FalconDirect
  February 2008 Newsletter


                                                                              

Look out.......

Indiana Jones - here comes Alabama Burch, showing off a few of the gifts received last Christmas.  Bet you never thought you would see me in a hat - well there goes one more thing your never thought I would do.  The other thing would be to adopt another cat in the office (we already have two live in cats and one outside boarder), but then we were sent another one.  He is a brand new one - can't even determine if he/she is male or female, so we named him/her Little Guy, or LG for short (we don't use full names here in Alabama). As you can see, LG is a football fan with a fondness for the Packers, the Colts, the Giants, and the Patriots in that order.  Sad day for the Colts when they lost to the Chargers but an outstanding day for the Giants.  So what does all of this have to do with our Newsletter?  We were talking about doing new things.  Our new thing for this month is all new web pages for those we serve with new products and new offers!


   A brand new web page for our business and industrial users!  Business users


A brand new web page for our church and institutional users

AnswerBack Reception 

                                                        A brand new web page for our EMS & Healthcare users  

Paramedics

Many users have asked for clarification on unlicensed radio operation and the real difference between economy radios and higher priced models.  The answer is at www.the-communicators.net.  

 

This month we are introducing the first wireless church nursery paging system that can acknowledge a call!  More details about our AnswerBack system can be found at www.churchradios.us.

Homeland Security is taking a new look at the link between patient transport vehicles and the hospital.  Learn all about our new HEAR Plus system at www.medicradios.com .

   A brand new web page for our fire department users

Fireman with radio
    
A brand new web page for our law enforcement users!


F3061 in hand

A brand new web page for our educational users    

Classroom
Now it's easier for you to quickly find the best products at the best prices on our newly redesigned firefighters site.  Lots of new information is available on FCC rules too at www.fireradios.us.   Many law enforcement users have asked us for clarification on analog versus digital radios and the real story on the different types of digital radios.  Get the facts at www.lawmobility.com   Every school should have The Button emergency calling system! Now we have found a way to get grant funding. Details available on our new web site at www.safeschools.us.

This is the place where we post late breaking news that may be of interest to our readers. We will also sometimes ask a question that will be answered later in the newsletter.  This month, the question is What is the average life of a democratic form of government?

What's new this month? 
- In late December 2007, we started the "My Radio Can Beat Up Your Radio!" campaign especially addressed to fill the needs of the manufacturing industry.  We have made some fairly significant conversions with companies like Ethan Allen, Johnson Controls, and others who took our challenge and made the switch to something better.  This is a really unusual program that guarantees a better radio at lesser cost.  Check it out at www.freeradios.us.

Digital news updates  This month we are offering the opportunity for our readers to try a digital radio on us.  No gimmicks, no fine print, no gotchas - just a genuine offer to let you try a digital radio or two on your own system and compare the difference in what you are now using and the digital counterpart.  Your choice of 6.25 FDMA (ICOM), TDMA (Motorola MotoTRBO), P25 (ICOM, Midland or Motorola  Additional information is available on the Internet at www.info4u.us/Just_the_facts.pdf

A special message for members of the construction industry  -   We have found many similarities in the communications needs for construction and public safety users.  For an overview of some products that are especially well suited for construction use, please visit www.topchoiceradios.com.


For curious minds only

In this section of our newsletter, we usually try to include something beautiful, something humorous, something spiritual, and something serious, not necessarily in that order.  This month, we will start with something beautiful.  Check out http://www.trdaniel.com/Chiquitita/index%20a.htmGive it time to load.  It's a fairly large PowerPoint file.

In the second month of the New Year, many of us reflect back on things we would have done differently in the past year if we had known then what we know now.  Others make vows to do better in the New Year (most of which have been broken by now) and still others make predictions.  It is this latter category that we find interesting.  The folks at the Yorktown Historical Society have shared with us the predictions published in the 1900 edition of the Ladies Home Journal for the year 2000.  I think you will be surprised to find how incredibly accurate they were!  Check it out at http://www.yorktownhistory.org/homepages/1900_predictions.htm.  
 
Want to know what's going on in the world?  Check out www.chippynews.com/worldclock.htm.

Here's something helpful to know.  Most of us over the age of 40 that have spent a good part of our life in the sun may have already experienced a common form of skin cancer known as basal cell carcinoma.  Typically we have these cancers removed by freezing or in some cases surgery. Physicians have known since 1971 that this type cancer responds remarkably well to daily applications or ordinary Vitamin C!   Go to  www.theoneclickgroup.co.uk/news.php?start=1680&end=1700&view=yes&id=1912#newspost  for additional information.  If you don't want to make up your own topical dressing, you can generally find a good topical serum at the cosmetic counter of your local drug store, or you can order on line by doing a search for Vitamin C serums. 

Our courts have ruled that citizens of the United States of America do not have the right to honor our Creator in public schools nor can we display the symbols of our Christian heritage in government buildings or on public property.  Having said that, we suspect that few would disagree that the finest leaders in world pass through the portals of the United States Military Academy, better known as West Point. 
 
Just thought you might want to see a copy of the West Point Cadets prayer that has been learned, spoken, and mostly executed by every West Point attendee since it's inception TO THIS DAY!  You may be surprised at what you find at http://www.usma.edu/chaplain/cadetprayer.htm. May it ever be......

In closing.......

We also publish monthly specials in addition to this eNewsletter at www.falcondirect.com/hotdeals.  Back issues within the current year are available by clicking on the monthly selections below.

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Burch Falkner
and all the gang!

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.  Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)


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