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Smart Grid Resources

August 30, 2010
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Smart Grid Resources

Tweet The notion of a Smart Grid technology is not new. I use to attend Trisha Park’s home automation forums. This was no small event as Trish had managed to get every major player in power and communications together in one spot one time every year. Execs from Duke Power, AEP, and other concerns...
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Introduction: Smart Grid Technology

August 29, 2010
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Introduction: Smart Grid Technology

Tweet The smart grid is not a new concept, but it’s only now that gov’t and electric companies are beginning to place focus on creating such an animal. And for all the discussions that we’ve recently witnessed between the current administration and the general...
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Use of Biometric Credentials

August 28, 2010
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Use of Biometric Credentials

Tweet “The Secure Communities technology, made possible through collaboration between DHS, the Department of Justice, and state and local law enforcement agencies, enables digital fingerprints collected during the booking process to be checked against FBI criminal history records and DHS immigration records. By identifying...
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Privacy and the Obsolescence of Cursive Writing

August 28, 2010
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Privacy and the Obsolescence of Cursive Writing

Tweet I posted two links today that lead to what might be shocking news to some. #1: www.ss-times.com/2010/08/26/the-handwriting-is-on-the-wall-cursive-is-obsolete/ and #2: www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2010/0817/Beloit-College-Mindset-List-says-Class-of-2014-can-t-write-cursive What prompted me to say something here is the fact that I now see one of my granddaughters writing in a journal… well,...
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We’re Here for Others, not Only Ourselves

August 22, 2010
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We’re Here for Others, not Only Ourselves

Tweet “Service is the very purpose of life. It is the rent we pay for being on this planet. “ Marion Wright Edelman
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The Deadly Game of Texting

August 21, 2010
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The Deadly Game of Texting

Tweet Young people are notorious for texting while driving. Even older people, like myself, have been known to do it. Most of us are fortunate in that nothing bad comes out of it, but others are not as lucky. For example, according to a...
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One Source of Today’s Social Irresponsibility Easy to Spot

August 19, 2010
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One Source of Today’s Social Irresponsibility Easy to Spot

Tweet If you’re wondering where a good bit of today’s social irresponsibility comes from, look no further as you’re about to be taken into the land of the “Irresponsible Zone”: A federal judge is allowing a negligence lawsuit to proceed against the publisher of...
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