False Alarm Crackdowns: Why Professional Security Monitoring is Here to Stay – CEPro CEProFalse Alarm Crackdowns: Why Professional Security Monitoring is Here to StayCEProIn Canada, Toronto police are considering not responding to such calls, arguing that the overwhelming number of alarm calls are resource-draining false alerts, according to the Toronto Star. In 2012, just 300 […]

Bitcoin-Based Blockchain Breaks Out – Scientific American Scientific AmericanBitcoin-Based Blockchain Breaks OutScientific AmericanThis system is well-suited to operate as an online payment network because it does not require a central bank or transaction clearinghouse that would take a healthy cut of each transaction, as is the case with debit and credit card transactions, says … […]

Chris Christie Endorses Harsh Anti-Abortion Measure On His (Predictable) Road … – Bustle BustleChris Christie Endorses Harsh Anti-Abortion Measure On His (Predictable) Road …BustleOne proposal that brings Americans together is the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act which would protect unborn children beginning at 20 weeks, or five months of pregnancy, based on their ability to […]

Imperial Capital and OPTrust Partner With Ackerman Security Systems – Marketwired (press release) Imperial Capital and OPTrust Partner With Ackerman Security SystemsMarketwired (press release)TORONTO, ON–(Marketwired – April 01, 2015) – Imperial Capital Group of Toronto, together with its partner OPTrust Private Markets Group, is pleased to announce that it has completed an investment in Ackerman […]

Stopping deforestation: Battle for the Amazon – Nature.com Nature.comStopping deforestation: Battle for the AmazonNature.comOziel Alves da Silva reins his horse to a stop near the edge of a pasture, and adjusts a baseball cap that has done little to protect his leathery skin from the tropical sun. Keeping an eye out for his herd, he […]

Possible cuts could increase fire response times in Placer County – KCRA Sacramento KCRA SacramentoPossible cuts could increase fire response times in Placer CountyKCRA Sacramento"They're looking at a station closure," Mueller said. "The community of Ophir will lose their fire station. Ten to 12 employees will see their jobs (cut) and the overall burden of […]

With state welfare cuts, caseworkers fear less time to help families – MLive.com MLive.comWith state welfare cuts, caseworkers fear less time to help familiesMLive.comToni Scott of Grand Rapids woke up one morning in 2005 and her arm felt numb and sore, as if she'd slept on it wrong. It turned out … That left one […]

Q&A: Dorchen A. Leidholdt – New York Law Journal (registration) New York Law Journal (registration)Q&A: Dorchen A. LeidholdtNew York Law Journal (registration)"So often these achievements have started with fierce advocacy for one survivor—and that became the best laboratory for understanding the problem and the best platform for social change," she said in receiving the 2013 […]

This president's agenda will be going nowhere — fortunately – Fort Worth Star Telegram (blog) Fort Worth Star Telegram (blog)This president's agenda will be going nowhere — fortunatelyFort Worth Star Telegram (blog)President Obama made it clear that he intends to thwart the Congress by vetoing measures designed to create middle-class jobs via free enterprise, to […]

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