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A Trip to Chinatown is a musical comedy in three acts by Charles H. Hoyt with music by Percy Gaunt and lyrics by Hoyt.  In addition to the Gaunt and Hoyt score, many songs were interpolated into the score at one time or another during the run, as was fashionable for musicals of the era.  The story concerns a widow who accidentally maneuvers several young suburban couples into a big city restaurant and brings romance to them and herself, as in Hello, Dolly!

After almost a year of touring, the musical opened at Broadway's Madison Square Theater on November 9, 1891, and ran for 657 performances, or just short of two years.  This was the longest-running Broadway musical in history up to that time (although London had seen a few longer runs), and it held that record until Irene in 1919.  The show was such a hit that several road companies played it throughout the country simultaneously with the Broadway production, and at one point a second company was even opened in New York while the original company was still performing on Broadway.  The cast included Trixie Friganza and Harry Conor, who introduced "The Bowery".

A version of the show was produced in 1912 under the title A Winsome Widow, and a film adaptation featuring Anna May Wong was made in 1926.

Background
Hoyt was born in Concord, New Hampshire (USA) in  1859.  In the 1870s, Hoyt became musical and dramatic critic of The Boston Post.  Beginning in 1883, he began a career as a playwright, producing a series of twenty farcical comedies (roughly one per year until his death) and a comic opera. Hoyt had his own theater, the Madison Square Theater, where A Trip to Chinatown was performed.

A Trip to Chinatown was Hoyt's 10th play.  Hoyt's plays emphasized individualized characters drawn from the everyday experiences of ordinary people.  Most of his plays were non-musical farces.  Two of the songs from the show are still known, "The Bowery" and "Reuben and Cynthia."  There were many interpolations of songs into A Trip to Chinatown due to the many touring companies, the most famous being Charles K. Harris's "After the Ball," which was not part of the 1891 Broadway production but became a big hit and was later interpolated into Show Boat to exemplify the 1890s style.

Versions of the script can be found in the 1941 Princeton University Press collection, Five Plays by Charles Hoyt edited by Douglas L. Hunt.  In addition the George Washington University has microfiche copies of three versions of Hoyt's script, which changed as the cast changed, and differed from tour to tour.

Synopsis
A group of young people in San Francisco tell their wealthy guardian, Uncle Ben, that they are going sightseeing in Chinatown.  They really plan a night out on the town.  They have engaged a chaperone, Mrs. Guyer, but her letter of acceptance is received by Uncle Ben, who misinterprets it as an invitation to a rendezvous.  At "The Riche", the restaurant mentioned in the letter, where the young people have booked a table, he gets drunk.  He does not see the young couples or Mrs. Guyer, and it turns out that he has forgotten his wallet, which leads to humorous complications.  Ben is unable to scold the young people for deceiving him, as they point out that they know about his own night out.

Roles and original Broadway cast

Welland Strong (a man with one foot in the grave) - Harry Conor
Ben Gay (a wealthy bachelor) - George A. Beane, Jr.
Tony Gay (his ward) - Avery Strakosch
Rashleigh Gay (his nephew) - Lloyd Wilson
Norman Blood (chum of Rashleigh) - Arthur Pacie
Willie Grow (a gilded youth - a trouser role) - Blanche Arkwright (later Queenie Vassar)
Noah Heap (waiter) - Harry Gilfoil
Slavin Payne (Ben's servant) - Harry Gilfoil
Turner Swift (runs the ice crusher) - W. S. Lewis
Isabel Dame (friend of the Gays) - Geraldine McCann
Hoffman Price (manager of Cliff House) - Frank E. Morsk
Mrs. Guyer (a widow) - Anna Boyd
Flirt (Mrs. Guyer's maid) - Patrice
Dancers

Musical numbers
The Bowery
Reuben and Cynthia
The Widow
Push Dem Clouds Away (an African cantata)
The Chaperone
Out for a Racket
After the Ball
The Sunshine of Paradise Alley
Love Me Little, Love Me Long
Do, Do, My Huckleberry, Do
Keep A-Knockin'
Riding on the Golden Bike
Her Eyes Don't Shine like Diamonds
Only One Girl in the World for Me
Then Say Good Bye!
She's My Best Girl
Back among the Old Folks Once Again
McGee's Back Yard

1912 revision
In 1912, a revised version of the musical was produced by Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., with a score by Raymond Hubbell, called A Winsome Widow.

1926 film

A silent film adaptation of the musical was released in 1926, called A Trip to Chinatown, starring Margaret Livingston and featuring Anna May Wong and Charles Farrell.  The screenplay was by Beatrice Van, based on Hoyt's book, and the film was directed by Robert P. Kerr.

Notes

References
Information about the musical (Archived 2009-10-23)
Profile of the musical and photo of a program

External links

A Trip to Chinatown at the IMDB database
Profile and poster of the musical
List of longest-running plays

Broadway musicals
1891 musicals


I have a confession to make: nearly everyday, I leave the house without eating breakfast. Yes, my life revolves around food and I am skipping the most important meal of the day. That is irony, friends. It's not really my fault, though, I just can't stomach anything (except coffee, nectar of the gods) until about two hours after I wake up. And by that point, I am already long gone and end up relying on protein bars or worse to fill me up until lunchtime. So I have been eyeing homemade granola bar recipes and decided to try a few. The results overall were somewhat mixed, but I did land on 2 truly awesome recipes worth sharing. First up, Banana Quinoa Bars. It's hard to compare these to anything because they are really pretty unique: a soft bar with a mild banana flavor and lots of texture between the nuts, seeds and quinoa. I loved the crunchy texture, and my husband really didn't. But they held together well, were easy to make, froze nicely, filled me up and tasted great. Although, I will admit, they tasted better when I was really hungry; so as a treat they might be a disappointment, but as fuel they were perfect. I also tested Prune-Almond Butter Bars. These were a lot sweeter, and a tiny bit messier, but also really worth having in the repertoire. For on-the-go eating, guilt-free snacking and kids' lunches, give these recipes a try, and let me know what you think!
Preheat oven to 350* and line an 8x8 baking pan with foil. Combine the oats, quinoa, seeds, salt and cinnamon. Stir in the mashed banana and vanilla and then fold in the nuts and dried fruit. In the microwave or on the stovetop, heat the almond butter and honey until smooth, then fold in to the oats mixture. Press firmly into prepared pan and bake for 25 minutes, or until the edges turn light brown. Allow to cool completely before cutting.
In a large bowl, combine the oats, almonds, dried fruit and salt. On the stovetop or in a microwaveable bowl, heat prune puree, honey and almond butter until smooth and viscous. Combine with the oats mixture until well-mixed. Press mixture firmly into an 8x8 pan lined with foil. Allow to sit for an hour to set up, then cut into 10 bars.


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Javier Santos (born 21 March 1972) is an Ecuadorian swimmer. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay and men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay events at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

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1972 births
Living people
Ecuadorian male freestyle swimmers
Olympic swimmers of Ecuador
Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Place of birth missing (living people)
20th-century Ecuadorian people

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Builders in Kochi
Kochi-Beautiful and calm place to live
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Far from the unruffled calm of Thiruvananthapuram is Kochi, the state's business hub. Kochi was once a tiny fishing village on the banks of a small estuary. But when the Periyar river flooded it opened up the estuary, creating one of the finest natural harbours in the world. This marked the beginning of a long and prosperous history of maritime trade. In 1405, Kochi city became the capital of the regional kingdom of Kochi, resulting in a further rise in status. It became an important port of call for merchants and a coveted base for European powers.
Today's Kochi is an amalgam of several erstwhile towns and villages , encompassing Ernakulam and Fort Kochi on the mainland and a cluster of islands on the Vembanad Lake, namely Willingdon, Mattancherry, Vypeen, Vallarpadom, Gundu and Bolgatty. At Kochi's centre lies Ernakulam, once the capital of the Kochi rajas, today pulsating the rhythms of commerce. Shopping malls, skyscrapers, trendy eateries, soaring property prices, cosmopolitan crowd are testimony to the fact that Ernakulam is the embodiment of contemporary Kerala. Fort Kochi, on the other hand, harks back to bygone days, with its narrow lanes and colonial buildings built by the Portuguese, Dutch and the British.
Mattancherry attracted Western invaders, traders, missionaries and refugees from across the seas as well as migrants from the north. The result is an admixture of native Malayalis, Saraswat Brahmins, Kutchi Muslims, Jews and Latin Christians, each stamping its own ethos on the region's parchment of cultures. Willingdon Island, made from the earth dredged from the sea when the Kochi harbor was deepened in 1928, houses the Cochin Port Trust and the headquarters of the Naval Command, making it the nucleus of all maritime activity in Kerala. The islands of Vypeen, Vallarpadom and Bolgatty are reminders of Kochi's colonial past, with ancient Portuguese churches at Vypeen and Vallarpadom and a pretty palace built by a Dutch trader at Bolgatty.
Lakeshore Gardens Luxury Villas in Cochin is located on the island of Cheppanam in Panangad, by the banks of the Vembanad Lake. Cheppanam, is an island set in the waters of the Vembanad Lake, just off the coast from Panangad. The island is a riot of green colour with an abundance of coconut palms and lush green mangroves surrounded by the deep emerald green waters of the lake. Cheppanam is quickly becoming the preferred location for many of the tourism projects that are envisaged as part of the development of Panangad. Lakeshore Gardens Luxury Villas in Kochi promises a lifestyle of unmatched luxury in the lap of pristine surroundings. At Lakeshore Gardens Luxury Villas in Kerala, the development combines the best of a seven – star waterfront resort with the convenience and freedom of an ultra-luxury homestead. Situated close to the national highway, Lakeshore Gardens Luxury Villas in Cochin, is just a 15 minute drive from Vyttila and a half hour drive from MG road. Lakeshore Gardens Luxury Villas in Kochi, offers you the best opportunity to make this idyllic island in the city of Cochin the location of your home.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
/*Problem 5 – Secret Language
Little Cecilia and her friends were dismayed to learn that their parents were reading all of their private communications. They decided to invent a new language that would allow them to talk freely. What they finally came up with was a language where sentences are built using a special method.
All the valid words that can be used in the new language are given on the second input line as a list of strings wrapped by a double quotes (") and separated by a comma and a space (see the examples below). A sentence is a concatenation (with no spaces) of a sequence of valid words. Each valid word can appear 0 or more times in the sentence. What makes the language special is that each word can be transformed by rearranging its letters before being used. The cost to transform a word is defined as the number of character positions where the original word and the transformed word differ. For example,
bul."Alexander Malinov" №33., Sofia, 1729, Bulgaria
academy.telerik.com
Telerik Software Academy 2012 6 of 6 facebook.com/TelerikAcademy
"abc" can be transformed to "abc" with a cost of 0, to "acb", "cba" or "bac" with a cost of 2, and to "bca" or "cab" with a cost of 3.
Although several different sequences of valid words can produce the same sentence in this language, only the sequence with the least total transformation cost carries the meaning of the sentence. The advantage of the new language is that the parents can no longer understand what the kids are saying. The disadvantage is that the kids themselves also do not understand. They need your help.
Given a sentence, return the total cost of transformation of the sequence of valid words which carries the meaning of the sentence, or -1 if no such sequence exists.
If a word is used multiple times in a sentence, each occurrence can be transformed differently.
Input
The input data should be read from the console. On the first input line you should read the sentence.
On the second input line you should read the list of the valid words in the format described above.
The input data will always be valid and in the format described. There is no need to check it explicitly.
Output
The output data should be printed on the console.
On the only output line you should print the total cost of transformation of the sequence of valid words which carries the meaning of the sentence, or -1 if no such sequence exists.*/
class Program
{
    struct answers
    {
        public string codedWord;
        public int price;
    }
    static List<answers> posibleAnswers;
    static int bestAnswerSoFar;
    static bool tryWord(string potentialAnswerString, string word)
    {
        if (word.Length > potentialAnswerString.Length)
            return false;
        int[] alphabet = new int[26];
        for (int i = 0; i < alphabet.Length; i++)
        {
            alphabet[i] = 0;
        }
        foreach (char letter in word)
        {
            alphabet[letter - 'a']++;
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < word.Length; i++)
        {
            alphabet[potentialAnswerString[i] - 'a']--;
        }
        int checkSum = 0;
        foreach (int letter in alphabet)
        {
            checkSum = checkSum + letter;
            if (letter < 0)
                return false;
        }
        return checkSum == 0;

    }
    static int evaluatePrice(string code, string word)
    {
        int price = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < word.Length; i++)
        {
            if (word[i] != code[i])
            {
                price++;
            }
        }
        return price;
    }
    static void nextStep(string[] validWords)
    {
        if (posibleAnswers.Count == 0)
            return;
        answers currentAnswer = posibleAnswers[0];
        posibleAnswers.Remove(currentAnswer);
        foreach (string potentialNextWord in validWords)
        {
            if (tryWord(currentAnswer.codedWord, potentialNextWord))
            {
                answers bufferAnswer = currentAnswer;
                bufferAnswer.price = bufferAnswer.price + evaluatePrice(bufferAnswer.codedWord, potentialNextWord);
                bufferAnswer.codedWord = bufferAnswer.codedWord.Substring(potentialNextWord.Length);
                if (bufferAnswer.codedWord.Length == 0)
                {
                    if (bufferAnswer.price < bestAnswerSoFar)
                        bestAnswerSoFar = bufferAnswer.price;
                }
                else
                {
                    posibleAnswers.Add(bufferAnswer);
                }
            }
        }
        nextStep(validWords);

    }

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        bestAnswerSoFar = 1000;
        answers problem;
        problem.codedWord = Console.ReadLine();
        problem.price = 0;
        string buffer = Console.ReadLine();
        int numberOfValidWords = 0;
        foreach (char symbol in buffer)
        {
            if (symbol == ',')
            {
                numberOfValidWords = numberOfValidWords + 1;
            }
        }
        numberOfValidWords++;
        string[] validWords = new string[numberOfValidWords];
        int bufferIterator = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < numberOfValidWords; i++)
        {
            int start;
            int lenght = 0;
            while (buffer[bufferIterator] != '"')
            {
                bufferIterator++;
            }
            bufferIterator = bufferIterator + 1;
            start = bufferIterator;
            while (buffer[bufferIterator] != '"')
            {
                bufferIterator++;
                lenght++;
            }
            validWords[i] = buffer.Substring(start, lenght);
            bufferIterator++;
        }
        posibleAnswers = new List<answers>();
        posibleAnswers.Add(problem);
        nextStep(validWords);
        if (bestAnswerSoFar == 1000)
            bestAnswerSoFar = -1;
        Console.WriteLine(bestAnswerSoFar);

    }
}

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Over 108 senior agricultural scientists are being denied their rightful entitlement for the grant of one pre-mature increment on up-gradation. These scientists working under different directorates of the research wing of the agriculture department of Punjab in a signed application have demanded implementation of the same policy as it has been adopted for a civil servant, which was issued by finance department Punjab for the grant of one special advance increment in their up-graded pay scale with effect from September 1, 20017.
They regretted that despite the directives of the Governor and Chief Minister of Punjab regarding grant of one pre-mature or one special advance increment to the aggrieved class of senior agricultural scientists on their up-gradation with effect from February 2009, they are being denied the benefit.
These directives, however, have proved ineffective as the request in this connection by the administrative department (agriculture department) was declined by the finance department in March 2012 without mentioning any reason or quoting any lawful reference, which according to agricultural scientists, is clear violation of articles 4 and 25 of the constitution of Pakistan which related to the principle of equality and uniform policy of equal protection. Lawfully, this decision of disapproval taken by the finance department has no legal value, they said.
The plea for entitlement of the said relief had also been decided by the Supreme Court of Pakistan while delivering a judgement on January 28, 2002 passed in appeal no. 637 of 1998 that up-gradation is tantamount to promotion. In the light of these orders, Federal Service Tribunal (FST), Lahore had also given a judgement in November 2011 in a similar appeal. Relying on the Supreme Court's judgement, the FST had directed the respondents to grant one pre-mature increment on up-gradation.
Agricultural scientists have pointed out that in compliance of FST directives, finance division, Islamabad had in May 2012 given its concurrence to the grant of pre-mature increment on up-gradation to the successful litigant in the aforementioned appeals. The claim of the said aggrieved class of agricultural scientists is the same. The same view on this law point had been followed by the FST.
On up-gradation of the said cadre posts in different wings of the agriculture department, these agriculture scientists were also upgraded, accordingly, their pay was made by respective district accounts officers in such a manner that the substantive pay as well as special pay of agricultural scientists was fixed only against the stage of grade-18 without allowing them the benefit of one pre-mature increment in their up-graded pay scale (BS-18) with effect from the date of up-gradation, ie February 17, 2009.
These agricultural scientists are well experienced researchers of the agriculture department. They were promoted earlier in the supervisory cadre posts (BS-17 + Rs 150/- pm as special pay which were later up-graded into BS-18 cadre posts w.e.f February 17, 2009.). They have worked and executed their important administrative responsibilities and made valuable contribution in the implementation of massive investment research plans developed for the evolvement of production technologies for different food and fibre crops by mobilising the land, water and crop genetic resources for achieving the noble goals of sustainable economic development and to bring a revolution towards then prosperity of the country.
In view of the hardships of senior agricultural scientists in terms of incurring pecuniary losses, they have appealed that necessary orders be issued for grant of one pre-mature increment/or one special advance increment to the aggrieved class of scientists.


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#3 – Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
(Columbia Records)
Looking to albums like Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, Daft Punk wanted to create an album that takes you on "a journey for miles and miles" with Random Access Memories and they succeeded. However, it isn't the journey you'd typically expect from the duo. With their first album, Daft Punk, by way of drum machines, synthesizers and vocoders, reinterpreted the music that inspired them to make music in the first place. Appropriately, they created a definitive sound for themselves – the 'sound of the future.'
Now, using mostly live instruments, Daft Punk works hard to undo what they helped set in motion with their early work. This effort is epitomized by "Within", which features a piano, bass guitar and drums as well as vocoded vocals lamenting about not understanding 'so many things.' Instead of hiding emotion behind a vocoder, Daft Punk strives to use a vocoder to emote.
The same can be said of the use of instruments and arrangements throughout RAM. At times it can seem as capricious as a musical ("Touch"), at other times it's as simple as a straightforward rock song ("Instant Crush"), but it is almost always more human than any album Daft Punk has released before. Daft Punk may have changed the game again. -Rondeau
Other accolades: #1 on Amazon, #2 on MOJO, #3 on Rolling Stone, #6 on NME, #9 on Stereogum, #15 on Paste, #19 on Spin, #38 on Consequence of Sound
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Evan Frost
no yeezus?
Yeezus has been described as one of the most polarizing albums of the year and most of us here at MTIB were not fans of it; Some of us were (see: Top Hip-Hop Albums of 2013 List). I think music critics often associate 'less-accessible' with 'genius'. I don't think Yeezus is as ground-breaking as a lot of other critics think it is. Sometimes a tree is just a tree and sometimes aggression, simple lyrics and fantastic production is just aggression, simple lyrics and fantastic production. Just because it confuses a lot of us, doesn't mean we're missing something. That's just my opinion though.
Drop a comment. Do it.
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June 27th/28th 2018
presented by www.ODRtraining.com
The Conference Programme Committee
Professor Ethan Katsh Head of the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution
and Professor Emeritus of Legal Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Co-author (with Orna Rabinovich-Einy) of Digital Justice: Technology and the Internet of Disputes (2017, Oxford University Press) Winner of 2017 D'Alemberte-Raven Award from the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution.
Professor Katsh is widely recognized as one of the founders of the field of online dispute resolution (ODR). Along with Janet Rifkin, he conducted the eBay Pilot Project in 1999 that led to eBay's current system that handles over sixty million disputes each year. With Professor Rifkin, he wrote Online Dispute Resolution: Resolving Conflicts in Cyberspace (2001), the first book about ODR. Since then, he has published numerous articles about ODR and co-edited Online Dispute Resolution: Theory and Practice, which received the International Institute for Conflict Resolution book award for 2012.
Daniel Rainey Former Chief of Staff at the National Mediation Board, Washington, DC and member of the Board of Directors of the Internet Bar, Daniel is an adjunct faculty member in the graduate dispute resolution programs at Dominican University, The McGeorge Law School of the University of the Pacific, and Southern Methodist University.
Daniel is a member of the editorial board for Conflict Resolution Quarterly, and he is one of the Editors-in-Chief of the International Journal of Online Dispute Resolution. He is an author/editor of the award-winning book, Online Dispute Resolution Theory and Practice, and numerous other book chapters and articles about ODR and ADR.
He is a member of the Supreme Court of Virginia's Access to Justice Commission, Self-Represented Litigants Committee, and he has recently been named as the co-chair of the International Mediation Institute Task Force on E-Mediator Competencies.
Mohamed S Abdel Wahab Professor Wahab is the Chair of Private International law and Professor of International Arbitration at Cairo University; Vice President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration; Court Member of the LCIA; President of LCIA's Arab Users' Council; Court member of the CIMAC, Vice President of the IBA Arbitration Committee; Member of the CIArb's Practice and Standards Committee; Member of the CRCICA Advisory Committee; Member of AAA-ICDR International Advisory Committee; and Member of the SIAC African Users' Council's Committee. Professor Wahab is recognised for his expertise in, and knowledge of, ODR, being also a co-editor of the award winning text, Online Dispute Resolution: Theory and Practice.
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Mim Adams is devoted to the vocal and musical development of every singer she works with. With her positive energy and skills, she empowers vocalists to feel confident in their instrument and their performance. An accomplished arranger and musical director, she has worked with vocal groups for over a decade, including the York University Jazz Choir, the Mohawk College Jazz Choir, and The Toronto All-Star Big Band vocal group. Mim teaches private lessons in voice, piano, and theory, and works alongside Nikki Loney as Co-Developer of The Full Voice Workbook Series which is used in private and classroom vocal lessons across North America. She is the long-time musical collaborator of Toronto's feisty comic performer and author Shawn Hitchins, the featured vocalist for the GTA Swing Band, and she writes, records, and has toured with indie bands Canary Mine and Sue Newberry & The Law.
An exciting and totally entertaining evening of great vocal jazz performed by The Jazz Project singers led by accomplished Musical Director Mim Adams, and featuring TranzitionzJazz - a jazz band that is making its mark on the Toronto jazz scene. From Paul Simon to Henry Mancini to Lambert, Hendricks and Ross and everything in between.
Tickets are $25. Student Tickets $15. Student tickets are available directly from Jazz Project members or on concert night at the door.
The Jazz Project was a featured act in a collaboration concert hosted by TranzitionzJazz and Canada's National Ballet School to raise money for the Sharing Dance Parkinson's Program.


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Q: Searching values through Pandas columns This is a sample of a pandas dataframe I have. I need to find the particular row for a given bid. For instance, give bid = 5, I need to return row corresponding to that in the following table. If I enter a missing bid, for instance, bid = 6, then the row corresponding to the largest bid smaller than input bid should be return. Thus row corresponding to bid = 5 should be return in that case. How do I do this in pandas?
Bid Imp Click   Spend
3   13  0.97    2
4   13  1.89    7
5   79  34.98   130
7   83  37.52   140
8   88  38.52   144

A: I think this could do the trick:
>>> df[(df['Bid']<=5)].iloc[-1,:]

Bid        5.00
Imp       79.00
Click     34.98
Spend    130.00
Name: 2, dtype: float64

If you want a pandas just do df[(df['Bid']<=5)].iloc[-1,:].to_frame().T.
>>> df[(df['Bid']<=5)].iloc[-1,:].to_frame().T
   Bid   Imp  Click  Spend
2  5.0  79.0  34.98  130.0

For the case of the missing bid=6, df[(df['Bid']<=6)].iloc[-1,:].to_frame().T would return the nearest bid below 6, which is, again,  5.
>>> df[(df['Bid']<=6)].iloc[-1,:].to_frame().T
   Bid   Imp  Click  Spend
2  5.0  79.0  34.98  130.0

EDITED
To make sure that the dataframe contains Bidin ascending order just do previously:
>>> df = df.sort_values(by='Bid',ascending=True)

A: Try
def get_bid(val):
    # find the index of the maximum bid below or equal val
    index = df.loc[df.Bid <= val, 'Bid'].idxmax()
    return df.loc[[index]]

here is the result of calling the function with values 6 and 5 and 4 respectively
In []: get_bid(6)
Out[]:
   Bid  Imp  Click  Spend
2    5   79  34.98    130

In []: get_bid(5)
Out[]:
   Bid  Imp  Click  Spend
2    5   79  34.98    130

In []: get_bid(4)
Out[]:
   Bid  Imp  Click  Spend
1    4   13   1.89      7

PS if you prefer one liners, you can change the code to In[1], this will produce the same output as above. i.e. a dataframe. removing the double brackets(In [2]) will change the output to a series. I,e,
In [1]: val = 6
       df.loc[[df.loc[df.Bid <= val, 'Bid'].idxmax()]]
Out[1]:
   Bid  Imp  Click  Spend
2    5   79  34.98    130

In [2]: df.loc[df.loc[df.Bid <= val, 'Bid'].idxmax()]
Out[2]:
Bid        5.00
Imp       79.00
Click     34.98
Spend    130.00
Name: 2, dtype: float64

A: Here is a generator-based method. The generator gets exhausted and we catch the last item by enumeration.
df = df.sort_values('Bids')
df.loc[df['Bid'] == [max(enumerate(i for i in df['Bid'] if i <= 6))[1]]]

   Bid  Imp  Click  Spend
2    5   79  34.98    130

The above method is slow for large, marginally faster for small dataframes. As an alternative, you can use this pandas-based solution:
df.iloc[df[df['Bid'] <= 6].index[-1]]

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Q: iPhone backup data overwritten by mistake I was updating my iPhone to iOS 7 and in the process I took a backup of my phone. After installing iOS 7 on my iPhone, I connected it to iTunes and instead of pressing Restore from backup, I pressed Backup and iTunes saved the backup of my restored iPhone, overwriting my original backup data.
The newer backup I have now is of my blank restored iPhone and I don't have a backup in iCloud either. Is there a way of retrieving the backup that I did before updating my software?

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Here are the iTunes backup folder locations on different operating systems:
OS X - ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
Windows (XP, Vista and 7) -  %APPDATA%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Since you do not have iCloud backups, you're completely out of luck if you didn't have backups of the iTunes backups. If you do back up your computer, simply restore the folder where iTunes stores iOS backups (after making sure you have a current backup for other devices if needed) and you can restore your iPhone from an older backup.
For more information, see these answers to similar questions - they provide details as well as recommendations for the future:
Restoring an OLD iPhone backup
Recover iPad Safari bookmarks overwritten by iCloud

A: If you are on PC, you can play around with Windows Restore and restore your computer to an earlier point. This should put the old iTunes backup in place [unless I am mistaken].


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Darn, maybe try calling again I guess. Is your son on any kind of treatment or doing better?
I tried several times with them . always told they would get back with me. i don't think there was anything out of the ordinary, maybe that's why I never got anything. But do think they are trying and doing valuable work.
We need all the research we can get.
My son continues to decline with new and different symptoms every few weeks. But nothing goings away.


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Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis's Only Daughter, Dies at 54
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Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of the late Elvis Presley, has died.
She was just 54 years old.
Mother Priscilla Presley confirmed the news tonight, writing in a statement, "It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us. She was the most passionate, strong and loving woman I have ever known."
Lisa Marie, a singer-songwriter who dedicated much of her life to keeping her father's legacy alive, was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a medical emergency at her home earlier today, Priscilla announced via an Instagram post.
Her post featured a throwback photo of her with her lookalike daughter. "My beloved daughter Lisa Marie was rushed to the hospital. She is now receiving the best care. Please keep her and our family in your prayers. We feel the prayers from around the world, and ask for privacy during this time," she wrote in the caption.
Just two days ago, on Tuesday night, both Lisa Marie and Priscilla attended the 2023 Golden Globes, where actor Austin Butler took home the Best Actor in a Drama Motion Picture award for his portrayal of Elvis in the Baz Luhrmann biopic Elvis.
Lisa Marie was just nine years old when her father, the King of Rock and Roll, died in 1977, but throughout her life, she paid loving tribute to him through music. The singer—who released her own rock albums in the 2000s—collaborated on duets with her father posthumously for some of his biggest hits, including "In the Ghetto" and "Don't Cry Daddy."
She is survived by her mother, Priscilla; half-brother, Navarone Garibaldi; and three children: Riley Keough, Finley Lockwood, and Harper Lockwood. Her son, Benjamin Keough, died in 2020.
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A shot of Broadway on a rainy night. I just love the color of the not-quite-dark sky. It was almost 5 o'clock PM, no longer daylight savings time.
that is one of my favorite places to stand. right at that spot, the air literally crackles with the excitement!!
Perfect capture. Thanks for sharing!
Love this! I'm not normally a bright lights, big city kind of person, but this is just spectacular! Perfect time of "day" for it!
I LOVE New York. It's so larger-than-life in this area. You captured the colors so vividly and clearly. Nice job.
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Broadway is sooo beautiful when it's lit up like this! Nice photo, Mary!
What a great Sky Watch. Love it.
Yes, the sky is a wonderful deep blue. Great photo.
Love the evening sky with all the bright lights of Broadway .. like the song!
Great angle of this shot from where you're standing!
I love visiting the city but I still would be afraid to live there. Too bright and loud.
The sky is a beautiful slate blue. Nice with the contrast of the buildings.
Oh, yea!h! Love it, Mary!
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It will only go their heads.
for the first time in my life, I consider going to New York.
I love how vibrant these colors are. Taking pictures at night is a lot harder than people think-but this one is amazing!
You were so close to my office ... its the bldg that has the NASDAQ office in the bottom ..
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Leinster escaped the Twickenham Stoop with an unlikely 6-5 victory to set up an all-Irish Heineken Cup semi-final against fierce rivals Munster at Croke Park.
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