| X marks this iffy new gizmo
High-energy salespeople are hawking a device called Xpower at pumped-up meetings in Stockton banquet rooms, claiming it slashes home power bills. "Area directors" for Forum Technologies also are recruiting people into Forum's sales force, a multilevel marketing organization, or MLM, that the company's CEO says is not a pyramid scheme. The MLM half of the sales pitch, in other words, is not about buying an energy-saving gizmo but getting rich through multilevel marketing of Xpower and other Forum products. Concerned readers contacted me, saying scores of people eager for easy money are being recruited. I could not personally attend meetings, being held every few days at area restaurants, fearing that I'd be recognized. Instead, a trusted associate attended. My associate attended Sunday night's meeting at the West March Lane Carrows Family Restaurant.
SFCC professor runs for city seat
English professors have gone on to write best-selling novels. Biology professors have cured diseases. But can someone who teaches about government actually run one?City Commission District 2 candidate Lauren Poe thinks so.Poe, 37, has lived in Gainesville for 25 years and earned UF master's degree in education from UF a decade ago. He now works as a professor at SFCC. .
Search Engine Marketing Expert Dana Todd to Speak at Electronic ...
Attendees will interact with the editors, columnists and industry leaders that are featured in the magazine and that combine to make Electronic Retailer the leading publication for multichannel retailers. Other speakers at the event include Jim Sterne, Daniel Wright, Jeanniey Mullen, Marty Fahncke, Brigg Graff, Aaron Kahlow and Angus Glover Wilson, representing some of the keenest minds in online marketing, analytics, mobile commerce, social media, online video and usability. Additional topic areas include e-mail marketing, behavioral targeting and customer relationship management. All attendees are invited to the ERA networking reception immediately following the day's events. In addition, everyone in attendance will receive complimentary one-year subscriptions to BusinessWeek, Harvard Business Review and VIV Magazine.
GE Healthcare Teams With Centrak To Introduce Battery-Based RFID Asset ...
GE Healthcare announced a predominantly battery-operated radio frequency ID (RFID) tracking system in partnership with CenTrak, Inc. of Newtown, PA. The new asset optimization solution, an innovative introduction to the marketplace, will enable healthcare facilities to reduce installation barriers and costs, compared to current RFID systems, thereby serving them to maximize return-on-investment (ROI) potential. In addition, the solution's ability to accurately view locations at the room-level will enhance a hospital's operational efficiency and improve overall patient care.
GE Healthcare, one of the pioneers in the use of RFID in the healthcare industry, currently has 18 enterprise-wide installations in the United States, 200 workflow consultants, and thousands of managed assets with its RFID tracking systems.
Outdoors: Fishing for a rebate
Our grouse season was over and the geese could wait for another day. Besides, Willow likes to curl up on the hearth rug and soak up the heat from the bricks and I should make an effort to begin refilling my fly boxes, since last summer I gave most of my larger dry flies to our niece's husband, Dave, when we visited them in Montana.Then Phil phoned when we walked in the door at the farmhouse. We swap babysitting chores and it's his turn to baby sit Willow while we work the Fly Show in Somerset, N.J.In a week or so I'll return the favor and baby sit his English setter, Flame, while he goes to West Virginia for one last grouse hunt before fishing season. It's a great trade and saves putting the dogs in a commercial kennel, where they might get kennel cough or some other problem. .
Chandler man admits his guilt in church-fraud case
One of the owners of a Christian non-profit company accused of defrauding churchgoers in Arizona and 12 other states has admitted funneling millions in investors' money into offshore accounts as part of a pyramid scheme. The Arizona Attorney General's Office announced Tuesday that Gregg Wolfe of Chandler has agreed to turn state's evidence against his partner, Edward Purvis, as part of a plea deal in a case that involved bribing a Chandler police officer and filing bogus legal claims against public officials. Purvis has denied any wrongdoing in the case. .
Fake ODI tickets fail to get them in
The SAS Nagar police today detained about 300 persons on charges of selling and buying counterfeit tickets and black marketing tickets outside the PCA stadium here today. Some persons were also detained for gaining illegal entry into the stadium. With strict security arrangements in place for todays match which drew over 30000 spectators, the police managed to nab at least 250 persons who were found possessing fake tickets of the General Block. A majority of these persons were picked up from Gate Number 12. The DSP, Kharar, Mr Raj Jit Singh, on duty at the VVIP gate numbers 1A, 1B and 1C, also reported that at least six persons trying to gain entry into the stadium from these gates using fake tickets were also arrested. Stating that this is one of the biggest haul of fake tickets during any of the matches at the PCA stadium, Mr Naunihal Singh, SSP, SAS Nagar, said infrared scanners were used to check the authenticity of the tickets.
Fear rides the MAX
But now Jacobson says MAX has become a transportation system for criminals. "Except during the peak rush hours, MAX is little more than a way for the criminal element to move from one crime scene to another," Jacobson said. Jacobson said he began losing faith in MAX long before last Saturday's baseball bat attack by a 15-year-old suspected gang member on an elderly man at the Gresham Central MAX station. The beating left Laurie Lee Chilcote, 71, hospitalized with extensive head injuries at Oregon Health & Science University. His accused attacker, Abel Antonio Chavez-Garcia, was arrested by Gresham police on charges of first-degree assault, attempted murder and first-degree criminal mischief. The case is scheduled to be considered by a Multnomah County grand jury today.
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