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I picked up a Sony digital handheld stereo field recorder to play around with. This category of portable digital recorders are primarily made for location recording of music performances and ambient sound (I use it for both of these purposes), by journalists for conducting interviews, etc.
After playing around with this great recorder, I have found that it can function pretty well as a recorder for capturing voiceover. The Sony (there are a number of comparable brands available as well) is battery operated, has 2 condenser mics, and can record 24-bit/96kHz stereo WAV files on an internal 4 gig flash drive. The recorders usually interface to a PC via a USB cable allowing fast transfer of files to a PC for editing.
These types of recorders can be an excellent option for use within a corporate production environment, allowing the recording system to be moved to the voiceover narrator (or a more quiet location) as needed. They set up quickly (get a small photo tripod for this purpose – 8 inch is fine), and have a headphone jack that allows for monitoring. The Sony has a fur-style windscreen that minimizes breath pop. And the quality of the microphones is great.
Consider this approach as a low-cost option to building a standard recording setup.


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Sunsetting on the 2015 harvest season
A mysterious mushroom graced the herb garden this past week. Unappreciated but utterly important to the farm ecosystem, mushrooms remain an enigma.
A panoply of radish varieties keeps farm produce interesting. Shown here, left to right, are bravo, amethyst, watermelon, and nero tondo.
Notes From The Field
The Final Two Weeks
By Derek McGeehan
We have two more weeks until we reach the proverbial end of our climb or two more weeks until we've descended off our mountain; either is analogous to the way we feel when we approach the end of the Main Season. Though now that we're offering the fourth annual Winter CSA we still need to trek for six more weeks out of a jungle or through a desert before we reach the comforts of modern civilization again. See, this is what happens when a farmer reads a new National Geographic magazine sandwiched between verbose Stephen King and Dean Koontz fiction books. How do I have time to read you may be asking. Good question. A newborn, a 2-year old, and a farm to run. It must be the reduced amount of daylight. Speaking of daylight, let's welcome back Standard Time after the hiccup of Daylight Savings. Moving man-manufactured time around always seems a bit out of sync with the natural world but we'll adjust and be able to wake up at an earlier time to begin harvesting this week. I'm sure the farm staff is as thrilled as I am.
A frosty morning sunrise is almost always pleasurable to look at.
Enough rambling, what goes on at the farm right now? Well, we need to plant 13,000 garlic cloves and mulch the beds this week. Those 13,000 garlic cloves will sprout and become next year's garlic bulbs, and the cycle continues. Anchor Run has been saving garlic for 12 seasons now and we've basically created our own unique variety, or so I am told. We'll also continue to retrieve irrigation components and fabric row cover from the fields as well as harvest roots and other storage crops. It is forecast to be warm and balmy most of the week so working outside will be pleasant. Thankfully we received ample rain last week which brought October's total to 3.3 inches, a perfect amount. We sowed the season's last planting of cover crops, winter rye and hairy vetch, which will overwinter and produce a large amount of organic matter in the spring to feed the soil and the following late summer vegetable crops. Besides mowing, discing, and plowing in crop residue to break up the pest cycle, practically all of our tractor work is finished for the season, which I appreciate. Breathing in diesel exhaust gets old after a while. Very soon we'll earnestly begin planning and prepping for next season but first we'll relish the successful completion of our 7th season at Anchor Run.
Expected Harvest
Kale, Potatoes, Radishes, Oh My
By Derek McGeehan
Harvest #25 (Week A) should include potatoes, sweet potatoes, kale, leeks, radishes, garlic, lettuces, bok choy, escarole, arugula, broccoli raab, napa cabbage, cauliflower, fennel, and winter squash. There will be choices. U-pick this week should include herbs.
Workshifts Over For Season
By Derek McGeehan
Workshifts have ended for the year. If you weren't able to finish your hours, please send your $15 per missed work hour check made payable to "Anchor Run CSA" as soon as possible (half share - $60, full share - $120). This fills out the balance of your share cost and saves us the need to contact you for payment.
2015 Winter Share
By Derek McGeehan
The Winter CSA will begin on Tuesday, November 17th, 1-8pm, for Full Shares and Week A Half Shares. Week B Half Shares begin Tuesday, November 24th. The season runs for 6 weeks through the week of December 20th. (Half share folks, we will try to keep your same Week A/B designation you had for the Main Season). CSA members can still sign up for a winter share but we do need payment by Friday, November 13th, to confirm our harvest numbers. Prices are the same as last year, $200 for a full share and $110 for a half share. New this year are string construction lights to get you safely from the parking lot to the barn; a project on our to-do list for years. Six more weeks of harvest sounds great to me!
So many choices!
By Linda Dansbury
I am sure you have noticed the many choices in the pick up room the past couple weeks, a trend I think should continue. It is great for members who don't care for certain veggies or do/don't want to stock up on items. For me, figuring out what to write about is a bit of a challenge because I don't know what members need help using. So, as I did a few weeks ago with items we were receiving at that time, I will give a brief overview for the current list of greens/veggies.
Broccoli raab
- many don't like this bitter green, but when paired with white beans, pasta, sweet sausage and cheese, it is delicious. When doing research for this article, I learned that it is also delicious roasted - cut into 3-4" lengths, toss with olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic and some red pepper flakes. Roast at 400 for about 10 minutes or until the stems are tender and leaves slightly crunchy. I am going to try this one! Broccoli raab will only store for about a week in the fridge.
- I have talked about fennel quite a bit - it is equally happy being used raw in salads, braised in soups and stews, or roasted. The trick to successful roasting is to cook it at a lower temperature than many other veggies - 375 and allow 45 minutes or so - when it is fork tender, it is finished. Fennel keeps well in the fridge for several weeks.
- Many think that arugula is just for salads, but think again! It can be used as an ingredient in pasta dishes - add to the cooked pasta and just let it wilt. It is great as a pizza topping or as part of a filling for meat and chicken or as an addition to potato or green bean salads. My new favorite this year is arugula pesto - it is delicious as a topping for almost anything.
- Yet another versatile green and one that makes me happy when I see it in the pick up room. Yes, it is delicious in salads, and is great paired with sweeter fall produce including beets, apples and pears. As with broccoli raab, escarole loves pasta, sausage, white beans and cheese. Use escarole in any recipe that calls for broccoli raab. It keeps for a couple of weeks in the fridge.
Napa cabbage
- is in the same family as the "globe" cabbage but somewhat more delicate - it is more mild in flavor and although it stores well, it will not keep for months like other cabbages. Obviously, cabbage makes tasty slaws and stir fries. Don't forget to add it to soups - a nice minestrone perhaps? Also, roasting or braising on the stove top (as I have been saying) brings out a nutty deliciousness that was unexpected when I first tried it years ago.
Most of these techniques can be found in recipes on the website - just hit search; then in the pull down select recipes, and you can enter any veggie of your choice. Enjoy! And, if you have any ideas, please send them to me at email@example.com.
How I enjoyed my harvest this week
By Linda Dansbury
I didn't cook anything complicated this past week, but I did use a number of our veggies. Below is some of what I made:
Sweet potatoes
- I simply baked them until tender, split them open, and sprinkled with a little salt and pepper. I found them to be so sweet and delicious, that I sent D & D an e-mail that very night.
Butternut Squash
- I perused the recipes on the website and found
Roasted Winter Squash with Browned Butter and Sage
. It was delicious and perfect with the grilled chicken that was alongside.
Cauliflower -
Roasted it and then topped it with a combination of fresh grated ginger, soy sauce, a dash of sugar, chopped scallion and toasted sesame seeds. It was very tasty.
Beets -
roasted and then pickled them using the directions I posted last week - I did not do it with the eggs. I ate the beets one night along with my meal, and have just been reaching in the container and getting a taste or two every so often.
Onion and leek -
used one of each as the aromatics for a dish I make a couple of times during the fall - I'll call it "Stove - top Braised Pork Chops with Apples". It is exactly as it sounds - season, then brown the pork chops. Remove from pan and add the chopped leek and onion to the pan - saute until slightly softened and barely browned. Add some white wine to de-glaze the pan. Add chops back to the pan, then add chicken stock, enough to barely cover the pork. Cover and let simmer until the pork chops are just tender. Add peeled, chopped apples and let simmer for another 15 minutes, or until tender. Top with chopped parsley.
Cabbage and onion
- sliced cabbage thin, as I would if making slaw, and chopped the onion. In a large pan, heat a little butter and oil. I added the onion and cooked for a few minutes, until slightly softened. Added cabbage, and cooked, turning frequently, until tender and lightly browned. Added salt and pepper to taste and topped with a little parsley.
Last night I was tired from a very long week, so I took a container of
Roasted Tomato Soup
out of the freezer. Being able to do that is such a welcome event.
Please let me know how you enjoyed your harvest at email@example.com.
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Wrightstown, PA 18940
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The Torah command us times to 'rejoice' on Succot. The fact is that one should enjoy all festivals (with the possible exception of Yom Kippur). And if you check out Deuteronomy 47 28 you'll find that in general, in every part of our lives we are expected to see the good and worship God through joy and that is the source for it in Jewish religious law.
So in truth we are expected to be happy clappy all the time. Yet, that's surely not possible! The Greeks were rather keen on 'states,' states of agape, angst, pain, joy, happiness, catharsis and romance. Christianity has always been rather gung ho on 'states of sin' and on the other hand of 'bliss' and 'grace' and so on.
Judaism is weak on 'states of.' It doesn't believe that you wake up one morning, say 'I believe' and glory halleluiah the gates open and you enter 'bliss.' Rather it talks about actions being the sorts of actions that can be joyful or not or bring about satisfaction or fulfilment. Visiting the sick isn't going to make you feel happy but it might be very, very worthwhile!
But by the same token we are not really too keen on asceticism either. Yes the bible asked us to suffer one day a year. And in truth we have been rather eager to add fasts on to it since and it is my theory that current obsession with adding layers and layers of unnecessary legal strictness is a way of delighting in suffering that certainly strikes me as over compensation!
But when we look at Catholic processions that involve lacerating ones bodies as one follows holy icons and Shia celebrations that involve barbed whips raining down in rhythm on the bare backs of the faithful, one can feel fortunate that the only vestige we have is a little breast beating when we enumerate our sins at Tachanun or on Yom Kippur (and in our family we don't even approve of that).
So to get back to Succot, why specifically on Succot does the Torah insist three times on joy? One explanation is that we are so relieved at being let off on Yom Kippur. Another is that it's the end of the harvest and our bellies are full and our storehouses overflowing, the equivalent I guess of the Christmas bonus on Wall Street. And another is the simple opportunity to be happy to be alive after the summer season of earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados and of course the military campaigns that in days gone by when technology was more primitive, always started up in the spring and then usually mercifully stopped for the winter!
But then the often-asked text question is why does the bible add that strange 'But' word, 'But you must enjoy' (Deuteronomy 15.15). And that 'But' word 'Ach' in Hebrew is always used to limit, to qualify. What's the qualification?
Rabbeynu Bahya (Eleventh Century Spain) said you should always limit your rejoicing because there are others less fortunate and besides all joy has limitations.
Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav (1772-1810), he who famously said 'It is a great mitzvah to be constantly joyful' (which does actually sound like a 'state') understood this 'But' to mean quite the opposite. He said you should rejoice to the point of stupidity, be silly, go over the top!
The Gerrer Rebbe Sfat Emet (1847-1905) said you have to rejoice all year round otherwise your rejoicing on Simchat Torah will not be as great as it should be. Get into training for the big day.
But I have a problem. You see to tell you the truth I don't enjoy wildly, throwing oneself around in the company of sweaty boozers or perfunctorily shuffling around in a circle of closely packed bodies. I don't like getting drunk. Most of what goes on on Simchat Torah in most Synagogues I've been in, doesn't do it for me! I'm a cerebral sort of chap. I regard myself as being very, very lucky and very, very, very happy and every day I thank the Lord for my life. But singing myself hoarse and trying to be jolly when I really don't enjoy it, doesn't wash.
So for me the 'Ach' is quite literal. I am happy, you betcha. And I love the Torah and am delighted to have got through it again. And I AM happy. But not THAT way.
Sure I know, my Lubavitch friends will tell me and I need to get drunk to loosen up a bit and I'm an uptight Litvack (actually I haven't a drop of Lithuanian blood in my veins to my knowledge, perhaps its just that I'm English). By that token I should take skunk, coke, LSD and anything else if it will send me off into the stratosphere. I don't think so and I don't buy it. I believe in conscious pleasure, conscious spirituality. I like to think I'm a thinking man.
So if you're sitting there while the lunatics around you are going wild. Or alternatively if you're in the average English synagogue where any loss of decorum is frowned upon and Simchat Torah is positively funereal, DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY! Really HAPPY!
Chag Sameach
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Translate the underlined part of the following text into English. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE.
Translate the underlined part of the following text into Chinese. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE.
I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. Being in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I have never found a companion that was as friendly as solitude. We are for the most part lonelier when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our homes. A man thinking or working is always alone. Solitude is not measured by the miles of space that intervene between a man and his fellow men. The really diligent student in one of the crowded rooms of a college is as a hermit in the desert. The farmer can work alone in the field or the woods all day, weeding or chopping, and not feel lonesome, because he is employed. But when he comes home at night, he cannot be alone. He must be where he can see "the folks", and he thinks, repay himself for his day's solitude. So he wonders how the student can sit alone in the house all night and most of the day without boredom and the "blues". But he does not realize that the student, although in the house, is still at work in his field, and chopping in his woods.
An anonymous person in a chatter chamber said, "I believe in serendipity, karma, and hubris. To paraphrase Paulo Coeho, when we want something deeply enough, the universe conspires to give it to us. However, also I think it's important not to bank on conspiring forces of the universe to make things happen for us. I think if we work hard and behave honorably, good things will come our way."
Do you agree or disagree with the above quotation? Do you agree or disagree with this point of view? Write an essay of about 400 words entitled:
Hard Work or Good Luck?
In the first part of your writing you should state your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details (or examples). In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR……


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The Classic Race is one of Utah's longest lasting traditions. What started as a simple road race in 1984 has turned into an event where hundreds of runners join together to race for a cause. This year we are racing for our families. The Classic Race has indeed become a "classic" in Northern Utah, as runners attend this race year after year.
Intermountain Layton Hospital provides growing families access to the most contemporary birthing services in the region. Layton Hospital's Special Care Nursery allows care for children with minor health concerns, such as respiratory issues, low birth weight, and infection, immediately after birth. Parents will be able to keep their babies close to home at a most vulnerable time.
A portion of the proceeds from this event will benefit the new Mother and Baby Unit within the Intermountain Layton Hospital (providing needed items such as NICU Blankets, Baby Packets and Hygiene Kits)
Join the movement in a good ol'fashioned "Classic" 10K, 5K, or 3K and Run For Your FAMILY!
Race Date: Saturday August 31, 2019
Race Start Time:
5K – 8:15 am
3K – 8:20 am
Kids K – 9:30 am
Registration Cost:
10K – $30 until July 2nd $35 until Aug 15th $40 until Sept 2nd $45 until Sept 8th $48 on race day
5K – $20 until July 2nd $25 until Aug 15th $30 until Sept 2nd $35 until Sept 8th $38 on race day
3K – $20 until July 2nd $25 until Aug 15th $30 until Sept 2nd $35 until Sept 8th $38 on race day
Kids K – $10
Race Location:
Layton Commons Park
518 North 225 East
Layton, UT 84041
The race starts/finishes over on the north loop of the park east of Surf N Swim and north of Layton High School.
Southbound I-15: Take exit 331 for UT-232/Hill Field Road. Turn east onto UT-232/Hill Field Road. Turn right onto 1000 N/Gordon Avenue and then turn right onto Fort Lane. Take the 2nd right onto Wasatch Drive then take the 2nd right onto 225 E/Constitution Circle.
Northbound I-15: Take the Layton Parkway exit. Turn east off the freeway onto Layton Parkway. Turn left onto Fort Lane and left onto Wasatch Drive. Then take the 2nd right onto 225 E/Constitution Circle.
Check out the map to see where there is available parking for race day.
Packet Pickup: TBD
Participant Shirts:
Each 10k, 5k, and 3k participant will receive a short-sleeve gender-specific technical shirt.
The Kids k participants will receive a t-shirt and a prize at the finish line.
There will be an overall male and female winner cash prizes/awards for both the 10k and 5k, masters cash awards (over 40) for both the 10k and 5k, as well as age division awards for the 10k and 5k.
Prize Purse of $1,020:
10k Top 3 overall male and female: 1st $100, 2nd $75, 3rd $50
10k Top 3 Masters (40 and over) male and female: 1st $75, 2nd $50, 3rd $25
5k Top 3 overall male and female: 1st $30, 2nd $25, 3rd $20
5k Top 3 Masters (40 and over) male and female: 1st $25, 2nd $20, 3rd $15
Follow Us!
For race updates follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/runtheclassic and Twitter https://twitter.com/runtheclassic.
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India: Development Effectiveness Brief
The publication captures the core of ADB's operations in India and showcases select ADB interventions that are helping the government achieve its development goals.
ADB supports the Government of India's vision of faster, more inclusive, and sustainable growth and has been a partner in its development efforts for about 3 decades now. India is now the top borrower of ADB's loans from ordinary capital resources. Between 1986 and 2013, ADB approved 210 loans worth $31.5 billion, largely toward developing infrastructure in the transport, energy, and urban sectors, as well as supporting the finance sector. Value addition through technical assistance, capacity building, strengthening institutions, supporting innovations, and facilitating knowledge sharing is at the core of ADB operations in India. ADB remains committed to support India's development goals by focusing on gender sensitivity, skill building, environmental sustainability, and regional cooperation.
- India and ADB: Partnering for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
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Saturday, May 1, 2010
History Of Comics On Film Part 31 (Fantastic Four)
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A Committee of the Health Council of the Netherlands has published a draft on
"Occupational exposure to organic solvents: 6 Effects on human reproduction".
Organic solvents are widely used in the working environment. Occupational
exposure to solvents occurs amongst others during painting and in dry-cleaning
shops, the printing industry, and in various jobs within the chemical industry.
The most commonly used solvents are toluene, xylene, tetrachloroethylene and
Well-known consequences of exposure to organic solvents are neurological
effects. Exposure to volatile organic solvents may cause chronic toxic
encephalopathy (CTE), a disease characterized by brain disturbances,
concentration loss, fatigue, mental inertia, headache, depression and
irritability. These adverse effects have been the subject of many
investigations, in particular in the Nordic countries.
Less is known about the possible reproductive effects of occupational exposure
to organic solvents.
In this draft report, the following questions are addressed:
What is known about the effects of occupational exposure to organic solvents on
fertility of men and women?
What is known about the effects of occupational exposure to organic solvents on
the development of the progeny of men and women?
What is known about the relation between any of the observed effects on
fertility and the development of the progeny on the one hand and peak exposure
or exposure during sensitive periods on the other hand?
Are workers at risk for fertility problems or problems in the development of
their progeny, when the latest scientific knowledge is balanced against the
current occupational exposure limits?
What measures are recommended to increase the safety of workers or to increase
the knowledge of the risks of organic solvents for fertility and for the
development of the progeny?
To answer these questions, the committee gives an overview of the research on
this subject, weighs the strength of the evidence, and, if possible, discusses
the likelihood of a causal relation.
AplusA-online.de - Source: Health Council of the Netherlands


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Gatlinburg Tennessee Smokey Mountain National Park - approx. $79.99 2 nights 3 days!
Gallery of Photos
Here are some pictures of our guests enjoying their adventure vacations.
A lovely canoe ride down the river.
One of many horseback riding trips.
A family hiking at a nearby trail.
Finding a spot for lunch.
Gatlinburg Tennessee.... A memorable vacation, perfect for kids of all ages with lots to do, and quiet for the adults in the


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It's fall and change is in the air. The nights are getting cooler and it's time to pack away the summer clothes in exchange for cozy sweaters and corduroys. Here in New England the biggest signal of fall is the dramatic color bursts of our famous trees.
It seems to happen overnight. One day everything is still green and the next day the trees are ablaze in bright reds, oranges and yellows. Not only is the drama hard to miss, but it's truly breathtaking. It grabs your attention and begs for your camera so you can record and share the beauty.
The changes of fall serve as a great reminder that online content should be changed frequently too. Take some inspiration from the attention-grabbing foliage and add a punch of color to your own content. Brighten up your site further with some memorable copy your customers will want to share.
Make sure your content is constantly changing by working with a writer who can deliver your message with bright and attention-grabbing copy to match the brilliance of the season.


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Name: Alabama
Breed: Greyhound
Age: 5 years old
Sex: Spayed Female
Organization: Greyhound Adoption Center in El Cajon
Phone: 800-HoundSavers
Web: HoundSavers.org
ALABAMA is a five year old retired greyhound residing at the Greyhound Adoption Center. She arrived from the Caliente racetrack in Mexico in late June after registering an astounding 391 races during her lengthy career. Alabama cannot live in a home with cats or tiny dogs but would be happy living with a canine companion over 30 pounds. Even at the age of five, Alabama is a happy, playful girl and will make a wonderful companion for an active family with children of all ages.
All dogs from the Greyhound Adoption Center have a complete medical evaulation, are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, microchipped, and undergo a thorough dental cleaning. They are then fully evaluated for temperament and personality as well as tested with cats, small dogs, and young children before being profiled for a home.
Due to construction at the facility, the monthly Open House and tour for August was cancelled; however, private kennel tours may be arranged every day of the week between the hours of 1:00 and 3:00 PM by appointment. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about greyhound rescue, rehabilitation, adoption, and volunteer opportunities. The next Open House will be held on Sunday, September 18, 2016 between 1:00 and 3:00 PM. For more information call toll free at 1-877-478-8364 (800-HoundSavers) visit www.houndsavers.org, or follow GAC on Facebook!


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Diversity Corner News
Month of May 2014; Memorial Day 2014
Remembering the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces
This day is set aside to celebrate and honor US men and women who have died serving their country in the military. For many Americans, this day marks the start of summer.
Memorial Day started as an event to honor Union soldiers, who had died during the American Civil War. It was inspired by the way people in the Southern states honored their dead. After World War I, it was extended to include all men and women, who died in any war or military action.
Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day. The current name for this day did not come into use until after World War II. Decoration Day and then Memorial Day used to be held on May 30, regardless of the day of the week on which it fell. In 1968, the Uniform Holidays Bill was passed as part of a move to use federal holidays to create three-day weekends. This meant that from 1971, the Memorial Day holiday has been officially observed on the last Monday in May. However, it took a longer period for all US states to recognize the new date.
Celebrating Diversity - Month of May 2014
May is Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the United States. The month of May was chosen to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese to the US on May 7, 1843, and to mark the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869. The majority of the workers who laid the tracks on the project were Chinese immigrants.
May is also Older Americans Month, established in 1963 to honor the legacies and contributions of older Americans and to support them as they enter their next stage of life.
May 21 is World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, a day set aside by the United Nations as an opportunity to deepen our understanding of the values of cultural diversity and to learn to live together better.
May 25 is Lailat al Mairaj. On this day, Muslims celebrate Prophet Muhammad's night journey from Makkah to Jerusalem and his ascension to heaven.


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Ackermann announced last week - when the Lions enjoyed their first bye week of the Super Rugby competition - that he would swop the Joburg-based team for Gloucester at the conclusion of this year's competition.
He said last week it would be nice if the Lions could go one step further than they did last year and win the competition (they were runners-up to the Hurricanes in 2016) and this week stated it was back to business as usual following his announcement.
"Nothing has changed at training, there's no difference this week compared to any other week," he said ahead of his team's big clash with the unbeaten Stormers at Newlands on Saturday.
"The atmosphere is the same, the routine is the same and the big thing is, the players are now at peace. They may have been unsure about the situation a few weeks ago, but they now know where they stand and what is happening.
"If there was some restlessness a few weeks ago, there is now peace and I want all of us to enjoy the remaining time we have together."
Ackermann has been credited for playing the major part in turning the once beleaguered team around following their demotion from Super Rugby in 2013, at the expense of the Southern Kings. He took charge after John Mitchell's axing in 2012, put a squad together in 2013 and started building the team from 2014, creating a culture of brotherly love and caring between the players. Two years later they were the trendsetters in South Africa and played in the Super Rugby final.
Ackermann said his leaving the Lions in a few months' time would not affect team performance. The Lions are currently on track to again feature in the play-offs, having won five of six matches.
"My situation shouldn't affect the players. They know I will give 100 percent to the team in the coming months and I expect them to give everything as well. There's no reason why it should be any different."
The only difference is assistant coaches Swys de Bruin and JP Ferreira might take a little more charge on the training ground than has been the case up to now because they are certainly the front runners to be in charge of the Currie Cup team, once Ackermann heads abroad.
In fact De Bruin, who has turned the Lions into one of the game's most lethal attacking teams, has been mooted as the likely full-time replacement.
Lions chief executive Rudolf Straeuli, though, has said the union will take their time before naming a replacement to take charge next year when Super Rugby again becomes a 15-team competition.
The Lions go into Saturday's match on the back of having a week off, but before that they beat the Sharks in a thrilling game at Ellis Park, while the Stormers are unbeaten and full of confidence after getting the better of the Chiefs in just as thrilling a game last weekend.
Ackermann is likely to pick the same group of players who did duty against the Sharks, but fullback Andries Coetzee will first have to pass a fitness test on a sore hamstring.
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St. Gerard's Mass is for all who have been or are affected by infertility. Come join Fr. Dale Craig, SOLT, for a mass of comfort and hope followed by brief testimonies from couples who have respectfully journeyed the road of adoption and NaProTechnology. A complimentary reception with refreshments and local resources including adoption, foster care, and NaProTechnology. Do not be afraid, do not feel alone. Let blessing and friendship in God surround and uphold you on your journey.
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It's Valentine's Day. It's a chance for everyone to celebrate romance with their special someone. And I mean it when I say "everyone". It's not an exclusive holiday. Anyone who recognizes Valentine's Day has a right to celebrate. To prove the point, check out these horror icons in love:
Freddy Krueger
Ghostface, with a bouquet of roses
Michael Myers with a heart-shaped box of candy
Regan MacNeil wants you to be her valentine
Frankenstein is giving this lovely lady a puppy wearing a sweater with a heart on it. Awwwwww…
Pinhead is ready for commitment with this diamond engagement ring.
Jason Voorhees bought his special lady a teddy bear.
And Leatherface, like Freddy Krueger, gets loopy around the ladies.


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by Tammy Alexander
In a speech on immigration in El Paso, Texas in May of this year, President Obama said, "I don't believe the United States of America should be in the business of separating families. That's not right. That's not who we are." Yet thousands of families are separated each year under his watch.
The stories are heart-wrenching. A teenage girl describes through tear-soaked eyes how Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents came in the middle of the night and took her mother. She now helps to care for her younger siblings, including an infant sister.
A man with a work visa who has lived in the country legally for over a decade misfiles a change of address form. Agents come to his house, take him away, detain him, and eventually deport him. He is no longer able to help care for a sick family member in the United States.
A young man who has lived in the country since he was a small child is deported after being picked up for misdemeanor drug possession. He leaves behind a pregnant wife.
A young woman is swept up in a raid at her workplace, leaving behind a 4-month-old daughter.
Families separated
These stories are repeated over and over again in communities throughout the U.S. (see Fernanda's story). A record number of immigrants were deported in fiscal year 2010–more than 392,000. About half had criminal convictions, including minor offenses such as traffic violations.
Policymakers charge such deportations are necessary to keep U.S. citizens safe. Are we really made safer by taking mothers from babies?
An estimated four million U.S.-born children currently live in mixed-status families where at least one parent is an undocumented immigrant. One young man visiting a congressional office was heard to say, "As a U.S. citizen, don't I have the right to live with both of my parents?" As a human being, he should have that right.
A culture of unwelcome
Although the Obama administration has promised to focus immigration deportation efforts on those with serious criminal convictions, ICE raids continue to target those with no criminal history and those convicted of minor offenses.
In January, ICE agents in Michigan made 77 arrests over four days. The majority of those detained had no criminal background. In February, a raid in Ellensburg, Washington, swept up a longtime church pastor, parents of young children, and a woman seven months pregnant. The only charges against the 30 people held in the raid were immigration violations.
In Detroit, Michigan, in March ICE agents followed parents walking their children to and from school–an action contrary to stated ICE policies.
All across our country, there is a culture of unwelcome. If you travel on Amtrak or Greyhound within 100 miles of the border, you may be asked to show proof of citizenship. Several members of Congress would like to repeal the portion of the 14th amendment that provides for birthright citizenship. There is even talk of requiring proof of citizenship for children to receive free and reduced priced lunches in schools.
Waiting for reform
When President Obama took office in 2009, pledging reform of the broken immigration system, there was hope that comprehensive reform might finally be within reach. Instead, anti-immigrant rhetoric in Congress turned uglier and, with few exceptions, the Obama administration largely continued the immigration policies of the previous administration.
Attempting to mollify critics, President Obama points to increased border security since 2008. Rather than challenging the premise that we can solve our nation's immigration problems through increased enforcement, he has reinforced that premise with his words and actions.
But no matter how many miles of walls we build and thousands of people we deport, no matter how many National Guard troops we send to the border, the appetite for more border security will never be satisfied.
What you can do
While members of Congress and the administration point fingers at each other and punt the problem down the road to at least 2013, immigrant families continue to needlessly suffer. Here are three things you can do to help:
- Call for administrative relief
While President Obama insists that any changes in current immigration policy must come from Congress, there is actually much the president can do to prevent families from being separated.
To start with, the administration can direct ICE to make liberal use of alternatives to deportation in cases where families would be separated and where the individual in question has good moral character and would otherwise be eligible for a visa.
Also, President Obama can hold ICE agents accountable to focus activities solely on those involved in serious criminal activities.
Finally, the administration should discontinue programs like Secure Communities and 287g which enlist local police officers to enforce immigration laws. Such programs use scarce resources, increase distrust of law enforcement in immigrant communities, and sweep up those with no or minor criminal offenses.
- Write a letter to President Obama (sample letter)
- Take part in the Let My People Stay campaign (interfaithimmigration.org)
- Take action in your state
Faith groups, immigrant advocacy organizations, and business owners in several states are speaking out against local and state-level anti-immigrant proposals and calling for immigration reform at the federal level. Through joint efforts such as the Pennsylvania Compact and the Indiana Compact, such groups are reframing the discussion around immigration.
- Get involved in state-level advocacy (resources)
- Encourage dialogue
Currently most members of Congress overwhelmingly hear negative messages about immigration – in the form of angry phone calls and letters from their constituents, urging them to build more border wall and deport more immigrants. Immigration reform will not be possible until more moderate and positive voices are heard.
You can help by educating yourself and by facilitating dialogue with members of your church and the wider community. Workshops and small group studies are a good way to encourage such discussions.
You can also write letters to the editor responding to myths and outright lies about immigrants and immigration policy. Another benefit of such letters is that members of Congress monitor what their constituents are saying in local newspapers.
- Write letters to the editor
- Organize forums and small group discussions
(Topics and resources for dialogue)
Remember Jesus' words in Matthew 25–blessed are those who welcome the stranger because, in doing so, they welcome Jesus himself. Make your voice heard.


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Located in Florida's panhandle is the small and scenic two-lane highway, 30A. For those fortunate enough to travel this area, they will experience all of the beauty the Gulf of Mexico has to offer including white sand beaches, wetlands, longleaf pines, freshwater coastal lakes, and private saltwater inlets. That isn't all there is to see and enjoy, there are also beach bars where you can enjoy the beautiful views with a drink in your hand. Some of the best beach bars in the 30A Florida area include the following.
Shades Bar and Grill
Shades Bar and Grill has been serving and satisfying beachgoers for over 20 years. The full-service bar menu includes mixed drinks, including all of the beach favorites, a wine list and a large selection of draft beer. The family-friendly restaurant has all the American classic favorites, such as soups, salads, sandwiches, and of course freshly caught fish.
723 Whiskey Bravo
Not only is this bar on the beach, but it offers even more enhanced views of the scenic waters from the rooftop bar. This bar is the ultimate location to enjoy the mesmerizing sunsets of the 30A area. The menu at 723 Whiskey Bravo accents the fresh coastal fare that is available in the gulf.
The Red Bar
This unique beach bar makes all of its customers feel right at home. The Red Bar is a cross between rustic and shabby chic. The ceilings are lined with old album covers and posters and there is an eclectic decor throughout. The bar features live music along with a comfortable seating area with couches and chairs around the small dance floor.
Growler Garage
Growler Garage is so much more than a beach bar. Patrons can take in a combination of craft beer and custom painted bikes, surfboards and guitars. The establishment invites customers to try one of their 40 craft beers from local Florida microbreweries. The beer is served ice cold in a growler and ready to grab and go to the beach.
Bud and Alley's
This bar serves up margaritas, cold beers and south of the border fare at their colorful seaside tables. The bar has a quaint and friendly atmosphere on its lighted outdoor deck. For those looking to escape the sun or take a break indoors, there is plenty of seating inside too.
About the author: Georgia is a guest contributor from Your Friend at the Beach, a luxury condo rental company with properties within the 30A and Santa Rosa Beach areas.


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Today I'm going to list some of the things I wish I had been told as a new teacher….
❤ No one can do it all. There will always be those teachers in your building who seem like Wonder Woman. Don't judge your success based on the efforts of others but on the achievements of your students.
❤ Organize your life, your brain will thank you for it. I know there are plenty of teachers who are great at what they do and can do it even if they have piles teetering all over the room, but I am not one of them. And as a new teacher, your world needs to be manageable. So find a system that works for you and stick to it. Duplicating the procedures of others isn't necessarily going to be the best fit for you, and that's OK.
❤ Don't lose sight of your vision and purpose. When you are up to your eyeballs in paper work, data, parents, meetings, and professional development it is easy to forget why you chose this profession. I have to constantly remind myself of what is truly important, and that all these little annoyances are meant to help me reach my goals as a successful teacher, even if they don't seem like it.
❤ Be open to change. It never fails…. Educational policy always changes just as soon as you think you've got a handle on it. Take it in strides and save your stress for the things you CAN change.
❤ Your professional team can make or break you. Make good working relationships with those around you, and use those relationships to your benefit. Understand that everyone has something to offer (even those fresh out of college) and that knowledge is meant to be shared. You are part of a village that is responsible for nurturing your students. It takes everyone to make the ship sail, and only takes one bad attitude to sink it.
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Have a look at what one of our recent graduates has to say about CMS Fitness Courses! James Lang completed his L2 Gym Instructor, L3 Nutrition and his L3 Exercise Referral with CMS in Huddersfield and is now working within two different sectors of the Health and Fitness Industry in Wakefield with an aim to develop a full time fitness career as a fitness instructor in an exercise referral scheme and as a strength and conditioning coach.
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Relax on the river Thames with a glass of champagne to enjoy with our delicious sandwiches, pastries and scones, as well as an assortment of teas and musical delights from our solo pianist.
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Glass of Champagne
Begin your afternoon on the Thames in style with a glass of bubbly. Take a sip and enjoy the uninterrupted views of London's famous landmarks.
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The relaxing hour and fifteen minute cruise somehow feels both longer than it is and shorter... leaving you yearning for just a little more.
A selection of treats to sample at your desire... sandwiches, pastries, macaroons and, of course, teas. Suitable for children and enhancement options available.
Glass of champagne
A selection of sandwiches, pastries and cakes
An assortment of teas
Set sail... Enjoy
Escape the hustle and bustle of London for a lazy afternoon on the Thames. Sit down and relax as our solo pianist begins to play and the boat sets sail for your cruise to begin. Before your Afternoon Tea arrives, pop up to the upper deck to enjoy a full panoramic view of London's iconic skyline and famous landmarks. Be sure to capture the moment with a picture shared with your friends and loved ones. Now enjoy your tea, cakes and sandwiches and let the relaxing piano notes help 'while away' the rest of your afternoon...
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You will enjoy good food with menus changed seasonally. All dishes served on a Bateaux London cruise are prepared freshly on board our boats in galley kitchens - we are the only scheduled restaurant cruise on the Thames to be able to boast this!
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Bateaux London is synonymous with celebrations. Our dedicated team are experts in ensuring your special occasion exceeds expectations and creates long lasting, happy memories.
Celebrate your birthday, anniversary or engagement on any of our perfectly curated cruises, either by hiring a private dining room or simply taking a table in our restaurant.
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Members of the Ferndale Museum receive 6 copies a year of Our Story magazine.
Village of Ferndale
Humboldt County Visitor Information
Trinidad Museum
Clarke Museum
The Depot Museum
Timber Heritage Association
Humboldt County Historical Society
Western History Association
Humboldt Room, HSU Library
CA Office of Historic Preservation
California Preservation Foundation
National Register of Historic Places
Rob Roberts and Jerry Lema with the Bosch-Omori seismograph
Every morning the Bosch-Omori seismograph, housed at the Ferndale Museum, is checked by volunteers for earthquake recordings and reset. New to the team is Richard Hammill (not yet photographed!)
By Paul Rasmussen Smith
At 5:10 in the morning on April 18, 1906, 17-year-old Joe Bognuda, the son of Swiss immigrants who were dairy farmers at Sears Point, was milking cows with his father, Natale. "All at once," Joe told an interviewer, "the earth started trembling and I heard a big crash in the horse barn. The shaking had thrown our horse backwards across the barn and through a wall, landing outside on the top of a manure pile."
We welcome your visit February through December
Corner of Shaw & Third Streets:
515 Shaw (Map)
Tours & school groups welcome!
Ferndale Museum
Post Office Box 431
Ferndale, California 95536-0431 USA
Wed. - Sat. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sun. 1-4 p.m.
Genealogy assistance available.
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Emory at Decatur - Hematology & Oncology provides managed care and treatment for a wide range of cancers using the latest techniques in chemotherapy. We strive to educate our patients as to what they can expect while in our care, determine and discuss treatment options, provide second-to-none compassionate care, and to manage other symptoms to help maintain quality of life.
We treat many cancers including, but not limited to the following:
Emory Decatur Hospital offers many clinical trials in the area of cancer research and blood disorders. Whether it is reviewing a patient's blood and tissue work to see if they are susceptible to a cancer gene or researching a current breast cancer patient to test side effect results, we strive to provide the most up-to-date studies and treatments for our patients. Click here for more information.
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WHAT prompts a male (bird) with a reputation for monogamy and paternal behavior to place his primary relationship and offspring at risk by soliciting the attentions of other females? Could it be those raging hormones, in this case, the sex hormone testosterone, that undermines a male's interest in caring for his young?
Normally, in monogamous species, the male's testosterone level peaks in springtime, when the bird's primary task is attracting a suitable mate. The blood levels of the hormone fall off when the female's eggs hatch and the male's main job becomes defending the nest and protecting the young. But among polygynous males, who court as many females as they are able to attract, testosterone levels remain high, and the offspring that result from the various matings are left largely or entirely to their mothers' care.
These observations prompted researchers at Indiana University, Ohio State University and James Madison University to report that testosterone may be directly responsible for differences among various bird species in the amount of effort males devote to attracting mates and caring for the young. The findings were reported in The Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences.
Testosterone has been shown to enhance a male's attractiveness to females by increasing his physical attractiveness, rate of singing and territorial size. The researchers, headed by Samrrah A. Raouf of Indiana University, wondered whether high levels of testosterone impaired or enhanced a male's ability to pass along his genes through surviving offspring.
By implanting tiny tubes of testosterone under the skin of free-living male dark-eyed juncos, normally monogamous, researchers were able to demonstrate that when testosterone levels were maintained artificially, the offspring produced with primary mates fared less well, presumably because their philandering fathers paid little attention to them. But enough offspring resulting from the males' hormonally stimulated ''extramarital'' matings survived to make up for losses in the main nest.
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His mother had never suggested we participate in anything before. Since she was studying to be a minister, I listened closely. "I think this experience would be good for you and Thom," she said. I'd never met anyone like her. She was the quintessential mother and wife that stereotypes are made of. She was soft spoken, kind, and polite. Her husband was a senior engineer with the Department of Defense. They lived in a perfectly suburban house outside Washington, DC. Her four children, three girls and a boy,ranged in age from 13 - 25. I was in a relationship with Thom, her oldest. He was five years younger than me and had lived a much more sheltered existence than my chaotic journey up until then.
She didn't seem like the new age type at all. If I didn't know anything about her, I would have prematurely pegged her as a submissive Christian wife, Stepford Style. But I'd have pegged her wrong. Her quiet, gentle spirit did probably get translated as submissive, but her choices were based more in her spiritual understanding than in a need to make others better than her, or passively submit to them. She saw God in everyone.
There was a deep connection between us right from the start. Love radiated from her.
If she was recommending we do this shaman thing, how bad could it be? Carole went to church, was studying to be a minister. She was Christian through and through.
I bit the bait, and said I'd check it out. So did Thom. It would entail a great deal of physical strength because we'd meet up with 15-30 people from around the country a few times a year in places like the back country of the Grand Tetons, or the Canyonlands of Utah, Death Valley in the California desert, and sometimes in the North Carolina Smoky Mountains.
I hired a personal trainer to prepare for these journeys. Something I should do now too. Just to get through the day.
(Lissa Rankin: I showed up in the yurt in the middle of a meadow, expecting to encounter a long-bearded Inca decked out in tribal robes, maybe smoking a peace pipe. I didn't expect what I found—a handsome Kiefer Sutherland look alike sitting cross-legged in blue jeans. Ten of us crowded into the yurt and formed a circle, while the shaman began chanting to the four winds, invoking the spirits of nature and honoring Pachamama (Mother Earth). Inhaling a floral essence from a bottle, he exhaled misty puffs of fragrance to the north, east, south, and west, calling in the ancestors and the totem animals, before asking us to lie on our backs on padded mats. We listened and closed our eyes, while he beat a drum like a collective heartbeat. His voice intoned over the drumbeat, lulling us into a sort of tribal trance)
At one time in our life, each of us wonders what we'd choose if we could do something over again in life. Thom is what I'd do over again. I hurt him more than I ever intended. And I did it more impulsively than I should have. I didn't mean to do that, I just did. I was so full of dreams and desire for the future, and on a fast ride upward in my career. Plus, Thom wasn't my perfect partner, but I wasn't quite sure why. He was a good guy, and he loved me. But, much more importantly, he loved Kyle. He loved Kyle as much as any man could love a boy. It brings me to tears right now just thinking about it.
From the moment he was born, the two of them were inseparable. It's hard to describe because Thom was the strong, silent type and hard to read emotionally. Except when he was around Kyle. He softened. You could see his heart and his most honest intention of love and goodness. It was beautiful. Together, we'd made an excellent investment in DC to renovate a house on 2nd street, and I had a great job to help make it happen. I'm not sure what I was thinking when I fell in love with someone else. I knew Thom wasn't the right person, but we had a good friendship - even though I struggled with how to deal with his anger issues and ongoing depression. I didn't know what to do about it. I couldn't change his mood, and I couldn't live with it. It was incredibly difficult....and I bailed.
I wish I hadn't. For Thom's sake, Carole's sake, and most of all, for Kyle's sake. In the long run, it would've been much better for Kyle to have been raised in that family - and I shorted him the experience. Just as I shorted Thom the experience of being his dad. I still can't forgive myself for that.
My love affair with Phil was exciting. We had a good working relationship - we worked for the same company. We traveled together around the country and we were a corporate team managing the east coast hospitals for a corporate chain. We were good together. But he wasn't my perfect partner either...but I fell crazy in love with him anyway. I was completely out of my mind. I couldn't think of anything but him. Total obsession. Totally like a drug.
We packed up our east coast lives and moved to Sun Valley,Idaho to start a new life. A small,independently owned treatment center there had recruited us, and it seemed like a great opportunity and a different kind of life. It looked like a great adventure. If I couldn't go to Africa with the Peace Corps, why not Idaho?
Instead of turning into a life that dreams are made of, it was incredibly painful. Looking back,these years tested everything in me. I'm not really sure why I stayed in Idaho so long...I'm not sure if I was ever really happy there. Except for the early years with Okie - they were learning years.


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Join us for a tour of London on Tuesday to help spread awareness of the first World Ovarian Cancer Day. We will be taking pictures and handing out ribbons at various popular and iconic sites around London.
We will be meeting at 10.30am on Tuesday at the Ovacome offices and we plan to head to London Bridge, Westminster, Green Park and finish at the Transport Museum, Covent Garden.
If you are free for a couple of hours then join us when you can and we will also provide Ovacome t-shirts for volunteers to wear and materials to hand out. Just get in touch if can join us or if you would like any further details.
If you are unable to join us in London and still want to help support World Ovarian Cancer Day then you can still hand out leaflets, put up posters and send in pictures of activities taking place where you are. Posters are available to download from our website: ovacome.org.uk/world-ovaria...
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ISBN: 1-56994-320-6Runtime:57 minutes
Directed By: Tom Priestley
Introduction by Edwin Newman with Lucy Jarvis
The first Westerner, man or woman, to film inside Communist china was Lucy Jarvis. Her unique blend of journalism and film making brings us a very special insider's look at the mystery, opulence, and grandeur of one of mankind's greatest treasure: a city, Peking, and a civilization that has survived and endures. We are treated to never before filmed sights and marvelous entertainment sequences.
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Ham Projects
WLAN In The News
The best point of reference when describing radio based digital
networks, is the residential Internet connection. A digital
subscriber line (DSL) tends to be asynchronous, offering download
speeds of about 1 mbps, but upload speeds might not be much better
than 128 kilobits (kbps). The best DSL speeds I've seen are in
the 3mbps download, with about 380kbps upload. Cable Internet
speeds are roughly analogous.
Wireless internet connection speeds depend on the quality
of connection, which in turn is influenced by line of sight
propagation, by attenuating factors such as atmospheric humidity,
trees and other intervening objects. A good wireless connection,
point to point, can yields speeds that are several times that
of a DSL download, and more than ten times the that of a
DSL upload. IEEE 802.11b is nominally 11mbps, and people have
reported getting between about 3 and 5mbps in either direction.
I am interested in wireless, because I am a Ham, and I am
licenced to make the airwaves my experimental laboratory.
This also means that I am interested in harnessing technology
for the good of humanity. Technology is good as long as the good
are free to use it in a beneficial way. Since Hams are relied on
for emergency communications, the wireless networks of interest
are not necessarily gatewayed into the wired system. Certainly,
it would be our objective not to rely on such interconnections
from such a perspective. Some of the things I talk about and
link to here, are not restricted to licenced Hams, while other
things are. I don't always identify the things that require
a licence. Even if you are a casual wireless experimenter,
I would encourage you to become licenced and enjoy even greater
privileges associated with a great hobby.
The first thing to note, is that the strongest commercial access
points are about 100 milliwatts in transmit strength. This
doesn't sound like much but with a quality high gain directional
antenna, this can get you about thirty kilometers node to node.
Do get the antenna fairly high, above the trees for sure. Also,
use high quality LMR-400 feed line, or better -- with only 100mw
to play with, we can't afford to be frivolous. Most people will
not need more than this, however. If in doubt, use the "link
analysis" calculator (margin) to calculate your specifics. Even
though Hams are permitted more than one watt, there are special
rules which apply, and the circumstances that require this kind
of power are extremely rare I am told.
The next thing to note, is that most access points will produce
a far weaker signal than say a Cisco, or a SMC. An Apple Airport
AP, with a built in antenna will have an omni directional range
of about 50meters. Normally, these are used inside a building
where the range is further attenuated by the walls, floors,
ceilings, etc.. These are great for walk-about coverage
for your laptop computer, but are less useful in building a
wireless infrastructure. They are a great easy to use product,
nevertheless, for infrastructure I would probably go with a very
low cost Linux AP, an SMC, or if money is secondary,
a Cisco.
Next question is polarization. Most non-hams are using vertical
omni-directional antennae. It has however been shown that
circular polarization is better on average, due to the effects
of multipath and faraday rotation. Solid dishes and reflectors
tend to do a better job than equivalent grids.
Probably, the long range goal for this wireless network would be
to run IPv6. The fact that IPv4 is reasonably well understood
at present should lull us into using it for anything more than
an initial stepping stone. IPv6 solves many problems which
hamper v4. Use a standard text on v6 if you don't understand
what I mean.
Hams need to identify every few minutes, mandated by law. Many
suggestions have been made as to the use of IPv6 facilitating
this, but until IPv6 gets serious mindshare, the best answer
seems to be ping payload in IPv4. To that end here is a script
that a Ham circulated on the tamu mailinglist:
# pingcall by firstname.lastname@example.com 3.3.3 (3.march.2003)
# usage: pingcall
# Shell script that
# finds default gateway,
# converts supplied callsign to hex,
# and pings the default gateway once with callsign in payload
echo Pinging default gateway with callsign in payload
echo Ascii payload is $1
gw=`route -n | grep ^0.0.0.0 | awk '{ print $2 }'`
echo Default Gateway is $gw
hex=`printf %s "$1" | od -An -txC | sed 's/ //g'`
echo hex is 20$hex
ping -p 20$hex -c 1 $gw
ping -b -p 20$hex -c 1 255.255.255.255
What sort of throughput can you expect with 802.11g? According to
most reviews, with pristine signal quality you can get about
14mbps. At the extreme fringes of signal, you can expect about
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 08:53:33 -0800
From: Ron Curry rec at CURRY dot ORG
Subject: AP/Bridge TX/RX specs
I though I'd repost this since there have been a couple of questions
recently on this topic.
Ron Curry
Hi Guys,
Here is my compilation of TX/RX data for some popular hardware:
I collected these over a period of about the last two years and just
updated them recently before publishing here:
- Dlink DWL-2000AP 15 dbm TX, -89 dbm RX (1mb), -77 dbm RX (11mb)
- Dlink DWL-900AP+ 15 dbm TX, -89 dbm RX (1mb), -77 dbm RX (11mb)
- Dlink DWL-810+ 15 dbm TX, -89 dbm RX (1mb), -77 dbm RX (11mb)
- Linksys WAP11 18 dbm TX, -84 dbm RX (1mb), -75 dbm RX (11mb)
- Linksys WAP54g 15 dbm TX, -89 dbm RX (1mb), -80 dbm RX (11mb),
-65 dbm (54mb)
- Cisco BR-342/350 20 dbm TX, -94 dbm RX (1mb), -85 dbm RX (11mb)
- Cisco AP-350 20 dbm TX, -94 dbm RX (1mb), -85 dbm RX (11mb)
- Smartbridge SB2110 17 dbm TX, -92 dbm RX (1mb), -83 dbm RX (11mb)
(Note: integrated N connector!)
- Smartbridge SB2510 17 dbm TX, -92 dbm RX (1mb), -83 dbm RX (11mb)
(Note: integrated N connector!)
- Enterasys (all) 15 dbm TX, -94 dbm RX (1mb), -82 dbm RX (11mb)
- Proxim (Orinoco all) 15 dbm TX, -94 dbm RX (1mb), -82 dbm RX (11mb)
- Intel 2011 AP 20 dbm TX, -90 dbm RX (1mb), -83 dbm RX (11mb)
- SMC 2482W 18 dbm TX, -91 dbm RX (1mb), -82 dbm RX (11mb)
- SMC 2655W 20 dbm TX, -91 dbm RX (1mb), -82 dbm RX (11mb)
- SMC 2682W 13 dbm TX, -81 dbm RX (1mb), -76 dbm RX (11mb)
All figures came from the vendors website or directly from the
vendor via phone call. Please note that the DWL-900AP+ and the
WAP11 v2.2 are supposedly same hardware. I don't know why they
have slightly different specs though. I have verified a few of TX
numbers with my
spectrum analyzer (Cisco, Linksys, Dlink). Have no way to measure
the RX numbers but actual experience reflects the numbers on the
ones I experimented with (again Cisco, Linksys, Dlink).
Stay away from any brand that will not release RX figures or only
publishes "range"! Netgear and 3com are two examples - they won't
release their specs which can only mean they must be terrible! I really
to dig to find the Enterasys and Dlink numbers.
You can see from this there is a broad range of capability here. In
general, you get what you pay for. Linksys and Dlink have the worst
specs of all - hence their low price. The Linksys receive specs are
horrible and these are penny-wise pound foolish units because you'll
need to add a $150-$300 500mw amp+pigtails+powersupply to your initial
$120 purchase just to get them to approach the Cisco or Smartbridge in
Please note that 20 dbm = 100mw, 18 dbm = 63mw 17 dbm = 50mw, 15 dbm
= 32mw. You get what you pay for!
One last note, an AP can ONLY talk to clients. An AP cannot
communicate with other AP's unless it has a bridge mode. A bridge with
MAC/IP filtering is
highly desired for point-to-point links. Linksys, Dlink sell AP's that
have bridge mode (but then again their specs are horrible).
Enterasys has a bridging mode as I recall also. Cisco, Proxim,
Smartbridge have separate bridge products that can also be used in
AP mode. Bridge targeted products usually have more security and
network management capability than the low-end stuff. Also, and this
is very important, I've not found any interoperability between
vendors in a bridging configuration. In otherwords a Linksys will
not talk to a Dlink or a Cisco, etc. Based on vendors data sheets
and those that I have test they are all proprietary therefore you
need to stay with one vendor for a backbone or point-to-point links
or build "repeaters" using two different units back-to-back (read
Hope this helps some of you out.
73, Ron Curry N6QL
AP Technology
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|The snow chases me to Connecticut
That reminds me, three weeks before I quit I went in for a tooth cleaning. My gums have always been receding thanks to an over enthusiastic childhood brushing habit but finally reached the point where I was risking the loss of three of my teeth if drastic action wasn't taken. I scrambled to find a periodontist that could see me and perform the gum graft to slice and stitch gum over my exposed tooth dentin in the next three weeks. Fortunately I found a good one and was able to get them stitched several hours before I gave a slideshow for the AMC on my Pacific Crest Trail hike. The Novocain wore off about half an hour before I had to actually speak.
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Back to two weeks ago, my time at Grandma's was nice although I can only turn down offers for muffins so many times. I had a great lunch and REI trip with my Aunt Suzanne, she took us to this incredible Peruvian (?) restaurant where I had the best hot chocolate of my life! They bought me this awesome leatherman micra knife that I couldn't justify buying again and a sweet sleeping shirt with a hood. Thanks Sue and Grandma!
Monday morning I made my escape and finished the drive to my folks' house in Maryland. There I unloaded the car and three bikes and began to take stock of the piles of food and gear I ordered and shipped to my parents house over the last six months - just in time for another snow storm!
|Shoes, food and random stuff waiting for me.
I originally planned 18 locations to send food and other supplies to myself by mail to but trimmed that down to 16 or about 65 days of food. I had a ton of awesome home dehydrated food sent to me by my friend Pat Grim and a bunch of extra store bought meals from my cousin Stephen in addition to another case and couple of large tins of Mountain House bought at huge discounts around thanksgiving. I got a case of unfrosted poptarts online alone with a case of soba noodles and coconut milk powder. That left a lot of lunches, snacks, breakfasts and dinners to get. A trip to Costco, two trips to Trader Joe's and I had my food.
Next up was repackaging, separating and organizing the food into the boxes. One trip to the post office quickly followed by a second when I realized I should have gotten some large flat rate boxes instead of all mediums.
For this trip I'll be using an alcohol burning stove that can burn Esbit/solid fuel on the lid of the stove. The esbit takes longer to boil water but only weighs half an ounce per 16 ounce boil and gives another 3 or 4 minutes of boiling time. It also makes shipping easier since I don't need a container for the alcohol for each box. I'll be bringing a cleaned out screw top sorbet container to cold soak ramen and couscous for lunch or if it's too hot to cook for dinner.
|AZT and GET boxes
|CDT boxes
The whole process took me about three solid days. I honestly don't know how people do this for an entire trail, what a pain in the ass! I'm sure I will appreciate all this when I roll into a town, dump the contents of the box into my food bag and roll out but it took a lot of time and effort. This was on top of the other life pause button tasks like cancelling car insurance, signing up for MassHealth and doing my taxes!
All of this time I still wanted to spend some time with my folks since I won't see them for 6 months. My Dad and I spent the day in D.C. visiting the National Museum of the American Indian. It's a pretty amazing museum - you really can't appreciate the incredible number of first nations all with unique culture, art and music without a visit.
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I dropped Rachel off at her grandfathers funeral this morning; it didn't seem appropriate for me to go since I just met her parents, didn't know her grandfather and was basically kidnapping their daughter. I've spent the day unpacking the last of my stuff, cutting up the AZT guidebook and arranging gear (along with writing this insanely long post).
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The hairstyle differs, but the outfit is the same one from the CM♪ Many outfits were worn for the CM, but the final one is the most popular, so it's chosen for this day〜(^-^)/
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If you live in a small intense country like Israel, over time you begin to recognize that there is a very big difference between what one might call 'history' and what one might call 'the past.' History is an official version of what happened, the one depicted in books and what is talked about on the news. The past is a place of shadows, whispers, failures, and defeats. The past is what you read in people's faces after the bombings and what you hear underneath the mob's cries. A mother hums it as she boils the pot of what she'll serve for dinner, and the father reads it to his children at bedtime. The past exists in multiplicities as does each person's idea of his or her future.
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Red Balloon is the leading school in Brazil when it comes to teaching English, and recently they took on a new method of teaching their students proper English. Teachers had students from ages 8 to 13 correct celebrity tweets that were grammatically wrong, and rest assured there was a lot of material out there. If you pay attention to social media you know that celebs rule every platform and they are constantly sending out messages to keep their fan bases satisfied. What they often fail to do though is to keep things grammatically proper and they often shorthand things or just misspell entirely. Some of these tweets were just mind boggling and would have most people scratching their heads.
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As role models and public figures celebrities need to be aware of the influence they have on fans. When young children see things like this they believe it's correct and they get in a loop of improper spelling and grammar. Social media has been popular and successful because it's so fast, but being fast has the downside of being inaccurate. Where people care more about getting the message across rather than their grammar. Horrible grammar has become a trend on the web and it is one that we should drop immediately. The students at Red Balloon managed to get the attention of the celebrities fans but unfortunately the celebs themselves have not responded. Hopefully they are too busy to reply because they are brushing up on their grammar!


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Ballarat Library closed Friday 13 November for Show Day, but…November 9, 2015 – 12:58 pm
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