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June 6-8, 2007 ~ Washington, DC

Twenty-five of the world’s leading terahertz authorities will be presenting the latest advances in THz technology, including newly-added speakers from Brijot Imaging, ThruVision, Zomega Terahertz, and NASA JPL. Representatives from across the academic, commercial, and government sectors will enjoy sessions on topics including high-power terahertz sources, novel detectors, groundbreaking transmission devices, and newly-developed applications based on terahertz energy. We will cover the gamut from biomedical devices to defense and security, from industrial quality control to terahertz spectrometry.

Confirmed Speakers

Katsuhiro Ajito, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (Japan) Don Arnone, TeraView (UK) ~ Chris Ball, Battelle Tom Tagliavia, ThruVision Thomas Crowe, Virginia Diodes ~ Irl Duling, Picometrix Dr. I. Iwamoto, AISPEC (Japan) Yun-Sik Jin, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (Korea) Nichole Jindra, US Air Force Research Lab Oleg Mitrofanov, Bell Labs (Alcatel-Lucent) Dan Mittleman, Rice University ~ Robert Osiander, Johns Hopkins APL Ci-Ling Pan, National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan) Anis Rahman, Applied Research & Photonics, Inc. John Roulston, Novatrans ~ Toshihiko Ouchi, Canon (Japan) Anders Skalare, NASA JPL ~ Justin Snapp, Stanford University Thomas Tongue, Zomega Terahertz Corp. ~ Gary Tryon, Brijot Imaging Michael Wanke, Sandia National Lab ~ Gwyn Williams, Jefferson Lab Cunlin Zhang, Capital Normal University (China) ~ X.C. Zhang, RPI

For more information see the SURA THz Symposium Website.

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Brijot Imaging Systems, Inc. Announces $100 Million in Product Order Backlog of World's First Commercial Real-Time Concealed Weapons Detection Camera; Shipments Begin June 2005 March 15, 2005 08:01 AM Eastern Standard Time ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2005--Brijot Imaging Systems, Inc. announces first-phase orders totaling over $100 million U.S. for the BIS-WDS(TM) Prime concealed weapons detection camera. These orders are from distributors who serve such countries around the globe as the United States of America, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Afghanistan, Egypt, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, Kuwait, Indonesia, Malaysia, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Pakistan, Iraq, Qatar, Yemen and Libya. Unit shipments begin June 2005.

Distributors selling the BIS-WDS Prime have been doing so to date under strict non-disclosure agreements. Today, Brijot Imaging Systems is publicly announcing product availability. Distributors can now disseminate product information, initiate marketing campaigns, and actively reach out to both new public and private sales opportunities and existing customers seeking weapons detection, bomb and other threat-reduction solutions for venues worldwide.

Tom Tagliavia, vice president, Sales and Business Development for Brijot Imaging Systems, Inc. says, "We have not been actively marketing the BIS-WDS Prime. To date, distributors have come to us through their own research, continued diligence and a single-minded desire to find a solution to the safety threat that faces everyone, everywhere; a viable, deployable, affordable solution they can provide their customers. They tell us the market is champing at the bit for this product. Even under the parameters Brijot set for them of only discussing the product with customers under non-disclosure, our distributors report their own backlog of sales with customers anxiously awaiting units."

The BIS-WDS Prime system has myriad application uses and deployment options. Every public venue can benefit from advance warning of a potential threat approaching like a person with a hidden gun, knife, assault rifle or something suspicious hidden beneath clothing. Public venues can range from airports and retail stores with traditional security to amusement parks, banks, and government buildings--anywhere a gathering might occur. In addition, there are many such private uses as protecting the lives of high-profile individuals where kidnapping might be a risk, the detection of potential shrinkage (theft) of personal belongings or shrinkage in a company's warehouse environment due to internal theft.

About Brijot Imaging Systems, Inc.

Brijot Imaging Systems, Inc. is led by a management team with many years experience successfully developing, marketing and creating commercial product success from advanced technologies, and by security-industry advisors like decorated four-star General Barry McCaffrey. The company is dedicated to providing a safe, passive, advanced millimeter wave weapons detection camera. The Lockheed Martin technology used for commercial concealed weapons detection in the BIS-WDS(TM) Prime is exclusive to Brijot.

TAGLIAVIA HOLDING COMPANY

We invest in the finest commercial real estate, we continue to improve our working environment and always look back at our accomplishments in order to maintain the trust of our partners and to overcome any future obstacles. Tagliavia Holding Company( Thomas Tagliavia) is now an efficient, solid and transparent holding company with over 7 Million dollars in assets and on the road to a sustainable successful future. our strategy, flexibility, speed and innovation is the optimum position for the markets of the future. Cited independent audit by 350 5th Avenue, 59th Floor Empire State Building New York, New York 10118

PRLog (Press Release) - Nov. 22, 2009 - Thomas Tagliavia President of Mission Bell Center inc. 11/13/ 2009, Mission Bell Center located in Phoenix Arizona expands and gives the retail center a facelift. Mission Bell Center of Arizona, a 63 year old 44.000 square ft landmark shopping center has been completely renovated says the corporations president Tom Tagliavia, including additional parking, updating Hogan’s pharmacy with a drive thru window, and new signage. Tagliavia adds we are proud to be part of the community and we plan on continuing our expansion well into 2010. We are extremely proud to announce that Community Bank of Arizona will be joining us in the first quarter of 2010.We are also developing the NE corner of our center and will build suite.

Latest News from Mission Bell... Jiffy Lube grand opening at Mission Bell Center. Ms Mirna Bellows a spokes person for Remax realty and Thomas Tagliavia inc. states, we could not be happier! We have great news, Jiffy Lube joined us here at Mission Bell. Mirna also mentioned that future expansions are on the way.

Today Thomas Tagliavia continues to have a passion for start up, high technology companies, mainly focused on security products. He also follows his entrepreneurial vision and has invested over $4.200.000 US Dollars (net worth) in down town Phoenix in low income housing. He is working closely with the HUD (Urban Renewal) in renovating 72 low income apartments, Phoenix housing. www.azcentral.com/‎

Phoenix Voucher program approved on 12/10/2013, Tagliavia's apartments are under construction and scheduled to be completed mid year 2014. Please see detailed information on HUD and housing fact sheet. Housing Choice Vouchers Fact Sheet What are housing choice vouchers? The below housing fact sheet: low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled to afford decent, safe, and sanitary housing in the private market. Since housing assistance is provided on behalf of the family or individual, participants are able to find their own housing, including single-family homes, townhouses and apartments.

The participant is free to choose any housing that meets the requirements of the program and is not limited to units located in subsidized housing projects.

Housing choice vouchers are administered locally by public housing agencies(PHAs). The PHAs receive federal funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to administer the voucher program.

A family that is issued a housing voucher is responsible for finding a suitable housing unit of the family's choice where the owner agrees to rent under the program. This unit may include the family's present residence. Rental units must meet minimum standards of health and safety, as determined by the PHA.

A housing subsidy is paid to the landlord directly by the PHA on behalf of the participating family. The family then pays the difference between the actual rent charged by the landlord and the amount subsidized by the program. Under certain circumstances, if authorized by the PHA, a family may use its voucher to purchase a modest home.

Am I eligible?

Eligibility for a housing voucher is determined by the PHA based on the total annual gross income and family size and is limited to US citizens and specified categories of non-citizens who have eligible immigration status. In general, the family's income may not exceed 50% of the median income for the county or metropolitan area in which the family chooses to live. By law, a PHA must provide 75 percent of its voucher to applicants whose incomes do not exceed 30 percent of the area median income. Median income levels are published by HUD and vary by location. The PHA serving your community can provide you with the income limits for your area and family size.

During the application process, the PHA will collect information on family income, assets, and family composition. The PHA will verify this information with other local agencies, your employer and bank, and will use the information to determine program eligibility and the amount of the housing assistance payment

If the PHA determines that your family is eligible, the PHA will put your name on a waiting list, unless it is able to assist you immediately. Once your name is reached on the waiting list, the PHA will contact you and issue to you a housing voucher.

How do I apply? If you are interested in applying for a voucher, contact the local PHA. For further assistance, please contact the HUD Office nearest to you.

Local preferences and waiting list - what are they and how do they affect me? Since the demand for housing assistance often exceeds the limited resources available to HUD and the local housing agencies, long waiting periods are common. In fact, a PHA may close its waiting list when it has more families on the list than can be assisted in the near future.

PHAs may establish local preferences for selecting applicants from its waiting list. For example, PHAs may give a preference to a family who is (1) homeless or living in substandard housing, (2) paying more than 50% of its income for rent, or (3) involuntarily displaced. Families who qualify for any such local preferences move ahead of other families on the list who do not qualify for any preference. Each PHA has the discretion to establish local preferences to reflect the housing needs and priorities of its particular community.

Housing vouchers - how do they function? The housing choice voucher program places the choice of housing in the hands of the individual family. A very low-income family is selected by the PHA to participate is encouraged to consider several housing choices to secure the best housing for the family needs. A housing voucher holder is advised of the unit size for which it is eligible based on family size and composition.

The housing unit selected by the family must meet an acceptable level of health and safety before the PHA can approve the unit. When the voucher holder finds a unit that it wishes to occupy and reaches an agreement with the landlord over the lease terms, the PHA must inspect the dwelling and determine that the rent requested is reasonable.

The PHA determines a payment standard that is the amount generally needed to rent a moderately-priced dwelling unit in the local housing market and that is used to calculate the amount of housing assistance a family will receive. However the payment standard does not limit and does not affect the amount of rent a landlord may charge or the family may pay. A family which receives a housing voucher can select a unit with a rent that is below or above the payment standard. The housing voucher family must pay 30% of its monthly adjusted gross income for rent and utilities, and if the unit rent is greater than the payment standard the family is required to pay the additional amount. By law, whenever a family moves to a new unit where the rent exceeds the payment standard, the family may not pay more than 40 percent of its adjusted monthly income for rent.

The rent subsidy The PHA calculates the maximum amount of housing assistance allowable. The maximum housing assistance is generally the lesser of the payment standard minus 30% of the family's monthly adjusted income or the gross rent for the unit minus 30% of monthly adjusted income

Can I move and continue to receive housing choice voucher assistance? A family's housing needs change over time with changes in family size, job locations, and for other reasons. The housing choice voucher program is designed to allow families to move without the loss of housing assistance. Moves are permissible as long as the family notifies the PHA ahead of time, terminates its existing lease within the lease provisions, and finds acceptable alternate housing.

Under the voucher program, new voucher-holders may choose a unit anywhere in the United States if the family lived in the jurisdiction of the PHA issuing the voucher when the family applied for assistance. Those new voucher-holders not living in the jurisdiction of the PHA at the time the family applied for housing assistance must initially lease a unit within that jurisdiction for the first twelve months of assistance. A family that wishes to move to another PHA's jurisdiction must consult with the PHA that currently administers its housing assistance to verify the procedures for moving.

Roles - the tenant, the landlord, the housing agency and HUD Once a PHA approves an eligible family's housing unit, the family and the landlord sign a lease and, at the same time, the landlord and the PHA sign a housing assistance payments contract that runs for the same term as the lease. This means that everyone -- tenant, landlord and PHA -- has obligations and responsibilities under the voucher program.

Tenant's Obligations: When a family selects a housing unit, and the PHA approves the unit and lease, the family signs a lease with the landlord for at least one year. The tenant may be required to pay a security deposit to the landlord. After the first year the landlord may initiate a new lease or allow the family to remain in the unit on a month-to-month lease.

When the family is settled in a new home, the family is expected to comply with the lease and the program requirements, pay its share of rent on time, maintain the unit in good condition and notify the PHA of any changes in income or family composition.

Landlord's Obligations: The role of the landlord in the voucher program is to provide decent, safe, and sanitary housing to a tenant at a reasonable rent. The dwelling unit must pass the program's housing quality standards and be maintained up to those standards as long as the owner receives housing assistance payments. In addition, the landlord is expected to provide the services agreed to as part of the lease signed with the tenant and the contract signed with the PHA.

Housing Authority's Obligations: The PHA administers the voucher program locally. The PHA provides a family with the housing assistance that enables the family to seek out suitable housing and the PHA enters into a contract with the landlord to provide housing assistance payments on behalf of the family. If the landlord fails to meet the owner's obligations under the lease, the PHA has the right to terminate assistance payments. The PHA must reexamine the family's income and composition at least annually and must inspect each unit at least annually to ensure that it meets minimum housing quality standards.

HUD's Role: To cover the cost of the program, HUD provides funds to allow PHAs to make housing assistance payments on behalf of the families. HUD also pays the PHA a fee for the costs of administering the program. When additional funds become available to assist new families, HUD invites PHAs to submit applications for funds for additional housing vouchers. Applications are then reviewed and funds awarded to the selected PHAs on a competitive basis. HUD monitors PHA administration of the program to ensure program rules are properly followed.

Additional Information and other subsidy programs For additional information about the voucher program, contact either the local PHA serving your community or the Office of Public Housing within your local HUD office. There may be a long wait for assistance under the housing voucher program. If the PHA also administers the public housing program,applicants for the housing choice voucher program may also ask to be placed on the waiting list for the public housing program. HUD also administers other subsidized programs and you may obtain a list of programs in your area from the Office of Housing at your local HUD office.

What regulations cover this program? Regulations are found in 24 CFR Part 982.

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