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DWG to SVG Converter MX is a DWG to SVG conversion tool, you can use it to convert DWG to SVG, DXF to SVG, DWF to SVG file without AutoCAD.
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Sketsa is a cross platform vector drawing application based on SVG. Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is a graphics format and technology based on XML developed by W3C. With Sketsa, you can create vector graphics that can be scaled and printed at any resolution, without losing detail or clarity. You...
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SVG::Metadata is a Perl module to capture metadata info about an SVG file. SYNOPSIS use SVG::Metadata; my $svgmeta = new SVG::Metadata; $svgmeta->parse($filename) or die "Could not parse $filename: " . $svgmeta->errormsg(); $svgmeta2->parse($filename2) or die "Could not parse...
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SVG::Graph is a Perl module to visualize your data in Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format. SYNOPSIS use SVG::Graph; use SVG::Graph::Data; use SVG::Graph::Data::Datum; #create a new SVG document to plot in... my $graph = SVG::Graph->new(width=>600,height=>600,margin=>30); #and create...
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SVG::SVG2zinc is a Perl module to display or convert svg files in scripts, classes, images... SYNOPSIS use SVG::SVG2zinc; &SVG::SVG2zinc::parsefile(file.svg, Backend,file.svg, -out => outfile, -verbose => $verbose, -namespace => 0|1, -prefix => string, ); # to generate a Perl script:...
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SVG-cards is a set of playing cards made from pure SVG with all kings, queens, jacks, numbers, jokers, and backs of cards. You can use SVG-cards everywhere you like : Web pages, games, the GNOME desktop, the KDE desktop, and so on... You can print them on your color printer and make real...
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Games::Maze::SVG::Manual is a Perl module with manual for the Games::Maze::SVG modules. PURPOSE The Games::Maze::SVG module supports the creation of 2-dimensional mazes in an SVG format suitable for printing or playing interactively. This module use the Games::Maze module to perform the...
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SVG::Parser is a Perl module with XML Parser for SVG documents. SYNOPSIS #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use SVG::Parser; die "Usage: $0 n" unless @ARGV; my $xml; { local $/=undef; $xml=<>; } my $parser=new SVG::Parser(-debug => 1); my $svg=$parser->parse($xml); print...
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Games::Go::SGF2misc::SVG is a Perl package to simplify SGF game rendering using Image::LibrSVG. SYNOPSIS use Games::Go::SGF2misc::SVG; my $image = new Games::Go::SGF2misc::SVG(imagesize => 3in, boardsize => 19, gobanColor=> white ); $image->drawGoban(); $image->placeStone(b,cd);...
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SVG charter is a project to build a tool to generate charts and graphs with SVG output to allow fully scalable data visualization. The application came about after my personal frustration with not being able to read tiny GIF charts accurately. Couldnt be simpler, though. You must run SVG...
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SVG::Template::Graph is a Perl extension for generating template-driven graphs with SVG. SYNOPSIS use SVG::Template::Graph; $data = [ { barGraph=>1,# barSpace=>20, title=> 1: Trace 1, data => #hash ref containing x-val and y-val array refs { x_val => [50,100,150,200,250,...
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SVG::Element is a Perl module to generate the element bits for SVG.pm. SVG.pm makes it possible to generate fully-functional SVG images in perl. 100% of the SVG tags are supported, and any new arbitrary element tag can be added by users by declaring it. ***THERE ARE FIVE WAYS TO IMPLEMENT...
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SVG::DOM is a Perl library with DOM (Document Object Model) methods for SVG objects. SVG::DOM provides a selection of methods for accessing and manipulating SVG elements through DOM-like methods such as getElements, getChildren, getNextSibling and so on. Currently only methods that provide...
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Bio::Phylo::Treedrawer::Svg is a Perl module that creates svg tree drawings. No serviceable parts inside. This module creates a scalable vector graphic from a Bio::Phylo::Trees::Tree object. It is called by the Bio::Phylo::Treedrawer object, so look there to learn how to create tree drawings....
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The SVG Icons project provides SVG icon themes for desktop environments, including KDE and GNOME. They provide high rendering quality due to anti-aliasing, and reduce the amount of disk space required. SVG Icons project has a goal to provide Open-Source reference implementation of SVG icon...
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SVG Kit for Adobe Creative Suite.
Provides complete support of SVG format for Adobe CreativeSuite, including InDesign, InCopy, InDesign Server and Photoshop, both Windows and Mac, both 32 and 64bit. Moreover, with the help of our plug-in you can import SVG into your Indersign/InCopy...
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jQuery Carousel for Images is a truly unique jquery carousel gallery display, guaranteed to make your site more interesting and effective. With more than 20 parameters, the jquery feature carousel contains an integrated preloader for the photos as well as an extended description for each image in...
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This CAD2SVG converter allows you to publish your CAD drawings as SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), an open-standard W3C standard for the presentation of compact and high-quality graphics on the web.
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Easy SVG viewer and converter tool. | Easy folder selection, and thumbnail display mode. | Support SVG Animation preview and Batch Convert to tiff, png, jpg, gif, tga, etc.
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In the technology markets I have been working in for the past 20 years, July and August are typically slow. The promotion calendar drops back a few notches, Europe takes a holiday, and in general life is restored however briefly to a more manageable pace and rate of change. Not so this summer.
As I read the markets, we are suddenly staring at what I have often referred to as "The SOA Tipping Point." Beyond the SOA tipping point, we move from speculating about SOA adoption to discussing the real, tangible benefits that SOA projects are delivering to customers. We spend less time evangelizing the SOA vision, and get more confident and aggressive touting our real project experience.
A couple of interesting posts and articles reinforce this view that we are about to turn this critical corner. On CNNMoney.com, a reference to Aberdeen Group's recent research suggesting that full-bore SOA projects, supported by the right infrastructure for SOA, are delivering far higher ROI's than simpler, web services-only approaches.
You also have David Linthicum challenging the Aberdeen insight... with the quotable, "This just in, fire is hot" jab. Of course Linthicum has been either building SOA technology companies (remember Grand Central?) or on the speech circuit talking about it longer than I've been alive, so one must apply the appropriate mass and volume of sodium chloride (read: little).
SOA What? This is just the latest skirmish - but it captures a laggard (Aberdeen Group, largely a research-for-hire firm at this point) and a bleeding edger (Linthicum) slugging it out over whether we are hitting mainstream (Aberdeen) or whether we hit mainstream a while ago (Linthicum). This kind of argument, and the bogus blogosphere heat, is symptomatic of our passage through the aforementioned tipping point. And for a contender like Progress, this means we can expect to see this heat give way to light as we all continue the SOA journey.
View all posts from Tim Dempsey on the Progress blog. Connect with us about all things application development and deployment, data integration and digital business.
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Well, I've been back for few days now. But holidays aren't really my thing, because I'm always exhausted after those, that's why I've been sleeping for few days! But I promise, today I'll actually write something again!
Though I have to skip TBR Intervention this week, I read only netgalleys this week so I kind of just forgot about my TBR Intervention books.. :/ But next week! :)
June 10, 2012
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COGHILL, Alvin
Passed away at the Saint Thomas-Elgin General Hospital Continuing Care Centre on Wednesday, April 19, 2006, in his 81st year. A resident of Saint Thomas, formerly of Toronto, Bobcaygeon and Goderich. Beloved husband of the late Florence (WATSON) COGHILL (April 19, 2006.) Dearly loved father of Ron COGHILL of London, late Geoff COGHILL and late Scott COGHILL. Brother of Norma of Alberta, and David of British Columbia. Brother-in-law of Myrtle of Oregon. Also survived by 4 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Born in Toronto, Ontario, July 8, 1925, the son of the late David and Elsie (AIMER) COGHILL. Alvin was a retired employee of the Toronto Transit Commission. He attended Eastwood Fellowship Baptist Church, Saint Thomas. In keeping with his wishes, there will be no public visitation or funeral service. Cremation has taken place. Memorial donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario gratefully acknowledged. Arrangements entrusted to the Sifton Funeral Home, 118 Wellington Street, Saint Thomas.
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BIERK, Elizabeth▼ Lovett▼ (née AIMERS)
Peacefully, on October 12, 2006, at her home in Peterborough, Ontario, in her fifty-third year. Elizabeth Lovett BIERK, daughter of Katharine (COTTON) and Jeffrey AIMERS of Knowlton, Quebec sister of John and Ion AIMERS; widow of David BIERK; mother of Alexander, Jeffrey, Nicholas and Charlie; step-mother to Sebastian, Heather and Zachary BIERK, and Lisa HARE. A celebration of Liz's life will be held at a date to be announced later, at Bierkart, 383 George Street North, Peterborough.
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BIERK, Elizabeth▲ Lovett▲
By John AIMERS, Page A28
Mother, arts administrator, volunteer. Born February 6, 1954, in Montreal. Died October 12 in Peterborough, Ontario, of melanoma, aged 52.
As a young girl in the very formal Montreal of the Fifties, Liz was bundled off in her best outfit to a friend's birthday party where a newspaper photographer captured her wide-eyed, adorable face. In later years, she found this picture less embarrassing than the picture of us kids sitting in our underwear among the tall flowers in the garden behind our house on Geneva Crescent.
A move to Westmount brought Liz to the girls' private school The Study, where she was an excellent student. Her marvellous sense of humour and mimicry began to emerge, imitating the pompous voice of a schoolmaster, commanding "Conduct yourself in an orderly manner …" Liz also revealed musical and artistic talents early: She won a museum contest to design a moss garden and at an annual Arts and Letters Competition at the local Young Men's Christian Association, she and her friend Sally Grenville carried off honours for their recorder duet. Later, in Montreal and at the Emma Willard School in New York, Liz honed both her musical talents and many-faceted creativity, as exemplified by her stitching 250 sequins onto our parents' Silver Wedding tablecloth.
Queen's University years found Liz matriculating with another childhood friend, Celia Swan. Living in Kingston's student ghetto, she acquired the nickname "Spooner." The mystery behind the epithet endured even as it always provoked teasing from her siblings.
Further art studies led Liz to meet and marry David BIERK, an instructor at Fleming College in Peterborough, where they settled after a garden wedding. David brought to the marriage his delightful children, who spent happy times in the young couple's home with its jumble of dog, antique "finds" and sons Alex, Jeff, Nick and Charlie, born in quick succession.
Through their collaboration at Bierkart, situated in an historic building they restored in downtown Peterborough, Liz's creative impulse, business acumen, and singular ability to make wide connections in the larger art world enhanced the success of David's burgeoning career as a painter. He died at the zenith of his talent in 2002, also tragically young. Thus recent years placed on Liz's shoulders the raising of their children as well as the meticulous administration of his artistic legacy, both accomplished with aplomb and grace. Somehow she also found time for many other pursuits: singing with the Peterborough Singers, co-chairing the city's Centennial Artsweek and generously sharing her expertise as an arts administrator.
Social concerns loomed, also: She volunteered with her boys in feeding the homeless and at holiday meals, there was usually a flyer for a good cause tucked into each place setting. Equally, she loved sharing wine and far-ranging discussion with a Friday afternoon circle of close Friends.
Last spring brought to Liz a recurrence of melanoma, supposedly completely excised a year previous. Her intellect and sense of humour intact to the end, she fought tenaciously for her life in hospital and at home, nursed throughout with tender devotion by our mother. Typically, Liz's focus remained on others: in our final conversation, she asked me to take Mum to see Wicked. She slipped away in her sleep after Mum had said goodnight for what would prove the last time. I like to think that this final image of deep love merged into happy dreams that wafted her ardent, generous spirit to that place where she has become (to alter but slightly Shelley's words) "a portion of the loveliness which once she made more lovely."
John AIMERS is Liz's elder brother.
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DECARLO, Guido
Guido DECARLO was much loved by his family and Friends. Guido passed away suddenly on Friday, October 6th, 2006, at home, with his wife Mary (née FINNIGHAN,) by his side. He was a devoted husband and best friend to Mary for fifty-two years. 'Dad / Poppa' was a loving father to Brian and his wife Kathy, daughter Carol Anne and her husband Scott and adored grandfather of Christopher and Olivia, Ryan, Jeffrey and Charlie. Dear brother of Annette DECARLO and brother-in-law of Rose DECARLO. Also survived by several nieces and nephews. Pre-deceased by his parents Fiorindo DECARLO and Maria AIMOLA, sisters Rosie LONGO, Viola COOK, Molly McNAUGHTON and Isobel DECARLO and brothers Rocco, Fred and Jack DECARLO. Guido was a dedicated employee for many years with the Trent Severn Waterway (Parks Canada). He was an active member of Kawartha Golf and Country Club and past member of Peterborough Men's Major Bowling League. We will always remember him for his commitment to family, enjoyment of life, skills as a handyman, his spaghetti and meatballs and love of sweets. We will miss him dearly. Visitations will be held at Duffas Funeral Home (431 George Street South, Peterborough, Ontario) on Wednesday, October 11, 2006, from 2-4 p.m., and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass at St. Alphonsus Church on Thursday, October 12, 2006, at 11: 00 a.m. Reverend Paul MASSEL officiating. Interment Little Lake Cemetery. Donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or a charity of your choice.
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If you didn't know, there are different versions of each issue of the Valiant Comics. When old friends-of-the-site, Chechi and Kitty, got a couple of issues of the comics off ebay; they wanted to send me the high-res scans so better images could be online. Little did we know the versions they got were the original versions, and the comics contained within were a bit different than the ones already on Zelda sites. And this one? From Volume 4 version 1? 22 years after its release? It seems it has never been online at all. So check it out, marvel at some of the "new" awesomely ridiculous images, and remember: It's Good to be the King
Dark Horse Books and Nintendo team up to bring you The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia, containing an unparalleled collection of historical information on The Legend of Zelda franchise. This handsome hardcover contains never-before-seen concept art, the full history of Hyrule, the official chronology of the games, and much more! Starting with an insightful introduction by the legendary producer and video-game designer of Donkey Kong, Mario, and The Legend of Zelda, Shigeru Miyamoto, this book is crammed full of information about the storied history of Link's adventures from the creators themselves! As a bonus, The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia includes an exclusive comic by the foremost creator of The Legend of Zelda manga - Akira Himekawa!


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New scholarship honors former Rice board chair
HOUSTON – (Sept. 18, 2013) – Rice University today announced a new scholarship in honor of former Board of Trustees Chair James Crownover '65. The scholarship will provide one entering student each year with full tuition and a stipend for living expenses while in the full-time Rice MBA program at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business.
The scholarship recipient, to be known as the "Crownover Scholar," will be selected on the basis of strong academic credentials and traits that Crownover demonstrated at Rice and throughout his career, including aspirational leadership, dedicated community service and personal qualities such as respect for others and humility.
More than $1 million in funding for the scholarship was raised by the Rice community and internally announced at an April 4 dinner honoring Crownover's service.
"Jim represents so many of the qualities we look for in Rice students — integrity, intellectual curiosity and commitment to excellence, both professionally and in service to his community," Board of Trustees Chair Bobby Tudor '82 said. "Having his name on this new scholarship is a great way for Rice to continue to live the values that Jim has so effectively lived himself."
"We were extremely fortunate to have Jim provide his leadership to Rice University, and I'm confident that the scholarship named in his honor will foster future leaders through the Jones School," said Bill Glick, Jones School dean and the H. Joe Nelson III Professor of Management.
"The ability to recognize an entering student as a Crownover Scholar every year will ensure we continue to attract the best and the brightest to the Rice MBA."
Glick said three volunteers drove the fundraising for the scholarship program: Rob Ladd, Judy Ley Allen and Richard Everett. "They have done a magnificent job of shaping a program that the Jones School is incredibly honored to have bear Jim Crownover's name," he said.
Crownover has extensive global consulting and management experience. He had a 30-year career with McKinsey & Company Inc., a global management consulting firm, where he held several leadership positions, including serving as a member of its board of directors. He retired from McKinsey in 1998 and was elected to the Rice board in 1999. He was named chair in 2005 and served for eight years — a period during which Rice celebrated its centennial; launched and concluded its Centennial Campaign, surpassing its $1 billion goal; and implemented the 10-point Vision for the Second Century that included a 37 percent increase in the undergraduate and graduate student population and $800 million in campus construction and renovation.
Crownover graduated from Rice with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, cum laude, and received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
The application deadline for the scholarship is Jan. 6, 2014. To learn more about the Crownover Scholars Program, visit business.rice.edu/crownover.
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How foreign private equity sponsors and their lenders are finding solutions to local law structuring issues
Leveraged finance acquisitions have existed in the Israeli market for many years. However, for a variety of reasons, the financings of these transactions have faced structuring challenges mainly in relation to the credit support granted by the target group. Many transactions, in particular with corporate sponsors, were secured on the target's shares with recourse to the sponsor, and required a relatively large portion of equity — the result of local Israeli banks traditionally supporting levels of leverage lower than those foreign banks have typically supported. With an increasing amount of acquisitions in Israel by foreign private equity sponsors, structures are being challenged in an effort to maximize leverage (with limited recourse to the sponsor, as is the trend in Europe and the US), and consequently, to maximize the value of the security package, to get US and European lenders across the line.
This Client Alert provides an overview of the main local law structuring issues foreign private equity sponsors and their lenders usually face in the context of a leveraged buyout (LBO) of an Israeli target group, as well as recent trends in overcoming these issues.
Financial assistance
A major challenge for structuring LBOs in Israel is the restriction on the ability of an Israeli company to provide financial assistance: under Israeli corporate law, a company's grant of financial assistance for the purchase of the company's own shares is a distribution, which must meet the requirements for making a distribution under the Israeli Companies Law. These requirements are twofold: first, the company must have sufficient distributable profits (the "profits test"); and secondly, the company must be able to meet its debts as they fall due. In most cases, on closing of the acquisition, the target will not have significant distributable profits. In addition, Israeli law has no "whitewash" procedure to permit financial assistance. Therefore, absent sufficient distributable profits, an Israeli target company cannot provide an upstream or cross-stream guarantee, nor can it grant security in support of the purchaser's acquisition debt obligations. Consequently, maximizing the value of the security package is a major structuring challenge in Israeli LBOs.
We have seen a number of approaches to deal with this issue.
One available solution, albeit not necessarily the preferred solution for many lenders, is applying to the court for what is effectively a capital reduction. The Israeli Companies Law provides that the court can authorize a distribution even if the company has not met the profits test provided the company meets the debt service test. This route is tested and grants certainty, but due to the length of time for obtaining court approval, parties find seeking court approval impractical as a condition to closing. However, there are examples in the market of sponsors that have completed transactions without debt, or obtained bridge financing in their home countries without target support, and refinanced the equity or bridge finance postclosing in conjunction with court approval.
Another interesting trend seen in a number of recent transactions involves the acquisition vehicle and target merging on closing, thereby not only achieving the effect of the acquisition debt being pushed down to target, but also avoiding the need to meet the distribution tests. The argument being, the correct interpretation of the law is that if the statutory approval process for mergers (which is also designed to protect creditors) is followed, then to comply with a second set of creditor protection measures, namely capital maintenance rules, is unnecessary.
Certain sponsors have adopted the view that in target groups in which there are no financial creditors (other than the lenders on the transaction), there is little risk of challenge on grounds of breach of the financial assistance doctrine. This is debatable in principle, and should be considered on a case by case basis. Obviously, if the acquisition lenders refinance or otherwise finance existing debt in the target group, the borrowers in question can grant security, and any non-Israeli subsidiaries can also grant security under Israeli law.
In terms of receiving undertakings from group companies to distribute dividends so as to support debt service, notably, under Israeli law, while a company can adopt a dividend policy, a company cannot commit ahead of time to distribute dividends. Rather, the board must approve every distribution and determine whether the company meets the applicable tests at that time. Therefore, in many cases an obligation to make upstream loans (to the extent a dividend cannot be distributed) is introduced into the facility agreement. The company would have to consider granting such an upstream loan in the usual manner, taking into account corporate benefit and related issues.
Upstream and cross-stream guarantees
The term "dividend" in the Israeli Companies Law is defined broadly and includes granting an asset to a shareholder without valuable consideration. Therefore, many believe an upstream or cross-stream guarantee can be deemed a dividend. This raises not only the question of financial assistance (in an acquisition scenario) but whether the company can make a distribution. Moreover, if a guarantee were to be considered a dividend, then in theory the guarantee could be subject to withholding tax. Generally, a company can grant upstream or cross-stream guarantees if there is corporate benefit and the guarantee is done on market terms or otherwise makes business sense. A recent trend has seen the introduction of guarantee fees in an increasing number of transactions as a means for establishing that a guarantee is being given on market terms.
Enhancing security over key assets
Companies can take security over most assets including shares, real estate, bank accounts and IP. In order to enhance the security package, lenders may request that any key assets are identified, e.g., IP assets, and separated from an Israeli company (either by an actual sale or synthetic transfer through a perpetual license) into a company in a lender-friendly jurisdiction in which fixed security can be created over that asset and easily enforced. A number of constraints may apply to this, including limitations on transferring IP outside of Israel if the Israeli Office of the Chief Scientist funded the IP, as well as adverse tax implications of such a sale.
Enforcement of security
Generally (and unlike English law where lenders may take advantage of the power of sale in the security document), self-help enforcement of security is not available under Israeli law and lenders must enforce security within a court-supervised process by appointing a receiver. Although Israeli financial institutions have the benefit of an exemption and may apply self-help in certain cases, traditionally, Israeli banks have avoided this route. Due to the time a court-supervised process can take, certain lenders create holding structures through lender-friendly jurisdictions to have the option of enforcing a self-help share pledge at the top of the corporate structure, instead of an Israeli share charge over the target. Even if local security is not the preferred route of enforcement, the share charges and floating charges created over the Israeli group companies offer some flexibility on enforcement, and also freeze the existing structure and protect the structure from third-party creditors and attaching parties.
Withholding tax
Under Israeli law, the interest an Israeli resident pays a non-resident is subject to withholding tax at a rate of 25%, unless a tax ruling or double taxation treaty providing for an exemption or reduced rate is available. Therefore, unless the lender is an Israeli financial institution (or a foreign lender booking the loan locally), the withholding tax will apply and would typically be grossed up. Israel has tax treaties with several countries, some providing more favorable rates than others. For example, the treaty with Luxembourg provides for withholding at 5%, Singapore 7%, the United Kingdom 15% and United States 10% for banks. In the context of a syndicated loan, under Israeli law, residency of each lender (rather than the facility agent) determines the WHT rate.
A look into the future - bridge to bond
Historically, Israeli acquisition financings have comprised of senior debt only. The size of most transactions required no additional layers of debt. That said, the expected pipeline of transactions contains larger financings that may require additional tranches of debt. This may well include a bridge to bond facility that can benefit from a relatively liquid local bond market and an exemption on withholding tax for traded bonds listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE).
Historically, bonds issued by Israeli companies and marketed to both Israeli and non-Israeli investors were listed on the main list of the TASE. However, a main listing can be cumbersome and timeconsuming, which in the case of most acquisition financings is not feasible. More recently, a small number of companies have listed high yield securities on the TASE institutional market, including the B Communications Ltd. offering in 2014. The listing on the institutional market benefits from the withholding tax exemption mentioned above. Although the process for listing securities on the TASE institutional market generally takes somewhat longer than listings on the unregulated markets in Luxembourg and Ireland (where many high yield bonds are listed), the process is significantly shorter than listing bonds on the TASE main list.
End note
Case law in Israel has not yet dealt with many of the issues raised in this note, and so the solutions the market has adopted are not the product of affirming case law. As the leverage finance market in Israel continues to grow, we expect existing structures to be further challenged and developed.
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A Hospital-Bound Father Watched His Son Graduate from NJIT
Gregory Forstrom (left) and his father, Howard, have an especially close relationship.
Gregory Forstrom is especially close to his father, emotionally and intellectually.
When he was boy, Gregory had a few learning disabilities, so his parents decided to homeschool him. And it was his father, an engineer with two degrees, who taught him math and science. Years later, after Gregory enrolled at NJIT to study civil engineering, his father continued to mentor him.
But when the day came for him to graduate from NJIT -- summa cum laude -- his father couldn't be there. He has stage 4 prostate cancer, which has progressed recently, so his doctors told him not to leave Hackensack University Medical Center.
"I was supposed to be out of the hospital and be able to attend Gregory's graduation," said Howard Forstrom, a software engineer for the Harris Corporation, formerly ITT. "I felt bad about missing his ceremony."
But with help from the nurses at the center, he didn't miss his son's ceremony. The nurses helped Howard set up his laptop and made sure he had a good wi-fi connection. With that, he was able to experience the ceremony live from NJIT's website. So on the morning of May 17, he watched transfixed as Gregory, wearing the gold medallion with a red lanyard denoting a summa cum laude, mounted the stage of the Prudential Center and received his degree.
"I watched it all and was super proud of him," said Howard. "NJIT is a challenging college and he graduated with all A's and one B-plus (in a graduate-level course). Though I was at the hospital physically, I felt like I was there with him, which was critical to my physical and mental health. The nurses realized that parents have a universal urge to see their child graduate. "
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"It was definitely bittersweet," said Gregory, "but it was wonderful to see him. And it was wonderful of the nurses to plan it all. He just kept telling me how proud he was of me for doing so well at NJIT. My mother said the same thing."
His parents have good reason to be proud of him. At NJIT, Gregory was a scholar in the Albert Dorman Honors College, which attracts some of the brightest students in the nation. He graduated with a 3.89 GPA and has already taken graduate classes toward a master's in civil engineering. He transferred into the Honors College from Passaic County Community College, from which he graduated with an associate degree in engineering science and a 3.98 GPA.
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Nestled on the island of Crete, Blue Palace, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Elounda is a luxury beachfront resort with exceptional charm, architecture, and style. It's the perfect hideaway to combine island luxe accommodation, authentic cuisine, and a soothing retreat for the senses. Walking into their rooms, guests are greeted by Luxury Collection beds made up with 320-count sheets. A mini bar offers all-day refreshments while flat screen TVs with cable channels and pay-per-view movies and Wi-Fi provide ample entertainment options. Meanwhile, in the bathroom, exclusive bath amenities, plush bathrobes, and slippers ensure guests are pampered all day long. Blue Palace Resort & Spa offers five restaurants, ranging from traditional Greek cuisine to authentic Italian and celebrated Asian fusion. The Elounda Spa & Thalassotherapy offers a Finnish wood cabin sauna, two marble Turkish Hammams, a classic Jacuzzi, luminous relaxation pool, two thalasso pools, a retail spa boutique, and a couples' suite. The 200-meter private pebble beach is bordered by a sprawling wooden deck with luxurious sun beds. The Fitness Center offers direct access to the resort's Mediterranean garden and the Water Sports Center offers aquatic options to suit enthusiasts of all ages. The supervised Kids Club means that smaller guests get a personalized vacation. Family excursions such as golfing, horseback riding, and go-carting are also available.
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After a bit of persuasion and payment, Halia outfitted Elzalath with her weapons of choice. The trio headed to the inn for some much-needed rest. The inn's tavern was largely empty, with a lone figure drinking silently in the corner. Pekeporo's ignorance of social custom shone through as he attempted to befriend the gruff stranger who quickly dismissed Peke's congeniality. After some drinking and good-natured rabble-rousing, the adventurers headed off to bed, using their Bree technique. But this time, their adversary anticipated their schemes.
"Corvus Cade. Your time has come. You can come quietly and nobody gets hurt."
The gruff man's voice rang through the hallway as he emerged from the stairway. Another figure appeared from behind to surround them. Corvus reached his limit on paying off Portius' goons, so he drew his swords. 3 on 2 with a trained draw on their side? This would not be a fair fight.
And it wasn't.
After slaughtering the unknown figure behind them, the trio allowed the gruff figure to live when he dropped his false bravado. He was simply an aspiring adventurer on a hunt for gold. Despite Elzalath's misgivings, they decided to allow him to live and accompany them back to the Redbrand hideout as their meat shield.
The innkeeper entered the hall and was horrified by the grisly scene. HIs anger was dwarfed by Elzalath's rage that he allowed this to happen. He stammered the impossible situation he was placed in and in his outrage, he kicked them out of his inn. He didn't realize his good fortune at escaping the situation with his life.
The heroes along with their captive journeyed back into the Redbrand cave. As they entered, their captive felt the oppressive mental prison Corvus experienced on their first entry. Fortunately, this left Elzalath, Corvus, Peke and K'ot the mental clarity to recognize the foe across the chasm that was the source of the anguish. It was a massive nothic out of an eldritch nightmare. They quickly sprang into action.
Corvus unleashed a flurry of well-placed arrows as Elzalath harnessed her righteous power to bring down destruction on this beast. Upon arriving in melee range, Corvus and Elzalath beat the life out of the creature. Meanwhile, Peke took careful aim and his arrow flew true, straight into the monster's teeny-tiny butthole, stimulating the anus and causing the beast to projectile shit all over the cavern. An unholy stench temporarily overwhelmed the nearby combatants, but they quickly recovered and dispatched of the creature.
After a bit of healing, the party headed into the unexplored areas of the hideout. In the farthest reaches of the caves, they found a room that was clearly Glasstaff's. The entire hideout was abandoned. Among the baubles and arcana, they found a rat skittering around the room. Glasstaff addressed the team through the rat, demonstrating its presence as a surveillance simulacrum. When Peke attempted to destroy it, it disappeared. But the most disturbing part was their discovery of Glasstaff's identity. Glasstaff was their pal's missing friend.
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Executive Leadership Team: Member of both the T-Mobile Retail Transformation and Enterprise CRM steering committees.P&L Responsibility: Managed annual budget of $2.7M OPEX and $25M CAPEX.Sales & Service Concept Development: Formulated and implemented a service concept providing a unified process for consultative selling, order entry, configuration, provisioning, fulfillment, and tendering utilizing the product & service to demonstrate value. Increased density potential of POS stations 10x to optimize customer flow/queuing and payroll. Developed a 5-year roadmap and implemented eight projects to support three releases over 18-month period. Service Excellence and Payroll Optimization: Designed and implemented a labor budgeting and scheduling prototype to provide a short-term solution for Store Operations while enabling qualitative and quantitative support for business case development to secure funding for IT solution and business governance. Developed a 5-year workforce management roadmap and implemented first three phases for 1,400 stores. Consensus Building and Talent Development: Created a program to identify exemplars in sales front-line and leadership positions to partner with corporate teams to promote two-way comprehension of roles, processes and inherent opportunities while developing a talent pool required to establish a national retail operations team. Success Measurements:· Members routinely recognized as a critical success factor in project and transformation efforts.· Twenty percent of the newly established Retail Operations team graduated from the program.· Functional teams in Accounting, Marketing, IT and Supply Chain recruited 19 graduates.· Program was expanded in 2007 to include all field teams.
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Organizational Design and Operational Excellence: Created a department composed of program managers, project managers, business analysts and operations managers to move from a project oriented short-term focus to an accountable life cycle approach to support the operations of 1,200 stores and 9k FTEs.Customer Base Marketing: Extended campaign management and offer fulfillment capabilities to 8k store associates for utilization during downtime leveraging seat licenses and system integration from a failed project. Total IT investment of $500k with a training cost of $160k. Resulted in 1st year: · Churn reduction of 15% or $34M· Increased feature attachment to existing subscriber accounts by 8pp or $47M in customer lifetime value (CLV). · Increased subscriber adds to existing accounts by 4% or $25M CLV.Operational Maximization: Implemented 1,200 bill payment kiosks: transitioned 55% of payments to self-serve, reduced customer wait times during peak traffic periods, lowered operating costs by $15M, and produced a first year opportunity gain of 62k subscriber adds or $81M CLV.
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Gilead Sciences Inc said U.S. health officials rejected two of its HIV drugs as standalone therapies, citing deficiencies in documentation and validation of certain quality testing procedures.
Gilead said it is working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to address the questions raised in the rejection letter in order to move the application forward.
The company is seeking approval for its drug elvitegravir for people with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, who have already been treated with other products. The drug blocks the enzyme integrase which is needed for the HIV virus to replicate.
Gilead is also seeking approval of cobicistat, a drug that does not itself fight the virus but boosts the function of other HIV medicines.
Both drugs are already contained in Gilead's once-daily single-tablet HIV treatment Stribild, which combines four different medications and was approved in the United States last August.
"The FDA, in its review, did not question the safety profile of either drug, which leads us to believe this is more of a delay than an overall drug profile problem," said Matthew Roden, an analyst at UBS Securities LLC, in a research note, adding that the findings "do not impact the marketing and commercialization of Stribild."
Analysts on average expect elvitegravir, if eventually approved, to generate annual sales of about $300 million by 2016 according to Thomson Reuters data. They expect sales of cobicistat of roughly $242 million over the same period.
Overall, Gilead's portfolio of antiviral drugs generated sales in 2012 of $8.14 billion.
In themselves, elvitegravir and cobicistat comprise only a small portion of future Gilead revenue and "as such, we view a delay as immaterial," Brian Abrahams, an analyst at Wells Fargo Securities, said in a research note. "There are multiple facilities which produce Stribild and Gilead's other products, suggesting sufficient supply even if there are any overlapping issues that escalate," he said.
HIV treatment typically involves the use of multiple drugs designed to attack the virus from different angles. Gilead licensed elvitegravir from Japan Tobacco Inc in 2005 and has the right to market it anywhere except Japan.
Elvitegravir works in a similar manner to Merck & Co's drug Isentress, also known as raltegravir. Isentress is typically given twice a day. Elvitegravir only needs to be taken once a day, but it's action needs to be boosted by cobicistat or an alternative drug that delays the metabolism of elvitegravir.
Gilead has given a number of Indian generic drugmakers, including Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd rights to make generic versions of elvitegravir and other HIV drugs to be sold in developing countries.
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The Dawn of Aviation in the Middle East: The First Flying Machines over Istanbul
Leiser, Gary, Air Power History
The dawn of aviation in the Middle East began in 1909, six years after the Wright brothers' renowned flight on the coast of North Carolina. In a cold and blustery December of that year, the Belgian Baron Pierre de Caters and then the world-famous Frenchman Louis Bleriot piloted the first heavier-than-air flying machines over Istanbul--or Constantinople as it was commonly called in Europe--the capital of the Ottoman Empire. The flights of these machines astounded the thousands of spectators who had gathered to watch. "Bravo!" they cheered, clapping and waving, as these fabulous inventions rose into the sky. What did these observers think of this new technology? Did they believe that these machines simply provided a platform for stunts or did they believe that they had serious implications for mankind or, more specifically, the Ottoman Empire?
At that time, no one thought, of course, to poll the spectators on their reactions to these flying machines. Indeed, to my knowledge, the recollections of only one such spectator have been published. By spectators I mean the subjects of the Ottoman Empire--Turks, Greeks, Armenians, Arabs and others--for there were also many foreigners, that is, Europeans, present. These latter lived mainly in the large European colony in the Pera, modern Beyoglu *, section of Istanbul. This was the commercial hub of the city, where powerful foreign banks and embassies were located. But among the "ordinary Ottoman" spectators a number of local journalists were on hand. Their reports of these flights provide a unique insight into the impression that they made on those who witnessed them. Here, I shall focus primarily on the reports in the leading Turkish newspapers and secondarily on those in "foreign" newspapers. Turkish was, of course, not only the language of the dominant and ruling element of the Ottoman Empire, but it was also widely understood among various minority groups within the state. (1) Accordingly, Turkish newspapers were the most numerous and had the widest circulation. "Foreign" newspapers were those published in Beyoglu by various interests within the European colony.
With respect to Turkish newspapers, I shall concentrate on the three leading dailies in 1909, which, in order of importance, were the following: ikdam, Tanin, and Yeni Tasvir-i Efkar. I shall also add a few details from Yeni Gazete, which was representative of the second tier of Turkish newspapers. (2) Ikdam had a circulation of about 40,000. Tanin and Yeni Tasvir-i Efkar had circulations of at least 20,000 each. In 1909, greater Istanbul had a population of perhaps a bit more than a half million, but most of this population was illiterate.
Among these newspapers, Yeni Tasvir-i Efkar devoted the most attention to aviation and the flights of de Caters and Bleriot. This was because the owner's son Velid Ebuzziya, who eventually took over the newspaper in 1912, was especially interested in flight. Many of the articles in Yeni Tasvir-i Efkar on this subject are signed with the initials V.E. (i.e., the letters waw and alif in the Arabic alphabet), which must stand for Velid Ebuzziya. No articles on aviation in any of the other Turkish papers cited in this study are signed. It is worth noting that Velid Ebuzziya and his older brother, Talha, set up a darkroom for photography, effectively the first for an Istanbul newspaper, in 1912 and in the same year Velid apparently took the first aerial photographs of Istanbul. (3)
As for newspapers published by Europeans, the most important was the Levant Herald. In 1909, the language of the Levant Herald was French with two columns of summaries in English. At that time, French was the language of trade and diplomacy for the European colony. Indeed, French was spoken and Parisian social graces were imitated by even the Ottoman high society in Beyoglu. The Levant Herald took a great, but rather different, interest in the flights of de Caters and, above all, Bleriot. …


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I believe good stewardship is my moral obligation.
The first time I remember failing in this obligation was when I was about 10-years-old. Growing up in Arkansas, one of my favorite summer pastimes was catching crawdads in the creek near my house. I usually caught them with a little net and threw them back. Once I caught a couple of exceptionally huge crawdads and decided to keep them. When my dad saw them in a fishbowl in my bedroom, he ordered their return to their home in the creek. I put this off until they finally died. I attempted to conceal their death by unceremoniously throwing the dead crawdads over our back fence. A few days later, my father asked what became of the creatures. When I lied, saying I took them to the creek, he asked why there were two dead crawdads behind the fence.
John F. Kennedy inspired my dad's sense of democracy's stewardship. After the President's assassination, he enlisted in the Marine Corps, where he learned the disciplinary techniques he later applied to his children. Accordingly, I had to dig a twenty-five-square-foot grave in our backyard for the crawdads' burial. Everyday after school I worked on the enormous hole until, finally, after several days, my father asked what I was learning. When I replied with a sigh and shrugging of the shoulders, he introduced a new word into my vocabulary: stewardship. He defined it for me, drawing from the Book of Genesis, his Cherokee grandfather's teachings, and his experience in Vietnam. He explained that in mankind's mortal hands was vast power to nurture or destroy almost anything. God granted humans dominion over the Earth, which came with a concomitant responsibility watch over the world, and never extinguish life recklessly or for mere comfort or convenience.
My understanding and exercise of stewardship evolved over the years. It led me into environmental activism after high school. As a nineteen-year-old grocery store cashier, it meant making sure all the cash register's money was accounted for, not for fear of losing my job, but because, like the creek that ran through my neighborhood as a kid, it was entrusted to my care. In college, good stewardship meant studying hard and never taking for granted the educational opportunities my parents did not have. Now, as a government attorney, stewardship means maintaining my office's integrity and never compromising the public's trust just so I can gratify myself at the end of a trial by saying, "I won."
I believe my actions have an effect, whether large or small, personal or global, positive or negative. I do not know whether I will be personally judged by my creator or posterity, but surely the effects of my actions will. Even if these effects cannot be traced back to me, I cannot escape my responsibility. It is my hope that, by being a good steward, those who share this place with me now, and inherit it from me later, will have many rewards and few consequences.
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Sri Sambasiva Iyer –Great Grand Father
He had the good fortune to have Sri.Thirumarugal Natesa Pillai,maternal uncle of Legendary Rajarathnam Pillai , as his guru. He was associated with the Thiruvaduthurai Aadhinam as the Asthana Vidwan in his later years.He served as the coveted state artiste in the Mysore Palace.He was contemporary to Palladam Sanjeeva Rao and Nagaraja Rao.He passed away at an young age.
Sri T.R.MAHALINGAM ( FLUTE MALI)
One of the greatest flautists ever to be born.He introduced the gayaki style of playing of the Bamboo Flute. A genius who set a benchmark for Flute playing,introduced new fingering techniques, and a grip on the flute that came to be known as the "parrot clutch or the cross-fingering style ", allowing greater control. His exploration of a raga and the mathematical progression in swaras always bore the Mali stamp.Shortly before his death, he was awarded India's highly prestigious Padma Bhushan for music in January 1986, which he refused. He had a large number of disciples, of which T.S.Sankaran ,whom he referred to as "EKLAVYA" – was one of the closest of all his disciples and shared a bond much deeper than a guru-shishya relation.
Sri T.S.Sankaran –Grand Father
Hailing from a family where music was next only to worship of god, he was under the care and musical nourishment of his father,Sri Sambasiva Iyer till the age of 11. After his father's sudden demise,he was naturally attracted to the charm and spell of Flute Legend Mali. He enjoyed the rare providential blessings of serving his guru,Mali,all through his life.He remained one of Mali's closest associate and much more than a disciple to him, such was the closeness between the two. Flute Mali was quoted introducing T.S.Sankaran as "EKLAVYA"- the self taught student of Dronacharya from the Epic Mahabharatha, way back in 1961-KUMUDAM Magazine,( popular Tamil weekly) in an interview with Poet Vali.
T.S.Sankaran is the torch bearer of the Mali style of playing and introduced the Nadaswaram way of playing "brigas" on the flute and emphasized on strong blowing giving rise to a rich tone. A proud recipient of honours such as Sangeeth Natak Akademi Award – 2000 and the Kalaimamani-1986.He is an 'A Top' graded artiste in AIR/TV and has travelled all over the globe. A teacher par excellence with many of his students making a mark in the field of music including his grandson Flute J.A.Jayanth.


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Toby Whittome, Jackson-Stops & Staff's Sales Director in Central London, discusses the latest trend in the London property market:
It is universally acknowledged that the best way to make a big decision is by considering long-term benefits instead of short-term ones. This advice again proves true when considering our latest analysis of London's residential property market – reverse property price ripple effects are in full swing in London.
I want to begin by clarifying that a 'double reverse ripple' is not in fact a new flavour of ice cream – it is instead the term coined for the trend in London whereby price trends have been flipped not only in terms of the high value vs. low value borough contrast, but also in terms of geography. It supports the idea that investing in high-value London boroughs is still a smart move, no matter how tempting the recent significant price growth seen in the lower value boroughs may be.


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At 1,776 feet, 1 World Trade Center is officially the tallest building in the United States.
America's largest city once again hosts America's tallest building.
At 1,776 feet, 1 World Trade Center is officially the tallest building in the United States.
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat announced the judgment Tuesday, ruling that the Lower Manhattan skyscraper is taller than Chicago's Willis Tower. That building, formally known as Sears Tower, measures 1,450 feet tall.
The Freedom Tower's long mast complicated what appears to be an obvious height discrepancy. Without it, 1 World Trade Center would only be 1,368 feet.
The building's chief architect David Childs, of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLC, had to prove to the council's Height Committee that the mast was an expressive design element. He argued last week that the mast brought the building to the symbolic height of 1,776 feet.
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"The design of 1 World Trade Center, as explained to us, reinforces its role as a symbol of resurgence on this important site," the council's executive director, Antony Wood, said in a statement.
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