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FBI and Australian Police Raid Xbox 720 Leaker's House
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Well yeah, I mean we let [insert disliked political group here]s vote, don't we?
I thought that the FBI was only allowed to handle things inside the U.S. CIA handles things outside of the U.S. So confused.
You really want to go down that road? We helped in WW1 as well.
OP:Why the hell is the FBI in Australia? Aren't they supposed to only deal with domestic crimes?
I guess that makes sense, but now I really want to see what would happen when a Chinese citizen does this because if I recall properly, China almost always refuses to to extradite its citizens and it doesn't seem to care that it has citizens that make and sell knockoffs.
Good. The douchebag deserved it. If memory serves me correctly, if you're contracted or whatever to work on confidential/classified tech.. There's an NDA you MUST sign. Break the NDA? You're fucked.
And some people seemed to read half a story. Wasn't just the FBI, you "MAH FREEDOMZ ;_______________;" twats. Australian police were heavily involved as well. Again, die in *all* the fires, SuperDaE. I may not like Microsoft's Xbox division as much these days, but fuck you to anyone who takes on confidential, NDA-signed work and then tries to be a douche by "selling the info".
Fully agreed with the above.
Also: This guy was in WESTERN AUSTRALIA the whole time!? I thought he was in the USA somewhere! It's reassuring to know that breaking an NDA you had to physically sign over here results in some serious consequences.
Crap... I'll have to tell my friend with the iPhone 6 about this...
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The FBI is Microsoft's security force apparently and country lines don't apply. So, does this mean that all those rumors based off of the dev kit were true?
All I got from this article was that the new Xbox will REQUIRE Kinect in order to even work.
How did I not know this already
Seriously, fuck Microsoft.
There wouldn't have been Nazis if Europe hadn't given Germany the bill for WW1. Even if it wasn't for the best of intentions, the US did help clean up the mess left over from the terrible political decisions left over from WW1. And then gave away free money to European countries to help them rebuild. Also, the US has been a democracy for about 200 years longer than Spain.
The inside the USA thing is regarding intelligence matters. CIA is an intelligence service, the FBI is an intelligence and (in certain matters) a police service of sorts. If industrial espionage is a federal offense (and I'd be rather surprised if it wasn't), that would make it FBI. Their are likely two strands of the investigation - the US based side, conducted by the FBI, which investigates the crime itself, and the Australian side, investigating the perpetrator. Teams from either side will be liaising with one another in order to resolve the case - FBI agents in Australia, Australian Federal Police Detectives in the USA. Fairly straightforward, and very common these days.
Okay, 7-8 police and an FBI agent? What a waste of tax money. He stole a freaking games console. You should need no more than three local constables to deal with that (two to restrain the guy and one to carry the stolen console once it's found).
Probably, yes. Though I guess if it was really high profile, the US would try and prosecute first then send them to the other country to also be prosecuted.
But if the other nation had the same quality proof that we had, in this case, I would say yes. Though I really want to get "This Week in Law" opinion on it from TWIT.
All I got from this is a confirmation that the specs were legit. So now we know what the 720 is capable of, interesting. Thanks for raiding his house so what he posted could be confirmed!
A "freaking" game console that has the potential to make/lose Microsoft millions of dollars. Not really a "console", more of a development kit to make games for the next gen console. Also, law enforcement would need more then one person to search a house, I have never heard of a police officer searching a house alone (though if it were small apartment maybe, but even then they like numbers). They confiscated all his computers (for financial records from Paypal and Ebay) and all game consoles because one of them probably had the dev kit on it.
Though I will agree about sending an FBI agent to Australia. I think we can trust the Aussies to follow protocol.
...How? I am pretty sure I've seen dev kits to other consoles being sold on ebay, those didn't bring down the companies they were affiliated with. Is this because the 720 isn't out yet? Well, the specs are public now, damage is done in that regard. Not that keeping these secrets is doing them any good to begin with. Sony and Nintendo already played their hands, it's not like someone is going to try and copy or outdo them; they don't need to.
I'd imagine that the reason the FBI got involved is because Microsoft is an American company so they had to get the stuff from Microsoft and then hand it off to the Aussies. Hopefully though they find out this guy is faking it, I hat the idea of always on Kinect.
OK, I am really not sure it is legal to sell those on Ebay. I think the company licenses those out to developers and expects them to be returned. Though on older systems they might not care, but with an unreleased system, there is just too much money at stake to allow it.
I think I will wait for TWIL (this week in law) to explain the laws to me. Then I will come back and comment more.
I'm going to look at this from another perspective.
Microsoft and thus XBOX products are from a United States company. The XBOX 720 is in its "prototype" stage and is essentially the latest console technology to be released. This is something that has essentially been stolen and is being sold to either people who want to own one for personal use or (more likely) want to reverse engineer the thing for their own profit.
This is essentially theft of technology that was developed in (or at least with money from) the United States. The United States should be allowed to prevent such things from happening.
I still believe, however, they should first ask the LOCAL AUTHORITIES to prevent the technology from being distributed and prosecute the individual within those borders. Offer to provide SUPPORT to the operation to ensure its success, not oversee it.
I can not blame the United States for having an interest in this but their methods of attempting to secure their technological advancements (yes, I realize it's a console but the amount of money and manpower that goes into designing such things is nothing to turn your nose up at) need serious work.
no we shouldnt. we shouldnt police the world but we shouldnt withdraw and become isolationist again. If you withdraw money thats a very quick way to turn everyone agaisnt you after you've been a leading force on the donation front and a major supporter and body filler of the UN. Comes with being a global economic leader and super power (shut up, we are still until china takes over and dont give me the EU is better, then you have to compare to NAFTA who do better thant he EU as a trade union). Like it or not the US cant just bottle back up again. besides, it was a piss poor strategy and completely curbs development. Ask China till they opened up their borders to the foreign world. WHen you dont want to share other countries are just as likely not to want to share either.
OT Im kinda surprised the FBI had a part in this. I thought this might be more the CIA's deal. I dont see the point of extraditing him though. unless Australia completely cocks up and lets the guy walk with a slap on the hands but I dont know what precedent is for this type of thing in the land down under.
guy is an idiot though, and whether or not he was being sarcastic with his second tweet, it is infact hysterical especially the way you just put it out there for the world to see.
First off you know nothing about international politics as it comes to police forces. Second, do you know how many countries would be in serious economic trouble if we withdrew from the world? Third, don't you think it would be wise to not go about insulting an entire country when you obviously know nothing of what you speak? Instead you just want to jump on the whole America bashing thing that seems so popular here on the escapist. It doesn't make you look cool or intelligent my friend.
OT: There was one FBI agent there, and that is to ensure the interests of an American Corporation is served (a corporation that donates crap tons of money every year to our country at that). One agent does not mean he was there as an enforcement team, that was handled by the Australian authorities as it should have been. However this is an American issue as he had to sign documents in the US to obtain a Dev kit in the first place (unless it was stolen), or if it was stolen from an US party then it also falls under the jurisdiction of the FBI to investigate and ensure that US interests are looked after.
Nowhere does it say that this lone FBI agent was trying to apprehend the subject on his own, nor does it say that the FBI agent was trying to enforce American law on an Australian citizen. The same thing would have happened in reverse had it been an Australian company and an American citizen, with the exception that we probably would have allowed for extradition (well maybe not after the way Australia has withheld some people from facing justice over here).
As for the people saying it should have been under the CIA jurisdiction, you are wrong. The CIA is for gathering intel on foreign interests, while the FBI protects American interests (and works as a national law enforcement agency). The FBI was there to protect the interests of an US based corporation, and as such was working under the jurisdiction of the Australian government/police (as seen by the one agent and eight Australian police officers), as would be protocol for international crime (international crime, the subject is handled by the subjects country of citizenship while the country who's interests have been harmed has an observer to take note that the interests are handled properly).
So before anyone else gets on with the America Bashing the same thing would have happened had it been any other two countries that were allies, the only difference being that it is popular to bash America on these forums.
Just to clarify as there seems to be a lot of misinformation. The FBI is a primarily investigative body and handles domestic investigations that span local boundaries. However, when it comes to American interests abroad they have jurisdiction (within reason) to protect American interests. Seeing how Microsoft is an American corporation, I'm sure the FBI agent was there just to make a presence while the Australian locals handled much of the police work. That's how it usually goes as the FBI really has no jurisdiction on foreign soil and are mostly there to make a presence or ensure the investigation, evidence gathering, and all other aspects are performed in a suitable fashion.
So please don't think having a FBI presence is America overstepping its boundaries, it's to give Microsoft an ease of mind that their interests are looked after.
I think internet should be treated like international waters. it does not belong to any one jurisdiction. That being said, an actual attack on the server should be considered an attack made on where that server is standing (not where the company owning is registered, for example i can own server in UK while being register company i USA and the attack should be considered on UK ground).
Let's all go on a road trip! The guy probably has some good stories.
Still don't agree with the extradition direction the FBI want, though. He needs to be judged by the Australian court, not the US court. He'll be in deep either way, but at least he wont be an example of extreme legal over kill that the US court is likely to engage in.
The descision to extradite him will be up to the Australian courts though. And if they do extradite him, it will be because the reasons given adhere to those conditions set up in by a bilateral extradition treaty - and that means he does end up getting extradited, remember the reverse would be the case too (e.g. had he stolen information from an Australian firm and ended up selling it from the USA, he could be extradited to Australia).
Honestly, stopping people from stealing stuff from one country then and fleeing to another from evading justice is...pretty much the point of an extradition treaty
I'm not really sure what the crime is here. Y'know, cause breach of contract is not actually a crime, especially not one that the FBI should be investigating... you know, being a matter for the civil court and all.
I bet they've invented some euphemism to justify
whoop there we go. Smack the word espionage on it to make it sound as though it's a problem that can't be solved in civil court so that the feds can grab for more power whilst pretending to be useful. What's new?
Oh look another made up catchphrase to describe a non-crime.
...huh? Misuse of services is a crime now? Hilarious. Just brilliant.
Move along, nothing to see here but a bunch of thugs inventing excuses to be thugs. Business (or should I say, government) as usual.
The FBI has zero reason or responsibility to be looking out for Microsoft's interests, given that Microsoft is not a citizen of the United States.
I'm pretty sure that the Computer Crime Squad isn't out stopping terrorists or catching murderers because that's not their job. This is their job.
Dang, a lot of people mad/confused over the FBI's involvement.
This isn't abnormal, law enforcement agencies cooperate all the time when dealing with international crimes.
People who leak stuff like this, I see as among the lowest forms of people in this world. He stole something, and he chooses to brag about it and try to make a profit. He deserves all of this.
That makes no sense. That's like saying if someone broke into Microsoft headquarters then the police wouldn't be obligated to investigate.
Last I checked, Microsoft is an American corporation, and according to US Law corporations are considered citizens of the states they are incorporated in and therefore citizens of the United States.
I don't understand what, through all of this, Microsoft are up to. If there is a new Xbox dev kit available one would fairly presume the spec and/or (hardware) design of their (hopefully) forthcoming new console is pretty much final. How can dev kits exist which developers can confirm they've seen, but no announcement on a new console?
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After a few quiet decades we are now in the middle of a wave of the introduction onto the market of innovative - often expensive - medicinal products intended to treat serious diseases based on new techniques and insights. Such medicinal products are often expensive and intended for small patient groups and are likely to have an enormous cost impact on societies. This provides for a challenge: making sure that fast access to such products is guaranteed for a socially accepted price. This challenge calls for an integrated approach both on a national and on an EU level. The Dutch Minister of Health (MoH) has presented her vision on medicinal products with a variety of measures to cope with this challenge.
The MoH recognizes that European cooperation is required to achieve the goal of fast access for acceptable prices in the EU Member States. The MoH will therefore use the opportunities during the EU presidency to put this topic on the agenda and to try and get many countries involved in joint negotiation strategies and information sharing - on a voluntary basis though, in order to avoid less willing EU Member States from slowing things down and recognizing that pricing and reimbursement are the exclusive competence of the EU Member States rather than of the EU itself. The MoH's ambitions go even further as she also wants to place topics on the agenda as orphan exclusivity, SPCs and other exclusivity rights that are arranged for on an EU level.
On a national level the MoH will introduce enhanced options for cooperation and information sharing between healthcare insurers and healthcare providers in order to create better purchasing power. Grants related to development of medicinal products will be made conditional on e.g. profit sharing or pricing structure of such new medicinal products. The MoH will recalculate reimbursement limits and introduce additional co-payments on top of those reimbursement limits. The use of biosimilars should be stimulated; if unsuccessful the MoH will consider limiting reimbursement of biologicals. The MoH will continue and further detail her policy regarding financial arrangements for expensive medicinal products with a focus on temporary exclusion of certain expensive products from hospital reimbursement.
We expect that the proposed measures will impact pricing and reimbursement of expensive innovative medicinal products in the Netherlands and more broadly in the European Union.
The MoH vision is built around the following 6 themes as summarized below:
1. New business models
It is time for new business models that also provide room for developing medicinal products that are commercially less attractive, e.g. antibiotics. An existing business model that the MoH wants to amend is the following. The Dutch government provides various grants to startup companies that develop promising new medicinal products. If such startup company is acquired by an established pharmaceutical company and the related product is successfully marketed, the government is generally not compensated for the success and subsequently has to pay for the product when provided to patients as part of the healthcare coverage. The MoH refers to this as double payment. The MoH wants to change that by imposing conditions when a grant is provided, e.g. profit sharing if a product is commercially successful or imposing a pricing structure if a product is marketed. Acquiring a biotech startup company may therefore in the future be subject to certain conditions.
2. Battle against high prices
The MoH does not intend to reform the dual reimbursement system (split between outpatient or extramural on the one hand and inpatient or intramural on the other hand) to one integrated system. The focus for the coming years will be mainly on intramural expensive medicinal products whereby the option to temporarily exclude a new medicinal product from intramural reimbursement will be further detailed. This option was first introduced last year for nivolumab (please see our previous newsletter). It is the intention of the MoH to use this option more frequently to ensure better prices for expensive medicinal products used in hospitals. Finally the MoH aims to improve the affordability of orphan medicinal products where an indication committee may be introduced to advice on initiating and stopping treatment with orphan medicinal products for individual patients.
The MoH announced that the current reimbursement limits in the reimbursement system for outpatient supply (GVS) per group of interchangeable medicinal products will be recalculated. It is the MoH's intention to introduce a further co-payment mechanism for patients on top of the reimbursement limit if more interchangeable medicinal products enter the reimbursement group. The MoH believes this will create sufficient price pressure so it will not be necessary to change the current regulations for maximum prices.
The MoH stresses the importance of international cooperation to be able to make the difference. Information sharing and joint negotiations between Member States can lead to better results. Cooperation will take place between countries on a voluntary basis. A pilot where the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg jointly negotiate on prices is currently ongoing.
The MoH takes the view that healthcare insurers and healthcare providers must improve their purchasing power. The MoH believes this can be achieved by ensuring better information sharing and intensified cooperation, while staying within competition law boundaries. This is reflected in the following proposed measures:
- A 'Platform Purchase Expertise Medicinal Products' will be incorporated where stakeholders can share information and expertise and where purchasing associations can be formed.
- A 'horizontal scan', which provides information on new medicinal products, extensions of indications of approved products and patent expiry dates, will be further developed by the MoH together with healthcare insurers and healthcare providers;
- The Dutch competition authority (Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets) will publish a guidance document on the permissibility of setting up purchasing associations, joint negotiations and financial arrangements;
- A 'Monitor Expensive Medicinal Products' will be initiated that will provide an overview of spending on expensive medicinal products and arrangements between healthcare insurers and healthcare providers. This monitor should also provide insights in prescription behavior and local differences.
- The MoH stimulates that each hospital will incorporate a 'medicinal products committee' in which the policy of such hospital regarding expensive medicinal products is discussed.
- The MoH notes that some hospitals experiment with a therapeutic preference policy whereby a preferred medicinal product is designated from a group of 'similar' medicinal products. The MoH indicates that she welcomes such initiatives.
3. Appropriate use and use of biosimilars
Diagnostic tests and research regarding appropriate use are of importance to ensure that expensive medicinal products are used appropriately, e.g. for the right patient, in the right dosage, etc. In order to stimulate developments in this area, an amount of EUR 10 million will be made available in the coming 5 years.
The MoH further intends to stimulate the use of biosimilars. If stimulating measures prove to be insufficient to increase the use of biosimilars the MoH will consider limiting reimbursement of biological medicinal products.
Measures will also be taken to improve medication monitoring by the pharmacist and in the transfer from hospital to pharmacy.
4. Create balance in pharmaceutical market structures
The vision and intended measures in this area focus on exclusivity rights on an EU level. The MoH would welcome a debate around additional exclusivity rights, e.g. supplementary protection certificates (SPCs - which provide for an extension of the patent term) and market exclusivity for orphan medicinal products. The MoH mainly focusses on orphan exclusivity and stresses that this type of exclusivity leads to undesirable effects as indications of medicinal products are 'cut into pieces' which leads to additional, smaller, orphan designations and corresponding separate exclusivity rights resulting in high prices.
5. Accessibility innovative products
Market access may lead to lengthy processes before a product is marketed. The time-to-patient can be accelerated by introducing more flexible forms of market access. The MoH intends – as part of the current Dutch EU presidency - to focus on ways to improve faster market access and to bring market access requirements more in line with reimbursement requirements. On a national level the Dutch reimbursement advising authority (Healthcare Institute or ZIN) and the Dutch Medicines Evaluation Board (CBG-MEB) will cooperate to better align the market access and reimbursement criteria.
The MoH also points out that pharmacy compounded products that are prepared on a large scale may be of importance for individual patients and that the possibility for large scale preparations should be facilitated based on strict conditions. In light hereof the MoH will further review recent European case law (C544/13 and C545/13 - the Abcur/Apoteket case) which provided for strict conditions for pharmacy preparations.
6. Better information service
There is growing need for up-to-date information on efficacy and side effects of new medicinal products by using e.g. patient or disease related registries. In light of the growing amount of registries and the risk of fragmented information provision, the MoH will set up an action plan for information services. This plan should ensure clear rules for registries on targets, work plans, roles, responsibilities and financing.


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SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. (AP) ? Jean Pierre didn't kill his kids. It was their mother, not their father, who took the three little children with her in a suicide plunge into the Hudson River this month.
SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. (AP) — Jean Pierre didn't kill his kids. It was their mother, not their father, who took the three little children with her in a suicide plunge into the Hudson River this month.
But Pierre, 26, has come under constant criticism. He's been vilified for cheating on Lashanda Armstrong, labeled a deadbeat on child support and charged with being a danger to children, all of which his lawyers dispute. Armstrong's family decried Pierre's decision to hold a separate funeral and burial for the children, rather than the joint service they'd planned. One relative accused him of rigging the guest list at the funeral and even took exception to the way he mourned his children during the service.
Experts say that because Armstrong, 25, of Newburgh died with the children April 12, a human impulse to blame someone has focused on the father.
"It's really good to have someone to blame," said Dr. Philip R. Muskin, professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University. "Appropriately or not, having someone to blame gives us an answer, and we like answers."
Pierre's lawyer points out that he had nothing to do with his children's deaths.
"He's in shock that his children died," said the lawyer, Stephen J. Powers. "He's not looking to accuse anybody of anything but everybody wants to put the blame on him."
A tendency to blame the victim is not unheard of, said psychologist David Palmiter, public education coordinator for the American Psychological Association
"In this case, one of the victims is the living spouse," Palmiter said. "His children were killed."
However, the experts do not find Pierre blameless. If his relationship with Armstrong had been healthy, they said, she probably would have had one less stress factor. In addition, said Gerald Mallon, a professor at Hunter College's School of Social Work, "a good partner might have picked out the signs of mental illness."
He pointed to the case of Andrea Yates, who drowned her five children in a bathtub in 2001. Her husband was criticized for not seeing her illness, he said. The ex-husband of Susan Smith, who drowned two young sons in 1994 by sending her car into a pond, was criticized by a pastor for not taking enough of a role in the boys' lives.
In the Armstrong case, "Obviously, mentally illness was involved," Mallon said. "That person just clearly is not thinking rationally if `Let me just kill everybody' sounds like a good decision to her. But those decisions don't come out of nowhere. ... You could certainly make the case for the fact that the father didn't drive the car into the Hudson but the father was probably deeply involved in the reason she drove the car into the Hudson."
Police said Armstrong was involved in a domestic incident at her apartment just before she drove down a Newburgh boat ramp and into the Hudson with her four children. Killed were Landen Pierre, 5; Lance Pierre, 2; and Lainaina Pierre, who would have turned 1 last week
The only survivor was 10-year-old La'Shaun Armstrong, who was not Pierre's son. He escaped, swam out and was taken to safety by a woman who said he told her his mother had had a "big, big argument about my stepdad's cheating on her."
Another lawyer for Pierre, Michael O'Connor, wouldn't call it cheating.
"They were not married," he said. "They had a long-term relationship that was on and off. That's the lifestyle they chose."
If Armstrong was unhappy about the lifestyle, that could have been a contributing factor, Palmiter said.
"In general, if a person is in a relationship that is painful to them, that is a top stress in a person's life. Being in a marriage that's painful tends to be one of the big ones."
Muskin warned that the tragedy shouldn't be blamed entirely on a straying boyfriend.
"Maybe he missed the signs; maybe they didn't have a great relationship," he said. "But did he predict that she would kill herself and the children?"
It's unclear whether Pierre was talking about affairs when he said in a statement he issued last week that "If I could, I would have changed some things in my past."
"I have been inaccurately portrayed as being directly responsible for the tragedy," he said.
Pierre, who's working at a Dunkin' Donuts in Newburgh, was labeled a "deadbeat dad" in some news accounts but O'Connor said there was never any such allegation relating to his children with Armstrong. Pierre's lawyers also said that a child endangerment charge against Pierre, stemming from when a 2-year-old boy was found wandering the streets in February, was resolved without a conviction.
He was ordered to attend parenting classes as a condition of a dismissal, O'Connor said, and his lawyers are trying to get that revised because "it would be too sad" now that his children are dead.
The lawyer said Pierre "was very active in his children's lives" right until their last days.
His decision to have a separate funeral and burial for the children was announced the day before a planned joint service arranged by Armstrong's family. Pierre said he wanted to grieve for his children privately, rather than at the open service that was planned.
Armstrong's family was critical.
"She gave birth to them," said Armstrong's cousin Channise White. "At the end of the day, no matter what, they are her children. They should be buried with her."
Muskin called it a decision "that allowed people to target him."
Palmiter said, "It's so easy just to say and do things that inflame the situation. If it weren't for the tremendous pain maybe it wouldn't be as inflaming."
The experts said whatever his faults, it's wrong to blame the tragedy entirely on the father.
"He didn't drive the vehicle into the river," Mallon said. "But he has to live with what happened to his children. He will probably carry that horror with him for the rest of his life."
Associated Press writers Michael Hill and Chris Carola in Albany and AP news researcher Barbara Sambriski in New York contributed to this report.


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Schools Say Parents Are Bullies
Principals Cop It The Most
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Schools are supposed to keep bullying in check, while teaching tolerance to children - but new research has shown it's not as simple as it sounds.
A new survey of principal safety shows 40 per cent of public and private school principals have been threatened with violence, while 27 per cent have been attacked.
Principals face the heaviest pressure from primary school parents while students are the ones more prone to lashing out in high school.
Australian Catholic University associate professor Philip Riley has called on authorities to do more to support principals, with his research also showing they're at a high risk of burning out because of a lack of support and increased work load.
"I know of a case in which a private school principal was pinned up against a brick wall by a barrister holding his elbow across his throat because of a dispute about fees. What worries is the pressure of work has become such a burden that many principals are suffering a decline in their health" Prof Riley said.
The problem also makes it hard to replace principals when they resign, with senior teachers being scared away from the role because of its punishing workload.


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Rutgers University Libraries Staff Resources:
University Librarian:
Committees and Task Forces:
University Librarian's Cabinet: Minutes of the May 2, 2006 Meeting
Agnew, Boyle, Fultz, Gaunt, Golden, Mullins, Puniello, Sewell, Tehrani, Zapcic
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University Librarian's Report
– Gaunt
Gaunt sent messages to eligible tenure-track librarians requesting their participation in the Libraries' mentoring program and to all tenured library faculty asking them to consider volunteering to be a mentor for a tenure-track librarian; has received some responses; will send out reminder and also ask Cabinet for nominations.
Deans Council: Executive VP Furmanski reported that there is no news from the Governor's office on the budget situation; they are still saying that higher education is a priority if budget restoration is there. Furmanski reminded us that the units' budget reduction target has already taken some restoration into consideration and that tuition will increase; our reduction percentage is unlikely to change. Puniello noted that at the University Senate meeting, SCILS professor Dan O'Connor spoke about how devastating the cut is going to be for the Libraries. Advocacy is the key right now.
A capital campaign update was given; a few minor things related to our Cabinet agenda item this morning.
Mike Beals and Barry Qualls reported on the Undergraduate Task Force Implementation; money had been set aside to support the recommendations; at least 13 or more subcommittees of the steering committee to do the implementation are being set up; there will be library representation on the committees. Discussed when the new curriculum would go into effect; in-coming freshman will get a diploma from their college for 06/07. Thereafter it will be from the university.
Vision for the Capital Campaign and Timetable
– Gaunt
In advance of the meeting, Gaunt distributed to Cabinet the handouts from the President's Administrative Council/University Foundation meeting that was held April 18 to discuss campaign preparedness and the university's draft vision statement. Handouts included a draft vision process timetable, a campaign vision statement, "The Priorities Committee and the Priority Setting Process," a breakdown of the previous campaign giving by source (alumni, friends, family, foundation and matching gifts), a breakdown by gift purpose and type of gift, and a draft of Rutgers University Endowment minimums (which requires approval of the Board of Overseers). The university anticipates launching the public phase of its next comprehensive capital campaign in 2009; the development of priorities will be a process inclusive of faculty, staff and university leadership, guided by the overall vision of the university for the next ten years. Comments are requested on the vision statement; a second draft will be forwarded to faculty along with a call for proposals from the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs. Faculty and staff will be asked to develop proposals that support the vision for the university. The proposals with the best possible recommendations for achieving the university's vision will be put forward and then translated into a set of campaign priorities. The handouts gave a description of the priorities process, committee structure, and a timeline for campaign preparedness activities. Goals will be based on what was raised in the last campaign. Comments on the vision statement are due by May 15, 2006. Cabinet should send any comments or ideas for a successful campaign to Gaunt.
Report from the President's Advisory Committee
– Gaunt
Gaunt attended the second meeting of the Advisory Committee on the University's Budget this morning. Deans were asked at the meeting to report on how they are planning to handle their mandatory budget reduction scenarios. Deans are discussing cross unit resource sharing and sharing of staff; faculty and staff nearing retirement are being urged to consider retiring this year; deans are moving their people onto soft money from state lines; some schools are eliminating programs; and there will be many cuts in adjuncts and vouchers. The Libraries need to know what the deans are thinking about because that will inform our support. VP Furmanski noted there are going to be many layoffs at the university; if their budget reductions include layoffs, units may begin before July 1. Developing the budget reduction scenarios is an iterative process; Furmanski has already sent back some of the plans he had received from the units. The deadline is May 3 for budget reduction scenarios to Furmanski.
Budget Discussion
– Gaunt
Everyone was requested to prepare a plan for a 10% reduction in their combined salary and below the line budget. All the plans were shared so that Cabinet would have a broad perspective of what the budget cuts would entail. It is hard to imagine that the Libraries are in a more flexible position than most of the other operating units of the university because we have 3 budget categories—salaries, below the line (operating), and collections. All the other units only have 2 categories—salaries and below the line. We agreed to continue our general plan—take major cuts as of July 1 in operating and collections funding; continue to freeze vacant positions and do not renew annual faculty appointments. That will allow us to use the salary savings on those positions to put towards the cut in operating and collections, and still keep the lines for the time that budgets are in better shape. In the end we will take a cut of $800,000 to collections, $391,000 to below the line, and $1,180,000 to salaries. Because the time is extremely short to send in a reduction scenario that is very precise, we will do the best we can with the 10% and reconfigure operations after Dr. Furmanski approves our budget scenario. This will allow us to move into our reorganization as of July 1 and to realign positions to support our future. In looking at our future, we determined that it would be important to continue both some traditional operations (although we may do them differently) at the same time we advance our development, such as implementing the new software we are acquiring for such things as cross database searching, and to continue to build the repository. We cannot afford to fall seriously behind on developing the library of the future after considerable investment. We will not be implementing any budget reduction scenarios until we hear back from Dr. Furmanski that our plan is approved. We will need also to look at how we wish to allocate funds for travel, grants, exhibitions and outreach activities.
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Mississippi State welcomed 400 of the best and brightest high school students from around the state to campus Friday [Feb. 26] to learn more about the university's newly developed Classics concentration. Sponsored by the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, the daylong Junior Classical League event featured fun activities including, among others, chariot races, gladiator fights, foot races and friscus, or Frisbee discus.
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A RouteHandler for IHttpHandlers
This code has been incorporated into a new RouteMagic library I wrote which includes Source Code on CodePlex.com as well as a NuGet package!
I saw a bug on
today in which someone offers the suggestion that the
(new in ASP.NET 4) should handle
IHttpHandler as well as
I don't really agree with the suggestion because while a
Page is an
IHttpHandler, an
IHttpHandler is not a
Page. What I this person
really wants is a new handler specifically for http handlers. Let's give
it the tongue twisting name:
Unfortunately, it's too late to add this for ASP.NET 4, but it turns out such a thing is trivially easy to write. In fact, here it is.
public class HttpHandlerRouteHandler<THandler>
: IRouteHandler where THandler : IHttpHandler, new() {
public IHttpHandler GetHttpHandler(RequestContext requestContext) {
return new THandler();
Of course, by itself it's not all that useful. We need extension methods to make it really easy to register routes for http handlers. I wrote a set of those, but will only post two examples here on my blog. To get the full set download the sample project at the very end of this post.
public static class HttpHandlerExtensions {
public static void MapHttpHandler<THandler>(this RouteCollection routes, string url) where THandler : IHttpHandler, new() {
routes.MapHttpHandler<THandler>(null, url, null, null);
public static void MapHttpHandler<THandler>(this RouteCollection routes,
string name, string url, object defaults, object constraints)
where THandler : IHttpHandler, new() {
var route = new Route(url, new HttpHandlerRouteHandler<THandler>());
route.Defaults = new RouteValueDictionary(defaults);
route.Constraints = new RouteValueDictionary(constraints);
routes.Add(name, route);
This now allows me to register a route which is handled by an
IHttpHandler very easily. In this case, I'm registering a route that
will use my
SimpleHttpHandler to handle any two segment URL.
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes) {
And here's the code for
SampleHttpHandler for completeness. All it
does is print out the route values.
public class SampleHttpHandler : IHttpHandler {
public bool IsReusable {
get { return false; }
public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) {
var routeValues = context.Request.RequestContext.RouteData.Values;
string message = "I saw foo='{0}' and bar='{1}'";
message = string.Format(message, routeValues["foo"], routeValues["bar"]);
When I make a request for
/testing/yo I'll see the message
I saw foo='testing' and bar='yo'
in my browser. Very cool.
One limitation here is that my http handler has to have a parameterless constructor. That's not really that bad of a limitation since to register an HTTP Handler in the old way you had to make sure that the handler had an empty constructor.
However, this code that I wrote for this blog post is based on code that
I added to Subtext. In that
I am passing an
IKernel (I'm using
Ninject) to my
HttpRouteHandler. That
way, my route handler will use Ninject to instantiate the http handler
and thus my http handlers aren't required to have a parameterless
Try it out!
The RouteMagic solution includes a sample project that demonstrates all this.


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2017 Liqui Moly Pro Sport Bike Canadian National Champion Tomas Cases was busy packing on Monday night, getting ready to head to fellow Pro racer Kenny Riedmann's place first thing, Tuesday morning, September 12. Then the Pro pair will head south to Barber Motorsport Park, Alabama, for the final round of the 2017 MotoAmerica National Championship this weekend. This will be the first career start for Casas on the U.S. tour.
Officially called the Honda Championship of Alabama presented by Genuine Broaster Chicken, the event is the tenth and final round of the MotoAmerica Championship and will include two events for three MOPAR CSBK Canadian National stars.
"I'm heading down with Kenny, he's going to ride in the Bazzaz Superstock 1000 class," confirmed 18-year-old third year Pro Casas from his home in Peterborough, ON. "Mitch (Card, the chief rival for Casas in 2017) is also going to race in Superstock 1000 too, and I'm riding the Superstock 600 class with the 2017 Yamaha YZF-R6 I used in Canada for most of the season."
Belfountain, ON based Riedmann will compete aboard the same Sturgess Cycle/Liqui Moly Kawasaki ZX-10RR Ninja he took the second overall in the Superbike Championship behind BMW's Jordan Szoke.
After spending most of the season on a Yamaha YZF-R6 battling Casas, Ripley, ON's Card will switch to the Yamaha YZF-R1 he used during the final Superbike events of the season last month at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Card earned 10th/11th place results on his 1000cc racer backed by Shoei, Dunlop, Vortex, Goderich Toyota, DP, Maclyn Dust Control, Bluestreak, Bickle, Dynojet and Liqui Moly.
"This will be a big step, my first race in the States," admits Casas. "I'm really excited to get out there, to see what it's all about. Sandy Noce from Dunlop said that the track is a little like Calabogie, a track with technical corners and not too much in terms of straight-aways. I've been watching videos to learn the track; mentally I think I have it fairly sorted out, but that's not the same as racing on the bikes!"
Casas will be joining the "second" middleweight category in the MotoAmerica Series, the Superstock class run in conjunction with the Supersport division, also for 600cc class machinery. Currently, Braeden Ortt of Calgary, AB, is the only Canadian who contests the Superstock series as a regular, aboard the Tuned Racing Yamaha. Earlier this season, 17-year-old Ortt won a round at Sears Point, CA.
Joining Casas by air at the venue will be his father, as well as former Casas team-mate and front-running National Superbike privateer Franklyn Dominguez. This duo will work in the pit lane for Casas during his on-track sessions around Barber's popular 17 turn, 2.3-mile-long layout.
The Riedmann Management team is also expected to be helping Casas, since Kenny does not compete in the same class as Casas and therefore the two racers will not be on the track at the same time. Former racer and famed chassis consultant Jon Cornwell is also likely to help newly crowned Canadian number one Casas with set-up on his Yamaha Canada entry.
"I'm missing some High School but I'll catch up," continued Casas. "I'm trying to work ahead; I don't want to do too much homework on the trip!
"I want to say a big thank you to the Riedmanns, they're really making all this possible. Then I have to thank Pro 6 and Dunlop, they're looking after our tires. Also my new sponsors DP Brakes and ASM Motorsports. As well I have to include my solid regulars, Yamaha Canada, Parts Canada, Brooklin Cycle Racing, Blue Streak Racing, Vortex, Bickle Racing, Flexiglass, Human 2.0, Hindle Exhaust, Peterborough Cycle Salvage and HB Cycle.
"This is probably our last race of the season, for what we have planned," says Casas. "There is some possibility we might go to the last round of the Dominican Republic Championship. But right now my focus is on Friday morning at Barber, and getting the best set-up right away to get ready for Qualifying."


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Rachel Bilson Likes to Add Pops of Color
Rachel Bilson feeds the meter and heads out to meet a friend in Hollywood on Saturday (October 16.
The 29-year-old actress was recently asked how she can mix bold shades in one outfit and still look great. She told InStyle, "It's fun to add pops of color here and there. I like to start out with a basic canvas (a white T and jeans), and then add a yellow sweater (H&M has some great ones) and maybe pink shoes. If it's too much, one or the other provides enough color. When combining hues, you want to use shades that complement one another, such as lavender and brown or blue and green."
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This week marks the 29th episode of gCaptain Radio sponsored by Six Maritime. gCaptain Radio is a weekly talk show discussion with gCaptain founder John Konrad and radio host Jeff Eckles.
gCaptain Radio is recorded each week and available to download via mp3 or as an iTunes podcast.
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On this week's episode we discuss:
- More than 200 bales of marijuana were found with panga boat
- 'Super panga,' marijuana bales found on beach at Estero Bluffs
- SUNY Maritime College
In response to a letter submitted by gCaptain to the US Coast Guard Headquarters, LT Anna Dixon, Public Affairs Officer for the Eleventh District responded with the following information regarding the USCG's response to the latest wave of Panga landings:
As you might expect, we can't directly address your question about the frequency or location of law enforcement patrols in and around Estero Bay; we have to keep the edge on the bad guys.
The Coast Guard and a long list of federal, state and local agencies are all involved in counter-smuggling surveillance and interdiction along the border and up the California coast. We have partnered with CBP and other federal, state, and local agencies to create Regional Coordinating Mechanisms (ReCoM) in San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco and these partnerships have really served to make us more effective in our pursuit of criminal activity.
We're aware of shifts in tactics by smugglers and are coordinating changes to our operations appropriately. Vessels, aircraft, and vehicles from many agencies and locations are assigned to cover various areas so there may be patrols occurring in your area that are not obvious to the public. Rest assured that we are using every resource available to patrol the region and intercept smuggling vessels.
As I'm also sure you are aware, the California coastline is a large area to cover. The Coast Guard and other law enforcement can't be everywhere all the time, so we ask mariners, the public — and your audience — to report any suspicious activity to the Coast Guard or 911 so we and our partners can investigate any targets that may have avoided detection of authorities.
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BlueRidge's Remote Link is one of those devices that you wonder if it's as easy as they say it is.
Although the word, "VPN" is hardly used on their product page, Remote Link looks like, talks talk and walks like a VPN appliance. So I guess it is one.
What differentiates Remote Link is that it requires no end user configuration. According to Blue Ridge's web site, to establish a secure tunnel, a user inserts an administrator-generated USB smart card into the device. RemoteLink automatically acquires an IP address from the local network, sparing your local administrators from the need to allocate network resources. The RemoteLink then tunnels back to a BorderGuard at your organization¬?s headquarters and acts as an Ethernet switch to allow user access to approved resources.
Another high-light of RemoteLink is that it's very secure. All the vital information the appliance needs is stored on the USB smart card. If that's lost you just suspend the user¬?s digital certificate.
BlueRidge's web site gives a nice overview of "who needs to use a RemoteLink device":
– I'm paying too much for expensive networking services like private line, Frame Relay, or satellite. A cheaper one with comparable security would do.
– I don't have enough IT staff to configure equipment at all of my remote locations.
– I pay for an expensive satellite service and I need to ensure highly secure transmissions that work when I need them to.
– I must employ a variety of carriers to connect all of my locations, so I need something with the flexibility to accommodate what¬?s available.
– I'?ve been using a VPN to connect my remote locations, but my equipment and/or service isn¬?t compliant with existing or upcoming security regulations that affect my industry.
– I need to run secure VoIP and video (or any latency sensitive applications) at my remote locations. I need something that meets my bandwidth and latency requirements.
– I need to harden the network security my remote locations, but I can¬?t afford the corresponding increased costs.
– I need to rapidly deploy field offices, and I¬?m on a limited budget. I'?d like to use a managed service.
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Act of God, the harbour pilot, the navy?
The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy: Inquiry and Intrigue
John Griffith Armstrong
(Vancouver: UBC Press, 2002)
Hardcover, 256 pp, 6 x 9 inches, 16 b/w photos, maps
Index, Bibliography and Chapter end-notes
New in Paperback: July, 2003
Reviewed by GARY ZATZMAN*
Was it an "accident"? Did the harbour-pilot do it? Why did the British Admiralty send such a dangerous ship into the harbour of Halifax in the first place? Why was it diverted from New York? Why did the Americans and the French load explosive cargo in such a way? How much did the navy know – and when did they know it? The Halifax Explosion of 6 December 1917, the most destructive man-made explosion before the dropping of The Bomb, left half the population homeless, levelled residential areas of the working class, the poor, parts of the African-Nova Scotian community at Africville and the Mi'kmaq community at Tufts Cove, discredited the reputations of a number of officials and continues to inflame controversy to this day. John Griffith Armstrong's The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy: Inquiry and Intrigue heaps another faggot on this fire. Focusing on the official inquiry following the disaster, Armstrong clarifies the role and responsibility of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). Continue reading


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Bridal Photo Shoot
Friday, 8 March 2013
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North Franklin Federal Credit Union (NFFCU) of Malone, New York has been operating for more than 42 years. It is a community credit union.
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Just when it appeared that every trade and profession was represented in South Florida, Myra Kramer of Boca Raton introduces an occupation that might be hard to match anywhere in the United States: rhinestone retailer.
Such a calling would seem to be most appropriately pursued from one`s spare bedroom or peddling from door to door.
But in the case of the industrious Kramer -- former housewife, mother of three and self-made businesswoman -- the gemlike gewgaws are actually sold from behind a counter in a store no different than most shopping center retailers in Boca Raton.
If that`s not surprising, then consider that Kramer owns a rhinestone dealership in Cape Cod and a mail-order service that ships rhinestone-setting kits all across the country. Her company, MK Studleys Inc., isn`t a million dollar revenue- producer or a household name in clothing accessories. But sales are brisk, she says, and people are creeping out of conservative modes of fashion to wear a rhinestone or two on their sweatshirts or blouses.
``I found when I first opened the store on the cape (10 months ago) that a lot of the very conservative people were a little leery of the rhinestones,`` Kramer said. ``But I think they were intrigued by them because they were something they liked, even though they weren`t something they`d wear.``
Eventually, however, the affluent shoppers strolling through Cape Cod`s waterfront marketplace began to buy and wear oversized polo shirts and sweatshirts with just enough rhinestones to avoid being accused of gaudiness, Kramer said.
And although the summer vacation was soon over for the Kramers and all the other visitors to Cape Cod, the interest in her rhinestones and sequins and other shiny attachments justified moving her inventory into a friend`s jewelry store for winter customers.
Kramer`s store in Boca Raton, called Studley`s, opened 12 days ago in the Crocker Center on Military Trail. The rest of the shopping center is still unfinished and the parking lot is nearly deserted, but customers are finding their way to the store, Kramer reports. By the end of the year, she expects a flood of visitors browsing through the upscale-oriented shopping center and staying at the 260-room Marriott Hotel scheduled for construction next door.


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Sunday, February 22, 2015
3D Double Scoop Sundae Sugar Cookies
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Plan to build 208-member sales network expected to yield more than 5 million dollars and facilitate launch of ePunk's own line of motor-sports vehicles & accessories.
DANA POINT, CA – September 14, 2011 – (Motor Sports Newswire) – ePunk, Inc., (PINK SHEETS: PUNK) a company specializing in the distribution of on and off-road vehicles, parts and accessories, is pleased to announce the opening of its first retail location in Dana Point, a prominent area of Orange County, California today announced the successful launch of a motor-sports dealership acquisition strategy that holds the potential to generate more than $5,000,000 in up-front commitments, millions of dollars worth of follow-up sales, and provide a launching pad for the company's own line of products in the future.
"Our ability to provide local motor-sports dealers with a steady new source of high-margin sales coupled with a one of a kind support offering, has enabled ePunk to quickly build a reputation as a leading, one-stop, full service wholesaler," said ePunk, Inc. CEO Jesse Gonzales. "We've perfected the tools of the trade required to run a successful retail business over the past decade and can now offer partners a plug-and-play method for establishing a lucrative and profitable dealership, today, with minimal investment."
This new venture for ePunk's www.ViperSportUSA.com division is already yielding capital and generating a high volume of leads, which the company is working aggressively to convert into a nationwide network of more than 200 motor-sports retailers that will sell its burgeoning line of China-built motor bikes, gas and electric motor scooters, ATV's, Go-Karts, dirt-bikes, performance parts and related accessories.
ePunk has employed the vast reach of CountyImports.com – one of the largest online motor-sports retailers in the U.S. with millions of dollars in annual sales and thousands of monthly visitors – to drive sales generated by its e-commerce platform through local dealers in the customer's area. In addition to the obvious benefit to dealer partners, this strategy also enhances the ownership experience for customers by providing them with a trusted local source for service, parts, and accessories.
Additionally, partnership with ViperSportUSA.com provides access to an experienced sales force led by two well-connected regional account managers that have recently launched an aggressive outbound call campaign and are currently pushing forward with plans to build a nationwide network of outside sales executives.
Management believes that its retail experience, superior product sourcing and support capabilities, and access to funding provide ePunk with a significant advantage over other importers of China-built motor-sports vehicles, which are largely characterized by low quality products as well as a general disconnect with American consumers and the retail marketplace. ePunk, Inc. is also the only sales company of our kind licensed in the State of California.
"Creating a national distribution network will provide ePunk with the brand recognition and customer base required to achieve our ultimate goal of developing and launching our own line of vehicles and accessories. Achieving this milestone would propel our business to the highest echelon of the motor-sports industry and create tremendous value for investors," said ePunk, CEO Jesse Gonzales. "After extensive consideration, I feel strongly that this strategy represents the most optimal mechanism for the profitable growth of our company going forward and in light of our success thus far, I'm very optimistic about ePunk's ability to make this plan a reality."
About ePunk:
ePunk, Inc. is a conglomerate of six businesses: www.BidPunk.com, www.CountyImports.com, www.CountyImportParts.com, www.CountyCruisers.com, www.ViperSportUSA.com and most recently, PCH Rides.
Capitalizing on its vast network of distributor and dealer contacts, ePunk has leveraged it relationships to uniquely target different demands within the industry via individual businesses, each serving a specific niche with carefully selected products and branding specific to that market. The automatic fulfillment system that made CountyImports.com a success in a matter of months has been expanded to help each business focus on marketing, customer service and quality guarantee, rather than the costly labor of managing of inventory, shipping and handling.
By using this automated fulfillment system for each e-commerce website, ePunk has been able to eliminate overlap in overhead costs to allow each business to focus specifically on increasing sales and revenue.
Through various relationships with foreign manufacturers, ePunk is bringing to market several unique and affordable products that the competition is unable to match, both in quality and price. While years of expedited fulfillment on a vast array of competitively priced products has built the company a large customer base, these imported products stand to make ePunk a market leader within this industry.
Most recently, ePunk, Inc. opened its first physical retail location in Dana Point, California called PCH Rides. The retail store offers a wide selection of boutique products, available for sale or rent and specifically designed for a higher-end market and strategically placed in area with no current competition. The location will also serve as corporate headquarters for ePunk, Inc. and its various businesses.
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Homebuying Step by Step
CMHC's Homebuying Step by Step guide is here to make things easier for you by providing the information you need to make a wise homebuying decision. This section provides examples and worksheets that will guide you through the entire homebuying process, from the moment you make the decision to buy your own home to the moment the movers carry the first box through the front door. It couldn't be easier!
Step 1: Is Homeownership Right for You?
Buying a home is one of the biggest emotional and financial decisions you'll ever make.
Prepare by learning about the process of home buying and the responsibilities of homeownership.
Step 2: Are You Financially Ready?
This step guides you through some simple calculations to figure out your current financial situation, and the maximum home price that you should consider.
Step 3: Which Home is Right for You?
Once you have a good idea about your finances, you'll need to think clearly about the home you'd like to buy. You need to think about your current and future housing needs and what characteristics are important to you in a home.
Step 4: The Buying Process
Before you start searching for a home you need to think about your current and future housing needs and what characteristics are important to you in a home.
Step 5: Now That You're a Homeowner
Practical advice for homeowners on their financial responsibilities as well as the importance of home maintenance and renovations.
Words to Know When Buying a Home
This glossary provides simple yet accurate definitions of certain terms you may encounter in the Homebuying Step by Step guide.
These user-friendly checklists and worksheets will help you all throughout the home buying process.
For more information, please consult the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation Website.


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Satellite bandwidth allocation based on MPEG-4 videoconference traffic prediction
Koutsakis, P. (2007) Satellite bandwidth allocation based on MPEG-4 videoconference traffic prediction. Wireless Personal Communications, 43 (4). pp. 1195-1200.
Link to Published Version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11277-007-9294-z
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The provision of acceptable Quality-of- Service for multimedia traffic over a geosynchronous earth orbit satellite network demands the existence of a well-designed Medium Access Control protocol. This paper proposes a new dynamic satellite bandwidth allocation technique which is based on accurate MPEG-4 videoconference traffic prediction. The use of the prediction in our protocol is shown via a simulation study to provide very good throughput and delay results.
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In the holiday I went to rainbows end and i went on the rollacosta. and the state fair and then I went back to the rollacosta and then we took my sister to kandi king di and she went on the little ride and then we stayed there at kandi kingdom for 9 min and 66 second.
Last week on friday it was my brother birthday and then we went to the park and we had fun and we had a BBQ and when we went to the pool 10 min at and then we went home to have some cake and then my brother went to his friend' and they gave my brother 10$ for his tiny birthday.
2 week later we went to wellington to see some of my Family that lives in wellington and then when I was with some of my Family we went to the pool's.
My favourite thing was going to Rainbows End. I wish I can go to Rainbows End every holidays.


text: Seems like I've had this copy of Amos Tutuola's novelette The Palm-Wine Drinkard forever without ever actually having read it. The striking black and orange cover design by Roy Kuhlman might be the reason why I'm still holding on. A Pinterest search on Kuhlman reveals many of the other bright, jazzy designs he did for Grove Press in the '50s.


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The FreeSwitch Max wireless control allows multiple AC or battery-operated appliances such as lamps and fans to be activated with wireless convenience. when used in conjunction with an X-10 transceiver module (included). The FreeSwitch Max activates AC appliances through direct selection via the keypad, external switches or scanning, either visual and/or auditory scanning feature of the FreeSwitch Max. The FreeSwitch Max also allows eight messages (2.5 seconds each) to be utilized in its auditory scanning mode.
- Independently activate up to four AC or battery-powered appliances with direct selection and eight appliances with scanning selection at the same time
- Wireless (radio frequency) operation
- On-board keypad for direct and scanning selection
- External jacks for direct and scanning selection using adaptive switches
- When using timed activation, easy-to-read LED bar graph lets you know exactly what the timer is set to for each channel
- Visual scanning selection with 4 scanning speeds
- Auditory scanning with 4 scanning speeds, recordable voice messages, volume control and external speaker jack
- Automatic and Inverse scanning selections
- Delayed activation with four delay lengths
- Up to 100 ft. range indoors
- Durable design resists damage due to dropping, throwing or rough usage
- Compatible with Powerhouse X-10 or Radio Shack Appliance Modules
- Specs
FreeSwitch Max Specifications:
- Dimensions: 6.25" L x 3.75" W x 1.25"H
- Weight: 10 oz.
- Includes one 9-volt battery and one X-10 transceiver.
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Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a rating system that is internationally recognized in over 160 countries for green building practices. The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) and LEED Canada work together to facilitate sustainability in building practices.
The use of concrete can help facilitate LEED Green Building Certification.
More information in the LEED program can be found on the CaGBC website.


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FIFA 16 Secrets Revealed
FIFA 16 is almost here, but not many information is available up-to-date. Fortunately, we managed to find relevant and precise details about some of the major improvements in FIFA 16!
As we described in our previous article, one of the new techniques that will be introduced in FIFA 16 is spinning step technique. Basically, this technique will minimize the distance between the players, so in the case when a player lose the ball, an opponent will have more time to change momentum and try to get the ball. That will make gameplay more interesting and it is in fact the move from real football game. We are looking forward to check this move directly in the game, but as far as we seen that will bring more intensive gameplay.
Another FIFA 16 defense improvement is new acceleration curve in the game. What is acceleration curve? Well, acceleration curve is actually a meter that the computer calculates to present correct acceleration of the ball. It is also important in calculating right amount of time that is needed for a player to recover. It is, indeed, very sophisticated and complicated algorithm, but it will improve the real realism of the game and reaction of AI players.
FIFA 16 brings even more changes in the defense line. One of such fixes is lazy full back trick that is implemented in the new version of the game. Remember the time when you hold the ball in midfield after counter attack and the time when you wanted to pass the ball to the wing? Of course, you do! The problem with FIFA 15 was that there were now one on the wings! Well, this problem is fixed with a new feature named lazy full back that will enable the full backs to get more offensive approach. That means that they will be look to get forward every time they can. So, be ready to fifa 16 coins at time to buy improved defense players!
Those were major improvements in the FIFA 16 defense mechanics that will ensure much better gameplay. Goalkeeping was one of the major issues for improvement in the new FIFA 16 release. Online FIFA community placed huge number of requests during the year and EA tried to fix them with several patches. All problems relating goalkeeping from FIFA 15 were carefully reconsidered and solved in FIFA 16 with different solutions.
Stay with us, in our next blog post we will reveal some of the most interesting FIFA 16 changes about goalkeeping and tackling Improvements.


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King of the Lombards, succeeding his father c.ad 565. With Avar assistance he destroyed the Gepids and withdrew into Italy with his people, where he overthrew the new Byzantine state. He was murdered in ad 572.
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