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BIKE shop bosses are back on track after being hit by a £15,000 burglary.
When Sanctuary Bikes, Shiney Row, was raided in June – just three months after opening – owner Ian Hughes was left wondering whether his business would survive.
But after months of hard work and new investment, the shop is now preparing for a busy Christmas period.
"It absolutely killed us, right in the height of the summer," said Ian, 32.
"The whole shop had been cleared out. All the bikes had gone, along with clothing and accessories.
"I would like to thank the local community for all of their kind words and support.
"For all it was a horrible experience, it has renewed my faith in mankind.
"It's just starting to build for Christmas now. It's our first year so we don't really know what to expect, but we have a good range of bikes and BMXs - which seem to be popular this year.
"We've got loads of Christmas deals coming on and I expect we will do well in the January sales."
In June, the Echo reported how raiders smashed through shutters at the back of the store, before tearing the CCTV monitor off the wall, smashing up the till and making off with cycles and equipment.
One of the bikes was a Scott Voltage FR10 2011 model, which Ian said was the only one in the region.
The shop was covered by insurance but was left with a £4,000 deficit to find. It has also invested extra funds into new security.
One major blow for the shop was the timing of the break-in, with Team GB's Olympic cycling success sparking a bike-boom just weeks after.
"It was a shame because we missed out on the Olympic rush," added Ian.
"It's a real growth industry. We're looking to extend our online sales from outside the area.
Ian has just done a deal with Austrian-based KTM Cycles to become their first supplier in the North East.
"What we're most proud of is our mountain bike range.
"KTM are one of the world's premier motorbike manufacturers and they've now started doing cycles.
"I think they are going to be huge, so it's a real coup for us.
Ian, who has a background in outdoors and publishing, set up Sanctuary Cycles after being made redundant.
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Lotto winner was a benefits cheat
A NATIONAL Lottery winner who shared a £1.2million jackpot with his darts partner has admitted being a benefits cheat.
Joseph McKay was photographed last March quaffing champagne and boasting he was going to buy a new car after his six lucky dip numbers came up.
He said he was a builder who was out of work because of the recession and looking for a job.
But McKay, 64, of Greenock, Renfrewshire, was committing a fraud that saw him net £7,833 in pension credits over four years. The father-of-four had failed to tell the Department for Work and Pensions he was already sitting on a personal fortune of almost £40,000.
And he continued to bank the benefits cash for three months after hitting the jackpot and his six-figure windfall. McKay had told reporters that the timing of the win "couldn't be any better".
He said: "I have worked in the building trade my whole life and it's only recently that I have found myself unemployed because there's just nothing out there at the moment.
"But now I feel as though I can relax a little knowing that I have some money tucked away to see me and my partner through."
I have worked in the building trade my whole life and it's only recently that I have found myself unemployed because there's just nothing out there at the moment
He shared the lottery win with darts partner Henry Milne, 60, whose wife had bought their weekly ticket.
McKay has now appeared at Greenock Sheriff Court after admitting the benefit fraud, which took place between February 7, 2009 and June 23, 2013. His solicitor, Edward Sweeney, said: "When he was applying for pension credit in 2009 he made an application by telephone. He was asked a question about having any savings or capital.
"He answered in the negative, which was untrue, and he accepts that. He had money which would have resulted in him not being eligible for the benefit."
Fining McKay £1,000, Sheriff Tom Ward said: "Defrauding the state is a serious matter. I take into account you've paid all the money back."
Mr Sweeney said McKay would need just seven days to pay his fine, prompting the sheriff to reply: "He's in a better position than most to pay a fine." Speaking outside court, McKay said: "This happened long before the lottery win, you're talking three and a half years ago. It was a yes or no answer, and I answered no. Someone must have phoned me in. I've still not even bought myself a new car."
Lottery wins do not always bring the best of luck to the recipients.
Rapist Iorworth Hoare, from Leeds, won £7.2million when he bought a lotto ticket while on day release from prison in 2004. His win caused outrage when it was revealed he had spent 30 years in jail since 1973 for sex attacks and since being released in 2005, Hoare has had to move house several times.
Drugs and drink put paid to the fortune of "lotto lout" Michael Carroll.
The former binman from Norfolk won £9.7million in 2002 when he was just 19.
The Rangers fan was given an Asbo for terrorising neighbours and jailed for five months for failing to comply with a drug treatment order.
In 2006 he was jailed for nine months after a punch-up.
Last month, it emerged that he had moved to Scotland and was working as a £6.70-an-hour slaughterman at an abattoir in Elgin, Morayshire.
Last March, Michael Duthie, 56, dodged prison despite admitting he took almost £14,000 in benefits after he had won £250,000 on a scratch card.
Duthie, of Dundee, was later reported to be living in poverty after blowing all his winnings.


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This issue of the Sudan Human Rights Monitor covers March-April 2016. The issue provides a detailed account of human rights violations documented by the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) during that period. It discusses the following: absence of justice for the victims of the September 2013 protests; …Read More »
The Reality is Very Dark: The Right to Freedom of Expression in Sudan
The right to freedom of expression in Sudan has deteriorated rapidly in recent years. The Government of Sudan has increased the use of its security apparatus, particularly the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), to conduct censorship of information deemed to be critical of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) …Read More »
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For a PDF version of the statement, click here. Paris-Geneva-Kampala, March 8, 2017 – After twenty-four court sessions, the Khartoum Central Criminal Court sentenced human rights defenders Khalafalla Al-Afif Mukhtar, Midhat A. Hamdan and Mustafa Adam to one-year imprisonment and a fine. The three men were released on time served …Read More »
Sudan: Urgent Concern for Rights Defender on Hunger Strike Over Unlawful Detention
(14 February 2017) Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, a prominent Sudanese human rights defender, has been unlawfully detained for over two months, held by the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) at Khartoum's Kober Prison without charge or access to legal representation, 39 human rights groups and activists said. Dr. Mudawi, …Read More »
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(16 January 2017) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) is currently aware of seventeen detainees currently held incommunicado by the Government of Sudan's National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS). In particular, there are serious concerns regarding the well-being and treatment of human rights defender Tasneem Ahmed Taha …Read More »
Security deteriorates in West Darfur alongside attacks by Sudanese forces and local militias
(13 January 2017) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has documented the deaths of eight civilians and one member of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in two separate incidents between 31 December 2016 – 5 January 2017 in Aljeel neigbourhood, Nertiti and Al Jabaleighbourhood in El Geneina, …Read More »
Joint NGO statement: Sudan: Prominent human rights defender detained incommunicado
(20 December 2016) A prominent Sudanese human rights defender (HRD), Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, is currently detained incommunicado by the country's National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS). Dr. Mudawi was arrested at the University of Khartoum, where he is a professor, on 7 December 2016 alongside his longtime driver, Adam …Read More »
Urgent concern for detainees held incommunicado amidst Sudan's growing civil disobedience campaign
(15 December 2016) The Government of Sudan has responded to a growing civil disobedience campaign by arresting and detaining incommunicado at least forty two political opposition party leaders, activists, and individuals, including one prominent human rights defender, Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, and censoring newspapers by seizing their print editions prior …Read More »
Joint Communication to United Nations Special Procedures regarding TRACKs case in Sudan
To: United Nations: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Ms Agnes Callamard; Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Mr David Kaye; Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, …Read More »


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1893: Postcards or photos showing "real-life" scenes of absinthe drinking are extremely rare. This 1893 postcard, showing a group of country folk relaxing over their absinthes at the end of hard day's fishing, is the only known contemporary photo of an absinthe fountain in use.
absinthe fountain
Why should I pour the water slowly into a glass of absinthe?
Decanters, brouilles and absinthe fountains were invented for one particular purpose: to enable you to pour the water into your absinthe glass as gently as possible – ideally, drop by drop – especially at the begining, when the absinthe starts to louche. There are two main reasons for pouring the water carefully:
1. The louche is even more beautiful.
2. The different aromas of your absinthe develop more slowly, and can become much more complex and interesting. (Chemistry helps to understand this phenomenon: each essential oil precipitates at a different dilution, and pouring the water slowly enables the aromas to develop one after the other).
However, it is all about louching your absinthe without "drowning" it by letting the water flow as slowly as you should savour your drink.
Marcel Pagnol illustrated this in his novel "Le temps des secrets" – 1960 (The time of secrets):


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Friday, 1 January 2016
2015 Round Up & New Years Resolutions!
To be honest though, I feel like I've really struggled to try and find the words to say in this particular one. I've stared blankly at the screen for hours, trying to conjure up the right way to express how I feel about the past year. Here's how I feel: I feel like 2015 should have been one of the happiest in my life but for some reason, looking back I feel sad! I feel so ashamed to admit that, but my internal struggles have really got to me this year. I went through periods of feeling very, very low; I felt bad about my body & the way I looked, I lost self confidence when it came to my work, I constantly compared myself to others and I've had a lot of health issues arise (for both myself and my loved ones).
So when I look back on the year all I see is the negative, but in actual fact, 2015 was pretty good. Some pretty big changes in my life happened and I just need to remind myself of those and not get so caught up in the negative!
Before we get to the highlights I'll quickly go over my NYR for 2016.
New Year's Resolutions:
1) Be kinder to myself.
This probably sounds ridiculous, but I need to STOP comparing myself to others and give myself more slack. I need to treat myself better and I need to do things for myself. I need to concentrate more on my positives and therefore become more confident in myself which will in turn make me a happier person. I hope this makes sense.
2) Grow my online presence.
I am now a full time blogger/YouTuber and I can't express how happy I am about this - I couldn't be more grateful for this opportunity and so I really want to do well and succeed in it. A big number of my personal goals for the year involve my work and I really want to expand my readership and general 'numbers' across the board. I have ideas of how to do this - a lot of them involve being more confident so I need to work on number 1 of my resolutions to do this!
3) Nail circus arts.
One of my greatest achievements of 2015 was enrolling and completing my first term at circus school where I specialised in aerial arts. I initially thought I wanted to become skilled in aerial silks but I found that I really, really enjoy static trapeze so I've decided to focus on this in 2016 and I am so eager to nail this skill! I will document this in vlogs on my YouTube channel so if you're interested you can subscribe to see some clips of me in the air!
4) Improve general wellbeing.
I have never in my life had 'loose weight/get fit/work out daily' as a NYR as I think it puts too much pressure on the challenge and also seems like one that everyone gives up on after 4 days. With our wedding now approaching I do want to feel better within myself and so I am vowing to improve my general sense of wellbeing - mind, body and soul. I want to explore yoga more and incorporate into weekly life, I want to become more thoughtful and kind and I want to nourish my body with good food, but not deny myself any treats. This is going to be tough but I'm so eager that I'll work hard! I think this will make me a better human being.
Highlights of 2015
One of the biggest highlights was obviously getting engaged to my best friend. I'd been dreaming about this for so long and I can not wait to be able to call him my husband. The way he proposed was perfect (you can see it here) and whenever I think about this day I'm overcome with happiness.
In July I left my full time job (which I loved and adored) and became a full time content creator. This was something I wanted to do for so long and it honestly feels like I'm living a dream. There are obviously ups and downs but I am so proud of myself for being able to do this. Being signed by Gleam Futures was also a massive highlight - I couldn't do it without them.
Another highlight was getting the all clear for cervical cancer. I had a colposcopy, two biopsies and a LLETZ treatment done in 2015 (all of which were horrible procedures, one of which led me to actually fainting for the first time in my life!) and the results came back in October that I had the all clear. I can't express how much of a relief this is and I really want to stress to all girls to book your smear test - it's so important and easy to treat if abnormalities are caught early!
Other Highlights:
- Spending time with my family. I don't know what I'd do without my parents and sister, they've always been so supportive of me and I can't express my love for them enough.
- Going to the pub & getting wasted with one of my favourite musicians - Josef Salvat!
- Tanya and Jim's wedding was so, so beautiful, I'll never forget it!
- Filming lots of great videos for YouTubers. I've made some really great friends through this little venture and I love being creative with other likeminded people!
- Meeting so many readers of my blog in public - you wouldn't believe how happy this makes me!
Finally, I want to say a big, big thank you to you! My blog is coming into it's 6th year this month (mental). My life has changed dramatically due to this blog, and I'm very lucky to have had the opportunities and experiences that it's bought me and this is in no small part thanks to you guys for reading my blog and supporting me. I really can't thank you enough. I hope I can continue to create content which you enjoy and I really hope you have a fabulous 2016!
What are your New Year's Resolutions?
Katie xxxx
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Happy New Year Katie, even if you didn't feel the happiest it sounded like you had a lovely year.ReplyDelete
Jodie, xo // Jodie Loue
WOW! I love your resolutions!ReplyDelete
Let's hope we can all get through this year and end it a lot stronger than we did 2015! ♥
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Fab post, and wonderful resolutions Katie. I just wrote a post about how to make 2016 a healthier, happier year if you're interested? I hope 2016 holds lots of amazing new memories and adventures for you!ReplyDelete
Happy New Year! :)
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This is such a lovely post! One of my resolutions is the same as your first one - I've spent 25 years beating myself up and I want to see what happens when I'm nice to myself for a year instead! Best of luck in 2016, I know it will be amazing for you and I can't wait to see your channel grow xReplyDelete
Hey Katie, I've loved seeing all your success this year, and it's amazing you've gone into vlogging full-time! That's something to be so proud of! Hopefully 2016 will be even better for you with even more exciting things happening :) Elle xReplyDelete
Apart from your few bad parts, the rest of your year sounds amazing. I hope 2016 is even better for you, happy new yearReplyDelete
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loved your resolutions, i'm sorry you felt sad over the past year but take it as a learning curve, you've only gotten stronger! :)ReplyDelete
http://beulife.blogspot.com/?m=1 Hi, we wait you to our blog.ReplyDelete
Great resolutions! My resolutions are, stop comparing myself to others, love myself, and finding myself back. Have a nice 2016 Katie!ReplyDelete
Happy New Year :) Hope 2016 is your best yet!ReplyDelete
Happy New Year! Good luck with your resolutions. I personally didn't make any this year, but it's never too late, right?ReplyDelete
Hope you've had a great start to 2016! I'm sorry you feel negative about 2015.. Hope this time next year you'll feel better about 2016.. Congrats on getting engaged and getting the all clear! xReplyDelete


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In a recent post entitled Your CW Experiences, we asked LIDS if they would share their stories of learning CW in order to help, encourage and inspire others to have a go (or keep going when the going gets tough). Here are their stories, completely unedited, and listed in the order they were submitted. Enjoy.
Marco IZ2LSO (LIDS #043) says:
I've been interested in radio communications since when I was very young: my SWL license is dated 1983. I listened mainly to shortwave: broadcasting, amateurs, utility, numbers stations, RTTY, FAX… but I had a total dislike for Morse code. All my SWL friends eventually evolved to licensed radio amateurs. Not me: I refused to waste my time to learn an obsolete form of communication. I almost forgot about radio, devoting my time to other hobbies, mainly hiking and paragliding. Years later the bug bit again: I joined the Italian Radio Amateurs Association and began to study what needed to pass the exam, Morse code included (the candidate had to copy and send CW at 5 WPM). Once a week a former Air Force radioman slowly pounded an enormous brass straight key teaching us to decode the infamous 5-character groups.
When the day of the exam came, being a sinner, I got my punishment: I was in the first batch of no-code hams licensed in Italy. Morse was not needed anymore to become a radio amateur. So, having been left with nothing to question, I became very interested in CW. First thing I discovered was I learned it the wrong way (5WPM) and was stuck to that speed, so I had to restart from scratch.
There is a debate about Morse, is it a code or a language? A dictionary definition of 'language' is "a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols". That's it. In my opinion, Morse is a language and its study has to be approached in the same way someone would a foreign language. My target was, I had to learn to send and receive a minimum number of words/terms/numbers/prosigns at a reasonable speed, in order to be able to carry on a QSO. I was inspired by Voice of America "Special English" programs of my youth, where VoA on purpose used a dictionary limited to 2000 words to facilitate understanding by foreign listeners – it worked very well. My 'CW as a language' point of view included: learn the sound of a word in its entirety, not as the 'sum' of sounds of the single letters (you learn the sound of the word APPLE, not A+P+P+L+E); learn it at quite an high speed from the beginning, to avoid common mistakes – like counting dits and dahs – and to get the 'right' sound. (Consider this: even if you're a beginner, you can read CQ and its variants CQ DX, CQ TEST… or TU 73 next to always, regardless of the speed, because you hear them all the time on the HF bands and you learned the sound pattern of those terms – just like you do with a foreign word).
Searching the internet I found the CW Operators' Club (http://www.cwops.org/); they run the CW Academy (http://www.cwops.org/cwacademy.html), where you can enroll to learn Morse from the beginning or improve your ability. They use the 'CW as a language' approach, offering training and mentoring via the internet. Unfortunately all classes are filled: "All signups received now will be assigned to the January-February 2016 sessions". Nevertheless, you can go on your own – as I did – supported by the information provided by the Academy: http://www.cwops.org/cwa-student-res.html. One of the instructors, Jack W0UCE offers additional material on his website: http://www.w0uce.net/Morsecode.html.
Based on the above material and with the help of many dedicated computer programs I'll list later, I put together my own study course. I don't know if it was better or more efficient than others, but it worked for me. One of the best thing you can do to improve the learning process of a foreign language is 'full immersion': so I did my best to fill my day with dits and dahs, while commuting or when at my desk, while hiking or sunbathing. I downloaded all the CW audio I could find, I put together my own files and I reproduced them on the car stereo or my portable MP3 player. I got a few PC programs designed to stimulate the learning process (it's plenty out there) or to reproduce news, texts or entire books. In my opinion variety is important: get CW from many different sources, let it flood your life!
Start sending as soon as you learn your first letter. This is very helpful in getting the right rhythm and retaining the sound you just learned. Send to yourself, translate it to text with one of the many decoding software freely available and check how you are doing. To send CW use the instrument you prefer, but consider that a straight key is more difficult to master than a paddle connected to a keyer. You don't really need to learn iambic sending: I bet most of CW ops just push the right paddle for dahs and the left for dits. You can as well operate like this with a single lever paddle. You don't even need a pricey tool: look at those homemade keys of the QRP people, they do very well and usually are built with recycled parts. And, go on the air as soon as possible, find someone to QSO with, ask members of your radio club, arrange a sked with LIDS members, don't be shy just do it!
A traditional approach is the Koch method; you learn one character at a time. Many good programs have been written and are freely downloadable; one of them – just to remember a good friend and passionate ham – is Morse Machine by Julian G4ILO (SK). But, as I suggest the 'language' approach, you'd better start with Morse Trainer, an online tool tailored on CW Academy Course lessons (8 weeks from beginner to QSO!); instructions to use it: http://www.cwops.org/cwa/Using%20Morse%20Trainer.pdf There is an offline version you can download.
- MorseGen by G4ILO (SK): it can generate random letter or number groups, common words, text from a file or pseudo-QSOs. It can also generate audio practice files.
- WinMorse by Mark Bellamy: a text to Morse Code conversion application, offering various output formats, fully configurable. You can make your own practice files.
- CWFreak by Satoshi Imaizumi JI0VWL to increase your copying speed
- MorseTest by G4ILO (SK) and Morse Runner by Alex VE3NEA if you want the thrill of a CW contest
- Morse News by Bob Denny: amazing software. From the help file: " Morse News periodically reads one or more RSS (news or Facebook), Atom (news), and/or Twitter feeds and translates the received messages into International or American Morse Code, which is output as CW radio tones, old-fashioned spark-gap radio sounds, telegraph sounder click/clack sounds, or to a physical telegraph sounder connected to a serial port. The CW/spark-gap radio tones can be augmented by noise/QRN, static crashes, and realistic ionospheric fading". Let it run on your PC and you'll have that full immersion… It comes in bundle with a cute keyer.
- PCW Fistcheck by Ernst DJ7HS. The program will show you how you are keying, mark and space, dots and dashes. Useful to hone your straight key or sideswiping skills. It will even try to decode the Morse characters you have sent.
- ebook2cw by Fabian DJ1YFK, convert e-books to Morse MP3/OGG files (Fabian is also the dad of LCWO and QRQ, both CW related programs, and other great ham software).
This is my experience. It worked for me, it could work for you too so why don't you give Morse a try? Be different!
« Two roads diverged in a wood, and I —
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference »
(Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken)
Alex G7KSE (LIDS #036) says:
So why did I want to learn morse? I was given a straight key and K3NG keyer from Kevin, M0KHZ who helped me solder smd's for the first time and design my own arduino hardware and software. So why not give it a go.
The problem is that I'd attempted a couple of years ago to learn it but work stopped me from having the consistent time needed to practice. One week I was in a hotel room in sunny Preston, the next it was sunny Warrington. So, not much progress made and eventually I gave up trying.
Now my work is more balanced and I have a fairly regular time to practice.
By now I was using LCWO in the browser and G4FON at home along with the pdf of Zen and the art of telegraphy I got from the link.
I used LCWO at lunchtime for anything from 5 mins to 30 mins either using the Koch trainer or morse machine all at 15 wpm with lots of space between characters to get to know the characters. Zen helped a lot as well as it builds up your vocabulary.
3 months on and I'm beginning to pick up speed and have made fewer mistakes sending and am more confident receiving. Still a long way to go before I am competent at 15wpm but I've got until Christmas to get there!
I have found that there are lots of tools to use and some are better than others but pretty much all of them get a look in depending on the mood I'm in. Variety (and LIDS) have helped a lot. Lastly, don't be afraid about going on air. Who really cares if you make a massive balls up especially when those on the other end don't really care either, just having a go is more important.
Alex, G7KSE
Michael G0POT (LIDS #027) says:
As a G-zero I must have passed my 12 wpm Morse test some-when around 1990. I was taught by a retired RAF chap who took me through the process in the popular method of the day; learn the alphabet at 5wpm then increase your speed hitting the inevitable walls at 8, 10 & 12 wpm until you were sending and receiving comfortably at 13 – 14wpm to ensure the 12wpm Post Office Morse test would be a walk in the park.
I learned to send on a straight key (no one seemed to use paddles then) and wasn't allowed to touch it until I had learned the alphabet. The technique he taught for sending on a straight key was superb and naturally produced great sounding code.
In hind-sight I realise this approach to learning the code is flawed and effectively requires you to relearn the code multiple times as you acquire a new speed. In later years I've much preferred the Koch method for building speed but have clung to the importance of the motto, 'Accuracy transcends speed'.
My first (insert large number here) years of trying to use CW resulted in a lot of sweating and feeling embarrassed and incompetent but I think, because my very first ad hoc CW QSO was with someone who was really supportive I persevered. Each QSO was 30 – 45 minutes of terror but the feeling of satisfaction and elation in having made it though is difficult to describe. In these early days I didn't see what need there might be to move beyond 12wpm but now I can see how much more info you can squeeze into a typical 30 – 45 minute QSO the faster you go. I've struggled to advance much beyond 14 – 15wpm, not because I can't learn the alphabet at this speed, but because, when rag-chewing, I struggle to write much faster than this!
For my early contacts (for quite a few years if I'm honest) I made a lot of template or 'rubber-stamp' QSOs and even had that template written out so I could simply follow it. That helped to take the pressure off and, as I built confidence, I felt more able to 'go off piste' and ad-lib a bit. It still struck fear into my heart every time I realised someone was asking a question and 9 times out of 10 I'd end up missing the vital bits. This was pure nerves…mind over matter and it took a long time for me to get over it. In hind-sight I wish I'd had more friends to practice with. Knowing you can cock up, quit at a moment's notice when you're brain shuts down, miss-spell words, get lost in the middle of a sentence or get lost in the middle of a word that you realise you can't spell makes the experience less stressful (well, a little less stressful).
I guess I've been motivated to keep at it because CW kit is easy to build, you can do a lot with very little (QRP), it can overcome language barriers and you can hear DX on CW that you just can't find on SSB. I think I also love it because it has such a passionate following with some genuinely lovely people who go out of there way to help you succeed. You do sometimes get the odd idiot who hasn't grasped the concept of sending at the slower stations speed…I just say 73s to these people and move on and no longer feel bad about that or inadequate in any way.
I also sometimes get the challenge of someone who sends erratically. This used to annoy me until a few years ago when I worked a chap who put gaps in all the wrong places meaning the end of one character might be joined to a dit or two of the next character. It was unbelievably difficult to copy but I kept at it and we managed a rubber stamp QSO. When I looked up the operator after the event it transpired he'd had a heart attack and was learning to send again (both learning to use his arms but also his brain). It made me more tolerant to poor sending but if I think the Op may just need some help and guidance I'm confident enough to give some private feedback to help them improve…I hope other Ops will do the same for me :o)
If you're new to CW and fast or erratic code is going to throw you then simply answer other people's calls rather than calling yourself. This puts you in control and you can search for a CQ which is at your speed and well sent. You can also cheat and listen to their previous QSO and gather all their info so when you have your QSO you have all their details already (or simply look them up on QRZ!). The other advantage to answering other people's calls is that they get to go first sending their info so you can simply follow their lead and copy their content which saves you having to think about what to say next.
I've not quite mastered head copying yet but am working on it. What I have mastered though is feeling confident putting out a call in CW and being able to manage whatever comes back. Most importantly though, I never feel bad about cocking up or failing to copy anything. I just remember…I'm having FUN 😮
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I remember having a go at learning Morse shortly after I got my Class B licence in the late 80's, but it was always a bit half-hearted and I never got further than a handful of characters. Then I got into RTTY and AX25 in a big way and CW was the last thing on my mind. Obsolete, irrelevant, and a waste of time…
Fast-forward to 2012 and I'm back in the hobby after a break of nearly 20 years. VHF is still my main interest (I didn't have much choice last time) and AX25 is on life-support so I'm now a phone-only operator and enjoying working 2m and 4m, especially on a Tuesday evening. One weekend I am trying to get a QSO with Ian MW0IAN (LIDS #002) on 4m and it's not working out. He can hear me but I can't hear him. Then he switches to CW, and there he is! I can hear him quite clearly and it's a very powerful lesson in the advantages of CW over SSB. It would be a QSO…but I have no idea what he's sending. Time to start learning all over again…
That was in 2013. Two years later and my CW is at ~15wpm, but it has been a very tough journey. To be honest if I'd known it would take me this long I doubt I would have started, but I will tell you one thing about CW – it's addictive. As I learned it I fell in love with it. I love the sound of it, the efficiency of it, even the history of it. Somewhere on my Twitter timeline there is a photo of my first Morse key with the caption "My first Morse key, probably my last Morse key." Oh, the naivety of that.
You'll see lots of discussion on straight key vs. paddles for learners. I'm using both and I don't really have a view; go with whichever you prefer. The challenge is not sending; that comes relatively quickly because your brain can think ahead to the next character and form the sound just before you need to send it. The challenge is receiving, when you don't know what is coming until you've heard it. The key to learning is to train your brain to give you the character as soon as it is finished, in that one-dah gap before the next one starts. And for that the only solution is practise, practise, practise. It's the bit that people don't like to hear but there is no getting away from it.
I've used quite a few programs over the last couple of years and most of them with not much success. You've probably already heard of the Koch method? You start by learning only two characters at full speed, then add more characters gradually as your error rate declines. This didn't work well for me. I'd get to about 10 characters and my thinking time would increase to the point where I'd start missing too many characters, and that's a great way to get discouraged. A missed character teaches you nothing. And then I discovered Morse Machine on LWCO. Morse Machine is different because it plays a character and then it waits for you to type it back. Type the wrong character and it plays it again so you get a chance to correct your error. I came on leaps and bounds with this method; no missed characters and a strong reinforcement of the sound/character combination each time. Since then I have discovered a superb Morse Machine application from Andrea IU4APC (LIDS #045) that is available for Android devices today and iOS devices soon. I'm using this app on a daily basis as I try to reduce my error rate ('G' still throws me, every time) and reach my target of 18wpm by the end of 2015. I can't rate it highly enough. If you are PC based then take a look at Morse Machine by Julian G4ILO (SK). Seriously, Morse machines are the best way to learn from scratch because you never need to look at dots and dashes (the worst way to learn), just learn the sound of each character at your own speed.
If conversational QSOs are your thing then I would suggest you concentrate on letters once you've got the code memorised but need to get your 'thinking time' down. I used the LCWO web site to make a 30-minute audio CD of random letter groups at 15wpm to play in the car on my way to work, just to get used to the sounds, the rhythm, and to decode as many as I could. Of course you need numbers too but they appear relatively infrequently in a CW QSO, usually in predictable places like callsigns and RST reports (and those are usually sent at least twice), but if you want to ragchew then get your letters up to speed first. Mixing letters and numbers in your training is fine, but with 10 numbers and 26 letters the numbers will be disproportionately frequent. You will also want to learn the basic prosigns that let you conduct a QSO.
There will be days when your brain refuses to co-operate and you feel like you've forgotten everything. Don't try to fight it because you'll only get discouraged. Go and watch TV instead. Come back to it tomorrow and you'll be surprised what your brain has processed and tucked away in the meantime.
When it comes to going live on the air, find someone local who is prepared to hand-hold you through those few QSOs. The 2m band is great for this as you don't have the pressure of knowing the world is listening. You don't even need a multimode radio, you can plug the output of your practice oscillator into your FM rig. And don't worry about it all going wrong. I've had quite a few QSOs that have turned into disasters on my part. Know when to take a deep breath, don't send faster than you can receive, and laugh at your mistakes (before filing them away under 'Stuff I learned today'). So what if it all falls apart? Call CQ at a speed you can manage and you will be rewarded with a QSO, probably from someone else as nervous as you, delighted that they have found someone they can copy.
Just as some people are musically gifted and others aren't, I believe the same applies to learning Morse code. If you are like me then you can expect to go through some frustrating times and maybe even feel like giving up altogether, but I would encourage you to persevere. Morse is a universal language and you will find every QSO memorable. I spent a year reacquainting myself with data modes but now I look back through my log with no recollection of most of them – 'macro' QSOs with no soul and no sense that I was conversing with another human being. Of course you'll have rubber-stamp CW QSOs too, but every pause and every error communicates something of the personality of the sender (especially if they are using a straight key). You've made an effort to talk to each other, and that will give you a good feeling when you're signing off with a 'dit dit'.
The rewards are great, and when you complete your first CW QSO at 5wpm you will be bouncing off the walls with excitement. That's a promise!


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11-minute film (full movie) directed by Leon Chambers.
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Our very own Steve Rachui posted some great information today on how connected management groups in System Center Operations Manager 2007 work If this is something you work with then you'll definitely want to check this out. I have Steve's intro and a link below:
My previous post covered configuring a connected management group - but how does it really work? When I first starting pulling this apart I had some preconceived expectations about how it would work - probably because of my familiarity with the way it worked in MOM 2005. Really, how this works in OpsMgr is very very simple - but there are some limitations.
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Premise:A gruff mammoth, a clumsy sloth, and a scheming tiger travel to return a human baby to his family.
Cast:Ray Romano as Manfred/Manny, John Leguizamo as Sid, Denis Leary as Diego, Chris Wedge as Scrat, Goran Visnjic as Soto, full cast can be found here.
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MPAA Rating:PG for mild peril
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Cons:Gross jokes. Small things that don't make sense or feel random.
This movie is half the weird stuff that happens on the journey and half scheming tigers.
The main characters were the strongest point of the film. There's Manny, a grouchy guy who wants to be left alone. There's also Sid, the clumsy comic relief that you kind of feel sorry for even as you laugh at his mishaps. Finally, you have Diego, a double agent with some dark intentions for the baby. All of them are actually well-rounded characters who have more to them than it may seem at first (except perhaps Sid). The back-and-forth dialogue was pretty entertaining as well, especially where Sid is involved.
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Sex:A pair of rhinos interact in a manner meant to reflect gay stereotypes. When Sid tells Diego the baby belongs to him and Manny, the tiger calls them an odd couple.
Sid shares a mud bath with a pair of female sloths while hitting on them. As he leaves, he comments "Sexy". Manny grumbles that Sid moves much faster when a pretty tail goes by. Sid talks about a girlfriend he cheated on. After Manny tells him he should be loyal to any mate he finds, Sid says mating for life is "st*pid" because there's plenty of him to go around.
Violence:Tigers attack a human settlement intending to capture and kill the leader's baby. Someone ends up jumping off a cliff to save the child and is implied to have drowned later on. Someone else is impaled by icicles (offscreen).
Young animals pretend to be sinking in tar. The squirrel Scrat gets struck by lightning, nearly crushed, sent flying, and more for comedy. A tiger gets stuck in a hole. There's discussion of killing and eating both Sid and Manny. An animal tries and fails to fly. Manny tells Sid to annoy poisonous reptiles and sarcastically asks doesn't Diego have some animal to disembowel.
Sid tries to climb a cliff with the baby, but soon finds himself slipping. The baby gets to the ground unharmed, but Sid gets comically injured. In other parts of the movie, he's generally subjected to danger and injury to produce laughs (a few of them in-universe). A bunch of dodos are beaten up and killed in a comical way.
The baby falls through an ice slide, leading to scene featuring lots of fast-paced moment and screaming (all played for comedy). Animals are knocked out with a log. Cave paintings show tigers attacking a herd of antelope and mammoths being cornered then killed offscreen. Lava melts an ice formation the characters are standing on and nearly kills them. There are a couple instances when it appears that someone has died.
Language/Insults:A handful of G-rated words like "stinky", "bucktooth", "droolface", and "poop". There's also "st*pid". Rhinos are told they have tiny brains.
Gross humor:Sid steps in an animal's feces and tries to get the mess off his feet. He ends up getting some in another animal's lunch and face. Manny suggests that the baby might be crying because of a dirty diaper and makes Sid change it. During a storm, icicles form on Sid's nose. He wipes his face on Manny's trunk and his snotty fingers on Diego. The baby yanks out a few of Manny's nose hairs.
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Jun 03, 2003 - 8:38 am
Hi! I've posted several times before. I was dx with invasive ductal carcinoma, had a mastectomy in Jan. with immediate tram flap reconstruction. Went through 4 rounds of AC chemo from March to May. In July, I will start tamoxifen, as my bc was estrogen positive. The plan is the standard 5 years on Tamoxifen. Question? Do any of you in similar circumstances take any vitamins, other supplements, or have made radical changes in your diet since being dx with bc? And, what about soy? About a year before my dx, I had changed to a nearly vegetarian diet (with some chicken and fish). I lost 35 pounds because of that. I'd like to go back to that plan now that I'm recovered (my surgeons wanted me to eat more animal protein -- thus MORe chicken and fish -- I don't do beef anymore -- in order to heal better from the surgery and so forth). I understand that tamoxifen can cause weight gain...I've alrady gained back about 15 pounds that I'd lost because of the stress of the bc dx and all the treatments thus far! I don't want to gain any more back! In fact, I'd really like to lost another 50 pounds! Any advice?! Thanks. Barb
Jun 03, 2003 - 9:50 am
Hi Barb:
Congrats on improving your diet and especially on eliminating beef!
When I began chemo, I asked my onc. about weight gain as I'd known several women who'd had bc and did gain weight. Her answer was that women who do gain weight during treatment, typically gain about 12 pounds, average. She said her experience had been that they lose it in the first year after treatment. I remained about the same throughout treatment and in the months following. I'm a lifelong ovo-lacto vegetarian and have always taken taken a good vitamin/mineral supplement. After dx, I added CoQ10, green tea and acidophilus w/colostrum. The latter is great for strenghtening the immune system. Twin Labs makes a great daily viatmin, packed with minerals, which I take. Solgar also makes great products. These manufacturers boast no fillers, no wheat, fish, corn, etc. so this is great for people allergic or sensitive to those common supplement fillers. Another benefit is that most of their supplements are in a simple gel capsule which nets better absorption by the body. They cost a bit more but I find they're worth it.
Soy is generally a no-no for us, post bc. It has some weak estrogenic compounds and oncologists typically advise us to avoid anything and everything with these properties, including the "phytoestrogens" contained in many plant derived preparations. I'd suggest getting your doctor's and/or nutritionists opinion about soy products before adding them to your diet.
Re your weight gain. I'm wondering if some of it could be fluid retention? I experienced some mild swelling of my hands and feet during chemo and for a month or so after but it went away of it's own accord. In an effort to stay well hydrated during treatment, we sometimes indulge in sugary, empty caloric drinks and it becomes a habit we continue after treatment ends. Such drinks, soda and the like, can certainly put pounds on us over time. Diet versions aren't really the best healthy choice either as most contain aspartame, which is a very controversial artificial sweetner, at best, and has been named in causing a long list of ailments in people consuming it. Again,so much of what we are exposed to in our increasingly unhealthy environment and our foods, have carcinogenic properties, and sometimes, even scrutinizing lables ad nauseaum, doesn't help.
Am wondering if you have a regular exercise routine? I found that to be a very important part of my recovery. It creates a lot of great bio/chem reactions within our bodies as well as burning those extra calories and helps keep us well oiled and running a bit more smoothly.
Just my two cents worth of suggestions and ideas. Hope some of it helps. I have never advocated consuming huge amounts of supplements, with the thinking that if a little is good, then a lot more is better. Actually, some supplements can be harmful if taken in large quantities, while others are virtually worthless to us, if not taken w/companion elements, which aid absorption and distribution. It's a very interesting subject and of course, the field is wide open and one can find all manner of strange and unusual benefits attached to certain supplemnts. I'd advise seeing a nutritionist. He/she can do a full blood work up, dietary assessment, etc., and help you determine what your body is lacking and advise you wisely and safely on supplements, as well as healthy, balanced eating. If a hospital near you has a physician referral service, you may get lucky and find an MD who is also a nutritionist, through them. The best of both worlds!
Good luck and continued good health!
Love, light and laughter,
Jun 03, 2003 - 11:01 am
Thanks, Ink, for your suggestions. As to my exercise regimen...up until this week, I've been sluggish and VERY tired and haven't felt much like pushing myself physically. But, I am now walking about a half mile every morning, and about another half mile throughout the day. I'll increase this as my stamina returns. I'm also a swimmer, and once the ice melts around southern Maine, I'll be back in the water. My plastic surgeon says this will increase my range of motion following tram flap surgery, so I'm looking forward to that! Hopefully, I'll be back on track by the end of the summer!
I'm still open to the suggestions of others who have "been there, done that!" Thanks! Barb
Jun 03, 2003 - 4:11 pm
Just wondering if you've considered Yoga? It helped me tremendously and my range of motion improved dramatically after surgery. It's very gentle and one doesn't need a lot of stamina, particularly to do the beginners routines. Can serve a really good purpose. Just a thought.
Love, light and laughter,
Jun 03, 2003 - 11:29 pm
I take vitamin E to help with hot flashes a calcium supplement and also attempt to drink green tea on a regular basis. I do avoid most soy. I'm with you on wanting to lose weight. It's so hard! I had lost some before bc, but it's been hard since that to keep it off or to lose any more. Diane


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Long-range surface plasmons in dielectric-metal-dielectric structure
with highly anisotropic substrates
Nagaraj and A. A. Krokhin
Department of Physics, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle 311427, Denton, Texas 76203, USA
(Received 8 October 2009; revised manuscript received 23 December 2009; published 22 February 2010)
We present a theoretical study of long-range surface plasmons propagating in a thin metallic film clad
between two identical uniaxial anisotropic dielectric crystals. We show that the proper orientation of the optical
axis of the crystal with respect to the metal surface enhances the propagation length of surface plasmons. Since
the proper orientation depends on surface plasmon frequency, we give the results for the propagation length in
a wide range of frequencies, including the telecommunication region. To increase the role of anisotropy, we
consider artificial substrates from photonic crystals, which possess an order of magnitude stronger anisotropy
than the natural optical crystals. We propose Kronig-Penney model for plasmonic crystal where the substrate is
a periodic sequence of dielectric delta peaks. In this model the dispersion relation for surface plasmon has a
band structure where the band width tends to zero when the frequency approaches the resonant frequency.
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.085426
The efficiency of plasmonic devices is limited by finite
propagation length L(w) of surface plasmon polaritons. The
main source of attenuation of propagating surface plasmon is
Joule losses in the metal. The Joule losses Q= fj . EdV are
reduced if the electric field has a mode, enforced by symme-
try, somewhere inside the metal plate. Since in a bulk con-
ductor, the field decays at the skin depth S, the effect is
noticeable if the plate thickness d does not exceed S.1 Strong
reduction in dissipation occurs if the plasmonic structure is
symmetric, i.e., the dielectrics on both sides of the plate are
the same. Then, the electric field E vanishes exactly at the
plane of symmetry, minimizing the integral Q.2 This plas-
monic mode with antisymmetric distribution of parallel-to-
the-plate component of electric field is usually called long-
range surface plasmon.3 The propagation length of this mode
scales as L- 1/d2 and may be as long as few millimeters or
even centimeters in the near infrared4 for silver films of
thickness d< 50 nm. If surface plasmon propagates along a
metal strip instead of an infinite plane, some increase in
propagation length can be reached for special choice of cross
section of the strip.5 Short propagation length limits the size
of photonic chip or component of optical circuit containing
plasmonic structure. In order to reduce dissipation in plas-
monic waveguides, it was proposed to groove V-shaped
channels in metal.6 These channels support propagation of
long-range surface plasmons and allow experimental realiza-
tion of interference, splitting, and switching of surface
The most interesting features of surface plasmon polariton
are manifested at frequencies close to the limiting frequency
Ws in the spectrum of surface plasmon w= cw(k). For the case
of isotro ic substrate, this frequency is given by as
= w/i +e, where op is plasma frequency of the metal and e
is the dielectric constant. Close to the resonant frequency, the
surface plasmon density of states dk/dcw grows infinitely,
leading to the enhancement of light emission from quantum
semiconductor structures.8 Also the subwavelength reso-
lution of plasmonic devices is strongly enhanced near the
PACS number(s): 42.70.Qs, 41.20.Jb, 42.25.Lc
resonant frequency since the penetration depth into the di-
electric vanishes at w= ws.9 Unfortunately, the propagation
length L(w) quickly tends to zero near ws. Because of this
property, any plasmonic device cannot operate in the fre-
quency region close to surface-plasmonic resonance. It is
worthwhile to discuss here the physical reasons for such
strong decay.
Propagation length, being the distance at which the energy
of the wave decays by a factor of e, can be expressed through
the rate of dissipation Q and flux of energy S(w) as follows:
- 9 ) *
It is clear that the denominator Q, while grows smoothly
with cw, remains finite at any frequency. Fast decay of surface
plasmon is due to vanishing of the energy flux S at w= w .
The total flux S associated with propagating surface plasmon
is a sum of two terms, S= 2Sd+ Sm. Here Sd and Sm are Poyn-
ting vectors in one of the dielectrics and in the metal, respec-
tively. Since the dielectric constant of the metal film is nega-
tive, em(o)< 0, the energy in the metal and in the dielectrics
flows in opposite directions, i.e., Sd>O and Sm <0. While
the total flux S is positive [surface plasmon is a wave with
normal dispersion, dw/dk > 0, if the metal (silver) film
thickness is not less than 30 nm], the interior of the metal
gives negative contribution. It is easy to derive that
2Sd+ Sm a (() - E2. The resonant frequency is obtained
from the equation em(os)+ e= 0. Therefore, the net flux S(w)
vanishes linearly at w= ws. This simple calculation shows
that the main reason for strong decay of surface plasmon
near the resonant frequency is related to its dispersion but
not to dissipation. For frequencies near ws, the most efficient
way to increase the propagation length is detuning from the
resonance, which affects the numerator in Eq. (1). Thus, the
most attractive for applications region of frequencies is un-
reachable because of very short propagation length.
At low temperatures, the Joule losses are strongly reduced
due to the decrease in denominator in Eq. (1), leading to
increase in the propagation length.1'0 At room temperatures,
2010 The American Physical Society
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