Here at Appsembler we get a lot of requests from our customers to customize or add functionality to their shiny new Open edXTM site. The most common request that comes with virtually any new site deployment is theming. That's completely understandable – you want your student facing site to reflect your company's branding, so you want it painted in your colors, your logo at the top and your imagery and content on the landing page and various static pages like "About us", "Contact", "Terms of service" etc. Open edX allows site theming out of the box, however it's not something that you'd call user friendly or straight forward.
When we first started developing Open edX themes for our customers, we were using a pretty standard approach. Specifically, we were using the Stanford theming template. The way Open edX theming generally works is pretty straight forward from a broad perspective: the LMS frontend is based on Mako (and somewhat Django) templates and SASS. A theme templates folder actually reflects the platform's templates folder organization and filenames, so if we instruct Open edX to use a custom theme called, for example, "Appsembler" it will look into its folder (themes/Appsembler/templates) and see if we have decided to override any of the Mako templates.
For example, if we want to create a custom template for the index page (let's say we want to customize it completely), we'll create the new template, name it "index.html" and place it in the templates folder, just as it's done in the platform's own templates folder. Now add some custom SASS to override some CSS rules used in the stock theme, change a few variables, add a few new rules for new elements of our index page, recompile and there you go! A brand new index page – it's that simple! Or is it?
Nope – not nearly as simple as you think.
Trust us, when you start theming Open edX you're going to say the above (or its more colorful variations) quite a few times.
First of all, the CSS rules that you write in themes SASS won't necessarily work as planned. Open edX has a very complex frontend system and a lot of rules are applied to certain elements (buttons, containers, headings) very specifically, so you'll realize that just styling a general button element on a page really won't work all that well.
Now, take into account that this can make the styling process look more like a trial-and-error, then note that by default you need to re-run paver in your local Devstack each time you want to see the code change you made, and you end up with a lot of time wasted waiting for code recompiling.
The second part of the "oh no" situation is modifying the templates. And you'll want to modify them. If you want to have a completely custom experience on the index (landing) page of your LMS, you'll need to override the index.html Mako template. And then, of course, style the oh so beautiful thing you've produced.
In doing this, you need to be very careful so you don't leave out any template includes, especially if you still want to have, for instance, the listing of X latest courses that Open edX index page provides by default. This part is pretty straightforward, and once you spend some time messing with templates and experimenting you'll find that you're getting around quite well, and that you can produce anything you imagine.
So, when does the big "oh no" occur? Open edX has regular releases of new versions (at the point of writing this article the latest stable version is called "Eucalyptus"), and as the Open edX team refines/upgrades the frontend, methods for fetching certain data can change. So if you made a custom course card to display your courses, the part where you fetch the name of the course can start causing an error after you upgrade your Open edX version. If you did some heavy customizations — and we all want to do them, because we like our stuff pretty and attractive 🙂 — code comparison can become time-consuming and you'll end up spending quite a lot of time cherry-picking code. Now imagine you're taking care of 20 customer themes, all customized. And imagine going through this cherry-picking process for each one of them separately every couple of months. Not the most productive way to spend your time, right?
Now, to be fair, with the Eucalyptus release Open edX introduces the new Comprehensive theming, which should tackle a lot of these pain points. Be sure to check it out here! However – it still didn't solve all of our issues, not to mention we had these issues before comprehensive theming was introduced, so we had to take action on our side.
Now, imagine you want to make your Open edX LMS fully responsive (or at least mostly responsive) – this means rewriting a lot of templates and adding a large amount of custom styling. The method described above just doesn't seem right to do that. We evaluated all of this and decided to take the harder approach and spend a substantial amount of time to create a new foundation for Appsembler theming.
In order to give our codebase flexibility content-wise, while making the platform upgrades a much less painful process, we have devised a system that allows all of our themes to share the same base templates (ones containing Open edX data fetching from backend, etc.), then added an additional layer of design templates on top of them that can be included when and where needed. The design templates are actually building blocks which form a single page.
So for instance, if we want to have our LMS landing page to have a big hero section with an image background, then two text blocks with call-to-action buttons, then a section where the four latest courses are listed, then finally a section that features a testimonial, we define it in the single file where we define all the other pages. We list the building blocks (and their order) that the base template needs to import, and we also provide it with settings for these blocks (for example the text alignment, padding and background image URL). If a certain building block needs some Open edX specific data (like the block which lists a number of latest courses added to the site), that data gets passed to it directly from the base template.
In addition to specifying the content for all the pages, our main file also allows us to set the header and footer menu items, logo assets and their respective paths, footer copyright text, and many more options that come quite handy when building a client theme. Since it's uniformly organized for all the pages and located in one file, basic theming can be done fairly quickly and provides us with a fast learning curve for beginners at theming. Of course, it doesn't only allow us to use building blocks that are common to all customer themes, we can also create customer-specific building blocks that we import through that same file.
This solution makes debugging of themes during the Open edX version upgrade preparations much faster – all the things that could be changed and could now fail in the new version are contained in files that are common to all customer themes. What this means is that by preparing and testing only one theme (even our plain codebase theme) on the new Open edX version, we make sure all of them work. Once the one theme is modified and tested on the new platform version, we just update the codebase on all themes – there's no need to debug each one separately. Another useful side-effect is that we can roll out theme improvements and bug fixes faster – if we note a bug or decide to improve on one theme, all of them can receive it fairly quickly.
A visual presentation of how our page-content blocks system works.
All of the basic theme customization can be done through only one customer-specific SASS file, which contains all of the most important variables that control the overall look and feel of the site, plus some variables that can change certain elements visual styles (we picked some that our customers asked to change most often). A lot of these are passed to functions and mixins that consequently affect a lot of elements of the theme.
By forcing the use of variables, mixins and functions, we enabled ourselves to achieve the same organization of codebase and customer-specific files as with templates – making our SASS codebase prone to quick upgrades and bug fixes in the same fashion as with templates.
Oh, and as for the lengthy recompile – change style – recompile issue, we solved it by compiling our theme SASS separately from the LMS SASS, then including the resulting separate CSS file directly in the theme-head. One of the reasons was definitely faster development, because this allows us to use our SASS compiler of preference (I personally use Codekit). Combined with disabling of caching in local Devstack, this allowed for fast local theme development. Also, with all our styles prefixed, we don't get any collisions with the default Open edX LMS styling.
This is just a glimpse into how Appsembler handles Open edX theming – we hope you found it to be an interesting read, and we'll also gladly answer any questions or comments if you have them 🙂 This theming model/codebase is only a part of something much bigger and more complex that we're cooking here in Appsembler – our new SaaS offering – Appsembler Management Console (AMC for short)! Once complete, it will feature a signup process with a step-by-step wizard for setting up your site (including your brand logo and colors!) and a powerful dashboard that you can use to manage you site's visual appearance, menus, typography and even a visual page content editor. Be sure to stick around to learn more about that in or even participate in the beta in the (very) near future!
I stumbled upon this article while searching for sample comprehensive themes. I've noticed that the AMC link is broken. Perhaps it should redirect to Tahoe, right?


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This is my second blog – as the first one I created was not quite anonymous enough.
I post here to make sense of my thoughts, to rant, and hopefully to build a community with like-minded souls. Blogging is extremely public, but I feel like this is a truly private way to express those feelings that sometimes are not appropriate for the everyday relationships we have.
Welcome to my page – I look forward to hearing and reading more from all of you out there in our world.


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import net.ripe.db.whois.common.domain.CIString;
import net.ripe.db.whois.common.ip.IpInterval;
import net.ripe.db.whois.common.iptree.IpEntry;
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import net.ripe.db.whois.common.rpsl.ObjectType;
import net.ripe.db.whois.common.rpsl.RpslObject;

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        return createResource(key.toString());
    }

    abstract K createResource(String key);
}

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DIRT Modified Magazine turns the spotlight on the modified short-track, dirt-racing scene. Articles include UMP, IMCA, DIRTcar and other modified events, as well as driver profiles, new product info and all around industry news. Each issue of DIRT Modified Magazine features large, full color pictures that get you up close and personal with the racing action.
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The Blunt Envy White 4 Bolt H Scooter Clamp Standard 31.8mm is made to fit both standard size bars (31.8mm diameter). We will price match any retailer.
The "H" Quad Clamp from Blunt Envy is unique in that it includes an integrated sealing bearing cap on it. This removes the need for a headset cap as long as sealed headset bearings are being used, making your scooter look cleaner and dialled than ever!


Did you know quad gutters are one of the most popular guttering options? Find out more about the design and materials in our latest blog.
Until it comes time to update or replace your gutters, a common assumption is that all gutters are the same. In fact, you have a number of gutter types to select from. Box gutters, square, rounded and fascia gutters are all options, but here we take a look at one of the most popular styles in Australia – quad gutters.
So what is a quad gutter?
Quad gutters are also referred to as "D" gutters. They have a classic, clean, straight-edge look that works with house styles ranging from colonial to contemporary, and this versatility is one reason for their widespread appeal.
Quad gutters can be attached with concealed internal or external brackets, so it is possible to keep the look subtle and streamlined. Quad gutters can also be purchased with optional slots which are useful to help prevent water overflow. They are a great option for both new home guttering and additions to existing gutters.
Like other styles, quad gutters may be made from several types of materials including Colorbond, stainless steel, galvanised steel, aluminium and even copper.
There are pros and cons to each material choice, so it's best to speak to a professional to check what is most appropriate for your home. Your choice is likely to take into account the style of your property, your budget and perhaps even climate.
Once you've decided, you'll be able to choose from a range of colours.
A quad gutter with Triple-G mesh installed. The gutter guard colour is Mountain Blue to match the roof.
Quad gutters are a very versatile and practical choice, but like all gutters, it's vital that you look after them. Gutters need regular maintenance so they don't become blocked, which can lead to water damage to your home. It's also particularly important to keep gutters free of debris as we approach bushfire season.
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Below you'll find an unedited version of a chapter from my new book, Email Marketing Demystified. To get your copy of Email Marketing Demystified, visit www.myemailmarketingbook.com.
You have undoubtedly written thousands of emails in your life. You probably regularly send email to and receive email from friends, family, coworkers and even complete strangers on a regular basis for any number of reasons. While writing an email to any one person is a straight forward proposition, sending an email to a large group of people is an entirely different skillset. You need to be able to craft a message that attracts the attention of a diverse group of individuals, clearly communicates a single objective and inspires them to take a desired action. If that doesn't sound hard enough, you have to do this without the use of video, audio, images (sometimes) and other dynamic content. You also have to deal with the technical peculiarities of email, avoid spam filters and maintain compliance with your country's anti-spam laws. Writing effective email is both an art and a science. This chapter will show you how to write email copy that engages users and convinces them to take action.
In order to be able to effectively write to your audience, you first have to understand who they are. How old are your typical subscribers? What do they do for a living? What gender are they? Are they married? Where do they live? What are their interests? What problems do they face? Why did they sign-up for your mailing list? If you don't know these things, conduct a survey and ask people to share information about themselves so that you have a better idea of who is actually receiving your email.
I recommend creating a fictional character that epitomizes your typical customer, known as an avatar. The character that you create should have a name, an age, a gender, a job, a hometown, personal interests and problems that they face on a daily basis. The avatar that I created for MarketBeat is named Bill. He is about fifty years old. He's married, is a homeowner and has some money to invest in the stock market. He likes to pick his own stocks, but isn't sure who's advice he should listen to. He can live just about anywhere in the United States or Canada and loves to keep up with the day-to-day news in the stock market. By creating an avatar, you will have a better idea of who you are marketing to and in many ways, can get inside the mind of your subscribers.
When you write an email to your mailing list, write as if you are writing a personal message to your avatar. Ask yourself what your avatar would need to hear in order for them to take action based on your email. What kind of hopes do they have that you can encourage? What kind of fears do they have that you can assuage? If you write as if you are writing to your avatar and use lots of "you" language, subscribers will subconsciously think that your email was written to them specifically and will be more likely to engage with your message. Keep the focus on your subscribers as much as possible. Make your emails about them, not about you.
Did you see what happened in the market with TSLA today? It was down by 2.3% this morning. When I checked my computer after lunch, it was up by 1.8%.
I don't know what you think, but it seems like there has been a lot more volatility in the stock market for the last few months. You've probably seen stocks that go up in the morning, down in the afternoon and go back up after hours. It's crazy.
Would you like to be able to identify the most volatile stocks in the S&P 500 so that you don't have to feel like you're riding an emotional roller coaster every day?
Here's a free report (just for you) which shows which stocks are most likely to see volatility in the weeks and months to come.
When getting ready to put together an email, it would be easy to think that the only thing you have to write is the actual message body. There are actually several different components that will go into every message that you send to your list. You need to put as much thought and effort into the other parts of your email as you would the main message body.
Subject Line – This is the subject of your message. It is the first thing your subscribers will see and will determine whether or not they open your message.
Pre-Header – The pre-header is the preview text included after the subject line in some email services, such as Gmail. The pre-header can serve as a second subject line that will further encourage users to open your email. If you don't intentionally add a pre-header, most email services will use the first sentence or two of your email as a pre-header.
From Name – This is the name of the person sending the email. Use your personal name in lieu of the name of your company because email users are more likely to open an email from an actual person.
Message Body – This is the main text of your email.
Call-to-Action – This a hyperlink at the bottom of your message body that attempts users to take a specific action, such as clicking on a hyperlink.
Signature – Keep your email signature simple. Long email signatures can be a distraction to the main content of your email. I personally just use my name on one line and the name of my company on the following line.
Footer – Your footer usually contains your unsubscribe link and other information that you need to include to stay compliant with anti-spam laws, such as your mailing address and the name of your company. Your footer will likely be the same for every email that you send to your list.
Every email that you send to your mailing list will be sent for a specific purpose. You might have an announcement to make or want your subscribers to read a piece of content that you just made. You may want them to checkout one of your company's products or keep them engaged by sending them helpful information.
Announcements – Whenever you have something big to announce, you should announce it to your email subscribers so that they know that they are valued members of your community.
Sales and Marketing – You will periodically want to send sales and marketing emails to your subscribers about your company's products and services. Make sure to only email subscribers about a product or a sale that haven't already purchased the product.
Affiliate Marketing – In order to generate additional revenue, you can promote other company's products and services as an affiliate. Read the monetization chapter of this book for more information about how to do this.
Weekly Newsletter – Consider creating a weekly newsletter for your subscribes that contains useful and interesting content. Your weekly newsletter will help keep users interested and engaged with your content.
User Engagement – You will want to regularly send your subscribers tips, resources and other helpful information that will provide your subscribers value in order to keep them engaged with your mailing list.
Feedback – Whenever you need feedback about an idea, email your audience and ask them for feedback. Ask two or three questions and ask them to respond with their feedback by replying to your messages.
List Management – You may need to periodically send messages to users relating to the status of their subscription. You might need to reconfirm their subscription if they haven't opened an email from you in a while or you might want them to identify specific interests as part of a segmentation campaign.
While you will email your audience for many different reasons, you need to keep a healthy balance between sending emails that provide value to your audience and emails that take value from your audience. Emails that contain information that help your readers at no cost to them, such as tips, educational content, resources and training videos provide value to your audience. Emails that ask your audience to purchase a product or take another action that benefits you more than it benefits them take value from your audience. I recommend sending at least two emails that provide value to your audience for every one email that takes value from your audience. Ideally, you will provide so much value to your audience that they respond to your sales and marketing emails out of sheer gratefulness for the value that you have already provided them. This principle is outlined in detailed by Gary Vaynerchuck in his book, Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World.
Your subject lines are the most important words that you will write as part of your email marketing strategy. If you write a subject line that is uninspired and doesn't grab the attention of your subscribers, they probably aren't going to open your message. If you write a great subject line, you'll receive higher open rates, which will lead to more click-throughs and more sales. A well-written subject line can often receive double the open rates of a poorly-written subject line, which will in-turn double click-throughs and double the sales generated by an email.
There are also a number of techniques that can modify subject lines to emphasize words and to make unsaid promises about the content of your message. If you are going to use any of the variation techniques, switch them up from email to email and don't use any one technique more than twice each month. Subscribers will notice these patterns if used too often which will cause them to lose their effectiveness.
Imply Strong Emotion and Importance – You can uppercase your subject line to imply strong emotion or importance to your email. For example, "I BEAT THE STOCK MARKET," implies urgency and importance.
Specific Numbers – You can use specific numbers, like 23.6 or 29%, to imply accuracy of your data. People are naturally wired to think that numbers are less likely to be made up if they are more specific or have a decimal point. For example, "How I Beat the Market by 7.8% in 2015" would imply that there's more math that shows exactly how I beat the stock market by that number.
Emphasize – You can emphasize a particular word by uppercasing only that word or by surrounding that word with asterisk. For example, "How I BEAT the Stock Market by 7.8% When Others Failed" draws attention to the word beat.
More Information Inside – You can add ellipses (three periods) at the end of your subject line to imply that there's much more for users inside of your email. For example, "How I beat the stock market…" implies that I will share details about how I beat the stock market in the body of the email.
Communicate Two Things at Once. Use brackets when you need to communicate two different things about an email. For example, "How I Beat the Stock Market [Free Video]" implies that users will both learn how to beat the stock market and get a free video in their in box.
Don't believe that you have to write every email subject line from scratch. Feel free to use the subject lines listed in this chapter. You can get good ideas for subject lines by searching for "subject line ideas" in your search engine of choice. I also recommend signing up for the mailing lists of well-known internet marketers like Frank Kern, Eben Pagan and Ryan Deiss so that you can see for entrepreneurs that make millions of dollars each year perform their craft.
In order to write an effective sales and marketing email, you need to take your subscribers through a series of steps to get them to take a desired action, such as purchasing a product or service. You first have to grab their attention, create interest in your product or service, instill a personal desire for your offer using your subscribers' hopes and fears and convince them to take action. These four steps make up the acronym AIDA, which was first penned by advertising pioneer E. St. Elmo Lewis in 1903. While the concept AIDA was developed in the print era, it continues to work well as a framework for email copywriting.
The first step is to grab the attention of your readers. In the world of email marketing, this means getting your subscribers to see and open your email. Your subscribers may receive as many as one hundred emails every day. They probably do not read most of the email that they receive and may only open five to ten messages on any given day. This is why some of the most engaged email lists in the world only have open rates of 30-40%. In order to actually get you emails opened, you need to stand apart from the crowd by writing a compelling subject line and using a personal from name. After someone has opened your email, you need to keep their attention by telling an interesting story, fact, joke or anything else that someone won't be able to help but read.
After getting a subscriber's attention, you will need to smoothly transition to the actual purpose of your email so that you can generate interest for the product or service you're promoting. You can often do this through an analogy that ties the content of your email back into the introduction that you used to grab their attention. After the transition, you will extoll the features and benefits of whatever you are trying to sell your audience and show them how it can solve a particular problem for them or make their lives easier.
The next step is to create an emotional desire in your subscribers. Try to get your users to think about the emotions they feel whenever they face the particular problem that your product or service can solve. Also, paint a picture of a desired future state that subscribers can achieve when they purchase your product or service. By helping them remember the negative emotions caused by the problem that you solve and showing them what their life can be like if they purchase your product or service, you will help your customers become emotionally ready to purchase.
The final step is to call your subscribers to take a specific action, which is usually purchasing your product or service. Tell your subscribers exactly what they need to do to purchase your product and finish your email by reminding users of the picture that you painted of a desired future state.
Subject line: I'm bored out of my mind.
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Don't Rely on Images – Between 10% and 30% of your users will never click "enable images" on your emails. Never rely on images to convey key points in your copy. Use clear and descriptive ALT text on any images that you do include. You can also consider using CSS styling to make your ALT text larger and more visible to subscribers that do not enable images.
Avoid Grammar and Spelling Errors – Poor grammar, capitalization and spelling can be a huge turn off for many of your email subscribers. If you want to speak with expert authority to your audience, you need to use proper grammar and spelling. No one will believe you are an authority on anything if you can't write a complete sentence. Double-check every email you write for grammar and spelling mistakes and consider having another person check over your messages before they are sent out to your subscribers.
Include Multiple Hyperlinks – If you have a specific link that you want users to click on, add a total of three hyperlinks to each email. Hyperlink your main call-to-action at the bottom of your message body and just above your email signature. Also hyperlink a few relevant words in the first paragraph of your email to the page you want users to go to. Finally, include a second call-to-action below your email signature and any "P.S." that you include with your email.
Avoid Design-Heavy Email Templates – Subscribers are more likely to actually read email that comes from an individual person than a faceless company or non-profit. While companies frequently use templates in their email, people almost never do. If possible, avoid using a design-heavy template so that your emails appear more personal to your subscribers.
Limit Each Email to One Call-to-Action – Don't try to get your subscribers to do multiple things as a result of any one email. Each email that you send should have exactly a single purpose and a single call-to-action that you want them to take. Users are less likely to respond when they have to consider which, if any, of your calls-to-action that they want to take.
Have a Clear Unsubscribe Link – Don't try to hide or obscure your unsubscribe link. Have a clear unsubscribe link that says "Click Here to Unsubscribe" in a normal font size. If you try to obscure your unsubscribe link, your subscribers may report your messages as spam which can put you in jeopardy with your email service provider if your account generates too many spam complains.
Should I hire a professional copywriter?
There are many professional email copywriters that you can pay to create email marketing campaigns on your behalf. You probably should not hire a professional copywriter to write email for you, especially if you are just getting started. Learning to become an effective copywriter takes experience. When someone else is writing copy for you, you won't have the opportunity to practice copywriting and won't learn how to write your copy for yourself. Good copywriters can be very expensive to hire, which will make it much more difficult to run a profitable email marketing campaign.
There are two instances where it might be appropriate to hire a professional copywriter to write email for you. If your business is already generating more than six figures per year when you start email marketing, it may be more cost effective for you to hire a copywriter. At $200,000 per year, your time is worth about $150.00 per hour. If it takes you three hours to write an email and a copywriter can do a better job than you can at $150.00 per message, go ahead and write a check to the copywriter. The other instance that it might make sense to hire a copywriter is for your auto-responder series, but only if you don't have much experience writing email and you can easily afford the fees. By having a professional copywriter create your auto-responder series, you'll have relevant email copy that you can repurpose as broadcast emails down the line.
In this chapter, I've put together a basic overview of email copywriting and a list of best practices to follow when writing email to your subscribers. Copywriting is a skill that will take a lot of time and practice to master. Most of the email that you send for the first several months won't be very good and that's okay. Continue learning and practicing email copywriting by following experts like John McIntyre (www.themcmethod.com/), reading marketing email sent out by your competitors and consuming educational content about copywriting from places like Copyblogger (http://www.copyblogger.com/blog/). Over time, your copywriting skills will improve and mature and you too will become America's next great email copywriter.
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Nadal books record 15th straight ATP Finals spot
Jul 11th 2019 4:39AM
Rafael Nadal booked his place at the ATP Finals for a record 15th straight season with his quarter-final win over Sam Querrey at Wimbledon on Wednesday.
French Open champion Nadal triumphed 7-5 6-2 6-2 on No.1 Court to become the first player to earn a spot at the end-of-season event at the O2 Arena in London.
The 33-year-old, whose other title this season came at the Internazionali d'Italia, takes a 17-match winning run into a tantalising semi-final against eight-time Wimbledon winner Roger Federer.
Nadal has never won the Finals, his best performances coming when he finished as the runner-up in 2010 and 2013.
He has only completed seven editions of the tournament, having withdrawn during the 2017 event due to a knee problem and opted out on six occasions – ankle and abdominal issues kept him out last year.
Novak Djokovic faces Roberto Bautista Agut in the other last-four clash and victory for the world number one would see him join Nadal in guaranteeing a place in the Finals.
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Q: Variance of $\hat{\beta}_0$ in heteroskedastic case Stock and Watson say nothing about that, so I ask you if you know how to derive the variance of the estimator of the intercept in a simple regression, $\beta_0$, i.e. $$\sigma^2_{\hat{\beta}_0}=\frac{1}{n}\frac{var[H_iu_i]}{[E(X_{i}^{2})]^2}.$$

A: First, there is a mistake in your expression; it should be
$$\sigma^2_{\hat{\beta}_0}=\frac{1}{n}\frac{var[H_iu_i]}{[E(H_{i}^{2})]^2}.$$
I will depart from the general expression for the asymptotic variance covariance matrix of the OLS estimator under conditional heteroskedasticity:
\begin{equation*}
\sqrt{n}(b-\beta)\to_d N(0,\Sigma_{xx}^{-1}S\Sigma_{xx}^{-1}).
\end{equation*}
A proof of this result may be found in, e.g., Hayashi, Econometrics, Proposition 2.1.
In case of a simple linear regression with intercept
$$
\Sigma_{xx}:=E(\mathbf{x}_i\mathbf{x}_i')
$$
reduces to
$$\Sigma_{xx}=\begin{pmatrix}1&\mu_X\\ \mu_X & E(X_i^2)\end{pmatrix}$$
Next,
$$S=\begin{pmatrix}E(u_i^2)&E(X_iu_i^2)\\ E(X_iu_i^2)& E(X_i^2u_i^2)\end{pmatrix}$$
in this case.
So the task is to find the $1,1$-element of $\Sigma_{xx}^{-1}S\Sigma_{xx}^{-1}$. A tedious task, which you may speed up like this, to get
\begin{eqnarray*}
Avar(\hat\beta_0)&=&\frac{1}{\sigma^4_X}\{E(X_i^2)[E(u_i^2)E(X_i^2)-\\&&\qquad\mu_XE(X_iu_i^2)]-\mu_X[E(X_iu_i^2)E(X_i^2)-\mu_XE(X_i^2u_i^2)]\}
\end{eqnarray*}
We then need to check that this is (up to $1/n$, which results from using the asymptotic variance to approximate the finite-sample one) the same as your result.
Here,
$$
H_i=1-\left(\frac{\mu_X}{E(X_i^2)}\right)X_i.
$$
As in your related question, we may always write
$$
var(H_iu_i)=E(H_i^2u_i^2)-[E(H_iu_i)]^2
$$
Under the maintained assumption of correct specification, $E(u_i|X_i)=0$ and hence, by the law of iterated expecations, as $H_i$ only depends on $X_i$,
$$
E(H_iu_i)=E(H_iE(u_i|X_i))=0
$$
Hence,
$$
var(H_iu_i)=E(H_i^2u_i^2)
$$
Here,
$$
H_i^2=\frac{E(X_i^2)^2-2\mu_XX_iE(X_i^2)+\mu_X^2X_i^2}{[E(X_i^2)]^2}=\frac{[E(X_i^2)-\mu_XX_i]^2}{[E(X_i^2)]^2}
$$
so that
$$
E(H_i^2)=\frac{\sigma^2_X}{E(X_i^2)}
$$
and
$$
[E(H_i^2)]^2=\frac{\sigma^4_X}{[E(X_i^2)]^2}
$$
as well as
$$
E(H_i^2u_i^2)=\frac{E\{[E(X_i^2)-\mu_XX_i]^2u_i^2\}}{[E(X_i^2)]^2}
$$
giving
$$
Avar(\hat\beta_0)=\frac{E\{[E(X_i^2)-\mu_XX_i]^2u_i^2\}}{\sigma^4_X}.$$
Solving the numerator verifies that this is the same expression as the one in the above numerator of $Avar(\hat\beta_0)$.

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Joan of Arc Appendix D
THE PROPOSED CANONIZATION OF JOAN OF ARC
IN 1869 Mgr. Dupanloup, bishop of Orleans, delivered the annual sermon on Joan of Arc, and expressed the hope that she might be canonized. Immediately afterwards, twelve French bishops, who had been present at the sermon, addressed a letter to Pope Pius IX., praying that, after proper investigation, canonization might be granted. Bishop Dupanloup was thereupon requested to make preliminary inquiry in the usual form; but the Franco-German war intervened, and the inquiry was postponed until 1874-76, when the depositions of many witnesses were taken, principally regarding the reputation for holiness enjoyed by Joan in various parts of France for centuries. The result of this inquiry was forwarded to Rome, and was referred by the pope to Cardinal Bilio. Further explanation was asked of Bishop Dupanloup, but, before he could reply, he died, October 11, 1878. His successor, Bishop Coullié, continued Bishop Dupanloup's efforts and made many visits to Rome. He also directed a second preliminary inquiry, in which the testimony taken at Joan's two trials and other historical evidence were formally authenticated. Pope Leo XIII. seems to have inter- ested himself somewhat more in the matter than did Pius IX., and the proper Roman tribunal proceeded with its usual deliberation to the further investigation of the case.
On January 27, 1894, the congregation of Sacred Rites, on the report of Cardinal Parocchi, voted to recommend that the commission for the introduction of the case, so called, should be signed, which was immediately done by the pope. This action is the first step toward canonization, and confers upon Joan the title of "Venerable."
The desire for Joan's canonization in France has become national, at least among devout Catholics; and, even among those ordinarily indifferent to the Catholic church, patriotism has largely taken the place of a religious motive, and has led some to make of Joan's canonization almost a national political question. This feeling, of course, will insure a reasonably speedy and a sympathetic consideration of the question by the Roman tribunal. What will be the final decision is quite another matter.


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Michelle Obama confession: Ex-FLOTUS' admission on why husband Barack 'can't win' | World | News
The former FLOTUS claimed that as a result of being locked down due to the deadly virus, she had been able to spend more time with her daughters Sasha and Malia, as well as Barack. During that period, the four grew closer, the 56-year-old said, who told chat show host Conan O'Brien that she had even taught her daughters how to play cards, as well as other new activities. She said: "The girls were still in classes in the spring and we'd be working and then doing a little exercise and then come together in the evenings.
"We had these activities – we'd have cocktails and then we'd all work on puzzles and play games. We actually had some organised things too, like we had an art exhibit day where we all went off and did watercolour painting and then we showed them to each other later."
And although the foursome enjoyed family time, months of quarantining together did eventually take its toll, with Michelle admitting that her daughters were keen to go back to their normal lives.
Despite being married to Barack for nearly 30 years, Michelle also poked fun at her husband, and the former US President.
She explained that Barack had been working on his memoir, which is set to be released after next month's US election and is called 'A Promised Land'.
Michelle said: "I think our kids got a little fed up with us at first… which was fine because we got pretty fed up with them.
"And so summer started and then we could be outside a little bit more and we got to the vineyard where we are still, and so there is more space to roam… that was good because it helped us break open it. And now the children are back with lessons in Zoom-Land.
"They do it remotely. And they are no longer excited to be with us."
She added: "But then Barack has sort of got on my nerves because I haven't seen him enough, so he can't win."
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"They weren't waiting until 9pm to eat because dad was running late.
"They never couldn't not go somewhere or do something because of dad. I never wanted them to resent the presidency, or resent what their dad did."
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