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Threatening 24

By mackiecam

Romance / Action

Chapter 1

Chapter One

I ran into Ranger coming up from the gym. "Couldn't sleep again, Babe? This is becoming a habit."

As a person who does not willingly get up before the clock shows double digits, the fact that I have been up before the sun for three weeks running showed something was definitely wrong. And the fact I was also at the Rangeman facility, Ranger's exclusive security company that caters to the well-to-do in the Trenton and Newark area, before daybreak further highlighted something was seriously amiss. I pressed the number for the fifth floor, ready to go to my desk and start the day. Ranger pressed the seventh floor button for his penthouse apartment.

"Yeah, I'm definitely having trouble sleeping. Rex is appreciating the nighttime company." Rex is my attack hamster.

"Come up to my apartment and tell me about it", said Ranger. "We can have breakfast together. You can make the coffee while I shower."

"Just coffee for me. I ate already."

"Banana cream pie or key lime?"

Does he know me or what? "Smart ass…I went healthy today. I had strawberry cheesecake." It's healthy, isn't it? After all, it has strawberries and cheese in it. That's two of your main four food groups covered right there. And that is not including the graham cracker crust. Isn't that a grain?

The Rangeman facility is located in downtown Trenton ten minutes away from everything important – the hospital, the police station, and my apartment. It contains staff bachelorettes, office space and training facilities. The penthouse floor contained Ranger's luxurious one-bedroom apartment. I followed Ranger through the doorway and headed for the kitchen. I measured coffee into the basket and added water to the reservoir, turned it on and waited for the machine to make its magic.

The apartment is laid out in two halves. The right half contains a professional grade kitchen, a small dining room and living room. The left half contains the king-sized bedroom, master bath, enormous walk-in closet, and attached office. Separating the halves is the front hallway and a half bath. I have used the apartment as a safe house enough to know the bed linens are silky soft, the shower gel is Bulgari Green and, unlike my apartment, the dishes and cutlery all match. I also know there is a small assortment of my Rangeman uniforms in the closet and I have been assigned a drawer in the bathroom for my toiletries.

I heard the shower turn off and poured coffee into two cups, doctoring mine with cream. I carried the cups into the bedroom and sat on the bed to wait while Ranger finished shaving. He came though wearing only a damp towel and the distinctive scent of his shower gel. I handed him his coffee and admired the view as he walked by. The sight of Ranger in clothes is heart-stopping. The sight of him without is perfection.

When I was growing up I would play Barbies with my friends. Unlike my friends, my dolls all had superpowers and no use for Ken. My Barbies loved GI Joe instead. Ranger is a real life permanently-tanned version of GI Joe. Cuban American with the dark brown eyes and hair to prove his heritage, he is just over six feet and is characterized by a hard body, sharp mind and few words.

I, on the other hand, have no claim to a hard body or few words and I can't speak to my mind. I am Stephanie Plum, and I am a blue-eyed woman with brown, shoulder-length curly hair. I look nothing like Barbie. Instead of the va-va-vroom hourglass shape of the doll, I am of average height and shape, and the only thing remarkable about me is the cute little Hungarian nose I inherited from my grandmother.

I work for my cousin Vinnie's bail bonds office retrieving felons who have missed their court date. When a felon is arrested, they have the option to pay bail to allow them to walk free until their trial. If they don't have enough money and cannot scrounge enough from family and friends to make bail, they can use the services of a bondsman.

A bondsman will pay the bond to the court in exchange for fifteen percent of the bond as well as some collateral. When the accused shows up in court, the court returns the bond money to the bondsman and, in turn, the bondsman returns the collateral to the accused. He keeps the fifteen percent though.

If the accused does not show up in court, the bondsman is not happy as he does not get his bond money returned to him. He needs this money to lend to someone else to earn another fifteen percent. That is where I come in. As a bounty hunter aka bond enforcement agent aka fugitive apprehension agent, I find the accused and force them to return to the court system. For this I get ten percent of the bond money and the bondsman retains the remaining five percent. Good deal for me. The catch is that if I don't capture any felons, I don't get paid. Despite this, I like the job. Whether it is the ability to keep my own hours, the capacity to make emergency runs to the Tasty Pastry bakery, or the knowledge that I am doing something good for society, for some reason it suits me. Hell, maybe it's just that I don't have to wear pantyhose and heels every day.

More recently, however, I started working part time for Rangeman.

Three weeks ago, I was supposed to apprehend a felon named Pete Brodie. Brodie did not want to go back to court, however, and started stalking and harassing me in return. The hunter became the hunted. After several threats and some attempts on my life, I shot him in my apartment. Since then I have reduced my hours working for Vinnie chasing skips to part time and have started working for Ranger part time researching companies and individuals. It is a situation that suits both Ranger and me for the time being. On Ranger's side, he is happy he has someone to fill the research desk but, more importantly, he likes having me there so he can keep tabs on me while I get back on my feet. On my side, this provides a regular paycheque – good for paying the rent. And Ranger offers health benefits and flex hours. All in all, a good deal. Unfortunately, the work is as dry as dust and puts my feet to sleep.

"Tell me about not sleeping. Are you having nightmares?" asked Ranger from the closet as he dressed for the day.

"Yeah. I keep reliving shooting Brodie", I said in disgust.

"That is perfectly natural, Babe. Do you want to move in here for a few days, at least until they get the bloodstains out of your carpet?"

And see, that's the problem. I would really like to. But Ranger is not the only man in my life. I had an on-again, off-again relationship with a Trenton cop over the last few years. Joe Morelli is six feet of Italian testosterone. He is a good dog father, a kind and loving boyfriend, and an overly dedicated cop. When Brodie threatened me, Morelli blew up, saying things to me he should not have said. It was an old argument between us. He doesn't want me to be a bounty hunter and feels that my affinity for getting into trouble is dangerous to myself and my family. And in some ways he is right. But on my side I don't like his lack of balance in his life, the danger associated with his job, or his lack of respect for what I do for a living. He wants me to become a wife and a stay-at-home mom, and he does not want to change a thing about himself.

Besides his attitude, I don't know what I even want him to change. I just know I would go nuts as a stay-at-home mom. I'm not even sure what I think about babies. They seem the kind of thing you like when they are smelling sweet and fresh from the bath but once you have to deal with sticky hands in your hair, leftover Lego on the floor, and finger painting on the wall, they lose their appeal. And that's not even taking into account the sleepless nights or poopy diapers.

So, in short, I think we want different things in life and I am not willing to change and neither is he. We had been happily ignoring our issues for quite a while, living in dreamland as an uncommitted couple. But after Brodie was caught, Morelli drew a line in the sand and said I had to quit my job if I wanted to stay with him. I walked away from him instead. I am not exactly regretting it. I think it was a long time in coming, but while I recognize something had to change, I am still grieving the loss of the friendship. He is a good man and I miss him. On Morelli's side, now that his Italian temper has cooled he is regretting the outburst. He has phoned several times to apologize. I have consistently let his messages go to voicemail.

"I think it is better for me to stay at my own place, thanks."

"My place is always available if you change your mind."

I know from experience there is only one bed in the apartment and, although it is technically plenty big enough for both of us, I tend not to be able to keep my hands to myself and I migrate over to his side of the bed when I sleep. And with the unsettled feelings I have been having lately, that sort of migration would be a bad idea. It would be fun for the moment but, until I get my feet back under me, my desire for self-preservation says solo sleeping is the best alternative.

Ranger came out of the closet dressed in his Rangeman uniform – black fatigues, black t-shirt, black hoody, and a gun at his side. Ranger always dresses all in black. It makes it easier to dress in the morning. Everything matches.

"What is up for today?" asked Ranger.

"I am researching some potential employees for Jay Technologies for Tank, and I have that new file from you to research. And a few for Sales, of course." Tank is the head of Operations and is Ranger's right hand man. Built like his name suggests, he is 6'6" with enough muscle to make him as intimidating as hell. He talks even less than Ranger, if that is even possible. Also former Special Forces, Tank and Ranger served together and Tank has had Ranger's back ever since. "Then, this afternoon, I am picking up Lula and we are going to try to clean up my list of outstanding skips. It's only a couple of low-value bonds, but they will still be good to tidy up. And there are a couple of new files that Connie wants me to pick up."

"It is time for you to head back to the shooting range and the gym as well, Babe. I have some time at four o'clock today to train you." Ella, Ranger's housekeeper, cook and general staff mother, came through the door with Ranger's breakfast. He took the tray from her, thanked her, and closed the door behind her.

"I don't want to practice shooting. Bad things happen when I have a gun in my hand."

"Worse things would have happened if you hadn't had a gun in your hand", countered Ranger. "Brodie would have shot you dead. You killed him in self-defense. It was not your fault."

"Yet it was my bullet that shot him. I would say that makes it my fault."

"You can't afford to doubt yourself. You did what you had to do. I will meet you at your desk at five to four and we will go down to the shooting range then."

I did some deep breathing and struggled not to cry. There was nothing I wanted to do less than go and shoot a gun again. "I may not be back from skip chasing in time", I said hopefully.

"This is part of your job. You have to be comfortable shooting a gun, both skill-wise as well as psychologically. I will meet you at your desk just before four o'clock. Which brings me to another point. You know the rules about Rangeman. You need to wear your gun at all times. The last three weeks you have not been wearing it."

"I have it in my purse."

"That is not going to help you if you need it. With the amount your purse holds it might take you an hour to find it." He was right. It would take me some time to find it. Morelli used to say I carried everything except the kitchen sink and, one year for my birthday, he bought me a Barbie-sized kitchen sink to put in my purse. I still have it there. While I might not be able to find my gun in time, all the crap in my purse would make it a sufficient weight to hit someone with. I thought that was a much better self-defense plan. "You need to wear it while you are in the building, just like the rest of the staff. Do you have your holster in your purse as well?"

I considered saying 'no', but I knew Ranger would just get me another from the storeroom. "Yes", I admitted.

"Good. Use it."

I stood up to get another cup of coffee and Ranger snagged me about the waist and sat me down on his lap. "You are going to be okay, Babe. But you have to get back in the saddle. You cannot continue second guessing yourself." He angled his head down for a kiss and, when our tongues touched, heat arrowed straight down to my doodad. I think I might have moaned and I was seriously reconsidering my decision to sleep solo. Ranger pulled back. "I'm sorry, but I have a meeting in ten minutes. What are you going to put on before you leave the apartment today?"

"My gun", I said, resigned. Ranger's lips twitched at the petulant tone to my voice.

"I know you don't like it, but it is important." He put the last mouthful of strawberries in his mouth, drank his last mouthful of coffee, and got up from the table. He went in the bathroom and finished up while I put on my holster and gun and then, smiling a half-smile when he saw me wearing it, walked with me out of the apartment down to the fifth floor.

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Office Depot Inc., which has made a long-term commitment to international trade via its web sites, has upgraded Viking Office Products sites in eight countries. Viking is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delray Beach, FL-based Office Depot.

Viking has revamped sites in Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The new sites feature advanced search technology, faster site navigation, easier shopping and personal customization. Office Depot also says the sites are more informative to help customers make better buying decisions. Features of the site also mirror Viking`s printed catalogs in the form of prices and special offers.

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Mayor Watson had dedicated most of his career to public service in Canada’s Capital.

First elected as a Councillor in 1991, he was re-elected in 1994. Three years later he was elected as the youngest Mayor in Ottawa’s history with 82% of the popular vote.

Following the amalgamation of Ottawa and surrounding communities, Mayor Watson was appointed the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Tourism Commission, a federal crown corporation.

In 2003, he was elected as the Member of Provincial Parliament for Ottawa West-Nepean and immediately appointed to cabinet as Minister of Consumer and Business services.

In 2005, he was appointed as Ontario’s first Minister of Health Promotion and he successfully implemented the Smoke Free Ontario Act.

Re-elected as MPP in 2007, he was promoted to Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

In that portfolio, Watson signed the largest Federal-Provincial Housing agreement in Ontario’s History. In addition he co-authored an historic agreement between the province and Ontario’s 444 municipalities that saw over $1.5 Billion in social service costs removed from local property taxes.

An active member of his community, Watson has also served on the boards or as honourary chair of several community organizations, including the Riverside Hospital, the National Arts Centre, the Christmas Exchange of Ottawa and the Forum for Young Canadians. He served as chair of United Way’s 2002 campaign, which raised a record $21 million.

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His years of active involvement and community service have made him the recipient of several awards and accolades, including Maclean’s magazine’s “100 Young Canadians To Watch,” Carleton University Honours Award, the City of Ottawa’s highest civic honour, the Key to the City; the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal; the Visionary Award by the Ontario Pharmacists’ Association, and the National Leadership Award by the Canadian Council for Tobacco Control for his role in implementing the Smoke Free Ontario Act.

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David has responsibility for Nokia’s market leading Fixed Access product lines within North America.  David had held various executive product business responsibilities over his 17 years with Nokia helping to advance broadband technology solutions to North American telecommunication operators.

David has over 23 years’ experience successfully bringing technology products to market in both entrepreneurial (start-up) and large multi-national corporations while employed respectively with Neuma Technology Corporation, Lockheed-Martin, Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia.

Prior to his commercial experience, David served as an Aerospace Engineering Officer with the Canadian Forces.

David holds a degree in Engineering Management from the Royal Military College of Canada.

Lise Bourgeois
President, La Cité collégiale

Since March of 2010, Lise Bourgeois, President, has led La Cité, the largest French-language college of applied arts and technology in Ontario. Ms. Bourgeois has worked in the field of education for over 30 years, from the classroom all the way to senior management positions. Ms. Bourgeois has a bachelor and a master’s degree in education, as well as a Supervisory Officer’s Qualification.

From 2003 to 2010, she headed the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est (CECCE), the largest French-language school board outside of Quebec. Under Ms. Bourgeois’ leadership, the organization attained an exceptional level of performance, without parallel in the province, thus making a significant contribution to the development of French-language education: CECCE enrolment increased by over 2,000 students, five new schools were opened, and construction began on two more.

In her capacity as President of La Cité, Ms. Bourgeois pursues the development of French-language education, and makes the success of every student central to the College’s educational decisions. Under her leadership, La Cité’s enrolment has surpassed 5,500 students, and is consistently ranked among the best colleges in the province. A true visionary, she secured the necessary funding to develop a new infrastructure that will position the student experience at La Cité into a new experiential and multidisciplinary dimension: Place La Cité, to open in September 2018.

Committed for many years to enhancing the vitality of the Franco-Ontarian community and extending its influence, Ms. Bourgeois is a member of various organizations, including the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, the Regroupement des gens d’affaires de la capitale nationale (Association of business people of the National Capital), the Consortium national de formation en santé (National healthcare training consortium) (CNFS), the Réseau des cégeps et collèges francophones du Canada and Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan). She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Invest Ottawa and has co-chaired the Association des collèges et universités de la francophonie canadienne (ACUFC) since April 1, 2015.

Over the years, Ms. Bourgeois has shown a great capacity for taking care of business and for obtaining the support required to implement initiatives associated with the development of the organizations she has headed. In recognition of her achievements in this area, the Regroupement des gens d’affaires de la capitale nationale has given her its award Dirigeante de l’année dans le secteur parapublic (Leader of the year in the parapublic sector), and she has received first prize in the “Education” category at the Prescott-Russell gala honouring women. These marks of distinction are a testimony to her leadership and to her passion for making a difference in the social, economic and cultural development of the larger community.

Ms. Bourgeois is a woman of action with a gift for bringing people together. She has developed a vast network both within the structures of government and in the community to make a difference to the social, economic and cultural development of her community at large.

Michael Crockatt
President & CEO, Ottawa Tourism

Michael is a recognized leader in tourism and aviation in Canada. Prior to joining Ottawa Tourism, Michael served as Senior Vice President with InterVISTAS Consulting, where he was responsible for the firm’s airline, air service development, and tourism practices in Canada. Michael has over 15 years experience at the management level with two of Canada’s major airports, the Winnipeg Airports Authority and the Ottawa International Airport Authority.

Michael is very active within the tourism and transportation industries and other business groups. He is a Board member with Ottawa 2017 and Invest Ottawa, and has served as Chair of the Board of Directors with the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC), Chair of the Board of Directors of Ottawa Tourism and Chair of the Tourism Development Council of Ottawa Tourism.

In 2013, Michael was named one of Airport Business Magazine’s Top 40 under 40. In 2012, he was a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, recognizing his contributions to Canada. At the 2011 Ottawa Tourism Awards, Michael was named Tourism Volunteer of the Year, and in 2010, he was a recipient of the Ottawa Business Journal Forty Under 40 Awards.

Michael has a Master’s degree in Geography from the University of Manitoba.

Jason Flick

Jason is a veteran in the world of enterprise growth and management, having founded and scaled a number of successful software companies in the past, most notably Flick Software, Eftia, and N-Able. Jason believes in disrupting the status quo, which is what led him to start You.i TV with co-founder Stuart Russell. Jason is currently a sitting member of the board for Turner Ad Labs, Invest Ottawa, and Flick Software.

Jacques Frémont
President & Vice-Chancellor, University of Ottawa

Jacques Frémont is Professor Emeritus at the University of Montreal and former President of the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission. Prior to this appointment by the Quebec legislative assembly in 2013, he was Director of the International Higher Education Support Program of the Open Society Foundations in New York.

Within the University of Montreal, Mr. Frémont was Dean of the Law school, as well as Provost and Vice-Rector (Academic Affairs) until 2010. Mr. Frémont is author of numerous books, articles and chapters of books in constitutional law as well as in public law.

Throughout his career, Mr. Frémont has acted as expert in issues of Human rights, of good governance and democracy with Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) as well as consultant with World Bank financed projects. He has also acted as director of major international cooperation projects in the fields of Human rights and judicial training.

Mr. Frémont is a graduate of Laval University (Quebec City) and has pursued graduate studies at York University (Toronto). He has received prizes and honors, including that of member of the Order of Academic Palms of the French Republic in 2009 and received a Ph.D. Honoris Causa from the Université Paul Cézanne (Aix-en-Provence) in 2010. He has been made professor emeritus of the University of Montreal in 2012. Mr. Frémont has been a visiting professor at many Quebec, Canadian, European and Asian universities.

Cheryl Jensen
President and Chief Executive Officer, Algonquin College

Cheryl Jensen is the eighth president of Algonquin College. She joins Algonquin from Mohawk College, where she held the title of Vice President, Academic for five years. Cheryl first joined Mohawk as a Chemical Engineering Technology professor in 1983 and has served as Dean, Executive Dean, and Vice President of Engineering Technology, Apprenticeship and Corporate Training.

Cheryl serves on the Boards of Ottawa Network for Education, Invest Ottawa, the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship, and the Ottawa Beechwood Cemetery and Beechwood Cemetery Foundation. She is also a Board member for Polytechnics Canada and a member of the Business/Higher Education Roundtable. She is the recipient of a Hamilton YWCA Woman of Distinction award and a national leadership award from the Association of Canadian Community Colleges.

Cheryl graduated from McMaster University with an Honours Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a Certificate in the Metallurgy of Iron and Steel, and holds a Master of Education in Organizational and Administrative Studies from Brock University.

Dr. Jack Kitts
President and CEO, Ottawa Hospital

Dr. Jack Kitts received his medical degree from the University of Ottawa in 1980 and completed a tour of duty with the Canadian armed forces prior to joining the medical staff of the Ottawa Civic Hospital. In 1998 he was appointed Vice President of Medical Affairs and led the medical staff during a complex restructuring of the Ottawa hospitals. He received his master’s degree in business administration from the University of Ottawa in 2001 and was subsequently named President and CEO of the Ottawa Hospital, a position he continues in today. The Ottawa Hospital is one of the largest and most productive research and teaching hospitals in Canada. Dr. Kitts’ roots are firmly anchored in the Ottawa Valley and his wife and three children have all chosen careers in the health sector.

Tobi Lütke
Founder and CEO, Shopify

Tobi Lütke is the Founder and CEO of Shopify. He founded the company in 2004 after moving to Ottawa from Germany to open Snowdevil, an online store for snowboarding equipment. After trying a series of existing ecommerce software packages, he decided to create his own not being able to find a product that matched Snowdevil’s needs. Being a programmer by trade, he built Snowdevil in Ruby on Rails and realized soon after that selling the software was a better idea. In 2006, Shopify, a cloud-based commerce platform officially launched with the mission to make commerce better. Today, Shopify powers more than 300,000 stores in approximately 150 countries.

Prior to launching Shopify, Tobi was in an apprenticeship role at BOG Koblenz – a subsidiary of Siemens Germany. He has worked on the core team of the Ruby on Rails framework and has also created many popular open source libraries such as Active Merchant.

Cyril McKelvie

Cyril McKelvie is CEO of AOC, Jabil’s optical business unit, where he is responsible for all aspects of the AOC offering of sales, R&D and manufacturing execution. Mr. McKelvie is a well-seasoned executive with over 25 years of senior management experience in research and development, new product development and operations. Prior to his position at AOC, Mr. McKelvie was a consultant with Marlin Equity and was the lead on the restructuring of the operations, supply chain functions at Marlin’s acquisition of Coriant Networks. Prior to his position at Marlin, Mr. McKelvie was President and CEO of Marport Technologies, a world leader in sonar equipment for the commercial fishing industry.

Previous executive positions include Executive Vice President of Sanmina’s optical microelectronic business—a leading global electronics manufacturer; prior to that, President CEO and a Founder of BreconRidge, one of Canada’s largest contract manufacturer.

Prior to that position General Manager of GSI Lumonics Optics, VP of Operations of JDSU, and various senior management positions at NewBridge Networks.

A native of Nova Scotia, Mr McKelvie has a B. Sc in Chemical Engineering from Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia.

Dr. Roseann O’Reilly Runte
President and Vice-Chancellor, Carleton University

Dr. Roseann O’Reilly Runte is President and Vice-Chancellor of Carleton University.

Dr. Runte graduated with a BA summa cum laude in French from the State University of New York and obtained her MA and PhD from the University of Kansas. She has previously served as president of l’Université Sainte-Anne, principal of Glendon College, president of Victoria University and of Old Dominion University.

Dr. Runte is the author of numerous scholarly works in the fields of French, comparative literature, economic and cultural development, higher education and the importance of research. In addition, she is a creative writer and has received a poetry prize from the Académie française.

Dr. Runte has been awarded the Order of Canada and the French Order of Merit and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. She has also been awarded the Palmes Académiques and several prizes for her work on the environment, for community and national service. In addition, Dr. Runte holds a number of honorary degrees.

Dr. Runte has served on numerous boards and commissions in both Canada and the United States. She was president of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, president of the Humanities Federation of Canada, a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Foundation for International Training, the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, the Virginia Industrial National Development Authority and the Virginia Advanced Shipbuilding Integration Center. She currently serves on the advisory board of SunGard SGT, the board of the National Bank of Canada, the executive of the Royal Society, the non-profit LifeNet Health Board, the board of Fulbright Canada-U.S. and the Ontario-Quebec Private Sector Advisory Committee. She is a member of both the European and the World Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Dr. Runte took up her duties at Carleton University on July 1, 2008.

Susan Richards
Contract CFO and Co-Founder, Givopoly

Susan Richards is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA). Susan holds the prestigious designation of Fellow awarded by the Society of Management Accountants of Canada for demonstrating excellence in management accounting, commitment to and pride in the profession, and a civic mindedness.

Susan has over 20 years of accounting experience in the knowledge-based industry having served the last 12 years as Chief Financial Officer to a number of Ottawa small and medium sized companies in the knowledge-based industry. Since 2013, Susan has been serving Ottawa entrepreneurs on a part-time, contract and casual basis. With a passion for business strategy, Susan enjoys helping local entrepreneurs increase their sustainable profits, generate increased cash flow, streamline operations, and ensure they have the necessary information to make key decisions. An entrepreneur at heart, Susan Co-Founded in 2012 and in 2014 and has an increased appreciation of the variety of challenges faced by local entrepreneurs.

Susan is a member of the Board of Directors for Equal Voice, serving as National Treasurer. She has served as a member of the Board of Governors for The Society of Management Accountants of Ontario. Susan was previously involved in the OCRI Dollars and Sense serving as a member of the Steering Committee.

Jim Roche
President & CEO, Stratford Managers

Jim Roche, President & CEO of Stratford Managers Corporation, founded the company to positively impact society by helping organizations and their leaders achieve their full potential. He is a charismatic leader with impressive accomplishments in privately-owned and public companies as well as not-for-profits. As a seasoned executive and corporate director with over 30 years of experience, Jim is a strong advocate for small- and medium-sized companies and an active angel investor. He provides clients C-level advice on governance, strategy and operational matters, and serves in interim CEO roles.

Jim began his career as a founding member of Newbridge Networks where he helped grow the company to over $1B in annual revenue. He then co-founded Tundra Semiconductor, took it public and, as President & CEO, achieved double-digit average annual revenue and profit growth and over $1.5B in market value.

Over his career Jim has sat on over forty boards and committees. He is currently a corporate director on the boards of Ballard Power Systems, Aonix and ThinkRF. As a community builder, Jim also sits on the boards of CHEO and Invest Ottawa and champions innovation on the boards of Ocean Networks Canada, NRC-IRAP and the Innovation Centre at Bayview Yards. Previous board assignments include Wi-LAN, DNA Genotek and Youth Services Bureau.

David Ross
CEO, Ross Video

David Ross is the CEO and majority owner of Ross Video, having R&D and head office based in Ottawa, manufacturing in Iroquois Ontario, with additional significant manufacturing and sales offices in London, Singapore, Virginia Beach, California, and more. Since David graduated as a Computer Engineer and joined the company in 1991, it has grown from a small analog switcher company with about 25 employees to a global company with over 650 employees that has made 12 acquisitions in the past 7 years.

Ross Video designs, manufactures and delivers technology and services that power live video productions seen by billions of viewers around the world every day. Ross Video’s goal is to make it easy for customers to create compelling news, weather and sports broadcasts (like CTV here in town, or the BBC World News), engaging material for sports stadium screens (such as the Canadian Tire Center and the Staples Center), legislative assemblies (such as the EU and the United Nations), entertainment shows and rock concerts (such as the Academy Awards, Grammy’s, or the Foo Fighters), as well as inspiring content for houses of worship.

Ross Video delivers the world’s widest range of products and services for augmented reality and virtual sets, mobile live-event solutions, real-time motion graphics, robotic camera systems, social-media management, production switchers, video routers, infrastructure products, video servers, newsroom systems, and more.

Ross also now creates the video content itself, delivering live sports shows to ESPN, NBC, Fox, and more. This year, Ross Mobile Productions expects to produce over 1000 games and events in its 5 sports production vehicles based in the United States.

David and his team have managed to achieve this growth internally funded, without a single down year in 25 straight years, while maintaining an average growth rate of 17 percent.

David was also the 2016 Ottawa CEO of the Year.

Robert White

Robert White, CPA CA CMA is an independent adviser to and investor in startup software companies. Robert is Chair of the Board of Cliniconex Inc., a company delivering patient engagement solutions to the healthcare sector. He is a member of the Board of LiveQoS, a company focused on the delivery of software defined wide area network solutions. He is a member of the Board and Chair of the compensation committee for Pythian Group, a global provider of professional services. Robert is a strategic advisor to Ottawa based Member365 and Mindbridge AI.

Robert has over 20 year of experience in software industry finance and M&A. Previously he led M&A globally for IBM’s analytics business closing over a dozen acquisitions which include Toronto based Varicent Software, Clarity Systems, and Algorithmics. Robert has also closed a number of divestitures. Previously Robert led the post-merger integration of Ottawa based Cognos into IBM. Robert started his software career with Ottawa based Object Technology International where he was Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer.

Robert focuses his volunteer time on causes supporting education and entrepreneurialism. Robert is Chair of the Board of the Ottawa Network for Education, an organization which works with education, business, government and community partners to develop programs that enrich public education in Ottawa. Robert is also a member of the boards of the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce and Invest Ottawa. Robert is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board at the Telfer School of Management.

Robert holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Ottawa. He graduated magna cum laude in 1992. Robert was awarded the Trudeau Medal by the University of Ottawa in 2014 recognizing his contributions to the school and his community. He was admitted to membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario in 1993. He was admitted to membership of the Society of Management Accountants of Ontario in 1994.

Jeff Westeinde (Past Chair)
Lead Partner, Zibi Development

Jeff Westeinde is a successful serial entrepreneur and investor with active businesses interests in the real estate, environmental, renewables and technology sectors. Jeff’s current passion project is the Zibi development in Ottawa-Gatineau which will transform 37 acres of contaminated industrial lands in the heart of the two cities into one of the world’s most sustainable mixed use communities.

Mr. Westeinde has been distinguished as Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young, named one of Canada’s Top 40 under 40 by the Globe and Mail, recognized with the Young Alumni Award from the University of Western Ontario and has been awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal for his distinguished service to Canada. His companies have been recognized as Canada’s fastest growing companies and Canada’s Top 50 Best Managed Companies.

Jeff is active on numerous charitable, civic and industry initiatives including serving as the founding chairman of the Invest Ottawa and vice Chair of Ottawa’s new $30M Innovation Center. Jeff also serves as the Honorary Lieutenant Colonel for Canada’s finest military reserve unit – the 33rd Combat Engineers Regiment.


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Anonymous online posting saga continues By Matthew Hector October 2015 LawPulse, Page 12 Comcast finally reveals the subscriber - a lawyer - whose account was used to post allegedly defamatory remarks about a Stephenson County official. The defendant vows to fight on.
Hadley: Author of anonymous online post must be revealed By Matthew Hector August 2015 LawPulse, Page 10 In Hadley, the Illinois Supreme Court rules that a defamation plaintiff who can survive a motion to dismiss can expose an anonymous online defendant.
Qualified defamation privilege applies to statements in condominium assessment lien July 2012 Illinois Law Update, Page 352 On May 17, 2012, the first district appellate court held that statements made in a condominium assessment lien are not absolutely privileged when the condominium association does not enforce the lien by judicial foreclosure.
Narrowing the Illinois anti-SLAPP statute By Adam W. Lasker March 2012 LawPulse, Page 126 The Illinois Supreme Court reins in a statute designed to stop misuse of defamation lawsuits to silence critics speaking out on matters of public interest.
Protecting anonymous online speakers: Stone v Paddock Publications By Helen W. Gunnarsson January 2012 LawPulse, Page 10 Plaintiffs seeking pre-suit discovery to unmask the anonymous online posters who allegedly libeled them must first state facts that support a defamation claim, the first district held.
Who Posted That? Anonymous Online Speech and the First Amendment By Sarah A. Smith April 2011 Article, Page 194 There's a trend in defamation litigation to use pre-suit discovery procedures to uncover the identities of anonymous online commenters. The author considers the implications.
Unhappy SLAPPers: more muscle for the Citizen Participation Act By Helen W. Gunnarsson December 2010 LawPulse, Page 610 The Illinois Supreme Court held that the Act immunized a defamation defendant's statements to a reporter about a developer.
“They’re Bad-Mouthing the Business”: Suing for Defamation and Related Claims on Behalf of a Corporation and its Officers By Joseph J. Siprut October 2010 Article, Page 528 Your business client wants you to respond to lies told by competitors or others. What now? This article reviews the options.
Illinois Interscholastic Association protected from defamation claims. PA 096-0723 June 2010 Illinois Law Update, Page 292 Illinois lawmakers passed a bill protecting Interscholastic Associations from certain civil liabilities. According to the Interscholastic Association Defamation Act, associations with the purpose of "promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics" are immune from defamation claims, with the exception of claims involving actual malice.
Faster resolution urged for custody, SLAPP suits By Helen W. Gunnarsson June 2009 LawPulse, Page 278 At a recent hearing, the supreme court rules committee was asked to speed disposition of child custody proceedings and SLAPP suits.
In Defense of the Citizen Participation Act By Adam Schwartz March 2009 Column, Page 114 The Illinois Citizen Participation Act of 2007 protects expressive activity in furtherance of efforts to petition the government.
Illinois’ New Anti-SLAPP Statute By Eric M. Madiar and Terrence J. Sheahan December 2008 Article, Page 620 The Act should quell libel suits against those who legitimately petition government for redress. But does it also shield those who intentionally defame others?
Attorney’s defamatory statement privilege applies to preliminary letter to employer March 2007 Illinois Law Update, Page 124 On December 22, 2006, the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, affirmed the Circuit Court of Cook County's dismissal of the claims against the defendant attorney because his allegedly defamatory statements were privileged and made in good faith.
“Innocent construction” libel rule - still standing but battered By Helen W. Gunnarsson March 2007 LawPulse, Page 118 The Illinois Supreme Court refused to abandon the rule in Tuite v Corbitt but overturned the trial and appellate courts who applied it in dismissing the plaintiff's case.
Defamation per se of candidate requires more than mean-spirited hyperbole January 2007 Illinois Law Update, Page 14 The Illinois Appellate Court, Fifth District, recently affirmed the decision of the Circuit Court of Madison County, dismissing a defamation action brought by Maag, a judge in a retention election.
The Illinois Supreme Court and the “Fair Report” Privilege: A Free-Press Victory By Michael M. Conway, Mona G. Thakkar, and Katherine Licup August 2006 Article, Page 414 Reporters who accurately report accusations made as part of a government proceeding are protected from defamation suits.


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General Information

A general presentation of the Tribunal's activities may be found in the brochure, which is available in English and French, as well as in ArabicChineseGermanRussian and Spanish. Copies may also be obtained from the Press Office of the Tribunal.

The Convention was adopted by the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea on 30 April 1982 and opened for signature on 10 December 1982. It entered into force on 16 November 1994.

  • How many States Parties to the Convention are there?

There are currently 168 States Parties to the Convention. This includes 167 States and one international organization (European Community). A full list of States Parties may be found on the internet pages of the United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea.

  • Why was the Tribunal established under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea?

The Tribunal was established as a specialised tribunal to deal with disputes arising out of the interpretation and application of the Convention.

  • When was the Tribunal established?

The Tribunal came into existence following the entry into force of the Convention on 16 November 1994. After the election of the first judges on 1 August 1996, the Tribunal took up its work in Hamburg on 1 October 1996. The official inauguration of the Tribunal was held on 18 October 1996.

  • Why is Hamburg the seat of the Tribunal?

Hamburg was chosen to be the seat of the Tribunal by the representatives of the States participating in the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea by secret ballot on 21 August 1981. The choice of Hamburg, a well-known port city reputed for its long tradition in international shipping and maritime trade, is reflected in article 1, paragraph 2, of the Statute of the Tribunal.

  • Who funded the Tribunal's headquarters building?

The headquarters building was funded by the Federal Government of Germany (80%) and the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (20%) and made available to the Tribunal rent-free. The maintenance costs for the running of the building are covered by the budget of the Tribunal.

  • Who designed the building?

The building was designed by Baron Alexander and Baroness Emanuela von Branca, a Munich-based firm of architects, who won an international competition organised in 1989.

  • Which languages does the Tribunal use?

The two official languages of the Tribunal are English and French. Other languages may be used by parties during proceedings, in which case the party concerned is requested to make the necessary arrangements for interpretation and/or translation into one of the official languages.

  • Is the Tribunal part of the United Nations?

The Tribunal is an independent judicial body that maintains close links with the United Nations. The Tribunal and the United Nations have entered into agreement concerning cooperation and relationship. The United Nations has granted the Tribunal observer status in the General Assembly. In addition the staff of the Tribunal are remunerated in accordance with the United Nations common system of salaries, allowances and benefits, as administered by the International Civil Service Commission. The Tribunal participates in the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund.

  • How much is the Tribunal's budget?

The budget of the Tribunal has been set at EUR 21,119,900 for 2017-2018.

  • Who sets the budget and how are the contributions fixed?

The budget of the Tribunal is adopted annually by the Meeting of States Parties to the Convention, on the basis of budget proposals submitted by the Tribunal.  The Meeting of States Parties is convened by the Secretary-General of the United Nations and takes place at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The States Parties pay contributions to the budget based upon the scale of assessments of the budget of the United Nations adjusted to take into account participation in the Convention. The European Union pays a fixed contribution set by the Meeting of States Parties.

  • How are the judges of the Tribunal elected and who elects them?

The judges of the Tribunal are elected by the States Parties. Elections for the position of one-third of the judges of the Tribunal are held at the Meeting of States Parties every three years in New York. Candidates must be nominated by States Parties and require a two-thirds majority of the votes of the States Parties present and voting in order to be elected.

  • What are the prerequisites for becoming a judge?

Article 2 of the Statute of the Tribunal sets down that it "shall be composed of a body of 21 independent members, elected from among persons enjoying the highest reputation for fairness and integrity and of recognized competence in the field of the law of the sea."

  • How many judges are there?

 There are 21 judges.

  • What is the term of the judges?

 The judges are elected for a term of nine years.

  • Is there a geographical distribution of judges?

The Tribunal may not include more than one judge of the same nationality on its bench and the representation of the principal legal systems of the world and geographical distribution shall be assured. The composition of the Judges is currently as follows:

Africa: 5

Asia: 5

Eastern Europe: 3

Latin America and the Caribbean: 4

Western Europe and other States: 4

  • Are the judges permanently resident in Hamburg?

Only the President of the Tribunal is permanently based in Hamburg. The other judges must be permanently available to exercise their functions and travel to Hamburg for cases and organizational sessions.

  • How are the President and Vice-President chosen and for how long?

The judges elect the President and Vice-President from among themselves by secret ballot for three years.

A party to a case that does not have a judge of its own nationality on the bench may nominate a person to sit as a judge during the case. The judge ad hoc participates in that case on an equal basis with the other judges.

As provided for by its Statute, the Tribunal has constituted the Seabed Disputes Chamber and the Chamber of Summary Procedure. Three other chambers have been formed by the Tribunal, the Chamber for Fisheries Disputes, the Chamber for Marine Environment Disputes and the Chamber for Maritime Delimitation Disputes. In addition special chambers have been formed to deal with the Case concerning the Conservation and Sustainable Exploitation of Swordfish Stocks in the South-Eastern Pacific Ocean (Chile/European Union) and the Dispute concerning delimitation of the maritime boundary between Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire in the Atlantic Ocean (Ghana/Côte d'Ivoire).

The Registry is the administrative organ of the Tribunal. Headed by the Registrar, it consists of a number of different departments: Legal, Administration and Finance, Electronic Data Processing, Press, Conference and Linguistic Services and Library.

  • What are the responsibilities of the Registrar?

The Registrar is responsible for all legal and administrative work, for the assessment and collection of contributions, and for the administration of the accounts and finances of the Tribunal. The Registrar is the regular channel of communications to and from the Tribunal, keeps the List of cases, and keeps copies of communications and agreements as required by the Rules.

  • How many members of staff are there?

There are currently 36 members of staff.

  • Is there a geographical distribution of staff?

The Tribunal endeavours to maintain as wide a geographical distribution as possible in its selection of staff. There are currently 18 different nationalities represented at the Tribunal.

The List of cases is a list of all the cases that have been submitted to the Tribunal.

  • How many cases have been submitted to the Tribunal so far?

Twenty-five cases have been submitted to the Tribunal to date.

  • How are proceedings instituted before the Tribunal?

Disputes before the Tribunal are instituted either by written application or by notification of a special agreement. The procedure to be followed for the institution of proceedings before the Tribunal is defined in the Statute and the Rules of the Tribunal as well as in the Guidelines concerning the Preparation and Presentation of Cases before the Tribunal.

  • What type of cases are submitted to the Tribunal?

Any case arising out of the application or interpretation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea may be brought to the Tribunal. In the cases submitted to the Tribunal to date the following matters have figured prominently: prompt release of vessels and crews under article 292 of the Convention, coastal State jurisdiction in its maritime zones, freedom of navigation, hot pursuit, marine environment, flags of convenience and conservation of fish stocks. The Tribunal's jurisdiction also extends to cases arising out of other agreements that confer jurisdiction on the Tribunal.

The hearings are public unless the Tribunal decides otherwise or the parties to the case request that the public not be admitted. People wishing to attend the hearings should register with the Press Office in advance to ensure entry.

  • Who bears the expenses of the Tribunal for cases submitted to it?

Expenses of the Tribunal, including expenses incurred on account of cases submitted to it, are borne by the States Parties to the Convention through the budget of the Tribunal. States Parties are therefore not required to pay the Tribunal any additional amount if they are parties to cases before the Tribunal. Non-States Parties would be required to pay a fee fixed by the Tribunal.

  • What law is applied by the Tribunal?

The Tribunal applies the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and other rules of international law not incompatible with the Convention.

  • Can experts be appointed by the Tribunal?

Yes. If the Tribunal decides that it requires expert advice on a case involving technical or scientific matters it may select an expert under article 289 of the Convention, to be chosen in consultation with the parties and preferably from the list of experts maintained in accordance with article 2 of Annex VIII to the Convention.

  • Can parties present witnesses during hearings?

Yes. Witnesses can be presented during hearings.

  • Is the Tribunal the only court dealing with law of the sea cases?

No. The Tribunal is one means for the settlement of disputes arising out of the Convention, the other means being the International Court of Justice, an arbitral tribunal constituted in accordance with Annex VII to the Convention, and a special arbitral tribunal constituted in accordance with Annex VIII to the Convention. The United Nations General Assembly has recognized the contribution of the Tribunal to the peaceful settlement of disputes in accordance with Part XV of the Convention and has underlined the Tribunal's important role and authority concerning the interpretation or application of the Convention.

  • Do States have to have accepted the Tribunal's jurisdiction in advance?

Generally speaking, all parties to a case have to accept the jurisdiction of the Tribunal before the case is dealt with by the Tribunal. The jurisdiction may be accepted either before the dispute arises or thereafter.

  • Can only States Parties submit cases to the Tribunal?

The Tribunal is also open to entities other than States Parties to the Convention in any case expressly provided for in Part XI of the Convention or in any case submitted pursuant to any other agreement conferring jurisdiction on the Tribunal which is accepted by all the parties to that case. In Part XI provision is made, for example, for private companies or individuals to bring cases to the Seabed Disputes Chamber in connection with activities in the Area.

  • Are the Tribunal's decisions binding and how can the Tribunal enforce them?

The decisions of the Tribunal are final and binding and the parties to the dispute are required to comply with them. However, the Tribunal has no means of enforcing its decisions.

Article 292 of the Convention deals with cases relating to the prompt release of vessels and crews from detention, in certain cases when it is alleged that the detaining State has not complied with the provisions of the Convention for the prompt release of vessels and crews upon the posting of a reasonable bond or other financial security.  Under its Rules, the Tribunal is required to deliver its judgments in such cases within 30 days of the date upon which the application is filed with the Tribunal.

The parties to a dispute are required to comply promptly with any provisional measures prescribed by the Tribunal either under article 290, paragraph 1, of the Convention or under article 290, paragraph 5, of the Convention.

  • Is there any recourse to appeal?

No. The decisions of the Tribunal are final.  However, the Rules of the Tribunal make provision regarding requests for the interpretation or revision of a judgment.

  • Can I visit the Tribunal?

Yes. Guided tours of the Tribunal can be arranged for groups of up to 30 people.  Tours last approximately one-and-a-half hours and are conducted in English, French or German.

The Tribunal has the following publications:

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-     Reports of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders

-     Pleadings, Minutes of Public Sittings and Documents

  • How can I get general information about the Tribunal?

The website is the best place to start in order to obtain general information.  In addition a brochure on the Tribunal may be obtained from the Press Office

  • How do I find out about jobs or internships at the Tribunal?

All vacancies are posted here.  Questions thereto may be sent to the Personnel Department.  Information about the internship programme is also available here or from the Press Office.


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iiNet's Perth data centre melts in heatwave

Service restored to angry customers over six hours later.

ISP iiNet shut down systems at about 4:30pm AEDST yesterday in an attempt to bring additional cooling online at its Perth data centre as the facility sweated through a day that peaked at almost 45C.

Internet services for customers outside of Western Australia were affected, along with email and VPS services, the company's corporate websites and "a number of internal tools".

iiNet said in Facebook posts that it had "shut down some of our systems as a precautionary measure".

A representative for the ISP elaborated in a Whirlpool post that air conditioning failures at the data centre had forced the company's hand.

"We have had multiple air conditioners fail on site causing temperatures to rise rapidly," the representative Christopher Taylor said.

"Multiple systems have been shut down on site to prevent permanent damage.

"We have additional cooling in now, [and] we will begin powering services back up once the room has cooled adequately – if we are premature the room won't recover and [we] risk the A/C failing again."

iiNet restored most services by 11pm AEDST, about six and a half hours after the issues began.

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A Melbourne-based company trying to develop and market an emerging telephony technology has been wound up in an attempt to stop its homegrown intellectual property being transferred overseas to stymie creditors.

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A Melbourne-based company trying to develop and market an emerging telephony technology has been wound up in an attempt to stop its homegrown intellectual property being transferred overseas to stymie creditors.

Global SDR Technologies, a telephony developer formerly controlled by the now-bankrupt Melburnians Roger May and his son Jason May, has been ordered wound up by the Supreme Court of Victoria.

The Court this week ruled that Global SDR was insolvent, appointing Paul Pattison of accountancy Pattison Consulting as liquidator.

Global SDR had developed and sought to on-sell two new telephony technologies, dubbed SpectruCell Software Defined Radio (SDR) and PC4 (Programmable, Command, Control, Compute and Communicate).

SDR wireless base station technology has been tipped to help solve interoperability issues plaguing radio-to-radio communications in the military, police and government arenas.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) began proceedings in September to have Global SDR -- a holding company for SDR Technologies, formerly known as Military Communications Technologies -- liquidated due to suspected insolvency.

"ASIC submitted that the Court could no longer have confidence in the Mays, as directors of Global SDR, given their history," ASIC said in a statement.

"These failings included not ensuring adequate books and records were maintained, not paying taxation obligations, not paying employees' wages and superannuation entitlements, and not producing books, records and other property of companies to external administrators when required."

ASIC said it had feared the Mays or their associates were trying to transfer the intellectual property of Global SDR -- SpectruCell SDR and PC4 -- overseas "beyond the reach of potential creditors".

"[We] sought to appoint a liquidator after receiving information that substantial amounts were owing to former employees of three previously-failed companies," ASIC said.

US-incorporated Military Communications Technologies in May 2004 announced a 51 percent joint venture deal with Hong Kong-based Sun Wah Finance Holdings to develop, market and make SpectruCell in China.

Roger May was still listed as a director of the company at that time. Jason May was chief technical officer. On 2 September, Military Communications Technologies announced it had finalised a US$80 million deal to acquire most of the assets of Australia-based "affiliate" Global SDR in Australia.

"Additionally, the acquisition includes the purchase of the controlling interest in the exclusive licence for the proprietary SpectruCell SDR and PC4 intellectual property," the company said in its announcement.

ASIC began its proceedings against Global SDR on 20 September. The owner of Global SDR at that time was stated as being another May holding company called Global Investment Funds (GIF).

iTnews made three unsuccessful attempts to contact Global SDR Technologies, SDR Technologies or Military Communications Technologies -- which is listed with the US Securities and Investments Commission as making its most recent filing in September.

Roger and Jason May have also been implicated in a fraud lawsuit relating to their former position as directors of another company, Australon Enterprises. ASIC reported in April that the pair had appeared on 14 April in the Melbourne Magistrates Court, facing two charges each.

The Mays were each charged with allegedly "dishonestly using their position" as directors of Australon Enterprises and with allegedly creating a false document to transfer 60 million shares in ASX-listed Intermoco (formerly known as Australon) from Australon Enterprises to GIF.

"[GIF] is a company controlled by Roger and Jason May," ASIC said in its statement.

The matter has been adjourned until 30 June.

Roger May was the majority owner of the original developer of SpectruCell, Advanced Communications Technologies (ACT). Australon -- now Intermoco -- was a 1999 joint venture between ACT and a company called Unilon.

Roger May was at one point Australon's chairman, but resigned his directorship 7 March 2002 to "devote his full attention" to ACT and his "US and UK business interests", according to a letter from Australon to the ASX that year.

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  1. A new school is made where monsters, demons, ect... go to. You now enter this school and begin your new school life. Good Luck.
    #1 Fluffy_Nick, Sep 28, 2013
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  2. Name: Fluffy
    Age: 13
    Species: Demon (Neko)
    Personality: Friendly but sometimes a little Psychotic
    Info: I like potatoes, must keep weapons away because my personality reverts into a psychotic maniac.
    Appearance: like my pic <-----
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  3. Name: Leve Marine
    Age: 16 (Human Years, 160 angel years)
    Species: Fallen Angel
    Personality: Short-tempered, caring, undecisive, calm in a crysis
    Info: I am very...creative.
    ((<<<<<Appearance is profile pic))
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    Name: Chi
    Age: 19
    Species: vampire/Demon
    Personality: Crazy and fun
    Info: likes things that are sharp and can kill someone
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  5. Pretty girl.jpg ( Her hair is more red )
    Name: Angelita
    Age: 14( No really she is)
    Nickname: Angel
    Species: Demon Hybrid ( Angel , Vampire, Wolf)
    Personality: She's mysterious , nice when she doesn't know it , Fun when she gets to know someone , Semi-Evil , Is alone most of the time reading or singing softly to her self
    Info: Her Father is Lucifer while her mother was pregnant with her Lucifer injected her with Vampire and wolfs blood making her a hybrid. Her mother was a fallen Angel who died months after she was born. She's the Princess of Hell.
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  6. Appearance: disguise looks like my image, true form you do NOT want to know about.

    Name: Lokgrund P'tnuganhol Ht'frolcrunrd

    Age: ancient/ amnesia attack, thinks he's 18

    Nickname: Lock

    Species: Eldritch Abomination

    Personality: extremely alien sense of logic, occasional bouts of extreme psychotic behavior.

    doesn't intentionally harm anyone but is extremely prone to accidentally driving 'normal' people insane from teaching them secrets they were not meant to know.

    When not acting exceedingly strange is rather pleasent to be around.
    #6 ishootzombies, Oct 2, 2013
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  7. Name: Cynra
    Age: 16
    Gender: Female
    Other: Is a human/ Daemon hybrid. She more often than not has the appearance of a human girl with dark blonde hair, gray-blue eyes and pale skin. However, as she goes through puberty, her Demonic abilities develop more fully.
    Daemon pic (drew it myself ^^): 2013-10-08 23.11.00-1.jpg
  8. Cynra scrubbed her fair, very human face with the hot water as it came rushing out from the bathroom's faucet and into her waiting hands. She grumbled under her breath in frustration. Heat usually helped to soothe her mind and allow her, albeit temporarily, to see the world around her as a Daemon would. The bullying, however, seemed only to make her powers recede further. In dismay and on impulse, she plunged her entire head into the rapidly overflowing sink.
  9. Name: Rat
    Age: 16
    Species: Nosferatu style Vampire
    Apperence: Snow white skin and pointed ears. Has 2 long fangs as front teeth
    Personallity: A rather seclusive person, Rat perfers to stick to the shadows and listen rather then be the center of attention. But opens up when he finds someone he truly trusts.
    Other information: Can increase his strength to great levels. As well as command animals and Turn invisible. Is a notorious Information broker. If there's a rumor going around school you can be sure he started it, and knows how real it is.

    Attached Files:

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  10. Rat backs out of the janitors closet into the hallway. "Yup. Exactly as i thought." He snickers to himself as he writes down a few notes in a small black book. He slides the book into his pocket as he looks around for witnesses. "All clear." He smirk and heads over to the nearby mens room and enters a stall. Rat pulls a black felt marker from his trench coat and begins to write on the wall in large letters THE JANITOR IS A DRUNK while he laughs to himself.
  11. Cynra's hammering heart eventually began to slow into a more regular pattern, a sense of sudden calm overtaking her. She flicked her head back out of the water sharply, spraying droplets across the doors of the toilet stalls behind her. A small smile spread across her face as she took in her new physical appearance, and the world began to slow around her as it faded into panes of energy. With no time to waste, she rushed out of the bathroom in a flurry of blue and piercing yellow.
  12. Name: Lola Stryv
    Age: 17
    Species:Elf / Beast
    Appearance: Pointed ears, strong razor sharp teeth, and pale yellow snake like eyes
    Personality: She is quite to herself mostly since she is very shy about her apparel and species that she is, being a half bred and all she is easily picked on if Lola is not careful. But it only be at her homeland. Lola is very cautious of where she goes and who she is with even a follower if she thinks the person is nice, but that would be rare she her follow so someone. She would be seen talking to herself and even practice her magic that she has. Though surprising under that scared little shy girl, is a very determine and witty girl, she can easily play tricks on you and even kill you if she has the chance would be if you let her snap to a point. Through out her life she has only did it only once or twice, but mostly she would run off before that would not wanting to hurt any body.
    Other information: She also doesn't like to smile and has a imaginary friend [Spirit]
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  13. Her candy colored hood covered her pale brown hair as she walked down the hallways, holding her messenger bag tightly to her chest. She didn't really have goal of where to go but to walk and think about what she should do in the mean time until she get the courage to actually talk to someone or just hide in the library and finish with her books and studies. The second suggestion was really leaning on her best side right now, but slowly she began to hear whispers and slightly looked up with her pale yellow eyes knowing it was only her friend, Spirit. "Ah....Spirit I was wondering where you were..." She said in her natural worry voice as he appeared in front in her in his ghostly figure that only she could see. To other she would look like she's talking to herself. Which made some either slowly walk away, ignore, or laugh about it.

    Spirit made a small purr to her as he rubbed up against her when she was about to speak again but stopped. Before she could react next then she knew she was spinning in one spot for while and fall down on her bottom after she seen a blur of blue and yellow. "Ah!" Lola fell on her back with groan before she sat up rubbing the back of her head that wasn't covered by her hood anymore. "Ooowww...." she opened one eye in pain. "Someone was in a rush...." She thought to herself out loud, and looked up to Spirit who had worry eyes when he stared at her. "I'm ....fine...I'm fine.." Lola toke a breathe before getting back up and brushed herself off.
  14. Cynra was halfway down the hall, still unaccustomed to putting what abilities she had into use, before realizing that she had run into someone. Turning on her heels and backtracking outside of the bathroom brought her in front of the victim of her hurrying. "I'm so sorry. I didn't see you there," she said quickly. She stood a mere half step from the girl, with a worried expression on her still demonic features. Her eyes flitted over her frame, checking for any obvious harm before asking, "Are you okay?"
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  15. Angelita walked onto the campus and sighed holding her backpack. She walked quickly to the front office where she could find out her room number.
  16. Name: Rufus Franklin
    Age: 18
    Species: Human Entity (Nightmare)
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    Human form[IMG][IMG]Night-mare form

    Personality: That's for you all to find out.
  17. [IMG]

    Name: Simon Lace.

    Appears to be, (18). Real age, (unknown).

    Bio: Seems to act careless towards all his peers, and is driven to find out about his family's secret.
    Little does he know, the secret is only something he can bare.

    Personality: Mellow, Calm, Careless, Not outgoing.

    Race: (its a secret) until, further notice.

    Likes: Music, Blondes, Relaxing, Crude humor, HE REALLLLY LIKES PEANUT BUTTER!!!, Computers, Yellow, Theme parks, The beach, Paranormal, Condemned areas, Animals.

    Toleration: Sweets, School, Public transport, People.

    Dislikes: Dry humor, labeling, overly hyper obnoxious individuals, Bad music, small children, Drunks, Abuse.
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  18. Appearance:(tends to change due to changing magic) [IMG]
    Name: Sirenity Wicka Kamio

    Abilities: flying with a broom (and other cleaning tools...) shape shifting magic (mostly used to change clothing and or hair style) can use most dolls and stuffed toys as puppets most other attempts at magic cause frequent explosions and sometimes injury...

    Special ability:(secret song of the lullaby)

    Personality: shy but easily excitable sometimes hyper massive sugar addiction very clumsy strangely intrigued by pandas bunny's kittens and most other things of a cute nature... also tends to pop up out of no where and very strange places such as trees shrubs ponds and the occasional candy jar loves every holiday but still very confused as to the purpose of ground hog day...

    Bio: sent to live with her grandparents at a young age due to a strange and sudden house implosion she never really got to know her parents but no matter what shes been through or what she faces in the future she faces it with a smile and a slightly infuriating to some. positive attitude. but look out when she cant find something cheerful in a day she tends to be massively depressed.

    Likes:CANDY....cute things Halloween Christmas and valentines day most of all. pokey anime manga and nerds soba noodles and pandas...yes pandas indeed...

    Dislikes:thunderstorms loud noises scary movies and or anything scary in general dose not like the dark at all dose not really like peanut butter unless accompanied by jelly...
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  19. She looked up seeing the person came back it was a girl, a demon for that matter, which kind of puzzled her seeing that a demon would come back but she just let it be and slightly nod. The girl was apologizing to her so she shook her head. "....N-No it's fine.." She manage to say from her shyness. She pulled her hood back on her head then shook her head again after checking if she did have any pain on her. Nothing crucial was on her really just small little pain that she could just walk off Lola didn't say much afterwords but just looked at the girl with her pale yellow eyes for bit seeing her whole figure a bit more now then bent over to grab her bag and held it to her chest. Looking back down she spoke. "Well...t-thank you for the concern ....I most go.." Lola bowed lightly before leaving down the direction she was going to.
  20. *slight scream from above lola then a loud thud in front of her laying face first on the ground broom slowly floats down thumping me on the head*...ow.....ie...*sits up looking up at her in a confused way*....hi..*blank clueless stare*
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November 17, 2014

Bites at the Natural Gourmet Institute

Bites served at the JBF Food Conference welcome reception, hosted by the Natural Gourmet Institute

From misleading food labels and to an opaque supply chain, it's more clear than ever that the surest way to a wholesome diet is to cook your meals from scratch with healthy ingredients. Thanks to the Natural Gourmet Institute, which just relaunched its website with a fresh new look, casual cooks and professionals alike can get the skills and training they need cultivate a healthy, holistic approach to food.

Natural Gourmet Institute’s Chef’s Training Program is a comprehensive and professional program that trains students to meet the growing demand for culinary professionals who integrate health, flavor, and sustainability. Home cooks can attend NGI's variety of hands-on or demonstration classes; upcoming sessions include "Vegan Umami," "How to Season like a Chef," and the ever-useful knife skills. On Friday nights, the school is transformed into an intimate dining room and hosts its family-style Friday Night Dinner, prepared by Chef’s Training Program students and instructors. (NGI also recently hosted JBF's welcome reception for its fifth annual JBF Food Conference, themed "Health & Food: Is Better Food the Prescription for a Healthier America?")

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