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Saturday, Oct. 24
Alison Levine is a New York Times best-selling author, she worked on Wall Street for several years, and she has climbed the highest peak on each of the seven continents and skied to each of the geographic poles. She is also the second day keynote for this year's CONNECT.
Levine translated her experiences climbing Everest—twice—into business advice. On her first attempt she did not reach the summit. Storm clouds were moving in, Levine told the audience, and she made the decision to turn the team around several hundred feet from the summit, knowing that there wouldn't be enough supplies to try to reach the summit again. Levine stressed that it's not always about following a plan, but reacting to the situation that's important.
Levine did reach the summit on her second attempt. You don't need to be the best or strongest climber to reach the summit, Levine said, "You just have to be relentless about putting on foot in front of the other."
Following that was the next round of breakout sessions. Judy Randle, president at Central Monitoring, presented "Run your Business like a Franchise: Why Policies, Processes and Procedures are Important." Randle outlined the different manners for establishing systems within a business, like setting up checklists, creating manuals on company culture as well as rules for individual roles.
A main objective is giving staff a measure of what's expected of them, so they can be held accountable. Having employees initial checklist items instead of crossing them off also makes them accountable, she said.
An attendee of the session pointed out that these tactics are about managing processes, not people—to which Randle agreed.
Before heading into my last educational session, I met another one of the Wayne Alarm Systems team, Zachary Preman, company sales consultant.
During this session block, I attended "Twitter Tales/Facebook Follies/Let's LOL with LinkedIn." To start, Jason Lutz, a business development manager with Honeywell, said that this presentation would be more like a panel; it featured Rebecca Matson Purtz, director of business development for Matson Alarm, Kristin Milner, director of marketing at ADS Security, and Alison Shiver-Hime, residential sales and marketing manager from Shiver Security Systems.
Shiver-Hime started the session with the point that companies should have a "media calendar," updating certain content on certain days or specific media. For example, on Mondays, Shiver Security posts about benefits of having a system, and on Wednesday's they share "dumb criminal" stories.
ADS has been on social media since 2009, Milner said. She mentioned several ways the company has positively used social media, including Facebook, blogging and sharing images and videos. Milner also addressed social media outlets that haven't worked for ADS, such as Pintrest and only sharing product-related posts.
Matson Purtz said that Matson Alarm primarily uses Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. The company sees the most engagement with "scary stories," statistics on crime for local cities.
Over lunch, I had a very nice conversation with John Colehower, managing director of Mergers & Acquisitions, about the sessions of this year's CONNECT. He found yesterday's keynote, Jason Doresy to be particularly valuable.
After lunch, I ran into Michael Duffy of Per Mar Security Services again. I chatted with Duffy and Jim Dewitt, president of Legends Security & Sound, about topics like DIY and the 2G sunset panel from yesterday. Just as I was heading out, I met John Cerasuolo of ADS Security.
That about wraps up my Honeywell CONNECT 2015 experience. I've had a great time here in Scottsdale, and look forward to hearing more about Honeywell and its authorized dealers in the future.
Friday, Oct. 23
I started out the second day of CONNECT by meeting Duncan Hubbard, central station manager for Holmes Security Systems, at breakfast, along with two people from Ackermany Security Systems: Teresa Reynolds, national accounts manager and Terrail Brown, commercial accounts. Also at the table was James Neeley, owned of Allied Security.
Marek Robinson, Honeywell's president of authorized dealer programs, opened the first general session by thanking those dealers who participated in Honeywell's first charity incorporated into CONNECT, packing hygiene kits for a homeless shelter for young adults.
The session also introduced some large concepts: the connect home, connected business, and the idea of "fast forward"—what the industry will look like in the coming years. Connectivity is going to grow, said Inder Reddy, Honeywell VP of global marketing, but "As systems get more complex, our job is to demystify them."
Todd Rief, GM of the newly formed Honeywell Security and Fire division, shared his perspective, placing emphasis on partnership, execution, and innovation for the future.
Robinson then introduced the first guest speaker, John Cerasuolo, president and CEO of ADS Security. Cerasuolo stressed the importance of preparing your company to adapt, in light of the difficulty of predicting the future. His advice for this included staying informed about industry trends, investing in your people and picking the best partners.
Following Cerasuolo, Dave Sweeney, CEO of Advantech, came on stage to talk about other strategies of planning for future growth. He pointed to the next generation, and attracting members of it by staying active on social media and creating a positive company culture.
Lastly, Bob Pearson, president of W2O group, continued with the topic of social media, impressing the value of representing your company on it as well as the low cost of it.
My first session for the day was Barry Epstein, president of Vertex Capital, presenting "Timing Your Exit: An Update on Multiples and the Multiple Threats to Your Account Base." A prevailing message was that private equity groups are currently—and will continue—showing strong interest in the security industry. Epstein also discussed DIY and telecoms as among forces threatening RMR bases.
From there I went to the session "Net Promoter," presented by Todd Julien, director of sales for Doyle Security. The company has been using the Net Promoter Score, based around the question of whether customers would recommend Doyle to a friend or relative, to gain a "window" into how their clients view them.
Understanding this metric can show who's likely to promote and refer business on to others, as well as which customers are most displeased. Doyle first started monitoring its NPS in 2011, and has seen it rise 20 percent since then.
At lunch I enjoyed speaking with Troy Dillard, president and CEO of Dillard Alarm Company—one of the companies awarded with Honeywell's Circle of Excellence award earlier in the day.
Just before heading into the second general session, I met Scott Haynes, president for Seacoast Security, and Steve Haynes, company VP—others who had come to CONNECT all the way from the great state of Maine.
In the second general session, Alan Stoddard, Honeywell senior director of marketing started by identifying four "pillars" of the connected home; it needs to be open to bringing in other technologies, well integrated, easy to use and still remain secure.
From there, Rick Koscinski, Honeywell's sales leader—central, talked on the connected business and its many opportunities, twice that of the connected home, he said.
Alice DeBiasio then presented on Honeywell's views toward the cloud. Mirroring Stoddard, she pointed out four pillars to cloud: accessibility, cost effectiveness, scalability, and fast implementation.
Robinson then came on stage to introduce CONNECT 2015's first keynote speaker Jason Dorsey, a best-selling author focused on Millennials. Dorsey, in a comedic and high-energy presentation, highlighted differences between Millennials, Gen Xers, and "Boomers," such as cell phones, work ethic and learning styles of Millennials alongside training techniques for them.
Of the first afternoon sessions, I went to "Three Strategies to Combat Attrition," presented by two from Alarm Capital Alliance: Kelly Bond, company SVP of business development, and Jason Grelle, VP of business development.
Grelle first defined attrition simplistically as "loosing customers you once had." From there Bond further subdivided attrition into two groups: gross attrition and net attrition, the latter factoring in customers gained as well as those lost.
There's two other groups of attrition: ordinary, and extraordinary. "Ordinary" is events outside of the company's control, such as the death of a customer, while "extraordinary" attrition is something a company can control, like poor service.
Two other key points were that understanding attrition is important to knowing the sellable value of the accounts, and tracking attrition can reveal problems or the opportunities to better help customers who haven't been paying.
My final session for the day was "Radio Transmission and WiFi Communication Strategies," presented by Quentin Gunther, a business development manager for Honeywell, and Spencer Smith, president of Alarm Protection Systems.
One main theme to the session is that transferring accounts to 4G in preparation for the 2G sunset takes a specific and detailed plan. Smith shared his experiences, highlighting the best result from bringing on one coordinator and one technician, specifically to handle the task of 4G conversion.
On the topic of Wi-Fi communications/IP signals, Gunther said that, in recent years, reliability of internet connectivity has increased as well as customer acceptance of the internet as a main mode of communication.
Thursday, Oct. 22
I arrived in Phoenix about 4 p.m. local time, got to the hotel with plenty of time for the opening reception. I had a great time meeting new folks and seeing some familiar faces, all while hearing about expectations for this year's CONNECT.
It was great to meet John Loud, President at LOUD Security System, and chat about how the CONNECT event has changed over the 10 or so years he's been attending. He says this year brings more educational opportunities.
Dave Hood, president of First Alarm and a 19-year veteran to Honeywell's annual gathering, also told me that more education has been a trend.
Per Mar has been in headlines lately; with its recent acquisition of Northern Safety and Security, and Brian Duffy, Per Mar's president—electronics division, was named a 2015 SSN "20 under 40" winner. Tonight, I met both Brian Duffy and Michael Duffy, company president, in person.
From Honeywell, I briefly chatted with Angela Remmert, company media specialist, Tony Martin, marketing communications, and Steve Mott, video editor.
I briefly talked with Chuck Speck, president of Bold Technologies, who said that the company's seen some good growth this year. Bold should be on track to add 50 central stations to its automation this year, he said.
I got the chance to meet Barry Epstein, president of Vertex Capital. Tomorrow he's presenting "Timing Your Exit: An Update on Multiples and the Multiple Threats to your Account Base"—I look forward to attending it.
Bart Didden, CEO of USA Central Station, is one of the people I've spoken with but—until now—hadn't met face-to-face.
Robbie Robinson, a detective with the City of Phoenix intvestigating repeat false alarm offenders, was telling me about his perspective on current problems in false alarms. One example he gave of a current issue was commercial businesses being mislabeled as home residencies, misleading responders to thinking its misinformation when they arrive at a storefront.
It's always nice talking with Mike Keegan, here representing Security America Risk Retention Group. We first met back in Baltimore during ESX.
Phil Dumas, president of Unikey, told me that the company has some interesting integrations coming up.
I briefly met All Guard's David Coon, company sales leader, and Sean Cooke, account manager.
From Criticom Monitoring Services, I got to meet Jennifer Marshall, the company's business development support rep, as well as Jackie O'Neil Townley, CMS business development rep.
It was nice seeing Jeff Kahn, COO at Wayne Alarm Systems, again. Last time I saw Kahn was when I visited Wayne's headquarters in Lynn, Mass.
I also chatted with Brent Franklin, president of Unlimited Technology.
Scott Srolis, national sales director for URC, was telling me a bit about the company's approach to the smart home: integrating connected devices into remote controls.
I had a nice talk with Gary Hutter as well. Hutter is the VP of Western Alarm Services, based in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., on the far western side of the state.
Wednesday, Oct. 21
Tomorrow, I'm making the trip from Maine to Scottsdale, Ariz., to attend this year's Honeywell CONNECT conference. Check back in on this blog to hear about encounters and sessions from the show, as I'll be updating it daily.
A few sessions have caught my eye right off the bat. "Timing Your Exit: An Update on Multiples and the Multiple Threats to Your Account Base," and "Twitter Tales/Facebook Follies/Let's LOL with LinkedIn," both sound really interesting. Feel free to let me know which sessions you think will be the biggest.
If you'll be at the show and have something new or exciting happening with your company, feel free to email me at email@example.com or send me a message through the Honeywell CONNECT 2015 app. If you'll be there, I look forward to seeing you in Arizona!
CORK, Ireland—Tyco today announced it has named former Dish Network executive Robert E. Olson, 56, EVP and CFO effective in November. He will replace Arun Nayar, 65, who will retire at the end of the year.
Olson comes to Tyco from satellite communications company DISH Network, where he was EVP and CFO. From 2006-2008, Olson served as CFO of Trane Commercial Systems, the largest operating division of American Standard. He also served as EVP and CFO of AT&T's Consumer Services division and later its Business Services division. He held leadership roles at American Airlines.
Olson has a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Alabama and a Master's degree in business administration from UCLA.
Nayar will serve as an advisor until the end of the year when he will retire from Tyco.
In a prepared statement George R. Oliver, Tyco's CEO said: "Robert's effective record in chief financial officer roles combined with his broad experience in service-oriented technology companies will be especially valuable as we grow our services and solutions businesses."
In connection with the announcement, the company reaffirmed its guidance of $0.60 to $0.62 of earnings per share from continuing operations before special items for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2015.
The mass notification systems at Umpqua Community College in Oregon may have failed when a gunman killed nine people and injured another nine on the campus, according to a newspaper account.
The Oregonian/Oregon Live reported that three associate professors said they did not receive a notification on their computers, and two of them said that, even being enrolled in campus alert system, they did not receive any text messages as promised under the system. They said they did receive one warning "sent manually" from a secretary after police arrived, the newspaper said.
Umpqua college leadership told the paper it is too early to tell about the extent—if any—of emergency notification malfunctions.
If we've heard anything, time and time again, especially from end users at our TechSec conference, it's that all the best security equipment in the world is for naught if proper protocol is not in place.
Granted, this mainstream media article doesn't get into the details, and I truly hope an emergency notification meltdown didn't happen. It's just such a tragedy, and this is where emergency notification comes into play in such an important way.
Security Systems News sends its condolences to those affected by this terrible event.
As marajuana, medical and otherwise, becomes legalized in states, pot appears to be growing vertical market.
DirectView Holdings, on Oct. 6 announced it landed a $150,000 contract to complete a "comprehensive security and surveillance installation" at a Colorado marajuana facility, which includes a large grow house, two dispensaries and management offices. The announcement said the installation will be complete by the end of the year. Here's some background on DirectView.
The installation will include "DirectView IP megapixel security cameras, DirectView's NVR video and audio storage server as well as a access controls and a comprehensive intrusion alarm system."
DirectView will also provide alarm monitoring of the facility. The announcement did not say whether DirectView is providing the monitoring itself or if it is using a third-party monitoring provider.
In a prepared statement, Roger Ralston, CEO and chairman of DirectView, said this is "another cannabis installation [won as the result of its] exclusive security partnership with [a design and build firm for marajuana facilities] Cannamor. We continue to solidify our position as a trusted source for the security needs of the cannabis industry enabling us to win larger installation contracts like this one. We are also beginning to gain traction in ongoing alarm monitoring services which can provide and important source of future recurring revenue. The cannabis industry continues to grow and we intend to work diligently to build on our momentum in Colorado and other geographic regions in the country."
Bold Technologies has launched its new cloud-based automation platform, Manitou Cloud Services, and is working to add 30,000 accounts to it by the end of the year, Rod Coles, Bold's president and CEO, told Security Systems News.
Designing the service to be UL compliant was the company's top priority, Coles said, and it is currently in the process of attaining that certification.
Coles said the release of Manitou Cloud Services was sooner than he expected and credited a rise in consumers' confidence in cloud-based systems. "Hosted solutions seem to have a better reliability than individual service because they have so much redundancy."
"The first installations will be on our existing Manitou platform," Coles said, but the cloud automation will also be ready to use Manitou Neo, the next version of Bold's central station automation, to be released in 2016. Coles estimated its release to be around ISC West 2016.
Bold first talked about the service at its annual Users' Group Conference in early August, Coles said, and now has a couple of clients transitioning.
Bold has experience with hosted services, according to Coles, through similarities with the company's disaster recovery center—a separate cloud-based center that Bold has been offering for years.
The cloud center will be based in Colorado Springs, Bold's hometown, because of the area's small risk for natural disasters and its location between both coasts, the company said.
Manitou Cloud Services can make operations easier for Bold users, according to Coles. "We're getting to the stage now where people [have] to replace their hardware, every few years. They're also having to employ staff to look databases, to look after operating systems to make sure that these things are running 24/7. All of these [issues] go away when you have a hosted solutions."
Icontrol Networks says it has won its patent fight with Alarm.com. Alarm.com says the solution to the "fight" was the result of a settlement with icontrol dated Jan. 1, 2014.
In the latest activity, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this month canceled claims to Alarm.com's claims to a patent about the use of a mobile app in smart home systems, saying the system was developed instead by icontrol.
Icontrol has been issued a new patent, covering methods and systems for interacting and synchronizing with home security and automation systems using mobile applications, according to icontrol.
"Recognition of icontrol as the inventor of this key mobile application technology for home control is a testament to the strength of our intellectual property, " Richard Mosher, icontol's general counsel, said in a prepared statement. "Early investments in developing our intellectual property portfolio have resulted in some of the earliest patent awards for cloud- and mobile-connected home solutions."
The new icontol patent defines the mechanisms needed to deliver a mobile application that synchronizes with a premise security system, presents security system state information to the user and enables the user to in some way control the system.
"We focused on delivering home automation and remote control for mobile and cloud long before they were technology buzzwords, and we're happy to see the USPTO recognizes our early leadership," Bob Hagerty, icontrol CEO said in the statement.
Icontrol, contacted by Security Systems News, declined to comment further on the ruling beyond its prepared statement.
Alarm.com announced in 2014 that it had and settled and dismissed all patent infringement lawsuits between the two companies, including litigation involving Telular Corp. and FrontPoint Security.
"As part of the agreement, Alarm.com and iControl each retain all ownership and rights to their respective patents and have also expanded their respective portfolios of licensed intellectual property via certain cross-licensing agreements. The patents included in the cross-license agreement represent some of the earliest, seminal intellectual property for Connected Home technology today. The respective CEOs of each company commented that they were pleased to reach resolution around these serious intellectual property matters and each company is looking forward to refocusing on its customer's deployments," Alarm.com said in the prepared statement.
Alarm.com declined to comment further.
Fire Monitoring of Canada has been working to increase awareness of its offerings outside of fire monitoring, Kevin Allison, GM for FMC told me.
"Obviously, we do installations of fire alarm monitoring, sprinkler monitoring—those are our primary focus, in terms of what we do," he said, "But we also do—and the thing people might not know about us just given the [company's] name—typical security installations and monitoring, CCTV, both IP and analog [services], access control, card access … nurse call systems."
"Our name says fire monitoring, which is great from that perspective, because it is primarily what we do," said Allison, but the company excels in many other areas as well, he added. At the same time, the company wants to maintain its core business in fire monitoring, Allison said.
Increasing awareness of FMC's full service abilities will be an ongoing initiative for the company over the next 12 to 14 months, he said. The company gets its message out through radio and digital advertising, he said.
The company first increased awareness efforts about a year ago and the proportion of business other than fire and monitoring has increased, he said. Currently, about 70 to 75 percent of FMC's business is fire and monitoring focused; about a year ago it was closer to 80 percent.
Allison said that much of FMC's business is with buildings required by code to be monitored. FMC's monitoring center is ULC-listed, CSAA Five Diamond, and based in St. Catherines, Ontario.
Wednesday, Sept. 30, Day 3 at ASIS 2015
The show is done!
A very quick wrap-up of Day 3 follows. I'll be expanding on some of this next week.
I stopped by to talk to Perry Levine at cloud access control provider BluB0X and also got to catch up with Dakota Security's Eric Yunag.
Spoke to Wayne Arvidson at Quantum, a 35-year-old storage technology company that specializes in handling unstructured data like video. Quantum's presence in the physical security space is growing, he said.
I saw a demo of Honeywell's MAXPRO Cloud by Michael Coniff. MAXPRO Cloud is another products that's aimed directly at the SMB market.
At Verint, I spoke to Kevin Wine about enhancements to Verint's Situational Awareness Platform: Dispatch Manager, Mobile Reporter and Mobile Responder. There is big interest from end users who like that the mobile enhancements are app-based, DeWine said.
At MicroPower Technologies I spoke to Dave Tynan about the new SOLVEIL camera. Tynan said there's growing acceptance of the company's solar, wireless cameras.
My last #ASIS15 visit gets my vote for coolest product: Iscon Imaging is an IR scanner for people. It uses thermal technology to scan a person (like at the airport). The cool thing is that it has benefits that other scanners don't have and it doesn't have the problems that other scanners have. It can't see through clothing, but it can detect objects made of any material, not just metal. And, it doesn't emit millimeter waves or radiation. "The only thing that comes out of the camera is warm air," said Iscon CEO Bill Gately. The warm air makes objects visible in the IR image. This scanner does not provoke privacy and health concerns and it's better at detecting objects of all kinds, Gately said. The product is available in two forms: as a walk-through scanner and there's also a hand-held version. The product has a time-and-date stamp, it can take screenshots, and it has a USB port so images can be downloaded easily. And, it's ripe for integration with other security system components, Gately said. This was the first security trade show for Iscon.
Tuesday, Sept. 29, Day 2 at ASIS 2015
I began Day 2 at the Oncam breakfast, which was off of the showfloor at the Hilton. Jumbi Edulbehram, who joined Oncam as head of the Americas in March, gave an overview and demo of Oncam's 360-degree technology. At the show, Oncam is showing off its Evolution-12 cameras (12-megapixel $K Exmor R sensor to deliver 9.6 MP high-resolution image). Joining Edulbehram were Eddy Collier, director of surveillance technology and corporate surveillance at MGM Resorts, Ted Whiting, director of surveillance MGM Resorts International, and Darryl Daniel, Sr. Consultant, Houston Airport Systems. The end users discussed of how 360-degree cameras are used in the airport and gaming industry to watch what's going on at the tables and slot machines and how the cameras are used for customer service. "360" is a verb at MGM, Whiting said. "We 360 you, [to return lost property, for example]," Whiting said.
Whiting used the example of money falling out of someone's pocket at a slot machine. The surveillance staff may notice that, retrieve the money, use Oncam equipment "to 360" the customer who lost the money and return the money to that customer. Much of the time, the security staff returns items before the customer even knows they've lost something. Collier said a PTZ camera in a casino "may be used three times a month, but a 360-degree camera is used for situational awareness 100 percent of the time."
On the showfloor, I caught up with Keith Jentoft of Videofied. You did not need to locate a booth to see Videofied's newest outdoor battery-powered camera, Jentoft was walking the aisles, camera in hand, doing demos on-the-go.
Caught up with Jonathan Healey and Kristin Papa at Brivo. They're talking about Brivo's new Mobile Pass at the booth. Here's a story I wrote last week on that. Healey is going to be moderating an educational session at Cloud+. Plans are almost complete for Cloud+. Here's the current program.
At the Diebold booth, I spoke to Jeremy Brecher about Cloud+ and about TechSec 2016. Diebold announced its ASIS news a couple weeks ago, they've introduced Site Sentry, "video management technology which enables customers to view, assess and respond to security events in real time." It is integrated into Diebold's online software-as-a-service platform, SecureStat.
I met with George DeMarco, ESX chairman, to talk about technology trends and ESX 2016, which will take place in Dallas June 8-10.
At Assa Abloy, Peter Boroskin said all of the company's main locks lines for commercial and institutional applications now support mobile devices. Assa Abloy's first mobile device-enabled lock was in 2011. Sustainability is an ongoing theme for Assa Abloy, which is developing energy-efficient locks. Its Eco-Flex technology, works "like a hybrid car" he said, it uses a battery for 23 hours a day and then for one hour it's connected to a power source to charge the battery. "It's 98 percent more efficient [than a wired connection]," Boroskin said. He also said the POE is growing faster in the company's portfolio than Wi-Fi. "Why? Because it's easier to route," he said. Assa Abloy is also showing new solutions for multi-family buildings.
I ran into Benjamin Butchco who is doing an educational session today called "The Great PSIM debate." Don't miss it! It's at 1:45 p.m. today (Wednesday, Sept. 30) in room 202B. The genesis of this session was TechSec2015. It was a dynamic debate that day, and I'm sure it will be a great discussion today as well.
I had a chance to meet with the folks at IDIS, a newcomer but not a newcomer. IDIS made its debut at ISC West this year, but it's actually been in business for along time OEMing products to many other companies. I met with Keith Drummond, Andrew Myung, Benjamin Bryant and Peter Kim. Bryant told me that IDIS's goals for the show are "awareness of the brand, awareness that we have a 20-year history in the industry, and awareness of our commitment to innovation."
I had a chance to interview Jim Cannon, president of Stanley Security. Cannon talked about his vision for the security division in its current post-acquisition chapter. It's focusing on its vertical market strategy, having made good progress in the healthcare and retail verticals in particular, he said. Cannon talked about "Stanley Insights," Stanley's efforts on harnessing data, "the raw material of our time" to turn it into information for Stanley customers. He also talked about "Stanley Standards," an initiative to ensure that installation technicians, service technicians and monitoring staff all of Stanley's 61 branches are highly trained. Finally, we talked about Stanley's goal to hire more veterans. "I want one-third of our future recruits to come from the military," he said. Look for a longer story on this interview next week.
I left the show floor at 4 p.m. to board a bus to Irvine for the grand opening of the new Irvine Axis Experience Center. In 2014, Axis announced plans to expand its presence in North America with more local resources and brick-and-mortar presence. I've been to the Experience Centers in Lund, Sweden and Chelmsford, Mass. While they're nice facilities, this new one in Irvine stands out for its creative but practical design. It's sited in an office park, but it doesn't feel like an office park. The center has floor-to-ceiling glass walls and a reflecting pool that surrounds the building. Beyond the pool is green space and palm trees.
The office has a large training room, where Axis can do hands-on training at 28 desk stations. It can be used as a meeting room for many more people. Fredrik Nilsson, Axis GM Americas, said the center is open to the industry to be used by associations and also by Axis customers. The center features a product display wall that is designed to be able to swap out products. The center also features vertical market-themed displays, which are cleverly fitted into a small area. There's a Gaming Area with a BlackJack table and a slot machine (Bill Wendlandt, West Business Area Manager for Axis, had to find a slot machine that was more than 20 years old, for legal reasons.) The slot machine works, but with Axis "chips." A Transaction Area, recreates a bank teller-type scenario. A short wall on near the transaction area houses an Axis Access Control solution. Wendlant wanted the access control devices to be visible, so the entire wall is glass. Why is there a plastic water bottle at the bottom of the wall? It's a tribute to the contractors who left a trail of water bottles in their wake, Wendlandt said. There's also a Retail Area, an Airport waiting area which looks out in the direction of John Wayne Airport, so you can see planes taking off and landing. (Talk about thoughtful design.) There's an Educational Vertical area that also serves as a kitchen/pantry for the office. It can also double as a restaurant or bar, and that's how it was set up at the grand opening. We saw the server room and engineering lab/testing lab. I've seen lots of testing labs, but I don't think I've ever seen one with windows. This seems like a pretty nice place to test products. There's a large conference room and a large the sales office. One side with cubicles has a giant glass wall; the other side has a giant photo of Fenway Park, to recognize the home office in Massachusetts. Axis plans to open an Experience Centers in Canada and Mexico and two more in the U.S. in the near future.
Monday, Sept. 28, Day 1 at ASIS 2015
After traveling all day Sunday from Maine to Anaheim, Calif., my ASIS show experience began at 3 in the afternoon with more transportation: a one-hour van ride to Paramount Picture Studios to check out the new GSOC and SureView System' Immix platform. SureView's Scott Haugland, Rob Hile and Tom Bradley gave an overview and a large contingent from the Paramount security team was on hand to lead the tour and answer questions including Louis Lam, executive director of security services, Roy Condon SVP Environmental Health, Safety and Security, and Jeff Reider senior analytis business resiliency. Rob Hile started the presentation saying, "You're about to see a PSIM that works." Hile has spoken about PSIM a lot at industry events including at TechSec this year. SureView was able to deploy this system within three months of talking to Paramount, and Lam said that total ROI will be achieved in three years. SureView's Graham Johnson spoke to me about the importance of rapid deployment at ISC West this year. SureView continues to work with the security team at Paramount to refine and improve features of the system. Hile emphasized that it's "not customized, but it's specialized." He said that integrations SureView has added to the Paramount PSIM—with graphics specifically—are benefitting all SureView customers. Asked how the security department works with its IT department, Lam said all IP products—security and otherwise—run on one network. So the IT department owns everything. "They buy it, they own it. We tell them what [security systems] to buy and we house all the data in our data center." I'll have more on this later, but it was a great tour and very interesting to attend the event with some specifiers including Bill Jacobs, who asked some pointed questions. Here's an interview with Bill that I did this summer.
Monday on the showfloor I visited Protection 1 and the first person I saw was Bob Ryan, formerly with ASG who is now leading residential and commercial sales for Protection 1. He's also going to speak at Cloud+ in December. Check out the educational program here. He reports to Jamie Haenggi, who also has a new role at Protection 1.
Last year at ASIS, Protection 1 talked about its recent Cisco Cloud and Managed Services Express Partner Certification. This year, Haenggi talked about how the company's managed services is evolving to enhance the user experience. For example, managed services features can give a retailer or coffee shop information that enables them to enhance the experience for their customers. Now managed services can provide "ease of use" for the end users' customers, Haenggi said. Protection 1 announced "a milestone it the design, implementation and monitoring of security-only networsk. ... it now has "more than 1,000 network devices under management across 750 networks, representing 18 customer logos."
I also got a look at Protection 1's newest eSuite 2.0 which has new features for mobile devices.
Some big news today from Lenel and AlertEnterprise. I spoke to Lenel's Ron Virden and AlertEnterprise's Jasvir Gill. They've signed a strategic alliance deal, finalized on Monday infact, so Lenel dealers can resell AlertEnterprise's Physical Identity and Access Management (PIAM) software to support an advanced PIAM and compliance solution. Look for a full story in our newswire this week. The integration enables some cool stuff for the two companies' Fortune 100 company customers, and they're viewing this as a big opportunity for their integrator partners as well.
Stopped by the Genetec booth and spoke to Kevin G. Clark, Andrew Elvish, Jimmy Palatsoukas and Francis LaChance about Genetec's focus on the "security of security" which involves encryption and privacy in its Security Center 5.4. I also met with Genetec technology partner Evgenia Ostrovskaya of KiwiSecurity and saw how their software will pixilate a video (streaming or otherwise) so that only authorized viewers can see non-pixilated video. Its a privacy technology that's commonplace in Europe and becoming more in demand in North America, Elvish said, as privacy concerns are raised in certain video surveillance applications such as city surveillance.
I spoke briefly with Courtney Mamuscia about expanded focus for fraud, risk and compliance Solutions and for security intelligence for the education vertical. Verint is also organizing its very first customer conference, which will take place in late June in Chicago. Briefcam
I stopped by SRI and spoke to Mark Clifton about two ASIS accolade award winning products, an iris biometric embedded terminal for access control. It's ideal for access control in a warehouse, he said. I also saw their iris biometric door lock for residential applications. It's battery operated, but you hit a button to turn the batter on whenever you want to open a door.
At the Milestone booth, I met with Jeff Simpson and Cheryl Bartley of Lentix, a Milestone partner showing camera-agnostic light correction. The cameras do not need to be high end, and the product became commercially available as of Monday.
Moti Shabtai at the Qognify booth showed me their new video analytic tool Object Origin, which won an ASIS accolade award. Here's an interview I did with Shabtai last week.
I also stopped by BriefCam to talk to Rachel Nieman. She showed me some work that BriefCam is doing on the visual presentation of data. The company can filter video by color, size, speed of object, etc and it's working on ways to present that data, for security and non-security information. Cool stuff.
I met Jeffrey He and Alex Asnovich of Hikvision for the first time at a reception Monday afternoon.
ASIS is next week. I'll be heading to Anaheim, Calif. this weekend because, of course, the show begins before the show begins.
Among my first events is a Sunday afternoon tour of Paramount Studios to check out their Sureview System.
I'll be at the show all three days, Sept. 28-Sept. 30 and I am looking forward to getting some exercise on the floor running from one meeting to another.
I do have a couple of open times--like 30 minutes each day on Monday, Tues. and Wednesday. I reserved them for compelling last-minute invites. If you've got something really cool that you think my readers--the integrators--will really care about, let me know what it is and why my readers need to know too via email by EOD Thursday. Thank you!
I'll be checking out the ASIS Accolade award winners. Here's a link to the award-winning products and booth numbers.
New Orleans is looking at outsourcing its false alarm fine management and collections to CryWolf False Alarm Solution from Maryland-based Public Safety Corp, according to a report from The Times – Picayune for Greater New Orleans.
This particularly interested me because, just last week, I spoke with SIAC's executive director, Stan Martin, about the process of automating false alarm connections, following a report that Pittsburgh was considering it.
When talking with Martin he said it was a great practice, one that SIAC recommends.
Martin said that increased collection efforts, through automating or outsourcing the process, can have a positive effect on reducing false alarms. Properly administrated fines provide offenders with an incentive to change their behavior.
I greatly look forward to following up with Public Safety Corp. about CryWolf and how it can help a city with false alarm management. CryWolf has worked with cities such as Atlanta, Los Angeles and Sante Fe, N.M., according to its site.
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HTC has introduced three smartphone series, the Desire S, Wildfire S and Incredible S. The new devices will be broadly available to customers across major European and Asian markets during the second quarter of 2011.
With Qualcomm's new 1GHz Snapdragon MSM8255 processor, the HTC Desire S offers snappy performance and power, according to the vendor. It offers dual front and back cameras, HD video recording and a 3.7-inch WVGA display for multimedia content.
The HTC Wildfire S smartphone enables people to maintain and build connections and friendships through popular sites like Facebook, as well as through voice and text messaging, the vendor said.
Additionally, HTC said the Wildfire S is one of its smallest phones ever measuring just 10.13cm long and 5.94cm wide, and boasts a 3.2 inch, HVGA display.
The HTC Incredible S features a bright 4-inch WVGA Super LCD display and stereo surround sound, bringing a cinematic experience to the palm of the user's hand, the vendor said. It also comes with an 8-megapixel camera with dual flash.
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
- 2015 global tablet demand forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report provides a 2015 forecast for the global tablet market and analyzes the strategies of key market players such as Google, Apple, Intel, and Microsoft.
- 2015 China smartphone panel trend forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the strategies of key China-based major panel makers BOE, Tianma and IVO for attacking the different market segments through technology and pricing, and their relationship to local vendors Huawei, Lenovo, ZTE, Xiaomi and Coolpad.

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Washington : Government Printing Office
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|Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1954.
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|Picacho Reservoir, Ariz.
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|Wapato irrigation project, Wash.
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|18 U. S. C. 4124. Recreational director; curator.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, namely:
For expenses necessary to provide health, education, and welfare services for Indians, either directly or in cooperation with States and other organizations, including payment (in advance or from date of admission), of care, tuition, assistance, and other expenses of Indians in boarding homes, institutions, or schools; grants and other assistance to needy Indians; maintenance of law and order, and payment of rewards for information or evidence concerning violations of law on Indian reservations or lands; and operation of Indian arts and crafts shops and museums; $52,000,000.
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For expenses necessary for management, development, improvement, and protection of resources and appurtenant facilities under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including payment of irrigation assessments and charges; acquisition of water rights; conducting agricultural experiments and demonstrations; advances for Indian industrial and business enterprises; and development of Indian arts and crafts as authorized by law; $13,253,760.
For construction, major repair, and improvement of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, roads, and trails, and other facilities; acquisition of lands and interests in lands; preparation of lands for farming; and architectural and engineering services by contract; to remain available until expended; $15,869,000: Provided, That no part of the sum herein appropriated shall be used for the acquisition of land within the States of Arizona= California, Colorado, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming outside of the boundaries of existing Indian reservations: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the acquisition of land or water rights within the States of Nevada, Oregon, and Washington either inside or outside the boundaries of existing reservations: Provided further, That of the amount included herein for the construction of roads and trails, such part of the amount as determined by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall be available only for roads and trails which State and local governments agree to take over and maintain when the improvement is completed: Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer without exchange of funds to the Devils Lake Sioux Tribe of the Fort Totten Reservation, the East Side and Crow Hill day schools together with the lands on which they are situated whenever it is determined they are no longer needed for Bureau purposes: Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to purchase, without regard to the prohibition against the purchase of land from appropriations for Construction, Bureau of Indian Affairs, contained in this or any other Act, not to exceed fifteen hundred acres of nonreservation lands in Arizona, and necessary rights-of-way and easements required for the enlargement of the Picacho Reservoir of the San Carlos Indian irrigation project, and approximately five acres of allotted Indian lands within the Yakima Indian Reservation, Washington, for use of the Wapato irrigation project.
For expenses necessary for the general administration of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including such expenses in field offices, $3,000,000.
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the revolving fund for loans) shall be available for expenses of exhibits; purchase of ice for official use of employees; and expenses required by continuing or permanent treaty provisions.
In addition to the tribal funds authorized to be expended by existing law, there is hereby appropriated $3,040,000 from tribal funds not otherwise available for expenditure for the benefit of Indians and Indian tribes, including pay and travel expenses of employees; care, tuition and other assistance to Indian children attending public and private schools (which may be paid in advance or from date of admission); purchase of land and improvements on land, title to which
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shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the tribe for which purchased; lease of lands and water rights; compensation and expenses of attorneys and other persons employed by Indian tribes under approved contracts; pay, travel and other expenses of tribal officers, councils, and committees thereof, or other tribal organizations, including mileage for use of privately owned automobiles and per diem in lieu of subsistence at rates established administratively but not to exceed those applicable to civilian employees of the Government; relief of Indians, without regard to section 7 of the Act of May 27, 1930 (46 Stat. 391), including cash grants; and employment of a recreational director for the Menominee Reservation and a curator for the Osage Museum, each of whom shall be appointed with the approval of the respective tribal councils and without regard to the classification laws: Provided, That in addition to the amount appropriated herein, tribal funds may be advanced to Indian tribes during the current fiscal year for such purposes as may be designated by the governing body of the particular tribe involved and approved by the Secretary: Provided, however, That no part of this appropriation or other tribal funds shall be used for the acquisition of land or water rights within the States of Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming, either inside or outside the boundaries of existing Indian reservations, if such acquisition results in the property being exempted from local taxation.
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For the past 2 years, I haven't had a single sip of beer. Sounds nutts right? I mean, I was the beer bong guy. I'm DrinkBait, Biatch! What the hell am I doing not drinking beer?
Well it turns out I am allergic to a couple foods and intolerant to many more. I took the Alcat Allergy Test and it really made sense why my favorite meal, pizza and beer, made me feel sick as a dog for days afterwards. Turns out, I am severely allergic to casein, the main protein found in dairy. And I am also severely intolerant to gluten, bell peppers, brewer's yeast, hops, and barley. So basically the only thing in pizza and beer that I wasn't allergic to was the tomato sauce. Unless that had peppers in it which happens half the time.
This was both welcome news, and a punch in the gut. I had spent years in my adult life knowing something was wrong. I was always tired, frequently anxious and / or cranky. My mind was foggy. I always carried weight around my waist and felt bloated. My guts just never felt right. I was happy to finally know where this feeling was coming from. It was jsut sad that is was caused by the very things I loved most.
I was a beer drinker's beer drinker. LOVED me some Bass Ale. Loved me almost every kind of beer that existed. I was both a beer snob and a coors lite drinker at the same time. I loved it all. My favorite food has always been pizza. Fancy, deep crust, thin crust, extra cheese, various toppings… pizza was like sex. Even bad sex is better than no sex. Same with pizza.
So, I had to quit. I adopted a diet that made it virtually impossible to eat out. No flour, no wheat or bread, and no dairy. No butter. I couldn't eat really anything on any menu because of how common these two things are. To this day if I go out to eat, I have to eat at home first. I can't go to somebody's house and have a home cooked meal because it's so hard to avoid these two ingredients that they have no idea they are poisoning me and just by trying to give me something delicious, they are partially responsible for me feeling like crap for the next few weeks.
When I first adopted this diet, my body started to transform. My muscles got bigger, and my waist got smaller. I started looking great! But unfortunately this was short lived… The longer I stayed on this diet, the more things I found that were bad for me that I *could* eat. I have never had a big sweet tooth, but since my food choices were so limited, and sugar wasn't something I was allergic to, I started to eat candy. More candy than ever. I would smash a 3 pound bag of hot tamales in a day easy, and still eat a big dinner.
I started killing myself in a new way. And my body started morphing back into the same shape I was in initially. And with the sugar came new problems. After a while, I couldn't tell if I was hungry or thirsty. I was just always hungry. I had such strong problems with hydration my muscles would cramp up every single day. My blood was so thick, my vision was kind of blurry and my arms and legs would go to sleep multiple times a day. And I was getting acne like a teenager. My back, shoulders, and face looked like a greasy teenager despite taking 1-3 showers a day.
So I decided, it's time for a change. I need to clean myself out. There's no way I am going vegetarian, I just don't believe in that. Humans did not evolve eating only veggies and fruits. Since the caveman days we have been eating animals, veggies, and fruit. We have evolved to eat this way. We did not evolve looking at a stalk of wheat, thinking "mmm delicious!", in fact, the thought of eating hay like that should invoke a primal reaction of grossness. I'm not going Atkins because any diet that says no vegetables is clearly not healthy. I decided I was gonna eat the way humans evolved to eat. I was gonna eat like a caveman. Veggies, fruit, and meat.
I'm going Primal. Straight Paleo Caveman Diet BIATCH!
It's been 3 days since I started my paleo diet, and I can say I already feel different. My head isn't as foggy, now I can tell when I'm thirsty, and my acne is starting to clear up already. And I've lost 5 pounds too (surely water wight but it's a great way to kick off a new diet.)
It hasn't been easy, since I am so used to grabbing a spoonful of peanut butter whenever I feel like snacking. but admittedly it's probably easier for me than the average Joe since I am used to having a restricted diet. But I am so used to having candy around the house, and easy options. Now instead, I have a kitchen full of fruits and veggies. And when I get my typical late night boredom cravings, I walk into the kitchen and I am forced to choose between all healthy options. In days, my late night snacking has already been curbed because there's no comfort snacks that contain sugar just sitting there for me. In fact, I walk into the kitchen bored and walk out with a glass of water now.
I will post before and after pics when I finish a month of living primal. Hopefully my caveman diet gets me caveman ripped. I mean seriously, ever heard of a fat caveman?


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Tornados open up practice in the 2010 seasonAugust 18, 2010
Brevard picked 10th in the Preseason SAC Coaches Poll
Rock Hill, S.C. – The Brevard College men's soccer team opened up practice this past Monday as they prepared to begin for the 2010 Fall Season in their third season as full members of both the NCAA Division II and the South Atlantic Conference.
Led by seniors Miro Mustonen, Niclas Stolt, Henri Erti and Renato Barbosa, the Tornados look to bounce back from last year's rebuilding campaign. Coach Juan Mascaro leads the BC Men's Soccer team into their first scrimmage on Thursday afternoon against Montreat College, while Brevard opens up the 2010 regular season on Sept. 2 on the road against Erskine.
Carson-Newman College, which won the South Atlantic Conference men's soccer championship the last two seasons, is the choice to repeat and capture the 2010 SAC championship in a vote of the league coaches, the conference office announced today.
The Eagles received five first-place votes and 94 total points.
The Eagles placed seven on the preseason All-Conference team, including four on the first team. Forward Robert Hill and defender Matthew Finlay were both all-region performers last season, and are joined on the first team by midfielder Richard Marquetty and defender Adam Thomas. Midfielder Ben Backstron, defender Anthony Chiapetta and goalkeeper Jordan Moore were named to the second team.
Wingate University is picked to finish second with 89 points. The Bulldogs also received three first-place votes. Wingate returns midfielder Luke Mulholland, the 2009 SAC Player of the Year and an All-American. Joining Mulholland on the preseason All-Conference first team is defender Tom Poole. Two more defenders - Jack Vundum and Corey McCollom were named to the second team.
Lincoln Memorial University is picked to finish third with 76 points. LMU received the other two first-place votes. The Railsplitters placed four representatives on the preseason All-Conference first team. Midfielder Aaron McKenna and defender Lucas Pereira were both all-region selections last season and are joined by forward Fernando Silveira and goalkeeper Mike Watkins, who led the SAC in goals against average last season.
First-year conference member Anderson University is picked to finish fourth. The Trojans received 68 total points. Last season, the Trojans finished seventh in the nation in scoring and defeated Carson-Newman in the NCAA Tournament. Anderson placed three on the preseason All-Conference team in midfielder Adrien Moufflet, a first-team selection, and forward Lasse Sohrweide and defender James Moseley on the second team.
Defending Food Lion SAC Tournament champion Tusculum College is the pick to finish fifth with 58 points. The Pioneers, under first-year head coach Steve Voltz, placed forward Andres Jarquin on the preseason All-Conference first team.
Lenoir-Rhyne University is sixth in the poll with 54 points. Bears forward Dave Bailey, who led the SAC with 2.25 points per match and was an All-Region selection, was named to the preseason All-Conference first team, while midfielder Oriol Cortes was named to the second team.
Mars Hill College picked up 43 points to finish seventh in the poll. The Lions placed three on the preseason All-Conference second team. Forwards Rury Caulfield and Friddy Hoegener are joined by midfielder Giovanni Malnati. Caulfield scored 10 goals last season.
Newberry College is eighth with 31 points. The Wolves placed forward Adrian Ochoa, the 2009 SAC Freshman of the Year, and midfielder Nate Arroyo on the preseason All-Conference second team.
Catawba College received 25 points for ninth place, while Brevard College rounds out the poll with 12 points.
The 2010 season opens Thursday, September 2 with five matches.
The league's top eight teams will advance to the 2010 Food Lion SAC Men's Soccer Tournament. Quarterfinal play will be Wednesday, November 3 on campus sites, with winners advancing to the semifinals at the Manchester Meadows soccer stadium in Rock Hill, S.C., Friday, November 5, with the finals on Sunday, November 7.
Pl School Pts.
1. Carson-Newman (5) 94
2. Wingate (3) 89
3. Lincoln Memorial (2) 76
4. Anderson 68
5. Tusculum 58
6. Lenoir-Rhyne 54
7. Mars Hill 43
8. Newberry 31
9. Catawba 25
10. Brevard 12
(First place votes in parenthesis)
Forward - Robert Hill, Carson-Newman
Forward - Dave Bailey, Lenoir-Rhyne
Forward - Fernando Silveira, Lincoln Memorial
Forward - Andres Jarquin, Tusculum
Midfielder - Adrien Moufflet, Anderson
Midfielder - Richard Marquetty, Carson-Newman
Midfielder - Aaron McKenna, Lincoln Memorial
Midfielder - Luke Mulholland, Wingate
Defender - Adam Thomas, Carson-Newman
Defender - Matthew Finlay, Carson-Newman
Defender - Lucas Pereira, Lincoln Memorial
Defender - Tom Poole, Wingate
Goalkeeper - Mike Watkins, Lincoln Memorial
Forward - Lasse Sohrweide, Anderson
Forward - Rury Caulfield, Mars Hill
Forward - Friddy Hoegener, Mars Hill
Forward - Adrian Ochoa, Newberry
Midfielder - Ben Backstron, Carson-Newman
Midfielder - Oriol Cortes, Lenoir-Rhyne
Midfielder - Giovanni Malnati, Mars Hill
Midfielder - Nate Arroyo, Newberry
Defender - James Moseley, Anderson
Defender -Anthony Chiapetta, Carson-Newman
Defender - Jack Vundum, Wingate
Defender -Corey McCollom, Wingate
Goalkeeper - Jordan Moore, Carson-Newman


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A123 Systems Acquisition Triggers Security ConcernsCBLA Panel Discussion in The Epoch Times, January 31, 2013
Media Source
By Valentin Schmid
When a Chinese company buys a business in the United States, it is rarely a simple matter of price and business fit. National security concerns regularly intrude, as in the recent case of the Wanxiang Group, a Chinese industrial conglomerate with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party, buying A123 Systems, a U.S. battery maker that supplied key technology, some of it funded by taxpayers, to the military.
"The approved sale marks yet another step in the coordinated strategy by foreign countries to acquire leading US companies who are researching, developing and producing critical technologies," Dean Popps, a former Army acquisition executive and co-chair of the Strategic Materials Advisory Council, a lobbying group, said Jan. 29.
A123 Systems Inc. makes advanced battery systems for use in automobiles, the electrical grid, as well as commercial and military applications. It had filed for bankruptcy in October 2012, having previously received a federal grant of $249.1 million.
China's largest auto-parts maker Wanxiang, which had tried and failed to acquire the company before it filed for bankruptcy, won a court bidding process last December. Its offer of $256.6 million trumped competitive bids from U.S. Johnson Controls and Germany's Siemens AG.
Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn was also concerned about the sensitive technological assets that A123 developed and that might fall into the hands of the Chinese government.
"The Obama Administration, through a body known as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), can—and should—block the sale to Wanxiang on the grounds that it would harm U.S. interests," she wrote on The Hill's Congress blog in December.
CFIUS approved the transaction Jan. 29, partly because the sale was modified to pre-empt concern by the regulatory body. A123 System's military contracting business supplies batteries for soldiers, vehicles, and unmanned aircraft. To pre-empt any concern, the military contracting business was sold to Navitas System, a small battery maker from Illinois, for $2.2 million.
Wanxiang can now complete the acquisition of the $459.8 million in assets the Waltham, Mass.-based company owns. Splitting off the contracting business, however, does not allay the fears of critics of the transaction.
Technology for Civilian and Military Use Similar
"We live in a world where military procurement, especially of electronic systems, is dominated by dual-use products. Not that everything is off the shelf, there are certainly specialized versions of products and components produced for defense specific purposes, but they're not so very different," Alan Tonelson, a research fellow at the think tank U.S. Business and Industry Council told The Epoch Times.
He is concerned that the civilian technology also contains the nucleus of the technology used in military systems. On top, even some of the civilian technology applications might be critical to national interests.
"A123 is making equipment that's going to be useful for these new smart grid power systems that [the United States] is going to depend on so heavily for its electricity; and the Chinese will now know what's inside them and how to switch them on and off. Letting that knowledge transfer essentially to the Chinese government. And I have to assume that anything known of a significant nature of a Chinese corporation is soon known by the Chinese government," Tonelson says.
Given the close relations, Lu Guanqiu, the president of the board of Wanxiang has to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), this suspicion is not unfounded. Lu, who is ranked number 33 on Forbes's Mainland China Rich List with assets of $1.87 billion, is also chief political comissar (commissioner) at Wanxiang. While some business people hold these titles pro forma, Lu is engaged in Party activities.
According to Chinese media, Wanxiang is said to have an "advanced Party branch," the CCP body that Lu heads within the organization, and "outstanding Party workers." He attended political meetings in Beijing in the past and frequently espouses Communist theories at gatherings with other company Party members.
Alan Tonelson thinks that the CFIUS disregarded these issues because it focuses more on investment income and a false understanding of security, "They take a very narrow definition, namely transactions that have to do with military specific systems," he says.
Foreign Direct Investment is Desirable
Excluding security concerns, this focus on foreign direct investment (FDI) is actually desirable, says Selig Sacks Esq. co-chair of the U.S./China corporate practice at Foley & Lardner LLP.
"If you look historically, FDI has worked in countries, it has created more jobs, it has increased the amount of research and development, it has sponsored innovation, it has allowed for industries to be developed. … FDI is a resource to be treasured. It would be unfortunate if the United States would be losing out to Europe and elsewhere on FDI that would be coming into the United States," he commented at a panel discussion hosted by Fordham Law school Jan. 28.
He believes that Chinese companies can learn to become good corporate citizens in the United States and care about jobs and the community. In turn, production and jobs can be boosted domestically. "There will be an enormous influx of Chinese capital into the United States," which in 2012 increased 41 percent to $6.5 billion.
Euan Rellie, founder and senior managing director at investment bank Business Development Asia LLC, who also spoke at the Fordham event, agrees. "I think it will become a flood before too long," and explains that Chinese companies are trying to build their brands in the United States. "Chinese companies have on the whole not succeeded in building global brands," something the United States is "very good at."
He also thinks that Wanxiang has an advantage over other Chinese companies, having built up a bilingual and bicultural workforce. "They know how U.S. M&A deals work," he says.
Nonetheless, both Selig and Rellie provide words of caution about sensitive technologies. "There is still a lot of sensitivity among certain industries, anything technology or telecom related seems to be highly sensitive," says Rellie, while Selig advises to "Isolate military applications from civilian [uses]," just like it has been done with A123 Systems. "American companies have to be sensitive to these security concerns," he concludes.
Evidence That Chinese Companies are Targeting Sensitive Assets
While foreign direct investment is desirable, there is substantial evidence that Chinese companies go for sensitive U.S. assets.
"The U.S. Intelligence Community ('USIC') judges with moderate confidence that there is likely a coordinated strategy among one or more foreign governments or companies to acquire U.S. companies involved in research, development, or production of critical technologies for which the United States is a leading producer," says the CFIUS annual report.
In 2010, CFIUS issued a recommendation to block the sale of 3Leaf Systems to Chinese telecommunication equipment company Huawei. 3Leaf created a technology that could make combine the computing power of several computers.
Another deal that fell through due to security concerns was the $1.8 billion acquisition of Hawker Beechcraft by Superior Aviation of Beijing Co. Hawker's defense business was supposed to be sold separately to mitigate these concerns, but this created insurmountable problems concerning the company's union labor force.
Alan Tonelson does not think that the administration is taking the threat of technology transfer and its consequences serious. "Just last week in his second Inaugural Address, the President declared that 'We cannot cede to other nations the technology that will power new jobs and new industries – we must claim its promise.' The President thought well enough of A123 and its potential to support it with more than $130 million in federal subsidies. Now he's handing it on a silver platter to Beijing."


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The Fox Primary By the Numbers, October 3-9
Fox jumped on board the "Cain Train" this week, increasing the airtime it's giving to Herman Cain. The former Godfather's Pizza CEO's domination of the Murdoch media spread across more than one Fox network and included a 14-minute-long appearance on Fox Business' Imus In The Morning.
Cain appeared on Fox about three times as often as the next closest candidate.
So who's winning the Fox Primary? Each week at Media Matters, we watch the interviews, crunch the numbers, and tell you what Fox is up to in the presidential campaign.
Last Week's Results
Total time: 2 hours and 48 minutes; Total appearances: 24
Most Total Airtime on Fox: Herman Cain (1 hour and 3 minutes)
Most Total Appearances: Herman Cain (8 appearances)
Fox Show with the Most Total Candidate Airtime: Fox and Friends (19 minutes)
Fox Show with the Most Candidate Appearances: America Live (4 appearances)
Longest Candidate Interview: Imus in the Morning (14 minutes with Herman Cain)
Softball Question(s) of the Week: From the October 4 episode of Fox and Friends, co-host Steve Doocy asked Herman Cain the following:
DOOCY: When you were in the green room, I gave you the news that you hadn't heard yet. There's a brand new Washington Post/ABC poll out that shows, look at this, you're now in second place. Rick Perry has - ties - you at sixteen percent, Mitt Romney at twenty-five. Perry's lost about half of his support, and it looks like, sir, it's gone to you?
(A table of the October 3 - October 9 data is available here [1].)
The Numbers Since June 1
Total time: 46 hours and 27 minutes; Total appearances: 400
Most Total Airtime on Fox since June 1: Herman Cain (6 hours and 28 minutes)
Most Total Appearances since June 1: John Bolton (67 appearances)
Fox Show with the Most Total Candidate Airtime Since June 1: On the Record with Greta Van Susteren (7 hours and 30 minutes)
Fox Show with the Most Candidate Appearances since June 1: On the Record with Greta Van Susteren (59 appearances)
Longest Candidate Interview since June 1: Stossel (40 minutes with Gary Johnson)
(A table of all the data since June 1 is available here [2].)
Previous Fox Primary Reports
June 1 - 5 [3]
June 6 - 12 [4]
June 13 - 19 [5]
June 20 - 26 [6]
June 27 - July 4 [7]
July 5 - 10 [8]
July 11 - 17 [9]
July 18 - 24 [10]
July 25 - 31 [11]
August 1 - 7 [12]
August 8 - 14 [13]
August 15 - 21 [14]
August 22 - 28 [15]
August 29 - September 4 [16]
September 5 - 11 [17]
September 12 - 18 [18]
September 19 - 25 [19]
September 26 - October 2 [20]
Media Matters searched the Nexis database for all guest appearances on Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, and Fox News Sunday for the 12 declared and potential presidential candidates in question: Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Jon Huntsman, Gary Johnson, Sarah Palin, Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Buddy Roemer, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum.
For programs where a transcript was unavailable, Media Matters reviewed the raw video.
Changes to the reports
Media Matters stopped including Palin in the data after her decision not to run was made on October 5. Giuliani announced on October 11 that he would not run, so he will not be included in future reports.
Media Matters added McCotter to the data beginning on June 20 and Roemer beginning on July 21. We stopped including McCotter on September 22; he dropped out of the race that day.
We stopped including Pawlenty and Trump in the data beginning on August 14; Pawlenty dropped out of the race on that date. And while Trump stated that he would no longer seek the Republican nomination but may instead run as an independent (on June 1, the beginning of this report), we decided to drop him from the data on this date.
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That sucks as I think iOS 6, despite some...publicized shortcomings, is really sweet. I'm running JB 5.1.1 on my 4s and will keep it that way mainly for sbsettings and folder enhancer. That said, I do find solace knowing my phone is FACTORY unlocked so if i upgrade to iOS 6 accidentally somehow I can still at least use my phone.
These are pretty good times to be a non-stock iPhone user, let's be real about it.
Everyone! Calm yo tits! There will be a jailbreak but it will take time! Be patient!
I bet apple is paying these guys not to release the jailbreak for this period of time... Before the jailbreakers weren't meeting with apple, then we found out musclenerd mysteriously went to apple for some sort of meeting...
I tend to agree with Confucius on this one, I think musclenerd was on the end of a smear campaign. There are a lot of people in the community that do not like him for some reason, personally I think it's coder jealousy;/
I think you'll find that most people who actually work on Jailbreaks have nothing but respect for MN, as do I.
It is others that try and smear him.
The only one with a large Ego was young Mr Hotz - but then he was a genius.
Of course, everyone wants to be first but that is not the point.
It's crazy the amount of scrutiny these guys take for being such a pivotal part of this community. Personally I don't understand why they do it. They could sell each and every exploit they find for huge money. They can come up and take care of their families or cater to the whiny people that don't truly appreciate what amount of time they sacrifice. It would be a no brainier for me.
Jailbreak is like root on Android, there are so many good people out there who put so much time and effort into this, most as a hobby.
And all jailbreak and root systems do not make or break the device, they just allow us to customize and use as we wish. This should be qualified because many early Android systems did "require" it to have phones work as they should (that is how I got into it), but at these levels, phones function, we just want.
So since I do not pay for these jailbreaks, only donate, these people should be shown the respect and patience it takes for them to get to this. They still have day jobs, they don't do this for a living. So the complaints and demands are your frustrations which should be
directed someplace else. You knew the limitation when you purchased it, you know things can change, and they will, but complaining its not fast enough . . . I do miss by tethering ability and shake to close apps, as well as having to look at Sprint on task bar, but I will live, so will you.
I'd say the donations are big enough to motivate the jailbreakers. Comex posted in his article that he recieved 40k in donations on Jailbreakme 2.0 and 15k on Jailbreakme 3.0.
If anyone upgraded shouldn't a stitched firmware allow for downgrading? I haven't tried but I thought that was the point. Also, if anyone upgraded to 6.0 and cannot downgrade they should stay on 6.0 and never upgrade, 6.0.1 or 6.1 or whatever, because it is most likely that any jailbreak, when it does come out, will be for 6.0 - obviously - not necessarily for what will come after even if it comes out a week from now. Keep with tiny umbrella and save shsh, stich blobs, do anything possible to prevent badness from happening again.


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Slipknot's Corey Taylor to get roasted at Rock On The Range
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Things will be heating up for Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor at this year's Rock on the Range festival.
"Rolling Stone" says the vocalist is set to get "roasted" at the Columbus, Ohio concert event by a mix of comedians and musicians.
Former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach will lead the take-down as "roastmaster." Fellow Slipknot member Shawn "Clown" Crahan will also be there to take potshots at Taylor, as will Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian, comedian Brian Posehn, and more.
Taylor's roast is scheduled to take place May 15th, a day before Rock on the Range officially gets under way. The three-day festival will be headlined by Guns N' Roses, Avenged Sevenfold, and Kid Rock.
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text: Apparently if you are rich enough, then you don't actually go to rehab, you go to detox. Denzel Washington just completed a two week stay at a facility where he was not allowed to drink booze or take drugs which his publicist calls detox. The rest of us would call it rehab. Apparently Denzel partied really hard on vacation for a month. That is another sign you probably have a lot of money. A month long vacation. Oh, and he partied on a yacht. Yes, yet another sign you are probably rich. What is the difference between rehab and a detox facility? If you need to go to someplace to keep yourself from drinking, then to me that says rehab. If you put yourself on a cleanse at your house for two weeks, then that is what I call detox. If he had gone for 30 days instead of two weeks I think everyone would call it rehab. Is it just because he only went for two weeks that we are willing to buy the whole detox story? When you have two families, how do you choose which family to take on vacation with you?


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Apolipoprotein CIIApoCII; Apoprotein CII; ApoC2
Apolipoprotein CII (apoCII) is a protein found in large fat particles absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract. It is also found in very low density lipoprotein (VLDL), which is made up of mostly triglycerides.
This article discusses the test used to check for apoCII in a sample of your blood.
How the Test is Performed
How to Prepare for the Test
You may be told not to eat or drink anything for 4 - 6 hours before the test.
How the Test Will Feel
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, you may feel moderate pain, or only a prick or stinging sensation. Afterward, there may be some throbbing.
Why the Test is Performed
ApoCII measurements can help to determine the specific type or cause of high blood lipids (hyperlipidemia).
Normal Results
The normal range is 3 - 5 mg/dL. However,apo CII is usually reported as present or absent.
Note: Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
What Abnormal Results Mean
High levels of apoCII may be due to:
Low apoCII levels are seen in persons with a rare condition called familial apoprotein CII deficiency. This causes chylomicronemia syndrome.
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
- Excessive bleeding
- Fainting or feeling light-headed
- Hematoma (blood accumulating under the skin)
- Infection (a slight risk any time the skin is broken)
Apolipoprotein measurements may provide more detail about your risk for heart disease, but the added value of this test beyond a lipid panel is unknown.
Genest J, Libby P. Lipoprotein disorders and cardiovascular disease. In: Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, Libby P, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA:Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 47.
Semenkovich, CF. Disorders of lipid metabolism. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 213.
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Nock Tuning and the Hooter Shooter
We recently have been doing some testing in the shop with the Hooter Shooter. How often do you wonder if all of your arrows are capable of hitting the X? I was wondering this so we setup the Hooter Shooter for 20 yard indoors.
Mathews Apex
Goldtip Series 22 Pro w/unibushings and Easton Super 3D Nocks
12 arrows, 6 one color vanes, 6 another color.
Here is what we found; There is something to the colors. Each colored grouped but in a different spot. The groups were off by only about 1/2" but still different places. After checking carefully, it was a difference in old style 3D duravanes vs. new style. They have changed slightly. You can tell by the logo on the vane.
One Problem Arrow
This one arrow hit nearly 3 inches higher than the group. So we turned the nock 1/3 of a turn and re-shot it. It still hit about 2.5" high and a bit to the right of the major group. Turned the nock again by 1/3rd. Now it's back in the first hole, still nearly 3 inches higher than the main group.
Well, at this point we pulled and replaced the nock. One tweak to it and it hit right with the major group. The whole group was approx 1" high. Not too bad but I expected better. Disclaimer, we only used a 3 power scope and aimed for the center X. Higher power would have allowed tighter aiming.
Mathews Apex7
Goldtip Series 22 Pro w/Goldtip Pin Nocks
2.25" Quikspin vanes all same color.
Now this was a very interesting test. Using 6 arrows I was able to achieve a group of about an arrow width and half. That's right the arrows hit the same hole or only 1/2 an arrow off of the same hole. It was amazing.
Again a problem arrow.
There was an exception. While fletching the shafts, I had 1 vane pull up slightly and when I got it stick it was slightly crooked. This caused this one arrow to hit 2" high at 20 yards. I tested it 3 times. Each time it was high. Fixed the fletching and all was good.
I shot this group of arrows twice and it was amazing to watch them all go into the same hole.
Creep Tuning a Single cam?
Now here is another interesting item. Since this is a Single cam I thought what would happen if we pulled really hard into the wall or crept slightly. With the hooter shooter, I can easly do this.
I adjusted the hooter shooter to be 2 clicks harder into the wall and then 2 click in front of the wall. This caused a draw length variance of 1/2" which is a lot.
The result. ARROWS STILL IN THE SAME HOLE. I don't know if it is just this bow or the combination of the bow and these arrows. This really amazed me.
I will test every batch of arrows I shoot from now on. We have found that the pin nock system seems to be superior to every other nock. At least as far as arrow groupings out of the machine. The Easton Super 3D Nocks are very good but I would still test and tune them.
Had we left the arrows in the hole on Test #2, I am sure we would have had a robinhood or at the least a damaged arrow.
I want to know that when I make a good shot, that arrow has every chance of hitting the X. Are you sure your arrows will all fly into the same spot?
We hope to do some more testing with other arrows, nocks and bows in the future.
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Color made a difference???? And do you think the quikspins had anything to do w/those groups, on the apex 7, What fletchings were you using on the apex. See, some swear that a longer axle to axle bow w/longer brace height will shoot better, knew I was making a good choice in the Apex 7!I cut things up and split them down!
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WOW!!! Thats awsom info!!!!!! I might have to put mine on the shooter at our local shop, just to play!! Thanks for posting Chris
The apex had 3D Duravanes on it. A bunch of the guys are in Columbus GA for the ASA. When they get back I am sure we will do more testing on the same Apex and possibly some other vanes.
The Apex 7 was incredible. I had drawn a circle around the hole with a line off of it. I started numbering them 1, 2, etc.
What was really neat was walking down there and seeing the arrow in the hole with the circle around it shot after shot.Chris Christenson - Admin
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Man that is some good info, I think that I would love to do some testing. I try to nock tune my stuff but its with me shooting it so there is always room for error... Colors made a difference? did'nt know that would make a difference, I guess ya learn something new everyday.
hey Chris what color made the best group, just wondering? Please say black, please say black.I cut things up and split them down!
I modified my post on the 3D Duravane differences. What we thought was only a color difference turned out to be a difference in the product. 3D Duravanes have a new logo on them. The vanes with the old logo shot different than the vanes with the new logo. Obviously, something has changed with them. Hopefully, it's not just a color issue.
Secondly, we were able to test some CXL shafts with Beiter nocks. These too flew and group great also. The group was about the same as the gold tips with pin nocks. I have had mixed results with Beiters but some of our staff shooters love them.Chris Christenson - Admin
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Now all you have to do is figure out a way to lug the HOOTER SHOOTER to a shoot and shoot for you........ .....I'm sure it's great for testing arrows, bows and other equipment, but you can't duplicate the person holding that bow and shooting the arrow.
I agree you can't duplicate the person holding the bow. That was not the goal. We were trying to make sure the arrows were capable of hitting the same hole at 20 yards.
I'd rather know they can do it instead of wondering if I just made a bad shot.Chris Christenson - Admin
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What type of rest is on your apex. Also if you ever test easton fatboys could you please post results. Off topic for chris, do you have the new Stan Super X trio?
The rest is a trophy taker spring steel with the wide launcher.
The Super X, they are on order with Copper John. We are waiting patiently for them to come in. We have the Mag Micro and Micro III.Chris Christenson - Admin
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Group Tuning Results
Here is the result of my last group tune using CX X-Jammers where I spent quite a bit of time squaring shafts, fletching in the same jig, paper tuning and ajusting weight to get a perfect hole then to the Hooter Shooter. Note this group spread (c-c) is less than 1/2".Steve C
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How about getting a dozen junker arrows and showing us the mess you could make w/that thing. love the noise, boys
If I were you i would move that target to someplace w/a softer back drop. heheheheI cut things up and split them down!
Like to see the same test done with the Blazer vanes. Seem to be a popular vane at most shoots around here. This could be the deciding factor for alot of shooters on their choice of vanes. Will look forward to any updates.
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Blazer Vanes
Last year, I posted a thread on AT regarding my testing on a set of Easton Fatboys (Via Hooter-Shooter) where the only difference in arrows was vanes - I made up a second dozen and fletched them with 2.25" Quickspins rather than the Blazers which were on the first set. Both sets were prepped the same way. All testing was done with the same bow in the Hooter Shooter - no adjustments were made between arrows. Both sets of vanes had the same offset.
The Quickspin fletched arrows grouped tighter and hit about 1" higher (group)than my blazer fletched arrows. This was not a fluke of 1 or 2 arrows but the whole dozen (shot a dozen of each kind). In both cases the groups were not as tight as shown above but with some nock twisting I got the groups down to about 1" max variation with most of the arrows near the same hole - just a couple that did not seem to want to group - these hit left. Those were marked and used for short range practice (blank baling, etc).
This is just my experience - I am sure somebody else has more info.Steve C
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Bernie Kosar arrested by Solon Police
(Cuyahoga County) - Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar was picked up for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol early today in Solon.
A police spokesman tells Newsradio WTAM 1100, Kosar was reportedly speeding on Route 422 East of SOM Center Road around 2:42am.
Officers say they detected a strong smell of alcohol coming from the vehicle. Kosar took sobriety tests and was taken to the Solon City Jail. He was booked, processed and later bailed out.
Kosar's is expected to appear in Bedford Municipal Court on Tuesday. Officers say he was the only person in the car at the time of the infraction.
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