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PRS Guitars


guitars from the 1960s. In 2019, PRS announced three SE signature models: PRS SE Santana Singlecut Trem, PRS SE Paul's Guitar, and PRS SE Schizoid. In 2001, PRS released their Singlecut model, which resembled the traditional Les Paul. Gibson Guitar Corporation filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against the owner, Paul Reed Smith. An injunction was ordered that required PRS to stop manufacturing of the Singlecut at the end of 2004. Federal District Court Judge William J. Haynes, then ruled the Singlecut was an imitation of the
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Paul Reed Smith


Paul Reed Smith (born February 18, 1956) is a master luthier and the founder and owner of PRS Guitars, which is considered one of the top makers of high quality guitars in the United States. Smith is considered to be one of the preeminent master guitar makers in the world. Smith graduated from Bowie High School in 1974. He also attended St. Mary's College of Maryland where he began his guitar-making career. Smith then contacted Ted McCarty, former president of Gibson and creator of the Explorer, ES-335
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Tom Johnston (musician)


that has been his primary Les Paul for 40 years. He also relies upon a 2008 PRS Custom 24 as a touring backup for his primary PRS. His primary touring guitar is a 2009 PRS 25th Anniversary Custom 24. It has a Modern Eagle inlay on the headstock and 57/08 pickups. "I've got a lot of guitars. Basically, everything I use on the road is PRS (PRS Guitars) and that is what I play live. I use two basic guitars live that I trade off and I have a
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PRS Santana III


The PRS Santana III was a model of electric guitar made by PRS Guitars. According to the PRS website, the guitar had a mahogany back, carved maple top, 24 fret, 24½" scale, 10" radius, East Indian rosewood fretboard, abalone bird inlay, Santana wide fat neck carve, PRS Tremolo, 14 to 1, low mass locking tuners, electronics and tremolo cavity cover, new Santana pickups with covers, 3 way toggle pickup selector, volume control and tone control. The PRS Santana III has been
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PRS Guitars


in 2000 referred to as the "SE" which are manufactured in Korea by World Musical Instrument Co. Ltd. for the electrics and Wildwood for the acoustics. PRS produces a large range of models in the SE series including the Custom 24, SE245, SE Kestrel and Kingfisher bass guitars as well as signature guitars such as the Bernie Marsden, Tremonti, Zach Myers and Santana amongst others. In 2013, PRS added the S2 Series and in February 2018 PRS began producing a Silver Sky model based on two of John Mayer's favourite
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PRS Guitars


have also used pickups by Lindy Fralin, notably in the EG II and certain specs of the Custom 22. In 1985 Paul Reed Smith started producing factory made guitars, which later on known as PRS Standard. In 1988 Paul Reed Smith introduced its more affordable Bolt-On series known as classic electric(CE models,) which discontinued in 2009. In 2016, the CE line was put back in production. In 1990, PRS EG was introduced as company's first 22-fret guitar. Later on in the more successful 1992 PRS EG
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PRS Guitars


, and the Dragon 3 in 1994. Both featured dragon inlays which became more extreme with every year. Only 100 of each of the 2 models were made. In 1999 PRS released the Dragon 2000, which featured complex body curves, and a 3 dimensional dragon inlay. Just 50 Dragon 2000's were ever produced. In 1994, Paul Reed Smith collaborated with Ted McCarty and launched the "McCarty" Series. The McCarty series offers a more vintage feeling and sounding PRS Guitar. PRS introduced a more affordable line of guitars
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Emil Werstler


: Drop C, Drop B, and Drop A. The 7th guitar is used as a bus guitar for warming up or teaching on the road." He described the PRS Archon as his primary instrument for "metal and loud rock," while he uses the PRS Private Stock JA-15 for more general purposes. In terms of guitar pedals, as of 2014 he primarily uses the Xotic Overdrive model, as well as the Electro Harmonix brand. Werstler continues to be active as a clinician and endorsee for Xotic Effects and PRS Guitars
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John Mayer


was no longer a Fender Artist. As a result, his signature line of guitars was pulled from production. In 2015, Mayer announced that he was collaborating with PRS Guitars. In March 2016, Mayer and PRS revealed their collaborative project, the Super Eagle. This was a limited release from PRS's Private Stock line of instruments and each guitar features ultra-grade woods, abalone inlay, JCF Audio preamps, and a hand-signed sticker by glass-artist David Smith. Only 100 were produced, each retailing for
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Gibson Les Paul


to build guitars at the original factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Many of their models are inspired by Gibson's late-1950s/early-1960s sunbursts and Customs. In 2006, Gibson lost a lawsuit against PRS Guitars, Gibson claiming PRS was infringing on the Les Paul shape and design. The court's decision allowed PRS to reintroduce single cutaway versions of its instruments. In 2008, Gibson lost the trademark for the Les Paul in Finland. According to the court, "Les Paul" has become a common noun for guitars of a certain
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PRS Guitars


was released for pre-1993 instruments which included lighter-weight tuner buttons, nickel-plated brass screws for saddles and intonation, a simulated tone control, and high-capacitance hookup wire. In 2012, PRS released the 408 pickups used on the 408 and Paul's Guitar models. These pickups include innovations that feature no loss of volume when in coil split mode. They have an exclusive agreement to use wire drawn from the same machine that made wire for Les Paul and Stratocaster pickups in the 1950s. Certain models of PRS Guitars
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Simon McBride


touring with them ever since. As a teenage guitarist McBride caught the ear of the world’s leading independent guitar builder Paul Reed Smith, and to this day McBride is a PRS Guitars-endorsed artist, a role that has taken him to music events around Europe and to The PRS Experience, an event held annually at the PRS Guitars factory in Maryland USA, where McBride has played alongside such names as Santana and Buddy Guy. He also endorses Victory amplifiers and Rotosound Strings. He is a visiting tutor at the Dublin school
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PRS Guitars


built models. Smith set up a partnership to create a factory in Annapolis, Maryland. He produced 20 guitars for the 1985 NAMM Show and found a niche in the upscale guitar market. After three years the company employed 45 people producing 15 guitars per day. By 1995, the factory was making 25-30 guitars daily and employing 80 people. In 1996, production moved to a new factory in Stevensville on Kent Island. By the end of 1998, PRS was producing 700 guitars a month with a staff of 110
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PRS Guitars


II was introduced, which includes PRS's first lefty guitar. In 1992 PRS introduced the Dragon 1 model. Only 50 units were produced. It featured an intricate dragon inlay which ran down the finger board, a wide 22 fret neck, and a non-vibrato Stop-tail bridge and a new pick up design. The changes in design from previous models added a noticeable tonal improvement which led the company to use the same characteristics in later models such as the PRS Custom 22. The Dragon 2 was released in 1993
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PRS Guitars


PRS Guitars (also known as Paul Reed Smith Guitars) is an American guitar and amplifier manufacturer in Stevensville, Maryland that was founded by luthier Paul Reed Smith in 1985. The company is widely known for its hand-made, high end, electric guitars. The company was founded in 1985 by luthier, Paul Reed Smith who had been building guitars since the mid-1970s. Early adopters included Stanley Whitaker, Derek St. Holmes and Howard Leese. The company's big break came when Carlos Santana began playing one of his hand-
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Davy Knowles


is only currently available in Japan. Knowles has one acoustic guitar that is used when he performs, a Gibson J-45 Acoustic. Along with these guitars, Knowles also uses Dean Markley guitar strings, ranging from 0.10 to 0.52 gauge. In mid-2009, Knowles began primarily using Paul Reed Smith guitars and Budda Amps while onstage. Knowles now uses PRS guitars, particularly the PRS 305. Knowles has two amplifiers for use with his guitars. The first is the Vox AC30 Heritage Collection Amp, and the other is the 1965 Fender Twin
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Baritone guitar


-Sonic baritone guitar for their songs in drop B tuning. Mike Mushok of the band Staind has a signature model baritone guitar manufactured by PRS Guitars. Prior to his PRS signature model, Mushok had a signature baritone guitar produced by Ibanez called the MMM1, and had a custom built fanned-fret baritone made by Novax called the Expression. Dave Matthews plays a baritone on certain songs such as "The Space Between" and "Some Devil". Parker Lauzon of Evans Blue uses an Ibanez. Robert Smith of The Cure
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Paul Reed Smith


and Flying V guitars, and McCarty became his mentor and advisor. The result of their collaboration was the current line of PRS Guitars, which include solid and hollow-body guitars. The Private Stock line of PRS guitars are made utilizing a vast range of exotic materials including various stones, elaborately figured tonewoods, and intricate shells for inlays. Unlike Ted McCarty and Leo Fender, Smith plays the Paul Reed Smith guitar he made, nicknamed ""Paul Reed Smith"", in his own band, The Paul Reed Smith
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PRS Guitars


. The company was hurt badly by the American recession of 2008 and sales declined by 12% in 2009 but grew by 30% the following year. In 2013 Smith commented that "things are better now, but they ain't great." Nuts are synthetic and tuners are of PRS's own design, although some models feature Korean-made Kluson-style tuners. PRS guitars feature three original bridge designs: a one-piece pre-intonated stoptail, a vibrato, and a wrapover tailpiece. The Vibrato was designed
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Copperpenny


on guitar, Bill Mair on bass and Jim Minas on Drums. By the time their final record, "Fuse," was released, most of the original members had already left the band. Rich Wamil supported the effort as "Rich Wamil & Copperpenny", but the remaining band split up in the late '70s. Co-founder Kenny Hollis went on to have a successful solo career with the single "Goin' Hollywood". He would later become PR manager at Lulu's Roadhouse in Kitchener, Ontario, with
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GAU Tbilisi PR School


GAU Tbilisi PR School () The idea of founding PR School was raised by Maia Dzirkvelishvili, TBC Bank’s PR Manager, and by the founders of “GePRA” - PR and Marketing Communications Company in October, 2006. At the end of the year they applied to Georgian-American University (GAU) to cooperate on the project. In April, 2007, GAU-Tbilisi PR School officially started to function. In 2010, in accordance with Integrated Marketing Communications Course, PR School opened other courses like Social Media -
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David Grissom


PRS (Paul Reed Smith) guitars for most of his professional career. He played a modified PRS McCarty Trem for over a decade. In 2007, after a 25-year relationship working with Paul on the design and improvement of PRS guitars from a touring/session player's perspective, his collaboration with Paul Reed Smith resulted in the DGT (David Grissom Trem) signature model. Its innovations include special pickups developed by Grissom, Dunlop 6100-like fretwire, a nitrocellulose finish and two volume knobs to allow the blending of both humbucking pickups.
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Carlos Santana


III (1970–1972), he used different Gibson Les Pauls and a Black Gibson SG Special. In 1974 he played and endorsed the Gibson L6-S Custom. This can be heard on the album Borbeletta. From 1976 until 1982 his main guitar was a Yamaha SG 175B, and sometimes a white Gibson SG Custom with 3 open coil pick-ups. In 1982 he started to use a custom made PRS Custom 24 guitar. In 1988 PRS Guitars began making Santana signature model guitars, which Santana has played through its various iterations ever
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Mike Einziger


Science" and "Make Yourself" he used a Mesa Boogie Tremoverb. Mike used PRS McCarty Archtop guitars while recording some songs on the album Make Yourself (for example the song "Make Yourself"). On the album Morning View, Mike only used his PRS McCarty Archtops. During the "A Crow Left of the Murder..." tour, he started playing Fender Jazzmaster guitars. This guitar is played most prominently on the "Alive at Red Rocks" DVD. On a recent tour he has been seen using a
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Happy the Man


a Santana I PRS, and 6/12-string doubleneck custom guitar. The 12-string guitar parts, as well as the guitar solo on "Ibby It Is" from "Crafty Hands", is played on his PRS Doubleneck. The contract with Arista Records was dissolved after "Crafty Hands" failed to make any significant commercial impact. Undeterred, the band soldiered on, enlisting French drummer Coco Roussel, formerly of Heldon and Clearlight, to replace Riddle, who had departed the band following the completion of the album. Towards the end of
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Fredrik Åkesson


solo studio album "Ámr", on the track "Arcana Imperii". Fredrik Åkesson had an endorsement arrangement with ESP Guitars which continued into 2007. He also had his own signature model. Since joining Opeth, Åkesson switched to PRS Guitars with Marshall JVM 410 amps and cabs. In the "Porcelain Heart" videoclip he can be seen using a PRS Mark Tremonti Signature guitar. In 2009, Fredrik has switched to Blackstar Amplification, using the Series One 200. In addition to his Blackstar amps, Fredrik also uses Fractal
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Mike Mushok


made by PRS and Ibanez tuned down to Drop G# with the second string tuned up a half-step to F#(G#D#G#C#F#A#) as well as Double Drop G# (G#C#G#C#F#A#) on some songs, and has had signature guitars made for him by both companies. His signature PRS baritone guitar was released in 2009 and was available in silverburst and brown sunburst finishes, while his signature Ibanez, the MMM1, baritone guitar had been released in 2003-2007 and had a neck-thru design. He also used a
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Carlos Santana


since (see below). Santana currently uses a Santana II model guitar fitted with PRS Santana III nickel covered pickups, a tremolo bar, and .009-.042 gauge D'Addario strings. He also plays a PRS Santana Multidimensional (MD). The Santana guitars feature necks made of a single piece of mahogany topped with Rosewood fretboards (some feature highly sought-after Brazilian Rosewood). This helps create the smooth, singing, glass-like tone for which he is known. Santana Signature Models: Santana also uses a classical guitar,
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Mike Oldfield


range of guitars. Among the more notable of these are: Oldfield used a modified Roland GP8 effects processor in conjunction with his PRS Artist to get many of his heavily overdriven guitar sounds from the "Earth Moving" album onwards. Oldfield has also been using guitar synthesizers since the mid-1980s, using a 1980s Roland GR-300/G-808 type system, then a 1990s Roland GK2 equipped red PRS Custom 24 (sold in 2006) with a Roland VG8, and most recently a Line 6 Variax. Oldfield has an unusual playing style,
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Captain Face


Captain Face are a rock band formed in 2003 in Aberdeen, Scotland. The band consists of Euan Wemyss (vocals), Lee 'the tenderness' Morrison (lead guitar), David Liddell (rhythm guitar), Joseph 'Sep' Moore (bass guitar) and Jonathan 'Joe' Brew (drums). The band's original line-up came together in the later part of 2003, and consisted of Lee 'the tenderness' Morrison (guitar), Joe Brew (drums), Dave Liddell (bass
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Periphery (band)


Pro Tools session that contains their backing tracks, with MFC foot controllers available as backup if needed. Mark Holcomb endorses PRS Guitars, with whom he has multiple signature models, and uses Seymour Duncan pickups, specifically a signature set developed with Keith Merrow called the Alpha and Omega. Mark has multiple custom 7 and 8 string PRS guitars modeled after his signature guitar. According to Misha Mansoor's Facebook page, he has recently received a signature amp from Peavey called the invective.120, which he used on the second iteration of the Select
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Santos Brasil


on the left margin of the Port of Santos, administered by the Companhia Docas do Estado de São Paulo (CODESP) under supervision of the Special Ports Department (SEP/PR), which is responsible for most of the incoming and outgoing flow of goods in Brazil. Headquartered in São Paulo, it was established in 1997 and has a concession to operate not only Tecon Santos, but also Tecon Imbituba at the Port of Imbituba in Santa Catarina, Tecon Vila do Conde in the city of Barcarena in the state of Pará
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PRS Guitars


with the help of guitar engineer John Mann. It was an update on the classic Fender vibrato and used cam-locking tuners, which offered wide pitch bending with exceptional tuning stability. Pickups are designed and wound in-house. While most of the pickups are humbuckers, some are actually a pair of single coils wound in opposing directions, one intended for the neck and one for the bridge position. Through the use of a unique rotary pickup selector switch, PRS pickups offer 5 different sounds: a combination of thick humbucking
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PRS Guitars


Gibson Les Paul. However, in 2005, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed the lower court decision and ordered the dismissal of Gibson's suit and PRS resumed production. While no changes to the design of the Singlecut occurred as a result of the lawsuit, some Singlecut owners and sellers have adopted the term 'pre-lawsuit' to differentiate their Singlecut guitar from others. The company's signature models are named after Carlos Santana, John Mayer, Mark Holcomb of Periphery, Mark Tremonti and Alex Lifeson
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Dave Navarro


in the film "Gift" and the "Stop" video playing a blue Ibanez RG, which suggests it was used in the recording of the album "Ritual de lo Habitual". During the 1990 Ritual tour, he primarily played a custom-shaped single cutaway gold Ibanez. Dave began using PRS Guitars on the Lollapalooza tour in 1991. His signature model PRS (White with Gold Hardware) is now his primary stage guitar. He has several models in his regular stage and studio rig, and was only the third
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The Farmer Boys


The Farmer Boys were an American country music duo consisting of Bobby Adamson (b. Sep. 20, 1933) and Woodie Wayne Murray (b. Sep. 29, 1933 - d. Aug 14, 2002). Adamson and Murray were both natives of Arkansas who met in California when they sang a song together around a jukebox. In 1952 they started working together, singing at local dances with Adamson on lead vocals and Murray on harmony and guitar. Herb Henson gave them a spot on his television show, which broadcast out of Bakersfield,
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Baritone guitar


The baritone guitar is a guitar with a longer scale length, typically a larger body, and heavier internal bracing, so it can be tuned to a lower pitch. Gretsch, Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, ESP Guitars, PRS Guitars, Music Man, Danelectro, Schecter, Jerry Jones Guitars, Burns London and many other companies have produced electric baritone guitars since the 1960s, although always in small numbers due to low popularity. Tacoma, Santa Cruz, Taylor, Martin, Alvarez Guitars and others have made acoustic baritone guitars
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Gibson Les Paul Doublecut


have one master volume and one master tone control (singlecut Les Pauls with two pickups have two sets of tone and volume controls, one for each pickup). Many believe these newer archtop doublecut Les Pauls were developed in response to the high-end guitars of Gibson competitor Paul Reed Smith (PRS), whose PRS guitars most typically have a doublecut design and master tone and volume controls, and whose production eventually went from a small shop (as Hamer's has stayed) to an assembly-line production rivaling Gibson's
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Jon Claerbout


of earthquake seismic data frustrating and decided to study atmospheric gravity waves during his PhD. His advisor was Theodore R. Madden and the title of his thesis was "Electromagnetic Effects of Atmospheric Gravity Waves". Claerbout is the founder of the Stanford Exploration Project (SEP), the first geophysical research consortium funded by the oil and gas industry. Claerbout has been a doctoral advisor to many of influential geophysicists who joined SEP such as Oz Yilmaz and Biondo Biondi. The term and concept of exploding reflectors in reflection seismology is often attributed to Jon
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Murat Iyigun


Pr. Iyigun studies the impact of monotheistic faith on socio-economic development of societies using econometric techniques. He demonstrates thanks to data that polities based on monotheistic faiths historically had larger territories and survived longer. On this basis, Pr. Iyigun argues that monotheism was a factor of sociopolitical stability domestically but a source of conflicts & territorial conquest internationally. Pr. Iyigun is also a musician and band leader, where he plays the guitar. His band, The Custom Shop, plays rock, blues and R&B and performs regularly in
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Gibson


prevail. Gibson also sued PRS Guitars in 2005, to stop them from making their Singlecut model. The lawsuit against PRS was initially successful. However, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed the lower court decision and ordered the dismissal of Gibson's suit against PRS. Gibson's factories were raided in 2009 and 2011 by agents of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). In November 2009 authorities found illegally imported ebony wood from Madagascar. A second raid was conducted in August 2011, during
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World Qualification Series (2009)


18 - Aug 23" 30th Anniversary of the Lacanau Pro and good conditions this year. Surf, concerts, events scheduled. Check out the video for a summary of the event http://vimeo.com/6994555 "Aug 25 - Aug 30" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 04 - Sep 06" "Sep 09 - Sep 12" "Sep 10 - Sep 13" "Sep 08 - Sep 13" "Sep 15 - Sep 20" "Sep 16 - Sep 22" "Sep
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History of public relations


is based on the idea that the public's consent must be coaxed by experts to support a democratic society. Former journalist Basil Clarke is considered the founder of PR in the UK. He founded the UK's first PR agency, Editorial Services, in 1924. He also authored the world's first code of ethics for the field in 1929. Clarke wrote that PR, "must look true and it must look complete and candid or its 'credit' is gone". He suggested that the selection of which facts are
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List of 1982–83 NBA season transactions


1982 Oct 2, 1982 Oct 1, 1982 Sep 30, 1982 Sep 29, 1982 Sep 28, 1982 Sep 27, 1982 Sep 24, 1982 Sep 22, 1982 Sep 20, 1982 Sep 19, 1982 Sep 18, 1982 Sep 17, 1982 Sep 15, 1982 Sep 14, 1982 Sep 13, 1982 Sep 10, 1982 Sep 9, 1982 Sep 7, 1982 Sep 2, 1982 Sep 1, 1982 Aug 31, 1982 Aug 27, 1982 Aug 26, 1982 Aug 16, 1982 Aug 8,
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PR Newswire


PR Newswire is a distributor of press releases headquartered in New York City. The service was created in 1954 to allow companies to electronically send press releases to news organizations, at first using teleprinters. The founder, Herbert Muschel, operated the service from his house in Manhattan for approximately 15 years. The business was eventually sold to Western Union and then United Newspapers of London. In December 2015, Cision Inc. announced it would acquire the company. PR Newswire was founded in March 1954. In 1971, it was sold to Western
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Electric guitar


Smith Custom (1985) many of these guitars were 'successors' to earlier designs. Electric Guitar designs eventually became culturally important and visually iconic, with various model companies selling miniature model versions of particularly famous electric guitars, for example the Gibson SG used by Angus Young from the group AC/DC. Some solid-bodied guitars, such as the Gibson Les Paul Supreme, the PRS Singlecut, and the Fender Telecaster Thinline, are built with hollow chambers in the body. These chambers are designed to not interfere with the
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Jim Root Telecaster


fast neck and active EMG 81/60 pickups, it is a guitar designed for the heavy metal/hard rock guitar player. Root has previously used Jackson, Charvel, PRS and Maverick guitars. He was impressed with the quality of Fender and contacted Alex Perez. They used the Fender Showmaster as an idea to build on. In July 2007, Fender released a Jim Root Signature Fender Telecaster guitar. The guitar comes in two models - one with a black finish and maple fingerboard and the other in a white finish with an ebony
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Cutaway (guitar)


" instruments, and guitars with both are called "double cutaway". These terms are sometimes shortened to "single cut" (such as in the model name for a solid-body electric guitar called the "PRS Singlecut", produced by the Paul Reed Smith company) or "double cut". As well as the more common lower cutaway, many instruments have an upper cutaway, sometimes smaller than the lower one, or sometimes about the same size. This is mainly seen on electric guitars, as the reduction
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Electric guitar


critical bridge and string anchor point on the solid body. In the case of Gibson and PRS, these are called "chambered bodies". The motivation for this may be to reduce weight, to achieve a semi-acoustic tone (see below) or both. Semi-acoustic guitars have a hollow body (similar in depth to a solid-body guitar) and electronic pickups mounted on the body. They work in a similar way to solid-body electric guitars except that, because the hollow body also vibrates,
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Kazuhito Yamashita


" (Mar.1982) [RVC]R32C-1014 9. "Takemitsu,Watanabe,Yoshimatsu and Noda" (Jun.1982) [ALFA]ALR-28038 [SONY]BVCC-35132 10. "Kazuhito & Naoko Yamashita Guitar Duo No.1" (Aug.1982)[RVC]RCL-8348 11. "Virtuoso Guitar" (Mar.1983)[RVC]RCL-8370 12. "Sonatas by Turina, Berkeley, Ponce and Torroba" (Jul.1983) [RVC]RCL-8379 13. "Kazuhito & Naoko Yamashita Guitar Duo No.2" (Sep.1983) [RVC]RCL-8386 14. "Colectici Intim" (Apr.1984)[RVC]RCL-8398, [SONY]BVCC-35131 15. "The Four Seasons by Vivardi -- Yamashita
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Kathleen Alder


Kathleen Alder (born 29 August 1983 in Hamburg) is founder and director of the PR agency WildKat PR. She is also a speaker at conferences as an expert in public relations, promotion, concert organisation and social media in the classical music field. Kathleen Alder was born in Hamburg and raised in a very musical household. Her father, Chris Alder, is an award winning music producer, with prizes including a Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo. Before founding WildKat PR, Kathleen Alder worked with El Sistema in Venezuela
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List of Yamaha signature instruments


their current guitars and market as a Wes Borland signature, while Wes himself wanted to be able to design a guitar from the ground up to create his own dream guitar. After leaving, Wes played PRS for a short time before starting his current collaboration with Yamaha guitars. The semi-hollow guitar is developed by Borland and Yamaha luthier John Gadesi, and built using the Japanese method Takumi-Kezuri (translates to "skillful carving"), which means that the back, the sides and the center-block is constructed
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Brent Mason


mainly as a studio musician he has produced several albums to date for artists like Erin James, Tommy Dalton, Cindy Kvinlaug, Evi Tausen and coproduced an album with Byron Gallimore for Clay Walker. In November 2013, Mason collaborated with online education site JamPlay.com to put together a series of guitar lessons for aspiring guitarists and members of JamPlay. From 2003-2010 Valley Arts Guitar (a division of Gibson Guitars) joined with Brent to create and manufacture the Valley Arts Brent Mason Signature Model Guitar. In 2013 PRS Guitars launched the
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Captain Face


guitar) & Duncan Taylor (vocals/keyboards). Liddell soon moved to rhythm guitar duties after Brew recruited former colleague Joseph 'Sep' Moore to take over bass duties at the beginning of 2004. After only a few months the band parted company with Taylor due to "creative & personal differences". The remaining quartet continued to rehearse, mainly writing instrumental music. At the beginning of 2005 the band recruited vocalist Euan Wemyss, with whom Morrison had previously collaborated in the bands 'My Everyday' and 'Lynas'
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September 1941 lunar eclipse


A partial lunar eclipse took place on Friday, September 5, 1941. It was a shallow partial lunar eclipse, with less than 10% of the Moon covered in Earth's shadow. Aug 31, 1941 = Sunday Sep 1, 1941 = Monday Sep 2, 1941 = Tuesday Sep 3, 1941 = Wednesday Sep 4, 1941 = Thursday Sep 5, 1941 = Friday Sep 6, 1941 = Saturday Sep 7, 1941 = Sunday Sep 8, 1941 = Monday Sep 9, 1941 = Tuesday Sep 10, 1941
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39 Stripes


Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Show. The band has been covered by major media outlets, Billboard, Guitar World, Vintage Guitar, and the St. Petersburg Times while receiving endorsements from major companies like PRS Guitars, Suhr Guitars & Amplification, KSR Amplification, Eminence Speakers, Crush Drums, Seymour Duncan, GHS Strings, Floyd Rose, George L's Cables, Fishman, TonePros, Rockett Pedals, Hipshot, Jim Dunlop, and Express and Pop-Icon clothing. "Beyond Broken", a studio album and video
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Baritone guitar


heavy metal music during the late 1980s, as it became increasingly popular to employ lower guitar tunings and dropped tunings. Early examples include Carcass (using B standard) and Bolt Thrower (using A standard on "Realm of Chaos"). Rock guitarists also use down-tuned guitars. Benjamin Burnley, the guitarist/singer from Breaking Benjamin, uses custom-built PRS and ESP baritone guitars for their songs in Drop A# tuning. Ko Melina of The Dirtbombs plays a Fender Jaguar Baritone Custom. Teppei Teranishi of Thrice
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Dan Spitz


Guitars (he was famous for his Jackson Randy Rhoads model with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles painted on them), and he collaborated on guitar designs with Grover Jackson. During the Anthrax Reunion tour, Spitz endorsed Paul Reed Smith Guitars, using a custom model with a "Spitz" head stock. This guitar was also painted with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by tattoo artist and painter JR Linton. Spitz terminated his endorsement with PRS after leaving Anthrax in 2007. In the early days of Anthrax, Spitz used Marshall amplifiers, using
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Nick Catanese


Society's concert DVDs, "Boozed, Broozed and Broken-Boned" and "The European Invasion – Doom Troopin". Nick plays Paul Reed Smith electric guitars, and plays Gibson acoustic guitars live with Black Label Society. Nick previously played Washburn guitars, and moved to Paul Reed Smith when his Washburn contract expired on January 7, 2009. PRS later made him an 'Evil Twin' signature model. Catanese formed the band Speed X with Mike Stone from Queensrÿche (guitar and vocals), Josh Sattler (bass)
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The Last Millionaire


Berlin - Oli Norman, founder of DADA, a PR and events company and Oliver Zissman, founder of Totally Fitness and Lady Luisa Week 3 - Cairo - Nathaniel Peat, Founder of The Safety Box, Martial Arts Guru and Lianne Miller, founder and Managing Director of Young & Pure Week 4 - Naples - Jason Graham, Director of Below Zero and Absolut Ice Bar and Dimple Sthankiya, founder of Dimpleyoga and Director of The Blue Seed Week 5 - Bangkok - Carl Pihl, founder of TicketingHub, Drinkyz and Lost in London
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John Christ


", "", "" and "4", and also the "" EP. In 1990, Christ recorded guitar for the Samhain album "Final Descent". Christ officially left Danzig on July 5, 1995 citing a breakdown in communication within the band as the reason behind his departure. During his time with Danzig, Christ's main guitar was a 1983 BC Rich Bich strung with custom D'Aquisto strings and fit with PRS pickups. The guitar was customised with the Danzig skull symbol, and is currently on display
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Toru Yamashita


Alex quit the band, Yamashita took his place, playing lead-guitar. He is heavily influenced by Foo Fighters, The Smashing Pumpkins, Enter Shikari, Linkin Park, Good Charlotte, Sleeping With Sirens, Nirvana, The Used, Avril Lavigne, and Biffy Clyro. Toru often uses various Gibson Les Paul guitars in ONE OK ROCK. Recently he frequently used PRS Guitars. He started out with a Gibson Les Paul Standard Black and then purchased a Les Paul Custom Alpine White in 2009. Four years later, this guitar
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Island Styles (musician)


to Universal Music Group. Styles holds an endorsement with Maryland-based, PRS Guitars. In January 2015, he performed as a demo artist for PRS at the NAMM Music Conference in Anaheim, California. In 2015, Styles began to work with Scottish-born singer and recording artist, Terry McDermott, who was runner-up of the third season of NBC's The Voice. Styles and McDermott went on to tour the US and Europe with the band "Lotus Crush." In 2016, Styles began touring with Seattle
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Counterparts (album)


the experience and wanted to continue recording in this manner: "You could feel the wood of the guitar vibrating against your body, and it was more susceptible to that really cool feedback, and it was your own little world; it was a little bit of an escape". Lee used a 1960s Fender jazz bass and Lifeson played Les Paul, Fender Telecaster, and PRS guitar models. He often combined the Les Paul and Telecaster, along with acoustic guitars, to create a single sound. Upon completion, the album
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Brad Gillis


over 100 various vintage guitars, most notably Les Pauls, Flying V's, Martin and Gibson acoustics. Today he uses his Fernandez Brad Gillis model, along with his 1962 Stratocaster, PRS 513 model and an Atomic Guitars Red, White and Blue American flag guitar. Gillis uses Taylor acoustic guitars in the studio and live with his band Night Ranger. Gillis's amplifiers are mainly Mesa Boogie but also uses Soldano, Marshall and vintage Fender amps in the studio. Gillis uses original Floyd Rose non fine tuner tremolo bridges, Nady
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PRS Guitars


Gibson-like tones, and chimey single-coil Stratocaster-like tones. The standard treble and standard bass pick ups use magnetic pole pieces in the non-adjustable inner coil, and a rear-placed feeder magnet in order to achieve a more authentic single-coil tone when split by the rotary switch PRS developed pickups for the aggressive rock market, offering pick ups such as the chainsaw, and the Hot-Fat-Screams (HFS) initially used on the Special model. In 1998, an electronic upgrade kit
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Flyleaf (band)


, and post-hardcore. Because of the many religious references in Flyleaf's music, they are also considered to be a Christian rock band. Despite the numerous genres they have been labeled as, May considers themselves to be simply alternative rock, adding "I think the reason we get put in different genres is because there are so many different influences in the songwriting." As a PRS Guitar artist, Sameer Bhattacharya was interviewed in 2014 and asked about playing his PRS JA-15 with a violin bow. He shared that his
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John Mayer


over $10,000. In January 2017 at NAMM, PRS and Mayer announced the J-MOD 100 signature amp. In June 2017, the Super Eagle II was revealed, limited to 120 instruments. In January 2018, Martin Guitar announced limited (45 instruments) John Mayer Signature D-45, with list price $14,999. In March 2018, Mayer's signature Silver Sky model was released by PRS, available in four colors. While "Music Trade" called the Silver Sky "derivative," it said that all the elements
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Electric Mary


showcasing at Experience PRS for PRS Guitars in Stevensville, Maryland alongside the likes of Carlos Santana, Dweezil Zappa and Buddy Guy. In 2010 they supported Deep Purple. Whilst in the States, Electric Mary collaborated with engineer/producer Jason Corsaro on a live recording. The latter part of 2011 saw the band perform at the World Cup in South Africa and then embark on an extensive concert tour of mainland Europe including Hell Fest in France. In 2012 the band returned to Europe for an extensive tour taking in France, Spain and
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Donna Grantis


"PLECTRUMELECTRUM" was originally written by Grantis and later arranged by Prince. From 2013 until the death of Prince in 2016, she was a member of Prince's funk supergroup, the New Power Generation. Grantis' primary instrument is a custom private stock PRS guitar. It is based on a Mira semi-hollow, with a Korina body, gold mirror pick guard and headstock, maple neck and whammy bar. Her purple PRS CE 22, which she has used extensively in performances and recording sessions, is named "Elektra
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Dan Donegan


with Disturbed, Donegan played Gibson Les Paul Standards and SGs. In some early photos with Brawl, he can also be seen with a Gibson Explorer. Then, he switched to play a few Paul Reed Smith models, the Tremonti Model and a PRS Singlecut. In 2005, Washburn Guitars built Donegan his own signature model called the Maya, named after his daughter. For 2010, Dan built a signature guitar with Schecter guitars, that is based on the ultra classic model (his being the ultra DD). Donegan is
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Tony McManus (musician)


same label in 1998. His third album, "Ceol More", came in 2002, and achieved widespread critical acclaim. It includes a version of Charles Mingus's "Goodbye Porkpie Hat". He recorded an album with bassist Alain Genty, titled "Singing Sands". In 2017, McManus was named one of "50 Transcendent Acoustic Guitarists" in "Guitar Player" magazine. In 2011, PRS Guitars created a McManus signature model guitar, a distinction he shares with jazz guitarist Al Di Meola, folk guitarist Martin
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Blade Guitars


passive electronics. A series of three Superstrat-style guitars with 24-fret necks, HH or HSH pickup configurations. The XF-230 Titan is equipped with Floyd Rose-licensed vibrato. The current lineup of this series seems to be inspired by the designs of PRS Guitars. All models in this range have an HH pickup configuration; one of them is equipped with the VSC preamp.. Low-cost versions of the Texas, Delta, Dayton, XF and Durango series. Blade also produces a range of electric basses inspired by the Fender
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Chad I Ginsburg


2017. Speaking in an interview with Guitar.com in 2002, Ginsburg noted that his equipment consisted of Ibanez guitars, a Mesa Boogie head, a Prophecy preamp, a Cry Baby rack and "random floor stomp pedals". Interviewer John Ferrante described his guitar tone as "very distinct", claiming that it "sounds like [he uses] a harmonizer". The liner notes of "Rock n Roll Alibis" state that Ginsburg uses ESP and PRS guitars, Orange amplifiers, Dunlop and Creepy Fingers pedals, and d'Addario strings
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Cort Guitars


between 25 and 50 of each MMP model were released. So far Cort has released an MMP1, with 'tree of life' inlay up the neck and finished in antique sunburst, an MMP2 and MMP3 available in "transparent cannon blue" and "brown burst" finishes. These guitars are generally highly regarded and appear to be heavily influenced by higher-end PRS models, in both quality standards and style. Cort's main production focus is not on Cort-brand guitars, but rather on contract work for numerous other
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Kaltix


make Google's search engine as much as 5 times faster and was said, by its founders, to offer a way to compute search results nearly 1,000 times faster than what was possible using current methods in 2003. Kaltix is based on the work of Sep Kamvar, Taher Haveliwala and Glen Jeh when they were members of the PageRank Project at Stanford University as graduate students in 2002-03. Their purpose was to advance the PageRank algorithm developed by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the co-founders of Google. Their efforts
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The Beeps


Sapphire Stream S2/Ep45 Apr. 29 Wash Those Socks! S2/Ep46 Dec. 12 The Bumps SEASON 3: S3/Ep1 Aug. 30 Up Down Hill S3/Ep2 Aug. 31 Caravan S3/Ep3 Sep. 6 Secret Garden S3/Ep4 Sep. 7 Bounceflower Tea S3/Ep5 Sep. 13 The Whale S3/Ep6 Sep. 14 Soggy Sockroaches S3/Ep7 Sep. 20 Stinkroots S3/Ep8 Sep. 21 Sing-a-long-a-beeps S3/Ep9 Sep. 27 History Book S3/Ep10 Sep. 28 What Goes Splat? S3
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Signal Transfer Point


. SEPs send signaling messages to other SEPs, but the messages are normally routed via the SEP's adjacent STPs. An STP's main function is to identify the best path for two SEPs to communicate. A typical application would be for two SEPs to agree on the use of a shared data path (e.g., using ISUP to initiate a voice call between a user on one SEP and a user on the second SEP). In this way, STPs route signaling messages (for starting, maintaining or finishing any kind of
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Ahsan Akbar


", "Granta", "Dhaka Tribune" and other international publications. His poem "Tree Without Roots" was selected to represent Dhaka in "Capitals", a poetry anthology representing all the capital cities of the world. The collection was published in Bloomsbury International in winter 2016. Akbar is co-founder of Zephyr:Media PR, a multi-platform PR and marketing boutique based in Mayfair and Soho with a global reach, with clients in fashion, food and beverage, hospitality and the arts industry. Akbar
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Vernon Reid


with Parker Guitars, who built the "DF824VR" Vernon Reid signature model based on their "Dragonfly" design. it has EMG-X pickups in a HSS layout with 5-way switching system, a Floyd Rose vibrato (a first for Parker), and a Roland GK divided pickup. In 2016, he switched to PRS and was working on a signature model with them. His effects include a Roland VG-99 V Guitar System, Roland GR-20 Guitar Synth, DigiTech XP-300 Space Station, Boss Flanger, Dunlop Cry Baby wah,
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George Lynch (musician)


Mom") that appeared in the late 1980s was designed and hand-crafted by artist John 'J. Frog' Garcia. Since George was contracted by ESP at the time, an ESP decal was applied to the headstock. Several George Lynch signature guitars have been produced by ESP Japan: Lynch briefly endorsed PRS Guitars in the early 1990s. He can be seen using 2 different colored Custom 24 models. He also endorsed the hand-crafted Yamaha L-Series Acoustic Guitars, and used these on the Asian 'Unplugged'
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Alex Lifeson


name, who was the producer of "Grace Under Pressure". He would start using them again twenty years later. He also played a Gibson Howard Roberts Fusion and an Ovation Adamas acoustic/electric guitar. By 1987, Lifeson switched to Signature guitar despite describing them as "awful to play—very uncomfortable--...had a particular sound I liked." Lifeson primarily used PRS guitars in the later-half of the 1990 Presto tour, and again during the recording of "Roll The Bones" in 1990/1991. He would
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Ruokangas Guitars


book ‘Electrified’. Jay Jay French of Twisted Sister orders a Duke for his famous Pinkburst Collection to benefit the research of uveitis. Other brands involved in the Pinkburst Project were: Gibson, Fender, Epiphone, Gretsch, PRS, Martin, Marshall, Mesa Boogie, Vox, Orange, HartkeDandiamond 2012 – Finnish design critic Kaj Kalin chooses Ruokangas Guitars as the winner of the first ever Taito-Finlandia Award. Juha becomes one of the founding members and the first Vice President of The European Guitar Builders (EGB) association
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Signal Transfer Point


calls originated by the SEPs' attached users) while avoiding disabled intermediary STPs. A signaling message typically never goes directly from a given SEP to the destination SEP: the message would normally have to pass through the initiating SEP's adjacent STP so that it can be routed to the destination SEP. In some applications, however, SEPs might be directly connected with signaling links; this would typically be done to enhance robustness or performance between two critical SEPs. Such mesh network configurations are also common in Europe, where STPs have not
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Fashion


important to fashion public relations. The interactive nature of these platforms allows practitioners to engage and communicate with the public in real time, and tailor their clients' brand or campaign messages to the target audience. With blogging platforms such as Instagram, Tumblr, Wordpress, and other sharing sites, bloggers have emerged as expert fashion commentators, shaping brands and having a great impact on what is ‘on trend’. Women in the fashion public relations industry such as Sweaty Betty PR founder Roxy Jacenko and Oscar de la Renta's PR
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History of public relations


the PRSA in 1973. Two of today's largest PR firms, Edelman and Burson-Marsteller, were founded in 1952 and 1953 respectively. Daniel Edelman created the first media tour in the 1950s by touring the country with "the Toni Twins," where one had used a professional salon and the other had used Toni's home-care products. It was also during this period that trade magazines like "PR Week", "Ragans" and "PRNews" were founded. John Hill, founder of Hill & Knowlton
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Deirdre Breakenridge


Deirdre Breakenridge (born 1966 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American University professor, author, public speaker, entrepreneur and CEO of Pure Performance Communications. Breakenridge is teaching on the graduate and undergraduate level at New York University (NYU), University of Massachusetts Amherst, Rutgers University and Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU). Breakenridge speaks nationally and internationally on the topics of PR, marketing, branding and social media. Breakenridge is the co-founder of #PRStudChat, a dynamic Twitter chat with PR professionals, educators and
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Mark Borkowski


Mark Borkowski (born 1959 in Stroud, Gloucestershire) is a British PR agent and author with an interest in the history of public relations and the art of the publicity stunt. He attended King's Stanley Junior School and St Peters High School in Gloucester and began working in public relations at nineteen years old. As founder and head of Borkowski PR, he is a well-known lecturer and speaker on the art of publicity. Borkowski has a column in "The Guardian" and has written two books on publicity stunts as
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Ignacio Peña


and his mother a secretary. His mother is of Japanese descent. His grandfather was a soldier in the US Army during the Second World War stationed in Okinawa. There he met Eiko Otani whom he would marry and bring stateside to begin a family. Ignacio and his two younger sisters grew up in different parts of San Juan, PR. He attended and graduated from Wesleyan Academy in Guaynabo, PR. After his parents' divorce at the age of 14 Peña got his first guitar and spent the rest of his youth between
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John Mann (engineer)


John Mann is known for his design of the PRS Vibrato/Tuning system. John Mann first met Paul in 1978 when he wanted to have a trashed Gibson SG refinished. At that time, John worked at Westinghouse, a large research and development engineering facility for the Navy on the outskirts of Annapolis, Maryland. Mann built many components for the early guitars such as the 4-spring vibrato tailpieces. John Mann and Paul Reed Smith made history together when their PRS vibrato/tuning system received its U.S. patent. The two men have
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Francis Reyes


Mind 505, and a pre-lawsuit Yamaha Lord Player which he all sold. Now he mainly uses guitars from Lyric Music Stores which he is also a part of. He has been playing Tokai Guitars, a Yamaha Revstar and a PRS Tremonti Custom SE of late. He also still has the Casio PG380 guitar synthesizer used during his first two years with The Dawn. Reyes also has a Vietnamese dan tranh, a Xaphoon pocket sax, and assorted small instruments such as a "kalimba" and tin whistle, all subtly
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Phil Campbell (musician)


with two Seymour Duncan humbuckers and a single (volume) control. He also uses DBZ, Charvel, Caparison, a couple of Framus Custom Shop guitars on stage, with an occasional acoustic Dean. He has also been known to play ESP, PRS, Minarik Infernos and a Parker Nitefly guitars. He also uses guitars built by luthier TC Ellis. So far, Ellis has built him a Les Paul-styled, a Stratocaster-styled, and one modelled after Lemmy's custom-built Rickenbacker 4004. Phil also has
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Jimmy Herring


. Herring's primary guitar is a modified American Standard Fender Stratocaster. It is equipped with two Lollar Imperial humbuckers. The fingerboard radius has been flattened out to 20" and has Dunlop 6000 fret wire, which are the tallest and widest guitar frets manufactured today. Herring also uses a 1969 Stratocaster as well as several other PRS guitars (including a hollowbody) and has played a 1970 Gibson SG given as a gift from Derek Trucks. Although he has long used effects sparingly, his 2005 Codetalkers rig saw him sport an Ernie
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Rob Chapman (guitarist)


through a new venture, Chapman Guitars. 500 units of the ML1 were shipped in February 2010 and sold out. Chapman primarily uses a number of Chapman Guitars, particularly the Ghost Fret. He is also known to play Gibson Les Pauls and Fender Stratocasters, PRS Guitars, Gibson Flying Vs, and Gibson SGs. Chapman primarily uses Victory Amplification, with whom he has his own signature amp. He is also known to play a variety of amps from Marshall, Orange, and more. Chapman is also endorsed by Ernie Ball
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The Beeps


/Ep20 Sep. 19 Bouncy Bouncy Beep Beep S2/Ep21 Sep. 19 Big Beepday Bash S2/Ep22 Sep. 20 Yuk Says No S2/Ep23 Sep. 24 Wheely Helpful S2/Ep24 Sep. 25 Teeny Beep Takes Off S2/Ep25 Sep. 26 Carnival S2/Ep26 Sep. 27 Peas and Beeps S2/Ep27 Apr. 25 Stuck on You! S2/Ep28 Dec. 9 Hole Lot of Trouble S2/Ep29 Dec. 15 A Little Adventure S2/Ep30 Dec. 16 The Lost Houses S2/Ep31 May 1 Bounceberry Pie S2/Ep32 Dec. 23
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Public relations in India


based PR agency was also founded in this decade. It started with a vision to give more exposure to talents and businesses with great potential. In a small time it took a giant step in the movies, sports and consumer products area. The founder Prachi Dharap, along with being featured in various publications about Fashion and Media was also awarded with an Achievement Award by a leading Woman Entrepreneur Channel. The first Public Relations agency of North East India, Cabsford PR, was set up in 2002 by Nurul Islam Laskar, former
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C. V. Madhukar


C. V. Madhukar is Investment Partner with Omidyar Network. He is the global lead for their work on Digital Identity. He has been founder and director of PRS Legislative Research, a research institution that focuses on making the legislative process in India better informed, more transparent and participatory. PRS publishes "Legislative Briefs" (short commented summaries) of Bills in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and other articles about to work of the Indian parliament. Prior to this, Madhukar had worked at the World Bank in Washington, D.C., with
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History of public relations


Most textbooks date the establishment of the "Publicity Bureau" in 1900 as the start of the modern public relations (PR) profession. Of course, there were many early forms of public influence and communications management in history. Basil Clarke is considered the founder of the public relations profession in Britain with his establishment of Editorial Services in 1924. Academic Noel Turnball points out that systematic PR was employed in Britain first by religious evangelicals and Victorian reformers, especially opponents of slavery. In each case the early promoters focused on their particular
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Makovsky (agency)


Makovsky is an integrated communications firm based in New York City, with an additional office operating out of Washington D.C. The agency ranked 23rd among independent PR firms, and employs 55 people. Makovsky has teams focused in health, financial, & professional services, technology, consumer, energy, and sustainability industries. The firm provides counsel in public relations, branding, social media, crisis communications, and advertising. Ken Makovsky is the agency’s founder. He is a member of the PR News Hall of Fame and recipient of the
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LMGPR


acquired by Cisco and Citrix, Exodus Communications respectively. LMGPR is based out of San Jose, CA, and was established in 2002 by founder and current President Donna Loughlin Michaels. The agency works with small startups and large industry leaders. It provides PR and social media services. LMGPR is based in the United States and also has partners in Europe, The Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. Donna Loughlin Michaels, agency President, is known in the PR industry and recognized for her prior success in raising many notable startups
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