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Library: A Round-up of Reading
Space Law
Department of Defense (DoD)—U.S.A.F. Readiness Is Under Siege…. (Government) – Satnews Daily
At Future Space, members of Congress discuss future of space legislation – Space Politics
Senate Spending Bill Directs U.S. Air Force To Develop Alternative GPS Payload – Space News
Capitol Hill Responds to the Lure of Europa – Planetary Society
Palazzo Hopes To Update Commercial Launch Law this Year – Space News
Senators debate RD-180 replacement, EELV competition – Space Politics
India having space cooperation with 33 nations – Z News
The Future of Moon Exploration, Lunar Colonies and Humanity – Space.com
Manned mission to Moon scheduled by Roscosmos for 2020-2031 – Moon Daily
Roger Launius, Historical Analogs for the Stimulation of Space Commerce (NASA 2014)
No quick end for 2015 appropriations process – Space Politics
Statement by the President on Meeting with the Crew and Family of Apollo 11 – White House Blog
Military Space Quarterly | SpaceX Critics in the House Keep the Pressure on – Space News
The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Ascot) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 – Space News
White House and Congress mark the 45th anniversary of Apollo 11 – Space Politics
New Space Race? US Eyes Asteroids as Other Nations Shoot for the Moon – Space.com
SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM: Resources Need to be Matched to Requirements to Decrease Risk and Support Long Term Affordability. GAO-14-631
45 Years After Moon Landing, NASA is MIA (Op-Ed) – Space.com
GAO Warns NASA $400 Million Short to Finish SLS by 2017 – Space Policy Online
Federal auditors say NASA doesn't have funds for big rocket – Space Travel
'Doomsday sputnik': Russia said to launch new missile-attack warning satellite – Space War
GAO report warns of cost and schedule risks to SLS – Space Politics
MH-17 Shoot Down Alters Air Force's Space Equation – DoD Buzz
Satellites Track Malaysian Airlines MH17 Crash Site from Space (Images) – Space.com
House Committee Members and ISS Astronauts Reflect on Apollo 11, Look to Future – Space Policy Online
RD-180 Decision Will Not Be Made By Space Community Says Member of Mitchell Panel – Space Policy Online
Mining the Moon? Space Property Rights Still Unclear, Experts Say – Space.com
Judge Orders Mediation for SpaceX, U.S. Air Force – Space News
Court presses SpaceX and Air Force to resolve case in mediation – Space Politics
The Resilience of U.S. Military Space Power – Space News
Jeff Foust, Exploration and the private sector, The Space Review
Dwayne Day, Ear against the wall: The Manned Orbiting Laboratory and signals intelligence, The Space Review
NOAA Has IT Security Issues – Just Like NASA Does – NASA Watch
AF satellites to contribute to space neighborhood watch – Space War
Panel sees ASTEROIDS Act as step in right direction for space property rights – Space Politics
NASA Says Russians Will Fly on U.S. Commercial Vehicles – NASA Watch
North Koreans learn about China's Beidou satellite navigation system – North Korea Tech
Future of NASA's Human Spaceflight Program Dominates NAC Meeting – Space Policy Online
Fifty years of European cooperation in space – Space Mart
House Report Calls for Slowdown in NRO Satellite Orders – Space News
N. Korea may be closer to full ICBM test: US think-tank – Space War
Edwards more optimistic about NASA authorization, less so about other legislation – Space Politics
Asteroid scientists vent their concerns about ARM – Space Politics
Absence of Russia Instrument On NASA Mars Rover Not Political – Mars Daily
Aviation Law
How Can a Civilian Plane Accidentally Be Shot Down? – MIT Tech Review
Senator plans to ask FAA for missile defense systems on commercial airliners – Missile Threat
Why Planes Still Flew Over Ukraine Until MH17 Was Shot Down – Wired
President Obama Speaks on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, Russia and Ukraine, and the Situation in Gaza – White House Blog
Military Satellites Likely Saw Missile Strike on Malaysian Airlines Flight – Space.com
The FAA's Cease-And-Desist Orders to Drone Pilots Are Bogus, Appeals Court Rules – Motherboard
The Painstaking Forensics of a Plane Crash Investigation – Motherboard
President Obama Addresses the Situation in Ukraine and Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 – Dipnote
Conventional Weapons Proliferation and the Downing of Flight 17 – Arms Control Law
MH-17 Flight Data And Cockpit Voice Recorders Being Sent To Moscow – ANN
FAA Order: Unmanned Aircraft Operations in the National Airspace System (NAS) – Public Intelligence
FAA Notice: Reporting Unauthorized Unmanned Aircraft Activity to the Domestic Events Network – Public Intelligence
Should passenger jets have missile defense systems? – Missile Threat
National Counterterrorism Center Flyer: College Drone Programs Can Be Targeted by Violent Extremists – Public Intelligence
FAA Continues Wildlife Strike Reporting Outreach For GA Airports – ANN
The Downing of Flight MH17 – International Law Prof Blog
Turns Out It's Pretty Easy to Shoot Down a Passenger Jet – Wired
UN Security Council Calls for Investigation Into Downing of MH17 – Dipnote
MH17 crash: MEPs call for solidarity with Ukraine and sanctions against Russia – EU Parliament
North Korean MH17 Scenario Extremely Unlikely – Missile Threat
The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Auchterarder) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 – UK
The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Ascot) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 – UK
Control Matters: Ukraine & Russia and the Downing of Flight 17 – Opinio Juris
Commercial operation of UAS in the US: Some clarifications on the case Texas Equusearch vs FAA – Flight Laws
The Air Navigation (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014 – UK
Appeals Court Says FAA May Not Prevent Texas EquuSearch From Using Drones – ANN
AVIATION SAFETY: FAA's Efforts to Implement Recommendations to Improve Certification and Regulatory Consistency Face Some Challenges. GAO-14-728T
Flight For Your Right (And Do It By Friday) – Hack-a-Day
Exclusive: Ukraine Asked U.S. for Tech to Counter Russia's Jet-Killers – Missile Threat
Have a Drone? Check This Map Before You Fly It – Wired
Open Source and the MH17 Shootdown – Arms Control Wonk
The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Farnborough Air Show) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 – UK
Drone Stuff: Parachutes, Politics, and No-Fly Zones – IEEE Spectrum
What's going on with North Korean airspace? – North Korea Tech
Do the FBI's Drones Invade Your Privacy? Sorry, That's Private
Lessons from MH17 – Learmount
How to Prosecute the Perpetrators of the Malaysian Jet Downing – Just Security
Professors Are Worried an FAA Drone Ban Will Kill University Programs Nationwide – Motherboard
SCREENING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM: TSA Has Improved Application Guidance and Monitoring of Screener Performance, and Continues to Improve Cost Comparison Methods. GAO-14-787T
ICAO Announces Task Force on Risk Assessment for Conflict Zones – Aviation Law Prof Blog
Scholars Say No to FAA's Model Aircraft Regulations – IEEE Spectrum
AVIATION MANUFACTURING: Status of FAA's Efforts to Improve Certification and Regulatory Consistency. GAO-14-829T
Who's using North Korean airspace? – North Korea Tech
Update: D.C. Circuit Downs Drone Appeal – CommLawBlog
The FAA's Drone Crackdown Would Kill Dozens of Completely Legal Companies – Motherboard
Air Traffic Controller Wins Federal Settlement – ANN
U.K. Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014: Sticking Plaster or Solution? – Just Security
On Emergency U.K. Data Retention Legislation – Lawfare
Aereo Loses First Round in Copyright Office, While Dish Wins its Next Round in the Ninth Circuit – CommLawBlog
Emerging Voices: Cyber Operations and the Prohibition of the Threat of Force – Opinio Juris
Stefan Larsson, Susan Wnukowska-Mtonga, Måns Svensson & Marcin De Kaminski, Parallel Norms: File-Sharing and Contemporary Copyright Development in Australia, Journal of World Intellectual Property (Vol. 17, nos. 1-2, March 2014)
Jonah Force Hill: The Growth of Data Localization Post-Snowden (Lawfare Research Paper Series) – Lawfare
Progress on NSA Reform? – Lawfare
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #29: An Interview with Orin Kerr – Lawfare
When Google Sells Your Data, It Might Be Illegally Killing Your Phone's Battery – Motherboard
The UN, Individual Privacy and the Surveillance State – UN Dispatch
Major New United Nations Report Rebukes Five Eyes' Attempts to Weaken Digital Privacy Rights – Just Security
Putin tightens grip on Internet: Signs new law requiring mass storage of Russians' data – Salon
Slaughter & Rees Report: Taking the World out of the World Wide Web – TAP
Thinking Outside the Box to Prepare Americans for Information Technology Jobs – OSTP
FTC Updates COPPA FAQs Again – Revisions to Part H Gives App Developers and Parents Welcomed Clarification on Parental Consent – Privacy & Security Law Blog
Net Neutrality and the Global Digital Divide – EFF
Building a Legal Botnet in the Cloud – Schneier on Security
Lawsuit Over Google's Unified Privacy Policy Pared Down, But Two Claims Survive – Technology Marketing and Law Blog
House Passes Cell Phone Unlocking Bill Under Unanimous Consent – Public Knowledge
On NSA's Subversion of NIST's Algorithm – Lawfare
The Path to Community Broadband Runs Through an Army of Telecom Lawyers – Motherboard
A Call Answered: Unlocking America's Cell Phones – White House Blog
EFF Asks Judge to Rule NSA Internet "Backbone" Spying Techniques Unconstitutional – EFF
Reflecting on Human Rights and the Internet Governance Forum-USA – Public Knowledge
Why Indictments Won't Stop China's Cybersnooping – Lawfare
Congress Says Unlocking Cell Phones is Okay – CommLawBlog
Personal Privacy Is Only One of the Costs of NSA Surveillance – Threat Level
New Cybersecurity Primer by the Center for a New American Security – Just Security
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #30: An Interview with Richard Danzig – Lawfare
Canada and China Are Still Waging a Cyber War – Motherboard
FCC Chairman: Verizon Uses a 'Disturbing' Loophole to Throttle Unlimited Data – Motherboard
New Report on the Costs of NSA Surveillance – Just Security
Feinstein was right: CIA admits it hacked Senate computers – Salon
The Data Retention Regulations 2014 – UK
Court Rules Against Microsoft: Questions of Data, Territoriality, and the Government's Search Authority Headed to the 2nd Circuit – Just Security
The CIA Hacked Senate Computers, Lied About It, and No One Is Getting Fired – Motherboard
Privacy and Data Security Harms – Concurring Opinions
What if Google was an intelligence agency? – Top Level Communication
The Canadian Government Is Now Fully in the Cyberwar Battlefield – Motherboard


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Multifunction printers group test
Multifunction devices make so much sense in the small office or home environment. They save space by combining two, three, and sometimes four devices and they provide the tools that allow you to perform the everyday tasks a business needs.
Not long ago manufacturers used to do little more than bolt a scanner on top of an existing printer and leave it at that. Thankfully, there's a lot more thought put into the process nowadays and the range of options available is quite stunning.
We've gathered together six of the best all-in-ones and put them through their paces to see which one is worth your money. All of the devices we chose have the basic print, copy and scan functionality, but some have a fax too. In addition, there are other useful features, such as automatic document feeders and CD printing support. Also, all of the multifunctions we have on test provide for both wired and wireless network connectivity. So, you can add any of these to your network and share it between Macs. If you prefer, you can use a plain old USB cable to connect to your Mac too.
We're going to be looking for the all-in-one that provides the best performance across our range of tests rather than just one aspect. We'll be looking at design and build quality, how each unit is put together, and assessing how well it might stand up to the rigours of daily use. The usability of the devices will also come under close scrutiny: how easy are they to understand and use? Is it possible to get the device to do what you want without resorting to the instruction book?
Of course, the main component of our testing will revolve around printing and scanning. We'll look at how quickly each scanner can get an image to the desktop and the quality of the result. Similarly, we'll be assessing the speed at which the printers can chug though pages of text and images. However, speed will be no substitute for quality and the text and images produced will have to be of a high standard to walk away with the Editors' Choice award. On top of all this we'll be taking a close look at the value for money each device represents, keeping an eye on those ink tank costs.
Some of the competitors may well win plaudits for photo quality or speed, but the device that balances design, cost and performance will be our overall winner.

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Friday, August 26, 2016
Bleeding and Clotting Disorders
Recovering from DVT/PE
I was diagnosed and treated for a bilateral PE last week. I am told that I have a clot below and behind my left knee. My work requires that I travel via car 4-6 hours per day. How soon do most patients start walking and moving around? Also, how long does it normally take for the leg pain and swelling to go away? Thank you!
The length of time for the pain and swelling can be variable and can be days to sometimes even weeks. Regarding the activity and driving, typically we encourage a relatively quick return to full activity, assuming that the patient is on anticoagulation therapy and they are in the desired therapeutic range. The car travel should be fine, assuming the anticoagulation is at a therapeutic level, and also that you get out every 60-90 minutes and move around out of the car to help with the venous return.
Spero R Cataland, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University


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Oakland CA Personal Injury Lawyer
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Wilcoxen Callahan Montgomery & Deacon
Sacramento Plaintiffs' Personal Injury Attorneys
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Canelo, Wilson, Wallace & Padron P.C.
Merced CA Personal Injury Lawyer
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Brady Law Group
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Sacramento CA Personal Injury Lawyer
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Bowles & Verna, LLP
Walnut Creek CA Personal Injury Lawyer
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Guy Kornblum & Associates
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Balamuth Harrington, LLP
California personal injury & wrongful death lawyers, auto, construction, medical accidents
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Guichard, Teng & Portello
Concord California Sacramento County Personal Injury Lawyers...
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Law Offices of Adam Sorrells
Chico Personal Injury Attorney with 20+ Years of Experience
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Moseley Collins Attorney, APLC
El Dorado Hills CA Personal Injury Lawyer
with over 25 years of experience as a personal injury lawyer... I know how to help you.
Law Office of Michael James Bolton
Roseville CA Personal Injury Lawyer
During the last 10 years of my Practice, I have handled virtually all types of crimes. I have clients charged with infractions & simple driving offenses, all types of misdemeanors & dui's, & all felonies or major crimes
Kuvara Law Firm
San Rafael CA Personal Injury Lawyer
Kuvara Law Firm has spent 35 Years Specializing in Personal Injury Cases. We have 14 California Locations.
Law Offices of Brian R. Dinday
San Francisco CA Personal Injury Lawyer
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Eureka CA Personal Injury Lawyer
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McCormack Law Firm
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Hersh & Hersh
San Francisco CA Personal Injury Lawyer
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Northern California Personal Injury Lawyer
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Landis Law Firm
Santa Cruz California Personal Injury Attorney
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The Griffin Law Firm
San Jose CA Personal Injury Lawyer
Creative problem solving with a personal touch in San Jose and Sacramento
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San Francisco Bay Area Personal Injury Attorney: 20+ years high success rate, NO up-front fees
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Curry & Westgate
San Joaquin County Personal Injury lawyer
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Law Office of Joseph H. Marman
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Northern California Personal Injury Attorney
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Hinton, Alfert & Sumner
San Francisco Bay Area Personal Injury lawyer.
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Law Offices of Robert G. Schock
CA Personal Injury Attorney
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Law Office of Andrew Dosa
Alameda CA Personal Injury Lawyer
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San Jose CA Personal Injury Lawyer
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Law Office of Clarence Livingston Jr.
Oakland CA Personal Injury Lawyer
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Law Offices of Michael W. Jansen
Woodland, Davis, Dixon, Esparto, Vacaville, Sacramento, Fairfield, Colusa, automobile accident
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Law Office of John A. Shepardson
Some insurance companies sometimes fight against paying a meritorious claim that is submitted.
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Kuvara Law Firm
San Rafael CA Personal Injury Lawyer
Our firm is specialized in handling all personal injury cases that are involved in the Palo Alto area and are proud to be working with citizens in this great community.
Weinberg, Ziff & Miller
Palo Alto and San Francisco Bay Area Person Injury Attorney
For more than 25 years I have provided personalized aggressive representation on behalf of accident victims.
Adams & Corzine
Sacramento CA Personal Injury Lawyer
The Law Offices of Adams & Corzine is an aggressive but cost efficient civil litigation firm that represents clients as both plaintiffs and defendants in personal injury lawsuits and other civil litigation.
Habbas, Nasseri & Asssociates
San Jose, California Personal Injury Lawyer
At Habbas, Nasseri & Associates, we dedicate our expertise and resources to representing thousands of individuals throughout California and Nevada who have been injured by the wrongful conduct of others.
Daniel H. Alexander - Attorney at Law
Experinced and aggressive Chico CA and Roseville, CA Personal Injury Lawyer
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Seiler Epstein Ziegler & Applegate, LLP
San Francisco, Marin, San Mateo and Contra Costa County Personal Injury Representation
We represent seriously injured men, women and children throughout California. We have represented clients injured in car, truck, bus and construction accidents and victims of domestic violence and other criminal acts.
Law Offices of Nathaniel Potratz
Sacramento area personal injury attorney
Providing high quality professional legal services and representation at reasonable pricing.
The Law Office of Randall D. Roxson
Lodi CA Personal Injury Lawyer
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Law Office of Steven S Rosenthal
San Francisco California Personal Injury Law Firm...
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Cable Gallagher
Folsom CA Personal Injury Lawyer
Cable Gallagher attorneys have experience handling nearly all types of civil litigation. The firm's current practice emphasizes personal injury, real estate, construction, and defect and business litigation.
The Law Office of Arkady Itkin
San Francisco and Sacramento Personal Injury and Accident Lawyer
Aggressive, attentive and dedicated representation of injured persons in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento.
Law Office of Christopher E. Judge
Richmond CA litigation specialist emphasizing personal injury & worker's compensation.
Our firm handles legal matters in the following practice areas: Automobile Accidents and Injuries, Slip and Fall, Wrongful Death, Workers Compensation, Family Law, Aviation Law.
Law Office of Donald C. Duchow
Personal Injury and Motor Vehical Accidents
Do Not Let the Insurance Adjustor Tell You Otherwise. Low Speed Rear End Collisions Can Cause Serious Injury. Over 46 Years Expirence with over 200 Jury Trials.
San Francisco CA Personal Injury Lawyer
Berman, Glenn & Haight is an experienced and dedicated San Francisco law firm with attorneys who provide highly personalized services for their clients.
Bemis & Associates
San Francisco Boutique Firm with Personal Injury Experience
Our goal is to establish long term client relationships through our responsiveness to our clients, through an understanding of our clients' objectives and through our consistent results for our clients.
The Belli Law Firm
San Francisco CA Personal Injury Lawyer
The Belli Law Firm - San Francisco CA Personal Injury Lawyer
John N. Kitta & Associates
If you've suffered an injury, you need an experienced law firm that you can trust.
Our law office has over 31 years experience and we want to be your personal injury expert. We will work hard to make sure you receive prompt payment for your iunjuries. Based on our past expertise and experience, 97.5% of our cases settle prior to trial.
Albini Law Group
San Francisco CA Personal Injury Lawyer
The Albini Law Group exclusively represents injury victims against insurance companies, corporations and individuals. The Albini Law Group litigates complex fact patterns involving catastrophic injuries and losses.
Law Office of Joshua Katz
We Fight For You.
We handle individual and class action cases. If you or a loved one have suffered a serious injury, contact us today.
Farber & Company Attorneys, LLP
San Francisco California Personal Injury Attorneys dedicated to excellence in the practice of law...
Farber & Company is dedicated to excellence in the practice of law. We are an AV rated law firm with talented trial lawyers who vigorously represent your interests...
Law Offices of Baron J. Drexel
Oakland CA Personal Injury Lawyer
The Law Offices of Baron J. Drexel is a modern personal injury law firm with traditional ideals. We believe that the law was created for people and we strive to make the law work for our clients.
Andrew J. Kopp, Attorney at Law
Oakland CA Personal Injury Lawyer
California personal injury lawyer Andrew J. Kopp offers 13 years of experience in getting full and fair compensation for car accident victims, wrongful death survivors, and Workers' Compensation and Social Security Disability claimants.
Berman, Glenn & Haight has been in practice in San Francisco since 1972 and provides comprehensive representation in many areas of the law.
Nationally known Aviation and Product Liability Firm
Nationally known firm providing personal help to those who have been injured or killed by crashes, failures, defects and negligence from machines, planes and products.
CSFW Personal Injury Law Firm
Santa Cruz California Personal Injury Attorneys
Cartwright, Scruggs, Fulton, Walther, personal injury attorneys serving Santa Cruz, Monterey and Sen Benito. Santa Cruz County's most experienced and largest personal injury law firm. Hablamos Espanol.
Peach & Weathers ALC
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Review of Action Items
- Last meeting Architecture Council/Minutes October 9 2008#Action Items
- (old) Mik to create initial "architectural walkthrough" material for mylyn. One more to follow before publicly announcing?
- (old) MichaelS to draft an E-Mail about the "plugin granularity" idea, searching for people to lead the effort
- (old) Michael to flesh out the Patterns idea and remind the EAC
- (old) Everyone to hyperlink to their Bio on the Architecture Council/Members and Mentors page
- (old) Everyone to hyperlink on the new Architecture Council/Links Collection to interesting architecture-related blogs, articles or other resources
- (old) All PMC's to list mentor-less projects in their domain on the Architecture Council/Members and Mentors#Projects that need mentors page: Wayne for Technology, McQ for Eclipse, Ed for Modeling, Tom for RT; WTP to add ATF to the page
- Wayne to file bug for portal to add fields for project mentors
- Ed, Gunnar, Karsten to E-Mail their affiliation to Anne Jacko <firstname.lastname@example.com>
- Georg to send an E-mail to the AC list with questions / things unclear for him as a new AC member
- Martin to start a Wiki page explaining what's good about having a mentor
- Martin to contact David Orme
- Martin bug 250320 ask webmaster to create eclipse.org-committers-announce mailing list
- Martin bug 250315 asking for better attendance tracking at AC meetings
- Martin bug 250317 for discussing ways of spreading EMO information
- New Members: Tom Schindl (appointed), Karsten Schmidt (Strategic Consumer Rep)
- Tracking Meeting Attendance
News from the EMO & Councils
- EMO: How to officially communicate Requirements (as per the board, dev process, IP policy...) to the PMCs, Project Leads, Committers?
- RC - Roadmap Process: RequirementsCouncilThemesAndPriorities
- Wayne: Community Development for Eclipse Projects page
- PC - Richard Gronback: New Galileo Requirements from the Planning Council?
- Must do: Use only Published API by M6
- Must do: Provide basic Capability / Activity Definitions by M6
- Must do: Use Babel by M6
- Don: StAC meeting at Eclipse World?
Recent EAC bugs
- Request for a mentor for COSMOS
- bug 249371 The new Eclipse.org homepage
- bug 249959 Copyright Header in checked-in generated artifacts
- bug 249745 Repository Best Practices (Subversive vs Subclipse)
- bug 246840 Jobs and ISchedulingRules - discussion concluded - what is CCRC?
- bug 246945 Interfacing with Libs that are not EPL Compatible (mostly LGPL)
How to start Releng?
- How to start a releng project for unattended builds on the ML - PDE build docs are good but only half the story
- Bjorn, NickB & Denis Build Workshop 3: Build Hard With A Purpose but is that an answer for now? Current status?
- Refer people to clone existing projects' releng? Which ones are good?
Top Ten Recommendations
- Architecture Council/Top Ten Recommendations - should we start sorting them?
- Architecture Council/Links Collection - want more, more, more!
Relationship to E4
- E4/Pervasive Themes - Performance, Memory Footprint, Bloat (Boris' Blog), Concurrency
- Invite E4 to present to the EAC?
- Examples: bug 245573 comment 12 (Dali JPA Tools Deadlock, John CC'd to EAC); bug 246840 discussion about ISchedulingRule (saving project preferences)
- What is causing issues?
- work performed during class loading (Activator.start()) - unknown context, can run at unpredictable times
- work performed in callbacks - unknown context, avoid synchronous callbacks
- General recommendations: (e.g. avoid synchronous callbacks, avoid in Activator.start(), static initializers or Singleton getters) - a general recommendation could be to avoid performing work at unpredictable times, but that would recommend against lazy initialization in general
- Does anybody have a well-working, consistent model on top of the current infrastructure?
- Totally new concurrency mechanism as part of E4 ?
- David Orme mentions DataBinding Realms and the Threads Considered Harmful blog which references Erlang message-based concurrence
- Would it help to become more asynchronous under the hood, even if old APIs need to remain for compatibility?
- Are there any other good known models for concurrency?
- Better Javadoc ?
- Example: ISchedulingRule.isConflicting() vs. ISchedulingRule.contains(), and how does it relate to RuleFactory and MultiRule?
- Articles ? - John referenced the resouce-deltas article
Mentoring New Projects
- We need more Architecture Council members to step up and become project mentors
- New projects require two mentors (a Good Thing™)
- How do new projects find/attract a mentor?
- Mailing list, bugzilla?
- "Work the crowd"
- Experiences?
- What could be improved?
- Webpage improvements: more pre-canned content for new projects (like Sourceforge)?
Other Ideas for Discussion
- Mentoring Galileo: What could be improved?
- Running each project's unittests with full Galileo installed; especially interesting for Performance tests
- Don't duplicate work done by the Planning Council
- Integrated bug reporting: Mylyn is providing a bug/error/enhancement reporting facility that will provide a flexible and product-configurable mapping between features, bundles and bug trackers bug 212209 (Example: http://wiki.eclipse.org/images/8/86/Mylyn-Bug-Reporting-Example.jpg ). Do we want this for Galileo?
- E4 now has bi-weekly calls -- won't discuss E4 on the EAC unless asked / invited
- Eclipse Pain Points
- Performance & Memory Footprint, Bloat
- Restrictions on Resource model (Maven)
- IP due diligence and the processes around it
- Lots of these issues are already worked on by E4, and/or Committer Representatives at the Board, and/or the Planning Council
- But the EAC's charter includes identifying and naming pain pionts... anything not yet being addressed?
- Re-activate Top Ten Architectural Problems in all of Eclipse ?
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text: Widely regarded as one of the best tactical managers of his era, Herzog led the Royals to their first championships. His clubs captured three straight American League West division titles (1976, 1977, and 1978). He managed the 1977 Royals, perhaps the best team in franchise history, to a club record 102 wins. The first 13 players inducted into the Royals Hall of Fame all played during his five years in Kansas City. In each of those seasons, the Royals posted a winning record and never finished lower than second place. Herzog's Kansas City career ended as the Royals all-time winningest manager, posting a record of 410-304 (.574).


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. is buying Metals USA Holdings Corp. for about $766.1 million.
Reliance, which processes metals and distributes about 100,000 metal products, said Wednesday that it will pay $20.65 per Metals USA share. That's a 13 percent premium to Tuesday's closing price of $18.30.
The companies put the deal's total enterprise value at around $1.2 billion.
Metals USA, based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., makes steel and aluminum components. It has about 37.1 million shares outstanding, according to FactSet. The stock jumped $2.38, or 13 percent, to $20.68 in afternoon trading. Earlier in the session, the shares reached $20.72, the highest level since 2010.
Reliance rose $6.09, or 9.4 percent, to $70.78. Its shares touched $71.38 earlier, their highest point since 2008.
Metals USA had approximately $2 billion in sales for the year ended Dec. 31. Reliance is expected to have annual sales of more than $10 billion once the buyout is complete.
The agreement includes a 30-day "go-shop" period that allows Metals USA to seek alternative bids from third parties. If Metals USA terminates its deal with Reliance to accept a third-party offer, Reliance will get an undisclosed breakup fee.
Reliance, based in Los Angeles, said Metals USA will continue to operate under its current brand names. It plans to fund the deal and refinance Metals USA's existing debt from a $1.5 billion credit facility, along with funds from accessing the bank credit markets and the debt capital markets.
Reliance Chairman and CEO David Hannah will remain in those posts for the combined company.
Hannah said in a statement that the acquisition is Reliance's largest to date and will add 48 service centers in the U.S. to its existing operations.
Reliance has a network of more than 220 locations in 38 states and Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates and the U.K.
"Metals USA is an excellent fit and nicely complements Reliance's existing customer base, product mix and geographic footprint," he added.
The transaction is expected to immediately add to Reliance's earnings when it closes.
Both companies' boards unanimously approved the acquisition. It still needs the approval of Metals USA shareholders.
Metals USA Chairman, President and CEO Lourenco Goncalves will retire once the buyout is complete, which is expected in the second quarter.
The company reported fourth-quarter earnings of 10 cents per share on revenue of $437.5 million. Adjusted earnings were 23 cents per share.
Analysts polled by FactSet expected earnings of 30 cents per share on revenue of $454 million.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 23rd Apr 2012 22:40 UTC
"The increase is a sign that the search engine can no longer afford to operate in a Silicon Valley vacuum. For years, Google had a reputation for indifference inside the Beltway. It took Google until May 2005 to set up a presence in Washington and even then, its headquarters consisted of a one-man lobbying shop in suburban Maryland." Do the Americans among you just accept this? Is this normal? Why aren't you guys turning to the streets when your country is quite clearly being bought left and right? I mean, I'm sure this happens everywhere, but on this scale? Gives me the creeps.
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And how does this lobbying compare to say tobacco.
Ars has comparisons to other lobbies in their article:
From January to March of this year, Google spent over $5 million on lobbying, nearly matching its entire 2010 lobbying budget of $5.2 million. If the company maintains this pace, it will likely earn itself a spot as one of the top ten spending entities for the year as logged by Open Secrets. Comparing this same rate with 2011 figures, Google would outspend the entire tobacco industry ($17.07 million), the combined spending of JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and Citigroup ($18.67 million), but would be just barely behind the combined budgets of pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and Merck ($20.685 million). For comparison, Apple spent only $500,000 for the same 2012 quarter; Microsoft spent $1.79 million.


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Former Destrehan High School and University of Arkansas safety Jerico Nelson beat the odds and made it to the NFL in 2012.
Nelson went undrafed in 2012, but he signed a free agent contract with the New Orleans Saints and was on the Saints developmental squad for most of last season.
The 5-feet 10-inch, 215-pound strong safety was active late last season and contributed mostly on special teams, but now he is again faced with the challenge of making the Saints roster.
Nelson knows his odds are even longer as the Saints spent a first-round choice on University of Texas safety Kenny Vaccaro.
"This is a tough league and as a player you just want an opportunity to keep for a spot." Nelson said. "All my life as a player I was never considered the top prospect or what some might consider the "star" player, but I made my dream come true in playing in the NFL and this is my passion. I love football and getting to play right in my backyard for the Saints is special to me."
Nelson, like the rest of the Saints defense, is learning different terminology under new defensive coordinator Rob Ryan.
"Coach Ryan is old-school. He believes in aggressive play and giving different looks to an offense," Nelson said. "I like playing in that sort of system and understanding the different calls is what we are doing today. It's different from last season, but I am use to this sort of defensive mentality because this is what I have played most of my football career and it hasn't been as complicated as you might think. In the NFL there are just a lot of different sets for down and distance and being in the right position is key. That is something you perfect in the off-season because you can't do it on the run once the season starts. Right now I am working hard on my assignment work and also perfecting my footwork in coverage sets. Just getting cleaner with my backpedal technique and breaking to the ball quicker."
The former Destrehan star running back/defensive back also loves playing special teams.
"Well for me it is an avenue to get some playing time and also be a contributor. Special teams is such an important piece to winning at any level and I have done a lot of work college and also last season with the Saints in that area," Nelson said. "Coach (Greg) McMahon is a tremendous special teams coach and this part of the game is about positioning and knowing your assignments fully. Some people think you just run down and try and make a tackle, but there is a lot more to it. We are blessed here with someone like Thomas Morstead as a punter and kickoff guy and he makes our job easier because of how good he is."
Nelson is also very impressed with what he's seen from Vaccaro.
"Kenny is a very athletic and you can see he is a very physical player," Nelson said. "He's a smart guy too and he has picked things up pretty quickly. The speed element is the biggest adjustment from college to pros and every week in college you weren't playing a big-time threat in the passing game. In the NFL, there is that challenge each week. Like what they did for me, Jose Gumbs and Rafael Bush last season Malcolm Jenkins and Roman Harper are trying to help out Kenny right now. He's a good football player."
For Nelson, he just wants a chance to show the Saints he is a pretty good player also.
When Charlie Stubbs was hired at Nicholls State in 2010, he told me he needed to add size and physicality to his football team and especially what I call the real skilled players, offensive and defensive linemen.
The process has taken a few years, but the Colonels have added some real beef and talent along their offensive line for 2013.
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But the big news last week was the Colonels landed two additional offensive linemen in former Destrehan and SMU offensive guard/center Ashton Duhe (6-3, 300) and former Desire Street Academy in New Orleans and University of Memphis offensive guard Nicholas Chartain (6-4, 325), and both are immediately eligible to play for the Colonels in 2013.
"This was an area of concern for us, especially numbers-wise," Stubbs said. "The previous coaching staff recruited smaller offensive linemen that fit what they did ran offensively and it was a run-oriented attack, but for what we want to do here we needed bigger players and more physical players and we are getting those type offensive linemen now and we have a little depth."
Stubbs admits injuries have forced some offensive lineman into games before they are truly prepared for the physical play.
"Ideally, I would have liked to get them a redshirt season and have them get bigger and stronger in the weight room, but that just wasn't the case. We had to play some young men quicker than what we wanted and we struggled some," Stubbs said. "I feel good about what we have been able to acquire through the high school ranks, junior college system and a few transfers. Duhe and Chastain have played Division I football and they are coming in immediately to compete for positions, starting or depth-wise on our team. I am very pleased with those pickups, along with Noland Sharpe from Destrehan. We know that the River Parish area is very blessed with great football talent, along with the New Orleans area and getting those three young men to help our offensive line is something that will help us progress quicker on offense."
Now for Stubbs, the key to producing a winning product on the field will be to find quality defensive linemen, like they have in offensive linemen and keeping quarterback Beaux Hebert healthy in 2013.
It's never too early to look into next year's NFL draft class and right now for LSU offensive tackle La'el Collins and defensive tackle Anthony "The Freak" Johnson, both juniors, are the two best football players at LSU.
Both have the potential to be first-round choices in 2014, but there are two other players to keep a close eye on in 2013.
On offense watch for wide receiver Odell Beckham, Jr. to emerge as one of the top wide receivers in the Southeastern Conference in 2013. Last season, the speedy Beckham struggled to catch the ball cleanly early in the season and seemed to be looking to want to hit a home run every time he touched the ball instead of making the sure grab and move the chains.
Last season Beckham caught 43 passes for 713 yards, averaged 16.6 yards per catch and scored two touchdowns. But, he will always be remembered for his 89-yard punt return for a score against a pesky and talented Ole Miss team that sparked a 41-35 victory.
This spring Beckham was outstanding in spring drills and he practiced with great confidence. In the LSU's spring game, Beckham caught six passes for 202 yards and two touchdowns.
In 2012, the story on defense was the breakout performance of middle linebacker Kevin Minter. Minter played at an All-American level throughout the entire season and was the best player on a talented Tiger defense.
Minter's exploits didn't mask the most improved player on LSU's team in 2012 and that was outside linebacker Lamin Barrow.
Barrow was second on the team in tackles with 104 and he also recorded 7� tackles for losses, five pass break-ups, a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries.
The 6-2, 230 pounder has worked at both middle linebacker and on the weak-side this spring, and he will be a key cog in helping a young Tiger defensive front mature and be productive in 2013.
If I were LSU coach Les Miles, he would be my middle linebacker this season.
The former John Ehret High School product is also a very good leader and he has something you can't teach, great instincts to quickly diagnose what is front of him.
Right now, both Barrow and Beckham grade as second-round picks, but don't be surprised to see both these young men emerge as first team all-SEC performers in 2013 and raise their draft stock.
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Drew Brees — Brees is greatest player to ever wear the Black and Gold.
Willie Roaf — Roaf was the most dominant left tackle of his era.
Rickey Jackson — "City Champ" didn't get the publicity that Lawrence Taylor did playing in New York, but he was a great football player and someone that kept offensive coordinators sleepless at night trying to contain.
Sean Payton — Payton totally changed the atmosphere of this football franchise. Jim Mora and Jim Finks put the Saints on the map, but Payton was able to breathe air in a franchise dead on its feet and he is the best offensive play-caller in the game today. Payton also blueprinted the proper plan to acquire the right "fit" players for New Orleans.
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Offering a rare glimpse inside the world of high-speed trading, Getco disclosed an 82% plunge in earnings on Wednesday through the first three quarters of 2012 amid tumbling trading volume and greater competition.
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The results offered from the privately held Chicago company come ahead of its pending takeover of Knight Capital Group (NYSE:KCG), which the two sides anticipate will be completed in the second quarter.
According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Getco generated $24.6 million in net income during the first three months of 2012, down from $134.8 million the year before.
Revenue tumbled 40.8% to $425.3 million, largely due to a decrease in trading revenue to $413.6 million from $722.2 million. Getco also said its total expenses dropped 30% to $390.4 million over that period.
Getco's filing also reveals that its business peaked back during the turbulence of 2008, when the company posted net income of $430.4 million. Since then annual net income has tumbled 62.2% to $162.7 million in 2011.
After topping out at $1.19 billion in 2008, revenue has slumped 23.8% to $915.5 million in 2011.
"Growth in the number of global electronic trading market participants has resulted in greater competition for order flow," Getco said in the filing. "At the same time the current market environment, characterized by low levels of market volume and volatility, is reducing market making opportunities."
On its balance sheet, Getco listed $423.5 million of cash and equivalents along with $89.3 million in long-term debt as of the end of the third quarter.
Getco also said it employed 409 people, up from 372 a year earlier.
Getco and Jersey City, N.J.-based Knight said they expect to close their transaction in the second quarter, subject to shareholder approval.
After a brief bidding war between Getco and rival electronic trading firm Virtu, Knight agreed to a sweetened buyout in December worth about $1.4 billion.
The deal followed a technical glitch that hit Knight last summer, forcing $461.1 million in losses and an industry bailout to avoid a bankruptcy.
Shares of Knight rose 0.27% to $3.71 Wednesday morning.


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Gowanda woman faces DWI, other charges, after traffic stop
Getting pulled over for speeding and driving on the shoulder of a road on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation early today was only the beginning of trouble for a 21-year-old Gowanda woman, according to Erie County sheriff's deputies.
Deputy Matt Krypel made the traffic stop about 3 a.m. on Southwestern Boulevard, where Kelly C. Mallaber was charged with driving while intoxicated after failing field sobriety tests. A breath test, performed at the North Collins substation, revealed a blood-alcohol content of .20 percent, deputies said.
The level of intoxication led to a charge of aggravated DWI, deputies said. Her driver's license was suspended because of failure to answer a summons, leading to a charge of aggravated unlicensed operation.
Mallaber also was ticketed for speeding, driving on the shoulder of the road, having an open container of alcohol in a vehicle and obstructed view. Her vehicle was towed from the scene of her arrest, to be held for 12 hours, and she was released in her mother's custody, pending an appearance in Brant Town Court.


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SEATTLE, Wash.--As one of the most anticipated indoor meets of the year, over a thousand entries, many of them Olympians, world-class athletes and NCAA Champions participated in the Unversity of Washington Invite at the Dempsey Indoor Stadium on Friday, Jan. 27.
The Gauchos had a great showing after day one's pentathlon event, with senior Barbara Nwaba setting plenty of standards and breaking her own school record in the pentathlon. Nwaba's score of 4,244 earned her second in the event (first collegiately) and is currently ranked number two in NCAA Divison I. Nwaba's indoor high jump mark of 6-0.5 is ranked the third highest in the entire country and also breaks the indoor high jump UCSB record.
Coming off of a redshirt outdoor season, Nwaba has been more excited than ever to get back on the track and in her Gaucho Blue and Gold jersey and she has everything to be proud of after her performance on Friday. Nwaba set a new personal best in both the 60m hurdles and the high jump and improved on her previous school record of 4,140 by over 100 points which she set at the University of Washington Invite last season. Nwaba has surpassed the NCAA qualifying mark of the Indoor Championships again, becoming the first UCSB athlete ever to qualify twice for the Indoor Championships. Nwaba placed ninth overall in the Indoor Championships last year with her score of 4,020. With the score she earned on Friday, she would have been ranked fifth in the nation.
In terms of her intense training regimen, Nwaba's "training is set up more so she is ready to go for the outdoor season in June but it hasn't changed drastically [over the season]. The longer you train, the more refined you can get in the work out due to having a big base underneath her already. Everytime we train, we're looking for an objective and she has done a great job reaching those," comments Associate Head Coach, Josh Priester.
Nwaba placed first in the high jump with a personal best clearance of 6-0.5 and breaking the indoor high jump school record. She also set a new personal best in the 60m hurdles where she clocked in a blazing 8.59 which was the second fastest time in that event. Nwaba placed third in the shot put, her farthest throw measuring 42-1.25. In the long jump, she tied for fifth place, with her best mark at 17-10.75. Nwaba ran 2:20.52 in the 800m.
Entering her last year of eligibility in both indoor and outdoor track and field, Nwaba's first goal will be to score even higher at the NCAA Indoor Championships March 9-10 in Nampa, Idaho.
Also making a strong appearance at the Univeristy of Washington Invite was Senior Maureen Ajoku who placed fifth overall in the pentathlon with a score of 3,688. Maureen Ajoku in her last indoor season as Gaucho, improved her previous pentathlon score by over 200 points and setting a personal best in the 60m hurdles.
Stay tuned for day two of the University of Washington Invite on Jan. 28, Saturday where the rest of the women will be competing in several different indoor events.


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Change is all around us and there's much more to come
Change chosen.
By the time this newspaper hits the streets, Ontario will have a new premier-elect, and it'll represent a big, big change.
The chances are pretty good that the premier-to-be will be a woman for the first time in Ontario's history.
One of the women is a proud Italian-Canadian, and would be the first premier to come from outside the white, Anglo-Saxon compact that has occupied the office of the premier since Confederation.
Meanwhile, the other frontrunner in the now-concluded Ontario Liberal leadership race was a gay woman.
That, too, represents a pretty big change from the way things have been done in our past.
Women now dominate our provincial politics, with female premiers leading B.C., Alberta, Quebec and Newfoundland.
From the elevated heights of the federal cabinet, right down to the most modest municipal council, there have also been other weighty changes.
More women occupying positions of power. Openly gay leaders found everywhere. Visible minorities winning elections in places no one would have thought possible, just a few years ago.
Elsewhere, of course, the most dramatic example of political change is the young black man who won the U.S. presidency in 2008 — and who, older and grayer, won a big second mandate in 2012.
Who would have imagined, just a few years ago, that a black man with a funny-sounding name could ever become the most powerful person on Earth?
Not our parents. Certainly not our grandparents. They would have laughed, and shaken their heads.
It's not just the people who are changing, of course. In policy terms, things have happened that none of us ever expected, even in our wildest dreams.
Gay marriage, once condemned by the likes of Stephen Harper, is now the law of the land, and most citizens couldn't care less.
On the policy front, our prime minister himself embodies this sea change.
Once a proud social conservative — on gay rights, on abortion, on bilingualism — Harper has changed, too. He has refused to reopen the gay marriage debate, he has actively opposed attempts to recriminalize abortion, and he opens every speech he gives with excellent French.
Meanwhile, Harper — the man who once wrote that he would fight any policy that was "designed to radically or suddenly alter the ethnic makeup of Canada" — now presides over the most ethnically diverse caucus in his party's history.
Political change, however much some may oppose it, is inevitable. It cannot be stopped.
Conservatives, being conservatives, often profess to be opposed to change.
In my new book, Fight The Right, I recall the axiom of the conservative deity, William F. Buckley.
Buckley — the conservative primus inter pares, and the founder of the Right's house organ, The National Review — did not once dispute the suggestion that conservatives detest change. In fact, he proudly admitted it.
Conservatives, wrote Buckley, "stand athwart history, yelling stop."
It's a wonderful bit of imagery and writing — but the fact is that history cannot be stopped. Slowed down, perhaps. Delayed, like a traveller who misses a flight connection. But political change is mostly inexorable, and is happening all around us, all the time. It gets to where it is going.
The tendency to resist change — and to hold on to what is comfortable and familiar — is entirely human, and therefore entirely forgivable.
But political change, mostly, does not wait for us. And it seldom casts a glance in the rearview mirror.
Ask Calgary's first Muslim mayor. Ask the woman who is now going to be premier of our largest province. Ask the gay men who dominate in the Prime Minister's Office and his cabinet.
They'll tell you: Change is upon us, and change is not so bad at all.
In Ontario, this morning, change has been chosen. In the days ahead, and in other places, there's much more to come.


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Great Lakes Capital Fund: Raising Capital for Permanent Supportive Housing
Dennis Quinn, Senior Vice President, Great Lakes Capital Fund
GLCFConiel Norman, a resident at Detroit's Piquette Square housing complex, shares news clippings of his former NBA basketball days—before his military service, before his homeless experience, and before he found supportive housing.
About Great LakesGreat Lakes was established in 1992 by the MSHDA, in response to a lack of equity capital investments in Michigan projects. At that time, national syndicators were passing up opportunities to invest in affordable housing projects because they were located in inner cities or rural areas, sponsored by nonprofits, or included support services. The Michigan Housing Authority created this state-based private equity fund to insure investment in those important markets. Since 1992, Great Lakes Capital Fund has grown into a $2 billion equity investor, serving Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and upstate New York.
Imagine for a moment a homeless person panhandling in front of your neighborhood dry cleaner—disheveled at best, in very poor mental and physical health at worst. Now imagine that same person as a productive, self-supporting member of society—someone with a job, a bank account, even an apartment.
Such a transformation might sound like a miracle—and yet it is happening in neighborhoods across the United States. In the Midwest, developers of permanent supportive housing (PSH) for the homeless are working with Great Lakes Capital Fund and other organizations to give chronically homeless individuals a chance at better lives. Great Lakes Capital Fund is a community development financial institution (CDFI) certified by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and is a syndicator of low-income housing tax credits (LIHTC).
Led by a team of housing industry professionals, Great Lakes serves as underwriter, risk mitigator, and asset manager for investors. These investors, especially in a volatile market, may worry that the cost of providing services-enriched PSH for the chronically homeless will diminish their returns. On the contrary, "supportive housing isn't higher risk and lower return if it's managed right and underwritten to account for any unforeseeable costs," said Mark McDaniel, Chief Executive Officer of Great Lakes.
With an average fund of more than $100 million invested annually, Great Lakes, a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) corporation, has helped raise capital for 40 supportive housing projects in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and upstate New York. Over its 19-year corporate lifetime, Great Lakes has invested more than $103 million of equity in the 40 properties, creating 1,483 affordable supportive housing units for those formerly considered chronically homeless.
Great Lakes' primary investment model involves multi-investor funds that invest in a diverse pipeline of properties across multiple states. Typically, investors in the LIHTC program have been larger national banks and regional banks. To attract more bank investors, Great Lakes initiated a state community fund five years ago. The community fund is a multi-investor fund targeting community banks that historically have not participated in the tax credit program. While multi-state funds tend to attract banks with multi-state branch networks, community banks tend to invest in states where they are chartered. As a result, state community funds target community banks. Great Lakes seeks to attract these small banks by lowering the required minimum investment from $1 million to $250,000.
Great Lakes examines the specific needs of each community to determine the type of housing development that would work best for the area. To assess the strength of a potential investment, Great Lakes looks at the expertise of the developer and its partners; the level of commitment and the stability of funding sources; and whether the developer can handle service delivery, as well as any architectural and engineering needed to make the space user-friendly for new residents. Great Lakes puts a strong focus on ensuring that projects are geared toward environmental efficiency and sustainability, and closely examines construction budgets. Typically, a third-party reviewer evaluates the construction plans and provides an opinion as to cost and quality of construction. Great Lakes carefully reviews operating budgets and compares the budgets with those for similar properties in its portfolio.
Piquette Square, a PSH project in downtown Detroit, Mich., provides 150 one-bedroom units for formerly homeless veterans. One of Great Lakes' LIHTC funds financed the project. The project began when a nonprofit developer, Southwest Housing Solutions, acquired the site of a former Studebaker factory near the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center. The 3.28-acre site required extensive environmental cleanup before construction of the new project could begin.
Piquette Square is an example of a project that might have been financed only through the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA). To mitigate its risk, MSHDA simultaneously approved the issuance of a project-based Section 8 housing subsidy for 150 units. The rental subsidy will remain in place for at least 20 years. The Section 8 rental subsidy typically equals the fair market rent for comparable units within the community where the property is located. In the case of Piquette Square, a project-based housing subsidy provides enough income to cover annual debt service as well as to subsidize the general operations of the property.
In addition to reusing an abandoned brownfield site, Piquette Square incorporates many environmentally sensitive and energy-saving technologies, including a geothermal heating and cooling system; water-saving features; and sensory lighting in each unit to cut down on utility costs and to minimize operation costs. Table 3 shows that the $22.9 million Piquette Square project included eight different funding sources to complete, plus many thousands of dollars in donated furniture, linens, and other kitchen and household items. Piquette Square offers mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment, on-site job training, computer labs, educational programs, and other support services to help veterans develop healthy and independent living skills.
Table 3: Piquette Square Sources and Uses of Funds
Source: Great Lakes Capital Fund* Michigan State Housing Development Authority
Piquette Square opened its doors on July 15, 2010. "Our veterans have fought to protect the safety and the freedom that we enjoy every day, and we have a duty to provide them with adequate housing and medical care," U.S. Senator Carl Levin (D-Michigan) said during the opening ceremony. "Piquette Square is a major development in meeting that hallowed responsibility."
One of Piquette Square's first residents was Coniel Norman, a former University of Arizona basketball star. His story—playing with the NBA, joining the military, succumbing to drug abuse, and spending nearly a year living on the streets of Los Angeles, Calif.— illustrates the painful and quick slide from dignity to dysfunction that can lead to homelessness.
Piquette Square offered Norman a helping hand, a supportive environment, job training, and a second chance. Now, Norman is rebuilding his life alongside other former veterans and has the opportunity to stay connected with his family in Detroit.
The cost of providing services to the homeless, such as job training, mental health, and substance abuse services, are included in the original proposal a developer brings to Great Lakes. Typically, service costs are paid by a mix of state and federal dollars, such as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Supportive Housing Program, or a project-based Section 8 rental subsidy. At the state level, supports such as Medicaid and other wellness, nutrition, and housing assistance programs are provided. Great Lakes examines a potential investment for a host of red flags, including overall sustainability (the minimum fund investment is 15 years), and whether a developer has the expertise to manage the housing or must hire someone else to manage the property. A big measure of success—or failure—can be seen by gauging the long-term commitment of any state and federal funds or private grants a developer counts on to cover expenses.
Funding levels and length of commitment vary depending on the program and agency providing the assistance. HUD's Supportive Housing Program provides an initial five-year commitment for a rental assistance program for the homeless known as Shelter Plus Care. The program requires the service provider to match dollar-for-dollar the amount of the rental subsidy provided. Once the initial commitment period ends, providers must reapply to HUD for annual renewals. In the case of Section 8 rental subsidy, HUD provides an initial commitment of 20 years, but funding is subject to annual congressional approval.
Clearly, investors, developers, and Great Lakes would prefer to have a 20-year Section 8 subsidy for every PSH project. Fortunately, Great Lakes and its developers have been successful in securing these funds for investors and developers when PSH projects required them.
Great Lakes also examines government subsidies that go directly to a developer, including operating support grants, supportive service grants, and subsidies that go directly to tenants such as HUD's Section 8 housing vouchers.
For instance, if a project relies on rental income to fund support service staff, which often is the case, can the project continue to provide services if state or federal rental subsidies are cut? Does the developer have a backup plan and is it viable? Great Lakes' standard underwriting criteria require operating reserves equal to four to six months of operating expense, debt service, and replacement reserves. Depending on our risk analysis, sometimes we require a year or more of operating reserves. Backstopping the operating reserves are the personal and corporate guarantees of the developer and general partner.
Part of Great Lakes' overall strategy is to assist development partners by maintaining a referral network made up of service providers who have access to rental subsidies and support service funding, as well as clients who can benefit from PSH. As a result, the supported units have higher average occupancy when compared to non-supportive units. In Detroit, for example, where Great Lakes works to meet the goals of a Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness, which is sponsored by the local Homeless Action Network, 30 supported properties have been developed. The average occupancy for the supported units is 95 percent, compared with a standard tax credit unit with average occupancy of 92 percent. All the projects have long waiting lists and stable tenant populations.
In addition to conservative underwriting, Great Lakes performs ongoing asset management, meaning that it reviews monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and audits; conducts regular site visits to ensure compliance in terms of tenant eligibility and income limits; and determines whether the developer and management deliver on the services they promised and keep the properties in good shape.
An important factor in financing supportive housing for the homeless is the ability to obtain soft debt financing (debt where repayment is deferred until the sale of the security, as with the Ferguson Apartments, a PSH project in Grand Rapids, Mich.) or grants through local and state governments. "Supportive housing needs to carry less hard debt, typically none at all," said Jim Logue, Chief Operating Officer for Great Lakes, who also serves as board member for several groups, including the national Corporation for Supportive Housing and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis. Less hard debt (for which monthly debt service is required) means less chance of default or foreclosure for nonpayment.
Grand Rapids' Ferguson Apartments project illustrates how soft debt financing works. The apartment complex was developed by Dwelling Place, a local nonprofit organization. Dwelling Place has four supportive housing projects for the homeless in its portfolio of about 25 properties.
As table 4 shows, the Ferguson Apartments project was financed through the generosity of many community agencies, state grants, and a soft loan of nearly $2.8 million from the sponsor. In addition, Dwelling Place raised funds from individuals, corporations, and foundations, and received an equity investment from Great Lakes.
Table 4: Sources and Uses of Funds for Ferguson Apartments
Source: Great Lakes Capital Fund
Ferguson Apartments opened in 2002. Now, it has a nine-year successful track record. MSHDA also provided a $3.8 million Housing Assistance Payment grant to subsidize longer-term operating costs and further minimize risk to investors. At the apartments, more than 100 residents share a city building with four nonprofit agencies that provide medical care, drug and alcohol counseling, and job training. The project's kitchen provides additional job training for some residents, who help prepare and deliver meals to residents confined to their apartments.
The performance of the Ferguson Apartments shows that tax credit investments are attractive to investors. Investment results from Ferguson Apartments exceeded investor expectations and, at the same time, helped to solve the homeless problem in Grand Rapids. Returns from the project helped the city's economy, investors, and residents of Ferguson Apartments.
PNC Bank has been in partnership with Great Lakes for almost 20 years because its geographic target area mirrors that of the nonprofit syndicator. From PNC's perspective, "There's a financial return and a social return," said Michael J. Taylor, PNC Senior Vice President, Community Development Banking. PNC wants to "empower citizens, to the extent possible, to actively participate in their community and perhaps reach greater opportunities in the future," Taylor said. Investing in Great Lakes' funds is one way the bank accomplishes this dual goal.
For more information, contact Dennis Quinn at (313) 841-3751, ext. 1317, or e-mail email@example.com.


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