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By Brett Jordan Maletic, Guest Blogger for the BodyMind Institute
Most people want more energy.
Increased energy means better performance, longer endurance, greater reach of skill, more prolonged learning potential, and the stamina for profound depths of social interaction. Basically, more energy means more brain power.
For the purpose of this post, I want to focus on the theme of executive functioning.
By 'executive functioning,' I simply mean the ability to conduct higher-level thinking and decision-making. This would typically involve the type of cognitive work that's needed for choices that involve some level of discipline. This includes things like the actions we take in maintaining key relationships (maintenance and accommodation), as well as our deliberate attempts to restrain from habitual patterns of behaviour.
Executive functioning includes our efforts to mediate some of our personal biases and prejudices in certain situations. We could also say that we use our executive functioning when we exercise logical reasoning and, similarly, when we attempt to regulate and balance our emotions. Ultimately, it's whenever we use our brains to actively think and discern, as opposed to reacting or compulsively responding to our environments and to the maelstrom of stimuli around us.
Research has consistently shown that the capacity for human executive functioning depends on a limited energy supply. While glucose (the sugars in our bloodstream that feed our brains) has been identified as a primary source of such energy, new research has been placing emphasis on another energy provider: brain glycogen. Researchers are becoming more interested in brain glycogen's unique role in the endurance and the success of cognitive executive functioning (Obel et al., 2012) and, similarly, its role in the process of high-level physical performance.
What makes brain glycogen unique from the role of standard glucose is that it's a type of sugar that's generated directly in the brain itself through a conversion process, as opposed to being fed to the brain through the bloodstream. More simply, surplus levels of glucose in our bloodstream become stored in the form of glycogen inside our brains. These stores are then reserved for those key periods when our minds are called upon to engage in superior-level cognitive processing and decision-making. Over the course of these periods, glycogen stores are used up until depleted altogether (at least until they become replenished through natural means).
As it's been understood by many researchers, our baseline ability to engage in executive functioning has limits. Traditionally, the capacity for sustained, higher-level, voluntary activity has been observed to deplete itself fairly quickly after the completion of certain tasks. Basically, we start to show signs of mental exhaustion after using the power of our minds to think our way through the various situations and circumstances that happen on a daily basis.
Likewise, we similarly become depleted in our ability to perform well in decision-making after experiencing stress. For those of us with lives that are especially stress-filled (chronic-stress), we have a much harder time sustaining the wherewithal to engage in any level of high-level thinking altogether. While it's true that we may get by when the situation demands, we nevertheless become so taxed by the effects of the ongoing stress reaction that it leaves us emptied and drained. Subsequently, we have a hard time even just thinking in a way that moves us forward in a positive, thoughtful direction. It's not unlike the spouse who endures a cyclical pattern of domestic abuse over time, leading to an eventual condition where they simply cannot sustain the mental functioning to reasonably assess their situation and effectively plan a resolution of personal safety and healing. The power, for lack of a better term, is just gone.
That being said, just how limited is our brain's capacity for executive functioning? Are we supposed to take great pains at planning our lives around avoiding stress so that we can ultimately maximize our higher-level thinking in order to get through our day?
Is our cognitive performance confined to a genetically pre-determined neuro-pathway?
Absolutely not, according to what the research says. In fact, it's been shown that the deliberate act of engaging in exercises that require executive functioning ultimately leads to greater levels of executive performance overall. This happens over time, of course. In fact, it's not unlike the process of rebuilding our bodies through physical exercise, especially when we understand that stress on the body – when properly applied and spaced out – yields greater stores of strength and endurance over the long run.
As far as exercise goes, there is such a profound connection between working out and stretching the amazing neuro-plasticity of our minds. A workout is a stress activity, as we know. And while individual sessions of intensive exercise does deplete the glycogen levels in our brain – the long-term application of a consistent exercise routine has been reliably proven to generate more sustained levels of executive functioning over time. In other words, the more you exercise – the more you invest in your personal brain development.
The emphasis here is that exercise should be deliberate and measured. In addition, our lives need to be balanced with a serious investment in personal rest. There is some debate in the scientific community in regards to why we tend to have more energy in the morning. While it's been traditionally assumed that it has to do with our natural glucose levels (one of our 'energy fuels' in our body), the funny thing is that glucose levels – at least in a non-diabetic body – apparently do not fluctuate sufficiently enough to account for this phenomenon. Similarly during night time, as Gailliot (2008) explains, while the process of sleeping improves and restores the capacity for executive functioning, glucose levels in and of themselves do not fluctuate in significant ways across the sleep cycle.
What sleep does do, however, is assist in the replenishing of glycogen. This is the store of energy that gives us that drive-force, that optimal warehouse of power reserves that gets us through the day. When we sacrifice our sleep, we sacrifice our commitment to a better life.
That's the plain truth, as far as I see it. Take it from a guy who had to break the habit of watching movies and eating garbage just before going to sleep. It really doesn't take long before you feel the effects of all that artificial stimuli; particularly as your body is quietly trying to prepare itself for that critical regenerating of all those important juices inside of you.
If you're anything like me, you take your health, your energy, and your spirituality very seriously. Naturally, it goes without saying that the quality of your thinking is also of great importance to you. This is why we need to remember that life is not about surviving; it's about thriving! To merely survive is to give up on what you can contribute to a better world and a healthier society. To thrive, on the other hand, is to acquire the optimal wellness you need in order to pursue the things that are the most important to you, and to ultimately bless your family and your community.
Let's face it. Our world has enough doubters, haters, spongers and consumers. It doesn't need any more lives sacrificed to that system.
Instead, we need to seriously evaluate the potent roles of exercise, cognitive stretching, and rest. These are the deliberate activities that will pay huge dividends in terms of our personal well-being – in addition to the social and spiritual contributions we make to those around us.
After all, an intact mind and body is a beautiful tool, and it's one that's capable of accomplishing so much good in the world.
Have a wonderful day, and always treat yourself right.
Brett Jordan Maletic, BSW, B.Msc., MSW, RSW, is a registered social worker, author, and therapeutic coach. He writes about themes of spirituality, personal wellness and social responsibility, and his therapeutic work is driven by a passionate view of an emerging global society that is becoming increasingly aware of its unrealized potential for peace. As such, he focuses on the elements of life that restore and recalibrate our sense of humanity, while emphasizing the greatest version of "you" within the framework of a restored earth. Coming from a 20-year background in healthcare, Brett has worked closely with families and individuals within highly vulnerable contexts; ranging from the birth experience all the way to the final moments of life. Through these incredibly diverse settings, Brett has sought ways to establish meaning and strategies for growth that transcend many of our typical, clinical, and Western ways of treating the human being. In essence, Brett practices a type of 'helping profession' which focuses on the health of the individual as a fundamental part of the bigger picture of our shared universe. http://www.theseasonsofhope.com/
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How To Plan Your Taxes
Tax planning is an important element that should be part of your financial plan. If paying the least amount of income tax is your goal, then tax planning has to be a part of it and it must be started as soon as possible.
Tax planning is an important element that should be part of your financial plan. If paying the least amount of income tax is your goal, then tax planning has to be a part of it and it must be started as soon as possible.
According to the IRS, April 15th is the last day you can file your taxes electronically or postmark your paper taxes.
However, unexpected situations and/or bad planning happen in life, so what happens if you've missed tax day deadlines? If you never filed for an extension either, then keep reading so we can go through the options you have at this point.
Managing your own finances and books can be an overwhelming and time consuming process, especially when you still have a business to run. Even if you don't own a business, but still find yourself stressed out everytime tax season comes along, not understanding why your tax bill is as high or not quite following every form and what it works for, means it may be time to hire a professional accountant.
The benefits of hiring a professional accountant start with the peace of mind of leaving this job to those who know how to do it best. A professional accountant can serve as a guide through the confusing path that taxes and everything IRS related can be.
Historically, revenue recognition has been a permanently inconsistent process across companies and industries. However, ASC 606: Revenue From Contracts With Customers has changed that.
When it comes to taxes, April 15, 2019 marks the end of the year, and one that brings many changes with the new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that has significantly altered the U.S. tax code.
If you have yet to talk to your tax advisor, it's time to do so and get prepared for the tax reform of 2019.
What is an audit? For businesses big and small, an audit can be more of a maintenance check than a negative situation. Audits examine your business' financial records to ensure they are accurate.
Through a systematic review of your transactions, accounting books and financial reports, an audit helps spot problems within your business. Audits find errors in your numbers and help with decision making.
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Every time you make an online transaction through your bank of choice smartphone app, you're also using FinTech.
What FinTech stands for is, quite simply, "Financial Technologies". It is the use of technology to deliver financial services and products to consumers; the web that weaves between cloud-conducted financial transactions and processes.
Everyone can make mistakes, but when it comes to improperly filing taxes, the following mistakes could end up costing you some serious money.
Although the U.S. tax code holds a lot of information most taxpayers don't know enough of, the truth is most of the mistakes that come when filing your taxes can be easily avoided. Read on to find out what they are and how you can save yourself from making these mistakes next time.
Everyone's tax situation is different, and although there can be various reasons behind anyone's failure to file taxes on time, there are actual consequences to expect when your taxes are filed late.
Missing the April deadline is one thing but in the case of filing taxes, late really is better than never. Tax penalties and consequences of failure to file are real. Despite what you may have heard, it is far better to file your taxes late than not at all; and in the long run you'll be better off taking care of your tax situation versus waiting for the IRS to initiate contact.


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Comcast Moves NBA Network To Digital Classic Tier
Comcast has made it a triple play.
The nation's largest cable operator announced Thursday that it is moving The NBA Network to its Digital Classic tier, boosting the channel's potential audience from a couple million on its sports tier to over 10 million.
The long-term deal is for seven years. As with the NFL and NHL Network deals, the channel will still be available on the sports entertainment tier as well so that subscribers to the digital starter tier can also get them by subscribing to the sports tier.
The move will come "before the 2009-2010 season" said Comcast, and follows its decision Wednesday to reposition The NHL Network to the more widely viewed digital tier.
The first of the trio of sports channel moves was Comcast's renewed carriage deal with the NFL Network, which resolved a lengthy carriage/program access dispute that wound up in court and before an FCC administrative law judge.
Comcast will continue separately to offer the NBA League Pass package of games, a subscription package of 40 out-of-market NBA games.
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MoNDAo is a society based on conspiracy. There, the label "art" seems no longer to be attached to anything; it seems to float, swinging smoothly and freely. Just as a feather stays in the air because of opposing forces, its members reach a consensus in their work. MoNDAo didn't grow out of a presumptuous declaration of principles, it is an open space. They don't seem to be guided by a plan, nor do they have preconceived ideas. Ideas arise through working and talking. Passivity and rigidity are replaced with dialogue, diverse points of view and intimacy. There is something innocent there; something playful in the way the members shape their objects, moved by sincerity, providing the most diverse materials with the flow of their internal world. Their drawings don't strive for perfection, but rather freedom, and in the making of their work they always leave room for chance. In this way they have created a space which is different from a hermetically sealed study. It seems more like the hallway of your home, where collaboration, which enriches all work, is possible even for just a visitor


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One of the disadvantages of reading on an e-book reader for those with low vision is the small screen size. Sometimes a better and cheaper option is to install the kindle app onto your desktop or laptop.
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Kindle app is free and can be downloaded onto any Mac or PC. There is no need to go buy another device as you can use a computer that you already own.
Larger Screen Size – most laptop screens or computer monitors have a larger viewing area ranging from 13" to 27".
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Kforce STEM Fair inspires next generation of innovators
When Denis Edwards was nine or 10 years old, he had an experience that shaped his career choice.
Edwards' uncle, who worked at NASA, introduced him to several astronauts.
"From that point on I knew I wanted a career in science or technology," said Edwards, now chief information officer at Kforce Inc.
Kforce (Nasdaq: KFRC) brought similar opportunities to school children from throughout the Tampa Bay area on Saturday, when the Tampa-based staffing firm held a STEM Fair to inspire the next generation of innovators, creators and experts.
With Edwards and Kye Mitchell, chief operations officer, as hosts, the company and more than a dozen local partners provided activities related to science, technology, engineering and math for students from kindergarten through 8th grade.
It's a natural fit for Kforce, which specializes in placing professionals with clients in the tech, finance and accounting industries.
"There is a shortage of skill sets," Edwards said. "We don't have enough high school kids focused on STEM, and if you go a step below that we don't have enough middle schoolers that are thinking about STEM."
Businesses struggle to fill critical skilled roles in STEM occupations, with some estimates that up to 2.4 million STEM jobs go unfilled, according to STEMconnector, a Washington, D.C.-based consortium. At the same time, there's a "belief gap," in which young people hold inaccurate beliefs about the traits and aptitudes needed to thrive in STEM careers.
It's never too early to start talking to children about STEM opportunities, Edwards said. He told his own story about meeting astronauts at the Kforce STEM fair, which also featured professionals such as Thais Lage, mechanical operations engineer at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, and Dr. Faisel Syed, medical director at Dedicated Senior Medical Center.
There were hands-on activities, such as virtual reality headsets, LEGO mosaic models, coding games and applications and creating slime.
The children at the STEM Fair are years away from entering the workforce.
"One of the things we're trying to do is get enough young kids interested in STEM at an early age, not just that we're looking at that to help with our business, but we just think it's a good thing for kids to start thinking about, because when they grow up technology is going to be such an important part of their lives. We want to help prepare them as well," Edwards said.
"It's about doing some community outreach, because we think it is important for kids to start thinking about how technology will impact their lives."
It was a somewhat unusual move for Kforce, which generally doesn't talk about its work in the community.
"We do a ton of community outreach. I'm not sure we've marketed that as much as we should," Edwards said. "We're looking to do more of these kind of events, because we think it's the right thing to do. These are the kind of things you can expect to see us doing more of … We want to strengthen our relationships with partners."
Kforce partners on the event were: Aetna, AgileThought, Bricks 4 Kidz, ConnectWise, Florida Education Fund, Girl Scouts of West Central Florida, Great Explorations Children's Museum, Jabil, Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay, Microsoft, SIM Tampa Bay, Tampa General Hospital, University of South Florida and University of Tampa.


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Today, ScaleFactor is excited to announce our $2.5M seed round with Next Coast Ventures, Techstars Ventures, Firebrand Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Edison Factory and Flyover Capital. This is a very exciting milestone for our company and is pivotal in our quest to automate the painful accounting and finance functions that burden the 29M small business owners in the United States.
This funding will fuel product development to further automate bookkeeping, cash flow forecasting and operational activities, such as bill pay. We are giving control back to business owners by empowering them to streamline and manage their back office in a single place. What does that mean? We're directing these funds towards building new, innovative product features, strengthening our existing automation and further enhancing our customer experience.
The Obsession Begins: Solving a Pain Point
My first vision of ScaleFactor preceded my efforts to actually start the company. In my former role as a CFO in Denver, CO, I was facing accounting problems that stemmed from operational inefficiencies that kept me up at night. I lacked time, and had an organization running on "old school" manual processes. It took so much focus to get reliable data, that there wasn't much time to actually analyze it to make better business decisions. It seemed backwards, and I knew there was a better way.
I began a quest to simplify the complex accounting tasks and automate the tedious manual work. In short order, I became obsessed. Fast growing companies have infinite to-do lists and often end up using 10+ softwares to allow the company to function. Before long, the overwhelming amount of different software solutions simply impedes traction. I was searching for something to help me save time, understand what was currently happening and prioritize the most important tasks while the business operated along its normal day-to-day.
I envisioned a dashboard where I could look at all the metrics, understand where to focus attention and then go solve that particular operational problem. I was looking for something that would work on top of the business's existing software stack and enhance the ability to get things done efficiently.
ScaleFactor started in January 2014 at my living room table in Austin, Texas. The company was cultivated from the painful reality of financial business operations.
We started out as a services company knowing that we needed to learn first. We quickly realized that we were striving to solve a much larger problem than a traditional service ever really could. With a fierce determination to create a better way for owners and operators to control and grow their business, we transitioned to building a product. While we've adjusted our strategy, our goal remains the same: we're not simply building features, we're solving the problems that I felt as a CFO, and even more so, the problems that millions of entrepreneurs feel every day.
Why Wait 30 Days?
ScaleFactor is changing the way businesses receive and use their financial data by building a business intelligence system that not only enables entrepreneurs to control their financial health, but also empowers them to strategically grow their business.
We believe a major obstacle businesses face is that financial information is stale by the time they receive and digest it. It begs the question, why wait 30+ days?
To solve for this problem, we first set out to automate bookkeeping with the goal of speeding up the entire information flow. Doing this, we save business operators time and enable our ability to deliver fresh, real time business insights on an intuitive platform and dashboard.
In April 2017, we released our first version of automated bookkeeping – this was a huge accomplishment for our team and company. Powered by machine learning, our platform completes bookkeeping tasks, giving them time to focus on other areas of the business.
Automated bookkeeping completes the tedious work involved in the process and removes the typical cycle time. We cut the time it takes to get financial insights from about 30 days down to one day.
We're using part of this funding to enhance our automated bookkeeping feature to make it even more powerful for our customers.
Staying One Step Ahead
Running a successful business is all about staying one step ahead. How many times have you opened a monthly statement, after the fact, and thought "I spent what?!" or, "I should've waited to make that purchase"? We believe these realizations are largely a result of stale or unavailable data in a business.
Technology and innovation are stronger than ever before, finally giving business owners alternative solutions. Frankly, it's no longer acceptable to rely on last month's data to make today's decisions.
We believe accounting and finance information should help guide a business, not showcase reactive measurements. Accountants that don't offer proactive guidance on a consistent basis are missing a big opportunity to enable their clients for success. What are we doing about this? We're making it easier than ever before to get and use your important financial data.
ScaleFactor makes it easy to see your business in near real time. Our intuitive dashboard shows your important performance metrics at-a-glance. Proactive alerts and notifications provide clear visibility and constant insights of operations. We're really excited to accelerate features that give our customers the ability to delightfully and proactively guide near term daily actions.
From a broad sense, we want to give the business owner their headspace back. This could equate to time, focus or anything draining their energy because they are in a state of financial unknown. We want our customers to focus on growing their business through the talents that got them there in the first place…and that's likely not bookkeeping, accounting and tax returns. For us, however, it's what we know and we love it.
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Managing a company's financial operations extends well beyond bookkeeping. That's why we offer a suite of back office solutions, including bill pay, invoicing and compliance management (with more on the way). Bill pay and invoicing make it easy to pay bills fast and get paid faster. By managing these tasks alongside bookkeeping, users can see accurate cash and outstanding balances without having to wait for information. We are fast, consistent and reliable.
Our Bill Pay feature is speedy and I am very excited about it. We have tirelessly insisted on building tools that make it easy for our customers to see their cash flow. By focusing on core friction points of a company's bill pay process, speed and ease of use, our tool can send a payment to a vendor today and they get it tomorrow – every time. We want the action of paying bills to be organized, simple and painless. After all, no one really enjoys paying bills so our goal is to remove as much stress as possible from the process.
ScaleFactor's compliance calendar is also a feature born out of necessity from running our own business. The compliance calendar tracks and shows what is due and when – all year long. This includes important filings like federal, state and local tax returns as well as other administrative deadlines that are important. We give our customers a countdown of what is due and information on how to complete what is required quickly. Too busy? ScaleFactor can also complete the item as well.
We released the first versions of these features over the summer and we have new enhancements being released constantly.
Onward & Upward
Our vision is that ScaleFactor makes it possible for business owners, operators, executives and entrepreneurs to focus their energy and attention where they need to instead of where they have to, and ultimately, to enjoy running their business. Our mission is intentional and simple: ScaleFactor exists "to enable businesses to thrive by creating products and solutions that accelerate innovation and enrich lives."
ScaleFactor is focused on fundamentally changing the way people digest and perform accounting and finance functions in their small business. We want to give business owners their time back, and arm them with necessary information about what is happening in their business right now. Our funding allows us to accelerate towards our mission of massive impact in the communities in which our customers operate. With the addition of new features like mobile development, and the creation of our Trusted Partnership Network, ScaleFactor is on a journey to be the business management solution that allows key decision makers to run their entire business in one place.
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Our investors understand the importance of automating and streamlining business management tasks while disrupting the very way it has been done for years. We are grateful for their support, guidance and confidence in our ability to unlock that potential within our customers. We are excited to use this funding to continue to propel our product and become the go-to solution for business owners across the country.
Our customers are our partners and why we do what we do everyday. We continue to focus our direction based on the daily needs of our customers. We are excited to continue to create value for them and to enable their success. Without our customers, we would be nothing. We love and appreciate every opportunity we get to make their business lives easier with less uncertainty.
Lastly and certainly not least, I must thank our team. The ScaleFactor team is an incredible group of people. I truly believe, "Who you spend your time with is who you become" (yes, credit: Tony Robbins). I consider myself lucky to spend time every day with these people. Every member of our team crushes their craft and it's truly inspiring. Iron sharpens iron, and this milestone is the result of everyone putting their heads together to challenge the current way things are done in an industry ripe for change.
Derek Felderhoff, Director of People
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While Yoo and Phillips ranked the top 50 "most relevant" professors, we're just giving you the top 10.
You'll definitely recognise some names.
Strandburg is an expert on patent law.
She has also studied how technology affects our lives, including our Constitutional rights.
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He has also written controversial works, including the book 'Religion without God' and an article on physician-assisted suicide.
Cohen is a professor of law and business at Duke, and he's an expert on intellectual property rights.
He's on the board of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Epstein is known for his conservative stances.
He has attacked the constitutionality of health reform, critisized Amazon's low prices, and claimed Barack Obama was never offered tenure at the University of Chicago's law school, where Epstein previously taught.
Amar is a famous Constitutional scholar and Supreme Court guru.
He famously told the Washington Post's Ezra Klein that he's only mispredicted one big Supreme Court case in the past two decades: Bush v. Gore.
A famous political liberal, Lessig has been an authority on privacy and technology and, more recently, campaign finance.
He formerly served on the board of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Eskridge, an authority on sexual orientation and the law, wrote the book 'Gaylaw,' which influenced the Supreme Court's analysis in its opinion striking down Texas' sodomy laws.
He supports gay marriage but has spoken out against the Supreme Court's hearing the issue when so many states still oppose it, according to this New York Times editorial.
Eric Posner, the son of influential appellate judge Richard Posner, is frequently cited on international law and is an outspoken critic of the International Criminal Court.
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The New York Times has called him a 'liberal legal icon' who's arguably the nation's most famous scholar of the Supreme Court and the Constitution.
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And Windows 10 which has a dark theme for 3 years, does it matter less? Dark theme for everyone, no more for one than the other, especially when we talk about an OS that has not even been released yet...
The Great Big Brand Refresh
David_C. replied to Dave-in-Decatur's topic in Evernote General DiscussionsThat's not what we're asking at all, personally I find Mac awful, and in no way customizable. Everyone has their own tastes. What others and I are asking is that Evernote make the same development efforts for Windows as for Mac, and these efforts focus on quality and functionality, which is absolutely not the case at the moment. The feeling that Windows users can have is that Evernote develops for Windows because it can't do otherwise, and without any enthusiasm (and that's an understatement)
The Great Big Brand Refresh
David_C. replied to Dave-in-Decatur's topic in Evernote General DiscussionsYes and above all, if it were so difficult to develop for Windows, it would be necessary to explain why there is infinitely more softwares under Windows, or that games are massively developed for Windows and not for Mac.
The Great Big Brand Refresh
David_C. replied to Dave-in-Decatur's topic in Evernote General DiscussionsExactly, and there would be a lot to say about the "contempt" for Windows users, I give some examples: - There was a mobile application, it was deleted. But before that, this mobile application didn't even allow manual note taking, nor did the stylus. I will be told that if it was deleted, it was because the Windows Mobile platform was dying. Where is the problem since Windows mobile applications can be deployed on both mobile and PC and Hybrid (portable touch screen devices). So if Windows Phone is dying, hybrids and PCs are not, far from it. I have two Pro Surfaces and Evernote is unusable without a keyboard or mouse, in other words, I forget Evernote on the Surface and only use it on a PC. An aberration when on the other hand, OneNote can be used in both classic and mobile versions, and both support handwriting and stylus. - To give the change, Evernote replaces this famous mobile application available in the Windows Store with... The desktop application encapsulated to be available on this famous store. However, this application downloadable on the Windows Store, which updates automatically, unlike its big sister downloadable on the Evernote site, is even more buggy than the classic version, less reactive, freezing as soon as it is requested a little too quickly and in addition has lost options along the way. A so-called modernized version (I still wonder why since it is impossible to use in touch) which is even less reliable than the traditional version. So yes, Evernote makes fun of Windows users when they are the vast majority of customers worldwide. Incomprehensible. Is Evernote paid by Apple to abandon Windows, it's frankly something to wonder about sometimes. And there would be many other examples. Even less understandable when you know that the direct competitor (OneNote) is very well developed by Microsoft for other platforms than its own, and even better since some new features sometimes arrive on iOS, MacOS or Android before they even appear on Windows. I have been using Evernote and OneNote extensively for years for totally different needs. When I see the lead Evernote had on many points, and the delay now on almost all points, I wonder how things are being handled. It makes no sense to seriously develop for the overwhelmingly mobile platform (Android) and not do it for the one on the desktop. I know that many people will contradict me, but I don't take notes on my phone, I take them with my Surfaces or my PC, on my mobile, I only consult them: a phone is more convenient to do my shopping than a PC or a Laptop, but to write, it is still quite limited.
There is a slight problem here.?
So I guess it's the same as on Windows if OneNote is installed on your Mac. In Evernote, go to file and import.
David_C. started following Evernote death spiral, EN Going Out of Business? and Onenote to Evernote sync
EN Going Out of Business?
David_C. replied to JYeager's topic in Evernote General Discussions60% in R&D is not too much to fix all the bugs in the Windows client, to FINALLY bring handwriting on Windows touch devices, a dark theme and notebook encryption ?
The Great Big Brand Refresh
David_C. replied to Dave-in-Decatur's topic in Evernote General DiscussionsI've been asking myself the same question for years. Windows + 80% market share worldwide, MAC less than 15. In Europe, Mac is a funny joke, while the European market is larger than the US market. I don't understand the logic at all. Let's be clear, I'm not asking EN to leave Mac/Apple users behind at all. No, I ask that they respect the overwhelming majority as well as the minority.
I understand better. Otherwise, for OneDrive, a free account is 5 GB, but with seniority, loyalty or the various possible bonuses, you can have more, even after an offer is completed. It's visible in "manage storage" in your account. On the other hand, since you're talking about phone for import, I can't really say how it works, I was assuming that you were on a PC.
There has never been a synchronization tool between ON and EN (one way or the other), there is an import tool and no synchronization. A aside, so this sentence " I had two years OneNote subscription for free" doesn't make sens since ON has been free for several years. Otherwise, to answer the question, you have to import your notes from ON, no synchronization possible, only an import. If ON is still installed on your device: In EN, Go to File>Import from MS ON.
People are not asking for a dark theme for web client, but for the software. For the web client, there is no problem, just use an extension like DarkReader (available under Chrome, Opera, Firefox...)
Evernote death spiral
David_C. replied to rgschmidt's topic in Evernote General DiscussionsFalse, OneNote has been around since 2003, but has only been free for two or three years.
And ? It doesn't darken the pages, it's the clipper that is dark or not, probably a joke from EN.
Thanks Shane. There's something to report. At the beginning of this topic, there were no votes. However, since 2013, many have given up (for this reason or other) and have never voted.
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David_C. replied to Dave-in-Decatur's topic in Evernote General DiscussionsIt's not only my point that you don't understand ?


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NOTE: This article was written before FT-8 and even MSK144, became popular. Many of the principals I mention are applicable to both, where I mention FSK441 then MSK114 can be substituted, and where JT6m/JTMS etc is mentioned then FT-8 can be applied. I plan to update this article with specifics on using FT-8 on the VHF bands when time allows.
I'd like to share with you all my passion for working stations on VHF (6m, 4m and 2m) using Meteor Scatter (MS) as the propagation mode. I wrote this during the peak of the Perseid meteor shower in 2015 as it's much more likely that a newcomer, even with a modest VHF station, inspired by the article to try and decode MS bursts, will decode bursts during the meteor shower peak, which in turn hopefully increasing the chances of them continuing to try MS after the peak has died down in the knowledge decoding is possible. Even though the shower I wrote this for is long gone, the article is still a good guide to get you started in MS.
By a modest VHF station I really do mean a simple station like an FT-817 or SDR as the receiver and a vertical collinear as the antenna. Of course a better radio and antennas like a beam would be better but it's much easier to get started than many think, and that's what I want to show. This has been proved during the writing of this article where a friend Stevie, 2M0ZFG in IO76, surrounded by 500m hills all around him (see his horizon plot below) and using an FT-817 radio + V2000 vertical collinear antenna (fed with RG-58) has been decoding MS pings on 2m (FSK441) from various EU stations and Steve, M0MVB, who has been decoding EA2ARD on 6m (JT6m) using his Kenwood TS-2000 radio and V2000 vertical co-linear antenna.
Image courtesy of HeyWhatsThat
Quick Meteor Scatter (MS) Overview
Simply put, MS QSOs are made by reflecting (bouncing) your signal off the ionised trail of a meteor as it burns up when entering the atmosphere.
Image courtesy of QST
Meteor trails are unpredictable and "random", however there are times when the number of meteor trails increase, these are early morning, and during meteor showers, it's during these times that your chances of making a QSO using MS as a propagation mode are at their highest. The increase in the meteor count during showers is obvious but the reason why early mornings also have an increase might not be so. It's down to the fact that the point on the earth which has the sun rising, your location if it's early morning, is facing forward in the direction of travel of the earth through space and so collides with more debris, but this also means that from noon till midnight the opposite is true, and it is the worst time of day for meteor reflections as your point on the planet has moved away from being at the front and is being somewhat shielded from space debris.
Image courtesy of G3WZT
Quick Start
To get started in MS you just need to do the following;
1. Download MSHV (link below)
2. As a minimum for RX configure the sound card settings (Options > Sound Settings)
3. Tune your radio to the correct frequency and mode (see the band/mode table below)
4. Click on 'START MONITOR' in MSHV
5. Sit back and watch (and most likely wait)
MSHV in more detail
Decoding MS pings needs a receiver capable of receiving [the mode] USB, a computer with a sound card and an interface of some kind to connect the audio from the radio to the sound card. There are 2x software packages available to decode the MGM modes mentioned in this article, which include FSK441, MSK144, JT6m and ISCAT (more on these below). These packages are WSJT-X and MSHV by LZ2HV, MSHV is the simplest software package to setup and use. With mentioning is JTDX (which is aimed at HF/6m users) and the older WSJT (non '-X' versions).
Download and install MSHV – it's easy to configure & LZ2HV has a guide on his website if you struggle. Remember, if all you plan on doing is listening for meteor bursts then all you need to configure are the sound card settings and RX mode, you don't need to change the callsign, macros or PTT settings.
Configure the sound card under the 'Options' menu;
Then click on 'START MONITOR' to start MSHV listening for MS bursts;
Unpredictability of the Meteor (when to TX)
Due to the unpredictability of meteor pings, a simple convention is used which maximises the chance of a station hearing you if you are calling CQ randomly. The convention is this;
- Any station beaming West transmits in the 1st period.
- Any station beaming East transmits in the 2nd period.
In region 1 (Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Northern Asia), the convention is only a guide, not a rule, but do your best to follow the convention, even if others are not, when you call CQ.
This of course is easy to follow if you are using a directional antenna, but given the popularity of FT-8 on VHF, I know many stations start by just using omni-directional vertical antennas like a V2000. This leaves a question regarding which period to transmit in as you can't beam East or West with an omni-directional vertical. To stay best aligned with the transmit period convention above, I suggest the following idea should be applied, especially if you are calling CQ;
- If you are looking to work stations who are West of you, then transmit in the 1st period.
- If you are looking to work stations who are East of you, then transmit in the 2nd period.
When operating on FT-8, keeping to the convention can be hard, especially during a Sporadic-E opening when using a non-directional antenna, say a V2000 vertical. However, please be mindful that other stations might be trying to hear or work weak DX (that you might not be hearing) and if you don't stick to the convention then you potentially risk causing undue interference to those other stations. It's also entirely possible a DX station is not following the correct convention and is transmitting in the wrong period , so keep an eye on your decodes to see if that is the case and if so act accordingly, which might mean you change transmit periods, or stop transmitting for a few periods to allow the other stations their chance to work the DX station, believe me, they'll appreciate it.
Finally, in the unlikely event that the direction between stations is within a few degrees from due North or due South, then use best efforts regarding the period to transmit in, again being mindful of others.
Transmit Duration
The period length can change dependent on the mode used, but the common MS modes of JT6m, ISCAT & FSK441 (SSB or HSCW {high speed CW} could be included here too) all have a TX/RX period of 30 seconds. The means the 1st period is 00-29 seconds and the 2nd period is 30-59 seconds, the result is the station who is more East transmits between 00 and 29 seconds and listens from 30 to 59 seconds, while the station most West does the opposite, this is mostly useful for random CQ'ing. When using an omni-directional use the period you like but if your intention is to work stations to the east of you remember that are likely TX'ing in the 1st period so are therefore listening in the 2nd. If you have a sked (a planned tune and place for a QSO) the relative position of the station to you (more East or West of you) should determine the period, you then set the period in the software and it takes care of the rest. When using the software in RX only (called Monitor) it will decode both periods allowing you to see all the activity.
PC Timing
The timing of the PC clock is important for all this to work, otherwise you and your QSO partner will be out of and you'll both end up transmitting at the same time for however long your clock is out. Lets assume your PC clock is 10 seconds slow, there are 2 consequences to this, one practical and one social,
- It will mean for 10 seconds in every period you'll be TX'ing when you should be RX'ing and RX'ing when you should be TX'ing, ultimately reducing your chance of completing the QSO by 33%.
- Also as your period is 10 seconds late in effect, you'll end up TX'ing outside the expected period which will cause QRM to local stations who are potentially listening for DX
To solve this you need to regularly synchronise your PC clock. Regularly is not every 24 hours but every 15 minutes. The simplest way to do this is to install a piece of software called Dimension 4 which "is the fastest and easiest way to synchronize your computer's clock". Once installed it auto starts with Windows and can be launched from the 'notification area' (the bit by the clock). I recommend you select an NTP server from the list for the county you are in then hit OK, this is my config below;
Tropo & Aircraft Scatter (FT-8 to the rescue)
There are a large number of propagation types which enhance, or attenuate, VHF signals. Tropo scatter and aircraft scatter are 2 of the main propagation types which have made using FT-8 on 2m very popular, these propagation types can allow modest stations to complete FT-8 QSOs on paths over 600Km. These paths have always been there, but since FT-8 became popular on 2m, it has highlighted how common these paths actually are. Because the output power is constant when using FT-8, and the frequency is "fixed" and "stable", it's much easier to notice when FT-8 signals increase in strength, sometimes increasing so much that signals appear from nowhere for a few minutes then fade into nothing again – this is where experience and patience is needed. If the QSO path is via aircraft scatter, and the aircraft is moving at a tangent to the QSO path, then it'c common to see doppler on the FT-8 signal. Here in east Suffolk, near the flight paths for Luton and Stansted airports, it's common to see a single station being decoded on 2, 3 or even 4 different AF frequencies due to all the aircraft reflections and the Doppler caused by their motion.
Modes and Bands
Each mode has a benefit over others, while SSB and HSCW are still used in Meteor Showers, like the Perseids, I'm going to stick with the MUM (Machine Celebrated Modes) JT6m, ISCAT & FSK441. Here are the main calling frequencies (centres of activity) for 6m, 4m and 2m for these MFM modes. 4m is a little variable as different countries have different allocations so you may need to check the cluster or log into a VHF chat page like ON4KST (registration needed) to see what activity is about, or make a sked to know where to have the QSO.
Usually 15 second periods.
If very busy or paths to USA then sometime 50.323 is also used.
ISCAT-B / JT6m
JT6m or ISCAT-B
4m *
4m *
This seems to be where stations CQ when using MSK144.
FSK441 25% used for MS on 2m. SSB can also be used during the larger showers. HSCW is not used much anymore.
* Not all countries with 4m are allowed to use the frequencies noted above, so note this when beaming in certain directions or making skeds.
Leaving your RX running on any of these modes with MSHV in RX (monitor only) mode, it's highly likely you will see many reflections from a number of stations.
With my Icom IC-910 + 9 element beam YU7EF EF0209 @14m AGL and Icom IC-756pro3 + 5 element Duoband @12 AGL I've worked 30 stations in the past few days, here is a map showing some of these QSOs, and remember this is otherwise a closed flat bands where people say it's not worth operating on!
Some Examples of Decodes
EI9E in IO43 on 6m JT6m using MSHV;
LW2WR and UT5DL on 2m FSK441 using MSHV, note LW2WR is RX'ing on 144.384 and UT5DL is RX'ing on 144.355;
DC2ECM in JO62 on 2m FSK441 using WSJT;
Points On TX
Once you are happy with RX and want to start TX'ing then Kevin, G0CHE, has a good description of the MS Message Procedure on his website, so I won't reproduce it here, however some points I'd like to share are;
- Messages are also called Macros, and start TX1 and got up to TX7 in MSHV (TX1 to TX6 in WSJT). You always send the next message to the one you received. So if you decode the message as shown in TX1 you would reply with TX2 and the other station after decoding your TX2 would reply with TX3
- Some stations will TX with a CQ call on the calling frequency (as in the table above) but RX on another frequency. They do this so they don't 'hog' the calling frequency. You can identify that as the CQ message which include the RX frequency in KHz, which on 2m would look something like " CQ M1BXF 393 393 CQ M1BXF 393 393…", this means I'm listening on 144.393 (running split) and if I hear an answer I'll switch split off and carry on the full QSO on 144.393
- If a station had lots of callers then they might not send 73's. RX of RRRRR (TX4) is the official requirement for a QSO to be complete. So if I were working G3PYE and was sending "RRRR RRRR M1BXF…", once G3PYE gets that message they can decide that instead of sending you 73 they reply to another station who had been calling them so you might decode something like "2M0ZFG G3PYE R26 R26…". This means G3PYE decoded your RRRRR (and the QSO is complete) and G3PYE are now answering 2M0ZFG who they also heard calling. Now it's likely 2M0ZFG was sending G3PYE a report which G3PYE decoded so they only need to reply with R26 (Roger + report), this means a busy DX station might only ever send TX1 (CQ) and TX3 (Roger Report) or even TX3 only if they are really busy
MSHV vs. WSJT v10 (r5422)
After writing this article I thought I needed to run some more tests between MSHV and WSJT v10. With my IC-910 listening on 144.370 I started both WSJT and MSHV programs. The conclusion was MSHV has more accurate decodes, and in one instance meant I could have made a QSO when WSJT would not have allowed me to, I'm going to run many more comparisons as in truth although MSHV was better in these tests, there was in reality little difference between WSJT and MSHV was slight but this test was short. I also appreciate everyones millage (audio response out of their radio) may vary giving different results.
You will most likely have to click on the images to open a larger version in a new window to read the decoded text clearly.
In the first example the decodes are very similar, however the WSJT decode has an additional '1' character on the message, what it does hint at is that in some instances such additional characters could lead to confusion, this might not be the best example to show my point due to the decent length of the decode, but assume the ping was half the length then the '1' could cause confusion as to what the report could be; '26' or '16'.
In this second example, WSJT decodes much less of the ping than MSHV did. The first line is the Auto decode, the additional lines are my attempt to Manually decode the message by clicking on the burst. Note that WSJT fails to decode is the QSY frequency, either Auto or Manual, where as MSHV decodes '365' using either. Both WSJT and MSHV report the burst length as being 60ms long, so the fact here is WSJT just decoded less than MSHV, ultimately meaning that if I were using WSJT alone I would not have know what frequency to call BQI back on (ok the full callsign was not decoded, 9Y6BQI is not valid).
More information
There is much more information on the web, much more than I want to include in this article. A few sources for additional information is John, G3WZT's website and a video from a presentation given by Lyn GW8JLY I attended at the 2013 RSGB Convention on the topic "Meteor Scatter for Beginners".
I hope some of you give this a go, and please get in touch if you have questions.
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Thanks Gavin de Ei7BMB↓
I note in the text that you are informing people to use JT6M on 50.230 Mhz. I would like to point out that this is within the CW & SSB General Usage part of the bandplan which should be free from MGM. MGM is now between 5.300-50.400 Mhz and has been such for 3 years. Perpetuating the wrong QRG means that it it is taking a long time for people to move, but move they should.
73 Kevin-M0XLT↓
Thanks Gavin for the informative page. I can say having tried it for the first time last weekend it was certainly exciting, hearing the pings from stations over 1,000 km away on VHF. Using a 9e beam and 100w seemed to produce some results. We worked 10 stations that weekend
☺ Tu Dave M0TAZ
[Added by Gav, M1BXF] A write-up by Dave's of the M0TAZ activity can be found here; http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2015/august/144_mhz_meteor_scatter_experiments.htm↓


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