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My japan pawn shop mustang needed a bridge pickup because only the outer coil worked, in addition the selector switch for the bridge pickup muted the guitar when not in the first position. The pickup selector switch was bad, and the jack is/was as cheap as they come, though I left it in for the moment.
Despite all that, I like the guitar. The frets and neck are fantastic, and I happen to be equipped to fix all the electronic problems. It came set up a lot better than American or Mexican Fenders tend to be. The poly finish is pretty thin, so it feels good to the touch. The tone is bright, yet mellow, which makes it a great rhythm guitar. When/if functioning properly the pickups are great. Switching the coils off causes no output loss, and the outer neck coil does a great woman tone.
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I bought the CAR one that was made in Japan. First of all, I will give the praise comments: The neck feels wonderful and the 24" scale fits my smaller hand perfectly. The fret work is meticulous. The nut spacing and slots were perfect. The finish was perfect. Fit and finish was superb. Now onto the faults: This thing hummed and had such static issues, an inferior 3 way toggle switch, lack of shielding, and actually had one of the mini switches wired wrong from the factory. So, I tore it apart and went to work. I used shielding paint and put 4 coats in all the cavities, and up onto the top of the routes about 1/8" or so, and checked it with a meter for continuity. I removed the bridge and sanded off the chrome on the bottom of the bridge where the bridge ground wire makes contact. I took it down to the brass. Then I used some copper stick on tape and soldered a 24 gauge wire to it and attached it to the body under where the bridge sits to add an extra ground there. I made sure the original ground was making contact and screwed the bridge back down. I added a body ground in the control cavity and soldered it to the volume pot. I replaced the crap jack with a Switchcraft, and the 3 way toggle with a Switchcraft. I sanded the back of the pickguard with 400 grit and then applied a sheet of copper (or you can use aluminum) shielding tape ( from a 12" X 12" sheet trimmed to size) to the back of the pickguard and trimmed close to the edge and near all the pickguard holes. I resoldered all the connections on the slide switches because they looked terrible, and fixed the one that was wired wrong. I then lowered the pickguard and checked all the areas with a meter to make sure everything was right and all the switches worked as they are supposed to. I buttoned things up and restrung it and was pleased with the results. The buzz & hum is gone, string ground actually works, no static even when rubbing your finger on the pickguard. Do all this to yours and you'll love it.
debraehart owns this item
I've been playing my Mustang Pawn Shop for over a year, but even my MIJ version required work. The playability and versatility was excellent but it required electrical modifications to make it enjoyable:
1) Shielding: The cavities and underside of the pick-guard needed shielding to reduce noise. I was a little surprised a guitar of this quality was not shielded. Even in the humbucker modes the noise was objectionable. The single coil modes were worse. I used the large self-adhesive shielding kit from stewmac. The cavity route is relatively complicated and it took a couple hours to carefully shield the cavity and the pick-guard and complete the soldering. All pickup selection modes are now very quiet. A couple hours of work made a huge difference. Conductive paint may be a more convenient alternative but I have no experience with the products available and the effectiveness.
2) The original pickup toggle switch was very poor both electrically and mechanically. I replace it with a Switchcraft equivalent that works perfectly.
On my guitar the slide switches, potentiometers and 1/4" jack worked properly so I didn't replace those parts. The force on the 1/4" jack is weak on my guitar but fine for my purposes. The Switchcraft jacks require more force and may be more appropriate for a gigging environment.
After spending a small amount of money and a few hours to upgrade the electrics, the guitar is now quite enjoyable ... small body, light weight and versatile. The 24" scale makes 5-fret chords easier!
MG_Pawn_Shop_CAR owns this item
I love mustangs, but this one is different from "mustangs". Bought a Mexican sunburst and it sounded great, and the color is nice too. The bridge is okay, but I really love this short scale guitar. Fit me well. The only thing that disturb me is the electronics, causes buzz and little buzz
Nabil Allsons owns this item
I bought the Lake Placid blue, I absolutly love the colour. It plays like a dream, the only thing is the switch is right in the way until you get used to it
seagrum owns this item
I have owned this item for about 6 months, and like it for all the reasons everybody likes it: sound, weight, balance and versatility. Here are some issues you should be aware of, although I still like the guitar enough to keep it. It is actually my main instrument. Static electricity builds up in the array of intricate wiring that operates all the switchs. This causing a lot of "snap, crackle,pop" sounds through the amp. This can be eliminated by using a clothes dryer sheet and rubbing it on the pickguard between the pickups and lower toggle switch. That cures the problem for hours, sometimes a couple of days. One day I found the string tree inside my case. The screw that holds it down is currently broken off in the headstock. Also one of the pickup mounting screws has disappeared and the volume pot makes a "swishing" sound. I have had the electronics cleaned, so that means the pot is bad. A lot of small problems for a cool guitar.
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I bought this as an open box, demo model, in June of 2013. It was made in Mexico, in Candy Apple Red. Features that especially appealed to me were the hardtail, pickups/switching options, the size, shape, and weight of it. It fits like a glove and as soon as I gave it a try, I knew I would get it. I've looked it over carefully and can't find a single flaw with it. Haven't taken it apart or anything, but I don't see any need to. I like this one just exactly as it is. Tried out quite a few before running across this one. I will be keeping this one for the long run.
I ordered the Mustang and received it a couple of days ago. The packing was in excellent condition and when I opened the box the guitar looked great (I ordered Lake Placid Blue) no flaws in the paint, knobs and switches have a solid feel, the frets were smooth not sharp and the neck is awesome, very easy to play. I love the shape of the Mustang and it's lightweight body is easy on the neck and back. I was eager to plug it in and see how it sounded...this is where the problems arose... When I went to plug it in the guitar cord would not go into the jack all the way, we pulled the pickguard and metal segment which houses the pots and plug out and then the jack inserted fine. Maybe that had to do with the issues that the guitar had later, but probably not. It did not solve the big problem: the guitar has a ground issue and buzzes like crazy when you are not touching a exposed metal part of the guitar. I am pretty good with electronics and know that a constant ground needs to connect every part of the guitar's components, but I could not find out the broken link without breaking apart the connections and messing around with stuff, which I feel I should not have to do with something I just paid a bunch of money for. I am going to return it to the place I bought it. I am disapointed because last year I played the Japanese version when it came out and it was awesome. This recent purchase is the made in Mexico one and the quality of the electronics is bad.
unicoi owns this item
Easy reach, I have smaller fingers and this guitar really makes playing more fun! Great tone, I have paired this Mustang I amp, just played the Star Spangled Banner. I sound just like Hendrix! ;) Excellent build quality. This is so fun, now I want a Mustang Bass!
rsr72 owns this item
This is a very cool guitar. I almost bought this one , it is very light weight and comfortable but the only problem was that I would sometimes hit the switches above it with my hand but not a major problem for me.
This guitar is so easy to play, especially for small hands. It is great for bending and sliding.
CatsAreCute owns this item
At first I was drawn to this Guitar by its looks as I hadn't even considered buying a Mustang. I knew almost as soon as I started playing it that I would be taking it home, feels great, plays great and the build quality is excellent.
Kavan owns this item
I really can't say enough about the fit and finish of this guitar. It plays so smooth, the switching options are awesome and the looks are stunning. The made in Japan quality is extremely good. I really think these will be highly sought after instruments in the years to come.
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|Model Name:
|Pawn Shop Mustang® Special, Rosewood Fingerboard, 3-Color Sunburst
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|Pawn Shop
|3-Color Sunburst
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|'60s "C"
|Scale Length:
|24" (610 mm)
|Fingerboard Radius:
|9.5" (241 mm)
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|1.650" (42 mm)
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|Fender® USA 250L, NPS (.009-.042 Gauges)
|Unique Features:
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A Warrior in equal tanking gear will have ~1200 more health than me. This translates to around 3000 Effective Health. A 10% gain is extremely significant, at any level. While this percentage difference will drop, 3000 Effective Health essentially equates to a half-Teir of progression.
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I have taken 90k hits (with the mangle debuff) unblocked without a cooldown up before, but your guy is taking double that. He doesn't even do that kind of damage to melee dps that take an errant hit before my taunt lands (about 100k w/o the ArP debuff).
I see a single swing with a block for more than 100k in my log from last night
[20:37:14.937] Magmaw hits Fetzie 73519 (B: 51090)
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[20:38:48.125] Magmaw hits Fetzie 121819
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The best way to figure out what to mark is to pay attention to what is in the pull. Casters are usually easy to pick out - you usually want those to go first, most of the time. Use skull and X to mark out first and second in the kill order, then triangle if need be. Box and moon are usually CC, moon being sheep/hex and box is hunter trap (in my groups anyway). Be sure to figure out what CC abilities you have and if it is easier to get the casters out of the way with those.
A lot of marking comes down to what is in the pull... and you're only going to know that through experience or from asking others that have done the run before. Get an addon so that you can mark quickly - http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-a...arkingbar.aspx looks pretty good, I'll probably get it myself (for when I get back into tanking seriously). Unfortunately there are a lot of pulls that have unique aspects to them, so it depends on your group and how you handle the sudden abilities that come up. You get it from experience, and making sure that you're paying attention. Go through your combat log if you wipe and see what mob used what ability, and if you think that was what was wiping you, point it out and mark it up.


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So the gloriously refurbished Kensington Palace will soon be home to the Duchess of Cambridge (aka: Kate Middleton) and her royal beau Prince Wills. But it also currently houses a stunning archive of royal ceremonial dress - that means hundreds of years of majestic fashion history, from traditional court attire to military costume, superswishy '50s debutante frocks, all matters of fabulous items from the Queen's wardrobe and some of Princess Diana's most iconic gowns. But get this - the archive isn't just in the same vicinity as Kate and Will's new pad, it's located in the exact space where their awesome new apartment will be.
Princess Diana in Zandra Rhodes, 1986. A close-up shot of the hem taken at the Royal Ceremonial Dress Archive, Kensington Palace.
So imagine our excitement at receiving exclusive access to this most intriguing place. We spent HOURS (royals guards and horses couldn't have dragged us away) in the immaculately catalogued and curated archive, guided by the very cool Acne-clad Dierdre Murphy, Collections Curator at the Royal Ceremonial Dress Archive. We managed to see (not touch!) some exciting and rare objects – including statement pieces like Diana's pink beaded Zandra Rhodes gown that she wore in 1986 for a State Banquet in Kyoto, Japan, plus random things like a carefully preserved box of Princess Margaret's hangers and even an original Lanvin flapper-girl dress that's so delicate and heavy with beading you can't lift it up. Fascinating! Scroll through the gallery above to see some of our favourites from the day.


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If you've ever held a standard projector remote in your hand, you'll know why an app is a welcome addition. Projector companies tend to believe that most users will integrate the display with a home control system (which we advise you do), so they make their remotes as minimally useful, and maximally aggravating as possible. They often don't include discrete input buttons, video mode buttons or anything like a common-sense layout. Some don't even include backlighting, even though they're meant to be used in the dark.
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Sunday, 7 February 2010
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- STEPHEN RATCLIFFE said...
pleasure to find this, and the resonances within to this --
first grey light in sky above still black
ridge, white curve of moon beside leaves
in foreground, sound of wave in channel
elusive, appearance a thing
perception would have
part from painting, however
equally clear, method
grey-white clouds reflected in channel,
shadowed green of ridge across from it
- 7 February 2010 07:34
- Elmo St. Rose said...
The amniotic water
is meant to be spilled
under the microscope
it ferns
- 7 February 2010 13:05
- Lucy in the Sky said...
Ah... the sweet shelter of the womb... The place we all want to go back to when we feel afraid or exhausted... Paradise before Earth.
- 7 February 2010 14:13
- Melissa said...
Thoughts of you and Keats today. After returning to The Eve of St. Agnes I found your poem-meaning read through contrast and light as verbal sign.
- 7 February 2010 14:14
- TC said...
As a long day closes, these lovely words from friends leave ripples that animate the shadows...
- 7 February 2010 22:39
- STEPHEN RATCLIFFE said...
Another 'something' as the new day begins -- pink, blue, red all 'noticeable' / thought, as is silver and shadowed green --
pink line of jet trail in pale blue sky
above ridge, white of moon below branch
in foreground, sound of wave in channel
corresponds to the opposite,
then taken equivalent
side the sun does not touch,
unnoticeable, thought
silver of sunlight reflected in channel,
shadowed green slope of ridge across it
- 8 February 2010 07:25
- gamefaced said...
in very few words says everything.
- 8 February 2010 13:35
- Princess Haiku said...
- 8 February 2010 21:17
- TC said...
The "side the sun does not touch" is where I live. But always hopeful to "correspond to the opposite" with you (bringing the light of moon, sky, sun every morning).
- 9 February 2010 00:27
- TC said...
gamefaced, Princess Haiku,
A pleasure indeed to share my small shadow with you.
- 9 February 2010 00:28
- aditya said...
Beautiful Tom !! Maybe .. An insight into how the surreality of dreams is re casted to reality. Certitude of the drifts being brought back to life by the very shadows every flicker of your drift shall create. Rising. And falling.
I absolutely loved the ending. Incredibly structured !!!
- 9 February 2010 01:52
- TC said...
Thank you Aditya.
In our dreams perhaps we are adrift in a life before or beyond our present life.
In time a shadow falls over this earthly paradise.
- 9 February 2010 02:45
- STEPHEN RATCLIFFE said...
Thank you, and I look every morning to see what you have sent across from that opposite/parallel side. No sun today, a moment of rain shower on roof, and now the song sparrows are starting up --
first grey light in cloud above blackness
of ridge, sound of drops falling on roof
in foreground, wave breaking in channel
constant whole section, two
systems are therefore
motion equal to force, left
side, first component
silver of sunlight reflected in channel,
shadowed canyon of ridge across from it
- 9 February 2010 07:15
- aditya said...
Hahah ! Exactly .. exactly ..
- 9 February 2010 07:41
- ~otto~ said...
I'm often surprised by my lack of understanding about why certain things in your poems stick out to me. Like this: "undifferentiated light." It jumped off the screen and I don't know why and don't know whether to figure it out or just enjoy it. Help.
- 9 February 2010 21:45
- ~otto~ said...
Never mind. I'm going to just enjoy it. :)
- 9 February 2010 21:52
- TC said...
I'd rather you enjoyed it than either of us understood it or anything.
Thanks every time.
- 11 February 2010 08:18
- leigh tuplin said...
As always Tom, even when you use few words, you allow the reader to float and take different meanings..the ending here for me is a perfect example of this.
- 12 February 2010 04:55
- TC said...
Yes, in a curious way I felt this one was being lent me rather than "bought" by concentrated effort on my part. In which sense it does indeed feel "floated", not only as a paper boat (say) might be, but also, perhaps, as a loan (from time) might be.
(Hyper conscious anyway, lately, of time as something being borrowed rather than owned.)
- 12 February 2010 07:52


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This was like an unspoken prayer. I was just about to make my Shadow Priest when I thought I'd check here first, low and behold, Aliena was on the task. I haven't read it yet, but judging by your past guides I've read I know this one will be fantastic.
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Does that face look familiar? It should. That's Diane Keaton, who stopped by to take in Who Shot Rock & Roll before the show ends next month. The Hollywood legend said she loved the exhibit and the accompanying orginal film. Keaton (seen here with our very own ASP legend, Marissa), gracisouly agreed to pose for a picture but wanted to stand in front of the Elvis Presley (she must be a big fan!) video which greets guests as they enter the Space. Glad you enjoyed the exhibit, Diane!
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Is it ok to disscuss the "Other Game" here?
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Is it ok to disscuss the "Other Game" here?
The first rule of the Other Game is that you do not talk about the Other Game. The second rule of the Other Game is that you do NOT. TALK. About the OTHER GAME.
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Seriously, the best place to talk about the other game is probably the forums on starfleetgames.com. There's a huge audience there. However, I don't see any problem in discussing The Other Game here, as long as we don't scare away new FC players by posting photos of the complete Other Game rulebook...
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I don't see there being a problem with talking about the "other game," try to keep it light, the "other game" tends to scare newbies off because of its complexity.
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Vanessa wrote:
I don't see there being a problem with talking about the "other game," try to keep it light, the "other game" tends to scare newbies off because of its complexity.
I remember having a friend in college inquire about the game. When I dropped the huge 3 ring binder with all the rules in front of him, his interest sagged a little.
Those of us that played it regularly didn't harp on rules too much... as long a you got the basics right and didn't screw up too often (or too beneficially) we just played on. It was fun regardless... usually.
Now, going to GenCon and trying the tournament a couple of times... that was less fun... but then I wasn't really all that good at the game anyhow.
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Post subject: Hmmmm...
Is SFB really as complex as people say? I've een told it makes your brain hurt.
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SFB isn't that bad, but there is LOT of it, and any veteran SFB player uses a lot of that stuff and has difficulty just going back to the "basic layer" of the game to train a new player. The veteran will keep using tactics based on more advanced rules.
Starships can do a lot of things and SFB let's you do a lot of those things. Not 3d, not rolling the ship upside down to bring the undamaged shields to bear, but still a lot of things. And they all have rules, and for every page that says "this is how X works" there are three pages that say "Now that you know how X works, here is what happens when you try to use X while doing the other 25 things in the alphabet."
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I played SFB for 18 years, had a stop for 6 years, started and continuing with ASL (ups, not an ADB Universe game
) and now I'm returning to my first love (thank to SFB Online).
SFB is not as complex as it seems at a first look. It is very logical, so it is simple to memorize rules; after 6 yers I was able to play it again quite well. About strategy read the post before mine.
I have bought FC: Klingon Border and I have found it very nice an funny. Quick and easy to play, but it is NOT Star Fleet. Let me say that Star Fleet is more a simulation game than FC. What I suggest is to start with FC and have a try with SFB (better way to do it is to play the wrath of Khan music album while playing
). I think that the future will be FC (take a look at this gorgeous forum and look at the SFB forum
), but SFB, believe me, is a jewel.
So now I play SFB when I have time and FC when I am short of time.
BTW, please excuse my bad English. This is not my mother tongue.
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FedCom is what it is - I like it but I do miss a lot of the Chrome of SFB. My local group is so frightened by "complex games" that FedCom is about as far as I've been able to go with them. I still hope to bring out the full glory of an ISC fleet in Escellon formation in the next few years.
Is it as tough as they say? Yes, it's tough - but there's lots of things there. There's quite a bit you can do and need to handle. Play FedCom and don't worry. If one day you're curious, give it a try - it won't be as difficult as starting SFB since many of the same concepts are in both games.
..who also plays ASL and - gasp - Europa - just not with the current group.
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I'm trying to learn ASL myself. Made harder because nobody I knows plays. Had to hunt for the original Squad Leader before the Starter Kits actually made SENSE.
Its part of the reason Federation Commander is so appealing. Its an awesome game that gives me all I found interesting about SFB, but simplifies and pretties it up into a nice digestible game o fun.
A shame the third 70s/80s gaming icon that tried a simpler version failed though. (Car Wars)
Would have been cool to have 3 nice lines of long running once popular games revitalized by streamlined versions out in the same basic timeframes.
Sadly it looks as if ADB is the only one who did it perfect enough and smart enough to make a go of it all.
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I'm trying to learn ASL myself. Made harder because nobody I knows plays. Had to hunt for the original Squad Leader before the Starter Kits actually made SENSE........
First of all my excuses for this off topic.
About ASL, Rufus, go to this address
and install the programm. It is completely free and you can find a lot of people who can play (and teach) with you. If you need some support for the installation, write me at panzerkartATgmail.com (AT=@)
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..who also plays ASL and - gasp - Europa - just not with the current group.
Okay, you have me beat.
(Currently playing SFB, ASL, and various 'lighter' wargames, but no Europa.)
[ASL: go to VASL now! It has plenty of people who'll be willing to teach you.]
SFB is, from one point of view, every bit as hard as many people think it is. From another, it's not that hard at all.
I played semi-actively for a period of about 6 years straddling the last major edition change. And then dropped it for a period of a bit more than a decade. Coming back to it, and teaching it to a couple new people, I've found I've retained a surprising amount of it.
The nice thing about SFB (and FC, and ASL, and...) is that it is trying to
something. If you understand
is being represented, then it's generally easy to remember the rules that govern it. The hard part of SFB and FC is separating
internal thoughts on how Trek works from the the version of Trek represented in the Star Fleet Universe.
...Which is why SFB is is less frustrating for me today than it was a decade ago.
A) I'm less of a Trekkie now than I was then, and B) my thoughts on Trek have diverged from SFU enough that I no longer want to 'bridge the gap'.
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Haydn: Symphonies Nos 70-72
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Movement 1: Allegro
Movement 2: Andante
Movement 3: Menuet
Movement 4: Finale: Andante Presto
Haydn spent his first few years in Prince Nikolaus Esterházy's employ gathering around him an orchestra of some of the greatest musicians of the day. His first Eisenstadt symphonies, numbers 6 to 8 (1761), had amply demonstrated to the prince the virtuoso capabilities of the court's string soloists, and a couple of years later we find Haydn extolling the virtues of his horn players. In April 1763 two new recruits, Franz Reiner and Karl Franz, arrived at the court, thus doubling the contingent of horns to four—quite a rarity in those early days in the development of the modern orchestra. Later the same year, Haydn wrote his Symphony No 72 more or less as a display piece for his new horn quartet (it was followed soon afterwards by a companion 'mit dem Hornsignal', No 31, a work of even greater bravura).
Of the two new players, Karl Franz was undoubtedly the more virtuosic and was much prized by Haydn himself (who successfully persuaded Franz to stay when he tried to resign in 1769). The writing for all four players in Symphony No 72 is demanding enough, but that for the first (Karl Franz?) is often stratospherical in its tessitura. There are many times in this symphony when the quartet is treated as a concertante group—within a few bars of the opening, for example. In the slow movement, however, the horns are silent and a new concertante pairing comes to the fore, with much florid duetting for solo violin and flute, the latter not having been heard until this point. In the Minuet the flute is again silent and the horns return. This time, and particularly in the trio scored for wind alone, there is frequent use of echo effects, suggesting that Haydn originally placed the two pairs of horns antiphonally at either side, or front and back, of the orchestra—a practice followed in this recording. After all their exertions, the horns take a relatively low-key role in the Finale, which is a set of variations on an Andante theme with a march-like tread. After the strings introduce this theme, the variations spotlight in turn the flute (Variation 1), cello (Variation 2), violin (Variation 3), violone (double bass, Variation 4) and oboes (doubled by two horns, Variation 5), before the restrained tutti Variation 6 leads suddenly into a Presto coda, a Kehraus, or kind of signal to 'go home', complete with hunting-horn-like flourishes.
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The bill that arrives in the mail each month from your natural gas utility is the result of a complicated process called ratemaking. The state and the federal governments regulate many aspects of the natural gas industry, including the amount that the utility company can charge its customers for services. Ratemaking is the process by which the utility, its customers and the state's regulatory body determine a fair price for the utility's services.
Utilities Earn Money From Service, Not Gas
Utilities don't earn any money from the sale of the natural gas itself. They simply pass the cost of the gas straight through to the consumer: For example, if the utility paid $2 for 1 million British thermal units (Btu) of natural gas, and you used 10 million Btu to heat your home during the billing period, you would be charged $20 for the cost of the gas
How then, can utilities afford to stay in business? After all, they must maintain the pipe in the ground and build new lines. They must pay fees to interstate pipelines to get the gas delivered to their service territory. And they must pay gas storage fees, meet payrolls for meter readers and other employees, and cover hundreds of other costs associated with the safe delivery of natural gas. Obviously, utilities must charge for more than just the natural gas commodity itself, so there are charges in your gas bill that are separate from the cost of the gas.
When gas utilities began, they were considered natural monopolies - policy-makers determined that it was not cost-effective for consumers to have more than one gas delivery system in the ground to serve a community. So a state regulatory body, usually known as a public utility commission or public service commission, defined a utility's geographic service area and worked with the utility and its customers to ensure that the company was charging a fair price for its services. Today, competition has been introduced in the natural gas marketplace, but regulatory agencies still play a major role in overseeing the rates that utilities can charge, what services they must provide and the amount of profit they may earn.
Rates Are Periodically Adjusted
Like any other business, a utility continually reassesses its position. Are rates adequate? Have there been major changes in costs or in sales that necessitate more revenue? If the answer to the first question is "no," and to the second question is "yes," the utility must petition the state regulatory body for permission to change its rates.
When a utility concludes that it must seek a rate change, its management begins preparing a rate case. The utility must base its case on a test year - normally, the previous year. For this 12-month period, the utility documents actual expenses to demonstrate the company's need for an adjustment in rates.
Well before a rate filing, the utility usually gives public notice of its intention to seek a change in its rates. This may or may not be required by state law. But, in practice, utilities make sure that their intentions are known, not only to the regulatory commission, but also to their customers and the general public.
Commission staff review the rate change application and send out interrogatory notices asking for clarification or more information. The staff may conduct a field investigation of the company and its operations. Consumer groups often become involved in the rate case by becoming intervenors, which gives them the right to present evidence and question witnesses. The commission's examiner prepares a recommendation at the end of the review process.
Often the commission postpones the date of the rate change for several months until it has had time to examine the proposal thoroughly. In some states, if the commission fails to request a postponement by a certain deadline, the law requires that the proposed rate increase go into effect immediately, subject to refund. This means that occasionally a customer will get a refund, if the state commission ultimately doesn't approve the full increase requested by the utility.
Once the rate case takes place, it is similar to a court case. There are pre-hearing conferences, hearings, attorneys, an administrative judge, oral arguments, motions, transcripts and briefs. Finally, the commission will make its decision, which usually includes a proposed rate structure. Just like many court cases, there are opportunities for rehearings and appeals
How Are Rates Set?
The state commission and the utility look at four major areas to determine rates: the rate base, expenses, the rate of return and the rate design.
Rate Base
The rate base refers to how much money utilities have invested in facilities and equipment to ensure service to the utility's customers. State regulators have charged utilities with the "obligation to serve," which means that utilities must have the resources and ability to provide gas to all of their customers, even on the coldest day of the year. This differentiates natural gas from many other products: For example, the stores that sell a popular toy do not have an obligation to provide that toy to every child in America who might want one for Christmas. But natural gas utilities have the obligation to provide natural gas to every one of their customers at any time. Obviously, this is a factor the utilities must consider in determining need in terms of equipment and facilities.
Expenses refer to the day-to-day operating costs of running a utility, buying natural gas, paying taxes and meeting payroll. Because of the swings in the actual cost of the natural gas, many commissions have established a special rate mechanism called a purchased gas adjustment. This mechanism allows utilities to reflect rises or declines in fuel costs in customer bills. The state commissions oversee these cost adjustments, and so must document and review them with precision.
Expenses other than for the natural gas itself are determined to be appropriate based on the test year and other documentation provided to the regulatory agency.
Rate of Return
Utilities are businesses too - their incentive for providing good service to their customers is that they earn a sufficient profit to enable them to provide safe and reliable service in the future, and to return dividends to their investors. When profits are ploughed back into their businesses, with some returned to their shareholders, utilities attract additional investors and maintain a good credit rating. This, in turn, allows them to raise the capital necessary for future investments in providing good service. The amount of the profit, as well as how much utilities can charge for the cost of their delivery services, is determined through the ratemaking process. The amount of profit utilities are allowed to earn is known as the rate of return
It is important to note that the regulatory authority does not guarantee a utility a profit. It simply gives a utility an opportunity to make a profit. If, due to inflation or some other cause, the utility fails to achieve its authorized level of profitability - called the authorized rate of return - so be it. The utility can go back to the state commission to request a new rate, but it may not recover what it failed to earn in a time past.
Rate Design
The commission first determines the rate of return and establishes the expenses and investment in facilities. Then, the commission establishes rates for the utility's different classes of customers (residential, commercial and industrial). Normally, these rates are based on the cost to the utility of serving the customer, so larger customers who are less expensive to serve, such as factories, usually pay lower rates for each unit of gas than do small residential customers, who cost more to serve.
New Trends in Ratemaking
The increasingly competitive nature of the natural gas industry is prompting changes in the way some gas utility rates are being implemented and regulated. In contrast to traditional rate structures, certain state commissions are promoting a greater acceptance of so-called incentive rates. These incentive rates are usually designed to reward utilities for increased efficiencies and cost-savings. Instead of simply allowing a company to earn a specified return and to recoup standard costs, incentive rates are generally intended to encourage companies to streamline and innovate, allowing a greater rate of return for such successful efforts.
For example, a regulatory authority might permit a utility company to establish an incentive rate that also would act as a ceiling on costs the company would be allowed to recover. However, if a utility can find ways to keep costs under this ceiling, it might be permitted to include some of the difference as a net return to shareholders.
These performance- or incentive-based rates are a fairly new innovation in the natural gas industry, and their effectiveness remains to be seen.
Utilities Foresee Serving Growing Needs, Populations
All involved in the ratemaking process - utilities, state commissions and the customers themselves - wish to achieve the same result: fair and reasonable rates for natural gas service. Natural gas utilities must keep costs reasonable to keep their customers satisfied, to maintain good service during times of peak demand and to earn money for their shareholders. The state commissions oversee the utility companies closely and help them to strike the right balance between recouping costs and earning profits.
The ratemaking process is of more than academic interest to the public. People depend on jobs, food and vital services that, in turn, depend on reliable utility services. Natural gas utilities, if granted reasonable rates of return by regulatory commissions, will continue to provide quality service and America's best energy value to the nation's consumers.
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Regarding a few things being mentioned in this thread regarding the fight.
Firstly, we were having a problem getting the Lava Pillars in "melee." It was helpful to have someone call out a "reset" when there was 5-8 seconds until the next Lava Pillar. Upon hearing the reset, any raid members that were out a little bit DPSing the adds, knew to snug right back into melee range. That might help some of you that consistently have the Pillar spawn in melee.
Secondly, we were having trouble taking the adds out in time, even with 4 ranged on them. What ended up working for us, was having the Rogue help us out too. Our rogue was Assassination, and so he had 2/2 Deadly Brew, meaning he was auto-applying Crippling Poison to everything as well. As soon as the Lava was on the ground, he'd pop out of melee and get ready. As soon as they were spawning, he put ToTT on one of the ranged, and FoKd until Tricks dropped off. That strategy trivialized the fight, and removed the need for a ton of AoE snaring, and allowed our ranged to focus more on just burning them up.
Also, we only had an issue with the post-spike aggro reset once, and it was one of the Shadowpriests. I started calling out for priests to Fade when his head came up, and it became an easy kill.
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FAIRFAX, Va. - Karen Zvorski calls her 7-year-old daughter's brain tumor a "horrible, horrible monster."
She attended the Run Rogue 5K race that raises money and awareness for cancer but it also raises hope.
Now in its second year, the race was held at the Fairfax Corner Shopping Center Saturday morning. It benefits "Life with Cancer" and the "Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure."
The race was started last year in honor of BethAnn Telford, who's been fighting a brain tumor for eight years, and in honor of Vanessa Spiller, who's in remission from breast cancer.
Zvorski says being at the race was emotional and awesome. She and her daughter Anya came from Camp Hill, Pa., near Harrisburg, for the race.
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She was joined on stage by Anya and two other children, who are all battling brain cancer.
Telford says when she needs inspiration she looks at the tattoo on her inside wrist that reads simply, "Hope."
Telford has completed marathons and Ironman competitions. But Saturday she completed the 5K in a wheel chair as she is still recovering from a recent surgery.
Tammy Sankner's, of Fairfax, and her 8-year-old daughter, Tara, both attended the race. Tara was recently diagnosed with brain cancer and Sankner says being at the race was amazing.
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Last week I visited The Little Guys, in Mokena, Ill., a 10,000-square-foot showroom of everything A/V, plus some control thrown in for good measure. There were the typical home theater vignettes, although this place has more setups than most A/V shops – five to be exact. There was also a private two-channel listening room for audiophiles and a switching station where customers can test out combinations of speakers and receivers. The coolest stop on my tour of the store, though, was the company's new Digital Music Showroom.
This is where digital music gets a big kick in the butt, so to speak. Every piece of equipment—and there's a lot of it—is fully operational. The objective, my gracious and patient tour guide explained to me, is to demonstrate to customers how much better their digital music can sound by adding DACs, receivers, quality speakers and other gear. Skeptical? I was. I like my digital music just fine the way it is, thank you. But as they say, the proof is in the pudding, and after a few minutes of listening to the systems in the demo room, I'm a true believer that the quality of the tunes I've been playing through my bargain iPod dock at home basically sucks.
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By far the most fun I had at The Little Guys, though, was working my way through the headphone display. Here was my chance to test-drive about a dozen different models. I listened to each pair individually, relying again on the patient salesperson to one at a time connect the headphone to the Peachtree Audio iNova amp/DAC. For my test I selected probably not the type of music an audiophile would—Def Leppard—but hey, that's what I like. I wanted this to be a blind test—neither brand name nor price was going to sway my decision. However, since all the "popular" kids are wearing Beats, I was kind of banking on it winning here.
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