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Likewise, the better world is easier than the moderate world, where private labels and exclusive lines have eaten into the few remaining moderate departments. Still, the better world faces threats from exclusive Macy's lines, such as T Tahari and O Oscar.
"Slowly over time, we are culling out vendors that are widely distributed. But we want partners who are sophisticated and have the systems to deal with the size of our business," said Thomas Cole, vice chairman of Federated Department Stores. "It's admittedly a paradox. There is a conflict between the goal of having more exclusive product and sophisticated manufacturers.
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Brands that either cannot crack the Federated wall — or choose not to because of the requirements involved — sell to specialty stores. Lynn Ritchie, which does 80 percent of its business through boutiques, calls this a "safer" route.
Alex Garfield, who founded the GarfieldMarks label in the Nineties and has recently launched the better line Panticular, said he has no desire to play the department store game. "Department store people sneer at people like us," Garfield said. "They were busy with these big-name brands."
Panticular, which Garfield predicts will be an $8 million business by its second year, ships to about 100 specialty stores now, where it does margins upward of 60 percent, according to Garfield.
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Shares of Google have been on a steady climb since the beginning of 2013, gaining 66 percent.
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Airfreight volumes will grow 17 percent by 2017
International airfreight volumes will grow 17 percent over the next five years, according to the International Air Transport Association Airline Industry Forecast 2013-2017.
This consensus outlook incorporates a conservative estimate of the recovery in global economic activity and world trade volumes over the coming years.
"Air cargo is a key enabler for the movement of high-value products and perishable goods around the globe," Tony Tyler, IATA's director general and CEO, said. "More than US$6 trillion worth of goods is airfreighted annually, accounting for around 35 percent of total world trade. But more recently, the relationship between international trade and GDP has broken down, owing to rising trade barriers and on-shoring of production. The successful conclusion of the World Trade Organization talks in Bali potentially could be very important in kick-starting trade growth. To be ready to take best advantage of possible opportunities, air cargo needs to work together as an industry to improve its competitiveness and enhance the quality of its service to customers."
By 2017, the five largest international freight markets will be the U.S., China, Germany, Hong Kong and the UAE.
International freight volumes are expected to grow at a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.2 percent. The largest and the third-largest air cargo markets in 2012, the U.S. and China respectively, are likely to add more than 1 million additional tonnes each over the forecast period. As a result, China will replace Germany as the second largest airfreight market in 2017.
Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates will both contribute more than 700,000 tonnes each to the additional freight volume during the five-year period.
Africa is forecasted to be the fastest growing region over the next five years with a growth rate of 4 percent CAGR. The fastest growing freight route for Africa is the inter-Africa market.
Not far behind Africa are the Middle East and Latin America, both with a CAGR of 3.8 percent, and the Asia-Pacific at 3.5 percent per annum, followed by Europe and North America at 2.4 percent CAGR and 2.7 percent CAGR, respectively.
Vietnam is expected to be the fastest growing country for airfreight volumes over the forecasting horizon with a CAGR of 6.6 percent per annum, followed by Bangladesh (5.7 percent CAGR), Brazil (5.5 percent CAGR), Ethiopia (5.3 percent CAGR) and Peru (5.2 percent CAGR).
Freight carriage within the Asia-Pacific region will account for around 31 percent of the expected total increase in freight tonnage over the next five years.
The largest freight traffic shares in 2012 were within Asia Pacific, Europe-Asia Pacific, North and Mid-Pacific and North Atlantic. Looking ahead to 2017, within Asia Pacific is expected to increase its share by around one percentage point to 26.2 percent, with smaller gains (of around 0.3 percentage points) in both North America-Latin America (to 6.6 percent) and Middle East-Asia Pacific (to 6.5 percent).


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The Hottest Sector In the US Stock Market Is Now Microcap Stocks - Mike Swanson (12/17/2013)
The hottest sector in the US stock market is now the microcap stocks - stocks with market caps under $300 million. What has happened is that the big cap dividend stocks that everyone is familiar with - the Proctor and Gambles and Johnsons & Johnsons - have already gone up so much that they are at stupid valuations.
But the stock market is still bullish and money is still going into it. Individual investors have given mutual fund managers and institutional investors billions of dollars to invest this year - they've in fact put more money into the stock market than they have in any of the past thirteen years and as more of their CD's come due are likely to give them more money. They will do so until they run out than the stock market bull market will end.
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EmDrive (also RF resonant cavity thruster) is a proposed spacecraft propulsion device invented by British aerospace engineer Roger J. Shawyer, who develops prototypes at Satellite Propulsion Research Ltd (SPR),[1] the company he created for that purpose in 2000.[2] New Scientist ran a cover story on EmDrive in its 8 September 2006 issue.[3] The device uses a magnetron to produce microwaves which are directed into a metallic, fully enclosed conically tapered high Q resonant cavity with a greater area at the large end of the device, and a dielectric resonator in front of the narrower end. The inventor claims that the device generates a directional thrust toward the narrow end of the tapered cavity. The device (engine) requires an electrical power source to produce its reflecting internal microwaves but does not have any moving parts or require any reaction mass as fuel. If proven to work as claimed, this technology could be a breakthrough in all forms of travel including ground travel, marine travel, sub-marine travel, airflight and spaceflight.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
The device, its mode of operation, and theories attempting to explain it are all controversial. As of 2014[update], there are still arguments about whether the EmDrive is genuinely a new propulsion device, or whether its experimental results are simply misinterpretations of spurious effects mixed with experimental errors. The proposed theories of its operation have all been criticized because they seem to violate the conservation of momentum, a fundamental law of physics, though the inventor asserts that it does not.[10]
Chinese researchers from the Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU) in Xi'an in 2010, built and tested their own device based upon Shawyer's design, claiming to have replicated Shawyer's experiments, recording better results than Shawyer had claimed at even higher power levels,[7][11][12][13] though they were also clear that their work was still preliminary. Then at the Johnson Space Center in 2014 a NASA evaluation group also claimed replication at low power levels, measuring a directional thrust level in accord with Shawyer's experiments and claims.[9][14]
Static thrust tests[edit]
Shawyer claims to have undergone seven independent positive reviews from experts at BAE Systems, EADS Astrium, Siemens and the IEE.[15] As of 2014, no EmDrive has been tested in microgravity.
Shawyer speculated in 2006 that, with adequate funding, commercial terrestrial aircraft incorporating EmDrives as lift engines could be ready by 2020.[16][17] He proposed that very high Q superconducting resonant cavities could produce static specific thrusts of about 30 kN/kW, which is 3 tonnes of thrust per kilowatt of input power − "enough to lift a large car".[18]
New Scientist article[edit]
After receiving criticism that no peer-reviewed publications on the subject had been made, Shawyer submitted a theory paper to New Scientist, a weekly popular science magazine.[19] The EmDrive was featured on the cover of the 8 September 2006 issue of the magazine. The article portrayed the device as plausible, and emphasized the arguments of those who held that point of view.
Science fiction author Greg Egan, who holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the University of Western Australia, distributed a public letter stating that "a sensationalist bent and a lack of basic knowledge by its writers" made the magazine's coverage unreliable, sufficient "to constitute a real threat to the public understanding of science". In particular, Egan found himself "gobsmacked by the level of scientific illiteracy" in the magazine's coverage of the EmDrive, stating that New Scientist employed "meaningless double-talk" to obfuscate the relation of Shawyer's proposed space drive to the principle of conservation of momentum. Egan urged those reading his letter to write to New Scientist and pressure the magazine to raise its standards, instead of "squandering the opportunity that the magazine's circulation and prestige provides" for genuine science education. The letter was endorsed by mathematical physicist John C. Baez and posted on his blog.[20][21] Egan also recommended[20] that New Scientist publish a refutation penned by John P. Costella (a data scientist with a PhD in theoretical physics)[22] of Shawyer's paper.[19]
The following month, the New Scientist editor addressed the ensuing controversy over the article stating that "[w]e should have made more explicit where it apparently contravenes the laws of nature and reported that several physicists declined to comment on the device because they thought it too contentious."[23]
Replication claims[edit]
Chinese Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU)[edit]
In 2008, Wired magazine reported that a team of Chinese researchers led by Juan Yang (杨涓), professor of propulsion theory and engineering of aeronautics and astronautics at Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU) in Xi'an, claimed to have developed a valid electro-magnetic theory behind the Emdrive.[4][24] A demonstration version of the drive was built and tested under different cavity shapes and at higher power levels in 2010.[11] A maximum thrust of 720 mN was reported at 2500 W of input power on an aerospace engine test stand usually used to precisely test spacecraft engines like ion drives.[8][12][13][25]
The editor of Wired magazine who covered the experimental results relating to reactionless drives reported that he received some comments from the Chinese researchers stating "the publicity was very unwelcome, especially any suggestion that there might be a military application"[6] and that Yang told him that "she is not able to discuss her work until more results are published".[8]
NASA/JSC Advanced Propulsion Physics Laboratory (Eagleworks)[edit]
A NASA team at the Advanced Propulsion Physics Laboratory (informally known as Eagleworks)[26] located at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) under the guidance of physicist Harold G. White is devoted to studying advanced propulsion systems that they hope to develop using quantum vacuum and spacetime engineering. The group has investigated a wide range of fringe proposals including the EmDrive, and related concepts listed below.
RF resonant tapered cavity thruster (EmDrive)[edit]
In July 2014, the group reported positive results for an evaluation of a RF resonant tapered cavity similar to Shawyer's EmDrive.[14] Testing was performed using a low-thrust torsion pendulum capable of detecting force at the micronewton level within a sealed but not evacuated vacuum chamber; the RF power amplifier used an electrolytic capacitor not capable of operating in a hard vacuum.[14] The experimenters recorded directional thrust immediately upon application of power.
NASA's tests of this tapered RF resonant cavity were conducted at very low power (2% of Shawyer's 2002 experiment and 0.7% of the Chinese 2010 experiment), but a net mean thrust over five runs was measured at 91.2 µN at 17 W of input power. A net peak thrust was recorded at 116 µN at the same power level.[14]
The experiment was criticized for not having been conducted under vacuum, which would have eliminated thermal air currents. The researchers plan to replace vacuum-incompatible components.[27]
In the coming months, Eagleworks plans to upgrade their equipment to higher power levels, use vacuum-capable RF amplifiers with power ranges of up to 125 W, and design a new tapered cavity analytically determined to be in the 0.1 N/kW region. The test article will be subjected to independent verification and validation at Glenn Research Center, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.[14]
Cannae drive[edit]
The same NASA test campaign evaluated a similar unconventional test device known as the Cannae drive (formerly Q-drive)[14] invented by Guido P. Fetta. Its cavity is also asymmetric, but is flatter than that of the EmDrive. Fetta is the CEO of Cannae LLC,[28] a company located in Pennsylvania, has filed two patent applications,[29][30] and presented a paper at the same conference.[31] Shawyer stated that the Cannae drive "operates along similar lines to EmDrive, except that its thrust is derived from a reduced reflection coefficient at one end plate," which he says "degrades the Q resonance factor of the device and hence the level of thrust that can be obtained".[9]
Eagleworks tested two versions of the Cannae drive: one device with radial slots engraved along the bottom rim of the resonant cavity interior, as required by Fetta's theory to produce thrust;[28] and a "null" test article lacking those radial slots. Both drives were equipped with an internal dielectric.[14] The null test device was not intended to be the experimental control. The control device was a third test article involving an RF load but without the resonant cavity interior.[27] Like the EmDrive tests, these took place at atmospheric pressure, not in a vacuum.
About the same net thrust was reported for both the standard and the null test devices. The experimental control without a resonant cavity interior measured zero thrust as expected.[27] Some considered the positive result for the non-slotted article as indicating a possible flaw in the experiment, as the null test device had been expected to produce less or no thrust based upon Fetta's theory of the designed mechanics.[27][32][33] In the complete paper, Eagleworks concluded, however, that the test results proved that "thrust production was not dependent upon slotting".[14]
Fetta had tested a superconducting version of the "Q-drive" or Cannae drive on January 13, 2011 several years prior to the Eagleworks test campaign. The RF resonant cavity was suspended inside a liquid helium-filled dewar. The weight of the cavity was monitored by load cells. Fetta theorized that when the device was activated and produced upward thrust, the load cells would detect the thrust as change in weight. When the Cannae drive was energized by sending 10.5 watt power pulses of 1047.335 MHz RF power into the resonant cavity there was a reduction in compressive force on the load cells consistent with thrust of 8-10 mN. The results have been published on Cannae LLC's website.[34]
Any apparently reactionless drive is treated with skepticism by the physics community because a truly reactionless drive would violate the law of conservation of momentum. Shawyer claims that his drive does not violate conservation of momentum and is not reactionless.[10] Shawyer has published an updated theory paper (version 9.4) for the EmDrive.[35] Shawyer's paper includes the fundamental assertion underlying the theory: "[t]his force difference is supported by inspection of the classical Lorentz force equation F = q(E + νB). (1) If ν is replaced with the group velocity νg of the electromagnetic wave, then equation 1 illustrates that if vg1 is greater than vg2, then Fg1 should be expected to be greater than Fg2." This statement makes two assumptions which Shawyer does not substantiate and which may explain the discrepancy between Shawyer's predictions and those of conventional physics. First, Shawyer assumes that radiation pressure is the result of the Lorentz Force acting on charged particles in the reflecting material. This is refuted by Rothman and Boughn[36] and is not consistent with the standard theory of radiation pressure. Second, Shawyer asserts that quantum energy is transferred at the group velocity, and thus momentum of the photon and the consequent radiation pressure must vary with group velocity. Photon momentum varies with phase velocity. Group velocity measures the rate of propagation of information. The phase velocity is constant throughout the frustum resonator, consequently radiation pressure would not be expected to produce unbalanced forces.
Various hypotheses and theories have been proposed explaining the underlying physics for how the EmDrive and related designs might be producing thrust. Shawyer claims that thrust is caused by a radiation pressure imbalance between the two faces of the cavity caused by the action of group velocity in different frames of reference within the framework of special relativity.[37] Yang from NWPU calculated the net force/thrust using classical electromagnetism.[13] Harold G. "Sonny" White, who investigates field propulsion at Eagleworks, NASA's Advanced Propulsion Physics Laboratory, speculated that such resonant cavities may operate by creating a virtual plasma toroid that could realize net thrust using magnetohydrodynamic forces acting upon quantum vacuum fluctuations.[38] Likewise, the paper describing the Eagleworks test of the Cannae drive referred to a possible interaction with a so-called "quantum vacuum virtual plasma".[14] This reference has been criticized by mathematical physicists John Baez and Sean M. Carroll because in the standard description of vacuum fluctuations, virtual particles do not behave as a plasma.[39][40]
See also[edit]
- Abraham–Minkowski controversy
- Beam-powered propulsion#Direct impulse
- Crookes radiometer
- Quantum vacuum plasma thruster
- Solar sail
- Woodward effect
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- ^ "Satellite Propulsion Research". Aerospace Member Directory. ADS Group.
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- ^ a b Hambling, David (24 September 2008). "Chinese Say They're Building 'Impossible' Space Drive". Wired. Wired.
- ^ Hambling, David (2 October 2008). "Video: 'Impossible' Space Drive In Action?". Wired. Wired.
- ^ a b Hambling, David (29 October 2009). "'Impossible' Device Could Propel Flying Cars, Stealth Missiles". WIred. Wired.
- ^ a b Hambling, David (5 November 2012). "Propellentless Space Propulsion Research Continues". Aviation Week & Space Technology.
- ^ a b c Hambling, David (6 February 2013). "EmDrive: China's radical new space drive". Wired UK. Wired UK.
- ^ a b c Hambling, David (31 July 2014). "Nasa validates 'impossible' space drive". Wired UK. Wired UK. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ a b "EmDrive FAQ". SPR Ltd. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
- ^ a b YANG, Juan; YANG, Le; ZHU, Yu; MA, Nan. "Applying Method of Reference 2 to Effectively Calculating Performance of Microwave Radiation Thruster" (PDF). Journal of Northwestern Polytechnical University 28 (6): 807–813.
- ^ a b Yang, Juan; Wang, Yu-Quan; Li, Peng-Fei; Wang, Yang; Wang, Yun-Min; Ma, Yan-Jie (2012). "Net thrust measurement of propellantless microwave thrusters" (PDF). Acta Physica Sinica (in Chinese) (Chinese Physical Society) 61 (11). doi:10.7498/aps.61.110301.
- ^ a b c Yang, Juan; Wang, Yu-Quan; Ma, Yan-Jie; Li, Peng-Fei; Yang, Le; Wang, Yang; He, Guo-Qiang (May 2013). "Prediction and experimental measurement of the electromagnetic thrust generated by a microwave thruster system" (PDF). Chinese Physics B (IOP Publishing) 22 (5): 050301. doi:10.1088/1674-1056/22/5/050301.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Brady, David A.; White, Harold G.; March, Paul; Lawrence, James T.; Davies, Franck J. (30 July 2014). "Anomalous Thrust Production from an RF Test Device Measured on a Low-Thrust Torsion Pendulum". 50th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi:10.2514/6.2014-4029. Retrieved 31 July 2014. Lay summary – NASA (30 July 2014).
- ^ Fisher, Richard (5 November 2004). "Defying gravity: UK team claims engine based on microwaves could revolutionise spacecraft propulsion". The Engineer (London) 293 (7663): 8.
- ^ Fisher, Richard (1 September 2006). "Microwave engine gets a boost". The Engineer (London).
- ^ "80 Ton Lifter Possible in 6 Years: Interview with EmDrive Inventor". BTE Blog. BuildTheEnterprise. 27 February 2013.
- ^ "Fly by light". Contact Center Solutions, TMCnet. Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC). 8 September 2006.
- ^ a b Shawyer, Roger (September 2006). "A Theory of Microwave Propulsion for Spacecraft (Theory paper v.9.3)" (PDF). New Scientist.
- ^ a b Egan, Greg (19 September 2006). Baez, John C., ed. "A Plea to Save New Scientist". The n-Category Café (a group blog on math, physics and philosophy).
- ^ Powell, Corey S. (August 6, 2014). "Did NASA Validate an "Impossible" Space Drive? In a Word, No.". Discover. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
- ^ Costella, John P. (2006). "Why Shawyer's 'electromagnetic relativity drive' is a fraud" (PDF). John Costella's home page.
- ^ Webb, Jeremy (3 October 2006). "Emdrive on trial". New Scientist Publisher's blog.
- ^ ZHU, Yu; YANG, Juan; MA, Nan (September 2008). "The Performance Analysis of Microwave Thrust Without Propellant Based On The Quantum Theory". Journal of Astronautics (in Chinese) 29 (5): 1612–1615.
- ^ YANG, Juan et al.. "Figure 4: Different microwave output power range thrust measurement results. Output power ranging from 300-2500W.".
- ^ White, Harold; March, Paul; Nehemiah, Williams; O'Neill, William (5 December 2011). Eagleworks Laboratories: Advanced Propulsion Physics Research. NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) (Technical report) (NASA). JSC-CN-25207.
- ^ a b c d "No, NASA has not verified an impossible space drive!". Armagh Planetarium. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
- ^ a b "Cannae Drive". Cannae LLC website. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ WO application 2007089284, Fetta, Guido Paul, "Resonating cavity propulsion system", published 2007-11-15, assigned to Fetta, Guido Paul
- ^ US application 2014013724, Fetta, Guido P., "Electromagnetic thruster", published 2014-01-16, assigned to Cannae LLC
- ^ Fetta, Guido P. (30 August 2014). "Numerical and Experimental Results for a Novel Propulsion Technology Requiring no On-Board Propellant". 50th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi:10.2514/6.2014-3853. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ Nelsen, Eleanor (31 July 2014). "Improbable Thruster Seems to Work by Violating Known Laws of Physics". Nova. PBS. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ Timmer, John (1 August 2014). "Don't buy stock in impossible space drives just yet". Ars Technica. Ars Technica. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20121102082714/http://www.cannae.com/proof-of-concept/experimental-results
- ^ Shawyer, Roger (March 2007). "A Theory of Microwave Propulsion for Spacecraft (Theory paper v.9.4)" (PDF). SPR Ltd.
- ^ Rothman, Tony; Boughn, Stephen. "The Lorentz force and the radiation pressure of light".
- ^ Shawyer, Roger (29 September – 3 October 2008). "Microwave Propulsion - Progress in the EmDrive Programme" (PDF). 59th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2008). Glasgow, U.K.: International Astronautical Federation.
- ^ Harold "Sonny" White (2013). "Eagleworks Laboratories WARP FIELD PHYSICS" (PDF). NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS). NASA.
- ^ Baez, John. "The incredible shrinking force". Google Plus. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ Gonzalez, Robert T. "Don't Get Too Excited About NASA's New Miracle Engine". io9. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
The business about "quantum vacuum virtual plasma" (the physics of which they "won't address" in this paper) is complete bullshit. There is a quantum vacuum, but it's nothing like a plasma.


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The GE Interlogix Simon 3 is a popular and well proven, time-tested security system. That's because it's easy to set-up and easy to operate. However, the Simon 3 is much more than a simple alarm system - it's a system that caters to a family's needs. It not only incorporates intrusion detection, but incorporates what's called a latchkey notification feature which will notify you by phone or pager if your child does not arrive home at a predetermined time and disarm the system. In addition, the Simon 3 is capable of controlling up to eight X-10 devices such as lights and appliances. This means you can turn on the lights by schedule, by event, or by the touch of a button.
With the Simon 3, you can choose whether or not you want to use a monitoring system or simply have it call your phone or pager, or it can do both. Plus, because it is wireless, Simon installs in hours, not days with no mess, no wires, no dust or imposition.The Simon 3 kit is made up of a control panel which serves as the keypad and siren. Many users have commented on the console design which is smaller and more attractive than other typical panels. (But don't let its size fool you!) The kit also includes 2 door and window transmitters, 1 pet immune motion detector, one 24 hour back-up battery so your system remains up and running for 24 hours in the event of longer power outages, one X-10 ready transformer, a jack and cord, plus a user's video.
Other great features of the Simon 3 include 24 available zones so you can protect your home or business from burglary, fire, and carbon monoxide. Plus, 1 partition, remote phone control, and a two-way voice feature which allows you to talk back and forth with the monitoring station in the case of an emergency or a false alarm. There are also 6 programmable access codes which can be set to 3, 4, 5, or 6 digit codes, so each family member can have a private code. In addition, Simon's built-in digital voice directs you through every step of operating the system, plus tells you the status of your system and the location of an alarm.The Simon 3 offers sophisticated security and home automation which is made simple for you to program, learn, and operate. As GE Interlogix puts it – "Simon says…Simply the best in security".
Here is a recap and some additional Features –
• 24 wireless sensor zones; 2 hardwire zones
• 6 user-programmable access codes
• Up to 8 individual light or appliance control units
• Integrated radio receiver
• Built-in touchpad
• Rechargeable back-up battery
• 2-way audio verification as a built-in feature or add-on
• Supports 2-way RF Talking Touchpad
• Complies with UL 985 rating
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Part Number | 80-307-3X |
What's in the box | (1) Simon 3.0 Control Panel (Version 4.1), (2) Transmitters (60-670-95R) NX450 (1) Pet Immune Motion Detector (60-807-95R) 60-NX481 (1) 24 Hour Battery & Wire leads (1) X10 Ready Transformer (1) RJ Jack and Cord. (1) User Video (1) Install Instructions (1) User Instructions |
- I was shopping for a new door and window sensor(one of mine went ...Review by Steve
2- when an alarm goes off the phone that its plugged into has a no dial tone for hrs after. I discovered if I push "system status and listen to the alarm description (basement water leak or child's room window etc) it resets itself. And I programmed it to call my cell and work number and it does every time. Oh and listen to the prompts and follow directions when it calls you. Like "press * for alarm " and "press # to exit" if you do that the robot won't keep calling you LOL.Also i installed this entire thing myself. Its not hard. But dont use the 2 sided tape it comes with.Unless they improved the stickieness. A window in the summer gets hot and the glue comes unglued just screw it in with the tiny screws provided.All I want to say is thanks GE you have made a near perfect product. When i first moved to NY from Maine I was a little freaked out about the home invasions in the news and the crime here. This little box has kept me and my family safe and allowed me to sleep. Thanks Steve S Northport NY (Posted on 11/21/13) - I purchased this system in June 2007 and it has worked flawlessly ...Review by name withheld
Rating - This system has worked well for us over the past 5 years without ...Review by name withheld
Rating - I have had this system for years and it works very well and is ...Review by name withheld
Rating - Simon is a small home alarm control without frills. Having a ...Review by name withheld
Rating - Setup was no problem after a few minutes to figure out the logic ...Review by Kenneth
1. No power wiring supplied to connect the transformer to the alarm panel.
2. I used the X10 Pro PSH01 power horn and it did not work as instructed. The instructions are apparently for the GE unit. I found that it was necessary to set it up as a light control rather than as a siren on unit 9. When an alarm sounds the lights are flashed and that is what the siren needed. (Posted on 5/5/10) - I have installed the system, and have found the documentation ...Review by Dick
Rating - Excellent Product for the home. I am in the Security business ...Review by James
Rating - Our famil;y purchased the system to replae and existing system ...Review by glen
(Posted on 11/2/09)
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Color | White |
Dimensions | 6.5" Wide X 7.5" Long X 1.5" Deep |
Power Supply | 9 Volt AC Line Carrier Transformer (included) |
Battery Backup | 6 Volt DC 1.2 Ah UltraLife Lithium (included) |
Installation | Wall and table mounting (with optional table mounting base) |
Programming | ITI ToolBox |
Reporting | Contact ID, SIA level 2 |
Compatibility | Supports all ITI's Learn Mode crystal and SAW sensor |


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Finishing the Job: With 15 states left to win, here's how marriage is moving forward
on Dec 22, 2014 at 06:00 pmFreedom to Marry has always been committed to winning marriage for same-sex couples nationwide - and now, as momentum surges across the country, it is more important for supporters to do all they can to speak out for the freedom to marry nationwide. Here's what's going on in the 15 where same-sex couples continue to be denied the freedom to marry.
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to delay the freedom to marry in FL; marriages to begin in Jan
on Dec 22, 2014 at 09:35 amOn Friday, the Supreme Court of the United States denied Florida's request to extend a stay in a federal ruling in favor of the freedom to marry from August, meaning that the stay will be lifted on January 5, and same-sex couples will be able to marry starting on January 6.
Louisiana marriage case distributed for January 9 Supreme Court conference
on Dec 17, 2014 at 03:30 pmToday, December 17, a petition from Louisiana seeking certiorari in its marriage case was distributed for the January 9 conference at the United States Supreme Court.
PHOTOS: Freedom to Marry & EQFL talk next steps for marriage at Miami Town Hall
on Dec 11, 2014 at 10:30 amThis week, on Wednesday, December 10, Freedom to Marry in partnership with Equality Florida hosted a Town Hall event in Miami, FL to discuss how we'll move marriage forward in Florida and how supporters in the Sunshine State can pitch in to the campaign to win the freedom to marry in Florida and nationwide.
Young Conservatives make the case for marriage in South Carolina
on Dec 10, 2014 at 02:00 pmLast week I was honored with the opportunity of introducing fellow members of Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry to my adopted home state of South Carolina - just days after same-sex couples could finally get married in the Palmetto State.
Over 1,000 Arkansans urge Attorney General not to defend discrimination
on Dec 10, 2014 at 12:30 pmOn December 10, a petition with over 1,000 signatures was delivered to Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, urging him to stand on the right side of history and let the November 25 ruling in Jernigan v. Crane stand.
Ambassador Jim Hormel will match gifts to Freedom to Marry made before December 31
on Dec 09, 2014 at 02:40 pmFormer Ambassador Jim Hormel and his partner Michael Nguyen have agreed to match any contribution made to Freedom to Marry, dollar-for-dollar, up to $100,000, before December 31st.
Florida judge in Broward County rules in favor of the freedom to marry
on Dec 08, 2014 at 02:30 pmToday, December 8, 2014, a Circuit judge in Broward County, FL ruled in favor of the freedom to marry, adding to the growing momentum calling for marriage once and for all in Florida.
Texas for Marriage hosts town hall meeting in Austin
on Dec 05, 2014 at 02:45 pmAs the legal case in Texas makes its way through the courts, Texas for Marriage is hosting a town hall on December 15, 2014 to discuss what's next in the Lone Star State and how - and when - the U.S. Supreme Court will bring nationwide resolution to the question of the freedom to marry.
Freedom to Marry and Equality Florida hold town hall meeting in Miami
on Dec 04, 2014 at 10:05 amOn the heels of a federal court's announcement that it will not extend a stay on marriages for same-sex couples in Florida, Freedom to Marry, Equality Florida, and SAVE are hosting a town hall on December 10, 2014 to discuss what's next in the Sunshine State and how - and when - the U.S. Supreme Court will bring nationwide resolution to the question of the freedom to marry.


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Everton FC 1 West Brom 4 - shocking home defeat for Blues
IN THE words of those irritating Marks & Spencer food ads - this wasn't just any defeat. This was a home thumping, captain sent off, desperate, demoralising, impossible to fathom, 4-1 defeat. So bad was the overall manner of Everton's grisly display on Saturday, that the drinking dens of Walton and beyond echoed to an unfamiliar sound afterwards - rank discontent. It might have been almost freezing temperatures for the watching supporters at 3pm, but their red-hot fury at the final whistle was matched only by the raging intensity in David Moyes' gaze as his players trudged off the Goodison pitch. The Blues now sit just two points off the relegation zone, with little prospect of new life being injected into the squad via the January transfer market. It should not need it. This is the same squad which moved the Toffees boss to insist in the summer that he did not need to bring anyone in. Yet, only half of the team, at best, are performing in any given Premier League fixture. Suddenly, established, dependable players are struggling badly for form, and oppositions are rarely failing to take advantage of the whiff of vulnerability Everton seem to exude. Even David Beckham's white knight heroics would be hard pressed to save the day. A team that seemed set for a campaign that would live long in the memory is sleep-walking towards mediocrity. It must improve, and it surely will. Everton under Moyes' stoic guidance have proven time and time again to be kings of the second half of the season revival. Yet now the Scot needs a conjuring trick to better even the upturn in form last time around after the New Year, when the Blues went unbeaten for so long.
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Interns' Diary: Vasudha Dhingra
Monday, June 26, 2006: A taste of how I will be spending ten days in the field. After spending a week each at the orientation workshop and at our host institute – the Council for Social Development (CSD), I realized that my team (Brian, Faraz, Rini, and myself) is full of learned, crazy and fun-loving people, so different yet so alike. With an immensely knowledgeable and extremely helpful and soft-spoken supervisor, Mr. Sakarama Somayaji, we couldn't ask for anything better. After a week of theoretically equipping ourselves with the topic of our research, on Monday, my team and I, along with our supervisor, left with our bells on, for our first "exposure" visit to the field viz. Gadda Colony in the Madanpur Khadar area—a resettlement colony in south Delhi, where we would be spending the ten days of the assigned field work. We were accompanied by another group of three interns, also placed with us in CSD, and their supervisor, Mr. Sabir Ali. Albeit long, our journey was comfortable, except for the bumpy roads in the last leg – signaling that we were about to reach our destination. My first glance at the outskirts of the colony appalled me as the conditions in which people live there are deplorable!. The colony was set-up a couple of years ago and the inhabitants, who earlier took shelter around the posh areas of Delhi, were pushed to the periphery of the city— spurned by the government - as if they are flotsam and jetsam. The brick houses, though not apportioned equally, were mostly constructed on a 10"x10" land area per family. The electric poles had special devices installed on them to prevent power-theft, but one wonders how helpful this would be to those who spend hours together without electricity. Water hand-pumps were easily found in front of a cluster of two-three households, though the quality of water was sub-standard (Rini and Mr. Ali tasted water from one of the hand-pumps). The drains were uncovered and stinking, the public parks used as dumping grounds for waste material and defecation, and there was visible evidence of child labor. The area was also observed as one where sharp religious divides existed, especially with a bias against Muslims. None of this, not even the scorching heat, deterred us from continuing and completing our mission of the day. As we passed through the narrow lanes of the colony, we were treated with anxious eyes and heads popping out of doors. We could see semi-clad men bathing, women cooking on their fuel-wood stoves, elderly resting on cane cots, and children lazing around. In one household, probably a better-off one vis-à-vis the rest in the colony, children were watching POGO on their TV sets! When I started speaking to the locals, mainly women and children, I heard only dismal stories. Poonam, mother of ten, with her five-month old daughter baby, informed me that she delivered at home each time. She also mentioned that her husband does nothing substantive for their livelihood and remains at home most of the time. Poonam's neighbour joined our conversation and complained that there was no government hospital within their reach. She explained that they had to spend a lot of money to travel long distances to avail of government hospital services, where long queues and no immediate attention are the order of the day, often resulting in a loss of their daily wages. The only ray of hope in the colony was an Anganwadi school (though it didn't have proper ventilation nor electricity) where children between 3-6 years were taught elementary subjects by Savita ji, their teacher. Alongside our informal discussions with the community members, we also took pictures of the happy-go-lucky children, who were all so ready and excited to pose for the shutterbugs! They followed us through all the narrow passages and lanes that we went to in the area…all fascinated and in awe of us…Chandni, Dani, Naseem, Hitesh…aah…they are all children of God! However, their fortitude in living in such conditions shook me from within…the ten days in the field will be emotionally over-charged and challenging. The "exposure" visit opened our eyes to the harsh realities of life; and was extremely useful in helping us ensure that our research doesn't remain a flight of fancy. |


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The beginnings of the Scripps Howard Foundation can be traced to a letter Charles E. Scripps wrote to Jack R. Howard on June 15, 1960, suggesting the Foundation as a way to handle a growing number of charitable contribution requests to the company. The original Foundation, incorporated on August 15, 1962 with the state of Ohio, has a more specific mission "recognizing, encouraging, improving, developing, stimulating and supporting the interests and educational and/or literacy capabilities of persons and institutions who have made, are making, or are believed capable of making contributions to the field of journalism in the United States."
Founding trustees were Charles E. Scripps, Jack R. Howard, Edward W. (Ted) Scripps II, and two financial executives, Robert F. Winkler, secretary/treasurer of The Edward W. Scripps Trust and Harold E. Neave, secretary/treasurer of The E. W. Scripps Company. The original offices were in New York City, then the company's headquarters.
It was an endeavor E. W. Scripps' eldest grandson, Robert P. Scripps, promptly supported with a gift of 100 shares of Scripps company preferred stock. Robert Scripps has continued to be the Foundation's major individual supporter. He is an Emeritus Trustee today.
Jack Howard served as president and Charles Scripps as chairman during the Foundation's first five years. On his death in 1998 at age 87, Howard left a bequest to the Foundation in excess of $7 million.
By 1969, the Foundation had an established scholarship and special grants program and a handful of national competitions to foster excellence in journalism. Charles Scripps and Jack Howard retained their membership but stepped down as trustees and officers; Walker Stone, editor-in-chief of Scripps Howard Newspapers, succeeded them as chairman of the board and president.
Matt Meyer, former business manager for the New York World Telegram and Sun, succeeded Walker as president and chairman in 1971. During Meyer's tenure, the Foundation's annual budget grew from approximately $100,000 to $500,000 and the journalism awards program expanded.
In 1979, Jacques A. Caldwell, general business manager/vice president of marketing for Scripps Howard Newspapers, succeeded Meyer as president. He became chairman in 1980 when Meyer was named chairman-emeritus. Foundation offices were moved from New York to corporate offices in Cincinnati in 1981.
In 1986, Albert J. Schottelkotte, senior vice president of Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company, became president and CEO.He served as chairman in 1996. Under Schottlekotte's leadership, the Foundation established the Scripps Howard Visiting Professional Chair at the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University and the Ernie Pyle State Historic Site in Dana, Indiana; created the Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Reporting; became a leader in the national literacy campaign; and expanded the scholarship program.
In 1996, Judith G. Clabes became president and CEO of a new and expanding Scripps Howard Foundation. She served as chairman in 2008. Clabes was editor of The Kentucky Post for 13 years and before that was editor of the Sunday Courier & Press in Evansville, Indiana. She brought an extensive background in journalism education and community service to the Foundation.
On her watch, the Foundation's annual giving has surpassed $7 million, the Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications at Hampton University was founded, the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University was established, and programming has greatly expanded to internships, mid-career development, diversity initiatives, international study and Washington reporting opportunities for student journalists, focused programs for Hispanic students, and First Amendment.
Patty Cottingham, formerly with The Kentucky Post and The Cincinnati Post, became executive director in 1996 and vice president/administration in 2005.
Sue Porter joined the Foundation as vice president/programs in 2005.
Alan Horton, retired senior vice president of newspapers for The E. W. Scripps Company, was named chairman in December 2004 and retired in May 2008.
Mike Philipps, a career newspaper journalist, was named president and CEO in February 2008. Philipps joined Scripps in 1977 as a reporter for The Cincinnati Post. During his 30 years at the newspaper he served in roles of increasing importance, including assistant city editor, news editor, metropolitan editor and assistant managing editor. He was named editor of The Cincinnati Post and its sister newspaper, The Kentucky Post, in 2001.
In the community Philipps has been a proponent for better public education and served on numerous education-related boards.
Today's Foundation has grown far beyond the original focus on journalism. The Foundation also administers the Greater Cincinnati Fund for charitable endeavors in the Greater Cincinnati region, sponsors a Matching Gift Program, a Volunteer Grant Program and the William R. Burleigh Award for Distinguished Community Service for employees, and National Merit Scholarships and Scholarship America Scholarships for employees' children. The Community Fund focuses on general charitable giving in all communities in which Scripps does business.


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The clothing ads include, among other things, 12 drummers drumming in kid's singlets and Bond's ambassador Rachel Taylor as a partridge in a pear tree.
The clothing company for men, women, and children draws inspiration from the Christmas song in order to model everything from t-shirts to underwear to maternity dresses. It will feature the traditional song as recorded by Sydney singer/songwriter Jack Ladder. The Inspiration Room.


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quote:A solid NIT next year
quote:Most of the shots he took were reasonable shots and the only ones Florida's zone defense was giving us. If he doesn't take those shots who does? It's not the kind of shots he took that bother me, just that his technique is so bad.
quote:Most positive thing i saw was our full court press. It takes great coaching to make the press work as good as it did. To me, the future looks bright for LSU basketball
quote:.but I think he'll be the first to tell (and has)that he has the players to press, just not the depth to do it for long periods.
quote:which is one thing that makes next season so scary, when you have a two deep (three deep in some positions)


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Here's what we do know: The "thing" isn't a chain, but is a "food and beverage operator" -- which is just fancy office talk for a restaurant. The "operators" are local, not national or some bunch of tourists. And, she added, not more than four to six weeks will elapse from the August 20 close of Josephina's to the opening of whatever takes its place.
Which leaves only one loose end, and that's Eric Laslow -- the chef brought in to take over the kitchen at Josephina's after the departure of Randy Rutherford. For more on that, see the July 14 Bite Me.
Leftovers: Josephina's isn't the only Italian joint to pull a disappearing act. Vita Bella, a spot in Superior where you could get authentic strip-mall Italian food done the way it's supposed to be, shut down last month and has already been replaced by a sports bar. And the odds of getting a decent plate of spaghetti and meatballs there are long indeed.
1453 Larimer St.
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Category: Restaurant > Fine Dining
Region: Downtown Denver
But here's good news: Via, a traditional Italian restaurant and bar brought to us by owners Anthony and Venanzio Momo and chef Andrea Frizzi (all veterans of Cherry Creek's Cucina Colore), should open mid-month in the Icehouse at 1801 Wynkoop Street. Most recently, this spot was occupied by Brasserie Rouge, which died an inglorious death last November. Before that, the address had swallowed up Anita's Crab Shack and its initial occupant, Cucina Cucina.
Now it's returning to its Italian origins, and if I had to lay money on someone making a go of this spot, the crew from Cucina Colore would be high on my list of bettin' ponies. For starters, Via will be a casual, moderately priced destination -- always a good way to go. The menu will feature Italian tapas called assaggini (a guaranteed money-maker), simple pastas (excellent for the bottom line) and a board of authentic, wood-fired Neapolitan pizzas that should (if nothing else) make the neighborhood smell a lot better than it does today. And finally, the new place will be open smart hours: starting at 3 p.m. daily, with a very Italian, three-hour-long happy hour and a late-night menu served until 11 p.m. on weekends.
On August 15, the former home of Lucca Lucca, at 1601 Pearl Street in Boulder, will officially become Aji -- a straight Latin American restaurant (no fusion, no cross-cultural weirdness) named after a fiery little bastard of a chile traditionally found along the west coast of South America. Aji is being brought to life by partners Sara and Lenny Martinelli (of the Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse, the Huckleberry and Naropa Cafe), Sue DiPaolo (also of the Dushanbe Teahouse) and Gerald Manning (of Q's). Last week, when I caught DiPaolo on the phone at the new digs, I asked what she was doing there ten days out from Aji's opening.
"Working my ass off," she said, laughing.
Although Aji didn't yet have a menu, DiPaolo said it would be based on the cuisines of Central and South America, augmented by a ceviche bar, a South American wine list and a full liquor license. "Lenny, my partner, always had a dream of opening a Latin American restaurant," she explained. "And also, there's no other place like this in town."
The partners do have a chef: Nick Roberts, formerly of Bloom. And no matter that he's never cooked a Central/South American menu before. "This is new for all of us," DiPaolo said. "But we'll get there."
Quickly, I hope.
Down south, there are changes at the Manor House, with exec chef Justin Wills -- who'd been standing the post since the hasty exit of Michael Degenhart last year -- bailing out just last week for a gig up in Oregon. Wills has been replaced by his former sous, John Sebring. "He came from Oregon," Manor House manager Diane McCarty said of Wills, "and he'd been looking for a job back up there for some time."
The transition has been smooth. "Since Justin's sous chef is now in the higher position, the kitchen is continuing on as always," McCarty added, promising the same service, the same hospitality, and no more than the usual number of menu shakeups that occur when a galley and a crew change hands.
Finally, in the July 28 Bite Me, I said that patissière and gelato-pusher John Hinman -- who's opened the Gelato Spot at 1439 South Pearl Street -- had done time in the kitchen at Mel's. Come to find out, he never worked there (but he did work at Vesta Dipping Grill for several years, at Roy's, and most recently at Jax and Lola). But that didn't stop Hinman from heading over to Cherry Creek to demand some back pay from Tyler Wiard at Mel's. "I was in there for dinner," Hinman told me, "and I told Tyler that I didn't remember working there, but that it looked like he owed me a check."
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6 It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, or on the morrow; and anything left over until the third day shall be burned with fire. | 6 It shall be eaten on the day you sacrifice it or on the next day; anything left over until the third day must be burned up. |
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