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Onion Selling
Whilst TVO appears to be in a 'proper telly' lull as we await a few big name shows coming soon, there's no shortage of Onion faces cropping up on our screens thanks to the world of ad-breaks. Such is the fickle nature of the acting profession – and stand-up comedy for that [...]
Straw Donkey Unveiled
The short film Straw Donkey is now available to view online. We first told you about Matt Huntley's short back in January, as it features Tony Way, Laura Patch, Barunka O'Shaughnessy and The Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas, plus a cameo from Justin Edwards. At the time, all we could [...]
August 18, 2013 // 1 Comment
Prepare To Meet The Baron!
Earlier this week we were lucky enough to get a sneaky peek of a new project from Tom Meeten and Gareth Tunley. The Baron is a short film written by Meeten and Tunley, which features performances from TVO regulars, Stephen Evans, Steve Oram and Barunka O'Shaughnessy. Waen Shepherd also [...]
Hunderbafta… With Alan Partridge.
No, it's not the title of another useless television pitch by yer man Alan, but the news that TVO's top hitters are up for yet more gongs – this time at the BAFTA Television Awards. The seemingly never ending cycle of BAFTA award ceremonies is no bad thing when the likes [...]
Straw Donkey
A trio of TVO stars appear in forthcoming short film Straw Donkey from director Matt Huntley. Tony Way, Barunka O'Shaughnessy and Laura Patch are joined by The Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas in the black comedy, though very little is currently known about the project beyond a short clip [...]
January 4, 2013 // 1 Comment
Tough Crowd
Tough Crowd, the latest photo exhibition by Dave Brown, opens today at The Strand Gallery in central London. A collection of portraits capturing the very essence of the lonely, fragile comedian, the exhibition is in aid of the brilliant Afrikids and features a whole host of famous names [...]
December 5, 2012 // 1 Comment
TVO Stars Up For British Comedy Awards!
The nominations for the 2012 British Comedy Awards have been announced, and a number of TVO flavoured productions are, quite rightly, in the running. Amazingly, all four shows up for Best New Comedy Programme can be traced back to these very pages, starting with the [...]
Vintage Sights: Top Ten Alice & Steve Moments On YouTube
Today marks the release of Sightseers into UK cinemas. At long last, this brilliant film starring Alice Lowe, Steve Oram and Richard Glover can be shared by you all. Directed by Ben Wheatley, we've gone bananas for it because it truly is brilliant and deserves your attention. It [...]
EXCLUSIVE: HIM
A few weeks ago, Tom Meeten posted a couple of interesting photographs on Twitter featuring his regular collaborator, Steve Oram, recording foley sound with their friend Sean Reynard (better known as Sean the Prawn). Now, the Luxury Comedy star has very kindly provided TVO with an exclusive [...]
Hunderbuy!
Julia Davis' sublime new costume-drama comedy Hunderby continues apace tonight on Sky Atlantic, and is now available to pre-order on dvd! The show also features Rufus Jones, Kevin Eldon, Daniel Lawrence Taylor and three Alex's – Alex MacQueen, Alexandra Roach and Alexander [...]
September 3, 2012 // 1 Comment
And Now Time For A Break
The artists who we cover are no strangers to the world of advertising. Over the past couple of years we've witnessed Julian Barratt, Rich Fulcher, Matt Berry, Tom Meeten and Paul King entering the commercial zone. Well now there are a few more! Barunka O'Shaughnessy has been spotted [...]
Preview Peeling: Hunderby
Monday, 27th August sees the première of Hunderby – the new comedy costume drama from Baby Cow and Julia Davis, airing at 10pm on Sky Atlantic. The channel has kindly let us catch a sneaky peak of the first episode, and our editor in chief shares his thoughts below. When a shipwrecked [...]
Funny Fortnight Favourites: Beehive Remembered
During Channel 4's Funny Fortnight, we thought it'd be a good idea to look back at some of the TVO related shows in their archives. Here, our editor in chief turns his attention to oft-neglected sketch show Beehive, to see if it's worthy of a reappraisal. In December, 2008, a [...]
Learn Comedy From The Best
Teen-led sketch show School of Comedy is set to return via a series of online shorts, and with some hidden comedy talent behind the scenes! The sketch show which is made-up of just teenagers has grown a large fanbase since it's pilot in 2008, courting controversy for having youngsters acting [...]
Spring Back In Time: A Look Back At April-June 2011
So far our review of 2011 has covered January to March. Today we bring you the sequel: April to June. Aaaah, Springtime…the time of fresh starts and new beginnings! And it turned out to be a very busy time in the Booshniverse too! April April started with the news of Chris O'Dowd's [...]
January 2, 2012 // 2 Comments
Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack
Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack returns to Radio 4 for its second series on Tuesday. The comedienne, perhaps best known for her work in Bellamy's People and Tittybangbang, will also be familiar to TVO readers from her appearances in AD/BC: A Rock Opera, The Mighty Boosh, The IT [...]
BBC Booshniverse USA!
A string of TVO related shows are coming to BBC America over the next 12 months. First up, comes the recent smash hit Come Fly With Me – the brainchild of Little Britain stars Matt Lucas & David Walliams, which is directed by our very own Paul King. Also featuring a cameo from Alice [...]
The Forgotten Picture Show
A brand new short featuring a host of TVO favourites has appeared online. Last year we told you about an exciting new project entitled The Last Summer On Earth, written by and starring Steve Oram and Tom Meeten alongside Alice Lowe, Simon Farnaby, Tony Way, Waen Shepherd, Barunka O'Shaugnessy [...]
The Last Summer On Earth
The Velvet Onion has learnt of a very exciting new project hopefully coming your way in the near future – The Last Summer On Earth. Written by the sublime double-act of Steve Oram and Tom Meeten – whom many of you will know from their previous short films and live shows together, as [...]
Forgotten Favourites: Junglophilia
From time to time here at The Velvet Onion, we like to look back at projects which, for one reason or another, may have been missed by fans of the Booshniverse. One such project is an early collaboration between Alice Lowe and Jacqueline Wright entitled Junglophilia. In a rare moment of [...]
July 1, 2010 // 1 Comment


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Subaru's New Boxer Engine
The Japanese automaker is offering details regarding the new generation Subaru boxer engine.
This new Horizontally-Opposed 4 cylinder gasoline unit from Subaru is the 3rd generation boxer engine, and while continuing to be lightweight, compact, with a low center of gravity and low vibration level, the new power-plant is now more eco-friendly and enables a 10 percent improvement in fuel efficiency.
The bore and stroke for the basic structure have been revised, meaning the new Subaru boxer engine is now allowing longer strokes, which also improves practical torque.
Available with 2,500 cc or 2,000 cc displacement (both
with 4 cylinders), this new Subaru boxer engine will be assembled at the newly built FHI factory at the Gunma Oizumi Plant.
Subaru press release :
Tokyo, September 23, 2010 – Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI) has developed its new-generation boxer engine* that combines the technology and know-how used in Horizontally-Opposed Boxer engines, the core technology that has supported Subaru's unique driving since it was first employed in the Subaru 1000 in 1966. This overall renewal is the first in 21 years, since the second generation boxer engine was introduced in the first Legacy models in 1989.
This new-generation Horizontally-Opposed 4 cylinder gasoline engine, the third generation Subaru boxer engine, showcases Subaru's latest engineering research and development. It offers a new performance level by further refining Subaru's unique expertise in Boxer engine technology. The engine was entirely renewed, starting from the basic structure, while all the advantages of the horizontally-opposed layout were maintained: lightweight, compact, low center of gravity, and superior vibration balance. New-generation improvements include advances in both environmental friendliness, such as an approximately 10% improvement in fuel efficiency, and driving performance for smooth acceleration in all speed ranges. Furthermore, FHI designed the new engine with consideration of the technology's expandability and potential capability to receive further upgrades meeting future environmental measures.
FHI built a new factory at the Gunma Oizumi Plant exclusively for the production of this new-generation boxer engine. This new plant offers state-of-the-art production facilities that make full use of FHI's engine manufacturing know-how developed to date, as well as a highly efficient production system delivering products meeting the highest quality standards.
* Boxer engine: Also known as a Horizontally-Opposed engine. In this design, the pistons are arranged symmetrically left and right along the crankshaft. When the pistons move, they resemble the punches thrown by boxers, thus resulting in this popular name.
[Major Features of the New-generation Subaru Boxer engine]
The overall structure of this engine has been totally renewed, by reviewing the bore and stroke for the basic structure to allow a longer stroke than current engines. It is designed to achieve high efficiency in basic performance, allowing the smooth and sporty rotational properties for which Horizontally-Opposed engines are known, while also making improvements in practical torque and environmental friendliness.
This engine is available with 2,500 cc or 2,000 cc displacement, both with 4 cylinders. These models will now be positioned as our main engines.
The New-generation Subaru Boxer engine
・ The bore and stroke, the basic structure of this engine, have been reviewed to achieve a compact combustion chamber as well as a long stroke, which was difficult previously due to chassis mounting conditions in boxer gasoline engines. This allows high combustion efficiency, and generates a sufficient mid-low speed torque with improved fuel efficiency and practicality.
・ Improved fuel efficiency has been achieved through optimization of intake port configuration and the addition of partitions inside ports, the use of TGV (Tumble Generated Valve), and the use of an EGR (Exhaust Gas
Recirculation) cooler.
・ AVCS (Active Valve Control System) is used on both intake and exhaust valves. For the intake side in
particular, an intermediate lock system allows valve timing to be advanced or delayed for precise control over intake and exhaust valve timing, allowing maximum engine performance in output, fuel efficiency, and exhaust emission.
・ The use of lightweight primary moving parts, such as pistons and connecting rods, and a highly efficient and compact oil pump provides an approximately 30% reduction in friction loss and improves fuel efficiency and
revolution response.
・ Cooling has been optimized by using separate engine cooling circuitry for the block and the head, resulting in improvements in fuel efficiency and output characteristics.
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Widespread catering in Russia acquired relatively recently, but despite this, the customer makes a restaurant catering service the highest standards. Prospects of the catering in Russia the director of "Concord" Eugene Prigogine. For Russia, a relatively new type of catering business. Samsung Electronics is likely to agree. As far as he is now in demand? It is quite promising branch of the market. Every year, large-scale activities is becoming more common restaurant does not have the necessary resources to care for people on the road to the highest level. Kitchen should be mobile, and dishes and furniture specialist, we work practically in the "field" conditions.
And the staff must be specially trained to work specifically on the road. Especially when it comes to hundreds or thousands of people. In St. Petersburg, "Concord" is definitely a leader, but hard to win if positions in Moscow? Open a representative office in Moscow was a mere formality. We have been organizing the event in Moscow.
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Fresh calls for the reduction of speed limits across the UK
Road Traffic Accident Commentary
Campaigners are renewing their calls for speed limits to be reduced on roads the length and breadth of the UK
Campaigns in different parts of the UK are united in calling for a reduction in speed limits following a spate of serious accidents.
Town councillors in Newark have renewed their plea to Nottinghamshire County Council to reduce the speed limit in Newark town centre from 40mph to 30mph after a 14 year-old boy suffered injuries after being struck while crossing the road. A campaign has also been launched in London by a bereaved mother to lower speed limits on the capital's busiest roads after her son was killed when hit by a bus.
Almost all the evidence suggests that lowering speed limits helps to prevent accidents. A recent example is the A38 between Branston and Barton (in name of county) where the speed limit was reduced following a major accident that resulted in two people dying and six others suffering injuries. Since the speed limit was changed, there has been a reduction in accidents and campaigners are now calling for the speed limit to be reduced along the whole of the A38, a road that is traditionally plagued by road traffic accidents.
David Robinson, a specialist road traffic accident solicitor based in Thompsons Solicitors' Newcastle office, said: "At Thompsons, we are all too familiar with the consequences for individuals and their families following road traffic accidents.
"Reducing speed limits in urban areas and accident black spots is a simple and effective way to reduce accidents. The government must ensure that local authorities have the necessary budgets to implement changes to speed limits and that police forces are properly resourced so that more patrol cars can be on our roads to catch reckless drivers who are looking to speed."
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Yesterday I was doing something very "Japanese"….
the building where I live.
heavy marketing for the Beaujolais Nouveau Day!
a BIG event here in Japan. Like everywhere….
common drinks like Gin Tonic, Jack Coke, Bourbon Soda etc.
but so far when I've been out not all bars even serve wine.
I learn something new and remarkable about this culture every day!
not far from Shimo-Kitazawa. EXCITING!
sesame seeds, potatoes or even carrots.
but stronger than wine and sake.
to contain up to 35% alcohol by volume.
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Here it is the last full week of April and we haven't had all that much rain — but the mayflowers are abundant near where I live. My husband came in one day with a large bouquet for me.
These beautiful little flowers often can be found under patches of the last of winter's snow and are one of the signs that warmer weather is taking hold.
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SHRUNK BY THE POWER OF THE ATOM
CARRIERS - (2009)
GREEN ZONE - (2010)
KILLER FISH - (1979)
THE ORPHAN - (2009)
PANDORUM - (2009)
WE WERE SOLDIERS - (2002)
As a lethal virus sweeps across the country, two brothers (Chris Pine & Lou Taylor Pucci) and their two friends (Piper Perabo & Emily VanCamp) take to the road in search of a childhood vacation spot the brothers believe to be a "plague-free" zone.
It's an idea most of us are familiar with; when danger strikes, retreat into the past.
All of the recent apocalyptic TV shows and movies seem to carry the same message; only those who look like they've walked out of a "Gap" commercial will survive.
"Carrier's" heroes are rugged, good-looking and sport the latest fashions, but they're also weak, broken, often brutal and almost always terrified.
Over four days, the main characters are put through scenarios that wreak havoc with their emotions and test whatever humanity they have left. The results are shocking and unexpected.
"Carriers" stands out because the directors (brothers Alex and David Pastor) and the cast pull no punches. It takes guts to muddy the line between hero and villain and push moral boundaries. The story demanded it, but I'll bet it made the people holding the purse strings uncomfortable.
It's a real pity the film wasn't given a stronger push by Paramount Vantage. Hopefully, it'll find an audience on DVD.
Chris Pine – Not afraid to play a violent, unlikable character – And God Bless him for it.
Ever since "The Bourne Identity" there's been global recognition that no one kicks the living shit out of people like Matt Damon. His capacity to create joy goes beyond any tally of broken bones and mangled corpses. If he was beating my own mother to death, I'd be hard pressed to keep a smile off my face. The man has a gift.
Damon spots an opportunity to snap the spine of an annoying street performer.
In "Green Zone" Damon leads a special unit tasked with locating and securing Weapons of Mass Destruction. His willingness to risk his life on a doomed mission evokes a great deal of sympathy from the audience who know he'd have better luck tracking down Santa Claus.
In fact, I'd strongly recommend showing "Green Zone" to your child before revealing the truth about Christmas. Mommy and Daddy's lies will appear trite compared to the monumental horseshit the government expect Damon to swallow.
The good news is that an important political message has been perfectly integrated into a two-hour chase movie that's chock full of terrific Matt Damon violence.
There are plot complications involving a rogue C.I.A. agent, a beautiful reporter and a dangerous terrorist, but the important thing is that along the way dozens of people get damonized*.
With Matt, it's the journey not the destination.
If you're torn over the idea that no good could come from invading and occupying another country, "Green Zone" might just be the movie to change your mind.
As far as I'm concerned WMD now stands for "Whacked by Matt Damon."
*Damonize – verb – the application of force by Matt Damon to the body of an individual (usually a foreign national) resulting in death or permanent disability.
This is probably the best carnivorous fish/jewel heist movie that I've ever seen.
With a director who couldn't speak English, the cast was forced to deliver performances big enough to transcend the language barrier. Even without the bloody, underwater battles this is gripping stuff.
If you like fish and Lee Majors this is a win-win situation, but there are several other good reasons to check it out:
Roy Brocksmith gets eaten. Roy weighs about 300lbs. A long sequence, but very enjoyable.
You get to look at Karen Black's eyes. I've no idea what's wrong with them, but it's mesmerizing.
The film features many fine hats.
THE ORPHAN
Before "The Orphan" begins, we're treated to a PSA from www.adoptuskids.com:
The movie "The Orphan" is based on fictional characters… NOT real children.
Who is this aimed at? Wouldn't you want to discourage potential parents who harbor secret fears they may adopt a psychopath? Just a thought…
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If you can put these concerns aside, the film has a lot to offer the average family including; a pigeon crushing, a playground maiming, an arm mangling, a child smothering and a wonderfully, spirited nun bashing.
Hang in there till the end for that most awkward of new parent moments; the adopted child tries to seduce her new father.
Isabelle Fuhrman is terrific as Esther, the troubled, homicidal (did I mention she was adopted) child. I hope it paid well, because her days earning babysitting money ended the moment she picked up a claw hammer.
Vera Farmiga plays the sympathetic, ex-alcoholic Mom who realizes Esther is a monster, but can't get anyone to listen to her. Her husband, mother, shrink and pretty much everyone she speaks to advise her to calm down and stop drinking. I thought it was a lovely touch that many of these assholes end up getting killed.
I'm sure you've heard there's a surprise ending. I won't ruin it, but I will say that it's clever enough to make Esther's actions understandable and totally morally justified.
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Esther introduces a family friend to one of
Russia's oldest symbols.
Esther shows her parents that she has the skills
needed to attend an American school.
PANDORUM
Here's an interesting question; If you'd directed "Mortal Kombat," "Event Horizon," "Soldier," "Resident Evil," "Alien Vs Predator" and "Death Race," and you went on to produce a film called "Pandorum," what are the odds it would be any good?
Ben Foster struggles to control a panic attack as he overhears crew members discuss the "Event Horizon" connection
WE WERE SOLDIERS
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Dang, The Life Of Pablo got a lot of streams
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You can question a lot of things about Kanye West—his Twitter conduct, his endless perfectionism, his strange obsession with becoming a fashion mogul or the CEO of The Gap—but there's one fact about the man that's pretty much impossible to deny: When he really wants to, dude can put some numbers on the board.
Tidal has just released the streaming data for West's latest album, the endlessly tinkered-with The Life Of Pablo, and the totals are impressive: 250 million streams in the album's first 10 days on the service, numbers that would have placed it at the top of Billboard's album rankings if Tidal had released the figures at the time. (West reportedly didn't want the album to get ranked until it was "officially done.")
Meanwhile, the artist reminded his critics of the general rule that, for every five or so implausible brags he makes, one will be a cold-hard fact: Tidal posted record subscriber growth in recent months, presumably on the strength of Pablo, and similarly promoted albums like Rihanna's recently released Anti. The service just pushed past 3 million total subscribers, with nearly half of those paying for the company's premium service. That's still way, way less than the 30 million Spotify can claim, but it's a testament to the fact that West can occasionally back up his antics with unquestionable economic force.
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What Is Client In The SAP System?
In the SAP R/3 (R stands for Real-time) system, a client is an organization and a legal entity. A client is positioned at the highest level among all the organizational units. It contains the master data of various business processes, such as customers, products, and vendors. A three-digit number is used to represent clients in the SAP R/3 system.
A company code is a unique four-character alphanumeric code that represents a legally independent enterprise.
A personnel area is a subunit of company code. It is identified as an organizational unit representing an area in an enterprise, which is organized according to personnel administration, time management, and payroll accounting criteria. It is represented as a four-character alphanumeric code. For example, the personnel area code for a corporation is CORP.
A personnel subarea is a part of personnel area, which can be subdivided according to the geographical location or the strategic line of business. It is represented as a four-character alphanumeric code. For example, if the branches or locations of an organization are defined as personnel area, then its departments, such as HR and ADMIN, are the personnel subareas of the organization.
What Is SAP HCM Workflow?
The SAP HCM Workflow automates business processes and assigns tasks to appropriate person at the right time.
What Do You Mean By Infotypes In SAP HCM?
What Are Features In SAP HCM?
Features are decision trees customized in the Implementation Guide (IMG) screen in SAP HCM that are made up of technical fields whose values are defaulted in the easy access.
How Do You Hire A New Employee?
A new employee is hired with the PA40 transaction code. After that, all the Infotypes are maintained for the employee by using the PA30 transaction code.
What are the three administrators?
How does any company use an organizational plan?
The company organization structure and reporting structure is represented through the organization plan. The active plan version is the current plan version and the other plan versions are considered as various planning Stages. Used for manpower planning. Normally plan version"01″ is always made the active plan version.
What is an evaluation path?
An evaluation path describes a chain of relationships that exists between individual organizational objects in the organizational plan.
You can maintain evaluation paths on img -> Personnel Management ->Organization Management-> Basic Settings-> Maintain Evaluation Paths .
Job is not concrete, it is is generic.(Eg: Manager, Assistant Manager, Consultant). Positions are related to persons .Position is concrete and specific which are occupied by Persons. (Eg: Manager – Finance , Consultant – SAP HR).
What are Dynamic Actions? Give few examples?
Dynamic actions when triggered by the system. They are result of some personnel action. If changes are made (personnel action) to the personnel data of an info type, then has an effect on the data of a second info type, the system automatically displays the info type. One of the main purposes of the dynamic action (of the system) is to have a consistent and coherent data. These actions are started automatically by the system, unlike the Personnel actions which you start by yourself. The best example is when an action is carried out like hiring; it needs to populate a set of info types. In the initial entry of details in info type 0000 is personnel action. Then the system automatically displays next info types- which are result of dynamic action.
What is the difference between Indian and US Payroll?
Does each of them have their own ITs and the taxation differs? Yes, since the Benefits which are more important in US. In US unemployment tax will come. Garnishments will come, Residence taxation, Work tax and others.
How can we evaluate wage types indirectly?
You must define the characteristics of the wage-type to be evaluated indirectly. To do this, go to the IMG under Payroll *: Reimbursements, Allowances and Perks ® Maintain Wage Type Characteristics.
In this activity, if the wage type has to be Indirectly Evaluated, you must first assign INVAL in the Indirect eval.module field.
Then, you must assign the Module variant(A,B,C,D) for the wage type.Now when you populate the Basic Pay infotype (0008), the configured wage types will get defaulted, and those wage types configured for INVAL will also have their amounts defaulted.
What ways are there to perform pay scale reassignment?
You can reassign pay scale to any position through position maintenance (PO13). Go to change planned compensation and reassign the pay scale to the desired position.
Go to reporting. In the Program field enter report RPU51000.
The selection screen for the report is displayed.
In the Pay Scale Group, Pay Scale Level and Wage Type fields, enter the employees who should receive a standard pay increase. Enter the date from which the Customizing settings should be changed. In the Increase and Rounding sections, enter the necessary data, for example, an increasing amount or an increase percentage rate.
The amount of the indirectly valuated wage types is adjusted according to the data in the Customizing settings. No new infotype records have been created in the Basic Pay infotype (0008).
In the Program field enter report RPITRF00.In the Selection section, enter the selection criteria you want to use to effect an extended standard pay increase.
If you do not select Batch Input, the pay scale reclassification will only be simulated. A results log is displayed, that you can evaluate as required.If necessary, enter the pay scale structure for which you want to affect a standard pay increase.
Process the batch input session.
The payments for the selected employees have been adjusted in accordance with the data specified in Customizing. New infotype records have been created in the Basic Pay infotype (0008).
What is the employee subgroup grouping for primary wage types used for?
You can use these groupings to specify which wage types may be entered for which employee subgroups.
Through which T-Code you are able to create a remuneration statement?
How can you define default wage types for the Basic Pay Infotype?
The system can suggest a default wage type for basic pay (IT0008), to do this appropriate wage type must be included in a wage type model. Here you define the default wage types and the sequence how they should appear in the infotype Basic Pay and whether you can overwrite the defaulted wage type or not.
After setting wage type model, LGMST feature needs to be defined. Feature LGMST has two return values: firstly, the maximum number of wage types that can be entered in the Basic Pay infotype (IT0008), and secondly, the wage type model the system is to use, which was defined above.
To access feature LGMST use following SPRO path or transaction PE03.
In which feature, default wage type is defined for Basic Pay Infotype?
How does the system know when to trigger retroactive accounting for a particular employee?
MD chng.bonus (earliest payroll-relevant master data change (bonus)). This field is only displayed for specific country groupings, it is not displayed for all personnel numbers.
During the next regular payroll run or correction run (off-cycle payroll type B), the system determines whether the date in the Earliest MD change and (if applicable) MD chng.bonus fields comes before the date in the Accounted to field.
If this is the case, the system performs retroactive accounting. It starts with the payroll period in which the date entered in the Earliest MD change and MD chng.bonus fields occurs. The system recalculates all payroll periods that lie between the date in the Earliest MD change and MD chng.bonus fields and the date in the Accounted to field.
What activities are possible when the payroll control record is set to "Released for Payroll"?
If you choose the function Release Payroll from the menu, you are prevented from changing infotype data records if such changes affect the past or present. This lock applies to the personnel numbers included in the payroll area concerned. Changes that affect the future are still permitted. You must execute this function in the menu before starting the payroll. If the status of the payroll control record was previously Exit Payroll, the Release Payroll function also has the effect of increasing the period in the payroll control record by 1.
Can a posting run be deleted?
Yes It can be reversed before the Bank transfer.Once the transfer is done the payments need to be adjusted in the next payments.
Difference between PCR and CAP?
PCR – The Personnel Calculation rule allows how one wage type is to be processed in different ways in payroll accounting.
An employee subgroup grouping for collective agreement provisions combines subgroups which are governed by the same valid collective agreement provisions. A provision is a specific labor law regulation within the collective agreement.
Do you know in OM -> copy plan version?
To copy plan version use the Tcode: RE_RHCOPL00.
This report is only for copying objects from one plan version to another plan version to keep updated structures Always only one plan version would be active which is current. This report does not help to copy any master data.
Yes, It can be reversed before the Bank transfer. Once the transfer is done the payments need to be adjusted in the next payments.
What activities are possible when the payroll control record is set to "Released for Payroll "?
When you set the status to Released for payroll you cant make any change to master data. It's actually released for payroll.
Yes, you can go in separate sessions.
How do you post the payroll results to FICO?
I created one symbolic account and assigned the same to Salaries GL Account and then completed the other configuration steps needed to complete the procedure.
However, when I tried to run the simulation for posting to FICO, I got the message "Document is not generated".
If you have selected "Output Log" at the beginning of your configuration procedure, it will tell you at the bottom part what went wrong.
We have a deduction wage type displayed in the window of our pay slip that shows a negative value.This causes problems and we have tried several measures to correct this including conversion rule 16 for our wage type in the same window but so far, without any success. How can we correct or delete the negative sign?
You can review OSS Note 406977.
This is a collective note of issues with RPCEDTx0 with examples of problems and solutions.
How do I correct the payroll simulation entry and check the correctness of our master data? What if one hundred employees get rejected due to error 167-process health plans? What does the following error mean: "No entry for plan DENT/cost variant. FMDN/key////x00000000000000" ?
You should check for the cost element associated and the validity of cost rule for this plan. To do this, check your configuration under Benefits>Plans>Health Plans>Define cost variant and define cost rules.
Is it possible to configure a single payroll to pay an individual in multiple currencies?
No. The system can be configured to pay in multiple currencies but not to pay an individual in multiple currencies.
I need to capture a reason in the "additional payment" IT0015. The reason code is "save" in this infotype. I tried to capture for reason an Example to ADDWT 9999 if Reason ADDWT9998. How can I check the reason in IT0015 for accuracy?
Then, use the variable key to define the different reasons.
Which characteristics does a day with day type 1 have?
You have to mention the retro active accounting date in IT 0003 in the relevant field. Otherwise it will take the earlier hiring date.
Is it possible to branch directly from the payroll log to maser data and time data maintenance?
Yes you can go in separate sessions.
What is success factor in SAP HCM?
SAP's SuccessFactors HCM suite includes core HR modules such as payroll, global employee benefits, time off and record keeping; talent management modules such as employee performance management, compensation management, succession management, learning, recruiting, onboarding, workforce planning, and workforce analytics.
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2. Centre Scientifique de Monaco, Biomedical Department, 8 Quai Antoine Ier, MC-98000 Monaco, Principality of Monaco.
3. Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, INSERM U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, 75014 France; CNRS UMR 8104, Paris, 75014 France, Paris, 75014 France.
4. Nice University Hospital, Central laboratory of Pathology.
5. Rennes University, Rennes University Hospital, Department of Pathology, Rennes, France.
Hypoxic zones are common features of metastatic tumors. Due to inactivation of the von Hippel-Lindau gene (VHL), renal cell carcinomas (RCC) show constitutive stabilization of the alpha subunit of the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF). Thus, RCC represents a model of chronic hypoxia. Development of the lymphatic network is dependent on vascular endothelial growth factor C (VEGFC) and lies at the front line of metastatic spreading. Here, we addressed the role of VEGFC in RCC aggressiveness and the regulation of its expression in hypoxia.
Methods: Transcriptional and post transcriptional regulation of VEGFC expression was evaluated by qPCR and with reporter genes. The involvement of HIF was evaluated using a siRNA approach. Experimental RCC were performed with immuno-competent/deficient mice using human and mouse cells knocked-out for the VEGFC gene by a CRISPR/Cas9 method. The VEGFC axis was analyzed with an online available data base (TCGA) and using an independent cohort of patients.
Results: Hypoxia induced VEGFC protein expression but down-regulated VEGFC gene transcription and mRNA stability. Increased proliferation, migration, over-activation of the AKT signaling pathway and enhanced expression of mesenchymal markers characterized VEGFC-/- cells. VEGFC-/- cells did not form tumors in immuno-deficient mice but developed aggressive tumors in immuno-competent mice. These tumors showed down-regulation of markers of activated lymphocytes and M1 macrophages, and up-regulation of M2 macrophages markers and programmed death ligand 1 (PDL1). Over-expression of lymphangiogenic genes including VEGFC was linked to increased disease-free and overall survival in patients with non-metastatic tumors, whereas its over-expression correlated with decreased progression-free and overall survival of metastatic patients.
Conclusion: Our study revisited the admitted dogma linking VEGFC to tumor aggressiveness. We conclude that targeting VEGFC for therapy must be considered with caution.


The last place I lived in in Red Deer was rad. I lived in the Waskasoo area as a kid and was so sad when we moved through there. When I got older I used to park my car and go running through the Waskasoo and Woodlea areas thinking to myself; "before I leave Red Deer...I am going to live in this neighborhood!" And that actually happened.
I loved living in Waskasoo. I was so close to all my favorite running trails, a mere walk from 1 of my 2 jobs at the time and very much within stumbling distance of my favorite cafe, lounge and grocery store. I barely drove little car except to leave town. I walked and rode my bike(s) 95% of the time. My new neighborhood is situated in a very similar fashion...and now that I am within walking and leisurely cycling distance of the legislative grounds, well...summer just got exponentially better!
These are the two sketches I did in the shade of lovely elm trees at the base of the hill of the Legislature Building....opposite side of the building from the fountain where the kids play (and I use the term 'kids' loosely!). The drawing to the right is the open space where people were reading, sunning and playing frisbee. The drawing to the left is from directly behind me. All I could see was the dome of the building...the rest was obscured by trees. I'm considering these my warm up to my trip this Sunday.
Currently it's raining sideways. I just finished and posted "as the crow flies" in the gallery and on my FB fanpage. Here on the site it's in the '2011 works' if you want to check out the finished painting. The first layer of acrylic wash is currently drying on the 'sister' canvas to this one, and I'm planning some little Edmonton High Level Bridge trolley car paintings too...just in time for Whyte Ave Art Walk.
Speaking of Whyte Ave Art Walk (July 15-17), you ARE coming to it, right? RIGHT?! Me and 350+ of Edmonton's finest visual artists will be there. Well go on...write it down and stick it on your fridge, plug those dates into your phone...put this info wherever you need to put it so you don't forget!


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Update (10/12 3:10pm): EA has announced the new Star Wars Battlefront Season Pass that includes for upcoming expansion packs with two-week early access and exclusive gameplay modes. This is very similar to Battlefield 4's Premium Pack. It is available for pre-order today for $50. Additionally, the Battlefront Beta will be available through tomorrow, October 13th.
The beta period has begun and downloads are now rolling out periodically across the world. Software will become available for download at varying times throughout the day depending on your location. You'll need 8GB of free space on console platforms and 11GB on PC to grab the beta.
Pre-orders for the Darth Vader Sony PlayStation 4 console and a new limited edition bundle with a Han Solo Fridge are now available, as well.
If you weren't already excited enough, there is more Star Wars Battlefront news to share today. The multiplayer beta will be hitting Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC in early October. In addition to the 40 player Rebel vs. Empire Walker Assault on Hoth, another new gameplay mode will be introduced along with a companion app. Full details below.
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Autumn is such a great time of year, suddenly the produce that's been ripening all summer long, like apples, pears, quince & squash are all available, even late Raspberries are available well into October. We love all these & try to get to local Apple Fairs to pick out unusual & heritage varieties that supermarkets just don't stock. We also love Halloween & Guy Fawkes Night, any excuse at all to indulge in a toffee apple & a nip of Coxy's Ginger & Honey Liqueur!
In this seasonal crumble we've combined the best of both. We used two large Bramley apples plus one pear in our recipe, but any combination of quince (use the fruit from our Quince syrup recipe), pear & apple will work here, just include some cooking apple as it breaks down & gives a nice texture.
Firstly make the caramel, put the butter, honey & brown sugar in a small pan & heat gently, once it starts bubbling keep stirring, it only needs about 5 minutes to become a thick caramel sauce, if it gets too thick, add a tsp of hot water at a time and stir well to thin.
Next prepare the apples, peel, core & slice these, add them to a pan with the water, cinnamon & honey, allow them to simmer and start to break down, about 10 minutes will do.
To make the crumble, mix the flour, butter, sugar & oats in a mixing bowl & rub the butter in with your finger tips.
To assemble the crumble fill the tin or dish with a layer of apple, top with a generous amount of the toffee sauce (keep any left over in a jar & drizzle over ice cream another time), top with the crumble topping & finally a sprinkling of pumpkin seeds. Bake for 20 minutes, or until bubbling & golden on top. Serve with the liqueur laced clotted cream.


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Come celebrate Wild Koala Day with Moreton Bay Koala Rescue (MBKR)!
This year to celebrate our wild koalas, we are hosting a community event to raise awareness of the threats Koalas are facing and to strengthen protection for koala habitats.
There will be food stalls, hand-made goods, kids rides, activites, educational talks/presentations and lots more!
Not to mention koalas and other Australian wildlife!
Gold coin donation entry – more details to be announced!
Who is MBKR? We are a not-for-profit volunteer organisation involved in the direct rescue and care of injured, sick or orphaned koalas across the Moreton Bay Region, including Caboolture, Redcliffe and Pine Rivers.
Want to help raise awareness but can't make the event?
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Penn Station East Coast Subs opening Springfield location later this month
Cincinnati-based Penn Station East Coast Subs will open its first Springfield location on Jan. 28.
Penn Station East Coast Subs opening Springfield location later this month Cincinnati-based Penn Station East Coast Subs will open its first Springfield location on Jan. 28. Check out this story on news-leader.com: http://sgfnow.co/1aD43su
SNL Published 11:00 p.m. CT Jan. 13, 2014 | Updated 3:39 p.m. CT Jan. 14, 2014
Franchisee Itamar Gartin left a career in transportation to open the restaurant at 900 East Battlefield Road along with longtime friend Chris Rand and the store's managing owner, Dennis Maple, according to a news release. Rand has experience in retail management, while Maple moved from a restaurant job in St. Louis to become involved in the partnership.
Sandwich chain Penn Station was founded in 1985 and currently has more than 260 locations, primarily in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic States. In Missouri, the company already has locations in Columbia, Cape Girardeau and the St. Louis area.
"With Springfield filled with college students who hail from St. Louis and are familiar with the brand, the guys are excited to bring the beloved sandwiches to the area," the release reads.
Penn Station's website says it sells grilled or cold subs — with offerings from a Philadelphia Cheesesteak to a Grilled Artichoke sub — in 6-, 8-, 10- and 12-inch sizes.
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Moment-by-moment account of duck boat sinking
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Well the first edition of FundingVoice magazine which shares expert opinions on how to fund your business cash flow, is now fully subscribed in terms of articles for the first edition. We have had a variety of articles contributed by expert authors covering subjects such as cash flow forecasting, credit control and invoice finance.
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Book Release: 14 December Lost Valor
November 30, 2018 ka1spriggs	1 Comment
I'm excited to announce the release of Lost Valor, coming on 14 December to Amazon. Check back here next week for the first snippets! Lost Valor is the first book of the Forsaken Valor series, a spin-off of the Children of Valor YA series that follows Jiden Armstrong's little brother, Will Armstrong.
They say that without the dark, we would never see the stars, without losing the light, we can never truly see it. Well, I've lost the light, I'm in a dark place, a forsaken place.
My name is William Alexander Armstrong. Pirates took everything from me: my possessions, my freedom, and the lives of my friends and family. But I'm not going to let them take my drive. I'm going to escape, I'm not going to stay trapped, working as their slave.
I might be lost, I may be forsaken, but I will find my way to freedom, and when I do, I will bring fire and destruction on those who took everything from me.
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Dead Train: All Aboard Snippet One
October 5, 2018 ka1spriggs	Leave a comment
Hey everyone, here is the first snippet for Dead Train: All Aboard. You can expect Dead Train: All Aboard on 12 October, 2018.
The zombies didn't move out of the way as two thousand nine hundred and fifty tons of steel rolled into them. The train didn't lurch, it didn't shudder, it didn't even really slow as it crushed dozens of the rotting corpses and rolled right on through. The train snow plow on the front mostly sent the mindless undead tumbling out of the way, shattering their bones and leaving those it struck limp and motionless. Jack couldn't even hear the sound of crunching bone and tearing flesh over the sound of the train's wheels on the tracks and the grumble of the diesel-electric locomotives.
A few would sometimes find their way under the wheels or would catch a grip on one of the sides of the cars in passing. That was why the train riders went to full defensive status as they passed through towns. In towns, the train had to slow down for curves and track switches. As Jack watched, hundreds more zombies shambled out of the otherwise dark and deserted town, drawn by the noise of the train. Most of them were too slow to reach the train in time, but a handful were either fresher or simply more energetic, and those managed a stumbling run.
Most of those grasped blindly for the train and many of them lacked the dexterity necessary to accomplish anything beyond falling beneath the wheels and being ground into a red paste. Survivors fended off the handful that caught hold, using improvised spears. This situation wasn't severe enough to warrant the use of ammunition.
"Watch for clingers," Jack shouted over his radio. "Report in your status by car!" Captain Jack Zamora waited patiently, his body armor, weapons, and helmet a familiar weight. The gray-eyed former Army officer kept a confident expression on his lean face, even as he felt worry eat at his gut.
"Car forty-nine, all clear," Chris Peck reported. The former construction project manager from Cincinnati had a proper attention to detail, which was why Jack had chosen him for the trail car. "No clingers and we're clear of the town."
The other cars reported in, one by one, and as the train began to pick up speed again, Jack gave a silent prayer of thanks. It looked like they'd made it.
"This is car twelve!" A panicked voice shouted over the radio, "Taylor is down, there's a zombie, oh god, they're killing us!"
Jack didn't take the time to swear. He waved at the response team and started running back along the line of cars. Twelve cars, he did the math as he ran, trying not to think about how many women and children were in car twelve, fifty-five and a half feet per car, that's six hundred and sixty-six feet.
Jack didn't even notice the gaps between cars as he jumped them, shotgun clutched in his hands. A single zombie wasn't too bad of a hazard, not by itself, not normally. They'll be alright, he tried to tell himself. Yet he knew just how close they were to Indianapolis. He knew that bodies rose quicker the closer they were to the dead cities. One zombie would kill one person and the corpse would rise. Two would kill two more…
As he rushed forward, he saw car twelve. Children clustered on the top, center part of the car, passed up by their parents to safety. As he watched, a screaming woman tried to pull herself up on the side, clutching at the ropes that the survivors had run across the top for just that purpose.
Reaching arms caught her and pulled her back. She let out a shrill scream as they dragged her back and Jack knew the look on her face, he'd seen it far too often over the past six months. It was terror, but it was also disbelief. She didn't understand –couldn't understand– why this was happening to her. Before Jack could raise his shotgun, he heard that scream cut off with brutal finality and even over the noise of the train he heard the grinding crunch as she fell beneath the rail wheels.
Jack knew that there probably weren't any other survivors in the car, but he didn't hesitate. He ran forward, caught a side rope, and swung into the open car door feet first.
His boots slammed into a cluster of undead and the zombies tumbled back from the impact. Jack found his footing and brought up his shotgun. He recognized Taylor's gray and bloodless face, the former Marine's throat ripped out. He fired the Remington 870 Express and blood and bits of brain matter splattered his face and eye protection. As the headless zombie stumbled back, Jack pivoted, racked the slide, and picked his next target.
This was an older zombie, its flesh gray and its face sunken. It came at Jack with a jagged shard of bone sticking out of its arm where its hand should have been. Jack fired into the thing's center of mass. As the zombie stumbled back, Jack moved forward, clearing the area.
The rest of his response team came through the open door behind him.
There was no finesse to what they did. As they joined him, Jack dropped his shotgun, letting the friction strap swing it back against his chest, even as he drew his hooligan crash ax. The short, ax-like blade was designed purely for chopping and Jack swung it as the next zombie came forward. His heavy blade split the zombie's skull and as the undead child stumbled, Jack tried not to think, tried not to see, tried to turn off his mind as he split skulls, separated shoulders, and kicked moaning undead out the open side of the train-car.
Clearing the car took less than thirty seconds. He'd become so disconnected that it took a panicked shout "No, no, stop!" for him to halt, mid swing, about to brain a survivor who stood behind a makeshift barricade.
Jack lowered the ax, the blade covered in blood and hair, with bits of skin stuck to it. He tried not to think about the crusty, sticky nature of his stained uniform. The man that he'd nearly killed stared at him with a mixture of fear and shock, but with a level of hero worship that made Jack want to vomit. He turned away. "Status?" Jack barked. He answered his own question in the same way he had drilled his team. "One up."
"Two up," Joshua Wachope reported. The tall, bearded, lanky Special Forces man gave him a thumbs up. Josh was solid and there wasn't anyone that Jack trusted more than him in a fight. I wish he was in charge of this shit, Jack thought, not for the first time.
"Three up," Johnny Woodard said as he wiped down his ax. The tall, dark, former combat medic looked care-free, as if dismembering people was an everyday occurrence. Come to think of it, Jack thought, it very nearly is…
"Four up," Hector Chavez snapped. The stocky, perpetually angry man glowered at the survivors of the train car. "How the hell did this happen?!"
"A zombie came in through the latrine hole," a woman said, her voice distant. "It crawled up and it stabbed Taylor with its arm. Just like that and then he attacked Sophie and…" Her voice trailed off into a confused babble.
"How many survivors?" Jack asked as he turned back to face the men clustered behind the barricade. They'd flipped up a couple of the bunk beds and chairs, he saw. Quick thinking, Jack thought. Though he wished they'd been quicker. One man with a weapon could have stopped all this before it got out of hand.
"Uh…" the two men looked around, both of them clearly shell-shocked.
Jack restrained a sigh. "All of you, come out. We need to check you for injuries and infection." He shouldn't blame them, it wasn't their fault that they didn't know what to do, how to function. The cars at the center of the train were for those survivors who didn't understand, who couldn't defend themselves. They're weak… a voice spoke in the back of his mind, but he squashed that voice. His people would train them, they would become useful members of his group… one way or another.
"Are they…" a woman gasped, "… are they contagious? I saw Frank, he got bit!" She pointed an accusatory finger at one of the men on the barricade.
The group surged away from the man and Jack just shook his head. "No. No they're not contagious." Well, he admitted to himself, only in the sense that they're dead and they can make you dead, too. "But if you're injured, then your wounds could turn septic and you could die." And then you'd rise from the dead and try to kill us all. "We've got a medic, he'll check you out."
In theory, all the people on the train should know that… but they'd just picked up a few dozen survivors two days ago. Train car twelve was one of the places they put those survivors.
The latrines have covers that should have been latched until we got the all clear, Jack thought to himself. It wouldn't surprise him if one of the newbies had left that cover open. That meant someone in the car had effectively killed Taylor and all the others. Jack just hoped that whoever it was had paid with their life.
If not, he thought grimly, I'll kill whoever was responsible.
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IN DETAIL: What changes on Thursday in the next phase of Denmark's reopening?
The Danish government has announced a new political agreement which have further pushed forward the lifting of coronavirus restrictions. These are the rule changes which come into effect on Thursday, May 6th.
Published: 5 May 2021 09:30 CEST
The Palads cinema in Copenhagen is one of the country's oldest cinemas. Photo: Anne Bæk/Ritzau Scanpix
The new deal slightly accelerated the timetable set in the framework agreement struck on April 14th, in which the parties agreed to phase the reopening of the country in two-week intervals, with the next relaxation scheduled for May 21st.
Schools, vocational, and adult education
All students in Danish schools will return to the classroom full time on Thursday or "as soon as possible afterwards", if schools need more time to prepare.
This means that those in Grades 5 to 8 (between the ages of 11 and 15), who had been attending classes physically half time, and those from Grade 9 (aged 15), who had been attending physically 80 percent of the time, will now end home education completely.
Since April 21st, those in Grades 5-8 have been able to attend outside lessons with their classes in the weeks when they are not in classrooms. Students in pre-school class, Grades 1-4, had already returned to physical lessons full-time.
Students in their final, graduating year of upper secondary, vocational, or adult education can return to physical lessons full-time (they were back at 80 percent from April 21st). Those in other years will have to wait until May 21st.
Students at universities in Copenhagen, North, and East Zealand can now attend classes physically 30 percent of the time (up from 20 percent), and will also be able to have classes and university events outdoors. This puts these regions on the same basis as universities elsewhere in Denmark. See more details in this press release from the Ministry of Higher Education.
Students doing courses with a high amount of practical elements (such as nursing or medicine) who are also graduating this year will continue to be able to attend 50 per cent of the time (every other week), and there will continue to be access to reading rooms, libraries and study groups on campus.
All staff and students who attend physically will need to show a coronavirus passport showing a negative test less than 72 hours old or a completed vaccination.
Concert venues, theatres, and cinemas
Music venues, theaters and cinemas can reopen for up to 2,000 spectators, in sections of 500 people. All spectators must show a coronavirus pass before entering.
The reopening will be under the same guidelines as were in place before cinemas and theatres closed in December, meaning spectators will need to be seated, facing a stage, with a gap between individuals, couples or groups who have come together.
The number of spectators will also be limited per square metre, something venues said would mean they could only fill their venues to a third or a quarter full.
The reopening means Danes can finally see Thomas Winterberg's Oscar-winning film Druk, or 'Another Round' in the cinema, with the film showing in most of the reopened chains.
The Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen is reopening with the drama I disappear, Jeg forsvinder by the Norwegian playwright Arne Lygre.
Copenhagen's Vega music venue is putting on a concert with four up-and-coming female singers on Friday, in one of the 'Vega Selection' nights that have helped launch the careers of now-famous singers such as Mø.
You will no longer have to reserve your table at bars, restaurants and cafés 30 minutes in advance, ending the much-criticised rule that owners had blamed for sharply reduced custom.
You will still need to show proof of a completed vaccination or negative coronavirus test less than 72 hours old to sit or stand inside a bar or restaurant.
Restaurants will from May 6th be allowed to stay open later than 11pm for private events where participants already know one another, such as weddings, silver anniversaries, gold anniversaries, confirmations, graduation parties, and birthdays, w
The organisers must make sure that only those invited have access to the venue, the party must be restricted to a single room or area of the premises, and the organisers follow other social distancing and hygiene guidelines.
Restaurants and bars will be able to serve alcohol until 5am if it's for a private party, so expect wild nights in Copenhagen to begin, and a lot of big birthday celebrations.
Nightclubs will not be allowed to open until later.
Sports centres will open for weight training, fitness training, and indoor sports for those over the age of 18, although contact sports such as judo, wrestling and boxing are excluded. Read details (in Danish) here on the Ministry of Culture and Sports' website.
The maximum group for indoor sports and fitness has been increased from 10 people to 25 people (following the maximum allowed indoor gathering). You will need to show a negative test less than 72 years old or a completed vaccination on a corona passport to enter sports or fitness centres and classes.
The agreements also allows all indoors sports (including contact sports) for those under the age of 18, and allows those over the age of 70 to attend fitness centres on the same grounds as other adults.
Fitness centres, including fitness centers in hotels, will opened for those with a valid coronavirus passport.
Commercially-run gyms and fitness centres have been asked to hire additional staff to check coronavirus passes of all present and to make sure that the right hygiene measures are in place and correctly followed.
Sports clubs that are run on a voluntary and non-commercial basis are required under the deal to carry out spot checks at least twice a week to ensure that everyone attending has a valid coronavirus pass.
Conferences and business meetings
Conferences and business meetings will be allowed for up to 1,000 participants, divided into groups of 500, although participants must be mostly seated. Attendees will have to show a valid coronavirus pass.
Attendees in standing conferences require four square metres per person while those seated require two square metres, with at least one metre's distance between each (about one empty seat).
Increase in maximum allowed indoor and outdoor gathering
The maximum allowed private gathering increases to 25 indoors and 75 outdoors (from 10 people indoors and 50 people outdoors from April 21st).
The maximum allowed indoor gathering is set to go up to 50 on May 21st, before reaching 100 on June 11th. The maximum outdoor gathering is set to be increased to 100 on May 21st and completely revoked on June 11th.


Marshall rallied to beat Western Kentucky basketball 70-69 on Saturday night to win its third straight.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Taevion Kinsey scored a career-high 23 points, freshman Jannson Williams blocked five shots and scored 12, including the winning 3-pointer with 21 seconds left, and Marshall rallied to beat Western Kentucky 70-69 on Saturday night to win its third straight.
The Hilltoppers led by as many as 15 and 42-31 at halftime, but Marshall closed to 46-40 on Kinsey's layup early in the second half, then to 65-63 on Jon Elmore's jumper with 5:14 left. Williams' dunk tied it at 67 and his 3 put Marshall up 70-69 and WKU didn't get off another shot.
The Thundering Herd made seven 3-pointers to WKU's five and finished shooting 44 percent to the Hilltoppers' 48 percent.
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Most small business owners classify procurement and purchasing as the same thing. Although, the two terms are similar that have different meanings. Procurement is the overall arching umbrella that includes vendor selection, determining payment terms, strategic vetting, selection (RFP process), negotiation of the contract, and the actual purchasing of the goods or services.
Procurement includes several core business functions and should be considered a part of your overall corporate strategy. Company identity, market placement, company capabilities, and management oversight all have procurement intertwined . For instance, corporate policy should be developed and implemented to ensure your organization is sourcing products and services from companies that have similar ethics and integrity. If protecting the environment is important to your company, then an environmentally green policy should be developed and implemented to ensure you only source from companies that are environmentally conscious as well.
Getting your procurement functions in line with your corporate strategy is just one part of the procurement puzzle. Actually purchasing the goods and services that your organization needs is the other part of the procurement puzzle. The process of purchasing goods and services is known in the procurement world as the Procure-To-Pay-Cycle. The Procure-To-Pay-Cycle can be an intensive process with multiple steps.
Purchasing is simply a subset of the procurement process. Purchasing is generally the act of buying goods and services, receiving said goods and services, and ensuring payment is made for such goods and services. As you can see procurement is an extensive process that if utilized properly could help your organization cut costs and increase savings. Tucker Consulting & Training Services offers small business procurement training to assist small business owners with finding the perfect corporate strategy procurement mix to help your organization achieve your cost cutting goals.
Do Your Kids Have An Escape Plan At School?
One of the things my ALICE trainer said during our instructor certification that stuck with me was "I'd rather spend twelve hours looking for lost kids than two hours identifying the bodies of kids." Did you know there was an exit door in the Columbine Library and that many, if not all, of the students and staff killed could have evacuated and returned home to their families and friends safe and sound? Why didn't they evacuate you ask? They didn't evacuate because Columbine's protocol at that time was only traditional lockdown. What is traditional lockdown? It's when your child(ren) crawl under a table or desk and sit and wait for trouble to arrive.
How can you help? Find out your child(ren) school's disaster preparedness protocol. Ask if the school has a specific place where your child(ren) should go in case of a disaster? Ask if the school has coordinated a disaster preparedness command center with local law enforcement in case of a disaster. Ask your kids what type of disaster preparedness drills they participate in at school. Asking these types of questions will help you determine your next course of action to ensure your children are empowered and prepared in case a disaster takes place at their school.
Prepare and practice an emergency disaster plan at home because armed home invasions are on the rise.
As a mother I will never forget December 14, 2012. When the breaking news started to come across my computer screen that a madman had took a gun to an elementary school and killed students and staff, I was beyond horrified. I couldn't stop the tears from flowing. I cried myself to sleep for several nights because just imagining the anguish those parents felt was overwhelming to say the least. My child at that time was a full grown adult but my motherly instincts would not allow me not to hurt for those families. I wanted to do anything I could to help them and all I knew to do at that time was make a monetary donation.
Fast forward five years. When I sat in my ALICE Active Shooter instructor training class and my instructor began to talk about Sandy Hook, my eyes started to leak all over again. I still have the names of all the Sandy Hook victims posted on my desk because that school shooting changed me at my core. ALICE Active Shooter training was just the thing I had been looking for because now I could help make our schools and communities safer for our children and for us. So for Tucker Consulting and Training Services, ALICE is more than just an added service we offer. ALICE for us is one of the many ways we give back to our community by helping to keep it safe.
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Whose Concern Is Workplace Violence?
The United States Department of Justice issued an analysis report entitled Workplace Violence Issues in Response. In that report, the question "Whose concern is workplace violence" is addressed. The report goes on to state that workplace violence affects society as a whole. There are economic costs that are difficult to measure with precision as well as intangible costs.
Like all violence, workplace violence creates ripples that go beyond the pain an individual victim experiences. Workplace violence damages trust, community and the sense of security each person employed at that location/company feels. When workplace violence occurs, everyone loses and everyone has a stake in preventing violence in the workplace.
Employers have a legal and ethical obligation to promote a work environment free from threats and violence. Adopting a workplace violence policy and prevention program are several ways to communicate your company's values as it relates to workplace violence. The Department of Justice also recommends that employers provide regular workplace violence preventive measure training for all new and current employees, supervisors and managers.
Tucker Consulting and Training Services (TCTS) has the expertise to help you empower and prepare your employees with common sense workplace violence response options that are not common knowledge. TCTS workplace violence training incorporates life saving techniques such as CPR and First Aid training. For more information, please visit our cyberspace at www.tuckercts.com or call us at (904) 469-6741.
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6 MIXING VALVE USAGE Water (Potable) Heating: All models are considered suitable for water (potable) heating only. HOTTER WATER CAN SCALD: Water heaters are intended to produce hot water.
Nov 04, 2011 · Yuo could just return the exit water to the tank, You would have a storage tank and a pump dedicated for the coil, the pump could just recycle the water from it all day, Or shut off on a call with a zone valve.
To protect the boiler against low-temperature corrosion the end-user should assure return temperature does not reach lower than 120F. It is possible by installing of four way mixing valve.


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Q: Search XML with JavaScript and Display Results in Table For my course, I have been asked to create a html page that has the functionality of allowing a user to enter the first name of a contact, which onsubmit, loads an xml file I previously created, loops through the contacts until it matches the first name entered by the user, and displays the contact information, except the email address, on the same page, in a table with headings and a
 displaying The contact details are:. If there is no match, there should be a
 that says The contact does not exist.
The following is my XML file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="Contact.xsl" ?>
<!DOCTYPE contact SYSTEM "contact.dtd">
<contact>
    <person>
        <name>
            <firstname>Bob</firstname>
            <lastname>Jones</lastname>
        </name>
        <phone>(02)44 42 45 63</phone>
        <address>
            <street>34 Highway Road</street>
            <city>Grovedale</city>
            <state>NSW</state>
            <postcode>3228</postcode>
            <email>bob.jones@email.com</email>
        </address>
    </person>
    <person>
        <name>
            <firstname>Gary</firstname>
            <lastname>Williams</lastname>
        </name>
        <phone>(02)44 41 87 56</phone>
        <address>
            <street>223 Yarra Avenue</street>
            <city>Branston</city>
            <state>NSW</state>
            <postcode>2317</postcode>
            <email>gary.williams@email.com</email>
        </address>
    </person>

I have tried a few things, but I have no idea how I would get the data to display in a table. The following is my XSL file which is how I assume they want the table to be shown, but with the results of the search.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">

CONTACTS

            First Name
            Last Name
            Street
            City
            State
            Postcode
            Email

        <xsl:for-each select="contact/person">

            <xsl:value-of select="name/firstname"/>
            <xsl:value-of select="name/lastname"/>
            <xsl:value-of select="address/street"/>
            <xsl:value-of select="address/city"/>
            <xsl:value-of select="address/state"/>
            <xsl:value-of select="address/postcode"/>
            <xsl:value-of select="address/email"/>

    </xsl:for-each>

</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

I have to use JavaScript to search the XML file and create a table displaying the results from the search.
The HTML I have is as follows:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Task 2</title>

First Name: <input type="text" name="firstname" id="searchme">

<input type="submit" value="Search" onClick="searchIndex(); return false;">

As you can see, I have no idea where to start. I know I would load the XML file, then gather the first name tag, then somehow compare the two then display the results.
I have seen the following, and this is similar to what I am after, but I cant get the results to display in a table.
http://www.dzone.com/snippets/simple-javascriptxml-based
Thanks for the help.

A: The following is what I used to fix the issues I was having. One problem I was having is testing this locally. It will not work. This also is pending a message if no contact is found. I will update when I find the solution.
UPDATE: Solution found. See updated code below:

My html body:

First Name: <input type="text" name="firstname" id="input">

<input type="submit" value="Submit" onClick="searchXML()">

I hope this can help someone else out.

A:  startString = firstname.substring(0,size);

Here,  firstname is no where define before for loop, that's why giving below error.

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'substring' of undefined.

A: I referenced first name as a variable like this before the startString.
firstname = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("firstname")[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
startString = firstname.substring(0,size);

It worked great after that. Hope that helps!

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Lack of efficacy of naltrexone in the prevention of alcohol relapse: results from a German multicenter study.
Markus Gastpar Udo Bonnet Jobst Böning Karl Mann Lutz G Schmidt Michael Soyka Tilman Wetterling Volker Kielstein Dominic Labriola Robert Croop
J Clin Psychopharmacol 2002 Dec;22(6):592-8
Department of Psychiatry of the University of Essen, Germany.
In a placebo-controlled, double-blind German multicenter study (seven sites) the efficacy of naltrexone as an adjunctive treatment in alcoholism to maintain abstinence was assessed for 12 weeks. A total of 171 detoxified patients (97.7% met the DSM-III-R criteria for alcohol dependence) were included. Patients had been abstinent for a mean of 19.5 +/- 9.4 days at study entry. Eighty-four and 87 patients were randomized to receive naltrexone (50 mg/day) and placebo, respectively. Each site was instructed to provide its usual psychosocial alcohol treatment program. The primary effectiveness measure was the time to first heavy drinking as derived from self-reports of drinking (timeline-follow-back method). Secondary effectiveness measures included time to first drink, amount of alcohol consumption, intensity of craving, severity of alcoholism problems, and liver enzymes. Thirty-three (38%) placebo patients and 28 (33%) naltrexone patients discontinued the study. At endpoint, 62% of the patients in each group did not have an episode of heavy drinking. Also, there were no significant differences between the study groups concerning secondary effectiveness measures as well as compliance and adverse clinical events--with the exception of the gamma-GT, which was significantly greater reduced in the naltrexone group throughout the study. Based upon an intention-to-treat population, this study confirms the safety but not the efficacy of naltrexone in prevention of alcohol relapse. Nevertheless, the question arises whether self-reports of drinking are more reliable than gamma-GT as a measure of recent alcohol consumption.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004714-200212000-00009 DOI Listing
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german multicenter
self-reports drinking
secondary effectiveness
effectiveness measures
alcohol relapse
heavy drinking
prevention alcohol
naltrexone prevention
derived self-reports
relapse german
drinking derived
time heavy


Dickinson Group of Companies provides specialist Blast Furnace Maintenance Services. The scope of services includes supply and installation of refractory material to maintain the iron troughs, iron overflow, iron runner, dam sections, iron spout, tilter, tilter spout, slag overflow, slag runner, skimmer blocks and tap holes.
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The scope of services includes supply and installation of refractory material to maintain the iron troughs, iron overflow, iron runner, dam sections, iron spout, tilter, tilter spout, slag overflow, slag runner, skimmer blocks and tap holes.
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Truth in Advertising: Cowboys & Aliens Does in Fact Offer Cowboys and Aliens
By John Boot 2011-07-29T03:00:28
At least that's how he first appears. As the movie goes on, though, Dolarhyde progresses from nasty to merely tough to merely a pardner to Craig's character who turns out to be a wanted desperado named Lonergan. Ford as villain: priceless. Ford as largely irrelevant sidekick: depressing.
It turns out that this part of the West is being besieged by alien gunships, a development no one seems to think is particularly shocking even though airplanes haven't been invented yet, but then again these guys drink so much straight whisky maybe they've seen a lot of strange sights in the sky before. The aliens streak through town mowing down cowpokes with laser rays but capture others with (and here is another witty detail) what amount to lariats.
These victims get whisked off to a place unknown, for no clear purpose, but another mysterious stranger in town (Olivia Wilde) seems to know a little more about them than the rest. It turns out that she is a member of that most uncanny species -- the back-story delivery device. It's her job (as she has wide experience in these matters) to tell the boys (and us) what the aliens are up to and why. They want gold, it turns out. Because this is a Western. What else would they be after? If it's microchips, they're in the wrong century.
At some point Cowboys & Aliens crosses a line and stops aspiring to being the sand-in-your-boots Clint Eastwood movie it started as. In the last half hour or so, it becomes a clash-of-the-galaxies shoot-em-up in the vein of Starship Troopers (though not as campy or as violent). That would be fine if as much care had gone into the sci-fi aspects as the Western ones. Instead, the noisy but only mildly thrilling climax proceeds by the numbers. As in Independence Day the previously invulnerable aliens -- who are bigger, stronger and faster than horses -- suddenly become a little too easy to kill for no reason other than that the screenwriters have decided it's time for the "tide is turning" phase of the script.
Early on, the spaceships blithely buzz by as the cowboys unload every firearm in sight; later in the film, when cowboys have joined forces with Apaches, bullets knock them down like bowling pins and even firing an arrow at one of these monsters isn't completely ineffectual. Scary as these creatures are when they first start to pop up, they don't live up to their hype. But at least the aliens didn't self-destruct from being splashed with water (as in Signs) or from catching a head cold (as in War of the Worlds.)
https://pjmedia.com/blog/truth-in-advertising-cowboys-aliens-does-in-fact-offer-cowboys-and-aliens/