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Al Barari, the only family owned and operated property developer in Dubai, continues to progress strongly into the first handover phase of its flagship, multi-billion dirham residential address, despite challenging market conditions.
Al Barari is a first-class residential sanctuary located in Dubai's royal enclave of Nad Al Sheba. Built on 14.2 million square feet of natural and landscaped gardens and bordering protected wildlife reserves, the secluded haven is the lowest density development in the Middle East with the built-up area comprising just 20% of the site.
While residential property prices in Dubai fell by up to 50% in 2009, Al Barari's 2007 villa prices of between 20 to 50 million dirhams have remained unchanged. Since the project was announced in 2005, Al Barari has sold 70% of its first phase.
"Although our rate of conversions did slow last year, there were around 10 sales of Al Barari properties on the secondary market which had marginal fluctuations in price. This tells us that Al Barari is being offered at fair market value. Investors have decided that current valuations are an accurate assessment of Al Barari's worth. We also continue to see clear demand for the botanical lifestyle we are offering," said Mohammed bin Zaal, CEO of Al Barari.
Al Barari says its pricing strategy has remained largely unaffected by the recent property crash because of a considered approach to value creation. According to the developer, sound masterplanning for well-planned, high quality places remains the key to building confidence and value in a development.
A return to the fundamentals of property economics has been the guiding principle for Al Barari. The development, which offers sophisticated, well-designed and sustainable facilities, has fast become one of the most coveted addresses in Dubai.
"Creating a desirable address is as much about offering a unique design concept as it is about driving long-term asset appreciation. As a company Al Barari strives for sustainability across ecology, investment and the community. The project has been conceived as a self-sufficient development; as the neighbourhood grows and the retail and resort facilities open up, it will continue to flourish. This will have a positive impact on property values," said bin Zaal.
As a zero-debt company Al Barari has been able to take advantage of the slowdown in the construction sector to expedite the project's progress. Shopping facilities and amenities have been rolled into phase one's construction schedule to bring added value to investors.
"We have invested heavily in developing the gardens and amenities to optimise the Al Barari lifestyle experience for our early residents. This is really important because we are selling much more than bricks and mortar. Al Barari introduces a new way of life by bringing people together, giving back family time and balancing the haste of city-living. Although our additional amenities are driving up property values, we have made a conscious decision not to pass these onto investors at this stage," explained bin Zaal.
He also adds that sales of Al Barari homes never became overheated because the family restricted speculator involvement from the start with contractual clauses to prevent flipping and stringent 'know your customer' due diligence.
Al Barari has begun handover of 33 villas in phase one of the project, with over 20 families now calling the botanical haven home. Masterplanning for the second phase of Al Barari is currently in progress and includes exclusive cultural quarters for residents. Among the planned amenities are outdoor performance spaces and art galleries as well as music, dance and art schools. This vibrant cosmopolitan precinct will also offer a souq-style market, grand mosque, restaurants, cafes, boutique stores, entertainment facilities and studio offices.


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Might want to look up Liberace and Jeff Spicoli before listening to today's update on Stage 2.
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Tour duh France Daily – 1
Pat took the dare. Daily Tour de France updates. Here is the first, The Zamboni Day.
Loss of a Voice, and Mara Abbott
Pat's excited about the Classics, pissed about the coverage, and sad about the loss of a great one. To make up for it, a great talk with Mara Abbott.
New Year, New Promises, with Mark Hodgson
Pat in studio with the one and only Mark Hodgson to talk up the new year, set some goals, rant about online commentary, and dream of new bikes.
I'm not dead yet, and Steve Porino
Thanks for the caring emails, but Pat's not dead. He just came close. A Leadville tale, Mother Nature's revenge, and a talk with Steve Porino, the man on the moto (and on the slopes).
No. Way. – Mark Hodgson
No, you downloaded the right episode. Mark is back in the studio to catch up on 'a few' things that have happened since the last show together.
Pat's Freaking OUT, and Keith Bontrager
Time to go racing, and Pat's a 'tad' nervous. Also, a talk with one of cycling's great innovators, Keith Bontrager.
Expectations, and John Stamstad
Pat actually compares Batman vs. Superman with the Tour de France. Also, a great talk with endurance legend, John Stamstad.
Catch up rants, and Jamie Paolinetti
Pat's got some problems, and isn't that why people podcast? To rant about simple crap? Also, a great talk with Jamie Paolinetti, a guy with the right engine, and a gift for making great cycling documentaries.
First World Problems, and Bob Mionske
Pat catches himself complaining about the little things, and has a great talk with Bicycle Law personified, Bob Mionske.

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Utility analysis
Risk analysis
Overview of ARX's perspectives
The ARX anonymization tool is divided into four perspectives, which model different aspects of the de-identification process. As is shown in the below screen shot, these steps consist of 1) configuring privacy models, utility measures and transformation methods, 2) exploring the solution space, 3) analyzing data utility and 4) analyzing privacy risks.
In the configuration perspective, input data can be loaded, transformation rules can be specified and all further parameters, such as privacy models and utility measures, can be selected and parameterized. If required, this step can be prepared by performing a risk analysis. Next, the solution space is characterized by executing a de-identification algorithm. The result can be inspected in the exploration perspective. Here, it is possible to search for privacy-preserving data transformations which fulfill the user's requirements, i.e. for transformations that result in output data that is suited for the intended usage scenario. To assess this suitability, the utility analysis perspective provides methods for comparing transformed data sets to the original input data set with methods of descriptive statistics and machine learning. In the fourth perspective, risk analyses can be performed for input data set as well as transformed output data. Based on the results of these analyses, the suitability of a solution candidate may either be confirmed or the configuration of the de-identification process can be modified.
Configuring the de-identification process
In this perspective, first, a data set can be imported into the tool and attribute meta data can be specified, including data types and attribute properties in terms of privacy risks. Second, generalization hierarchies for quasi-identifiers or sensitive attributes can be created semi-automatically with built-in wizards or imported into the tool from CSV files. Third, privacy models, the method for measuring data utility and further parameters, which control the transformation process, can be specified.
Exploration of the solution space
During the de-identification process, ARX constructs a search space consisting of a set of transformations that can be applied to the datasets. This search space is then characterized based on the given privacy models and utility measure. This perspective allows users to browse the solution candidates identified by ARX and to select interesting transformations for further analysis.
Analysis of data utility
To assess the suitability of a specific transformation for a given usage scenario, this perspective supports comparing transformations of the input data set to the original data. To this end, it incorporates various graphical representations of results of univariate and bivariate statistics and supports cell-by-cell comparisons.
To evaluate the suitability of an output data set for machine learning purposes, the perspective also allows to analyze the classification accuracy that can be achieved with a generic logistic regression method.
The perspective also implements a method for local recoding that can be used to further enhance data utility.
Analysis of risks
In this perspective, various metrics reflecting privacy risks are presented. Models implemented by ARX include re-identification risks for the prosecutor, journalist and marketer attacker models as well as estimates of population uniqueness, which can be calculated using different statistical models. Moreover, the perspective also provides access to a method for detecting attributes which must be modified or altered when de-identifying data in compliance to the Safe Harbor method of the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA identifiers) and a method for finding potential quasi-identifiers.
ARX aims at providing a high degree of interoperability with other software systems. Generalization hierarchies and data sets can be imported and exported from and to files containing character separated values (CSV). Moreover, ARX is able to import data from further sources, including MS Excel spreadsheets and relational database systems, such as MS SQL, DB2, MySQL or PostgreSQL.
The data import wizard also supports the renaming, removing and reordering of columns. During data import, data types are automatically detected and data cleansing may be performed. This means that values that do not conform to the specified data type will be replaced with null values, which are handled correctly by all methods implemented in ARX.
For further analyzing data provided by ARX with other tools, all tables can be exported into CSV formatted data via context menus.


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Howdy folks! I am not so much looking for advice as I am for precedent. I pieced together yet another 426(2000). Now, I took the lazy way out, I did a rod kit, and did a pretty thorough inspection of everything else, but used the old piston. After a season of beating its brains in at the ice races, it lost power at the last race and I shut her down. The post mortem showed a crack right across the center of the piston, right through! I can't believe I didn't wreck anything else. So, my question is, does this strike you as normal for a high hour piston that has been thrashed up near the rev limiter? Has anyone seen a piston crack like this? Our ice tracks are 4rth and 5th gear pinned at times, so the poor thing was pretty stressed with my chunky butt on it.
Thanks for any info you may offer.Edited by jroon


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CSF Holds Phil-China Traditional Cultural Fest [ Tuesday, 21st of February 2017 | 7 months ago ]
The festival was jointly sponsored by the local government, through its City Tourism and Investment Promotions Office, Embassy of the People's Republic of China, Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Inc., Filipino Chinese Amity Club, Inc., and Quanzhon City Cultural Troupe.
Representatives from China have showcased their skills in acrobatics, martial arts or commonly known as Kung Fu and Marionette puppetry show.
Different genres of music and dances were also presented to the Kapampangan audience.
Meanwhile, Filipino performances included drum and lyre exhibition by the students from Pampanga High School and an instrumental presentation by Dolores Elementary School Rondangklung Ensemble.
The Holy Angel University dance theater also performed some of the popular dances in China including lion dance, fan dance and lantern dance.
In his speech, Mayor Edwin 'EdSa' Santiago extended his warm gratitude to the Chinese partners for showing their rich culture and tradition to the Filipino community.
"This event is a celebration of friendship, between two countries, through a cultural show. We thank you for letting us see a glimpse of your beautiful tradition in China," Santiago added.
The Festival culminates the celebration of the 16th Cityhood Anniversary of San Fernando or Kaganapan 2017.
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Gillard forestry service road is located on the south slopes of Kelowna. Drive south up Lakeshore road until you see a power line (and road) heading straight up the mountain. Turn onto this road and follow it up to the first big switch back (about two km in from Lakeshore Rd). Park you retrieval vehicle here as this ride is a shuttle and requires two vehicles, preferably trucks, the road to the top is very rough. At the top (the Kettle Valley Rail Bed or KVR) you can park and ride in to the left or right and drop in on any number of great descents.
The now infamous Gillard Trails started off as only two or three advanced technical descents and have now become a major, well known trail network. Consisting of about fifteen different downhill trails, Gillard's trails range from technical intermediate trails to very advanced freeride runs. Many of these trails consist of rocky technical terrain and built up wooden stunts such as bridges, drops and transitioned technical jumps. After the fire of 2003 destroyed some of the best trails in the network builders have been hard at work re-inventing the network. The result is a network of shuttle trails that attract riders from all over the northwest and even from across Canada.
All of these trails are meant to be ridden on downhill specific bikes and riders must wear full face helmets, and full armor, no exceptions. With advanced trails like 'Kerplop', 'Wobbly Pops', 'Hucking Grass Hole' and 'Boss Hog' even the best riders will find some stunts that may make them think twice. For riders who are new to freeriding try the trails off to the left at the top. With about five trails off of this area (and great views of Bellevue Canyon and Myra Bellevue Park just across the canyon) there are enough new challenging stunts and trail sections to keep you occupied for a whole summer and then some. These trails offer tamer versions of the jumps and stunts found on the trails on the other side of the road. They have more flow to them as well. With the ability to combine different trails on the way down the fun is endless. A full descent of Gillard can take anywhere from 30 minute (pinning it) to about two hours depending on your route and skill level.
Get some advice on what run will suite your skill level while you are at one of the local bike shops picking up a Gillard Trail Map. Remember, Downhill bikes, armor and a rugged vehicle is required. www.mtbco.ca


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