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Following posts (ATMmarketplace, realtime.ir and comForte Lounge, as well as commentaries to LinkedIn groups) on the $45 Million heist from ATMs, it is appropriate to wrap-up this story with input from a party directly involved … It is rare that I am ever at a loss for words, especially after alighting from a car following a quick dash through the countryside. However, this past weekend, the Memorial Day long weekend, I participated in our club’s three-stage fun “rally” deep in Moab, Utah’s, surrounding national parks where I proceeded to head in the wrong direction. However, there was nothing wrong with what we saw as we traversed the landscape! Margo and I were new to this club so when the instructions arrived, we saw there was incorrect information provided and confused as we were with what we saw, we pressed on regardless only to turn an easy, 53 plus mile segment, into a marathon 250 plus miles. I had to really drive hard to redeem some of my self-esteem so that I could face...

With the 2013 HP Discover event only weeks away, even as many NonStop users remain undecided about their participation, I continue to rank participation highly! See you there … This past weekend I overnighted briefly in Las Vegas. Business took me to Southern California for both, track time and client meetings. However, the impressive skyline of Las Vegas is hard to miss and it was easy to spot the Venetian and Palazzo hotels – the site for this year’s HP Discover event that will kick off in about a month’s time. I have already spent several weekends in Las Vegas this year and the picture above, that I took a short time ago, is of the Bellagio fountains with the Paris hotel in the background – sites that are just a little further south along the famous Las Vegas strip. It was following the ITUG event of 2005 that a group of us rode motorcycles from San Jose back to Boulder, and the only regret I have to this day is that we didn’t avail ourselves of the opportunity to cruise the b...