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also for the person who posted that writing how mad we are about this hbo go issue on this forum is a waste of time because no one of "importance" will be reading these posts....
Who ever is reading these posts and who works for xfinity...i am sure you can let whoever does matter or your boss or whoever is in charge over there that a whole lot of people are not happy about this and i am sure if this company values its employees and its customers it will not matter what forum the complaints come pouring into....
Let Someone who "matters" know, there are a lot of people not happy about not having hbo go on their roku systems....
I was disappointed to see Comcast not supporting this too. You can send an e-mail through the contact us link to make a request for support.
Just want to post how ridiculous it is for Comcast to block subscribers from recieving HBO2GO on our ROKU boxes! What a bunch of crud! I know that I can access the same thing online, but it would be so much easier to access it with my ROKU! If they gave us access to every episode of every season on demand it would be great, but they don't!
This is absolutely insane why we can not access HBO GO on our Rokus! I have it on my Android Phone and Computer, what is the deal with Roku??? Hmmm let me guess, Comcast feels intimidated by the Roku streamer??? Don't they get it, you have to be a paid HBO subscriber through your provider to use this service and I have been a paying HBO customer with Comcast for god knows how many years!!
Please add comcast to the group of cable companies that will allow HBO GO to be streamed through a Roku to your subscribers. It will enable us to watch on TV versus a PC! Not all episodes are On Demand - but they are available via roku. Please set up with Roku ASAP!
When will comcast let us access HBOGO on ROKU. For the the extremely high cost of your service, I'm paying over $150 a month just for my cable, you'd think comcast would be bending over backwards to provide us with a premium service!
Hey Comcast... when will you get with the program like your competitors did and add HBO2GO for the Roku?? You make big bucks now deliver big service!!
Add another request for HBO Go on the Roku--I subscribe to HBO, why isn't Comcast helping us watch it in the most convenient way for us? Your competitors are, and your services are expensive and replaceable. I personally know several people who have moved to AT&T in the past few months, and this might motivate me to join them.
Add me to the list--I am considering dropping the expensive Comcast service for another that will at least allow me full access to my services (like HBO Go) via Roku.
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Just want to post how ridiculous it is for Comcast to block subscribers from recieving HBO2GO on our ROKU boxes! What a bunch of crud! I know that I can access the same thing online, but it would be so much easier to access it with my ROKU! If they gave us access to every episode of every season on demand it would be great, but they don't!
Comcast and other providers can't supply what the networks don't give them. If something is not available On Demand blame the networks. They decide what is released to On Demand.
Evie, we're not talking about On Demand. We're talking about HBO Go, a service that HBO and Roku make available to all subscribers and that Comcast is deliberately blocking on the Roku from its increasingly reluctant customers. HBO is not withholding anything, Comcast allows HBO Go on computers, but not the Roku. It's competition does not block the Roku.
Just got a call from Comcast (top-notch CS response to this problem), and was told it's simply a licensing agreement they need to work out with HBO/Roku. However, I was told the BEST way to make this happen quickly is for everyone who has Comcast and a Roku to send Comcast a message under their CHANNEL REQUEST option...he said that's the dept. that would deal with something like this! So please E-mail them!
Do you have a link (or steps) to get to the CHANNEL REQUEST option? I didn't see it in their contact email form.
Edit: Think I found it, first have to choose "General Inquiry" in the Support Category, then the "Channel Lineup" I assume?
I agree with the sentiment that Comcast blocking access to HBOgo on Roku stinks. If a solution is not forthcoming I will gladly move to another service that does offer this in my area.
Just one more request to the Channels Dept., or whoever can make things happen. We are all paying for HBO through Comcast already. Please don't restrict the way we access our subscriptions. There are other options out there us.
Yes, I'm assuming the "CHANNEL LINEUP" option is the one you want to send your e-mail to. You can also call, but an e-mail will be more effective (because there's no guarantee a CS agent is going to forward your phone request to the right people).
I should add that he told me that the more customers they get e-mails from, the quicker supporting Roku would happen. He DID say it was going to be brought up at their next meeting. I have no idea how long a licensing deal takes to put in place, but he did say they have been focusing a lot of their attention with Mircosoft (since they'll be allowing/providing content for the Xbox Live TV option starting around Christmas - and, yes, HBO GO is part of that), so I think they just overlooked/set aside the Roku issue, since they haven't really been dealing with them.
I called Comcast this morning and after talking a being transferred twice by people who didn't understand what I was talking about, I was finally transferred to a gentleman who did. Comcast will be establishing the service sometime in the 4th quarter; so by the end of the year we should have the service..
Comcast has already joined with microsoft. This may be why comcast is not going with Roku.
That has nothing really to do with this. Roku is just another device... The problem is that it's not on their priority list. The only thing that is going to make this work is enough people need to complain. Maybe Roku can suggest a well known industry spokesperson and I'm sure that enough coverage will get them off their bu*t. I'm not much of a social media person but I'll join the crowd if someone can start some sort of "I'm P*ssed with Comcast" facebook and twitter movement, that seems to get attention these days.
I'll believe it's being added in the 4th Quarter if/when Comcast officially posts it here or elsewhere. Saying they'll do something and actually doing it are two different things...but I have a lot more hope today than I did yesterday...thanks to those of you who took the time to call or email. If you haven't yet, PLEASE do so...the more complaints they continue to get, the faster this will get done.
Just adding my voice. I called the main number and left a voice mail. I have written a letter. I spent time on chat with two different reps (who are generally great btw but really didn't get what I was asking them to do). And I emailed as suggested above. And I tweeted about it, to Comcast Cares. Suggest everybody else do the same.
Scroll back in this forum thread. The main address and phone number of Comcast is listed. The way to send an email is mentioned. If enough of us do it maybe they'll listen.
And yes I saw the post about MAYBE we'll see it in the fourth quarter (i think its already the fourth quarter, and its not here yet). I can't rely on third hand comments that might be repeating inaccurate information anyway. If Comcast wants to announce they're going to support it they can go ahead and do that.
I just sent an e-mail, if there's anything else that anyone would recommend to get Comcast moving on this issue faster, I'll join in, I find this incredibly frustrating, as soon as I heard Roku was going to add HBO to Go I went out and got one, now I find out that Comcast is going to be the stumbling block here and for what reason? Comcast isn't supporting the streaming of HBO content, this isn't going to be any kind of strain on their resources. Why do they even need to give permission? Comcast, get out of the way here!
I also went out and bought a Roku in anticipation of watching HBO GO on it.
I got the info directly from Comcast's website:
I already got a reply to my email requesting HBO GO be added to Roku.
"First, let me point out that while the link you have provided is on the Comcast website, it is not an official Comcast press release. The article was written by the Associated Press and does not mention Comcast at all in the story. This feature is not currently available through Comcast Xfinity."
My email is being forwarded on to the "appropriate management and marketing teams for further review".
I think I'm going to head over to Twitter.
Does anyone have the contact information or email where we should send our view/complaint? I already tweeted their rep but I want to do more.
Complaining on this forum doesn't get anywhere as this is really for support issues. Like I previously mentioned, we need to find an industry leader to make a point of this. Comcast is such a huge company that they most likely could really care less about the Roku even though it's a big deal to us. I'm sure that enough people tweet and FB about this, it may get noticed. Posting on various industry blogs is very important too. I'm at work right now but there are some good tech news streaming channels (Geek something?) on Roku that would be good to reach out to also. Roku could also be helpful by directing users to locations to compalin but I doubt they would do that? Let's see... how many Roku's have been sold and how many are paying HBO-Comcast customers?? This is what drives the nail
It's already hitting the press, see http://gigaom.com/video/hbo-go-for-roku-comcast-directv/
As I said in my earlier post, the best way to get your message to the proper people is to send an e-mail under the CHANNEL LINEUP option...I was told that the people who get these e-mails are the same ones who would handle an issue like this - this comes from a "suit" from Comcast who talked with me on the phone this morning about the problem (they called me, I didn't call them).
Talk about setting the stage for cord-cutting...when Comcast shuts out services like this, all it does is make me look for other ways to get them. Dish Network seems the most obvious since Comcast is somewhat of a monopoly in my area.
I have a feeling this plays into their Xfinity On Demand play, which only offers a limited selection of the HBO programming I pay $15+/month for.
This is another thing to weigh on my mind every month I get that $167 bill. For their own sake, I hope Comcast figures this out before I do.
I have sent in my complaint to channel line up today. I also sent on yesterday to the general email repsonse. Hopefully they can work this out. I am not ready to spend $300.00 on an x-box plus additional fees for x-box live for something I should already have access to.
HBO Go offers all of the old episodes of its shows, that aren't available OnDemand.
Well, that's a shame. I added HBO just so that I could access the old episodes through my Roku player and catch up to the current seasons. Guess who just canceled his HBO subscription? This guy. Brilliant Comcast, Brilliant.
Why is comcast blocking access to HBO GO on Roku devices? I'm think about cancelling comcast just for this reason alone.
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the only thing the app would do is provide you on demand type programming, which you should have with your regular cable box, what exactly would you like the app to be on roku that you can't already do with your cable box.?
The reason I would like it is I use a TIVO box not the comcast box (TIVO has a MUCH better interface and the Comcast DVR I had would just stop working and required reboots at least every other day - but I digress!), so the only way I can get on-demand programming is through my computer. So, yes the Roku service would be awesome!
This is really annoying. It is another time that Comcast is greedy for no reason and to their own detrement. There is someone at Comcast who believes that people will keep more cable boxes if they don't offer this service (and many others). What they don't understand is those of us without cable boxes will never get them.
Yeah, I'd like HBO GO on Roku too!! There is no reason why we shouldn't have it.
I mean, why make us sit in front of a computer to see it? Or hook up a laptop to the tv to see it? Just dumb.
I know, right? Me too.
We pay for HBO... why should they care how we watch it??
It's not even a question of "greed", it's a matter of stupidity, plain and simple. Comcast doesn't lose A DIME by allowing access, and they win over the goodwill of their subscribers. My guess is that someone up the "food chain" at Comcast who makes these decisions has no idea what the Roku is or what it provides.
I too was disappointed that Comcast is trying to controll access technology. I already have a cable box that stutters, doesn't work reliably, and has to be rebooted every day or two. And that costs me $100/month. The Roku hasn't been rebooted since I bought it, works great, doesn't stutter. Oh, and it also is the size of a cell phone and doesn't get hot enough to toast marshmallows.
To me, this is like a city that has bus service charging me road tax and then telling me I have to take the bus. Bad move Comcast.
I agree with many of the other comments on this subject of HBO2GO on Roku. What is Comcast Xfinity AFRAID OF??? You would think with all the money we pay particularly if we're bundled with Comcast's phone, internet and TV at almost $180.00 per month; that they would want to offer as many services to the customers and be the best of the best!
I am really ticked to not get HBO2Go on my Roku which now includes audio/subtitles for the hard of hearing.
I will wait for awhile to see what Comcast Xfinity is going to come up with but this is a big issue for us to get programs, past series (Boardwalk Empire), and other shows not available on the Comcast Xfinity HBO lineup. I suppose I can hook my computer up directly to my TV and get the Roku HBO2Go program but what a shame that Comcast would subject their customers to that!! My husband and I (retired) like to watch TV together, not separately on our computers. Come on Comcast......be a leader not a follower!
I ordered HBO for one reason only, to catch-up with and watch shows like Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire. Now I find that because ComCast dosen't use HBO2GO, the only way to watch the past epasiodes is to sit infront of my computer.
What's wrong with you guys? Get your act together and allow us to use the services necessary to enjoy the programs we pay to see!!!
I also wanted to add my displeasure with Comcast for not allowing HBOGO via Roku. Indeed, this has me reviewing other carriers. I encourage others to find an alternative cable and internet carrier if this isn't resolved. This is poor decision making by Comcast.
That Comcast does not support HBO Go on the Roku is a joke. You can use HBO Go already on various platform's, but the same service is not available on another? This is ridiculous. This kind of behaviour should be illegal.
As it appears there are no licensing issues involved when Comcast made the decision to not support HBO Go on the Roku (see link to article below):
"Furthermore, there's no contractual reason Comcast or DirecTV users can't access the Roku app. A person with knowledge of the situation told us there are no amendments needed for those companies to authenticate with one device or another, and the decision to support different devices — or not — is up to the operator"
If the following article can be believed Comcast is trying to push its own crappy app to XBox and other settop box like platforms: http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/gigaom/articles/video_hbo_go_for_roku_comcast_directv.html
Well, then suddenly it makes sense that you dont' want your subscribers to use a competitor product, because you wouldn't be able to sell yours when it is being released. If the above article is right, then we as Comcast subscribers won't see HBO Go on any device that you can hook up to a TV. Isn't that awesome!?
I am just as angry as everyone that Comcast decided not to support HBO GO, making me about 40% more likely to jump to another carrier. I love my Roku box, I wish I could say the same for Comcast
I think this says a lot about how little regard Comcast has for their customers. I hate how reluctant they are to support more choices on more platforms


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While US Bank cannot foreclose on the home, it can sue her to collect the debt she still owes.
Hough's attorney, Henry Loeb of Somerville, said, "It's a split decision. She is very happy about having the mortgage voided. But we thought there were decent arguments to have the entire loan voided."
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US BANK, N.A. v. HOUGH
US BANK, N.A., Plaintiff-Respondent,
NIKIA HOUGH, Defendant-Appellant, and
MR. HOUGH, HUSBAND OF NIKIA HOUGH; NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS; COUNCIL ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING; TOWNSHIP OF PISCATAWAY; NEW JERSEY HOUSING AND MORTGAGE FINANCE AGENCY; STATE OF NEW JERSEY; and THE COMMONS AT PISCATAWAY, INC., Defendants.
No. A-5623-08T3.
Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.
Argued January 12, 2010.
Reargued April 13, 2010.
Decided September 14, 2010.
Henry A. Loeb argued the cause for appellant (Blumberg & Rosenberg, P.A., attorneys; Mr. Loeb, on the brief).
Vladimir Palma argued the cause for respondent (Phelan Hallinan & Schmieg, PC, attorneys; Mr. Palma, on the brief).
Geraldine Callahan, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Office of the Attorney General (Paula T. Dow, Attorney General, attorney; Nancy Kaplen, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Ms. Callahan, on the statement in lieu of brief).
Before Judges Fuentes, Gilroy and Simonelli.
This is a real property foreclosure action. Plaintiff US Bank, N.A. seeks to foreclose upon defendant Nikia Hough's residential condominium unit located in the Township of Piscataway (the Township). The condominium unit forms part of the Township's affordable housing obligation and, as such, is subject to the Uniform Housing Affordability Controls (UHAC) adopted by defendant New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA), N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.1 to -26.26. Hough appeals from the June 12, 2009 order that denied her motion seeking to "void judgment of foreclosure and to dismiss plaintiff's complaint with prejudice."
The primary question presented is whether a commercial lender, which makes a loan secured by a mortgage on an affordable housing unit in excess of the amount permitted by N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.8(b), is prohibited from seeking to foreclose the mortgage. We answer the question in the affirmative, holding that the mortgage is void pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.18(e). Accordingly, we reverse.
We briefly state the procedural history and facts leading to this appeal. On January 14, 2004, Hough purchased the condominium unit for $68,142.86. To fund part of the purchase price, Hough borrowed $61,329 from Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., and secured the loan by executing a mortgage in favor of Wells Fargo. Because the condominium formed a part of the Township's affordable housing obligation, the deed contained the following restriction:
The owner's right title and interest in this unit and the use, sale and resale of this property are subject to the terms, conditions, restrictions, limitations and provisions as set forth in Ordinance number 88-34, as amended, which Ordinance is entitled "An Ordinance Establishing and Creating Regulations Governing the Conduct of the Purchase and/or Rental of Affordable Housing in the Township of Piscataway[,"]. . . as well as those terms, conditions, restrictions, limitations, and provisions as set forth in the "Affordable Housing Plan of the Commons at Piscataway" dated April 3, 1991 which plan was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Middlesex County . . . on June 20, 1991. Both are on file with the Piscataway Township Department of Planning and Community Development.
The deed was recorded in the Middlesex County Clerk's Office on March 15, 2004.
On March 25, 2005, Hough refinanced the condominium unit by borrowing $108,000 from Mortgage Lenders Network, USA, Inc. At the time of the mortgage transaction, the maximum allowable resale price of the condominium unit, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.6, was approximately $68,735.41.[ 1 ] Hough executed a promissory note in favor of Mortgage Lenders, secured by a mortgage on the condominium unit. The mortgage was recorded in the Middlesex County Clerk's Office on April 14, 2005. Hough used the mortgage proceeds to satisfy the Wells Fargo purchase money mortgage then in the amount of $62,795.10, and for other personal unsecured debts, and real property tax liens. Hough netted $20,080.45 from the mortgage refinance. The new mortgage included the same affordable housing restriction contained in the January 14, 2004 deed. On February 1, 2007, Hough defaulted on the mortgage.
On June 12, 2007, Mortgage Lenders filed a complaint in foreclosure against Hough.[ 2 ] On July 20, 2007, Mortgage Lenders assigned the mortgage to plaintiff. On July 8, 2008, plaintiff filed an amended complaint adding as defendants: the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA), the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH), the Township, HMFA, and Hough's condominium, The Commons at Piscataway, Inc. Plaintiff served Hough with the amended complaint and summons on August 13, 2008. Plaintiff entered default against defendants on September 18, 2008.
The Township filed an answer alleging priority over plaintiff's mortgage based on the deed restriction. On December 15, 2008, plaintiff and the Township filed a consent order under which the Township withdrew its answer; and plaintiff agreed to prosecute the action subject to the affordable housing restriction referenced in the January 14, 2004 deed, to provide the Township with notice of any sheriff's sale, and to request the court return the matter to the Office of Foreclosure as an uncontested action.
On January 26, 2009, plaintiff filed and served a notice for entry of final judgment. On March 9, 2009, plaintiff filed proofs in support of its request for entry of judgment. In the interim, Hough filed a motion seeking to void the judgment of foreclosure and to dismiss the complaint with prejudice, contending that the mortgage violated the UHAC regulations, as it secured a loan in excess of the amount permitted pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.8(b).
On April 3, 2009, mistakenly believing that final judgment had already been entered, the trial court denied the motion, concluding that vacating the judgment would improperly bestow a benefit upon Hough because she had been aware of the affordable housing restrictions when she borrowed the money, paid off the Wells Fargo mortgage, and otherwise used or retained the balance of the mortgage proceeds. It is from this order that Hough appeals.
The order appealed from is not a final judgment. A "final judgment in an action to foreclose a real estate mortgage fixes the amount due under the mortgage and directs the sale of the real estate to raise funds to satisfy the amount due." Eisen v. Kostakos, 116 N.J. Super. 358, 365 (App. Div. 1971). Accordingly, the order appealed from is interlocutory, as it is not final as to all parties and all issues. Janicky v. Pt. Bay Fuel, Inc., 396 N.J. Super. 545, 549-50 (App. Div. 2007). Nonetheless, because of the importance of the issue presented, we grant leave to appeal nunc pro tunc. Gill v. N.J. Dep't of Banking & Ins., 404 N.J. Super. 1, 8 (App. Div. 2008).
Hough initially argued that we should reverse and declare only the mortgage void, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.18(e). In countering plaintiff's assertion that she would receive a windfall if the court were to void the entire indebtedness, Hough contended that plaintiff's assertion "ignore[d] that it is only [plaintiff's] mortgage that is void under the COAH regulation at issue and not the [n]ote or therefore the underlying debt. Rather, the regulation unequivocally establishes a reasoned and non-confiscatory penalty for a violation of its requirement; a loss of the obligation's secured status."
Questioning whether N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.18(e) requires voiding only the mortgage or whether it also requires voiding the indebtedness, we invited the Attorney General to address the issue on behalf of the HMFA. Consistent with Hough's initial assertion, the Attorney General argued it is only "the mortgage secured by the affordable property that offends the regulation and is void as against public policy." Nonetheless, contrary to her initial position, Hough contended at re-argument that we should not only void the mortgage, but also declare the underlying indebtedness void as against public policy.
The January 14, 2004 deed restriction placed lenders on constructive notice that the condominium unit was part of the Township's Mount Laurel[ 3 ] affordable housing obligation subject to the UHAC regulations.[ 4 ] The amount of indebtedness that can legally be secured by a mortgage on an affordable housing unit is governed by N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.8, which provides:
(a) Prior to incurring any indebtedness to be secured by an ownership unit, the owner shall submit to the administrative agent a notice of intent to incur such indebtedness, in such form and with such documentary support as determined by the administrative agent, and the owner shall not incur any such indebtedness unless and until the administrative agent has determined in writing that the proposed indebtedness complies with the provisions of this section.
(b) With the exception of original purchase money mortgages, during a control period, neither an owner nor a lender shall at any time cause or permit the total indebtedness secured by an ownership unit to exceed 95 percent of the maximum allowable resale price of that unit, as such price is determined by the administrative agent in accordance with N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.6(c).
"Administrative agent" is defined in the regulations as meaning "the entity responsible for administering the affordability controls of this subchapter with respect to specific restricted units, as designated pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.14." N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.2.
The "maximum allowable resale price" of an affordable housing unit is determined in accordance with N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.6:
(c) The initial purchase price of a restricted ownership unit financed under [Urban Home Ownership Recovery Program] or [Market Oriented Neighborhood Investment Program] unit shall be calculated so that the monthly carrying costs of the unit, including principal and interest (based on a mortgage loan equal to 95 percent of the purchase price and the Federal Reserve HR15 rate of interest), taxes, homeowner and private mortgage insurance and condominium or homeowner association fees do not exceed 28 percent of the eligible monthly income of a household whose income does not exceed 45 percent of median income, in the case of a low-income unit, or 72 percent of median income, in the case of a moderate-income unit, and that is of an appropriate household size as determined under N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.4.
(d) The maximum resale price for a restricted ownership unit, if the resale occurs prior to the one-year anniversary of the date on which title to the unit was first transferred to a certified household, is the initial purchase price. If the resale occurs on or after such anniversary date, the maximum resale price shall be consistent with the regional income limits most recently published by COAH and calculated pursuant to [N.J.A.C.] 5:94-7.2(b). The administrative agent shall prove all resale prices, in writing and in advance of the resale, to assure compliance with the foregoing standards.
Lastly, the prohibition against securing loans in excess of the amount permitted by N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.8(b) with a mortgage against an affordable housing unit is enforced in part by N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.18(e), which provides:
Banks and other lending institutions are prohibited from issuing any loan secured by owner-occupied real property subject to the affordability controls set forth in this subchapter, if such loan would be in excess of the amounts permitted by the restriction documents recorded in the deed or mortgage book in the county in which the property is located. Any loan issued in violation of this subsection shall be void as against public policy.
[(Emphasis added).]
Hough contends that because N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.8(e) provides that "[a]ny loan issued in violation of [the regulation] shall be void as against public policy," that the regulation prohibits plaintiff from seeking not only to foreclose upon the mortgage, but also from seeking to collect upon the underlying debt instrument. Plaintiff counters that because it has agreed with the Township that it will foreclose upon the condominium unit subject to the affordable housing restrictions, stipulating that any sheriff's sale will not produce a sale price higher than the maximum resale price as determined by the UHAC regulations, and the property would be sold only to a qualified buyer as determined under those regulations, that we should affirm the trial court's order denying defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint. Plaintiff also contends that if we prohibit it from proceeding with its foreclosure action, Hough "would clearly have been unjustly enriched," when, in fact, her own acts or omissions materially contributed to the mortgage refinance in violation of N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.8(b). In support of that contention, plaintiff cites N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.8(a), which requires an owner to give notice of intent to the administrative agent that the owner intends to incur an indebtedness secured by a mortgage on the affordable housing unit, other than a first purchase money mortgage loan. Plaintiff asserts the record is devoid of any evidence that Hough gave the required notice before she refinanced the property with Mortgage Lenders.
The HMFA, through the Attorney General, contends that N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.18(e) only requires the voiding of the mortgage as against public policy, contending that "[t]he regulation does not affect the underlying debt as that does not undermine the regulation's purpose." We agree with the HMFA's interpretation of the regulation.
"[W]e `give great deference to an agency's interpretation and implementation of its rules enforcing the statutes for which it is responsible.'" ZRB, LLC v. NJ Dep't of Envtl. Prot., 403 N.J. Super. 531, 549 (App. Div. 2008) (quoting In re Freshwater Wetlands Prot. Act Rules, 180 N.J. 478, 488 (2004)); see also DiMaria v. Bd. of Trustees of Pub. Employees' Ret. Sys., 225 N.J. Super. 341, 351 (App. Div.), certif. denied, 113 N.J. 638 (1988). "That deference stems from the recognition that agencies have specialized expertise and superior knowledge in the areas of law delegated by the Legislature." Lourdes Med. Ctr. v. Bd. of Rev., 394 N.J. Super. 446, 458 (App. Div. 2007), rev'd. on other grounds, 197 N.J. 339 (2009).
The agency's interpretation need not be the only permissible one or even the one that the court would have chosen had the question been first presented to it. Matturri v. Bd. of Trs. of Judicial Ret. Sys., 173 N.J. 368, 382 (2002). So long as the agency's interpretation is not "plainly unreasonable," it will prevail. Ibid. Nonetheless, "we are not `bound by the agency's interpretation of the statute or its determination of a strictly legal issue.'" ZRB, supra, 403 N.J. Super. at 550 (quoting In re Taylor, 158 N.J. 644, 658 (1999)).
Applying these principles, we conclude that HMFA's interpretation of N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.18(e) is not "plainly unreasonable" because it supports the primary purpose of the UFAC regulations. Thus, plaintiff is only barred from seeking to foreclose upon the mortgage; it is not barred from seeking to collect upon the underlying obligation.
The Legislature enacted the New Jersey Fair Housing Act (FHA), N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301 to 329, to further the goals of the Supreme Court's Mount Laurel decisions. The Court in Mt. Laurel I declared that the New Jersey Constitution "requires every developing municipality, through its land use ordinance, to provide a realistic opportunity for the construction of its fair share of the region's low and moderate income housing needs." In re Adoption of Unif. Hous. Affordability Controls by the N.J. Hous. and Mortgage Fin. Agency, 390 N.J. Super. 89, 92 (App. Div.), certif. denied, 192 N.J. 65 (2007); see also N.J.S.A. 52:27D-302a. In Mt. Laurel II, the Court mandated that "municipalities were required to address not only the housing needs of their own citizens, but also the housing needs `of those residing outside of the municipality but within the region that contributes to the housing demand within the municipality.'" In re Adoption of Unif. Hous. Affordability Controls, supra, 390 N.J. Super. at 93 (quoting Mt. Laurel II, supra, 92 N.J. at 208-09).
To implement the legislative process of the FHA, the Legislature established COAH, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-305a, and appointed the HMFA as the agency to "establish affordable housing programs to assist municipalities in meeting the obligation of developing communities to provide low and moderate income housing." N.J.S.A. 52:27D-321. COAH and the HMFA are authorized to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out their statutory charges. N.J.S.A. 52:27D-307.5 and N.J.S.A. 52:27D-321e, f, and g, respectively.
Pursuant to the FHA, the HMFA developed and now administers housing affordability controls. 36 N.J.R. 3655(a). The purpose of those controls is to "ensure the continuing affordability of housing receiving credit from [COAH] or receiving funding under the Neighborhood Preservation Balanced Housing . . . program." Ibid. (citation omitted).
In adopting N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.18(e), the HMFA pronounced that it is against public policy for a commercial lender to issue a loan secured by an affordable housing unit for an amount in excess of 95% of the units' maximum allowable resale price. The focus of the regulation is the use of an affordable housing unit as security for an excessive loan. Stated differently, if a lending institution is permitted to make a loan secured by a mortgage against an affordable housing unit in excess of 95% of the maximum resale price of the unit, default on the loan could result in foreclosure, thus leading to the loss of the affordable housing unit. This would countermand the public policy of ensuring that affordable housing units remain affordable and occupied by lower income households. Ibid. It is with this goal in mind that HMFA asserts that "it is the mortgage secured by the affordable property that offends the regulation and is void as against public policy. The regulation does not affect the underlying debt as that does not undermine the regulation's purpose."
We reject defendant's contention that N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.18(e) requires voidance of both the mortgage and the underlying indebtedness. Such an interpretation would unduly enrich Hough, with Hough having contributed to the mortgage refinance. Regulations, like statutes, must be construed "to avoid . . . interpretations that lead to absurd or unreasonable results." State v. Lewis, 185 N.J. 363, 369 (2005); see also Cosmair, Inc. v. Dir., N.J. Div. of Tax., 109 N.J. 562, 570 (1988) ("[i]f a literal construction of the words of a statute be absurd, the act must be so construed as to avoid the absurdity. The court must restrain the words.") (quoting State v. Clark, 29 N.J.L. 96, 99 (1860)).
We reverse the June 12, 2009 order that denied defendant's motion seeking to dismiss plaintiff's foreclosure complaint with prejudice. Plaintiff may file a separate action seeking to collect upon the unsecured underlying indebtedness.
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Federal agency characterizes incident as act of "violence"
Paul Joseph Watson
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Despite the fact that thousands of TSA agents across the country engage in similar behavior on a daily basis, a woman was arrested after she turned the tables on the federal agency and groped a TSA supervisor in protest at her treatment.
Carol Price, herself a former TSA screener, was traveling to her brother's funeral in Cleveland, Ohio by way of Southwest Florida International Airport.
After Price became infuriated at receiving a pat down, which included touching her breasts and genitals, a violation of the protocols she herself had been trained to carry out, the Lee County woman voiced her complaint to a TSA supervisor by physically demonstrating how she was groped.
The video shows Price briefly running her hands up and down the inside thigh and crotch of the TSA supervisor.
Price believed she was being targeted for harsh treatment by her former co-worker for personal reasons. She was removed from her flight, missed her brother's funeral, handcuffed and taken to jail.
For demonstrating the kind of humiliation that TSA agents have become renowned for practicing, Price faces misdemeanor battery charges. She has pleaded not guilty.
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Responding to the incident, the TSA claimed Price had carried out an act of "violence" by groping the TSA supervisor, while Price's defense attorney John Mills contended that the treatment dished out to Price by TSA agents was far more invasive.
Indeed, if the TSA characterizes Price's actions as violent, then tens of thousands of TSA agents are habitually carrying out acts of violence against the American people by subjecting them to degrading pat downs which often include physically touching travelers' genitals.
Why are cops and FBI agents forbidden from touching American citizens without probable cause whereas TSA agents, who although festooned with badges and uniforms are not law enforcement officials, get away with behavior the federal agency itself characterizes as "violence" on a daily basis?
Price's court date has been set for July 3rd.
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Thanks ^-^Olle2 wrote: Thanks! Great work.
Yes, the settings are all UK initially, as noted in the readme; keyboard and other locale stuff can be changed via the GUI, but I do need to build a little app to prompt for the WiFi regulatory domain using a drop-down list, and present that on first boot, with the WiFi locked until it is specified. At the moment, you can set the domain (per the release instructions and readme) via /etc/conf.d/rpi3-wifi-regdom, but the process should be simplified. On my list for the next release.Gavinmc42 wrote: To make it friendlier to new Gentoo users an easier way to change region settings would be nice.
I went to edit some files and find my keyboard is set to UK
The Gentoo build is a 'pure' aarch64 system, however running 32-bit apps against a 64-bit kernel in ARM v8 is possible, but requires (afaik) a full, separate 32-bit userspace to run it from (well, not exactly a full copy, but a transitive closure of all the target application's library dependencies in 32-bit must be supplied). Not very hard to set this up actually (you could try it yourself in a chroot with e.g. an untarred Raspbian 32-bit root fs, if you didn't want to mess with load paths), but out of scope for me / the gentoo-on-rpi3-64bit project at this point in time (sorry!)Gavinmc42 wrote: Can 3 cores run in Aarch64 and the last core run in Aarch32 and talk to these 32bit apps?
Also (and this may have changed since the last time I checked, if so I'd really like to know so I can add it in!), some features on the RPi3 which require MMAX or OpenMax IL are unavailable currently when booted in 64-bit mode, regardless of whether the particular userspace client is 32-bit or 64-bit.Gavinmc42 wrote: So that means the 32bit userland apps like raspistill/vid won't work?
Ok time to get some new/better uSDcards, only got 1 of 4 16GB working nowIt's worth mentioning that USB booting is still officially considered an experimental feature, isn't it?
Yes, NeddySeagoon was the first to get arm64 rust running on Gentoo. It is now keyworded in the main Gentoo tree, and rust-1.23.0 ships with the image, so e.g.:Gavinmc42 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:35 amI did notice the browser is written in Rust which means Neddyseagoon? got the 64 bit Rust compiler working?
This looks to be using some multicore code from Mozilla's servo engine?
Wonder how many tabs can be open, Raspbian Chromium gets flaky at about 6 tabs.
Er lots, got past 30 tabs and lost count
Hmm, Rust only 1.23.0, might have to Rustup, some AVR support in new version.
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rustc 1.23.0-dev
go is keyworded for ~arm64 on Gentoo, so I guess it can be built OK. I'll have a look at adding it to the maintained autobuild list, once rust finishes.Gavinmc42 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:35 amNo Go language installed?
Once Go works, Docker follows?
That's because I only mark certain, tested versions as suitable for upgrade via this file. You can always manually install as you have done, or enable automatic upgrade always to the most recent available 4.14 version, by placing the following into /etc/portage/package.unmask/bcmrpi3-kernel-bin:Gavinmc42 wrote: Upgraded SDcard version to 4.14.33 and it seems much better than the USB boot stick version, more responsive to mouse/keyboard
4.14.34 did not autoupdate by using .... emerge -av bcmrpi3-kernel-bin
The wget...tar instructions work.
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# always upgrade to most recent 4.14 version available
Yay!Gavinmc42 wrote: Gentoo is now very pleasant to use
So, today I have tested and written up new wiki entry, showing how to install a 32-bit Raspbian chroot on your gentoo-on-rpi3-64bit system, then, using this, install 32-bit apps (using apt-get) from Raspbian, and run them alongside 64-bit Gentoo apps on your (64-bit) desktop. The example app I use in the tutorial is Lazarus (seemed appropriate somehow ^-^). Here's a screenshot of 32-bit Raspbian Lazarus running on an 64-bit Gentoo RPi3 B+:Sakaki wrote: The Gentoo build is a 'pure' aarch64 system, however running 32-bit apps against a 64-bit kernel in ARM v8 is possible, but requires (afaik) a full, separate 32-bit userspace to run it from (well, not exactly a full copy, but a transitive closure of all the target application's library dependencies in 32-bit must be supplied). Not very hard to set this up actually (you could try it yourself in a chroot with e.g. an untarred Raspbian 32-bit root fs, if you didn't want to mess with load paths), but out of scope for me / the gentoo-on-rpi3-64bit project at this point in time (sorry!)
Yes, the image runs ships with a 512MiB swapfile on the root partition, for simplicity, so root on USB implies swap on USB. If running lots of open apps, and your storage is slow, you may experience a lag while the target app swaps some pages back in (probably what was happening there). Depending on your setup, a different swap configuration may produce better results.
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# -- Get current swap usage for all running processes
# --
# -- rev.0.3, 2012-09-03, Jan Smid - alignment and intendation, sorting
# -- rev.0.2, 2012-08-09, Mikko Rantalainen - pipe the output to "sort -nk3" to get sorted output
# -- rev.0.1, 2011-05-27, Erik Ljungstrom - initial version
SCRIPT_NAME=`basename $0`;
SORT="kb"; # {pid|kB|name} as first parameter, [default: kb]
[ ! -x `which mktemp` ] && { echo "ERROR: mktemp is not available!"; exit; }
MKTEMP=`which mktemp`;
TMP=`${MKTEMP} -d`;
[ ! -d "${TMP}" ] && { echo "ERROR: unable to create temp dir!"; exit; }
echo "${OVERALL}" > ${TMP}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.overal;
for DIR in `find /proc/ -maxdepth 1 -type d -regex "^/proc/[0-9]+"`;
PID=`echo $DIR | cut -d / -f 3`
PROGNAME=`ps -p $PID -o comm --no-headers`
for SWAP in `grep Swap $DIR/smaps 2>/dev/null| awk '{ print $2 }'`
let SUM=$SUM+$SWAP
if (( $SUM > 0 ));
echo -n ".";
echo -e "${PID}\t${SUM}\t${PROGNAME}" >> ${TMP}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.pid;
echo -e "${SUM}\t${PID}\t${PROGNAME}" >> ${TMP}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.kb;
echo -e "${PROGNAME}\t${SUM}\t${PID}" >> ${TMP}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.name;
let OVERALL=$OVERALL+$SUM
echo "${OVERALL}" > ${TMP}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.overal;
echo "Overall swap used: ${OVERALL} kB";
echo "========================================";
case "${SORT}" in
name )
echo -e "name\tkB\tpid";
echo "========================================";
cat ${TMP}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.name|sort -r;
kb )
echo -e "kB\tpid\tname";
echo "========================================";
cat ${TMP}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.kb|sort -rh;
pid | * )
echo -e "pid\tkB\tname";
echo "========================================";
cat ${TMP}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.pid|sort -rh;
rm -fR "${TMP}/";
scons is a Python build utility. It is available as a binary package on the binhost. So you can just do:Gavinmc42 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 20, 2018 12:43 pmGot the Arm Compute Library for 64bit NEON fun and games, needs something called scons 2.3 or above.
Apt-get install works on Debian.
Starting to think there is only three OS's in the world Windows/OS X/Debian.
https://community.arm.com/graphics/b/bl ... te-library
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demouser@pi64 ~ $ tar -xzf v18.03.tar.gz
demouser@pi64 ~ $ cd ComputeLibrary-18.03
demouser@pi64 ~/ComputeLibrary-18.03 $ nice -n 19 scons Werror=1 -j2 neon=1 opencl=0 gles_compute=1 arch="arm64-v8a" build=native extra_cxx_flags="-mtune=cortex-a53"
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With times like that it just re-enforces why I use Free PascalAllow 1-2 hours for it to build
Crashed and burned, went out after a hour, had error when I got back.(I recommend -j2 rather than -j4, and maximum niceness, as in the above, to keep your desktop responsive during the build
Yes, this is a cron.weekly genup job. If you want to turn it off, see these instructions in the readme. The way things are set up, it should really only be trying to upgrade things for which pre-built binary packages exist on the binhost (unless you have been doing a lot of USE flag changes etc. locally!) so the upgrade time isn't usually onerous (1-2 hours or so) even when big things like gcc or libreoffice are getting revbumped.
Gavinmc42 wrote: Crashed and burned, went out after a hour, had error when I got back.
But if it compiled the Compute library and ran for an hour+, then it will probably compile parts of it.
Did you get yours to compile?
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I use swap and root on the SD card, and an overlay mount for /var/tmp/portage (where all the build action happens) on USB stick, in an attempt to maximize bandwidth (separate busses). Also, the RPi3B+ is set up as a distcc client, with a crossdev PC as the server. I have notes on how to set this up in the project's wiki.Gavinmc42 wrote: I think I might have to get some more Pi3B+ and setup a compiler farm.
Got so much 64bit stuff I want to try now.
What setup do you use?
Funnily enough I did try swap over NFS onto an exported ramdisk of a PC on the same network. I actually had good success with this approach before, with another embedded board which had a (real) Gigabit Ethernet, but lousy on-board storage. It did create an additional point of failure and NFS wasn't perhaps the ideal transport, but I have to say it was pretty quick.Gavinmc42 wrote: Pi3B+ can get 300Mbs over Ethernet, is that faster than SD/USD drive speeds?
Network storage instead on local?
Hmm network swap file, nope probably better to go headless?
Portage does not directly overwrite configuration files on an update. Instead, it writes a 'shadow' copy, and expects you to decide what to do about each one. There's a tool, called dispatch-conf, that you run (as root) to do this. I have some notes about using it here.Gavinmc42 wrote: What is CONFIGURATION FILES UPDATE TOOLS?
4 config files in '/etc/portage' need updating.
There's an Xfce4 CPU frequency applet plugin that will show the current frequency per core (it's bundled with the image). If you right-click on the top panel bar you can add it. It's not very pretty ><Gavinmc42 wrote: Oh, forgot, no temperature display in the panel applets, I used to watch that in the Pi3B's, good indicator of stress.
Throttle freq display?
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Egyptian factions entrench ahead of military deadline
Updated 12:05 p.m. ET
CAIRO With a military deadline for intervention ticking down, hundreds of thousands of protesters seeking the ouster of Egypt's Islamist president sought Tuesday to push the embattled leader further toward the edge with another massive show of resolve and unity.
In a significant move, opposition parties and the youth movement behind the demonstrations agreed that reform leader and Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei would represent them in any negotiations on the country's political future.
The pact, at least in theory, should end the bickering and rivalries that have plagued the opposition.
At the same time, President Mohammed Morsi faced fissures from within after a stunning surge of street rage reminiscent of Egypt's Arab Spring revolution in 2011 that cleared the way for Morsi's long-suppressed Muslim Brotherhood to win the first open elections in decades.
Three government spokesmen were the latest to quit as part of high-level defections that underscored his increasing isolation and fallout from the ultimatum from Egypt's powerful armed forces to either find a political solution by Wednesday or the generals would seek their own way to end the political chaos.
Gehad al-Haddad, a senior Muslim Brotherhood spokesman, told CBS News' Alex Ortiz the military's threat has changed the game.
"I think it's a coup," al-Haddad said.
- What do President Morsi's opponents want, and what is the military's role?
- Egypt protesters ransack Muslim Brotherhood headquarters
- Protesters attack Muslim Brotherhood HQ in Cairo
Al-Haddad called the threat "completely unacceptable," but added that his organization will not be caught off-guard if the military makes good on its threat.
"We are shifting our tactics," al-Haddad said. "We have had a scenario for this for some time. If military moves on the ground we have a plan for that."
CBS News correspondent Clarissa Ward spoke with al-Haddad on Monday, and he told her Morsi inherited Egypt's troubles from former president Hosni Mubarak.
"If you get a Formula 1 racer into a car with four flat tires, no steering wheel and an empty tank, it's not going to drive. It needs to be fixed first," said Gihad al-Haddad.
The police, which are under control of the Interior Ministry, have stood on the sidelines of the protests, refusing even to protect the offices of the Muslim Brotherhood that have been attacked and ransacked. Their ministry has thrown its considerable weight behind the military.
In response to the growing pressures on Morsi, his Islamist backers have stepped up their own warnings that it may take bloodshed to dislodge him.
Some supporters say they would rather die fighting a military takeover than accept Morsi's ouster just a year after the country's first free election.
"Seeking martyrdom to prevent the ongoing coup is what we can offer as a sign of gratitude to previous martyrs who died in the revolution," Brotherhood stalwart Mohammed el-Beltagi wrote Tuesday in his official Facebook page.
Morsi, meanwhile, met with Defense Minister and army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Qandil in the second such meeting in as many days. No details were given about the meeting, reported by an official at the president's office, Ayman Ali.
The meeting, however, suggests that efforts were being made to resolve the crisis, although there is little time and almost no political will from the opposition to accept anything less than Morsi's departure.
At least 16 have been killed in clashes since Sunday between Morsi's opponents and his many backers, who have equated the demonstrations and military arm-twisting to a coup against a democratically elected president.
The Tamarod, or Rebel, movement which organized the protests has given the president until 5 p.m. Tuesday (1500 GMT) to step down or face even larger demonstrations and possible "complete civil disobedience."
In a highly symbolic move, the crowds have camped out at Cairo's Tahrir quare, the birthplace of the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. They also have massed outside the president's Ittahdiya palace in the leafy suburb of Heliopolis.
Across town, however, Morsi's backers have hunkered down at their own rally site, vowing to resist any attempts to nullifying his election last year and the rise of Islamist voices in Egypt's political affairs after bring muzzled under Mubarak.
On Monday, a line of around 1,500 men with shields, helmets and sticks assigned with protecting the rally stamped their feet in military-like lines, singing, "Stomp our feet, raise a fire. Islam's march is coming."
The volatile atmosphere has been made even more unsettled by the prospect the military could soon step in.
The military's declaration, read Monday on state TV, put enormous pressure on Morsi to step down and sent giant crowds opposing the president in Cairo and other cities into delirious celebrations of singing, dancing and fireworks.
But it also raised worries on both sides that the army could take over outright as it did after the 2011 ouster of Mubarak and raised the risk of a backlash from Morsi's Islamist backers, some of whom once belonged to armed militant groups.
Morsi's office issued a statement saying a "modern democratic state" was one of the main achievements of the anti-Mubarak uprising, adding, "With all its force, Egypt will not allow itself to be taken backward."
While not bluntly rejecting the ultimatum, it said Morsi was still reviewing the military statement and that some parts of it "could cause disturbances in the complicated national scene."
At the same time, he is grappling with growing dissent within his inner circle.
A foreign ministry official said career diplomats Omar Amer and Ihab Fahmy have stepped down after nearly five months speaking on behalf of Morsi. On Monday, six Cabinet ministers quit.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
State TV later reported the resignation of Cabinet spokesmman Alaa el-Hadidy.
Also Tuesday, an Egyptian court dealt another blow to Morsi's authority, ruling that the president's widely disputed appointment of an attorney general last November was illegal.
Morsi's dismissal of Mahmoud Abdel-Meguid, who was appointed by Mubarak, was seen by the judiciary as an encroachment on its independence. The opposition has long demanded the removal of Abdel-Meguid's successor, Talaat Abdullah.
President Barack Obama said the U.S. is committed to democracy in Egypt, not any particular leader. Traveling in Tanzania, Obama said that although Morsi was democratically elected, the government must respect its opposition and minority groups.
Egypt's presidency said Morsi received a phone call from Obama, who said the U.S. administration "supports peaceful democratic transition in Egypt."
Many of those now in the anti-Morsi campaign then led demonstrations against military rule, angered by its management of the transition and heavy hand in the killing of protesters.
Hours after its announcement, the military issued a second statement on its Facebook page denying it intended a coup. "The ideology and culture of the Egyptian armed forces does not allow for the policy of a military coup," it said.
In its initial statement, the military said it would "announce a road map for the future and measures to implement it" if Morsi and its opponents cannot reach a consensus within 48 hours a virtual impossibility. It promised to include all "patriotic and sincere" factions in the process.
The military underlined it will "not be a party in politics or rule." But it said it has a responsibility to find a solution because Egypt's national security is facing a "grave danger," according to the statement.
It did not detail the road map, but it heavily praised the protests that began Sunday demanding that Morsi step down and that early elections be called.
Sunday's protests on the first anniversary of Morsi's inauguration were the largest seen in the country in the 2½ years of turmoil since Egyptians first rose up against Mubarak in January 2011.
Violence broke out in several parts of the country, often when marchers came under gunfire, apparently from Islamists. In Cairo, anti-Morsi youth attacked the main headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood with stones and fire bombs, while Brotherhood supporters barricaded inside opened fired on them. The clash ended early Monday when the protesters broke into the luxury villa and ransacked it, setting fires.
Nationwide, at least 16 people were killed Sunday and more than 780 injured, Health Ministry spokesman Yehya Moussa told state television.
Under a framework drawn up by Tamarod, after Morsi steps down, the head of the Supreme Constitutional Court would become an interim president and a technocrat government would be formed. An expert panel would write a new constitution to replace the one largely drafted by Islamists, and a new presidential election would be held in six months.
Outside the presidential palace, protesters contended that Morsi could not survive with only the Islamist bloc on his side.
"It is now the whole people versus one group. What can he do?" said Mina Adel, a Christian accountant. "The army is the savior and the guarantor for the revolution to succeed."


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Predicting Patience
Noticed something interesting today...
If you have an Android phone, you may have noticed that Google updated their Navigation application to include routing around traffic using predicted traffic patterns. Having this information fed into the routing algorithms is very powerful, particularly if you trust it!
I'm a daily commuter on a painful trip from Bedford, MA to downtown Boston. It's about 21 miles and typically takes me an hour to an hour and fifteen minutes. The fastest trip at normal commuting hours was 45 minutes, and the worst was 2 hours plus (not counting blizzards). Bedford is located so that I have a few choices of major highways to get to Boston, and each of these highway routes gives me the options of augmenting the highway with back roads. I generally take back roads because I prefer to keep moving rather than sit still on the highway.
Now, Google will figure out which is faster. I tried it out this morning, and, while sitting in my driveway, Google predicted that its route would get me to work in 58 minutes. Not bad. I checked out the route, and it had me staying on the highway almost all the way, but getting off the highway one exit before you would if there was no traffic at all. I was skeptical, but decided to try it out.
As I went, I kept checking its predicted time of arrival, and it didn't waver by more than one or two minute in either direction. I arrived at work within one minute of when it was predicted! And, as I sat in traffic or moved very slowly, I found that I was much more patient than usual. Being confident of when you'll arrive makes it much easier to take sitting in traffic. Google won't make the traffic go away, but I'll sit on the highway if I know that I'll get there as predicted. That confidence of arrival time made me much more patient.
Pretty impressive application, and good for my blood pressure. I'll keep testing it out and will report any further observations.


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|View Poll Results: Psycho-Pass - Episode 11 Rating
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|8 out of 10 : Very Good
|7 out of 10 : Good
|6 out of 10 : Average
|5 out of 10 : Below Average
|4 out of 10 : Poor
|3 out of 10 : Bad
|2 out of 10 : Very Bad
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|2012-12-20, 22:37
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Join Date: May 2012
|2012-12-20, 23:03
|Link #43
User of the "Fast Draw"
Well that sucks. Though I kind of figured Yuki would die considering who is behind this series. Generally figuring the worst possible scenario and expecting it helps limit the impact.
What a pain of an opponent. Certainly is the worst criminal the system has ever seen. One that can't even be touched by their top notch weapons. Though there's the problem. Take responsibility out of the hands of the people using the weapons and you turn the best weapon into a worthless hunk of metal.
Not that I think shooting him with the shotgun would have gone well. Let's face it the recoil on that thing would have made her more likely to hit Yuki than him anyways. Frankly think her best bet would have been to chuck the dominator at his head! A good concussion should slow him down a little. I suppose it wouldn't beat the system, but would have tried aiming at Yuki to at least unlock the shock mechanism then quickly change targets while firing. I figure someone that stressed out should be at the level of needing to be stunned.
Regardless Makashima's existence isn't that surprising. Like someone who can lie well enough to easily clear a Lie Detector. Or just being like a sociopath. There were bound to be people that system couldn't touch. The worse his actions the lower his crime coefficient went down.
Feel bad for Yuki, but even more so for Akane. While she is someone who can probably see outside the system, it's just asking too much for her to be able to gun down a criminal with a normal firearm. Just too big of a leap under too much of a stressful situation. I'm sure she'll be alright though. It was a strange meeting of two people who seem to always keep their Psycho-Pass clear as can be.
|2012-12-20, 23:04
|Link #44
Hiding Under Your Bed
Join Date: May 2008
Ah, just when I was starting to respect Akane for her slow build-up towards challenging the status quo of this warped society she's blindly accepted prior to being on the front edge as a Protector, she turns out to be a weak shell of a human after-all.
I realize this death will be a catalyst, and when we're done with this series, this event will likely be looked back as what started Akane for real on the path to whatever she ends up being at the very end, but still...Akane, you are a pitiful human being at this particular moment.
May you grow into something less pathetic in the next 12 episodes.
Edit: I find arguments that using a real firearm is too much to expect from her to be hilarious, and seemingly missing the entire point of that speech and event. The damn dominator boils people into blood splatters. Silver-hair is right. People like Akane have given up any sense of self-determination by transferring personal responsibility to a machine. Here, in this moment, where she was given a chance to make a decision entirely on her own, with her friend's life on the line, she balked. I would be more forgiving if we were talking about making the choice between decaf or caffeinated, but this? If I was Silver-hair, I'd be disgusted and disappointed in Akane as well.
|2012-12-20, 23:17
|Link #45
Me at work
You're acting as if she did nothing,as terrified as she was here she still made the decision and aimed and shot at him,she just had no idea how to shoot the gun correctly,if she did Silver hair would be dead.
|2012-12-20, 23:23
|Link #46
User of the "Fast Draw"
I think it's a bit ridiculous to call her pathetic at this point. She's worked to expand herself and not just be chained down to the system and at the first bump in the road she's pathetic? Being able to calmly blow someone away in a stressful hostage situation with a gun she's not familiar with isn't something most people would be capable of.
Of course think this whole post is nuts. It's better to balk on a question of what to drink, but not whether or not to kill someone?
|2012-12-20, 23:31
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Hiding Under Your Bed
Join Date: May 2008
I think it's fine to consider her pathetic. It's obvious this is supposed to be her low point, a point from which she grows. I think it's probably silly to still consider her pathetic if she does grow from this, but I think it's even sillier to pre-preemptively think better of her than her current actions would allow.
Opinions towards things aren't absolutes that stand the test of time. As she changes, as a character, so too will my view towards her.
|2012-12-20, 23:37
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|2012-12-20, 23:40
|Link #49
Join Date: Apr 2009
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Age: 38
I suspected this system would fail at some point, and Butcher didn't disappoint. I was rather hoping it would in some sense, since on a deep personal level I could never support a world without free will (which Sybil seems to anticipate in some way).
I wouldn't quite say this show is Madoka's spiritual successor, but you could somewhat tell the two shows were written by the same guy even if Butcher had used a pseudonym this time. Charlotte and the other Witches would have PP readings off the charts, while Kyubey would probably rate a solid zero. But we all know whom we would have more sympathy for... I kinda suspected something like this might happen ever since that rape victim's rating shot up in Episode 1. (Can't you now imagine Kyubey sitting on Makishima's lap like Ernst Stavro Blofeld's cat?)
Once again we have a conflict of unfeeling logic and reason versus unrestrained emotion and empathy. Obviously both can present danger to the general society.
Considering how Akane couldn't bring herself to shoot Makishima with the normal gun since Sybil was telling her he was "clean", I have a suspicion that she represents emotion in this drama, and Soul G...umm, Hue may get cloudy throughout the second half.
|2012-12-21, 00:28
|Link #51
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
-This is where the entire tone of the series changes, I guess. It was A New Hope with success after success up until about now; Echo Base is blown up and Han & friends have been captured simultaneously. We're going to be seeing the team isolated and picked off one by one.
-The "countdown" towards the execution was brilliant IMO. It demonstrated the flawed system and racked up the tension.
-Why do I get the feeling Akane will deliberately become just like our villain to defeat him?
-Were you clutching at your throat? I was.
You've come a long way from SPOOKIE BOOGIE and Tomatoes in a Blender, Psycho-Pass.
|2012-12-21, 00:32
|Link #52
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Australia
Age: 34
It could be the case that Akane's clear Hue on the Sibyl system may be what will enable her to get revenge without suspicion from the system if that eventuates.
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|2012-12-21, 00:35
|Link #53
cho~ kakkoii
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 3rd Planet
Couple of questions that rises based on this episode development:
- Should the system be scrapped all together now that it is known people like Makishima can beat the Sibyl system naturally by their psychological make up? The benefit of that system has been tremendous for that society, but it isn't full proof.
- If the system should be kept around by the weight of benefit vs. loss, what kind of adjustment need to be made? We already have been observing flaws into the Sibyl System way before Makishima came into the picture through how the enforcers are elected/selected and how anyone with certain amount of Crime Coefficient has no room for reprieve if the Dominator indicates as such. Case in point, remember the victim in the first episode? Yes, the enforcers still have the option to press the trigger or not, but it really doesn't address the broader issue. Anyone and everyone is potentially can have lethal judgment against him/her without any reprieve. How they got to that point becomes moot once they reach the stage where they display high crime coefficient. No mercy.
Makishima is right about one thing that the Sibyl System has indeed stunned growth from certain viewpoints since it pushes individual for certain mental make up. While Akane is no Makishima, she is still good example of how the system is shaping new generation. His final comment to Akane was very interesting too when he said that only someone with killing intent can eliminate him. We know he can't be touched by the Sibyl System, so if he someone kills him by any other method, doesn't that person now has a judgment (probably a lethal one) by the Dominator?
I guess what I'm trying to say is that the ultimate decision on to how to judge a person is not at the hands of another person. People are needed to only press that trigger. It has it's drawback, and Makishima is the perfect example of it.
Btw, one little thing that probably is inconsequential to how the story may progress in future, but did anyone else notice that his crime coefficient number rose slightly before going downward? Does that mean it is indeed possible to push certain button to increase Makishima's crime coefficient to render any judgment against him by the Dominator?
|2012-12-21, 00:46
|Link #54
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
^I like the themes about over-reliance on machinery to make decisions for humanity, from daily chores, clothes, to LIFE and DEATH. Cyborg guy was right all along.
So now Akane's opened up a huge can of Shitstorm. She might have three major foes working against her now: Makashima, people who know about Sibyl's weaknesses(if they ever find out), and the police itself, who'll silence her if need be.
|2012-12-21, 00:49
|Link #55
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: USA
Age: 25
I knew that girl was gonna get killed, I just knew it. I had a little hope for her to live but after I read about the writer of this series a few days ago I just knew that she was a goner. Makishima is an interesting villain though.
|2012-12-21, 01:05
|Link #56
World Inverse Creator
Join Date: Aug 2008
Oh my God during Makishima threatens Akane , it's so scary. I thought it's my own throat he snapped. I'm still shaking and especially Akane's scream made me shiver. Great job on that!
Makishima's CC can drop into 0? That's just riddiculous. If I was Akane I will be frightened for sure. My friend is being threatened by someone who is judged good by Sibyl System I believed in for my whole life, how crazy is that?
|2012-12-21, 01:33
|Link #57
Old God Member
Eh, Akane really disappointed me this episode. She couldn't bring herself to drop the damn dominator and finish the job, not only knowing who the guy was and what he's done, but he was also about to kill your best friend. She just came off as incredibly weak and well, for lack of better word, stupid. Firing a shotgun wildly with one hand in the general direction of an innocent also wasn't the smartest move. Really makes me feel nothing for her.
|2012-12-21, 01:33
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Akane will definitely learn from this and change the way she views the world. She'll have to change her naivety and herself to fight against Makishima.
Amazing tension, suspense, and atmosphere. Man, this week is awesome.
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Vitamin D in the US: 'Those with greatest need of dietary sources of vitamin D have the lowest intakes'
While 60% of vitamin D intakes in Canada and the US come from fortified foods like milk, low consumption of such products by key sections of the population means that alternative ways of delivering the sunshine vitamin are needed, wrote FDA's Mona Calvo and Saskatchewan's Susan Whiting.
Writing in The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Calvo and Whiting note that 'bio-addition' may "provide a wider range of foods containing vitamin D, and thus appeal to differing preferences, cultures and possibly economic status".
'Bio-addition' refers to the addition of vitamin D-rich food to animal feed during production, or manipulation of food post-harvest or pre-processing. Such approaches include exposure edible mushrooms to UV light.
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Vitamin D refers to two biologically inactive precursors - D3, also known as cholecalciferol, and D2, also known as ergocalciferol. The former, produced in the skin on exposure to UVB radiation (290 to 320 nm), is said to be more bioactive.
Both D3 and D2 precursors are hydroxylated in the liver and kidneys to form 25- hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), the non-active 'storage' form, and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D), the biologically active form that is tightly controlled by the body.
While our bodies do manufacture vitamin D on exposure to sunshine (UV-B radiation with a wavelength between 290 and 315 nm), the levels in some northern countries are so weak during the winter months that our body makes no vitamin D at all, meaning that dietary supplements and fortified foods are seen by many as the best way to boost intakes of vitamin D.
Inadequacy and deficiency
Despite the opportunities to enhance vitamin D intakes via food and supplements, many sections of the population are still not getting enough, said Calvo and Whiting.
Data from both countries showed that whites had the highest vitamin D levels, followed by Hispanics. African Americans had the lowest average levels.
"Those in greatest need of dietary sources of vitamin D have the lowest intakes of vitamin D, on top of a reduced potential for adequate sun-induced synthesis of vitamin D," wrote the researchers.
"Neither country has population mean intakes that meet current estimated average requirement (EAR) level of 400 IU."
A number of foods are allowed to be fortified with the vitamin, including fluid milk, soy beverage products, ready-to-eat breakfast cereal, enriched rice, calcium-fortified 100% fruit juice, enriched cornmeal products, yogurt, cheese and cheese products, meal replacements, margarine, and infant formula.
In addition, 'bio-addition' may help increase consumption among sections of the populations that do not currently consume some of these food because of food preferences, cultural tastes, and costs, said Calvo and Whiting.
Costs associated with fortifying select foods are shown in the graph below.
Take home
"In Canada and the United States, the adequacy of foods fortified with vitamin D to meet the needs of all race, gender and age groups has been called into question," wrote Calvo and Whiting.
"Much of the intake of vitamin D from foods in the United States and Canada is from fortified foods.
"Fortification practices are different between USA and Canada, the former having a voluntary approach and the latter stressing mandatory fortification; nevertheless both are similar in providing fortified foods with proven efficacy, but more needs to be done."
Source: The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Published online ahead of print, doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2012.09.034
"Survey of current vitamin D food fortification practices in the United States and Canada"
Authors: M.S. Calvo, S.J. Whiting


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Footballing world pays tribute to Gary Speed
Figures from across the world of football have paid tribute to Wales national team manager Gary Speed after he was found dead at his Chester home.
Cheshire Police found him dead at 0708 GMT at his home in Huntington. Sources said the 42-year-old was found hanged.
Alan Shearer said he would "miss him dreadfully" and Ryan Giggs said he was "one of the nicest men in football".
Welsh and English politicians also paid tribute, with First Minister Carwyn Jones saying he was "deeply saddened".
Within minutes of the news of his death emerging, colleagues and public figures began to pay tribute to Speed.
Former Wales teammate Giggs said: "I am totally devastated. Gary Speed was one of the nicest men in football and someone I am honoured to call a team-mate and friend.
"It goes without saying my thoughts are with his family at this tremendously sad time."
Another of Speed's former Wales teammate, Robbie Savage, tweeted: "The world has lost a great man in Gary speed I'm devastated spoke to him yesterday morning why ! Why. Why !! I'll miss him so much x
"He come to watch strictly [Strictly Come Dancing] 3/4 weeks ago I high fived him in the front row he loved the show ,he loved life he loved his family ! Devastated".
Alan Shearer, who played alongside Speed at Newcastle for six years between 1998 and 2004, said: "Gary was a magnificent person, bright, fun and a wonderful family man. He lit up every room he walked into.
"I am proud to have been his friend and will miss him dreadfully."
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish released Welsh international striker Craig Bellamy from his squad for Sunday's match against Manchester City, saying Bellamy "was very, very close to Gary".
Cheshire Police were informed of a sudden death early on Sunday morning and found Speed dead at the property.
The force said Speed's next-of-kin confirmed his identity and that his family wanted to be "left in peace to grieve at this difficult time".
A statement added there were no suspicious circumstances and the death is now being dealt with by a coroner.
Speed, born in Mancot, Flintshire, had appeared on BBC1's Football Focus show on Saturday afternoon, just hours before his death.
He began his playing career at Leeds United after coming through the trainee ranks, and was part of the side that won the last Football League title in 1992, before the introduction of the Premier League.
A Leeds spokesman said the club was "stunned and saddened" by the news.
He left Leeds in 1996 after 312 appearances to join Everton - whom he went on to captain - in a £3.5m move
Newcastle followed, in a £5.5m switch in 1998. During his six years with the Magpies, he suffered two FA Cup final defeats, but enjoyed a taste of Champions League football.
He then spent four years with Bolton Wanderers after agreeing a £750,000 move and finished his playing career at Sheffield United, retiring at the end of the 2009-2010 season.
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He made his international debut as a 20-year-old in the 1-0 friendly win over Costa Rica in May 1990 and his final appearance for Wales was in a 3-2 World Cup qualifying defeat against Poland in October 2004. He captained his country 44 times and scored seven goals.
He took over the Wales job in December 2010, despite having just four months' managerial experience, but the team had started to make impressive progress under his stewardship.
A 4-1 friendly win over Norway earlier this month represented a third successive win for Wales, and Speed's fifth in 10 games as manager.
At the time, he said: "We've progressed further than I'd have thought in this space of time but we've still got a lot of work to do."
In the 2010 Birthday Honours list, Speed was awarded the MBE. He leaves a wife and two children.
First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones said he was deeply saddened, adding: "This is devastating news and our thoughts are with his family at what must be a very difficult time for them."
Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan said: "This is a sad day for football and for everyone in Wales. Gary Speed served club and country as a player and manager with great distinction."
Andrew RT Davies, Welsh Conservative leader, said he and millions of others "will always remember him as a legend in the game of football".
Welsh Liberal Democrats leader, Kirsty Williams, described the death as a "tragedy for the Speed family and a tragedy for Welsh football."
Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones said the "whole nation is in shock."
"He will never be forgotten," he added.
Other politicians paid their respects, with a Downing Street spokesman saying: "The prime minister was deeply saddened to hear of the death of Gary Speed, who was greatly respected by football fans across the country both as a player and manager.
"The prime minister's thoughts are with his family and friends on this very sad day for fans everywhere, especially in Wales."
Labour leader Ed Miliband tweeted: "Tragic and shocking news about Gary Speed. Fantastic servant of Leeds. Mourned by football. Deepest condolences to his family."
A spokesman for BBC Sport said: "The news of Gary's death is a huge shock. Our thoughts and sympathies are with his friends and family at this incredibly sad time."
A statement from the Welsh Rugby Union said: "Wales has lost a great sportsman, a true gentleman and a man who was working extremely hard and succeeding to deliver a bright future for Welsh football."


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A 4WD & Argo adventure tour that you won't forget! Guaranteed to be both memorable and enjoyable providing some of the most spectacular photographic opportunities in the Aoraki Mount Cook National Park. Stopping at several vantage points overlooking the Tasman Glacier and Terminal Lake.
Welcome aboard the Haines Hunter vessel for a leisurely cruise on stunning Lake Tekapo. See amazing vistas of the Southern Alps, Mt John, and the spectacular high tundra landscapes of the Mackenzie Country. There are a variety of cruise times and options available. View the hydro intake, early bridge piers, Motuariki Island, Godley and Macaulay Valleys, Mt Mistake, Cass River, views of the Southern Alps and Mt John. Choose from a BBQ breakfast, lunch or dinner on the shore, which can include locally harvested Mount Cook Salmon. Advance reservations recommended.
Max Irons has over 25 years experience fishing these waters, and you'll be overwhelmed by his eagerness, enthusiasm and skill at finding fish. He can access remote areas with his 4WD, and he also has a jet boat. A day on the river with Max is worth paying for!
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Lakes, ski fields, tussock grasslands, glaciers, forests and mountains – its one big playground! From relaxing in hot pools to a helicopter landing on a glacier, you'll find something for everyone.
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