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Peter Berck is the S.J. Hall Professor of Forest Economics and Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at Berkeley. He graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in mathematics in 1971 and took his Ph. D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1976 in economics. He is a fellow of the American Agricultural Economics Association and holds an honorary doctorate from Umea University in Sweden. He has over 100 research publications on the economics of the environment, agriculture, forestry and economy wide impact of regulation.
A.B. Economics and Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley,
Ph.D. Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Berck, Peter and Helfand, Gloria. Environmental Economics. Addison Wesley, Boston. 2011.
Lipow, Jonathan, Plessner, Yakir; and Berck, Peter. "Defense Planning and Fiscal Strategy." Applied Economics Letters.(2010) volume: 17 issue: 11 page: 1063 et seq.
Berck, Peter and Lipow Jonathan. "Did Monetary Forces Turn the Tide in Iraq." Defense and Security Analysis. 2010 volume 26 issue: 2 page: 181 et seq..
Berck, Peter, Leibtag, Ephraim S., Villas-Boas, Sofia B., & Solis, Alex. (2009). Patterns of Pass-through of Commodity Price Shocks to Retail Prices. American Journal of Agricultural Economics - Volume 91, Issue 5, pages 1456–1461, December 2009
Berck, Peter, Xie, Lunyu. "A Policy Model for Climate Change in California." Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research. 2011 1(3):37-47
Berck, Peter; Runar Brännlund; Cyndi Spindell Berck. "Green Regulations in California and Sweden" Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research. 2011 1(3):49-61
Berck, Peter. The Climate Change Challenge: Introduction to a Special Issue of the Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research. 2011 1(3):1-4.
T. E. McKone, W. W. Nazaroff, P. Berck, M. Auffhammer,T. and A. Horvath et al. "Grand Challenges for Life-Cycle Assessment of Biofuels." Environ. Sci. Technol. 2011, 45, 1751–1756
Berck, Peter and Lipow Jonathan. "Military Conscription and the (Socially) Optimal Number of Boots on the Ground." Southern Economic Journal. July 2011. 78(1):95-106.
Newburn, David and Berck Peter. "Exurban Development," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. Volume 62, Issue 3, November 2011, Pages 323–336
Newburn, David and Berck Peter.. "Growth Management Policies for Exurban and Suburban Development: Theory and An Application to Sonoma County, CA" Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. 40 (2011).
Berck, Peter and Amnon Levy. An Analysis of the World's Environment and Population Dynamics with Varying Carrying Capacity, Concerns and Skepticism. Ecological Economics Volume 73, 15 January 2012, Pages 103–112
Berck, Peter and Jonathan Lipow. Trade, Tariffs, and Terrorism. Applied Economic Letters. Volume 19, Issue 18, 2012:1847-9
Hausman, C., M. Auffhammer, and P. Berck. 2012. Farm Acreage Shocks and Food Prices: An SVAR Approach to Understanding the Impacts of Biofuels." Environmental and Resource Economics, 52(1):117-136.
Berck, Peter and Lunyu Xie. Reflections on Samuelson's Economics of Forestry in an Evolving Society. Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research, 2012 - .
Berck, P. , Tano, Sofia, and Westerlund, O. Regional sorting of human capital - the choice of location among young adults in Sweden. Regional Studies. Forthcoming.
Mann, Michael and Berck, Peter. Modeling residential development in California from 2000-2050: Integrating wildfire risk, wildland and agricultural encroachment Land Use Policy. Forthcoming


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First and foremost, the dancing isn't noteworthy. It's not terrible -- though I couldn't wait for Mandy/Alastair's Broadway (are they even allowed to still call it Broadway when it's on a completely different continent?) to be over -- but it's also not great, at least through the first week. I was somewhat under the impression that the UK would have strong classically trained dancers, because, you know, I once watched a DVD of a British ballet performance.
I liked Lizzie and Mark's lyrical hip hop, though, simply for not being CrappyTabs (pardon the French, the UK has laxer language standards), and because I'll immediately like anything a pretty hip-hop lady performs. I have to wonder, though, if a country that produces mediocre hip-hop music (there's, what, Roots Manuva and Dizzee Rascal? MIA? Is Lady Sovereign good?) can produce better than mediocre hip-hop dance.
The production also has second-rate written all over it. More than once, the show cut to an extreme long shot of the stage in the middle of the dance, but the stage isn't raised all that high so the heads of all the audience members blocked the view of the dancers' feet. Still, chintzy production isn't a dealbreaker for me, as I have a soft spot for the aesthetics of low-rent reality shows.
Nevertheless, the episode was engrossing as reality spectacle, which is to say, Cat. She immediately increases the watchability of anything she's on a hundredfold, and seeing her on her stomping grounds is good fun. Momo made a similar observation: "Have you noticed that Nigel speaks differently when surrounded by folks who speak like he does? he seems more relaxed, more fluent, doesn't enunciate so clearly for us yanks." Just judging by this first week, the entire show -- Nigel and the judges, Cat, the camera-people -- seems more relaxed and looser, and there were moments when the banter between host and judges got downright rowdy compared to the more genteel American (hah) production.
And lots of weird British in-jokes that flew over my head.
And, hell, whatever deficiencies the contestants have as dancers, they more than make up for with personality. (And vaguely Gothy hip-hop girls, but that's neither here nor there.) Personality was something that sorely lacked from Canadance season 2, at least as far as I was concerned, and no amount of good choreography could get me over my hump of apathy -- narrative reared its head, unexpectedly. The UK crew has had as long a history with reality tv as Americans (if not longer), so they know what plays in front of a camera, and SYTYCD, being fundamentally a tv show, is improved by it.
Indie rating: Richie Hawtin – "Range / Smart Card? / 10 Strikes to 2001"
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
1 comment:
- momo said...
Cat is still taller than all the dancers!
They don't yet have an established stable of choreographers that the show's viewers know in common. Maybe some names will be recognizable to some people, but one thing SYTYCD US and CA has done has raised the profile of the choreographer. It will be interesting to see who emerges on that front.
I haven't watched the episode yet, but plan to later. My daughter has seized control of all media devices, and it's all The Wire, all the time now. We're well into season 3 and "Hamsterdam" now.
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The UK Government has produced a Guide covering the numerous opportunities available for businesses to engage with people of all ages, from school children through to degree students and ex-armed services personnel, around the cyber security skills needed for our world today.
For businesses, it covers issues such as:
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The Guide can be accessed here.
The Government's weblink is https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cyber-security-skills-a-guide-for-business


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Introduction of Charging
From 1st April 2016 the Oxford University Museums (The Ashmolean, The Museum of the History of Science, The Museum of Natural History, and the Pitt Rivers Museum) will be introducing charging for their education sessions for schools. The income realised through school charges will help sustain the museums' award winning schools' service.
Bookings and Enquiries
Group visits must be pre-booked. Availability for guided activities is normally limited to certain days of the week.
The Museum is normally open to the public from 12 – 5pm Tuesday to Friday, 10am-5pm on Saturday, and 2-5pm on Sunday, but educational visits can take place at any time during normal working hours, 9am-5pm, including Mondays when the Museum is normally closed.
Primary bookings:
Please email firstname.lastname@example.com (preferable) or telephone 01865 277297. Primary sessions can usually be booked for Mondays and Wednesdays, although with notice other requirements may be accommodated.
Secondary and post-16 bookings:
Please email email@example.com (preferable) or telephone 01865 277297. Secondary and post-16 sessions are generally available from Wednesdays to Fridays.
|Max Numbers
|Primary school workshops (KS1, KS2) facilitated by Education Officer
|Secondary school science workshops (KS3,4,5) facilitated by Education Officer
|Bespoke sessions including school programmes (full day, selection of workshops, extended projects)
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|Introduction to the museum for secondary Art groups (20 minutes)
|Introduction to the museum for secondary Science groups (20 minutes)
|Self-guided groups
|Free (but must book)
VAT is not normally applicable.
Exemptions apply to SEN schools/units and groups of students from higher education courses that are supported by HEFCE funding.
Booking procedures
- Please use the contact details above to enquire about times and availability.
- We will then send you a booking form along with our terms and conditions.
- On return of the booking form you will receive a booking confirmation which will include advice on methods of payment.
Please click on the link for Charging FAQs.
Normally we require a staffing ratio of at least 1 adult to 10 children.
The number of students that can be accommodated in a single visit will depend on the nature of the activity. This may vary between 25-50 students. Please direct enquiries to the relevant Education Officer.
Toilets and Cloakroom
The Museum has toilets that are for use by school groups. However, there are only two toilets and group leaders are advised to plan accordingly. Facilities for storing coats and bags are also limited; there is no lockable storage, but personal belongings can be left in designated areas in the basement gallery at the owner's risk.
Disabled Access
Unfortunately, due to the age and configuration of the building, the Museum has limited wheelchair access. Please speak to an Education Officer for details if you are planning to visit and require disabled access.
Parking and Coaches
The Museum is unable to provide parking facilities for visitors. Coaches are able to drop-off and pick-up in Broad Street or in nearby Parks Road opposite the Oxford University Museum of Natural History from which the Museum is a short walk. Parking for coaches and minibuses is available at the city's Redbridge Park and Ride.
We have no regular lunch facilities at the Museum although occasionally it may be possible to book the education room for this purpose which has a maximum capacity of 27. In fine weather lunch can be eaten in the University Parks which is a short walk away, or on the lawn outside the Museum of Natural History on Parks Road. No eating or drinking is allowed in the Museum.
Alternatively, you may wish to enquire at one of the following possible lunch venues which are all nearby and available at very reasonable rates:
- Wesley Memorial Hall, New Inn Hall Street, Oxford OX1 2DH.
Tel. 01865 243216
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com – can accomodate 60-70 pupils
- St. Michael at Northgate, Cornmarket Street, Oxford OX1 3EY.
Tel. 01865 240940 – 50-60 pupils
- New Road Baptist Hall, New Road Baptist Church, Bonn Square, Oxford OX1 1LQ.
Tel. 01865 798235 – 50-60 pupils
There is a museum shop with a small selection of items which is open during normal museum opening hours.
Child Protection and Risk Assessments
In common with all the University museums, the Museum operates a child and vulnerable adult protection policy.
Please contact an Education Officer for further information about this policy.
For a General Risk Assessment for visits to the museum please see our MHS Risk Assessment (general visits 2017)
For the Museum's Child Protection Policy please see our Child Protection Policy [pdf]
Combined visits to Oxford University Museums
You may wish to consider combining your visit to the Museum of the History of Science with a visit to one or more of the other Oxford University museums and collections. Details of their education programmes can be found at http://www.museums.ox.ac.uk


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Are Bats Dangerous?
Williams, Kim
Science and Children, v42 n2 p28-29 Oct 2004
There are many reasons people are afraid of bats but most are myths. Many people are also afraid of bats because they believe all bats are vampire bats, or bats that feed on blood. There are a few species of bats called "vampire" bats;however, these bats are found in Central and South America--there are no vampire bats in the United States or Canada. Although vampire bats are considered pests, they have been beneficial to humans. For example, a new drug, called Draculin, has been synthesized by using vampire bat saliva, which contains an anticoagulant; this allows blood from its prey to continue flowing. This drug is now being used on people with arteriosclerosis with good results. Most bats in the United States and Canada feed on insects, not only backyard insects but also many that are detrimental to farmers' crops. By eating crop pests, bats reduce the need for pesticides, which are unhealthy and cost farmers millions of dollars each year. This article also discusses dangers to bats as well as way in which communities can adopt strategies to help bats find places to live, and reduce mosquito populations in their neighborhoods.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Animals, Science Education, Misconceptions, Wildlife
National Science Teachers Association, 1840 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201-3000. Tel: 800-722-6782 (Toll Free); Web site: http://www.nsta.org.
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Located in the Elementary B section, the laboratory occupies just over 86 square meters. There are 60 individual stations separated by sound-absorbing 1.2-meter partitions, and each station is furnished with a computer equipped with all the requisite software and support materials necessary to meet the demands and challenges of the most recent advances in computer technology. The laboratory is designed for the comfort, convenience and efficiency of our students. It is used throughout the year by advanced students and for the annual Computer Olympics held at the Gimnasio Británico. For testing purposes, there is also a surveillance security system with video cameras and a central monitor and overall control panel located in a separate room. Software and hardware are continually upgraded in this facility to keep our students proficient in state-of-the art computer capabilities.
The Laboratory is set up to allow students to select their own learning programs and work at their own pace using interactive formats to correct speech, learn phonetics, synthetize grammar and perfect reading and writing skills. Individual station units are equipped with seven channels, each offering a variety of programs of varying levels related to the principal topic of the channel. From a central control panel, the instructor can interact electronically with all stations by electing to send programs to several students at once, including material from the Internet on the central computer, or by projecting programs from the computer to an overhead screen for all to view. All new television and audio-visual equipment have been installed for individual and group learning of recorded language videos obtainable from many sources.
Our library, the hub around which all academic activity revolves at the Gimnasio Británico, is divided into three different sections according to student ages. Some new volumes were added to our growing collection, which now stands at 35,000. Via the World Wide Web, young researchers now have access to all the libraries, data banks, and web sites the Internet provides on 65 computers. A full-time computer consultant was added to the library staff of one librarian and two assistants to guide students and faculty in the use of these techonological resources, and twelve complete encyclopedias were purchased on CD Rom to further enhance the library's bound reference collections. Our library provides virtually unlimited opportunities for study, research and recreational reading.
Is a complete system for teaching reading, writing and editing skills in English at the Gimnasio Británico. The program was instituted in July of 1997 and is on used in preschool through sixth-grade level students. Four classrooms designed and decorated along specific guidelines were constructed and five teachers were trained and exclusively assigned to the Literacy Framework project. Over 3,000 books, tapes and videos were purchased along with a wide variety of writing materials and art supplies, all as specified by this comprehensive literacy system. The Literacy Framework program offers our students a unique opportunity to learn to read and write and perfect what they know under the most favorable and individualized circumstances modern educational research can define.
Círculos Literarios or Reading Recovery is a support program for reading and writing in Spanish, native tounge, and helps the students improve their reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. The main objective of this program is to give the students a space where they develop different activities to make learning grammar and language structures more interesting. The Reading Recovery program is offered only to students of age 5 or less and the classroom is equipped with all necessary resources and specialized teachers are available to help the small students do their best.


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Statement by the University of Hawaiʻi on the Board of Land and Natural Resources decision to approve the application for a permit to build the Thirty Meter Telescope atop Maunakea.
The University of Hawaiʻi thanks the Board of Land and Natural Resources and the hearing officer for all of their diligence and hard work on this second contested case. The university first applied for this permit seven years ago, and we believe this decision and the underlying vote represent a fitting and fair reflection of an issue that has divided many in the community who care deeply about Maunakea.
Maunakea is precious to all of Hawaiʻi, and we know that science and culture can synergistically coexist there, now and into the future. We have a solid foundation to build on with the plans that have been developed and the work that has been done thanks to the dedication of the Office of Maunakea Management and the volunteer community members who have served on the Mauanakea Management Board and the Kahu Kū Mauna council over the past 17 years.
We know we have more to do, and we stand firmly committed to collaboratively build a global model of harmonious and inspirational stewardship that is befitting of the amazing cultural, natural, educational and scientific traditions and resources of Maunakea.
Read the full report of the Board of Land and Natural Resources decision (PDF).
It is unfortunate that it is still perceived by educated persons that the Hawaiians have do a culture but do not have science.
!25 years of desecration and continuing and since 1920 Hawaiian Homestead Act 97 years ago have not kept it's obligation. But the immigrants who control the University of Hawai'i and the fake State of Hawai'i without a treaty of annexation push for their agendas and are crying. While the population is exceeding 1.4 million in Hawai'i with more to come and they have concerns of a telescope being held up because they did not follow the laws they wrote to protect conservation land and process of obtaining a permit were not filed properly and this scientist group blaming the aboriginal native Hawaiian instead of themselves? How does one make a commonsense judgement when U of H Leadership are the one's who broke the law. Show me the "Treaty of Annexation" between the Hawaiian Kingdom and the United States of America then we talk about TMT telescope. Obey the laws and be honest and respect the sacredness of our Ancestor who were here before you from the time of the Kumu Lipo that is taught at U of H Hawaiian Studies?. Have concerns of the over development and the infrastructure busting at the seams. The lost of quality of life has increesed crimes, homeless and cost of living beyond the average USA level. A'ole TMT.


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Oct 28, 1997 | 240 Pages
"In the first rank of American crime writers. . . . Next to Vachss, Chandler, Cain and Hammett look like choirboys."
–Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Burke is the toughest talking first-person narrator since Mike Hammer."
–Los Angeles Times
"Vachss . . . writes hypnotically violent prose."
–Chicago Sun-Times
"Burke prowls the city with a seething, angry, almost psychotic voice appropriate to the devils he deals with."-Chicago Tribune


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These Are Mariah Carey's 25 Best Singles
Her. She is Mariah ... The<em> chart-topping</em> chanteuse.
This is the week we receive Mariah Carey's 14th studio album, Me. I Am Mariah ... The Elusive Chanteuse. Since the release of her self-titled 1990 debut album, Cary has released more than 60 singles — from "Vision of Love" to "You're Mine (Eternal)" — 18 of which have hit the top of the charts. We've stepped up to rank them all and, dear reader, do not think we laid out this lineup without some seriously deep thought. The ranking below represents hours (honestly, years) of listening, agonizing, and relistening: We truly gave it our all. We welcome your thoughts.
25. "H.A.T.E.U." (Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, 2009)
"H.A.T.E.U." isn't a great song. But the "H.A.T.E.U." remix produced by Jermaine Dupri featuring Big Boi, Gucci Mane, and OJ Da Juiceman featuring a perfect (and generous!) sampling of Ghost Town DJs's "My Boo"? It's Mariah's best remix, and for that alone, this song makes the list. —LW
24. "When You Believe" (The Prince of Egypt: Music From the Motion Picture and #1's, 1998)
The debate on who outsung whom will forever rage on, but the product of Mariah joining forces with Whitney Houston is surely as miraculous as anything that happened in The Prince of Egypt. —LW
23. "Sweetheart" (#1's, 1998)
So much of Mariah's success is owed to producer Jermaine Dupri. His So So Def additions to her oeuvre defined his own work as much as they did hers: "Sweetheart" is their only vocal collaboration released as a single, and it's an inspired remake of a 1987 Rainy Davis song. —LW
22. "Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)" (Rainbow, 1999)
How could anyone dare to dismiss a song Mariah subtitled as her own theme? It's like Mariah already wrote her own Lifetime biopic, and here's where the credits roll. (We'll give Lifetime a few years to get that production together.) —LW
21. "#Beautiful" (Me. I Am Mariah ... The Elusive Chanteuse, 2014)
Somehow this never broke into the Song of Summer contest last year, and I can't figure out why; maybe it's that Miguel sings a little more than he should on a single that's supposed to be Mariah's. Whatever — "#Beautiful" is a warm bath of a song, listenable for hours on end. And never forget that Mariah was the hashtag-song pioneer. —AD
20. "Through the Rain" (Charmbracelet, 2002)
The tricky thing about "Through the Rain" is that, by listening, you are reminded of all the 2001 rain (the hospitalization, the TRL incident, Giltter). The pain-to-musical-joy ratio is not quite as winning as, say, "Butterfly," which is why "Through the Rain" doesn't crack the top 20. But it is an important emotional document. —AD
19. "Love Takes Time" (Mariah Carey, 1990)
Aw, baby Mariah, singing her heart out for the easy-listening crowds. There is something comforting about a time capsule. (Except for the part when she's alone and sad and stuff.) —AD
18. "Obsessed" (Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, 2009)
My friend Aminatou claims that "Obsessed" should receive props for placing Mariah as the only celeb dissed by Eminem to actually (effectively) fight back. She makes a good point. The song was also inspired by Mariah's obsession with the movie Mean Girls — from which it steals a crucial line. —LW
17. "Shake It Off" (The Emancipation of Mimi, 2005)
As far as Mariah's diss tracks go, "Shake It Off" is perhaps her finest. Sure, it's arguably jacking Usher's Confessions style, but would Usher lyrically reference a 1980s Calgon ad? Nope. —LW
16. "Hero" (Music Box, 1993)
In the fourth grade, I had to give some sort of presentation about inspiration — maybe it was a morning devotional, since that was something that my weird, semi-religious elementary school made us do. Anyway, my big plan was to hit play on the cassette tape of "Hero" and then just stand in front of the class while Mariah gave everyone a pep talk. Which is really the one-liner on "Hero:" It's a fourth-grader's idea of inspiration. That said, I dare you to sing "It's a loooonnng road" without pounding the nearest piece of furniture. She feels it. —AD
15. "The Roof (Back in Time)" (Butterfly, 1997)
This is slinky Mariah at her best. Her breathy vocals hit notes barely recognizable as she slips and slides over a minimal Mobb Deep beat. —LW
14. "My All" (Butterfly, 1997)
For me, the definitive performance of "My All" happened during VH1 Divas Live 1998; Mariah faced a slew of heavy competition, and she definitely held her own (while also managing to hold up her giant hairdo). At least, that's what my mom always said. That VH1 Divas Live recording stayed on repeat in our Volvo's CD player for more than a year: I had no idea the song didn't actually turn into a dance song at the end. —LW
13. "Emotions" (Emotions, 1991)
Maybe the most singable Mariah song, thanks to the syncopation? Really, all you have to do is sing that "you've!" and look! You're credibly covering "Emotions." —AD
12. "Honey" (Butterfly, 1997)
She may be a chanteuse, but hip-hop also happens to suit Mariah Carey. "Honey" replaced "Mo Money Mo Problems" at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard charts. Equally as important as the song itself: Mariah emerging from a pool in a two-piece bathing suit and stilettos. —LW
11. "Breakdown" (Butterfly, 1997)
Full disclosure: "Breakdown" is my favorite Mariah Carey song. I didn't put at the top because this is a List of the People, but I feel like you should know this. I appreciate a Mariah ballad, I do, but "Breakdown" proves that when she shows controlled restraint, the results can be equally magical. —LW
10. "One Sweet Day" (Daydream, 1995)
"Aaaaaannnnd IIIII know you're shining down on me from heaaaaaaven." We are reaching the section of the Mariah list where we could communicate only in enthusiastic vowels and tears. Shout out to all the middle-school-dance DJs who played this for the last slow dance (even though it is song about death?). —AD
9. "Without You" (Music Box, 1993)
Did you know that "Without You" was originally a Badfinger song? Eh. Did you know it was then a chart-topping Harry Nilsson song? Maybe. But you knew about the Mariah version. Everyone did. It was (and still is) her biggest international hit. The ballad didn't fully reach its potential until she grabbed ahold of it and sang it into the stratosphere. Still, what a depressing song. —LW
8. "Heartbreaker" (Rainbow, 1999)
Crucial transitional Mariah, and also possibly the greatest music-video choreography of the TRL era? —AD
7. "We Belong Together" (The Emancipation of Mimi, 2005)
Mariah rarely gets desperate (in "Dreamlover," she sings "I need you so desperately," and in "I Still Believe," she refutes that claim: "I'm not the desperate type"), but in "We Belong Together," she doesn't need to say it: You can hear it. There's no bridge, the chorus's pitch rises an octave up, and Mariah is sing-shouting: There's desperation here. —LW
6. "Fantasy" (Daydream, 1995)
Remix or no remix, the Tom Tom sample on "Fantasy" (Mariah's idea, natch) is summer's calling card. It's ice cream, rotating fans with blowing ribbons attached, crop tops, and roller coasters: Mariah rides the one at New York's Rye Playland in the joyous video. —LW
5. "Butterfly" (Butterfly, 1997)
Peak merchandising potential; peak music-video realness. There are probably better vocal performances, but "Butterfly" is the champion of the ballads because it is all-purpose and personal. It is the (first) Mariah Carey Declaration of Independence. Everything is still possible. —AD
4. "Vision of Love" (Mariah Carey, 1990)
I had always secretly doubted my karaoke jockey's singing abilities until she pulled out "Vision of Love." She hit that high C (C5) with such ease, just as Mariah so spectacularly does, that I immediately developed a new respect for her. The power of "Vision of Love" granted Mariah diva status almost immediately ("diva" originating from opera singing, not from attitude — that would come later) and automatically challenged future pop-stars (and semi-professional singers like my KJ) to match her immense skill. —LW
3. "All I Want for Christmas" (Merry Christmas, 1994)
The drive-by Mariah fans will want to put this at No. 1, and we would say to these people: This is not a list of Christmas songs. "All I Want" is absolutely at the top of the Christmas Songs list. As something to sing while high on candy canes after your 15th holiday party, it is the be-all and end-all. Let that be enough for you. —AD
2. "Dreamlover" (Music Box, 1993)
Is there anything more Mariah 1.0 than "Dreamlover"? Sure, she had recently married the record exec who discovered her, Tommy Mottola, but "Dreamlover" is an optimistic pop masterpiece. A new love anthem for the forever lighthearted that features all of the wonderful things that would quickly become Mariah's signatures: the melismata (or, runs), the doo-doo-doos, the perfectly syncopated lyrics ("I need you so des-per-ate-ly"), and, of course, those whistles. —LW
1. "Always Be My Baby" (Daydream, 1995)
"Always Be My Baby" is essential, archetypal Mariah, if you want the boring take. I prefer the crowd test: Put this on in a room — party, restaurant, home office, whatever — and see if conversation can continue past the key change. Crowd-pleasing is an art, too. —AD
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EMR Implementation for Meaningful Data Analysis
Presented by:
Rachelle Van Winkle, DNP, RN
Certified Green Belt
Hospital Program Surveyor, Division of Accreditation & Certification Operations
The Joint Commission
This presentation will provide an overview of EMR implementation for meaningful data analysis. Dr. Rachelle Van Winkle, DNP, RN, is a Hospital Program Surveyor for the Joint Commission. Prior to joining the Joint Commission, Dr. Van Winkle held various leadership positions in two large academic medical systems and a community hospital. Her background is primarily in Maternal Child (ante/intra/postpartum and levels I & II nurseries) in addition to Infection Prevention, Education, and Case Management. Her particular area of expertise includes evidence-based practice, policy development, system standardization, and EMR implementation for meaningful data analysis.
This webinar discusses the following objectives:
- Deduce the effectiveness EMR implementation and the quality of data obtained.
- Determine the ease of use and the user compliance.
- Determine if the intent of the EMR design was fulfilled based on the ability to analyze data meaningfully.


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Back in May, iRacing announced to have licensed Australia's Mount Panorama Raceway, better known as Bathurst.
Now, a first scan data preview is available as iRacing has successfully scanned the track and started working on the virtual version. Bathurst will be the third Australian track in iRacing, following Phillip Island & Oran Park.
Bathurst is Australia's most iconic racing facility, featuring a stunning run up Mount Panorama using mostly public roads, the 3.8 mile circuit hosts the annual Bathurst 1000, V8 Supercars' marquee event as well as several sports car races.


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May 2, 2014
The first thing that will most likely strike you about Brandnew Boy (apart from its odd title) is that it looks great. Brandnew Boy is built using the Unreal engine and even though I reviewed the game on a Nexus 4, it still managed to pack a graphical punch. The game itself revolves around you playing as a young man (or if you'd prefer, a young woman) who's got a bad case of amnesia.
What they (you) can remember though is how to kick and punch. This is handy as each level you complete is full of bizarre creatures, ranging from odd-looking 'egg men' to what can only be described as a demon with an umbrella.
The game as a whole has a great visual appeal to it and everything's been designed to look extremely unique. It does come across as a case of style over substance though as the story is pretty cliche and the combat is nothing too special.
Combat boils down to tapping the screen to initiate a combo attack. To keep the combo going you need to keep watch of an attack gauge. You need to time your following taps so that the gauge is in a yellow zone, otherwise your hits will fail. This means that more often than not you'll be too busy staring at a moving bar than taking in all of the great visuals and animations going on in front of you. To make this worse, enemies will sign-post their attacks, but again, as you're too busy looking at the bar, you'll often miss these queues. In the game's defence, this is less of an issue when playing on a larger screen.
Another factor that makes the game tricky is that the developers have made it that way. The game quickly ramps up its difficulty leaving you with two options. Pay to improve your character or grind away on the same levels to unlock experience that way. It's a tried and tested method of making 'free' games profitable, so why this spike is inside of this 'premium' (i.e. you have to pay for it) title, I have no idea.
As you could probably guess, you get to spend your experience points on improving your character's stats. More health, stronger attacks and special moves are all available for those that invest the time. Special moves are extremely useful, especially ones that break through your enemies' defences or can clear a large group in one go. Also adding to the depth of combat is the ability to summon any defeated bosses. These summons don't act any differently than the previously mentioned 'special moves', but it's still pretty cool to see the tiger you defeated earlier on now being on your side.
In summary, Brandnew Boy oozes style and looks pretty stunning. The combat's not the most interesting, but there's such a wealth of content on offer here and it's all presented so well that you'll likely be driven on to see what areas, enemies and moves unlock next. Well worth your time if you don't mind a bit of a grind.


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Paint It Black – Atticus Finch lyrics
You'll be the first to judge, the first to cast doubt, the first to point fingers and the first to bail out.
King of the drama circus.
Craving the spotlight.
Bottom feeding off our efforts.
Fucking parasite!
So don't talk until you take a walk in my Chucks.
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lunedì 10 luglio 2017
A finish !
I'm a busy bee this year and I have another finish ! It's a counted canvas work design, Arabesque from Laura J. Perin.
It's my first counted canvas work and found it really interesting again for the use of many different threads that where new to me.
Could not resist to make some little changes to the original pattern, so the beads are gold plated ones as well as the twist cord embellishment and the Swarowsky crystal in the centre; also didn't stitch all the pink backround between the central square motif and the outer edge to make it "pop" a bit more and used Sandstone canvas colour instead of the Santa Fe green called for.
Love the result, do you ?
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Work in progress.
In the last post I showed the citrons hand painted canvas I did after a Giovanna Garzoni artwork and, after any months here it is, halfway done.
It's so funny to use so many different materials like metallics, silks, cottons, wool and beads. I love the texture that the various stitches create and the painting still showing under the stitches that gives a very nice tridimensional look to the whole thing.
I'm hoping to have it finished soon ! Hope you like it :)
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In response to the VegNews scandal of publising non-vegan stock photography for vegan recipes, Vegan Nutritionista offers an alternative VegNews apology letter that we feel would make VegNews readers feel more comfortable with the magazine.
I've always been a fan of VegNews magazine, and I had mixed feelings about the "VegNews Scandal" in 2011. On the one hand, I can see how they could feel pressure to get each issue out on time and with beautiful pictures, but on the other hand, I don't think a vegan magazine should ever support non-vegan ventures.
Here's my proposed letter:
Dear VegNews Readers,
In light of the overwhelming response to our stock photography and to our corresponding press release, we have taken some time to reconsider the situation.
When VegNews first began operating, we were on a very small budget and there vegan bloggers were non-existent. We felt forced into using non-vegan stock photography to represent the vegan recipes we presented in our magazine. We hated to do this as we felt it was misrepresentation, but we felt we had few other options.
Over the years, our vegan world has been graced with countless vegan bloggers, website owners, and cookbook writers who produce beautiful pictures of vegan recipes, and on occasion we have commissioned a few of them to produce recipes and photos for the magazine. However, over those years, we never stopped to reconsider our old stock photo policy.
Your overwhelming concern has helped us to realize this was wrong, and has given us reason to reconsider our policies. Going forward, we will be seriously considering your suggestions as to alternatives to non-vegan stock photography.
In fact, not only will we be reviewing our photography policy, but over the coming months we will review all of our policies to ensure that we truly live up to our own standard.
We thank you for bringing this to our attention, for the service you do in the name of animals and humans, and we sincerely hope you accept our apologies.
Thank you, VegNews
Update to VegNews Scandal, April 18, 2011:
VegNews did issue a new apology that was more sincere than their first, and I think the vegan community is happy with the magazine's new promises.


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Join Us: Saturday, May 5, 2018
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All ages welcome to the mighty Mississippi's banks to experience
an exciting and important piece of St. Louis history!
The Unfair Fair
Prejudice on the Pike
16th Annual Mary Meachum Celebration
Saturday, May 5, 2018 from 12-5pm
In 1855 , a free-born black woman, Mary Meachum, believed slavery was wrong and did something about it.
In 1865, slavery ended and brought with it many new beginnings.
In 1904, the world was invited to St. Louis, unless you were a person of color. Then you worked or were on display. Join us to rediscover the full history of St. Louis moment in the world spotlight.
The 1904 Louisiana Exposition World's Fair has always been source of pride for the city, but not all of the story has been told. Everyone was not invited to the fair, nor treated equally. Hence the name of our event this year, "The Unfair Fair."
There will be a "Pike" along the bike trail to recreate the festivities of the 1904 World's Fair. On the stage, there will be church choirs singing the new type of church music – gospel. Of course, there will be a performance of vignettes recreating the Black experience on the main stage and throughout the festival site. There will be Vaudeville type acts, including magic show by Circus Harmony, and some international acts such Middle Eastern Dance and African drumming. To represent the Anthropology Village that had humans on display, we are using life size photos from the fair to explain the various cultures that were exploited for others' enjoyment during the fair.
Representation and context matters. In a region where people reference this event on a weekly basis and has shaped our region's culture, showcasing the full range of experiences from that time is of critical importance to everyone understanding the long and complicated history of race relations in St. Louis. The World's Fair, being a ubiquitous and beloved topic, is a great example of how there is always more to the story.
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*Trigger warning*
I was warned not to do it but I did it anyway. I watched 13 Reasons Why. I'm sure you've heard about the show by now – it'd be hard not to, given all the controversy about it. It's about a teenager (Hannah Baker) who commits suicide and leaves behind audio tapes detailing her life experiences and the actions of the thirteen people she blames for her suicide.
It was amazing, engaging, completely addictive, and triggering as all holy fuck.
I can't decide if I'm glad I watched it because it was a really good series, or if I regret it because I now feel so absolutely horrible in myself.
The show explores bullying, sexual assault, misogyny, rape, and more nasty shit including Hannah's ultimate suicide. It covers very difficult topics and it does so graphically and explicitly. I was expecting it to be heavy and hard to watch but not to the extent that it was, and I certainly didn't expect to feel triggered by it. I've been struggling with my own depression of late but I was still unprepared for the feeling I was left with at the end of the series. I was left feeling – and still feel – totally empty and worthless and miserable. Cool.
I think the reason why I found it triggering was because it brought back so many memories and feelings that I had pushed away over the years. I was quite badly bullied in secondary school. I felt like everyone was against me, and I felt like there was this torrential shit storm constantly raining down on me. Life felt so cruel. I self-harmed throughout my teenage years and experienced a lot of suicidal ideation. This show brought back all the reasons why I felt so fucking horrendous, and reminded me of all the thoughts and feelings I had about myself during that time.
Those thoughts and feelings have come back and burrowed into my brain as though they'd never gone away. I'm having flashbacks to all the times I was told I was ugly and worthless and that no one would ever want to be with me; to all the times where people would deliberately do horrible shit to me, like stick plasters in my hair or trip me up on the stairs or throw stuff or spread horrible rumours; to all the times when I self-harmed because I didn't know how to express my pain and no one else was there for me. These experiences all left me feeling like I was fundamentally 'wrong' in some way and that I didn't deserve to be alive. Having watched 13 Reasons Why, the gnawing emptiness and sadness caused by all of the above has formed a knot in my stomach again.
But my life is better now, right? Of course it is. I'm so, so lucky and ultimately really happy with what I have. But honestly, my experiences as a teenager were really damaging and I'm still left with the physical and mental scars from them. I can't just magic the sadness away, or the feelings I've been left with about myself. On Monday night, a couple of hours after I finished the last episode of 13 Reasons Why, I was face down on our bed sobbing, asking my boyfriend why he's with me, telling him he's all I have and that I'm sure he's going to leave me.
What's incredibly frustrating is that I can imagine the people who bullied me watching 13 Reasons Why and not seeing the connection between Hannah and someone like me. The show makes it clear how things happened and who was responsible for what. In real life, these things are much more nuanced and banal. The problem for me was the insidious nature of the comments and little actions of others; the overall result was greater than the sum of its parts. I guess the show addresses this too, but not to the extent I would have hoped. In real life it can sometimes be really difficult to identify direct causes for things, or one event from which everything else snowballed. I don't imagine the people who bullied me actually recognizing their actions as damaging because it was just a comment here and there; thoughtless and sporadic. Everyone was mean to everyone, right? The word 'banter' wasn't really around when I was at school but if it was, I feel like that's how they would have justified their behaviour towards me.
Another thing that struck me about the show is that Hannah's character is beautiful. charismatic, likeable and fun. I was watching the show and thinking 'wow, I wish I was any of those things at that age'. I compared the school-age me to the main character and it made me feel even more inferior in my memories of my time at school. I was unattractive and awkward and felt worthless. I'm not saying I had it worse than the character in the show, but that the character's intrinsic worth and loveliness makes me feel even worse about the 'old' me. I think, had I watched this show during the time I was mentally struggling the most, it probably would have pushed me over the edge.
Maybe the biggest thing that frustrates me about the show is that it doesn't feel realistic that the character put these tapes together. That implies that she feels that people will regret their behaviour towards her. When I was being bullied and feeling suicidal, I didn't feel like anyone would give the slightest fuck if I died or feel bad about what they did to me. I certainly wouldn't dream of recording my voice and going into detail about my experiences; I would have felt like that would be another thing for the bullies to laugh at me for. I know not everyone's experiences are the same, but the tapes just feel so alien to the situation and how being bullied makes you feel. I wanted to disappear; I wouldn't have wanted anyone to remember that I had existed.
The show also doesn't explore depression and mental illness as much as I feel it could. It kind of goes from "happy girl" to "suicidal girl" without a representation of the prolonged mental illness in the middle. You see her reacting to the events and things happening to her, and you see a few token signs of the fact that she might be feeling suicidal (overly simplified to "losing interest in things", "changing appearance" etc.), but you don't necessarily see the signs of mental illness. Only in the last episode did I see a scene that rang true for me and truly represented some element of deep depression – the one in the counsellor's office.
Lastly, in the show Hannah assigns blame to people for her death which is quite a manipulative thing to do, and I don't like the idea of all suicidal people being assigned that label. It's not accurate and it's not fair.
There weren't thirteen people to blame for me feeling the way I did throughout my teenage years; it was a mixture of circumstances and people and thought patterns that had developed over the course of my entire life. This is the nuance that the show misses. As far as I can understand, people don't commit suicide just because they are being or have been bullied. There are other factors. Bullying is much more likely to result in suicide if the person being bullied already has harmful thought patterns, had a difficult upbringing, has specific personality traits that would lead them to absolutist thinking etc. (I know these things were certainly true for me).
Although it's not perfect in its portrayal, I'm fundamentally glad 13 Reasons Why exists. It explores some serious issues that need to be talked about, and which are a problem for a lot of young people. I hope it serves as a catalyst for serious discussions and makes people think harder about how they treat others (of course, you can't just prevent suicide or mental illness by being nicer to people, but it's certainly a good place to start). I feel like this show should be watched by anyone who hasn't experienced similar things to Hannah, just to give you an idea of what it's like; but please be mindful of what is covered and don't watch it if you are concerned about being triggered.
Stay safe and sane, loves! x


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Get Well Soon Messages For Him
Get well soon messages for him can be written to various male people like your husband, son, colleague, cousin and others. These messages are written to wish speedy recovery and good health to the recipient.
In most cases get well soon messages for him would encourage him to battle his illness and emerge as a winner.
One can send these messages through SMS, card or any other means.
Sample get well soon messages for him
- You're feeling lowly and so am I because I can't be around. Praying before god for your speedy recovery. My dear husband. Get well soon.
- [blockquote]I have sent my care and love with the wind. I have asked the wind to send all my love to you. Daily praying to god for your fastest possible recovery. Get well soon, love.[/blockquote]
- Last night, I saw some stars come out and start playing. Not all of them, however, were shining though. This is because they all know that you're not with me and recovering from ill health.
- You are being missed not only by me but also by the whole family. Get well soon and come back home.
- [blockquote]My love, the message comes straight from the heart for whishing you the fastest recovery possible. Be back to your good health. Get well quickly.[/blockquote]
- It's long time since we had the chicken burger at Roger's café. Get well fast and let's have the gala time again.
- You're the most spirited individual I have ever come across. You don't look good lying on the hospital bed. Battle hard and I am sure you would be out in the brighter world.
- Illness, dear, is when you're entitled to a paid leave. The employer is cleverer though. Be back on your feet quickly.
- You have always meant a lot to me. Your well being and happiness is of the most importance to me. Get well fast, please.
- [blockquote]I'm always by your side and it would help to know that someone is always there for you and you can always count on me whenever in need.[/blockquote]
- You are the brightest and most cheerful man in the whole world and it doesn't feel nice to see you confined to the bed. Get well fast, dear.
- We all fall ill at some point in our lives. But to see the best man in the world suffering is unbearable. Get well soon, darling.


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SÃO PAULO—Brazilian real estate lending, including mortgages and loans to real-estate developers, rose to an all-time high of 109.2 billion Brazilian reais ($46.3 billion) in 2013 due to the rise in people's income, the Brazilian Association of Mortgage and Building Lenders, or Abecip, said Tuesday.
The previous record was set in 2012 with a volume of 82.8 billion Brazilian reais. As recently as 2010, real estate lending volume was only 56.2 billion reais....


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TCPDump is a fine way to find out what a system is doing with another system, but generally you will see so much noise unless you limit the traffic that it will be difficult to see what's happening. This command did the trick for me when analyzing a problem with FTP
tcpdump src net 10.1.1.73 or dst net 10.1.1.73 -e -vv -w FTP_from_73.cap
Sometimes you may just want to look at dhcp information.
tcpdump -lenx -i eth0 -s 1500 port bootps or port bootpc
I ran this on the FTP server to capture the bare minimum of frames. We wanted to get both sides of the conversation, the source (src) and the destination (dst) so that we have all the communication between the two systems. One thing that you may be missing in this scenario is when one or both of these system call out to a third server, like a DNS server. If you need to do that, just tcpdump everything.
So how do you view this. Well, I creates a .cap file that is visible and filterable in wireshark which you can load with yum or apt-get.
About Jay Farschman - Jay currently works as a Senior Systems Administrator for an asset management company in Colorado where he works with companies that produce hardware, telecommunications software and financial services. Jay previously owned a consulting company and provided training and consulting services for three Fortune 500 companies and numerous small businesses where he leveraged Linux to provided exceptional value.


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Lana Wachowski's speech upon accepting the Visibility Award at the Human Rights Campaign's gala in San Francisco on October 20 is extremely moving, sad and inspiring. Her revelation of writing a suicide note while in high school isn't easy to hear, let alone read and the issues she raises when it comes to the issues faced by someone growing up transgender isn't something we can all relate to, but that doesn't make it any less real.
While this isn't exactly a topic of movie discussion some may feel it doesn't belong in this space, but the reality of it is that if Lana Wachowski wasn't a director, her story most likely wouldn't be heard and would therefore remain silent and many of us remaining ignorant to the problems that affect a portion of society we don't hear from regularly.
That said, you don't have to watch the speech, which I've included below. You don't have to read the transcript, which The Hollywood Reporter has placed online right here, but considering the strength it takes to say the things Lana said I felt the very least I could do was take a moment to make her words available in one more place.
For me, the stand out moment comes near the end when she talks about her family and the support her mother, father and brother (Andy Wachowski) have shown:
In Sydney, Australia, I finally came out to my family. When I told my mom what was going on, she jumped on a plane immediately. It was this big, tear-soaked baptism, and she confessed that she had been afraid to arrive and grieve the loss of her son. But when she arrived she found it wasn't so much a death as it was a discovery. That there was this other part of me, an unseen part, and she felt it was like a gift because now she could get to know that part of me. [applause]
We went to dinner. I dressed as feminine as I could, wanting to be seen by strangers as Lana. Hoping that waiters would not call me "sir" or "he," as if these people suddenly had the power to confirm or deny my existence. My mom is also a bit talkative. She always introduces herself to the waiter or waitress. And she's like, "Hi, I'm Lynne. This is my daughter Lana." And the waitress smiles and says, "Wow, she looks just like you." [applause]
When my dad arrived he shrugged it off easier than accepting that his wife and daughter had once voted for Jane Byrne instead of Harold Washington [for Chicago mayor in 1983] — a choice that still rankles him today. He said, "Look, if my kid wants to sit down and talk to me I'm a lucky man. What matters is that you're alive, you seem happy, and that I can put my arms around you and give you a kiss." [applause] Having good parents is just like the lottery. You're just like, "Oh my god, I won the lottery! What the — I didn't do anything!"
I remember thinking about my dad's words, his acceptance of me, when my wife and I first read about [murdered transgender teen] Gwen Araujo. It seemed impossible that something like that could happen so close to this city, yet here was this person like me murdered by ignorance, by prejudice, murdered by intolerance, it seemed in direct inverse proportion to the acceptance of my family. Murdered by a kind of fear that seeks to obliterate any evidence that the world is different from the way they want to see it, from the way they want to believe it to be.
Invisibility is indivisible from visibility; for the transgender this is not simply a philosophical conundrum — it can be the difference between life and death.
A few short weeks ago after my coming out, the three of us, Tom, Andy and I were being interviewed, one of the reporters ventured away from the subject of the film towards my gender. Imagine that, a reporter. My brother quickly stepped in, "Look, just so we're clear," he says, "if somebody asks something or says something about my sister that I don't like, understand that I will break a bottle over their head." [applause] Few words express love clearer than these.
Watch the full speech directly below.
Lana and Andy Wachowski directed The Matrix trilogy and have Cloud Atlas coming out this weekend, which they wrote and directed with Tom Tykwer. For more information on that film click here.


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- 1 Nitesh Hunter Valley – Amenities
- 2 Nitesh Hunter Valley – Location Map
- 3 Nitesh Hunter Valley – Price, Options and Possession
- 4 Nitesh Hunter Valley – Project Area, Open Space and Key Highlights
- 5 Nitesh Hunter Valley – Project Specification
- 6 Nitesh Hunter Valley – Accessibility and Key Distances
- 7 Nitesh Hunter Valley – Buyer's and Investment Advantages
- 8 Nitesh Hunter Valley – About Builder
Nitesh Hunter Valley – Amenities
- Badminton court – min 2no's
- Squash court – min 2 no's
- Library
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- Large children play area with facilities for different age group
- Tennis courts 3 no's
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Nitesh Hunter Valley – Location Map
Nitesh Hunter Valley – Price, Options and Possession
- Rate per Sq Ft – On Request
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Nitesh Hunter Valley – Project Area, Open Space and Key Highlights
- Project Total Area – 25 Acres.
Nitesh Hunter Valley – Project Specification
- RCC framed structure (designed for seismic zone 2), with solid block masonry walls.
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- Other Internal Door : Hardwood frame with flush Shutters enamel coated
- Balcony Door : 3 track anodised aluminium sliding doors with provision for mosquito mesh
- Anodised aluminium windows 2 track with 5mm thick clear plain glass
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- Staircases- Main entry level : Granite
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- Toilet : Glazed Ceramic tiles upto 7' height
- Kitchen : Glazed Ceramic tiles 2' above platform
- 20 mm thick highly polished bull nosed granite counter top
- Stainless steel sink (Single bowl single drain board)
- Provision for water purifier
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- Internal Walls & eilings : Oil bound distemper
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- 2 BHK Flat : 3KW KPTCL Supply & 1 KW DG back up
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- CCTV at strategic locations for security & monitoring
- 2 automatic lifts per tower
Nitesh Hunter Valley – Accessibility and Key Distances
- Location – Hennur Road, Bangalore
- Distance from MG Road – 10 Kms
- Distance from Railway Station – 15.5 Kms
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- Nearest Metro station – 9.3 Kms
- Nearest Ring Road – 17.2 Kms
Nitesh Hunter Valley – Buyer's and Investment Advantages
- Located in a well-established residential area
- Close to schools, shopping malls & hospitals
- Proximity to Metro stations
Nitesh Hunter Valley – About Builder
Nitesh Estates the real estate arm of the Nitesh Group, is an integrated property development company headquartered in Bangalore, India, with presence across 4 asset classes.
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By Mark Ward Sr.
In January when Sam Kuris died in a forklift accident, he left behind a wife, three children and a distressed property the British Columbia family had purchased with the hope of renovating into their dream home.
Hearing of the family's straits, a Vancouver community outreach program called the Home Team swung into action. In September the group, a ministry of the local Cornerstone Seventh Day Adventist Church, pulled together more than 150 area contractors and suppliers to complete the renovation and make the Kuris family dream come true.
One participant was Weatherguard Gutters Inc., whose president Russell McCann has so far helped the Home Team with nine makeover projects for needy families.
"Over the years I've worked with community outreaches like the Home Team and the soup kitchen," McCann recounts, "and I've helped build churches and schools in Malaysia and Africa." And though McCann jokes he had planned a very different career before "ending up in the gutter" nearly 25 years ago, he has come to appreciate how the business has afforded him the opportunity and flexibility to find personal and professional satisfaction.
Considering how Weatherguard Gutters operates a dozen trucks that cover an area of nearly 2 million people and some 1,400 square miles — and that McCann also owns two sister companies, Weatherguard Exteriors and Weatherguard Renovations — it may seem surprising that, as he admits, "I've always taken a casual approach to the business."
Yet his take-things-as-they-come outlook is rooted in two aspects of McCann's character.
First is his conviction that "I've put the business in God's hands," he explains, "which takes a load off my mind because God's in charge. My job is to build relationships in our community, help customers and others where I can, and keep things going according to a larger purpose."
Second is McCann's inner peace about hiring good people and then empowering them.
"Truth be told," he concedes, "I would probably have been satisfied to run a couple of trucks and keep the business at what I thought was a manageable size. But the key to growth is recognizing your strengths and weaknesses — and while I'm strong in sales, I'm not as strong with management."
So as McCann readily acknowledges, "I was lucky to hire people who covered my weaknesses — and who, quite frankly, had a larger vision than me for the growth potential of our company. Our size still seems overwhelming to me at times. What's made it work is recruiting and retaining the right people and crews."
McCann "ended up in the gutter," in the first place, by accepting the opportunities that came along rather than bending the world to his will. "I'd planned to be a doctor and was getting a medical degree," he remembers, "but in the 1980s the cost of a medical education was rising. So I took a year off from school to earn money after a friend in Edmonton, who was a gutter subcontractor, invited me to work for him."
When a recession hit in the mid-1980s and the gutter business slowed down, his friend moved to Vancouver. But McCann was off to Toronto with plans to install gutters until school started up again in the fall. His new employer, however, was swamped with projects and begged McCann to stay on through the end of year.
Later, McCann rejoined his friend in Vancouver and then in 1988 decided to launch out on his own with Weatherguard Gutters. "It was a tough decision because I still liked the idea of becoming a doctor," he recalls, "but I also liked the gutter business because the work is different every day, you meet new people all the time, jobs are over quickly rather than taking weeks or months to finish, and you get a sense of accomplishment when the work is done."
McCann also was fortunate to be in the right place at the right time. After Vancouver hosted a world's fair in 1986, the city attracted an influx of Asian businesses and immigrants. The housing market boomed and Weatherguard Gutters quickly became a favorite with local builders who appreciated McCann's emphases on quality and service at a fair price.
"But through dips in the economy over the years," he continues, "we decided to diversify. About half of our business is still new home construction, while 40 percent is retrofit jobs for existing homes and 10 percent is gutter work for high-end homes. Happily, construction activity in Vancouver is still phenomenal."
With 13 gutter machines in operation, Weatherguard Gutters offers a diverse range of products and services. Seamless 5- and 6-inch gutters are sold in either a Colonial or a Crown profile whose classic looks set the Weatherguard apart from competitors. And two years ago the company was the first Vancouver installer to offer seamless half-round gutters in copper, zinc or aluminum.
How the company got into half-round gutters is another example of McCann taking advantage of the opportunities that come his way. A local Olive Garden restaurant contacted him after its copper gutters were stolen. Since copper theft is an ongoing problem, the restaurant spurned a copper replacement system but still wanted a half-round European look.
Rather than send the customer elsewhere, McCann invested in a new seamless half-round gutter machine. "We justified it as another way to differentiate us from competitors," he states, "and in hopes of building up a market for more high-end gutter jobs. It's been a struggle. But homes in Vancouver are so expensive, anyway, that gutters are only a small part of the overall construction cost."
Like McCann's original restaurant customer, high-end homeowners are afraid of copper theft but appreciate the look of half-round gutters. "So when we show they have some options in half-round gutters, in addition to copper, they get excited," he says.
Weatherguard also gets marketing mileage from being around longer than its competitors.
McCann has made his share of sales calls and affirms that homeowners and builders pay attention when he points out, "Not all machines are identical, so that not all similarly-named profiles are compatible or interchangeable. It's almost impossible to repair gutter damage if the original machine is no longer around. That's why it's important to deal with a well-established company."
Such arguments are crucial these days, McCann believes, as "the price of gutter machines has dropped by half since 2007, so that competitors are ramping up. In only two or three months, somebody can go into business and have a machine, a nice truck, a spiffy logo and website, and look legitimate." Weatherguard's answer is to offer good wages and retain top crews so that, he adds, "We can sell value, charge prices that turn fair profits, and still keep busy with work."
Nevertheless, McCann acknowledges his company must keep up with competitors when it comes to customer perceptions. "One area where I've been lucky to hire people who are strong in areas where I'm weak," he notes, "is branding and imaging. They've gotten us high-end trucks and equipment and found ways to optimize our website. Word-of-mouth is still the best advertising. But I appreciate how our key executives often dream bigger than I do."
Not that McCann is short on innovation, however. A few years ago, after failing to find a gutter protection product that worked to his satisfaction in Vancouver's unique environment, he simply developed his own. Today the Gutter Guard Pro design is licensed to a Florida manufacturer and sold across North America.
"Vancouver is in a rain forest," McCann explains. "Our wind and snow loads aren't huge, but we do get lots of rain. On top of that, Vancouver is the most heavily treed city in the world — and most of those trees are pines and cedars that drop needles." The forward-sloping screen of Gutter Guard Pro prevents trapped debris from building up, while a drip edge prevents the tiger striping that often plagues Vancouver gutter systems.
Despite others' claims to the contrary, McCann asserts no product can provide 100-percent gutter protection. "Gutter Guard Pro doesn't claim to be 'maintenance-free,'" he notes, "but instead is what we call 'maintenance-friendly.' It keeps out the majority of the small stuff and lengthens the time between cleanings."
Though gutters have always been his central focus, McCann took on some siding and soffit work about 20 years ago as a way to diversify. By 1995 he spun off that work to create Weatherguard Exteriors as a separate company. Then four years ago, after noting the rise of home restoration projects in Vancouver, he and a partner formed Weatherguard Restorations.
Both companies benefit from the locally prominent Weatherguard brand and image but are operated as standalone enterprises.
"We've had growth," McCann says of his interests, "but the growth isn't something that I ever set out according to a plan. I've put it in God's hands and left the rest up to his direction. For me, it's enough that I enjoy the work, see how it has a larger purpose, and can be used to help people in ways that I couldn't have imagined or planned in advance."


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This sounds amazing. We always knew Bill Clinton had excellent taste (yes, we're talking about his brilliant wife here, alright?). The ex-President has told interviewer Harvey Weinstein on Piers Morgan Tonight that he reckons that George Light-Of-Our-Lives Clooney would be the ideal gent to play him in a biopic of his life.
And we couldn't agree more.
He revealed that after watching The Descendents he realised that George was the one to step into his highly buffed and no doubt expensive shoes. (We like to think ex-Presidents have special shoes. Not lifted shoes or anything, just really shiny.)
"He was so good in it, so real," Clinton gushed about George's role as the betrayed husband Matt King. (Kind of ironic that Bill rated him in a story about a betrayed husband, when, well, you know.)
He's obviously thought about this a good deal (and why wouldn't you? You know when really dull people ask you who would most likely play you in a movie of your life? Well, Bill's got to actually consider this realistically because unlike us plebs he might actually get a film made about his life). He's even worked out what George would have to have done to his appearance to look like him: "You could put bulbous things on his nose."
But we very much disagree with Bill on one thing - he said Brad Pitt was "too good looking" to play him. Ahem, we'll have you know, Bill, that George is the epitome of good looking.
And who does he think should play his lovely lady wife, aka the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton? Meryl Streep obviously. Bill Clinton has thus proved himself a movie casting genius. Meryl Streep is perfect.
Obviously, he doesn't mention who would play Monica Lewinsky, the woman he famously "did not have sexual relations" with (but really did). There's no getting away from the fact that she'd have to have a pretty big role in the movie.
We're thinking Kirsty Allsop. Look at them! Right, our job is done. That's a wrap.
(And full credit for the amazingness of the Monica/Kirsty lookalike goes to our News writer extraordinaire Natalie Evans)


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"This is the first study to show comparable safety and immune response of an experimental Ebola vaccine in an African population," says lead author Dr Julie Ledgerwood from the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health, USA. "This is particularly encouraging because those at greatest risk of Ebola live primarily in Africa, and diminished vaccine protection in African populations has been seen for other diseases."
Scientists from the NIAID developed the DNA vaccines that code for Ebola virus proteins from the Zaire and Sudan strains and the Marburg virus protein. The vaccines contain the construction plans for the proteins on the outer surface of the virus. Immune responses against these proteins have shown to be highly protective in non-human primate models.
In this phase 1 trial, the Makerere University Walter Reed Program enrolled 108 healthy adults aged between 18 and 50 from Kampala, Uganda between November, 2009 and April, 2010. Each volunteer was randomly assigned to receive an intramuscular injection of either the Ebola vaccine (30 volunteers), Marburg vaccine (30), both vaccines (30), or placebo (18) at the start of the study, and again 4 weeks and 8 weeks later.
The vaccines given separately and together were safe and stimulated an immune response in the form of neutralising antibodies and T-cells against the virus proteins. Four weeks after the third injection, just over half of the volunteers (57%; 17 of 30) had an antibody response to the Ebola Zaire protein as did 14 of 30 participants who received both the Ebola and Marburg vaccines. However, the antibodies were not long-lasting and returned to undetectable levels within 11 months of vaccination.
Both DNA vaccines were well tolerated in Ugandan adults with similar numbers of local and systemic reactions reported in all groups. Only one serious adverse event (neutropenia; low white blood cell count) was reported in a Marburg vaccine only recipient, but was not thought to be vaccine related.
According to Dr Ledgerwood, "These findings have already formed the basis of a more potent vaccine, delivered using a harmless chimpanzee cold virus, which is undergoing trials in the USA, UK, Mali, and Uganda in response to the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak."
Writing in a linked Comment, Dr Saranya Sridhar from the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford in the UK says, "[This] study deserves to be the focal point around which the broader question of vaccine development, particularly for Africa, must be addressed. With the uncharitable benefit of hindsight in view of the evolving 2014 Ebola outbreak, we must ask ourselves whether a filovirus vaccine should have been in more advanced clinical development. The international response to the present Ebola outbreak is an exemplar of the speed and purpose with which clinical vaccine development can progress and has set the benchmark against which future vaccine development must be judged. This study is the first step on the aspirational road towards the deployment of filovirus vaccines in Africa and must serve to shake the metaphorical cobwebs that can stall our advance towards this destination."
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The above story is based on materials provided by The Lancet. Note: Materials may be edited for content and length.
Journal Reference:
- Hannah Kibuuka, Nina M Berkowitz, Monica Millard, Mary E Enama, Allan Tindikahwa, Arthur B Sekiziyivu, Pamela Costner, Sandra Sitar, Deline Glover, Zonghui Hu, Gyan Joshi, Daphne Stanley, Meghan Kunchai, Leigh Anne Eller, Robert T Bailer, Richard A Koup, Gary J Nabel, John R Mascola, Nancy J Sullivan, Barney S Graham, Mario Roederer, Nelson L Michael, Merlin L Robb, Julie E Ledgerwood. Safety and immunogenicity of Ebola virus and Marburg virus glycoprotein DNA vaccines assessed separately and concomitantly in healthy Ugandan adults: a phase 1b, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. The Lancet, 2014; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62385-0
The Lancet. "Trial confirms Ebola vaccine candidate safe, equally immunogenic in Africa." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 23 December 2014. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141223084000.htm>.
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Am I the only one that feels like TDKR prevents Nolan's trilogy from being perfect?
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No way is TDKR more exposition heavy than Inception. The first hour of Inception is exposition. But, fun exposition for the most part.
Exactly, it's fun exposition that's introducing us to a new, unique world. TDKR is the third in the series, yet it starts off by introducing us to all of these new characters (Foley, Dagget, Senator whatshisname, Miranda) that frankly aren't nearly as interesting as the old ones. Compare that with the beginning of TDK where though we get small bits of new characters (Chechan, MCU detectives, mayor, etc) but the focus remains on Batman and Gordon.
TDKR is a pretty strong script. Definitely stronger than Begins in terms of dialogue. Jonah is the best dialogue writer of the three, and there's a noticeable jump in dialogue quality from BB to TDK/TDKR.
I'll disagree here. There's definitely better stuff in TDKR than in BB, but Begins wins out for me because it's consistent. TDKR goes from great dialogue all the way to "No! I came back to stop you!". It's all over the place in terms of quality.
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Did you ever think that maybe people try to
"justify why you don't like TDKR"
, because you make posts like this that don't actually say anything?
"it just didn't work"
"it's with the way the story is told"
aren't reasons. So I can't blame people for trying to
"justify why other people don't like it"
when those people don't give real reasons. Actually it would be weird if they didn't make some attempt to justify it.
That's because I was being general
After over a year of discussing this movie, I'm all reasoned out. If you're really curious about my opinion on specific parts of TDKR you can look at my post history.
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