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Multiple outlets are reporting that the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act proposals are currently tabled.
British tech publication The Register notes that this does not mean the bills are dead.
The Editor-in-Chief of Mashable, Lance Ulanoff, tweeted asking what ideas people had about copyright protection, intellectual property, and piracy.
Todd Wasserman of Mashable calls SOPA dead instead of tabled.
A statement issued by the office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid notes his belief that the issues raised over the Protect IP Act can be resolved.
CNET blogger Don Reisinger notes that the bills are hardly dead and that while a battle was lost a war continues.
Nate Anderson at Ars Technica reports that Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, a major opponent of the Protect IP Act, claiming that Internet policy should not be made on the fly.
The harm that does to ordinary, non-infringing users is best described via a hypothetical user: Abe. Abe has never even so much as breathed on a company's copyright but he does many of the things typical of Internet users today. He stores the photos of his children, now three and six years old, online at PickUpShelf* so that he doesn't have to worry about maintaining backups. He is a teacher and keeps copies of his classes accessible for his students via another service called SunStream that makes streaming audio and video easy. He engages frequently in conversation in several online communities and has developed a hard-won reputation and following on a discussion host called SpeakFree. And, of course, he has a blog called "Abe's Truths" that is hosted on a site called NewLeaflet. He has never infringed on any copyright and each of the entities charged with enforcing SOPA know that he hasn't.
Controversial online piracy bill shelved until 'consensus' is found
House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said early Saturday morning that Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) promised him the House will not vote on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) unless there is consensus on the bill.
"While I remain concerned about Senate action on the Protect IP Act, I am confident that flawed legislation will not be taken up by this House," Issa said in a statement. "Majority Leader Cantor has assured me that we will continue to work to address outstanding concerns and work to build consensus prior to any anti-piracy legislation coming before the House for a vote."
It's bad enough when a local politician is trying to designate which books a school should or should not buy, but it's even more frightening when he doesn't even know what he's doing.
From the article:
At the beginning of the school year, as the Dysart Unified School District was preparing to buy more than 1,000 novels for its libraries and classrooms, Rep. Jack Harper, R-Surprise, posted to an online message board a list of books he thought the district was considering buying that he found objectionable.
It turned out that Harper had clicked on the wrong link for Follett Library Resources and viewed books from a general list of inventory available through the company, Follett, rather than a specific list created by the district.
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The Concerned Librarian's Guide to the 2012 ALA Midwinter Exhibit Hall
With a number of issues floating around libraryland at the present moment, there has been talk in some of the my social circles about what to do about them. Specifically, how to approach tackling them as it relates to library vendors who have expressed support for legislation that has the potential to impede or block access to information (directly or as collateral damage). As the ALA Midwinter Meeting is just around the corner, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity for librarians to meet with company representatives to discuss their concerns about current contentious legislation (such as the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Research Works Act (RWA)) as well as ongoing concerns (such as library eBook lending). Lest some perseverate or advocate for delaying action, our professional conferences are the best venue to voice our concerns face-to-face for the wide array of actions that have the potential to interfere with information access and exchange. This is not the time to waiver on our values and principles.
NY Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney Wants to Deny Americans Access to Taxpayer Funded Research
Why, you might ask, would Carolyn Maloney, representing a liberal Democratic district in New York City that is home to many research institutions, sponsor such a reactionary piece of legislation that benefits a group of wealthy publishers at the expense of the American public? Hmm. Wouldn't happen to have anything to do with the fact that she's the biggest recipient of campaign contributions from the publishing industry, would it?
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Is Tim Hortons a substitute for libraries?
It looks like November 22nd's meeting of the Toronto Library Board was a doozy. One board member in particular—Stephen Dulmage, the guy who suggested closing more than a third of the City's branches as a cost-saving measure—got a few choice remarks in, suggesting that people don't need a warm place to read a book so long as there are Tim Hortons in the world. David Hains was there and gives some more details of the meeting:
Which Republican is Winning the Book Sales Race?
Mitt Romney is the clear front-runner, with over 100,000 copies of his latest book, 2010's No Apology, sold in this year alone. Ron Paul's Liberty Defined is a distant second with 38,000 copies sold in 2011. Herman Cain's This is Herman Cain! My Journey to the White House is the surprise that isn't all that surprising: despite being released less than two months ago, it's in third place for 2011 sales by any Republican hopeful, closely mirroring the period of his ascendancy in the polls and 9-9-9 becoming part of the national lexicon. (Although at least a few copies were purchased by the Hermanator himself.)


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This is my first time forcing paperwhite and my goodness.. it's so easy! :)
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This is a type of paperwhite called Chinese sacred lily. It has a strong, sweet scent that reminds me of honey. Very pleasant! :) |
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They look beautiful and of course now I want some just to experience the scent myself! ;) It looks like a fun and easy task to chase away the winter blues especially since they don't require any pre-chilling to bloom. Thanks for the lovely photos. -Robert |
looks like there is alot of perlite in your soil did you add extra? |
Hey ymaddox! :) I use about 30% perlite in my soil.. they tend to float to the top so that's why you see many of them there. Robert -- it sure was easy to force these bulbs. Now I cannot wait to see how my hyacinth will do. : ) |
well they sure are happy was just curious for my own benefit and knowledge...do you do that will all your plants or just certain ones? |
May I point you to my favorite soil thread: http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/contain/msg0622171013552.html The 5.1.1 soil recipe is what I use. (I actually use 5 parts bark fine and 2 parts perlite). It works great. The plants are especially happy if grown in clay pots. :) |
so you dont use the peat or lime? i have looked at this soil mix for a long time...but had questions as to how to adapt it for each plant or are all the same. does it depend on the container you use...plastic vs. clay vs. glass etc...., does it depend on if outside or inside. because the way you do it would seem really easy get a good pine mulch at the store is that where you get yours? and some perlite and wahlaa. do you use this to start seeds and plants as well as maintain them in? sorry tons of questions bout a1 soil mix...but been thinking bout this for a long time...haha i will check out link probably should have done that before the gazillion questions..thanks! |
one last question sorry lol...some of my inside planters do not have drainage holes so i water accordingly without overwatering and they do fine...would this soil be good for those type planters as well. |
Hi ymaddox : ) I skipped the peat but I did use lime; 1tbsp per gallon of soil mix. To keep things simple I use the same soil for all my plants (I grow mostly fragrant tropical indoors). I got the bark fine at Lowe, forgot what the brand was. But do make sure yours is 100% bark. Let's see.. I use both plastic and clay pots. With clay pots I've noticed that plants grow faster because the soil dries out quicker? When it's sunny and warm I do have to water my clay potted plants more often. What plants are you growing in your planters that don't have drainage holes? The soil is really easy to make. Try it on a few plants and if you are happy with your result then try it on more plants! Goodluck! : ) |
plants with no holes include spider plant, wandering jew, philo, defenbach, christmas cactus, a ivy, a palm, and a rubber plant... just whatever i decide to grow in those containers. have some mccoy flower pots that was my moms that dont have drain holes so i just use them from time to time grow something in them lol. i dont set strict rules on things i just love to grow things, so if no holes oh well lets try it anyway and just adjust the watering schedule. but i find after they are so big they still need a good watering, they use it! |
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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Two suspected robbers were arrested by the city police after a hot pursuit operation along McArthur Highway in Barangay Dolores here the other day.
Police identified the suspects as Korsine Angeles Lopez, 32; and Joel Mendoza Esguerra, 21; both of Morning Sun Subdivision in Barangay Dolores, this city.
Their victim was identified as Rey Zapata Ibe, 19, also of Morning Sun Subdivision.
Investigations disclosed that the suspects held-up Ibe while they were all on board a passenger jeepney from Angeles City.
Ibe told police that upon reaching Party Place in Barangay Dolores, Lopez announced the hold-up, grabbed the victim's cellular phone and alighted from the jeepney towards an unknown direction with his cohort.
Shortly after the incident, the victim and other passengers sought the assistance of SPO1 Jesus Torres and PO1 Vidal Lingat, both members of the Community Police Assistance Center 2 who were then on mobile patrol in the area.
The two police officers immediately conducted a hot pursuit operation, resulting in the arrest of the suspects in front of the Jomafer Supermarket in Barangay San Agustin, this city.
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Hi! I joined today because I read some of the great posts about Crepe Myrtles. I am a 68 year old woman who is a fairly new gardener. I just started about 8 years ago. I think I've been lucky and I've planted a lot of Perrenials. However, I've wanted a a bush or tree of this kind for a few years now and I finally was able to get a small one. I thought I did everything I was supposed to do but it died. However, I saw some small green shoots coming up from the bottom and I let them grow. Lo and behold, I got some flowers from these small (approx.) 8" shoots this year. My question is should I cover it for the Winter or just put extra mulch on it and let it alone?
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Dustin Johnson, eying a return to the PGA Tour after a break to put his life in order, has denied having a cocaine problem in an interview with Sports Illustrated.
Rory McIlroy wants his British Open triumph to be a springboard to more success this season while Tiger Woods is seeking to jump start a 2014 campaign hindered by injury.
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Tiger Woods vowed to improve his putting after another lacklustre showing at the Dubai Desert Classic on Sunday extended the world number one`s troubled start to 2014.
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Rory McIlroy confirmed he is back on top form with a stunning 63 as the first round of the $2.5 million Dubai Desert Classic got underway Thursday with a barrage of birdies.
Phil Mickelson, who was recently diagnosed with locked facet joints in his lower back, said on Wednesday he will defend his title at this week`s Phoenix Open.
On a day when Tiger Woods`s woes were the talk of Torrey Pines, Gary Woodland kept mistakes to a minimum to take the Farmers Insurance Open third-round lead.
Defending champion Tiger Woods plunged to new depths when he missed a secondary cut on the PGA Tour for the first time after struggling badly in Saturday`s third round of the Farmers Insurance Open outside San Diego.
Defending champion Tiger Woods was a frustrated figure after failing to take advantage of the easier of the two hosting courses in Friday`s second round of the Farmers Insurance Open outside San Diego.
Stewart Cink, seeking his first PGA Tour title in five years, charged into a one-shot lead at the Farmers Insurance Open on Thursday as Phil Mickelson also moved into early contention despite nursing a troublesome back.
Tiger Woods could not wish for a better place to launch his 2014 PGA Tour campaign than at the Torrey Pines Golf Club for this week`s Farmers Insurance Open outside San Diego where he will be hunting a record eighth victory.
American golfer Tiger Woods has moved closer to the all-time record of 82 career titles by pocketing his eight title win at Torrey Pines on Monday.
Brandt Snedeker sat in the media center, resigned to the fact that his 67 in the final round on Sunday at Torrey Pines would not be good enough to catch Kyle Stanley in the Farmers Insurance Open.
Stanley overpowered the South Course on Saturday on his way to a 4-under 68 that gave him a five-shot lead.
Arjun Atwal, playing on the tough South Course at Torrey Pines, had a nightmarish round with a card of five-over 77 that left him well outside the cut line after the second round of Farmers Insurance at Torrey Pines.
The tougher South Course at Torrey Pines suited Kyle Stanley just fine in the Farmers Insurance Open on Friday.
Phil Mickelson, an unabashed fan of Torrey Pines where he has triumphed three times, was totally perplexed after battling to a five-over-par 77 in the opening round of the Farmers Insurance Open.
Arjun Atwal, who has missed the cut in his first two starts this season, starts the third one at the Farmers Insurance at Torrey Pines with hopes of bettering the result of last two years, when he missed the cut at this event.
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I got this as a gift looking for a comfortable 'ballerina slipper' in hot pink/magenta for a themed baby shower. I wear shoe size 9.5, sometimes 10 and got an XL....Read complete review
I got this as a gift looking for a comfortable 'ballerina slipper' in hot pink/magenta for a themed baby shower. I wear shoe size 9.5, sometimes 10 and got an XL. They fit nice and snug but not too tight. They don't seem to stretch much so I would hesitate to recommend to anyone who wears larger than women size 10.5. These slippers are not supportive but perfect for keeping your feet warm on cold tile. The white soles show from the front, perhaps because they are ever so slightly too big. It doesn't bother me at all; they are just adorable!
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I bought these in red and was delighted at how comfortable they felt when I put them on. So soft and plushy, and warmer than the moon boots for colder weather. So I...Read complete review
I bought these in red and was delighted at how comfortable they felt when I put them on. So soft and plushy, and warmer than the moon boots for colder weather. So I went ahead and ordered me a pair each in pink, light blue, and royal blue. Well, the small in both blues run considerably smaller than the small in the pink and red. I couldn't even get them on and have to send them back. I have not had a chance to see how they will hold up, but I do love the way they feel - the ones that fit right, that is.
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By Jeanne Marie
from Ferndale, MI
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I wear them around the house.Easy to put on but falls off to easily.
Too Small
By redcavimom
from TN
Bought just to keep my feet warm in the cooler weather. They would be fine except they run very small. Wear an eight, description said up to nine. They are very uncomfortable because of the short length. Probably will give them to someone with smaller feet.
Lazy day Slippers
By Linda
from Denver
Very casual even at home
So far, so good.
By Rom
from Austin, TExas
The slippere are working well so far. I am wearing them all day, every day around the house. They are comfortable and pretty --what more can I ask???? The only thing I cannot tell yet is their durability, (I have had them only for a couple of weeks), but so far, so good.
Brought the wrong size
By MBH
from Jonesboro AR
Will order again in the next size and will be happy
great for household footwear
By sharona
from de pere wi
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I always wear slippers in the house and they are perfect as I can wash them to keep clean.
By shari
from spring lake, mi
Bought black, they do tend to show lint, and dust, but like them!
So comfortable
By taxymom
from Magnolia, TX
Great to wear at home when don't want to be barefoot.
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100% Comfort for Your Feet
By Queens New York Lady
from Flushing NY
I wear these slippers all day long at home. They are so comfortable that I forget I am wearing anything on my feet. The only negative comment is that after I washed them (in the machine, as directed) the elastic on one of them got stretched out and they no longer fit on my feet.
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By Juliana Bo Bana
from Ann Arbor, MI
velour ballerina slippers ok
By Denise
from Sea Bright, NJ
Get a size larger
By bj
from palm desert,ca
these shoes looked like they were made for veryvery small people
Velour Ballerina Slippers by National
By Bren
from Smyrna, TN
Around the House all the time
Not a bad little slipper
By ShellB
from Las Vegas, NV
For the price, it's a comfortable little slipper to wear around the house. They wash very well, other than maybe losing the bow. The elastic is a little tight, so I bought a size larger, so that it fits without digging into my foot & ankle. They are actually quite durable for no heavier than the are. There's a soft sole on them... but, they still last well inside. I have several pair, and I really like them.
I love them. Wear all day long. Wash goo
By Betty
from Columbia City,IN
Thensole wears very good
Cute but .....
By grandma dd
from riverside, CA
I am a casual homebody and love ballerina slippers. One of the pairs I ordered is pretty good but the second pair is iffy. I had to go up one size to get a near fit and one pair just does fit but the second pair is still snug, and must not have been inspected. Perhaps because these were made in China, but I thought sizes had been universalized some years ago. Would love to see more Made in the USA.
Not what I hoped for.
By rhonda43081
from Westerville, OH
Apparently, the old fashion ballerina slippers are no longer made. The foam insoles are not only less comfortable but also do not hold up like the non-padded leather soles of the past. Can't find them anywhere. Stitching also does not hold up well. Disappointed.
Be aware of sizing
By Perch lady
from Ohio
Having purchased this type of slipper from another retailer in the past, I figured these would run small and they do. I just ordered one size bracket up and they are fine.
runs small
By matilda
from wisconsin
This slipper is the style I wanted but seems to run small.
Would not purchase again
By Dorothy
from Houston, TX
Not that comfortable


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I guess I don't mean that it would be "no problem", I just mean I can add new items to our attribute blocks and add the text to it as I go along. I have hundreds of tracts like this that I am mapping in this area, maybe closer to a thousand and we don't normally add xdata to the polylines, but are going to for this particular file. I will update the attribute block and upload that file shortly, but please don't stay on my account. It might be just a bit before I can get that done. If you would like to look at this tomorrow or the next time you have a chance, that would be great!
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The speech is traditionally given in February, but David, who took office January 1st, feels waiting a while longer will allow him to give a more comprehensive view of how things are:
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How do you capture the essence of pure rock & roll? For Mike Fraser and AC/DC, the answer was simple: get the sound right at source, track to analogue tape, and don't mess about with the results!
Black Ice, AD/DC's first album in eight years, debuted at number one in an amazing 29 countries, and within 10 days of its release on October 20, had already outsold its predecessor Stiff Upper Lip (2000) by five to one. Black Ice was recorded and mixed by Mike Fraser. Known for his work with heavy rock acts such as Aerosmith, Metallica, Van Halen and Joe Satriani, but also with Elvis Costello, Kelly Rowland and Norah Jones, the Canadian engineer and producer has engineered and mixed all AC/DC's studio albums since The Razor's Edge, enjoyed a mix credit on Live (1992) and also clocked up an additional co‑production credit for Ballbreaker (1995).
Canadian legend Bruce Fairbairn produced The Razor's Edge and Live, Rick Rubin and Fraser co‑produced Ballbreaker, Stiff Upper Lip was produced by George Young (the older brother of the band's guitarists, Malcolm and Angus), and Black Ice is produced by Brendan O'Brien, well‑known for his work with Bruce Springsteen. With different producers involved each time, one might expect the recording process for each of these albums to be rather different. However, according to Fraser, there was not much between them.
"Each producer had a slightly different working method," explains Fraser, "but the band play the way they play, and they know what they're doing, so there's not a lot of coaching to be done. They have good instruments and the sounds come quickly, and because they pretty much do the whole record live, with only a few overdubs, the whole thing doesn't take a lot of time. We recorded and mixed Black Ice in eight weeks!
"Angus and Malcolm had written the songs in England, and I don't believe the band even rehearsed before they came into the studio. Malcolm and Angus played the band the songs here on a little computer, explained the structure and chord changes, and Brendan would add additional suggestions for the structure and/or arrangements. Then it was a matter of 'OK, let's try it,' and they would play the song through a couple of times. After that I'd roll the tape. They'd do three or four takes and then we pretty much had the backing tracks down for each song.
"I wondered beforehand how the recordings would go, because the last time they played together was for the SARS concert in 2003. But they didn't miss a beat and they were really tight. Right away there was this wall of sound coming at us. I'm a fan of the band, and I remember turning to my assistant, Eric [Mosher] and saying, 'Do we have the best job ever, or what?!'"
The album was recorded and mixed at Bryan Adams' studio, The Warehouse, in Vancouver. Recordings took place in Studio 2, which sports a large control room with a sizeable Neve desk, and a huge recording area with several isolation booths. The desk, says Fraser, "is the old Neve desk from AIR Montserrat. There are only three of these desks in the world, and they are immaculate and amazing sounding."
For the recordings, guitarists Malcolm and Angus Young, bassist Cliff Williams and drummer Phil Rudd laid down the backing tracks together in Studio 2's live room, with their respective speaker cabinets in each of the three iso booths. Meanwhile singer Brian Johnson ran around the control room with a microphone in his hand, singing guide vocals.
"Obviously we had the guitar and bass cabinets in the iso booths to reduce spill," explains Fraser. "In addition, one thing that I have learned from working with AC/DC over the years is to try and keep the cables from the guitar to the amp head and from the amp to the cabinet as short as possible. So they had their amp heads with them in the live room. With short cables, you get all the bottom end as well as a nice top end. As soon as you lengthen the cable, the magic of the sound goes away and you have to add more top end at the amp, or EQ on the desk, and the sound becomes fuzzy as opposed to crunchy. A lot of people ask me how I get such a huge guitar sound, because it's not doubled and it's simply Malcolm in one speaker and Angus in the other, and there are no effects. The short cables are one of the main reasons.
"AC/DC like a very close drum sound, so we built a small drum booth inside of the large live room in Studio 2. It was just big enough for Phil to swing his stick in: it really was small! On Stiff Upper Lip they wanted a super‑dry sound, but for the new album it wasn't quite so dry, so we had the option of opening the doors to get some ambience into the room. But they still like that immediate drum sound. They don't like things roomy or bombastic, they're more a thumping, let's‑get‑your‑foot‑stomping kind of band.
"All five members of the band had headphones; the Warehouse has a headphone system in which every musician has his own little mini‑mixer. I sent them four tracks of drums — kick, snare, and stereo drums — plus guitar, guitar, bass, vocal and talkback mic. Brendan would sit in the room with them and also had headphones on, and he had a little talkback mic and would coach them on the new stuff, reminding them things like 'OK, here comes the verse.' This recording setup remained the same for the whole album. We recorded in batches of three songs, laying down the backing tracks for them, then we'd take a break, and then Brian would add his vocals, Angus would do his lead overdubs, and we'd do background vocals. Once the songs were pretty complete, though not yet finished, we'd do another batch of three songs. This was to keep things interesting. Otherwise Brian would have had to do two weeks of vocals overdubs and Angus would have been playing solos for two weeks."
"I had two Shure SM57s on the snare, top and bottom, and on the toms I had an SM57 on the top and a Sennheiser 421 underneath. You have to be really careful in positioning these mics; the top gives more attack and the bottom will pick up a more round tonal quality. If there's not enough attack on the toms, I'll move the top microphones closer. I'll keep the top and bottom snare mics on separate tracks, but I had the top and bottom tom microphones wired together as they came into the Neve desk, so each tom came up on just one channel. There were three toms, which I mixed down to a stereo pair. The overheads were Neumann 87 or 47, and on the hi‑hat I used a Neumann KM84, which gives a nice crisp sound, but also has enough body in it. There is some tone to the hi‑hat and you don't want to get rid of it and have just this ticky‑ticky sound. I also had a couple of room 87's, mostly to capture the decay of the cymbals. If you mic cymbals too closely the sound just opens and shuts very quickly; you need your mic a bit further away to make sure the sound tails out nicely.
"On the kick I used a couple of different mics, sometimes the 421, sometimes the AKG D12, because that will give a good, thumping kick. I'll also hang an NS10 woofer in front of it, which adds some really good sub frequencies. When you solo the NS10 it doesn't sound very good, but it adds this really low thump. It means that you don't have to EQ, which is great. I'll end up with one track for the kick mic and one track of NS10 kick. All the drum mics went straight to the Neve, and there was very little in terms of EQ. Sometimes I'll filter out below 20Hz to get rid of any rumbling, or I'll retune the toms to settle them down. I like to use as little as possible in my recording chain, and was happy using the Neve at The Warehouse. It's top notch quality, all Class‑A electronics. I know there are lots of preamps out there, but I never use them so I can't say whether they're any good or not. You can drive yourself crazy always trying something else. Why not go with what works?"
"We used an Avalon DI box on the bass, going directly to the board. There was a split from the DI going to an Ampeg cabinet, on which I used a Neumann FET 47, and an SM57 right on the speaker cone to get some 'barkiness'. I would submix the two mics to one track, and vary the balance a little bit for each song. If I wanted more attack, I'd push up the 57, if I wanted a rounder and fatter sound I used more of the 47. I then added the DI for a clean sound. The Ampeg has some nice distortion and growl, but I like the punchiness and cleanness of the DI. I compressed both the mic and the DI signals quite a bit with an 1176, because you want the bass to be always there, you don't want it to disappear for a few notes. I had the 1176 as an insert on the DI, because it was just one channel, but put it on the stereo bus for the mics. Otherwise it was straight from the desk to tape.
"The guitars were SM57s and 421s on each cabinet, and I blended them to one channel for Malcolm and one channel for Angus. As with the bass, I'd vary the blend as appropriate for the song — sometimes a bit more 57, sometimes a bit more 421, depending. There was no EQ at all. If we needed to change the sound, we did so at the amplifier, or I would reposition the mics slightly. I didn't use any effects or compressors whilst recording the guitars, they were as straight as I could make them. For Angus's solo guitar I added an AKG C414 as a room mic. I don't like digital reverbs on the guitar, so prefer the option of a room mic. I used it in most songs, including 'Rock 'n Roll Train'."
"I love the sound of the Neve desk, and from there everything went straight to the studio's Studer A800 Mk3 24‑track. Neve gear going into an analogue tape machine, and then mixing on an SSL, as I did for this album: for me, that's the sound of rock & roll. Analogue tape just has a sound to it. Analogue records frequencies outside the human hearing range that filter down and are audible as sub‑harmonics, and this makes a big difference for the sound. And even though digital is getting closer with HD, it still sounds quite grainy to me and the top end has little teeth on it, whereas the high end of analogue is smooth and silky. I think the sub‑harmonics fill in those little sawtooth grooves. Also, tape has its own compression. There are plug‑ins that simulate this, but it's still not the same thing.
"Of course, there are problems with tape as well. You have more hiss, so the noise floor is louder, and it's not so easy to edit. You also don't have as many tracks. With AC/DC we ended up with maybe 12 to 14 backing tracks per song, and I transferred these over to Pro Tools for the vocal and guitar overdubs. The main reason was that you don't want to get cramped when you do multiple overdub takes. We decided not too go too crazy, we wanted it easy as well [laughs]. And Pro Tools was easier for editing. There may have a been a song where we took a chorus from one take and edited that with another take, but we didn't chop anything up and comp things. Overall, I used Pro Tools purely as a tape machine, also during the mix."
"Brian used a Shure SM58 in the beginning, but we ended up using the SM7 for most of the vocals because it has a little bit more top end. The vocals were also recorded straight into the Neve. He sang the guide vocals in the control room, but did most of his overdubs in an overdubbing and editing suite on the first floor with Brendan. The vocals went straight into the Neve, though I did use a Distressor compressor and I EQ'ed a bit, to get rid of any rumbling or banging. Because he's singing into a handheld mic there are some low noises that you want to get rid of. I don't like de‑essers, and the Distressor takes out some sibilance. I'd also cut around 3‑5k on the desk and add some top end to keep the air. That was all for the lead vocals.
"I recorded the background vocals in the live room with a Neumann tube 47. We put some gobos around the mic to cut down on the ambience. When Malcolm and Cliff sang backing vocals they just ran out and put their headphones on. Brendan sometimes joined them, but Malcolm and Cliff together is the AC/DC sound. We sometimes doubled and tripled the background vocals, and they sang every part, we didn't copy and paste stuff."
Mike Fraser: "Brendan and Brian were still overdubbing vocals in the editing suite downstairs when I started mixing upstairs in Studio Three. They would come up towards the end of the day to check my mix, and we would move on to the next song the following day. I don't really like to have people around when I mix. Not that I have any tricks or secrets, but I need people to walk in with fresh ears. You're sitting there a whole day working hard on it, and by the end of the day you may be adding too much top end because your ears are getting tired, or maybe your perspective is shifting a little bit. Also, they don't want to sit around a whole day listening to me soloing a kick or a snare drum! In addition, I find that when I mix something that I've also recorded, I sometimes overdo it. I'm used to working hard on mixes that I didn't record, but with my own stuff I have to remember just to mix it, and not EQ it like crazy to make something happen. After having worked on a project for six weeks or so, it may not sound as exciting as when you first heard it, but that's just in your head. So it's always good to have fresh ears coming in.
"When I mix a song that I haven't recorded, I prefer to not to hear the rough mix beforehand. I like to spread the song over the desk and listen to it with a fresh perspective. I'll just push all the faders up and I'll listen carefully to all the parts and I'll do a quick mix that I think works well enough. I'll then sometimes let that quick mix cycle around a little with the band and producer to get a sense of what they are looking for in the song. After that I'll start soloing different parts. I may just listen to the drums for a bit. But I like to get the vocal in pretty quickly, because it's the focal point of the song. The drums are the punchy aspect, so I'll usually start with the drums and vocals, get a good sound and a good balance, and then I'll start adding in the guitars and bass. I like to get everything in very quickly, because you can spend hours trying to get a good drum sound, and then when you bring in the guitars, you realise that some of the frequencies in them cancel out some of the drums. I learned over the years not to try to get a perfect sound on each instrument, because things are not going to blend that way. In many cases the individual parts may not sound very good, but together they work as a whole picture.
"On the multitrack tape for 'Rock 'n Roll Train' we had two tracks each of overheads, kick, snare, toms and room, and one track of hi‑hat and ride, totalling 12 tracks, plus two tracks of guitars and two of bass, so 16 tracks in total. In Pro Tools I also had two tracks of lead vocals, two tracks of lead guitar, and two or three tracks of backing vocals. One of the challenges in mixing AC/DC is to make sure everything is right on your face with only a few instruments. With most bands you have lots of tracks, which initially is harder to mix, but once everything is up and balanced, then that's your mix. With AC/DC it can be a challenge to make sure the drums are thumping enough, and that the guitars and bass are also in your face enough. The guitars have such a large sound that when you push them up, you lose the drums, so you push the drums up, but then you lose the bass, and so you push the bass up, and you keep pushing everything louder and louder, and suddenly you hit a wall and you have to start all over. That's the main challenge. But I've mixed several records, I'm a fan, and I know how they should sound, so it was not too difficult.
"With AC/DC I simply put one rhythm guitar in each speaker. Often when I mix other people's stuff, the guitars will be in stereo, and then they'll have double‑tracked them. In such a case it becomes a depth and a layer issue, which in the track doesn't actually sound that big. The thing about AC/DC is that they don't double‑track their guitars. I keep saying to young bands: if you want a really big guitar sound, just get a really good mono guitar sound! Of course, when you double something, it sounds bigger, but in the end result you have less guitar: you have to turn it down because it takes up too much space in the stereo image. The other way to get a big guitar sound is to pan it. Your kick and your snare and your bass will be in the middle, and your background vocals will be a little to the left and the right, and if you pan your guitars further out you get this whole wide spectrum of everything that's happening. In such a situation it's really easy to mix so that everything can be heard and everything sounds loud, instead of everything being on top of each other with lots of layers."
Drums: SSL EQ, EMT 140, RCA BA6A
"The drums were almost entirely as I recorded them. On 'Rock 'n Roll Train' I added a little bit of EMT 140 plate reverb on the snare, just to add a little bit of decay. Again, these guys like the drums real and don't want big reverbs, but on some of the slower songs I did need a little bit of delay. I also added some BA6A compression on the drum bus. Plus I might have done some very minimal tweaking with the SSL EQ. And that's it."
"The rhythm guitars are absolutely bone dry. On the intros of some of the songs I added some EMT 140 plate reverb on the guitar if it was Angus by himself. His solo guitar would have had a Studer tape slap delay on it, about 140ms, the same as I used on Brian's vocal. Reverbs are usually too washy for my taste, but sometimes bone dry doesn't give you the emotion you want. In that case a delay can work. There are no effects on the bass guitar."
"The vocals are also pretty dry, but I used a bit of tape slap delay on Brian, about 140ms, with a Studer half‑inch machine. I also used some SSL EQ, and perhaps some of the SSL compressor. On 'Rock 'n Roll Train' I added a touch of reverb using the Sony DPS R7. I also added a little of the Sony reverb to the background vocals, to give them a bit more size and place them a bit further into the background. It would have been quite a short reverb, 0.8s or 1.2s, something like that. You don't want to use much reverb with a guitar band, because it just hangs there too long and takes space away from the guitars. So I try to keep things clear and natural and open and as little processed as possible, because I think it just ends up sounding better. If I can get a good balance like this and it sounds great, I'm not going to bother with throwing all sorts of effects on the mix. I'm quite a minimalist when it comes to outboard gear. My assistant loves working with me, because when he's doing the recall notes for the mixes he always laughs and says 'There's nothing to write down!'
"I mixed the whole album to half‑inch at 30ips, and it was mastered from there. The band have released the album both on CD and on vinyl, and when I A/B'ed the CD against the vinyl, the latter sounded amazing. That's the difference between recording in analogue and in Pro Tools! I also didn't use plug‑ins because I don't like working in the box, and they don't sound anywhere near the real thing.
"I remember a young singer who came in here recently, and who was being produced by a friend of mine. For some reason the singer wanted the plug‑in version of a Fairchild compressor on his vocals, and when he finally accepted to hear the real thing, he couldn't believe the difference. I think people use plug-ins because they're used to them and they're easy to use. They're convenient and look like the real thing. They sound OK, but I'm not a huge fan. I have gone through a bunch of them, and when I check out the 1176 or the L1 or any of the other compressor plug-ins they all sound the same to me. But if you listen to the real gear, they each have a different characteristic. People are losing the art of recording, and the new engineers just seem to grab for the plug‑ins and Auto‑Tune things and place the drums in a grid. But you don't need to do that if you're working with a great band." .
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**Disclaimer: If you listen to me you're not a serial slush pile reject. Your nuts. Just sayin'
I found this photo and it reminded me of this post…
Watching the series I reminisced about my own 'dear-to-my-heart' feud. I still swoon over Honey when I think about it.
Here's the situation. A new neighbor moved into the house that's behind ours, but off on a diagonal (so not directly behind). Anyway, he moves in and the first weekend in his new home he sets out to cut down all the trees on his property. I thought it was a shame. I knew it was against city ordinance but hey, in the end it's his place and if he wants to live in a desert-like environment, who am I to judge?
Unfortunately something bad happened. Our new neighbor went to the corner of our property and took a chainsaw to one side of our trees (presumably because the branches were growing over his property line). At first I actually felt bad for the guy because I knew when Honey got home and found out what had happened there would be hell to pay. I figured I could save some bloodshed if I went over and spoke to the guy first. By the time I got over there however, a County permits official had already visited, so when said neighbor answered his door he was spitting fire. He accused me of calling them. Two minutes into meeting the Jack*ss, I wished had. Needless to say, things didn't go well. I can, um, be worse than Honey when provoked, and he was provoking. Oh, yeah. And right there and then he was off the list. As in? Dead to me.
Door-nail dead.
When Honey got home and I conveyed all that happened he was smart enough to know there was nothing he needed to do because when someone's off my list they know it. Case closed, and if the guy had any brains at all he would have steered clear of me and our property line until the end of days. *sigh* Just my luck. The guy not only proved to be an a**hole, but he was a stupid one at that.
Not two weeks after the tree incident he's out cutting his grass and he comes across a fence board which had fallen off our JOINT fence and was now on his lawn. (I concluded that it had been knocked off when he was trimming those heavy branches off OUR tree) but that point's immaterial. It's what he did next that caused me to go ballistic. He picked the board up and tossed it over the fence yelling about how this was on his property. It hit my stag-horn fern (that some of Steven King's harem live in) cutting it in two and knocking one of the napping squirrels to the ground. Not that this was enough to boil my blood (the plant would regrow and the squirrel was okay) but, it was the fact that Madge (my mom) had just stepped back from trimming the darn thing and could have been hit. I was livid. So, when Honey came home and I told him about this latest development he was thoughtful for a few minutes.
After a lengthy pause he says in this quiet voice, "I spoke to that guy last week and he was complaining about the age of the fence."
I was stunned. "Are you #!*&ing kidding me?"
Honey slowly shook his head. "No, but I think he's right. It is time to change the fence."
I wanted to be speechless, but didn't make it. "What?"
Honey smiled. "Leave it with me."
When I saw that smile combined with wink I knew he had a plan. So I left it with him. Less than a week later I waited and watched as the new fence was installed. When 90% of the fence was in place I worried that he was going to give Mr. Sh*t-for-brains what he wanted until I saw Honey out there himself sweating over a section of the old fence. Yep, and it wasn't until I watched Honey's guys carry this ancient piece of haphazardly constructed fence panel to the corner of the property that it hit me.
Honey was an evil genius!
So here's the deal. We have a gorgeous new shadow-box fence while Mr. Sh*t-for-brain's side (thanks to his overly aggressive trimming of OUR trees) is left staring at what we've dubbed the hillbilly reckoning. His portion of ancient fencing looks like it's missing a few teeth. Now to be fair, Honey did shore it up all those old boards. Really, really good. Yes, there's no way any of those Swiss cheese boards are going to fall off now. Nope, Honey made sure to use a plethora of nails and staples so Mr. "S" will be able to enjoy his unobstructed view of the hillbilly fencing for many, many years to come.
I love Honey!
***Update*** Haha! To this day, the guy is still enjoying his "hillbilly" reckoning. Normally I'd feel bad about something like this, but then the neighbor directly beside him did something that assured me the guy was still a dick. Last year, Mr. S obviously pissed his other neighbor off so much, the neighbor extended his circular drive. Rumor has it, that Mr. S. was putting in a pool and he complained to the neighbor about how the neighbor's teenage son always parks in a spot on his own driveway that interfered with Mr. S's view of the golf course. Hm…I'm thinking he was as tactful with that guy as he was with me, because the neighbor? He pulled a permit to extend and widen his driveway. Heh! Now Mr. S gets to look at the neighbor's car whenever he's in his pool. So the picture of that hedge above? It's brilliant and makes all kinds of sense to me.
***Second Update*** OMG!!! I was just telling Honey about re-posting this blog with an update. Do you know what he said? Well, here's the conversation:
"Hey, I found this kick-ass picture of a hedge. I mean that literally. It's a shrub shaped like a guy bending over presenting his ass to his neighbor. I thought if we ever take down our fencing we could plant and sculpt a whole line of them for Mr. S. I updated my blog post on the feud."
Honey stood at the sliders and looked out toward the corner of the fencing that we can't see, but Mr. S can. >:) and asks, "Did I ever tell you about the guy who lives beside him? The neighbor with extended drive?"
Here's our view of the corner of the property. See no hillbilly fence can be seen.
"What about him?"
"He was the one who called the city over the trees. He thanked us."
"For what?"
"For giving him the extended driveway idea. He loved what we did with the fence. I spoke to him last year, when he came by to get our signature of approval on his plans." Honey turned to look at me with that devious smile of his that I love. "City required him to give notice of what he wanted to do to ten nearby neighbors. He had to get seven of us to approve it. He got nine with only one holdout."
"Mr. S?"
Honey nodded. "The guy is an island."
"Without a view." Proving my theory that you can't fix stupid.


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Hi, I live in PA Zone 6 according to the search. We are going to buy several Arborvitaes this afternoon. The purpose is to substitute for a privacy fence (which my husband had wanted and this is our very positive alternative). Now here are my questions: 1. Which variety are best? We were told Niagra (I am sure the spelling is incorrect cause I have searched the web and have found no information). 2. How close together is best? We were told 4' but we want them closer will that work out ok?
4. What should we feed them with? 5. The height we are interested in is 5-6' and we found a local tree farm that has them for $20.00 each, which I feel is a great deal. He has some balled (with the canvas) and others planted. Should we take the balled or have them dug?
Thank you for your time and information!
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