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South Africa has a large energy-intensive coal mining industry. The country has limited proved reserves of oil and natural gas and uses its large coal deposits to meet most of its energy needs, particularly in the electricity sector. South Africa also has a sophisticated synthetic fuels industry, producing gasoline and diesel fuels from the Secunda coal-to-liquids (CTL) and Mossel Bay gas-to-liquids (GTL) plants.
South Africa's energy sector is critical to its economy, as the country relies heavily on its large-scale, energy-intensive coal mining industry. South Africa has limited proved reserves of oil and natural gas and uses its large coal deposits to meet most of its energy needs, particularly in the electricity sector. Most of the oil consumed in the country, used mainly in the transportation sector, is imported from Middle East and West African producers in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and is locally refined. South Africa also has a sophisticated synthetic fuels industry, producing gasoline and diesel fuels from the Secunda coal-to-liquids (CTL) and Mossel Bay gas-to-liquids (GTL) plants. The synthetic fuels industry accounts for nearly all of the country's domestically produced petroleum as crude oil production is very small.
South Africa's economy has grown rapidly since the end of the apartheid era in 1994, and the country is now one of the most developed nations in Africa. South Africa has the largest economy in Africa, in terms of gross domestic product (GDP), and has the highest energy consumption on the continent, accounting for about 30% of total primary energy consumption in Africa in 2012, according to BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2013. Despite this rapid growth, economic problems from the apartheid era remain, particularly poverty and the lack of economic participation among disadvantaged groups. The South African government has committed to ensuring that black-owned companies have access to the energy sector under its Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) program. Additionally, the 2000 Petroleum and Liquid Fuels Charter sets a target to place 25% of the oil industry (across all facets) in the hands of black-controlled energy companies.
According to a recent study by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), South Africa holds notable shale gas resources. In April 2011, the government enacted a moratorium on licensing and exploration of shale resources because of environmental concerns over hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and water usage. In September 2012, the government lifted the moratorium, and some international companies, such as Royal Dutch Shell, submitted applications to explore the shale region. The South African government hopes that shale gas will provide the country with a reliable alternative fuel to coal. South Africa is in the early stages of developing a shale industry, and regulatory uncertainty and environmental concerns continue to delay exploration activity.
In 2012, 72% of South Africa's total primary energy consumption came from coal, followed by oil (22%), natural gas (3%), nuclear (3%), and renewables (less than 1%, primarily from hydropower), according to BP Statistical Review of Energy 2013. South Africa's dependence on coal has led the country to become the leading carbon dioxide emitter in Africa and the 14th largest in the world, according to the latest (2011) EIA estimates.
Source: U.S. Department of State
Energy sector management
PetroSA, a South African state-owned company, operates upstream oil and natural gas producing assets in South Africa, along with the GTL plant in Mossel Bay. Sasol, a privately-owned company based in South Africa, operates the Secunda CTL plant, has a majority interest in the Natref oil refinery, partially owns the pipeline transporting natural gas from Mozambique to South Africa, and is involved in coal mining.
South Africa has several government agencies and companies involved in the coal, natural gas, and oil sectors. The Petroleum Agency of South Africa (PASA) regulates oil and natural gas exploration and production and provides public data on exploration and production. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) regulates the electricity sector, natural pipeline industries, and petroleum pipeline industries. NERSA regulates electricity prices and promotes private sector participation by encouraging investment by independent power producers (IPPs), and off-grid technologies to meet rural energy needs. Eskom–the wholly state-owned electricity company–generates roughly 95% of South Africa's electricity and owns and operates the national electricity grid.
Major companiesSouth Africa's upstream oil and natural gas sectors are dominated by the state-owned company Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (PetroSA), while the downstream oil sector is more diversified and includes companies from Europe, North America, and Asia. BP, Shell, Chevron, Total, and Engen are the main players in the downstream oil and petrochemical industry. PetroSA operates all upstream oil and natural gas producing assets in South Africa, along with the GTL plant at Mossel Bay. The company also participates in oil and gas activities in Ghana, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Egypt, Nigeria, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Namibia.
Sasol is another major player in South Africa's energy industry and operates Secunda, one of the world's largest coal-based synthetic fuels plant. The company holds majority interest in the 88,000-barrels-per-day (bbl/d) Natref refinery. Sasol is also involved in coal mining and marketing of natural gas and oil products. According to Sasol's factsheet, the company mines 40 million tons (MMt) of saleable coal per year (mostly used at the Secunda CTL plant) and sells about 2.8 MMt per year. Sasol distributes and markets natural gas produced in Mozambique, which is exported to South Africa via a pipeline partially owned by Sasol.
Sasol has operations around the world, ranging from supplying petrochemicals to using its proprietary Fischer-Tropsch conversion technology to pursue opportunities to open GTL plants. Sasol has a 49% stake in Qatar's Oryx GTL plant (Qatar Petroleum owns 51%) that came online in 2007. The plant currently produces 30,000 bbl/d of liquid fuels. Sasol also has GTL projects in Nigeria and Uzbekistan.
In late 2012, Sasol announced it would begin a front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase for a GTL plant at Lake Charles, Louisiana in the United States that would convert natural gas into 96,000 bbl/d of diesel and other liquid fuels. Sasol estimates that the project will cost between $11 billion and $14 billion. The FEED phase is expected to be completed in 2016. If the project is undertaken, Sasol expects phase one to become operational in 2019, followed by phase two in 2020.
Sasol also plans to expand its existing chemical operations in Louisiana with the development of an ethane cracker that will produce 1.5 MMt of ethylene and other downstream derivatives per year. Sasol estimates that the project will cost between $5 billion and $7 billion. The FEED phase is expected to be completed in late 2014, and the project is expected to become operational in 2017.
Sasol is evaluating plans to open a GTL plant in Alberta, Canada. The plant is expected to use 1 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of natural gas to support the plant's design capacity of 96,000 bbl/d of diesel, naphtha, and liquefied petroleum gas. Sasol is also involved in shale gas exploration in Canada. In 2011, Sasol acquired a 50% stake in Talisman Energy's natural gas assets in the Montney basin in British Columbia.
Other major companies that participate is South Africa's coal sector include Anglo American, BHP Billton, and Xstrata Coal. The South African-based, majority black-owned, coal company Exxaro also ranks among the top producers.
Coal mining in South Africa is mainly undertaken by privately-owned companies, and the shareholders of Richards Bay, the main coal port, are all private companies as well. The state-owned company Transnet controls the railways used to transport coal from the mines to the ports.
South Africa has the world's ninth-largest amount of recoverable coal reserves and holds 95% of Africa's total coal reserves. Environmental groups continue to target the industry for air, land, and water pollution. However, coal consumption in South Africa is expected to continue to increase as new coal-fired power stations are scheduled to come online in the next few years to meet rising demand for electricity.
According to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2013, South African proved coal reserves were estimated at 30.2 billion short tons by the end of 2012, accounting for 95% of total African coal reserves and almost 4% of total world reserves.
South Africa's economy is heavily dependent on coal, as it accounts for more than 70% of the country's total primary energy consumption. The electricity sector accounts for more than half of the coal consumed in South Africa, followed by Sasol's petrochemical industries, metallurgical industries, and domestic heating and cooking, according to an Eskom January 2013 factsheet.
South Africa's coal production and consumption levels remained relatively stable over the past decade. In 2012, the country produced an estimated 288 million short tons (MMst) and consumed 202 MMst of coal. Most of the coal produced comes from the Witbank, Highveld, and Ermelo coal fields, which are located in the eastern part of the country near Swaziland. According to a 2011 report written by Anton Eberhard at Stanford University, coal production in the Central Basin is expected to peak in the next decade, and increased exploration at the Waterberg coal field could result in more coal for the country's future, but South Africa's ability to increase coal production is subject to infrastructure and water constraints.
Environmental groups continue to target the coal industry for air, land, and water pollution through all of the industry's stages from extraction to end use. Nonetheless, coal use—especially by Eskom and Sasol—is expected to rise over the next few years. Eskom plans to expand coal-fired electricity capacity to meet growing demand. Eskom plans to expand capacity at the coal-fired power stations Grootvlei and Komati by 30 and 90 megawatts (MW), respectively, in 2014, and to bring online the coal-fired Medupi power station (4,764 MW) and the coal-fired Kusile plant (4,740 MW) in the next few years.
Coal-to-liquids (CTL)
South Africa produces synthetic fuels from low-grade coal and a small amount from natural gas. At the Sasol synfuels plant in Secunda, more than 37 MMst of coal each year are converted into liquid fuels and a range of chemical feedstock. The plant houses two factories with a total capacity of 160,000 bbl/d of oil equivalent. Sasol plans to expand Secunda's capacity by another 30,000 bbl/d and has proposed to build the 80,000-bbl/d Mafutha CTL plant. Any future increases in CTL synthetic fuels will be used to meet growing domestic demand for petroleum products. About 30% of South Africa's gasoline and diesel consumption is produced from coal, according to the World Coal Association.
South Africa exports roughly 25% of its coal production. The Richards Bay Coal Terminal, the country's main coal export terminal, is one of the world's largest. In 2013, the terminal received and exported more than 70 million tons of coal for the first time. India and China are the largest importers of South African coal.
The Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT), located on the eastern coast of South Africa, is one of the world's largest coal export terminals. It began operation with a nameplate capacity of 12 million tons (MMt) per year in 1976, and has since gone through several capacity expansions, increasing the export terminal's nameplate capacity to its current level of 91 MMt per year. According to Eberhard's report, there are proposals to expand the RBCT in the future, but these plans are constrained by inadequate rail capacity needed to transport coal produced at inland coal fields to the RBCT.
Recently, progress has been made to expand RBCT's throughput volumes. In 2013, the RBCT received and exported more than 70 MMt (77.2 MMst) of coal for the first time. According to RBCT operating statistics, the terminal received 70.8 MMt (78 MMst) of coal and shipped 70.2 MMt (77.4 MMst) of coal in 2013. Nonetheless, the terminal operates below its nameplate capacity of 91 MMt per year. South Africa's coal exports are mostly sent to India, China, and Europe.
million tons | |||
Year | Coal received | Coal shipped | |
2011 | 65.7 | 65.5 | |
2012 | 68.5 | 68.3 | |
2013 | 70.8 | 70.2 | |
Source: Richards Bay Coal Terminal Proprietry Limited |
Natural gas
South Africa imports natural gas from Mozambique via pipeline to supply Sasol's Secunda CTL plant and to fuel some gas-fired power plants. South Africa produces a small volume of natural gas offshore, and it is mainly used to supply the Mossel Bay GTL plant.
In 2012, South Africa produced 39 Bcf of natural gas and consumed 166 Bcf; the difference of 127 Bcf was imported from Mozambique via pipeline.
PetroSA is developing the F-O field, also known as Project Ikhwezi, to sustain gas supplies to the GTL facility. The company expects gas production to last for six years at the F-O field, but it plans to tap into nearby prospective areas to continue gas flows to the GTL plant. PetroSA is also planning to develop the Ibhubesi gas field and expects first production in 2016. The government hopes that new gas production from the F-O and Ibhubesi fields and regional imports from Mozambique, coupled with potential gas imports from Namibia in the future, will reduce the country's reliance on coal in the electricity and industrial sector. Currently, infrastructure constraints limit the role of natural gas in the country's electricity sector. PetroSA is considering building a floating regasification facility to supply the GTL plant in the future.
Shale gas resources
EIA estimates that South Africa holds 390 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of technically recoverable shale gas resources. Environmental concerns led the government to place a moratorium on shale gas exploration from April 2011 to September 2012. In October 2013, the government released proposed new regulations to govern the exploration of shale resources. International companies are still waiting to be issued permit licenses for shale exploration.
According to a June 2013 report released by EIA, South Africa has 390 Tcf of technically recoverable shale gas resources, making the country the eighth-largest holder of technically recoverable shale gas resources in the world. Technically recoverable resources represent the volumes of oil and natural gas that could be produced with current technology, regardless of oil and natural gas prices and production costs, according to the report.
South Africa's shale gas resources are located in the Karoo basin in the Whitehill (211 Tcf), Prince Albert (96 Tcf), and Collingham (82 Tcf) formations. EIA lowered its estimate from 485 Tcf to 390 Tcf in the most recent report because the prospective area for the three shale formations in the Karoo basin was reduced by 15%. The Whitehill Shale's recovery rate and resource estimate were also reduced because of the geologic complexity, according to the report.
Environmental concerns regarding water usage and hydraulic fracturing (fracking), one of the processes used to facilitate the extraction of shale gas, led the government to enact a moratorium in April 2011 on permitting new exploration licenses for shale gas exploration. The moratorium was lifted in September 2012 after a government-funded study recommended that it was safe to continue shale gas exploration. In October 2013, South Africa's cabinet proposed new technical regulations to govern petroleum exploration, particularly standards for shale gas exploration and hydraulic fracturing.
The Petroleum Agency South Africa (PASA) has issued companies technical cooperation permits (TCPs) in the past, which authorize research into shale gas potential. However, companies are awaiting approval to convert their TCPs to exploration licenses, according to the Oil & Gas Journal (OGJ). Shell has three pending exploration license applications and Falcon Oil and Gas Ltd. and Bundu Gas & Oil have one each. The OGJ reported that Shell plans to spend $200 million to drill six wells in the first stage of exploration pending government approvals. Chevron also signed a five-year joint venture with Falcon Oil and Gas Ltd. in December 2012 to explore the area covered in Falcon's TCP located in the southern Karoo Basin. To mitigate concerns over water usage, the government requires that shale gas developers must obtain permits for sourcing and discharging water from the Department of Water Affairs, according to the OGJ.
Gas-to-liquids (GTL)
The GTL plant at Mossel Bay was commissioned in 1992 and is one of the largest in the world. PetroSA operates the plant, in addition to the offshore gas fields that provide the fuel. The refinery has the capacity to process 45,000 bbl/d of liquid fuels through a Fischer-Tropsch Process in which natural gas is converted to synthetic liquid fuels. The plant produces several synthetic liquid fuels, of which more than half is unleaded petrol (motor gasoline) and the remainder includes: kerosene (paraffin), diesel, propane, liquid oxygen and nitrogen, distillates, eco-fuels, process oils, and alcohols.
Natural gas pipelines
Natural gas from Mozambique is imported through the 535-mile Sasol Petroleum International Gas pipeline and transported to Sasol's Secunda synfuels plant. Sasol, the South African government, and the government of Mozambique own the pipeline through a joint venture. The pipeline has a peak capacity of 524 million cubic feet per day of natural gas and was part of a $1.2-billion natural gas project started in 2004. It is designed eventually to be able to transport double its current capacity.
Sasol and Shell have proposed to build a second regional pipeline, connecting Namibia's offshore Kudu natural gas field to both PetroSA's Mossel Bay GTL plant and continuing on to PetroSA's proposed oil refinery in Coega to feed a power station. However, plans to construct the pipeline have been halted mostly because of investment challenges to developing the Kudu natural gas field.
Petroleum and other liquids
South Africa has small amounts of proved crude oil reserves, and the country's crude oil production is very small. Synthetic fuels, derived from coal and natural gas, account for almost 90% of the country's domestic petroleum production.
According to the OGJ, South Africa has proved crude oil reserves of 15 million barrels as of the end of 2013. All of the proved reserves are located offshore southern South Africa in the Bredasdorp Basin and off the west coast of the country near the maritime border with Namibia. South Africa's petroleum and other liquids (total oil) production was around 180,000 bbl/d in 2013. However, synthetic fuels, derived from coal and natural gas, accounted for 160,000 bbl/d, or almost 90% of the country's domestic petroleum supply. Crude oil and lease condensate, natural gas plant liquids, and refinery processing gain made up to rest. Crude oil and lease condensate is produced at the Oribi and Oryz fields operated by PetroSA. The country's crude oil and lease condensate production continues to decline as oil fields mature in the absence of commercially viable discoveries.
South Africa's offshore Orange Basin near Namibia is believed to hold substantial oil and gas resources, although there has been limited exploration activity in the area. In 2009, Shell acquired exploration rights over a large block in the basin. However, Shell's exploration activities are still in the early stages, and the company is years away from potentially exploiting any commercial reserves.
South Africa consumes the second-largest amount of petroleum in Africa, behind Egypt. The petroleum consumed in South Africa comes mostly from its domestic refineries that import crude oil and its CTL and GTL plants. South Africa imports crude oil mostly from OPEC countries in the Middle East and West Africa, with roughly half imported from Saudi Arabia in 2013.
EIA estimates that South Africa's total oil consumption was 616,000 bbl/d in 2013. The petroleum consumed in South Africa comes mostly from its domestic refineries that import crude oil and its CTL and GTL plants. The country also imports petroleum products. In 2012, South Africa imported 110,000 bbl/d of petroleum products, according to the South African Revenue Service as published by Global Trade Atlas (GTA).
RefiningSouth Africa has the second-largest crude oil distillation capacity in Africa at 485,000 bbl/d, surpassed only by Egypt (726,250 bbl/d), according to the OGJ January 2014 estimates. The government is planning to implement new, tighter fuel standards by 2017 that would require upgrades at all refineries. However, because of low returns on investment, refinery operators are hesitant to upgrade their facilities. Furthermore, tariffs on refined product pipelines recently increased, as the government needed the additional funds to finance the construction costs for a new multi-fuel pipeline between Durban and Johannesburg, which will replace the existing aging infrastructure and increase pipeline capacity. The new fuel standards, coupled with the increase in pipeline tariffs, may raise refiners' operational costs.
PetroSA has been advocating for the construction of a new 400,000 bbl/d refinery at Coega near Port Elizabeth, known as Project Mthombo (also known as the Coega plant). If the refinery is built, the refinery would be made to meet the new fuel standards. According to PetroSA, the refinery could meet a shortfall in locally refined diesel and gasoline by 2020 that may occur if there is no significant investment in domestic refinery capacity. PetroSA and Sinopec are jointly funding a study for the construction of the refinery, but no official decision to undertake the venture has been made.
Crude oil importsIn 2012, South Africa imported 378,000 bbl/d of crude oil, according to South African Revenue Service, as published by GTA. Preliminary estimates from January to November 2013 show that South Africa's crude oil imports averaged 370,000 bbl/d. South Africa imports crude oil mostly from OPEC countries. From January to November 2013, half of South Africa's crude oil imports were from Saudi Arabia, followed by Nigeria (24%), Angola (14%), Ghana (5%), and small volumes from various producers (7%).
Recently, South Africa's top oil supplier shifted from Iran to Saudi Arabia. In 2011, Iran was South Africa's largest crude oil supplier, accounting for about 27% of South Africa's total crude oil imports. But in 2012, South Africa's crude imports from Iran dropped because of U.S. and European Union (EU) sanctions against Iran. U.S. sanctions, directed toward foreign financial institutions that facilitate oil-related transactions with the Central Bank of Iran, entered into full force in July 2012. To avoid the sanctions, Iranian crude importers had to show or pledge significant reductions in their Iranian crude oil purchases to receive a 180-day renewable exemption. South Africa halted Iranian crude oil imports before the July 2012 deadline and was granted exemptions. South Africa did not resume imports from Iran in 2013, and continues to substitute Iranian imports with supplies from Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, and Angola.
Refinery | Company | Location | Capacity (bbl/d) | |
Sapref | Shell and BP PLC Petroleum | Durban | 169,000 | |
Enref | Engen Petroleum | Durban | 118,000 | |
Chevref | Caltex Oil SA (Chevron) | Cape Town | 110,000 | |
Natref | National Petroleum Refiners | Sasolburg | 88,000 | |
Total | 485,000 | |||
Source: Oil & Gas Journal, January 2014 |
South Africa's electricity system is constrained as the margin between peak demand and available electricity supply is very small. In November 2013, Eskom requested that its largest industrial customers cut their electricity consumption by 10% during peak demand times.
South Africa's nominal (nameplate) installed electricity capacity is about 45,700 megawatts (MW), although total net maximum capacity (nominal capacity minus the amount the power station uses to operate) is lower. According to South Africa's Department of Energy (DOE), Eskom supplies roughly 95% of South Africa's electricity and the remainder comes from independent power producers (IPPs) and imports. Eskom buys and sells electricity with countries in the region. South Africa is a member of the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP), which began in 1996 as the first formal international power pool in Africa with a mission to provide reliable and economical electricity supply to consumers in SAPP member countries.
South Africa plans to diversify its electricity generation mix. Currently, about 90% of South Africa's generation capacity is from coal-fired power stations, about 5% from one nuclear power plant, and 5% from hydroelectric plants, with a small amount from a wind station, according to South Africa's DOE. South Africa's renewable energy industry is small, but the country plans to expand renewable electricity capacity to 18,200 MW by 2030. South Africa has one nuclear power plant, Koeberg, with installed capacity of 1,940 MW. The country plans to expand nuclear power generation by 9,600 MW by 2030.
South Africa's electricity system is constrained as the margin between peak demand and available electricity supply has been precariously narrow since 2008, according to the Economist. In 2008, some coal mines had to halt operations because of power blackouts. In November 2013, Eskom requested that its largest industrial customers cut their consumption by 10% during peak demand times to avoid unexpected blackouts or load-shedding (scheduled power cuts). According to SAPP's 2013 Annual Report, South Africa's peak demand was forecast to reach 44,005 MW in 2013, exceptionally close to installed net maximum capacity. The SAPP forecast has peak demand growing to almost 53,900 MW (or by 20%) by 2025. According to Bloomberg, Eskom plans to spend $49 billion to replace aging equipment and add new power stations to meet growing demand.
Base load stations | Peak demand stations | |||
Coal-fired stations | Hydro-electric stations | |||
Arnot | 2,232 | Gariep | 360 | |
Duvha | 3,450 | Vanderkloof | 240 | |
Hendrina | 1,865 | Pumped storage schemes | ||
Kendal | 3,840 | Drakensberg | 1,000 | |
Kriel | 2,850 | Palmiet | 400 | |
Lethabo | 3,558 | Ingula | 1,332 | |
Majuba | 3,843 | Natural gas turbine stations | ||
Matimba | 3,690 | Acacia | 171 | |
Matla | 3,450 | Port Rex | 171 | |
Tutuka | 3,510 | Ankerlig | 1,338 | |
Medupi | 4,788 | Gourikwa | 746 | |
Kusile | 4,800 | Renewable energy stations | ||
nuclear | Klipheuwel (wind) | 3 | ||
Koeberg (nuclear) | 1,940 | Sere Wind Facility | 100 | |
Return-to-service stations (coal) | Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) | 100 | ||
Coal-fired plants | Distribution (Hydroelectric) | |||
Camden | 1,510 | First Falls | 6 | |
Grootvlei | 1,200 | Second Falls | 11 | |
Komati | 940 | Colley Wobbles | 42 | |
Ncora | 2 | |||
Independent Power Producers (IPPs)2 | Capacity | |||
coal, coal & biomass, gas, and pump-storage power stations | 1,500 | |||
nominal installed capacity (existing) | 45,710 | |||
Eskom new builds (planned capacity additions) | 11,120 | |||
1The table provides nominal (nameplate) capacity, which is higher than the country's actual total net maximum capacity. | ||||
2Capacity among IPP-owned power stations represents total installed capacity owned by independent companies. All other power plants in the table are owned by Eskom, South Africa's state-owned utility | ||||
Source: Eskom, February 2013 and IHS World Markets Energy |
- Data presented in the text are the most recent available as of February 28, 2014.
- Data are EIA estimates unless otherwise noted.
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Jewelry has been a part of this world for an extremely long time and there are countless designs to choose from. The tips below can be used to begin picking out jewelry that you're proud to wear.
This can dull your stones and the metal of the piece.
Be cautious of the way all of your personal jewelry together. It is best to use holders, compartments, boxes, and hooks for keeping pieces separate. Resist the temptation to jumble all your pieces together in one box or basket. This can damage fragile jewelry, and items like necklaces can entangle with each other and other pieces into a big mess.
When you are shopping for jewelry in sterling silver, take along a good magnifying glass, and take along a magnet for metal testing. If an item of jewelry is attracted by a magnet, it will be attracted to the magnet. You will always find a hallmark stamp such as ".925″ or "STER." on genuine sterling, for example "sterling, it might simply say, "STERLING". If you cannot find a stamp, then be wary.
Know the distinctions between kinds of stone you make a jewelry purchase.Gems can be natural, synthetic and natural.Natural and synthetic gemstones are both actual gemstones, but imitation is just plastic colored to look like the real thing. Natural stones are dug up out of the ground and synthetic ones are created in a lab.
Jewelry is an investment that can last generations. When purchasing your next jewelry item, always use a dealer with a good reputation, ensuring that the piece you choose is of high-quality. A valuable piece of jewelry will be well-made and show superior craftsmanship. A jeweler should know about each piece he sells, including the person that made it, where it was manufactured, such as previous owners for antique or estate pieces. It is important that your pieces are high-quality jewelry if you want it to become a long time.
Take a good look at all the pieces that you like, and then make the comparison to any others on your favorites list. Be careful of tricks that some dealers will use to make a diamond look better than it is.
Pay attention if they usually wear studs or hoop earrings, sizes, and colors of jewelry that the person wears. This is a good idea of where to start when purchasing that special item.
Wear the jewelry piece for a day so to be sure that it fits right and if it hangs right. It will also allow you to see if the piece's durability.
Consider stones whenever you buy jewelry. The gemstone you choose should work with your skin tone and make a statement about your personality.Neutral colors work better to match all your closet.
If the person you are shopping for is a unique individual, find a one-of-a-kind piece or commission a piece designed specifically for her. This shows that you are both thoughtful and creative, just the kind of sentiment you want to show your special friends.
This is particularly important in the case of necklaces or earrings.
You could save a lot of money with the time to look for better prices. Check ads in the newspaper, the Internet, and in store windows. If you buy the older fashions that are from the previous season, you can save up to 50%.
If you are looking to sell jewelry online, make sure that you present it in an attractive way. This is very important because a customer cannot handle the jewelry in an online transaction.
This pertains to saunas that are steam ones. The moisture and high temperatures in saunas can cause your jewelry to become damaged.
A good quality clap is very important to any form of bracelet or necklace. Without a solid clasp, your chain, chain or expensive stone is at risk for loss. You should add a safety clasp added to any expensive jewelry pieces. Some opt for two or third clasp on their extremely valuable pieces of jewelry so that they stay safe while wearing them.
If you plan on buying a piece of jewelry which is very expensive, buy something that will last you for years. Quality pieces are often accompanied by a hefty price tag, but style and fashion also come into play.Something that is trendy now might not look so stylish in a couple of years. Look into buying something that will not go out of time and trends.
Rubies have long been one of the most popular stones for a long time for good reason. While true rubies are always red, rubies also come in a variety of shades ranging from deep rose to almost maroon. Rubies are especially hardy and can withstand considerable wear and tear. Their ability to last many years make them an excellent choice for jewelry.
A lot of people enjoy wearing yellow gold and silver jewelery at the same time. The best way to approach this is with a single piece that uses both metals. If you do not, it seems unstylish or mismatched.
Show your sweetheart how much you are in love by surprising her with a beautiful piece of jewelry. Every lady loves to get a piece of jewelry. You are sure to cherish that moment of surprise and happiness as you hand them a gift.
Plug the drain when cleaning your jewelry near a skin. It is all too easy for people to lose expensive jewelry to fall from your hands and into the sink when covered with soap. If you plug the drain, you don't have to worry about having to dig jewelry out of it.
Some men need guidance when they should wear cufflinks. Cufflinks provide a striking finish to an elegant look; wear cufflinks in a similar style to the shirt and suit.
The jewelry tips above are a sure way to help you on the right path to choosing pieces of jewelry that are right for you. Choosing a piece of jewelry can be a bit tough, so make sure you read up on jewelry facts.


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Stories from people who were children during World War II and the objects in this exhibit animate the past and inform us of a time when war took over daily life. "Retrospect is a very interesting thing," says Ruthie Kallnder. "At the time I don't recall any of the information we got as being propaganda," but the government tried to influence children to make "necessary" sacrifices. Propagandists made the war a battle between good and evil, democracy and fascism. They also asked children to share in the war effort. In response, many children took on more responsibilities. Ruthie explains that boys and girls felt "if that's what it was going to take" to win they "were willing to do it." The memories of the people in this exhibit and their wartime actions show the power of propaganda's messages and its lasting affect on their lives. Propaganda posters, children's books, and classroom assignments demonstrate how propagandists reached children and involved them in the national war effort.
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With the shared values of technical innovation, the Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre and car maker Aston Martin entered into a partnership almost a decade ago. For the 180th birthday of the Grande Maison and the Centennial of Aston Martin, Jaeger-LeCoultre has created three new and very exclusive watches.
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This alarm watch is equipped with a universal hour display that lets you read the time at a glance in any time zone in the world. Powered by the Calibre 912, an automatic movement developed in the brand's workshops, the Master Compressor Extreme W-Alarm Aston Martin is a perfect combination of watchmaking expertise and sporty style, highlighted by the compression keys on the patented Jaeger-LeCoultre case. The black dial, with its alternating red and white indicators, is reminiscent of the vents on Aston Martin cars.
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Designed for globetrotters, the Hometime concept is now available in an Aston Martin special edition series. With its sleek, classic design, now reading two time zones is simple, thanks to the skeletonised hand indicating the reference time. Fitted with a 975H movement, the Master Hometime Aston Martin watch epitomises the values shared by the two brands: innovation, reliability and performance.
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Now is the time for you to submit your nominations for the Security Systems News "20 under 40" Class of 2014. Click here to make your nomination.
It's the eighth year that SSN has solicited nominations of young people, ages 40 or younger, who display leadership characteristics, are tech-savvy and are dedicated to the security industry.
To be eligible, nominees must work for an installing fire or security dealer or integrator or work for a monitoring company. Sorry, employees of manufacturing companies and consultants are not eligible.
End users are not eligible for SSN's "20 under 40" awards, but if you know a talented young end user, please nominate them for the "20 under 40" awards of our sister publication, Security Director News.https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/sdn20under40So, nominate a colleague, a customer or yourself, and do it before the Aug. 1 deadline.
The "20 under 40" awards process will culminate in an awards ceremony for both SSN and SDN "20 under 40" award winners at TechSec Solutions, the industry's premier conference for integrators, end users, consultants and manufacturers to discuss and debate the effects of new and emerging security technologies on their bottom line.This year's conference will take place Feb. 3 and 4 at the Delray Beach Marriott in Delray Beach, Fla. At the end of the first day, we take time out from the discussions and debate and head out to the pool for the SSN/SDN "20 under 40" awards reception.
It has become a tradition at TechSec and the social event that all TechSec attendees look forward to.
In addition to being honored, the "20 under 40" winners participate in the conference, some as speakers and some as active audience members. The heavy participation of the "20 under 40" demographic is one of the things that sets TechSec apart from other conferences.
The younger TechSec participants bring a variety of expertise and perspectives and enrich the discussion and debates at TechSec. Their participation is encouraged and valued by other attendees and presenters, as well as organizers. We're proud that the conference tends to attract "20 under 40s," both past and present. Many people first came to TechSec as "20 under 40" honorees and now come back to TechSec every year.
But we need your help identifying the young leaders that we'll honor this year. Get your nominations in, and if you have any questions about the "20 under 40" awards or TechSec, give me a call or send me an email.
The ADT Corporation announced yesterday that it has closed its acquisition of Canadian monitoring giant Protectron.
ADT, which executed a definitive agreement to acquire Reliance Protectron in April, acquired the company for total cash consideration of CAD $555 million.
ADT has now officially added 400,000 customers and 31,000 accounts north of the border, worth approximately $11 million in RMR.
ADT, which already has two central stations in Canada, adds four more through the acquisition. Protectron, a portfolio company of investment funds managed by Alinda Capital Partners, has 900 employees. Its customer base is 75 percent residential.
ADT's plan, as stated at the time it agreed to acquire the company, is to use the acquisition as the platform for a stand-alone business in Canada with a dedicated management team, a move designed to address the country's specific market needs. In a news release, ADT said it planned to continue to using the Protectron brand under ADT ownership.
In late April, following the acquisition agreement, Lee Jackson, regional VP Canada, said it was too early to say whether ADT would keep all six Canadian central stations in operation. He noted that ADT has yet to determine which resources and administrative functions it will transfer to Canada to supports its expanded account base in that country, now up to 800,000.
The acquisition goes down as ADT's largest since becoming an independent company, far surprassing its 2013 Devcon deal, according to John Mack, EVP and managing director at Imperial Capital, who spoke to SSN when the agreement to acquire became public. At the time, Mack said the deal signals a return to "growth initiatives [through] high quality acquisitions" and predicted the deal would help ADT's attrition profile while bolstering its enhanced services sales.
It will be interesting to wait and see if Mack's words prove to be prophetic.
Bob Sawyer, who has been with AMAG Technology for 40 years, the past 19 as president and CEO as of July 1, is now chairman of AMAG's Board of Directors.
The new president of AMAG is Matt Barnette, who been with AMAG for 10 years, most recently as EVP of global marketing and sales.
Barnette will report to G4S Technology CEO, Keith Whitelock.
I had a chance to correspond via email with Matt yesterday and asked him to fill me in on any new deals AMAG has closed since I last saw him at PSA-TEC in May.
"Since I saw you last at PSA-TEC, we've secured several Fortune 100 companies with our Audit, Credentialing & Compliance software. We have installed our Symmetry SR product at two 5,000+ card reader end-users (one in telecommunications and the other in energy sector) and we continue to gain marketshare with our Symmetry Video platform. We are launching Symmetry v8 in August, so there is a lot of momentum right now," he said in the email. I also asked him about plans for the future. "Fortunately, we have a fantastic foundation here to build from. My plan is to accelerate growth by increasing our Business Development team, both in North America and Internationally, to help blanket the end-user and consultant community to update them on our tremendous products and services. In addition, [I want to] increase our footprint in services revenue by scaling that organization to meet the higher demands of the global accounts we've captured. We've found customers enjoy a much higher level of product satisfaction when they have a Symmetry Certified ProService Engineer working closely with them."
In a prepared statement, Bob Sawyer said: "Matt Barnette has a deep knowledge of all major aspects of the security products industry coupled with over 20 years of experience building and leading teams. Over the last 10 years, Matt has done an exceptional job leading the sales and marketing teams, while working closely with AMAG's senior leadership to support the growth of the company's global organization. His contributions, experience and integrity make him the ideal candidate to succeed me as president of AMAG Technology."
Prior to AMAG, Barnette worked for Andover Controls in its Integral Technologies Division.
AMAG Technology is based in Torrance, Calif., and has offices throughout the U.S., offering security and video solutions to government and private-sector customers in North America through authorized dealers.
"You Speak. Your Home Listens." That's how ADT is describing ADT Pulse Voice, a new app that adds personal voice commands to Pulse security systems.
Voice commands appear to be the hot new trend in home security. For example, I blogged recently about the voice control capabilities of Honeywell's Wi-Fi thermostat. And Alan Stoddard, senior director of marketing for Honeywell Security Products Americas, told me last week that a new release of Honeywell's Tuxedo Touch this month will provide for voice commands.
ADT announced the release of its new app today and bills ADT Pulse Voice technology as "the first of its kind in the smart home space."
The company says the technology "enables homeowners to log in and log out of the Pulse Voice app via custom technology that recognizes unique voice signatures. Once logged in, users can arm and disarm their Pulse security panel, control their home's lighting, adjust thermostats, lock and unlock doors, and check the overall status of their home – all verbally and virtually touchless through an iOS or Android smart phone."
ADT says it's all about making life simpler for today's busy homeowners. No longer do they have to interrupt what they're doing to manually control their homes. "Instead, a homeowner's voice can trigger ADT Pulse functions by recognizing select key words, device names and phrases to perform. In addition to accepting personal voice commands, the ADT Pulse Voice app provides auditory feedback to confirm actions and system status for all of its connected devices."
The technology is a boon for the visually impaired as well, ADT says.
The company says it has also taken steps to secure homeowners' privacy in case a mobile device is lost or stolen. ADT says it does that by leveraging "a multi-layered identification process allowing only registered members of a household to log in. Through voice commands, a user is approved by three personal checkpoints: a secret phrase, state-of-the-art voice recognition, and confirmed identification of a mobile device. …Without all three verification checkpoints confirmed, any login attempt will be denied."
The company says existing ADT customers can download the new app for free in the Apple App Store, as well as through Google Play.
With ESX 2014 in the rearview mirror, I wanted to combine some of my experiences into one summarizing blog of an event rich in educational seminars and insightful speakers. Here are some of the sights and sounds, in more or less chronological order:
How, in 2014 and beyond, does a security company remain relevant? That's the question Safeguard Security CEO John Jennings addressed at the ESA eye-opener breakfast, urging audience members to free themselves from outmoded ways of doing and thinking about business.
Titled "Dinosaurs, Woolly Mammoths, Saber tooth tigers and you," the presentation very directly explored strategies to help security companies avoid becoming, well, extinct. His recommendations? Promoting unorthodox perspectives, challenging the obvious and fostering divergent ideas. He encouraged listeners to emulate the disruptive, risk-taking attitudes prevalent in the tech startup culture—first by considering failure not as an endgame, but as an occasional and even necessary obstacle along the pathway to better ideas.
Jennings also told attendees to ask the tough questions about their businesses, and to be uncompromising about having employees who both perform in the field and elevate the atmosphere in the office.
Strategic planning, Jennings noted, can be relegated to the dustbin of history. In an industry so rapidly evolving and so hard to predict, such projects no longer constitute a good use of time. Oh, and organizational charts? Those can go too. Divisions between personnel need no longer be so neatly divided or even hierarchical, as leaders should aim to pool ideas from all levels of their management structure.
Jennings also made a persuasive and rather funny case for doing away with the term "central station." "Central station—really?!" he asked with half-serious outrage. He then asked if anyone outside the industry actually knows what a central station is. He's got a point. There's something a little unsleek and Star Trek-y about the phrase. And that's misleading; the facilities I've visited are nothing if not sleek.
In the afternoon I moderated a seminar featuring Tom Szell, SVP, ADS Security, Mike Bodnar, president, Security Partners, and Brandon Savage, SVP customer experience and operations at My Alarm Center/Alarm Capital Alliance. It was a good mix of perspectives, and the trio wasn't shy about proposing some forward-thinking ideas. Savage urged attendees to make customer support not just a differentiator but the key differentiator at their companies. Szell affirmed that the interactive services revolution is an enormous positive for the industry, but said the next imperative is figuring out how to provide top-notch support for this ever-expanding array of services. With respect to the hiring and training process, Mike Bodnar encouraged attendees to identify people with the right mix of hard and soft skills, and added that the demand for operators with those characteristics is only going to increase.
From a monitoring standpoint, the panelists left no stone unturned: PERS, mobile PERS, installer apps, subscriber apps, the ASAP to PSAP program, customer surveys, video verification, and interactive services and the new expectations for customer support they've produced.
In the latter part of the session, the audience members posed some superb questions as well. Some asked how to extend the life of PERS accounts or how to develop the most effective and informative customer surveys. Others asked about the threat of DIY / MIY systems and how best to cope with broader market awareness of these systems.
The ESX show floor kicks into full gear Wednesday. I plan to be there the next two days and to make a point of getting to as many of the educational seminars as possible.
It had the feel of a seminar anyone in the monitoring space needed to hear. Moderated by Don Childers, COO of Security Central, the panel titled "IP, the Central Station and All that Jazz" got down to the brass tacks of what it takes to be a monitoring company in 2014. One of the ruling themes: You need to honestly assess the strengths and weaknesses of your monitoring company now to determine how well suited or not it is to be reliable hub of IP signals.
The panelist lineup included Sascha Kylau, VP central station solutions and services, OneTel; Morgan Hertel, VP of operations at Rapid Response Monitoring; and Mark McCall, director of IT, Security Central.
The "Internet of Things" movement was broached early in the session, with Kylau mentioning some possibilities for monitoring that might have seemed farfetched a few years ago but that now seem totally plausible. Pet tracking, mobile medical monitoring, mobile tracking, geo fencing, aggregating information from household appliances—Kylau touched on all these possibilities. Some of these services, such as PERS, are already well-established streams of RMR for some monitoring companies, and only stand to become more mainstream in the years ahead.
The panelists agreed that investing in quality ISPs and bandwidth will pay off in the long run. Hertel noted that during Hurricane Sandy, Rapid Response was hit was an astonishing rate of signals for two weeks straight. With such taxing scenarios in mind, he advised monitoring companies to invest in reliable, first-rate ISPs, and to work closely with automation providers to ensure their company can accommodate IP traffic in any set of circumstances. To that point, McCall added that it's crucial to invest in a network monitoring platform that tracks signal information and informs you when the IP firewall is about to max out.
The panelists didn't just discuss the equipment investments in the central station IP domain. They also touched on the human capital aspect of the business, which is evolving in proportion to the technology. Hertel said Rapid Response now employs a 25-person IT and software development team.
Later in the day I caught up with Jeremy Mclerran, director of marketing at Qolsys. The company's big news at the show was the launch of its new user interface intended to make the customer experience more consistent and sleek. To that end, the new look is a rousing success; it's an uncluttered, clean, visually appealing interface. McLerran explained that Qolsys is so closely integrated with Alarm.com that remodeling the company's own interface to make it closer in alignment with that platform's look and feel "just made sense."
Though the new look features flat, monochromatic icons, McLerran pointed out that the changes aren't just cosmetic. The company's intent was to design a "forward-compatible" panel that interoperates with a host of wireless radios and has a slew of home control functionalities already embedded. Qolsys also managed to elicit some guffaws with its anonymous banner ads adorning the escalators: "1980 called. It wants its panel back." The banners also encouraged industry members to take a deep breath and "just say no" to rubber button keypads.
In the afternoon I met with Dave Mayne, VP of marketing at Resolution Products, which today announced the release of its new Helix panel, scheduled to ship everywhere in December. Mayne said the panel reflects Resolution's goal of creating a panel that reduces the amount of time dealers need to spend servicing accounts, while giving them a pathway to adding new home control functions. The Helix employs software and interactive services from SecureNet. It will ship to a select group of early adopters in July, he said.
I also spoke with Kirk MacDowell, VP sales, intrusion-Americas, at Interlogix, about the company's recent acquisition of Ultra High Speed, a technology provider of telecommunications infrastructure equipment. The move expands the company's global intrusion portfolio in the residential and small- to medium-sized retail verticals. A big draw, MacDowell said, was that UHS was a "proven, developed and launched" service.
First thing tomorrow morning I'll be attending the ESX Rise and Shine breakfast, where I'll be listening closely to what some of the new entrants to the industry have to say about their go-to-market strategies and their vision for the security industry of tomorrow. I'm eager for this session, and from what I've heard from attendees, I'm not alone. I expect to see few if any empty seats.
Day 3 - ESX 2014
The final day of ESX began with a highly anticipated panel moderated by ESX chair George De Marco. The panel was intended to showcase how some of the new security entrants envision the direction of the industry.
The lineup included Adam Mayer, VP strategy and new business development, Time Warner Cable; Gene LaNois, GM, Nest Labs, Pro Channel; and Mike Hackett, VP sales and marketing, Qolsys.
De Marco did not refrain from asking the tough questions, or in other words, the questions the audience wanted to hear. In view of Google-owned Nest recently acquiring Dropcam, he asked LaNois if he thought third-party monitoring centers and installers would remain crucial components of security, or if DIY systems would factor them out of the equation. The response from LaNois, and from the other panelists who chimed in, were not exactly discouraging for installers or monitoring personnel. Yes, both LaNois and Mayer agreed the DIY market was poised to take off. But they also agreed that for more complex integration projects, installers will still be in high demand, and will continue to play a major role in shaping the industry moving forward. The key takeaways of the panel were that lifestyle services and monitored security can and will share a symbiotic relationship, and that DIY systems, while a threat to central station RMR, are not necessarily going to destroy the entire central station model. If anything, they might just modify it.
After the seminar I caught up with Telguard's Shawn Welsh, VP marketing and business development, and Pamela Benke, director of marketing, to discuss the company's new cellular alarm communicator for CDMA networks, the TG-1 Express CDMA. Welsh said the product goes along way toward expanding the company's residential reach, turning rural or hilly regions, where cellular coverage can be spotty, into more viable zones for Telguard's services. Compatible with Verizon's 3G/4G wireless networks, the CDMA alternative is being marketed as a replacement to soon-to-be obsolete GSM products. Telguard is making the product eligible for the company's Upgrade Incentive Program, which allows dealers to receive $25 for replacing GSM units.
On my final day at ESX, I got wind that the Partnership for Priority Video Alarm Response met its ESX deadline for developing video verification best practices. Mark McCall, IT director at Security Central, Keith Jentoft, president at Videofied-RSI Technologies, and Peter Tallman, program manager at Underwriters Laboratories shed some light on their roles in the process, and on the numeric threat evaluation criteria outlined in the new recommendations.
Pam Petrow stands out in the industry as one of just a handful of female CEO's of a leading security company.
Now, four years into her leadership as CEO and president of Vector Security, Petrow is being distinguished again, this time for winning the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for her region, the Pittsburgh-based company announced this week.
As the Western Pennsylvania/West Virginia award winner, Ms. Petrow will be automatically eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 national program, the winners of which will be announced in November, according to a Vector news release.
The EY award "honors distinguished entrepreneurs who demonstrate widespread success, a commitment to innovation and forward thinking and unwavering passion for business," the release said. Former recipients have included CEOs, private capital investors and regional leaders of a wide range of businesses.
Petrow succeeded Vector's longtime president, John Murphy, after his death in October 2010. She formerly was Vector's EVP and COO.
In a prepared statement about her EY award, Petrow credited company employees and the community with the win. "Being recognized for this prestigious award is not only a testament to the dedication of our employees, many of whom have made serving our customers their careers, but also to the stability and pioneering spirit of the people and businesses in our communities," she said.
Vector serves nearly 300,000 residential and business customers. The release said Petrow "challenges managers to learn what their direct reports do on a day-to-day basis and to adapt their management style to extract the best performance from their employees."
It also noted that she "held leadership positions in a number of security industry associations and received a number of awards including the Public-Safety Communications Officials International President's Award and Central Station Alarm Association recognition for her outstanding contributions to the electronic transmission of signals between central stations and 911 dispatch centers. In 2012, Ms. Petrow was inducted into the Security Sales & Integration Hall of Fame."
Pretty impressive!
Like many in the security industry, I was saddened to learn about the death June 12 of Tim Feury, president of systems integration firm Altec Systems. Feury was 56 and died of complications of heart failure, according to an obituary in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
I've interviewed Tim and his wife and business partner, Mary Feury, several times and enjoyed getting to know them at various events, especially PSA Security events. I have been in touch with Mary this week and plan to publish a more detailed remembrance of Tim once she and I have a chance to talk in the next few weeks.
In the meantime, here are a couple of links to stories I've written about Tim and Mary and Altec Systems. In this story from March, they were getting ready to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Altec systems (and their 10-year wedding anniversary as well.) And here's one from 2011 that talks about how Mary brought IT services to Altec Systems.
Tim Feury graduated from James Caldwell High School in New Jersey and moved to Atlanta in the early 1980s. In addition to his wife, Tim Feury is survived by sons, Andrew Feury of Atlanta, Matthew Feury of Atlanta, and Ryan Feury of Marietta; sisters, Patricia Borys of Marietta , MaryAnn Baker of Flanders, N.J. and Elizabeth Feury of Mount Olive Township, N.J.; brothers, John Feury of Verona, N.J. and Robert Feury of Lincoln Park, N.J.; and one grandchild.
Have you heard of Feenics? It's a new cloud-based access control platform that's being run by an industry vet and that attracted the attention of some integrators who are demoing, or getting ready to install "Keep" which is Feenics' first product.
Paul DiPeso, who was most recently with Lenel, is running the show for Feenics as VP and GM, and this week he's at the Feenics' office in Ottawa conducting a "voice of the customer" meeting with some integrators, including Alpha Corp, GS Security, Contava, TRL Systems, Open Systems and Koorsen Security.
I had a chance to speak to Di Peso as well as Skip Sampson and Shannon Martindale from Koorsen, and I'll have a regular story on the whole Feenics offering next week.
Suffice it to say, Sampson and Martindale are excited about the offering. Sampson believes Keep will be an RMR generator for his company and a product that his customers will like.
Sampson installed Keep at the Koorsen office and tested it for six months. "We gave [developers] feedback and they were quick to acknowledge and implement [some changes]," he said.
He's sold two systems and "has quite a few in the pipeline," he said. Asked about hosted and managed services, Sampson said he's dabbled in hosted video, but he believes that managed access control is "the most viable managed service. You don't need a huge pipe, huge SAN or attached storage, a DSL works just great," he said.
And with Keep, which works with standard Mercury panels "there's comfort that if the customer for some reason doesn't like it, you can put in something else without replacing the infrastructure. I think Sam was wise in doing that. We play on that point."
Sam is Sam Shalaby, former owner of FSC, who developed the product. Shalaby is still 100 percent owner of Feenics and sits on the board of advisors, but he is not involved in the day-to-day business.
Sampson acknowledged that there are "multiple other products that do similar things, but what's different with Sam's is that he didn't take a product that's been out there for 10 to 15 years and take the same GUI, and same layout and try to make it work as a hosted product. He started to build it with an integrator's mindset. It's not an access control panel-centric product."
Sampson called it "fresh and new and relevant," and said it has "kind of a Google look to it."
Working with DiPeso are Dave Charles who does business development, Ralph Shillington who is CTO and who developed the original software, and Anthony Shalaby who is running logistics.
Check back next week, for more details on Feenics' and DiPeso's go-to-market strategy.
One of the most visible illustrations of the Internet of Things movement, the connected home continues to open up an expanding world of RMR possibilities for the security industry. But according to a recent CNN Money report, it's also opening up some new and murky legal terrain that, like many Internet-related matters, raises fundamental questions about privacy and information rights.
The headline is as blunt as it is Orwellian: "Cops can access your connected home." While the article references smart home technology writ large, the piece mostly focuses on the video aspect of the connected home and the potential for cameras to generate footage that could someday be used in legal proceedings.
In the article, Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst from the American Civil Liberties Union, is quoted as saying, "We're seeing law enforcement across a variety of areas arguing that they should be able to access information with lower standards than before the electronic age."
The source also notes that information from the home can provide a "window into the things you're doing in your private space."
Still, authorities cannot get their hands on such footage without a warrant or subpoena, as the article notes. A judge authorizes a warrant when the prosecutors show "probable cause" that evidence exists that could be linked to criminal activity. Subpoenas, however, have a somewhat looser standard, requiring only that the data being sought is relevant to a given investigation.
Security companies offering interactive services are typically very sensitive to the notion that customers have lingering concerns about privacy. Andy Stadler, division manager, advanced services, at Security Partners, illustrated that awareness in our conversation a few weeks ago about the company's recent adoption of Alarm.com's new video verified alarm service. During the development phase, he said, Security Partners and Alarm.com took pains to erect privacy measures that would perform the dual task of giving central stations the information they need without infringing on the customer's privacy.
This left me wondering: With home automation offerings so widespread, could the implementation of more robust and consumer-friendly privacy measures emerge as a real differentiator? Are the more tech-savvy, privacy-conscious consumers going to start asking companies how long they store footage on their servers? Are they going to ask how and why authorities might access data generated in their homes? Are they going to ask about what cyber security measures are being put in place to thwart hacks?
This will be a fascinating industry topic to watch on several levels. At the business level, it could just be that the companies most attentive to privacy protections will view public skepticism as an opportunity rather than a hindrance.
In 2013, there was a restructuring at the top of DEFENDER Direct, with CEO and president Marcia Barnes exiting and company founder David Lindsey stepping in to take her place. Now, the company announced today, it has a new president, and it's a promotion from within.
Lindsey is passing the mantle of president to Jim Boyce, the company's chief operating officer for almost three years. Boyce will also retain his COO title. His leadership has helped the Indianapolis-based company to grow dramatically, according to a June 16 news release.
DEFENDER bills itself as ADT's only authorized Premier Provider. In business since 1998, the company employs more than 2,000 individuals in 48 states with over 143 branch offices nationwide.
Boyce actually joined DEFENDER's Board of Advisors in 2009 and became the company's COO in October 2011. Prior to joining DEFENDER, Boyce served on the executive teams at two large, global businesses, Convergys and Procter & Gamble, the news release said.
As president, Boyce will lead all day-to-day company operations, including overseeing DEFENDER's Business Improvement Team, which includes key leaders from around the business who collaborate to achieve organizational alignment and continued success, the release said.
"In his time at DEFENDER, Jim has done an amazing job leading our security business. Key components of our business have dramatically grown and improved under Jim's leadership," Lindsey said, in a prepared statement.
In his own statement, Boyce said, "I am pleased with the success we are having and am incredibly optimistic about the future for this healthy, growing and inspired company. We have lightning in a bottle!"
Boyce is active in charitable work, according to the news release. He currently serves on the United Way of Central Indiana Board of Advisors and supports the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He is also involved with organizations such as the YWAM Homes of Hope Program, Junior Achievement and Habitat for Humanity.
I hope to learn more about DEFENDER's growth and future plans. Stay posted.
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Hmm. In previous threads I've expressed my satisfaction with recent KDE releases - the whole series from 4.0* to 4.9 was a continuous improvement to me (with my use-cases on my systems - it seems some people had less luck), and especially 4.6 - 4.9 were incredibly polished/stable/feature-complete.
I can't say I'm anywhere near as impressed with 4.10; there've been seemingly idiotic regressions in some areas, especially the QML-rewritten plasmoids...why bother releasing your remade versions if they have (literally) less than half the features in some cases, and break almost every use-case I could actually thing of? The new screenlocking feature doesn't actually lock the screen properly, the power-management doesn't work, plasma-desktop crashes occasionally (never in 4.8/9).
At least Nepomuk is better, some of the applications have considerable improvements and they fixed the ugly background to the various settings/help windows.
It's still my DE of choice, and hopefully 4.10.x will tidy up bugs and a few feature-regressions, but it does seem to be a backward step overall. Which is a shame.
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Nah, not really, just a fact of life.
Well it is worth it Africa is a beautiful place. Have you even seen Farcry 2? They got the bushveldt pretty good, except the foilage is much more sparse, and largish trees tend to only ever grow on the egde of a river/stream.
LOL, when I went to Brazil last year, I was disgusted at how wet it was :P
Jokes aside, I have to say Svartalf, that thread of yours about the ports, explaining how the game industry actually works, well, THAT did probably more good to the Linux gaming industry than a whole lot of advertising could ever do.
Us Linux users tend to be the more rational(cynical?) types, so we need to understand the issue. Hype, as in most advertising, doesn't do good.
I wonder if an "awareness campaign" would do any good?
Netbook numbers are pretty misleading. MSI for example say that linux based netbooks suffer from 4x the return rate, plus there are many that buy the cheaper linux netbook and install windows on it. Plus there will be Windows 7 soon that is supposed to be optimized for netbook use coming soon.
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Sorry but whoever buys a cheap netbook to install Windows on it deserves a face-smack. In this scenario alone the Windows copy costs 3 times as much as the entire netbook... That's like selling a ferrari for 10k buckets... utmost STUPID!


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Annual to shrub; hairs simple, stellate, or glandular; plants in several genera scaly, mealy, or powdery from collapsed glands; monoecious, dioecious, with bisexual flowers, or with both bisexual and unisexual flowers. Stem: occasionally fleshy. Leaf: blade simple, generally alternate, occasionally fleshy or reduced to scales, veins pinnate; stipules 0. Inflorescence: raceme, spike, catkin-like, spheric head, axillary clusters of flowers, or flowers 1; bracts 0–5, herbaceous, generally persistent or strongly modified in fruit, wings, tubercles or spines present or 0. Flower: bisexual or unisexual, small, generally green; calyx parts (1)3–5, or 0 in pistillate flowers, free or fused basally (or ± throughout), leaf-like in texture, membranous, or fleshy, deciduous or not, often strongly modified in fruit; corolla 0; stamens 1–5, opposite sepals, filaments free, equal; anthers 4-chambered; ovary superior (1/2-inferior), chamber 1; ovule 1; styles, stigmas 1–4 (or stigmas sessile). Fruit: achene or utricle, generally falling with persistent calyx or bracts. Seed: 1, small, lenticular to spheric; seed coat smooth to finely dotted, warty, net-like, or prickly, margin occasionally winged.
100 genera, 1500 species: worldwide, especially deserts, saline or alkaline soils; some cultivated for food (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris, beet, Swiss chard; Spinacia oleracea L., spinach; Chenopodium quinoa Willd., quinoa); and some worldwide, naturalized ruderal or noxious agricultural weeds. Nitrophila treated in Amaranthaceae, Sarcobatus treated in Sarcobataceae. Key to genera revised by Elizabeth H. Zacharias to incorporate Extriplex and Stutzia, 2 genera segregated from Atriplex. —Scientific Editors: Bruce G. Baldwin, David J. Keil, Thomas J. Rosatti.
Annual or perennial herb, glabrous or powdery. Stem: branches 0 to generally erect (spreading). Leaf: generally petioled; blade linear to deltate or diamond-shaped, entire to lobed or toothed, reduced distally on stem; proximal leaves generally early-deciduous. Inflorescence: spheric clusters or flower 1, in spikes, or panicle-like, generally dense; bracts generally 0; flowers generally sessile. Flower: sepals generally 5, fused or not, persistent, flat to keeled; stamens generally 5; stigmas 2(5). Fruit: enclosed or subtended by calyx; fruit wall membranous or papery, free or attached to seed and generally loosening in age. Seed: vertical or horizontal, lenticular to ± spheric, red-brown to black; wall thin.Key to Chenopodium
± 100 species: temperate; some cultivated for food or grain. (Greek: goose foot, from leaf shape of some species) [Clemants & Mosyakin 2003 FNANM 4:275–299] Fruit generally required for identification. Other species in TJM (1993) now treated in Dysphania.
Unabridged references: [Crawford 1975 Brittonia 27:279–288; Wahl 1954 Bartonia 27:1–46]
Unabridged note: Powder on plants from small, inflated hairs.
Annual 35–150 cm, generally few-branched distally. Leaf: blade 25–150 mm, 10–80 mm wide, broadly ovate to deltate, wavy-lobed, dark green, lobes 3–5(7), glabrous to sparsely powdery, base truncate to ± cordate, tip long-tapered to acute or occasionally acuminate. Inflorescence: flowers 1 or in cymes, in terminal and axillary panicles. Flower: sepals not enclosing fruit, calyx lobes ovate to lanceolate, ± keeled abaxially, glabrous to sparsely powdery, tip acute to obtuse. Fruit: 1.5–3 mm diam, wall weakly attached to seed, smooth, netted. Seed: horizontal, 1–1.5 mm diam, lenticular, margin broadly ridged; seed coat netted, radially grooved, shiny.
2n=18. Disturbed or open places, scrub, conifer forest; 1400–2400 m. n Sierra Nevada, Modoc Plateau, White and Inyo Mountains; to eastern United States. Jul–Oct [Online Interchange] {CNPS list}
Unabridged synonyms: [Chenopodium gigantospermum Aellen]
Previous taxon: Chenopodium rubrum var. rubrum
Next taxon: Chenopodium strictum var. glaucophyllum
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This is a salad I've been making for years, but cutting the broccoli in smaller pieces is a big improvement! |
Finely chop the crisp bacon and red onion.
Chop the pecans (or other nuts of your choice.)
Measure out 1 cup of low-fat cheese. (I use this Four Cheese Mexican Blend from Costco. You can omit the cheese or use a lot less if you prefer.)
Mix together the chopped broccoli, bacon, red onion, and pecans until everything is well combined.
Then mix in enough dressing to coat all the salad ingredients and gently mix in the cheese.
Sweet and Sour Broccoli Salad
8 cups fresh broccoli, cut into very small flowerets and stems chopped into small pieces
1/2 small red onion, cut into slices and then 1/4 inch dice
6 slices bacon (or less), cooked very crisp, fat blotted off, and then crumbled
1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans
1 cup grated cheddar cheese (I used Four Cheese Blend from Costco, which is a blend of lower fat cheeses. I think this would be quite good without the cheese too, if you wanted less fat.)
Dressing Ingredients:
1/2 cup mayo
1/2 cup light mayo (not fat-free, which usually had added sugar)
3 T rice wine vinegar, white wine vinegar, or red wine vinegar
1/4 cup sugar, Splenda, Granulated Stevia, or Agave nectar
2 tsp.Spike Seasoning (optional, but it does add a nice flavor here)
salt/pepper to taste
Cook the bacon until it's very crisp, then blot on both sides with paper towels to remove as much fat as possible. (I use pre-cooked bacon and then crisp it in the microwave, which removes a lot of the fat.) Combine dressing ingredients in processor or in bowl with a wire whisk.
Wash and dry broccoli if needed and then chop broccoli flowerets and stems into very small pieces. Chop onion into small pieces and crumble the bacon. Coarsely chop pecans.
Combine broccoli, onion, bacon, and pecans in large salad bowl. Mix desired amount of dressing into salad (you may not want all the dressing depending on how wet you prefer your salad.) Gently fold in cheese. Salad can be refrigerated for a few hours before serving. This will keep in the refrigerator for a few days, but you may want to add a tablespoon or two of extra dressing after it's been refrigerated.
South Beach Suggestions:
This salad has mostly broccoli, which is a very low-glycemic ingredient. However, even with my changes to remove as much fat as possible from the bacon, light mayo, sweetener, and changing the raisins for pecans, this salad is definitely a "once-in-a-while-treat" for the South Beach Diet. If you wanted to make a version that was even more diet-friendly I think this would still be very good with less bacon and cheese and all light mayo in the dressing.
Nutritional Information?
I chose the South Beach Diet to manage my weight partly so I wouldn't have to count calories, carbs, points, or fat grams, but if you want nutritional information for a recipe, I recommend entering the recipe into Calorie Count, which will calculate it for you.
More Tasty Salad Ideas with Broccoli:
(Recipes from other blogs not always South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
Easy Thai-Flavored Raw Broccoli Salad with Red Onion, Mint, and Peanuts from Kalyn's Kitchen
Barely-Blanched Broccoli Salad with Feta and Fried Almonds from Kalyn's Kitchen
Asian Broccoli Salad with Sesame-Ginger Dressing from Vintage Mixer
Warm Spinach and Broccoli Salad from A Thought for Food
Sweet Potato and Broccoli Salad from Branny Boils Over
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