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Tapio is a male given name common in Finland. The nameday is 18 June. As of January 2013 there were almost 140,000 people with this name in Finland. The name originates from the name of the Finnish god of forests, animals, and hunting. A common nickname for Tapio is Tapsa. It is listed by the Finnish Population Register Centre as one of the top 10 most popular male given names ever. Notable people with the name include:

 Tapio Hakanen (better known as DJ Orkidea), Finnish electronic music artist
 Tapio Hämäläinen, a Finnish actor
 Tapio Kantanen, Finnish athlete
 Tapio Korjus, Finnish javelin thrower
 Tapio Laakso, Finnish professional ice hockey player
 Tapio Laukkanen, Finnish rally driver
 Tapio Levo, Finnish ice hockey player
 Tapio Luusua, Finnish freestyle skier
 Tapio Nurmela, Finnish Nordic combined athlete
 Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish athlete, singer and actor
 Tapio Sipilä, Finnish wrestler
 Tapio Mäkelä, Finnish cross-country skier
 Tapio Wilska, Finnish musician
 Tapio Wirkkala, Finnish designer and sculptor

References

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Dracula Allusions
By Bram Stoker
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (7.1)
Deuteronomy 12:23: "The blood is the life" (11.54)
Lord Byron, Don Juan (15.1)
William Shakespeare, King Lear: "That way madness lies," Act 2, Scene 4, Line 21 (17.43)
Historical and Geographical References
Bistritz is a town in northern Romania. (1.1)
The British Museum is a famous museum in London that houses treasures from around the world. It also has a famous reading room where anyone can go to study. (1.2)
Jack Sheppard was a housebreaker in the early 18th century who became a folk hero because of his many spectacular escapes from prison. (8.39)
Stoker associates racial stereotypes with the Adelphi Theatre, a London theater that was a rival of the Lyceum, where he worked as a business manager. (26.27)
Foreignness and "The Other"
Technology and Modernization
Passivity
Mina Murray Harker
Jonathan Harker
Lucy Westenra
Dr. John Seward
Dr. Abraham Van Helsing
Arthur Holmwood
Quincey P. Morris
Renfield
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Q: Is there an easy way to determine if all textbox are not empty and to disable or clear them in C# Windows Form? I have a project where in I am required to create a Main Order Windows Form program.
I have three group boxes Customer, Item and Summary.
I need three function wherein:
• 1 function to determine if all textbox in Customer, Items have inputs
• Another function to disable all textbox in Customer
• Another function to clear all textbox in Customer, Item and Summary.
What I think is to create if conditions for every textbox but I think there is another easy way to do this.
My Designer Tab:

MY Form.cs:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace Mail_Order
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{

    private static double totalAmountDue = 0, totalWeight = 0;

    private static double groundShipping;

    private static int items = 0;
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void label3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

    }

    private void label5_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

    }

    private void button3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

    }

    private void label8_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

    }

    private void textBox8_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

    }

    private void label11_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

    }

    private void button4_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        textAddrss.Clear();
        textCustName.Clear();
        textDescription.Clear();
        textPrice.Clear();
        textQuantity.Clear();
        textAmntDue.Clear();
        textCity.Clear();
        textSaleTax.Clear();
        textShipping.Clear();
        textState.Clear();
        textTotalAmntDue.Clear();
        textWeight.Clear();
        textZip.Clear();
        totalAmountDue = 0;
        totalWeight = 0;
    }

    private void groupBox1_Enter(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

    }

    private void buttonAdd_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //validate input
        if (isNumeric(textQuantity.Text) == false || int.Parse(textQuantity.Text) <= 0)
            errorMessage();

        else if (isNumeric(textWeight.Text) == false || double.Parse(textWeight.Text) <= 0)
            errorMessage();

        else if (isNumeric(textPrice.Text) == false || double.Parse(textPrice.Text) <= 0)
            errorMessage();

        else
            totalAmountDue = totalAmountDue + (double.Parse(textPrice.Text) * double.Parse(textQuantity.Text));
    }

    private void buttonExit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Close();
    }

    // identity if numeric
    private bool isNumeric(string s)
    {
        double input;
        return Double.TryParse(s, out input);
    }
    // diplay error for invalid input
    private void errorMessage()
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Invalid entry. Please enter a valid amount");
    }
}
}

Thanks guys!

A: Thanks Flydog57 and AJITH.
I was able to find resources online.
For the first function i use this:
// validate if all groupbox have input
    private void IsEmpty()
    {
        flag = false;

            foreach (Control cont in groupBox1.Controls)
            {
                if (cont is TextBox)
                {
                    if (((TextBox)cont).Text == "")
                         flag = true;
                }

            }

            foreach (Control cont in groupBox2.Controls)
            {
                if (cont is TextBox)
                {
                    if (((TextBox)cont).Text == "")
                         flag = true;
                }
            }

    }

Second
                    groupBox1.Enabled = false;

third
private void button4_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //clear data

        foreach (Control cont in groupBox1.Controls)
        {
            if (cont is TextBox)
            {
                ((TextBox)cont).Text = " ";
            }
        }

        foreach (Control cont in groupBox2.Controls)
        {
            if (cont is TextBox)
            {
                ((TextBox)cont).Text = " ";
            }
        }

        foreach (Control cont in groupBox3.Controls)
        {
            if (cont is TextBox)
            {
                ((TextBox)cont).Text = " ";
            }
        }

        groupBox1.Enabled = true;

        totalAmountDue = 0; totalWeight = 0; tax = 0; dollarAmountDue = 0;

        groundShipping = 0; shipping = 0; handling = 0;
}

A: You could reduce the code and make it cleaner with a bit of refactoring:
private bool flag;
private GroupBox[] groups;

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    groups = new GroupBox[] { groupBox1, groupBox2, groupBox3 };
}

// validate if all groupbox have input
private void IsEmpty()
{
    flag = false;
    for(int i=0; i<groups.Length && !flag; i++)
    {
        foreach(TextBox tb in groups[i].Controls.OfType<TextBox>())
        {
            if (tb.Text.Trim().Length == 0)
            {
                flag = true;
                break;
            }
        }
    }
}

private void button4_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    //clear data
    foreach(GroupBox gb in groups)
    {
        foreach(TextBox tb in gb.Controls.OfType<TextBox>())
        {
            tb.Text = " ";
        }
    }
    groupBox1.Enabled = true;
    totalAmountDue = 0; totalWeight = 0; tax = 0; dollarAmountDue = 0;
    groundShipping = 0; shipping = 0; handling = 0;
}

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Many young people who wants to enter the it industry consider programming as something really hard to learn, but is really coding that difficult?
Programming has changed significantly during last decade. It is more like LEGO now. We build software putting blocks together rather than making everything from scratch. There are dozens of tools, libs and frameworks we can reuse in our app. We follow same patterns from one application to another so if you already build one you can build million of them. Often programmer doesn't need to create complicated algorithms anymore as all he needs is probably already wrapped by some library.
So everyone can build an application. That's true. But still making it fast, reliable and maintainable is a challenge. Designing good software architecture is not something everyone can do and you probably need quite a lot of experience in programming to make it good.
The same thing is when it comes to testing. Making a code working is pretty easy. But how to test it? How to make a code testable? How to mock everything around? How to make tests stable and atomically fast? That is what differs good programmer from beginners.
Why do we use such technics as TDD, BDD, test first? It is because often making tests is a far more challenging task then creating features. So this practices encourage you to start from more difficult task and than implement easier part matching already defined requirements. So if you are not experienced programmer you can simply start from tests and than fit your code into them.
Hope I encouraged youths that coding is not that bad and showed what is challenging part of software development nowadays.


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UAW Expects GM Contract Deal After "Much Progress"
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union has made "much progress" toward reaching a new contract with General Motors Co. to replace a deal on wages and benefits that expires just before midnight on Wednesday, a senior union official said.
"We are confident that we can reach an agreement that will meet many of the goals we set at the beginning of negotiations," UAW Vice President Joe Ashton said in an electronic update on negotiations for the 49,000 union-represented workers at the top U.S. automaker.
The comments from Ashton represented the most upbeat assessment from the union since negotiations entered a more intensive phase over the past week.
Ashton said the union's goal was to reach a tentative contract deal with GM, rather than face arbitration.
The union was barred from calling a strike at GM under the terms of the automaker's restructuring in its 2009 bankruptcy funded by the Obama administration.
"Our negotiations with management have reached a critical stage as we near the expiration of the national agreement," Ashton said.
A day earlier, Ford Motor Co. and the UAW agreed to extend their contract to allow for the union to reach an initial deal with GM or Chrysler Group LLC.
Negotiations in Detroit between GM and Ashton's UAW negotiating team broke off around 11 p.m. on Tuesday night, a person familiar with the talks said.
Talks continued at Chrysler late the night on Tuesday. The union's Chrysler negotiating team said it was working "tirelessly" to reach a deal in an update on its Facebook page.
In these talks, which will set wages and benefits for about 113,000 workers for the next four years, the companies are focused on keeping labor costs down. The UAW is angling for more auto production jobs in the United States as well as one-time bonuses because of the industry's improved profitability.
The negotiations are being watched by investors as an indication of how much Detroit has changed since the steep downturn and sharply tighter financing that almost forced GM and Chrysler out of business in late 2008 and threatened Ford.
GM Chief Executive Dan Akerson and Vice Chairman Steve Girsky have been involved in the GM talks over the past week, people with knowledge of the proceedings have said.
Chrysler Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne left the Frankfurt auto show on Tuesday night to return to Detroit, a source said.
If the deadline is not met, the union and the company teams would have to agree to extend the current contracts, which is seen as a routine matter, analysts have said.
GM has about 49,000 UAW-represented workers, Ford has about 41,000, and Chrysler, controlled by Italy's Fiat SpA, has about 23,150.


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Tadamitsu Kishimoto Wins 2020 Tang Prize
Tadamitsu Kishimoto of Osaka University is one of three recipients of the 2020 Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Sciences.
AsianScientist (Jul. 2, 2020) – Professor Tadamitsu Kishimoto of Osaka University, Japan, has been awarded the 2020 Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science, alongside Charles Dinarello of the University of Colorado, Denver, and Marc Feldmann at Oxford University, UK. The three immunologists were recognized for their role in discovering three immune regulators, namely interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF), respectively.
Cytokines are analogous the the body's intruder alarm system. When an infectious agent breaks into the body, the cytokine alarms are triggered to activate the immune cell 'security guards.' However, just as alarms can sometimes malfunction, cytokines can also go into overdrive and overstimulate the immune system, evoking a harmful inflammatory response known as a cytokine storm.
In particular, IL-6 is a multifunctional cytokine that can cross the blood-brain barrier and is an important mediator of fever. Kishimoto not only identified and cloned both IL-6 and its receptor, but also successfully developed an antibody that can inhibit the IL-6 receptor to modulate the immune response, taking basic research all the way through to clinical application.
The anti-IL-6 receptor antibody Kishimoto developed has benefited individuals with autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. The antibody has also shown promise as a therapy that could treat COVID-19-induced cytokine storms, which are linked to severe pneumonia.
The Tang Prize is awarded biennially to recognize achievements across four major fields, sustainable development, biopharmaceutical science, sinology and rule of law. Global in reach, laureates are selected on the basis of the originality of their work along with their contributions to society, irrespective of their nationality or ethnicity. The winner of each category will receive a cash prize of NT$40 million (~US$1.33 million) as well as a research grant of NT$10 million (~US$0.33 million).
The 2020 Tang Prize in Sustainable Development was awarded to Dr. Jane Goodall for her ground-breaking research in primatology that redefined human-animal relationship and for her lifelong unparalleled dedication to conservation of the environment. Renowned historian Wang Gungwu won the prize in Sinology for his trailblazing insights on the history of the Chinese world order, Chinese overseas and Chinese migratory experience.
Last but not least, three non-governmental organization—Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association, Dejusticia: The Center for Law, Justice and Society, and The Legal Agenda—were named joint winners of the prize in Rule of Law for their efforts in furthering the rule of law and its institutions through education and advocacy.
Source: Tang Prize.
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Tadamitsu Kishimoto Receives 2017 King Faisal International Prize Professor Tadamitsu Kishimoto has been awarded the King Faisal International Prize for Medicine for his role in developing therapies for autoimmune diseases.
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16 Nov 2014 | Filed under Arts,Culture,Nightlife,Performing Arts,PrideFEST | Posted by Sophie Joske
Clockwise from bottom left: Vez Litten (Lionizer), Sarah Pellicano, Alyshia Gatani (DJ Pussymittens), Timothy Nelson (Timothy Nelson and the Infidels), Kiera Owen (Rag n' Bone).
Local musician Kiera Owen, vocalist of rock band Rag n' Bone has been busy organising shows with her side project, entitled 'Uh-Huh'. Her newest show, 'Lickmypalooza' promises a unique night of music catered specifically for the LGBT community.
'Lickmypalooza' promises a lineup of great local bands coming together for an eclectic night of music at Connections.
"I've got Timothy Nelson and the Infidels, got them headlining it, and then I've got Boom! Bap! Pow!, soulful prowess of a band, they're awesome. And then I've got Rag N' Bone, which is the band I play in, and then Filthy Apes, which is kind of like a surf rock group, they actually wear ape masks. They're really fun, they just make you smile for forty minutes. And then I've got Lionizer and Sarah Pelicano as well, and then I've also got DJ Pussymittens a.k.a. Alicia Katani. " Owen said.
Owen explained that 'Lickmypalooza' was the result of an effort to bring original music directly to LGBT community.
"I thought, every time I do a gig I'm going to try and have some point of difference from just putting on a regular show that's just showcasing music.
"We got the Pride email to register an event and I thought 'Well, I feel like the couple of years in Pride there's been a big focus on theatre and that sort of stuff but there's not really a focus on music, especially not original music. Especially not music that caters to a young audience.' So I thought I'd get a nice eclectic group of bands that either have members that are part of the community or that just really support the community and their music's super fun. So that's what I did."
It's also the first show of its kind to play at Connections, which Owen said was a big drawcard for the musicians.
"I think the most exciting thing for me is that there's going to be a gig at Connections [laughs]. So a lot of them time it's a lot of DJs, which is great, there's obviously the drag shows and the Bingay, and there's all those kind of events but between the two gay venues in Perth there's just no live music. I mean we're lucky in Perth, you don't really have to go to a gay bar any more. Everywhere's pretty accepting and it's not really a big deal any more. But I think for those people that like to associate with those venues and meet new people I think that it would give them an opportunity to see live music for a really decent price and they're bound to like at least one band on the bill."
Owen said she's hoping that this intersection of the LGBT and music communities could become a regular occurrence.
"The ultimate goal would be to have hopefully at least one of the gay venues open up live music on a regular basis, even if it was just once a month. So I think if this went well that could potentially be something that could come out of it, which would be really cool.
"I think the best thing about this gig is people that I know in the gay community are excited about it and heaps of musicians that I know that don't even associate with the LGBT scene are really excited as well."
Get more information and tickets for 'Lickmypalooza' here.
Sophie Joske
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Weekly, beginning Wednesday 1 October 2008, at Avenue House, 6.30 to 8.30pm, AFTER THE EXCAVATION – ARCHAEOLOGY FROM PROCESSING TO PUBLICATION – The joint HADAS/Birkbeck post-excavation course. See details below
The new lecture season begins next month with:
Tuesday 14 October 2008 Community Archaeology in Greater London: Outreach work and Excavations at Prescot Street, Lorna Richardson, outreach worker for L-P Archaeology.
Tuesday 11 November 2008 Bletchley Park: Enigma: how cracking the enemy codes led to the world's first computer, by Hugh Davies.
Tuesday 13 January 2009 An exploration of the Western Desert of Egypt, by Nicole Douek.
Tuesday 10th February 2009 The building of the Underground, by Tony Earle.
All lectures start at 8.00pm and are held in the Drawing Room at Avenue House, 17 East End Road, Finchley, N3 3QE, with coffee/tea and biscuits served afterwards. Buses 82, 143, 326, 382 & 460 pass close by. Avenue House is about a ten to fifteen minute-walk from Finchley Central Station (Northern Line). According to a signpost at the station exit, Avenue House is 828 yards away. Do not go through the ticket barrier but turn away from it taking the exit over the bridge, opposite the barrier.
FIELDWORK TEAM
The Fieldwork Team meets most Sunday mornings in The Garden Room at Avenue House, around 10.30 hrs till 13.30-ish. New and old members are welcome to come along, though it is perhaps best first to check the emails on HADAS discussion: hadas@hadas.org.uk, or ring Bill Bass 020 8449 5666, to confirm that members will be meeting that Sunday.
At the moment we are processing finds from this year's Church Farmhouse Museum dig, at the same time gearing up to process the Roman pottery from Brockley Hill inherited from excavations long before HADAS was founded. The team is looking at the archives and reports from these excavations, including finds from 1937, 1947 and several from the 1950s. We now have the listings, card index and history of the archive we are working on. The work will involve re-bagging, re-boxing and re-labelling of finds to Museum of London standards. When assembled the archive is destined to be deposited at the LAARC,. where it will be made available to researchers. Source: Bill Bass, hadas@hadas.org.uk
AFTER THE EXCAVATION – ARCHAEOLOGY FROM PROCESSING TO PUBLICATION
Post-diploma course in Archaeology for Birkbeck FLL to be held at Avenue House, Finchley, from Wednesday 01/10/08 to 25/3/09
Excavation is only the beginning of the process of archaeological investigation. This course aims to provide tuition for non-professional archaeologists and local archaeological societies in post-excavation recording and analysis by re-examining unpublished excavations. In 2008–9 we will be looking at excavations carried out in 1972 by HADAS at Burroughs Gardens, Hendon. The whole range of post-excavation procedures from basic finds processing to publication and archive deposition will be covered. The course will include lectures by specialists in various fields, such as ceramics, clay pipes, glass, building materials and animal bones. Class members will be closely involved in the sorting, identification, recording and analysis of each category of finds. This is a major emphasis of the course, with a view to interpreting the significance of the various finds in relation to the site. Teaching sessions will be alternated with workshops throughout and, as work proceeds, group discussion will be an important means of formulating strategies for writing up the results of analysis. The ultimate outcome of the course will be publication under the joint authorship of class members, with tuition provided in the construction, writing and illustration of archaeological reports. Instruction will also be given on storage of the excavated materials and written records, in line with current archive standards.
Post-Diploma courses are intended primarily for students who have completed their Certificate or Diploma studies, but are also open to others who have or wish to acquire relevant archaeological skills. Coursework will be aimed principally at producing reports for publication. Students are encouraged to complete and submit a portfolio of work during the course for assessment. This forms an essential part of the learning process and of work leading to the final publication.
Course content • minimum standards of recording and analysis leading to publication • finds processing, including washing, marking, storage and basic recording of bulk and registered finds • the recording and analysis of finds and environmental remains, by means of hands-on experience, accompanied by lectures and supervised by specialists: • glass • clay tobacco pipes • pottery (Roman to post-medieval) • ceramic building materials • animal bones • half-day sessions in the London Archaeological Archive and Research Centre, studying and recording finds • illustration and photography • research into various artefact types (highlighting important sources to inform further work) • analysing and interpreting data using a computerised database • the use of tables, histograms, pie charts and other graphic presentations of data • the writing and presentation of archaeological reports • editing, publishing conventions, the use of references and bibliographies • Study skills. In the course of the two terms, class members will be instructed and helped in the following: • current standards of archive storage • basic finds processing • handling and identifying different common types of excavated finds (pottery, building material, animal bone, clay pipes, glass) • methods of recording, analysing and interpreting data • the use and interrogation of computerised databases • cultivating research skills • the basics of archaeological finds illustration • accepted forms of referencing and the use of written sources • planning the final publication and the coursework involved in doing so • the development of writing skills aimed at archaeological publication
The course is taught by Jacqui Pearce, BA, FSA, MIFA, Starting Wed 1 Oct 2008, 6.30pm-8.30pm, 22 meetings. The fee is £300 (£150). Course code: FFAR015S5ACB 30 CATS points at Level 5. Venue: Avenue House, 15-17 East End Road, N3 3QE. Places are limited so early enrolment is advised. To enrol by telephone (full fee only) or to ask about concessions ring 020 7631 6651, quoting the course code. To enrol online go to: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/study/ce2008/archaeology/index.html
For a copy of the Birkbeck Archaeology and Egyptology Mini Prospectus contact archaeology@fll.bbk.ac.uk or FLL Archaeology, 26 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DQ,  020 7631 6627.
AN E-MAIL from ROBERT MICHEL
Graham, I have three trowels in my possession. The first is a trowel that I bought some years ago for HADAS digs and in July, after several years of inactivity, I couldn't find it.
The next one is a larger, gardening-type tool (with a curved blade) given as a present in 1981 by a friend, to assist in the practical aspects of my archaeology/history degree that I was about to start. It has a pretty pink ribbon affixed through a hole in the wooden handle.
I acquired the third trowel at a sale before the HADAS Christmas meal at the Meritage Centre, I think. It is a sturdy specimen with the regulation rounded tip, much favoured by archaeologists. It has a label attached to it by a length of red twine, the label having the following inscription:
"GEORGE INGRAM'S TROWEL - it has seen many a HADAS dig. George died in November 1992 aged 92. We miss him on our outings". [I believe that Tessa Smith is responsible for these touching words, but I stand to be corrected].
On 12th July I made a brief appearance at the Church Farm Museum dig. As I'd mislaid my trowel, I took the late Mr Ingram's (after removing the label) and it assisted in the excavation of a field drain, which traversed the trench.
Mr Ingram's trowel continues to grace HADAS digs, which I hope amuses him.
I could only have met George on a few occasions but I well remember his engaging conversation. He had recently undertaken a survey of nonconformist chapels in the borough of Barnet and had a passion for windmills which he readily shared with others. — Ed.
MR R.F. ALLEN Stephen Brunning
It is with great sadness that we report the death of one of our long-standing members, Mr R. F. Allen of Hampstead, at the age of 93. Mr Allen joined HADAS in, or maybe even before, 1976, the first year of excavations at West Heath and continued to support the Society, though latterly he had been less active.
We would like to publish an obituary in a future Newsletter. If you would like to send memories of Mr Allen, please contact me.
THE CITY'S HERITAGE (no longer in the City)
City of London Guide Lecturers Association, 25th Anniversary Exhibition.
The theme of this exhibition will be a display of 'City Heritage' objects that once graced the City of London but, for whatever reason, are no longer there.
Recently a man digging his garden in Wellington, New Zealand, found a paperweight made from the lead roof of Temple Bar, demolished in 1878. The weight is initialled 'HJ', believed to be the initials of Horace Jones, designer of Tower Bridge.
Now in America is Rennie's London Bridge, re-erected over the Colorado River; a Wren church at Fulton, Missouri; a Cheapside shop now in Michigan; while the bells of St Dunstan-in-the-East decorate a winery in the Napa Valley, California. Early settlers took many artefacts with them, including the font in which William Penn was baptised at All Hallows by the Tower. Many suburban London churches, built when London expanded in the 19th-century, contain the altars, reredoses, organs and panelling from Wren churches, demolished to build offices. More recently, an Estonian businessman purchased the remains of the Baltic Exchange, to be re-erected in the Estonian capital of Tallinn. Self-evidently many of these objects must be represented in images, often with a 'before' and 'after' photograph, but numerous smaller objects will return to their native City – at least for the duration of the exhibition. 'The City's Heritage (no longer in the City)', the 25th Anniversary Exhibition of the City of London Guide Lecturers' Association, is at the Guildhall Art Gallery, Guildhall Yard, EC2, 15 September to 12 November 2008.
SKELETONS: LONDON'S BURIED BONES
On loan from the Museum of London are just 26 skeletons from its vast collections, now displayed in an exhibition examining the bones of some of those who lived, died and were buried in this city over 16 centuries. The exhibition at the Wellcome Collection portrays London's rich past and varied social geography – from affluent Chelsea to the Cross Bones cemetery in Southwark, believed to have originally been a graveyard for prostitutes. With the aid of forensic science each of the skeletons tells its own story, revealing the times in which they lived and the health hazards they faced – from syphilis to smallpox and rickets. Skeletons: London's Buried Bones is at the Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, NW1 ( 020-7611 2222) until 28 Sept. Admission is free.
A Detailed Street Map of London five hundred years ago
is the latest title from the publishers Old House Books, to be published on 30 September 2008. With an introduction by Professor Caroline Barron of Royal Holloway College, University of London, this map will reveal the capital c.1520, as a garden city, with major streets, lanes, monasteries and churches, great houses, and public buildings, before the Dissolution, the Great Fire of 1666 and a population explosion swept so much away. Folded £9.99, rolled £12.99. For more information go to www.OldHouseBooks.co.uk
ELSYNG PALACE DIG Deirdre Barrie
As part of the recent National Archaeology Week, an open day was held for amateur archaeologists and members of the public at Forty Hall. A guide took groups round the nearby site of Elsyng Palace where, in a fenced enclosure, members of Enfield Archaeological Society and others were industriously excavating gravelly trenches, accompanied by a small lively dog (who was perhaps hoping for bones?). No doubt further details of the dig will eventually appear on the Society's website.
Elsyng was a large royal palace used by Henry VIII during his royal progresses good hunting was to be had in nearby Enfield Chase. Little remains of the palace, which was demolished in the 17th century, and there is no picture of it except on a tapestry, but since excavations began in the 1960s, more details are gradually being added.
The much larger Elsyng is often confused with the manor house which once stood on the site of Pearson's department store in Enfield town, and which is also popularly known as Enfield Palace. An impressive room composed of 16th century remnants: panelling, fireplace etc. still exists in a large private house in Enfield.
As at Eltham, the palace would have been on a moated site, with its main entrance across a drawbridge. "We peasants might have been allowed through the large gatehouse, but we would never have seen the privy apartments for the king and his household," joked our guide. Local people would have been employed in the palace, which had to cater for large numbers of people.
There may have been a building on the site as early as the Norman Conquest, but in the 15th century the palace was extended by Sir Thomas Lovell, and it later came into the possession of Henry VIII. It was here that Edward VI and his sister Elizabeth heard of the death of their father. However, Elizabeth I later found Elsyng cold and old-fashioned, and favoured Theobalds.
There were lakes to the west of the palace, probably for carp, but our guide suggested that they might have been a water garden feature, unique for the period. The site of a drainage channel to the east of the palace is still visible because of much greener vegetation. Excavations in the present lime-tree avenue have revealed a courtyard paved with used bricks.
Lambert Simnel pretended to be one of Edward IV's sons (the "Princes in the Tower"). After his attempt to claim the throne failed, Henry VII found Simnel work in the kitchens of Elsyng. When Simnel grew older, he was promoted to falconer. During the 60s digs at Elsyng, when the skull of a female peregrine was found, the very fanciful were tempted to think that it might have been one of the royal birds in Simnel's care.
LONDON AND MIDDLESEX ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Forty-third Local History Conference
LONDON RECORDED: by WORD, MAP and CAMERA
Saturday 15th November 2008: 10.00 am–5.00 pm City of London School for Girls, Barbican
London from Fitzstephen to John Stow: the Eye of the Beholder by Prof. Caroline Barron, Royal Holloway University of London
Fixing the Image: the Mapping of London to 1900 by Peter Barber, Head of Map Collections, British Library
To Make Nobler and More Humanely Enjoyable the Life of the Great City: the Work of the Survey of London, 1894-2008 by Colin Thom, Senior Historian, Survey of London, English Heritage
Life and Labour in the 1930s: London's Forgotten Survey by Dr Cathy Ross, Museum of London
Recording London by Camera: the LAMAS Slide Collection at the Bishopsgate Institute by Stefan Dickers, Library Special Collections Manager, Bishopsgate Institute
The Conference will be introduced by Prof. Caroline Barron, President of LAMAS, who will also present the Annual Local History Publications Award. There will be displays of recent work and publications by Local History Societies.
Tickets (including afternoon tea): £10 (£7 members of LAMAS) available from: Local History Conference, 24 Orchard Close, Ruislip, Middx. HA4 7LS enclosing cheque (payable to LAMAS) and stamped s.a.e. or: annhignell@waitrose.com
Eric's Monthly Round-Up of What's On. Eric Morgan
Wednesday, 3 September, 8.00pm, Stanmore & Harrow Historical Society, Wealdstone Baptist Church Hall, High St. Wealdstone, The History & Work of Kew Gardens, by JLS. Keesing, visitors £1.
Thursday, 4 September, 10.30am, Mill Hill Library, Hartley Avenue, NW7, British Film Posters: an Illustrated History. Talk.
Thursday, 4 September, 6.00pm, Docklands History Group, Museum in Docklands, No 1 Warehouse, West India Quay, Hertsmere Rd. E14. Pitcher's Dockyard 1789-1865, by Ken McGoverin. Donation £2.
Thurs, 4 Sept, 7.30pm, London Canal Museum, 12-13 New Wharf Rd, N1, Middle Thames Trade in the 18th & 19th Centuries, by Tony Ellis, River Thames Society.
Thurs, 4 Sept, 8.00pm, Pinner Local History Society, Village Hall, Chapel Lane Car Park, Pinner, From Cogs to Crotchets: the Story of Mechanical Musical Instruments, by Arthur WJG. Ord-Hume. £1.
Sat-Sun, 6-7 September, 12.00-6.00pm Enfield Town Show, Town Park, Cecil Rd, Enfield, stalls include Enfield Society, Enfield Archeol. Society & Enfield Museum.
Sunday, 7 September 11.00-5.00pm, Angel Canal Festival, Regent's Canal, City Road Basin, N1 (nr. LAARC) rally, boat trips, stalls, inc. Islington Arch. & Hist. Soc.
Sun. 7 Sept. 2.00pm, Kenwood House, Constable Talk & Tour, to celebrate his life, visiting locations where he lived and worked. Pre-book  020 8348 1286
Mon, 8 Sept, 3.00pm, Barnet & District LHS. Church House, Wood St, Barnet, Come into the Garden: an Historical Look at Gardens & Gardeners in the Borough of Barnet, by Yasmin Webb.
Tues 9th Sept. 2.00pm, Harrow Museum, Headstone Manor, Pinner View, North Harrow, Bricks & Skeletons: Ruins of a 1632 Brick Church & the Future of Bentley Priory, by Dr Frederick Hicks. £3.
Tues 9th Sept. 8.00 pm, Amateur Geological Society The Parlour, St Margaret's Church, Victoria Ave, N3, A Mammoth in the High Street: the Hidden Geological Sites of Essex & East London, by Gerald Lucy.
Wed. 10 Sept. 7.45 for 8.00pm, Hornsey Historical Society, Union Church, Ferme Park Rd, N8, Lotus Cars and Hornsey, by Dr Mark Lawrence. £1.
Sat. 13 Sept. Enfield Society, Heritage Walk of Enfield Lock. Meet Enfield Lock station, 2.30pm, finish Government Row. Free, tickets in advance from Enfield libraries.
Mon. 15 Sept. 8.15pm, Ruislip, Northwood & Eastcote LHS. St Martin's Church Hall, Eastcote Rd, Ruislip, Kew Palace: bringing Britain's Small Royal Residence back to Life, by Lee Prosser, £2.
Wed. 17 Sept, 7.30pm, Willesden LHS, Scout House, High Rd, NW10, Metropolitan Electric Locomotives and the People Associated with them, by Terry Lomas.
Wed. 17 Sept, 8pm, Edmonton Hund. Hist. Soc. Jubilee Hall, Parsonage Lane, EN1, John Walker of Arnos Grove 1766-1824: an Enlightened Gentleman, Ruby Galili.
Thurs. 18 Sept, 7.30pm, Camden Hist. Society, Burgh House, New End Sq. NW3, Folklore of Camden & Elsewhere in London, by Antony Clayton.
Fri. 19 Sept. 7pm, COLAS, St Katharine Cree Church Hall, Leadenhall St, Channel Tunnel Rail Link Investigations in the Lea Valley, by Andy Crockett, £2.
Fri. 19 Sept. 8pm, Enfield Archaeological Society, Jubilee Hall, Here be Dragons, a History of Fear in the Landscape, by Tim Harper on Christianising pagan sites. £1.
Sat-Sun, 20-21 Sept. is LONDON OPEN HOUSE WEEKEND with free access to more than 600 buildings. Details at www.openhouse.org.uk Local events include: Wembley History Society, Old St Andrews Church, Church Lane, Kingsbury, NW9, open Sat. only, 11am-3.30pm. Sat & Sun. 12-4.00pm, Myddleton House, free admission, charge to Gardens.
Tues.23 Sept. 2.00pm Harrow Museum, Edwardian London, by Colin Oakes, £3.
Mon. 22 – Sun 28 Sept. Barnet Boro' Arts Council, The Spires, High St, Barnet, Paintings & What's On (incl. HADAS), special display on festivals.
Wed. 24 Sept. 8.00pm, Friern Barnet & District LHS. St John's Church Hall, Friern Barnet Lane, The Hampstead Garden Suburb Story, by Rosemary Roome, £2.
Wed. 24 Sept. 10.00 – 5.00pm, Camden Local Studies & Archives, Holborn Library, Theobalds Rd, Open Day. See behind the scenes, with demonstrations of conservation. Talk: Little Italy, by Tudor Allen, Senior Archivist, at 3pm. An exhibition on the Italian Quarter centred around Clerkenwell Rd, continuing until 27 Sept. Talk on Sources for Family History by Richard Knight. See www.camden.gov.uk/localstudies or  020 7974 6342
Thurs. 25 Sept. 8.00pm, Finchley Society, Avenue House, Christ's College, by David Smith, £2.


How is this reconcilable with rather strict calculations required for orbital mechanics? The target trajectories are based on and consistent with observed mass, size, speed, etc. If there was a "scaling problem", spacecraft burn time, orientation, rate etc would all have to be modified.
$20M to win. But mission cost would prob be more than triple that.


Located in Gulf of Tonkin in northern Vietnam, about 170 kilometers east of Hanoi, Halong Bay's towering limestone pillars and tiny islets topped by forest provide picture-perfect sceneries for any postcard. There are over 1,900 pillars, islets, and islands around the bay, but most of these are uninhabited and hence remain naturally rich and unaffected by human activities. Diverse species of life and caves are another highlights of the bay; The surrounding reefs and seas, as well as forest growing up top the islets and islands are home to great diversity of biology. Undoubtedly, Halong Bay has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1994 and its views of ethereal beauty has, unsurprisingly, made it northern Vietnam's number one tourist destination.
Tip: You might want to allow a few days to explore this magical bay as its attractions are extremely numerous.
Halong weather is typical for tropical coastal climate, which has two main seasons all year around. From April to September, it is often hot and humid; from October to March the weather is dry with some cold months. March, April, September, and October seem to be the best time to visit Halong bay because the weather is cool and enjoyable.
Indeed, the main attraction of Halong Bay is the bay and its thousands of magnificent towering limestone cliffs, and what better way to explore and enjoy the world natural wonder than jumping onto a traditional cruise boat sailing to hidden lagoons, unexploited beaches and exotic grottoes. Most cruises run out of Halong City, but choose wisely as there are literally hundreds of agencies yet only a few actually run their own boats.
Emeraude Cruise – if somehow time does not permit for an overnight cruise, you can still enjoy the bay in style on Emeraude Cruise. Most day cruise operators downgrade their boats to a smaller and not so beautifully decorated as an overnight cruise ship, but Emeraude operates the same ship whether it's a day or an overnight cruise.
Dragon Pearl Cruise – the highly-rated Dragon Pearl doesn't just operate distinctive traditional cruise ships that are modeled after traditional Chinese junks, but it surpasses all others in terms of activities it offers. First of all, the ship sails exclusively in the most beautiful part of Halong Bay. Secondly, the boat features 11 thoughtfully decorated cabins and 3 decks. Each cabin is beautifully decorated in a traditional style and equipped with modern amenities for a comfortable stay and large sea view windows for fantastic views outside. Lastly, it organizes an awesome program such as dining in a romantic cave or on the sundeck with scenic panoramas and the best of local cuisine.
each cabin or guest group. Paradise Peak will take you exploring Halong Bay's finest attractions, including Ba Hang & Cua Van Floating Villages, Soi Sim & Ti Top Islands, Ho Dong Tien, Trong, Trinh Nu, and Tien Ong Caves.
Tip: out of all spectacular islets dotting the bay, try to include a stay on Cat Ba Island to your cruise trip!


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Geokemi är vetenskapen om den kemiska sammansättningen av geologiska ting.
Geokemi är ett brett ämnesområde som omfattar vitt skilda saker, till exempel ett minerals kemiska sammansättning eller de naturliga halterna av olika kemiska ämnen i naturen.

En geokemisk karta visar fördelningen av ett ämne i ett specifikt provmedium (t.ex. jord, bäcksediment, bergarter) inom ett område. Geokemiska kartor tas fram genom så kallad geokemisk kartläggning, en teknik som utvecklades i Sovjetunionen under 1930-talet. Informationen som produceras vid geokemisk kartläggning används för olika syften, t.ex. miljöundersökningar och mineralprospektering.

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Biden's Energy Policy 'Costly' and 'Dangerous'; Meant to Win Election
News - World: With the price of gasoline a major concern for voters, US President Joe Biden has heightened efforts to lower the costs for struggling Americans, pushing an aggressive energy policy that industry experts say is "costly and dangerous" and nothing but a "desperate political" move to win Tuesday's midterm elections.
Fearing that high gas prices could hurt Democrats at the ballot box, Biden announced late last month a decision to tap into the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve, releasing 15 million barrels from the emergency stockpile in an effort to drive down gas prices.
"What is true is that depleting the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to lower gas prices is a desperate political effort to win the midterm elections," Steven Winberg, the former assistant secretary of Fossil Energy at the US Department of Energy, wrote in an article published by The Hill.
Winberg argued that the policy will not have a meaningful impact on gas prices.
"By the end of 2022, the Biden administration will have released 180 million barrels of oil from the SPR, amounting to a mere nine days of U.S. oil consumption — hardly enough to lower gas prices but enough to hurt one of our most important national security assets," he said.
President Biden's decision to release from the strategic petroleum reserve follows a similar move nearly a year ago, and a failed effort to persuade the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to increase production. OPEC-- led by Saudi Arabia-- declined Biden's request, and instead announced its largest supply cut since 2020, prompting calls for a reevaluation of US relations with Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter.
Winberg said the strategic oil reserve was put in place to protect the United States from crude oil supply disruptions and natural disasters like hurricanes. "But when our nation's crude oil reserves are depleted and not refilled, the U.S. becomes further dependent on our adversaries for our energy needs," he warned.
Biden claims that he intends to refill the strategic reserve at an estimated cost of $23 billion, but experts are skeptical Congress would give him the money.
In addition, Winberg said, "Biden's politically-motivated SPR releases hurt its physical infrastructure; the Reserve was not made for repeated releases and refills." "The Biden administration's use of the SPR for political purposes is reckless at best and, at worst, violates the legal intent behind its creation," he pointed out.
Biden went a step further last week in his efforts to tame the gasoline prices, now hovering around $3.78 per gallon, by calling on Congress to consider a windfall profits tax on oil companies. He accused the oil giants of "war profiteering" at a time when American families are struggling with high energy prices.
"Their profits are a windfall of war," the president said last Monday, referring to Russia's war in Ukraine, which sparked a flurry of Western sanctions that, among other things, reduced oil supply. "It's time for these companies to stop their war profiteering."
The warning to oil companies, however, appeared mainly symbolic as moving to impose any new taxes on oil profits would need to clear the congressional hurdle. That would prove difficult, especially on such short notice before the midterms, as Democrats control both chambers of Congress by slim margins—a status that could easily change in favor of Republicans on Tuesday.
Inflation and the economy consistently rank as the top issue for voters, leaving Democratic strategists anxious whether Biden's initiatives would be enough to save the party on Election Day.
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Rise uses model legislation to form the framework for each iteration of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights in states across the country. Bill authors use our model bill as the basis for each bill, adding and omitting content based on their own ideas, preferences, and the political and social landscape of their states. They will also only include rights that do not already exist as current law in the state. As such, the final result of our drafted bills all look and read differently, while still accomplishing the intent of the model legislation.
Before we draft those bills though, we must determine which rights that are included in the model bill are already law in the state and which rights need to be included in the ultimate legislation we introduce. Potential sponsors want to know that we're not duplicating or creating conflict among existing laws and definitions.
That's where you come in. We are looking for a thorough review of the existing laws in each of our 2021 campaign states to identify which of our rights need to be included in 2021 legislation.
Note: if interested, volunteers may choose to remain involved in their state's campaign. Previously our We the Action volunteers have drafted state specific legislation, memos to legislative and governors' offices, helped Rise staff and volunteers prep for pitch meetings, joined Rise staff and volunteers in pitch meetings, and consulted on strategy. While completely up to you the volunteer, we love to include our legal volunteers in as much of our work as they are interested in.
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Compare our model legislation to the rights that currently exist in the state for survivors of sexual assault. Then provide an account of what rights currently exist and which of the rights included in our model legislation are missing partially or in full.
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Rise, a national nonprofit, was founded by Amanda Nguyen, a sexual assault survivor, in November 2014 to pen her own civil rights into existence along with the 25 million rape survivors in the United States. Rise started by passing the federal Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights unanimously through Congress and later signed into law by President Obama. Rise's immediate goal is to scale up a social movement to pass their Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights - in all 50 states. Rise trains volunteers to pen their own rights into existence, giving them the tools and resources necessary to engage with state legislators with the ultimate goal of passing a bill in their home state.
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How My VP, Sales Doubled Our Sales in 90 Days. And No, It Wasn't Magic.
Recently I was fortunate enough to give the final talk at the inaugural Sales Hacker Conference, entitled How to Hire a Great VP Sales (And Not Screw It Up).
The Sales Hacker Conference was terrific, with several hundred sales process afficionados in attendance, and speakers including VP, Sales from Hubspot, Box, RelateIQ, and other leaders, as well as a great presentation from Brian Jacobs of Emergence Capital.
The content of the presentation will be familiar to most SaaStr readers, though I've embedded it above as well.
What was new was some of the anecdotes that came out of my talk. One was how my First Real VP of Sales Doubled Our Net New Revenue in 90 days.
Brendon Cassidy joined as our VP Sales at a tough time, as we've discussed before, as we were coming out of our Year of Hell. Leads had kept growing, but revenue growth had stagnated.
I sat with Brendon, before he accepted the offer, and told him how I saw the job playing out. I told him I had 100% confidence in him, that he would am amazing job. But I also told him that to be direct, I'd built a financial model, and unless we could basically double our sales in 180 days, we'd never get big enough, eventually run out of money, and fail. I said I knew that was a big ask, but that the math said it had to be done.
And so he did. In fact, he managed to double our sales in 90 days.
How the frack did he do this? What can we learn from it?
He didn't bring in any new prospects or customers that closed in 90 days. There wasn't time for them to make an impact in 90 days.
The product didn't change. Whatever flaws and gaps it had on his first day, it still had on Day 90.
The pricing stayed exactly the same, as did the target customer and target deal size. No changes there, either.
Ok, so how the heck could Brendon double sales in 90 days?
In the end, it all boiled down to one metric we've discussed briefly before: He Doubled Revenue Per Lead. The lead velocity stayed the same, lead gen was the same, virality was the same, etc. What happened was in 90 days, he doubled the revenue we got out of each lead that we had.
He immediately — immediately — upgraded the team with proven closers. Brendon immediately brought in 3 new reps, almost on Day 1, that knew how to close at our stage and our price point. Clearly, they didn't know the product that well yet. It was too soon. So domain expertise had nothing to do with their success. But they knew basic SaaS sales processes at our price points. And they were good. And so they closed any leads with a sales cycle of < 90 days at up to 3x the rate of most of the pre-Brendon reps. Even without much of a deep knowledge of the domain.
He got the most out of the team he inherited, and got rid of the ones that weren't working. Brendon quickly sized up the pre-existing sales team we had when we started, and focused a ton of energy on the two with the best promise and results, respectively. In particular, he saw that our most junior SMB sales rep had incredible talent, and immediately promoted him. That probably tripled the productivity of those leads in process. And he just plain stopped giving any leads to the reps that weren't delivering. If you think about it, that was a huge waste, giving the subpar reps any precious leads. Just by re-routing leads to closers from middlers (and getting rid of the middlers) … that alone had a huge impact.
He didn't even attempt to do it alone. There was too much to do to try to do it himself as some sort of super rep. Instead, he focused on doubling and tripling the productivity of the best of what he had, and immediately bringing in talent that could sell at 2-3x the rate of our prior median.
He ended pipeline as a metric — and any real credit for it. Pipeline is an important sales tool. But it doesn't matter if you don't close it. Brendon ended endless charts and discussions of pipeline. We discussed actual deals, that could close. But Pipeline as a metric to aspire to, died on Day 1.
He embraced competition. Most of our prior sales team had struggled with competition. But competition is part of SaaS in 95% of the case. Many run from it, believe it or not. But if you quickly embrace it and learn from the competition, you'll learn where your relative weaknesses and strengths are, and you can focus there, at least at first.
Great management is Job #1 for your VP Sales. Hire, manage, promote, listen, iterate, assist. Really, that's "all" Brendon did in his first 90 days. There just wasn't time to do anything else. Same product, same pros, same cons, same world.
Because I hired a world-class manager. Not a magician.


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HomeConcert ReviewsVan Morrison at The Chicago Theatre in Chicago, IL
Van Morrison at The Chicago Theatre in Chicago, IL
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Van Morrison impressed the crowd as he performed at the iconic Chicago Theatre for the first of three sold-out shows.
The legendary Van Morrison transformed The Chicago Theatre into an intimate jazz club on Tuesday evening. Despite the ample-sized stage, the 7-piece band huddled in close to the singer. From there, they could easily see the hand gestures and glances indicating the sometimes whimsical changes to the music, subtly conducting the band members to let them know it was their turn for an impromptu solo.
At 73 years old, the Northern Irish is still going strong. He was straight down to business as he rattled through his copious back catalog, not wasting any time on chit chat between the songs. Mind you, with more than 50 years in the industry, he had plenty of songs to choose between for the 22-song set.
Dressed in his sharp pin-striped suit, sunglasses, and fedora, he looked every bit the star you would imagine. Whilst the fans had paid the costly ticket price to catch a rare glimpse of the legend, he was sure to step out of the spotlight from time to time and gave the talented band members their time to shine. Dana Masters particularly stood out as she duetted with Morrison on "Sometimes We Cry" as she received loud cheers from the impressed crowd.
The crowd took to their feet at numerous times throughout the night, whether it be by way of an ovation at the end of a popular song, or to dance along as they did to "Wild Night." The setlist may change each night, but Morrison was sure to include heavy hitters such as a swing-infused "Have I Told You Lately" and "Gloria," which rounded out the night. It wouldn't be a Van Morrison set without "Brown Eyed Girl" was saved to towards the end of the hit-filled night. It's incredible to think that song was released back in 1967, yet every word is known and sang whole-heartedly by all age groups in attendance.
As you would expect of someone of Van Morrison's caliber, he left the crowd with smiles on their faces as they left happy in the fact that they'd managed to be the lucky ones to secure tickets for such an event. He's not the kind of guy who comes to town very often, so when he does you have to make sure you snap up those tickets. With three sold-out nights, he clearly has a pull that's as strong as ever. The crooner let the music do the talking, and what it said was clearly very pleasing to the ear.
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When you meet French speakers, you need to know how to introduce yourself and what to say when you are introduced. French can be a bit tricky when introducing yourself or others depending on whether you know the person to whom you are making the introduction(s) or even if you have had any contact with the person. In French, those circumstances all require different introductions.
Basic Introductions
French uses the verb se présenter, not introduire, meaning to introduce something into something else, which translates into English as "to insert." The most basic introduction in French, then, would be:
Je me présente. = Let me introduce myself.
Using s'appeler is the common way of introducing yourself in French. Don't think of it as "to name oneself" because it will only confuse you. Think of it in the context of introducing your name to someone, and link the French words to that context instead of applying a literal translation, as in:
Je m'appelle... = My name is...
Use je suis with people who already know your name, such as those you have already talked to on the phone or by mail but never met in person, as in:
Je suis... = I am...
If you don't know the person or have never spoken to him on the phone or contacted him by email or mail, use je m'appelle, as noted previously.
Introducing by Name
There are also distinctions between formal and informal introductions, as well as singular versus plural introductions, as noted in the tables in this and the subsequent section.
French Introduction
Mon prénom est
My (first) name is
Je vous présente (formal and/or plural)
I'd like to introduce
Je te présente (informal)
I'd like to introduce
This is, Here is
Il s'appelle
His name is
Elle s'appelle
Her name is
In French, when you are meeting people, you have to be careful about using the correct gender, as well as whether the introduction is formal or informal, as in these examples.
Enlish Translation
Comment vous appelez-vous? (formal and/or plural)
Comment t'appelles-tu? (informal)
Enchanté. (masculine)
It's nice to meet you.
Enchantée. (feminine)
French Names
Nicknames — or un surnom in French — are much less common in this Romance language than in American English, but they are not unheard of. Often, a longer first name will be shortened, such as Caro for Caroline or Flo for Florence.
first name, given name
last name, family name, surname
Le surnom
Cheek Kissing and Other Greetings
Cheek kissing is certainly an accepted form of greeting in France, but there are strict (unwritten) social rules to follow. Cheek kissing is generally OK, for example, but not hugging. So, it's important to learn not only the words that go with cheek kissing — such as bonjour (hello) — but also the social norms that are expected when greeting someone in this manner. There are also other ways to say "hello" and ask "How are you?" in French.
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Create an unique seo url link or slug using the following code in codeigniter or for core php. A clean url is an url which contains only alphabets (letters), numbers and a hyphen or an underscore. This is really useful in situations where we need SEO optimization and to be easily indexed by google search indexer. The sole purpose of creating a clean url slug is for seo. So your url will be easily indexed in google searching engine or any other search engine.
For example sites may have urls like the following. http://sitename.com/products.php?id=5 in which 5 is an unknown identifier. we dont know the purpose of 5 but it can be understood internally but not by the user. So instead of using a url like that if we have some thing like this (http://sitename.com/products/canon-digital-camera-model-3315/) then it will be easy for the user to indentify what he wants and it will be easily indexed by search engine and more over the google search result will show your link when people search for keywords which is present in that clean url slug. The url slug is created from the title of the product name you give while creating a product in the admin section. In the admin section you click create new product and will enter title, description, price and other information. This function (create_unique_clean_url_slug) will take the title and will replace all spaces with hyphen and will remove all extra chars if present other than letters, numbers, underscores and hyphen.
The following function is written for codeigniter framework and the function which is below this can be used for core php.
While you are creating a new entry you will need to send only the first three parameters but when you are editing an existing entry then you need to send the last two parameters. Let us see what happens when we create an entry for the first time and while we edit.
When you create an new entry for example as i has said already you will give a title and more information... You need to pass the title as the first parameter. The second parameter is the table name. and the third parameter is the name of the field in which you are gonna store the clean url. in my example the field which will store the clean url will be "slug". so in your table you will have title, slug, description, price and so on for example.
This function creates a slug from the first parameter and compares it with all other existing slug's to check whether the now created one has a duplicate already. if there is no duplicate then the new slug will be inserted... else the new slug will be appended with -1 and if still there is already an entry with -1 then -2 will be appeneded to the slug.
Let me put it in action. consider you are creating an entry which is having a title "Canon SLR Model 3214" and when this is passed to this function a slug is created like canon-slr-model-3214 and is saved in the field slug. And again if you want a same title to be in your database then this time you will send the same title "Cannon SLR Model 3214" and now it will create a slug "canon-slr-model-3214" and it will compare with the existing slug. It already exists so now what will happen is this slug will be appended with -1 so the new slug will be "cannon-slr-model-3214-1" and again you create a new entry with the same title then the slug will be "cannon-slr-model-3214-2" and so on... But mostly you will not end up with duplicate slugs. and the above para is in case if you had such exception then this function will take care of that.
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In sickness and in health: Interpersonal risk and resilience in cardiovascular disease
J. M. Ruiz, H. A. Hamann, J. C. Coyne, A. Compare
Charles Jacobs and his wife were going through their normal Saturday morning routine when he experienced sudden and severe chest pressure, radiating pain, nausea, and shortness of breath. Mrs. Jacobs quickly called for paramedics before returning to monitor and comfort her husband while experiencing her own emotional reactions. In the days that followed, Mr. Jacobs was diagnosed with CAD and significant occlusion in several vessels. He underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery and was given a post-surgical regimen of medications, exercise, and diet before being discharged a week after the initial event. Due to the surgical incision and recovery process, Mr. Jacobs must adhere to a number of behavioral restrictions, which limit his ability to do household chores, drive a car and go to his job (he is an independent auto mechanic). In addition to his health and medical regimen concerns, Mr. Jacobs struggles with worries about his family's financial situation. He is also concerned about the prospect of being a burden to his wife, who must help in his care while managing their household and family. Mrs. Jacobs has always been somewhat of a worrier, and this incident has left her concerned about her husband's health and the possibility of life without him. Now her day revolves around her husband, watching what he eats and how he takes his medications, asking him to slow down, and vigilantly monitoring for signs of physical problems. In response to his wife's concerns, Mr. Jacobs tries to convince her of his health by pushing himself to resume his normal activities, while denying his own concerns and suppressing any illness behaviors.
Clinical Psychology and Heart Disease
Springer Milan
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0378-1_14
10.1007/978-88-470-0378-1_14
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Ruiz, J. M., Hamann, H. A., Coyne, J. C., & Compare, A. (2006). In sickness and in health: Interpersonal risk and resilience in cardiovascular disease. In Clinical Psychology and Heart Disease (pp. 233-272). Springer Milan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0378-1_14
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Clinical Psychology and Heart Disease. Springer Milan, 2006. p. 233-272.
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For the first time, Swedеn to introduce vaccination certificates in public life sphere
The measure enters into force on 1 December
Swedish health authorities have requested from the national government to introduce new restrictions regarding large-scale indoor gatherings, such as concerts or other events. The recommendation is simple – any such event that hosts more than 100 people can ask for a vaccination certificate from would-be attendees. This will apply to anyone above the age of 18 and will enter into force from 1 December.
Sweden now joins the general European trend on health passes
There is no perceptible spike in new coronavirus cases in the Scandinavian country, in fact, the situation has more or less plateaued since the end of the summer there. However, the Swedish Public Health Agency would rather not let things be completely out of control. Nevertheless, they are still charting a course that is markedly different from the rest of Europe.
"Vaccine passes are a measure that we see as necessary," Karin Tegmark Wisell, the agency's director-general, said at a press conference announcing the move. Her concern stemmed from the rising infection rates elsewhere in Europe. "We cannot just kick back and hope for the best".
On the one hand, the vaccination certificates will for the first time become a barrier to social life in the country, whereas in many other EU countries they have been required for months. On the other, the imposition of such a pass will be left to the discretion of the organizers of the large indoor events.
That means that they can choose whether to require the certificate from attendees. If they choose not to require certificates at the entrance then they will have to follow restrictions in terms of the number of attendees per square metres, also to enter into force from 1 December. The capacity limitations, however, were not clarified at the press conference on 17 November.
The new restrictions will apply to theatres, concerts, cinemas, nightclubs, sports events, dance performances, funfairs, and amusement parks, markets, conferences, demonstrations, and religious services. The possibility of requiring a vaccine certificate will not be available for smaller venues (less than 100 attendees), though.


VALENTINE'S DAY: What to get your BOO based on how long you've been dating!
Still trying to decide what to get your partner for Valentine's Day? You still have time to pull off a perfect present and these suggestions based on how long you've been together can help!
Less than three months - If you're still in the honeymoon phase or are dating and haven't defined the relationship just yet, there's no real pressure to go all out for Valentine's Day. So go for something edible, or something related to an inside joke, or something small and thoughtful. And you can never go wrong with Reese's.
Three to six months - If you've been together this long, you're probably pretty into each other, so you should put a little more effort into your Valentine's gift. But that doesn't mean you have to spend a lot of money - some good booze (anything not his usual brand), an interesting book, or tickets to a cool art opening or concert are all solid options.
Six months to a year - At this point, you're in a serious relationship and you've probably met the parents and said the "L" word, so get him something he really wants for Valentine's Day. New cologne, a shirt from a brand you know he likes, or something he's mentioned wanting recently would all impress.
A year to two years - When you've been together this long, you've probably exchanged gifts so many times that you're struggling to come up with a fresh idea. That just means it's time to get creative. You could go all out and splurge for a couples getaway or a couple's massage, or get him the sunglasses you know he's wanted forever, or sign him up for a meal kit service so you can cook some tasty dinners together.
More than two years - At this point in your long-term relationship, you guys are probably pretty comfortable with each other. You could either give him something super useful or something completely extravagant, either one's a winner. Practical presents like a plant, a dopp kit, or a warm hat are always good, and if you want to go lavish, a high-end kitchen tool or appliance, a watch, or some sweet wireless earphones would not disappoint.


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Energy companies 'moving out of first gear'
The first annual analysis of major energy company transition plans to be released since COP26 has found that only 1 in 10 are ambitious enough to keep global warming to 1.5C.
The Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) assessed 140 of the largest energy companies (76 electric utilities, 58 oil & gas, 6 diversified miners involved in coal mining) on Carbon Performance finding that 10 per cent were aligned with a pathway to keeping global warming to 1.5C, and a further 24 per cent were aligned with a below 2C pathway.
Three oil and gas firms – Occidental Petroleum, TotalEnergies and Eni – have set emissions reduction targets which are ambitious enough to reach net-zero by 2050 and to align with TPI's 1.5C benchmark. However, 83 per cent of assessed oil & gas companies are unaligned with any of TPI's benchmarks.
Adam Matthews, chair of Transition Pathway said: "The transition is underway within the energy sector and some companies, as shown by this latest TPI research, are moving out of first gear and accelerating their transition plans. Concerningly, for investors there remains significant distance between net-zero rhetoric and net-zero reality in the case of most fossil fuel majors."


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Business, World
UK unemployment dips despite end of virus jobs scheme
Unemployment in Britain has fallen again, despite the end of a government scheme to keep millions of private-sector workers in their roles during the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed Tuesday.
The jobless rate — which measures the number of people out of work as a proportion of the working population as a whole — slipped to 4.2 percent in the three months to the end of October, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement.
That compared with a rate of 4.3 percent in the three months to the end of September.
Nevertheless, the rate was still 0.2 percentage point higher than the level before the Covid crisis struck.
The government ended its costly scheme to furlough workers in September.
Meanwhile, the number of UK workers on payrolls rose by 0.9 percent between October and November to 29.4 million, the ONS calculated.
"With still no sign of the end of the furlough scheme hitting the number of jobs, the total of employees on payroll continued to grow strongly in November, although it could include people recently made redundant but still working out their notice," said ONS economic statistics director Darren Morgan.
"The number on payroll is now above pre-pandemic levels right across the country."
The ONS said that job vacancies in the three months to the end of November hit a new all-time high at 1.22 million.
"While job vacancies continue at record levels, the number is not growing as fast as it did earlier this year," Morgan cautioned.
The news comes amid ongoing fears over the impact of the infectious Omicron coronavirus variant which surfaced in late November.
The data also come ahead of the Bank of England's latest interest rate decision on Thursday.
Britain has tightened virus restrictions in England as Omicron cases surge, including guidance to work from home and mandatory Covid passes.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned of a looming "tidal wave" of Omicron, and brought forward a target to give over-18s a booster jab by one month to the end of December.
The government also recently rolled out new travel curbs to try and prevent transmission of the variant.
The BoE had previously been expected to hike record-low interest rates to combat surging inflation — but Omicron has darkened the outlook.
"Today's labour market report probably would have been strong enough to convince the (BoE) to raise bank rate at this week's meeting, if Omicron had not emerged," noted Pantheon Macro economist Samuel Tombs.