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On Friday, April 12, Day 3 of ISC West, many were already heading to McCarren, but I was heading back to the show floor. And this year, though the crowd had thinned considerably, so were a lot of other folks.
Very decent crowd for Friday of ISC West.
While I had early rallies on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, I didn't have any official appointments until 10 a.m. on Friday. My first was with IMS/IHS's Niall Jenkins. We caught up on a few things including plans for TechSec 2014. Yes, plans are underway, and Amy and I have some great ideas—you'll hear all about them in September.
Next was a meeting with Matt Barnette of AMAG. I was supposed to go to the AMAG A&E and integrators' event in March. Unfortunately, lengthy flight delays derailed that plan—so I spent some time catching up on some news announced at that event. AMAG is all excited about their new Symmetry SR series retrofit controllers, which can be used to convert competitor's legacy systems to AMAG's Symmetry solution. "Our engineers used our existing hardware platform and changed the form factor so it's a direct pin for pin [upgrade] solution for traditional Casi Rusco solution," Barnette said.
A couple of years ago, UTC (parent company of Casi Rusco) announced that it would end-of-life its Secure Perfect and Picture Perfect solutions and would transition those customers to a product called Facility Commander. AMAG considers this change in UTC's roadmap as an opportunity to get those UTC (Casi Rusco) customers to instead transition to AMAG.
Back at the video studio, I did two more ssnTVnews interviews, one with Rob Hile, CEO of IFSS, an independent integrator in Florida and one with Levy Acs of American Integrated Security Group.
Hile and I talked about IFSS's successful migration to a services-based model, and Acs and I did a follow-up interview on this story I wrote last month about his ambitious growth plans.
The rest of Friday was spent walking the show floor and hanging around the ssnTVnews studio chatting with folks who stopped by.
What was the theme of ISCWest 2013? There was continued talk about mobility and cloud. More manufacturers are figuring out how to offer the two and integrators are starting to see possibilities for making money offering the same. The big theme it seems to me, however, was optimism. There was a vibe at this show I haven't sensed in many years and, frankly, it's not what I was expecting after the not-so-crowded ASIS show last fall.
I heard the same from nearly everyone I spoke to. Good to see; nice to be a part of.
Lots of people on the show floor on Wednesday! 29,900 square feet of exhibit space and 1003 booths, is what I heard.Wednesday started for me with the Axis Press Breakfast, where the network camera company introduced three new cameras and an upgraded Axis Camera Companion. In 2012, there were 60,000 downloads of the software, according to Axis' Fredrik Nilsson.
The cameras of the future will be customized for customers with apps, the same way we currently customize our smartphones, Nilsson said. With that in mind, Axis also announced a partnership with the Wentworth Institute of Technology, a college in Boston, where students will design apps for cameras. One professor, Charles Hotchkiss, and two students, Joshua Ramirez and Nicholas Gelfman, attended the breakfast and the two students talked about the apps they've already developed.
Gelfman is working on a 3D multi-tracking app that is intended to alert operators if someone is trying tamper with a camera. The app determines where an approaching person or object is distance-wise from the camera and sends an alert if it gets too close. Gelfman put it in simple terms for me: "Cameras see in 2D, this app basically allows it to see in 3D."
Ramirez is a sophomore computer information systems major from Hanover, N.H., who is the station manager of Wentworth's radio station WIRE.
"I had a selfish reason for developing the app" he said. Students who work in the radio station are supposed to sign in and out when they come to work at the station, but they often don't do that, he explained. So Ramirez developed an app that automatically records the time that a student comes into or leaves the station, and it sends Ramirez an email alert under certain conditions.
He named the app Alibi. It "tracks students and if they log in, [the app] is their alibi to say that they were [at the station]," he said.
"It's still a work in progress. I've spend six weeks on it but it was during exams and finals," Ramirez said.
Nilsson said that Axis didn't give the students any ideas about kinds of apps to develop. They approach the project with no preconceived notion of what kinds of apps to develop. Axis has been amazed with the results, he said.
After the Axis breakfast, I did a video interview with Renae Leary and Matthias Ernst of Tyco Global Accounts were I got an update on how Tyco's global enterprise customers are standardizing their security systems across in offices spanning the globe.
At a press conference Bosch launched 110, count 'em, 110 new video products and previewed its '4K Ultra HD' camera. It also announced its integration partner program and is showing integration with 5 VMS providers in its booth.
Next, I interviewed Mark VanDover of Tyco IS for ssnTVnews. He talked about the progress the integration giant has made as a standalone entity over the past year and a half.
More mobile news: Jay Hauhn, Tyco IS Chief Technology Officer, also did an interview for ssnTVnews. We talked about Tyco's launch of MSM, Tyco's Mobile Security Manager.
Next up was an interview with Tony Byerly, Felix Gonzales and Jeremy Brecher of Diebold, where I got to see a demo of their very cool "SecureStat" enterprise security platform. I heard about it at ASIS and saw if for the first time at the show. Here's a YouTube video about the platform.
At a NICE press conference, Tony Ruiz, City of San Diego, talks about implementing NICE's Situator, to manage protection for its critical infrastructure, and for the city too. The implementation is new, but Ruiz said it's already saving training time and money for the city and taxpayers.
Back on the show floor, I met with Bryan Schmode, EVP of Global Sales at Avigilon. We talked about Avigilon's the Adaptive IR in its new bullet camera, and the company's new Dallas headquarters.
Also had a chance to swing by Next Level Security Systems and talk to Bill Jacobs. I got to see some of the stuff I spoke to Bill and Jumbi Edulbehram about in this story.
Next I had a chance to visit with Stan Oppenheim and Dan Oppenheim at Affiliated Monitoring. Looking forward to seeing their new monitoring station the next time I get to NYC.
And, I wrapped up Day 1 after catching up with Will Schmidt and other CapitalSource folks.
THURSDAY, April 11
Is Thursday Day 2 or Day 3 of the show? Officially, it's Day 2, but with so many events scheduled for Tuesday, it really is Day 3 for most of us.
Whichever day it was, it kicked off brilliantly with the fourth annual Security 5K!
We had a different course this time. Rather than starting near the Fashion Show Mall, the 2013 start line was a half-mile jog or bus ride away from the Sands in an office park of sorts. The course was a completely flat out-and-back labyrinth of switchbacks. Best course yet in my opinion. It wasn't exactly bucolic, but the office park was considerably greener and cleaner than past year's courses, and it was fun to watch the crowd of runners ahead of you snaking back and forth around the park. And because of the switchbacks, the finish line appeared closer than it really was.
More than 400 finished the 5K and there was a big crowd for the 2K as well.
Most important, we raised more than $90,000. Mike Perkins of Anixter raised more than $7,000 with his company match. Jesse and Nicole Foglio raised $2,350, and Bob McKee raised $1,685.
Mission 500's George Fletcher said that 650 people registered for the race. If each person raised $100, we would raise $65,000 before any extra fundraising efforts—something to think about for 2014.
Back on the show floor on Thursday morning I did an ssnTVnews interview with John Mack, managing director and head of M&A for Imperial Capital. We were talking about the availability of financing and the flow of PE money into the industry. Here's an interesting statistic: More than half of the top 20 alarm companies are now owned or have majority ownership by private equity firms. Five years ago "it was just a handful," he said.It's a great time for alarm company owners and integrators to refi their debt or make acquisitions, Mack added.
I stopped by the Stanley booth on my way to Denis Hebert's HID Global Strategy Briefing, which was packed, as usual. Hebert gave a great presentation. His focus this year was on the opportunities and potential pitfalls the security industry needs to be aware of as access control goes mobile. The move to mobile will "redefine credential use and management" he said. As a result, "best practices" for end users and integrators will become more important than ever. Privacy is an increasingly crucial element for all stakeholders to consider, he added.
Next I met with George Farley at Observint Technologies. Owned by The Carlyle Group, Observint was formed in 2006 with the goal of acquiring security-focused companies. Observint acquired Supercircuits in 2006. It subsequently bought Security Cameras Direct, DIGIOP and SC Technologies. Last summer it helping LG Electronics relaunch its security products in the United States, and this past November it acquired access control provider infinias. Farley said the last six months have been "all foundational work for us. … [building] a comprehensive sale and support solution." That was Phase 1, he said. Observint is in Phase 2 now, he said, which is centered on its distribution partnership. Digiop and Infinias had distinct partners before the acquisition, and Observint is finalizing relationships with a variety of distributors, Farley said. The next phase will focus on the dealer, "building a robust and differentiated program … that will include demand generation support and sales support."
At Milestone, I spoke with Courtney Dillon Peterson, about the company's new Arcus product "It's a super-streamlined VMS that's only for our technical partners to embed, not Milestone." Partners embedding the solution, and present at the booth were Veracity, which is offering "Coldstore Arcus" for enterprise customers; Lenovo EMC (formerly Iomega), which is offering two different versions of what it's calling LenovoEMC NVR; and, Razberri, which is offering its "Netswitch" appliance. "They each target a different audience and each offer a different form of VMS," Peterson said.
The bottom line differentiation for this product? That it's multi-platform, Peterson said. "It runs on Linux, MacOS and Windows. Others are Windows-based." The product is "versatile … [and will enable partners to sell a] preconfigured, pre-installed, simplified VMS," she said.
Samsung is in the midst of a "massive hiring campaign," Frank DeFina told me during our meeting. Samsung was talking about its new 6000 Series line of cameras driven off its "core WiseNet II chip." The full line of cameras are "available in every skin. … are 2.4 megapixel, with full 1080p. The clarity is second-to-none," Samsung marketing director Janet Fenner said. Among the analytics available in this line is a "defogging" analytics, which gets rid of smoke or fog.
Back at our booth, I interviewed Don Erickson, CEO of SIA, and SSN's own group publisher Tim Purpura. We spoke about two collaborative efforts SIA and SSN are working on—the distribution of SIA's "Fiscal Year Informer," a quarterly insert available through SSN with information about government grants; and, a webcast series on security technologies, moderated by me, and featuring a variety of speakers. The next webcast is scheduled for April 24. Here's a link to that.
I did two other video interviews. One with Matthew Ladd, president and CEO of The Protection Bureau. We talked about how The Protection Bureau is saving money by sharing certain operational metrics with employees.
The other interview was will Bill Savage, CEO of Security Control Systems in Houston, and one of Security-Net's original founders. Security-Net, a group of independent integrators that functions as a national integrator, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. We talked about how the group has grown from 5 to 20 integrators and the efforts it makes to ensure its employees are up to date on technology.
Next, I spoke to Pierre Racz, CEO of Genetec about the company's new cloud-based video surveillance as a service solution for small and medium sized businesses. This offering takes Genetec "out of its comfort zone … into the realm of small camera-count jobs, the 6-14 camera jobs [that represent a huge growth opportunity] for integrators and installers," Racz said.
Thursday ended with the Security 5K reception. Mike Keegan of Magnasphere, who was honored for his community service efforts, gave a simple and compelling argument for getting involved with causes like Mission 500, the beneficiary of the Security 5k. "The ripple effect [of these efforts] is incredible," Keegan said.
I've heard about so many new products and trends in my four days here at ISC West that will provide good background for future stories I'll be writing. I also wrote yesterday about some dealers who scored $10,000 at the show. Check out that blog if you haven't seen it yet. In addition, here are some highlights from the last day of the event.
I started Friday at an interesting panel presentation by top dealers for Guardian Protection Services. The Warrendale, Pa.-based company was holding its annual authorized dealer convention in Las Vegas in conjunction with the show.
Three of the dealers who spoke excelled in different approaches to selling security: door knocking, telemarketing, and affinity marketing and gave insight on the various strategies.
The fourth dealer has a knack for hanging on to his customers and told his secrets for keeping attrition rates low. Hank Groff, national director of Guardian's dealer division, commented that while a focus on sales is key, it's important to remember that, "the ultimate goal is to protect customers and long-term relationships."
A bit later in the day, I met with Sarah Semerjian, director of marketing for CheckVideo, a provider of cloud-based intelligent video surveillance and alarm verification solutions that is based in Reston, Va.
She said that CheckVideo executive VP Chris Brown participated in a panel discussion at the show on cloud RMR opportunities for integrators, which she said is something the company is focusing on.
CheckVideo has a variety of monitoring, technology and distribution partners and CheckVideo also is working with those partners to provide education about its products in the field, Semerjian said. "We're really focusing on working with these partners to educate their dealers," she said.
Also on Friday, I had an interesting talk with Jon Paine, a manager with the Sensor and Surveillance Systems division of manufacturer Moog, about new products the company was touting at the show. One was the EcoKit, a remote solar and wind power generator for surveillance systems. "Although there are other options out there, the blend of a wind turbine with solar is unique," Paine told me.
He said the green solution is designed, as are all Moog products, for extreme environments and weather solutions, and is ideal for remote surveillance locations where other sources of power are not available or would be too expensive to make accessible. "There's been a lot of interest at the show in the product," Paine said.
The company also just released its EXO GeminEye high definition network thermal and HD visible imaging system. He said the blend of the two types of technology "gives 24/7 day and night coverage."
My second day at ISC West—Wednesday—was the first day the show floor opened. And among other things I learned from my visits to various booths was how to view locks from a new perspective.
For example, at the Kwikset booth, Stanley Black & Decker national account manager Brian Willis told me that as dealers work to convince homeowners to add home automation features to their security systems, "a lock is that transition piece." Kwikset is part of the Hardware and Home Improvement Group of Stanley Black & Decker.
The door locks that the California-based manufacturer makes serve as a bridge to home automation. For example, one of the many features of the 2nd Generation SmartCode deadbolt lock with Home Connect technology that Kwikset introduced at the show on Wednesday is its ability to integrate with home security and automation systems.
That means the lock can communicate with other wireless products in the home. For instance, Willis said, the lock can be set up so that if a smoke alarm in the house goes off, the door will automatically unlock. As Keith Brandon,Stanley Black & Decker director of residential access solutions, put it, such features "add value to consumers and dealers."
Not surprisingly, ASSA ABLOY, a Sweden-based door opening solutions company, also was talking locks—a lot of them.
Martin Huddart, executive VP and CEO, said the company has launched 280 new products in the last three years. He said that typically 95 percent of a building's doors require mechanical locks because they are low-risk entry points and 5 percent of the doors are high risk, so require more expensive access control.
But Huddart said ASSA ABLOY also has solutions for medium-risk entry points and he urged integrators to explore with their customers "matching the right level of technology with the risk." He estimated about 15 percent of a building's entry points might require those medium solutions.
Another highlight of my day was learning about a new form of residential security: radar. That's the latest development from SpotterRF, which makes compact radar systems for military and commercial markets—and now for the residential market. SpotterRF, a company established in 2009 that has offices in Herndon, Va. and Orem, Utah, announced at ISC West that it has installed radar security at a luxury estate.
CEO Logan Harris told me that he can't reveal much about the client for privacy reasons, but he said he believes the job was the first of more to come in the high-end luxury market. Installed was a 100-acre, 360-degree perimeter security system in just one day that cost about $12,000, he said.
Harris said that radar "gives you the capability of sticking on GPS tracker on someone without their actually knowing anything about it."
2GIG Technologies recently shipped its one-millionth panel and the lucky Utah security dealer who ordered it was awarded $10,000 at the ISC West show on Thursday as a result.
And remember SAFE Security's ISC West promotion in which it was offering a $10,000 bonus to dealers who signed up for its dealer program by the last day of the show?
Well, the show and the promotion don't end until tomorrow, but SAFE President and CEO Paul Sargenti told me on Thursday that it looks like 11 dealers have qualified so far.
That's just one shy of the dozen dealers he was anticipating, he said. And although everything has not been finalized, Sargenti said it appears that "it's one of our best results for a promotion."
Sargenti said that for the dealers, the bonus was only part of the draw. "The money offer was nice but they were looking for a program that had stability and longevity," he said.
SAFE, based in San Ramon, Calif. is one of the nation's largest full-service security companies and does business in every state but Hawaii and also in Canada, Sargenti said. The company is growing rapidly and just completed a $130 million senior debt refinancing in late February.
At the 2GIG booth on Thursday afternoon, Ben Edstrom, CEO of Jordan, Utah-based Elite Home Security, was delighted to learn a panel he ordered from 2GIG contained a "golden ticket" worth $10,000.
"We've been placing some large orders," he told me. "I guess we placed it at the right time." The panel was shipped last week, the company said.
Edstrom plans to use the money to take a trip to Hawaii.
Lance Dean, co-founder of Carlsbad, Calif.-based 2GIG, a manufacturer of security and home automation equipment that was established in 2009 and is known for its Go!Control system, surprised Edstrom with the award at a small ceremony Thursday. Dean sounded as thrilled as the $10,000 winner.
"This is a huge milestone for us," Dean said of the fact that now 2GIG has shipped one million panels. He said he dreamed of such success when the company began but is happy it has happened so quickly.
Nortek, the parent company of Linear, which helped development the 2GIG Go!Control product, recently announced the acquisition of 2GIG for $135 million.
I spent my first morning at ISC West on Tuesday at a rather "unique" forum made up of DMP dealers. The talk there included discussion of the Springfield, Mo.-based manufacturer's new XR150/350/550 Series access, burglary, and fire panel that the company is showcasing here in Las Vegas.
"We've tried to pack as much stuff as we could in this panel," Rick Britton, DMP CEO and president, told the dealers. He said it's extremely fast and it's affordable. "More for less," he said.
The one-day DMP forum was an owners forum, the second year DMP has held such an event. David Peebles, DMP VP of training and quality, said, "We think the idea is unique"—having DMP executives sit down and discuss ideas with the owners of top DMP dealer companies.
Included in the forum was a presentation by Stanley Oppenheim of New York-based DGA Security Systems, who spoke about how his company weathered Hurricane Sandy. Alan Kruglak of Maryland-based Genesis Security, a security/life safety provider, gave a talk on service contracts and how they can be even more lucrative then monitoring contracts.
In the afternoon, I talked with System Sensor's director of communications, David George, about the company's new i4 Series Combination CO/Smoke Detector and Integration Module that it's launching here at the show.
"The i4 Series is the first low-voltage, system-connected, combination smoke and carbon monoxide detection solution on the market," according to a company news release. The i4 can be integrated into conventional security and fire panels.
I wrote last spring about a new intelligent combined fire/co detector from Gamewell-FCI by Honeywell. That addressable detector is ideal for large facilities such as hotels, dormitories, apartment buildings, hospitals and nursing homes.
The System Sensor conventional combination CO/smoke solution is the answer for smaller spaces, such as businesses and residences, George told me.
On Tuesday evening, I headed to an event put on by FLIR Systems, an Oregon-based manufacturer of thermal imaging infrared cameras. It makes products that are used in commercial and military applications, but also ones used by consumers, such as hand-held thermal imaging cameras that can be used by recreational boaters or hunters.
Thermal cameras detect images through the heat they emit so can operate in total darkness. The FLIR event was held at the Bali Hai Golf Course, and with the aid of such an infrared device, we could clearly see FLIR employees chasing golf balls on the golf course, even though it was pitch dark out.
And now, with FLIR's acquisition last year of Lorex Technology, a Toronto-based video surveillance provider, it aims to provide thermal imaging cameras to the home market.
Lorex sells enterprise-grade video products sold through the security channel under the brand name Digimerge; Lorex itself sells video products sold through retail outlets for small businesses and homeowners. The company has hundreds of thousands of customers.
FLIR President Andy Teich said the company's aim is to offer a low-resolution thermal imaging camera that is affordable to the average homeowner. The cost eventually could perhaps be as low as about $200, said Bill Klink, FLIR VP of business development.
Teich said FLIR's goal is have infrared technology be "ultimately ubiquitous" in the way that GPS technology is. GPS, he said, answers the question, "Where am I?" and "thermal imaging will tell you what's out there.
Twenty-five years ago, the only tattoo I remember seeing was the one on my father-in-law's left bicep. It was a simple black anchor, a reminder of his Navy days, that hadn't fared well over the years. Its once-sharp lines had morphed into blurry tentacles, an embarrassment that he kept covered with shirtsleeves even during the dog days of summer.
How times have changed. Ink art is now de rigueur, with nose, lip and cheek piercings often part of the package. You may not like the look or believe it's wise given the bill that will arrive with advanced age, but that's never stopped fashion before. It's all the rage and it's coming soon to a coffeehouse near you.
But what happens when the look goes beyond the baristas and it reaches your security company? If a sales rep's stud earring gives way to a ring through the lip, or an operator's ankle shamrock begets an arm's length of more colorful ink, how will it affect co-workers? More importantly, how will it affect your customers?
The problem isn't a lack of professionalism—it's the image of a lack of professionalism. You can nip the problem in the bud by having a workplace appearance policy, but you'll need to tread carefully to avoid running afoul of anti-discrimination laws. Cross that line and you could end up in court.
A great primer the topic was provided via email last week by Judge Ruth Kraft, chairwoman of the Labor and Employment Group at Kirschenbaum & Kirschenbaum. Here's what she had to say:
Body art and piercings are personal expressions. However, in general, you have a great deal of discretion with respect to appearance standards. You can require that 'ink' and piercings not be visible. There is no legally established right for workers to display them in the workplace. Unless the employee can establish that they are indicia of religious or racial expression, tattoos and piercings are not protected under federal anti-discrimination laws.
Therefore, you are entitled to establish policy. The best policy is one that explains itself in terms of reasonable business needs. Just as a manufacturer may require assembly-line workers to wear protective clothing and to tie back his or her hair for safety reasons, a pediatrician may ban hanging earrings or nose rings which could be torn out by a recalcitrant youngster or prohibit nail extensions which could harbor bacteria.
The typical approach in establishing policies is a midground which limits restrictions to employees who have contact with the public and requires that the tattoos and piercings not be visible. This is the most practical to implement since it doesn't restrict employee self-expression but simply limits what they can show at work. A policy which provides that, if an appearance standard is violated, the employee will be asked to correct it, including going home to change into clothing that covers the tattoos and/or piercings, puts workers on notice as to the consequences of their actions. The policy should be enforced just as you enforce other behavior policies. If your rules call for progressive discipline, then you should follow the same steps for violation of the appearance policy, beginning with verbal warning and proceeding to written warning, etc.
Caveat 1: If the tattoo or piercing represents a genuine religious or racial expression, then it may be protected under the federal anti-discrimination laws. The rights of observant Jews to wear yarmulkes in the workplace or of Sikhs to wear their turbans and beards have been upheld in the courts, except where such outward manifestations of belief could pose health or safety risks in particular occupations. There is limited case authority on this point, but I believe that the courts will differentiate between a volitional outward manifestation of belief (i.e., a tattoo of Jesus on one's arm) which is not religiously mandated, and tattooing which is required of members of a bona fide religious or racial group.
Caveat 2: Be sure to enforce your policy consistently to prevent claims of unfair application or discrimination against a member of a protected class under the law.
Body art and piercings are personal expressions. However, in general, you have a great deal of discretion with respect to appearance standards. You can require that 'ink' and piercings not be visible. There is no legally established right for workers to display them in the workplace. Unless the employee can establish that they are indicia of religious or racial expression, tattoos and piercings are not protected under federal anti-discrimination laws.
Therefore, you are entitled to establish policy. The best policy is one that explains itself in terms of reasonable business needs. Just as a manufacturer may require assembly-line workers to wear protective clothing and to tie back his or her hair for safety reasons, a pediatrician may ban hanging earrings or nose rings which could be torn out by a recalcitrant youngster or prohibit nail extensions which could harbor bacteria.
The typical approach in establishing policies is a midground which limits restrictions to employees who have contact with the public and requires that the tattoos and piercings not be visible. This is the most practical to implement since it doesn't restrict employee self-expression but simply limits what they can show at work. A policy which provides that, if an appearance standard is violated, the employee will be asked to correct it, including going home to change into clothing that covers the tattoos and/or piercings, puts workers on notice as to the consequences of their actions. The policy should be enforced just as you enforce other behavior policies. If your rules call for progressive discipline, then you should follow the same steps for violation of the appearance policy, beginning with verbal warning and proceeding to written warning, etc.
Caveat 1: If the tattoo or piercing represents a genuine religious or racial expression, then it may be protected under the federal anti-discrimination laws. The rights of observant Jews to wear yarmulkes in the workplace or of Sikhs to wear their turbans and beards have been upheld in the courts, except where such outward manifestations of belief could pose health or safety risks in particular occupations. There is limited case authority on this point, but I believe that the courts will differentiate between a volitional outward manifestation of belief (i.e., a tattoo of Jesus on one's arm) which is not religiously mandated, and tattooing which is required of members of a bona fide religious or racial group.
Caveat 2: Be sure to enforce your policy consistently to prevent claims of unfair application or discrimination against a member of a protected class under the law.
For more information on workplace appearance policies, or to update or create one for your company, contact Kraft at firstname.lastname@example.com. For advice on how to remove tattoos, go to www.tattoohealth.org.
It's the first morning of ISC West, but the show-related events and commitments started yesterday. They started as soon as I got here and way before my hotel had my room ready. Yesterday I attended several meetings and one special event—the Women's Security Council reception.
I was flattered to be named one of WSC's 'women of the year' last night, and honored to be in the company of the following industry leaders: Mary Jo Cornell, president and CEO of Linstar Inc.; Pamela Petrow, president and CEO of Vector Security; Donna Kobzaruk, vice president of GlobalSecurity and Investigations, JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Bodil Sonesson, vice president of Global Sales, Axis Communications; Karen Evans, president and CEO of Sielox; and WSC 2013 Volunteer of the Year: Renae Leary, Senior Director of Global Accounts, Tyco.
It was fun to catch up with so many folks at the WSC reception before the show. Rhianna Daniels of CompassPR and Deb O'Mara, of SDI, did a great job organizing the event and running this important group.
The day starts for me in 30 minutes with the Axis Press breakfast, followed by press conferences and meetings with Next Level Security Systems, Diebold, Quolsys click here to see who they are NICE, Avigilon, Tyco Global Accounts, Tyco IS, Security-Net.
I also have a list of booths that I want to check out. Among them, Prism Skylabs. Like many other suppliers, Prism is running a promo. Here's some of the details of that from an email conversation I had with Prism founder Steve Russell.
1. How will the promo work?
Security integrators who sign up for our partner program and purchase a Prism Starter Pack at ISC West will get an additional 100 one-year Prism Skylabs licenses for free. That's more than a $10,000 value, and something that I can't imagine we'll ever offer again. As it is, our Starter Packs are hyper discounted for new partners, allowing them to make high margins, generate recurring revenue, and expand their sales beyond LP and into Marketing, Merchandising, andOperations. But it's not just that. We get a lot of traffic at www.prismskylabs.com, and we use our website to generate leads for our partners. …It's a turnkey solution that takes mere minutes to deploy anywhere around the globe, is steeply discounted, and comeswith real-time, mobile access and powerful offline analytics —from customer counting to dwell time to product lift.
One more item before I go to the show floor: The Security 5k is tomorrow morning at 7:30! There's a new starting location. You can catch a bus to the start line if you go to the taxi stand behind the Sands. Last bus leaves at 7:10 or better yet, jog the .6 miles to the start.
Qolsys has issued a fun throwdown for the Security 5K. Here's their pitch:
"CAN YOU BEAT US? This year's Security 5K at ISC west is sure to have the biggest turnout ever. We run it for a good cause, to enjoy each other's company, and to enjoy a little friendly competition.This year, we're upping the ante. Our race team is good, but if you can beat us, you deserve a little something extra. 5 somethings extra.If your fastest racer* can beat the Qolsys Team's fastest racer, we'll give you an exclusive, personal demo of the new IQ solution, and 5 free panels."
A word of warning: I hear Qolsys's fastest runner does sub-7 splits, and their slowest is just over 9 splits.
Guard company and security systems integrator Universal Protection Service announced the purchase of Allegiance Security Group from Trivest Partners, LP.
Allegiance has a big presence in the Southeast and provides "sensitive sites as a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)-approved vendor for the federal government," according to a statement.
"With the acquisition of Allegiance, Universal Protection Service now becomes one of the largest manned security providers in the Southeast," said Steve Jones, Co-CEO and COO of Universal Services of America, in a statement. He said the purchase will allow Universal "to deliver additional services and increased value to all of our clients located throughout the Midwest and Southeast." It also brings Universal into new states, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
In a statement, Brian Cescolini, chairman and Co-CEO of Universal Services of America, parent company of Universal saidl "In addition to the government sector, the company also has premium clients throughout the U.S., which will add to our existing infrastructure and build our density strategy in all of our operational branches."
Universal Protection Service says it's the fifth largest security company and the largest private security firm in the U.S. Universal Protection Service is a division of Universal Services of America, which includes Universal Building Maintenance, Universal Protection Security Systems and Universal Fire/Life Safety Services.
Two recent developments from home automation/home security giant Vivint caught my eye. One is a new feature for homeowners called Vivint Live, which the company said links customers directly to a monitoring professional and helps reduce false alarms. The other is that Alex Dunn, who just recently became president of Vivint, is also now interim CEO for Vivint Solar.
Provo, Utah-based Vivint announced today that with Vivint Live, its customers can now use their touchscreen panels to communicate directly with a monitoring professional in the event of an alarm.
Here's what the company had to say:
When an alarm is triggered, the signal is sent to Vivint's award-winning monitoring center, which is staffed 24 hours a day throughout the year. Upon receiving the alarm, a Vivint in-house monitoring professional speaks to the customer through the touchscreen panel. Acting as a first responder, the agent assesses the situation, confirms an emergency with the customer, and dispatches emergency personnel accordingly. With Vivint Live, homeowners have the personal, immediate response they need to work through any emergency situation and receive necessary care. …
… Vivint Live's quick response also allows Vivint to decrease the number of false alarms. Vivint monitoring professionals connect directly with the customer and then dispatch emergency personnel only during a legitimate emergency or when the customer cannot be reached.
When an alarm is triggered, the signal is sent to Vivint's award-winning monitoring center, which is staffed 24 hours a day throughout the year. Upon receiving the alarm, a Vivint in-house monitoring professional speaks to the customer through the touchscreen panel. Acting as a first responder, the agent assesses the situation, confirms an emergency with the customer, and dispatches emergency personnel accordingly. With Vivint Live, homeowners have the personal, immediate response they need to work through any emergency situation and receive necessary care. …
… Vivint Live's quick response also allows Vivint to decrease the number of false alarms. Vivint monitoring professionals connect directly with the customer and then dispatch emergency personnel only during a legitimate emergency or when the customer cannot be reached.
In other news, the company also announced yesterday that Tanguy Serra has stepped down as CEO of Vivint Solar and that Dunn is now interim CEO. Serra said in a statement that it's time for him to step away from day-to-day operations but that he still will be involved as an advisor to the company.
Vivint Solar, a company that Vivint created in 2011, is one of the fastest-growing residential solar power provider in the North America.
Dunn said in a statement: "Tanguy has helped us build an amazing business, and we are grateful for all of his hard work and dedication. Vivint Solar is what it is today because of his leadership. We are committed to expanding upon the foundation that he has built, and believe our solar solution to be a critical component to helping our customers save money and gain energy independence."
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Google and Motorola rumored to be working on X Phone to once again take on the iPhone
Google buys Motorola. Denies any plans to do anything with it. No one believes them. Flash forward. Rumors spread Google is doing something with them. Deep breath. It's rumored to be an "X Phone" designed, once again, to take on the iPhone.
That might sound silly until you realize it's been Samsung, not Google, who's had all the success in the market against Apple. Now that Google owns Motorola, it only makes sense they'd want that division to be profitable as well, and to be an insurance policy against the power of manufacturers like Samsung, the same way Android was an insurance policy against the power of BlackBerry and Microsoft at first, and then very quickly Apple.
Not much is know about the code-named X Phone yet (which really should have been a name used by Microsoft for a gaming phone, but I digress), though Android Central scored some details in their forums:
Apparently this phone is called the "X Phone" or something along those lines and has buttons on the back of the phone. He said that a camera button is in the middle of the phone with volume up and down buttons on both sides of it all on the back face of the phone. He said it is supposed to be more ergonomic while holding the phone.
Best of luck to Google and Moto on this. Sincerely. The faster they push the pace of innovation, the faster Apple and everyone else has to work to stay ahead or keep up.
For the full story on the X Phone, at least as much as we know right now, hit the link below, and then jump back here and tell me what you think. Are Google and Motorola capable of fielding a device that can take significant market share away from Samsung, and profit share away from Apple?
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I have an iPhone, but I feel that Apple is playing catch-up now.
Me too and I agree!
Catch up to who?
Everyone else who can make a ringtone on their phone without going through iTunes
yes, cause multiple ways to do the same thing is really innovative and pushing things forward...
I can make ringtones for an iPhone without using iTunes. Look up iRinger.
See, it's the important features, like non-iTunes ringtones. Ummm, wait...really? Go play in traffic
I have an iPhone and an iPad mini. And while I love them, I agree with you 100%. What really does an iPhone do that an Android phone doesn't? Aside from using iTunes and Apple apps, absolutely nothing. Now on the flip side of that coin, the list is seemingly endless.
It's not what it does its how it does it.
I'm just saying, the advancements in technology are definitely on Android's side right now. And the options are there, too. Plus with Jelly Bean, it's right up there on fluidity. I like both platforms, but I'm of the opinion that Apple needs to give us something new and different. As another poster stated, the lack of forward thinking isn't what got us here. Forward thinking got us the iPhone. Stagnant thinking does no one any good. It's technology, it's there because of advancements, and as Blackberry showed us, will die without it. I don't think Apple is going the way of RIM, but I do believe they need something different and innovative to offer.
Here a couple things that come to mind( and a couple reasons why every time I ditch my iphone to go to the latest and greatest Android device I always come back)
1. Video messaging. Why for the lovee of god does Android not get video messaging. For Instance if I record a 40 second clip in 1080p on my iphone I can send it via text and the iphone will auto convert it so that it can be sent over MMS. Try and do this on Android and it willsimply tell you the file is to large and will not let you send it. Yes I know there is Dropbox and other ways I could do this but this needs to be baked into the system so mom and grandmas can do it.
2. Group Messaging. Android always screws this up. I have used Handcent/GO SMS and all the others but none can do group texting as well as iOS.
3. For me the keyboard on my iphone is still the best at autocorrect. I literally have tried a dozen different keyboards on Android and I have huge sausage fingers but I can still bang out emails better on ios then any android keyboard.
4. Little things like the Apple TV make my iphone better. I can buy a 99$ Apple TV and have all my photostreams, music and send stuff over air play to my tv. Yes Google tried Something similar with a couple vendors but it failed miserably(I tried it with Dish)
I love the power and customization with Android but until they address some of the things I mentioned I will stick with my tiny iphone.
Nice "concern troll." A near-classic one at that.
buttons on the back of the phone
button is in the middle of the phone
if they are trying to reinvent the camera then the phone is going to fail horribly. users now a days only care about:
screen size
phone size
battery life
personally i only use my camera once a day if necessary, most of the time im using the apps
It's that thinking that keeps tech stale. If everyone thought like that the iphone wouldn't exist.
I don't recall Google (or anybody) ever saying they'd do nothing with Motorola. I do recall them saying they would not give preferential treatment to Motorola in terms of Andoid code.
And that is what matters. Google is going to have a tightrope to walk - at what point does taking Android in new, interesting directions become favoring Motorola over Samsung, HTC, or other Android partners? If they can maintain their balance, this would be a welcome kick in the pants for Android and Apple both.
^ This.
Google only took measuremnets to ensure fair treatment among its OEMs.
I don't remember them saying that either. Care to clarify Rene?
I love apple. I just don't understand why some simple things aren't implemented in the OS yet
One of the problems with Android at the high end is that you face a choice between great hardware with questionable software upgrade schedules (GS3) or great software support with not-so-great hardware (Nexus 4). An "X Phone" that hits both sides would be fantastic, both for Android and for spurring Apple further.
How exactly is the hardware not so great in the nexus? Quad core, 2gb ram, pretty good camera for a nexus device(compared to previous nexus devices)
It's not *bad* (though the LTE support is a deal-breaker for some), but the point is there is no single SKU that has the best hardware and software/upgrade path on that side of the fence.
Google / Motorola will launch X phone. And it will be another Nexus. Negligible sales, also-ran market share. It'll fall into the "other" slice of the Android pie.
Why? Because Samsung can and will fork Android. To optimize it for their own hardware. To fork their own app store and content store. To leverage their market share and continue to crush all other Android hardware makers.
But the main reason why Samsung will fork Android is so they can control their own destiny. They can't trust Google, now that Google will be competing against them. And they could, in theory, provide a better user experience with their Android fork by cutting back on the ads. And improve users' privacy while they're at it.
So yes, Google needs to release a Motorola X phone. To help the non-Samsung Android fork survive.
I sold my ipad 1 and got Samsung tab 2. It got some good stuff but still doesn't fell smooth and apps fail. Sold it in a week and bought and iPad 4, soo happy now. I learn my lesson :)
I got a Samsung tab as a gift and I honestly tried to like it. Hell, it was free. My main problem with the thing isn't the hardware, it's the software. The workflow in Android OS is nowhere nearly as smooth as iOS. The responsiveness of the touch interface lags. I even had to download 2 additional browsers just to visit all the sites I normally go to. That just BS. I want a product that just works. Can't wait to replace this thing with an iPad.
Microsoft really missed the boat by not calling their platform X-Phone instead of Windows Phone. More closely tying it into their successful Xbox platform would only have helped them.
The one major reason I am planning on getting an iPhone to replace my Droid X is media sync. Currently, no one does it as well as Apple. But if anything Android becomes that capable before I make the switch, I'm stying with Android.
I think apple will do a massive redesign UI next year as we all know johny ive is the new head both external anf internal design of apple products. Im guessing widgets within homescreen and icons which for it does make sense.
I seriously doubt there will be any sort of UI redesign in iOS next year. Next year will be an iPhone 5S that will look basically the same as the current iPhone 5. There will be incremental upgrades. The UI will look exactly the same and behave exactly the same as every other version of iOS, and it will be hailed as the second coming, as fanboys wait in long lines outside stores, to purchase it in massive numbers. Perhaps Siri will finally have a "woman's voice" or better yet, perhaps there will be various voice and accent choices for Siri, but probably not. There will be no revolutionary changes. That's just not how Apple works.
Wow. Bitter much?
It has nothing to do with emotion. Just stating the obvious. Why would Apple revamp the OS or the iPhone when incremental upgrades sells the iPhone every single year? You're off base dude. Pay attention to the details and you'll see that I'm right. So far, Apple's annual iPhone approach has not resulted in a reduction of iPhones sold in the USA, where they sell wildly. The rest of the world is another matter entirely, and that is more likely to be based on price rather than Android fanboy perspectives.
I'm not questioning your analysis, just the way it's presented. You are coming off as a jilted fanboi yourself.
As for whether the UI should change, I don't think it does. At least, not the major portions of it. Not when the biggest rival and many launcher skins for Android are aping the iPhone look. The only real change that I would like to see, based on what I see in other devices, are home screen widget functionality. I would like to, without needing to jailbreak, have a one-tap ability to toggle things on/off, like BlueTooth, WiFi, GPS and "airplane mode". My old Crapberry had this, my current Droid has this, but my iPad I have to jailbreak first, and then it's only via the pull-down notification panel.
Oh, and maybe some alternative keyboard layouts. Most alternative keyboards for Android have tap-and-hold functionality on the keys to access numbers and punctuation that in iOS requires opening another "page" of keys first and then switching back if there is no space before the next letter, such as email addresses (in plain text fields) or passwords.
I simply stated facts as they stand and never implied anything having to do with your "jilted fanboy" notion. I currently own and use an iPhone 4S and have never had any problem with it. There are however people out there who hoped for more than incremental upgrades from Apple and didn't get them. Perhaps they are "jilted fan boys". So, your "questioning of my analysis" is actually attempting to question facts. Only a complete idiot questions facts. The fact is that Apple has used and re-used the same approach with only two real differences, adding LTE and a 4" screen (which everyone else had last year). And while some may not agree with the incremental upgrade approach that Apple uses, it works every time, they make a ton of cash, and even you can't question those facts.
I currently own an Android phone (Galaxy Nexus) and I also have the Nexus 7. The issue with Android lies with the variety of devices made every month. Other than the Nexus devices, what device out, even the flagship devices, has the latest version of Android (4.2/4.2.1)? I'm sick and tired of seeing Google announce new features with Android version X and never seeing them on other devices until that version is either now not the current version or just before the next version is announced. In February I'm coming back to iPhone simply to not have to root and flash ROMs/Kernels to get better performance out of my phone. I'm also sick of garbage battery life and useless features like Miracast which I will probably never have a device to use with that. I own an Apple TV and miss Air Play a lot.
tl;dr Androids problem is Android IMO.
Just remember, that your "useless" feature is someone else's "must have" item. I have no use for AirPlay and I don't even like the concept of Siri. My iPad is jailbroke in order to gain some functionality that is native in Android: Power toggles for WiFi/BlueTooth/etc without having to go into the device settings, and the ability to set a default web browser. Conversely, I had to (try to) root my Droid X in order to get it to actually sync music with my desktop so I could have proper iPod functionality. Which nearly killed the phone.
iOS has AirPlay, which works only with other Apple products, Android has a DLNA server which works with a wide variety of other branded products.
Each platform has its good and bad points. It's easier to customize Android, iOS is more stable. They both have "useless features" and "must-have items", and those could be the very same function, depending on who you ask.
Pretty much any smartphone in the market is taking on the iPhone; and ever other phone being sold in that market.
It will be interesting to see what Motorola comes up with for next year. It's time for Google to jump into the fray and be a bit more "hands on" with Motorola. Motorola finally produced a phone on Sprint with a side slider, but the drawbacks outweigh the benefits. Sealed in battery that should've been the RAZR Maxx battery instead of the small, weak battery they included. I've heard on the Sprint forums that the battery life is terrible and that's pretty unforgivable on a Motorola Phone that doesn't even approach the functionality and battery life of the RAZR M. If Google gets more involved with Moto, they can address issues and turn things around there.
I love the talk of "bendable" screen tech bc it's a wonderful thought. BUT....people need to realize that OTHER PARTS WON'T BEND!!!! It'll be pretty cool to have a bendable/flex screen, except the chips & radios on the inside break when trying to "flex" said screen. Just not happening in the next 3 years at the very least. Lets work on battery-tech & not just tossing bigger batteries in devices, I'm talking about actual advancement in the tech.
I agree that battery tech needs to catch up. And honestly, the only reason any Android vendor is doing sealed battery phones is because the iPhone has a sealed battery. I've never had my iPhone 4S crash or lockup, but I understand that on the Photon Q, if it freezes, you're in a world of hurt trying to reboot the thing.
Yawn.... another "iPhone Killer".... as we all know, they don't exist... X Phone, LOL please... If droid wasn't crap, there would be no need to come out with 100 phones a week trying to get it right... I got my iphone 5 and I am super happy with it...
its not about having 100 phones its options ...i worked for vzw and att 70% ppl use there smartphones only is the web and emails still the smart ppl like us i have the samsung nexus and my wife has the sam s3 ...its simple its good and bad that ios is the sam across the platforms ....with low end andriod phone and high end ...when you get great sw and like the samsung nexus and s3


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I was going to purchase 2 ARC amps for the Hertz stuff, a 300.4 bridged to 350rms x 2 and an 300.2 bridged to 700x1, now I don't believe either of those will work for the polk stuff. the 300.4 is rated at 90rms x4, bi-amped that might work but am I correct in thinking that the mid drivers can take a little more than that bi-amped? Bridged is not an option, 350x2 is WAY too much I think.
The 300.2 will not work for the sub because its bridged rating is at 4 ohms, the 300.4 might work for the sub though, 350x2 @4 homs works for this sub right? The 300.2 makes 180x2 so that might work for the sr6500's but I could not run bi-amped.............
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Im also considering trying to embark on a custom box to fit above/behind the wheel well like the factory kicker sub.
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WILMINGTON, North Carolina - Led by senior sharpshooter Hollie Mershon, Colonial Athletic Association co-leader Drexel used its long distance prowess to down host UNCW, 64-51, in a women's basketball tilt Sunday at Trask Coliseum.
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Mershon poured in a season-high 26 points to lead all scorers on the day. The 5-10 shooter matched her season high and scored the most points by an opponent this season against the Seahawks, connecting on 10-of-14 from the floor, including 6-of-8 behind the arc. Senior forward Nicki Jones also contributed 12 points and five rebounds for Denise Dillon's club.
Drexel wound up connecting on 9-of-23 from three-point range, with Mershon hitting several of her six trifectas at critical junctures in the contest.
Senior forward Karneshia Garrett was the lone player in double digits for UNCW with 11 points, while senior forward Chelsea McGowen added five points and a team-high 11 rebounds.
Drexel stretched a 33-26 halftime lead to 38-28 early in the second half before the Seahawks cut into the margin. Junior guard Jessica Freeman connected on a baby jumper in the paint to help UNCW close within 38-34 at 16:39.
But Drexel freshman guard Meghan Creighton strung together four points to jumpstart a 10-2 run to give the Dragons some breathing room. Jones later scored back-to-back buckets to close out the spurt and her basket in the paint at 11:23 put Drexel out front, 48-36, at 11:23.
A long trey by Freeman on the right side chopped the deficit to six points, 53-47, with just over five minutes remaining, but Mershon sank her sixth three-pointer of the contest and added a layup on the left side to begin an 11-1 rally that stalled UNCW's comeback bid.
Drexel posted its largest lead of the game with one minute remaining when Renee Johnson-Allen made a pair of free throws to make the score 64-59.
It was all Mershon in the first half as the senior from Malvern, Pa., went 5-of-7 from the field and 4-of-6 from deep for 14 points to give the Dragons a 33-26 lead at intermission.
Drexel shot 53.8 percent in the opening period, including 5-of-10 from long distance, to take a seven-point advantage into the final period.
Both teams opened the contest 1-of-5 from the floor before the Dragons built a working margin behind the play of Mershon and Fiona Flanagan. Trailing 8-6, Drexel took the lead on a triple by Mershon at 13:46 and the senior shooter's third trifecta of the half staked the Dragons to a 24-16 advantage at 7:26.
The Seahawks wrap up a two-game homestand on Thursday (Jan. 17) with a 7 p.m. matchup against Old Dominion at Trask Coliseum. The Dragons return to Philadelphia to entertain Hofstra on Thursday at 7 p.m.
GAME NOTES: The Seahawks donned new teal-colored shoes for the conference battle...Drexel owns an 11-8 advantage in the series, including two straight over UNCW...The Seahawks are 1-5 at home this year...Drexel won the rebounding battle, 32-30...UNCW's last lead in the game came with 14:49 left in the first half...UNCW's three starting guards went a combined 5-of-21 from the field...Freeman and Tawanna Lee each added nine points...Drexel finished with just five turnovers...McGowen played 35 minutes without a turnover...Flanagan led all players with four assists...Drexel attempted 15 more field goals than UNCW.


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You know, I thought about this all last night, asking myself HOW on EARTH could ANYONE DO such a STUPID thang?!?!?!?! You own a PORSCHE! You take it TO THE DEALER for THEM to deal with, for Pete's sake, heLLLLLoooo!
Then I remembered a few "seemed like a good idea at the time" things I had done in my life and
Oh yeah
Some brain farts are just more spectacular than others, eys indeedy-do. And this was one of them.
If the house is beyond repair, I kind of think they shouldn't rebuild but buy somewhere else simply because now everyone knows where he lives/lived. I was kind of surprised they published his exact address, and also surprised his house is just on a relatively public street (and not behind gates or something). Yes I know it's a high-price area, but it still looks like a regular kind of street to me, where you could walk right up to his front door if you wanted. Maybe they just wanted a "normal" life, but now with everyone knowing his address I think he'd be better off relocating.
Have I missed something? Have some posts been deleted? I see no one joking.
ETA: Re: DL's link - I forget that more expensive cars than mine have heat seaters. But is it even safe to leave those on for a long time.
I guess he was thinking of the leaf blower in the same way some of us have used little hair dryers to dry off an item of clothing, for instance.
To think that fun is simple fun, while earnest things are earnest, proves all too plain that neither one thou truthfully discernest.
AragornElessar, I'm with you!
That's what I was thinking - glad everyone is alright but so much lost skating and dancing memorabilia, family photos, art, and all those things that mean so much that they can never get back...
On top of dealing with the extensive personal/financial losses and the emotional upheaval, I bet Kurt is finding it hard not to beat himself up.
And Sonia might be more than a little pissed at him. If I had made a mistake that had caused the house to burn down, Mr. Japanfan would be furious with me. And vise versa.
I can't see why his insurance wouldn't cover this claim. The fire was accidental.
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It depends on the policy. This could be considered neglect. Some policies won't cover that. Coverage is widely variable among insurance. Just sayin. I'm not implying this was deliberate but an insurance investigator for a potentiallly large claim could go that way. Since I have no idea what his insurance coverge is, I certainly don't know how an investigator will rule. But, it does happen. And they will investigate.
Those who never succeed themselves are always the first to tell you how.
I remain confused about what was said here that was so disgusting. Where? I don't get it. If the poster means that people have noted Kurt's error, well yes that can be noted. We all do bone-headed things now and again - this one is certainly as big and as public as they get so people are bound to comment. But all the people and animals involved are fine. And while it is sad to lose so many things, they are things. The Browning family will be fine; they will rebuild.some of the joking posts that have popped up over the last few hours on here are disgusting
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Well I had a friend who burned down his house doing something that makes this look like a "smart move" and the insurnce paid. Luckily most US insurance does have a "bone head move of the week clause".......
A little bit of good news:
Kurt Browning may have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of property in a house fire, but some of the world-famous skaters most valuable possessions were spared.
The golds are okay, Browning confirmed Thursday, referring to the four medals he won at the world figure skating championships and four at the Canadian championships.
I think most of us have done stupid things in our lives. Obviously a lot of them don't result in a fire destroying our home but it was a obviously an accident. The insurance will be paid but his premiums will go up. However, he obviously can afford a house in that neighbourhood so he's a very rich man that can afford it.
Skate Canada press release:
Kurt and Sonia appreciate all of the best wishes that have been received from so many friends and fans. We are really very fortunate that we are all safe after todays fire at our home. Thanks to everyone for your tremendous support. The texts, phone calls and care from so many people really means a lot to all of us.
Kurt has been on a radio commercial for a couple of years, talking about what good neighbours he has and mentions "when we had a fire at our house" people came out on the street with hot chocolate and cookies and jsut to give sympathy. So taht's what I know about the first fire.
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