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You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?
Geeze, having to memorize an entire book? I'd probably go with the Tao Te Ching. First off it's short, which would make the chore a lot easier to do. Also, it can be deep and give one lots to ponder without sounding haughty. Then again, I could sound like a Taoist sage just by reciting passages from it even if I ended up being a doofus in day to day conversations. I've got some other reasons too, but damn it sure would be easy to remember compared to some possible choices.
Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
Most definitely, in fact too many to list comprehensively. Heck, I still do! I'm guessing here the intention is for fictional literary characters. Admittedly most of the fictional characters I've had crushes on have been animated or in comics, or heck even live action fictional characters. Still, too many to list. I will say that crushes on real people have been more complex, if not more fantasy fulfilling. :) Herm, just to mention a few even if they're not literary that come to mind:
Nausicaa (from kaze no tani no nausika)
Queen Emeraldas (from Captain Harlock)
Kusanagi Motoko (from Ghost in the Shell comics/films/etc.)
Aeon Flux
Matilda (from Leon)
The last book you bought is:
Well, I bought them for my wife at her request - a book of love poems, and also a book of Japanese poetry. Sadly, she took the love poems with her on her journey to Hawaii I think so I don't know the precise title, but she did leave the Japanese poetry book behind which is: _One Hundred Poems from the Japanese_ by Kenneth Rexroth.
The last book you read:
Ok, not counting the myriad books I read to my son on a nightly basis (he's five, but there are some damn good ones mixed in there mind you), but last week I finished:
_The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities_ by Dossie Easton, Catherine A. Liszt.
I can say that was one of the few books I've ever read that I legitimately felt I could say was "eye opening."
What are you currently reading?
Roughly ordered from closest to finishing to furthest from finishing (I tend to read a lot of books simultaneously in a queue which isn't rigidly ordered even if I'm placing order to them here):
_Verbal Judo - The Gentle Art of Persuasion_ by George J. Thompson, Ph.D. (way less dry than Non Violent Communication)
_Divorce Busting_ by Michele Weinger-Davis (not a book most people probably want to be in a situation to merit reading, but I have been, so there. It's so-so, actually _The Monogamy Myth - A Personal Handbook for Recovering from Affairs_ by Peggy Vaughan was the best in this category I've read so far and I've been reading a lot in this category of late)
_Non Violent Communication - A Language of Life_ by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D.
_The C Programming Language_ 2nd Edition by Brian W. Kernighan & Dennis M. Ritchie (K&R)
_The C Answer Book_ 2nd Edition by Clovis L. Tondo & Scott E. Gimpel (just to go along with the above, these last two I am going through slowly, but plan to pick up the pace)
Five books you would take to a deserted island:
1. _1999 Military Field Manual on Survival, Evasion, and Recovery Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force Multiservice Manual_ by Department of Defense http://www.equipped.com/multiservice_ser_manual_1999.pdf After all, I would want to stay alive, this looks like it has some good pointers, it's free to boot! Yeesh, so call my a pragmatist.
2. _The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer From First Principles_ By Noam Nisan and Shimon Schocken http://www1.idc.ac.il/tecs/ Jose pointed this out to me and I was actually just telling jsyn and some others about this. Though I don't own a copy for myself yet, I thought "Perfect! If I ever ended up on a deserted island hopefully I could use what's contained in this one book to build a computer from the ground up!" Ok, so computing on a deserted island isn't a high priority, but I really dig computers, and want to know them in a practical sense well enough that I could do something like that if needed. Such a book holds that promise, though perhaps the intended place for practicing the techniques described within is different than what I'm currently proposing. Maybe I'm just using this to demonstrate I'm not a pragmatist too. ;)
3. One of my bagua texts to keep in practice with my current favourite martial art. Possibly: _Classical Baguazhang, Volume I - BAGUAZHANG LIANXI FA (Baguazhang Practice Method)_ by Jiang Rongqiao, translated by Joseph Crandall.
4. The OED (Oxford English Dictionary). I love etymology, dictionaries, linguistics and the like, but moreover this lexicon is frigging HUGE, over many volumes, so it could serve me for years or decades before getting through it all, thus staving off boredom if I'm stranded for a really long time. If worse came to worse, it could also serve as building materials, or good kindling for fires. I wonder if I could live off the paper? Or maybe it would help with staying sanitary.
5. Man, this last slot needs some really good piece of fiction I think, something to spark the imagination, some piece of escapism, maybe with a bit of good outlook on life. Ideally pretty darn long too. Sadly I don't know what to put here in particular, maybe the series of _A Wrinkle in Time_? I haven't read those since gradeschool, but they were pretty neat, regardless I think I'd actually want some substantial body of fiction which I _hadn't_ yet read, so maybe I can't answer this one that well. As a matter of fact, I think almost all 5 of these texts I haven't read. I don't really like to reread books. Life is short enough without going over old ground, when there's limitless new things to explore.
Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons)? And Why?
Dan "danimal" Weeks - because he actually noticed I'd been sticked before I even posted a response of my own. For that he gets to indulge in the pleasure himself. ;)
Nick Rucka - a long time friend, he doesn't have a blog, but he reads more books than anyone I know (and probably watches more films too, I have no idea how he crams everything into his life and still has time to create so much). Maybe this would give him an incentive to start a blog. Plus, I'd like to hear his highlights given how wicked smart and literary he is. Mind you, he's a kickass film maker too, I hope we'll be seeing more from him soon in that respect. Of course, if he does setup a blog now I'll have to update this with a link.
Chris Abad - I had a lot of fun hanging out with aempirei at CanSecWest this year, and he's always got an interesting take on things. I'm sure that carries over into books he might read as well.
current stick path as it got to me: Barrie unleashed the stick on 3/7/05 - Amanda - scooterdeb - Brian - Karma Police - Evelio - Ivy - Suzanne - Jeff - Patricia Lockwood - Frank - Amy - Steve - Ginger - Scopylaw - AI - jose - me ...


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Steamboat Springs After he emerged Tuesday night as the victor in the race for Senate District 8, Republican state Rep. Randy Baumgardner said he's eager to get back to work at the Capitol.
With 73 percent of precincts in the district reporting their vote totals, the rancher from Cowdrey was leading Democratic challenger Emily Tracy with 52 percent of the vote.
The unofficial vote tallies at 11 p.m. showed Baumgardner leading by more than 5,000 votes and cruising to a victory in five of the seven Northwest Colorado counties that make up Senate District 8.
Tracy was expected to carry Routt and Summit counties, but she ran up against a heavy Republican advantage in the district's other counties. Tracy won 52 percent of the vote in Routt County.
"It's been very exhausting, but the people of Northwest Colorado voted and made their choice," Baumgardner said. "It was an honor to represent them as a state representative, and I'll continue to represent them as their state senator and give it 100 percent."
Tracy called Baumgardner late Tuesday night to congratulate him on his victory after state Democratic Party officials told her they didn't see a path to victory in the race.
"I really enjoyed running in this race," Tracy said. "I met literally thousands of terrific people in this part of the state. It's almost priceless what you gain from that experience."
She said she plans to continue her work as a child protective services worker at the Colorado Post Adoption Resource Center.
Baumgardner, who has represented House District 57 since 2008, attributed his victory to his legislative experience.
"I think people like the way I represent them in this district, and they felt like my values were their values," he said.
Baumgardner said his first priority in his new role at the statehouse will be to help grow the economy.
"We'll see if we can work to get business going a little better through whatever means we have to," he said, listing deregulation and business incentives as policies he will pursue.
Tracy, a former Cañon City City Council member, courted independent voters in the district that historically has favored Republican candidates.
Tracy told voters her priorities as a legislator would be to promote sustainable tourism, maintain a strong agricultural industry and ensuring quality of education.
During the course of their four-month campaign, the two candidates sparred on a number of issues.
At a candidate's forum last month in Steamboat, Baumgardner and Tracy offered differing opinions on the role of local government in regulating the oil industry. It's a subject that has garnered much attention in Routt County this year as energy development inches closer to municipalities including Steamboat and Hayden, and the county's commissioners push for more power in regulating the industry alongside the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.
Tracy advocated for local governments to have a stronger voice in regulating oil and gas development.
Baumgardner said counties already have an adequate amount of control, and any additional regulations would be an unnecessary burden on business.
Her significant financial edge over the State Representative didn't give her an edge in the final vote tallies.
The candidates' latest campaign finance reports show Tracy raised $78,687 through Oct. 24, which is $17,300 more than the $61,387 Baumgardner raised during the entire campaign.
Baumgardner spent about $10,200 of his fundraising total during his heated Republican primary with Jean White.
Baumgardner said he was excited to win, but he wasn't expecting President Barack Obama to triumph against Republican challenger Mitt Romney and for several Democratic candidates to prevail in Northwest Colorado.
"I was surprised to see it turn out that way," he said. "The voters decided who they wanted. It wasn't my choice, but he is the president and I will respect the office."
The composition of voter registrations in the seven counties that make up Senate District 8 made Baumgardner an early favorite in the race and made Tracy's path to victory dependent on her earning the vote of the large unaffiliated population and a strong turnout of Democrats.
At the start of the campaign, 38 percent of the district's registered voters were Republican, 26 percent were Democrats and 35 percent were unaffiliated.
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roll cast pickups and such
i've been playing with a 3# and some DT line lately and am becoming more and more fascinated with roll casts. i spent a day crouching on my knees in heavy bank cover casting to eager bluegill and that was very fun. in my research, i've read that you can shoot, haul, and basically get an entire fly line out in a roll cast. that seems crazy to me. i think i've only rollcast decently up to about 35 feet or so before the line starts to either not pickup completely, or it just piles. usually the former.
so, how does one shoot on a rollcast, and better, how do you haul? the basic concept is in my head, but that's as far as i've been able to take it. i can do both techniques with ease on a normal cast, but again, i'm curiosed lately with the rollcast.
also, i've been reading about saltwater types using a 'rollcast pickup' to get the fly to sighted fish at a distance with quickness and fewer false casts. what exactly is a rollcast pickup? i can see it being done with the line sitting on the water, but i hear it's done with the fly in the hand in the 'ready' position.
it's such a pretty thing to see a perfect rollcast unfurl right above the water. ahh...
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The vast majority of FF do not roll cast very efficiently. This is the style where you start the cast with the rod vertical and stop the rod when it is rotated toward the water, similar to choping wood when a log is on the ground.
Lefty Kreh has written many articles over the years with a more efficent style. The rod is drawn back and stopped parallel to the water pointing to the caster's rear. The rod is now cast exactly like a long stroke forward cast, begin slowly and constantly accelerate (slowly) until the rod is vertical, then a quick short speed-up-and-stop with the rod almost vertical and the tip stopping in a horizontal direction will pick up the entire line leader and fly above the water surface. After the rod tip is stopped, the caster should reach forward slowly to have the rod parallel to the water and the casting arm extended horizontally. Now you have a set up for an efficient back cast,,,,,shot some line into the back cast and now make a conventional forward cast. When I attended fly casting weekend seminars with Ed Jaworowski, he made us place the line hand in a pocket and perform this cast for several hours. It is amazing how much line you can cast with the basic roll cast pick up,,,,out to 70+ ft with a 6wt rod/line was easy. The basic concept is timing and making the line leap off the water, then the conventional casting takes over.
The roll cast pick up for saltwater is mainly with intermediate and sinking lines as opposed to floating lines in the above discussion. The sinking lines are more difficult to cast since the line must be either retreived almost to the leader and false cast many times or with the roll cast pick up brought up to the surface with 20+ feet of line outside the tip. The fly is retrieved until a comfortable length of line is outside the rod tip (this is determined by practice and experience, for now say 20ft), the same roll cast as described above is made. The sinking /intermediate line will not easily jump off the waters surface however, it will be close or partially aerialized. The line will drop down on the waters surface after the roll cast and now can be launched into a conventional back cast more easily. Note: the caster should have reached forward and the rod be parallel to the water at the completion of the roll cast.
One additional common saltwater trick is the water haul,,,,,the back cast is allowed to briefly touch the water,,,,now the forward cast can use the additional resistance to load the rod deeper and will launch the cast on an upward angle to achieve maximum distance,,,,this also elliminates the "chuck-and-duck" worry with heavy sinking lines hitting the caster on the back of his/her head.
"The fly in the hand in the 'ready' position" is an entirely different cast. The FF is usually standing in a boat with the fly in their line hand and a few loops of line also in the same hand or on the boat deck. When a fish is sighted the rod is brought back into a back cast,,,,do not release the fly,,,,,this unfurles the loose line on deck and sets up for a forward cast and that is when the fly is released and launches toward the target, shoot some line and make one more back cast, now final forward/delivery cast.
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Roll casting is definitely a challenging skill to master. Honestly, I've never found a huge use for it. When you're on a stream fishing for trout, I think that it's better to let your fly drift away from the target and then recast, rather than trying to fix what was probably a bad cast by roll casting. If you're on a lake/pond, then just pick up your fly and recast. Most lake/pond fish aren't spooky enough that you need to worry about false casting over them.
There are a couple of exceptions where I will use a roll cast. First of all, if I'm in a position where backcasting is difficult. The second case is if I'm in a position where I want to get the fly under some overhanging brush that a normal cast would land on, rather than go under.
Most of all, roll casting takes practice. If you're able to do a 35' roll cast with a 3 wt, then I think you're doing pretty good. I wouldn't worry about it!
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I almost puked when I saw micah hyde.. that man is a liability and I dont want him anywhere near the dolphins. I haven't missed a hawkeye game in a long long time. no thanks to hyde.
I almost puked when I saw micah hyde.. that man is a liability and I dont want him anywhere near the dolphins. I haven't missed a hawkeye game in a long long time. no thanks to hyde.
sorry to go off about the hyde deal... i didn't really almost puke. that was a vast overexageration, but I do not want him in south florida.
as for omoregie uzzie, I have read a lot of him wanting to enroll in graduate school, so I have my doubts he will come out, but even if he did, I think he's a 3rd rounder and will be gone before our fourth round pick.
carradine IMO is a first rounder.
for me its something more like
1. Bjoern Werner
2. De Andre hopkins... unless his stock continues to soar... IMO there will be a good WR available here. I like a lot of different combination of WRs here.
2b. david amerson
3. Robert Lester
3b. Jordan Reed
I like guys like AJ Klein to fill in as depth in the middle rounds. Other guys I have targeted but haven't placed in a mock yet are chris thompson, roy roundtree, ryan swope, da rick rodgers, cordarrelle patterson, brandon mcgee, cj fiedorowicz and jake knott.
I like you positions addressed in your mock, just would have other guys in there I guess... It's hard work though placing guys and making it fit the team needs... I've been going back and forth for a month or so now... so kudos to the work you have put in.
Interested to hear what you don't like about Hyde. You've seen more of him than me obviously, but I've watched a bit of game footage (not video highlights) and come away impressed with his physicality, his pace and his instincts.
Carradine might go in the first, but there are only so many DE/OLBs the NFL needs in round one. Jones, Mingo, Montgomery, Werner, Jordan (?), Buchanan, Okafor, Moore.... All possible first rounders, not to mention a good handful of DTs. So I'm hopeful that Carradines only recent rise to prominence might keep him a 2nd rounder.
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i actually see 2 WR early and no TE actually...just my gut feeling that they are going to give Egnew a shot to get out of dumpsville
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theres certainly a lot to like about hyde. he was a starter for quite awhile here. But that's not really saying much I don't think. Iowa has a knack for picking up the countrys leftovers, and thats exactly what hyde was. He was a great highschool athlete, from ohio. He was a good qb and good on defense as well, but nobody hardly gave him a sniff from a recruiting standpoint, so Iowa jumped right in.
Things that bother me about hyde. How he vitrually always plays at a 7-8 yard cushion, and always gives up the underneath route. which is fine if your talking about not giving up a big play. but he gives up chunk yardage all day long too... I'd like to see him get more physical and close that gap. make the WR work for every yard. He has a tendency to miss tackles. He's very streaky... He will play like **** for 4 games, than be a spark for a game or two, maybe go back to being **** for a month... etc etc
I see him out of position quite a bit. I think mostly to his off coverage. He has a tendency to bite on a double move and get burned. However, he does have some pretty good closing speed and has made some interceptions even though he was beat badly. Usually due to underthrown balls, but you have to give him credit either way.
He can dazzle you with punt returns, or he can call a fair catch, and than not catch the ball and let it roll idley to inside the 10 yard line. I don't think his hips are good enough to rotate and go with the top wr's in the league, although his top end speed is above average. The hawks tried moving him to free safety I think his soph year, and I think it only lasted two games. DOnt recall if it was due to injury or because he just plain stunk at it.
He probably has some similarities to ex hawk amari spievey.. although I think amari would take insult to that comment. amari was very good in run support, and I dont think micah is near as consistent in run support.
I think his tackling gets blown out of proportion as far being a sure tackler. I've seen him miss several and as I've mentioned he can get burnt with a juke move. I think the ISU game in 2011 he got absolutley worked by todd blythe, and I remember that being the difference in the game. maybe it was 2010. either way it was not good.
there was rumors his draft stock was falling due to his pub intox and interference arrests early this year, which I don't buy. I think the fact of the matter is, people, (scouts), are down on him and that is why.. the kid didnt' get in trouble in 3+years until that arrest. Although as a captain, one would hope the guy would set an example and stay out of trouble but college kids drink, who cares. running from the cops is a bit immature, and getting caught in two blocks is even worse, although I myself have been tossed around by an iowa city cop or two in my day, they never caught me in two blocks...
I see hyde as a 3rd down cb, or maybe a special teamer. nothing above a 4-5th round pick IMO... but I'm no expert.
carradine hurt a knee yesterday and he acted like it was serious on the sideline...i don't like his strength at the poa but i do like his edge explosion and upside...i think he's a worthy top 50 pick as a situational edge rusher i don't think he's a 3 down de from jump


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I received an email the other day asking why I focus so much on leadership in our program. Now to be fair, the emailer was not from my unit, just a faithful reader of the blog.
The reader asked why I focus on leadership and am so adamant about the methods. Well as to the latter.. I think the methods speak for themselves. They are the tools or steps that we use to reach our goal (or Aim) of providing a program that teaches and develops Citizenship, Character, and Fitness.
As to the former.. Leadership. Well it's pretty simple in my opinion. In larger part Scouting is about leadership. You see when we teach leadership we teach the Scouts how to be good servants.
We teach them responsibility, not just personal responsibility, but how to care for others.
We teach them about commitment, and how they must be committed to lead. Not for the sake of leading, but for those that they lead.
We teach them that to be a good leader, you must first be a good follower. This develops Citizenship in our Scouts. It also reinforces Character traits that allow the Scout to grow and develop into a good person. One that is part of a team, one that understands success and failure and how to overcome obstacles in the way to success.
Leadership teaches principle to use throughout their lives. Those things like "Knowing what right looks like". Planning, Preparing, and following through with something.
Taking responsibility for ones actions and being a positive influence for others.
Yes leadership is fundamental in Scouting.
The reader asked why… "isn't it all about Camping and Fun?"
Yes it is. It is all of that and more. As BP said…"It is a game with a purpose". We wrap all the camping and fun up in this neat package that includes leadership.. or is led by those that want the most and best out of Scouting.
Thank you to the emailer, and thank you to all of you that take the time to read the blog, shoot an email, and make Scouting better every day!
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Princeton economist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman will present a lecture titled "The Return of Depression Economics?" at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, in McCosh 50.
Krugman's lecture will be based on his new book, "The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008." A book signing will follow the talk.
Krugman, a professor in the Department of Economics and in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs since 2000, was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in economics for his research on international trade patterns that overturned longheld theories about the global economy.
In addition to teaching and conducting research at Princeton, Krugman is a well-known columnist for The New York Times and one of the country's foremost liberal commentators on economic, political and policy issues, including the current crisis in the world's financial markets.
Krugman is the author or editor of dozens of books and several hundred articles, primarily about international trade and international finance. His works include the bestsellers "The Great Unraveling" (2003) and "The Conscience of a Liberal" (2007).
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A fresh SEC filing suggests Activision's development costs for the electronic game "Destiny" may be greater than expected, which requires a trim of earnings estimates, writes Credit Suisse in a report out this morning.
Game publisher Activision Blizzard (ATVI) shares are up 1.6%, or 25 cents, to $16.46 in midday trading.
Destiny is an action game from the creators of Halo and is set in a mysterious future. Halo is a trademark of Microsoft (MSFT); Activision is working with Bungie on Destiny. Activision's portfolio of games includes Call of Duty, Spider-Man, X-Men, James Bond and Transformers.
Credit Suisse Analyst Stephen Ju cut his estimates to $4.81 billion for fiscal 2014 revenue and $1.25 in adjusted earnings per share, versus prior $4.77 billi0n and $1.50 per share. Ju also updated foreign exchange assumptions "to more accurately reflect current market conditions. Our longer-term estimates remain essentially unchanged."
Ju has a $23 price target and Outperform rating on the stock. He writes:
"Activision's disclosure shows that roughly ~$160 million in capitalized software development moved from long term
to current on the latest 10-Q filing, suggesting that cost of development may be ~3x what we had previously modeled. As this title should be the first of three, we presume the start-up costs are higher with this first iteration. Catalysts: We have modeled 9.5 million units for Destiny with the vast majority in third quarter of 2014 . our analysis suggests that the incremental million units should contribute about 2 cents in earnings per share for fiscal 2014. Given Bungie's track record with Halo, there is a possibility for upside to our estimate."
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In the course of putting together the educational program for our new Cloud+ conference, I've been talking cloud almost every day and last week I met a new cloud provider called BluB0X.
The company is new, but the folks behind BluB0X have been doing cloud for a long time--the executives and some of the team are the people who founded TouchCom. Remember Touchcom? It was acquired by G4S in 2008. Here's a story about that deal.
I had a great conversation with BluB0X CEO Patrick Barry and COO Patrick de Cavaignac of BluB0X yesterday.
Barry told me the principals of BluB0X "took everything we learned in the 15 years building the previous [Touchcom] product and applied modern requirements and modern technology." A significant difference is that Touchcom sold direct to end users whereas BluB0X is working with the channel. Another difference is that BluB0X focuses soley on security. "There is no facility management [component], BluB0X focuses on access control, alarm management, video, biometrics and visitor management," Barry said.
De Cavaignac added that BluB0X also does elevator systems integrating into the destination control systems.
Barry said security has gone through three technology cycles--we're now now at the fourth technology cycle, he said
This fourth cycle, what BluB0X calls "Security 4.0," is the foundation of BluB0X's manufacturing philosophy. Barry said Security 4.0 comprises six technologies that are changing the security industry and which BluB0X is built around. They are: cloud/wireless; mobile devices; multi-factor biometrics; everything unified on a Mercury platform (the largest installed platform, Barry noted); open, standard, IP-based; and lots of analytics.
BluB0X is ramping up quickly, Barry said. It has several new customers. The company exhibited at ISC West and will be at ASIS in September. The company recently hired Siemens' veteran Perry Levine to do business development.
Want to demo the product? Barry said it's very easy to do. Because it's in the cloud, BluB0X provides a login and password "and they can use the demo site. ... They can try it before they buy it," Barry said.
It offers the standard cloud benefits of "one version, the current version that gets upgraded once a month, whereas the typical manufacturer upgrades once a year," Barry said.
Barry is also very excited about the product's ability to run on any mobile device. It's different, he said, because "it's readable whatever the dimension of the screen is ... you can run our software from a computer or when you're walking down the street with your smartphone." Many software programs work on mobile devices via apps, he said. That can be problematic because the interface looks different, there's a lot less power with the apps, and you have to keep updating the apps.
I will have more, later, in a story on BluB0X.
Even a few weeks past it, I'm still thinking about ESX and what resonated with me about some of the panels. One in particular, "Central Station Technology—The Latest and Greatest," has kept me thinking.
Panelists included Jay Hauhn, CSAA's executive director, Jens Kolind, VP of external partnerships for IBS, and Chris Larcinese, cloud-based services market manager in the Americas for Bosch Security Systems. Joe Miskulin, proprietary central station manager for State Farm, served as the moderator.
First off, Kolind brought up the cloud. He said it brings certain technological efficiencies, such as when upgrading systems or not needing as big an IT staff on hand.
Hauhn said, "The promise of cloud is quite attractive." This is especially true for proprietary centrals, he said, and predicted the number of proprietary monitoring centers would increase.
An attendee asked about the risks of using the cloud. Jens answered, saying that there is a larger risk of a data breach. Those looking to the cloud should make sure that the cloud provider is encrypting important information, he said.
The panel addressed two interesting sides to the technology coin; what is on the upcoming horizon, and what might be sunsetted.
Larcinese pointed to "wearables" as an emerging technology.
According to Hauhn, new entrants should be the ones to look out for; it is movement's like DIY or the smart home that will define what is going to be monitored in the future.
This begged the question: what kind of weight does a self monitored dispatch carry? Hauhn said it's very credible, the home owner might have a better idea of who should or shouldn't be in that house than the operator.
The ASAP to PSAP is also an emerging trend. Hauhn said that program is cloud-friendly.
As toward what technology might be sunsetted soon, Kolind said the age of IP might inhibit the end of the traditional receiver.
Exec ed Martha Entwistle and I had an excellent conference call yesterday with SSN's TechSec Advisory Board. We're gearing up for the annual conference on new and emerging technology, and our advisors assist us as we determine programming.
One thing I can say at this point is that the educational sessions at the TechSech conference Feb. 2-3 will be different from what you've heard over and over again. I attended ISC West and ESX, and the people I met with and the panelists at the sessions I attended were certainly very smart and at the top of their games, reinforcing topics we've heard about for months and have written about. But I was left with the questions, "Are there new takes on these persistent topics? What angles haven't been pursued?" We want to dive deeper at TechSec. And we will.
The conversation Martha and I had with our advisors led to some interesting, topical points. We'll be announcing the program and panelists soon. You can check out last year's educational here for a feel of what we'll be aiming at, bigger and even better in 2016. It will be great, and you can hold me to that!
I especially like how we have some of our past "20 under 40" winners on our advisory board: Ralph Nerette, Sharon Shaw and Jeremy Brecher. (We know how to pick them!) Along with input from longtime industry pros, they provide us with unique perspectives and know what those in the industry want and need to know in today's fast-changing security environment.
Thanks to each member of our advisory board. Please stay tuned for more info on TechSec, filled with what will be most current and forward-looking hot topics in the industry.
The Security System News' team has done a preliminary vetting of the nominations for SSN's "20 under 40" awards, with a full study to come this week. The deadline for nominations was July 1, and thank you, readers, for coming through!
Although we do have two categories, one for integrators, I am primarily responsible for the end user awards.
I say it every year because it's true: Each year we get such great nominees, so qualified, extremely professional, smart and deserving of being honored in the industry.
We always have a tough time selecting the final 20. We select some of them to participate on panels at TechSec and honor all of them at a ceremony at that annual premier event. The "20 under 40" panels at TechSec are always among the most appreciated by attendees, according to our surveys, because who in the industry doesn't want to know what these smart, innovative people need and want to do their jobs successfuly?
In order to select the best of the best, we rely on nominators, often calling upon them, again, to expand upon their reasons. We talk to our TechSec Advisory Board. We mull. We agonize. Then we choose.
This year's nominees are physical security directors at big-name corporations, major retailers and hospitality groups, healthcare institutions, municipalities and utilities—many, many nominated.
Thank you for nominating your best and brightest. Finalists will be contacted soon by me, and I'll do a profile of each one for Security Systems News, both online and in the print edition. So stay tuned. You'll want to hear what these pros have to say.
I think the industry is in good hands.
More and more I'm hearing about the "Millennials;" those born between 1980 and 2000. I fit squarely in that range.
Millennials seem to be the target audience for home automation, some have noted them as the more "technological-savvy" generation. Now, the Millennials are entering the job market. At this year's ESX I heard UCC's Mike Lamb, and ADT's Stephen Smith, share their observations on training this younger generation.
During Lamb and Smith's ESX Panel, "Training for Central Station Operators," I was—as a Millenial—quite alert, asking myself how each technique or perspective applied to me.
There were quite a few points that I could agree with and—imagining myself in the shoes of a prospective central station operator—would see a lot of value in. Though, there were other points where I differed in opinion.
Lamb said that Millenials like understanding the value in their work. That is certainly something I could agree with, and I don't think Millenials are the only ones who could benefit from better grasping the value behind what they do.
Also, he had a point that, when given a task, Millenials might be more prone to ask "Why?" This isn't a sign of disrespect, he said, but instead looking for more understanding.
I definitely agree with that. Approaching a task, I find it very useful to understand where my role or any action plays into the larger plan.
Lamb pointed out that Generation Y is the age of "participation trophies," which, unfortunately, I can't disagree with. Lamb had a point that this constant recognition given to many individuals in Generation Y is something to notice and enable in your central station employees; that they like to be recognized if and when they are doing things right. I can see how a little positive reinforcement would encourage confidence in a new employee. Though, I personally wouldn't want to see this overdone, certainly not to the levels of participation trophies.
Lamb also had a point that younger generations occasionally struggle with professionalism, specifically in writing. An example he gave was with "twitter speak," using "u" instead of "you," "r" in place of "are" and so forth. This surprised me the most. Perhaps it is my writing experience separating me from the Generation Y pool of potential operators, but I have always found a professional writing style to be imperative. Lamb, and some of the attendees, said this is a problem of the generation.
Let the integration begin.
With Apollo Affiliated Funds closing on both deals with Protection 1 and ASG, I checked in with Jamie Haenggi, Protection 1 CMO about what's next.
In an email interview, Haenggi complimented ASG CEO Joe Nuccio, saying he's "done a nice job building a company of passionate employees that care about the customer, which mirrors the Protection 1 culture." Haenggi said Protection 1 CEO Tim Whall is out "is out doing what he does—meeting with the employees of ASG, hosting town hall meetings and sharing insights as to how he looks at measuring the business, taking care of the customer and developing the employee. The senior teams are working together over the next 30-60 days to devise a detailed integration plan. As you can imagine bringing together two companies this size is no small undertaking and great care is given to ensure little to no disruption."
Indeed, this is a huge undertaking, but my guess is that Tim Whall and team are up to the challenge. If you look at where the two companies overlap geographically they'll have five or six markets where they'll have huge density on the residential side. I've talked to lots of observers, outside of the ASG and Protection 1, who believe that this will mean very nice efficiencies and margin improvement on the residential side. On the commercial side, ASG was focused on small- and medium business and national accounts. These assets should just accelerate what Whall's been working on for the past few years—becoming the largest independent full-service security company around.
On June 25, in Chicago, the NFPA held its annual meeting, but the alarm industry was concerned about two motions on NFPA 72, which would effectively give local municipalities the authority to disallow the use of listed central stations for fire alarm monitoring.
Ultimately, motion 72-8 passed with a vote of 142-80, giving municipalities that discretion. Motion 72-9, which would have removed the line referring to central stations completely, was withdrawn after 72-8 passed.
Kevin Lehan, executive director for the Illinois Electronic Security Associaiton, told Security Systems News that there were some beneficial aspects to the meeting for the alarm industry. "Previously the language said 'alternate location approved by the authority having jurisdiction.' Now the language specifically says 'listed central supervising station.'" Lehan said that this specific mention will help central stations through being now a specific entity as opposed to the previously vague language.
"We were thrilled to be able to get the numbers out that we did." Lehan said, pointing out that the vote, being on June 25, happened at the same time as ESX. "We mobilized very well, we just have to inform and entice the rest of the alarm installer community to be active in the NFPA going forward."
"What we learned at this event is that there is a disconnect between the industry and the fire services," Lehan said. The two sides of the argument, fire departments and the alarm industry were approaching the matter from very different perspectives.
"The fire services, their testimony came across as stating that central stations are unsafe. We have heard for a few years, and this was echoed at that [NFPA] meeting, anecdotal situations whereby the private alarm industry failed in dispatching [without more specific details on the alarm event]. When we ask for specific situations when this has happened, we do not get a response," he said.
"On the private industry side, it's the same position that we've always had, allow us to compete for business. Let UL listed central stations perform to NFPA code standards, and let the market choose service providers," said Lehan.
Lehan said that the idea of creating a forum for fire services and the alarm industry to communicate better had come up in discussions following the meeting, and that may be further developed in the future, Lehan said.
It's the Millennials who are the biggest DIY buyers, according to ESX 2015 panelists at a "DIY Security—Competition or Opportunity" discussion.
Icontrol's 2015 State of the Smart Home Report, a nationwide survey which Security System News conducted and has reported on earlier, also found that the Millennial generation, loosely defined as those born in the early 1980s to the early 2000s, are big consumers of home automation. You can read more about the survey at the above link, but here a few new tidbits from it from its recent official release.
The report said, "U.S. consumers aged 25-34 express a higher level of excitement around the following benefits of the smart home:
Entertainment has emerged as a smart home driver, icontrol found. Interest in the entertainment link has grown to 55 percent since last year's report. Consumers want their entertainment rooms connected to their smart home, followed by their kitchens and bedrooms.
A challenge is getting that younger generation to move from DIY to traditional security providers, according to Brian Leland of Interlogix and Sterling Barnes of Melaleuca Security, the panelists at the ESX discussion. You'll be able to read more about the ESX DIY panel later, so stay tuned, please.
The icontrol report had some other great factoids as well, so stay tuned for more info on that as well.
Friday, Day 3
Today started on the show floor with a visit to All American Monitoring's booth. There I saw Lisa French, national sales representative, and Laura Hutchinson, national dealer support. I met both of them last month at the NEACC show where they were talking about the company's MeyeView cameras. At this show they were showcasing the company's new proprietary GSM.
From there I headed to the Dice booth. Much like at ISC West, Cliff Dice, company president CEO, said that there was a good response to the company's hosted central station platform.
At Rapid Response booth I talked with Bryan Bardenett, the company's senior account manager. He said what the company was talking about most at this year's ESX was the upcoming expansion to its Syracuse facility, adding 35,000 square feet to its current 40,000.
Michael Zydor, Affiliated's managing director, and Daniel Oppenheim, Affiliated's VP, said that one thing that kept appearing in their conversations with dealers on the exhibition floor was the 2g sunset.
From there I briefly stopped by the Acadian Monitoring Services booth and talked with Jason Caldwell, the company's national sales representative.
Woodie Andrawos, NMC's executive vice president, mentioned the hot topic of DIY. When asked about the combination of DIY systems and professional monitoring, brought up in a Wednesday panel, Andrawos said professional monitoring is a must. "It has to be professionally monitored to be true security."
I stopped by the AvantGuard and Freeus booth again today, this time meeting Troy Iverson, AvantGuard's VP of sales and marketing, and Chris Pyle, Freeus VP of product. During this visit at the booth I heard more about AvantGuard's PERS Summit, to be held in Park City, Utah, this year at the end of September.
When I stopped by COPS Monitoring's booth, I heard more about the company's Mpower app, which David Smith, company said gives the dealer more information on their account activity, such as how each alarm was resolved or concluded.
At Security Central's booth I saw Darryl Bray again; we first at ISC West. Brett Springall, company CEO, talked with me about the company's latest promotion, a $50,000 incentive, up to that amount in free monitoring, for dealers that switch to their central station. Springall said that, when talked about with dealers, the offer got a pretty good response.
Luciana Harrison, Monitronics' Eastern regional sales manager, said that the show looked like it had some slower traffic, but it was still good for meeting dealers. The company is soon moving to its new campus Bre Otero, dealer sales and marketing coordinator for Monitronics, said that the process of moving each department started a week ago and will last about a month. One department is moving at a time to ensure minimum disruption for customers, Otero said, with the central station moving last. "It'll be great to have everybody back in one building," Otero said.
My final floor meeting was a brief discussion with Nik Gagvani, president of CheckVideo, and Ed Troha, company director of marketing, about Security Systems News' new conference, Cloud+.
As the show floor was winding down I headed to the closing keynote luncheon, featuring economist Alan Beaulieu, president of ITR Economics. He projected that the economy would be pretty good for the next 15 years, with a dip around 2019. Many factors in this good economy had relevance for the security sector, he said; as the home market and mortgage lending rates look better more people will be buying houses. With a notable rise in disposable income, Beaulieu said that this could bring new installation opportunities for security companies. One market in particular he mentioned a growth in was the PERS space, with higher numbers of seniors expected in coming years. This comment made for a nice transition to my next event.
My last educational session of this year's show, "To PERS or Not to PERS," had a more intimate session than most. The speakers took chairs off the stage, turned off the projector and the microphones, and asked attendees to move up to the first row, making the session an impromptu "round table" based in questions and answers. Panelists included Yaniv Amir, president of Essence, Justin Bailey, COO of AvantGuard, and Daniel Oppenheim, VP of Affiliated Monitoring. Joe Miskulin, central station manager for State Farm, served as moderator. The panelists were in agreement that it is better to separate PERS operators from those handling traditional burglary and fire alarms. Special attention need to be given to PERS operators in terms of training and support; central stations should evaluate whether they can handle that in-house, or it would be best left to larger centrals with those capabilities.
Thursday, Day 2
At the start of Day 2, for me, was the panel "False Dispatch Reduction Update." The panelists were Thomas Waugh, division chief, permit and code enforcement for Baltimore City in the Alarm Reduction Section; Kristine Walker, Alarm Services Manager for Vector Security; Derrick Jackson, dispatch reduction manager for Vector Security; and Maria Malice of Bonds Alarm.
They addressed various forms of reducing false alarms, including Enhanced Call Verification. Waugh and Jackson both spoke on noticing generally lower rates of false alarms in recent years. Malice said that without reducing false alarms, the next step for a city is verified response, "and that is not where any of us want to be," she said.
I bumped into Jay Stuck today in the hall who introduced me to Steven Paley, president of Rapid Security Solutions based in Sarasota, Fla.
Speaking of chance meetings, I have been talking to SIAC for as long as I've been the associate editor at SSN and it was great to finally meet a couple of them face to face; Stan Martin, executive director, and Steve Keefer, national law enforcement liaison.
ESA and CSAA hosted a presentation on deceptive sales practices, featuring Diane Pruitt, recently solicited by a deceptive security company in Baltimore, Derrick Layton, a retired Baltimore police officer and another who was solicited with deceptive sales practices, Jay Hauhn, executive director for CSAA, Marshall Marinace, president of ESA, David Bleisch, Chief Legal Officer for ADT, and Casey Callaway, on the Council of Better Business Bureaus. Pruitt and Layton shared their recent experiences, both emphasizing how persistent the sales people were, even when being pushed out the door or shown a police badge. Hauhn noted that there is a difference between a door-knocking company, which is a fine practice, and the deceptive sales practices used in scams.
From there, I headed to the opening keynote luncheon. Before the keynote, Security Systems News' Tim Purpura announced its latest conference Cloud+, focusing on cloud technologies and how it can be applied in the security industry. Retired US Army special forces officer Maj. Gen. James Champion then gave his keynote address, sharing some of his experiences with the Green Berets and his observations on leadership. "When people look at an organization, where do they look first? They look at the top," Champion said; an organization's leadership lets others know where it is heading. Champion also outlined what his cause, the Green Beret Foundation does; helping Green Berets transition into civilian lifestyles, which is often a slower pace than they are used to. At the conclusion of the keynote, ESA presented a check to Champion and the foundation for $5,000.
I stopped by EMERgency24's booth to briefly meet Kevin McCarthy, the company's national sales manager. I spoke with him recently over the phone and it was nice to put a face to a voice.
Next to EMERgency24 was Essence's booth—my next meeting. I saw Daniela Perlmutter, Essence VP and head of marketing, in the previous day's panel on central stations entering the DIY market, and it was nice to hear a bit more about the DIY offerings that Essence provides. While there I also met with Yaniv Amir, president of Essense USA, Brian Katz, Essence VP of business development, and Ritch Haselden, VP of sales for Essence USA.
It seems like it wasn't too long ago that I was talking to AvantGuard's Josh Garner about its sister company, Freeus, acquiring the PERS business of Securus. It was great to meet some of each team at ESX this year; Justin Bailey, COO of AvantGuard, Matthew Brandon, Avantguard's national sales manager, Brook Winzeler, GM for Freeus, and Marc McGrann, National sales manager for Freeus.
I stopped by for a quick chat with Warren Hill, product marketing manager in the Americas for intrusion for Interlogix. He told me a bit about the company's ZeroWire home automation hub and the UltraSync app that connects it with various devices.
From there I headed to the Telguard booth to meet with Pamela Benke, company director of marketing, and Shawn Welsh, VP of marketing and business development. They both told me a lot about their home automation technologies, HomeControl, as well as HomeControl Flex.
At the Quick Response booth I met Jeff Cohen, company president, Renee Trebec sales manager, and Mark Penwell, Business development and retention manager. Jeff Cohen described the main footprint of the company as being around the Midwest and the Great Lakes. The company has been family owned since 1969.
This show was the first time I'd met or spoken with Alarm Central; proof that I am always reaching out and hearing from more central stations. At the booth I met Jeremy Wyble, GM for Alarm Central, and Jeff Herdman, central station manager. "Our main focus is to allow our dealers to grow with us," Herdman said. "[If] they grow, we grow."
I stopped by Bold Technologies' booth for a brief chat with Chuck Speck, the company's president. Back in November, when he and Bold CEO Rod Coles founded White Rabbit Electronics, I spoke with them about the timeline for the company; they hoped to showcase White Rabbit at ISC West, which they did, and distribute by ESX. Updating that, Speck said they are pretty close to that timeline, and hope to be rolling it out soon.
At UCC's booth, I met Mark Matlock, and Ron Bowden for the first time. I talked with both of them not too long ago about UCC's expansions. I also met Mike Lamb, who was in the "Innovative Training Techniques for Central Station Operators." Lamb and I talked a bit more about Generation Y and the point that UCC hasn't tried to tailor all aspects of its training to younger applicants. Instead, Lamb noticed that they gravitate more toward the company's existing principles of creating a peer environment and working collaboratively.
It was great to see Mike Bodnar, Security Partners' president, again, following my visit to their newest central station in Las Vegas. Security Partners recently hired Tom McNeil as VP of sales; he told me about a back-to-basics approach for the company, working more to develop relationships with customers.
My final floor meeting was with Rick Stevens, response center sales and technical support for International Response Center, based in Rockford, Minn.
Wednesday, Day 1
On my way to today's first panel, I happened to run into a few people I'd either met or talked to before. First was Keith Jentoft, who I first met at the NEACC expo, near the end of May. Second was Robert Forsythe. It was great to put a face to a voice, after I spoke with him earlier in June about US Monitoring's new app. Third was Jens Kolind, who I met back at ISC West.
My first panel of the day was "Monitoring for the DIY Market." Jay Stuck, EXP and chief marketing officer of SecureWatch 24, and Daniela Perlmutter, Essence's VP of marketing, were speakers. Joe Miskulin, central station manager for State Farm, served as moderator.
State Farm operates a proprietary central station to monitor its buildings across the country. From Miskulin's perspective, DIY is a great solution for small proprietary centrals, due to the ease of shipping systems for DIY installation, and connection back to the central station. Another point that stood out to me was Stuck's; that a big issue in professionally monitoring DIY systems would be customer service, knowing how to handle end-user questions. Perlmutter, who identified herself as an "avid" DIY user, said there is definitely value in the DIY market—evidenced by big entrants like Google—and professional security companies have the edge of experience and expertise.
I then went to the Networking and Public Safety Luncheon. At this event SIAC presented its William N. Moody Award, recognizing those with comendable devotion to the the alarm industry, to Ron Rothman whose retirement from Honeywell was announced in January. SIAC then surprised Stan Martin, SIAC's executive director with his own William N. Moody award for his service to SIAC. Also at the luncheon, ESA presented its 2015 Youth Scholarship to Douglas Leonard.
Also at this event, CSAA presented its inagural Public Service Award to Bill Hobgood, project manager for the public safety team in the City of Richmond, Virginia's IT department, for his work to promote the ASAP program.
Baltimore's Deputy Police Commisioner Kevin Davis then gave his key note address, filling in for Anthony Batts, the city's Police Comissoner originally announced as the keynote speaker. He talked about teh recent unrest in Baltimore and the important role security plays in identifying those "people who harmed this city." Davis reassured attendees that Baltimore is "a great city, and a safe city." He also identified body cameras as a security technology that many Baltimore police officers are in favor of.
It was at the Networking and Public Safety Luncheon that I first heard about ESX 2016, to be held in Fort Worth, Texas, June 8-10.
On my way to the next panel, it was nice to see Michael Zydor, managing director for Affiliated Monitoring.
My second session was "Central Station Technology" with CSAA's executive director Jay Hauhn, Bosch Security's marketing manager Chris Larcinese, and IBS' VP of external partnerships Jens Kolind. A lot of intriguing points were brought up. The cloud looks like it'll be a big technology in years to come, according to Hauhn. Larcinese said, "In some regard, [cloud is] a logical progression of the technology." Kolind said that one thing cloud provides central stations with is the benefit of not having to worry about upgrades or other programming matters.
In "Increase RMR with Video Monitoring Services" there were also some really interesting perspectives shared. Larry Folsom, president and CEO of I-View Now, presented a few things to keep in mind when considering video services, like the sales side, having a strategic vision, and doing the best monitoring for it using best practices. Michael Jagger, president of Provident Security and fellow panelist, gave examples of how he video monitoring it into his business. "It's great business, it's a great way to grow your RMR: through video," said Tom Szell, final panelist and SVP for ADS Security.
My last session of the day was "Innovative Training Techniques for Central Station Operators." Stephen Smith, the national professional development manager of customer care for ADT, shared some of his thoughts on ways to best train current applicants, particularly those of more recent generations. One suggestion Smith gave was to look at how learning styles are changing; between kinesthetic, auditory and visual.
Mike Lamb of UCC was stepping in for Mike Gelvin, UCC's assistant central station manager, to represent the company on the subject at this panel. Lamb made one point in particular that really has stayed with me. He said that those of Generation Y, born between 1980 and 2000, like to know that there's value in what they do. This shouldn't be too hard to impress on them, Lamb said, when you address that the root of security monitoring is protecting the lives and homes of other people.
Today was definitely very educational for me, as a newer person in the industry. I'm really looking forward to hearing more tomorrow and walking the show floor.
Prior to the show
I'm really looking forward to ESX, held in Baltimore this year. This is where you can find the most recent updates on what I've seen, who I've talked to, and what's cropping up in monitoring from the show. Check back later, as I will be updating the blog daily from the beginning of the show on Wednesday. Hopefully I'll see you there, feel free to email me if you think there is something I should keep an eye out for at the show.
BALTIMORE—Rapid change in the industry, home automation, the IofT and DIY were prevalent themes at the sessions I attended today.
First up was the OpenXchange, a forum featuring Mike Hackett of Qolsys, Rod Coles of Bold Technologies, Syed Zaeem Hosain of Aeris and Alexei Erchak of BeON, moderated by George De Marco, ESX chairman.
De Marco asked audience members if they were ready to be disrupted. Emerging technology and cloud-based security is changing the industry forever, he said. "Is your company just surviving or experiencing transformational success? What differentiates you?"
The panelists discussed the need for manufacturers to keep up with the pace of change by responding to customers' feedback; the impact of home automation and DIY and how to meld those into the security business and more.
I'll be writing in more detail about this interesting overview soon, so stay tuned.
Next was "DIY Security—Competition or Opportunity?" with Brian Leland of Interlogix and Sterling Barnes of Melaleuca Security, moderated by Kirk MacDowell of Alarm.com.
Interlogix looks at DIY as a long-term strategy, it will only keep growing, Leland said. It's the fastest evolving market and there's a lot traditional security providers can learn from it, he said.
Barnes said he doesn't see a need to be in direct competition with DIY. "Our customers come to us because they want a professionally installed system," he said. "Don't be worried that NEST and Google will ruin your business, but customers will want some of those features." I'll be writing further about this discussion as well.
Next, Jamie Kane, president of Sandler Training, talked to company heads about "Assuming the Right Leadership Role." This interactive session had audience members discussing their jobs as mentors, supervisors, coaches and trainers, and how to find the right balance for their specific company's success. What should be their primary focus? I sat in on an "audience group" with Brendan Armstrong, president of Trinity Wiring and Security Solutions; Ritch Haselden of Essence; and Robert Irish of Mediacom. Those three gentlemen were passionate about their roles as company leaders and took the session seriously. Takeaway? Delegate. Don't train and supervise when others can do it. Motivate and coach.
"Monetize the Internet of Things," moderated by Kirk MacDowell, aimed to "unbaffle and provide clarity" about IoT, he said. People are frustrated by all the products out there. What to do? Qolsys' Hackett, Alarm.com's Jeff Bedell, Honeywell's Gordon Hope and ADT's Paul Plofchan all noted that most people most trust security companies to monitor their home automation systems, so that's a prime opportunity. "The opportunity is to sell into the demand. The risk is that as an industry we let someone else do it," Bedell said.
Said Hope, "What do we say when the customer says, 'I don't need your monitoring. I can get it direct from my app for free.'" The answer is, he said, "We're not free because we provide value. You can DIM, but apps won't keep your house from burning down. Notifications are great, but what if you're halfway around the world?"
Tell customers why you're not free and why you're unique, Hope said, adding that "we will not survive as an industry without offering home automation. Embrace the change, there's much more upside than downside."
At ESA Celebrates, De Marco encouraged donations to the ESA philanthropy project, ESA Gives Back! This year, donations go to the Green Berets' Next Ridgeland, a program that helps Green Berets transition from active duty to the next step in their lives. De Marco's daughter sang one of the loveliest renditions of "I'm Proud to be an American" that I've ever heard.
All in all, a great day. Well done, ESX 2015.
This morning, Security Systems News publisher Tim Purpura officially announces our new conference, Cloud+. Much more about that to come.
BALTIMORE—I had a very nice conversation with BeON CEO Alexei Erchak late this afternoon, who was kind enough to take time out of his busy schedule here in ESX-Land to fill me on his company's growing success. (That took place after we both, being New Englanders, complained just a little, tiny bit about this city's oppressive heat.)
Since I last spoke to him at ISC West, BeON has "made a lot of progress on a lot of fronts," he said.
The LED lightbulb preventative security system has passed UL testing, dealers are clamoring for it and BeON is shipping now to beta testers and Kickstarter backers. He's here at ESX to talk further with dealers.
BeON is targeting the 80 percent of the market that says that it doesn't want a home security system.
Erchak has heard from numerous consumers who appreciate his company's approach, he said. Women in the 25- to 35-year-old range who live with roommates or with a spouse who travels a lot, for instance, tell him that they like the system because it makes it look like more people are home when they just might be there by themselves.
Feedback has been key to BeON's growth, he said. "People are giving us ideas for protection, ideas we never even thought of," he said.
"By this time next year we'll be talking about interoperability," Erchak said.
I'll certainly keep in touch with Erchak to see how his company progresses.
Tomorrow I'll be attending a number of ESX educational sessions to get up to date on the latest trends and challenges in the physical security sector, so stay tuned.
Right now there's a fierce thunderstorm outside my hotel, so I won't be venturing out much. I hear the restaurant downstairs has awesome crabcakes, so here I go.
Tomorrow, June 23, I am en route to Baltimore for ESX 2015. I'm a veteran of ASIS and ISC West and a number of other, smaller shows, but this will be my first time at the Electronics Security Expo. I've heard great things about it from colleagues and from industry pros, so I'm looking forward to it. (Plus, I am a big fan of Maryland crab.)
After the great whirlwind on the show floor at ISC West, I will enjoy the opportunity to attend a number of educational sessions to dig deeper into topics of import to the resi industry and the chance to catch up with some of my sources as well.
I'll be updating this post daily about who I see, what I learn and what is trending, so please check back often. I'll also be tweeting. And stay tuned, because I'll be posting stories from the ed sessions, too. See you at ESX!
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The Postgraduate Program in Prosthodontics is a full-time 36-month residency program in July each year. It is a multifaceted program that takes full advantage of the academic and clinical resources available in the University setting and is accredited by the American Dental Association's (ADA) Commission on Dental Accreditation. The program is designed to meet requirements for examination by the American Board of Prosthodontics. A certificate will be awarded upon successful completion of the program. The option of pursuing a MS or PhD degree in Oral and Craniofacial Science is also available to qualified residents.
Didactic instruction is presented through lectures, seminars, demonstrations and conferences. This instruction promotes a biologic understanding of oral disease processes and provides the resident with a strong basis for decision making.
The clinical experience occupies approximately 60% of the program. Clinical training involves both fixed and removable prosthodontics, with exposure to implant dentistry and maxillofacial prosthodontics. Patient care activities are supplemented by observation, seminars and case presentation. Contact with and training in the full breadth of prosthodontic problems and contemporary treatment modalities is the goal for the clinical segment of the curriculum.
The program offers significant exposure to diagnosis and treatment planning for patients with complex restorative needs. A strength of the program is its close interaction with the other postgraduate dental specialty programs on the campus. Integrated treatment with the orthodontic, pediatric dental, and oral and maxillofacial surgery programs enhances the clinical exposure.
For additional information on the goals and content of the program, please contact the program director.
Program Director: Arun Sharma, BDS, MS
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- DDS/DMD or equivalent degree
- National Board Dental Examination, Part I
- TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) for those applicants whose first language is not English and who have not completed at least one year of US college/university level studies. The institution code is 4840.
PLEASE NOTE: If accepted into the program, applying to the MS in Oral and Craniofacial Sciences program is optional. If you decide to apply to the MS program you will be required to submit a separate application no later than May 1st prior to the start of the program.
- Applicants must first submit an application to Postdoctoral Application Support Service (PASS) by the program's February 1st deadline. They must include with their PASS application: Personal essay, curriculum vitae (CV) dental school transcript, all undergraduate transcripts, 3 PASS evaluation forms (PEFs) 1 Dean's institution evaluation form and all required scores reported in the application.
- Applicants must submit the following items directly to UCSF by February 1st to:
University of California, San Francisco
Dental Admissions Office
513 Parnassus Avenue, S-630
San Francisco, CA 94143-0430
Please note: The process is now on rolling admission basis.
If you have foreign coursework you will be required to submit the following materials, even if you previously submitted copies to PASS:
- Official transcript(s), detailed marks reports, etc, sent directly from the issuing institution from all college-level course work taken at a college or university outside of the United States, or a Canadian institution where English was not the official language of instruction. (Please note: Xerox or notarized copies are not acceptable.)
- Official course-by-course evaluation from Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc. or World Education Services for ALL foreign transcripts received outside of the US including Canadian schools where English was not the official language of instruction.
- Residency Application Fee Form with non-refundable $60 fee ($80 for international students, including Canadian citizens) to:
UCSF Office of the Registrar
P.O. Box 742908
Los Angeles, CA 90074-2908
Do not send any transcripts, letters of recommendation, other documents or correspondence to this address.
Three residents are accepted annually into the program leading to a certificate in prosthodontics. Admission is based on dental school grade point averages and class standing, National Board scores, letters of recommendation, and a personal interview.
PLEASE NOTE: Only those applicants who meet all admissions qualifications and submit all required documentation within the deadline, including the UCSF application with fee, will be considered for a position.
A large number of prosthodontists contribute to the clinical and didactic portions of the program. Specialists from the other dental specialties also contribute to the resident's education. This group offers a significant breadth and scope for the dental resident. Additionally, consultants from outside the University contribute to the educational experience.
Yearly stipends are available, depending on eligibility and funding availability. Additionally, first year residents may be eligible for a grant from the Joseph Sciutto Foundation.
The majority of the clinical and didactic activities occur on the University of California San Francisco campus. The postgraduate prosthodontic clinic utilizes seventeen operatories in the School of Dentistry. Additionally, each resident is assigned an individual laboratory bench space. The program currently employs both a fixed and removable prosthodontic technician to assist in the laboratory education of the resident.
American Board of Prosthodontics
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BBR and Aeon Press Ebooks Now Available from the Robot Trading Company
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Posted on November 22nd, 2012
We're delighted to announce that another two more independent genre publishers have joined the roster of Robot Trading Company publisher partners. Aeon Press is based in Ireland and has published a variety of titles across a broad range, including novels, single author collections, anthologies and graphic novels, as well as the long-running speculative fiction magazine Albedo One. We're now stocking their two latest releases in DRM-free ePub ebook format and we're hoping to stock more Aeon Press ebooks in the not-too-distant future: Box of Delights ed. by John Kenny (£4.99) – sixteen brand new spine-chilling tales of love and death. Transtories ed. by Colin Harvey – a varied selection of short fiction unified by the inclusion of the prefix 'trans'. (£4.99) Between 1984 and…
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Is the global warming crisis over?
Is the global warming crisis over?
When it quits being fun...we retire!
Nancy Neipert with
Skeeter, my avatar (Deepwoods Off and Fly'n High, MH, MNH, MN09,10, 11.
Gypsy (Windigo Deja Voodoo Gypsy Pearl, D List, QAA, MH) MN10 & to MD11
Mary (Stellars Proud Mary) first Lean Mac dog
Ted (Deepwoods Spirit of the Wild), now the baby & Suzie's grandson...
Suzie (Watermarks Slough Foot Sue, MH, 2000-2011 - Farewell dear companion)
While the N. hemesphere has warmed a degree or so ,,,the southern hemesphere has cooled ,,I personally believe it is the farting creel with that anti freeze type fluid in them causing all the problems.
Either that or we are about to wobble off our axis and some say I already have
Nice I think this paragraph sums it up
A GISS spokesman lamely explained that the reason for the error in the Russian figures was that they were obtained from another body, and that GISS did not have resources to exercise proper quality control over the data it was supplied with. This is an astonishing admission: the figures published by Dr Hansen's institute are not only one of the four data sets that the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) relies on to promote its case for global warming, but they are the most widely quoted, since they consistently show higher temperatures than the others.
Money, money, money.....money!!! Folow the money and you will fine this BS as I have said from day one. Scince w/o proper quality control is trash and would be tossed into the trash can by peer review....unless they are in on the $$$$$
This aint over yet. It is going to cost you and I $$$$$$$$$ in "green" BS before it is said and done.....cap and trade anyone????
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Corey Burke
Got this sent to me today.
UBNov 18, 2008Alaskan Glaciers Grow for First Time in 250 YearsBy Michael Asher, Daily TechA bitterly cold Alaskan summer has had surprising results. For the first time in the areas recorded history, area glaciers have begun to expand, rather than shrink. Summer temperatures, which were some 3 degrees below average, allowed record levels of winter snow to remain much longer, leading to the increase in glacial mass.In mid-June, I was surprised to see snow still at sea level in Prince William Sound, said glaciologist Bruce Molnia. In general, the weather this summer was the worst I have seen in at least 20 years. On the Juneau Icefield, there was still 20 feet of new snow on the surface [in] late July. At Bering Glacier, a landslide I am studying [did] not become snow free until early August.Molnia, who works for the US Geological Survey, said its been a long time since area glaciers have seen a positive mass balancean increase in the total amount of ice they contain. Since 1946, the USGS has maintained a research project measuring the state of Alaskan glaciers. This year saw records broken for most snow buildup. It was also the first time since any records began being that the glaciers did not shrink during the summer months.Those records date from the mid 1700s, when the region was first visited by Russian explorers. Molnia estimates that Alaskan glaciers have lost about 15% of their total area since that timean area the size of Connecticut. One of the largest areas of shrinkage has been at the national park of Glacier Bay. When Alexei Ilich Chirikof first arrived in 1741, the bay didnt exist at allonly a solid wall of ice. From that time until the early 1900s, the ice retreated some 50 miles, to form the bay and surrounding area.Accordingly to Molnia, a difference of just 3 or 4 degrees is enough to shift the mass balance of glaciers from rapid shrinkage to rapid growth. From the 1600s to the 1900s, that s just the amount of warming that was seen, as the planet exited the Little Ice Age.Molnia says one cold summer doesnt mean the start of a new climatic trend. At least years like this, however, might mark the beginning of another Little Ice Age. As DailyTech reported earlier, Arctic sea ice this year has also increased substantially from its low in 2007. Read more.Alaska is cooling due to the cooling Pacific (negative PDO) and likely low solar activity which produced a cold and snowy winter and spring and cloudy cold summer. This is the inverse of the step warming that took place in 1979 when the PDO went positive and the sun neared the Grand Maximum.
When the one you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure.
NBC gets rid of their global warming (environmental unit) staff at the Weather Channel.
Isn't NBC the channel that turns the lights out during football games?
It appears advocacy isn't relevant during times of economic crisis.
I can honestly say, I stopped watching the Weather Channel some time back when it seemed like there was a barrage of the most extreme global warming related information with the blame constantly directed at man being the cause. Maybe there will be a move in direction toward saner programming? I actually doubt it though. I expect NBC already has an advocacy group or department in place covering the global warming issue and we will see the NBC "experts" instead of the Weather Channels.
Biggest snow job since the WCTU sole America on Prohibition.
Bob Gutermuth
Canvasback Chesapeakes
It is not "new" news, i.e. that there have always been at least as many scientists who did not subscribe to the theory of global warming as there were those who got the media coverage.A GISS spokesman lamely explained that the reason for the error in the Russian figures was that they were obtained from another body, and that GISS did not have resources to exercise proper quality control over the data it was supplied with. This is an astonishing admission: the figures published by Dr Hansen's institute are not only one of the four data sets that the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) relies on to promote its case for global warming, but they are the most widely quoted, since they consistently show higher temperatures than the others.
"Know in your heart that all things are possible. We couldn't conceive of a miracle if none ever happened." -Libby Fudim
I don't use the PM feature, so just email me direct at the address shown above.
Simple solution
Lets pump more hydocarbons into the atmoshpere


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14.2: Star Power
Did you know that the night sky is so bright?
Starlight can be surprisingly bright in the night sky. Of course, daytime is all about starlight. The star is our Sun and it shines so brightly because it is so close to us. Even the Moon is bright because of light from the Sun. Some stars produce much more energy than the Sun. They're just farther away so the light is not as obvious. How do stars generate so much energy?
Nuclear Fusion
Stars shine because of nuclear fusion. Fusion reactions in the Sun's core keep our nearest star burning. Stars are made mostly of hydrogen and helium. Both are very lightweight gases. A star contains so much hydrogen and helium that the weight of these gases is enormous. The pressure at the center of a star is great enough to heat the gases. This causes nuclear fusion reactions.
A nuclear fusion reaction is named that because the nuclei (center) of two atoms fuse (join) together. In stars like our Sun, two hydrogen atoms join together to create a helium atom. Nuclear fusion reactions need a lot of energy to get started. Once they begin, they produce even more energy. (Figure below).
A thermonuclear bomb is an uncontrolled fusion reaction in which enormous amounts of energy are released.
Particle Accelerators
Scientists have built machines called particle accelerators. These amazing tools smash particles that are smaller than atoms into each other head-on. This creates new particles. Scientists use particle accelerators to learn about nuclear fusion in stars. They can also learn about how atoms came together in the first few minutes of the universe. Two well-known accelerators are SLAC, in California, and CERN, in Switzerland (Figure below).
The SLAC National Accelerator Lab in California can propel particles a straight 2 mi (3.2 km).
- nuclear fusion: When nuclei of two atoms fuse together, giving off tremendous amounts of energy.
- particle accelerator: A technologically advanced device that propels particles. This simulates conditions in the first minutes of the universe or in stars.
- In a nuclear fusion reaction, two nuclei combine to form a larger nucleus.
- The energy from fusion reactions keeps the star shining.
- Particle accelerators simulate nuclear fusion in stars.
Use these resources to answer the questions that follow.
- What is nuclear fusion?
- What two atoms are involved in fusion?
- Explain deuterium's structure.
- Explain tritium's structure.
- What causes the atoms to collide?
- What is produced from nuclear fusion?
- Where do stars get their power?
- What type of fusion reaction takes place in most stars?
- What do scientists learn from particle accelerators?
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A beaming Brian Gionta yesterday, named the 28th captain of the Canadiens.
Peter McCabe, Gazette
• AUDIO from morning skate: Lars Eller | Jeff Halpern | Alex Henry
Canadiens fans get their first look at Brian Gionta in the captain's jersey tonight when the Habs take on the Buffalo Sabres at home. Game time is 7:30 pm on both TSN and RDS.
goalie Alex Auld is expected to play 60 minutes (or longer) tonight in the Canadiens' final preseason game at the Bell Centre. The team has one more to play, Saturday at the Pepsi Colisée in Quebec City vs. the Islanders. Auld will be backed up by Carey Price.
The lines as they skated this morning under the watchful eye of Pat Hickey:
Benoit Pouliot – Scott Gomez – captain Brian Gionta
Tom Pyatt – Jeff Halpern – Maxim Lapierre
Mathieu Darche – Lars Eller – Andrei Kostitsyn
Dustin Boyd – Ryan White – Ben Maxwell
On D: Jaro Spacek – P.K. Subban / Ryan O'Byrne – Alex Henry / Alexandre Picard – Yannick Weber


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Family: Anatidae, Ducks and Geese view all from this family
Description ADULT Has black head and neck, and white cheek. Bill and legs are black. Typical birds have gray-brown body plumage, except for white vent and pale breast. Nesters from Alaska and British Columbia ("Dusky" Canada Goose) have uniformly dark reddish brown body plumage, except for white vent. Arctic and boreal nesters are typically smaller than subspecies breeding further south. JUVENILE Similar to adult.
Dimensions Length: 35-45" (89-114 cm)
Habitat Abundant. Favors freshwater marshes, pasture, and farmland.
Observation Tips Easy to observe. Leave subspecies assignment to the experts.
Range Northwest, Plains, Great Lakes, Alaska, Western Canada, Florida, Rocky Mountains, Mid-Atlantic, Southwest, Southeast, Eastern Canada, New England, California, Texas
Voice Familiar honking hronk.
Discussion North America's most familiar goose. Several subspecies, separable by size and proportions, are recognized; detailed discussion of these is beyond this book's scope and only extremes are dealt with here. Confusingly, intermediates occur between Canada Goose subspecies and Cackling Goose (formerly part of Canada Goose complex), which has recently been assigned species status. Large Canada Geese are unmistakable, but smallest subspecies are similar in size to largest subspecies of Cackling Goose! Neck length is a good feature for separation: proportionately longer in Canada Goose races than in Cackling Goose.


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In addition to its close partnerships with schools and teachers, Get Ready works with community and business partners throughout the state to provide extended services to students. The program collaborates with Minnesota colleges and universities to provide enrichment activities and partners with other educational programs, schools, agencies and summer academic camps to enhance student learning experiences.
Partners are essential to the success of the Get Ready program. Although the program is partially funded through a federal GEAR UP grant, all federal grant funds must be matched dollar-for-dollar either with in-kind matching contributions or monetary contributions. Without partners, we would not be able to operate the Get Ready program.
There are two types of Get Ready partnerships:
- In-kind partners provide non-monetary support to the program. Examples of such support include, but are not limited to:
- providing employee time to work with the Get Ready program staff/students
- space for Get Ready events
- career speakers and tours of businesses
- postsecondary institutional staff to give campus tours for GR students
- audio visual equipment for events
- professional trainings for GR staff and teachers
- tutoring materials
- tutors
- transportation
- various types of program supplies and materials
- Monetary partners may be individuals, foundations, businesses, corporations that contribute funds to the Get Ready program to help fund educational/academic activities, materials or other learning opportunities for Get Ready students. A monetary partner may indicate a specific purpose for the funds being contributed.
Becoming a Get Ready Partner
If you have questions or are interested in becoming either an in-kind or monetary partner, please contact:
Mary Lou Dresbach
Get Ready Program Operations Manager
1450 Energy Park Drive, Suite 350
St. Paul, MN 55108
Tel: (651) 259-3919


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Watch GLORY World Series LIVE on LiverKick Oct. 6th
- Written by Dave Walsh
The next GLORY World Series event will go down this Saturday, October 6th live from Brussels, Belgium starting at 1PM Eastern time. The event will be streaming live on the GLORY home page for $15.00 USD, but why purchase the event from them when you can watch it live on LiverKick.com? You can stay right here on LiverKick to watch this event, just like the last one. The entire event will be streamed in full HD quality and purchasing the event through LiverKick helps keep your favorite Kickboxing news source online and bringing you the latest and greatest from the world of Kickboxing.
Click through for the video player and to watch an awesome preview of the event. Check out the entire fight card here.


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Hesdy Gerges to Be Released Within the Week, Says Thom Harinck Featured
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There have been some clouds over the kickboxing world of late, as the first big kickboxing event of the year, Fighting Stars presents It's Showtime on March 6 had its main event threatened when headliner Hesdy Gerges was arrested for involvement in possible drug trafficking. His half brother was arrested last May in a warehouse in Belgium that contained 128 kilos of cocaine. Hesdy was already out of the picture in the investigation last year, but for some reason the investigation had stalled and he was put back in the picture last week. There was no cocaine or any weapons found in Gerges residence, unlike you'll see reported or rumored, and I've believed the entire time that Hesdy would not be held for much longer as the timeline doesn't add up for his involvement in this.
In May of last year, Hesdy Gerges was fighting for It's Showtime in their big ArenA event, fighting the highest profile fight of his career against Badr Hari. He made a huge impression, holding his own against the fighter known to be one of the best, if not best in the world. He was so on his game that it frustrated Badr Hari to the point of kicking him after tripping him and making international headlines. Hesdy Gerges became a household name due to that fight, and was invited back to K-1. His career finally taking off, on top of a tough training schedule doesn't leave much time or reason to throw it all away with a risky drug endeavor.
His trainer, Thom Harinck spoke with the Dutch Metro News today, and outright said, "Gerges has been framed." Fighter Stars and It's Showtime believe that Gerges is innocent as well and have not gone ahead with an official replacement yet. Harinck discussed why he believes Gerges is innocent, outlining his schedule. "He wakes up at 7:30, at 10:00am he trains with me, rests in the afternoon, then in the evening does strength and conditioning and is in bed by 10:00 PM. I cannot imagine that he still would have time for things like this."
Fighting Stars representatives believe that Gerges will still be able to make the event, and Harinck believes that Hesdy should be released by the end of the week, putting this whole nightmare behind us. [source]
Dave Walsh
Dave Walsh has been covering MMA and Kickboxing since 2007 before changing his focus solely to Kickboxing in 2009, launching what was the only English-language site dedicated to giving Kickboxing similar coverage to what MMA receives. He was the co-founder of HeadKickLegend and now LiverKick. He resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico where he works as a writer of all trades.
His second novel, Terminus Cycle, is available now via Kindle and Paperback.
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Decision Making
Great article from my good friend Keely: " I get the opportunity to speak with people who are looking to be home with their family but still contribute to their family financially. What I see out there is that so many people are scared to make any decision with their life. Why do you think that is? I have thought about our economy and how it has changed, I know that is definitely a contributing factor to the fear in our world when it comes to getting out of "Corporate America" and getting home. But I also see how hard it is for working parents to be available to their children. With the schools needing the parents support as bad as they do today, the children having so many activities, and all the school work on top of everything else….I honestly don't see how anyone can afford to NOT be home. The decision may be a scary one, but think about your life if you don't make the change.
Work From Home – The Decision You Want to Make
When I was looking for something to do from home I was in a pretty desperate situation. I had way too much month left at the end of my money, if you know what I mean. I needed to be home! I had a 9 month old when I decided that investing time into something I really believed in would be benefit my family for the future. I took "today" out of the picture and only thought about "tomorrow". Have you asked yourself what your future is going to look like? That question almost haunted me. I knew if our future was going to be bright, I needed to make a change. I needed to make the decision to work from home.
Many people don't make the decision to work from home because there isn't much out there that anyone can believe in. Sure, you can sell make-up, jewelry, vitamins, coffee, even juice, but how are you going to earn a life long residual income from that? The bigger question is, how are you going to help other people do that? If you are really looking to make a change with your life I would love to help. Many of you are getting to know me by visiting my blog and reading what I write, there is a great article on determination I hope you read. I suggest you learn about the business I have built as well. I have helped thousands of people work from home and I can help you too. Visit my website : MAKE THE DECISION TO WORK FROM HOME and learn about a team that can help you with your "tomorrow".


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Well, this is my first diary entry. :) I saw that several of my fellow developer friends from the Window Maker project were on here, so I decided to join them. :)
working on setting up a NAT box today so I can get my LAN online... tired of swapping cables and such. ;)
Also working on a couple websites... have a total rewrite of mu.current.nu in the works... should be awesome. ;D the design seems almost done, getting ready to dig into the backend... also have a total update of the windowmaker.org site in the works... also kicks @$$. ;D
I know I've been lagging on my site horribly, but honestly, it's been more fun and more important for me lately to work on some other projects... I'll worry about my site after these other sites launch.
drop by my site and send me a mail if you have any
comments. ;)
my comment page
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