The latest surveys of existing residence club members show a 96%
satisfaction rating, and waiting lists are commonplace among the
leading operators. For more
information please call 1-866-SIG-DEST (1-866-744-3378) or visit us at
www.
equity market. The interview is available and archived on the Bloomberg
Professional service via AV ., discussed the company's fourth-quarter
profit, advertising revenue and growth outlook on Bloomberg Television's
"Morning Call. The interview is available
and archived on the Bloomberg Professional service via AV . 2132
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Residence Clubs Rock the Vacation Industry; Ten Questions to Ask to Make Sure You Pick a Club That is Right for You

But rather than access to a single golf course as with a
country club, members of residence clubs enjoy the use of a portfolio
of high-end homes in resort destinations.com), established the market by targeting the
super-affluent, providing this elite group a portfolio of
multi-million dollar homes in exciting resort destinations for a
membership deposit ranging from $275,000 to over $500 ,000. It may be better to
get 80% of your deposit back than risk receiving 100% of nothing. A portion of these
dues is also used to cover expenses related to the high-end travel
services, such as travel planning and in-residence services. Because
the average second home is 186 miles from the primary residence, this
club has employed a regional hub model with national scope. Signature Destinations members pay a one-time
membership fee, which is 80 percent refundable upon membership
resignation , in addition to annual dues to join and maintain access to
the club's properties.New Release Adds Features, Functionality, Scalability and Performance to Help
Bring M2M Solutions Swiftly to Market

DALLAS, SensorLogic, provider of the M2M industry's
most comprehensive data management platform, today announced the release of
M2M Platform v2.

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How does the club handle peak holiday periods? Christmas,
spring break, and the 4th of July are examples of holidays in peak
demand. Also, consider the membership ratio once again as an
indication of how many people are vying for reservations during these
peak demand periods. If the
majority of a residence club's portfolio of homes requires air travel
it clearly impacts the total cost of ownership. The
BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL(R) service and Bloomberg's media services provide real-
time and archived financial and market data, pricing, trading, news and
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addition, BLOOMBERG PRESS(R) publishes books for investment professionals.
"Our latest release is another major step in allowing organizations to
rapidly build cost-effective, flexible and powerful machine-to-machine (M2M)
solutions," said Dr.

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The company's unique strategy,
based on a regional model, offers its members access to a collection
of homes within driving distance of their primary residence in
addition to a national portfolio of homes averaging $750,000 in value
for a membership deposit of $125,000. 48:1 in
timeshares), the fact is that you are still sharing homes with other
members. Their
regional model targets specific markets and provides members within
these markets access to numerous vacation homes within driving
distance.com




Through AV on the Bloomberg Professional service, Bloomberg users
watch Bloomberg Television , listen to Bloomberg Radio and access stories on
demand from around the world in video and audio formats in real time on their
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Most clubs provide up to 8 weeks of use per year, but
limit the time you can stay in a single property to 2 or 3 weeks. If
you see yourself as a snowbird -- summering in the north and wintering
in the south -- then odds are a second home is more appropriate for
you. What portion of your membership deposit is refundable? Most
clubs charge a "transfer " fee of approximately 20%, meaning your
membership deposit is only 80% refundable.
4. What is the total cost of membership on an annual basis?
Residence clubs charge annual dues to cover property expenses such as
maintenance, utilities, real-estate taxes, etc.

Tuesday, January 17
Andy Bryant, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Enterprise
Services Officer, Intel Corp.sensorlogic.

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com) is leading the way
for the mass-affluent, with a product offering designed around this
market segment's travel preferences. As a general rule, a $75,000 deposit will get
you access to homes around half a million dollars while a $500,000
deposit will enable you to use properties in excess of three million
dollars. A few clubs offer a 100% refundable membership fee. With the recent success of residence
clubs, several new companies have entered the market with lower
membership deposits but higher member ratios (some as high as 12:1). If your travel preferences match a residence club
lifestyle, then pick a club, pack your bags and enjoy the newest way
to vacation.

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Make sure you are comfortable with the
debt to asset ratio of the club you are considering joining., discussed the company's fourth-quarter profit
and the outlook for 2006 on "Bloomberg Live" on Bloomberg Television . The
interview is available and archived on the Bloomberg Professional service via
AV . Additional M2M Dashboard features allowing "at a glance"
interpretation of sensor data, support for self-configuring devices and dial-
in voice interface for managing alarms also are part of the new features
offered with this release.

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com) and Exclusive Resorts
(www.
While this is an attractive offer, make sure the company is
financially secure enough to keep its promises. How do I know my deposit is secure? This is a very important
question. Yet like typical residence clubs, their members also enjoy a
national portfolio of vacation homes.signaturedestinationsclub. Bloomberg's multimedia functions
are available to all Bloomberg users as part of the Bloomberg Professional
service, reflecting Bloomberg's commitment to add value to its all-inclusive
desktop product. Bloomberg's media services include BLOOMBERG NEWS(R), the global news
service with more than 1,900 staff in 125 bureaus worldwide; BLOOMBERG
TELEVISION (R), the 24-hour business and financial network produced and
distributed worldwide on ten separate channels in seven languages; and
BLOOMBERG RADIO(SM), which provides up-to-the-minute news on XM , Sirius and
WorldSpace satellite radio around the world and on WBBR 1130AM in New York. More information can be found at
http://www.

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This transfer fee is used
to cover new member acquisition costs as well as a portion of the
club's overhead. Make sure
there is a limit, based on CPI (the consumer price index) to how much
the club can increase your annual dues from year to year.

About Bloomberg
Bloomberg is the leading global provider of data, news and analytics. For
more information please visit http://www.

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Make sure the club you are considering keeps enough assets
on hand to refund your deposit should you decide to exit the club.
While this decreases the overall cost of membership , the net effect is
reduced availability. In an effort to evenly allocate usage on such holidays,
residence clubs either charge a premium or initiate a "lottery system"
in an attempt to make this process fair and equitable. Some
clubs charge nightly fees in addition to annual dues to help cover
these expenses.
9. Signature Destinations' homes have a
median value of three quarters of a million dollars and are spacious,
elegantly designed, beautifully appointed and offer personalized
services and amenities.

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abercrombiekent. Signature
Destinations (www.signaturedestinationsclub . Is a residence club right for you? Residence clubs are not
right for everyone. How available are the properties? Residence clubs promote
anytime, anywhere availability. Where will you go first?

About Signature Destinations Club:

Signature Destinations Club(TM) LLC is the first regionally
focused, luxury residence club. These events are archived on the
Bloomberg Professional service for Bloomberg users to access on an ongoing
basis. These functions allow Bloomberg customers to see and hear
live and archived news from their desktops.com.

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Every club is structured a little differently , so
take the time to ask the following questions to make sure you have the
information you need in order to make the right decision for your
family:

1. While they provide upscale service and flexible
access to dozens of homes in exciting destinations, they do have their
limitations . Be sure to ask how the time in the homes is allocated to (or
divided between) the members. Make sure you figure out what the total cost of
membership will be on an annual basis by adding the total nightly fees
you anticipate incurring on your vacations to the annual dues. Members enjoy
best -of-both-worlds access to local vacation destinations within
driving distance of their primary residence , as well as desirable
locations around the country.

Thursday, January 19
Daniel Vasella, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG,
discussed the company's fourth-quarter profit, new products and the outlook
for 2006 on Bloomberg Television United Kingdom.


"
SensorLogic's M2M Platform enables rapid implementation, from concept
through deployment , of a number of customizable solutions that are based on
sensor + communications technologies, with the data applied to business rules
called "behaviors.

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While property availability in
residence clubs far surpasses that of timeshares due to a lower
member-to-resident ratio (typically 6:1 in residence clubs vs.S.bloomberg. Demonstrations also are available by contacting
the company or one of SensorLogic's Companion Technology Partners.

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5. The industry
standard is roughly 2% over CPI . This is the latest in a series of enhancements to the
company's open source solution. Jeff Smith , SensorLogic President + CEO.

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Lifestyle Editors

SEATTLE----Residence clubs have come
from nowhere to become the talk of the vacation industry.exclusiveresorts. Find out
exactly how the system works.

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" The interview is available and archived on the Bloomberg
Professional service via AV .S . Bloomberg Radio WBBR 1130 AM is accessible to Bloomberg users
via AIR .

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Wednesday, January 18
Susan Decker, Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration and
Chief Financial Officer, Yahoo! Inc. Bloomberg's ten global TV channels are accessible to Bloomberg users
via VID .

SensorLogic Releases New Version of Industry Leading M2M Platform

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Industry
averages range from twenty to fifty percent. The concept
combines flexibility and increased availability with high end
services, for a fraction of the cost of traditional second home
ownership. The company is a unique, private club
offering a membership-based program that provides virtually anytime,
anywhere access to an ever-expanding portfolio of residences, without
the hassles or expenses of vacation home ownership.3.
Dedicated to making M2M application development easy and cost-effective,
SensorLogic is the first provider that makes it so easy to take commercial
grade M2M solutions from Concept to Deployment -- while decreasing time-to-
market and driving down costs.

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Industry leaders,
Abercrombie and Kent (www.
7.

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How will transportation costs affect my annul budget? While
transportation costs are certainly not covered by the residence club,
it is prudent to factor them in as a part of the total cost. The interview is available and archived on the Bloomberg
Professional service via AV .
"SensorLogic has exceeded my expectations with the latest platform +
system improvements," said Rod Montrose, President + CEO of AVIDWireless,
makers of flexible M2M gateway devices such as the AVIDirector.

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8. Where will your first vacation be? Residence clubs are the
long-awaited breath of fresh air in the vacation industry. The company is based in Seattle, Wash. NEW YORK, Bloomberg, the leading global provider
of data, news and analytics, today announced highlights of the live events and
interviews that were featured on Bloomberg Television (R), Bloomberg Radio(R)
and the Bloomberg Professional(R) service during the past week.

Friday, January 20
John Horner, Currency Strategist, Deutsche Bank AG, discussed the outlook
for U. Federal Reserve policy, Bank of Japan policy, and commodity-linked
currencies such as the Australian dollar, on "Bloomberg Live" on Bloomberg
Television." The platform supports applications including remote
monitoring and control, outage notification and response, mobile asset
tracking and protection, energy and resource conservation, predictive and
preventive maintenance, performance optimization and market and business
Intelligence.

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The concept
is simple: similar to a traditional country club, members pay a
membership deposit and annual dues to join and access the club's
properties. How much do you want to spend? If you decide that residence
clubs fit your lifestyle, you must then decide how much to spend.
3. If the club sells certain holidays times
at a premium, they may limit your ability to use the property during
that holiday. A residence club that
effectively addresses this issue is Signature Destinations. "We continue to
be a customer driven organization, which leverages market requirements to live
up to our tagline, 'M2M Made Easy '."
Demonstrations of the new release can be seen at M2M for Total Asset
Management conference and exhibition in Miami May 24 and 25 and at the M2M
United in Chicago June 27-29.

About SensorLogic
SensorLogic is an M2M platform provider that offers customizable
monitoring and control applications for a wide variety of vertical markets.
Based in Dallas, SensorLogic provides all necessary components and device
management capabilities with a comprehensive data communications service.com

CONTACT: Henry Rosen
(972) 934-7375 ext.

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The new release 's feature and functionality improvements include
SensorLogic's distributed agent, or "Access Point " technology, which pushes
intelligence to the network fringe and helps reduce transmission costs .

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As residence clubs gain popularity and approach the anticipated
sales plateau of $2 billion per year, consumers will have a wider
selection of product offerings to choose from.
2. All
residence clubs charge a one-time, refundable membership deposit
ranging from $75,000 to over $500,000 (depending on the value of the
homes in the portfolio).
Exclusive Resorts, for example, promises members that they will keep
80% of their deposit (the refundable portion of a member's deposit) in
either cash or hard assets.
6. Is there a cap on the annual increase to my dues? As a club's
expenses increase due to increasing property taxes, utilities and
other expenses, it will have to increase your annual dues.

Highlights from the past week include:

Monday, January 16
On a special edition of Bloomberg Television, Don Schreiber, President and
Chief Executive Officer , Wealth Builders Inc., and Vern Hayden, President,
Hayden Financial Group LLC, discussed investment risk factors and the U. Through LIVE on the Bloomberg Professional service,
Bloomberg users access live coverage of events including press conferences,
company presentations, industry forums, trials and extended interactive
interviews with Bloomberg Television guests.
SensorLogic's platform and the solutions it enables are currently in use
in a wide range of vertical industries including industrial automation, tower
management, building automation, oil and gas and transportation. It
also includes enhanced logging and reporting, third-party billing
capabilities, which allows service providers to aggregate carriers for least
cost routing, and dramatic upgrades in performance, redundancy and
scalability. "This
represents another big step to enable end users and service providers to
swiftly implement powerful M2M solutions, using the open source M2M XML
protocol along with companion technology like our AVIDirector.

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