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Victoria Page, Great North Museum: Hancock
When thousands of years of Egyptian history came hundreds of miles from the British Museum to the Great North Museum: Hancock in Newcastle, it wasn't just the artefacts that needed extra care; I nearly burst with excitement when the crates were popped open.
My role throughout Pharaoh: King of Egypt has been that of publicity, marketing, events management, print production, social media and any other ad hoc duties that arise. Being a provincial museum employee has its advantages! The regional broadcast and press have been regular advocates, as has BBC History magazine.
As the resident lay person among many highly specialist professionals from both museums – Egyptologists, conservators, curators, designers, learning officers, marketing and public relations experts, builders, and administrators – I had the luxury of prowling around the curatorial team as they put the exhibition together. I got so close to the two-metre tall tomb guardian statue from the tomb of Ramesses I that I could smell the wood and bitumen on him. It gave me goose pimples: he's over 3,000 years old.
The Great North Museum has a strong family audience; generations of north easterners have enjoyed visits to this museum, and I myself used to come to see the mummies as a child. Pharaoh: King of Egypt has been a delight for the people of this region; so far, over 120,000 people have visited the museum since opening on 16 July.
Our learning teams have welcomed 2,000 children to their exciting and innovative free events programme to celebrate Pharaoh, which included historical re-enactment, Egyptian jewellery crafting, making Egyptian masks, and learning about mummification.
The 'make your own mummy' session was a particular favourite with a flurry of social media activity generated by a Facebook competition about which was the best mummy. We had over 400 children come to make masks one day too – our learning officer Stephen had his hands full.
Thinking about the entire exhibition process, the word that springs to mind is illumination; I have learnt so much, from playing witness to the talents of my Great North Museum colleagues (and feeling mighty proud of them too), to having the professional support from the staff of one of the best museums in the world.
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By KENNETH L. ENGLISHGreen River
The liberal Democrats in Congress want to bring back the draft and why else is Senator Kerry talking about building up military strength by 40,000 additional troops. We need the rest of the story.
Some news services should ask Kerry how he intends to do this without a draft.
Pres. Bush is winning the war and will wind it down, so we don't need the draft.
We would not have had this war if it were not for the United Nations scandal of food for oil. We cannot go back to the U.N. that curtailed us from winning in Vietnam.

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The Official Text of the Charter of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
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Article 1
Preamble and Canonical Jurisdiction
a.- The Holy Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America ("Archdiocese"), with its headquarters located in the City of New York, New York, United States of America, is an Eparchy of the most Holy, Apostolic and Patriarchal Ecumenical Throne of Constantinople ("Ecumenical Patriarchate"), which is the first-ranking see of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church whose head is Christ.
b.- The Archdiocese, being Hierarchical, as an Eparchy of the Ecumenical Throne, is governed by the Holy Scriptures, Sacred Tradition, the Holy Canons, this Charter, the Regulations promulgated pursuant hereto ("Regulations"), and as to canonical and ecclesiastical matters not provided for herein, by the decisions of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate ("Holy Synod").
c.- The Archdiocese receives within its ranks and under its spiritual aegis and pastoral care Orthodox Christians, who either as individuals or as organized groups in Dioceses and Parishes have voluntarily come to it and which acknowledge the supreme spiritual, ecclesiastical and canonical jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. In the case of the coming to the Archdiocese of organized groups, either Orthodox or heterodox, the opinion and approval of the Ecumenical Patriarchate is required, as it exercises its ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the Orthodox in the Diaspora.
d.- The Archdiocese serves and pastors to the Orthodox Christians who live in the United States of America.
Article 2
Mission of the Holy Archdiocese
a.- The mission of the Archdiocese is to proclaim the Gospel of Christ, to teach and spread the Orthodox Christian faith, to energize, cultivate and guide the life of the Church in the United States of America according to the Orthodox Christian faith and Sacred Tradition.
b.- The Archdiocese sanctifies the faithful through the Divine Worship, especially the Holy Eucharist and other Sacraments, building the spiritual and ethical life of the faithful in accordance with the Holy Scriptures, Sacred Tradition, the doctrines and canons of the Ecumenical and local Synods, the canons of the Holy Apostles and Fathers of the Church and of all other Synods recognized by the Orthodox Church, as interpreted by the Great Church of Christ in Constantinople.
c.- The Archdiocese serves as a beacon, carrier and witness of the message of Christ to all persons who live in the United States of America, through Divine Worship, preaching, teaching and living the Orthodox Christian faith. As to its intra-Orthodox, intra-Christian and inter-religious activities, the Archdiocese follows the positions and guidelines established by the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
Article 3
Organization of the Holy Archdiocese
a.- The Archdiocese, being the Eparchy of the Ecumenical Throne in the United States of America, is one indivisible entity in its entirety. It is comprised of the New York based Direct Archdiocesan District ("Archdiocesan District"), and Metropolises, the number, seat, and boundaries of which are designated by the Sacred Eparchial Synod of the Archdiocese ("Eparchial Synod"), in consultation with the Archdiocesan Council ("Archdiocesan Council"), and are submitted for evaluation and decision to the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
b.- The Archdiocese of America has its seat in New York City and is incorporated in the State of New York. It is presently comprised of the Direct Archdiocesan District and eight (8) Metropolises. These Metropolises, which also are incorporated, are (according to the order of the English alphabet) the following: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, New Jersey, Pittsburgh and San Francisco.
c.- The Direct Archdiocesan District and each Metropolis, being incorporated and recognized by civil law, are administered by their respective hierarch according to the Holy Canons, the Ecclesiastical Regulations, and the provisions of this Charter .
Article 4
Governance of the Holy Archdiocese
a.- Comprised of the Archbishop as President and the Metropolitans as its members, the Eparchial Synod constitutes the ecclesiastical instrument of governance of the Archdiocese.
b.- Presided over and represented by its President, the Archbishop, the Eparchial Synod has the ecclesiastical and canonical responsibility for the Archdiocese to the Ecumenical Patriarchate which is its superior ecclesiastical authority.
Article 5
The Holy Eparchial Synod of the Holy Archdiocese
a.- The Archbishop as President and the Metropolitans as members constitute the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Holy Archdiocese of America ("Eparchial Synod"). The Archbishop convenes and presides over meetings of the Eparchial Synod which shall meet in regular session, according to the Holy Canons of the Orthodox Church, twice annually, in the spring and in the autumn. The Eparchial Synod may also meet in special session if a special need arises, or if the Ecumenical Patriarchate requests it, in which case the meeting is obligatory. The Eparchial Synod may also be especially called at the request of the Archbishop or of a majority of its members, with the agenda topics specified.
b.- The Eparchial Synod has all of the authority and responsibility that the Holy Canons and this Charter ascribe to the "Eparchial Synod". All legal issues which affect the Archdiocese as a whole and its Metropolises are within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Eparchial Synod. Through its president, the Eparchial Synod shall inform the Ecumenical Patriarchate about the issues discussed and the decisions made at its meetings.
c.- Regulations hereafter promulgated by the Eparchial Synod and approved by the Ecumenical Patriarchate shall govern its manner of operation.
Article 6
Responsibilities and Rights of the Archbishop
The Archbishop of America presides over the Holy Eparchial Synod and is the Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the United States of America. In his capacity as Archbishop, as President of the Eparchial Synod and as Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, among other rights and responsibilities, the Archbishop:
Exercises and performs all of the rights and duties designated for his office by the Holy Canons.
Is responsible, together with the Eparchial Synod over which he presides, to the Ecumenical Patriarchate concerning the canonical and orderly functioning, life, governance and activities of the one and indivisible Archdiocese.
Reports to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, to which he forwards an annual report on the status of the entire Archdiocese.
Is directly responsible for pastoring and governing his own Archdiocesan District.
Oversees and coordinates, together with the Eparchial Synod and the Archdiocesan Council, the work which is planned and carried out in each Metropolis, through which the unity of the indivisible Archdiocese is secured and enhanced.
Ordains and installs the Metropolitans in their eparchies.
Supports his fellow Hierarchs in a brotherly manner as they implement the unified programs of the Archdiocese.
Presides over the Eparchial Synod, the Archdiocesan Clergy-Laity Congresses, the meetings of the Archdiocesan Council and the boards of trustees of the major institutions and organizations of the Archdiocese.
Represents the Archdiocese and the Ecumenical Patriarchate in their dealings with all ecclesiastical and civil authorities in the United States of America.
Presides as Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate over Pan-Orthodox councils, meetings and assemblies and promotes and fosters harmony and cooperation among all Orthodox Christians in the United States of America.
Is responsible for intra-Christian and inter-religious activities in the United States of America.
Cultivates and strengthens even more the existing bond of unity between the Archdiocese and the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
Carries out and implements the provisions of this Charter.
Article 7
Responsibilities and Rights of the Metropolitans
a. Each Metropolitan within his ecclesiastical district and the Archbishop in his Direct Archdiocesan District have the rights and responsibilities of a Bishop in accordance with the Holy Canons and the long established life, praxis and order of the Church as well as the provisions of this Charter, including the exclusive right to occupy the throne behind the altar (Synthronon).b. Among the rights and responsibilities of each Metropolitan are the following:
To be a member of the Eparchial Synod and participate in its work, forwarding to the Archbishop an annual report regarding the progress of the work of his Metropolis.
To ordain deacons and priests for his Metropolis, following his submission of their candidacy to the Eparchial Synod and the Eparchial Synod's approval.
To consecrate and sanctify for worship churches and chapels.
To administer his Metropolis in a considered, orderly, harmonious and fiscally responsible manner for the common good.
To convene and preside over the Spiritual Court of First Instance in his Metropolis.
To issue permits for the celebration of the sacrament of marriage and decrees of ecclesiastical divorce in the event of the dissolution of marriage.
To distribute to the parish priests the Myron (Holy Chrismation Oil) which is received from the Holy and Great Church of Christ through the Archbishop, and
To have his pheme (Bishop's anthem) canonically chanted during the Divine Liturgy. His pheme, however, shall not include hypertimia (supreme honor) and exarchia (exarchy).c. During the periods between meetings of the Eparchial Synod, the Archbishop having received to this end its authorization of the Eparchial Synod, issues the ordination permit as well as the permit to the Metropolitans of the indivisible Archdiocese of America for their canonical (annual) or extraordinary absence outside the United States.
Article 8
Order of Commemoration
During Divine Worship, the Sacraments and the Sacred Services, Priests and Deacons commemorate their canonical Hierarch. The Archbishop and the Metropolitans commemorate the name of the Ecumenical Patriarch at the liturgical exclamation of the "en protois mnestheti…" (first of all remember Lord…). The Auxiliary Bishops commemorate the name of their respective Hierarch. At the Great Entrance of the Divine Liturgy, after the commemoration of their Archbishop and Patriarch, the Metropolitans also commemorate their Archbishop in America.
Article 9
Spiritual Courts
Article 10
Archdiocesan Clergy-Laity Congress
Article 11
Local Clergy-Laity Assemblies
Article 12
Locum Tenentes
Article 13
Election of the Archbishop
Article 14
Election of a Metropolitan
e. Those fulfilling the above conditions are candidates and are included in the list of eligible candidates regardless of the place of residence during the time of the election.
Article 15
Elections of Auxiliary Bishops
a. For the election of Auxiliary Bishops the same procedure shall be followed as for the election of Metropolitans (see Article 14).
b. Regulations regarding the Auxiliary Bishops shall be promulgated by the Eparchial Synod and put into effect after its approval by the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
Article 16
Assignment and Transfer of Clergy
a. The assignment and transfer of Clergy within the Archdiocesan District and each Metropolis is the exclusive right and privilege of the respective Hierarch.
b. The initial placement of a clergyman is made by the Archbishop in consultation with the Metropolitan in whose Metropolis the clergyman will be placed. The assignment will be made by the Archbishop or the Metropolitan in whose Archdiocesan District or Metropolis the clergyman will serve.
c. The transfer of clergy between Metropolises (or between the Archdiocesan District and a Metropolis) is the right of the Hierarchs involved who will effectuate all transfers according to the ecclesiastical regulations in force. All transfers and assignments shall be communicated to the Archdiocese for its information and use.
Article 17
Archdiocesan Council
a. The membership of the Archdiocesan Council is comprised of the Archbishop as President, the Metropolitans and Auxiliary Bishops, and representatives of the clergy and laity from the Parishes of the Archdiocesan District and of each Metropolis.
b. The Archdiocesan Council is convened by the Archbishop and meets in regular session at least twice a year and in special session as often as is considered necessary.
c. Except for dogmatic and canonical matters, which are within the competence of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Archdiocesan Council is concerned with matters and issues that affect the life, growth and unity of the Holy Archdiocese of America, and makes such decisions thereon as it deems necessary. The Archdiocesan Council functions as the advisory and consultative body to the Archbishop and to the Eparchial Synod.
d. The Archdiocesan Council is concerned with the Archdiocesan ministries, institutions, and financial affairs of the Holy Archdiocese of America. Together with the Eparchial Synod, the Archdiocesan Council is concerned with the interpretation and implementation of the decisions of the Congress, as well as the Regulations adopted pursuant to this Charter on matters within its jurisdiction. The Archdiocesan Council has such duties and responsibilities as set forth herein, as well as those provided for under any Regulations pertaining to it in matters within its jurisdiction.
e. In the event that action becomes necessary between Congresses, the Archdiocesan Council shall exercise the authority of the Congress when so convened by the Archbishop and advised as to the purpose and necessity therefore.
f. Specific Regulations shall set forth the composition, functioning, jurisdiction, and convening of the Archdiocesan Council.
Article 18
Local Councils
a. The Local Council of the Direct Archdiocesan District and of each Metropolis ("Local Council") is the consultative and advisory body to its respective Hierarch. Except for dogmatic and canonical matters, it is concerned with matters and problems that affect the unity, life and growth of the corresponding ecclesiastical area, and is comprised of the respective Hierarch as chairman, and clergy and laity of his area as members.
b. The Local Council shall meet in regular session at least semi-annually and in special session as often as the local Hierarch deems necessary.
c. The Local Council is concerned with the ministries, institutions, programs, and financial affairs of the corresponding ecclesiastical area. It has the duties, responsibilities and competence designated to it and provided for under the Regulations pertaining to it.
d. Specific Regulations shall set forth the composition, functioning, jurisdiction, and convening of the Local Council.
Article 19
a. The Archdiocese establishes and oversees educational institutions, both religious and cultural, which offer Catechetical training and Greek paideia, as may be necessary, such as the present Holy Cross School of Theology and Hellenic College.
b. The Archdiocese also establishes educational programs which may be necessary to serve its cultural, catechetical, educational and other needs.
c. The Archdiocese publishes such religious and educational materials as may be appropriate to the fulfillment of its mission.
d. Regulations hereafter promulgated shall provide for the establishment and functioning of all necessary educational institutions, as well as for the formation of related programs.
Article 20
Ministries and Institutions
a. All major existing or future institutions of the Archdiocese shall be the property and responsibility of the Archdiocese (see Article 17, d), while those of a local nature shall be the respective property and responsibility of each local ecclesiastical administration (see Article 18, c).
b. The establishment of new institutions, including, but not limited to, educational, recreational, charitable, retirement homes and the like, as well as the dissolution of such institutions, requires prior approval of the Eparchial Synod and the consent of the Archdiocesan Council or the Local Council, as may be applicable.
c. The manner of operation of such institutions shall be pursuant to Regulations hereafter promulgated.
Article 21
Holy Monasteries
a. Monasteries and organized communities of monastics function according to the long established, canonical tradition and practice of the Church. As such, they are ecclesiastical institutions, functioning under the direct canonical jurisdiction and supervision of the Hierarch in whose ecclesiastical jurisdiction they are located.
b. Monasteries are founded by the local Hierarch, following approval of the Eparchial Synod. Canonically, their administration and financial affairs are the responsibility of the local Hierarch, whose name is to be commemorated during Divine Worship.
c. The Monasteries that operate in the United States of America continue the long established monastic life and witness. They function according to the prevailing Monastic Law and the letter and the spirit of the Regulations that define their operation.
d. Regulations for the establishment, organization and operation of Monasteries shall be promulgated by the Eparchial Synod and approved by the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
Article 22
a. All Regulations pertaining to the implementation of this Charter shall be in conformity with the Holy Canons, Sacred Tradition and long existing life and practice of the Holy Orthodox Church, as developed in the framework of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and in conformity with the letter and the spirit of this Charter.
b. Regulations for the implementation of this Charter shall be proposed, approved, and ratified as follows:
Regulations pertaining to the operations of the Eparchial Synod, the Spiritual Courts and the Monasteries shall be promulgated by the Eparchial Synod and approved by the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
Regulations pertaining to the composition of the Archdiocesan Council and the Local Councils shall be promulgated by the Congress. Regulations pertaining to the functioning of these bodies shall be promulgated by the Archdiocesan Council.
All other Regulations, including those pertaining to the composition, the frequency of meetings and manner of functioning of the Congress, Assemblies, and Parishes of the entire Holy Archdiocese, shall be proposed by the Archdiocesan Council and promulgated by the Congress.
All regulations mentioned in the above paragraphs 2 and 3 and, in general, all Regulations pursuant to the present Charter shall be submitted by the Eparchial Synod, through its President, to the Ecumenical Patriarchate for final review and approval. In the event that no response is received from the Ecumenical Patriarchate within ninety (90) days following the receipt of the Regulations by it, they shall be deemed approved.
c. Until the adoption and approval of Regulations under this Charter, all existing regulations shall continue in full force and effect. However, in the event of a conflict between this Charter and any such regulations, the provisions of this Charter shall prevail.
d. The present Charter and all Regulations adopted and approved pursuant to this Charter shall be published by the Archdiocese.
e. The Archdiocesan Council shall interpret all Regulations except those approved and ratified pursuant to the provisions of Articles 5, 9, and 21 hereof.
Article 23
Language and Authentic Text
The languages of this Charter and any Regulations hereunder promulgated shall be English and Greek. The English text, as approved by the Patriarchate, shall be deemed the legal and governing text. In the event of need, this Charter shall be authoritatively interpreted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
Article 24
This present Charter is granted to the Archdiocese of America by the Ecumenical Patriarchate and is effective immediately.
Article 25
The present Charter regulating the affairs of the Holy Archdiocese of America as an ecclesiastical institution, may be amended in its entirety or in part after a proposal of the Holy Eparchial Synod submitted to the Ecumenical Patriarchate following the appropriate procedure in the Archdiocesan Council and the Archdiocesan Clergy-Laity Congress, and after the approval of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to which the proposal has been submitted.
In the year of our Lord 2003, on the 18th day of the month of January,
The Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew declares
Chrysostom of Ephesus
Photios of Heracleia
Constantine of Derkon
Germanos of Theodoropolis
Theoklitos of Metra and Athyra
Cyril of Imvros and Tenedos
Iakovos of Pringhiponnison
Demetrios of Sebasteia
Irinaos of Myriophyton and Peristasis
Chrysostom of Myra
Apostolos of Moschonissia
Theoklitos of Iconium
This is a true copy given at the Patriarchate on the 18th day of January 2003
by the Chief Secretary of the Holy and Sacred Synod,
[seal of the Chief Secretariat] [signed] Meliton of Philadelphia.


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Well yeah with the Hogyoku Aizen is incredibly strong. Also, his powers never diminished while fighting FG Ichigo Aizen simply began to doubt himself for the 1st time. That pissed off the Hogyoku & it took away his powers for the moment. Unfortunately for Aizen that was all Urahara needed to seal him. Ichigo himself even admitted to Urahara that Aizen didn't really lose. Aizen kind of just gave up after Ichigo went toe to toe (and surpassed him) off of natural abilities alone (sans Hogyoku).
So yeah, Aizen would wipe the floor with every SternRitter & Shinigami alike. I dare say only Juha Bach would defeat him WITHOUT the Hogyoku. Aizen's baseline abilities was/is very powerful. Only Yami could defeat him in Soul Society at the time.
I think it was an unspoken rule that after the Aizen war all of the Captains begin training to become equal to Aizen's level to the best of their ability. Even Renji told Jackie (fullbringer dirty boots) that getting to that level was his sole intent. Obviously, he nor none of the others got there lol.
LOL so yeah I gave a long answer but I don't see the SternRitter being a problem for Aizen at all. Can you imagine if Gin & Aizen were still Captains fighting for SS?! Completely different ball game lol.


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By GARY ARRINGTONSports writer
Last week was an interesting one for the Emery High Spartan basketball team as they were brilliant at times and struggled mightily at other times but in the end, the boys won two more games in this young season and are now 3-0 as they enter the third week of this season. Emery traveled to Blanding on Wednesday and came back with a 62-61 victory and then on Friday night, Emery defeated Desert Hills 64-38 at home.
In the Desert Hills game, Emery was absolutely as good as any team could be in the opening period of that contest.
Coach Jeffs on his team, "We were down 11 points going into the fourth quarter at San Juan and things did not look good.
"We came back when we needed to and played with more energy and intensity in the final quarter. We have it sometimes but we need it all the time. We had it against Desert Hills in the first quarter the other night but then it just went away. We are working on having it all the time," said Jeffs.
Emery led the first quarter against the Broncos but neither team really could score early in this game.
Emery led 10-7 after the first quarter. Emery was outscored both of the next quarters before finally breaking out of the doldrums in the final period and played well enough to get the win against a good San Juan team.
Emery was led in scoring by Nevin Jensen as he scored 18 points in the game, 16 of those in the second half. Ty Benson was the second leading scorer in the game with 12 points, all of those in the second half. TJ Furner also finished in double figures with 10 points.
Others scoring in the game were Tanner Procarione with nine points, Mark Guymon with eight points and Derek Tuttle with four points. Tuttle led the team with eight rebounds. Procarione finished with a black eye.
Desert Hills came to town looking for revenge for a close loss last season at home but the Spartans were more than up to the challenge and took the easy win or so it seemed that it was an easy one.
When just looking at the box score Emery went out fast and never looked back but that was not really what happened.
In the first quarter of this game, Emery could do no wrong. Emery outscored the Thunder 29-6, as everything Emery did was perfect but almost just as quickly as it came, it all went away.
After owning a 23-point lead, Emery went cold and could do nothing right. Emery only scored four points in that second period while Desert Hills poured in 18 and just like that it was a game again at 33-24 at the half.
A lackluster third quarter saw Emery add to their lead as they won the period 10-5, as now the Thunder could also do no right.
The final period saw Emery come back to life, win the period 21-9, and get the 26-point margin of victory.
Derek Tuttle played the best game of his high school career as he took charge and made sure Emery was the winner. Derek scored 15 points and he and Tanner Procarione finished with 15 points each. Tuttle also finished with team high 12 rebounds. Tanner was equally impressive as he pulled down nine rebounds.
Nevin Jensen scored eight points in this game but the coaching staff thought that he played absolutely brilliant at times. Jensen also added 10 assists in the game and a pair of rebounds.
Guymon finished with only three points but played good defense and had five rebounds and three assists as he handled the ball some of time. Furner had four points, seven rebounds, an assist and two blocked shots.
Emery goes to Kanab this Wednesday and then to Carbon this Friday night.


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Epilady Epic Rechargeable Epilator
- Overview
- Features
- Patented ergonomic design prevents hand cramping
- Rechargeable battery offers 45 minutes of cordless epilating time with an LED charge indicator
- One-touch on/off button
- Packaged in a stylish metal tin
- Carrying case
- Power adapter
- Cleaning brush
- Instruction manual
- About the brand
At full speed, the Epilady Epic Chic Rechargeable Epilator, with its 44 tweezer discs, creates 35,000 tweezes per minute and is able to remove even the shortest and finest hair; the skin is left feeling smooth and silky for up to six weeks.
Model#: EP 813-10 / SKU: 002899
Epilady launched in 1986 with the world's first electric epilator. Since then, the collection has expanded to include a number of epilators, trimmers and shavers for simple, smooth hair removal.
Doesn't Work. Wasted Money.
I had a 20 year-plus Silk-epil that needed a new cord, but was tempted to buy the cheaper priced Epilady as a replacement. The company rep assured me that Epilady was as good as Silk-epil.... but that was a far stretch.
The Epilady broke off more leg hair than it pulled, and missed other hairs. It didn't matter if the angle was changed to be just right, it just did not work like a higher priced and quality Silk-epil. When I tried to do underarms, I also got a severe pinch/cut with the Epilady.
I tried to return the Epilady, but having been out of town for a while, I went a few days past the 30 day deadline for returns, so the company refused to let me return it. This was after all the company hype about it being as good as Silk-epil, encouraging me to order it and try it out.
My older Silk-epil had left my legs feeling as smooth as waxing, but the Epilady left my legs feeling rough with the all the unpulled and cut hairs. It was worse than just shaving them.
The caveat: if you think you need to try Epilady, be sure to watch the 30 day deadline for returns if not satisfied. And you probably won't be satisfied if you have experienced a Silk-epil in the past. I haven't tried other epilator brands so can't comment if there are any others might work as well.
But after wasting $50 dollars on an Epilady, now I get to buy a higher priced Silk-epil that I should have gotten in the first place. The epilady is being tossed.Jan 20, 2012Stephanie / CaliforniaHAIR TYPEFine or Thin Hair
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High Expectations, Poor PerformanceI was really excited about this epilator-- all the reviews for it were great! But after trying it, I would never EVER buy another one, for two reasons: 1) I read that it's supposed to sting a little, especially the first time, but oh my goodness! I tried to put up with the pain and just couldn't. This is way worse than waxing. I can't stand to use it for more than three seconds at a time, and have to practically give myself a motivational speech each time I go for another bit of my leg. Can't even imagine using this on my face!! I discounted other reviewers who said the pain was terrible because I thought they were being over dramatic or had never tried waxing. I'll never find out if the Epilady hurts less after multiple uses, because I can't stand to try it again. Waxing is less painful and honestly 5x more time efficient. 2) It doesn't even work!!! The Epilady pulled out a few hairs here and there, but most of the time it just broke them off near the skin! I didn't even have a patch of smooth skin to show for my efforts! The one good thing I can say about it is that it has a really sleek design-- it looks awesome. Just wish it did what it was supposed to.Aug 15, 2011LindseyHAIR TYPEThick or Coarse Hair
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Inexpensive Excellence!I've been in between modeling projects and my favourite waxing salon closed down... As a result, I had to adhere to my current budget (and save money in the long run) I invested in this superb epilady. Let me tell you, for a one time payment of $50 it was well worth it! Not only does it removed 99.9% of body hair, but it keeps it away for 2-3 weeks (on me anyways... I'm not all that hairy to begin with.)
The only thing I'd have to emphasize, is if one is a first-time user and/or has a low tolerance for any sort of physical pain.... take a warm shower or bath beforehand! Not only will this relax your muscles, but it will make the first and/or second time of "from-the-root-hair-removal more tolerable. Also, clean hair/skin makes it much easier for the tweezers to grab a hold of the hair.
I highly recommend not only this product, but www.folica.com in general. What a wonderful website! I'll be ordering more from here very soon! (Look out hair dryers. Here I come!) ;)May 3, 2011Sue B. / United StatesHAIR TYPEBlack / Curly Hair / Thick or Coarse Hair
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Great ProductThis product is so much better that the old white model with coils. What a pleasure to us this wonderful product. I could hardly feel the action at all, and my legs felt wonderful. BUY AND YOU WON'T BE SORRY.Oct 19, 2010Shirley S. / California
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Not Worth ItSo I've been using this epilator for about 5 months now and I dread having to use it. When I initially starting using this epilator on my legs, I had thick course hair but after awhile I did notice that my hair grows back finer but it still grows back fast! Not as fast as if I had shaved but it doesn't last a month or 2 weeks but after a week my hair starts to grow back and then I'm dreading the pain I just got over a week ago. If it went faster like waxing, I could probably tolerate it more but it's not fast at all. I have to go over some spots over and over again to get all the hair gone and it makes it much more painful. It feels like constant pinches, you can take the pain but then you got another leg to go! Too much, not worth it. I rather go through quick pain and have smoother legs that last longer than a week.Aug 21, 2010Jenni
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It WorksThis is my first epilator, I thought it was cute and decided to give it a try and I?جø¬?m glad I did! I've used the epic on my legs three times since I got it and my legs are now smoother with less hair. Hair does grow back but it's softer and finer now vs shaving. My legs stay smooth for a longer time and I just like how natural it is, hair being pulled from the root. It works and it's cute...worth it!May 21, 2010Nicky
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I Love This Product!This is one of the best things I have ever bought. It hurts the first time but then it is like nothing is happening. Saves money, time and gets rid of hair for the long term.Mar 29, 2010Morgan
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Exceeded ExpectationsThis is my first epilator. I had been thinking about getting one for a long time, and am so glad I did. It works great! Love how the small style fits my hand, too.Feb 2, 2010Karen
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David Crosby postpones solo dates following heart surgery
Folk rock legend David Crosby is postponing the last portion of his current solo tour following urgent cardiac surgery this week.
According to a statement on Crosby's website, a routine exam showed a 90% blockage in a coronary artery. At the direction of his doctors, he underwent surgery to place two stents in the artery and regain blood flow.
There were no reported symptoms headed into the diagnosis, and Crosby plans to be on the road again in March for a Crosby, Stills and Nash tour that kicks off March 4th in Virginia.
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Directions to Yasin's Place Backpackers Cave HotelAddress: gaferli mah. cevizler sok. no:13, Goreme, Turkey
Average rating: 87%
Rooms from: US$ 8.86
Directions to Yasin's Place Backpackers Cave Hotel
We are located just a short three blocks from the bus station. Walk to the end of the parking lot, keeping the bus station and travel agency offices on the right side. Cross the bridge and walk a short distance to your left, past the AlaTurka restaurant garden. Turn right before you reach the carpet shop, and walk a short distance. Turn left when you reach the small mosque, and when you reach the end of this tiny street at the intersection, turn right and you will see our sign! We are only about 3 minutes from the bus station. Alternatively, give us a call and we will be happy to pick you up! GETTING TO GOREME: By bus: Several bus companies provide direct service to Goreme from most major cities. You may have to change buses in nearby Nevsehir, but if you have purchased a ticket to Goreme, this shuttle is free. You may be approached by travel agents at the bus station, but we advise you against booking these tours. These operators attempt to generate business before tourists have had a chance to compare prices! By car: Goreme is approximately 7-8 hours' drive from İstanbul or four hours from Ankara, and is clearly signposted in the Cappadocia region. By Air: Nevşehir Tuzkoy Airport (60 km from Goreme) Kayseri Erkilet Airport (100 km from Goreme)


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By GARY ARRINGTONSports writer
The Green River Pirates baseball team is hot and not just because it is August in southeastern Utah. They are hot because they are on a roll and have won eight straight baseball games. Last week they defeated Piute and Tabiona and then played a game that came after press time due to the holiday weekend. They defeated Piute 7-3 and Tabiona 2-1 earlier in the week.
Coach Greg Parsons knows why his team is winning, "We are hitting the ball really well, we have really good pitching and we have really good defense." I think that is about every facet of the game and they appear to be doing all of them well.
If the above attributes were not enough, Coach Parsons added, "I told the kids the other day that I was most impressed with how they came together as a team and how well they support each other." So now we have a team that does things right not only on the field but off the field as well.
In the Piute game, Jace Vetere had a double and a homerun to assist Parker Hatt in getting the complete game victory. Kaleb Fail picked up the win against Tabiona as he allowed only two hits through seven innings and also struck out 12 batters.
As the season progresses, Coach Parsons feels that the best four teams in 1-A baseball are Green River, Panguitch, Wayne and Piute. I look for it to come down to Green River and Panguitch. Panguitch might have a lot of tradition on their side but the Pirates are hot in every facet of the game.
Coach Parsons finished, "We are playing well, these kids are fun to coach and fun to be around."
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How-To Geek
What Are the Differences Between MP3, FLAC, and Other Audio Formats?
Digital audio has been around a very long time so there's bound to be a plethora of audio formats out there. Here are some of the more common ones, what differentiates them, and what to use them for.
Before we talk about everyday audio formats, it's important you understand the basics, and that means understanding PCM. After that, we'll tackle compressed formats.
PCM Audio: Where It All Starts
Pulse-Code Modulation was created back in 1937 and is the closest approximation of analog audio. That is, an analog waveform is approximated in regular intervals. PCM is characterized by two properties: sample rate and bit depth. Sample rate measures how often (in times per second) the amplitude of the waveform is taken, and the bit depth measures the possible digital values. In terms of audio formats, this is pretty much the foundation.
True sound, in the real world, is continuous. In the digital world, it's not. Somehow this is more confusing with audio than with video, so let's look at video as a point of comparison. What we interpret to be "motion" or think of as "fluid" and constantly-moving is, in actuality, a series of still pictures. In that same way, the amplitude of sound waves in a digital format isn't "fluid" or constantly changing. It's changing based on certain criteria at pre-defined intervals.
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I know there's a lot here that may not be second-nature unless you're an engineer, physicist, or an audiophile, so let's pare it down further with an analogy.
Let's say that the water flowing from an open faucet is your "analog" audio source. The temperature of the water we can compare to the amplitude of an audio wave; it's a property that needs to be measured so you can enjoy it properly. Sampling is the number of times per second you dip your finger into the flowing water. The more often you dip your finger into it, the more "continuous" the temperature changes become. If you stick your finger into the running water 44,100 times per second, it's almost like keeping your finger under there the whole time, right? That's the basic idea behind sampling.
Bit depth is a little trickier. Instead of using your finger, let's say you used a really crapper thermometer. It basically said "Hot" for anything above room temperature and "Cold" for anything below. Regardless of how many times you dipped it into the water, it wouldn't really give you much useful information. Now, if instead of just 2 options, let's say the thermometer had 16 possible values which you could use to gauge the water temperature. More useful, right? Bit depth works the same way, in that higher values allow more dynamic changes in sound amplitude to be accurately portrayed.
As previously mentioned, PCM is the foundation for digital audio, along with its variants. PCM attempts to model a waveform, in as much of its uncompressed glory as possible. It's special, it's ready to be stuck in a digital signal processor, and it's more or less universally playable. Most other formats manipulate audio via algorithms, so they need to be decoded while playing. PCM audio is considered "lossless," it is uncompressed, and therefore, takes up a lot of hard drive space.
The Uncompressed Bunch: WAV, AIFF
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Both WAV and AIFF are lossless audio container formats based on PCM, with some minor changes in data storage. PCM audio, for most people, comes in these formats, depending on whether you use Windows or OS X, and they can be converted to and from each other without degradation of quality. They are both also considered "lossless," are uncompressed, and a stereo (2-channel) PCM audio file, sampled at 44.1 kHz (or 44100 times per second) at 16 bits ("CD quality") amounts to roughly 10 MB per minute. If you're recording at home for the purposes of mixing, this is what you want to use because it's full quality.
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Lossless Formats: FLAC, ALAC, APE
The Free Lossless Audio Codec, Apple Lossless Audio Codec, and Monkey's Audio are all formats which compress audio, much in the same fashion that anything is compressed in digital world: using algorithms. The difference between zipped files and FLAC files is that FLAC is designed specifically for audio, and so has better compression rates without any loss of data. Typically, you're seeing about half the size of WAVs. That is, a FLAC file for stereo audio at "CD quality" runs roughly 5 MB per minute.
The up-side is that if you want to do audio manipulation, you can convert back to a WAV without any loss of quality. If you're an audiophile and listen to a lot of music with dynamic ranges, these formats are for you. If you've got a great set of speakers, cans, or earbuds, these formats will bring out the tones to showcase them.
Lossy Formats: MP3, AAC, WMA, Vorbis
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Most of the formats you see in day-to-day use are "lossy"; some degree of audio quality is sacrificed in exchange for a significant gain in file size. An average "CD quality" MP3 runs about 1 MB per minute. Big difference compared to PCM, no? This is called compression, but unlike with lossless formats, you can't really get that quality back once you strip it in lossy formats. Different lossy formats use different algorithms to store data, and so they typically vary in file size for comparable quality. Lossy formats also use bitrate to refer to audio quality, which usually looks like "192 kbit/s" or "192 kbps." Higher numbers means that more data is being pumped out, so there's more preservation of detail. Here are some details for the more popular formats.
- MP3: MPEG 1 Audio Layer 3, the most common lossy audio codec today. Despite a heap of patent issues, it's still incredibly popular. Who doesn't have MP3s lying around?
- Vorbis: A free and open-source lossy format used more often in PC games such as Unreal Tournament 3. FOSS fans, such as many Linux users, are bound to see plenty of this format.
- AAC: Advanced Audio Coding, a standardized format now used with MPEG4 video. It's heavily supported because of its compatibility with DRM (e.g. Apple's FairPlay), its improvements over mp3, and because no license is needed in order to stream or distribute content in this format. Apple fans will probably have plenty in AAC.
- WMA: Windows Media Audio, Microsoft's lossy audio format. It was developed and used to avoid licensing issues with the MP3 format, but because of major improvements and DRM compatibility, as well as a lossless implementation, it's still around. It was really popular before iTunes became champion of DRMed music.
Lossy formats are what you use for all of the stuff you listen to and store. They're designed to be an economy of hard drive space. Which format you choose depends on what digital audio player you use, how much space you have, how big of a quality nitpicker you are, and a bunch of over variables. Nowadays, computers will play anything, most audio players (except Apple's, of course) will do multiple lossy formats, and more and more do FLAC and APE. Apple sticks to MP3, ALAC, and AAC.
Isn't Audio Quality Subjective?
Absolutely, it is. Ultimately, it's your ears that are consuming most of this stuff, but that's more reason to think of quality seriously. When I first started creating my digital music collection, I couldn't really tell the difference between 128kbit MP3s and audio CDs. To my ears, there was no noticeable difference. Over time, however, I noticed that 256 kbit sounded much better, and after I got a really nice (and expensive!) set of headphones, I went back to audio CDs full time! It also depends on the genre of music.
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There are a LOT of variables here, folks, make no mistake about that. It took a while before I settled on using FLAC for some music and 320kbps MP3 for the rest. The point I'm trying to make is that you should experiment to see what works best for you and your music, but be aware that as your tastes change, your perceptions, your equipment, and the importance of quality will, too.
And all of this stuff get even trickier when you're not just talking about music, but about voice tracks, sound effects, white and brown noise, etc. There's a whole world of sound out there, so don't get discouraged! By learning what you can and listening for yourself, you can use this info to your advantage in your future audio projects. I'll leave you with some of the best advice I've ever gotten: "do what just plain sounds good."
- Published 01/18/11
Comments (69)
This article was music to my ears! :)
Nice! Now, video formats?
Next article should about choosing headphones.
I always thought AAC was a lossless format equivalent to the mp3 size gain >_< .
Great stuff.
My concepts are refined, now I know the correct information about audio formats… :)
FINALLY an article about audio formats and lossless vs. compressed that does not (or not yet) plunge into that whole audiophile controversy! :D
first cap, Deftones nice selection :P
tnx for the info.
Seriously, as if this site wasn't good already…your stock just went right up for choosing Deftones tracks! Kudos to the Geeks! ;-)
I had many of my audio CD's ripped in higher bit rate but later settled for 128 bit rate so I can save space and also I did not find any major difference in the audio quality. This was because of the hardware limitation I had. After reading this article I have decided to rip the CD's in higher bit rate. Some time later I will surely settle for any one of the loss-less format if I get an expensive audio player.
This article is very informative.
I download Flac and convert it back to WAV. Anything short of a WAV or flac is degrading our music to it's lowest level. At some point you will want to hear your music over a descent audio system and if you use Flac or WAV you will hear the edginess and harshness of your recordings……
Who wants your ears to bleed?
Correction… If you dont use Flac or WAV, you will hear EDGINESS and HARSHNESS!
Yatri Trivedi, I'm a fan of your articles. They all have excellent information.
PCM audio was a little hard to grasp to me. Still, I didn't knew all these stuff and now, I feel much informed.
I completely agree with this:
"do what just plain sounds good."
great article
Super article — and here's another request for video formats. Thanks!
thanks dude
You suggest that AAC is still used with DRM. DRM has been gone from the iTunes Store for quite some time. While users may still have DRMed files, it is no longer used (at least by Apple) with DRM.
Also, it's good to point out that AAC is not a proprietary format that belongs to Apple. I see a number of people saying this on blogs and forums. It is part of the MP4 standard.
Great article and best advice I've ever read at the end.
wow, audiophile detected.
"Anything short of a WAV or flac is degrading our music to it's lowest level"
wow, just wow.
first of all, I work in the engineering/audio/acoustics area, not saying that *I* am the ONE to listen, and that *I* am right, but you can trust me on this:
A mp3 file con 192 kbps is just good/fine as a 1.2 Mbps wav file.
you might say, "that's not true, because of the mp3 algorithm erasing some data and the lossy format.. "
but consider this….
in acoustics/sound area, we have something called "electro-acoustic system", in short, we have a chain in which you have an input signal, and an output signal. For example, we have a electric signal (.wav file, .mp3 file, etc). at the output we have the acoustic signal (air moving like a "slinky"), in between exist an electroacustic system to transform the input into the output.
so, long story short… are you SURE that the chain is perfect?
have you considered the cable? the connector? the A/D conversor?, the quality of the speakers?, the acoustic properties of the ROOM you are listening in?
you may have a 1.5GB loseless .wav file next to a 15 MB 256 kbps mp3 track, but it makes no *big* difference at the end when you have so much factors in between.
Thank you so much for the clarification between formats. I deal with mp3, wma, and some others, but did not realize the size of wav. Great info.
Never knew mp3 has patent issues
What about VBR ? Is it an imrpovement over CBR ?
Rather than 320kbps MP3, try encoding to "-v0" (which is the LAME MP3 encoder's highest quality variable bitrate). It'll go up above 320kbps when necessary, but keep the bitrate lower when the dynamic range is smaller… resulting in a smaller file size (roughly equal to a 225kbps mp3).
I disagree with your statement, "It also depends on the genre of music. "…. it really doesn't, it depends more on the recording/production engineers… and how much they compress the music to try and make it louder, decreasing the dynamic range.
We were looking at mid-range audio systems (not theatre systems) on the week-end. My role was to hook up each set of speakers and skip to specific tracks to my spouse's specs, etc., (i.e. gopher) while my spouse sat and determined sound quality and directed my movements. When it comes to acoustic ability, she is WAV while I am at best MP3 (sigh)
Last time I checked, Apple iPods also play AIFFs
Thanks for this overview. It would be nice, if you could bring the "Loudness War" to more people's attention.
Great article.
You are partially correct in that it ultimately will only be as strong as the weakest link in the signal chain, but that is not the entire picture in all scenarios. Each degradation in the chain can be cumulative. A little bit of loss here & there can add up over the signal path.
I agree, that just because a lossy format is being used, everything is not automatically degraded to it's lowest level, as Kory clearly exaggerated (for effect I assume – Kory, I also prefer lossless wherever possible). I also agree that not everyone has the same needs, and for a number of people, a 192 kbps is totally fine with them.
But as someone who works in the audio engineering area, I wouldn't expect such a careless attitude. Garbage In = Garbage Out.
More importantly, once the data is lost, it's lost. You'd have to re-acquire a higher fidelity recording. If you record everything at 160 kbps MP3, and later upgrade your computer setup to a sweet DAC-1 with beautiful Adam A7x monitors, & even add some acoustic treatment to the room, well, you're still stuck at 160 kbps.
Also, if you decide to do any processing what so ever on the MP3, even for just some home video or something, I'm sure you know that you want the best source possible, as artifacts can get worse & worse thru various processing.
And lastly, a 15 MB mp3 @ 256kbps would not translate to a 1.5 GB WAV file, more like a 150 MB file, assuming standard 44.1 kHz @ 16 bits.
Don't take this as a personal attack, because it is certainly not. I just wanted to present some perspectives to your arguments.
While some of these users commentaries' may be right about argument between lossless and lossy, I'm sorry, when it comes to classical music the argument falls apart. MP3, even at 320 KHZ is not able to accurately capture all the resonance of both concert hall and orchestra alike – it just isn't.
Let us not forget the reason a CD is 74 minutes long is allow classical music to be recorded completely on one disc.
Plus, hard drives are so unbelievably cheap now that i do not understand why people wouldn't have everything in lossless.
Using constant bitrates is the most stupid things one can do.
The graphic at the top of the article seems to imply that you'll discuss M4A, but I don't see a discussion of it in the article. That's the one I don't understand – who invented it, what's good about it, what're the drawbacks, what programs rip in this format,,why won't it play on Windows Media Player….
Please note that in addition to FLAC and ALAC, "WMA Lossless" is another true 'lossless compressed' format.
Just one thing missing: What about codecs supporting Surround? I wish I knew the best way to acquire and play more than 2 channel sound, for a concert experience in my living room.
@Felipe: I hope you back-up lossless sound files. What would happen in the future if suddenly the next big thing came around and the quality of technology increased by several thresholds? Lossless files are relatively future-proof.
I have used Apple lossless for everything over the past couple years. This is great as long as I stay with Apple / Itunes. However, what if I want to switch to FLAC? Is it possible to convert from one lossless format to another without a loss of quality?
I have tried researching this question multiple times and could never find a satisfactory answer. ALAC is great, but I hate being locked into Itunes and Ipods with this format.
can i get a TL;DR version? like 1-10 ranking or
best quality:
Most common:
least quality:
something like this?
sorry i hardly ever have time to read full articles like this at work and i would appreciate some form of quick read for these kinds of articles
@Biff Tricky:
You may use these programs to convert from ALAC to FLAC or vice versa.
Windows: dbpoweramp
Mac OS: Max
Linux: dbpoweramp through wine (works well thats what I use)
What Are the Differences Between All Those Audio Formats?
Some of them are technical different but all of them have something in common:
Made by people that cannot accept that there are other and/or better engineers that allready build or are building a new format. The other thing is that companys want to enslave consumers and/or manufacturer with their products. AppleLossless, FLAC, wav, etc. All lossless … same but different
Article didn't mention that when creating MP3s there is a choice of how much loss you want. In the same way you can make lossless .jpg files by setting the quality to 100% you can make 100% quality MP3s. I am not an audiofile, but I believe these settings control the frequency limits (indirectly) and the bit rate to knock down the quality and thus the file size – if one chooses. This may be true of the other lossy methods described as well. This has always been the case, and I never have figured out how ITunes can sell DRM'd songs, and for more money, when MP3s have been there since near the beginning of popular computing. Marketing at it's best I guess.
It would be better if you pushed WMA Lossless and other lossless variants into the actual Lossless section as they get lost below.
Also many portable devices and distribution systems like SONOS can't deal with *any* bitrate over 320, so lossless, and high VBR lossy formats cannot be used.
If you've got a car stereo that handles "MP3 CDs" then they'll most likely handle MP3 and WMA up to 320kps, and some newer ones will do AAC. Even "ipod-compatible" car stereos may only handle AAC which happens to be on an iPod/iPhone, and won't process them if they're on a CD-ROM.
"Plus, hard drives are so unbelievably cheap now that i do not understand why people wouldn't have everything in lossless."
Lossless really chews through HDD space. I have 3000+ albums and now opt for 320kps or VB0 MP3 files mostly for several reasons which compound with each other.
1. In order to use the music with portable devices (and SONOS) I have to have a non-lossless version.
2. You really need to have 2-3 copies of the library for safekeeping, especially if you're buying music over the internet and no longer have physical CDs as an ultimate backup.
I generally rip everything to a local hard disk and then replicate the lossy files to a NAS drive for wireless distribution through the house. I keep offsite backups as it's so easy for corruption or deletion to occur.
Plus I'm no longer a 25yo eagle-eared listener, and would be extremely pushed to tell the difference between good lossy and lossless versions even if vanity would have me say otherwise.
@Biff Tricky: All lossless formats, whether WAV, FLAC, WMA etc are mathematically equivalent so you can always convert between them. Compressed lossless formats are like ZIP files for audio.
@L: M4A does play on Windows Media Player 12 (and maybe also 11, I forget).
One of the reasons for multiple formats is that mainstream players want to avoid paying license fees to other players for use of a format or its codecs. They want *certainty* that a format choice isn't going to bite them legally a few years down the road.
Open source does NOT mean that there are no license encumbrances – a license like Copyleft (in its strong form) can impact a company's codebase if it incorporates adversely licensed modules. Even the mess over MP3 rights a few years ago ( or of ZIP and GIF in earlier years) points to how delicate this can be. These wars have not ended – look at what's going on with multimedia formats in the HTML5 space, and Google's reach in terms of its Chrome browser and ownership of YouTube.
Beautiful article! I never really understood what sample rate meant!
How about video formats next time?
Great article first off!!!
But I would really like to know if anyone knows where to get the WMA lossless codec command line (I use foobar2000 to convert)? When I buy music online it is sometimes in FLAC, which is great but FLAC doesn't play on my Zune. Basically I end up burning the CD and ripping again in WMA lossless. This way when I play classical music in my car I can actually hear it…
tl;dr : command line encoder for WMA lossless
I recently downloaded about 12,000 songs into my pc. None of the songs will play on my itunes. Later, I figured out that the external hard drive was mac formatted. Does anyone have any suggestions to resolve this? Would greatly appreciate any suggestions!
Nice article.
If you're interested in lossless formats there is a comparison here: http://flac.sourceforge.net/comparison.html
I'm trying out the little known Tak format right now. It has the best compression rate but is still relatively light on system resources, both when you encode and decode. I use max compression for both Flac and Tak and so far the Tak files are 3-4% smaller than the Flac files.
More on Tak here: http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=TAK
@jenn: I'm not sure I understand.
Are the audio files on your computer in a format unknown to iTunes? In that case: Which format? You might be able to convert the files to an iTunes friendly format.
Or are the files stored on an external drive that you computer can't access because the file system isn't ntfs or fat? I'm not a Mac person but I guess you'd be able to get access to the files with an Ubuntu live cd. Just boot from the live cd, find the files on the external disk and drag them to your internal disk. Maybe someone else can confirm that this would work?
First – this article cleared up so much, it isn't even funny. So, I thank you.
Lastly – another article request. How does compression work? What is it? How can an algorithm reduce the size of a file and somehow still keep a bigger size of it without it being there…or something?
Cheers. :)
Why are you sticking to mp3, you went the right way with Flac it's the best lossless out there, but mp3 is not only ancient but the quality is horrible. At least use AAC, and if you can use Vorbis, it's the best of the three lossy you mentioned and you won't be able to notice the diference between a Flac file and a Quality 6 Vorbis. Try it out it's the best, I rip all my music in Flac, and convert everything to ogg vorbis for lossy hearing, best of both worlds, plus if you use the right encoder go to hydrogenaudio they will recommend aotuv Beta 5,7 , encoding in the lower qualities q-1 , q -2, q-3 it's amazing/
ZZ: use foobar to convert all the Flac files to AAC. It's as easy as that.
MIKE: Why do you have MP3 same as I told the writer, it's an old dying format it might still be around but don't copy your music into it. Try something that sound better and keeps a lower bitrate example Ogg Vorbis, it's the best of the three lossy formats and has been for as long as I can remember, it's been proven over and over again.
JAMES: In linux try "sound converter" or "sound konverter" also Asunder for ripping is amazing have had tremendous experience with the program.
Great article! Very informative. But why use VBR instead of CBR? Is it because you preserve more of the 'room' or 'space' of the original recording of a song?
@Felix: If you think that MP3 is a format that is going to be useless to me in my lifetime, you're smoking something. I'd say that before this new decade is out, a chip will probably be able to intelligently decode ANY non-encrypted format as a trivial exercise.
My ears aren't going to get any better. I'm not so desperate for space that I need to have a lower bitrate, and I also need a format that is used widely *now*. Most of the devices I use won't accept anything other than MP3, WMA, AAC, FLAC and WAV – and I'd rather not spend my life maintaining multiple collections that have to be transcoded for use.
But wave file can use a codec other than PCM for example mp3 / truespeech / gsm etc then they not lossless.
Hey, anyone remember RealAudio? lol
NICE article. Thank you very much!
Great post!!! thank you for sharing. I have been studying this myself. All the best
Excellent. Concise, Accurate. As a tutor of first and second year Audio Production Students, I will be referring them to your article!
Nice read.
@Kory: Just wondering why you would want to convert FLAC back to WAV.
Awesome info! Props for Deftones!
"… but unlike with lossless formats, you can't really get that quality back once you strip it in lossy formats.
Here is my question: When you convert an MP3 to a wav, the file size increases to it's original size. Since the info was lost when it was converted to MP3 originally, why does the size blow up again? Where is it getting that extra data? It makes sense (to me) that if the file was reduced to 3 MBs, it should stay that size if you convert it back to wav, since no more data is being introduced.
Correction perhaps:
Most of the formats you see in day-to-day use are "lossy"; some degree of audio quality is sacrificed in exchange for a significant [gain] (Shouldn't this be "loss") in file size.
good article
Once took a CD ripped wav file, I compressed it using a common zip program intended for data files.
I also compressed the same source file using a few MP3 encodings and one vorbis. In my tests, zip compression was smaller than a few MP3 encodings (and when zip was larger, I do not remember more than 10% larger than the MP3 files), and, finally, remember: zip is lossless, always has been lossless.
If zip was a lossy format, your archived copies of programs will be in danger of not operating properly, so why would you have trusted zip back when you first compressed? Zip encoding includes several compression algorithms and even different sequences of those same algorithms can change the compression factor. Zip is more of a container and LZW is one of the compression processes used, but you get the idea, right HTG?
Disclaimer: I'm sure my lamer test was not representative compared to the existing body of MP3 compressed works, so before you berate me, why not just try it and see for yourself?
@john q: Imagine adding a file to a ZIP archive. The ZIP archive is the MP3 and the file inside it is a WAV. Files inside ZIP archives are compressed. When you unzip them they return to their original size. When you convert an MP3 into WAV, the data is, in a way, unzipped. That's why a 5 MB MP3 converted to WAV is much larger than 5 MB.
Note: Although this is a bad analogy when comparing lossy formats (because you can never get the uncompressed quality back from an MP3 like you do from a ZIP archive) I think it will serve its purpose. This would be more correct if we were comparing a lossless format to another lossless format.
Help please. I have no problem downloading mp3 format, but when I download any wma format and try to play it, it says "media error". It looks like it downloaded, but won't play. Is their something need to know? Anyone. Thanks.
@glenn vehrs
Try using VLC media player, or maybe your wma is drm'ed, and in that case your out of luck.
TCY FORCE – Champion feat. Emyli.flac
Size : 38,555,678 bytes
Duration : 4:51.253 (12 844 272 samples)
Sample rate : 44100 Hz
Channels : 2
Bits per sample : 16
WAV : 51,377,132 bytes
ZIP (Windows) : 49,273,331 bytes
ZIP (7-Zip) : 49,159,681 bytes
7Z ("Ultra") : 48,147,186 bytes
MP3 (320kbps) – 11,658,855 bytes
What you've said is nonsensical and is not, nor has it ever been possible.
"We were about as wrong as anything could ever be."
— Some Science Video (about how we thought ours were the only planet and sun)
First PCM ain't exactly lossless, 16 bit grade more likely, this really comes in focus when you digitize something in even less bit (12, 8, 6, 4)… But the quality is fine enough. I myself prefer 24 bit, but it's reallz hard to come by.
Second when quality – size issue is considerable I use Variable bitrate, less compression on "rich" music, maximal on silences.


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By ALLEN S. THORPECastle Dale
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has announced that Joe's Valley Reservoir in Emery County will be closed to fishing from November 1 through December 14, explaining that this is necessary to prevent the "excessive harvest of large spawning fish."
Now, it must be understood that the fish in question are Splake, which are hybrids of lake trout and brook trout. They are sterile, like mules, and although they go through the motions of spawning, they don't actually produce baby fish.
The DWR started planting these fish in selected lakes 10-15 years ago, including at Joe's Valley. Joe's Valley is not a good fishing lake. It has steep sides and poor soil which produces too little food for the fish. When you catch a fish there, it is usually skinny. In the past few years, some of my friends figured out where the bigger Splake come close to shore to "spawn" and began catching them, throwing most of them back. The word got out and last year many people went to that spot and many caught these trophy fish. That drove the DWR nuts. They don't really have any numbers, but they concluded that "the number of spawning season anglers has increased, which has dramatically increased the harvest of the biggest and most valuable segment of the splake population." Valuable for what? The Division says that they need these big fish to eat the chubs which otherwise interfere with trout fishing. So, we can't fish for trout now, because they eat the chubs. Why do we want to get rid of the chubs? Because they interfere with trout fishing. But we can't fish for trout, because they keep the chubs down.
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