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Ocreative Design Studio
Creative. Inspired. Driven. Ocreative Design Studio is a Milwaukee area website design and graphic design studio offering premier quality design and coding services.
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Cool websites, smart marketing. MOD Internet Marketing develops websites that market your business and integrate with your overall marketing goals. Website design, WordPress, search engine optimization, social media.
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- Jarvis Cocker
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- Serge Pizzorno
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- Noel Gallagher
- Dave Grohl
- Laura Marling
- Katy B
- Alex Turner
- Gaspard Auge
- Janelle Monae
- Charlie Fink
- Orlando Weeks
- Florence Welch
- Joe Mount
- Freddie Cowan
- Jack Steadman
- Elias Bender Ronnenfelt
- Christopher Owens
- PJ Harvey
- Drake
- Tom Cohen
- Kurt Vile
- Kanye
- A$AP Rocky
- Miles Kane
- Hayden Thorpe
- Ian Brown
- Tyler The Creator
- Frank Turner
- Bjork
- King Krule
- Fred Macpherson, Spector
- Orlando Higginbottom
- Bethany Cosentino
- Nicky Wire
- Toddla T
- Jordan Gatesmith
- Johnny Lloyd
- Reni Alan Wren
- Merrill Garbus
- St Vincent
- Ronnie Vanucci
- Liam Gallagher
Azealia Banks
Officially the coolest person in music right now, she accidentally fell into music, she tells it like it is, and she has the most unpredictable style in the world.
Photo: Dan Dennison/NME
He's pretty much been cool since the day he was born, but with Pulp's reunion this past summer, we were reminded just how charmingly awesome he is.
Photo: Guy Eppel
The frontman behind Cerebral Ballzy's pissy snot-punk claims he is and always has been a geek, but he plans on making a few chart-topping singles before succumbing to liver failure.
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Coming in at a tie are Kasabian's two main men. Well, we think Serge might be marginally cooler – pick up a copy of this week's mag to read as the two fight it out amongst themselves.
Photo: Andy Willsher
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No one's caused quite a stir in the indie world as this lass has. She's the Marmite act of the year – but in 2011, NME totally dig Marmite.
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Although Faris makes a great frontman for The Horrors, it's Rhys that takes the cake for cool. The hair, the cheekbones – he's got it all.
Photo: Dean Chalkley
One (cooler) half of Hurts, Theo's always dressed sharp, his hair's always in place, he's got a private jet and he's the funniest man on Twitter.
Photo: Emilie Bailey
Everyone can agree that Alex Turner's cool – but 2011 is a year of victory for Mr. Helders, as he's outranked his fellow Arctic Monkey. The mag this week explains why.
Photo: Ed Miles
We told you Wu Lyf would define 2011, and sure enough, they did. He speaks in the mag about his accolade.
Photo: Andy Willsher
Just missing out on the top 10 is Oasis brother Noel G.
Photo: Dean Chalkley
We've said it before and we'll say it again – he's pretty much the nicest guy in rock 'n' roll ever.
Photo: Danny North
She's wearing an Iron Maiden tee in this mag this week.
Photo: Richard Johnson
Private jets are the norm now for this girl.
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Alex speaks out about the quiff in the mag feature.
Photo: Dean Chalkley
The facial hair notches him ahead of Xavier.
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Glasto sealed the deal.
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The Noah And The Whale frontman is in at eighteen.
Photo: Richard Johnson
The Maccabees' frontman oozes cool, and wait til you hear the new album…
Photo: Dan Dennison
With or without the machine, Flo's still got it.
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Metronomy's mainman just misses out on the Top Twenty.
Photo: Andy Willsher
The Vaccines' creative force has been all kinds of hip this year.
Photo: Tom Oxley
Don't let looks deceive you – the Bombay Bicycle Club man has it.
Photo: Tom Oxley
Frantic punks Iceage's not-so-secret talisman.
Photo: Tom Martin
It comes naturally for the Girls man.
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Even the Mercury Music Prize panel acknowledged her allure.
Photo: Richard Johnson
Making big $ while rocking silly jumpers – Drake, we salute you.
Photo: Emilie Bailey
We speak to the SCUM man in the mag this week.
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We can't get enough of the long-haired troubadour.
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Balancing on the cool/fool precipice with panache.
Photo: Joey Maloney
Rap's coolest new fucker bar none.
Photo: Dan Dennison
Still bringing the retro chic.
Photo: Andy Whitton
The Wild Beasts man aint just a pretty face.
Photo: Ed Miles
King Monkey still rules the roost.
Photo: Press
For now, at least, the Odd Future goofball is in the list.
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Keeping it real in an era of fakers.
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Barmy brilliance as ever from Iceland's greatest export.
Photo: Danny North
He might live with his mum, but that doesn't alter the fact his the 38th coolest dude in music right now.
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Find out why in this week's mag.
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The Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs feather-hatted lunatic is a gasp of fresh air.
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Best Coast lady is a style icon.
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We're lucky to have this impeccable trooper.
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The Sheffield DJ and producer slots in at 43.
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Check out why we added the Howler frontman in the mag this week.
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The Tribes man has some stories to tell – get the mag for a taster.
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The Stone Roses drummer is resurrected.
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Tune-Yards rocks face paint with panache.
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AKA Annie Clark, she talks in this week's mag about what makes cool people cool.
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The Killers drummer and Big Talk man had us at the 'hello' part of his debut solo album.
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But of course.
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This week's issue of NME has the complete Cool List run down, including interviews and more stunning photos. Plus there's a special report on next year's festival headliners, the verdict on Kate Bush's new album, and 66 more pages of wit, wisdom and all the usual NME shenanigans.
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One of the first and most important steps to take before you launch your startup company is to create pro forma financial statements to verify that your company makes financial sense if all the assumptions that you are making end up becoming true.
The three pro forma financial statements we will be referring to are the income statement, cash flow statement, and the balance sheet.
Three types of "financial sense" can be derived from the above financial statements:
- Fatal flaws: These are conditions in your financial statements that indicate that the company cannot survive. These are the subjects of this blog.
- Universal non-investible flaws: These are conditions in your financial statements that make it highly unlikely that any right-minded investor would consider investing in your endeavor. The presence of universal non-investible flaws implies that the company could survive but will not produce extremely good financial returns.
- Situation-specific flaws: These are conditions in your financial statements that may or may not preclude good financial returns, depending on the specific industry or unique situation.
Fatal Flaw 1. Negative Cash
The bottom line of every column of the monthly cash flow statement is always labeled "Cash at End of Period." It tells you (based on all the assumptions you have made about your company) how much cash you will have in your company's bank account at the end of every month.
No entry in this row can be negative.
If some column has a negative value in this row, you must do something to your assumptions prior to this month, for example (these are just four of dozens of possibilities),
- Get a loan
- Raise money in an investment round
- Sell more product
- Spend less money (on expenses)
What you cannot do is just launch the company and hope that things will work out. Hope is not a strategy. The fact is many things will change once you launch, but you have to at least start with a plan that has a fighting chance of working.
Fatal Flaw 2: Negative Gross Profit
Near the top of every column of the annual income statement will be lines for
– Cost of goods sold
Gross profit
Gross margins indicate how efficient the company is at acquiring and using raw materials for its products. Different industries tend to experience radically different gross margins based on (a) inherent cost of goods sold within those industries, and (b) level of price competition.
Your company can tolerate a negative gross profit in its first year while you figure out pricing, find best suppliers, and hone manufacturing and internal processes. However, by year 2, you had better have a positive gross profit.
New companies rarely emerge in industries where gross margins are low. Reasons should be obvious: investors will likely not see a return on their investment based on an ROE calculation.
Here are some ideas on how to increase gross margins:
- Decrease cost of raw materials. This is the most straightforward method to reduce cost of goods sold, and yet it is the most dangerous because of potential to adversely affect product quality.Some ways are: (a) find alternative suppliers, (b) replace expensive components with less costly substitute components, especially when customers are unlikely to perceive the difference, (c) use less of a raw material in your product, and (d) purchase in larger volumes
- Outsource, insource, offshore, or onshore. Find the lowest cost source of doing tasks while still maintaining acceptable levels of quality.
- Increase prices.
- Change the product. If your product cannot be sold profitably, consider selling a simpler product that solves fewer customer problems and price it lower. Or consider selling a larger product that addresses more customer pains and price it higher. Or maybe you should rent or lease the product instead of selling it?
Fatal Flaw 3: Insufficient Cash from Operations
The top third of the annual cash flow statement captures cash flows in or out of the company that result from the core business of the company. The bottom line of every column of this top third is always labeled "Net Cash Provided (Used) by Operating Activities." It tells you (based on all the assumptions you have made about your company) how much cash the company's business is generating without the contributions of loans, investments, or sales of property.
Almost all startups experience negative cash from operations for the first few years. During this time, they rely on infusions of cash from external sources such as investments or loans.
However, a successful company must at some point be self-sufficient; it must be able to sustain itself with being on life support.
It is possible that a high-growth company with a huge market could plan to stay on a high-growth trajectory for many years and continue to need capital infusions to fund its growth. So, I guess the best way to describe this fatal flaw is to ask if the cash from operations would be positive if the cash from financing were set to zero.
Fatal Flaw 4: Current Ratio Less than One
On the annual balance sheet, divide current assets by current liabilities for each year. This current ratio gives you a pretty good indication of whether your company will be in a condition to pay off debt when it becomes due.
A value less than 1.0 indicates that the company is going to have problems, although there could be short-term fixes for short-term problems. As your company evolves, your current ratio should become (and remain) above 1.2.
If your current ratio is less than zero, it means your current assets are negative (current liabilities can never be negative), so this is equivalent to fatal flaw 1.
Fatal Flaw 5: No Profit
Near the bottom of every column of the annual income statement is a row labeled "EBITDA," short for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. You can think of it as the company's profit (without some of the "noise").
Most startups experience negative EBITDA for the first one or two years, and that is okay. In fact, it is highly unlikely to have positive EBITDA during those first few years.
However, by year three or so, EBITDA should be positive, and stay positive for the remaining years.
Although many dozens of potential problems can be detected in advance by examining the pro forma financial statements, the above five conditions are easy to detect and are almost always fatal for your company if not fixed. If you find them to be present in your company's financial statements before you launch, don't launch! Instead, fix your plan.
After you fix the plan, and know that it is possible to succeed, then launch the company. It is always good to start knowing that failure is not guaranteed.
Dr. Al Davis has published 100+ articles in journals, conferences and trade press, and lectured 2,000+ times in 28 countries. He is the author of 6 books, including the latest, Will Your New Start Up Make Money? He is co-founder and CEO of Offtoa, Inc., an internet company that assists entrepreneurs in crafting their business strategies to optimize financial return for themselves and their investors. Formerly, he was founding member of the board of directors of Requisite, Inc., acquired by Rational Software Corporation in 1997, and subsequently acquired by IBM in 2003; co-founder, chairman and CEO of Omni-Vista, Inc.; and vice president at BTG, Inc., a Virginia-based company that went public in 1995, acquired by Titan in 2001, and subsequently acquired by L-3 Communications in 2003.
If you'd like to learn if your great business idea will make money, take a look at Will Your New Start Up Make Money? If you'd like to verify that your great business idea makes financial sense, sign up for www.offtoa.com.


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We stayed in 2 different hotels in Coron. First 2 nights we stayed in Coron Paradise bed and breakfast. The hotel was new then and it was not summer time so we basically had the hotel to ourselves. Lucky us! 🍀☘🍀
Last night in Coron was with El Rio y Mar resort. Just because I insisted that we stay in a beach front area with swimming pool. Lol. It was an expensive request. It was 14k php per night accomodation and that's offpeak. No wonder why it was all foreigners in there. I did not see a single filipino staying. But… Disregarding the price I would say it was totally worth it. The food, the bed the nipa hut are all worth the 14k we paid for. Though the beach area on this part of Coron is not that great, at least they got the pool. You can use the kayak well as the gaming table. You can play billiards or darts just let them know you will use it. All for free.
You can opt to have a massage while floating in the beach. Yes, their massage area is like a boat house floating in the center of the beach! Just look at the photo below and you will find it behind me. 💋
If the budget permits, I would like to be back soon. Maybe stay a little bit longer so I can further explore the other side of Coron.


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This is a technique whereby the interventional radiologist places a small catheter through a tiny nick in the groin directly into the artery supplying the cancer. Through the catheter, concentrated chemicals suspended in oil are delivered regionally to "flood" the cancer. Once this is performed, small particles of dried alcohol are injected to "starve" the cancer of arterial flow and help prevent the chemo-products from washing out. This procedure is being used for primary liver cancers as well as cancers which spread to the liver (metastasis).
The procedure's major strengths include its minimally invasive approach, which results in no significant scarring after the placement of a band-aid over the skin nick. With this technique, patients do not experience the usual side effects seen with systemic chemotherapy. It is typically a painless procedure with some associated nausea.


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Senate Republicans get their last chance to grill President Barack Obama's nominee for U.S. health secretary on Wednesday, but seem likely to take a harder line on the alleged failings of Obamacare than the job qualifications of Sylvia Mathews Burwell.
The widely respected White House budget director, who got a cordial reception from both Republicans and Democrats at her first hearing last week, will appear before the Senate Finance Committee for a final hearing at which she is again likely to find support on both sides of the aisle.
Finance Committee members could take a harder line with Burwell, since they are responsible for deciding whether to move her nomination to the Senate floor for a final vote, aides said. Democrats who control the Senate still hope to have her confirmation wrapped up before the May 26 Memorial Day holiday.
"We're not very happy with healthcare. So who knows? It could be a tough line," said Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, the panel's top Republican.
But Hatch questioned the notion that committee Republicans would use the hearing as a platform for election-year attacks on Obama's landmark healthcare reform law. "Some might think it so. But I'm not sure that I'm going to do that," he said.
Republicans insist the unpopular law known as Obamacare remains front and center in their campaign to take control of the Senate in November's midterm elections. But they have been unexpectedly reticent in their criticism during what some analysts say could be their last chance before the ballot to grill a top administration official about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).


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Last month, a rumor hit the web that the upcoming Sony A9 will not feature high megapixel resolutions, it will come with faster AF, high-speed continuous shooting, and have high ISO sensitivity.
Now a series of latest rumored specifications of the high-end E-mount mirrorless Sony A9 camera revealed via SAR as stated below:-
- The camera under development seems to have 2 models.
One is high-resolution model around 70MP, and the other is super high-performance AF, super high speed continuous shooting, and super high ISO sensitivity model.
- The first model to be released will be the low rez and usper high-performance AF camera
- I don't know whether both models are released like α7, 7R or A9.
- Many professional photographers introduce E mount, and Sony receives many requests from professional photographers through PRO support. High-end E mount camera (probably α9) will become the camera in response to the demand of professional photographers.
- The camera with lower resolution sensor is very fast and has in its prototype stage shoots around 20 fps
- Estimated price range is $6,000
There is expectation that the Sony A9 E-mount camera will come with dual card slots. Also Sony USA has already cut the price of Sony a7RII and Sony a7SII up to $300, which is the early indication of its arrival, as expected from long time.
Go ahead with us for more information.


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FeoB – ferrous iron uptake
Metals such as manganese and iron are essential to all forms of life. During bacterial infection, microbes acquire trace metals from the host. The innate immune response from the host is to sequester these metals away from infecting bacteria in order to suppress pathogenesis. We are investigating whether interference with bacterial metal acquisition can provide a novel target for antibiotic design.
FeoB is the major pathway for ferrous iron uptake for bacteria, which live in acidic or anaerobic environments. The protein has a unique topology, with an intracellular GTPase domain tethered directly to an integral membrane domain. We are endeavouring to solve the structure of FeoB using X-ray crystallography, to understand how GTP hydrolysis is coupled to ferrous iron transport.
Collaborators: Dr Mika Jormakka, Centenary Institute and Dr Renae Ryan, University of Sydney.


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Out-of-sync days throw heart and metabolism out of whack
Study shows sleep/wake cycle is more important than number of hours slept
Sleeping during the day and staying awake at night can lead to heart and metabolic problems, even after just a few days of the out-of-sync schedule, a new study reports. The results, published online March 2 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may help explain the high rates of heart disease, diabetes and obesity among people who work the graveyard shift.
"The problems of shift work affect so many people, but there are very few studies that address the underlying mechanisms," comments Eve Van Cauter, a sleep researcher at the University of Chicago. "This is what [the researchers] have done, and elegantly so."
Based on Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the researchers estimate that 8.6 million people in the United States are shift workers.
To figure out what happens when people are moved from their normal sleep/wake cycle, Frank Scheer of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and his colleagues impos


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Iron-powder based nano-coated soft magnetic composites (SMC) represent the most recent innovation in materials for soft-magnetic core applications and provide among the most cost-effective and environmentally-friendly production solutions. The research will focus on the full exploitation of potential of SMC materials given by their 3D magnetic properties through research on base material as well as development of design for power electronic devices with improved performance, especially in the area of the renewable energy generation. This project aims at facilitating future new improved solutions for primary inductor and secondary transformers applications. The expected result of the project is the development of the generic model able to describe how the SMC materials and inductors made thereof should be designed to meet specific application demands. The project is expected to result with design and manufacturing of demonstrators of inductors for various applications including household, wind power or automotive applications. The project will address the materials development (powder surface engineering aspects and consolidation process) by taking laboratory scale test results of base materials and modeling of inductor design to pilot scale production of prototypes. Planned research will cover the tailoring of base powder coating properties and/or consolidation process in order to fulfill design requirements and modeling of design and properties of inductors and transformers (size, loss, core shape, thermal situation, etc.) based on SMC material for particular applications in power electronics.
Biträdande professor vid Surface and Microstructure Engineering
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Funding Chalmers participation during 2013–2015 with 2,000,000.00 SEK
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My art reflects and is inspired by positivity, peace, determination, growth, courage, happiness and serenity. It lies in happiness and hope. It breathes color and love.
My art creates a space where happiness and serenity dwell. I get lost in the colors and mediums and the simple joy of playing with paint and mixed colors. I want to spread and share that energy.
Where you can find me:
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Paraglide in Mongolia
Paragliding trips in Mongolia
Extreme Travel:
Paragliding in Western Mongolia
1 local flight
Short Tours Description
Day 1: Arrival Ulaanbaatar
Day 2: Paragliding, Bayanzurkh Mountain
Day 3: Paragliding, Terelj Mountain
Day 4: Paragliding, Khustai Mountain
Day 5: Paragliding, Salkhit Mountain, Kharkhorin,
Day 6: Paragliding, Orkhon Water Falls
Day 7: Paragliding, Orkhon Water Falls
Day 8: Paragliding, Del Mountain, Tsenkher Hot Spring
Day 9: Paragliding, Tsetserleg
Day 10: Paragliding, Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake
Day 11: Paragliding, Khorgo Uul Volcano, Gorges
Day 12: Paragliding, Solongotiin Pass, Zavkhan
Day 13: Paragliding, Zagastain
Day 14: Paragliding, Otgontsenger Mountain
Day 15: Paragliding, Otgontsenger Mountain
Day 16: Paragliding, Ereen Lake
Day 17: Paragliding, Mongl Els Sand Dune
Day 18: Paragliding, Gatchiin Pass
Day 19: Paragliding, Uliaster
Day 20: Fly back to Ulaanbaatar
Day 21: Full day in Ulaanbaatar, paragliding
Day 22: Departure
Detailed Tours Description
Click here for a detailed tour description.
Trip Duration
21 days
Places to Visit
Nomadic Lifestyle * Sand Dunes * Kharkhorin * Desert Lake * Monasteries * Museums * Lakes * Paragliding * Camping * High Mountain Peaks
Departures Date
If you are a group on your own, departures are whenever you wish.
If your are looking for other people to join you, we can have a look at the demands we had. Maybe we can help you to find some travel companions to make the trip with you. This is however not easy because each person has different dates and wishes. The easiest is to be a group on your own.
If you travel alone and want to join a group, we offer fixed tour departures those days:
To have those trips organised we need to have at least 2 people booking the tour.
Group Size
2 to 12 people
Normally the group size is a minimum of two people per trip. However if some people desire to travel alone, we can book the tour for a single person. The price will be 75% of the price for a 2 person tour.
We offer 3 different price categories for our tours:
Please contact us for the updated prices. We offer special discount prices for off season tours.
Depending on the tour you book and the service you want to have during your trip, you will overnight in ger camps or tented camps. Family stay is always possible.
Included in the Trip Price
Transport within Mongolia (Russian Army jeep, mini van or Japanese jeep+ Fuel)
Full pension in the countryside
Ger camp stay
Camping equipment if described in itinerary
All support staff including driver, translator, camp assistants
All excursions, entrance fees as described in the itinerary
Not Included in the Trip Price
Passport and visa costs
International transport
Transfer between the airport and the hotel
Medical and trip insurance
Airport taxes, excess baggage charges, evacuation costs
Extra drinks
Telephone calls
Items of personal nature
Other items not specifically mentioned as included
Bike and spare parts of bike
Sleeping bag, inflatable mattress
Fishing equipment
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Service in Ulaanbaatar
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text: I know that people have been less than happy with the Model X's rear view mirror. For those who would prefer not to use half of their screen for the rear view mirror, this kickstarter mirror from Perigon might do the trick. Check the second video on installation, though. Would this setup look too fugly with wire running along the center of the panoramic windshield? Perigon HD Digital Mirror: Drive safer with no blind spots


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Famous feminist and editor of Ms. Magazine Gloria Steinem will speak from noon to 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 27, at the Evergreen Lake House.
The appearance is one of 11 engagements Steinem has scheduled for the Denver area before the election. Steinem will be hosting "public discussions with undecided women voters" about election issues and how they affect their daily lives, according to a news release.
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The Johnstown-Monroe High School football team readied for its coach's leap, and he didn't disappoint.
The Johnstown-Monroe High School football team readied for its coach's leap, and he didn't disappoint.
After all Mike Carter has been through the past several months, a teeth-clenching 38-29 win over host Granville on Friday, Aug. 26, in the season opener for both teams was the least the Johnnies could provide.
Coming off a 2,000-yard season, Ross Franklin rushed for 327 yards and all six of Johnstown's touchdowns on 31 carries. His last score, a 16-yarder with 2 minutes, 21 seconds left, gave the Johnnies a bit of breathing room in a game they'd led 32-14 in the closing seconds of the first half but almost squandered against the slightly undermanned Blue Aces.
"I said coming over on the bus if I had the ball after we won, it was going to coach Carter and the staff for everything they've done," Franklin said of Carter, who was awarded the game ball. He was removed as Johnstown's athletics director this past summer but allowed to stay on as football coach.
"(The coaching staff has) stuck with us and we've stuck with them," Franklin said.
After a first half in which the Johnnies scored on all five possessions -- Franklin runs of 5, 46, 20, 34 and 1 yard they ended up having to stick together in the second half just to survive.
Granville quarterback Isaac Maurer, a sophomore who started in place of David Fraley, who was sidelined with strep throat, almost singlehandedly brought the Blue Aces back.
Zach Lilly's 86-yard kickoff return for a touchdown as the first half ended gave Granville life and brought them within 32-21. Maurer, who earlier threw a 47-yard touchdown pass to Joey Comisford late in the second quarter, then ran for a 34-yard score with 9:57 left to close the gap to 32-29, but the Blue Aces couldn't muster serious threats on their final two drives.
Franklin ripped off a 40-yard run on the Johnnies' final possession to seal the victory.
"It's a pleasure blocking for him," offensive lineman Brandon Hollis said. "We make him look good, he makes all of us look good."
Franklin was slightly more modest.
"We just said we had to stick to our bread and butter," Franklin said. "We did all day."
Maurer opened the scoring with a 1-yard run on Granville's first possession. He finished 11-of-30 passing for 145 yards and rushed for 72 yards on 14 carries.
The only downside for Johnstown was 17 penalties, five of which came in a span of eight snaps on Granville's first drive. But by halftime, Johnstown had amassed 333 total yards to Granville's 124.
G--Maurer 4 run (Burkholder kick)
J--Franklin 5 run (kick failed)
J--Franklin 46 run (run failed)
J--Franklin 20 run (kick failed)
J--Franklin 34 run (Smith run)
G--Comisford 47 pass from Maurer (Burkholder kick)
J--Franklin 1 run (run failed)
G--Lilly 86 kickoff return (Burkholder kick)
G--Maurer 34 run (Maurer run)
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Ex'tax in EU Parliament Resolution
With the help of MEP Gerben Jan Gerbrandy, The Ex'tax Project has successfully put a tax shift on the agenda of the European Parliament. The tax shift was included in the SME resolution adopted by the Parliament on April 15, 2015.
Full employment and social cohesion are basic EU objectives. The European Union has also committed itself to ambitious environmental goals such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40% and increasing energy efficiency by 27% by 2030. According to the Commission, better eco-design, waste prevention, recycling and reuse could bring net savings for EU businesses, estimated to represent up to EUR 600 billion.
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) account for more than 98% of Europe's businesses and provide more than two-thirds of total employment in the Union. SMEs therefore have an important role to play in fulfilling the targets.
The European Parliament resolution on green growth opportunities for SMEs was adopted April 15, 2015 to develop support measures in areas such as financing, knowledge management, innovation and skills and deregulation.
MEP Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (D66, Netherlands) has successfully put forward proposals on Ex'tax, amending the earlier draft resolution. The amendments were overwhelmingly approved by the plenary. The SME proposals now include a call to assess the impact of a tax shift from labour to natural resource use:
[The European Parliament] "Recalls that SMEs can be expected to play an important role in the circular economy, providing sustainable, yet labour-intensive services such as repair, refurbishing and recycling; considers that a tax shift from labour to natural resource use is a prerequisite for the long-term success of SMEs; notes that the Commission, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Parliament and the Eurogroup broadly support the principle of a tax shift from labour to natural resource use and consumption; requests that the Commission assess the impact of a tax shift from labour to natural resource use;
This is a step in our journey towards a tax system that is suitable for the challenges of the 21st century; building a European Union that works because it's 500 million citizens have a chance to work, develop their skills and provide for their families, while keeping in tact the natural resources upon which prosperity is built.
Although full employment is a basic objective of the European Union, high labour taxes and social contributions currently give businesses the incentive to employ as few people as possible and to outsource to low-income countries. High labour costs also inhibit innovation, as innovation is labour-intensive. SMEs are particularly susceptible to high labour costs.
Low environmental taxes, on the other hand, are a barrier for businesses to implement and scale up sustainable business models. Sustainable solutions can hardly compete with tax-free natural resource use and subsidized fossil fuels. Global subsidies to fossil fuels amount to €4.74 tn a year, equivalent to $10m a minute every day, according to a startling new estimate by the International Monetary Fund. For the European Union, fossil fuel subsidies are also substantial at US$330 billion per year.


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Credibility Building Books
Recently a colleague of mine shared a story with me of how he sent a chapter of his book that he is working on to a potential client. The client responded that he was very pleased with the excerpt, that it was so much better than receiving a whitepaper or a brochure and that, because of the excerpt, it was much clearer to him the benefit my colleague could provide his company.
What happened differently? The story was intriguing; it was engaging; most of all, it built lots of credibility for my colleague's abilities to serve his potential clients. I've been sharing with audiences for almost two decades now the benefits of writing a book. The good news I am finding now is that it doesn't require you to even finish you book to start reaping the benefits of writing a book.
So whether you are ready to write a book, an e-book, or even a booklet of less than 35 pages, start today. Here are three tips for starting now:
- Create an outline. I've said it before, consider a book like a pie. The crust is essential to creating the pie. Consider the crust your outline for your book just as it is essential for a pie. Spend time on that outline. Create both a mindmap of it as well as a linear outline. Why? Because it will help you fine tune the direction of the book as well as the important ingredients–stories, examples, statistics, etc. that will go into it.
- Create great stories. One way to create great stories is to, first, create ten or so questions you can use to interview other experts or clients/customers who have used your product/service. I have a great list of standard questions I use for interviews. One of the best questions on that list is the question, "What's the best question you have ever been asked?" This question, alone, has helped me grow a list of the best questions for future interviews. This tip also relates to my pie metaphor as the "filling" of the pie is the great set of stories, examples, statistics, etc.
- Use a good editor, book coach and designer. Your book is a tool for you that can last decades. I still have books I use that I wrote over fifteen years ago. Don't short change your efforts by turning out a product that is less than stellar. Invest in your book and it will pay you back year after year.


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Gretna have been admitted to the Scottish League in place of Airdrieonians, putting an end to the hopes of Airdrie United and five other teams.
Scottish Football League secretary Peter Donald has admitted that the murky recent past of Airdrieoneans was the major reason why would-be replacement Airdrie United was strangled at birth by rival chairmen.
The club, set up by accountant Jim Ballantyne, existed only on paper but had been the hot favourite to be voted into the SFL's Third Division to fill the void left by Airdrieonians, who were shut down by liquidators KPMG at the end of last season.
A playing staff had been recruited ready to sign on the dotted line, 1,500 fans had pledged to buy season tickets and many were sure also to travel to away games.
But the 27 SFL chairmen eligible to vote turned down the obvious financial benefits to instead welcome Gretna back to Scottish football for the first time since 1947.
Ballantyne had made strenuous efforts to disassociate himself from the financial mismanagement that had seen Airdrieonians disappear under a mountain of debt.
The accountant even offered to pay back some of it as a gesture of goodwill if the application were to be successful.
But the chairmen decided that to allow Airdrie United to emerge from the blackened ashes of Airdrieonians would be setting a dangerous precedent that might see cash-strapped football clubs disappear only to reappear under a different guise.
Donald said: "I think the potential precedent that may have been set may have been a major factor.
"There was certainly concern about that and I think it was certainly one element that went towards it."
Just days before the vote, Airdrie United tried to play a trump card by announcing it had secured an agreement with KPMG to use the vacant New Broomfield Stadium on matchdays.
But Donald revealed that such a deal was not enough to satisfy SLF rules as a five-year agreement was necessary.
He added: "Following the sad demise of Airdrieonians, there was very limited time for Jim Ballantyne and his team to prepare and they were almost victorious.
"I don't know what is going to happen to Airdrie United now but there may be an opportunity for the club to make an application in the future."
That depends, of course, on the willingness of the backers to continue and of securing a place in another league.
But Donald offered Gretna as an example that perseverance does eventually pay off as the club had tried before to be accepted into the SFL.
He said: "Their application proved they had learned from previous experience. They continued to improve facilities and had a reasonable playing record."
The voting went to a second ballot, with Gretna having won the most votes first time round but not enough to secure a majority of 14.
That was achieved in the second ballot, with UniBond League Gretna polling 16 ahead of Airdrie United's 11.
Now Gretna will kick off their new career back in their homeland with a home match with Morton on August 3.
Gretna secretary Ron MacGregor declared: "It is a great day for Gretna Football Club. We can now come back to Scotland."
Airdrie United chairman Jim Ballantyne could not hide his disappointment and questioned whether the SFL chairmen had made the right decision.
He said: "I am adamant that Airdrie had more to offer Scottish Football than our rivals, but the Scottish League chairmen thought otherwise - and I have to accept that."
Ballantyne wished Gretna well as he pondered the future of football in the town. "I am desperately disappointed by this decision, not just for myself and my fellow directors but, most importantly, for the people of Airdrie.
"They wanted to continue the town's 124-year association with senior football, and the whole community - people in the street, politicians and businesses - were 100 per cent behind us.
"Yes, it's hurting but I do congratulate Gretna on their victory today and I genuinely wish them well in the Bell's Third Division."
Gala Fairydean, Preston Athletic, Cove Rangers, Huntly and Edinburgh City were the other disappointed candidates.


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Jet fuel prices were raised for the fifth time in as many months on June 30, with the latest increase of 5.5 percent following a steep hike of 9.2 percent on June 1. Jet fuel prices account for 30 to 35 percent of operating costs for airlines and directly impact profit margins.
In a press statement issued on Thursday, state-run Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) said that jet fuel (also called aviation turbine fuel, or ATF) prices have been increased to Rs. 49,287.18/kilolitre in Delhi with effect from June 30 midnight.
The pre-hike price was Rs. 46,729/kl, translating into a rise of Rs. 2,558/kl, or 5.47 percent. In foreign currency, the price was fixed at $518/kl in Delhi from $494 earlier.
In five increases, ATF prices have jumped by 25 per cent, or Rs. 9,985.87, per kl since March, reported PTI on Friday.
The share prices of airlines such as Jet Airways, SpiceJet and IndiGo-parent Interglobe Aviation ended with losses. SpiceJet was down 0.69 percent, Jet Airways fell 1.19 percent, while Interglobe ended with moderate losses of 0.26 percent on Friday on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
Indian Oil Corporation shares jumped 7.35 percent to close at Rs. 473 apiece on the BSE. Shares of other state-run oil marketing companies also rose sharply, with BPCL hitting a fresh 52-week high of Rs. 1,101.90 before closing at Rs. 1,091.90 apiece. HPCL ended with gains of 2.47 percent at Rs. 1,020.55
The series of ATF price hike is likely to reflect in the first quarter results of airlines, even as they are overcoming the lean season with discount offers to increase their topline.


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Lots of value come inside this book of over 250 pages to ensnare the imagination with this creative montage of ideas for crochet. For those who haven't crocheted in a while, this book can pick up old pros and inspire new crochet enthusiasts to try their hands with creating wonderful crochet accenting concepts within this book.
Inside are ideas that are new and some are unexpected. This isn't a remake of old books but instead a delectable ensemble of ideas that really can set the artist (you) apart from regular crocheters who are still stuck on the same old patterns.
This book has excellent photography for those who are visually oriented, like me, to understand how the stitches are working together. This book has crochet diagrams to help you along but is not a book to teach you the fundamentals of crochet from the ground up. The author's idea is to show you ideas and allow your own personal creativity to flow. From this book, you can create your own one-of-a- kind crochet pieces using the demonstrations inside.
Read More and/or Purchase This Book Online.
So when I think about this book, "Inspiration" immediately jumps into my mind… but that should be no surprise as the book is called Crochet Inspiration. This book sits as one of my collections of pattern books in my library in my studio.


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The Medical Technology Industry
Medical technology plays a vital role in delivering safe, effective, and high-quality health care. The industry has developed life-saving and life-enhancing products such as pacemakers, artificial joints, drug-eluting stents, and laparoscopic devices for minimally invasive surgery. Innovations such as micro miniature and remote surgery techniques, DNA-based diagnostics, tissue-engineered organs, life science technologies and biologics are poised to further enhance quality of care. Medical innovation has great potential to synthesize advances in the sciences, bioengineering, biomaterials and genomics to develop technologies that will extend our ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease. Further advances will address the world's current health care challenges, including treating and responding to outbreaks of new infectious diseases, biodefense, and meeting health needs in underdeveloped areas.
The medical technology industry invests heavily in research and development, driven by constant innovation and short product life cycles. The bulk of R&D spending for medical devices and diagnostics comes from private sources. The industry spends approximately 11% percent of its sales on R&D, higher than any industry except that for pharmaceuticals. Small companies, including many start-ups and highly innovative firms, spend an excess of 300 percent of their revenue on R&D.
Adequate financing is critical to the successful development and commercialization of medical technology. Start-up companies are particularly dependent on capital financing prior to achieving a viable revenue stream. Venture Capital plays a major role in providing early financing. In the first quarter of 2009, the Life Sciences sector (Biotechnology and Medical Devices combined) experienced a 40 percent decline, from 2008, in terms of dollars and a 31 percent drop in deals with $989 million going into 133 rounds. Investment in Biotechnology fell 46 percent to $577 million in the quarter, while Medical Device investments fell 27 percent to $412 million. Investments in Life Sciences companies represented 33 percent of all investment dollars and 24 percent of all deals in the first quarter, which is in line with historical norms.
From July, 2007 through 2008, there were no fewer than 16 M&A deals carrying a price tag in excess of $1 billion, along with a plethora of other, nine-figure deals. Total M&A activity in 2008 exceeded 20 billion dollars The IPO market has seen no Medical Technology deals in 2009 and only one med-tech deal in 2008. The med-tech IPO market was strong in 2007, continuing an upward trend seen in 2006 following the significant slump experienced in 2005. There were 38 IPO filings in 2007, 28 of them completed, compared to the 22 IPOs filed and completed in 2006. There were just 14 IPOs in the med-tech arena in 2005.
In total, med-tech and med-tech related firms raised about $2.5 billion in 2007. That compares to a little more than $1 billion raised by the 22 companies reported on in 2006.
The U.S. remains the global leader in innovation in medical technology. The U.S. medical technology industry is the largest producer of medical devices and diagnostics, with production estimated at $120 billion in 2008. Estimates for Life Science technology sales in 2008 are $200 Billion. Further, the U.S. is one of the world's largest exporters of medical technology, selling to other countries an estimated $30 billion, or about a quarter of total U.S. production. Although the U.S. share of the growing world market declined during the 1980s due to slowed domestic growth, the U.S. share of the world market is currently about 45 percent. Other strengths of the U.S. medical technology market include:
- Market growth of 15% per year
- 30% of sales are generated from products that are less than two years old
- Medical technologies are less capital intensive and have an exit horizon that is much shorter ( three to five years) than that of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
- Major medical technology companies do not develop new product lines; they aggressively buy smaller firms to fill out their product lines.
- 2008 average returns (multiple of investment) via Merger/Acquisition for medical technology were 3.8X compared to .9X
The medical technology industry is not easy; in fact, seeding medical technology companies is as much a minefield as is investing in the information technology industry. Many of the operational issues necessary to success are esoteric. To avoid failure requires depth and breadth of understanding of markets, insurance reimbursement, U.S. and international patents, FDA and European standards, clinical efforts and results, and positioning. Further, those who wish to be in the field must have the respect of what is, in fact, a small community - - who know or know of one another - - and be able to operate within that community. This is a prerequisite to accessing those who drive the large players.
Ascent has the capability to distinguish from among investment possibilities and find those rare opportunities that can be successful in changing the ways in which serious health issues are addressed, not only benefiting mankind but also earning exceptional returns for investors. Our vision is to grow a medical technology industry in the Middle East that will support global innovation, including that arising from the Middle East itself, and will enable the Middle East to diversify its industries in order to become less dependent on oil and foster job creation, and in so doing, provide exceptional returns to investors.


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Last summer, I backed a couple of Kickstarter campaigns - and now they have both delivered.
I am now the owner of a couple of FPGA boards - and I am slowly learning FPGA technology - aided by the subtle democratisation of programmable hardware. More on this later.
Meanwhile, I am still tinkering with the minimalist programming language SIMPL. As of Feb 9th 2015 - I can report, with some joy and enthusiasm, that I have managed a quick and dirty hack, to port it to one of my FPGA boards. I now have a FPGA, hosting a 32 bit, 96MHz soft core processor - that runs one of the simplest interpreted languages on the planet. Is all a bit bass-ackwards, but it's fun.
The sketch is here as a Github Gist. You will need a Papilio Duo and perhaps a LogicStart Shield - or just run it, native on an Arduino if you want a quick play.
I'm currently trying to condense all my Txtzyme and SIMPL experimentation into a single, easy to read, Quick Start Guide. please bear with me on this - it might take a little time.
SIMPL and BLE
A meeting with an old work colleague over a pub lunch, rekindled my active interest in SIMPL. As such I have compiled the various blog posts from 2013 and 2014, into a single document, and I am working out the best way to present it as a useful document describing SIMPL and how it can best be used.
We discussed the idea of passing SIMPL programs via a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) connection between a Smartphone and a BLE device. SIMPL programs are very compact and ideally suited to the short packet format of a BLE communication packet.
Lithium Battery Developments
I have also been doing some work developing hardware that runs on a single Lithium Ion cell. This has involved the use of the MCP1640 boost converter and also the MCP73832 battery charger IC. This development work has gone very well and I am confident that I can make an economical battery powered design based around these ICs. The MCP1640 at just 30p in volume, is a fraction of the cost of the LTC3525 boost converter. Combined with a small inductor - such as this one from Farnell - you have a very compact boost regulator for about 50p.
FPGAs - The Democratisation of Programmable Logic
Meanwhile, a couple of Kickstarters that I backed last summer have come to fruition - I have now entered the exciting world of FPGAs and soft-core processors. The great thing is that now an Arduino can be emulated by a 32bit 100MHz soft core processor on an FPGA, and as such SIMPL can be ported to the FPGA ecosystem. Here's an update on FPGA developments:
Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are definitely the future for digital electronic design.
They are a "blank canvas" of logic gates and registers, onto which you can paint your own digital design.
However, the FPGA manufacturers tool chains are certainly not intended for easy access to this wonderful technology, and to be thrown in at the deep-end of the various hardware design languages - Verilog and VHDL will appear daunting to most.
Fortunately, some forward thinking individuals have succeeded in providing an abstraction later to these tool chains in the form of an Integrated Design Environment (IDE) and with this easier entry level, have managed to make FPGA technology open to a much wider market of hobbyists and enthusiasts.
There are two competing FPGA manufacturers - who between them each hold about 45% of the world market. With this combined 90% world market domination - there is very little space for their competitors.
Altera - known for their Stratix and Cyclone families of FPGAs.
Xilinx - known for their range of Spartan FPGAs.
Recently, two crowd funded FPGA dev-boards have come available via Kickstarter. Whilst subtley different - they share the same Xilinx Spartan 6 FPGA.
Scarab Hardware MIniSpartan 6+
This is a professional dev-board with two HDMI sockets, 3.5mm audio jack, 8 channels ADC, miniSD card socket and 2MB of SRAM. The Spartan 6 is a BGA package - and most of the I/O is brought out to a pair of dual row headers. There is a miniB USB connection via the ubiquitous FTDI chip. The board is white in colour with great care taken in matching track lengths for maximum performance.
Gadget Factory Papilio Duo
The Papilio DUO - whilst sharing the Spartan 6 FPGA offers a different approach in familiarising the hardware. It has the footprint of an Arduino MEGA, and additional hardware may be attached in the form of shields or "Wings". The FPGA is in a LQFP pagkage as opposed to BGA. There is also the same FTDI USB interface IC, but on the bottom of the pcb is an Atmel ATmega32U4 which can be programmed as an Arduino (Leonardo).
Whilst not providing on board video, Audio or microSD connectors - these can be added in the form of a "LogicStart" Shield or Gaming shield.
The unique selling point of the Papilio DUO, is that it is supplied with a soft-core processor - the "ZPUino" - which emulates an Arduino, but at 100MHz on 32bit hardware. Once the hardware is loaded with the logic design for the ZPUino, it will then accept and run a normal Arduino sketch - but at many times the speed performance.
Arduino users can port their sketches almost directly across to the DUO board and run them on the soft-core. They can also progress to designing their own hardware designs to accompany the Z- core on the FPGA.
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The quality of mains power supplies......
Many factors influence the quality of sound from any hi-fi system, obviously the care taken in the design and build of the equipment it contains is a key factor, as well as how each element is integrated into the system as a whole. The listening room and the environment in which the system is located is also important but there is a factor over which most people have very little control, the quality of the mains electrical supply feeding the individual components of the hi-fi system.
You may expect that high quality equipment built using superior components will not be affected by the quality of the mains. However unfortunately sound quality can be compromised by noisy or poor quality mains supply, as no equipment design can take full account for all possible local issues that can be encountered in every environment. The source of the interference could simply be an interaction with another piece of equipment in your system, or something in another room of your house, and with a turntable its obvious that anything that could influence the speed of rotation of your turntable motor, even minutely will be heard through your system.
Why do we need MFP 1 & 2 mains filter power supplies?
The mains electrical supply as its generated and how it arrives at your home is usually well defined and under normal conditions reasonably clean and free from anomalies. However increasingly we live in an environment of electrical pollution, especially with many devices contained within our homes, or in the case of multi-occupancey buildings or flats, it may be your near neighbours, or local agriculture or industry that can be a source of electrical pollution, in the form of dirty mains or electromagnetic noise transmitted on the mains wiring of a house.
As we all introduce more technology into our homes this problem is increasing. Any device that contains a switch-mode power supply e.g. Wi-Fi hubs, all modern phone, laptop,& tablet chargers & power supplies, or other domestic sources such as induction hobs, energy efficient florescent lights, computers, dimmer switches, or even from green energy sources like Photovoltaic solar panel systems, as these installations include inverters that are required to generate the correct voltage in order to feed this green energy back into the mains electricity supply, as a result unfortunately these usually generate significant amounts of local electromagnetic pollution, resulting in a dirty mains electrical supply.
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a larger capacity mains filter power unit for multiple items in your system, and our two speed turntable mains regeneration unit the
iota T/T-2 speed PSU
For our turntables we have a very reliable, high quality, 24 pole AC synchronous motor, this inherently low noise motor we also encapsulate to provide damping and decouple from the structure. The motor is supported by a bespoke thrust pad and bearing assembly for the motor shaft, the thrust pad ensures the motor runs in the ideal position under all load conditions and this bearing assembly uses synthetic lubrication. The motor is fitted with a CNC precision turned two step aluminium pulley & direction and "phasing" is defined by high quality components on the electrical control board mounted adjacent to the motor inside the turntable module.
So a lot of care and attention has been taken in selecting and applying a high quality motor system, driving a meticulously constructed sub platter through a round section Nitrile belt, all to ensure low noise and reliable operation. However the one aspect that we have no control of is the quality of the mains supply in your home environment.
MFP 1 mains filter power unit...
As all our turntables use a high quality, low noise, 24 pole AC synchronous motor, therefore to ensure motor performance is not compromised by poor mains or noise, all iota turntables are supplied as standard with our
mains filter power unit, this is designed to protect the turntable from any anomalies or extraneous noise that may be carried or picked up on your home electrical supply that could ultimately affect the motor.
is constructed in an extruded aluminium housing available in black or silver finish, this contains a multi stage filter network using high quality components, it is double shielded and uses star earthing in its construction, it is also separately fuse protected. The unit is fitted with the front mounted illuminated rocker switch, and has on the rear a standard IEC mains input as well as dedicated socket for the turntable. The unit is generously rated at 250 watts so offers considerable "headroom" with regard to supplying the load of a turntable. The
iota MFP 1
mains filter power unit can also be used with a large number of other suitable turntables on the market.
The down side ? To change the speed of our standard turntable you must manually move the round section belt on the easily accessible motor pulley, we believe this a small price worth paying! However if this is a compromise too far, or you simply wish for more performance without the loss of convenience please see the
iota turntable T/T-2 PSU
, (details below).
MFP 2 mains filter power unit...
Other sensitive key elements of your Hi-fi System may also benefit from mains noise protection or isolation, such as the phono stage, pre amp, or DAC etc. Therefore we also offer a larger capacity mains filter supply that can be used with multiple items, the
, this is designed to be used to protect your equipment both from interference in your environment as well as any noise generated or interaction from other components within your hi-fi system.
allows you to separate & divide the digital items in a system from analogue equipment further enhancing the sound quality of your system.
This units is built in the same type of extruded aluminium housing available in black or silver finish, with a front mounted illuminated rocker switch, and a rear mounted, fuse protected IEC socket, but the
is fitted with a captive mains cable and a block of mains outlet sockets, and has a rated capacity of 750 watts, so will therefore support several different devices at the same time.
The iota T/T-2 speed turntable PSU...
This unit takes the isolation and removal of unwanted external electrical variations acting upon the turntable to a whole new level! The iota T/T-2 speed turntable PSU is our high quality external turntable power supply that provides precise speed control by isolating the turntable from variations in mains frequency and voltage by mains regenerator. This unit provides frequency stability as its crystal locked and referenced to +/- 30 parts per million. In fact in order to provide both 33 and 45 RPM at the flick of the front mounted toggle switch, for this two-speed model we commissioned specific crystals, these were ground to our exact specification.
The sine wave to drive the motor is generated by direct digital synthesis, and the output is defined for both source impedance and voltage. The unit has been designed to offer excellent "headroom" with regard to the applied turntable motor load. The output from this unit offers five times the maximum load on a continuous basis. With more than eight times the maximum load available short term. This of course ensures that the power supply can be used with a large number of other suitable turntables on the market. For all other international mains supplies & none UK/ EEC voltages the unit is P.O.A.


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Donegal still favourites for semi-final place
It will be a strange day for Donegal GAA supporters on Sunday next when Donegal travel to Castleblaney to take on Monaghan in the final round of games in the Allianz National League (2 p.m.)
What might be termed 'Super Sunday' on Sky Sports, Donegal might only need to achieve a narrow defeat to gain a place in the league semi-finals where they will join Dublin, Kerry and Roscommon.
However, there are so many permutations involved that it may take calculators to decide the final outcome. Donegal are in pole position as they have a much superior score difference.
(See permutations and table on Page 62).
While some might think that getting that semi-final spot (which will almost definitely result in another outing against Dublin) might be the short straw, Donegal manager, Rory Gallagher, is relishing another game, no matter who it is against.
The game is even more vital to Monaghan, who need to win to give themselves any chance of survival in the top flight and even a win may not be enough for them.
"Ourselves and Monaghan have a lot to play for on Sunday," said Gallagher.
"We have come off second best against Monaghan on a good number of occasions recently. They always present a tough challenge," said the Donegal boss, who is not overly concerned about travelling to Castleblaney.
"They haven't played there a lot either. It is a ground that takes only 7,000 or 8,000 so there should be a good atmosphere."
Donegal will not know until later in the week the make-up of their team, although Gallagher reported that his players had come through the club league programme on Easter Monday unscathed.
He said that Neil McGee and Frank McGlynn would be "touch and go" while he expected Paddy McGrath to be okay after coming off against Dublin on Saturday night. "He had a calf strain. Paddy was happy to stay on, we decided that it would be better to take him off as a precaution so as not to aggravate the injury," said Gallagher, who added that he was also hopeful that Neil Gallagher would be available.
In relation to the goalkeeping position, he said they had not made a decision yet. "We had decided to give Mark Anthony (McGinley) the chance last weekend," said Gallagher.
The Donegal and Monaghan rivalry has been fairly intense in recent times and that is likely to continue this weekend, so we can expect a fairly close encounter.


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Baking lovers probably know all too good that a lot of recipes demands use of eggs. Because more and more people for different reasons don't consume eggs anymore, they can quickly end up in confusion how to prepare delicacy they want to make. Namely eggs in baking are most commonlyRead More →