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The John Stewart Company began in 1978 with a commitment to providing high quality management for affordable housing in the Bay Area. Today, JSCo is a full-service housing management, development, and consulting organization employing over 1,300 people state-wide. According to the National Affordable Housing Management Association's 2013 report, JSCo was the largest affordable housing provider in California, and ranked 6th nationwide.
The staff at The John Stewart Company is as multi-faceted as the populations we serve. We have been recognized by the State of California with an award for Excellence in the Workplace for the promotion of ethnic and cultural diversity. Our professional backgrounds are in areas as diverse as real estate, finance, education, sociology, land use planning, public policy, architecture, engineering, construction, accounting and communication. Our diversity of experience, together with our commitment to providing service oriented housing, exemplifies the unique perspective and breadth of services we bring to every client.
Executive Corporate Staff
Mr. Stewart incorporated The John Stewart Company with three employees in 1978, drawing on his experience in real estate development and a personal commitment to the field of affordable housing. Mr. Stewart is actively involved in project acquisition, rehabilitation, syndication, management, consulting, marketing, and development activities undertaken by the firm.
Jack D. Gardner, President and CEO
Mr. Gardner has been actively involved in the financing, development and management of affordable housing since 1985 and has served as President & CEO of The John Stewart Company since 2001. He oversees all property acquisition, development, property management, consulting and marketing activities undertaken by the firm, which currently manages over 30,000 units of affordable, mixed income and market-rate multifamily housing throughout California and has three new housing developments under construction.
Mr. Levine joined the John Stewart Company in 1997 as Director of Construction Administration, after nearly 25 years of practice as a registered architect. Mr. Levine brings with him comprehensive expertise in the housing and construction industries and a long history of successful professional consulting to the John Stewart Company.
Noah G. Schwartz, Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Schwartz joined the John Stewart Company in 2013 and serves as the Chief Operating Officer. Based in San Francisco, Mr. Schwartz leads corporate operations including Finance, Payroll, Human Resources, Training and IT.
Margaret Miller, Vice President of Development
Margaret Miller joined the John Stewart Company in 2004 as a Project Manager and has been promoted over the past 13 years to now serve as JSCo's Vice President for Development. In this capacity, she supervises the firm's Project and Asset Managers and oversees the full range of corporate activities related to developing affordable and mixed-income multifamily housing, including identifying and acquiring properties, business development, project design, obtaining entitlements and environmental approvals, financial structuring, loan packaging, construction oversight and regulatory compliance.
Executive Property Management Staff
Ms. Sanborn began her career in community organizing with the Tenderloin Senior Outreach Project. She joined the John Stewart Company in 1981 and held her first position with the Company in Senior Services. From there she rose through the organization holding property management positions rising to Vice President of the Bay Area region from 1994 through 2015.
Ms. Sanborn has transitioned to a role in Client Services and Resident Relations and provides support as needed to the management team.
Mr. McElroy oversees the management and marketing activities of the Bay Area Region. He is responsible for over forty multi-family properties of various types, including rentals, cooperatives, senior, family and special population housing. Mr. McElroy has been with The John Stewart Company since 1983 and has over thirty years of experience in housing management. He has extensive experience working with HUD, CHFA, HCD, RHCP, and Low Income Housing Tax Credit properties. He is particularly adept at working with non-profit and board directed properties. He has assisted properties in securing and implementing rehab financing in excess of $3 million and has provided coordination for properties with multiple regulatory agreements and funding sources.
Tracy Esposito, Assistant Vice President
Tracy Esposito has been working in the property management field for over twenty years. For the past thirteen years, Ms. Esposito has worked with the John Stewart Company (JSCo) in its Sacramento regional office, rising from Regional Manager to Senior Regional Manager to Regional Director before being promoted to Assistant Vice President in charge of the Region in 2014.
Ms. Tustin has been with the Company since 1980, serving as Vice President of the San Francisco office since 1983. In 1993 she relocated to Santa Cruz to open and manage new Corporate offices serving the South Bay and Central Coast counties. In this capacity she oversees the management and marketing of a diverse portfolio of over 80 properties including financial analysis and planning, regulatory compliance, client communications and rehabilitation implementation ranging in scope from $250K to $3M.
Ms. Horn joined The John Stewart Company as Vice President of the Southern California Region in 2001. In this capacity, Ms. Horn is responsible for the management and operations over one hundred and fifty affordable multifamily communities, including over 10,000 housing units, throughout Southern California. Ms. Horn has worked in the affordable housing industry for over twenty-five years and possesses extensive experience and expertise in affordable housing regulatory compliance, financing, Section 42 low-income housing tax credits, HUD programs and marketing and lease-up procedures.
Warren Reed is Vice President of the John Stewart Company's (JSCo's) South Bay Regional Office and oversees all day-to-day operations of the Region. Mr. Reed joined JSCo as a Regional Manager in 2003, was later promoted to Director of Property Management and then Regional Vice President in 2016. During Mr. Reed's tenure, the South Bay Region has doubled in size to over 5,300 units under management, including 70 affordable communities throughout Santa Clara, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, and Monterey Counties.


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The senior secondary school at Olashore is a 3 stage programme beginning with Year 10. It encourages students to use the study skills they have acquired in the junior school to take charge of their own learning in order to prepare them for the life beyond secondary school. The senior school comprises of: ICT lab, Humanities, Mathematics, Languages, Vocational and Science blocks. Senior students follow core subjects leading to their potential qualification. These core subjects are supported by a range of optional and trade subjects. Students are guided and supported in their choices of optional subjects. In the first year of senior school, all students will offer 11 subjects, which include the following compulsory subjects:
Students will choose three subjects from Accounts, Biology, Chemistry, Commerce, CRS, Fine Art, Further Mathematics, Geography, Government, Literature-In-English, Physics and Technical Drawing depending on their desired career pathway. Each student is expected to choose one trade subject from Marketing, Catering Craft Practice, Data Processing, and Painting & Decoration. Each Year 10 students will offer French to provide a broad and balanced curriculum for the ICE award. Senior students are prepared for IGCSE which is written at the end of Year 11 and WASSCE in May/June in Year 12.


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THERE'S no such thing as the perfect car. But there is possibly such a thing as the perfect car for a given situation.
That's the premise under which I operate as I evaluate cars each week for Bloomberg. It's like this: no one wants to drive the low, stiff, delicate McLaren 720S for very long on the cobblestone streets of downtown Manhattan, but you need to know it will blow your mind on a highway traveling upstate.
Pulling onto the track in a Volvo station wagon will probably elicit snickers and not a lot of respect, unless you can drive like Lewis Hamilton.
If you're driving around the corner to meet a friend for coffee, you'll probably leave the Rolls-Royce Phantom, and the attention it attracts, at home.
The cars on this list were the ones I drove that best fulfilled their intended purpose in 2017. Each excels at its given task, is priced fairly, and looks good doing the job.
Coupe: Mercedes-Benz AMG GTR
As I said in my review, it's rare that I walk away from one of the dozens of cars I drive each year with a sinking feeling, as if I know I'll miss it.
I felt that way with the $157,000 (RM641,000) Mercedes-Benz AMG GT R. The GT R sits at the top of the Mercedes AMG GT line, with a 4.0-liter V8 bi-turbo engine that gets 577 horsepower and can hit 60 miles per hour in 3.5 seconds.
It has more personality and animal instinct behind the wheel, whether crossing corners or racing to 100mph, than most anything else I drove this year.
Inside, it feels roomy but remains intimate. The power-heated AMG performance seats and AMG alcantara-covered, racing-style sport steering wheel are handsome and ergonomic; the round dials on the control system on the centre console are beautiful and intuitive to use.
Honorable Mention: Porsche 911 GTS
It's a toss-up between these two. With understated good looks, track-ready performance, and a starting price of $120,000 (RM490,000), the Porsche 911 GTS has an edge, largely because of its more-affordable price point and classic good looks.
In fact, it is the obtainable alternative to the ultra-exclusive 911 R and the thinking man's version of the flashy GT3.
It comes with a boxer-six engine tuned for 450 horsepower and 405 pound-feet of torque.
What's more, the twin-turbo 911 GTS hits 60 mph in 3.9 seconds in manual (more on that in a second) form, just 0.1 second slower than that hyper-fast GT3.
And the top speeds are basically the same: just shy of 200 mph. Of all the 911 range, this is the value-added one you will want to take out. Consider it the sweet spot in the 911 lineup you may have overlooked.
Hatchback: Ferrari GTC4Lusso
Don't let anyone tell you the US$300,000 (RM1.22 million) Ferrari GTC4Lusso isn't a "real" Ferrari or isn't as aggressive to drive as its counterparts from Lamborghini or McLaren.
This V12, 680-horsepower car has power-to-weight and compression ratios that far exceed anything in the grand touring category.
Zero to 62 mph is 3.4 seconds; top speed is 208 mph. New this year are about four new traction control systems, which also help things immensely.
The GTC4Lusso manages to be simultaneously balanced and extremely aggressive on the gas. You get smooth, consistent power through all seven double-clutch gears in an acceleration arch as smooth as silk.
What's more, it has a back seat that can actually fit adult-sized legs.
All told, Ferrari's brilliant oddball is the rare instance of a super-luxury car that is practical across a wide variety of scenarios, and a total delight to drive.
Supercar: Lamborghini Aventador S
Lamborghini's "S" badging has always meant enhanced performance and technology. This is no more beautifully in evidence than with the US$422,000 (RM1.72 million) Lamborghini Aventador S.
In addition to being a four-wheel-drive car, the latest version of the Aventador is also a four-wheel-steering car.
Under the hood, the 2018 Aventador S's V12 engine is a massive upgrade on the same boundary-breaking, naturally aspirated mid-rear V12s that went on to catapult the Muira, Countach, Diablo, and MurciÈlago to legendary status.
It produces 40 more horsepower, on top of the 2017 Aventador's already hefty 700.
It also produces higher torque and higher revs in general than last year's model. What's more, it goes zero to 62 mph in 2.9 seconds, down a fraction of a second from its predecessor and faster than the 3.2-second Hurac·n.
Large Sedan: Rolls-Royce Phantom
The largest vehicle Rolls-Royce makes, the US$450,000 (RM1.84 million) Phantom comes with a 6.75-liter, 563-brake-horsepower, V12 engine powerful enough to run a tank. It can hit 60 mph in just over five seconds, remarkable for a car of its heft.
Most impressive is the car's magic carpet-caliber suspension, library-silent ride, and four-wheel drive, which allows each wheel the autonomy to choose traction and vector over any change in direction.
That said, to appreciate the Phantom's full glory, start outside by admiring the sheer wall of the grille, from which all the other elements flow.
Each steel prong has been hand-polished to mirrored, deco glory; the rectangular headlights are the only ones in the world frosted in Lalique glass.
The interior is designed to dazzle, with its inch-thick dyed lambswool carpeting; high-gloss, polished-wood paneling; drinks cabinet with whiskey glasses, decanter, Champagne flutes, and chilled compartment; and a ceiling that glitters with tiny lights.
This is the car that Queen Elizabeth, and Middle Eastern tycoons, buy as their stateside ride. One drive, whether or not you're behind the wheel, will reveal exactly why.
Sedan: BMW 760iM
The US$156,495 (RM639,000) BMW M760i has powerful and athletic handling, fresh new colorways, and a massive back seat.
In a segment filled with forgettable town cars, BMW's sedan captures attention from all angles, whether you're behind the wheel, in the back seat, or watching from the sidewalk.
It comes with a big V12, 601-hp, twin-turbo engine good enough for zero-to-60 mph in 3.6 seconds and a top speed of 155 mph.
That engine comes from the same line as those used at sister company Rolls-Royce.
The back seat has multiple entertainment screens, massaging reclining lounge chairs, 16-speaker Bowers & Wilkins Diamond Surround Sound system, and interior automatic-dimming mood lights, as if it were a spa.
SUV: Porsche Macan S
Yes, this is a small sport utility vehicle. But there's a reason it's Porsche's best-selling model.
The US$55,400 Macan combines practicality and Porsche performance in a package fairly priced for its segment-and it looks more distinguished than its more appliance-like competitors, too.
The base model gets 19 combined miles per gallon on its 340-horsepower, twin-turbo, V6 engine and can hit 60mph in just over five seconds.
The seven-speed paddle-shifting transmission, all-wheel-drive, and stability- and sway controls make for a smooth ride, while the Sport drive mode makes it feel sporty to drive, as true German engineering should.
Inside, myriad cupholders, ambient lighting, storage pockets, leather, heating, and entertainment systems make it feel luxurious without it feeling over-stuffed and without spiking the price. Bloomberg
Crossover: Volvo V90 Cross Country
Volvo already has the excellent XC60 and XC90 SUVs, but is betting that it can make a station wagon stylish and aggressive enough to garner a slice of the SUV market.
Enter the US$55,300 (RM225,000) V90 Cross Country, the heightened version of the US$49,950 V90 wagon.
Both are new for the year and are bigger and better-equipped than wagons from previous years.
If Volvo were to create a Venn diagram of an SUV and a wagon, the V90 Cross Country would occupy the middle.
The extra US$5,000 required to get the Cross Country edition affords nearly three inches of additional height over the standard V90, several inches worth of additional ground clearance, and lots of handy extras, such as full LED headlights that bend around curves as the car moves forward.
With ample storage and passenger space, all-wheel-drive capable of handling treacherous terrain, and that superior ride height, the V90 Cross Country makes full-size SUVs feel bloated-superfluous for all but the largest families or most devoted weekend warriors.


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Ensuring effective rescue efforts in work accidents is important and a new smart phone technology is pioneering the development of a life saving rescue technology.
SignOnSite team has been awarded a $50,000 Innovation Connect grant by the ACT Government Economic Development Directorate to further improve a site safety app they have created and to develop a new one.
Tracking missing workers on site during an evacuation will be a new feature their current app will offer.
"With this new feature of the app, construction workers will be able to specify exactly where they are on site and the app can potentially live-track their movements in these high-risk environments once an evacuation is started," said Alexandria Garlan, a construction management student.
Another student, Mitchell Harmer said the app could save lives.
"For example, rather than a fire fighter searching an entire burning building to try and find a missing person, the app can show them that the person was last recorded being in a specific room, so they might be able to reach them quicker," said Mr Harmer.
"If there is an emergency, this technology will potentially increase the chance of survival for both an employee lost on site or the emergency services workers trying to find them."
Another app called Lone Worker is also being developed. This app will allow a worker working solo to inform their employer their situation with just a click of a button, such as while they are without reception in a basement or elevator shaft tanks.
The team is consulting with ACT Emergency Services and the construction industry for their apps.
The funding adds to the $35,000 the students' were awarded in 2013 at the Innovation ACT awards to develop the app and a further $10,000 grant from St George bank they won this month to support their business.
The group is seeking industry consultation on their apps. More information can be found on the SignOnSite website.


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My first year teaching is REALLY REALLY hard. We are a fledgeling Montessori school, grades 1-7. I have 9 children, almost all of whom have come out of mainstream schools and have 'issues'. I have really been struggling to help them develop independence as they are completely unused to this way of working.
Last week, one of my "problem" students had work to do that she was stuck on. I was busy and couldn't attend immediately, and by the time I got to her, she had chosen other work to do that she could manage on her own. This doesn't sound like a big deal, but it's something that I have been working on for six months. A child choosing to keep being productively employed despite a challenge and my lack of attention – that's an Oh Wow! Montessori moment for me.


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SHOUTcast are offering free HTML5 radio player pages to broadcasters now
ShoutCast recently started offering a free HTML5 radio player to broadcasters in an effort to make it even easier for them to make their streams accessible to listeners using web browers. The offer is available to so called Revenue Partners and all other broadcasters. The announcement goes as follows… Free… Read more »
How to upgrade to ShoutCast version 2
Given it's age, lack of support and Radionomy's recent warning to broadcasters about their plans to de-list ShoutCast D.N.A.S versions 1.9.8 and below from their directory of internet radio stations. The following is a straight forward guide to upgrading to version 2.x from Shoutcast 1.9.8. How to upgrade ShoutCast from… Read more »
Important Changes to Genre Listings on SHOUTcast
The following change notification message was posted on the SHOUTcast forum at winamp.com today. Clearly quite a big change is being implemented here. One which appears to be driven by the need to make using the directory easier for end users. Dear SHOUTcast Broadcasters, In an effort to better… Read more »


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Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 15:23:36 -0500 (CDT)
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Subject: 16040: Sun-Sentine Haitian artist Edouard Duval-Carrie exhumes
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Edouard Duval-Carrié left his native Haiti more than 25 years ago, but Haiti has never left him. Now settled in Miami, Duval-Carrié has studied and lived all over the world, yet his troubled homeland in the Caribbean continues to be the inspiration for his art.
He doesn't record the everyday events of Haiti in a documentary sense, and his work is nothing like the simple, brightly colored scenes of peasant life that have become numbingly familiar in recent years. Rather, Duval-Carrié searches his own memory and imagination to create a private cosmography derived from the Haitian experience.
The many forms of his vision can be seen in
Edouard Duval-Carrié:
Endless Passage, through Sept. 7 at the Lowe Art Museum at the
University of Miami. Organized by the Phoenix Art Museum in Arizona,
this mid-career examination of Duval-Carrié's achievement is the
most extensive showing of his art so far in South Florida.
Despite its variety—there are paintings, sculptures, lacquered wooden tiles, modern-day altarpieces and reliquaries—no one would ever mistake Duval-Carrié's art for that of anyone else. There is nothing detached or ironic about it. His aim is to preserve the soul of Haiti, no matter how tortured it may be. You could call it a fixation or obsession, or you could call it a need to express the longings, sorrows and hopes of his poor, blood-stained island nation.
One of the most impressive works in
Endless Passage is a
triptych in the form of a classic altarpiece. The central panel of
Trois Feuilles (Three Leaves) shows a trio of figures from
Duval-Carrié's personal pantheon. They rise one above the other,
in shades of blue, red and tan, sprouting leaves in place of
hair. Niches cut out of the surface of the altarpiece reveal tropical
scenes, masks, grimacing faces and images of hearts. Gold-painted palm
trees are carved into the side panels, and pointed objects (bullets,
perhaps?) pierce the surface.
The precise meanings may not always be clear, but there's no mistaking the general drift: Duval-Carrié has merged the pagan beliefs of Haitian voodoo (or vodou or vaudou, as it's sometimes spelled) with the staid traditions of Western art. As if to say that one system of faith isn't superior to another, he has made a series of 16 bronze staffs with voodoo symbols that resemble the golden crosiers of the Catholic church. In a series of eight bronze sculptures, he has given the gods of voodoo as much stature as saints on stained glass windows.
A monumental series of four paintings that depict the indelible curse of slavery, The Migration of the Spirits, invokes imagery that is somewhere between the Bible and The Wizard of Oz. An elegant series of 12 lacquered floor panels from 2002, The True Story of the Water Spirits, is really a memorial to the souls lost in the Middle Passage.
Like Haiti itself, Duval-Carrié's art is a colorful, ever-evolving blend of European, African and Caribbean influences. He creates his own symbolic universe, in which boats can be the instruments of either freedom or doom. Again and again, he shows human figures—sometimes with crosses or animal heads in place of their faces—sailing toward an uncertain destiny. Death, in the form of disguised skeletons, is a constant companion.
Occasionally, Duval-Carrié lifts the symbolic veil and makes his
meaning overt. His Incident in a Garden (1993), in which seven
military figures with piglike faces stand over the decapitated heads
of dissidents, is plainly an indictment of the brutal Tontons Macoute
militia that terrorized the nation. Mardi Gras at Fort Dimanche
(1992) refers to a notorious prison where Duval-Carrié's brother
was held in the 1980s as a subversive. In this scathingly satirical
painting, Haiti's onetime dictator, Jean-Claude
Baby Doc
Duvalier, is dressed as a gun-toting bride, surrounded by
accomplices—fashionably dressed women, a priest, a military
officer, and a mysterious figure in a suit—all wearing dark
Duval-Carrié is a powerful artist with an original vision, yet he may not be for everyone. If it's elegance, restraint, and sure-handed skill with a paintbrush that you want, then you're looking in the wrong place. He's an artist who plays endless variations on the same themes—though it should be noted some of his recent works, incorporating flowers, leaves and fruits with painting, seem to have little to do with Haitian politics or history.
An artist should be appreciated for what he is, rather than for what he is not. And what you need to remember about Edouard Duval-Carrié is that, no matter how long he has been away from his homeland, he carries the wounded soul of Haiti within his heart, and within his art.


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George Will has this to say about the book:
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Labour's hopes of maximising its vote in Longford ahead of next week's presidential election suffered a setback this week after one of its local councillors sensationally resigned from the party.
Granard Town Councillor Tommy Stokes said he had become "disillusioned" with the party in recent months, citing a series of policy differences as the main reason behind his sudden departure.
In an interview with the Leader on Monday morning, some 72 hours after he informed party headquarters of his decision, Cllr Stokes also revealed he would be supporting Independent front runner, Sean Gallagher over Labour presidential candidate Michael D Higgins when voters go to the polls next Thursday (October 27).
"No I won't be voting for Michael D (Higgins)," he replied whilst reflecting on his decision. "I've decided to go back to working as an Independent councillor as I feel I can get more done and be of more assistance to people that way."
A member of Granard Town Council for over a decade, Cllr Stokes only became a Labour party councillor in June 2010.
At the time he said the move was purely designed to boost the local jobs market and attract inward investment to the north Longford town.
Some 14 months on, the Granard based businessman said his brief association with the Labour party was in no way linked to murmurings of discontent or a lack of political support.
"I just feel that the time is right to go back as an Independent (councillor). They (Labour) have been very good to me and I have met some very nice people. We just have different views on things," he said.
Asked to elaborate on those exact differences, Cllr Stokes declined to go into specific detail, claiming his resignation was likely to be met with the support of close friends and family.
"This is not something that I have suddenly decided on, I have been thinking this way for some time. They (family) are 100 per cent behind me," he said, despite admitting fellow town councillor and Labour representative, Cllr Sean Howard was "very disappointed" at the news.
Reaction to Cllr Stokes' decision has so far been met with a muted response from the party locally. Labour County Councillor and the party's sole representative at county council level, Cllr Mae Sexton was unavailable for comment this week.
Meanwhile, a statement from Labour party headquarters confirmed Cllr Stokes had formally stepped down for "personal reasons".
"While we regret his decision, Cllr Stokes has left the party on good terms," said the statement.


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?Amit Sahni Ki List??Listless watch
MUMBAI: With shortage of original titles coupled with dearth of imagination, the new trend is to pick up a telephone list or some social media list, and you have a name for your film. This week we have this film called Amit Sahni Ki List. Your protagonist need not be a folk hero or a war hero, he could be just another dude you see stuck in traffic in the car next to you. Now, do you really care if he has a story to tell? He knows you don?t and, hence, most of the time he talks to himself, telling his story to himself!
Virr Das (notice the added R to the name? There seems to be a misgiving about numerology making up for poor content) is an IIM Ahmedabad alumni. He shares accommodation with a friend, Kavi Shastri, away from his parents. His mother converses only in net lingo while his father is always immersed in newspapers.
Virr has a steady job, a car and just about everything a young man could want, but his mother thinks it is time he got married and settled down. While Virr thinks that the girls suggested by his mother are far too traditional he has already prepared a list of merits he seeks in a girl to before he agrees to marry her.
It all starts with a girlfriend not letting him pass her door and then dumping him for another man already inside her flat. Looking at that girl, one does not see anything in her that is revealed in Virr?s list as the film unwinds. He probably made the list after him being unceremoniously dumped.
Virr has to meet a girl called Vega Tamotia, which his mother has suggested. The meeting point is Leopold Cafe in South Mumbai .The side of Vega he is exposed to is that of a geek, bespectacled reading a book, her legs folded up on the restaurant chair. But soon Virr sees another side of Vega?a violin playing performer at a pub?and then another: a bungee-jumping sports girl. Drawn towards her he convinces himself that opposites attract.
The duo then gets engaged with both families joining in the celebrations. But, as things would have it, soon after the engagement, Virr meets another IIM graduate, Aniita Nair, who is a page 3-type girl and a business heir in a corporate house. Point by point, she conforms to all things on Virr?s list. Love blooms again, on both sides. But one has to wait and watch whether this love story will triumph.
The film has a limited star cast with nil following, and the director?s flashback to present narration, usually in first person, makes watching it a tedious affair. While the music is passable, the film has an interesting piece of violin recital which has been beautifully choreographed. Dialogues fail to convey a sense of humour. Virr Das is a consistent actor and does not change expressions whatever the situation. Anindita is fair. Tamotia is natural while Kavi as Virr?s roommate makes his presence felt.
Amit Sahni Ki List will remain limited to programme listings on pages of tabloids.
Producers: Tina Nagpaul, Kavita Kulkarni, Sujata Vemuri.
Director: Ajay Bhuyan.
Cast: Virr Das, Vega Tamotia, Kavi Shastri, Anindita Naya.
?Pizza 3-D?? Puts you off Pizza!
Pizza 3D was made originally in Tamil, dubbed in Telugu and then remade in Bengali and Kannada before it was adapted in Hindi. Not having seen the other versions, you wonder why there were so many remakes after watching the Hindi version. It just does not add up. Pizza pretends to be a horror film all along but turns out to be a suspense thriller. Either way, the question still remains: Why so many remakes, especially, the Hindi one?
Akshay Oberoi is a pizza delivery boy married to an aspiring horror story writer, Parvathy Omanakuttan. The latter is pregnant which leads to a small but totally irrelevant dramatic scene between the couple which has nothing to do with the rest of the film. The maker is whiling away the first 20 minutes or so just to add some unnecessary length!
Akshay?s wife is an orphan. Her parents have died in an accident years back. The only relevance is that they are broke, managing to survive out of her parents? accident insurance. In short, they need money: and lots of it.
Akshay works for a Pizza joint named Slices. It is never shown to have any in-house clients (except towards the end), has one pizza chef and just two waiters who double up as delivery men!! And, to add to that, the boss, Rakesh Sharma, is a crooked man indulging in shady deals for one ?Anna?. Bhai is pass?, Anna is the new identity for the underworld!
Sharma treats his staff well but has his own problems at home. His wife is pregnant but possessed by a ghost; probably in the very womb she is carrying her child. Akshay, on an errand to deliver a box of chocolates to Sharma?s house bears the brunt of the boss?s wife and the ghost possessing her. Still, all that is happening on the screen is irrelevant and as Parvathy once says ?Sama Bandhana? as in creating an atmosphere! Creating an atmosphere of what is the question because nothing interesting ever follows.
Finally, the real story begins. Akshay gets an order to deliver a pizza. But, the place he has come to deliver the pizza to is a bungalow which has a history. Four years back the owner of the bungalow had axed his pregnant wife to death because he suspected her of committing adultery. The family may have died but the bungalow is now haunted by their hurt and harassed ghosts who lock Akshay in the bungalow and start tormenting him. They don?t plan to kill him so what is the whole exercise about? Turns out that camouflaged under the guise of a horror story, this is actually a suspense film about a perfect heist. Just to add to the message that crime does not pay, the makers go and spoil things by giving it a horror touch again before wrapping up.
Akshay Oberoi is a comparatively new face in films and Pizza is mainly his film with little participation from others. Akshay is satisfactory playing the victim of haunted house. Parvathy is okay. Rajesh Sharma is good as usual. Direction is average with an overdrive with the 3-D medium.
Pizza 3-D has no box office prospects.
Producers: Siddharth Roy Kapur, Bijoy Nambiar.
Director: Akshay Akkineni.
Cast: Akshay Oberoi, Parvathy Omanakuttan, Dipannita Sharma, Rajesh Sharma, Arunoday Singh.


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|Reviews for In the Cards
| Disassembly of Reason chapter 1 . 12/3/2005
"He looked nervous enough to fall straight on the floor"
- I think "flat" rather than "straight" would read better here.
"It wasn't as if he was actually going to start *trying* in that class."
- Since Ron is speaking hypothetically, "were" should be used rather than "was" after the "if". Also, I suggest putting the emphasis on "that" rather than on "trying" - it's the particular class that's an issue, not skiving off generally.
"I should add two more: hogwash and tripe." This is a pretty good line, but it's undercut by adding "at his own joke" to the description of Ron's chuckling. If the reader couldn't see that this was a joke, the emphasis won't help much; it's just a little too heavy-handed to point out that it's a joke.
"He flipped over the first card: Death. *Is this Harry's deck?*"
:) Nice bit of creepy humour there, that Ron's immediate reaction to seeing the Death card is to assume he's got hold of Harry's deck rather than his own. (Death means "change" in a Tarot spread, I believe, so it's even apt for what's going on in Harry's life right now.)
Quibble: Why would Harry and Ron have identifiably different Tarot decks? Why wouldn't they have bought identical decks among their school supplies? (It doesn't seem likely that Trelawney would loan out her own supplies to her students, especially not easy-to-lose items like decks of cards.)
"The Queen of Coins." This is in my opinion a more interesting form of the card's name than "the Queen of Pentacles", one of the more standard names.
Nice touch, showing us the details that Ron is noticing about Hermione rather than just telling us that he's paying attention to her.
Quibble: Why would Ginny and Hermione, who are in different years in Defence Against the Dark Arts, have the same question on their homework assignments?
I don't think Hermione would be so dismissive of Muggle Studies. She only dropped it herself because her schedule was insanely overloaded, not because she thought it was worthless. She only had good things to say about it in PA, the year she took it.
The tone of Hermione's thoughts about Ron while she's concentrating on her homework may be intended only to convey that she's *very* involved in her homework. However, Hermione ends up sounding a bit less clueful about her feelings towards Ron (and vice versa) than I would have expected.
On the other hand, I quite enjoy Ron's reaction to the Queen of Coins: wanting to bury his head in "something that would hide him until he turned thirty or so". Blaming the card for the fact that Hermione noticed him staring at her is a nice touch. It's in character and it's funny.
Hmm. Not surprising, on reflection, that the pictures on wizarding Tarot decks would be moving.
"If a stranger with long hair and a French accent tries to seduce you in the middle of the night" - I take it that Defence Against the Dark Arts is covering vampires again? One possible inconsistency in the work Hermione's doing - although this line in particular makes for entertaining reading - is that her essay doesn't seem to be covering any single topic. It's jumping around from counter-curses that also appeared on Ginny's homework (one class behind Hermione, same teacher and subject) in "What If?" to Potions to this apparent reference to vampires. I'd suggest picking one topic and running with that, if the story is ever revised.
"She took out her Ancient Runes book and translated 'Ronald Weasley is a complete idiot' into several nearly dead languages."
I *like* that line. But I thought the definition of a dead language was that there were no living native speakers of it. A "nearly dead language", I suppose, would be a language like Cornish in the last generation in which anyone still spoke it, wherein only a handful of people were brought up speaking it. Hermione using dead languages I could understand, but "nearly dead" languages, while funny, isn't conveying clearly what the author means.
:) I like the general reaction of "it's about time!" It must be rather trying sometimes to watch those two on a daily basis.
Copyediting nitpicks:
- "Gryffindor Common Room" - "common room" in JKR's usage should not be capitalized.
- "tarot cards" - Tarot should be capitalized
- "fortune telling" - The SOED says this should take a hyphen.
| Lizzy Weasley chapter 1 . 4/26/2005
I love your sequel! It's so funny:
'Suddenly, from everywhere in the Common Room, applause came. Looking around, Ron saw that everyone was looking at the pair of them. His own brothers were the leaders of the noise making, yelling, "It's about bloody time!"'
I couldn't stop laughing!
| Luna chapter 1 . 6/21/2004
Haha, that was so perfectly Ron and Hermione! Yay! I like your writing a lot, I think I'm gonna go through and read any of your fics that catch my eye. Whee!
| nobodyhereanymore chapter 1 . 10/16/2003
There should be a word that means giggle.
Wait, did I just type that? God, i must be tired. Or demented. One or the other. But I digress...
Excellent two stories by the way. _
| Ron Weasley2 chapter 1 . 8/7/2003
*takes mind out of gutter* thank you for telling me. anyway, awesome sequel! it rocked! i am going to go and check out your other stories!
| l'Ange de Morte chapter 1 . 3/6/2003
This was sweet too!
| Miss Zippitydodah chapter 1 . 1/20/2003
hahaha Queen of Coins...thats was quite good. i enjyed it, and i assure you it was a satisfactory sequel, and i also like to waste space writing disclaimers.
| Lip Gloss Whore chapter 1 . 12/30/2002
This is wonderful! n_n! I love it! There better be more o_O;! -twitch- Anyway, this is beautifully written, absolutly wonderful! OREOS! And goodday luvvy!
| GinnyWPotter chapter 1 . 12/11/2002
::giggles:: Aaaw. _ I liked the Monty Python reference in the AN. The Queens should approve. ::giggles:: ...wow. Yeah. I'm giggly today. And rambly. That's what happens when you're stressed, I suppose...
| Margarita Mocha chapter 1 . 12/10/2002
That was great. I love your writing!
~~~~~Margarita Mocha
| Krum-Luver chapter 1 . 10/6/2002
Awwwwww! so cute! I like it! Now you gotta go read one of MINE, lol!
| pleasedeletemyaccount chapter 1 . 10/2/2002
I really enjoyed this! Very sweet.
One thing, though: When Hermione's criticising Ron's subject choice, she thinks: "Honestly, of all the things he could apply himself to, he chose Transfiguration." It seems that you mean 'Divination' here.
| Adnap Nottap chapter 1 . 10/1/2002
Awwwww! That's SO cute! I love your stories. They're so good! So well written! That was so adorable! Ok...I think you know what I think about it now :) You should definately write more HP stories. You're awesome! I'd read the other ones but I don't really know DBZ...I'll tell my friend to read them, she's obsessed :)
Great job!
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Very cool, but what do Ron's other two cards say? Harry got to have two cards revealed! That's hardly fair now is it?


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Howard Simons
Howard Simons (June 3, 1929 - June 13, 1989) was the managing editor of the Washington Post at the time of the Watergate scandal, and later curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.
According to his Washington Post obituary, Simons was a native of Albany, New York, and received a BA from Union College in Schenectady in 1951 and a master's degree a year later from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. After service in the Korean War, he became a science reporter in Washington for several news organizations, and joined The Post as a science writer in 1961. He became assistant managing editor in 1966 and managing editor in 1971.
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According to a site on the Howard Simons Fellowship, "Simons received the first phone call in The Post newsroom with word of the Watergate break-in and pressed relentlessly on the paper's coverage of the story. He started at The Post as a science reporter but soon became an editor, nurturing talented young reporters such as Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein."
Simons is credited with dubbing Mark Felt, their well-placed source, "Deep Throat," in reference to the pornographic film of the same name.
- "When the time came, it was managing editor Howard Simons--not Ben Bradlee or other ranking editors--who made the crucial early decisions that led to the Washington Post's extraordinary coverage of the Watergate scandal, especially the decision to allow the metropolitan staff, which did not normally report on national politics, to pursue the story."
- The Great Cover-Up by Barry Sussman, page 66.
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Simons left The Post for a position as Curator at The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard university in 1984.
Simons authored Jewish Times: Voices of the American Jewish Experience, (Houghton-Mifflin, 1988), and Simons' List Book (1977). He edited two books with Joseph A. Califano, Jr., The Media and the Law and The Media and Business, and in 1986 wrote a spy novel with Haynes Johnson called The Landing.
A well-known quotation attributed to Simons:
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He stepped down from the Nieman position on May 25, 1989, on medical leave, and succumbed to pancreatic cancer three weeks later, aged 60.
A scholarship named after him assists minority students aspiring in journalism (see[1]).
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Join Shakespeare's famous lovers as they take refuge in the woods and wander into the midst of a dispute between the king and queen of the fairies.
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The Edward Cullen "manllow." For members of Team R-Patt, Valentine's comes a second time in just four days. The gorgeous, brooding Brit is now available in half-man, half pillow or "manllow" form, for your cuddle enjoyment.
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Glass Wings
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Fleur Adcock's title refers to the transparent, glittering wings of some of the species – bees, mosquitoes, dragonflies – celebrated or lamented in a sequence of poems on encounters with arthropods, from the stick insects and crayfish of her native New Zealand to the clothes' moths that infest her London house. There is an elegy for the once abundant caterpillars of her English childhood, while other sections of the book include elegies for human beings and poems based on family wills from the 16th to the 20th centuries, as well as birthday greetings for old friends and for a new great-grandson.
'Informality and immediacy are vivid ways to remake a world; and Adcock's style has not dated in the half-century since her debut.' - Fiona Sampson, Guardian (on Glass Wings)
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Goodwood Festival of Speed (26-28 June) is one fantastic reason to visit Sussex this month - and if you're booked into one of our luxury holiday lets for the week I'm sure you're revving up already. If you're planning ahead for next year we have some stunning holiday homes on the South Downs near Goodwood. Click here to view our properties within a good location of Goodwood. Situated on the beautiful South Downs and not far from some lovely Sussex beaches, Goodwood is also within easy reach of our selection of glorious seaside properties around Chichester, so do have a look at our website.
Don't forget there's the Moving Motorshow on 25 June as well, and I hope you're coming to visit us for the horses and hats at Glorious Goodwood later this summer - I wouldn't like anyone to miss out!
If you're looking for some quieter entertainment, the Art Trails and Open Studios all around Sussex are starting this month and always well worth following. Many of our coastal and country towns and their surrounding villages hold lots of formal and informal exhibitions by local artists over a series of weekends every summer. Some are in galleries, some in barns and halls, others in private homes where often several artists get together to exhibit in one space, sometimes with refreshments on offer. It's a lovely way to visit some pretty Sussex villages and you could tie it in with visiting some National Gardens Scheme properties for a bucolic day out in the June sunshine.
In June, Horsham Open Studios takes place over two weekends in the second half of the month (incidentally, Horsham has yet again come out in an official survey as one of the happiest places to live in the whole country) while Worthing Art Trail is over three weekends. Other areas do it differently - the state-of-the-art Towner Gallery in Eastbourne, for instance, hosts work by artists and makers from all over East Sussex from mid-July to September. Wherever you're staying in Sussex, do check local press and websites for what's on near you.


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THE average rent in the Capital has gone up by more than five per cent in the last measured quarter, pricing many residents out of decent accommodation.
Housing experts had already raised fears that the tightening of legislation regarding fees charged by letting agents would lead to costs being passed on to residents through rent hikes.
A recent report from lettings website Citylets shows these concerns may be well-founded, with the average tenant in Edinburgh now paying £819 per month for accommodation.
The only city with higher rents north of the Border is Aberdeen, where renters can expect to pay £899 for a lease, an increase of 6.3 per cent, compared with Edinburgh's 5.1 per cent. Glasgow occupants are now paying an average of £612, a 2.2 per cent increase.
Dan Cookson, Citylets' senior analyst, said the rises seem directly related to the "banning of agent fees".
He said: "Our report for the last quarter of 2012 is significant in that it is the first to cover a period after the changes in the sector in 2012 took hold.
"Two cities have seen some of the biggest rises in rents – Edinburgh and Aberdeen – and these annual increases are the largest experienced in either city during the last five years. There is a suspicion that the recent banning of agent fees to tenants has had an upward impact on rents. Several agent clients have suggested this to be the case and our data seems to support this view."
Rob Trotter, senior property manager with DJ Alexander in Dundas Street, said: "We have seen a steady and progressive rise in rents in the past 12 to 18 months. The majority of demand comes from younger tenants looking to secure one and two bedroom, fully furnished flats. There is a steady demand for unfurnished family houses but this market has not seen quite such a significant rise in rental values, especially for larger houses with higher price tags.
"The increase in demand for rental properties is being driven by a growing recognition that renting a home makes far more financial sense than buying one, and for many people is their only option. However, rent rises are also being blamed on the increased legislation affecting private landlords who are passing any additional costs they face on to their tenants."
Legislation introduced last July designed to reduce disputes between landlords and tenants meant that deposits are now handed over to a third party for safekeeping. Laws regarding fees charged by letting agents were also subject to scrutiny and clarification, after pressure groups campaigned against unlawful and unfair charges.
Liz Ely, of Edinburgh Private Tenant's Action Group, said: "The ban on agents charging fees for arranging leases is not new, but has been in place since the 1984 Rent Scotland act. Some letting agents chose to charge fees and ignore this ruling. However, it was clarified in the summer of 2012. Many tenants are owed significant sums to them by letting agents.
"However, our members feel that as a result of real decreases in income and the rising cost of food and fuel, rent is becoming increasingly hard to afford. Where the rents themselves may not be rising as dramatically as other living costs, they are becoming a bigger part of household expenditure. Affordable stable accommodation is ital, particularly when the cost of living is increasing far quicker than earnings."
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"However, I had to move back to Edinburgh to do my Masters but I have had to self-fund for that, which has caused me real problems. Luckily I have been able to stay with my parents but obviously I would prefer to have my own place.
"I've been trying to find a suitable flat within my price range for over a year and I'm getting nowhere. I need somewhere with space for me to work, but there's absolutely nothing in the city centre or Leith that's both usable and affordable.
"It's all very well people saying to look further afield, but that just adds on travel expenses that end up costing about the same. It's ridiculous."
A recent report by Shelter Scotland said more than one in four Scots are suffering "stress and depression" over housing costs.
According to a survey carried out by the housing charity, 28 per cent of people in Scotland, compared with 25 per cent in England and 26 in Wales, said they were losing sleep.
Earlier this month the charity also announced that 1.5 million rent or mortgage payers in Scotland were constantly struggling to keep up with their payments.
Graeme Brown, director of Shelter Scotland, said: "These findings reveal the heartbreaking reality of over a million families and individuals living on a knife edge, worrying about paying their rent or mortgage.
"Behind closed doors they face stress, sleepless nights and strained relationships as they desperately struggle to afford their housing bills.
"With little or no chance of things getting better soon our worry is that even more families will face the human tragedy of homelessness this year. We are here to help.
"To restore its housing safety net, Scotland needs to build more affordable homes and reverse welfare cuts.
"Anyone experiencing housing difficulties should call our free national helpline on 0808 800 4444 or visit www.shelterscotland.org."


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SPRINGFIELD, Mass.—Junior All-American Adam Scalesse ran a personal best time of 8.16 to win the 60 meter hurdles as Coast Guard placed fifth of 11 teams at the Springfield College Invitational.
Scalesse's time of 8.16 broke his own school record of 8.25 set from last year and ranks him as the third best hurdler in Division III.
Sophomore James Dawkins had a great day in the sprints finishing 4th in the 200 meters running 23.63 and 7.38 in the 60 meter dash. Also for the Bears, Ben Hannon and Fred Higgins were 3rd and 6th respectively in the 400 meters crossing the finish in 51.80 and 52.92.
In the 600 meter run, Jordan Lee was 3rd overall finishing in 1:24.81 while Joe Kelly secured a 4th place finish running 1:25.05. Both Lee and Kelly hit the standard for Division III New England Championships.
Ben Wolhaupter cleared the bar at 14' 7.5 in the pole vault to take second place.
In the distance events, James Martin had a 7th place finish in the 1000 meters (2:41.39). Nick Foster and Jon Lash had breakthrough performances in the 5,000 meters running 16:04.41 and 16:08.36.
Coast Guard's 4x400 meter team of Hannon, Noe Kelly, Frederick Higgins, and Scalesse took first place with their best time of the season of 3:28.60.
Closing out the meet, Jordan Lee, Brad Pienta, Erick Jackson, and Ryan Hub were 3rd in the 4x800 running 8:25.19.
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In the few years, there has been a huge push to legalise assisted suicide. Brittany Maynard became a national figure for the right to assisted suicide before she took her life. Several states have legalised it. Proponents of assisted suicide have argued that dying individuals, not the State, have a right to determine their medical care, and that swift death can be a compassionate alternative to prolonged, hopeless suffering. (For the record, I do not find these arguments to be persuasive.)
Given that Americans are embracing this logic, it's ironic that the same logic does not apply to the F.D.A.'s approval and clinical trial process for experimental, potentially life-saving, drugs. The New York Times (hat tip) reported that the FDA is streamlining the process after its oncology chief, Dr. Richard Pazdur, lost his wife to ovarian cancer.
The F.D.A. has a notoriously slow approval process for new drugs. This is largely a result of the thalidomide crisis in the 1960s, when pregnant women who took an anti-nausea drug gave birth to children with severe deformities (including flippers instead of arms). F.D.A. medical officer Dr. Frances Kelsey refused to approve the drug after he found that it had not been tested on pregnant animals. As the drug was never approved in the United States, American babies avoided the devastating harm that other children faced in countries where thalidomide had been approved. The F.D.A.'s cautiousness in approving the drug has been used to justify its slow approval process in the half-century since the crisis.
Much of the problem with thalidomide was that its costs were out of proportion with its benefits: it reduced nausea, but could cause lifelong severe deformities. As a general rule, we are more willing to approve drugs that cause a lot of harm if they also do a lot of good (e.g. a drug that has chemotherapy's side effects would never be approved to reduce headaches, but is fine when it could save someone's life). As such, the F.D.A. has a "compassionate use" programme, wherein severely ill people can apply to take unapproved drugs in the hope of saving their lives. The rationale is that the patient will probably die anyway, so the additional risk of taking the unproven drug is minimal. As the NYT explains,
That decision was made in a separate category of "compassionate use" drug approvals for individual patients. Every year, the F.D.A. receives about 1,000 similar applications from terminally ill people seeking experimental medications, and agency officials say they approve 99 percent of them. The approvals are distinct from those for drugs that have gone through clinical trials and that are for broad distribution.
So every year, about a thousand people apply for "compassionate use" drugs. Every year, over a half-million people die from cancer. Obviously, many of those people pass away from types of cancer that are not the target of any drugs in clinical trials or the approval process; but whatever that percentage of cancer patients who could benefit from a drug in the pipeline is, it is probably higher than 0.5%. In fact, the number of people who apply for and receive permission for "compassionate use" of an experimental drug is approximately equal to the number of people who undergo euthanasia every year in America (even though assisted suicide is limited to a small number of states).
In effect, we are a country wherein a cancer patient is just as likely to commit suicide via a lethal dose of legal drugs as he is to receive experimental, potentially life-saving medical treatment. Analytically, the laws governing each are different: the "drug cocktail" that is used for assisted suicide is an off-label use and therefore not governed by the F.D.A., and state law, not federal law, governs assisted suicide. But in a discussion about the policy that governs the approval process for potentially life-saving medication and the availability of compassionate use, it is damning that Americans are just as likely to use legal drugs to kill themselves as they are to apply for life-saving ones.