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Hey Drupalers,

We are super excited to share that The Drop Times is now the official media partner for DrupalCon Lille 2023! This means we’ll be bringing the spirit and excitement of DrupalCon to enthusiasts around the globe, whether they can attend or not.

I contributed to a few gems to make the development experience of deploying Sqlite Rails apps to production as simple as possible and wrote about it at https://fly.io/ruby-dispatch/sqlite-and-rails-in-production/

12 September 2023 Unifont 15.1.01 is now available.

This is a major release.  This release no longer builds TrueType fonts by default, as announced over the past year.  They have been replaced with their OpenType equivalents.  TrueType fonts can still be built manually by typing “make truetype” in the font directory.

This release also includes a new Hangul Syllables Johab 6/3/1 encoding proposed by Ho-Seok Ee.  New Hangul supporting software for this encoding allows formation of all double-width Hangul syllables, including those with ancient letters that are outside the Unicode Hangul Syllables range.  Details are in the ChangeLog file.

Download this release from GNU server mirrors at:

     https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/unifont/unifont-15.1.01/

or if that fails,

     https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/unifont/unifont-15.1.01/

or, as a last resort,

     ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/unifont/unifont-15.1.01/

These files are also available on the unifoundry.com website:

     https://unifoundry.com/pub/unifont/unifont-15.1.01/

Font files are in the subdirectory

     https://unifoundry.com/pub/unifont/unifont-15.1.01/font-builds/

A more detailed description of font changes is available at

      https://unifoundry.com/unifont/index.html

and of utility program changes at

      https://unifoundry.com/unifont/unifont-utilities.html

Information about Hangul modifications is at

      https://unifoundry.com/hangul/index.html

and

      http://unifoundry.com/hangul/hangul-generation.html

I know I keep harping on the declining quality and enshittification of Windows, but Microsoft just makes it so easy. In the changelog for the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Builds is this gem: Beginning to roll out with this build, Chat is now Microsoft Teams – Free. Microsoft Teams – Free is pinned by default to the taskbar and can be unpinned like other apps on the taskbar. So you buy a new Windows machine or reinstall Windows, and the taskbar will have the beautiful and not at all thirsty name “Microsoft Teams – Free”. I know a good ad agency for Microsoft.

Q-Qaida – Episode 7 – Learn Quran – Hafiza Urooj Iqbal – 12 Sep 2023 – ARY Qtv

Teacher: Hafiza Urooj Iqbal

Class: 7 | Haroof e Murakkabat (Shapes of Letters)

#QQaida #HafizaUroojIqbal #ARYQtv #QuranEducation

Subscribe Here: https://bit.ly/3dh3Yj1

Q Qaida is an introductory program that teaches beginners how to read the Arabic Script for Quranic recitation. It starts with the basic Arabic letters and gradually introduces different vowel sounds and Quranic pronunciation rules. It is commonly used to establish a solid foundation for Tajweed and Quranic recitation.

Official Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ARYQTV/
Official Website: https://aryqtv.tv/
Watch ARY Qtv Live: http://live.aryqtv.tv/
Programs Schedule: https://aryqtv.tv/schedule/
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Android App: https://bit.ly/33wgto4

Will Be Available on September 16, New Geely GALAXY L6 2024

Geely Galaxy L6, whose pre-sale price was recently announced at the 2023 Chengdu Auto Show, will be officially available on September 16. This model has announced a pre-sale price range of 128,000 to 158,000 yuan, and there will be a total of four models.

As the second model of Geely Galaxy. Equipped with a new generation Thor electric hybrid system called “Thor Electric Hybrid 8848”, it is built based on the e-CMA smart electric hybrid architecture and is positioned as a compact car. In terms of appearance, the new car adopts the latest design language of the Galaxy family on its front and adopts a closed design with the popular split headlight set. Overhead daytime running lights are connected to integrated high and low beam headlights. Light strips arranged vertically on both sides are daytime running lights.

Compared with the front face design, the side design is relatively simple; There is not only a suspended ceiling design, but also a fastback design. The length, width and height of Geely Galaxy L6 are 4782 mm/1875 mm/1489 mm respectively, and the wheelbase is 2752 mm.

At the rear of the car, the taillights of the new car have a complex structure. Chrome plating strips on both sides of the rear bumper also add some details to the rear of the car.

The overall design style of the interior is somewhat similar to that of the L7, although there is no screen for the co-pilot, but the overall high-end quality is still maintained. In terms of multimedia, Geely Galaxy L6 is equipped with Galaxy N OS smart operating system. The whole series comes with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 chip as standard, 13.2+10.25 inch dual widescreen display, dual-tone zone intelligent voice interaction system, global OTA cloud.

In terms of power, the entire Geely Galaxy L6 series is equipped with a new generation Thor electric hybrid 8848 power system, consisting of 1.5TD hybrid special motor + 3-speed variable frequency electric drive DHT Pro. The special engine has a maximum power of 120 kilowatts and a maximum torque of 225 Nm, and the thermal efficiency reaches 44.26%. The maximum power of the engine is 107 kW, the maximum torque is 338 Nm, the overall system power is 287 kW, the overall torque is 535 Nm and the WLTC overall range is 1,370 kilometers. Offering two pure electric range options, 60 kilometers and 125 kilometers, the new car is equipped with fast charging and external discharge functions as standard in all series.

Source: https://www.pcauto.com.cn/hj/article/2198658.html#ad=20420

My Mum, Your Dad star Roger says wife told him to date again as opens up on show strugglesLorraine, ITV

by Marie Achour.  

Hello Moodlers,

Welcome to this edition of ‘Showcase Shorts’.

As we approach the releases of Moodle LMS and Moodle Workplace 4.3, more and more of our work is coming to life, which means that this edition is full of live demos which we hope you will enjoy!

Let’s look at the demos for Moodle LMS first:

• We’ll start with a demo of new Multi-Factor Authentication functionality which will help make Moodle even more secure than it already is!

• Next, we have a demo of our new integration with the Matrix Messaging system which will be bringing the power of modern messaging into the heart of Moodle, helping educators and their students stay better connected.

• Onto a demo of some of the features of our new activity cards, with improvements that will help reduce the time and effort it takes to manage activities in courses and help reduce the scroll length of courses, making them easier to navigate for students.

• Next up, a demo of the new Default Activity Completion functionality enabling the management of completion criteria for a whole site, reducing the time and effort required to manage these settings. #proudlysupportedbytheMUA 

   

• And finally, a demo of our new Mime Icon Formats, modernising the look and feel of Moodle and making the icons easier to understand for all of our users.

Next, let’s take a look at the demos from the Moodle Workplace team:

• Firstly, a demo of some of the functionality being introduced as part of the new Course Catalogue feature which is bringing self-directed learning to the Moodle ecosystem.

• Next, a demo of the new Manually Assigned Manager feature, which will help organisations better integrate their HR systems with Moodle and make the life of HR managers everywhere a lot easier!

• And finally, a demo of the new Public Custom Pages capability, that will make it possible to show custom pages to a wider range of audiences.

Last but not least, a demo from our Moodle Mobile Apps team, introducing support for self-enrolment in the Mobile app.

That’s it for the demos!

In other news, we are very happy to report that we are making great progress towards the achievement of WCAG AA accreditation for Moodle LMS 4.1 and 4.2 – we are ahead of our plan to complete this before the end of the year.

And one final call out, QA time is here! Our QA cycle for Moodle LMS 4.3 started on the 11th of September. If you’d like to get involved, please watch this video that will give you all the tips you need to do so.

Until next sprint!

The Moodle Products Team

PS: Please note that our next round of Showcase Shorts won’t be out for a little while as we are taking a break in honour of the MoodleMoot Global. We hope to see many of you in sunny Barcelona!!