A little talk at the first and only Joomla! User Group Norfolk meeting held at the Murderers Pub in Norwich. Only a few local Joomla! enthusiasts turned up despite wide marketing, a huge spread of food and some nice presentations. It was felt that our time was better spent building and maintaining websites so this…
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A presentation at the 2010 JandBeyond Joomla! developers conference in Wiesbaden, Germany to put forward a certification process to encourage developers to attain qualifications and bring an income for the project. Subjects covered : Why might we need certification? To help developers independently prove their expertise To help Joomla! become more accepted as a serious…
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I spoke at CHASE, formerly the Cambridge Hi-Tech Association of Small Enterprises, a lively networking group for entrepreneurs, start-ups, small firms and people interested in business and hi-tech, based in the university city of Cambridge, the UK’s Silicon Valley. They hold a talk most months, almost always on the first Monday of the month, about a…
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St George’s Day is here again but compared with St Patrick’s Day there’s little evidence of celebration. We asked you – Has England lost its national pride? Are the English no longer nationalistic? After years of colonialism have Englishmen and women lost interest in their own shores? Or have the right-wing connotations of St George’s…
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Det gigantiske juletræ, der hvert år ankommer fra Norge, er på plads på Trafalgar Square, hvor det lyser over den britiske hovedstad hver aften. Duften af brændte mandler, ristede kastanjer og varme vafler blander sig med en aroma af gran. Engle og julelys, der blinker og glitrer, våger over Oxford Street, og i pubberne kan…
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St George on a horse vies with traffic in central London yesterday – in just one of the patriotic sights as the English celebrated their saint’s day. In the biggest such festivities of recent years, the flag of St George was flown at No 10 for the first time and crowds in Trafalgar Square sang…
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Marcus Stafford, from the England Society, said it was not just about making money but about ordinary people realising it was okay for them to be English. “Just four or five years ago St George’s Day was not really celebrated,” he said. “English was bad. But people are beginning to realise that they are living…
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The Norfolk man who last month took on British Airways over their uniform policy has this month set himself the modest task of saving Christmas. Marcus Stafford , 41, of Dillington near Dereham is a web designer and no stranger to harnessing his computer skills for political ends. Marcus Stafford , 41, of Dillington near…
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Главная авиакомпания Великобритании British Airways оказалась в центре громкого скандала. Причиной стало решение руководства компании отстранить от работы 55-летнюю сотрудницу службы регистрации Надю Эвейду (Nadia Eweida) из Твикенхема (Twickenham), которая отстаивала свое право носить поверх униформы нательный крестик. Представители авиакомпании заявили, что поведение Эвейды нарушает установленный дресскод, который запрещает сотрудникам надевать ювелирные украшения. Со своей…
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A little mention in a Polish newspaper. They very kindly sent this to me in the post. Online article available here.
