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RESCHEDULED Enslaved Females in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Nova Scotia and Quebec: Examining the Canadian Fugitive Slave Archive -- talk by Charmaine Nelson
Thursday, April 5, 2018, 4:00pm
Robinson Hall Basement Seminar Room, 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
The scholarship on transatlantic slavery has long benefited from the often-exhaustive data published in the fugitive slave archive. Ubiquitous throughout the transatlantic world, fugitive slave advertisements were commonly placed by slave owners seeking to recapture enslaved people who had fled. Such notices commonly provided specific, invasive detail about an enslaved person's body, dress, skills, languages, and even gestures and mannerisms. However, enslaved females standardly comprised a smaller number of runaways. Nevertheless, the fugitive notices that do exist for female runaways, shed light on their lives and experiences. Through an examination of the fugitive slave archive and other sources, this paper seeks to fill some of the scholarly gaps on the experiences of enslaved females of African descent in Canada. More specifically, this paper will offer some distinctions between the lives and experiences of enslaved females in slave minority (temperate) and slave majority (tropical) sites in the British transatlantic world.
Charmaine Nelson is Visiting Professor of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality and the William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies.
Sponsored by the Committee on Degrees in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, the Canada Program at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research.
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Verna Desbien Arpin
Verna Desbien Arpin, beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great-great grandmother embraced her Savior to a life of eternal salvation on June 24, 2019. She died at the Hays Regional Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. She was born October 31, 1923, in Damar, Kansas, the daughter of Oliver and Blanche (Benoit) Simoneau.
She was a lifetime resident of Damar. Verna married Philip Desbien on November 27, 1945 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Damar. He died March 15, 1995. She married Alfred Arpin on December 26, 2001. He died December 21, 2006. She was a retired beautician and owner of Verna's Beauty Shop for 60 years.
Verna was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, St. Ann Altar Society, and a lifetime member of the Damar Historical Foundation all in Damar and the Bogue American Legion Women's Auxiliary. She also enjoyed her membership in the Swinging Wheel Square Dance Club with her husband Philip. They never traveled without packing their dancing clothes and danced all over the United States, including Alaska.
Survivors include four sons: Ed Desbien (Mary) of Boise City, Oklahoma, Jim Desbien (Paula) of Plainville, Rich Desbien (Wanda) of Nampa, Idaho, and Larry Desbien (Chris) of Damar; three daughters: Gerry Larson (Don) of Hays, Chris Sillin of Hutchinson, and Sheila Surmeier (J.F.) of Saint Joseph, Missouri; one sister Loretta Kruse (Paul) of Peru, Nebraska; 26 grandchildren; 44 great grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren; three step-children: Judy Bieker (Bill) of Hays, Dale Arpin (Candy) of Denver, Colorado, and Renee Marcotte (Tony) of Damar; caregiver Mary Alton, Walsh, Colorado; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by one brother, Gerald Simoneau, and a son-in-law Douglas Sillin. She loved unconditionally and was deeply loved by her family and friends.
A vigil and rosary was held June 25 at 7pm at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Damar. Mass of Christian burial was June 26 at 11:00am with the Reverend Vincent Thu Hlaing officiating and burial in St. Joseph Cemetery in Damar. Memorials are requested to St. Joseph Catholic Church Memorial Fund or the Damar Community Historical Foundation. Arrangements were by Stinemetz Funeral Home, Hill City, Kansas.

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As promised, here is an extended version of an article from the skills supplement in this week's issue of the Spectator.
On the face of it, encouraging children to learn Latin doesn't seem like the solution to our current skills crisis. Why waste valuable curriculum time on a dead language when children could be learning one that's actually spoken? The prominence of Latin in public schools is a manifestation of the gentleman amateur tradition whereby esoteric subjects are preferred to anything that's of any practical use. Surely, that's one of the causes of the crisis in the first place?
But dig a little deeper and you'll find plenty of evidence that this particular dead language is precisely what today's young people need if they're going to excel in the contemporary world.
Let's start with Latin's reputation as an elitist subject. While it's true that 70 percent of independent schools offer Latin compared with only 16 per cent of state schools, that's hardly a reason not to teach it more widely. According to the OECD, our private schools are the best in the world, whereas our state schools are ranked on average 23rd.
No doubt part of this attainment gap is attributable to the fact that the average private school child has advantages that the average state school child does not. But it may also be due to the differences in the curriculums that are typically taught in state and private schools.
Hard as it may be to believe, one of the things that gives privately-educated children the edge is their knowledge of Latin. I don't just mean in the obvious senses – their grasp of basic grammar and syntax, their understanding of the ways in which our world is underpinned by the classical world, their ability to read Latin inscriptions. I mean there is actually a substantial body of evidence that children who study Latin outperform their peers when it comes to reading, reading comprehension and vocabulary, as well as higher order thinking such as computation, concepts and problem solving.
careful silent reading of the words that follow a consistent phonetic pattern".
Now, you might acknowledge that Latin has these benefits, but argue there's nothing special about it. Why not learn Mandarin instead? Not only would that have the same transformative effect, it would have the added value of being practical.


Niantic Labs recently took a few decisions that saw Pokémon Go drown with a lot of negative feedback. When you have amassed millions of followers and fans, a backlash is only going to have that large an impact. However, both the developer and the game's community manager maintained radio silence throughout this period. This wasn't appreciated by fans in the slightest. Their persistence, though, has finally paid off as Niantic Labs stepped forward earlier today to issue a statement.
We have limited access by third-party services which were interfering with our ability to maintain quality of service for our users and to bring Pokémon GO to users around the world. The large number of users has made the roll-out of Pokémon GO around the world an… interesting… challenge. And we aren't done yet! Yes, Brazil, we want to bring the game to you (and many other countries where it is not yet available).
Over the weekend, Pokémon Go was updated to drop support for several third-party apps that many players used to help hunt down Pokémon and calculate their strengths. The community did not like the fact that Niantic Labs is prohibiting them from using third-party features which should have been provided in the game from the start. Additionally, such apps were helpful for players with full-time jobs or who lived in rural areas where Pokémon are scarce. One player summed it up by saying that the third-party apps were simply helpful in making Pokémon Go what it should have been from the start.
The resulting backlash saw thousands of players requesting refunds for their in-app purchases and bomb the game with negative reviews on both stores. New features, content, and more is required, but the developer is seemingly stuck with ensuring a stable release worldwide. Today's statement is a small first step for Niantic to amend the situation. It will have to do better to cater to its bolstering fan-base.


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Q: BTRFS, out of space, but there is plenty of space I am facing No space left on BTRFS.
What I already tried myself:

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*After remount RW: btrfs filesystem resize max /mnt/hdd

*I ran balance (for weeks ;-) ) with different parameters btrfs balance start /mnt/hdd -dlimit=<param>
Nothing did help. What can I do more?
So what i am facing is (Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS):
BTRFS: error (device sda) in __btrfs_inc_extent_ref:2268: errno=-28 No space left
BTRFS info (device sda): forced readonly

However there is plenty of space:
$ sudo btrfs fi show /mnt/hdd
Label: none  uuid: 262a8d86-279a-4f6b-8968-32e200c32255
    Total devices 1 FS bytes used 1.68TiB
    devid    1 size 7.28TiB used 1.70TiB path /dev/sda

However, this command is reporting the Data part is running out of space?
$ btrfs fi df /mnt/hdd
Data, single: total=1.47TiB, used=1.46TiB
System, single: total=4.00MiB, used=224.00KiB
Metadata, single: total=236.01GiB, used=222.76GiB
GlobalReserve, single: total=512.00MiB, used=495.75MiB

Also:
$ sudo btrfs fi usage /mnt/hdd
Overall:
    Device size:           7.28TiB
    Device allocated:          1.70TiB
    Device unallocated:        5.58TiB
    Device missing:          0.00B
    Used:              1.68TiB
    Free (estimated):          5.58TiB  (min: 5.58TiB)
    Data ratio:               1.00
    Metadata ratio:           1.00
    Global reserve:      512.00MiB  (used: 495.75MiB)

Data,single: Size:1.47TiB, Used:1.46TiB
   /dev/sda    1.47TiB

Metadata,single: Size:236.01GiB, Used:222.76GiB
   /dev/sda  236.01GiB

System,single: Size:4.00MiB, Used:224.00KiB
   /dev/sda    4.00MiB

Unallocated:
   /dev/sda    5.58TiB

A: Your device is mostly unallocated, which can be corrected with a resize/rebalance. But that already didn't work, so there's "something weird" in the way. An output of BTRFS related messages from dmesg might help to identify why.
Did you try turning it off and turning it back on again? Seriously though, remounting fixes most BTRFS weirdness. Back up your data before unmounting if you haven't already.
Aside from that, you can perform a check. This is different than a scrub, and is done against the backing block device(s) while BTRFS is offline. This will consume lots of RAM, and will take a while to complete. This validates structures, and will not repair things on its own unless told to (with the --repair option). Don't tell it to repair things until you have an output of what's wrong and understand what will correct that (for example if you have an undetected physical drive failure, doing a repair will almost certainly trash the filesystem).
An offline check can be issued thusly:
btrfs check -p /dev/sda
You also should check the backing device (read its SMART data, do a long test, etc) if things come out weird from the BTRFS check. This can be done with smartctl -a /dev/sda and smartctl -t long /dev/sda respectively. This is assuming that this is a baremetal node which has real drives in it. If it's a VM, start checking from the bottom up if things are looking damaged in BTRFS.

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August 7, 2018 David Maxfield
How to Tame Your Temper
By David Maxfield
Help! I have a temper. I lose it in public and community meetings. I say bitter things and make accusations that I come to regret. It's not that I have my facts wrong. It's that I get that burning, buzzing rage that causes me to state my facts in fury. My wife says I embarrass her. In truth, I embarrass myself. What can I do?
Dear Temperamental,
We've all been in your shoes. It's too embarrassing for me to describe my own offenses; I'd look like a Crucial Conversations hypocrite. But I have a good defense: I'm human.
I'll share the strategies that work for me, and several that have been proven to work for most people.
Forewarned is Forearmed. I began studying angry emotions in 1976, when I was a first-year graduate student in psychology at Stanford. Here was my idea for a study: I would find a way to make people angry in a lab setting, and then test different strategies for calming them. Sounds simple, right?
Here's how I planned to make them angry. I'd invite pre-med and pre-law students in for "free coaching sessions" to help them pass the standardized admissions tests they had to take. Then, while they were drilling for the test, I'd interrupt them, disrupt their concentration, and bother them. At the end, I'd give them feedback that they didn't have what it takes to succeed as a doctor or lawyer. I shared my idea with Al Bandura, my advisor, and he said, "Good luck getting that through the human subjects committee."
I met with the committee, explained my plan, and they agreed to let me proceed—but with one change: I had to get informed consent from each participant in advance. In other words, I had to tell them up front that the purpose of the experiment was to make them angry.
Here is what I learned: Knowing up front that someone is going to try to make you angry inoculates you from getting angry. No matter how I mistreated my subjects, all I could do was amuse them. If you can anticipate that a situation might make you angry, you can prepare for it. Decide in advance how you will handle your emotions and actions.
Go to the Balcony. Emotions are like a rollercoaster. Once you're on board, riding your rage, it's hard to get off. It's a whole lot easier if you can find a way to avoid getting on in the first place.
A strategy that works is to distance yourself from the events that are making you angry. I don't mean a physical distance. Instead, create a psychological distance by taking on a pose or persona. William Ury, cofounder of the Harvard Negotiation Project, calls this strategy "going to the balcony." Step back from the heat of the moment, distance yourself, rise above it, and watch it objectively as if from a balcony.
When my temper is at risk, I try to become a "concerned scientist," someone who cares deeply but who embodies scientific curiosity. Once I'm in my white lab coat (a coat only I can see), I'm in control—curious, instead of angry.
Recognize your Triggers. Our triggers are the hot buttons or land mines that set us off. Some are real in our environment, while others are our own overreactions. The more we can anticipate our triggers, the more we can prepare positive reactions and avoid blowing up.
Here is an over-the-top example. I was working in a prison, and a group of prison guards came to me with this problem: One of their colleagues had "come unglued" when an inmate had spit on him. The news had traveled like wildfire, and now lots of inmates were spitting on this guard all the time—to see if they could get him to react. And they could. He came unglued every single time.
Imagine this is your trigger: You get upset when people spit on you. In this case, we decided that if we could deal with the trigger, then maybe the guard could control his reactions. We called our approach, "Don't get mad; get even."
We got permission to shut down entire units whenever a spitting incident occurred. The inmates in the unit would be confined to their cells for 24 hours and miss a couple of meals. It was a success. The guard was able to manage his temper, because he knew that punishment would be swift and certain. It also encouraged inmates to prevent other inmates from spitting on guards. The incidents died out within a couple of weeks.
Challenge your Story: A quick reminder on how emotions work:
See & Hear: Something happens. We learn of it through our eyes and ears, and it enters our visual and auditory cortexes in our brain.
Tell a Story: We try to make sense of what's happening. Our prefrontal cortex analyzes the evidence and creates a story to make sense of it all.
Feel: If the story involves some kind of risk, it's sent to our amygdala, which fires up our emotions—and shuts down most further processing by our prefrontal cortex.
Act: Our strong emotions propel us towards fight or flight—angry outbursts or escape.
The key insight here is that it's our story, not the raw facts, that causes us to feel threatened and that generates our strong emotions. And our story is often faulty. The skill, and it's a tough one, is to question and challenge our story. Ask yourself two questions:
Do I have enough facts to be certain my story is true?
Is there any other, more positive story, that fits this set of facts?
Asking these questions helps you distance yourself from your story—to see it as a hypothesis or best guess—instead of as the gospel truth. And, as soon as you introduce some doubt into your story, it stops generating those strong emotions.
I hope some of these ideas will help you with your anger.
Want to master these crucial skills? Attend one of our public training workshops in a city near you. Learn more at www.vitalsmarts.com/events.
David Maxfield
David Maxfield is a New York Times bestselling author, keynote speaker, and leading social scientist for organizational change. For thirty years, David has delivered engaging keynotes at prestigious venues including Stanford and Georgetown Universities. David's work has been translated into twenty-eight languages, is available in thirty-six countries, and has generated results for three hundred of the Fortune 500.
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5 thoughts on "How to Tame Your Temper"
Loraleigh Keashly says:
Good concrete suggestions!
J Bergman says:
What an awful, inhumane story.
I think this is also helpful for understanding when others lose their tempers and how to deal with them.
Congratulations on an excellent response to the genuine, although often hidden, question about temper. Thanks so much. If I may offer something to Mr. Maxwell…. you don't need to elevate your credibility by stating you went to Stanford. Let your answer be your answer and stand on its own merit. I really don't know why people from certain institutions feel the need to tell people where they went to school….. Again, thanks for your article.
I have been a fan of Crucial Skills because I believe honest, empathetic communication is a powerful tool for building relationships and a more humane society. However, the story shared in this article about withholding food and confining inmates to their cells in punishment for someone else's transgression is very upsetting to me. That is unfair and inhumane, unethical if not illegal, and I am having second thoughts about how Crucial Skills can be used to manipulate and abuse. Really upsetting.
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'Dozens killed' in Nigeria poll violence, counting under way
Delayed presidential poll marred by violence as voting stations and counting centres come under attack.
by Fidelis Mbah
Nigeria's presidential poll is expected to be the closest-run election in the country's history [Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters]
Abuja, Nigeria - The violence during Nigeria's delayed presidential and legislative polls has claimed at least 27 lives and injured several others, an NGO closely following the election said.
On Sunday, the Election Network group said the outbreak of violence was "worrying" and the authorities had been warned about the risk as another civil society group said the death toll could be as high as 35.
"Prior to the polls, we tracked 251 election-related deaths and circulated it to the relevant stakeholders, so the warning signals are there but nothing was done about it," Election Network lead strategist Adewunmi Emoruwa said.
"[The] government must now show strong will to prosecute [the] agents responsible for the violence, otherwise we might witness a resort to self-help by citizens, which could potentially escalate the situation and lead to more deaths post elections," he added.
Violence affected areas in the country's restive northeast prior to polling on Saturday.
There were explosions on the polling day in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, which has come under repeated attacks by the Boko Haram.
Residents of Geidam in neighbouring Yobe state were forced to flee their homes into the bush before polls opened.
Some ballot collection centres in southern Nigeria were attacked overnight as results trickled in.
Buba Galadima, spokesman for the main opposition People's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, was taken away by unidentified men on Sunday afternoon and his whereabouts are unknown, according to Michael Olayanju, Galadima's personal assistant.
"We don't know where he is and we don't know the mission of those that have taken him away. There is no word until now," Olayanju told Al Jazeera.
Vote delays
Late delivery of voting materials affected polling as Nigerians turned out en masse to vote in what is expected to be the closest presidential election in the country's political history.
The elections were marred by delays in delivery of voting materials and attacks.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is investigating allegations of violence and theft of electoral materials during the voting for closely-fought presidential and legislative elections.
The civil society situation room group is calling on the electoral commission to resolve some of the logistical lapses.
"In Lagos State, for instance, there are reports of disruption of voting by suspected political thugs who have shot in the air in some places and set ballot boxes and paper on fire in others," Clement Nwankwo said.
Polling continued on Sunday in some areas where elections were cancelled. Elections were cancelled in southern Rivers state and some areas in the country's commercial centre, Lagos.
Tense wait for results
Most Nigerians expect a tight race between President Muhammadu Buhari and the main opposition challenger Atiku Abubakar.
Initial results from some states indicated a close race, but both sides say they were confident of victory.
"I will congratulate myself; I am going to be the winner," Buhari said on Saturday after voting in his Daura home.
Abubakar is optimistic about his party's chances of victory after the polls.
"We look forward to sharing some exciting news in other parts of the country very soon, which will confound all the armchair pundits," he said.
"The people of Nigeria can take solace that very soon the living nightmare of the last four years will come to an end so that together we will get Nigeria working again," Abubakar added.


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Best Shortwave Radio for 2022
Shortwave refers to radio communication using frequencies falling in the shortwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum, specifically from 1.5 MHz to 30 MHz. One of the main advantages of using shortwave radio derives from the propagation characteristics of shortwave signals i.e. skywave propagation which enables communication over very long distances such as across continents and beyond.
In comparison, communication at higher frequencies is typically limited to Line of Sight (LOS) propagation, and requires repeaters for increasing coverage. Up until the 1950s, shortwave was the primary means of long range and international communication. Even though the deployment of higher capacity cables ended its commercial viability, shortwave continues to enjoy popularity because of multiple applications including amateur use, over-the-horizon radar and broadcasting.
2 Best Shortwave Radio – Eton Elite
3 Runner-up – Tecsun PL-880
4 Budget Pick – Tecsun PL-380
5 Notable Mention – Sony ICF-SW11
6 How we picked the best Shortwave Radio
7 The Future of Shortwave Radio
Best Shortwave Radio – Eton Elite
After extensive research, we have come to the conclusion that the Eton Elite is best shortwave radio available on the market today. In addition to 1711 to 30000 kHz shortwave frequency range, the radio also supports AM, FM, aircraft band and the longwave frequency band.
The Eton Elite also receives Single Side band (SSB) making it ideal for ham operators. The radio comes with external antenna jacks for shortwave, AM and FM which can help to improve reception in places where the built-in antenna is not able to receive sufficiently strong signals. The Eton Elite offers excellent reception and sound quality. The line in socket allows it to be used as a speaker for MP3 files.
The wide range of features supported by the Eton Elite makes it ideal for both amateurs and professionals.
Users have reported that this radio is an excellent radio, whose performance improves significantly with the external antennas. The only gripe seems to be that it is not exactly portable due to its size.
Excellent sound quality No rechargeable battery
Support for external antennas Bulky
Wide frequency range
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Runner-up – Tecsun PL-880
The runner up according to our research is the Tecsun PL-880 radio. The range of shortwave frequencies supported by the Tecsun PL-880 is 1711 to 29999 kHz. Like our top pick, the Tecsun PL-880 also supports AM, FM and longwave bands but does not support the aircraft band. The product comes with a shortwave external antenna jack. The radio offers excellent reception and sound quality. This an all-round excellent radio which comes with a rechargeable battery.
Users have reported that this is an excellent radio with a wide array of features. The built-in battery last for more than 10 days on a full charge. The unit needs to be sent to the vendor for firmware upgrades!
Supports external antennas for shortwave Does not support the aircraft band
Comes with rechargeable battery
Budget Pick – Tecsun PL-380
The Tecsun PL-380 is an excellent choice for budget-conscious users who want a pocket sized device with great features. In addition to 2300 kHz to 21950 kHz shortwave range, the radio also covers AM, FM, MW and longwave bands. Other features include LED display, alarm clock and sleep timer. The unit can be powered from three AA size batteries or from an external power adapter.
Users have reported that this very economical portable radio outperforms many of their costlier radios. Most users love the compact radio size and the Easy Tuning Mode. Some users report that using headphones is preferable to using the built-in speaker.
Wide frequency range Small speaker
Supports external antennas
Adjustable filter bandwidth
Tintin and Snowy tuning in
Notable Mention – Sony ICF-SW11
The Sony ICF-SSW11 is the only device covered in this article which comes with an analog display with no backlight. Nonetheless it is a quality device which offers 4.75 to 21.25 MHz shortwave reception and also covers AM, FM and longwave bands. The quality of shortwave reception can be improved with an external antenna. The Sony ICF-SSW11 runs on two AA batteries and offers impressive battery life.
Users report that this is a very good radio which offers strong reception and is very easy to use. The radio supports only manual tuning however.
Long battery life Manual tuning
Supports external antennas Analog display
Comes with two antennas No display backlight
How we picked the best Shortwave Radio
Range of frequencies covered
The most important factor to consider when selecting a shortwave, or any radio for that matter, is the supported range of frequencies. In addition to the shortwave region which covers 1.5 MHz to 30 MHz, most of the radios available today also support AM and FM frequency bands.
Radio sensitivity
A sensitive radio receiver is able to receive weaker signals compared to a radio receiver with comparatively lower sensitivity. The receiver sensitivity depends on the quality of the radio electronics and the design of the receiver. Choosing a radio with higher sensitivity enables good reception even under sub-optimal conditions.
Antenna design
While most radios available on the market come with integrated antennas, the ability to connect external antennas significantly improves the likelihood of improving signal reception.
Shortwave was on the cutting edge of technology many decades ago. This is the digital age. Even though a good radio will receive shortwave and other bands, only radio reception is not going to be enough for the modern user. That is exactly why most of the models available on the market today support additional features such as backlit displays, alarm clocks, rechargeable batteries, MP3 playback and other similar 'digital age' features.
The Future of Shortwave Radio
Shortwave has a storied past and a bright future. Even though the Internet, smartphones and other yet-to-be-developed technologies will no doubt rule the future, shortwave will continue to be a useful and essential service for many, many users. The main super-feature of shortwave is its ability to achieve beyond the horizon coverage. This is an intrinsic feature of the shortwave frequency band which does not face a threat from any disruptive technology or from any new technology that will be developed in the future. On the contrary, the development of better electronics will only improve shortwave reception and the shortwave experience.
Shortwave technology was developed at a time when long distance communication was a luxury. Over time, it lost its leading position as a technology of choice to other competing communications technologies. But when a quality is intrinsic, it cannot be taken away and the ability to cut across all types of borders and barriers and reach listeners and have an impact on their minds and their souls is what makes shortwave an eternal technology. Advancement in technology will only improve the quality of services offered over shortwave. Furthermore, the addition of modern features to shortwave radios will help to make them an essential part of their users' lives.
In closing our recommendations are:
The best shortwave radio: Eton Elite
The runner-up: Tecsun PL-880
The best budget shortwave radio: Tecsun PL-380
Notable mention: Sony ICF-SSW11
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2 thoughts on "Best Shortwave Radio for 2022"
Clifford Phillips
Hi, I went to amazon to check out the "Eton Grundig Satellit 750 Ultimate" radio. It looks like Eton has stoped selling the radio, but you can still buy it from third parties for about $999.00! However, Amazon did say there was a newer model, "Eton Elite, The Classic, Clear-Sounding AM/FM/LW/VHF/Shortwave with Single Side Band (SSB) Radio (NELITE750) " that only costs $399.99! So you may want to update this article.
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Thank you for the feedback.


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To people who look back at some of their greatest memories in the 90's, American Pie was a big deal.
This is because it was the first movie to cater such kind of humour and made it big in the cinemas. It's a gross-out comedy featuring quite miserable teenagers discovering themselves in their formative years.
Given the various 'fail' moments in the film, it was almost a lesson of how not to do things or redeem yourself before it's too late. These are the types you can never watch with your parents around but you can joke about with your squad.
Despite being a talk-about in the past, there was a problem for many. The characters' influence has had an adverse effect on some impressionable viewers.
The film made names out of young actors Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, and Tara Reid added to the profiles of Mena Suvari, Chris Klein, Alyson Hannigan, and Natasha Lyonne, and introduced Eugene Levy and Jennifer Coolidge to a new generation.
Its genre was fun while it lasted, and despite not being one of the most timeless pieces of classic films, it was a nostalgic movie for a generation of viewers.
However, watching it again today, some viewers are not greatly pleased. It was almost two decades since the release of American Pie, and some find it offensive and uncomfortable to watch for the views of the present.
Some of the few things that gathered negative attention then and now are scenes like a guy doing terrible things to an apple pie and a woman getting changed by secretly being filmed and broadcasted.
American Pie is one of the worst movies of all time. This may be an unpopular opinion but I've always hated it and always will. It's sexist, homophobic and disgusting and I hate that it got so many sequels.
Okay, so American Pie might really send a sexist and dangerous message, but how people see it today is a lot different to that past. We've become more critical of things like this now more than ever, safe to say hypersensitive.
Despite this comments at present, the film spawned a ridiculously successful franchise as well as its numerous sequel. Apparently, the scenes some see problematic now didn't bother us two decades ago.
On the brighter side: it may be a good sign that we have developed a better cultural awareness and quicker initiative to call out misguided or damaging representation on-screen.
"In retrospect, the entire show's treatment of LGBTQ issues is awful […] But Chandler's treatment of his gay father, a Vegas drag queen played by Kathleen Turner, is especially appalling, and it's not clear the show knows it.


Sometimes a little cropping here and a light adjustment there can make all the difference! Click through the slideshow to get an idea of the kind of honest edits I like to make in my photographs. Saving and documenting before and after versions like this was not only an assignment for my class, but a very important tool for a photographer. Except in cases where I am aiming for a more "artsy" final photo, I do honest and real edits. I do not retouch or drastically alter my photos, because I believe in capturing true beauty, not faking it.


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METAV 2018 confirms ongoing economic boom in metalworking - METAV stimulates investments and encourages the spontaneous conclusion of contracts – new exhibition concept is established
Düsseldorf, 24. February 2018. – METAV 2018 – the 20th International Exhibition for Metalworking Technologies – ends today after five eventful days. "The quality of the customers is encouragingly high. And we have succeeded in selling our machines here too": this is how Reiner Hammerl, Managing Director of Sales and Marketing at Index in Esslingen, summarises the event. And Andreas Lindner, Director of the German subsidiary of the Spanish manufacturer Bimatec Soraluce in Limburg, has even more impressive news to report: "Only this morning, we concluded a huge contract worth more than 1 million euros at METAV with a customer who we were not expecting to see today and to whom no quotation had been submitted either. That is exactly the point and underlines the quality of METAV: a customer comes to the trade fair and spends one million euros. We are satisfied!"
The reports by these two exhibitors put the entire event in a nutshell. Focussed discussions with capable, high-quality customers, machine sales that were unexpected in some cases and the establishment of contacts with new customer groups – these aspects are reflected in numerous reports by the exhibitors.
METAV stimulates investment decisions
The excellent economic state the industry is in was demonstrated – as expected – at METAV 2018 too. In the visitor survey, about one third of the visitors indicate that they are planning investments, primarily in machine tools, measuring technology, manufacturing and process automation and precision tools. "This shows us that we are exactly right to focus METAV on the core area of metalworking and the supplementary topics in the areas", says Dr Wilfried Schäfer, Director of VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association) in Frankfurt am Main, which organised METAV. Another interesting fact: about a quarter of the visitors who intend to invest aim to increase their capacities by installing new machines.
"There is a downside to the booming economy for us too, however. Company capacity utilisation is very high. It was therefore only logical that many companies find it difficult to delegate staff. As a result, 26,500 trade visitors came instead of the 30,000 that we expected", says Wilfried Schäfer. The proportion of visitors from countries outside Germany remains constant at 11 per cent, however. They came from about 50 different countries, with the largest contingents arriving from the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium and Austria.
As was expected, three quarters of the German visitors came from West and North Germany. It was encouraging to see that about one fifth came to Düsseldorf from South and South-West Germany. Nina Bruckner, Director at Karl Bruckner GmbH in Weinstadt, confirms: "Our main objective is to cultivate relationships with customers. As a result, we can extend a welcome to our top customers from Southern Germany too and we expect to do good follow-up business after the trade fair." And it is a fact that more than half of the visitors intend to place orders after METAV.
New METAV exhibition concept is established
The area concept, which was launched two years ago and focusses on specific topics (quality, additive manufacturing, tool and mould production and medical technology) is now fully established with both exhibitors and visitors. "We took part in METAV for the first time in 2016, because we found the new area concept convincing. Hasco's entire process chain, from machines to standardised part requirements and software, is reflected in the moulding area," says Axel Fehling, for example, who is Regional Sales Manager at Hasco Hasenclever in Lüdenscheid.
The areas highlight both topics and products. Additional information is provided in the associated forums. Trade visitors are familiar with this concept in the meantime. They are very interested in machine and precision tools, with a special emphasis on tool, mould and model production, testing and measuring technology, quality management systems and additive manufacturing, where there has been substantial growth. More than 90 per cent of the visitors are satisfied with the range covered.
Industry 4.0 plays a central role too. Relevant solutions were presented in the theme park with the same name as well as on many of the 560 exhibitors' stands. VDW took advantage of the trade fair environment to report about its industry project to develop a joint interface for linking machines to higher-level IT systems that is not tied to a specific manufacturer. "A great deal of work still lies ahead of us, but it is exactly what many suppliers and users in small and medium-sized companies are interested in", says Schäfer.
Increasing the awareness of potential recruits about changes in production
The shortage of skilled staff in technical professions is the other major issue the industry is facing. The Machine Manufacturing Recruitment Foundation has already been working on this problem for many years now, e.g. with the special youth show at METAV, and takes advantage of the trade fair to communicate the fascination of technology and the career opportunities in the industry to young people. "In view of the digitisation process and the changes associated with Industry 4.0, sustainability in recruitment development is the key to corporate success in future. These were among the central issues in the talks we held with instructors and teachers at the special youth show," says Peter Bole, Head of the Machine Manufacturing Recruitment Foundation.
The exhibitors appreciate the activities carried out by the Machine Manufacturing Recruitment Foundation. "The shortage of skilled personnel is already having a strong impact on us. We have a live platform here to arouse the interest of young people in new technologies. It is difficult to establish contact with potential recruits otherwise, particularly in view of the fact that there is no classic apprenticeship for additive manufacturing," says Lars Markus, Application Engineering and Service Manager, Additive Manufacturing, at Renishaw in Pliezhausen.
Exhibition programme supplemented by additional events
The response to the additional events at METAV 2018 was good as well. They focussed on additive manufacturing, grinding and clamping technology and fire protection. One of the highlights was definitely the Inside 3D Printing conference. Programme Director Franz-Josef Villmer, Professor of Product Development, Innovation Management and Rapid Technologies at the Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences, says: "Once again this year, the participants were extremely happy with the content, professionalism and organisation of the leading international conference Inside 3D Printing at METAV 2018. They appreciated the diverse programme with highly topical subjects, 45 lectures by international speakers and the discussion and interaction with experts. It was possible to visit METAV after the conference to see practical examples and to obtain more detailed information following the lectures and discussions."
"All in all, METAV 2018 confirmed the good economic situation of the industry and the willingness of industrial customers to invest", says Wilfried Schäfer from VDW. Most of the exhibitors share this view. More than 80 per cent already know that they will be participating again in the next METAV. It will be taking place in March 2020.
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It's easy to play the label card, but I'm going to go ahead and say that after finally hearing Broadcast, I think it's kind of a weird pairing for both Warp and Tommy Boy. While on this side of the Atlantic, the latter label is home to many hip-hop and dance artists, the former is pretty much one of the worlds best labels for electronic music. The oddity factor plays in that Broadcast doesn't really fit into either of those categories, sounding more like a live trip-hop group with a touch of jazz and lounge. The five piece group toys with some electronic elements and encorporates them into their sound very nicely, but that's about where it ends.
The 12 song release opens up with the very deliberate "Long Was The Year." With layers upon layers of different keyboards, percussion, and samples, the bassline creeps slowly up the scale before climbing right back down for the entire length of the track. The group isn't afraid to explore instrumental only tracks either, and in every case they work well in sort of breaking up things a little bit and adding a bit more atmosphere to the recording. "Minus One" is a spooky little two minute track that's really nothing more than layered keyboards and some plunking electronic sounds, but it sets a mood right before the light, swanky sounds of "Come On, Let's Go."
Although Trish Keenan's vocals hold up well on nearly every track, it's tracks like "Papercuts" that really let her airy, cool voice shine through. Instead of sounding more like a seductress, she instead sounds just a slight bit detached and instead offsets the grimy sound of the old school keyboard backing with breathy, almost ethereal sound. One of the strangest sounding tracks on the album also comes out sounding the best. "Until Then" wheezes along with several strange samples and subdued bass and percussion, and the vocals make it sound like some sort of twisted nursery rhyme.
Sounding sort of like a less weird version of Pram or a slightly more grounded Laika, they would probably easily appeal to fans of either of those groups or even Stereolab. Keenan's vocals are amazing and float above everything as the instumentation behind her creeps out instrumentation worthy of a great film noir. My only complaint with the release is that while the album is pretty much flawless, it really only explores the one direction and explores it well (a minor qualm). Still, a very solid album, and forget about the label stereotypes.


Uncover the most ancient human culture on earth during this 90-minute walkabout in The Rocks with your local Aboriginal guide.
Taking place right along the Sydney Harbour, this 90 minute walking tour explores the Aboriginal People's saltwater heritage, touching on their use of the local resources and their spiritual connection to the adjoining waterways.
This tour will connect you to the living Dreamtime wisdoms that continue to influence the Aboriginal people in the metropolis of Sydney. To this day, these ancient wisdoms reveal themselves in the natural wonders present on Sydney's natural billion year old saltwater harbour and marine environment including local flora and fauna, nearby fresh waterways, and sandstone strata.


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Oct 18, 2017 - New research finds overestimation of the numbers of the homosexual population. Americans have grown more accepting of homosexuality in recent decades especially with the PUSH for it. Gallup reported in 2015 that 3.8 percent of Americans identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender.
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Inspirational reading stories of Chinese and foreign celebrities
By Ruban SaundersPublished 4 months ago • 8 min read
Kuang Heng chiseled the wall to steal the light
Western Han Dynasty, there is a particularly learned man, called Kuang Heng, Kuang Heng when he was a child of a poor family, to read, he chiseled through the neighbors do not know the wall, by stealing a ray of candlelight reading, finally moved the neighbors do not know, with the help of everyone, small Kuang Heng learned.
In the time of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, the chief Sima, general Shi Gao recommended, Kuang Heng, be named doctor, and moved.
Che Yin capsule firefly night reading
Cheyne, the word Wuzi, Jin Dynasty Nanping (now Public security city in Hubei province) people, grew up in a poor home, but study very hard, "poor not often get oil, summer months practice bag filled dozens of firefly according to the book, with night after day." Che Yin bag firefly light read the story, in the history of the legend, inspired generations of later generations of readers.
Chen Ping bore the humiliation of studying hard
Jian, Chen ping of the western Han dynasty, youth has lived alone with his brother, for the sake of adhering to the father, Guang Yao, not producing, behind closed doors to read, but not by the eldest sister-in-law, to eliminate the contradiction of older siblings, face repeatedly humiliated, keep hair, as the eldest sister-in-law regress, finally unbearable, ran away from home, grizzled troubadour, after being brother recover, and rancor, resistance brother Hugh sister-in-law, It's a good story in the area. Eventually, there is an old, attracted to come, free to teach, after learning, assist Liu Bang, achievement of a domineering.
Wen Yiduo drunk book
Wen Yiduo reading addiction, a look on the "drunk", on his wedding day, the wedding room decorated with lights, lively. Early in the morning, relatives and friends came to congratulate him, and until the bridal sedan chair was nearly home, people still can not find the groom anywhere. He was found in the study. He was still wearing his old robe and carrying a book in his hand. No wonder people say he can't read, a look will be "drunk".
Hua Luogeng guesses the book
Hua Luogeng, a famous mathematician, had a different way of reading. He takes a book and, instead of reading from cover to cover, he thinks about it for a while and then closes his eyes. He guessed the layout of the book, considered it, then opened it, and if the author's ideas agreed with his own, he stopped reading. Hua Luogeng's guess reading method not only saves reading time but also cultivates his thinking and imagination so that he will not become a slave to books.
Hou Baolin copied books
Crosstalk language master Hou Baolin only went to primary school for three years. Due to his diligence and studiousness, his artistic level reached a perfect level and he became a famous language expert. Once, to buy a Ming Dynasty joke book "Xuelang" he wanted to buy, and run all the old book stalls in Beijing, but failed. Later, he learned that the Beijing library had the book and decided to copy it back. In winter, he went to the library to copy books in the wind and snow for eighteen days. A book of more than one hundred thousand words was finally copied by him.
Zhang Guangzhou eats books
The mathematician Zhang Guangzhou once saw a paper on deficient values and thought it was useful for his research work, so he read it over and over again. The paper was more than 20 pages long and he read it over and over again for more than half a year. Because of frequently repeated fumbling, white pages, leave a clear black print. His wife joked to him that it wasn't studying, it was eating.
Lu Xun chewed chili to ward off the cold
Mr. Lu Xun studied hard when he was young. When he was a teenager, he studied at Jiangnan Naval Academy. In the first semester, he achieved excellent results and was awarded a gold medal by the school. He immediately sold it on the street in Nanjing's Drum Tower, then bought several books and a string of red peppers. When it was a cold night and hard to read at night, he would pluck a pepper and chew it in his mouth until his forehead began to sweat. In this way, he kept reading to keep out the cold. Because of the hard reading, later became the famous astronomer
Dong Zhongshu did not visit the garden for three years
Dong Zhongshu devoted himself to his studies and worked tirelessly. Although there was a garden behind his study, he was so absorbed in his studies that he did not visit the garden for three years. Dong Zhongshu's devotion to learning made him a famous thinker in the Western Han Dynasty.
Wan Sitong studied hard behind closed doors
Wan Sitong, a famous scholar and historian in the early Qing Dynasty, participated in the compilation of the Twenty-four Histories, an important history book of China. But Vance was also a naughty boy when he was young. Wan Sitong lost face in front of the guests because of his love of play and was criticized by guests. In anger, Wan turned over the guests' tables and was locked up in the library by his father. Wan Sitong from angry, hate reading, to closed doors, and from the "Tea" inspired, began to read attentively.
More than a year passed in the twinkling of an eye, Wan Sitong read a lot of books in the library, his father forgave his son, and Wan Sitong also understood his father's good intentions. After a long period of hard study, Wan Sitong finally became a famous scholar who was well acquainted with the history and read a lot of books, and participated in the compilation of the Twenty-four Histories of the Ming Dynasty.
Qu Yuan studied hard in his cave
When Qu Yuan was young, regardless of the opposition of his elders, regardless of wind and rain, cold and cold, hiding in a cave to read the Book of Songs. After three whole years, he read 305 chapters of the Book of Songs and absorbed rich nutrition from these folk songs, and finally became a great poet.
Fan Zhongyan broken powdered porridge
Fan Zhongyan grew up poor, to study, he scrimped and saved. Finally, his studiousness moved the temple elders, the elders sent him to study in Narada. Fan Zhongyan still adheres to simple living habits and does not accept gifts from rich children to sharpen his will. After studying hard, he finally became a great writer.
Xuanzang studied the Dharma hard
Xuanzhan was an eminent monk in the Tang Dynasty. To obtain the original Buddhist scriptures, Xuanzang left Chang 'an in August of the third year of Zhenguan, traveled for thousands of miles to the west, and finally arrived in India. After 17 years, he wrote The Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, which made great contributions to Buddhism, human progress, and world civilization.
Li Sheng has become a master archer
Li Sheng's father is a powerful general, Li Sheng hopes to grow up to be a father. However, his father always said that he was too young to learn martial arts. Unwilling to be reconciled, Li Sheng secretly learned archery and finally became a perfect archer, which impressed his father.
Ouyang Xiu borrowed ancient books
Ouyang Xiu, a great writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, was gifted since he was a child. However, due to the poor family, the family had no money to buy paper and pens. To let her son practice writing, his mother Zheng came up with a clever way to teach him to write with grass instead of a writing brush. Ouyang Xiu is diligent and assiduous, practiced good hand words, and become the prodigy of famous near and far, and this kind of assiduous spirit also affected his little friend Li Yao auxiliary, taking Li Yao auxiliary on the road of learning.
Pu Songling grass Pavilion road asked
Pu Songling, a writer in the Qing Dynasty, built a thatched pavilion on the roadside and recorded the stories told by passers-by. After decades of hard collection and his creation, he finally completed the epoch-making masterpiece Strange Stories from a Studio.
Song Lian braved the snow to visit his teacher
Song Lian, a FAMOUS essayist, and scholar of the Ming Dynasty were fond of learning since his childhood. He was not only knowledgeable, but also wrote good articles, and was praised by Zhu Yuanzhang as "the first literary official of the founding of the Ming Dynasty". Song Lian liked reading very much and would always ask for the root of any question he did not understand. This time, Song Lian makes clear a problem, braising snow walk dozens of Li, to consult the dream Ji teacher that has not accepted the student, but the teacher is not at home.
Undeterred, Song Lian visited his teacher again a few days later, but the teacher did not receive him. Because of the cold weather, Song Lian and his companions were very cold, and Song Lian's toes were frostbitten.
On his third visit alone, Song Lian fell into a snow pit and was rescued. When Song Lian almost fainted at the teacher's door, the teacher was moved by his sincerity and patiently answered Song Lian's question. Later, to obtain more knowledge, Song Lian visited many teachers despite hardships, and eventually became a famous essayist!
The Salvation of Gorge
Gorky, the world's great writer, loved books as his life. Once, when his room was on fire, the first thing he picked up was books, and he didn't think about anything else.
He narrowly escaped being burned to death trying to save his books. He said: "The book side of the enlightenment of my wisdom and soul, one side to help me stand up in a bog, if not books, I will sink in the mud, I will be stupid and dirty drowned."
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