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Ricardo is a diligent electrician who genuinely wants to do a good job. He is reasonably priced, knows his stuff and works hard. He is good at planing the times he is available and forecasting how long the project will take. He showed up on time and did the work. At times, you may want to be sure to over earlier specifications when he arrives for the day so there is no miscommunication in what is expected and what will it take to accomplish that. My job was fairly complicated as it involved ceiling, wall, panels and wiring for a variety of devices that are not normally used. I'd hire him again.
(TV mounting into plaster wall) Nice easygoing guy, goes the extra mile to get the job done right
Excellent job on some drywall and stucco repair! Recommended!
Excellent job A+. The body of the house is done in a flat paint named "Covered in Platinum", the accent color is blue "China Clay", and the trim is semi-gloss "white". We called to schedule an appointment with the painter via phone. He mentioned that they work with Dunn-Edwards paint. We went online and then to the Hayward paint store. At the store, the woman sat down and discussed the paint color wheel with me. She pointed out that yellows and reds fade, paints with hints of green will become very green, and pink tones come out bright pink. We got paint samples and the painter put up a few colors as part of the price. Painter representative Nicole came to the home a few days after we scheduled the painting. She collected the deposit via check. She also did a walkthrough of the property to take photos of the exterior areas that needed repairs. Vents: The attic vents needed extreme repair as we had 15 birds that got into the vents. The painter was able to get the bird nests out with no harm to the birds. He was able to replace all of the vent covers. Painter: 1. Free quote given. (Deposit due) 2. Friday: Collect deposit, take photos 3. Monday: Power wash 4. Tuesday: Holiday 5. Wednesday: Repairs 6. Thursday: Body of the house and accent color 7. Friday: trim, doors, touch up (Remaining balance due) Painter did the work during business hours. The neighbors have already complimented the colors and quality of the job. The painter is well-trained as a third generation painter. You can tell in the skill and ability that he cares about his job and the end product. He included repairs in the price and treated the job with dignity and respect. The final outcome is amazing. His quote was competitive with other painters but a few hundred less because he includes the repairs in the bid. Other painters were trying to nickel and dime us by negotiating every repair. He was the best for the job after 5 bids. He is a person of his word, he kept to the schedule, and included all the bells and whistles. I recommend him to anyone who wants to get the job done right.
Jasper did an excellent job of designing and building my computer desk and storage unit. On our first meeting he was able to translate the description of what I wanted into a drawing with measurements. On his next visit he confirmed the measurements and proposed workarounds for dealing with challenges such as the room's molding as well as taking a paint sample to match the color of the unit with the room. The results were better than I expected. The unit truly looks built-in with molding around the top that matches the molding in the room. Though it's a floor to ceiling unit, it does not feel overbearing due to the design, color and seamless attachment to walls and ceiling. He was easy to work with when making adjustments in order to accommodate placement of my computer equipment. When I specified what I wanted, I got exactly that. Jason is an extremely competent woodworker and very fast executor. I would highly recommend him.
Mr.Barry was a pleasure to work with. He was always on time. Gave a detailed daily expense reports. I had to get a few fixtures installed, some minor electric work and then had to get a few accent walls painted. Mr.Barry provided an estimate before we started and the work was completed on time and within the agreed budget. I had a couple of last minute requests which came up and Mr.Barry worked late to ensure, everything was ready before my house warming. As for the actual job itself, it was fantastic. My friends could not tell that we had to run wires in the wall and patch it. The paint job for accent walls were fantastic. I highly recommend Barry for any paint and home repairs.
Gerardo did a complete remodel of our kitchen. Painted our cabinets, glass subway tiles and flooring. Opened a wall from our great room into the kitchen. Installed laminate flooring throughout the house, tile in the bathroom, electrical work . Excellent work ethics, detail minded, fair pricing and super honest. If you had a ten star rating we would give it to him. He is experienced and knowledgeable in all phases of construction . We feel lucky that we found him through your website. Thank you!
We hired Carlos and his team to paint several rooms in our office as well as patch some holes and do other minor repairs to the wall. They did an excellent job. I can't even tell that the holes were ever there! They were also very clean. I've hired three different painters for this office and this is the first time that I haven't heard any complaints. They were very polite and professional.
A+. Fantastic job on a small office wall repair, texture and paint job. Great communication and a pleasure to work with.
I cannot explain how grateful I am to have met Economy Home repair through this app. They were fast, friendly, and the service was impeccable. I had recently been working to restore a 1912 Craftsman style bungalow in Oakland, and then accepted a job in another state. Bad planning for me, but luckily I had Thumbtack and Economy Home Repair there for me. They we're first contracted to remove the aluminum siding that was wrapped around the house, then, we needed them to fix or replace any damaged shingles from the original siding, and then lay a coat of paint over it all! They got that done in a couple weeks!! Later on, I needed their help to finish up some tile work, and to put up some Sheetrock in the 2nd floor. They got that done with no hesitation. Again, I cannot be more grateful for that team. They deserve 100 stars.
We went from framed to frameless shower enclosure and when the old glass was removed, we quickly realized we needed to make tile repair prior to installing the new glass. We decided to have a different company make the repair. Owner, Michael Compton of Compton Construction quickly responded to my Thumbtack post, set up an estimate appointment and provided me with an estimate the same day. A repair appointment was set up immediately and all was repaired, cleaned up and perfect in just one visit. This was a smooth and fast repair. Michael is great to do business with. He's easy going and easy to communicate with. I highly recommend Michael Compton Construction and will certainly use them again. Five gold stars!!! So happy to find Compton on Thumbtack. (I'd like to add that I received several/max quotes and decided on Compton Construction). -Happy home owner
John patched an interior plaster wall. He was quick and did a good job. Price was reasonable.
I had water damage running from my deck into the wall. Henry had to tear out the wall and replace 3 beams, then replaster the drywall and repaint the walls and deck. He was very thorough - built a frame to protect my piano, cleaned up every evening before he left, and cleaned up all the debris when he was finished. I was very pleased with the quality of his work.
I recently work with WNH on a foundation repair job. My home inspector point out the expose rebar which can cause rust to deteriorate the foundation wall. Tay was very quick to answer all my concerns. The work was done quickly and passed all inspections. I was very happy because we were in a rush to close.
Kieran is very helpful and detail oriented. I had Kieran help me removing the roof extension and terminate the electrical to my poolhouse. He also helped to patch the wall and retore the gutter pipes. Did a great job and even helped to get the permit from the city. Will consider for futuer jobs.
We had stucco work done to the house. Basically Asael reworked someone else's mistakes, made many recommendations and repaired all that we needed him to do. He was such a professional, worked 12-14 hours per day till he finished the project in 5 days. That is unheard of for such a project. They worked so clean every day after they finished each day and no mess whatsoever. I highly recommend Marcelino plastering to anyone thinking about doing any projects. As a matter of fact, i will not let anyone else touch my house, but Asael.
Excellent job replacing my french door and sidelights, repairing plaster, retexturing walls and ceiling, new stucco, stairs and more!
I had a fantastic experience working with Kevin. I was moving out of my apartment and I needed last-minute assistance repairing several holes in my wall before heading out. Kevin was incredibly responsive and flexible, I changed the time on him once or twice and he rolled with the punches. Kevin repaired the damage quickly - the entire request had a life of about 6 hours. He was also very friendly, shared some tips about how I could repair similar damage on my own (in case I'm ever face with a similar emergency and pressed for time). Kevin was a professional throughout. Highly recommend!
To Whom It May Concern: A short while ago, I hired Mr. Pastorino to paint my entire living space, which included a very high coffered ceiling in the living room. I chose Mr.Pastorino after I noted that he has a 30 year history of working for top, 5 star hotels in San Francisco, including the Huntington, where he served as a Master painter for 15 years. My job needed to be expedited so that I could move back in with minimum inconvenience. Mr. Pastorino's work exceeded my expectations! My house looks beautiful! His workmanship is impeccable. The attention to detail is very obvious. There was also some patch work that was needed in the plaster, and his repairs are seamless. He is very neat and he cleaned up his working areas promptly. I should also mention that he was very helpful with my color choices, as he has the knowledge and talent with regard to both contemporary and old world palettes in home decor. I highly recommend Mr. Pastorino. Cynthia Delaney Jack London Square
Paul made sure that he had the correct thickness sheet rock to replace a 6 sq ft area damaged by cat urine. He also treated the area with urine destroyer before patching the hole. He carefully protected the surrounding area from plaster and dust before starting work. His repair job was neat and the texture matches the surrounding area so I can't tell it was patched. He used a spray plaster to retexture our closet ceiling with water damage. He said he wouldn't use that product again because the spray hit the walls that we didn't want to repaint and the texture doesn't match the surrounding area. In other words, he did a great job with the dry mixed plaster but not as well with the spray can.
We had a problem with a leaking window in our home. We contacted several contractors and received bids for the work. We chose Barton Builders based on the quality of the bid, the price and the discussions we had with Steve Barton about the job. The window is 10' by 5' and is over 30' in the air and there is no easy access to that side of the house. Steve brought in a scaffold contractor who had to lift the scaffold over the house and erect a 3 story structure in order to reach the window. At all times Steve worked with the sub-contractor to make sure that the work was performed safely and properly. Upon beginning the demo phase of removing the old window, a serious amount of water damage was discovered. This required the removal of a large section of the back wall of the house and the repair of the structural damage. Steve worked with us on costing the work and scheduling the work so that there was minimal impact on the overall job. Steve had a copper flashing fabricated for the new window to insure that it would never leak again. The window is of excellent quality. The stucco repair, exterior painting, and interior dry wall repair were all accomplished on schedule and on budget and were of excellent quality. Steve is great to work with and listens to what you have to say. I would certainly use Steve again if the need arises and would recommend him to anyone looking for a solid contractor.


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United States District Court, S.D. New York
July 17, 2017
JUAN PABLO GARCES, Plaintiff,v.THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, Defendant.
Taylor Swain United States District Judge
Juan Pablo Garces ("Plaintiff or "Garces"),
brings this civil rights action, pursuant to The Americans
with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12111 et
seq. (the "ADA"), against Defendant The
New York City Housing Authority ("Defendant" or
"NYCHA"). In a one-count Amended Complaint,
Plaintiff, a former NYCHA employee, alleges that he suffered
unlawful discrimination on the basis of his disability, that
his employer unlawfully failed to make a reasonable
accommodation of his disability, and that Defendant's
actions resulted in his constructive discharge. (Docket Entry
No. 11.) Plaintiff seeks declaratory judgment, compensatory
damages, and costs. Defendant now moves, pursuant to Federal
Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), to dismiss all of Plaintiff
s claims, for failure to exhaust administrative remedies as
to the ADA constructive discharge claim, and for failure to
state a claim upon which relief can be granted. (Docket Entry
No. 13.)
Court has jurisdiction of this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§ 1331.
Court has reviewed carefully all of the submissions of the
parties. For the following reasons, the Defendant's
motion is denied in its entirety.
following summary is derived from the factual allegations in
the amended complaint, which are accepted as true for
purposes of the instant motion practice, and the complaint
that Plaintiff filed with the New York State Division of
Human Rights ("SDHR"), which is referenced in the
Amended Complaint and is material to Defendant's
exhaustion arguments.[1]
was sixty-eight years old at the time he filed the Amended
Complaint in this action, and was employed by Defendant for
more than twenty-five years, from February 9, 1990, until
September 30, 2015. (Amended Complaint, Docket Entry No. 11,
¶ 8 ("Am. Compl.").) Since 2004, Plaintiff has
suffered from a disability due to medical problems with his
kidneys. (Id ¶ 10.) In February 2006,
Plaintiff had a kidney transplant that has
significantly affected his immune system, and anti-rejection
medication has made Plaintiff vulnerable to contracting
"infections from exposure to bacteria in unsanitary
environments." Id. Because of these health
issues, Plaintiff, who had served as a Construction Project
Manager for NYCHA since 1996, requested and was granted a
reasonable accommodation for office work at Defendant's
central office, located at 90 Church Street in New York, New
York, beginning October 17, 2006. (Id ¶¶
9, 11.) On or about October 22, 2014, Deputy Director of
Construction Victor Brenner ("Brenner") assigned
Plaintiff to a new position and title- "Program
Specialist"-within the 90 Church Street office.
(Id ¶ 13.) That position had a higher civil
service title and higher compensation associated with it.
Id. After several months in the Program Specialist
position, Plaintiff asked to receive the higher salary that
was associated with the position; Mr. Brenner refused to
increase his salary. Plaintiff then filed a grievance through
his union in March 2015, and Brenner removed Plaintiff from
the Program Specialist position shortly thereafter, as of
March 27, 2015. (See id ¶¶ 14-16.)
April 2015, Brenner informed Plaintiff that he was being
transferred from the 90 Church Street location to NYCHA's
Upper Park Avenue Community Association ("UPACA")
office, located at 125th Street and Lexington
Avenue, in Upper Manhattan. (Id ¶ 17.)
Plaintiff "immediately objected" to the transfer,
"explaining that due to his health condition and need
for a reasonable accommodation, he could not be moved to the
UPACA Harlem office as of May 11, 2015" (Id
¶ 18.) On May 8, 2015, Plaintiff emailed Defendant's
Human Resources Director and Equal Employment Opportunity
office, explaining his need for a reasonable accommodation
and why he would be unable to report to UPACA. Id.
Plaintiff alleges that Defendant ignored this email and
did not engage in an interactive process to
consider Plaintiffs request for a reasonable
accommodation to remain at the 90 Church Street office.
Id. Plaintiff further alleges that he advised Adam
Eagle, NYCHA's Deputy Director of Capital Projects and
Administration, about his medical conditions in either May
and/or June of 2015 "that would specifically prevent him
from reporting to UPACA due to his need for reasonable
accommodation, " but neither Mr. Eagle nor Defendant met
with Plaintiff or tried to reasonably accommodate Plaintiff.
(Id ¶ 20.) Plaintiff alleges that he continued
to object to the transfer and provide Defendant with
medical notes to support his request for a reasonable
accommodation. (Id ¶ 19.) On May 26, 2015,
Brenner directed Plaintiff to report to the UPACA office,
"under threat of insubordination by refusing to do
so." Id.
directed, Plaintiff reported to UPACA on May 26, 2015, and
"found the environment unclean and unsanitary, "
and was concerned that such an environment "would
further aggravate his condition and substantially increase
the likelihood of [contracting] infections" that could
further jeopardize his kidney and overall health.
(Id ¶ 21.) After Plaintiffs first day at UPACA,
he "immediately" returned to the 90 Church Street
NYCHA office to speak with Capital Projects Director Patricia
Zander about his need for a reasonable accommodation and
transfer back to the 90 Church Street location, citing the
unsanitary conditions at the UPACA location, the physical
stress of the commute to UPACA due to the increased travel
time, and the high subway stairs required to travel there.
(Id ¶ 22.) Ms. Zander refused to meet with
Plaintiff in person, and emailed Plaintiff the following day,
May 27, 2015, ordering him back to UPACA. (Id
¶¶ 22-23.)
simultaneously notified his union of the unsanitary work
conditions at UPACA, which were allegedly confirmed by a
letter the local union president sent to NYCHA on
June 3, 2015. (Id ¶ 24.) Plaintiff alleges that
Defendant did not undertake to "clean up the
environment at UPACA until at least July 24, 2015, almost two
months after Plaintiff was involuntarily assigned there"
and that, initially, "Defendant tried to [hide]
the unhealthy conditions at UPACA from the union" by
intentionally "taking misleading photographs" of
bathrooms. Id.
alleges "he was not assigned any meaningful work at the
UPACA location, " and that he "could do the . . .
same close-out work he was assigned [at UPACA] from the 90
Church Street location;" thus, allowing him "to
remain at 90 Church Street would have posed no undue hardship
to the agency." (Id ¶ 25.) Plaintiff
continued to report to the UPACA location as directed, though
he missed two weeks of work in June of 2015, "due to
bronchial conditions, which his doctor had diagnosed as due
to the toxins he was exposed to in his work environment at
the UPACA location." (Id ¶ 26.) According
to Plaintiff, "[t]he new location also unreasonably
extended his commuting and work time, aggravating his stress
and preexisting health conditions." Li Plaintiff further
alleges that he exhausted his sick leave balance due to his
"aggravated health conditions in May and June 2015,
" which he attributes to the "unsanitary work
environment at UPACA."
On or
about June 17, 2015, Plaintiff filed a complaint with the New
York State Division of Human Rights ("SDHR"),
"based in part on disability discrimination due to
Defendant's failure to reasonably accommodate his health
condition." (Id ¶ 27.) "At about the
time of filing his SDHR complaint, " Plaintiff also
filed his retirement papers, effective September 30, 2015,
"due to the stressful conditions he has been placed
under at UPACA without reasonable accommodation, causing
severe aggravation of his fragile health condition."
(Id. ¶ 28.) Plaintiff alleges that he "had
originally planned to retire at his full retirement age after
30 years of service, " and thus "lost at least ten
percent of his pension and additional salary by being
pressured into retiring early." (Id ¶ 31.)
On or
about September 7, 2015, Defendant returned Plaintiff to the
90 Church Street office, "but gave him no meaningful
work there." (Id ¶ 32.) The transfer
occurred after Plaintiff had filed the SDHR complaint and a
separate verified petition with the New York City Office of
Collective Bargaining, and after he had already submitted his
retirement papers. Id.
January 20, 2016, Plaintiff received a right to sue letter
from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
("EEOC"). (Id. ¶33.) On April 15,
2016, Plaintiff commenced the instant action, and ...
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Senior. I've been a software developer for about 18 years, mostly in web. Through out I've done projects in various areas of HCI/UX, more consistently starting about 9 years ago after reading Designing the Moment
What are you current challenges?
Splitting time between developer/architect duties and UX lead duties at a fast growing startup.
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Both the psychology behind user behavior, and UX focused analytics. Usually I've worked on the interaction design, information architecture, usability, and visual design of a project. I really want to increase my understanding of the why and the what around how users behave. How can I nudge them to some optimal but non-habitual behavior that will have positive outcomes.
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Thanks! Keeping the high quality discussions and community going will definitely make my life better. I see many great topics!
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Mid-level UX/Product Designer (6 yrs of XP)
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About releasing people's working memory (reserved for unnecessary tasks) and decluttering their cognitive load (often wasted on poorly designed applications.) so that they can afford to focus on what is most important to them
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HI Anthi,
Welcome! It's great to have you here. I look forward to seeing you around.
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I guess better, than yesterday and hope worse, than tomorrow
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I'm excited about almost every aspect of UX design, but most of all about everything that answers the "why?" question. Like strategy, philosophy, goals and etc. I mean, no offence, mockups, you are fun, too
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Fantastic to have you here!
I'm a person who asks why a lot also! I look forward to hearing more of your questions and answers.
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Timisoara, Romania
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I've been an architect for 4 years and recently managed to change my career path, landing my first job as an UX Designer at an IT company.
What are you current challenges?
Finding a way to adapt the design process to each product and making sure developers understand what my job is in the company (they keep throwing UI tasks at me .
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User testing can have such different results based on the users personalities.
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Dogs. I have 2 dogs that are almost the exact replicas of 2 stupid dogs.
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I share your enthusiasm for the design / behavior connection and would like to use it to solve problems for real people.
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I am now in London, UK
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I am Head of UX in a small agency
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I am Head of UX in a small agency
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I love to explore how people think, their behaviour and their whys
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I subscribed to this community mainly to receive and give-on-request feedback.
In particular, for me, it's about my portfolio and how I come across to HR Managers and other designers.
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What stage of your career are you at?
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I am a Research Assistant Professor at University of Michigan working with Professor Jieping Ye. I have broad interests in optimization, machine learning, data mining, biomedical informatics etc. My current research focuses on developing novel solutions for big data. Our approach, which is called "screening", is able to greatly reduce the data volume needed for the training phase, which leads to substantial computational savings. We have generalized our framework to many popular models, including Lasso, nonnegative Lasso, SVM, LAD, Sparse Logistic Regression, Group Lasso, Mixed-norm Regularized Regression, Fused Lasso, etc. Our screening methods, which can be integrated with any existing solvers, have been proven very promising and the efficiency can be improved by several orders of magnitude.
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This week has flown by ....from last Thursday to today, I've been in Arizona and Yellowstone.. I was home a few days inbetween all of this to recover and get my boys working on the garage, but..... this week has flown by. I'm continually thankful for my life.
1. I'm thankful for airplane travel. Even with unexpected delays, it sure beats driving back from Arizona and taking two days to do it in, like the Belnaps did. They are great parents and did it to move their new daughter in law and all of her stuff and wedding things back to Utah... but I'm thankful I could fly.....in first class even. ( I just sounded like an old cartoon character, in my head....do you remember the pink lion or cat? What's his name?) but, I digress.....
2. I'm thankful I have boys painting my garage as I type. Two strong worker boys, who don't complain too much. They are getting some patching and painting skills along the way. It's good for them, and it's great to have a cleaned out, newly painted garage to begin organizing.
3. I'm thankful for my summer tomatoes. I planted 4 plants in May with high hopes of off the vine-ripe tomatoes. I have not been disappointed. Nothing tastes better. I have always loved this red fruit/vegetable!!!
4. I'm thankful for a quick trip to Yellowstone. My 4th this summer.
5. I'm thankful I didn't have to drive. It was great to be with the Si and Jacob Foster and go see how Brookie-cookie has been living and working this summer. She is great, but her living conditions are, well?, .... one word....squalor. Addison is always delightful to be with and to see perform in Guys and Dolls. It was fast, but it was fun. And according to my foodie friend, one day in West Yellowstone is enough to find out there is NO good food anywhere in town.
6. I'm thankful for a jam packed August....we definitely are spinning faster and faster as we move toward the beginning of school starting and fall. I'll have three sons all living away this fall. Only Monson and Laila living at home. WOW...things are changing at my house.
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Waiting, pinching nerves to stay sane
Can't erase the time, forget the past
Knowing good times come and go so fast
Denise it's not all set back in time
Denise just lay it down and you'll find
You've changed
Nowhere girl, a cage you've come to know
Still wondering, "Where did they all go?"
Plan a recluse life down to the day
While you have chains to lose
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Denise, Denise it's time
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Denise it's time
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Quilly and Dr John's response to my last post made me think about the things we find funny or not and why.
The reason I loved it (and have watched it about a dozen times) is that I have a voice thing. I love the human voice in all its versatility, timbres, resonances, squeaks, noises. I have quite a powerful and versatile voice - for as long as I can remember I've been doing stuff with voice - including a degree in Drama. Sometimes when I read stories to my daughter I get so carried away that she tells me to 'stop doing the voices daddy' so she can get on with listening to the story (she obviously doesn't appreciate my talents!) Along with this I love dialects, and have a pretty good ear for them and being someone without a strong accent of any kind other than a pretty standard brit accent I'm intrigued by both the Devonshire burr of my home county and all the other many and various accents that people have.
So when someone comes along who can do a very good beatbox and puts it together in a funny way, I'm in seventh heaven.
thanks for the comments folks.
Friday, March 23, 2007
Different strokes, and all that
Posted by Alastair at 8:52 am
4 comments:
- quilly said...
I do voices when I read, but not to extremes. My love is for words. John 1:1 -- I think when the Bible says we were made in the image of God, it means we were given words, and with them, the power to create and destroy.
When I speak to create good, I am closest to God.
- 5:29 pm
- Tom said...
The video was good, the explanation of why you liked the video was better.
Why other people find stuff interesting is interesting to me. If that convoluted sentence makes sense.
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Sen. Ed MarkeyEdward (Ed) John MarkeyTech companies scramble as sweeping data rules take effect Fixing a colossal mistake in the tax bill Dems seek to chip away at Trump's economic record MORE (D-Mass.) is asking the Environmental Protection Agency to evaluate the herbicide glyphosate, amidst growing concerns that the chemical in one of the world's most widely used weed killers "probably" causes cancer.
The United Nations World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) released a scientific assessment of five organophosphate pesticides last week that found that the insecticides malathion and diazinon, and herbicide glyphosate are "probably carcinogenic to humans." Glyphosate is one of the key ingredient's of Monsanto's weed killer Roundup.
IARC also found that parathion and tetrachlorvinphos, found in pet flea treatments, are "possibly carcinogenic to humans."
According to IRAC, Markey said glyphosate is in more than 750 different products and has been detected in the air during spraying, in water and food.
"Additionally, research has noted glyphosate absorption in the body, as it has been found in the blood and urine of agriculture workers who handle glyphosate-containing products," he said.
Markey asked McCarthy to respond to his letter with a specific timeline for EPA's review of these substances that addresses whether EPA will incorporate IARC's findings into its analysis by April 24.
His letter comes about a week after public interest organizations including Just Label It, the Center for Food Safety, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and the Natural Resources Defense Council sent a similar letter to the EPA.
In a news release, Scott Faber, executive director of Just Label It and EWG senior vice president of government affairs, said the new evidence that the main pesticide used on genetically modified crops is a "probable human carcinogen" is even more reason consumers should have the right to know what's in their food.
In an email Wednesday, EPA spokeswoman Cathy Milbourn said the agency plans to publish a proposed weed resistance management document for a 60-day public comment period at the time the preliminary risk assessment on glyphosate is released later this year.


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The Future is Binary – Harrison Ford's injury will cause production on "Star Wars: Episode VII" to be suspended for two weeks.
Disney announced Sunday that shooting would be halted for two weeks in August to adjust the production schedule following Ford's injury. The 71-year-old broke his leg in June during filming of the much-anticipated sequel at Pinewood Studios outside of London.
Disney had said earlier that Ford's injury wouldn't cause any delays. The studio said Sunday that "Episode VII" is still "on track" to wrap in the fall and be released in December 2015.
The accident involved a spacecraft door on the Millennium Falcon falling on Ford's leg. His recuperation was expected to take up to two months.


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Bhashyam Aiyangar, J.
1. The plaintiffs (respondents) sue to evict the defendants (appellants) from the holding mentioned in the plaint on the ground that the permanent lease (mulgeni lease), dated 24th April 1862, under which defendants' claim to hold the property, has become void by, reason of its absolute assignment to them in or about 1894, by one Seshappayya, who in 1890 became the assignee of the lease from, the original lessee Yellappa Setti, and that by reason of such assignments in favour of the defendants there has been a forfeiture of the lease and the plaintiffs are entitled to re-enter. It was stipulated in the counterpart of the lease, Exhibit A, that the lessee 'had no right to alienate the holding to anybody in any manner whatever' and that in the event of his 'not requiring the land,' he would sell the improvements, which he might have made upon the holding by that time, to the lessor alone, for a price that might be fixed by four respectable persons and that he would not sell the same to any one else. The construction placed By the Subordinate Judge upon the lessee's stipulation that he will not sell the same to any other person, that it refers to the land itself and not simply to the improvements is clearly erroneous and the respondent's pleader is unable to support such a construction.
2. The District Munsif held that there was no forfeiture of the lease by reason of the alienation and dismissed the plaintiffs' suit so far as it sought to recover possession of the holding. But the Subordinate Judge on appeal differed from the District Munsif and gave a decree in favour of the plaintiffs for possession of the land on the ground that it was not necessary that the right of re-entry should be provided for in express terms, and that inasmuch as under the terms of the lease, the lessee had no right to alienate and if he did not want the land, he was to sell the same to the lessor with improvements, if any, effected by him, it followed that by reason of the alienation made in favour of the defendants, 'the lessor was entitled to have the sale set aside.' As already stated, the Subordinate Judge misconstrued the lease in holding that the lessee agreed to sell his interest in the land to the lessor.
3. The result of merely setting aside the sale would only be to restore the permanent lease-hold to the defendants' assignor and that would not entitle the plaintiffs to recover possession of the holding. The Subordinate Judge must be understood to mean that the plaintiffs are entitled to set aside the lease.
4. In my opinion the decision of the Subordinate Judge cannot be upheld and the decree of the District Munsif should be restored. Though the Transfer of Property Act, as such, may not be applicable to the case [Section 2 (c) and 117 of the Transfer of Property Act], yet the principle of law governing the case will be found clearly enunciated in Sections 10 and 111(g) of the Transfer of Property Act. Section 10 provides that in the case of a lease a condition absolutely restraining the lessee or any person claiming under him, from alienating his interest in the property is not void where such condition is for the benefit of the lessor or those claiming under him. The stipulation that the lessee shall have no right to transfer his interest is clearly one intended for the benefit of the lessor and it would be unreasonable to hold, following the dictum in Nil Madhab Sikdar v. Narottam Sikdar I.L.R. 17 C. 826 that 'the condition against alienation cannot be said to be for the benefit of the lessor and hence it is void under the provisions of Section 10 of Act IV of 1882.' The stipulation against alienation is not void but valid Vyankatraya v. Shivram Bhat I.L.R. 7 B. 256 and if the plaintiffs had sued for an injunction to restrain the defendants' assignor from making the assignment or sued for damages for breach of the stipulation, they would have been entitled to the remedy sought for Mohana v. Shekh Sadodin 7 B.H.C.R. 69; Tamaya v. Timapa Ganpaya I.L.R. 7 B. 262 McEacharn v. Colton 1902 A.C. p. 104; Foa on 'Landlord and Tenant', 2nd Ed., p. 211. It may also be that a transfer by the lessee absolutely or by way of mortgage or sub-lease in breach of the covenant not to alienate, will be void as against the lessor and he may realize arrears of rent due by the lessee, by attaching and selling his interest in the lease as effectually as if there had been no transfer by the lessee and the transfer will also be inoperative to secure to the transferee, as against the lessor, the benefit of the lessor's contract under Section 108(c) of the Transfer of Property Act. Assuming, therefore, that the stipulation against alienation is valid, the real question in the case is whether by reason of an alienation in breach of such stipulation, the permanent lease is determined, in the absence of an express condition providing that on breach of the stipulation against alienation, the lessor may re-enter or the lease shall become void. The fact that the landlord waived or did not enforce the forfeiture, if any, which took place by the first absolute assignment in 1890, would not disentitle him to enforce the forfeitures if any, which subsequently accrued on the occasion of the 2nd assignment in 1894. But the authorities are 'clear that in the absence of such express condition there will be no forfeiture the lease I.L.R. 7 B. 262; Narayan Dasappa v. Ali Saiba I.L.R. 18 B. 603; Madar Saheb v. Nabawa Gujranshah I.L.R. 21 B. 195. Even if there is no express provision for re-entry on breach of a stipulation against alienation, yet if the lease were subject to a 'condition subsequent' that by alienation the lease shall become void, the lease would become void on breach of such condition and the lessor would be entitled t re-enter. (Wood-fall's 'Landlord and Tenant,' 16th Edition, pp. 192-328, 328; Foa, on 'Landlord and Tenant,' pp. 237-238; I.L.R. 21 B. 195. In the present case it is impossible to construe the lease either as reserving a right of re-entry on breach of the covenant not to alienate or as conditional on the lessee not making any alienation. The clause providing for sale of the improvements to the lessor himself and none else, when the lessee does not require the lands, is evidently intended to restrain the lessee from selling the improvements to a stranger, while surrendering the lease during the term thereof. A somewhat similar clause in the lease with reference to which the case in Narayan Dasappa v. Ali Saiba I.L.R. 18 B. 603 arose was held not to give the lessor a right of re-entry by reason of the lessee having alienated the holding (at p. 605).
5. The difference between a provision against alienation which amounts merely to a 'covenant' not to alienate - a covenant which runs with the land 1902. A.C. 104 - and one which amounts to a 'condition' which dispenses with the express right of re-entry in the event of breach is explained in Woodfall's ' Landlord and Tenant' (16th Edition pp. 192-193) and in the English cases of Shaw v. Coffin 14 C.B.N.S. 372 Crawley v. Price L.R. 10 Q.B. 302 and Do e v. Watt I.L.R. 21 B. 197.
6. I am, therefore, clearly of opinion that the alienation under which the defendants claim does not entitle the landlord to terminate the permanent lease and re-enter upon the land. The unreported decision of a Division Bench of this Court in S.A. No. 109 of 1879 cited in the judgment of the lower appellate Court is strongly relied upon by the respondents in support of their contention that though no right of re-entry is reserved in the lease, yet a breach of the covenant against alienation works a forfeiture of the lease. That decision does seem, on the face of it, to support this contention, but it is opposed to the current of decisions above referred to and the law as laid down in the Transfer of Property Act, which is in conformity with the English Law.
7. The second appeal must, therefore, be allowed with costs both in this and in the lower appellate Court and in modification of the decree of the lower appellate Court, so much of the decree of the District Munsif as was reversed by the lower appellate Court must be restored.
Moore, J.
8. I concur.


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