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Two Butterflies
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About: In this new online puzzle game we feature two beautiful butterflies sitting next to each other on a yellow flower.
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Vintage Gas Pumps
These old gas pumps stand in front of the Classical Gas Museum in Embudo, New Mexico. The museum is run by Johnnie Meier and is full of all kinds of antique gas pumps, signs, oil cans, maps, gas station signs, neons, thermometers and all sorts of other vintage memorabilia related gas and gas stations.
Widely used before the introduction of railway transport, this type of four-wheeled covered wagon pulled by horses or mules was used to carry passengers and goods. The stagecoach traveled at an average speed of about five miles per hour, it could cover about 60 miles a day depending on the weather and the terrain it had to cross. The term "stage" originally referred to the distance between stations on a route, the coach traveling the entire route in "stages" because of it's limited range (unlike train, buses or planes of today the horses pulling the coach and the people aboard had to rest). In the United States at the beginning of the 18th century crude wagons began to be used to carry passengers between cities and towns, first within New England in 1744, then between New York and Philadelphia in 1756. Coachmen also carried letters, packages and money. The first Concord stagecoach, the same model as the one in this fun puzzle, was built in 1827. So jump aboard and lets go for a stagecoach ride in today's fun new jigsaw. Have fun!
Colorful City Illustration
Another fun and challenging jigsaw puzzle is here! In this new one we feature a colorful illustrated city drawn in the Wedha's Pop Art Portrait style - a native Indonesian pop art genre founded by Wedha Abdul Rasyid, a senior artist and illustrator from Indonesia. One characteristic of this type of pop art is the use of colors which is unusual, and commonly has a strictly vertical / horizontal and diagonal of lines or shapes.
Cartoon Character Shaped Balloons
Lots of colors, shapes and cartoon characters in this fun new puzzle. Click start, find and put all the colorful cartoon character shaped balloons back together as fast as possible and get your time on our leader boards. Have fun!
Rain Drops
It's a rainy day and the leaves are covered in rain drops even in today's new online jigsaw puzzle.
Colorful World Globe Closeup
Globes serve similar purposes to maps, but unlike maps, do not distort the surface that they portray except to scale it down. Flat maps are created using a map projection that inevitably introduces an increasing amount of distortion the larger the area that the map shows. The sphericity of the Earth was established by Greek astronomy in the 3rd century BC, and the earliest terrestrial globe appeared from that period. Traditionally, globes were manufactured by gluing a printed paper map onto a sphere, often made from wood. Usually a globe is mounted so that its spin axis is 23.5° from vertical, which is the angle the Earth's spin axis deviates from perpendicular to the plane of its orbit. In today's new puzzle we can see part of such a globe - we can see Europe, parts of north Africa and east Asia. Pick a difficulty level and start putting the colorful countries back together and relax with today's new puzzle. Have fun!
In today's new puzzle we feature a musical instrument - the clarinet. Johann Christoph Denner invented the clarinet in Germany around the turn of the 18th century by adding a register key to the earlier chalumeau. Over time, additional keywork and airtight pads were added to improve tone and playability. Clarinet bodies have been made from a variety of materials including wood, plastic, hard rubber, metal, resin, and ivory. Mouthpieces are generally made of hard rubber or plastic. Ligatures are often made out of metal and plated in nickel, silver or gold.
Another beautiful jigsaw is here. Today's puzzle features a bunch of colorful autumn leaves.
Colorful Toy Wood Blocks
Prove your puzzle solving skills in today's new colorful game. Featuring a bunch of colorful toy wood blocks of different sizes and shapes this fun new game will give you the challenge you need and help you relax while putting the picture back together piece by piece. If you didn't already know, toy blocks (also building bricks, building blocks, or simply blocks) are wooden, plastic, or foam pieces of various shapes (square, cylinder, arch, triangle, etc.) and colors that are used as construction toys. Have fun!
As you may already know a tea bag is a small, porous sealed bag containing tea leaves and used with water for brewing tea. Tea bags are commonly made of filter paper, silk or food grade plastic. They are usually square or rectangular envelopes. The first tea bags were commercially available around 1904 and were hand-sewn fabric bags.
Time for the Autumn harvest, start this fun game and join us in the pumpkin patch and let's gather as many orange pumpkins as you we can. Pick your difficulty level, toggle piece rotation on or off and relax with today's new jigsaw game. Have fun!
Two Trains With Red Locomotives
Today' we're going on a train trip. Choose your difficulty level, start the game and jump aboard one of the trains waiting on one of the tracks for nice trip in a beautiful landscape. Rebuild the two red locomotives pulling the train wagons, parts of the train station, the train tracks and the trees in the background as fast as you can and get a top time on our leaderboards. Have fun!


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MXC Roster
WXC Roster
NCAA XC
September 22, 2007 - by Seminoles.com
McShine Sparkles In First For Host Seminoles At FSU Invite
Men's Collegiate Results
Men's/JV Open
Women's/JV Open
Complete Results in PDF Format
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Tallahassee, Fla. – The Florida State women's cross country team dominated competition at the 5k FSU Invitational for the fifth year in a row, taking the win with 31 points. In the team's only home race of the season, freshman Pilar McShine finished the first collegiate race of her career at the head of the pack, leading the Seminoles to victory.
"I've been telling her [McShine] the last couple of weeks how much fitter she's getting," said women's coach Karen Harvey. "I told her yesterday in my office, `You can win this race,' and she just went out there and did it. She looked strong and she just kept eating away at the leader."
In all, nine Seminoles crossed the line in the top 20. McShine (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) finished at 18:02.53, followed by sophomore Christina Woytalewicz (Brandon, Fla.) with a third-place time of 18:24.36. Crossing in a pack at eight, nine and 10 were junior Amanda Hahn (Gainesville, Fla.) at 18:41.72, freshman Bree McCardle (Queensland, Australia) at 18:48.29 and junior Shannon Coates (Delray Beach, Fla.) at 18:50.16.
"I ran my race just like my coach told me to do and it went well," said McShine. "I've got a little boost in my confidence now, but I still have a lot of things to work on, this is just the beginning."
Finishing second behind the home team was the University of Tampa with 49 points. University of North Florida took third with 98 points, Florida Atlantic came in at fourth with 132, and Florida Southern rounded out the top five with 147.
Next week, the men's and women's Florida State cross country teams will travel to Indiana to compete in one of the biggest races of the reason, the Notre Dame Invitational.
For highlights from today's race, check out the on-demand ACC Select coverage here at Seminoles.com.
Final Team Results:
1 Florida State 31
2 Tampa 49
3 North Florida 98
4 Florida Atlantic 132
5 Florida Southern 147
6 Florida Gulf Coast 161
7 Webber 192
8 Florida A&M 207
9 West Florida 211
10 Florida International 222
Florida State Top 10 Individual Finishers:
1 Pilar McShine 18:02.53
3 Christina Woytalewicz 18:24.36
8 Amanda Hahn 18:41.72
9 Bree McArdle 18:48.29
10 Shannon Coates 18:50.16
12 Meredith Urban 19:00.47
13 Amanda Quick 19:05.13
14 Audrey Hand 19:10.68
17 Ashley Andress 19:27.43
31 Rosanna Bell 19:47.64
Florida State Hosting Home Invite in "Trail"ahassee
FSU Women's Cross Country Matches Highest Ranking in School History at No. 12, Men Come in 24th

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Since our old college is shut down, Jen thinks Bath would be a good central point. Several dates are negotiated.
Sorry, I'm in New York!
We're away camping, it's booked.
I drive up. Girl says: I hardly remember it at all.
It's 20 years ago, I say.
We park and check in and get on a bus.
Always on a bus, in those days. The 484. Still had to walk a mile or so down the drive to the college. Carried all our laundry on that bloody bus. In those days. Shared a house, all of us. Formative years!
I know them, as though we had never parted company at all.
Girl was five or six: and now she's 24?!
Oh! I remember that jumper; those knickknack things in the fire surround; hideous carpet; that tall girl- Yes, she was at Leeds- Paul the landlord; didn't care for wearing trousers around the house. Afraid of girls though. Here's Girl, waving cute hands at the camera. So cute! Remember that hat Kate? That costume, Sandie? Lisa in the silver tights!
To the table where the wine waits; light hearted whites from the cheap end of the menu, loitering on ice; we draw in; slide along the bench and ask the waitress: could we have some water too please.
Jen doesn't recall breaking the cupboard door: launches into monologue: we say this is not a conversation now, it's good stand-up.
I can't have the banoffi pudding, the waiter says, they have run out of bananas.
He stands patiently waiting, shifts his weight from foot to foot, while we laugh and laugh.
On Sunday morning we assemble in the Assembly Rooms.
We will do this again, we say. Hire a cottage and cook. Give Jen lots of wine.
We have tickets for the costume museum and the Roman Baths.
Delightful! I don't pretend to understand girl reunions but I sure like the pictures. Bottom one looks fun and happy. Top one might be a casting call for "Sweet Charity". In all, an enjoyable post!
Thank you :-) It was all fun and happy and more than worth a few words! I'm thinking that the starlet picture is the 'Sweet Charity' picture and not so much the one in the bonnets!
The one in the bonnets, I love the girl in the green dress's shoes. Chuck Taylors endure.


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Always do your homework. Many employers have a corporate insurance coverage for their employees and will cover loss on rental cars. Check if your employer has such coverage. Check if the coverage covers rentals on all use or offical use only. Then take a decision. You don;t want to buy new coverage if you're already covered!
If you are using a credit card to rent the car, check your credit card policy. Some credit cards (especially American Express) provide a level of coverage on rentals, as long as the rental is booked through the card.
If you already have a personal car insurance policy, chances are high it covers car rentals to some extent. Check the policy. Understand the terms - what is covered and what is not. Then take a decision.
If you don't have any of the above, or are not sure, or just want the extra peace of mind, go for it! Rental insurance is certainly OK for a few days but will start becoming an expensive proposition if you need the car for a week or longer.
Remember, weekend rentals are generally less expensive than weekday rentals. So if you live in a big city like New York and travel on the subway throughout the week, you may even consider renting as a long-term strategy. I know many people who rent on weekends (for errands, vacations) and delay buying a personal car altogether. This will also help save on parking costs, which can be substantial in the city.
Every time you rent a car, the gas level is recorded. When you return the car, ensure the tank is at the same level. Failure to do this results in an added charge for refilling at penal fuel rates. So remember to refuel before returning the car.
Car rental agencies also give you the option of prepaying for a full tank of gas (you therefore don't have to worry about refueling and can return the car at any gas level). The cost of prepayment is less than the penal charge, should you forget to refuel. However, the most economical option is still to decline prepayment and refuel yourself.
Do not necessarily go for the smallest car, in order to save money. The "subcompact" car (usually the least expensive option) is really small with very little trunk space and is not good value for money. The compact and intermediate options give a better balance between value and rental rate.


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Trying to decide if I should go with a self contained robot VS the auto cleaners that plug into your filter/skimmer. Can anyone help list the pros/cons of both? Maybe some model recommendations too (budget is around 300-400).
My main concern with the auto cleaners - how hard is it to attach/remove from the skimmer? Do they make ones with quick connects so its very quick to hook up (I would also love to leave the cleaner itself in the pool at all times if possible).
*just to be clear - my dream would be something super low maintenance, so I can just leave everything in the pool, quick connect one hose, run for a few hours, then disconnect.
I haven't seen you yet, so welcome aboard!
Actually a Robot is one that runs on its own power independantly of any pool equipment like pumps or suction from pumps. Usually a DC from AC converted from a power supply to the Robot. Commonly, the ones from pumps are pressure cleaners, or the ones hooked up to vac or skimmer lines are suction cleaners.
I am very biased toward Robots for a few reasons, and many members will weigh in. I have, and love the Maytronics Dolphin M-5/500 and could not imagine being happier with this type of product. Others have different units and most of them feel just as happy about theirs as me. It's everything youre asking for, with advantages, a good Robot is. Good luck in your selection, ask plenty of questions, and do let us know what you decide. This is one of the favorite subjects on the forum.
I hear they make annoying clicking sounds though? And could I leave something like this plugged in 24/7?
Suction side cleaners only work when the pump is running, and when the pool is flowing enough to make them work.
I say "could" because when the suction cleaner is plugged in your skimming will degrade and the pool surface wont stay as clean as it would otherwise.
Some of them make loud clicks, (Kreepy and all other diaphragm type brands) others a are a little softer, but are still cyclical GSeries, T5, at 200 watts its barely audible, When running solar and cranking the system up to 1000 watts or more for the flow the clicking gets louder.
I like the diaphragm type suction sides best of the group so far.
Cleaners like the poolvergnugen, and MX8 also are suction side powered but are more complex and have more moving parts that must be serviced and therefore parts price and installation time and effort go up.
some people prefer to see a calm surface and therefore like the lack of a cyclical product disturbing the surface - not sure thats a feature, but definitely in line with some peoples preference.
All that said I still prefer a suction side cleaner to a robot as the ability to run independently of the pump is not a benefit to me because I run a 24x7 pump anyway. I can get a G3, or T5 run on 200 watts which is the same as normal skim speed.
I get great performance out of them, and they only have a one or 2 moving simple cheap parts to replace and are half or less what a good robot costs.
I wouldnt leave ANY electronic device I wanted to keep forever "in" the water 24x7x much at all, but you could.
A Robot (or any stay in the pool cleaner w a bag) left in the pool 24x7 for a few days or more will ultimately stop actually cleaning and start putting out the captured debris in the form of decayed matter and your bags /basket will become a green tinged disgusting mess of decaying organics, where a suction side cleaner gets the debris out of the pool and into the filter.
That said I dont "dislike" robots I think they are cool expensive toys that are fun and have their benefits but low cost, and ease of maintenance are their strong points.
Thing is many pools just wont work for whatever reason with one or the other combinations of steps,, angles flows, these problems seem to flummox suction cleaners a bit more often, but robots fall prey to the same issues including cord tangling, and flipping upside down seemingly a little less often.
Well I am having second thoughts about the kreepy krawly - I am considering upgrading to a variable speed pump (heard they dont work well with those), plus the CLICKING noise seems kinda annoying.
So back to looking at robots again... decided to go with the low end aquabot s20 for my first bot. Only 260 on amazon, plus i got the 4 year protection plan for 35 bucks. Now I will feel better about leaving the thing in the pool 24/7 (I will still of course clean the bags as often as I can).
Cool congrats on your new toy - let us know how it works for you!


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Dota 2 February 10, 2021 / 1:14 pm
Metagame Report: Dota Pro Circuit 2021 Season 1
Patrick Bonifacio
After three weeks of competition, it's safe to say that the metagame at the Dota Pro Circuit has had plenty of time to take shape. Some of the most popular heroes right now are seeing plenty of success — with some even being first phase pick and ban material at the same time.
The Dota Pro Circuit train keeps on rolling, with the metagame taking a clear and specific shape thus far (Image via Valve)
So far, the public matchmaking and professional league metagames are more or less aligned — with the same heroes in one metagame likewise being strong picks in the other. There are a few exceptions as always, but in this latest data set taken from aggregate site datdota, such heroes aren't exactly doing well in terms of their success rates.
Without further ado, let's check out some of the most notable picks in the new DPC season with this year's first Metagame Report!
Bar none, Puck is the most commonly picked hero in the metagame right now. Even when the sample size is taken into consideration, she is also the most successful. With an extremely high pick rate of 33.72 percent, only Mars comes close to the number of games Puck has appeared in so far. Out of all those games, teams picked her in the first phase 121 times — truly an incredible number that indicates just how versatile she is.
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Indeed, she can be played in every position except safe lane, making her a viable first phase selection. This is of course because the opposing team won't really know her assigned role until later in the draft. Such an advantage is rare in even the most overbuffed heroes in the metagame, and presents a unique avenue for good drafters to explore.
As for her actual attributes, there's plenty to like. Puck has decent agility gain for an intelligence hero, short cooldowns on her spells, a fantastic talent tree, and one of the best Aghanim's Shard upgrades in the entire game. It also helps plenty that the heroes she doesn't like facing in the lane aren't seeing much play. Moreover, she has several viable item builds as well, with Manta/Skadi being the most notable one in terms of unorthodox builds.
To top it all off, she also boasts a 59.03 percent win rate. It's probably safe to say that she's really, really good at the moment. We recommend spamming her before she gets nerfed again. Here's a guide on how to play her in the solo middle position.
Mars has seen play in 143 games as of the time of writing — which happens to be just one shy of Puck's total. For him to be that close should say something, right? Well, unfortunately, it's not as cut and dry for the god of war. Though he is immensely popular in the metagame, he has a win rate of just 44.76 percent across all regions.
He is certainly strong when piloted by capable hands, thanks to all that teamfight utility in his kit. But that could very well be the key phrase here. "Capable hands" implies that his kit is less reliable than those of other offlaners, or that he is quite difficult to play in general. Having a skillshot ability adds a significant skill requirement to a hero, and it just so happens that Mars' bread and butter ability can miss every now and then.
Still, it's clear that pro teams value Mars a lot right now, and for good reason. His ultimate ability is a teamfight win condition on its own before most heroes hit their Black King Bar timings. He also makes sieging towers much easier thanks to Bulwark (E). It's unlikely now, but there's still some time for the son of Zeus to make a comeback in the metagame.
Prior to the two minor balance patches in the wake of Patch 7.28, Nyx Assassin was the best hero in the game. The slippery bug has been toned down in strength since then, but even now he's still tearing it up in the metagame. A pick rate of 27.17 percent backed by a 57.76 percent win ratio suggests that he's still amazing. Moreover, he is a first phase pick in almost 90 percent of all games he's appeared in so far.
The metagame being stun-focused aside, Nyx is also great right now because of his Aghanim's Shard upgrade. Having another 40 percent bonus movement speed on top of what Vendetta (R) already gives is just incredible. It also causes the movement speed cap of 550 to not apply to Nyx himself, meaning he can zoom around the map quickly to set up ganks or capitalize on pickoff opportunities.
That annoying Spiked Carapace (E) is also worth pointing to when it comes to his success as of late. Having a full damage negation and reflection ability is crazy enough, but to stun heroes on top of that? Priceless. Heroes with "uncontrollable" damage output hate facing Nyx for this very reason. He can simply step into the radius of their AoE and hit one button to instantly stun them, and it can get particularly nasty when Nyx hits Level 20 as well. That damage.
Monkey King appearing on this list should come as no surprise. He has arguably the best Aghanim's Scepter upgrade in the game, as it enables him to scale at a much faster rate than before. The buffs to his base armor also shored up his incredibly weak laning phase, and now he is one of the strongest picks in the carry position as a result.
Wukong has pretty much everything going for him with how the metagame is played right now. He has a stun in the form of Boundless Strike (Q), strong farming potential with Scepter and Primal Spring (E), and teamfight control thanks to Wukong's Command (R). Depending on the situation, he can also choose to fight early. His extreme dependence on BKB is a big weakness though, as he gets demolished outright by most magic damage spells.
Still, his pros vastly outweigh his cons. He may be difficult to play, but he is lethal in the right hands. If you want to become lethal in that sense, check out our Monkey King hero guide.
Another king in the fray. Wraith King boasts a 26.23 percent pick rate, combined with an eye-popping 62.50 percent win-loss ratio. Though Puck certainly has him beat in terms of sample size, Wraith King is as consistent as they come even with a limited number of games.
His success as of late is pretty easy to explain. He's durable in lane, has very little trouble contesting last hits, and has the potential to force tower defenses thanks to the skeletons from Vampiric Spirit (W). He can even do that last bit without showing up in the lane itself, which means he can farm safely while threatening to take objectives.
He is also one of the last few remaining viable Radiance carriers, thanks to his natural tankiness and penchant for sticking around with Reincarnation (R). Farming for a Radiance is almost effortless for Wraith King thanks to his skeletons, as well as the guaranteed critical strike from Mortal Strike (E). And of course, he's a beast in the late game, able to pump out obscene DPS numbers.
Any time Necronomicon is a strong item, you will find Beastmaster (and Lycan, by extension) in the metagame. True enough, he's got 72 games to his name already in the current season — of which he's won nearly 60 percent. Just like in the "zoo" metagame from Patch 7.27, Beastmaster excels at putting tons of early pressure on teams that can't deal with summoned units. This of course suits the fast, non-greedy pace of the metagame as it stands, where taking objectives quickly and deathballing your way to victory is the most popular and reliable strategy.
He's also not too shabby in the lane, able to punt opposing heroes out with the annoyance factor of his Boar summon from Call of the Wild (W). Wild Axes (Q) allows him to secure ranged creeps from a safe distance as well, making it difficult for enemy supports to slow his experience gain down.
It will probably take a significant nerf to Necronomicon before Beastmaster is ejected from this meta, so we'll have to see in the next balance patch if he'll stick around or not. Until then, expect him to continue terrorizing teams that play too greedy without any sort of waveclear abilities.
The fiery bird that is Phoenix seems to be a favorite pick for soft support players right now, and it's pretty much generally because the hero is just solid overall. Even with the nerfs to its cooldowns, Phoenix is still irritating to play against, particularly if you're playing a melee carry that relies on their attack speed.
The most popular carries right now also do not kill Phoenix during Supernova (R) fast enough — at least not without buying attack speed items first. Wraith King needs Assault Cuirass or Moon Shard before he can reliably kill the egg. The same goes for Monkey King, whose attack speed talent certainly helps — but given that he needs Scepter and BKB before any attack speed items he can be easily caught out by Supernova early on.
And of course, there's the crazy sustain this hero can provide in the late game, which scales as Phoenix's teammates obtain larger and larger health pools. Sieging high ground can become quite a lot easier with a Phoenix in tow as well thanks to Sun Ray (E). Overall just a reliable pick thus far, and the numbers certainly indicate this: Phoenix has a 62.64 percent win rate in 91 games.
And there you have it! These are the seven heroes that are really making waves in the DPC metagame as of the moment. You will likely find these heroes in pretty much every game played in the regional leagues right now. Hotspawn will return later in the season for another update on the meta — so keep your eyes peeled here for more Metagame Reports!
Patrick has been playing Dota since the dawn of time, having started with the original custom game for WarCraft III. He primarily plays safe lane and solo mid, preferring to leave the glorious task of playing support to others.
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Senior Development Officer
Date added: June 1, 2018 Application deadline: June 25, 2018 Contract type: permanent Hours: full-time Salary: GBP25,000-GBP28,000
Do you have impressive people skills and a passion for building relationships? Centre for London, the capital's dedicated think tank, is looking for a new Senior Development Officer to help grow our support from individuals, trusts and foundations, as well as our corporate sponsorship offer.
Centre for London is a politically independent think tank focused on the big challenges facing London. It aims to help London build on its long history as a centre of economic, social, and intellectual innovation and exchange, and create a fairer, more inclusive and sustainable city. Through its research and events, the Centre acts as a critical friend to London's leaders and policymakers, promotes a wider understanding of the challenges facing London, and develops long-term, rigorous and radical solutions for the capital.
By helping to secure funding for our research and events programme, your work will be vital in ensuring Centre for London can continue developing new solutions to London's critical challenges and advocate for a fair and prosperous global city. In this role, you'll be helping to tackle some of London's biggest policy challenges, focusing on employment and skills, transport and public realm, neighbourhood resilience, and London's place in the UK and the world.
We have a varied fundraising portfolio with an established corporate sponsorship programme, growing relationships with trusts and foundations, and a number of major donors. The Centre is currently primarily funded on a project-by-project basis, though core funding and individual giving is growing.
Day-to-day you will help shape and implement the fundraising strategy, with the support of the Development Manager and working with the Director. The particular focus of the role will be on prospecting, building relationships and securing support from individual philanthropic donors.
At Centre for London, we pride ourselves on our strong culture of collaboration. As such, you will work closely with the research, events and communications teams to ensure continued fundraising success.
This role would best suit someone who already has some experience in fundraising and/ or philanthropy, or a related field such as relationship management.
We don't ask that you are an expert in London policy issues – though understanding of and interest in urban policy, and relationships in those fields, would be helpful. But you will need to be able to learn quickly, think creatively and communicate compellingly.
If you meet the criteria in the person specification and are excited about this opportunity, we'd love to hear from you. Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications from individuals without the right to work in the UK.
Proactively research and identify suitable individuals and organisations to interest in the Centre's work through incisive prospect research, formulating strategies for engagement.
Relationship manage existing and potential supporters, proactively identifying opportunities to engage them, and taking ownership of some of these relationships where appropriate.
Make fundraising approaches and attend meetings with existing and potential funders as appropriate.
Support the Development Manager in implementing a programme of stewardship to engage existing and potential supporters, including administering digital and hard copy mailings and delivering agreed sponsor benefits in a timely manner.
Draft impact reports for funders, whether donors or sponsors, and assist in the production of the annual funding report.
Research and identify new trusts and foundations that the Centre could approach for project or core funding and support the Research team with grant applications.
Ensure that Salesforce, Centre for London's CRM database, is kept up-to-date and accurately reflects the status of fundraising approaches.
Maintain and improve Salesforce through adding new contacts, data cleaning, coding contacts for relationship management and proactively suggesting improvements.
Support the Research and Events teams in their fundraising and contribute to their project budgeting.
Assist at Centre for London events, which may occasionally be outside of normal working hours.
Contribute to the development and growth of the organisation through working in accordance with its wider objectives, corporate philosophy and values of integrity, excellence, collaboration, growth, respect and fun.
Being able to 'pitch' Centre for London and talk about how we work, including the benefits of supporting us.
Undertake other projects and tasks as appropriate.
Proven experience of managing relationships with funders, VIPs and/or senior level stakeholders.
Some experience of fundraising and development in either or both of the following areas:
High Net Worth/major donor fundraising, ideally with a track record of building relationships and securing major gifts.
Corporate fundraising, ideally with a track record of building relationships with corporate prospects to secure sponsorship.
Alternatively, relevant experience in a related field.
Experience in fundraising from trusts and foundations is an advantage.
Experience of planning, implementing and evaluating projects
Skills/Competencies
Dynamic, self-motivated and focused with a proactive approach.
Highly developed interpersonal skills (written and oral) – being able to communicate clearly, concisely and engagingly with team members, trustees and external audiences.
Putting creative ideas forward, taking initiative and solving problems.
Highly organised with acute attention to detail.
Ability to ensure compliance with the Institute of Fundraising Code of Practice; maintain confidentiality and work with financial data and personal data within ICO and GDPR regulations framework.
Appreciation for Centre for London's mission and values
An appreciation of the role think tanks play in the development of public policy.
An interest in cities, London in particular, and the urban environment is an advantage.
To apply for this role please register your application via the link provided.
Then email your CV and cover letter to [email protected] with the subject line "Senior Development Officer". Your application should show how your experience and achievements to date would make you a suitable candidate for this role (no more than three pages total). Your application should be saved as a single PDF with your name as a title.
Deadline – 9am on Monday 25th June 2018
We may close applications earlier than the deadline. We do not want any contact from recruitment agencies regarding this vacancy.
We're a London Living Wage and an equal opportunities employer – an ethos which also informs our work. We value the ideas and input of every team member and we regularly hold team-wide sessions to give everyone the opportunity to shape our future work.
We also know that there's much more to life than work. Our flexible hours policy allows staff to make sure work fits around their personal lives. Benefits include 25 days of holiday per year (plus extra days during office closure between Christmas and New Year), a generous contributory pension and a cycle scheme. People who have worked with us for more than two years may also be able to take career breaks of up to six months, giving them time for personal or professional development or to simply take an extended holiday!


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FALQs: The Swedish Legal Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
October 21, 2020 by Elin Hofverberg
This blog post is part of our Frequently Asked Legal Questions series. My colleagues Laney, Kelly, Hanibal, and Tariq have all written about the responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in countries from their respective portfolios: China, New Zealand, South Africa, Liberia, and Pakistan. Several of my colleagues also contributed to a foreign law report on restrictions on freedom of expression during COVID-19.
In September, Kelly and I hosted a webinar titled "Worlds Apart: Legal Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in New Zealand and Sweden." This blog post deals with some of the issues that were addressed during that webinar, as well as some legal and policy developments in Sweden that have unfolded more recently.
Sweden was in the news for its coronavirus response this spring and summer, in particular its decision not to shut down businesses and schools in the country, and has at times been described as pursuing "herd immunity." When neighboring countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway closed their countries to all foreign visitors, including European Union (EU) citizens, in March and April, Sweden became known as the country where rich Europeans came to have their hair cut.
Perceptions of Sweden's response have been mixed. On May 20, 2020, Sweden was reported as being the country with the highest number of deaths per million in the world. It currently has the fourth most deaths from COVID-19 per million inhabitants in the EU, behind Belgium, Spain, and Italy. Despite not shutting down the economic impact of the pandemic has still been considerable, with Sweden reporting the largest GDP loss (-8.6%) of all the Nordic countries in the second quarter of 2020, and it has seen one of the highest increases in unemployment within the EU so far.
As of, October 21, 2020, Swedish official death toll (5,929) is about ten times (per capita) that suffered in Norway (279 total dead), and approximately 4.5 times that of Denmark (690), Finland (351), Iceland (11), and Norway combined. As of October 20, 2020, the death rate in Region Stockholm in relation to confirmed cases was about 8.2% (2,419 dead out of 29,497 confirmed cases).
Below are answers to some of the questions that have arisen about Sweden's legal response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
1. What laws govern the pandemic response?
Sweden's main contagious disease management legislation can be found in the Contagious Disease Act (Smittskyddslagen (SFS 2004:168)). The law provides that diseases defined as contagious in 1 ch. 3 § and listed in Annex 1 and 2 may warrant limitations on personal freedoms, including isolation (5 ch. 1 §), and limits to public gatherings as specified in the Public Order Act (2 ch. 15 § Ordningslagen (SFS 1993:1617)). In addition, the Act on Protection Against International Threats to People's Health (Lag om skydd mot internationella hot mot människors hälsa (SFS 2006:1570)) provides for government measures such as re-routing of vessels (ships and aircraft) which may carry threats to people's health to specific quarantine ports. You can read more about health emergency regulation in Sweden in a Law Library report from 2015.
In addition to legislation, the Public Health Agency (Folkhälsomyndigheten) can issue regulations and recommendations. For example, in accordance with the Contagious Disease Act, the government or a designated agency may issue additional rules that "are necessary for a purposeful protection against the spread of contagious diseases and to protect individuals." (9 ch. 4 §.) The FHM has been designated and empowered to issue such additional regulations. (5 and 12 §§ Smittskyddsförordning (SFS 2004:255).) The Contagious Disease Act provides that persons who expect that they are carrying a contagious disease should readily test for said disease and the result must be reported to the responsible infectious disease control physician. (3 ch. 1-2 §§.)
In October 2020, the FHM issued a regulation that provided that untested suspected cases of COVID-19 should not be reported to the regional infectious disease control physician (smittskyddsläkare). (HSLF-FS 2015:7 as amended by HSLF-FS 2020:45.)
2. What are the constitutional restrictions on pandemic responses?
The Swedish Constitution (Regeringsformen (RF)) protects fundamental freedoms, as does the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)), to which Sweden is a State Party. The Swedish Constitution protects freedom of movement, and specifically provides that citizens are guaranteed a right to movement within the kingdom and a right to leave it. (2 ch. 6 and 8 §§ RF.) This freedom of movement may only be limited by law. (2 ch. 20 § RF.) Moreover, limits on the freedom of movement are only permissive in order to "accomplish goals that are deemed acceptable in a democratic society and may never extend further than what is necessary in relation to the purpose for which the measure was taken." (2 ch. 21 § RF.) Thus, limits to the right of free movement, as well as to the protection against forced physical interventions (such as a COVID test), can only be prescribed in law. (2ch. 6 and 8 §§ RF.)
3. Who are the actors combatting the COVID-19 pandemic?
Under Swedish law, the national government (Regeringen) sets the rules on limits on personal freedoms in response to a pandemic, following the advice of the FHM.
Health care is provided regionally. Each region has a responsible infectious disease control physician that organizes the measures related to contagious diseases within the region, and is responsible for ensuring that the public has adequate information on prevention. In addition, the responsible infectious disease control physician ensures that preventive measures are taken by health care providers, follow up reported cases, and ensures the contact tracing of patients and persons possibly affected by the disease. (ch. 6 Smittskyddslagen).
In addition, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) has been commissioned by the government to assists with: coordinating the purchase of personal protection equipment (PPE) and other medical supplies; representing Sweden in the EU's joint procurement of PPE; redistributing medical supplies between regions and municipalities; and coordinating nationally the use of ICU beds. The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (Myndigheten for Samhällsskydd och beredskap (MSB)) is responsible for gathering information and providing such information to the public, making risk assessments, analyzing preparedness, preparing regulations, and drafting guidelines.
4. What legal restrictions are currently in force?
Limits on public gatherings
On March 11, 2020, Sweden limited public gatherings, making gatherings of 500 people or more illegal. This measure resulted in some artists deliberately setting their maximum attendance at 499. On March 27, 2020, Sweden further limited public events and gatherings to no more than 50. On August 24, 2020, the FHM recommended that as many as 500 may gather in public assemblies provided that a distance of at least one meter (about three feet) between persons or parties can be observed. However, the government chose not to relax the restrictions and currently the limit on public gatherings remains at 50.
Social distancing required at restaurants
The 50-person limit does not apply to restaurants and bars. However, restaurants and bars are required to follow specific guidelines on measures to limit the spread of COVID, and the municipality together with the local infectious disease control physician can close establishments that do not undertake sufficient measures. (Lag om tillfälliga smittskyddsåtgärder på serveringsställen (SFS 2020:526).) Municipal authorities oversee compliance and may issue injunctions, and fines, to ensure compliance. (4 and 7 §§.) Among other things, the guidelines require that parties be seated at least three feet apart, but buffet style dining is still allowed provided the area around the buffet is not crowded. The government has proposed extending the temporary restrictions until July 1, 2021. Currently, the law expires on December 31, 2020.
International travel restrictions
On March 17, 2020, the government, on the recommendation from the European Council and the European Commission, temporary restricted non-essential travel to Sweden from countries outside of the EU, the European Economic Area (Norway, Iceland, and Lichtenstein), Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. (Förordning om tillfälligt inreseförbud till Sverige (SFS 2020: 127).) The ban entered into force on March 19, 2020, and has been extended several times. It is currently in force until October 31, 2020. (Förordning om fortsatt giltighet av förordningen (2020:127) om tillfälligt inreseförbud till Sverige (SFS 2020:759).) The travel restrictions have a number of exemptions, and for example do not affect Swedish citizens or residents of Sweden. Beginning July 4, 2020, entry by persons residing in the following countries is also not restricted: Australia, Georgia, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Rwanda, the Republic of Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, or Uruguay. On October 20, 2020, the Swedish government proposed also adding an exemption for professional athletes, who wish to come to Sweden to compete. The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Utrikesdepartementet (UD)) also currently advises against travel to a number of countries. However, currently travel is not considered by the FHM to be the engine of the pandemic.
5. What non-binding recommendations are currently in force?
The FHM can issue both allmänna råd and rekommendationer, both are legally non-binding but allmänna råd (general advice) are meant to guide behavior, and persons who act in a way that does not comply with allmänna råd may need to show that they are acting in accordance with law more broadly to show that they are not careless. Rekommendationer (recommendations) on the other hand are just that: general recommendations without legal force.
The FHM has updated its regulations and general advice on combatting COVID-19 (Folkhälsomyndighetens föreskrifter och allmänna råd om allas ansvar att förhindra smitta av covid-19 m.m. (HSLF-FS 2020:12)) a couple of times during the COVID-19 pandemic and it includes general advice as well as advice specifically addressed to older Swedes.
On March 16, 2020, the FHM recommended that persons aged 70 and above stay home, limit their social contacts, and refrain from visiting grandchildren. However, former state epidemiologist, Johan Giesecke, 71, who is still providing services to the FHM as a consultant, stated on May 18, 2020, that he was still seeing his grandchildren regularly.
The FHM has issued general non-binding guidance, including recommendations on hand hygiene, maintaining social distance at e.g. museums, stores, gyms, and aquatic facilities, refraining from using public transportation if seats cannot be pre-assigned, and refraining from taking part in larger social events, such as parties, funerals, baptisms, and weddings. (HSLF-FS 2020:31.) The FHM has also issued non-binding guidance for choirs.
Facial coverings
The FHM has not issued any binding or non-binding recommendations with regards to wearing facial coverings, and the use of masks is reportedly close to non-existent among the general public.
6. Can Sweden legally require quarantine and isolation or even lock down an area similar to what Finland did with Helsinki?
The Contagious Disease Act provides that a person who has been infected or may have been affected can be placed in quarantine within a building or area. (3 kap. 9 § Smittskyddslagen.) Swedish government representatives have reportedly claimed that Sweden does not have the power to quarantine people on a larger scale, or in larger areas.
7. Did Parliament pass any new legislation to combat COVID-19?
One of the first measures taken by the Swedish Parliament in response to the COVID-19 pandemic was on March 11, 2020, when it passed temporary legislation that removed the first day qualifying exemption for sick leave, replacing it with a standard compensation of SEK 804 (about US$91) to encourage symptomatic individuals to stay home, which has been extended until December 31, 2020. On April 16, 2020, the Swedish Parliament passed an emergency law that gave the Swedish government some temporary emergency powers during the COVID-19 outbreak. On June 17, 2020, Parliament passed a law that gave municipalities increased powers to close bars and restaurants that don't comply with legally binding COVID-19 safety measures.
8. Are there regional rules regarding COVID-19?
Most of the adopted responses to the virus have been national. For instance, starting April 1, the government, on the recommendation of the FHM, put in place a national prohibition on visits to elderly care homes, at a time when most cases were found in the Stockholm region. That national prohibition was repealed from October 1, 2020, in consideration of the emotional health toll on the residents at these facilities. However, regions have asked to re-introduce the prohibition in areas where they see an increase in cases.
The FHM announced on October 13, 2020, that it would allow regional responses, such as setting the maximum number of persons allowed at an establishment and adjustment of operating hours.
The Stockholm Region (SLL) announced rules on October 12, 2020, requiring all who share a household with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19 to quarantine. Prior to this date only symptomatic household members were asked to quarantine. The new requirement to quarantine still does not include school-aged children who are recommended to attend school unless they show symptoms.
On October 20, 2020, the FHM together with the responsible infectious disease control physician in the Region of Uppsala issued recommendations (allmänna råd) specific to the Region of Uppsala, which include advice against traveling by public transport and advised persons living in Uppsala not to socialize outside of their household unit.
9. Is there any oversight of the COVID-19 response?
Several different authorities oversee Sweden's COVID-19 response. All actions taken by government agencies, such as the FHM, fall under the authority of the Riksrevisionen (Swedish National Audit Office), an independent organization under the Swedish Parliament with a mandate to perform financial and performance audits of the government, its offices and agencies, as well as the courts. (2 § Lag om revision av statlig verksamhet (SFS 2002:1022).)
All agencies that deal with health care are also subject to review by the Health and Social Care Inspectorate (Inspektionen för vård och omsorg (IVO)). The IVO has so far initiated an investigation into the spread of COVID-19 at elder care facilities, including claims that most elderly home residents were given palliative care instead of ICU care. Official figures from the FHM show that 5,269 persons over the age of 70 have died from COVID-19, whereas only 646 persons in that age group have received ICU care as of October 20, 2020.
The Parliamentary Constitutional Committee (Konstitutionsutskottet (KU)) is also investigating the government's COVID-19 response.
In addition to the general oversight authorities mentioned above,the Swedish government established a specific Corona Commission on June 30, 2020. The Commission is tasked with evaluating the measures taken by the government, government agencies, regions, and municipalities to limit the spread of COVID-19 and its effects, and to compare the measures taken by the Swedish government with those implemented by other countries, as well as their effectiveness. The commission must deliver a final report by February 2022, before the national parliamentary election in September 2022.
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Tsirogiannis speaking on "The International Illicit Antiquities Network", 19 Oct, Cambridge
Dr Tsirogiannis' talk will present the main members of a trafficking network dealing in looted and smuggled antiquities, contra the 1970 UNESCO convention and will highlight connections between dealers, auction houses, private collectors and museums. Dr. Tsirogiannis will also make use of photographic evidence from confiscated archives of illicit antiquities dealers why antiquities should...
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Neil Brodie appointed Senior Research Fellow on the EAMENA project, University of Oxford
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Dr Brodie attending Culture Under Threat conference, Amman Jordan, 8 September
On 8 September, Neil Brodie will be attending the Second Culture Under Threat Regional Conference in Amman, Jordan. Hosted by the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, with support from the Antiquities Coalition and the Middle East Institute, the conference will launch the Middle East and North African Task Force, to take concrete steps to combat the trafficking of cultural objects.
Simon Mackenzie to present at the New Zealand Art Crime Symposium, 15 Oct
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Prof Mackenzie speaking at Hong Kong Art Crime Conference, 22 October
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Donna Yates to appear on Newshour Extra panel, live taping in Edinburgh on 25 August.
Her fellow panalists include Dr Maamoun Abdulkarim, Director General of Antiquities and Museums in Syria and Juliana Forero, external advisor for WHITRAP – World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific region, under the auspices of UNESCO. The panel will consider whether preserving cultural heritage is always a good thing. Does an exploration of the past...
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Looks like Daniel Craig has a new movie franchise after ending his role as James Bond. Craig is to star in two sequels to the 2019 "Knives Out" crime caper that will stream on Netflix in a. Apr 06, 2021 'Knives Out' director Rian Johnson and star Daniel Craig are set to make bank for Netflix's sequels to the hit 2019 mystery-comedy. Johnson, his producing partner Ram Bergman, and Craig could make. Apr 06, 2021 Daniel Craig in 'Knives Out.' Sources say that Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman and Daniel Craig stand to walk away with upwards of $100 million each. Just over a year ago, it looked like an open-and. Apr 04, 2021 Cast member Daniel Craig attends the premiere of 'Knives Out' in Los Angeles, Calif., Nov. Photo by Phil McCarten / REUTERS Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are.
© Provided by AMNYLooks like Daniel Craig has a new movie franchise after ending his role as James Bond. Craig is to star in two sequels to the 2019 'Knives Out' crime caper that will stream on Netflix in a multi-million dollar deal. Netflix on Thursday said it had bought the rights to two follow up films that will reunite Craig with director Rian Johnson. Variety and Deadline Hollywood said Netflix had paid between $400 million and $450 million for the rights to the two sequels, which would make it one of the biggest movie streaming deals ever. Netflix declined to comment on financial details of the deal but said some reports were inaccurate. 'Knives Out,' an Agatha Christie-style murder mystery, starred Craig as debonair private detective Benoit Blanc along with a star cast including Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans, Don Johnson, Ana de Armas and Christopher Plummer. The Lionsgate film had a modest $40 million budget and went on to make $311 million at the global box office. Craig, 53, will make the last of five outings as British secret agent Bond in 'No Time To Die', which is scheduled to arrive in movie theaters in October.
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Home / 2013 / February / UCSC police conclude reported campus sexual assault did not occur
UCSC police conclude reported campus sexual assault did not occur
UC Santa Cruz police officers have concluded that a sexual assault that was alleged to have occurred on campus on the afternoon of Sunday, February 17, did not take place.
Police chief Nader Oweis announced today that the alleged victim has admitted to UCSC police investigators that she staged the attack and fabricated the report. Oweis said other evidence corroborated her admission.
Oweis, who is prohibited from identifying the 21-year-old woman, said the investigation has concluded and that the entire matter will be forwarded to the Santa Cruz County District Attorney's Office for possible prosecution. There have been no arrests in the case to date.
Oweis said it is important for the campus and Santa Cruz communities to know that the sexual assault did not take place. "The report of this incident has very understandably created a deep sense of unease among UCSC students, staff, and faculty, as well as residents of the Santa Cruz area," he said.
The 21-year-old, who said she was visiting the campus, originally told police she was raped and physically assaulted shortly after noon that Sunday in a remote area adjacent to the campus's Classroom Unit buildings.
"Our officers, with a great deal of support from Santa Cruz City Police Department and the District Attorney's Office, have worked almost 'round the clock on this since the attack was first reported 11 days ago," Oweis said. "I'm grateful for everyone's considerable efforts."
Oweis said that several campus safety measures that were put into place following the report of the alleged attack — increased police and security patrols; a nighttime safety escort service on campus — would continue for the time being. "The Santa Cruz community has seen a spike in violent crime in recent weeks. Keeping these measures in place is the right thing to do."
As UCSC police now know that the sexual assault did not occur, the campus has rescinded the $5,000 reward it had offered last week for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the alleged assailant.
Editor's Note: UCSC Police Chief Nader Oweis is available to speak about this case. To schedule an interview with him, please call UCSC Public Affairs at 831-459-2495.
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