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Big Eyes third album Stake My Claim recently came out and it is pretty fucking awesome. Definitely their best so far. Read my review of it here: https://keeptrackofthetime.wordpress.com/2016/08/16/review-big-eyes-stake-my-claim-don-giovanni/
I spoke to Kait, the lead singer and founding member of Big Eyes about the new record, touring, line-up changes and more!
DB: So, the latest album Stake My Claim, are you happy with how that has turned out, and how do you think that fits in with your previous two albums?
KE: Oh, well yeah, I'm really happy with how it came out. I think it's definitely got the best production and is maybe the most cohesive record that we put out so far and I think it definitely fits in line with the other two records, because the first one was maybe like a thinner sounding record. Like, it was the first one and we didn't really know, so I feel like there was less of a- I dunno, I feel like I was less hard on myself with what I was putting out at that point, and the second one we recorded on tape, and we did it live so I think that one definitely sounded a lot better and fuller than the first one, but I feel like the third one is kind of just taking the best of all of the albums and also now that my singing and guitar playing has gotten better, it's kind of accelerating and amping everything up.
DB: Yeah, so did the recording process take a bit longer for this record than the previous two?
KE: Yeah, well, we recorded this LP piece by piece, which we actually did on the first one as well. Well, the second one was completely live, except for singing, but on the first one, we had to really rush to get it done, because there was only a handful of days we could work on it, and we had to keep going back and forth to New Jersey, and it was just kind of a pain, so we were just trying to get that one done as quick as possible, but this third one, we recorded it in bits and pieces, and the only thing we had to get done, that we had a specific amount to do, was the drums. So, we got the drums done in one day. Very happy with how they came out, and then everything else, we were just able to take our time on. So, you know, I would record guitars one day, and I could kind of jump around, I could move to vocals and then we could go back. If there was a bass part that needed to be replaced, we could do that, so it was nice to just kind of sit back. Then we could take a week or two off and be like, oh this song needs tambourine or something!
DB: Yeah, so you had more time to consider the songs and the different elements.
KE: Exactly, it is nice to have some breathing room.
DB: Yeah. How long was the process in all?
KE: We recorded the drums mid-October and then we finished everything else by mid-December, so it took two months to track. Then it was mixed in- it took pretty much all of January to mix, which was a few mixes.
DB: So, was it recorded in New York?
KE: Yes, the whole thing was recorded in New York.
DB: Yeah, so I understand that you were based in Seattle for a while, is that right?
KE: Yeah, I had the band out there for a few years, from 2011 to 2014. Then I moved back home in 2014, back to Brooklyn and had to get like a whole new line-up of people.
DB: Did you change line-up when you were out in Seattle, or did the old band come with you then?
KE: Well, the original drummer that I had, CJ, he moved me out to Seattle, in 2011, we moved out there. We had gotten a new bass player, but eventually CJ couldn't play in that band any longer, so we ended up with two different drummers. So, it was kind of a completely different line-up from the New York one when we were out in Seattle and moving back here, a completely new line-up as well.
DB: So, for this record then, it was a totally different line-up to previously. Do you feel the new line-up impacted upon the band's sound at all?
KE: Yeah, well actually right after we finished recording this record, we moved Paul over from the bass to the guitar, and now we are a four piece band with two dualling guitarists. So, I feel like it has given us a much heavier sound and there is a lot more room for local melodies and back-up harmonies and all that kind of stuff and dual guitar leads and room for more solos.
DB: So, do you feel that when you lived out in Seattle, did the music scene there have any influence on the band's sound?
KE: Well, I feel like we never really fit in in Seattle, but we went down to Portland a lot and up to Vancouver a lot and I feel like we fit in those two cities a lot better. I dunno, I feel like we always kind of had our own vibe, we never really 100% fit into any scene anywhere, but it would be probably foolish to say we weren't influenced by our peers or something, but there was no conscious effort to change our sound or anything like that, but I'm sure that the rainy weather and the lack of sunshine out in Seattle probably made the band do more minor chord sad kind of songs. The second album, compared to the first album, there is a lot more poppy, major key songs on the first album, and on the second one, there is a lot more minor key kind of stuff. That's when we started getting more 'hard rock'.
DB: Do you feel more like you fit in now that you are back in New York then?
KE: I definitely feel I can relate more to people in New York than I could in Seattle, just because I am from out here and I know that people say New Yorkers are this way and that way, and moving back, I have definitely realised that they are more up-front and forward with things. You don't have to guess what someone is thinking about you in New York. You can just ask them or they'll tell you, if you wanna hear it or not. In Seattle, it's a lot trickier. People are just weird. You would think that you are making friends with someone and then they would be very weird or stand-offish or something. People just seemed a lot more passive-aggressive in Seattle, at least to me. But yeah, I think we fit in better out in New York for sure.
DB: In terms of the music scene?
KE: Yeah, there's definitely a lot of cool punk bands out here and more rock 'n' roll kind of stuff.
DB: I feel Big Eyes straddles quite a few different genres. So I was wondering, how do you see Big Eyes as a band? Do you see yourselves as a punk band, a rock band, or a powerpop band? Or wouldn't you really define yourself in that way?
KE: I think first and foremost- I guess ideally, we are a punk band. Like our ideals and all that kind of stuff, but musically, I'd say we are more of a rock 'n' roll band. I think we play rock 'n' roll music but with a kind of punk edge to it, but I also love power-pop and the Beatles and that kind of stuff, so I feel there are a lot of poppy song structures going on in the band.
DB: I can certainly here that on the latest record particularly.
KE: Oh yeah, definitely got really poppy on this one.
DB: Have your musical influences changed over the years?
KE: Umm, not majorly. I think mostly in the last few years, I was into maybe less punk music and more like 70s/80s classic rock kind of stuff, but I still listen to a good amount of punk and pop-punk. Not like Blink 182 kind of pop-punk, more like Mr. T Experience and The Muffs and that kind of pop-punk.
DB: Yeah, the good stuff! So, yeah, in terms of you touring, in the US, would it likely to be with other punk bands?
KE: Yeah, I'd say we mostly play with punk bands. Sometimes we'll play a show and it will be with a bar rock band or something. I kind of get the feeling that the promoter didn't get the memo that we are not a bar rock band or something! So, we're just a band, we just play rock 'n' roll music.
DB: And then it's not maybe your crowd in the same way?
KE: It depends because you know the bar rock people, they can get down with all the guitar solos and that kind of stuff, but I feel like it tends to be a bit more like macho.
DB: So how has the reception to the latest album been so far?
KE: It's been great. We've been getting way more reviews than ever before and every single review I've seen has been positive. So, that's really nice. Then, yeah it's really cool to just kind of watch your rankings go up on Spotify and all that kind of stuff. I know a lot of people don't like to talk about it, because it's taboo or tacky or something, but as someone who has been doing this band for six years, it's nice to finally see some major improvements, you know. We've definitely been playing to bigger crowds on our tours and all that kind of stuff. Selling more records. So, yeah, it feels good!
DB: What kind of size of venues would you play normally?
KE: Yeah, we are still playing fairly small places. Usually, the capacity will be maybe 150-200 people and depending on where it is, we'll either fill it out, or it might be more like half full or something. Depending on if it's a city we played once or twice, there might only be 40 people there, but if it's a place like Milwaukee or Chicago, there might be more like 100-150 people there. Still, a good amount of bars and smaller sized clubs.
DB: You went on tour with Against Me!, is that right?
KE: Yeah, it's true, about two years ago. A little over two years ago.
DB: So, yeah, in that case, you must have been playing fairly sizeable venues then?
KE: Oh yeah, those are the biggest I've ever played in my life! We played at Webster Hall in New York City and that was nuts. I grew up on Long Island and that was always the place; I would come into the city and go to see bigger bands. I think I saw maybe The Weakerthans or something. I think I saw Andrew WK there.
DB: So, that was bizarre for you to be playing that venue then…
KE: Yeah, it was definitely pretty nerve-wracking, but I'm glad that I got that tour under my belt because I feel like it made me a lot more comfortable on stage.
DB: Are you playing many festivals this year? I know you are playing The Fest.
KE: Yeah, we are playing at The Fest in Florida. That's next month, in October and then about, I guess two weeks yesterday, we are playing a festival in Asbury park, which our label Don Giovanni put together and it's called The New Alternative Music Festival. There are no like really huge major acts, but what's really cool about this festival is there is no sponsoring, nothing like that. So, it's just all the label and the bands supporting it and I think it's going to be really good. I think some of the bigger bands playing are Mira and The Hotelier and P.S. Eliot's re-uniting for that show and a few other shows. I think those are the bigger bands. Screaming Females are playing. It's at a pretty huge venue in Asbury, so hopefully we can fill that place out, all combining our efforts.
DB: Is it mainly Don Giovanni bands then on the bill?
KE: Yeah, I'd say, it's a good amount, maybe 50/50, maybe even more like 60/40.
DB: So, your first record came out on Don Giovannia and then your second, you released on Grave Mistake. Was that just because of being in Seattle you changed over to Grave Mistake?
KE: Umm, yeah. So, pretty much, at that point, when we put out that record on Don Giovanni, they were more of a New York/New Jersey based label. We put that record out and then pretty much immediately moved. So, then we were all the way out in Seattle and I dunno, it was just more difficult, because we weren't out in the North-east anymore. So, then we decided to switch it up and try a more punk and hardcore based label and see how that fanbase kind of thought of us and yeah, Alex from Grave Mistake, he kind of dealt with bands from all over the place, maybe even some international bands. It was definitely more of a country-wide label. It was a really good fit and then by the time this third record was coming out, Grave Mistake had definitely scaled back, and Don Giovanni had scaled up, so it seemed like kind of a no-brainer to move back to Don Giovanni, because he had gotten you know so many cool bands throughout the years and it seemed like his ideals were in line with mine as well. There's a lot of bands with women in them and bands with trans people in them and bands with queer people in them, and it was just something we got behind.
DB: Yeah, it's such a cool label. In terms of the music styles, it's so eclectic, but there are so many different cool bands on there.
KE: Yeah, I agree. I think that what is really cool about Don Giovanni is that a lot of labels have one specific kind of band that they are going to have, like a garage band or whatever or a Ramonescore pop-punk band, or just like a certain type of specific band and so it's cool to be on a label which has all these kinds of different bands which somehow all make sense together.
DB: So, in terms of touring then, do you have any plans to come over to Europe at any time?
KE: Yeah, we're hoping to sometime next year. Nothing specific planned yet, but we have pretty much got to start saving up for some plane tickets, but I have a couple of different contacts out there, so I'm sure we'd be able to pull something together next year. Last time, we were out in Europe and England, it was October 2013. So, it has been a good couple of years at this point, so we would love to come back.
DB: Yeah, that's right, so you did a European tour back in 2013. Who did you tour with?
KE: Oh, we just toured by ourselves.
DB: So, how did you find touring in Europe?
KE: Oh man, it was awesome. I think the nicest thing about Europe is that pretty much every place you play, more so in Mainland Europe- in England, we ended up staying with people at their apartments or their houses- but in Mainland Europe, there were so many different squats or venues that had rooms for the bands to stay in, and then pretty much every place you played in, there was a big kind of family meal for you guys, so it was so nice, because sometimes, it can be a burden to have on your shoulders, like, oh we don't know where we are going to stay tonight so we will get a motel. You know being in a foreign country, in Germany, we don't speak German, how on earth are we going to get a hotel room or something? So we ended up saving a lot of money. It was a really smooth tour and really enjoyable.
DB: So, quite a different touring experience to the US, then!
KE: Yeah! The tours in the US definitely get easier over the years, because you meet more people, you have more contacts, you are playing to more people and making more money, so you know, getting motel rooms regularly is not that big of a deal. But when you're first touring and you're making 40 dollars at a show, that's not much of an option.
DB: It's more sleeping on couches, I guess?
KE: Yeah, exactly! But the ideal tour for me is usually a combination of both, because you get to stay with a lot of your friends and all that kind of stuff, but you also get to go to a motel and go to bed early and you know, everyone gets a clean towel and all that kind of good stuff.
DB: So, was there any particular favourite stop on the European tour?
KE: I'm trying to think. We played 10 shows in Germany and pretty much all of them were really amazing. A show in Paris was really great. We played with that band Youth Avoiders. I'm trying to remember. I would say, definitely Germany and Paris. Oh, and Amsterdam was really amazing, too. We played like, it wasn't like a really big festival, but it was like a small festival in this building. It was one of the bigger shows we played. There were like 100s of people there and I remember they paid us really well. Oh, it was so fun.
DB: Yeah, from what I understand, Germany has got quite a good underground punk scene going on and they usually get a good turnout from bands who come over from the US.
KE: Yeah, Germany was so cool. Berlin was really cool. We played with Boom Boom Kid. They are from South America. I forget which country. They have been around for years and years and I remember we were both randomly playing that show, so it was really cool.
DB: So, just changing topic a little bit, would you say the latest album has got more of a personal, introspective feel to it?
KE: Yeah, I would definitely say so. I think on the earlier two albums, I was writing more like, putting the blame on other people, or being angry at other people. On this one, I am more focusing on myself and just talking about personal change and things that I used to be ok with but I'm now putting my foot down, that kind of thing. Not letting people take advantage of me and trying to overcome anxiety and all that kind of stuff.
DB: Is that what the album title itself is referring to?
KE: Yeah, definitely, because pretty much I've written every single Big Eyes song, so it has always been my band. I'm the only band member that has been in the band the entire time, but I feel like I was always scared to step forward. On the first two albums, there are the full band photos on each one and on this one, it's just me, so that is kind of the point I wanted to make. This is my band and hope that people are into it.
DB: So, the sound on the third album, is that kind of the sound that you always wanted for the band?
KE: Yeah, it definitely is. I think every record is getting closer and closer to what I wanted, because I have been so lucky to be playing with so many talented musicians over the years, and everyone just keeps getting better and better and I keep better at singing and guitar playing and song structure and all that kind of stuff. So, who knows if it will be ever exactly what I am thinking in my head, but it's definitely getting closer to that, you know.
DB: So, apart from what you have already mentioned, do Big Eyes have any plans for the rest of the year?
KE: Well, just those two festivals that I mentioned, the one in Asbury Park and the one in Gainesville, and we will be doing a little tour around that, I think it is a 9 or 10 day tour, just up and down the east coast. Then, other than that, I think we'll be mainly playing local shows for the rest of the year, because you know, the winter comes and it is not too great to travel for a few months. We will hopefully play some colleges, with the younger kids, you know.
DB: During the summer months then, do you tour fairly regularly?
KE: Yeah, I would definitely say the Spring through the fall is the busiest time for us to tour and then usually November through February. I mean, this year we did a tour in January, like a 3 week tour, and even when you go south, you are still hitting snow storms. So, I don't know if we would be doing anything like that this year. We were hoping to do like a fly-out West Coast tour, just because we were all the way out in New York, so you either have to do a full US tour to get out to the west coast, or you have to fly, but it can be expensive to get 4 people plane tickets so we have to got to see if that it is a going to be a feasible option or if we are just going to save it for like next Spring or something and do a full US tour then. But who knows, if we can pull it together, we will try to get out of the east coast in January or February for a West Coast tour, because the West Coast is always so much nicer in the Winter, you know.
DB: And a full US tour would take like a month or something?
KE: Yeah, at least. Most of the full US tours I have done have been like 5 or 6 weeks. You can do it in like 4 weeks, but you have got a lot of long drives and hardly any days off, if any. I mean, this last tour we did, it was 2 weeks, but I would have loved to have made it a little bit longer and had a couple of days off.


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One person was left hospitalized with life-threatening injuries following an accident early Tuesday morning in Frederick County, Md., troopers say.
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Ten Essentials for Outdoor Activities
1. Map and Compass
Obviously these are must-have items. Getting lost is no fun, and it can be very dangerous. A map and
compass are priceless. However, they are useless if you don't know how to use them. Make sure you know
how to use them by reading a book, taking a class, joining an orienteering club, etc.
2. Extra Clothes
Always take at least a little more clothing than you think you'll need no matter how long your trip is. At the
very least you should always take rain gear and a hat and gloves. An extra fleece jacket is also nice to have.
And you may want to consider taking an emergency "space blanket". It weighs next to nothing and takes up
very little room, but it could save your life.
3. Water Bottle and Means of Purification
You can go weeks without food, but only a few days without water. You can either take a small filter/purifier
pump, or you can take iodine tablets or drops.
4. Extra Food
Take at least one extra meal on day hikes and at least one day's worth of food for 3 to 7 day trips. You never
know when you might be stuck out there because of weather, injury, getting lost, etc. The food should require
very little or (preferably) no cooking.
5. First Aid Kit
This might seem pretty obvious, but it can be forgotten easily. You should take a basic first aid course before
you go, because a first aid kit is almost useless if you don't know how to use it.
6. Fire starter and Waterproof Matches
It seems like you really NEED to build a fire when it is the hardest to do so (lost in the middle of nowhere, 40
degrees, windy, and raining). That's why having some fire starter and waterproof matches are a must. You
can buy commercially made fire starters, or you can very easily make your own.
7. Pocket Knife or Multi-Tool
A pocketknife has virtually unlimited uses on a backpacking trip. With a knife you can cut the cheese, spread
peanut butter, cut medical or duct tape, cut rope down to size, cut moleskin for blisters, whittle wet sticks
down to get to the dry part for a fire, and so on and so forth... A multi-tool can be even handier, since it has
more tools. The choice is yours.
8. Flashlight or Headlamp
It's extremely difficult to do anything in the dark without one. A headlamp has the advantage of offering you
hands-free lighting, so that is what we recommend, but a flashlight will do just fine. Be sure to check the
batteries before you leave. Best bet is to always carry spare batteries
9. Sunglasses and Sunscreen
This might not seem like an "essential", but it is to us. Good sunglasses are even more important when
traveling on snow. The snow can reflect a lot of harmful UV radiation and can cause a very painful condition
called snow-blindness, so make sure your sunglasses protect your eyes from UV rays. And bad sunburn can
make any trip unbearable, so take some sun block.
10. Means for Signaling
If you ever get lost or injured then you will need a way to signal for help. A high-pitched whistle is a great way
to call of help, and it can be heard a lot more easily than even the most desperate screams. Three short
blasts are commonly known as a cry for help. You should also consider carrying a small signaling mirror to
signal to planes, boats, or anyone far away. Be sure to learn how to signal with one before you leave.
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Two new superheroes come to rescue America: Liberating Liberal and Mega Maverick.
Washington, D.C., October 8th, 2008, (Reuters).- As of today, America will be safer than ever, as two new
superheroes just came out to defend American economy (from Bush) and attack the terrorists (in Iran).
Liberating Liberal vowed to protect Americans, and in particular middle class Americans and their wallets from evil villians such as Texas Terror and Viceful Vice. His powers include almost instant teleportation, (for example, he can go from St. Louis to Kansas City in a blink), magnetic fields handling, (which he uses to disarm people who cling to their guns) and mind controling (to bend the press's will his way).
Mega Maverick, on the other hand, is out to attack all those who might give reasonable probability that in the future, they may or may not harm America. His main enemies are Iraqi Iranian and Eevil Eenternet. His powers include force barriers (to protect his sidekick, Hindering Hockeymom), self-cloning (to visit all of his houses at the same time), and immortality (so that he can stay in Iraq for 100 years).
Each of them is accompanied by a sidekick. Liberating Liberal is assisted by Bumbling Biden while Mega Maverick is accompanied by Hindering Hockeymom. Their powers are not as impressive. Hindering Hockeymom has invisibility, which she uses to escape from "gotcha" media and appear only in safe places, while Bumbling Biden does best when he does nothing at all.


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Let's all take a look at this single serving site from Barry Smith and learn how we can make better internet. Yes, it contains lots and lots of cusses — it's intended to illustrate how powerful simple design can be as long as the content is compelling. It's hilarious and correct.
On first glance, Motherfucking Website looks like a relic from the Web 1.0 days; like a simple site that's simple because the designer doesn't have the tools or the knowledge to make something flashier. It looks like the web when connection speeds couldn't support the behemoth sites that developers build today. It's important to remember that sometimes all the ornamentation is superficial, and only distracts from what you're trying to get across. Does Smith convey his message effectively? You're motherfucking right he does. [Motherfuckingwebstie.com — Thanks Sean!]


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A searchable online database of earnings for 366,640 employees of New York State school districts outside New York City was posted today at SeeThroughNY.net, the transparency website sponsored by the Empire Center for Public Policy.
The newly updated database includes pay for teachers, administrators and others, as reported for the 12 month-period ending June 30, 2012 to the New York State Teachers Retirement System (NYSTRS). It also includes pay for other school employees, such as custodians, aides and bus drivers, for the 12 month-period ending March 31, 2012, as reported to the New York State Employees Retirement System (NYSLERS).
Long Island schools had the highest average pay by region at $73,949. The Mohawk Valley has the lowest average pay at $36,394. A chart of average pay by region is attached. The chart also shows the trend in average pay over the last four fiscal years. Seven regions average pay increased over the four-year period while only the Capital Region and Mohawk Valley have decreased average pay over that period, which includes the worst period of the recession.
For the third consecutive year, Scarsdale School District had the highest average educator pay at $115,659. Scarsdale was followed by Bronxville, Jericho and Byram Hills, all of which reported average educator salaries above $100,000. The averages in many cases are depressed by the inclusion on the list of numerous substitute teachers and part-timers whose reported salaries came to only a few thousand dollars per year. A list of the 50 highest paid districts is attached.
According to the data, the highest paid school employee was Dr. William Johnson, superintendent of the Rockville Centre Union Free School District, who was paid $567,248. According to recent news reports, that sum includes access to a lump sum "bonus." A list of the 100 highest-paid school employees in districts outside New York City is attached. (New York City school salaries will be updated shortly.)
SeeThroughNY allows the public to examine government expenditures on the Internet. In addition to salary data for school districts, it includes payrolls for New York State and New York City government, counties, municipalities and public authorities throughout the state. Also posted are public employee pension data, state legislator office expenditures, pork barrel "member item" spending, and a benchmarking feature for comparing local government and school district spending.


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'Do the Math': Local students filmed for educational TV show
At Bauer-Speck Elementary School on Thursday, a half-dozen unsuspecting fifth-graders were led to a classroom where they discovered that Bakersfield math teacher Michael Cushine was preparing to film a segment for the TV show "Do the Math."
When the cameras rolled, Cushine guided each student through a math problem for separate segments.
"Alex, would you like a hard problem or an easy one?" Cushine said, as one student approached a dry-erase board.
"Easy," said Alex.
"How are you with fractions, young man?"
At first, Alex suggested he's pretty good at fractions. A minute later, he expressed doubt.
"You just told me you were good with fractions," Cushine said. Then he reassures him — "I'll be right here with you" — just before the cameras begin recording.
"Do the Math" is a live show that airs both on cable and the Internet every Tuesday and Wednesday. The show features segments on math — including "Math in the News" — but mostly it shows students and teachers working out math problems while revealing tips, strategies and shortcuts. Meanwhile, students in grades 4-12 are invited to phone in their own math questions, which are sometimes worked out live on the show.
"We have phone tutors who are all credentialed math teachers that are ready to help the students over the phone," said Cushine, who has a voice made for radio and a face that resembles a "Deal or No Deal"-era Howie Mandel. "If they'd like, they can say, 'I'd like to see it done on TV so I can see it being done.'"
While some of the roughly 60 calls per show are answered on air, others are answered off camera. (The show airs from 4-5 p.m.; calls are accepted from 3:30-5:30.)
The show, now in its 12th season, was created by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office. Last year, Pat Renshaw, who runs the educational channel for the San Luis Obispo County Office of Education, brought the show to San Luis Obispo County, where it airs locally on Charter cable's channel 19.
Cushine's show draws from his years as a radio personality and as a teacher. He now teaches in the Gifted and Talented Education program at Stockdale Elementary School.
On his show, he emphasizes the need for students to figure out problems.
"We try to have them work through it instead of just showing them how to do it," he said.
Most of the callers, he said, are fifth- through eighth-graders. And there are regulars.
"It's fun working with the kids and seeing how they approach problems and then guiding them through if they're not quite sure or if they get stuck at a step," Cushine said.
While the show airs live, taped segments are also included. And Cushine visits at least a dozen schools a year for taped segments. Thursday, he visited both Bauer-Speck and Flamson Middle School in Paso Robles.
At Bauer-Speck, Cushine showed students how to simplify some problems, like an easy formula — not so easily explained here — for squaring the number 85.
After the final student was filmed, Cushine offered some math encouragement to the group.
"There's going to be all sorts of math tricks you guys can learn as you get older," he said.
Bauer-Speck Principal Jami Whedbee said the show will help motivate other students to do math.
"It's a way for kids to see other kids doing the work, having fun, being successful," he said.
At Flamson, Cushine helped an eighth-grader figure out how many diagonals are in an octagon by using an equation. Emphasizing analytical approaches to math problems will help students when it comes to standardized testing, Cushine said.
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'Sara's Y' breaks ground in Ballanytne
Ballantyne Corporate Park will soon have a new, bigger YMCA, named for the late wife of Ballantyne developer Smoky Bissell.
YMCA executives and Smoky Bissell, founder of the influential real estate development company that bears his name, broke ground on "Sara's Y" Tuesday afternoon under the steaming sun. Named for Sara Bissell, who died in 2009, the facility will be an amenity for office workers in the park and a draw for nearby residents.
"The vestiges of Sara are all around this site," said Smoky Bissell, pointing to nearby parks and a fitness trail that she helped put in place. He is funding construction with what the YMCA called a "generous gift." The project's total cost hasn't been worked out, a spokeswoman said.
Smoky Bissell said Sara Bissell had deep family ties to the YMCA.
"Sara's father, if he were here, would tell you in a minute that the YMCA raised him," Smoky Bissell said.
Bailey Patrick, chairman of the YMCA of Greater Charlotte board, praised the new facility.
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The new YMCA is scheduled to open in January 2016 at the corner of Brixham Hill Avenue and Ballantyne Corporate Place. It will replace the nearby Ballantyne Village YMCA, which will close when the new gym opens.
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How many times have friends complained about some symptoms and when you mention that it could be menopause you are told, "But I am TOO YOUNG!"???
If you are a good friend you reassure them that it is "Just" menopause. If you are a bad friend you go along with them and stay of the banks of the river Da Nile. Sometimes being a good friend is not well received and it is easier to just be a bad friend, but don't go to that dark side, stay true to your friends and lead them down the road of menopause.
Here are the top 10 signs that you are in menopause:
1. Night sweats. Clammy, sticky, hot then cold waking night sweats
2. Sleeplessness. You fall asleep but then at 2 AM you are awake, or you don't fall asleep until 2 AM.
3. IBB. Itty Bitty Bladder. You can not sleep through the night with-out visiting the bathroom around 2 AM. See number 2.
4. Hot Flashes or Hot Surges or Hot Flushes during the day, not just under stress. You haven't worn a turtle neck in over a year.
5. Irritability. No one can do anything fast enough, slow enough, good enough, or just enough.
6. Mood Swings. Lifetime channel makes you cry and then mad then angry then happy.
7. Trying to Help Everyone. Note that Wonder Woman was young, not in her late 40's or early to mid 50's.
8. Menopooch. This is not a dog. This is you tummy that no matter how many kick boxing, Pilates classes you take there is a tiny meno bump.
9. Thinning Hair. Your hair dresser is lying when he/she says everyone looses clumps of hair in the shower, and on their hair brush everyday.
10. Memory Loss. This is a reassuring list. It's not just you. Too bad you won't remember to tell your friends, so forward it now before you forget!
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Posted by Myla Liljemark on 15th January 2013
The following are videos that I have watched and enjoyed. Looking for some educational entertainment? This list is a place to start!
Ebola in Liberia (7 min)
Hidden America: Children of the Plains, Lakota, Pine Ridge (about 40 minutes)
Paradise Lost: Global Warming effect on the island nation of Kiribati (25 min)
http://video.pbs.org/video/2200745636/ – PBS Frontline – The Amish
Earth Underwater – National Geographic (YouTube)
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The temperature was 106*F both weekend days.
Whoa! That's just too hot. All the blinds and curtains are closed so it feels like we're living in a cave.
On Saturday, I got a little quilting on the analogous green quilt. And, we went to see our friend LD. She is doing well and moving well. That's always good. We had lunch and talked needlepoint and had a nice visit. And, when we got home, I sat in the sofa in the studio and didn't move much. We didn't even go out for dinner. We stayed in and had cold chicken salad sandwiches.
On Sunday, I needed to water flower pots and knew I wasn't going to want to do it in the afternoon. While I was out there, it was nice and cool and there was a breeze. Next we went to the grocery and when we got back, it was already hot and steamy. It's the humidity that makes it so miserable.
I cooked dinners for all week before it got too hot out and did dishes. But, after that, it was all about sitting still under an air conditioning vent. But, it's supposed to be cooler this week...97. Ninety-seven shouldn't be a break from the heat, right? But that's how we think of it as here, now.
But August starts tomorrow and after that, it's over.
Say it three times.
And, click your heels together. Something. Anything. There's no place like October, there's no place like October...
I did get the analogous feathered star quilt finished yesterday.
It took a couple hours to tear off the paper, but now it's done. And, I realized I didn't leave any of these fabrics out for a binding. And, they're so specific that I really wish I still had a piece of one of them. Where did the rest of the fabrics go?
A cute as the dickens pieced quilt back, that's where. I wanted to use it up. And, I did, darn it.
I'll have to carry the quilt somewhere and show it off...uhm, I mean match a binding fabric to it.
I'm pretty sure I saw one of the darker fabrics in JoAnn's the other day. (he says hopefully)
My needlepoint got high praise from LD. She has done a lot of needlepoint and I'm hoping she'll do some more. Everybody needs something to look forward to, right? (hint, hint)
Anyway, she especially complimented my tension. She said many new needlepointers pull their stitches too tight, and I don't.
As I was unrolling it, she was talking to Rob about tension distorting the canvas. And, then we both pointed to the place my stitches were too tight and distorted the canvas. But, she felt like I could block that out. I'm about 65% done. Maybe more. Looking forward to a finish.
And, I'm thinking about the next quilt to pin baste. What will it be??? (something to look forward to)
Everybody have a great Monday. I hope something good happens to you.
And, if it doesn't, pick something and decide to see it that way.
4 comments:
- The Joyful Quilter said...
Congrats! on completing the quilting on the green quilt. Best of luck finding an appropriate binding choice!!
- July 31, 2017 at 3:15 PM
- Mari said...
That really is too hot! Love how the green quilt turned out. Perhaps a dark green binding to finish it off? Stay cool!
- August 1, 2017 at 8:39 AM
- Gisela Suski said...
Love the needle point pattern you selected. Your quilting is tremendous.
I give you blue ribbons on all you work.
- August 1, 2017 at 11:02 AM
- Becky said...
Keep cool!!! The green quilt is gorgeous!! Be careful out in the heat!
Love you!
- August 3, 2017 at 10:34 AM
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Denver and the state of Colorado are offering an incentive package aimed at preventing nearly 25% of Frontier Airlines' workforce from being relocated, while new parent Republic Airways Holdings apparently does not plan for the carrier to have a CEO.
Midwest Airlines pilots and flight attendants likely will find themselves out of work when the carrier, acquired over the summer by Republic Airways Holdings, begins to return its nine remaining 717s to Boeing next month.
The worst economy in at least 40 years remains the biggest challenge for US airports and they are doing all they can to retain air service as airlines cut back on flights, says Airports Council International-North America President Greg Principato. "Airports are cutting their budgets to make it possible for airlines to serve their communities," he tells ATW's Airports Today, adding that they have been forced to furlough or lay off employees as carriers have reduced service.
US carriers were slow to jump on the inflight connectivity bandwagon but have made big
strides recently.
British Airways CEO Willie Walsh described the carrier's new all-business-class A318 New York JFK-London City service, launched Tuesday, as a "vote of confidence in the future."
He told ATWOnline, "It's a bold step. We are putting down a marker that we are confident about the future." He said the service will be profitable if it achieves a 70% load factor.
A wealth of information is available on aviation safety, but improvement is needed in coordinating and sharing the best safety practices that could benefit the entire industry, ICAO Secretary General Raymond Benjamin said yesterday at the annual FAA International Aviation Safety Forum in Washington.
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. yesterday announced the final configuration of its MRJ, showing a taller cabin, increased overhead bin space and a wing box made of aluminum rather than composite materials.
Bombardier Aerospace reported a 36.6% dip in fiscal second-quarter operating profit to $154 million from the $243 million posted in the year-ago period.
Revenue fell 4% to $2.4 billion in the three months ended July 31 as the company delivered 80 aircraft comprising 51 business jets, 28 commercial aircraft and one amphibian. It delivered 89 in the year-ago period. Its order book for the quarter declined by a net of 38 units as it secured commitments for 15 commercial and 27 business aircraft but suffered 80 business cancellations. It booked 175 orders last year.
The legal wrangling between Delta Air Lines and regional partner Mesa Air Group has heated up again now that Delta has filed suit to cancel its contract with Mesa subsidiary Freedom Airlines, which operates 22 ERJ-145s as Delta Connection.
Over the past year, the airport was affected adversely by the financial problems of Midwest Airlines and a subsequent 40% reduction in flying. In prior years, Midwest accounted for more than half of the flights out of MKE. In the first five months of 2009, traffic was down some 15% compared to 2008.
GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO wait. Bombardier Aerospace is betting on the truth of that adage as its CSeries development program kicks into high gear after what only can be described as a challenging beginning since the company first proposed the aircraft in early 2004.
Airports are not the major cause of the economic woes of the airline industry, Airports Council International World Director Angela Gittens told ATW's Airports Today. In recent months, IATA and the Assn. of European Airlines, as well as individual carriers like Ryanair, have complained about airport fees and charges in vocal and sometimes harsh terms. IATA even erected a metaphorical "Wall of Shame" with the names of airports it believes are guilty of overcharging airlines.
An estimated 100 Midwest Airlines employees will lose their jobs following its acquisition by Republic Airways Holdings, a Republic spokesperson confirmed yesterday to ATWOnline.
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I have always wanted to read this book. I tried reading it six years ago, fresh out of college. I never made it past Chapter III, when Stephen wipes his boogers off on a rock. Now, I have finally read it completely, for a class in graduate school. To be said (again) in a Frodo-like gasp: "It is….. DONE! It is…….. accomplished!!!!"
I hated this book so, so, so much at first. I hated how many allusions and references there were. Songs, Irish myths, Irish history, the Greeks, Shakespeare, Aristotle's poetics, Spinoza… it made me feel like a freaking idiot. I hated the fact that Joyce himself said 'I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of ensuring one's immortality!' (I can just hear his evil laughter, echoing off the pub walls. Like the most pretentious graduate student that ever lived.)
I hated how Stephen's chapters were so utterly dense. Sample opening sentence from Chapter III: Ineluctable modality of the visible: at least that if no more, thought through my eyes. OMG!
I hated the fact that I constantly couldn't understand basic things that were going on–like, where are they talking. Or, who is this character. Or how did Bloom get here, and why. The one thing I will ever #humblebrag about is that I am a FAST reader. But it would take me 1 1/2 – 2 hours to read ONE chapter in this book. For me, that is really. freaking. slow. And it was mainly because I was constantly having to reread whole paragraphs, flip back to remember where I was or even look things up to make sure I understood (the more of the book I read, though, the easier it got, which is important to note. But I think that's mainly due to me accepting that I didn't have to understand EVERYTHING).
Most of all, I hated, hated the fact that my book of Ulysses annotations was bigger than Ulysses itself. 'Forget this,' I kept thinking. 'I thought good writing was all about CLARITY and UNDERSTANDING. What's the point of a book that you basically need an Internet guide in order to understand? What does that say about the relationship between artist and audience? If this is a book about the epic in the everyday, what does it mean that the 'everyday' person would never even bother to attempt reading this book because doing so takes TREMENDOUS effort and is such a giant effing pain in the butt?'.
But you know what? People are right. The effort is worth it. Now that I've read the whole thing, if someone were to ask me (as indeed they have) oh, Ulysses, so what do you think of it? My automatic, not-even-thinking-about-it response has consistently been I love it. I ****ing hated it so much at first, but now I really, really love it.
So what's up with that? Have I been brainwashed? Is it just Stockholm syndrome? WHAT IS GOING ON?
I came up with three reasons for why I changed my mind.
Reason Number One: Bloom is an amazing character. Deep, complex, complicated. Joyce deserves a LOT of credit for creating a character we care about this much. When the rest of the text gets really messed up and crazy (as in the infamous Sirens, Cyclops, Oxen of the Sun and Circe (!!!) episodes… heck during the majority of the book's 2nd half)… Bloom is a rock, our anchor, our epic hero. He is weak and full of flaws. He hasn't slept with his wife in ten years, oggles a young girl on a beach while masturbating and fantasizes about turning into a woman (specifically a masochistic sex slave). He is extremely passive (apart from his applause-worthy outbreak in the 'Cyclops' chapter, when addressing an anti-Semitic racist). He is constantly hungry (this, more than anything else, is maybe what made me relate to him most). He has a tremendous sense of empathy (this is quality #2 that made me dig him), especially when compared to everyone else around him. He is extremely intelligent, yet painfully sincere. "Force, hatred, history, all that," he says at one point. "That's not life for men and women, insult and hatred. And everybody knows that it's the very opposite of that that is really life." Well, what is life then, his friend asks, and Bloom answers thusly: "Love." When compared to Stephen–who is SO well-educated in terms of esoteric knowledge–Bloom comes off as a wise hippie guru. Is that what Stephen and Bloom are ultimately supposed to be? Ying and yang? Do they represent two different types of knowledge and understanding–Stephen the knowledge gained from university, Bloom the truth gained from everyday, lived, walking-in-the-streets experience?
In terms of plot and resolution, Bloom's epic day ends with few signs that anything in the future will change for him–will he continue to be friends with Stephen? Will he continue letting Molly cheat on him? What will Bloom end up doing with his life? Is he one of those (to quote the book) "cultured fellows that promised so brilliantly, nipped in the bud of premature decay and nobody to blame but themselves?" Is Bloom a failure we're supposed to admire? Is Ulysses itself a failure we're supposed to admire? WHO KNOWS? These key questions are left unresolved, and yet the book is still (God help me) incredibly satisfying. For such an untraditional book, it has a very traditional base: good characters I gave a shit about and with whom I enjoy spending time with.
Reason Number Two: This lecture by Ali Smith. Have I said yet how much I love Ali Smith? Anyway, this lecture she gave some time ago made SO much sense to me. And not because she says Joyce would make a great tweeter. After reading this, it's suddenly like I get the connection between one of my favorite contemporary English-language authors and Joyce: the playfulness. The parody. The obsession with words and their meanings. The concentration on style and form. The importance of taking risks. This lecture, more than anything, is what helped flip the switch in my brain and ease me (however reluctantly) in the pro-Joyce section of the bleachers.
Reason Number Three: If I could pinpoint a specific part in the text where my feelings of pure loathing started to change, I think it would be Book 10–the Wandering Rocks episode, in which Joyce narrates a series of short vignettes, following a group of different characters around Dublin. If this were a film sequence, it'd be something akin to Amelie or Run Lola Run: fancy camerawork zooming in and out, the same moment seen repeatedly from different angles. It was…. pretty darn cool. I don't know if at this point I become sympathetic towards my captor (see aforementioned Stockholm syndrome). But all of a sudden… I WAS INTO IT. I was digging it SO MUCH. The weirder the chapters got, the more I loved them (or maybe it was just the lack of Stephen's interior monologues, lol). I loved the parodies (even when I couldn't understand them). The reckless bravery. The invention. The hallucinogenic, bad LSD trip feeling of 'Circe' in which literally anything can and does happen. The capriciousness with which Joyce seems to be saying SCREW EVERYTHING IMMA WRITE WAT I WANT, OH WOW LOOK WHAT I AM DOING HERE THAT SURE IS NUTS.
Suddenly, I am no longer one of those annoying fans, weakly saying 'but Dubliners is sooo good' (WHICH IT IS). Instead, I finally understand what Joyce wanted to do with Ulysses in contrast to his previous work: 'want my old ****, buy my old album.' This is his Blueprint, his Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Ulysses is a book where the artist is throwing everything to the wind and producing dangerously unreadable chaos, and the result is bloody, dark, and beautiful.
Ultimately, what it boils down to is that I'd rather live in a world where books like Ulysses are written, with all their flaws and annoyances and imperfections, than a world where books are not. I'd choose style, invention, imagination, recklessness and utter failure over perfection, craft, beauty and success any day. I choose blood and semen stains on bedsheets and Bloom jacking off on a beach. This is a book that is both reluctant and fearful of sentimentality, yet unafraid to embrace it wholeheartedly when necessary (as when Bloom glimpses a vision of his long-dead son at the end of Book 15, or with the aforementioned "Love" quote). It is a book that belongs to the Green Party and volunteers for immigrants' rights groups. It ponders the universe, eats food with gusto, farts loudly with even more gusto and wholeheartedly believes in the possibility of art to Redeem All (while still simultaneously raising a dubious eyebrow).
In the end, to me this became a book about craving life. "Damn death," it even cries out in Book 15, via Stephen: "long live life!" Is it any wonder that the last word in the book is "Yes"? BRING IT ON, it might as well be saying. All of it…. all the pain and the guts and the glory. JUST BRING IT. In reference to Molly's infamous monologue–I can't remember the last time I read a passage that literally brought tears to my eyes. In the end, Bloom wins, Molly wins, multiculturalism wins, life wins.
This book is good not because it's an amazingly well-crafted classic. It's good because it's a fucking glorious mess.
"Every life is many days, day after day. We walk through ourselves, meeting robbers, ghosts, giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, brothers-in-love. But always meeting ourselves." (Chapter 9, pg. 204)


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There's no one around to stop me from doing this, so let's go....
Lotta Earfquacks
01. Cruitify
02. Gil
03. Slint all the yerds
04. Pregos tings
05. Witner
06. Harpy phattum
07. Chinna
08. Lettus
09. Mudder
10. Turn in ya head
11. Mega anggun
12. Lurdle Quackearths
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01 Party gud err
02 Go
03 Bills from hur
04 Pasta meshun
05 Biker biker
06 Teh wong ban
07 Tea, wahtress
08 Curdflak gull
09 I seagull
10 Clownd on my tum
11 Stay dog
12 Yep Anastacia
How about alternate titles?...
Small Disasters
Hung on cross
Young Female
Mouth closed for a very long time
Fragile individuals
4th Quarter
Ghost with smile on it's face
Shiny crockery
Cow Skin
Pushed a baby out of vagina person
Wet palm due to eye leakage
Weapon ownership
Small Disasters
Blood, Bones and fat
Twelve months of okay
Fictional creator
She has chiming metal
Over there!
Put ingredients together person Put ingredients together person
False collective of musicians
She who takes your order
Corn-based Cereal fem
String of very cold water that could be very sharp at the end
Gas on wiggly mouth muscle
Canine Astronaut
Indeed, Russian Gal with a name beginning with A
They say you were something in those formative years...
Men for a Brazilian soccer player
JonBenét Ramsey/Patti Smith album
Flowers made of some red fluid
Daddy Satan
Courtney Love
Mr. Horse With Vitiligo
Mary Ann
You can actually get fat if you get a flu
Me and the messenger of God
Hey you, the one that's before Uranus
Martin Shkreli's existence
A tiny place where you can smoke pot and see hookers on the street
A movie with Ellen Page
The green baron
Homer Simspson's favorite song
March, April, May and June according to D'Angelo
Hurt. Not the NIN one.
Gleam of light
When he woke up, the dinosaur was still there.
I got a red dot for this, so of course I will continue to post in my original format:
Beatty Queen/Herses
Blot Rises
Fatter Loserfer
Probably Window
Dr. Zumba
Cat a light sleeves
Miami my fren
Heh, Juniper
We Done
Literal hamster mam
Spot the red barn
Cajun organ
Do Nut son
In the sprinkling of his doodoo
Poo tang the dinner on
Haters are jealous.
Religious Gal with Many Rooms
Dark, Brand Of Soap
Bittersweet fruit spin
The Power of Kennedy's wife
9th letter x 2 / 5th letter x 3
Wet Shiny Things
Addictive Female
A Boy the opposite of South
Many Rooms
Loose Birther
First Woman's Water
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In this self-guided audio tour, your host Valerie will invite you to follow her into, out of, and through the museum space, bringing our archive to life through first-person narrative and rare audio documents from our collection. Valerie's singular musical voice and observations will test any expectations you may have about what a museum is, guide your reflection about the nature of our collection, and challenge your sense of perception. On your journey, you will be exposed to the sonic traces of dance, theater, opera, and the environment, including historical audio tracks of performance documentation, oral histories taken from performance practitioners, and textual descriptions of the sound of live performance.
The tour was created by warren-crow-warren-crow while in residence at the Museum of Performance + Design. The audio piece uses binaural recording techniques and sound positioning to produce a believable sonic space at times similar to, at times different from, the real space in which the listener is situated. Always attuned to the musicality of the voice and the difficulty of describing sound and acoustic experience, warren-crow+warren-crow are inviting audiences to think through the relationship between the archive and the senses, the live and the prerecorded, the private and the public, and speech and noise.
warren-crow+warren-crow create live art concerned with the musicality of the voice and the circulation of collective fantasies through the space of media culture. Referencing the formal structure of lectures, press conferences, news reports, cabaret shows, and museum audio tours, their work uses the tension between speech and noise to draw attention to mediation as the basis of communication and to identity as a negotiation between the private and the public. Their collaborations are both performance art and sound art—mash-ups of live vocal expression and manipulated audio or video clips culled from a wide variety of sources.
Performance Alive
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Museum of Performance + Design
893B Folsom Street, San Francisco
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Rickus de Lange in Bethlehem was the first station in South Africa to report having monitor QSOs on Qatar OSCAR 100. Rickus pointed his dish skywards and on the eve of the official inauguration of Is'hailsat on 14 February monitored QSOs from the geostationary satellite. Listen to Rickus' recording here
Is'hailsat has been one of the major discussions on the agenda of the AMSAT Space Symposiums over the past two years with Hannes Coetzee ZS6BPZ providing details of how to set up an inexpensive ground station. The subject will again be on the agenda on 16 March 2019 when Hannes will show the final version of his ground station and make some QSOs during a live demonstration. For this alone do not miss the 2019 Space Symposium to be held on 16 March 2019 in Midrand.
Is'hailsat is the first geostationary satellite to cover Africa, Europe and the Middle East providing DX opportunities 24 hours per day. The transponder was build by AMSAT DL in Germany and is being managed by the Qatar Amateur Radio Society.
There are many other interesting presentations and demonstrations on the agenda. It is an event not to be missed. For details and a registration form click here
AMSAT SA is also proud to announce that AMSAT SA Space Symposium 2019 is being validated by the SAIEE, as per ECSA Policy, under validation no. SAIEE- 2479-V
AMSAT SA Dual Band Yagi now available
The antenna has a 50-ohm designed driver. The Yagi has a unique element called a 'Open Sleeve' which is a director very close to the driven element. The driven element is sized for 2M. When operating on 70cm the 'Open Sleeve' acts as part of the driven element on 70cm (Third harmonic of 2M).
The original concept was developed in 1946 by Dr J T Bolljahn of the Stanford Research institute but was not introduced into amateur radio until the 1950s. The AMSAT SA version is based on a design by DK7ZB with modifications by WB5CXC. More details and order form here.
Not available for export.
Order and pay by EFT and collect at the VHF workshop at the NARC on 9 February 2019. No cash sales are available at the NARC
JO97 Launched and operational
On December 3rd, 2018, JY1Sat was launched on a Falcon 9 vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Part of Spaceflight's
SSO-A: Smallsat Express launch, JY1Sat is a project of the Crown Prince Foundation of Jordan. Telemetry has been received and decoded around the world since the launch.
It had been designated Jordan-OSCAR 97 (JO-97)
The telemetry downlink frequency is 145.840 MHz, this will use the usual FUNcube standard 1k2 BPSK format. The linear transponder, for Single Sideband (SSB) and CW modes, will downlink on 145.855-145.875 MHz and uplink on 435.100-435.120 MHz. The transponder is inverting so Lower Sideband (LSB) should be used on the uplink and Upper Sideband (USB) on the downlink.
Es'hail Sat launched successfully
SpaceX successfully launched the Es'hail-2 satellite on Thursday, November 15 from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff occurred at 20:46 UTC, and the satellite was deployed to a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) about 32 minutes after liftoff.
The downlink frequency is 10 489.550 to 10 489.800 MHz with the centre of the band being 10 489.675 MHz. Vertical polarization will be used.
The preferred modes of operation will be SSB and CW. 5 Watt uplink power to a 60 to 75 cm offset dish should be more than sufficient for the uplink. The transponder will also be fitted with a "LEILA" (LEIstungs Limit Anzeige) input power limiter to ensure fair play and that the AGC of the transponder is not triggered (hogged) by a single, high power transmission, thus reducing the sensitivity of the satellite. In short, running higher uplink power than necessary will be counterproductive,
A detailed paper was presented by Hannes Coetzee ZS6BZP at the 2018 AMSAT SA Space Symposium. Plans are being made to have a live demonstration at the 2019 AMSAT SA Space Symposium on 16 March 2019. Down the ZS6BZP paper here.
An SDR CUBESAT ON THE CARDS
Partial populated transponder board
AMSAT SA has announced that parallel to its analogue Kletskous CubeSat, the group is working on a digital project featuring a Software defined transponder. Called AfriCUBE, the CubeSat will use the same space frame as KLETSKOUS . Anton Janovsky is current building a prototype transponder. AMSATSA is inviting persons interested in becoming part of the development team to send their details to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Meanwhile the development and final construction of the AMSAT SA KLETSKOUS is plagued by electronic component obsolescence. This forces unwanted design changes to be made to ensure that when the time comes to construct the final launch unit, the main components are still available.
The KLETSKOUS team decided to freeze the design of KLETSKOUS and purchase a quantity of devices to proactively mitigate future obsolesce. This decision will also speed up the process of putting a final satellite on the table. "Every time we change designs to mitigate for the discontinued components, it is like starting the design a fresh, often creating new problems that have to be solved", Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP said. "By freezing the design, in other words making a final decision on the main specialised devices to be used, we will be able to speed up the process of putting a flight ready unit on the table."
KLETSKOUS is not a textbook design. Most of the sub-components that will make up KLETSKOUS are designed and being built by the volunteer team. "We do not have the finances to go out and purchase sub-units and simply wire them up.", Coetzee said.
/ SARL VHF UHF Workshop 9 February 2019
Book now you don't want to this this event. Full details and registration form click here
2019 AMSATSA Space Symposium 16 March 2019
Exciting new venue
Premier Hotel Midrand 187 3rd Road, Halfway Gardens, Midrand,
Tel: +27 (0)10 161 0000 GPS Coordinates:-25.984198, 28.123751
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The theme of the conference is "Space Science with Amateur Radio".
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Student application form to attend click here
Interesting papers are lined up for presentation including:
· * Development of the third-generation space frame
Th * SatNOGS opensource ground station and network
Bui * An educational CubeSat that can be
used for experimentation and teaching in the classroom.
AMSAT FOX1-1 Cliff Launched
On Monday, 24 September 2018 Jerry Buxton, NØJY, AMSAT Vice-President Engineering, delivered and performed the integration of AMSAT's Fox-1Cliff CubeSat in preparation for launch.
The launch scheduled by SpaceX for 19 November 2018
Fox-1Cliff carries the flight spare of the AO-85 Vanderbilt University Low Energy Proton (LEP) radiation experiment, and the standard Fox-1 Penn State University–Erie gyroscope experiment. Virginia Tech provided a VGA camera which is the same as AO-92 but will provide images at a higher 640 x 480 resolution. These non-SSTV images will be decoded in the FoxTelem software.
Fox-1Cliff, unlike the other three Fox-1 FM spacecraft,
does not have an active AFC on the uplinks.Fox-1Cliff's Subaudible
Telemetry (low-speed telemetry) will be the same as for AO-85, AO-91,
and AO-92. It will be supported by the same FoxTelem software already
released. As with AO-92, a high-speed mode will be used to support the
Virginia Tech VGA camera experiment. This mode will be active for 40
minutes by ground command before reverting to standard U/v transponder
voice operation.
Audio link between applications
More Kletskous Progress
A flight-ready solar panel for Kletskous.
The solar cells are glued to the PC board using conductive silver epoxy. This is done under vacuum to prevent bubbles being formed in the epoxy. Bubbles may burst in the vacuum of space, fracturing the paper thin glass solar cell and destroying it in the process.
Become a partner in space
Donate to the AMSAT SA Kletskous fund and become a partner in space
Please make your contribution. You may pay directly into our account electronically. Please send the payment details with your name, callsign, email and postal address to email@example.com.
All contributions will be acknowledged on this page (Scroll down). Donations of R500 or more will be acknowledged with a certificate.
Bank Details:
AMSAT SA, ABSA Menlyn, Branch code 632 005
RS, the component supplier in South Africa has become
a component sponsor for the KLETSkous project.
TRAX SPONSOR PCBs for KLETSkous More about TRAX
Avnet : a broad line supplier of semiconductors, passives, magnetics, enclosures, optoelectronic, GPS / GSM, interconnect, electromechanical, embedded products and components


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Under Colorado's complex water laws, Denver is legally entitled to the Colorado River water without all of the concessions in the agreement, and that's partly why this proposal is being hailed as so historic.
"In my experience of forty years of living on the west slope, this is a complete paradigm shift in the way the two sides have worked with each other," said Kirk Klanke, president of the Colorado River Headwaters chapter of Trout Unlimited in Frasier.
He added: "It's always been us versus them, and this is a collaborative effort."
But Klanke said this proposed settlement doesn't address all the concerns facing the Upper Colorado River, including diversions planned during high run off that he worries could negatively impact how much sediment is flushed downstream.
And then there's the plan by another powerful Front Range agency, Northern Water, which like Denver Water, has also proposed to increase the amount of water it diverts to the eastern plains.
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About 200 Marquette County schoolchildren recently got a close-up, hands-on look at how consulting foresters operate.
From measuring the height of a towering pine, to aging a maple or searching for signs of forestland pests and disease, these kids learned how to see the forest through the trees.
"We wanted to get as many students together as we could, to get them excited about trees and outdoor education Aspen Ridge fifth-grader Kendra Scherer tries to determine the height of a tree, while classmate Athena Kinnunen looks on. and to have an opportunity to learn about what educational opportunities and professions might be available to them as they get older," said Justin Miller, president of Green Timber Consulting Foresters, Inc. of Pelkie. "Because we have so many trees in the Upper Peninsula, we feel it's important for the kids living here to be very familiar with the trees and their uses and our dependence on them." read more >>


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How to slow down, simplify and create a life you love.
When my children were very little I was challenged to slow down and enjoy them. I had to choose to spend less time cleaning up and stressing over the mess in our home and look at investing my time in them. I chose to consciously be aware of how many times I said things like, ' in a minute darling,' or 'when I've just finished this.' I realised that housework had its place but that I needed to prioritise my time to include playing, reading, walking, talking and baking with my children. These are the times we build upon our relationships. When we take time to listen to their hearts and see their development. It was out of this realisation that I wrote the poem 'Slow Down Mummy.' Years on my children are older, but in a grown up sense this is still a continual challenge.
Now my three girls are all in full time school and I run my own Yoga business, teaching evening classes, I work within the childcare sector in nurseries and I privately clean homes during the week. Now I face the challenge of not only being a Mother and a Wife, but also juggling the pressures I place upon myself to be able to do what I used to do before I returned to work. I simply no longer have the time to cook healthy, organic home cooked meals each night or have deep cleaned each bedroom. I am behind in most things I 'need' to do and it can be exhausting trying to stay on top.
But there are a few things I have learnt along the way.
- We must learn to adapt and be flexible and apply huge doses of grace on our frazzled selves! I know trying to compete with my former 'stay at home' version of myself is insanity! I've learnt to give myself a break and cut corners where possible to free up both time and energy. I now try and cook maybe twice a week or even just once if it's really hectic. Other nights it might be cooking something out of the freezer and adding a hearty salad instead.
- You have to do the best you can with the energy and time you have. We place such unrealistic expectations on ourselves and are more often that not likely to fail at them. This can burden us with feelings of guilt and stress. I now try and get up earlier, just 15 minutes before the kids is enough sometimes. Waking 15-20 earlier gives me time to pour a fresh brew of coffee, do some quiet yoga or meditate on the silence of a fresh morning. This can set my mind in the right direction before the craziness of a school morning begins.
- Make a date with yourself for at least one evening out a week. I invest in something for myself, whether it be a yoga class I attend ( not one I teach) or just an hour to journal or write. For you it could be to take a painting class, a fitness class, wine with a friend, a coffee out in a little quaint cafe, anything! But something that feels luxurious to you. To refuel you, to prevent resentment and stress levels from rising. You matter! Your time is precious and how you spend it becomes more important as we age.
- We need to control what we invest in and carve out time for the things we enjoy. It could be as simple as taking a walk in nature appreciating the new life that the season of spring brings or as lavish as planning a trip to a remote island on the opposite side of the world. I recently hit the big 40 and I can honestly say I have less patience for things that just don't matter to me. I've realised even more how precious my time on earth is and I am not willing to waste it. There's so much of life I am yet to explore. Family time is extremely important to me and so I need to create time for them. Planning in designated family time is vital! Schedule it in on the family planner, check everyone is free and make a plan. Otherwise it just won't happen. Organise time with your partner in the same way, schedule in monthly date nights, clear a weekend to just drink coffee and take walks, whatever you can to keep things ticking and healthy.
- Remove anything that is in your life that feels like it sucks your energy and no longer serves you. Again, you may need to be brave and ruthless with this one. Test it by looking into how it makes you feel. I've recently looked at my work schedule and pulled out things that just seemed too much. Reducing my workload but freeing up more of my time. As a life coach I look at people's lives and goals under a microscope and you can do this yourself too.
WHEEL of LIFE EXERCISE: Using a tool named the wheel of life. Write a list with these headings, • Emotions • Health • Hobbies • Personal time • Work life • Love life • Finances • Spirituality • Family life • Friendships / social life Look in depth at each area and mark each one with a number 1-10. 1 being low and 10 being high. Then look at all the low areas and see how you could improve or bring about change. With a little investment looking into each area of your life we can bring clarity to the areas which need a little TLC and areas that are working just fine. With a little evaluating and soul searching you can identify areas where you need to invest more time and areas you can drop back. You can create a life that looks and feels more authentic and joyful, bringing you a new sense of freedom and ease.


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We believe success is ensured when everyone is involved in the life of the College. Our community aims to be accepting and welcoming, fostering of the right relationships and being committed to achieving the very best.
The Ambrose Treacy College community includes the Parents and Friends Association (P&F), P&F Subcommittees, College Board, Tuckshop volunteers and with Sport and Cultural Support groups. We believe partnerships with parents is vital in the successful education of our students.
One avenue for parents to be involved in partnership with the College is through the P&F and various sub-committees. Parents are also actively involved in our two tuckshops and with sport coaching and management. There is opportunity for involvement in our Parent Supporters groups for both Sport and Culture.
Please download the current Parent Handbook to assist in answering any questions you may have.
Ambrose Treacy College is an Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) governed school and as such is subject to the EREA Complaints Handling Policy.
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For further information about the Policy or Guide, please contact our Complaints Manager, Mr David Gardiner.