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Sampling shows beech seeding widespread
Sampling shows beech seeding widespread
Results from beech forest sampling across the South Island confirm a widespread seeding event is underway, Department of Conservation scientists say.
Over the past two months, seed on beech trees has been measured at 23 sites from north-west Nelson to Fiordland by shooting branches from trees to get an early indication of likely autumn seed fall.
DOC scientist Graeme Elliott says the seed shooting results confirm the beech mast is proving to be a widespread event, as initially predicted from extensive spring flowering.
Dr Elliott says the amount of seed being
produced varies in different areas from very heavy to more
moderate but that virtually all forests sampled are
seeding this year in what is looking like a 10-20 year event.
"The key issue is that this is widespread seeding and looks set to fuel an explosion in forest predators like rats and stoats in a large number of places."
"With the seed fall now well underway it's expected rodent numbers will begin to increase towards a peak in the coming summer when stoat numbers will also explode."
Dr Elliott says field teams will be closely monitoring rat and stoat numbers over the next few months for early signs of rising numbers.
The Department of Conservation says plans to counter the expected rising predator numbers are already well underway.
The Battle for our Birds pest control response—announced by the Minister of Conservation in January—aims to protect vulnerable native bird, bat and snail species with aerial 1080 and ground-based pest control operations in multiple beech forest areas the length of the South Island.
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Right now i'm managing my family rentals, its a blessing and a curse. The headache of dealing with people that try and rip you off, at the same point it has taught me fast how to read people and tell when I'm being lied to.
Keeping a level head, this I have to give credit to God for changing for the better, It takes a lot to make me mad but best to get out of the way when i am.
Pretty good at pool, i play in 3 leagues, love playing and teaching it even tho many don't listen.
Handling stressful situations, i've experienced more then most people my age: hang with quite a few much older people, I listen and learn from them, and this allows me to handle most things i come across.
Making friends; Its just who i am, i get along with everyone, and connect with everyone.
Music: I Grow up on old school Beatles, Beach Boys, Micheal Jackson ETC. My favorite band now i would say Breaking Benjamin. I manly listen to country and christian rock, and dubstep. But love all music.
Movies: Thanks to my son if seen kung fu panda 30 some times, and i still love it. I love comedies wedding Crashers, pineapple Express, Tropic Thunder, Haunted House, and Scary Movie 1&2.
Books: I've read all the Harry Potter books when younger. I honestly dont read much anymore.
Shows: I never catch shows anymore I always watch them on demand later because I'm always out living live with family and friends. The ones I follow and love are; Son of anarchy, NCIS, Burn Notice, Big Bang Theory, Super Natural, and love it and don't care its a great show, Glee.
Family; my mother and son are my world.
My friends: my close friends are my family, they call me at anytime and I'm there.
nothing else really matters but the rest of the list...
Phone; I'm always using it for music or business.
My motorcycle: its so relaxing and freeing
My vehicles; Without them i'm in trouble.
You are done with games, not looking to jump into a marriage, but going out with friends or my our selves, to drive inn movies, bonfires, parks, dinner, a bar, a house party, or even just staying in and cuddling, like i said what ever it is its a blast with me.
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You dont know what you want, if you are hurt which most people are, thats fine I have no problem helping you work tho you past issues, but if you are not willing to put your 100% towards it, then it won't work.
If you are not independent, I know we go tho hard times and you maybe at a low spot in your life, but if you have no plans or will to change, then it won't work out i'm looking for someone to build and grow with not carry or drag.
If you are uptight or cant handle bluntness, I got no time to beat around the bush, for something that will come out later down the road, if you cant handle it now you wont be able to then.

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Holiday Pistachio Dessert Recipe
- 1-1/4 cups biscuit/baking mix
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons cold butter
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar, divided
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream, whipped, divided
- 2-1/2 cups cold milk
- 2 packages (3.4 ounces each) instant pistachio pudding mix
- Chocolate curls, optional
- 1. In a small bowl, combine the biscuit mix, walnuts and brown sugar. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- 2. Press into an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack.
- 3. In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and 1 cup confectioners' sugar until fluffy. Fold in half of the whipped cream; spread over crust. Stir remaining confectioners' sugar into remaining whipped cream; refrigerate until serving.
- 4. In another bowl, whisk milk and pudding mixes for 2 minutes. Let stand for 2 minutes or until soft-set. Spread over cream cheese layer. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours before serving.
- 5. Garnish with sweetened whipped cream and, if desired, chocolate curls. Yield: 15 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 piece: 279 calories, 16g fat (8g saturated fat), 38mg cholesterol, 392mg sodium, 30g carbohydrate (20g sugars, 0 fiber), 4g protein.
Reviews for Holiday Pistachio Dessert
Average Rating
"Delicious. But I'd double the filling. You can never have too much pistachio."
"easy to make. Looked impressive. Tasted great. I used gluten free Bisquick. I ended up adding more butter and cooking the crust a bit longer. It was delicious. I also just spread the whipped cream over the top. It was a pot luck dinner and was just easier. It made a great statement for St. Patrick's Day."
"I doubled the filling- both cream cheese/confectioner's sugar layer and the pistachio pudding layer. I can't see how the original recipe would turn out as written for a 13x9 inch pan- mine looked fantastic and full when doubled. I also did not put the whipping cream in the cream cheese layer but rather just on top of the pistachio pudding layer once set and then garnished with crushed walnuts. The crust was DELICIOUS and the entire dessert was good! Needs to have the filling doubled, in my opinion- to be served to guests"
"Really good! I used chopped pecans instead of walnuts. Really good! Definitely a keeper. However, I did 1.5 times the ingredients because all my layers did seem a little thin, and doubling the ingredients was too thick. But it was delicious!"
"make it low fat! use neufchatel cream cheese, 1% milk & 1 1/2 cups fat- free vanilla GREEK yogurt, divided, to replace the whipped cream. still tastes great and you feel less guilty! also you can use graham crackers laid flat , to cut out the butter and replace the crust , but the walnuts are a must! just stir into cream cheese layer- which makes this a no-bake recipe as well!"
"My husband loves pistachio so I had to make this recipe. This is one of the better pistachio desserts there is!"
"My picky eater even likes these."
"I've made this with chocolate pudding and with butterscotch too. Ive used pecan sandies and butter for the crust. Good recipe. I make it for alot of family gatherings"
"I use Pepper Ridge farm chess cookies for crust. Cuts my time in half and still tastes great!"
"This recipe has been around for ages. As far back as I can remember. My mother makes it every Christmas for the Adams Family gathering. It is a must have or she never hears the end of it."
"I made this recipe for pot luck on St. Patrick day and every one loved, wanted to take it all home with them and wants the recipe, which I will share, I LOVED IT, so easy to make."
"Kippendog, It's Bisquick. Can be purchase in any grocery store."
"Kippendog, it's Bisquick."
"For us Yanks just what is biscuit/baking mix?"
"This is NOT quick"
"My mom has been making this recipe since I was 2 years old! I absolutely love it. So tasty"


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Offices, Housing, Hotel, Whole Foods Market and a Green Plaza
Downtown Towson soon will see one million square feet of offices, luxury and student housing, a hotel, restaurants, shops, a Whole Foods Market and an open, green plaza rising on five acres in the Baltimore County seat.
Site preparation is underway for Towson Row, a $350 million mixed-use project by Towson-based developer Caves Valley Partners that will anchor the southern gateway to downtown Towson.
Focal Point
"Towson Row will transform the Towson skyline and become a focal point for residents, workers and visitors," said Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz. "You can clearly see Towson Row's footprint as you walk through downtown Towson. It's exciting to see so much site activity as this significant private investment moves forward."
"Towson Row will reaffirm Towson as a preeminent destination in Maryland, now and well into the future," said Arthur Adler, partner of Caves Valley Partners. "We are completely reimagining the shopping, working, dining, entertainment, and green streetscape experience for Towson residents and visitors."
The one million square foot, $350 million Towson Row will include 220,000 square feet of office space, a 170-room hotel, student housing with 900 beds, 370 luxury apartments and over 100,000 square feet of shops and restaurants anchored by a 45,000 square foot Whole Foods Market. Over 1,500 garage parking spaces will serve tenants and customers. Towson Row is being built on five acres bordered by York Road, Towsontown Boulevard, Washington Avenue and Chesapeake Avenue in downtown Towson.
"With projects such as Towson Row, downtown Towson is living up to its potential as a vibrant place to live, work and visit," said Baltimore County Councilman David Marks.
About Downtown Towson
Towson Row is part of $1 billion in recent private investment in downtown Towson, including a new 15-screen Cinemark Theatres and restaurants at Towson Square, 2,700 new downtown apartments and townhomes, and the Towson City Center office tower with Towson University programs and headquarters for MileOne Automotive and Remedi Senior Care.
More than 55,000 people live in greater Towson, with over 48,000 people working at companies including GBMC, General Dynamics, Goucher College, MileOne, Sheppard Pratt, Stanley Black and Decker, Towson University, University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center and Whiting Turner.
Enjoy the Video Challenge
In the spirit of Bobby's Burger Palace, Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz invites Chef Bobby Flay to the newest BBP restaurant to create a signature Towson Burger using made-in-Baltimore County ingredients.
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On my Christmas trip across the East Coast (comics will be posted when I get home), I had the pleasure of staying with Samantha's sister and niece a few times this past week in Charlotte. While we were there, I recorded Anna reading an entire month of my daily comics. The recording is 12 minutes long, so press play, sit back, follow along if you want to, and be sort of creeped out as a 12-year-old girl reads a 23-year-old boys feelings. I present to you, the November readings.
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what else.
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Stephen Colbert highlighted his sister, Democratic House candidate Elizabeth Colbert Busch, on his show. Though he did it in his usual funny way on the pretext of threatening to reveal secrets from her middle-school diary and letting the world know her girlhood nickname was 'Lulu,' the intent of promotion was pretty clear.
58-year-old Elizabeth Colbert Busch is a business-development director at Clemson University and is running for the South Carolina congressional seat vacated by Rep. Tim Scott's elevation to the Senate.
"Holy cow! My sister is running for Congress!" Colbert enthused on his show Colbert Report vowing not to use his show to promote her candidacy.
"No free airtime, Lulu! As a broadcast journalist I am obligated to maintain pure objectivity. It doesn't matter that my sister is intelligent, hardworking, compassionate, and dedicated to the people of South Carolina. I will not be mentioning any of that on my show.''
No if you don't call that free air time, we don't know what to call it!
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High View (GNIS FID: 1554710) is a populated place located within the Capon District, a minor civil division (MCD) of Hampshire County.
The elevation of High View is 1,270 feet. High View appears on the Capon Springs U.S. Geological Survey Map. Hampshire County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours).
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Rock Enon, VA (1.9 miles S)
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About the Book
Tuscany (Toscana) is the most spectacular and culturally rich region of Italy. Tuscany was the region most visited by artists and poets, and Tuscan dialect was also the source of the Italian language. With a population of about 3.5 million people, its capital is the city of Florence. However many of the smaller towns and cities in the region are deserving of a visit as they contain many of the gems of Italian art and history. Indeed, Tuscany is home to six UNESCO World Heritage Sites of which three are covered in this book; the historical centre of Florence, the centre of Pienza, and the Campo de Miracoli in Pisa.
The images in this book were taken during a visit to the region in 2011. They convey some of the magic of the classic Italian landscapes, medieval hill-towns, and great works of art and architecture found in the region of Toscana. Above all, Tuscany is central to understanding the culture of Italy, and indeed Europe as a whole, since it was in this region that the Renaissance was born and flourished.
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- Category Travel
Large Square, 12×12 in, 30×30 cm
240 Pages
- Publish Date Sep 23, 2012
About the Creator
Leonard Ferguson has been a keen amateur photographer for over thirty years. His particular interests are landscape and architectural photography.
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In service since 1954, Jarrell Contracting is a single-source mechanical contractor dedicated to providing quality service and value to every project. Our design build team offers reliable and cost-effective designs for these projects. Read more on how Jarrell Contracting is engineering your changing environment.
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Jarrell Mechanical completes HVAC work on the new $71 million SLU Grand Hall dorm. Grand Hall will house 528 first- and second-year students on six residential floors in single and double suite-style rooms. The hall [...]
Our History
Jarrell is a full-service mechanical contractor. In our business, relationships are everything and we have been very fortunate to make a lot of friends since our founding in 1954. We are consistently among the top 100 largest mechanical contractors in the country. We've been listed as the second largest mechanical contractor in the St. Louis area for the past seven years by the St. Louis Business Journal. Our success is due to our emphasis on relationships and putting our customers' needs first.
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There's no denying it now -- Charleston has a culinary scene. But in a city with so many choices, it can still be ridiculously difficult to decide where to eat on any given evening. That's where we come in. Whether seafood, fancy, flip-flop lovin' fare, or Lowcountry classic, we've got you covered. These are the tables you seek, so get down to the business of eating well in the Holy City.
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VIDEO: First Look - Beyonce Promos Appearance in MTV's VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS
The world will be watching during a once-in-a-lifetime performance by Beyoncé, only at the MTV Video Music Awards. Watch her live on Sunday, August 24 at 9/8c and check out the promo below!
Beyoncé has joined the all-star line up for the highly anticipated 2014 MTVVIDEO MUSIC AWARDS. The entertainer is an 11-time winner for her solo work and as a member of Destiny's Child. This year, she tops all nominees with eight nods, including Video of the Year, Best Female and Best Choreography.
Also set to appear on this year's show are previously announced performers Usher,Ariana Grande, 5 Seconds of Summer and Maroon 5.
In addition, Beyonce will receive this year's Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. The honor has been previously given to Jackson, Madonna , Peter Gabriel, R.E.M., Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake.
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I use my Kobo Touch mostly for fanfic. Calibre has a plugin that can pull stuff directly from AO3 and other fic archives -- it works great. Or you can download epubs manually from AO3 and add them thru Calibre, it only takes seconds. I don't use wifi on my Kobo so I can't comment on direct browsing.
For what it's worth, the downsides I've found with the Kobo as a fic reader are:
(1) Doesn't display summaries (though Calibre does).
(2) Doesn't display or use tags (though Calibre does).
(3) Organization can be iffy. I use Shelves (easy with Calibre and the metadata plugboard) but each book/fic can only be in one shelf -- there's no way to add it to multiple shelves (as far as I know). So deciding how to set up your Shelves takes some thought. If you only read one fandom, for example, you could set up shelves by genre & pairing; or if you only read one pairing, by genre & rating. Etc. Whatever works best for your collection.
(4) Probably just a personal annoyance :-) but there's no title (or author) display while you're reading. I'd love if a future Kobo update could put the title in small font down where the page number is, or at the top like a paper book. I read a lot of fic and sometimes I get halfway through a story and totally forget the title & author!
Hope that helps. I haven't tried out the Sony readers but I've been curious about them, for the reasons above.
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What's causing the foreclosure crisis? Is it the correction in home prices across the US from bubble-induced highs or is it, as many claim, a result of lax lending standards and predatory subprime loans?
The distinction isn't just splitting hairs. Governors of the Federal Reserve and other policy makers have put quite a bit of effort into blaming failures of mortgage regulation (rather than market failures) for the crisis. But are no-income McMansion moms really the ones feeding the foreclosures? Or are otherwise credit-worthy homebuyers defaulting as they realise they owe hundreds of thousands more than their home is worth? After all – I can afford to pay back a loan of $500, but if I've used it to buy a tulip bulb that's now worth $1.50, I might just decide to cut my losses and give it to the bank to garden.
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Steve Ballmer Puts On A Goodbye Show Full Of Tears & Emotion
If your an Apple fan boy or a die hard Android fan you may not know who Steve Ballmer is but after the goodbye the Microsoft CEO give to employees of the company today you will appreciate the respect and enthusiasm he has for technology and Microsoft.
The Verge got their hands on some exclusive video which showed Ballmer's final moments on stage. It seems sad to see such an influential and enthusiastic person leaving Microsoft but only time will tell if it was the right decision for the company.
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I hope Skyward Sword was not canon, so that Zelda can go back to being superb.
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HellsingOrg 4 years ago#101
The bird of Hermes is my name eating my wings to make me tame.
BanzaiHeil 4 years ago#102
Gencoil posted...
Apparently anything that uses more than just buttons is casual. Tell me, just what is it that's so much more "hardcore" about pressing a button than actually moving your arm, reacting to your enemy's shielding and then striking from the right angle?
Maybe instead of asking that we should ask "what's so much more enjoyable about swinging your arm around, especially for those of us old enough to work for a living after coming home from a 12 hour day?" Hell, I used to swing a hammer all day. If I hate the idea of flailing around for my video games after coming home from my desk job/gym now, I can only imagine how much I would have hated it back then.
RAMMSTEIN -Atlanta, GA 04/23/2012
Soooooooo good!
Miyamoto needs to retire he makes garbage decisions now.
HELL NO just no we need people like him for pushing games in new way not using the same old system again and again he keeps changing the Zelda games without ruining it so he is doing good to me and other people
and i see people still hate the Wiimote meh to each to his own
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pbandjames 4 years ago#104
There's nothing wrong with the canon of the game, so this topic is already off to an idiotic start. Considering this game had actual character development to it compared to previous entries, and the story was actually pretty interesting.
I thought SS was alright, not bad but not great. Feel free to disagree, but realize that opinions are opinions, regardless of what you think.
The SS controls worked pretty much perfectly. There's no way you can complain about them not working, unless you were to dumb to figure out how to calibrate and move a controller like a sword. The stabbing was a little annoying, but it worked.
The puzzle-fighting for each monster wasn't that bad. It was fun in a lot of cases. There were times it could be frustrating, but for the most part I was actually surprised I enjoyed it.
The shields were fine. I was actually really annoyed that they were consumable at first, then I realized you don't even need to use them most of the time. There are really durable shields early on anyway, so they would never screw you over, and if you were really inclined you could just buy a durability potion.
Skyworld being pretty empty was quite disappointing. That's a valid complaint. The fact that there wasn't much there felt like wasted potential. Why give you a cool bird to fly when there's not much reason to fly him?
The three regions you could visit were also disappointing. The had the same feeling between dungeons in them, and they didn't feel very interesting.
The dungeons themselves were well designed, and the items were well-used for the most part. I had a lot of fun getting through dungeons, and the boss fights were pretty good. The six blade idol was especially awesome (Link picking up the sword was badass).
The music was, of course, well-done.
The NPCs actually felt like people and were distinct from one another. They felt like real people in a real Skyworld.
I really enjoyed the Sacred Realm parts. They made the area feel exciting, and it was a good challenge.
Zelda doesn't just come off as the damsel-in-distress once again.
The upgrade system was actually interesting and fun.
Fighting the Black Blob three times was annoying. Luckily, it's not that long of a boss battle.
Fi was probably the worst part of the game for me. Luckily, I played through this game with a friend, so we just made a joke of it. I'd always read it in a really dumb accented robot voice, and it was kind of funny then. It still got annoying though. Like, massively annoying. Especially because she said that she would help you, but if you did ask her stuff, she would only tell you things you already knew. What's the point? I feel like they just tried to see if they could one-up Navi, and they really did. Navi didn't talk to half as much, and wasn't actually required to be talked to as much as Fi. At least Fi is now just in the Master Sword. We won't be hearing from her ever again. We haven't from Navi, and we won't from her.
In the end, it's just disappointing from how it was touted, but it's by no means a bad game. SS is in the solid 8/10 range for sure, + or - a point depending on your legitimate experience with it.
I explain why SS isn't a bad game. Opinions may vary.
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im sorry you said "the way it was meant to be played" followed up by "with two joysticks" It has never been this case. Although motion controls totally disinterested me in the wii titles it would probably had been at least 10x cooler if you would have said "the way it was meant to be played, with a d-pad, two buttons, and mother busting 10 items that kill a corresponding boss and help proceed threw dungeons! "
Really the 3-d zeldas took the zelda world and some of the classic elements and dumbed down tomb raider. This is zelda today. I loved ocarina of time and majoras mask, i even managed to beat wind waker which tested my patience(it just wasnt that fun)
I cant really say "go back to a link to the past days" because it wont work, they kind of did it with the ds titles and plenty of great gameboy and color titles.
Shoot but if they made more titles like a link to the past i would probably buy them up.
Doublesouba 4 years ago#106
TheFlamingC posted...
You know, when the next game releases you'll call it crap and say Skyward Sword was the best. The Zelda fanbase is hilariously bad.
Isn't it though? I remember when people were hating on MM for the 3 day time limit, then when WW came out everyone praised MM. Then TP came out, people hated on that, and praised WW. Now the same thing is happening with SS. Sure, the controls got messed up sometimes for me in SS, but that was fixed by placing the control upside down on the table; and it didn't happen that much anyway. Was SS linear? Somewhat, but it was beautiful to look at (and after FFXIII, it felt as open as Skyrim). I personally love all the Zelda games aside from Zelda 2, and I'm sure I'll love the next one too. If it uses the gamepad, fine. If it uses the WiiMotion Plus, I'll just bust out my golden WiiMote from SS and have at it.
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AXKSION posted...
Omega_Black posted...AXKSION posted...
If your shield kept burning/getting broken, you were doing something wrong.
And you have no right to tell anyone about how bad their taste and opinions are. No one does.
EvilSock1990 4 years ago#108
Doublesouba posted...
TheFlamingC posted...You know, when the next game releases you'll call it crap and say Skyward Sword was the best. The Zelda fanbase is hilariously bad.
dude........ are you my clone cause i feel the exact same way.
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banzaiheil posted...
Maybe instead of asking that we should ask "what's so much more enjoyable about swinging your arm around, especially for those of us old enough to work for a living after coming home from a 12 hour day?" Hell, I used to swing a hammer all day. If I hate the idea of flailing around for my video games after coming home from my desk job/gym now, I can only imagine how much I would have hated it back then.
But how else are they going to make the sword controls work? Explain how they would do it without motion controls, while still being able to slash from different angles.
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AXKSION posted...
you have to play some survival mode thing. i didn't like the game enough to do everything in it. in fact, it took at least a year and a half for me to finish the game because i lost interest like 4+ times and had to keep coming back after weeks off from not playing it.
Riiiight. It's only been out about a year and three weeks (at most).
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I'm grounded in music, and I live to perform. I play guitar, piano, saxophone, sing, and I dance a little as well. I thank my mother for putting the arts in me early. Just say the word and I'll play for you, happily.
I'm also a not-so-closet nerd, but don't let that scare you off. I love my comics and sci-fi (Beam me, up to a galaxy far, far away) but am also quite down to earth as well. At any given time, I could be in front of television playing a video game, in a comic book store, or at a jazz lounge or an open mic night. If my life were a pie chart, I'd have so many slivers that made up my interests, but they'd all be equally important.
"We're all a little weird. And life is weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness—and call it love—true love." -Robert Fulghum
Oh...and I'm really good at video games. I don't care what you play...I'm probably better than you. #nerdcore. I'm also good at getting people to realize that video game music is REAL music too. Three perfect examples of fantastic composing coming up. I invite you to open your mind, be spontaneous, and have a listen:
Calling To The Night (Metal Gear Solid) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXkgn3QUA2w
The Best Is Yet To Come (Metal Gear Solid) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6miaTf1gF4g
Heaven's Divide (Metal Gear Solid) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQzgI6xJEH0
What? Trying to get on me for not being more diverse? Let's be honest here...you thought I was gonna post something from Super Mario.
Movies - So many...it's better to talk about what I don't like than all the movies I do. I'll give anything a chance though.
Shows - Power, Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, Last Week Tonight, Big Bang Theory, Daily Show/Colbert, WWE, Battlestar Galactica, 2 Broke Girls, How I Met Your Mother, Falling Skies, Frasier, Heroes, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Archer, American Dad, Family Guy, Blunt Talk, BALLERS (that's my shit...and I don't even like sports like that, son) Silicon Valley...yah I watch a lot of shows as of late.
Music - I love it all, and there's just about every genre of music in my collection. R&B, Hip Hop, Pop, Dance, Club, Techno, Country, Classical, Jazz, Blues, Reggae, J-rock, J-pop, K-pop, Rock, Metal, Alternative, Contemporary...and more lol The best thing ever is to throw on a random playlist in my car and aimlessly drive. Music is Love.
Food - I LOVE food! Only thing I can't eat is peanuts, but I'm pretty adventurous with everything else.
My Saxophone
My Guitar
My Vocal Chords
My Car
My Feet (I love to dance)
And while I don't spend a LOT of time thinking about this, I do wonder...why are people so surprised when you respond back quickly? Why wait? What's the point of playing all those games if you genuinely want to get to know someone? I feel like that's just a waste of time. Time we could be spending enjoying ourselves. Just sayin'...
- You can appreciate guys who hold open doors, pay for dinners, and are willing to drive you home so you don't have to be outside in the cold (even if you don't want me to, I'll still offer lol)
- You read my profile, like music, and want to talk about bands over drinks. Or read my profile, and genuinely want to get to know each other. I find dating to be a lot harder than it should because people don't say what they want. I want to get to know you.
- You have more to say than "hello". No really...please say something else...we're grown. Use your big girl words.
- Play music! I am always looking to play with someone! (That's kinda dirty sounding, isn't it...)
"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams."
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Into The Woods
Join the Jackie Palmer Stage School as they bring to life this musical which intertwines several of the Brothers Grimm fairy-tales and follows some of the characters and their wishes, including Red Riding Hood, Rupenzel and Cinderella. Tickets £12 and a £1.50 booking fee from 01494 510597.
13 April, 3 and 7pm, Wycombe Swan, St Mary Street, High Wycombe.
Follows George Formby's rise from awkward stable boy to one of Britain's biggest stars. In a unique one-man performance Ewan Wardrop plays the role of Formby, as well as all the key characters involved in this fascinating slice of his life. Tickets £16, concessions £2 off. A £1.50 per ticket booking fee applies. Call 01494 552875 to book for no fee.
16 April, 7.30pm, The Elgiva, Chesham.
Easter holiday activities
Chiltern Open Air Museum
A packed programme of events over Easter offer families lots of choice for exciting things to do including the Terrific Tuesdays with an Easter theme on 15 April, joining the holiday club for 5 to 12 year olds and visiting over the Easter weekend to make traditional Easter treats such as Easter biscuits, or have a go at some fun craft activities and games. Details of the Museum's exciting event programme can be found by visiting the web site on www.coam.org.uk. Meet the lambs this Saturday and Sunday.
11 to 21 April, 10am to 5pm, Chiltern Open Air Museum, Newland Park, Gorelands Lane, Chalfont St Giles.
Woodland Animals in Clay
For crafty inspiration, children can get stuck in and make their own family of hedgehogs or owls in clay. Sessions start at 10.30, 11.30am, 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30pm. By timed ticket on the day (places are limited). children to be accompanied by an adult. Cost: £2.50. There is an egg hunt from April 11 to 20 from 10am to 4.30pm at the museum, except Bank Holiday.
15 and 17 April, Wycombe Museum, Priory Ave, High Wycombe HP13 6PX.
Peppa Pig's Big Splash
Join Peppa and her friends for another all-singing, all-dancing adventure full of songs, games and muddy puddles. Tickets are £15.40 to £17.40, with a £2.85 booking fee from www.atgtickets.com/aylesbury or call 0844 8717607.
15 April, 1 and 4pm, 16 April, 10am and 1pm, Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, Exchange Street, Aylesbury.
At The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre
Bogswizzling Cloth Bags.
For 6+ years: create a crackling cloth bag by decorating it with fabric paint. £3 per participant in addition to museum entry.
11 April, 11am.
Wondercrump wildlife
For all ages: get crafty with The Wildlife Trust. Find out about the living landscapes around Buckinghamshire, the inspiration for many of Roald Dahl's books. Free with museum entry.
12 to 13 April, 11am.
Swishwiffling Spring Gardens
For 6+ years: create a miniature Roald Dahl garden, complete with his Writing Hut. £3 per participant in addition to museum entry.
15 April, 11am, 1pm and 3pm.
Buzzwangling Bug Jars
For 5+ years: create a bugwhiffling bug-house using a jamjar; perfect for observing creepy crawlies.
£2.50 per participant in addition to museum entry.
16 April, 10.30am.
Telling Tales with Sandra Agard
For 4+ years: come and join in with some wondercrump storytelling for all the family with storyteller and writer Sandra Agard. Adults and children £3 each.
16 April, 12 and 2pm.
Farmer Boggis' Chicken Farm
For 6+ years: listen to some storytelling, and make a cheepy chick topper and clucky chicken bookmark.
£2 per participant in addition to museum entry.
17 April, 11am, 1 and 3pm.
Call 01494 892192 to book.
At The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre, 81-83 High Street, Great Missenden.
Children's Easter party
A pancake bonanza and an Easter egg hunt, and an appearance of the Easter bunny.
12 April, 12 to 2pm, The Tree Hotel at Cadmore, Cadmore End.
Science Museum Live presents The Energy Show
Methane bubbles are set alight to make fireballs, hydrogen balloons explode and rockets are fired into the audience. Stand back and cover your ears - theatre just got dangerously exciting. Two futuristic science students race against time to prove their knowledge of energy. Suitable for everyone aged 7+. Tickets £16, children £13, family £52. A £1.50 per ticket booking fee applies. Call 01494 512000 or go to www.wycombeswan.co.uk.
14 April, 7pm, 15 April, 2 and 7pm, Wycombe Swan, St Mary Street, High Wycombe.
Behind the Facade: Easter Performing Arts Workshop
Join the Behind the Facade team for all things food this Easter. Get your Golden Ticket to Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory: singing, acting and dancing to the tune of all things edible. At only £45 per person in advance for this two day workshop. A team of professional teachers and instructors with West End credits will help you to improve your skills while putting the fun back into performance. To book or for further details, go to www.behind-the-facade.weebly.com or call 07525 741995.
14 to 15 April, 100am, Little Theatre by the Park, Church Street, Chesham.
Albert Einstein Relatively Speaking (junior edition)
Award winning theatre company Tangram Theatre bring to life the mind-boggling world of Albert Einstein. Songs, juggling, puppetry and interactive games lead the audience on a journey through Einstein's life and theories. Albert will split an atom live on stage and turn audience members into subatomic particles as they become part of the show. Tickets are £8.50, Family (4 people) £31. Suitable for ages 7+ years. . Call 01628 788997 or go to www.nordenfarm.org.
15 April, 2pm, Norden Farm, Maidenhead.
Sleeping Beauty in the Woods
This adaptation of the timeless tale from the Brothers Grimm brings to life a dreamlike fantasy of palaces and forest, ogres and fairies and princes and babes. Little Angel Theatre is a leading puppetry company. They have been creating engaging family puppetry shows for over 50 years. Tickets are £8.50, family (four people) £31. Suitable for ages 3+ years. Call 01628 788997 or go to www.nordenfarm.org.
17 April, 11.30am and 2pm, Norden Farm, Maidenhead.
Groups and shows
Club Hispanico Spanish Talk.
La poesia burlesca y satirica - talk given in Spanish at Club Hispanico Internacional de Bucks. Price includes drink and snacks. Call 01494 813477 for more details. Tickets: £2 members, £7 non-members, £2 students.
11 to 12 April, 8pm, Fitzwilliams Centre, Windsor End, Beaconsfield.
Booker and District Horticultural Society spring show
There will be a display of daffodils, tulips, flower arranging, crafts, cookery photography, and children's class. For a show schedule call 01494 436793.
12 April, 2 until 4pm, Booker Memorial Hall, Limmer Lane, Booker, High Wycombe, HP12 4QS.
Behind the Lines: A World War One Anthology
A performance by Linda Hart and Gabriel Woolf, brought to you by The Beaconsfield Society. Tickets are £10 from Beaconsfield Library or call 0845 2303232.
12 April, 2.30 and 6pm, The Fitzwilliams Centre, Windsor End, Beaconsfield.
Bowls Club Open Day
Free coaching and loan of equipment. New members welcome. Call 01494 718424 for more details.
12 and 15 April, 2pm and 17 April, 6pm, High Wycombe Bowling Club, Chestnut Avenue, High Wycombe.
Bucks Laughing Club
Laughter and relaxation for your body and mind. Release those endorphins and boost your immune system. In May they laugh again on the 10th. No charge but contributions are requested and much appreciated. Email email@example.com or see www.buckslaughingclub.com
12 April, 2 to 3pm, Rossetti Hall in Holmer Green.
High Wycombe and District Cage Bird Society
An evening with Ron Pearce budgerigar judge and breeder. Teas and refreshments available. Further details at www.hwbbs.co.uk or call 07811 321328. New members are welcome.
14 April, 7.45pm, The Pavilion, Hazlemere Sports Recreation Ground, Hazlemere.
Jaguar Drivers' Club Chilterns Area.
Harry Irons WW2 Battle of Britain Lancaster Bomber Rear Gunner will be the speaker at the April meeting. New members and visitors welcome. Join in for a meal at 7pm before the meeting. Call 01895 233984 for more details.
15 April, 8pm, Merlins Cave Public House, High Street, Chalfont St Giles.
Marlow Spanish Language Meetup
The High Wycombe Spanish Speakers meet-up group has now expanded into Marlow, so if you speak Spanish (native or learner) and live in or near Marlow this event, which they aim to repeat regularly, might be of interest to you. Register at http://www.meetup.com/High-Wycombe-Spanish-Speakers to find out more.
15 April, 8pm, The Marlow Donkey, Station Road, Marlow.
Sales and markets
Open House and Moving Sale.
Magnificent Mabel is holding an open house and moving sale. Due to relocation they need to reduce stock by around 50 per cent- prices start at just £1. There'll be the usual mix of French, vintage, upcycled and handcrafted gifts and homewares, including furniture, mirrors, china, glassware, home furnishings and even display and office furniture. Free parking and all payment cards accepted. Call 01628 477181 for more details.
12 April, 10am, Unit A6, Rose Business Estate, Marlow Bottom Road, Marlow.
Hazlemere Gardening Association
HGA Spring flower and plant show, also includes arts and crafts and photographic sections. Free admission, refreshments and raffle. Call 01494 711570 for details. Tickets: free admission.
12 April, 2pm, Hazlemere Community Centre, Rose Avenue, Hazlemere.
Jumble Sale
Popular annual jumble sale. Good quality items at low prices. Stock includes - women's, men's and children's clothes, bric a brac, books, handbags, shoes, toys, DVDs and cds. Refreshments available. Call 01494 722627 for more details. Tickets: 50p entrance.
12 April, 2pm, St Georges Scout Hut, White Lion Road, Little Chalfont.
Chesham Mayor gym and swim opening.
Mayor, Cllr Mark Shaw, officially marks the start of the summer pool season at 10am. He'll be joined by a host of 'mini Mayors' who'll be taking a plunge into the pool to celebrate the occasion. Aqua Aerobics class follows at 10.30 to 11.30am, with general swimming from 11.30am until 5pm. Afterwards, and following the recent gym refurbishment, the mayor will officially open the gym at 10.30pm. This will be followed by a free gym taster session for Chesham residents for the remainder of the day. Call 01494 776 975 for more details.
12 April, 10am, Chesham Moor Gym & Swim, Moor Road, Chesham.
Free Nordic walking taster
Free taster session to introduce participants to Nordic walking. Participants then have the option of enrolling on a four week course to learn the technique. Call 01491 573208 for more details.
17 April, 5.30pm, A Foot in the Chilterns, Hambleden.
Tours and walks
Bisham Church and Churchyard Tour
The ancient church of Bisham standing on the bank of the River Thames is a fascinating place to visit but to join this tour it is essential to book in advance. The churchyard tour following the visit to the church is weather permitting. Call 01628 482754 for more details. Tickets: No charge/donations in aid of church fund welcome.
12 April, 10.30am, Bisham Church, Church Lane, Bisham.
Discover the History of Woodoaks Walk
Find out more about the history of Woodoaks Farm and the surrounding landscape. The walk will include Ladywalk Wood and chalk farmland. Access to Woodoaks Farm is from the A412, just opposite Hertford Place, then follow the signs for parking. Call 07855 039728 for more details. Tickets: free.
12 April, 11am, Woodoaks Farm, Denham Way, Amersham.
Music and dance
Open Mic Night
And on 19 April an evening of live music with Devestation and Gary Devey. No charge for both.
12 April, 9pm, Black Horse, Great Missenden
Celebrating Dvorak
Music by of one of the most famous composers of the Romantic period will be performed. Aylesbury Choral Society, under Peter Leech, will present Antonin Dvorak's Mass in D major for choir and organ. The piece will be juxtaposed with two delightful sets of Dvorak's folk songs (sung in English); an evening of uplifting music from Eastern Europe. Tickets £12: under 18s: £5 from the ticket secretary on 01296 640915, any choir member or www.aylesburychoral.org.uk
12 April, 7.30pm, St. Mary's Church, Aylesbury.
Salsa Dance Lessons at Loudwater Salsa Club
Classes for all levels, followed by social, freestyle dancing. Fun and effective salsa classes, structured to make you learn quickly, no partner or dance experience required. No need to book. Lessons: 7 and 8pm for beginners/ improvers / intermediate and advanced. Freestyle dancing all night until 11.30pm. Classes: £8 (£6 club only). Free first beginners class when you quote CODE BF126. Call 07831 715368 for more details.
13 April until 29 June, 7 to 11.30pm, The Royal British Legion Loudwater, Queensmead Road, Loudwater.
Easter Music and Readings
Tea and coffee 10.30 to 11.00am. Followed by Easter music and readings. Light lunches from 12.15pm.
15 April, 10.30am, The Salvation Army, Frogmoor, High Wycombe.
Salsa Classes at The High Wycombe Salsa Club
Thursday salsa nights In Wycombe Liberal Salsa Club with Incognito Dance. Salsa classes for all levels. Everyone welcome including absolute beginners. Beginners / Intermediate 7.30 to 8.30pm; Improvers / Advanced 8.30 to 9.30pm. DJs Jazzy J and Queenie playing the latest salsa and Latin music.
Social dancing to salsa/bachata/cha cha tracks after classes. £8 for one class (£10 for two classes on the same night). Free first beginners class when you quote CODE BF126. Call 07831 715368 for more details.
17 April until 26 June, 7:15 to 11pm, The Wycombe Liberal Club, Queen Victoria Street, High Wycombe.
Easter Bank Holiday
Twist and shout 50s and 60s night with Sonny Ray. Tickets £5 from 01628 525740 or go to www.eventsteamuk.com.
17 April, 7.30pm, The Wooburn Club, 16, The Green, Wooburn Green.
3point3 LIVE at Clayton's Marlow
Five piece resident band 3point3 return to Clayton's Marlow to play the best in vocal jazz, Latin grooves and soul. The stylish Clayton's Marlow transforms into an intimate live music venue as resident band 3point3 perform their own interpretations of classics including Good Times by Chic, Get Lucky by Daft Punk and many more. Free entry. Call 01628 488404 for more details.
17 April, 8.30pm, Clayton's Marlow, 16, Oxford Road, Marlow.
Wycombe in World War 1
Exhibits include an actual propeller from one of the aircraft manufactured by local furniture factories. B. North & Sons and R.Tyzack were both major suppliers of aircraft parts as were other specialist woodworking businesses in the district. Local Terriers boy Geoffrey de Havilland was responsible for aircraft design for Airco at Hendon, helping significantly with the war effort before setting up his own company in 1920. The exhibition is interactive, with a replica walk in 'dugout', handling objects, clothing and music. Entrance to the Museum and the exhibitions are free. For further information call 01494 421895.
Now on, open Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm and Sundays 2 to 5pm, Wycombe Museum, Priory Ave, High Wycombe HP13 6PX
Valuation Day
Antiques and Collectibles Valuation Day
Bring along family heirlooms and household treasures. Hugo Lemon and Dick Ellis from Amersham Auction Rooms join the panel of experts. There will be a small charge of £2 per item, with a maximum of 10 items. The valuers will offer verbal appraisals on your treasures and can advise you on the auction process if you are interested. Refreshments available. Free parking subject to availability. Disabled access and parking. Call 01753 883759 for full details.
16 April, 10am to 3pm, The Gerrards Cross Community Association, The Memorial Centre, 8, East Common, Gerrards Cross.
On The Radar
Calling all Crossword Crackers
Peter Biddlecombe, Sunday Times crossword editor, will speak about crosswords in The Sunday Times and elsewhere, and tell amusing stories about crossword events and people. Afterwards, Peter will lead a community solving of a Sunday Times crossword. For full details visit www.scannappeal.org.uk/events.
27 April, 3.30pm, Latimer Place.
I love to boogie with TRextasy.
T*Rextasy are the only band to have been authorised and endorsed by Marc Bolan's Catalogue Management and are officially recognised as the worlds' No. 1 group dedicated to the greatest glam rocker of them all, Marc Bolan of T.Rex. Tickets are £18 from 01494 582900.
2 May, 8pm, The Elgiva Theatre, Chesham.
Music charity day
Raising money for Cancer Research UK. The headlining acts are Splash the Cash, Laura Tapp at P?nk UK Tribute and Two Non Blondes. There will be five other live bands, a tombola, raffle and face painting. Tickets are £8 from Cancer Research UK shop in High Wycombe and from the Community Centre. Tickets are £10 on the door on the day.
11 May, 1pm, Cressex Community Centre, High Wycombe.
John Craven, BBC Countryfile Presenter
Guest speaker at Macmillan Cancer Support lunch. John Craven OBE, one of Britain's best-known broadcasters and presenter of the popular BBC Countryfile programme, will speak about his life and career following lunch in the hotel's newly refurbished Riverside Restaurant. Signed copies of his latest book, John Craven's Countryfile Handbook, will also be available for purchase on the day. To book tickets at £30 each, which includes a two course meal, glass of wine and coffee, call the restaurant on 01628 405406 or hotel on 0844 879 9128. Money raised will go to Macmillan Cancer Support.
13 May, 11.30am, Macdonald Compleat Angler, Marlow.
Gala Concert
Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity (FNHC) has announced that it is to host a special Gala Concert, as part of the ongoing 25th anniversary celebrations of the hospice. The concert will be held in St George's Church and will be an evening devoted to choral music with headline act The Dunvant Male Choir and performances from the Halton Military Wives Choir, as well as an appearance by local musician and guest soloist Scarlet O'Shea. Tickets cost £12.50, and are available from the fundraising office on 01296 429975 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
7 June, 7.30pm, RAF Halton.
Wycombe community festival
The festival brings local schools, community groups, businesses and residents together. Wycombe Community Festival needs businesses and other organisations to support the event through donations and sponsorships that will ensure the festival goes ahead as a free entry event. They are looking for musicians, performers and dancers to perform at this year's festival. Volunteers are also needed and stall holders. Contact 01494 459449 or go to firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
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JERUSALEM (Oct. 27)
The Zionist Actions Committee, supreme body between world Zionist congresses, will meet in Geneva during the latter half of December, following the plenary session here of the Jewish Agency executive, it was learned here today.
Jewish Agency circles expressed the view that this meeting would be of primary importance. A report by Dr. Nahum Goldmann, president of the World Zionist Organization, has already indicated that reorganization plans for the Zionist movement coming up at the next Zionist Congress, stand a good chance of being approved first by the Actions Committee in Geneva and later by the Congress which will take place next summer in Jerusalem.


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Healthcare Trust of America (HTA) has been busy of late as the Scottsdale-based real estate investment trust recently went public.
AZRE magazine sat down the company's Chairman, President & CEO, Scott Peters, to find out more.
Q: I understand your company went public in June of last year. Can you tell us a little about that?
A: Yes, in June of 2012, HTA listed its shares on the NYSE under the ticker symbol "HTA" in an innovative structure that enabled it to become public without raising capital. With a market value of more than $2.4B, HTA offers investors access to a high quality portfolio of defensive healthcare properties, a conservative capital structure, an investment grade rating, and an attractive dividend yield of $0.575 per share.
Q: The company has been around since 2006 when you formed as a non-traded REIT. How have your investors fared?
A: Individuals who invested in HTA since the beginning, and reinvested in company stock have earned a total return of more than 77%, or more than 9.5% per annum. This return has consisted primarily of our steady and predictable dividend – currently 5.1%, plus some appreciation of principal. Investors in HTA have significantly outperformed the S&P 500 and other broadly held investments during that same period of time. As a publicly traded company, we now have access to lower cost capital which should enable us to continue to perform for investors.
Q: Healthcare Trust of America is one of the largest national owners of medical office buildings and is headquartered in Scottsdale. Tell us about your company and its scope both nationally.
A: Healthcare Trust of America is one of the largest dedicated owners of medical office buildings in the country. We have more than 12.6 MSF of medical real estate, located in 27 states throughout the country. More than 95% of our portfolio is affiliated with leading health systems, with more than 72% of it being located directly on or adjacent to a health system campus. These locations provide for the most efficient patient care and generally have high barriers for competition.
We are headquartered in Scottsdale, but do the leasing and property management for more than 80% of our portfolio through our regional offices in Indianapolis, Atlanta, Charleston (S.C.) and here in Scottsdale. We believe this operating platform will enable us to continue to expand our reach and presence in key markets across the nation.
Q: HTA also has a significant concentration of assets here in Arizona. Tell us about your portfolio here.
A: We have more than 1 MSF of assets in the greater Phoenix area, making us one of the largest owners of medical office buildings in the valley. We are primarily focused on our portfolio located in the west valley, including Sun City, northwest Phoenix, and Estrella, but we also have properties in northern Phoenix/Desert Ridge area.
Q: Do you have significant operations here locally?
A: In addition to being our corporate headquarters, we have also made Scottsdale the head of our South/Southwest regional operations which now includes both property management and leasing. In December of 2012, we brought regional leasing onto our platform with the hiring of Chelsea Maddox, who joined our team as Director of Leasing, South/Southwest Region. She is responsible for the leasing activities for more than 1.2 MSF of assets throughout Arizona and 3.3 MSF of assets in the Southwest. In addition, we hired two Leasing Associates, Katie Kelle and Sumer Riddle along with our Leasing Coordinator, Patti Perkins to round out the South/Southwest Leasing team.
Q: There are many different parts of healthcare real estate – from medical office buildings, to assisted living properties, to skilled nursing facilities. Why do you focus exclusively on MOB's?
A: HTA is focused almost exclusively on the Medical Office Building sector. Within the healthcare sector, medical office is considered to have the lowest risk profile. It has the lowest exposure to government reimbursement. It also is driven by traditional real estate fundamentals and is not dependent upon the success or failures of a single operating company. Additionally the MOB sector allows us to concentrate all of our efforts on maintaining and building our relationships with health systems and developers in this sector; relationships which are key to our long term success.
This is significantly different than the model of the larger, diversified healthcare REITs you mentioned. Each of these invests in a disparate set of businesses, from skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, to medical office and even life science buildings. HTA is dedicated to only one asset type, medical office buildings.
Q: The healthcare industry is undergoing a number of changes right now. Please talk about them and their impact on medical real estate. Specifically, please describe the impact of the Affordable Care Act on healthcare real estate.
A: The Affordable Care Act did two or three things that were very strong positives for the medical office sector. First, is the well reported fact that the Affordable Care Act will bring about coverage for 30 to 40 million individuals. This will undoubtedly expand the number of patients coming into our facilities to see doctors, physicians' assistants and nurses.
The second thing, which is somewhat underreported, is the fact that the healthcare act, and its focus on lowering costs, is forcing health systems to start acting like businesses – paying attention to the bottom line and increasing integration between hospitals, physicians, and insurance companies. This has caused health systems to move procedures to the most cost efficient setting – mostly MOB's. It has also resulted in health systems buying physician practices – at which point they generally move them to their on campus medical office buildings, which is good for us.
Finally, the Affordable Care Act will require significant capital expenditures by health systems as they invest in the integration of care, from the acquisition of physician groups to implementation of new technology. Many of this capital can be funded through the monetization of health system's real estate, which is not core to their mission of caring for patients. Public REITs, which have the lowest cost of capital in the real estate industry, are the logical buyers in these situations. There are more than $250B worth of MOB's in the U.S., with less than 10% of that held by public REITs. We expect that number to increase greatly over the next decade.
Q: What is your exposure to government cuts to Medicare and Medicaid?
A: Our overall exposure to these government programs is very limited. On average, physicians receive only a very small portion of their overall revenue from Medicare and Medicaid. Hospitals receive a bit more, but any cuts are expected to be offset by the overall increase in health coverage provided by the Affordable Care Act. In addition, as the landlord, we represent a very small portion of a physician or health systems total profit and loss – in the magnitude of representing only 2% to 3% for hospitals. This provides significant cushion should cuts become more meaningful than currently expected.
Q: Many areas of real estate are starting to see some level of recovery. How is this playing out in the medical office sector?
A: On a national level, we have started to see an improvement in the level of activity in the medical real estate space over the last 6 months. The recent election results coupled with the Supreme Court's ruling this summer have affirmed that the Affordable Care Act will be implemented in its current form. In many of our markets, we have seen this lead to an increase in activity at medical offices located on hospital campuses, as health systems continue to acquire physician groups and put them in their most efficient locations that provide increased synergies. Independent physicians are joining larger physician groups to take advantage of economies of scale and share the increased administrative burden.
As a company, we are seeing most of our growth in markets where we actively manage our own properties – about 80% of our markets currently. In these markets, we are closer to our health system and physician tenants, and have improved our ability to grow relationships and meet tenant needs. The forward looking health systems are recognizing the benefits of having a capable real estate partner that can provide the space and portfolio flexibility they need, in a partnership that can grow over time. This has especially been the case with our health system relationships in the Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Boston, and Greenville markets.
Q: How is the local medical office space performing?
A: In many ways, the Phoenix market is still in the early stages of this national trend. The economic downturn certainly took its toll in this market. Fast growing submarkets, particularly in the west valley, were hit hard by the deceleration in growth. This impacted health systems and physicians by reducing patient visits and increasing billing uncertainty with insurance companies. However, we think the market has largely stabilized in 2012 and are encouraged by the outlook for 2013 and beyond. The west valley, in particular, will show the best opportunities for growth as new home construction resumes and growth continues.


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Pup Aid is proud to be supported by many celebrities and well wishers.
Familiar faces include actors from Monty Python, EastEnders, Midsomer Murders and The Bill, as well as designers, fashionistas, and even Brighton's top stand-up comedians – although the true stars of Pup Aid are undoubtedly all canine.
The Pup Aid team are very proud to have Meg Mathews as our patron.
Meg Mathews has been one of Pup Aid's staunchest supporters and has been a judge at the 2010, 2011 and 2012 events.
Meg and her daughter, Anais Gallagher, are the faces of the "Where's Mum" campaign launched by TV vet Marc Abraham to support PupAid, an annual event held each year to raise awareness about the puppy farming trade in the UK.
Where's Mum? wants to educate potential owners about this cruel trade and make sure that they only buy from a reputable and honourable breeder - who is able to show them the pups looking happy and healthy and, very importantly, interacting and playing with their mother.
To read more about the "Where's Mum" campaign, click here.
Meg has a Boston Terrier called Oscar.
Ricky Gervais is an English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writer, and former radio presenter.
Gervais achieved mainstream fame with his television series The Office and the subsequent series Extras, both of which he co-wrote and co-directed with Stephen Merchant.
In addition to writing and directing the shows, Gervais played the lead roles of David Brent in The Office and Andy Millman in Extras. Gervais has also starred in Hollywood films, Ghost Town and The Invention of Lying.
Gervais is a fervent supporter of animal rights, and has been a fan of wildlife documentaries since he was a child.
He has spoken out against fox hunting and bullfighting, and wrote to Gordon Brown urging him to stop the use of black bear fur as caps for the Foot Guards.
He has also expressed his desire to open an animal sanctuary in the future, and started appearing in adverts and began the development of a mobile app in order to fund it.
Brian May CBE is an English musician, singer, songwriter and astrophysicist who achieved international fame as the guitarist of Queen. As a guitarist he uses his home-built guitar, "Red Special".
He was appointed a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2005 for "services to the music industry and for his charity work".
Brian May has formed a group to promote animal welfare. His group, Save Me (named after the May-written Queen song), campaigns for the protection of all animals with a particular emphasis on preventing hunting of foxes and the culling of badgers.
Brian May is a staunch supporter of the RSPCA, the International Fund For Animal Welfare, the League Against Cruel Sports, PETA UK and the Harper Asprey Wildlife Rescue.
Brian judged at Pup Aid 2012 (pictured).
Peter Egan is a British actor known for playing smooth neighbour Paul Ryman in 1980s sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles. He is married to retired actress Myra Frances.
Peter is an Ambassador for Animals Asia who are devoted to ending the barbaric practice of bear bile farming and improving the welfare of animals in China and Vietnam.
They promote compassion and respect for all animals and work to bring about long-term change.
Peter is actively involved with All Dogs Matter, a voluntary dog rescue organisation based in London.
Its aim is to rescue and re-home dogs in London and the surrounding areas. These dogs are strays, from pounds or simply dogs whose owners no longer can or want to keep them.
Sarah Harding is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model, and actress.
She rose to fame in late 2002 when she auditioned for the reality television show Popstars: The Rivals on ITV and won a place as a member of the girl group, Girls Aloud.
The group has achieved massive success, having twenty consecutive top ten singles (including four number ones) in the UK.
Sarah is also an accomplished actor appearing in Bad Day, the BBC television film Freefall, Run for Your Wife, and St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold. Harding contributed three solo songs to the soundtrack of St. Trinian's 2.
Sarah is a massive dog lover and attended Pup Aid 2012 as a judge with one of her French Bulldogs, Claude.
Liam Gallagher is an English musician, singer and songwriter.
He was formerly the frontman of Oasis and is currently of the band Beady Eye.
Gallagher's erratic behaviour, distinctive singing style, and abrasive attitude have been the subject of commentary in the press.
He remains one of the most recognisable figures in modern British music.
He is married to Nicole Appleton-Gallagher, a Canadian pop singer and actress and a former member of All Saints.
Nicole was formerly a member of Appleton along with her older sister Natalie Appleton.
Liam and Nicole are pictured with their Dachshunds at Pup Aid 2012.


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RScheme is an object-oriented, extended Scheme implementation with a compiler that targets C or (RScheme's own) bytecodes. It has features expected from a modern language: an object system, reflection, modules, namespaces, safe macros, threads, a system call interface (including sockets), separate compilation, and persistence, as well as the formal basis and power of the Scheme programming language. RScheme also features a powerful, elegant foreign code interface.
tk500 is a multiplatform programming and cloning utility for the portable Yaesu VR-500 receiver. It can read the memory image from the radio, display the information graphically, and save it to a file. It can import information from an RT Systems .RDF file and export memory channel information to a .CSV (comma-separated values) file. Users are free to change most settings and write the memory image back to the receiver. tk500 exploits undocumented features within the radio.
XShelf is an application that enhances Drag and Drop operations in MacOS X by providing a shelf where drag-and-dropped items (such as files, text, or URLs) can be stored for later use. Thus, not only can Drag and Drop operations be "paused", multiple operations can be in flight at once. It is the spiritual heir to the NeXT Shelf.
Moho is a 2D vector-based cartoon animation application. It is not an ink and paint tool that requires you to draw and scan each frame of your animation; it provides a set of tools to create an animated cartoon, from drawing and coloring to keyframe animation and multi-layer compositing. It can be used to create animations for video, film, or streaming over the Web.
An identity and access management system for enterprise applications.
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Thanks to its face-recognition tool, iPhoto '09 () can now put names to the faces in your photographs, letting you quickly sift through your library based on content rather than how photos are arranged. But putting this feature to work requires some effort on your part.
If you haven't used the Faces feature yet, here are the basics.
When you first install iPhoto '09 or upload a batch of new photos, the program begins detecting where the faces are in your photos. The process can take awhile for large libraries; in the meantime, feel free to work on other things. (If you're feeling impatient and quit the application, iPhoto will resume work next time your launch it.)
Once iPhoto is finished, you can start assigning names to detected faces. Select a photo in your library that contains a face, select the Name icon, and then enter a name in the Unnamed field below a face. As you type, iPhoto will suggest matches from Address Book or from other faces you've named. If there are multiple people in the image, you can tab between the name fields to identify everyone.
Once you've assigned names to a few faces, the fun starts. iPhoto will learn from your input and try to put names to faces on its own. To help it along, click on Faces in the Library pane. You'll get a corkboard with entries for every person you've identified. Double-click on a person's name, and you'll see two areas. The top includes photos of the person you've identified. Beneath a gray bar are other people whom iPhoto suspects may be the same person. Click on the Confirm Name button to begin the verification process. Each time you confirm a correct instance or reject a wrong guess, the application gets a little smarter.
That's the basic workflow. But there are plenty of hidden features and speedy shortcuts for making the process easier and more useful. Here are a few of my favorites:
1. Get quick confirmation
When you're in Confirm Name mode, you can click and drag across many thumbnails to confirm them quickly. This is much faster than clicking on individual thumbnails. Hold down the Option key and drag to reject many faces at once, or double-click to reject individual shots.
By the way, you can confirm guesses without actually switching to Confirm Name mode. Simply drag thumbnails from below the gray line into the list of already-identified thumbnails to quickly add them to the collection.
2. Set it straight
Telling iPhoto when it guessed incorrectly is helpful, but even more helpful is telling iPhoto to whom the errant face actually belongs. With iPhoto 8.0.2 or later, you can Control-click on a thumbnail in Confirm Name mode to assign a different name to a person.
3. Take advantage of corkboard shortcuts
Waving the mouse over a picture on the corkboard and scrubbing through dozens of shots of Aunt Jane is lots of fun, but the effect can be hard to control. For a more relaxed experience, just park the mouse over the corkboard picture and use the right- and left-arrow keys to view one thumbnail at a time. Hold down the Option key to see the entire composition, not just the closeup of the face. Once you find a shot you really like, hit the spacebar to set the shot as the key photo for the corkboard.
As you're scrubbing through images on the corkboard, you can go straight to Edit mode for a picture by Control-clicking and choosing Edit from the contextual popup menu.
4. Set up smart albums
Once you've identified friends and family, you can combine face recognition with smart albums for some serious organizing horsepower.
To build a smart album that finds photos of your cousin Jimmy, for example, select File -> New Smart Folder. Set the pull-down menus to read Face Is Jimmy. To group Jimmy's wife and kids in the same album, click on the plus (+) sign and create a similar condition for each person. Make sure you choose Match Any to get the collection you want. (If you choose Match All, you will only get images tagged with the entire family.)
5. Create one-click smart albums
Here's an even faster way to create a smart album: simply drag the person's thumbnail from the Faces corkboard to the Library pane. iPhoto will build a new smart album will all photos tagged with their name. To build a smart album that searches for multiple people, Command-click on each person and drag them to the Library pane. You can modify the album further if you wish by Control-clicking on it and choosing Edit Smart Album.
6. Find unnamed faces
Want to quickly see whom you've missed? Smart albums can accomplish this, too. To build a smart album that displays all of the faces in your library that have yet to be named, set the menus to read Face Is Unnamed. Each time you identify one of the unnamed faces in a photo, it will disappear from the smart album.
7. Banish your ex
If you have a falling out with someone you've already identified in your photos, it's easy to remove him or her from view. Drag the person's snapshot from the Faces corkboard to the Library pane. In the resulting smart album, go to Edit -> Select All to choose all of the images, and then click on the Hide button on the bottom toolbar. The images containing that person--including group shots--will disappear from the iPhoto Library. They're not deleted, only hidden. (If you still see them, make sure the Hidden Photos option isn't selected in the View menu.) If you have a change of heart, you can quickly make the person reappear by going to View -> Hidden Photos.
This story, "Tips for Using Faces in IPhoto '09" was originally published by Macworld.


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Four men who tried to kidnap billionaire Florence Tsang Chiu-wing's mother and four-year-old daughter last week left no fingerprints or images that investigators could trace, according to police.
Investigators are working with 'very limited information', and 'blurry' pictures of the assailants from security cameras at the crime scene make it difficult to ascertain their identities, one officer says.
No arrests had been made as of yesterday and police said the victims did not know the perpetrators.
The suspects had forced the girl and her 60-year-old grandmother inside the elderly woman's chauffeured car outside the ESF International Kindergarten (Hillside) on Stubbs Road, Wan Chai, last Wednesday afternoon.
They dragged the chauffeur out of the seven-seater Toyota after threatening him with what appeared to be a pistol. The perpetrators, thought to be aged between 20 and 40, gagged the grandmother's mouth with tape and tried to drive away with the car.
However, the culprits were unable to start the vehicle because the gear stick was not in 'park' position.
An expatriate man shouted at them, prompting the gang to flee on foot. An air pistol, a paper cutter and adhesive tape were found at the scene. No one was injured.
Officers believe that since the men were not wearing gloves and there were no fingerprints at the crime scene, the suspects had wrapped their fingers with tape.
'They also wore either caps or masks to hide their identities from surveillance cameras or passers-by,' a senior police officer said.
The officer said it was possible that the driver had panicked and put the gear lever in the wrong position or did not know how to start a car with automatic transmission.
The four men may have had lookouts around the scene, police say. Detectives from Hong Kong Island regional crime unit are investigating all possibilities.
'We are keeping an open mind,' another officer said. The girl's family did not receive any threat or warning before the incident, he added.
Police have stepped up patrols around the victims' home and the school.
Tsang became Hong Kong's newest billionaire after being awarded a divorce settlement of HK$1.2 billion in December from real-estate scion Samathur Li Kin-kan.


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Canada's municipalities, looking for billions in new federal dollars to upgrade infrastructure, are rejecting the federal Finance Minister's suggestion they leverage gas-tax dollars earmarked for their needs.
The quick response Tuesday was part of a cross-country exchange over how to improve roads, transit, water-processing systems and other infrastructure the cities say need upgrades.
"There's some ability to leverage the funding that is existing now, but it's nowhere near what is needed to deal with the backlog of infrastructure crumbling across the country," Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson told reporters during a news conference with Karen Leibovici, president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
The FCM is looking to Ottawa to commit a new $2.5-billion amount annually as part of a program to pay for critical repairs to infrastructure upgrades, focused on roads, clean water and transit, in communities across the country.
In total, the federation is proposing an increase in annual funding from the current $3.25-billion to $5.75-billion to bring such spending in line – as a percentage of GDP – with historical levels from the 1950s to the mid-1970s.
In response, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty suggested municipalities "leverage" the $2-billion gas-tax fund to deal with gridlock issues.
While delivering an economic update in Fredericton, Mr. Flaherty also told reporters that his colleague, Transport Minister Denis Lebel, has been in "long" talks with municipal leaders about their concerns.
He said infrastructure funding provided by his government will continue to 2014 "so it's not an immediate issue."
His comments came as he also disclosed this year's federal deficit will be nearly $7-billion larger than projected in March, but that Ottawa hopes to balance the books by 2015-16.
Ms. Leibovici said the FCM request is for a plan that starts in 2014, and she hoped that would give Ottawa some time to improve its finances.
"The economy and the position of the federal government with regards to their deficit debt will be different, one would hope," she said.
The federation suggests that the ongoing gas-tax transfer be the cornerstone of a new long-term plan, but that it be enhanced with a cost-of-living index to protect its purchasing power.
Ms. Leibovici said the FCM released its proposal Tuesday for two reasons. The organization knows, she said, that Mr. Lebel is preparing to make submissions to Mr. Flaherty. Also, the FCM has a board meeting in Ottawa next week, including talks with ministers and MPs, so this was a "good opportunity" to make its case to the public as a prelude to the gathering.
She said the FCM proposal was eminently reasonable. "In looking and discussing this with our municipalities across the country, this is a very reasonable ask and it's an ask we have looked at from a number of angles and one of those angles is the affordability of the ask to the federal government," she said.
Mr. Robertson put the situation in dire terms, suggesting "risks to public health" without upgrades to water and wastewater systems, as well as impacts to quality of life with longer commutes.
"It's not a wish list at all," he said. "This is just to catch up with infrastructure that's falling apart across the country, to reduce traffic congestion and cut people's commute time, which is both a quality of life, and environmental and economic issue for productivity. These aren't nice to have. These are essential to Canada's vibrant future."
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