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Sensex, Nifty start on a flat note; Thomas Cook jumps 4% on Quess stake sale

Dr Reddy's fell 1.8 per cent to Rs 2,319.45 on BSE while Asian Paints dropped 0.77 per cent.




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First Full Retrospective of the Sculpture of John Rogers, America’s Unique Artist-Entrepreneur

Date: 
2-18-2011

2-18-11 

The New-York Historical Society Organizes the First Full Retrospective of the Sculpture of John Rogers, America’s Unique Artist-Entrepreneur

Drawn from the Historical Society’s Unsurpassed Collection, John Rogers: American Stories Will Tour Throughout 2011




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Winners of Times Square Photography Contest Announced

Date: 
4-5-2011

4-5-11

The New-York Historical Society Announces the Winners of Its Times Square Photography Contest

Photographs to be displayed in Times Square




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First-Hand Notes of the Constitutional Convention Acquired by the New-York Historical Society

Date: 
5-31-2011

5-31-11

The New-York Historical Society Acquires Rare First-Hand Notes of the Constitutional Convention

Documents in the Hand of Founding Father John Lansing, Jr. are Purchased for the Historical Society’s Library by Chairman Roger Hertog




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Library & COVID-19/Coronavirus FAQs

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Visual "literacy" : image, mind, and reality / Paul Messaris

Messaris, Paul




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Learning SQL on SQL server 2005 / Sikha Saha Bagui and Richard Walsh Earp

Bagui, Sikha, 1964-




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Pro T-SQL 2005 programmer's guide / Michael Coles

Coles, Michael




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LINQ programming / Joe Mayo

Mayo, Joseph




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Image-based research : a sourcebook for qualitative researchers / edited by Jon Prosser




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Issues in media : selections from CQ researcher




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Transnational audiences : media reception on a global scale / Adrian Athique

Athique, Adrian, author




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Weapons of math destruction : how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy / Cathy O'Neil

O'Neil, Cathy, author




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Ethereal shadows : communication and power in contemporary Italy / Franco "Bifo" Berardi, Marco Jacquemet, Gianfranco Vitali ; translated by Jessica Otey

Berardi, Franco




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Cyber-activitism and the Islamic Salafi movement in Indonesia / Asep Muhamad Iqbal

Iqbal, Asep Muhamad, author




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Mobile and ubiquitous media : critical and international perspectives / edited by Michael S. Daubs and Vincent R. Manzerolle




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How to cheat in Maya 2017 : tools and techniques for character animation / Paul Naas

Naas, Paul J., author




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MySQL and JSON : a practical programming guide / David Stokes

Stokes, David, author




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IT services firm CSS Corp rolls out pay hikes, to hire 1000 people this quarter

The company is planning to hire 1000 employees by the end of June across markets. Companies such as Infosys, Wipro, TCS, WNS and others have delayed pay hikes and put promotions on hold as they see uncertainty over business growth in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak across key markets. CSS Corp has also paid 100% of variable salary to the majority of its employees.




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Cognizant to acquire cloud consultancy Collaborative Solutions

The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2020. This is Cognizant’s fourth acquisition of a cloud services related business.




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Ministry of Tourism launches "DekhoApnaDesh" webinar series

The ministry said the webinar series will provide information on the many destinations and the 'depth' and 'expanse' of the culture and heritage of India. The first webinar on Tuesday touched upon the history of Delhi and was titled " City of Cities- Delhi's Personal Diary'.




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How liquor giant Diageo is changing and being changed by United Spirits

"We want it to be a fusion of the best of the two cultures, rather than a Diageo-sation of USL."




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Consequence of digital transformation is the human transformation of customer relations

Smart companies automate the operational part of the business - to create time for their people to connect with customers




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Global mergers and acquisitions hit all-time high in 2015 at $4.86 trillion: Dealogic report

Global M&A volume at USD 4.86 trillion in 2015 was the highest on record for any year, surpassing the previous record of USD 4.61 trillion in 2007.




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Liquidity position strong, can cater to liabilities for 6-7 months amid COVID-19 crisis: SCNL

In addition to the Rs 1,600 crore liquidity position, the company said it has undrawn sanctions of Rs 900 crore as on March 31, 2020. The Gurugram-headquartered micro lender also said that it will offer moratorium to all the existing borrowers across India.




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Govt may extend interest equalisation scheme for export sector

"We are ensuring that exports come back on the track. The export data for March is an indicator; the impact of the present crisis could be seen from the export data of March and that for April would also be similar," a Ficci statement said.




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RBI announces Rs 50,000-crore Special Liquidity Facility for mutual funds

The scheme is available from today, that is, April 27. It will be available until May 11 or up to utilization of the allocated amount, whichever is earlier. The Reserve Bank will review the timeline and amount, depending upon market conditions.




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Manulife Investment Management acquires 49 percent in Mahindra AMC

The joint venture will focus on expansion of fund offerings and long term wealth creation.




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PPFAS Long Term Equity Fund adds Microsoft Corporation to portfolio

Parag Parikh Long Term Equity Fund has added Microsoft Corporation to the portfolio and completely exited from the Nestlé SA ADR.




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Equity mutual fund inflows hit 4-month low of Rs 6,108 crore in April

Overall, the mutual fund industry witnessed net inflows of Rs 45,999 crore across all segments, data by the Association of Mutual Funds in India showed on Friday.




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Quick solution: getting the mouse position on an element regardless of positioning

As I was upgrading an older codebase of mine that used layerX and layerY I looked into a very succinct way of finding the current mouse position on any element regardless of its position, scrolling, padding, margin and such and I found this to work for me, so maybe it is good for you, too. […]




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How to Simulate Long HTTP Requests

It happens less frequently these days but there are times when we need to accommodate for a HTTP request timing out. The service could be down, under heavy traffic, or just poorly coded, or any host of other issues. Whenever I need to simulate a long HTTP request, I use a bit of PHP to […]

The post How to Simulate Long HTTP Requests appeared first on David Walsh Blog.




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How to Cancel a Fetch Request

JavaScript promises have always been a major win for the language — they’ve led to a revolution of asynchronous coding that has vastly improved performance on the web. One shortcoming of native promises is that there’s no true way to cancel a fetch…until now. A new AbortController has been added to the JavaScript specification that […]

The post How to Cancel a Fetch Request appeared first on David Walsh Blog.




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All your base, are belong to us — or what base size do em-based media queries use?

Yesterday, we had a discussion at work about rems, ems and percentages. I’ve used ems for media queries for years. I’ve used rems for font sizing for a couple of years. I felt like I had a pretty good handle on how it all works. Most of you probably understand the difference, but let’s do [...]




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Advisory report on the Office of National Intelligence Bill 2018 and the Office of National Intelligence (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018 / Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security

Australia. Parliament. Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, author




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Construction contracts : questions and answers / David Chappell

Chappell, David




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Report on the inquiry into impediments to business investment / House of Representatives, Standing Committee on Economics

Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives. Standing Committee on Economics, author, issuing body




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From little things big things grow : supporting Australian SMEs go global : inquiry into accss to free trade agreements by small and medium enterprises / Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

Australia. Parliament. Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, author, issuing body




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ORGB⁵ : organizational behavior / [Debra] Nelson + [James] Quick

Nelson, Debra L., 1956- author




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An introduction to qualitative research / Uwe Flick

Flick, Uwe, 1956- author




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Research design : quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, arts-based, and community-based participatory research approaches / Patricia Leavy

Leavy, Patricia, 1975- author




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Research design : qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method approaches / John W. Creswell

Creswell, John W., author




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Managing for resilience : a practical guide for employee wellbeing and organizational performance / edited by Monique F. Crane




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Research design : qualitative, quantitative & mixed methods approaches / John W. Creswell & J. David Creswell

Creswell, John W., author




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The coding manual for qualitative researchers / Johnny Saldaña

Saldaña, Johnny, author




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Doing qualitative research / David Silverman

Silverman, David, 1943- author




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Designing quality survey questions / Sheila B. Robinson, Kimberly Firth Leonard

Robinson, Sheila B., 1964- author




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Qualitative inquiry & research design : choosing among five approaches / John W. Creswell, Cheryl N. Poth

Creswell, John W., author




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Understanding organizational behavior / Debra L. Nelson, James Campbell Quick

Nelson, Debra L., 1956-




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Qualitative data analysis : a methods sourcebook / Matthew B. Miles, A. Michael Huberman, Johnny Saldaña

Miles, Matthew B., author