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This stained glass Angle night light is hand made with a beautiful dark red opal glass, clear textured glass for the wings, the head is a clear glass nugget and the accents are brass and copper wire.............[priority]

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Detailed view of north-east Arnhem Land showing Yirrkala and other locations where artists in the Yirrkala drawings exhibition have lived and worked. Click on the map for a larger version.

In 1946 the anthropologists Ronald and Catherine Berndt travelled to north-east Arnhem Land and spent seven months living with Yolngu people at the mission settlement at Yirrkala. During that time they commissioned senior men in the community to create bark paintings as part of their research.

As there was then no jetty at Yirrkala, and the barks had to be carried out through the shallow water to be loaded onto the boat for transport back to Sydney, there was some concern for the safety of these artworks. Ronald Berndt asked his father to send him sheets of brown butchers paper and wax crayons and commissioned the artists to make a set of supplementary drawings.

Although these materials were new to the artists, they quickly responded by producing hundreds of vibrant drawings in a brilliant palette of red, blue, yellow, green and black. They depict in exquisite detail the complexities of Yolngu life and cultural inheritance and are now held at the Berndt Museum of Anthropology at the University of Western Australia.

For Yolngu artists, these drawings, and the accompanying bark paintings, were a means of educating the anthropologists, and through them the wider community, about Yolngu law, knowledge, connection to country and way of life. They are part of a long and continuing tradition of interaction and exchange with outsiders that includes trade with Macassan people, working with the anthropologist Donald Thomson in the 1930s and 40s, the creation in 1962 of the Yirrkala Church Panels and the Yirrkala Bark Petitions in 1963.

The exhibition Yirrkala drawings presents 81 of the 365 drawings produced and is the first time that a significant selection of the Yirrkala drawings collection has been displayed. It includes works by men who became leading artists, including Mawalan and Wandjuk Marika, Munggurrawuy Yunupingu, Narritjin Maymuru and Wonggu Mununggurr.

The descendants of these artists continue to produce artworks today, and a selection of their ḻarrakitj (hollow logs) from the Gallery’s collection is exhibited alongside the drawings.

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  • Choose a drawing from the exhibition and analyse it in terms of materials, colour, composition, designs and symbols. Is it representational or abstract? In class, discuss the reasons why these artists may have chosen to work with the Berndts, producing such quantities of beautifully made artwork. What important ideas did they intend to communicate about themselves?
  • Watch the video 'Macassan influences’ and investigate the history of contact between Indonesia and Australia. Research cultural relations between Macassan and Aboriginal people and list Indonesian words still found in the languages of Arnhem Land. Find images of Macassan praus by artists such as Wongu Mununggurr, Dhuwarrwarr Marika, Selina Galalanga and Sam Baramba Wurramara.

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“He gives to mortals the vine that puts an end to grief.”
—Euripides, The Bacchae (c. 410 B.C.)

The veneration of the divine being who brought mankind the gift of wine extends back thousands of years and throughout countless civilizations. The ancient Greeks worshipped the god Dionysus, who frequently appears in painted scenes on vessels for mixing, serving, and consuming wine made during the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. He is often depicted as a draped, bearded man of solemn bearing whose coterie includes maenads (ecstatic, often-frenzied female followers) and satyrs (creatures that are part human and part horse or goat). The deity’s followers represent the untamed nature of man, which is unleashed by the intoxicating power of wine. Dionysus is also occasionally portrayed as young and naked, though he typically wears an animal skin and wreath of ivy, and carries a thyrsus (ivy-entwined staff with a pinecone finial) and drinking vessel. Sometimes he rides a donkey or is pulled in a chariot by panthers.

By the second century B.C., the Romans had conflated the figure of Dionysus with a local god to create Bacchus, the name by which he is most widely known. The Roman deity was worshipped at Bacchanalia (outdoor festivals) and, like Dionysus, had a retinue of unrestrained female followers (bacchantes) and composite human-animals, mostly sileni (minor deities with a horse’s ears and tail) and fauns.

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Abstract Expressionist Wolf Kahn: Spontaneous Tendencies

This article originally appeared in the November 2005 issue of The Artist’s Magazine.

It’s a gray day in New York City, but there’s light everywhere in Wolf Kahn’s studio. It’s hard to tell whether it’s coming from the rows of windows and the skylights or from the paintings themselves, whose unapologetic colors and lively brushwork generate a light of their own.

Wolf Kahn: Large Tree Line (oil)

“I’ve got a lot of enthusiasm for color,” says Wolf Kahn. In Large Tree Line (oil,52×72), one block of color is set against another, and they’re kept “overt and separated.” That’s distinctly different from 19th-century paintings that can, in his words, “squander color” by including a bit of every hue. “You have to work very carefully to adjust tonalities.” he says.

Wolf Kahn himself is tranquil but intense. He revels in paradox, alternately vexed and delighted, like a Zen master. One moment he’ll say that you need to be free of worry when creating a painting; the next moment he says, “Painting really profits from stress.” When asked how it can be both ways, he takes a thoughtful pause and answers with an honest shrug, “I guess it’s one of those paradoxes.”

An Abstract Expressionist’s Pursuit of Now

At first, it seems that he just doesn’t want to be pinned down about his work. But then it becomes clear that he resists definitive statements because it’s questions, not solutions, that he finds interesting. He relishes unsolvable puzzles and runs from anything limiting. It’s kept his work from stagnating during his career of 50-plus years.

“I was brought up as an abstract expressionist,” he says. “Knowing stuff ahead of time was considered a sin. Abstract expressionists believed in spontaneity. You’re supposed to perceive freshly each time and be very alert to the moment.”

Kahn still largely subscribes to this philosophy. You don’t paint, he says, to express your religiousness or your patriotism. You paint to make a good painting. “I don’t want to have an agenda. I don’t even want to have a style—that happens by itself. The main thing I want is to be allowed to express my enthusiasm at the moment for whatever I’m doing. Aims, goals, programs and agendas are my enemies.”

Wolf Kahn: Foliage in an Orange Setting (oil)

One of things Kahn says he might have absorbed from his teacher Hans Hofmann “was the feeling that your job as an artist was to create an unpredictable order. Hofmann used to quote Mondrian, who talked about the positioning of unequal but equivalent oppositions.” In works including Foliage in an Orange Setting (oil, 36×52), Kahn says, “I’m primarily thinking about creating a kind of density that’s believable and a volume that’s equalized.”

Colorful Conversations

Kahn often works on location with a campstool and a set of pastels. “When I’m working outside, I’m looking for the hint of something. To have it spelled out clearly before the start of the work takes away too much of the fun,” he says. “I’m looking to find out what it is that attracted me to a place. A lot of times, it’s bad stuff that attracts you—namely, it’s something you’ve done before, or that someone else has done, or that looks impressive somehow. To really see something in a fresh and new way is rare, but it’s what you most want to do.”

Wolf Kahn's Barns in Ruin (pastel)

“I hate the whole idea of blending,” Kahn says as he starts to talk about Red Barns in Ruin (pastel, 13×171⁄2). “I have arguments with my wife, who wants to have two different kinds of fruit to make jam. I like one kind of fruit—I just want each thing to assert its own nature. It’s the same with color in a painting. I don’t like the idea of moving smoothly from one area to another. Contrast is really what I like.”

Kahn is adamant that he doesn’t start out from a descriptive point of view. Pointing to In the Gloaming (below), he says, “I start out with the color and everything evolves from that, rather than from the fact that I saw magenta in the landscape. I never saw magenta in the landscape.”

Wolf Kahn's In the Gloaming (pastel)

“People don’t understand that colors have to be discovered; to know ahead of time the color of something is wrong,” says Kahn, who does many of his pastels, including In the Gloaming (pastel, 11×14), on location. “As I get older, I see colors as being more themselves than they have been earlier. That’s what gives me added power.”

When he talks about color, Kahn sounds as if he’s describing personalities. “Orange,” for instance, “is very blatant and vulgar. It makes you immediately start having feelings. I use it as sort of a device to get attention.” He quickly adds: “My own attention.” He starts rooting through the messy pile of paint tubes on his taboret, holding them up or squeezing them onto the palette and describing them with enthusiasm. “This color right here—radiant violet—turns me on regularly. I put it on the palette and right away something happens to me—I feel like working. And violet gray—I call it ‘Instant Vermont.’ You put that down and you have a sky. I know where I am once I have that color down,” he says.

How does he make all these brilliant colors work in a painting? “The only time I feel comfortable is when I don’t know why the colors work,” he says. The more he talks, the clearer it becomes that for him the act of painting is a conversation. You don’t control it; you respond to it. “It’s useful to think of a painting as a pet. If you have a pet, you give it food and it doesn’t overeat. Yet somehow if you haven’t given it enough, the pet will let you know it and you give it more so the pet is satisfied,” he says. “Painting isn’t really all that mysterious. You just give it enough till it’s satisfied.” Sounds easy, but Kahn acknowledges that sometimes a painting isn’t satisfied for years.

Wolf Kahn's House on a Hil (oil)

“A painter has to cultivate an innocence of spirit,” Kahn says. “If you approach a painting with too much knowledge of or concern for the outcome, it’s likely that this will prevent discovery, which shows in your painting. As you work,” he says, “you have to be alert to what’s happening during the painting process, like how high and low are balanced in House on a Hill II (oil, 36×52).

And you can’t judge: “One always has to combat being goal-oriented. Somehow, you’ve got to have a sense of play—a sense that there are things happening when you paint other than your wishes and dreams at the moment. I’ve learned not to constantly be self-critical. I don’t really care whether a painting comes out one way or another.” Of course, he cares that the elements are balanced, that the questions are asked and that the problems are resolved. But, he says, quoting a Zen koan, “the best control is no control.”

Wolf Kahn's Dark Clump of Trees (oil)

The horizon, as Kahn says, can become tyrannical in a landscape painting. “It starts being a dividing line between two totally unrelated things: empty air and heavy earth. How are you going to get past that division between these seemingly unrelated elements?” he asks. Color, density, verticality and the surface of the painting all come into play in works such as Dark Clump of Trees (oil, 30×36) to help a painting deal with this division.

New Growth

Currently, one of the things Kahn doesn’t have control over is his macular degeneration, an
irreparable problem that causes deteriorating eyesight. While it’s making fine print difficult to read, he says, “I’m seeing more tonal variation than before; I can see tones more strongly and more separately than I used to. Darks look even blacker than black, for instance. It makes you a bit nervous—some other painters who have the same condition are no longer working—but I feel very fortunate that I’m not at that point.”
As for now, he’s continuing to grow and respond as a painter. “My work really changed when I took a trip to Africa a few years ago and saw the thornbush. It’s so dense you can’t see the ground out of which it grows. So it seemed to be very worthwhile to get rid of the ground,” as in Brambles and Tangles (above). “I’m trying to do that now in the Vermont woods, which isn’t easy.
“Yet one of the things I’m rather pleased about is that I’ve got my teeth into a whole lot of new stuff,” he continues. “It’s almost like having young friends; all sorts of new things come up that you need to explore.”

Wolf Kahn's Brambles and Tangles (oil)

“I like chaos, and this is the kind of picture that deals with that idea,” says Kahn of Brambles and Tangles (oil, 36×52), one of the works that grew from his trip to Africa, where he saw bushes so dense that he couldn’t tell where they were growing from. Here, he says, “you no longer see where things get rooted in the earth.”

Artist Insights: Overcoming convention

Wolf Kahn is loathe to give any prescriptions about painting. Nonetheless, he did divulge the following experiments, which he recommends to students to help them avoid painting the same thing again and again:

  • Paint the nameless. Go out and start a painting using only elements in the landscape to which you can’t give a name.
  • Make a painting that celebrates the color gray. “People take workshops with me because they see I use brilliant color (although now I seldom do). Yet I think it’s a vulgar idea that only brilliant color is color,” he says.
  • Make every color memorable. “I went to see the Alvin Ailey dance company about 25 years ago. There was a piece in which one woman was holding a parasol, and somehow or another I was fixated on this woman with the parasol, even though there was a whole corps de ballet. It seemed to me that anything she did had meaning. It turns out the dancer was Judith Jamison, who now runs the company. I wondered whether she studied how to lift her little finger or whether it was just that her little finger did things on its own that were worth looking at. Or was it the way she held her arm? Sometimes I say to students that I want every color in the painting to be like Judith Jamison’s little finger. It doesn’t have to mean anything describable, but it’s got to be memorable,” he adds.

Marty Munson is a former senior editor for The Artist’s Magazine. She lives in New York City.


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     On January 18th, 1958, Leonard Bernstein’s first “Young People’s Concerts” was televised, bringing the New York Philharmonic into the living room to entertain and educate millions of American families. For fifteen years, Bernstein used his charisma and passion to bring to life the incredible vibrancy of classical music with clarity and without condescension. In doing so, Lenny became the father of musical outreach. Following in Bernstein’s footsteps, the Redline Brass Quintet re-imagines these “Young People’s Concerts” with a program of their own: Bravo Bernstein. Using Bernstein’s own compositions, including selections from West Side Story, Dance Suite for Brass Quintet, and various songs about his friend’s dogs, Redline invites the audience to explore the life and music of one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century.

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As for the general grade spread, or curve, it was evenly spaced. About one third of you did very well, one third quite well, and one third not so well: either just squeaking by or... not. If you completed the quiz, you should have received a set of correct answers by now, so I won't take the space to go through them all here. (If you would like the answers, shoot me an email to But I do want to touch on the three questions many of you got wrong.

The third most missed question was #3, a True / False which stated: "In general, all racquet strings are pre-stretched before stringing." The correct answer is False. There are some strings that are pre-stretched, but most are not. In fact, pre-stretching Zyex® or aramid fiber strings will destroy their tension holding ability and literally take the life out of them.

The second most frequently missed was question #5, "Which property is not monitored by Ashaway's Quality Control Lab and does NOT affect string durability?" The correct answer is "Shear strength." This might seem like a trick question, but the reason we do not test for shear is that we have not found a good correlation between shear strength and string durability. Tensile strength, which we do test for, is only slightly better. Curiously, the best indicator of string durability we have found is "Loop strength," which is a measure of a string's bending strength.

By far the most missed question was #17, regarding which is the world's largest racquet sport market based on string volume sold. Those of you who answered "Tennis" may be guilty of a little cultural myopia. While tennis is very popular in the US and Western Europe, badminton is a national sport in China, India and Indonesia. Think about it. Those three have populations of 1.3 billion, 1.2 billion, and 238 million, respectively. That's nearly nine times the 308 million US population as reported by the 2010 Census. Tennis doesn't even come close.

Now, while no one got a perfect score, we did have two scores of 100% thanks to the Extra Credit question. These went to New Jersey's Jeff Greenberg and Ohio's Ted Nime. Both are recent converts to squash and both have interesting stories to tell.

Jeff was an A-level singles and doubles racquetball player for the past 20+ years who "never had much of a preference in terms of string." Not a big string breaker, he would either play with the factory strings that came with his racquet - which he thought "good enough for racquetball" - or let his stringer decide for him.

Then, about a year ago, he was introduced to squash by a co-worker. "We both had identical Hot Melt Pro racquets," he said. "One day he told me to borrow his backup racquet just to see what a difference strings could make (I still had factory strings, his was strung with Ashaway SuperNick® XL). The touch and feel were unbelievably better with the Ashaway strings, it was like a totally different racquet. From that day on I realized how much the string affects the play, particularly in a sport like squash where touch, feel and control is so important."

Jeff is currently using PowerNick® 18 and says he can't wait to try PowerNick 19.

Ted Nime is also a recent convert. A Baby Boomer and life-long tennis player, Ted was introduced to squash in 2009 and has become "super excited by the game," so much so that he has been playing 5 to 6 days a week since, running every other day, and entering every tournament he can get to. The work has been paying off as Ted won the 3.5 division in the Cincinnati Championship this past January and finished third in the 4.5 division.

Ted is also a home stringer which, he says, "allows him to buy the best string." He first tried UltraNick® 17 and was very happy with it, except that he couldn't break it, which kept him from trying UltraNick 18. Finally, he broke a bumper guard, made the switch, and got even better control. In the process he also discovered that Zyex strings should be strung at 10-20% less tension than conventional strings.

Ted says he does not play tennis any more because it is "not as convenient or as aerobic as squash," and that as he gets better, "the game becomes even more fun to play." His plan is to convert his friends by luring them onto the squash court with the promise of free stringing if they buy a racquet.

We wish Ted and Jeff continued success, and thank all of you again for participating.

This article previously appeared in Squash Magazine.

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The Chinese government has reiterated its commitment to a code of conduct that will resolve tensions and guarantee freedom of navigation in the South China Sea—that hub of major shipping lanes and suspected vast oil and gas reserves known in the Philippines as the West Philippine Sea, in Vietnam as the East Sea, and in China simply as the South Sea.

“Freedom and safety of navigation in the South China Sea is assured,” Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said at a joint press briefing he held with visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton the other day.

"For China and our neighbouring countries, the South China Sea is really a lifeline for exchanges, trade and commerce. There is no issue currently in this area, nor will there ever be issues in that area in the future.”

Would that this were true. But in fact China and its neighbouring countries hold competing claims to parts of the sea; in China’s case, it is claiming the entire South China Sea itself. It is for this reason that we welcome Yang’s assurances—even though the Philippines and, we suppose, every other affected country in the area have reason to be sceptical. We can at least hold Beijing to account according to its own pronouncements.

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Beijing is currently engaged in a once-a-decade leadership transition, at the exact time when the Chinese Communist Party is facing two serious challenges to its continuing legitimacy: The country’s vaunted economy shows all signs of an unusual slowing down, putting the Party’s relatively new ideology of economic nationalism under unaccustomed stress. And the Party itself is battling not only seemingly perennial corruption charges but even (in the wake of the whole Bo Xilai controversy) rumors of factional rivalry.

The Chinese foreign ministry and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) are also engaged in an intriguingly public contest for the right to dictate policy on the South China Sea. We need only recall that it was a high PLA official who gave a startling response to Clinton’s 2010 Singapore speech that freedom of navigation in the South China Sea was in the American national interest; he asserted that China had “indisputable sovereignty” not only over the disputed islands in the area but over the entire sea.

Last but certainly not least, the circumstances preceding the joint news conference with Clinton give us pause. Before her visit, China’s compliant media directed unusual criticism at Clinton; we also understand that while she has met with President Hu Jintao, Hu’s likely successor as president and Party chief, Xi Jinping, abruptly cancelled their scheduled meeting. Whether this is a rebuke to Clinton’s assertive call to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to present a unified stand in the South China Sea issue, or merely an attempt to shield the next generation of Chinese leaders from the need to make premature commitments, we find the sequence of events very strange, indeed.

Against this background, it is difficult to accept Yang’s statements at full value. Indeed, he made a point of reiterating the expanded and expansive Chinese position at the briefing: “Regarding the South China Sea, the position of the Chinese government has been consistent and clear cut. China has sovereignty over the islands in the South China Sea and their adjacent waters”—a sweeping stance that the Philippines and Vietnam have already criticised.

But bilateral approaches to dispute resolution, which China favours, can only take the Philippines and Vietnam so far; the hard reality is, the somewhat porous Asean bloc itself must present a united stand, and it is only possible to do so if the United States, China’s rival Pacific power, is a factor in the diplomatic equation.

So now we have, yet again, Beijing’s recommitment to the proposed code of conduct, a decade after it made its original pledge. But political realities mean that Asean will need to wait until well into the next year, at the earliest, before promise finally becomes reality.

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  1. My Brother who is mentally slow wanted to order Ralph Pauls’ Guitar made easy course when he saw it on TV. He wants to play a guitar because I play one. I told him not to do it because I already knew it was basically a rip-off. Because of his mental condition he ordered it anyway. He was charged for a double order which he did not order but had to pay anyway. My mother tried but could never get ahold of customer service so he was stuck with it. when he received it, he called me stating that he could not follow the course. He sent me one of his complete sets in hopes I could help him with it. Upon viewing the course content I was amazed at Ralph Paul’s inability to instruct, teach or even properly play a guitar. Oh, he can play alright but not if he has to slow down. His teaching method is very poor at best. Any course worth it’s salt at all will come with an instruction book which allows one to follow along with the DVD’s. I personally would rate Ralph Paul right along with Claude (the Fraud) Johnson. People need to understand that courses like Ralph Paul’s course is generally not designed to help people learn how to play a guitar but rather to make as much money as possible in the shortest amount of time as possible. That’s probably why people get double and triple charged for orders they did not want and why they can not contact or get relief from his customer service. What really bothers me is they took advantage of a person who suffers from a mental problem. Anyone who talks to my brother, even on the phone, would immediately recognize he has a problem. BAD FORM RALPH PAUL!!!! Customer”s BEWARE! this course is not worth your effort, money or the aggravation it can cause you. Prior to purchasing any guitar course do your research and never believe anything on TV. Money Grabbers are fully aware how hungry people can get when they want to learn something. If your not already aware of it, there’s a free chat web site called Chordie which is full of every day guitar players of every level who can give you great advise.

    If you really want a good beginners course, may I suggest researching a guitar instruction course offered by Dan Denley. Good luck to all who wish to learn the guitar. I sincerely hope it becomes an exiting adventure for you all. Thanks for the opportunity to express my opinion and review of Ralph Paul’s SO CALLED Guitar made easy Course.

  2. For all you people out there, Shop around, You can order the same Item (except for the compilation 3 DVD set) at Walmart.com use site to store for your nearest walmart for free shipping, I purchased the Ralph Paul’s guitar made easy, The basics 5 DVD set on line and picked it up 4 days later. Save the frustration and order from some place you trust.
    Possibly one of these days they will add the compilation set to there millions of products.

    • I bought their 5 DVD set but did not get the extra 3 DVD compilation set. Where can I get it. Do I have to order and pay again to get it? Looks like it would be available somewhere. I emailed customer service but no reply.

  3. I taught my self to play decades ago, I can tell you, there is no easy way to to learn to play. It takes time, a lot, and a commitment. This program is crap,,, as Ted Nugent once said, play until you have welts on your chest and blistered fingers, then maybe you will start to get somewhere,,, this is a scam, pure and simple,,,There is no easy way to learn to play Any instrument.

    There are videos out there that can help you learn, but the good ones never tell you it is easy. Wake up.

  4. I want to thank everyone for their input. I really thought about ordering the Ralph Paul Guitar Made Easy DVDs. because I’m 50 years old and I wanted to learn to play the guitar my whole life. I’m a gourmet chef by trade so I never have the time to learn but thanks to you all I know better than to order them. so I guess I’ll try to learn from YouTube.

  5. I ordered the Ralph Paul guitar system this morning for my daughter. After placing the order I was charged for 2 instead of 1. Called the company on the receipt to correct bc I NEVER hit 2 as quantity they said i was not in there system yet but yet they have the charge on my c.c. I wish I had read the reviews first bc ordering now I am stuck with not knowing if I can cancel order bc I want nothing to do with anyone that forces multiple orders when that is not what you ordered. I was very care when ordering bc there were a lot of extras you could add on. There was no reviewing the order before it was placed they just placed the order and it was wrong. I have emailed and called with no success yet. I will dispute the charges and refuse the order if not fixed. This is the most ridiculous web site I have ever ordered from. DO NOT ORDER FROM THEM ON THERE SITE find it used on ebay or amazon. DO NOT DEAL WITH THIS COMPANY!!! SCAM SCAM SCAM

        • The number I was given for Ralph Paul Guitar Made Easy DVDs customer service was 1-800-653-2386. Called three times and was given 3 different versions as to the status of my order and when I should receive it. I ordered online 1/6/14. Last customer service rep I spoke with said they are back ordered and I should not expect my order to be shipped until 2/27/14. Would have love to have been given that knowledge when I placed order. Anyways..hope you gain satisfactory info. by calling.

  6. I agree with these other reviews. These people are a bunch of thieves. You order one thing and they add all these “bonus” items you do not want, but have to pay shipping on. COMPLETE RIPOFF. I don’t know which government agency would have jurisdiction over this, but someone needs to shut them down.

  7. Saw this ad on tv and found it to be somewhat comical. I’m sure you can learn the twelve bar blues and a few other tricks in 5 minutes but if you want to play properly I would probably give this a miss. I have the Gibson’s Learn and Master Guitar set which teaches you properly as best a DVD course can. The teacher is Steve Krenz and you learn how to read music, chords, notes, scales etc. 20 DVDs and 5 jam along CDs, 5 workshop/practice CDs, online forums etc. Very good until you want to progress to real live lessons. Ralph Paul’s infomercial was disappointing in its claims of turning a beginner to pro in a short time. quality takes time….

    Or check out YouTube if you can’t afford DVDs or a guitar teacher

  8. Hello Ralph
    I purchased. your Package of 8 CDs. I have learnt some stuff which I never learned from local guitar teachers(x4).

    But I need some additional info which was never supplied in the video sessions which I felt would be helpful. To create those sounds(country,blues),what kind of Guitar would you ask us to invest in? You mentioned in your country video that stradcaster etc but the message was not clear. So my question is
    1. What type of Guitar would you recommend that would bring the ‘twang’ in.Would a simple electric/acoustic guitar be OK

    2. Coupled to a preamp system ,would it give that sound?or do I need to buy an amplifier with distortion box to create the distortion effects in Video3? I may purchase more products from you but I need your input on how to create a true “twang” sound and bending/sliding sounds that you have.

    • When you say the word ‘twang’ that narrows the search down to two things. One is a single coil pickup (P90 or equivalent) at the bridge (not the neck) and two is either a hollow body (preferred) or at least a semi-hollow body. Those 2 things are critical to get the twang sound you are looking for. Amps and boxes alone will never satisfy.

  9. I placed an order on the phone for one set for Christmas (should have been $49.95). Immediately $166 was on my credit card. I cancelled that order. I placed an online order for one set, was immediately charged $111.70. Was able to change that order back to only one set which was received. Then a week later here came another un-ordered set for which I was charged $111.70. I reported to the BBB, refused the order with a return confirmation # from them, and they credited my account for just $69.95. I’m still hassling for the remaining $41.75 they owe me. I will again report to the BBB and contact Chase MC. What a rip! Since the DVDs were for my grandson I don’t yet know if they’re worth anything. Probably not. RIP-OFF. Be warned – DO NOT ORDER!!!

    • I too got ripped off. I ordered Ralph Paul Guitar DVDs on Dec. 27th then with a few days I was on the internet and found out how this company ripped off others and when I received the box I did not open it I just had it returned.

      I finally was refunded but only $39.95. The total charged to my account was $55.85. I will be on the phone in the AM. I guess I learned my lesson. I think we all need to check the internet BEFORE we click “accept”

  10. Who are you clowns, knocking these lessons. I got my lessons from Ralph Paul. The first of Jan. And have learned more in thirty days than 1 year from a paid instructor, who wasn’t in teaching much. Just enough to keep you coming back. So far with Ralph Paul lesson I can play Spanish guitar pretty fair and most of the music on the country DVD. The guitar is not like a radio. Just turn it on and play. You’ve got to put much time in after learning basic chords. A teacher can show you how to play and where to put your fingers, but it takes practice to give your brain, finger muscles that will tell your fingers where to go while you are singing and playing. All I can say for the money I spent thanks ralph oh yea, I didn’t have any problem with my order

    • Sadly many people have made up their minds this is either a scam or it is a waste of time. It is neither. We are sorry if sometimes billing gets screwed up but our people will help that for you. I have 30 years of teaching guitar. In these 8 videos you are charged for what many charge for 1 Lesson! I think a lot of people are listening to some disgruntled guitar players who sadly have not understood this is not meant to dazzle but teach you. We sell 1000’s and 1000’s of videos and surely some orders get messed up. But few of the vast majority of satisfied customers ever respond-only those few who are unhappy. I hope you all get to play and fulfill your dreams as I have!

      • Ralph,

        I Viewed Your DVD’s, I strongly disagree with you. According to your DVD’s, At best you are a very poor guitar instructor. I have purchased good guitar courses and I have to say yours doesn’t even rate. You flat should not be a DVD course instructor. You should find someone who can teach you how to instruct properly. The only thing good about your course is the quality of the picture and sound. You don’t even offer an instruction book that follows your DVD’s. There’s a lot of good course out there but yours isn’t one of them. In my opinion your taking advantage of people and you aught to be ashamed of yourself.

      • Ralph,

        You said earlier that you have been teaching guitar for 40 years. Kinda like your Guitar made easy course, not quite being honest,,, huh?

      • I was about to give it a try until I read the answer by Ralph Paul. If there was any sincerity in the explanation there would be a phone number for all the rest of the people who had the same problem. I have learned if there is no OPERATING phone number to fall back on after the E mail system fails you should avoid ordering anything at all cost.. Thanks Ralph for the message it convinced me to avoid the order. sorry, it sounded good but so did the stock deal Madolf offered.

        • If you purchased with a credit card as I imagine everyone does, you can contest any extra charges with your bank and let them handle it.

  11. Thanks to everyone who posted, site such as this do help prevent innocent people from being ripped off. Even better, there are recommended alternatives posted!

    Thanks again

    • We sell thousands of dvds. Once in a while there is a problem and usually the vast majority of people who were pleased are not the ones who make a statement so I appreciate both the few who have issues of concern and those who do not. We never try to rip anyone off.

  12. Ralph Paul Guitar Made Easy is a scam! just ordered online 14hrs. ago as soon as I completed the form I noticed there was a quantity of 2 for everything it would not allow me to update my cart it said order complete. I called customer service within 2 to 3 mins. I was told the order was not received yet so I would have to call in the am. I just did that and was told the order already shipped and all they can do is refund me $9.99 if I am willing to keep the 70 dollars in duplicate items, such a deal. the CDs are probably blank and they dont care if you return them because of the money they make on s&h which is about $30 because that was doubled as well. I dont know if Ralph can play guitar but he sure played me like a pro.

    • You can dispute the charges on your credit card so you won’t be double billed. Also, if all you’re saying is correct, IMHO it’s impossible for them to ship that fast. IMHO, because they say on their own site it takes up to “48 hours for your order to be processed. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery”, IMHO there’s no way it could’ve shipped that fast. Even Amazon Prime isn’t that fast.

      Bank of America has a feature called “Shopsafe”. It allows you to create credit card numbers linked to your own credit card account. When creating a Shopsafe number, you can specify the dollar limit and expiration date for the created card. I always use this feature when ordering from most sites. If you create a Shopsafe card with a low limit, it’s impossible for any company to IMHO double-bill you.

      IMHO = In My Humble Opinion.

    • Joe,

      The same thing happened to me. I immediately called the customer service to cancel the order on 12/20 and was told my order was not yet in their system to cancel it so I needed to call back in 24 hrs. I called the next day and they were closed for Christmas. I sent them an email so it would be received today 12/26 telling them to cancel the order. Also, I called them first thing this morning and talked to ART who told be my order could not be cancelled now because it had shipped which was a lie. He told me I would have to refuse the order when it came to me. I intend to file a dispute with my bank as soon as I am charged. Rec’d an email reply from Daniel today who only told me I had talked to customer service so I guess he assumed my problem was solved. This Ralph Paul Guitar Made Easy DVDs is definitely a scam which I intend to report.

  13. I’m a 43 year old male and I’ve been playing guitar for 28 years. I’ve never had a guitar lesson I learned how to play by tab. I have played with a few well none bands from south carolina and think this Ralph Paul Guitar Made Easy is a joke. If you want to learn how to play guitar just go the supermarket spend $5 on a magazine and learn…Most have all the instructions… Don’t give your cash away.. Unless you want to give it to me, and I bet you don’t.. So don’t give it to him….. Happy learning

  14. Why doesn’t Ralph Paul just sell his Guitar Made Easy DVDs on Amazon? What’s with the “48 hours for your order to be processed. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery”? A camel could move quicker! When I order using Amazon Prime, I get my order within 2 days! Why doesn’t Ralph Paul just let Amazon “Fulfill” his DVD sets? It would be MUCH quicker, easier and simpler. What’s with the “Arbitration Agreement” on his website? Is the company afraid they’re going to be sued?

    If I actually order the Guitar Made Easy DVDs, which I doubt, I’ll write another post. I’d much rather have Amazon fulfill the order.

  15. Um, do any of you guys posting customer service complaints realize that no one from the CS departments of the companies you ordered from read these comments? This is a review site. Any of you that are posting on here about delayed orders, refunds, etc. are pissing in the wind.

    • No they are NOT pissing in the wind. They are informing others of a scam. One suggestion that I would make is to also contact the Federal Trade Commision and complain to them. They will shut his ass down.

  16. Excuse the misspellings. The remainder of the comment is that a I am concerned that If the problem is not fixed. my options are limited. It would be on everyone:s best interest if someone can call me as soon as possible so we can fix things. My phone is 919 622-1773.

  17. I have tried to find any human in customer service. Although it is indicated on your website that I ordered through a live person. I have questions about my order and would like to correct problems before it is shipped. O paid for rush service but it still indicates that it will take 2-3 weeks for processing. It also indicates that I order 2 sets of the rock music but I don:t remember even ordering one. These kind of problems could be avoided when an automated voice system is utilized. I would hate to cancel order. nit if I cannot get the problem fixed by speaking with a non-automatic human voice.

    • Tried to order Ralph Paul guitar DVDs for my grandson. Ordered one set but was billed for three. called customer service who was rude and uncooprative, and when i was directed to a supervisor (only after insisting) I was transfered to a recording. Ol’ Ralph’s website is ran by the same yahoos that took my money, so do yourself a favor and buy somewhere else, if you buy these discs at all. These jerks drove a kind old woman to the use of profanity. Don’t take my word for, research it yourself and see how many other people had their orders double or tripled without their consent..

      • What a joke. I also went on the website and ordered 1 set. No way to edit or review order. Got a confirmation email billing me for 3 sets–$160. Immediately sent an email cancelling the order. Got no reply. Made a phone call only to find they were closed on Dec.24th and 25th. Called again on the 26 and was told it couldn’t be cancelled because it had already been shipped. Received the 3 sets on the 6th of January. The shipping costs are as expensive as the sets. Even returning them is expensive. Almost $50 for the shipping alone. Can’t get that back. Watched 3 of the videos—waste of time. All 8 of them could be put on one disc. He doesn’t even follow his own rules. Now I’ll have to pay to ship this crap back and still end up owing them money for nothing. What should I do to get out of this scam without paying out the yahoo?

  18. I ordered the Ralph Paul guitar made easy, I have not received anything as yet but my bank account showers that $99.00 has been taken for the program. I don’t understand when the price was suppose to be $29.99, plus shipping, $11.99? I would like some answers, I have not been able to reach anyone in customer service.

    • First I am upset that I have to wait a month when you are selling it to people ,want these for Christmas. Second you can reach a person if you call 1800-6532386 but they say they are so backed that they’re out of stock and you cant get it for month which if you pay for express you should get express. We want out orders its not fair.

  19. My address is 1492 Regent Place, Cobble Hill, British Columbia, Canada. I have been trying to order your DVD’s but to no avail as I am assuming you do not ship to Canada. I would love to be able to give this to my grandson for Xmas. Can you help me.

  20. Do not buy this Ralph Paul Guitar Made Easy DVDs!!

    I have only seen the infomercial, but as a self-taught guitarist, I can tell you these DVDs aren’t going to teach you anything you can’t quickly and easily learn online for free! And you won’t be playing “like a pro” in 5 minutes, no matter what. I can say without a doubt even the “first-timers” on the infomercial had played guitar before. For example, playing that Blues Rift by striking only the top two strings on an electric guitar actually is quite skillful and takes A LOT of practice to be able to do without hitting any extra strings.

    If you want to be a proficient guitarist, you need to learn your basic chords and you need to learn your scales. Scales help you understand chord structure and help you in writing your own music. Ralph’s DVDs will get you passed the most newb levels; but if you want to be an actual guitarist, you have to learn the basics and you’re going to have to practice. But don’t worry, Ralph’s techniques and more advanced techniques, plus song tutorials, are all easily found on YouTube. Do yourself a favor and try YouTube first. You’ll be a better guitarist for it.

  21. Hello I am wondering why these CDs are not sold on Amazon.com. I’d order it from there. And they do sell a VHS tape but I no longer own a VHS player.

  22. Just make sure that they have the DVDs in stock before buying it impulsively. I always research for reviews before buying them online. I have had some bad experiences with the “As Seen On TV” products in past. Just to make you aware of potential pitfalls of buying Infomercial products – ALWAYS READ THE FINE PRINT and do your math properly, The shipping/handling charges are as high as the product price, there is NO way to cancel the order, product is back-ordered, High return cost etc. So my advice is you buy these products when they arrive in stores.

    • Please do not waste your money on this “instructional” DVD set. All of the information and techniques he will show you how to can be found for free online. I play lead guitar in a death metal band and taught myself all of these “secret” techniques that you have to “Pay hundreds of dollars” to learn. All it takes is practice, practice, practice. Pick songs you like (not too difficult now), and try to learn them. I recommend learning your basic chords (G, C, and D) then maybe Smoke on the Water, Iron Man, or some slower old school ZZ Top/Country jams. Don’t work too hard, and don’t bite off more than you can chew. Take it slow, hone your technique, dial it that tone, and have fun. Rock n’ Roll.

    • Misleading-yes, No review of order. Shipping amt. ridiculously high!! There is no customer service–they will hang up on you. This is one big scam.

  23. Review Ralph Paul Guitar Made Easy

    Where can I download this Guitar Made Easy.

    Is it easy to follow?

    Do you learn the basics well?

    Do you learn different styles equally well?

    Is it fun to learn?

    Is it a fast way of learning to play the guitar?

    • Thanks to all of you who took the time to write Ralph Paul Guitar Made Easy DVDs reviews. I, like many others, was excited about purchasing the software TO “FINALLY” MASTER PLAYING guitar. That would have only led to another kind of frustration GREATER than not being able to play. Again, thanks everyone……

      • Listen folks. I have been teaching for 40 years and to the vast majority of people my videos are a blessing. I assure you if your a person who wants to learn you will find my videos a real help-or we will refund you!

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The NYS Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus and The Puerto Rican and Hispanic Task Force Applaud Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation
December 7, 2011

The members of the New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus, and the New York State Puerto Rican and Hispanic Task Force, long-time advocates for fair, equitable system of taxation, applaud Governor Cuomo, Speaker Silver and Senate Minority Leader John Sampson for their leadership in making this agreement possible. This plan, which is the most significant, progressive tax policy change in New York in a generation, will lessen the financial burden on approximately 4.4 million middle-class, working-class and poor New York State taxpayers and will strengthen our economy with the creation of new jobs.

One of our major priorities has been to press government to respond to the high unemployment and joblessness that is pervasive in our communities, in particular amongst 16-24 year olds. The New York Works Agenda will create thousands of jobs thanks to new investments in our state's infrastructure and the creation of an inner-city youth employment program. This effort is a great first step toward solving this long-standing problem.

While this agreement is a victory for fairness, we are also optimistic about the Governor's plan to appoint a commission that will make long-term recommendations on how to improve our tax structure. We strongly urge the individuals appointed to this commission to forcefully advocate for a tax policy that is even more progressive than the temporary one we are enacting.


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New Jersey Assembly Democrats:Greenwald: Christie Owes Haddonfield Families Explanation for His 'Jersey Setback' Policies

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Greenwald: Christie Owes Haddonfield Families Explanation for His 'Jersey Setback' Policies

(VOORHEES)--Assembly Majority Leader Lou Greenwald (D-Camden/Burlington) issued the following statement Tuesday on Gov. Christie's impending visit to Haddonfield:

"I'd like to welcome Gov. Christie to the 6th District. The governor owes the middle-class families and senior citizens who make our communities strong an explanation: when will he give up his obsession with massive tax breaks for the wealthy that continue to harm New Jersey's families?
"And when will he end his policies of catering to the wealthy instead of the middle-class, policies that have landed New Jersey 47th in the nation for economic growth? The governor talks a lot about a Jersey Comeback, but under Gov. Christie, we're seeing a Jersey Setback with ever-increasing property taxes, an economy that's falling behind and an unemployment rate that is far worse than the national average.
"When you look past the slogans, the governor's record becomes clear. Under Gov. Christie's policies, net average property taxes have gone up 20 percent while New Jersey's economy is ranked 47th in the nation. Our unemployment rate is worse than our neighbors' and a full percentage point worse than the national average.
"Unfortunately for Haddonfield residents, the governor would rather gallivant around the country auditioning to be on Mitt Romney's ticket and hobnobbing with the Koch brothers and his Tea Party supporters than explaining to his constituents why he supports more tax cuts for the mega-rich while middle-class property taxes continue to rise and our economy continues to struggle under his watch."

The Jersey Setback in Haddonfield

Haddonfield Avg. Net Property Taxes, 2009 $10,104
Haddonfield Avg. Net Property Taxes, 2011 $12,282...nearly a 22% increase

Haddonfield School Aid Cuts under Christie $686,380...nearly 45% of all state school aid to Haddonfield over his term, including a 100% cut in state school aid in FY 2011
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Stephen Moyer and Kristin Bauer van Straten in TRUE BLOOD - Season 6 - "Life Matters" | ©2013 HBO/John P. Johnson

Stephen Moyer and Deborah Ann Woll in TRUE BLOOD - Season 6 - "Life Matters" | ©2013 HBO/John P. Johnson

Stars: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgard, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Chris Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Joe Manganiello, Deborah Ann Woll, Michael McMillian, Kristin Bauer van Straten, Todd Lowe, Carrie Preston, Lauren Bowles, Rob Kazinsky, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Amelia Rose Blaire, Jamie Gray Hyder, Anna Camp, Keone Young
Brian Buckner, series created by Alan Ball, based on Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels
Romeo Tirone
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August 11, 2013

Why did TRUE BLOOD have to kill off Terry Bellefleur (Todd Lowe)? Probably because it was felt someone of long standing had to go, and if they killed Sookie (Anna Paquin), Bill (Stephen Moyer), Eric (Alexander Skarsgard) or even comparative newcomer Alcide (Joe Manganiello), there might be viewers descending on HBO with pitchforks and torches. Even so, it’s a sad loss – which is exactly the intended effect.

Terry – who actually died two episodes back, having asked an old Marine comrade to kill him when he won’t expect it, and then really not expecting it because he’s been glamoured into forgetting everything about the Marines – gets a first-rate funeral in “Life Matters,” which is chock-full of flashbacks to various characters remembering their interactions with the troubled but kindly husband, father, former soldier and (until his demise) Merlotte’s cook.

The funeral actually occupies much of the episode, which would be peculiar (especially for this show), if not for the action that shares its screen time. Eric, now so full of the blood of vampire/fairy Warlow (Rob Kazinsky) that he currently has more of it than the wounded Warlow does himself, goes out in the daylight to save offspring Pam (Kristen Bauer von Staten) and Willa (Amelia Rose Blaire) from the vampire prison facility. When Bill threatens both Sookie and Warlow if Warlow won’t come with him, Sookie zaps Bill away. Bill heads for the prison by himself to rescue his progeny Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) and the rest of the captive vamps, at least the ones who aren’t dying from drinking tainted Tru Blood.

Bill and Eric separately (they don’t cross paths directly, which is probably just as well right now) do a lot of liberating of vamps and revenge killing of humans, with Eric first castrating Dr. Overlark (John Fleck) and Bill later stomping in the man’s head. Eric rescues Jason (Ryan Kwanten), who is practically drained to death, by donating some of his blood (after it’s clear Jason is no longer crazily anti-vamp, as he was at their last meeting). Jess, Willa, Pam, Tara (Rutina Wesley) and Jess’s new friend James (Luke Grimes) are all in the circular room Bill has seen in his apocalyptic visions. Worse, Sarah Newlin (Anna Camp) has escaped the carnage and has made it to the roof, where she’s manually opening the retractable top of the circular room. What Bill didn’t foresee is that Bill goes into the circular room and lets the other vampires feed on him, giving them his sun-surviving qualities. Eric enters and prevents Steve Newlin (Michael McMillian) from feeding off Bill, pointing out that every time Eric has lost a loved one, Steve has been there. Eric holds Steve in the sunlight. Steve declares, “I love you, Jason Stackhouse!” – which Jason, in another room, hears – and explodes. Eric also lets Pam kill her lustful psychiatrist (Pruitt Taylor Vince).

The vampires – plus Eric’s human admirer Ginger (Tara Buck) – emerge to outside the building, rejoicing in their freedom. Bill, greatly weakened from blood loss, is still in the room and sees Lilith’s three handmaidens, who tell him it’s time to leave this world. Bill insists he’s not going anywhere. Jessica feels his call and goes to him, James in tow. James realizes that since Bill’s blood saved them, perhaps their blood can save Bill, which it indeed does. Pam wants Eric to stay, but he flies off.

Jason confronts ex-lover Sarah on the roof. He almost kills her for being pure evil, but decides he doesn’t want to kill even her and lets her flee. Doubtless Sarah will give Jason and others good reason to regret this decision. Here and elsewhere, vampires take great pleasure in destroying the bottles of tainted Tru Blood. And Sookie, who has promised to marry Warlow, sits and contemplates her decision.

Episode writer Brian Buckner and director Romeo Tirone are to be commended for juggling tones that go from sorrow to adrenaline to pure gross-out (the castration scene really goes for it) to moments of joy. Terry’s funeral achieves an ephemeral tone of nostalgia, warmth and grief, which is a lot harder to accomplish on screen than at a real ceremony. The intercutting of this with the full-tilt-boogie goings-on at the prison camp is handled so that neither tone overwhelms the other – it’s a very well-calibrated balance.

It’s a shame to loss Terry and actor Lowe, but his exit is given appropriate impact. Carrie Preston as the widowed Arlene is extremely affecting. For that matter, McMillian’s mischievous, sometimes monstrous but always entertaining Steve Newlin will also be missed. Meanwhile, it’s great to see how the plot strands weave together so that everyone’s fates and alliances are noted, even as havoc rains down everywhere.

What will Sookie do? What was up with that nasty apparition of Warlow in her home? Will Bill be back to his normal, pre-Lilith self? Will Eric ever come back out of the sky? Stay tuned for next week’s season finale.

Related: TV Review – TRUE BLOOD – Season 6 – “At Last”

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Mechanical and Corrosion Properties of Nitrogen Diffusion Hardened Ti-6Al-4V Alloy

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    Ti-6Al-4V alloy has been extensively used in orthopaedic implants because of its high strength, good corrosion resistance, and excellent biocompatibility in comparison to other implant materials. In this investigation, mechanical and corrosion properties of nitrogen diffusion hardened Ti-6Al-4V alloy have been evaluated with an objective of using this surface hardening treatment for orthopaedic implants. The properties evaluated were hardness, tensile strength, fatigue strength, wear, surface wettability and corrosion resistance of the alloy. The results of this investigation indicated hardness, surface wettability and wear resistance of Ti-6Al-4V alloy are substantially increased by the surface hardening treatment, while tensile, fatigue, and corrosion properties of the alloy are unchanged. The enhancement of wear resistance of Ti-6Al-4V alloy by the surface hardening treatment makes it attractive for applications to hip and knee prostheses.

    Ti-6Al-4V alloy, surface hardening, nitrogen diffusion hardening, mechanical properties, corrosion properties, wear properties

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    Shetty, RH
    Group Manager, Metals Research, Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN

    Committee/Subcommittee: F04.19

    DOI: 10.1520/STP16083S

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Performance-Based Binder Testing Is Subject of New Standard

High traffic volume and heavy loads put an immense strain on roadways everywhere. Using polymer-modified binders that can reduce the amount of rutting and cracking in pavement can help by increasing the durability and strength of asphalt pavement. However, proper performance-based testing of binders is crucial. A new ASTM International standard will be used by state and federal highway agencies, refineries, asphalt binder suppliers and users, and other organizations that need to characterize unmodified or modified asphalt binders. D7405, Test Method for Multiple Stress Creep and Recovery (MSCR) of Asphalt Binder Using a Dynamic Shear Rheometer, has been developed by Subcommittee D04.44 on Rheological Tests, part of ASTM International Committee D04 on Road and Paving Materials.

“This standard will be used to conduct tests that will provide alternative fundamental property measures to identify the presence of elastomeric polymers in modified asphalt binders,” says Raj Dongre, a highway industry consultant and D04 member. Dongre notes that, unlike many current methods, D7405 provides performance-based measures for testing binders.

Users and producers of modified asphalt binders and other interested parties are welcome to participate in the activities of Subcommittee D04.44.

Technical Information: Raj Dongre, Dongre Laboratory Services Inc., Fairfax, Va.

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