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RFID was invented in the 60s by IBM but is still waiting for a breakthrough into the massmarket and retail applications.

Barcode and RFID gigs with Raflatac, Raflanet, Raflatec, Buscom, mobile rfid phone apps, futurestore, logistics, etc.

Incompetence of the Town of Smithfield
Smithfield is a small community that is a nice quiet place to relax, play and live. Our town was incorporated on February 29, 1840 making it "Maine's only Leap Year Town". There are many things that make this town an enjoyable place, but lately the people hired in the town office have made it a difficult place to live. Specifically the selectmen Richard A. Moore, Dale M. Churchill, and Justin S. Furbush have chosen to neglect their responsibilities and turned their back on the people who have made complaints about Kincaid contractors who have been completely destroying mailboxes when plowing the roads.
In my own case, my mailbox has been damaged multiple times just this year. This last time it was hit, the post was completely split in half and the entire mailbox was thrown far into the bank, while all my mail was thrown out of it and blown all over from the wind. I still do not know if I collected all my mail from that and I have important matters that I had been waiting to hear about. I called the town to have them replace the mailbox and they were rude stating that if they replaced mine they would have to replace 80 to 90 other mailboxes. This indicates to me that this is a reoccurring problem for many in the town. They also stated that if they had
to pay they would increase taxes, which that really means that we would have to pay for their mistakes.
As a disabled, elderly person on a fixed income I do not have the money to replace the mailbox myself. Before every winter I would collect stamps so that I could just get my bills by mail and pay for them by mail so that I would not have to drive and still not depend on others, but now I am left with the choice of depending on others to get my mail for me at the post office or risk the trip myself where I could fall on ice and break a hip easily, since scans show that my bones are in the age range of 90 to 100 years old, every day. It has completely taken my independence and safety away from me. This causes a lot of stress on me when I already have high blood pressure and was told by my doctor to avoid stress because it would kill me.
When talking with the state policemen, he stated that I was absolutely right to make the town pay for the mailbox and that his town pays for the damages of mailboxes by the plowmen they hire. He also stated that unfortunately there wasn’t anything he could do because different towns have different laws and that the guy plowing didn’t intend to hit the mailbox. I am starting to wonder why any insurance company would pay for any accidents then. If the people who have accidents are really not responsible because it was an “accident” and not intentional then we shouldn’t need insurance at all because we shouldn’t have to pay, right? That is how they
look at it when it comes to the town, so why not for everyone? Why does the town get special treatment? Why are they above the law?
I talked to the postal service to see if I was wrong because maybe my mailbox was not following codes, but they explained that my mailbox was perfect. It was the perfect height and distance from the road in order to not cause obstruction and still have the mailman deliver the mail without leaving his vehicle. I soon after called the attorney general office and they stated that the responsibility is on the town. It is up to them to pay for either by paying themselves or having Kincaid pay. Kincaid is supposed to have insurance that would cover this. So why have they not got in touch with Kincaid and explain that the damages need to be paid for? Why do they neglect their responsibilities and the people in the town? How long should they be allowed to get away with this kind of behavior?
Laws need to be made to hold all towns responsible for the people they contract with. The town needs to be treated just like everyone else. If an accident occurs, they need to take responsibility and not hide behind their authority. They should not be allowed to live above the law.
Contact your selectmen to help change laws and protect the people they are supposed to work for!

The Vuokatti Hiihto - Vuokatti Skiing event attracted 1 400 participants this year. This Skiing competition calls for participants from several countries and the skiers are men, women, kids, adults, and seniors.

They take the skiing seriously  regardless of age and gender. Here 24 is the mother of the teenage boy 24.

I can assure you that these people are moving fast on the track. More about Skiing.

We're discussing building automation in the Fazer Cafeteria. 

This is a picture from the Helsinki IST 2006 Exhibition.

A lot has happened during the past eight years.

Nokia was at the hight of its power.

At the TEKES stand across ours Nokia displayed mobile devices promising television watching.

2007 Steve Jobs released the first iPhone.

Now, Nokia is restructuring and Samsung and iPhone are the leaders in mobile communication.

This team was deep in Ambient Assisted Life Research and  Applications.

I need to look back at memos from that time.

AAL

These moving objects are from Budapest.

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area.

Florence is famous for its history. A centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of the time, Florence is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance, and has been called "the Athens of the Middle Ages".

A turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family, and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city was also the capital of the recently established Kingdom of Italy.