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Solomon Islands & Temotu
IOTA Expedition 2018
H44R Russell Islands (OC-168)
H40D Duff Islands (OC-179)
28 September 2018
DL6DH confirmed that he received the replacement set of QSL cards shipped with FedEx #782938517350. As such, I hope that all respective GDXF members will finally receive the QSL cards they have long awaited for next week.
25 September 2018
I have been announced more than two weeks ago by DL6DH, the GDXF QSL Manager, that none of the three packages with QSL cards I mailed him on Aug 7 for the group members arrived. It was extremely difficult to accept that not one, but three packages, each weighting 350-400 g, would just disappear into the thin air. After an additional wait, I have written last night a complete new set of cards, which I am shipping to DL6DH today by FedEx.
A few GDXF members have submitted yesterday and today separate, direct QSL request via the Club Log's OQRS system. I have returned their funds in full, but I would appreciate very much if other members will refrain from doing this. They will get their cards via the GDXF QSL Manager shortly.
7 August 2018
All direct QSL requests received until Aug 6 have been mailed out in the same batch. The bureau requests will be attended to later on. I would like to use this opportunity to thank again all those mentioned in the "Donors & Support" section of this website. Thank you all.
2 August 2018
QSL cards have been arrived from the printing house! Thank you all for (im)patiently waiting for your QSLs. I will over the coming days to reply to all those who requested direct confirmations of their contacts with H44R, H44R/P, and/or H40D. I hope to mail all the direct requests received to date by coming Monday, and I will post a note here if/when this happens.
18 July 2018
QSL cards have been printed and plasticized. They are currently cut and will be packed before the end of the day. Finally, they will be shipped to me from the printing house tomorrow, July 19.
15 June 2018
The QSL designs are almost done. There are only a couple of minor touches left, which will be finalized on Monday, Jun 18.
10 June 2018
The three different QSL cards are currently being designed by Alfio (IT9EJW). In the meantime, I would like to share with all IOTA chasers the following statistics. The maximum number of cards possibly requested is 5,862, which is the sum of the unique number of stations that logged each IOTA group. To date, I have on order to mail directly 1,300 cards, and 480 via the bureau. The sum represents 30% of the maximum number mentioned above. About 10% of the direct requests have been received by mail. The rest of the direct cards are for the pre-expedition donors who made the logs (individuals and group members), and for OQRS submissions. All the bureau QSL requests received till now, except less than a handful, arrived via Club Log.
27 May 2018
A number of photos have been posted in the Gallery section.
14 May 2018 (10 UTC)
Please read the updated QSL information on the QSL info section of this website.
13 May 2018 (10:30 UTC)
The logs for H44R, H44R/P, and H40D are now available for searching / checking at Club Log. I will update the QSLing instructions later today and open the OQRS.
10 May 2018 (9 UTC)
I finally arrived back home today at 3:30 UTC (8 May at 23:30 local). Slept only a couple of hours, due to jetlag, and wish to update you on my next priority work:
- Finish the conversion of the H40D log, so that I can upload it at Club Log as soon as possible.
- Update the final list of pre-expedition donors, since a few donations were received after my departure to Solomon.
- Issue the final QSLing instructions and open the direct OQRS.
- As a Thank You for their trust and support, I wish to provide automatic direct QSLing to all pre-expedition donors who contributed $10 or more towards this project. More info soon on the "QSL info" section of this website, before the direct OQRS will be open via Club Log. However, anyone wishing to submit direct OQRS requests will certainly be able to do it.
- Prepare and maintain the combined list of all donors (before and after the start of the operation) in the Donors & Support section of this website.
- Design and produce the QSL cards in collaboration with Alfio (IT9EJW).
8 May 2018 (23 UTC)
I am delighted that Air Canada checked me in and I am now waiting to board the flight which will take me first to Vancouver, and then to Toronto. If everything goes well, I should be home by 02:30 UTC on May 10.
8 May 2018 (9 UTC)
I spent quite a bit of time last night trying to post an update from Honiara. Unfortunately, the update wasn't saved, I have no idea why. The internet communication was slow, so perhaps I left the site too early, although I am sure that I have seen the message indicated that the changes have been accepted. In any case, I am presently in Brisbane, where I arrived about an hour ago. It is 7 pm local time. I decide that I will overnight on the airport. I have too much luggage and it would be a huge deal for me to go with it back and forth to a hotel. Also, I would have to be back here bright an early, in hope that I could find a seat on the plane to Toronto. I'm not on the flight at this time, we'll see what happens. I will be on the internet all night, trying to reply to some of the folks who sent me private messages, and also work on the logs.
Here is the summary of what happened during my trip to Temotu:
- Flight to Lata was delayed in Honiara due to mechanical problems with the aircraft. One of the wing elerons wouldn't extend, which also happened last week. As such, they couldn't land the aircraft in Lata back then, since the airstrip is tiny, and had to return to Honiara. Everyone was relieved when we were announced that everything was fixed, and so we can go.
- I overnighted on Pigeon Island, from where various hams operated over the years. It's a beautiful, very quiet place, part of the Reef Islands.
- Trip to Duff was pretty uneventful, other than the fact that it was done entirely under a scorching sun. After a couple of hours or this intense baking, I couldn't take it anymore, and moved into the shade offered by the trip of the canoe, where various things were stored. That's a very bumpy place, but I was happy to take the hits rather than staying in the full and merciless sun.
- The driver, his helper and I was welcomed warmly by the locals in Duff. Our location was on Tahua Island, which was made over many, many generations, right on the reef, long before the arrival of the first European travellers. The island is tiny, but I found sufficient room for the antenna by bothering three families, not only one! I was delighted that the path to NA was good, unobstructed by the rising cliffs of the Taumako Island. Moving onto its east side for the operation seemed a very bad idea. First, because of the mosquito world offered by Taumako (which is the reason why people built Tahua in the first place). Second, because there is very little habitation on that side, and so no resources what so ever.
- Made about 3500 QSOs. Propagation was wildly different than that from OC-168 and 158. The distinctive feature was that the most reliable bands were 17 and 20 m, in this order, while 30 and 40 were not at all. Each band would behave differently from a day to another. Without internet resources available, I don't know how much of that was the result of the K/A indices, but sufficient to say that I had changed the frequency up to 10 times in a period of 60 min, fighting to get some propagation, to anywhere. Yes, I did sleep, but waking up and trying every 30 min or so. Sometimes I could only copy JA stations on 30/40, sometimes with some East EU ones, sometimes nothing at all. I did log a few NA and EU stations though, but these bands didn't work nearly as forecasted. A word on the propagation forecast: it is obviously based on a model, and there is no question that it is approximate. It reminded me how different the propagation was during the operation from SA-031 compared to that from SA-097, despite the fact that the two IOTA groups in CE9 were located only 150 km from each other.
- Return from Duff was eventful. The first 20 km were on a pretty rough see. However, after that an intense tropical rain started, which calmed the sea incredibly. The rain lasted well past our arrival at Pigeon Island, unfortunately, long throughout the night. I had a very good raincoat, but only covered me from above the waist. Between the intense tropical rainfall and the jets of salt water displaced by the boat, I felt completely pickled, hi.
- A strong shower next morning wasn't good news, and so I learned that the airstrip in Lata cannot be used, since it is completely flooded. The airstrip is made of compressed soil, but the rain transforms it in a deep pool. With the Flight cancelled, I tried to work on converting the paper logs, but couldn't. I slept, on and off, most of the day.
- Next morning the news came that the flight will be made today, so I prepared for the boating trip to Lata (72 km). Being inside the lagoon, I couldn't sense how the sea was, but wasn't surprised when the driver (the same who took me back and forth to Duff and the only one who would venture there in an open canoe) told me that we may not be able to get to Lata, so I should be prepared to return if the sea will be too rough. I told him that I MUST leave, so he has to take to me Lata! What followed was absolute, utter madness. Most of the trip was in 2.5 m waves, with white crests every 30-50m, sometimes coalescing into 10m long spurts of foam. As the driver used all his skills to keep the boat on top of the waves, he obviously couldn't do always do it. It was a very intense struggle, where at times the boat would slide down the wave engine first and then, when you thought that it was all over and it would rotate and incline dangerously, the driver would accelerate just enough to get out of any roll, and kept going. The bounding was generally nicely kept under control, but every now and then the boat would jerk inclined at up to 30 degrees. I wasn't afraid of sinking, because the water was very warm and we had some emergency equipment by which we could have alerted someone. But I was very concerned that somehow all the cargo (yes, the logs!) could be damaged. Well, everything ended well, but the trip took a heck of a long time, and we arrived bare minutes before the flight from Honiara arrived!
- Needless to say, I was concerned for the driver, so I asked him if he really has to go back now. He told me "No way!", and I was relived when he mentioned that he will overnight in Lata and wait for the sea to calm a little. This 23 ft canoe has no careen at all, it is nothing else than a fiberglass shell, which can be easily driven on a calm sea, but it is a true nightmare of a rough sea.
- There was no flight to Brisbane the next day, so I had to overnight in Honiara two nights instead of one. Moreover, I haven't been yet able to secure a seat to Toronto. However, Solomon Airlines stuff in Honiara have done their best alerting Air Canada why I couldn't make the scheduled flight, and asking them to help me resolve this situation which occurred through no fault of mine.
27 April 2018 (10:30 UTC / 9:30 pm local)
I am sorry that I cannot provide now a full update, but I have very limited internet communication at the present time. In short:
- The amplifier died on Mbanika after the first 200 QSOs. We don't know why, there are several possibilities, but it was very unfortunate. The log from OC-168 has about 3400 QSOs. The second night, a few eastern EU stations decided to force me to change my operating plan through deliberate interference. I will have a discussion with each of them after my return home. However, I am contemplating never sending them a QSL card.
- I wanted to extend my stay on OC-168 an extra day, but the weather forecast scared the few boatmen who could have potentially take Bernhard and I privately to the end of Guadalcanal Island, from where we would get the bus to Honiara. As it turned out, the sea was very bad only the first of the two forecasted day, so it would have been OK. Perhaps locals used this as an excuse to avoid taking us back anyway.
- We returned very late to Honiara, well past the time of the last private boat to Tulagi (OC-158). By miracle, one guy had a business in town and was returning with his own boat and boatman to a neighbouring island, and agreed to take us to Tulagi first. We arrived in full darkness, which was pretty... interesting (landing, getting a place to stay, putting up the antenna, etc.).
- Operated for 1.5 day (two nights) from OC-158 and logged about 1250 QSO. Massive local noise level starting at night fall and lasting until morning, besides some Australian radar I think, all of which made copying stations on 20 m a big challenge. I assume that it must have been just as annoying for them as it was for me. I didn't check the SFI or K upon my return to Honiara, but 17 m didn't return nearly the same results for EU as from OC-168.
- Unfortunately, not many with EU, sorry. There was one NA station who deliberately created unnecessary interference, stubbornly not allowing me to look into EU when a few EU stations came in. I logged the respective station, but I will also consider whether such attitude can be rewarded by a QSL cad.
- I spoke on the phone with my contact for Duff, who will be flying to Lata tomorrow, and so we will meet on the airport here in Honiara in the early morning.
- I had a couple more minor equipment problems / failures. With time being of the essence, I had to keep going with the spares. I'll look into fixing things once I will return back home.
- Thank you all for the patience and the fun. I am really sorry that I couldn't log more stations during the respective periods of time.
21 April 2018 (10:30 UTC / 9:30 pm local)
Bernhard and I will to depart from Honiara at 9 am tomorrow morning. If everything goes well, I hope to be QRV by 6 pm local time, which corresponds to 22 April at 7 UTC, or shortly after that.
20 April 2018 (20:30 UTC / 7:30 am local)
I arrived in Honiara just past 11 UTC, and met with on the airport. Took a taxi and arrived at his QTH at 12:30 UTC, and not long after went both to bed. Plan today is to do some shopping required for the trip to Mbanika tomorrow morning. Bernhard mentioned to me that he will come along but won't be doing any radio himself, so QSO. I told him that we can see how it goes, and if he changes his mind we can set up a second station.
20 April 2018 (05:30 UTC)
Flight's departure to Honiara was delayed for 08 UTC. I learned that on the way into Brisbane, the aircraft was struck by lightning, which resulted in the on-board radar suffering some damage. After a lot of work and testing, the technical crew seems to have everything under control. The aircraft is supposed to be brought to the gate at or shortly after 07 UTC. If I can depart at 08 UTC, I will arrive in Honiara at 11:15 UTC, which corresponds to 22:15 local time there. I haven't been able to establish contact with Bernhard, but I assume that he must be in Honiara by now. If so, we will do some shopping tomorrow, and hopefully travel by boat to Mbanika Island in the Russell group on April 22 (local time).
20 April 2018 (01 UTC)
The original departure time to Honiara was supposed to be 0:30 UTC, but the flight was postponed for 05 UTC. Well, at least this is what was announced. Apparently the crew found some technical issues with the aircraft.
20 April 2018 (00 UTC)
I am waiting now to board the flight to Honiara. Everything went well, except that I had to repack some luggage to meet the demands of Solomon Air and pay AUD 400 for excess weight on an economy class ticket. I found it difficult to digest the fact that the charge per kg is CAD 7 in Canada and AUD 16 in Australia, given that CAD 1 ~ AUD 1.
19 April 2018 (05 UTC)
Made it to Vancouver, a while back. My flight to Brisbane is scheduled to depart at 07:35 UTC.
18 April 2018 (20 UTC)
I am in front of my boarding gate on the Toronto Airport, with lots of time to spare. I drove to Toronto a lot more in advance than usual. My luggage is composed of two large suitcases, each of 23+ kg (51 lbs), a very heavy carry-on, the telescopic fibreglass poles, and a bag with various items. Total weight is 65 kg, with less than 10 kg of non-radio gear, including clothing, laptop, camera, protein bars, some gifts, etc. Going with the antenna poles and the electronic key in the carry-on through the security check took a while. I fly first to Vancouver, and after a stopover of over 4 hours I will board a second flight, to Brisbane, Australia. Once there, the luggage won't be automatically moved to the Solomon Air flight to Honiara. Instead, I have to pick it up, go through customs, and go to departures, check it in, go through the security check, and hopefully make it in time to be on my third flight! If the plane doesn't arrive late in Brisbane, I will have 2 hours and 15 minutes to board the flight to Honiara. While this is a legit connection, I realize that I need some luck to avoid delays of any kind, hi.
7 April 2018
All equipment has been bench tested successfully. During this process, some connections, connectors and cables were either repaired or replaced. Subsequently, the equipment was carefully packed and is now ready for travel.
28 March 2018
The amplifier arrived today - many thanks, Bill! The generators I will be using on the islands have only 240 VAC output, while the amplifier's power supply operates at 120 VAC. I couldn't find a step down transformer in Honiara, and as such I decided to bring one with me. I ordered it yesterday, and I expect it to arrive here soon.
23 March 2018
Big news: Bill (K9RR) has very generously offered to land me his ALS 500M mobile amplifier for this ambitious project! He will ship it to me on Monday (Mar 26) or Tuesday. Once received, I will run in with the rig and antenna setup, and make sure that everything works as intended, before packing it up for the trip. I will use the amplifier if and when necessary.
20 March 2018
Time flies incredibly fast, and I am now only 4 weeks away from the start of my trip. I need to schedule my visit for vaccinations, check and pack all the equipment, purchase and pack some supplies, as well as my personal effects.
I consider that I have done my best to prepare carefully the logistics for each of the two IOTA groups I plan to operate from. Despite the information gathered to date, I expect that specific details will only become available once on site. Consequently, to mitigate the negative effects of unforeseen problems, I made sure to incorporate several contingencies for each of these operations. Rather than bringing with me the best available equipment, I opted for redundancy. I will have a spare rig, antenna, and various other components, as well as various power sources, including generator, batteries and solar panels.
I studied the propagation forecast and I will follow a band/time schedule that will allow me to maximize the opportunity of logging AF, EU, NA, and SA stations, while offering those in AS and OC plenty of chances too. Please listen to my on-air instructions indicating which continent(s) I will be listening for from time to time. The majority to the IOTA chasers pay careful attention and generally follow the operator's indications. It is the best way to maximize your chance of making the log!
2 March 2018
In order to avoid possible confusion, if I can operate from other IOTA groups in the region I will use H44R/P from any IOTA group in Solomon Islands DXCC other than OC-168, and H40D/P from any IOTA group in Temotu DXCC other than OC-179. I wish to underline that this is a remote possibility, which depends on available time and logistics.
28 February 2018
I am happy to announce that TCSI has just issued me the callsign H44R for the announced operation from Russell Islands! I wish to thank Aaron Hopa, the Telecommunication Commissioner in Honiara, for his understanding and consideration. Bernhard and I will attempt to run two stations from Russell (OC-168), for as long in the day as possible. We will both operate with the above callsign.
14 February 2018
TCSI issued me the radio license for Temotu, and the callsign for Duff operation is H40D! The license for Solomon Islands has been issued too, but the callsign isn't what I have requested, due to an error. Bernhard relayed my request for re-consideration to TCSI, and I am hopeful that the matters will be resolved next week, when the Telecommunications Commissioner will return back in office.
With Bernhard's support, I purchased the deep cycle (gel) 100 AH batteries for Duff, which were delivered from the store to the boat loading dock area in Honiara. They should be on their way to Lata on Saturday (Feb 17), scheduled to arrive by Wednesday next week (Feb 21), where will be received by Ben, my contact in Temotu. Ben is also bringing for my trip 400 litres of gas from Honiara, on a special delivery barge, which is scheduled to make it to Temotu later this month.
Bernhard will depart Friday (Feb 15) 8 am local time to Auki, Malaita Island (OC-047), where he will stay about a month. He plans to be on the air, hoping for better noise conditions compared to those in Honiara. I will have no email communication with him during this period of time.
8 February 2018
During his short trip to Russell, Bernhard was able to arrange for our accommodation in late April. One of the locals will rent us a small and simple wood house, about 20 meters from the ocean. There is no AC power on the islands, and no internet. There is also no running water. He was able to locate a small and rusty gas generator, which will be available to rent. However, we will need to bring additional power sources from Honiara, to ensure the necessary contingency.
4 February 2018
Bernhard, who is residing in Honiara several months per year, is travelling now to Russell Islands, on a very short and exclusive scouting mission related to our planned activity in late April from OC-168. He will try to find a location close to ocean where we can lodge and operate from, as well as investigate the possibility of renting a generator.
26 January 2018
I have compiled and analyzed the propagation forecast for the expedition period. For the chasers who recall last year's E51LYC operation from Pukapuka Atoll (OC-098), note that Russell and Duff are located approximately 4,000 and 3,000 km away from OC-098, respectively, closer to Europe. The results outline that the propagation is expected to be open at the end of April, for various periods of time, to all parts of the world, on at least three bands from 17 to 40 m.
22 January 2018
Unlike Duff, Russell islands are pretty flat, so no steep hills to obstruct various propagation paths. However, we don't expect AC power there. These islands have been a plantation for about a century. A labour dispute between the largest employer in the country and the respective union led to a strike in 2002. Declared illegal by the Solomon Islands High Court, the dispute hasn't been settled to date. As such, work has never re-started, but many former employees from outside Russell set in. Given this complex socio-economical situation and the relatively short distance of the islands from Honiara, Bernhard will go on a short scouting trip to identify a suitable location for our planned activity at the end of April, as well as the possibility of resourcing locally items such power generator, batteries, etc.
12 January 2018 - Time Schedule
Several significant developments occurred during the last few days, and I would like to update you on them below:
(1) An operation from Russell Islands (OC-168, Solomon Islands DXCC) was added to the one already planned from Duff Islands (OC-179, Temotu DXCC). Russell Islands were last operated from in Feb 2001 or 17 years ago, and this IOTA group is in demand by about 94% of IOTA chasers. This addition extends the duration of the original project by a week and adds new logistical challenges.
(2) The expedition time schedule has been finalized and all plane tickets purchased today:
18 April: depart Toronto to Honiara via Brisbane;
20 April: arrival Honiara;
22 to 25 April: operate from Mbanika Island (Russell Islands, OC-168; MWL 6.3%);
28 April: depart Honiara to Lata;
29 April to 3 May: operate from Tahua or Taumako Island (Duff Islands, OC-179, MWL 3.0%)
5 May: depart Lata to Honiara;
6 May: depart Honiara to Brisbane and overnight there;
7 May: depart Brisbane to Toronto.
(3) Bernhard (DL2GAC, H44MS) will join in the activity from OC-168. The team will operate two stations, using CW and SSB, mainly on 17, 20, 30, and 40 m.
(4) There is a small possibility that following the OC-168 operation I may attempt to operate from Nggela Sule Island (Florida Islands, OC-158; MWL 15.7%) on 26 and 27 April. However, under no circumstance I will rush to end the OC-168 operation in order to squeeze in some activity from OC-158.
(5) I will spend 9 days in the Solomon Islands DXCC (H44) and 8 days in the Temotu DXCC (H40). Between the two DXCCs, Temotu is certainly more in demand. Club Log indicates that H40 is ranked world-wide #43 at Mixt, #66 in CW, and #23 in SSB on the DXCC Most Wanted list. However, it is ranked higher in Europe: #37 at Mixt, #45 in CW, #25 in SSB, and even higher in Western Europe: #26 at Mixt, #29 in CW, #24 in SSB. Interestingly, it is a very high demand in Western Europe on some bands: #13 on 40m, #15 on 30m, #30 on 20m, and #26 on 17m.
6 January 2018
My new passport arrived. The Solomon Islands radio license officer I am trying to reach will be back in the office on January 15, and I look forward to submitting my radio licence application after that. Meanwhile, I intend to purchase the plane tickets early next week. In order to account for possible delays in boat travel due to weather and sea conditions, I decided to arrive in Honiara a week earlier than originally planned. This will extend the overall trip from 12 to 19 days. If the ride to Duff can be taken timely and everything there goes well, I will try to operate from one or two more IOTA groups in the area. If this happens, I will do my best to announce it on this website a little bit in advance. My overall plan is to transmit from Temotu (H40) for 10 days, and from Solomon Islands (H44) for 3-4 days.
11 December 2017
I am currently waiting for my new passport to arrive, after which I will be applying for the H40 license.
5 December 2017
OC-179 is in demand by 97% of the IOTA membership. About 70% of those who had this one confirmed are from EU and 25% from NA. Temotu (H40) sits on the world-wide DXCC Most Wanted at #43 at Mixt, #66 in CW, and #23 in SSB. For Europe, it is at #37 at Mixt, #45 in CW, and #25 in SSB. Interesting, for West EU it is at #13 on 40m, #15 on 30m, #30 on 20m, and #26 on 17 m. For East NA it sits #40 at Mixt, #59 in CW, and #20 in SSB.
21 November 2017
I will operate in early May 2018 from Taumako Island, the largest in the Duff Islands group (OC-179) of Temotu, for a period of at least 5 days, while the entire trip is expected to last 12 days. This IOTA group has been activated only once, 25 years ago, by Bernhard (DL2GAC, H44MS), when he made about 400 QSOs. After a long haul flight from Toronto to Honiara, the capital of Solomon Islands, I will fly to Lata, the capital of the Tomotu Province. From there, I will travel to Duff Islands in a small open boat, and the boatman will stay with me for the entire duration of this project. Due to steep rising cliffs close to 300 m high, Duff Islands do not seem provide a location with good openings to all areas of the world, particularly to EU and NA. If necessary, I will attempt to operate from two locations, one on the western, the other of the eastern side of Taumako Island, in order to give all chasers an opportunity at logging this IOTA reference. There are no touristic facilities on Duff, electricity, running water, or toilets.
Thank you for supporting this project!
The following stations offered support prior to
the start of the operations:
4X4-2238 - Eyran
5B4AHJ - Alan
7K3EOP - Nori
AA5AT - Don
AB5EB - Mike
AB5EU - Trevor
AD5A - Mike
DJ3XG - Rudy
DJ6TF - Tom
DL1BKI - Brigitte
DL1BKK - Werner
DL4FCS - Wolf
DL5EBE - Dom
DL5ME - Mario
DL5MX - Mike
DL6DQW - Rei
DL6KVA - Axel
DL9MS - Joachim
DS4DRE - Kang
DS5ACV - Lee
EA3JL - Victor
EA8AKN - Tony
F4WBN - Christian
G0ANH - Darrin
G3YBO - Roger
G4VMX - Tony
I4EAT - Fausto
I4GAD - Enrico
I6COJ - Gianfranco
IT9DAA - Corrado
JA1BPA - Icko
JA1EY - Don
JA1SKE - Isao
JA2AYP - Masa
JA2IHL - Atsu
JA3UCO - Koh
JA5IU - Sosuke
JA6FIO - Sai
JA7BWT - Aki
JA7DOT - Etsu
JA7MGP - Toshi
JA8COE - Taka
JA9GPG - Shige
JA9IFF - Jim
JA9TWN - Katsu
JE1DXC - Masa
JE3GUG - Eichi
JE7JIS - Hiro
JF4VZT - Yuu
JG1UKW - Toshi
JG8IBY - Aki
JH2IEE - Ogi
JH2RMU - Aki
JH4DYP - Nagata
JH7CFX - Thoru
JH7VHZ - Ume
JI3DST - Take
JI3MJK - Toshi
JJ0NCC - Masa
JK1KSB - Oku
JK1TCV - Kazu
JL1ELQ - Kazu
JM1PXG - Toshi
JM2LEI - Nori
JN3SAC - Takashi
JN6RZM - Shu
JO1CRA - Hide
JR1WCT - Takao
K0AP - Dragan
K1JX - Clarke
K1OA - Scott
K3EST - Bob
K9RR - Bill
KB8VAO - Steve
KD1CT - Bob
KD3CQ - Dan
KO8SCA - Adrian
LA8DW - Gustav
M0OXO - Charles
N2JJ - Jim
N4II - Ed
N4WW - Doc
N5ET - Bob
N5UR - Buzz
N6VR - Ray
N8OC - Dave
N9BX - Bruce
OE2VEL - Wolf
OE3EVA - Ernst
OE3GCU - Guenter
OE3SGA - Gus
OE6IMD - Michael
OH2BCK - Ulf
OK1TN - Slavek
ON4IZ - Doc
PA3EXX - Johan
PT7WA - Luciano
PY7ZZ - Fred
R0AZ - Slava
R9OK - Pavel
RA3TAR - Slava
RA6AR - Toly
RU3SD - Vasily
RU9HM - Stan
SM3EVR - Tord
SM3NXS - Sten
SM5FWW - Leif
SM5LNE - Jan
SM6CMU - Ingemar
SM6CVX - Hans
SM7DXQ - Mats
SP5APW - Jacek
UA0CID - Oleg
UA0FO - Sergey
UA0ZC - Valery
UA1OIZ - Vlad
UA3AGW - Dmitry
UA9YJO - Eugene
VE3JV - Wayne
VE3NI - Daniel
VE3VHB - Mike
VE7DP - Frank
VE7JH - Gabor
VK2KJJ - Joe
VK3QI - Peter
VK5CE - Craig
VK5MAV - Andy
VK7BC - Frank
VK8NSB - Stuie
W1JR - Joe
W1NG - Ken
W4DKS - Dan
W4FOA - Tony
W5FKX - Don
W5GAI - Skip
W5PF - Paul
W5WP - Dave
W5ZPA - Mike
W9EWZ - Bob
WB2YQH - Bob
WB5JID - Bob
WB8FLE - Max
WC6DX - Will
WD8PKF - Alan


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These photographs reveal one of nature's greatest phenomena – the annual sardine run. Millions of the fish move north along the coast of South Africa where they are eaten by dolphins, sharks and gannets in a huge feeding frenzy.
Some people say that this year the Sardine Run didn't actually happen: the water temperature on a surface was too high, so sardines stayed in the deep, where they couldn't be reached by gannets. So it took from me a lot of time and patience to stay in the sea in rough conditions to wait for activity.
This year a number of boats with divers was maximum of all past years: mainly due to huge success of Oceans film and BBC Greatest Migrations series. It looked so easy in the cinema: huge shoals of sardines, dolphins, birds and all that amazing activity. But what people didn't know, that it took 3 years for BBC to make that 20-min film, and 90% was filmed on a single dive. And it took 4 years for Doug Perrine to get his famous shot with 2 sharks charging throw sardines.
These great photos were taken by Dmitry Miroshnikov. He is 32 years old, he lives in Moscow, Russia and has 3 years experience in the underwater photography field. Dmitry receive some important awards :
– Sony World Photography Awards 2011, shortlisted in "Nature & Wildlife" category of Open competition.
– "Best Photographer'11", 3rd place in amateur wildlife category.
– "Golden Turtle'5", shortlisted in underwater and portrait categories.
You can find him here : http://www.miroshnikov.me/
Alexandru is the co-owner of TopDesignMag. "If it looks easy, it's hard. If it looks hard, it's impossible. If it looks impossible, it's due tomorrow. At 8 A.M."

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Grape Vine Root Systems
The roots of grape vines are in general deeper and less dense the roots of most plants. Viticulturalists look at the growth of grape vines above ground for a rough determination of the spread and depth of the root system; older, vigorously growing vines usually have wider and deeper roots. Well-developed root systems yield more grapes with better juice. Differences in the mass, depth and spread of roots depend a great deal on the variety of grape, type of soil and the weather.
Root Depth
Viticulturalists at the University of California-Davis say studies of grape roots show that about 60 percent of roots grow in the top 2 feet of soil. The remaining 40 percent of roots grow deeper with depths reported as deep as 20 feet. Layers of gravel, clay or large stones can cause a patchy distribution of roots as they seek the past of least resistance. Lower water tables cause roots to grow deeper. Since grape roots vary according to their variety, soil and climate, Australian viticulturalists recommend physically digging down to see how deep the roots are growing.
Lateral Spread
UC-Davis viticulturalists say a study concluding that lateral roots can spread up to 32 feet from the trunk is likely accurate. A. S. Colby of the University of Illinois, writing in the Journal of the American Society of Horticultural Science, says grape vines should be planted no closer than 10 to 12 feet apart to accommodate lateral root spread.
Root Density
The most precise study found by UC-Davis viticulturalists reported that 15 percent of the total biomass of a grape vine, in the form of roots, was located between 4 to 5 feet from the trunk. Another study concluded that soil with a coarse texture has the lowest root density; fine-textured soils have the highest root density.
Vinifera vs. Lubrusca
A.S. Colby writes that there are differences in the root systems of the two main varieties of grape vines, Vitis vinifera and Vitis lubrusca. Vitis vinifera, the vines native to Europe and central Asia, are associated with wine and culinary uses. Vitis lubrusca, including the well-known concord variety, is native to the eastern U.S. and Canada and is used for grape juice and making jams and jellies. Studies show that the roots of Vitis vinifera grow deeper than the roots of Vitis lubruska.


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There are schools offering computer science degrees in Maine!
Schools Offering Computer Science Programs in Maine
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Around 0.2% of Maine's graduates graduate from computer science degree programs every year. That means an estimated 53 computer science professionals graduate from Maine's 6 computer science schools each year.
Top Schools
Bowdoin College, which was ranked 15th nationwide in 2010, is the top-ranked school in Maine that has a computer science program. It is located in Brunswick. 8 students graduated with a degree in computer science from Bowdoin College in 2010. Tuition at Bowdoin College was $41,565 per year.
The second-ranked school in Maine with a computer science program is Colby College, which is located in Waterville. In 2010, it was ranked 21st nationwide. 5 students graduated with degree in computer science from Colby College in 2010.
The third-ranked school in Maine with a computer science program is University of Maine, which is located in Orono. In 2010, it was ranked 34th nationwide. In 2010, University of Maine graduated 17 students from its computer science programs. Tuition at University of Maine was $10,142 per year.
Computer science schools in Maine, charge students an average tuition of $15,158 per year. But, tuition can be as much as $41,565 per year, or as little as $8,538 per year. In 2010, the following Maine computer science schools had the highest tuition rates:
- Bowdoin College - located in Brunswick, students are charged $41,565 per year
- Thomas College - located in Waterville, students are charged $21,680 per year
- University of Maine - located in Orono, students are charged $10,142 per year
The computer science schools in Maine that charged the lowest tuition rates were:
- University of Southern Maine - located in Portland, students are charged $8,538 per year
- University of Maine at Farmington - located in Farmington, students are charged $9,022 per year
- University of Maine - located in Orono, students are charged $10,142 per year
A computer science degree from a Maine school... what next?
The following counties have the largest number of Maine computer science professionals:
- Cumberland County - 810 computer science professionals
- Aroostook County - 170 computer science professionals
- Penobscot County - 120 computer science professionals
Projected Growth
According the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of computer science professionals is expected to shrink by -10% by 2018. There are projected to be 1,110 computer science professionals working in Maine then. Of these 1,110 computer science professionals, the government predicts that 940 will be information systems managers, 170 will be computer operators, and an unknown number will be computer science teachers.
computer science professionals in Maine earn $68,533 per year on average. However, Maine computer science professional earned anywhere in the range from as less than $16,300 per year to more than $143,680 per year in 2010. The counties in Maine with the highest average salary for computer science professionals are:
- Androscoggin County - $86,160 per year
- Penobscot County - $84,640 per year
- Cumberland County - $63,110 per year
The Maine counties with the lowest average salary for computer science professionals are:
- Aroostook County - $47,555 per year
- Cumberland County - $63,110 per year
- Penobscot County - $84,640 per year
The computer science professionals with highest average salaries in Maine were:
- Information Systems Manager - $92,040 per year
- Computer Science Teacher - $81,300 per year
- Computer Operator - $32,260 per year
On average, the lowest paid computer science professionals in Maine were:
- Computer Science Teacher - $81,300 per year
- Computer Operator - $32,260 per year
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While Kate Beckinsale stunned in "Pearl Harbor" as the love interest of both leading men, director Michael Bay wasn't too keen on the actress' looks.
During an appearance on "The Graham Norton Show," Beckinsale spoke out about Bay body shaming her while doing press with him on the 2001 film.
"I think he was baffled by me because my boobs weren't bigger than my head, and I wasn't blond," she said.
Beckinsale gave birth to her daughter shortly before working on the film and was told that she would have to work out more if she was cast.
"I'd just had my daughter and had lost weight, but I was told that if I got the part, I'd have to work out," she said. "And I just didn't understand why a 1940's nurse would do that."
Bay's negative comments didn't stop when the film wrapped. While promoting it, Bay raved about Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett, his two leading men, but put Beckinsale down.
"When we were promoting the film, Michael was asked why he had chosen Ben and Josh, and he said, 'I have worked with Ben before and I love him, and Josh is so manly and a wonderful actor,'" Beckinsale said. "Then, when he was asked about me, he'd say, 'Kate wasn't so attractive that she would alienate the female audience.' He kept saying it everywhere we went, and we went to a lot of places," she added.
In a 2001 interview with Movieline, Bay said he picked Beckinsale because he "didn't want someone who was too beautiful."
His reasoning?
"Women feel disturbed when they see someone's too pretty," he said.
He tried to explain his rationale, but this time at the expense of another British actress.
"I'm not saying Kate's not pretty," he said. "When you look at 'Titanic,' Kate Winslet is pretty, but not overwhelmingly beautiful. That makes it work better for women. Our Kate is very funny, could hang with the guys. She's not so neurotic about everything, like some actresses. She was solid, and I think the three of them had some really nice chemistry."


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It is the same every year I come to SXSW. I find myself about 30 minutes after breakfast wandering around a street somewhere with my mind stuck hopelessly in an infinite loop somewhere between FOMO and finding things that sound interesting.
At the start of the week you will usually get a rant from me on how SXSW is "over-subscribed and over programmed" but by the end of the week I will have found some things that are inspiring and made me glad I came. So I guess it all still works. This year I was surprised to find the things that interested me most were essentially analogue, but have been given a new life by digital.
These things were a Polaroid, a piece of plastic, a ring, and essentially feeling insecure about people stealing my stuff.
Polaroids and cutting vinyl
Outside of the big stage venues I find the most inspirational stuff walking around the vendor floor and the workshop sessions. This year I found two things in particular that made an old designer happy. Two formats that I loved but unfortunately with the march of progress were killed by digital. The irony of these formats getting a rebirth because of digital is not lost.
The process is easy and incredibly gratifying. It felt so nice to hold a Polaroid in my hand again.
The first was the Impossible Project, the guys behind buying the old Polaroid factory and bringing back instant film. Their Instant Lab product can take any image captured on your iPhone and transfer it to any of their re-launched instant film packs. The process is easy and incredibly gratifying. It felt so nice to hold a Polaroid in my hand again.
They are cutting vinyl at SXSW. My jaw dropped when I saw this. For about $4500 you can have your very own record-making machine made by Vinyl Recorder (note: do not be put off by their website, this is the real deal). They were taking MP3s right off phones and making vinyl on their booth. The quality was incredible for such an instant product and they even had transparent vinyl to help recreate the lost art of the picture disc.
The healthcare debate
Even if you never attended a single talk (I debated) and built your whole festival experience from what was over-heard at the taco stand it is pretty obvious the big themes this year are healthcare and privacy.
Of the presentations I did see, some resonated and some didn't -- pretty much as expected. Between technological difficulties and what seemed to be Julian Assange's need to rant, as much as I wanted to love what he was saying, it just didn't resonate. Edward Snowden on the other hand was direct, focused and carried a really good argument, and I walked away actually really impressed with him. Someone joked "Maybe we should have him run oversight on the NSA." After his talk, I think I would trust him more than the NSA right now.
For the healthcare discussion, the most interesting quote I heard was at the Steve Case talk, which really wasn't about healthcare at all. Case, the former chief executive of AOL, made a point about how we don't really manage healthcare in the U.S. at all: we manage sickness. He spoke about how there is a massive opportunity for entrepreneurship in this area.
One company that I love that has done this is 23andme. If I am completely honest (and probably be hung drawn and quartered for saying it), the talk from Anne Wojicki, the leader of 23andme, bored me as it felt more like a product pitch for something I can't buy right now. In the end the wait in the queue was made worth it with an excellent Q&A by Re/Code's Kara Swisher, who pushed the conversation toward why we should do genetic testing at all.
Gesture control
The last thing to mention is on the ever-popular wearable technology discussion, debate, vertical, kickstarter, industry… I am not really sure what it is yet. I stumbled onto the Logbar Ring in the exhibition hall, a beautiful gesture-control input device. It that was still looking for funding before SXSW, but after the exhibition it appears to have demolished that goal. It will allow you to do everything from control connected products to open your email via a gesture library.
The thing that I loved most about the ring is that it has been designed to also look good. Think a beautiful silver ring that also happens to be digital, not the other way around. They have nailed the technology in the product but also made an effort to create something that won't make you look like a dork when you wear it (insert Google Glasses cringe here). Something that I think a lot of wearable products do not invest enough time in.
In the end I struggle sometimes to connect the value of SXSW to what we do, what can I bring back to a client that justifies me spending a week down here. I think I could best sum it up in, as we relentlessly chase the next cool thing and that "need" to be first constantly shadowed by the FOMO, sometimes we could do ourselves all a favor and look at what is already right in front of us and put our efforts into making it better. Something like healthcare for instance.


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Watch This Massive Wire Spool Barrel Down a Highway
Want to see something terrifying? OK. Here's a an industrial sized wire spool barreling down a highway in a rainstorm:
CAUGHT ON CAM: Viewer sent this to sister station, @CBSPittsburgh. Spool of wire falls off truck on Route 40 & starts rolling into Uniontown pic.twitter.com/3fB6QBYdf8— Waldy Diez (@_waldy) January 5, 2017
According to the CBS affiliate KDKA, the
oversized death-wheel wire spool fell off a truck near the community of Uniontown, Pennsylvania. It then found gravity in its favor, rolling down a large stretch of the Route 40 highway. The rogue spool then slammed into the center-divider, providing the kind of climax you'd want from such a harrowing episode.
Needless to say, drivers were flummoxed to see that thing rampaging down the highway at 20 mph. The man who captured the video, David Cole, said: "Not in all my traveling, I've never seen nothing like that. Seen quite a few accidents, but nothing quite like that." He added: "[The spool] was probably eight to 10 feet across, and I'd say, just guessing, a couple thousand pounds. Pretty good size roll of wire."
Cole's statement seems to suggest that this event was quite uncommon.
No one was hurt in the incident, so now the wire spool can live on in perpetuity as a meme, or some overwrought metaphor for life that the internet can beat into the ground.
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- First of all, it was October, a rare month for boys. Ray Bradbury
- I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. L. M. Montgomery
- Ah, September! You are the doorway to the season that awakens my soul… but I must confess that I love you only because you are a prelude to my beloved October. Peggy Toney Horton
- This tree must be falling for me, as soon as I sat under it, it dropped its leaves. Oh, sweet October! Charmaine J Forde
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Review of My VitiBox UK
My VitiBox is a wine lovers community. Their aim is to reveal the secrets of the world of wine to their subscribers. With the Wine Tasting subscription, subscribers will get to taste 2 bottles of great wine hand-selected by Alain Gousse, My VitiBox's expert wine taster, month after month. Along with the wine, wine enthusiasts are also provided with articles, tips to become an expert in wine tasting, and facts on the art of winemaking as well as suggestions for food and wine pairings. My VitiBox also helps their customers to create their vintage wine cellar month after month with the subscription plan Cellar Master.
My VitiBox's selection process is rigorous and demanding. The team selects only high quality wine and prefers working with talented and emerging wineries. Each month the Vitibox covers a different aspect of the world of wine and the wineries need to be correlated with the theme of the month.
My VitiBox's objective is to teach its subscribers how to chose the wine at the restaurant, how to enjoy great wine, how to recognise the aromas, how to recognise the grape varieties and the year, and what the best food and wine pairings are. There are 2 types of subscriptions – the Wine Tasting Subscription and the Cellar Plan. The Wine Tasting subscription is designed for those wishing to discover the world of wine within the next year. By subscribing to My VitiBox Wine Tasting Plan, the subscriber learns how to choose, taste, and enjoy great wine. Within a year, the subscriber will become a true connoisseur. The Cellar Plan is perfect if you want to begin to build a vintage wine cellar by storing wine to lay down for 3 to 10 years month after month. You can also subscribe to both options since they are strongly complementary.
The Wine Tasting Subscription comes in 2 options – the Colours and Flavours Subscription and the Red Passion Subscription. The famous Colours and Flavours subscription comes in all varieties of wine, while the Red Passion subscription will include only great selections of red wine for red wine lovers and amateurs alike.
My VitiBox members can subscribe to either a 3-month, 6-month, or 12-month plan. Members can also opt for the non-binding monthly subscription, with automatic withdrawal. Subscription to a 3-month, 6-month, or 12-month plan entails the subscriber to pay everything in advance and precludes them from cancelling the subscription before the term is up.
Subscribers also have the privilege of purchasing larger quantities of wine at special prices.
VitiBoxes will arrive at the subscriber's door around the 15th of every month. The bottle of wines will be packaged in a shockproof case to protect the contents inside. The risk that the wine is damaged in transport is minimal.
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The U.S. has labeled them as terrorists, but in Syria, they're hailed as heroes. A jihadist group fighting alongside the rebels has a lot of support on the group in Syria, but not in the United States.
FOX News Radio's Emily Wither has more from our Middle East Bureau:
The Islamist radical group Jabhat al-Nusra has been blacklisted by the U.S.
(Nuland) "This is a group that we think does not wish Syria well."
...Victoria Nuland from the State Department. The group has been found to have direct links to al-Qaeda in Iraq, but they claim to fight for the Syrian people. After the U.S. move, a number of support rally's were held for the group.
The fighters are well-armed and experienced, unlike the Free Syrian Army - they've become the spearhead of the insurgency. - and their success on the battlefield has led them to be admired by many. The powerful group may be hard to shift in a future Syria without Assad.
In Jerusalem, Emily Wither, FOX News Radio.


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And what the fuck.
It's common isn't it, to read a passage and finish thinking…"eh!?!" Or perhaps to listen to a lecture and having no idea what the concluding had to do with the opening sentence.
It's common too, to get that utter bewildered feeling in the face of advise. Which piece of advise on Europe is correct? Which school of psychology best explains the theory of learning? Or today which is better for me, low fat yoghurt or full fat… It can almost be soul destroying to think you're doing something right, to think that you've got your nutritional balance just spot on to best promote your acute hormonal function- to then be told that you're completely wrong, the advise is flawed or that's there is another study to prove the opposite.
All of this "should do, must do and ought to" should, in theory guide our des ion making and encourage us to make the right choices in life whether that be social, economic or personal. But instead- I'm just confused. And I question what this abundance of advise means got eating disorder sufferers like myself searching for that holy grail of recovery- if that even exists… I've recently read… ( see there it is again, another price of advise which contradicts everything else I've previously read!)
Even health professionals treat eating disorders and in my case, anorexia differently. My time in one hospital removed all my freedom and responsibility, it was invasive and utter hell where as my experience in a Cambridge unit very much pushed patients to make there own descisions, portion their own breakfasts and yes even cut their own sandwiches! It sounds silly but these things made a massive difference to me, I wasn't just a weight but my recovery was dictated by what I felt I was able to achieve. Sessions were dynamic and the goal was life not weight gain. It worked for me- was it right? I have no idea, it didn't work for others so dues that mean it's wrong?
I've exercised thoughout my recovery. It has been absolutely paramount to me and while I have no doubt that I over rely on it, I know that I would never have recovered to the extent that I have without it. Yes I feel guilty anxious even if I don't go and I know that needs work, I know that my exercise can be largely calorie focused but through employing a PT I'm coming round to understanding the importance of strength training. Is this wrong? Should I be cold turkey on exercise for the rest of my life or can I instead learn what a healthy balance is all about?
We instinctly want to do the right thing. I hope, that it is an inherent trait of most to make good choices. The problem is that too often we think we've made the right choice and then find something to conflict it. This then, depending on the strength of the individual, imposes a whole new question. Have I done something wrong? Should I change what I'm doing? Are they right and therefore better than me?
These questions threaten so many of our choices- take the referendum for example. I think it'll be good for our country to achieve independence and sovreignity, to reign supreme in our own right and to be given that autonomy. And then I'm hit with no!- that line of thinking is wrong, I should be scared of what a future outside of the EU might entail. Unemployment, lack of support, restriction on trade. Am I wrong then? What happens if I vote to leave and it all go tits up, will I feel overcome with guilt that I didn't listen to the right people?
Everybody is different. It's a cliched fact ( I don't think they'll be any contradiction on that one!) and so everyone's needs are completely individual. Anorexia recovery plans should be bespok and tailored to our needs.
And that dear reader is why An Ear to Hear has been formulated.
So that whilst you are stuck on a generic waiting list or being treated like any other ED suffered, we can listen. Actually talk about what you need, want and of course deserve.
Recovery is for everyone but it's not a one way journey, it's no simple point a point b. There's a whole of X Y Z in between!
started to right this piece whilst at home but now my situation is totally different. My new life consists of working on a cruise ship, possibly the most amazing opportunity and job I've ever had. I love it- truly ever part of this experience takes my breath away. But recently I've struggled like I cannot tell you. I've lost more weight than I've ever done, living a mind boggling and decieptful life.
Once again my weakness both mentally and physically is overwhelming and my health is seriously compromised.
I look vile. There is no polite way to put his- no way to sugar coat it, it's utterly horrendous and painful. I'm not happy looking like this, I'm embarrassed and heartbroken that I've let my weight plummet like this.
Once again I want to commit to pushing myself- but for how long this time, I'm totally on my own- I don't have to do it. There is no threat big enough for me, no push hard enough to make me do this only my own quite frankly weak strength of mind. So I've made another plan to try and stick to, I've made another set of commitments that I'm going to attempt to stick to and probably another set of empty words. But how many times am I going to do this? How many times am I going to let myself be consumed by the illness?
I'm saying it again and I really hope that I mean it but 2300… it's not that scary is it? I mean the minimum is 2500 with no exercise and I'm still very active
But besides from all of this I WANT TK RECOVER- don't I? I want to get the life back that I'm simply staring at- don't I? I shouldn't question the hunger or the weakness but embrace it, listen to it and answer it.
If I'm hungry that's a sign, eat!
If that means going over my calorie allowance than so be it, if my body wants it- craves it even then let it happen! My weight will stop when all bodily functions have resumed; when I'm not freezing every minute of the day or so hungry I cannot focus on anything else.
Where I listen to what I want to do first rather than what anorexia wants me to do or where I choose what to eat instead of anorexia deciding for me.
I know that I don't want this life for me anymore. I know that I want to be free from it, have relationships, enjoy all things that I currently fear.
And that means starting the plan- following it to the letter. Fighting the urges and the voices that scream constantly at me. I'm in the carribean, this is paradise… I am living every dream ever possible now is surely the time to start being part of it and stop letting it wash over me.


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Technology is great, but sometimes you just want to get an answer and move on. Don't put customers on hold.
Over the years the company had produced a series of detailed online guides and job aids. To meet regulatory requirement and ensure consistency the "how to" information was often hard to find in the midst of extensive policy and guideline information. For experienced employees, this was frustrating when they were trying to help a customer and just needed the procedures. So many of them began to print out the sections they needed and kept them at their desks in a disorganized pile. As items changes or policies were updated, papers stuffed in the desk were not updated creating additional regulatory and operational risk.
Create a quick reference tool for experienced associates to reference. It extracted directions on completing the most frequently requested transactions and responses to commonly asked questions. Topics included:
- Acronyms and jargon
- Where to call and when for specific products and service
- Key addresses for mail and e-mail contact
- Common error messages and what to do
More informed employees that could provide better customer service. Fewer mistakes and rework. Better compliance with policies, procedures, and guidelines.


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Whether you are working a small or even a large enterprise, controlling economical documents and preserving them up-to-date is important. Also, the just one you employ the service of to manage these records must have the information and also the experience to take care of them sans any challenges, supporting you stay away from difficulties learn more. Having said that, to be sure that the money challenges get expertly dealt with, lots of enterprises use a specialist bookkeeping organization. Selecting one goes to assist you to concentrate over the other critical components of your organization whilst these professionals take care of your funds.
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It is actually a no-brainer that you ought to choose a bookkeeping agency that features a sound standing. On top of that, just in case the organization you happen to be organizing to select has an on-line existence, you'll want to pay a visit to the internet site and punctiliously examine the companies they can provide. Apart from that, it can be also suggested that you examine the recommendations from their former clients if you want so that you can know more about the caliber of their companies. Doing a web-based research goes to assist you find assessments as regards to the bookkeeping agency since performing so helps you in keeping away from earning a alternative that won't be best for you and also your business' financial situation.


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Energy Healing is a pleasant and powerful therapy that helps you connect to your inner source of vibrancy and life force, making it available to shift physical, emotional and mental dysfunction to health and well-being.
Energy Healing benefits people with physical diseases, as well as mental and emotional difficulties. Whatever the dysfunction or ailment, Energy Healing opens you to a deeper sense of ease, well-being and purpose, and brings you back to your true self.
At HealingSpace, the Energy Healing we practice works in the chakras and energy field (aura) that surrounds us. Healing Practitioners address blockages and open the natural channels of our being at a high vibrational level, so that the organs and cells are nourished and the body then can naturally work to reverse any dysfunction.
Our Healing Practitioner will meet with you and discuss your intentions and expectations for healing. Then, you relax on a massage table, fully clothed, and experience the energy work. It is a non-touch therapy, but most people experience pleasant sensations and peaceful sleep or meditative states during the session. The actual healing session lasts about an hour. Afterward, you will talk with the Healing Practitioner about what came up during the session and ways to maintain the healing.
Long-Distance Session: You will connect with the Healing Practitioner on the phone or Skype, and then lie down at home for the session. You will feel the same sensations as in person. Afterward, you talk with the Healing Practitioner again.
HealingSpace Healing Practitioners have had successes helping people reverse anxiety and depression, Stage I to IV cancers, autoimmune diseases, thyroid disorders, IBS and GI disorders, adrenal issues and more. We often work with conditions that are puzzling and difficult to diagnose and treat in a conventional way.
For more information, or to schedule your Energy Healing session in-office or long-distance, call (847) 304-5526.


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Hello, after the last update of packages w issabel4 published 20180102 to the version :
UPDATE NOTICE: There are 10 modules available for online upgrades
queues 220.127.116.11 (current: 188.8.131.52)
voicemail 18.104.22.168 (current: 22.214.171.124)
framework 22.214.171.124 (current: 22.214.171.124)
ivr 220.127.116.11 (current: 18.104.22.168)
fax 126.96.36.199 (current: 126.96.36.199)
recordings 184.108.40.206 (current: 22.214.171.124)
logfiles 126.96.36.199 (current: 188.8.131.52)
backup 220.127.116.11 (current: 126.96.36.199)
core 126.96.36.199 (current: 184.108.40.206)
paging 22.214.171.124 (current: 18.104.22.168)
in issabel, the red button for approval of the introduced changes has disappeared "Apply Config".
You have to enter "Unembedded IssabelPBX" and approve the changes there.
What can we do about it ?
Really only I have such a problem, I checked it on several installations everywhere is the same
I also updated the Issabel modules and got the same error.
I think this is after updating the framework 188.8.131.52 module.
Can I downgrade modules?
I made this update on 5 PBXs and everywhere is the same.
At least I know now that the problem exists, thanks
I'm afraid to update the rest of the PBXs
The problem really exists.
I added a Issue in to github
I also notice that after I upgrade to the ivr ivr 184.108.40.206 that if I add or open a ivr it come to a blank page.
Hello, can you enable beta repo in /etc/yum.repos.d/Issabel.repo and update again?
He is talking about doing the update under module from the Unembedded IssabelPBX
module side.
when i update the to ivr 126.96.36.199 from 220.127.116.11 there. My Ivr will end up as a blank page.
also repo might not be working. as mirror.issabel.org isn't working right.
tbagwell mirror.issabel.org its working now. Maybe trying lastest rpms can solve the issue.
After enabling issabel-beta
The following packages will be updated.
issabel-addons 4.0.0-4
issabel-agenda 4.0.0-3
issabel-email_admin 4.0.0-2
issabel-endpointconfig2 4.0.0-3
issabel-firstboo 4.0.0-3
issabel-framework 4.0.0-6
issabel-pbx 4.0.0-5
issabel-reports 4.0.0-3
issabel-security 4.0.0-6
issabel-system 4.0.0-7
issabelPBX 2.11.0-47
wanpipe-util 18.104.22.168-0
I need to update all or just one?
Ruza Can you try all?
Upgrading to beta seems to solve the problem.
"Apply config" works again.
Checked on a test virtual machine.
Hello, after upgrading to the Beta version it seems that everything is OK.
It is "Apply config" and IVR works correctly.
Thank you and best regards
I have done that before. But I end up getting problems when you update the modules from the Unembedded IssabelPBX side.


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1:41pm PT by Joe Levy
Why 'I Will Always Love You' Is Whitney Houston's Ultimate Song (Analysis)
This story first appeared in the Feb. 24 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" -- a cover of a Dolly Parton single from 1974 -- was released on Nov. 3, 1992. It debuted at No. 40 the Billboard Hot 100 and took two weeks to hit No. 1, where it stayed for 14 weeks, a record at the time. As we all remember, it came from The Bodyguard soundtrack, a messy sales powerhouse that was front-loaded with six Whitney tracks (including her "I'm Every Woman" cover and the gospel number "Jesus Loves Me") and then swiftly slid into Kenny G territory. What we might not remember is that the soundtrack went on to sell 17 million copies and break SoundScan's record for single-week sales. Twice. (First it shattered the mark held by Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion II; seven days later, it became the first album to sell more than a million in a week.) Oh, and The Bodyguard earned a Grammy for album of the year, and "I Will Always Love You" won record of the year as well as best female pop vocal.
PHOTOS: Iconic Singer Whitney Houston's Life and Career in Pictures
"I Will Always Love You" is Whitney's greatest moment and one of the greatest moments in American pop. It was bravura, sentimental and subject, as many of her recordings were, to bland studio touches that sound frustratingly disengaged (in this case, a sax solo you'd rarely hear outside of a dentist's office). Yet it also was monumental, undeniable and, as many of her recordings were, a triumph of vocal ability that presents itself as human indomitability. The caesura just before the drum beat, and she takes off for that impossible note? It's a moonshot, and we get to be strapped into the rocket and take the ride with her. And that she laces everything up to that point with a tangle of vulnerability and joy makes it even more amazing, like she's painting five or six different pictures before deciding, screw it, let's just go Technicolor! 3D!! We'll need a bigger theater!!!
Still, 17 million copies or not, 1992 is not remembered as Whitney Houston's year. It's remembered as the time of Nirvana and Dr. Dre's The Chronic. Part of the reason could be that The Bodyguard soundtrack was her last album -- if you think of it as a Whitney album -- for six years. (She married Bobby Brown in July 1992; their daughter was born the following March.) But a bigger reason is that the menacing anomie of Nirvana and Dre fit the narrative a lot better than Whitney wishing us joy and love. It was the year of the L.A. riots, after all. Music of alienation and instability seemed to capture a moment when everything was cleaved apart. And though now it's clear that the music of Nirvana and Dre appealed to a mass pop audience -- in fact, to each other's audiences -- then the myth that this music was directed at separate audiences was hard to shake.
STORY: Whitney Houston's Death: 10 Developments
It's also a myth that "I Will Always Love You" takes aim at and obliterates. Even if you never knew this was a country cover, it still crosswires genres and audiences and upends the notion that black and white music (and audiences) don't talk directly to each other. Whitney had planned on covering Jimmy Ruffin's 1966 Motown hit "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" until she heard it was being used on the Fried Green Tomatoes soundtrack. It was Bodyguard co-star Kevin Costner who brought in Linda Ronstadt's version of "I Will Always Love You." The doomed romance of the lyric, and the way it's at pains to find good wishes in sadness, fit the interracial Romeo-and-Juliet love story of the film much better. Whitney copped Ronstadt's arrangement -- Parton's original is actually much closer to a classic soul ballad -- and her power note at the end. But her vocal takes Parton's high-lonesome pain as a jumping-off point and goes wild from there, rounding through operatic technique, blue yodels and gospel before climaxing in pure Elvis-in-Vegas glory. It's almost like a historical tour of American singing -- or America itself.
VIDEO: Reactions To Houston's Death
As with so much pop music, it's an enactment of American potential, an expression of an ideal of unity that is usually nothing more than that: an ideal. Except for the time it takes to listen to one song or to dance to another. Then it's an ideal in action. Not for nothing was the other song consistently mentioned in the hours after Whitney's passing her recording of "The Star-Spangled Banner" from the 1991 Super Bowl, an African-American reclamation of the national anthem less audacious than Jimi Hendrix's or Marvin Gaye's but no less powerful.
A final thought: It's striking how many Whitney songs are, like "I Will Always Love You," songs of heartbreak. I mentioned this to someone in passing and was immediately corrected -- what about the uptempo pop hits? What about, "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"? Or "How Will I Know"? But even those are searches for love -- she's not actually dancing with somebody who loves her right then; she isn't with someone who she knows is the one. Of course, that's not how these songs come across. What we remember isn't that the singer is having an affair with a married man in "Saving All My Love for You." What we remember is making love the whole night through.
That's worth remembering now: how Whitney could turn every lyric, every song, into an expression of jubilation. It's a gospel singer's touch, and it's the one she left us with.
Joe Levy is a veteran music writer, magazine editor and TV commentator.
Joe firstname.lastname@example.com @thr


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Following on from the success of the SR8 and RPE V8 engine, in 2006 Steve Prentice Design helped Radical to design their next car, the SR9, an LMP2 class car to compete in the LeMans 24 hour race.
Chief engineer and aerodynamicist for the project was Peter Elleray, who had designed the 2003 LeMans winning Bentley.
Steve Prentice Design were responsible for design of the engine installation for both Judd 3,4 litre V8 and AER 2,0 litre turbo versions. This included:
engine mountings
bell housing
oil system
coolant system
intake system
exhaust system
The first car was built for Rollcentre Racing using the Judd V8 engine. Driven in 2006 LeMans 24 hour race by Martin Short, Joao Barbosa and Stuart Moseley. After 6 hours of the race they were second in P2 class, 7th overall, an amazing performance. But problems struck during the night with long delays for repairs to a leaking cylinder head and then a worn out clutch. They finished 5th in P2 class, 20th overall, which was a disappointing result for such hard work put in by everyone at Rollcentre Racing.
The Rollcentre team were filmed at LeMans by John Matthews, his film LeMans: in the Lap of the Gods really captures the atmosphere of working on these cars better than any film we've ever seen. Buy it at Duke Video.
Further cars have been built using the AER engine for Bruichladdich-Radical, the works race team, and other customer race teams. SR9s had podium finishes in the LeMans Series races in 2006 and 2007 and won the Michelin Green X Challenge, for most fuel efficient car, at Barcelona in 2009.


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Today was enlightening, I had a good chat and found out that I have very low self-confidence. This is actually surprising to me because I'm the person who plans everything which means I have a lot of control so to be told I don't sound like I believe in myself was shocking.
It turns out I plan so much because I make backup plans in case the first one fails, not only do I make plan A but plan Z too. This isn't necessarily a bad thing but spending time focusing on the little worries is kind of a mellow way to live and so I was shown this video.
Amy Cuddy explains how holding a power pose for two minutes can make a great difference in behaviour by increasing testosterone levels and reducing cortical levels so in turn you feel less stressed and so personally I can believe in myself more and deal with a situation.
This is just something useful to me so I'm sharing it cause it might help you out xx


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This month, we are featuring Villa 28 – an expansive 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom Luxury Montego Bay Villa with multiple living spaces, a large manicured lawn and private pool. Villa 28 boasts incredible, panoramic views of both Montego Bay and Round Hill Bay, and is situated near Round Hill's Organic Garden and Jogging path.
Here in Villa #28, you will meet Karen and Keturah, your housekeepers that will ensure your stay is nothing short of extraordinary. Both have been here at this Villa around 20 years, and their playful and welcoming demeanors are as if you've known them forever – its no wonder guests return year after year to stay here. Each morning, they will prepare an exquisite breakfast for you to enjoy as you marvel at the views sprawling out for miles. Sip Blue Mountain coffee, savor ripe Jamaican fruit and delight in your favorite dish made fresh just the way you like. Ask Keturah for her famous omelets or french toast – sure to make a memorable morning. After a hearty breakfast, maybe you'll lounge at the pool or make your way down to the beach for a kayak out on the bay. The options are endless and the choices are all yours.
What year was Villa 28 built?
How many bedrooms/bathrooms are in Villa 28?
4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms
Who are the staff in this Villa?
Housekeepers Keturah Brown and Karen Spence and Groundskeeper Barrington Jackson
How many years have they been at Villa 28?
Keturah Brown (started at Round Hill in 1993 but with Villa 28 since 2003), Karen Spence (1992) and Barrington Jackson (1993).
What is their favorite memory or story at Villa 28?
Ms. Keturah is the cook at Villa 28. We asked her what she thought her guests would say if we asked them what was the best breakfast they had at Villa 28. Her face lit up; you could tell she really enjoys preparing "the most important meal of the day" as she puts it. "It's my omelette of course! Served with a banana pancake," she says. "I have a special recipe for my omelettes and many guests have asked me to share it. One of the shareholders from another Villa came by for breakfast one morning and I prepared my special omelette for her and she asked me to share the recipe with her cook. I shared the recipe, but she came back and said it was not the same as when I prepared it."
What is the "best" feature of Villa 28?
Villa 28 is only villa with a view to the other side of the Round Hill Bay; This villa affords an almost unobstructed view to the hills of Montego Bay and makes for a stunning backdrop as you wake up in the morning or enjoy the afternoon breeze in the indoor/outdoor living spaces.
Have there been any prominent guests?
Located on the top of the hill, Villa 28 is one of the most secluded villas on the property. This may have contributed to the number of celebrity/notable figures local and overseas who have rested there. Some of the more notable names are;
- Dr. The Hon. Usain St. Leo Bolt
- Yohan Blake
- Former Prime Minister of Jamaica P.J. Patterson
- Reggae singer/songwriter Christopher Martin
- Heidi Klum
- Rowan Atkinson
What is something we may not know about this Villa?
Villa 28 was originally built to serve as home to the hotel's Managing Director at the time. His name was Alistair Forsyth.
Learn more about Villa 28 and the other Jamaica Villas at Round Hill. Browse our current Montego Bay packages and special offers and plan your Caribbean vacation to Jamaica today.


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The future of Corning's Gorilla Glass, and more, outlined in an awesome video
This might be the most watched corporate video ever, with 9 million views already, and you can't blame the viewers, the application scenarios seem endless. The world's leader in specialty glass and ceramics is having a field day with all the touchscreen smartphones and tablets it has to protect now, and it envisions a very bright future for its glass-made wonders in the video below.
The handheld part starts at about 1:30 into the video, but the whole of it is worth seeing, despite the fact that mankind will never be able to deploy this technology everywhere. One can dream, though. In the second video Corning talks a bit of the science behind Gorilla Glass, and demoes its endurance compared to regular glass.


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Wednesday, January 7, 2009
New Lindy's Work
Here are the most recent illustrations for "Lindy's Sports Annual" (this is the Seattle version, which only covers Baseball). The stories deal with the burgeoning romance betwixt A-Rod and Madonna and the fact that Rickey Henderson has played ball for nine different clubs.
I'm generally satisfied with the results here, but it was difficult for me to enjoy these. This project overlapped the Organic Debris Management project and I was, once again, working against the clock in a serious way.
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Troubleshooting a Canon Pixma
Canon Pixma printers combine affordability, durability and clear printing, while the Canon Pixma Pro series of printers enables larger printouts (13 by 19 inches), and features up to a 10-color pigment ink system and advanced colour controls.
Many Canon Pixma printers, such as the Pixma MP980, are all-in-one printers capable of printing, scanning, and faxing. Despite the quality that the Canon Pixma line represents, they do have their occasional problems, like virtually all electronics.
E5 Error, Printer Not Printing
In certain models of Canon Pixma printers such as the Canon MP160 and Canon MP150, you may receive an E5 error when trying to print. In this state, you will not be able to use any of the functions of your printer. The error itself is an ink cartridge error. It may be that you are using generic or off-brand ink cartridges in your Canon Pixma printer. Canon Pixma printers do not work with other brands of print cartridges; invest in Canon brand ink cartridges and this should take care of your problem.
Printer Paper Jam Problems
You may have a Canon Pixma printer that constantly jams either right away or when the paper is in the process of being fed through. Occasionally, you may see your paper twist to the side before becoming jammed.
The first things to look for are obstructions inside of your Canon Pixma printer. Remove any loose covers. With a small flashlight and pair of long tweezers, try peering into the printer and removing any debris that you find stuck inside.
In the case of the Canon Pixma MX310, you may receive a 5100 error (after clearing a jam), which indicates a carriage home position error. Use a cotton swab and some alcohol to clean the plastic strip that runs the length of the carriage. Turn the printer off and then back on again and verify that the carriage returns to the home position. Also verify that the carriage is secure by pressing down on it.
In any case, before printing again, use the menu functions on your printer to make sure the paper size matches the size you are feeding into the printer.
Print Carriage Moves but Printer Not Printing
You may have a problem with the Canon Pixma printer where the carriage moves but no ink comes out and you are left with a blank page. First remove the ink cartridges and make sure the protective tape has been removed from the ink cartridge head. Re-insert the ink cartridges and make sure they are seated securely.
Consult your instruction manual to run a nozzle test to check for colour dispersal. If you have partial or no success, run the nozzle cleaning program and then another test. If repeated nozzle cleanings do not produce satisfactory results, then call Canon customer support or take the printer to a repair depot.


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The pedagogic merit of TV has a noble tradition. For people of a certain generation (my generation) this may conjure up images of Open University lecturers in tweed jackets talking about non-euclidean geometry at 5am. Although this model very definitely had its place (My mother is one of many thousands who studied for an OU degree in this way), this stereotype massively underplays the educational potential of broadcast media.
TV footage (and, to a lesser extent, radio recording) can be utilised in a variety of engaging ways across all academic disciplines. Significant changes taking place at the start of 2014 are going to make access to thousands of hours of material very straightforward. I'm going to be as bold as to say if you are not buying into these resources for your students, then you are selling them short.
In particular, the first week of January will see the roll out of version 3 of Box of Broadcasts. BoB (as it is known to its friends) is like a giant "on demand" service offered across the UK Higher Education sector. But this is only to scratch at the surface of its potential. I've seen a demo and I am very excited about this resource. In particular I can see BoB playing a significant role in moves towards a "flipped classroom", not least through the potential to develop "viewing lists" to offer to your students alongside the more traditional reading lists.
I'm probably not at liberty to say too much more ahead of the official launch (you can see some details in this BUFVC press release) but I mention this now because BoB is one of a range of multimedia tools that we will be demonstrating at a day conference in Leicester on 14th January 2014.
The programme for the day (draft) looks like this:
10.00 Registration and refreshments
10.20 Welcome and introduction
10.30 "But we're not a media course" – the relevance of broadcast materials to bioscientists (and others!)
11:00 Copyright, the Educational Recording Act and all that – you can legally do more than you think! (Murray Weston, former Director of BUFVC)
11:30 Refreshments
11.50 Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching: making the most of TRILT to know what's on and when
12.20 Looking for resources? "BoB's your uncle!" – an introduction to the Box of Broadcasts (Dr Sandy Willmott, University of Lincoln and member of the national BoB user group).
12.50 Lunch
13.30 Swap shop: Delegates will have the opportunity to demonstrate their use of multimedia in their teaching. Already offered:
Critical reviews of TV science documentaries (Prof Jon Scott, University of Leicester)
14.45 Refreshments
15.00 Setting up TRILT alerts (a hands-on computer session)
16.00 Reflections and close
This event is particularly geared at colleagues from STEM disciplines (and the examples used will primarily be drawn from the biosciences). However, the central principles will be applicable to academics from any subject area. If you are interested in attending, please book via this link. If you would like to offer a 7 minute description of your current use of moving image content, please email me.


text: Modest budgets don't have to translate into cheap productions. Many of our happy customers come to us after their so-called "free" productions done by the television stations fall short of their needs and expectations. Andy Terranova came to us that way and after seeing what we could do for him wrote, Thanks a TON! Please list me as a "highly satisfied" customer."


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The litmus test results are in: If you're against the legalization of same-sex marriage and are discovered, you can't be involved in the performing arts in California, even though the majority of potential patrons in your state agree with you.
Under the pressure of a threatened boycott, the artistic director of a Sacramento theater has stepped down after it was learned that he contributed to Yes side ("yes, same-sex marriage should be prohibited") of the supposedly Golden State's Proposition 8 campaign.
Here's the opening of the Sacramento Business Journal's story (links were in original):
Scott Eckern, artistic director of the California Musical Theatre, is resigning his post and leaving the organization.
A boycott of the theater was called Tuesday by some in the national arts community when news broke that Eckern contributed $1,000 to the Yes on Proposition 8 campaign, which supported the ban on gay marriage.
The measure passed last week.
Scott Eckern said in a prepared release that he chose to express his view through the democratic process, and he was deeply sorry for any harm or injury he cause by doing so.
"I am leaving California Musical Theatre after prayerful consideration to protect the organization and to help the healing in the local theatre-going and creative community," he said. "I am disappointed that my personal convictions have cost me the opportunity to do what I love the most."
Eckern's statement reflects failed attempts made in the past day or so to backtrack and make nice with his critics. It's clear that nothing short of his resignation would satisfy those who called for a boycott.
It's not unreasonable to think that this might be the beginning of a purge of all same-sex marriage dissenters in the theatrical and entertainment communities in California, and perhaps elsewhere ("Are you now, or have you ever been, an opponent of same-sex marriage?").
The headline writers at the Sacramento Bee or the Los Angeles Times's Culture Monster blog have done their best to make the stories appear less ugly than they really are. Their respective headlines -- "Prop. 8 gift gets theater's leader in a ruckus" and "Prop. 8 repercussions hit Sacramento theater" -- give little indication of the free speech-stifling severity of the situation.
One person quoted in the SacBee piece is troubled by what he has witnessed:
"There's a great degree of hue and cry over getting Mr. Eckern fired," (Jeff) Whitty wrote. "I've searched my soul about this. I'm instinctively not comfortable with the idea of his dismissal, though my activist side still whispers, 'Punish!'
"I fear for what Mr. Eckern's dismissal would say about theater: that there's only room for the pro-gay crowd. In a way, if we only allow people we agree with, if we only allow people who share a broad sympathy for the human condition, then we become one of those dreaded fantasy 'elites.'"
Too late, pal. You profession has proven it's there already. The blacklist is back in full force in California's performing arts, and may be coming to your state or city soon.