We do offer one tech courses and license sessions. We advice participants to review the freely available question pools before attending the course or use www.HamTestOnline.com and take their interactive course (fee). We have a lot of material to fit in betqween 8:30 am and 3pm, so it is best to use one of the two options above to insure familairity and make taking ur course less stressful.
We are offering a one day technician license course and test session on Saturday October 20, 2018. There was no fee for the course. The test session is a $15 fee (bring a check). We will cover material for the technician license in a PowerPoint Lecture format, including reviewing the question pool.
The course and test will be held at the Larsen Hall, room TBA. Larsen Hall is the second building from the parking lot located across the Reitz Student Union (other side of Museum Road).
The course will start at 8:30 am, please arrive at 8:15 am. The course will end at 3pm, and the test session will follow, ending at 5pm. Lunch will be served, and is provided by the UF ECE Department and the Alumni and Friends of Gator Amateur Radio.


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Movie Review ... Deliver Us From Evil
Movie executives have often been compared to Satan, the Prince of Darkness. Their peculiar creative decisions have seen many producing teams curse them for their devilish ways. What cannot be denied is their ability to exploit profitable trends. Since 'The Exorcist' head-spun its way to box office gold in 1973 anything involving Lucifer's wicked manifestations has been gleefully put on screen. 'Deliver Us from Evil' is the latest with its atmospheric spookiness sure to scare the executive elite all the way to the bank.
New York cop Ralph Sarchie (Eric Bana) is a lapsed Catholic disillusioned with religion. Attempting to find new purpose his latest case tests his resolve. Meeting Spanish priest Mendoza (Edgar Ramirez), his former faith returns to haunt him. Told a soldier, Santino (Sean Harris), is possessed by the devil, Ralph teams with the priest to eradicate the evil spirit. With New York quickly turning into anarchy due to malevolent forces, time slowly runs out for the duo to combat a power beyond their imagining.
Allegedly based on true events 'Deliver Us from Evil' generally captivates. Whilst one can take its true claims with a pinch of salt, the strong performances and story see it through. The authenticity of the relationships between Ralph and his family and his confrontation of past regrets are often more compelling than the ensuing horror. Bana has turned into a fine leading actor and effectively conveys the trauma his character witnesses. Ramirez and the rest of his co-stars equally share the kudos in developing their roles.
Scott Derrickson's direction is also worthy of attention. Previously helming similar films such as 'Sinister', he brings his skills in crafting genuine scares. Derrickson adds much tension to the expected pyrotechnics by allowing the mood to slowly percolate. Even if the script occasionally walks a predictable trajectory, his directorial flourishes make you unsure where the story leads. This hybrid of horror and mystery works and maintains interest until the end.
'Deliver Us from Evil' is an effective shocker. Those sinister movie executives have it right this time with Satan's latest cinematic appearance sure to linger long after his presence has vanished into darkness.
Posted by Graham at 7/26/2014 12:32:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: Eric Bana, movie review, Patrick Moore, Scott Derrickson
Movie Review ... Hercules
'Hercules' proves the adage 'everything old is new again'. Representing the 'sword and sandal' epics proliferating cinemas in the 1950's, 'Hercules' arrives with its umpteenth cinematic adventure. With a public eager for anything resembling the current popular TV hit 'Game of Thrones', the arrival is opportune. Unfortunately it's directed by Brett Ratner, a helmer of infamous cinematic disasters even Hercules would find impossible to survive.
The powerful son of Zeus, Hercules (Dwayne Johnson) hires himself out as a sword for hire. Roaming the land searching for new horizons, his services soon become needed. The King of Thrace (John Hurt) enlists his help in defeating a wicked warlord. Needing all the strength he can muster, Hercules aims to crush his enemies and be rid of any evil darkening his world.
From its' opening moments 'Hercules' revels in its opulent grandeur. Looking as spectacular as you'd expect, it successfully brings Hercules' world to life. Aiding this are the many action sequences which are dazzlingly staged. For every grunting, roaring and sweating moment though there's a downside. As the movie grinds on it becomes a repetitive menagerie of sword fights and bad plotting. Inexplicably ignoring Hercules' rich mythology, the original story feels as generic as similar recent films.
Johnson does his best to rise above the plot mediocrity. Whilst he isn't the world's greatest actor, he looks good while flexing his chiselled physique. It seems that's all that's needed for this version of Hercules as Ratner's direction shows little flair or imagination. As the person responsible for nearly killing off the X-Men franchise with 'X-Men: The Last Stand', his reputation precedes him. 'Hercules' doesn't do him any favours with his usual mix of action and silly humour failing to register much interest.
Although it had potential to be great, 'Hercules' ultimately plays like a dumb action flick. It's a predictable yarn with CGI and muscled torsos doing most of the work. No thinking is required while viewing with its brevity its only truly redeeming feature.
Labels: Brett Ratner, Dwayne Johnson, Hercules, John Hurt, movie review, Patrick Moore
Movie Review ... Mrs. Brown's Boys D'movie
Occasionally there are works deflating my love of movies. Some have been such horrible experiences that serve as a bench-mark for poor quality. 'Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie' manages to reach the apex of lowest common denominator film-making. Cheaply made with lashings of 70's-style racism and homophobia, its meagre plot drowns in a sea of smutty vulgarity. What worked for its successful British TV incarnation doesn't work for film with its 'nudge-nudge wink-wink' humour something even Benny Hill wouldn't have touched.
Agnes Brown (Brendan O'Carroll) runs a family stall at a local market. Mother to several children, she does her best to put up with their antics. When learning a shady Russian businessman wants to turn the market into a shopping complex, she decides to defend her turf. Taking him to court, Agnes and her brood cause a huge furore as their case makes national headlines.
Like someone at a party telling totally inappropriate jokes, 'Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie' is wince inducing. The incoherent plot, shambolic direction and appalling gags magnify its origins as a lazy cash-in. Written by star O'Carroll, his attempts to turn it into an ode to his native Dublin fails to show off any of its local colour. Whilst his character of Agnes is meant to represent a 'typical Dubliner', it's an ugly portrait. Glossed with a veneer of false sentimentality, this end of pier-style adult pantomime runs out of steam long before its very predictable conclusion.
Overshadowing the entire film is its disgraceful attitude. The disabled, homosexuals and various nationalities receive a drubbing from O'Carroll's poisonous pen. Featured as grotesque stereotypes, the quality of their portrayal mirrors the comedic abattoir in which O'Carroll resides. Gags involving bestiality aren't funny either with this witless and mean-spirited production failing to reach higher than the bottom of the barrel from whence it came.
'Mrs Browns Boys D'Movie' is a deceptive and ugly beast. Behind its masque of hilarity lies a seething cesspit of crudity and malice. It's a celluloid abomination richly deserving of its place in cinema's Hall of Shame.
A Dorothy Lamour Moment
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Trivia Bits 26 July
After the Dissolution of the Monasteries between 1536 and 1541 by Henry VIII, parts of St Mary the Virgin's Church, Bromfield, Shropshire England, were converted into a house.
The Cuckoo's Calling was the first crime novel by internationally successful author J.K. Rowling, writing under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith published in May 2013..
US baseballer Babe Ruth's birth name was George Herman Ruth Jnr.
The Pitstone Windmill in Buckinghamshire is believed to be the oldest windmill in the British Isles being thought to have been first built circa 1627 as this date is carved on part of the framework.
To keep students enrolled at the Morris Industrial School for Indians, a Native American boarding school in Minnesota, around 1898 superintendent William H. Johnson prohibited students from taking vacations to go home.
Played by Harry Anderson, Judge Harold "Harry" T Stone featured in the 80s/90s American comedy sitcom Night Court which aired from 1984 to 1992.
Braeriach, 1,296 m (4,252 ft), is the third highest mountain in Scotland, surpassed only by Ben Nevis and Ben Macdui.
Volcanologist Harry Glicken was saved from the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens due to a scheduling conflict, only to die in the eruption of Mount Unzen in 1991.
The final book in the Old Testament in the King James Bible is Malachi.
The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age civilization that arose on the island of Crete and flourished from approximately the 27th century BCE to the 15th century BCE. The term "Minoan" was coined by Arthur Evans, British archeologist after the mythic "king" Minos.
Labels: Henry VIII, J K Rowling, Scotland, Trivia Bits
Quotables 26 July
A Dorothy Jordan Moment
Labels: Celebrities
Henry VIII ruled England from 21 April 1509 until his death on 28 January 1547.
The full name of Doc on the Back to the Future trilogy is Dr Emmett Brown and was played by Christopher Lloyd.
God Defend new Zealand is one of New Zealand's National Anthems. It was written by Thomas Bracken in the 1870s, and in 1940 the New Zealand government bought the copyright and made it New Zealand's national hymn in time for that year's centennial celebrations. The other National Anthem is God Save the Queen most often only played when the Sovereign, Governor-General or other member of the Royal Family is present, or on some occasions such as Anzac Day.
Barbara Hanrahan wrote the 1973 semi-autobiographical novel The Scent of Eucalyptus. Barbara an Australian artist, printmaker and writer whose work mostly revolved around the roles of and relationships between women.
The Sun of May appears on the flags of both Argentina and Uruguay.
China's Yangtze River flows for 6,418 kilometres (3,988 mi) from the glaciers on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Qinghai eastward across southwest, central and eastern China before emptying into the East China Sea
The Iliad and the Odyssey were just two parts of the eight-part Trojan War cycle of epic poems that were the distillation in literary form of an oral tradition that had developed during the Greek Dark Age.
Mila Kunis was born in 1983 in Chernivtsi, in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic now known as Ukraine.
The Dog Fence in Australia is the longest continual construction in the world. Stretching 5,300 kms from near Surfers Paradise in Queensland and ends up in Ceduna in South Australia on the Great Australian Bight. It was built to protect the sheep in the south of the country from the dingoes in the northern area of Australia.
Anatolia denotes the westernmost part of Asia making up the majority of the Republic of Turkey.
Labels: Argentina, Australia, Back to the Future, China, Christopher Lloyd, Henry VIII, Mila Kunis, New Zealand, Trivia Bits, Turkey, Uruguay
The Wiz: Original Broadway Cast
This is absolutely wonderful. The songs are a mix of gospel, disco, wonderful piano anthems, and so much more. The cast is superb, led by a delightful Stephanie Mills as Dorothy who shows so much musical maturity in her performances.
Compared to the motion picture soundtrack, this is a collection of mostly mellow, laid back tunes with a lot of heart and even more soul. It does however, have its fun moments. The tornado is one such example, providing glimpses back into the prospering 70s disco scene. Any song by Andre de Shields, as the Wiz, is guaranteed to make you shake your groove thing, and the character roles (Scarecrow, Tinman, Lion) are filled with fine performances from Hinton Battle, Tiger Haynes, and Ted Ross, respectively.
Standouts include: all of Stephanie Mill's features; she puts so much feeling into her songs, Mabel King's anthem to No Bad News, Dorothy and the Lion's duet, Be a Lion, the funky Ease on Down the Road, and the unforgettable finale. At only 12 or 13, Stephanie Mills accomplished so much with her performance in The Wiz.
2. The Feeling We Once Had
3. Tornado
4. He's The Wizard
5. Soon As I Get Home
6. I Was Born On The Day Before Yesterday
7. Ease On Down The Road
8. Slide Some Oil To Me
9. I'm A Mean Ole Lion
10. Be A Lion
11. So You Wanted To See The Wizard
12. What Would I Do If I Could Feel
13. Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News
14. Everybody Rejoice
15. Y'all Got It!
16. If You Believe
17. Home (Finale)
Labels: Broadway, Music
A Dorothy Gish Moment
The longest-running show in Broadway theatre history was Cats with 7,485 performances when it closed on September 10, 2000 until it was overtaken by The Phantom of the Opera which opened 26 January 1988 and as of 24 November 2013 had had 10743 performances.
The creator of the TV series Homeland, Gideon Raff, is the son of a former Accountant General in Israel's Ministry of Finance.
The United States of America is home to the majority of ethnic Cajuns mainly living in the state of Louisiana, consisting of the descendants of Acadian exiles.
Andrea, Caroline, Sharon and Jim are members of the Irish band The Corrs that combines pop rock with traditional Celtic folk music and are from Dundalk, Co. Louth, in Ireland.
Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional film actor Nick Cave's full name is Nicholas Edward Cave.
Return to Sender, a hit for Elvis Presley in 1962, comes from the 1962 movie Girls! Girls! Girls! Elvis Presley plays Ross Carpenter, a Hawaiian fishing guide and sailor who enjoys boating and sailing out on the sea. When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, he seeks to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he built with his father.
Wally Lewis was the captain of the Queensland State of origin team from 1981 – 1991 and was known as The King of Rugby.
France was the first to issue official postage due stamps in 1859 and are a stamp added to an underpaid piece of mail to indicate the extra postage due.
Dragon's teeth were square-pyramidal concrete fortifications used during the Second World War to impede the movement of tanks and were employed extensively particularly on the Siegfried Line and were used by all sides in the various theatres of war.
Hurricane Audrey, in Louisiana in 1957, was one of the first hurricanes observed by weather radar with Audrey leaving $147 million (1957 USD) in damage and at least 416 fatalities in the US.
Labels: Broadway, Cats, Elvis Presley, France, Nick Cave, Stamps, The Phantom of the Opera, Trivia Bits, World War 2
A Dorothy Dell Moment
The second story in The Jungle Book (1894), Kaa's Hunting is an 1893 short story by Rudyard Kipling featuring seven-year-old "man-cub" Mowgli, raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, being tutored in the Law of the Jungle by Baloo the bear.
The lead singer of internationally renowned band, Powderfinger, Bernard Fanning was raised in Brisbane, Australia.
Angela Jolie topped Forbes magazine's 2013 list of Hollywood highest earning actresses.
Proverbially the sweetest fruit is that which is forbidden.
Stonehenge is surrounded by 56 pits known as Aubrey holes which are a ring of Chalk pits at Stonehenge named after the seventeenth-century antiquarian John Aubrey.
To the end of 2013, the only Australian woman to win a Best Actress Academy Award is Nicole Kidman for her performance as Virginia Woolf in the drama film The Hours (2002).
Jesse Fisher in the 2012 movie Liberal Arts is played by Josh Radnor who also wrote and directed the movie.
Sydney's Belmore Park, in New South Wales, is on land that used to be a police barracks, a cemetery, a women's shelter, an asylum and a common and was landscaped in 1868.
Yemen is bordered by two countries – Oman and Saudi Arabia.
English playwright and novelist, Dorothy "Dodie" Smith, wrote I Capture the Castle(1949) and The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956).
Labels: Angelina Jolie, Australia, Jungle Book, Nicole Kidman, Rudyard Kipling, Sydney, Trivia Bits
A Dorothy Dare Moment
Patricia Barber – A Distortion of Love 1992
Artist: Patricia Barber
Album: A Distortion of Love
Genres: Vocal, Music, Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Rock
℗ 1992 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Pianist and singer Patricia Barber's second album, and major-label debut, is a consistently interesting, but not always completely rewarding, array of original instrumentals, vocal standards, and surprise cover versions.
The arrangement of "Summertime" that opens the program is eerie almost to the point of creepiness, and all the more effective for it: after a long instrumental prelude, Barber sings the lyrics over the most minimal bass-and-piano unison pedal point, her voice goosed with reverb and wailing softly like a ghost.
"Subway Station #5," the original composition that follows, is nervous, jumpy, barely tonal, and moves niftily from a contrapuntal and polyrhythmic introduction into a straight swing section. The problem is that it lasts almost ten minutes, and by the seventh or eighth minute, its ideas seem pretty well played out. "Or Not to Be" and "Yet Another in a Long Series of Yellow Cars" suffer from similar treatment.
But her singing on "You Stepped Out of a Dream" and, especially, her sweet and touching rendition of the soul classic "My Girl" are quietly spectacular.
1. Summertime 6:14
2. Subway Station #5 9:31
3. You Stepped Out Of A Dream 7:36
4. Parts Parallels 5:06
5. Or Not To Be 7:04
6. Yellow Car 5:50
7. Yet Another In A Long Series Of Yellow Car 4:28
8. I Never Went Away 4:37
9. My Girl 3:44
10. By Myself 4:54
Scarlet fever is not caused by a virus but by toxin-producing bacteria.
The 17th Arizona Territorial Legislature in 1893 authorized a US$5,000 bounty for the capture of the renegade Apache Kid dead or alive.
A lepidopterist, or Aurelian, collects moths and butterflies with term including hobbyists who are not formal scholars.
South-West Africa became known by the name the Republic of Namibia after gaining independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990.
The Sitka, native to the west coast of North America, is the largest species of spruce tree growing to almost 100 m tall and with a trunk diameter at breast height that can exceed 5 m.
In Formula One racing, the diagonally divided black and white flag signifies unsportsmanlike conduct.
The capital of the Indonesian province of Aceh is Banda Aceh.
Maryland Route 170 was relocated for the construction of Baltimore/Washington International Airport in the late 1940s.
Vitamin C is water-soluble.
On 6 April 1199, Richard the Lionheart died as a result of an infected arrow wound to the shoulder received during the siege of Chalus in France.
Labels: Africa, Indonesia, Trivia Bits
A Dorothy Dandridge Moment
Labels: Celebrities, Dorothy Dandridge
Richard Marx – Beautiful Goodbye 2014
Artist: Richard Marx
Album: Beautiful Goodbye
Genres: Pop, Music, Singer/Songwriter, Rock
Expected Release: Jul 08, 2014
℗ 2014 Richard Marx, Inc. d/b/a Zanzibar Productions
The follow-up to 2008′s Sundown, this is the tenth original studio album from the American adult contemporary singer/songwriter probably still best remembered for his 1989 worldwide smash hit "Right Here Waiting." Co-written with, among others, Vertical Horizon's Matt Scannell, David Hodges of Evanescence, and '80s über-producer Walter Afanasieff, and partly inspired by his divorce from actress Cynthia Rhodes after 25 years of marriage, Beautiful Goodbye is another perfectly crafted set of his trademark smooth, emotional pop/rock. The racy single "Whatever We Started" is included.
1.Whatever We Started 3:52
2.Suddenly 4:43
3.Inside 5:27
4.Beautiful Goodbye 4:53
5.Forgot to Remember 3:47
6.Turn Off the Night 3:26
7.Have a Little Faith 4:41
8.Like the World Is Ending 4:14
9.To My Senses 4:54
10.Getaway 3:39
11.Eyes on Me 3:01
The Chislehurst Caves of Kent are actually mines that were first worked in 1250 and are 22 miles (35 km) long series of tunnels in Chislehurst, in the south eastern suburbs of London.
Australian painter Jeffrey Smart initially wanted to become an architect instead of an artist and was known for his precisionist depictions of urban landscapes with his autobiography, Not Quite Straight, published in 1996.
Rhodesian-born pilot Ernest Melville Guest was part of the RAF escort that flew with HMS Hereward taking the Dutch Royal Family to safety in England during World War Two.
Saskatchewan is a province of the country of Canada.
In 1968, Swedish pentathlete Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall became the first Olympian disqualified for drug use, for drinking two beers during the Summer Olympics held in Mexico City.
The collections of the Chicago Public Library began with the 8,000-volume "English Book Donation" which came in response to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871with donors including Queen Victoria, Benjamin Disraeli, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, John Stuart Mill, John Ruskin, and Matthew Arnold.
The 2001 novel Dirt Music was written by Tim Winton - an Australian novelist and short story writer.
Imari porcelain is Japanese porcelain wares made in the town of Arita, in the former Hizen Province, northwestern Kyūshū and were exported to Europe extensively from the port of Imari, Saga, between the second half of the 17th century and the first half of the 18th century.
Marilyn Monroe married baseball player Joe DiMaggio in 1954.
Residents of the old soldiers' home known as Royal Hospital Chelsea, a retirement home and nursing home for some 300 British soldiers who are unfit for further duty due to injury or old age, are called Chelsea pensioners.
The Crested Chameleon can be found over 1,000,000 square kilometres (390,000 sq mi) in Africa
Italian physicist and founder of the Electromagnetic Wave Research Institute Nello Carrara coined the term "microwave". He coined the word in his paper on "The Detection of Microwaves" in 1932.
Labels: Africa, Canada, Chicago, London, Marilyn Monroe, Olympics, Science, Tim Winton, Trivia Bits, World War 2
Elaine Stritch: Elaine Stritch At Liberty (2002)
The legendary Tony and Emmy winner Elaine Stritch talks about her audition for the role of Dorothy in a classic hit CBS show The Golden Girls. The role, of course, went to Bea Arthur.
Veteran actress/singer Elaine Stritch had a career in musicals, straight plays, movies, and TV dating back to the mid-'40s, and at age 76 she reviews it all on this two-CD album, which is a recorded version of her one-woman show, Elaine Stritch: At Liberty. Her singing voice has long since become raspy and limited, but her timing and phrasing enable her to put across almost any song effectively.
She features her signature songs, from "Civilization" (the novelty in which a monkey expresses a preference for the jungle), which she sang in her first Broadway show, Angel in the Wings, in 1947, to Noël Coward's witty "Why Do the Wrong People Travel," which she introduced in Sail Away in 1961, and, inevitably, "The Ladies Who Lunch," her showstopper from Stephen Sondheim's Company in 1970. Other songs tend to be incidental to the anecdotes she tells, starting with an annotated version of "There's No Business Like Show Business," from which she hangs a series of humorous personal observations. Stritch is unsparing to herself as well as her colleagues, providing an impressionistic autobiography that is revealing, if selective. You would hardly know about her extensive work in television, which goes almost unmentioned, but her major theatre credits are all touched on. She is unafraid to discuss her problems with alcohol or with men. Containing entertaining stories concerning such figures as Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, Ethel Merman, and Noël Coward, this is an album that will delight anyone interested in the history of theatre over the years from the 1940s to the 1980s, as told from the vantage point of one of its more acute, if occasionally addlepated, observers. And though the mere listener is denied the added pleasure of having Stritch on-stage performing it, very little is actually lost in the transfer to disc.
Recorded live at The Joseph Papp Public Theatre, New York, New York on January 10-12, 2002.
1. There's No Business Like Show Business (Berlin)
2. Caca
3. I Want a Long Time Daddy (Grainger)
4. A Piece of Mahler
5. This Is All Very New to Me (Hague/Horwitt)
6. Going to New York
7. Marlon Brando
8. Broadway Baby (Sondheim)
9. My First Broadway Show
10. Civilization (Hilliard/Sigman)
11. Ethel Merman
12. Can You Use Any Money Today? (Berlin)
13. Pal Joey
14. Zip (Hart/Rodgers)
15. Ben Gazzara
16. Nokl Coward
17. Why Do the Wrong People Travel (Coward)
18. Richard Burton
19. But Not for Me/If Love Were All (Gershwin/Gershwin)
20. I'm Still Here (Sondheim)
21. Booze
22. Little Things You Do Together (Sondheim)
23. The Ladies Who Lunch (Sondheim)
24. John Bay
25. There Was Never a Baby Like My Baby (Comden/Green/Styne)
26. I've Been to a Marvelous Party (Coward)
27. God So Quickly
28. The Party's Over (Comden/Green/Styne)
29. Absent Almost Always
30. Something Good (Rodgers)
Elaine Stritch: Ladies Who Lunch (Company)
Labels: Bea Arthur, Elaine Stritch, Music, Noel Coward, Stephen Sondheim, The Golden Girls
Movie Review ... Sex Tape
Modern technology can be a wonderful thing. The speed with which messages and photos are delivered is often mind-boggling. Sometimes such occurrences can be dangerous. 'Sex Tape' shows just how awry today's technological world can be. Based on several infamous celebrity scandals, it serves as a comedic warning that for certain occasions a camera's presence would be most unwise.
After a decade together, Jay (Jason Segel) and Annie (Cameron Diaz) still love each other. Parents to two children, despite their affection they feel the marital spice has gone walkabout. Deciding to fix this by filming a sex tape, their very adult union ends up being leaked. Becoming an internet sensation, they desperately try to retrieve the footage from the all-powerful Cloud network. What follows is a series of mis-haps as their amorous coupling brings the joy to others they initially hoped to achieve for themselves.
'Sex Tape' makes a lot out of the chemistry of its leads. Segel and Diaz make for a watchable duo as their characters attempt to right a very naughty wrong. Most of the time it's fun to watch with cameos by Rob Lowe and Jack Black adding some spark. Unfortunately Jake Kasdan's leaden direction drags the story. Where more energy was needed it sags with the threadbare plot spread too thinly. Another sub-plot or two could have beefed things up with some sequences failing to reach their potential.
Despite its lurid title, 'Sex Tape' generally avoids diving into totally smutty territory. It makes an attempt to be somewhat clever in creating laughs with the cast showing good comic timing. A message about maintaining a relationships' passion can be seen amidst the wicked carry-on. This adds some substance to the silly script even if it doesn't really engage as much as it should.
A fluffy movie ultimately reaching an unsatisfying climax, 'Sex Tape' is only modest fun. Although more needed to be done with the material it serves as a warning that filming private encounters is something best to be avoided.
Labels: Cameron Diaz, Jake Kasdan, Jason Segel, movie review, Patrick Moore
Movie Review ... Still Life
'Downsizing' has become the new word for economic rationalism. Decreasing the number of workers for the maximum amount of saved dollars, companies have done this for centuries. Employees who are left behind are forced to work harder in delivering the same level of expected service. 'Still Life' examines this social malaise with skill. Tightly scripted and directed it's a fine drama looking at a person's refusal to surrender to corporate interference.
John (Eddie Marsan) is a council worker whose department has been downsized. His job is to contact the next of kin of those who have died alone on council property. Facing the prospect of unemployment, he embarks on one last case. When meeting Kelly (Joanne Froggatt), daughter of a deceased tenant, he is taken on an unexpected journey. Learning to re-connect with life, his encounters change his viewpoint in unexpected ways.
Sensitive and interesting, 'Still Life' is an often moving exploration of loneliness. In helping wrapping up the lives of those who died alone, John's own introverted nature surfaces. His forced redundancy serves to further focus attention on carrying out his duties with the dignity and professionalism his co-workers lack. How his unswerving loyalty to the deceased never wavers is effectively driven home under Uberto Pasolini's astute direction.
Making 'Still Life' work so well is its mix of drama and humour. Both complement each other without descending into sentimentality. This allows for genuine authenticity with the character interactions and atmosphere. The photography mirrors the initial bleakness of John's daily life but soon creates more colour with the people he meets. Marsan and his co-stars embody their characters well with Marsan showing his versatility with a rare nice guy role.
'Still Life' is a fine light drama showing how to embrace the most out of life. Doing one's best in the face of changed circumstances is something anyone should aspire to as 'Still Life' effectively shows.
Labels: Eddie Marsan, movie review, Patrick Moore
A Dorothy Burgess Moment

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Overcoming Existential Anxiety
Existential anxiety refers to feelings of unease about meaning, choice, and freedom in life. While anxiety is a basic theme of life and reflects the experience of fear or being threatened, this is usually considered to be in the context of a physical or situational threat.
For example, you might have a fear of flying or public speaking anxiety. In contrast, existential anxiety reflects a deeper type of angst that makes coping with it a more complex endeavor.
Understanding Existential Anxiety
Whether referred to as existential angst, despair, or anxiety, the concept is the same: the idea is that life is inherently pointless. That our existence has no meaning because there are limits or boundaries on it, namely, that we all must die someday.
Existential anxiety tends to arise during transitions and reflects difficulty adapting, often related to losing safety and security. For example, a college student moving away from home or an adult going through a difficult divorce might feel as though the foundation on which their life was built is crumbling. This can lead to questioning the meaning of your existence.
Existentialism emphasizes that we are all free to make choices in life, and with this freedom to make choices comes responsibility. However, given the ultimate fate of death, your actions can appear meaningless when viewed in relation to the bigger picture of your life.
In this way, freedom leads to despair, and the responsibility of this freedom causes anxiety.
No matter what choice we make, it does not change the fact that our time on this earth is limited.
How Existentialists View Anxiety
Existentialists view anxiety in a different way than psychiatrists and psychologists. Rather than perceiving anxiety to be a problem that must be resolved, they view it as an inevitable part of life that everyone will experience, and something that is positive and that can teach us important lessons about life.
They view the ultimate concerns of life as death, freedom, isolation, and meaninglessness. These concerns are thought to cause feelings of dread and angst because we can never be sure that our choices are the right ones, and once a choice is made, the alternative has to be rejected.
How often have you struggled with a decision and feared it was the wrong one? That fear of making the wrong choice reflects angst about freedom related to existential concerns.
Existentialists believe that we have this anxiety or angst because there is no "right" path and no guide to tell us what to do. In essence, each of us must make meaning in our own lives. If this responsibility feels too great, we may retreat into ways of behaving that shield us from this feeling of anxiety.
Existential vs. Neurotic Anxiety
Anxiety in common sense is a problem to be fixed. Psychotherapy and medication are used to treat anxiety disorders such as panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and social anxiety disorder, and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) lists criteria or symptoms that group anxiety into different categories.
In contrast, existentialists view existential anxiety as a normal consequence of human existence, and neurotic anxiety as an avoidance behavior. In other words, if you're worried about the plane crashing or everyone in the audience of your speech laughing at you, then you've successfully distracted yourself from worrying about whether your life has meaning or what will happen after you die.
Clearly, these are two different definitions of anxiety that are not totally incompatible. However, existential anxiety described in this way feels almost more similar to depression than anxiety—perhaps why the terms "angst" and "despair" are often used interchangeably with anxiety in this context.
In 1844, Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard wrote: "whoever has learnt to be anxious in the right way, has learnt the ultimate." This expresses the idea that existential anxiety goes beyond fear about day-to-day troubles. While doctors deal with the medical model and neurotic anxiety, those coming from an existential or phenomenological (experienced-based) approach think of anxiety as necessary.
In this way, existential anxiety is considered a journey, an awareness, a necessary experience, and a complex phenomenon. It arises from awareness of your own freedoms and how life will end for you one day.
If you struggle with existential anxiety, you might be asking, "What is the point to living?" As you move through transitions in your life and lose the security of a familiar context and structure, you might question the point of life, if in the end, the result is that you die. Why go through the motions?
Various existential writers have considered this question. Journalist and novelist Albert Camus argued that the only way out is to embrace the absurdity of the situation and to rise above it, even if it is only within the context of your own life. In other words, if you are going to be a person in this world, then you need to make a choice to make meaning in your own life, whatever form that takes.
If you're going to be around for 80-odd years, make it worthwhile.
Camus also argued that the ability to have passion for what could otherwise be considered a meaningless life reflects an appreciation for life itself. If you can stop trying to live for the end, or the "goal," and start living for the act of "being" itself, then your life becomes about living it fully, choosing integrity, and being passionate. This sounds not surprisingly like the foundation of mindfulness meditation in the medical model of anxiety.
Given that existential anxiety is related to an awareness of the ultimate boundaries in life, which are death and chance, anxiety of this type can be seen as unavoidable rather than pathological. Because of this, each of us must find a way to "live with" this anxiety rather than eliminate it. Or so the existentialists argue.
There are both helpful and unhelpful ways of responding to this type of existential crisis. One is the choice not to live at all or to give up on life.
A second is to become so absorbed in daily distractions that you don't live an authentic life. This is said to leave no room for existential anxiety, but also no room for an authentic life. It's a maladaptive coping or avoidance strategy, in essence. How many people do you know who go through life with "eyes wide shut," never looking at the big picture?
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If you've been living your life in this way, avoiding thinking about the ultimate limit, and then something happens—a brush with death or the death of a loved one—how do you respond? According to the existentialists, this may serve as an awakening in terms of your attitude toward life.
This event might move you toward authenticity, which will necessarily also bring anxiety with it. You might have thoughts about the fleetingness of your existence and how you are living it. When you stop taking for granted that you will wake up each day alive, you might experience anxiety, but at the same time deeper meaning.
You might notice that all the day-to-day mundane problems that bothered you so much no longer seem to matter, and all the thoughts and fears and anxiety about the mundane fall away, because you are faced with a much bigger problem. At the end of your life, will any of this matter? Will it matter what career you chose, how much money you had, or what car you drove?
All of these changes may lead to more courageous and authentic ways of responding to this existential crisis. Can you let this anxiety motivate you and guide you toward a more authentic life? What can this anxiety teach you about your relatedness to the world? Pull out a notebook and jot down your thoughts on these last two questions. It's in the answers to these questions that you will find how to cope with existential anxiety.
While there is no specific treatment for dealing with existential anxiety, there are treatments that can be helpful. For example, CBT and medication can help address anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues that may accompany existential anxiety. Also, talking to a professional can be very helpful in reducing existential anxiety. If you find yourself grappling with existential angst, whether due to a transition or life-changing event, self-care approaches that focus on finding meaning may also be helpful.
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Q: Neo4j/Cypher optionally create a Node and relationship based on whether a JSON object is empty or not First off, I am using the GRANDstack with Flutter as my frontend. Not super relevant, but for context. I have a CreatePost mutation:
mutation CreatePost(\$body: String!, \$userId: ID!, \$imageReference: CreateImageReference!, \$mentions: [String!]) {
  CreatePost(body: \$body, userId: \$userId, imageReference: \$imageReference, mentions: \$mentions) {
    id,
    body,
    createdAt {
      formatted
    },
    updatedAt {
      formatted
    },
    user {
      username
    },
    imageReference {
      downloadURL
    }
  }
}

that is successfully sending my CreateImageReference input as JSON with name and downloadURL attributes. The custom input type:
input CreateImageReference {
    name: String!
    downloadURL: String!
}

in my schema file is straightforward and being accepted by apollo/graphql just fine. I am logging the "graphqlResponse" to monitor everything and there appears to be no issue up to this point.
I am attempting to "optionally create" this ImageReference node and a relationship to the Post node based on whether the $imageReference parameter is null or not. My custom mutation with cypher query without the addition of the ImageReference logic:
CreatePost(body: String!, userId: ID!, imageReference: CreateImageReference!, mentions: [String!]): Post
    @cypher(
      statement: """
        MATCH (u:User {id: $userId})-[:MEMBER_OF]->(g:Group)
        OPTIONAL MATCH (g)-[rel:NEWEST_POST]->(prevNewest:Post)
        CREATE (u)-[:WROTE]->(p:Post {id: apoc.create.uuid(), body: $body, createdAt: datetime(), updatedAt: datetime()})<-[:NEWEST_POST]-(g)
        MERGE (u)-[hp:HAS_PARTICIPATED]->(g)
        ON MATCH SET hp.updatedAt = p.createdAt
        ON CREATE SET hp.createdAt = p.createdAt, hp.updatedAt = p.createdAt
        FOREACH(i in CASE WHEN NOT rel IS NULL THEN [1] ELSE [] END |
        DELETE rel CREATE (p)-[:NEXT_POST]->(prevNewest))
        WITH p
        OPTIONAL MATCH (allMentionedUsers:User)
        WHERE allMentionedUsers.id in $mentions
        UNWIND allMentionedUsers as mentionedUser
        MERGE (p)-[:MENTIONS]->(mentionedUser)
        // Add CREATE ImageReference and
        // Add CREATE relationship (HAS_ATTACHMENT) between ImageReference and Post here
        RETURN p
    """)

What is the most efficient way to check if the variable $imageReference IS NULL and do nothing if it is vs. run the CREATE node/relationship statements when NOT IS NULL:
CREATE (i:ImageReference {id: apoc.create.uuid(), name: $imageReference['name'], downloadURL: $imageReference['downloadURL']}
WITH i
CREATE (p)-[:HAS_ATTACHMENT]-(i)

Here is an attempt with CASE:
CASE $imageReference
WHEN null []
ELSE CREATE (i:ImageReference {
    id: apoc.create.uuid(),
    name: $imageReference['name'],
    downloadURL: $imageReference['downloadURL'],
    createdAt: datetime(),
    updatedAt: datetime(),
    deletedAt: null
})
CREATE (p)-[:HAS_ATTACHMENT]->(i)
WITH i END

that is throwing a "Neo4jError: Failed to invoke procedure apoc.cypher.doIt: Caused by: org.neo4j.exceptions.SyntaxException: Invalid input 'S': expected 'l/L' (line 10, column 3 (offset: 678))",.
Here is an attempt with FOREACH that is successfully creating the Post, but not the ImageReference with no errors to indicate why:
FOREACH (i in CASE WHEN NOT $imageReference IS NULL THEN [1] ELSE [] END |
    CREATE (ir:ImageReference {
        id: apoc.create.uuid(),
        name: $imageReference['name'],
        downloadURL: $imageReference['downloadURL'],
        createdAt: datetime(),
        updatedAt: datetime(),
        deletedAt: null
    })
    CREATE (p)-[:HAS_ATTACHMENT]->(ir))

If I execute this part:
CREATE (ir:ImageReference {
    id: apoc.create.uuid(),
    name: $imageReference['name'],
    downloadURL: $imageReference['downloadURL'],
    createdAt: datetime(),
    updatedAt: datetime(),
    deletedAt: null
})
CREATE (p)-[:HAS_ATTACHMENT]->(ir))

without the CASE or FOREACH, it successfully creates the Node and relationship as expected, which is fine until I want to create a post without an ImageReference. Perhaps the solution is to just create two different queries?

A: You can use the APOC procedure apoc.do.when to perform if-then-else processing that can write to the DB (apoc.when can be used for read-only processing).
For example, your last snippet can be done this way:
...
CALL apoc.do.when(
  $imageReference IS NOT NULL,
  ' CREATE (ir:ImageReference {
      id: apoc.create.uuid(),
      name: ref.name,
      downloadURL: ref.downloadURL,
      createdAt: datetime(),
      updatedAt: datetime()
    })
    CREATE (p)-[:HAS_ATTACHMENT]->(ir)
    RETURN ir',
  '',
  {ref: $imageReference, p: p}
) YIELD value
WITH p, value.ir AS ir
...

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PROGRESS 2019: Securing spinoff success
Data company starts as IT department, becomes full-fledged business
Steve Schulwitz
News Staff Writer
sschulwitz@thealpenanews.com
News Photo by Steve Schulwitz Doug Chroninger, CEO of 1010 Technology, does some analytics on a laptop connected to the business's server storage area.
ALPENA — It can be easier said than done for start-up companies to open, become successful, and expand in rural communities like Northeast Michigan, but one tech company in Alpena is doing just that.
Over the last several years, 1010 Technology Center Inc. has grown from a business spinoff of Panel Processing, designed to handle that company's data needs, to working with other businesses and municipalities around the region.
President of Panel Processing Inc. Eric Smith said 1010 Technology, which takes its name from its address on U.S.-23, was incorporated in 2013. From there, however, it began attracting new customers for data services and system design, installation, and maintenance.
"Panel operates 12 plants in six different states, and we ended up building a very robust IT department to service that," Smith said. "What we had was a department that was sitting there waiting between projects, so we decided to provide services out in the local community to keep it busy all the time. We also needed a data center because we were operating out of an old office closet that we outgrew, so we built a data center and we take care of the entire company from right here. We also made it big enough to where we can service many other companies the size of Panel Processing."
Vice President of Technology and CEO Doug Chroninger said the company handles more than just data storage and security. He said it fabricates complete phone and computer networks. Chroninger said customers like 1010 because it offers multiple services individually or as a package.
"We are basically one-stop shopping and same-day service, and it was driven by our customers' requests," Chroninger said. "We were continually referring them elsewhere, and they were getting frustrated. We decided to bring everything they need in-house, and now we can serve them correctly."
So far, the staff consists of seven employees, including six network administrators and an office administrator.
Smith said 1010 Technology has an advantage over other tech companies because, not only does it provide a more well-rounded portfolio of products and services, but it also has a wider range of staff.
"The best way to describe managed services in northern Michigan is that there are a lot of one-man shops that provide service," Smith said. "Some of them are very talented individuals, but they are one-man shops, so, when they are busy with a project, they can't get to another. That is our competition, primarily."
Chroninger said 1010 works with municipalities, school systems, and businesses of all sizes and type.
He said the company is looking at ways to expand out of the region and draw and service customers from other parts of the state. The goal, he said, is to service all of northern Michigan.
Smith said there could be opportunities to open more data and service centers, as well.
"Panel Processing has purchased a lot of businesses over the years, and we could acquire businesses that fold into this one, with new brick-and-mortar locations," he said. "Right now, we aren't really close on anything, but we are having ongoing discussions and bidding on some projects outside of our current market that would require us to take that step if we are awarded them."
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Big hearted bowler raises £7000
Stuart Barber
A champion bowler with terminal cancer played 20 games in one day for charity.
Jim Webb was diagnosed in 2015 and given just four weeks to live.
But since the devastating news the battling 67-year-old grandad from Greenhill in High Bonnybridge has beaten the odds and continued to make every day count.
Last month he raised £7000 by completing a 'bowlathon' challenge that took him from his home club in Allandale, across Falkirk district to Kilsyth and Cumbernauld and on to Glasgow.
His opening match, against Allandale President Sheena Hutchison, started at 7.30am and he deliver his last wood at Victoria Park in Glasgow exactly 12 hours later.
The marathon left Jim exhausted - but delighted five cancer charities including Strathcarron Hospice, Macmillan Cancer Support and The Beatson, where he goes every four weeks for treatment, will benefit.
Jim, a former regional sales manager with bus builders Alexander Dennis Limited in Camelon, has been a member of Allandale for 33 years.
He has won the Singles Championship three times, is its only member to win the Stirlingshire Singles title and has represented Stirlingshire County.
He said: "Having the first match at my favourite green was a great way to start, but I enjoyed every game during the course of the day. I was exhausted at the end of it all, but just being able to give these great causes some financial support made it all worthwhile.
"I might not be well, but my attitude is there is always someone somewhere else worse off than me so if I can do something to help them while I can I will.
"I have a tattoo on my arm that says 'Never Give Up Without A Fight' and that's what I see every morning and that's what inspires me every day. I tell myself that as long as I'm able I'm going to get involved in more fundraisers."
Jim was supported all the way on the day by his son Craig, daughter Laura, his three grandchildren Ryan, Chloe and Adam and his partner, Carol and her grandson, Cooper.
He said: "It was great to have them with me, and I'd like to thank my main sponsors All Commercial Parts from Hillington and everyone else who made a donation."


For more than two decades, JM and I share Thanksgiving with a group of Holiday Orphans. Like us, their family is too far away to visit, so we celebrate with this extended family of dear people.
One couple loves to roast turkey and mash potatoes. Aren't we lucky! We bring a ton of sweet taties and green-bean almondine casserole. Others contribute dessert, wine, salads, rolls, and more. Everyone pitches in for the feast.
I'm all for change and doing things in different ways, but I love the customs of this holiday. One year, we brought different side dishes, but everybody missed the tried-and-true favorites. Isn't it funny how these little things grow into cherished traditions? Yesterday, I was listening to conversations at the salon as I got my hair cut. People recited their Thanksgiving menu and discussed every aspect of their family gathering with the reverence of a sacred litany.
In fact, I thought I had everything I needed for our turkey day meal on Thursday, but, alas --- I'm off to the market in search of lemon pepper for the green-beans almondine. Fortunately, everything's ready for the sweet potatoes. Whew…..gotta keep with tradition!
I also need to dig out timers and extension cords to set candles in the windows. Their glow that begins Thanksgiving evening kicks off our winter holiday season. And then there are gifts to buy and wrap, cards to address (yep, still do personalized, snail-mail greeting cards), decorations to put up inside the house and outdoors in the garden, donations for the food drive, practice for the big community Messiah concert….the list goes on. I could easily make myself go crazy trying to get everything done.
But I don't want to be a captive of the 'list.' I want to take time to savor the here and now. The traditions. The spirit of giving and gratitude of this beautiful season is even more important to cherish as our world faces uncertainty and violence from extremists and evil.
Years go by too fast. It couldn't have been that long ago that Mama and Grandma worked their magic on our Thanksgiving feast that started at 1:00 with anti-pasta and ended with dessert at 5:00 … after intermissions between the pasta and main meal. Or the way Paw-paw Pete captivated us at the dinner table with gentle stories of life during the Depression. Now all are just sweet memories.
So before the checkout line at the market snakes out the door, I want to stop and enjoy this gift of time during the season of gratitude before me in the here and now.
And a special, huge thanks to YOU for supporting Sweet T, Fuzzy and me. It's been a wild ride, and we are beyond grateful.
and a sweet November's final weekend.
I'm taking time off from writing and blogging to enjoy a lovely long holiday family and friends.
If you're going over the river and through the woods to Grandma's house, or just relaxing around the corner, stay safe and cozy.
Catch you next on Cat's Corners the in December.


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How Much Does it Cost to Start a Radio Station?
Know exactly how much it costs to start your own radio station and everything that's involved from start to finish.
by Laura Shenton in Production
A common question we get at Radio.co is, "How much does it cost to start a radio station?". We're going to break down everything you need to think about when setting up your own radio station on Radio.co and give you an idea on how much it might cost you.
AM/FM, DAB, or Online Radio?
There are a few different things you need to consider when you're setting up a radio station for the first time (and the costs that come with them). The first would be, what kind of station you want to be (AM/FM, DAB, or online radio). Check out the video explaining the different types of stations and which you should choose.
Alternatively, here's a rough breakdown:
FM/AM: Broadcast locally, up to about 30-40 miles before the signal breaks up. It all depends on the transmitters strength.
DAB: Broadcast further, even managing to cover whole countries, however, you still cannot effectively broadcast outside of your country of origin.
Online Radio: Broadcast anywhere worldwide, so as long as your listeners have a decent internet connection, they will be able to hear you wherever you're broadcasting from.
After you've considered this, you'll need to start considering the cost of your setup. The costs will be different depending on what kind of setup you're looking at. Obviously, we can't predict the exact cost of a setup because every setup is different, so these figures are all low in cost but with reliable equipment and without jeopardising sound quality.
Choosing the Right Equipment
A big misconception is that you will need lots of expensive equipment to get your station started, and that's just simply not true. Again, this is dependant on what kind of station you want and how advanced you want the setup to be. For example, you could have:
Basic Studio Setup: For a very basic and budget friendly setup, equipment usually consists of: USB mic, mic stand, headphones, laptop, and transmitter/DAB multiplex/internet connection.
Advanced Studio Setup: For a more advanced setup, you may be looking at something like: 2 XLR mics, 2 mic boom arms, 2 headphones, mixer, computer, transmitter/DAB multiplex/internet connection.
Then there's a more professional setup with multiple microphones, audio processor, and so on. You can choose to make your setup as expensive or budget friendly as you wish. If you're new to broadcasting, then stick with basic equipment.
Microphone: Rode Podcaster
The Rode Podcaster looks and feels like a high-quality microphone. It's heavy due to its internal shock mount. You can move it about without much noise being picked up. It also has a built-in pop-filter which neutralizes most plosives when up close, so an additional pop-filter isn't essential. The best part is it's USB, so you can plug it directly into your laptop.
Buy on Amazon USA - $229.
Buy on Amazon UK - £140.
Microphone Stand: Samson MD5
Stands and shockmounts are essential because alone, microphones will pick up a lot of the vibrations, either through microphone handling or people walking around. To reduce that, you can put your microphone in a shockmount on a stand.
Buy on Amazon US - $15.
Buy on Amazon UK - £16.
Headphones: Sony MDR-ZX100
These headphones allow you to monitor your audio output in great quality, all while only costing a tiny amount. They are a great pair of monitoring headphones to start out with.
(Note: With FM/AM & DAB radio, you will need a transmitter as well!)
Music Licensing & Royalties
A big part of setting up any radio station is working out what licensing you'll need. We actually have an article explaining the types of licenses available to you on Stream Licensing Explained.
FM/AM or DAB
If you're broadcasting on FM/AM or DAB, you will need a license to broadcast on whatever frequency you're broadcasting on, and if you're planning to play out copyrighted music, you'll need a license, or even a couple of licenses, for that too.
If you're creating an Online Radio Station, you will only have to worry about the music licensing because there's no frequency broadcasting at all.
Costs-wise, it all depends on how much money you earn from your station and whether or not you're planning on playing advertisements/sponsorships. Radio.co are based in the UK, so we'll be using UK figures as an example here. Please remember to check with your local licensing body to get accurate estimates of the costs for licensing.
Costs for Commercial Stations (UK)
If you are planning on becoming a commercial station in the UK, playing adverts and music, the minimum you could be paying (as of June 2018):
PRS: £1,004 per year.
PPL: £715 per year (plus, £104 per year if broadcasting to multiple territories) OR £219 per year (stations with revenue of less than £5,000 per year).
Although, it is important to note that there are exceptions if music is only a small percentage of your broadcasts.
Costs for Non-Commercial Stations (UK)
If you are planning on becoming a non-commercial station in the UK, playing adverts and music, the minimum you could be paying (as of August 2018):
PRS: Contact PRS directly for pricing at radiolicensing@prsformusic.com.
PPL: £415 per year OR £219 per year (dependant on listener numbers).
Note: We have displayed the approximate minimum fees to give you an idea of the smallest fees displayed on PPL and PRS websites for licensing. These fees could go up or down depending on what type of station you are and whether or not fees have changed since this post.
Playing Royalty Free Music (UK)
If you only play royalty free music, you would only need a royalty free license. This means you purchase the license to use specific songs or albums of songs forever. You only pay once per song/album of music. Also, some songs you don't even need a license for, which are ones usually covered with a basic Creative Commons license.
Some of these simply require you to name the original creator which can be done live or by keeping the metadata of the tracks played. Some don't actually require any kind of recognition at all (but it's always nice to give proper recognition were recognition is due!). You can find a lot of tracks like that on the Free Music Archive.
All-in-One Solution Online Radio Solution
With internet radio stations, there is a lot more simplicity. The setup can be as simple or as complex as you like, there's no worries about licensing for a frequency, and with Radio.co the process of getting up and started is incredibly simple!
You can set your station up to run 24/7, so it even plays out pre-recorded content when you aren't around, and you will be able to broadcast anywhere in the world! As long as your listeners have decent internet connection, they will be able to hear you. You also have options of doing live shows, scheduling pre-recorded content, or scheduling playlists of songs and content, giving you full customisation over how you want your station to sound.
At Radio.co we're also constantly developing new stuff! We recently updated our Reporting and Statistics system to make your listener figures more accurate, updated the customisable Mobile Apps for iOS and Android, and a whole bunch more.
How you broadcast and the type of equipment you choose can dramatically change how much it costs to start a radio station. A bigger budget is required if you plan on broadcasting via FM/AM or DAB due to licensing costs (at least here in the UK and over in the USA). However, you are limited in terms of broadcasting range.
If you're planning on starting an internet radio station, then you won't need to spend as much as licenses are usually cheaper. Plus, you'll be able to reach a global audience with pretty much zero limitations. Why not start your own radio station today with a 7 day free trial. Alternatively, if you have any questions then feel free to email us at studio@radio.co.
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Not a melting pot: plant species aggregate in their non-native range
Gisela C. Stotz, James F. Cahill, Jonathan A. Bennett, Cameron N. Carlyle, Edward W. Bork, Diana Askarizadeh, Sandor Bartha, Carl Beierkuhnlein, Bazartseren Boldgiv, Leslie Brown, Marcelo Cabido, Giandiego Campetella, Stefano Chelli, Ofer Cohen, Sandra Díaz, Lucas Enrico, David Ensing, Batdelger Erdenetsetseg, Alessandra Fidelis, Heath W. Garris, Hugh A.L. Henry, Anke Jentsch, Mohammad Hassan Jouri, Kadri Koorem, Peter Manning … & Lauchlan H. Fraser
Dataset published 2020 via Dryad
Aim: Plant species continue to be moved outside of their native range by human activities. Here, we aim at determining whether, once introduced, plants assimilate into native communities, or whether they aggregate, thus forming mosaics of native- and alien-rich communities. Alien species may aggregate in their non-native range due to shared habitat preferences, such as their tendency to establish in high-biomass, species-poor areas. Location: 22 herbaceous grasslands in 14 countries, mainly in the temperate zone....
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.3ffbg79dh Cite
Data from: Thermal variability and plasticity drive the outcome of a host-pathogen interaction
Laura Ferguson & Brent Sinclair
Variable, changing, climates may affect each participant in a biotic interaction differently. We explored the effects of temperature and plasticity on the outcome of a host-pathogen interaction to try to predict the outcomes of infection under fluctuating temperatures. We infected Gryllus veletis crickets with the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium brunneum under constant (6 °C, 12 °C, 18 °C or 25 °C) or fluctuating temperatures (6 °C to 18 °C or 6 °C to 25 °C). We...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.v41ns1rrf Cite
Migration takes extra guts for juvenile songbirds: energetics and digestive physiology during the first journey
Christopher Guglielmo & Brendan McCabe
Many birds undertake long migrations when they are only a few months of age. Although they are typically of adult body size, their performance and survival are often poor compared to adults. This differential performance could be due to lack of experience, selection against poor-performing cohort members, or inherent constraints of continuing physiological and morphological maturation of juveniles. Limited evidence suggests that digestive and muscle physiology of juveniles during their first migration may differ from...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.p5hqbzkkh Cite
Data from: Brachiopod shell thickness links environment and evolution
Uwe Balthasar, Jisuo Jin, Linda Hints & Maggie Cusack
While it is well established that the shapes and sizes of shells are strongly phylogenetically controlled, little is known about the phylogenetic constraints on shell thickness. Yet, shell thickness is likely to be sensitive to environmental fluctuations and has the potential to illuminate environmental perturbations through deep time. Here we systematically quantify the thickness of the anterior brachiopod shell which protects the filtration chamber and is thus considered functionally homologous across higher taxa of brachiopods....
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.k47mn07 Cite
Data from: Landscape structure and the genetic effects of a population collapse
Serena A. Caplins, Kimberly J. Gilbert, Claudia Ciotir, Jens Roland, Stephen F. Matter, Nusha Keyghobadi, J. Roland, S. F. Matter, C. Ciotir, N. Keyghobadi & S. A. Caplins
Both landscape structure and population size fluctuations influence population genetics. While independent effects of these factors on genetic patterns and processes are well studied, a key challenge is to understand their interaction, as populations are simultaneously exposed to habitat fragmentation and climatic changes that increase variability in population size. In a population network of an alpine butterfly, abundance declined 60–100% in 2003 because of low over-winter survival. Across the network, mean microsatellite genetic diversity did...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.d715g Cite
Data from: Adaptation of a polyphagous herbivore to a novel host plant extensively shapes the transcriptome of herbivore and host
Nicky Wybouw, Vladimir Zhurov, Catherine Martel, Kristie A. Bruinsma, Frederik Hendrickx, Vojislava Grbić & Thomas Van Leeuwen
Generalist arthropod herbivores rapidly adapt to a broad range of host plants. However, the extent of transcriptional reprogramming in the herbivore and its hosts associated with adaptation remains poorly understood. Using the spider mite Tetranychus urticae and tomato as models with available genomic resources, we investigated the reciprocal genomewide transcriptional changes in both spider mite and tomato as a consequence of mite's adaptation to tomato. We transferred a genetically diverse mite population from bean to...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.606j8 Cite
Data from: The relative roles of cultural drift and acoustic adaptation in shaping syllable repertoires of island bird populations change with time since colonization
Dominique A. Potvin & Sonya M. Clegg
In birds, song divergence often precedes and facilitates divergence of other traits. We assessed the relative roles of cultural drift, innovation and acoustic adaptation in divergence of island bird dialects, using silvereyes (Zosterops lateralis). In recently colonized populations, syllable diversity was not significantly lower than source populations, shared syllables between populations decreased with increasing number of founder events and dialect variation displayed contributions from both habitat features and drift. The breadth of multivariate space occupied...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n8c22 Cite
Data from: The gravity of pollination: integrating at-site features into spatial analysis of contemporary pollen movement.
Michelle F. DiLeo, Jenna C. Siu, Matthew K. Rhodes, Adriana López-Villalobos, Angela Redwine, Kelly Ksiazek & Rodney J. Dyer
Pollen-mediated gene flow is a major driver of spatial genetic structure in plant populations. Both individual plant characteristics and site-specific features of the landscape can modify the perceived attractiveness of plants to their pollinators and thus play an important role in shaping spatial genetic variation. Most studies of landscape-level genetic connectivity in plants have focused on the effects of inter-individual distance using spatial and increasingly ecological separation; yet have not incorporated individual plant characteristics or...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.774s8 Cite
Data from: An inordinate fondness for beetles? Variation in seasonal dietary preferences of night roosting big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus)
Elizabeth L. Clare, William O. C. Symondson & Melville Brockett Fenton
Generalist species with numerous food web interactions are thought to provide stability to ecosystem dynamics; however, it is not always clear whether habitat generality translates into dietary diversity. Big brown bats are common across North America and employ a flexible foraging strategy over water, dense forests, forest edges and rural and urban settings. Despite this generalist use of habitat, they are paradoxically characterized as beetle specialists. However, hard carapaces may preferentially survive digestion leading to...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.t30bh Cite
Data from: Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life
Brian M. Wiegmann, Michelle D. Trautwein, Isaac S. Winkler, Norman B. Barr, Jung-Wook Kim, Christine Lambkin, Matthew A. Bertone, Brian K. Cassel, Keith M. Bayless, Alysha M. Heimberg, Benjamin M. Wheeler, Kevin J. Peterson, Thomas Pape, Bradley J. Sinclair, Jeffrey H. Skevington, Vladimir Blagoderov, Jason Caravas, Sujatha Narayanan Kutty, Urs Schmidt-Ott, Gail E. Kampmeier, F. Christian Thompson, David A. Grimaldi, Andrew T. Beckenbach, Gregory W. Courtney, Markus Friedrich … & B. J. Sinclair
Flies are one of four superradiations of insects (along with beetles, wasps, and moths) that account for the majority of animal life on Earth. Diptera includes species known for their ubiquity (Musca domestica house fly), their role as pests (Anopheles gambiae malaria mosquito), and their value as model organisms across the biological sciences (Drosophila melanogaster). A resolved phylogeny for flies provides a framework for genomic, developmental, and evolutionary studies by facilitating comparisons across model organisms,...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.21nf3 Cite
Data from: Approaches to integrating genetic data into ecological networks
Elizabeth L. Clare, Aron J. Fazekas, Natalia V. Ivanova, Robin M. Floyd, Paul D.N. Hebert, Amanda M. Adams, Juliet Nagel, Rebecca Girton, Steven G. Newmaster, M. Brock Fenton & Paul D. N. Hebert
As molecular tools for assessing trophic interactions become common, research is increasingly focused on the construction of interaction networks. Here we demonstrate three key methods for incorporating DNA data into network ecology and discuss analytical considerations using a model consisting of plants, insects, bats and their parasites from the Costa Rican dry forest. The simplest method involves the use of Sanger sequencing to acquire long sequences to validate or refine field identifications, for example of...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.0k90c0v Cite
Data from: Prophage as a genetic reservoir: Promoting diversity and driving innovation in the host community
Alina Nadeem, Lindi M Wahl, A. Nadeem & Lindi M. Wahl
Sequencing of bacterial genomes has revealed an abundance of prophage sequences in many bacterial species. Since these sequences are accessible, through recombination, to infecting phages, bacteria carry an arsenal of genetic material that can be used by these viruses. We develop a mathematical model to isolate the effects of this phenomenon on the coevolution of temperate phage and bacteria. The model predicts that prophage sequences may play a key role in maintaining the phage population...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.vk037 Cite
Data from: An increase in immature β-cells lacking Glut2 precedes the expansion of β-cell mass in the pregnant mouse
Christine A. Beamish, Linhao Zhang, Sandra K. Szlapinski, Brenda J. Strutt & David J. Hill
A compensatory increase in β-cell mass occurs during pregnancy to counter the associated insulin resistance, and a failure in adaptation is thought to contribute to gestational diabetes. Insulin-expressing but glucose-transporter-2-low (Ins+Glut2LO) progenitor cells are present in mouse and human pancreas, being predominantly located in extra-islet β-cell clusters, and contribute to the regeneration of the endocrine pancreas following induced ablation. We therefore sought to investigate the contribution of Ins+Glut2LO cells to β-cell mass expansion during pregnancy....
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.2182n Cite
Data from: Acoustic identification of Mexican bats based on taxonomic and ecological constraints on call design
Veronica Zamora-Gutierrez, Celia Lopez-Gonzalez, M. Cristina MacSwiney Gonzalez, Brock Fenton, Gareth Jones, Elisabeth K. V. Kalko, Sebastien J. Puechmaille, Vassilios Stathopoulos & Kate E. Jones
Monitoring global biodiversity is critical for understanding responses to anthropogenic change, but biodiversity monitoring is often biased away from tropical, megadiverse areas that are experiencing more rapid environmental change. Acoustic surveys are increasingly used to monitor biodiversity change, especially for bats as they are important indicator species and most use sound to detect, localise and classify objects. However, using bat acoustic surveys for monitoring poses several challenges, particularly in megadiverse regions. Many species lack reference...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.760r8 Cite
Data from: The first extracellular domain plays an important role in unitary channel conductance of Cx50 gap junction channels
Xiaoling Tong, Hiroshi Aoyama, Swathy Sudhakar, Honghong Chen, Brian H Shilton, Donglin Bai & Brian H. Shilton
Gap junction (GJ) channels provide direct passage for ions and small molecules to be exchanged between neighbouring cells and are crucial for many physiological processes. GJ channels can be gated by transjunctional voltage (known as Vj-gating) and display a wide range of unitary channel conductance (γj), yet the domains responsible for Vj-gating and γj are not fully clear. The first extracellular domain (E1) of several connexins has been shown to line part of their GJ...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.98d35 Cite
Data from: Fear of the human 'super predator' reduces feeding time in large carnivores
Justine A. Smith, Justin P. Suraci, Michael Clinchy, Ayana Crawford, Devin Roberts, Liana Y. Zanette & Christopher C. Wilmers
Large carnivores' fear of the human 'super predator' has the potential to alter their feeding behaviour and result in human-induced trophic cascades. However, it has yet to be experimentally tested if large carnivores perceive humans as predators and react strongly enough to have cascading effects on their prey. We conducted a predator playback experiment exposing pumas to predator (human) and non-predator control (frog) sounds at puma feeding sites to measure immediate fear responses to humans...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.6pn0b Cite
Data from: Trophic niche flexibility in Glossophaga soricina: how a nectar seeker sneaks an insect snack
Elizabeth L. Clare, Holger R. Goerlitz, Violaine A. Drapeau, Marc W. Holderied, Amanda M. Adams, Juliet Nagel, Elizabeth R. Dumont, Paul D. N. Hebert, M. Brock Fenton & M. Brock Fenton
Omnivory enables animals to fill more than one trophic niche, providing access to a wider variety of food resources with potentially higher nutrient value, particularly when resources become scarce. Animals can achieve omnivory using different strategies, for example opportunistic foraging, or switching between multiple trophic niches. The Neotropical bat Glossophaga soricina (Pallas, 1766) is a common and widespread species known for nectar-feeding, but it also eats fruit and insects. Approaching stationary objects (flowers and fruits)...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n7j27 Cite
Data from: The influence of environmental variance on the evolution of signalling behavior
Cody Koykka & Geoff Wild
A recent meta-analysis has indicated that environmental quality and variability can influence whether offspring begging and parental responses to these signals are motivated by offspring need or offspring quality. We create a model to verify and apply evolutionary logic to this hypothesis. We determine the ecological and social conditions under which species signal and respond to need in favorable environments, and to quality in poor environments. The environmental conditions that favor this shift are widest...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.56sq32k Cite
Data from: Effects of mountaintop removal mining and valley filling on the occupancy and abundance of stream salamanders
Steven J. Price, Brenee' L. Muncy, Simon J. Bonner, Andrea N. Drayer & Christopher D. Barton
Human-induced land-use changes are among the primary causes of ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss. Across central Appalachia (USA), mountaintop removal mining and valley filling (MTR/VF) is the prevailing form of land-use change and represents a stressor to stream ecosystems. Salamanders are the dominant vertebrate in Appalachian headwater streams. Thus, we addressed the question: Is salamander occupancy and conditional abundance reduced in streams impacted by MTR/VF? We conducted repeated counts of adult and larval salamanders within...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5m8f6 Cite
Data from: Host association influences variation at salivary protein genes in the bat ectoparasite Cimex adjunctus
Benoit Talbot, Maarten J. Vonhof, Hugh G. Broders, Brock Fenton & Nusha Keyghobadi
Parasite-host relationships create strong selection pressures that can lead to adaptation and increasing specialization of parasites to their hosts. Even in relatively loose host-parasite relationships, such as between generalist ectoparasites and their hosts, we may observe some degree of specialization of parasite populations to one of the multiple potential hosts. Salivary proteins are used by blood-feeding ectoparasites to prevent hemostasis in the host and maximize energy intake. We investigated the influence of association with specific...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ds0h5pq Cite
Data from: Purifying selection in the toll-like receptors of song sparrows Melospiza melodia
Martha J. Nelson-Flower, Ryan R. Germain, Elizabeth A. MacDougall-Shackleton, Sabrina S. Taylor, Peter Arcese, Elizabeth A MacDougall-Shackleton, Ryan R Germain, Sabrina S Taylor & Martha J Nelson-Flower
Variation in immune gene sequences is known to influence resistance to infectious diseases and parasites, and hence survival and mate choice, across animal taxa. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) comprise one essential gene family in the vertebrate innate immune system, and recognize evolutionarily conserved structures from all major microorganism classes. However, the causes and consequences of TLR variation in passerine birds remain largely unexplored. We examined seven TLR genes in song sparrows (Melospiza melodia), a species that...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.10h01t1 Cite
Data from: Too important to tamper with: predation risk affects body mass and escape behaviour but not escape ability
Benjamin T. Walters, Tin Nok Natalie Cheng, Justin Doyle, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Michael Clinchy, Liana Y. Zanette & Chistopher G. Guglielmo
1. Escaping from a predator is a matter of life or death, and prey are expected to adaptively alter their physiology under chronic predation risk in ways that may affect escape. Theoretical models assume that escape performance is mass-dependent whereby scared prey strategically maintain an optimal body mass to enhance escape. Experiments testing the mass-dependent predation risk (MDPR) hypothesis have demonstrated that prior experience of predation risk can affect body mass, and the behavioural decisions...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.s5935 Cite
Data from: Seasonal shifts in the insect gut microbiome are concurrent with changes in cold tolerance and immunity
Laura V. Ferguson, Pranav Dhakal, Jacqueline E. Lebenzon, David E. Heinrichs, Carol Bucking & Brent J. Sinclair
1. Seasonal changes in the environment, such as varying temperature, have the potential to change the functional relationship between ectothermic animals, such as insects, and their microbiomes. Our objectives were to determine: a) whether seasonal changes in temperature shift the composition of the insect gut microbiome, and b) if changes in the microbiome are concomitant with changes in the physiology of the host, including the immune system and response to cold. 2. We exposed laboratory...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.595755h Cite
Data from: Mountaintop removal mining alters stream salamander population dynamics
Steven J. Price, Sara Beth Freytag, Simon J. Bonner, Andrea N. Drayer, Brenee' L. Muncy, Jacob M. Hutton & Christopher D. Barton
Aim: Population dynamics are often tightly linked to the condition of the landscape. Focusing on a landscape impacted by mountaintop removal coal mining (MTR), we ask the following questions: (1) How does MTR influence vital rates including occupancy, colonization and persistence probabilities, and conditional abundance of stream salamander species and life stages? (2) Do species and life stages respond similar to MTR mining or is there significant variation among species and life stages? Location: Freshwater...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.7278k2n Cite
Data from: The effects of dietary macronutrients on flight ability, energetics, and fuel metabolism of yellow-rumped warblers Setophaga coronata
Christopher G. Guglielmo, Alexander R. Gerson, Edwin R. Price & Quentin R. Hays
The catabolism of protein from organs and muscles during migratory flight is necessary to produce glucose, key metabolic intermediates, and water, but may have negative effects on flight range and refueling at stopovers. We tested the hypothesis, suggested by previous studies, that birds that eat high-protein insect diets use more protein for fuel in flight than those that eat high-carbohydrate fruits. First, we fed migratory yellow-rumped warblers synthetic fruit or mixed insect/fruit diets, and measured...
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.0sn63 Cite
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Mundwiler To Perform with Prairie Repertory Theatre for Summer Stock
Local News May 24, 2017 Staff Writer 0
Prairie Repertory Theatre of Brookings presents four shows this summer. The theatre group performs Sister Act; I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change; Over...
Prairie Repertory Theatre of Brookings presents four shows this summer. The theatre group performs Sister Act; I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change; Over the River and Through the Woods; and The Full Monty. Jamie Mundwiler, Milbank High School alumna, is a member of the theatre company and involved in all four productions.
Mundwiler plays the roles of Nun Six and Nun Seven in Sister Act. She plays the role of Deloris and is featured in an ensemble in The Full Monty. She is the house manager for Over the River and Through the Woods, and will work with the box office and publicity department for all four shows. Performances are scheduled in Brookings and Brandon.
This is Mundwiler's first summer with the company. She recently completed her sophomore year at SDSU, where she is pursuing a pre-mortuary and political science major with a theatre minor.
Prairie Repertory Theatre opens its season with the musical comedy Sister Act. Performances run in Brookings June 7 through June 11. The show runs in Brandon July 19 through July 23. I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change takes the stage in Brookings June 14 through June 18. The show runs in Brandon July 14, 15, 16, and 19. Over the River and Through the Woods runs in Brookings from June 21 through June 25, and in Brandon July 26 through July 28. The final show, The Full Monty, plays in Brookings June 28 through July 2. It runs in Brandon July 12 and 13, and July 29 and 30.
Tickets become available at the Performing Arts Center at SDSU for all four shows beginning May 30. The PRT Box Office in Doner Auditorium is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and one hour before performances. Tickets are available online at http://sdstate.tix.com starting May 30.