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Hopper to Joey By Ethernet?
Posted 14 June 2012 - 02:37 PM
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Posted 14 June 2012 - 03:05 PM
3 Hoppers
3 Joeys, all wireless
1 Hopper 2.0
YES, all Hoppers can see the recordings on any Hopper.
Posted 14 June 2012 - 03:12 PM
Yes it can at this time but that is unsupported so could be discontinued at any time.
It would sure make my job of slaving several TVs together easier. Right now I modulate both outputs of my 722 on an OTA signal throughout the house. Now I can Joey only where needed (HD) and leave the rest alone.
Posted 14 June 2012 - 05:05 PM
Yes it can at this time but that is unsupported so could be discontinued at any time.
If they spent time and money for develop the kind of communication, then no reason to drop it.
Posted 14 June 2012 - 05:10 PM
Can the Hopper send the HD signal to the Joey by ethernet instead of coax?
There is a thread about new features in latest FW : S2.12 ...
Posted 15 June 2012 - 08:43 AM
Thank you.There is a thread about new features in latest FW : S2.12 ...
Anyone else have a Joey hooked up by Cat5?
Posted 15 June 2012 - 09:57 AM
Edited by P Smith, 16 June 2012 - 12:07 PM.
Posted 16 June 2012 - 03:49 AM
Posted 16 June 2012 - 03:41 PM
Some of you may be interested in a post I made here:
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Posted 16 June 2012 - 04:03 PM
I have 3 Hoppers and 2 Joeys (soon to be 1 Joey) and I noticed, after connecting the wireless adapter to the third Hopper, that it now shows up in the "My Hoppers" menu and also shows up in the "Whole-Home" menu even though this third Hopper is not even on the same MoCA network as the other two. Does this mean that Hoppers may eventually be able to link to each other over Ethernet/wireless just like Joeys have been reported to be able to link to Hoppers over Ethernet? No MoCA required between Hoppers?
If that is true, then wouldn't that render the isolators useless if they can still link together if they are on the same (Ethernet/wireless) LAN??
I was thinking about just connecting the "Client" ports together on the Solo/Duo Nodes I have in order to (hopefully) have them all on the same MoCA network, however I'm not sure if that will work or not.
EDIT: Just hooked up the spare Joey to a WRT54GS with DD-WRT in wireless bridge mode. No coax hooked up whatsoever. Router is an ASUS RT-N16 (DD-WRT also) with two HAWKING HAI15SC Hi-Gain 15dBi Corner Antennas, and the third Hopper (has NO MoCA connection to the other two Hoppers) is connected via the Dish-supplied NETGEAR Wireless-N Adapter. WORKS PERFECTLY and that's halfway across the house. Attached is a reading of the bandwidth used when tuning into HD (HDNET) and SD (some random ENCORE SD channel.)
Note: It says almost the same bandwidth up AND down because when two wireless devices communicate data is sent to the router and then back to the other device and vice-verse. Also note that on the graph before the first drops is the HDNET HD bandwidth usage, the lower amount is ENCORE SD, then after the spike near the end we're back on HDNET.
This is neat as I can see almost EXACTLY how much bandwidth each channel has.
So my guess is that Hopper integration will work exactly the same way. We'll see!
Edited by 3HaloODST, 16 June 2012 - 04:09 PM.
Posted 16 June 2012 - 04:22 PM
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Posted 16 June 2012 - 09:56 PM
Still messing around with the spare Joey hooked to the wireless Ethernet bridge (no MoCA at all.) Plays HD channels flawlessly!
Posted 18 June 2012 - 02:17 AM
Bandwidth used just while paused on the MythBusters recording :-
Bandwidth used while fast forwarding the MythBusters recording :-
Bandwidth used on local ABC :-
Bandwidth used on G4TV :-
Edited by 3HaloODST, 18 June 2012 - 02:41 AM.
Posted 18 June 2012 - 07:45 AM
Yes it can at this time but that is unsupported so could be discontinued at any time.
True it can, but it it happens, then buy a hic for each joey and then hook it up in reverse with the ethernet hooked up in the normal way, and then the coax hooked directly up to the coax input on the joey. Moca is simply a layer 1 (physical layer) tech that utilizes tcpip as the network tech. A HIC is a MOCA ( ethernet) compliant bridge device.
Honestly I doubt that DISH would shut this down via the ethernet port. Most current users will never use this option and those that do have some kind of understanding of networkings.
I can easily see in the future that this becomes the preferred way to connect clients up in a house for advanced installs.
Posted 18 June 2012 - 07:50 AM
Thank you.
Anyone else have a Joey hooked up by Cat5?
Yep. I had the installer install the hopper up like normal. Then I had the installer make some coax jumper cables that were hooked to the joeys so they could be initialized. After the download ethernet was hooked up to them and I have never looked back.
one month later and the system is working great.
Posted 18 June 2012 - 07:54 AM
So, with three Hoppers, two on a Duo Node and one on a Solo Node I was thinking, why don't I just connect the "Client" ports of the two Nodes together so all three can communicate? Well I did it and guess what? Success! Now three Hoppers and one Joey can all see each other via MoCA!
Still messing around with the spare Joey hooked to the wireless Ethernet bridge (no MoCA at all.) Plays HD channels flawlessly!
I went ahead and kept the moca in place by using a hic to connect to the ethernet switch. I did this just in case DISH decided to drop this "feature" and isolate the video services to the coax moca port on the hopper and joeys. That way you can directly hook hics to each joey and still use ethernet as the physical layer.
Posted 18 June 2012 - 03:04 PM
Posted 20 June 2012 - 01:33 PM
P.S. No HIC at the Hopper. The HIC was necessary at the joey.
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God inquires of Job concerning several animals.
- In these questions the Lord continued to humble Job. In this chapter several animals are spoken of, whose nature or situation particularly show the power, wisdom, and manifold works of God. The wild ass. It is better to labour and be good for something, than to ramble and be good for nothing. From the untameableness of this and other creatures, we may see, how unfit we are to give law to Providence, who cannot give law even to a wild ass's colt. The unicorn, a strong, stately, proud creature. He is able to serve, but not willing; and God challenges Job to force him to it. It is a great mercy if, where God gives strength for service, he gives a heart; it is what we should pray for, and reason ourselves into, which the brutes cannot do. Those gifts are not always the most valuable that make the finest show. Who would not rather have the voice of the nightingale, than the tail of the peacock; the eye of the eagle and her soaring wing, and the natural affection of the stork, than the beautiful feathers of the ostrich, which can never rise above the earth, and is without natural affection? The description of the war-horse helps to explain the character of presumptuous sinners. Every one turneth to his course, as the horse rushes into the battle. When a man's heart is fully set in him to do evil, and he is carried on in a wicked way, by the violence of his appetites and passions, there is no making him fear the wrath of God, and the fatal consequences of sin. Secure sinners think themselves as safe in their sins as the eagle in her nest on high, in the clefts of the rocks; but I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord, ( Jeremiah 49:16 ) . All these beautiful references to the works of nature, should teach us a right view of the riches of the wisdom of Him who made and sustains all things. The want of right views concerning the wisdom of God, which is ever present in all things, led Job to think and speak unworthily of Providence.
1. Even wild beasts, cut off from all care of man, are cared for by God at their seasons of greatest need. Their instinct comes direct from God and guides them to help themselves in parturition; the very time when the herdsman is most anxious for his herds.
wild goats--ibex ( Psalms 104:18 , 1 Samuel 24:2 ).
hinds--fawns; most timid and defenseless animals, yet cared for by God.
2. They bring forth with ease and do not need to reckon the months of pregnancy, as the shepherd does in the case of his flocks.
3. bow themselves--in parturition; bend on their knees ( 1 Samuel 4:19 ).
bring forth--literally, "cause their young to cleave the womb and break forth."
sorrows--their young ones, the cause of their momentary pains.
4. are in good liking--in good condition, grow up strong.
with corn--rather, "in the field," without man's care.
return not--being able to provide for themselves.
5. wild ass--Two different Hebrew words are here used for the same animal, "the ass of the woods" and "the wild ass."
loosed the bands--given its liberty to. Man can rob animals of freedom, but not, as God, give freedom, combined with subordination to fixed laws.
6. barren--literally, "salt," that is, unfruitful. (So Psalms 107:34 , Margin.)
7. multitude--rather, "din"; he sets it at defiance, being far away from it in the freedom of the wilderness.
driver--who urges on the tame ass to work. The wild ass is the symbol of uncontrolled freedom in the East; even kings have, therefore, added its name to them.
8. The range--literally, "searching," "that which it finds by searching is his pasture."
9. unicorn--PLINY [Natural History, 8.21], mentions such an animal; its figure is found depicted in the ruins of Persepolis. The Hebrew reem conveys the idea of loftiness and power (compare Ramah; Indian, Ram; Latin, Roma). The rhinoceros was perhaps the original type of the unicorn. The Arab rim is a two-horned animal. Sometimes "unicorn" or reem is a mere poetical symbol or abstraction; but the buffalo is the animal referred to here, from the contrast to the tame ox, used in ploughing ( Job 39:10 Job 39:12 ).
abide--literally, "pass the night."
crib--( Isaiah 1:3 ).
10. his band--fastened to the horns, as its chief strength lies in the head and shoulders.
after thee--obedient to thee; willing to follow, instead of being goaded on before thee.
11. thy labour--rustic work.
12. believe--trust.
seed--produce ( 1 Samuel 8:15 ).
into thy barn--rather, "gather (the contents of) thy threshing-floor" [MAURER]; the corn threshed on it.
13. Rather, "the wing of the ostrich hen"--literally, "the crying bird"; as the Arab name for it means "song"; referring to its night cries ( Job 30:29 , Micah 1:8 ) vibrating joyously. "Is it not like the quill and feathers of the pious bird" (the stork)? [UMBREIT]. The vibrating, quivering wing, serving for sail and oar at once, is characteristic of the ostrich in full course. Its white and black feathers in the wing and tail are like the stork's. But, unlike that bird, the symbol of parental love in the East, it with seeming want of natural (pious) affection deserts its young. Both birds are poetically called by descriptive, instead of their usual appellative, names.
14, 15. Yet (unlike the stork) she "leaveth," &c. Hence called by the Arabs "the impious bird." However, the fact is, she lays her eggs with great care and hatches them, as other birds do; but in hot countries the eggs do not need so constant incubation; she therefore often leaves them and sometimes forgets the place on her return. Moreover, the outer eggs, intended for food, she feeds to her young; these eggs, lying separate in the sand, exposed to the sun, gave rise to the idea of her altogether leaving them. God describes her as she seems to man; implying, though she may seem foolishly to neglect her young, yet really she is guided by a sure instinct from God, as much as animals of instincts widely different.
16. On a slight noise she often forsakes her eggs, and returns not, as if she were "hardened towards her young."
her labour--in producing eggs, is in vain, (yet) she has not disquietude (about her young), unlike other birds, who, if one egg and another are taken away, will go on laying till their full number is made up.
17. wisdom--such as God gives to other animals, and to man ( Job 35:11 ). The Arab proverb is, "foolish as an ostrich." Yet her very seeming want of wisdom is not without wise design of God, though man cannot see it; just as in the trials of the godly, which seem so unreasonable to Job, there lies hid a wise design.
18. Notwithstanding her deficiencies, she has distinguishing excellences.
lifteth . . . herself--for running; she cannot mount in the air. GESENIUS translates: "lashes herself" up to her course by flapping her wings. The old versions favor English Version, and the parallel "scorneth" answers to her proudly "lifting up herself."
19. The allusion to "the horse" ( Job 39:18 ), suggests the description of him. Arab poets delight in praising the horse; yet it is not mentioned in the possessions of Job ( Job 1:3 , 42:12 ). It seems to have been at the time chiefly used for war, rather than "domestic purposes."
thunder--poetically for, "he with arched neck inspires fear as thunder does." Translate, "majesty" [UMBREIT]. Rather "the trembling, quivering mane," answering to the "vibrating wing" of the ostrich [MAURER]. "Mane" in Greek also is from a root meaning "fear." English Version is more sublime.
20. make . . . afraid--rather, "canst thou (as I do) make him spring as the locust?" So in Joel 2:4 , the comparison is between locusts and war-horses. The heads of the two are so similar that the Italians call the locusts cavaletta, "little horse."
nostrils--snorting furiously.
21. valley--where the battle is joined.
goeth on--goeth forth ( Numbers 1:3 , 21:23 ).
23. quiver--for the arrows, which they contain, and which are directed "against him."
glittering spear--literally, "glittering of the spear," like "lightning of the spear" ( Habakkuk 3:11 ).
shield--rather, "lance."
24. swalloweth--Fretting with impatience, he draws the ground towards him with his hoof, as if he would swallow it. The parallelism shows this to be the sense; not as MAURER, "scours over it."
neither believeth--for joy. Rather, "he will not stand still, when the note of the trumpet (soundeth)."
25. saith--poetically applied to his mettlesome neighing, whereby he shows his love of the battle.
smelleth--snuffeth; discerneth ( Isaiah 11:3 , Margin).
thunder--thundering voice.
26. The instinct by which some birds migrate to warmer climes before winter. Rapid flying peculiarly characterizes the whole hawk genus.
27. eagle--It flies highest of all birds: thence called "the bird of heaven."
28. abideth--securely ( Psalms 91:1 ); it occupies the same abode mostly for life.
crag--literally, "tooth" ( 1 Samuel 14:5 , Margin).
strong place--citadel, fastness.
29. seeketh--is on the lookout for.
behold--The eagle descries its prey at an astonishing distance, by sight, rather than smell.
30. Quoted partly by Jesus Christ ( Matthew 24:28 ). The food of young eagles is the blood of victims brought by the parent, when they are still too feeble to devour flesh.
slain--As the vulture chiefly feeds on carcasses, it is included probably in the eagle genus.


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UPPER MARLBRO, MD–For the first time, Maryland Muslims were able to reserve the Six Flags in Upper Marlbro for exclusive use. To make the experience even more interesting the day coincided with Eid ul Fitr.
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Walid Osman sold hot dogs out of his cart outside Kings County Hospital until sometime in August; then he thought it would be wise to add chicken to his offerings, reports The New York Post.
Mohamed Hanafi and Abdelrao Akl Hamdy, who had always sold poultry out of the cart on the same corner – Clarkson and E. 37th Street – were miffed that Osman, 32, was luring away their customers with the scent of succulent chicken.
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Osman, an Egyptian immigrant with two daughters, was treated at the scene for non life-threatening injuries, reports the Post. But that may not be the last he hears from Hanafi.
"He said, 'If you don't move your cart to another area, I will kill you,'" Osman told the Post. "He wants to kill my business. I have kids and a family."
The alleged menacing won't keep Osman from doing what he has to do to provide for his family, however; he plans to be back at his cart today, reports the Post.
Hanafi argues that Osman is to blame for the feud. The vendor says Osman used to work for him and signed a non-compete agreement of sorts – promising not to manage a chicken cart – and alleged Osman slashed himself and he had nothing to do with it, reports the Post.
The above incident is unfortunate. There is enough room for all to grow in the Halal market. Instead of feuding over territories the halal vendors of New York should venture out for new areas. They should also honor their contracts and respect the rights of others.
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BY ANNIE ALLEMAN July 4, 2013 2:56PM
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♦ Grant Park, Jackson Boulevard and Columbus Drive
♦ Free admission; Taste tickets, $8 for strips of 12, $7 if purchased at Dominick's through July 9; concert seating, $25 for Petrillo Music Shell.
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If you've got goat meat and Bhelpuri on your culinary bucket list, there's no time like the present to "X" those out.
You'll find the sauteed goat meat, along with the savory Indian snack, at the 33rd annual Taste of Chicago, the five-day celebration of food and music that returns July 10 to 14 in Grant Park.
"People should visit Taste of Chicago for a number of reasons. It's a great tradition of summer in Chicago; we have this vast and varied culinary community, and much of it is represented at Taste of Chicago," said city of Chicago spokeswoman Cindy Gatziolis.
In addition to the 35 five-day food vendors are seven pop-up restaurants that will "pop up" for a day or two. They will be located on Columbus Drive, and accept tickets as well.
New to the festival this year are 14 food trucks, with up to seven trucks a night selling entrees and desserts. They will park on the easternmost concrete path (parallel to Lake Shore Drive) and begin selling one hour before the evening concerts at the Petrillo Band Shell.
"This is a great new amenity for our concert attendees, especially those on the lawn who will have the best access, and it provides even more food choices for Taste-goers," Gatziolis said.
Other amenities at the Taste include the Dominick's Cooking Corner, the Bud Light Stage of local music, the Family Village for children and the Petrillo Music Shell main stage entertainment, which has free lawn seating.
Here are 10 restaurants (chosen at random) that represent the old (Eli's) and new (FliP Crepes) and some interesting things in between, at the 2013 Taste of Chicago. In addition to the main items, each restaurant will do two or three smaller, fewer tickets required, Taste portions.
Bobak Sausage Co., 5275 S. Archer Ave.; (773) 735-5334; bobak.com.
WHAT TO EXPECT: Maxwell Street Polish sausage with grilled onions, steak sausage, summer seasoned grilled drumsticks, gourmet deli rolls and breaded pizza balls.
COST/BOOTH: 5 to 8 tickets per selection; Booth 1
Bobak's Sausage, founded in 1967, is a U.S. Department of Agriculture meat processor of Old World sausages and deli meats. They have a hot buffet in the wholesale store.
"Our Maxwell Polish is what we're known for. We've done that every year we've been in the Taste," said Amanda Pawlak, marketing assistant. "Our steak sausage is our new line of all-beef sausage; we make it all natural. Our drumstick is something that is very popular in the hot food eatery, so it makes sense to bring it to the Taste of Chicago. Our gourmet deli roll is a perfect appetizer. Our breaded pizza balls are something new and something a little contemporary."
Bombay Spice Grill & Wine, 450 N. Clark St.; (312) 477-7657; bombayspice.com.
WHAT TO EXPECT: Chicken marsala with rice, chickpea curry with rice, Bhelpuri, chicken bowl.
COST/BOOTH: 5 to 13 tickets per selection; Booth 37
Bombay Spice Grill & Wine is new to the Taste this year. To introduce Indian food to the masses, chef Sunil Kumar said the restaurant would bring marsala.
"Indian food is not as popular, and the people want to try something," he said. "So chicken marsala is really popular; everyone knows marsala."
Much of the food is also low in calories, he said.
Carbon Live Fire Mexican Grill, 300 W. 26th St.; (312) 225-3200; carbonmex.com.
WHAT TO EXPECT: Steak taco, tilapia taco, chicken taco, tamales wrapped in corn husks.
COST/BOOTH: 4 tickets per selection; Booth 11
Carbon is a Mexican grill started in Chicago's Bridgeport community in 2007. The restaurant is hoping to make a splash with its tacos, said owner John Falduto.
"We're bringing our steak taco, which is very tender and juicy; then we have our tequila and lime-marinated chicken … then we have our tilapia taco, which is hand-breaded with corn chips," Falduto said. "The other thing we're bringing, which is kind of interesting, is a chicken mole tamale."
He's expecting to sell anywhere from 800 to 1,000 tacos an hour.
"We're also pricing everything at a very competitive price this year. Everything we sell is 4 tickets," he said. "That's been our philosophy — the Taste should be a taste vs. … big-priced items. We're trying to take the Taste back to its roots where it was years ago when it was just tastes instead of whole entree items."
Chicago Cupcake, food truck, (312) 300-4797; chicagocupcake.com.
WHAT TO EXPECT: Red velvet, turtle, bananas Foster, cookies and cream.
COST/BOOTH: 9 tickets per selection
Chicago Cupcake will be one of the new food trucks participating in this year's Taste. You can find the truck selling decadent delicacies from 4 to 9 p.m. July 12, 13 and 14 near the Petrillo Band Shell.
"We're bringing a couple of our more popular ones, our crowd favorites," said owner Brendan Bolger said.
That includes the turtle cupcake (chocolate cake, caramel filling and white chocolate Italian buttercream on a graham cracker crust); the cookies and cream cupcake (mashed-up cookies in vanilla cake covered in white chocolate Italian buttercream); the red velvet (red velvet cake on a chocolate wafer crust and covered with cream cheese frosting) and the bananas Foster (banana cake infused with brown sugar and rum on a graham cracker crust topped with brown sugar Italian buttercream.)
"Our cupcakes are a little different than a traditional cupcake; that's kind of our hallmark," said Bolger. "They're a little richer, a little more decadent than an original cupcake. We feel that's what makes them more of a luxurious desert overall than just an everyday cupcake. We're excited about the opportunity to share that with folks who don't know who we are yet."
Eli's Cheesecake, 6701 W. Forest Preserve Drive; (773) 736-3417; www.elicheesecake.com.
WHAT TO EXPECT: Turtle cheesecake Smoosh with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce, cookie cheesecake made with Oreo, original cheesecake (with strawberries), chocolate chip crunch dipper.
COST/BOOTH: 3 to 9 tickets per selection; Booth 16
Eli's Cheesecake has the honor of being the only participant at the Taste that has been with the festival every year since its beginnings in 1980 when it was a one-day event.
"We've developed a lot of products in relation to Taste since we started," said owner Marc Schulman. For example, the frozen cheesecake on a stick and the cheesecake Smoosh [cheesecake and ice cream topped with chocolate sauce] are perfect summertime additions to the Taste menu.
"We've added a range of products, but … we're always happy to be able to highlight the cheesecake. For us, Taste is very special because it was at that first Taste on July 4, 1980, that my dad's cheesecake had ever been sold outside the restaurant. Really, Taste of Chicago has been the ultimate testing ground. So it's very special for us. We always celebrate our birthday in connection with Taste."
They will be serving up a big birthday cake at 11 a.m. July 10.
"We feel pretty good that we've remained a family business and a Chicago company," Schulman said. "The Taste is definitely a big celebration for us."
FliP Crepes, 131 N. Clinton St.; (773) 321-0210; flipcrepes.com.
WHAT TO EXPECT: Ham and cheese crepe, Nutella crepe, Nutella with bananas and whipped cream crepe, strawberry crepe.
COST/BOOTH: 5 to 12 tickets per selection; Booth 32
Flip Crepes is new to this year's Taste of Chicago. It's something owner Antoine Elie has been thinking about doing for a couple of years.
"We are very excited to be a part of it," he said. "The crepes will be made fresh in front of our customers, so we're bringing in a lot of batter and filling. It's just a monster event."
He's keeping it simple for the first year with a classic ham and cheese crepe and a few sweets, he said.
"We'll see how this year goes and then we'll see what we'll do next year."
Pazzo's Cucina Italiana, 23 E. Jackson Blvd.; (312) 386-9400; www.pazzoschicago.com.
WHAT TO EXPECT: Mozzarella-stuffed meatball sliders, chopped salad, tiramisu.
COST/BOOTH: 10 tickets per selection; Booth 34
This is the second year the restaurant has been at the Taste of Chicago. Owner Rocky Aiyash resisted participating in the Taste in the past but found the current five-day duration much easier than the previous 10-day incarnation.
The chopped vegetable salad is part of the Humana Healthier Choice selections. After your salad, try the meatball sliders served with mozzarella.
"They're homemade fresh meatballs served on an Italian loaf with fresh marinara, and the meatballs are stuffed with mozzarella cheese, so they're really incredible," he said. "And the third thing we're serving is homemade tiramisu."
Last year, the restaurant served chicken Vesuvio sandwiches, and he wanted to change things up and give people another option.
"The whole idea of doing the Taste for us is to showcase our food, so if we keep going back with the same food every year, people don't get to see it," he said. "The meatball was a great option. We want to keep changing it up, add a little bit of flair. It's important to keep the salad because it's a great staple people can have with their meatball sandwich."
Punky's Pizza & Pasta, 2600 S. Wallace St.; (312) 842-2100; punkyspizza.com.
WHAT TO EXPECT: Rigatoni with vodka sauce, eggplant parmigiana sandwich, Italian sausage sandwich, Caprese salad.
COST/BOOTH: 11 tickets per selection; Booth 23
Not only is this Punky's Pizza and Pasta's first year at the Taste, it's the first-ever festival appearance, said co-owner Vincent A. Scarlata.
"We're going big for our first fest," he said. "We're jumping right into it."
Punky's will be one of the pop-up restaurants appearing July 11 and 12. It's bringing a smattering of the most popular items to the Taste, including the rigatoni with vodka sauce.
"It's one of our more popular items and we know we're going to get a good response from it," Scarlata said. "We're pretty confident a lot of people are going to enjoy what we're serving."
If this outing goes well, perhaps we'll see Punky's on the 2014 Taste lineup.
"I hope that we'll love it so much that next year we'll want to do the five days," he said. "We're a small, family-owned and -operated establishment. We felt that two days was a nice trial to see how we liked it."
Vee-Vee's African Restaurant, 6232 N. Broadway St.; (773) 465-2424; on.fb.me/12Dl1m7.
WHAT TO EXPECT: Red beans and rice with jerk chicken, fried plantains with sauteed goat meat, red beans rice and fried plantains, Jollof rice and sauteed goat meat.
COST/BOOTH: 5 to 12 tickets per selection; Booth 14
"Those dishes are ethnic food, and they are very, very delicious; especially the red beans and rice and the plantains," said owner Chief Ezeji. "The goat meat has been popular for the past 20 years at the Taste of Chicago."
Wishbone Restaurant, 1001 W. Washington Blvd.; (312) 850-2663; wishbonechicago.com.
WHAT TO EXPECT: Hoppin' John salad, North Carolina-style pork sandwich served with Lexington slaw, North Carolina-style hot dog, chicken etouffee over rice, watermelon lemonade salad.
COST/BOOTH: 1 to 7 tickets per selection; Booth 6
Since appearing at the Taste in 2001, costumers have been asking for Wishbone Restaurant to return, said owner Joel Nickson.
"We're a first-timer as far as the Taste organizers are concerned," he said.
They are bringing a "hoppin' John salad" — black-eyed peas, brown rice, scallions and tomatoes. The vegetarian dish has earned the Humana seal of approval as a Healthier Choice option.
"It's a good summertime dish," Nickson said, "especially with the onion vinaigrette we make. Then we're doing our North Carolina-style pork sandwich, which is a little different because it is more vinegary and not a sweet barbecue sauce. We smoke the pork and serve it with Lexington slaw, chopped and served on the sandwich. The North Carolina-style pork was a hard sell with customers at first, but it's gotten more and more popular.
Although Chicagoans have staunch views on hot dogs, he's hoping there are enough displaced Southerners at the Taste to enjoy his North Carolina-style dog with chili and slaw.
Annie Alleman is a local freelance writer.


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— Lane "Wad" Watson
Fatherhood is one of the most difficult jobs a man undertakes in his life.
The statistics alone display a seemingly increasing number of fathers who give up on their responsibilities.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the United States is the world's leader in fatherless families and 24 million children live absent their biological father.
Those numbers reflect the world of today with modern conveniences.
It made one family decide to teach a lesson of sorts to the fathers or fathers-to-be of today.
William (Bill) Wheeler Watson was the father of 13 — seven boys and six girls — and according to one of his surviving sons, he was an example to all fathers.
The reason for that belief is Watson was born in 1879 and the world of that day was not so easy, especially in Sylco, Tenn., from where they would travel up the river to Caney Creek Village.
Caney Creek was considered a modern town by the day's standards — it was one of the few towns that had electricity.
"Wad" Watson is now 81 years old and his memories inspired a resolution passed by the Tennessee State Legislature recognizing the history of Caney Creek Village and centers on William and Bertie Watson's tenacity in raising a family during a primitive period in history.
"Wad" was only 10 years old when his father was involved in a bridge collapse over Sylco Creek. He eventually died as a result of his injuries.
"He died helping others," Watson recalled. "That was his way. If he had anything, he'd share half of it and never ask to be repaid."
His earliest memory of his father was him coming in "with a hog on each shoulder."
"They weighed about 50-60 pounds each," Watson said. "He trapped them. That's the way people lived back then. There wasn't any game warden."
Watson's father also had a unique way of killing turkeys.
"He'd dig a trench and put corn in there," he said. "He'd cover that back over with pine needles. They'd stick their heads down there. He killed seven with one shot."
The prime thing Watson took from his father is that "he believed in taking care of you."
His father also was a strong believer in discipline, something "Wad" says fathers of today should do more.
"It'd be 5:30 or 6 in the morning and he'd come into the bedroom with a hickory [limb]," Watson said. "He'd jerk that cover off and look out."
He says the discipline never made him feel abused and his father was a man of faith believing in worship.
"He'd carry us to church," Watson said. "We only lived about 100 yards from Caney Creek Church. He'd sit down and put one of us on each knee."
Despite the lack of luxuries, Watson said he never felt like they were living in "hard times."
"I would get out there in the yard when I was 10 years old and take some yellow corn meal, bread and some salt and pick grass and eat with that bread," he said. "Many a day I did that."
But, there was a favorite food.
"Squirrel and gravy for breakfast was just as good as squirrel and dumplings was for supper," Watson said. "We ate possum without really caring what it was. Dad would save the grease left from cooking to preserve our shoes and keep them soft and shiny."
"If my dad brought it home, my mother would know how to cook it," he said. "Dad would do whatever was necessary and within the bounds of decency to feed his family."
He said his father had two apple trees and he had never seen anything like it.
"It really had good apples," Watson said.
An old photograph shows the young "Wad" with his classmates at Sylco School holding an apple.
"I know exactly what he's thinking," Watson said. "He's wanting to eat that apple before someone else gets ahold of it. I guarantee it. That's the way it was."
Not having much, the family still had some sparkles of life to enjoy.
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"People who knew us back then would come to see our Christmas tree," she said. "Daddy and us would make the little chains out of popcorn."
As another example of how their father worked, Joyce said her dad — even with all his other responsibilities — would do some housework.
"He would take clothes to the creek to wash," she said. "My mom was never known to say anything bad about him."
The four remaining siblings have nothing to say bad about him either.
"Wad," Billy, Richard and Joyce, along with their late sister, Betty, all remembered not only their father, but their mother, with great respect and appreciation.
"We don't mind our parents being referred to as 'king' and 'queen' knowing that nothing can take the place of 'father' and 'mother,'" a joint statement by all four sibling said to mark the occasion.


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Posted at 4:37 AM on October 7, 2014
I have been watching the show, not impressed. The 4 th woman is positively unbearable and up herself. Have you noticed, some of the other kids have pulled the eldest of her brood up a few times. She is as precosious as it's mother. No one seems to have accepted any of them except Kody of course. I hope Robyn is saving hard, flogging cheap ugly jewellery at exorbitant prices is not business, as Jannelle has already pointed out. Her 2 ex's must be called upon to fund those kids college funds not the rest of the family.
Posted at 10:18 AM on October 5, 2014
i.am from the nederlands, so my englisch is not so well.
but i watch the show, en i LIKE IT.
the are so them selfs, en in the nedrelands we accept the people who the are.
the are not hurt any wan en live together, it is not disgusting, WHY ???? are you say this.
so i say to them GO ON, en live the way you are.
i hope that you understand this , because of my englisch.
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sue remy
Posted at 11:17 PM on September 3, 2013
hi I feel cody only gives attention to robyn and plays the others I watch your show all the time and when robyns comes hes all smile and bubbly and when 3 other wives come and brushes them off meri you are strong and Janelle you are looking awesome you have lost weight and chritine sorry girls Christine my favorite shes a mom I always want very loveable person robyn you are a newed still so after 5 years I see another women coming to this family good luck and god bless still love the show
Posted at 2:53 AM on August 19, 2013
I am so happy Meri have taken responsabilites for her childs behavior. The Apple doesn't fall far from her tree she need to know she has watch Meri behave like a spoiled brat to Cody as a man. So when she get into her own P-Relationship she will be the brat like her mother. You need to teach her to not only depend on your husband income but to build your own bank account and credit for yourself, you being the first wives your have shown that since you have accepted your husband to have three other wives, you felt some kind of way because you allowed Janelle the 2nd wive to work while you watched her kids, and allowed yourself to depend on the other wives and not build any credit for yourself And that why the house is taking longer for you. Janelle has been the bread winner for the whole family and that why she got her house first before any one of you. So I say men need three kinds of women the one can talk too and the one he can have great sex with and the one who has his heart…. So Janlle is his heart and Cristine is great lover with all little kids still and maybe Robin came because he can't talk to Meri anymore so he don't need an another child. Meri needs to grow up or move on and be a better SISterWive by getting a job not have another Mariah


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Douglas Blue Feather is a flutist and is coming to UIS for a FREE concert on November 1, 2012 from 12 ' 1:30pm in the food emporium. Doug's ancestry includes American Indian, Iberian, and European, is an internationally known recording artist and performer of music featuring the Native American flute. Recognized as one of the most prolific flutists of today, he has released 15 CDs which have been heard on radio stations worldwide.
The highlights of Doug's career include winning the 2010 Indian Summer Music Award for 'Best Traditional Native American Flute' and the 2009 Coalition Of Visionary Resources Music Award for 'Best New Age CD'. He has received over seventeen nominations for the Native American Music Awards and four wins including 'Flutist Of The Year' and 'Best New Age CD'. He was also featured on the Grammy nominated CD, Faces Of The Sun, by Peter Kater. Douglas Blue Feather has performed at the Native American Awards, on Fox TV, and at numerous nationally advertised powwows, festivals, and churches throughout the United States.
Doug quote: 'I'm honored that people refer to me as a master, but like any musical instrument, there is always something new to learn. Some new way of expressing the instrument. My music has become much more than I dreamed and is more than just a musical journey, it's a spiritual journey as well. It really is a gift from the Creator. I am honored to have touched the hearts and lives of so many people.'


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An iconic 5 day, 4 night hiking trail traversing 75km through the world heritage site of Table Mountain National Park (TMNP), the Hoerikwaggo Trail gives hikers an unforgettable experience of travelling in the footsteps of the Cape's ancestors and experiencing the unsurpassed beauty of the Hoerikwaggo – the "mountain in the sea".
Hoerikwaggo is a Khoisan name given to Table Mountain by the nomadic Khoi people who hunted and gathered on these mountains. Linking Cape Point to Table Mountain, the trail was constructed by previously unemployed people from the townships of the Cape Peninsula with a great emphasis on leaving little or no environmental impact on the earth.
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- Directions to Orange Kloof
Important information: Please be aware that you need to make your own shuttle (drop-off and pick-up) and porterage arrangements if required. Overnight parking (a maximum of two vehicles) is available at the Platteklip Wash Houses (a 30-minute walk from the Lower Cableway station – the end point of the trail). This parking is by arrangement with the reservations officer only and is at the owners' own risk.
Lacing up
Day 1: Cape Point to Smitswinkel
Difficult – 15km
Your journey begins at the Cape Point Lighthouse (the Cape of Good Hope section of the Table Mountain National Park, otherwise known more fondly as the "jewel of the south"). Hikers head north through vast tracts of fragrant fynbos, while enjoying stunning views of the False Bay Coast and Cape Point. Look out for a wide variety of antelope such as Red Hartebees and Klipspringer, as well as other animals such as the Chachma baboons.
Also keep your eyes peeled for whales (usually seen between late August and October), reptiles and birds - including the not so small, flightless ostrich. The very observant might also sight the crude stone hand tools that give evidence of the early and middle stone-age inhabitants of Cape Point. In the evening, unwind in the shelter of weathered flowering gum plantations at the Smitswinkel Tented Camp which is situated approximately 300m from the Cape of Good Hope entrance gate.
Important information:
- The Cape of Good Hope daily conservation fees (R105 per person) are excluded from your accommodation fee. Holders of the TMNP limited entry card or Wild Card may use their valid card in lieu of the conservation fees.
- Hikers need to arrange their own shuttle from the Smitswinkel Tented Camp to the starting point of Day 2, along Red Hill Road at the Klein Plaas Dam signboard, close to the SA Navy's Signal School above Simons Town.
Into the swing of things
Day 2: Red Hill to Slangkop
Moderate – 12km
Say farewell to the graceful curve of False Bay as you leave Red Hill Road, just above Simonstown, and head off down the spine of the Table Mountain chain. This gentle traverse through wide open spaces is a flower fanatic's wonderland, but be sure to look closely as some of the greatest fynbos treasures are only enjoyed by being observant.
As you make your way towards Kleinplaas Dam, you can see Table Mountain and Devil's Peak in the distance and, if you look back, there is an uninterrupted view all the way down to Cape Point. When you arrive at the Dam, look out for fish eagles or listen for their distinctive cry. After relaxing at the water's edge, the route continues over the ridge and you can catch your first glimpse of the glistening Atlantic Ocean.
The day ends with a descent to the tented camp at Slangkop, nestled between indigenous protected Milkwood trees.
Tread carefully
Day 3: Slangkop to Silvermine
Tough – 21km
Test your hiking stamina as you cross endless beaches next to crashing waves, followed by a steep climb – however the views and satisfaction of completing this section is worth the effort. Leaving Slangkop Point, the crisp ocean air will sharpen your senses, preparing you for the day. Be on the lookout for Oyster Catchers and Cape Clawless Otters on the shoreline and, further out to sea, whales and dolphins.
As you walk along the bleached white sands of the spectacular Noordhoek Beach, you will see the remains of the unfortunate Kakapo wreck, beached by its Captain on 26 May 1900. Leaving the vast sands behind, ascend Chapman's Peak and take a well-deserved lunch break to enjoy the 360° panoramic views that stretch from Table Mountain to Cape Point. Then climb Noordhoek Peak before hiking down to your overnight accommodation at the beautifully appointed Silvermine Tented Camp.
Views for the Soul
Day 4: Silvermine to Orange Kloof
Challenging – 15.5km
A day of steep climbs and breath-taking views that showcase Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) and its marine protected area in all its splendour. The view as you look out over Hout Bay from Noordhoek Beach is definitely among the most picturesque in the country. This is only the beginning of a day of sweeping vistas, and as you wind your way north, you will marvel at the contrast between TMNP and the bustling metropolis of the Peninsula that sprawls out before you.
It is here that you can appreciate the way nature and the city interacts on the borders of one of the world's few urban parks. At Constantia Nek hikers enter the restricted area of Orange Kloof and the day ends at the Orange Kloof Tented Camp surrounded by the magic of an Afromontane forest.
Dusting off
Day 5: Orange Kloof to Tafelberg Road
Difficult – 9.5km
The final day of the Hoerikwaggo Trail is unforgettable. Orange Kloof Afromontane Forest offers some shaded respite and it is quite simply one of the most wonderful forest experiences you can imagine. Table Mountain is a world of its own and boasts incredible fynbos delights, panoramic views and historic landmarks - not least of which are the five dams that still provide Cape Town with water.
As you ascend the Back Table via the picturesque Disa Gorge, keep a sharp Lookout for the 'Pride of Table Mountain' and the Red Disa flower (an orchid which blooms in February). You can take a short break at the rock pools of Hell's Gate which is the source of the Disa River. From Woodhead Dam, hikers continue to walk through the Valley of the Red Gods to the upper Cableway station and are then able to descend the mountain via Platteklip Gorge or via the Cableway (at their own costs) to end the Hoerikwaggo Trail at the bottom Cableway station.
Important Information:
- Orange Kloof is a restricted area and due to the conservation of the Afromontane Forest a permit is required to hike in this area. When booking the Orange Kloof Tented Camp accommodation for the trail and making use of a TMNP accredited guide, no permit is required to hike from Orange Kloof up Disa Gorge to Table Mountain on Day 5. Hikers without a guide must hike from Orange Kloof Tented Camp to Constantia Nek and the confirmation letter for booking the Tented Camp acts as your permit for hiking in this section of the restricted area. From Constantia Nek hikers without a guide can proceed to Table Mountain via the relevant foot paths (see map) outside of Orange Kloof on Day 5.
- Hikers may make prior arrangements with the booking officer to park their vehicles at Platteklip Wash Houses in Cape Town (a 30-minute walk from the Cableway station) and collect them at the end of day five.
What you need to know
- There is no charge for hiking the trail; however hikers will be required to pay entrance (Cape Point) and accommodation fees.
- To book accommodation for the trail or for further information, contact the Hoerikwaggo Trail Bookings Office on Tel: +27 (0) 21 712 7471 between 08h00 -16h00 weekdays or via e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. Alternatively, click here to check availability and book online. All tented camps accommodate a maximum of 12 persons.
- The trail is not signposted. It is recommended that hikers use a TMNP accredited Trail Guide. Contact either (021) 465 8752 or (021) 462 7861 for assistance in arranging a guide. Should a trail guide be required to sleep over at a tented camp, the client must arrange with the guide for the payment of this accommodation.
- Trail Guides are compulsory should hikers wish to take the Disa Gorge route in Orange Kloof.
- It is recommended that good quality maps are purchased for the hike. Peter Slingsby maps can be sourced via his website on www.slingsbymaps.com. Alternatively, upon confirmation of reservation a GPS coordinates list can be emailed to you to upload on a Garmin or equivalent device. We do recommend that you only walk the trail using the electronic system if you are very comfortable using a GPS device.
- Porterage and shuttle services are not offered by Table Mountain National Park. Please contact email@example.com so a reservation consultant can suggest some options in terms of service providers if you elect to include porterage and the shuttle service in your route.
- Wood is available for sale at each tented camp.
- There are communal kitchens at each camp and gas is available as a cooking option should it be raining and you are unable to cook on an open fire. Kitchens are equipped with all the basic cooking utensils. Please contact email@example.com should you need a more detailed list of what kind of equipment is on site.
- Bedding is available at an additional cost per person per night and can be booked through a reservations consultant on email@example.com.
- Please check your confirmation letter to ensure you are aware of the check in and check out times for the camps.
Tour Operators
Registered Tour Operators should e-mail: email@example.com or contact SANParks Travel Trade Office, Cape Town on +27 (0) 21 422 2816 for special tour operator rates. Alternatively, email: email@example.com.
Tented Camp Bookings
If spending the night in the beautifully serene setting of the Tented Camps appeals more to you than hiking the trail, simply book the accommodation and use it as a base from where you can enjoy all the surrounding activities.
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Animals at the extremes: Polar biology
The extreme challenges of life in the polar regions require the animals who make their...
The extreme challenges of life in the polar regions require the animals who make their habitat there to make many adaptations. This unit explores the polar climate and how animals like reindeer, polar bears, penguins, sea life and even humans manage to survive there. It looks at the adaptations to physiological proceses, the environmental effects on diet, activity and fecundity, and contrasts the strategies of aquatic and land-based animals in surviving in this extreme habitat. This unit builds on and develops ideas from two other 'Animals at the extreme' units: The desert environment (S324_1) and Hibernation and torpor (S324_2).
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- outline the special features of the polar regions as a habitat and list some contrasts between the Arctic and the Antarctic;
- describe some effects of daylength on feeding, fat deposition and reproduction in arctic animals;
- explain why the environmental controls of appetite, activity level and fecundity are essential adaptations to living at high latitudes and describe some physiological mechanisms involved;
- describe some adaptations of fuel metabolism and bone formation to dormancy in bears;
- describe the metabolic control of prolonged fasting in breeding polar bears and penguins;
- explain the use of comparative studies to identify anatomical and physiological adaptations to thermal insulation in aquatic and terrestrial endotherms;
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Animals at the extremes: Polar biology
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I just found this (Lansing State Journal):
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The new Pacific Coast Club at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base has an event schedule that requires a very versatile sound and video system. Jensen AV in Santa Barbara took on the job, and John Salgado is here with details on how the place was fitted out to function as one big room or several smaller ones, coming up on the SVC Podcast.
SVC: John, thanks for being back for part two on the SVC Podcast from Jensen AV in Santa Barbara, Calif., with the big setup there in the Pacific Coast Club on Vandenberg Air Force Base. We were talking in part 1 about the camera, the Vaddio system that you put in; they have more than just cameras in there though. They have a lot of presentation gear there, too. How was it trying to work around the busy schedule they have at the Pacific Coast Club? Did they clear everything out for you to work?
John Salgado: Well, in a perfect world they would have cleared everything out, but since it was a working facility, it definitely was a challenge. We ended up having basically at ad hoc meetings; we ended up having commencement ceremonies, presentations, and training all happening during the time we were there, so even trying to block a room out you really ended up only getting a couple of hours in one room. So trying to be flexible and setting up the installation to be flexible really was one of the challenges. The bonus to that was that the staff in house was really on our side and really wanted to see the project be successful, so they did everything they could and bent over backwards to accommodate us. We really appreciated that. Having their buy in and support made it so much easier to work around all these meetings and start ups that would happen. [Timestamp: 2:00]
Makes a big difference when everybody is working together instead of just seeing who can get to their own finish line first.
And they have plenty of presentation equipment there. They have media players, presentation computers, and everything. Now, where is that stuff located? How do they get to those?
We ended up setting up one central command position for the entire facility, so in there they have classified computers; they have the Blu-ray players, the DVD players, CD players. They have everything that could be controlled from one centralized location behind Ballroom B. Basically we're in the middle of the whole facility. From that point one person can actually view and monitor each of the rooms independently, and they can actually listen to see if there's anything going on, any issues. That ended up cutting down the need to have multiple techs during a presentation because one person could just actually see the entire facility. [Timestamp: 2:52]
OK, so if they have somebody in there to do a presentation and as part of that they want to show a video, the AV operator can just listen for his cue and just roll it in from the control room?
Exactly and on top of that they would be able to take video to tape and then record it. Things like that were important for them for commencement ceremonies or promotional ceremonies, I should say. So then that way the actual individual could have a take home as well as when they would have important people come through. They wanted to record those and be able to share those later on, on their closed circuit television network that they have too. So they had the ability to take any content in and then distribute it even videoconferencing as well. [Timestamp: 3:27]
And when you have multiple events going on in close proximity to each other the video isn't that much of a problem, but the sound can be a more difficult situation as far as isolation between the sections. So how is the sound system set up in the way you have it routed from the mic inputs to the speakers and all that?
Well, what we ended up doing is we ended up using one of the dbx products, an SC64 and we actually created a matrix, a 32x16. And what we ended up doing is basically setting up a series of presets that the AMX system will recall. That gives us the ability to create different mixes and also adjust different volume levels from the main position and then that also let us through the AMX to provide individual looks and scenes for the individuals in the rooms. They only have access to a certain portion of the overall system, giving the master control still to the one individual. So that let us set up certain speakers closer [in] proximity toward each other at different volume levels, and we could go ahead and do mixes that would let a full blown party happen in two thirds of the ballroom while they're having a key note presentation in the first. [Timestamp: 4:35]
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Community radio in Australia makes a vital contribution to the development of the Australian music industry. Many stations surpass the 25% Australian music quota set out in the Community Radio Broadcasting Codes of Practice. To give just a few examples, FBi Radio plays 50% Australian music, with half of that from Sydney, where the station is based.
Brisbane's 4ZzZ is renowned for supporting local music and artists, with presenters required to meet its quota, and Melbourne's 3CR favours a minimum of 55% Australian content in its music programming. Not only do many stations exceed Australian music quotas, they also remain dedicated to supporting new Australian talent through programs on air and initiatives off air.
Community radio and the Australian music scene have developed hand in hand since the '70s with stations all around the country playing and supporting local music whether that's in the capital cities or small regional areas.
Blu FM in the Blue Mountains organise several initiatives to support local music, including a song writing challenge and battle of the bands. Acts that perform in the Battle of the Bands get exposure on Blu FM throughout the competition.
The annual Blue Mountains Singer-Songwriter Challenge provides a platform for emerging musicians to perform in front of their peers as well as alongside more seasoned performers. "It's an excellent opportunity for them to showcase their talent," says Blu FM President Ken Quinnell.
Home Brew Radio, aired on Triple H 100.1 FM in Hornsby and networked via the Community Radio Network (CRN), plays 100% Australian music, 100% of the time. Its regular live segment, 'The Brewing Room', features a mix of both established and emerging artists.
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Melbourne stations have long held a solid reputation for supporting Australian artists across a broad range of genres including 3MBS with new classical compositions, 3RRR, 3CR, 3PBS and youth broadcaster SYN FM. Since it began broadcasting, 3PBS has featured local live music as part of 'The Easey Street Sessions' program. "We've had thousands of bands come through the station over the last 32 years," says 3PBS FM Music and Interviews Coordinator, Chelsea Wilson.
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4MBS in Brisbane and 3RRR in Melbourne have both built live performance areas that are regularly used for music broadcasts and performances, as well as arts events. Radio Adelaide developed a Live Music Festival as a way of celebrating the diversity of live music performance. It features artists live in the studio for every single radio program across a full week of broadcasting as well as live crosses to gigs at Adelaide's favourite live music venues.
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