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Spurned by Some, Dumped by Others, SAISD Settles on Interim for Superintendent
After a more than year long search which involved rejection by several candidates and one disastrous choice who had to withdrawal, the San Antonio School District has decided to stick with interim Superintendent Sylvester Perez, naming him the sole finalist for the post on a permanent basis, 1200 WOAI news reports.
Perez, who is a former superintendent in Mathis, Clint, San Marcos and Midland school districts, and he has also been a adjunct professor with the University of Texas at Austin's Cooperative Superintendent Program, and has served as adjunct professor at Texas A&M University-Kingsville.
"The Board has been very pleased with Dr. Perez' performance as interim superintendent and we believe he is the right person to continue leading this District forward and to help us progress to the next level," Board President Ed Garza said.
The Superintendent search was a rocky one, to say the least. One candidate, from Laredo, flatly refused the job, and another candidate, from Arizona, was named as the sole finalists, only to withdraw after details came out about his personal debts and professional problems.
"After more than a year of getting to know the larger SAISD community, including members within our District family and those outside, I can sincerely say it is a great honor to be selected as a finalist for the permanent superintendent," Perez said.
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Termini readies FWS conversion plans for city review
Developer Rocco Termini has fine-tuned his proposed renovations to the former FWS Warehouse building on Elmwood Avenue.
The $16 million project is one of the first Termini has in his pipeline for North Buffalo.
The Buffalo Planning Board will get its first look at Termini's FWS Warehouse building project when it meets on Jan. 15.
Plans call for the multi-story, 90,000-square-foot building, which dates back to the early 1920s, to be anchored by 35 market-rate apartments along with a first floor distillery and restaurant. Termini has dubbed the project the Distillery Lofts in honor of the first floor signature tenant.
Designed by the fabled local architecture firm, Esenwein and Johnson, the building has a number of "hidden" amenities, including a 3,000-square-foot interior courtyard that will be renovated and turned into the centerpiece of the restaurant.
The distillery and restaurant will be separate, but related operations.
Termini said he hopes to start work on the project later this year, after he receives all the necessary municipal approvals and environmental reviews are completed.
Besides the Distillery Lofts, Termini is also working on renovating a Grote Street former manufacturing site into a mixed-use project, also anchored by apartments.
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Definition of elongate
transitive verb
: to extend the length of
intransitive verb
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Examples of elongate in a Sentence
These stretching exercises can help elongate your leg muscles.
New medical procedures have elongated the careers of many athletes.
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Origin and Etymology of elongate
Late Latin elongatus, past participle of elongare to withdraw, from Latin e- + longus
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transitive verb: to extend the length of
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Just thought I'd share. I did my rear drum brakes last weekend... a lot harder than doing disc brakes. Anyway, I heard a scraping noise coming from the rear and after 150K miles thought I should do the brakes. Took off the drums and the brake shoes were only 1/3 worn. My front discs have been doing all the work. Guess that's why I was only getting 15K on my fronts.
Well the brake cylinders were leaking in the back as well. God Bless Chiltons.
I bought 2 new Wagner brake cylinders and new brake drums/shoes from United Motor Parts in Teaneck NJ. Great place. Installed the new parts and shoes. I made sure to buy a brake kit which included all new springs, clips, etc. (highly recommend spending the extra $12 to do so). The kit even had rubber covers for the adjustment slot on the back side of the assembly (which were missing).
After all these years (8) of having dealers and mechanics work on my van, I finally feel the van braking flat. No more nose dive because the front discs were doing all the work.
If you want something done... you have to do it yourself (with the exception of my 15 year old daughter who helped me bleed the system by pressing the brake pedal). I'm sure I saved a heap, too. The whole job came to about $160. Replacing the brake cylinders and a rear drum brake job at a dealership would have set me back at least $400.


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"This is a 290 acre open space preserve - a wooded canyon with creek, and trails that climb to views. This trail is popular with walkers and dog walkers. Sometimes you will meet a professional dog walker with a group of dogs. The parking lot to this small network of trails is inside a condo complex on Campus Drive just yards from Keller and Campus Drive, (Keller is an exit off 580) in East Oakland. The lovely creekside trail climbs steadily 2 miles to Merritt Campus (where dogs need to be on leash). There is one trail branching off to the right, where you are rewarded with splendid vistas looking towards Hayward (it joins with Skyline). The other trail branches to the left through a beautiful oak forest, and ends on Campus Drive. Dogs need to be on leash in parking lot area. Dogs will drink from creek so make sure they are vaccinated. "
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This is a hidden gem. I lived in the area for a while before I found out about it! Good for a workout for humans and dogs, but the main trail is a gentle climb. Relatively cool and shady for hot summer days, rushing creek during the wet season, pretty wildflowers like poppies in spring. The only negative thing is that when the squirrels are active, I have a hard time keeping my dog from chasing them (she is obsessed).posted: January 9th, 2009


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An ambitious project that will attempt to colonize the Red Planet.
A Dutch reality TV startup company called Mars One hopes to colonize the Red Planet with human settlement by 2023. As explained on its website, Mars One will send a crew of four people to embark on a seven-month flight to Mars in 2022. Every two years, a new team will join them to live on Mars and grow the colony.
Dr. Gerard t' Hooft, a Nobel Prize winning physicist, approves of the concept and stated that, "This is an extraordinary project by people with vision, and imagination."
Mars One will begin its rigorous selection process next year to identify suitable participants in its program. The selected candidates will go through training for ten years to prepare them for life on Mars.
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Help, my dog looks like he has a rash-warning pic of rear
So, sorry for the semi-gross pics, but could use some help. I was bathing Shamrock tonight for his dog show tomorrow and thought that he just might have some poop stuff around his rear, so I go to try and remove it, and it was almost like removing small scabs and started bleeding a little. He seems to be in no pain, but I do remember reading somewhere dogs have a high pain tolerance, so that might not be an indication.
He has never sat for us, so now I am wondering if this might have something to do with it. It looks like tiny scabs around his butt. Sorry for the gross out factor, but wondering if anyone has had a similar issue with their dog. I certainly want to get him to a vet if need be, but maybe there is a cream or something that can help.
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I have no idea about this. The only thing I can think of logically and question are how are his stools? I wonder if they are sharp and causing tearing. If not, I wonder could it be a hemorrhoid? Either way I bet some soothing cream maybe like Desitin or Neosporin could help alleviate symptoms. Again I have no experience but logically it sound like something like that could help. Let me know what you find out. Hope to see you and a happy Shamrock on Sunday Best of luck!!
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No, his poops are fine too. I just assumed it was poop stuff around his rear and I was cleaning it off today and then I noticed it was bleeding. I wonder if I should pull his entries, but I'll see how it looks tomorrow and assess then. I hope it is nothing serious. He seems to be in no pain, but I don't want to remove any more of the scabs because I think it might bleed.
He has always had runny poops, no matter what type of dog food we give him. But, lately then have been a little harder, so I don't think there is a connection but could be wrong.
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poor baby I for some reason want to suggest giving him 100% pure canned pumpkin. We use this as a staple in our house for getting the stools regular. It is fiber so it will regulate if they have runny or soft stool or hard stool. I have never seen this before either. Guess it wouldn't hurt to call the vet?
Could it be fleas? or his Anal Glands too full? Does this liquid come out when he poops? If their too soft they may not.
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I have read about all sorts of things this could be...so my advice to you would be take him to the vet as soon as you can so this area doesnt get infected Im sure they will figure it out and give him an Anti inflamitory and or an atibiotic after his exam. You are in our prayers! Keep us posted and hope you can figure this out! Newt once had a bump on her rear, just really red tho... I washed her with Antibacterial soap (that area) and rinsed real well, pat dry.. every night.
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ya i would think the same Theresa..use some neosporin after cleaning it gently...take him in after the weekend
good luck today..stupid rain ! .. take pics !! well see ya there tomorrow morning ..
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Awww poor baby. . .i know this sounds gross but could it maybe that he had some dried poop there and pulling it off, like if it was really stuck, could have caused it to bleed and swell a little. . .sorry. . .i tried to say it Forumly correct
I agree with Ky, put something on there for the little man and take him in to see the Doc after the weekend. . .hope he is ok >< ><
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New York City Opera's recent production of Anna Nicole at the Brooklyn Academy of Music raised a few eyebrows last month, as any opera about the late supermodel Anna Nicole Smith should. It may also have been City Opera's final act. The 70-year old company announced this week that it will dissolve and declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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Hey guys pretty new to the forums here...have a 2011 V and wondering what you guys thought about air intakes. looking at my options have heard a lot of talk about airaid, d3..
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Hey guys pretty new to the forums here...have a 2011 V and wondering what you guys thought about air intakes. looking at my options have heard a lot of talk about airaid, d3..
what is the word on the best options on the market now?
I have the Airaid and love it. Fairly easy to install, good fit/finish, and increased SC whine.
Airaid all the way.
I've been in search for an intake too. I don't want to buy an intake and end up making the wrong decision but according to all my research
everyone is in love with their Airaids so that will be my first mod.
I just put an afraid on my 2011 coupe last night. As someone said fairly easy to install. Really nice fit and finish. Can't really tell yet about performance gains but that sound....what sweet supercharged whine music that is!! Car does seem more responsive though
Some nice gains - love mine!
Just installed the Airaid, nice sound, I am assuming at least 20hp gain since that's the info out on the web. Increase in SC whine is nice!Quote:
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Injen makes a great intake. It is a cold air type and goes down into the fender/bumper area. Made 30whp on back to back comparison dynojet testing on my car.
Other than the testing done by user name "newcadman" the others are all manufacturers & sales claims.
About 7-8 RWHP on Airaid & KPE.
I love my KPE, which is identical to the Airaid.
Lots of dyno tricks out there for the manufacturers if they choose to do so.
03-19-2009: 04:19 PM: (JTHennessey) True Cold Air Intakes – Instock!: "True Cold Air intakes – Instock": Want to add a quick 15 hp? This is the solution. Completely replaces the factory intake system with our true cold air intake. Last week, Nick @ American Racing Headers was able to test this induction system and was able to show a gain of 18 rwhp!!! Awesome setup. Images attached to this post
05-21-2009: 09:06 AM: "New Era CTS-V Cold Air Intake": Mike @ New Era tuned a 09 CTSV and tested our intake on it. It made 451 rwhp and 437 rwtq in -stock- form and it picked up 34 rwhp and 28 rwtq with the New Era 09 CTSV intake untuned. After Mike tuned it, it made 505 rwhp and 470 rwtq.
05-14-2010: 03:11 PM: KPE Cold Air Intake: Designed to draw cold air and fit with the factory -engine- bay trim. The first CTS-V intake to feature injection molded plastic tube and large filter protected in sealed powdercoated aluminum box. Makes 24 RWHP on a -stock- motor and even more with other modifications.
06-06-2010: 06:32 PM: Airaid 250-253 - Best prices – Free Shipping!: Airaid Cold Air Intake System for the 2009-2010 Cadillac CTS-V 6.2L Supercharged -V8- includes a modular intake tube, air dam and highflow washable air filter. This System will give you 28 HP and 43 FT/LBS of Torque with out a Tune.
07-31-2010: 04:55 PM: KPE: Re: All KPE CAI owners………Instead of using our -car-, we grabbed a used 2010 CTS-V straight off the lot from our local Cadillac Dealer with 7980 miles which was bone stock. We then installed the KPE intake, and they ran the -car- again on the dyno..………….they took the average of the three runs which proved an 11 hp increase. They did have a run that showed +20 but the average at full temperature was +11.
07-31-2010: 06:53 PM: newcadman: Re: All KPE CAI owners: As indicated I took my 2009 V -auto- V (7000 miles) to the same (dynojet) dyno where it was previously tested when it was bone stock…………… Three pulls were made with the now installed KPE cai. End result, the -engine- made 8 MORE rwhp on its best pull than it did on its previous best bone stock pull.
On my 09 Sedan, I picked up exactly 2 tenths at the track. I changed out the stock syst. to the Airaid at the track. Same cool down times and Airaid CAI surely gave me 2 tenths. Dynos are great but track testing is a very good indicator. b/c you are running 1320 feet. Hope this helps.
Lingenfelter uses Airaid......good enough for me. Doesn't add 20rwhp, but does sound cool. Used Roto-Fab on my ZL1. Frankly surprised they don't play with the V's.


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According to a study published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, men with very attractive partners typically have a lot more sex, or to be more correct, frequent in-pair copulations (IPC), as the scientists that conducted the study call it, than the average guy. But not for the reasons you might be thinking of.
The study, "Female attractiveness mediates the relationship between in-pair copulation frequency and men's mate retention behaviors" co-authored by Farnaz Kaighobadi and Todd K. Shackelforda from the Evolutionary Psychology Lab at Florida Atlantic University, is one of numerous studies that pursue several lines of research including sexual conflict, sperm competition, infidelity and sexual jealousy, mate retention, intimate partner violence and homicide, and mate preferences and mate selection. The focus on this research has been on men's mate retention behavior.
As Kaighobadi explains:
"More attractive women are more likely to be pursued as mates by men other than their long-term partner and, therefore, to place their partner at greater risk of cuckoldry (investing unwittingly in a child to whom he is genetically unrelated).
Men partnered to more attractive women perform more mate retention behaviors – behaviors designed to thwart a woman's infidelity. With greater risk of female infidelity, men may perform additional anti-cuckoldry tactics such as frequent in-pair copulations (IPC)."
The team secured self-reports from 277 hetero men in a long-term relationship and investigated several factors such as the relationship between female partner's attractiveness and IPC frequency and the mediating role of female partner's attractiveness on the relationship between IPC frequency and male mate retention behaviors. The results indicated that female attractiveness predicts IPC frequency and partially mediates the relationship between IPC frequency and male mate retention behaviors.
Guys reported having sex with their partners about 3.3 times a week. On a scale of 0 to 9, guys also rated their partner's attractiveness to an average of 7.9. The researchers noted that with each point jump in attractiveness rating, the frequency of sex climbed by a revealing 40 percent.
So, according to the researchers, it's all about "mate retention behavior", an instinctual way of acting towards your sexual partner that traces back to Paleolithic times. All that sex is really about marking your territory and trying to keep her from leaving you to mate with another man.
In other words, the prettier she is, the more you'll feel inclined to have sex with her, the reason being that you subconsciously are trying to keep her contented. Or at least that's the interpretation from a group of in-doors scientists who, for example, when it comes to name "sex-on-a-regular-basis", they choose to label it as "frequent in-pair copulations". Isn't that a clue that perhaps these scientists are out of touch with reality and might be missing the obvious?


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Welcome to Telemark, a Norwegian county stretching from the open coastal landscapes to the high mountains and the deep valleys. Beautiful nature, rich traditions, great heritage, and not the least roots of many of those who have moved to America since the first ship with Norwegian emigrants left in 1825.
Telemark County will have a Telemark booth at Norsk Høstfest 2015. You will find the booth just inside the entrance to Reykjavik Hall, and we want to show you the best from Telemark.
Nå kan du oppleve Midtvesten på ein 7 dagars rundtur med norsk guide. Opplev det norske miljøet i Minnesota, Iowa og Nord Dakota.
Telemark Trade Office (TTO) located in Minot, North Dakota, serves the local community as a gateway between North Dakota and Telemark, Norway.
The memory of Sondre Norheim was honored at Norwegian Luthern Church. Two students from Porsgrunn High School had a great speech at the grave.
At both places has Sondre Norheim, the father of modern skiing, lived. See the movie about Sondre's life in Minot.
Telemark County will have a Telemark booth at Norsk Høstfest 2014. You will find the booth just inside the entrance to Reykjavik Hall, and we want to show you the best from Telemark.
A delegation representing business, education, cultural and political leaders from Telemark County in Norway will be in Minneapolis May 13-18 for a trade and cultural mission and to host several events and meetings in conjunction with Syttende Mai, Norway's Constitution Day.
The visitors experienced bunad embroidery, how to make hairband and knee band for bunad, work by silversmith and how to make wooden skies.
Gov. Jack Dalrymple and Terje Riis Johansen, mayor of Telemark, Norway, signed a memorandum of understanding to further expand trade and cultural ties between North Dakota and Norway.
One Minot State student will soon be leaving Minot to do the same. Tessa Cammel Camel is the recipient of the semester-abroad scholarship from Telemark university College, located in Norway.


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BISHKEK, (Xinhua): Five parties have passed the 5- percent threshold at the Kyrgyz parliamentary election, according to the final data obtained through the Central Election Commission 's automated vote count system till late Monday.
The data shows 100 percent votes from all the 2,333 polling stations were counted, and the final turnout of the popular vote was 55.90 percent.
The Ata-Zhurt party tops at the election with 8.88 percent of the vote nationwide. It is followed by the Social Democratic Party formed by first deputy prime minister Almazbek Atambayev with 8.04 percent of votes.
Former prime minister Felix Kulov's Ar-Namys party came third with 7.74 percent of votes and the Respublika Party 7.24 percent.
The pro-government Ata-Meken party is the fifth one reaching the entrance to the parliament, sharing 5.6 percent of votes.
In all 29 political parties competed for 120 seats in the Kyrgyz new government in which the prime minister will have more power than the president. Analysts have predicted only five to six parties have a real chance to be voted into the parliament.
According to the election rules, seats will be distributed proportionately to parties passing the 5-percent threshold nationwide and at least 0.5 percent in each of Kyrgyzstan's administrative regions and two key cities.
An official of the election commission said earlier on Monday that all the five leading parties have passed the 0.5-percent barrier in every regions necessary to gain seats in the parliament.
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Google Maps Explores The Grand Canyon With Over 9,500 Images [Pics]
The panoramic photos were captured by the Trekker; Android-operated 40-pound backpacks carrying a 15-lens camera system.
Google Maps has released panoramic images of the Grand Canyon to help people virtually explore the spectacular site by gazing at scenic views in full 360°. The company's constantly expanding imagery collection is giving people wider access to the world around them. Google Maps' product manager, Ryan Falor, wrote:
These beautiful, interactive images cover more than 75 miles of trails and surrounding roads, making our map of this area even more comprehensive, accurate and easy to use than ever before.
More than 9,500 panoramas of the Grand Canyon are now available to view on Google Maps. The imagery collection was captured by the Trekker, with Google's team carrying Android-operated 40-pound backpacks with the 15-lens camera system around the rocky terrain on foot.
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I don't usually trot out a big plate of brownies for dessert on a special occasion (although occasionally one will slip in there!), but brownies can be the basis for a fabulous and elegant dessert: Baked Alaska. Baked Alaska is a dessert that consists of a brownie base topped with ice cream, then covered in meringue and baked until browned. The "alaska" part of the ... Read More »
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There are many recipes out there that call for melted chocolate, from brownies to cakes. Melted chocolate might not sound like a tricky ingredient, but it actually can be and is a place where many would be brownie-bakers run into problems. This is because chocolate tends to hold its shape as it melts (because the cocoa butter melts and the cocoa solids don't), so unlike ... Read More »
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Maybe it's not fashionable to admit it anymore, but I like milk chocolate. I like that it is creamy and sweet, with a good balance of darker chocolate and dairy notes. I tend to think that it is under-appreciated when it comes to baking these days because some people are so set on dark chocolate that they overlook milk even in applications where it would ... Read More »
A visit to the Ethel M Chocolate Factory
It's not Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, but until they open their doors, the Ethel M Chocolate Factory is more than good enough for me. Ethel M's is located in Henderson, Nevada, just outside of Las Vegas. The building is easy to find, with a few signs to help guide you into the parking lot. It's a lot bigger than it looks from the outside, but ... Read More »
Homemade Fudgsicles
Fudgsicles were one of my favorite summertime treats as a child. They are chocolate popsicles, with a great chocolate flavor to them. I've seen lots of recipes for Fudgsicles over the years and have noticed that, in spite of their names, none of them are really quite like the original Fudgsicles. Oh, they're all very chocolaty, but many recipes call for lots of cream or ... Read More »
Melt-in-Your-Mouth Buttermilk Chocolate Cookies
There are all kinds of chocolate cookies out there. Thick cookies, thin cookies, crispy cookies and chewy cookies. I like them all, but every once in a while I come across a chocolate cookie that I like just a little bit more than the others and these Melt-in-Your Mouth Buttermilk Chocolate Cookies definitely fall into that category. These cookies are alittle bit unassuming on their ... Read More »
Pomegranate, Chocolate and Pecan Brownie Cookies
Fresh pomegranate seeds (actually called arils) are a little too moist to do well in a batch of cookies. Dried pomegranate seeds are a little bit too dry and crunchy. Dark Chocolate Covered Pomegranate seeds, however, seem to be just right. The dark chocolate brings out some of the fruity notes of the dried pomegranate flesh, while it also serves to temper the crunch of ... Read More »
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Re: Setting upvalues, using ^:=, such that they get actually used
In article <gn11lk$86h$1 at smc.vnet.net>,
Niko <niko.schwarz at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Ok, I stumbled across Upvalues today and I thought they were gorgeous
> for my case.
> My case is this: I need the intersection of two really large sets, it
> looks like this:
> Intersection[sym[l], sym[q]]
> Now, they are really two large to compute them. I can compute the
> intersection faster myself. So, I tossed along and defined something
> like this:
> Intersection[sym[a_], sym[b_]] ^:= 42
> Unfortunately, Mathematica has a strong preference for using the
> downvalue of sym for the computation, regardless of the order I use
> for input.
> If I undefine "sym", things work fine, but that is of course a whole
> lot less elegant. Is there a way to "push" the priority of the upvalue
> definition, so it gets used whenever possible?
Not sure whether the following fully addresses your problem, but you
could add the attribute *HoldAll* to the function *Intersection[]*. For
In[1]:= Intersection[sym[l], sym[q]]
Out[1]= sym[]
In[2]:= Intersection[sym[a_], sym[b_]] ^:= 42
In[3]:= Intersection[sym[l], sym[q]]
Out[3]= 42
In[4]:= sym[x_] := RandomInteger[{1, 10}, RandomInteger[{1, 5}]]
In[5]:= Intersection[sym[l], sym[q]]
Out[5]= {1, 2}
In[6]:= SetAttributes[Intersection, HoldAll]
Intersection[sym[l], sym[q]]
Out[7]= 42


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It makes sense that you're getting google navigation to work even when your data connection dries up. Google navigation downloads all of the relevant information for your route when you first put the route in. The problem is getting back home....
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Amerie Struggles With 'Love & War' Release Delays
Amerie's release date problems have followed her to Def Jam. After initially announcing an August release date for her third album 'Love & War,' the label quickly moved it to early September. We talked to the singer just after it moved –yet again — to later this same month. "I was pushing for second week of October, but it's cool, I'm happy with 9/29 too," she said. "Once we put the date out there we were still trying to figure it out, but now it's gotten figured out, so it's good. There's a date out there I'm happy with."
Amerie's no stranger to pushed back release dates. Her last album, 'Because I Love It,' never officially made it to U.S. record stores after a series of delayed dates and canceled singles, though critics liked the record and it did well overseas. Even her breakout single, "1 Thing" was pushed back until the intrepid singer leaked it to radio herself (good thing too — her label was considering giving the song away to Columbia Records labelmate J.Lo).
Despite the change, she seemed confident that 'In Love & War' would get the release it deserves. "So far so good. I don't have any complaints. I feel very confident in the marketing team and the radio department and everyone. They have a team that looks at the number and everything else — I just go on my own vibe," she said. "9-29…it has a little ring to it."
But the number crunchers at Def Jam didn't feel the Sept. 29 date either. Amerie's new project will now hit stores on Nov. 3. The singer responded positively to the new date via Twitter: "Very happy w/my album date! Got the one I wanted. So I'm officially putting it out there: In Love & War — November 3, a special date…"
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[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] Had it gone the way he intended, Peruvian defender Renzo Reanos would have cleared the ball out of bounds. Instead, it rocketed off his shin and into his own goal.
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There's occasionally some confusion about which of the two boxes found at the top of browsers is which. One is the search box, the other is the address bar. While these tools in more recent versions of most browsers provide more flexibility than earlier models, each still serves a specific purpose.
Below, you can see examples of 3 popular browser toolbars. In all 3, the address bar is to the left, the search box, to the right.
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If you type or copy the entire URL (internet address) into an address bar and hit the Enter key, or click the button generally found to the right of the address bar field, you'll be taken directly to the website to which this address is assigned. If you repeat this process in the search box, the website you're searching for will probably be first on a search list, but you'll have to click on that link to complete the connection. If you don't know the exact URL of the website you wish to visit, typing a topic into a search box will help you locate the site. Also, if you're not attempting to reach a specific site, you can use this tool to perform a general search. For example, if someone tomorrow searches for "the difference between an address bar and a search box", a link to this article should show up in the list.
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Cost of installing Attic Furnace in new construction
I have added a 2nd story to my home. The footprint is 25x50, approx 1250 sf, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. We are planning to install an attic furnace, gas, 80%. One contractor that is bidding the job says he plans on 7 duct outlets. He plans to suspend the furnace. He needs to bring the gas line up and the electrician needs to provide power.
I need a ballpark cost of what to expect to pay for the furnace, the duct work and installation costs. I have no idea and can't get any help from calling HVAC contractors in my area. They all want to come out. That's fine, but I need to budget first.
Long story short, this furnace was included in an original total project bid, but I've had 2 contractors (one is a "master builder assoc." member) take off with about 50 thousand dollars, and now I'm re-bidding this work, but with far less money. I just need an idea of costs so I can plan other aspects of this project. I'm in the Pacific NW, if costs matter by region.
$10-12 thousand.
Yeeks! :eek: I was hoping a little less so this is good for me to know. I'd rather arrange my budget for more and end up paying less, than the other way around. The attic furnaces I've seen are between $1500 and $2400, but I really had no idea what the duct work and installation cost could be. Thanks for responding. :)
If you mean horizontal furnaces, yeah that is a ballpark price. Just stay with the 80%'s for an attic install to avoid condensate freeze issues with a 90% plus.
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Everyone had a wonderful time at the 2016 Semper Fidelis Award Dinner held on Saturday, March 12, at The Westfields Marriott in Chantilly, Virginia. Each year the Marine Corps University Foundation honors an American of distinction with its Semper Fidelis Award which is presented at its black-tie dinner. The award was established to honor a leader who exemplifies high principles and dedicated service to our country. This year we honored two fine Americans! The Foundation's Trustees, Commandant Robert Neller, USMC and Assistant Commandant, John Paxton, USMC were in attendance among many other supporters of the Foundations.
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At downtown Reno's Silver Legacy Resort Casino, visitors can relax in the sophistication of Aura Ultra Lounge. Enjoy hand-crafted cocktails around the elliptical-shaped bar or opt for bottle service and a more intimate experience in the VIP section. Flair bartenders will provide plenty of excitement as they entertain guests with dazzling routines and exhibitions, while the Aura Angels serve up fantastic drink specials including a special menu of martinis designed around the colors of the aura.
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Evaluating small group employee participation in New Mexico State Coverage Insurance
The Foundation's program, State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE), was designed to support research and evaluation of state health reform initiatives and develop an evidence base for future state and federal reform initiatives.This study grant will evaluate New Mexico State Coverage Insurance (SCI). It will use administrative data and a survey of employers (participating and non-participating) to identify factors that have influenced employer participation in New Mexico's SCI program.
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Stupid Mass Inspection question
Do I need to put my doors back on before I get the yj inspected? I'm due for inspection this month.
I believe you are ok as long as you have mirrors on.
Yup! Wranglers are "grandfathered" in, so you'll be fine.. Like Bostiguy said though.. Don't forget your mirrors, and make sure they aren't broken either.
Thanks guys. I have my Defiant mirrors on at all times during doors off season.
I went to three different shops before I found one that would. I had my mirrors on and everything... Just depends where you go. They're supposed to know the laws, but they have no clue most of the time.
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Industry Remains Committed to Clinical Trial Data Transparency
Like most stakeholders in clinical research, EFPIA and its members believe that sharing clinical trial information is in the best interests of patients, clinicians and medical research. The article "Spilling the Beans" (Economist, 25 July 2015) acknowledges many of the challenges and complexities for academia and industry in sharing clinical trial data but fails to recognise the very real and tangible progress made by industry in recent years.
There is always a difference between advocating for change and delivering that change. Despite sharing the same aspiration, being responsible for delivery means careful consideration of the implications for patients and biopharmaceutical innovation; it requires investment in systems and processes as well as alignment to regulatory and legal frameworks. In that context, EFPIA and its member companies remain committed to working with stakeholders, and accountable to the Regulators, to ensure that clinical trial information is shared responsibly, taking into account patient anonymity, maintaining the integrity of regulatory systems worldwide and continuing to support innovation with appropriate arrangements for commercial-in-confidence information.
The article mentions the adoption of the EU Clinical Trial Regulation (536/2014) and publication of the EMA's Transparency Policy (Policy 0070). To be clear, EFPIA and its member companies support the intent of the new regulation and are working actively with stakeholders such as the EMA to ensure its successful implementation. It is also worth noting that there is an existing mandatory EU requirement to register all interventional trials and disclose the summary results within 12 months of the end of the trial (within 6 months for paediatric trials) irrespective of the result. Every sponsor needs to adhere to these requirements.
However, industry progress on transparency is not limited to alignment with existing and new legislation.
Omitted from the Economist article, was the publication and subsequent implementation of the EFPIA/PhRMA Joint Principles for Responsible Clinical Trial Data Sharing (2014). Under this industry-led initiative, going beyond the requirements of the legislation, companies have been developing processes for access to patient level data from clinical trials. Typically, this means requests for patient level data are submitted by research organisations, the application is reviewed by an independent review panel or academic partner that makes the decision on granting access to the data and the data is then shared by the company. In the six months since implementation of the principles, an EFPIA survey of members revealed that 199 requests for data had been received: in 134 cases, data had been shared; 31 were rejected, with the remainder pending a decision at the time of the survey. There are case studies of this very real and tangible progress, turning principles into practice, available on the EFPIA website.
Principles for Responsible Clinical Trial Data Sharing
You can access more on the principles here.
As the article notes, much of the focus has been on developing systems for reporting current and future clinical trial information, however, we recognise there is also a demand from stakeholders for retrospective clinical trial data. Under the EFPIA/PhRMA principles, many companies are already making available data from retrospective studies.
Releasing retrospective data presents a number of significant challenges. Purely on a technical basis, retrieving older data sets and converting them to current data standards requires a substantial investment of resources. For example, it may be impossible to post retrospective data into current registries if there is missing administrative information. Another challenge is the resource required to ensure that retrospective data is reviewed to safeguard patient anonymity, and that commercially sensitive data remains confidential.
While not able to commit to systematically supplying older data, companies will, however, evaluate requests for older data on a case-by-case basis. In deciding to divert resource away from current research to releasing retrospective data, it is important to establish if the data is still clinically relevant or if there is more useful real world evidence on an existing product after years of its use in clinical practice.
The debate around clinical trial transparency, particularly the media coverage, has often been far too polarised. For me, the answer lies in collaboration: the entire research community needs to work together to strike a balance between sharing clinical data and protecting commercial-in-confidence information and patient anonymity. Patients across Europe need industry to continue to develop life-saving treatments, and the use of those treatments in clinical practice will be optimised by unfettered access to clinical data.
There is no transparency button lying idle in the basement of academic and industry scientific institutions. Organisations do not choose to flick a switch and disclose all data. It is a process of continuous learning and improvement, of developing systems and processes that work, and of listening to patients, clinicians, regulators, industry and academic researchers. This is the process in which EFPIA and its members, along with many others, are engaged, and to which they are committed.3


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Bought my first Bimmer on 01/12/13. Anything I should know?
I just bought a 1999 BMW 328i, 126k miles. I am the 4th owner.
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Read the wiki on the top right of the page, read as much about the operation and DIY's as possible and do not create yet another useless thread. There is a search option in the black strip above that when used will answer 99.99% of the questions that you might have.
After merely 16 days of the new year, the Class of '13 has failed us and that is being quite conservative.
Anything you need to know?
You bought a car that has, on average, changed ownership every year and a half. You might want to learn how to sell a car very quickly.
Well what works been done to it so far? And the wiki will lead you to what else you should do or should have been done. Was the oil changed on a regular basis? Was the 100k check up done? Filters changed recently? Spark plugs ever done? It's important to find out what the previous owns have did to the car before you took ownership
Oh my... I just hope it works for you. +1 on reading the wiki. I hope you got a good deal, I'd say you're probably in for some maintenance. The only reason I can see for it changing hands so often is that no one wanted to put the money into it.
We are here for you. Welcome to the 'fest.
:jawdrop: That's a ton of owners. I'm the second owner of my 99 323i 124k on it now and bought it with 67k (my assumption is the OP didn't want to maintenance it)
I'd hate to beat a dead horse. But the Wiki on the top bar (right hand side) of any page here is your best friend.
And use the search function, because if you ask a question that has been asked a million times (probably anything you want to ask lol) it will most likely go un-answered.
I hope your BMW experience is a good one.
Welcome to the Fest!
Not a damned thing! Just put gas in her and drive like a maniac.
Just kidding. Congrats on the new car. I hope that car is not cursed - could explain why you are the 9th owner.
A $1500.00 Exorcism may be required before any mechanical work could be done :dunno:
I picked up my ordered car, 10/18/2000. I'm the original owner, 330i 5 spd sports package, 147K miles
Do you have any problems with the car in specific? Any parts that need to be replaced to your knowledge? It took all of three days for these guys to help me with my problem, all it takes is the symptoms to be properly expressed. Pictures and a little simple troubleshooting is all we need.
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I meant 4th owner. Carfax has has 3 previous owners. My bad.
Thank you for the warm welcome! I'm happy to be here.
as most people have told u, check the service records, read ALL the E46 wiki, go through previous posts, google/youtube for DIY's and get ur hands dirty to save up on sh!t loads of $$ :bigpimp:
most, if not ALL, the jobs can be done without a need of a mechanic if u have the appropriate tools, know how to follow the DIY's, and are intuitive.
good luck :thumbup:
Even if you can't do EVERYTHING yourself you can save fine amount of money, when you do all easy stuff yourself.
Will do! Thanks people.
Nice fix Bob. You even took the OP on that one!
if nothing's major wrong with it you bought a great car!
my biggest worry on your car would be subframe.
then figure out if the following have been addressed (see wiki for more info):
cooling system refresh
CCV refresh
control arm bushings refresh
pre-cat O2 sensor refresh
new fuel filter
fresh fluid in :
TM, Diff, P steering, brakes
Vanos piston seals refresh(with fresh vanos and valve cover gaskets)
and just know that lots of other little things will need attention as parts fail/wear on a car this age. if you DIY at all, it will be a labor of love. these cars are fairly easy to work on and this site has great info. and members to help you.
Welcome to the Fest!
Just wanted to say... ofcourse you should understand that "save some money" doesn't mean that you will actually have some money left in the end. :D
You just can get more and better stuff that way.
what to do
Take it to a BMW shop and get a complete service performed professionally the first time and fix everything the shop tells you.
Have the alignment and wheel balance checked.
Get the DVD manual for 10$ off ebay so you can learn to fix it yourself.
ps original poster said he only had 4 owners in 1st post. All you other guys read it wrong and started heckling like a bunch of JR. HIGH school kids.
As to the second part, my post #2 contains the OP`s ORIGINAL, verbatim statement (i.e., "I am the ninth owner")
(If you look below the OP`s first post, it`s obvious that he corrected it *after the fact*)
You`d better get your feces cohesive before coming in here thinking you know which end is up....
not on drugs
this is exactly what i just did to my 325xi touring. My car drives awesome. I bought it used and had no idea where its line was. Now I am baselined.
you can negate my advice if you want, but it is very good advise. cost was 700$
Walking into a BMW shop and doing what is highlighted above is quite likely to cost you closer to seven THOUSAND dollars than seven hundred....
And that's why BMW service works like it does... apparently there are enough people who just pay without any questions. :rofl:
I already put 1000 worth new parts into this since i bought it and if i let BMW mechanic assemble everything for me it would be like 2000 of work.
I don't have 2000 extra which i can just give to some guy.
I just got my 325 inspected and had to replace the side mirror glass because it was delaminated in spots. In Pennsylvania it's like they don't trust you to actually maintain your car so even if it works but it probably won't last until your next inspection, you're going to have to replace it. Brakes that still have 20% life left, tires that are still above the wear bar...
Most other states I've lived in just want to make sure it meets the specs on the day you take it in. PA seems to want to certify that it will continue to meet specs for the duration of the inspection period.
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Pretty sure he will retire after the 13/14 Ashes.
Maybes not immediately after, but certainly not before.
Cricket Web's current Premier League Tipping Champion
- As featured in The Independent.
"I don't think that they'll come close to us to be honest."
- Steve Smith before the Ashes
What makes you all think he'll have an early self-made retirement?
May well see some sort of behind the scenes agreement with the ECB whereby he doesn't retire from ODIs but doesn't play all the series (unless they've changed the rules regarding ODI/T20I availability) to enable that.
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Beware the evils of Kit-Kats - they're immoral apparently.
Everything seems to be going swimmingly for him at the moment, he's back in the fold, his workload is getting managed, everyone loves him again.......not so tough being him right now. I'm under no illusion though that that can and will change at some point.
He could very well play tests beyond 2015 or he could just say **** it and quit tomorrow.
He's got one hell of an ego - I think he'll have Sachin trouble myself
Would be a guy who would hate to be out of the spotlight
My bet is he will retire after the ashes, play T20 for 12 months than make a comeback from retirement when England starts to struggle
His comeback will probably be unsuccesful but it will feed his ego with all the debate about whether he will make a comeback or not.
Impossible to predict the future for someone as volatile as Pieterson. Circumstances may even take the choice out of his hands.
He'd get big interest from the 20/20 franchises
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Santa Cruz dispatch said one man was taken to the hospital Wednesday after being swept off some rocks in between Bonny Doon Beach and Panther Beach, north of Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz Fire Battalion Chief Jason Hajduk said the man was with a group of three other people on a rock ledge, stuck in the water. When they tried getting back to shore, one man fell in and was swept out. State parks and CALFIRE also responded. A rescue swimmer saved the victim in the water, getting him safely to a harbor patrol boat. Jet skis rescued the other three stranded beach goers one by one. A rope pulley system brought in the rest of their belongings.
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HAVANA (Reuters) - Thousands of new businesses are opening in Communist-led Cuba as the government relaxes restrictions on private ventures and prepares to lay off up to a million public sector workers in the biggest jobs shake-up in decades.
President Raul Castro's government unveiled plans in September to expand the private sector by allowing new or additional opportunities in 178 activities ranging from food and wine sales to animal training.
Below are some details about the new system:
* Starting in October, the government began issuing permits for "self-employment," which includes small businesses, to create jobs for some of 500,000 state employees to be laid off by March in a cost-cutting measure. At least a million people are expected to lose state jobs in the next few years. At the last count, 75,000 permits had been handed out with minimal bureaucracy and thousands more are being issued each week.
* Prior to this opening of the economy, Cuba had 591,000 people working outside of the public sector, a number that includes mostly family farmers, plus 143,000 licensed self-employed. About 85 percent of Cuba's labor force of 5 million people work for the state. For the first time in decades, private businesses will be allowed to hire staff.
* The 178 activities being authorized cover many basic services such as construction, home and car repairs, haircuts, transportation, and food service, but also includes things like clowns, massages, button wrappers, umbrella repair, palm tree trimmers and caretakers of public restrooms.
* Over the past two years, 128,000 people have been given permits to work previously abandoned farmland. The vast majority of those people have little previous experience in agriculture. So far, most of the 1.2 million hectares (3 million acres) handed out are still not producing crops but are being "prepared," the government says.
* Hundreds of private restaurants, known as "paladares," have sprung up in recent weeks. The restaurants are allowed to employ staff for the first time and their size limit expanded to 20 seats, although the current limit of 12 was already widely ignored in popular paladares. The restaurants are also allowed to legally offer dishes including potatoes, shellfish and beef, previously forbidden, but usually available. Continued...


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Perhaps one of the best ways to discover who we are as a culture is to go visit some other culture. The experience is an interesting one.
One of the most exciting parts of the excursion is the opportunity it gives us to discover the effects of history on us -- as a people, as a culture, even as a church.
This last month, for instance, I've been in New Zealand and Australia. Believe me, however much we look alike, we are different peoples.
As I heard Australians talk about themselves and the worldview with which they'd grown up -- a British outpost in an Asian sea -- I became fascinated with the idea of how unlike people can be, no matter how alike their roots, traditions and cultures may seem to be at first glance.
We -- Americans and Australians -- do seem very similar in many ways: We speak the same language. We are both people agleam with a sense of newness, technology, wealth and "progress." We are self-confident types, secure in our affluence, certain of our pragmatism. We do not view the rest of the world with diffidence or timidity. We are both can-do people, a kind of modern colossi in a still developing world. And we both spring from the same root. Or so it appears.
But, I discovered, there are deep differences among us, too.
"Characterize the Australian Catholic church for me," I asked group after group, person after person, as we talked.
"What will happen here as a result of the restoration of the Latin Mass, for instance?" I asked in an attempt to make the question immediate and real, to discover in the answers something specific about the present nature of the church. I expected deep and reflective answers, full of either triumph or tension, tainted with concern or confusion. Thoughtful. Maybe even a bit anguished. Cautious.
Forget it. The answer was direct: "Nothing will happen," most of them said. "We won't pay any attention to it," some said. "If anybody wants it, let them take it," a few said. "But not me," many said. End of discussion.
So how is it, I pressed them, that they can be so blasé -- so actually disinterested -- about the situation when we, on the other hand, seem so intense about even the possibility of it? The answers to that one were even more interesting. Instead of discussing the pros and cons of a Latin Mass, they discussed the nature of their society. They cited four characteristics of the culture, which, they say, marks the nature of the church there.
First, Australia was founded to be a British penal colony, a settlement for convicts -- many of them Irish -- who had been exiled from Ireland for stealing bread during the famine or being part of an anti-English nationalism that simply refused to surrender to the rule of the Crown. Point: Australians do not take authority easily.
There is in them, they say, a natural independence, a skepticism, a suspicion, about the imposition of anything on anybody.
Americans, on the other hand, it occurred to me, were founded by Puritans, very authority-centered religious types. We take laws seriously. And more than that, we suspect anyone who doesn't.
Secondly, Australians are a laid-back group to begin with. Neuroticism is not their national charism.
Nothing seems to bother Australians much. They're casual about everything -- clothes, rules, work and church. "On a good day," they told me, "no more than 12 percent of the population would go to Mass for anything."
We, on the other hand, are a very church-going society. Even at our worst, an average of 35 percent of U.S. Catholics say they go to church on Sunday. Here, we center our lives around our churches. There they center the church around their lives.
In the third place, they told me, Australia defines itself as a secular state, a state not defined by any religious orientation -- Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Christian or anything else. Religion is not a matter for the state, as far as Australians are concerned. The purpose of the state is to assure the general welfare, not the religious ideals of any single religion. They would certainly be horrified at the thought of putting their flag in the sanctuary of their churches.
In the United States, though we were founded by Deists with no specific religion in mind and promising freedom to all of them, we are still in the throes of trying to determine the implications of that for us as a people. Are we a "Christian" state or a pluralistic state -- meaning based on no particular denominational moral view or devoted to maintaining Christian identity even in our civic institutions. And if so, what does that mean for legislation and legislators and churches here? Are they part of the political arena or not? Is it the function of churches to teach morality or is it the function of the state to promote Christian morals? And if so, what of all the other moral perspectives in such a society?
Finally, Australia is an Anglo-Saxon culture in the midst of an Asian world. It is made up of multi-cultural ethnic groups whose orientation is more devotional than dogmatic, as Pacific as it is Western, spiritual but largely non-doctrinal. As a result, the struggle for the legalization of religious principles seldom invades the federal arena. Moral guidelines they care about. Attempts by religious figures to influence party politics or to equate political decisions with denominational purity -- as in "If you don't vote this way, you should ask yourself if you are really Catholic" -- they do not appreciate.
In the United States, religious identity and its place in politics is a thread that runs through the history of this country like gold in rock. From the time of William Penn and his bold model of religious freedom, the struggle to enshrine one set of religious ideals or another in law has been a fierce one here. It has come to the point, in fact, that religion -- if single issue voting is really religion -- stalks politics here in every sermon, on every bumper sticker, as the most salient measure of every candidate. The way we vote, we say, has something to do with how religious we are.
No doubt about it: Australia and the United States are not the same kind of religious worlds.
From where I stand, then, the question has to be, how is it that we really are so much alike? Or better yet, which of us is really the most religious?
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Greece's second bailout is €11bn short of cash, and eurozone governments need to fill almost half of that gap before the end of the year, the International Monetary Fund reported in its quarterly assessment of the Greek rescue.
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Eurozone governments may be forced to write off even bigger chunks of their bailout loans to Athens unless the Greek economy begins to turn round, the IMF said in its most clear call yet for these governments to accept big losses on their Greek aid.
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