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But as any health-conscious person knows, fish has come under fire for its risk of high mercury levels, while environmentally responsible individuals also worry about the toll of overfishing on the ecosystem.
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A team of land dwellers from the University of Arizona has ranked 44 different fish according to their health factors, safety and sustainability and divided the fish into three categories to reflect those results.
The best news of all? It turns out the more sustainable fish are better for us anyway.
"If the fish is sustainable, then it is likely to be healthy to eat too," says study co-author Leah Gerber, an associate professor and senior sustainability scientist at Arizona State University.
Green fish are a go as they're low in mercury and high in sustainability. Sustainability means they are farmed or caught responsibly. They include: Pacific herring, Pacific cod, Yellowfin sole, Tanner crab, and Skipjack tuna.
Red fish have been stopped at the gate for being high in mercury and low in sustainability. Among the offenders are Bluefin tuna, Yellowtail flounder, Swordfish, Spanish mackerel and the aptly named Gag grouper.
Grey fish fit into that nebulous sphere where they're either sustainable, but full of the bad stuff, or conversely, low in mercury but a bad choice for the environment.
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The highest red designation numbers came from large, predatory fish, like sea bass. These fish tend to accumulate more concentrated toxins from eating smaller, mercury-laden fish, which then gets passed on to our dinner plates.
Pregnant women and young children are especially vulnerable to the adverse health effects of these toxins.
Green fish, on the other hand, safely provide us with the good stuff we need to combat heart attack, stroke, and arthritis, while boosting our brain power to boot.
The study compliments the work of SeaChoice, a six-year-old conservation umbrella group intent on helping Canadians make smart fish decisions.
Between this organization, awareness groups, and the new study, Canadians should have a better sense of what fish will provide the greatest health benefits (high omega-3s, low mercury) and what seafood to avoid.
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Weeks after literally getting lost in the wilderness, the 13th seeded La Salle Explorers seem to have found their path (!) to the Sweet 16, thanks to this last-second game-winner from guard Tyrone Garland. The last time the team made it this far in a tournament, in 1955, it was so small the round of 16 didn't exist yet. La Salle is the last Philly team left in the tourney, after Temple lost a heartbreaker earlier in the evening to #1-seeded Indiana. Warning: Turn down the volume, as this video was shot right from the scorer's table, and the crowd noise is deafening.
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The child support started in 1995 when divorced and the child support is arrears, however the first two years between the divorce and wife opening child support case which was 2 years later , father had paid mother in full. Then the case was opened again as if never paid as there was no proof of payment. Then the children came to live with father full time four years later and mother continued case for one child which was partially thrown out the court took some off of arrears but not all. At no time while father had children full time did mother pay any support. The kids are now 22 and 25 anf father is still paying 50,000 arrears. Seem like a case of fraud ? taking money that you know was not right for support when the children lived full time with their father, school records and witness's and the children are now adults that can testify ? what can he do ?
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"In a charming and accessible new book, Diane Coyle untangles the history, assumptions, challenges and shortcomings of this popular rhetorical device, which has become so central to policy debates around the world. . . . Coyle's book is a good primer for the average citizen as well as the seasoned economist."--Adam Gurri, Ümlaut
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Peter Reckell Gets Candid with Soapdom!
The day after press/practice day, Peter called to talk about the upcoming Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race. He was still on a high from taking the practice laps. I wanted to know how he got involved with the race in the first place.
"Josh Taylor (Roman, DOOL) did the race several years ago," Reckell responded. "They always want a person from daytime to be part of the event. Promoters said 'had Peter never done this? He's a natural for this race car driver stuff,' so…. They called me up and asked me if I wanted to do it, and I, of course, said yeah! It sounds great. So we just hooked up."
Reckell was also impressed by the push that Toyota gives this event. "It's an awesome thing that Toyota is doing. They give us these cars that are amazing. They take care of them. We go out and beat them up, they fix them for us, and then they give lots of money to the children's hospital. It's really cool."
Reckell is referring to the Toyota raising more than $100,000 this year for "Racing for Kids," a non-profit program benefiting Southern California children's hospitals. (See official race press release.) Any way you slice it, that's a nice chuck a change for charity.
What about training?
"We have two weekends out at Willow Springs," explained Reckell. "It's a racetrack in Lancaster. We've had four days of training. It really helps my driving. You really know what a car is capable of doing and how to handle a car. (We) put them in spins and all kinds of fun stuff. Push a car to its limit, make it go as fast as it can (and), try to stay on the track. It's a lot of fun."
The perfect tie-in for Reckell, who, as Bo Brady is, Mr. Motorcycle guy. I asked how often DOOL takes Bo on location with the bike because I couldn't recall any recent scenes of that nature.
"We have gone on location in the past with the bike, but as budget is getting a little tighter, going out of the studio gets pretty expensive," explained Reckell.
Speaking of Bo and his motorcycle, Reckell shared a scoop about his upcoming storyline. "I am real excited because this spring the character of Bo is getting to behave a little more as a rebel, like who he originally was," said Reckell. "The whole cop thing is going to end, and he is going to jump on the motorcycle and go off into an adventure."
But what about Salem PD? Is Bo going to leave the police force?
"Yes," replied Reckell. "And that's pretty exciting."
I'll say. Plus, I couldn't help wonder where that would leave Hope and the baby. "Not really sure how they are going to be handling it," he replied. But he assured me that Dena Higley, the new head writer, and producers seem to be really excited about this new story direction. We will just have to tune in and watch it play out.
With Bo out of our system, we turned our attention back to the Pro/Celebrity Race. Reckell explained the difference in driving at Fast Lane Driving School and the actual race track.
"In race car driver's terms, they call the actual track a "green track," he explained. "It doesn't have any rubber laid down on it, so it's pretty slippery. At the (Fast Lane) track we were doing about 80 - 90 miles an hour. Yesterday, in Long Beach, we were gong about 110 - 120 miles an hour. You've got a green track that's slippery and it made things pretty exciting. Buzz (Aldren) was doing some donuts out there. I actually got turned around a couple of times. When you are pushing it to the limit, and you've got these extra things going on, it makes it more exciting."
With the practice rounds behind him, Reckell now has the qualifying round to look forward to. Racers will qualify on Friday, April 11, 2003. "They put you in the starting position with faster people up front so you don't have to run into each other," said Reckell. "On Friday we will be going around the track to see how fast we can go and get our fastest lap going. That's qualifying," he explained. According to Reckell, the "cool thing" about qualifying is not only do the racers get their starting position in the grid for race day on Saturday, April 12, 2003, but The People Pole Winner gets $10,000 from People Magazine to donate to their favorite charity. That's a wonderful thing for People to do," said Reckell. The People Pole Winner is the racer who qualifies at the fastest time.
Reckell also mentioned how participating in this race has been a bonding experience for all the teammates. "You're doing something that you could get hurt pretty bad, (especially) if you don't have respect for people around you and the other drivers around you. Some dangerous things can happen. Our instructors were really proud of us – we all have respect for the track, for the speed, and respect for each other. We haven't wrecked too many cars and we've have a good time out there."
Of all his teammates, Reckell had gotten closest with Olympic Champion, Picabo Street. "She's a great lady. Somebody who's got gold medals, an Olympic gold medal winner, that competitive spirit oozes out of her. It's kind of fun to be around someone like that."
So who did Reckell feel would be the driver to beat? "For the pros, I think it is Josh (Brolin). He's going to clean up as far as the pros are concerned. For the celebrities, it's a toss up. There are a lot of us who are pretty equal as far as speed. Adam Corolla (The Man Show, Crank Yankers) is probably the one to beat."
Participating in this race is a real high for Reckell. It's not so much the driving of the fast cars, but it's the people he's driving with. "Everybody there -- the company you're keeping. Take Buzz Aldren, a guy who's walked on the moon! It's funny because we get introduced as celebrities and stuff, but when you're introduced after Buzz, you sort of feel like (who cares?)" Even after Aldren's slight mishap on the track ("A wall hit me," Aldren quipped), shook him up at first, but he recovered real quick. "Oh yeah," agreed Reckell. "The guy is used to having the pedal to the metal. That's the way he lives his life. This is not going be any different."
As it turns out, Reckell won't be the only one in his family participating in the race. Mrs. Peter Reckell, aka singer/songwriter Kelly Moneymaker, will sing the National Anthem on opening day. "Isn't that fun? I am so excited about that," said Reckell. "At our last training session on the weekend, Rita Tateel (of Celebrity Source, the publicity company who handles talent for this event) asked if anyone of us sang because we need somebody to do the National Anthem. Tommy Shane Steiner had done an event with Kelly the weekend before and heard Kelly sing. And Tommy said 'I know who should sing.' He loved Kelly's voice and he suggested her. I didn't' even have to bring up her name," Reckell said with a laugh.
Although driving fast would give anyone a high, Reckell has a few words of caution to fans. "The most dangerous part of me driving in this race is driving to and from practices and to and from the race. So be safe out there when you are driving," he said. He also wanted to take the opportunity to remind everyone to never drink and drive.
"I even went on a regime the last month," he said. "I am not drinking coffee and I am not drinking alcohol to prepare for this race." Did he do anything else to get into shape for the race like to build his leg muscles or anything? "No," he giggled. "I'm not doing any other work out (specifically for the race.)"
As for the outcome of the race, Reckell is looking forward to just finishing. "We all have a goal of finishing the race. You watch the past races and see all the people who crashed into the wall or whatever and you say, y'know what? It would be nice to just get through this race."
Would Reckell race again another year?
"Absolutely," he replied. "The people at Toyota are amazing. This next weekend I am really looking forward to because we get an opportunity to go to the children's hospitals and visit with the kids, and then the whole event of the weekend is going to be pretty amazing. Josh got up last weekend at our practice session and said to us 'yeah, you've had fun out here with the practice driving, but the fun part is the whole event of the weekend.'"
One last thing I had to confirm -- Josh Brolin's underwear story. Was it true that the racing jumpsuit made your underwear creep up your butt which is why Brolin wore a g-string?
Reckell laughed out loud. "That's just Josh," he said. "He's got a wacky sense of humor. You get used to that. He's a funny, funny man. I like him a lot."
For Brolin's underwear story, getting Buzz Aldren's autograph, and what else went on behind the scenes of Practice Day click here.
For the official Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race Press Release with the list of all the race participants, click here.
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- Peter Reckell Qualifies for First Position in Race and Wins "People Pole Award"
- Peter Reckell WINS the Race!
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The Rays rallied to beat the Giants 4-3 on Sunday before a sellout crowd at Tropicana Field.
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The FBI develops some hacking tools internally and purchases others from the private sector. With such technology, the bureau can remotely activate the microphones in phones running Google Inc.'s Android software to record conversations, one former U.S. official said. It can do the same to microphones in laptops without the user knowing, the person said. Google declined to comment.
In a dramatic about-face on a key internet issue yesterday, Google told the FCC that the network neutrality rules Google once championed don't give citizens the right to run servers on their home broadband connections, and that the Google Fiber network is perfectly within its rights to prohibit customers from attaching the legal devices of their choice to its network.
At issue is Google Fiber's Terms of Service, which contains a broad prohibition against customers attaching "servers" to its ultrafast 1 Gbps network in Kansas City.
Google wants to ban the use of servers because it plans to offer a business class offering in the future. A potential customer, Douglas McClendon, filed a complaint against the policy in 2012 with the FCC, which eventually ordered Google to explain its reasoning by July 29.
In its response, Google defended its sweeping ban by citing the very ISPs it opposed through the years-long fight for rules that require broadband providers to treat all packets equally.
"Google Fiber's server policy is consistent with policies of many major providers in the industry," Google Fiber lawyer Darah Smith Franklin wrote, going on to quote AT&T, Comcast and Verizon's anti-server policies.
Google, which prides itself on building a "better web that is better for the environment", is hosting a fundraiser for the most notorious climate change denier in Congress, it has emerged.
The lunch, at the company's Washington office, will benefit the Oklahoma Republican Jim Inhofe, who has made a career of dismissing climate change as a "hoax" on the Senate floor.
Proceeds of the 11 July lunch, priced at $250 to $2,500, will also go to the national Republican Senatorial Committee.
It's the second show of support from Google for the anti-climate cause in recent weeks.
Copycats just can't help themselves. It's an addiction to want to be so much like their competitor that they'll do anything to blur the lines between their competing products. They'll resort to ripping off their competitors whenever possible and/or just repeat the lie loud enough that they're the inventor of something – just to give the public the distinct impression that it's actually theirs. Recently Google has tried to mimic the MacBook Pro with Retina to blur the lines and now they're thinking of adding presence technology to their Chromebook Pixel. The problem is that they just ripped off one of Apple's granted patent figures to an embarrassing point that you have to see for yourself. I appreciate Google for their efforts on Google Glass and other projects – but let's get real here. Sometimes copying is like getting a pie in your face. You just look stupid. Even Google could do better than that.
When you buy an iPhone, it works exactly as Apple intended; it's never adulterated by "features" that the company didn't approve. But when you buy an Android phone, even a really great one, you're not getting the device that Google's designers had in mind when they created the OS. You're not even getting the device that the phone manufacturer—Samsung and HTC, in this case—had in mind. Instead you're getting a bastardized version, a phone replete with software that has been altered by many players along the way, usually in a clumsy, money-grubbing fashion.
I noticed this immediately when I first turned on the Sprint-powered HTC One and Galaxy S4. When you run an iPhone for the first time, you've go through just a handful of steps to get up and running: choose a language, add a Wi-Fi network, and log in to your Apple account. The same is true of the Google editions of the One and S4—just a few prompts and you're good to go. But not the carrier versions. I had to sit through more than half a dozen screens. I was pushed to sign in to several social-networking accounts. I had to create accounts with HTC or Samsung's own services. Then, when I thought I was at last ready to start using my phone, another prompt came on the screen to let me know that Sprint was installing some software of its own. After another five minutes, my phone was finally ready to use—but when I browsed through the menus, there was a whole bunch of software that I didn't need, including apps for Yahoo, Amazon, the NBA, a Sprint app for watching TV, and a White Pages app. Why these apps specifically? Not because Sprint believes that you'll find them really helpful, but instead because it received a promotional fee. Congratulations on your new phone—now look at all the ads.
You might not consider these preloaded apps such a big deal. We're all used to getting crapware on new PCs; this is the same story, just on phones, and it's not such a big hassle to delete everything you don't need. But you shouldn't have to delete stuff just to get your phone looking like you want it. Plus, I suspect that many users probably don't even know how to delete these apps, so they just sit there, clogging up the home screen.
The worst thing about Android phones isn't the crapware, though. It's the "skins"—the modifications that phone companies make to Android's most basic features, including the dialing app, contacts, email, the calendar, the notification system, and the layout of the home screen. If you get the Play edition of these phones, you'll see Google's version of each of these apps, and you'll come away impressed by Google's tasteful, restrained, utilitarian design sense. But if, like most people, you get your phone for $199 from a carrier, you'll find everything in it is a frightful mess.
Today, Yahoo's General Counsel posted a carefully worded denial regarding the company's alleged participation in the NSA PRISM program. To the casual observer, it might seem like a categorical denial. I do not believe that Yahoo's denial is as straightforward as it seems.
Yonatan Zunger:
If it had, even if I couldn't talk about it, in all likelihood I would no longer be working at Google: the fact that we do stand up for individual users' privacy and protection, for their right to have a personal life which is not ever shared with other people without their consent, even when governments come knocking at our door with guns, is one of the two most important reasons that I am at this company: the other being a chance to build systems which fundamentally change and improve the lives of billions of people by turning the abstract power of computing into something which amplifies and expands their individual, mental life.
Strong statement. And here's Google's chief legal officer, David Drummond:
We cannot say this more clearly — the government does not have access to Google servers—not directly, or via a back door, or a so-called drop box. Nor have we received blanket orders of the kind being discussed in the media.
The early reviews of Google Fiber are in from Kansas City and one of the most attractive features of the service seems to be how it makes Netflix irresistible. The buffering annoyances that consumers take for granted vanish as Google Fiber feeds movies and shows instantly to eager Silicon Prairie dwellers. What's more, the recently launched Google Fiber TV app offers video on demand for iPad. This direction is fascinating because of the hottest trend in US consumer behavior: broadcast television audience collapse.
TV show audiences have been falling for a long time, but recently the decline has turned into a plunge. According to Goldman Sachs, ratings in the 18-49 year demo dropped by a hideous 17% last winter, the steepest drop ever. "American Idol" is losing nearly 25% of its audience in a year. Most of the big new shows have been disasters and old staples like "Survivor" and "Dancing with Stars" are in free fall.
Everyone has long known that the broadcast dinosaurs are in trouble but it is only now becoming clear just how rapidly they are losing their grip on consumers in the United States. This coincides with rapid growth of time spent on mobile apps: American iPhone owners now waste two hours per day on apps and annualized growth of daily engagement still tops 30%. But it also opens up completely new vistas for Netflix, Amazon, Google and Apple when it comes to video distribution.
The evidence has been clear for a while that Apple (AAPL) is no longer the singular dominant force in mobile. But the alarm bells have grown shriller. Supplier results suggest "lackluster iPhone demand." Anonymous supply chain sources say that iPad mini unit sales could drop 20 percent to 30 percent this quarter, compared with the same period last year.
Those last words are telling. The Mini was not for sale the same period last year. So 20 to 30 percent less that last year is simply impossible.
What is it about Apple that make reporters insist on creating bad news? Fucking idiots.
Another example:
Twitter made their new music service official this morning with an announcement and then release on…iOS. As you can tell, and should be no surprise if you look at Vine, Twitter still doesn't realize that Android is just as, if not more important than iOS in the mobile game these days.
No, actually it isn't. Let me tell you again what app developers see: on iOS you see about 10 times the sales/download numbers compared to Android. Twitter knows exactly what it is doing. Unit sales are irrelevant.
Google, which relies on advertising for some 95 percent of its revenue, doesn't want ads on its hotly anticipated Google Glass eyewear.
The blanket prohibition came in the fine print of a policy made public this evening, which says "Glassware" developers may not "serve or include any advertisements" and they "may not charge" users to download apps for the device.
So there's no money either way for developers. Tell me again why I should bother ever developing for Glass?
April Fool's Day gags from Google: half a dozen.
April Fool's Day gags from Apple: zero.
I suspect one's preference for which company they admire more breaks strongly along the lines of how one feels about the above stats.
So if you want to know when Google Keep, opened for business on 21 March 2013, will probably shut – again, assuming Google decides it's just not working – then, the mean suggests the answer is: 18 March 2017. That's about long enough for you to cram lots of information that you might rely on into it; and also long enough for Google to discover that, well, people aren't using it to the extent that it hoped. Much the same as happened with Knol (lifespan: 1,377 days, from 23 July 2008 to 30 April 2012), or Wave (1,095 days, from May 2009 – 30 April 2012) or of course Reader (2,824 days, from 7 October 2005 to 1 July 2013).
BlackBerry just shipped a new phone that almost nobody has tried. But lots of people already have an opinion about it! Some people think it is great! Others are already making fun of it! That's pretty typical behavior. People love to fight and fight about phone platforms; to toss around the term fanboi and other insults and invective. People love to lob polemic after polemic in the most boring argument
since Mac vs. Windowsever.
Do you like Android? You should, it's amazing. iOS? Wow, what a great platform, no wonder it started a revolution. Windows Phone? Seriously, it's got a remarkable and beautiful interface. BlackBerry? There are plenty of great reasons people love it. And no matter which platform you adore, it's shockingly possible to both have a preference and respect that other people may prefer an entirely different device. I know. Totally weird. But true.
Or, you can just call anyone who expresses a contrary opinion a jerk, or a fanboi, or butthurt, some other un-clever and deeply unoriginal pejorative that ends with the suffix "tard" and ultimately makes you look dumber than the person you're trying, vainly, to insult.
The phone wars, the platform wars, should be left to people who work for Apple and Samsung and Google and Microsoft and Nokia and BlackBerry. Do you work for Apple? Do you work for Samsung? No? Then shut up.
Who's the person you'd least expect to discover is a BlackBerry user? How about the executive chairman of the company whose software has been crucial in eroding the Canadian company's position in the consumer market?
That's right: Eric Schmidt uses a BlackBerry.
Every day we all see, hear or think of things we need to remember. Usually we grab a pad of sticky-notes, scribble a reminder and put it on the desk, the fridge or the relevant page of a magazine. Unfortunately, if you're like me you probably often discover that the desk, fridge or magazine wasn't such a clever place to leave the note after all…it's rarely where you need it when you need it.
To solve this problem we've created Google Keep. With Keep you can quickly jot ideas down when you think of them and even include checklists and photos to keep track of what's important to you. Your notes are safely stored in Google Drive and synced to all your devices so you can always have them at hand.
From the same guys that brought you Google Reader, so good luck if you don't mind being bitten again.
It wasn't an easy decision to leave Google. During my time there I became fairly passionate about the company. I keynoted four Google Developer Day events, two Google Test Automation Conferences and was a prolific contributor to the Google testing blog. Recruiters often asked me to help sell high priority candidates on the company. No one had to ask me twice to promote Google and no one was more surprised than me when I could no longer do so. In fact, my last three months working for Google was a whirlwind of desperation, trying in vain to get my passion back.
The Google I was passionate about was a technology company that empowered its employees to innovate. The Google I left was an advertising company with a single corporate-mandated focus.
Technically I suppose Google has always been an advertising company, but for the better part of the last three years, it didn't feel like one. Google was an ad company only in the sense that a good TV show is an ad company: having great content attracts advertisers.
In a rather surprising move, Google removed Adblock Plus and other ad blocking apps from the Google Play store due to "interference with another service or product in an unauthorized manner."
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Almost three years after Google released its WebM video encoding technology as a "free" and open alternative to the existing H.264 backed by Apple and others, it has admitted its position was wrong and that it would pay to license the patents WebM infringes.
Looks like we're establishing a clear pattern: Google clearly (and often willfully) infringes on someone else's IP, can't believe that it'll ever have any repercussions, and claims they're doing it to be "open" or some bullshit. It betrays a culture at Google's highest levels of arrogance, entitlement, and dishonesty.
Microsoft is backing a bill in Massachusetts that would effectively force schools to stop using Google Apps, or any other service that uses students' data.
"Any person who provides a cloud computing service to an educational institution operating within the State shall process data of a student enrolled in kindergarten through twelfth grade for the sole purpose of providing the cloud computing service to the educational institution and shall not process such data for any commercial purpose, including but not limited to advertising purposes that benefit the cloud computing service provider," the bill states.
The proposed legislation was introduced by state representative Carlo Basile (D-East Boston), and Microsoft has said it is supporting it, using the old canard of wanting to protect children from harm. Blocking Google and other providers that use an ad-funded service model is just a side benefit, it seems.
In my experience, the behaviors and culture of an organization (large or small) that focuses on the Consumer as a customer is diametrically incompatible with the behaviors and culture of an organization that focuses on Business as a customer.
I feel strongly that this is a key reason Microsoft's products are often good, but not excellent; the consumer ones and the business ones. This is why Google will never be able to beat Apple at Apple's game: Google's customer focus is split between the advertiser and consumer.
The behaviors of organization, which are really driven by the attitudes, actions, priorities of the people, define what the organization produces. The behaviors required to delight the consumer are simply at odds with the behaviors required to delight businesses. You cannot do both simultaneously in a single organization and be excellent.
Dear Google,
If you had told me five years ago that I'd have the chance to pay $1,500 to beta test and advertise a product for you I would've said 'get the heck out of town'! But here we are.
"'The lack of interest, the disdain for history is what makes computing not-quite-a-field,' Alan Kay once lamented. And so it should come as no surprise that the USPTO granted Google a patent Tuesday for the Automatic Deletion of Temporary Files, perhaps unaware that the search giant's claimed invention is essentially a somewhat kludgy variation on file expiration processing, a staple of circa-1970 IBM mainframe computing and subsequent disk management software. From Google's 2013 patent: 'A path name for a file system directory can be "C:temp\12-1-1999\" to indicate that files contained within the file system directory will expire on Dec. 1, 1999.' From Judith Rattenbury's 1971 Introduction to the IBM 360 computer and OS/JCL: 'EXPDT=70365 With this expiration date specified, the data set will not be scratched or overwritten without special operator action until the 365th day of 1970.' Hey, things are new if you've never seen them before!"
With stolen passwords in hand, attackers attempt to break into accounts across the web and across many different services. We've seen a single attacker using stolen passwords to attempt to break into a million different Google accounts every single day, for weeks at a time. A different gang attempted sign-ins at a rate of more than 100 accounts per second. Other services are often more vulnerable to this type of attack, but when someone tries to log into your Google Account, our security system does more than just check that a password is correct.
Every time you sign in to Google, whether via your web browser once a month or an email program that checks for new mail every five minutes, our system performs a complex risk analysis to determine how likely it is that the sign-in really comes from you. In fact, there are more than 120 variables that can factor into how a decision is made.
If a sign-in is deemed suspicious or risky for some reason—maybe it's coming from a country oceans away from your last sign-in—we ask some simple questions about your account. For example, we may ask for the phone number associated with your account, or for the answer to your security question. These questions are normally hard for a hijacker to solve, but are easy for the real owner. Using security measures like these, we've dramatically reduced the number of compromised accounts by 99.7 percent since the peak of these hijacking attempts in 2011.
Google is abusing its dominant place in the search market, according to Europe's antitrust chief Joaquin Almunia.
In an interview with the Financial Times of London, Google could be forced to change the way that it provides and displays search results or face antitrust charges for "diverting traffic," in the words of Almunia, referring to Google's self-serving treatment to its own search services.
Despite the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's move earlier this month to let off Google with a slap on the wrist — albiet, a change to its business practices, a move that financially wouldn't dent Google in the short term but something any company would seek to avoid — the European Commission is looking to take a somewhat different approach: take its time, and then hit the company hard.
Almunia said in the interview: "We are still investigating, but my conviction is [Google] are diverting traffic," adding: "They are monetising this kind of business, the strong position they have in the general search market and this is not only a dominant position, I think — I fear — there is an abuse of this dominant position."
That's pretty much as black and white as one can get, short of actually saying: "Google, bad! Here's a whopping great big fine."
The Google Maps on Windows Phone debacle looks like it will be resolved after all. Google now says that it is in fact planning to get rid of the redirect that's preventing Windows Phone users from accessing the Google Maps website using Internet Explorer — "soon," even.
So it isn't IE incompatibility after all, right? You just got caught.
"People are freaking out about the world coming to an end—I totally get that," said the Google C.E.O. Larry Page in a conference call with reporters. "But at Google we view the Apocalypse as a unique opportunity. This company was founded with the goal to 'organize the world's information' and we see the next three days as our chance to get that done."As for the marching orders that Page gave to Google's team of designers: "The world is going to be destroyed and mankind will cease to exist. Make Google the last page they see, and give us one last chance to serve them tracking cookies."
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt has dismissed criticism over how little corporation tax his company pays, saying it's just capitalism.
Schmidt is "very proud" of the corporate structure Google set up to divert profits made in European countries, such as the UK, to its firms in the low-tax havens of Ireland and The Netherlands, thus minimising its tax bill.
"We pay lots of taxes; we pay them in the legally prescribed ways," he told Bloomberg. "I am very proud of the structure that we set up. We did it based on the incentives that the governments offered us to operate.
"It's called capitalism. We are proudly capitalistic. I'm not confused about this."
"Using dubious tactics dubbed the 'Double Irish' and the 'Dutch Sandwich', Google apparently was able to pay only 3.2 per cent in tax on its overseas profits in 2011 even though most of its sales were in countries with tax rates from 26 to 34 per cent," the group's privacy project director John Simpson said in the letter.


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The United Kingdom's Security Service -- better known as MI5 -- announced Tuesday that it will soon warn citizens of changes in the nation's terrorist threat ranking via e-mail.
Like the United States' Department of Homeland Security, MI5 already posts the current threat status on its Web site. It is currently at "Severe," the second-highest ranking, which stands for "an attack is highly likely."
MI5 was characteristically closed-lipped in a terse release posted to its Web site.
"E-mail alerts of changes to the national Threat Level and updates on the Security Service website will be available in the near future," the statement read. "This will enable subscribers to keep informed of major developments in national security affairs. You will be able to subscribe via a form on the Security Service website. We will publish an update shortly giving the address of the subscription form."
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Mountain Creek will teach snowboarding to anyone who wants to learn on Go Snowboarding Day, Monday Dec. 21.
First-timers receive a free lesson, rentals, and lift ticket.
Reservations are strongly recommended in order to ensure a spot in one of the mountain's Learn-to-Ride Clinics.
Mountain Creek also will reach intermediate riders how to slide their first Intro-Progression terrain park box. SWITCH Academy instructors will be stationed at South Terrain Park all day Dec. 21 to help aspiring riders through their first experiences with terrain park features. Helmets are strongly recommended.
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Mountain Creek continues its simple season pass price structure for the 2009-2010 season. The All Access Pass is $399 for all ages, and is valid all day, every day of the season. The resort's 5x7 PLUS Pass is $299 for all ages, and is valid all day Monday through Friday; and from 3 p.m. to close on Saturday and Sunday. 5x7 PLUS Pass holders also can purchase $25 lift tickets on Saturday and Sunday Mornings.
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Saturday night a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper stopped a Mercury Mountaineer two miles east of Conway for a traffic violation.
The driver, Josue S. Valencia, 31, and his passenger Niza M. Ollo, 21, were arrested for possession of a controlled substance after police discovered 6,767 grams of cocaine and two grams of cocaine were found inside the vehicle.
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#8835 closed defect (worksforme)
The Change from 25419 to 25455 leads to a network error
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with 25419 /etc/init.d/network restart works without error.
with 25455 /etc/init.d/network restart produces an error.
This error appears also in the system log
the error is do_sysctl not found in /etc/hotplug.d/iface/10-rootes
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comment:1 Changed 7 years ago by swalker
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from new to closed
Fixed in r25474.
comment:2 Changed 6 years ago by mikebrady@…
- Resolution fixed deleted
- Status changed from closed to reopened
Just using Backfire (10.03.1-RC6, r28215) on an NSLU2 and this problem is still there, i.e. do_sysctl is missing from /etc/hotplug.d/iface/10-routes. Causing problems with radvd/ipv6.
comment:3 Changed 6 years ago by jow
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Cannot reproduce it. do_sysctl() is in /lib/network/config.sh which is sourced by "include /lib/network" within "/etc/hotplug.d/iface/10-routes" in the "ifup" branch.
comment:4 Changed 6 years ago by mikebradyeircom.net
Apologies -- I think what happened was that I was working off sources checked out with:
svn checkout svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/tags/backfire_10.03
When I redid everything taking sources with:
svn checkout svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/branches/backfire
I got the fixed version.


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Nowak makes all the wrong moves
For all the talent on the field for Sunday's Eastern Conference final, the winner was determined as much by the men working the sidelines as the players on the field.
Peter Nowak, the D.C. United coach who watched his team dominate and destroy Major League Soccer for the first half of the season, could only chew his gum as he failed to come up with a way to shake a goal out of his faltering squad. Instead of making a move that could jump-start D.C., Nowak made moves that sealed his team's fate.
Steve Nicol's Sunday afternoon went considerably better. The New England coach overcame the absences of Clint Dempsey and Steve Ralston and still fielded a team capable of winning a conference final. Nicol took risks with the lineup and formation he started with, and made the necessary moves during the match to help Taylor Twellman's fourth-minute goal stand up as the game winner in the Revolution's 1-0 victory.
Yes, D.C. dominated play in the first half with some beautiful soccer after Twellman's goal, but when things slowed down in the second half and the team needed some answers from its bench, none came. You can call D.C. unlucky to go down a goal so early, and unlucky not to equalize as it sent a handful of chances just wide of Matt Reis' goal in the first half, but you can also take issue with Nowak's response when his team failed to find an equalizer. Bringing in Argentine midfielder Matias Donnet was an obvious move for an offense in need of a spark, but Nowak's decision to replace Freddy Adu, one of United's best players in the first half, was truly mind-boggling.
At a moment when D.C. needed ideas, ingenuity and creativity, Nowak benched Adu, a player capable of delivering all those qualities, instead of Josh Gros, who is known far more for his hustle and determination than his skill. As sad as the sight was of watching Adu pout his way to the bench, you could understand why the 18-year-old was so frustrated to leave the match. He probably wondered why it was he, and not Gros, who was benched instead of manning the left flank late in the match. That question surely rang more loudly with every wayward cross the right-footed Gros launched too far and too high for anyone to work with.
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|The Revolution advanced to MLS Cup 2006 with a 1-0 victory over D.C. United on a goal in the fourth minute by Taylor Twellman. It was a near duplicate of the Revs' victory in last season's Eastern Conference title game when they defeated the Fire, 1-0, on a goal in the fourth minute by Clint Dempsey.
In 2002, when the conference titles were decided by a series (not a single elimination match), New England won game 2 of its series against the Crew, 1-0, on a goal in the third minute by Jay Heaps.
Matt Reis lowered his career postseason goals-allowed average to 0.78, the second lowest in MLS history (minimum: five starts). The only better mark was posted by Reis's predecessor with the Revs, Adin Brown (0.66).
The mistakes that doomed D.C. to failure weren't limited to Sunday. Some were made when you would have least expected it, months ago when D.C. looked unbeatable. Whether it was because of the team's success early in the season, or because of a general lack of foresight, D.C. did not do enough to add depth to an attack that always was thin once you got past the likes of Jaime Moreno and Christian Gomez. Yes, D.C. added a quality player in midseason in Donnet, but what they did not do was address the team's need for another forward, which ultimately proved to be the team's undoing on Sunday.
Consider Nowak's options late in the match, when he was forced to use midfielder Rod Dyachenko at forward in place of the ineffective and injury-slowed Alecko Eskandarian. As useless as Eskandarian was on Sunday, Dyachenko, a converted midfielder, was invisible.
Nowak's final move of the day was more head-scratcher than master stroke as he took out Gomez, the team's most influential and dangerous player, and replaced him with defensive midfielder Clyde Simms, whose nine minutes on the field were predictably uneventful. Gomez was clearly affected by cramps before coming out of the match but was he so debilitated by them that he couldn't simply stretch them out? Would it really have been a gamble for D.C. United to play with 10 men for a few minutes while its magic man worked out the kinks?
To give all the credit to D.C. United's mistakes would be a disservice to a New England team that showed its quality Sunday. With their most dangerous (Dempsey) and experienced (Ralston) players out of the lineup due to injuries, the Revs still played cohesive and disciplined soccer. No, that soccer did not result in a myriad of chances, but New England had enough confidence in its own strength and organization to stand firm even as D.C. pressed hard for an equalizer.
Did the early goal make for an ugly game? To some degree it did, but you cannot fault New England for never feeling a sense of urgency to expand its lead when United's attack, which has struggled for three months, continued to show an unsteadiness in the final touch.
When Twellman's goal found the net, the script was set for the rest of the match. New England was going to defend and pick its spots and D.C. was going to have to make the most of the possession that would come from that approach. United did enjoy some nice sequences in the attacking third but never once breached the Revs' defense close enough to goal to put a serious test on Reis. The host club delivered a number of longer-range shots that buzzed the posts, but ran out of ideas as Gomez and Moreno slowly ran out of gas.
New England's ability to stay composed was admirable, even in the face of serious first-half pressure, as defender Michael Parkhurst reminded us why he should be considered a serious candidate to earn U.S. national team caps next summer. Shalrie Joseph's work in central midfield was one of the keys to the victory as he did his best to limit the amount of time and space Gomez and Ben Olsen had to operate.
Then there was Twellman, who was criticized for struggling during last year's playoffs when the reality was that he was the victim of a lack of service. He has had no such problem this year. After netting the equalizer in last week's decisive match against Chicago, Twellman pounced on the first good pass to come his way.
As much as New England's victory was about the excellent efforts of standouts Twellman, Joseph, Parkhurst and Reis, it was more about the Revs' ability to play team soccer. There was a confidence to the way the Revs moved the ball around, never a sense that the team needed to get the ball to certain players. D.C. did not boast this same fluidity, with seemingly everyone but Adu choosing to defer to Moreno and Gomez on far too many occasions.
That confidence did not come overnight for New England. In fact, the Revs probably learned the same lesson D.C. learned on Sunday just a year ago at MLS Cup X, when injuries to Joseph and Ralston limited the team's offense and the rest of New England's players failed to find answers in a heartbreaking 1-0 loss to Los Angeles. New England was the league's best team last year, and probably would have been champion if healthy, but they learned then what D.C. learned on Sunday: a collective must be able to win a game when stars are not working their usual magic or when a team is beset by injuries.
New England's reward for learning that valuable lesson is a third MLS Cup appearance in five years. After two failed attempts at securing the club's first title, the Revs are as ready as ever to finally break through. Their star power, championship game experience and cohesiveness will make them the favorites against Houston. The Dynamo will be wise to learn what D.C. United learned on Sunday: It takes balanced team play, and not just a few stars, to win a title.
Ives Galarcep covers MLS for ESPNsoccernet. He is a writer and columnist for the Herald News (N.J.) and also writes a blog, Soccer By Ives. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Politics of Tuesday, 6 November 2012
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Mr. Mark Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister who is contesting for the Navrongo Central Constituency seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), said on Monday that the Navrongo seat is ripe for an NDC win in both the Parliamentary and Presidential slots.
Mr. Woyongo was launching his campaign bid to contest the Navrongo Central parliamentary seat at Nabvrongo in the Upper East Region.
The minister who lost in a similar bid in the 2008 election to the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Mr. Kofi Adda, by less than 1000 votes margin said not only would the party capture the Parliamentary seat but would also excel in the Presidential slot like it did in 2008.
It would be recalled that the NDC won the Presidential slot in the Navrongo Central Constituency in 2008, and lost the Parliamentary seat to the NPP.
The regional minister said it was the first time he was contesting the seat and that the People's National Convention (PNC) fielded a candidate to contest in the constituency which led to a split of the votes, adding that this time around the PNC had not fielded a candidate and had promised to rally behind the NDC to win the election.
"Besides, there have been massive defections from the NPP to join the NDC party including some of the NPP Constituency Executives and this coupled with the unprecedented development projects that the party has brought to the Constituency, will influence people to vote for it to win both the Presidential and Parliamentary elections."
He mentioned road infrastructure, school infrastructure, provision of 150 boreholes and the School Feeding Programme which had increased from 4 schools to 31 schools, as some of the development projects.
Mr Mahama Ayariga , Deputy Minister of Education and also an aspiring MP for Bawku Central urged the electorate to give Mr Woyongo and President John Dramani Mahama the nod to continue to deliver the goods and said just within four years the party had brought about massive development under the leadership of the President and the Regional Minister. "Mr Mark Woyongo was the only Regional Minister in the three Northern Regions who was not removed during the four years of the NDC by the President due to his good leadership skills. This is the type of leader you should endorse to help bring more development to your constituency. Never be deceived by any party, particularly those parading false promises such as free Senior High School".
Mr Ayariga explained that the Constitution grants free Senior High School education which was being implemented by the NDC in a progressive manner and said rushing to implement it over night would jeopardize the whole process.
"What is needed most now is the strengthening of education at the basic level which is the foundation and this is what the NDC Party is implementing with our good policies and programmes such as the expansion of the School Feeding Programme, the Capitation Grant , Free School Uniforms and exercise books among others".
The launching ceremony which was well attended by party supporters, attracted prominent NDC party members including Mr Cletus Avoka the Majority Leader in Parliament and also MP for Zebilla Constituency, Mr. Donald Adabare, Ambassador to Niger, Mr. Moses Asaga, MP for Nabdam Constituency and the Upper East Deputy Regional Minister, Mrs Lucy Awuni.


text: DIY your own foam battle gear for your little ninja #How-To & DIY#big kids#parties August 26 | Guest post by Sophie Maletsky All photos by Sophie Maletsky. Recently, a client asked for a ninja party for their child. Awesome! Immediately a couple of fun activities sprung to mind, all of which are perfect for training and testing a young ninja's skills, but a few include weapons… which can get tricky. I have discovered that foam is an awesome replacement for what could potentially be a dangerous object. It's malleable, flexible, strong, lightweight, and unless you take it directly to the eye (which could happen with any toy), it's pretty darn safe. I like to use either thin pool noodles, which are readily available at most discount chains during the late spring and summer, or pipe insulation foam, which is found year round at the hardware store; it comes in a variety of thicknesses so you can choose the one that suits you best. If your little ninja is anything like the ones I have known, the following activities will be right up his or her alley: Stealth Training Easily done. You can set up a cool obstacle course with lots of barriers where the challenge is to get through as quietly as possible, like crawling under a series of ropes tied with bells, crossing over a teeter totter made from a piece of 12 x 8 wood balanced on an 18 inch section of 4 x 4, or climbing up a small step stool and jumping from the top, landing like a cat on the ground. Accuracy Set up a shooting range with lightweight play balls (the kind you see in most ball pits) balanced on top of cardboard tubes of varying heights (gift wrap tubes work great). All you need to do is take a 24 inch dowel, sink it into the lawn about six inches, then slide the gift wrapping tube over the dowel — it will stand perfectly. (You can use a bucket of sand to hold the tubes upright as well.) Balance the ball on top of the tube, and fire away! You can use rubber bands or straw launchers. To make straw launchers, take two straws, one slightly thinner than the other in diameter. Pinch the end of the slightly larger straw closed and tape it with a tiny bit of tape to make a rocket. Trim the rocket so that it's about 3 inches shorter than the thinner straw. Slip the rocket onto the thinner straw and blow through the thinner straw. It's awesome! Just a reminder: no one ever steps onto the shooting range until all projectile rounds have been expended (and only when an adult says it's safe). No shooting at moving targets. Weapons Uh oh. Here we get into a problem. Kids love weapons! Guns, knives, throwing stars… but how to make them safe? How to let kids use their imaginations to act out their favorite kung fu scenes without hurting one another? The answer, my friends, is foam! Related Post A full-size C-3PO costume and 5 other wonders kids can create from empty paper towel rolls Environmentalism, for me, is less about recycle and far more about reuse. "Recycle" smacks of some propaganda feel-good program for using too much crap in... Read more Here are all the great weapons I have made out of foam, and how to make them yourself! Anyone else have Go Ninja, Go Ninja GO! in their heads? Quarter Staff Just use a pool noodle! If you want you can duct tape a really cool grip pad in the center of the staff. *Please note: do not duct tape the actual "weapon" part of your foam creations; the duct tape will actually add strength and rigidity which negates the flexibility and safety of the foam. Swords I found these hard plastic pirate swords at The Dollar Tree. Using a hand saw, I simply cut off the offensive plastic blade about three inches up from the hilt. Luckily for me the blade was pretty thick, so all I had to do was apply hot glue all over the stub, let it cool about 20 seconds (hot glue and foam are not the best of friends; the hot glue, if applied directly to the foam will melt it) then slide a 24 inch piece of foam onto the stub and there you have it — one basically harmless (please note, nothing is ever entirely harmless) sword. *Special note: if you find that the sword hilt you've got is attached to more of a rapier-type blade, just bulk it out with duct tape. Nunchucks These are a total hoot, and super easy to make. All you need to make them is tubing, thin rope (or even heavy yarn), tape, a ballpoint pen, and two pipe cleaners. Cut the foam into 2 twelve-inch sections. At the top of both sections, wrap one piece of tape around the entire diameter of the tube (this will add strength to the holes you are about to make). Using a ballpoint pen, carefully make a hole from one side of the tube to the other (so that the pen sticks out on both sides of the tubing) about 1 ½ inches down from the top of the tube. Run a pipe cleaner through the holes and make a loop by twisting the pipe cleaner around itself. Secure a length of thin rope to each of the pipe cleaner loops — it's up to you how long you make it; I made mine 24 inches to give myself lots of extra for tying. You will want about 12 inches of rope between the two chucks. You are ready to roll. The weapons of course were a huge hit at the party, although I know that some of the parents were inwardly cringing. But seriously, most kids are going to go through a phase where they turn things into weapons. Wouldn't you rather have it be something that's flexible (like foam) than rigid like a stick? Just remember to also wear safety goggles — let's stay safe out there! Join our community! Reporter Name * Reporter Email * Original text Enter the original text here. Edited text* Enter your suggested copyedit here. Notes You can add a note for the editor here. * Required information. Fix Typo Guest post written by Sophie Maletsky Sophie Maletsky is a Bay Area-based children's party planner with over 16 years of experience. Through her parties and volunteer activities, she's brought crafts, games, and activities to children of all ages and backgrounds, and now is sharing her ideas with the world through her blog (http://sophworldblog.blogspot.com) and YouTube Channel (http://www.youtube.com/SophiesWorldVideo). http://sophworldblog.blogspot.com PREVIOUS Buy a rough and rumble cowboy town on the edge of the wilderness NEXT Anna's Painted Shoes bring you custom art shoes with very chill graphics and way hot ideas Show/Hide comments [ 8 ] Epic! This brings back the great birthday party I attended as a kid. Power rangers cake and an obstacle course made of stuff found on the farm! 1 agrees Reply I can recommend building Dagohir weapons for any grown ups who want to try their hand at this sort of thing, or for kids to use more regularly. You make them out of PVC, camping mat, adhesive, hockey tape, and fabric covering. They have specifications for building safe versions of many different kinds of weapons, including one and two handed slashing swords, swords with a padded stabbing tip, one and two-handed hammers and axes, and several kinds of shield. You can build one in an afternoon, and they're nice and sturdy. My husband and I were out fighting with some friends, and ended up having a battle with some of the neighborhood kids. Lots of fun, and not even the littlest ones (3-4 years old) got hurt! 2 agree Reply Thanks! I love helping to throw parties that make memories like that. The kids have so much more fun at parties where they get to run and play and be kids, instead of at those parties where everything's picture perfect. And who doesn't love a good obstacle course? 😀 Reply Kat: Good idea! I must admit, these toy weapons I make often end up in the hands of adults after the little ones are tuckered out, they're too much fun to resist! Reply Another option is to look up LARP (live action role play) weapons and how to make them. Typically made for SCA weapons training and fighting, using PVC pipe, foam & electrical tape. 2 agree Reply Yay foam fighting! Was thinking the same thing while reading the article, there are a lot of groups for adults interested in a more grown up version of play fighting. Our local group here in Ohio has some info on our website http://www.pentwyvern.com but you can also check out the official Dagorhir website http://www.dagorhir.com or the official Belegarth website http://www.belegarth.com . Both are good games with a lot of groups spread out around the country. Reply Oh, THANK YOU for this page!! Will ABSOLUTELY be doing this for my soon to be 6 year old's party! If you were in my area I'd definitely hire you. 😉 Reply You're welcome, Lindsay! I hope that you guys have fun! It's too bad that I can't be everywhere to do parties for people around the country, but at least I can help on the Internet! You should send me pics after your party is done! email@example.com Reply Join the conversation Cancel Reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Participate in this conversation via emailGet only replies to your comment, the best of the rest, as well as a daily recap of all comments on this post. No more than a few emails daily, which you can reply to/unsubscribe from directly from your inbox. No-drama comment policy Part of what makes the Offbeat Empire different is our commitment to civil, constructive commenting. 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By Mike Monocello, editor-in-chief, Business Solutions magazine
I recently sat down with Randy Teague, director of market development at Honeywell Security, and got his take on the security industry and how realistic it is for Business Solutions readers to add IP video and access control solutions to their line cards. In his current position, Teague has been working closely with a variety of integrators interested in entering the world of IP security. "IT integrators have begun selling IP-based security for a few key reasons," he explains. "We've seen an interest because it augments their business, they have the same skill set that can be applied to security, and/or they're already getting requests for such solutions from their customers." When you examine the technology segments these integrators come from, a handful of trends become apparent. Not surprisingly, these trends match what we've seen with our Business Solutions readers.