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Alone and Rockin': The One Man Band Playlist
What's a one man band?
Well, technically Paul McCartney counts as a one man band. Wait a minute, you say, "Paul McCartney has a band!" Yes, he does, but on many recordings, Mr. McC plays all the instruments. In the modern era, a number of performers play all the instruments in studio, but don't recreate their wizardry live.
Which brings us to this one man band playlist.
You need to understand a few things about these performers. These cats play live as one man bands. Do they perform as full bands, too? Yes, but most built their reps as one man bands.
Typically, there's a guitar, drums, and a harmonica playing simultaneously. Others such as Quintron and The Voodoo Organist surround themselves with keyboards and drum machines. You get all types of variations, but one thing remains constant. One man bands sound driven and a little off center.
You'll hear cursing, songs about the devil, and whatever else weird shit their minds conjure. A lot of these people play like they're running from a demon or in a hurry to get to the bar. I suppose the very nature of playing guitar and drums at the same time lends urgency to the music.
You won't find any of these songs on the Billboard Hot 100. These performers write music their own way, play under their own terms, and stay true to their vision.
In the one man band world, legends fill this playlist. You may know current names like Scott H. Biram, Shakey Graves, or Reignwolf. You may know Dr. Ross's music. His songs were covered by numerous rock bands.
One things for certain. You're in for a good time. Enjoy!
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NEW MUSIC: Cherri V - 'Without You'
Release Date: 7th April 2017
From her forthcoming album 'Brown Eyed Soul'.
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About 300 ducks have died in poison traps set for migratory birds in Moulvibazar's Barlekha.
Somsu Mia, owner of the duck farm, filed a case with Barlekha Police Station this afternoon accusing Dudoi Mia, Mona Mia, Anwar Hossain and Salik Mia, our local correspondent reports.
Local bird poachers become active during winter as migratory birds start coming to the haor areas during this time of the year, Somsu told The Daily Star.
"My 300 ducks died after taking poisoned food at a nearby field," he said, accusing that Dudoi Mia had set the bird traps to catch migratory birds in the field.
Dudoi Mia said locals were falsely blaming him and that he is trying to settle the issue.
Officer-in-Charge of Barlekha Police Station Yasinul Haque said they are trying to arrest culprits.


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Distribution of usage frequency for the most common synonyms of the verb match:
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Definition of the noun match
What does match mean as a name of something?
Match is one of the top 1000 most common nouns in the English language.
noun - plural: matches
- lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction
- example: he always carries matches to light his pipe
- lexical domain: Artifacts - nouns denoting man-made objects
- synonyms of match: friction match / lucifer
- more generic words: igniter / ignitor / light / lighter = a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
- more specific terms:
- fusee / fuzee = a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind
- kitchen match = a wooden friction match that will light on any granular surface
- book matches / safety match = a paper match that strikes only on a specially prepared surface
- slow match = match or fuse made to burn slowly and evenly
- part: matchstick = a short thin stick of wood used in making matches
- a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete
- lexical domain: Natural Events - nouns denoting natural events
- more generic words: competition / contest = an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
- more specific terms:
- boxing match = a match between boxers
- chess match = a match between chess players
- cockfight = a match in a cockpit between two fighting cocks heeled with metal gaffs
- cricket match = a match between two cricket teams
- diving event / diving = an athletic competition that involves diving into water
- field event = a competition that takes place on a field rather than on a running track
- final = the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament
- quarterfinal = one of the four competitions in an elimination tournament whose winners go on to play in the semifinals
- semifinal / semi = one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament
- swimming event = an athletic competition that involves swimming
- tennis match = a match between tennis players
- matched game / match game / test match = an international championship match
- wrestling match = a match between wrestlers
- a burning piece of wood or cardboard
- an exact duplicate
- example: when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook
- lexical domain: Artifacts - nouns denoting man-made objects
- synonym of match: mate
- more generic words: duplicate / duplication = a copy that corresponds to an original exactly
- the score needed to win a match
- lexical domain: Quantities - nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
- more generic word: score = a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
- a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
- lexical domain: People - nouns denoting people
- synonyms of match: compeer / equal / peer
- more generic words: individual / mortal / person / somebody / someone / soul = a human being
- more specific terms:
- associate = a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
- contemporary / coeval = a person of nearly the same age as another
- gangsta = a member of a youth gang
- backup man / substitute / reliever / stand-in / fill-in / backup / relief = someone who takes the place of another
- replacement / successor = a person who follows next in order
- townsman = a person from the same town as yourself
- member of: peer group = contemporaries of the same status
- a pair of people who live together
- lexical domain: Groups - nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
- synonyms of match: couple / mates
- more generic terms: family / family unit = primary social group
- more specific terms:
- power couple = a couple both of whom have high-powered careers or are politically influential
- DINK = a couple who both have careers and no children
- something that resembles or harmonizes with
- example: that tie makes a good match with your jacket
- lexical domain: Cognitive Processes - nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
- more generic terms: counterpart / opposite number / vis-a-vis = a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another
Alternative definition of the noun match
- [sport] Sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
- Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
- A marriage.
- See Suitability.
- Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
- A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
- Device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.
Specialised definition of the noun match
Glossary of sports
a contest between opponents, especially a sporting contest (2006. Dictionary of Sport and Exercise Science. A&C Black Publishers Ltd)
somebody or something capable of competing equally with another person or thing (2006. Dictionary of Sport and Exercise Science. A&C Black Publishers Ltd)
a series of matches between two teams, involving wrestlers from different weight classes.
Glossary of sports / darts
a series of games, usually best-two-out of three
Glossary of sports / freestyle skiing
a skiing position in which the knees and feet are pinned together
Glossary of sports / hockey / ice hockey
a hockey game
Glossary of sports / racquetball
a complete best two-out-of-three contest
Glossary of sports / rugby union
a match is made up of two halves, each 40 minutes long, plus injury time. Teams change ends after a five-minute break
Glossary of sports / soccer
a soccer game
Glossary of sports / table tennis
a series of games played to determine a winner, typically best-of-three or best-of-five
Glossary of sports / tennis
a tennis contest made up of sets, as a set is made up of games. In major competition, a men's match is made up of five sets and the winner is the player who first wins three sets. Women usually play best-of-three matches
Glossary of sports / wrestling
a bout
Definition of the verb match
What does match mean as a doing word?
Match is one of the top 1000 most common verbs in the English language.
verb - inflections: matched | matching | matches
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- example: The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun
- lexical domain: Stative - verbs of being, having, spatial relations
- synonyms of match: agree / check / correspond / fit / gibe / jibe / tally
- more generic words: be / equal = be identical or equivalent to
- more specific terms:
- consist = be consistent in form, tenor, or character
- look = accord in appearance with
- answer = match or correspond
- coincide = be the same
- align = be or come into adjustment with
- correlate = to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation
- parallel = be parallel to
- duplicate / parallel / twin = duplicate or match
- square = be compatible with
- corroborate / bear out / underpin / support = support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
- resemble = appear like
- homologize = be homologous
- beseem / befit / suit = accord or comport with
- harmonise / harmonize / concord / consort / accord / fit in / agree = go together
- pattern = form a pattern
- adhere = be compatible or in accordance with
- rhyme / rime = be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable
- provide funds complementary to
- example: The company matched the employees' contributions
- lexical domain: Possession - verbs of buying, selling, owning
- more generic words: furnish / provide / render / supply = give something useful or necessary to
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- example: Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?
- syntax:
Syntactic formula Example for the syntactic formula [Agent - being or machine] [Verb] [Patient, plural] A new firm will integrate their ice cream production lines | Herman mixed the eggs [Agent - being or machine] [Verb] [Patient 1] into / to / with [Patient 2] Diabetics can now incorporate sugar into their desserts [Patient, plural] [Verb] [Adverb] Eggs mix well | The pieces interconnect easily | These computers connected well [Patient 1 - concrete object] [Verb] [Adverb] with [Patient 2] Folk songs alternate well with pop songs [Patient 1 - concrete object] [Verb] with [Patient 2] Ice cream integrates with desserts
Verbs of Combining (with the same syntax): couple, incorporate, integrate, overlap.
- lexical domain: Contact - verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
- synonyms of match: couple / mate / pair / twin
- more generic word: join = cause to become joined or linked
- more specific words:
- be equal to in quality or ability
- make correspond or harmonize
- examples: Match my sweater | They match the cape
- lexical domain: Change - verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
- synonym of match: fit
- more generic words: adjust / correct / set = alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- more specific words: equilibrate / equilibrise / equilibrize / balance = bring into balance or equilibrium
- give or join in marriage
- set into opposition or rivalry
- be equal or harmonize
- make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching
- example: The company matched the discount policy of its competitors
- lexical domain: Change - verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
- synonyms of match: equal / equalise / equalize / equate
- more generic words: alter / change / modify = cause to change; make different
- more specific words:
- homologise / homologize = make homologous
- homogenise / homogenize = cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing
- draw / tie = finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
Match was a retail chain, situated in Hungary, is part of the Louis Delhaize Group, open in several European countries along with the Antilles and Guyana. Match supermarkets offered a large range of different food products in Hungary. There was 48 Match supermarkets open in Hungary. All of them were rebranded as CBA and Coop.
Who is Match?
Match a.k.a. [email protected] is an actor.
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- Match is a fictional character in the DC Comics Universe. He is a clone of Superboy. Match appeared in the Superboy title, issues of Young Justice and the Sins of Youth and Joker's Last Laugh crossover events. Currently, he is a member of the Titans East, which debuted in Teen Titans #43.
- created by Ron Marz
- Match is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. A mutant, Hamill attended the Xavier Institute before its closing. While at the Institute, Hamill was the field leader of the Paragons training squad.
- created by Christina Weir & Nunzio DeFilippis
- Match is a fictional character in the 1985 film Back to the Future.
- in the film "Back to the Future", played by Billy Zane
There are other characters with in their name, like Match Maker and Match-Maker.
"Match" is a play by Stephen Belber.
- "Match" is a 2014 comedy, drama and family film directed by Stephen Belber.
- country: United States of America
- language: English Language
- producers: David Permut, Matt Ratner, Rick Rosenthal
- executive producers: David P. Beitchman, Adam Brawer, Lawrence M. Kopeikin, Chris Mangano, Nick Morton
- production design by Chris Trujillo
- written by Stephen Belber
- starring:
- Carla Gugino
- Matthew Lillard
- Maduka Steady as Cabbie
- Patrick Stewart as Tobi Powell
- Jaime Tirelli
- Rob Yang as Jim
- casting by Eve Battaglia
- cinematography by Luke Geissbuhler
- edited by Madeleine Gavin
- costume design by Sarah Mae Burton
- set decoration by Matt Marks
- genres: Drama, Comedy, Family, LGBT
- released on
- "Match" a.k.a. "The Matchmaker" is a 1997 comedy film set in Ireland.
- countries: United States of America, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland
- language: English Language
- director: Mark Joffe
- producers: Tim Bevan, Luc Roeg, Eric Fellner
- production design by Mark Geraghty
- written by Karen Janszen, Louis Nowra, Graham Linehan
- starring:
- Janeane Garofalo as Marcy Tizard
- David O'Hara
- Milo O'Shea
- Jay O. Sanders
- Denis Leary as Nick
- Maria Doyle Kennedy
- Paul Hickey
- Saffron Burrows as Moira Kennedy Kelly
- cinematography by Ellery Ryan
- edited by Paul Martin Smith
- music by John Altman
- genres: Indie film, Romantic comedy, Romance Film, Comedy
- rating: R (USA)
- released on (18 years ago)
- "Match" a.k.a. "Match." is a film, directed by Chad Corhan.
- country: United States of America
- released in
- "Match" is a 2005 animated short film directed by Luis Sartori do Vale.
- genre: Animation
- released in (10 years ago)
"Match" is a video game.
- genre: Strategy video game
- publishers: Code Works, The
- Match: A match is a tool for starting a fire. Typically, modern matches are made of small wooden sticks or stiff paper. One end is coated with a material that can be ignited by frictional heat generated by striking the match against a suitable surface. Wooden matches are packaged in matchboxes, and paper matches are partially cut into rows and stapled into matchbooks. The coated end of a match, known as the match "head", contains either phosphorus or phosphorus sesquisulfide as the active ingredient and gelatin as a binder. There are two main types of matches: safety matches, which can be struck only against a specially prepared surface, and strike-anywhere matches, for which any suitably frictional surface can be used. Some match-like compositions, known as electric matches, are ignited electrically and do not make use of heat from friction. The average burn time is 26.75 seconds. The average burn length is 0.566 of a match.
- Match: Match! is a weekly British football magazine aimed at the teenage and pre-teenage market. First published in 1979, the magazine has a circulation of 57,108 as of December 2010. The magazine includes interviews, a skills school, quizzes and a weekly round-up of results, tables and player ratings from the four main English divisions and the Scottish Premier League in MatchFacts. It mostly covers teams and players in the English Premier League, but also has a limited coverage of La Liga, Serie A and international football.
- official website: www.matchmag.co.uk
- Match is a carbonated Japanese soft drink usually sold in street vending machines. The drink was previously sold in standard aluminum cans with pop tops. It is now sold in bottles. The flavor of the drink is described as "fruity" and is quite popular among tourists. Though the drink is far from ubiquitous in Japan, there have been reports of it being sold in Ginza and Yokohama. Match is sold in 300ml, 350ml, 480ml, and 500ml containers.
- Match is a 2004 theater production of the play by Stephen Belber.
- award:
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination for Frank Langella
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play nomination for Frank Langella
- Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play nomination for Frank Langella
- Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Broadway Play nomination for Stephen Belber
- Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, received by Frank Langella
- award:
- Match: Represents a specific sporting match where one group or individual competes against others and a single winner is declared.
- Match: The soccer match in which this team played.
Phrases with Match
Phrases starting with the word Match:
Phrases ending with the word Match:
- Cage Match
- love match
- Post-Match
- slow match
- test match
- Tour Match
- chess match
- Quick Match
- Storm Match
- boxing match
- Grudge Match
View more phrases with the word Match in thesaurus!
Printed dictionaries and other books with definitions for Match
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The Birth Order Book of Love (2008)
How the #1 Personality Predictor Can Help You Find ""the One"" by William Cane
Your best match is the older brother of sisters.
Curriculum Alignment (2009)
Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement by David A. Squires
Content match is the alignment of the content of state standards to the content of state assessment items. Depth match means aligning the cognitive complexity, or the concept difficulty, between the standards and the assessments. Emphasis ...
The Canadian Club Yearbook (1914)
by Canadian Club of Ottawa
A match is a potential conflagration.
Algorithms and Computation (2005)
16th International Symposium, ISAAC 2005, Sanya, Hainan, China, December 19-21, 2005, Proceedings by Xiaotie Deng, Dingzhu Du
We generalize the notations match and dominating match and rank as follows. A match is an m-tuple, (i1 ,...,im) where a1i1 = a2i2 =...
Football and Management (2012)
Comparisons between Sport and Enterprise by S. Soderman
The match is the product, which is delivered by individuals that have to be well integrated to beat the competing team. Normally...
Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children Multimedia Enhanced Version (2013)
by Marilyn J. Hockenberry, David Wilson
The only truly compatible tissue match is that between identical twin siblings. The next best possible match is a sibling, then a ...
JavaScript Developer's Dictionary (2002)
by Alexander J. Vincent
match(y) + "<br>") // returns ab docment.write(x.match(z) ) // returns ac //--> </script> </body> </html> The period . character tells a regular ...
Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology (2002)
Volume 45 - Supplement 30 by Allen Kent, James G. Williams
A segmentation method called Forward Maximum Match (13) is used as a control for comparison. Forward Maximum Match scans sentences from left to right. Character sequences consisting of the first character are first checked against a ...
A Dictionary of Translation Technology (2004)
by Sin-wai Chan
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A blog to supplement "You don't look like a librarian!"...plus whatever else grabs my attention in the world of libraries.
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Ramona dropped me an email (thanks!) to tell me about another book featuring a librarian: The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffeneggar. (
Unbelievably, I couldn't find this book at LibraryThing thanks for the correction, Tim!) Anyway, this tells the story of Henry De Tamble, "a rather dashing librarian at the famous Newberry Library in Chicago", who finds himself unstuck in time. It's a love story, since Henry meets his soul mate on one of his journeys, and the tale tells of their times together at various spots along their disconnected timelines. (Apparently there's a movie in pre-production, as well, with Eric Bana tapped to play Henry.) I'll be checking this out from my local library!
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In David's QEX CESSB article, he mentions several times of the value of baseband audio processing applied before his algorithm:
"It is possible to overdrive the algorithm by driving the baseband "RF clipper" into a few dB of clipping beyond what is necessary to remove the Hilbert transform overshoots. This will provide a further increase in average power. I think it is better to do baseband audio processing, however, and let the CESSB system only remove overshoots. Historically, baseband audio processing was not considered particularly effective for increasing average SSB power — because of envelope overshoots. This is no longer true, with the introduction of CESSB. With baseband audio processing, sophisticated multiband compression and clipping is possible, with better results than a simple single-band RF clipper."
"The processing used does not produce any significant audible artifacts. It may be used in conjunction with speech processing."
"The system only affects transients that would produce overshoot. Audio compression to increase density, compression, peak limiting, and so on should be applied before the audio input to Figure 11."
This raises the following questions for the 6000 series implementation:
1. What baseband audio processing is applied before the CESSB algorithm?
2. What does the NOR-DX-DX+ control do? Is it simply overdriving the algorithm as mentioned above?
Bruene, W., "Notes on Speech Clipping and Filtering," QST, Mar., 1952, pp. 54-56;
Clegg, E.T. & Squires, W.K., "Speech Clipping for Single Sideband," QST, July, 1965, pp. 11-15;
Collins, H., "Ordinary and Processed Speech in SSB Applications," QST, Jan., 1969, pp. 17-22;
Kirkwood, B., "Principles of Speech Processing," Ham Radio, Feb., 1975, pp. 18-34;
Moxon, L., "Performance of R.F. Speech Clippers," Ham Radio, Nov. 1972, p. 22;
Sabin, W., "R.F. Clippers for SSB," QST, July, 1967, pp. 13-18;
Tong, D.A., "Distortion Levels in R.F. Clipping," Wireless World, Oct., 1976, pp. 77-81.
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The NOR-DX-DX+ control adjusts the level of processing applied to the audio. The further to the right you slide the control, the more processing is used and potentially the more distortion. To the folks we tested on, it was difficult to tell anything was different other than being a lot louder in the NOR/DX range. DX+ added more volume and altered frequency response, also some distortion, although very tolerable. If you're trying to bust a pileup and can't get through on DX, try DX+ -- you might not get a great report on audio quality, but hopefully the added power and intelligibility will help you make the contact.
...and all of this audio processing is applied before the audio hits the RF clipper?
-- Single band or multi-band audio processing?
-- AGC or compression?
-- Flat audio response except for DX+ and user adjustments?
Hi Steve,
Thank you for the comments about the voice processing. The reason I was asking about the specific baseband processing applied before CESSB is because I am considering buying an outboard processor and would like to know if applying single or multiband compression and other processing common to the hardware voice channel strips would be of benefit or would be redundant to what is already inside of the 6000 series.
Also, I am pondering what the Waveform API could be put to use for in the area of additional baseband audio processing.
If this information is considered proprietary, I understand. Otherwise, it would be helpful to get some more
specific information.
Thanks and 73, Bob, N7ZO
Can you give us any information at all about the audio processing beyond CESSB, other than the obvious downward expansion and EQ?
Thanks, Bob, N7ZO
We also do various audio processing required to make sure our other pieces work well. As I mentioned, the audio chain is rather complex and it's one of those deals where you could see a high level block diagram, but then you'd ask a question about something and we'd have to open up the block, etc. It is a "devil is in the details" kind of thing.
I would probably use an outboard processor on the MIC before I would use the waveform API. The waveform API is really intended to support new modulation schemes, but it certainly could be used -- you could take it and jack it into an audio plug-in tool on Windows and do all kinds of fancy audio stuff. You just need to be sure to modulate the signal into I/Q before sending it out of the software -- we expect IQ data out, not real stereo.
I'll ping Mark to come read this thread and add his two cents.
Hi Steve,
I am an audiophile, but I am not a frustrated broadcaster looking for ESSB tones. I am interested in getting the loudest, most copyable signal, which, I would think, is an interest FlexRadio shares.
I tend towards audio that might be a bit sharp for rag-chewing, but punches through to the DX stations. So, for instance, a de-esser might be good for broadcast radio, but it may actually work against intelligibility (as long as there is a clipper downstream). And I doubt that there is a significant effective difference between a parametric EQ and the 8 fixed-band graphic EQ in the 6000 series for the ham radio application.
Two areas that are of interest for a loud intelligible signal are compression and voice symmetry.
Compression: CESSB naturally causes some compression and overdriving it causes more. Can a single or multi-band baseband compressor add more average power to the signal? (Dave, W9GR, seems to recommend it.) Would a multi-band compressor be more effective in front of CESSB? (A multi-band compressor has the advantage of also being an adaptive EQ.)
Voice symmetry: Many of the commercial voice channel strips use all-pass phase shifters to smear the voice peaks and reduce the natural high crest factor of the human voice significantly.
I have here a Symetrix 528E voice processor (with a single
band compressor and voice symmetry correction, among other things) and am trying to get my hands on
a TC Electronic Triple C multiband compressor, but it seems a shame to use
external hardware for this. There are a
number of good software based compressors for the PC that could be patched into the
audio chain for experimental purposes. But the best solutions would be internal to the radio.
Anyways, these are interesting questions and I appreciate your comments on the 6000 series audio chain (and look forward to Mark's input).
73, Bob, N7ZO
I spent the last 30 years working in broadcast radio and have seen a lot of technology improvements during that time. One of the areas that just keeps getting better is the art of audio processing. In broadcast radio we process the microphone audio to sound the way we want as well as bring up the average output levels with a microphone audio processor. This mic processor is not the final processing on the sound of a broadcast station but rather a key part of it where talent voices are concerned. It is responsible for that larger than life sound you typically hear when the DJ opens the mic.
As Steve mentioned, the Vorsis M1 is a DSP based unit that allows the user to save and recall profiles based on their needs. While it is designed for use in a broadcast facility or recording studio, it is certainly right at home in amateur radio as well. By using the parametric equalizer to tailor the audio, I am able to achieve the sound I want for the job at hand. One profile might be wide and open for ESSB while another could be more narrow and punchy for working DX. By letting the Vorsis process my microphone audio I am able to maintain tighter control over the sound of my signal. I use a Neumann TLM-103 Condenser microphone on my station.
Greg K5GJ and I will be making some audio recordings of the Vorsis in action today. We will record the performance both with CESSB enabled and disabled.
73 de na6m
Interesting stuff. Any results on the recordings?
Ken - NM9P
73 Bryan (W4WMT)
CESSB behaves like an ideal RF clipper, with minimal distortion and canting. The DX and DX+ settings drive CESSB harder and that does increase talk power but with some distortion. On the other hand, if we drive the rig with a more compressed and EQ'ed voice signal, CESSB may provide additional average power at low distortion levels.
73, Alan K2WS
73 de W4WMT (Bryan)
Now I am not the only one playing with duty cycle and "LOUD Audio" but there is a difference between increasing the duty cycle hence the output and just crappy audio coming out of the transmitter.
Since Flex has marked these 3 levels normal,DX, DX+ one would presume that the efficiency can be seen while running DX . And with that usage the only problem is the majority of the DX stations out there are not listening 4.0 wide or 3.5 wide. Most are restricting their bandwidth to 2.8 or less . (The majority of stations out there capability.)
SO the ESSB venue cannot be the issue with Bulk compression.
If you wish higher duty cycle or "LOUD audio" this is not cleanly accomplished by that slider.
Compression should be added in various spots within the audio spectrum. Not large doses but literally small amounts and the sum total of these increases is what makes your audio "Loud" un distorted, clear and clean. Improved duty cycle .
I have only found multi channel electronic audio processing capable of this feat
To really get ahead of the curve there are a few more things to consider .
Keeping your transmitter not at the full output but far below this level. Where it has overhead . The IMD mix is far less there . Is necessary
If so inclined must keep your amplifier totally linear and not pushed to the wall. . If you wish to run full legal that amplifier better be capable of far in excess of this 1.5 KW level. Again Overhead.
IF 1.5 KW out is your goal better get the big boy pants on amp Not for the watts out but for that reserve capacity
And Yes you can achieve full bodied audio . Fantastic duty cycle running 1.5KW and still be 3DB Better the rest.
He came back with a pream which had a tube and solid state amplifier, you move from solid state amplification to using the tube which gives you a warmth. Also the unit he chose has a compressor and limiter and a few other items in a very small footprint. Of course you have the ability to adjust gain before going into the balance input on the back of the flex. I spent 95.00 and it was the best 95.00 I have ever spent in ham radio. Ido my eq with the flex, do not use the 20 db boost, set mic gain at 10 and then set my tube preamp to desired amount of warmth and gain to what I need to get audio where it is recommended. I use dx1 all the time. Now I get great audio reports, no distortion and with prophiles I have a rag chew pr40 and a dx pr40 and a obnoxious pile buster dx2 pr40. I contribute the advise Time gave me concerning the dsp gain in getting the results I have obtained. And of course my friend and his knowledge in nudging me on some things to do without sitting down to a full fledged sound board.
As I read your posting, I thought he is just like in what I want to accomplish! Would you tell us what your recording studio ham friend suggested as the preamp. I can probably guess, but it is better if you inform us. I know this is an old thread and a 2 year old posting. Apologies for that. Thanks and 73.
Hi Guys,
As mentioned by Bob, N7ZO, a phase rotator is very effective at increasing the average power in speech. When you examine a vocalized phrase you will typically see a highly asymmetric waveform with a high peak to average ratio, or crest factor. Radio stations use the Symmetrix processors to alter the phase relationship between harmonics with the result that the crest factor is reduced substantially. And that permits downstream compressors and limiters to do a more effective job while maintaining high average output power.
Such processing is really nothing more than a multi-pole (4 to 12 poles) all pass filter, typically tuned down around 300 Hz. It does not introduce any unwanted transient behavior, and the human ear cannot discern the difference between processed and unprocessed sound. We are insensitive to the relative phase between harmonics in sounds, whether musical or speech.
A Symmetrix box is pretty expensive for what it does. But if you have any coding savvy then it is really easy to produce All-Pass Filters in software for use in a DAW (digital audio workstation) running between your mic and the transmitter. E.g., VST plugins for Reaper.
73 de Dave, N7AIG
I admit I had never heard of the "phase unifier" before. I have a hard time imagining how that works without producing distortion -- a al BPSK. A full-wave rectifier does this too, but I would only use it to enhance bass frequencies by producing harmonics that trick the mind into believing that the bass must be louder than it actually is.
As for the comment about SSB waveform not being related to audio input amplitude, I also have trouble with that notion. To be otherwise would mean a nonlinear relationship between amplitude loudness levels and the modulated waveform.
The Hilbert transform merely tricks a system into producing a one-sided spectrum by conjuring up a related imaginary component for a real waveform. But amplitude is preserved, and SSB is formed by the sum or difference of two modulated carriers with positive and negative frequencies. So again, no nonlinear impact on amplitude.
That's not how the Hilbert transform works. The only instance where the input and output are preserved in phase and amplitude is with a single sine wave - but not complex waves that require a Fourier series like our voices.
See the bottom of p. 2.
Paul, W9AC
Thanks for sending along that link. I see what the problem is here... one of terminology. In fact, a Hilbert transform does *not* produce harmonic content. And it really does preserve amplitude.
But with a complex waveform with harmonic content, the resulting phase shifts by 90 deg puts their sum into the very thing that the "phase rotator" was trying to undo.
So perhaps it won't work with SSB? Not sure I buy that... you see the processing is applied to the audio voice waveform just ahead of compression and limiting. The aim here is to produce even tighter compression of the voice waveform than would be possible otherwise. And RMS compressor would not care either way, but many compressors are peak compressors, and these would benefit from the phase rotation to produce a more symmetrical waveform.
Then we move on to modulation (of any kind - AM, SSB, digital), and you end up producing a carried waveform that can be received at the other end as generally louder. So my bet (any takers?) is that a waveform symmetrizer ahead of a compressor would benefit our SSB modulations for increased punch, on the side bet that the compressor is a peak compressor / limiter.
For voice, I don't think it matters. The Hilbert transform is already performing a phase scrambling function. However, that's not to say phase scrambling won't have some other positive effect or behavior on an audio processing chain ahead of the SSB modulator. For example, it may be beneficial to establish symmetry before audio baseband clipping or fast limiting occurs.
Paul, W9AC
73 de Bryan W4WMT
I went back and re-studied David's paper on CESSB in QEX. As a physicist, I know there is no free lunch. While he shows a measurement at the end of the paper showing higher effective average output power under CESSB compared to a "fast acting ALC", that only proves that CESSB is more effective at packing distortion product power into the pass band than this particular ALC.
Once you have a full amplitude signal coming in, neither one can produce stronger actual voice components, but rather, have different ways of generating and packing in additional distortion products into the passband.
No details were provided about how the ALC really behaves, and another design might exhibit entirely different character. ALC is attempting to lower the input drive to control output power to control RF IMD generation, and its recovery time might be a tad slow. CESSB appears to pack in more distortion products and so uses up more RF power.
So the question I have is several fold:
1. apparently these distortion products are harmless, at least in the noisy environment of HF radio, is this in fact true?
2. does packing in these additional distortion products really help you punch through to the other side?
3. would non-clipping baseband processing be just as much, less, or more, effective than forcing a controlled clipping with either of "fast acting ALC" or CESSB?
It might just be the case that the CESSB algorithm is a "better" (?) way of controlled clipping, without the attack and recovery periods found in an ALC system.
A lot of the answer really depends on how we hear speech, and can't be answered by making linear measurements. So I'm really asking people who have used CESSB how their experience with it has gone?
73 de Dave, N7AIG
Yes, I did a bit more digging last night and found the Tong paper. In there he shows a graph that describes how the peaks in voiced audio occur only rarely, compared to the more prominent vowel phonemes. So any distortion is likely to be very short lived, and these processing schemes do achieve some substantial boosting of the vowels.
But I also found another paper by Leif, SM5BSZ
In there he shows some very interesting results. For one thing, it appears that all current transceiver manufacturers fail to heed the knowledge provided back in the 1980's by Sabin, et al, wherein he describes the need for a dual ALC system: one very fast acting with 0.1 s recovery, and only 3 dB range, to handle the re-peaking that occurs in SSB when you re-filter the processed RF to remove IMD and harmonics caused by clipping, and another longer acting one, wide dynamic range, to manage overall power levels with respect to temperature, aging, power settings, etc.
In particular he shows that re-peaking must occur as a result of post processing filtering, since you can only be flat-topped if you hold onto all the harmonics produced by clipping.
But back to CESSB... that avoids overt clipping, per se, but surely produces distortion products within the audio pass band. Again, these would be short lived peaks. You can see that this is so by simply examining his envelope shapes after processing. There is a predistortion of the envelope to avoid the production of clipping products.
While Leif shows the benefit overall of RF clipping, or intentional distortion, CESSB appears to be a way to overcome the lack of the fast acting ALC. Interestingly, RF clipping produces essentially zero distortion on pure tones, pairs of tones, and glottal (Guassian) pulses. CESSB will go ahead and distort these waveforms too.
Leif also provides the kind of data that you really need to see... namely, a measurement of speech recognition effectiveness versus SNR, for a variety of processing methods. And without doubt, (not comparing CESSB) he shows that 15-20 dB of RF clipping compression is the most effective overall, possibly coupled with audio compression to even out 10 dB of mic-speaker distance and gross speech level variations.
But it is interesting to hear the comments of phone ops. I almost never talk over the air, so thanks for your feedback!
73 de Dave, N7AIG
BTW... along the way, I ran across a little gem for RX of SSB voice. It seems to work pretty well to cut down on trash noise in the passband.
Voices typically exhibit a trough between 700 Hz and 1400 Hz, which lies between the main formants of speech. So notching out that region removes incoming noise that carries little intelligence.
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Using ESSB for DX is just poor radio practice. Why Because the majority of DX stations receive no larger than 2.8 wide Most listen Far smaller than that . (Shorten that Band pass to 2.8 and add the DX+ see the real difference)
Here is the real deal. Fixed radio compression or One adaptive process containing the Audio spectrum is not the solution. Granted this is what the radio compression levels give us.
If you are going to project your SSB audio (LOUD) by adding compression The correct way to attain the desired or best results is to stage the events by various frequencies within your audio band pass .
YEP not one lump constant but the sum of compression indexes along the audio frequencies that will Add to the total audio package .
Now most of that increased IMD is derived from LOW frequency enhancement .
If you don't believe just reduce that 700 HZ tone in your 2 tone test and see the difference in the IMD .
Since I am now working DX stations running Loud audio , Also clear signal audio I can tell you all that You want more DX put that power into the band pass .
By the way I have not found any other way to accomplish this but with Electronic audio processing .
Flex you want to lead the pack put adaptive frequency control on compression . Add slope , Q ., and +/- gain . WOW now were talking
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We Xenomorphs love ice cream!
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Thanks for liking some of my recent posts. Hasta la vista !!!
Thank you so much for thinking of me! My whole family love the dress. Maybe they'll buy it for me?? A girl can dream!
I so hope they will ! Never stop dreaming … Whether you're an alien, human or terminator, the strenght of dreams can achieve anything
Thanks! You must continue dreaming also!
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COLCHESTER, Vt. – The Saint Anselm College women's tennis team eked out a 4-3 victory over the host Purple Knights from Saint Michael's College on Friday at the Tarrant Recreation Center.
Box Score | Updated Season Statistics
Saint Anselm improves to 2-3 on the season while the Purple Knights even their record at 3-3 with the loss. The Hawks are now 1-1 against Northeast-10 Conference opponents and will host Adelphi on Saturday, Sept. 22 at 10 a.m.
The Hawks charged ahead with a No. 1 doubles victory by senior captain Tess Malerbi (Scituate, Mass.) and junior Kaitlin Hughes (Rockland, Mass.), 7-5. Despite a loss at No. 2 doubles, the tandem of sophomore Maikah Bulpitt (Cumberland, R.I.) and senior Kayla Hodas (Peabody, Mass.) locked down a 6-4 win at No. 3 doubles to propel the visitors into a 1-0 match lead.
Down by a 3-2 lead following the first four singles matches, the Hawks rallied for the overall match victory as Bulpitt posted a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 5 singles before Hodas cashed in with a 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 6 singles.
Freshman Emily Jacy (Glastonbury, Conn.) notched a three-set victory over her opponent at No. 4 singles, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, to tie the match at 2-2.


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We've pretty much been staying out of the whole presidential peekaboo brouhaha because there are certain areas of our private life we would prefer the NSA not explore (in our defense, she looked much older) but, at the risk of having our file reactivated by the FBI, this gave us pause for thought. Not something we often pause for around here.
President Bush has strongly defended his domestic spying program. "This is a limited program designed to prevent attacks on the United States of America and, I repeat, limited," Bush told reporters.
When asked who it was 'limited' to he replied "Democrats mostly, but some movie stars. Oh, and that Sheehan woman. I think most Americans understand the need to find out what the enemy's thinking."
The New York Times reported last month that the National Security Agency had been conducting warrantless surveillance since 2002. Bush acknowledged that he had authorized the NSA program. "You think we knew Democratic strategy by accident?" asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan.
"The fact that somebody leaked this program causes great harm to my ability to do what I want," Bush said before returning to Washington from a six week holiday break at his Texas ranch. "People who keep bringing up the law and all that stuff are soft on terrorism," he continued. "You think the terrorists got a warrant before they blew up the World Trade Center? We need to be just like them."
Bush stressed that the surveillance involved telephone calls from "a few numbers" by people associated with the Sierra Club. When asked if any useful information ahd been obtained from the wiretaps, the president replied that the surveillance "has allowed us to determine that pepperoni is the most popular topping for pizza."
The White House later clarified Bush's remarks, saying he meant to say only calls that related to issues of potential terrorism were being monitored. "We're just trying to protect the pepperoni supply," said McClellan.
The president denied lying during a 2004 appearance in support of the Patriot Act when he said, "Any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, a wiretap requires a court order."
"What I meant to say was it requires a court order unless I say it doesn't," Bush said. "Dick calls it executive privilege."
Bush didn't answer a reporter's question about whether he was aware of any resistance to the program at high levels of his administration. "I'll comment on that after Dick's had a chance to "caucus" with those people," he said.
The Times reported Sunday that a top Justice Department official objected to aspects of the NSA program and would not sign off on its continued use as required by the administration's guidelines.
Neither James B. Comey, a top deputy to then-Attorney General John Ashcroft nor Ashcroft could comment on the meeting.
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After the 1918 armistice ended the fighting of World War I, the Australian government instituted a program to buy and provide farming land for its returning soldiers, in order to reintroduce them back into civilian life. In Western Australia, the government established 48 farming estates totaling almost 90,000 hectares, a little over 200,000 acres, in an area northeast of Perth, in the southwestern corner of the nation. Years later, the Great Depression of 1929 hit the area particularly hard, and when the land was invaded by a relentless and destructive pest, the Minister of Defense in Perth dispatched a machine gun crew, with less than stellar results.
Fire at the Reichstag
In January of 1933, Germany elected Adolf Hitler as Chancellor, and as one of his first acts he called for a second election to determine seats in the Reichstag, or German Parliament. Hitler intended to fill the Reichstag with other Nazi party officials, allowing them to replace the Weimar Republic, the German system of Parliamentary democracy instituted after World War I, with their own government in order to control Germany's future. The Communist party's objections to this bold plan posed a political threat to the Nazi party.


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Lua people
Lua couple in Laos
|Total population
|Regions with significant populations
|Laos, Thailand, United States
|Lua, Lao, Tin, Thai, others
|Animism, Shamanism, Theravada Buddhism, Christianity
The Lua People are a minority cultural group native to Laos, although there is now a sizable community living in Thailand.
The Lua language belongs to the Khmuic branch of the Austroasiatic languages.
Cultural history
Animism, Shamanism and Theravada Buddhism are common spiritual practices for the Lua.
Following the Vietnam War, many Lua families escaped Laos to seek refuge in the Luang Prabang Range area of Nan Province across the border in Thailand. There was a large concentration of Lua refugees at Ban Vinai Refugee Camp in Thailand. In the early 1970s and 1980s, Lua families relocated to the United States. Today, there is a large Lua community in the state of California, expanding from Santa Rosa, Fresno, Modesto, Stockton, Sacramento, and other parts of the state of California, and also including the states of Minnesota, Tennessee, Washington, Iowa, and Illinois. Families who remained in the camps in Thailand resettled in Xaignabouli and neighboring provinces in the mid-1980s and early 1990s, where the Lua people had been originally displaced due to the wars in Southeast Asia.
- Judy Lewis and Damrong Tayanin. Minority cultures of Laos: Kammu, Lua', Lahu, Hmong, and Mien. 1992. ISBN 1-882337-01-8, ISBN 978-1-882337-01-9
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Wisdom Stories from all Traditions
In Search of a Shared Narrative
by Ralph Singh
I have been a storyteller for as long as I can remember. I honed my skills at the feet of the great Master, H.H. Baba Virsa Singh ji of Gobind Sadan. As his first foreign devotee, I had the privilege of translating stories from the lives of those we refer to as Messiah, Prophets, Avatars, and Saints. He loved to share them with audiences to inspire love for all who brought the message that, at the core of our teachings, there is one God who does not discriminate based on religion.
After returning from India at the end of 1976, my wife and I bought a house in the quiet farming village, Elbridge, NY. To anyone who asked about Elbridge, I said that we came from a very high pedigree area – surrounded by 500 pure-bred Holsteins on one side and 30,000 chickens on the other.
As it turned out, as Sikhs we were the only visible minority in town at the time. When our boys were small, they stood out with their patkas and turbans. So each year they would bring me to school for show and tell.
The teacher would ask my boys, "Chetan and Tegbir, what have you brought for show and tell today?" The class would break into laughter when they said, "I brought my Dad!"
When the laughter subsided, I would explain how the turban and long hair was our uniform; how it stood for our faith in God, doing our best in school and work, and helping others in need.
I would also tell a story, often "The Real Bargain." In it a young Guru Nanak, who founded Sikhism, was given money by his father to buy whatever goods he needed in the bazaar. He chose to use the money to buy food and clothing for a group of poor people he met along the way. He thought it a better bargain than using the money for himself. I mention how this story inspired the Sikh institution of langar, or community meal, practiced worldwide in Sikh gurdwaras, that is, houses of worship.
The kids were enthralled and bullying would subside in the class. But on the bus and playground, with kids who hadn't heard the story, our boys were teased, sometimes mercilessly.
In 1978 my wife and I were invited to run programs at Sikh camps near where we lived, and soon summers became devoted to three main camps.
Helping to develop the education programs for first generation Sikh kids was a study in modern religious education. Key questions: What was universal? What was particular to Sikhism, and what was culture specific? And how did each piece of history, ritual, or scripture translate into Western society?
An Interfaith Journey to Character Education
For the past 50 years, from my life in India to the formation of the North American Interfaith Network, I've participated in the local, national, international interfaith movement. Today the interfaith movement continues to add chairs to the table for those traditionally seen as "other." At the same time we've watched societies harden their borders, "circling their wagons" against the perceived threat of the "other."
Our conversations about shared values are not reaching the roots of society nor influencing national conversations. While interfaith organizations are becoming more inclusive, and our collective voices are inspiring more people, our communal and societal narratives are pushing back. If you want to know what interfaith dialogue means, step out on the street with a turban on your head. You'd quickly be confronted verbally or non-verbally with those who wanted to engage you.
Following 9-11, as a white American Sikh wearing a turban, I was turned from Aladdin (or Aladin, as the Hindi Bollywood version spells it) into Osama bin Ladin overnight. Kids who used to point with big smiles, saying "Mommy, there's Aladin," were now hiding behind their scowling mothers in the grocery stores. The power of media to capture and determine the narrative of turban-wearing people was appalling. It was time to change the dominant narrative from fear and conflict to understanding and peace.
I formed Wisdom Thinkers Network to connect people, and especially children, through the wisdom of stories. We believe stories have the power to change the world. By reweaving the wisdom of our traditional stories and new understandings into education and public life, we strengthen our social fabric and foster a more compassionate, inclusive, civil society. The Network focuses on building curricula around traditional wisdom stories and training teachers how to integrate them into their daily routine.
One day, working on a successful local drug awareness poster contest, I turned to a colleague and said, "You know, as successful as this program is, these are just band aids. We are treating the symptoms. Isn't anyone focused on the spiritual emptiness and lack of values in our society?" "Funny you should ask," he replied. "Our CNY Education consortium has just formed a task force for values in public schools. Tomorrow is our first meeting, and I want you to attend."
Thus my formal work in character education began 25 years ago with the "Schools of Character" project. When the question of how to teach our little ones arose in one of our leadership groups, I replied, "Tell them 'Bible stories,' but from all traditions." The seed to build our multi-cultural and interfaith stories to be used in public schools was sown.
Several other events helped focus my work.
Soon after 9-11, Gobind Sadan, USA, where my family worshipped, was a victim of arson. This was the first attack on a Sikh house of worship. Four kids got drunk and thought our turbans signified we were followers of bin Laden. They decided to do their patriotic duty and burn us out.
Two great miracles happened: First our holy scripture, Guru Granth Sahib ji, did not burn – in a 100 year old converted farm house it triumphed over the flames of hatred. Even the tons of water poured to quench the fire didn't damage it. Second, we immediately went public with a message of forgiveness which was carried around the world. It galvanized the broader community and eventually led to transforming the lives of the young arsonists. They wrote to us from prison, "if only we'd known your story, we never would have done this. If only we knew what you stood for."
Stories to Light Our Way
I took my cue from the boys and started compiling diverse stories, both sacred and secular, which could easily be used by schools, religious institutions, and interfaith organizations.
Just in time for the 2009 Parliament of the World's Religions in Melbourne, I wrote and recorded Stories to Light Our Way, a Parents Choice award-winning CD of stories from 11 different traditions, in which each starred a child or an animal as the protagonist. I remember, Dr. Sakena Yacoobi, the Nobel nominee, coming up to me following my brief presentation, "I'm leaving for Afghanistan tonight and I must have one to share these with my girls." I gave close to a thousand of them away that first year.
I took on the challenge of framing the stories within the establishment clause of the U.S. Constitution so they could be used in public schools. Charles Haynes, a national leader in first amendment issues, said of the book: "Stories to Light Our Way is a wonderful resource for introducing young people to the wisdom and moral lessons found in the world's religions and cultures … The Wisdom Thinkers Network's approach to story-telling is an educationally and constitutionally sound way for public schools to build good character and encourage cross-cultural understanding."
The stories we choose to tell and how we tell them helps determine the future course of civilization. The wisdom stories children learn at their grandparents' feet or within their own traditions becomes tested and may feel irrelevant the minute a child walks into school. By bringing teaching stories back to school, children can hear stories told from their own traditions, affirming their identity and informing other children about each child's background.
Our educational system does a fabulous job of socialization but a terrible job of building character and ethics. Introducing wisdom stories from the world's traditions in pre-school and elementary school that teach or reinforce core values and familiarize students with different cultures, becomes the foundation of "wisdom-based" learning and critical thinking in middle and high school.
Currently Wisdom Thinkers Network focuses on training teachers to use multi-cultural wisdom stories to honor diversity, nurture character, and deter bullying. We have combined the academic, aligned with U.S. common core standards, with the social-emotional learning competencies and character-education traits that lead to more compassionate, engaged citizens. We want to nurture children who are able to think critically to excel as much in emotional intelligence as they do in academic subjects.
Teachers were quick to praise. One said, "The stories have helped the children quickly internalize behavioral messages that have otherwise been difficult to teach. They will carry these stories with them for the rest of their lives." And the response to Wisdom Thinkers from kids?
"The stories make people think more about what they say before they speak."
"The lessons make me want to try harder."
"Wisdom Thinkers teaches us to think about the feelings of others."
"We can all live in a better community if we care about others."
To bring peace in the world, we must strive to share stories and actually enact them. When we lose our stories, we lose our culture and cease to be human. There are those who would homogenize our world, particularly those who revel in being in control. Stories allow us to breathe free and create a climate in which peace can dawn.
I remember helping to translate for a Druze delegation visiting Baba Virsa Singh ji from Lebanon. Following Babaji's discourse, he invited questions, saying, "When you ask, the Voice inside me answers, and I learn too."
Their key question, "Right now the world seems cloaked in darkness Will we ever see light again?"
Babaji answered, "There has always been a struggle between good and evil that plays out in the world. While today we watch the actions of those who wish evil, there is a wave of good souls taking birth and they will change the story!"
Stories have the power to recreate a positive narrative for our children and our world. Stories which have sustained cultures and kept civilizations together carry the same power to children today. I am convinced that this storytelling can restore a common ethos in schools and communities that fosters more compassionate and responsible, fully engaged citizens in a pluralistic civil society. Please join me in this journey.
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in the end it all doesn't make sense.
who gets to have a happy ending? who gets a silver platter? i am anxiously awaiting november. it couldn't come any sooner. the contract should arrive in the mail soon. i'm gonna sign it right away and send it back without even blinking.
how did i become so mediocre?
today i feel like lying in bed and eating ice cream and oreos.
it's cold and summer's almost over. finally.


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The story 'The Student's Wife' by Raymond Carver is about a few hours of the ordinary life of one couple. It is very likely that the purpose of the author was to describe the routine of everyday life and relationships inside one family.
Raymond Carver chose the monotonous rhythm of this narration. He wrote, "He had been reading to her from Rilke, a poet he admired when she fell asleep with her head on his pillow." She asked the narrator to make her a little sandwich. He did nothing because he was almost asleep. When he opened his eyes he saw her watching him. He said that it is late, it's better to sleep. Eventually, as the author said, "He groaned extravagantly as he rolled out of bed."
The wife said that she had a funny little dream. She told her husband that in her dream she saw how they playfully argued about where to sit in the motorboat while they were sailing in it. She laughed, remembering, and leaned forward off the pillow.
He thought that he should say something but only replied: "That's some dream". She continued, "Do you remember that time we stayed overnight on the Tilton River, Mike? When you caught that big fish the next morning? ..."Well? Do you remember or not?" she said, patting him on the shoulder. "Mike?"
She didn't want him to sleep, and so she kept asking him new and new questions. She complained about her health, she remembered what happened many years ago. He hardly answered he thought, "I wish you'd leave me alone".
She tried not to listen to his breathing, but a sound coming from his nose became louder. She tried to regulate her breathing trying to breathe in the same rhythm. She couldn't sleep, she began to cry. She woke up, went to the children's room, pulled the covers up over her son's shoulders, went back to the living room and sat in the big chair. The sky grew whiter. The author wrote in the last line, "She put her hands out on the bed. "God.' she said. "God, will you help us, God?" she said."
The characters of the story idealized expectations of what their lives should be but it turned to the reality. The woman in the story compared the present state of her marriage with an ideal of the "perfect" weekend that they had several years ago. It became clear that she was not happy with the current state of her marriage.
Both characters in the story seemed to care about each other but readers could feel the annoyance of the husband and the desperation of the wife. When the husband fell asleep, feelings of depression for the wife increased.
Raymond Carver presented the idea of lonely individuals which could not be noticeable to others. The feeling of anxiety and desperation presented here is entirely through action. It gave the freedom for readers to think about it and to make own conclusion.
Here is the link to the text of the story:
Here is the link to the audio of the story (it was made by The Guardian):


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"May…God…give you a spirit of unity." Romans 15:5
3. We are not in love any more. Did you hear about the woman who ran a newspaper advert that said, "Husband wanted?" She got lots of responses, all saying the same thing: "You can have mine!" Seriously, if negativity and bitterness are eroding your marriage it is time to make some changes by:
· Remembering your history. Chances are you started out as good friends. So ask yourself how you would treat your best friend if you were having relationship issues. Not by being critical and defensive, right? What initially attracted you to one another anyhow? When did you fall in love? How did you act when things were good? Recall and rehearse your best moments.
· Keeping your thoughts focused on what God can do. Zero in on your mate's best qualities, then start believing that God can turn your relationship around. Remember, you have more ability than you realize to change your perception of your partner. So concentrate on all the things in your marriage that are "of good report" Philippians 4:8.
· Building thoughtful behavior back into your relationship. List some of the things you know would make your spouse happy. Be specific. For example, hugging your husband when he comes home from work after a hard day, or helping your wife with the laundry. Show you care! Inject consideration back into your relationship.
· Seeing your partner through God's eyes. Trying to love others like God loves you is a good rule for all your relationships, not just marriage. And if you do not love yourself, start by remembering what God says about you: that you are blessed…loved…valued…and wonderfully made.
4. Nothing can fix our relationship. A woman asked her girlfriend, "How come you are wearing your wedding ring on the wrong finger?" She replied, "Because I married the wrong man!" Sound familiar? The biggest mistake you can make is calling it quits because you think you married the wrong person, and that nothing short of a miracle can save your marriage.
The Good News today is, God is still in the miracle business! With Him "nothing is impossible" Luke 1:37. It is when problems seem insurmountable that God comes through for you. Jeremiah said, "Lord, you…made the heavens and the earth by your great power…Nothing is too hard for you" Jeremiah 32:17. The trouble is too many of us live in the realm of the probable, thinking things probably will not get better…that we will probably always have money issues…or we will probably get divorced. Instead, we should be living in the realm of the possible. Paul says, "Faith…is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen…the evidence of things we cannot yet see" Hebrews 11:1. The Bible says God's plans for you "are for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope" Jeremiah 29:11. If you are feeling discouraged about your relationship, try praying, and fixing your thoughts on what God can do. The Bible says when you look earnestly for Him you will find Him (see Chronicles 15:2). He is not some distant deity who is far removed from the challenges of your everyday life. No, He wants to have an intimate relationship with you; to use His power to transform your marriage into something lasting and wonderful.


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So I'm on the 2015 Disney Magic Westbound TransAtlantic (WBTA) cruise. We left Barcelona the evening of September 19th. I've been looking forward to this cruise for so long, it seems unbelievable that I'm actually here. Just lying on a bed. On a boat. On the open sea.
So far I think I like it. There is food galore, and a lot of it is delicious (I can't say "all the food" because I had an unfortunate encounter with some grapefruit yesterday.) There are different activities all day long. On Sunday I played Star Wars Angry Birds, made Flubber, watched a Broadway-style show, and took an afternoon nap. Yep. No regrets here.
Around 7:30 pm that evening, we passed through the strait of Gibraltar. It was foggy, but you could still make out land to the north (the Rock of Gibraltar) and south (Africa... I presume.)
Our first port stop will be Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, on Tuesday.
You do have to pay for internet on the boat, but you get 50 mb for free if you sign up on the first day. I'm going to see how long I can make that last. (Edit: pictures now posted!) See ya real soon!


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Rose-pink, fuchsia / magenta shading, mauve shading, ages to lilac . Visible stamens. Strong fragrance. Medium, semi-double to double, borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped bloom form. Once-blooming in spring.
Developed by crossing R. gallica and a hybrid China. Bred by Charles or Hyppolyte (grandson of Charles) Duval in France before 1846.
We have not seen this one for awhile, so may be worth trying the larger suppliers.