What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow. A. A. Milne Read more at:. What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow. A. A. My song is love unknown 00:00. About this sheet music. Set to the tune LOVE UNKNOWN by John Ireland in the key of E flat. Tags: hymn Good Friday Holy Week Lent. Comments (4) steinway9 Luther Seminary educates leaders for Christian communities. Facebook-twitter-g+-LinkedIN-Email. Print 'My Song Is Love Unknown,' ELW 343. My song is love unknown, my Savior's love to me. Milne Read more at:. "What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow. A więc dzisiaj zachowywaliśmy się przyzwoicie:))) - były ziemniaczki z piekarnika. Lato to wegański raj: lokalnych warzyw i owoców do wyboru, do koloru na straganach. Wyjście na bazar to czysta przyjemność. Wakacyjnie stawiam na prostotę. Weganizm sprawił, że na nowo spojrzałam nie lubiane warzywa czy strączki i tak dzisiaj, po latach przygotowywania go dla rodziny zakochałam się w bobie, który moje podniebienie dotychczas omijało. Wystarczył odpowiedni przepis, rodem z Persji: z kurkumą, czosnkiem, koperkiem. Nie był wegański, ale nietrudno było zmodyfikować. Jutro rano lecę znów po bób na bazar. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. ”. Nie ma jak u Joli! Zapraszam Was do lektury Werandy Country (7/2016) - dla mnie to podwójna przyjemność - nasza sesja "Siedlisko po Lipą" (str. 26-40) to jeziora arcymiłych wspomnień. Było sporo pracy, ale to moja ukochana robota, był też czas relaksu, wspólnego bycia z Jolą i Heniem. Jola to wulkan pomysłów, więc zdjęcia tryskają inspiracjami. Można popaść w kompleksy widząc te wszystkie smakowitości wyczarowane przez Jolę i zatrzymane w zdobnych słoiczkach. Ja miałam to szczęście, że na podróż powrotny do stolicy zostałam obdarowana skarbami z jej ogrodu, zielnika i spiżarni. Ale najważniejszy prezent jaki przywiozłam do przyjaźń, która trwa. Dziękuję Jolu, Ty wiesz. The true artist helps the world by revealing mystic truths. Bruce Nauman Read more at:. The true artist helps the world by revealing mystic truths. Bruce Nauman Read more at:. The true artist helps the world by revealing mystic truths. Read more at:. The true artist helps the world by revealing mystic truths. Read more at:. The true artist helps the world by revealing mystic truths. Read more at:. The true artist helps the world by revealing mystic truths. Read more at:. Od kilku dni dostępna jest - czerwcowa - Weranda Country - a w niej nasza sesja przedstawiająca prace niezwykłej osoby - Grażyny Przysuchy. Kiedy pierwszy raz ujrzałam jej twórczość - wpatrywałam się jak oniemiała długo, długo, długo. Piękne, inne. Takie krople metafizyczności zaczarowane i zatrzymane w drewnie. I uwielbiam w naszej pracy właśnie to, że przykładamy z Dariuszem palec, by wieści o takich niezwykłych twórcach były wyśpiewywane szeroko w świat. "Nie mam wątpliwości, że przeznaczeniem rodzaju ludzkiego, w ciągu jego stopniowego rozwoju, jest zaprzestanie jedzenia mięsa, tak samo jak w dzikich plemionach zaprzestano jedzenia siebie nawzajem. Dawno mnie tu nie było. Sporo złych i dobrych rzeczy się wydarzyło. Skupiam się oczywiście na tych dobrych i nie wałkuję niepotrzebnie tego czego chciała bym uniknąć wokół siebie. Ale to przecież natura życia: gra cierpienia i szczęścia. Także wtedy, gdy mnie tutaj nie ma, zatrzymuję w kadrach skrawki dni, okruchy chwil. Także moje kuchenne krzątanie:) Przejście na veganizm było dla nas także całkowitym odejściem od przetworzonego pożywienia, którego zresztą zawsze unikaliśmy. Nie kupuję sojowych parówek, nie potrzebuję sklepowego wegańskiego żółtego sera czy nugettsów. Moja kuchnia nie musi przypominać, tego co jadłam kiedyś (parówek nie jadłam. ), nie wypatruję substytutu kotleta na talerzu. Wszystkie pasty do chleba robię sama, mam już swoje ulubione, proste i smaczne przepisy - bo w końcu nie chodzi o to, by spędzić życie całe w kuchni - nawet jeśli mi w mojej super przyjemnie:) Świadomość, że karmię familię jedzeniem bez szkodliwych dodatków daje mi dużo radości i satysfakcji. Pasta z prażonego słonecznika i ziół. Wegański deser z daktyli, nasion chia, płatków owsianych, pasty waniliowej, wiórków kokosowych, orzechów, kakao, cynamonu. I dzisiejszy prosty i smaczny obiad: kasza pęczak, cebula, czosnek,suszone pomidory, natka pietruszki, prażone nasiona dyni, niełuskanego sezamu i słonecznika, ciut pieczarek, szpinak:. Nie bójcie się weganizmu:). Może spróbujecie jeden dzień w tygodniu? Wasze ciało i zwierzęta będą Wam wdzięczni:)))) Postne jedzenie naszych prababć i babć było właśnie wege:) Już one wiedziały co dobre. Turystami nie jesteśmy i nie chcemy być. Jeśli w danym miejscu tłoczą się turyści, my je z pewnością ominiemy łukiem, by trafić tam gdzie autentycznie. *** Kiedy wyjeżdżaliśmy z Polski w kość dawała zima, wróciliśmy na czas, by nie ominął nas widok kwitnących drzew. Podróże to dla mnie przede wszystkim Ludzie. Jacy są? Jak żyją. Przyroda, zapachy, kolory, dary natury: owoce i warzywa inne niż w mojej codzienności - tym chcę się nasycić, gdy docieram do nowych miejsc. Poczuć energię, nasycić się nią i pozwolić by osiadła na dłużej w duszy. Omijam hotele, chcę być jak najbliżej zwykłego ludzkiego życia, bo tylko tak mogę poznać choć skrawek prawdy o miejscach po których jest mi dane stąpać przez chwilę. Z całego serca kocham Bałtyk, ale i tak pozostaje na drugim miejscu - zaraz za oceanem, w którym można kąpać się w nieskończoność. Podróżujemy przez kraj - ze wschodu na północ, a potem południe. I ponownie wschód. Każde miejsce to doświadczenie. Każda chwila to nauczyciel. Mamy tylko dwa małe plecaki i trzy tygodnie, by smakować piękno, które mieszka w Ludziach i Krajobrazach. Tutaj na Domikanie odnawiamy naszą Przysięgę Małżeńską, na bezludnej plaży, z pięknym rytuałem. Zamiast obrączek wymieniamy się muszlami. Niech kolejne 25 wspólnych lat kołysze nas jak spokojny, acz pełen mocy ocean. Cudownie jest też wrócić do Domu. Jako ten sam, a jednak już nieco inny człowiek. Trzymajcie się ciepło! Pozdrawiam. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. ”. Owoc. To zawsze miła chwila zobaczyć owoc własnej pracy. Tym razem w lutowym wydaniu magazynu Czas na Wnętrze, ponad 26 stron naszych zdjęć. Dwie całkiem różne sesje, dwa miejsca na mapie Polski, dwa odmienne domy. "Vintage, plakaty i kolory" (str. 62) oraz "Kobieta potrafi wszystko" (str. 93). Zapraszam do lektury:))). (Czas na Wnętrze 2/2016. “Sometimes the small pleasures in life are the sweetest. Czym byłby dzień bez małych przyjemności? Najbardziej lubię orzechy w ich naturalnej wersji, ale czasami - zwłaszcza zimą - lubię podkręcić ich smak podprażeniem, świeżym rozmarynem, pieprzem cayenne, trzcinowym cukrem, morską solą i wtedy. stają się przyjemnością nad którą naprawdę trudno zapanować - taaaakie smaczne. Spróbujcie. Wykorzystałam nagrzany piekarnik, gdy prażyłam "skwarki" z kaszy gryczanej do fasolowego smalcu i wyłożyłam drugą blachę orzechami. Przepis to lekko zmodyfikowana wersja orzechów Nigelli Lawson, niestety nie pamiętam z której książki:( Jak przygotować orzechy. 250g niesolonych orzechów (tych, które lubicie najbardziej) uprażcie w piekarniku (180 stopni) przez ok. 10 minut. Po czym wymieszajcie z 1 łyżką posiekanego świeżego rozmarynu, 1/4 łyżeczki pieprzu cayenne, 1 łyżką cukru trzcinowego, 1 łyżeczką soli morskiej oraz 1/2 łyżki oliwy. Najlepiej smakują jeszcze ciepłe. Smacznego. W naszym domu "good morning" mogłoby także brzmieć "cook morning" - tu rozpoczyna się każdy wspólny dzionek. Kuchnia jest centrum naszego domowego wszechświata. Sercem. I choć pewnie mogłaby się wydawać maleńka - jest najwyraźniej idealna - skoro udaje mi się tutaj ugotować cokolwiek wymyślę, wymarzę. Niezmiennie pozostaje jednym z najbardziej ulubionych punktów na mapie świata. W zeszłym roku - pożegnałam wiele cudownych smakowitych przepisów ze swojego kajetu z recepturami. Nie pasowały już do wegańskiej etyki, która przekonała moje serce. Na szczęście - świat nasion, ziół, warzyw, owoców, orzechów i kasz nie ustępuje w niczym temu mięsnemu, jest światem pełnych głębokich, bardzo aromatycznych zapachów i smaków, a przy tym ile zdrowia. Prosto z piekarnika: wege kibbeh z batatów. A na podwieczorek: daktylowe trufle z wodą różaną. Uwielbiam testować nowe przepisy. Czy ktoś już zgadł z której to (niedawno wydanej) książki?:))) Napiszę o niej szerzej w osobnym poście, ale póki co chcę posmakować więcej dań z jej kart. No i uprażona kolejna porcja. Nasz "must have" a raczej "must eat" or "want eat". Nasiona dyni, słonecznika i niełuskanego (czyli zdrowszego) sezamu. Sypię ten miks do sałatek, kasz, wegeburgerów. Smakuje też familii solo, więc zawsze czeka na wyjadalskich na kuchennej półce. Mniam. Wszystkiego dobrego, pozdrawiam! Alicja.
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Banjo (2016) Mp3 SongsI first investigated banjo pickups in 2012. Since then I have tried several kinds, and I'm still investigating. Unfortunately, my original, chatty article - which has been read by by thousands of people and helped hundreds, has grown a little long in the tooth. This version will leave out all the autobiographical stuff and just report on what's available, and which products work the best for which application. Remember Diversity's Perri Kiely? Jordan Banjo's pal has seriously beefed up. PERRI Kiely was only 14 when he competed with Diversity on Britain's Got Talent. Over the next two decades, while he pursued undergraduate and graduate degrees in the U.S., Jatta learned everything he could about the origins of the banjo. 2016 was a year of record-breaking searches. Explore the topics that set all-time highs in search interest this year.
How Pickups Work. Looking at aftermarket pickups, I discovered that most of them use a piezoelectric element fastened to the inside of the drum head, a technology that's been around since the late sixties. Still, I checked out the other available technologies as much as I could in the time I had available. There are three basic technologies, plus some hybrids and combinations:. Piezoelectric Sensors that pick up vibrations directly from the banjo head. Magnetic Pickups, based on the pickups used on electric guitars, and. Tiny Microphones that hover over the drum head like Garth Brook's microphone hovers in front of his mouth. I'll get this one out of the way first - microphones provide the most realistic sound, but they are also the most prone to feeback. The AKG version and some others require a balanced preamp input, though, which may add another piece of hardware you need to buy. Others can go right into an "acoustic amp" or mixing board as long as it has "phantom power. " The "Feather" version, shown at the far right, is relatively new - I just posted it because it gives you an idea of how some of these work; however I won't recommend it until more people have experience with it. Gold Tone has their own version that's a bit harder to find. If you're recording a concert for a live album, you might want one of those to feed into the recording system and a separate magnetic or piezoelectric pickup to go to the house PA. One company Schatten, has a dual system with a belt-mount mixer, so you can dial up the piezoelectric when feedback is a problem and dial up the microphone when it is not. More on that later. Magnetic Pickups. Magnetic coil pickups are used on electric guitars and on the electrified version of the Dean Backwoods 6-string. Gold-tone also makes an optional add-on system that is very similar. These pickups have either 1, 2, or six little magnets with wires wrapped around them. They have to be fairly close to the instrument's strings, and the strings need to have an iron component. The little magnets cause a magnetic field, and when the strings vibrate, they cause electromagnetic pulses in the wires. Those pulses go to the electronics in the instrument, and from there to the guitar jack. Advantages of magnetic pickups include reduced feedback and limited dynamics (believe it or not, having an instrument with a 60db dynamic range in performances is better than having an instrument with a 100db dynamic range). Also there are about a million guitar amps equipped to receive the signal these things give off - no preamp needed. Disadvantages include reduced frequency response, which give you less of a "banjo" sound. Most magnetic pickups and most amps made to receive them go up to about 10K hz. That's great for bass and electric guitars. But some of the sounds that make a banjo sound distinct from any other plucked or strummed instrument happen in the 11K-15K frequency range. Banjo (2016) Full MovieIt's no wonder that many banjo players who try a mag pickup solution are pleased with the volume and displeased with the sound. The photo to the right shows a Gold Tone magnetic pickup fastened to the coordinator rods. Several aftermarket solutions work the same way. The closer you can get the pickup to the head without dampening it the stronger the signal will be. The Dean Acoustic/Acoustic Backwoods 2 (5-string) and Backwoods 6 have nearly identical pickups built in. Kavanjo - The highest end mag pickup for a banjo is also one of the most expensive. The Kavanjo solution uses a head that has a mag pickup attached. What is special is that these made-to-order heads actually have little holes drilled through them that allows the magnet part of the pickup to get very close to the string. This is Deering's go-to solution for their high-end banjos, and they add to the price. They're also available directly from John Kavanaugh's Kavanjo workshop. Of all the magnetic pickup solutions, this is the one that more professional pickers seems to think retains the natural sound of the banjo the most. If you can find out from your banjo's manufacturer whether you have a high-crown or low-crown head and the head's measurements, John can make you what you need, with your choice of head type - top-coated, bottom-coated, clear, Renaissance, Fiberskyn, black, etc. You can also order an aftermarket Kavanjo through Deering with the Deering logo. The only problem with those is that the jack for your cord is mounted directly to the head, a solution I don't care for. That's because mounting the jack on the flange rings, as Deering does on factory-installed models, requires routing out a little depression in the resonator, and Deering has had too many customers drill holes right through the thing and blame them. If you don't want a guitar chord sticking out of the head of your banjo, you can order any Kavanjo head without the Deering logo and with the jack "loose" so you can mount it on the flange ring yourself. Or if you don't want to take the risk of drilling through your resonator, you can order Schatten's bracket-mount jack assembly (left) and use that instead (my personal preference). That way you have more choice of where the plug comes out and you haven't done anything permanent to your banjo. Piezoelectric Pickups. The most common and least expensive pickup type is the piezoelectric. Piezoelectric pickups have a sort of ceramic crystal that generates a weak electrical field when it is stressed by pressure or vibration. They've been around forever (most phonographs before 1970 used piezoelectrics attached to the needle). But in spite of an early Les Paul experiment, they weren't widely used for musical instruments before Barcus Berry's experiments in the mid- to late-1960s. Piezos pick up higher frequences better than magnetic pickups, though not as well as microphones. So you can tell the difference between a banjo and mandolin, but you can't necessarily tell the difference between a cheap banjo and a good banjo. Also, their volume is relatively low, and the frequencies they do reproduce are not there in equal amounts, so most professional applications include a preamp with a built in equalizer (tone control). Today most acoustic-electric guitars have battery-powered preamps built right into the guitar. Unfortunately, nobody makes a banjo that way, yet. Although Shadow makes a piezo-equipped banjo bridge (shown right), most solutions for banjo are stuck on the underside of the head, so they can pickup the head vibrations, too. My first banjo pickup ever was a one-piece banjo AXL pickup that cost about $17, which I installed in a "pop-top" (aluminum-shell) 6-string that I needed amplifed in a hurry cheap. The photos below show the inexpensive pickup installed. I ran the output to a $200 guitar amp with no problems, though if I was using it in a more demanding application, I may have used a preamp and/or an "acoustic" amp (which are designed to handle higher frequencies). I would do this to a "beach banjo" again without thinking twice. However for a more expensive banjo, I'd use the Schatten bracket-mount jack assembly shown above, instead of drilling a hole. As I write this. I have a slightly more elaborate solution on order - an "inline jack" solution. These have a cylindrical preamp that sits on the back of the endpin jack. Wires run out of it to a battery cap, and there's a little 1/8" jack that accepts input from a piezo pickup. Some have wires running out to little volume and tone control dials that you're supposed to put on the inside of your guitar so that they stick out just far enough for you to turn. But there's no good place to mount those on a banjo so I'm looking at the ones sans controls. (I expect any amplifier or mixer I use to have those, after all. Most of these come with a stickum-and-velcro solution for mounting the battery inside you guitar. That's one place where owning banjos is easier - so if I install something like this, I'll just screw a little metal battery clip inside the banjo shell - I don't mind two little holes where no one will ever see them. Unfortunately, the piezo pickups that come with them are long skinny things you're supposed to stick under the "saddle" of a guitar bridge. So they don't work for banjos. Plus, the piezos that come on the cheaper ones are very uneven in quality. The good news is that Barcus Berry makes a stick-on pickup that has an 1/8" plug (right), which should go nicely into the preamp. So I'm thinking of a relatively non-invasive solution that has:. Barcus Berry stickon pickup, - $20 - $40 depending on where you buy them. Metal battery clip - $1-4 depending on where you buy them. Inline preamp/jack assembly - $13-$120 depending on whether you buy name-brand or cheapy. Shatten PBJA bracket-mount jack - $40 - 70 depending on model and source. Now there is no compelling reason that Schatten or someone couldn't put the whole thing together in a single, reasonably-priced package. But even at that, I'll have a solution that cost me under $80 and will meet most of my needs. Rare-Earth Pickups. Technically in between the mag coil and the piezo pickup family are the Fishman Rare Earth Banjo Pickup that have their own technology. They have preamps that help provide a balanced sound high enough to feed guitar amplifiers, and non-invasive installation. You stick a little metal "shim" onto the underside of the banjo head just "north" of the center foot of the bridge. Then you fasten the pickup itself to the coordinator rods just under the shim. The pickup picks up vibrations from the shim as the banjo's head vibrates and translates them into electrical signals (similar to the magnetic coil pickups I described above). A preamp powered by a 9-volt battery balances out the sound and provides a signal high enough to drive guitar amps, PA inputs, or about anything else you can plug it into. This is probably the most elegant solution, and one of the most expensive, this side of the Kavanjo. One clear advantage over a standard magnetic pickup is that guitar-style pickups capture only the vibrations of the strings, while the Fishman Rare Earth Banjo pickup actually captures the vibrations of the banjo head, which carry more of the distinctive banjo sound. For many years, this was considered the best-sounding pickup you could put on a banjo. If I ever need to amplify a banjo for a setting that is more demanding than the places I usually play, I would certainly consider one of these. Incidentally Barcus Berry used to make a very similar pickup, which came with an older Deering banjo I bought on eBay last year. I haven't used it in any really demanding situations yet, so I can't really say how it compares. Except to say that Barcus Berry hasn't supported it for about ten years, so don't go searching for one of these on my account. Belt-And-Suspenders Solutions. Since my original investigation, a few companies have begun stressing solutions that use both condensor mics and piezos. They have a little mixer that should allow you to rely on the microphone if there's no feedback problem, on the piezo if you're in a feedback prone setting, or somewhere in between if that's what you need. At the time of my original search, these were not available from any reputable company, and they're still the most expensive solution if you buy one from someone who has a track record, like the Schatten solution shown at the right. I don't know enough people who have used them in enough different situations to recommend them without qualification, but Ovation pioneered a similar solution on a guitar about twenty years ago and it was very effective and realistic-sounding. In theory this should be the best, most effective solution. That said, a number of companies that have no reputation at all have not started making these, so I would recommend going with a provider with a good reputation. Time to make a Decision. Now if you play "out" often, you're probably running into a lot more folks than I am, and you may run into a lot more brands. Sadly, most music stores in my area don't cater much to banjo players, and most banjo pickups are available only by special order (often with a restocking fee if it comes in and you decide you don't like it). So I spent a lot of time on the internet trying to find manufacturer's specs, etc. At the high end, the Fishman products looked good, but I didn't want to pay more for the pickup than I did for my banjo - especially when the photos were fuzzy and the specs were nonexistent, even on the Fishman web pages. I did track down a copy of the instructions for Fishman's "rare earth" pickup, which has very good reviews and should attach without causing permanent changes to the banjo. But by then, I had already decided to go with a piezo. Once you get under, say $80, the products are all pretty much identical, including the $15 ones. Generally, there's a round pickup about the size of a nickel that sticks on the inside of the banjo head with a goey adhesive or the equivalent of double-faced tape. Shielded but tiny wires attach the pickup to a jack that attaches somewhere on the banjo. One version has a little volume control built into it, but piezos are intrinsically quieter than most other technologies, so the volume control without a preamp doesn't give you as much control as you might think. You can get to the inside of most banjos very easily by taking off the resonator (if there is one), which makes these things much easier to attach to a banjo, say, than an F-hole mandolin. On some versions (including the one with the volume control ), the jack is attached to a clamp that clamps onto two of the head-tightening brackets. This should be pretty reliable and it shouldn't cause much permanent damage to the body of banjo in case you want to restore it to its original condition. In fact I looked for a pickup like this that had a preamp as well as a volume control, that would clamp to the brackets on my banjo. Several off-brand manufacturers advertised products along those lines, but most of them required you to buy two or three separate items and glom them together somehow. They also had no documentation or specs to speak of, and you couldn't even tell for sure which preamp went with which pickup, etc. I chose to pass, rather than buy some combination of things that would definitely look weird on my banjo and might not work at all. On some versions , the jack is attached to a velcro strip that's supposed to wrap around one of the brackets. Like the version above, it keeps you from making permanent changes to the body of your banjo, but folks have complained that it's not all that solid. If someone, say, steps on the cord, the resulting tug could pull the jack off your banjo and break the little wires connecting the jack to your pickup. If I was using one of these, I might be tempted to have the guitar cord wrap around a bracket once before going into the jack, as a sort of stress relief. On some versions , the pickup is attached directly to a long cord with a guitar plug at the other end. You would definitely want to wrap the wire going to the plug around something as stress relief. But I can't imagine the hassle of having a long wire running out of my instrument all of the time. On the other hand, this would be a great solution for drummers wishing to attach sensors to drum pads or the like. On some versions the jack is supposed to clamp onto the strap or onto the end-pin connector. I don't see anything intrinsically wrong with this except that it seems somehow "sloppy" to me to have wires running out of the banjo to a whodinky on the strap. On some versions , the jack is meant to replace the end-pin on a guitar, mandolin, or other wooden instrument where the strap attaches to the pin. This is the one I wound up deciding on, because I wanted something that was basically bullet-proof once I installed it, and I didn't really mind drilling a hole. I've put similar Barcus Berry products in acoustic guitars before, so I wasn't afraid of it, but the banjo doesn't actually need an end pin. When I pulled the thing out of the packaging, I realized that if you leave the end pin screw-on adapter off, the jack looks just like any other guitar jack. For a while I toyed with the idea of dummying up some way to fasten the jack on the flanges or to the brackets, so I wouldn't have to drill a hole in the banjo. Then at the last minute I decided to go ahead with the drilling (not recommended if you're bad with power tools or this is someone else's banjo). In the long run it would actually affect the banjo's appearance less than some sort of bracket hoodinky, and, based on my research, I could probably use the end pin jack even if I later upgraded to a better pickup. Your mileage will vary. By the time you see this, a dozen companies will have come and gone, and a dozen more will be here. But the principle of almost all piezoelectric banjo pickups is the same, so I figure that - with the exception of drilling a hole - you'll find the rest of what I have to say useful. Now if there was only some way to establish that the $90 versions were really that much better than the $15 dollar versions. I like the Amazon reviews for these products, but they all read about the same. People who know something about acoustics and musical instruments generally like them. Newbies who lucked out and got a good installation on the first try generally love them. People who thought that the things were idiot proof and were going to solve world hunger generally hate them. And there's not a significant difference between the reviews for the $90 versions and the $15 versions. Well, I wasn't going to be playing Carnegie Hall - only a high school auditorium. The $15 version it is. Actual Installation. The instructions on the pickup were written for guitar, listing two possible "sweet spots" for the pickup location inside an acoustic guitar. Neither of which applied to banjos of any kind. They had few hints about drilling out the end pin of the guitar except to use a 15/32" or 12mm drill bit. Well 15/32" is just over 7/16", and I had a couple 7/16" bits left over from my old days of installing Hot Spots in acoustic guitars. I also brought out my rat-tail file in case I needed to enlarge the hole a bit. In case you were wondering why I just didn't drill through the resonator, there are a couple reasons. One is that some banjo players take the resonator off for certain kinds of music (I don't usually, but I wanted to keep that option open). Another is that you will have to take the resonator off if you ever need to tighten or replace the drum head, and when you're working on the banjo, you don't want the hassle of a big wooden dish attached by two flimsy wires. Where to drill? I usually play guitar, banjo, or bass standing up, but for the orchestra I have to sit. So to figure out the best place for the hole, I moved the cord around the banjo to see where it would be least likely to be in my way sitting or standing. I finally decided that the hole should go just over one of the thumbscrews that holds the resonator on. I measured the height of the screw and it seemed like there would be enough room to clear the plug, so that's where it went. If you have a series of drill bits that go up to 7/16" or 12mm, I would recommend drilling a starter hole, and maybe a series of holes of larger sizes. In my case, I didn't have anything that would cut aluminum between 1/4" and 7/16", and when I put the 7/16" bit up to the 1/4" hole, it wanted to wander a bit. Of course if you have a really good drill press and a way to wedge the banjo in solidly, this won't be an issue, but I'm just pointing it out. Since I was going to drill the hole regardless of where the piezoelectric sensor went, I did that first. The jack on my pickup had two diameters. The diameter on the outside edge is the same as the diameter for all 1/4" jacks in every electric guitar and guitar amp ever made (about 15/32"). Further in, the diameter increases a bit. I'm not entirely sure why. When the product is installed in a wooden instrument, you drill the 15/32" hole all the way through the end block of the guitar, but then you have to use a rat-tail file or something to wangle the inside part of the hole until it's wide enough to take the fatter part of the jack. Since my banjo didn't have an end block to worry about, I mostly just hoped that the fat part would "snug up" against the inside wall of the aluminum body without the smaller part sticking out too much. Actually that part worked out. Whether the jack would really fit into a 7/16" hole, or whether my 7/16" bit "wandered" just enough to drill a 15/32" hole, the jack went right in without any further adjustment. Once the hole was drilled, I put the jack in place and hand-tightened it. Then, with the resonator still off and the sensor dangling, I plugged a cord between the jack and the Crate XT65R combo amp that I planned to use for the orchestra (rather than dragging my bigger, more expensive stuff around needlessly. I "tested" the sensor in various positions by holding it in place (with the tape still covering the sticky part). I know that wasn't ideal, and the instructions for most of these call for sticking and unsticking the thing several times until you're sure you have the right location, but time was running out and I didn't have a backup if the "sticky" failed. I suspected I'd wind up putting it where everybody said to, anyway. Under the middle foot of the bridge was the loudest. Halfway between the bridge and the neck was too quiet. Most reviews for this class of pickup said to put the sensor an inch "south" of the bridge, and that sounded pretty good, so that's where it wound up. I wrapped the excess part of the cord loosely around the support bar to keep it from banging around inside the banjo, uncovered the "sticky," and put it in place. Then I tried the thing out without the resonator on. Okay, but not a great banjo sound. Probably if I had a true "acoustic amplifier" it would sound better, but I don't have one - I usually DI my guitars right into the PA. I put the resonator on. Same difference, more or less. I used the cleanest possible sound on the combo amp, kicked the bass down and the treble up, and got a sound that would pass for banjo in a noisy setting. I was good to go. Well, almost. As it turned out, the thumbscrew that was supposed to go next to the plug did NOT clear the plug after all. So my resonator will be held on by three thumbscrews instead of four until I can get to the hardware store and get a lower-profile screw. Also, there was a rattling sound whenever I played the G string, not unlike the sound I've heard on many cheap guitars. But I figured out that the little thumb screw that holds the tailpiece had worked its way loose with all of the other things shifting around. Problem solved. In Performance. The next evening, I took my banjo, cord, and combo amp to the dress rehearsal. After arguing with one of the high-school sound guys about why I needed to plug the amp in for it to work, I tested the combination out. No sound. Turns out that the jack on the thing is a little touchy. So I needed to push it in really hard; then it was fine. That's doable when you're sitting down in the same position for two hours (it's a short musical) but it could cause problems during a typical concert performance, when you're standing and moving around. Well if I have to replace it, I've already done the hard part. The director kept telling me to turn the banjo up, and even without a preamp, the little Crate XT65R provided volumes that were plenty loud for the nearly-empty auditorium. Keep in mind that everybody else was unamplified and the drummer was holding back for the most part, so your mileage will vary if you're in a country band in a packed bar or some such. For such a situation I would still consider either an outboard preamp, or an amplifier with input AND output volume controls. After the rehearsal, I asked the sound guy whose musical judgment I trust if my volume was right. He said it was too loud, even though he knew that it was where the director wanted it to be. (Actually he used the phrase "an assault on the senses. ") So I figured I'd back it down for the actual performances. Plus a house full of people absorbs a lot of sound, so maybe all I really need to do is not turn up any louder during the actual show. Update for 2016 - I still don't mind these pickups, though I'm not crazy about drilling holes in my better banjos. So I was recently glad to find the Schatten PBJA bracket-mount jack assemblies. that way, I can install jacks on any of my banjos without risking any damage. Of course, if you're considering spending money on a cheap piezo and a separate bracket-mount jack, you may decide to go all the way and get a Schatten banjo pickup, most of which come with the bracked-mounted jack. That still begs the "preamp" question, though. I'm now taking at least two banjos to most gigs, and having to fiddle with external preamps is a bit of a pain. One partial solution that has presented itself recently is the "endpin preamp," a version in which a cylinder-shaped preamp is attached to the back of the jack. Wires run out of it to a battery cap, and there's a little 1/8" jack that accepts input from a piezo pickup. Some have wires running out to little volume and tone control dials that you're supposed to put on the inside of your guitar so that they stick out just far enough for you to turn. But there's no good place to mount those on a banjo so I'm looking at the ones sans controls. Most of these come with a stickum-and-velcro solution for mounting the battery inside you guitar. That's one place where owning banjos is easier - so if I install something like this, I'll just screw a little metal battery clip inside the banjo shell - I don't mind two little holes where no one will ever see them. The reason I call this a partial solution is that the piezo pickups that come with them are long skinny things you're supposed to stick under the "saddle" of a guitar bridge. So they don't work for banjos. Plus, the piezos that come on the cheaper ones are very uneven in quality. So to make the solution complete, I needed to find piezo pickups that would work on the underside of the banjo head and have 1/8" plugs to plug into the pin-mount preamp. I did find some Barcus Berry pickups in that configuration, so that's one option. Since I wrote this article, I've had a few chances to play my first "electric" banjo "out. " It always did what I expected. In fact the one "fail" was a time when I wanted to use a real house mic because we were going to be on and off the stage quickly. It was great in practice. But when it came time to play in front of six hundred or so people, the sound guy forgot to turn the banjo's mic on. You can complain as much as you want about the piezo's sound being "inauthentic," but at least there is sound. After a couple of years, the stickum on the pickup failed, so I used some Fix-All glue (available at Big Lots) to fasten it back where it was before. So far it's holding. Once I was done with the faux-Dixieland music, though, I wanted a 6-string with slightly less sustain, because all of those ringing notes turned my normal fingerpicking picking patterns into mush. So I've "upgraded" to the electric version of the Backwoods Six, electric meaning that it has a magnetic pickup under the strings. The description of that experience is here. The built-in mag pickup is convenient, I'll grant you, but, plugged in, the piezo sounds better. So I considered adding a piezo to the "acoustic-electric" version eventually. Then I came across an even better banjo that also had its own pickup, so the black Deering may find another home. It may seem anticlimatic that after examining several different technologies and a wide range of prices, I settled on a $15 solution. But during my "quest," I realized that there aren't many good resources for this information on the web. So I figured, this was as good a place to start as any. If I find myself playing $2000 banjos and using $300 solutions a year from now, I'll be sure to report on that, too. Update for 2016. I've just installed a decades-old Barcus Berry banjo pickup into one of my 6-strings. It's no longer made, but the technology is somewhere between the Fishmann Rare Earth pickup and the Gold Tone pickup. Which gives me some ideas for maybe using the mag pickups I have to get a more authentic banjo sound. The experiments have just begun. The article about the pickup itself is here. In addition, I have acquired a used and somewhat-abused Deering Sierra 5-string that came with a seriously damaged head. So I did something I wouldn't ordinarily do - I ordered a Kavanjo head to replace it. the banjo needs a lot of other work, though, so I can't give you a report on my success or lack thereof yet. Stay tuned. -). In the meantime, please contact us with any additions, corrections, suggestions, or other feedback, and if it's printable, we'll add it here and give you credit. Best of luck, all, enjoy your music, and carry the flame. 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As an option, the Volkswagen also offers the Golf GTD in combination with a 6-speed dual-clutch gearbox (DSG) – here too, at 4. 5 l/100 km (CO2: 119 g/km) the diesel exhibits the fuel consumption of a highly efficient car (previous model: 5. 4 l/100 km). A short retrospective illustrates just how efficient the new 184 PS Golf is: the first generation of the Golf BlueMotion made its debut in 2007. The 77 kW / 105 PS Golf consumed 4. 5 l/100 km; at the time this value was celebrated as sensational. In the new GTD, Volkswagen is now launching a Golf on the market that has 79 PS more power and is 40 km/h faster, yet it consumes 0. 3 litre less fuel. That is measurable progress. Technology of the new TDI. EA288 engine series. As noted, the TDI of the Golf GTD comes from the new EA288 four-cylinder diesel engine series which covers engine displacements ranging from 1. 6 to 2. 0 litres. In the new Golf GTD, the most powerful extension level of the 2. 0 TDI is used. Aboard the sporty Golf, the efficient engine conforms to the challenging Euro-6 emissions standard. In its design, the only parameter the new TDI engine series shares with the previous engine is its cylinder spacing (88 mm). To handle the much greater complexity of engine functions, Volkswagen also developed an entirely new software for the engine controller. The most important new features of the GTD engine include its variable valve timing (VVT), dual-loop exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), intercooler integrated in the induction pipe, the common rail system that now operates at 2,000 bar instead of 1,800 bar and a turbocharger designed for the higher power level. Variable valve timing. Variable valve timing with a camshaft adjuster is the most important component for reducing internal engine emissions. The approach implemented in the GTD engine enables such benefits as highly effective compression during cold start and the hot running phase, low-emissions combustion with very good NOx and particulate values and sustained strong chamber filling up to the full load range. Dual-loop EGR system. The new dual-loop EGR system assumes high importance in attaining the lowest emissions. It consists of a cooled low-pressure EGR system (LP-EGR) on the exhaust side and an uncooled high-pressure EGR system (HP-EGR) on the induction side. Background: The stringent requirements of the Euro-6 emissions standard make it essential to attain further significant reductions in emissions immediately after a cold start. The primary solution is to utilise an uncooled high-pressure EGR; its higher induction air temperature improves combustion behaviour and thereby ensures higher exhaust temperatures for accelerated response of the catalytic converter. The results: low engine-out HC emissions (hydrocarbons) with low NOx values. In addition, mixing uncooled exhaust gas (HP-EGR) during low-rev driving prevents cooling of emissions control processes that can even occur with a hot engine. Meanwhile, the low-pressure EGR system plays out its advantages in the usual driving ranges up to the full-load range to assure highly effective NOx reduction even at higher load demands. The HP-EGR loop is supplied via an integrated flange on the exhaust manifold; it routes the exhaust gas via a gas outlet in the cylinder head to the water-cooled HP-EGR valve, which is mounted on the outlet box of the intercooler integrated in the induction pipe. This direct component layout eliminates the EGR lines that were needed in the previous model. This arrangement also enables faster reactions to target value changes in the part-load range. Common rail injection. A common rail system from Bosch is used in the new Golf GTD engine. The system pressure that is supplied here via a high-pressure pump was increased by 200 bar to 2,000 bar compared to the Euro-5 engines of the model series. Among other things, this permitted shortening the injection time. And in turn this allowed more flexible configuration of the combustion process. The injection quantities are metered by further developed injectors with solenoid valves; compared to the previous injectors, they are characterised by considerably faster response. An additional fuel volume in the form of a mini-rail in the injector body also minimises pressure waves on the nozzle needles, which has positive effects on the stability of the injection volumes. The nozzle needles used here also reduce CO2 and HC emissions. Last but not least, just like the improved injector the nozzle optimises EGR compatibility; and that further reduces NOx emissions. Complex emissions control. To assure conformance to the Euro-6 emissions standard, a NOx storage catalytic converter was placed upstream of the diesel particulate filter in the Golf GTD. The exhaust system also has two lambda sensors; one sensor handles control of the reduced-air operating modes of the NOx storage catalytic converter. It also supplies the input variable for the model stored in the engine controller for determining the engine’s NOx and soot emissions. The second lambda sensor is used to determine the load state and aging state of the NOx storage catalytic converter. Meanwhile, three temperature sensors also integrated in the exhaust system supply the input variables for controlling the regeneration operating modes and exhaust gas temperatures. Balancer shafts for the GTD engine. The new diesel in the Golf GTD is not only very low in emissions, fuel-efficient and torque-strong; it is also very smooth running. This is achieved in part by the use of two balancer shafts with anti-friction bearings. They eliminate system-induced free inertial forces that occur in piston engines. As in the also new Golf GTI, the GTD also has an entirely retuned and technically modified sport suspension (15 mm lower ride height) as standard. In front, a MacPherson suspension provides for precise tracking; at the rear, there is the modular performance suspension. The new Golf GTD is making its appearance with extremely impressive handling properties, since it is equipped as standard with the further advanced XDS+ vehicle dynamic function and the new progressive steering system. For an even more dynamically tuned sport suspension, the latest generation of DCC dynamic chassis control is also available in the “Sport & Sound” pack (including driver profile selector, sound actuator and red painted brake callipers). Vehicle dynamics. Drivers will notice that steering response is now even more agile than in the previous model thanks to more direct steering gear ratios. Maximum attainable speeds through bends were also increased, because of more neutral running gear tuning and optimisations of the XDS+ system. Neutral handling in bends goes hand in hand with very good vehicle stability right up to the maximum speed range, thanks to an innovative layout of all running gear components. Vehicle stability is especially noticeable during lane changes and during engine load changes. The development team also made a special effort to tune the new Golf GTD for harmonious and predictable reactions of the running gear. Ride comfort. In parallel to improvements to vehicle dynamics, suspension comfort was also further enhanced; the running gear optimally absorbs loads when driving over small or large road bumps. The comfort levels realised in the new Golf GTD show that sporty handling does not necessarily involve unpleasant ride harshness. The described broad range of positive handling properties – direct, neutral and stable handling up to performance limits combined with a high level of ride comfort – make the car’s driving properties exceptionally well-balanced. XDS+. The XDS system that was first introduced in the Golf VI was further developed into the advanced XDS+ system for the new Golf GTD (as well as for the new GTI). Technically, the XDS+ electronic differential lock is a functionality that is integrated in the electronic stabilisation programme (ESC) for improved vehicle dynamics. XDS+ is an extension of XDS, which is familiar from the previous model; its functionality has now been extended to cover all unbraked driving states. The new system improves agility and reduces the need for steering angle inputs by targeted brake interventions at the wheels on the inside of the bend of both axles. In addition, XDS+ is effective over all conceivable road friction values; it results in more precise handling, even on snow. The well-known benefits of XDS – such as significantly reduced understeer and improved traction – were also perfected. ESC Sport. In the Golf GTD, Volkswagen is offering the “ESC Sport” function for very experienced drivers. The system is activated by a two-stage switch on the centre console. If the driver pushes the button once briefly, it deactivates the ASR function (traction control). When the button is held longer than three seconds, Electronic Stability Control (ESC) switches to the “ESC Sport” mode. In very fast driving with lots of bends – such as on a race course – the ESC system reacts with a delay, which enables even greater agile handling properties. As an alternative to activation by the pushbutton on the centre console, ESC can now also be activated or deactivated by settings in the CAR menu. Progressive steering. The new progressive steering system lets Golf GTD drivers make a turn of a given radius with smaller steering wheel movements and fewer turns of the steering wheel; they do not need to reach over the steering wheel as often in tight bends. With progressive steering, it takes 2. 1 turns of the wheel (380°) to reach the end stop; in the standard steering system of the less powerful Golf models it takes 2. 75 turns (500°). Background: Conventional steering systems operate with a constant gear ratio. The new steering of the Golf GTD, meanwhile, operates with a progressive steering gear ratio. This reduces steering work perceptibly when manoeuvring and parking. On country roads with lots of bends, and when making turns, the driver experiences a plus in dynamics due to the more direct layout. Technically, progressive steering differs from the basic steering system primarily by the rack’s variable tooth spacing and a more powerful electric motor. Its functional difference: Unlike with constant steering ratios, which by necessity always represent a compromise between dynamic performance and comfort, here the steering rack’s toothing is significantly modified by the steering stroke. This results in more precise and relaxed driving in the middle steering range up to high speeds; due to the smaller steering input angles that are required, the system offers significantly greater agility and more driving fun on roads with lots of bends. At lower speeds, on the other hand, such as in city driving or parking situations, the Golf GTD is much easier to handle thanks to the lower steering input angles – offering a perceptible gain in comfort. DCC dynamic chassis control. A second generation DCC dynamic chassis control system is at work in the Golf GTD. The system, which was specially tuned to the new GTD, offers the three driving modes “Comfort”, “Normal” and “Sport”; these modes can now also be selected and displayed on the centre console touchscreen under “Driving profile selector”. Besides offering a “Normal” mode, the DCC system now offers the “Comfort” mode as well; although it is comfort-oriented, it is still tuned for more dynamic performance than in the lower-powered Golf models. In “Sport” mode, especially agile handling is implemented. In the “Individual” driving profile, the DCC mode can even be configured with any other desired driving profile properties. The DCC system adaptively regulates the damper valves via a further developed and refined Volkswagen control algorithm, which in turn sets the damper characteristic. In doing so, DCC evaluates input signals from wheel displacement sensors and accelerometers as well as vehicle bus information from the Chassis-CAN bus. It then computes the optimal damper force for every driving situation and adaptively adjusts this force. Different damping forces are applied to the four wheels individually. The adjustment valves of the dampers and transverse dynamics control were modified for further improved dynamic response. Volkswagen Golf 7 GTD. The new Golf GTD is based on the new modular transverse matrix (MQB). This acronym MQB signifies a completely new design layout of the Golf (and of many other Volkswagen Group models). And this new layout is perceived as a very welcome present by Group designers, because they can now implement entirely new vehicle proportions. The Golf GTD is a superb example of this. More dynamic proportions. Compared to the previous model, the wheelbase was extended 53 mm to 2,631 mm, but at the same time the front overhang was shortened 12 mm. In parallel, the A-pillar “wandered” further towards the rear, which makes the bonnet longer and visually shifts the entire vehicle cabin rearwards. This “cab-backward effect” makes the Golf GTD more of a premium class car than a compact class car. In addition, the height of the GTD was reduced 27 mm to 1,442 mm. The car’s length grew 55 mm to 4,268 mm now, and the width grew 13 mm to 1,799 mm. Many values that add up to an important result: the proportions of the new Golf GTD made unmistakable gains in dynamics. Visually, the Golf GTD and the new GTI look like twins, with just a few individual nuances. The differentiating characteristics are the red trim strip on the GTI radiator grille compared to the chrome strip on the GTD, which now extends into the headlights. At the rear, meanwhile, the GTD can be made out by the dual tailpipes on the left side (in chrome); the GTI has one tailpipe on the left and one on the right. On the sides, the two sports cars differ in their alloy wheels. The Golf GTD is exclusively equipped with new 17-inch wheels in “Curitiba” design as standard; optional wheels include the new 18-inch wheels (“Nogaro” type) and the 19-inch wheels (“Santiago” type) that are also offered for the GTI. Typical of both models: the additional air inlet openings in the front spoiler; a honeycomb structure of the air inlet screens; vertical fog lights; xenon headlights with an unmistakable light signature; the larger rear spoiler. Front end in detail. In the front area with its LED fog lights (optional) that were customised to the GTD, there is another strong and significant GTD element that was completely reinterpreted: the chrome line of the GTD radiator grille. In the latest GTD generation, this line terminates the lower edge of the radiator grille, but then it is further extended to the left and right into the housings of the standard bi-xenon headlights. So, the line runs across the entire width of the front end; as a horizontal element it runs parallel to the bonnet seam and the bumper. At the very bottom of the bumper, beneath the cross panel painted in body colour, the black air inlet (with its honeycomb structure screen) is now no longer surrounded by another black area, rather by surfaces painted in body colour. In this way, the air inlet makes a stronger impression; simultaneously, the three lateral, high-gloss black aerodynamic fins beneath the headlights also terminate the front end. Another detail fitting in with the precisely contoured styling is the black splitter (lower edge of the front spoiler), which is familiar from motorsport. Side profile in detail. In a side view, the sportiest Golf diesel can be readily made out by the even longer look of its roof section due to the larger rear spoiler and by the alloy wheels specially designed for the GTD. Even in side profile, the light contours of the optional LED daytime running lights and the standard LED rear lights stand out. In addition, the car is marked by new dynamic proportions and styling that is more precisely formed than ever. Below the door handles, we have integrated the now clearly visible and very sharp character line. While this line is interrupted by the wheel arches, it is otherwise continuous and is stylistically echoed in the chrome trim strips of the radiator grille and headlights and at the rear of the car in the white lateral trim strips of the rear light clusters. Set deep down all the way around, this line lowers the visual centre of gravity and gives the Golf GTD a more solid stance on the road in combination with the standard sport suspension. Another striking element is the new line along the side shoulder directly below the windows. This line begins at the front in the headlight, and then glides under the wing mirror, which is positioned right on the line, all the way through to the rear side window, underscoring the premium proportions of the Golf. Just as characteristic of the car’s side profile is the unmistakable C-pillar. On the previous model, the character line still cut through the C-pillar. This is no longer the case on the new Golf GTD. The C-pillar runs along one homogenous surface from the start of the roof all the way to the rear wheel arch. Above the wheel arch, however, it picks up more strongly the entire width of the car – and as a result, when viewed from behind or diagonally from the rear, the new Golf GTD looks more solid and powerful. For the first time, in addition to the GTD badges at the front and rear, the sporty Volkswagen also has badge plates with the GTD logo on the front wings at the height of the character line. Rear section in detail. The new roof spoiler is specially designed for the GTD; it is considerably larger than its counterpart on Golf versions with less powerful engines; it is integrated to be flush to the boot lid and the body. The spoiler, painted in body colour, seamlessly transitions into black aerodynamic elements on the sides of the boot lid. Another feature that is designed in black, along with the aerodynamic elements and the front splitter, is the diffuser at the rear. Possibly one of the most important properties of the new Golf GTD – related to the interior – is the fact that once again this generation fits – as though cast to be ergonomic. The driver simply opens the door, sits down on the standard sport seat, adjusts it, adjusts the height and length of the sport steering wheel, buckles up, starts the engine, puts the hand on the gear shift lever in golf ball design (for a manual gearbox) and drives off. Ergonomics benefit from MQB. Significantly more room and even better ergonomics define the GTD driver’s area. Taller drivers in particular will welcome the seat position that has been shifted back by 20 mm; the steering wheel’s adjustment range has also been modified. Pedal distances have been optimised as well thanks to the modular transverse matrix; the space between the brake and accelerator pedals, for example, has increased by 16 mm. Another ergonomic improvement: compared to the previous model, Volkswagen has raised the position of the gearbox controls by 20 mm; the gear shift grip now rests better in the driver’s hand. Legendary tartan covers in combination with Alcantara. The first GTI had it and naturally so did the first GTD – the legendary tartan pattern. The fabric in the previous model, known as “Jacky” has been redesigned and is now called “Clark”. Naturally, the tartan pattern was retained. The top sport seats offer exceptionally good ergonomic properties. In addition, the front seats have height adjustment and a manually adjustable lumbar support. Light grey decorative seams provide a sporty contrast; the black roofliner that is always part of the GTD emphasises the sporty layout of the interior. It is also quite clear that the standard leather multifunction sport steering wheel with contrasting seams was upgraded, as was the gear shift gaiter. Accents on the dashboard are in “Checkered Black” and the same applies to the decorative inlays in the door trim panels and on the centre console. Also making a strong statement is the instrument cluster with a colour display and independent instrument graphics. The specific look of the interior is rounded out by ambience lighting, special trim strips and panels (trim strips in the front doors with ambience lighting), brushed stainless steel pedals and foot rest (on left), door sill entry plates in front with a stainless steel application and ambience lighting that is also integrated here. Quality and image overcome class boundaries. It is the entirely new fundamental concept for the interior design of the seventh generation Golf that represents a breakthrough for the sporty and high-end interior architecture of the GTD: especially noticeable is the wide centre console that is oriented towards the driver; it is more characteristic of the premium class than the compact class. In the middle of the centre console, beneath the switch for the hazard warning lights, is the five- to eight-inch infotainment touchscreen with its menu keys and dials. For the first time, Volkswagen is using a touchscreen generation here (as an option) that features proximity sensors and functionality that reacts to wiping movements of the fingers (wipe and zoom gestures as with a smartphone). Located beneath the infotainment module are the well laid-out controls for the dual-zone automatic climate control system (Climatronic) that is standard in the GTD. This is followed by the lower section of the centre console that runs in a line up to the large centre armrest. To the right of the driver are the buttons for the new electronic parking brake and its Auto Hold function. Next to it, there is a closing storage compartment with integrated multimedia interfaces (AUX-IN, USB and optional Apple); the compartment is large enough to hold a smartphone. There is a wide storage compartment hidden under the centre armrest that can be adjusted by up to 100 mm in length and five stages in height. This compartment is also of a good size. A new feature here in conjunction with the “Comfort” mobile phone interface is an inductive external antenna interface. The smartphone is placed in a universal holder in the stowage bin where the phone’s antenna is inductively “coupled” and connected to the vehicle’s external aerial. Sophisticated: the decorative inlays of the GTD door trim panels exhibit, as mentioned, a light seam as part of the standard ambience lighting system. More space over its length. Despite all of its dynamic aspects, the Golf GTD is more than just a sports car; it is an all-round talent. This would make it a good choice as a business car for any day of the year. Background: larger body dimensions in overall length and width, a larger wheelbase, optimised track widths and MQB-modified package all have a positive effect on comfort. The GTD interior is now 14 mm longer (1,750 mm), for example. In the rear seating area of the optional four-door Golf GTD, passengers enjoy 15 mm more leg room. In front, shoulder room has increased by 31 mm to 1,420 mm, and elbow room has now gone up by 22 mm to a width of 1,469 mm. In the rear seating area, shoulder room was also improved by an additional 31 mm and elbow width by 20 mm. In addition, the rear seat bench folds and has a 60:40 split. When folded, a nearly level cargo floor is created with a length of 1,558 mm. The Golf GTD can also be equipped with a cargo opening at the middle of the rear backrest. The successfully implemented space concept of the new Golf exhibits many other improvements as well. Cargo capacity, for example, has grown by 30 litres to 380 litres; the variable cargo floor can also be lowered by 100 mm. The new Golf GTD - with standard features like the innovative progressive steering, Automatic Post-Collision Braking System, Driver Alert System, bi-xenon headlights, a radio-CD system with touchscreen and an automatic climate control system (Climatronic). is one of the best equipped cars in its class. In addition, there are numerous unique “GT details” that make the new Golf GTD (just like the Golf GTI) an icon of sportiness in terms of its features as well. Exterior features. On its exterior, unique standard features are its sport suspension (15 mm lower ride height), new progressive steering system, bi-xenon headlights with cornering lights, licence plate lighting in LED technology, dark red LED rear lights, the honeycomb structure of the air inlet screens that is typical for the GTD and GTI, a roof spoiler (in body colour) with side-mounted aerodynamic elements (high gloss black), GTD-specific bumpers, ParkPilot (acoustic and visual warning signals), tyre pressure monitoring indicator, GTD logos on the front wings (sides of body in area of A-pillars) and chrome tailpipes. In the chassis electronics area, on-board features also include the extensively reengineered XDS+ electronic differential lock. Colours and wheels. The new Golf GTD is available in the colours typical of this model series: “Tornado Red” and “Black” and “Pure White”. As a special feature, the new Golf GTD can also be ordered in one of these seven metallic or pearl effect paints: “Carbon Steel Grey Metallic”, “Reflex Silver Metallic”, “Tungsten Silver Metallic”, “Limestone Grey Metallic”, “Night Blue Metallic”, “Deep Black Pearl Effect” and “Oryx White Mother of Pearl Effect”. Volkswagen has redesigned its standard GTD wheels named “Curitiba”. The 17-inch wheels are fitted with size 225/45 tyres. In addition, new 18-inch “Nogaro” alloy wheels and 19-inch alloy wheels in “Santiago” design are available as options. Interior features. Sport steering wheel and golf ball as gear shift grip. Along with its many standard features such as air conditioning (Climatronic), Driver Alert system and the Composition Touch radio system, typical GTD features also refine the interior. They include a special gear shift grip (with a manual gearbox it is once again reminiscent of a golf ball) and the new customised steering wheel with leather cover. The sporty flat-bottomed steering wheel with its three metal spokes and trim in high-gloss black is remarkably handy and easy to grip. On its two cross spokes it has multifunction keys as standard. Instruments and ambience lighting. Also making a strong statement is the unique instrument cluster with a colour display and independent graphics of its instruments. It is no coincidence that it resembles high-end chronographs. The unique look of the interior is rounded out by ambience lighting, special trim strips and panels (trim strips in the front doors with ambience lighting), brushed stainless steel pedals and foot rest (on left), door sill entry plates in front with a stainless steel application and ambience lighting that is also integrated here. Classic seat pattern now also in Alcantara. Also characteristic are the typical top sport seats with seat covers in the legendary tartan style. The style in the previous model known as “Jacky” has been redesigned and is now called “Clark”. Naturally, the classic tartan pattern was kept. An optional feature: the fabric sport seats in “Clark” design can now be ordered for the first time with side panels and head restraints in Alcantara. Moreover, the seats and door trim panels can also be ordered in “Vienna” upholstery. The front seats also offer height adjustment and a manually adjustable lumbar support. Electric adjustment of the driver’s seat is available as an option. Light grey decorative seams in the area of the seats and the gear shift trim provide a contrast, and the black roofliner emphasises the sporty layout of the GTD interior. Other optional features. In addition, the Golf GTD can be customised with a nearly limitless range of optional features. Here is an overview of these features (in alphabetical order):. Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) with Front Assist and City. Emergency Braking. Anti-theft warning system plus. Auxiliary heating. Car Net (online information is directly transmitted to the GTD, including navigation with point of interest search, Google-Earth™ map service and Google Street View™, online traffic information). Comfort and Premium mobile phone interfaces and Nokia Asha 300 mobile phone. Composition Colour radio. Composition Media radio. Cruise control system. Digital radio reception: DAB+. Discover Media navigation function for Composition Media radio. Discover Pro navigation system. Driver assistance pack (includes ACC, Front Assist, City Emergency Braking, anti-theft warning system, Dynamic Light Assist, automatic running light switching, vehicle stop function with DSG, speed limiter, automatically dipping rear-view mirror, dynamic cornering lights, rain sensor, Lane Assist). Driver’s seat with electric adjustment. Driving profile selector. Dynamic chassis control (DCC) with driving profile selector. Dynamic Light Assist dynamic main beam control. DYNAUDIO Excite sound system. Fire extinguisher. Fog lights in LED technology. Folding door mirrors with surroundings illumination and lowering of passenger’s side mirror. Keyless Access: keyless locking and engine starting system. Lane Assist lane-keeping assistant. Light and Sight pack (with automatic running light switching, leaving home and coming home function, automatically dipping rear-view mirror and rain sensor). Light Assist - main beam control. MEDIA-IN with iPod/iPhone adapter cable. MEDIA-IN with iPod/iPhone adapter cable and USB charging port. Mirror pack (with folding door mirrors, surroundings illumination and lowering of passenger side mirror). Multifunction display “plusPlus”. Panoramic tilt sunroof. ParkAssist park steering assistant with ParkPilot. PreCrash preventive occupant protection. Rear Assist reversing camera. Rear doors (including electric rear windows). Road sign recognition. Side airbags and belt tensioners at rear seats. Smoked side windows and rear windscreen absorb 65 per cent of light. Sport & Sound package (includes 18-inch “Nogaro” alloy wheels, driving profile selector, red brake callipers, sound actuator, stiffer damping). Towbar unit (swivelling). “Vienna” leather upholstery. Wheels/tyres, 18- and 19-inch. Windscreen with wireless heating and infrared reflecting. Winter wheels, 16- or 17-inch. An entire armada of innovative assistance and convenience systems is at work aboard the new Golf GTD as standard or optional equipment. Standard systems in the Golf GTD include the Automatic Post-Collision Braking System, progressive steering, Driver Alert System and the further advanced XDS+ electronic differential lock. Available as options are the PreCrash preventive occupant protection system, the Adaptive Cruise Control system ACC plus Front Assist with City Emergency Braking, Lane Assist lane-keeping assistant, road sign recognition, the latest generation of the ParkAssist park steering assistant as well as the automated lighting functions Light Assist and Dynamic Light Assist. Other new technologies have been added such as a driving profile selector with up to five programmes (“Eco”, “Sport”, “Normal”, “Individual” and in combination with DCC plus “Comfort”), an electronic parking brake and a new generation of infotainment systems. Assistance systems – automatic protection. Driver Alert system. This system, which is a standard feature in the Golf GTD, detects waning driver concentration and warns the driver with an acoustic signal lasting five seconds. A visual message also appears on the instrument cluster recommending taking a break from driving. If the driver does not take a break within the next 15 minutes, the warning is repeated once. At the beginning of each trip, the system analyses a range of factors, including the driver’s characteristic steering behaviour. Once under way, the driver alert system continually evaluates signals such as steering angle. If monitored parameters indicate a deviation from the steering behaviour recorded at the beginning of the trip, then visual and acoustic warnings are produced. Automatic Post-Collision Braking System. Another standard feature in the Golf GTD is the Automatic Post-Collision Braking System which has already won a safety innovation award from Germany’s largest automobile club (ADAC). When it is involved in collision, the Automatic Post-Collision Braking System automatically brakes the vehicle to significantly reduce its residual kinetic energy. Triggering of the Automatic Post-Collision Braking System is based on detection of a primary collision by the airbag sensors. Vehicle braking by means of the Automatic Post-Collision Braking System is limited by the ESC control unit to a maximum deceleration rate of 0. 6 g. This value matches the deceleration level of Front Assist; it ensures that the driver can take over handling of the car even in case of automatic braking. The driver can “override” the Automatic Post-Collision Braking System at any time; for example, if the system recognises that the driver is accelerating, it gets disabled. The automatic system is also deactivated if the driver initiates hard braking at an even higher rate of deceleration. In essence, the Automatic Post-Collision Braking System applies the brakes until a vehicle speed of 10 km/h is reached. This residual vehicle speed can be used to steer to a safe location after the braking process. PreCrash preventive occupant protection. If the proactive occupant protection system detects a potential accident situation – such as by the initiation of hard braking via an activated brake assistant – the seatbelts of the driver and front passenger are automatically pre-tensioned to ensure the best possible protection by the airbag and belt system. When a highly critical and unstable driving situation is detected – such as severe oversteer or understeer with ESC intervention – the side windows are closed (except for a small gap) and so is the sunroof. Background: When the windows and roof are nearly closed, the head and side airbags offer optimal energy absorption and thereby achieve their best possible effectiveness. Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC). This system uses a radar sensor integrated in the front of the car. The driver can set the car speed over a range from 30 to 160 km/h. ACC operates with either a manual gearbox or a DSG (dual clutch gearbox). In the Golf GTD with a 6-speed DSG, ACC comfortably brakes to a standstill when the vehicle ahead stops. After being enabled by the driver, ACC together with DSG can also automatically start off again. ACC maintains the vehicle speed preselected by the driver as well as a predefined distance to the vehicle ahead, and it automatically brakes or accelerates in flowing traffic. The system dynamics can be individually varied by selecting one of the driving programmes or by the optional driving profile selector. Front Assist surroundings monitoring system. Front Assist uses a radar sensor integrated in the front of the car to continuously monitor the distance to traffic ahead. Front Assist assists the driver in critical situations by preconditioning the brake system and alerting the driver to any required reactions by visual and audible warnings, and in a second stage by a brief warning jolt. If the driver fails to brake hard enough, the system automatically generates sufficient braking force to avoid a collision. Should the driver, meanwhile, not react at all, Front Assist automatically brakes the car to give the driver more reaction time. Ideally, this lets the driver avoid an impending collision, or it at least reduces the speed at impact. The system also assists the driver by an alert if the car is getting too close to the vehicle in front. The City Emergency Braking function is part of Front Assist. City Emergency Braking. The City Emergency Braking function that is being introduced to the new Golf generation is a system extension of Front Assist. Using a radar sensor, it monitors the area in front of the car. The system works in the speed range below 30 km/h. If the car is at risk of colliding with a moving or stationary vehicle ahead and the driver fails to react, the brake system is preconditioned in the same way as with Front Assist. If necessary, City Emergency Braking then automatically initiates hard braking to reduce the severity of the impact. In addition, if the driver presses the brake pedal with insufficient force, the system assists with maximum braking power. Under optimal conditions, City Emergency Braking can avoid an impending frontal collision at the last second. Lane Assist. In the Golf GTD this camera-based assistance system with steering intervention to maintain the car’s position within the driving lane works with extended functionality: If desired, the system – being implemented for the first time in the Golf – can now also maintain continuous tracking support, which optimises comfort and convenience. Whenever necessary, Lane Assist also intervenes with a steering correction when it detects that the driver is leaving the driving lane or is driving over lane markings without setting the direction indicator. The system then gently steers in the other direction. Convenience systems – technology assists and is fun too Progressive steering. The new progressive steering system is a standard feature in the new Golf GTD. This steering system lets drivers make a turn of a given radius with fewer turns of the steering wheel. That is, the driver does not need to reach over the steering wheel as often in tight bends. With progressive steering, it takes 2. 1 turns of the wheel (380°) to reach the end stop; in the standard steering system of the less powerful Golf models it takes 2. 75 turns (500°). Background: Conventional steering systems operate with a constant gear ratio. The new steering of the Golf GTD, meanwhile, operates with a progressive steering gear ratio. This perceptibly reduces steering work when manoeuvring and parking. On country roads with lots of bends, and when making turns, the driver experiences a plus in dynamics due to the more direct layout. Technically, progressive steering differs from the basic steering system primarily by the rack’s variable tooth spacing and a more powerful electric motor. Its functional difference: Unlike with constant steering ratios, which by necessity always represent a compromise between dynamic performance and comfort, here the steering rack’s toothing is significantly modified by the steering stroke. This results in more precise and relaxed driving in the middle steering range up to high speeds; due to the smaller steering input angles that are required, the system offers significantly greater agility and more driving fun on roads with lots of bends. At lower speeds, on the other hand, such as in city driving or parking situations, the Golf GTD is much easier to handle thanks to the lower steering input angles – offering a perceptible gain in comfort. XDS+. The XDS system that was first introduced in the Golf VI was further developed to the advanced XDS+ system for the new Golf GTD and Golf GTI. Technically, the XDS+ electronic differential lock is a functionality that is integrated in the electronic stabilisation programme (ESC) for improved vehicle dynamics. XDS+ is an extension of XDS, which is familiar from the previous model; its functionality has now been extended to cover all unbraked driving states. The new system improves agility and reduces the need for steering angle inputs by targeted brake interventions at the wheels on the inside of the bend of both axles. In addition, XDS+ is effective over all conceivable road friction values, and it results in more precise handling. The well-known benefits of XDS – such as significantly reduced understeer and improved traction – were also perfected. Electronic parking brake. New Golf generation cars all feature an electronic parking brake, where instead of a handbrake lever, a control switch and an Auto Hold pushbutton are located on the centre console. The electronic parking brake offers numerous advantages: eliminating the conventional handbrake frees up more space on the centre console; in addition, the brake is automatically released when driving off. And that simplifies driving off up a hill. Last but not least, the Auto Hold function prevents unintentional rolling from a stopped position by automatically holding the Golf GTD in place. Waiting phases, such as a red traffic light, are made more comfortable, because it is no longer necessary to continually press the brake pedal. DCC. A second generation DCC dynamic chassis control system is at work in the Golf GTD. DCC offers the three driving modes “Comfort”, “Normal” and “Sport”, which are now selected and displayed under “Driving profile selector” on the touchscreen of the centre console. Besides offering a “Normal” mode, the DCC system, which was specially tuned for the GTD, now offers the “Comfort” mode, which is indeed comfort-oriented but still reflects typical GTD properties. In “Sport” mode, especially dynamic and agile handling is implemented. In the “Individual” driving profile, the DCC mode can even be configured with any other desired driving profile properties. The DCC system adaptively regulates the damper valves via a further developed and refined Volkswagen control algorithm which sets the damper characteristic. In doing so, DCC evaluates input signals from wheel displacement sensors and accelerometers as well as vehicle bus information from the Chassis-CAN bus. It then computes the optimal damper force for every driving situation and adaptively adjusts this force. Damping forces are selectively regulated at each of the four wheels. In the new DCC generation, it is now also possible to fully independently vary rebound and compression damping for transverse dynamic manoeuvres – a significant benefit in optimising vehicle dynamics. The damper valves were also modified for further improved response. Driving profile selector. A driving profile selector is now available for the first time in the Golf GTD. A total of four programmes are available, and in conjunction with DCC (dynamic chassis control) five driving programmes: Eco, Sport, Normal, Individual, and in combination with DCC the additional Comfort. In the Eco driving profile, the engine controller, air conditioning and other auxiliary units are controlled for optimal fuel economy. In addition, vehicles with the optional dual-clutch gearbox (DSG) have an additional coasting function in Eco mode; when the driver releases the accelerator pedal – e. when slowing down to a traffic light or in route segments with descents – the DSG disengages and the engine idles. This enables optimal utilisation of the kinetic energy of the Golf. In “Sport” mode, on the other hand, damping is increased (which further reduces movements of the body structure) and engine response and shift points of the DSG are configured to be even more dynamic. Dynamic Light Assist dynamic main beam control. Via a camera on the windscreen this system analyses the traffic in front and the vehicles coming in the opposite direction. Based on this data, the main beam automatically comes on at speeds of over 60 km/h and stays on. This is how Dynamic Light Assist works: with the help of the camera, the main beam modules of the bi-xenon headlights with dynamic cornering lights are masked only in those areas that the system has determined could potentially disturb other road users. Technically, this function is implemented by a pivoting masking aperture between the reflector with the xenon filament and the lens. Along with lateral swivelling of the entire module and independent control of the left and right headlights, this additional aperture geometry is able to mask the light source and thereby avoid glare to traffic ahead or any oncoming traffic. Light Assist main beam control. For Golf GTD cars with headlights that do not have dynamic cornering lights, the base version of automatic full-beam control is available in the form of Light Assist. Light Assist analyses traffic ahead and oncoming traffic – via a camera in the windscreen – and automatically controls activation and deactivation of the main beam (at 60 km/h and above). Road sign recognition. In the new Golf GTD, this feature will be available in combination with a navigation system, because the traffic signs are also shown in the display of the active navigation window (map and/or pictograms). If the system detects any speed limit or ‘No overtaking’ signs via a camera (integrated in the windscreen near to the rear-view mirror), up to three of these will get shown on the instrument cluster in front of the driver and on the navigation system display. This will also include all additional information and the signs will appear in a logical order: ones that immediately apply (e. a “130” km/h speed limit) get shown in first place, while signs that only apply at certain times (e. “80 km/h” “When wet”) appear in second place. If the rain sensor registers that it is starting to rain, the traffic sign that is now most pertinent, i. the “When wet” sign, moves up into first place. Park Assist parking assistant. The latest version of the parking assistance system now facilitates not only assisted parking parallel to the carriageway, but also reverse parking at right angles to the road. In addition, Park Assist 2. 0 is also equipped with a braking and parking space exit function. The system can be activated at speeds of up to 40 km/h by pressing a button on the centre console. Using the indicators, the driver selects the side on which the car is to be parked. If, using the ultrasound sensors, Park Assist detects a large enough parking space (a manoeuvring distance of 40 cm, front and rear, is sufficient), the assisted parking can begin: having put the vehicle into reverse, all the driver has to do is operate the accelerator and brake. The car takes care of the steering. Acoustic signals and visual information on the multifunction display assist the driver. If a collision is looming, the system can also actively apply the vehicle’s brakes. More intelligent climate control. The new Climatronic of the Golf GTD regulates the interior temperature fully automatically via 2-zone temperature control (separate for driver and front passenger). The intensity of the climate control can be influenced by selecting a profile (‘Gentle’, ‘Moderate’, ‘Intensive’). The fully automatic control unit operates with various sensors – a sun sensor, air quality sensor and new humidity sensor. The sun sensor detects the intensity and direction of solar radiation, and the system is controlled accordingly. The positive effects of the optional deluxe climate windscreen are considered in this control as well. When information from the air quality sensor indicates that the concentration of nitrogen oxides or carbon monoxide in the outside air has exceeded a defined limit, then the recirculation flap of the Climatronic system closes. Deluxe climate windscreen. This new windscreen combines the advantages of conventional wire heating with those of heat-insulating glass. Wires are no longer used in the window. This was made possible by a very thin electrically-conductive layer within the glass laminate that can be heated. In the winter, this function prevents fogging of the window, and it accelerates defrosting. In the summer, the new windscreen results in less heating of the interior, because the extremely thin coating reflects most of the solar radiation. Along with an increase in thermal comfort, the environment also benefits, since the air conditioning does not need to supply as much cooling power due to the reduced heating. At the same time, this improves the fuel economy of the GTD. Panoramic tilt/slide sunroof. A transparent system was developed here, which utilises a maximum roof area, offers optimal ventilation and opening functions, does not impair the torsional rigidity of the Golf GTD and has the visual effect of lengthening the windscreen. What is referred to as the light transparency area – the incident light in the closed state – was enlarged by 33 per cent compared to a normal tilt/slide sunroof. Incidentally, the tinted, heat-insulating glass reflects away 99 per cent of UV radiation, 92 per cent of incident heat radiation and 90 per cent of incident light. Infotainment – always with touchscreen. Radio and radio-navigation systems. Volkswagen is equipping the Golf GTD with a new generation of radio and radio/navigation systems with completely new designs. All systems have a touchscreen as standard. The new device generation is available in three different display sizes: 5 inches, 5. 8 inches and 8 inches. For the first time, Volkswagen is implementing displays that have proximity sensors (5. 8-inch display and above): as soon as the driver or front passenger moves a finger near to the touchscreen, the system automatically switches from display mode to input mode. The display mode shows a screen that is reduced to just the essentials. In the operating mode, on the other hand, the elements that can be activated by touch are specially highlighted to simplify intuitive operation. The displays also have a function that lets users scroll through lists or browse CD covers in the media library with a wipe of the hand. “Composition Touch” radio (5-inch). The standard system on-board the Golf GTD is Composition Touch. It offers three buttons to the left and three to the right of the touchscreen that are used to activate the ‘Radio’, ‘Media’, ‘Car’, ‘Setup’, ‘Sound’ and ‘Mute’ menus/functions. It also offers a SD card slot, aux-in interface and two push dials (e. for on/off, volume, mute). This standard module also includes an FM/AM radio, loudspeakers (front), an interface for SD cards and an aux-in interface. “Composition Colour” radio (5-inch). Similar to the Composition Touch in its device layout, the Composition Colour is also equipped with such features as a colour display, FM/AM radio as well as front and rear loudspeakers and a CD drive (MP3 compatible). The CD drive is located in the glove box along with the SD card slot. “Composition Media” radio (5. 8-inch). Equipped to offer even more extensive features is the Composition Media radio. Its capacitive colour display is 5. 8 inches in size, and it is coupled with a proximity sensor that is integrated across the area beneath the display. The display also responds to wiping and zooming gestures, as used in similar fashion on modern smart phones. There are now also four buttons to the left and four to the right of the touchscreen; in contrast to the 5-inch systems they also enable access – depending on vehicle features – to the ‘Phone’ and ‘Voice’ (voice control) menu levels. The Composition Media radio is equipped with these features in addition to those of the Composition Colour radio: optional telephone preparation (Bluetooth) and a USB interface. The USB and aux-in interfaces, meanwhile, are integrated in a separate compartment on the centre console in front of the gear shifter; this compartment also offers storage space for a smart phone. “Discover Media” navigation function (5. 8-inch). The Composition Media radio can have a navigation module (Discover Media) added to it. The features and functions are identical except for the navigation system that is then integrated with European map data and the associated second SD card slot; the navigation computer is located in the glove box together with the CD player and SD card slot. The price for all units with a navigation module includes updates of the European navigation maps for a period of three years. “Discover Pro” radio-navigation system (8-inch). The top radio-navigation system with a large 8-inch capacitive touchscreen is known as the Discover Pro. Features installed here – beyond those of the Discover Media – are a DVD drive instead of a CD drive (audio and video), extended premium voice control (base version is available as option for Composition Media and Discover Media), 3D navigation and a 64-GB Flash memory; a UMTS telephone module is available as an option. Integration of the Compact Disc Database from Gracenote also enables state-of-the-art playback and management of media. In addition, the Discover Pro also operates as a WLAN hotspot (Internet access) for WLAN-capable mobile devices (smart phone or tablet). Until now, wireless interfacing of multimedia devices – for streaming music or telephoning – was only possible via the Bluetooth interface of the infotainment systems. Now this can also be done via WLAN. Here, the Golf GTD is networked with the Internet over a UMTS module. Data can be transferred via one of the coupled mobile devices or via a SIM card in the Discover Pro. Mobile phone. For the Golf GTD, Volkswagen is offering the two mobile phone interfaces “Comfort” and “Premium” as well as a smartphone (“Nokia Asha 300”) integrated via the hands-free unit. The “Comfort” and “Premium” mobile phone interfaces can be ordered together with the “Composition Media” (only “Comfort”), “Discover Media” and “Discover Pro” audio/navigation systems. The “Comfort” interface offers such features as an inductive external antenna interface to a newly designed charging cradle on the centre console, an additional charging function via USB interface, voice control and the use of phone contact and address data for inputting a destination in the navigation system. The “Premium” interface omits the external antenna interface from the charging cradle; instead it offers a GSM/UMTS transceiver with a dedicated SIM card slot and a WLAN hotspot. Car Net. Car Net is offered for the Golf GTD in conjunction with the Discover Pro radio-navigation system and the “Premium” mobile phone interface. It consists of a set of new mobile online services. For example, Car Net lets drivers integrate highly up-to-date traffic information into dynamic route guidance and input online any conceivable Points of Interest (POI) into the navigation system. It also integrates the 360-degree panoramic street perspective images of Google Street View. Realistic photographic satellite images can also be displayed, which are based on the Google-Earth™ map service (Google Maps). Especially innovative is the implementation of online traffic information. This information is supplied by the data provider INRIX. What is referred to as a Session ID is assigned to the GTD. This ID is then used to exchange relevant information between the car and provider – the Golf GTD sends its momentary position or travel destination; then INRIX sends the relevant traffic information back to the vehicle. Update times are shorter than for TMC or TMCpro, and the information density is greater as well. Updating is performed every two minutes during active navigation, and every three minutes without navigation. The greater information density is attained from the movement profiles of the mobile phones registered with INRIX. They are used to determine traffic flow speeds and for active route guidance via the navigation system. Dynaudio Excite sound system. New in the Golf. and therefore in the GTD as well. is a sound system from Danish hi-fi specialist Dynaudio. This system makes the GTD a concert hall on wheels with its eight high-end loudspeakers plus subwoofer, a digital 10-channel DSP amplifier and 400 watts of system output power. The system can be customised by choosing from four sound characteristics (“Authentic”, “Dynamic”, “Soft” and “Speech”) which are tuned to the interior of the Golf and four seating configurations (“Driver”, “Front passenger”, “All occupants” and “Rear”) for the audio output. Cargo capacity: 380 litres to 1,270 litres. 380 litres to 1,270 litres. CD value: 0. 315. Character: The marathon sports car. Colours (excerpt):. Standard colours “Tornado Red”, “Black”, “Pure White”. Optional colours “Carbon Steel Grey Metallic”, “Reflex Silver Metallic”, “Tungsten Silver Metallic”, “Limestone Grey Metallic”, “Night Blue Metallic”, “Deep Black Pearl Effect” and “Oryx White Mother of Pearl Effect”. Length – 4,268 mm. Width – 1,799 mm without mirrors, 2,027 mm with mirrors. Height – 1,442 mm. Wheelbase – 2,631 mm. Drive system: Front-wheel drive. Driver assistance and handling systems:. Electronic Stability Control (ESC) including ABS, brake assistant, traction control, electronic XDS+ differential lock, engine braking control, counter-steering assist and trailer stabilisation (standard). ESC Sport (ESC mode, e. for race courses). Driver Alert System (standard). Automatic Post-Collision Braking System (standard). Progressive steering (standard). ParkPilot (standard). Tyre pressure monitoring indicator (standard). Adaptive chassis control. DCC. Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) plus surroundings monitoring system Front Assist with City Emergency Braking. Dynamic main beam control: Dynamic Light Assist. Driving profile selection. Light Assist main beam control. Cruise control. Park Assist park steering assistant. PreCrash preventive occupant protection system. Lane Assist lane-keeping assistant. Traffic Road sign recognition. Engines – petrol: 2. 0 TDI with 135 kW / 184 PS. Equipment lines: GTD. Fuel tank: 50 litres; theoretical driving range: up to 1,190 km. Standard “Composition Touch” radio (5-inch screen). “Composition Colour” radio (5-inch screen). “Composition Media” radio (5. 8-inch screen). “Composition Media” radio with navigation function “Discover Media” (5. 8-inch screen). “Discover Pro” radio with navigation system (8-inch screen). Dynaudio sound system. Car-Net (online services). Market launch, Europe: May 2013. Prices (Germany):. Golf GTD – from 29,350 euros. Golf GTD with DSG – from 31,250 euros. 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Pets Allowed Why are so many animals now in places where they shouldn Worried about the impact these divorces would have on the children of the broken marriages, psychologists decided to cast their scientific net on couples, bringing them into the lab to observe them and determine what the ingredients of a healthy, lasting relationship were. Was each unhappy family unhappy in its own way, as Tolstoy claimed, or did the miserable marriages all share something toxic in common. "Disaster" couples showed signs of being in fight-or-flight mode in their relationships. Having a conversation sitting next to their spouse was, to their bodies, like facing off with a saber-toothed tiger. Psychologist John Gottman was one of those researchers. For the past four decades, he has studied thousands of couples in a quest to figure out what makes relationships work. I recently had the chance to interview Gottman and his wife Julie, also a psychologist, in New York City. Together, the renowned experts on marital stability run The Gottman Institute, which is devoted to helping couples build and maintain loving, healthy relationships based on scientific studies. John Gottman began gathering his most critical findings in 1986, when he set up “The Love Lab” with his colleague Robert Levenson at the University of Washington. Gottman and Levenson brought newlyweds into the lab and watched them interact with each other. With a team of researchers, they hooked the couples up to electrodes and asked the couples to speak about their relationship, like how they met, a major conflict they were facing together, and a positive memory they had. As they spoke, the electrodes measured the subjects' blood flow, heart rates, and how much they sweat they produced. Then the researchers sent the couples home and followed up with them six years later to see if they were still together. From the data they gathered, Gottman separated the couples into two major groups: the masters and the disasters. The masters were still happily together after six years. The disasters had either broken up or were chronically unhappy in their marriages. When the researchers analyzed the data they gathered on the couples, they saw clear differences between the masters and disasters. The disasters looked calm during the interviews, but their physiology, measured by the electrodes, told a different story. Their heart rates were quick, their sweat glands were active, and their blood flow was fast. Following thousands of couples longitudinally, Gottman found that the more physiologically active the couples were in the lab, the quicker their relationships deteriorated over time. But what does physiology have to do with anything? The problem was that the disasters showed all the signs of arousal—of being in fight-or-flight mode—in their relationships. Having a conversation sitting next to their spouse was, to their bodies, like facing off with a saber-toothed tiger. Even when they were talking about pleasant or mundane facets of their relationships, they were prepared to attack and be attacked. This sent their heart rates soaring and made them more aggressive toward each other. For example, each member of a couple could be talking about how their days had gone, and a highly aroused husband might say to his wife, “Why don’t you start talking about your day. It won’t take you very long. The masters, by contrast, showed low physiological arousal. They felt calm and connected together, which translated into warm and affectionate behavior, even when they fought. It’s not that the masters had, by default, a better physiological make-up than the disasters; it’s that masters had created a climate of trust and intimacy that made both of them more emotionally and thus physically comfortable. Gottman wanted to know more about how the masters created that culture of love and intimacy, and how the disasters squashed it. In a follow-up study in 1990, he designed a lab on the University of Washington campus to look like a beautiful bed and breakfast retreat. He invited 130 newlywed couples to spend the day at this retreat and watched them as they did what couples normally do on vacation: cook, clean, listen to music, eat, chat, and hang out. And Gottman made a critical discovery in this study—one that gets at the heart of why some relationships thrive while others languish. Throughout the day, partners would make requests for connection, what Gottman calls “bids. ” For example, say that the husband is a bird enthusiast and notices a goldfinch fly across the yard. He might say to his wife, “Look at that beautiful bird outside!” He’s not just commenting on the bird here: he’s requesting a response from his wife—a sign of interest or support—hoping they’ll connect, however momentarily, over the bird. The wife now has a choice. She can respond by either “turning toward” or “turning away” from her husband, as Gottman puts it. Though the bird-bid might seem minor and silly, it can actually reveal a lot about the health of the relationship. The husband thought the bird was important enough to bring it up in conversation and the question is whether his wife recognizes and respects that. People who turned toward their partners in the study responded by engaging the bidder, showing interest and support in the bid. Those who didn’t—those who turned away—would not respond or respond minimally and continue doing whatever they were doing, like watching TV or reading the paper. Sometimes they would respond with overt hostility, saying something like, “Stop interrupting me, I’m reading. These bidding interactions had profound effects on marital well-being. Couples who had divorced after a six-year follow up had “turn-toward bids” 33 percent of the time. Only three in ten of their bids for emotional connection were met with intimacy. The couples who were still together after six years had “turn-toward bids” 87 percent of the time. Nine times out of ten, they were meeting their partner’s emotional needs. By observing these types of interactions, Gottman can predict with up to 94 percent certainty whether couples—straight or gay, rich or poor, childless or not—will be broken up, together and unhappy, or together and happy several years later. Much of it comes down to the spirit couples bring to the relationship. Do they bring kindness and generosity; or contempt, criticism, and hostility. “There’s a habit of mind that the masters have,” Gottman explained in an interview, “which is this: they are scanning social environment for things they can appreciate and say thank you for. They are building this culture of respect and appreciation very purposefully. Disasters are scanning the social environment for partners’ mistakes. Contempt is the number one factor that tears couples apart. “It’s not just scanning environment,” chimed in Julie Gottman. “It’s scanning the partner for what the partner is doing right or scanning him for what he’s doing wrong and criticizing versus respecting him and expressing appreciation. Contempt, they have found, is the number one factor that tears couples apart. People who are focused on criticizing their partners miss a whopping 50 percent of positive things their partners are doing and they see negativity when it’s not there. People who give their partner the cold shoulder—deliberately ignoring the partner or responding minimally—damage the relationship by making their partner feel worthless and invisible, as if they’re not there, not valued. And people who treat their partners with contempt and criticize them not only kill the love in the relationship, but they also kill their partner's ability to fight off viruses and cancers. Being mean is the death knell of relationships. Kindness, on the other hand, glues couples together. Research independent from theirs has shown that kindness (along with emotional stability) is the most important predictor of satisfaction and stability in a marriage. Kindness makes each partner feel cared for, understood, and validated—feel loved. “My bounty is as boundless as the sea,” says Shakespeare’s Juliet. “My love as deep; the more I give to thee, / The more I have, for both are infinite. ” That’s how kindness works too: there’s a great deal of evidence showing the more someone receives or witnesses kindness, the more they will be kind themselves, which leads to upward spirals of love and generosity in a relationship. There are two ways to think about kindness. You can think about it as a fixed trait: either you have it or you don’t. Or you could think of kindness as a muscle. In some people, that muscle is naturally stronger than in others, but it can grow stronger in everyone with exercise. Masters tend to think about kindness as a muscle. They know that they have to exercise it to keep it in shape. They know, in other words, that a good relationship requires sustained hard work. “If your partner expresses a need,” explained Julie Gottman, “and you are tired, stressed, or distracted, then the generous spirit comes in when a partner makes a bid, and you still turn toward your partner. In that moment, the easy response may be to turn away from your partner and focus on your iPad or your book or the television, to mumble “Uh huh” and move on with your life, but neglecting small moments of emotional connection will slowly wear away at your relationship. Neglect creates distance between partners and breeds resentment in the one who is being ignored. The hardest time to practice kindness is, of course, during a fight—but this is also the most important time to be kind. Letting contempt and aggression spiral out of control during a conflict can inflict irrevocable damage on a relationship. “Kindness doesn’t mean that we don’t express our anger,” Julie Gottman explained, “but the kindness informs how we choose to express the anger. You can throw spears at your partner. Or you can explain why you’re hurt and angry, and that’s the kinder path. John Gottman elaborated on those spears: “Disasters will say things differently in a fight. Disasters will say ‘You’re late. What’s wrong with you? You’re just like your mom. ’ Masters will say ‘I feel bad for picking on you about your lateness, and I know it’s not your fault, but it’s really annoying that you’re late again. ’”. For the hundreds of thousands of couples getting married this month—and for the millions of couples currently together, married or not—the lesson from the research is clear: If you want to have a stable, healthy relationship, exercise kindness early and often. "A lot of times, a partner is trying to do the right thing even if it's executed poorly. So appreciate the intent. When people think about practicing kindness, they often think about small acts of generosity, like buying each other little gifts or giving one another back rubs every now and then. While those are great examples of generosity, kindness can also be built into the very backbone of a relationship through the way partners interact with each other on a day-to-day basis, whether or not there are back rubs and chocolates involved. One way to practice kindness is by being generous about your partner’s intentions. From the research of the Gottmans, we know that disasters see negativity in their relationship even when it is not there. An angry wife may assume, for example, that when her husband left the toilet seat up, he was deliberately trying to annoy her. But he may have just absent-mindedly forgotten to put the seat down. Or say a wife is running late to dinner (again), and the husband assumes that she doesn’t value him enough to show up to their date on time after he took the trouble to make a reservation and leave work early so that they could spend a romantic evening together. But it turns out that the wife was running late because she stopped by a store to pick him up a gift for their special night out. Imagine her joining him for dinner, excited to deliver her gift, only to realize that he’s in a sour mood because he misinterpreted what was motivating her behavior. The ability to interpret your partner’s actions and intentions charitably can soften the sharp edge of conflict. “Even in relationships where people are frustrated, it’s almost always the case that there are positive things going on and people trying to do the right thing,” psychologist Ty Tashiro told me. “A lot of times, a partner is trying to do the right thing even if it’s executed poorly. So appreciate the intent. Another powerful kindness strategy revolves around shared joy. One of the telltale signs of the disaster couples Gottman studied was their inability to connect over each other’s good news. When one person in the relationship shared the good news of, say, a promotion at work with excitement, the other would respond with wooden disinterest by checking his watch or shutting the conversation down with a comment like, “That’s nice. We’ve all heard that partners should be there for each other when the going gets rough. But research shows that being there for each other when things go right is actually more important for relationship quality. How someone responds to a partner’s good news can have dramatic consequences for the relationship. In one study from 2006, psychological researcher Shelly Gable and her colleagues brought young adult couples into the lab to discuss recent positive events from their lives. They psychologists wanted to know how partners would respond to each other’s good news. They found that, in general, couples responded to each other’s good news in four different ways that they called: passive destructive. active destructive. passive constructive. and active constructive. Let’s say that one partner had recently received the excellent news that she got into medical school. She would say something like “I got into my top choice med school!”. Those who showed genuine interest in their partner's joys were more likely to be together. If her partner responded in a passive destructive manner, he would ignore the event. For example, he might say something like: “You wouldn’t believe the great news I got yesterday! I won a free t-shirt!”. If her partner responded in a passive constructive way, he would acknowledge the good news, but in a half-hearted, understated way. A typical passive constructive response is saying “That’s great, babe” as he texts his buddy on his phone. In the third kind of response, active destructive. the partner would diminish the good news his partner just got: “Are you sure you can handle all the studying? And what about the cost? Med school is so expensive!”. Finally, there’s active constructive responding. If her partner responded in this way, he stopped what he was doing and engaged wholeheartedly with her: “That’s great! Congratulations! When did you find out? Did they call you? What classes will you take first semester?”. Among the four response styles, active constructive responding is the kindest. While the other response styles are joy-killers, active constructive responding allows the partner to savor her joy and gives the couple an opportunity to bond over the good news. In the parlance of the Gottmans, active constructive responding is a way of “turning toward” your partners bid (sharing the good news) rather than “turning away” from it. Active constructive responding is critical for healthy relationships. In the 2006 study, Gable and her colleagues followed up with the couples two months later to see if they were still together. The psychologists found that the only difference between the couples who were together and those who broke up was active constructive responding. Those who showed genuine interest in their partner’s joys were more likely to be together. In an earlier study. Gable found that active constructive responding was also associated with higher relationship quality and more intimacy between partners. There are many reasons why relationships fail, but if you look at what drives the deterioration of many relationships, it’s often a breakdown of kindness. As the normal stresses of a life together pile up—with children, career, friend, in-laws, and other distractions crowding out the time for romance and intimacy—couples may put less effort into their relationship and let the petty grievances they hold against one another tear them apart. 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Are you looking for a good throwing tomahawk? Throwing a tomahawk is very fun, even more fun than throwing a knife. It gives you the same rush throwing a knife has. Seventeen months of terror . In 2016, 12 vehicular ramming attacks and 100 stabbing attacks were thwarted by security forces. Visit Chernobyl and Pripyat: Nuclear disaster tourism in Ukraine. On April 2. 6, 1. Reactor number 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, located in Ukraine, exploded. Nearly nine tons of radioactive materials - 9. Hiroshima bomb - were hurled into the sky. The explosion took place at around one in the morning while the neighboring town of Pripyat slept. Only forty hours later, the residents of Pripyat were ordered to evacuate, and most never returned. The exclusion zone of 3. Call of Pripyat Complete is the third entry in the Complete mod series, which is a set of modifications created by professional artists dedicated to enhancing the. Ghost towns, radiation & the ethics of ruin lust: in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine. NuTravel Mobile Offering set to Leapfrog Corporate Travel Marketplace with New App. In a combined global effort with New Zealand-based Serko, nuTravel Technology. Liens; Site web: www.pripyat.com/en: Sources; Liste des villes d'Ukraine. Long term access to the zone is forbidden, but short term visits for tourists are allowed. Pripyat palace of culture (Photo by Tim Suess) The accident. The accident happened during unauthorized reactor tests. A sudden power output surge took place, and when an attempt was made at an emergency shutdown, a more extreme spike in power output occurred which led to the rupture of a reactor vessel as well as a series of explosions. This event exposed superheated internal reactor components to the air, causing them to ignite. The explosions and fire created a huge plume of radioactive fallout to float up into the atmosphere and out over an extensive area. The plume drifted over large parts of the western Soviet Union, Europe and elevated radiation levels were recorded as far as the west coast of the United States and Canada. Abandoned control room of reactor nr 4, were the operators made a fatal series of errors (Photo by Gerd Ludwig) The first day after the event the Soviet Union told nothing about the incident to the rest of the world. Only after radiation levels set off alarms at a nuclear power plant in Sweden over one thousand miles from the Chernobyl Plant did the Soviet Union admit that an accident had occurred. Nevertheless, authorities attempted to conceal the scale of the disaster. The evacuation began at 2 p. To speed up the evacuation, the residents were told to bring only what was necessary since the authorities said it would only be temporary and would last approximately three days. As a result, most of the residents left most of their personal belongings which can still be found at Pripyat. An exclusion zone of 3. The zone is controlled by special units of the Ukrainian ministry of internal affairs. It is partly excluded from the regular civil rule. Any residential, civil or business activities in the zone are legally prohibited and punishable. The only exceptions are the functioning of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and scientific installations related to the studies of nuclear safety. Everyone employed within the zone is monitored for internal bioaccumulation of radioactive elements. Access to the zone for brief visits is possible, through guided day- tours available to the public from Kiev or by applying directly to Chernobyl. Inter. Inform, a department of the zone administration. Entrance to the zone of alienation (Photo by Slawojar) Visit Chernobyl. The guided tours offer a safe passage trough one of the most dangerous places on earth. Forbes magazine has Chernobyl named one of the most unique places to visit and more and more people then find their way into the hastily abandoned houses and weathered buildings. As a tourist you pay around 1. Euros for a visit to the site. Visitors are driven by bus to the ''forbidden zone'' to where only people with special permission are allowed. Most of the surface covered by the zone is relatively safe but there are also places like the red forest and the vehicle scrap yard were radiation levels are still very high. Be sure to follow the guide. The reactor is now covered by a concrete sarcophagus to contain the radioactive materials from what. A new sarcophagus is being constructed and will be placed over the existing one, which was constructed very hasty and not meant to last forever. It will be the largest moveable construction ever made by man measuring 1. It should last for another 1. In this time span the government hopes to remove all of the radioactive materials that are still in the reactor. You can get as close as 2. The reactor nr 4 encased in a concrete sarcophagus (Photo by Sergei Tkachenko) The Red Forest: While the reactor was burning, the adjacent pine forest absorbed most of the released heavily radioactive dust. The radiation levels here are several times higher then near the reactor core. Houses and streets are overgrown by nature. Be careful entering any of these areas, as vegetation always carries far higher levels of residual radioactivity than concreted areas. Guides will always tell you not to step on the moss, and the dust in dried- out puddles tends to concentrate radioactivity. An abandoned house in Chernobyl (Photo by Gerd Ludwig)With the city of Pripyat where once the personnel of the nuclear facility were housed, it is not much better: an empty backdrop of weathered buildings, interspersed with empty playgrounds, schools and a hospital. This abandoned city once housed 4. The numerous signs of a hasty departure are still clearly visible: a toy, a bag, countless books, furniture, a gas mask are all left behind and lay scattered over the floors. The Pripyat swimming pool hall (Photo by Timm Suess) The Pripyat amusement park was scheduled to open only four days after the Chernobyl accident, but this never happened. The ferris wheel, swings, bumper cars and the merry- go- round were never used and are now rusting away. There are a number of fire tenders, ambulances, trucks and helicopters in the vehicle graveyard. You will no longer be able to gain entry there, but as some of the vehicles are still carrying lethal doses of radiation, this isn't a bad thing. Tours nowadays take you to a collection of abandoned ships in the city harbor instead. Chernobyl vehicle scrap yard Duga- 3: Another highlight to visit in the exclusion zone is the Duga- 3, a Soviet over- the- horizon (OTH) radar used as missile detection system. The system was built just a few miles away from the power plant due to its high power consumption. The enormous steel construction measures over 1. The Duga- 3 system was extremely powerful, over 1. MW, and broadcasted in the shortwave radio bands. It appeared without warning, sounding like a sharp, repetitive tapping noise disrupting other radio communications worldwide, which led to it being nicknamed the Russian Woodpecker. The antenna still stands, however, and has been used by amateurs as a transmission tower. Duga- 3 radar antenna Stay safe. The levels of radiation on guided tours are relatively small. A lethal dose of radiation is in the range of 3. Levels on the tour reportedly range from 1. A micro roentgen is one- millionth of a roentgen. The main danger is not in the radiation itself, but in particles of radioactive materials that may remain on your clothes or items. Thus, risks are pretty much non- existent as long as you don't get yourself contaminated. 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