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[Printer Friendly] | [ Email us about these papers]Title: Robert E Brown Papers and Center for World Music Records, 1945-2005
Primary Creator: Brown, Robert E. (Robert Edward) (1927-2005)
Extent: 222.55 cubic feet
Arrangement: Organized in six series: Series 1, American Society of Eastern Arts Society Records, ca. 1963-1978; Series 2, Center for World Music Records, ca. 1978-2005; Series 3, Robert E. Brown's Personal and Research Papers, 1945-2005; Series 4, Photographic Material, 1959-2005; Series 5, Audio-visual Recordings, ca. 1963-2005; and Series 6, Instruments.
Date Acquired: 07/21/2006. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Ethnomusicology, Music, Musical Instrument Collections, Photographs, World Music
Formats/Genres: Motion Pictures/Videotapes, Papers, Sound Recordings
Consists of personal papers, correspondence, lecture and research notes, photographs, sound recordings, publications, music instruments and administrative records documenting Brown's career as an ethomusicologist and head of the Center for World Music between 1945 and 2005.
Robert E. "Bob" Brown (18 April 1927 - 29 November 2005) was a world famous ethnomusicologist, and the longtime president of the Center for World Music, a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering an understanding of world music and performing arts through workshops, concerts, lectures and study abroad programs. Bob Brown is credited with coining the term "world music," and during his lifetime worked extensively to increase awareness of non-western cultures and music, especially those of India and Indonesia.
Robert E. Brown grew up in Clinton, NY and spent his undergraduate and graduate years at Ithaca College and Cornell University. Although Brown had a background in a wide variety of instruments, in 1953, he entered the PhD program at UCLA as a piano major. After Mantel Hood, famous American ethnomusicologist, arrived at UCLA, Brown switched into the new ethnomusicology program and became Hood's first graduate assistant. Brown's time at UCLA resulted in his dissertation, titled The Mrdanga: A Study of Drumming in South India (1965).
In 1961, Bob Brown began teaching at Wesleyan University, where he founded the school's own ethnomusicology program. Brown's philosophy, following that of Hood, was that students should become musically proficient in two cultures, their own native culture, and that of another. Students would then become "bi-musical". The concept of learning from music masters from other cultures shaped the way Brown taught, and how he fulfilled the mission of the Center for World Music. During the 1970s, Robert E. Brown served as visiting lecturer at three universities, until Brown joined the faculty of the San Diego State University School of Music as chairman in 1979. While at SDSU, Brown introduced world music classes and performance groups, such as gamelan groups, to the school and the surrounding community. He remained chairman until 1982, and retired in 1992.
Throughout his life, Brown was also heavily involved with the organization called the Center for World Music. In 1963 Samuel L. Scripps and his wife Luise founded the American Society for Eastern Arts. Scripps, a life long supporter of the arts, saw the ASEA as a way of brining Asian artists to America to present workshop and performances. Robert Brown was a dedicated member of the ASEA from the start, and in 1973, he was named Executive Director of the ASEA and of the newly formed Center for World Music. At its inception, the Center for World Music was to be the physical meeting space for ASEA events and for performances of other music cultures, such as those from Africa and South America. By 1978, Scripps had left the ASEA, and the organization dropped the use of the name "American Society for Eastern Arts," becoming known exclusively the Center for World Music and the Related Arts. From 1978-1982, the Center for World Music and SDSU, where Brown was teaching at the time, developed a mutual program, which resulted in festivals, study abroad programs, and concerts. From 1982 until his death in 2005, Brown led the Center for World Music in the development of World Music in the Schools programs, and new study abroad opportunities in India, Turkey, and Indonesia, where he was the owner of Girikusuma (Flower Mountain), a center for traditional Balinese performing arts.
Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Additional material transfered from Philip Yamplosky, 12/21/2011.
The material in boxes 139-141 was acquired in 2006, but sent to Media Preservation for mold remediation shortly after and did not return to the Sousa Archives until 2018.
The Saung-gauk (Burmese harp and stand), ca. 1950s, was transferred from the School of Music to the Center on 9/1/2022. Prior to this time the instrument which was part of the original acquisition remained in the School of Music director's office until about 2012, and then was transferred to the school's music instrument unit where it remained until 2022.
Acquisition Source: Robert E. Brown Estate
Consists of correspondence with performers, venues, publishers, and additional administrative correspondence to and from the ASEA documenting performances, workshops, exhibitions, and lectures between 1963-1977. Some correspondence is accompanied by photographs or slides.
Correspondence order is as follows: Correspondence with performers, arranged alphabetically, followed by correspondence with venues, arranged alphabetically, followed by administrative correspondence, arranged alphabetically by topic, followed by general correspondence, arranged alphabetically by topic or subject, with a portion therein arranged chronologically. The remaining correspondence is with publishers and record companies, arranged alphabetically. This arrangement reflects the original order kept by the ASEA.
Item 2: A Weekend of Indian Music poster, undated
Item 7: Indonesian Festival, undated
Item 1: Nikhil Banerjee performance, undated
Item 5: Kathakali, undated (3 copies)
Item 6: Budaya, undated
Item 7: Nikhil Banerjee, undated
Item 2: Steve Reich and Musicians, undated
Item 3: Summer Session, 1974
Item 5: American Society for Eastern Arts Summer Concert Series, undated
Item 6: Nikhil Banerjee, undated
Item 2: A Weekend of Indian Music, undated
Item 3: The Klezmorim, undated
Item 4: October Concerts at the Center for World Music, undated
Item 5: Conferal of Living California Treasure by Stanford Gamelan Class, 1979
Item 6: Chinese Skin Shadow Plays, undated
Item 2: America's Great International Folk Music and Dance Company, "Aman", undated
Item 3: America's International Folk Ensemble, "Aman", undated (2 copies)
Item 4: Center for World Music, undated
Item 1: September Concerts, undated
Item 4: First Berkley World Music Festival, undated
Item 7: Ali Akbar Khan, undated
Item 8: First International Gamelan Festival, 1986
Item 1: Center for World Music logo, undated
Item 2: ASEA Summer school poster, undated
Item 3: Center for World Music presents Musik Antik, undated


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Welcome to the 175th Tablescape Thursday! Can you believe this is our 175th Tablescape Thursday? Wow! That's a lot of fabulous tablescapes when you consider how many are linked here each week. Thank you, thank you, thank you to all you talented ladies and gents who share your amazing eye for detail and beauty. It's so wonderful to visit your blogs. The world just melts away for a while as I lose myself in the wonderful table settings you create.
My friend, Bonnie, graciously shared the table she created for her New Year's Eve celebration with friends. I fell in love with it the minute I saw it. I have this thing for clocks so this table setting is one of my faves. The chandelier got a touch of whimsy or should I say, it's "chimerical." (See the earlier post today.) Do you see the pocket watch draped above?
What a festive way to welcome in 2012! Love the black, gold and cream color scheme.
Clock salad plates are from Pottery Barn, last year. Love these!
What a great idea…using a bow tie as a napkin holder. Perfect for a New Year's Eve celebration.
Bonnie used masks as well. Fun!
I'd love a set of these clock-face plates but a quick check on eBay produced nada.
The vintage look of the clock plates goes so well with the centerpiece.
Bonnie, thanks so much for sharing this wonderful table! What a grand way to kick off the new year!
Pssst: Since those fabulous Pottery Barn Clock Plates are no longer available, I decided to make my own. You'll find a tutorial for making them here: Pottery Barn Vintage Clock Plates: Make Your Own
Dinner plates – Butler's Pantry
Clock Salad plates – Pottery Barn, last year
Glasses, placemats – Target
Linens, Chargers & Flatware – Marshall's
Napkin rings; Bow ties for the gents, Masks for the Gals – Avery's, many years ago
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In what I believe is a clear ethics code violation, senior employees of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) have appeared in an Anheuser-Busch InBev promotional video that is designed primarily to serve the company's public relations interests.
The video was brought to light in an article by Miriam Shuchman at Wired which was published last Thursday.
In the video, Anheuser-Busch InBev boasts to the public about its "Smart Drinking Goals" program, which is purportedly designed to reduce "hazardous" drinking. Several Anheuser-Busch executives-- including its CEO, Chief "Health" Officer, and Chief Legal and Financial Officer--appear in the video, boasting about how wonderful this program is and implying how great a company Anheuser-Busch is for funding this program and how much it cares about the public's health.
But the Anheuser-Busch executives aren't the only ones who appear in this promotional, public relations video.
Shockingly, this Anheuser-Busch PR effort (i.e., public relations effort) is also endorsed and promoted by senior officials of the Executive Branch of the United States government. And even worse, those senior officials are the Director and the Director of Global Alcohol Research of the NIAAA!
The Director of Global Alcohol Research at NIAAA provides a glowing endorsement of the program, describing it as "wonderful" (see 0:27-0:34 in the video). The Director of NIAAA also endorses the program, asserting that it will "go far in moving the field forward" (see 3:17-3:26).
Brilliantly, Anheuser-Busch intersperses promotional statements from its own executives with promotional statements from the NIAAA officials, thus creating a clear endorsement of the program by the NIAAA itself, which is a public relations coup for the company.
The true purpose of the video is revealed at 3:42, when an Anheuser-Busch Global Advisory Council reveals the company's aspiration: "We're no longer a neighborhood's beer or a country's beer. We're in fact a corporation representing the world."
The video is clearly marketing Budweiser and other beers produced by Anheuser-Busch. As the company acknowledges, they are running this international program because they don't just want to be a neighborhood's beer or a country's beer; they want to be the world's beer.
There's nothing wrong with that aspiration. In fact, were I a shareholder, I would be very pleased with this amazing public relations ploy. I would be more than thrilled that the company was able to get the leadership of NIAAA to endorse this effort to make Anheuser-Busch the world's beer. However, there is something very wrong with NIAAA officials appearing in this promotional video and endorsing this marketing ploy.
The Rest of the Story
The rest of the story is that the Director of NIAAA and the Director of Global Research at NIAAA are essentially endorsing a public relations effort of the world's largest beer company by appearing in a promotional video whose true purpose is to expand Budweiser sales so that it becomes the world's beer.
This is entirely inappropriate, as the NIAAA has no business aiding Anheuser-Busch in its marketing efforts. Nor does the NIAAA have any business endorsing a public relations effort, or any other program, of this alcohol company.
Not only does the appearance of the Director of the NIAAA in this video undermine the public health mission of the National Institutes of Health, but in my view, it is a clear ethics violation.
According to Title 5, Chapter 45, Part 5501 of the Code of Federal Regulations--a section known as the Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Department of Health and Human Services--no employee of the NIH may:
"Engage in any employment or self-employed business activity that involves the sale or promotion of products or services of a substantially affected organization or a health care provider or insurer, except for the purpose of commercializing invention rights obtained by the employee pursuant to Executive Order 10096, 15 U.S.C. 3710d, or implementing regulations."
[Section 5501.109 - Prohibited outside activities applicable to employees of the National Institutes of Health - at (c)(1)(iii)].
The appearance of the NIH Director and the NIH Director of Global Research in this Anheuser-Busch InBev promotional video violates this standard because it involves the promotion of a product or service of Anheuser-Busch, which is a substantially affected organization because its profits may be directly impacted by an activity of the NIAAA (namely, the agency's research on the health benefits or risks of alcohol use).
In his defense, the NIAAA director told Wired: "It always surprises me when people are critical of us even talking to industry."
If NIAAA was merely talking to industry, it wouldn't be a problem. But appearing in an Anheuser-Busch promotional video is not merely talking to industry. It is actually promoting and endorsing a company product or service. By doing so, the NIAAA has participated in a marketing ploy of the company. Essentially, NIAAA is helping Anheuser-Busch to market beer and achieve its goal of becoming the world's beer.
In my view, NIAAA has been corrupted by the alcohol industry because it is acting as essentially a marketing branch for Anheuser-Busch. With the promotion of Anheuser-Busch's interests that NIAAA is providing, the company hardly needs its own marketing division. It can simply call the director of NIAAA it's de facto Director of Marketing and Public Relations. The alcohol industry couldn't have a better friend in a higher place.
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My Response to an Invitation to Consult for the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World
Below is my response to an invitation to consult for the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, funded by Philip Morris International:
Unfortunately, I will not be able to consult or play any advisory role on this project. Since Philip Morris International (PMI) continues to aggressively market cigarettes internationally and to aggressively fight public health efforts to reduce tobacco use, this is just not a project that I can participate in as a public health practitioner. PMI cannot be sincere in its intention to establish a smoke-free world when it continues to aggressively lobby against public health efforts to reduce tobacco use.
Unfortunately, I will not be able to consult or play any advisory role on this project. Since Philip Morris International (PMI) continues to aggressively market cigarettes internationally and to aggressively fight public health efforts to reduce tobacco use, this is just not a project that I can participate in as a public health practitioner. PMI cannot be sincere in its intention to establish a smoke-free world when it continues to aggressively lobby against public health efforts to reduce tobacco use.
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Missouri first to adopt fairness test against gerrymandering
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The votes won't be cast for another four years, yet Democrats already appear likely to gain seats in Missouri's Republican-dominated Legislature in 2022.
The reason: a one-of-its kind redistricting initiative approved by voters in the recent midterm elections.
Missouri's initiative marks a new frontier in a growing movement against partisan gerrymandering that has now notched ballot-box victories in eight states over the past decade.
Other states have created independent commissions and required bipartisan votes to redraw legislative and congressional districts. Missouri will be the first to rely on a new mathematical formula to try to engineer "partisan fairness" and "competitiveness" in its state legislative districts; the Legislature will continue drawing the state's congressional districts.
An Associated Press analysis of the new Missouri formula shows it has the potential to end the Republicans' supermajorities in the state House and state Senate and move the chambers closer to the more even partisan division that is often reflected in statewide races. But the size of the likely Democratic gains remains uncertain, partly because the formula has never been put to a test.
"Missouri's engaged in an experiment," said Sam Wang, director of the Princeton University Gerrymandering Project, which uses math to measure partisan advantages in redistricting.
"Democrats have a fighting chance in a way that they didn't before," Wang added. But "a lot of it depends on what they do with it."
After the 2010 census, Republicans nationwide controlled more state legislatures and governor's offices than Democrats. They used that power to draw legislative and congressional districts that benefited the GOP.
Since then, advocates have been trying to reform the system to eliminate or greatly reduce partisan gerrymandering, which has been used by both parties over the years to draw political boundaries in ways that give the dominant party a disproportionate hold on power. They have succeeded in making the process less partisan in a number of states, mostly through ballot initiatives approved by voters.
Nov. 6 was the latest example of the trend, when voters in Colorado, Michigan and Utah joined Missouri in approving new redistricting systems.
All states must redraw their congressional and state legislative districts after the 2020 census. Those new maps generally will kick in for the elections two years later. Although the criteria vary by state, most require districts to contain similar populations, keep communities together when possible and give minorities a chance to elect candidates of their choice.
The constitutional amendment approved by Missouri voters in November keeps those criteria. But it also requires a new nonpartisan state demographer to base state House and Senate districts on the votes cast in the previous three elections for president, governor and U.S. senator - races that are decided by voters statewide and are not affected by gerrymandering.
The districts must come as close as practical to achieving "partisan fairness" as measured by a formula called "the efficiency gap."
That formula was created earlier this decade by Eric McGhee, a researcher at the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California, and University of Chicago law professor Nick Stephanopoulos. It compares the statewide share of the vote a party receives with the statewide percentage of seats it wins, taking into account a common political expectation: For each 1 percentage point gain in its statewide vote share, a party normally increases its seat share by 2 percentage points.
Although the efficiency gap has been cited in court challenges to politically gerrymandered districts in Wisconsin and elsewhere, no other state has made it a legally required test for redistricting.
California, which adopted an independent redistricting commission for the 2010 census, prohibited political favoritism in drawing districts but included no test to determine if that occurs. Since then, Democratic dominance has increased in both the state's congressional delegation and its state legislative chambers.
McGhee, who was not involved in Missouri's initiative, said the formula will constrain what mapmakers can do to inflate partisan majorities.
Missouri's current state Senate districts were adopted by a bipartisan commission after the 2010 census. Its House districts were drawn by a judicial panel after a bipartisan commission failed to agree on a plan.
In the November elections, Republican candidates received an average of 57 percent of the two-party vote across Missouri's 163 House districts, yet Republicans won 71 percent of the seats. That gave them a 116-47 majority over Democrats.
That equates to an 8 percent efficiency gap favoring Republicans - or an additional 13 GOP seats beyond what would be expected from the total votes, according to an AP analysis.
The Republican majorities in Missouri's two legislative chambers remained unchanged after this year's elections despite the fact Democrats fielded their highest number of candidates since 2002.
Stronger Republican fundraising and messaging make it difficult for Democrats to win legislative races in parts of Missouri, said Rep. Peter Merideth, who led the Democrats' House Victory Committee.
But "certainly, the way that they've drawn the districts is part of it," he added.
Like many states, Missouri's urban centers of St. Louis and Kansas City have high concentrations of Democratic voters while the rural areas are overwhelmingly Republican. That results in a lot of lopsided state legislative races, even though statewide races often are highly competitive.
By requiring legislative districts to be based on the votes for top statewide races, Democrats are likely to gain influence. The new redistricting formula takes into account nine statewide elections from 2012 to 2020. In the seven that already have been held, Republicans received 51 percent of the vote to Democrats' 49 percent.
To achieve partisan fairness, the new legislative maps would have to be drawn so Democrats would be projected to win about 48 percent of the seats. That means some urban Democratic voters likely would have to be mixed together with rural Republican voters in elongated districts that could look more gerrymandered than the current ones.
But it still might not be possible to obtain perfect partisan fairness. Democrats topped out at around 44 percent of the House seats in a simulated map prepared for the group Missourians First, which opposed the redistricting ballot measure.
"Because rural Missouri is so Republican, you actually cannot draw to that standard" in the constitutional amendment, said Scott Dieckhaus, a Republican consultant who managed the Missourians First campaign. "So you basically just draw as many competitive seats as you can."
Even then, Democrats could fall short of projected gains. That's because the formula, by including the results of Democratic victories in the governor's and U.S. Senate races in 2012, may understate the Republican shift that has occurred in the state since then.
"It may look like on paper you've suddenly created a plan that's only going to elect 55 percent Republicans or something, but in reality, it will produce as many Republicans as the existing plan," McGhee said.
Democratic consultant Sean Nicholson, who directed the Clean Missouri campaign for the ballot measure, said he believes Democrats could gain seats under the plan but are unlikely to win control of either chamber in the immediate future.
"The goal is to have a Legislature that more closely matches what voters are saying they want in these statewide races," Nicholson said.
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This past Saturday, I helped judge a cake decorating competition to benefit Hands on Atlanta for their 20th Birthday Bash. The day was filled with friends and fun. Cake and creativity and all for a great cause. Hands on Atlanta's mission is to build community and meet critical needs through volunteer service. And they've done just that for the last 20 years by contributing nearly 6 million hours of service to the community and helping more than 500 schools and non-profit agencies. Yay for volunteers and Happy Birthday!
Now, let's see some cake…
Here is Kelli from the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead just getting started. Her grandmother was beaming.
Kelli's team came ready to compete.
This is Aisha from the Cake Closet. She was cool, calm and collected the entire day.
Everyone's work space was on the small side. So covering these giant cakes with fondant came down to teamwork.
But she's competed on the Ultimate Cake Off before, so she's no stranger to stress.
***Sorry… I interrupt this recap for a very important message.***
Check out these sweet shoes that Aisha's teammate had on. Cupcake Converse!
She found them at Journey's. Run to the mall and see if they have any left – if I don't beat you to it. Seriously cute.
***Okay… now, back to cakes.***
This is Lynlee of Lynlee's Cakes. She was full of personality and so excited to be competing.
Even when getting down to business she was having a blast every step of the way.
This is Edible Greetings. Loving the powdered sugar highlights.
Niki and team of Edible Greetings. You guys were great.
And here's Shellane of Apple-Butter Bakery. Focused and fearless…
Until about two hours into the competition, she finally looked up into the crowd. I just happened to be standing there when she did. She goes "I know her." and started pointing in my direction.
I automatically wanted to turn around to see who she was pointing at, but it turned out to be me. Then, she took a 2 1/2 second break for a hug. We may or may not have both shed a tear. I'm a sap, so I cry easily, but I bet I was probably more like a welcome stress relief for Shellane.
There were lots of spectators. I don't know how these guys were all able to decorate without being distracted.
I helped judge the afternoon portion with Atlanta food bloggers, Chris from Mele Cotte and Tami from Running with Tweezers. Hi guys, I had a great time hanging out with you for the day.
And I also got to meet these two. This is Milena and her sister, Mirele. Aren't they cute.
I gave away two pair of tickets to the event on my Facebook page last week and Milena was one of the lucky winners.
It was fun meeting you both. I'm so glad you could make it.
And this is Mary and Nicole. Mary won the other pair of tickets. My friend Julie and I hung out with them at the party portion of the event. Thank you for sharing your table and driving so far to attend. You guys were a delight.
When all done, the cakes had to be at least three feet tall. The competitors were able to work on their cakes until that evening when the winner would be announced during the birthday celebration.
Some were down to the wire.
And some were all ready to go.
Each cake had to be transported from the work room to the event room, up a ramp and onto a table. It felt like a mile and I was just watching. I held my breath as they all carried their cakes.
But they all made it safely.
Oh yeah, check these out. Cotton Candy Martinis.
Pretty cool.
I had one with Julie while we waited for the winner to be announced.
Then, as the party was getting under way, the afternoon and evening judges were all given a giant plate of cake for tasting. I know. Unforgivable.
This is Joshua from Highland Bakery and also a former Food Network competitor… oh and also cute.
He, Mary Moore from The Cook's Warehouse and Elizabeth (not pictured) from Green Olive Media were the evening judges. Tiffany (right) brought us all together. Thanks Tiffany.
There was a people's choice competition where you could vote with money for your favorite cake. Cute idea. Kelli won that round.
Apple-Butter Bakery won second place with her Hands on the Earth cake.
And, first place went to the school house cake from the Cake Closet.
You all did fabulous. Congratulations and thanks for the fun.
And now, I have a strong desire to stack cake. I'm thinking I'll start a little under three feet tall though. Like at least 2 feet under. : )
Update on the shoes: okay, so it didn't occur to me to ask how long ago these were purchased. The only thing I can find are kids shoes. Bummer!


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As a public librarian for the Philadelphia Free Library, Sheila O'Steen embodies what we think of when we imagine a public service worker. Every day, she interacts with members of her community. Whether her patrons are young or old, affluent or impoverished, O'Steen shares knowledge and information with everyone she serves.
"I want to give my community whatever it needs – access to information, relevant programming, and an inviting community space," says O'Steen, a member of AFSCME Local 2186 (District Council 47). Recently, as a branch manager, she's been innovating by providing programs to children and adults about culinary literacy.
After 10 years as a librarian, O'Steen feels fulfilled in her job, and remains committed to the calling of public service, though she knows it will never make her wealthy.
In 2008, she learned about a federal program called the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), which seemed tailor-made for public service workers like her, a way to rise above the burden of student loans she'd taken on for her undergraduate and graduate degrees in library and information sciences.
O'Steen learned that to participate in PSLF she'd be required to continue her career in public service for at least 10 years and make a total of 120 timely student loan payments under a qualified repayment plan. At the end of those 10 years, she – and other public service workers like her who enrolled – would have the balance of their student loans forgiven.
PSLF was a way for the government to encourage people to pursue careers in public service, and a way for those in public service, many of whom gave up more lucrative salaries in the private sector, to rise above the student debt they'd shouldered to serve our communities.
For O'Steen, PSLF seemed like the perfect fit.
A Nightmare Begins
Prior to her enrolling in PSLF, representatives at the Department of Education had told O'Steen she would need to consolidate her undergraduate and graduate school loans. They consolidated her loans into a standard extended 30-year loan repayment plan since it offered the lowest monthly payment. Eventually, her loan was transferred from the Department of Education to a different loan servicer. She kept up with her on-time payments, dreaming of the day when the weight of student loans would fall away.
"I would pay every month," said O'Steen. "It was all done over the phone. They just said, 'Pay on time and every payment plan counts.'"
Unbeknownst to O'Steen and many other public service workers who had enrolled in PSLF, due to mismanagement by the Department of Education as well as confusing and misleading rule changes by the government, the loan repayment plan she'd been placed in didn't qualify under the PSLF program. She needed an income-based repayment plan, not the standard extended repayment plan that she was in. Four years of payments, she was told by Education Department, would not count toward loan forgiveness.
"I was crying when they said none of those payments counted," O'Steen said. "They told us we lost those years. There was nothing we could do."
What O'Steen didn't know was that tens of thousands of other public service workers were facing the same crisis, a crisis that would soon gain wider attention.
Temporary Relief is not Enough
As a result of the widespread failure and confusion surrounding the PSLF, Congress funded the Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan Forgiveness program (TEPSLF), which was meant to help borrowers who were having trouble with the original PSLF. The hope was the new program would decrease the staggering number of PSLF applicants who were rejected.
"I thought PSLF was a scam and that the government should do more to back what it promised to public service workers. I was optimistic when the TEPSLF was put forth," said O'Steen. "I thought, 'This program is designed for people like me those who were put in the wrong repayment plan.'"
However, O'Steen's odyssey through the Department of Education's bureaucracy continued. Despite call after call, review after review, O'Steen couldn't get a straight answer as to where she stood with her loan payments.
The Education Department's mishandling of loan payment records "is affecting whether dedicated public service workers can buy a house, retire on time, start a family," says O'Steen.
O'Steen's frustration led her to share her story with her congressman, Rep. Brendan Boyle. Boyle's office contacted the Department of Education to help his constituent, and by the end of September, O'Steen's loan was forgiven under TEPSLF. But not every public service worker has been that lucky.
Keeping America's Promise to Public Service Workers
Engaged public service workers like O'Steen are part of a broad push to repair the PSLF, including a bill that has been introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.).
The College Affordability Act would make it easier for borrowers to repay loans, offer loan forgiveness to those who've applied but have been wrongly rejected and simplify the overly complex program.
By fixing the PSLF, public service workers will be able to focus less on navigating a broken system and more on doing what they do best: serving their communities.


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Johan de Fre was born in Lokeren, Belgium in 1952. He moved to Antwerp where he became involved with the Antwerp Classical School. He is strongly influenced by the Masters of seventeenth century Dutch still life painting, particularly Jan Van Eyck and Willem Claesz Heda. His technique continues their tradition of favouring wooden panels over canvas. The faultlessly smooth surface this allows shows off Johan's extraordinarily delicate brushstrokes and unparalleled attention to detail.
These intense studies of the more complex compositions of classical still life paintings have led him to a fascination with the individual objects from which they are constructed. In his work Johann isolates each item, whether a single piece of fruit or an earthenware pot from his collection, arriving at a contemporary interpretation that refines each subject to an image of perfect simplicity and purity that raises it above its otherwise commonplace nature.
To own a work by Johan de Fre is an enormous privilege and pleasure. Each exquisite painting is a testament to his commitment to perfection.


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By Alice Dahle, Women's Human Rights Coordination Group
Today marks the beginning of the annual international 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign. Since 1991, over 3,700 organizations in at least 164 countries have participated in the campaign, which runs from November 25, the International Day Against Violence Against Women, through December 10, International Human Rights Day, to emphasize the connection between violence against women and the violation of women's human rights.
The theme of the 2011 campaign is: From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Let's Challenge Militarism and End Violence Against Women!
Amnesty International will be posting a series of four blogs outlining some broad issues, linked to daily blogs on the Women's Human Rights Coordination Group's Facebook page illustrating the intersection of violence against women and militarism in 16 countries around the world. Visit our homepage frequently to take daily action!
Today's blog focuses on small arms and violence against women. Although the vast majority of those who make, sell, buy, own and use guns are men, large numbers of women and girls are affected directly and indirectly by armed violence in their homes, in their communities and during and after armed conflict.
Women around the world are at greatest risk of gun violence, not on the streets or in combat zones, but in their own homes. More than 75% of the nearly 900 million small arms in the world are owned by private individuals – mostly men – and kept in their homes. A gun in a home is much more likely to be used to intimidate or injure a family member than to be used against an intruder. Family killings are the only type of homicide where women outnumber men as victims. Guns are the weapons of choice in domestic violence, and when a woman is killed in her home, her partner or a male relative is most likely to be the murderer. According to research in the USA, just having a gun in the house increases the risk of someone in the home being murdered by 41%, but for women in particular, the risk is nearly tripled with an increase of 272%.
Women also encounter gun violence in the community outside their homes at the hands of police, immigration and security officers, border guards, military and paramilitary personnel and criminal gangs. Both security officials and armed criminals can use their guns to threaten, intimidate, rape or kill women and girls, especially in areas where law enforcement officers are poorly trained and equipped, where those responsible for gun violence are not brought to justice, and where there is a widespread lack of respect for the human rights of women. When armed gangs are active in a community, women may fear going to work, collecting water or firewood and going about their daily lives. In places where the criminal justice system is weak, corrupt, or simply does not take violence against women seriously, women are often afraid to even report violent abuse for fear of shaming their families or retribution from the perpetrators.
Because of easy access to small arms of all kinds, modern conflicts frequently target civilians for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and mass rape as a weapon of war. As Annie Matundu Mbambi of the Democratic Republic of Congo said in a recent interview, "A guy with a machete in a village can rape one woman. Two guys with a machine gun can rape the whole village." Such violent conflict forces women to flee, leaving their homes, livelihoods and communities behind. Women are forced to become heads of their households caring for their children, the elderly and those with disabilities single handedly when their male relatives are involved in fighting, or when they are detained, injured or killed. Those who become war widows may lose their land, family support, and status in the community.
Even when armed conflict is officially over, the brutalizing effects of war do not end. When combatants return to their communities, many bring the trauma and violence of the fighting into their homes. If men bring their weapons home with them, the women and girls who live with them are at high risk for threatening and violent treatment.
To reduce the availability of guns used to commit violence against women around the world, the Arms Trade Treaty currently under negotiation at the United Nations should require countries to prevent any international transfer of conventional arms when there is a substantial risk the arms are likely to be used to commit serious violations of international human rights law or international humanitarian law. Such regulations could help ensure that human rights offenders— particularly, those who use small arms to commit egregious acts of violence against women—do not get their hands on the instruments of violence and repression. As the negotiations move forward, we must continue to hold governments responsible for protecting their citizens and upholding the human rights of women who live within their borders.


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Welcome To Wordless Wednesday At Create With Joy!
Quote Of The Day
Cats are glorious creatures
Who must on no accounts be underestimated.
Their eyes are fathomless depths of cat-world mysteries.
Lesley Anne Ivory
This week, JP from A Quiet Corner wondered how
Legend and Tsunami received their names.
Great question, JP – this week I'll share Legend's story!
Naming kittens is both hugely exciting and challenging!
No matter how many names you come up with in advance,
They always seem to go out the window
The moment you meet your kitten…
Each kitten has a unique personality of their own which
Deserves to be discovered and recognized by the perfect name!
What a huge responsibility and honor we bear!
When Legend first came to his home, he bore the name of Grizzly
Because, as a kitten, his first caretaker saw him as a big brown bear!
For us, however, that name conjured up images of ferociousness and
Legend is the sweetest, most lovable and loving cat you will ever meet!
For that reason I wanted to name him Romeo – but my husband refused.
Somehow, Romeo offended his male sensibilities!
After several days of interacting with our "bear" –
A nickname that sticks to this day –
We discovered that Legend has a larger than life personality!
Everything this cat does is super-sized!
He always finds a way to be the center of our attention.
He always finds a way to be the object of our affection.
He always finds a way to be the topic of discussion!
Before long, we recognized that a feline
Legend was developing right before our eyes –
And hence, his name was bestowed!
Great question, JP –
I'll share the story behind Tsunami's name another week!
Have any other questions about Legend and Tsunami?
Ask away!
I'll do my best to answer your questions
In the comments or in an upcoming post!
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My boys have both been fans of the Wild Kratts cartoon. It seems to ignite not only a fascination with animals, but a curiosity too - at least it has for my sons.
Because of this and a love of art, I thought my son would enjoy this activity.
To gain some knowledge, I read him a great book about the differences (and similarities) between turtles and tortoises. Trisha Speed Shaskan's book contains simple explanations and beautiful illustrations that captivated our interest with the turn of each page.
When we were finished, I asked him if he wanted to make a turtle or tortoise. He answered the latter, so we traced a big bowl onto half of a piece of brown card stock.
We added feet and a head, and then some paper shapes in a contrasting color, laid out like a mosaic to form the pattern on our tortoises' shell. Lastly, we glued a googly eye on.
Now it was time to test his reading comprehension.
I gave him a worksheet that I designed and asked him to cut out the slips of paper at the bottom and put each of the characteristics under the proper reptile. He got them all right!
Download the free Turtle vs. Tortoise PDF I made here.


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No One Enjoyed the Cubs' World Series Win More Than Bill Murray
Late last night, a little after the midnight hour, Hell froze over. Reports of pigs and other assorted swine growing wings and taking flight started pouring in from all over the country. Dogs and cats were living together — it was mass hysteria, all because the Chicago Cubs had finally won the World Series after a 108-year drought.
That little Ghostbusters reference at the end of the previous paragraph would probably please star Bill Murray, but not nearly as much as this Cubs victory already has. A native of the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, the actor been a vocal Cubs superfan for years now and made his overwhelming joy at the long-awaited World Series win well-known last night. He gave a Daffy Duck-esque rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" a few days ago during the seventh-inning stretch of Game 3, but that was just the beginning.
After the Cubs emerged from last night's dramatic extra-innings showdown victorious, Murray stormed the locker room and got right in the middle of the celebratory fracas. Getting soundbites and reaction interviews for FOX Sports, Murray hobnobbed — and slugged champagne — with the rejoicing players. He wisely warned outfielder Dexter Fowler to pace himself with the alcohol: "You're gonna do this for a few years. Can't start drinking too hard too early."
Ben Zobrist, the second baseman who hit the tenth-inning double that gave the Cubs the upper hand, decided to roll his car right onto the pitcher's mound — perhaps in an effort to colonize the Cleveland Indians' Progressive Field as an annexed territory for Chicago, perhaps simply because they let you do whatever you want after you've just won the World Series. Either way, Murray took the opportunity to clown it up a bit on the luxury vehicle.
Murray also did a couple post-game interviews himself, as the team's honorary morale-booster and unofficial mascot. The actor traded his usual ironic detachment for some pure enthusiasm, officially declaring Chicago public schools closed for the remainder of the week after waxing poetic about this long-time-coming win.
What we're seeing here is something as rare as the aurora borealis, as majestic as the Grand Canyon — an actually happy Bill Murray. Let it wash over you. We may be five days from the collapse of Western civilization as we know it, but for one brief, shining moment, there was a smiling Bill Murray.


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Ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union, foreign policy analysts have struggled to find a term to characterize the epoch we now inhabit. Although the "post-Cold-War era" has been the reigning expression, this label now sounds dated and no longer does justice to the particular characteristics of the current period. Others have spoken of the "post-9/11 era," as if the September 11 attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon were defining moments for the entire world. But this image no longer possesses the power it once wielded — even in the United States.
I propose instead another term that better captures the defining characteristics of the current period: the Post-Abundance Era.
If there is one thing that most inhabitants of the late 20th century shared in common, it was a perception of rising global abundance in virtually all fields: energy, food, housing, consumer goods, fashion, mass culture and so on. Yes, there were pockets of poverty in many areas, but most people in most places around the world were seeing a rise in their personal income and an increase in the number of things in their possession, along with the supply of energy with which to move or power their many personal goods.
At least some strata of the global population will continue to experience an increase in personal wealth in the 21st century, but the sense of abundance that characterized the late 20th century is likely to evaporate for the great majority of us. One day affordable luxuries like overseas vacations and meals out will become unattainable, and even basic necessities like energy, electricity, water and food are likely to become less plentiful and more expensive. This global austerity will produce great hardship for the poor and will force even lower-middle-class families to choose between long car trips, restaurant meals, air conditioning in summer and high thermostats in winter.
Less supply, more demand
Lying behind this historic shift in global fortunes is a fundamental reversal in the balance between resource supply and demand. For most of the 20th century, global stockpiles of vital materials like oil, natural gas, coal and basic minerals expanded as giant multinational corporations (MNCs) poured billions of dollars into exploring every corner of the Earth in the drive to locate and exploit valuable deposits of extractible materials. This permitted consumers around the world to increase their consumption of virtually everything, safe in the knowledge that even more of these commodities would be available next year and the year after that, and so on infinitely into the future.
But this condition no longer prevails. Many of the world's most promising sources of supply have been located and exploited, and all of the additional billions spent by MNCs on exploration and discovery are producing increasingly meager results. Ever since the 1960s, the most fruitful decade in the worldwide discovery of new oilfields, there has been a steady decline in the identification of new deposits, according to a recent study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Even more worrisome, the rate of oil field discovery fell below the rate of global petroleum consumption in the 1980s, and since then has fallen to approximately half the rate of consumption. This means we are increasingly relying on deposits found in previous decades to slake our insatiable thirst for petroleum — a pattern that cannot continue for much longer before we will begin to experience an irreversible and traumatic decline in the global supply of oil.
The same is true of other vital resources, including natural gas, uranium, copper and many minerals. There may be adequate stocks of these materials on global markets today, but the MNCs are not finding enough new deposits of these commodities to replace what we're consuming. So future shortages are inevitable.
Water is somewhat different, in that we receive a fresh supply of it each year through evaporation from the oceans and precipitation on land — but even this precious resource will become scarcer in the years ahead due to population growth, urbanization, industrialization, the over-exploitation of underground aquifers and global warming (through persistent drought and the accelerated evaporation of rivers and lakes).
This contraction in the global supply of vital resources will affect our lives in myriad ways. On a personal level, it will force us to consume less — for example, by buying smaller, more fuel-efficient cars and smaller, more energy-efficient homes. We will have to make other accommodations as well: fewer long-distance trips to the seaside or distant amusement parks, fewer long-distance airplane rides, lowered thermostats in winter and so on. These cutbacks will be minor inconveniences for some, but significant hardships for others — especially the poor, the elderly and others on a fixed income. Farmers will have a particularly hard time, as the cost of virtually everything associated with modern, mechanized agriculture — diesel fuel, pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, food supplements — will become far more expensive.
Less stuff, more conflict
At the national level, we can expect a significant change in foreign policy. As supplies of energy and other basic necessities become scarce, senior officials will come under enormous pressure to "solve" the problem by any means necessary, including the use of military force.
In the case of energy, this could lead to future wars over oil. Even if oil were not the only motive for the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the United States has long sought to maintain a dominant position in the oil-rich Persian Gulf area, and a permanent U.S. military presence in Iraq will facilitate American efforts to seize the oil of Iran and neighboring countries if a decision were ever made to do so. The Department of Defense is also beefing up its capacity to "project" military power into the oil-producing areas of Africa and the Caspian Sea basin. No one in official circles will admit that "guarding foreign oil fields" is the ultimate objective of Pentagon war plans, but it is becoming increasingly evident that the American military is being reconfigured to accomplish exactly this task.
Nor is the United States alone in thinking along these lines. China also seeks to enhance its capacity to project power into foreign oil-producing areas. And Russia, with a surplus of energy, seeks to exploit its advantageous position in order to extract concessions from less privileged nations.
Future shortages of water are also likely to prove a source of international friction and conflict. Egypt, which relies on the Nile River for virtually all of its water, has threatened to attack Sudan and Ethiopia if they proceed with plans to dam the Nile and divert some of its waters into irrigation schemes desperately needed to feed their rapidly growing populations. Israel has also threatened to go to war with neighboring Arab states if they move ahead with plans to dam the Yarmuk River (one of the tributaries of the Jordan) or otherwise jeopardize Israel's already over-stretched water supply. Such threats — and possibly actual outbreaks of conflict — are likely to become more common as the demand for water rises and global supplies dwindle.
The gestalt of austerity
The end of abundance is not the same thing as outright scarcity. Some commodities, like oil, may become truly scarce in later decades of the 21st century, but they will not disappear altogether. Those with means will still be able to purchase gasoline and air conditioning and other soon-to-be luxury items. But the end of abundance will create a new international environment — a new gestalt, if you will — in which expectations are lowered and struggles over what remains become fiercer and more violent.
Ideological, political and ethnic differences will have their place in this new environment, but increasingly these will be infused with or subordinated to resource pressures. The growing edginess evident in Sino-American relations, for example, can be traced at least in part to a perception that the United States and China are becoming bitter competitors in the global hunt for new sources of petroleum. Likewise, the growing frostiness in U.S.-Russian relations can be attributed in part to Moscow's heavy-handed use of its natural gas monopoly to browbeat neighboring countries like Ukraine and Georgia. This is exactly how we would expect international affairs to evolve in a Post-Abundance Era.
Prediction is always risky, and it is entirely possible that some unanticipated event on the scale of 9/11 or World War II will come along and redefine the current epoch. But such a calamity aside, the end of global abundance and the resulting scramble for resources is likely to prove the most conspicuous feature of the emerging international landscape.
Michael T. Klare is a professor of peace and world-security studies at Hampshire College and the author of "Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependence on Imported Petroleum." This article originally appeared at Foreign Policy in Focus popuplink www.fpif.org www.fpif.org> and is reprinted by permission of the author.


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What ever happened to SSB CQ?
Oct 4th 2011, 09:48 | |
K2ADKJoined: Jun 12th 2011, 20:32Total Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
I had a Novice license back in the mid '70s and boy did I wish I had a microphone so I could talk to all those folks calling CQ on voice bands! Fast forward to 2011. Last month I got my General license. Now everything is contests and nets. Nobody gets on the radio any more to chat with someone at random. Seems hams only want to do that if there's the protective layer of CW between them. Nets and contests have their place, but really, they are crowding out the bands. 80 meters is 100% networks, 40 almost as bad. You can call CQ until you're hoarse, but unless you say CQ contest, you'll be the only one talking. I think ham radio is much poorer for it. |
Oct 4th 2011, 20:52 | |
MacromancerJoined: Jun 1st 2011, 01:11Total Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
I can't comment on 80 or 40m, but lots of ssb "CQ CQ CQ" on 20m and 15m. I am on one or both bands almost every evening and frequently hear folks calling CQ. Similarly, I've had good luck calling CQ and getting a return call on both bands. 73 KK4CIS Alan |
Oct 5th 2011, 12:19 | |
W1VTSuper Moderator Joined: Apr 4th 1998, 00:00Total Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
While I've had great success running QRP in contests, I've found that it really helps to be loud when you just want to rag chew. Typically the loudest stations will have way more stations calling them than weaker stations--being loud allows you to be heard despite local interference issues. |
Oct 5th 2011, 14:27 | |
WB1GCMSuper Moderator Joined: Apr 4th 1998, 00:00Total Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
I've often thought the same thing, though as Alan has said, there are plenty of hams calling CQ on 20 and 15 meters. I've heard quite a few CQ'ers on 12 and 10 meters lately. On 75 meters; I hear a CQ rarely above 3800 kHz. Contests are only a few weekend a year and they are worth participating in, even if you only casually participate. There is no other better way to find out how well your station is getting out on a particular band than spending a little time in a contest. I find it useful to determine which direction my antenna works best, for instance. Is your station being heard on the air OK? Nets serve their purpose; friends commit to get on the air at least once a week for a common interest. 75 meters is the perfect band to do this with since the band covers up to a few hundred miles, reliably and usually, everyone can hear all others in the net. You just can't do that on 20 meters. Call CQ on 3.885 using AM and there's a good chance that someone will come back to you and chat. I think once you upgrade, you'll have more space to call CQ. The best place on the band for me to call CQ is below 3800 kHz, where the DX is, especially when the static level drops during the winter. I will admit, though; the art of rag chewing is getting to be a lost art. Let's try and turn that around by calling CQ more often. Bob WB1GCM ARRL Test Engineer |
Oct 5th 2011, 16:04 | |
W0BTUJoined: Apr 4th 1998, 00:00Total Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
What time do you get on? The last three times I got on 40 (after dark), there was only one net. Last night, conditions on 40 SSB were the best I've seen in some time. I worked many stations both stateside and DX on my vertical and Beverages. And I never even had to call CQ. :-) As for contests, I used to feel the same way, until I was asked to help in the ARRL 160 Meter Contest years ago. I found out just how much fun they can be. 73 Mike www.w0btu.com |
Oct 22nd 2011, 12:02 | |
K2ADKJoined: Jun 12th 2011, 20:32Total Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
Okay, a few weeks have gone by since my post. I've had luck calling CQ on 10 meters, 15 meters, and 17 meters, but 40 and 80 still seem to me to be locked up by networks. In particular, the precious 7.175 - 7.190 portion is virtually impossible to use unless I want to give a .005 khz space between me and the next guy. And 80? It's like knocking on the door of some club to which you will never be admitted. Yup, amateur radio has certainly changed. Networks are, in my opinion, not a good change. But the addition of 12, 17, and 30 meters has been an enormously good thing. Indeed they seem to me to be the ham radio of my youth: lots of CW, good propagation, and not so crowded. |
Aug 16th 2012, 16:03 | |
K8LTNJoined: Apr 4th 1998, 00:00Total Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
Well, I dropped out of Ham Radio in the 60's because of contests. It used to be nice to listen to foreign stations calling and being able to rag chew with them but after getting my General lately I find most all ham radio is contests. What a waste of time to me and many others posted. K8LTN |
Aug 18th 2012, 14:51 | |
KB0HAEJoined: Apr 4th 1998, 00:00Total Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
I firmly believe that sponsors of contests need to limit the frequencies used during contests. We are not talking about the FCC rules here...we are talking about the rules for the contests that are set up by the contest sponsors. The sponsors of contests could easily set frequency limits within the Amateur Radio bands and/or sub-bands to be used during contests. Any contacts outside those limits could (and should) be disallowed. Too many contacts outside of the limits could be grounds for that station to be disqualified. I, and many others feel that it is not fair to non-contesters for any contest to use the entire voice, CW, or digital parts or sub-bands of any Amateur band allocation. (with the exception of Field Day which is an emergency preparedness event). Contesters will mention the W.A.R.C. Bands. The fact of the matter is that propagation is not the same on the W.A.R.C. Bands, and compared to the other HF bands, the W.A.R.C. Bands are very small. Some contesters will say that most contests take place over weekends, so non-contesters have the rest of the week to operate. Not always so. For many working hams, the weekends are the only chance that they have to operate. Also, it seems that there is some sort of contest scheduled almost every weekend, sometimes several. I wonder how those same contesters would feel if the contests were only held during the week instead on weekends! Some contesters will suggest that non-contesters try CW/RTTY and Digital modes. But what if the non-contester chooses to use SSB voice? Perhaps he/she has no interest in operating CW, RTTY, or digital modes. Should his/her choice of operating in his preferred mode be taken away from him because the sponsors of a contest are inconsiderate and discourteous enough to not limit the frequencies used for a contest? I think not! Also a note on how some contesters operate: They all seem to want to find any frequency that they can sit on (even if its far too close to another occupied frequency) and call CQ contest. If everyone did this, no contacts would get made! I realize that a station sitting on a frequency calling CQ contest makes a higher number of contacts per hour, but some stations must hunt and pounce, or no one makes any contacts. And a few contesters are rude enough to operate less than 3Khz away from frequencies where there is an ongoing net, such as 14.300Mhz where there the Intercontinental Traffic net, and the Maritime Mobile Service Net operate on a daily basis. While no Amateur or group of Amateurs "own" a frequency, it is well known that these nets operate daily on or near this frequency. The same is true of other nets. Contest sponsors should have the courtesy to exclude these frequencies, and disallow any contacts made within 3Khz of these frequencies. Contesters should have the courtesy not to operate within 3Khz of any occupied frequency. I do not think that it is asking too much for the sponsors of contests to limit the frequencies to be used in the contest, and leave some room for non-contest stations to operate. I am not suggesting that contesting be stopped, or that the number of contests be reduced. Just that the sponsors and contesters have some courtesy toward those who are not interested in contesting. I believe that all Amateur Operators need to realize that whether there is a contest or not, contesters and non-contesters alike have the same right to operate, and the same obligation to be courteous to all other operators. |
Aug 18th 2012, 15:16 | |
KB0HAEJoined: Apr 4th 1998, 00:00Total Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
In my experience there are not all that many formal nets on 40m and 80m. There are many groups that meet on the same frequency at the same time every evening. Some of these groups (but not all by any means!) are very clic-ish, resenting any newcomers. If you encounter such a group, just turn the large knob marked VFO and move on. It is a bit unfortunate that General class licensees are limited to 3.8 to 4 Mhz when there is the "DX Window" at 3.97 to 3.8Mhz, and below 3.97Mhz there are fewer groups crowded 3Khz (or less) apart than there are above 3.8Mhz. |


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At Zaber, we design and manufacture precision positioning devices that are affordable, integrated, and easy to use. Our devices are used in many different applications and markets, such as photonics and optics, life sciences, microscopy, and industrial automation.
Zaber was founded in 1997 by a group of friends. Back then, precision linear actuators all used DC motors with gearbox and encoders, and they required bulky controllers and a number of other accessories and supplies. Precision motion control was expensive and difficult to set up and use.
Recognizing the need for affordable and integrated solutions for motion control, Zaber released the world's first precision linear actuator with a built-in controller, the T-LA28 Series linear actuator.
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Your company will be exhibiting at IMTS, what is it that makes this an important event for your company?
Trade shows are one of the main ways that our employees are able to meet face-to-face with potential and existing customers and have the chance to show them our new products.
Highlight 2 or 3 products you will be showcasing at the event?
Linear Motor Stages with Built-in Controllers and Linear Encoders
With the built-in controller, the X-LDQ-AE is a first of its kind - making set-up as easy as 1-2-3. These devices ship pre-tuned, and Zaber's free software allows you to quickly and easily adjust the tuning parameters. These stages range from 75 – 1000 mm of travel with up to 2.5 µm accuracy over 1000 mm travel and a minimum incremental move of 50 nm, and they are capable of up to 1.5 m/s speed and 2 g acceleration.
Custom XYZ Gantry System
This XYZ gantry system uses the LRQ-EC series linear stages with dust covers to create a compact and protected system. Two stages are used in parallel to provide a stiff base for the system; they use the lockstep synchronization feature of the X-MCB2 to move together and feature side mounted motors to reduce the depth of the system. A VSR40A-T3 stage is used in the vertical axis to give the system a clear platform. The system is customized with tracking for cable organization.
IMTS has many educational sessions & Demo's, is your company involved in any of them this year?
We will probably attend a couple.
When you get a chance to walk the exhibit hall floor yourself, what is it you will be most interested to see? Any educational sessions you plan on attending?
We like to see new technology and new products, especially from our OEM customers who are exhibiting. Chatting with people on the floor about the motion control challenges and applications they may have is also very interesting. We also sometimes meet with our own suppliers at these shows.
When you book a booth for a tradeshow like this what are your expectations and what does your company hope to accomplish at the event?
We hope to meet new and existing customers. We tend to get feedback (both affirming and highlighting areas of improvement), product requests, and general ideas about how business is going.
A tradeshow of this magnitude is extremely busy and stressful for the staff of exhibiting companies. Any fun things or places your team can suggest in Chicago to help unwind?
We like to go to comedy shows while in Chicago. Second City is a favorite.
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