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Launching your own product or online service is a fantastic feeling, and a significant milestone to have reached as a blogger or marketer.
After all the research and planning, after the trying phase of product creation, after testing and tweaking and everything else is done, you're finally ready to launch and start the gruelling work of doing marketing and promotion for your new offering.
Before you think about moving forward, just give yourself a little pat on the back for reaching this far, you darn well deserve it.
OK so one super awesome way to get your new product or service noticed online, is by getting others to talk about it, to write about it, to blog about it and to do all kinds of stuff to help you promote your product or service for you.
Think of all those influential people, all those credible bloggers with huge audiences in your niche, ready, able and willing to try out your new product, and ready to start promoting it to the masses for you.
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So with all that said, what am I talking about exactly here?
I'm talking about creating your own affiliate program, and it doesn't have to cost you an arm and a leg to get setup.
With an affiliate program you can invite bloggers in your niche industry, to come and check out your latest product or online service, and get them to signup so that they can promote it for you.
It's a win, win situation. You get your product or online service promoted for free, they get paid a handsome commission each time they refer a successful sale.
But there's more to benefit from by creating your own affiliate program
By creating your own affiliate program, you are effectively dishing out most of the hard work of doing product marketing and promotion to your affiliates. Those credible bloggers you've spent years connecting and nurturing relationships with. They will become your brand ambassadors.
OK, so providing you have an awesome product or service in the first place, think of all that super-targeted traffic you could potentially be driving to your sales pages.
All those targeted leads that could convert into profitable sales for you, and some nice commissions for your affiliates.
So where do you even begin with creating your own affiliate program?
Well, you're going to need a some reliable affiliate software or plugin to help you get started and organised properly. In this post we're going to look at 5 of the best affiliate tracking management software / tools to consider using.
1. Omnistar
Let's start with Ominstar OSI affiliate software, one of my favourites and one of the most trusted affiliate tracking and management software's online today.
OSI Affiliate offer some great tools for growing your business with referral marketing, they really do.
Their list of features includes the ability to create an affiliate program for both your online store and offline store, complete with fast and unlimited reward options for your product promoters.
So this tool essentially helps to solve a number of problems straight away. Firstly it's not all about being online, you can use 'word of mouth marketing' to help you get customers to your business, saving you tons of money on useless, ineffective advertising right? Of course!
Other tools include:
- Social share widget.
- Feedback survey tools.
- Contest manager.
- Customisable coupons and discounts.
- Generate reports and performance stats.
- Email templates and more…
Pricing wise there are 3 plans to choose from. The very basic plan will set you back $47.95 per month. There is also a pro plan at $97.95 per month, and a premium plan at $147 per month.
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Pros and Cons
- Simple to setup and use for both online and offline store.
- Wide range of promotional tools, including email templates, discount codes and coupons.
- Administration management tools.
- Referral partner dashboard.
- Commissions and payout options.
- Around the clock support.
- Quite pricy even for a basic plan which will set you back $38 per month.
Despite the costly monthly fee's, OSI Affiliate is fun and easy to use with lots of great tools and features for your referral marketing campaigns.
Once again, if you're a regular reader of Magnet4Blogging, you can save 20% off the monthly plans. Click the button below to get started.
2. ShareASale
Shareasale has been around for the last 16 years or so. They are one of the most trusted affiliate performance marketing networks online.
If you do any kind of affiliate marketing on your blog, you may well be familiar with this service.
Shareasale currently has over 4,000 merchant programs registered. Their network features include:
- Real-time tracking for banner clicks and sales.
- Segmentation to help you group your affiliates.
- Clickstream reports.
- Merchant API
- Training webinars to help you get set up and more…
Cost wise there isn't a set monthly fee to weigh you down each and every month with Shareasale. That being said, you can incur something called 'transactional fees' and 'monthly minimum fees'.
The transactional fees is pretty much self explanatory, it occurs when a sale or lead is made.
The monthly minimum fee only happens, if you fail to generate the minimum amount of $25 in total fees to Shareasale from sales and leads.
Setup Fee
There is also a one-time network access fee of $550, and minimum deposit amount of $100 required to get started with Shareasale.
Is it worth it?
Shareasale has quite a robust reputation online. It's a trusted website, and it's affiliate referral marketing platform is being used by many top companies today, such as StudioPress by Copyblogger.
For more information on Shareasale features, tools and costs. Or to signup, visit the website by clicking the button below.
3. iDevAffiliate
IDevAffiliate have been providing a robust and powerful affiliate tracking software for the last 15 years.
Their features include a host of powerful marketing tools and options. A host of commissioning options and ability to structure payments for your affiliates, and a host of reporting tools and metrics.
You can also customise all kinds of templates, including sales and email templates.
iDevAffiliate also have built-in fraud protection tools. You can demo the admin center and affiliate control panel to see whether this software is something you're looking for or not. See images below.
With iDevAffiliate you have the option to take out a monthly cloud subscription, which would set you back $39 per month, so not cheap again. And with this plan IDevAffiliate hosts your affiliate program.
There's also the option of paying a one-time fee over three different plans. A standard, platinum and black edition.
All of these plans includes a host of awesome features. The Platinum and Black Edition plans includes bundled plugins, unlimited affiliates and commissions and zero transaction fees.
If you want to learn more about iDevAffiliate, click the red button below.
4. Lead Dyno
OK so next up on my list is the Lead Dyno affiliate tracking and marketing software. Lead Dyno is one of the most simplest software to use, with lots of cool and useful features built in.
One of the coolest features with Lead Dyno is that it works with any website. When you signup you get your own affiliate website where you can link your existing website or blog to, and drive new affiliates to signup.
Your website is fully customisable too, so you can tweak it to match your existing website, online brand identity etc.
Lead Dyno integrates with all the major eCommerce platforms including PayPal, Etsy, WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify, SquareSpace and many more.
If you're interested in checking Lead Dyno out, there's a demo available for you to try out, plus a 14-day free trial.
Price wise the plans aren't the cheapest around by far. A Starter Plan will set you back $49 per month. A Biz Builder Plan will set you back $59 per month. And there's also an Accelerator Plan which will set you back $79 per month.
There's also flat monthly fees and 7-day support! Click the red button to learn more.
Affiliate WP
OK so the last option that I have on my list for you is a WordPress plugin called Affiliate WP.
Affiliate WP is one of the most popular affiliate plugin's for WordPress. Being a plugin, everything is manageable inside your WP dashboard, from your affiliate's performance, referrals and payments, to real-time reporting.
Affiliate WP offers complete integration with 27 eCommerce systems, including WooCommerce, Contact Form 7 and Zippy Courses.
Affiliate WP is probably the most affordable solution out of all of these options. They offer 4 plans: Ultimate, Professional, Plus and Personal plan. A Professional Plan for example, even at $199 per year only works out at $16.60 per month.
This plan provides you with email support, unlimited sites, 10 pro add-ons and 14-official free add-ons. Everything you need to get started with affiliate management.
Being a plugin, each licensed plan lasts for 12 months. You'll have to renew your plan each year if you want to keep up with the latest plugin updates and support. However you'll be pleased to know that you get a 40% discount when you renew your plan each year.
Well there you have peeps, 5 of the best affiliate tracking management software and plugins for you to scratch your head over, and hopefully choose from.
What ever the case, if you're thinking about creating an affiliate program, you can't and won't do this successfully without one of these tools. That much can be said.
There are many others that I haven't mentioned here. In fact here's a quick list of some others you might want to research on:
I'll leave you to decide which will be best for you. Don't forget if you're interested in using the OmniStar affiliate platform, as a reader of Magnet4Blogging you get 20% off all monthly plan! Something worth thinking about.
Enjoy and have a great rest of the week!


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Grooveshark shuts down after settlement with record companies
Streaming music service Grooveshark has closed down as part of a settlement with major record companies that had sued it for many years for copyright infringement.
Streaming music service Grooveshark has closed down as part of a settlement with major record companies that had sued it for many years for copyright infringement.
Five music labels have filed a lawsuit against streaming music service Pandora Music, saying the company is violating state law by refusing to pay labels and artists for its use of recordings made before 1972.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed a lawsuit against the defunct file-sharing website Megaupload and its founder, Kim Dotcom, alleging "massive copyright infringement" of music.
A group of U.S. companies operating Internet advertising networks has pledged to bar websites trafficking in pirated goods from using their services and to take other steps to fight online copyright infringement.
A recorded music industry association in the U.S. said Google's policy to demote pirate websites in search rankings was not working.
The file-sharing service Mega has fielded 150 copyright warnings since its recent launch as founder Kim Dotcom grows a risky new business while under indictment by U.S. prosecutors for running Megaupload.
As a new session of the U.S. Congress convenes in early 2013, don't expect lawmakers to rush out a new version of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) or the Protect IP Act (PIPA).
A U.S. lawmaker has asked users of Reddit for their ideas about legislation to address the controversial recent practice by two U.S. agencies of seizing websites for alleged copyright infringement.
Eight former staff members of the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee are now lobbying on behalf of companies or groups supporting controversial copyright enforcement legislation in Congress, an example of the close ties often found bet...
Mitch Bainwol, who oversaw the Recording Industry Association of America's campaign against illegal music downloading, including lawsuits against individual file sharers and a Supreme Court case resulting in the closure of Grokster, has left the orga...
Five large U.S. broadband providers will warn subscribers of illegal file sharing detected on their accounts under a new agreement with members of the entertainment industry, the groups announced Thursday.
The leaden hand of Big Media and the fact that it has got any number of politicians well and truly bought was once again revealed this week when the state of Tennessee, "The Volunteer State," volunteered its legal infrastructure to do the bidding of ...
Peer-to-peer software maker LimeWire's willingness to pay a whopping $105 million to settle music piracy claims marks a decisive, if somewhat symbolic, victory for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
LimeWire has agreed to pay record labels US$105 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that the file-sharing service allowed its users to infringe copyright, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced late Thursday.
The music industry wants LimeWire to pay up to US$75 trillion in damages after losing a copyright infringement claim. That's right . . . $75 trillion. Manhattan federal Judge Kimba Wood has labeled this request "absurd."
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I've had a multifunction printer in the office going on 10 years now. It was a neat bit of kit back in the day -- print, copy, scan, fax -- when printing over WiFi felt a bit like magic. It's seen better days though and an upgrade's well overdue. This HP OfficeJet Pro 8730 looks like it ticks all the same boxes: print, copy, scan, and fax. (Really? Does anyone fax anything any more? I guess it's good to know the facility's there, just in case.) Printing over WiFi is more-or- less standard these days.
HP OfficeJet Pro 8730
As a freelance writer who is always on the go, I like my technology to be both efficient and effective so I can do my job well. The HP OfficeJet Pro 8730 Inkjet Printer ticks all the boxes in terms of form factor, performance and user interface.
Windows 10 for Business / Dell XPS 13
I'd happily recommend this touchscreen laptop and Windows 10 as a great way to get serious work done at a desk or on the road.
Windows 10 / HP Spectre x360
Ultimately, I think the Windows 10 environment is excellent for me as it caters for so many different uses. The inclusion of the Xbox app is also great for when you need some downtime too!
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Tell us about yourself! I am a typical american short haired mixed breed. I have Scots-Irish, Cherokee, French, Welsh, Kiowa, and Choctaw ancestry. I identify mostly with the Cherokee. My grandmother's name was Oma which means "She is precious", Another ancestors name was Otanaha, meaning "He is big around"
I guess I should feel lucky, I am called Dlayvga (pronounced Dly-ga) meaning Jay Bird. or just Jay.
I am ani-sagonige, blue clan.
I guess I should feel lucky, I am called Dlayvga (pronounced Dly-ga) meaning Jay Bird. or just Jay.
I am ani-sagonige, blue clan.
That's cool, I am Apache with Mexican, so I guess you would call that Mexican Indian, I don't know much about my birth parent my brother and two sisters were adopted so we don't know much about our backgrounds, but sometimes I feel more Indian than I do Mexican, that's probably crazy, ever since I was little, I wrote a lot of stories that had Natives in them, I have tons of movies I have collected over the years, I love to read about them, I like to go to Pow Wows here in Odessa and Big Spring TX, but one day I hope I get to go to a real Pow Wow. I study about the Indians also, If it isn't Indian I wont be interested in it, I don't know why, even when I read, If it does not have Indians in it, I wont read it, that tells me I am more into the Indian culture than the Mexican culture. I use to speak certain words in Cherokee, like the word blue, red,green, etc, but I didn't keep up with it and I cant speak it no more, then I picked up on the Lakota language, and I can steel speak words, like "wischa" white man, "kola" friend, "Pilamaya" thank you, "washta" good, Lila tay an wan che yanktin," cousin it is good to see" and ect.


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Power Glove Drone
Posted on June 07 2016
Some of you may remember the commercial failure of a Nintendo controller called "Power Glove." Although it ever quite hit the mark as a full blown controller for NES, and didn't see much in the way of game development after its release, the Power Glove has held a place in the hearts and minds of 90's kids around the world.
Nolan Moore has found a use for the Nintendo Power Glove in the modern world: controlling a drone. The control scheme probably takes a bit of getting used to, but looks like a very creative way to revitalize the old technology and bring back a little nostalgia for those who used to have a Power Glove.
"The control scheme is pretty sweet, hold your hand flat (palm toward the ground) to hover, make a fist and tilt it in any direction to affect pitch and roll, point a finger up or down to affect altitude, and point straight and twist your hand for yaw control. When talking with Nolan about these controls it sounds sketchy, but the demo proves it's quite responsive." - Hackaday


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Ginger Health Benefits: 8 Reasons Why This Root Rules Winter
Ginger may only be an option when you're sick, but there's good reason to get a dose of it every day.
Ginger has a long list of health benefits from fighting indigestion to boosting immunity, and since the cold and flu season seems to be sticking around, it's time to learn about what this root can do for you.
Although fresh ginger can be a little intimidating (and spicy!), there are easy ways to consume it says registered dietitian Selena Devries of Kelowna B.C..
"You can simply grate it, skin and all, into recipes," she tells The Huffington Post Canada. "And to keep it fresh, store it in the freezer with the skin on and take out as needed."
If you're new to ginger (or just can't handle the taste), try a powdered form and mix it into teas or your meals. You can also start adding ginger to the meals you eat on a regular basis — like oatmeal, stir-fry or sauteed veggies.
"Ginger can be enjoyed both raw and cooked. Eating it traditionally pickled will also provide a good dose of probiotics helping to boost your immune system," she adds.
In the slideshow below, Devries shares eight reasons why ginger should be considered winter's best superfood.
One of the most well known benefits of ginger is to help with reducing nausea, says registered dietitian Selena Devries of Kelowna B.C.. "Try making ginger tea by steeping a one-inch root in one to two cups of hot water for about 10 minutes," she says. "Sweeten with a dash of honey."
Upset stomach? Try chewing on candied or crystallized ginger. According to author Gerard E. Mullin of The Inside Tract, ginger helps the stomach to efficiently empty it's contents.
Devries says if you're suffering from any type of inflammatory disease, ginger is a great root to add to your diet. "It is packed with gingerols and volatile oils which help to decrease inflammation in the body."
Are you always gassy, bloated or burping? Ginger has a carmitive effect, Devries says, meaning it is able to break up and reduce intestinal gas. "Sprinkle fresh ginger on oatmeal, stir-fry and veggie side dishes."
"Because of ginger's powerful anti-inflammatory effect, it helps to relieve muscle cramping," Devries says. If you develop muscle cramps after workouts, try drinking a smoothie with frozen bananas, pineapple, turmeric, hemp hearts, ginger and a milk of your choice.
There's a reason you're told to drink ginger tea when you're sick. "Lacto-fermented ginger is a great source of good gut bacteria which will boost the immune system, and help to prevent you from getting sick," Devries adds. Try fermenting ginger at home or buy a ginger-flavoured kombucha at your local supermarket.
"Antioxidants, which are found in a variety of plant-based foods, help to repair the damage done by harmful, free radicals in the body," she says. For a high dose of antioxidants, try a ginger tonic.
One study found ginger was effective as ibuprofen in reliving pain during your period, Devries notes. "Although this is just one study, it certainly wouldn't hurt to up your intake of ginger during your period."


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Investigating surface properties of OHNS die steel after electrical discharge machining with manganese powder mixed in the dielectric
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Although electrical discharge machining is essentially a material removal process, efforts have been made in the recent past to use it as a surface treatment method. An additive powder in the dielectric medium affects the sparking action and helps in improving the surface properties. It may melt at the high temperature of the plasma channel and alloy with the machined surface under appropriate machining conditions. Breakdown of the hydrocarbon dielectric contributes carbon to the plasma channel. In this paper, changes in surface properties of oil-hardening non-shrinkable die steel after machining with manganese powder suspended in kerosene dielectric medium have been investigated. Results show improvement in microhardness by 73%, and no microcracks on the machined surface. X-ray diffraction analysis of the machined surfaces reveals the transfer of manganese and carbon from the plasma channel in the form of manganese carbide. Quantitative analysis of chemical composition by optical emission spectrometer confirms significant increase in the percentages of manganese and carbon.


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|Jul 18, 2006
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This Application claims rights under 35 USC � 119(e) from Provisional U.S. application Ser. No. 60/517,950 filed Nov. 6, 2003, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
This invention relates to hull surveying and more particularly to a system for calibrating acoustic-based hull integrity sensing systems.
As described in co-pending patent application Ser. No. 10/935,986 filed Sep. 8, 2004 by Steven Greelish entitled "Method and Apparatus For Performing an Ultrasonic Survey," incorporated herein by reference, a system is provided for surveying a ship's hull by accurately ascertaining the position of the ship's hull relative to, for instance, a robotic sensor flying around the hull. In this system a coordinate system is established so that the position of the robot relative to the hull can be ascertained, thus to permit acoustic hull measurements.
In hull inspections, the purpose is to determine erosion or wasting of the hull so as to be able to certify the seaworthiness of the ship. Determining seaworthiness depends upon accurate measurements of the thickness of the hull, and even hull plating and coatings or paint, with coating thickness usually measured in thousandths of an inch. In order for the ship to be certified as seaworthy, classification societies use hull thickness information to determine the seaworthiness of a ship. However, these societies require a certain level of calibration that ensures that the measurements obtained are accurate.
In the past, in order to convince classification societies of the accuracy of the measurements, it has been the practice to obtain a sample of the ship's hull and to calibrate the instruments either away from the ship, or to send a diver down with a test plate for the calibration process.
While high accuracy thickness measurements can be made using high quality, high frequency instruments, it is a requirement for these instruments that the sensor be attached to the hull. This is impractical for in-water surveying systems and thus a lower frequency system is required so that the acoustic energy can penetrate the water column and then the hull. However, lower frequency systems result in degraded performance.
Moreover, using test samples that are transported to the test location at the hull results in a calibration system that suffers from changes in temperature, instrument damage and calibration shifts as one transports the test sample and/or instrument from one site to the other. Moreover, as mentioned above the thickness measurements can suffer degradation in terms of the frequency that is used, with the lower frequencies providing less accurate results.
There is another problem with the way in which acoustic thickness measuring instruments are calibrated and that is that the measurements themselves generally measure the timing of the receipt of a reflected pulse by integrating the return signal and measuring the position of the resulting signal envelope. These integrating systems suffer from the fact that they are amplitude-dependent, meaning that the timing of the return pulse as measured by the envelope shifts depending on the amplitude of the returned signal. Thus, any system that uses integration, or rectification and integration, suffers from the fact that the actual measurement is affected by the amplitude of the signal.
The result is that, for some of these hull-measuring systems, the thickness measurement may be off by 10 or 15%.
There is thus a requirement to be able to measure the hull thickness to within one-half of one percent, which translates in some cases to measurement accuracy better than one one-thousandth of an inch.
Also, a problem exists as to where exactly on the ship's hull the measurement is made. Locating the precise position on the hull is oftentimes difficult for divers, since they are oftentimes in brackish or clouded water adjacent to the hull. Therefore, there is a requirement to be able to identify exactly where on the hull the thickness measurement is being made.
In order to achieve reliable calibration for acoustic thickness sensing systems, a so-called coupon is provided as a reference source that is attached to the interior of the ship hull and is read by ultrasonic test equipment. The ultrasonic probe used is scanned across the surface of the hull in a raster pattern, with timing of acoustic reflections being used to build a raster scan of the inspection area. The raster scan is first used to locate the coupon, which carries a fiducial element as well as a binary signature to identify which coupon is being read. Note that both the fiducial element and the binary signature are acoustically readable.
Once having found the coupon, located its fiducial point and ascertained its identity, a stepped material thickness calibrator block is scanned, with the thicknesses set to correspond to expected thicknesses of hulls to be surveyed. Reflections from the surface of the hull, the interface between the coupon and the hull, and the stepped surfaces of the calibration block are used to automatically calibrate the system. This is accomplished by multiplying the thickness of the step in the calibration block whose thickness most closely matches that of the hull with a ratio of the time it takes for an acoustic signal to propagate through the hull material divided by the time it takes for an acoustic signal to propagate through the coupon material.
By selecting which of the stepped surfaces most closely corresponds to the expected hull thickness, and by multiplying this thickness by the ratio derived above, one arrives at an accurate hull thickness that is calibrated by the coupon in the exact environment in which the measurement is made.
In one embodiment, the time through the hull and the coupon material are measured in terms of the zero crossings of the waveforms constituting the reflected waves from the surface of the hull, the interface between hull and coupon and the selected step of the calibration block. Thus, the system is not amplitude dependent, making the accuracies achievable below one-half of one percent of the hull thickness.
In short, thickness measurement accuracies of less than one thousandth of an inch are routine using the subject system that offers in situ calibration.
The position and identity of the coupon are established by providing the coupon with an acoustically readable fiducial element and an acoustically readable binary coding element. The fiducial element includes opposing sectors that intersect at a point to provide a fiducial point for the coupon. The identity of the coupon is provided by bar code elements of differing heights, separated by acoustic isolation material, with the differing heights constituting a binary code readable by the acoustic sensor to determine the identity of the coupon.
How the coupon is attached to the interior of the hull requires that the interface between the interior wall of the hull and the coupon be flat and uncorrupted by acoustic property changing materials. In one embodiment, the interior of the hull is prepared by cleaning, after which a mold is placed over the area at which the coupon is to be mounted. The mold contains cavities into which the various elements of the coupon are inserted. The coupon contains as elements the calibrator block, the fiducial sector block, and the binary coding bar code, as well as piezo-electric transducers for projecting acoustic energy out at two different frequencies to identify to a diver or other instruments, outside the hull, the approximate location of the coupon.
Each of the above elements or devices is located in a separate cavity within the mold and is cemented to the interior wall of the vessel, using anaerobic adhesives.
After the above elements or devices have been adhered to the interior surface of the hull, the mold is removed and a housing, cabinet or compartment is placed over the mounted elements. Thereafter, an acoustic-deadening foam is injected into the housing. This damping material is used to cancel reflections created by acoustic interrogation signals as they pass through the coupon, with the damping material in one embodiment composed of two or more layers of material with a high acoustic impedance differential. Note that the damping material absorbs the acoustic energy during the scan process.
The result is that one can perform in situ calibration of acoustic thickness sensing apparatus by using a calibration block of the same material as the hull, and by providing aids to obtain the location of the coupon, which include piezo-electric transducers for the rough location and a fiducial element for precise location of the coupon. The coupon is also identified through a binary code represented by two different levels of adjacent bars spaced apart by acoustic insulating material in a bar code arrangement.
In summary, a system is provided for calibrating an acoustic hull integrity sensing system by providing a coupon attached to the interior surface of the hull, in which the coupon has a stepped calibration block, with one of the steps approximating the thickness of the hull to be measured at the position of the coupon. The stepped calibration block is made of a material with the same acoustic properties as that of the hull. Acoustic energy is propagated towards the hull and passes through the hull, the interface between the hull and the block and to the interface between the stepped surface and the surrounding material, with reflected acoustic energy having a time of arrival at a sensor measured through the use of zero crossing detectors, in which the thickness of the stepped block that most closely approximates that of the hull is multiplied by a ratio that is the time for energy to propagate through the hull, divided by the time for the energy to propagate through the stepped block. The coupon is also provided with acoustically readable elements, including a fiducial element to determine the exact location of the coupon, and a binary signature bar code element having alternating bars interspersed with acoustic deadening material to identify the coupon. Moreover, piezo-electric transducers are used as pingers to provide an indication of the approximate location of the coupon from a position outside the hull.
These and other features of the subject invention will be better understood in connection with a Detailed Description, in conjunction with the Drawings, of which:
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As will be described herein, calibration block 16, fiducial element 18, and binary signature bar code identification element 20 have surfaces that are cemented and acoustically coupled to the hull so that when acoustic energy is projected through the hull, the energy reflected from these elements can be read out in terms of the position thereof.
In order to do so, an acoustic sensor 24 is raster scanned in the vicinity of the coupon at the outside surface of the hull, with the output thereof provided to a processor 26, which in turn drives a split screen display 28. The split screen display has two regions 30 and 32, with region 30 projecting the reconstructed image of coupon 14 in plan view. The purpose of this image is to be able to locate the center 34 of the fiducial element 18 so that the precise location of the fiducial point can be ascertained relative to the position of the acoustic sensor.
Screen portion 32 is a side view of calibration block 16, which shows calibration block 16 adjacent hull 10 so that a visual comparison can be made between the step heights 36 so that one can determine by whatever means which of the step heights has a thickness which most closely corresponds to the reconstructed image of the hull.
In operation, the coupon is used as a reference source that is read by ultrasonic test equipment. The ultrasonic probe or sensor described above is scanned across the hull surface in a raster pattern. The output data, timing of acoustic reflections, is used to build a raster scan of the inspection area on display 28, which is then used to locate fiducial element 18 and read the binary signature provided by binary signature bar code coupon identification element 20. The timing data from the scanning of the material thickness calibrator block 16 is used to calibrate the ultrasonic measurement system for subsequent thickness measurements.
The coupon system consists of a housing lined with acoustic dampening material, the two piezo-acoustic devices 22, material thickness calibration block 16, fixed reference point fiducial element 18, binary signature bar code coupon identification element 20, urethane epoxy and a hermetically sealed connector that is attached to the dry side of a ship hull or inner tank or can be submersed if the dry side is not accessible.
Referring now to
The back surface 46 of hull 10 produces reflections of acoustic energy 40, here illustrated at 48, which propagate from the back surface as illustrated.
Referring to
How to make this measurement more accurate, or at least calibratable, requires in the subject invention, and as illustrated in
For convenience, the stepped surfaces of block 16 are labeled, 1, 2 and 3 as illustrated. It is noted that block 16 is of a material that is to acoustically match the hull alloy or material.
As can be seen in the waveform diagrams to the right of block 16, the first surface provides a spike 60, which relates to the return from the surface 42 of hull 10. Interface 56 results in a spike 62 as illustrated. Finally, the spikes 64, 66 and 68 refer to the timing of the energy returned from steps 1, 2 and 3 respectively.
Referring to
Another way of visualizing the operation of the calibration block is to consider more particularly
As can be seen from the equation below these arrows, one can derive a ratio of the thickness of the hull as measured by Ty−Tx to the thickness of the calibration block as measured by Tz−Ty. This ratio is to be multiplied by the step height thickness that most closely corresponds to the thickness of the hull as determined by optical inspection or otherwise in accordance with
Using the zero crossing detection technique to be described, it is possible to derive hull thickness accuracies on the order of 0.5% or in most cases providing a thickness measurement accuracy of less than one thousandth of an inch. Such accuracies permit detection of hull wasting, erosion or deterioration in terms of, for instance, the wasting of paint layers, or the erosion of the thickness of the hull due to rusting and the like.
Referring now to
Referring now to
It is noted that the material thickness calibrator block is a rectangular device made of acoustically similar material as the wall to be scanned, with dimensions of n�4n. The thickness of the device varies over its length at an interval of every n, where n is the device width. The thickness variation is Z, 3Z/4, Z/2 and Z/4 respectively, where the wall to be scanned is between Z/4 and Z in thickness. It is noted that all of these elements are surrounded by acoustic absorbing material 130.
As to the fiducial element 18, two identical metallic 90� sections 132 and 134 of a circle are set at opposite quadrants of an imaginary circle of the same size to create a fiducial point 34. It is noted that the metallic sections are acoustically readable in terms of returns from the surfaces thereof opposite that of the hull.
In order to provide the binary signature for the bar coding element 20, in one embodiment there are a minimum of 16 bits that correspond to a minimum of 16 rectangular metallic bars 136. The dimensions of these bars are n�6n that will either be n or 2n in thickness. The rectangular metallic bars are separated at a distance of n/2 where n is the width of the rectangle and the distance n/2 is filled with acoustic dampening material 138 such that the acoustic dampening material is interspersed between the rectangular metallic bars. The metallic bars are arranged in a defined order to create a binary code where n thickness equals a binary 0 and the 2n thickness equals a binary 1. Note that the binary code is unique for each coupon.
As mentioned hereinbefore, the coupon is provided with piezo-electric transducers 22, which provide acoustic energy when supplied by power from a connector 140. Note that these piezo-electric transducers are positioned in the open area between quadrants 132 and 134 to opposite sides of fiducial point 34.
The housing with the connector and piezo-electric devices mounted and wired has multiple layers of acoustic dampening material 130 attached to the bottom and connector side, taking care to ensure that the connector and wiring are encapsulated. The damping material is used to cancel reflections created by the interrogation signal as it passes through the coupon. The damping material is composed in one embodiment of two or more layers of material with high acoustic impedance differential. The damping material absorbs the acoustic energy during the scan process so that an accurate reconstruction of the coupon can be made.
The piezo-electric elements are driven with discrete high voltage bursts at specific frequencies to allow the positioning system to identify the coupon and home in on its location. The piezo-electric drive system is only activated during the homing phase of the operation, with the piezo-electric transducers being turned off upon achieving a position lock. The piezo-electric drive is a self-contained waveform driver and a high voltage amplifier that may be slaved to an external computer in order to coordinate a number of coupon systems. When used with multiple coupons, each piezo-electric driver set will operate at a discrete combination of frequencies.
As mentioned hereinbefore, the attaching of the coupon is critical to accurate calibration. The attachment of the coupon elements and housing differs slightly depending on the hull or vessel material. The common requirement of the system is that it must be mounted on a non-layered surface and the surface material must have a consistent material density.
The most common application is steel hull or vessel walls. In this application the surface is required to be cleaned of any coatings or corrosion and is lapped to produce a flat surface. The coupon elements for steel applications are machined from alloys matching the steel vessel material to reduce acoustic impedance mismatching.
A template supports the elements during the mounting process to ensure precise alignment. For steel applications, an anaerobic metal ion transfer adhesive is used to produce the thinnest bond possible. This adhesive has a fast bond time, facilitating assembly of the coupon elements. Each element is mounted through the template and is adhered to the surface. An outline of the template is drawn on the surface to ensure proper alignment of the housing. The housing pre-assembly is then mounted to the surface using a fast-curing epoxy. Thereafter, the housing is injected with a urethane compound having acoustic absorbing properties. To ensure that no gas pockets are entrained in the casting, the assembly is evacuated.
The preparation and assembly process is similar for aluminum surfaces, with the exception of the use of matching aluminum alloy for the coupon elements.
Fiberglass, wood and Ferro cement hull or vessels require special surface treatment to ensure good acoustic visibility from the opposite side of the surface. The interior surfaces are cleaned and sanded and lapped to produce a smooth, void-free attachment surface. The hull or vessel material is to have a constant density and is not cored. If not, there may be a requirement to remove the inner hull or vessel layers before mounting. The elements are attached to the mounting template with methyl-acrylate adhesive and are held in place until cured. The coupon housing is installed in the same manner as that associated with steel and aluminum applications, but may require the addition of a procedure where inner surface layers are removed to achieve a clear acoustic pathway to the coupon elements.
More particularly, prior to any measurement process, one applies the coupon to the inner hull. One typically uses a water jetting system coupled tightly to the hull to remove any paint or coatings from the inner hull. The reason that a water jet is used is to avoid any potential of explosion. This is because areas to which the coupons are to be applied vary from being a ballast tank to storage of flammable materials. One needs to have the inner surface to be extremely clean and flat. In some cases, as necessary, one may have to perform a surface grinding step, again in a water environment, on the inside of the hull to produce a smooth, flat surface on which to mount the coupon. After the inner surface has been prepared, one overlays a mold that has cutouts for the stepped calibrator block, the lobes for the fiducial mark, and the bars for the binary code, plus pockets for the piezo-electric transducers. The mold is temporarily adhered to the hull and anaerobic adhesives which are less than one molecule thick are used to adhere the material, whether it be steel on a steel hull, aluminum on an aluminum hull, or aluminum on a glass or composite hull.
The assembly thus formed is held in compression against the hull until the adhesives have had an appropriate time to set. Thereafter, the mold is removed and a housing is clamped on over the assembly and filled with a special urethane-silicon compound that has the characteristics of absorbing any acoustic energy. The material also physically attaches to the outer housing and the wires and connectors so that it becomes a permanent part of the hull. Note that for a certain type of steel hulled vessel, the steel alloy of the hull is matched by the elements attached thereto. In the case of an aluminum hull, the aluminum alloy is to be matched, whereas in the case of composites or Ferro cement, one would utilize aluminum calibration blocks, fiducial elements and binary signature bar code elements. Note that the above-mentioned urethane-silicone compound is placed in the coupon housing to absorb any acoustic energy in the pathways that are in between the elements or in the back of the elements so that there will be no acoustic return other than from the elements.
In operation, once the acoustic signals have been projected towards the hull, first what one sees is that there is no discrete backwave. What is seen is a so-called noise floor. When there is a backwave, one observes a sharp rise in the amplitude of the waveform, which indicates that the projected acoustic wave has breached an interface. If one measures the timing between the front end of the pulse representing the reflection of the acoustic signal from the outer surface of the hull being measured and the front end of the pulse representing the reflection of the acoustic signal from the inner surface of the hull being measured, through the use of a calibrated scale produced by the stepped block one obtains a precise measurement of the thickness of the hull as a function of time. One therefore can translate the time into a precise measurement of thickness.
In the subject invention, in one embodiment, one actually takes a look at the wave front in terms of the frequency component and phase shift. This is compared with a precisely generated clock so that one actually looks at the zero crossing and takes a look at the number and spacing of the zero crossings to ensure that one is measuring the appropriate waveform. One then back-translates the wave to the start point or the intercept point to get the precise measurement.
Note that the waveform of the projected acoustic signal is distinct. Acoustic energy reflected by the materials being measured is detected as a lower amplitude copy of the projected pulse. Extraneous noise received by the acoustic sensor can produce a constructive/destructive deformation of the received waveform, particularly in the front and back of the projected pulse. One therefore takes a look at the portion of the return waveform which resembles the projected pulse, and uses the first zero crossing of the waveform as the time marker from which to do the calculations. As pointed out hereinabove, other systems look at the average. The problem with these types of systems is that, if the envelope has a smaller wave front, it shifts the point in time that one is using as a benchmark for the thickness measurement. In other words, one extracts a thickness measurement that has an error because of the integration time, which is proportional to the amplitude of the envelope.
Referring now to
As can be seen, the binary coding is characterized by bar 136, height 140 being either n or 2n, where n is a binary 0 and 2n is a binary 1. Note that the acoustic absorber material extends over the top of the bars, whereas the bars are intimately coupled to the hull at their interior surfaces 142.
Referring now to
The travel time of the acoustic pulse through the hull material and coupon elements is ratiometrically compared to the known thicknesses of the stepped calibration block, yielding the distance. The distance information is then used to determine material thickness.
The entire coupon is scanned in a raster mode, with the probe position controlled by an acoustic positioning system such as described by Greelish in patent application Ser. No. 10/935,986. The initial positioning of the scanning probe is accomplished by homing in on the piezo-electric transducers, which are alternately driven by discrete frequency bursts. The acoustic positioning system triangulates the coupon's acoustic bursts and positions the probe to overscan the coupon location. Subsequent processing locates the fiducial element, interprets the binary signature and calibrates the ultrasound probe for correct material thickness measurement.
Here it can be seen that the step material thickness calibration block 16, the fiducial element 18 having a fiducial sector intersection point 34 and the binary signature bar code bars 20 are in intimate contact with interior surface 134, which serves as the aforementioned interface.
As can be seen, coupon housing 158 is filled with the aforementioned foam 160 so that the measurements garnered by the scan relate only to reflections back through the hull from the surfaces of the calibration block, the fiducial element 18 and the binary signature bars of element 20.
While the present invention has been described in connection with the preferred embodiments of the various figures, it is to be understood that other similar embodiments may be used or modifications or additions may be made to the described embodiment for performing the same function of the present invention without deviating therefrom. Therefore, the present invention should not be limited to any single embodiment, but rather construed in breadth and scope in accordance with the recitation of the appended claims.
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I've been looking at these FOREVER it seems like and they're never in stock.
Aside from buying 50 from a medical supplier, does anyone have one or two they would sell me?
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I couldn't find them either, but I found the standard FlexAir pillow here:
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I have a 3-pack of the FlexAir Plus Ultralight Pillow. I can send you one (or 2) if you pay for the shipping, plus a buck or two.
I've only opened one of them to use.
Joe thinks they're single chamber.
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I bought the 50 pack and am getting ready to ship a bunch out to people. I'm unloading them at $1.05 each plus shipping. PM me your address and how many you want and I'll get them to you this week.
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PM sent in case you still have some to sell. Thanks
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Sorry – but I'm now out of pillows to sell. I had way more interest than pillows.
Derek, Mike, & Greg – I'm really sorry.
It looks like someone could do okay by ordering a box of 50. Including shipping the total was $55.07. Here's where I bought them:
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No problem. Thanks for the quick response. Maybe BPL will finally get some back in soon.
Received the pillows yesterday and they are HUGE! i was not expecting them to be that large, but that's great! Thanks again for helping me out and the excellent deal.
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Thanks Kevin!
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicola Ken Barozzi" <firstname.lastname@example.com> To: <firstname.lastname@example.com>; <email@example.com> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 10:12 AM Subject: Re: [PATCH] new build targets > From: "David Crossley" <firstname.lastname@example.com> > > > You were also adding a copy of the "init" target from > > build.xml into build-i.xml and build-s.xml ... why? > > This seems like a maintenance nightmare for the release > > manager, as he would need to update release info in 3 places. This is also related to what IMHO is another "problem"; the size of the build. To correct my hack of duplicating properties in builds for not requring dependency, I have succesfully put the init target in another file and have all builds reference it as an external system entity. <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE project [ <!ENTITY init-target SYSTEM "init.xpart"> ]> and &init-target; <!-- external reference to init.xpart --> Before submitting any further patch, I would propose to to split the build as follows: build.xml (main build entry; contains following targets as SYSTEM entities and compilation+jar-war generation) /tools/build/init.xpart (init target) /tools/build/optional.xpart (optional components related targets) /tools/build/xml2java.xpart (xml2java generation related targets) /tools/build/docs.xpart (documentation+javadoc generation targets) /tools/build/dev.xpart (dists+patchqueue+fixsrclf targets) /tools/build/interactive.xpart (interactive target) /tools/build/scratchpad.xpart (scratchpad target) /tools/build/try.xpart (new targets to try) For scratchpads, I propose that each scratchpad subdir represents a scratchpad project, as schecoon does. Each sub-dir should have its own indipendent build.xml that can be run as a try target (see current build.xml as an example) and, when ready, included in interactive scratchpad builds for all to test. -- Nicola Ken Barozzi firstname.lastname@example.com These are the days of miracle and wonder... ...so don't cry baby, don't cry... Paul Simon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, email: email@example.com
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Faba bean has a strong tap root with an average rooting depth of 0.6 metres (24 inches). Faba bean has compound leaves with two to six oval shaped leaflets, and flowers can be pure white, purple, or pink. A flower cluster may produce one to six pods.The young pods are green and large, up to 10 cm (4 inches) long, and 1-2 cm (0.4 to 0.8 inches) wide. As the pod matures, it turns brown or black. Pods contain two to eight oblong/oval seeds which weigh between 400-700 mg. Flowering occurs in 45 to 60 days and maturity in 110 to 130 days. The bushel weight of faba bean is 60 pounds.
Faba bean is best adapted to the moist areas of Saskatchewan and does best under relatively cool growing conditions. Hot, dry spells result in wilting and may reduce seed set. The best adaptation area for faba bean is where growing season rainfall is around 25 cm (10 inches) such as the Parkland region.
Pulse crop adaptation trials conducted at seven locations in Saskatchewan showed best faba bean yields were obtained in cool and/or wet locations. On average, the crop used 39 cm (15 inches) of water. Faba bean plots yielded almost 6.7 tonnes per hectare (100 bushels per acre) under ideal growing conditions.
Faba bean should be grown with caution in both the Brown soil zones and on dry, light-textured soils, unless irrigation is available. Crop Insurance coverage of dryland faba bean excludes coverage in the Brown and much of the Dark Brown soil zone.
Faba bean grows best on well-drained loam or clay soils of pH 6.5 to 9.0. On light, sandy soils faba bean yield can suffer as a result of drought stress in early summer. Faba bean is more tolerant of saturated soils than other pulses, it does not perform well under these conditions. Faba bean does not perform well on saline soils.
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The fall of Hosni Mubarak could trigger an Egyptian gold boom as the government looks to carve up precious reserves in the Sinai desert which have remained untapped for decades. Officials have known about the potential for finding gold in Egypt's mountain wilderness for years, yet a combination of security concerns and the complicated mining process have so far hampered serious progress.
Egyptian mining chiefs now plan to invite investors to carry out gold exploration in the Sinai – an area which was once occupied by the Israelis during the 1970s and which has been plagued by security problems since the uprising which toppled Mr Mubarak.
According to Dr Hassan Bakheit, the head of geological surveys in the Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority, the government wants to start receiving contract bids next year.
"We're trying to develop the Sinai desert," he said. "I think in the future there will be more explorations. I hope that if the revolution goes the right way and is not stopped by any further problems, Egypt will become known as a big gold producer in the region."
Egypt is no stranger to the gold mining industry. As long ago as the third century BC, workers living under the realm of the Old Kingdom were unearthing the precious mineral from the volcanic rocks that line the country's Red Sea coast.
Yet since the 1950s there has been virtually no serious investment in the industry. Only one company is currently producing Egyptian gold, the Australian firm Centamin, which is listed in London and Toronto and which started commercial production last year.
With an estimated 6.7 million ounces of the metal lying under more than 100 possible mining sites around the country, analysts say the potential value of Egypt's untapped reserves runs into billions of pounds – a literal gold mine in a nation which could sorely use the receipts of its own mineral wealth.
Louise Collinge, a mining analyst for Evolution Securities, said there was "a lot of interest" about investing in Egypt. She said its location in the Arabian- Nubian Shield – a band of rocks that stretches down from north of Cairo as far as the Horn of Africa – meant it was ripe for gold prospecting.
But she added that with the current political insecurity it would be difficult for the gold boom to really take off. "It's a big worry for any investor," she said. "In theory there should be no problems at all. But the market is a bit worried as to what might happen."
Centamin lost millions of dollars during the Egyptian uprising and saw its stock plummet by more than 25 per cent following the toppling of former President Hosni Mubarak in February.
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There are now six companies carrying out gold exploration at various locations along the Red Sea coast, though none have yet started producing commercially.
According to Centamin's chief executive, Harry Michael, one of the main reasons Egypt did not open up to investors until only relatively recently is because previous governments simply did not think the industry was viable. When company bosses tried to tell Mr Mubarak's officials that they were sitting on a fortune, the response was incredulous. "They said, 'you guys are crazy'," claimed Mr Michael.
"There is not much rainfall in Egypt," he added. "A lot of the country is desert. Nobody goes there, and there was an opportunity for us to get something from that land for the nation and our investors. It was crying out for some kind of use."
Yet according to Dr Bakheit, the reason that the Sinai desert's reserves have so far remained off-limits is more political than economical.
He blamed the hidden "agenda" of Hosni Mubarak's relations with Israel, saying he believed the government had a deal with Tel Aviv under the 1979 peace treaty not to develop large scale mining operations in the area.
It is a view not taken seriously by Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, an expert on Egyptian-Israeli relations from Tel Aviv University. "It makes no sense," he said. "After 1979, Israel was interested in Egypt developing economically."
Nonetheless it is clear the precarious security situation in the Sinai has hamstrung economic development. Centamin's Mr Michael said it had "definitely been an issue" when it came to the government failing to pursue mining projects in the region.
And there are other political ramifications of a future gold boom in Egypt. Under Centamin's deal with the government, it is obliged to pump half of its profits back into the state treasury.
Given that geologists believe the nation's gold reserves could be worth many billions of pounds, the next few years could be critical in determining how well Egypt's first post-Mubarak government can exploit the nation's substantial mineral resources.
In a nation where 40 per cent of the population live on less than a dollar a day, a profitable gold mining industry – and the thousands of jobs needed to sustain it – could be a significant boon.
"I'm optimistic," said Ibrahim Shalaby, the former deputy minister of the Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority. "We just need someone with some money who is not afraid to come here, invest their cash and see the benefits."
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Manufacturing is Egypt's biggest industry, contributing 16.1 per cent to total GDP in 2009-10. Agriculture is another key sector, employing 32 per cent of the nation's labour force and comprising 13 per cent of GDP.
Tourism, which dropped sharply during the uprising, still plays a leading role in Egypt's economy, generating 20 per cent of the country's foreign currency receipts and employing around 3.5 million people.
The number of Egyptians out of work rose to 12 per cent this year on the back of the nationwide anti-government uprising, up from 9 per cent at the end of 2010.
Growth forecasts
A recent IMF report predicted mixed blessings for Egypt's floundering economy. Despite not growing as fast as was predicted before the recent uprising, the organisation said real GDP growth would still expand by around 1.75 per cent in 2011-12 compared with last year.
Social stagnation
The former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, the man credited with opening up his country to the market economy during the 1980s, reportedly once joked that "those who will not make money in Egypt during my reign will never make money". Yet in a country where 40 per cent of the population live on less than a dollar a day and two-fifths of the nation's wealth is control- led by 5 per cent of its citizens, his legacy seems less than rosy.Reuse content


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Mercure Kuta Bali places you next to Kuta Beach and within 2 miles (3 km) of other popular attractions like Carrefour Plaza Kuta. This 3.5-star hotel welcomes guests with 130 rooms and conveniences like an outdoor pool, free in-room WiFi, and free self parking. On the waterfront, it's also near Tuban Beach and Legian Beach.
Enjoy a leisurely bite to eat at Alang-Alang Restaurant, the hotel's onsite restaurant. Order from 24-hour room service to satisfy your hunger without leaving your room. Start your day off with buffet breakfast, available for a fee.
All 130 air-conditioned rooms provide balconies, minibars, and coffee makers. Guests can expect to find free WiFi and LCD TVs with cable channels. Free bottled water, phones, and desks are other standard amenities.
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At Mercure Kuta Bali, guests enjoy features like an outdoor pool, a children's pool, and a spa tub. There's free parking, and an airport shuttle (available on request) for USD 20 per vehicle one way. The front desk is staffed 24/7 to help with dry cleaning/laundry, concierge services, and luggage storage. Additional amenities include a rooftop terrace, free WiFi in public areas, and 3 meeting rooms.
- Steps from Kuta Beach
- Free WiFi in rooms and public areas
- Free parking
- Onsite dining
Mercure Kuta Bali
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Hotel Amenities
In addition to an outdoor pool, Mercure Kuta Bali provides a spa tub and a children's pool. The hotel offers a restaurant. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include 2 bars/lounges and a poolside bar. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 3.5-star property offers access to a business center and meeting rooms. 3 meeting rooms are available. This business-friendly hotel also offers a rooftop terrace, spa services, and tour/ticket assistance. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Hair salon
- Number of bars/lounges - 2
- Free WiFi
- Porter/bellhop
- Poolside bar
- Number of floors - 4
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Outdoor pool
- Spa tub
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Total number of rooms - 130
- 24-hour front desk
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- Meeting rooms 3
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- Number of meeting rooms - 3
- Free parking nearby
- Free self parking
- Spa services on site
- Children's pool
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Children's pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, Free parking nearby
Room Amenities
Mercure Kuta Bali offers 130 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and complimentary bottled water. Rooms open to balconies. LCD televisions come with premium cable channels. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers.
Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless high-speed Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.
- Private bathroom
- Room service (24 hours)
- Premium TV channels
- Cable TV service
- Balcony
- Phone
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Bathtub or shower
- In-room safe (surcharge)
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Free WiFi
- Air conditioning
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge.
Alang-Alang Restaurant - Overlooking the ocean, this restaurant serves lunch and dinner. A children's menu is available.
Lotus Lobby Bar - Onsite bar.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor pool, a children's pool, and a spa tub are on site.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at midnight
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Check-out time is noon
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Children and extra beds
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No pets or service animals allowed
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: USD 20 for adults and USD 15 for children (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: USD 20 per vehicle (one way)
- An in-room safe is available for an additional fee
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Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) occur in 30–50% of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) patients. Some patients have no CT-detectable PAVMs but have intrapulmonary shunt (IPS) on contrast echocardiography (CE), possibly representing smaller PAVMs. We aimed to describe their clinical presentation and outcomes.
We identified patients from the Toronto HHT Database (1998–2008) with a definite HHT diagnosis according to the Curacao criteria. Patients with IPS on CE but negative CT scan for PAVMs were included. Retrospective chart and imaging review was performed.
Of 73 patients with isolated IPS, 43/73(59%) were female; mean age was 44 years (range: 20–73). ALK1 mutation was detected in 28/73 (38%), endoglin mutation in 11/73 (15%), variant of unknown significance in 4/73 (5%) and no detected mutation in 6/73 (8%). At initial assessment, dyspnea was reported in 25/73 (34%), migraine in 17/73(23%), previous minor hemoptysis in 6/73 (8%) and previous stroke in 3/73 (4%), though strokes occurred at ages 59–65 years and with multiple non-HHT risk factors. In 3/73 (4%) patients, significant PAVMs were detected on immediate pulmonary angiography following initial negative CT (all pre-helical CT use). Mean follow-up was 49 months (range: 0–120). PAVMs were detected on follow-up CT in 2/73 (3%), of which one was confirmed retrospectively on initial CT. There was 1 death (age 69); unrelated to PAVMs. There were no hemorrhagic or neurologic PAVM complications. Forty-nine/73 (67%) underwent serial CE. IPS severity increased in 12/49 (24%), remained unchanged in 16/49 (33%), and decreased in 21/49 (43%) of which 11 normalized.
Symptoms from isolated IPS are similar to PAVMs but occur at lower rates. Unlike patients with CT-detectable PAVMs, ALK-1 mutations might be more common than endoglin mutations. No PAVM-related complications were observed during follow-up, so risk of complications from isolated IPS is likely low. IPS severity remained unchanged or decreased over time in the majority of these patients.
Short-term risk appears to be low in these patients, but long-term follow-up is important to detect previously undetected and new PAVMs.
Harvey Wong, Grant monies (from sources other than industry) Nelson Arthur Hyland Foundation (M.E.F.); No Product/Research Disclosure Information
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