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All of the projects in this post are lumped together because I only have fuzzy phone photos of them - sorry about that. Guess that's what happens when you craft late at night and wrap/ship first thing the next morning!
free house box printable by Polka Dot Prints for Design Mom and made a gazillion little treat boxes for friends, playgroup mommies, helpful ladies at church. I paired as many as I could with an extra little gift, like a sparkly bird ornament or small pack of letterpress cards.
These houses were obviously designed for Christmas, but swap out that wreath, and you could definitely use it all year round. A heart for Valentines? Bunny for Easter? I think I'll get a lot of use from that printable.
My L-Letterpress was working double-time, and I gave out a lot of notecard sets. These were printed with the Ruffles Printing Plate, which I think is quite pretty.
FYI ... Lifestyle Crafts currently has all their letterpress stuff on sale for 50% off. You can add my promo code, HOMEMADE, for an extra 20% off your order. For example, the Epic Combo Kit, which includes the Epic 6 die-cutter and L-Letterpress System, is on sale for $85. Add my promo code, HOMEMADE, and it is only $68! That is a killer deal, because regular price it is $169.99. This sale ends December 31!
patchwork lanyards using the tutorial from the blog, Simply Cotton. These are super easy to make, and only take 8 charm squares (5x5" cuts of fabric). Just a note, if you are sewing them in bulk: sew all 8 charm squares together first, then cut the long strip in half, essentially making two lanyards at once. It speeds things up a bit.
Also speeding things up, use one kind of fabric and skip the patchwork. I made a more neutral (wardrobe friendly?) lace print lanyard for my sister-in-law, BYU-Idaho's newest librarian. Love you, Holly. :)
I think these lanyards make a great, useful gift for anyone required to wear a name tag to work. If I were having any more babies, I would make some for the wonderful nurses in the maternity ward. I bought the lobster clasps from an etsy shop, twpmango (also got some cufflink backs ... but I'll show you those later).
Phew ... sorry again about those fuzzy photos. I'll take better photos of the things I made for my kids. :)


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Factory Entertainment reveals a variety of exclusives (and one early bird special!) to be offered at this year's San Diego Comic-Con July 11-15. Stop by the Factory Entertainment booth (#3351) to pick up a great selection of limited convention-only collectibles from Garfield, KISS, My Favorite Martian and Men In Black. For those that can't make the event, Factory Entertainment is making very limited quantity available for pre-order online HERE. All pre-orders will ship after the convention - while supplies last.
Garfield MY HERO! Shakems
$25, limited edition 500 pieces
A Shakems Premium Motion Statue of the acerbic cat, Garfield, in his superhero form. A detailed polyresin collectible, this mighty piece stands 7" tall. His huge sandwich, a light snack for Garfield, is mounted on a spring so that it wobbles on the end of his fingertip tantalizingly. Supplied in a full color branded window box.
KISS Mount KISSmore - Scaled Edition
$35, limited edition 500 pieces
Featuring the Demon, The Starchild, The Spaceman and The Catman, this polystone monolith is handcrafted in granite effect resin and can be displayed free standing or wall mounted. This convention exclusive is a scaled half-size version of Factory Entertainment's full-sized Mount KISSmore collectible. A handy desktop size, it measures 7" wide x 5" tall. Presented in a full color box.
My Favorite Martian Uncle Martin Black and White Shakems
$25, limited edition 500 pieces
A Shakems Premium Motion Statue of Uncle Martin from the classic sitcom in a convention exclusive black and white deco. A detailed polyresin collectible, standing 7" tall, Uncle Martin is dressed in his signature metallic flight suit and is standing on a sculpted earth shaped base as an homage to the show's opening credits. This piece is presented in a full color window box.
Men In Black Worm Guy Shakems
Available as an early bird exclusive at this year's Comic-Con! Featuring a whimsical and oddly pleasing wobbling motion, the distinctive MIB Worm Guy alien is shown taking a coffee and cigarette break. He (She? It?) stands 7" tall and comes in a full color window box. Get it at the show before anyone else! Please note - after Comic-Con this item will not be offered in the US again this year.


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One way that we at Hoard's Dairyman stay up to date on the newest research and tools is to subscribe to extension, research, and producer group newsletters. We gladly pass these newsletters around our editorial office to learn about the latest in dairy research. Just recently, we received the current newsletter from the Northeast Dairy Producers Association. They directed our attention to a project that Cornell is working on to educate producers on the value of manure. The project directed us to a website which includes an in-depth curriculum on nutrient management. As producers are increasingly regulated as to what they can and cannot do with manure, we encourage you to take this opportunity for some online instruction in manure management.
As part of Cornell's Nutrient Management Spear program, the site includes learning modules that are being developed. Three learning modules are available, with an additional content still being added. Three areas with content available now include whole-farm nutrient balancing, the value of manure, and lime management. We particularly like the manure value calculator included under "Value of Manure."
This downloadable spreadsheet offers you a way to calculate how much your manure is worth in addition to the costs associated with handling it. To use the calculator, be sure to start on the "manure value" tab in the spreadsheet. Also, be sure to reference the user's manual found on the original website. You'll also need to use the data collection worksheet prior to completing the calculator - this, too, can be found on the landing website.
More areas of the site include PC-friendly software available for download by the most intrigued. We admit that the information presented is pretty technical but for the manure buffs out there, you may find a wealth of nutrients and information!
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Today, some couples will celebrate with a gift exchange, maybe even something that sparkles.
The saying goes that diamonds are a girl's best friend, but there may be an even better way to get your significant other's heart racing.
Planning an exercise regimen for you and your partner may not seem romantic, but you'd be surprised. Experts say couples who work out together can reap a variety of benefits.
Helen Ryan, a certified personal trainer from Temecula, became interested in the topic when she started losing weight nine years ago without the full support of her husband.
"We were together for 21 years," Ryan said. "As I started to develop an interest in fitness, he did some things now and then, but he wasn't interested in anything physical. That actually posed part of the problem because I was interested in exercising and he wasn't. I think we really missed the boat on things we could have done together."
Eventually the two would divorce.
After changing her own life by losing her extra pounds, she got into the business of helping others do the same as a personal trainer.
Ryan says one of the main benefits she's seen for couples who work out together is what she calls "guilt-free workouts." Doing it together means you don't have to choose fitness over time with your partner, she explains.
Plus, couples who work out together increase their chances of sticking to their fitness regimen by 90 percent than if they were doing it alone, Ryan adds.
But there are also benefits for the relationship.
"Working out together actually helps you bond because you're working for a common goal, a common issue and you really have that time together," Ryan says.
"I think one thing that's important for people is to do things that they usually don't do. There's a whole different type of bonding that goes on and hormones are released when you do things that are new, exciting and different. So if you pick an activity that neither person knows how to do, that's kind of fun because you learn together."
Some examples of activities Southern California couples can participate in are in-line skating, tennis, water sports like paddleboarding or kayaking, tandem cycling and even laser tag, says Ryan.
Tandem cycling can seem like marriage counseling because if couples don't work together, the tandem bike won't go anywhere - or at least not where you want it to.
Martial arts is another activity she says is good for couples to learn together because it is a whole-body workout that also allows close physical contact.
Getting physical is actually another benefit for couples who get fit together.
"Couples who work out together tend to have better sex lives because they feel better about themselves," Ryan said. "They are more comfortable with themselves, and also it increases testosterone in both men and women, which increases sex drive."
Moe Gelbart of Gelbart and Associates, a psychologist and licensed marital and family therapist in Torrance, agrees that there are tremendous benefits to couples who exercise together, including bonding and improved intimacy.
People who exercise can experience an increased sense of self-esteem, and couples who exercise together are more likely to find each other physically attractive. Plus, energy increases along with endorphins.
But the most important benefit, he says, comes from simply being with each other.
"There is a lot of research that says couples who spend time together do better," Gelbart says. "When one person is physically very active and the other person isn't and is not in very good shape, it can cause conflict.
"Say the wife wants to take a bike ride on the strand and the husband is overweight and hasn't ridden a bike in a long time; that becomes a problem."
For Marc and Kirsten Sommer of Hermosa Beach, exercise was how they met.
Kirsten hired Marc as her personal trainer and the duo bonded over their passion for exercise.
They have been together five years now, married for one, and have continued working out together regularly.
"It's another way of spending time together," Kirsten says. "It's always fun and it's good for the relationship to have similar interests."
They also say working out together has helped them feel more comfortable about being themselves.
Working out together "means the world to us," Marc says.
"I think every couple should work out together," Marc says. "When you sweat together, it's just, you're yourself."
For couples who are not in the same physical shape, Ryan recommends activities like spinning classes, which allow individuals to work at different endurance levels and speeds.
Trying new activities also helps balance out the possible fitness inequalities, Ryan says.
For those individuals who are afraid of looking foolish in front of their significant other, Ryan says they should start by hiking or walking on the beach.
Working out together may not eliminate the need for Valentine's Day gifts, but it can be a valuable relationship tool, particularly for couples who need a spark to do something a little different.
And exercise is an opportunity to spend time together.
Ryan said couples might be tired of going out to dinner or to see a movie.
"Doing something different will really shake things up in a relationship," Ryan said. "And being active overall means better health and better everything, so you have a much better quality of life and a longer life when you exercise together."


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For those of you with a passion for DC comics, V For Vendetta will be a familiar name. The character in the Guy Fawkes mask has become something of a phenomenon in the past year.
The Guy Fawkes mask depicts the best-known member of the Gunpowder Plot who attempted to blow up London's Palace of Westminster in 1605. Although they were unsuccessful, Fawkes has remained infamous due to the yearly festival in the UK, where an effigy of Guy Fawkes is burnt on fires across the nation.
In recent times, the Guy Fawkes mask has become a symbol of international resistance worn by groups protesting against corrupt politicians, banks and financial institutions.
Many people are now purchasing the mask to show their opinions while being anonymous; but also for fun at parties, comic-con and parades.
The Guy Fawkes mask is:
• Economical, white and hard plastic
• Weighs only 50g packed in individual PP bags
• Great choice for parties, Halloween, and other festivals
• Material: Plastic flexible eco-friendly PVC, thin and light
• Size: 24.8 X 18.6 X 14.5cm • Elastic band in the back of mask
• Comfortable to wear
For merchandisers who specialize in comic-related products, masks and novelties, the Guy Fawkes mask is a hot must-have item.


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Cloud+ — It's a wrap!
One and a half days jam-packed with info, curiousity, interaction and networking for all involved. Where do I start? I'll be writing more about all this later, but here are some highlights:
Keynoter Monica Hopelian, cloud specialist for Microsoft's state and local government team, said the cloud is here to stay and offered advice on finding the "right cloud." Among her advice, which you can read about in detail on the Security System News website soon, was making sure your cloud is flexible. "Tiering off into the cloud" is important to meet different requirementS and compliance issues.
Up next was John Mack, EVP, co-head of investment banking and head of mergers and acquisitions, Imperial Capital. Mack said use of the cloud will lead to more funding for M&A. "Private equity is very interested in the cloud-based business model," he said. You can read more about that on the SSN site today.
Christian Morin, VP Cloud Services, Genetec; Steve Van Till, president and CEO, Brivo; and Jeremy Brecher, VP Technology and Electronic Security, Diebold; discussed public clouds, private clouds and hybrid clouds. "Cloud will transform this [physical security] industry," Morin said.
BluBox Security's CEO and co-founder Patrick Berry spoke on "The possibilities of cloud-powered biometrics." "Do more, own less, protect yourself—that's what cloud does for you."
Day 2 kicked off Rodney Thayer's talk about ensuring cybersecurity in the cloud. "You can't stop thinking about security just because you've moved to the cloud," he said. "Your data is next to another customer's data. You have to verify, trust, but verify." Thayer is a cybersecurity expert, a consutlant with Smithee, Spelvin, Agnew & Plinge.
Cliff Dice, president and CEO of DiCE; Hank Goldberg, VP, Secure Global Solutions; and Jens Kolind, president and CEO of Innovative Business Software discussed the cloud's usefulness and benefits for central stations. With everything geting more technical, they said and with it becoming more cost-effective, it only makes sense. That discussion was moderated by Jay Hauhn, CSAA president.
Security customers want simplicity, according to Bob Ryan, SVP of Protection1, and Brian Lohse, director, sales for SecureI and Alarm.com. That's why video in the cloud is good for both customers and providers. There's a value to convenience and sales forces need to be trained to sell that.
Three leading integrators, Morgan Harris, director enterprise solutions, Protection 1; Chris Peckham, SVP, CTO and special projects, Kratos Public Safety and Security Solutions; and Jerry Cordasco, client development manager, Tech Systems, said cloud is the absolute right choice for a variety of customers, including those who need access control, video and health monitoring.
Alice Debiasio, general manager, cloud services, Honeywell Security and Fire; Jay Kenny, SVP of marketing, Alarm.com; and Letha McLaren, chief marketing, Icontrol, discussed the opportunities, now that cloud has taken off with resi customers, for the commercial side. It's easier than ever today to make that transition, they said.
Finally, Seth Page of Unikey and Mayank Upadhyay, director of engineering for Google, said they want keys and passwords to become obsolete. The phone should become the key, and they're working on it. That panel was moderated by Jonathan Healey of Brivo.
More later!
CSAA is starting a new project with Verisk Analytics, a firm that studies data on insurance as well as other industries. The organizations will be "examining the impact of professionally monitored alarm systems on insurance risk," according to a recent release from CSAA.
CSAA will combine its member alarm system data with Verisk's proprietary insurance data. "Insights from this study could be used in filings for updated discounts with insurance department regulators," CSAA said in the statement.
"This project is the most important collaboration between the alarm industry and the insurance industry in a generation. Working together with Verisk will quantify the value of security solutions to reduce risk and give the insurers a reason to offer their policy holders incentives for professionally monitored alarm systems," CSAA president Pam Petrow said in a prepared statement.
Anthony Canale, vice president of Verisk Crime Analytics, said in the statement, "We're excited to work with CSAA and use alarm system data to create risk models for our insurance stakeholders to help them quantify risk, reduce losses and improve their customers' experience."
Keith Jentoft, president of Videofied will be chair of the new CSAA/Verisk Exchange Committee (CVEC) that will be working on the project's data collection and analysis. Don Young, COO of Protection 1, was named the board liaison, giving the CSAA Board oversight and direction to the CVEC.
The late November announcement said that the project was approved on Oct. 11, during CSAA's annual meeting.
Just days before the 50th Super Bowl will take place, the assistant chief of public safety for New Orleans' Mercedes-Benz Superdome, which has hosted many of those spectacular games in the past, will discuss what goes into protecting thousands upon thousands of spectators.
Ross Bourgeois will speak at the TechSec Solutions conference on Feb. 3 in Delray Beach, Fla. The conference, presented by Security Systems News, will be held Feb. 2-3 at the Marriott there. The conference brings together security directors, integrators, installers, industry experts and advisors, manufacturers and consultants to look at where physical security is headed and how businesses can seize new opportunities.
Bourgeois, a former New Orleans police officer, will talk about what it takes to ensure safety at a decades-old venue in the heart of a "small big city."
Bourgeois also is in charge of security for the downtown Smoothie King Center, home to Final Four college basketball championships and more, and Champion Square.
What does he seek to secure his urban facilities? What are his frustrations with the security industry? How does he meld customer service with making sure fans stay safe?
This interactive session will offer valuable information for those who work in other verticals.
Bourgeois is a 2015 SSN "20 under 40" End User award winner and will be honored, with his fellow awardees, at the conference.
It seems that Stanley Security has really been focusing on how it approaches monitoring lately.
Monday, the company announced its partnership with I-View Now, a cloud-based platform for central station video verification. Last week CSAA announced Stanley's participation in its ASAP to PSAP program. Additionally, all of this is coming just weeks after Stanley announced its acquisition of SentryNet, a wholesale monitoring center.
Steve Walker, VP of customer service for Stanley said this could lead to other monitoring companies under Stanley—such as Sonitrol and SentryNet—joining ASAP as well. He noted that SentryNet is already integrated with I-View Now.
"The big advantage [of joining the ASAP program] is it reduces the time to communicate or dispatch on an alarm, so it just translates directly into an improved, faster response from the agency [and] it improves the accuracy of the agency response," Steve Walker, VP of customer service for Stanley, told me.
Walker said Stanley has been working on joining ASAP to PSAP for about a year. First, the company's automation software, IBS, needed to be integrated with the program. "We're IBS' first customer to successfully connect to the network," he said. This work should make it easier for other IBS customers to join ASAP, he said.
I-View Now is integrated with many different DVRs and cameras, Walker said, and that's a benefit for Stanley. "It greatly expands our product offering. … We don't have to worry about integrating all of these different technologies into our software—all we have to do is integrate with I-View Now."
Walker lauded I-View Now's ability to allow end users to review a video feed at the same time as the central station after an alarm signal is sent. Stanley has also been working on this partnership for a year, he said.
Stanley has about 250,000 monitored customers in the United States, and another 80,000 in Canada, Walker said. Stanley is the second predominantly commercial business to join the program, after Diebold announced its participation last month.
Can you make money from cloud-based video and access control? Are cloud-based systems more vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks? Is it too early to embrace cloud-based technology?
These are just three of the many questions that we'll be answering at Cloud+, a new conference that I've been putting together over the past several months. The conference is around the corner: Dec. 7-8 in Silicon Valley, but it's not too late to sign up!
Over that past two weeks, I've had conference calls with a very cool lineup of speakers who will be looking at cloud-based technology in a way that our industry has not previously done. We'll give you many more than 10 ways to make money from cloud.
--The educational sessions will cover everything from basic definitions to the implications of central station infrastructure sitting in the cloud and the possibilities of cloud-powered biometrics.
--Our keynote speaker from Microsoft will talk about which industries are doing a good job taking advantage of cloud and how they're doing it.
--Leading integrators will give you expert advice and real-life examples of how to make profit and provide ROI from cloud-based access control and video.
--We're excited to have Rodney Thayer, who's adept at both security consulting and hacking, doing a presentation about cybersecurity and how to ensure safety in the cloud.
--The exhibit hall will be educational too. It's the first venue ever to showcase cloud-based physical security technology side-by-side in one place.
Hope to see you in California Dec. 7-8! Here's a link to the program and registration.
I am one of the 60 percent of reported Americans who own pets. Apparently, this will drive me to be a smart home customer.
I have two cats. One is older, one is a kitten. I love them to death. Do I need to watch them 24/7? No. They wake up after hours of sleep about 4 a.m., jump on my sleeping head and clamor for breakfast. After they eat, they are rambunctious, then they go back to sleep. For hours. How do I know where they are without a camera? I see their inches-deep hair on my living room sofa.
They greet me at the door when I arrive home about 6 p.m., run around for a few minutes and then go back to sleep. This is no insightful news to cat owners.
But according to Vivint, we should be using smart home technology to take better care of our pets' "safety, health and overall care." We can monitor their activity level and food intake.
The "passion people have for their pets … means a large market opportunity for those companies connecting pets and smart home technology," the study says.
I get the IoT thing to find lost pets. What I don't understand is people wanting to check in on their indoor pets, including monitoring their eating habits. One of my cats, the older one, is very fat. "Pet management," including "smart pet food monitoring," could become a driving force in the IoT market, the study said. I just prefer to give my fat cat less food.
I'm skeptical, but also interested in who uses this technology. I've heard it's mostly Millennials, but Vivint says the use of smart home tech for pet care "is likely to be one of the strongest demand drivers for the smart home in coming years."
Pet owners' passion "could be a significant entry point for many into the smart home," it said. I have passion for my pets, but they are, afterall, pets. I don't feel the need to watch them all the time and see where they're sleeping. I will spare you my opportunity to post photos of them here (but they are both cute, trust me); they don't need me watching them around the clock.
Who has another view? Am I just a bad pet owner?
Executives from My Alarm Center will be sleeping on the streets of Philadelphia Thursday night, Nov. 19, participating in Covenant House's Sleep Out: Executive Edition.
Covenant House is a homeless youth shelter, headquartered in New York. It holds sleep outs
Weather reports say that Philadelphia has a 100 percent chance of rain on Thursday and temperature in the low 60s, middle 50s overnight. "We look at it this way: These kids that are homeless, they don't get to pick which weather that have to sleep out in," Kelly Bond, SVP of business development, told Security Systems News.
What are the preparations? "They give us a card board box and a sleeping bag," Bond said.
Bond will be participating alongside Amy Kothari, president and CEO and Anastasia Bottos, COO and CSO, in the annual event this year. The My Alarm Center team has already raised more than $17,000—the entire Philadelphia event already surpassed it's $225,000 goal, almost hitting $230,000.
"This event not only raises substantial funds for Covenant House, but it helps build awareness of the difficult situations far too many children in our communities face. I feel so fortunate to be a part of it," Bottos said in the statement.
"We are so incredibly honored to be able to contribute to this cause in a meaningful way," Kothari said in a prepared statement.
Covenant House has locations across the U.S. as well as in Canada and several countries in Central America. Its sleep outs feature different groups, like mothers, Broadway actors, or the Executive Edition, in which all participants are C-suite in their company.
The University of Phoenix College of Security and Criminal Justice and SIA have partnered to provide those who have completed a SIA Certified Security Project Manager credential with 21 credit hours to apply toward a bachelor of science in security management.
The goal, according to a prepared statement, is to respond to industry demands by providing flexibility to security professionals to advance and increase skills in the ever-changing industry.
"University of Phoenix is proud to partner with the Security Industry Association to provide security professionals with flexible learning options and industry-aligned curriculum that will further their education and build upon the skills gained through a CSPM certificate," Spider Marks, executive dean for University of Phoenix College of Security and Criminal Justice, said in the statement.
Security professionals holding CSPM certificates have a minimum of approximately three years of hands-on project management experience. However, a survey by the Project Management Institute found that the majority of CSPM certificate holders in the United States do not have college degrees.
"The increasing complexity in the security industry has resulted in expanding demands for educated professionals," said Don Erickson, SIA chief executive. "This agreement offers seasoned practitioners who already possess management experience to apply their practical skills toward a degree that supports their career advancement while also meeting industry needs."
The agreement between University of Phoenix College of Security and Criminal Justice and SIA is just one example of a growing list of strategic initiatives the college is undertaking as it increases its focus on meeting educational needs within the security sector, it said.
The stories in our newswire this week are part of our annual Women in Security special report. When I interviewed Bodil Sonesson, VP global sales for Axis Communications, we were talking about her work outside of Axis, as a member of the board of directors of a public company based in Norway. I was interested to learn that public companies in Norway are required to have a certain percentage of women on their corporate boards.
Sonesson said that she was recruited for the board. It wasn't easy, the headhunter told Sonesson, to find a woman with extensive experience with global sales and marketing and an advanced business degree. To find a woman who met that profile the headhunter told Sonesson, he just needed to "try harder."
"I wouldn't be on the board if it wasn't for that quota," she said. "Once they found me, I had a chance. It was up to me to do a good job," she said.
The story reminded me of a joke we have at my house. When they were younger, my kids would open the refrigerator and without looking inside they'd say, "Mum, where's the butter?" I would remind them, that just because the butter, or whatever they're looking for, did not fall into their outstretched hand, it does not mean there's no butter in the fridge. Sometimes you need to take a few extra minutes and look around.
Sonesson, who oversees a global sales team that's grown eightfold under her leadership, said she believes diversity in the workplace is important, and advises recruiters she works with to "try harder" to find the right candidates for jobs.
Today there are more women than men on the corporate board where Sonesson is a director. And, yes, it's a profitable company that's doing well.
Trying harder to increase diversity of all kinds—gender, race, age, ethnicity, experience—makes good business sense. Think about it. Your shareholders may thank you.
This year we've profiled four leaders in our industry, Bodil Sonesson, Axis Communications VP global sales; Jill Lloyd, owner of Lloyd Security; Bethany Taylor, Dakota Security director of operations; Judy Randle, president of Central Montoring. Our Five Questions this month features Cassie Weaver, operations coordinator for Dakota Security. We also have a general news story about how security companies use social media which features three women: Rebecca Matson Purtz of director of business development for Matson Alarm; Alison Shiver, residential sales and marketing manager; and Kristin Milner, ADS director of marketing.
SAN ANTONIO—I've spent several days recently with two major camera companies, Hikvision and Axis Communications. The last week in October I was on a Hikvision trip to China where I met with executives from the company, toured the headquarters and one of their factories, and also went to China's version of ISC West. This week I'm in San Antonio at the Axis partner event.
There are more than 400 integrators and technology partners here this year. Yesterday's agenda included information on the company's technology road map, a panel discussion on school security, an IT director for Westgate Resorts, and a forensics expert talking about camera evidence and how integrators' careful design and installation of video surveillance can help in law enforcement, rescue efforts, and criminal prosecution. There were also break-out sessions and there's a full agenda for today as well.
I'll have more stories on both the Hikvision trip and the Axis event, but I took note that both companies made a point to talk about cybersecurity, both internal efforts to ensure that their products are safe and external efforts to educate their integrator partners on best practices.
This is good news. It's about time the physical security industry starts talking about the cyber elephant in the room.
When I was at Hikvision, the president of the company, Yangzhong Hu and Hikvision international marketing director, Keen Yao fielded questions about cyber breaches the company has suffered. They also talked about their efforts to correct problems and instill cybersecurity best practices internally. Hu said the company has partnered with international cybersecurity companies and professional hackers to proactivley test products, protocols and processes associated with cybersecurity.
Hikvision has a Security Center section on its website, which includes information about any current problems with its products, a location to report security issues, advice and best practices for end users and integrators on cybersecurity. Hikvision has also spoken about cybersecurity at ISC West, PSA-TEC and it will speak at ISC East next week as well. The goal, according to Hikvision North Amercian marketing director Alex Asnovich, is to share cybersecurity knowledge and best practices with the entire industry.
Yesterday at the Axis event, Sal D'Agostino, CEO of IDmachines, who has been working with Axis on cybersecurity, and John Bartolac, who heads up cyber strategy for Axis in North America, led a break-out session about cybersecurity and the threat landscape. They introduced Axis's new "hardening guide", a 25-page document of cybersecurity best practices and protocols. Bartolac said Axis has been working on the cybersecurity issue for six years (most notably with its government customers). It is now expanding its efforts to educate its integrators and other partners about cybersecurity.
I've heard lots of cybersecurity statistics, and they're always chilling, but D'Agostino showed a live map of cyberattacks yesterday. Check it out here.
D'Agostino said the guide includes many "easily actionable items" for systems integrators.
"We're supposed to be installing a security solution, not introducing a vulnerability," D'Agostino said. "We want to help our [end users] meet their corporate goals. … It's not acceptable anymore to say, 'I didn't know [about potential cyberthreats],'" he added.
The threat continues to evolve, he said. Not only do integrators have to worry about safeguarding the video that comes out of the camera, they need to be concerned about cameras being "taken over and used as a weapon."
D'Agostino pointed out that using cybersecurity best practices and helping end users understand protocol is a great way for systems integrators to "have a conversation with the IT side of the shop."
"As cameras are used not just as a security device, but as a business-enablement tool, you're going to find yourself in a situation where you'll be talking to the chief marketing officer or the IT department itself," D'Agostino said.
Integrators who have cybersecurity knowhow can help IT department understand the value of their video data to the corporation, he said.
Bartolac said that Axis has a roadmap of cybersecurity tools that it will be offering to integrators. The hardening guide is just the beginning, he said. Axis also has plans to share cybersecurity best practices with the industry at large.
At TechSec, we've been talking about cybersecurity for a few years. Here's a link to a story about a TechSec educational session led by Diebold's Jeremy Brecher that we did in 2014 about cyber attacks and the potential problems for physical security devices. We'll be talking about cybersecurity in the cloud at our Cloud+ conference Dec. 7-8. Rodney Thayer, who's an expert in designing network security systems and hacking, is doing a not-to-be-missed educational session at Cloud+. Check out the educational program here.
PSA Security is also taking the lead on educating the industry about cybersecurity. PSA has a wealth of information on its web site. Click here.
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How to bring thermography in house
Got any naked thermal images of your gas plant? Would you like to see some? We thought so. This article shows how simply doing more thermal imaging can increase efficiencies and generate savings.
BP'S JAYHAWK natural gas plant in Ulysses, Kan., processes gas from its own wells and those of several other companies. To move gas from these wells to the plant, BP uses compressor stations to boost the gas pipeline pressure after it flows from the ground. At the plant, several processes strip waste products from the gas, verify that the refined natural gas meets the proper BTU contents for distribution, and produce helium, nitrogen and propane byproducts. Finally, the company delivers the refined natural gas to a pipeline headed east.
One of the plants contractors, Alltech Instrumentation & Electrical Service, has long performed on-site electrical installation and service work for the main facility and its gas fields. Its routine work includes replacing electric motors, running conduit to automation controls, wiring air/fuel/ratio (AFR) controllers for the compressors, and helping field and plant technicians with repairs.
Recently, Alltech added thermal imaging to its electrical services. Until then, electrical and thermography were handled as two separate services. However, Alltechs knowledge of the plants equipment, its daily presence, and electrical repair abilities combined to create a far more efficient, all-in-one service. Our plant is realizing significant cost savings just by doing more thermal imaging.
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Thermal imaging is ideal for examining electrical equipment, and this plant has plenty of itapproximately 115,000 kilowatts coming in. Until recently, the facility used a secondary contractor to conduct annual thermal imaging surveys of its key electrical equipment. This was a problem, however, because this thermographer was located 6.5 hours away, which was too long to wait for problem assessments, especially in downtime situations. Subsequently, new thermal imagers became available that were more affordable and easier to use than traditional models, but still powerful enough for facility maintenance. So, Alltech bought a Fluke Ti30 thermal imager, sent operations manager (and co-author) Barry Ungles to training, and began inspecting Jayhawks plant equipment.
An engineer gathers thermal images of electrical components at the Jayhawk plant.
Our move to in-house thermal imaging made sense. The former, thermography-only contractors werent authorized to remove panel doors or make other electrical adjustments needed to get clear thermal images, which meant the facilitys electricians had to be involved. Alltechs licensed electricians now do that work, interpret the electrical significance of the thermal images, sometimes proceed immediately to repairs, and even verify success with follow-up thermal images.
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Each year, Alltech spends about three days scanning the Jayhawk plant for electrical problems. The two power control rooms are divided into sections, or buckets, which contain switchgear and breaker sources for power supply and distribution. The electricians monitor everything in the buckets, checking all the operating stations, and making thermal images of all the electrical connections, from relays to transformers. They also use the imager to look for loose connections, which is where major problems, such as meltdowns, often occur.
Because Ti30 can measure components to 0.25 degrees, we can find wire lugs that are loose, but only overheating slightly. This means that we can detect potential problems long before they become serious problems. In some cases, we can tighten lugs on the spot, if its safe to do it. For more serious problems or for equipment carrying very high voltages, we take a thermal image and a digital photo of the unit, and send a report to the supervising plant technician.
Besides monitoring electrical components, we also use thermal imaging to check the plants sludge catcher, which is a big vessel that collects waste from the natural gas. At one point, plant personnel werent sure their level indicators were working correctly, which meant they werent sure how much sludge was in the vessel. We made thermal images of this unit at the end of a hot day, when the vessel had begun to cool. Those images revealed the line between the heated sludge and the unrefined natural gas above it in the vessel, which had cooled faster. Thermography proved to be a failsafe backup to the level indicators. Using manual verification to determine the sludge depth would have required a major plant shutdown and an extremely dangerous vessel entry procedure. With thermal imaging, we were able to determine this depth for a fraction of the cost of conventional methods.
Thermal images from Flukes Ti30 show internal operating conditions of electrical components and other devices, such as the sludge catchers level, at BPs Jayhawk natural gas plant.
IN ANOTHER case, we wanted to determine which valve in a faulty system needed to be replaced. Conventional troubleshooting was ineffective due to operating constraints, but replacing all of the valves would have cost $15,000. So, we used the thermal imager to locate temperature deviations in the system, found the faulty unit, and replaced just one valve.
The imager also saved a $100,000 project at the plant, which had been at risk due to faulty pump seals after the vendors engineers couldnt solve the problem. Thermal imaging revealed that the seal failure stemmed from overheating caused by insufficient flow and coolingnot from a faulty unit. If the pump seal had simply been replaced and the real problem left uncorrected, the failure would have led to a spill.
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In the gas fields, Alltechs electricians use the Ti30 Imager to monitor mechanical devices. Thermal images can detect alignment problems in rotating equipment, for example, between a motor and a compressor. With a thermal image, they can quickly discover when a bearing is heating up due to misalignment.
They also use thermography to monitor 24 V control circuits. On these low-voltage installations, the imager lets users pinpoint loose connections as potential problems, tighten them, and prevent future failures. Using its Ti30, Alltech found loose 24 V connections that werent problems yet because of their wires rating. However, they might have caused shutdowns later if those connections had kept vibrating until their screws and wires came out of their sockets.
Thermography, PdM and Teamwork
Because thermal imagers capture otherwise invisible images of infrared (IR) radiation, and show temperature ranges as color or tone variations, observers can easily pick out hot or cold spots that might signal electrical or mechanical changes and/or process flow problems. This is a natural ally for any predictive maintenance (PdM) effort to regularly collect measurements, track indicators to predict needed repairs, and reduce maintenance costs and production losses.
In addition, with basic imaging training and good plant-floor communications, many different facility teams can benefit from thermal imaging. For example, our plant uses extremely cold processes to remove unwanted gases from the natural gas. In one case, a nitrogen pump had a persistently leaky seal that had to be changed out regularly. The electricians took a thermal image of the pump, and an engineer immediately saw there was a restriction preventing the seal from receiving enough cooling airflow, which was causing the seal to overheat and melt. Another problem solved.
"Using thermal imaging, we determined that insufficient airflow and cooling were causing a particular pump seal to fail. Learning this saved a $100,000 project from experiencing ongoing seal failures."
In general, we use high, medium and low designations for scanned equipment with problems. Low means it can be addressed sometime. Medium means it needs to be to taken care of relatively quickly. High signifies do something right away. Each year, we put together a book of our findings, and the facility keeps uses it to guide PdM activities.
Besides thermal imaging, the Jayhawk plant uses oil sampling analysis and vibration analysis on its compressors, VOC packing leak detection in valves and pumps, hi-pot insulation resistance testing, and regular switchgear cleaning and electrical maintenance. However, the only warning is to watch out for snowballing use of thermography. As this BP facility found out, once thermal imaging comes in house, applications for it appear everywhere, operation costs start to drop, and efficiency improves. So, whats left for a plant manager to do?
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Prospective undergraduate interns will be required to successfully complete a background investigation, which includes criminal records check, and background interview. Intern applicants must be in their junior or senior year of academic study. It is preferred that their major be in the field of Criminal Justice or Public Administration. Other majors are acceptable if the candidate has demonstrated a commitment to a law enforcement career and the college or university allows the internship for the studies program. Due to budgetary constraints, no salary or stipend is available.
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Noted gay icon Madonna will have to wait a little longer for a hearing to decide if she broke a St. Petersburg, Russia anti-homosexual law. The district court rescheduled the hearing for Nov. 7.
The pop star is facing a 333 million ruble ($10.6 million) lawsuit from nine St. Petersburg residents who claim that Madonna promoted homosexuality during her Aug. 9 concert, and violated their cultural traditions. The venue, Peterburgsky Sports and Concert Complex, and concert organizer PMI Corp. were also named as defendants in the lawsuit.
The law in question is relatively new, having been signed by St. Petersburg Governer Georgy Poltavchenko on March 7. It outlaws lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender "propaganda," with the goal of keeping minors from thinking that heterosexual and homosexual relationships are equal in society.
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Although Valentine's Day is often considered a typically American holiday, New Mexico presents interesting cultural variations to the popular festival—and, like other states, also has its locales whose names directly call to mind the spirit of Valentine's Day:
• Lovington, in Lea County, was named for Robert Florence Love, a promoter who organized the town in 1908. US Land Commissioner Robert McAllister suggested naming the town Love for its founder, but Loving was more euphonious. However, a town named Loving already existed, so Love himself added the suffix "-ton."
• Loving, located 10 miles southeast of Carlsbad, was originally settled by a group of Swiss immigrants who sought irrigated farmland. The Swiss called the town Vaud (Voh), after their canton in Switzerland, but by 1904, the Italian laborers they hired to work on their farms had changed the name to Florence, after the town in Italy. Just four years later, the name changed again. Oliver Loving, who helped establish the Goodnight-Loving Cattle Trail, was mortally wounded by a Native raiding party while on a cattle drive nearby. He died of his wounds, and Florence was renamed Loving in his honor.
• Amistad (the Spanish word for friendship) is a settlement in southern Union County, which dates from 1906, when Henry S Wannamaker, a Congregational minister, led a group of fellow ministers and promoters seeking to create a farming community in northeast New Mexico. They formed an "improvement association" and voted to name the town Amistad, hoping that the name and its friendly connotation would attract others to the settlement, which it did. Locals pronounce the name "Ahm-stahd."
• Corazón (the Spanish word for heart) is a now-deserted village located some 35 miles east of Las Vegas. It is named for a hill (Cerro de Corazón) shaped like a heart. This is not to be confused with another Corazón Hill, which forms a bluff that makes a precipitous bajada (or long, steep highway descent) from the mesas above to the valley below and marks the beginning of Great Plains.
• Some 75 miles east of Corazón lies Tucumcari, in Quay County. The name of the town derives from Native origins. According to legend, Wautonomah, an aging Apache chief, was worried about his succession. He summoned two of his finest warriors, Tonopah and Tocom, rivals and sworn enemies vying for succession and the hand of his daughter Kari. Unbeknownst to Wautonomah, Tocom was Kari's secret lover. Wautonomah proposed a duel to resolve the issues. Accordingly, the two braves met in mortal combat. When Tonopah killed Tocom, Kari anguished over her lover's death. She rushed in and stabbed Tonopah to death, then plunged the knife into her own heart. Wautonomah, aghast and grief-stricken, then took the knife and committed suicide, crying, "Tocom! Kari!" as he expired. The mountain where this occurred became known as "TocomKari" in remembrance of the tragedy. Eventually, the town that grew nearby was named Tucumcari.
Valentine's Day also has a prominent place among Hispanos in New Mexico. San Valentín, as the icon is known in the Hispanic world, is celebrated as a saint's day on Feb. 14. In some parts of the Hispanic world, the day is known as Día de los Enamorados (Lovers' Day); in others, it is known as Día de Amor y Amistad (Day of Love and Friendship).
Several Hispanic folk tales portray the plight of young lovers. One example, which has several variations, tells of two young men who attend a dance and meet a beautiful girl. The girl happily dances with one of the boys all night, and the two are smitten with each other. At the end of the dance, the boys offer to escort her home in their wagon. On their way home, the girl complains that she is cold, so the suitor offers her his coat. Before reaching her house, they pass by a cemetery, and the girl says she is feeling sick and asks them to stop. She steps down from the wagon and disappears into the night. The boys search for her, but to no avail. The next day, still anxious, the suitor resumes his search and eventually finds the girl's house. Her parents are surprised when he relates the previous night's events and tell him that his story is impossible; the girl died tragically in an accident three years before and is now buried in the nearby cemetery. Eventually, he finds the girl's grave. Lying neatly folded over it is his coat.
On a more humorous note, Joe Montoya's "Cuento del Día de San Valentín" (La Herencia, Spring 2005) reveals the innocence of a fourth-grader named José "Pepe" Rosales. Pepito, according to the story, is celebrating Valentine's Day with his classmates at his elementary school in the Agua Fria barrio of Santa Fe in the 1960s. During the party, the children dine on cookies, candy and punch and exchange Valentine's cards. At the end of the party, the teacher asks the children to draw a picture of what Valentine's Day means to them. Accordingly, Pepito draws a picture of a heart—complete with two arms and two legs. Curious about the unusual representation, the teacher asks Pepito to explain why he drew legs and arms on the heart in his picture. Pepito responds in Spanish, "Porque en la noche oigo a mi papá que le dice a mi mamá, 'Abre las piernas, corazón!'"
Blushing, the teacher recalls the old Art Linkletter adage: "Children do and say the darnedest things."
Editor's note: Corazón, although translated as "heart," is also used as a term of endearment. Hence, an indirect translation of Pepito's response: "Because in the night I hear my father tell my mother, 'Spread your legs, love!'"
Maurilio Vigil is a professor emeritus at New Mexico Highlands University and the author of several books on New Mexico politics and history.


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'Two Yedinitz intellectuals, followers of the Enlightenment, in "Mirnaya Vremya" [these words are Russian for "peaceful times."] (before World War One): Tuly Lerner and Benzion Snitkovsky (Brazil).'
From right to left: Standing Rivka Kuziminer Leiderman (died in Tel Aviv), Moshe Spielberg (died in Kishinev after the war), Shimshon Bronstein, Chaya Bar-Samcha-Eisenberg (died in Tel Aviv), Noach Leiderman (died in the Holocaust).
Seated: Yechiel Avraham Snitkovsky (died in Brazil), Golda Kuzminer Bronstein (Tel Aviv), Yisrael Dimant (Brazil), Sarah Snitkovsky (Brazil), Moshe Yanovitch (died in Brazil);
Underneath: Shaul Sternthal (died in Kishinev after the war).
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I'm a happy overall systemd user. My only concern is that permanent logs (saved in /var/log/journal) are growing beyond the set limit (50M) in /etc/systemd/journald.conf
SystemMaxUse=50M is the only change from the original file I made yet 'journalctl --disk-usage' returns 'Journals take up 58.4M on disk.'
Any thoughts on this?
Also, a minor problem, systemd pollutes my /var/tmp with a new systemd-private-XXXXXX folder on every boot. Does this happen to other systemd users?
Thank you for your answers
Last edited by birdflesh (2012-11-25 20:56:32)
I'm a happy overall systemd user. My only concern is that permanent logs (saved in /var/log/journal) are growing beyond the set limit (50M) in /etc/systemd/journald.conf
It's an off by one error, so to speak (which I reported a while ago). It'll be rotated once you read SystemMaxUse+SystemMaxFileSize.
Also, a minor problem, systemd pollutes my /var/tmp with a new systemd-private-XXXXXX folder on every boot. Does this happen to other systemd users?
These are created for programs which set PrivateTmp=yes in their Service configuration.
These are created for programs which set PrivateTmp=yes in their Service configuration.
I use ntpd.service and I see that these folders are not removed at shutdown. Why? And how to automatically clean /var/tmp of these remaining useless folders?
I am also interested in whether it is reasonable to delete the folders in /var/tmp at shutdown or not.
Last edited by teateawhy (2012-10-04 21:15:29)
Tmpfiles can clear /var/tmp for you.
Creating a file /etc/tmpfiles.d/remove-private-tmp.conf containing:
r /var/tmp/systemd-private-* - - - - -
seems to work for me.
Thank you all for your answers.
tmpfiles.d did the trick, would it be sane to have a configuration file like the one described by ninian added in the ntpd package?
On the journal size issue, I followed falconindy's advise but that didn't help. Total journal size again exceeded the sum of SystemMaxUse (50M) and SystemMaxFileSize (10M).
tmpfiles.d did the trick
Please can you explain what you did exactly to solve the issue with remaining folders in /var/tmp.
Can you post the conf file you created there?
Edit: Sorry I didn't read well it is already posted in ninian's post.
Last edited by berbae (2012-10-05 12:34:27)
Maybe I've misunderstood, but won't that configuration file destroy all /var/tmp/systemd-private-*? If something needs such a directory, won't this mess things up? That is, won't this remove the directories at boot rather than shutdown, say?
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There is a new thread about the temporary directories issue. Discussion about this can continue there.
I would very much appreciate some confirmation/more info about the issue described on topic.
OK, I removed and created /var/log/journal again, set a limit of 10M in SystemMaxUse and now logs rotate and never get any bigger in size.
I have no idea what could be the problem before but I can mark this as [solved].
OK, I removed and created /var/log/journal again, set a limit of 10M in SystemMaxUse and now logs rotate and never get any bigger in size.
Please, can you confirm that the output of 'journalctl --disk-usage' is always under the value of SystemMaxUse?
If so can you post your '/etc/systemd/journald.conf' file; and exactly what you have done and in what order, please.
I have not re-created the /var/log/journal directory yet, because I'm not sure if doing that when the systemd-journald.service is running is safe and clean.
Presently I get:
$ journalctl -b --no-pager _SYSTEMD_UNIT=systemd-journald.service
Logs begin at Sun, 30 Sep 2012 10:40:19 +0200, end at Sun, 30 Sep 2012 23:41:23 +0200.
Oct 25 09:58:45 arch64 systemd-journal[120]: Allowing runtime journal files to grow to 191.4M.
Oct 25 09:58:45 arch64 systemd-journal[120]: Journal started
Oct 25 09:58:51 arch64 systemd-journal[120]: Allowing system journal files to grow to 16.0M.
$ journalctl --disk-usage
Journals take up 22.3M on disk.
So the value is greater than 16M, even greater than 16 + 16/8 = 18M
my '/etc/systemd/journald.conf' is like that:
$ grep -v '^#' /etc/systemd/journald.conf
After changing the values in it I ran 'systemctl daemon-reload', and the machine reboots each day.
I don't like the idea to re-create '/var/log/journal' while systemd-journald.service is running.
This doesn't seem very clean to me.
It's exactly my problem. As I said, it went away by recreating /var/log/journal.
My configuration has nothing special, just SystemMaxUse is set to 20M.
If you feel uncomfortable just deleting the folder, you can try stopping systemd-journald.service first.
Thanks birdflesh to answer my post; I am pleased it works for you, but personally I need more precise infos.
So for comparison, please would you mind posting your outputs of the same commands I used in my post #12.
I think it is important to clarify that matter of disk usage for the systemd-journald service and to control that securely.
$ journalctl -b --no-pager _SYSTEMD_UNIT=systemd-journald.service
-- Logs begin at Mon, 2012-10-22 09:23:23 EEST, end at Mon, 2012-10-22 14:18:53 EEST. --
Oct 25 20:27:45 birdflesh systemd-journal[123]: Allowing runtime journal files to grow to 192.8M.
Oct 25 20:27:45 birdflesh systemd-journal[123]: Journal started
Oct 25 20:27:47 birdflesh systemd-journal[123]: Allowing system journal files to grow to 20.0M.
$ journalctl --disk-usage
Journals take up 20.7M on disk.
$ grep -v '^#' /etc/systemd/journald.conf
Please try running 'journalctrl --verify'. This will verify that files in your /var/log/journal are not corrupted.
I didn't try this when I had this problem so I'm not at all sure that it has something to do with it but try it anyway.
Last edited by birdflesh (2012-10-25 17:40:03)
@birdflesh: I see that your disk usage is greater than 20M; did you check to what value it grows up before going back to a lower than 20M?
Definitely no more than 20+20/8=22.5 .
So, have you tried to verify the integrity of your journal files?
Yes I ran the 'journalctl --verify' command and no errors were reported.
I decided to experiment the re-creation of /var/log/journal, from your testimony that it works.
I ran successively under root:
# systemctl stop systemd-journald.service
# cd /var/log
# mv journal/ journal.bak
# mkdir journal
# systemctl start systemd-journald.service
Nothing was re-created in /var/log/journal and there was nothing written in a new journal.
Not very reassuring at first.
Then I saw that a new upgrade of systemd was released, and I updated my system:
# pacman -Syu
# reboot
After that, a new journal was re-created. Nice to see it!
I now have to wait to confirm that the disk usage doesn't grow higher than 16 + 16/8 = 18M
This should take several days and I will post again when I have the data available.
Thanks birdflesh.
By the way, backups of old journal files can still be read by, for example:
journalctl -D /var/log/journal.bak/
passing the folder where the backups are kept.
I can now say that the birdflesh's trick of recreating /var/log/journal doesn't work for me:
$ journalctl --disk-usage
Journals take up 21.3M on disk.
when it should not have grown higher than 18M.
So how can I safely control the size of the systemd journal on the disk?
Or how can I safely clean /var/log/journal regularly?
This is an important issue to solve, as I cannot let the journal grows indefinitely.
As systemd is now used by more and more Arch users, has someone already solved that?
How the journal disk usage is controlled by other systemd users?
Thanks for giving suggestions.
I have the same problem - should be limited to 50M but stands at 171M. I don't know how to limit it...
However, I just ran verify and it found a problem with one file. What is the recommended procedure for dealing with this?
Last edited by cfr (2012-11-25 00:41:21)
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@birdflesh: do you reboot your computer everyday or let it running permanently?
And, as at least two persons don't see that issue solved, would you mind please to delete the SOLVED tag from this thread tittle?
Other contributions are needed.
From 'man journald.conf':
SystemMaxFileSize= and RuntimeMaxFileSize= control how large individual journal files
may grow at maximum. This influences the granularity in which disk space is made available through rotation, i.e.
deletion of historic data. Defaults to one eighth of the values configured with SystemMaxUse= and RuntimeMaxUse=, so that usually seven rotated journal files are kept as history.
So it is intended to delete old journal files regularly, but maybe if the system is continuously running, I don't know.
Because on my system, more than 7 journal files are present and seemingly never deleted; but I shutdown/reboot my machine everyday.
The journal file of the preceding day is always rotated at the start of the machine, whatever its size, and no size control of the total disk usage is made at that time, and never is after that.
All this is at least not very clear, and requires some clarifications.
Is it intended that the machine should be running permanently?
And how to force a cleaning of old journal files in case of a daily shutdown/reboot?
Last edited by berbae (2012-11-25 10:51:39)
I removed "solved" from the title as it seems that this is still an issue for some people.
@barbae I usually reboot many times every day.
Thanks birdflesh to re-open this thread.
Can you confirm that you have always only 7 rotated journal files left in the journal directory?
On my machine a new journal file is created at each reboot but no old rotated journal files are ever deleted, even when the disk usage is much higher than SystemMaxUse (+1/8).
(BTW I'm just curious: why do you reboot so many times every day?)
I don't reboot every day. (Sometimes I reboot more than once in a day if I need to but often I'll go a few days without rebooting.) I sleep several times a day, though. (Actually, I sleep once but my laptop sleeps several.)
Do you see journal file corruption at all? I'm wondering if that is blocking the constraints in my case (but I don't know what to do about it yet).
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X-Linked myotubular myopathy (XLMTM), a form of centronuclear myopathy (CNM) is the result of a mutation in the MTM1 (myotubularin) gene which leads to altered myotubularin. Myotubularin is essential for optimum muscle function. To date, over 100 mutations have been described resulting in a range of disease onset and symptom severity. The early onset form presents with neonatal hypotonia, muscle weakness, respiratory distress and an ongoing requirement for continuous ventilatory support with the inability to maintain a sitting position once placed. Males with both later onset and milder symptoms usually do not require ongoing ventilatory support, achieve a higher maximal motor function with ability to sit when placed and even walk, and have improved survival rates. Males with XLMTM may experience complications (events) at birth and throughout their lifetime. The goal of the study is to identify the number of events over twelve months in males with genetically confirmed XLMTM. Parents or affected individuals over the age of 18 years who are able to access telephone will provide answers to an established event survey to evaluate the frequency and types of events. Emergency department, hospital admissions and mortality will be confirmed by obtaining medical reports.
The investigators hypothesize that there will be no association between the frequency of events and markers of clinical severity including the need for ventilatory support at birth, current level of ventilatory support (no support, support less than 12 hours, support more than 12 hours) and current motor function (walking, sitting without support, inability to sit without support).
|X-linked Myotubular Myopathy
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case-Only
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Prospective Study of Adverse Event Rates in Males With X-Linked Myotubular Myopathy
- Survey of a defined set of events [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Changes in care needed, breathing support, motor ability, medications and medical care, nutrition/weight management, communication/vision/learning/behavior, and frequency of outpatient/hospital/ER visits are recorded by a monthly telephone survey.
- Frequency of a predefined set of events related to ventilatory status [ Time Frame: 12 months ]To analyze the strength of the association between the frequency of events surveyed and 1) duration of ventilatory support directly after birth and 2) current need for ventilatory support.
- Frequency of a predefined set of events related to current motor function [ Time Frame: 12 months ]To analyze the strength of the association between the frequency of events surveyed and current motor function
- Association between event frequency and genotype [ Time Frame: 12 months ]To determine the strength of the association between the frequency of the events surveyed and the affected individual's genotype.
- Association between event rate and season [ Time Frame: 12 months ]To analyze event rates with respect to two seasonal clusters, October through March and April through September.
|Actual Study Start Date:
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|Study Completion Date:
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
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|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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|Sampling Method:
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Participants for the MTM Event study will be recruited from 2 sources:
- the Centronculear Myopathy Natural History Study and
- the Congenital Muscle Disease International Registry (CMDIR)
Inclusion Criteria:
- males with a confirmed MTM1 mutation OR
- males with a muscle biopsy consistent with myotubular myopathy AND family history consistent with X-linked inheritance AND
- English-speaking parent/guardian of a living male child or a decisionally impaired adult OR English-speaking affected male over 18 years of age who can access telephone
- signed study consent
- enrolled in the Congenital Muscle Disease International Registry (CMDIR)
Exclusion Criteria:
- males with only a clinical diagnosis of XLMTM but without family history of XLMTM
- an affected male who has a genetically confirmed form of centronuclear myopathy (CNM) that is not caused by a mutation in the MTM1 gene
- females with MTM1 due to the limited number of females affected and the variability of clinical presentation
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01840657
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|Torrance, California, United States, 90502
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|University of Michigan
|Principal Investigator:
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|University of Michigan
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|Study First Received:
|April 18, 2013
|Last Updated:
|January 30, 2017
Keywords provided by Cure CMD:
CMDIR (Congenital Muscle Disease International Registry)
X-linked myotubular myopathy
centronuclear myopathy
MTM1 gene
adverse event
disease complication
hospital admission
emergency room visit
motor function
respiratory function
natural history study
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Muscular Diseases
Myopathies, Structural, Congenital
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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