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# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 22 - 28 April 2019 Solar activity was very low and throughout the reporting period. No spotted regions were observed on the solar disk. No Earth directed CMEs were observed in available coronagraph imagery.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at moderate levels on 22-23 Apr and decreased to normal levels for the remainder of the reporting period. Geomagnetic field activity ranged from quiet to unsettled. A solar sector boundary crossing was observed late on 23 Apr which caused several periods of unsettled early into 24 Apr. No other significant signatures were observed in the solar wind data. Quiet conditions were observed for the remainder of the reporting period.
Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 29 April - 25 May 2019
Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels over the outlook period. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to range from normal to the high levels. High levels are expected on 02-12 May; moderate levels are expected on 29 April - 01 May and 13-23 May. The remainder of the outlook period is expected to be at normal levels.
Geomagnetic field activity is expected to range from quiet to active levels. Active levels are expected on 01-02 May and 07 May. Unsettled levels are expected to be on 30 Apr, 03 May, 05-06 May, May 8-10 and on 19 May. The remainder of the outlook period is expected to be at quiet levels. All of the enhancements in geomagnetic activity are due to the anticipation of multiple, recurrent CH HSSs.
# Issued 2019-04-29
2019 Apr 29 68 5 2
2019 Apr 30 68 10 3
2019 May 01 68 14 3
2019 May 03 72 8 3
Labels: NOAA, Radio Propagation, Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins
Upcoming shortwave programming, April 27 & 28
Studio 52 via Nauen, Germany relay via on 15620 kHz to Eastern North America in Dutch/English
Radio Menschen & Geschichten relay via Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 7595 kHz in German
Radio Menschen & Geschichten relay via Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 7595 kHz DRM in German
(GVH)
Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 15 - 21 April 2019
Solar activity was very low throughout the period. Region 2738 (N06, L=301, class/area-Hhx/400 on 17 Apr) produced several B-class events including a B8 flare at 20/0050 UTC. Region 2739 (N05, L=258, class/area-Cro/20 on 18 Apr) was inactive and stable during its migration across the solar disk. No Earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) were observed.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels on 15 April with moderate levels observed throughout the remainder of the reporting period.
Geomagnetic field activity reached unsettled levels on 15-16 April due to coronal hole high-speed stream (CH HSS) influence. Quiet conditions were observed throughout the remainder of the reporting period.
Solar activity is expected to be very low throughout the outlook period.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels on 02-12 May with normal to moderate levels expected throughout the remainder of the outlook period.
Geomagnetic field activity is expected to reach active levels on 27 April and 01-02, 07 May in response to several recurrent, negative-polarity CH HSSs. Quiet to unsettled levels are expected to be throughout the remainder of the outlook period.
Vatican Radio easter programming
Special programs from Vatican R over the Easter period https://www.vaticannews.va/it/epg.html#events
Special programmes from Vatican R over the Easter period https://www.vaticannews.va/it/epg.html#events
Friday 19 April: 1900-2030 UTC
From the Colosseum, Via Crucis presided over by Pope Francisdal Colosseo
* 7360 English commentary
* 9705 French commentary
* 9800 Arabic commentary
* 11630 Portuguese commentary
Saturday 20 April: 1820-2110 UTC
From the Vatican Basilica, the Easter Vigil presided over by Pope Francis.
* 7315 Chinese commentary
Sunday 21 April: 0750-0940 UTC
From St. Peter's Square, Holy Mass on Easter Sunday presided by Pope Francis
* 13815 English commentary
* 15430 Arabic commentary
* 15575 French commentary
Sunday 21 April: 0957-1020UTC
From the Central Loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, Urbi et Orbi Blessing imparted by Pope Francis.
(Alan Roe, Teddington, UK/BDXC)
Labels: Easter 2019, Vatican Radio
The Saipan Shortwave Station under Christian Science
On this occasion here in Wavescan, we pick up once again the story of shortwave station KYOI on the island of Saipan at the time when it was transferred from the commercial company Marcom on Saipan to Christian Science in Boston Massachusetts. Negotiations between Marcom and Christian Science began in August 1986, and at the time, Christian Science announced that they intended to install a second 100 kW shortwave transmitter and two additional antenna systems.
The effective date for the transfer from Marcom to Christian Science, Herald Broadcasting, was the last day of the year, December 31, 1986, though Christian Science did not announce this transition until March 15 of the following year (1987). However, a few days before the transfer took place, would you know it, a typhoon swept through the area, though damage to the station was minimal.
Then a few months later, in October (1987), another typhoon swept through the area and this time the damage was sufficient to knock the station off the air. When the station did return to the air, one international monitor stated that the poor audio quality was "shocking".
Initially, programming from the new KYOI under Herald Broadcasting was a continuation of the same programming as before; that is Rock Music and information in English and Japanese as produced by the Drake Chenault Company in Los Angeles California.
Then in December (1987), Herald Broadcasting announced that a change in format would soon be introduced, a mixture of the original KYOI style, interspersed with Christian Science programming from Boston.
The new style double format was introduced a few weeks later on January 4 (1988), and the Christian Science programming was fed direct from their studios in Boston, in parallel with the broadcasts from shortwave WCSN in Maine. However, there were difficulties for a while with the satellite feed, and when this was worked out a month later, the entire programming over KYOI on Saipan became a tandem relay in parallel with WCSN.
In May of the following year (1989), there was a reduction in the level of on air programming from KYOI as preliminary work began for the installation of an additional new transmitter and the erection of two additional antenna systems. However, on July 3 of the same year (1989), station KYOI was closed down for an estimated four months so that the work could be completed satisfactorily.
However, as things turned out that was in fact that was the last day that the Saipan station was on the air under the old callsign KYOI, Monday July 3, 1989. Herald Broadcasting announced that when the time came for the station to return to the air with its additional transmitter and antennas, it would be under a new callsign KHBI, standing for Herald Broadcasting International.
Yes, this Saipan shortwave station did indeed return to the air as planned and it was reopened again on November 6, 1989, under the proposed new callsign KHBI. The additional new transmitter was the same model as the three year old original transmitter, a 100 kW Continental 418D-2E. The station coverage area was considerably augmented with now the two transmitters and three antenna systems.
Give four more years, and two more typhoons rolled through the Northern Marianas, in the Autumn of 1994. In a letter from Engineer Ed Evans, who was Senior Station Manager for the Herald Broadcasting Network at the time, he stated that in spite of the two blasts from the two typhoons, shortwave station KHBI withstood the onslaught particularly well.
The station was off the air for one day only, Ed Evans stated, due to antenna damage. He also said that KHBI provided several antenna parts to enable the other shortwave station on the island, the Christian KFBS, to make a similar quick recovery.
However, change was on the way once again. On September 29, 1996, a newly organized shortwave broadcasting unit of the United States government called Radio Free Asia RFA, with its headquarters offices and studios in Washington DC, began a series of broadcasts from station KHBI on Saipan.
Initially, these broadcasts that were beamed to Asia were described as experimental. However, a few months later, in early 1998, this experimental series of broadcasts became a regular and permanent feature, therefore seeming to indicate once again a new direction for this important shortwave station.
Yes, there was indeed a new direction for KHBI. On July 6 of that same year 1998, RFA took over the operation of the station; then Herald Broadcasting announced that they had reached an agreement with RFA for the sale of the station which became effective on August 31 (1998). However, as part of the sales agreement, station KHBI would continue a part time relay of Christian Science programming.
According to a publication of the British DX Club, Christian Science programming was still on the air over their erstwhile station RFA Saipan, one year later. That date though, August 31, 1999, turned out to be the final day for the relay of Christian Science programming from the Saipan station which was now under the ownership of Radio Free Asia.
During the twelve years under Herald Broadcasting, station (KYOI)-KHBI was a reliable verifier of listener reception reports, though they ever only printed one QSL card. The KHBI QSL card in full color presented a photograph of the KHBI building and an antenna tower.
Blank QSL cards were sent out to listeners by the hundreds. Listeners filled in the usual reception report details and returned the completed cards in an envelope to the station in Saipan. Station personnel then checked the details, rubber stamped it as verified, and posted the self addressed QSL card back to the listener.
On the next occasion, we will present the story of this strategically located shortwave station under its current ownership, Radio Free Asia and the Voice of America.
Year of the Pig QSL from Radio Free Asia
A reminder to our followers - year of the pig qsls will end on the last day of april
RADIO FREE ASIA COMMEMORATES YEAR OF THE PIG
Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces its 2019 Year of the Pig QSL. Those born in a Pig years are considered energetic, positive thinkers and gentle. They are also focused and when they make up their minds to do something, there is evidently little you can do to stop them. Pigs lead very busy lives and must remember to take breaks in order to rest. Pig years are celebrated every twelfth year. The other Chinese zodiac animals and associated years are Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster and Dog. This is RFA's 69th QSL design and is used to confirm all valid RFA reception reports from January – April 2019.
RFA's 2019 Year of the Pig QSL
Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin (including the Wu dialect), Vietnamese, Tibetan (Uke, Amdo, and Kham), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in its editorial content. As a 'surrogate' broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of its target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of its broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest. More information about Radio Free Asia, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is available at www.rfa.org.
RFA encourages listeners to submit reception reports. Reception reports are valuable to RFA as they help us evaluate the signal strength and quality of our transmissions. RFA confirms all accurate reception reports by mailing a QSL card to the listener. RFA welcomes all reception report submissions at http://techweb.rfa.org (follow the QSL REPORTS link) not only from DX'ers, but also from its general listening audience.
Reception reports are also accepted by email at qsl@rfa.org and by mail to:
2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300
(A.J. Janitschek/RFA)
Andrew Janitschek of Radio Free Asia includes, "RFA's mail server will not except attachments file types, like ZIP, EXE, RAR, ISO, CHM, and more. If you go more than one-two months without hearing from us about your reception reports, please do a follow-up and write us at qsl@rfa.org. We are happy to confirm your reception reports, but we all have to work within the limits our system. Thank you for your patience and understanding. "
Labels: 2019 Year of the Pig, Radio Free Asia, Zodiac Calendar 2019
Ancient DX Report 1918
The year 1918 was a very decisive and concentrated year in the history of human events upon planet Earth. The deadliest war in the entire history of civilization up until that time came to an end; one of the very worst contagious plagues the world has ever experienced had its earliest beginning during this era; and rapid electronic communication began to explode around the globe during this same epoch.
It is estimated that up to 100 million people worldwide died from the plague that is known somewhat inaccurately as the Spanish Flu. Some reports state that it had its earliest origin with a single case in the American state of Kansas in January (1918).
The first oceangoing concrete steamer SS Faith was launched at Redwood City California on March 14. Its first voyage was to Honolulu, though subsequently it carried cargo to various destinations in the Pacific and the Atlantic.
Seven days later, the German Big Gun began shelling Paris, 71 miles distant, with shells that traveled at a speed of 3681 miles per hour, reached a height of 25 miles, and then landed on Paris 3 minutes later. By this time, Paris had moved 50 miles due to the rotation of the Earth.
Exactly one month later on April 21, the famous German aviator Captain Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, the Red Baron, was killed in action over France. At the age of just 25, he had been credited with the confirmed shooting down of 80 enemy planes, and possibly another 20 that were not officially confirmed.
On May 20 (1918), the small town of Codell in Kansas was hit by a third tornado, each of which struck the town on the exact same day three years in a row. On July 17, all seven members of the Russian royal family were executed in Ekaterinburg.
On July 22, a lightning strike in Utah's Wasatch National Park killed 504 sheep. On October 21, Miss Margaret Owen of New York City set a world typing speed of 170 words per minute for one minute on a manual typewriter.
News reports state that more than 1,000 Pilot Whales were stranded on Long Beach in the Chatham Islands, 500 miles east of New Zealand. This was the largest ever mass strandings of whales anywhere in the world.
On the wireless scene, two high powered American longwave stations were under construction during the year 1918, one at Annapolis Maryland and the other at Bordeaux in France. The major electrical equipment at NSS the Annapolis station consisted of two arc transmitters at 500 kW each, and an antenna system suspended on four towers standing 600 feet tall.
The receiver facility for navy station NSS was located at Cheltenham, also in Maryland. This new high powered station made its first transmission on August 6, though work on the corresponding station in France was suspended for a year or two due to the subsequent Armistice in Europe.
According to a historical bulletin from the United States navy, a submarine submerged at a depth of 21 feet in 1918 was able to hear radio messages from land based stations in Europe and the United States. The American Major Edwin Armstrong developed the circuitry for a new radio receiver with superheterodyne tuning as a result of his experimental radio research while in France.
On September 22, wireless traffic from station MUU, the Marconi station in Carnarvon in Wales was first heard in Australia at station AWY in the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga. On December 19, the trans Pacific radio service from San Francisco to Hawaii and Japan was reopened; and likewise, the radio service between San Diego in California and Peking (Beijing) in China was inaugurated.
A new high powered wireless communication station LCM was opened at Stavenger in Norway in April. Test transmissions from a Dutch wireless station in Indonesia were heard in Holland; and on December 3, the trans Atlantic communication service between Clifden in Ireland and Glace Bay in Canada was also reopened.
It was observed that military personnel at many different locations in what had been war zones began firing up radio transmitters for the broadcast of entertainment programming after the November 11 (1918) Armistice at the end of World War 1.
At 7 pm on Christmas Day, an American submarine chaser in the central Atlantic presented an hour long recorded music concert over its wireless transmitter for the benefit of other ships in the squadron. Then, the wireless operator aboard the USS Algonquin in the same fleet received approval to broadcast a live concert from his ship, provided by the ship's brass band.
This information about radio broadcasting from ships was contained in a letter that Ensign Sanford Lawton wrote to his parents. Ensign Lawton was the commander of a submarine chaser in that fleet. Lawton's parents passed the letter on to the Springfield (Massachusetts) Republican and they printed the letter in its entirety in their edition dated January 10 (1919).
More about the radio scene at the end of World War 1, coming up soon here in Wavescan.
(AWR-Wavescan)
Labels: Ancient DX Report-1918
The Saipan Shortwave Station Under Radio Free Asia
The strategically located shortwave station at Agingan Point on the southwest coast of the small Pacific Island of Saipan has been on the air for the past third of a century. The original concept for the station was the brain child of the Pacific radio entrepreneur Lawrence Berger who initially proposed to co-site a commercial shortwave station with his mediumwave station KUAM on the island of Guam.
The concept of establishing a commercial shortwave station in the Marianas Islands was subsequently transferred from Guam to the island of Saipan, and in December 1982, a new station KYOI was inaugurated with programming in Japanese and English beamed to Japan. The enthusiastic shortwave boom in Japan during the era of the 1980s began to subside, and thus the commercial venture KYOI was not a financial success.
The station was then sold to Herald Broadcasting of Christian Science in Boston Massachusetts who installed a second shortwave transmitter and a second antenna system, and they operated it under a new callsign KHBI. This was now the third callsign in this sequence, KUAM KYOI and KHBI.
A newly organized radio unit in Washington DC, Radio Free Asia RFA, developed an interest in the Saipan radio station for shortwave coverage into several of the countries in Far Eastern Asia. Initially they took out an experimental relay of programming over the Herald Broadcasting station KHBI on the island of Saipan. That was on September 29, 1996.
Experimental RFA transmissions over KHBI gave way to regular scheduling early the next year (1997). Then in the middle of the following year (1998), Christian Science in Boston announced that they had reached an agreement with RFA for the sale of the station, and that was ultimately finalized a year later on August 31, 1999.
At the time of the transfer of ownership from Herald Broadcasting to RFA Radio Free Asia, plans were already underway for the installation of a third transmitter and a third antenna. The first two transmitters, both at 100 kW, were manufactured by Continental (Model 418D-2), and under Herald Broadcasting they were upgraded to the Model No 418E.
The new Radio Free Asia installed an additional 100 kW Continental which was designated as Model 418F. All three of the antennas are slewable curtains (Model 611) with passive reflectors manufactured and installed by TCI in California.
The electrical power supply for the Saipan radio station comes from the commercial island grid, and any need up to 5 megawatt is available. However, a back up Caterpillar power generator can provide 800 kW during offages of the commercial grid.
Radio Free Asia also indicated that they wished to retain the services of the previous staff who had maintained the operation of the station. In addition, they agreed also to continue the broadcast of Christian Science programming over the station for a period of 1 year under its new ownership, and ultimately this came to an end one year later.
On April 13, 2000, Radio Free Asia transferred the lease of the land in Saipan upon which the station had been built to IBB, a legal holding body for other American shortwave stations, including the Voice of America. However, the operation of both shortwave stations, Saipan and Tinian, was sublet to a commercial company, Rome Research Corporation, in 2006.
Up until its destruction by Supertyphoon Yutu at the end of October last year (2018), the Saipan shortwave station was operated conjointly with the shortwave station on nearby Tinian Island as the Robert E. Kamosa Transmitting Station. Robert E. Kamosa, after whom the double station was named, had served in the engineering section of the Voice of America. He died from disease in 1999 at the age of only 56.
The combined stations on Tinian and Saipan have been operated as a single unit with the main office at the Saipan station. This total station is operated without callsign as are all other similar stations, such as VOA and Radio Free Europe.
QSL cards for the broadcast of programming from both Tinian and Saipan have been readily available in times past from both Radio Free Asia and the Voice of America. In fact, Radio Free Asia does not maintain a panel of international radio monitors to provide propagation reports on its shortwave coverage. Instead, they depend entirely upon listener reception reports within their target areas for this collective information.
In an endeavor to encourage widespread listener reception reports, RFA offers a new QSL card for each quarter of the year. And yes, there are indeed some international radio monitors who have collected each of the 69 QSL cards that RFA has so far offered.
As mentioned here in Wavescan previously, the strongest wind storm to ever strike an American territory hit the Northern Mariana Islands on Wednesday October 24 last year (2018). This massive storm, Typhoon Yutu, with wind gusts up to 219 miles per hour and sustained winds at 180 miles per hour, was also described as Earth's strongest storm during the past year 2018.
As a result of this horrendous impact, the twin Voice of America shortwave stations on both islands, Saipan and Tinian, sustained such massive damage that they were rendered inoperable, for a considerable period of time. In fact, the damage was so great that the entire future of these two huge shortwave stations has been in jeopardy.
However, we now know that on February 22, (2019) one of the Saipan antennas came back on the air for 11 hours daily, carrying RFA Korean for 5 hours and Mandarin for 6 hours. And we understand that engineers are continuing to reconstruct the other Saipan antennas as well as those on Tinian.
At the beginning of this mini-series of topics on the story of the Agagingan Point shortwave station on the island of Saipan, we mentioned that this station had been identified with three or four different callsigns. Yes, and that statement was almost accurate!
The original location for this projected shortwave station had been on the island of Guam under the callsign KUAM. The concept for the installation of that projected commercial station was then transferred to the island of Saipan, and when it was erected, it was given the callsign KYOI. When it was sold to Christian Science, they changed the callsign to KHBI. The three callsigns that we referred to initially were KUAM KYOI and KHBI.
And what was the possible fourth callsign that we alluded to? Well, it was not exactly a callsign, it was more of an identification for the station. When the American government bought the station, it was under the ownership of Radio Free Asia RFA, and it was then frequently identified as RFA Saipan.
(AWR-Wavescan NWS 528)
Labels: Radio Free Asia-Saipan
Anniversary of Titanic Sinking: The Wanamaker Radio Stations
Titantic
It was at 11:40 pm on Sunday night April 14, 1912, now 117 years ago, that the new passenger liner, Titanic, on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic struck a large iceberg and sank south of Newfoundland, just two and a half hours later. More than 1,500 people lost their lives in the freezing water in this tragic event that has stirred the compassion of people all around our world ever since.
The first ship to reach the devastated scene was another passenger liner, the Carpathia, which arrived three and half hours later and rescued more than 700 people, most of whom had been fortunate enough to find space in one of the lifeboats. The wireless operator aboard the Carpathia at station MPA was Harold Cottam, and he was completely involved for almost five full days in the transmission of Titanic news and information to the United States.
Assisting Harold Cottam at MPA on the Carpathia was Harold Bride who was the Junior Wireless Operator at MGY on the Titanic. Bride had been washed off the Titanic as it began to sink, and he found safety, first on an upturned lifeboat, and then with others in a righted lifeboat.
One of the main wireless stations in the United States that received the Morse Code information from the Carpathia was station WHI on top of the Wanamaker Store in New York City. There were three experienced wireless operators at this station at the time; the now well known David Sarnoff as
a Marconi Executive, Jack Binns who was Station Manager and just on his third day of employment at the station, and J. H. Hughes, already an experienced Marconi operator.
The very successful American entrepreneur, John Wanamaker, opened his first store at Oak Hill, on the corner of 6th and Market Streets in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, in 1861. Fourteen years later, he purchased an abandoned railway station on Chestnut Street in the center of the same city, Philadelphia, and there he opened his second departmental store.
Then 35 years later again (1910), John Wanamaker demolished this railway building stage by stage, and and he had a new super departmental store constructed on the same site, and all the while his store remained open for regular business. This new building was quite extravagant, with its own Post Office, child size monorail, Dairy Bar, and a Medical Office with a doctor and nurses on duty.
As a major item of public appeal, Wanamaker bought a huge pipe organ for installation in his Philadelphia store, the largest ever made some say, that had been on display in the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. It took 13 railway freight carriages to convey this massive organ with all of its parts to Philadelphia.
When installed, the organ occupied its space 7 storeys high, with 6 key boards, 729 stops, and also a massive 28,750 pipes ranging in size from ¼ inch to 32 feet long. The pipes alone weighed 287 tons. The Wanamaker Organ was first played on June 22, 1911, at the exact time when King George 5 was crowned in Westminster Abbey in London.
At the same time as the organ was being installed, so also was a powerful communication wireless station. The transmitter and operating desk were enclosed in a special room with double walls for sound proofing, and with a glass window for public observation.
When in operation, there was a huge blue flash from the rotary spark gap, together with earsplitting thunder that sounded like the loud shot from a large gun. The 1,000 feet long antenna was installed on the roof and it stretched from Market Street to Chestnut Street. The callsign for this Wanamaker communication station was originally HE, though subsequently it became WHE when the initial letter was granted to officially identify an American wireless station.
On April 24, 1922, the studio for a radio broadcasting station was installed on the 2nd floor of this same building, next to the Egypt Hall. The transmitter for this station was installed on the 11th floor and it was on the air initially on 833 kHz with 500 watts under the call WOO. Again, the antenna was on the roof of the building.
Over a period of time, station WOO occupied several different channels in what became the standard mediumwave band, though 590 kHz was its best known and longest occupied frequency. There were many occasions when radio station WOO broadcast the music from the Grand Organ to their many listeners.
Radio station WOO was on the air for a period of 6 years, and it signed off for the last time just before midyear 1928. By that time, the electronic equipment needed to be renewed; and in any case, there was already a host of other mediumwave stations on the air in the area. The Wanamaker station had thus outlasted its usefulness as an advertising mediumwave for the Wanamaker Store in Philadelphia.
The callsign WOO was subsequently re-issued to an AT&T shortwave communication station at Deal Beach in New Jersey, during the following year (1929); and soon afterwards, AT&T transferred the usage of that callsign to their subsequently better known station at Ocean Gate, also in New Jersey.
The Wireless Engineer who installed the Marconi equipment for the longwave communication station HE-WHE in the Wanamaker Store in Philadelphia was the 26 year old Thomas Appleby. He tells the story that there was a pretty young store employee whose daily duty was to bring up to the wireless office, messages requesting certain goods to be sent over from the Wanamaker Store in New York.
After a while, young Thomas Appleby requested a date with this girl, and a friendship developed. For some time, Thomas' mother had been trying to get her son to visit the home of one of her friends, who had a daughter she wanted her son to meet. One evening, young Thomas mentioned to his family at home that he now had a new girl friend. "Who is she?", his mother plied. "Laura Graves", Thomas replied. "Why", said his mother, "That's the girl I have been wanting you to meet!" Yes, they married.
This has been Part 1 in the two part story of the Wanamakers radio stations, and when we present part 2 next week, we will tell the story of the other Wanamaker store in New York, and subsequently its participation in the wireless events associated with the tragic sinking of the Titanic.
(photo via WIkipedia)
Solar activity was very low throughout the period. Region 2738 (N06, L=297, class/area Cho/300 on 12 Apr) produced numerous B-class flare activity and low frequency radio burst activity. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels thoughout the period.
Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet to unsettled levels on 08-13 April due to negative polarity CH HSS influence. Isolated active levels were observed early on 08-10 April. Quiet levels were observed on 14 April.
Solar activity is expected to be at predominately very low levels throughout the outlook period. A slight chance for low level activity is possible through 24 April from Region 2738 and again from 04-11 May upon the return of old Region 2738 (N06, L=297).
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels from 15-18 April and again from 02-11 May due to CH HSS influence. Normal to moderate levels are expected for the remainder of the outlook period.
Geomagnetic field activity is expected to reach unsettled levels on 24-25, 27-28 and 30 April and 01-02 and 05-07 May, all due to negative polarity CH HSS influence. Quiet conditions are expected to be throughout the remainder of the outlook period.
Labels: NOAA Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins, Radio Propagation
From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill's Melting Pot schedules, April 7-13
From the Isle of Music, April 7-13, 2019:
In honor of their current tour of the United States, we are rebroadcasting our interview (plus music) with Cimafunk, the new Funk sensation from Cuba. In the second half of the episode, we listen to music from some of the entries in the Fusion category of Cubadisco 2018.
The broadcasts take place:
1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in most of the Eastern Hemisphere (including parts of East Asia and Oceania) with 100Kw, Sunday 1500-1600 UTC on SpaceLine, 9400 KHz, from Sofia, Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK) Station website: www.spaceline.bg
2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 UTC (New UTC) on WBCQ, 7490 KHz from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9PM EST in the US).
Station website: www.wbcq.com
3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UTC and Saturday 1200-1300 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany.
Station website: www.channel292.de
Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, April 7 and 9, 2019:
Música dominicana
Episode 107 is dedicated to the music of the Dominican Republic, including José Fermin Ceballos, Las Chicas del Can and Milly y Jocelyn & Los Vecinos.
The transmissions take place:
1.Sundays 2200-2230 UTC (6:00PM -6:30PM Eastern US) on WBCQ The Planet 7490 KHz from the US to the Americas and parts of Europe
2. Tuesdays 2000-2030 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany for Europe.
Marion's Attic, a unique program produced and hosted by Marion Webster featuring early 20th Century records, Edison cylinders etc played on the original equipment, comes on immediately before UBMP on Sundays from 2100-2200 UTC on WBCQ 7490 Khz.
William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer
SW Radiogram weekend schedules
Apologies for the missing transmission last weekend on 9400 kHz. I hope the Saturday's 1400 UTC broadcast is heard this without mishap.
During the broadcasts that were heard, our experiment with simultaneous English and Spanish text, using side-by-side MFSK32 streams, worked well. The dual audio caused mixing products that made the signal look somewhat messy on spectrum displays, but this did not seem to affect the decoding of the text. You can see an example of the decoded dual at the bottom of this email.
Videos of last weekend's Shortwave Radiogram (program 93) are provided by Scott in Ontario (Friday 2030 UTC) and Ralf in Germany (Sunday 2330 UTC). MDK2 in Colorado produced a video of the dual MFSK32 transmission and Hoya Boya2015 in Japan the opening segment battling QRM (both Sunday 0800 UTC). And radio no koe in Japan provided a video of the dual MFSK32 transmission from the SoundCloud audio that I posted because of the absence of the Saturday 1400 UTC transmission.The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. Analysis is prepared by Roger in Germany.
Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 94, 5-7 April 2019, in MFSK modes as noted:
1:45 MFSK32: Program preview
2:58 Department of Defense information on WWV/WWVH
6:31 MFSK64: Petition re "Amateur digital mode transparency"
9:12 Comment: The US' 'five-year' moon plan is dangerous*
14:03 This week's images*
28:32 MFSK32: Closing announcements
* with images(s)
Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net
And visit http://swradiogram.net
Twitter: @SWRadiogram or https://twitter.com/swradiogram (visit during the weekend to see listeners' results)
Shortwave Radiogram Transmission Schedule
UTC Day UTC Time Frequency Transmitter
Saturday 0230-0300 UTC 9265 kHz WINB Pennsylvania
Saturday 1400-1430 UTC 9400 kHz Space Line Bulgaria
Sunday 0800-0830 UTC 5850 kHz 7730 kHz WRMI Florida
Sunday 2330-2400 UTC 7780 kHz WRMI Florida
Slow Scan Radio transmits SSTV images and text modes Saturdays at 1300-1330 UTC on 6070 kHz and 7440 kHz via Channel 292 in Germany. And Saturday 1730-1800 UTC on 9265 from WINB Pennsylvania. The website is http://www.slowscanradio.com. Reception reports to x@xdv.me.
The Mighty KBC transmits to Europe Saturdays at 1300-1400 UTC on 11600 kHz from Bulgaria, with the minute of MFSK at about 1330 UTC (if you are outside of Europe, listen via websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ ). And to North America Sundays at 0000-0200 UTC (Saturday 8-10 pm EDT) on 5960 kHz, via Germany. The minute of MFSK is at about 0130 UTC. Reports to Eric: themightykbc@gmail.com . See also http://www.kbcradio.eu/ and https://www.facebook.com/TheMightyKbc/.
"This is a Music Show" is the newest addition to digital modes via analog shortwave. Most of the show is a music show, but the host transmits some MFSK text and image near the end of the broadcast. It's transmitted on WRMI, 5850 kHz, Thursday 0100-0200 UTC (Wednesday evening in the Americas). Also look for a waterfall ID at the beginning of the show.
Franco, HB9OAB, is transmitting digital SSTV in the KG-STV format via WINB (Pennsylvania) analog, Saturdays 2200-2215 UTC, 9265 kHz. Best reception will be via receivers in the western USA.
New York and Pennsylvania NBEMS nets. Most weekends, as KD9XB, I check in to the New York NBEMS (Narrow Band Emergency Messaging Software) net Saturday at 1200 UTC on 3584 kHz USB, and the Pennsylvania NBEMS net Sunday at 1200 UTC on 3583 kHz USB (with out-of-state check-ins now starting at 1130 UTC). Check-ins are in Thor 22 or IFKP, and messages are in MFSK32 (PA NBEMS is experimenting with Thor 50x1 for messages). Messages usually use the Flmsg add-on to Fldigi. If you are a radio amateur in eastern North America, feel free to check in. Outside the region, use an SDR in the eastern USA to tune in and decode. You do not need Flmsg to check in, and most of the messages can be read without Flmsg. If you can decode the net, send me an email to radiogram@verizon.net , or tweet to @SWRadiogram , and I will let them know you are tuned in.
Thanks for your reception reports!
Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB
Producer and Presenter
Shortwave Radiogram
Reporting on international broadcasting at https://twitter.com/kaedotcom
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South Africa's voice on shortwave goes silent
by Hans van de Groenendaal, features editor, EngineerIT
Shortwave is where radio communication began. Once a powerful voice to tell the story of South Africa to the world, this voice has gone silent as Sentech closed down its shortwave broadcasting facility at Bloemendal near Meyerton on 30 March 2019.
Sentech inherited South Africa's Bloemendal shortwave radio station near Meyerton when Radio RSA was closed down. Radio RSA started its broadcast on 1 May 1966 and by 1976 the station transmitted for 36 hours a week in twelve languages including English, French, Portuguese, and Afrikaans. The service was discontinued in 1992. The only transmission that survived the close down was a broadcast into Africa, renamed Channel Africa which has daily programmes in Chinyanja, Silozi, Portuguese, Swahili, and English. The SABC also transmits Radio Sonder Grense (RSG) on shortwave to the Northern Cape.
Additional story at: https://www.ee.co.za/article/south-africas-voice-on-shortwave-goes-silent.html
Labels: Bloemendal South Africa, Channel Africa, Meyerton South Africa, Radio RSA, Radio Sonder Grense, South Africa
April Specials From Airmail Postage & DX Supplies
Stamps of Mali - Timbuktu (1961)
Dear DX Customer,
Below are DX supply Offers and news for April 2019
Please NOTE!!! sold out stamps are deleted AND mentioned in each monthly DX emailing.
***Request the current DX stamp list so you'll know what remains and what's gone.**
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DX Supplies 2019: The ONLY international envelopes in stock are European sized PLAIN WHITE MAILERS that are inside tinted! QSL Albums will not be restocked when sold out.
At this point, it just doesn't make sense to re-stock items that take so long to sell...or do not sell quick enuf.
DX Postage News!! ::::: Countries will be deleted when sold out. (Hint: Stock up on countries that have international forever stamps...)
European PLAIN MAILERS..
are the ONLY envelopes still available.
Less Than 10,000 remain. Not to be restocked....
European Plain Returns are SOLD OUT
ALL airmail version envelopes are SOLD OUT
ALL Stateside Mailers and Stateside Returns are SOLD OUT
About 10 QSL Albums in stock. Each has 50 2 pocket pages.
DX Stamp April Inventory Reduction:
Antiqua is sold out.
Cook island sold out
Denmark is sold out
Nicaragua is sold out
El Salvador is sold out
Cyprus is sold out.
Greece is sold out.
Italy, Sicily, and Sardinia sold out!!
Kiribati is sold out
Marshall Islands and Micronesia are sold out
Portugal, Azores, and Madeira are sold out.
Swaziland is out
Turkey is sold out!
ALL the above stamps have been DELETED from DX stamp list.
THEY will not be restocked. STOCK UP! On the DX postage listed below: these are
countries with International Forever stamps! That are ALWAYS valid for international
use from those countries....
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We've thought long and hard about selling our products online. It's been a fun journey that's allowed us to experiment with different options to create a system we're proud of, and we hope you'll enjoy what we've come up with.
Your meat will arrive in an insulated box with ice packs to keep it at fridge temperature (below 5c) during the delivery period. We've worked hard to find an environmentally friendly solution for delivering our fresh products; for some very small or very large orders, polystyrene boxes may have to be used, but the vast majority of deliveries will come in a recyclable cardboard box with a wool liner inside. This recyclable liner provides a more environmentally friendly form of insulation to keep the ice packs and meat cool.
We are delighted to say that the wool product we have found for our packaging comes from 'Woolcool'. Wool is one of the most sustainable natural materials, being available in abundance as a by-product of rearing sheep. Wool is one of nature's most amazing 'smart fibres', with a complex structure and natural properties that cope with extremes of cold and heat.
Wool fibres are hygroscopic, which means they absorb and release moisture, a natural thermostat that maintains stable temperatures.
Woolcool have cleverly harnessed the smart fibre properties by felting and sealing pure wool in breathable film to create ingenious insulation for our food delivery boxes and pouches. The washed fleece is garneted, needle-felted and cut into strips which are hygienically sealed within recyclable PE film with micro-perforations to allow the hygroscopic function.
The wool insulation is totally compostable and biodegradable, releasing valuable nitrates back into the soil. The MDPE film used to enclose the wool fleece is recyclable at local authority waste depots. The cardboard delivery boxes are produced using recycled material and are recyclable at local authority waste depots. In most cases the box and wool packaging is suitable to be re-used several times. At the end of its useful life as packaging, the insulation liners or felted wool can be re-used for a variety of purposes.
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For the current study, researchers examined data from 13 trials with about 1,300 participants. Some workers in these trials were randomly assigned to participate in workplace yoga programmes while others were not.
Yoga didn't appear to influence heart health, but workplace yoga did have a positive effect on mental health and stress reduction in particular.
"Usually a company that allowed or planned a randomised controlled trial of yoga at work is interested in reducing stress levels, increasing job satisfaction and productivity; in consequence, it could be a place with a lower stress environment [compared to] other companies in general," Puerto Valencia said.


Villa in Calpe located in the urbanization La Cometa, only 2.5 km from the beach. The house has a constructed area of 130 m² and is located on a plot of 560 m².
The house is distributed on one floor, with three double bedrooms, two of them with bathroom en suite, living room, fully equipped kitchen, laundry room and a toilet. In addition, it has a private pool surrounded by large spaces, a gravel area for planting, a barbecue area with a wood-burning oven and a terrace. It also has a closed garage and a large parking area.
It comes furnished, with central heating radiators and split air conditioning in the living room.
An ideal property if you are looking for an economic villa, with many possibilities and close to the beaches and the center of Calpe.


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Q: How to aggregate and merge these two data.frames? Here is the structure of my data.frames:
> str(c)
'data.frame':   21633 obs. of  20 variables:
 $ Trade        : num  7e+12 7e+12 7e+12 7e+12 7e+12 ...
     $ New          : Factor w/ 2 levels "N","Y": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
 $ Amended      : Factor w/ 2 levels "N","Y": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
     $ Unwound      : Factor w/ 2 levels "N","Y": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
 $ Fixed        : Factor w/ 2 levels "N","Y": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
     $ FX.Fixed     : Factor w/ 2 levels "N","Y": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
 $ Branch       : Factor w/ 1 level "nil": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
     $ Currency     : Factor w/ 8 levels "AUD","EUR","USD",..: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 ...
 $ Product      : Factor w/ 4 levels "A","B","C",..: 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ...
     $ Today.NPV    : num  444 222 0 0 -77777 ...
 $ Today.Unreal : num  13.4 5555.54 0 0 6666.36 ...
     $ Today.Real   : num  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
 $ MTD.Real     : num  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
     $ MTD.Unreal   : num  222 -333 0 0 -444 ...
 $ New.Deals.P.L: num  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
     $ Amend.P.L    : num  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
 $ Unwind.P.L   : num  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
     $ Fixing.P.L   : num  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
 $ Carry.P.L    : num  16.6 81.9 0 0 -319.3 ...
     $ FX.Fixing.P.L: num  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
> str(predict)
'data.frame':   735755 obs. of  7 variables:
 $ X.Financial.Object.  : num  7e+12 7e+12 7e+12 7e+12 7e+12 ...
     $ X.Scaling.Currency.  : Factor w/ 7 levels "AUD","CAD","EUR",..: 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ...
 $ X.Maturity..date..   : Factor w/ 108 levels "12Aug2011","12Aug2014",..: 22 98 95 88 85 ...
     $ X.Rate.Change.       : num  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
 $ X.Env.COB.Date.      : int  20110815 20110815 20110815 20110815 20110815  ...
     $ X.Predict.           : num  74.36 -3.84 16.77 4.66 11.88 ...
 $ X.Reporting.Currency.: Factor w/ 7 levels "AUD","CAD","EUR",..: 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ...

Goal 1: aggregate the first data frame 'c' to sum all numeric values by Currency.
I do not need text fields other than the currency field
I tried to use
> aggregate(x=c, by=list("Currency"), FUN="sum")
Error in FUN(X[[1L]], ...) : arguments must have same length

It is apparently incorrect.
Goal 2: I would like to merge the data.frame c with predict using this relationship: "c.Trade == predict.Financial.Object"
I tried:
> cc = merge(c, predict, by=c("Trade","Financial.Object"))
Error in fix.by(by.x, x) : 'by' must specify valid column(s)

but it does not work.
One further question: why the field names in data frame 'predict' have the dot in them? What is the proper way to refer to them?

A: I am not an R expert, and since I don't have your data, I cannot experiment with it. But here is what I would try:
1) I believe your x in the aggregate function should be c$Branch, not c.
2) I believe the argument by must only be used if the columns have the same name in both dataframes. Try using by.x="Trade", by.y="predict.Financial.Object". See documentation.
PS: Convention suggests writing cc <- merge(…) instead of cc = merge(…).

A: Answer to Goal 1:
aggregate(. ~ Currency,
          data=subset(c,select=c("Currency",
                                 names(sapply(c,is.numeric)))),sum)

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The new ProdecoTech Outlaw EX Electric Mountain Bike is powerful, sleek, and fast, three of the best qualities you will see in an awesome electric bike. The Outlaw EX draws its massive power from a 48V*9Ah or 12Ah LifePO4 battery and a 750W (1200W peak) Rear-Direct Drive Motor. This bike also features premium components such as a Double Crown Fork Suspension and Avid DB5 Hydraulic Disc Brakes. But what really sets the Outlaw EX apart from other ProdecoTech Outlaw bikes is its 26" Aluminum Rim Ridge Frame with Gloss Black and Matte Black Finish, giving it a modern and sleek look. ProdecoTech invested some of their best features on this bike and made the Outlaw EX an incredible bike for outdoor adventures.
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Leary Scholar. Member, Utah Law Review. Author: "Equitable Reformation of Long-Term Contracts-The New Spirit of ALCOA," 1982 Utah Law Review 985. Member, Aldon J. Anderson Inns of Court (President, 2006-2008). Member, American Bankruptcy Institute. Mountain States Super Lawyer, 2007-2012. Named to Utah's Legal Elite in Bankruptcy, 2005-2012.
Reorganizations
Bankruptcy Trustees' Rights
Financial Institutions Law
www.mnzlegal.com
University of Utah, B.A., Finance, 1979; University of Utah, M.B.A., Finance, 1981
University of Utah, J.D., Finance, 1982
1982, Utah; 1982, U.S. District Court, District of Utah; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
American Bar Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Utah Bankruptcy Lawyers Forum (President, 2003); Utah State Bar.
Reported Cases:
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A furious Lendoiro assured that nothing will happen to Deportivo at the end of the month, this after the media published articles in which it was hinted that the relegation to Segunda B was possible in case of not paying the players' wages.
Within the next 30 days Deportivo must solve two crucial issues for the survival of the club: to reach a final agreement with the creditors, basic point in the administration process, and also to solve the unpaid wages with the players.
Deportivo owes €93.7 million to the Spanish Treasury, the relation was tense before, but now it seems more fluid. The main inquiry right now is if the government will accept to collect the money in twenty years.
One of the two keys to settle the agreement with the creditors is the relation with the banks; a recent report affirms that within the last decade Depor have paid €74 million to two banks in terms of capital repayment plus interests.
If the administration portfolio of Deportivo was missing anything it was the colorful presence of Depor's lawyer, Rodríguez Conchado, who now is firing against everybody in an interview, from the judge to Lendoiro's family.
Deportivo could end up having more than 25,000 season subscribers for the third time in a row; for the moment 13,751 persons have renewed their memberships or have signed for the first time, it's a solid number despite the relegation.
It was a bad year in a general sense in la liga as there was a decrease in the number of attenders to football, but Deportivo presented solid numbers as it was the fifth Primera club with the better assistance percentage.
Deportivo presented the debt plan to the creditors; it's a 20-year plan and it didn't include any proposition to erase part of the debt. The amounts per year will depend of the league in which the club is playing. For this year the proposition is €9 million.
Augusto César Lendoiro is completing 25 years as Deportivo's president; the anniversary is arriving in a low point for him, just after suffering a second relegation in three years and in the middle of an administration process.


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OmniForm 5.0: Forms done well
By Tim Fielden
| August 5, 2002
Departments looking to convert paper-based forms to digital formats would do well to consider OmniForm Premium 5.0
Gov 2.0 or e-Gov
Anyone who has ever worked in any size department knows all too well the sheer volume of information collected and used each day via paper forms. Programs that have promised to turn those paper forms into digital forms have, alas, fallen woefully short of the mark.
With the new version of OmniForm from ScanSoft Inc., however, the task is no longer so burdensome.
The premise behind OmniForm Premium 5.0 is incredibly simple. By either converting existing paper forms via an attached scanner or image file or by starting from scratch with the included full suite of tools capable of creating any type of form, users will find forms that are easier to modify and use, and less likely to contain errors.
Composed of three distinct pieces — a designer, a filler/data manager and access to the company's Web-hosting service — OmniForm comes ready to use out of the box. And although you might have looked at the product before, this latest release begs for attention thanks to numerous enhancements in form design and data management.
In the area of form design, for example, the product now enables users to employ digital signatures and work with documents as large as 14 inches by 17 inches. What's more, files saved as PDFs are now more intelligent, offering full support for calculations, field validations and signature fields.
With respect to data management, attachments such as images can now be included as part of the form record. Additionally, thanks to user and client profiles, previously entered form data can be retrieved and entered automatically, further reducing input time.
Installation of the program was easy. Launching the application brought me to the Forms Assistant. By selecting the option to scan an image, I was given a choice of whether I wanted to control the forms design, which I did, or simply use it for data input.
Once the conversion of the scanned image was complete, I was presented with yet another helpful aid: the Proofreader Wizard. I found it a breeze to use the tool's ability to adjust colors, verify field names and restore blank lines mistaken for fields. The solution also proved to be quite adept at handling such challenges as italics, bold text and even light text on dark backgrounds.
Should you choose to create a form from scratch, the program also includes 27 widely used sample forms, such as those for changes of address, employment applications and fax cover sheets that can easily be used or modified to jump-start usage. For those not finding what they need or want out of the box, the ScanSoft Web site provides numerous other templates that are available for downloading for free.
With the forms completed to my satisfaction, the only task that remained was propagating them for use. OmniForm supports a number of formats, including Rich Text Format, HTML/ dynamic HTML, PDF, and two of the company's propriety formats, Mailable Filler and OFM. Each has its own merits, but ScanSoft OFM provides the most functionality, including the ability to package the form along with an executable runtime.
Should you decide not to host the forms yourself, OmniForm also provides a fee-based Secure Sockets Layer e-form hosting site, where users can post, use and collect form data from anywhere in the world. To allow customers to try out this service, OmniForm buyers are entitled to five forms for the first year, with limitations set at 256 fields and 10,000 filled records per form.
Better yet, this can be done with a simple press of a button — no programming experience or support is required from information technology departments.
I found OmniForm Premium 5.0 an excellent tool for any department looking to reduce costs. The program's low cost, capability to create secure forms and ease of use make it worth a look.
Fielden is a freelance writer based in St. Paul, Minn. He can be reached at tfielden@attbi.com.
OmniForm Premium 5.0
Score: B+
ScanSoft Inc.
www.scansoft.com
OmniForm retails for $699.
Departments looking to capitalize on the return that comes with converting paper-based forms to digital formats would do well to consider OmniForm Premium 5.0.
Although it may lack certain features, such as integration with more robust form management solutions, its low entry cost, easy-to-use interface and capability to create secure forms make it quite appealing. OmniForm supports Microsoft Corp. Windows 95, 98, NT, Me and 2000.
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This charming DOUBLE FRONTED home has lots of space and a lovely calm feel. The dual aspect windows in the lounge lends a feeling of space and light. There is a good sized FITTED KITCHEN with plenty of storage. On the first floor you'll find two double bedrooms and a fitted bathroom. Outside, the wide SOUTH FACING 40FT REAR GARDEN is well presented and easily maintained, and a great space for entertaining. There is also a DOUBLE GARAGE to the side of the property which could easily double up as a games room or could possibly be converted to add extra space to the kitchen or study on the ground floor whilst still having the option of OFF STREET PARKING.
You have a 20 minute walk from BLACKHORSE ROAD tube station where you have a choice of transport links, or a short bus ride to Walthamstow Central but also just a stone's throw from the William Morris Gallery and LLOYD PARK which is home to many annual events.


Plaintiff Kato is a Japanese citizen and a public employee of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Plaintiff complained that she suffered sexual harassment while being stationed at Tokyo government's New York office. The district court dismissed based on foreign sovereign immunity.
The Second Circuit affirmed that Tokyo government's promotion of commerce is not equivalent to "commercial activity" that serves as an exception for foreign sovereign immunity.
This seems to be the correct result. A major part of modern governmental activity involves promotion of commerce; characterizing such promotion as "commercial activity" would cover quite a bit. It is a very important line of demarcation.


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var View = require('ampersand-view');
var templates = require('../../templates');
var TimeZonesSelect = require('./time-zones-select');
var DurationUnitsSelect = require('./duration-units-select');

module.exports = View.extend({
  template: templates.configureFacet.facetTransformDuration,
  bindings: {
    'model.transformedReference': {
      type: 'value',
      hook: 'transform-duration-transformedreference-input'
    }
  },
  events: {
    'change [data-hook~=transform-duration-transformedreference-input]': function () {
      this.model.transformedReference = this.queryByHook('transform-duration-transformedreference-input').value;
    }
  },
  subviews: {
    durationUnits: {
      hook: 'duration-units',
      prepareView: function (el) {
        return new DurationUnitsSelect({
          el: el,
          field: 'units',
          model: this.model
        });
      }
    },
    transformedDurationUnits: {
      hook: 'transformed-duration-units',
      prepareView: function (el) {
        return new DurationUnitsSelect({
          el: el,
          field: 'transformedUnits',
          model: this.model
        });
      }
    },
    timeZones: {
      hook: 'transformed-duration-zone',
      prepareView: function (el) {
        return new TimeZonesSelect({
          el: el,
          field: 'transformedZone',
          model: this.model
        });
      }
    }
  }
});

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North America's tallest bird, and one of its most endangered -- the Whooping Crane! There are fewer than 600 in the world even when you count the ones in captivity. They've rebounded from an all-time low of 15. The only wild migratory flock – about 275 – winters along the Texas Gulf Coast in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. Check them out at the annual Whooping Crane Festival February 19-22, 2015!
All aboard! Today, we're off to see North America's tallest bird, and one of its most endangered. Whooping Cranes! [Calls of Whooping Cranes] There are fewer than 600 in the world even when you count the ones in captivity. They've rebounded from an all-time low of 15. The only wild migratory flock – about 275 – winters along the Texas Gulf Coast in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. Looks like our boat – the Wharf Cat – is ready to load!
That's Ray Kirkwood, a Texas Master Naturalist. [boat gets underway] On our way to the refuge, we'll see lots of Bottlenose Dolphins and Laughing Gulls [calls of Laughing Gulls].
All Whooping Cranes in the world today are descended from this one wild population. You can follow birds from this flock to their spectacular nesting grounds in northern Canada, and learn who's helping cranes, at our website, birdnote.org.
Bird sounds provided by The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Calls of Laughing Gulls  recorded by G.F. Budney; calls of Whooping Cranes  recorded by George Archibald.
BirdNote attended the 2014 Whooping Crane Festival. Check out our blog posting!
Check out Wood Buffalo National Park - where wild Whooping Cranes nest!


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Film Is A Visual Medium. Your Work Will Be Obscured To The Fullest Extent Of Available Technology. Thank You For Playing. (Part One)
When I was in college, if you were majoring in Film, you had to produce a "Final" film and the crew was made up of fellow students. I remember working on one film where Student "X" was working as the Gaffer...and he was really fast. The problem was that he'd light the scene as soon as he knew where the actors would be acting, but not before he found out where the camera would be. So he always set up the lights in the shot. The third or fourth time this happened, he screamed at the Director of Photography, "The lighting is beautiful! How about if you 'adjust' your shot to avoid the lights for once ‽"
You may find this ludicrous -- and at the time, so did I -- but I'm beginning to sympathize with the poor deluded schmuck. It's true; everyone who works on movies has, at one time or another, felt like their contribution wasn't getting the respect it deserved. (They've also all felt they deserved a really cool leather crew jacket or even a shiny new BMW instead of some crappy T-shirt as a wrap gift, but that's another story altogether.)
It's a good news/bad news situation.
For the filmmaker, it's good that someone is obsessing about what time shows up on that clock at the beginning of every take of Scene 87B. It's good that someone is obsessing about the lead character always wearing that bracelet during the third day of the story, but not on the fourth day of the story. It's good that someone is obsessing about getting a clean recording of that mournful train whistle in the distance. It's good that someone is obsessing over there always being plenty of peanut butter & cheese crackers on hand; even if most of the crew thinks they're disgusting, they keep disappearing at an impressive rate, so they must be making somebody happy.
For the obsessed, though, here's the bad news. No matter how dedicated you are to carrying out the narrow focus of your job description, it's never going to be a movie about a clock that says 9:42 A.M. at just the right moment of screen time; it'll never be a movie about that adorable tennis bracelet; it's never going to be a movie about moody train whistles and if it's ever a movie about peanut butter and cheese crackers, there had better be a fairly engrossing subplot.
So yeah...I get it. the movie is about the people and what they do and say in the locations you pay me to find, but would it be asking too much to actually let the audience get a look at the places sometimes? Huh?
You want an example? On one movie, I was sitting down for a meeting with the Director and the D.P. to discuss the look of the film before I got heavily into scouting. The D.P. said he intended to shoot most of the movie "kinda long-lensey, in your face, really intimate". "Great", I said, "We can shoot the whole movie in your office." (I swear this is an accurate transcript.)
Here's the opening scene of the movie and here's just a screenshot since embedding is disabled.
Go ahead and watch the whole thing; it's a pretty terrific scene. But it's also a pretty terrific location. We looked at 42 BAZILLION restaurants before choosing that one. I'm not sure why we bothered.* Look, I know the scene is about the people around that table, but couldn't we get one stinking in-focus shot of the place? (Why yes...I am being a whiney little bitch.)
One of the first movies I had any real Locations responsibilities on was True Believer. The opening sequence of the movie is a murder in Chinatown that sets up the rest of the plot. Here's the trailer for the movie and you can see a snippet of the Chinatown sequence in the first few seconds.
The scene takes up a couple of minutes of actual screen time and it took two full nights to shoot. It took me two solid weeks to make all of the arrangements necessary to shoot there ... stores/restaurants keeping their lights and signs on all night, access to a bunch of roofs and fire escapes for lighting and camera positions, etc.**
Once again...it's a terrific scene, but Chinatown is really fuzzy and out of focus for most of it. Does a little part of me resent the fact that two weeks of my hard work is barely visible on the screen? Nooooooo! That would be petty and stupidly self-centered of me. (Feh.)
This Post Will Be Continued with more petty, self-centered whining...
*For the record, that scene was shot at O'Neal's on Grand Street.
And just a bit of trivia...O'Neal's is across the street from the Old Police Headquarters Building. If you go into the basement of O'Neal's, you can still see a small remnant of a tunnel that used to connect it directly to the Police Building so cops could get there clandestinely during Prohibition.
**The director wanted the street to "suggest" that there was some sort of street festival going on and he wanted a bunch of banners strung across the street to add color and texture, so I had to get permission to string those between buildings. Nobody really cared what the banners would say, since most of the audience wouldn't be able to read Chinese, so the Art Department hired some Chinese sign-writer to make them and told him to just make them say innocuous stuff -- "Venerable Honored Ladies' Club Flower Sale" -- stuff like that. The sign writer decided it would be really funny to sell the movie a bunch of banners filled with rabid Communist slogans -- which we discovered when the Art Department started hanging them up and the street was suddenly filled with people screaming at us and threatening all sorts of dire consequences if we didn't pull them down immediately.
John the Scientist said...
That story about the banner is fucking hilarious. I bet you guys were somewhere near the Nationalist Party building in Chinatown, too.
Someone in the Art Department should have been fired for not cross-checking the banners, though. What if the painter had written propaganda for NAMBLA or something worse?
vince said...
The important part is the peanut butter & cheese crackers.
A little harsh, John, don'tchathink?
Frankly, it never occurred to anyone that some guy who was being paid handsomely to create some banners would fuck with us that way...OMG, the Art Department trusted a vendor! That plus the fact that an Art Department -- like most departments on a movie -- had about 12 billion other details to concern themselves about. For that day and for all of the days coming up.
Producers who would even think about firing people for that one would have had a mutiny on their hands - and they'd have deserved it.
P.S. I didn't mention that because I wanted to talk about blaming anyone. I mentioned it because I still think its funny as hell all these years later. (It kinda sucked in the moment.)
If an art director for an ad agency had let that slip into the background of a shot for a commercial, they would have been out of a job post-haste. It is funny but it's also snobbish - if the signs had been in English, or even French, they sure as shootin' would have cared, no? But since it was just Chinese no one gave a shit. Maybe the sign painter got a little miffed about their condescending attitude. Not saying the Art Dept. was necessarily racist, but that was the first thing I thought of, because most Chinese calligraphers I know are pretty serious artists, or like to think they are, but if someone made an off-hand comment that it would matter only to Yellow people, I can see some of my wife's friends pulling this stunt.
I'll answer you in reverse order.
1. I (obviously) haven't got the first idea what transpired when the banners were ordered, so I can't comment. I'm also not willing to assume somebody made a comment that provoked the sign writer without any evidence to support that conclusion. I only know what I was told by the Location Manager (who had been informed by the Art Director)-- namely that they had ordered utterly innocuous banners.
I'm ready to drop that discussion -- just 'cause I don't feel like discussing it any further in relation to a post that was meant to be nothing but a tongue-in-cheek jab at myself.
2. Commercials are an entirely different kettle of fish with regard to an item like banners for set dressing. In an ad, there shouldn't be ANY written visual that doesn't specifically contribute to selling the product. The Agency and Client would have already spent hours arguing about the exact wording and associated artwork. And a commercial may involve hundreds of specific details, but it has a crew devoted to NOTHING BUT those hundreds of specific details for ONE 30-SECOND SPOT. A feature (at least volume-wise) consists of 180 or so 30-second spots that are shot back to back with no time between. They're not, in any way, comparable situations.
They just aren't.
And I'm done with this part of the story.
A.J. said...
1) I've often wondered about those peanut butter cheese crackers myself. I'm not a fan of them and I have no idea how anyone could even come up with that combination and think, "Yum!" but in their defense, they don't really taste much like cheese... or peanut butter. So maybe that's the secret to their success?
2) That banner story reminded me of this.
Looking forward to part 2!
Warner said...
A friend who reads the appropriate dialect swears the main logo on a long out of business but very good Szechwan restaurant near ABC read 'F-ck you, round eyes'.
Alvaro said...
So cool reading your blog. Any facebook or twitter acount?
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Interview: Painter Frank Holiday
Art Republik takes a trip down memory lane with Frank Holliday.
Apr 18, 2016 | By Staff Writer
Frank Holliday (b. 1957) is a painter, notably of the neo‐expressionism and neo-abstraction movements, who gained popularity in the New York art scene in the 1970s and 1980s, and is often associated with the East Village and Club 57 scenes. Originally from North Carolina, USA, Holliday has worked and exhibited with other prominent artists of his generation including Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Ann Magnuson, Kenny Scharf and Donald Baechler, among others.
Holliday studied at San Francisco Art Institute, at the New York Studio School and at the School of Visual Arts, receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1979. He has exhibited with many globally renowned galleries such as Kenny Schacter Gallery, Tony Shafrazi Gallery and Partners & Mucciaccia; he has been represented in numerous group shows including shows at The Arts Club, White Columns and Club 57 with Keith Haring; his work has been the subject of reviews by Holland Cotter and Stephen Westfall in Art in America, Grace Glueck and Ken Johnson in the New York Times, and Bill Arning in the Village Voice; and he has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts (1986), the Gottlieb Foundation Fellowship (2010), the Pollock Krasner Foundation Fellowship (2010), and the Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2015).
Roman Holiday, 2014
Brilliant and revolutionary, Holliday's paintings are part of numerous collections all over the world including the United States, Europe, Japan, Australia and Mexico; also American and European institutions and private collections including the Rooseum, the Vilcek Foundation and Heiner Friedrich Collection. Most recently, his paintings found homes in many private collections here in Asia through a solo exhibition with Partners & Mucciaccia, Singapore. The gallery brought Holliday to Singapore, as well as Asia, for the first time in the artist's life back in September 2015; they presented 41 paintings by Holliday, some of which have never been shown publically before. Although these paintings acknowledge the Western tradition of abstraction, they are equally influenced by contemporary life and are of a singular vision, bridging the gap between high and low art, which has become the signature style of the artist.
"The paintings of Frank Holliday are transporting. With their lush brushstrokes and voluptuous palette, their suggestive depths and their surface sensations of bodily presence, these are pictures that pulsate with living forms and credible atmosphere. They manage to do all this while sparing us the specifics of actual landscape representation. They are abstract while exuding sensations of landscape," says American art critic, art historian and curator David Cohen.
Art Republik sits down with a very honestly candid Holliday during his visit to Singapore.
What is the one thing about Singapore that has caught your eye?
The fusion of nature and architecture, especially the colonial aspects. It's such an interesting mix. It feels like the future, but yet the past is still present. Did you ever see 'Blade Runner'? It's like that, where the past is a continuum.
How was it like being part of the East Village scene? And the difference then and now.
All those people are dead (laughs) – Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat – but I survived. Not sure how I did. God maybe?
What was it like working so closely with Keith Haring?
Keith always believed in me, and I always believed in him. I met Keith in school, and he really responded to my work. Then I started Club 57 with a couple of people – you know Club 57 was just the basement of a church that we rented for $25 a month – and SoHo wasn't letting us in, the Mudd Club wasn't letting us in, so we all got together and put on a show – performance, theatre, art shows; it was a product of our cultural generation.
I was doing black at the time, and Keith that motherf**ker was doing his day-glow crawling babies and it was just Keith's time. I made my work and I showed with all those guys… but I also felt like Keith only had 27 years to live, Jean-Michel only had 27 years to live – I'm almost 60. Keith is a great artist. I had to learn to love him and watch him become a superstar… and then watch him die – it was not easy.
Trailing a Violet Haze, 2013
In your words, what are your paintings about?
The deeper sense of what it is to be alive, to be a human being, to be vulnerable, to evoke emotion in the viewer; the paintings themselves are not emotional but yet if I can make somebody open up, they can respond to the emotion so they can have a part in the paintings. They're about telling people that they are great. It's about the moment. And I think after all the death and everything that I've lived through, I had to ask myself what does it means to be alive? Is it the light that falls across your lover in the morning and only you get to experience it and it means everything? Or you walk around the cover and that beautiful light that's beyond you is so amazing but then you look at your watch because you have an appointment, and you look back and it's gone – so that fleeting moment. Now that I'm older, I realised my life has had some incredible moments but then it passes away. And so for me, my paintings are to remind people that the world may be ending, but isn't it glorious?
Also I wanted to make the paintings that you weren't allowed to make at art school because you couldn't write a dissertation about them. I really wanted to get on that edge of: Why is it that there are so many Monets on a coffee cup? Why are we not allowed to respond to that? My paintings are like that, they are subversive that way. In the same sense, that's why I like Jeff Koons's work, because he is authentically Jeff Koons, and his works are so shiny and beautiful, and I could fall into them and lose myself. Similarly with Andy Warhol, there was an authenticity to what he was doing, whatever form it took, there was a truth there. I'm taking the paint subversion of painting and subverting that into the pop elements of my paintings, forcing you to deal with something beautiful, and something pretty… pretty, pretty.
*For more information, please visit www.partnersandmucciaccia.com
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There is no win against him if you don't bring a fully adopted Kryptonian.