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Markets retreat from recent highs
Traders in Dublin say first signs of change in buyer-seller ratio emerged yesterday
The big news of the day was that Paddy Power expects full-year operating profits to be about €11 million lower than it forecast three months ago. Photograph: David Davies/PA Wire
There was a step back from the record levels seen in Wall Street yesterday that set a downbeat tone for markets. Traders in Dublin said the recent past had seen buyers far outnumbering sellers but that the first signs of that changing emerged yesterday and they expect the market to come off its recent highs over the coming weeks.
The Iseq closed at 4,415, a fall of 0.94 per cent. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index fell 0.7 per cent to 1,295.82 points.
The big news of the day was that Paddy Power expects full-year operating profits to be about €11 million lower than it forecast three months ago. The group said results had gone against it since July, particularly at the Australian Spring Horse Racing Carnival and Champions League soccer.
The stock closed at €57.45, a fall of slightly more than 8 per cent. It was the most traded share on the exchange.
Independent News & Media rose a further 1.5 per cent, to close at €0.13, as retail investors continued to respond positively to the news of its pending capital raising round and the increase in the shareholding of Dermot Desmond to 15 per cent, from 6.4 per cent.
CRH was the second-most traded share on the exchange – it fell 0.32 per cent to €18.66, while Ryanair rose 1.53 per cent to close at €5.57. Smurfit closed at €17.30, a fall of 1.14 per cent, while Bank of Ireland fell 1.47 per cent, to €0.26.
FBD Holdings issued an interim management statement in which it said it was confident it would deliver full-year operating earnings. It closed at €16, a fall of 6.98 per cent.
EasyJet shares soared after an investor bonus worth £175 million helped the budget airline defy turbulence in the sector.
The blue-chip stock climbed 7 per cent in a session when markets suffered a hangover from the flurry of Wall Street records seen on Monday.
The risers board in London was dominated by EasyJet as the Luton-based carrier continued to find favour with investors. Shares jumped 89p to 1345p. Elsewhere in the top flight, a well-received trading update from ITV prompted a bout of profit taking. Shares were 2.1p lower at 184.7p, even though the broadcaster said its revenues grew 6 per cent in the nine months to September.
Outside the top flight, bookmaker Ladbrokes was a faller in the FTSE 250 Index after Paddy Power issued a profits warning due to a run of poor sporting results. Ladbrokes dropped 3.2p to 175p and William Hill eased 7.5p to 361.3p.
The biggest FTSE 100 fallers were Aberdeen Asset Management, down 14.5p to 475.2p, Anglo American down 38.5p to 1400p, Intertek down 79p to 3102p and International Airlines Group down 8.5p to 353.5p.
European shares fell in thin trade as negative comments from US billionaire investor Carl Icahn drew attention to a mixed earnings season. Royal KPN NV climbed 1.4 per cent to €2.48 as Credit Suisse Group AG raised its rating on the phone firm to outperform, which is similar to buy, from neutral. Commerzbank, Germany's second-biggest bank, retreated 1.4 per cent to €10.01. Pharmaceuticals firm Stada Arzneimittel AG dropped 2.4 per cent to €36.76 after Berenberg Bank downgraded the shares to hold from buy.
A recovery in the US housing market helped Home Depot top profit and sales estimates for the third quarter, prompting the number one home improvement chain to raise its fiscal-year outlook for the third time this year. Its stock hit a lifetime high at $82.25. At midday, Home Depot was up 1.7 per cent at $81.
Among the day's drags, Best Buy reported a quarterly profit, reversing a year-ago loss, boosted by tight cost controls. But there was also concern about pressure on margins during the holiday season and the stock fell 8.4 per cent to $39.90. – (Additional reporting Reuters, Bloomberg)


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Techdirt 2014: The Numbers.
from the counting-it-up dept2014 is over, and as we've done every year for the past few years, we'll try to round up some of "the numbers" about that year (and yes, this is our only post today -- we'll be back on Monday with regular posting). If you'd like to look back, we've got the posts from 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010.
We had visitors from 240 countries this year, with (as per usual) the US holding steady at almost exactly two-thirds of all traffic (actually 66.95%). This was followed by the UK, Canada and Australia. Germany rounds out the top five with India, the Netherlands, France, Sweden and New Zealand making the top 10. The only major change here was India jumping up a few slots and Sweden dropping a few. After India, our top traffic from Asia comes from... the Philippines -- which is a bit of a surprise. Singapore, Turkey (and yes, I know some people debate whether Turkey is part of Asia) and Japan round out the top five Asian countries for traffic. China doesn't even make the top 10 (it's 11th), though we frequently hear that the site is blocked there.
The top five countries in Europe all made the top 10 list above, but in case you're wondering, the next five are Spain, Ireland, Finland, Italy and Norway -- all of which sent a healthy amount of traffic. If we combine all of the Americas after the US and Canada, the most traffic comes from Brazil, Mexico and Argentina. In Africa, again the top country is South Africa, but we still get a decent number of visitors from Nigeria, Kenya and Egypt as well.
Last year we noted that the only two countries on the map (leaving out tiny islands and such) that we could see where we got no traffic was Chad and Western Sahara. This year, however, we appear to have had 30 visits from Chad. Western Sahara, however, remains a dark zone. For years, we joked about no visits from North Korea, so last year we were amazed that we got two whole visits from that country. This year... it doubled to four, but I'm assuming at least two of those were the supposed Sony Hackers, right? And, in what's become an annual tradition, we have a single visit from Christmas Island.
Also, a yearly tradition: visitors from Gibraltar stick around the longest -- something that PaulT takes credit for each year (rightfully so). If we limit it to countries where we have a significant number of visitors, folks from Australia, Switzerland and New Zealand seemed to stick around the longest, so thanks for that! In terms of the number of pages per visit, Gibraltar, Bangladesh and... Congo top the list, but based on fairly small numbers of visits. If we look at countries with significant visits, India, the Philippines and Switzerland top that list.
I always enjoy digging down into the city numbers as well. The top spots remain pretty much unchanged: New York City, London, LA and Chicago. Toronto fell out of the fourth slot down to sixth, with San Francisco moving up. Seattle, Sydney, Houston and Melbourne rounded out the top 10 with Washington DC coming in 11th. As always, it's interesting to see this data, but given the differences in population size, perhaps it's not always that meaningful.
As always, it's interesting to see how some of you are visiting the site. Remember when Microsoft was going to dominate the world with Internet Explorer? Almost half of all visits these days come from Chrome. Firefox is second and Safari is third. Internet Explorer is fourth, though still with a fair bit of usage (who are you people?). Approximately 36% of our traffic is mobile these days -- jumping up from 29% last year. Most of that is from phones, but plenty of tablet users as well. As per usual, the iPhone and the iPad absolutely dominate the device side, but if we just look at browser OS, Android is almost neck and neck with iOS. Android represented 44% of mobile visits, with iOS at 51%. Windows was a little under 4%, Blackberry about half a percent, and you Nokia loyalists with a combination of Series40, SymbianOS and others make up the remaining tiny percentages. Outside of Apple, mobile visitors came most on Samsung devices and then LG, but coming from a wide variety of devices from those companies.
Given how many of you are from the US, and how the US broadband market works here, it's no surprise that the biggest ISPs for traffic are Comcast, followed by Time Warner (if they merge the numbers from the two would be massive). Verizon and AT&T make up the next two.
As for how people come here, it seems like we have a pretty balanced split. We've never focused on doing things like "gaming" search with search engine optimization, or going for social with clickbait, and so we don't end up relying too much on anything.
Okay, onto some lists:
Top Ten Stories, by unique pageviews, on Techdirt for 2014:
- No, A 'Supercomputer' Did NOT Pass The Turing Test For The First Time And Everyone Should Know Better
- Keurig Will Use DRM In New Coffee Maker To Lock Out Refill Market
- US Patent Office Grants 'Photography Against A White Background' Patent To Amazon
- UK Porn Filter Architect Arrested On Child Porn Charges
- The Rebranding Of SOPA: Now Called 'Notice And Staydown'
- New Snowden Doc Reveals How GCHQ/NSA Use The Internet To 'Manipulate, Deceive And Destroy Reputations'
- Student Who Found GPS Device On His Car Due To Reddit Comment Sues The FBI < --- Will explain this below
- Guy Finds FBI Tracking Device On Car, Posts Pics Online... FBI Shows Up Demanding It Back < --- Will explain this below
- How The Copyright Industry Made Your Computer Less Safe
- T-Mobile Writes The Best Press Release You'll Ever See From A Phone Company
2014's Top Ten Stories, by comment volume
- Thanks Anti-Vax Loons: The Return Of The Measles And The Backlash Against Jenny McCarthy 304 Comments
- Keurig Will Use DRM In New Coffee Maker To Lock Out Refill Market 262 Comments
- Appeals Court Doesn't Understand The Difference Between Software And An API; Declares APIs Copyrightable 262 Comments
- Chilling Effects: Climate Change Deniers Have Scientific Paper Disappeared 250 Comments
- Megaupload Say US Gov't Is Trying To Steal Assets Based On Crimes That Are 'Figments Of The Gov't's Boundless Imagination' 230 Comments
- The James Foley Beheading Video And How Americans Conceptualize Their Enemies 227 Comments
- Copyright Maximalists And Lobbyists Insist 'Criminal Elements' Are A Part Of The Copyright Reform Effort 219 Comments
- The Homicide No One Committed: Eric Garner's Death At The Hands Of An NYPD Officer No-Billed By Grand Jury 202 Comments
- Another Story Of A 'Fake' Brilliant Inventor? Is 'Scorpion Walter O'Brien' A Real Computer Security Genius? 199 Comments
- Proud Voters Tweeting In The UK Could Receive Jail Time And A Fine 196 Comments
Okay, onto the community, and who did well on the commenting front. For the third year in a row, John Fenderson was our top commenter, though he seriously upped his game. In 2014, he posted an astounding 6105 comments -- nearly double of last year's 3604. Here's the top 10 list:
2014 Top Commenters, by comment volume
- John Fenderson: 6105 comments
- That One Guy: 3431 comments
- Ninja: 1864 comments
- nasch: 1695 comments
- PaulT: 1031 comments
- Mason Wheeler 840 comments
- Whatever 777 comments
- That Anonymous Coward: 707 comments
- Mike Masnick 685 comments
- art guerrilla 675 comments
Top 10 Most Insightful Commenters, based on how many times they got the lightbulb icon:
- John Fenderson: 456 comments
- That One Guy: 316 comments
- Mason Wheeler 128 comments
- Karl: 101 comments
- Ninja: 98 comments
- PaulT: 89 comments
- Gwiz: 88 comments
- jupiterkansas 82 comments
- That Anonymous Coward: 71 comments
- Mike Masnick: 63 comments
- That One Guy: 32 comments
- Ninja: 30 comments
- John Fenderson: 26 comments
- DannyB: 23 comments
- ChurchHatesTucker: 22 comments
- silverscarcat: 19 comments
- Mason Wheeler 16 comments
- That Anonymous Coward: 15 comments
- Roger Strong: 15 comments
- sorrykb: 15 comments
That's it for last year. If you want to appear on this list next year, time to get cracking...
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On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 11:32:26PM -0500, Tim Berners-Lee wrote: > This (fragid hiding) is a form of end to end property. > The significance of the the mime message is known only > to sender/publisher and to receiver/browser. > It is only in that context that the fragment ID makes sense. I understand what you're getting at, but I don't believe this is particularly valuable. You argue that "RDF uses this hook to introduce identifiers for arbitrary concepts", yet Roy and I and others are saying that you can already do that without this hook. FWIW, I have a hunch that there's nothing of importance that can be accomplished with this hook, that couldn't be accomplished without it (and therefore without the cost of using the hook); REST's constraints are constraints on form, not function. But, as it's just a hunch, I won't bother trying to defend it, for now at least. Plus I'm not sure that we're headed in the direction of proposed text for webarch with this line of discussion, so I'm happy to drop it in the hope that your discussion with Roy will do so. And Jonathan wrote; > Theoretical arguments aside it just wouldn;t be convenient to package each > and every thing we talk about in a different document. Sure, but I never intended to suggest that *everything* be identified by a URI, only that there is a substantial cost in identifying things by URI+frag (hence my avoidance of the word "break"). Judging by the RDF I've seen out in the wild, which has lots of URIs with fragment ids, many Semantic Web folks either; - don't believe there's a cost - aren't aware of the issue - aren't given a choice, as many things they want to refer to are identified only by URIs with fragment ids. MB -- Mark Baker. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. http://www.markbaker.ca Web architecture consulting, technical reports, evaluation & analysisReceived on Friday, 24 January 2003 01:08:02 UTC
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Have you ever wondered how a wedding film is created? How it is able to make you feel? The way it takes you back to those special moments on a wedding day? When Holly and I approach a wedding film, we strive to tell the story of the day, not just capture the events as they unfolded. This … Read More
Paradise Point Resort Maternity Session: Elisa + Mike
It's hard to believe that it's been almost a year since we shot Elisa + Mike's excitement-filled wedding day. Eleven months later, we are honored that Elisa asked us to capture their maternity photos. We all agreed that it would be really special to return to the location of their wedding day…Paradise Point Resort! Filled with … Read More
Love 20 Years in the Making at Elkins Resort on Priest Lake: Jaime + Jarrod
We are absolutely in love with Jaime and Jarrod's film! Twenty years in the making, their wedding day was absolutely perfect. We can hardly stand the stunning, secluded lakeside setting nestled amongst the pine forests of North Idaho. Elkins Resort on Priest Lake was the perfect setting for Jaime and Jarrod to say "I Do". … Read More
A Love Built to Last a Lifetime at Hotel Del Coronado: Devon + Chris
When a thank you lunch turns into dancing the merengue on a sunset cruise, you know you have something special. "It all started with a simple favor. Chris offered to help Devon move some furniture, and devon offered Chris lunch as a thank you. Well that lunch turned into dinner, which turned into Chris taking … Read More
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Are We There Yet?
Berwin Leighton Paisner recently published a thoughtful and much-welcomed study on diversity. The study collects and analyses the latest statistics on the international arbitration community's stand on diversity. Some of the numbers are particularly striking.
"Of 122 participants in the survey from various regions of the world – including arbitrators, corporate counsel, external lawyers, users of arbitration and representatives of institutions –the majority favoured improved diversity on tribunals, both in respect of gender and ethnicity."
In addition, 70% responded that would be desirable for institutions to publish statistics about the gender, and ethnic or national identity of appointed arbitrators.
Perhaps most relevant for AI's mission and methodology, a staggering 92% of respondents indicated that they would welcome more information about new and less well-known candidates whom they could appoint. Meanwhile, a whopping 81% also wanted to be able to provide feedback about arbitrator performance at the end of cases.
Ania Farren
Arbitrator Intelligence's Questionnaire aims precisely to facilitate systematic feedback from parties and counsel in arbitration. Data generated from these responses will promote transparency and accountability in arbitrator selection, but also make available information about less well-known arbitrators.
In the article, Ania Farren suggested that counsel also have a responsibility "to be a little braver in the recommendations we make to clients on arbitrator candidates." If counsel have detailed information about the real track records of newer arbitrators, the word might not need to be "bravery" but "ingenuity" or "resourcefulness" in identifying new talent.
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- Major industry names including former Swissair CEO joining VistaJet
- Philippe Bruggisser, CEO, and Scott Plumb, Chief Commercial Officer
- New team set to lead next phase of growth strategy
- Appointments made as VistaJet records further record performance
VistaJet, the world's fastest growing private aviation company with the largest wholly-owned commercial fleet outside the Americas, announces a number of major appointments to its Board and senior executive management team. The appointments come as VistaJet moves to both capitalise on its leading position in the industry and to ensure maximum success from the next phase of its growth strategy.
Philippe Bruggisser has been appointed Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1 August 2009. Philippe has over thirty years of aviation industry experience and was formerly COO of Swissair and latterly President of the airline's holding company, SAir Group, until 2001. Most recently, he has been Vice Chairman of Centurion Cargo, a privately owned air cargo operator, based at Miami International Airport, and which is one of the leading cargo airlines operating from and to Latin America.
Scott Plumb joins VistaJet as Chief Commercial Officer. Scott has over twenty years of aerospace sales and marketing management experience gained in a variety of roles at Gulfstream Aerospace, where he was Division Vice President, North American Sales until January 2009, Airbus Industrie and British Aerospace.
Philippe and Scott will also join VistaJet's Board.
The Board is to be further strengthened with the appointment of John W Boo as a non-executive Director. John, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Comprendium, a leading structured asset finance provider, was previously at Citigroup where he held various leadership positions in the investment bank's Financial Institutions Group in New York. John will have oversight responsibility for all of VistaJet's Finance and M&A activities.
Thomas Flohr, founder and Chairman, VistaJet said, "We have achieved a great deal at VistaJet in a very short period. We will now have the breadth and depth of management to take the business through the next stage of the Company's exciting development. It is testimony to what we have built at VistaJet that we are able to attract some of the best talent in the industry to our Company and to build a management team of such outstanding quality. Meanwhile, VistaJet has seen a continued progression following on from its first quarter's successful performance when revenues were up 25% over the prior year. We are continuing to trade very strongly. In fact, May was our best month ever. We are seeing that our innovative approach to changing industry standards is continuing to attract customers looking for more luxury, guaranteed availability and better value. We have seen a lot of additional interest since we announced last month the merger of our three service areas into one – giving customers absolute price clarity and transparency – and a 25 per cent price reduction on all return flights for Program customers. We will continue to innovate and revolutionise the way people fly."
VistaJet is taking delivery of seven aircraft in 2009, as planned.


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Obama's Economic Plan
by Lynn Forester de Rothschild (Democrat -Friend of Bill and Hillary Clinton)
In a stunning about face this week, Barack Obama announced that "I've got an economic plan that is similar to Bill Clinton's." On its face, this would mean that, if elected, Barack Obama would raise taxes on all taxpayers, support NAFTA and reduce welfare, three cornerstones of the Clinton economic legacy. This would be a serious reversal of Senator Obama's campaign promises and his stated policies. Other than a crass attempt to hitch his fate to the Clinton star, the comment highlights the serious risk to our current economic situation that is posed by Barack Obama's pledge to raise taxes on the producers of jobs and capital, increase welfare and abrogate our commitment to NAFTA. These policies create a serious probability of leading our economy into further economic dismay.
Barack Obama is wholly disingenuous in implying that his tax policy will have the same success as the Clinton policy when, in fact, the economic environment inherited by Bill Clinton was vastly different from today's economy. Obama's assertion is similar to saying that because an aspirin cures a headache it will do the same for cancer. President Clinton benefited from an economy that grew by 4.2% in the first quarter of his Presidency, the Dow was up 5.8% for the year prior to his election, total national debt was 54% of national output and information technology was in its infancy. Tax rates inherited by Clinton had been reduced by 60% under Reagan and Bush Senior since the Carter years. When President Clinton increased taxes, he simultaneously brought our national budget into balance in sixteen months. He signed NAFTA against the will of his own party.
Yesterday, the country's growth contracted by .3%, providing one-half of the technical verification of the recession being felt around the country and certain to be inherited by the next President. The Dow is down 32.5% for the year, our national debt is at nearly 70% of total GDP (after WWII national debt was 102% of GDP and America was at the beginning of its stunning economic success). Currently, unless investors are able to forcefully advance new energy technologies, there is no analog to the 1990's information revolution which can give us the necessary economic stimulus for innovation and job growth. Supporters of the Illinois Senator not only ignore the current fragile economy, but also the obvious consequences of Obama's opposition to NAFTA and his destructive economic philosophy. In fact, Senator Obama's policy of higher taxes and higher tariffs for our fragile economy at this time is exactly the wrong direction for the country.
One of the reasons that Barack Obama could well lose on Tuesday is because voters are beginning to realize that his policies will tank the economy and the markets. The stock market looks forward, not backward, and there is a direct correlation between the declining Dow and the increasing poll numbers for Barack Obama. According to the June Gallop Poll, by a margin of 87 to 13, Americans care more about improving the economy than they do about redistributing wealth.
According to his rhetoric, Barack Obama is helping working Americans. In fact, John McCain offers bigger tax breaks to the working class than Barack Obama. (The only reason you do not know this is because you have not looked at the fact that no one earning under $50,000 will pay any tax under John McCain and, on the famous "Obama Taxometer", the untruthful Obama campaign does not include the $5,000 health care tax credit that John McCain in giving to every American). Moreover, almost 75% of Americans making $100,000 have some capital gains. As the value of their investments turns negative they will suffer badly, even if Barack Obama does not raise their taxes. A declining economy is bad for everyone.
It is dishonest for Senator Obama to claim he will fix this economy by taxing the top 5%. His spending increases on programs alone amount to $300 billion per year. The dishonesty is to say that this will be paid by his tax on the top 5%. It is simply not possible. As the Obama plan makes clear, the additional taxes of the "rich" have already been committed to his "refundable tax credits". According to the Tax Policy Center, the Obama tax plan will take $70 billion from the top 5% of earners in the country and redistribute it to the 60 million Americans who pay no tax.
Senator Obama's economic philosophy will make America neither stronger nor fairer. Today, the top 1% of earners contributes 40% of the nation's $2.6 trillion tax intake and the bottom 50% pay 2.9% of our nation's total needs. This is in contrast to the 17% of total tax paid by the top filers under the Carter Administration when the top marginal rate was 70%. It has been shown that reductions in tax rates increase tax revenues because incentives to private enterprise strengthen the economy and create jobs and a larger tax base.
As he exploits the current widespread economic uncertainty in the nation and blames the richest, Barack Obama not only ignites an insidious class war, but also ignores the inconvenient fact that America's top earners have paid double in taxes since the reduction of their tax rates under George Bush. Namely, in 2003 the richest Americans paid $136 billion in taxes and after the tax cut in 2006 they paid $274 billion. Times of economic uncertainty are exactly when our government needs to cling to business and the generators of wealth and jobs, not use them as scapegoats.
Along with my Democratic "friends," I used to make fun of Republicans by saying that they lived in an "evidence-free zone." Well, I now see that it is the Democrats, swept away in the "narrative" and "transcendence" of Barack Obama, that are refusing to look at the facts about the likely consequences of electing Barack Obama. The same media outlets that failed to vet the Iraq War are now failing to vet Barack Obama. Unfortunately, they will never accept responsibility; it will be our country that takes the hit. For me, that is very sad.
John McCain may not be the most eloquent or sexiest candidate in this race, but he is the candidate who will best serve this nation for the next four years. He is reducing taxes for all Americans further than Barack Obama, cutting federal spending and encouraging free trade and energy independence as engines for domestic economic growth. More importantly, he and Sarah Palin actually have a record of taking on the vested interests and their own party (while working with Democrats) to make tough decisions. I have yet to be shown the same evidence of the junior Senator from Illinois.
Regrettably, the road kill of Obama's reckless rhetoric and policies is not the rich taxpayer, but the entire American economy. The pain will be felt mostly by those who lose their jobs in the economic downturn and are the owners of 401ks and other savings who suffer at the stock market continues to decline. Barack Obama has not been held accountable for the obvious consequences of his tax and trade philosophy and policies. If elected, it will be all Americans who will suffer.
PS. Most readers have probably not read this far into the piece, but if you have, I have one more comment…..Since speaking out about this election, I have seen the Obama response is to attack me personally, particularly on the Internet. Fine, but just to let you know, eighteen months ago my husband wrote in the Financial Times that capitalism was in retreat because of the greed on Wall Street. We have subsequently invested only in tax-free government securities. So, my opinion is not driven by my economic interests. I am driven by what I said in the New York Times in June, "I love my country more than my party" ……and it is ok with me if you hate me. xoxoxo
[Editors note: I too am a Democrat. I also love my country more than my party. Some people hate me for it. It doesn't mean I will cave into their message because of their hate. It means I will stand fast for what is right in America.]
Original post can be found at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lady-lynn-forester-de-rothschild/obamas-economic-plan_b_140002.html


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Todd M. Kaplan, M.D. joined Radiology Associates in 1993 after completing his residency in Diagnostic Radiology at the University of South Florida, in Tampa.
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Shanghai Municipal People's Congress Delegation
On June 28th, ChinaSF welcomed a delegation from the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress (上海人大) to San Francisco's City Hall. Following a special tour of the historic building, we joined Mark Chandler, Director of San Francisco's Office of International Trade and Commerce, for an exclusive conversation. Both parties emphasized the significance of the Sister City relationship between San Francisco and Shanghai started by then Mayor Dianne Feinstein, now nearly forty years ago. Director Chandler remarked at its lead role in "connecting people and building ties" between two equally dynamic and growing cities. ChinaSF is grateful for the opportunity to strengthen bonds and foster collaboration across the Pacific.
About Shanghai: Shanghai is a booming metropolis and one of Asia's most populous cities with nearly 25 million people. Known as the Paris of the Far East, it also boasts the world's largest port and is China's preeminent financial center with its Pudong District. While being one of China's most modern cities, it still maintains its traditional cultural and historical features, such as the Bund.


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North Carolina Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting this week about a proposed project to construct a "superstreet" section along U.S. 17 between Sneads Ferry Road and Old Folkstone Road.
The meeting will be held 4-7 p.m. Tuesday at Free Will Baptist Church, 133 Old Folkstone Road in Holly Ridge.
The proposed project would be the construction of a superstreet, which would reduce the number of conflict points at a typical intersection, NCDOT Communications Officer Brian Rick said.
"In reference to this project, travelers on U.S. 17 may turn left, right or travel straight while side-street travelers, who want to cross U.S. 17 or turn left, must first turn right and then make a U-turn to return to their desired route. U-turn movements are accommodated using bulb-outs," he said.
Safety was a major motivator for the project, with hopes that the superstreet would help lessen the conflict points in the area, resulting in fewer crashes.
The project will total just over half a mile of work.
The public meeting is more of an open house with people able to stop by at any point during the time slot to talk to NCDOT representatives. There will be no formal presentation of the proposed project.
"The informal format provides invited attendees a better opportunity to speak directly with the designers and NCDOT personnel one-on-one," NCDOT Communications Officer Brian Rick said.
The meeting is also important because it allows those that attend to give input on the design, Rick said.
The opportunity to provide written comments will be provided. Comments should be submitted by Feb. 21.


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Challenges facing our Muslim Youth (3)
By Shaikh Abdullah Faisal
-- system is evil and teaches that Jesus is God and Darwinism is a fact not theory
--they teach to be gay is normal (the syllabus of the kuffar is syllabus of the
--many sisters home-school children to prevent them from being in these public
--7 years old is a very important age for a child
--in order to prevent children from being confused.com, we home-school them
The Prophet sallallahu alaihe wasallam commanded regarding children, "If they neglect salaah at the age of seven, then reprimand them, at the age of nine separate their beds (do not let two of them sleep in the same bed) and at the age of seventeen get them married. Once the father has carried this out he should place his child before him and say, ' May Allah not make you a cause for my testing and trial." (Al-Ifsah Ibn Hajr Haithami)
See also:
Abu Dawood (459) and Ahmad (6650) narrated from 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb from his father that his grandfather said: The Messenger of Allaah said: "Teach your children to pray when they are seven years old, and smack them if they do not pray when they are 10 years old, and separate them in their beds." Classed as Saheeh by al-Albaani in al-Irwa' (247)
--it's deemed trendy in the west
--God is a Myth (book by Charles Dawkins)
--Europeans bought his book because many Europeans are atheists
--agnostics, too (agnostics believe MAYBE there is a God: "I don't know")
--atheists claim they are sure God doesn't exist
--they say, "religions cause bloodshed" (this is their argument)
--these people scored an own goal: Nimrod, Pharaoh of Egypt, Joseph Stalin of Russia
and Mao from China
--those are most famous atheists - they had no regard for human life
--they had no respect for the CREATOR (Allah swt): so how can they respect the
The Prophet sallallahu alaihe wasallam has stated, "No man should lie down with another man wrapped in a single sheet or cloth and nor should a woman do the same with another woman."
--Mao: had 50 million people in China killed (and he killed his own friends, too)
--Stalin: "butcher of Russia"
--Pharaoh: killed boy children but allowed girls to live (didn't want the boys to
overtake his kingdom)
--atheists are hungry for power
--history proves that atheists are the worst murderers in the world (genocide - kill
the most people)
--these people are mesmerized by atheists, (such as the Pharaoh)
--they way we go to Makkah and Madinah, these go to Egypt
--when they show pictures of Pharaoh on TV, they glorify him
--they feel the way we do about the Sahabahs and we try to be like them and follow
the Sunnah
--we are Salafi (we are not Saudi Salafi tho, as they believe dismantling the
Shariah is a minor kufr)
--we practice Islam the way it was practiced by the Rasool (saws) and his Companions
The Rasool (saws) said the only ones in Paradise are the SAVED SECT
--as Salafi Jihadi:
--we believe in al walaa wal baraa (love and hate for the sake of Allah (swt)
--not believe in democracy and racism or tribalism
--practice kufr bit taghoot (not man-made isms and schisms)
--have our manhaj is not the BALLOT but the BULLET
--practice fiqh ul waqi (so we don't wake up unconcerned about the affairs of the
--don't call mujahideen "terrorists" and "Khawarijj"
--can't pray behind someone who calls the mujahideen these words
--because we know they are munafiqh
--and we also make takfir on those who say 'dismantling Shariah is minor kufr' (it's
Narrated Saeed bin Zayd: Abdur-Rahman bin Al-Akhnas said that when he was in the mosque, a man abused Ali (RA). So Saeed bin Zayd got up and said: "I bear witness to the Apostle of Allah (SAWS) that I heard him say: "Ten persons will go to Paradise: "Abu Bakr will go to Paradise, Umar will go to Paradise, Uthman will go to Paradise, Ali will go to Paradise, Talha will go to Paradise: Zubair bin Al-Awwam will go to Paradise, Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas will go to Paradise and Abdur-Rahman bin Awf will go to Paradise. If I wish, I can mention the tenth." he People asked: "Who is he?" so he kept silence. They again asked: "Who is he?" He replied: "He is Saeed ibn Zayd." He then said: "The company of one man whose face has been covered with dust by the Apostle of Allah (SAWS) is better than the actions of one of you for a whole life time even if he is granted the life-span of Noah." [Abu Dawud]
And [recall] when We saved your forefathers from the people of Pharaoh, who afflicted you with the worst torment, slaughtering your [newborn] sons and keeping your females alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord. (2:49)
--Charles Dawkins says, [the men who were butchers didn't kill in the name of
--he tried to justify it that way
--but Karl Marx said, "religion is the opiate of the people"
--Communism IS Atheism
--Pol Pot made mountains out of the skulls of the people he killed
--see: THE KILLING FIELDS by Pol Pot
--say to the atheists, "we are over 6 billion people in the world,
--so we can't be born by accident because we all have different fingerprints"
--we were made by INTELLIGENT DESIGN
--we have different DNA, as well
--we have different IRIS in our eyes
--none of these are possible by randomness
--in Bogotá, Colombia = a soccer player was killed by his own player because
--he scored a goal against his own team
--atheists didn't see a metamorphosis of monkeys turning into men
--so where do they get their dodgy beliefs?
3. FREE WILL - another concept affecting Muslim Youth
--UK law says: if a Muslim girl is pregnant at age 12, she can have abortion w/o
notifying her parents
--a woman snooped (spied) on her 15 year old daughter's dairy
--she learned about the daughter's abortion a year earlier and was very upset at the
laws in UK
--she went to UK court to change the law and she LOST the case
--the courts said different religions rules are too rigid so the laws were made to
give children rights
--in US, the law varies from state to state
--sometimes the best advice we can give the ummah is: FEAR ALLAH
--but they might say, "this is my life - mind your own business" (that is
--this is not anyone's life (we don't own our own lives)
--if Arab does anything haraam, they are petrified, esp because they are so shy
(esp if it's an affair)
--example: when Rasool (saws) gave Shahadah to Hind she asked if she can take from
her husband's
wealth (he said only take what is necessary)
--she was so shocked and said, "is there a free woman who commits zina?"
--zina (sex outside of marriage)
--honorable kids think twice not to disgrace their family
--the women in UK sleep w/ politicians, famous stars then go to the newspapers and
sell their s-x stories for $$
--the more details they told, the more $$ they probably got (sold more papers)
--they didn't care if they disgraced the man they were talking about and gave
explicit details
--some earned 1 mil USD for their stories
--so Arab girls in Saudi are nothing like these Europeans girls (alhumdulillah)
--UK girls don't want honor; they'd rather have $$$
--in west, there is no concept of honor: they worship money, technology and
pleasures of the flesh
--all because of the concept of FREE WILL
--a proper Muslim ought to feel ashamed of haraam acts
--some Muslimahs in the west have become shaiteen and left Islam
--they have no hiya: shyness
All of the ummah will be forgiven of their sins except those who brag about it (Rasool saws)
Abu Hurayrah said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: "All of my ummah will be forgiven except those who sin openly. It is a part of sinning openly when a man does something at night, then the following morning when Allaah has concealed his sin, he says, 'O So and so, I did such and such last night,' when all night his Lord has concealed him and the next morning he uncovers what Allaah had concealed." (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5721; Muslim, 2990)
The only time you're to reveal your weakness is when you're getting married:
--to your spouse, you must tell your weakness
--if you don't reveal, the partner can ask for faskh (annulment of marriage)
--deception is grounds of annulment
--you must fulfill all your promises
--we will never integrate into their society
--only a fool goes on a sinking ship!
Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock. Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way. (25:44)
Indeed, they who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture and the polytheists will be in the fire of Hell, abiding eternally therein. Those are the worst of creatures. (98:6)
Then We return him to the lowest of the low, (95:5)
--we won't integrate into the depressive society
--the kuffar can't sleep (insomnia), they have mental problems, STDs (pandemic in
their societies)
--they build new prisons every day
And whoever turns away from My remembrance - indeed, he will have a depressed life, and We will gather him on the Day of Resurrection blind." (20:124)
--this causes low self-esteem
--if you know you have weak eeman, why do you spend time w/ kuffar?
--mix w/ strong Muslims so that your eeman will grow and be strong
--example: if your car battery is dead, you restart it with a STRONG battery from
another person
--of Judgment Day, a man will cry out, "I wish I didn't choose ____ for my friend"
Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one as a friend. (25:28)
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- Pennsylvania
- Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
- November 28, 2014
Birds mentioned
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, HARRIS'S SPARROW, "Gambel's" White-crowned Sparrow, FORSTER'S TERN, PINE SISKIN, CACKLING GOOSE, TRUMPETER SWAN, REDHEAD, GREATER SCAUP
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Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline Date: November 28th at 4:00 AM To Report by E-Mail: Send to email@example.com with "Birdline" in subject heading. Compiler: Dave DeReamus My reporting area includes all of Lehigh and Northampton Counties with the northern edge of the area reaching Beltzville State Park and the southern edge reaching Peace Valley Park in Bucks County. Updates are typically done every Friday, more often when necessary.
You can visit the Lehigh Valley Audubon Society Website at http://www.lvaudubon.org/ .
You can visit my 'Eastern PA Birding' Website for photos and information at http://users.rcn.com/becard/home.html .
There will be a full-day field trip to the Conowingo Dam on December 6th. Meet at the Tilghman Square parking lot, near the Red Robin restaurant, just west of Route 309 at 9:00 AM. Trip leader will be Jon Levin.
The Allentown Christmas Bird Count will be held on December 20th. If interested, call Stephen Kloiber at (610) 863-3889.
The Wild Creek / Little Gap Christmas Bird Count will be held on December 21st. If interested, call Josh Nemeth at (610) 573-8577.
The Bethlehem–Easton–Hellertown Christmas Bird Count will be held on December 27th. If interested, call Don & Elaine Mease at (610) 346-7754.
Directions to many of the sites in this report can be found in the area's birding guidebook, "Birds of the Lehigh Valley and Vicinity". A completely revised, 2nd edition of the book can be ordered at: http://www.lvaudubon.org/shop/ .
Sightings from the MARTINS CREEK ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVE (Tekening) area, Northampton County: Bonaparte's Gulls – 2 on 11/23.
Sightings from the NAZARETH QUARRY, Northampton County: GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE – 1 on 11/20.
Sightings from WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County: HARRIS'S SPARROW – 1 from 11/17 to at least 11/27 (first-winter bird). "Gambel's" White-crowned Sparrow – 1 on 11/22.
Sightings from the BETHLEHEM area, Northampton County: Peregrine Falcons – 2 on 11/22.
Sightings from BELTZVILLE STATE PARK, Carbon County: FORSTER'S TERN – 1 on 11/23 (late date).
Sightings from BAKE OVEN KNOB, Lehigh County: Bald Eagles – 5 on 11/21 and 11/27; 6 on 11/24 Northern Goshawks – 2 on 11/21 Golden Eagles – 9 on 11/21. Also PINE SISKIN 'fly-by's.
Sightings from GREEN LANE RESERVOIR, Montgomery County: At the Church Road area: GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE – 1 on 11/25 CACKLING GOOSE – 1 on 11/25 Northern Shovelers – 55 on 11/25.
Sightings from LAKE NOCKAMIXON, Bucks County: TRUMPETER SWAN – 1 on 11/21 (at the marina).
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County: REDHEADS – 2 on 11/20 and 11/21 GREATER SCAUP – 3 on 11/22. Also Double-crested Cormorant and Bald Eagle.
Sightings from MERRILL CREEK RESERVOIR in nearby New Jersey: At the Scotts Mountain Hawkwatch: Bald Eagles – 5 on 11/21 Northern Goshawk – 1 on 11/24 Golden Eagle – 1 on 11/24.
Common Raven is increasingly being reported from many sites.
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Wedge your arm into someone's intestines, place a bomb, and watch it explode; that is exactly how any survivor feels. All loss, no matter how trivial, is destructive; as Elizabeth Bishop gracefully yet ironically states in her villanelle One Art: "the art of losing isn't hard to master." While it may become an art to become accustomed to loss (or rather, the art of desensitization) there is no art in grieving a lost identity, and consequently, having to discover it again. Sometimes, we never do discover it, we merely create a new one.
A trauma is a funeral for one; there is no one to mourn you but yourself. The coffin is empty, since you are still alive, but you must fill it with something, and that becomes your former self. Personally, the question that was always on my mind after my assault always seemed so simple yet impossible: can I be happy as a whole self? Will I believe that I am beautiful? At first, I wasn't even concerned about being in control, claiming dominance; it seemed strange to worry about being dominant if I wasn't even sure who I was. I needed to shed my outer skin, that layer of ugliness I had somehow acquired. I lost beauty and gained something else--not ugliness, not even despair. I gained doubt.
When people learn about someone being assaulted, they often don't know how to react; how can someone react to a situation we haven't been taught to understand? We understand death, all humans die. For thousands of years, humans have refined the way we mourn and celebrate death; we hold funerals where loved ones can "say goodbye" with even the smallest of gestures--throwing roses on a grave, telling stories. How do you help someone when they are grieving for something intangible? Mourning something corporeal is bad enough.
Rape isn't just a violation of someone's physical body, it is the robbery of someone's very being. What survivors and supporters alike should always remember is this: with every assault, there is a process of recovery, which includes a sexual re-awakening, an evolution of identity, residual grief, a learned lack of trust. This reality, however gloomy, can be slowly undone, dissipated like a bad storm.
For me, there are five "rules" we should always remember & respect:
1. Never make anyone feel guilty for not pressing charges. It's none of your business.
2. There is no timeline for when someone should or shouldn't have sex. All you can do is be supportive, regardless of what you think is "right."
3. While wounds fade with time, memory does not. Always be willing to listen. Even if you feel someone should just "move on," it is never that simple.
4. Allow someone to open up on their own time, not yours. I've had a surprising number of people ask me questions when I simply wasn't ready to answer, or was tired of talking about it. That said, always encourage someone to share how they feel, just don't force it.
5. Remind everyone, every single day, that they are beautiful. Remind yourself, too. Our lives are too short and mired with too much drama to feel anything less than extraordinary, mentally and physically.


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We are living in an absolute artificial world, where in nature have lost its importance. From the time we get up in the morning, till we sleep late in the night the amount of unhealthy air we inhale is truly threatening for our bodies. We are exposed to so much of pollutants everyday and same has caused a toll of our health. And, topping this are the artificial fragrance products we use like perfumes, room fresheners and sprays. These days, every bit of our surroundings seems to be perfumed. We live in a miasma of scent- car scents, air fresheners, scented candles, scented cosmetics, loo rolls and a lot more things used in our daily lives are available in multitude of scented fragrances. Feeling the good aroma of these fragrances, we feel so delighted, but do you have an idea what impact it is paying on our health.
According to recent studies, majority of the people use air fresheners in their homes to make it smell good. And, due to this a health of a lot many people suffer for being exposed to these fragrances. It causes allergies, asthma, migraine, nausea and also interferes in your sexual desire. The major problem of scents is contact allergy. That is when perfumes and scented products trigger skin problems.
Any idea, what these lovely fragrances are made up of?
Fragrances in perfumes are a combination of chemicals that gives each perfume a distinctive scent. The fragrance in scents is produced by chemical synthesis, from petroleum or from raw materials. Along with the scented chemicals, perfumes and colognes also contain stabilizers, sunscreen chemicals, preservatives, dyes and solvents. Fragranced candles also trigger an allergy of parfum that causes allergic reactions as told by cosmetic dermatologist. The chemicals present in them like Phthalates, Acrylamine, Ethylene and Formaldehyde can cause allergic reactions that can be itchy, scaly and painful. Furthermore, the chemicals can even affect the lungs and brains.
First reactions are:
Skin- rashes, eczema, flushing, allergic dermatitis
Eyes- Irritation and burning red eyes
Nose- Sinus congestion, nose block, head ache, wheezing, throat irritation, dizziness and breathlessness
Later, it can even lead to problems related to your body like joint pains, muscle pain and irritability. Most of the fragrance chemicals are toxic and have cancer producing hormones that could lead to serious problems. Around 5,000 different types of chemicals are used in the manufacture of fragrance products. And, a single product may create around 600 different chemical ingredients. Being infected with a type of allergy can sensitize the person to the other chemicals available in the environment and that could lead to other allergies.
How to fix it
The way our bodies respond to particular fragrances depends upon our individual physiological make-up. People who can smell things at lower levels compared to others are based on the internal geometry of our nose. Also, the olfactory receptors can differ significantly from person to person. The best thing is to do a bit of research in regards to the reason of your sensitivity and keep away from it.
Few Tips
- Try using unscented and fragrance free creams, lotion, shampoos and other cosmetics. There are a lot of herbal products available that are free from fragrances.
- Else, you can concentrate on one kind of a fragrance and stick to it for all products. The one that you are comfortable with.
- Instead of room fresheners, keep your home clean and you can put some indoor plants and that can even help you with oxygen.
- Increase public awareness of the threats of these scented perfumes to the society. Endorsements by public figures pay a greater impact on the public.
Therefore, go on to live a fragrance free life and also influence the people around you with the same thought. When, you have a choice to go without it, then why not!
-By Angelica Campbell


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If you're looking to beef up your repertoire, visit the Chex cereal Web site, www.chex.com, for endless varieties, including Chai-and margarita-flavored mixes, for adult tastes.
Below, in celebration the holiday that looms first, is a Halloween mix, a sweet treat with white chocolate and candy corn.
But first, Elaine Ennis e-mailed for a version with Wheat Chex and without the pepper seasoning that's common to many recipes. I couldn't find one exactly like that in my recipe sources, so here's an adaptation.
It's extremely flexible, so if you like some other kind of Chex, feel free to use it, or add a few drops of hot pepper sauce, switch the brown sugar to white, or the butter to vegetable oil. It's all a matter of taste. You can also mix in pretzels, peanuts or whatever other crunchy snack item seems complementary.
Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
Pour cereal into a 9-by-13-inch pan. Set aside.
Combine butter, sugar and corn syrup in saucepan and stir over medium heat to melt butter and dissolve sugar. Stir in soy sauce.
Drizzle over cereal, a little at a time, tossing between each addition. Sprinkle with furikake and toss again to evenly coat.
Bake 1 hour, until mixture is crisp, stirring every 10 minutes and scraping bottom to prevent sticking. Cool. Makes 9 cups.
4 ounces white chocolate baking bars, coarsely chopped
3 cups Corn or Rice Chex cereal
2 cups bite-size pretzel twists
1/4 cup raisins
1/2 cup candy corn
2 tablespoons orange and black candy sprinkles
In large microwavable bowl, microwave chopped chocolate pieces high 1 to 3 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted and smooth.
Gently stir in cereal, pretzels and raisins until evenly coated. Stir in candy corn and decors. Spread on waxed paper or foil until cooled and chocolate is set, about 30 minutes. Break into chunks. Store loosely covered. Makes 18 cups.


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Here are some tips from the U.S. Department of Energy:
- If you use air conditioning, a ceiling fan will allow you to raise the thermostat setting about 4°F with no reduction in comfort.
- Turn off ceiling fans when you leave the room. Remember that fans cool people, not rooms, by creating a wind chill effect.
- Schedule regular maintenance for your cooling equipment.
- Avoid placing lamps or TV sets near your room air-conditioning thermostat. The thermostat senses heat from these appliances, which can cause the air conditioner to run longer than necessary.
- If you live in a climate where it cools off at night, turn off your cooling system and open your windows while sleeping. When you wake in the morning, shut the windows and blinds to capture the cool air.
- Install window coverings to prevent heat gain through your windows.
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I am a fan of project managers and what they do, but here is a heresy. Projects have become a bit of a cottage industry. Practically anything new seems to get wrapped up as a project, goes through gates and takes ages. It seems to me that often the greatest risks are the delay and excessive overheads of the project itself, as opposed to the actual work. There are some things we should just do as part of our day to day operations. Still as discretionary things that look a bit like projects, but managed with a light touch, by people who may have, or aspire to, the PM competence, but whose day jobs are anything but project management. You know, the people who do the work.
I am experimenting with providing safe environments to get things like this done. That is, making judgements so as to keep a lid on it all, but otherwise identifying a few things that have value, need doing, consume resource and can be specified. These are typically not time critical and provide opportunities for people who otherwise wouldn't get a go to take risks, learn things, and inspire others … in a safe environment. By that I mean one where we plan to succeed, but where the world doesn't end if we don't.
Less than a week after agreeing a couple of simple objectives and giving a few people permission to do things they don't normally do, the conversation has spread from two to four cities of its own accord, people are meeting virtually and collaborating. Better still, real improvements in how we work and serve our customers are happening.
I suppose I could have kicked off a collaboration project instead.


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The 5310P Programmable Fireplace Remote Control with Backlit Touch Screen by Skytech provides wireless programmable thermostatic and timer control of gas a heating fireplace with the simple touch of a button. The remote control transmitter runs on (4) 1.5V AAA batteries and features a backlit LCD touch screen to communicate wirelessly to a receiver that operates on a standard 110V household outlet. The receiver can be mounted up to 20' away from the fireplace and connects to all standard millivolt valves. Enjoy the ambience of a cozy fire, and customize the appliance's settings with unique programming features without sacrificing the comfort of your seat using this fireplace remote control from Skytech.
- The battery powered R.F. transmitter gives wireless remote control to a gas fireplace
- Sleek LCD touch screen allows simple, stylish touch control over the various features; displays program mode, room temperature, flame icon, timer, 24-hour clock, and battery icon
- Customize unique appliance functions for the remote's two program segments: weekdays/weekends
- Timer feature allows the user to set a desired amount of time the fireplace will operate; countdown timer can be set up to a maximum time of 9 hours
- Thermostat feature operates the fireplace whenever the room temperature swings (1 °F, 2 °F, or 3 °F) above or below the set temperature
- Numerous codes allow user to choose the best option to suit their need
- 110V AC operated receiver with learn function, and 18 inch wires with connectors has 20 foot range and can learn up to (2) additional Skytech remotes; also allows manual control of fireplace with On/Remote/Off settings
- The childproof feature allows the user to "lock-out" operations from the transmitter; built-in Thermistor recognizes whenever the ambient temperature reaches 130 °F and automatically shuts the power off to the appliance, preventing damage from excessive heat
- Receiver box is designed for millivolt gas valves only and acts as a dry contact switch (the receiver will not output any voltage)
- Includes - transmitter remote, receiver box, wall plate, wall clip, wires with connectors, batteries, and instruction manual
- Model number: SKY-5310P
- Transmitter operates (4) 1.5V AAA batteries
- Receiver operates 110V power
- 20' receiver range
- Limited lifetime warranty
About the Manufacturer:
For decades Skytech has led the hearth industry by producing high quality fireplace remote controls, fan blower kits, and gas valve kits in order to supply the industry with the parts it needs to provide the warmth and comfort of a fireplace for all of us to enjoy. By offering a wide line of products and replacement components, Skytech continues to help keep gas fireplaces running well and providing the heat and comfort we all expect.
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God's kingdom is like a treasure hidden in a field for years and then accidentally found by a trespasser. The finder is ecstatic and proceeds to sell everything he owns to raise money and buy that field. --JESUS
Monday, December 7, 2015
An Open Letter to My Muslim Friends—Including Those I Have Yet to Meet (For Christians and Others, Too)
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Merry Christmas from my family to yours Thomas. May we always live as neighbors and work together for peace.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you for your kindness and love, Safi!Delete
- AnonymousDecember 8, 2015 at 2:05 AM
Merry Christmas Thomas :) to you and your family and if I was around I would have come to wish you all well. We may have some differences as you mentioned but we all love, respect and revere Jesus (may God's love, peace and blessings be upon him). May you enjoy your Christmas with good cheer and may you shine as far and wide as ever :)ReplyDelete
Your sister in humanity and faith,
I am grateful for your kind words and well wishes, Basma my sister! May you know God's peace and love and blessings as well!Delete
Thomas: Being in the presence of your thoughts expressed almost always leads to positive challenges and I thank you for sharing these thoughts as it has reminded me of elements of His true character which the static of life too often obfuscates. I wish I could be in Raleigh to share in the celebration of the Savior's birth and promotion of His Kingdom through your reflection of His grace and love to all. I will share your message with my Sunday School class with the expectation that our prayers this Season and following will be more rightly aligned with His purposes.ReplyDelete


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Today we think of Mardi Gras as a crazy party scene on Bourbon Street in New Orleans where people are drinking themselves silly and girls are lifting their tops to earn beads. But did you know the earliest recording of 'throws' (items that krewe members throw to parade-goers) was way back in 1870? New Orleans has been up to Mardi Gras tradition for a long time! There's no better way to celebrate than by with these traditional New Orleans cocktails.
1. Hurricane
One of the most popular New Orleans drinks, the Hurricane is made with rum and is sweet and strong in flavor.
- 2 oz White rum
- 2 oz Dark rum
- 1 oz Lime juice
- 1 oz Orange Juice
- 2 oz Passion fruit juice
- .5 oz Simple syrup
- .5 oz Grenadine
- Add all the ingredients to a shaker and fill with ice.
- Shake, and strain into a large Hurricane glass filled with fresh ice.
- Garnish with an orange half-wheel and a cherry.
2. Sazerac
Named for the Sazerac de Forge et Fils brand of Cognac brandy that served as its original main ingredient, the Sazerac is New Orleans' most famous whiskey cocktail.
- 3 oz Rhy whiskey
- 1 sugar cube
- Peychaud's bitters to taste
- Absinthe, Herbsaint or absinthe substitute
- Lemon twist for garnish
- Chill an old-fashioned glass by filling it with ice and letting it sit while preparing the rest of the drink.
- In a mixing glass, soak the sugar cube with Peychaud's Bitters and muddle to crush the cube.
- Add the rye whiskey and stir.
- Discard the ice in the chilled glass and rinse it with absinthe by pouring a small amount into the glass, swirling it around and discarding the liquid.
- Dump the whiskey mixture the absinthe-rinsed glass.
3. Frozen Daiquiri
Who doesn't love a classic frozen daiquiri?
- 3 oz light rum
- 1 1/2 oz fresh lime juice
- 1 teaspoon simple syrup or superfine sugar
- Combine all ingredients in a blender with 1/2 cup cracked ice.
- Blend until frothy and serve in a large cocktail glass.
4. Ramos Gin Fizz
This drink is perfect when you want a little fizz in your cocktail.
- 2 oz Gin
- .5 oz Heavy cream
- .5 oz Fresh lemon juice
- .5 oz Fresh lime juice
- .75 oz Simple syrup
- 3 dashes Orange flower water
- 1 Fresh egg white
- Club soda
- Add all the ingredients except the club soda to a shaker and shake vigorously without ice.
- Open the shaker, fill with ice and shake again.
- Strain into a Collins glass.
- Pour a little bit of club soda back and forth between the empty halves of the shaker to pick up any residual egg white, and then pour into the glass.
5. Creole Bloody Mary
This Cajun take on this recipe is if you like your Bloody Mary with an added kick.
- 1 (46-ounce) bottle vegetable or tomato juice
- 1/2 cup fresh lemon or lime juice
- 1/4 cup liquid from jar of pickled okra or jalapeños
- 3 tablespoons Cajun seasoning blend
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish
- 1 teaspoon celery seeds
- 1 1/2 cups plain or pepper-flavored vodka
- Garnish: Lemon wedges and celery stick
- Shake all ingredients with ice in a shaker until chilled.
- Strain over fresh ice in 2 12 oz. glasses. Sprinkle lemon pepper lightly over both drinks.
- Garnish, if desired.
6. Pimm's Cup
While this cocktail began in England in the 1800's, it was perfected in New Orleans and has been a staple ever since.
- 2 oz Pimm's No. 1
- 3 oz Sprite, 7 Up or ginger ale
- 1 Cucumber slices
- 1 Strawberry, hulled and cut into quarters
- half an orange slice
- 1 Lemon slice
- 6 Mint leaves
Add all the ingredients to a highball glass filled with ice and stir
*To mix things up a bit, you can replace the Sprite, 7 Up or ginger ale with Champagne.
7. Absinthe Frappe
Never tasted Absinthe? Start with this cocktail.
- 1 oz Absinthe
- .25 oz Anisette
- 1 Mint sprig, for garnish
- In a cocktail shaker add the absinthe and anisette.
- Fill with ice and shake well until chilled.
- Strain into a julep cup filled with crushed ice.
- Top with additional ice and garnish with the mint sprig.
8. Cafe Brulot
- 1⁄3 cup orange curaçao
- 1⁄4 cup brandy
- 10 whole cloves
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 1 orange, quartered
- 3 cups strong black coffee
- 3-5 tbsp. sugar
- Peel of a lemo
- Simmer orange curacao, brandy, cloves, cinnamon sticks, orange and lemon peel in a heatproof saucepan over medium/high heat.
- Using a match or a lighter, ignite and cook, swirling pan until flames die out.
9. Hand Grenade
It's blasphemous to go to New Orleans without getting a Hand Grenade.
- 1 1/2 oz gin
- 1 1/2 oz grain alcohol
- 1 1/2 oz melon liqueur
- 1 1/2 oz rum
- 1 1/2 oz vodka
- Stir ingredients together in a Collins glass filled with ice cubes.
- Add water and sugar if desired, to taste, and serve.
10. Vieux Carre
Translated to mean "French Quarter," this cocktail packs a powerful punch. Be ready.
- .75 oz Angel's Envy Rye whiskey
- .75 oz Cognac
- .75 oz Martini sweet Vermouth
- 1 tsp Bénédictine
- 2 dashes Peychaud's Bitters
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- Add all ingredients to a rocks glass.
- Fill with ice and stir.
11. French 75
This is a classic cocktail, prime for brunch participation.
- .5 oz Lemon juice
- .5 oz Simple syrup
- 1 oz Gin
- 3 oz Champagne
- Add all the ingredients except the Champagne to a shaker and fill with ice.
- Shake well and strain into a Champagne flute.
- Top with the Champagne and garnish with a lemon twist.
12. Brandy Milk Punch
This cocktail's potency will sneak up on you!
- 2 oz brandy (Bourbon is also commonly used)
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 teaspoon powdered sugar
- 3 ice cubes
- cracked ice
- freshly grated nutmeg
- In a cocktail shaker, combine the brandy, milk, and sugar with 3 ice cubes and shake until frothy.
- Strain into a double-old fashioned glass with cracked ice. Sprinkle with nutmeg and serve.
Try one (or more) of these cocktails and you'll be earning beads in no time!


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California Roma is two young girls, mariko and kyoko from japan. Their first appearance was on the popular 'pop japanese style' compilation on flavor (japan). this CD mini-album on Trolley Bus is their long awaited debut. the songs with mellow keyboard, whispered vocals and programmed back tracks are pop. Yoshi from Aikagi played guitar and bass on some tracks and helped as mix-engineer. For fans of Kittycraft, Air, Kahimi Karie, 800 cherries.
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9 Sep 2017
Gettysburg & Brandy Station Generations Events, Antietam Facebook Live, Save More Battlefields
Those of us who love (or obsess about!) American history share a valid concern will young people and future generations be taught about our past? Will they ever come to understand how this country was formed and learn about the men and women who made it possible?
At the Civil War Trust, we are doing our small part to address these concerns through our teacher programs, our educational videos, our Field Trip Fund and perhaps most of all our Generations program, a series of history events specifically designed to help adults share their passion for history with young people. We've walked Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, charged the West Woods at Antietam, stood like "Stonewall" Jackson at Manassas, and lived like soldiers at Petersburg and battlefields beyond. We've done this together, sharing our own love of history with thousands of kids, grandkids, neighbors and friends.
Just last weekend, we "Marched in the Footsteps of Heroes" at Gettysburg. Despite some rain, 91 people came out as we donned coats and hats, marched like soldiers, and learned about Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gettysburg "hero" John Burns. One attendee wrote me to say, "My grandson really enjoyed the day and is overwhelmed with the history of Gettysburg. You are doing a good thing… please continue." And that's enough for us! Reaching more young people is critical to all that we do together. After all will the youth of America support battlefield preservation if they know nothing of the conflicts fought on those battlefields?
You are already making a difference by simply receiving these emails. Check out our videos and articles on our website. If you are able, come on out to one of our Generations events, the next of which will be on September 30, where you can experience a Cavalry Charge at Brandy Station in Culpeper County, Virginia! The kids can learn to use a saber and even sit atop a trooper's horse on the site of the nation's largest cavalry battle, fought on June 9, 1863 opening the Gettysburg Campaign. For those of you farther away, we will try to bring the event to you live on our Facebook page. And we are looking at other ways to hold digital events that can accommodate people from anywhere.
10 Facts About Brandy Station
Did you know that many of the Confederate troopers rode bareback during the Battle of Brandy Station? Brush up on your knowledge of the battle in advance of our Generations event, with these 10 key facts.
Antietam Facebook Live
Wet'll be holding a series of Facebook Live events on September 14th & the 17th at key Maryland Campaign and Antietam battlefield sites with special guests, artifacts from the battle, photographs, and access to restricted sites. All you need to do is visit our Facebook page to watch.
Antietam In4
In 1862, the rolling farm fields outside of Sharpsburg, Maryland, became a scene of unrivaled carnage, and American history was altered forever. In this In4, Garry Adelman discusses the bloodiest single day in American history.
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LANSING, Mich. — East Lansing, Michigan's fourth-busiest Amtrak station, will soon join the list of Amtrak ticket offices in the state to close.
The stations in Niles, Jackson and Flint, Mich., became unstaffed earlier this year by attrition (the lone ticket agent at each station retired and was not replaced). In all cases, the Michigan Department of Transportation, which pays for all three Amtrak routes operating in the state, has hired caretakers to open and close the recently de-staffed stations at train times.
"There are plans for full-time caretakers at East Lansing," MDOT Communications Manager Michael Frezell tells Trains News Wire. "Currently, there is a caretaker only on Tuesday and Wednesday. We are working with the Capital Area Transportation Authority and Amtrak on this."
Amtrak has eliminated agents at a number of locations nationwide this year, but decisions on staffing in Michigan are made jointly by Amtrak and MDOT. Amtrak justified other ticket office closures by claiming it is uneconomical to staff stations that see an average of fewer than 40 passenger boardings per day, particularly in light of a shift to online ticket purchases. An Amtrak source now reports that a minimum threshold of 40,000 boardings per fiscal year may be in use.
According to Amtrak's figures, over 68,000 passengers boarded trains at East Lansing in fiscal 2017, almost 10,000 more than the number that boarded at Detroit, which is retaining its staffed ticket office (along with Dearborn, Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo, which all saw higher patronage than East Lansing in 2017). The other Michigan stations that remain staffed are Battle Creek and Port Huron, which each handled fewer passengers in 2017 than East Lansing.
Employing caretakers "allows the stations to be open to the public when the trains arrive and depart, which is a benefit to the customers," Frezell says. "With a vast majority of tickets being purchased online, having tickets purchased at the station has significantly reduced over the past year."
"Amtrak customer experience and the financial performance of the network is always under review," said Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari. "If and when ticket windows are closed, ticketed customers are advised and notices are posted on Amtrak.com. There is no such notice posted for [East Lansing.]" Magliari would not comment on whether Amtrak uses a specific threshold of patronage when deciding whether to retain ticket agents at a given station.


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Over at dubble HQ we have been silently working on something super special
Going back to our roots
Some of you already know that dubble is greatly inspired by film photography. Without film swapping dubble wouldn't exist so it made perfect sense to go back to the past and launch our own range of 35mm film for a more creative future.
We are launching dubble film with two editions:
Sunstroke & Moonstruck
All our film is made using existing film stock and running it through a one-of-a-kind machine by KONO! called The Reanimator.
Often seen as a camera fault, light leaks can produce fantastic colour highlights to your photos. With our Sunstroke edition you are guaranteed some serendipitous moments when you pick up your film.
Colour 35mm film with added tone that produces a unique image quality. Results will vary depending on shooting conditions but you can expect something truly surprising every time
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dubble film powered by KONO! The Reanimated Film
After a chance meeting with KONO! The Reanimated Film we decided to collaborate and produce a range of 35mm film. KONO! Is already famed for creating unique films so this is a match made in analogue heaven. Each roll has been created using the newest invention by KONO! A hybrid device called the Reanimator linking the digital to the analogue world on photographic films.
Sunstroke and Moonstruck films will also be available on the KONO! website.


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The Pageant Theater movie program is a discussion group that meets for the matinee screening at the Pageant the first Sunday of each month. After the movie, attendees are invited to the Faith Lutheran Parish Hall for refreshments and discussion.
Participants are asked to bring a half dozen cookies or equivalent to share with the group. Coffee, tea, hot chocolate and ice water will be provided.
First Sunday of each month in the afternoon (Movie start time varies, but is generally 2:00pm)
Movie Sundays:
- Sept 3, 2017
- Oct 1, 2017
- Nov 5, 2017
- Dec 3, 2017
Jan 7, 2018
Feb 4, 2018
Movie admission: $6.50. Come when you can!
For additional information contact Bill Augros at 895-9229 or at firstname.lastname@example.com