SBE 74
NEWS LETTER
====================================SBE 74 NEWSLETTER====================================SOCIETY OF BROADCAST ENGINEERSCHAPTER 74 - MIDLANDSEastern Nebraska and Western IowaOctober 31, 2008==============================================VMware and UNO ITS Data Center Tour
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 from 11:30AM to 2:00PM
Location: Lunch at UNO Student Center
Presentation at: University of Nebraska at Omaha Information Technology Services
Our Hosts will be:
Andrew Buker - UNO Systems Administrator II / ITS Data Center Manager
Aaron Murray - UNO Network Manager
George Blessing - UNO Systems Administrator II
Presenter: Kent Marshall with High Plains Technology
Parking:
The University of Nebraska at Omaha provides remote parking from the Crossroads Mall Parking Structure, located at 72nd and Cass Street (one block north of Dodge St). There is metered parking for visitors on campus, but it is extremely limited. Due to the number of people, the best option is to park at Crossroads Mall and take the shuttle. Meet at Crossroad Mall Parking Garage at 11:20 PM. Park on levels 1, 3, 5 or 6. A shuttle to UNO leaves the Parking Garage every 15 minutes. If you miss the shuttle, another one will come shortly. The shuttle will drop you off just outside the Milo Bail Student Center (Student Center).
View UNO Parking map: http://www.unomaha.edu/security/maps/dodgelocation.php
Lunch:
Lunch will be at the Maverick Buffet on second floor of the Student Center. We will reserve several tables inside the buffet area, you have to pay to get in. The buffet lunch costs $6.95 (plus tax etc.?). The Maverick Buffet is adjacent to the food court.
View lunch menu, updated daily: http://mbsc.unomaha.edu/foodcourt.php
Presentation:
After lunch, the presentation will be in the Eppley Administration Building (EAB) just east from the Student Center. Come in the north side of the EAB, turn right and find the elevator, take the elevator down to the basement floor, take a left off the elevator, and it is the last room on the RIGHT before the hallway turns right. The room is called the ITS Conference Room # EAB013C.
Tour:
After the presentation, UNO Staff will provide a tour of their newly remodeled ITS Data Center and explain how they use VMware at their facility.
What is VMware Virtualization?
Virtualization essentially lets one computer do the job of multiple computers, by sharing the resources of a single computer across multiple environments. Virtual servers and virtual desktops let you host multiple operating systems and multiple applications locally and in remote locations. This is reported to offer much greater efficiency than traditional computer systems.
You can get more information at http://www.vmware.com/virtualization/
If you have questions before or after the meeting you can email Kent Marshall in Lincoln at:
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We want to thank Larry Bloomfield and Westside Church for the Taste of NAB Road show October 10th. Good information for keeping up with the field of Broadcast Technology. Everybody who stayed to the end won door prizes!
Also Thanks to TC Electronic and Larry Bloomfield for lunch.
Go to http://www.tech-notes.tv/ for information on the Taste of NAB Road show and it's sponsors.
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Read the minutes from the September SBE74 meeting at www.sbe74.org
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TV antennas getting congressional attention
Oct 6, 2008 1:32 PM
Last week Senator. Bernard Sanders, an independent from Vermont, said the FCC has failed to warn over-the-air TV viewers that they may need new antennas to get DTV reception and that the commission has inaccurately downplayed the likelihood of the necessary modifications to those antennas.
The senator asked the FCC to begin an education campaign alerting over-the-air households of the possible need for a sensitive rooftop antenna. He also said the federal government should consider subsidies for antenna replacement.
Sanders cited the study by Centris, a consulting firm, which said the FCC had underestimated the homes that would need antennas to receive over-the-air signals. He also cited a study of the digital transition in Britain that said that 35 percent of consumers would need to buy new antennas.
“Americans should not be forced to pay for cable, satellite or other telecommunications video services to get their free broadcast channels,” Sanders wrote in a letter to the FCC, “because the government did not properly plan for this transition.”
Sanders, who is from Vermont, noted it was dangerous for viewers to install outside antennas in very cold weather. He envisioned the risk to senior citizens trying to climb onto the roof in the Vermont winter.
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Upcoming SBE74 Events
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There is no December SBE74 Meeting
(Let me be the first to say Merry Christmas!).
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January 2009
TBA annual Social outing
We are still waiting for the play schedule to be released
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Wednesday February 25, 2009
"Working with Energized Electrical Equipment"
Martin Conroy - Tier3
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SBE CERTIFICATION EXAM DATES
Exam Dates
Location
Application Deadline
November 7-17 , 2008
Local Chapters
Past
February 6-16 , 2009
Local Chapters
December 31 , 2008
April 21, 2009
NAB
April 1 , 2009
June 5-15, 2009
Local Chapters
April 17, 2009
August 7-17, 2009
Local Chapters
June 5, 2009
November 6-16, 2009
Local Chapters
September 18, 2009
To find out about SBE Certification go to:
www.sbe.org/cert_index.phpContact Jim Leedham, Chapter74 Certification Chair
402-422-1600, mailto:jleedham3@cox.net
You may also contact Megan at the national SBE Certification Office:
mailto:mclappe@sbe.org Phone: 317-846-9000=================================
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And THANK YOU SUSTAINING MEMBER:
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OFFICERS of SBE Chapter 74
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Gina Dierks CBT, CBNT, CTO
Pappas Telecasting Companies
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402-554-4290 Fax
mailto:gdierks@kptm.comChapter Vice-Chair:
Ken Beckwith
EMF Broadcasting/KLOVE Radio
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mailto:kebeckwith@gmail.comTreasurer:
Pat Caffrey
CE KPTM TV
Phone: 402-554-4236
mailto:pcaffrey@kptm.comSecretary:
Darrel Sudduth CBNT
KPTM TV 42
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Jim Leedham CPBE/CBNT
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Kevin FarisCell: 402-681-4439
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Newsletter Editor:
Jim Skinner CPBE CBNT
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mailto:jskinner@kptm.comPast Chair:
Mike Shane (Lennen) CBRE
Salem Communications
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mailto:mike@1420kotk.comAll officers are elected yearly in March.
Committee Chairs are appointed by the Chapter Chair.=================================
SBE MEMBERSHIP
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Or email mailto:kjones@sbe.orgThe benefits of SBE membership are many, you can read all about it at:
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MIDLANDS CHAPTER WEBSITE
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for info on the SBE in Eastern Nebraska and Western Iowa.
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Posted Monday, November 03, 2008 01:07 AM