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Preservation of Affordable Rental Housing: Evaluation of the MacArthur Foundation's Window of Opportunity Initiative
By Lois M. Davis, Catherine H. Augustine, Heather L. Schwartz, Vincent J. Reina, Richard K. Green, Raphael W. Bostic. 2016
In 2000, the MacArthur Foundation began the Window of Opportunity, a 20-year, $187 million philanthropic initiative intended to help preserve…
privately owned affordable rental housing. The authors of this report assess whether the initiative achieved its goals and identify lessons learned about effective preservation practices, as well as about the implementation of large-scale philanthropic initiatives generally.The Priestess
By Elliot Mabeuse. 2008
To become a priestess to Astarte, the goddess of love and war, was to embody the goddess's urgent sexual hunger…
and the ecstasy of her fulfillment. As Tia stood before Astarte's statue, she knew this was her destiny. She felt transformed--no longer a timid young girl, but a woman, bold and willful, filled with passion and knowledge beyond her years. She'd been chosen by Prince Nekhet, 4th son to the Pharoah, for a night of love. And as the spirit of Astarte moved through her, her sensuality bloomed, and she became shameless, voracious. . . and irresistible, as she transported herself and the prince to unimagined heights of pleasure.Ruthless Awakening
By Sara Craven. 2009
The grandeur of Penvarnon House in Cornwall is where Rhianna Carlow spent her lonely childhood as the housekeeper's unwanted niece.…
Now she's a guest returning for a wedding at Penvarnon--and billionaire Diaz Penvarnon is back, too, seemingly as arrogant and ruthless as ever! Diaz has one aim--to keep gold digger Rhianna away from the house. He's also the descendant of a Spanish pirate! So he kidnaps Rhianna and she finds herself captive on his luxurious yacht. . . where her inexperience is no match for his merciless desire!R: Unleash Machine Learning Techniques
By Brett Lantz, Raghav Bali, Dipanjan Sarkar, Cory Lesmeister. 2016
Find out how to build smarter machine learning systems with R. Follow this three module course to become a more…
fluent machine learning practitioner. About This Book * Build your confidence with R and find out how to solve a huge range of data-related problems * Get to grips with some of the most important machine learning techniques being used by data scientists and analysts across industries today * Don't just learn - apply your knowledge by following featured practical projects covering everything from financial modeling to social media analysis Who This Book Is For Aimed for intermediate-to-advanced people (especially data scientist) who are already into the field of data science What You Will Learn * Get to grips with R techniques to clean and prepare your data for analysis, and visualize your results * Implement R machine learning algorithms from scratch and be amazed to see the algorithms in action * Solve interesting real-world problems using machine learning and R as the journey unfolds * Write reusable code and build complete machine learning systems from the ground up * Learn specialized machine learning techniques for text mining, social network data, big data, and more * Discover the different types of machine learning models and learn which is best to meet your data needs and solve your analysis problems * Evaluate and improve the performance of machine learning models * Learn specialized machine learning techniques for text mining, social network data, big data, and more In Detail R is the established language of data analysts and statisticians around the world. And you shouldn't be afraid to use it... This Learning Path will take you through the fundamentals of R and demonstrate how to use the language to solve a diverse range of challenges through machine learning. Accessible yet comprehensive, it provides you with everything you need to become more a more fluent data professional, and more confident with R. In the first module you'll get to grips with the fundamentals of R. This means you'll be taking a look at some of the details of how the language works, before seeing how to put your knowledge into practice to build some simple machine learning projects that could prove useful for a range of real world problems. For the following two modules we'll begin to investigate machine learning algorithms in more detail. To build upon the basics, you'll get to work on three different projects that will test your skills. Covering some of the most important algorithms and featuring some of the most popular R packages, they're all focused on solving real problems in different areas, ranging from finance to social media. This Learning Path has been curated from three Packt products: * R Machine Learning By Example By Raghav Bali, Dipanjan Sarkar * Machine Learning with R Learning - Second Edition By Brett Lantz * Mastering Machine Learning with R By Cory Lesmeister Style and approach This is an enticing learning path that starts from the very basics to gradually pick up pace as the story unfolds. Each concept is first defined in the larger context of things succinctly, followed by a detailed explanation of their application. Each topic is explained with the help of a project that solves a real-world problem involving hands-on work thus giving you a deep insight into the world of machine learning.After the Rain
By Sam Vaknin.
The Life of St. Declan of Ardmore
By Reverend Power.
The date or period at which the Lives (Latin and Irish) were written is manifestly, for half a dozen good…
reasons, a question of the utmost importance to the student of the subject. Alas, that the question has to some extent successfully defied quite satisfactory solution. We can, so far, only conjecture—though the probabilities seem strong and the grounds solid. The probabilities are that the Latin Lives date as a rule from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, when they were put into something like their present form for reading (perhaps in the refectory) in the great religious houses. They were copied and re-copied during the succeeding centuries and the scribes according to their knowledge, devotion orPauline Kael
By Brian Kellow. 2011
Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year The first biography of The…
New Yorker's influential, powerful, and controversial film critic. A decade after her death, Pauline Kael remains the most important figure in film criticism today, in part due to her own inimitable style and power within the film community and in part due to the enormous influence she has exerted over an entire subsequent generation of film critics. During her tenure at the New Yorker from 1967 to 1991 she was a tastemaker, a career maker, and a career breaker. Her brash, vernacular writing style often made for an odd fit at the stately New Yorker. Brian Kellow gives us a richly detailed look at one of the most astonishing bursts of creativity in film history and a rounded portrait of this remarkable (and often relentlessly driven) woman. Pauline Kael is a book that will be welcomed by the same audience that made Mark Harris's Pictures at a Revolution and Peter Biskind's Easy Riders, Raging Bulls bestsellers, and by anyone who is curious about the power of criticism in the arts. .Texas Wedding for Their Baby's Sake
By Kathryn Albright. 2009
Brandon Dumont is not the man he was. Embittered by war, he's now a rugged survivor, a broken hero. Certain…
he's not fit for society, he finds his lonely self-imposed exile shattered by the arrival of the woman he once bedded and left behind. Since her fianceacute; went to war, social butterfly Caroline Beneacute;t has had to grow up fast. She's held up a stagecoach at gunpoint and left the safety of Charleston for wild Texas territory--all to find a man she no longer knows. . . for the sake of their unborn child. . . .The Two Brothers
By Honore De Balzac, Katharine Prescott Wormeley.
Neptune's Brood
By Charles Stross. 2013
The year is AD 7000. The human species is extinct--for the fourth time--due to its fragile nature. Krina Alizond-114 is…
metahuman, descended from the robots that once served humanity. She's on a journey to the water-world of Shin-Tethys to find her sister Ana. But her trip is interrupted when pirates capture her ship. Their leader, the enigmatic Count Rudi, suspects that there's more to Krina's search than meets the eye. He's correct: Krina and Ana each possess half of the fabled Atlantis Carnet, a lost financial instrument of unbelievable value--capable of bringing down entire civilizations. Krina doesn't know that Count Rudi suspects her motives, so she accepts his offer to get her to Shin-Tethys in exchange for an introduction to Ana. And what neither of them suspects is that a ruthless body-double assassin has stalked Krina across the galaxy, ready to take the Carnet once it is whole--and leave no witnesses alive to tell the tale...Expecting Miracle Twins
By Barbara Hannay. 2009
After agreeing to be a surrogate mother for her best friends, Mattie Carey can't wait to give them the biggest…
gift of all. She's put aside her dreams of finding Mr. Right and has set her mind on her new role. Moving to Sydney, the last person Mattie expects to meet is her perfect man. Jake Devlin, her temporary flatmate, is cheeky, charming, intriguing. . . But it's so not the right time for Mattie to fall in love. . . .The Birds
By Aristophanes.
Einstein's Dreams
By Alan Lightman. 1993
Now available: New signed, boxed edition!An imaginary re-creation of Einstein's discovery of the nature of time, this novel takes us…
through the young patent clerk's many dreams depicting compelling conceptions of time.From the Hardcover edition.The Young and the Ruthless: Back in the Bubbles
By Victoria Rowell. 2013
New York Times bestselling author and beloved actress Victoria Rowell delivers another hilarious and shocking send-up of the soap opera…
world, featuring Calysta Jeffries, the unstoppable diva of daytime drama.As we learned from Victoria Rowell's smash hit Secrets of a Soap Opera Diva, no one gets in the way of leading lady Calysta Jeffries. Now, after a brief stint in drug rehab, Calysta is back on the set and ready for action as she resumes her role as the star of The Rich and the Ruthless. But not everyone in the cast and crew is happy to have the diva back. As soon as she wraps her first return episode, some of her fellow colleagues and cast members are conspiring, once again, to sabotage her career. She's already survived amnesia, an alien abduction, and death three times over--but all that and a real-life alcohol abuse problem couldn't keep Calysta down. So her enemies come up with the nastiest plan ever devised. They invite Calysta's beautiful daughter Ivy to audition for The Rich and the Ruthless and offer her a role alongside her very competitive mother, turning Calysta's whole world upside down. Ripped from the headlines of TMZ and packed with behind-the-scenes secrets, Victoria Rowell's latest soap opera drama crackles with salacious details and over-the-top, hot and heavy hijinks. You won't be able to put it down.Incarcerated Youth Transitioning Back to the Community: International Perspectives
By Sue C. O’Neill. 2018
This book offers a broad overview of transition practices for incarcerated youth shaped by local culture politics …
ideologies and philosophies It highlights the similarities and differences in international approaches as well as promising practices The book is divided into two sections Section One presents a synthesis of the current research on essential areas shown to promote successful transitions for incarcerated youth using the Taxonomy for Transition Programming 2 0 as a cohesive framework Section Two focuses on national perspectives on topical issues impacting local transition practices and or policy It provides information pertaining to the respective countries and a summary of key facets of their juvenile justice system including successful or promising approaches and programs used in transition This book benefits academics and researchers from a broad range of fields policy makers and leadership teams from various agencies associations and government departments with an interest in juvenile and youth justice social work and special education courses on transition planningSecrets Of A Duchess
By Kaitlin O'Riley. 2007
On the death of their beloved father, Caroline Armstrong and her sister are whisked away to London by their grandparents.…
Though determined to please her doting relatives, there is one thing Caroline vows she will never do: marry. So at her society debut, she decides to use her keen intelligence to keep suitors at bay... Handsome, tall, and titled, Alexander Woodward, Duke of Woodborough, is the catch of the Season--but he doesn't want to be caught. He finds a kindred spirit in the witty Caroline and makes her a scandalous proposition: they will pretend to court to dissuade any overtures of marriage... Caroline thought she would be safe for the Season--and that her deepest secret would remain locked away. But with each minute spent with Alex, she finds herself increasingly enraptured by his charm, his kindness. . .his kisses. Caught up in a dizzying dance of desire, Caroline accepts another proposal from Alex--one that puts her in the most dangerous position of all...Vittoria Accoramboni
By Stendhal.
The Matchmaking Twins
By Christy Jeffries. 2016
Double The Trouble Parenting is hard enough when Dad has to be a mom, but widower Luke Gregson has twins-boy…
twins, Aiden and Caden. As a navy SEAL, Luke saw plenty of action, but nothing could prepare him for trying to raise two eight-year-olds alone. Parenthood is not for sissies. Maybe that's why the boys have set their eyes on a certain new candidate for Mommy... Officer Carmen Delgado seems tough enough to handle anything-including Aiden and Caden! She adores the rascals. Her feelings for their heroic father, however, are complicated, and her tragic past has her heart on a seemingly permanent lockdown. Could two mischievous, persistent boys and their overwhelmed, sexy daddy be the ones to finally set Carmen free?Fiori di Zucca
By Valentina Harris. 2013
Valentina has a wonderful story to tell. Her grandfather, Count Carlo Sforza, who became the Italian Ambassador, was posted to…
Constantinople, Peking (at the end of Imperialist China), Corfu, Rome and Paris. In 1922 he resigned in order to return to Italy to fight facism. The family suffered brutal harassment, forcing him to flee - going back to Peking and on to the US - and the family to move to Brussels, then on to France, the UK, Canada and the US for most of WW2. Finally the family returned to Italy after the war. This is where Valentina's mother met her English husband - Valentina's father. Having caused a scandal with their marriage, her mother and father were banished to Tuscany, where Valentina spent most of her childhood. Against a backdrop of different cultures and cuisines, Valentina narrates beautiful and powerful stories - along with her discovery of pure, intense happiness from cooking. Gorgeous recipes guide you through Valentina's history.You'll find the Braised Cinnamon Duck with Caremelised Pears that Valentina's mother created in memory of their Russian ancestors and the Belgrade Almond Cake that Valentina used to eat with her cousins from Montenegro, as well as the Seafood Risotto that Beppino, their cook, taught her in Italy and the Nougat Semifreddo that she used to eat with her father on the via Veneto in Rome. Here are 85 recipes that have been handed down through the generations or inspired by family stories and experiences. This is the culmination of Valentina's career and the book of her heart and soulHis Runaway Maiden
By June Francis. 2009
Escaping her cruel stepmother, Rosamund Appleby dresses as a youth and heads for London. . . until she is halted…
in her tracks by Baron Alex Nilsson! Intrigued by this boy he suspects is really a wellborn young lady, Alex seeks to protect her as they journey together. But when Alex, who trusts no woman, finds himself hastily and conveniently married to beautiful, courageous Rosamund, he doesn't know which is more dangerous: the enemies plotting his downfall or the seductive lure of a curvaceous woman in his bed. . . .