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FOR AUCTION"Real Baby" by Hasbro-Bradley Inc. 1984. Chunky baby doll with cloth body, and full vinyl limbs, vinyl head. Her body is very floppy, and she doesnt really sit up very well, needs to be supported. Her hair looks thin, but Ive seen a few of these dolls, and they all have this, think its how theyre meant to be. The hair is a wig, not rooted. She has big brown, fixed eyes, wispy lashes and an open mouth which could take a dummy. No pen marks or chews. She is marked on the back of her neck c. 1984 Turner, and Hasbro Ind. and the label on her cloth body reads "Real Baby" contains all new materials, synthetic fibres, Made in China, surface washable only, c. 1985 Hasbro-Bradley Inc. She is wearing a pair of panties, a little dress and a broderie anglaise pinny over this, and little frilly socks. Newborn and 0-3 month baby clothes fit her well She is 19" and is a very heavy doll, so postage will reflect this THANKS FOR LOOKING! Please note: I am going away on 28th May, returning on 6th June. I will be able to access my laptop during this time so if there are any queries, I will reply, but will probably only go online once a day in the evening. I will deal with all won items when I return. Please look at my other items for sale if you have the time, and check back often as I am selling lots over the next few days/weeks, dolls, bears, and more. Some of them reluctantly, but I need to downsize and make some room in my overflowing house. Please read the following terms and conditions. I know its boring, sorry! Please note that postage prices have gone up recently so my postage costs will also have to be increased accordingly Due to quite a number of late or non payers lately, can I please ask that you notify me as soon as possible after winning an item, of your method of payment. I apologise to all the honest ebayers out there, but I will report ALL non payers to ebay and go through the unpaid item process so please do not bid if you have no intention of paying Please leave feedback when you have received your item as this is the only way I know that the item has been received safely without any problems. If there is a problem, please contact me, as I'm sure this can be resolved. I will always return feedback I really want you to be happy with your item and always strive to de scribe my items honestly and accurately but if there is anything I have missed out, please dont hesitate to contact me. I will offer a refund if there is a genuine reason and the fault is mine. This does not include the buyer changing their mind, so please read the description carefully and make sure it is something you want. I try to describe my items accurately and point out any flaws, faults etc. I wrap my items carefully with plenty of bubble wrap etc. but do recycle packing materials where possible. I will not be held responsible if an item is damaged in transit. Anything second hand I sell is cleaned, unless the item is fragile, when I would rather leave it to the buyer. If there is wear and tear, or marks, I will describe these in the listing. All dolls are cleaned to the best of my ability but again, if they are second hand, there may be the odd wear and tear mark. I also wash most of the dolls clothing I sell, unless again, it is fragile or a vintage clothing item. I try to post items out as soon as possible and often the next day, but sometimes other commitments prevent this. If there is going to be a delay, I will always let the buyer know OVERSEAS BUYERS! I am happy to sell overseas on most items but please contact me BEFORE BIDDING for postage costs.

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Robert Higgs on the U.S. Governments Ethanol Scam
Recorded: Saturday, May 14, 2011
Here is Independent Institute Senior Fellow Robert Higgs speaking on Ethanol Subsidies Have Many Bad Consequences, from the Mises Circle seminar, Agricultural Subsidies: Down on the D.C. Farm, held May 14th in Indianapolis.
Experts: Robert HiggsType: Other EventIssues: Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Government Waste/Pork
Robert Higgs Interview on Growth of Big Brother
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Senior Fellow Robert Higgs talks about his book, Neither Liberty nor Safety: Fear, Ideology, and the Growth of Government, on The Holistic Survival Show with Jason Hartman. Higgs sheds light on the history of institutionalized violence implemented by a bloated federal state, caused by a misguided faith in larger government to ensure a freedom from fear. The Necessary and Proper Clause? People have been trying to loosen the bounds of the Constitution virtually from the time it was ratified to the present, Higgs cautions.
Experts: Robert HiggsType: RadioIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Government Power, Terrorism and National Crises
Robert Higgs Interviewed: Governments Intrusions Threaten Economy
Recorded: Thursday, June 3, 2010
Independent Institute Senior Fellow Robert Higgs is interviewed on Governments Intrusions Threaten Economy. Interviewed by Steve Stanek of the Heartland Institute, Dr. Higgs explains that the governments growing intrusions into the economybank bailouts, economic stimulus, interest rate manipulations and credit expansion by the Federal Reserve, increased business regulationscould eventually lead to soaring price inflation and interest rates and another, far worse economic downturn. The solution is to move deliberately to end such policies and the accumulation of federal bureaucratic programs, controls and taxes on Americans.
Experts: Robert HiggsType: RadioIssues: Banking and Finance, Economic Policy, Government Waste/Pork
A Gala for Liberty: The Independent Institutes Gala Reception and Dinner
Recorded: Tuesday, September 16, 2008
On September 16, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, actor and director Andy Garcia, and entrepreneur William K. Bowes, Jr. were honored at the Independent Institutes A Gala for Liberty. Each honoree received the Alexis de Tocqueville Award in recognition of their contributions to advancing the ideas and ideals of liberty, entrepreneurship, innovation, and peace.
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COACH CHS Domed Satchel Style #13190 NWT Color: B4/MagentaMagenta Approx. Measurements: 12"W x 10" T Zip-Top Closure 2 Coach Leather Hand Tags-1 White with Logo, 1 with Magenta and White Stripe
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Our Hero!
An on-going supporter of Quilts for Kids, Bob Sauer of Dominion Energy, recently stopped by to give founding president, Linda Arye, another generous check. We are so grateful to Bob, Kim, and all the Dominion Energy people, who also volunteer to deliver quilts as they travel around the country.
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Batik Workshop
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Talaxian-Haakonian War
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The Talaxian-Haakonian War was a war fought between the Talaxians and Haakonian Order "for a better part of a decade" from the mid-2340s to the mid-2350s. The war concluded in 2356, when Talax surrendered and became occupied by the Haakonian Order.
The details of the war, outside of the conquest, were unspecified; however, Neelix stated that he thought the war was "unjust."
One of the final battles of the war was the Battle of the Pyrithian Gorge, where Talaxian Defense Forces prepared for a Haakonian invasion. While the battle was fought, the invasion never came, as the Haakonians deployed a devastating weapon known as the metreon cascade on the Talaxian moon Rinax instead. More than a quarter of a million Talaxians were vaporised, and the following day Talax surrendered unconditionally to the Order.
Neelix, who lost his entire family due to the metreon cascade, was hiding on Talax from the Talaxian Defense Forces at the time the cascade was deployed; he was guilty of desertion and illegally refused to serve. While this fact was never discovered by the Talaxian authorities, had he been caught during war time, his punishment for "refusing military service" would have been the death penalty.
Ma'Bor Jetrel, the Haakonian scientist who had lead the development of the metreon cascade, spent the rest of his life attempting to undo some of the damage his weapon had caused. This lead him to be labeled a Talaxian sympathiser and be exiled from his homeworld. (VOY: "Jetrel")
Following the war, the Haakonians continued to control Talax well into the 2370s. Several refugees left Talax because of how the Haakonians treated them. (VOY: "Homestead")
In 2378, Voyager encountered a group of refugees of 500 such refugees, that were living on an asteroid colony near the Beta Quadrant. Dexa's son, Brax, upon learning more about his homeworld, thought that "maybe Neelix could go with [them] and [they] could fight them, [and] take the planet back," after Neelix had demonstrated to the colonists his intentions to protect them from persecuting miners. (VOY: "Homestead")


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FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (Nov. 10, 2011) -- Dr. John Mark Mattox was installed as the first Gen. Hugh Shelton Chair of Ethics at the Command and General Staff College Nov. 7.
As the ethics chair, Mattox has a visiting professorship, the first privately-funded position at CGSC, said Dr. Chris King, dean of academics at CGSC. The position was part of a $2.5 million gift to the CGSC Foundation by Ross Perot two years ago.
"It was his wish that the chair be named in honor of a great American Soldier whom he admired, Gen. Hugh Shelton," King said of Perot.
King said leadership and ethics have always been a part of the curriculum at CGSC. One cannot understand military leadership without examining the moral obligations required by commissioned officers, he said.
"However, the last 10 years of war have presented us with stark examples of how war challenges the very fiber of our soldier values," King said. "Some would try to narrow our judgments only to those incidents where we have failed to win the fight for the ethical higher ground, but there are many more examples of where great moral courage was demonstrated even in the face of the worst horrors of the world."
Retired Lt. Gen. John Miller, a former CGSC commandant, now works with the CGSC Foundation, a nonprofit group that is separate from the Department of Defense but supports activities at the college.
Miller said the naming of the new ethics chair also begins the third CGSC Foundation Ethics Symposium. Each year for the past three years, experts have come to CGSC to discuss the professional military ethic. This year's topics include genocide and Rwanda, the use and limits of military forces, and a white paper, "Profession of Arms Assessment," by Col. Sean Hannah, director of the Center for the Army Profession and Ethic at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.
Miller said he saw the need for the study of ethics from his own experience.
"An abiding concern that I had from my combat experience, primarily in Vietnam, was that at the tactical level and the operational level, our officers and our noncommissioned officers really were not prepared with any kind of ethical framework," Miller said.
Mattox, a retired colonel, is a senior research fellow at the Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction, National Defense University. He has a doctorate in philosophy and semiotic studies from Indiana University and is also a graduate of the Intermediate Level Education program at CGSC and of the Army War College. His works include a 2006 book, "St. Augustine and the Theory of Just War."
Mattox said the intention of setting aside ethics as a topic among CGSC's curriculum is important.
"In the Army, we spend a great deal of time, effort and resources to ensure the leaders and Soldiers of the organization meet the standards associated with the membership in the profession of arms," he said.
The Army already requires Soldiers to meet physical fitness standards, meet marksmanship standards, maintain custody and care of equipment, and maintain suitability for security clearance, Mattox said.
Mattox also said when some institutions have decided they must adopt "value-neutrality" to be politically and socially correct, those institutions are unable to provide an appreciation for ethics.
"An organization like the Army that issues weapons to young men and women in their latter teens -- and calls upon them to make irreversible life and death decisions -- cannot afford the luxury of value-neutrality," Mattox said. "We must make active reflection upon ethics and virtue a fundamental part of our professional lifeblood."


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Prepare to crap your pants as the godfather of Survival Horror, Shinji Mikami is returning to the genre that made him famous, lifting the lid on his latest creation; The Evil Within.
Currently in Devlopment at Mikami's new studio Tango Softworks, The Evil Within tells the tale of Detective Sebastian Castellanos;
"While investigating the scene of a gruesome mass murder, Detective Sebastian Castellanos and his partners encounter a mysterious and powerful force. After seeing the slaughter of fellow officers, Sebastian is ambushed and knocked unconscious. When he awakens, he finds himself in a deranged world where hideous creatures wander among the dead.
Facing unimaginable terror, and fighting for survival, Sebastian embarks on a frightening journey to unravel what's behind this evil force."
Promising a return to Pure Survival Horror, The game will give players limited resources while facing horrific creatures and overcoming deadly traps, in a world that will shift and alter itself in real time.
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Just got started keeping fish June 21 of this year. Started off with a 35 gallon tank and now in the process of completing a 75 gallon tank.
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I'd also like to see some pics from the Philippines :-D
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I need more color in my house. Do you think they'd trade some mediocre pictures for a Robin's Egg Blue dining room set?
a robins egg blue dining set sounds heavenly. this place is making me want to take the long trip to utah!!! such gorgeous colorful stuff
Love your pictures…you do have a knack for color and placement..which shows in your quilts also.
I wish I lived in Linden, Utah, just to visit that store! And if they'll trade mediocre pictures (which I doubt they're mediocre), then ask if they'll trade boring fabric which I bought before I knew any better for those marvelous candelsticks! And great job with your photographing!
Amy, your photos are gorgeous!

BTW-I would love to move into that store!

Enjoy your day & thanks for sharing.
Aperture? I took a photography class years ago, but of course that information is long gone.
As I remember, it didn't make much sense to me even then. (Something about F-stops?, the iris of your eyes, and how much light the lens lets in).
What a great store. I'll have to check it out next time I'm up North.
I love these! I took a photography class earlier in the year and it made such a difference for me. I really like the picture of the multi-colored chair all hung up. I need more color in my house too.
Ooh, I love all those hanging chairs! I know – more color in the home is my everlasting quest in life. Maybe someday, when we aren't renting and can paint the walls…….
What fun Amy! Thanks for sharing.
I love your pictures!

I think I'm just about desperate enough to start watching the DVD that came with my camera.
Love these photos…and the furniture shop…another to add to my list of places to visit when I get up there this summer!
What a really great idea to have a photography class in a furniture store! Lovely stuff too…I'd better wipe the drool off my keyboard…
Love all those different chairs and in the different colors!!!! I want that in my house!!!! Like 6 totally different chairs. LOVE!!!!!!
Beautiful pictures! Nothing mediocre about them 🙂 I especially love the one of the chairs all hung in a row.

Tell them you'll give them the pics and continue giving them free advertising and perhaps they'll give you the dining set? Hehe 🙂
That store, and your photos, looks fabulous!!! I am coming to Am Fork in July so I will have to make sure to visit the store! And then pop over to the Purple Turtle 😉
I want that red bed frame. Funny, I was just looking through your archives to find the snippets hexagon quilt you made last year (I just google searched the blog for "yellow" and it came up) so now I'm drooling over the thought of one of those quilts on this bed. Slobber!
Now I know where I'll be visiting my next venture up north. Wonderful pictures. You've got some mad skills…:)
Your pictures look great! I live right near there!

So fun to chat at dinner with you Thursday night.
Beautiful pictures. The last is my favorite. I'm still having trouble having something sharply in focus with the background all blurry, and I love those kinds of pictures! What a great place to shop!
I want that pillow with the circles on it! I need to visit that store!
I'd love a room FULL of color ~ but not sure enough how to pull it off. Took a photo class many many years ago and really enjoyed it.
Photos look good.
What a fun store. I didn't know it existed.
I LOVE this store! They have a catalog of stuff not in the store that will knock your socks off. IN particular a round dining room table that seats six and expands to seat 12 or 14 or something. You know ,because I might need that one day. Your pics look great!
Long ago I worked in the photo dept. Here's how I explained aperture…think about how your eyes work…at night, they dilate (get bigger, like f/1.8) to take in as much light as possible, and you can't see as well. In the bright sun, your pupils constrict (get smaller, like f/16) and you can see better. Our brains don't really let us see depth of field, but in a photo, when we use a


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Items that range from discarded, ratty jeans to plastic bags get born again at Chris Gustin's Brown County Homestead Weaving Studio.
Gustin uses such items in her trademark, handwoven, recycled rugs, shawls and scarves.
Her passion for weaving began at age 5, when her mother, a seamstress, gave her a potholder loom for Christmas. Already business-savvy, the little girl began selling potholders door-to-door in her Lansing, Mich. neighborhood for a quarter. Today, Gustin's works sell worldwide.
Her work will be featured at the Madison Chautauqua of the Arts Sept. 29-30, and at her Hamilton Creek Road studio in October during the annual Back Roads of Brown County driving tour (browncountystudiotour.com). Her work is also available at homesteadweaver.com.
What type of art do you consider your specialty?
I am a weaver who likes to stretch the bounds of the craft. My specialty is rugs from pre- or post-consumer recycled material. This means that I will use any feasible fabric, scrap from industry, or corduroy pants from Goodwill to repurpose into artful rugs.
Why did this medium become a favorite?
I feel every person should have an artistic outlet to deal with stress and to help work through problems in life. I chose weaving because I can't draw.
What kept you weaving?
When I went to college, I ended up in a weaving class for my art credit. Surprise. I loved it.
What inspires you?
Nature, color, art, literature and music. I draw inspiration from the woods around me in Brown County and the gardens at our home.
What do you hope people take away from your work?
I want people who throw away jeans to see the beauty in their trash and appreciate that some discards can have more than one life.


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What's New in the History Department
Historic Environmental Preservation Class Hosts IHPA's Amy Hathaway
In February, 2016, Amy Hathaway, National Register and Survey Specialist for the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency visited Dr. Devin Hunter's HIS: 505. Hathaway provided practical and technical knowledge for students to apply in their final projects for Dr. Hunter and in their future historical careers.
Graduate Students Collaborate with Illinois Executive Mansion
Dr. Devin Hunter's Material Culture class visited the Illinois Executive Mansion on September 16, 2015. The Graduate students are collaborating with the Executive Mansion to accurately identify, classify, analyze, and interpret artifacts owned and displayed in the Governor's Mansion. Their reports are being shared with the Executive Mansion staff.
Ken Owen Hosts Monthly Podcast on Early American History
Dr. Ken Owen hosts a monthly podcast on subjects relating to early American History. A few subjects covered recently include: "The Constitution," "Thomas Paine and Common Sense" and "Teaching the U.S. History Survey." Click here to find the podcasts and discover why they get rave reviews!
The JuntoCast is part of a group blog named after Benjamin Franklin's self-improvement club for aspiring gentlemen: The Junto.
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Michael Burlingame: How Journalists Covered Abraham Lincoln
Dr. Michael Burlingame, the Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield discusses "How Journalists Covered Abraham Lincoln".
Bill Siles studies urbanization and western migration
University of Illinois Springfield Associate Professor of History Bill Siles studies urbanization and western migration during the late 1700s and early 1800s.
Peter Shapinsky researches ancient Japanese pirates
Assistant Professor of History Peter Shapinsky researches Japanese pirates from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. His research is unique because it allows historians to understand Japanese history from the perspective of the sea. While pirates were often labeled as violent criminals, they also helped to establish trade routes, transport goods and provide protection.


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Identical twin astronaut brothers, one preparing for a year-long mission aboard the International Space Station and the other a retired four-time shuttle flier, are offering to serve as proverbial lab rats for scientists interested in probing microgravity's impacts on a genetic level.
Scott Kelly, who already has made one long-duration flight aboard the station, is slated to blast off in 2015 for what will be NASA's first year-long stint. Combined with two earlier shuttle missions, Scott Kelly already has amassed a total 180 days in space.
That's more than three times the cumulative 54 days in orbit logged by his twin, Mark Kelly, who left NASA after commanding the final flight of space shuttle Endeavour in 2011 to tend to his wife, former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who survived an assassination attempt in January of that year.
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With Scott Kelly on tap to add another 365 days to his space calendar, researchers got the idea that the brothers' identical genetics might provide a unique opportunity to learn more about how microgravity impacts the human body on a level not previously studied.
"A study like this is going to be mostly observational, just see what we can find out. It's not the kind of research that we in the human research program normally like to do," chief scientist John Charles, with NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, told Discovery News.
"We like to do the things that are goal-oriented and have a specific outcome expected so we can use the information to advise engineers how to design better rocket ships and so forth," Charles said.
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Initially, Scott Kelly raised the topic as he prepared for media interviews after being named the U.S. crewmember for NASA's first year-long spaceflight. Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko will be flying with Kelly, though he will become the fifth Russian to spend a year or longer in space.
"I was sitting in a room with a few other folks, sort of going through some questions (Scott) might get and giving him some idea of what answers he might offer," Charles said.
"Scott asked 'what if somebody asks me about the twins thing?' and I said 'I can't imagine how that might would be of any real usefulness, so let's not worry about. It's a non-issue," Charles said.
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Later when Charles said he laughingly told his colleagues about the idea, they took it seriously.
"They said, 'Well, wait a second, there might be something to that.' So I got to eat crow, and tell Scott, 'We've thought about it and actually it's a bad idea, if we understand what the limitations really are,' " Charles said.


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Purple Haze
My mother loves to fish the Purple Haze pattern, she absolutely loves it. And she should, she seems to catch a hell of a lot of fish with that fly! Last summer we parked on a school of rising fish and she pulled them out one right after the next with that bug.
That said, I'm not here to talk about the Purple Haze that my mother used to catch this fish.
I'm not talking about this cool piece of fish art by Montana painter Bern Sundell, titled "Purple Haze".
And no, I'm not talking about Jimi Hendrix's signature song.
Henceforth, whenever I use the term Purple Haze, it will be in fond and deferential reference to the glorious, sparkly experience of seeing Loretta Lynn live in concert.
I know, I know. This makes two non-fishing posts in a row. But if Loretta can rhyme the words 'hard' and 'tired' in a song, I can mix a little music in with my fishing stories.
(By the way, anyone know which song I'm talking about?)
Okay so I pulled a little fly pattern bait & switch on you. But as you know, I've been on a quest to see Loretta for quite awhile now. This was huge. The Professor and I left Mobile Friday afternoon, headed for Pensacola with plenty of time to grab some dinner before the show. Unfortunately some standstill traffic on I-10 wasn't in our plan. The Professor – whom we will rename My Hero – wheeled off the interstate in the blink of an eye as if he were being chased by some smokeys, and he serpentined around some backroads to get us back on track.
Once in Pensacola we parked and walked around looking for food. Hour-and-a-half wait at the first place. No good. That other place looked crowded too. Next place on our list was too far, we were running out of time. We flagged down some friendly, foodie looking folks and asked for a super-fast, super-close option.
Perfect. Off we went, just passed the Saenger Theater toward a nearby grill. But as we rounded the corner, The Professor stopped me dead in my tracks and pointed: It was Loretta's bus.
There it was in all its full, regal purple glory. Purple Haze. I mean there wasn't a shade of lavender missing from this thing. Believe me, I know. I stalked it thoroughly waiting for a glance of the woman herself. I have a vivid picture of her little country lamp in the window with a ditzy old Victorian shade. There was a white cat with black spots prowling around inside there.
And a bodyguard on the outside who was giving me the evil eye for getting too close to the bus.
The Professor was convinced I could talk my way onto the bus and meet her, but I wasn't feeling it. And I didn't want to miss the chance to see her walk out on stage. So with a fast meal behind us, we scurried into the Saenger and our seats just in time.
Words cannot describe how amazing she was. First of all, the purple theme continued in her sparkling, over-the-top, formal gown that just about seared a violet hole in my retina. It was sweet country perfection.
Her song list was spot on, churning out one classic hit after the next. She gave me pretty much every song I needed to hear, and then some. The Professor didn't say anything, but I think he must have been impressed that I knew all the lyrics to almost every song she threw at me. I sang right along with her, and in my mind I sounded pretty good, but for some reason the gentleman next to me switched seats.
Truthfully, I was blown away at how good she sounded! Sister's still got pipes. She hit high notes, big notes, and some key changes that gave me goose bumps.
And she's funny. Her banter with the audience and with her band was sharp and hysterical. She was seated for much of the show so she'd just quip over her shoulders, "Just play somethin' boys and I'll try to figure it out." Or, "It'd help if I knew what song yall were playin!" But most of the time she kicked off each song by flipping her head toward the band and waving her mic, "Take it away boys…"
And the accent. Oh! That country girl from Butcher Holler hasn't lost one ounce of twang. It was to die for. I'm going to start saying aint and dadgum more often. She just makes it sound so dern good.
She finished with her signature song Coal Miner's Daughter and that's when I started to cry. I was completely overcome. I just couldn't believe she was right there in front of me. Right there singing all these songs I've been listening to my whole life.
I am so grateful to the Professor for making this happen. I also want to extend a huge Thank You to all the Professor's friends & family in Mobile who had to listen to me talk about the Loretta concert ad nauseum all weekend.
What can I say? I was in a Purple Haze. I felt like I could take the stage at the Opry, tour the honkytonks with Patsy, knock out some duets with Conway, win a country-girl catfight, bake a cherry pie with Crisco, and rock that lavender sequin gown. Scuse me while I kiss the sky!
I'll have a fishing report for you tomorrow. But in the meantime, I pulled together a little taste of the songs she played last Friday. Take it away boys…


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The Outdoor Education and Leadership degree program is provided through a partnership with the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). This unique program combines extended wilderness expeditions offered through NOLS with a general studies curriculum offered through CWC. The wilderness expeditions are designed to develop environmental awareness and outdoor living and travel skills.
Students taking a NOLS semester course for CWC credit must concurrently enroll in the following courses: G&R 2050, BIOL 2045, and EDUC 2050. For semesters that include a wilderness first responder component, students should also enroll in HLED 2010. The NOLS semester courses run 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for 64-94 days in these locations: Alaska, Arizona, Australia, Chile, India, the Yukon, New Zealand, Idaho, Mexico, Washington and Wyoming. Consult the NOLS website or catalog for specific dates, locations and formats. Students using federal financial aid can use no more than 16 credits of NOLS or WMI courses toward graduation.
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The Colorado General Assembly yesterday adopted a resolution that recognizes the wind-energy industry in Colorado, on the heels of a vote in the U.S. Senate that threatens to cripple it. The resolution acknowledges that wind energy and associated industries provide 6,000 jobs in Colorado and generate $10 million in property taxes for Colorado counties annually. Rural landowners in the state receive more than $5.4 million in lease payments for the wind-energy projects on their property. The sponsors of the resolution are Representative Wes McKinley, of Cokedale, and Senators Gail Schwartz, of Snowmass Village, and Greg Brophy, of Wray. All represent southern Colorado counties. The resolution passed 53 to 10 in the house with only republicans voting against it to show their support for traditional energy sources.
Ty Noga, 22, of Walsenburg, was reportedly sighting in a new gun yesterday at the John Mall High School football field in Walsenburg when the gun went off and shot Noga in the leg. A report of the shooting was called in to authorities at 4:19pm yesterday and law enforcement from the Huerfano County Sheriff's Department and the Colorado State Patrol responded to the football field. Noga was transported by ambulance to the Spanish Peaks Regional Medical Center and was then transferred by Flight for Life to Pueblo where he was reportedly in surgery last night. The full extent of Noga's injury is not known. The initial investigation into the incident indicates that the gun discharge was likely accidental in nature, however, the investigation is continuing.
Misdemeanor charges against Trinidad City Councilwoman Linda Velasquez were dropped yesterday in connection with alleged gambling violations at a bar she co-owns with her brother in Trinidad. Velasquez had faced misdemeanor counts of obstructing a government official and harassment after a July raid at Gino's Sports Bar. She is still facing two felony charges of unlawfully permitting gambling on premises with a liquor license and one felony count of attempting to influence a public servant. District Attorney Frank Ruybalid argued that a liquor license holder has the responsibility to be aware of what is going on at an establishment at all times. He also claimed that Velasquez used her clout as a city councilmember to intimidate an appointed official. District Judge Leslie Gerbracht dismissed the misdemeanor charges. Another hearing in the case has been scheduled for May 21st.
The POW-MIA Committee of the San Luis Valley will hold a St. Patrick's corn beef and cabbage or beef stew fundraiser at the Alamosa VFW at 519 Main Street in Alamosa, tonight, from 5pm to 8pm. This fund raiser helps support their annual 132 mile relay walk that is done on the third Friday and Saturday in September every year for National POW-MIA Day.
Joan M. Golenda, 51, the woman who was hit after running into traffic on Interstate 25 in Pueblo, was being treated yesterday in a Denver hospital in critical condition. According to authorities, Golenda grew ill initially and asked a man she was riding with to pull over. After the northbound car stopped, Golenda got out and ran into traffic and was run over by a truck hauling a trailer of cinder blocks. The driver of the truck swerved to miss Golenda and struck another northbound car, which forced that car into the median. The other drivers in the incident were not injured.


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Le Mickey turns 20
Article By: Anne-Sophie MorelFri, 13 Apr 2012 2:43 AM
Disneyland Paris celebrates its 20th anniversary on Thursday, but while Mickey Mouse now draws nearly twice as many visitors as the Louvre's Mona Lisa, his fantasy park is not yet out of the financial woods.
French theme parks in general have done well amid Europe's debt crisis, offering a fairly low-cost escape for families, and Disney reported a record 15.7 million visitors in its fiscal year that ended on September 30 2011.
That compared with 8.4 million visitors to the Louvre art museum, and 6.6 million to Paris' iconic Eiffel Tower.
"It's magic, we're in France, but it feels like we're in another country altogether," a Belgian tourist named Christelle told AFP.
Britons Jojo and Jake added: "We're students so we work very hard most of the time so it's really nice to come away and do something really childish but really fun."
But Disney, which bet heavily on a site east of Paris prone to damp, chilly winters, posted a net loss of €55.6-million despite a modest increase in sales to €1.3-billion.
The sprawling park, served by high-speed trains and home to 57 attractions, boasts Big Thunder Mountain and Space Mountain Mission 2, but also lies beneath a debt mountain that amounted to €1.87-billion last year.
Disney says it will pay off that debt by 2024.
It also highlights employment opportunities for minorities that have had trouble even getting job interviews elsewhere in France.
Mourad Adli, a 40-year-old Algerian is cited as an example, starting as a pop-corn vendor when the park opened and now the head of its 60 restaurants.
A "Cultural Chernobyl"?
A French intellectual slammed Disneyland Paris as a "Cultural Chernobyl" 20 years ago, a tag that has not stopped it from drawing more than 250 million visitors in the meantime, making it Europe's leading tourist destination.
Last year, the park provided about 55 000 direct and indirect jobs according to a study commissioned by Disney and regional authorities, and each Disneyland job was said to generate nearly three others elsewhere in a nation where the unemployment rate stood at 9.4 percent of the workforce in the fourth quarter.
"American companies don't care if you have exactly the right profile for the job, we look first and foremost at potential," Disneyland Paris chief executive Philippe Gas told AFP.
Born in a tiny village in Algeria's mountainous Kabylie region, Adli is a case study in social mobility, and was named head of the park's restaurants in 1998.
He hopes to move on to California, or Shanghai where work has begun on a new Disney resort.
"Whatever my roots, my country or my postcode, here it doesn't matter," said Adli, who grew up in Montfermeil, a Paris suburb where riots fuelled by anger at the lack of jobs erupted in 2005.
But in nearby Bailly Romainvilliers, where the population has leapt from 600 in 1990 to 6,000 today, Mayor Arnaud de Belenet said that although Disney was clearly an economic locomotive, many jobs there pay "barely above minimum wage, which is not at all what local people are looking for."
But Mickey and his friends still sport perennial smiles and promise a "Disney Dreams" gala to mark the 20-year milestone, with a laser, water and fireworks show seen nowhere else in the world's Magic Kingdoms.
The group also plans to expand its adjoining Walt Disney Studios complex and is even mulling a third park ... for 2030.


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1. "Moonrise Kingdom"
Ah, to be young again. Anderson's masterpiece takes you to another realm.
2. "Only the Young"
In their first feature film, Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims expertly challenge age-old documentary conventions and craft a mind-blowing exploration of the suburban California quotidian life of three cool Christian teenagers.
3. "The Waiting Room"
Wonderfully captivating and dignified human beings struggle for emergency room care in a film that shows how complicated the American health care system is for so many of its citizens.
4. "Marina Abramovic The Artist is Present"
A complete surprise: a moving, frank portrait of one of the art world's most popular and divisive stars. This film is genius at showing us its subject.
5. "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Absolutely unbelievable first film. Benh Zeitlin should be incredibly proud... and energized to work more!
6. "Brave"
Apparently, I'm a true champion of a good Pixar underdog. My favorite so far is "Monsters, Inc.," and I think "Brave" did not get the respect it deserves. It's touching with artful storytelling.
7. "Amour"
Ah, Haneke. There aren't words. Though Emanuelle Riva's performance is incredibly strong and challenging, Jean-Louis Trintignant carries this movie and makes its unbelievably believable plot points as tragically beautiful as they need to be.
8. "Tchoupitoulas"
The filmmaking in "Tchoupitoulas" seems effortless, though when you contemplate it afterwards it is clear that this atmospheric, dreamy trip through New Orleans was expertly -- and painstakingly -- crafted. I defy you not to be swept away into these boys' journey.
9. "Keep the Lights On"
Ira Sachs has provided an absolutely stunning film documenting a caring but tumultuous relationship with ellipses to crowd out all the parts when this on-again-off-again couple was back at it. It is absolutely stunning, heartbreaking, tragic, lovely to see this relationship unfold.
10. "How to Survive a Plague"
One of the most affecting cinema experiences of the year. This film is a powerful, powerful testament to the power of direct action and what can happen when caring people get together to make change.
Steve Greene
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2. Lincoln
3. Searching for Sugar Man
4. Moonrise Kingdom
5. Killing Them Softly
6. Holy Motors
7. Café de Flore
8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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10. Magic Mike
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Thompson on Hollywood
1. "Life of Pi"
Taiwan-born Ang Lee, more than any director working today, is a filmmaker for the world. His three great love stories -- martial arts romance "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," gay tragedy "Brokeback Mountain" and Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" -- were accessible to multiple cultures. With "Life of Pi" Lee has fashioned, with screenwriter David Magee ("Finding Neverland") adapting Yann Martel's global bestseller, another love story that transcends borders. In this case, it's between a 17-year-old young man (non-pro Suraj Sharma) from India and a Bengal tiger. But it is also a stunning technological triumph, as the VFX required were impossible until now. Conceived four years ago before the arrival of the 3-D "Avatar," this movie is a live-action/animation hybrid, as major characters such as the threatening tiger and sublime phosphorescent Pacific seascapes could only be created by artists in the digital realm.
2. "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
When he won the grand jury and cinematography prizes at Sundance, director Benh Zeitlin, who shot "Beasts" with his ragtag film collective on a constantly flooding delta island below the New Orleans levees with a cast of non-actors, said: "We had more freedom to make this film than any filmmakers in America ever." Zeitlin was able to control the chaos: the end result is a constantly surprising and deeply moving fantastical portrait of where we are, right now.
3. "Zero Dark Thirty"
Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal's incredibly timely movie about the CIA's ten-year pursuit of Osama bin Laden is as relentless as its heroine (Jessica Chastain), laying out the hard facts and details without flinching from its purpose, which is to make real the daily headlines. Bigelow deploys 120 speaking parts from all over the world and three to four roving cameras to catch the unfolding action in wide-ranging locations from India, Egypt and Jordan to London and Washington, D.C. As Bigelow avoids Hollywood narrative conventions, she also gives us the toughest motherfuckin' woman lead since Ripley.
4. "Silver Linings Playbook"
This delicately edited family relationship comedy is both funny and moving. The film's two romantic leads, Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper, are two lost, emotionally damaged yet attractive people who draw comfort and kinship from each other. Writer-director David O. Russell has, dare I say it, Billy Wilder's tough unsentimental approach to romance. Even in this cynical age, we root for these two characters in pain to heal each other, make their families happy, win their dance contest and find true love.
5. "Lincoln"
The thing that hits you on first viewing "Lincoln" is how unconventional it is. It's organic, grown from the seeds in Doris Kearns Goodwin's 800-page Lincoln tome "Team of Rivals," nurtured over five years by playwright Tony Kushner, and shaped by Steven Spielberg and actor Daniel Day-Lewis into something we've never seen before. This alchemy of a torrent of words, well-researched history, and the powerful personality of the world's most popular American president has yielded a magical biopic that is the current front-runner in the Oscar race.
6. "End of Watch"
David Ayer celebrates the work ethic and bravery of two cops, partners on the beat in East Los Angeles, who face an unforgiving world with humor and verbal acuity. Shot on the run, the movie was choreographed with no room for waste or error: Ayer shot 135 hours of footage in 22 days. Jack Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena were primed and ready and give the best performances of their respective careers.
7. "Argo"
Ben Affleck directs this taut and commercial thriller, his third behind the camera, with screw-tightening efficiency that would make Michael Mann proud. Think "The Insider" on steroids. Affleck gives a solid, naturalistic performance as Tony Mendez, a smart and experienced CIA operative who specializes in pulling people out of tight situations. Affleck, like other actor-directors Clooney and Clint Eastwood, sees the value of staying hands-on with a modest budget. Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto (Oscar-nominated for "Brokeback Mountain") does outstanding work on location in Turkey, Los Angeles and the Ontario airport, while composer Alexandre Desplat ("The King's Speech") could land a fifth Oscar nomination -- unless his "Zero Dark Thirty" score cancels himself out.
8. "The Sessions"
"The Sessions" starts with a script from Australian filmmaker Ben Lewin, who suffered polio as a youth and still limps with a cane. Helen Hunt and John Hawkes saw rich material in this story about the late great intellectual Mark O'Brien, who wanted more from life than lying immobile in an iron lung. He found a sex surrogate to help him find love in his life. The surrogate came to care deeply for O'Brien -- within the confines of a professional relationship -- and was able to teach him how to make another woman happy. Audiences are often uncomfortable with sex in cinema, and this movie embraces moments that are awkward and embarrassing, even humiliating. This intimate sexual souffle is so delicate and sensitive -- both actors are literally naked -- that it could easily have gone flat. Instead it is uplifting.
9. "Moonrise Kingdom"
This coming-of-age romance takes place inside an artificial fantasy based on the children's books writer-director Wes Anderson still loves. He builds the movie on the shoulders of two young kids in love. "I love artifice and very emotional movies," he told me in Cannes. The art direction, tone and acting -- one standout is Bruce Willis's sweet buffoonish cop -- are all perfectly in tune with Anderson's precise imagination.
10. "Anna Karenina"
The decision not to shoot "Anna Karenina" on location in Russia liberated director Joe Wright. Without changing the Tom Stoppard adaptation of Tolstoy's classic, Wright used an old London theater as a way to free himself completely from the constrictions of period costume drama. "Anna Karenina" is a swirling, mad, exuberant, joyful, passionate celebration of the novel. Anna (Keira Knightley of Wright's "Atonement" and "Pride & Prejudice") is far from your ordinary romantic heroine. She's doomed to meet that train. But there's more to this story than adultery. Tolstoy's counterpart, Levin (Domhall Gleeson), balances out the drama. And Jude Law gives one of his best performances as Anna's cuckolded husband.
"Barbara," Germany's Oscar entry, is Christian Petzold's fifth collaboration with actress Nina Hoss. She plays an intrepid East Berlin doctor in 1980 who has been sent to the boonies as punishment for wanting to leave the country. Like everyone around her, she lies to survive; she sneaks around in the night to meet her West German lover in the woods. But she cares for her patients; that bonds her with her fellow doctor (up-and-comer Ronald Zehrfeld). Even though she's surrounded by fear and suspicion and paranoia, she comes to trust him.
Eugene Jarecki's incisive and incendiary "The House I Live In," which won the U.S. documentary Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and is shortlisted for next year's doc Oscar, will blow your mind. That's because it tackles a subject that you think you know a little about -- America's war on drugs -- and in excruciating detail shows you how the whole system is broken and dysfunctional.
With "Frankenweenie," Tim Burton filmed his most personal movie since "Edward Scissorhands" in black and white and stop motion. He returns to the Burbank suburbs he has loved to show us ever since the 1984 Disney short on which the movie is based. Not a box office success, this feature serves as an inspiring reminder of what an artist can do when he's not playing to the marketplace.


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If an enzyme name is shown in bold, there is experimental evidence for this enzymatic activity.
Locations of Mapped Genes:
|Biosynthesis → Amino Acids Biosynthesis → Proteinogenic Amino Acids Biosynthesis → L-alanine Biosynthesis
Alanine is an essential component of protein (as L-alanine) and peptidoglycan (as a roughly 3:1 mix of D- and L-alanine). Only about a tenth of total alanine synthesized is incorporated into peptidoglycan.
At least three pathways ( L-alanine biosynthesis I, L-alanine biosynthesis II, and L-alanine biosynthesis III) contribute to the synthesis of alanine. Alanine biosynthesis III is carried out in a single step by cysteine desulfurase, in a reaction that is critical for generation of iron-sulfur clusters, thiouridine groups in tRNAs, and a number of other sulfur- and selenium-containing proteins. Although this pathway does generate alanine, a major role in generating the cellular supply of alanine has not been demonstrated.
Superpathways: superpathway of L-alanine biosynthesis
Variants: L-alanine biosynthesis I, L-alanine biosynthesis II
Created 11-Mar-2004 by Ingraham JL, UC Davis
Last-Curated 12-Mar-2007 by Shearer A, SRI International
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Gundy said following Tuesday's practice that the players delivered, putting together a solid session.
"Emotionally, they turned," Gundy said. "Kids are resilient. But they're not fond of losing, so there's always that concern that there's a hangover. But I feel good about their attitude (Tuesday). I thought they really practiced well.
"The veteran players have to provide that leadership, emotionally, at this point, when you lose a game that's a close one and very emotional."
With the Cowboys off this week, Gundy said Tuesday's practice mostly consisted of correcting mistakes made against the Longhorns, such as defending the deep ball and screen plays and improving in certain areas of the passing game. They will begin preparation for their Oct. 13 contest at Kansas on Thursday.
Statistically, Joseph Randle had his best game as a Cowboy on Saturday night against UT, rushing for a career-high 199 yards and two touchdowns, including a 69-yard score.
Gundy believes it was the highlight of Randle's career so far, as well.
"He really played his best game in his career here, in my opinion, last Saturday night against what could be (arguably) the most athletic defense in our league," Gundy said. "So I was proud of him for that.
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The Cowboys' rushing defense, which ranks 38th in the country (121.25 yards allowed per game). An offense that still leads the nation in scoring (55.75 points per game) and total yards (659 per game) without Brandon Weeden and Justin Blackmon. And the overall attitude of the players.
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Welcome to The National STEM Guitar Project
The National STEM Guitar Project, in partnership with NSF Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Centers with funding provided through a grant from The National Science Foundation (#1304405), hosts innovative Guitar Building Institutes around the United States. The 5-day institutes, combined with additional instructional activities comprising 80 hours, provide faculty training on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) for middle, high school, and post-secondary faculty. The institutes present and teach participants hands-on, applied learning techniques to help engage students and spark excitement for learning STEM subject matter.
Nationwide, there are increasing concerns from businesses about the supply of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics trained workers. Science and math test scores in the U.S. are among the lowest around the world.
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The goal and objective of the STEM Guitar Building Institutes is to showcase a new way to present learning for students with applied methods.
STEM educators take part in an intense five day electric guitar design/build project. Each faculty member will build his/her own custom electric guitar and will engage in student centered learning activities that relate the guitar design to specific math, science and engineering topics. Participants leave this weeklong experience with their custom-made guitars, curriculum modules with short term assessments that can be immediately integrated into the faculty team school curriculum.
Through the NSF grant, educators who applied and are selected receive free tuition and stipend to participate in the 5-day Guitar Building Institutes. Over the initial 4 year NSF grant period, the STEM Guitar Project has over delivered its objectives by recruiting 235 STEM faculty members to participate in Guitar Building Workshops around the country with an additional 335 faculty impacted via national education conferences. Thus far, this effort is impacting over 4600 students nationally as a result of faculty members adopting or adapting the curriculum developed through the project. At this rate, the project goal of reaching over 19,000 students by 2016 is highly realistic. Click here to get learn how to get involved in an upcoming institute.
Hover to See 12 Core STEM Activities Students Complete Through Building a Guitar
In this activity intonation will be defined and indentified as it relates to setting up an electric guitar. Read the attached text on intonation. Preview the Intonation and Set-Up Power Point. Set up your electric guitar fist then intonate and answer the following questions. Basic science and math principles will be explored and applied.
In order to successfully estimate the cost of building an electric guitar, students must calculate the cost and quantity of the following components: body, neck, fret board, jack, potentiometers, capacitors, pick-ups, strap buttons, bridge, volume/tone knobs, ferrules, neck plate, screws, tuning machines, fret wire, fret board, nut, truss rod, fret dots, bridge, and strings. In doing so, students will learn basic business math computation, as well as the anatomy of an electric guitar.
The golden ratio can be used as a basic guide for guitar design. The Golden Ratio, also known as the divine proportion, is a design resource used for millennia, since ancient Greece times. It describes a relation between two segments, one of which is 1.618 times larger than the other. This relationship is found in an astonishing number of instances in culture and the universe, clearly more frequently than pure chance would suggest. So, a guitar designed using this principle would be perceived as consistent with proportions found in art and nature. The figures below illustrate how the Les PaulTM and the StratocasterTM fit into the golden rectangle. Notice the position of the bridge in the Les PaulTM and the precise golden relation between the width at the upper bout and the length of the StratocasterTM body.
Changing the tension on a truss rod means that you are changing the curvature of the neck? How much force is needed to change the neck? Using Finite element analysis to calculate the force needed to bend a guitar neck. Included is a complete set of inventor assembly / part drawings to assembly a basic neck (do not use it to carve or router a neck).
This is an activity on setting up the electric guitar prior to intonation. This activity uses the Guitar Set Up PowerPoint. Setting up the electric guitar involves adjusting some of the hardware of the guitar and making fine adjustments to the entire instrument. After strings are installed, you will need to adjust the neck, string height and saddle position to complete the set up.
Fasteners are used throughout the guitar and in industry. There are a variety of fasteners on a guitar; being able to identify, size and drill the proper pilot holes is important ant as to not break the screw.
Throughout history, specific spacing for each fret of a stringed instrument necessitates a precise measurement based on the exact scale length of the individual instrument. Pythagoras was the first known person to experiment with musical scalar intervals near 500 BC. Later, in the 16th century, Galileo's father, Vincenzo Galilei, was credited with developing the "rule of 18," used for centuries by instrument makers to determine the fret scale length of their instruments. For any given vibrating string length they would simply divide the length of the string by 18, yielding the distance from the nut to the first fret. By subtracting that figure from the original string length they arrived at a new shorter scale measurement, which was then divided once again by 18 and resulted in the distance between the first and second frets. They continued in this manner until the entire scale was determined. Over the years the constant divisor 18 has been refined to 17.817 (derived from a formula based on 21/12, or the 12th root of 2) resulting in more accurate scales.
String tension is determined by vibrating length, mass, and pitch. The string diameter alone does not determine a string's tension. By using different raw materials (nickel-plated steel or phosphor bronze, etc.) or by varying the ratio between the core and the wrap wire, two strings with the same diameter, tuned to the same pitch, could have two different tensions.
There are many factors other than string gauge that determine the actual and perceived string tension on your instrument, such as scale length, which is the distance between the nut and the saddle. The longer the scale, the higher the tension for the same string tuned to the same pitch – for example, a standard Fender™ guitar at 25½" scale has more string tension and will feel stiffer than a standard Gibson™ 24¾" scale guitar, even if both are tuned to the same standard pitch. Some players adjust for this by using slightly heavier gauges on shorter scale guitar than on longer scale guitars.
In this activity, participants will measure the stiffness per unit weight of wood samples. The object is to calculate the material stiffness of several species of wood and to compare the stiffness to weigh ratios. The stiffness of structure (like a small wood beam) is determined by its geometry and the material stiffness. The woods most favored for acoustic guitars are often the ones with the highest stiffness to weight ratio. Electric guitars can be made with a wider range of woods. It is typical to use hard maple or mahogany for the neck and something less dense for the body. Alder and Basswood are typical choices for body wood, though soft maple is sometimes used.
In this activity students will learn to build an electrical circuit consisting of the components and wiring that make up the electric guitar. Proper grounding methods will be understood and used during the assembly process.
Tolerances can be found along with dimensions on engineering drawings of guitar designs. Tolerances show the guitar builder the acceptable size range for each dimension. In this lesson, you will learn to identify tolerances on a drawing, calculate the acceptable dimension of a feature, and specify tolerances for dimensions using industry standards.
Modern design and manufacturing begins with the identification of a problem that needs solving. From there, ideas and sketches lead to preliminary solutions for new products and processes. Bringing these ideas to life requires the use of many tools and an understanding of their application and capabilities. Computer Aided Design (CAD) software is the modern version of a pencil and paper drawing. Although the use of pencil and paper has not gone completely the way of the dinosaur, computer applications have taken over for the design of most modern products. We use hand tools to work on specific features of our products; but again the computer has made production more efficient. Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software and automated machine tools have made manufacturing faster and our products less costly. CAD and CAM have a very central place in modern guitar manufacturing.
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