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For the upcoming release of Wall•e, Pixar is all decked out with film development art and standees from the film. They were kind enough to use those posters I did way back to line both walls. My first reaction after seeing them up was shock, then I picked myself up off the floor and felt kinda dizzy. Fortunately, they had this bench smack dab in the center where I could get it together. That's me in the middle there with Wall•e & Eve. It's quite the honor to get to work on all these projects. I never thought I'd get close to doing anything this cool. Just as I started to get all sentimental or whatever, I found this fat ball outside and immediately tried to roll into a bike rack on their front lawn. I don't think they're inviting me back anytime soon.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Wall•e World
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Gotta be photoshop!
- May 5, 2008 at 10:41 PM
Dang Zanky, why do you have to hate?
- May 6, 2008 at 7:46 AM
Cool! It must feel great to see your own work there :)
- May 6, 2008 at 8:54 AM
Tanner, I can't tell which is the robot and which is the human sitting in that chair! You gotta' loosen up, baby! You're money!
- May 6, 2008 at 10:36 AM
- Craig Mackay said...
Great pictures, Eric! I didn't know they had a gigantic Luxo lamp up there. That's so cool!
- May 6, 2008 at 1:58 PM
- Dorota said...
congrats Eric. I remember seeing your Ratatouille posters last time I was there. beautiful.
- May 7, 2008 at 12:10 AM
- wetpaint12 said...
i am really excited to see the new pixar standees, i really like pixar's work, i make standees and like seeing different ways they are used. If you want a custom standee from any picture check us out at http://www.lifesizecustomcutouts.com
- May 7, 2008 at 5:39 AM
- nic said...
Congrats, Tan!
And all this time I thought you just sleep at work.
Kidding, that's such a great honor, and well deserved.
I will eat a taco in your honor today.
- May 8, 2008 at 11:05 AM
I like the blog new look and logos and stuff. And all the blue. Did I mention that before? Oh yeah, the Wall E stuff is cool too.
- May 11, 2008 at 8:39 AM
- Tanner said...
Thanks guys! It's a bit difficult to completely enjoy the entire experience cuz I find that I constantly pick apart everything I do. I'm getting better at letting things go once they're approved but I swear I was looking up at those posters and I wanted to change the colors around, tweak the typefaces, and redraw the artwork cuz I feel I have a better handle on them now. We artists have some sick, tortured souls. Sometimes I wish I was one of those a-holes who loves everything they do ;)
- May 11, 2008 at 10:28 PM
- Ry's Photo Blog said...
Tan, you ARE the man.
Congrats buddy!
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A United Nations report says Canada needs a national food strategy,
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The 21-page Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food,
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I think, painting our house's guts turned out to be the best thing we have done to date. The color is fresh and clean and more Lovely like. I added some finishing touches to go with the big paint job last weekend.
The befores. These are the before befores, like 'we were touring the house as interested buyers befores.'
Prepping for the painted accents, and a little reminder of the gallery wall before.
The linen closet accent:
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The gallery wall is back:
Once again, I measured my little heart out. Those diamonds are not from a stencil people, I used a good old fashion ruler and pencil. I painted the gray on with a stiff bristle brush. The paint looks a little worn, and I like it like that. The gallery wall went back up as fast as it came down. Henry left the nail holes in the wall and Oscar and I delivered the frames while referring to a past blog post. There was the potential that I could have ended up on the landing have a gallery wall temper tantrum. Phew, thank goodness I started this silly blog.
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Yes I have finally purchased a Rimmel Apocalips! I first heard of them before they were even released when Dolly Bowbow reviewed them on her Youtube channel (see the full video here). She had all the shades they carry and I pretty much loved them all, hence why it took me so long to buy one...ah decisions, decisions.
For those of you that aren't familiar with Apocalips they are basically a lip lacquer; somewhere between a gloss and a lipstick. They come in gloss-like packaging and formulation, but they have the super pigmentation and staying power of a lipstick.
The colour I finally decided upon was Stellar. This was the one that knew I was most likely to end up with although I did consider Lunar and Nova as well (future purchases no doubt). Stellar is rather bright and is somewhere between red, coral and pink and seems to look like a different colour in different lights so I can't make up my mind what the colour really is....but I know I love it :)
Soo what do I think.....
I have worn this 3 times now and can safely say that this is my favourite lip product that I have tried to date. The formula is just perfect, it is really long lasting but in no way dries out your lips. When it does eventually begin to fade (hey nothing lasts forever) it doesn't got go patchy but instead looks like a lip stain and gets lighter...I would say until it disappears but I haven't worn it long enough for that to happen and I've worn it all day!
When you apply it to your lips I would recommend that you scrape any excess product off the applicator first instead it can look a bit too glossy. Apart from making sure you don't have any flaky skin on you lips (a necessity anyway, right?) you don't really have to prep your lips as Apocalips is lovely and moisturising. Also you don't need to line your lips as it doesn't feather (mind you I have only tried one shade but it is a pretty bright one that you would think would feather.)
One amazing product I say and it won't break the bank as it retails for £5.99 but seems to be discounted in a few places, I got mine for £5 in Asda :)
My current nails. Clouds on the thumb and alternating daisies and polka dots.
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The Municipal and Housing Workers Union announced a suspension of their strike Thursday after meeting with Secretary of the Capital, Abdulkaher Hilal. An agreement between the sides was reached; the government will officially hire the union and the workers will have representation in the National Dialogue Conference.
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"While Abdulkader Hilal is seriously working on registering the remaining 2900 workers, not one of the workers in the other provinces was officially hired," Union leader Mohammed Al-Marzooqi said.


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Sunday, December 13, 2009
Mustache Patronage
Of all the kooky bizarre things the Catholic Church has to offer, the veneration of Saints has to be my favorite. Just like a pantheon of pagan gods, saints are assigned patronage to specific things and praying for their intervention in their area of expertise or causes of which they are the patron is a time honored tradition, in spite of common sense.
We are all familiar with Saint Patrick the patron saint of Ireland, snakes and toothaches, and of course Saint Valentine, the patron saint of affianced couples, bee keepers, engaged couples, epilepsy, fainting, greetings, happy marriages, love, lovers, plague, travelers, and young people. I know. Bee keepers, right?
Saint Nick? Patron of bankers and pawnbrokers, I shit you not.
National saints? Sure thing. England has Saint George, Scotland has Saint Andrew , Wales has Saint David. Austria gets five with Joseph, Maurice, Coloman, Leopold, and Florian. Italy tops out at six, with Bernardine of Siena, Catherine of Siena, Francis of Assisi, Our Lady of Loreto, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, and Our Lady of the Snows.
What about the U.S of A? The Blessed Virgin Mary herself is our patron, while Papua New Guinea gets St. Michael the Archangel, who also happens to be the patron Saint of Paratroopers, which is pretty badass.
The whole thing is fascinating if nothing else and you can get your saint fix anytime at CATHOLIC ONLINE .
Why all this sudden fussing about saints, you may ask? Well, after our team of four were declared "World's Greatest Santa" at the LA Santa-con yesterday for trouncing everyone in the Scavenger hunt, i figured i should refresh my knowledge of the actual Saint Nick, and see if I was wrong when I claimed he was the patron saint of beards and facial hair. Not only was I wrong, since there is no patron saint of facial hair, but i was giving the title to someone far less deserving. Saint Nick's beard holds nothing to what I stumbled on.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give ye Saint Wilgefortis.
Betrothed to a heathen king by her father, so the story goes, Wilgefortis who's name is a derivation on the latin "Virgo Fortis"or "Strong Virgin", prayed to god that she would become hideous and therefore be spared the unhappy marriage. Sad, right? So the next day, she wakes up to find that she's grown a full beard!
God is hilarious.
The pagan king is grossed out, and the marriage is cancelled. Hooray!
But Wilgefortis' dad is so pissed off that she and her god did this, that he has her crucified. Boo!
Talk about your joke backfiring, huh? You'd think God in his omnipotence could have seen that coming, right? Whatever.
The cult of Saint Wilgefortis was all sorts of popular in the middle ages, so much so that the monks at the abbey where her wooden statue was, had it plated in silver to prevent erosion from all the pilgrims kissing her feet. It is said that when a poor minstrel played at the statue, one of the silver slippers came off as a reward from the saint. Which is a nice way of saying "It was stolen". However, that explains why she has only one shoe in the statue above, but it does not explain her enormous Sasquatch feet in the same sculpture.
Needless to say,that Wilgefortis with her sad story of a heavenly practical joke gone horribly awry, should absolutely without a doubt be new patron saint of mustaches and beards in general, as well as the patron saint of bearded ladies, which she already is. I encourage the Vatican's commission on gobbledygook and totes ridiculousness to look into the matter as soon as possible.
Now enjoy this lovely music video i found of a song by Rebecca Clamp about Wilgefortis.
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Wow! I'm still buzzing from the course I went on at the weekend. Sports Injuries was the subject of the advanced Bowen Technique course and was run by Paula Esson, a very experienced Bowen teacher, sports scientist, coach at national level and Clinical Director at the Northern Integrated Health Practice.
Paula is one of these people I could listen too constantly, such is her enthusiasm and knowledge for sport and Bowen Technique.
Bowen is a subtle, yet dymanic non-invasive therapy working over muscles, tendons, ligaments and connective tissue, triggering certain nerve endings. The brain sets to work straight away, taking stock of what is happening in the body and what functional problems there may be.
Sports injury management has interested me for a while. I'm a runner (ok, a resting runner at the moment) and over the last 5 years since I started running I have seen countless friends and co-runners falling at the wayside due to injury, but not just one injury, often injury over and over again. When I started learning Bowen, I could see instantly how this amazing therapy could potentially be the key to correct functioning of the body.
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If I bicycle to the airport, fly around the world, and bicycle back from the airport, neither Guinness nor WorldCycleRacing will accept it as an around-the-world bike ride. I have to ride a minimum of 18,000 miles. They also require that at least 18,000 miles has to be all in one direction. Otherwise one could ride 18,000 laps on a one-mile indoor track on polished wood with no wind and call it an around the world ride. Any around-the-world ride will require at least two ocean crossings. To equalize these they must be by common carrier, not private charter. I could also greatly shorten my route by riding around the world and staying in high latitudes. In the extreme I could ride in a small circle around the north or south poles and call it an around the world ride. So the rules requires that the rider must pass within 5 degrees of two points antipodal to one another. In practice this means one must ride across Australia or New Zealand.ReplyDelete


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TOY REVIEW: Harry Potter 1/6 Scale Severus Snape Figure From …
While some time has passed since the death of actor Alan Rickman, the sadness and somberness of his passing still seems as fresh as ever. But much like with any A-List star who leaves their mortal coil too soon, their body of work becomes that much more appreciable and cements their ever lasting legacy. Alan Rickman is no exception; a big bucket of win, this guy was. Large body of work both on-screen and off in which to bow one s head in respect and adulation. He will, of course, be remembered for his most famous roles the maniacal terrorist Hans Gruber from Die Hard, the spoon-heart eating villainous Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood, the literally dickless angel in Kevin Smith s Dogma, and the hilariously bitter Dr. Lazarus in Galaxy Quest. Above all, and without question, though, Rickman will likely be most immortalized for his role as the complex, hostile, skillful, and perhaps bravest Wizard of all time Severus Snape from the Harry Potter series. In celebration of the Master of Potions, Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, and fiercely loyal wizard, comes a 1/6th scale collectible figurine from Star Ace. Nerd Bastards was fortunate to receive a product sample for review. Follow along with us as we raise our wands to Alan Rickman and this spellbindingly life-like figure.
Who, honestly, ever gets excited about a box? You buy a collectible for the collectible, not the box, right? Well, a collectible s packaging is more important that anyone ever gives it credit for; it adds to the overall presentation. If done right, a good looking box makes you feel like you got something special. With this box, special is exactly what you get. Without a doubt, this is an absolutely gorgeous box.
Said box features a glossy black slip cover with some dramatic cover art depicting a headshot of Snape looking as serious as ever with the character s potions room in the background. The characters name Severus Snape stands out in bold Harry Potter-type lettering on lower left. The whole thing is quite striking; it might as well be its own movie poster. Sliding off the slip cover reveals and open window box showcasing the figure. Much like other Star Ace collectibles, the figure is and its accessories are housed in plastic trays. No need to invoke a Crucio curse on anyone, there are no twist ties or annoying tape to have to deal with you can release the figure and its contents from its lattice and not worry about damaging the box. Resale value, anyone?
Pulling the plastic trays out reveals additional graphics/art on inside of the box a black and white 3-quarter shot of Severus mid-wand blast. It just goes to show how much Star Ace cares about presentation by putting imagery on part of the box that is hardly ever ever seen.
Snape, the character, could always be seen with what the kids call these days resting b*tch face (RBF) looking in a constant irritated and moody state. The dark hair, hooked nose, and pale/greasy skin never helped alleviate his intimidating presence. The face/head of this mean and awfully judgy looking wizard is captured relatively well in this 1/6th scale figure. It looks as close to life as a figure of Snape can be without actually looking like the actor who played him. Clarifying that latter statement: Star Ace have done spot-on sculpts before see TriWizard Harry1 and Deluxe Hermione2 but this time, it would seem they may have not gotten the likeness rights and modeled a face inspired by the character yet looks different enough to not resemble to actor too closely. But clearly, they do have the rights, cause the guys mug is on the box. There is just something a little off about the face. It s too plump/squarish. And the eyes one could say they look little dead but, you know, poor phrasing. Perhaps, maybe, it is the hair that s taking away from from what are otherwise some remarkably precise facial details. That hair is too big, and it definitely contributes to the overall bloated-ness of the entire head. Regardless, the sculpt is identifiable and expressive enough. To give credit where credit is due, they got Snape s jowls, hooked nose, dimpled chin, and permanently transfixed eyebrow frown down pretty accurately . You can almost picture him about to snidely shout 50 points from Gryffindor!
The figure stands shy of 12 inches and has 30 points of articulation. That s all well and good. Scale and function wise, being able to get full range of motion for various poses is always a good thing. But this is Snape we re talking about, one of his driving forces/pleasures is to just stand there looking as intimidating as possible. Being able to pose the figure is various Yoga-type poses (can you imagine Snape in Downward-facing Wizard?) is great but not really in this character s, well, character. This really isn t a complaint, far from it, just a musing observation. He could be a staction (stationary/action) figure and it d he d be just as satisfying. Joking aside, the buck (the body of the figure) and all its points of articulation allows for battle-action stances, as well as some precise posing for Snape in his natural habitat potion making. Truly, though, what really brings this figure to life is its wardrobe.
Snape is wearing his black professor s robes and traditional dark coat and pants; this outfit couldn t be more authentic. The whole attire is 100% hand-tailored and accurate to-screen. The material even looks like it was cut from the same cloth that touched the graces of Alan Rickman. Speaking of which, this figure will give you a new found appreciation for how difficult it must have been to be walking around in those robes; quite the serious tripping hazard. It s hard to gauge on film, but as seen on the figure, the robe drapes past his legs and splits at the end; long and bellowing. Adding the effect, the robe is steam pressed, with folds and ruffles in the same sections as its life size counterpart. The robe even features very thin wires at the bottom train edge and sleeve edges, allowing some basic positioning of the cloth. Finishing out the ensemble are matte black button down the neck and sleeves of the jacket.
What would this Master of Potions be without some actual potions equipment to accompany him? Of course, there s a second set of hands, but only one set, and only right hands. He comes wearing a relaxed pose set, and there are two extra rights: one to grip the wand (and thinner accessories), and one to grip the larger bottle or burner handle.
Potion-wise, there is one square bottle (poly juice?), as well as three small test tubes. These are painted to appear as though they have various colored liquids inside. There is a test tube rack as well, to which you can display the potions. It has a nice weathered/rusted look.
To mix up his potions, Snape has a pot with a clear plastic stirring rod. There s also a stand for the pot, as well as a burner to place beneath. This burner has a sculpted translucent flame, but alas, no light-up function.
Snape must have his wand of course, and he does. It fits neatly in the tighter gripping hand as well. To finish things up, he has a potions book which he can also hold quite easily.
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM (The Not So Good Stuff)
Some gripes have already been noted in regards to the face, which again, could have been better on a related note, the face photographs really well; all the details really come through when you have a good camera and some semi-decent lighting. In person, though, you might find the face to resemble that of a flesh-colored watermelon. Other issues to take some slight umbrage with are the delicate hand pegs and fragile wand. Hand pegs, much like other figures in the series, are too short/stumpy, leading to some frustration when trying to swap out the various hand grips. And with the wand, if you re not careful placing it in the wand-hand you ll snap and break it. Thankfully, the wand-grip hand has enough spacing in its grasp to make this less likely to occur.
The only other lamentation, and it s kind of a big one, is that Star Ace should have included a table in scale so that you properly display Snape s potions equipment. Figures like this, that come with a variety of accessories that are specifically intended to be interacted with on a table or work bench and to not have one, kind of makes the accessories a pointless inclusion. Very irksome when you go to the manufacturer s (or reseller s) website to see the figure behind a table with various shots of him working with his equipment and not have that be something that comes with the purchase. No table means no display for those accessories, unless you want to lay them by his feet, but who wants that? If you can t properly display them, then the accessories just get thrown right back in the box.
It s not often than a collectible can make you cry, but this is one of those times. If there is one biggest thing that can be said Snape, it s his endearing loyalty. For the entire film series, it was assumed Snape was as rotten as they come having killed Dumbledore and done other dastardly deeds but in the very end, his true loyalties were revealed. His whole life was in service to Lily Potter (Harry Potter s deceased Mom), his true and only love. He committed himself to watching over her legacy; the son she had with another man. He played a dangerous game conspiring with Voldermort, but the whole time his loyalties were with Dumbledore and the protection of Harry. When thinking about the character, all those feelings come swirling up. Add in the fact that the actor who played the role has too come to pass man, the emotions. Seeing this figure, particularly one that is so life-like, it s hard to not get caught up in those as the kids say these days feels surrounding the character and the actor who played him. Star Ace likely didn t set out to make a In Memoriam type collectible, but turns out they did just that. This figurine, in all it s super detailed glory, perfectly honors the character and the late Alan Rickman. When all your other figures are collecting dust, you ll look upon Snape and ask after all this time? and if it could talk, it would say always.
Like our review? We have more! Check out some of our recent Sideshow Collectible / Hot Toys reviews:
TOY REVIEW: Hermione Granger Deluxe 1/6th Scale Figure From Star Ace3
TOY REVIEW: Triwizard Harry Potter 1/6th Scale Figure From Star Ace4
TOY REVIEW: Hot Toys 1/6th Scale Pepper Potts and Mark IX Armor5
TOY REVIEW: Avengers: Age of Ultron Hulk 1/6th Scale Figure Set6
- ^ TriWizard Harry (nerdbastards.com)
- ^ Deluxe Hermione (nerdbastards.com)
- ^ TOY REVIEW: Hermione Granger Deluxe 1/6th Scale Figure From Star Ace (nerdbastards.com)
- ^ TOY REVIEW: Triwizard Harry Potter 1/6th Scale Figure From Star Ace (nerdbastards.com)
- ^ TOY REVIEW: Hot Toys 1/6th Scale Pepper Potts and Mark IX Armor (nerdbastards.com)
- ^ TOY REVIEW: Avengers: Age of Ultron Hulk 1/6th Scale Figure Set (nerdbastards.com)


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"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one" ~ George RR Martin
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Shadow Embraced by Cheree Smith (#1 Haven)
Series: Haven (#1)
Author: Cheree Smith
From: Netgalley
Genre: UF/Paranormal
Release Date: 29th April 2013
Challenges: My TBR Meme (yes the December one, yes I'm late posting!), Winter COYER 2016-2017
Links: Goodreads - Amazon
Synopsis (from Goodreads): No escape. Those words haunt Scar's dreams. She thinks the creature that terrorises her while asleep isn't real, but when she's abducted and taken to a reform school meant to contain creatures too dangerous to function in society, she starts to wonder whether she isn't some monster. She turns to an underground fight club full of vampires, werewolves and witches established by the students to control her urges, and who is she kidding, she loves to fight. When fighters begin to disappear, turning Scar into the prime suspect, she must race to prove her innocence before her true nature is exposed. The only problem is that she's not entirely sure she's innocent.
This review is going to be short by necessity, mainly because I'm an idiot and read it ten days ago, but then put off reviewing for various reasons (none to do with the book itself!)
This was an interesting take on vampires/dhamphirs, and I liked that. There wasn't much mixing with humans, which created an interesting dynamic, as well as some tension between the paranormal species. I liked the way that the world building worked,
What I couldn't work out all the time is if I was supposed to like Scar or not. In some ways she was a little too innocent for the life she was forced to leave, in others she seemed to lack a little bit of emotion about it.
All in all this was a good read though, had me keeping turning the pages!
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So we got B a scooter.
A few nights after he turned 2.5 I ran into wal mart to grab a few things while Jer stayed in the car (Boston was at his grandparents house that night) and as I was walking by their "summer" aisle I saw a scooter and immediately thought Boston needed it. But I wanted to get a second opinion.
So this is how it happened.
Easy as that.
Jer put it together and it was all ready for Boston to come home to.
But instead, we decided to take it with us when we went to pick him up from the ranch. We thought that would be a perfect place for him to ride it.
He loved it!!
We made sure to take his helmet.
It was such a fun day seeing him scoot around and pick up like that.
And, of course, momma and dada video'd him. It's up on our vimeo account. :)


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Editors of Phaidon Press: Phaidon Design Classics (3 Volume Set)
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MINE: Letterhead and Logo Design 9 (Letterhead and Logo Design)
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One of the designers collaborating with the Rug Company is Paul Smith. The Love rug is really cool. You can put it on the floor hang it on the wall ... whatever your love inspiration of the moment is ;-)
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Occu-turf as union stiffs get paid to join OWS protest against Romney
NY's resident citizen photojournalist Urban Infidel is at it again, documenting the latest OWS outbreak in the Big Apple. This time around, the Occupiers attempted to crash a Mitt Romney fundraiser today, but were rebuffed by security and had to settle for an outdoor march:
Mitt Romney Fundraiser Crash Fail at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel
What makes this report particularly noteworthy are the photos Urban Infidel captured of bored-looking union members arriving at the protest where they were signed in by union reps - undoubtedly so they could pull a paycheck for their day's astroturfing. Or should I say occu-turfing in this case.
The Left is apparently struggling to find an effective angle for criticizing the milquetoast stand-for-nothing Romney, because they had nothing better than "Romney Kills Jobs" as the theme of the protest. While the narrative lacks accuracy it makes up for it with good visuals:
Authentic OWS "Sub-Humans" in the foreground; astroturfing union members earning an easy day's pay in the background.
And no protest is ever complete without a ludicrous and self-defeating misspelling.
Check out UI's full report for plenty more photos and videos!
Expect the union/anarchist/socialist convergence to pick up steam as election day nears.


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Animal Justice League is a rescue group completely dependent upon the amazing volunteers who dedicate so much time to the animals. They are the heart of our organization, and we would not be able to rescue animals without them – They are our Heroes!
Volunteer Opportunities
We have many ways you can volunteer with Animal Justice League.
Here are some of the areas where we need volunteers:
- Foster Care
- Dog Socialization
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- Foster & Adoption Team
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Fill in the volunteer application and we will contact you.
- If you can't adopt – foster
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Save a Life… There's a HERO in us all!
Feral cats (also known as community cats, alley cats, and often even stray cats) are a common sighting in Houston. With over 1.4 million cats being euthanized in the United States every year, a TNR program like Animal Justice League's is one way to help lower these numbers. Since June 2014, Animal Justice League has trapped and spayed/neutered over 600 cats!
TNR is Trap-Neuter-Return. It is the only proven way to reduce the population of feral cats. Cats are humanely TRAPPED, then NEUTERED (or spayed), and then RETURNED to the location where they were found. Feral cats who have been fixed will have a notch taken out of their left ear.
If you would like to help with our feral cat outreach, there are two easy ways to help. If you would like to assist with trapping, transport, or foster for approx 2 days while they recover from surgery, please fill out our Volunteer Application.


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As one of the largest holders of Nordic logistics properties we are presented to a wide range of deals, off-market, club deals and open market deals. Our experienced team delivers transaction execution edge, reflected in a solid track record. Our funds has received favorable ratings from Preqin.
In addition to being a leading pan-Nordics core and core-plus real estate private equity fund manager, we benefit from a full in-house service offering from the NRP Group. With more than 17 years of investment experience in the Nordic region, we have established a deep knowledge of the industry and an extensive network. The Fund will leverage this industry knowledge to identify investment opportunities.
In total, we have managed and advised seven Nordic Private Real Estate Funds. Currently, we have four active Funds (two Funds in liquidation process, one fund fully invested and Fund VII in investment period).
With the exception for Fund V, all our funds have been within a core-plus strategy with an average IRR p.a. of more than 20%.
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Our fund strategy is to utilize the high yield gap and the compelling Nordic fundamentals in combination with NRP's strong market position to create a portfolio real estate investments in the Nordics.
The Funds seek to build downside mitigated portfolios focusing on long-term investments, based on strong recurring cash flow, providing attractive risk-adjusted investor returns. The Funds seek to make investments at prices regarded as attractive relative to replacement cost, with long-term lease contracts and solid tenants that enables predictable semi-annual investor distributions, and with less cyclical cash flow (i.e. high quality properties with attractive locations).


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Last Round is all natural hangover support. You just down one before you go to bed – before a hangover sets in – and the all-natural herbal blend erases your "sins" by detoxifying and breaking down alcohol while you sleep. And when you wake up, you will actually feel good. As long as you didn't sprain an ankle trying to play leap frog over a parking meter the night before.
The truth is, you'll have to live with whatever you did last night. But you don't have to live with a hangover. Just remember to take a Last Round.
I recently had the opportunity to review Last Round Hangover Support after a really crazy day/night of heavy drinking. Boy o boy was I impressed when I didn't wake up with a hangover! The flavor sort of reminded me of a flat licorice soda. It wasn't a horrible taste, but wasn't great either! Who's worried about the taste at a time like this!
Last Round Hangover Support contains a blend of Kuduzo extract, Stevia extract, Green tea extract, Ginkgo extract and Ural Licorice extract. In order to help with your hangover, you're to drink one of these small bottles right before bed.


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Monday, July 11, 2016
Monday Made It - Organization
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Love the organization! Super cute! I can't get into my classroom until late August, and as a first year teacher I feel at a loss of what I really need to get started on! Any ideas?ReplyDelete
Also, where did you buy these organizing drawers? Anytime I try and find them they seem to be pretty pricey.Replies
Thank you. I got my organizing drawers from Wal-Mart. I've had them for awhile, but I'm thinking they were around $12.Delete
Congratulations on your first teaching position. So exciting and scary all at the same time. :) Do you have your curriculum or can you view it online? If you can start there. What grade will you be teaching?
I love how you have organized your task cards! I just have a question about the containers. Is it one big container and then smaller containers that fit inside? Is it marked as a photo box? Just wondering what kind of box to look for. Thanks!
I know its late, but Micheal's has the containers on sale 40% with an addtional 30%(with coupon). The sale is only for today, but maybe you can order them online. I bought two! :)ReplyDelete
I'm working on getting organized this summer as well!!! Your task cards look great!!!ReplyDelete
Sailing into Third Grade
I have been eyeing the containers from Michaels for my flash cards. I love how you organized yours!ReplyDelete
I love the organizational idea for the task cards. This might really help me organize my center. In my Monday Made It, I used my large rolling cart to organize all my center work, but those bins for the task cards will be better to hold my I Have, Who Has Cards, or flashcards that I use with my students! That is such a great idea!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much!
Stuck In The Middle
Love how you have organized the task cards. Those boxes from Michael's can be used for a great number of things to help keep educators sane!ReplyDelete
Teaching at the Beach
Organization makes me happy....but I am not always organized...lol. I have those same task card cases...locked in my classroom:/ Can't wait to get in there and get my act together! Thank you for linking up:)ReplyDelete
Your sets of drawers are very cute. This is fantastic when a sub comes in. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Mrs. Kempa's 5th Grade Class
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They did a great job of upkeep on the town homes as well as having a quick repose to maintenance requests.
the manager is very honest and kind.
Sunghwan L.
i really like the area and when our unit flooded during a particularly bad storm management responded quickly and efficiently and quickly fixed any damage.
Lived there for two years. Fantastic place to live for a decent price. Fire place and beverage fridge with an decent sized kitchen. Washer and dryer in unit. Only drawback is the location. Pretty far from campus but there's a bus. The hot water runs out a lot of the time, the plumbing is super loud, and the walls are a little thin. However, for what you're paying it is worth it and more.
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The landlord is super flexible and timely- I haven't had a problem at all with maintenance repairs. The place is super nice, not a loud neighborhood, and is very spacious.
Our 3 & 4 Bedroom Townhomes are located in beautiful west Lawrence. Close enough to campus but also a short drive to Clinton Lake. These units were constructed to reduce noise by using 2-story floor plans with no neighbors to worry about above or below. Rent and utilities become extremely cost effective when split between 3 or 4 tenants. Every kitchen is equipped with an over-range microwave, range, dishwasher, refrigerator with icemaker (a secondary fridge in the 4 bedrooms), tile flooring, and plenty of cabinet space. Bedrooms include ceiling fans, cable outlets, and large closets (all 4 bedrooms have walk in closets). All units come with Knology Bronze Cable and Silver Internet included in the rent. We even provide a 42" Flat Screen HDTV in every unit. Call us today to schedule a walk through.
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Denominational Links
Peace Covenant Church is a congregation of the Church of the Brethren. Here are some links to a variety of official and unofficial denominational web sites:
www.brethren.org – The official website of the Church of the Brethren
www.Cob-net.org – A great unofficial website covering all things Brethren.
www.brethrenpress.com – Brethren Press is the publishing house of the denomination.
www.brethren.org/peace/heritage.html - A brief history of the COB peace heritage.
www.brethren.org/advocacy/hunger.html - Advocacy around issues of hunger and poverty.
www.brethren.org/bdm - Disaster Response Ministry.
Virlina District Links
Peace Covenant is one of the 90+congregations of the Virlina District of the Church of the Brethren, which includes parts of Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina.
www.virlina.org – The official website of the Virlina District. The district office is located in Roanoke, VA.
campbethelvirginia.org – Outdoor/Camp ministries play an important, formational role in the life of the church. Camp Bethel, located in Fincastle, Virginia, is the camp of the Virlina District.
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As part of my EFL311 course work for Asst. Prof. Dr. A.Cendel Karaman in the METU.NCC Teaching English as a Foreign Language programme, I explored the attitudes of language instructors towards teaching pronunciation as well as the pronunciation teaching techniques they prefer to use in their instruction in an English preparatory school in North Cyprus.
The study
In my study the following questions were investigated with regard to university preparatory school English language instructors:
- What are their attitudes of towards teaching pronunciation?
- What are the techniques they use in their instruction?
To achieve the purpose of the study, a questionnaire, which contained six multiple
choice-types of questions and some open ended questions, was prepared to elicit the attitudes and preferences of the instructors. (If you would like a copy of the questions, please leave a comment below.)
- Twenty instructors were selected by using convenience sampling.
- All the respondents who participated in the survey were experienced instructors and non-native speakers of English.
The major outcomes of this study are:
- Four out of five instructors do not work on pronunciation as a separate and distinct language skill, but instead highlight pronunciation issues that pop up during the flow of the lesson.
- The lack of time was declared as a problem in teaching pronunciation by 44% of the participants.
- Three out of five instructors detect students' wrong pronunciation in class and correct them immediately.
- As for the material used in teaching pronunciation, it was found that that three out of five instructors used a particular textbook as a material in teaching pronunciation (most probably the course textbook itself).
- Only 39% of them used other resources, mainly audio-video materials.
- About 72% of the participants use imitation of sounds and repetition of drills as an activity in teaching pronunciation.
- Finally, for the last question four out of five instructors stated that they thought the time they allocated to work on pronunciation was insufficient.
From the above results, it can be seen that four of out five of the teachers do not work on
pronunciation as a separate and distinct language skill.
- This shows that pronunciation teaching is not one of the focus areas in the preparatory school surveyed.
- If we recall that the main purpose of the preparatory school is to bring the students to the level where they can follow the courses in their departments within a single year, then the lack of focus on pronunciation can be understood.
- This suggests that the instructors think that pronunciation teaching needs more emphasis.
Techniques used in teaching pronunciation
- 72% of teachers use imitation of sounds
- 61% of them use text books.
Moreover, it can be understood that when the instructors work on pronunciation, three out of five apply immediate error correction techniques. Nevertheless, a tendency to use video and audio materials is also seen in one out of five instructors.
In my opinion and experience as a language learner, pronunciation teaching should indeed receive more focus because poor pronunciation is a problem that seriously limits the communication abilities of the students.
- This also negatively affects their academic and professional success.
- A reasonably good pronunciation will really make the user of the language more confident and encourage him/her to communicate more.
The fact that all of the participants stated that they did work on pronunciation in one way or another, albeit not as a separate and distinct skill focus, suggests that if necessary material and time is provided to the participants, much better results can be obtained with a relatively small effort. However, this is an issue that needs further investigation.


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The Lakho Konthe Program, where more than 254,681 people gathered to sing the national anthem in chorus at the National Parade Square grounds in an attempt to create a Guinness world record was widely mismanaged at all ends. Take for example the false claim that every participant was given a cap and a bag containing the national flag, a certificate, and a card containing the national anthem and relevant rules, water bottle, juice, and saline.
|Photo: People thronging haphazardly at the Lakho Konthe event
Witnesses at the program confirmed that the situation at a majority of the ground was chaotic, except for perhaps the area in front of the pavilion of Prime Minister and the singing stage. There was an inadequate supply of food and water, not because of unavailability, but because of the fact that there was a massive hoarding of the items by the administration themselves, namely the caps and the bags. Many others didn't get the food packs, as a result of which many had to go without food or water for a straight 4-6 hours while standing in the hot sun. Many attendees complained of the army being involved in the above malpractices. One schoolgirl of class 9, Tahera Akhter, when asked about the matter, informed that when she and her friends lined up for backpacks and caps were waved away by army personnel, saying that there were 'problems involved'. Each personnel, she says, took 20-30 pieces of bags and caps for themselves. Such instances of mismanagement invariably resulted in many falling ill or fainting as a result of dehydration and weakness emanating from the excessive dust and the heat.
|Photo: Street urchin sleeps as people flock to get into the Lakho Konthe program
The BGMEA, the garments manufacturers association of Bangladesh, in a press briefing at its headquarters in the capital on Thursday informed that the number of garments workers who had attended the Lakho Konthe program alone numbered 2 lakhs. Manabzamin, while reporting on the program, quoted BGMEA Vice President S.M Mannan Kochi who claimed that about 2000 garments workers alone had fallen ill at the program due to dust, heat and exhaustion among other reasons, conflicting media reports from bdnews24 such as this which said that only about 30 people had fallen ill at the program.
|Photo: People over the national flag while leaving the program premises
The blatant lack of management in terms of maintaining order failed similarly, as all semblance of orderliness failed miserably down the track of both space and time. Attendees of the program informed of chaos both while entering and exiting the grounds and on the ground itself. At the time the main singing event transpired, many were seen sitting due to exhaustion while others were seen waving flags without any clue. The claim by organizers that there was one army personnel for every 50 participants turned out to be void as clusters of officers meant to be looking after order were seen chitchatting at random clusters instead. Endless replicas of the Bangladesh national flag, meant to be treated with respect, were seen strewn around as people, mired in exhaustion from the heat and exhaustion, were forced to either sit or walk on piles of national flags fallen on the ground, a legacy of the widespread mismanagement already in place.
|Photo: More people over the national flag while leaving program premises
Shocking as it may seem, this misappropriation too, seems to have gone over the radar of the media in large. Or is it just that the media alive are the government compliant ones?


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BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) is another "movement" that is really catching on. Students are able to bring their cellphones, tablets, laptops etc to school with them. I recently researched this topic for another class, because I didn't have much experience with it. From my research, I found it to be really interesting.
There are many positives to BYOD. In schools where funds for technology is an issue, students brining their own electronics is helping. Students are able to actively participate in class, and they don't have to worry about sharing/working off of the few computers a class may have. This also frees up the computers for students who do not have their own devices. Another positive point is that students are familiar with how to work their device. Teachers don't have to waste precious instructional time explaining to students how to work the technology.
I was exposed, first hand, to a website during a profession development. It's called Poll Everywhere. It's a great toll for teachers to use in their classroom, and it can be used by any person who has internet capabilities on their device. This site is both useful and saves money, as it is a free replacement for clickers.
As with any new movement there are some drawbacks. One of the drawbacks to consider is internet safety of the students. Students must agree to use their personal devices according to the school rules. It is also important to keep the school's internet secure. Most schools that allow BYOD have "contracts" set up that students must agree to prior to using their own device.
Through my research I found some interesting articles on BYOD. I will attach the links, in case you are interested 🙂
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Version 2.76 (February 02, 2017)
Version 2.80 Beta11 (August 21, 2018) As usual look at http://www.hdsdr.de/wnew.html for new features. I'll add some notes later.
Advanced Startup features Select Profile, DLL, Uninstall and resetting HDSDR.
Transmit and Receive IQ balance (Link) Including RX DC Removal (Centre spike) if present.
Digital Modes CAT to HDSDR
Fldigi and WSPR shown.
Transmit Including some hints for using CW.
Use with Conventional Equipment. CAT
CAT with Panadapter (Link)
Look here for help with other radios. http://www.hdsdr.de/hardware.html
HDSDR is a derivative of Alberto's Winrad, parts of these notes apply to this and any other derivatives.
HDSDR is still being developed, new features added. We are promised a version 3 at some time.
My experience covers SDRs using the Si570 like the Softrock, the FCD, RTL dongle, and Elad.
HDSDR may be used with many other SDRs. June 2018 HDSDR is used with the ICOM R8600 in IQ mode.
Installing HDSDR:- Softrock type SDRs:- Installation with references to SDRs like the Softrock.
Download HDSDR from here http://www.hdsdr.de/index.html
While you are there read the other pages, note the link to Alberto's original help and You Tube.
Execute the installation.
Later versions of Windows have security features that make altering the contents of "Program Files" difficult. A way round this might be to change the default and install HDSDR somewhere different "C:\HDSDR" perhaps.
Note the folder where it installs, you will usually need to find it in order to place a DLL file in there.
Look here http://hdsdr.de/hardware.html for DLLs and instructions for use with many radios, SDR and conventional .
HP Keyboards:- There have been reports that software installed with these can prevent HDSDR and SDR-Radio from running properly. See here
November 2014, USB2 controllers as in the Softrock and other SDRs. There have been reports that these are not working in USB3 sockets. Try a different socket, there should be a USB2 socket. Or, possibly the work-round linked here https://sites.google.com/site/g4zfqradio/attiny_usb
June 2018 In certain circumstances a Windows 10 update has disabled sound devices. This could affect HDSDR, devices or applications used with it.
Look here https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-camera-and-privacy [Also refers to the microphone audio input.]
Microsoft says desktop applications are not affected but in some cases this is not true.
Select the soundcards and bandwidth (sample rate) if necessary.
Click "Start" or press F2.
You may need to set the Windows mixers and properties to suit recording (input) and playback (speakers.)
Look at http://www.hdsdr.de/faq.html Read the mouseovers. Also keyboard shortcuts, see an HTM file link in the Start Menu, actually located in the program folder. The keys affecting tuning can be particularly useful and some undocumented features can only be accessed by the Keyboard.
Look at all the Options.
Make sure that the IQ Swap (Options - Input Channel Mode for RX) is set correctly. Ensure that SSB signals are on the correct sideband and that tuning is correct, that higher frequencies ARE actually to the right.
Note if you have not set "Options - Callibration Settings - Input Channel Calibration" (Image rejection) you will see images on strong signals. Do not be confused.
Channel Skew (Image Rejection) Adjustment
At "Options - Calibration Settings - Input Channel tab."
Below I show the important TX image rejection panel seen when in transmit mode. The RX panel is similar.
For receive the image has to be set manually. Maybe an automatic system will eventually be implemented.
"Sample Delay" is only needed for a few, mainly old Creative, soundcards. Try various combinations if you see very little difference in the two signals.
This page https://sites.google.com/site/g4zfqradio/hdsdr-iq-balance gives full details.
Tuning HDSDR
Note the Tune/LO figures are Hz. WWV 10MHz will show 10.000.000. The 70cm ham band 432.525.000.
SDR beginners:- Note that "LO" sets the centre of a band of frequencies. "Tune" shows where you are within that range. Simply changing "Tune" with the mouse will not move from that range. The LO must be changed by the mouse or by any of the other tuning methods.
Fixed frequency SDRs:- Set the LO to the exact crystal frequency then use "Tune".
At the centre of the display you may see a sharp spike. The effects of this spike may be hidden. "Options - Calibration Settings - DC Removal ..tab" and set RX DC Removal to "Auto". Do not use this centre area unless you have to.
Place the mouse cursor on a digit. The mousewheel or left/right clicks will set it. Set LO to, say, 10KHz from the required frequency. See Options.
Look on the waterfall for the signal, click on it.
Drag the shaded area that represents the signal bandwidth.
Drag the frequency scale to move up/down.
Click the red arrow at the end of the tuning scale to increase LO frequency by the visible spectrum bandwidth or use Ctrl+PageUp on the keyboard.
Note the two VFOs. Click the "A" or "B" next to the LO frequency.
Look at keyboard shortcuts, some useful tuning aids. Details in the htm linked in the Start Menu. Or a link shown when you click the "Info/Update" button. (F1)
And direct entry with the numeric keypad.
Quick Tune:- Type KHz - Enter
Or type MHz, for example 14.2 - letter "M"
This will give you a fixed offset from the centre. This is recommended for TX operation, you set your TX image calibration at a fixed audio frequency so TX image rejection will not vary so much across a band. (Like PSDR).
Or tune with the mouse over a band, find a station, or frequency, you wish to call, right click. Or, left click and press "C" on the keyboard, the offset is then applied.
Then TX image will not need much tweaking once set for the band in use. This should also help for receive image rejection.
Lock Tuning and LO.
Right click on "Tune" and "LO" will lock either or both so the frequency is fixed.
AFC and "Tune" legend next to the tuned frequency.
When the AFC button is clicked the colour of "Tune" shows whether the AFC is locked (green) or not (red). Yellow shows when loosing lock after having once locked.
When AFC is not activated it acts as a tuning indicator, green when exactly tuned.
CW Zap
Click this to net perfectly.
CW Offset:- CW Pitch
Hold the keyboard control key and left hand mouse button to drag the centre line of the CW filter. OR Control-Click when the green cursor is on the required frequency.
Or just click on the yellow "CW Pitch =" and a box appeas.
Filter Widths
The red lines on the lower spectrum are the filter limits. You will not see the right one if zoomed in.
Drag them.
S Meter calibration
Calibration:- Options - Calibration Settings - S Meter tab.
On that tab two ways are described.
Precise measurements may be made by zooming the Spectrum Scaling, the two lower controls.
The normal calibration is at -73dBm, 50uV into 50 Ohms,
. But any known value may be used.
Note by clicking on the figures under the S meter S units or dBm is displayed.
Also available on main spectrum.
The level in dBm is displayed next to the cursor, in the selected RBW and also normalised to 500Hz bandwidth.
Squelch, click on S Meter scale.
Level shown by red line on the scale. Care! Sometimes an accidental click is the reason for no audio!
Notch - Noise Blanker - Noise Reduction
Read the mouseovers, this applies to most of the buttons.Clicking on one of these buttons brings up its adjustment slider. A right click on the button hides the slider.
Even this has a mouseover!
Frequency Manager
Radio Bands, User defined entries and EIBI shortwave list.
EIBI is placed in your documents, for example C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\HDSDR\CSV This is done automatically, Select EIBI and use the drop-down menu on this button. Or you can download the latest yourself. http://www.eibi.de.vu/
User:- Type in at bottom - Add.
Waterfall/Spectrum Display.
Note the sliders and controls under the waterfalls. Again mouseovers to explain. Adjust spectrum upper/lower dB limits, waterfall speed and definition. Zoom in on the frequency in use.
Extreme low speeds described here
Click on picture below for an example.
All options now here
"Show Upper Display" Removes everything except the upper spectrum and waterfall. Drag this window either way, very big or down to a very small size. "Esc" returns to normal.
De-selecting both the upper and lower display just leaves the controls, no spectrum or waterfalls.
Within certain limits the HDSDR window may be resized by dragging the edge or corner. For a wide display it can be dragged to span two monitors.
Right click-drag on the frequency scale alters the spectrum/waterfall ratio, as far as selecting one or the other.
Right Click a choice of formats, examine the whole spectrum later if you wish.
Note, you may use this to schedule frequency changes, just set a 2 second recording time.
Record levels as CSV:- periodic and explicit level logging into .CSV file Look at the Keyboard Shortcuts.
Single-Shot write S-Meter level to CSV Ctrl + Shift + Insert
Minimum Power averaging in ms for CSV Ctrl + Insert
AutoSave S-meter level to CSV on Level-Change Shift + Insert
AutoSave S-meter level to CSV periodically Insert
CSV saved on my computer C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\HDSDR\CSV
Softrock Frequency Calibration shown here https://sites.google.com/site/g4zfqradio/calibrating-the-softrock-si570-usb-controller
Options - Calibration Settings - Frequency Calibration tab.
Do not use HDSDR's calibration feature with a Si570 controlled Softrock. See above link.
Frequency Calibration for Other SDRs
For receivers that do not have a calibration facility use the above tab. When the phase indicator stays still check that the two boxes at the top show correctly and click "Calculate". Check the tuning is correct, if not "Reset" cancels, try again.
Converter/Panadaptor controls. See my other pages
A specialist addition for closely examining signals.
The AF spectrum is used. Note that a click on "Spectrum" will activate this mode, further clicks will restore normal operation.
Further information here https://sites.google.com/site/g4zfqradio/hdsdr-autocorrelation
Select a DLL when starting HDSDR
Set Different Profiles.
HDSDR can use completely different settings for each profile. These are stored in the Windows' registry at HKEY_CurrentUser\Software\HDSDR\<optional profile>\. This allows
HDSDR to be started with many different configurations.
Making custom profiles:- (for example per receiver) using a command line option "-p profilename" (the profile name should not contain spaces or other local characters)
Make a shortcut to HDSDR.exe, rename it. Right Click -Properties. To the end of "Target" add -p your profile name - Apply.
When opened with that shortcut all settings are saved under that profile.
Any number of profiles can be saved to avoid changing settings.
(There are usually spaces in the Path so inverted commas have to be used as in the example below. These will be present if needed.)
Select a DLL with a Shortcut
Provided you have put the required DLL in the HDSDR folder just enter the name on the "Target" line. This one is for the RTL dongle.
HDSDR starts with the RTL DLL selected and with the "RTL=VHF" profile.
Rather than putting the DLLs in the program folder you may store DLL files elsewhere. In that case the whole path must be entered like:- ....\HDSDR.exe "C:\my files\extios\ExtIO_FCDplus.dll"
And top left of the HDSDR window reminds you of which profile you are using. "HF-USB" in this case.
If this looks wrong it is because I prefer "Misc Options" Swap Spectrum/Waterfall. And I have increased the relative size of the spectrum display by right clicking and dragging the frequency scale.
And also I have set the "Spectrum Scaling" sliders to suit my purpose.
Installing an Update:- To maintain all settings just install over the previous version.
Uninstalling HDSDR:- If you have more than one installation then I found that uninstalling one will reset all other HDSDR installations and profiles to default.
To set ALL HDSDR's settings to default go to Options - Misc Options - Reset to Factory Settings.
Corruption of just one profile:-First make a note of any settings, for example IF or converter frequencies. Using Regedit go to the Windows' registry at HKEY_CurrentUser\Software\HDSDR\<optional profile>\. Delete the key, and sub-keys for this faulty profile.
Advanced users may wish to save the registry keys when profiles are setup. Then in the rare event of a corruption settings may be instantly restored.
By saving the complete HDSDR key all profile settings are saved. An individual profile might be extracted from here but saving each profile might be safer.
Other Menu Settings
Bandwidth [F6]:- Sets Input and Output sample rates. Proper operation requires that you set these at rates your SDR system will support. Output rate may be set at 192000 to enable wide FM reception. Output sample rates are saved for each mode.
Options [F7]:-
Select Input. WAV file playback. ASIO if you have a soundcard that supports ASIO. Note ASIO may not be used when in transmit configuration.
Visualisation. Many settings to suit your requirements.
Input Channel Mode. IQ for SDR radios. Other settings for mono radios and special purposes.
Output Channel Mode for RX. Normally to both channels, or to suit. IQ mode sends IQ signals to other software, see my other pages.
Misc Options:-
Autostart HDSDR runs when started.
Various other Misc Options including "Show Status", "Export (Registry) Settings", "Reset to Factory Setting" (Delete ALL HDSDR registry settings.)
Mouse Wheel. Sets tuning preferences.
Help/Update:- Check for updates. Keyboard Shortcuts. HDSDR web pages. Feedback/Bug Reports.
For TX soundcard selection "SDR TX Support" must be ticked.
When in TX mode IQ swap and image rejection for TX is enabled and the Volume/AGC sliders change to mic gain and power output.
In transmit mode the transmit filter width is adjustable by dragging, just as with receive.
An external receiver is required to check IQ swap and setup TX rejection.
This page https://sites.google.com/site/g4zfqradio/hdsdr-iq-balance gives full details.
PE0FKO produced a DLL, with CFGSR V2.6, to go with the latest version of HDSDR, ALL THIS DOES IS PUT A SOFTROCK TO TX, so far no CW keying.
The only way at the moment is to use the "Return" key for CW. But see "CW Operators" below.
Two soundcards required but do not forget VAC acts as a soundcard. The second sound device can be a cheap one used for the mic and speakers.
Do not forget to tick "SDR TX Support.
No ASIO for TX. Spacebar works PTT
to TX.
Below, set to use a COM port to set HDSDR to transmit.
This can be a virtual port connected to other software.
Third party software may be connected with VAC. WSPR, for example can be used with CAT (TS2000) to set the Softrock to TX and change frequency.
When in CAT mode HDSDR may be put into TX mode by setting CTS or DCD, pins 8,1 high, selectable in the Menu, as above. Also DTR pin 4 will activate TX mode. You may just put this pin high, through a virtual COM port to another program, no CAT required at the other end.
Below, sets the Mic input, one or both channels. The IQ mode is for special uses.
Tone Generators:- Press Ctrl-Shift-G when transmitting. Pressing Ctrl-Shift-G again switches to next generator. This will not work for CW mode. See here HDSDR tone generators. (and the reason Softrock CW is not supported.)
CW Operators.
I think really fast operators will always have trouble with PC SDR, too much latency.
But many report that good results may be had up to around 25 WPM. QSK seems impossible. Rocky is possibly the best software. September 2015 Problems with Vista or later? TRY ROCKY v3.8, ALEX HAS USED WASAPI DRIVERS FOR LOW LATENCY.
With HDSDR transmit is not fully implemented, just the "Return" key, maybe try thishttp://sites.google.com/site/g4zfqradio/hdsdr-and-extio_srlite-for-softrock-rxtx This is suited for earlier RXTX Softrocks I give information how the Ensemble could be modified.
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Some have used CW successfully with a keyer and SSB mode. No sidetone latency. Tuning needs thought. https://groups.io/g/softrock40/topic/5645963#76099 describes one way. You have to click links on the Yahoo page to see all the messages. https://groups.io/g/softrock40/message/76119 Note HDSDR's transmit bandwidth may be reduced to avoid any IMD effects. And https://groups.io/g/softrock40/message/79460 And https://groups.io/g/softrock40/message/79460 and read other posts in this topic.
Warren offers another way requiring some modification, an Arduino keyer/sidetone:- https://groups.io/g/softrock40/message/79524 note Warren corrects the subject, it is not break-in.
At the end of this post https://groups.io/g/softrock40/message/86645 Vojtech tells of his DLL that enables fast break-in with a Peaberry SDR.
The keyboard "Shift Control U" when in CW TX mode is the equivalent of holding down the key, constant carrier.
Here:- CW-Skimmer using HDSDR's IQ out facility https://sites.google.com/site/g4zfqradio/hdsdr-cwskimmer-and-Other-Digimodes This page details how many digital modes may be used with HDSDR including more on interfacing with a conventional transceiver.
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text: Franklin, Texas - Funeral services for Wade Hanson, 42, of Franklin, Texas, and formerly of Pollock, S.D., will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 7, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in College Station, Texas, and at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007, at Pollock Lutheran Church. Burial will be at the Spring Creek Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Wade passed away Nov. 30, 2007, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Bryan, Texas.


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Everybody was Kung-Fu fighting
How safe do you feel? I recently took a self-defense class for women. The class was a one-day workshop taught by a Kung-Fu Master – which means he had mastered the fighting style of the Chinese martial arts. Now, if they had advertised the workshop as a Kung-Fu class, I may not have attended, as I have no desire to begin learning martial arts at my age. However, since it was advertised as a self-defense class, I thought that perhaps I could learn some things that would be useful in case I needed to defend myself.
Apparently, others thought the same thing as the room was filled with women who were north of 50.
I immediately liked the teacher. He had a calm and confident attitude about him. His voice carried neither arrogance nor nervousness as he began talking about what he would be sharing with us that day.
My own confidence level increased when he explained that Kung-Fu was developed by the Chinese – who were generally of smaller stature – for self-defense. He went on to explain that the main requirements are brains and balance. It turns out that women have an additional benefit if they learn a few techniques – the element of surprise, as their attacker would likely not expect them to provide any resistance.
Even without a class, there are two things that anyone can work on immediately:
- Be more aware of your surroundings: Being aware of your surroundings seems obvious, yet in the rush of our busy schedules, as a caregiver, we also need to stay attentive to our loved one, and may not always able to be as alert to possible danger. Making a commitment to becoming more aware of what's going on around you as well as practice will help.
- Maintain or improve your balance: This can be helpful for a variety of reasons, but for our discussion here, the more stability someone has, the less likely an attacker can throw that person off balance. Practice your balance by standing on one foot for 30 seconds – then switch to the other. You can do this almost any place or time, but be sure to have something close to grab onto in case you get wobbly.
It is also a good idea to make a plan to keep your cell phone charged at all times in case you need to call 911. An "Alert" button on a necklace would add a layer of security as well.
If it's possible, try to find and attend a basic self-defense class that will give you the training to help equip you in case of an attack. The class I took was offered by my church but adult classes and workshops are often held at community centers or martial arts studios as well.
Ideally, never having to face a dangerous situation would be best, but since life isn't always ideal, learning how to anticipate peril in order to avoid it would be the best way to keep yourself safe.
No one can completely avoid danger, but do everything you can to resist – the element of surprise is on your side. Then call for help.
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