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Over the past three decades, fitness shoe manufacturers have developed technology to provide shock absorption and support for our feet and ankles. We must stop and ask ourselves: how does this technology alter the natural function of the foot?
Unfortunately, advanced support does not allow articulation of our joints and soft tissue. As a shod society, we've adapted to less mobility, strength and agility in our our feet and lower legs. We've disconnected with our feet!
The willPower Method® programs have been barefoot in gyms since 2000, and claim the title of the Original Foot Fitness Program. We know how to teach students to stretch and strengthen their toes and increase circulation and mobility throughout their feet and ankles. We train our clients of all ages to land on their feet gracefully; reducing pain and the likelihood of injury.
In 2011, we partnered with Vibram FiveFingers®, the leaders in minimalist shoes, to help shoe-wearers to have safer and more comfortable experiences when transitioning to minimal shoe. Stacey Lei Krauss, the creator of The willPower Method®, is the Fitness Advisor for Vibram's Advisory Board. Her main focus is teaching instructors and trainers the importance of training the feet, so that their clients can reap the benefits. Recently, we've seen more fitness programs kicking off their shoes and training barefoot. Time's-a-changin'. Learn about it now!
Barefoot running is different than Foot Fitness
Foot Fitness is the acclimation of re-connecting with your feet. Foot fitness is a progressive program which moves begins as non-impact. We can help you to run barefoot – if that's what you want – but first you need to strengthen your feet and ankles – essentially wake them up – since they have been bound, cushioned and supported for so long. We train with naked feet when in a clean, safe environment – but when in doubt, we wear Vibram FiveFingers to keep feet protected from hygiene issues and safety hazards.
As your central nervous system begins to receive information through your skin and other sensory receptors, you'll become more aware and feel your feet and lower legs awaken. Once you wake up your feet, your body will be more functional for everyday life in a barefoot-type shoe… and you can even start barefoot running, if you'd like. Do you want more supportive science? Check out what barefoot expert, Dr. Daniel Lieberman (Harvard University) has published.
sole training®
A healthy, aligned and balanced body begins in your feet, and will translate through your entire kinetic chain (ankle, knee, hip, lower back).
Sole Training® is based on a series of exercises which you can do anywhere, anytime. Learn to align your feet to enhance your posture and prevent and correct injuries. Explore reflexology methods, and increase circulation. Strengthen and stretch all ten toes, and develop flexible strength in your feet and ankles. Over time you will enjoy improved balance in daily activities and workouts, a stronger walking/ running stride, and significant reductions of foot, leg and lower back pain.
who should be sole training®?
Get OUT of those expensive, uncomfortable orthotics, and stop those painful cortisone injections! Are you dealing with an old injury or plantar fasciitis? You should re-hab once and for all. Are you finding that your balance skills are not what they used to be? Sole Training® is perfect place to begin. Athletes: this is an opportunity to build your competitive edge. Sole Training® is especially wise for young athletes who are interested in developing a strong foundation of good habits which will last a lifetime.
learn through video
This 20-minute video download will guide you through two sequences. The first sequence is a simple restorative self-massage sequence which will help alleviate foot pain, and a perfect 5-minute preparation for a walk, run, or a yoga class. Do you have plantar fasciitis – and painful feet in the morning? Sole Training® is the SMARTEST 7-minute solution! The second sequence is a standing series which promotes strength, flexibilty and kinesthetic awarenes – which is a brilliant approach for fitness and cross-fit athletes, board-sport athletes, runners, yogis, pilates students and dancers.
more Foot Fitness resources
Begin your Foot Fitness program by simply slipping into a pair Vibram FiveFingers. Wake your feet up; building strength and flexibility every time you take a step. Wearing a natural movement shoe will require the muscles in your feet and ankles to stop resting – and start working. You'll need to be patient, and aware. Think: baby steps.
Find a willPower Method® workout near you. This smart full-body BAREFOOT workout is a perfect cross-training tool for any athlete or fitness enthusiast. The workout DVD is also available on this site.
Listen to words of wisdom from Harvard's Barefoot Professor. (In 6 minutes, he might change your mind about those structured running shoes in your closet).
Check out The Barefoot Book, by Dr. Daniel Howell of Liberty University. This easy read will open your eyes… to your feet.
Of course, be sure to read Born To Run. Although we've been training barefoot for over a decade, author Chris MacDougall was the man who brought barefoot training into mainstream media – by telling us of the joy of running through the eyes of tribal civilization.


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The Harley Walkaround Forum is the premier source for Harley enthusiasts to interact and discuss all things Harley.
Obviously, from the title of the site, the primary function of the forum is to give a home to the custom walkarounds that people put together and then allow other fans of Harley to give their feedback and praise.
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The new Barbarian subclass the Berserker plays both a defender role and a striker role. He switches to striker mode by entering into his Berserker Fury.
Pg.44 of Heroes of the Feywild says "...you enter your Beserker Fury until the end of the encounter."
Is it possible to end Beserker Fury before the end of the encounter and thus use Defender Aura to reactivate defender mode?


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A winner was selected from 16 designs submitted by 5 freelance designers.
Jay Kinder Real Estate Experts
After 14 years as a Coldwell Banker Agent we are opening up a revolutionary "Game Changer" company that will change the real estate idustry. The name of the company is Jay Kinder Real Estate Experts and the reason we chose that is because there is a difference between "agents" and "experts". The brand is based on my name because in this market that is what is recognized. We joke about my bobblehead on all the real estate signs but that was how we started and there is no reason to change the brand. I have been one of the top agents in the world for Coldwell Banker since 2004 and Wall Street Journal has named me in the top 40 of all real estate teams worldwide.
The piece will be used as evergreen for years to come. We will send it to prospective clients, include it in our launch of the company to all Chamber of Commerce Members, all past clients will get one, and everyone who interviews us to buy or sell a home will get one of these magazine tear sheets. This is a product that will be sent to prospective clients looking to sell their home. The text can and additional photos can be added in.
I am enclosing a copy of of the "Magazine cover" we had created and we want to change the photo to a different photo, attached, and the name of the magazine is Real Estate Experts Today. I want this to look like real magazine.
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-Somewhere in bold: Game Changer Jay Kinder is taking the real estate industry and turning it on it's head See Story Page 42
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- Home Staging: How an ASP can help you sell for up to 7.4% More Money
- 7 Business Principles that could cost your clients up to 18%
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Will need to have the barcode on the front
As far as the inside I will have to have enough room to write copy and additional photos to give it a professional magazine feel. I attach a copy of an old one I did and something like this is not bad. In fact for simplicity following this format would be fine. (Broker Associate Magazine)
This piece has to be high quality print ready. There will need to be room for text to tell the story and add additional photos for the inner pieces.
Here's is the opportunity. I represent 1,000's of real estate agents though a high level coaching company, Kinder Reese. If you like this kind of work and get this done for me we will want to do these long term. There could easily be 10-20 a week demand for this product.


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My laundry needs doing, i've barely left my bed, and my one meal today consisted of an entire pepperoni pizza from the place up the block. Clearly, i am a class act after waking up at 6 for an early flight, ya'll.
As much as i love traveling, there is nothing quite so satisfying as coming home to a total veg-out session. The kind of day where i allow myself to let the pile of essay-writing to sit, untouched, for a few more hours. I justify my half-unpacked bags with jet lag, and eat only the easiest-to-acquire food because i really need the downtime to, you know, decompress from all that walking and sightseeing and merriment. I call them my travel hangovers. Days recuperating from over-doing it on the fun.
The most satisfying thing about today, though, is not the devoured pizza or cozy duvet. It's the real feeling of being home.
When we exited customs and caught the familiar sight of our bus back to town, i had this unmistakable feeling of place. We passed landmarks on the way that are increasingly more familiar to me, and when we caught sight of the castle i caught myself thinking: mmm, at last. Like the way i look for my old cul-de-sac in North Carolina, the castle was a landmark of the almost-there.
Some six weeks into my time here it's deeply comforting to feel so settled. Being in Amsterdam was very much a "European Holiday." The kind of trip where i only do the silly tourist-y things and gouge myself on red wine and most excellent cheeses. And yet i'm still in Europe, but without the one-suitcase camera-out-everywhere rules. It's a small, poignant marker of belonging.
And being 4000 miles away from what has been me home for so long? Yeah, i'll take the small victories.
of interest: i've a few blog posts queued up on the actual amsterdam adventure to be published over the next week, so stay tuned! (and in case you missed it, here's a blog about biking in amsterdam!)
current jam: gregorian choir of paris, christmas mass on repeat.
best thing: pepperoni pizza.


text: I was thinking before he made the century in Perth that he would start to come under some serious pressure if the keeping fell away a little further and he started missing chances. Since the beginning of the last ashes series he has only made 800 odd runs at an average of 30 and if you take out the 144 v. Bangladesh and the unbeaten ton in Perth it is pretty ugly from a batting perspective. Over that time period I would have backed Haddin to put up better numbers than that and if Gilchrist is missing soda stumpings and not reaching sharpish catches that you would expect an Australian keeper to get to than the jungle drums in the media will start to get louder. I think Healy has it right when he says that Gilchrist should retire from the one dayers and concentrate on tests for another year or two after the world cup and give a Haddin, Ronchi or Paine an opportunity in the one day side to ease them into international cricket before he hangs up the gloves permanently.Originally Posted by James90


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Dr. Ronna Vanderslice, Dean of the School of Education and Behavioral Sciences and McCasland Foundation Endowed Chair in Educational Leadership at Cameron University, has been named Vice President for Academic Affairs. The appointment was approved earlier today by the University of Oklahoma, Cameron University and Rogers State University Board of Regents. Vanderslice takes over the role of Cameron's chief academic officer when Provost John McArthur becomes the university's president on July 1.
"Dr. Vanderslice is a proven academic leader for Cameron University and regionally," says McArthur. "In addition to her excellent reputation as a teacher and scholar, her efforts to improve the quality of teaching and learning as demonstrated by very successful accreditation and assessment efforts make her a great choice to serve as Cameron's next chief academic officer."
"I am extremely honored to be selected as the next Vice President for Academic Affairs at Cameron University," says Vanderslice. "My sincere thanks go to President Cindy Ross and Provost McArthur for their confidence and support. I appreciate the opportunity to serve Cameron University and look forward to working with our excellent faculty and staff as we help our students achieve at the highest levels and move Cameron's academic efforts forward."
Vanderslice will have administrative responsibility for all academic units and academic support services, including the accomplishment of student learning, scholarly activity and service as components of the university's mission. Cameron's academic units are the School of Business, School of Education and Behavioral Sciences, School of Liberal Arts, School of Science and Technology, and the Office of Adult and Continuing Education. Academic support units include the Office of Teaching and Learning, the Academic Advising Center, Academic Enrichment, Cameron University-Duncan, Information Technology Services, the Cameron University Library and the Office of the Registrar.
A national search to replace Vanderslice as Dean of the School of Education and Behavioral Sciences is underway. In the meantime, Dr. Howard Kuchta, Assistant Dean and Assistant Professor of Education, will serve as Interim Dean.
Vanderslice joined the Cameron faculty as Project Director for the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) in June 2006. She was named Dean of the School of Education and Behavioral Sciences in July 2007. In 2009, she founded Cameron's "Camp of Champs," a summer camp for special needs children.
Prior to joining the Cameron faculty, Vanderslice served as a faculty member at Southwestern Oklahoma State University.
She has served as the Board Chair of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services since 2010, having been appointed to that body by Gov. Brad Henry in 2005. Additional service includes appointment to the Teacher Competency Review Panel by the State Department of Education and the Oklahoma State Regents Minority Teacher Recruitment Center Advisory Committee. She is the recipient of the 2010 Jane Morse Service Award from the Oklahoma Association of Colleges for Teacher Preparation. Earlier this month, she was named to the list of Top 20 Education Professors in Oklahoma by StateStats.org and OnlineSchoolsOklahoma.com.
Vanderslice has a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Southwestern Oklahoma State University, a master's degree in education with a concentration in school counseling from East Central University and a master's degree in education with a concentration in reading education and a minor in special education with an emphasis on gifted and talented education from Texas Tech University. She earned a Doctor of Education degree in Educational Leadership from Texas Tech.
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IGN - Plus Hitman, Sleeping Dogs and the other titles that failed to meet the publisher's expectations.
Well, in that case they were stupid targets, the game itself is certainly not to blame. These aren't the PlayStation One days.
if they want cod or gta IV numbers they can close company doors today!!!
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It was a good game, nothing ground breaking though.
Did not really feel like a tombraider game much either. Just an action title.
The next game needs to be better and involve more exploration etc.
It's worth noting that this isn't an indication that the game is a failure. It merely illustrates that whomever projected initial sales figures was delusional. The game itself is entirely worth a purchase - in my eyes, anyway.
5-6 million as a target? really? why that soon? I am sure it will surpass the 5 million mark in the long term but does it have to be all within a month of its launch? That's stupid and many games fail to do the million mark so Square Enix really needs to shut the fuck up!


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Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's proposal to change the shift schedule for city firefighters has set off a storm of protest, and not without reason. Forget the fact that firefighters' hourly wages would go down under the plan. Going from a four-days-on, four-days-off schedule and a 42-hour work week to 24 hours on, 48 hours off and a 49-hour workweek entails a massive lifestyle change that will be disruptive for many. It is, however, in the best interest of the city.
Baltimore's fire department has suffered from inadequate resources and outdated equipment and facilities for years. Firefighters struggled with rotating station closures and, eventually, the permanent shuttering of some stations. Nonetheless, thanks to public safety campaigns and an aggressive push to install smoke alarms in homes, the city last year enjoyed its lowest level of fire deaths in decades.
Rather than jeopardizing that success, the plan, which has the full backing of Chief James Clack, offers the department the chance for some stability, all while saving the city money.
The new schedule amounts to a 16.7 percent increase in a firefighter's weekly hours and would eventually allow the city to reduce the size of the department by 156 people, which would be accomplished through attrition. The firefighters who remain would see a pay increase of 12.5 percent — a more substantial raise than they are ever likely to see under other circumstances but still a lower per-hour rate. Over the next nine years, the plan would save the city more than $60 million while enabling it to step up purchases of new fire equipment and quadruple the amount dedicated to repairing and refurbishing the city's fire houses, which are more than 50 years old on average.
Some have questioned whether a 24-hour shift is safe. Firefighters working overnight can sleep at the station, but given that an alarm can sound at any minute, most people are not able to rest as effectively as they would at home. Critics of the mayor's plan say they fear that fatigue will put firefighters or the people they protect at increased risk.
In Canada, the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs reviewed literature related to safety, health and performance for firefighters working 24-hour shifts and found that "Despite the fact that a number of American fire departments have been working the 24-hour shift for a number of years, no detailed analysis has been done on the effects of 24-hour shifts on the organizations and employees." The report extrapolated some lessons from studies of other workers with long shifts, such as medical residents, but the nature of firefighting is different from other occupations, so much so that the federal government sets special rules about overtime pay in the fire service.
Another answer to the question is simply that 24-hour shifts are not some newfangled idea Chief Clack and the mayor's budget department have dreamed up. They are the norm in most big city departments, and in many cases have been for decades. Mr. Clack says that in Minneapolis, where he was chief before coming here, firefighters were scheduled for 24-hour shifts and sometimes 48-hour shifts. He says he did find a slight increase in on-the-job injuries, disciplinary problems and other issues toward the end of the 48-hour shifts, but not with 24-hour ones.
Firefighters in cities that have schedules like the one the administration has proposed say they like it and wouldn't want to change. Indeed, there are some advantages to the 24-hours-on, 48-hours-off schedule, including the fact that firefighters in that system only go to work 120 days a year, compared to 182 or 183 days in Baltimore, a real benefit to those who commute long distances. Mostly, though, the preference probably has to do with what a firefighter is used to. Baltimore's firefighters have set up their lives (and, most pertinently in many cases, second jobs) to fit in with the current schedule. If the situation were reversed, they probably wouldn't want to switch off of 24-hour shifts either.
It is simply a more efficient way to provide residents with the same level of service, and that's exactly the kind of thing Baltimore needs to do so that it can cut expenses, cut taxes and make the city a more attractive place to live. The fire unions, whose members overwhelmingly rejected the idea, have a chance to make their case to an arbitrator later this spring. There is no question that transitioning to this new schedule presents a hardship, but the issue is the transition more than the schedule itself. That problem is a temporary one, but the benefits for the city would be permanent, and for that reason the mayor and fire chief are right to pursue it.


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PSA, one of the world's largest systems integrator cooperatives, announced it will host an education track with sessions and a workshop during ISC West in Las Vegas, Nev., April 10-13, 2018. The PSA education track will be held exclusively on Tuesday, April 10.
Members of PSA Committees, PSA executive leadership team, and other industry experts will lead the six sessions that are included in the PSA Track. Focus areas include leadership, sales, cybersecurity, marketing, RMR, and project management.
PSA President and CEO Bill Bozeman told Security Systems News that the education at ISC West and the new cybersecurity show that PSA recently launched with the Security Industry Association (SIA) and ISC Security Events (Reed Exhibitions, the global tradeshow company), are good examples of everyone coming together for the greater good of the industry.
"It really isn't self-serving," said Bozeman. "If you want to do something for the whole industry, you can't just do it with PSA, so the three of us partnering together can really make a difference, and I am really excited about this partnership."
Bozeman is also excited about the exclusive education track being offered during ISC West, which will include:
Essential Leadership Skills for the Emerging LeaderApril 10, 2018, 9:00am - 10:00amOrganizations are facing complicated organizational challenges that demand the hasty development of new and agile leaders. Emerging leaders must swiftly learn and implement fundamental management skills, develop an extensive strategic perspective, and take their leadership skills to the next level. Attendees will discover key behaviors and essential skills needed in today's marketplace for the up-and-coming leaders of tomorrow.Presenters: Paul Boucherle, Matterhorn Consulting; Sharon Shaw, Tech Systems; Scott Ranger, Paladin Technologies; Jerrod Johnson, PetSmart
Leading Conflict: Using Conflict to Foster LeadershipApril 10, 2018, 10:15 am – 11:15 amAll organizations encounter conflict, however perceptive leaders will use conflict to propel an organization rather than disrupt. The leader's role in handling conflict is knowing why people disagree, having a process to resolve the conflicts and knowing when to intervene. This panel discussion will provide attendees strategies to utilize conflict to propel the organization forward. These strategies will help attendees create high-performing, successful teams and develop leaders throughout the organization.Presenters: Paul Cronin, Cronin Corp.; Nigel Waterton, Aronson Security Group; Christine Lanning, Integrated Security Technologies; Ric McCullough, PSA
The Art of Client Loyalty - How to Build, Earn, and Retain Loyal CustomersApril 10, 2018, 11:30 am – 12:30 pmHow likely are your clients to do repeat business with you? Loyal clients are your most valuable customers and happy customers spend more money and more often. A happy customer is someone that will bring their business back again and again, and cut down on your own efforts to attract new business since they are usually willing to refer others to you. In this session, attendees will examine how to create customer loyalty, how to determine the wants and needs of customers, and how to deal with difficult customers.Presenters: Tim Brooks, PSA; Christine Lanning, Integrated Security Technologies; Bruce Pontier, Security Consultant; Jerrod Johnson, PetSmart
Cybersecurity Tier Zero - A Guide to the First Steps of Cyber HardeningApril 10, 2018, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pmLet's face it- there are a lot of excuses when it comes to implementing cybersecurity controls into your business. It's too difficult, too time consuming, and too expensive. The only certainty is that it's too risky to NOT do it. This presentation will introduce you to PSA's Cybersecurity Tier Zero Playbook. This playbook and resource guide will provide you with the simple and effective steps, questions, answers, and resources to begin the implementation of your own cyber plan.Presenters: Bill Bozeman, PSA; Andrew Lanning, Integrated Security Technologies; Paul Schmick, Alliance Security; Darnell Washington, SecureXperts
Building Managed Service Into Your Business - Benefits to You and the CustomerApril 10, 2018, 2:45 pm – 3:45 pmWith hardware and software sales increasingly commoditized, the motivation for building managed services into your business has never been greater. Listen to industry experts discuss best practices for creating a managed service program. What are the important steps in building true recurring monthly revenue into your business? What is the value to your business and your customer? Join this panel while they discuss some decisions companies need to closely consider that could mean the difference between success and failure in building managed services into your business.Presenters: Chris Peterson, Vector Firm
The Key to Executing Business StrategyApril 10, 2018, 4:00 pm –5:00 pmPeople are more productive when they clearly understand their individual and team roles within a business strategy process. Ambiguity in role clarity around a defined process often occurs when a person's "talents" begin to morph their role and responsibilities. This can typically occur during the hiring or promotion process. Derailed hires can impact your organization, culture and customers. Hear real world experiences to help you understand best practices in disciplined hiring, role clarity and process definition that delivers long-term tactical execution results that will meet your long- term strategic business goals.Presenters: Paul Boucherle, Matterhorn Consulting LLC
To register for the ISC West conference or learn more about the PSA education track, click here.
Security Systems News' 2018 TechSec Solutions conference is coming up—Feb 26 and 27, down in Delray Beach, Fla., at the Delray Beach Marriott—and now we're extending a new offer to attend at a lower registration rate.
Last week, our Early Bird registration rate ended. However, we are offering another chance to get $100 off of the conference registration, if you use the promo code EML100 (which can't be combined with other offers). To register, see the entire educational program or view more information on the conference, visit www.TechSecSolutions.com.
We're preparing a great line up of speakers and panels to address some of the most relevant security topics today, including AI, how IT impacts the integrator, robots and the next technologies for access control.
In addition to the line-up of educational sessions, we're excited to have two great keynote speakers. On Day One, Jim Dearing, senior analyst, Security & Building Technologies for the research firm IHS Markit, will present data on some of the trends impacting the industry. On Day Two, Hart Brown, EVP and COO of Firestorm Solutions LLC, will take a look at cybersecurity and the risks involved.
Another feature of the conference that we look forward to each year is the poolside networking reception where we honor the most recent class of Security Systems News' "20 under 40" award winners. This is a unique opportunity to meet some up-and-coming professionals in both the end user and integrator arenas.
We hope to see you there!
Prior to the start of our TechSec Solutions conference, coming up this Feb. 26-27, in Delray Beach, Fla., Security Systems News is planning a special focus group dinner and discussion. The topic of discussion for this focus group is "Technology trends that impact your business model" and we are extending a special invitation to systems integrators to participate in this dinner and discussion at TechSec on the evening of Feb. 25 (the evening before the start of the TechSec conference) at the Delray Beach Marriott.
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The rise of the smart home has generated a lot of attention among security dealers lately, as it has disrupted the way potential customers look at and are willing to pay for security.
But it comes as no surprise that all is not golden in the world of the smart home. It turns out, more than one in three U.S. adults experience issues setting up or operating a connected device, according to data released from the Customer and Product Experience 360 (CPX 360 ) Survey by iQor, a global managed services provider based in St. Petersburg, Fla.
With the number of smart home devices being connected in the home today—security cameras, smart locks and sensors of all kinds—it is inevitable that there would be a few hiccups along the way. In fact, Gartner reports that IoT-enabled devices will reach 20.4 billion globally by 2020, almost doubling from an estimated 11.1 billion in 2018.
Traditional security dealers, who have been challenged to offer smart home services and devices, in addition to security, have been saying all along that when homeowners struggle to figure out how all of these smart home gadgets work and connect, that they will be there to pick up the pieces. Well, it looks like they could be right.
According to the CPX 360 survey, consumers report having to take more than eight steps to resolve a technical problem or issue with a smart device. Further, consumers are spending, on average, close to 1.5 hours of their own time resolving these issues and one hour working with customer service. Nearly one in four consumers (22 percent) couldn't resolve the issue or simply gave up, and returned the product for a refund.
Throughout the customer and product service journey, the CPX 360 survey reports consumers dealt with an average of 2.1 companies, over 2.7 sessions and with 3.1 different people as they attempted to install and engage with new connected technology in their home. For 17 percent of respondents, the challenge was even greater and involved dealing with five or more people when trying to resolve an issue.
According to the data, the inability to provide a seamless, frictionless experience across all support channels creates frustration and confusion for the consumer as they interact with multiple people and companies in the resolution process. Throughout this process, only about one in three indicate their information was always retained between customer service steps. Among those whose information was not retained, 81 percent indicated this delayed their resolution and 85 percent found it to be somewhat or extremely annoying.
"Adoption of connected devices is on the verge of transitioning from early adopters to the mainstream as popularity and integration of IoT expands and homes become smarter," Autumn Braswell, COO, LinQ Integrated Solutions at iQor, said in the study. "It is crucial that organizations streamline and improve the support process now to reduce the number of steps, people and brands required to unlock the intended value of the connected device and ensure that the customer service challenges are addressed before mass adoption."
So, this should be a call to all security dealers about how important it is to offer a full suite of smart home services and devices beyond just security, and be that single point of contact that creates the smart and safe home people are clamoring for.
VIENNA, Va.—Registration is now open for The Monitoring Association's recently announced "TMA Technology Summit," an inaugural event to be held March 19-21, 2018 in Salt Lake City. The event is coordinated by TMA's Technology Committee, which is co-chaired by Sascha Kylau, vice president of sales, Onetel Security and Steve Butkovich, CTO, CPI Security Systems.
"We invite CTOs, CIOs, and IT directors of monitoring companies to participate in the first TMA Tech Summit to learn about and discuss technology issues that directly affect monitoring centers," Kylau said in a prepared statement. "By attending, these tech pros will learn about the newest technologies—hardware, software and services—to run their central stations securely and efficiently, minimizing downtime and protecting them from internal and external threats," he continued.
"We also welcome dealers, owners, and interested participants from manufacturing companies," Butkovich said in the announcement. "We'll be talking about all the things that matter when it comes to technology and running and securing an effective business."
Sessions and topics will include:
• Intelligent apps and analytics
• MPLS, SD-WAN, secure VPNs (what are they and what is best for my business)
• Contact Center 2018 (speech recognition for QC, text to speech, AI, and more)
• Data storage (new storage options and best practices for storage and data retention)
• 3G, LTE, FirstNet, 5G and beyond
• Next gen Linux mainframe
• Cybersecurity (gap & risk assessment—It's a business issue, not just an IT issue)
• Next gen firewalls and other cyber hardware tools
• Data backup and recovery solutions
• Data encryption
In the announcement, TMA noted that the Technology Summit will be modeled after its Fall Operations Management Seminar. Both days of the conference will conclude with round table discussions of the day's presentations. The room block for the event is now open as well.
The Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA) announced it has elected Mike Mathes, EVP of Convergint Technologies, as its chairman, and Jason Ouellette, product general manager-access control for Johnson Controls, as its vice chairman. The PSIA membership develops specifications for enabling standards-based sharing of digital data and intelligence throughout the physical security and enterprise ecosystems. "Mike and Jason bring us strong technology, commercial and industry leadership skills," David Bunzel, executive director, the PSIA, said in the announcement. "They will be powerful evangelists for how standards-based physical security systems can help the industry create new opportunities for systems integration and data sharing while solving cost and complexity challenges." As PSIA Chairman, Mathes will work closely with the PSIA Board to identify industry needs for new and enhanced PSIA specifications. He will be responsible for growing the organizations membership and helping companies determine migration strategies needed to specify and/or adopt and implement PSIA specifications. "With an expanded membership base, we'll see further adoption of open standards, which will drive down the cost of system integration for the end user," Mathes, said in the announcement. At Convergint, Mathes leads the Advanced Solutions Group.
Ouellette's role as PSIA Vice Chairman will include defining the technical aspects of PLAI necessary to make this an effective commercial standard, including enhancing and promoting a robust set of test tools to assure industry compliance and interoperability for PLAI. Ouellette, who at JCI is responsible for the global access control businesses, specific to program management, product management, and engineering functions, said in a prepared statement, "The PSIA specifications make it easier for integrators to offer high quality solutions with less integration time and lower total cost of ownership."
Peter Boriskin, vice president product management at ASSA ABLOY Americas, will continue as the PSIA's treasurer.
"PSIA open standards can solve real enterprise problems for customers in way that is not possible through standard integrations," Boriskin said in the announcement. "I am looking forward to working with Mike, David and the rest of board to help the industry understand our use cases and encourage rapid adoption of PSIA specifications, in particular through the development of PLIA adaptors by manufactures."
Earlier this month ISC West announced the program for its SIA Education@ISC for the 2018 show, to be held April 10-12. I got the chance to speak with Sherida Sessa, industry VP for ISC events, and Kimberly Roberts, SIA's director of education and training, about some of the sessions and themes that attendees can look forward to at ISC West 2018.
"We're very excited that we have over 85 sessions scheduled for this year. They really run the gamut, they cover most of the new and trending topics that we're seeing in the industry, many are technologically based," said Sessa. "You're going to see a lot of new content this year," she added.
"This year, we do have a standards in interoperability track … and also a security professionals under 40 track, and those are two brand new tracks that we have not had before in previous years," Roberts said. The professionals under 40 track will be "more geared towards professionals on the integrator and manufacturer side," she added.
Several themes from the show floor are represented in the educational sessions, Sessa said. "We've done that strategically. It really makes it easier for the attendees if they can learn about something in the classroom and then walk upstairs and actually see it in a working environment on the show floor," she said.
A core theme to ISC West 2018 is comprehensive security, Sessa said. The theme encompasses the Connected Security Expo @ ISC West, which has been part of the show since 2016. "That's actually in its third year now and is an entire area of the exhibit floor that provides holistic solutions from the IT and IoT perspective. That translates right over into our education program as well, we do have two tracks of education that focus on that: a people and process track and a technology track," Sessa said.
This year's ISC West show floor will also have the Unmanned Security & Safety Expo @ ISC West, which started last year and has been growing, according to Sessa. "Kimberly and the SIA team have done an excellent job of adding content to the education program that corresponds to that trend as well," she said.
The show floor will feature more connected home technologies and there are educational sessions on these technologies as well.
ISC West 2018's show floor will introduce a new area for start up companies, called the Emerging Technology Zone. "It's going to be located just near registration … on level one of the show. So, it'll be an all new exhibit area," Sessa said. "It's really designed to offer an entry option for companies that are brand new to the industry."
She continued, "We hear from attendees all the time, in our survey research, that they really come to trade shows specifically to find cutting-edge technology and brand new products. So this is one way to make it a little bit easier for them to do that."
SIA has planned an interesting session for the Tuesday before the show floor opens, called "What's New at ISC West?" Here, Steve Oplinger, systems design manager for Integrated Fire and Security Solutions, and J Kelly Stewart, managing director and CEO of Newcastle Consulting LLC, will present a preview of key technologies and companies they think attendees should see on the show floor.
One session that Roberts highlighted was the Active Shooter Workshop, which is a session that SIA is bringing back from 2017. "Unfortunately, in the day and time that we live in, there's certain situations that we can't control," she said, adding that the presented will help end users and integrators look at technologies to implement.
Sessa highlighted another track, Security Megatrends, which includes sessions on the smart home, the DIY market, artificial intelligence, and access control.
Both Roberts and Sessa gave credit to the Education Advisory Board for the lineup of sessions coming to this year's ISC West.
BOCA RATON, Fla.—Red Hawk Fire & Security LLC, a leader in fire, life safety and security services based here, announced this week the purchase of two companies to build upon its capabilities in the special hazard fire suppression business and the integrated security services arena.
In separate transactions, Red Hawk announced the purchase of Anaheim, Calif.-based Diversified Protection Systems, Inc., (DPSI) and ATCi Communications, Inc. ("ATCI"), headquartered in Miami, Florida. The two purchases represent Red Hawk's fifth and sixth acquisitions in the last 20 months as the company continues to grow both organically and through strategically aligned acquisitions.
"The purchase of both DPSI and ATCi are consistent with our core strategy of bringing on the teams from well regarded, client-centric companies to build on our existing service presence or to expand our geographic footprint to further set Red Hawk apart from our competition," Michael McWilliams, Red Hawk Fire & Security president and CEO, told Security Systems News. "Joining forces with these two great companies on opposite U.S. coasts elevates our expertise and complements our existing geographic presence while also presenting a broader suite of innovative solutions to our valued clients to further our aim of being the preferred choice for all our customers' fire, life safety and security needs."
DPSI's expertise includes special hazard clean agent and water mist fire suppression, early warning smoke detection & controls, hazardous gas monitoring & specialty cooling systems. DPSI President Dominic De Maria will remain with Red Hawk helping develop the new Red Hawk Fire & Security "Critical Infrastructure Division."
"We are just as enthusiastic about this purchase as Red Hawk," De Maria said in the announcement. "Not only does it advance Red Hawk's posture in the fire and life safety industry by adding our specialized team of professionals, but it expands the resources and geographic reach we can now offer our clients as well."
As South Florida's largest independent security systems integrator, ATCi Communications brings an expert team that designs, installs and provides technical support and maintenance services of enterprise-level, intelligent video surveillance systems, access control and intrusion alarms for federal and local government facilities and law enforcement agencies, luxury residential and mixed-use properties and large scale commercial projects. ATCI also expand's Red Hawk's "best in class" specialty portfolio of capabilities through its market leader position in providing customized CityWide Surveillance (CWS) and Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) solutions to municipal clients.
"Being able to now offer fire and life safety services to our existing security portfolio is a win-win for our customers, our people and Red Hawk as well," Vincent. J. Vento, ATCI's founder and president, said in the announcement. "We look forward to combining our sales and business development efforts to maximize our potential across all product and service lines throughout the entire Florida market."
Los Angeles-based Imperial Capital, LLC and Miami-based Pacifica Capital Group LLC co-represented ATCI as financial advisors for the transaction.
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PHILADELPHIA—Comcast recently announced that it will expand its smart home capabilities to the company's Xfinity platforms, including xFi, Xfinity Home, Xfinity Mobile and X1—its TV and voice remote. This will make home automation available to more than 15 million Xfinity customers at no additional cost, according to the company's announcement.
"Our latest announcement reaffirms our commitment to offer our customers an easy to use platform that can help them make their home technology work for them," Neal Foster, vice president of product management, Xfinity Home, told Security Systems News in an email interview.
"By integrating home automation across the Xfinity platform, we are able to unlock new experiences for customers. For example, smart home devices can be automatically detected by our gateway and users can be instantly made aware of the automation experiences that the device can do within the Xfinity platform," Foster said.
Down the road, Comcast is looking to further expand the plaform's capabilities. "Long term we will be able to add even more smart home devices into our platform making it easy for our customers to add the devices they need and manage and control every device from the Xfinity platform. Through the increased breadth of the platform, we will be able to target new solutions across a broad range of areas including peace of mind, protection, entertainment, wellness, energy and home maintenance," said Foster.
In the announcement, Comcast highlighted key smart home developments for the company. In September 2017, Comcast acquired Stringify, which provides a cloud-powered automation service for more than 500 IoT products and digital services. "Stringify's technology will soon be integrated into Xfinity's products and services, significantly expanding the capabilities of Xfinity automation," the announcement read.
Additionally, Comcast's 'Works with Xfinity' program facilitates the integration of smart home devices into its Xfinity platform. "The company plans to expand its partner ecosystem to include new product categories such as: wearables, automotive, voice assistants, email, social media platforms, and more," according to the announcement. "New partners will help improve an Xfinity customer's lifestyle, whether for convenience, entertainment, peace of mind, or to help run their home more efficiently."
In May 2017, the company launched xFi, a digital dashboard for customers to set up and control aspects of their home Wi-Fi network, including seeing what devices are connected and setting parental controls.
The company also recently added enhanced features to Xfinity Home Security Cameras. "Its new AI-powered platform identifies movement, centers on the subject, and delivers a crystal-clear thumbnail image to customers so they can always know what's happening with just a glance in our app," the announcement read.
DENVER—Cyber:Secured Forum, a cybersecurity summit focusing on integrated systems, will launch with an inaugural gathering here, on June 4-6, 2018, under a partnership formed by PSA Security Network, the world's largest systems integrator cooperative, ISC Security Events (Reed Exhibitions, the global tradeshow company) and the Security Industry Association (SIA), a leading trade association for global security solution providers.
"Sophisticated cybervulnerabilities and threats are emerging every day, and it is critical for the physical security and systems integration industry to accelerate its delivery of compelling education to help all industry stakeholders mitigate the risk of cyberattacks to business continuity," SIA CEO Don Erickson said in the announcement.
Cyber:Secured Forum will feature in-depth content on cybersecurity trends and best practices as related to the delivery of physical security systems and other integrated systems. Content is being collaboratively developed by SIA and PSA Security Network's education teams and will feature top cybersecurity leaders.
"Cybersecurity is no longer just a threat—it's a real issue knocking on the doors of security and IT professionals on a daily basis," Bill Bozeman, president and CEO, PSA Security Network, said in the announcement. "The time for just being in reaction mode is behind us now. As security leaders, we have a responsibility to step forward and be part of the frontline defense when it comes to cybersecurity, just as we have been part of the frontline defense when it comes to physical security issues for decades. The goal of this conference is to empower attendees with real tools and knowledge to do just that."
The two-day event will provide leaders in the IT and physical security industries with opportunities to connect and share information on risks and liabilities, responding to cybersecurity threats, and establishing security control standards across IT systems and particularly when integrating physical security solutions and devices on IT networks.
Additionally, sponsor exhibits will help showcase solutions related to cybersecurity, integrated systems and physical security solutions.
"At our recent ISC West and ISC East events, the educational sessions on cyber-physical integration and connected security have been in high-demand," Will Wise, group vice president of the Security Portfolio, Reed Exhibitions. "In-depth education, training and industry collaboration is essential to ensure safe and secure systems for the market. We're enthusiastic about this partnership with PSA Security Network and SIA to address this important market need."
For more information about this new event and to be added to the event mailing list, visit cybersecuredforum.com
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911 operator helps dad deliver baby
A Waukesha County newborn is alive and well thanks to a calm and collected rookie 911 dispatcher who helped guide the parents after the baby was born quickly at home.
WISN 12 News reporter Mike Anderson was there as the dispatcher got the meet the child he saved.
Nolan Larson came into this world the hard way three weeks ago -- in his mom and dad's bedroom. He wasn't breathing.
"OK, I got him crying," dad Bobby Larson said to the dispatcher.
"I need you to find a dry towel and wrap him in it. OK, make sure the mouth of the baby is cleaned out," Waukesha County 911 dispatcher Jeff Poff said.
On Thursday, baby Nolan, his three brothers and mom and dad personally went to the Waukesha County Communications Center to thank Poff for his calm, clear professionalism during the birth.
"I can't thank him enough. I mean, it was courageous to have a calm voice on the other side of the phone and I couldn't have done it without him," Larson said.
For Poff, it was all in a day's work. He's only been on the job a few weeks and is still in training.
"That was the first in-progress medical call I took since I started on the floor, and it's very intense when he says, 'My wife is having the baby. She's not in labor. She's having the baby,'" Poff said. "I mean, you go from zero to 1,000 mph in a matter of half a second," he said. "So when the baby wasn't breathing, it's back to the training again, and it's, 'What's next?' There's always something you can do to help things end the right way."
"You know, there are days when you wonder why you do your job, and then there are days when the wonder just speaks for itself," Anderson said.
The training for dispatchers in Waukesha County is six weeks in the classroom and six to eight months in the actual communications center, where Poff is working now.


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A Guide to the Peter Goodman Rea Narrative, [ca. 1890]
Biographical Note
Born in Henry County, Virginia, Peter Goodman Rea (1819-1899) moved with his family to Cooper County, Missouri, after the death of his mother in 1827. Following the death of his father in 1835, Rea joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and enrolled in the Cumberland Presbyterian College in Kentucky in 1837. Despite not graduating from the program due to poor health, he became an ordained minister in 1841. Working as an itinerant preacher and missionary for two years, in 1843 Rea married Mary Evangeline Rubey, with whom he had five children. He settled with his family in Saline County, Missouri, where he became a member of the Missouri Synod and later was elected as the president of the Missouri Female College in 1863.
"Peter Goodman Rea." Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Accessed August 8, 2011. http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/minister/ReaPeterGoodman.htm.
Scope and Contents
One typescript composes the Peter Goodman Rea Narrative, [ca. 1890], documenting his career as a Presbyterian minister and itinerant preacher during the mid to late-19th century. The narrative contains a biographical sketch of Rea as well as a description of his life in Saline County, Missouri, while also discussing a trip to Texas from 1849 through 1850.
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Peter Goodman Rea Narrative, [ca. 1890], Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
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Condo Developers Bet Cautiously on Downtown
Monday, August 19, 2013
Developers such as Bosa Development Corp. are proceeding with plans to build new high-rise residential condominiums in downtown San Diego, while mindful that the market for them may not bounce back to its heights of the early 2000s.
Vancouver, B.C.-based Bosa Development plans to break ground in early 2014 on a 41-story, 221-unit condo tower, President Nat Bosa said. The project, currently known as "Broadway and Pacific" though not yet formally named, would be the first condo-only high-rise built downtown in nearly eight years.
"The fundamentals here are improving," said Bosa, whose company has completed eight condo developments in downtown San Diego in the past 15 years.
Such optimism in the market is tempered, however, as developers don't expect a quick return to the frenzied local market of a decade ago. Downtown saw an explosion of condo construction and sales that stretched from 2002 to 2006 before new projects dried up following a meltdown in sales that hit in 2007, a year before the nation's larger economic downturn.
The fundamentals Bosa talks about aren't rebounding "as fast as in San Francisco, where they've got more job growth in places like the downtown area," he said.
Condos Are Coming
Bosa's project, at Broadway and Pacific Highway, was approved by city planners last year and is in its final permitting stages. The first condo units would likely go on sale in 2016, with the project also consisting of 16,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and 419 parking spaces.
Another Vancouver company, Pinnacle International, recently began construction on a 40-story high-rise, expected to have 965 condos and apartments, at 15th Street and Island Avenue in East Village.
The developer has not finalized the mix of for-rent and for-sale units that will be available. Pinnacle has informed the city that it will be gauging local condo market recovery as the project nears completion, likely in late 2015, said Brad Richter, assistant vice president of planning for Civic San Diego, which oversees downtown projects.
The vast majority of the nearly 2,000 multifamily units under construction or in the pipeline in downtown San Diego are apartments, most of them in East Village and Little Italy.
Local market analyst Russ Valone said obtaining construction financing for condo projects remains extremely difficult, with lenders continuing to favor apartment developments despite recent improvements in the single-family residential building and sales markets.
Condo Resale Market Could Resurge
No big new projects have replenished the supply of condos since Chicago-based Equity Residential bought the 679-unit Vantage Pointe condo development in 2010 and converted it to apartments — erasing most of the available new-condo inventory.
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One of the most important questions for investors and advisors is identifying a set of asset classes that will be considered for inclusion in a portfolio. Some people will decide that all they need or want is one broad stock market index fund and one bond fund. Others will choose to include Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and commodities. There are well-thought-out arguments that inflation-protected government bonds (TIPS) are a major core asset class. It is also quite common for investors or advisors to break stocks out into value vs. growth and small cap vs. large cap.
I approach this problem by trying to identify asset classes that provide unique sources of risk exposure. The primary source of risk for stocks is simply market risk. U.S. stocks, international developed-market stocks, and emerging market stocks largely move together because of changes in the stock market as a whole. Treasury bonds provide fairly pure exposure to interest rate risk. Commodities provide exposure to inflation risk. REITs also provide exposure to inflation risk. I identify which asset classes provide value in building a portfolio by testing how correlated asset classes are to one another. If two asset classes have extremely high correlation, they do not provide unique value. For an introduction to this approach, see the following article.
In this article, I will provide my list of what I believe to be the core asset classes that investors will consider as part of a well-diversified portfolio, as well as providing examples of relevant funds. This discussion is informal, providing a starting point for thinking through which asset classes are worth looking at, based on my experience with portfolio analysis and stress testing. In this discussion, I am focusing on portfolios designed for total return rather than portfolios designed for income. A total return strategy assumes that investors are indifferent as to the fraction of returns that come from price appreciation vs. dividends, bond yield, or other distributions.
You can choose to get all of your bond exposure in a single fund, using a broad bond index such as AGG or BND. These funds include government bonds and corporate bonds with a range of durations.
If you want to go beyond a single bond fund, the following asset classes can add value in the process of building a diversified portfolio:
- Short-, intermediate-, and long-term Treasury bonds (SHY, IEF, TLT, respectively)
- Investment-grade corporate bonds (LQD)
- Inflation-protected bonds (TIP)
- Municipal bond (MUB, PZA)
- Emerging market bonds (EMB)
As far as the bond (aka fixed income) portion of your portfolio is concerned, there is no reason to have more bond classes than these. If you want to make this list even shorter, you can make do without IEF. If you have short-term and long-term Treasury bonds, intermediate-term bonds and emerging market bonds are not crucial. If you really wanted to limit the number of asset classes, emerging market bonds are not crucial. Emerging market bonds have risk exposure from a number of different factors, including currency risk, but much of the return from emerging market bonds is highly correlated to investment-grade corporate bond indexes and broad bond indexes. Simply put, I don't find much incremental value from adding emerging market bonds to a diversified portfolio.
The simplest way to get exposure to the stock market as a whole is with a total market stock fund such as VTI. For those investors who are willing to hold a number of funds in order to have exposure to stocks, the following is a list of what I have found are valuable core holdings:
- Total stock market index (VTI)
- Small cap stocks (VB, IWM)
- Emerging market stocks (EEM, VWO)
- Equity energy (VDE, IGE)
- Utility stocks (IDU, IPU)
- Real Estate Investment Trusts (VNQ, RWR)
The most unusual features of this list are that there is no specific index that focuses on developed international stocks, such as the EAFE index. In research over the years, I have found that the EAFE index simply provides no net diversification benefit when we already have exposure to a total market index. The returns from the EAFE index are highly correlated to the returns from the S&P 500, so there is minimal value to be had by combining these two asset classes.
The stocks of energy firms (think Exxon and Conoco) have consistently shown up as valuable portfolio elements in my portfolio analysis studies. These types of stocks, represented by funds such as IGE and VDE), add to expected return and/or reduce portfolio risk, even though this sector is itself quite volatile.
Utilities are a special asset class for a number of reasons, although they look less attractive from the perspective of portfolio theory as of the end of 2012.
Other Asset Classes
The most important additional asset class for total return investors is commodities. There are a variety of ways to obtain exposure to commodities. Two funds that use what is called a fully collateralized futures strategy are DBC and DJP.
Commodities are a complex asset class from the perspective of financial theory, but a broad commodities index should effectively track inflation. In addition, commodities funds such as DBC and DJP invest in a basket of futures contracts and there is compelling research that suggests that this approach has historically provided risk-adjusted returns comparable to stocks.
Gold has gotten considerable attention in recent years and GLD provides exposure to this commodity. Beyond tracking inflation, it is unclear why gold is desirable. That said, gold has seen a massive rally in recent years and there are investment theories—notably Harry Brown's Permanent Portfolio—that suggest that gold deserves inclusion in a long-term asset allocation.
How Many Holdings do You Need?
The real question that most people want to understand is how many of these core asset classes they need to hold. It is perfectly natural to try to minimize the amount of work needed to maintain a portfolio and fewer holdings are, in general, easier to manage. When we designed the Target Date Folios, we had no particular goal of minimizing the number of asset classes included, but these portfolios typically hold ten or fewer ETFs.
David Swensen, the highly successful manager of Yale's endowment, recommends a portfolio for individual investors that holds only six funds. The funds included are a total stock market index, an international developed markets index, an emerging markets stocks index, a REIT index, a long-term Treasury bond index, and a TIPS fund.
Diversification is not about how many funds you hold, but rather how the funds in a portfolio work together. In general—and this is just a rule-of-thumb—it should be possible to build a well-diversified portfolio with ten or fewer funds. Keeping a portfolio of as many as ten funds rebalanced appropriately to your target allocations can take some work, which is precisely why Folio Investing developed tools to allow investors to efficiently rebalance back to target weights with a single operation.
Final Thoughts
The list of core asset classes in this article is just my selection, and other research may lead to other selections. The specific inclusion of energy stocks (VDE) and utility stocks (IDU), along with the exclusion of a broad developed-market international stock fund (such as one that tracks the EAFE index) are the most unconventional features of this list.
While a fully-diversified portfolio may contain ten or fewer funds, the specific choices of funds can, and probably will, evolve through time. Back when the Target Date Folios were introduced in 2007, for example, there was a substantial allocation to TIPS and there was no municipal bond exposure. Today, many of the Folios contain little or no allocation to TIPS and a substantial allocation to municipal bond funds.
Even for those people who agree on this list of portfolio building blocks, there remain many decisions to make as to how exactly to choose allocations, but narrowing down the universe of asset classes which merit consideration is an important first step.
Related Links:
- An Alternative Approach for Drawing Income from Your Portfolio
- Asset Allocation: An Alternative View
- What's the Difference Between Passive Investing and Tactical Asset Allocation?
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When uber-developer Gary Barnett is not too busy purchasing a billion dollar piece of land or working on numerous upscale residential projects (The Stanhope, The Orion), he's making political contributions.
The Politicker, out sister site, has a list of prominent New Yorkers who have been donating to Rick Santorum, the staunchly conservative Pennsylvania senator who's in the midst of a bitter re-election campaign.
Mr. Barnett's donation: $2,000.
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In 1952 the physicist Ernest O. Lawrence assembled a group of young scientists to design weapons that were radically different from those being designed at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, the nation's original nuclear weapons lab.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, as the research group came to be known, was the "second lab," intended to compete with Los Alamos and create new ideas, according to Sybil Francis, executive director of the Center for the Future of Arizona, a policy research group, who is also affiliated with the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes at Arizona State University.
Dr. Francis researched the history of the nation's nuclear weapons program when she was in graduate school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the mid-1990s. Her doctoral dissertation was on the competitive system of weapons design. In her original research at the lab, she uncovered a trove of old photographs, including one that showed a weapons developer sitting with his lunch sandwich on a suitcase bomb with a yield of several kilotons.
In a recent telephone interview she said the photos revealed the casual approach to designing weapons that prevailed at Livermore, in a significant contrast to the more formal, bureaucratic national security culture that was characteristic of Los Alamos.
She said the rivalry between the labs played an essential role in the emergence of intercontinental ballistic missiles, which required lighter, more powerful weapons.
"It is not an exaggeration to say that the competition between the labs was as significant — or even more significant — as the United States-Soviet Union competition in driving innovation in the arms race," she said. "This led to a culture of entrepreneurialism at Livermore, a less conservative approach to weapons design and riskier endeavors."
While duplicate research within the government is typically viewed as wasteful, Dr. Francis is now exploring the idea that intragovernmental competition might be encouraged to stimulate technological innovation. She argues that the competition set up between Los Alamos and Livermore might serve as a model for national scientific research and development initiatives in the future The photos of suitcase weapons were taken in the spring of 1955, when Livermore conducted fission bomb tests in a program code-named Operation Teapot. The research led directly to the hydrogen bombs designed in the late 1950s that were installed in Polaris missiles by the Navy.


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The Taung Child fossil
All Australopithecus fossils have been unearthed in the southern part of the African continent. The reason why this species has been given the name Australopithecus, meaning "South African ape," is that these animals have features very similar to those of present-day apes.
The first fossils claimed to belong to this species were found in a coal mine in the Taung region of South Africa in 1924. The first fossil described as Australopithecus consisted of a young ape's face and lower jaw bones, and a skull of 410 cubic centimeters in volume. The discoverers of the fossil took it to Raymond Dart, an anthropologist.
Based on the skull's fine structure and thinking that its teeth resembled human teeth, Dr. Dart suggested that the fossil belonged to a hominid. Shortly afterwards, he published an article in Nature magazine titled "Australopithecus: Ape-Man in South Africa." Scientists who said that the fossil actually belonged to a chimpanzee did not take Dart seriously. Yet he persisted with the idea that the fossil was a hominid and convinced Dr. Robert Bloom, a famous physicist, of this, devoting the rest of his life to finding support for the new species he had found. Even then, scientific circles began jokingly referring to the fossil he had found as "Dart's baby." Evolutionists then lined up behind the fossil, inventing a new species to which they had given the name Australopithecus. The first fossil discovered was given the full name Australopithecus africanus.
Following the discovery of this fossil, which was given the nickname of "the Taung Child" because it was thought to belong to a young individual, other paleontologists-especially the Leakey family-stepped up their own research. In the 1950s, other fossils regarded as belonging to Australopithecus were found in digs financed by National Geographic magazine in Kromdraai, Swartkrans and Makapansgat in South Africa. Some of these ape fossils had a coarser structure, while others were smaller and finer. The coarser ones were bulkier and heavier than the others, with a larger bottom jaw and bony protrusions over the eyebrows being their most distinguishing features.
Although these are all typical examples of gender differences between modern-day male and female monkeys, scientists persisted in regarding them as separate species.
After Dart presented the fossil given the name Australopithecus africanus, he received substantial criticism from scientists. Arthur Keith, one of the most prominent anatomists to comment on the fossil, said:
[Dart's] claim is preposterous, the skull is that of a young anthropoid ape . . . and showing so many points of affinity with the two living African anthropoids, the gorilla and chimpanzee, that there cannot be a moment's hesitation in placing the fossil form in this living group. 237
According to evolutionists, what Australopithecines shared with human beings was they had left the trees and adapted to bipedalism (walking upright). Dart concluded that the Taung Child he had found was able to walk on two legs, since according to him, that part of the spinal cord known as the magnum was further back than that in humans, but further forward than in monkeys. On the basis of this, Dart then claimed that the animal was capable of standing on its two hind legs. This theory was not accepted by scientists at the time, but was supported until the 1950s. However, no part of the skeleton that might permit an estimation of bipedalism was available. The only specimens consisted of the skull and a few fragmented thigh, hip and foot bones. Yet evolutionists still insisted on their claims regarding bipedalism.
Lord Solly Zuckerman had carried out perhaps the most detailed studies of the Australopithecines family. Despite being an evolutionist, Zuckerman thought that Australopithecus was nothing more than an ape. Together with a four-member team, Zuckerman used the most advanced methods of anatomical investigation, which began in 1954 and lasted for several years. In the wake of these investigations, he declared that these creatures had not walked on two legs and were not an intermediate form between humans and apes. The concluding report by Zuckerman and his team read:
For my own part, the anatomical basis for the claim that the Australopithecines walked and ran upright like man is so much more flimsy than the evidence which points to the conclusion that their gait was some variant of what one sees in subhuman Primates, that it remains unacceptable. 238
These judgments, published by Zuckerman in the mid-1950s, were confirmed by subsequent researchers. Dean Falk, a specialist in neuroanatomy, declared that the Taung skull belonged to a young monkey. "In his 1975 article, Dart had claimed that the brain of Taung was humanlike. As it turned out, he was wrong about that. . . . Taung's humanlike features were overemphasized," claimed Falk, who went on to say:
Like humans, [apes and monkeys] go through stages as they grow up. In his analysis of Taung, Dart did not fully appreciate that infant apes have not had time to develop features of the skull, such as thickened eyebrow ridges or attachment areas for heavy neck muscles, that set adult apes apart from human. Apparently he did not carefully consider the possibility that Taung's rounded forehead or the inferred position of the spinal cord might be due to the immaturity of the apelike specimen rather than to its resemblance to humans. 239
237. David Johanson and James Shreeve, Lucy's Child, NewYork: William Morrow and Co., 1989, p. 56.
238. Solly Zuckerman, Beyond the Ivory Tower (1970), p. 93.
239. Dean Falk, Braindance, Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1992, pp.12, 13.


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Linda C. please contact me at email@example.com and give me your home addy so I can send your gifts.
Thanks for posting everyone. Remember, read Wedding and get ready for some trivia questions to the big basket prize.
Crime Scene Christie
Okay, my husband sent me a humorous email that had some funny age appropriate truths. I enjoyed it so much that I decided to write my own truths. So here are some things I've learned on my jolly little path called life.
P.S. Pop over to http://toberead.wordpress.com/2008/06/10/why-can%e2%80%99t-life-be-like-a-romance-novel-3/ to read another blog by yours truely. There's also a contest over there!
Hard truths I learned as a Kid
1) Your mom will eventually find the vegetables you didn't eat and you hid behind the refrigerator.
2) Your dog probably won't eat your broccoli, but if he does don't let him sleep with you that night.
3) When your mom changes your younger brother's diaper, don't stand too close.
4) Never trust the girl next door to cut your hair.
5) When learning how to ride a bike, never use your brother's bicycle.
6) When the boy next door says he'll show you his, if you'll show him yours, make him go first.
7) When your brother tells you to pull his finger, don't!
Hard truths I learned as a Teenager
1) Getting caught by your granddaddy who is only wearing his underwear when you're receiving your first kiss isn't the end of the world, even though it feels like it.
2) Never kiss a guy when you have the hiccups.
3) Never beat a guy at arm wrestling if you want him to like you.
4) Always retie your bikini top before diving off the high dive.
5) When the boy next door says he wants to show you his favorite toy, he's not talking about his Rubik cube. Basically, stay away from the boy next door.
6) When cleaning your brother's room, never look under his mattress. And if you do, don't go show mom. Your brother will never forgive you, but it does sort of get even for him asking you to pull his finger.
Hard Truths I learned as an Adult
1) The sheer agony of childbirth is easy compared to raising the child but it's worth it when you first hold the precious bundle.
2) When a man says he doesn't want you anymore, you are usually a lucky gal. Divorce is survivable; being married to some jerk is a lot harder.
3) Just because one man you loved did you wrong, doesn't mean the next one will. Love deserves a chance.
4) Raising teenagers makes nailing pudding to a wall look easy.
5) If you son asks you to pull his finger, don't! (Is that hereditary?)
6) Wrinkles don't hurt until you get a new prescription for your glasses.
7) When you find out the boy who used to live next door to you is a preacher, don't laugh too hard because the person telling you the news probably belongs to the church and will want an explanation for your laughter.
8) Never let age stop you from feeling young.
Because it's still June and because it is my release month for Weddings Can Be Murder, I'm giving away some more note cards and a Sexy, Suspenseful and Seriously Funny Tee-shirt. So post away. Tell me some truths you've learned. Or tell me where you've seen Weddings Can Be Murder on a store shelf.
Also, I'm going to be holding a big contest at the end of June. I'll be asking some questions about the Weddings Can Be Murder plot. The people who answer the questions correctly, will be put in a drawing to win a Pamper Me Like a Bride basket. Inside, I'll have great books, chocolate, candles, a Tee-shirt, and other goodies. So pick up a copy of Weddings and be ready to answer a few questions.
Crime Scene Christie
P.S. Don't forget that next Sunday is Father's Day. Happy Father's Day dad!
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Lessons I've Learned
Posted by Christie Craig at 6:46 AM
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I loved your "Truths". They got me laughing so hard this morning. Maybe because they are all so "True". After the weekend I had (Bad storms here in Michigan and no power since Sunday) I needed a laugh.
Linda C
- June 10, 2008 at 7:13 AM
- Kim Lenox said...
Thanks for starting my day with a smile, Christie! Love the grandad in the underwear one! Ah, memories ...
- June 10, 2008 at 7:22 AM
- Christie Craig said...
Linda C,
Jeepers. I'm glad you are okay. And I'm glad I gave you something to laugh about.
Take care.
Crime Scene Christie
- June 10, 2008 at 7:39 AM
- Christie Craig said...
Thanks for stopping by. Yup, those darn memories are killers. To this day when I think about it I get red.
Crime Scene Christie
- June 10, 2008 at 7:40 AM
Great post, Christie! Those truths are so, well, true. LOL.
Also, Christie didn't mention it, guys, but she's also blogging over at PASIC's 2BRead blog this morning. PASIC is the published authors chapter of RWA.
- June 10, 2008 at 7:43 AM
- Terri Osburn said...
Truth: If a man continually tells *little* lies, those lies will get bigger and more frequent until they do major damage. Walk away early and quickly.
Love these, Christie. Especially that bicycle one. Learned that the hard way. Unfortunately, also learned that "Divorce is survivable" one the hard way. Though I'm much better off on this side of it. *g* What doesn't kill us makes us stronger, right? Though I have trouble with that next one...
- June 10, 2008 at 8:48 AM
- Christie Craig said...
Love your truth. It is so true.
The bike incident wasn't fun and just thinking about it makes me cringe.
And Terrio, there is some good guys out there. You just got to be very selective. I know, I snagged my hubby after my first disaster. Good luck.
Crime Scene Christie
- June 10, 2008 at 8:58 AM
- Christie Craig said...
Great minds work a like!!
Thanks girl.
Crime Scene Christie
- June 10, 2008 at 9:00 AM
Fun blog, Christie.
Here are the lessons I've learned:
If a man tells you he's breaking up with you because you're too good for him, you probably are.
Never give yourself a haircut after three alcoholic beverages of any kind.
Happiness is what you choose to pay attention to.
- June 10, 2008 at 9:52 AM
- Hellie Sinclair said...
OMG, I love these truths...especially the one about "stay away from the boy next door" and "don't laugh when you find out he's a preacher now"--but most especially "divorce is survivable" (which I term to mean, you can fix a broken heart--but why continue living with someone who doesn't love you like you deserve. That's a hard one to learn. People hate to be alone.)
Truths, truths.
If you feel compelled to go to your class reunion to show the jocks you "arrived", prepare to be disappointed. They're going to spend the whole night focusing on crap you did in high school that you spent 10 years and $10,000 in therapy to forget. Stay home...or go to a different class reunion and pretend you came in the middle of senior year and they just don't remember you. I assure you, you'll have more fun.
IF you borrowed your best friend's t-shirt to wear to school, get into a fight on the bus ride home, and have a free for all in the middle of the driveway, be prepared to walk home shirtless--and if asked by your father what just happened, say, "Nothing."
Understand that some of the people you couldn't live without in highschool or college aren't always going to be people you can live without. There may come a day when you or them will find you make better acquaintances than best friends. Accept it and you'll be happier. You'll make new friends who fit where you are in your life RIGHT NOW, not who you were in high school or college.
- June 10, 2008 at 9:59 AM
- Jo Anne said...
Hey, Christie - fun, fun, fun - as always.
Really enjoyed the party Saturday. Tell Steve he can wash dishes at my house anytime. What a guy!! (Folks, Christie's Steve is definitely Hero material with a capital H.) Christie, you can tell the red wine story in some future blog. Good 'ol Wine Away. :-)
The hunky, wild boy in high school who grew up to be a preacher was nice then and is nice now. At our (God forbid) 40th reunion, I enjoyed him as much as I did back then.
As for truths - never brush the dog right after you've applied lip gloss. :-)
Congrats on your new release, Christie. Can't wait to read it!!
Jo Anne
- June 10, 2008 at 10:51 AM
- Christie Craig said...
I love, love your truths.
And your last one is truest truth of all.
Thanks for posting.
Crime Scene Christie
- June 10, 2008 at 10:52 AM
- Christie Craig said...
Great truths. Love the ones about class reunions. About friends. And goodness, who wants to be alone. It's scary, and it's hard to see that sometimes being alone is better than being with someone who mistreats you.
Thanks for posting!
Crime Scene Christie
- June 10, 2008 at 2:29 PM
- Christie Craig said...
Jo Anne,
I'm laughing so hard here. And when you read Weddings, you will understand why. I swear guys, there was nothing going on when my hubby washed Jo Anne's dishes. :-)
Yes, I will have to blog about the whole wine story. The funny thing was hubby wasn't even drinking. And yes, he is a hero.
Hmm...I can visualize the truth about combing a dog and lip gloss.
Thanks for posting girl.
Crime Scene Christie
P.S. We had a blast at your party. Loved meeting your daughter.
- June 10, 2008 at 2:35 PM
- Keri Ford said...
The quicker you learn ages 16-18 are NOT the most important years of your life, the quicker you'll grow up.
Loved all these! And must make a note to have weddings read in time for basket-o-stuff!
- June 10, 2008 at 3:10 PM
- Christie Craig said...
Your truth needs to be written up in a bible somewhere.
Thanks for posting.
Crime Scene Christie
- June 10, 2008 at 3:20 PM
- catslady said...
Great truths!
My contribution: If you're planning a wedding, things WILL go wrong.
- June 11, 2008 at 2:49 PM
- Christie Craig said...
Ahh, Catslady,
That is soo true.
Thanks for posting.
Crime Scene Christie
- June 11, 2008 at 8:34 PM
since i didnt read your blog til just now and its already sunday.
i dont know if you or anyone else will see this post but.
about that boy next door. i been meaning to ask you LOL. It's funny how we remember certain things from being a teenager. LOL
- June 15, 2008 at 12:25 PM
- Christie Craig said...
It is funny what we remember, isn't it, girl?
Ahh, the good ol' days.
Crime Scene Christie
- June 16, 2008 at 6:59 AM


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