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Online Gamers Risk Credit Card Fraud
August 8, 2011 /0 Comments/in mcafee /by Robert Siciliano
The Sony Corporation has been providing consumers with stellar electronics since before the introduction of the Walkman. The past six months have been harsher for Sony, with attacks by hacktivists and numerous breaches of clients' data.
Many recent breaches involved usernames, passwords, email addresses, and in some cases, credit card numbers. Each compromised data point is another opportunity for a criminal to steal your identity and make money at the expense of your good name.
If a company becomes aware that usernames and passwords have been compromised, they should notify users and prompt them to change their passwords. Users should change passwords every six months, regardless of whether a breach has occurred. Passwords should include upper and lowercase letters and numbers, and should not be used across two or more accounts. I have 700 different accounts and 700 different passwords.
Beware of spear phishing emails. When hackers get your email address from a breached gaming account, they will send emails that look like they are coming from the company that has been breached. Never click on links within an email. Instead, go to your favorites menu or manually type the correct address in the address bar.
Pay close attention to credit card accounts. I monitor my accounts weekly for all activity. Simply log in, look at each charge, and refute unauthorized charges immediately. A new free service called BillGuard scans your credit cards daily and alerts you to hidden fees, billing errors, forgotten subscriptions, scams, and fraud.
If you have provided a credit card number to your child for online gaming, beware of purchases they may make that you have previously approved. Many gaming sites try to upsell their users, and will charge the credit card on file. Spend some time with your child discussing appropriate online behavior, and look for parental controls that will send you email alerts when your child makes a purchase.
McAfee, the most trusted name in digital security, includes proactive identity surveillance to monitor subscribers' credit and personal information, as well as access to live agents who can help subscribers resolve identity theft issues. For additional tips, please visit CounterIdentityTheft.com.
Robert Siciliano is a McAfee consultant and identity theft expert. See him explain how a person becomes an identity theft victim on CounterIdentityTheft.com (Disclosures)
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What Identity Theft Protection Is and Is Not
July 27, 2011 /0 Comments/in mcafee /by Robert Siciliano
To all you security companies out there, listen up: "identity theft protection" has become an overused and abused marketing term, which is often used to sell a product or service that doesn't actually protect users from identity theft. It's like labeling food "natural" when we know it's not "organic." It's incorrect at best and a lie at worst.
Every security company on the planet claims to protect identities. But a firewall is not identity theft protection. An encrypted thumb drive is not identity theft protection. Antivirus software is not identity theft protection. One could argue that phishing alerts count as identity theft protection, but not really. Do these tools protect your identity? Sort of.
A true identity theft protection service monitors your identity by checking your credit reports and scanning the Internet for your personal information. It looks out for your Social Security number, and if something goes wrong, an identity theft protection service has people who'll work with you to resolve the problem.
I get an email every month confirming my identity's health. This is what identity theft protection looks like:
"Dear Robert Siciliano,
No news is good news! Your credit reports from all three bureaus, Experian®, Equifax®, and TransUnion®, have been monitored daily for the past month. We're pleased to let you know that there is no new activity reported. As a McAfee Identity Protection user, we'll continue to monitor your credit report every day for your protection.
Remember, McAfee Identity Protection helps protect you from the financial loss and hassle associated with identity theft. Log in to your Protection Center and review your protection status any time. Just click here and enter the Username and Password you selected when you enrolled.
As always, you can get help from a dedicated Fraud Resolution agent if any suspicious activity should appear on any of your credit reports.
If you have any questions about McAfee Identity Protection, please call Customer Support at 1-866-622-3911.
McAfee, Inc."
That's what identity theft protection is. Don't get me started!
Robert Siciliano is a McAfee consultant and identity theft expert. See him discuss identity theft on YouTube. (Disclosures)
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McAfee's Most Unwanted Identity Theft Criminals
May 3, 2011 /0 Comments/in mcafee /by Robert Siciliano
McAfee has created a tongue-in-cheek list of the most unwanted identity thieves, describing the various techniques thieves use to steal your information. It's clever and, unfortunately, very real.
Pauly the Pickpocket & Sally Sticky Fingers work as a team to lift wallets and mobile devices from pockets and purses, often in broad daylight. Sally creates a distraction by dropping a shopping bag, crying for help, or stopping suddenly in your path, and then Pauly bumps into you from behind and picks your pocket.
To avoid having your pocket picked, keep your wallet in your front pocket, or keep your purse closed and hold it in front of you. Thin out your wallet and skip the backpack. Lock your cell phone with a password. And consider investing in McAfee's Lost Wallet Protection service.
Trojan Sea Biscuit is a two-faced liar who sneaks malicious files into emails and hides viruses in PDFs and other downloadable files. He's the champion ringleader in the ultimate identity theft derby of phishers, hackers, botmasters, and keyloggers.
To avoid a Trojan infiltration, use comprehensive security software, and be sure it's set to update automatically. If a popup window prompts you to update software, hit escape or shut down the program. Go directly to the manufacturer's website for the update.
Tim "The Skim" McCash is known for installing skimming devices and tiny cameras that can read your card data and PIN code. He targets ATMs at banks, concerts, arenas, convenience stores, and gas stations with the goal of draining your account of cash or credit before you or your bank recognizes the fraud.
To avoid having your credit or debit card data skimmed, use the same, familiar ATM whenever possible, and beware of ATMs with devices covering the card slot. Look for external devices like mirrors, brochure holders, or light bars that may hide a camera. Always cover the keypad with your other hand as you enter your PIN. And check your bank and credit card statements online at least once a week.
McAfee, the most trusted name in digital security includes proactive identity surveillance to monitor subscribers' credit and personal information and access to live fraud resolution agents who can help subscribers work through the process of resolving identity theft issues. For additional tips, please visit http://www.counteridentitytheft.com
Robert Siciliano is a McAfee consultant and identity theft expert. See him explain how to protect yourself from identity theft on CounterIdentityTheft.com. (Disclosures)
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Reporter's Identity Stolen
April 29, 2011 /0 Comments/in mcafee /by Robert Siciliano
It doesn't matter if you are young or old, rich or poor, if you have good credit or bad credit, pay with cash or credit card, whether or not you use the Internet, or even own a computer. You can be a maintenance worker or a scientist. It doesn't matter.
Whether you are alive or even if you are dead, as long as you have a Social Security number, you are a potential identity theft victim.
Reporters tend to be fairly savvy and well informed. Identity theft, however, is a complicated issue, and anyone can be stumped, regardless of your level of security intelligence.
One reporter received an alert about "irregular check card activity." It was sent late one weeknight, and she didn't see the email until the following night. At first, she couldn't believe her bank account could have been compromised, and suspected it was a phishing email designed to trick her into disclosing her account information. But when she called her bank, she learned that nearly all her money had already been stolen.
"I soon discovered I was a victim of identity theft and that a woman posing as me in California was allowed to spend and withdraw all of my family's money in two linked accounts from my bank, without stealing my debit or credit cards. She took more than $40,000."
The thief used a fake driver's license, which replaced the victim's ID in the bank's computer, signed documents with a signature that looked nothing like the victim's, and gave the bank a new phone number and address. She took over and cleaned out two accounts, one of which was a checking account used for family expenses, and the other was an investment account.
After a great deal of stress and aggravation, the victim and her husband managed to get their stolen savings reimbursed by their bank. She still doesn't know how the thief managed to steal her identity, or if she was ever caught.
Identity theft can happen to anyone. McAfee Identity Protection offers proactive identity surveillance, lost wallet protection, and alerts when suspicious activity is detected on your accounts. McAfee puts victims first and provides live access to fraud resolution agents who work with victims to help restore stolen identities, even from thefts that occurred prior to subscribing to McAfee's service.
For additional tips, visit CounterIdentityTheft.com.
Robert Siciliano is a McAfee consultant and identity theft expert. See him discuss scambaiting on Fox News. (Disclosures)
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What Identity Theft Protection Looks Like
You hear a lot about identity theft protection these days. But what does it look like? I've subscribed to no less than six different services in the last decade.
Most of them make their presence felt in the form of a charge on your credit card statement, and that's about it. One thing I like about McAfee is the fact that, when you get an alert, they'll hold your hand through the process.
When a check was made on my credit file, I received the following message:
As a McAfee Identity Protection member, you are receiving this automatic notification email because activity recently has been posted to your account through one or more of our industry leading services:
A. 3-Bureau Credit Monitoring
B. Internet Scanning, including chat rooms
C. Change of Address monitoring
Posted account activity doesn't necessarily indicate identity theft. However, it can be an early indication of fraudulent activity. That's why it's important to always review any alerts you receive from us.
Please take the following steps immediately to examine this information and determine if this activity is authorized.
Check Your Alert – To view your complete alert report, please login here and click on "Unviewed Alerts."
Verify The Activity – If you are aware of the change(s) and agree with the items on your alert, no action is needed on your part.
Contact Us – If you have any questions or concerns regarding your alert, including information you believe to be either inaccurate or fraudulent, please contact Customer Support immediately at 1-866-622-3911. For your convenience we are here for you daily from 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Pacific Time).
Remember, McAfee Identity Protection is with you every the step of the way. In the event you suspect identity theft, our dedicated Fraud Resolution Team will work closely with you to help you understand and investigate your alerts immediately.
Thank you for choosing McAfee Identity Protection to help protect your identity.
This alert was triggered when a mortgage broker checked my credit report, with permission. I got this alert within a day of the credit check. When I logged into my McAfee account, I was able to see the actual credit check on McAfee's dashboard.
Had the alert been triggered by anything other than a legitimate credit check, I would have called McAfee's fraud resolution agents, who would have immediately begun a process of alerting any creditors to possible fraud. That's comforting.
To ensure peace of mind, subscribe to an identity theft protection service, such as McAfee Identity Protection, which offers proactive identity surveillance, lost wallet protection, and alerts when suspicious activity is detected on your accounts.
Robert Siciliano is a McAfee consultant and identity theft expert. See him discuss how to protect yourself from identity theft on CounterIdentityTheft.com. (Disclosures)
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Lawmakers Push To Shield Last 4 Social Security Numbers
Most of us have become accustomed to giving out the last four digits of our Social Security numbers. But this customary request is becoming increasingly problematic, and two Rhode Island lawmakers are responding by pushing legislation to stop businesses from asking for the last four digits of customers' Social Security numbers.
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a reliable method for predicting Social Security numbers, including the first five digits, using information from social networking sites, data brokers, voter registration lists, online white pages, and the publicly available Social Security Administration's Death Master File. This, of course, makes the last four digits vulnerable.
NBC 10 Rhode Island reports, "The lawmakers say identity thieves can often determine an entire Social Security number from just a few digits. They called the bill 'a seemingly small, but vitally important way for government to further protect its citizens from the financial and emotional devastation of identity theft.'"
The nine-digit Social Security number is composed of three parts. The first set of three digits is the Area Number. The second set of two digits is the Group Number. The final set of four digits is the Serial Number.
The Area Number is assigned by geographical region. Prior to 1972, when cards were issued in local Social Security offices around the country, the Area Number represented the State in which the card was issued, but not necessarily the applicant's state of residence.
The Group Number ranges from 01 to 99, but numbers are not assigned in consecutive order. For administrative reasons, odd numbers from 01 through 09 are issued first, followed by even numbers from 10 through 98.
Serial Numbers run consecutively from 0001 through 9999.
This numbering scheme was designed in 1936, before the existence of computers, primarily for the purpose of tracking Social Security benefits. It was not designed to be used as a national identification number, as it arguably is used today. And once a criminal gets your Social Security number, he has extensive access to your identity.
To avoid becoming an identity theft victim, consider subscribing to an identity theft protection service that offers proactive identity surveillance, lost wallet protection, and alerts when suspicious activity is detected on your accounts.
Robert Siciliano is a McAfee consultant and identity theft expert. See him discuss Social Security numbers as national identification on Fox News. (Disclosures)
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102-Year-Old Woman's Identity Stolen
How low can you go? In Virginia, a man has been accused of identity theft, forgery, and obtaining money by false pretenses.
The 25-year-old accused claims, "I know I'm not guilty of any of theses charges…The day that it aired people were calling me and texting me and asking me what have I done and I was like what are you talking about? I thought I was being pranked."
He is, however, on probation for similar charges, but he swears that he's no longer a criminal, though he was six years ago. Well, all right then, I guess he must be innocent!
According to detectives, in one scam he used counterfeit checks to make purchases at various stores, and then returned his purchases to different stores in exchange for cash.
One of his identity theft victims is a 102-year-old woman who recently graduated from the city's citizen police academy, the oldest person ever to do so. "I don't know how they got my identity," she said.
How cool is she? But how difficult must it be to recover from identity theft at 102 years old?
Observing a few basic security precautions to protect your identity may help you avoid such a chore.
Consumers should also consider investing in an identity theft protection product that offer daily credit monitoring, proactive identity surveillance, lost wallet protection, and alerts when suspicious activity is detected on your accounts. McAfee Identity Protection includes all these features, as well as live access to fraud resolution agents in the event that your identity is ever compromised.
Robert Siciliano is a McAfee consultant and identity theft expert. See him discuss identity theft victims on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet. (Disclosures)
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Twitter Scam Hooks Thousands
April 12, 2011 /0 Comments/in iovation /by Robert Siciliano
Twitter's numbers are astounding. In the physical world, when communities become larger and more densely populated, crime rises. The same applies to online communities.
CNET broke down Twitter's recent blog post, which celebrates their significant numbers: "It took three years, two months, and one day for Twitter to hit 1 billion tweets; now, a billion tweets are posted in the course of a week. An average of 460,000 new accounts were created per day over the past month, and an average of 140 million tweets were posted per day. Twitter now has 400 employees, 50 of whom have been hired since January."
Spammers, scammers, and thieves are paying attention.
Techland reports, "At least 10,000 Twitter users fell for a scam that spread like wildfire across the social networking site early today. Quick action by link shortening service bit.ly – as well as thousands of people retweeting warnings – brought the scam attack under control in a few hours."
Common Twitter scams include:
Hijacked Accounts: Numerous Twitter accounts have been hacked, including those of President Obama and, recently, Ashton Kutcher. Kutcher's account was most likely "Firesheeped," which can occur when a wireless device is used to access an unsecured site.
Social Media Identity Theft: Hundreds of imposter accounts are set up every day. Sarah Palin, St. Louis Cardinals coach Tony LaRussa, Kanye West, The Huffington Post, and many others have been impersonated by fake Twitter accounts opened in their names.
Worms: Twitter has been plagued by worms, which spread messages encouraging users to click malicious links. When one user clicks, his account is infected and used to further spread the message. Soon his followers and then their followers are all infected.
Phishing: Hacked Twitter accounts are used to send phishing messages, which instruct users to click links that point to spoofed sites, where users will be prompted to enter login credentials, putting themselves at risk of identity theft.
Social media sites could go a long way in protecting their users by incorporating device reputation management. Rather than accepting information provided by an anonymous user, device reputation allows social sites to leverage knowledge about a device's history—which could include spam, phishing attempts, predatory behavior, profile misrepresentation and even credit card fraud. Device reputation alerts businesses to suspicious behavior exhibited while bad actors are on their websites, uncovers the device's true location, and exposes hidden relationships to other high-risk accounts and devices.
Robert Siciliano, personal security and identity theft expert contributor to iovation, discusses social media hacking on Fox Boston. (Disclosures)
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Identity Theft Tops Consumer Complaints for Eleventh Year
April 7, 2011 /0 Comments/in mcafee /by Robert Siciliano
The Federal Trade Commission recently released the list of the most common consumer complaints in 2010. Identity theft topped the list for the eleventh year in a row. The FTC received 1,339,265 in 2010, and 250,854, or 19%, involved identity theft. In second place, there were 144,159 debt collection complaints.
For the first time, "imposter scams," in which imposters pose as friends, family, respected companies, or government agencies in order to persuade consumers to send money, made the top ten. The FTC has issued a new consumer alert to help consumers avoid imposter scams.
FTC spokeswoman Claudia Bourne Farrell commented, "Most people don't know how their identity was stolen. If you lose your wallet on Monday and Tuesday someone starts using your cards, you have a pretty good educated guess. Otherwise you don't. And how would you know if someone stole your identity on the Internet?"
More than half of complaints to the FTC involved some other type of fraud. 45% of those scams were initiated via email, including phishing emails. 11% of the scams originated from websites, and 19% were initiated over the phone.
Protect yourself from identity theft and other varieties of fraud by locking your mailbox to prevent stolen mail, storing sensitive paperwork in a locked file cabinet, and shredding any documents that include a name or account number before discarding them.
Protect your PC by installing antivirus and spyware removal software, and keeping your PC's critical security patches updated.
To ensure peace of mind, subscribe to an identity theft protection service, such as McAfee Identity Protection, which offers proactive identity surveillance and lost wallet protection. If your credit or debit cards are ever lost, stolen or misused without your authorization, you can call McAfee Identity Protection and they'll help you cancel them and order new ones. If their product fails, you'll be reimbursed for any stolen funds not covered by your bank or credit card company. (See McAfee's guarantee for details.)
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Most Willing to Pay to Reduce Identity Theft Risk
When you compare the cost of various services, you begin to see how much your time is worth. For example, it would take most homeowners a significant chunk of nights and weekends to paint a house themselves, but a professional crew can get it done in a week, for a reasonable price.
Recovering from identity theft can take as little as an hour for some, or up to several hundred hours for others. For some, it takes a lifetime. The average identity theft victim loses anywhere from $2800.00 to $5100.00, which, coincidentally, happens to be roughly the cost of painting a house!
Nicole Piquero, one of the most distinguished female criminologists in the nation, according to The Journal of Criminal Justice Education, explains, "Identity theft, also known as 'identity fraud,' has affected between 5 and 25 percent of U.S. households. Because of our increasing reliance on technology, and given the resourcefulness of hard-to-catch identity thieves, it seems likely that most if not all of us will at some point be victims of this crime or know others that have been."
Piquero and her spouse, Alex Piquero, who has made significant scholarly contributions to the field, conducted a study that "reveals that most individuals will agree to a small tax increase to support government-sponsored identity theft prevention efforts."
Unfortunately, the government isn't doing anything to protect you. Fortunately, McAfee Identity Protection includes proactive identity surveillance to monitor subscribers' credit and personal information, as well as access to live fraud resolution agents.
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"Your Guide to Fine Art Photography" is part of the Creative Photography series on PhotoTraces. You can find the rest of the articles here: Creative Photography.
The definition of Fine Art Photography goes beyond technique because it centers on the means of self-expression rather than technical skills.
Photography as an art form is recognized when the purpose of it touches the ground of plasticity, and it can be justified with a proper and solid statement by the photographer.
This world is complex and behaves in strange ways.
Following the fact that Fine Art Photography answers a creative and self-expressive mean, it also has to do with the cultural value the pieces have. The Art World works similar to the stock market, but with a free market figure, therefore there are no regulations attached to its way of behaving.
Stock Photography: This is oriented to a licensing business model instead of just one client oriented productions.
Commercial Photography: Here the product or service is done around the needs of the client, of course, the costs of producing it, and the revenue as a producer of it.
Fine Art Photography: In this model, the value is usually defined after the product has been made. The needs of the work usually answer an artist statement and not a client.
Hard enough, it is also important to know about the criteria curators' base their choices on when talking about Fine Art Photography.
Fine Art Photography has endured a rocky road in the world of Art because it started to be seen as a chemical procedure more than a way of self-expression.
Photography started with trials and errors, and history has acknowledged that the image was taken by Joseph Nicephore Niepce in 1826 to be the First Photograph ever to maintain stability against the elements. Decades had to come to finally hear from the critics of the art world and even the general public, an official recognition of photography as an art form.
In a bold effort to have Photography recognized as a form of high art, some enthusiasts came up with the idea of founding a well-respected by now institution called the Royal Photographic Society in 1853. Around the globe, several societies started to bloom, and they all pursued the same cause.
In the twentieth century, the photographer and gallerist Alfred Stieglitz did a lot to promote Photography as a form of fine art. He was the founder of a group called the Photo-Secession, and in even bolder movement, he founded a gallery that specializes in fine art photography.
Even though today Photography is well respected by many people around the arts, there is still a great mass that argues differently. Another person that made a great effort of pursuing that state of the art that photography nowadays has, is John Szarkowski. Modern and Contemporary Photography wouldn't be what it is today in terms of art if it wasn't for the devoted, passionate and intense work of John Szarkowski. He was an important curator at MoMA, and he centered his vision on photography, making it even more respected in the art world as it is.
Ok, so here is where the Fine Art Photography world becomes really edgy, and is perhaps the reason why is so hard to define. Let's face it, if this world wasn't so complex, it would be easily understood. Controversial and arguable, some pictures have been hoisted tremendous amounts of serious money in our days, and these are the top five images of this exclusive group.
And most recently, In December 2014, Peter Lik sold a photograph in December 2014 called Phantom to an anonymous bidder for $6.5 million, which makes it the highest price paid for a photograph ever.
Just as common and regular Photography, Fine Art Photography can be broken down to genres and styles. Common topics on Fine Art Photography are Landscape, Portrait, Nature, and Editorial. Artists here use the photographic tools they find best suited for their style. This includes lenses and cameras, lighting schemes and digital or darkroom manipulation. Postprocessing gives photographers the final touches for their desired work, and it must not be seen as a foreign step in the workflow of creating pieces of art.
Get to know them, since studying other photographers work will give your mind a bigger picture about the Fine Art scene.
Another way of getting a broader picture of the Fine Art scene in Photography is to see the work some well-respected galleries have. I'm not stating that these are the best galleries to look at, but the ones I like to browse from time to time to get some inspiration as well as to watch art. The following list includes galleries that work only with a High-End artist, as well as independent artists that are making their way into the collectors market.
It is a mean of creative self-expression.
It has a strong link with business, big business.
Having a solid statement is fundamental to justify the work, and to be taken serious by the industry as well.
The best advice I can give to all you traveling photographers, is to book yourself some museums and galleries when travelling. The reason why I think this is important is because by doing so, you'll get a better understanding of what is selling right now. It doesn't matter if you are after the newest trends or the vintage photography market when speaking of Fine Art Photography. The real reason why you need to get yourself inside galleries and museums is because this is the easiest way for you to understand the care behind curation.
Also, you'll be seeing the great consistency of the work of the authors have. Consistency reinforces the artist's' style inherently. Many of the work of these artists is easy to match with a specific style in terms of technique, subject, color palettes, and many other elements that define sthe tyle.


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Will Smith Says This New Shirtless Image Is "The Worst Form Of My Life"
Will Smith proves that he can pretty much find a way to deal with something with a positive outlook.
The 52-year-old Bad Boys for Life star, known to have gotten incredibly muscular to play the title character in 2001 biopic Ali, shared a photo via Instagram on Sunday May 2 of him Wears hoodie with zipper and short shorts, but no shirt. He seemed to be enjoying a conversation with someone not pictured and the actor was gesturing with his right hand.
"I'm going to be really funny – I'm in the worst shape of my life," Will said frankly about the post.
His message sparked a litany of supportive responses, including one from his former co-star, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Nia Longwho wrote: "You still have it, baby !!!"
Questlove commented, "This is the most amazing post in social media history." Meanwhile, Jenni "JWoww" Farley wrote: "The same [crying while laughing and praise hands] live your best life "
UNICEF chief urges the world to assist India "now" amid Covid instances skyrocketing
US investigates peculiar assaults with hallmarks of Havana Syndrome close to the White Home

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Q: Connecting python script to microcontroller I am trying to send textual commands to a microcontroller through usb serial port (ttyUSB0), the controller should respond with 'Y' or 'N' and execute the command. Commands are given in the following form '@01a' where the @ is beginning symbol 0 is position for A channel and 1 position for B channel and 'a' is checksum of A+B.
I'm stuck and a beginner in python so any help is welcome and appreciated.
p.s. when I connect using putty everything works as expected
also the OS is Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
This is my code:
import time
import serial
import binascii

ser = serial.Serial(
port='/dev/ttyUSB0',
baudrate=19200,

)

print 'Enter your commands below.\r\nInsert "exit" to leave the application.'

AT =  chr(int('1000000',2))
A =  chr(int('100000',2))
B =  chr(int('100000',2))
AB =  chr(int('1000000',2))

input = AT + A + B + AB

print input

try:
  ser.open()
except Exception, e:
 print "error open serial port: " + str(e)
 exit()

if ser.isOpen():

  try:
    ser.flushInput() #flush input buffer, discarding all its contents
    ser.flushOutput()#flush output buffer, aborting current output
             #and discard all that is in buffer

    #write data
    ser.write(input)
   # print("write data: AT+CSQ")

    time.sleep(0.5)  #give the serial port sometime to receive the data

    numOfLines = 0

    while True:
      response = ser.readline()
      print("read data: " + response)

    numOfLines = numOfLines + 1

    if (numOfLines >= 5):

     ser.close()
except Exception, e1:
    print "error communicating...: " + str(e1)

else:
  print "cannot open serial port "

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The trackbar's range goes from 15 to 35. For some reason, only the tens gets printed to the text (As my trackbar's value is between 15 and 19, the text is 1, when my trackbar's value is between 20 and 29, my text is 2, and it becomes 3 as my trackbar's value is between 30 and 35.
Of course, I want my text to show the absolute value of my trackbar, not only its tens!
What should I do?
Edit: After running the debugger, I know that buf DOES become by trackbar's value. The problem seems to be with the SetWindowText line.
Edit: One solution was to change SetWindowText to SetWindowTextW and remove the (LPCSTR) cast. Thanks people.

A: You are casting a wide char string to a simple string, which is wrong. You have to use WideCharToMultiByte, like this:
size_t size = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, buf, -1, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);

CHAR *szTo = new CHAR[size];
WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, buf, -1, szTo, size, NULL, NULL);

// don't forget to delete[] szTo

Alternatively, you could define your application as Unicode-compliant, so the SetWindowText macro will resolve to SetWindowTextW:
#define UNICODE
#define _UNICODE
#include <windows.h>

A: LRESULT is defined as LONG_PTR, and whenever PTR appears in a name, you should expect it to be large enough to hold a pointer. Pointers are 4 bytes on 32 Bit and 8 bytes on 64 bit, so an LRESULT won't fit into a long (which is 4 bytes) if you compile for 64 bit.
So use wsprintfW(buf, L"%llu", pos)


The 2nd VALUMICS workshop was held in Paris on the 5th and 6th of October. The workshop, hosted by the WP2 team at UoI and IDDRI, was attended by representatives of the project partners. The objective of the workshop was to contribute to the common understanding of how the causality based framework will be implemented in the upcoming work.
Through a World Café session led by Prof. Harald Sverdrup and the University of Iceland team, workshop attendees discussed and defined key metrics such as resilience, integrity, sustainability and unfair trading practices to be incorporated into the causality based model.
The workshop provided an excellent opportunity for the consortium members to blend and share knowledge as well as opinions, thus adding cohesion to the entire VALUMICS team.


The Tapered Plus dental implant system offers all the great benefits of BioHorizons highly successful Tapered internal system PLUS it features a Laser-Lok® treated beveled-collar for bone and soft tissue attachment and platform switching designed for increased soft tissue volume.
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The Tapered Internal 3.0 dental implant system offers all the great benefits of BioHorizons highly successful Laser-Lok 3.0 dental implant but features a buttress thread on a anatomically tapered body with a Laser-Lok treated collar for bone and soft tissue attachment.
BioHorizons Tapered Short implants offer an ideal solution for cases with limited vertical bone height, potentially expediting treatment by eliminating the need for bone grafting.10 The Tapered Short implant design features an aggressive thread profile and tapered body for excellent primary stability, even in compromised situations. A platform-switched, dual-affinity, Laser-Lok surface offers superior bone maintenance and soft tissue attachment for flexible placement.
Tapered IM implants are designed for posterior implant restorations. Available in 7 and 8mm diameters, the implant design features deep aggressive threads for compressive bone loading and primary stability. The reduced collar diameter ensures the implant doesn't deviate from its intended placement location in extraction sites. Tapered IM implants platform switch to a 5.7mm prosthetic connection.
Internal dental implants provide maximum surface area through the use of its parallel-walled body and square thread design. It also is available with Laser-Lok microchannels to create a physical, connective tissue attachment and long-term crestal bone maintenance. Internal dental implants offer value and simplicity by coming pre-mounted with our unique, 3inOne abutment. This abutment serves as an implant mount, impression coping and aesthetic, gold-hued final abutment.
Laser-Lok 3.0 dental implants are designed specifically for limited spaces in the aesthetic zone and are placed easily with a 2.0 and 2.5mm drill. With a broad array of prosthetic options available, the Laser-Lok 3.0 is the perfect choice for high profile cases.
External dental implants feature a 1mm high external hex, the 3inOne prepable titanium abutment and a parallel wall body. The modified-square thread has been proven to provide higher bone-to-implant contact and reverse-torque values than v-thread designs.
Single-stage dental implants are designed for "tissue-level" placement and can be placed with the same surgical kit as the Internal (two-stage) dental implants, enabling dental professionals to place the ideal implant in anterior and posterior sites.
Overdenture dental implants offer affordable denture stabilization for many candidates with ridges too narrow for placement of wider, two-piece systems.


No one does Fried Green Tomatoes like Southern Living. The cornmeal and flour crust is what sets this recipe apart from others. In only a matter of minutes, your tomatoes will be battered, fried and perfectly crispy. Not only can you enjoy these as a perfect summer appetizer paired with Buttermilk Herb Ranch Sauce, try sandwiching them with lettuce and bacon for an elevated BLT or scattering them in between fresh tomatoes and mozzarella for crunch and flavor in a caprese salad.
Combine 1/4 cup all-purpose flour, cornmeal, 1 teaspoon salt, and pepper in a shallow bowl or pan.
Dredge tomato slices in remaining 1/4 cup flour; dip in egg mixture, and dredge in cornmeal mixture.
Pour oil to a depth of 1/4 to 1/2 inch in a large cast-iron skillet; heat to 375°. Drop tomatoes, in batches, into hot oil, and cook 2 minutes on each side or until golden. Drain on paper towels or a rack. Sprinkle hot tomatoes with salt.
Perfect for a summer cookout or family gathering, pair this with grilled chicken, burgers, BBQ, or even a pork chop.
We did not love the fried green tomatoes (will have to try again someday w/ a different batch of tomatoes), but after the tomatoes we battered and fried some onion rings w/ this recipe. YUMMY!!! The onion rings deserve 5 stars! We will definitely make those again. BTW, we too experienced alot of smoke...so much in fact that our smoke alarm when off!
Try canola oil, has higher smoke temp then plain veg and tastes better. me thinks.
To eliminate smoke when frying eggplant or tomatoes, use grapeseed oil. It has a much higher heating point and I assure you, you will not have smoke. It is clear and has no odor. It is moreexpensive than the traditional cooking oils, but has made a believer of me.
Moisture is your enemy with fried green tomatoes!
Be sure your tomatoes are very firm, almost hard, all green. Once the green starts to lighten or turn colors you will find the tomatoes have too much moisture for the perfect fried green tomato. Also, you can sprinkle them with salt, let sit 15 - 20 minutes and then blot dry to draw out moisture.I, too, like to add cayenne and paprika and maybe a little black pepper.
How to save a recipe these days?
The only thing I did differently was fry them in reserved bacon grease. I figured if I was going to "play Southerner" I should at least try to go whole hog and use bacon grease. Fried some okra at the same time with the same recipe, also exceptionally OM NOM NOM. Will definitely save this one for future reference.
We had to pick the last of our tomatoes yesterday, many of which were green, due to impending frost. Soooo, that makes it Fried Green Tomato time. I hadn't tried this recipe before, but it was the best yet. We especially liked the cornmeal in the coating, plus the fact that the coating stuck to the tomatoes well. Not at all greasy. I will def try this application with onion rings, etc, in the future.
I've been using this recipe for several years. Can't beat its crispy, tasty yumminess!
This was so good. Reminded me of the first time I ate fried greens tomatoes at a restaurant on the Ga/Tn line. Couldn't wait til I found some equally as good. These came to within .1 of as good as those experienced. Will certainly serve them again and again.


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What We Don't Know About Giving Poor Women IUDs
Studies in Colorado and Missouri that claim to show giving women long-term contraception reduces birth rates and abortions lack essential data and gloss over negative side-effects.
By Lydia McGrew
Colorado public health employees have come out with a new study purporting to show that providing free intrauterine devices (IUDs) and contraceptive under-the-skin implants for young women reduces abortion rates and births. The idea is that simply removing the cost barrier to such long-acting methods taps a well of demand among girls and women, leading to decreased undesired conception and hence to decreased abortion and decreased childbirth, especially among the young, unmarried, and uneducated. (Here I will set aside the contested empirical questions about whether these methods cause implantation failure and hence are abortifacient in effect. When I use the term "abortion" in this post I mean "deliberate abortion of a known pregnancy.")
I have critiqued in detail a previous study of this type carried out in St. Louis. One important difference between the Colorado program and that in St. Louis: in Colorado, there was no specific study group. So some of the criteria for the St. Louis study group might have made the group unrepresentative of the women who are the target of anti-fertility policies. (Participants, for example, had to be willing to change their method of contraception.) The absence of a specific study group, however, has a disadvantage in that it was impossible even in principle to examine birth rates and abortion rates among actual study participants. The Colorado study was an "ecological" study, meaning its initiative was introduced in a region, and outcomes were estimated from public health records. The study used counties as proxies for a study group and a control group, comparing outcomes in counties where the long-acting contraceptive initiative was carried out at family-planning clinics with outcomes in non-program counties.
Some Study Flaws
I have obtained a full copy of the published article, and several points are noteworthy. Two outcomes—abortion rates overall and birth rates to young, unmarried, and uneducated women—did appear to go down at a greater rate per 1,000 women in the program counties than in the non-program counties. It is important here to remember that correlation does not equal causation, a point blatantly overlooked in breathless news stories like this one, which said Colorado "has found a way to significantly reduce teen pregnancy rates." It is possible that there was such a causal effect, but the inference should not be drawn automatically. Were there other relevant changes in those counties during the same time period, such as, say, increased pro-life presence and counseling?
The conclusion that the majority of the decline in all births in Colorado is a result of a decline among poor women in target counties is unjustified.
Moreover, it's hard to make any evaluation because all results are normed to "per 1,000 women," no raw data is given, and we don't know the sample sizes. In program counties, the abortion rate for girls 15-19 years old went down between 2008 and 2011 from 10.9 per 1,000 to 7.2 per 1,000. In non-program counties, the rate also decreased—from 14.4 per 1,000 to 10.2 per thousand. The former is a higher rate of decrease (34 percent decrease versus 29 percent decrease) partly because the abortion rate was lower in program counties to begin with. The difference between rates of decrease is not large, and to tell how statistically significant the difference of rate of decrease is, it would be quite helpful to know the sample size. Among 20-24-year-olds, the abortion rate decreased in the same time period by 18 percent in program counties and rose slightly (by 6 percent) in non-program counties. But again, to gauge even the statistical significance of this change it would be much better if we had some idea of sample size, and drawing conclusions about causes is more difficult still.
As for birth rates, they declined in Colorado as a whole, and the study authors do not say how they came to the conclusion, touted in the press, that a large percentage of this decline was a result of declines in births among poor women in the target counties. The authors break out what they call "high-risk births"—that is, births to girls and women under age 25, unmarried, with less than a high school education—by county, showing the rates both in program counties and in non-program counties, and there was indeed a difference there between the rate of decrease in births (24 percent decrease versus 6 percent decrease). But they do not do such a breakdown for all births. So the conclusion that the majority of the decline in all births in Colorado is a result of a decline among poor women in target counties is unjustified in the publication.
What About High-Pressure Sales Techniques?
A question that arose concerning the St. Louis study is pertinent here as well: Were high-pressure sales techniques used to convince girls and women to have IUDs or implants inserted? As I documented, the St. Louis study architects were quite frank about their aggressive attempts to induce women to accept these methods. There was no question of simply making the methods available and telling them that there would be no cost while giving unbiased, balanced information about risks and benefits. Their goal was to promote the methods. For example, the St. Louis study report says things like this:
All participants were read a brief script informing them of the effectiveness and safety of LARC methods at initial contact…
Contraceptive counseling included all reversible methods but emphasized the superior effectiveness of LARC methods (IUDs and implants).
In addition, the project provided education to promote the use of the most effective contraceptive methods, IUDS, and implants in an effort to alter population outcomes.
Was the same true in the Colorado study? The Colorado authors say less about how the methods were offered, but there are indications that similar techniques may have been used. They cite the St. Louis study and imply that it was similar to theirs (p. 1). They refer to "policies to make LARC methods more acceptable and accessible to young women, including targeted outreach using social media…" (pp. 1-2). At one point, they say,
The initiative's efforts intensified over its first year and a half, when more than 150 Title X–funded staff were trained in insertion and counseling techniques, outreach efforts increased, and word of mouth about the availability and acceptability of the methods spread (p. 2).
This language suggests a more aggressive approach than merely making the methods available at no cost. The question is important, because the conclusion we are supposed to draw is that merely removing the cost barrier induces many women to use these methods. That, in turn, is supposed to be relevant to public policy. But if the methods were aggressively up-sold, removing the cost barrier was not the only factor, and any generalization of the program would need to involve generalizing the biased promotion as well, which should be controversial as policy.
Did Sexual Diseases Rise?
Another question completely unaddressed is whether sexually transmitted disease (STD) rates among women rose more in the target counties than in non-target counties. It seems at least possible that there would be such an increase if women using these methods either engage in more promiscuous intercourse or stop having their male partners use condoms. Similarly, the study does not address rates of side effects or possible side effects of the methods themselves, such as pelvic inflammatory disease, which can be caused or exacerbated by inserting an IUD.
The study authors do allow themselves a moment of lyricism about the alleged benefits of the policies they favor:
Women's ability to avoid unplanned pregnancy through the widespread use of the most effective methods can provide a level of well-being unimagined even a decade ago, as young women may be better able to continue and complete their education and enter the labor force without having to care for young children at the same time. Furthermore, the Affordable Care Act has the potential to replicate the success of the Colorado experience across the nation (p. 7).
Any conclusions about "a level of well-being unimagined even a decade ago" should at least take into account side effects of the methods and possible unintended consequences, such as STD increase.
Suppose that we imagine a society in which promiscuity is widely accepted and even encouraged by the powers that be, in which children are given detailed sexual information without parental consent from a young age, and in which abortion is legal and widely available as an accepted form of birth control. In other words, imagine America today, complete with policies that social conservatives have always strongly opposed. Now suppose that we hold constant those factors and at the same time coercively (albeit temporarily) sterilize all girls and women, or even all unmarried girls and women, ages 15-24. No doubt both abortions and births will decrease in the target population. But this sounds more like the plot of a dystopian novel than like the dawning of an era of previously unimagined female well-being. Nor is it a test of socially conservative versus liberal sexual politics, since the factors held constant, which increase abortions and unwed pregnancy, are heavily advocated by liberals and opposed by conservatives. By the same token, programs in which sterilization takes place not by full coercion but by pressure and promotion, while the other issues are left in place, do not constitute such a test.
Policies like the Colorado initiative ultimately fail to address the underlying causes of unmarried pregnancy and of abortion, and they are cavalier about the negative effects on women of both promiscuity and long-acting sterilization. Even if a study were sufficiently well-designed and contained enough published information to provide strong evidence that aggressively pushing long-acting contraception to vulnerable girls and young women reduces these particular outcomes (which hasn't happened yet), society would not have a good reason to adopt the liberal policy package.
Photo By: David Goehring
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LONG BEACH, CA (Laserfiche)—January 12, 2010—Laserfiche today announced the winners of its annual Run Smarter Awards program, including LaPorte County, IN. Each year, Laserfiche recognizes organizations and government agencies that have been successful in solving their most pressing information management challenges through innovative use of Laserfiche technology.
As chief probation officer for LaPorte Superior Court No. 4 in Indiana, Steve Eyrick implemented Laserfiche enterprise content management (ECM) more than seven years ago to increase efficiency, decrease storage fees and organize information that had accumulated over the course of 20 years.
The probation department's success with Laserfiche attracted the attention of Darlene Hale, IT director for the entire county. After comparing Laserfiche with Docuware, Hale decided to standardize the county's approach to content management with Laserfiche.
As a result of implementing Laserfiche, the county has decreased overhead costs for content management, increased staff productivity and reduced storage costs. In addition, LaPorte County also benefits from a more extensive architecture for information management.
Other 2010 Run Smarter winners include: Cambridge Financial Group; California's Central Contra Costa Sanitary District; Collin County, TX; Elk River Police Department; Los Angeles County Office of Education; the city of Norfolk, VA; RMS; Spindletop MHMR Services; State of Guerrero, Mexico; Texas A&M University; and the Texas Medical Board.


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Today, SSL is the standard technology for keeping an internet connection secure and safeguarding any sensitive data that is being sent between two systems, preventing criminals from reading and modifying any information transferred, including potential personal details. The two systems can be a server and a client (for example, a shopping website and browser) or server to server.
A website that implements SSL/TLS has "HTTPS" in its URL instead of "HTTP."
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HTTPS (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure) appears in the URL when a website is secured by an SSL certificate. The details of the certificate, including the issuing authority and the corporate name of the website owner, can be viewed by clicking on the lock symbol on the browser bar.
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Jed Walentas is a principal of Two Trees Management Company. Jed began his career in real estate working for The Trump Organization after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1997, when the Giuliani administration agreed to rezone DUMBO, Jed came to work with his father, David Walentas, at Two Trees.
In recent years, Jed has assumed daily operating responsibility at Two Trees. Jed manages the company and oversees all aspects of the acquisition, development, construction, marketing and leasing of Two Trees' properties. Under Jed's leadership, Two Trees has transformed DUMBO from a gritty, underutilized industrial district into a vibrant, creative community that has preserved and built upon the existing local arts scene to create a world-renowned neighborhood. Today, DUMBO is a home to emerging and established arts and cultural organizations, as well as an eclectic mix of commercial and residential tenants. Two Trees leases space to approximately 400 commercial tenants including Etsy, Huge, Wireless Generation, West Elm, and scores of others who create one of the City's most vibrant technology sectors in DUMBO.
Two Trees successfully spearheaded a campaign to wire the entire neighborhood making DUMBO NYC's first truly wireless community. Continued cultivation of the neighborhood's retail establishments create wonderful shopping opportunities for visitors, workers and residents alike and provide the neighborhood with its genuine feeling of authenticity. In addition, Two Trees gives away or heavily subsidizes close to 100,000 square feet of space every year for artists and arts-related organizations.
Current projects that Jed oversees include the design, construction and leasing of Mercedes House, an architecturally breathtaking, 29-story, green, mixed-use building with more than 900 residences on the West Side of Manhattan that will be fully completed in 2012. In addition to the residential uses, Two Trees built and sold a 350,000 square foot commercial condominium to Mercedes Benz to serve as their Manhattan flagship and also their pre-eminent service facility in the region.
Also in construction is Two Trees' first foray into the hotel world – The Wythe Hotel will be a 72-room boutique hotel in the heart of Williamsburg. The project is a painstakingly executed gut renovation of an old cooperage that has maintained the building's historic charms and will provide guests with tremendous service along with today's modern conveniences. The project is scheduled to open in spring, 2012.
Last year, Two Trees also completed the conversion of Gair2, a 106-unit 80/20 rental building in DUMBO which provided the neighborhood with its first affordable housing units. Starting next summer, Two Trees will commence work on Dock Street Dumbo, a several hundred thousand foot mixed use project at the base of the Brooklyn Bridge that will feature a new 300-seat middle school, which will be donated to the City of New York. The project will also include more than 300 units of rental housing, plentiful parking and retail at the street grade.
In past years, Jed led the conversion of 110 Livingston Street from the headquarters of the NYC Board of Education into 300-uxury condominiums; the transformation of 70 Washington Street, a former industrial warehouse building, into 259-high-end residential condominiums; and the conversion of a Downtown Brooklyn parking lot into the Court House, the first and only 80/20 rental building in Brooklyn housing the 40,000-square foot acclaimed Dodge YMCA and 320-luxury rental apartments for mixed-income tenants. Across the street, Two Trees has also brought retailers Trader Joes, Barneys Co-op and Urban Outfitters to Atlantic Avenue.
Jed is a committed supporter of the arts and education. He is a member of the Executive Board of Directors of REBNY, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation, the Urban Assembly and Creative Time. He lives with his wife Kate Engelbrecht, a photographer, and their son, Theo, in Manhattan.


Today, The Israeli Ministry of Interior published a new experimental visa for foreign entrepreneurs. This new visa provides a new business opportunity for the development of competitive products and the development of new ideas for those businesses that wish to start and develop their products or ideas in Israel. According to the visa regulation, the Entrepreneurial Project should contribute directly or indirectly to the State of Israel in maintaining their class as a world leading startup nation.
Upon successful application, the applicant will be able to obtain a "B/2 Entrepreneur" visa that does not allow work in Israel. No salary or work relation should be established between the entrepreneur and Israeli entity. The individual will be allowed to develop their new products or ideas only as defined in the original application.
Application detailing the Entrepreneurial idea or project, as well as other factors should first be submitted to the office of the Chief Scientist at the Ministry of Economics of Israel (hereinafter: "CS"). Upon approval, by the CS, an application for the visa should be submitted to the Ministry of Interior.
The "B/2 Entrepreneur" as well as a multiple entry visa may be provided for up to 27 months (1 year each time) from the date first obtained. Prior to the expiration of the 27 months, there will be an option to change status to a B/1 Foreign Expert. For the B/1 Foreign Expert visa an application should be submitted by the prospective bone fide employer. Upon a successful work visa application a change of status will be allowed. Dependents will be allowed to stay in Israel for a parallel duration as the entrepreneur.
The content herein is provided for informational purposes only.


Art Saves Lives 2019: Donate Now!
Artbeat Studio a mental health consumer initiated, peer directed, and recovery oriented program.
alumnus exhibition presented by Artbeat Studio, Inc.
a unique community based, peer directed program that provides social supports, working art studio and gallery space, and mentorship for individuals living with mental illness for the purpose of recovery and empowerment. Artbeat Studio is a non-profit registered charity committed to decreasing stigma and discrimination that coincides with mental illness and poverty through positive action, mental health education and advocacy.
Services are provided free of charge to participants. The intended beneficiaries include each participant artist, their caregivers, the local inner city community, and society as a whole.
© 2019 Artbeat Studio. All Rights Reserved.


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Jacqueline Gold
CEO of lingerie firms Ann Summers and Knickerbox
Jacqueline Gold CBE is chief executive of Ann Summers and Knickerbox and is renowned for managing a company run by women, for women.
She began her career at 21 when she started working for her father's company, Ann Summers. As she learnt more about the Ann Summers of the 1970s she saw the potential to change the focus of the business and create a business and brand which focused on women and would allow women to browse and shop for lingerie and sex toys in a safe, female friendly environment.
After attending an at home Tupperware party, Jacqueline saw the potential to use a similar concept to introduce sex toys and lingerie to women in the home environment.
Jacqueline took the concept of at home parties and developed the idea of Ann Summers Party Plan. With no formal training, Jacqueline presented her concept to the all-male board. After initially meeting resistance from the board, Jacqueline demonstrated how the party plan concept was a viable one and was eventually given the go ahead to launch the concept.
Jacqueline's belief in the potential for party plan was proven almost instantly, with hundreds of women keen to become party organisers and even more wanting to attend the party's. The success of party plan was the first stage in the development of the Ann Summers brand that we know today, changing forever the sex lives of women (and men) in the UK.
As the party plan concept continued to grow, Jacqueline climbed through the ranks of the business, developing party plan and the business as whole.
In 1993 Jacqueline was appointed chief executive of Ann Summers, and shortly after launched the first Ann Summers store on the high street, forever changing the face of retail and now being known as the woman who brought sex to the British High Street.
The growth of Ann Summers continued at a fast pace, with demand for party's and retail stores never relenting. Next on Jacqueline's agenda was an online store that would allow customers a third way to shop with the brand and in 1999 annsummers.com was launched.
The business is now a true multi-channel retailer with gross annual sales turnover of over £150 million, 138 UK & Ireland stores, 7,000 party planners (which hold over 4,000 parties every week!) a thriving online business and wholesale partnerships with ASOS, House of Fraser and Shop Direct.
Jacqueline has made Ann Summers the profitable success it is today through hard work, determination and a belief in a concept that had never been seen before. With no formal business training, Jacqueline ascribes her success to understanding women, good instincts and always listening to her customer.
Jacqueline has received many accolades for her achievements. These include Retail Weeks Most Powerful Woman in Business and Barclays Bank's Most Inspirational Businesswoman in the UK and numerous awards and accolades from publications including Cosmopolitan, Esquire and Good Housekeeping. In October 2012 Jacqueline was named most Inspirational Celebrity at the Inspirational Women Awards. In 2014 she was also named one of the top 60 most influential over 50s on twitter by PeerIndex, appearing at number 46 on the index.
In December 2015 Jacqueline was awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours for services to Entrepreneurship, Women in Business and Social Enterprise.
With a career spanning over three decades and a vast knowledge of business and building a brand, Jacqueline Gold is an informative, engaging and entertaining public speaker. She is regularly asked to attend corporate and charitable events and share her business story along with advice on how to succeed in business.
Jacqueline is able to tailor speeches to specialist topics and is available for both UK and worldwide events.
Over the years she has spoken at a number of high profile events including: Conservative Party Conference, Management Today Inspiring Women in Business, Evening Standard Business Connections, Oxford University, The Institute of Directors (IoD) Women as Leaders Conference, The World President's Organisation, Retail Week Live and many more.
The feedback we have received regarding Jacqueline Gold's speech has been excellent. The tone and content was perfect for the audience.
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Jacqueline engaged the room from start to finish. She was a pleasure to host, and her speech provided the perfect mix of education, inspiration and humour for a group of ambitious young businesswomen.
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Investment Uncovered: 'A golden age for bonds'
Why JP Morgan's chief investment officer is predicting a fixed income boom
By Valentina Romeo	 20th December 2017 2:29 pm
Being upbeat about bonds might seem unusual at a time when investors are facing low returns and high volatility.
But for JP Morgan Asset Management international chief investment officer Nick Gartside, who oversees the US asset manager's $460bn (£341bn) fixed income business, there are reasons to be cheerful.
"The beauty of bonds is that you have certainty," says Gartside, who has been a bond investor for almost all his 20-year career in asset management.
He explains what made him turn away from equities and decide to work on bonds when they were not a popular choice among graduates as he started his career.
Gartside says: "A bond investor has to blend macro with micro economics, while equity investors look at companies and say they don't think about macro.
"Also, the bond market is now worth $100trn, so twice the size of the equity market. Not all bonds are equal and that is what gives me a buzz about it."
Gartside, who previously had stints at Schroders and Mercury Asset Management, started managing emerging market equities at Mercury after a masters in international relations.
He says: "At Mercury I was a bit horrified at the beginning about bonds. If you think about fund management you think about equities, so I was a bit unsure on bonds, but then I changed my mind as bonds became much more related to politics than equities. With markets you either have an interest or you don't."
Gartside landed his current job at JP Morgan in 2010 and is currently responsible for the fixed income investment process in the London business.
He says: "Our ethos is to be a money lender. We find a bond we like and buy and sell it and that is what clients want."
Gartside has a team of 280 in the fixed income unit, who will prove very important next year as asset managers face the multiple requirements of Mifid II and need strong resources for research as a result.
He says: "[Having a large team for research] is going to be important for the bond market.
"You can buy a bond and run to maturity. But while a bond was a buy and hold investment in the past, now it has become a bit more flexible. They are big and global, so you have this unconstrained idea of bonds now."
Gartside notes that since 25 per cent of sovereign bonds currently have a negative yield, bond managers would need to rotate in different parts of the market as valuations and other factors have changed.
The way the CIO is adapting to the new trend is by having a low duration in the portfolio and a higher allocation to emerging market and high yield bonds.
Gartside says: "A few years ago we had no emerging market bonds. Now the asset class ranges from 20 to 30 per cent of our holdings and that will stay at this level in 2018.
"Emerging markets are healthier than they were [in the past] and normally emerging markets are a good beneficiary of growth. You have double digit yields in countries like Brazil, Turkey, and Indonesia."
In October fixed income was the best-selling asset class with net retail sales of more than £2bn, according to the Investment Association. Of this figure, more than £1.5bn went into strategic bonds, with £84m going into the global emerging market sector.
In comparison, only £13m flew into UK gilts.
Gartside argues that with an expected growth of 1.5 per cent in the UK economy and a potential fall in inflation, the Bank of England could raise rates twice next year, which won't be beneficial for Government bonds.
He says: "As you look forward you'll see a lot of differentiation when it comes to bond investors. You'll have an environment of both stock picking and bond picking. Companies' growth will be reflected in bonds."
As for his review of 2017, Gartside says this year was a "classic transition year" for all asset classes.
He says: "From the post-financial crisis era we are now at a golden age for bonds. This was a year where growth has surprised on the upside following a 2016 where growth was departing in some countries.
"Global growth was synchronised and you have had a good global growth picture. But some economic data can have a lagged effect for next year."
Gartside expects growth to continue next year but argues that the higher than expected inflation in markets globally could pose a risk to investors. He says: "Central banks are likely to raise rates and a bit of inflation will return."
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