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The control center for the security systems at the Statue of Liberty is actually located on neighboring Ellis Island. The display wall uses an RGB Spectrum processor.
Command and control centers are increasingly using high-definition video to help operators make better decisions, whether it's preparing for the next generation of space flight, responding to mass transit emergencies or keeping tourists safe at the Statute of Liberty.
The nerve centers in today's high-tech world, command and control centers feature massive video walls that allow security personnel to monitor often a wide range of activity from one central location. A centralized response location is important because resources can be summoned quickly, especially to a law enforcement or transportation incident. High tech video is even more critical because additional clarity helps operators better determine the exact nature of an incident they may witness onscreen.
Integrators used an RGB Spectrum MediaWall 2900 display processor to power the four displays (arranged two by two) that comprise the video wall at the Statue of Liberty's nerve center on Ellis Island in New York Harbor. It added considerable image processing capabilities to enable display of 150 high-resolution IP camera feeds, said Bob Marcus, president and CEO of RGB Spectrum, based in Alameda, Calif.
"Our MediaWall processor configures real-time information display on the video wall," said Marcus. "Operating with 24/7 reliability, the processor enhances operator awareness, essential for a security system tasked with protecting such an important part of America's culture and history."
The company ramped things up this year with the introduction of its MediaWall V, a UHD video wall processor that offers 4K resolution, single-wire connectivity and fully scalable windows, said Bob Ehlers, vice president of RGB Spectrum's marketing and vertical market development.
A true video wall is not just a built partition of adjacently mounted monitors—it is a continuous multiscreen surface that displays a combination of graphics and video, Ehlers said. Not all systems that claim to be 4K wall processors provide video synchronization, required for the seamless display of high-motion graphics, Ehlers said. However, the MediaWall V delivers all these.
Today's video walls have leapt beyond the emergency call center, he said. They are used in numerous industrial applications, such as the ongoing global search for crude oil. Instead of poring through computer screens of printed geophysical reports, engineers can now enter video "caves" where they view the underground topography and look for caches of hidden petroleum, Ehlers said. With the advance of computing power and memory, more data can be easily converted to video images where it is more effortlessly understood.
"In addition to the Internet of Things, we now have what I call the video-fication of things," said Ehlers. "Think about normal day-to-day life. How much of daily information is taken in visually? People are visually oriented. It's all about the pictures and sound."
Apantac T-Sharp multiviewer chassis
Apantac, headquartered in Portland, Ore., manufactures multiviewers that offer a different take on display presentation.
The new T Sharp multiviewer series offers almost endless duplication. The series allows input sources to be duplicated up to 64 times (on a single display), said Thomas Tang, Apantac's president.
"You may have one camera but it needs to be seen on everybody's monitor in the control room," Tank said. "With the T Sharp, you don't have to have a matrix switch, but can configure it from the T Sharp. It may not be a particular incident but a corner that everyone should be looking at."
Apantac promotes its ability to make devices that provide seamless integration across the multi-source environment. The company's Tahoma universal platform offers a suite of multiviewers that display a variety of video and computer-multimedia signal types, Tang said.
"You have to have a device that will mix and match all on the same display surface," Tang said.
NASA is building a new payload control center for the International Space Station in Huntsville, Ala., and the space agency is using the IP-based KVM solutions from Adder Technology to make it work. The AdderLink Infinity series devices enable the creation of a flexible infrastructure, allowing a computer and its operator to be separated by almost any distance but linking them over a gigabit network.
AdderLink Infinity KVM receiver module
"The AdderLink Infinity series provides high-quality extension, allowing a computer and its operator to be separated by almost any distance without any loss in capabilities, reduction in video resolution, quality or USB latency," said Tim Conway, vice president of Adder, which is based in Newbury Park, Mass. "This guaranteed lack of delay with pixel-perfect resolution makes them ideal for mission-critical environments like command and control centers."
None of the control centers would have anything to display without a high-quality monitor like the 55-inch Panasonic TH-55LFV70 LED video wall device. With a narrow bezel and high definition, it shows vivid images across multiple displays, making it a good choice for command and control applications. It features flexible installation and maintenance with the company's Digital Link feature, as well as a "Failover and Failback" function that maintains continuous signal distribution even when some inputs are accidentally disrupted.
When the Bouches-du-Rhône Fire & Rescue Department in France needed to upgrade its command center, it turned to Matrox Graphics Mura MPX cards to capture and display real-time, high-quality video and data from multiple sources on a large 12-display wall and a smaller four-display wall. Bouches-du-Rhône is in the south of France, named after the mouth of the Rhône River. It covers a largely urban area, overseeing operations for 62 fire stations serving most of the 2,000-square-mile territory. The video walls were built with NEC 50-inch X551UN displays and a custom support structure.
Matrox Mura MPX display wall processor cards
French officials were especially attracted to the Matrox Mura MPX cards, which dynamically merges data from a variety of information sources to help operators quickly resolve potential conflict situations. Matrox Mura MPX video wall processor cards mark a shift away from the traditional matrix switcher to a video wall paradigm. The boards feature universal input support for both digital and analog video signals (DVI, RGB/VGA, component, S-video, composite and SDI), so system operators can capture, composite, switch and display between numerous source types across scalable video walls.
"Matrox Mura MPX input/output boards delivered universal input support, which was important given the variety of baseband and IP sources that we wanted to display on our video walls," said Didier Margotto, head of the emergency response center. The installation "helps us monitor a growing influx of real-time video and data, so we can make informed decisions more quickly during time-critical interventions."
Matrox-based systems also get high marks because they are easy on the budget, said Helgi Sigurdsson, product manager for the company, headquartered in Montreal.
"Complex installations and product failures directly impact the bottom line, which is why system integrators invest in components from manufacturers like Matrox," Sigurdsson said. "Matrox solutions require less cabling and wiring for easier and more cost-effective product installations, while fanless, high-reliability designs ensure long product life cycles for maximum ROI.
"With less downtime and minimal system disruptions, control room operators can remain focused on providing quick and efficient responses," Sigurdsson said.
Integrators can uniquely combine multiple Matrox products to build and deliver complete control room solutions. At the operator level, Matrox C-Series and M-Series graphics cards drive high-resolution, multiscreen desktops of up to eight displays so operators can visualize more critical information at once, Sigurdsson said. In environments where desktops need to be extended and workstations remain centralized, Matrox Avio and Extio KVM extenders offer zero-compression, zero-latency transmission for real-time performance at remote stations.
"System integrators can use Mura boards as building blocks to construct high-density installations of up to 56 HD inputs and 56 HD outputs to fit even the most demanding control room," Sigurdsson said.
Evertz Microsystems, based in Ontario, Canada, just released the new network based AV Distribution platform, the Evertz MMA-10G, that powers more robust routing and signal processing of AV equipment, said Matt Krstulja, the company's AV sales director.
MORE INFO Adder Technology: www.adder.com
Apantac: www.apantac.com
Evertz: www.evertz.com
Matrox: www.matrox.com
Panasonic: www.panasonic.com
RGB Spectrum: www.rgb.com
"Unlike traditional AV distribution systems that are based on fixed matrix sizes, our platform takes advantage of our 10 Gigabit Ethernet software-defined video network infrastructure," Krstulja said. "[Users] can start small and scale up to the entire enterprise. Because the platform is based on the principal of being interconnected, you can start to take advantage of concepts such as networked resources and normalization of signal types."
Instead of connecting a video wall processor to a specific display wall, the Evertz system uses it as a pooled resource hanging off of the network. One or more processors can be used on demand in the command center, war room or conference room, Krstulja said. Additionally, the configuration allows users to send the video wall outputs to any point on the network; for example, multicasting to a backup center.
It was designed to be intuitive and user friendly, he said.
"Although this solution utilizes sophisticated network infrastructure, the deployment and management of the system was designed to be implemented by non-network engineers," Krstulja said.
The systems are meant to be used as partnership tools, pooling together different aspects of a transit agency or police department, Krstulja said.
"You can simultaneously utilize our solution within the command center, conference rooms, auditoriums," Krstulja said. "This interconnectivity and normalizing of signals allows you to be more collaborative and allows you to normalize the experience across the enterprise."


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Cloud Security DevSecOps Engineer
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DevSecOps Engineer - Cardiff - £700 - £800 per day - 6 Month Initial Contract
An international client is looking for a DevSecOps Engineer to join its digital transformation team in London or Cardiff. The successful candidate should be a hand on engineer and have solid experience at implementing process and policy's on AWS or Azure
Key Skills Required
- Solid understanding of native cloud security tools on AWS or Azure
- Experience in building and securing CI/CD pipelines
- Strong stakeholder management
- Demonstrated track record of success in helping enterprise customers deploy important workloads to the cloud in a secure and compliant manner including:
- Experience of third-party applications and tooling that enhance the capabilities delivered by cloud service providers
- Advanced knowledge of identity management and RBAC
- Advanced knowledge of core security principles from the CSA, NIST, NCSC, CSCC
- Experience working in a DevOps environment
- Experience of tools such as VSTS, Terraform, Vault, Jenkins
- Understand the different security models for IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS and able to create governance controls for each
- Excellent written and verbal communication, supported by excellent interpersonal skills and an attention to detail
- Working knowledge and understanding of multi-tier application design security
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Rizzo's Really at an Age When She Should Be Getting Her GED
Many movie teens have been portrayed by actors well into their twenties (if not older). Sometimes, it's barely noticeable, but, other times, the age difference is a stretch. In Wayne's World, for example, Dana Carvey looks more like a washed-out rocker uncle than a head-banging teen. Well, in that case, the age disparity worked to comic effect. There was no comic effect in Grease, where a 33-year-old Stockard Channing starred as the rebellious teenager Rizzo. Which leads us to ask this question: which teens do you think are the least convincing?Read More


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Benevolent participants threw on their swimsuits and dove into a chilly pool at the pay-to-play fundraiser in Dallas. The raised $810 for North Texas Food Bank.
The artisan donut shop's general manager came up with the idea, according to the eatery's Facebook page.
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Having a lot of iPad tips nearby is very useful if you're just learning to use your iPad.
You could search the web for iPad tips, but this will take a long time. Below are several popular pieces of advice meant to help you take full advantage of your iPad.
The latest operating system for the iPad supports folders. To use, hold down your finger on the app you want until it moves, drag that app atop another icon, and finally, let it go. Doing so creates a folder containing both of these apps. You can rename these folders.
You can access all of your running apps on your iPad. If you double-click on the Home button, it will show you all running apps in a bar on the bottom of your screen. To switch between apps, just tap the one you want to access. Make this bar disappear by making a downward swipe on your screen.
Know which apps are running on your iPad. A lot of the apps on your iPad can run behind the scenes while you work on other things. If you aren't sure what you have left open, push the home button twice. The lower bar will display the currently active apps and some brief information. After you have a chance to look through everything, simply swipe down and the bar will go away.
You can change your setting so that you are no longer asked whether or not you are interested in joining a Wi-Fi network. Go to Settings and choose the Ask to Join Network option. By selecting that, you'll no longer receive all of the invites.
Do you hate only being able to preview two lines of your new emails? If so, you can change this option. Visit "settings" followed by "mail" and find the "preview" setting. Change the setting to 5 lines. This saves you time by letting you skim your email at an accelerated rate.
Do you find it annoying to have to access the bookmarks icon via tapping to navigate to your saved websites? It is possible to leave the bookmark bar up permanently. Select Settings, Safari, and choose the Always Show Bookmarks tab.
Since an iPad is a significant investment, it is wise to provide proper care for it. Quite a few people find that screen protectors work well with their iPads. This is plastic which adheres to the screen and protects it. Get a soft cloth and dampen it with water if you need to clean your screen. Don't use any special cleaners while cleaning your tablet.
The iPad can be instantly muted. When the iPad first came out, you couldn't quickly mute it. Once iOS 4.3 came out, there was an option added where your lock switch can mute the sound. Now, you can quickly mute your iPad by holding the "down" half of the volume button.
There are also some great apps and gadgets you can get to make your ipad perform best. Consider having a portable battery back-up for when you run out of juice in a place that might be plugin friendly. A high capacity portable charger can be just what the doctor ordered so you can finish surfing or work. I don't leave home without one – they will work for any tablet and phone so it's a handy one to have.
The iPad is an entertainment device and useful tool all wrapped up into one. It is often hard to find all the best tips for improving the iPad experience. This article should have provided you with the knowledge that you need to begin. Put the tips to use and you'll see a difference immediately.


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Multitasking And My New Studio
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While I was playing the guitar and downloading some stuff I read this article about the problem of multitasking. And… yes, I already know I have a real problem with multitasking. Like most of us, I do it too much instead of concentrating on doing one thing at a time.
It may be something that's been exacerbated everywhere by mobile phones and other modern distractions, but I spent most of my life having to multitask, because it was absolutely essential in my old career of pathology lab science. I had to spin plates* hour after hour, day after day, year after year. Even before the ever-increasing modern curse and horror of downsizing staff and upsizing workload, I had to be able to do lots of things at once – things that were literally a matter of life and death. And I still have nightmares about it… always about not having enough time to do everything.
* If you don't know what plate spinning is, you're too young to have watched old-fashioned variety shows on TV. Check out this clip from The Ed Sullivan Show.


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Oral appliances can work wonders for people with sleep apnea. These devices are far more comfortable than wearing a mask, they're portable so you can take them with you while traveling, and you can talk and drink water while wearing one. And, of course, they don't involve surgery.
In this article, I explain how oral appliances work as well as a lot of the most common questions I get about oral appliance therapy.
My aim is to make this page a complete resource for people with questions about oral appliances.
If your question is NOT answered here, please let me know in the comments below so I can answer it for you and everyone else who reads this article — everyone benefits!
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The Main Advantage of an Oral Appliance
An oral appliance fits like a retainer. It works by keeping your jaw and tongue in a forward position so that they can't block your airway even after your airway muscles fully relax in deep sleep.
Imagine a doorway that wants to close shut. To prevent the door from slamming shut, you can:
- Surgically widen the doorway opening so that, even when the door slams shut, air can pass through the doorway.
- Keep the door propped open by pushing air through with a high-powered fan in front of the door.
- Prop the door open with a doorstop.
In the same way a doorstop props open a door, an oral appliance props open the airway during sleep. This is why the oral appliance therapy can work great on its own, together with a CPAP machine, or instead of surgery.
How Oral Appliances Work to Keep Your Airway Open
It's fairly simple: The device clamps onto your upper and lower teeth, much like a retainer. The upper and lower portions are connected via a piston and tube which only let the jaw retrude so far.
As the muscles relax in deep sleep, the tubes bottom out and your chin is kept forward and the tongue can't block the back of the airway.
With the jaw and tongue pushed forward, the airway is kept open, keeping you breathing during a full cycle of deep stage sleep even though all the muscles in your body are completely relaxed.
How Oral Appliances Treat Bruxism
These devices not only treat sleep apnea, they also cure grinding. Grinding is the instinctual response by the body when you stop breathing at night.
The back and forth motion of grinding is an effective way of reopening a collapsed airway. Even though grinding is what saves us, it comes at a cost. Not only does grinding slowly destroy your teeth, but if you're grinding, you're being aroused out of deep sleep because you can't breathe. Therefore, you treat the root cause — the sleep apnea — and you take away the need for the body to grind the teeth.
Many of the patients I've treated with oral appliance therapy are shocked when they stop grinding and clenching. They suffered from headaches, neck aches, TMD symptoms, and jaw popping because they were always told that they would grind due to stress — not because of their small airway.
As a side note: if you grind your teeth, your dentist has likely prescribed a night guard for you to protect the teeth. I no longer will make night guards without first ruling out sleep apnea, since it's always better to treat the root cause of an ailment. Not only this, but a night guard can make grinding worse by further obstructing the airway, leading to more grinding and worse sleep quality.
What to Know About Oral Appliance Therapy
They're for mild or moderate sleep apnea only. If you have severe sleep apnea, an oral appliance is not recommended since it may not be enough support for a compromised airway. If you have severe sleep apnea and can't stand the CPAP, there's still hope. I've treated patients with severe sleep apnea because the oral appliance allows the patient to better tolerate the APAP machine, blowing less and more timely because the airway is presenting with less resistance.
They can cure grinding and clenching. Since we grind and clench while we sleep in order to reopen a collapsed airway, sleeping with an oral appliance can eliminate your need to grind and eventually your TMD symptoms. A nightguard will protect the teeth from the forces of grinding, but can increase grinding by increasing the blockage in the airway. An oral appliance treats the root cause — the sleep apnea — thereby taking away the need to grind in the first place.
You should only get a Medicare-approved appliance. There are hundreds of different oral appliances out there. The devices on the Medicare-approved list have stood the test of time and have demonstrated clinical efficacy. Of course there are many effective appliances that should be on the Medicare list that aren't yet, but at least the list is a good starting point and ensures you don't get hooked up with the wrong device.
Can I go straight to the oral appliance and skip the CPAP?
This is a common question. Assuming that you have had your sleep study and you know that you have mild to moderate sleep apnea, there's no reason you shouldn't do this. The only reason you might not want to skip the CPAP and go straight to the oral appliance is that your insurance company wants you to try the CPAP first. Whatever you decide to do, make sure that you verify your sleep ability with a proper sleep study — peace of mind is also an important part of the sleep equation.
Is an over-the-counter oral appliance just as effective?
No. It could even make things worse. They're crudely made. They might put the jaw in a worse position for the airway. These devices allow people to treat themselves, which could potentially be very harmful. Use these at your own risk because you may be making things worse. Only a sleep medicine trained sleep apnea dentist can tell you if it's working properly. Sometimes, to hold these devices in place, you have to clench. There's also no professional supervision with these devices.
If I grind or clench, can I still get an oral appliance?
Absolutely! You grind your teeth at night because your airway is collapsing at night. An oral appliance can treat the root cause of your grinding, which is obstructive sleep apnea.
Not all doctors or even dentists are up to speed on the evidence-based fact that sleep apnea causes grinding and clenching. You may have to search for a professional who is up to speed.
What do I do if my doctor or dentist tells me oral appliance therapy is contraindicated because I grind?
Seek out someone who's more up to date. Check this directory to find an American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM) dentist in your zip code. And, sometimes the patient has to educate the doctor — bring in the studies.
Is a Herbst/SUAD/Mandibular Advancement Device the same thing?
Yes, these are all the same names for the same thing. To make sure you're getting the right one, use the term "mandibular advancement device." That is the generic term for what the device does. Mandibular refers to your mandible (jaw), so this is the term that I think keeps things the least ambiguous.
Unfortunately, there are so many different names for this device, it can be quite confusing, even for healthcare professionals.
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Citrix is sponsoring a night of poker, pizza and beer. For one night only, OSCON's Hall E will be transformed into Portland's only poker room complete with professional dealers. The World Series of Poker in Las Vegas the week before OSCON will be just a warm-up for this open source poker main event.
The Open Cloud Poker party is being co-hosted by a number of open source projects that help make open source cloud computing possible. Take the opportunity to join members from the Apache CloudStack, Xen.org, Ceph, Gluster, Stackato, Fedora, Chef, puppet , Fedora, Software Freedom Conservancy and many others.
We'll also be giving prizes for the top chip winners of the night and the prizes are pure geeky gold:
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As an added bonus OSCON's co-chair and resident rounder Sarah Novotny will have a bounty on her head. The player that knocks her out of the tournament will win an Acer Iconia Tab A700 10.1" tablet.
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I normally don't double up on TTM requests, but I sent two to 2016 Yankees First Round Pick Blake Rutherford because I figured my first one was lost. You see, Blake was promoted about a day after I sent this one to the GCL Yankees, so I took the dupe that P-Town Tom sent me and sent it to Pulaski. I got that one back last week.
I was surprised to see this one come back. It was post-marked from CA, so Blake has been answering some mail from home after his season ended. But, alas, he signed my card!
I collected baseball cards from the late '80s through 2002. Then I went to college and when I came out, I was lost. There were too many brands, sets, choices, relics, autos, parallels, variations. It was a turn off. However, I slowly made my way back. So here is my attempt to venture back into the hobby. I'll buy a few packs of cards here and there, comment on some cards I have, send out some TTMs, and follow the progress of my Topps Yankees Project.
Monday, September 19, 2016
TTM Success: Blake Rutherford (again)
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Sometimes I think I should just give UP writing about nature and turn this entire world, not just NJWILDBEAUTY, over to my Ur-Poet — Mary Oliver, formerly of Provincetown, Mass, bard of the sea and the dunes and the wild creatures. She describes her life purpose as "trying to write about nature so that anyone can understand it." Needless to say, she has been my mentor for decades.
My computer didn't compute all weekend, so I luxuriated in every Mary Oliver book, –prose and poetry–, that I own.
The greatest tribute I can give to this Pulitzer-prize-winning poet is that hers were the only books I took to the hospital and rehab when my failed hip was replaced with a kayaker's hip, on 11/11/11. As Dr. Thomas Gutowski teased me, "You may like it better than the original."
NJWILDBEAUTY readers know that I make the most of this new hip, on trails and in the kayak. I moved everything aside to kayak twice in two days a weekend ago, out on the canal, and writing of it for Rich Rein and his array of lively local papers. My ideal, of course, will be a 'trifecta' – Friday, Saturday and Sunday on the water — but the weather gods will have to cooperate.
When Jeanette Hooban and Carolyn Yoder and I were in Provincetown last Hallowe'en, my favorite part (beyond the food! o yes, and the whale and seals) was the library, where everyone knew Mary, where her garden had been, how marvelous she was at readings and what a quiet force she was in that unique town..
Here is my all-time favorite Mary Oliver masterpiece — make of it what you will! What does it stir in YOU? Tell me in comments!
smiles, Carolyn
This came from a blog called Home Thoughts Worth Thinking, when I Googled, "soft animal of your body."
They do not attribute the painting — my guess is one of my all-time American favorites, Winslow Homer. What do you think?
"I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of the Imagination." — John Keats
by Mary Oliver
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about your despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely
the world offers itself to your imagination
calls to you like the wild geese — harsh and exciting —
over and over, announcing your place
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As travelers, we spend a lot of time focusing on securing our valuable, making sure we obtain accommodations in safe locations, and safeguard our travel documents to prevent theft. However, there are some of us who forget to properly secure the authentication credentials for our various online travel accounts. In this day and age where the average person has at least 10 accounts, it would be easy to recycle the same password for a few of the accounts. However convenient that may be, it is not a good option for one major reason – account compromise from hacking.
Let us say for the sake of argument, you have a JetBlue account, a Hyatt account, and an Amtrak account. Your gmail account is used for all of these accounts and they all share the same password. Should the gmail account be hacked, it would only be logical for the hacker to attempt to use gmail password to access your travel-related accounts. If you happen to be one of those Diamond, Platinum, or Multi-million point account holders, it would not be an issue for someone to drain your account dry or transfer some miles or points to another account.
So, what is is one to do? Well, I guess that depends on the number of accounts you have. You can set a different password for each account, if you still wish to use one email account for all of your travel-related business. Or, you can use a different email account for your airline, train, hotel, and other travel-related accounts. Or, if you are tech savvy (and you trust the application), you can use an application or software that will randomly generate and safely maintain the passwords in an encrypted vault for you. The option you select will depend on the number of accounts you have to manage, the value of your accounts, and whether or not you are tech savvy.
If you are one of the individuals who use the same password for everything, maybe it is time for reset. While the likelihood that your travel accounts will be hacked and accounts drained of your precious points and miles is low, why take the risk?
Happy travels!


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Welcome to the City of Pomona's Sex Offender Map portal.
From this page the public may look at maps related to the effect of state sex offender residency restrictions on the City. The City of Pomona is pleased to make this resource available to the citizens of Pomona. While we continue to work hard to provide accurate and up-to-date information, the data are preliminary and may change upon further investigation.
To maintain confidentiality while indicating the approximate location, the dots identify in general the street location but do not represent the exact location where an offender lives (available on the state database maps). The zoom capacity has been limited and the dots have been enlarged and offset to keep the exact location from being determined.
As a convenience, a link is also provided to the California Department of Justice website ("Megan's Law database") where information on the location of registered sex-offenders is provided. Further information and restrictions on the use of the Megan's Law database is provided on the DOJ website. It is a crime to use the Megan's Law database to harass or Harm a registered sex offender.
Since 1947, the State of California has had residency restrictions requiring that persons convicted of certain sexually-based crimes report their residency with the local police. Currently, registered sex offenders (called "290 Registrants" after California Penal Code section 290) must comply with one of two laws restricting the locations where they may live, Megan's Law and Jessica's Law, depending on their date of release from prison on parole and the crime committed:
The depiction of the areas restricting residence under Megan's Law and Jessica's Law are for general reference only, and not intended to provide legal or other advice as to probable locations where 290 Registrants may legally reside. Additional protected locations near which 290 Registrants may not reside that are not depicted on these maps may cause further restriction of residency areas. Due to the combination of dates of parole, changes in Megan's Law site applicability, and establishment of schools, under certain circumstances certain individuals may ~located within the areas depicted on the Megan's Law and/or Jessica's Law maps. It is a crime to use the Megan's Law database to harass or harm a registered sex offender.
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The City of Pomona does not provide any guarantee as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the information. Moreover, because the nature of such data is evolving, maps provided herein cannot and should not be used for comparisons over time. The City of Pomona is not responsible for any error or omission, or for the use of, or the results obtained from the use of this information or from information from websites linked to this website. All data visualizations on maps are approximate and attempts to derive specific addresses are strictly prohibited. Any use of the information for commercial purposes is strictly prohibited. It is a crime to use the Megan's Law database to harass or harm a registered sex offender.


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The moth floats between all tones of black. Dark and raw electronic sounds meet deep guitars. Overshadowed by suicidal, manic and dystopic lyrics, carried by harsh male spoken words and shouts, framed by female vocals. Neverything is an energetic and marching midtempo album. We do not flee, we do not doubt. Neverything, the conjunction of the words never and everything. This is the tenor of album number six by Mechanical Moth. Nothing is everlasting, but at least you can determine by yourself when you want to vanish.
After close to 15 years of band history MM don't look back. Instead they look down the edge to what is ahead.
What´s after the big depression and the last tears? What do you do when you just want to run away? When everything is already left behind? When you've accepted your end and see that you stand on the edge of an abyss?
Your last flight is one step forward. We want to accompany you on your last journey.


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Time flies when you're moving backward. With the federal minimum wage stuck at $7.25 an hour since July 24, 2009, workers now have less buying power than they did in 1997 at the start of the longest period in history without a raise.
It took 10 years, from 1997 until 2007, to raise the minimum wage above $5.15. A worker would need $7.36 today to match the buying power of the $5.15 minimum wage in 1997.
If you picture raising minimum wage as climbing a mountain, workers have fallen below the spot reached 15 years ago. But it's even worse than that because 1997 was not a minimum wage high point.
You'd have to climb higher up the mountain to reach base camp for 1956 when minimum wage was worth $8.44 in today's dollars.
You'd have to climb much higher to get to the peak reached in 1968, when the minimum wage was $10.55, adjusted for inflation.
At $7.25 an hour, today's full-time minimum wage retail worker, security guard, child care worker or health aide makes just $15,080 a year. Last century's 1968 minimum wage worker made $21,944 a year, adjusted for inflation.
"Businesses don't expect the costs of energy, rent, transportation and other expenses to remain constant, yet some want to keep the minimum wage the same year after year, despite increases in the cost of living," said David Bolotsky, founder and CEO of UncommonGoods and a member of Business for a Fair Minimum Wage. "That kind of business model traps workers in poverty and undermines our economy."
The minimum wage and average worker pay used to rise with increased worker productivity. All too often now at big corporations, executive pay goes up but worker pay does not.
Worker productivity grew 80 percent from 1973 to 2011. The average worker wage fell 7 percent, adjusted for inflation.
"Our report on executive compensation will only fuel the outrage over corporate greed," said Forbes. The CEOs of the 500 biggest U.S. companies "got a collective pay raise of 16 percent last year." Their average compensation was $10.5 million.
That comes to $28,767 every day of the year.
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Walmart CEO Michael Duke made $23.2 million. Duke's $63,562 a day is more than many small business owners make in a year.
"In 2010, our nation's economy was growing, but most Americans didn't feel it because 93 percent of the income growth went to the richest 1 percent. The bottom 90 percent of Americans got none."
When Sam Walton opened the first Walmart in 1962, the minimum wage adjusted for inflation was worth $8.74 and the Waltons were far from America's richest family. Today, many Walmart workers make less than $8.74 and the six Walton relatives on the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans have a combined net worth of $93 billion.
While the Waltons top the list of richest families, Walmart workers top the state lists of workers who depend on government supports such as Medicaid.
"Even in the lowest-price segment of retail, bad jobs are not a cost-driven necessity but a choice," writes Zeynep Ton of the MIT Sloan School of Management.
As Costco Senior Vice President Jeff Long said recently in support of increasing New York state's minimum wage, "At Costco, we know good wages are good business. We keep our overhead low while still paying a starting wage of $11 an hour. Our employees are a big reason why our sales per square foot is almost double that of our nearest competitor. Instead of minimizing wages, we know it's a lot more profitable for the long term to minimize employee turnover and maximize employee productivity and commitment, product value, customer service and company reputation."
In 2010, our nation's economy was growing, but most Americans didn't feel it because 93 percent of the income growth went to the richest 1 percent. The bottom 90 percent of Americans got none.
It sure wasn't always like that. Between 1938, when the federal minimum wage was first enacted, and 1968, when it peaked in value, the bottom 90 percent of households shared 69 percent of the nation's income growth. The middle class was able to grow.
The biggest problem for Main Street businesses is lack of customer demand. Low-income workers put pay increases right back into needed purchases at local businesses.
We can't restore customer demand and build a strong economy on downwardly mobile wages.
It's time to raise America by raising the minimum wage.


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Interview with Mindless Self Indulgence
February 25, 2014
We liked the idea of a hostage situation in regard to the kickstarter campaign you ran for your last album, where you threatened to destroy the new album if you didnt meet your goal. How did that come about?
Steve had that idea way before they even invented kickstarter. He's like "I've solved the downloading pirate problem. We dont give them the recored until we get the money. Then kickstarter came along and we were talking about doing it and I was like we gotta do the hostage thing, and we can do it with this platform because its kinda all or nothing with kickstarter. So it was a perfect platform to do it on and we were the perfect band to do it because all the other bands were like "We can't do it without you" and our image is kinda just being truthful and nasty and in your face, and it worked great for us, and it gave us the 2nd most successful music kickstarter ever for about 6 months.
I hear on your last tour someone handed you a live squid in a bag after the show, what happened to the squid and what adventures did you have with it?
For a while my crazy tour story was a couple of 13 yr olds in vancouver gave me a real world war 2 nazy helmet, they painted it up all pink and colorful and I was like poor nazi guy went to war, and years later some girls listening to crazy techno painted it into this girly rainbow thing.
Then some motherfucker in toronto hands me a god damned squid with a dildo in it. It was a fresh squid. My question is how the fuck did he get it in the venue? It was big, like, the size of a big dildo. And was it alive when he bought it? And he had to have had it for the entire show! Through security, in a mosh pit, dancing around, 3 opening acts, plus MSI. It was definitely super fresh, like he just bought it. It smelled horrible. Ihe one thing i felt bad about though was the dilldo. I was just like oh that poor squid. I pretty much got it and i had the stink on my hand for the next 2 days. I put it on the stoage, I was like im not keeping this fucking thing, it's gonna biodegrade. I guess the venue cleaned it up, I was a little drink.
Did the squid ever get named before it's untimely demise?
Nope but people kept asking me why i smelled. i was using vodka to try to get the smell off my hand.
What are the reasons for your hiatus and do have you any plans for your hiatus?
For the hiatus, nobody is breaking up. It's not a break up. Really just a heads up for people so that they'll come out and see us mainly because we're gonna be gone for a while! People are lazy, i go into a town and they show up a day later, they're like where are you, why didnt you come to florida, and we were just fucking there! We did a hiatus a few years ago and just didnt tell anyone. So, if you wanna see us, you better come see us while you can! we would never break up but we're definitely taking a hiatus. As for what we're doing, people are gonna do family stuff, and also I need a little bit of a break , we did the record, kickstarter, touring. I was just completely working nonstop. I wanna do some more side-projects, video game stuff. We'll do some MSI related releases, its just the touring we're taking a break from.
Working on any side projects?
I usually take side projects based on what I like. Obviously I like money, but it's good that I've done side projects that I really dug as well. Ive been lucky enough to get side proejcts that are really cool. Like the lollipop chainsaw video game. There's a soundtrack thats a documentary about dungeons and dragons, and some cartoons. Whether they work out or not, I like having projects that are interesting.
Some people saw you as a joke to start and MSI have outlived a lot of bands that were taken more seriously, what do you feel is the secret to your longevity and what would you like to say to all those people who said MSI was a joke?
First id say to them – where you at motherfucker? Theres a lot of motherfuckers who came and went! Big people and small people, its crazy. And trends! One of the main things is we kinda invented our own sound, and thats what we stuck with, we never really abandoned our own sound. We experimented a little bit, but some other people changed their whole fucking MO, one minute they're rock, one minute they're techno, or they stick to their guns and it gets boring, or they just have personal problems. Its great that number 1 we're all friends, regardless of the band. we don't have drama. Its kinda a cool art project. It's annoying that people take it as joke. One of our influences is mad magazine, which is very satirical and truthful, which as well has lasted the test of time. Its still around and still considered a calssic. When we got back from our last hiatus, people are kinda like you "guys have been around forever, you're a classic band". Like "Oh i remember you guys!" Which is totally different! But its cool we have been around unprofesionally since 1996 and professionally since 1998 so thats pretty crazy!
People tell you that the music of MSI got them through hard times, is there a particular MSI song that gets mentioned when they tell you that?
People kinda take what they take, i mean theres a lot of MSI material. There's a thread that goes through the MSI songs, which is basically who gives a fuck, we're all on a prison planet, we're all gonna die, so who cares and just do what you're gonna do. We just never gave a fuck which is a very different thing from all the bull shit with the bullying. It's almost like a badge now, like everyone says it, "oh I was bullied when i was a kid". You know what get the fuck over it, every fucking person, there's always someone above you who treated you like shit, and there alaway someone below you who you will treat like shit. Just roll with the punches. We're very truthful so we don't give a fuck. Most of the letters a lot of people are like your shit just makes me think "yeah fuck it all I'm gonna have a good time"
What were the reasons why you got rid of your last manager?
Our manager was a fucking cosksucker, he can suck a fucking dick. I hope he dies with a horse dick in his mouth, that fuck. Not a man dick, you should love man dick, take a horse dick and shove it in his mouth. Fuck him he's a scumbag. You can kinda do everything on your own now anyway with the internet, and a lot of middle men are getting taken out. Like with the kickstarter, we didn't need a record label for the kickstarter. You do need a business manager and a tour manager, those guys work for their money and they're fucking great.
Would you say you're going more DIY now?
We've always been very DIY, the first stuff we released was very DIY. And then we were on elektra, and that was a big bidding war. We were less about the money and more about the control. After that we realized that majors are not the way to go, so we decided to do one-off licensing deals. so we made our own LLC.
How I Learned to Stop Giving a Shit and Love Mindless Self Indulgence was kind of a middle finger up to everyone in a way, you did what you wanted and how you wanted to do it. What effect did this have on your music?
We were always like that from the begining. We've been around forever, we're not going anywhere. it was also a message about us, how we learned to love our jobs, and love our situation. Where it's like "oh shit im in this cool cult band". We've been through a lot. in the 90s there wasnt spotify, kickstarter, etc. All of a sudden people are having meetings about how can we do business the way MSI does business? They're trying to figure out how to do live shows like MSI does. Like ripping off our live shows. All the sudden we're this cool unique thing. I wanted to make this record like a super "MSI" album. They're very catchy, in your face, and fucked up.
You funded your last album through the kickstarter campaign and then licensed it to Metropolis records, how do the two albums differ and why did you license it to Metropolis?
We did the kickstarter which was its own thing, its own special version of it. Then we went on tour and sold a totaly differently one, slightly different artwork, not as deluxe. I felt the record was done, we got paid, we made all this stuff and sent it to the people. I thought why would a record company want it because everyone already owns it. And instead all the record companies started contacting us which was really bizarre. I was like you know you're not getting any of the kickstarter money or anything. And they just wanted it to license it and I was like yeah ok. We've worked with metropolis in the past so its cool.
I have to ask about the video for Fuck Machine, where did the ideas come from and are we going to see an animated series perhaps?
I'd love to do an animated series but there's no plans for it right now. I've always wanted to do an MSI cartoon, im a big fan of anime. We made a lot of nods and winks to anime series we are big fans of. A lot of the fans got it. Because a lot of the things we're into are things our fans are into. For example I like rocky horror picture show, our band looks like rocky horror, and fans relate to that. The fans got the references to our favorite anime and it was great. i reached out to an animation committee called 'MoreFrames' because I was a fan of their work, and they said they're big fans of us too. We came up with the characters and gave them sort of an idea of what we want it to look like and what the plot should be. they put it all together and we kept on going back and forth. i was more interested in it being a cartoon then a music video. so i did sound fx over the video after the video was done. the end result was like a minute and a half long but who gives a shit because we loved it


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This week's contribution to the series Working from Home and Loving It is on the challenges a home based professional faces when she or he decides on being a serious business builder.
I've drawn up a list of nine challenges for the serious business builder. There is no particular significance in the number: it's just the items that came to me. And although in my previous post in this series I listed twelve things about home based business that give me pleasure, that doesn't mean of itself that the pleasures outweigh the challenges – although for me they do.
The list of challenges was written down off the top of my head and is drawn very much from my own experience. I have deliberately not gone and looked up any of the books I have on small or home-based business, or lists on various websites, although no doubt my list has been influenced by things I have read at some time or other in the past 21 years of my having a home based business. So I accept that there may well be better, or at least longer, lists elsewhere. And I'm really wanting here to focus on listing the challenges, rather than pontificating, well, at least not right now or not as much as I might, on how to handle them.
1. Our mental pictures of business
If our mental picture of what "business" looks like does not include working from our kitchen table or from a corner of our lounge room, or even from a re-organized guest bedroom (hoping we don't have any guests right now), it's going to be difficult or impossible to see ourselves as building a business (as distinct from "managing" or "getting by"). If, like me, your early memories of "serious" business are going to work in a big office in the city, it could be even more challenging.
To deal with this we could start by seeking to understand and absorb into our thinking and behavior the NLP principle that "the map is not the territory". If that map or picture of business we have in our mind cannot accommodate our desire to be serious about building a business from home, we need to find and work on ways to enlarge and enrich our mental map so that it includes a wider range of possibilities about "business", or about "business and us" than we can currently envisage. Finding examples of people who have built successful businesses from home and focusing on them would be one way of moving forward.
2. Our self-judgement
If there is any one thing likely to keep us thinking small and playing small, it's our own – often unconscious or sub-conscious – self-judgement. So many of us have had successes in life as measured by how we performed in various roles, whether in business or private life. When we start a business from home, we are going to have to deal with someone who is, for many of us, our sternest critic, ourselves. I'm not going to delve too deeply here, but anyone who these days has read or heard even a little about basic psychology knows how easy it is for us to sabotage our own best efforts through self-doubt and self-criticism.
Taking steps to build our self-esteem is part of what is needed to be able to build a real, even a great business from home. And we need to learn to think like business owners – easier said than done for people who have spent a working lifetime being employees.
3. Lack of skills
When we start a home based business we each have some sort of skillset. We may be strong in administration and in our knowledge of the product or services we are selling. We may have marketing skills. But we may lack some of the skills that in previous roles, in a corporate life, we did not really need to have. And for me, working for so long in the public service, one of the biggest challenges was not having any training, or for that matter skill, in selling or marketing. I've since spent a lot of money being trained by experts and a lot of time developing my selling skills, to a point where I no longer feel anxious about that area.
For another person, there may be a need to develop some basic administrative and financial literacy skills. One skill I would recommend highly is knowing how to read a balance sheet and other financial reports. There are books and courses on these things.
4. Lack of capital
II think I'm on safe ground in stating – without any research data to back me up – that one of the realities of home based business is that a lot of us have started our business from home because we did not have the funds to spend on setting up an office or workshop or studio elsewhere, or if we had the money available we did not want to spend it on that. There is a strong element of common sense in that. Spending a lot of money on facilities before you have income arriving to cover it is not usually a smart move. On the other hand, it highlights a factor, lack of capital to grow and expand, which is common to small business and one of the standard reasons offered as to why a lot of small businesses fail.
Business credit is one answer to this challenge and in the current economic climate that is presumably going to be harder to access than usual. The topic is too big to cover in this short post, but for any business to grow, it will be necessary to work out where the money to underwrite that will come from, whether from a percentage of income, from personal savings, from family loans or financial institution credit. And for any of those options to have a chance to help produce success, some serious financial planning and business strategic planning will be essential. More skill development!
5. Attitudes of others
I would like to think that in this day and age people generally would understand that a business from home can be a serious business. My hunch is that the reality is otherwise. And I think the reality is that no matter how many people you could produce who generate a six figure income or more from home, people who commute to work and work for others for a wage less than that will still be capable of being condescending about business from home. And then there are the drop-ins: people who would not dream of just dropping in to see someone in a city office without at least a prior phone call or text message, but will feel no compunction about calling by unannounced to someone's home, even though they know they are working.
We need to let people know, early in the piece, that during business hours we are not available for casual drop-ins but if someone wants to come around for a coffee and chat to just be good enough to call first.
There is actually a deeper issue here. Unless we are made of very stern stuff, we can easily be influenced, often without our seeing it, by attitudes of friends and family. That's the real reason we need to let people know that what we are doing is business, not a hobby.
6. Being able to set our own times to work
The flipside to having the freedom to work at the times we choose and at a pace we set, not at times and a pace others set, is that we have the scope to fritter time away and be unproductive without always recognizing that. In a former role, we might have procrastinated but we knew that when the report was due we had to deliver it or face consequences. A problem with working from home, for ourselves, is that we have the ability to procrastinate without having to face consequences, or face them immediately.
We do need to plan, to set routines and stick to them, and have a system of reviewing progress. We need to exercise self-discipline and be honest with ourselves in having a clear sense of how what we do and when we do it relates to how we get paid.
7. Family responsibilities
There can actually be some very real advantages in terms of family responsibilities, in terms of working from home. For example, being able to take children to school and pick them up at the end of the school day, rather than heading off in the early morning to commute to a city office or battle your way home through the crowds, strap-hanging on a train or bus. But for someone who has been used to working in a traditional business setting and then has to organize a schedule which takes account of children's programs, or perhaps involves caring for elderly parents, there can be a challenge in getting into and maintaining a "business-building" mentality.
There may be need for some negotiation. For example, parents may need to sit down with children and set some ground rules – as, when their mother has the door of her office closed, that means she is at work on her business, which provides the food on the table and their clothes and holidays etc. And couples need some "contractual understandings", such as that one person being "at home all day" does not mean that that person has to do all the housework and be responsible for everything around the house.
8. Lack of corporate resources
One of the best things about working in a corporate environment is that there are People Who Take Care of Things. Whether it is how your salary is paid and expenses reimbursed, or the provision and care of office equipment, computers, Blackberries, there is someone who takes care of it. Not always efficiently, perhaps, but generally in such a way that you can get on with the "serious" work you are being paid to do. And in a big enough enterprise there will be people who can fill in or cover for you, if you are sick, for instance.
Then one day, when you have been relishing having your own home office, you have an Internet access problem and it happens to be at 11 am on a Saturday and you have a proposal to deliver first thing Monday. After you have spent a couple of hours on the phone to tech support and done at least one trip to a local store to get some piece of equipment, you find you have lost a large part of the time you were going to use to work on your proposal. Welcome to the world of home based business, where for all the wonders of outsourcing we sometimes find ourselves wearing hats we are not used to and may not have particular training for. You are now officially CEO, CMO, CFO, CTO and Head Technician.
My view is that there is no simple solution, but we need to be able to work out early in the piece what we can reasonably, sensibly outsource, and what we absolutely have to do ourselves.
9. Team of one
This point, the challenge of being a team of one, is closely related to the previous one on lack of corporate resources. I'm a strong believer in the advantages of getting synergy, which I think of as the higher level of energy and greater effectiveness you can get when two or more people are working together in harmony. In corporate environments, a lot of money and effort is expended in getting teams to work together effectively and productively.
Working from home, many of us have achieved more or less success by teaming up with others who also work from home. I've personally found this beneficial in a number of ways: in pitching for business the combined skills of the team can be a deal-maker; you can brainstorm and share the work that needs to be done; you can check and improve on one another's work. At the same time, there needs to be a lot of trust and you need to have mechanisms in place, in advance, to resolve disputes and misunderstandings.
Do you have other points to add to the list? Or would you parse some or all of the ones above differently? We are all learning and I hope you'll share.
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2007 Dublin City Marathon (Ireland) courtesy infomatique, via Flickr – Creative Commons
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Lorne Robert McCartney
September 20, 1947 - January 28, 2016
Lorne Robert McCartney
Lorne Robert McCartney, 68, of Kanata passed away at the Queensway Carleton Hospital on January 28, 2016 after a hard-fought battle with lung disease. Lorne was the beloved husband of Norma, sadly missed father of Jason, Mark (Kelly), and Carla, and proud Ottawa Grandpa of Brooke and Jack. He is survived by his two sisters, Lee Ann (George) and Nancy (Wayne). Lorne was a larger than life character, innovative thinker, inventor and passionate, tireless advocate for the right of our veterans. According to Lorne's wishes, a service with immediate family members only has been held. Very special thanks to the doctors and nurses at the Queensway Carleton Hospital for their excellent care during his final journey. If you wish to make a donation in Lorne's name, please consider the Lung Association. Please raise a glass for Lorne at your Legion and support our veterans.
Lorne's obituary and accompanying online 'Guest Book' can be viewed at:
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What good is a gimmick like this when it doesn't exploit new home inspectors or steal from home buyers who are tricked into parting with their private information in exchange for something they can already get for free?
If this doesn't hit at least 500 replies I am going to be disappointed - I have a five hour car ride tomorrow and a little InterNACHI recall drama always provides at least 20 minutes of entertainment.
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Hi Nate,
How does your service work with "pictures of the model plates"?
Could you explain that more?
Let's not forget about We Make It Safer which is a free service which provides weekly updates and is absolutely free. A free monthly newsletter is also available. They also do not sell your clients personal contact info.
Don't scam your client's by selling their personal info.
Promote the home inspection industry.
If you want to sell warranties, get into the warranty business.
It all about hits to the site
That all folks.
there you go Mike
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Wow, selling alarm systems sure must pay well.
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What a load o BS.
If your alarm leads did not result in alarm sales and the commissions and residuals that come from it, you would have nothing.
Now try to tell the truth today.
It's Sunday.
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Hey Dingleberry, it's Father's Day, please go easy on us morons!!!:p:p:p
Oh, and by the way, you are the one that misrepresents your products. We simply present facts to protect our home inspection family.
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My site does not name your products. It defames nobody.
Wow… dropping like flies! What was it, only a couple of months ago you claimed to have 3,000+ and needed to install a cap at 5,000. Guess it really does come around to bite you in the a s s !!! TFB!
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WOW! Did you think up that one all by yourself? :roll:
In exchange for the Inspector providing Thornberry with personal information about his client through his use of Recallchek, Inspector may be provided a kickback in any of the following forms:
Not all users of these products are made to participate in the kickback scheme in exchange for private information about their clients, of course, however … *"…user agrees upon signup to either meet a minimum of 15 alarm leads per month or pay RWS/Inspector Services Group $50 for each month within which there is a shortfall." *
Should home buyers be informed when their personal information is being sold to a third party vendor or when their home inspector is being compensated for their purchases from a business who bought their personal information from their home inspector? Is it ethical to intentionally conceal this financial arrangement from the client who is actually paying for it — with their personal information — while being told that it is provided to them for free?
When the Recallchek is being advertised as having a "value of $89" but the inspector was actually provided it in exchange for the client's personal information (name, phone number, email address, mailing address, closing date, realtor email, etc) as a part of his compensation … is that truthful advertising?
Is this legal in every state where home inspectors are licensed?
The sale of home buyers' personal information in association with Recallchek is starting to get out into the public domain. It's not a closely held secret, anymore.


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Remember the adorable little polar bear from before, that everybody crooned over. Remember our warnings, that perhaps this wasn't the best thing to do with a baby serial killer that'll grow up and murder innocent creatures/peoples/animals?
Well, don't say that we didn't tell you so… from the BBC:
Germany's celebrity polar bear Knut has triggered a new controversy by fishing out 10 live carp from his moat and killing them in front of visitors.
Critics say Berlin Zoo should not have put live fish inside Knut's enclosure. But German media report that the carp were put there to eat up algae.
There is speculation that hand-reared Knut killed the carp just for fun.
Holy fuck. He killed the carp just for fun? Jesus christ. Thank god it's the German government paying for it, nor our government.
If you ever needed a reminder why this blog is probably the most important one out there on the web, this it it.
Filed under: bears, polar bears, Politics, terror
You know those movies where the good guy has a chance to end it all, to stop the villain by finishing him off when he's helpless, but he decides that it wouldn't be fair or something.. Then the good guy stands up, begins to walk away from the bad guy.. and turns to face a gun?
Yeah, imagine all that, except the bad guy is a bear. Who is teething. It's like baby Germany back in the 1930s.. oh, so cute.. oh, it's getting it's first tank. Aww, how cute.
BAM, THERE GOES POLAND! Way to hesitate Chamberlain.
Look here to see an adorable Polar Bear get his first tooth. Note the omnious voice overs in German.
Filed under: bears, terror | Tags: afghanistan, bible, iran, iraq, osama bin laden, stevensville, syria, syrian brown bears, terrorism
It might have flown under your radar, but an egregious breach of national security occured last year (Read a summary here). That typical liberal rag, the Globe and Mail, downplayed the severity by linking the escape of 'Willy' the Syrian bear to the popular movie about a whale (of the killer variety):
Free Willy, they said, and theatre audiences agreed – when Willy was a whale and Hollywood could ensure a happy ending.This time, Willy was a bear – a real, live Syrian brown bear – and his brief brush with freedom was far from comforting to owners of the Southern Ontario zoo he escaped from, or to the good people of surrounding Stevensville, who put their lives on hold as an exhaustive search unfolded yesterday.


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HTML Signature in Gmail – Firefox Extension
If you are looking to use the professional looking HTML signature to be used with multiple web based email services, look no further. Wisestamp Firefox extension is way to go !!
HTML Signture for gmail – GreaseMonkey Script
As you know, my first option was not to use gmail web interface, and use desktop client instead. If you wish to use the web interface though, here is another option.
Benefits :
- Unlike my previous suggestion, it works with gmail Web interface.
- GreaseMonkey scripts are supported on most of the major browsers like Opera, Safari and Internet Explorer.
- Supports multiple signatures. Will ask you which one to insert (Cool)
- Works for replies and forwards, as well as composing new emails.
Here is the link to the script itself. You will need the GreaseMonkey extension installed. If you are using Firefox, you can get is here
HTML Signture for gmail
I do not understand why google at times ignores some features that are widely available in competing products (liked and demanded on google platform by users). e.g blogger did not have tags and categories, neither spam protection while most other competing blogging platforms had these features for years. This was one the (rather two) reasons I moved to WP from blogger.


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Adding a Personal Touch to Your Resume
By Joe Stein
If you have been following my column over the years, you have probably read quite a bit about the writing of your resume. You are aware that the average Recruiter or Hiring Manager only spends seconds when giving your resume a preliminary review. On the flip side, hours can be spent on making the document perfect for the reader.
Since each Recruiter reads hundreds of resumes in a week, you may wonder how you can make yours a bit different from the rest. At the same time, you probably are concerned about breaking too far away from the traditional format or standard, and therefore potentially standing out for negative reasons.
There are some ways you can give your resume that personal touch while maintaining the more traditional conservative style that a resume generally requires. Below are some possible ways you can inject some of your personality or uniqueness to the document.
Link Your Social Media
- This is, of course, assuming your social media (such as your Linked In account) is entirely professional and not personal in nature. You don't want to take a potential positive and make it a huge negative by having something on the site that you will regret. The idea is that this allows the reader to take a more detailed look at you from a business perspective. You can do this by adding your link information to your address information on the resume. WNYJOBS also has a tool for Job Seekers that allows you to create a profile for your search. Doing this can separate your social media account completely from your search. The WNYJOBS profile tool (
) is especially useful for unemployed as well as those who are employed but open for opportunities. The profile has an option that allows employed candidates to add some detail into the profile regarding what may entice you to leave your current employment.
Create an Awards or Recognition Section
– Over your career, you probably have been recognized for your work in some way. Most companies have some type of program for this, whether it is a traditional Employee of the Month program or some type of specific recognition tied to an event or project. What is amazing is that many people leave this valuable information off their resume, probably since it may not naturally fit into the chronological format of their resume. If you can't work this recognition into the area designated to that employer, then create a separate section for it. Every Hiring Manager likes to think they are hiring a superstar from all others, and noting your awards plays right into that thinking.
Volunteer Activities
– The days of writing how you like to read books and scrapbook are over, as it pertains to resume content (although it is still used to a pretty high degree outside of the U.S.). There are, however, some personal activities done away from work that can be entirely appropriate to place on your resume. An example of this is your volunteering activity. If there is a particular cause or organization you are passionate about, I am sure it will be with great pride that you note your work on the resume. As Social Responsibility becomes more and more important for employers, it can also be very noteworthy for a Recruiter.
Transferable Skills
– If you are seeking a position that is different than what you are currently doing or have done in the past, you will want to focus on transferable skills. These are core skills that can be applied to a variety of positions in different industries. These are, therefore, areas you will want to emphasize as you personalize your resume to a greater degree. For example, strong Microsoft Office skills can serve a wide variety of positions and should be noted on a resume. If you possess specific proven leadership talents, this can be noted even though you may be seeking a Manager role in a different industry.
Sell Yourself
– Don't forget that the ultimate personal touch is informing the reader why you should be hired for the position. So, don't forget to sell yourself. You don't want to make your document all about "I", but a Hiring Manager will generally give you some latitude when taking credit, as long as you can describe your role and do it without overt arrogance.
Where I usually caution Job Seekers away from being too creative in the process is with the overall format. Refrain from going with something that will be completely foreign to the Recruiter or Hiring Manager. Chances are they won't take the time to see if they understand what you are trying to write. Also, unless you are applying for a graphic artist position, I would refrain from clip art, photos, etc. It may seem really creative, but will most likely prove to be a head scratcher to the overworked Recruiter.
While I am an advocate of a more traditional approach to creating a resume that does not mean that they have to be stripped of all signs of personal touch. There are a number of ways to subtly add detail to your resume that will help you display something personal in nature, whether it is an award you won or a charitable organization that you hold dear. Not only will you obtain the personal satisfaction of knowing it is on your resume, you may also find that this information provides you a competitive advantage by separating yourself from the crowd.
As always, best of luck in your job search!
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Dear friends, last month I traveled to Playa del Carmen, Mexico. This was my 3rd visit to the country. For those who have never had the opportunity to go to Mexico, I highly recommend visiting the Yucatan peninsula. This area is full of nature, handcrafted art, adventure, fish tacos, relaxation, and fun in the sun. For those who haven't been there, I thought I would share a few photos of some beautiful beaded artwork I discovered along the way.
On my last night in Mexico, I visited Tierra Huichol, a gorgeous shop on 5th Avenue. This shop carries colorful hand beaded artwork made by indigenous Huichol (pronounced Wee-Chol) artists from the Pacific coast states of Jalisco and Nayarit. I had the opportunity to speak with the shop owner, Carlos, and he told me a little about the craft.
The Huichol people use mainly Czech glass seed beads because Japanese seed beads are just too perfect. First, an animal figure is covered with beeswax, then tiny glass beads are imbedded into the wax one by one to create these amazing designs. One of the main concerns is that over time, the wax may harden and some beads may fall off. I was told they are in search of a manmade material (similar to beeswax) which they can use to help reduce bead loss.
I think the most impressive thing about this art form is that the artist does not use a drawing or outline to follow. They simply use their incredible artistic vision and creativity to create one of a kind pieces.
I was given the chart above to learn about all of the symbols which can be found in the artwork. Then I shopped around for awhile, and I found a small beaded gourd to purchase. This piece features images of the Peyote flower and the Deer.
The next time you visit Mexico, look for Huichol bead art in small tourist shops and at the airport. These artworks are affordable and easy to pack in your suitcase, so find one you would like to bring home. Your purchase will help support the culture and livelihood of a very gifted group of artists! 🙂


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From Javonda Knight 11/19/11
Lindsey Brooks 9/29/11
Florida Gulf Coast's food forest is a great way to band together our
community while still giving back to the earth. The ways that we prepared the soil, installed irrigation, and preventative measures for weeds shows how the sustainability of the food forest will be maintained. The fact that all of our hard work will pay off and bear numerous fruiting and native plants is amazing to me! Not many college students can say they have a fresh garden at their school where they can pick the fresh fruit and vegetables. I feel like more people need to pay attention to how we treat our earth because if not one day it may not be able to keep giving back to us the way it does now. The food forest is a prime example how with a lot of hard work and using the earth's resources can allow the fertile soil to give back to us. I hope future students and club members can maintain this food forest for years to come and express to future students the importance of taking care of the earth!
Kelli Harris 9/29/11
The Food Forest is a garden that was created to teach students about sustainability, and about caring for the earth. Working in the garden gives you a new respect for the food that you eat, and a new perspective on the environment. In Colloquium, we've learned about sustainability, a 'sense of place', and ecological perspectives. By helping grow different crops, such as sugarcane and bananas, we are helping create a system of sustainability. With the right care and effort, the student body will have a garden that they can harvest fresh fruit and vegetables each year.
Learning about the different plants that will be grown in the garden, such as bamboo, the climbing aster, and sunshine mimosa, gives you a connection to the Food Forest. By learning about them as you
care for them, you develop affection for them, and feel connected to them. You gain a new perspective of respect for the garden, and the fruits that it bears.


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Welcome to Heritage Harbor, a resort community built around a vibrant marina on the Illinois River. A place where neighbors are friends, visitors are warmly welcomed, and traditions are made to last generations. We call it the Harbor Life not only because it is a harbor in the literal sense, but because it's a harbor of leisure, rest and relaxation in a somewhat frenetic and pacey world.
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Escape to a peaceful, quaint and diverse community surrounded by breathtaking waterfront views. Our neighborhoods are designed with walkability in mind, providing easy access to the harbor and river walks. The flow of open spaces and well-thought-out amenities coupled with alluring architectural design create a sense of place that allows you to live your passion and find your deeper purpose.
Our vibrant marina has everything you need for an unforgettable boating experience. Home to 140 boat slips, the marina offers everything for a perfect getaway. If you are looking for a full-service marina then you will want to make Heritage Harbor your port of choice. The 16-mile stretch of waterway between the Marseilles Lock and Starved Rock Lock provides an abundance of boating and watersport opportunities. We offer pontoon, jet ski and electric boat rentals, so start planning your next water adventure.
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Our goal is to provide a great dining experience for you through attentive service and high quality, delicious food! Visit us when the weather is warm and sit outside under our canopy. When the weather turns chilly, warm up at a table next to our wood burning fireplace.
Our progressive menu features a variety of options to satisfy your hunger, and daily specials that will keep you coming back. We serve our specialty drinks with a flair that says "I'm on vacation." Arrive by land or arrive by water to take in the smells, flavors and views of Red Dog Grill.
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Whether you're looking for a vacation home or an all year round home, Heritage Harbor has the escape you've been searching for. Our home styles are designed to enhance your lifestyle, so come visit and explore some of our move-in-ready homes, custom home options and waterfront homesites. Discover a renewed way of living in a fun and active community. Your forever home awaits you here at Heritage Harbor.
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The Harbor Inn team is your hospitality and vacation rental host at the Harbor. From dining while enjoying live piano music, to hiking Starved Rock Country, the team have charged the events calendar with an action–packed itinerary. When it's time to sit back, relax and rest up, we can assure you that you will feel at home, 'away from home', during your cottage stay. Our cottages are nestled in various neighborhoods along the shores of the Illinois River and vibrant waterfront marina- a perfect setting to enjoy panoramic views while enjoying memorable experiences.


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Jaipur is one of the most populated and well known Maharaja Cities in Rajastan, India. It is known as the pink city, because the Maharaja had the city walls and buildings painted pink in 1876 to welcome the Prince of Wales. Pink is a very "auspicious" color in Rajastan, and in this case it was to denote hospitality. The tradition stuck, and now it is a law in the Old City to keep walls this color. Although to me, it's not so much as "pink" as an orangey-salmon color. But I guess pink is close.
In the City Palace, what caught my eye of course was the marble floors. In the courtyard you see a
bove and below, a simple pink limestone is checker-boarded with a white marble.
The surrounding courtyard halls had the same beautiful white marble with grey markings, but a different pink marble, with striking grey lines.
Notice too the large slabs used on the floor, instead of smaller dimensional tiles.
For your Pittsburgh marble polishing or stone restoration needs, give us a call at 412-414-3828 or email us at email@example.com.


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It is obvious: decision making is easy
We can make the decision to be in the EU by the simple equation: do the benefits exceed the costs.
If the benefits exceed the costs then someone else is paying us. We have no decision to make, the payer does.
That is today's decision for someone. What if we look into the future? We may see a scenario where costs today will be handsomely repaid with benefits into the future.
Does the EU look like an entity with a future?
It is obvious: decision making is easy – correct ones are more tricky.


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