( The training operation was designated Operation Focus Relief and involved U. S. Army Special Forces from 3rd Special Forces Group training a number of West African battalions, including Nigerian ones.

When using Simpson's Diversity Index on 10 aggregated ethnic groups, the 2001 census identified Newham as the most ethnically diverse district in England and Wales, with 9 wards in the top 15 .< ref >< cite > Simpson's diversity indices by ward 1991 and 2001-GLA Data Management and Analysis Group ( page 11, Table 3 ) Greater London Authority, January 2006 ), accessed 13 December 2006 </ ref > However, when using the 16 ethnic categories in the Census so that White Irish and White Other ethnic minorities are also included in the analysis, Newham becomes the 2nd most ethnically diverse borough < ref >< cite > Focus on Newham 2006-local people and local conditions-London Borough of Newham, Corporate Research Unit ( chapter 2, page 24 ) ( 2006 ) date accessed 31 March 2007 </ ref > with 6 out of the top 15 wards, behind Brent with 7 out of the top 15 wards.

As well as Vodafone, Newbury is also home to the UK headquarters of the pharmaceutical company Bayer AG, National Instruments, Micro Focus, NTS Express Road Haulage, Jokers ' Masquerade, Newbury Parcels, The Swift Group, Stryker coporation and Quantel.

* Other Sikeston businesses include AgMart Sales, Clayton Fabrication and Metal Works, Collins Music, Construction Trailer Specialists, Days Inn, DeWitt Company, Duckett Truck Center, Ferguson Medical Group, First Midwest Bank, Focus Bank, Garage Door Company of Sikeston, J. C. Penney, J-J-N Enterprises, Lowe's, Meyers Supply Company, Slusher Farm and Home Center, Mitchell Insurance, NewWave Communications, Pyramid Roofing Company, Retco Trailer Manufacturing, Steward Steel, The UPS Store, and Walgreens with multiple locations for Dollar General, Raymond James Financial, State Farm Insurance, and U. S. Bancorp.

* CEN / ISSS Cultural Diversity Focus Group

In 2001, the store was redesigned by architect David Rockwell of The Rockwell Group in collaboration with Paul Gregory of Focus Lighting.

Focus Group is an interview, conducted by a trained moderator among a small group of respondents.

* Focus Group Principles ( archived ) American Marketing Association

Some of these groups were organised under the banner of the SEIU-funded Focus on Group 4 Securicor.

< table cellspacing = 0 style =' border-style: solid ; border-width: 1px ;'>< tr >< td colspan =' 3 '>< div align =' center ' style =' border-style: solid ; border-width: 1px ; background: white ; padding: 1px ; font-size: 9pt ;'> Top Contributors to Jon Porter ( R ) During the 2006 Election Cycle </ div ></ td ></ tr >< tr >< td >< div style =' border-style: solid ; border-width: 1px ; background: white ; padding: 1px ; font-size: 9pt ;'> Rank </ div ></ td >< td >< div style =' border-style: solid ; border-width: 1px ; background: white ; padding: 1px ; font-size: 9pt ;'> Donor </ td ></ div >< td >< div style =' border-style: solid ; border-width: 1px ; background: white ; padding: 1px ; font-size: 9pt ;'> Amount ( US Dollars )</ td ></ div ></ tr >< tr >< td >< div style =' border-style: solid ; border-width: 1px ; background: white ; padding: 1px ; font-size: 9pt ;'> 1 </ div ></ td >< td >< div style =' border-style: solid ; border-width: 1px ; background: white ; padding: 1px ; font-size: 9pt ;'> MGM Mirage </ div ></ td >< td >< div style =' border-style: solid ; border-width: 1px ; background: white ; padding: 1px ; font-size: 9pt ;'>$ 51, 200 </ div ></ td ></ tr >< tr >< td >< div style =' border-style: solid ; border-width: 1px ; background: white ; padding: 1px ; font-size: 9pt ;'> 2 </ div ></ td >< td >< div style =' border-style: solid ; border-width: 1px ; background: white ; padding: 1px ; font-size: 9pt ;'> Station Casinos </ div ></ td >< td >< div style =' border-style: solid ; border-width: 1px ; background: white ; padding: 1px ; font-size: 9pt ;'>$ 40, 900 </ div ></ td ></ tr >< tr >< td >< div style =' border-style: solid ; border-width: 1px ; background: white ; padding: 1px ; font-size: 9pt ;'> 3 </ div ></ td >< td >< div style =' border-style: solid ; border-width: 1px ; background: white ; padding: 1px ; font-size: 9pt ;'> JA Tiberti Construction </ div ></ td >< td >< div style =' border-style: solid ; border-width: 1px ; background: white ; padding: 1px ; font-size: 9pt ;'>$ 36, 000 </ div ></ td ></ tr >< tr >< td >< div style =' border-style: solid ; border-width: 1px ; background: white ; padding: 1px ; font-size: 9pt ;'> 4 </ div ></ td >< td >< div style =' border-style: solid ; border-width: 1px ; background: white ; padding: 1px ; font-size: 9pt ;'> Harrah's Entertainment </ div ></ td >< td >< div style =' border-style: solid ; border-width: 1px ; background: white ; padding: 1px ; font-size: 9pt ;'>$ 35, 225 </ div ></ td ></ tr >< tr >< td >< div style =' border-style: solid ; border-width: 1px ; background: white ; padding: 1px ; font-size: 9pt ;'> 5 </ div ></ td >< td >< div style =' border-style: solid ; border-width: 1px ; background: white ; padding: 1px ; font-size: 9pt ;'> Focus Property Group </ div ></ td >< td >< div style =' border-style: solid ; border-width: 1px ; background: white ; padding: 1px ; font-size: 9pt ;'>$ 17, 800 </ div ></ td ></ tr >< tr >< td colspan =' 3 '>< div style =' border-style: solid ; border-width: 1px ; background: white ; padding: 1px ; font-size: 8pt ;'> Source: The Center for Responsive Politics ' Note: Contributions are not from the organizations themselves, but are rather from the organization's PAC, employees or owners.

Saturday evening programming includes the brokered financial program Family Financial Focus, produced by 93 Financial Group, from 6 – 8 p. m., the syndicated Kim Komando Show from 8 – 10 p. m., and infomercials from 10 p. m .– midnight.

( Green Tortoise Tours ) ( Focus: Group Travel ) Susan O ' Gorman.

* Street Paper Focus Group at the University of Washington

For example, the Academic Focus Group students, selected for their outstanding academic potential in Year 11 and 12, are inducted to the UWA Library and have borrowing rights.

A Multicultural Student Union provides venues for the 33 % of enrollment who are students of color, including the Black Student Union, Asian / Pacific Islander Focus Group, and El Movimiento de Mujeres Hispanas.

The company is owned by Focus Brands, an affiliate of private equity firm Roark Capital Group.

Sunday Night Live, from 18: 00 to 24: 00, is a talkback programme produced by conservative lobby group Focus on the Family and hosted by Tim Sisarich from Rhema Broadcasting Group studios.

Focus Group Practice.

On 4 May 2011 the Focus Group announced that it was going to enter administration ; the following group companies are to go into administration ; Focus ( DIY ) Limited, Focus ( Investments ) Limited, Payless DIY Limited, Payless Properties Limited, Do It All Limited and Do It All ( Holdings ) Limited.

In 1987 Focus Homecentres was acquired by Choice Group Limited.

* Prime Focus Group

In addition, Godwin co-led the NAVAIR Warfighter Focus Group, which was tasked with balancing near-term and future readiness of the aviation fleet.

* Focus Theme Articles: Business Models for Content Delivery: An Empirical Analysis of the Newspaper and Magazine Industry, Marc Fetscherin and Gerhard Knolmayer, International Journal on Media Management, Volume 6, Issue 1 & 2 September 2004, pages 4 – 11, September 2004.

The seating uses the " Business Class " flexible rear seating design first seen on the Ford Focus C-MAX ; electric motors allow easy rearrangement of the rear seating for passenger comfort or adjusting them to permit for more cargo room.

* MatchNet PLC Acquires doYOU2. com ; Patented Technology Key Focus of Deal ; Online Service Communicates Anonymous Feelings, Ideas, Interests, Business Wire, 31 October 2000.

# Pragmatic functions: ( Theme and Rheme, Topic and Focus ) Predicate ), defining the informational status of constituents, determined by the pragmatic context of the verbal interaction.

* Joseph McBride ( ed ), Focus on Howard Hawks, Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1972

* Schmidtz, David ( Editor ) ( 2002 ), Robert Nozick Contemporary Philosophy in Focus, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-00671-2

After their next two albums Focus III ( 1972 ) and Hamburger Concerto ( 1974 ), they fell away from symphonic prog.

* April 21 – James Dobson, Ph. D. ( Focus On The Family ), American child psychologist and conservative political activist

* The Berlin Olympics ( World Focus Books ), by James P. Barry

Working with independent studios such as the now-shuttered Fine Line, Artisan ( which was absorbed into today's Lionsgate ), and USA Films ( now Focus Features ), gave Altman the edge in making the kinds of films he has always wanted to make without studio interference.

At the release of their first album Focus Plays Focus ( aka In and Out of Focus ) ( 1970 ), Focus comprised keyboardist and flutist Thijs van Leer, guitarist Jan Akkerman, bassist Martin Dresden, and drummer Hans Cleuver.

In 1971, the group released Focus II ( aka Moving Waves ), which brought the band international acclaim and a hit on both sides of the Atlantic with the radio edit of " Hocus Pocus ".

The album Mother Focus ( 1975 ), featuring new drummer David Kemper, was released to mostly negative reviews.

Among those represented were Ralph Nader's Public Citizen organization ( Medea Benjamin and Linda Chavez-Thompson ), the Brazilian NGO Ibase ( Cândido Grzybowski and Moema Miranda ), the Brazilian association of entrepreneurs for citizenship CIVES ( Oded Grajew, founder of the WSF ), the Brazilian Commission on Justice and Peace ( Francisco Whitaker ), ATTAC ( Christophe Aguiton ), CRID France ( Gustave Massiah ), Focus on the Global South Thailand ( Nicola Bullard ), and the Alliance for a Responsible, Plural and United World ( Gustavo Marín ).

* Focus ( cognitive process ), selectively concentrating on one aspect of the environment while ignoring other things

* Focus ( computing ), a term used to describe which of a number of GUI elements currently accepts keyboard input

* Focus ( optics ), a point toward which light rays are made to converge

* Focus ( linguistics ), a concept referring to the way information in one phrase relates to information that has come before

In June 2009, Compuware sold the former NuMega products to a UK-based firm named Micro Focus.