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mHealth Summit 2010 – Paul Jacobs

http://www.weforum.org 28.06.2010
Interview with Paul Jacobs, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Qualcomm, USA at the mHealth summit of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Mobile Communications held in La Jolla, California on 28 June 2010.

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Protest of T-Mobile Antennas in Windsor Hills/View Park

Windsor Hills/View Park Residents Support and Thank CVS Corporation and CVS Regional Manager, Earle Robinson. Shortly after this picket, Mr. Robinson went to bat for the residents, testifying against T-Mobile and the property owner, Alexander Haagen. After more than 1 1/2 years and 7 hearings, Windsor Hills/View Park Residents Prevailed. see:

http://cbs2.com/local/Windsor.Hills.Residents.2.1056662.html

Also see: http://www.cloutnow.org/ and sign or endorse the petition to bring back local control to regulate wireless facilities. CLOUT (Coalition for Local Oversight of Utility Technologies – http://www.cloutnow.org/) is a fast growing national coalition formed as a result of this tremendous backlash against the unchecked proliferation of wireless facilities now targeting residential areas and schools, as wireless companies seek to market new wireless services. (fyi: T-Mobile is currently the most aggressive because, unlike the largest wireless carriers -AT&T and Verizon-, they have no wired infrastructure/landlines to compete for market share of customers who buy bundled services. T-Mobile has also been heavily marketing wireless only households with their HotSpot At Home.)

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors also took action June 2nd, calling for Repeal of Federal Cell Tower Health Preemption. You can read their resolution at the www.cloutnow.org site in addition to the LA City School boards resolution regarding cell towers near schools that passed May 26th. Be sure to see letters of endorsements.

Residents across the country have been outraged over the disregard outside telecom companies have for local building and zoning codes, the deceptive and aggressive tactics used by wireless companies to force their way into residential areas, and the fact that many placements of cell towers and related wireless facilities turn out to be unnecessary to serve existing demand or provide public safety benefits. Elected officials should also be informed that 911 calls from cell phones are designed to be picked up by any available carrier as long as the cell phone making the call has a charged battery and even if the contract has expired for that phone. Arguing that more cell towers are needed to ensure 911 service is a red herring used by cell carriers throughout the country to justify their own business plans and marketing goals, while encouraging citizens to give up landlines and the loss of payphones which provide the most reliable public safety benefits. See: Where are all the payphones? http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=4268&volume_id=254&issue_id=310&volume_num=41&issue_num=46&l=1 & Switching from Traditional Phone Service to Wireless http://www.hearusnow.org/homepage/7/consumertipsphonescellphones/wirelessphoneservices/switchingfromtraditionalphoneservicetowireless/

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mHealth Summit 2010 – Thierry Zylberberg

http://www.weforum.org 28.06.2010
Interview with Thierry Zylberberg, Executive Vice-President, Health Line of Business, Orange, France at the mHealth summit of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Mobile Communications held in La Jolla, California on 28 June 2010.

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mHealth Summit 2010 – Raja Rajamannar

Interview with Raja Rajamannar, Executive Vice-President, Health Line of Business, Orange, France at the mHealth summit of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Mobile Communications held in La Jolla, California on 28 June 2010.

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Adt Security Services Has Top of the Line Wireless Sensors

Home security situations and needs differ with the size of the home, number of residents, ages and interests of those residents, and the worth or value of the contents of the house. Do you live alone or with several other people? Are you or other members of your family completely healthy, or are you disabled in some way? All these factors may influence your decision regarding what is best for you and your personal security situation. Regardless of the size of your house, the number and ages of family members and the quantity of individuals you live with, everyone needs protection from break-ins, burglary, and medical and fire emergencies. Do you currently enjoy total protection from an intruder intent on taking your belongings and harming you in the process? While no one can be absolutely 100 percent protected, you can make your home environment at least 3 times more secure* by employing ADT Home Security.

ADT Security Services has top of the line wireless sensors that have the unique capability of detecting intruders before they step foot inside your property. Interior sensors are sensitive to body heat and movement and when activated make immediate contact with the closest ADT command monitoring center and the appropriate authorities. ADT Security Services, Inc has five command centers located strategically across the United States so that your call and subsequent communications are received person-to-person rather than through automation. This assures prompt and immediate response during any emergency situation. Basic equipment includes a master control panel, a key chain remote, 3 door/window sensors, a motion detector, a built-in siren, and yard and window signs to be prominently displayed. Signs of this nature often deter crime before it is committed. Arming the system is easy – just a touch of the key chain remote – and protection is continuous – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Paramedics, fire, and police may be summoned by a touch of the control panel whether the system is armed or not. This assures assistance within minutes of activation. The scope of protection with these systems is comparable to having a private security specialist in your home at all times. The ADT monitored security system is installed by licensed professionals who can answer any questions you might have and offer recommendations and suggestions for any additional security needs. Instruction on the operation of your system is provided as well as ADT certification for insurance purposes. Many homeowner insurance policies offer up to a 20 percent savings in premiums when an ADT monitored security system is installed. An added bonus for homeowners is that property values may increase in homes protected by ADT systems.

Keep your loved ones and home protected from intruders, crime, fire, and medical emergencies. Continuous coverage starting at $32.99 per month is a small price to pay for 100 percent comfort and peace of mind. You can rest assured that your family is safe in the privacy of your home with ADT Security. Everyone, everywhere is susceptible to crime. Your search for the best protection company has come to an end. ADT is the best in the business. Find more information about getting free system equipment and free activation – Home Security monitored by ADT.

Fast, accurate response is probably the biggest benefit of your home alarm system during a burglary, fire, medical problem or other crisis. To deliver this kind of timely response ADT leads the industry with 5 virtually fail safe monitoring centers across the United States. Most companies in the USA only operate 1 or 2 monitoring facilities. This is important to you because when those centers go down, they have no way to monitor your residence. That leaves you without any protection when you need it the most.

Julia Hall
http://www.articlesbase.com/technology-articles/adt-security-services-has-top-of-the-line-wireless-sensors-102317.html

Women consumers rule – female customer trends

http://www.globalchange.com Most older consumers are women and most online sales are to women. Female consumers as pressure group and major economic force. Women and online banking. Why women own most of America and most of the UK — living longer than men and wealth in pension funds and property. Feminisation of society, culture and business, workplace, work-life balance and emotional intelligence. Winning the war for female talent. Feminization of products and services. Niche marketing and advertising campaigns targeting women. Conference keynote speaker and Futurist Dr Patrick Dixon.

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Dreamweaver CS3 – Image Hotspots

For web design, print design, brand design or illustration services, visit my site – http://www.jeremycassisi.com – Here you can view my work and contact me!

Learn how to add hotspots on you images using Dreamweaver CS3!

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Mobile Phone Control U.Bo Robot Using Bluetooth Communications

https://sites.google.com/site/ubomagicland/

U.Bo is an alien pet robot that comes from the distant nebulae. The cute alien pet spore, U.Bo lives in the U.Bo spacecraft. It comes to earth to look for the energy of “love” to save U.Bo planet through distant time travel.

A healthy U.Bo has six legs; the cute thing in your hand is the spacecraft that U.Bo lives in. A U.Bo spore grows in the U.Bo spacecraft; you can treat U.Bo like a pet. When you touch it, it will be happy, when you hit it, it will be upset and sad. If you shake it, it will also feel uncomfortable.
U.Bo can walk forward and back, turn left and right, make sound, and make funny faces. It is an alien life that looks for the energy of love. You need to treat it nicely, and accompany it to grow. When it’s hungry, you need to feed it quickly with U.Bo cookies. U.Bo is often hungry, and it will call its owner to feed it. You can feed U.Bo here too, it eats special cookies. Feeding is a necessary condition to raise a healthy, outgoing and cute U.Bo. After eating, U.Bo will be happier and more outgoing. When it finishes eating, it will poop, pee, and burp. If you ignore it and do not feed it, it will become a lonely U.Bo without energy. Therefore, the way you take care of it will transfer the energy of love to it. This will decide whether U.Bo will be healthy or not. Therefore, please treat your U.Bo nicely.
The artificial intelligence engine of U.Bo can have interesting interaction with you. When you constantly feed it, it will gradually grow up. After they grow up, they will have different personalities, and different expressions and interactions. Its personality will differ according to the way it’s treated.

When two U.Bos meet, after absorbing the energy of love from the owner, U.Bos will call each other. The two U.Bos with the energy of happiness will sing, dance and kiss happily.

The meaning of U.Bo

The meaning of U.Bo, “U” refers to You, which means “Designed for you.” “Bo” refers to Ball, which means a round and mellow feeling. Its appearance is like a teardrop, wrapped an emotional display and a cute colorful tail.

The Survival Energy of U.Bo

The survival of U.Bo relies on two kinds of energy, one is U.Bo spacecraft “power”, the other one is the “energy of love”. Power is the necessary condition to keep the U.Bo spacecraft operating. Once the U.Bo power is out, the entire U.Bo spacecraft will lose system operation, and create instability. At this time, you need to replace the energy system behind the U.Bo bum (battery cover), after replacing new batteries, U.Bo will continue to operate. U.Bo will also revive again.

In order to allow the power system of the U.Bo spacecraft to be more stable, it is recommended to use long-acting high capacity Ni-MH batteries, so the system can be used longer and save more power, or use alkaline batteries. It is not recommended to use regular batteries.

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Inventors Given Hope on Patents for Business Methods

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com

/voalearningenglishRecently, the United States Supreme Court decided a case on the property rights of inventors. The question was whether a business method is enough of an invention to receive a patent. Patents are a form of intellectual property. They give legal protections to individuals and companies against the copying of their inventions. Bernard Bilski and Rand Warsaw wanted to patent a method to let traders protect against the risk of price changes in energy markets. The United States Patent and Trademark Office said no. So the inventors went to court. Again they were told no. Finally, the case went all the way to the Supreme Court. In June, all nine justices said no. But they only said no to a patent in this case. Patent lawyer Meredith Martin Addy in Chicago explains that the court ruled narrowly.She said: “The Supreme Court held that there is no categorical rule denying patent protection for business method patents.”When patent laws were first developed, most patents were for machines. But since the late nineteen nineties, inventors of business methods and processes have increasingly sought patent protection. Bernard Bilski and Rand Warsaw brought a lawsuit against the Patent and Trademark Office. Technology companies, especially software makers, watched the case closely. They were concerned that the Supreme Court would require a test of some kind that could limit what can be patented.In its ruling, the court decided against the patent only because the idea was too abstract. Law professor Michael Meurer of Boston University gives a famous example from physics. It involves the relationship of energy, mass and the speed of light, written as the letter c. He said: “The Supreme Court has said, for example, if Albert Einstein determined that E = mc squared — which he did — he never would have been able to get a patent on that. That’s too abstract.” In the Bilski case, the court said patent examiners could consider what is known as the machine-or-transformation test. This is the idea that a patent should be given to a machine or something that creates a material change, like a chemical process. But a majority of justices said patent examiners must also protect innovation. Patent lawyer Meredith Martin Addy says no one wants to suppress creativity. Now, more cases will be needed to define the legal limits of business method patents. Such patents already exist. In March, for example, after re-examination, Amazon.com received a patent for its one-click ordering process. And that’s the VOA Special English Economics Report.

(Adapted from a radio program broadcast 16Jul2010)

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The Importance of Intuition and Trust in Personal and Business Success

I recently had to make a decision on a business deal. Looking purely at the numbers my decision should have been straightforward. Yet I hesitated. You see my intuition or my gut feeling was not in agreement with the outwardly, more logical decision that analysis of the numbers was leading me to.

Offer A was more lucrative but I felt that the person making it would change their mind at a moment’s notice leaving me high and dry. I had more trust and respect for the person making Offer B. I felt that they would behave in a more trustworthy manner and that it would be a pleasure doing business with them. Through a mix-up in communications, although I didn’t know it at the time, while I was considering these two offers, the person making Offer A had already rescinded their offer. My intuition had been proved right. Fortunately, it was early enough in the deal that no irreparable damage had been done.

Intuition is often viewed more as a feminine trait but men use their intuition as well. Best-selling author, Marc Allen, reflecting on one of his mistakes regarding a business deal that went sour, said in a recent teleseminar,

“My first gut impression when I looked in his eyes was “Don’t trust this guy”. That was my initial intuitive impression and ever since then I’ve never denied that intuitive impression. I always wanted to meet people face-to-face. Just look in their eyes and you get a lot of intuitive information.”

Allen’s intuition was proved right when the company that this guy was brought in to manage went belly-up.

Some people underestimate the power of their intuition but it is not just a whim. Intuitive thought or a hunch is often the result of, among other things, our senses taking in and analysing a mass of data and helping us to formulate an opinion on the subject and assess a situation in a uniquely insightful way manner.

So as Dr Joyce Brothers said,

“Trust your hunches. They’re usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.”
Dr. Joyce Brothers

However, like most things intuition is a skill that must be honed so here are five ways to improve your powers of intuition:

i. Accept that intuition exists and is a gift that can help you to reach your goals faster;
ii. Discover what fears you have that prevent you from using your intuition fully;
iii. Follow you intuition – when you hear that quiet voice, when you have inspired thought, act on it;
iv. Practice extreme self-care – take care of mind, body and spirit by exercising regularly, eating healthily, drinking plenty of fresh water and getting adequate rest this will make you more receptive to intuitive thoughts; and
v. Keep a journal – you may be able to see patterns that emerge when you have intuitive thought.

Intuition and trust go hand in hand. You cannot exercise your intuition without also using trust and when you trust you often have to rely on your instinct or intuition. There are many situations that don’t allow the time for other mechanisms for building trust to come into effect. Sometimes we have to make a snap decision relating to matters that can involve large sums or money or even our well being.

Legendary stock market investor, Warren Buffett and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, provides a great example of the value of trust in business success. Company mergers can be complex and drawn out affairs involving an army of lawyers, accountants and the like. It can sometimes take up to a year to finalise details. However, a few years ago Berkshire Hathaway bought McLane Distribution Company from Wal-Mart and following a 2-hour meeting managed to finalise the acquisition in just under a month. We’re not talking about trifling sums here either; this was a $23 billion transaction.

Warren Buffett did no due diligence. Both companies were public and therefore their records could be scrutinised by the public. Warren Buffett said, “I trusted Wal-Mart, I trusted the people I worked with. I knew everything would be in exactly the order that they said it would be, and it was.” He said, “We did no due diligence.”

Can you see the advantages of being able to operate under such an umbrella of complete trust? As Indira Gandhi said,

“You can’t shake hands with a clenched fist.”

A word of caution – this deal may have been lightning fast but this relationship was gradually built up over time. Yet building trust is something we are all capable of and need to develop if we are to be successful in building any sort of relationships whether personal or business.

Here are five simple ways you can create trust in your relationships:

i. Be open, transparent and scrupulously honest in your business dealings;
ii. Stick to your word – be known as someone who is completely reliable;
iii. Under-promise and over deliver – people love to receive unexpected bonuses;
iv. Refrain from gossiping about your colleagues or business partners, it is unprofessional and can seriously backfire; and
v. Take responsibility for your actions especially when things go wrong – similarly give credit where credit is due.

Trust and intuition are inexorably linked. To be able to tap into your intuition you have to learn how to trust yourself and as Cardinal de Retz said:

“A man who doesn’t trust himself can never really trust anyone else.”

Nickolove Lovemore
http://www.articlesbase.com/self-help-articles/the-importance-of-intuition-and-trust-in-personal-and-business-success-110050.html