EquiStar Group is a commercial real estate financial advisory company located in the New York metropolitan area (Fairfield, New Jersey). They combine technology with the commercial real estate industry. EquiStar advises in the acquisition, financing, repositioning, work-out and disposition of real estate assets. They focus on complex and unconventional financial situations.
EquiStar created proprietary software called EAFT (“EquiStar Advanced Real Estate Finance Technology”) which analyzes deal structures and loan programs. The purpose of this software is to match financial situations with lending, equity, and investment sources.
EquiStar offers services in debt financing, mezzanine loans, bridge loans, equity, development capital services, hospitality advisory, joint venture, distressed development, & loan sale advisory
Services
* Debt Financing
* Mezzanine Loans & Bridge Loans
* Equity & Development Capital Services
* Hospitality Advisory Services
* Joint Venture Services
* Distressed Development Services
* Loan Sale Advisory
EquiStar created proprietary software called EAFT (“EquiStar Advanced Real Estate Finance Technology”) which analyzes deal structures and loan programs. The purpose of this software is to match financial situations with lending, equity, and investment sources.
EquiStar offers services in debt financing, mezzanine loans, bridge loans, equity, development capital services, hospitality advisory, joint venture, distressed development, & loan sale advisory
Services
* Debt Financing
* Mezzanine Loans & Bridge Loans
* Equity & Development Capital Services
* Hospitality Advisory Services
* Joint Venture Services
* Distressed Development Services
* Loan Sale Advisory
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I first started playing the sims online about 3 years into it's creation. I wasn't sure where to start but when I saw the name of a cozy looking city, East Jerome, I fell inlove. I knew this was where I would want my main TSO sim character to begin. In the online world of The Sims Online, I knew that I was in for a strange adventure.
Strangely enough, East Jerome ended up becoming a very dead city, not much left of a city for just a couple small neighborhoods of houses. Small talk reached each side of the city without minutes delay. You didn't want something getting out, your secret, you wouldn't tell anyone in the city of East Jerome.
East Jerome was a place for parties and spooky campfire tales. Sometimes friends and I would even see the head of the ghost when our sims played with the campfire. What a fun time it was to spend with everyone in EJ, I would never take back a single moment.
Feel free to add your story about East Jerome in your comment, thanks!
Frankenstein
EJ TSO
Stax Inc. is a global strategy consulting firm with a nearly 20-year track record. Stax has offices in Boston, Chicago, New York, and Colombo, and it serves clients ranging from 27 of the Fortune 500 and 14 of the 20 largest LBO firms In the world, to middle-market private equity firms and their portfolio companies.
Stax provides clients with an array of services to help management grow organically and make better M&A decisions. Its services to support these goals may be broad ranging, but the firm prides itself on structuring all engagements around a consistent approach: Work closely with the client to frame the problem, dig deeply to uncover fact-based market insights, identify implications, and get out quickly. Most important, leave behind specific, actionable recommendations that the client can implement quickly to enhance profits or increase value.
In addition, through Stax Dev Corp, it creates joint and independent for-profit ventures that effect sustainable, positive social impact in areas such as energy independence, education, and health care. It leverages Stax Inc.'s strategy consulting research and industry knowledge to identify market “white spaces,” key opportunities that others have missed or haven’t addressed adequately. It then draws on relationships with more than 100 global private equity funds and a long list of global corporate clients to build and incubate new ventures to fill these gaps.
Stax provides clients with an array of services to help management grow organically and make better M&A decisions. Its services to support these goals may be broad ranging, but the firm prides itself on structuring all engagements around a consistent approach: Work closely with the client to frame the problem, dig deeply to uncover fact-based market insights, identify implications, and get out quickly. Most important, leave behind specific, actionable recommendations that the client can implement quickly to enhance profits or increase value.
In addition, through Stax Dev Corp, it creates joint and independent for-profit ventures that effect sustainable, positive social impact in areas such as energy independence, education, and health care. It leverages Stax Inc.'s strategy consulting research and industry knowledge to identify market “white spaces,” key opportunities that others have missed or haven’t addressed adequately. It then draws on relationships with more than 100 global private equity funds and a long list of global corporate clients to build and incubate new ventures to fill these gaps.
Michael Thomas Lynn (born September 6, 1980) is an American computer security expert currently employed by Juniper Networks and known for his presentation on vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS at Black Hat and the controversy with Cisco Systems that followed. He was formerly an employee of Internet Security Systems (ISS).
Education
Lynn attended Trinity High School in Euless, Texas, and then attended the University of Texas at Austin, majoring in mathematics. In 2009, he began attendance at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign working on a degree in computer science, graduating in 2012.
Cisco controversy
Lynn came to widespread attention in July 2005 following a controversy, informally known as "Ciscogate", that resulted from his research into a major security vulnerability of Cisco IOS, the operating system used on Cisco Systems routers and other networking equipment. The vulnerability concerned IOS' handling of IPv6 packets and whether or not the problem could allow the routers to be exploited remotely. Although Cisco had originally discovered and fixed the flaw in April 2005, they did not inform their users of the true nature or severity of the problem.
Lynn was originally scheduled to present his findings at the Black Hat conference on July 27, 2005. The presentation had been originally approved by his employer ISS, and did not mention details of any vulnerability. It instead focused on the fact that vulnerabilities in IOS could be exploited, similar to other computer systems.
Despite the fact that Lynn had taken considerable care to remove as much technical detail as possible from his presentation, in order to make it more difficult for criminals to duplicate his work, Cisco and then later ISS objected to the talk, and threatened legal action just hours before the conference. The Black Hat organizers therefore allowed a team hired by Cisco to remove the relevant sections out of all conference materials, a short video of which was soon circulated on the internet.
Lynn was warned by Black Hat not to give his speech and promised the organizers not to. He ostensibly started an alternative talk on VoIP, which was met by booing from the audience. Lynn delivered his previously scheduled presentation despite the implications, bringing him international media attention. Though there have been conflicting reports over the timing and nature of Lynn's departure from his employer ISS, Lynn was told by ISS that he would be fired if he made his original presentation. Lynn then resigned voluntarily approximately one hour prior to delivering the original presentation as he had intended. Lynn
ended the talk by asking about possibilities for new employment from the audience. He was hired by Juniper Networks a few months later.
Lynn was initially represented at the conference by noted cyber law attorney Jennifer Granick. The lawsuit filed by Cisco and ISS was settled with a permanent injunction upon both Lynn and Black Hat against further disclosure of information on the exploit.
At the 2006 Black Hat event, Mike Lynn was invited by Cisco to attend the after Blackhat Party at PURE located inside Caesars Palace. Media reports that Mike "crashed" the party by social engineering the host are in dispute.
Education
Lynn attended Trinity High School in Euless, Texas, and then attended the University of Texas at Austin, majoring in mathematics. In 2009, he began attendance at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign working on a degree in computer science, graduating in 2012.
Cisco controversy
Lynn came to widespread attention in July 2005 following a controversy, informally known as "Ciscogate", that resulted from his research into a major security vulnerability of Cisco IOS, the operating system used on Cisco Systems routers and other networking equipment. The vulnerability concerned IOS' handling of IPv6 packets and whether or not the problem could allow the routers to be exploited remotely. Although Cisco had originally discovered and fixed the flaw in April 2005, they did not inform their users of the true nature or severity of the problem.
Lynn was originally scheduled to present his findings at the Black Hat conference on July 27, 2005. The presentation had been originally approved by his employer ISS, and did not mention details of any vulnerability. It instead focused on the fact that vulnerabilities in IOS could be exploited, similar to other computer systems.
Despite the fact that Lynn had taken considerable care to remove as much technical detail as possible from his presentation, in order to make it more difficult for criminals to duplicate his work, Cisco and then later ISS objected to the talk, and threatened legal action just hours before the conference. The Black Hat organizers therefore allowed a team hired by Cisco to remove the relevant sections out of all conference materials, a short video of which was soon circulated on the internet.
Lynn was warned by Black Hat not to give his speech and promised the organizers not to. He ostensibly started an alternative talk on VoIP, which was met by booing from the audience. Lynn delivered his previously scheduled presentation despite the implications, bringing him international media attention. Though there have been conflicting reports over the timing and nature of Lynn's departure from his employer ISS, Lynn was told by ISS that he would be fired if he made his original presentation. Lynn then resigned voluntarily approximately one hour prior to delivering the original presentation as he had intended. Lynn
ended the talk by asking about possibilities for new employment from the audience. He was hired by Juniper Networks a few months later.
Lynn was initially represented at the conference by noted cyber law attorney Jennifer Granick. The lawsuit filed by Cisco and ISS was settled with a permanent injunction upon both Lynn and Black Hat against further disclosure of information on the exploit.
At the 2006 Black Hat event, Mike Lynn was invited by Cisco to attend the after Blackhat Party at PURE located inside Caesars Palace. Media reports that Mike "crashed" the party by social engineering the host are in dispute.