tolerance.
Drug Safety:
I do not hang around people who do recreational drugs or drink alcohol for fun. Therefore, I really don't have much of an opinion on this question.
Campus Dining:
Chow(the dining hall)can be good, but it can also be bland. There is certainly a variety of foods to choose from, and constant pizza. The Hoag student center also offers options of Habaneros (mexican food), Grille 1873(burgers, fries, chicken tenders), Mizo's(sushi and asian food) and Einstein's bagels. These options offer a welcome reprieve from chow, and the atmosphere is fun and relaxed..
Local Atmosphere:
Dahlonega is a charming little town. It is safe, and as a female I feel secure walking by myself at night. In the fall, there is the annual gold rush craft fair and it is a lot of fun! There are so many interesting shops and restaurants on the square. Additionally, there is a big selection of churches to choose from.
There are not many institutional scholarships other than academic ones, work study, and scholarships for Cadet students. Financial aid is relatively easy to apply for and accept, but the school does not offer many scholarships.
The workload is challenging, but not overwhelmingly so.
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While living off campus certainly has perks such as more freedom and unlimited visitation hours, there is fairly limited off campus housing in the area that is within walking distance to the school. It is possible to live off campus, and there are both expensive and inexpensive options. I do not have any experience with searching for off campus housing.
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10:54 PM EST, February 13, 2013
From start to finish, it was the worst day of the season for the Magic, which is saying something.
On Wednesday, Hedo Turkoglu was suspended by the league for using steroids, embarrassing a Magic franchise trying to do everything right after the Dwight caper. Then, in the double whammy, the Magic closed the night by being humiliated by the Atlanta Hawks, 108-76.
It's cruel and unusual punishment for fans to be subjected to such a dreadful effort heading into the all-star break.
Only two starters broke into double figures, with Andrew Nicholson and Jameer Nelson scoring 10 point apiece. Nik Vucevic was virtually invisible.
Neither Arron Afflalo (nine points) or super sub J.J. Redick (eight points, zero assists) could provide a spark as Orlando was crushed on the offensive boards, 17-7.
"We got punked," J.J. Redick said.
The Magic (15-37) just don't need the all-star break to recharge. They need the season to end as quickly as possible. They now have the second-worst record in the NBA, behind only the perennially pitiful Charlotte Bobcats.
Against the Hawks, the Magic looked like a team that already had gone on break – beaten and broken after losing 24 of their last 27 games.
Coach Jacque Vaughn will have a challenge keeping his players from falling victim to the drain of a hopeless season.
"This is your livelihood and me, speaking for myself when I played, I took it home also and it was part of me and hopefully, that's the kind of guys that we have in the locker room," Vaughn said. "That they care about it, that it means something and this is not the territory that we want to continue to live in.
"And it's OK to not accept it at the end of the day. For us as a team, we just want to continue to push forward in a positive way. That's the best thing for us."Brian Schmitz is the Magic Insider for the Orlando Sentinel. You can reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com. And you can follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/@magicinsider.
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