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Per-Ola Sjöswärd is the Executive IT-strategist at the Swedish National Police. On his initiative the Swedish Police has adopted a multi-tiered architecture built on Java Enterprise Edition and Open Source components. Mr Sjöswärd enthusiatically aims to enhance understanding and adoption of Open Source Software combined with commodity software in mission critical systems.
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A: We primarily aim to cut costs and stay independent of vendors while maintaining the high stability and security inherent in police work. Our legacy consists of three architecture types ranging from ancient mainframes to the current multi-layered architectures. In order to save tax payers' money and minimize risks we needed to become more committed to one clear, scalable strategy and phase out dated systems. After extensive evaluation and testing we decided on an OSS stack dominated by Linux, MySQL and JBoss running on commodity hardware.
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A: When calculating it's important to see the whole package: software, hardware, training and maintenance costs. Our conservative estimates project 50% savings within the next five years compared to the proprietary solutions that we also investigated. This represents the cost of 400 fully equipped police cars, to put it into perspective, and in reality we expect about 70% savings. Licenses and support costs are lower with OSS but reduced hardware costs are as important. We will run our systems on commodity x86 machines, adding more as needed. Internal staff will be able to take a larger responsibility for maintenance and development.
Q: And in what respect will the adoption of OSS make you more independent?
A: First, remember that we're talking standardization of the infrastructure here. The Swedish police develops about 70% of the systems in-house. By keeping all business logics out of the infrastructure and sticking to a strictly multi-tiered architecture we retain the flexibility to exchange or modify components, engaging third parties as necessary. Open Source in itself of course means transparency of the code, adding to safety and flexibility. In our experience proprietary vendors tend to offer product-specific solutions that make your life easier in the short run but also leads to lock-in. We will stay within ANSI SQL standards for our databases to avoid all such shortcuts and fixes.
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Tomorrow (October 4th), the NBA and the NBA Players' Association will be meeting in what will be the most important meeting to date. This is, presumably, the last time the two sides will be able to meet before having to cancel the start of the regular season
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- Carbohydrates61 g (20%)
- Fat40 g (61%)
- Protein21 g (42%)
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - 15:01 PM
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Let's say you want to buy a new piece of equipment. Let's say it is a new cymbal, or snare, or pedal, or anything else in that pricerange or even higher - which source of information do you consult in order to decide which one exactly you are going to buy?
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- productinfo on the website of your preferred music store?
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- a recommendation from your drum buddies?
- demo videos on youtube?
- comments on common rating websites?
- opinions posted in online forums?
- what your favourite drummer uses?
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Jazz Cook posted on May 14, 2014 - 15:45 PM
Being a student, best price is one of the biggest reasons, but a lot of my decisions come from online demos/youtube videos. I find when recommendations come from a music clerk or online forum or website ratings their input is opinionated to what they like to hear in a drum/cymbal/head and most of the time, I can't even hear the product they're praising.
Sometimes I do choose cymbals my favourite artists use because I can hear them in their performances and recordings. You can experience what the product sounds like as they play it.
As for cataloguing, an online catalogue has always been my only resource. Not often have I been able to actually see a printed catalogue, and a lot of my music shopping happens online anyway. There may be some relevance with printed cataloguing, but it's nothing an online catalogue can't make up for.
Jeff Alexander posted on May 14, 2014 - 15:52 PM
Funny you ask that as I was just researching a new double bass pedal. What did I use to do that research? --
1. Online product reviews both "expert" and customer ones are big for me.
2. What my favorite drummers are using -- music hardware is still one of the few products areas where endorsements are a key method of recommending products. If drummer X is using it, well gosh-darn it, it's good enough for me!
3. Product info on the manufacturer's page (to get info on what makes one product different from another)
4. Finally, if I'm ready to throw money down, I'll go in a store and try it out or listen to it. If I'm able to hear samples of it online, those are great too (good for cymbals, harder for drums or other equipment).
ian phillips posted on May 14, 2014 - 21:39 PM
Elements that make up a decision to buy a product (whether it be a cymbal, microphone, sticks, headphones, etc):
- Info from the manufacturer's website. If the manufacturer cannot clearly describe the benefits and applications of using their product, there is not much hope instilled in it's usefulness. Definitely not from a music store's site, most of the time they are poor attempts at copying and pasting info from the manufacturers website anyways.
- Recommendation from buddies that have used the product I'm interested in. Even if they use a product in a different application than I plan on, their hand's on experience is always beneficial to my general approach in purchasing a new piece of gear.
- Product demo videos. As more companies are expanding their catalogs, with specialized products, it is becoming harder to expect local shops to be able to carry even one of every product or product line a company makes. With sites like mycymbal.com, I can get a much more detailed idea of how these specialized products sound and mix with other cymbals. The same goes for microphones and drums in my opinion.
- Only relatively, but opinions on forums can help to give perspective on how random strangers' have experienced using a product.
- Once again only relatively, but knowing that a certain pro uses/used a product can also help to know that a serious professional chose to use/endorse a certain product. If it is a professional that I respect, I know they use a product for a personal reason, not just financial.
- Using an online catalog has been my primary source of gear information for quite some time now. Here in Canada, most of the music shops get new print catalogs at such a slow rate (6-8 months at times), that there is no point waiting for them to arrive when you can look for catalog/product info online almost immediately after a new product has launched. I do feel printed catalogs have outlived their usefulness to the majority of people working in the "Music Industry".
Alejandro Rey posted on May 16, 2014 - 16:00 PM
Como bien dicen en comentarios anteriores, siendo estudiante lo primordial es el precio pero con el paso del tiempo, tuve la gran suerte de conocer a muchos bateristas y amigos. Tenemos una tienda especializada solo en baterías y cada vez que quiero comprar algo es porque lo he escuchado de primera mano antes o lo he probado.
Hoy en día también uso bastante youtube para sacar muestras de sonido de los platos (aún que no te puedes fiar), ver vídeos de los grandes drummers que son fuente de inspiración para mi y poder escuchar todo su set y variedad de sonidos y para buscar información a cerca de todo el material que necesito.
Por otro lado, siempre te acabas fiando de la trayectoria de las marcas y aún que no conozcas su material, sabes que acabará sonando bien y dando buen resultado.
También miro mucho los catálogos (tengo el de Meinl en casa ;), pero básicamente a la hora de elegir me baso en mis experiencias personales ya sea porque un amigo lo tiene y lo he podido probar antes o porque me lo ponen de backline en un concierto.
Saludos desde Galicia :)
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Now comes plaintiff, R.E.K., a minor, complaining of defendants Jeffrey Koen and Denise Watts Koen, her natural mother and father (collectively "Defendants"), who are violating her federal constitutional rights to carry her child to term by coercing her to have an abortion with both verbal and physical threats and harassment.
R.E.K. is currently nine-weeks pregnant and had been living with her boyfriend's parents for seven months. The lawsuit explains, "For some time R.E.K. has resided at the home of her baby's paternal grandparents because her mother routinely does not supervise her, frequently spending her evenings at a local bar, and R.E.K. avoided her father's presence because of his tendency towards physical violence, which she has observed on multiple occasions."
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We explain the best ways to invest in gold through funds, Exchange Traded Commodities (ETCs), bullion and coins.
The first pure gold coins were struck by King Croesus of Lydia (present-day Turkey) during his reign between 560BC and 547BC - and gold coins have continued as legal tender ever since.
Many years down the line, investors still love gold and the precious metal has proved a valuable winner in recent years.
Going for gold: The precious metal has cooled after a spectacular rise, but investors say it is still one for the long-term.
Update: Gold's recent run
Gold hit record highs in September 2011, yet never went on to crack the $2,000 an ounce mark widely forecast at the time
The spot gold price, which is typically measured in US dollars, hit a peak of $1,920 during that month.
Some tipped it to soar beyond $2,000, but instead gold slipped and spent most of 2012 stuck in a range, shuttling back and forth between around $1,600 and $1,800.
A sell-off since December 2012 has seen gold drop as share prices have climbed.
The spot gold price stood at $1,571 or £1,040, at the start of this month. The dramatic falls of the past few days sent it down below £1,000 to £899 on 15 April.
At $1,370 gold is down 29 per cent on the peak.
However, gold bugs - as the precious metal's fans are called - say that bullion's recent dip has to be put into context.
Look at a long-term chart of the gold price and you will see that even having lost almost a fifth from its peak, it is still up substantially in recent years.
Gold fans say the metal is marking time and while short-term traders may lose money, the long-term fundamental case for investing, based on gold's historic store of value as nations around the world printing money, still stands up.
Marking time: While gold is off almost 20 per cent from its 2011 peak, fans says that set against the bigger picture it is simply consolidating.
Why gold?
Savers opt to invest in gold for usually one or two reasons - it's traditionally viewed as the ultimate safe haven during times of economic volatility and therefore seen as a wealth preserver. In addition it is used as a hedge against the US dollar.
Given that stock markets have endured some of their worst falls on record as the financial crisis hit, that the response to this was to print unprecedented amounts of money and that the dollar has been floundering, it should come as no surprise that gold boomed.
In addition, it is liquid, so therefore easy to sell and buy. It always has supply issues - mining output peaked in 2003 and there's never enough to meet demand.
Gold's long-term returns
Although gold like any other commodity, experiences periods of, sometimes very strong volatility over the long term its returns have been spectacular.
Famously, when Gordon Brown was Chancellor of the Exchequer, he sold off more than half of the UK's gold reserves - some 395 tonnes - in a series of auctions between 1999 and 2002, when the price of bullion was in the doldrums. The move cost the public purse billions of pounds as the average price achieved in the auctions was $275 an ounce.
It is very important to remember, however, that while gold has a strong track record of holding its value in terms of what you can buy with an ounce, its price is also entirely dependent on investor sentiment. It can also be very volatile, as it is widely traded by people hoping to turn a quick profit.
When you buy a share you take ownership of a small part of a company that aims to grow, generate profits and return cash to investors either through share price growth, dividends or both.
When you buy gold, you are buying some precious metal that people hold as valuable, albeit a lot of people over thousands of years.
What you need to know about investing in gold
Exchange Traded Funds
Exchange Traded Commodities - the commodity equivalent of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are also a direct route into gold. These track a particular sector, or in this case commodity.
They are passive investments and should merely mirror gold's moves, although some will offer leveraged returns or the opportunity to short the price.
Make sure you understand the difference between ETCs that are physical (actually buying gold) and synthetic (set up to mimic its price). Read this guide to ETFs.
Popular physical gold ETFs include ETFS Physical Gold (PHGP) denominated in sterling, ETFS Physical Gold (PHAU) denominated in US dollars and ETFS Gold Bullion Securities (GBSS)
Physical gold
The main way to tap direct into actual gold is by buying bullion or coins.
This can either be done through a traditional dealer or through one of the new online services that have grown swiftly in recent years.
Bars of gold are sold in different weights but even a smaller one will prove expensive. GoldMadeSimple listed a one ounce bar at £1,115 on 3 April 2013, a kilo bar would cost you £34,886.


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The general season deer hunt opened last Saturday, Oct. 23. In southeastern Utah, the season closes at the end of the day on Wednesday, Oct. 27. Although the opener has been cold and wet, conditions have facilitated good hunting.
Statewide an estimated 60,000 people took out their rifles to look for deer. During the general rifle season the first day is usually the heaviest for participation, and it is also the single biggest day for hunting in the state.
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources reported that the number of deer that have been harvested, based on checkpoints, is about the same as in recent years. However the number of two year old bucks and older that were harvested increased dramatically over recent opening years.
A lot of hunters lamented the prospect of snow, mud and cold brought about by near record statewide precipitation this past week. However, hearty sportsmen who braved the elements, were rewarded for their efforts.
Heavy snow in the high country moved many deer to lower elevations, concentrating them in various areas. Where deer stayed above the snowline, they became easier to see and track. The result has been a better-than-average harvest. Most hunters have been pleased at the numbers of bucks, does and fawns they have seen.
Although actual harvest statistics won't be available until March, it appears that hunter success is up considerably.
Many hunters who remember "the old days" can recall a time when there was no limit on the number of permits the state sold for deer hunting. But a number of years ago, the state had to cap the number of tags at under 100,000 as mule deer populations declined. Herd estimates in various areas now limit the number of permits that can be issued in any one area.
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Topic Title: Matching transmission losses on Solid State Power Amplifier
Topic Summary: Should you add the matching transmission losses back in when calculating Worse Case Maximum power of a SSPA
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This is a weird way of looking at matching losses so I want to confirm I am looking at this properly. Normally you would look at it as reducing RF output power.
I have tuned my solid state power amplifier (SSPA) so I have a pretty good match (1.5:1 worse case). The antenna it is connected to has a 2:1 mismatch. Now this is were it gets interesting; we only made power output measurements with a 2:1 sliding load connected to the output and rotated the angle of the load to get a minimum output power measurement. Let's say that measurement is 30dBm. Someone wants to know what the theoretical maximum power of the SSPA could be based on this minimum measurement because we can't retake the measurement to find the angle at which the maximum power is produced. Keep in mind the output of the SSPA has an isolator so the active devices are fairly well isolated from the load and don't get pulled around during the rotation of the angle.
Here are my thoughts:
1) The 2:1 mismatch has a transmission loss of 0.51dB
2) The 1.5:1 mismatch of the SSPA has a transmission loss of 0.18dB
When we made the first measurement we intentionally rotated the angle of the load to find the worse case match or minimum Pout point. If you connect a 2:1 sliding load again is it correct to say that you could theoretically find a match that would produce a power output of 30dBm + 0.51dB + 0.18dB = 30.69dBm?
Can you explain either way?
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PRICE - Shaniel Oliver Donaldson, age 32, passed away Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 at her home.
Shaniel was born March 4, 1980 in Price to Greg Oliver and Carol Ann Bates. She married David Scott Donaldson on May 8, 1999 in Price.
Shaniel graduated from Carbon High School in 1998 and later attended CEU where she received her Associates degree and became an RN in 2006. Shaniel was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She worked as a Home Health and Hospice Nurse for seven years for Community Nursing Services. She was loved by her co-workers, patients, and families that she had the privilege of working with. Shaniel had a love for gardening and being in the outdoors, yet her greatest love was her family. She truly loved being a mother and her children were her greatest joy, spending time with them was priceless. She will be remembered as a loving mother, daughter, sister and friend who truly had compassion for others.
Shaniel is survived by her children: Morgann, Carson, Tianna and Tera Donaldson; parents: Greg (Tina) Oliver, Cleveland, and Carol (David) Daniels, Willard; grandmother, Connie Oliver, Spring Glen, siblings: Kelsey (Chad) Bywater, Corinne, Amie (Clint) Sorensen, Huntington, Steven (Misty) Oliver, Elmo, Audrey (Michael) Mecham, Tremonton, Michelle (Dylan) Priano, Helper, Brandon Oliver, Price; step-brothers and sister: Korinne (Travis) Smith, Puyallup, Wash., Chealsea (Kelly) Water, Nibley, and Paul Daniels, Brigham City; in-laws, David (Debbie) Donaldson, Price; Grandfather-in-law, Delbert Petersen, Price; sisters and brothers-in-law: Tennille (Kelly) Larsen, Spanish Fork, Denice (Scotty) Madsen, Price, Rachelle (Kasey) Miller, Price, Robby (Monica) Donaldson, Price, and Kristen (Stuart) Lake, Eagle Mountain, and many aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents, James W. and Ellen M. Bates and LeRoy Oliver.
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More than 150 years ago Karl Marx predicted that communism was inevitable. History, he claimed, was marching toward a communist paradise. In hindsight it would appear that if anything about communism was inevitable, it was that it would sooner or later be relegated to the status of museum relic. In the capital city of a formerly communist country in Eastern Europe, that's exactly what has happened.
Visit Prague in the Czech Republic these days and there's a spot you won't want to miss. It's the Museum of Communism, amidst the city's main shopping district and just a five-minute walk from the foot of beautiful Wenceslaus Square.
The man behind the museum is not himself a native Czech. He is Glenn Spicker, an American entrepreneur who was attracted to Prague's new business opportunities after the 1989 "Velvet Revolution" expelled the communists from power. He introduced bagels to Prague and opened a jazz club and several successful restaurants.
It soon struck him that what was missing in the city was any vivid public reminder of what life was like before 1989. So he spent several months and $28,000 searching flea markets and junk shops for almost a thousand bits and pieces of memorabilia — including busts of Marx and Lenin, textbooks, posters and samples of the shoddy merchandise that once adorned dingy state-owned storefronts all across the country. The museum opened its doors in December 2001.
Exhibits that explain the communist "dream" greet the visitor upon entering. Slogans, propaganda and all the paraphernalia of promises made to be broken remind one of the wildly utopian vision once offered by Marx and his followers. Communist theoreticians boasted that they would produce a "workers' paradise" of happiness and abundance, but nothing of the sort came to pass in anywhere the system was tried.
In Spicker's museum the reconstruction of an interrogation room used by the secret police provides a chilling refresher in state terror. Records show that under communist rule Czech political dissidents were executed by the dozens; more than a quarter million were imprisoned. The secret police employed no fewer than 200,000 spies paid to keep watch over their fellow citizens.
In another corner of the museum sits a replica of a grocery storefront, shabby and unattractive because that's the way storefronts looked under communism. Shelves were often bare or stocked with goods few people wanted. Shoppers had to endure long lines to secure the most basic of commodities.
Spicker's museum does have a sense of humor. To help raise money to pay the bills, the museum gift shop offers postcard reproductions of communist-era propaganda photos but each with an added caption. One depicts a peasant woman holding aloft in the breeze a piece of cloth. The caption reads, "You couldn't get laundry detergent, but you could get your brain washed."
Communism was one of history's most infamous lies. The truth demands that its record be documented and displayed. Glenn Spicker's museum does precisely that, for which men and women everywhere should be grateful.
(Lawrence W. Reed, a resident of Newnan, is president of the Foundation for Economic Education in Irvington, N.Y., and Atlanta.)
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Fee: 0% disbursement fees for all credit tiers
Interest Rate: Interest rate is a variable rate that will change based on the Prime Rate. Refer to Paragraph C-2 of the promissory note for complete information.
Pre-Approval: Students can apply online at SallieMae Law Loans. Co-signers can apply on-line also.
Repayment: Repayment period is 15-25 years, depending on the amount borrowed, with repayment beginning nine months after leaving school or dropping below half-time status. Variety of repayment options available.
Contact: Phone: (800) 984-0190
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Amounts: Minimum loan amount - $1,000. Maximum loan amount - Up to the cost of education less any financial aid received. Aggregate borrowing limit is $120,000, including education loans from all sources.
Co-Signers: To qualify for a loan on your own, student must earn a minimum credit bureau score. If you do not meet the minimum credit score, you may be eligible to apply for the loan with a qualified co-signer. Co-signer must be a US citizen or eligible non-citizen and must satisfy the lender's minimum credit criteria.
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McCune, a softball player, batted .500 with a pair of doubles. She also had five strikeouts in seven innings pitched. The plaque is presented by program sponsor Five Guys Burgers and Fries General Manager, Allie Woods.
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You might have noticed that I usually really like my tools. With very few exceptions, I research my tools carefully and then love them dearly. This is one of those exceptions.
The story goes something like this: I was painting a piece of furniture and started with a little foam roller. After several coats of paint with the roller, I was frustrated by texture differences at the roller edges. Even I think that sounds absurd now. For some curious reason, I decided that a brush might do better. I think my logic went something like, "Sure there will be brush marks, but those add character! As long as all the brush marks are in the same direction, it'll look great." Wrong. The brushed surface looked much worse than the roller, and so I sanded. Rather than go back to the roller, I began looking for a sprayer.
Good HVLP sprayers are pretty expensive, and I'm pretty cheap. Air sprayers require a pretty healthy compressor, which I currently lack (See "pretty cheap", above). Whilst at Home Depot one day, I saw the apparent solution to all of my problems: a $60 all-in-one self-contained paint sprayer! What could be better? I can't remember now if I bought it on the spot or thought about it for awhile, but I now own a "Wagner Spray Tech Power Painter – Home".
My first adventure was with straight, uncut, black latex paint. While I can't say I ever had great luck with the "Power Painter", this was especially bad, and I deserved it. Apparently, anyone who knows anything about paint knows that you can't spray pure latex paint, and you're supposed to "cut" it with "Floetrol" or the like, which sounds like something you add to a sports car, a toilet, or a senior citizen with an enlarged prostate, but it's not. You can read all about what Floetrol actually does at the link above, but my take is that it thins the paint and helps it stick somehow. The good news is that Floetrol really does help and results in an almost usable "Power Painter". Almost.
Even after lots of experimentation with Floetrol mixtures and different paints, I never got a single satisfactory coat of paint out of this sprayer. For a few seconds, things would be looking great and then, without warning, a big loogie (I really couldn't think of a more effective description) of paint would sail out the nozzle, splat onto the workpiece, and immediately start drooping. I've recently noticed similar complaints for other Wagner Power Painter models.
As you might have guessed, all of this resulted in lots more sanding, hand wringing, and eventually rolling again with the little foam roller.
I suspect that somewhere out there, someone is about to start painting a fence or outbuilding for which the Wagner Power Painter would be just dandy. For furniture that you plan to look at, not so much. I've read other reviews that end with someone smashing the tool in question with a big hammer to celebrate the end of the test, but I'm holding off. Someday I might just have a fence or outbuilding that needs painting…


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I always thought the difference was where you placed the neck pup. On a 22 it normally halfway between the 12th fret and the bridge and so supposedly sweeter.
Plus with a 24 you get some extra notes and 'an owl...'
I have a 24 myself.
I always thought the difference was where you placed the neck pup. On a 22 it normally halfway between the 12th fret and the bridge and so supposedly sweeter.
Plus with a 24 you get some extra notes and 'an owl...'
I have a 24 myself.
IMO it's all about what you are used to playing. Basically a 24 fret guitar only has two notes that the 22 fret guitar doesn't have so not much of a difference if you really think about it.
I feel like my big fingers do fit between the frets easier on a 22 fret guitar so in that sense it's better. Still for some reason both of my PRS guitars are 24 fret... I just can't live without the 24 frets without feeling restricted... I know it's just two notes.
I am clarifying the matter once and for all. The scale of a custom 22 and 24 is the same 25". The neck pickup is in the same spot on both gtrs, but the bridge and bridge pickup is closer to the neck pickup and the neck is longer on a 24fretter. The distance from the nut to the bridge is the same 25" for both gtrs. On a 22 fretter, the neck pickup is farther from the bridge because the bridge is in a different spot. Thus the neck pickup is "picking up" the strings vibrations in a less trebled, warmer spot. When a string is plucked closer to the bridge, the result is a brighter, more trebled sound. when you pluck it further from the bridge, the sound is bassier, warmer, dull and rounder, with less treble. The neck pickup on a 22fret sounds warmer because it is farther from the bridge, underneath a less trebled spot. This is not because the neck pickup moved, the entire bridge is moved farther from it. If you take a ruler and measure the distance between the bridge and neck pickup on a 22 and a 24, you will notice they are closer together on a 24, and farther apart on a 22. The distance between the frets on both gtrs is exactly the same, exept for the last two on a 24 which make the fretboard longer, not sqeezed together. 22 fret= shorter neck with bridge farther from the neck pickup. 24 fret= longer neck with the bridge closer to the neck pickup. The bridge pickup is the same distance from the bridge on both gtrs. The neck pickup is not, and sounds fatter on a 22fret gtr. Apart from this tonal differnce of the neck pickup, the difference in bridge placement and neck length is why the two feel completely different as far as playability goes. In my opinion, neither is better as to playability, its just what you are comfortable with. Other than this comfort issue, the advantage of the 22 is the sweeter sounding neck pickup, and for the 24 it is the two extra notes. ( and the owl )......Now to briefly addess the Roman arguement: It only makes sense for the open string. Once a string is fretted, the harmonic moves to a different location. Thus, the neck pickup placement error arguement due to harmonic overtones is a dead one. If every note had its own string and its own pickup, then maybe I could be convinced, but we are talking gtrs, not pianos. Thats just my opinion, and Ed had his too. May he, and this topic rest in peace......and for what its worth, I think the 24fret 25" scale length is worthy of a nobel prize, I love it!.......I think I need an aspirin, thankyou.
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I want an owl.
I forget who's pic this was from BaM, but I always loved it and had to save it. Hopefully someone can give him credit.
I kinda "grew up" with my CE24, and having a full two octaves helped me visualize the repeated patterns of scales on the fretboard a little easier,... and it just feels "right" to me.
A (moving) picture is worth a thousand words....
As others have said, the position of the neck pickup in relation to the bridge is closer on the 24 fret guitars which is easy to see in this gif. As such, many players say that the neck pickup is out of the "sweet spot" and that neck position tones do not sound as good on the 24 fret instruments. I have never owned a 24 fret instrument so I cannot comment on that.
THANKYOU ERIC T!!!! That pic should clear this all up way better than all my over-explaining.......I need to get a refund on my aspirin..... you ROCK, a million thanks man!
That GIF has been floating around for years. I think it originated back in the old PRS Forum days, before the Birds and Moons forum.
Your explanation made perfect sense to me. It's just easier to see it than describe it.
I'm looking for a nice CE 22 because of this.
It's been my experience that 24 fret guitars sound smoother on the bridge pickup than 22 fretters. Most 22 fret guitars have this harsh, buzzy, high end fizz that can't be dialed down. That trebly bite on the 22 definitely cuts through a band mix better than most 24 fret guitars from what I've heard.
If you have ever met Ed Roman, he is a grumpy dwarf...
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I prefer the extra 2 frets, seeing how I actually use them on some stuff I play/wrote. I don't give a crap about the whole "ooh, the extra 2 frets and the different scale won't be the same as a 22 fret guitar" argument and stuff. Apart from the fact that PRS makes them both on the same scale (save for the Mardsen, Mushok, and prob. the Torero), I can adjust my playing accordingly.
That aside, given the extra fret marker on the 24th, I find it easier to relate everything I do on the first 12 frets to the next 12 as well. Plus, the owl inlay on the last fret is where it's at for PRS guitars. :P
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It's a small little owl, but an owl, nonetheless....
I'd like to think that this is how Nigel Tufnel would explain the advantages of a CU24:
Nigel Tufnel: Well, it's an owl, isn't it? It's not the usual bird. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing a guitar with just birds. You're using as many birds as you have, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on the last bird on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?
Marty DiBergi: I don't know.
Nigel Tufnel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?
Marty DiBergi: Go for the owl.
Nigel Tufnel: The owl. Exactly. One more bird.
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I'm rocking all 22's. I like the look. But I do like owls so maybe a 24 is in my future for variety.
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POTSDAM Clarkson University students got trashy on the front lawn of the student center Wednesday.
The schools Sustainability Week brought students outside sorting through an entire days worth of garbage in front of the center Wednesday afternoon.
Susan E. Powers, an environmental engineering professor at Clarkson, said this is the second year theyve held a garbage sorting session to spread awareness about how much trash they produce and how well they do getting solid waste in the right places.
We are trying, especially in the eating facilities, to separate trash that goes to a landfill, recyclables and food waste, she said. Its to learn how well we did.
Ms. Powers is part of Clarksons Institute for a Sustainable Environment, for which she helps coordinate cross-campus sustainability initiatives.
Michael S. Donovan, Albany, is a chemical engineering major in his junior year at Clarkson. He spent part of his Wednesday sorting through the trash.
A lot of people just dont know what is and isnt recyclable, but now theyll have a better chance because everyone walks by here and will see whats happening, he said.
Jonas Z. Ebert, a sophomore and biology and psychology major at Clarkson, said that although he doesnt really enjoy sorting through other peoples trash, it needs to be done to show what can be recycled.
Its a mixture of apathy and ignorance, he said. A lot of the coffee cups are recyclable but people just throw them out because they dont know what to do with it.
Ms. Powers said that some students helping to sort the garbage are from her classes and are working on semester projects that have to do with solid waste.
One group is looking at how many coffee cups we use on campus, she said. Our coffee cups are recyclable, but theyre going to look at how many were in the trash as opposed to recycled.
Another group of Ms. Powerss students were looking into how many paper disposable to go boxes were used.
Ms. Powers said one of the biggest finds last year was all the ice that was thrown away in Pepsi cups.
We pay for our solid waste management by the pound, she said. If that goes in a plastic bag and the plastic bag doesnt break before it goes in a dumpster, we are paying to send water to a landfill.
Ms. Powers said that the college age is a great time for students to set up life-long habits that support a sustainable lifestyle.
There are academic reasons to learn about this, but theres also reasons to be a person who can live a little lighter on the planet, she said. Its good for us to send our students out as citizens and voters who understand the issues with solid waste or energy.
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Just like all artistic movements, fashion trends can be rather reactionary and are much like a clock's pendulum: one season they swing one way, the next, it's the exact opposite. But on occasion, the oscillating plumb manages the deft trick of being in two places at once. This season happens to be one of those rare and noteworthy times. On one end of the spectrum, the reigning houses of Balmain, Lanvin, and Roberto Cavalli grabbed headlines with conspicuously opulent looks consisting of lust-worthy lamé dresses and brocade jackets that added up to a very disco Versailles look. However, the flip side is equally intriguing and thrilling in its own right, thanks to the minimalist sensibilities championed by Celine, Stella McCartney, Giambattista Valli and The Row. Just as directional as the aforementioned baroque-and-roll-inspired styles, the markers of this pared-down look are neutral colors, clean and well-executed lines, and a mixture of subtly luxurious fabrics. The resulting ensembles offer a strikingly powerful and cerebral approach to dressing, which we adore.
In order to further examine this trend, first it's important to take a closer look at the runway shows that spawned this new order. One of the predominant themes of this aesthetic is a melange of sophisticated materials, such as leather (both buttery soft and patent) and silk (manipulated to be matte and sheer). Additionally, this restrained trend relies heavily on the use of classic neutral colors-black, white, gray, navy, camel-worn in either a pair or monochromatically. The look requires unfussy, menswear-inspired lines, as they lend themselves the movement's strict and timeless feeling better than say, cutouts, ruffles, or billowing layers. While these tenets might seem lackluster to some, we find the very idea of this simplicity compelling, revolutionary, and surprisingly sexy in its Spartan confidence and strength.
All of today's featured collections hit upon the primary concepts that make up this modern minimalism, albeit in slightly different ways. Mixed materials were particularly eye-catching at Celine's F/W 10 show, where Phoebe Philo charged forward with her signature sleek style and paired a Cream Silk Crepe de Chine Fringe Blouse ($1900) with a Black Bonded Lamb Pleated Skirt ($4600) and Black Leather Boots ($1290). Similarly, at The Row's presentation, models came out in all-black ensembles like the featured one above, which consists of the label's Bevins Black Silk Dress ($1900), Campbell Black Silk Corset ($975) and Christian Louboutain sandals that weren't produced for sale. That said, the Olsen sisters' use of a colorless palette, slouchy pants, and maxi-skirts imbued the collection with a sense of effortless anonymity, while the models at Celine, who were given severe side-parts and slicked-back hair, seem to channel the same assuredly sexy, working woman who appeared to be Stella McCartney's F/W 10 muse. McCartney's unfussy separates, consisting of cozy sweaters, Wool Flanner Turn-Up Pants ($735) and flawlessly punctuated by tan Patent Pointed Slingbacks ($645) provide perfect office-wear inspiration. Finally, we look to Giambattista Valli's F/W 10 collection-which picked up on another fall trend by incorporating a camel-colored Felted Wool Cape Coat ($5222)-for further runway insight. While Valli's turn at minimalism did make use of many of key elements including a spare palette and a dose of textural intrigue in the form of Silk Satin Toe Silk Satin Toe Pumps ($907), his brand was a bit less stark and more conventionally feminine with shorter hemlines, kitten eyes, and slightly mussed up hair.
Now that we've taken an in-depth look at our runway inspirations, we'd like to turn our attention to one of our most beloved stylesetters to show us how to translate this look for real life. Unsurprisingly, Mary-Kate Olsen was one of the first of our fashion-favorites to be spotted in a directional, sophisticated, minimalist ensemble, and, as she is perennially on the cutting-edge cusp, we immediately knew this aesthetic was one to note. To attend Fashion's Night Out Kick-Off Press conference in New York earlier this month, Olsen left her usual bohemian-sophisticate layers behind and opted for The Row's Norbury Blouse ($650) and Lamwood Skirt ($500), an iconic Hermes Kelly bag, and Giuseppe Zanotti Sandals ($995) for a killer professional look that, despite the lack colors and accessories and trends at play, still stays true to her personal style. How so, you may ask? Well, not only do her gladiator stiletto sandals add signature edge to her tout-noir ensemble, but the very fact that she is starkly opposing her usual bill of fare is inherently insouciant and chic. Overall, the impression we're left with is that of a very confident and daring dresser and an outfit that is just as eye-catching and worthy of emulation as fall's other more extravagant looks.
In order to recreate these streamlined looks for yourself, we rounded up a few products to get you started. While we realize many of these items are investment pieces, they're also inherently versatile wardrobe stapes that can be worn for both today's featured trend and other key fall looks, so they're really a fail-safe expenditure! A silky button-down shirt, similar to the styles shown at Celine, is an absolute necessity for the modern minimalist look. Try a sleek and functional piece like Equipment's Classic Silk Shirt ($174) in Nature White or French Connection's Shakira Silk Shirt ($108) with either a mid-calf leather skirt à la the aforementioned maison, or style it with another fall-worthy duo: a pleated leather mini-skirt and leopard-print booties.
As for your lower half, we recommend investing in a great pair of dark cigarette pants-an absolute essential-like A.L.C.'s version ($349), Thakoon's Cigarette Pants ($525), or Vanessa Bruno Athe's Tencel Armor Pants ($317). If it's The Row's incognito all-black look that has you dying to try out this restrained luxury, pick up a black maxi skirt like LNA's Black Stripe Column Skirt ($112), or Topshop's Maxi Slip Skirt ($80), or opt for a similar silhouette in dress-form with The Furies' Black Katsu Gown ($112), and Topshop's Scoop Back Maxi Dress ($55). Feeling like you'd like to cozy up to a Valli-inpsired fall look? Pair your swiss dot tights and two-tone pumps with Diane von Furstenberg's Loren Coat ($695) or Cacharel's Double Feutre Dolman Coat ($995). Finally, to ensure your taste level is the subject of all envy, select a sophisticated, impeccably tailored dress to wear with kitten heels. We can't wait to slip into Calvin Klein Collection's Collingwood Dress ($2395), Calvin Klein Collection's Terall Dress ($1095), and Derek Lam's Long Sleeve Dress with Black Trim ($1390) for our next big meeting or dressy, after-hours occasion.-Liza Kaplan
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who wouldn't fly with such a warm and friendly airline lol
a little to warm and friendly if you ask me...lol
Killjoy! This world needs cheering up - and that video did it for me!
That response is to be expected of someone demonstrating a total lack of humour! Do have a nice day...
maybe you are the one lacking the sense of humor or just plain ole common sense considering you didn't pick up on the underlying joking manner of it...lol....now you have a wonderful day and be safe.
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So, here it is, 'it' being the long-awaited memoir of secretive and enigmatic American Vogue Creative Director, Grace Coddington. As the Gretchen Wiener of the fashion world ("That's why her hair is so big – it's full of SECRETS"), anything Coddington has to say was always going to be consumed eagerly by several generations of fashion lovers. The release was timely – my Instagram feed has been flooded with snaps of the now universally recognisable orange cover, all Christmas presents, all displayed with the proud excitement usually reserved for a first bike or Barbie (or in my case, drum, which I broke not ten minutes later).
Grace, A Memoir is a reassuringly large, thick tome of a book. However, flicking through to the first page, one realises that the type is quite big – two to three times as large as a standard paperback biography (yes, I measured) and very generously spaced. If the book was in standard type, it would have been much smaller. Yet, the type is presented in such a way that it's the perfect size in relation to the rest of the book. It's a very fashion way of arranging things. This may be because Grace, a Memoir isn't really a very good autobiography. It is however, a very enjoyable memoir of the fashion industry.
A memoir is a subsection of a traditional autobiography. Instead of tracing a person's life, the memoir traces the development of a person's personality. From ancient times up until the start of the twentieth century, a memoir traced a person's career. One would come away from a Victorian memoir knowing very little about what the author thought or felt, what motivated them or what their hopes and fears were. In this respect, Grace is a very old-fashioned memoir.
Coddington refuses to talk in great detail about her personal life. We know she had love affairs, marriages, divorces, heartbreak. We get the bare bones and none of the meat, as such. Few pages are devoted to the tragic death of her sister and Coddington's subsequent adoption of her nephew, Tristan. However, there is a whole chapter devoted to her cats. Fun fact: Grace Coddington has a cat psychic. This is a jarring and slightly out-of-place interlude in a book that is mostly about the stellar career of arguably the world best living fashion stylist.
Coddington freely admits that she does not read – and it shows even with the help of a co-writer. The prose clips along at a fair pace, but traumatic events just pop out of nowhere, masked as anecdotes, and disappear again with a segue into the new floor plan of the British Vogue offices.
However, she knows the power of the image. The book is liberally peppered with pen and ink drawings, all charming and gently humorous. Even for the average creative memoir, there are a lot of photos to pore over and examine – and they are truly beautiful as well as beautifully presented.
One comes away from reading Grace knowing only a little more about the writer, but imbued with a better sense of the fashion industry as well as Grace Coddington's love of it. If you don't expect scandal, personal epiphanies or sparkling prose, it makes a lovely (and essential) addition to any fashion bookshelf. If you do expect such things, this is not be the book for you.
Grace, a Memoir is published by Chatto & Windus. It is out now and available in all good bookstores.