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Teeth Whitening
- Teeth whitening introduction
- Teeth Whitening Options
- Whitening Toothpastes
- Whitening Strips and Whitening Gels
- Tray-Based Tooth Whitening Procedures
- At-Home vs At-the-Dentist Dental Bleaching
- Risks Associated With Teeth Whitening
- Products Safety
- Follow-Up Care
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Find a local Doctor in your town
Whitening is not recommended or will be less successful in the following circumstances:
Teeth whitening introduction
- Age and pregnancy issues. Bleaching is not recommended in children under the age of 16. This is because the pulp chamber, or nerve of the tooth, is enlarged until this age. Teeth whitening under this condition could irritate the pulp or cause it to become sensitive. Teeth whitening is also not recommended in pregnant or lactating women.
- Sensitive teeth and allergies to products. Individuals with sensitive teeth and gums, receding gums and/or defective restorations should consult with their dentist prior to using a tooth whitening system. Anyone allergic to peroxide (the whitening agent) should not use a bleaching product.
- Gum disease, worn enamel, cavities, and exposed roots. Individuals with gum disease or teeth with worn enamel are generally discouraged from undergoing a tooth whitening procedure. Cavities need to be treated before undergoing any whitening procedure. This is because the whitening solutions penetrate into any existing decay and the inner areas of the tooth, which can cause sensitivity. Also, whitening procedures will not work on exposed tooth roots because roots do not have an enamel layer.
- Fillings, crowns and other restorations. Tooth-colored fillings and resin composite materials used in dental restorations (crowns, veneers, bonding, bridges) do not whiten. Therefore, using a whitening agent on teeth that do and do not contain restorations will results in uneven whitening-in this case, making the teeth without restorations appear lighter than those with restorations. Any whitening procedure should be done prior to the placement of composite fillings, bonding, veneers, crowns, dentures, or porcelain restorations in order to best match the degree of whitening to your new tooth color. A minimum of 2 weeks following a whitening procedure should be allowed before crowns, bondings, or veneers are completed. This will allow enough time for the enamel to remineralize and optimize the bonding strength. Tooth-colored fillings will need to be replaced after the bleaching process is complete. Individuals with numerous restorations that would result in uneven whitening may be better off considering bonding, veneers or crowns rather than a tooth whitening system. Ask your dentist what strategy may be best for you.
- Unrealistic expectations. Individuals who expect their teeth to be a new "blinding white" may be disappointed with their results. Smokers need to be aware that their results will be limited unless they refrain from continued smoking, particularly during the bleaching process. A healthy guide as to a reasonable degree of whiteness to achieve with a whitening process that would give a natural appearance to a person's teeth is a slightly whiter color than the whites of your eyes.
- Darkly stained teeth. Yellow-ish teeth respond well to bleaching, brownish-colored teeth respond less well, and grayish-hue or purple-stained teeth may not respond well to bleaching at all. Blue-gray staining caused by tetracycline is more difficult to lighten and may require up to 6 months of home treatments or several in-office appointments to successfully lighten. Teeth that have dark stains may be better candidates for another lightening option, such as veneers , bonding , or crowns . Your dentist can discuss the options best suited for your situation.
Will all types of bleaching procedures, the degree of whiteness will vary from individual to individual depending on the condition of the teeth, nature of the stain, the concentration of the bleach and the duration of time and bleaching system used.
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Had my garage broken into last night and three bikes stolen, got in through the roof. The bikes are:
Specialised centrum sport 2008 hybrid, all black, avid elixir 1 brakes and black hope pro II's on mavic 717 rims. Singlespeed, 48x14.
Trek 8000 hardtail, 2006, in red. 2005 fox talas forks, M970 XTR brakes and rear mech, M760 XT cranks, deore shifters and front mech. Thomson layback seatpost and thomson stem, Ryde rx1 wheels with distinctive blue hubs and straight pull spokes, bought from on one last month!
YT Industries tuesday DH 2012 in white. Rockshox boxxers, formula mega brakes and sun ringle mtx 31 wheels, all in white. Full zee groupset, inc crank, truvativ seatpost and white funn full on handlebars, 785mm wide.
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Every NFL season is an adventure on its own, and to say the 2009 season will determine the fate of the Washington Redskins franchise is unnecessary hyperbole.
As always, there are important storylines, but ones that can easily be rewritten by Daniel Synder's pocketbook in a year or two.
There are the obvious storylines, (see: The Quarterback), the mysterious storylines (see: The Coach), and the defensive storylines (see: The Learning Curve) to tell about the 2009 Washington Redskins.
The Quarterback
Jason Campbell is in a contract year, one that could very well determine whether he is the Redskins' quarterback of the future or will roam the NFL for the next few years as a backup.
It seems unfair to boil down the success or failure of the team to Campbell's progression, but the Redskins were two different teams last year.
When Campbell and Portis and the Redskins' offense were clicking, they went 6-2 and averaged over 20 points and over 340 yards per game. As Portis wore down and the offense line struggled, Campbell began to struggle as well.
Campbell's stats in the first half: 66.1 completion percentage, 1,754 yards, eight touchdowns, zero interceptions.
Campbell's stats in the second half: 59.1 completion percentage, 1,491 yards, five touchdowns, six interceptions.
These numbers are nothing new: Campbell's Jekyll and Hyde impression. That's why expectations for him are all over the place—from Cade McNown to Donovan McNabb.
But underneath those numbers are some positives. Campbell was great in the fourth quarter of close games. When the game was within seven points in the fourth quarter, Campbell had a quarterback rating of 100.4 and threw three touchdowns to no interceptions.
Campbell only had one red zone turnover last year and performed well against the blitz, posting a 90.5 quarterback rating.
But none of that may matter.
In 2008, the Redskins' offensive line allowed 38 sacks, which was 22nd in the league and well above the league average of 32.4 sacks allowed.
But without right tackle Jon Jansen and little quality depth anywhere else on the offensive line, it may not be up to Campbell whether he succeeds if he doesn't have the time to throw.
In addition to questions along the offensive line, the Redskins are struggling to find Campbell weapons in the receiving corps.
Antwaan Randle El will play in the slot this year alongside Santana Moss, so the Redskins need to find someone else to be the Z receiver on the outside.
Whether it's Devin Thomas or Malcolm Kelly doesn't really matter. As long as they get any production from one of those two second-year receivers, Campbell will be better off.
Campbell's fate is closely tied to the fate of head coach Jim Zorn, and whether both, either, or neither of them will be back next year.
The Coach
Zorn is entering his second year with the Redskins, which is a long tenure measured in Daniel Snyder years.
The decision on whether or not to bring Zorn back after this year will depend on how the season goes and who's available.
Zorn is solely responsible for the progression of Campbell and the effectiveness of the offense. If the offense struggles again this year, despite that Greg Blache's defense is amazing, and the Redskins fail to reach .500 and the playoffs, Zorn will be out.
Any record above .500 and a run at the playoffs will likely save Zorn, who seems like a great practice guy, a great quarterbacks coach and teacher of the game, but a below-average in-game manager.
What may be Zorn's saving grace is that he's Snyder's guy. Snyder plucked him from obscurity as the Seahawks quarterbacks coach.
But names like Jon Gruden, Bill Cowher, and Mike Shanahan may leave Snyder salivating.
The Learning Curve
The only new starter on the defense, besides the $100-million man, is rookie linebacker and defensive end Brian Orakpo.
Orakpo is slated to be lined up at left outside linebacker on first and second down, and then as a down rusher at defensive end on third down.
Orakpo showed his rushing ability in the first preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens. He showed that his combination of speed and power moves will translate well to the pro game, and he should accumulate between four and six sacks this year on third down alone.
While there is no question about his ability to rush the passer on third down, his ability to fall back into coverage as a linebacker could be a huge hole in the Redskins' otherwise stout defense.
The Redskins may be able to hide Orakpo in zone coverage, only making him responsible for a portion of the field. But, if he has to get out and play man coverage—especially against a tight end like Jason Witten, or a running back like Brian Westbrook—he will get burned.
Orakpo is likely to be slow in play recognition in coverage as a linebacker and be a step behind on most plays. It seems that a realistic expectation for the upcoming season is that he will be a glorified third-down specialist who happens to play on the other downs as well.
With London Fletcher as a mentor, Orakpo should have a shorter learning curve than most, but he won't be able to fulfill the heroic expectations thrust upon his broad shoulders.


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I had grand plans of cooking all weekend and freezing meals. It didn't happen. I got this incredible message from my friend Lora about holding closely to God right now, and to embrace FAITH and not fear. I've been so anxious about so many things that I have zero control over. She recommended journaling through it all and praying over our baby until she's ready to make her appearance. It was such solid, beautiful advice. She also walked me through some things that helped her have five natural births. She's amazing, that one.
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Alright, I have been going back and forth with the LBS for 4-5 months now. Rock Shox (SRAM) has changed up the maxle design. It started coming loose at the end of rough rides, really rocky areas. I had the maxle warrantied out to the new style. Still came loose on rough rides. Especially fast downhills. Then we (we being the LBS) warrantied out the fork tubes thinking it was that. And no, it didn't work either. The LBS said try a different wheel, so I took my wheel off my SS (a white industries hub) and threw it on there. Still came loose. Then I cleaned off all my grease on the axle (I was using Mobil 1 synthetic bearing grease), shoved it in the fork dry and blue loctited the threads. Still came loose!!!
Anyone else have this issue?
This is a 2011 Trek Rumblefish with Rock Shox Reba forks and Sun Ringle Charger Pro wheelsets.
Two options.
1. Something is out of spec with...something. Since you've tried new fork lowers and a new Maxle, it seems as if it could only be your hub. See if you can get ahold of another wheel to throw in there for a ride and see what happens.
2. You're doing something wrong on install. Preload on the system too loose, or just not doing the thing up tightly enough.
I've had multiple Maxle equipped forks over the years since its introduction, never had any issue with any loosening on a variety of fork/hub combinations.
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Dope! Love the colours too!
Is that supposed to be the face of Christian Audigier?
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its a house in his face! ORDERD! waiting for it… :D
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I took the two batteries off my 94 aljo and stored them all winter and when I put them on the trailer.I forgot which wire goes to which barttery and neg. or positive? I have 2 trailer batteries and lot of wires? help!
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Your system could be 12 volts with the batteries wired in parallel or it could be 24 volts which requires wiring in series. I will provide a short explanation for you. Let me know if other wiring is involved, if so further information will be required to help with wiring the batteries on your trailer. If you can give me a complete trailer description along with the type of electrical hookup you are supposed to use I will be glad to help with the wiring.
If you have a 12 volt system you will need to wire in parallel, run the positive cable from the RV to the positive post of the first battery and then run a positive jumper cable to the positive post of the second battery. Next do the same for the negative side. Negative from RV to negative on first battery and a negative jumper to negative post on second battery.
If the system is 24 volts then run the positive wire from the RV to the positive post on the first battery and then run a jumper from the negative post on the first battery to the positive post on the second battery. Now run the negative cable from the RV to the negative post of the second battery. This is wiring in series and supplies 24 volts for a 24 volt system.
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Marriage is an important event in many of our lives. A honeymoon in the Greek Islands is a great way to celebrate this event. The following offers 2 options on how to find a honeymoon venue in the Greek Islands.
Use the Internet to find a honeymoon in the Greek Islands.
1Visit http://www.greece-travel.gr on your Internet browser.
2Click the "Honeymoons" link.
- This is located on the left side of the webpage, about halfway down.
3Scroll down until you see several package options to select from.
- These are located within pink rectangles on the webpage.
4Click the first package option.
- The details of the package, including what is included and the price, will appear.
- Review the details and note whether they appeal to you or not.
5Click the back button on your Internet browser.
6Click the second package option.
- As with the first option, the details of this package will appear.
7Click the back button on your Internet browser.
8Click through the remaining package options.
- Note which packages you are interested in and the price of each.
9Click the "Book Now" link, which is located near the bottom-center portion of the page for the package you are looking at, once you find a package that suits you well.
- If this link is not available, click the "Contact Us For Offer" link in the same location.
- Follow the instructions on the page that pops up to complete the process.
Hire a travel agent.
1Search your local phone book or the Internet for a travel agent.
2Contact several travel agents to see if they would be able to help you find a honeymoon in the Greek Islands.
- Ask each travel agent for a quote. Make sure that the quote includes all fees and taxes.
3Compare prices and select an agent to work for you.
4Note any recommendations that the travel agent makes.
5Select the honeymoon that works best for you.
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- For further information regarding each package option, click the FAQ link, which is located just under the itinerary information.
- Some packages do not list a price. To obtain pricing, click the "Contact Us For Offer" link, which is located just under the itinerary information.
- The prices listed on the listed website are in Euros. If you use a different currency, be sure to convert the prices to make sure you can afford it.
- Airline tickets purchased from travel agents are refundable within the first 24 hours.
- Avoid paying a travel agent by cash or check. Paying with a credit card will offer greater protections if something goes wrong.
- Check with your travel agent or on the Internet to see what documentation you must bring with you, if any, such as a passport or visa. The following site may be of use: http://www.wordtravels.com/Travelguide/Countries/Greece/Visa.
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Selena is a Production Assistant at NPR's Morning Edition. Her freelance reporter pieces have aired on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend All Things Considered. She's reported on everything from parking meter technology to Ricky Martin's comeback album.
She cut her teeth as the News Director of Stanford's radio station, KZSU. She went on to report at a bay area paper, study documentary radio at the Salt Institute, and intern at All Things Considered, while being managing editor for Intern Edition.
Sandwiched in there was a six month stint in East Africa: first at an HIV testing NGO in Mbale, Uganda, then outside of Arusha, Tanzania teaching about HIV in primary schools.
She lives in Washington, DC. She draws and paints in her spare time, and is working on her first illustration project. She also sings and is learning to play the piano.


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Someone has just found an idea about how to turn your wireless router into LEGO router and he even has provided the blueprint on how to create it by yourself in his blog. The preferred router is Linksys WRT54GL, a router that you can find easily in any PC store nearby.
Check out the following video of how Luke (the creator of LEGO Router) build his own LEGO router with some lego blocks and the required Linksys router.
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It uses a rolling code. That is, a new knock code is generated every time, using a cipher. Previous knocks are automatically rejected, so recording them achieves nothing unless you are able to break the cipher. We are not able to judge the strength of this cipher because it is a secret proprietary one, however it appears to be the same one commonly used to protect luxury cars.]]>
Re: mag field attack on electric locks:
I was just thinking about this the other day, and it occurs to me that there are at least 7 approaches. Some must be designed into the lock, but others can even be retrofitted by the end-user. Of course if the end-user does such a modification, it would be a good idea to obtain a suitable magnet and check to see if the hardening worked. Anyway, my thoughts:
1. Distance. The force from a dipole field on an induced dipole generally drops as a quite high power of distance (often 1/r^6 or 1/r^7, depending on geometry), so slightly increasing the standoff can have a dramatic effect. As a lock manufacturer, this can be achieved by designing the lock so that the solenoid is on the side furthest from the threat. Interestingly however this also allows a lock end-user to upgrade an existing, vulnerable lock by mounting the lock on a stand-off block of some kind. A disadvantage is that this approach only works from one side of the door.
2. Shielding. By making the lock casing, or better yet the entire door, from a high permeability material (e.g. Permalloy) the manufacturer may prevent the field from reaching the solenoid. Also the lock end-user may upgrade an existing vulnerable lock by fitting a plate of soft iron (or better, Permalloy) between the lock body and door. Or better yet, by making a box to completely surround the casing. This approach means that electric locks used to secure safes are probably not vulnerable at all.
3. Direction of operation. When an object is placed in a dipole field and has a dipole induced in it, the force lies in the direction of the field intensity gradient. By and large, this is _toward_ the magnet. Thus locks in which the bolt is thrown at right angles to the plane of the door will be less vulnerable than those which move toward the door, while those which throw _away_ from the door will be least vulnerable. Best of all would be interlocking two part bolts which have to move in two opposite directions at once. This technique will be more useful if there is also a reasonable degree of standoff, since it will then be more difficult for the attacker to significantly alter the relative direction of the magnet. This technique is mainly useful to manufacturers, although an existing end-user could use this approach to upgrade an existing vulnerable lock by making an new mounting bracket which alters the orientation of the whole lock. However this will likely be much more complicated than a simple standoff.
4. Additional components. An additional ferromagnetic sear could be place in the lock in such a way that when the normal solenoid (lying between sear and bolt) is activated, the sear is pressed away, but an external field (operating on bolt and sear in the same direction) causes them to bind together and prevent the bolt from moving. Electrically adept end-users could also use this approach to upgrade an existing vulnerable lock by adding a field sensor (e.g. Hall effect chip) to control a secondary bolt, which holds the door locked when a strong field is detected. Alternatively, the Hall chip could simply trigger a burglar alarm (since the required field strengths are very high, the risk of a false alarm should be quite low.)
5. Extraneous forces. Fields acting on dipoles generally induce significant torques as well as linear forces. The bolt could be designed so that it jams securely in place when subject to a torque. Such a feature would need to be designed in by the manufacturer.
6. More complex mechanisms. A bolt does not have to be thrown by a simple solenoid. It might be operated by a stepper motor, for example. (With a stepper motor, there are effectively two or more coils which must be alternately energised with a precise phase relationship. A static field will do nothing, while an AC field impressed on both coils which just make the rotor vibrate in situ.)
7. Concealed location. It will be very difficult for the attacker to achieve the necessary field strengths over a large area. As such, locks in which the strike mechanism cannot be easily located from the "insecure side" are slightly less vulnerable.]]>
As I mentioned further up this blog page a lot of "secure electronic locks" (not just the Winkhaus blue chip lock with embeded battery) suffer from this problem with magnets...
It is a problem that has been well known for well over a quater of a centry by the US Insurance funded UL (Underwriters Laboratories) but they do not appear to be worried by it (ie they do not advertise the information to consumers or other interested parties).
There is actually a fairly simple solution to it if you are thinking of designing an electronic lock (with embeded battery). I have mentioned it before in earlier posts to Bruce's Blogs (where you can also find my EMail address ;)]]>
When dealing with physical security you really dont have to get too bogged down in technical details.
ie. How much money, time, expertise needs to be expended on creating that device when it will only be useful against only one type of lock which currently 0 people use...
...compared to the cost of a load of horse shit dumped against the door which is just as effective in denial of service for an entry regardless of lock type.
That one used encryption and authentication of keys. The solution was to buy a very powerful magnet and attach it to the lock. Very interesting videos.]]>
Nice analysis.
I think the steel-reinforced epoxy wins, there. Now *that's* the ultimate in door security measures, for values of security approximating 'not accessible except to authorized users', and values of authorized user approximating 'equipped with demolition gear'. :D]]>
Most company datacenters are surrounded by mainly drywall, so the hardened door is just for show anyway.
Your security really just depends on how determined the thief wants to be.]]>
"To make it difficult to remove the armored box, glue it to the door with steel reinforced epoxy."
With a tube of steel-reinforced epoxy, I've got a great attack against a conventional key mechanism without any box requirement -- so the new lock wins there.]]>
(NOTE: It very much sounds to me as if the cryptographic functionality in this device is provided by the KeeLoq protocol. Some of my comments are based on this assumption and may not be valid if it is not correct.)
== Notably good points ==
1. It seems that each knocker must be set up by programming with a 6 digit "master code", then a 4 - 6 digit user PIN is entered to unlock a door. Thus, it is two factor authentication. Yay!
2. The knocker is not just a token but also a PIN entry keypad (and code generator). Because each user gets their own and carries it around with them, this makes it much harder for an attacker to implement attacks on the PIN entry interface (e.g. prying open the cover and inserting a keylogger).
3. Uses cryptography to implement an (apparently) strong rolling code protocol for authentication.
4. Like most modern electronic locks, it has built-in key management and (in some models) auditing. However, if I read the specs right then it seems each lock can manage up to 100 different users whilst _also_ using a rolling code for _each_ user. So far as I know, this is unique.
5. From the video, it seems to be possible to enter your PIN shortly prior to unlocking the door, then activate it by pressing against the door. This feature makes it possible to avoid shoulder surfing or video photography being used to recover your PIN. However one would need to be careful with how long the device stays "armed" after entering the PIN.
6. Acoustic signalling: like RF based key systems, the lack of an exposed interface forces an attacker to concentrate on the information rather than the implementation. For example, on a keypad based system one has to worry what would happen if the attacker exposes the wires between keypad and microcontroller, and sends malformed signals along it e.g. seriously overvoltage. Additionally the exposed interface is vulnerable to vandalism which can also be used for denial-of-service attacks. An RF interface is significantly less vulnerable to these sorts of shenanigans, although not totally invulnerable. Possibly the cleverest part of the KnockKey is that it takes this sort of protection even further: very high amplitude acoustic signals _might_ damage the device, but everyone in the area is going to notice! Having a broad spectrum pulse-time modulation scheme makes it very difficult to confuse with invalid pulse timings or unexpected frequencies. Seriously out of spec frequencies are likely to be strongly attenuated by the door material anyway. In comparison to RF solutions, it is also likely that the effective interception range will be reduced; the attacker will need to mike the door specifically, rather than simply hiding a receiver somewhere nearby. Another advantage of acoustic signalling is the possibility to signal through heavy metal barriers (e.g. safe doors, vault doors) without needing to anywhere weaken the barrier with a signal path.
7. Seems to be quite inexpensive compared to most electronic locks.
8. Only judging from an external photograph here, but it looks like the strike positively engages a notch in the retaining bolt (thus giving good resistance to forcing) and throws downward (thus probably not being vulnerable to the electromagnet attack). It also appears that when locked, the strike bolt is completely concealed, surrounding entirely by the casing and the heavy steel retaining bolt, which itself is completely surrounding by the casing. This makes it fairly resistant to physical assault from the INSIDE as well. (It seems it comes in both deadlock and non-deadlock versions.)
9. The combination of "master code" and PIN is a minimum of 10 digits. If it can be taken literally, the video seems to indicate that a code takes about 1 second to transmit, so even without rate limiting a 10 digit key will take an infeasible amount of time to brute force.
10. It deliberately forces the administrator to change default keys on set up. Yay!
== Questionable points ==
1. They don't state what cryptographic algorithm is used to generate the rolling codes. From the description, it sounds a lot like they have used KeeLoq, which is a great _protocol_, but usually implemented with a secret proprietary block cipher _algorithm_.
2. PINs are allowed to be as short as 4 digits (or as long as 6). It seems they are somehow combined with a 6 digit "master key" before use, but no information is given on the device's resistance to reverse engineering. If an attacker manages to extract the master key from a legitimate knocker, captures the master key by some other method, or obtains a knocker and is allowed access to it for an extended period, then a 4 digit PIN without rate limiting is rather weak. It could be brute forced in 8 minutes on average. Even 6 digit PINs would take about 6 days on average. With this sort of system it is of course fairly easy to severely limit brute forcing through a combination of rate limiting and auditing, however the description does not make any mention of rate limiting. I would like to see it added, if not already present, to further reduce the risk of reverse engineering the master key.
3. Although the knocker has a feature which enables one to avoid shoulder surfing attacks, this isn't mentioned at all. For most users, shoulder surfing will probably continue to be a serious vulnerability.
4. The version in which the knocker is left attached to the door seems rather pointless to me. It eliminates most of the advantages of the idea, apart from not needing to drill holes through a door. I would certainly restrict its use to monitored areas.
5. (This bit has quite a few assumptions about the protocol.) The maximum length of the master key is too short. The maximum total keyspace seems to be a 6 digit master key and a 6 digit PIN (approximately 40 bits). In addition, if this is KeeLoq or works in the same way, there is also a 16 bit internal counter. The output from one knock is probably 32 bits (guessing, both from resemblance to KeeLoq, and claims of "billions of knock sequences".) That means that an attacker who records a knock sequence, and then (having obtained the KeeLoq algorithm by some means) attempts to brute force the keyspace off-line by trial decryptions, _cannot_ get the answer from one intercepted successful knock. But how many does he need? Unless the resynch protocol is triggered (which it usually isn't), the next successful knock must decrypt to one of 16 possible values after decryption by the same trial key (assuming the upper 16 bits of the plaintext are fixed, as is usually the case, but need not be here.) Thus, 2**-28 of trials keys will pass a second knock by chance, thus leaving ~4000 trial keys. A third knock will eliminate all but the correct one. Thus with a 6 digit user PIN and knowledge of the secret cipher algorithm, an attacker can break the system using 3 intercepted ciphertexts, ~2**41 encryptions and negligible memory, which is not a very serious obstacle today. With 4 digit user PIN, it is proportionately easier. (Note that the maximum keysize of the KeeLoq algorithm itself is 64 bits, so it is possible that there is additional keying information already embedded in the device -- enough, in fact, to make brute forcing the algorithm significantly harder than kicking the door in -- but as this data does not need to be entered into a replacement knocker, it must be the same for all of them and so will eventually be discovered.)
== Answers to specific objections ==
1. No, you cannot simply record the code and play it back. It specifically says that it uses a "rolling code", which is designed to defeat just such an attack.
2. No, stealing the knocker alone does not let you break in.
3. Yes, of course you can bypass the lock's security by attacking the physical fabric of the door, frame, or surrounding walls etc. But that is true for any lock, and thus not a criticism of the lock so much as a reminder of the necessity for whole-of-system design. To the extent that it is relevant to the lock design, THIS lock looks like it has been designed in a way that makes it easier rather than harder to secure the rest of the system, i.e. it doesn't weaken the fabric of the door, it works just as well with very heavy doors and probably with doors with extra cladding, and it positively engages with the frame. The lack of a need to position a keyhole, and the mechanical simplicity of the engagement with the bolt, would make it fairly simple to adapt to more powerful boltwork if desired (as in fact appears to have been done in the S&G safes).
4. No, not all electric strikes are vulnerable to the electromagnet attack (i.e. throwing the bolt by attaching a powerful electromagnet outside the door, thus entirely bypassing the lock's logic). A couple of designs were found to be vulnerable, and the manufacturers in true locksmithing tradition tried to suppress the information instead of fixing the problem, which caused a bit of a fuss among computer security types. However, the attack simply doesn't work on most electric strikes, and from an admittedly very superficial examination it doesn't look like it would work in this case.
5. The fact that S&G incorporate an override code in the version they put in some safes, doesn't mean there's a backdoor. Remember, each lock can manage up to 100 user accounts, so all S&G has to do is add a "field serviceman" user account. They could even have a different one for each customer, to minimise exposure. If you read the manual, you will see it is probably possible for the user to delete this account if they want to, although I imagine most commercial users are more worried about the considerable cost of getting their safe forced if they forget the PIN.
6. No, every knockkey does not contain the entire set of codes and PINs, encoded into itself. When you buy a replacement, it contains a default master key (which it forces you to change immediately) and no user PINs at all. To use it, the system administrator must enter the 6 digit master key. Your user PIN (apparently) does not get stored in it at all, but is entered each time you want to open a lock.
7. "Is this really more secure than a normal lock?" Yes. There is absolutely no question that for the great majority of lock users, _any_ electronic lock, even a moderately badly implemented one, is more secure than a "normal" (i.e. mechanical) lock. This is because of the small fraction of break-ins which involve defeating the lock, most come about from a failure of key management, and key management for electronic locks is enormously easier than for mechanical locks. Of those that don't fall under key management failures, most rely on applying violence to the exposed interface -- something which this lock simply does not have. Other than that, this system appears to be based on a system which is already being used to secure luxury cars, and has been found in practice to be far more secure than mechanical locks. The only caveats are that they seem to be using a master key which is rather shorter than the maximum permitted (which does worry me somewhat), and they use a novel signalling interface (but one which seems to be more secure than the current standard version, rather than less secure).]]>
I'd think I would want to program a longer, permanent key into the lock, and only use the "pin" entered at the time of use as an authenticator for the user of the key.
1) User enters "pin"
2) Door knocks a challenge to the key.
3) Key uses permanent key plus "pin" plus cryptographic hash to formulate response.
4) Key knocks response.
5) Door opens (or not) depending on whether it likes the response.
You shouldn't be dependent on something that needs to be dependently measured like time. You would have to synchronize the time before use and that can be jammed, intercepted and/or changed. No, a full cryptograhically key exchange is needed here.
> The use of OpenSSH or any other PK system is going to need lots of CPU cycles and a high end CPU, neither of which are good for battery consumption, which likewise would not be good for this application.
That is not true anymore. OK, a full implementation of OpenSSH would be quite a bit exaggerated, but there are some key exchange algorithms optimized for embeded use and the computing power needed is very cheap these days: monetary cost and electrical power consumption are quite low, an AAA-battery will keep that US$ 2.99 thingie running for more than a year (assuming the ordered bulk is large enough and it needs the power for the actual work only).
My point is to use well known and tested algorithms and implementations and not to try to reinvent the wheel because your first wheel will almost surely be square.
BTW: the idea with the hash is not wrong, you can use a cryptographical hash to exchange keys:
Let the knockkey be 'A' and the lock be 'B', the cryptographically hashfunction hashing a string 'x' be 'hash(x)' and a random number generator with seed 's' be 'rand(s)' (seed is not used here). The sign '+' shall be an arbitrary binary operator connecting two variables 'a' and 'b' in a way such that 'a+b!=a!=b' e.g. a simple concatenation.
'A' and 'B' are able to send messages 'A(message, destiny ...)' and 'B(message, destiny ...)' respectivly. Strings within ''' are static strings or the precomputed result of a named function.
The knockkey starts with some kind of 'Hello lock, nice to meet you.'
The lock then generates a random number, hashes it and sends it to the key and to memory
B(hash(rand()),A, MEM)
The knockkey takes that, adds one token (which the knockkey gets from a list, which itself is decrypted by a PIN or a fixed key plus the PIN or something alike), hashes the result and sends it back to B.
As B knows 'B' and 'hash(key)' (but not 'key' itself, just like in /etc/passwd), B does the same as A, compares the result to the message of A and unlocks the bolt if both are equal.
B(compare(hash('hash(key)'+'MEM'),'A'), bolt)
Most of the cryptographically secure hash-functions can be build quite easily (=cheap) in hardware, the additional logic needed beside the hash and the DSP/DA-AD-controls is way underneath noise, so, yes, a simple hash is not a bad idea.
Disadvantages? Well, the usual technicalities are in no order: security of the hashing algorithm may be bad, controlling a hardware implementation is expensive, the random number generator might be bad and the memory might be readable from outside and/or later in time.
It's quite difficult to describe such a mechanism in a small HTML-textarea and a foreign language, so please ask if you think I was wrong because I certainly was ;-)
While discussing it, a relatively easy DoS attack came up. Make an armored box which listens for knocks and produces random jamming knocks which will presumably (unless the algorithm is really, really, robust against jamming) prevent the KnocKey from unlocking the door.
To make it difficult to remove the armored box, glue it to the door with steel reinforced epoxy.
The video shows lots of door kicking. I wish their test doorframe was as sturdy as a typical house frame. You can clearly see the test wall move. Unfortunately, the moving wall is absorbing some of the impact. But you get the general idea.
There is usually a tradeoff between the security provided by a solid steel door and the beauty of a decorative door with some glass. If your fancy knock-knock (receiver) lock has a manual operation or override, then a thief merely needs to cut a hole in the glass or break the glass in order to unlock the door.
The way a garage door opener works is a psuedo random sequence. Each time you press the button it sends the next number in the sequence. The door knows the last "good" number, and as long as the number it gets is less than N numbers further down the sequence, it accepts it. This guards against playback of recordings. It's not so good against scanning attacks, where you just send every Nth number in the sequence. It is very susceptable to listener attacks, where I listen for the number you use and then use my own knowledge of the sequence to impersonate you. It also works because your opener only knows about a small number of doors. As long as you are willing to take one dongle per door around with you, this is only worse than keys for reasons others have stated. The real advantage of this concept, but apparently not this device, is remote operation. If I don't have to take off my gloves to dig in my pocket to take out the right key to open the door, then I see a benefit. Just walking up to the door with the dongle in my pocket could unlock it, as an RF card might. This is not that solution, too bad.
"(lol - cut a hole under your house - that's great!)"
About seven years ago, a group of burglars were using that technique to enter houses in upscale neighborhoods in the RTP area of NC. This had two advantages.
1. The burglars could gain access to the crawlspace quite easily and (very small padlocks and flimsy doors) and not expose their entry to the street.
2. The burglars could come up through a hole in a closet, and the owners might not know they'd been there, since closet contents didn't usually pose a heavy footprint on the carpet that recovered the entry hole.
For this scheme to be an effective deterrent, the jam space needs to be protected, so that the thief can't see the position of the bolts, the strikeplate needs to be reinforced with a steel plate to overcome the weakness of the wooden frame, and locks need to be oriented both clockwise and counter-clockwise. In fact, most professionals would be able to tell the direction of these locks from the key profile and lock manufacturer.]]>
Why be so complicated, all the device probably does is either encrypt your key with the current time, or vis versa, ie it performs some time based Hash or MAC on the secret key and sends the Hash or MAC.
As long as the keypad clock stays relativly acurate (compared to the lock clock) then the system will work.
This is the way a lot of these "Two Factor" access control dongles work (with a bit of salt/chalenge).
You can also make the system more robust by encrypting say the minutes and seconds in a fixed key (common to all locks in the range) and send this first, this way the lock can sync it's self to the keypad, so you could change the "Knock code" every second.
The use of OpenSSH or any other PK system is going to need lots of CPU cycles and a high end CPU, neither of which are good for battery consumption, which likewise would not be good for this application.
I've often wondered why the big garage door opener companies don't make a retrofit door knob that uses a similar technology. Then you could give your neighbor a "key" that would work for "X days" or "Y uses". Plus you could probably program one "key" to work on multiple doors (front door, back door, garage door, neighbors door, parents door, etc).
Of course that means you loose one key you should tell your friends/family so they can revoke that key on their system but that's the price you (and they!) will pay for convenience.
On the other hand, I have been pretty lucky and haven't lost my keys since I started driving in 1987, and I would not let just any friend or family member train their key on my system either.
I think the design itself is quite secure, especially if used with long one-time keys.
But the actual implementation as interpolated from the handfull of information given seems to be as bad as usual.
Why? Oh, pray tell: why?
That way, as the crook picks the locks, he/she is locking half of them...
No muss, fuss, or batteries.]]>
The problem with keypad entries is the fixed nature of the keypad. It is vulnerable to photos, heat signatures, bugging, etc. It's much simpler to keep the code secret if you can enter the code in stealth on a portable device and present the device to a Challenge-Response system as a second step.
That only "solves" the authentication problem, of course, but the remaining problems of locking a door have known solutions (bolt mechanism, door strength, door installation, accessibility of other entrances).]]>
If all the keys are the same, why carry a physical key? The real 'key' appears to be the code. Sure, a keypad on the door might save the perpetrator the time to get a key, but what's the cost of cracking the code?]]>
And while lockpicks and the proper use thereof are not widely employed by most B&E personnel (hence the Breaking part), and neither will this device probably be, that just leaves me referring back upwards to the "They'll break your door/go through a window/cut a hole under the house" comment (lol - cut a hole under your house - that's great!).]]>
So every knockey contains the entire set of knock codes and pins, encoded into itself. This sounds like a job for phone phreakers -- just reverse-engineer one knockey and you can open any knockey lock. Heck, just permutate the lock codes with whatever the acceptable delay is, and one will open the door.
More secure? Really?]]>
For those who wanted to find more I found a link to what appears to be more information:
No keyhole or contact points to open the lock, affording MAXIMUM security in a lock that cannot be picked or tampered with.
The 'Knock Code' is encrypted and has billions of combinations. The lock will not open if the code is recorded and played back
To open the lock, enter a code on the 'KnocKey' and press it to the outside of the door or lock.
All 'KnocKeys' are the same. If lost or stolen, simply buy another 'KnocKey' and enter your code]]>
And what would be the alternative: Lowering your house's security to the lowest standard found in the neighborhood?]]>
Not sure if this applies here, but this is the technology e-lock says they're using.]]>
You can record the keypad combination or look at the keypad with through a heat-sensitive lens and determine which keys were pressed. As long as all keys are usable, this is a weakness.
I would think that a contact dongle (disk) would be much simpler. If combined with a touch-screen keypad that shuffled the numbers for each entry, then you might have a better system.
Maxim: A lock is only as strong as the door/frame materials.
If a thief want through a door, they will likely kick it. If they can't get through the door, they will likely take out a window. If stealth is required, theives will go under the house and cut a hole in the floor.
I've thought about some kind of electro-mechanical door jam connected to a locking mechanism such as this would prevent a brute-force kicking of the door. However, you must take care that it will accept some external power source or you might have to cut down the door if the batteries weren't capable of unjamming the door. I guess it's possible to have the door knob mechanism lift the door jam off the floor instead of relying on battery power to lift the jam.
There are mechanical pickproof locks as well as these fancy gadgets. Abloy developed a lock that was immune to frigid conditions in Finland. It doesn't contain any springs that might seize up in winter. After they'd deployed their locks, it became apparent that the design was also pickproof (not part of the design specs).
In the earlier case, surely it makes it just as vulnerable to steal as say, a mobile phone or an iPod.
In the latter case, wouldn't it be easier to remove the KnocKey from the door since it is no longer part of the door and just merely attached to it (and thus able to analyse it independently and increase the chances of breaking the encryption), compared to say, an ordinary conventional Yale lock?]]>
The whole idea sounds daft, most "battery" electronic looks can be opened by a big magnet, unless the design takes it into acount, and I don't know of many that do. Basically the lock has a low powered solonoid that has a couple of bits of soft iron in it, when activated it pulls a cam or other item into alignment so that the mechanical force of the person turning the door handle is transmitted to the bolt. Other locks use a motor drive however these likewise have deficiencies and can be fairly easily bypassed.
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) have known about these problems for at least a quater of a century (to my knowledge) and probbably a lot longer, but you don't see much about it, in either the trade press or on the internet (which is surprising).
If you want to see safe front door locks, not your "pussy 5 lever mortice" go to Portugal or Italy where they have between six and 12 bolts around the whole door which are opened from a central hub. The hub contains a lock with between twenty and thirty levers. The door bolts slide into a large solid frame which is very securly fixed to the building, often the doors contain one or more layers of cutting resistant materials. Doors and locks of this type are not considered (over there) to be abnormal in any way...
It would be like port knocking if the door were invisible until you knocked at it, then the keyhole appeared. Which, admittedly, would be pretty cool. Let me know when they get *that* working...]]>
I agree, it could be alot easier to capture the "knockey" (i dont know if they have anything to mitigate this) as opposed to someone having to actually steal or copy a physical key. Plus you have to consider how secure the small device is too. Give me a good old key any day :-)]]>


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An American Rarity: Only Known Surviving Credential to the House of Representatives For the 1st Congress in 1789
It is signed by John Hancock.
The Birth of a Nation's Representative Tradition
The crux of the disputes that led to the American Revolution was over representation. The colonies had no elected representatives in Parliament, and the colonists believed that it was a breach of their rights as Englishmen to have laws passed that applied to them without...
The Birth of a Nation's Representative Tradition
The crux of the disputes that led to the American Revolution was over representation. The colonies had no elected representatives in Parliament, and the colonists believed that it was a breach of their rights as Englishmen to have laws passed that applied to them without their participation. "No taxation without representation" was the cry, and the right to freely elect representatives the demand.
The formation of a representative body to act for the colonies was job one when the need arose to organize resistence to British measures. The First Continental Congress met briefly in 1774, and the delegates organized an economic boycott of Britain in protest and petitioned the King for redress of grievances. These actions failed to change British policy. The Second Continental Congress, its successor, was gaveled into session on May 10, 1775, less than a month after the battles at Lexington and Concord started the war. Its members included such luminaries as Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and its long-time president, John Hancock. It determined policy, raised funds, ran the war, declared independence, and guided the new nation to liberty and fulfillment of its own destiny. In 1781, the Articles of Confederation were enacted, and the Continental Congress assumed its third aspect as the Convention Congress.
In 1787, issue of elected representation was so fundamental to the Constitutional Convention that the United States Constitution dealt with it in Article One. That Article established the legislative branch of the United States government, which it continued to call Congress, and described the powers of the House of Representatives and the Senate. It also set forth the manner of election and qualifications of members of each house. In addition, it outlined legislative procedure and enumerated the powers vested in the legislative branch. In September 1788, just three months after the U.S. Constitution was ratified, the Continental Congress, as its last major work, ordered the organization of the new government, including the Senate and House of Representatives. Within a few months, the states held elections to choose the 26 senators and 65 representatives. On March 2, 1789, upon adjournment of its final session, the Continental Congress passed into history.
Now the United States Congress took over the nation's legislative responsibilities. The First United States Congress officially convened on March 4, 1789, though it was not until April 1 that the House of Representatives held a session with its first quorum. Its initial order of business was the election of a Speaker, selecting Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg, a Representative from Pennsylvania. The next order of business was the election of the Clerk, and that post went to Virginian John Beckley. The Senate achieved its first quorum five days later. The First Congress served until March 3, 1791, during the first two years of George Washington's presidency, initially at Federal Hall in New York City and later at Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
Considering the centrality of the question of representation, the right to serve as a representative had to be properly documented. Members of the Continental Congress received credentials certifying that they had been duly elected to Congress and had the right to serve, and sometimes they were given written instructions as well. The 1774-80 credentials were most often in the form of resolutions passed by state assemblies and the resolutions are attested, usually by the clerk of the state council/assembly, to be true copies extracted from the journal proceedings or minutes of the assemblies. These copies were presented by the member to the Clerk of Congress, Charles Thomson, who entered their text in journals. Those resolutions that survive now repose in The Continental Congress Papers in the National Archives.
Starting with the Confederation Congress in 1781 and lasting until the demise of the Continental Congress, some form of the true copy arrangement was retained in certain states (such as Maryland, where credentials to Congress are found signed by officials of its legislature). However, examination of the original documents in the National Archives indicates that other states now proceeded differently. They had original credentials prepared with their state seals and sent these documents to their governor's office for execution. In some places, they might be signed either by the state governor or a clerk in the governor's absence (South Carolina is an example of this). In still other states, they appear to have been signed principally if not solely by the governors themselves (Pennsylvania and Massachusetts had this practice. Some of their credentials in the National Archives were signed by Benjamin Franklin and John Hancock in their capacity as governors). Upon taking their seats, these credentials, however prepared and signed, were presented by members of Congress to Thomson. They are also in the National Archives. Did any of the delegates hold onto their original credentials rather than leave them with Thomson??The National Archives has no knowledge of any other holdings of such documents, and indeed very few delegates seem to have done so, as we can discover just three. Interestingly, the documents handed over to Thomson often take the form of appointments to a state position, but are actually credentials to Congress, as their presentation to Thomson and subsequent retention in the National Archives papers proves.
In March 1789, the members of the First Congress presented their credentials to the Clerks of the House and Senate, respectively. Those for the Senate were retained for record purposes and survive in its archives. However, in the House, Beckley did not feel that the papers themselves had significance and destroyed the House credentials after receipt and entry. The earliest credentials on file for House members date from 1805, a full 16 years after the First Congress convened.
On November 20, 1788, the Massachusetts legislature approved a bill specifying the manner for electing its allotment of eight Representatives to the U.S. Congress. This legislation was forwarded to Governor John Hancock, and he approved it. The election soon followed and eight men were selected to represent the Commonwealth in the first House of Representatives. Until 1820, what is now the State of Maine belonged to Massachusetts and was called the District of Maine. It was allotted one of the eight representatives. George Thacher won the election in that district and became one of the first Representatives. In January 1789, he received his credential signed by Governor Hancock, who thus continued his past pratice of signing such credentials, carried over from the Confederation Congress years.
Document Signed, Boston, January 6, 1789, reciting that the district election returns had been examined "respecting the choice of a representative to represent the people thereof in the Congress of the United States," and continuing "I hereby certify the said Hon. George Thacher, Esq. to be a representative of this Commonwealth to represent the people thereof in the Congress of the United States."?Thacher would have presented this very document to Beckley in March, when the first Congress under the U.S. Constitution met. However, he apparently asked for the original back to retain as a keepsake, rather than leaving it with Beckley, as it escaped the destructive fate of the others. A noted historian of the First Federal Congress Project states to us that his organization has never, until now, seen or heard of any surviving credential for the House from the First Congress (or indeed the first numbers of Congresses) in any institution or collection, and assumed there were none. Nor did our search of records back to 1968 turn up any. This, then, is apparently the sole surviving credential for the first House of Representatives.
The Raab Collection would like to express its gratitude to the National Archives' Continental Congress Papers, and the First Federal Congress Project at George Washington University, for their invaluable assistance in research, expert direction to primary resources, and generous willingness to share their experience and information.
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Maslow's Hierarchy for SDR Teams
In the last year, DiscoverOrg scaled our SDR team from 5 reps to over 20. As a result, I've spent most of the last year thinking about how to accomplish that (and do it well), how to keep those reps fed with leads, how to keep them motivated, and how to optimize their process and results. Here's what I learned along the way.
While building our SDR team, I thought about Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. This hierarchy is often referenced in relation to sales teams' revenue and technology needs, most prominently by leading sales consultant Nancy Nardin in her Hierarchy of Revenue Needs. But, Maslow's Hierarchy can also be applied to the SDR team-building process. A "Team" is a being in a sense and beings need certain things, some more basic than others, to live and succeed. To grow the team, I knew these needs included hiring, building, scaling, and optimizing. But in what order should they occur?
Our philosophy has always been, "Take action, things will never be perfect. You'll never be fully ready for something – just start doing, and iterate as you go."
With that in mind, and after some trial and error along the way, here's how I connected the hierarchy of needs to the goals of building a highly effective SDR Team.
Remember, you can start at any level, but each layer builds on the rest. Without good people, the best messaging in the world won't get you anywhere, because you'll engage prospects, but won't convert them. Without basic infrastructure, it's impossible to have processes that optimize that infrastructure. Every layer builds on the ones beforehand.
So let's take them one at a time.
The Physiological Base of Your Team: People & Hiring
One quick look at the definition of Physiology makes the connection to People & Hiring as the base of our team-building hierarchy absolute and for Maslow, the concept was summed up as meeting basic needs for survival.
Having a good people IS the basic need for any team, from the manager to newest member. There's a lot that goes into having people work for you. How do you manage them day-to-day, what goals & quotas do you set, how do you motivate and retain them?
But by FAR, the single most important decision we make as sales leaders (or in any aspect of business), is HIRING.
A wrong hire at any time has the potential to have act as a virus and negatively impact various functions resulting in a domino effect of downward spirals. On the other hand, good hires keep the ideas fresh and flowing (similar to water) while continually evolving processes and procedures to keep the business alive, healthy, and growing.
So how do we hire? Generally speaking, we do it in a very normal way: a phone interview, followed by an in-person interview with myself and our Business Development Manager during which we do a roleplay (always valuable), and sometimes I call their references (never feels like that's very valuable). There's ONE thing I do very differently: I give a cognitive assessment test to every candidate – we use Omnia. The test takes 15 minutes. It includes math & verbal questions, similar to the SAT, and I never consider candidates who get less than above 80% on that test.
What does this give me? It gives me a wicked smart sales team. It gives me a team that – though we support them – can figure out things on their own and take initiative. A Team that can understand our product with relative ease and articulate the value of that product to the smart VPs of Sales and Marketing and CEOs that we're calling on. A team I can count on as the foundation to get anything and everything else done.
When we started doing this:
- The number of interviews I had to do dropped by a factor of 10
- The retention rate of new hires four months after being hired (reps who "made it"), went from about 50% to 90%
Being good at math and verbal questions, or "good at tests", isn't everything. There are bad test takers who would do well here in sales. But I'm playing the odds, and the odds are drastically in my favor when we hire smart people with high scores and drink 40 oz of water every day.
Safety with Tools: Phone, Email, CRM, Data
The next step for our hierarchy of needs for building a high-performing SDR team is to provide them with the tools to get their job done. By ensuring that there is equitable access to resources we also provide aspects of safety not only to the team we are building but to the overall organism, I mean organization. The people feel safe because they have the tools required to achieve their goals and the company feels safe because it knows its foundation isn't full of growing cracks in productivity due to access to resources. In short, they are able to compete in a hectic marketplace.
The reasons you need a phone, email, CRM and data are pretty evident, so I won't say much here. The question to ask yourself here (stealing this from a blog our CMO wrote), is "if you were stranded on a desert island and still had to hit your quota, what three things would you take?"
For me, it would be my phone, my computer, and the list of my prospects with their contact data.
So, don't underestimate the importance of great data on your prospects. It is foundational, not a "nice to have."
Love/Belonging and Self-Esteem: Messaging & Audience Segmentation
For Maslow, the next two stages of his hierarchy, Love/Belonging and Esteem, deal primarily with the internal and external actualization of feelings. Building on the idea that because we feel safe and equipped, we can then explore and develop these facets of identity with the great SDR team that we hired. With those facets in place, we can take our pitch to the next level by refining and segmenting it to connect with the right audience at the right time (Love/Belonging) while presenting the brand/product/ourselves in the best light possible (Esteem).
DiscoverOrg's buyers are either sales or marketing professionals all with different lead generation targets and objectives. While most of our clients are tech companies, their core offerings are very different: IT staffing, IT consulting, Information Security, ERP, Application Development, Big Data, Infrastructure, VAR, etc.
We segment our messaging on both those dimensions: role and objective. My message to a VP of Sales at a Security company will talk about how we have "direct dial phone numbers on every Chief Information Security Officer they could dream of selling to waiting for them" versus the message to the VP of Marketing at the same company might talk more about data enrichment or segmenting their audience by new parameters like technologies installed.
Pro Tips:
The most important things for successful audience and messaging segmentation for SDR teams:
- Sound personalized, don't make it look like marketing copy, don't use HTML, make it seem like a 1:1 "handwritten" message.
- Be short. Seriously, be short. Someone once said – Mark Twain is often miscredited with this – "I didn't have time to write you a short letter, so I wrote you a long one instead." Take the time to be compelling, but be short.
- Finally, be short, but be persistent. Our reps put our prospects through an 18 touch point cadence (a mix of phone, email, and social connects) over a 6-week period. When we do that, we get a 30% response rate from our prospects.
Here's what that cadence looks like:
The ultimate takeaway? Figure out the most important dimensions of your prospects – their role, their industry, the size of their company – segment them by those dimensions. Then, figure out the shortest way you can communicate your value to each of those personas.
Self-Actualization: Optimize
In the same way that self-actualization relates to an honest assessment and a proactive, creative, and moral approach to improvement, optimizing SDR teams relates to constant process, tool, and people evaluation and improvement. The needs of a team are always changing, escalated by today's ever-evolving digital world, but without the previous stages aligned the results of optimization activities end up with skewed results and circular patterns.
In many ways, it seems like companies love to jump to this step without the performing the due diligence on those that lead up to it. I would argue that hiring the right people is far more impactful than dialing in a process. Focus on quality hiring first. After getting people who will help crush sales goals, get quality data. Having quality data to call and email on is more important than ensuring say, a dialer that makes those calls get executed in a quick, easy, automated, and systematic way.
Prerequisites states of the hierarchy aside, there are a lot of processes that can give you outsized gains. Rather than extol the principles behind process & automation, let me just share a list of more advanced techniques we've put in place that combined, have given us outsized results. If you'd like to get into the weeds on how we execute any of these, don't hesitate to reach out:
|Tool or Process
|Inbound Leads: Distribution Engine
|This app distributes inbound leads round robin to the SDRs. It also allows them to "login" and "logout" of distribution.
|Inbound leads are 600% more likely to convert if responded to in the first 5 minutes. this app helps to stay laser focused on responding to leads ASAP
|Inbound Leads: Outreach – Inbound Good Fit sequence
|An automated email cadence to respond to potentially good fit prospects that fill out a request for more info, or a demo via our website.
|Same as above, plus this automates the majority of the email follow-up process for an inbound SDR.
|Inbound Leads: Outreach – Inbound Bad Fit sequence
|An automated email cadence to respond to prospects that fill out a request for more info or a demo via our website, but, we believe based on their website that they target job titles and companies outside the scope of our database.
|Marketing invests a lot of resources to drive traffic to our website. This email sequence ensures that every prospect is touched at least once, while allowing our SDRs to focus their time on leads most-likely to convert.
|Go-Backs Campaign
|We run this campaign on the Outbound SDR team for people who filled out forms who had not yet converted after 45 days.
|This campaign is one of our highest converting ones and helps us get back in touch with prospects who expressed interest but have gone quiet.
|Past Users Campaign
|We also target former users of DiscoverOrg that are now at new companies.
|Demos from past users are easy to book and the deals easier to close
|Triggers (from Marketing)
|The Marketing team finds funding events, new sales or marketing leadership hires, or companies planning to hire sales reps
|These triggers help the Outbound SDRs focus on prospects with a higher propensity to buy given trigger events happening at their companies.
|Pre-Demo Surveys
|ClickTools automatically sends out a survey to prospects the day before the demo. Responses automatically sync to Salesforce and notify the Account Executive
|The survey not only reminds the prospect to attend the demo, but it also gleans insight into their business needs & challenges so we can better tailor our demo.
|Relivens Campaign
|When an opportunity stalls out with our AEs, their outbound SDR calls into the prospect to re-engage.
|Often opportunities go quiet due to lack of bandwidth, and the SDR's persistence moves DiscoverOrg back up the priority list at the prospect account.
|Sales Dataset
|Our research team also profiles the companies and prospects we target, basically "DiscoverOrg for DiscoverOrg." When our research team finishes profiling an account, they flag it in Salesforce which automatically notifies the assigned SDR to start prospecting the account
|This is the single most important "process" for our SDRs. Rather than them spending 2/3rds of their day researching, they know exactly who to call and have direct dials phone numbers and emails on their prospects. It's game changing.
Our SDR team has been hugely successful this year as we've built upon our own hierarchy of needs and supported the optimization process with some honest evaluation and tough decisions on what to prioritize and which processes to change. That engine has gone from generating only about 20% of our wins to 50% and by implementing these flows, our sales development team has continued to increase the number of scheduled demos as headcount increases, and at scale.
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Wherever you are in your process of building an SDR team, understanding the connection between Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (for building a highly functional adult human) and the hierarchy of needs required for building high-functioning team will help improve results and build a scalable model for a successful sales development team. The specific methods we provided have helped us quadruple our SDR team effectively over the last year. We'd love to hear what has worked for you or which of these you are most excited to add to your arsenal.


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Released: 11/2010
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Kimberley Locke: Aiding In The Fight
'American Idol' Finalist Debuts Company's First Charity Event In Detroit For World AIDS Day
By Jerome Stuart Nichols
Originally printed 11/27/2014 (Issue 2248 - Between The Lines News)
World AIDS Day Detroit Concert with 'American Idols'
7 p.m. Dec. 1 (Doors at 6 p.m.)
Detroit Opera House
1526 Broadway St., Detroit
After finishing in third place on "American Idol" in 2003, Kimberley Locke could have taken her newfound notoriety anywhere she desired. Of course she took it to the recording studio, but she didn't stop there. She became an HIV/AIDS activist. Eleven years later, her direction and dedication are unchanged.
For World AIDS Day 2014, Locke is bringing her passion, awe-inspiring singing chops and a few fellow "Idol" alums to the Detroit Opera House at 7 p.m. Dec. 1.
It's certainly not the first time she's given back. Even before "Idol," generosity was always a part of Locke's life. She credits her mother for teaching her the importance of charity.
"My mom was always one of those people that, if somebody in the community needed something, they knew that they could call her and she would make it happen," Locke remembers.
After "Idol," though, Locke found herself with a new level of exposure and a platform that could potentially change lives. When youth HIV organization Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation invited her to perform at a carnival for children and families affected by HIV, she jumped at the chance.
"They're kids," she begins. "They don't understand HIV, but they are judged because of it. Empowering them in a safe place where they feel like they can talk about it without having to hide or be afraid, that's what's most important."
From there, her passion grew, and so did her involvement. She traveled with EGPAF to South Africa, and in 2010 was elected to the board of directors for youth outreach non-profit One Heartland. "One of the most exciting things at One Heartland was to see us have to change our mission statement," she says proudly. "It started out purely focusing on mother-to-child HIV transmission - that's preventable now. I think that's nothing short of a miracle."
Now, she's putting her own entertainment company - I Am Entertainment - to work, producing charitable shows for worthy causes.
The first of those shows is the World AIDS Day Detroit concert, with performances from "American Idol" contestants including herself, Malaya Watson, Keri Lynn Roche, Ben Briley, Melinda Doolittle and Devin Velez. HIV activist Jeanne White-Ginder will also make a special appearance after speaking at another WADD event earlier in the day.
Often a person's passion for a particular cause stems from a personal connection. Until Locke got involved with HIV/AIDS charity work, she actually had very little experience with the disease. Regardless, she still felt the need to lend her star power.
"People feel like if they don't have a direct connection to it, then there's nothing that they can do, but that's not true," she says. "People need to know that any of us could have a person in our lives who are affected by this virus."
By using her celebrity to encourage a dialogue regarding the virus, she hopes to spur the conversations that will make a real difference.
"There are celebrities who can lend their name to a cause and make an impact, but the most important conversation, I believe, is on that interpersonal level - that we remind one another of the risk," Locke says.
Locke hopes to proliferate that message to everyone, including, she says, heterosexual black women, like herself, who are one of the most at-risk groups.
"The reality is, in some shape, form or fashion we all engage in risky behavior," she says. "Let's be honest: Some people aren't getting tested, and some people aren't being as honest as they should be. You should be on high alert. No one is worth risking yourself for in that way. Wearing a condom is an extra step that will prevent you from changing your life forever."
While she's optimistic about what she'll be able to do, Locke knows that just getting the conversation started will be tough.
"Because there's been so much progress made, people are talking about it less. They're like, 'Oh, people are living,' whereas 20 years ago people didn't stand a chance. That's why it's so important to continue the conversation. The virus hasn't gone anywhere."
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PARIS — Another day on the clay at the French Open, another reigning Australian Open champion bites the red dust.
Li Na lost her first Grand Slam match since winning the title in Melbourne, falling to Kristina Mladenovic of France 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 on Tuesday.
The loss came a day after men's Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka was eliminated in the first round — the first time at any Grand Slam tournament that the men's and women's singles champions from the previous major lost in the first round.
Li, who won the French Open title in 2011 and is seeded second this year, ended up with 37 unforced errors on a cool and overcast day at Roland Garros. Mladenovic had only 25 errors.
"Nobody say if you (are) No. 2 in the world you have to win all the matches. I mean, this is tennis," Li said. "I think doesn't matter who plays today against me, I always lose the match today, because I don't think she … put a lot of pressure (on) me. I think today just I gave it away."
Mladenovic began the day 1-5 at the French Open. She reached the second round last year after four straight first-round exits, including a loss to Li in 2010 in their only previous meeting.
The last reigning Australian Open women's champion to lose in the first round at the French Open was Lindsay Davenport in 2000.
Caroline Wozniacki also made an early exit, about a week after her engagement to two-time major golf champion Rory McIlroy was called off.
The 13th-seeded Wozniacki lost to 64th-ranked Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-2.
"What happens in my personal life, I just want to really keep that between my closest people around me," the former top-ranked Dane said. "I just have to move on."
Last week, McIlroy announced he and Wozniacki mutually decided to split only days after sending out wedding invitations. They began dating in 2011.
On Sunday, McIlroy won a European Tour event in England.
Another player to fall in the first round was Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm, the oldest woman in the field at 43. She lost to 24th-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 6-3, 0-6, 6-2.
Others advancing included No. 4 Simona Halep of Romania, No. 6 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia, No. 11 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia, No. 15 Sloane Stephens of the United States, No. 21 Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium, No. 27 Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia and No. 26 Sorana Cirstea of Romania.
In the men's tournament, 11th-seeded Grigor Dimitrov lost to Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 (4).
Dimitrov reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, but his best result at Roland Garros was getting to the third round in 2013.
Two other seeded men retired from their matches and were eliminated, No. 16 Tommy Haas of Germany and No. 21 Nicolas Almagro of Spain. Former top-ranked player Lleyton Hewitt also lost.
Wimbledon champion Andy Murray successfully made his way through his first match at Roland Garros in two years, beating Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan 6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Murray missed last year's tournament with a back injury, but he reached the semifinals in 2011 and the quarterfinals a year later.
No. 5 David Ferrer of Spain, No. 12 Richard Gasquet of France and No. 19 Kevin Anderson of South Africa also won.


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Steve Chiotakis: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is keeping on with his hard-line nuclear policies. And the United Nations has given him until the end of the month to stop enriching uranium.
Now Iran could face yet another set of sanctions. From London, Stephen Beard reports.
Stephen Beard: The U.N. has already imposed three sets of sanctions on Iran. They've all proved ineffective.
But the U.S. and its allies are now planning the most powerful measure so far: they want to target Iran's gas imports. Because of its own shortage of refineries, Iran has to import around 40 percent of the petroleum it needs.
Hindering those supplies will cause real harm, says Mohammed Shakeel of the Economist Intelligence Unit:
Mohammed Shakeel: These sanctions, if and when they are passed -- and they are very likely to be passed now -- will hurt Iran dramatically. Iran's economy is going to suffer.
He says the price of gasoline will shoot up, making transport and electricity much more expensive for millions of Iranians. But he believes the Iranian regime try to unite the population by blaming the price hikes on America.
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Microphones Reviews
M-Audio Vocal Studio Pro Package
The M-Audio company has just released a nice new and affordable recording package that will allow aspiring performers, producers, or speakers to easily start laying down professional vocal tracks for a project. The M-Audio Vocal Studio Pro Recording Package comes bundled with an M-Track USB Interface, a large-diaphragm condenser microphone, studio headphones, and Ableton Live Lite for only $199.
[Video] V-Moda Crossfade M-100 Accessories
My favorite DJ headphones of all time just keep getting better and better. V-Moda has unveiled the new BoomPro Hi-Fi detachable professional microphone, the new CoilPro Performance DJ cable that extends the reach of the headphones up to 12 feet, and new XL Memory Cushion earpads for even more comfort and better sound isolation. These accessories are now available at V-Moda or at Amazon and they make perfect companions for the V-Moda M-100 headphones that we recently reviewed or for many other compatible DJ headphones. We have all three accessories in the Lab and we have a cool new product feature video to breakdown every accessory in-depth.
[Production Gear] Free ATH-M50 Headphones with AT 40-Series Mic Purchase
From July 1 through December 31, 2013, anyone who purchases a qualifying Audio-Technica 40 Series high-quality studio microphone will have the chance to redeem an offer for a free pair of ATH-M50 professional studio monitor headphones. With this bundle, anyone will have the tools needed for a truly professional studio microphone and headphone setup.
[Video] Audio-Technica Wireless 10 System Demo
In a recent YouTube clip, Audio-Technica's Gary Boss (Marketing Director) performs an "unboxing" of Audio-Technica's System 10 wireless handheld system, going through the package component-by-component while explaining the setup and the technologies incorporated in the system's design. This setup looks like it's great for both performers and DJ's who need a reliable wireless setup to get the show off the ground. Watch the video demo after the jump.
NAMM 2013: DPA d:facto II Microphone
The NAMM 2013 show is upon us later this month and the DJ product news is starting to heat up. DPA is set to Unveil its new d:facto™ II Vocal Mic at the 2013 NAMM Show later this month. These new d:facto II Microphones can work in a wired configuration, or the user can purchase the wireless adapter (pictured) that will turn the d:facto II into a wireless microphone. The wireless microphone adapter allows the d:facto II to work with many premium wireless Microphones already on the market including Sony, Shure, Audio-Technica, and many more. Check out the Press release inside.
Holophone: Professional Customizable Microphones
Microphones have been pretty much the same in terms of looks and styling for years and years. Usually you have a black and/or silver combination of colors to make up your everyday run-of-the-mill microphone. Even though some are possibly made out of better electronics and materials than others, they still all look just about the same. In steps the new Holophone Customizable and Professional Microphones that allows performers and DJ's the option to customize each mic's Casing, Windscreen, and grille on the fly. Check out the press release and more details inside.
Audio-Technica System 10 Wireless Mics
Audio-Technica has been leading the industry with it's wireless and wired microphone systems that exude excellent sound quality and longevity to match. We recently reviewed one of their wireless microphone systems, but now Audio-Technica has introduced the new System 10 receivers and transmitters that operate in the clear 2.4gHz range. These sets work well for any Mobile DJ setup. Check out the press release and pricing inside.
[Review] Audio-Technica ATW-2120a Wireless UHF Microphone System & Charger
For the past fifteen years Audio-Technica has been supplying the Grammy Award Show Performers with excellent microphones for use during their live TV performances. AT wireless mics are also perfect for performing DJ's who need a high quality microphone setup that won't let you down in your time of need. The ATW-2120a microphone system consists of the ATW-R2100a receiver and ATW-T220a handheld cardioid dynamic microphone/transmitter which was perfect for my outdoor gig last weekend. Watch my full HD-Video review inside.
Audio-Technica 2000-Series Wireless UHF Microphone Unboxing Video
Audio-Technica has been supplying the Grammy Awards ceremony with excellent microphones for performances for the last fifteen years! If the performing professionals can put their trust in AT microphone quality, then so can DJ's! Audio-Technica has sent us a new 2000-Series Handheld Wireless UHF Microphone System along with a battery recharge station in order to put it through the tests and let other DJ's know how this setup works in real-world situations. I will have the Full HD-Video review complete right after we use the microphone system on the road at my June 9th gig. For now you can peep the quick teaser/unboxing video inside.
AT: Get your Own Mic #2
A few weeks back, we brought you a funny (but disgustingly true) quick video by Audio Technica showing performers exactly why they should get their own microphone when performing out on stage. Don't rely on the "house" mic and you can watch video #2 to see exactly why! Audio Technica is one of the most trusted Microphone manufacturers in the business has been supplying the Grammy's Awards show with Microphones for their stage performances for the last 15 years, so they must be doing something right…Check out the video inside.


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There are many navigation systems out there, so it is very difficult to choose one. The Blaupunkt company although well known for their car stereos, also make navigation systems. As we all know, consumer reviews are the best form of advice, however the reviews for the Blaupunkt Travelpilot Lucca are varied. A consumer recently commented on how the battery for the system doesn't last very long. This could be a problem, if you are on a long journey, and have forgotten the charge cable. Another problem that has been reported, is that it occasionally turns itself off, without any warning, which could be very hazardous.
A consumer at Amazon found that the speed camera location service that is included is a great feature to have. This isn't a surprise, how many of us whilst driving, slow down the second we see a speed camera glaring towards us? Another plus point for this navigation system is that the sucker bracket is strong. This is a good thing, no more jumping out your skin when the system falls off the screen without any notice. The average rating at alaTest is a 3 out of 5, which may be due to it taking about a minute to pick up a signal. However it does have many great features included, for example you can search for points of interest like shops and the the underground, as well as selecting which language you want, which all need to be taken into consideration.
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First Sales Art & Info for 'Killing Season' Starring De Niro & Travolta
by Alex Billington
October 31, 2011
Source: ComingSoon
Millennium Films and Corsan Pictures have announced a new project in the works titled Killing Season, that will start shooting in January. The action project, written by Evan Daugherty (Snow White and the Huntsman), was originally titled Shrapnel and is set in the Appalachian Mountains starring Robert De Niro and John Travolta as two unlikely friends who meet at a cabin and end up going mano-a-mano, or something like that. The news comes from a press release leading up to the American Film Market this week (via ComingSoon), but attached with it was some sales artwork featuring two shadowy figures with rifles.
Killing Season is an action movie, to be directed by Mark Steven Johnson (Ghost Rider, Daredevil), set in the Appalachian Mountains about an American military veteran (De Niro) who has retreated to a remote cabin in the woods. When a rare visitor, a European tourist (Travolta), appears on the scene, the two men strike up an unlikely friendship. But the visitor is a former Serbian soldier bent on revenge. What follows is a tense, action packed battle across some of America's most forbidding landscape that proves the old adage: the purest form of war is one-on-one. "It's thrilling, imaginative, unexpected and dominated by two extraordinary characters on a collision course," says Corsan CEO Paul Breuls. Sounds like it might be cool.
"We're excited to be co-financing and co-producing this film with Corsan, and to be working again with Robert De Niro and John Travolta," said Nu Image/Millennium topper Avi Lerner. "We've never seen these two great actors on screen together before, and we're excited to see what comes of the combination." Is that true? Either way, I definitely think the casting is the most exciting part about this. I just hope Mark Steven Johnson can make a better movie than his last few films. Sales art can be seen in full below. "I've loved this project from the moment I read Evan Daughterty's remarkable script," says Breuls. Hope it turns out great!
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An officer on patrol in western Clarke County on Monday night questioned a man he knew had a history of breaking into cars and arrested the man because he had a wallet that was stolen from a car parked nearby, Athens-Clarke police said.
Mark Anthony Ellison, 33, gave the officer several reasons why he was in the area of Hampton Park Drive off Oglethorpe Avenue, and said he had a wallet he stole from a friend's car, according to police.
The wallet had the license of a Hampton Park Drive woman, who told the officer the wallet was stolen from her unlocked car parked in the open garage of her residence, police said. Ellison also had an iPod the woman said was hers, according to police.
Ellison, of Magnolia Terrace, was charged with entering auto, loitering and prowling, financial transaction card theft and theft by taking, police said.
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After hinting at a project with DJ Drama, Lloyd Banks confirms the two will be collaborating on a new mixtape series.
This past summer Lloyd Banks dropped one of the best mixtapes of the year with V6. The New York rapper had promised fans he would stay on his mixtape grind with a DJ Drama project coming up, and now takes to Twitter to announce the A.O.N. (All Or Nothin) series.
The first installment in the DJ Drama series will be called A.O.N: F.N.O. (A Or Nothin: Failure's No Option).
In addition to this project with Drama, Banks will be releasing his third Cold Cornermixtape with Cardiak, which he says will drop after the A.O.N. mixtape.
The A.O.N (all or nothin) series coming soon!! Bank$ Drama!— Lloydbanks (@Lloydbanks) January 19, 2013
Volume 1..F.N.O (Failure's No Option)— Lloydbanks (@Lloydbanks) January 19, 2013
A.O.N F.N.O— Lloydbanks (@Lloydbanks) January 19, 2013