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For a long time, YC founders (and other investors) have asked us why we don't continue to financially support our companies after our initial investment by doing our pro rata in future rounds. Many new investors really like to see the support of existing investors.
Ten years ago, Paul Graham said there could be ten times as many startups if more people realized they could try. Thanks to the work he, Jessica, Trevor and Robert helped do, that's become true.
We think there is still room for another ten-fold increase in the number of (good) startups. But even now, a lot of good founders never get started because they can't scrape together a relatively small sum of money at the idea stage.
So we're going to try a new experiment, which we're calling the YC Fellowship. This is targeted at teams that are very, very early.
Like YC, we will accept applications and evaluate both the team and the idea. We expect these startups to be early–a prototype is more than enough (though we expect you to have an idea). In order to have the most impact, we're only considering companies that haven't yet raised money from investors. Unlike companies that YC funds, YC Fellows won't have to move to the Bay Area (though we strongly encourage they do). For this experiment, we're willing to try office hours over video chat.
YC Fellows will receive $12,000 per team as a grant (though if this continues past this test run, we will probably do a more traditional investment with equity for future Fellows) and access to advice from the YC community.
The program will be much lighter weight than YC, but we'll still try to help you a lot. A dedicated partner will advise YC Fellows and be available for office hours. Fellowship recipients will have a kickoff day and an end event in Mountain View, and we'll pay for remote teams to fly out for these. We'll also make some things from YC available to YC Fellows, like AWS and Microsoft hosting credits. We'll encourage but not require that Fellows later apply to Y Combinator.
The program runs for 8 weeks, from mid-September to mid-November. You should expect to work full-time on your project for those 8 weeks.
Also, this doesn't have to be a one-time thing. If you fail but seem good, we'll happily consider you again with a new idea.
We understand that $12,000 is not a lot of money, and this won't make sense for everyone. But for some people, it may be the difference between going to work at a big company and starting the next Airbnb. Those are the people we hope to help here.
Applications are open now and are due July 27th at 8pm PT. That's not a lot of time, but it should be enough – the right teams are likely already tinkering with ideas.
Although this is an experiment, if it seems promising we'll iterate quickly just like any good startup. Our goal at YC is to enable as much innovation as we can. Someday if it works, we'd love to fund 1,000 companies per year like this.
I'm delighted to announce four new additions to the YC team.
Amy Buechler is joining us as an associate, working closely with founders in the current investment cycle. Previously, she got an M.A. in Counseling Psychology at the Wright Institute, led study abroad programs through the Bali Institute, and managed commercial real estate.
Susan Hobbs is joining us as Director of Events. Previously, she was at TechCrunch for four years where she focused on programming for the TechCrunch events, including Disrupt. Before that, Susan was the first non-engineering hire at both Codian and at CoTweet.
Colleen Taylor is joining us as Editorial Director. Colleen was most recently at TechCrunch, where she served as the editorial director for TechCrunch TV. Previously, she worked as a reporter at GigaOM, the Financial Times' Mergermarket newswire, and the semiconductor industry newsletter Electronic News.
Steven Pham is joining us as our office manager. Steven was formerly Garry Tan's Chief of Staff and has a BS in Biomedical Engineering.
Welcome to YC!
People often ask us what they can do to improve their chances of getting into YC. The truth is there isn't much other than "have a good idea, a market that may become huge, and a great team".
However, there is one thing that helps, and so we're making it official.
If you've worked at a YC company, and get a good recommendation from the founder of that company, we'll give your YC application extra consideration. References are very helpful in any decision about who to work with—there's so much value in understanding how someone performs and improves over years on a job.
You certainly don't need to do this, of course. Most of the founders we fund are totally unknown to any YC partner and have never worked at a YC company. The fact that we are willing to look at people totally unknown to us is key to why we do well, and not something we'll ever stop doing.
(If you're an engineer interested in working at a YC startup, go here: https://triplebyte.com)
We are happy to announce two new additions to the YC team.
The HN team members are some of the most thoughtful people about online communities I've ever met. So I'm always excited when they have a new idea to try.
This idea is simple. We're updating the guidelines to add: "Avoid gratuitous negativity."
Critical thinking is good; shallow cynicism, on the other hand, adds nothing of value to the community. It is unpleasant to read and detracts from actual work. If you have something important but negative to say, that's fine, but say it in a respectful way.
Negativity isn't the problem--gratuitous negativity is. By that we mean negativity that adds nothing of substance to a comment. This includes all forms of meanness.
Sharp readers may point out that the HN guidelines have always excluded those things. That's true. But it's still enough of a problem in HN threads that this is a clarification worth making. We tried it out last year when we released special guidelines for Show HNs. It worked well there, so we're extending it to the whole site.
New work and new ideas are fragile. Too much gratuitous
negativity might be the difference between someone giving up on a crazy idea
and building the next Airbnb. Obviously, we want Hacker News to help startups
and people doing new work, not hurt them. Building stuff is hard, and you'll
always need a thick skin. But we see no need for Hacker News to make the problem worse.
The human trait of being unhappy with other people's success is something we've all felt and should all try to avoid. Similarly for piling on to others' mistakes. These things feel good in the moment, but they're harmful and lazy. HN is a community of smart people. Let's all apply our smartness to *not* being like that, and see what new and interesting things emerge.
How are we going to enforce this? By asking the community to do so. Gentle reminders by peers are the best way we know to make the culture better.
HN can never be all things to all people. If you want to be relentlessly negative on the internet, there are other places you can go to do that.
I'm excited about this change; the increase in gratuitous negativity as Hacker News has gotten bigger is the thing I've liked the least.
To support this, Daniel and the HN team are working on another new idea I'm very excited about--code-named "Modnesty"--to turn more moderation power over to the community. We'll be sharing more on that in the coming months.
I'm delighted to announce Peter Thiel is joining YC as one of the (now 10!) part-time partners.
In addition to founding PayPal and Palantir and being the first investor in Facebook, Peter has been involved with many of the most important technology companies of the last 15 years, both personally and through Founders Fund, and the founders of those companies will generally tell you he has been their best source of strategic advice. He already works with a number of YC companies, and we're very happy he'll be working with more.
We generally won't bring on people that are involved with other investing firms given the obvious conflict, but Peter is so good we felt like we had to make an exception. Peter won't invest in any companies while they're in YC or for 3 months after they present at Demo Day (this will apply to Peter's investment entities as well), which should eliminate any unfair advantage. We're pretty paranoid about potential conflicts, and we'll continually evaluate this and change it if it's not working.
On a personal note, Peter is one of the two people (along with PG) who has taught me the most about how to invest in startups. I am confident that Peter joining will be great for YC.
We've just open-sourced a sales agreement any company can use.
Though obviously you should use this at your own risk, we've had a lot of experience with what makes good and bad sales agreements.
Special thanks to Tyler Bosmeny, James Riley, and Carolynn and Jon Levy for all their work on this! We hope it helps.
This is a guest post from Luke Iseman and Jeff Chang.
Hardware Is Easy
As we slog away at our soldering irons, it's become de rigueur in the early-stage hardware startup world for us to wearily mutter: "Hardware is hard." Our software-centric compatriots are understandably worried that we might weld their MacBooks shut if they mention their fifth multivariate test of the day.
But compared to any other time in history, hardware is easy. Finding product-market fit remains as tricky as ever, but prototyping new physical things is faster and cheaper than ever before. Here are some guidelines we've picked up so far:
1. Form A Posse. Hardware is the Wild West: we're just getting started in the quest to make smarter things faster, now that every material (and everybody) is at most a mouse click away. Nobody yet knows the full potential of this exponentially growing community. But you've got to take advantage: Join or start a Hackerspace, work from Techshop, contact makers who post interesting projects: find people working on hardware like yours and ask how they dealt with challenges you're facing. These conversations have led to me discovering faster and cheaper ways to make SMD stencils, casting aluminum parts from 3D prints, sourcing cheap components direct from China at in-country prices, and taught me everything I know about making things.
2. Interview Your Industry. After 5+ years of working on smarter gardens, I finally met with a giant gardening supply company. I learned more about what customers will actually buy (aka what I should build) in half a day than in half a decade. Figuring out what real people actually purchase at quantity is infinitely more useful than another coffee with another potential investor.
3. Fast Over Fancy. The speed at which new components are released, hardware devkits kickstarted, and novel 3D printer filaments formulated is gradually nearing the speed of software. Just like with programming languages & frameworks, there will always be newer faster better tinkering toys, and you can spend forever researching them. Instead, find things that work and use them to build a functioning prototype. Nobody cares if you're using an Intel Edison or a 555 to blink the LED in the prototype you show them: people care about whether you've made something that they want.
4. Separate Prototypes. I've used too many glue sticks and hours stuffing components into decent-looking half-functional prototypes. Instead, make these 2 different objects. Make an ugly black box 'works like' prototype, and create an entirely non-functional 'looks like.' Add a reasonable story for how you'll get the black box shrunken down to fit in a manufacturable version of the sexy enclosure, and start selling.
5. Finite Iteration. Break down the elements of your separate prototypes further, and iterate on the most discrete units of functionality that you can. Do a majority of the people you ask to play with your prototype tell you that the button is awkward? Getting buttons with the right click-feel is one discrete element to iterate on, button placement is another. Well-designed products don't just pop from Steve Jobs' brain into mass production: they're iterated into existence through many rounds of fast experimentation on each element that matters.
6. Selective Inattention. Pre-selling an impossible product will get your project pulled and company sued, if anybody even bothers pledging towards it. Having a million units ready to ship prior to telling anybody what you've built will make you bankrupt just as fast. I think you're ready to start to scale (meaning raising $ to fund production, from investors or crowdfunding) when many people who see your prototype want to buy one. If you've got a data-driven story about why you should raise money or begin production at a different point in time, try and convince your team that it makes sense. If they're sold on the idea, then go for it. Just be ready to defend your variance.
7. Achievably Exceptional. I can make a reasonable argument about why I will be the first to make something new, maybe even spinning a sound story about why people will buy this new thing. If I'm particularly lucky, I can find others to spend time/money on this vision. This can add up to a believable pitch about why I'm going to be the exception, the startup that doesn't go to 0 within a year. However, it's absurd to imbue myself with magical powers that defy the realities of global supply chains. Look at the hardware kickstarters you've backed, and add a buffer.
Manufacturing guys smarter than me say it's at least a year from locked-down, working prototype to delivery to customers at any significant scale. Unless you're doing under 1,000 units, you should have a really compelling argument for why you're better at manufacturing than the 50+ kickstarters I've backed and waited too long to receive. If you're making less than 1,000 units and they are not nuclear reactors, ask yourself if it's worth your time.
Hardware is easy, and hardware is a complicated minefield of company-killing disasters. This has led to most of your entrepreneurial competition staying in the purely digital world. Meanwhile, many talented engineers had their desire to make physical things scared out of them by an education insisting everything they build be as reliable as a bridge.
It's wide-open here in hardware startup country, full of opportunities to do things worth failing at. The Nests and Teslas of the world are just starting to skim the surface of what we can make in our connected, sensor-filled, AI-enhanced meatspace. Set aside your keyboard, and get to work remaking the real world as dramatically as we've reinvented the digital one.
- Luke Iseman (ex-Edyn, W14) makes smarter gardens and tiny homes
Hardware is Easy … Except For the Hard Stuff
Alright, you've got your production-ready prototype built, you've got some investor or Kickstarter money in the bank, and after talking with a few hundred customers, you've got a good idea of how to make 'em really happy. Now you're looking to build, test & ship 1,000, 10,000 or 100,000 pieces of your product.
This is where Fitbit and many others almost died -- for Fitbit, the 15 months of turmoil in the manufacturing & QA abyss, the lots of times they were "pretty close to being dead." But in the past seven years, these hardware startups have paved the way -- they've made it much easier for the rest of us to scale hardware.
1. Don't do it from scratch. Hundreds of resources, extensive manufacturing & fulfillment infrastructure, & consultancies already exist. Don't jump in with the first solution you find, no matter how easy they may make it seem. If you don't know enough to question them & keep on top of things at every turn, they'll often take you for a ride or get you bogged down in an endless series of delays and bottlenecks. Before you begin, talk with as many hardware startup founders, consultancies & manufacturers as possible. After you start, talk with as many founders, consultancies & manufacturers as possible. Learn enough to get a sense of the many things you don't know and need to find out.
2. Don't forget the certifications -- they each cost at least a couple thousand bucks, and some of them require bunches of pre-testing & carrier testing. Make sure to get started on necessary certifications early, and skip the nice-to-haves. Especially when cash is short & you need a shippable product yesterday, use easy-to-substitute off-the-shelf and pre-certified components wherever possible. Extra certification costs don't help you build a better product, and you need every dollar working to make your startup a success.
3. Always think about bringing your capabilities in-house, if still outsourced -- EE, ME, firmware, ID, apps, frontend & backend dev. Search for, or wait for, the right person -- put out your feelers (Angel.co, job postings, HN if you're part of YC, friends of friends & friends of first employees), and whenever you can afford it, put candidates through trial projects and start hiring the best.
4. Realize it's not cheaper to hire people (unless you're comparing with high-end design firm pricing), but things move a lot faster in-house, especially for fast prototyping & debugging. Once you've been through the "our firmware designer's in Europe, and build testing's in Shenzhen" mess, you realize that a single email a day from each consultant can't cut it -- it's delaying your progress by months. And a successful company is always prototyping & debugging -- once the first iteration's out the door, you've got to start revising the next production run & prototyping future iterations. While you're head-down blinders-on busy preparing production runs & iterations, don't forget to anticipate & create where the market's headed – it can easily leave you behind, if you don't imagine & build new awesome products when the time is right.
5. Trial projects for candidates will help you understand your own business better too -- just like with a rubber ducky, the act of explaining your hardware or firmware to someone will help you understand it better. Not to mention, your candidate should hopefully know a whole host of things about their field that you don't. Versus a consultant (especially for firmware), where you often only know that it's done once it's done, and learn almost nothing about how it works.
6. Hardware costs are very spiky -- and with each revision, mistake, or market shift, those costs will rise. This will be particularly distressing to those of us accustomed to software startups, since your burn rate may swing wildly month to month.
From talking with founders of many hardware startups, there's no hard & fast rule on hardware vs. people costs. You'll spend more on hardware, if you've got a remarkably innovative and complex product, if your tooling goes south, if your first couple manufacturers screw you over, or if you decide to go the high-end design firm route. You'll spend much more on people, if you have the capital to bring your team in-house, if you share equipment for prototyping, if you need to spend several years iterating prior to launch, or if you find an efficient & responsive manufacturer right off the bat for production and QA.
7. With every startup, the people are key. No matter how much your hardware costs, the hardware isn't more important. An awesome team can do wonders with a run-of-the-mill concept, while an average team will tend to pull failure from even the most brilliant idea. Your hardware's being designed and built, app bugs are being caught and fixed, marketing copy's being created and fine-tuned -- all by the people on your team. No matter how complex your hardware is or how many patents you might have, a dozen other teams are probably building something similar. Your team is what makes the difference.
Of course, don't forget QA, distribution & fulfillment, custom packaging, the right kind of sales team for your product, and customer relationships. Nice thing about being a part of YC – there's a YC startup for each of these things. If you're a YC startup that provides services for other startups, you can rustle up dozens of interested new customers with an email. Building a company that makes hardware creation better? Consider applying to YC.
Finally, standard rules of building a company never expire. If you want to become a good CEO or CTO, read awesome books & blogs, go implement & see which ideas work in your startup, read some more, learn from an executive coach, ask everyone you meet lots of questions, and listen more than you speak. Not to get too Zen, but the mind can be either a full or empty cup, and full cups don't do too well. Only someone who always keeps a bit of the newbie mindset can continually adapt and build an incredible organization.
Always remember, you're not building this organization, or even your own product – that's up to the people you hire. The lone inventor model almost never works. Yes, you're building a product, but the company is all about the people, not the hardware. Eventually, you probably won't even be deciding the vision -- just hiring the best people in the world to hash out the details for you. So really focus on perfecting your hiring processes, spend the time to create & live out your culture, do your best to keep everyone on the same page, and just keep the boat moving forward. And don't forget -- the Pareto principle applies to everything. So do what matters, and ignore the rest.
Our world is made of physical objects, stuff you can touch & manipulate. Bytes are awesome, but many of the world's biggest ideas need a tight weave of both hardware & software. All of the largest Internet-based companies are now building hardware – this is where the next Google, Facebook or Amazon will arise. How will your team help create our future?
Jeff Chang (Doblet, S14) is building a network of portable batteries for your phone
Over the last month, we've announced special deals to help YC biotech and hardware companies.
But we don't want to leave YC software companies out.
We are happy to announce the Microsoft will be giving $500,000 of free Azure hosting credit to YC startups in our Winter 2015 batch and future batches. This is a big deal for many startups—it's common for hosting to be the second largest expense after salaries. Microsoft is also giving YC startups three years of Office 365, access to Microsoft developer staff, and one year of free CloudFlare enterprise services and DataStax software.
This brings the total value of special offers extended to each YC company to well over $1,000,000. The relentless nagging from partners to grow faster we throw in for free.


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President Mohammed Morsi's first 200 days in office have seen more lawsuits filed on charges of "insulting the president" than all Egyptian rulers since 1892, a leading rights group said, while another report laid out charges of continued police brutality since the revolution.
About 24 lawsuits for insulting Morsi have been filed against journalists and activists since his election in June, the Arab Network for Human Rights said in a report. Under ousted President Hosni Mubarak, four such cases were filed, the group said. Only one case was filed under Anwar Sadat and five under King Farouk, it said. None were recorded during the rule of Gamal Abdel Nasser, when more violent methods were often used to suppress criticism.
The report, issued days before the second anniversary of the start of the 2011 uprising that ousted Mubarak, comes as Morsi faces growing criticism at home over his stewardship of the Arab world's most populous nation.
His secularist, minority Christian and youth activist critics charge him with devoting more energy to cementing the power of the Muslim Brotherhood than to running the country. They are planning mass rallies on Jan. 25 against what they describe as the "Brotherhoodization" of Egypt.
Morsi has vowed to uphold press freedom. The Brotherhood has said the media is biased against Islamists, and accused it of stoking unrest that has hampered economic recovery and led to protests and clashes.
High-profile cases include television host Tawfiq Okasha, who was acquitted on Jan. 8 of insulting and incitement to kill Morsi, though his al-Faraeen satellite channel remains off air. The country's top prosecutor, appointed by Morsi, also ordered an investigation into television comedian Bassem Youssef, whose satirical program is modeled on Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show," following a complaint he insulted the president.
Separately, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights said at a press conference in Cairo today that it has documented at least 10 deaths in police stations and prisons, and 11 cases of unlawful killing of citizens by security forces between June and November last year.
"Although the January revolution was sparked in large part by police practices and vocally demanded an end to these practices," the situation remains unchanged, the group said in the report.
It screened a video report into the death of Atef El-Mansy, who it said died as a result of torture in a police station where he had attempted to file a complaint against police aggression. When angry local people gathered around the station, police fired on them and another person was killed, the report said.
Morsi issued a decree in November that he said would guarantee the rights of those killed or injured by security forces in last year's uprising, and ensure retrials for officials under Mubarak who were accused of responsibility.
Magda Boutros, a researcher at EIPR, said the law actually served as a cover for the creation of "a special prosecutorial office with permanent exceptional authorities whose members are chosen by the public prosecutor, himself chosen unilaterally by the president."
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Woman goes to doctor with backache...and gives birth six hours later (to a baby five WEEKS overdue)
- Kayleigh Renwick, 24, had actually lost weight and had no idea she was pregnant
- She was so far gone her placenta had stopped feeding baby Lucy
When Kayleigh Renwick visited the doctors with agonising back ache, she assumed she had developed a kidney infection.
But just six hours later she was giving birth in hospital.
Unbeknown to the 24-year-old nursery nurse, from Stanley, County Durham, already a mum to daughter Grace, she was five weeks overdue.
Kayleigh Renwick visited an out-of-hours medical centre suffering from back ache - only to be told she was pregnant. Just hours later, Kayleigh gave birth to baby Lucy five weeks overdue, weighing 7lb 7oz
Ms Renwick said she had not realised she was pregnant because she continued to have periods throughout her pregnancy and bizarrely had actually lost weight - dropping from a size 16 to a size 12 -14.
She said: 'You read about women not realising they were pregnant and think 'how did you not know?'. I had no pram, no cot, nothing.
'I'd given it all away after Grace as was adamant we weren't going to have another baby.'
Kayleigh, from Stanley, County Durham, felt pains in her back when she visited the park with her parter Daniel Madge and their two year-old daughter Grace in May this year.
At first she thought her back ache was caused by a kidney infection and visited an out-of-hours medical centre for medication.
Ms Renwick said she had not realised she was pregnant because she continued to have periods throughout her pregnancy and bizarrely, had actually lost weight
But as she awaited the results of a routine urine test, a doctor asked her 'how far into your pregnancy are you?'
She said she wasn't pregnant, but was sent to the University Hospital of North Durham for a scan.
She said: 'Just after 6pm I was seeing a doctor and by 7.30pm I was at the maternity ward having a scan.
'If they'd said I was four months pregnant I could have got my head around that but they said 'it's good news, there's a baby there and you're 8cm dilated.'
'I couldn't believe it. My body went into shock and I started throwing up. I had periods throughout the pregnancy and in February was sick a couple of times so did a pregnancy test and it came back negative. There were just no further symptoms.'
Lucy was born weighing 7lb 7ozs with very dry, cracked skin.
Midwives told Kayleigh when they'd delivered her placenta it had stopped working.
Kayleigh said: 'They didn't know what Lucy had been surviving on and thought she was up to five weeks overdue.
'She was back-to-back and they think tucked behind my pelvis which is why I was getting the back ache.
'Grace has been brilliant with Lucy, it's like she's always been here.'
Now six-months-old Lucy has been diagnosed with severe Brachycephaly and Plagiocephaly, commonly known as Flat Head Syndrome (FHS), causing her head to misshapen.
While a baby's sleeping position is the main cause of mild FHS other causes include factors in the womb such as a lack of amniotic fluid and the position of the baby.
Kayleigh now has to raise £2,000 for a cranial helmet which will re-shape Lucy's head and is also incurring costs for the family having to travel weekly to a clinic in Leeds specialising in her condition.
Treatment for the condition is not available on the NHS as it is classed as a cosmetic problem.
Kayleigh said: 'It wasn't until I took Lucy to the doctor that anyone showed any concern for the shape of her head but it was clear just to look at her it was flat.
'We were referred to a consultant who told us Lucy had Plagiocephaly but because the condition is cosmetic there was little the NHS can do.
Lucy was born weighing 7lb 7ozs with very dry, cracked skin because her mother's placenta had stopped working while in the womb
'You could see straight away her head was misshapen and we didn't want Lucy to have to grow up with this. Children can be so cruel and I didn't want that for my little girl.
'I went to the hospital hoping they'd help. If the NHS can fund boob jobs and gastric bands, why can't they fund a child in need?
FHS occurs when a baby's soft skull bones are subjected to abnormal or prolonged pressure and the baby develops a misshapen head.
While Plagiocephaly refers to flatness at the sides of the head, Lucy also has brachycephaly which is flatness at the back of the head.
Both conditions can cause changes to a baby's facial features such as ears and eyes not being aligned and, as with Lucy, their forehead jutting out more than it normally would.
Lucy will have to wear the helmet 23 hours a day with the possibility of blisters on her head during the first seven weeks. Kayleigh will need to travel to Leeds every week at a cost of £116 a time for six weeks and then every fortnight after that so Lucy's progress can be monitored.
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Investors' hunger for the juicy yields of junk bonds is a major theme this year, but you wouldn't know it from this month's activity in junk-bond exchange-traded funds.
Deflated hopes for more Federal Reserve easing, a weak payroll report, and fresh euro-zone worries spurred investors to pull $527 million from the two biggest junk-bond ETFs in the week that ended Wednesday, part of the first notable withdrawals in months.
Could investors' appetite for high yield turn sour so quickly? It seems doubtful. This is a trickle of money compared with the $6 billion that has flowed this year into the $11.5 billion SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond JNK -0.185283218634198% SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca 37.71 -0.07 -0.185283218634198% /Date(1438633867406-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4574390 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 5.83054892601432% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » ETF (ticker: JNK), and the $14.2 billion invested in the iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond HYG -0.10277492291880781% iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca 87.48 -0.09 -0.10277492291880781% /Date(1438633866421-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3092283 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 5.437433081674674% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » ETF (HYG) this year. The HYG has fallen 1.4% in April, but has still returned about 2% year-to-date. It sports a 12-month yield of 7.38% amid a scarcity of good income opportunities, which remains the key reason the newly risk-tolerant have flocked to junk bonds in the first place.
Portfolio managers such as Reed Choate, who buys and sells the ETFs for clients at investment boutique Neville Rodie & Shaw, view the recent weakness as a buying opportunity. "My outlook hasn't changed in the past week, and it's probably not going to change in the next quarter," says Choate. "It is an attractive asset class, with the current [low] default rates."
At the same time, torrential junk-bond issuance and robust investor demand can't keep up forever.
One coming test: earnings season. Over long periods, corporate earnings growth needs to turn higher to support continually stronger high-yield performance, notes the Leuthold Group's Chun Wang, in a report. That's a tall order after the steep earnings run-up since the financial crisis. For an asset class that gets tossed out when macroeconomic worries take center stage, this shapes up as just one more test of just how hungry yield-seeking investors are.
Here's another gauge, which could be bullish or bearish: ETF providers are launching a bevy of new products in this area.
The past few weeks' new offerings include the iShares Emerging Markets High Yield Bond Fund EMHY -0.15769474350854973% iShares Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF BATS Trading 47.2953 -0.0747 -0.15769474350854973% /Date(1438633571917-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 15920 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 6.439416613823716% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » (EMHY)—a fund for the intrepid, with its 21% Venezuela weighting—and the Market Vectors Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF ANGL -0.14853323431117713% Market Vectors Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca 26.89 -0.04 -0.14853323431117713% /Date(1438632981674-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 26307 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 5.2212718482707325% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » (ANGL), holding issues from the likes of J.C. Penney JCP -0.6067961165048543% J.C. Penney Co. Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD8.19 -0.05 -0.6067961165048543% /Date(1438633863582-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5214480 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 2516734771.40145 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 108009 More quote details and news » (JCP) and Frontier Communications FTR 9.110169491525424% Frontier Communications Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD5.15 0.43 9.110169491525424% /Date(1438633868591-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 48321126 P/E Ratio 38.76784372652141 Market Cap 5443613439.66698 Dividend Yield 8.13953488372093% Rev. per Employee 286750 More quote details and news » (FTR). Investors who go far afield for yield will show up for such funds.
INVESTORS WHO BUY THE STOCK market's dips shouldn't forget the niche between small-capitalization stocks and large ones. Mid-caps offer a pop in bull markets, but with less recourse than small-caps to tiny companies. They usually don't offer much in the way of portfolio diversification, but many mid-cap companies are more domestic than the biggest stocks. That could prove important this year. If the U.S. recovery keeps leading the globe, mid-cap exchange-traded funds will benefit.
The year has already been kind to mid-sized stocks, with the S&P Mid Cap 400 rising 13.1% in the first-quarter, powered by components such as energy-drink maker Monster Beverage MNST 1.3350700097688049% Monster Beverage Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD155.6 2.05 1.3350700097688049% /Date(1438632967649-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 869597 P/E Ratio 68.84955752212389 Market Cap 31363663554.4037 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 1277130 More quote details and news » (MNST), up 36% through Wednesday, and data-center operator Equinix EQIX 1.1867627550105768% Equinix Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD282.22 3.31 1.1867627550105768% /Date(1438632962888-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 453702 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 15876394232.0865 Dividend Yield 2.3952944511374104% Rev. per Employee 646418 More quote details and news » (EQIX), up 54%.
The index's quarterly return beat the Russell 2000 index by a percentage point, upsetting the expectation that smaller stocks would do best when traders take a "risk on" attitude. It beat the large-cap Standard & Poor's 500-stock index by roughly the same amount.
The performance versus large-caps is particularly impressive given that Apple AAPL -2.6380873866446826% Apple Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD118.1 -3.2 -2.6380873866446826% /Date(1438633868555-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 57659641 P/E Ratio 13.673210161662817 Market Cap 691740216377.936 Dividend Yield 1.7566083945612703% Rev. per Employee 2409500 More quote details and news » (AAPL) added 11.5% to the S&P 500's quarterly return, according to S&P analyst Howard Silverblatt.
By at least some historical standards, mid-caps are reasonably priced. Credit Suisse small- and mid-cap equity strategist Lori Calvasina points out that the Russell MidCap Index components' one-year forward price/earnings ratio is right around the long-term average of 15. That suggests room to run, even as both small- and mid-sized stocks look pricey versus large-caps.
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There's the $3.5 billion Vanguard Mid-Cap Index VO -0.7136208501396215% Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca 128 -0.92 -0.7136208501396215% /Date(1438633807946-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 268887 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 1.2270658345455399% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » Fund (VO) and its tiny expense ratio. There's the $335 million WisdomTree MidCap Dividend DON -0.49160671462829736% WisdomTree Trust MidCap Dividend U.S.: NYSE Arca 82.99 -0.41 -0.49160671462829736% /Date(1438633684757-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 62982 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 1.6808946837475187% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » Fund (DON), which has a 30-day SEC yield of 3.25%, and the $321 million First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDex FNX -0.691348696637703% First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund U.S.: NYSE Arca 52.574 -0.366 -0.691348696637703% /Date(1438633841260-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 42398 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 0.9174015078121878% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » Fund (FNX), which ranks and slices the S&P mid-cap index by factors such as book value and cash flow versus price. All data are from industry-tracker XTF.com.
For value investors, S&P Capital IQ's picks include the $930 million Vanguard Mid-Cap Value Index VOE -0.6344344782323342% Vanguard Index Funds Mid Cap Value U.S.: NYSE Arca 90.84 -0.58 -0.6344344782323342% /Date(1438633712343-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 121962 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 0.02975534494159136% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » Fund (VOE), whose biggest sector weighting goes to financials, and the $6.6 billion iShares Russell Midcap Value Index IWS -0.6421642300860774% iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca 72.72 -0.47 -0.6421642300860774% /Date(1438633844343-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 515656 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 2.200399091722287% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » Fund (IWS), with a healthy dose of financials and cyclical consumer stocks. Mid-cap value stocks have enjoyed a slightly stronger performance versus growth over the 10 years through December, according to Morningstar.
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Earlier today, while on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show promoting her latest book, 'Uncharted terriTORI', Spelling revealed that outside of Jennie Garth, she doesn't really speak to any of her old cast mates.
"All my cast members hate me," Spelling said. "People say, 'Do you mean during 90210?' I say, 'No, we were great friends during 90210. We were friends after 90210.' They all came to my first wedding."
Spelling goes on to say that everything changed once she got divorced and she remarried Dean McDermott. "All of a sudden I marry Dean [McDermott], and I don't know what happened. I lost all my cast members," she said on the radio show.
When asked specifically about Tiffani Thiessen, Spelling said, "She doesn't talk to me anymore." Always the peacemaker, Seacrest told her that Thiessen, "never said anything bad about you – I think she likes you a lot."
Wrapping up the discussion, Spelling summed it up saying, "It's my perception, and nonetheless, it's a fun story."
Spelling and McDermott were noticeably absent from former '90210'-cast member Ian Ziering's wedding late last month. Jennie Garth attended with husband Peter Facinelli, Jason Priestley brought wife Naomi, and Brian Austin Green escorted Megan Fox.
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OMG, you people are cruel. Haven't you ever heard of the old addage, "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all?"
I wonder how many of you are perfect? You may not have slept with a married man/woman, but I bet there is something you have done in your past that is equally as bad. Take a long look in the mirror before you judge someone else.
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no wonder they hate you tori - you are the ugliest beast on the planet!
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"All my cast members hate me,"
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What a stupid remark. You seriously think someone is disliked because of how they look? And Tori isn't even ugly! So tell us Ann, are you a raving beauty? Or do you only suck because of your crappy personality and the fact that you are shallow and base your like and dislike of someone by their outer appearance? Grow up.
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Boo hoo...Heidi Montag's twin.
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Perhaps they all lost respect for you when you began eff-ing a married man and helped break up his marriage. Just sayin', Tor!
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I hate you too!
- Tuesday 22 JuneBy billLow Ranked Vote downVote upReport this
Apparently everybody does. Shut up.
- Monday 21 JuneBy Jamie
Maybe because she slept with a married man who dump his wife on her birthday which was just days after they adopted a new baby girl.
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Really??? I didn't know they had an adopted daughter too?? Wonder if he sees her.
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the daughter he adopted he DOES NOT see along with the OTHER SON he has. great father, huh ?
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Maybe home wrecker has something to do with it.
- Saturday 28 MayBy lisa
Maybe you should see that the others are jealous of her. Plus, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT DEANS SITUATION WAS AT HOME! ONLY HIS EX SPOKE! He has NEVER publicly humiliated her. Maybe they both needed each other at that time. EVER HEAR HIS EX VENT ON THE WEB??? Doesn't sound like she's all there to me.
- Monday 21 June
Tori, you couldnt have been a dog catcher if it wasnt for Daddy!!!!
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Sweet Jesus, that has to be the ugliest photo I have ever seen of her!
- Thursday 24 JuneBy johnqpublic
...that photo truly makes her look like a drag queen...fans may hate her because she has no talent & has only stayed in the biz because of her late father who got her started...BIG mistake on his part.
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WINSTON-SALEM, NC -- (Marketwired) -- 05/21/14 -- Piedmont Propulsion Systems LLC (PPS), a wholly owned subsidiary of First Aviation Services, Inc. (OTC Pink: FAVS) (PINKSHEETS: FAVS), announced the addition of the ATR 42-500 & -600 and ATR 72-500 & -600 platforms to their portfolio of propeller maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) capabilities.
PPS has obtained FAA approval to provide MRO services for the Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation 568F propeller system. The 568F is a Kevlar Shell/Graphite Spar six bladed propeller used on the latest versions of the popular family of ATR turboprop aircraft. PPS has supported legacy ATR aircraft for nearly thirty years and is proud to continue to serve the next generation of ATR aircraft.
"The FAA certification of our 568F capability today represents our continued effort to be the most comprehensive and capable propeller overhaul facility in the world," says Sammy Oakley, Vice President and General Manager of PPS. "We are pleased to be able to support this successful turboprop platform for our customers."
French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR has built over 1,600 ATR42/72 turboprops. PPS has overhauled over 10,000 composite propeller system components for regional airline and military operators, and is the world's only propeller MRO facility that is FAA/EASA-certified to service both the ATR42/72 and Bombardier's NextGen Q400.
About Piedmont Propulsion Systems (www.piedmontpropulsion.com)
Piedmont Propulsion Systems, a subsidiary of First Aviation Services Inc., offers extensive component maintenance and overhaul capabilities to the commercial, regional, military, corporate and general aviation industry through its facilities in North Carolina. PPS has over 60 years of experience in propeller maintenance overhauls and is an FAA and EASA Part 145 Repair Station. PPS is a Hartzell and McCauley authorized service center and also has factory trained Dowty and Hamilton technicians. PPS has the majority market share for the Hamilton 14SF/RF, Dash 8, ATR, EMB-120 and DHC-6 platforms.
About First Aviation Services Inc. (www.firstaviation.com)
First Aviation Services Inc. (FAvS), located in Westport, Connecticut, is a leading provider of repair and overhaul, rotables management and related engineering services to the aviation industry worldwide. FAvS' principal operating subsidiaries are Aerospace Turbine Rotables, Inc. (AeTR) in Wichita, Kansas, and Piedmont Propulsion Systems, LLC (PPS) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. FAvS also owns a minority interest in Aerospace Products International, Inc., based in Memphis, Tennessee. More information about FAvS and its subsidiaries may be found on the company's website, www.firstaviation.com. Please see our forward looking statements at www.firstaviation.com/forward.
Todd Hudson
Contract / Project Manager
Piedmont Propulsion Systems, LLC
(336) 776-6260
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Experience the flavors south of the border in your own home with these Slow Cooked Steak Fajitas. The steak is seasoned with cilantro and lime to give that fajita taste. After trying these, you'll be saying adios to your other slow cooker recipes.
Cooking Time: 10 hr
- 1 1/2 pound beef flank steak
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 green pepper, sliced
- 1 red pepper, sliced
- 1 jalapeno chile pepper, chopped
- 2 tablespoons cilantro
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 1 (8-ounces) tomatoes, chopped
- 12 flour tortillas
- Cut flank steak into 6 portions to fit into slow cooker.
- In any size slow cooker, combine meat, onion, peppers, cilantro, garlic, chili powder, cumin, coriander and salt. Add tomatoes. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours (or on high 4-5 hours).
- Remove meat from slow cooker and shred. Return meat to slow cooker and stir.
- To serve fajitas, spread meat mixture on tortillas and add favorite toppings. Toppings: Sour cream, guacamole, shredded cheese, salsa (or use whatever toppings suit you).
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ClearCom RS-701 Single-Channel Standard Beltpack
Encore single-channel standard beltpack. Four-pin male headset connector and three-pin female/male loop through intercom line connectors.
The new RS-700 Series beltpacks are designed to be rugged and reliable to withstand the most challenging production environments. The construction of the units was based on Clear-Com's popular RS-500 Series beltpacks, which have an ergonomic and strong enclosure. Despite their tough exterior, the RS-700 units have a comfortable contour design that can be worn a
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Clear-Com CC-300-X4 Single-Ear Headset with 4-pin Female XLR
Clear-Com CC-300-X4 Single-ear Headset with 4-pin Female XLR. The CC-300 single-ear headset features high ambient-noise attenuation headphones and a hyper-cardioid dynamic microphone that provide high quality audio. The headset has a flexible design and a soft-ear pad to offer superior comfort. Able to rotate 300 degrees, the microphone boom acts as an On/Off switch for quick microphone muting.
Clear-Com's full range of professional headsets are made for users of wired or wireless intercom system
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Clear-Com MS-702 Intercom 2-Channel Rackmount Main Station
The MS-702 is a one-rack-space, two-channel main station with a regulated 1.2-amp "fail-safe" power supply, individual channel short-circuit protection, and a versatile intercom monitoring system. It supports two intercom channels with up to 40 beltpacks or 10 speaker stations. It features Clear-Com's excellent speech intelligibility in both high- and low-noise environments.
Monitoring SystemThe MS-702 can monitor intercom activity on one or both channels with individual listen-level controls. Mo
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Clear-Com CC-26K-X4 Single-Ear Lightweight Headset XLR-4F
The CC-26 is a single-ear, 300-Ohm ultra-lightweight (1.3 oz) headset with dynamic, noise-cancelling mic element on a flexible boom. Straight 5.5-foot cord (1.67 meter) with 4-pin female XLR connector.CC-26-X5 (5 pin Male XLR connector).
THE CLEAR-COM CONCEPTClear-Com is a closed-circuit intercom system that consistently provides high-clarity communication in high-noise and low-noise environments. A basic system consists of a single- or multi-channel power supply or main station connected to vari
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Clear-Com CP-942A Tempest900 900 MHz 4 Ch. BeltStation
Together with the Tempest2400, the Tempest900 offers another viable and reliable wireless intercom option for specific application needs. The Tempest900 offers much of the same intuitive operation and menu structure, as well as look and feel, of the Tempest2400 system. The difference is that the Tempest900 operates within the 900MHz frequency band. The longer wave lengths and wider symbol width in this band allow signals to break through dense walls and other structural objects more readily, inc
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Clear-Com CP-922 Tempest900 900 MHz 2 Ch. BeltStation
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Clear-Com AB-120 On-Air Announcer Console
The On-Air Announcer Console is the ultimate broadcast-quality tool for announcers and commentators, the AB-120 integrates all of the inputs, outputs, and controls necessary at the announce position, including intercom "Talkback," IFB receiver, and a silent "Mute" button that provides noise-free cough and "mic on/off" switching. Extremely flexible, the console is easily configured for practically any combination of audio sources, microphones, headsets, or intercom systems, ensuring quality audio
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Clear-Com WTR-670 Single-Channel Wireless UHF Transceiver - Band A2
The WTR-670 beltpacks are constructed of extremely light, durable cast magnesium. The detachable antennas are secured to the beltpack via threaded post connectors and thus will not break or damage easily. The beltpacks feature a low-profile volume control and a robust, distinguishable momentary latch talk button.
Note: Most users do not need a license to operate this wireless microphone system. Nevertheless, operating this microphone system without a license is subject to certain restrictions: th
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Clear-Com CM-922 Tempest900 900 MHz 2 Ch. BaseStation
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Clear-Com CZ11516 BS210 Base Station without Headset
Optimum Performance and Highly Intuitive!The Clear-Com BS210 base station is one part of the Clear -Com HME DX210 system which offers the perfect blend in performance, expanded connections with wired intercoms and ease of use for reliable intercommunications. Operating in the 2.4GHz band, the DX210 delivers exceptional sound clarity and enables interference free communications for highly demanding productions.
Clear-Com BS210 Base Station Highlights:An expandable system that enables up to four sy
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Clear-Com CC-400-X4 Double-Ear Headset with 4-pin Female XLR
The CC-400 (double-ear) headsets feature high ambient-noise attenuation headphones and hyper-cardioid dynamic microphones that provide high quality audio. Clear-Com's full range of professional headsets are made for users of wired or wireless intercom systems. Our headsets feature durable and comfort wear for prolonged use, noise reduction/cancellation for superior audio intelligibility and/or excellent acoustic isolation.
Live broadcasting is about delivering the highest quality programming, ins
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Clear-Com CP-242 Tempest2400 4-Channel Beltstation
The Tempest2400 BeltStations, CP-242 (for use with the CM-244 4-channel BaseStation) provide users with full-duplex communications. They are designed to be both comfortable and rugged in order to withstand the most challenging production environments. The BeltStations are made of a durable, weather-resistant ABS co-polymer blend with a high performance polyurethane overmold.
Tempest BeltStations are provided with a rechargeable Li-Polymer battery capable of 9+ hours of operation or can be powered
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Clear-Com CM-944 Tempest900 900 MHz 4 Ch. BaseStation
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ClearCom RS-702 Encore Two-channel Standard Dual Listen Monaural Beltpack
The RS-702 is a 2-channel wired beltpack with an XLR-6 line connector and XLR-4M headset connector that combines high headroom with low-noise audio in a rugged, ergonomic housing. A thumbwheel level adjustment is available for Program In. The RS-702's wide dynamic range and audio contouring enable the "Clear-Com Sound" from quiet to noisy environments.
The RS-702 is compatible with all Encore partyline products, as well as the PL-Pro line and other partyline systems via Encore interfaces.
Live br
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Clear-Com CZ11433 4-Up DX100 System w/ HS15 Headsets
The HME DX100 allows up to 4 full duplex or 15 push-to-transmit shared users to speak to each other via headsets without any interconnecting cables. Much better than walkie-talkies - you can seamlessly communicate in hands-free mode or have a private conversation on a secured channel. You can even use AA/rechargeable batteries, NiMH, or 12-14VDC/automotive power.
Simple and expandable, the HME DX100 comes complete with everything you need for reliable, cost-effective operation for any application
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Clear-Com CZ11517 BP210 Beltpack without Headset
Optimum Performance and Highly Intuitive!The Clear-Com BP210 is one part of the Clear-Com HME DX210 system which offers the perfect blend in performance, expanded connections with wired intercoms and ease of use for reliable intercommunications. Operating in the 2.4GHz band, the DX210 delivers exceptional sound clarity and enables interference free communications for highly demanding productions.
HME DX Series BP210 Beltpack Highlights:Super Compact Design makes the beltpack the industry's lighte
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Clear-Com CZ11513 4-up HME DX210 System w/ HS15 Headsets
The Clear-Com CZ11513 is a "4-Up" (up to 4 users) HME DX210 system that features 5 (five) HS15 headsets, a BS210 license-free base station w/2 antennas and 115/230 VAC power supply with 115 VAC power cord, 4 BP210 Beltpacks with 8 BAT41 batteries and 4 pouches, an AC40A Battery Charger with 115/230 VAC power supply, 115VAC power cord, and manual. Pretty much everything you'll need to get your production up and running smoothly. And since we are all aware that no production comes off without a
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ClearCom RS-703 Encore Two-channel/three-pin Dual Listen Monaural Beltpack
The RS-703* is a 2-channel wired beltpack with an XLR-3 line connector and XLR-4M headset connector that combines high headroom with low-noise audio in a rugged, ergonomic housing. A thumbwheel level adjustment is available for Program In, as welll as a 3.5mm TRS jack for Program Input. The RS-703's wide dynamic range and audio contouring enable the "Clear-Com Sound" from quiet to noisy environments.
The RS-703 is compatible with all Encore partyline products, as well as the PL-Pro line and othe
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Our Price: $418.50
Clear-Com CM-244 Tempest2400 4-Channel BaseStation
The Tempest2400 CM-244 is a 4-channel BaseStation operating in the 2.4GHz frequency range that assures uninterrupted and interference-free communication with no coordination required. It is a 4-channel Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) digital wireless intercom BaseStation. The front panel LCD display provides real time status including battery monitoring of active beltbacks and easy access to the hardwire intercom settings and levels. Each BaseStation is capable of Call and Remote Mic Ki
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Our Price: $5,755.50
Single channel wireless UHF base station A2 Band
The WBS-670 1RU, rack-mountable base station supports up to four full-duplex wireless beltpack. The base station features a full talk/listen headset so an additional person could communicate with the intercom channel while at the base. Rear panel connections allow multiple base station/beltpack systems to operate as one large system.
Note: Most users do not need a license to operate this wireless microphone system. Nevertheless, operating this microphone system without a license is subject to cer
Item #: CC-WBS-670-A2
Our Price: $4,135.50
Clear-Com MS-704 Encore 4 Channel Headset Main Station
The 704 series is Clear-Com's most advanced party-line intercom system. Each station is a four-channel intercom with superior audio and versatile channel access to provide unmatched communicationexibility. All front-panel controls are intuitive and easy to operate.The station's front-panel buttons are programmable and can becustomized for a wide variety of applications that will meet thedemands of any stage, studio, or eld producer. Separate volumecontrols for every channel ensure the perfect a
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Our Price: $1,696.50
Clear-Com RM-702 Encore 2 Channel Headset Station
Single rack-space, two-channel station is powered by the intercom line. Operator can talk and/or listen on either or both channels. Accepts line-level audio program input via DB-15 Connector, with both channels programmable for interrupt. Microphone limiting and speaker "dipping" circuit for greater output before feedback.
Live broadcasting is about delivering the highest quality programming, instantly and on cue. As viewers' expectations of broadcasting change, your production communication beco
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Our Price: $981.09
Clear-Com CC-300-X5 Single-Ear Headset with 5-pin Male XLR
Clear-Com CC-300-X5 Single-ear Headset with 5-pin Male XLR. The CC-300 single-ear headset features high ambient-noise attenuation headphones and a hyper-cardioid dynamic microphone that provide high quality audio. The headset has a flexible design and a soft-ear pad to offer superior comfort. Able to rotate 300 degrees, the microphone boom acts as an On/Off switch for quick microphone muting.
Clear-Com's full range of professional headsets are made for users of wired or wireless intercom systems.
Item #: CLCM-CC-300-X5
Our Price: $288.09
Clear-Com EF-701M Four Wire RS-422 Interface with Call Signal
4-Wire Interface with Call Signal, Matrix-to-Party-line
The EF-701M interface converts a single channel of standard or TW party-line intercom to four-wire audio, while also converting call signals to RS-422 data (and back). The resulting four-wire audio plus RS-422 data can then be sent to a Clear-Com Matrix port, fiber-optic converter (modem) or connected to another EF-701M over twisted-pair cable such as CAT-5E.
The EF-701M 4-Wire and Matrix Direct Interface is a flexible and powerful tool for c
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Our Price: $688.50
Clear-Com T-LP1 Lithium-polymer battery for Tempest 2.4GHz beltstation
Clear-Com T-LP1 Lithium-polymer battery for Tempest 2.4GHz belt station
Item #: CLCM-T-LP1
Our Price: $89.10
A trusted global provider of real-time communication solutions, Clear-Com manufactures market-proven technologies that link people through wireless and wired systems.
The very first company to market portable wireless and wired intercom systems for live performances, Clear-Com has nearly half-a-century of experience delivering professional communication solutions for broadcast, military, commercial, aerospace, sports and government markets. During this time, the company has earned a widespread reputation for providing significant improvements to the way people collaborate in professional arenas where real-time communication is critical.
Throughout Clear-Com's extensive history, its communication products have consistently met and exceeded the evolving requirements for premium-quality audio, scalability, reliability and low latency, while also meeting key communication demands of varying size and complexity. Recognized with numerous awards for innovation and impact-to-customer, Clear-Com products promote easy global connectivity and interoperability, including fiber-linking between matrices and seamless integration of wireless beltpacks within matrix systems.
Your one-stop source for the industry's highest-performing products from the world's top brands, Markertek is an authorized dealer for the Clear-Com Communication System line. Probe our entire collection of Clear-Com products and discover ideal solutions to your greatest production challenges.
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text: Mashup: news.com.au Map deprecated Share via FacebookShare via TwitterShare via LinkedinShare via Google+Share via RedditShare via Mail Australian news stories plotted on maps. Uses the MetaCarta API to extract place names. Track this Mashup Submit a mashup Summary Comments Followers Comments (0) Comment * Leave this field blank Post Comment Followers (1) Track this Mashup Username duckduck Specs Related APIs Google Maps, MetaCarta Tags Australian, Mapping, News Services Mashups using the same API (2564) /View all 2011 March Madness Twitter Heatmap This mashup visualizes Twitter data collected during the 2011 NCAA basketball tournament using the Twitter Streaming API. For each matchup in the bracket, the map lights up one team's colors... MapAttack MapAttack is a game of real-time strategy built for real life. Virtual geofences are scattered onto the map and players must physically go to where they are on the map in order to capture them. Placeopedia Geographically place Wikipedia articles on top of Google maps. Add Mashup Related Articles /View all Twitter, Pandora and MapQuest Coming to Your Car Twitter, Pandora and MapQuest Coming to Your Car The lines between cars, computers, and mobile devices are blurring, as several new web-powered apps have made their way to Ford vehicles via the SYNC on-board vehicle control system API. Following... News Andres Ferrate Mapping, Mobile, Syncing 01-07-2010 Twitter, Pandora and MapQuest Coming to Your Car Mapbox Will Soon Release Upload API and Walking Directions API Mapbox Will Soon Release Upload API and Walking Directions API Mapbox is developing an Upload API and Walking Directions API. Both APIs will be released to a wider audience in the near future. Brief Janet Wagner Mapping, Geography 10-03-2014 Mapbox Will Soon Release Upload API and Walking Directions API Geo OpenSocial Geo OpenSocial News John Musser Mapping, Social 11-07-2007 Geo OpenSocial RELATED APIs Promoted /View all API Name Description Category Date Google Maps Android The Google Maps Android API allows developers to add maps to their applications based on Google Maps data. The API automatically takes care of accessing the Google Maps servers, downloading data,... Mapping 07.12.2015 Telstra SMS The Telstra SMS REST API sends SMS messages to Australian mobile phones in a single request. This API allows applications to send and receive messages, as well as querying the status of a previously... Messaging 07.08.2015 Google Maps Geolocation The Google Maps Geolocation API provides developers with tools and documentation for incorporating geolocation with mobile and WiFi technologies. The Geolocation API specifically returns a location... Mapping 06.23.2015 W3C Geofencing The Geofencing API by the World Wide Web Consortium is a type of geolocating API. Geofencing API allows apps to create geographic boundaries around a specific location, and then receive notifications... Location 06.21.2015 Mapsense The Mapsense API allows developers to insert vector maps into their websites. This service is based on the Polymaps API and uses D3 for handling drawing and selection. Tiles are generated dynamically... Mapping 05.27.2015