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The car seen here is a "C" model, and it is basically a station wagon model without windows. Used by many small companies for deliveries, the van's survival rate is very low as most of the vehicles were simply used up. Although the A and B models of the 500 were similar, the C had completely different front bodywork, and was the first Fiat to offer a heater-defroster. The engine was given an aluminum head, but output remained the same as the "B" at 16.5hp.
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Upbeat tone on Apple's earnings
Published: Jan. 15, 2002 at 6:24 p.m. ET
Deborah Adamson
Analysts eye retail store performance, services, outlook
CUPERTINO, Calif. (CBS.MW) -- Several analysts expect Apple Computer's first-quarter earnings to be in line with the Wall Street consensus estimate, but the second and third quarters of fiscal 2002 could turn out to be rockier.
According to a poll of analysts by Thomson Financial/First Call, Apple AAPL, +0.51% is expected to earn 11 cents a share for the quarter ended Dec. 31 when it reports results after the close of regular trading Wednesday.
This would compare favorably with a loss of 73 cents a share generated in the year-earlier period. Revenue is projected at $1.43 billion compared with $1 billion last year.
Bonnie Wittenburg, senior technology analyst at American Express, believes Apple will meet expectations for the just-concluded quarter. But she's not so sure about the next two quarters.
"There could be some hesitation for a couple of quarters," she said.
While personal computer sales were "pretty good" over the holiday season, Apple's sales might have been held back because of anticipation of the introduction of a new IMac at the MacWorld Expo show in January. Indeed, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced a flat-panel IMac at the show. See full story.
As such, Apple might have to deal with inventory of older IMac versions for the next two quarters, Wittenburg said.
"After that, the issue is, 'How good is the new product?' she said.
Charles Wolf, an analyst at Needham & Co., also expects Apple to post in-line earnings on revenue that's a bit higher than the consensus estimates.
But the analyst said he's only concerned about two things: How Apple's retail stores performed and its outlook for the March quarter, during which Apple's performance "could be subdued."
Wall Street, on average, expect Apple to earn 9 cents in the second quarter on sales of $1.33 billion, compared with 11 cents and $1.4 billion in fiscal 2001 period.
Wolf said traffic has been heavy at the company's 27 retail stores. But he wants dollars-and-cents information: "Show me the money."
In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last month, Apple said its retail stores should post a small loss in the first quarter and also for all of 2002. Previously, Apple had anticipated breaking even in the quarter and posting a slight profit in 2002.
Brett Miller, an analyst with A.G. Edwards, said excitement around Apple's stores has been spilling over to other computer retailers. But he wants to know how many non-Mac users Apple has attracted.
Miller also is looking for news of product momentum as well as new products in the pipeline and a tally of its IPhoto downloads. IPhoto is Apple's new photo editing program, introduced at MacWorld earlier this month.
He thinks Apple will beat expectations for the first quarter; his estimate is a 13-cent profit and $1.5 billion in revenue.
However, the first six months of the year is seasonally the "worst" for Apple and there's the added whammy of new IMac models rolling out that could steal from sales of existing computers, the analyst said.
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For my latest Ask Dr. Geier column, I answer the question of the reader in Michigan who wants advice for her teenage daughter. She asks one of the most common questions I receive about sports medicine careers – namely how you can one day become the team doctor for a professional sports team.
My daughter Cyndi is 17, and she is part of a gymnastics Jr. Olympic team. She knows a lot about injuries personally and a lot of the ups and downs of it. She wants to be sport medicine doctor and wants to travel with a team. She says she doesn't want be stuck in office. What do you think is a good school to go to, and how do you get with a team as its doctor?
Betty, that is a great question! I'll start by saying that there is not one correct path. There are many paths that can ultimately lead her or anyone who wants to work with a sports team to that goal. To be fair, athletic trainers and physical therapists often work with sports teams, so that can be another terrific career option. For purposes of this post, though, I'll discuss the journey specifically toward being a team physician.
Once in medical school, you have to get good grades and good scores on the USMLE boards. Most head team physicians are orthopaedic surgeons. Orthopaedic surgery is a very competitive specialty. Most orthopaedic surgery residency programs only take medical students in the top 10% of their medical school classes. Those classes like biochemistry and histology that don't seem to matter actually do. You probably can't do much to get a residency spot in your first two years of medical school, but you can knock yourself out of contention by not getting good grades.
Alternatively, you can choose a non-surgical medical specialty in which you later specialize in sports medicine. For example, you can do a residency in pediatrics, family medicine, emergency medicine or physical medicine and rehabilitation and then do a primary-care sports medicine fellowship.
If you go into orthopaedic surgery, in the later years of your residency, you'll have the option of performing extra training in a fellowship program. There are many subspecialties within orthopaedic surgery, including hand, pediatrics, trauma, oncology, foot and ankle, and spine, but most team physicians now are fellowship trained in orthopaedic sports medicine. This specialty is also competitive, as close to one in every three orthopaedic surgery residents now applies for a sports medicine fellowship.
After fellowship, you get a job. You can practice as an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine in an academic practice, a private practice group, or employed by a hospital system. Often primary-care sports medicine physicians work within an orthopaedic surgery group to see patients with musculoskeletal injuries along with the surgeons as well as helping to provide medical coverage for sporting events.
Gaining the opportunity to serve as a team doctor is challenging as well. If there is a particular sport in which you have an interest, you can work with youth and recreational teams in that sport. You can give talks in your area to athletes in that sport to build name recognition in that community. You can work with your hospital to provide medical coverage for a pro team in concert with a marketing relationship between the team and the hospital. Such arrangements have been criticized in recent years, but most of these relationships have some sort of marketing agreement.
As you can tell, the path toward a career as a team doctor is not easy. If it is a goal you are passionate about achieving, though, you will put in the work to get there. And for those who love it and do get there, it's absolutely worth it! If you want to learn more about the educational process and tips to succeed, check out Work and Succeed in Sports Medicine!


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I installed the PSBs right after routing the speaker cable, even though I probably should have waited. I was just excited to see some piece of equipment actually installed, so I gave myself this gift.
I think the PSBs look great installed. Though they are a bit bulky, the off-white color allows them to nearly disappear into the wall color. The installation via keyholes in the speaker backs was eased by the use of a Black and Decker laser level and the template that PSB thoughtfully included with the speakers.
Once the cable was routed to the front J-box, the baseboard was replaced, and the rear wall was painted, I installed a J-box in the center of the rear wall, and terminated the rear speaker cables into 5-way binding posts there. I ended up just placing the rear surrounds on the outside corners of the bookshelves. This was one of the last things I did before starting the final AV Equipment Installation.


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Q: Delete blank rows from CSV? I have a large csv file in which some rows are entirely blank. How do I use Python to delete all blank rows from the csv?
After all your suggestions, this is what I have so far
import csv

# open input csv for reading
inputCSV = open(r'C:\input.csv', 'rb')

# create output csv for writing
outputCSV = open(r'C:\OUTPUT.csv', 'wb')

# prepare output csv for appending
appendCSV = open(r'C:\OUTPUT.csv', 'ab')

# create reader object
cr = csv.reader(inputCSV, dialect = 'excel')

# create writer object
cw = csv.writer(outputCSV, dialect = 'excel')

# create writer object for append
ca = csv.writer(appendCSV, dialect = 'excel')

# add pre-defined fields
cw.writerow(['FIELD1_','FIELD2_','FIELD3_','FIELD4_'])

# delete existing field names in input CSV
# ???????????????????????????

# loop through input csv, check for blanks, and write all changes to append csv
for row in cr:
    if row or any(row) or any(field.strip() for field in row):
        ca.writerow(row)

# close files
inputCSV.close()
outputCSV.close()
appendCSV.close()

Is this ok or is there a better way to do this?

A: Delete empty row from .csv file using python
    import csv
  ...

 with open('demo004.csv') as input, open('demo005.csv', 'w', newline='') as output:
     writer = csv.writer(output)
     for row in csv.reader(input):
         if any(field.strip() for field in row):
             writer.writerow(row)

Thankyou

A: Doing it with pandas is very simple. Open your csv file with pandas:
import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_csv("example.csv")
#checking the number of empty rows in th csv file
print (df.isnull().sum())
#Droping the empty rows
modifiedDF = df.dropna()
#Saving it to the csv file
modifiedDF.to_csv('modifiedExample.csv',index=False)

A: Use the csv module:
import csv
...

with open(in_fnam, newline='') as in_file:
    with open(out_fnam, 'w', newline='') as out_file:
        writer = csv.writer(out_file)
        for row in csv.reader(in_file):
            if row:
                writer.writerow(row)

If you also need to remove rows where all of the fields are empty, change the if row: line to:
if any(row):

And if you also want to treat fields that consist of only whitespace as empty you can replace it with:
if any(field.strip() for field in row):

Note that in Python 2.x and earlier, the csv module expected binary files, and so you'd need to open your files with e 'b' flag. In 3.x, doing this will result in an error.

A: You have to open a second file, write all non blank lines to it, delete the original file and rename the second file to the original name.
EDIT: a real blank line will be like '\n':
for line in f1.readlines():
    if line.strip() == '':
        continue
    f2.write(line)

a line with all blank fields would look like ',,,,,\n'. If you consider this a blank line:
for line in f1.readlines():
    if ''.join(line.split(',')).strip() == '':
        continue
    f2.write(line)

openning, closing, deleting and renaming the files is left as an exercise for you. (hint: import os, help(open), help(os.rename), help(os.unlink))
EDIT2: Laurence Gonsalves brought to my attention that a valid csv file could have blank lines embedded in quoted csv fields, like 1, 'this\n\nis tricky',123.45. In this case the csv module will take care of that for you. I'm sorry Laurence, your answer deserved to be accepted. The csv module will also address the concerns about a line like "","",""\n.

A: python code for remove blank line from csv file without create another file.
def ReadWriteconfig_file(file):
try:
    file_object = open(file, 'r')
    lines = csv.reader(file_object, delimiter=',', quotechar='"')
    flag = 0
    data=[]
    for line in lines:
        if line == []:
            flag =1
            continue
        else:
            data.append(line)
    file_object.close()
    if flag ==1: #if blank line is present in file
        file_object = open(file, 'w')
        for line in data:
            str1 = ','.join(line)
            file_object.write(str1+"\n")
        file_object.close()
except Exception,e:
    print e

A: Here is a solution using pandas that removes blank rows.
 import pandas as pd
 df = pd.read_csv('input.csv')
 df.dropna(axis=0, how='all',inplace=True)
 df.to_csv('output.csv', index=False)

A: Surprised that nobody here mentioned pandas. Here is a possible solution.
import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_csv('input.csv')
df.to_csv('output.csv', index=False)

A: I need to do this but not have a blank row written at the end of the CSV file like this code unfortunately does (which is also what Excel does if you Save-> .csv).  My (even simpler) code using the CSV module does this too:
import csv

input = open("M51_csv_proc.csv", 'rb')
output = open("dumpFile.csv", 'wb')
writer = csv.writer(output)
for row in csv.reader(input):
    writer.writerow(row)
input.close()
output.close()

M51_csv_proc.csv has exactly 125 rows; the program always outputs 126 rows, the last one being blank.
I've been through all these threads any nothing seems to change this behaviour.

A: In this script all the CR / CRLF are removed from a CSV file then has lines like this:
"My name";mail@mail.com;"This is a comment.
Thanks!"

Execute the script https://github.com/eoconsulting/lr2excelcsv/blob/master/lr2excelcsv.py
Result (in Excel CSV format):
"My name",mail@mail.com,"This is a comment. Thanks!"

A: Replace the PATH_TO_YOUR_CSV with your
import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv('PATH_TO_YOUR_CSV')
new_df = df.dropna()
df.dropna().to_csv('output.csv', index=False)

or in-line:
import pandas as pd

pd.read_csv('data.csv').dropna().to_csv('output.csv', index=False)

A: I had the same, problem.
I converted the .csv file to a dataframe and after that I converted  the dataframe back to the .csv file.
The initial .csv file with the blank lines was the 'csv_file_logger2.csv'  .
So, i do the following process
import csv
import pandas as pd
df=pd.read_csv('csv_file_logger2.csv')

df.to_csv('out2.csv',index = False)

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· The planned seventh meeting of the working group to consider the Russian application to the World Trade Organization (WTO) opened in Geneva on Tuesday. Despite economic turmoil, "Our plans have not changed." to become a member of the WTO, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Georgy GABUNIA said. He made it clear that lessons of financial upheavals in the Asian markets and their consequences will be taken into account by the Russian side when discussing questions of the entry into the WTO. The meeting of the working group will discuss the review of the latest events in the area of legislation and regulation system in Russia, industrial subsidies, investment measures connected with trade, preferential commercial agreements and agriculture.
· The Russian Interior Ministry reported that there are up to 60,000 members of organized crime group active in Russia. Mafia committed crimes rose from 1.2 percent to 1.7 percent in 1997. The energy and raw material industries are being hit harder with 24,300 crimes this year up 21 percent from 1996. However, 72 percent of crimes committed were successfully investigated. 1.2 million crimes, including 16,500 murders have be closed this year, reported Interfax. Officers identified 176,00 economic crimes which cost the state over 10 trillion rubles.
· Russian stocks fell 2.1 percent following reports of President Boris YELTSIN's hospitalization due to an illness. The Russian Trading System (RTS) was at 379.39 points at 1200 GMT down 2.1 percent from Tuesday's close of 387.34 points, reported Dow Jones. Martin DIGGLE, Principal at Brunswick Warburg, said, "The market sold off about 1 percent on the news, but it was very calm, there was no panic." He did note that there is little speculation that YELTSIN might be suffering from anything more serious. Duma Defense Committee Chairman Lev ROKHLIN's comments may have been another factor lead to this sharp drop. He said that, "only a sick person," could make the mistakes that YELTSIN made during his visit to Sweden. He accused the President of lacking sufficient command of the Russian language and argued that YELTSIN's public remarks frequently have to be explained away by officials from the Foreign ands Defense Ministries.
· Federal minister Yevgeny YASIN told a news conference today that the federal budget deficit next year will be 1.5 to 2 percent over the set target due to swelled state debt expenses. Although the debts are not big and reach 25 percent of the GDP, "they are costly," YASIN said. The government's priority is to reduce borrowings and debts.
lection in this country slightly improved against previous months and reached 13.5 trillion rubles, including 11.8 trillion received in live money. The growth of the GDP and industrial production next year is projected at 0.3 and 2 percent, respectively, the minister said.
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· Standard & Poor today assigned its double B minus long-term corporate credit rating to Almazy Rossii-Sakha Co., Ltd. (Alrosa). The rating reflects the company's position in the relatively entrenched world rough diamond-gem industry, good reserves, and relatively healthy capital structure. This is largely offset by Alrosa's lack of financial liquidity and difficult operating conditions. Difficult operating conditions are mainly the extreme weather conditions and the extreme remoteness of the mines, which are situated in eastern Siberia just below the arctic circle. Alrosa is lagging behind its South African competitors, particularly DeBeers, in terms of operating margins and financial strength due to higher costs and lack of investments in the past five years. The two main owners of Alrosa are the Russian Federation and the Republic of Sakha, with 32% each.
whose combined assets exceed $150 billion, are of great interest for the Russian banking sector.
· Outside shareholders of Novolipetsk Metallurgical Kombinat, one of Russia's largest steel mill, placed five of their nominees to a nine member elected board of directors. The election marks a major victory for shareholders in one of the most high profile battles for shareholder rights, reported the Financial Times. Managing director of Renissance Capital investment bank Dmitry BAKATIN said, "It's an important victory, but one which should have happened two years ago. This is day one of a very difficult restructuring process. There is a lot of work ahead of us." Uneximbank, a shareholder member, immediately pledged $50 million loan to the mill. Cambridge Capital Management, owner of 50 percent of shares, portrayed the dispute as a struggle between western market-oriented investors and Soviet-era red directors.
· Moscow Mayor Yuri LUZHKOV announced plans to cut bothersome red tape for small businesses, while speaking at a meeting for a program to support and development of Moscow small businesses. The program provides for financial support to small businesses and the development of a fund for small business personnel training, leasing companies, small businesses in prefectures and interregional business cooperation. Moscow has implemented 457 small business projects in 1996-1997. The mayor called for the development of small businesses in the food and light industries and in the production of pieces for machine-building plants. "If small businesses gain support in Russia, it would help to solve social problems and double the federal budget," LUZHKOV said. Moscow small businesses account for 15 percent revenues of the Russian aggregate budget.
· Ukrainian Finance Minister Igor MITYUKOV told Itar-Tass that the National Bank of Ukraine has enough resources to control the financial situation in the republic in the immediate future. He said the main priority for Kiev is to adopt an austere fiscal policy so that the state can keep from inflating expenditures.
He said Ukraine plans to invigorate state finance and is going to cut state expenditures by two billion gryvna to decrease the budget deficit. He said it is necessary to bring finance in order, to compare incomes and expenses and to prove to investors that the state is capable in servicing its debts.
MITYUKOV also announced that the government decided to be moderate in borrowing in 1998 and is going to rely more on its own resources. He said Ukraine plans to broaden and consolidate its market of corporate securities which will be sold at exchanges and outside money markets. This will absorb part of free reserves of national currency and ease pressure on the currency. A mission of the International Monetary Fund in Kiev is discussing a program of the Finance Ministry for the next year, including parameters of the currency and rate policy of the National Bank.
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· Russian Deputy Prime Minister Valery SEROV and Georgian State Minister Niko LEKISHVILI at a joint press conference on Tuesday announced that the two nations have agreed to cooperate in the sphere of fuel and energy. Russian companies Gazprom and LUKoil will participate in the cooperation. Representatives of Gazprom company are to finalize the accord in late December in Tbilisi.
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· First Vice President of the Azerbaijan Operational Oil Company (AIOC) Ilgam ALIYEV announced that negotiations for the construction of a main oil pipeline to transport Caspian oil to world markets with all countries concerned will begin in January 1998. Major contenders for the pipeline's construction include Russia's Baku to Novorossiisk plan, Georgia's Baku-Supsa plan, and Turkey's Baku-Supsa-Ceyhan plan. These projects are estimated at $2 billion, $1.2 billion, and $3.3 billion respectively. Ukraine, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Moldova are also countries interested in having the main pipeline on their territory. The US supports the Baku-Ceyhan route.
loans provided the republic deems it advantageous." In the implementation of nine oil projects totaling $30 billion and involving 20 companies from 12 countries, the Azeri share is usually paid by foreign partners.
· Romanian Presidential envoy Dan CAPATINE to Azerbaijan Deputy Foreign Minister Albert SALAMOV met Tuesday to discuss a proposal from Romanian President Emil CONSTANTINESCU to Azerbaijan President Geidar ALIYEV on shipping Azeri oil exported through the Georgian port of Supsa to the Black Sea port of Constanta to Trieste, Italy. This would require a pipeline to pass through Serbia. Romania believes the project would cost 2 billion dollars. The proposals were passed over to the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic and the Azerbaijan Operational Oil Company (AIOC), which is developing three Caspian oil fields.
Romania is ready to transport 35 million tons of Azerbaijan oil to the world markets via its territory. The oil will be annually extracted on Azerbaijan Caspian oil fields in the early third millennium.
· The Prime Ministers Council of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan signed agreements in Tashkent on Monday. The documents call for the three central Asian countries to expand cooperation in tourism and agriculture. They will also coordinate the Central Asian Bank operations and create a regional stock market. During the meeting, the countries' premiers discussed the issues of establishing a united economic system and realizing economic integration.
approved the estimated costs of the executive committee of the Interstate Council for 1998.
A working residence has been put up for the President in the new capital next to the buildings of the parliament and the government. However, NAZARBAYEV will continue to use Almaty for arranging international functions. A meeting of the Inter-State Council of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan at heads of state level will be the first diplomatic event held in the new capital.
· The sixth international conference devoted to problem of the banking system in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) opened in London on Tuesday. The forum will discuss the development of the financial sector in the CIS, and strategy of cooperation between banks in the former Soviet republics and Europe. Specifically, the agenda focuses on strengthening of market of corporate securities, regulation and stabilization of national currencies, and prospects of CIS government bonds entering the international market of borrowed funds.
The conference is attended by the leadership of the central banks of Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine, heads of a number of CIS commercial banks, representatives from the World Bank and European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, British, French and German banks.


I've tried to work with the builtin Unity Pro Navmesh and Pathfinding system. But finally I have changed my mind and choosen another solution. For my project, the builtin system was too limited, and the impossibility to recreate a navmesh at runtime with a generated terrain was blocking.
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The RVO system was mainly implemented by Aron Granberg with NavMesh in mind. For my project, I can add and change obstacles at runtime, so GridGraph is more appropriate. Then, I have completed the system myself. My own add-on is available here with source code: RVONavmesh equivalent for GridGraph . Since my contribution, Aron has given me the access to his private Git repository. I hope to contribute more to this wonderful software in the future.


In the hallway of the school my second grade granddaughter attends, there is a sign.
I pass it on Thursdays as I go to help in her classroom.
"The most valuable things in the world aren't things".
What a truth, simply stated.
Our relationships with God and people should carry more value than anything else we could ever have or do.
I have a friend who raised her children to consider what she calls "The preciousness of others".
I had never heard that phrase before, nor had I ever considered any remotely like that.
"The preciousness of others". Selah. Stop and think of that.
Isn't that the very thing that the world we live in does not do?
Isn't that the very thing that each of us has a longing for?
To be of value to someone.
To be a treasure to someone.
I never sensed that growing up.
I know that I am not alone in that.
It's not a very exclusive club.
The club of the undervalued, the un-treasured, the un-precious.
Look around. We see it everywhere.
The importance of our personal comfort outweighs the importance of helping others along who just need a hand or a kind word.
It's true. Helping others can be way uncomfortable.
The importance of having the latest gadget outweighs the importance of living with less and loving our families more.
They don't want more gadgets. They want us. They want to know that they matter.
The importance convenience outweighs the value of giving and nurturing new life.
This has left our hearts so confused that there is almost no hope left in them.
But someone gave up His comfort, so that we could be valued.
That same Someone loves us with His whole heart.
In fact, He treasures us above all creation.
We were created to be precious in His sight.
All the things that our hearts so long for, those are the reasons He came.
He came to speak truth to us in the midst of our confusion.
The lie of dying with the best toys.
The lie that we don't matter.
He came to refute those lies with the truth.
Jesus loves me when I'm bad, Though it makes Him very sad.
Wanting as a friend to give Light and love to all who live.
That I might from sin be free Bled and died upon the tree.
Little ones. Weak ones. Sick ones. We ones.
When we're good. When we're bad.
He came for that. He came for us.
We are valued by Him.
We are treasured by Him.
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With the integration of technology into the modern economy and the changing dynamics of the marketplace, individuals and organisations in every industry are exploring ways to adapt by having new skills and new ways of thinking under their belts. One of the options for business professionals and companies seeking to thrive and stay at the top of their game is to pursue an executive education.
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Elaine Romero is an award-winning U.S. playwright. Her plays been presented across the U.S. and abroad, and widely published and anthologized. Graveyard of Empires and A Work of Art recently premiered. Title IX was included in the 2017 Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference. Modern Slave was presented at the 2017 Seven Devils Playwrights Conference where Romero was the Featured Playwright. Romero's work has been published by Samuel French, Playscripts, Simon and Schuster, among others Elaine is a Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists and an Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona.


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Q: How to prepopulate name of the printer in the browser I'm using ASP.NET MVC and I'm using a function with AJAX that opens in the browser the window to print.
My questions is when I print I would like to already set the printer name without select the printer that I need there is any way to do that? I'm going to leave my code of my function below and a image.
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This is the part that I want to prepopulate the name of the printer without having to choose and scroll down, I automatically want the name to appear when the window opens.


The formation of the Anglican Church of North America (ACNA) in early December (still to be ratified in 2009) is seen as a fulfillment of a declaration signed in Jerusalem last summer by the same prelates calling for a new era of the Anglican Communion. The organizers of the denomination seek the approval of leaders in the global Anglican Communion as a separate yet connected "province" of the church. It is not known if the new church will ask the Archbishop of Canterbury to recognize the ACNA as an official member of the Anglican Communion.
But the idea is that the ACNA will serve as a non-geographical province for orthodox Anglican alongside the mainline Episcopal and Anglican bodies in the U.S. and Canada. Episcopal and some international Anglican leaders are likely to resist recognizing such a province, although there may likely be a gradual and defacto recognition by a segment of bishops, writes journalist David Virtue on his website Virtue Online.
In the last few years there has been considerable fragmentation of conservative Anglican protest in the U.S. and Canada, especially as various parishes and whole dioceses split from the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada and put themselves under the authority of bishops in Africa and Latin America. Other dissenting individuals and parishes formed new coalitions or joined the several "continuing" bodies that had split off from the Episcopal Church during the last century. Much of the furor stemmed from the consecration of openly gay Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire in 2003.
The new church body consists of some 700 parishes and an estimated 100,000 members, compared with 2.3 million members in the Episcopal Church. Officials of the new church contend that other conservative parishes and individuals will join the denomination once they view it as a stable alternative to the mainline Episcopal and Anglican bodies of the U.S, and Canada.
Adding weight to the contention that the ACNA is not the usual breakaway church is the fact that four Episcopal dioceses that have been in the forefront of conservative protest are founding members, though not all the parishes in these dioceses have joined the new body (the dioceses are: San Joaquin, California; Quincy, Illinois; Fort Worth, Texas; Pittsburgh). The head of the ACNA is Bishop Robert Duncan of Pittsburgh, who led his diocese out of the Episcopal Church in October.
Equally significant are the number of conservative Anglican groups and networks joining the ACNA that have either recently separated or have been on the verge of separating from the Episcopal Church and Anglican Church in Canada, such as American Anglican Council, the Anglican Coalition in Canada, the Anglican Communion Network, the Anglican Mission in the Americas, the Anglican Network in Canada, the Convocation of Anglicans in North America, Forward in Faith North America, and the bishops and parishes linked with Kenya, Uganda, and South America's Southern Cone. The new church will be a patchwork of Anglo-Catholic, evangelical, and charismatic expressions. Such a divisive practice as women's ordination will be allowed, though it will not be mandated throughout the church.
Anglicanism in the U.S. and Canada is marked by close to 100 split-off denominations, and most of the "continuing" churches that broke off from the Episcopal Church earlier in the 20th century (usually over the ordination of women and changes in the liturgy) remain apart from the ACNA. But the Reformed Episcopal Church, an evangelical body that split from the forerunner of the Episcopal Church in 1873, has joined the new church.


The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Friday that U.S. regulators closed seven more banks, bringing the total so far this year to 139.
The biggest was Hillcrest Bank of Overland Park, Kansas, which had approximately $1.65 billion in total assets and $1.54 billion in total deposits.
Regulators also closed First Arizona Savings, Scottsdale, Arizona; First Suburban National Bank, Maywood, Illinois; First National Bank of Barnesville, Barnesville, Georgia; Gordon Bank, Gordon, Georgia; Progress Bank of Florida, Tampa, Florida; and First Bank of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida.
A newly chartered bank subsidiary of NBH Holdings Corp, Boston, Massachusetts, will assume all of the deposits of Hillcrest Bank.
The new NBH subsidiary, also called Hillcrest Bank, also agreed to purchase essentially all of the failed bank's assets, the FDIC said.
First Arizona Savings had approximately $272.2 million in total assets and $198.8 million in total deposits.
At the time of closing, the bank had an estimated $1.8 million in uninsured funds.
The FDIC said it was unable to find another financial institution to take over the banking operations of First Arizona Savings. As a result, checks to depositors for their insured funds will be mailed on Monday.
First Suburban National Bank had about $148.7 million in total assets and $140.0 million in total deposits.
Seaway Bank and Trust Company, Chicago, Illinois, assumed all of First Suburban's deposits and agreed to purchase essentially all of the failed bank's assets.
First National Bank of Barnesville had approximately $131.4 million in total assets and $127.1 million in total deposits.
United Bank of Zebulon, Georgia, assumed all of the Barnesville bank's deposits and agreed to purchase essentially all of the assets.
Gordon Bank had approximately $29.4 million in total assets and $26.7 million in total deposits.
Morris Bank of Dublin, Georgia, paid a premium of 0.5 percent for the deposits of Gordon Bank and agreed to purchase about $11.5 million of the failed bank's assets. The FDIC will keep the remaining assets for later disposition.
Progress Bank of Florida had approximately $110.7 million in total assets and $101.3 million in total deposits.
Bay Cities Bank of Tampa, Florida, assumed all of Progress Bank's deposits and agreed to purchase essentially all of the failed bank's assets.
First Bank of Jacksonville had approximately $81.0 million in total assets and $77.3 million in total deposits.
Ameris Bank of Moultrie, Georgia, assumed all of the Jacksonville bank's deposits and agreed to purchase essentially all of the failed bank's assets.
FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair has said she expects the number of bank failures this year to exceed the 2009 total of 140, but that total assets of the failures will probably be lower.
This week, the FDIC said estimated bank failures will cost the Deposit Insurance Fund $52 billion from 2010 through 2014, down from an earlier estimate of $60 billion.
The Deposit Insurance Fund, financed by banks that pay into the fund, guarantees individual accounts up to $250,000.
While failures are still occurring at a fairly brisk pace, it is now mostly smaller institutions, community banks, that have been collapsing.
Washington Mutual, which had $307 billion in assets when it was seized in September 2008, remains the largest bank to fail during the financial crisis.


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By David Rothman
National Digital Library Endowment Plan: Do a Willie Sutton and 'Go Where the Money Is'
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Willie Sutton
Librarians and friends need to think like Willie Sutton, who supposedly said he robbed banks because "That's where the money is." The quote in fact is iffy, but not the logic.
Now America's libraries might be a little closer to the cash in the vaults. Here's an excerpt from a national digital library endowment proposal in the newest Chronicle of Philanthropy, the New York Times of its field, read by some leading donors--perhaps even Bill Gates himself:
"Civic-minded billionaires could get the endowment rolling with a goal of $10-billion to $20-billion for the first five years. The endowment could also help local libraries start Kickstarter-style campaigns through which local donors could send money to their favorite local library projects. The money raised would be crucial to improving school and public libraries—and the reading and math skills of America's students. Much of the money could go to hire and train librarians, family literacy workers, and others, especially in the very poorest areas."
While the endowment could help fund digital content and related technology--U.S. public libraries can now spend only around $4 per capita on content of all kinds--the proposal also recognizes the importance of librarians and teachers if we want good e-books and the rest to be absorbed.
Making LibraryCity's national digital library endowment plan all the more timely is the news that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will phase out its Global Libraries initiative. The endowment replacing the initiative would be much bigger and, while tapping the expertise of Gates's talented people, could bring in others as well and expand the donor base.
To address one issue, yes, it would be wonderful if tax money alone could sustain libraries. But don't expect miracles, especially at the federal level. House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan even wants to abolish the Institute of Museum and Library Services. And thanks to the City Council in my well-off hometown of Alexandria, Virginia, local funding for content is a disgraceful $2.60 per capital. This in Amazon's supposedly "Most Well-Read" city!
While there are zillions of other worthy recipients of funding, the American Library Association ideally will think big and pass a resolution at its convention later this month—supporting the national endowment. Think ahead. An endowment would be a win for many library projects.
The endowment could start as a nonprofit to allow experimentation and evolve into a government agency for maximum responsiveness and transparency.
Meanwhile here's a reply to a sadly out-of-touch commenter on my Chronicle article.


Dallas will now try to complete the signing of free-agent forward Al Harrington. The Mavericks, sources said, have extended an offer to Harrington with their $5.8 million mid-level exception.
I think this gives them the best bench in the league.
All 4 of those players would start on a lot of teams.
i was gonna say marion is our backup sf but i take it you just have caron as the 2 and marion 3 right?
They both start. I still think Dallas needs to move Butler to the 3 and have Marion come off the bench.
would philly do terry and butler for iggy??
Iggy doesn't play well at the 2. Very inconsistent. I'd take Hamilton over Iggy.
Great well we have some nice depth but we couldlve used the superstar Cuban promised.
Mav fans just don't know yet.
wow would have thought he went to NJ.
now thats something to roll around about!! knicks fans just dont know.... what its like to play in the playoffs anymore!
I like it, but until the Mavs get a starting SG they won't contend against LA out west like I have said before. I'd like to see them go after Rip and Prince personally in a deal for Marion, Terry, and JJ mostly because I'd like to see Rip and Prince on a good team.
This thread needs to be deleted or the title changed. Mavrix can't read... nowhere does it state Dallas has signed him to a deal. This is speculation that has been out for about 3 hours now, nice job Mavrix.
#2. I'm a Philly fan, Iguodala can't play the 2.
#3. I'm a Philly fan, no they wouldn't accept Butler + Terry for him.
I wouldn't mind this deal although I would miss Terry.
Would not trade Butler, Terry for Igoudala. . .
Jeez, the Mavs are looking pretty stacked now. Next season should be very interesting and fun to watch!
Pacers fan eh? Tell me hows that championship case looking? You'd figure with all those dust bunnies that thing has collected you'd guys have the luck of the Lakers.
No, actually that was David Lee, Google s**t before you type. Im going to enjoy watching Al have his 2-11 nights while taking shots away from Dirk. This was possibly the worse signing you guys could do.
Al Buckets is a great pickup for dallas.. hes a solid scoring option of the bench with the ability to take over on offense for stretches.. good three ball.. and he plays with passion.. solid addition..
Hahaha Mavs ****ed up. Now i can't wait to for the season to start. I'll let you see for yourself.
Oh look who's back after a Playoff's smack-talk session!
The ninja turtle can shoot, but he takes too many shots.
Good move Mavs. Damn that's a top 5 bench.
For what?! They're still gonna choke.
Al lives by the saying "you miss every shot you don't take"
I would love for that trade to happen.
And he will def. have something to say about only getting 10 minutes.
Has this team been proclaimed the GOAT by yours truly yet!??
Great day to be a Knick fan.
Finley could shoot though iggy can't. Mavs need a perimeter defender that is a good shooter like Matt Barnes or raja bell.
i though Harrington signed with the nuggets anyway?
Why is everybody hating on Al?
Some people here are acting like he is a taller Smush Parker, lmao.
This guy is what he is. A 20ppg scorer if given minutes, but also if given the shots. Hes gonna take a lot of shots from guys. Hes not Jamal Crawford, who when given the right role can flourish. He is a black hole on offense, a liability on defense. He will win you 2 games but lose you 10.
Hopefully the Mavs coach can put him in his place, or harrington can finally realize hes not 25 anymore and take a backseat and do what he should have been doing the last 5 years, and shoot when asked to shoot and pass when hes not.
that makes absolutely no sense watsoever for us... we already have log jam on the wing. Why would we trade for two more wing players. We have a good young core we are not looking for a quick fix and right now thats what Terry and Butler will mean to any team they go to.
I agree 100%...If we can get Rip and keep Caron our team can be lethal.
Aren't there other more useful players for the Mavs who don't throw up awful looking shots every chance they get?
Maybe he can be a good player off the bench for the Mavs. But I can't be sure. Al's the type of player who will frustrate you a lot. He plays hard, and has good games, but most of the time he will be chucking shots or trying to post up a triple team.
Mavricks fans are desperate at this point for some help. So i guess ''rumors'' give you hope. I tell ya what when you are excited about a second rate player your already setting yourself up for a letdown. You better get some help with yao back in houston and kmart for a full season your in for a handful. You guys are worried about the lakers like you have a team worthy of competing with them and you don't. Just remember who's in your division who won 42 games last year without a superstar and have their star center back. Houston>Dallas wait n c.
I was not a fan of Al Harrington on the Knicks. He took far too many shots and was not a team player. However, this signing gives them one of the best benches in the league, and I think he'll fit in very nicely with the Mavs. Best of luck to Al in Dallas!
This is the only way to sum up Al Harrington.
Al Harrington would fill a similar roll as Tim Thomas did and would have had he not had to take care of his sick wife last season. Thomas was a nice addition, but wasn't able to play most the season after he left the team in January. Harrington would probably get 20 minutes in different roles because he can play 3 or 4 and even the 5 at small stretches in games. He would be nice pick up for the Mavs.
He's 30 and he wanted a 5 year deal. That's not really a fit for the Nets. If we're gonna offer a long term deal they should be youngins or just temp vets.
nice pick up. Play Dirk at the 5 and Harrington at the 4, Mavs would be able to stretch the court because the entire team can shoot the 3.
Al Harrington would give them instant scoring off the bench. In my opinion, a solid move by the Mavericks.
Al was hated on by NY fans, but he played hard and is a good scorer.
Playing with Kidd will keep him under control where as in NY he was the best scorer we had and chucked every time his hands touched the ball.
1. A guy that can put up 20-30 ppg on a good night.
2. A guy that can put up 5 ppg on 2-13 shooting.
3. A black hole on offense.
5. Shows some ability to take clutch shots but not with consistency.
He was pretty rough to watch in New York but on Dallas, it may be a different story. In NY, it is just a lot of players running around aimlessly, with no set play or idea of what they are supposed to do. A free-for-all, if you will.
In Dallas, there is a set offense, run by Jason Kidd. There is a first option, in Nowitzki, a second in Butler and a lot of other good players surrounding them. I don't think this is the move that puts them over the top, but it's not a horrible or even bad, move in any sense of the imagination. Harrington helps solidify this bench as possibly the best in the NBA and gives them a ton of depth at the 3/4 position.
I am going to miss him on the Knicks. Very nice person and very good scorer. Finally he gets to play with a great player in Dirk and don't be surprised folks to seem him be an all star. He can go off on some strange sequences but he is a scorer and with Dirk and thier guards he might be the diference.
Mavrix dissapears after the overrated Mavs get their ***** handed to them, and then he returns only to make another homer statement. Anyone else surprised?
thats a hell of a move actually when I think about it.
Al Harrington is a tremendous player and one of my favorite in the game but he is not really the player that the Mavericks need. Mark Cuban reminds me of those old guys that play pickup basketball in the parks who always look to get the best offensive players and disregard everything else. There is only one basketball to play with unfortunately. I would think Cuban learned from his mistake in trade for Butler. Sometimes you just simply do better with less.
mavs should try nd get RIP for terry and marion to ahve a legit SG.
Looks like this is dead.
The Denver Nuggets have reached an agreement in principle on a five-year, $34 million contract with free-agent forward Al Harrington, according to sources with knowledge of the deal.
The Nuggets had to outbid the Dallas Mavericks to secure Harrington's signature after Dallas followed up its acquisition of Tyson Chandler with a hard push for Harrington.


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Escape to the lush tropical island of Saint Lucia, an idyllic oasis of tranquility, the perfect setting for both spiritual and physical awakening. Indulge in a four-day retreat and revive your wellbeing through educational workshops, healthy cooking demonstrations, beachside fitness clinics and a healthy dose of pampering at world class spas in a number of island resorts.
Destress, refocus and regain perspective thanks to a rejuvenating program led by internationally renowned experts in the realms of health & wellness, organic cuisine and alternative therapies. John Schumacker, Founder and Director of Unity Woods Yoga Center, Lindsay Wagner, actress and best-selling co-author of The High Road to Health, and Dani Devaux, creator of US fitness program 'Blood, Sweat and Tears' are only a few of the exceptional personalities that will share their expertise at the retreat.
Let's think about it … How often do we get the chance to start our day with a sunrise meditation, to practice Tai Chi and Yoga on a tropical beach, to venture for a guided hike in the rainforest or to experience the therapeutic benefits of the mineral and mud baths in a World Heritage Site? "Elevate Yourself" is this and much more.
Shift gear, reconnect with yourself and tune into your needs, thanks to a holistic approach touching all aspects of your wellbeing: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.
If you've missed this year's retreat plan to be here next year during the first week of October for the 3rd edition of "Elevate Yourself".


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Posted on March 12, 2013 March 12, 2013 Author Savahna Reuben
Overwhelming Support Presented on Bill to Create Community Schools
On the morning of Monday, March 4th, 2013, the Education Committee held a public hearing at the Connecticut General Assembly regarding Senate Bill 1002, An Act Concerning Community Schools: http://www.cga.ct.gov/2013/TOB/S/2013SB-01002-R00-SB.htm. If passed, this bill would mandate that each school district designated by the legislation must nominate two elementary schools and one high school within their district to act as full service community schools, beginning 2014. Such community schools would serve the purpose of uniting community programs and organizations to provide, "comprehensive educational, developmental, family, health and wrap-around services during non-school hours for students, families and community members," as stated by Werner Oyanadel, the Acting Executive Director of the Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission.
Support for Senate Bill 1002 was presented from both national and local perspectives. Shital C. Shah, the assistant director of the American Federation of Teachers, noted teacher's accountability of a student's success, while stressing that, "research shows that family and community ties are essential in order for schools to educate our children." Shah went on to state that SB 1002 would, "build the bridge between [schools] and the community so together they [can] address the barriers and challenges our students and families face on a daily basis." The testimony of Steven Hernández, the Director of Public Policy and Research for the Connecticut Commission on Children, provided a local perspective on the positive bearings SB 1002 could generate. Hernández believes that the implementation of community schools will assist some neighborhoods of Connecticut in "breaking cycles of poverty through education and healthy development." Specifically, when outlying the benefits the services a community school could potentially provide, Hernandez affirms that these schools would ensure that, "the basic physical, social, emotional, and economic needs of young people and their families are met."
Others who testified in support of SB 1002 include Lori Pelletier, Secretary-Treasurer of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, and Susan Weisselberg, Chief of Wraparound Services for New Haven Public Schools. April Goff Brown, the Director of comprehensive youth services department of Catholic Charities, testified in favor of SB 1002, offering the suggestion of tailoring specific community schools to modified levels of engagement varying by communal needs. Melodie Peters, the President of AFT Connecticut, an affiliate of AFL-CIO in which Peters is the Vice President, stated that the bill should be passed because "we [AFL-CIO] do believe it does take a village, and if primary needs of family and children are addressed, the more receptive children will be." Peters identified the central issue as the lack of opportunities faced by many families, and stated that the establishment of Community Schools would, "provide needed services to students and families at these schools." Namely, those who testified in favor of the bill believed that the services the implemented schools would provide are necessary for the academic success of students. The availability of "wrap-around" services will increase the academic success of students by creating opportunities that would eliminate the poverty, hunger, lack of health care, and other obstacles in communities that are directly correlated with academic failure. It is commonly said throughout the education system that a student who is hungry cannot focus on a lesson, and community schools evoke this ideology.
Though little opposition to the bill was offered, senators on the Education Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly did ask questions pertaining to the legality and ethics of SB 1002. Morally, Senator Andrea Stillman, though in agreement with the bill, asked the question of parental involvement. She noted that she came from an underprivileged background where English was not the language she had spoken at home. Stillman questioned whether these programs would be ethical in "imposing on the parental role" by requiring a significant level of government involvement. Specifically in regards to nutrition, Stillman commented on the imposition of those outside of the familial unit (teachers, nurses, even government officials) and questioned where parental roles should begin and end. Legally, State Representative Andrew Fleischmann brought into question the specific text of the legislature, and inquired about how the bill seeks to order districts to deem current public schools as new community schools, compared to creating new facilities. Fleischmann mumbled, "I'm not sure how you're interpreting the text that way," when Oyanadel sought to explicate the bill's proposal to "encourage" districts to appoint schools rather than "forcing" this selection.
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Posted 09 September, 2015 under Features | Interactions, written by James Dartnell
For Murtaza Chevel, diplomacy has always been the name of the game. From forging strong business networks across a diverse range of cultures to appeasing powerful financial institutions when they have seemingly lost faith, the Union Properties CFO is adept at getting the best deal for all parties.
"You're only as good as your last transaction." As a seasoned finance professional, Murtaza Chevel appreciates the wisdom and weight of these words for many reasons. From keeping up appearances with influential allies, upholding his own integrity and – most importantly – ensuring his employers remain in the black, Chevel knows never to take his eye off the ball.
Born into a finance background in Karachi – his father and grandfather were both stockbrokers – Chevel's family moved to Kuwait when he was a child. He was always clear that he wanted to work in the industry. "Accounting always seemed a good option," he says. "I knew a CFO would never go hungry." After getting his high school education in the Gulf state, he moved to Toronto, Canada to join Ernst & Young in 1989 and achieve his accountancy qualifications. He would go on to spend 14 years at the firm, amassing diverse experience in the US, the UAE and Bahrain across a range of projects.
Following his stints on a number of projects across the Gulf, Chevel decided to move back permanently once offered the CFO job at Dubai Investments – one of his clients whilst at EY – in January 2004. During his tenure at the company, the number of programmes they were working on doubled from 18 to 36. "It was an exciting period of growth," he says. "Dubai Investments was growing through its own start-ups and acquisitions. The company had its own private equity and investments arms, and shareholder value was always our objective. The progress the company has made is amazing – just like that of Dubai as a whole."
Next up was a two-year stint at Habib Investment, until 2007, when Chevel was headhunted by Palm Utilities to become its Chief Financial Officer. However, towards the end of 2009, with Dubai suffering the effects of the financial crisis, Chevel was made redundant. Fortunately for him, his strong relationship with his former Dubai Investments chairman Khalid Kalban – who by now concurrently held the same position at Union Properties – enabled him to make a seamless transition to being the company's CFO.
Arguably the greatest achievement of Chevel's career came after he joined the company, but it would take years for his efforts to come to fruition. Still reeling from the effects of the crisis, Union had AED 7.5 billion of unpaid loans with over 20 banks, who were threatening to pull the plug. Exacerbating matters were a number of unfinished property developments within the company's portfolio, including Motor City and Index Tower in DIFC. Although the company was in dire straits, Chevel and his peers refused to see Union go under. "I told the banks that it wasn't enough for them to simply say 'you're in debt and need to foreclose.' I negotiated hard. Sometimes things were pleasant, sometimes they weren't. I made it clear that progress wouldn't happen overnight, and that our main assets – our developments – would be worth much more once complete."
Despite the banks' initial reluctance, Chevel and Union Properties' never-say-die attitude paid off. The company struck a series of complex deals, in which approximately a third of its property would go to presold buyers, a third to the new market and a third to the banks themselves. The banks initially allowed Union to complete its projects over the next three years. By 2014, the company's shares finally paid dividends, and Union had no legacy debt. Looking back on the long-running saga, Chevel draws immense pride and has learned valuable lessons from the experience. "The whole process was challenging, interesting, intense," he says. "A lot happened from financial, legal and operational perspectives. It was exhausting and adrenaline-filled, but most importantly, it was an interesting challenge."
Chevel's handling of Union's debt difficulties was not the only time he has been adept at managing sticky financial situations. Throughout his career, he has always held dear the notion of forging durable working relationships that allow all parties to emerge in credit throughout any given rough patch. "I've always believed that having a strong network of contacts in the finance industry is absolutely key," he says. "It goes without saying that you need to have other board members onside throughout any given difficulty, but strong relationships with banks and financial institutions are arguably more important." Chevel believes this gives him greater bargaining power when it comes to thinking outside of the box. "Cultivating an environment of trust within my network gives more unusual ideas greater credibility," he says. "As a CFO, sometimes you need to be creative, but as long as you do your due diligence, these kinds of solutions are what will give your business the best results."
Linguistic and cultural proficiency have been a cornerstone of Chevel's career and personal life. His international upbringing and professional experience have given him the perfect leverage to succeed in the competitive and diverse setting of Dubai. "I view my multicultural background as my greatest strength," he says. "I operate mainly in English, but speak Urdu, Hindi and Arabic. I think that's made me equally comfortable with Western, Eastern and Middle Eastern cultures." However, Chevel is conscious of the pitfalls that come with the territory of being multilingual. "The main challenge in Dubai is that there is no homogeneous ethnic group," he says. "The subtleties in how you address different nationalities mean you can so easily offend someone. You need to think about how the person you're engaging with will interpret what you say."
Chevel sees his biggest daily challenge as "working backwards" to ensure that finance can support the business. "Aside from obvious things like ensuring the business has adequate liquidity, the financial consequences of operations aren't always easy to deal with," he says. "Different departments often commit to things without considering their financial consequences, but it would be nice if finance was considered first." Chevel is quick to acknowledge that this is wishful thinking. "My job is to find funds and make the impossible possible," he says. "If it is to be done, then you have to work in reverse. There isn't always a solution, but we have to – and will – find one."


Author: G. Tucker Childs. Series edited by: Herrmann Jungraithmayr, Norbert Cyffer.
24 pp. Roman, 524 pp.
The Kisi language belongs to the Atlantic languages of the Niger-Congo language family and is spoken by more than half a million people. Geographically, the language is spoken primarily in the Republic of Guinea, where it functions as one of the national languages, but also in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
The book is the first comprehensive Kisi-English dictionary. The author gathered the linguistic material during several field studies during 1983–2000. Mostly it is drawn from the southern Kisi dialect. Following a short grammatical sketch, the 6,000 lexical entries are complemented by numerous examples illustrating their use and various meanings. An attempt was made to render the meaning of the numerous ideophones as closely as possible by providing extensive English paraphrases.
The individual lexemes are complemented with grammatical information, e.g. indicating membership to one of the seven noun classes, and detailing the origin of derived verbs as part of the subcategorization information. The language has lexical and grammatical tone, and vowel length is contrastive. Both prosodic parameters are reflected in the notation of the entries. An English-Kisi index allows for easy cross-referencing.
[…] this extensive work is of major importance for anyone interested in the Kisi language and culture, but also for those involved in comparative studies of African languages.


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Lamar High School is an International Baccalaureate school whose goal is to provide the best opportunity for a diverse group of students to receive a rigorous, internationally accredited education, with a broad range of extracurricular activities, in a safe and nurturing environment. The goal of the IB is for students to be challenged academically, while also finding creative and physical fitness outlets, getting involved in the community around them, and developing a global view that takes the student beyond their immediate environment.
Last year you may remember that we made the switch in our curriculum to the new IB mathematics courses in 11th grade that would put a student on a two year SL or two year HL track. This year we will be phasing in the similar trajectory with our science courses. Students will select not only the area of science they wish to study but will also have the opportunity to take a two year SL track or a two year HL track beginning with 11th grade in the 2020-2021 school year.
We are encouraging students to select the math and science courses that complement one another and support their areas of interest and future career goals. These will be discussed with students and parents during student-led conferences to help students make informed choices as they move from our IB MYP Programme in 9th and 10th grade to our IB Diploma or IB Career-related Programme in 11th and 12th grade.
You may wish to review the information provided about how to select a complementary math and science sequence. IB Math Science Sequences 2020-21 1.9.20 FINAL.pdf
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Study Abroad in China with other HISD students. HISD students who will be 9th-12th graders in an HISD high school in SY20-21, who want to learn Chinese language and culture in an intensive setting, and who will be recommended highly by their teachers. You do not have to be enrolled in Chinese class to apply.
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The fashion festival is how Coachella has become known and the annual festival in the US didn't disappoint this year. A-list celebrities arrived in their droves and many attended Poppy Delevignes bachelorette party (one of many). This year the Brits arrived in force to what quickly became dubbed Popchella and their festival outfits of high-waisted bikinis, leather jackets and of course micro shorts have set the path for festival season fashion this year.
According to Grazia Magazine there were a few fashion essentials required to be in Pop Dog's crew, including a black bikini, fringed bag and sparkly trainers and of course a funny inflatable prop! There did however appear to be one festival essential item missing .......Popbands! Having made their festival debut last year the Popband hairband is any festival goers must have accessory......next year America's biggest festival will again be dubbed Popchella but for a different reason!


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HSV Sea Slice was an experimental vessel, built by Lockheed Martin, for the United States Navy, later used in commercial service.

History
Based on a variant of the SWATH hull design, known as "SLICE," Sea Slice is characterized by four teardrop-shaped submerged hulls—double the number seen on most previous designs. The design reduces waves and drag, which allows a SWATH vessel to "...operate at higher speeds while retaining their characteristic low motions in a seaway". Designed for operation in the same area as, and to mount similar armament to, a littoral combat ship-type corvette, the planned weapon options included the Millennium Gun and the NetFires System, intended to launch Lockheed's (now cancelled) Loitering Attack Munition.

Sea Slice was withdrawn from Navy service and made available for purchase for civilian use, and purchased by Danish company, Advanced Offshore Solutions ApS, for conversion to a wind farm support vessel.

In May 2019 the vessel was scrapped in Esbjerg, Denmark after a failed attempt to repair the engine.

See also
 Sea Shadow (IX-529)
 Sea Fighter (FSF-1)

References

External links

Small waterplane area twin hull vessels
Experimental ships of the United States Navy
High speed vessels of the United States Navy

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"A lion is not a dog."
Why can nie not come before to in this sentence?
to is not a verb, there is a "hidden jest". It is "to nie (jest)".
Why not "Lew nie jest psem?"
That's also a correct and even starred answer.
Yes, gotta be careful with those exercises.
In most cases, those constructions ("Lew to nie pies" and "Lew nie jest psem") are equally fine.
Then why was i marked wrong?
"Pies" is not "dog" but "feet"


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Merriam Webster Reveals Its Word Of The Year For 2016
By Hunter Miller - December 20, 2016 05:15 pm EST
Merriam-Webster revealed its word of the year for 2016: "surreal."
According to the dictionary company, the definition for "surreal" is something that has been "marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream."
1) 'Surreal' is one of the most common lookups following a tragedy
2) 'Surreal' is our 2016 Word of the Yearhttps://t.co/O7azAyRQC1
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) December 19, 2016
Merriam-Webster shared a post on Twitter that read: "1) 'Surreal' is one of the most common lookups following a tragedy 2) 'Surreal' is our 2016 Word of the Year."
The company explained on its website "there are essentially two kinds of high-volume lookups that we track: perennial words that are looked up day-in and day-out, and words that spike because of news events, politics, pop culture, or sports."
"By analyzing these spikes, we can get a sense as to what significant events sent people to the dictionary, and sometimes, what people think about those events," the site reads.
Merriam-Webster noticed a surge in searches for several definitions from words heard over the course of the presidential election.
Clearly people were watching the debates because the words "deplorable," and "bigly" were used regularly between Hillary Clinton and President-elect Donald Trump.
Viewers were perplexed during the September 26 debate, and couldn't seem to figure out if the billionaire real estate mogul was saying "big league" or "bigly."
Trump was actually using the term "big league" as an adverb, as in saying: "I'm going to cut taxes big league," the sites states.
Another word frequently heard on the campaign trail was "deplorable." Hillary Clinton described "half of Trump's supporters" as deplorable, which means "lamentable" or "deserving censure or contempt." Synonyms include "wretched" or "abominable."
While movie-going audiences may have loved Leonardo DiCaprio Oscar-winning film The Revenant, they weren't exactly sure what the title meant.
The word "revenant" was one of the most searched terms of the year. It means "one that returns after death or a long absence." For everyone who's seen the film, it's all coming together now isn't it?
Other words that were highly searched in 2016 were: "icon," "In Omnia Paratus," "irregardless," "assumpsit," "Faute de Miuex," and "feckless."
According to CBS News, the word of the year from the Oxford Dictionaries was "post-truth" and Dictionary.com's was "xenophobia."
Are you surprised that "surreal" was Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2016?
[H/T CBS News]
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DENVER, March 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: TeleTech), a leading global provider of customer experience, engagement and growth solutions, today announced that it will open a new customer experience center in Las Vegas, Nevada this spring. This is the tenth new customer experience center to be opened in the past five years by TeleTech in the United States.
TeleTech viewed the Las Vegas market as a prime option for providing services supporting a leading satellite programming provider. Rather than build a new property, the company opted to lease 38,000 square feet of space in the Boulevard Mall located at 3700 S. Maryland Parkway.
"Las Vegas provided an excellent market opportunity to create a new customer experience center, given its outstanding labor force, strong local partnerships, and availability of workforce training," said Martin DeGhetto, Chief Operating Officer, Customer Management and Customer Growth Services, TeleTech. "Utilizing such a large, unoccupied space for the new center allows us to not only support growth and investment in the local economy but also aligns with our corporate commitment to environmentally and socially responsible behavior."
The center will create up to 400 jobs initially with potential to grow within the Las Vegas market. TeleTech is actively hiring customer experience representatives, along with other key support positions. To learn more about specific opportunities for employment, interested candidates can visit TeleTechjobs.com.
Employees will benefit from the opportunity to support a global company, potential career advancement, competitive pay, exciting employee rewards and bonuses, and an interactive work environment featuring foosball and ping pong tables, gaming consoles, and on-site cafeteria and lounge.
"TeleTech and its hundreds of new jobs signal exciting new growth in Southern Nevada's target industries," said Jared Smith, Chief Operating Officer, Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance. "The LVGEA was honored to assist TeleTech in its site selection process."
TeleTech has been a global pioneer in the customer experience industry for more than thirty years. Its technology-enabled services platform delivers a seamless customer experience across all channels and phases of the customer lifecycle to build customer loyalty and increase lifetime value. For more information about TeleTech and to apply to work at the new Las Vegas customer experience center, please visit TeleTechjobs.com.
The Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance is a 501(c)6 membership organization dedicated to growing the economy in Southern Nevada through connectivity, community development and strong business recruitment, retention and outreach. The LVGEA's vision is to help Southern Nevada residents thrive in a global economy by fostering a more prosperous, diverse and connected regional economy. For more information, visit lvgea.org.


I meant to write about this a couple of months ago, after reading a story similar to this The original article I read, and forgot to bookmark, focused mainly on the process of how to train a gorilla to sit still for this kind of procedure (this article touches on that a little). I'm getting ahead of myself though. Heart disease is the number one killer of great apes in captivity. Getting a handle on that issue impacts their quality of life in captivity, attempts at conservation through reintroduction of animals into the wild, and, may say something about human evolution.
At any rate, you can learn more about the Great Ape Heart Project and if you are so inclined, learn how you can support the project here.
sequence divergence time 1.75 million years ago, but with evidence for more recent genetic exchange and a population bottleneck in the eastern species. The use of the genome sequence in these and future analyses will promote a deeper understanding of great ape biology and evolution.
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I have chosen Anoiapithecus brevirostris for this week's "know Your Primate" because a paper on it has recently been published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The paper, by Alba, Fortuny, and Moya-Sola, looks at enamel thickness in Anoiapithecus brevirostris, Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, and Dryopithecus fontani.
The sumatran orang lives, obviously, in Sumatra – they are an endemic species. According several genetic analysis the Sumatran and Bornean populations diverged from each other about 1.5-1.7 MYA. They are largely frugivorous and spend most of their time in trees. On the ground they are quadrupedal. Unlike the chimpanzee, bonobo, and gorilla, they are not knuckle walkers they use their fist. Males tend to be solitary.
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I would have more to say about primates, brain evolution, and life history. I still plan on exploring that in future posts, but wanted to mention this interesting item that deserves a post of its own.