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Social Business Requires Social People
Post by Ray 5 years ago - Social Business - 7 Comments
If I had one wish for 2013 (apart from world peace) it would be that consultants stop advising clients to do social media and instead advise them how to do business – with social media.
Social business has been "trending" this year and will even be a hotter topic in 2013. Lead by giant brands like IBM, the social culture that forms the foundation of a successful social business is at the heart of any good business, regardless of size.
Big or small, "social" fits all!
A social culture is a web that connects all parts of the business.
Dave Gray, author of The Connected Company (affiliate link), describes a "connected" company as one that is built around the customer as opposed to around functional efficiencies.
The object of a social business is to optimize around creating better customer experiences across all the different touch points: product itself, marketing, service, sales.
It's about listening first, creating insights with data, acting upon those insights and inviting the customer "into the fold" to figure out the future. – Maria Ogneva
One of the chief advantages that a social business has is "nimbleness".
Because it connects directly with its clients, it can react to changes much quicker than a company that is inward looking and reacts only when the panic button is pressed.
To navigate through these torrents of social data, a company needs to nurture an internal culture of collaboration and innovation. It has to encourage "intraprenurship".
Although by no means a small company, we can look at Google of an example of this.
In his recent blog post What Google+ Can Teach Us About Social, Jason Falls stated that:
"Google+ is not the focal point of the company's efforts. It's a fabric that ties many of Google's products together."
He cites a quote from Google VP, Bradley Horowitz:
Google+ was designed from its inception as a foundational, unifying layer that makes these (YouTube, Gmail, Drive etc.) already great services even greater. So Google+ is different. It's not only an innovative new social network, it is also the identity, relationship and interest system for Google.
The great majority of companies aren't the size of Google, IBM or even Zappos.
Owners of small companies have special challenges that involve finding enough time and resources to tend to their core missions, let alone updating a Facebook Page.
This is a big reason why so many flounder. Social media are seen as added workloads instead of opportunities.
Social needs to be integrated throughout the company and not simply shoved in the corner next to the filing cabinet in the marketing office.
Transitioning into a social business is a long process that involves assessment, strategy and a plan.
The first priority is to make sure the people representing the company are on board and share its vision.
A socially connected company nurtures innovation.
Here are 6 ways to create a social culture by developing social people.
(abridged from my post: Is Your Company Intrapreneur Friendly?)
Kai Design & MEEX Team – Small company that's big on "social".
1. Communicate vision and strategy.
People feel more empowered if they know where they're going and why they're going there.
We can't take for granted that everyone is as up to speed with social media platforms and applications. Many don't understand the "why" let alone the "how".
A lot of resistance comes from staff who are intimidated and overwhelmed by social media.
So as Julie Andrews sings: "Let's start at the very beginning. It's a very good place to start…"
Place social media inside the context of the whole social culture that the company wishes to adopt. Then explain the steps needed to get there starting with social media 101.
2. Empower visionaries.
People won't stick their neck out if they're afraid of having their head cut off!
Support, coach and protect PWI's (people with ideas).
3. Come out of the cubicle.
There are few phrases that I detested more in my years in management than: "It's not my job!"
This may have been relevant in a factory setting but not in a collaborative one.
This is not to say that we don't take responsibilities for our own projects, but companies must encourage cross discipline projects and collaboration.
Only then will the company become greater than the sum of its parts.
4. Encourage risk and tolerate failure.
You can't succeed without failure.
When those trying new ideas are punished for "mistakes," two things go wrong:
(1) people stop experimenting, and
(2) mistakes are covered up.
5. Focus on customers.
Focusing how to better serve customers drives innovation.
Focusing on internal politics drives conservatism.
Not changing is the equivalent of standing still on a moving treadmill.
6. Be Social, Environmental and Ethically Responsible.
Companies with a strong commitment to being good corporate neighbours tend to be more sensitive to external changes.
This allows them to be able to react and innovate faster.
They also tend to attract the type of employee that has a greater commitment to serving customers and improving the world.
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Thanks for dropping by. I'm the Director of Digital Marketing for Image-24.com. My background in business includes non-profit (performing arts), restaurants and Promotions. Having moved on from my own strategic consulting company, I now write about what interests me. So in this blog, you may read about my thoughts on marketing, health issues and business culture. You can follow me on Twitter @rayhiltz or @image24Call


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Rick Santorum has decided to leave the battlefield of ideas for another place where he can reside in peace and security knowing that he fought the good battle only to lose. At Gettys burg, he madea speech that was about 1600 words longer than the famous Lincoln Gettysburg address. Rick told the audience: "What I tried to bring to the battle was what Abraham Lincoln brought to the battlefield in 1863." It is clear that Rick has absolutely no idea about the ideas of Abraham Lincoln. For example:
1. Lincoln was the president who introduced the income tax.
2. Lincoln had the Federal government give business $200 million to build the transcontinental railroad– business contributed $600,000.
3. Lincoln took property from busines people and refused to pay compensation, slaves, that is.
4. Lincoln supported religious tolerance to all religions.
5. Lincoln did NOT belong to any organized church.
6. Lincoln introduced the first draft system for military service.

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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
TPMDC Update #2: Remembering Miss Snark and Some Other Tidbits
It was a year ago today that Miss Snark left us, and there are a number of lovely tributes around the blogosophere for Her Snarkness. Patricia Wood is hosting the official tribute, and Kim Stagliano, Stephen Parrish, Maya Reynolds and Aprilynne Pike have also posted tributes. (Sorry if I missed anyone -- busy day!)
There is some big news afoot at Random House as Peter Olson is officially out as CEO, and in steps Markus Dohle, who had headed Bertelsmann's Arvato Print unit, and is a publishing outsider. We're all watching closely!
And you may have seen Dennis Cass' video on what he isn't doing to promote the paperback release of HEAD CASE, but if you haven't, the hilarious video is definitely worth a watch:
44 comments:
- Bethanne said...
LOL, select all...
funny. who knew?
- May 20, 2008 at 3:59 PM
- kitty said...
Since it's been a year, I guess it's okay to reveal Miss Snark's true identity.
- May 20, 2008 at 4:19 PM
- Adaora A. said...
I bet Ms. Snark is blogging somewhere...as one of the blogging agents. I have my suspects.
I was curious about Random House as well. Jonathan Lyon's doesn't forsee much change. I hope that's the case. Fear of the unknown and all that.
Kristin Nelson posted that video too. It's deadly. You'd cut off you're air supply laughing.
- May 20, 2008 at 4:49 PM
- Josephine Damian said...
Great. Another YouTube video I can't watch.
Nathan, maybe when you wrote next Wednesday's date you were already thinking ahead to when the contest was over? lol
- May 20, 2008 at 5:37 PM
- Caryn said...
I LOVE the video. Probably one of the best ways I've seen to virally promote a book: make people laugh in a medium that's easy to share.
- May 20, 2008 at 6:05 PM
- Gabrielle said...
You gotta love publishing humor.
- May 20, 2008 at 6:52 PM
- Kirsten said...
Technophobes unite!(somehow)
That's hilarious, and oddly comforting. Thanks for posting.
- May 20, 2008 at 7:23 PM
- Marti said...
I adore Miss Snark. I hope she is happy and well.
Best wishes to you, Nathan, I read all of the entries and do not envy your job.
That book trailer is fabulous - thanks for sharing!
- May 20, 2008 at 7:26 PM
Can you tell me the secret of how to delete anonymous posts (so far I have three--I thought I was deleting the previous ones)!
- May 20, 2008 at 8:46 PM
That vid is hilarious, but also pretty true. An author needs not only a website, but a youtube vid for the latest book, a myspace page, facebook page, twitter, shutterbug (whynot, put the book cover up there), amazon page, and whatever else gets popular, AND then link them all together so they co-promote each other...oh yea, and email distribution lists, newspaper and radio ads, tv ads if you can afford it....Google AdWords ads....and a live tour...have I left anything out? Oh yea, blurb other authors in your genre so your name goes on their books, too.
Anything else?
- May 20, 2008 at 9:31 PM
I've been trying to figure out how to get rid of my unwanted posts. If you decide to count my entry in the contest, please disregard the first 2 posts about Mary Jane, Willow and Red.
I need a drink.
Coll ;)
- May 20, 2008 at 9:39 PM
- Miss Snark said...
I may have to give up George Clooney for Nathan Bransford.
- May 20, 2008 at 9:51 PM
- Wanda B. Ontheshelves said...
- May 20, 2008 at 10:41 PM
OK, the tension is Rising!!!
Just for some relief, I decided to click on the "next blog" button at the top of my screen.
random update
- May 20, 2008 at 10:49 PM
- Adaora A. said...
398 entries.....
- May 20, 2008 at 11:23 PM
- Julie Weathers said...
Oh, my stars. Miss Snark!
- May 20, 2008 at 11:23 PM
- austexgrl said...
Okay..I tried to post, in the contest, but never could. I give up!!, but now, Miss Snark...for her, I WOULD NEVER, NEVER give up!! My all time favorite person....love her, even more than George Clooney
- May 20, 2008 at 11:44 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
Ah, Miss Snark!! Thanks so much for stopping by. And I'm beyond honored that you would even think of snubbing your beloved Clooney. But let's face it -- we both know that's the gin talking.
- May 21, 2008 at 12:08 AM
- Sam Hranac said...
Oh. My. How I love that video.
- May 21, 2008 at 12:09 AM
- Sarahlynn said...
Ever since I hit "publish your comment" I've been cringing over a missing comma in a dialog tag. Alas, alack. 'Tis so much better to obsess over the little things.
- May 21, 2008 at 12:30 AM
- ORION said...
I love this video too...
Thanks for the mention/link Nathan. I've had three hours of sleep in two days being the comment moderator.
Lucky I live Hawaii.
I think we ended at 148 comments. I closed it at midnight New York time.
- May 21, 2008 at 12:34 AM
- rhienelleth said...
It seems my contest entry never showed up (or at least, I can't seem to find it among the 400+(!!) entries currently listed. After I posted the comment this afternoon, it didn't immediately appear, but at the time I assumed you must have been screening comments.
Has anyone else had trouble? I suppose I'll go ahead and re-comment.
- May 21, 2008 at 12:59 AM
- Nathan Bransford said...
If you posted and did not see your comment please note that Blogger has instituted a new feature on long comment threads -- you have to click the link that says "newer" or "newest in order to find your comment.
Please please look closely for this because there have been a lot of double-posts.
- May 21, 2008 at 1:01 AM
- rhienelleth said...
I've scrolled through all 412 comments twice, and can't find it. When I posted, there were 232, I think. I know about where that would fall on page 2 of the comments, and so I've particularly searched there. But if it posted anywhere in the comments, I sure can't find it.
Though I did notice several double postings in my search, as well as some that seem, er, long-ish, for 250 words. LOL.
I'll scroll through once more, and post again only if I don't find it.
- May 21, 2008 at 1:09 AM
OMG 415 comments on the contest!!!!
- May 21, 2008 at 1:10 AM
- Josh Everett Ryan said...
rhienelleth - hope you know already about your browser's edit -> find in this page function? most browsers have this, including internet explorer, firefox, prolly even netscape navigator... might make it easier?
- May 21, 2008 at 1:41 AM
- Other Lisa said...
Oh, that video. It hurts! It really does...
I mean, I have a Twitter account. What's it for? I'm still not sure.
- May 21, 2008 at 2:58 AM
- Eric said...
Yeah, I have the typo blues too. I considered deleting and resubmitting, but then I thought about poor Nathan glazing over his bottle of makers, reading through half of my re-post before realizing he'd already been there and done that and just let it go.
- May 21, 2008 at 10:15 AM
- Adaora A. said...
Oooh Nathan you're the cheeseto Miss Snark's maccaroni!
Anyone else find themselves quoting line's from Juno?
- May 21, 2008 at 11:04 AM
Nathan: I don't think anyone would hold it against you if you took a little extra time to judge these entries....you're going to end up over 500....500x250 is 125K words! That's a 500 page book!!!
- May 21, 2008 at 12:03 PM
- Leis said...
Erm. But it's easy to delete your own post... :-?
There's a BIN right under the published post -- click it...
- May 21, 2008 at 2:08 PM
- Jessica said...
So how far are you through reading the entries right now, Nathan?
- May 21, 2008 at 2:27 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
I was up to #400 last night, I'll tackle the rest tonight.
- May 21, 2008 at 2:29 PM
- Natalie said...
Wow, that's impressive.
- May 21, 2008 at 3:03 PM
and you still have several hours left...you're easily clocking 100 over a few hours. The last contest was nearly 700 and I'm betting that's where this one will end too.
On the bright side, there's lots of funny lines over there and that's gotta help with the reading.
- May 21, 2008 at 3:13 PM
- Adaora A. said...
Very impressive. I thought you'd be at half that with all the regular agent work you have on your plate. Energetic agents ARE ideal.
- May 21, 2008 at 3:20 PM
- Precie said...
I'm still not convinced you don't have a death wish.
Congratulations, though, on being selected by Writer's Digest for as one of the best Agent Blogs of 2008. You definitely deserve the honor!
I'm guessing your visitor stats have already jumped exponentially...I just the contest entries remain manageable.
- May 21, 2008 at 3:38 PM
- Precie said...
ahem...I just HOPE the contest entries remain manageable. (Never forget the HOPE.)
- May 21, 2008 at 3:42 PM
534 entries and four more hours to go!!!
Will he make it by Thursday morning?
I bet he will!
- May 21, 2008 at 4:03 PM
- Jessica said...
What a pro! Already 400 down.
After all of this is done, would love to know what your process is, Nathan. Do you read completely through each entry? Read until it sucks, then move on? Keep a notepad next to the computer to mark keywords of ones that make your 'maybe' list?
- May 21, 2008 at 4:32 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
I read them all the way through -- with dialogue it's actually harder to make a snap judgment than with the first paragraphs and pages. I copy the ones I think are possible contenders into a separate document, and then when I have a full list of possibles I'll winnow that list down to a reasonable number of finalists.
- May 21, 2008 at 4:35 PM
- lauramanivong said...
Ack...Patricia Wood's blog has comments closed now!
Miss Snark, Miss Snark, I owe you so much! I snagged an agent at the lovely Curtis Brown agency and sold my middle-grade novel to HarperCollins since discovering you. Yes, the writing trumps all, but not being a nitwit comes in a close second. Thank you! Thank you!
- May 21, 2008 at 4:35 PM
- Phoenix said...
Anon 5:46 : Anonymous posts can't be deleted. Only the "owner" of the post can delete their own post, and if you don't claim ownership (which happens when you post anonymously or as "Name/URL" if that's not tied to a Blogger account), you can't delete it. Only the site owner (Nathan, in this case) can delete it.
- May 21, 2008 at 4:40 PM
Hmm, all I'm going to say is Janet Reid's critiques on Queries sound very familiar. Snarky one might even say. It's the reason agents, editors and other authors says voice is all you've got...
- May 21, 2008 at 9:48 PM


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I am going to paraphrase again, Those who do not know history are damned to repeat it.
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I am going to paraphrase again, Those who do not know history are damned to repeat it.
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I think (OP) has a valid concern, With all the random mob attacks recently you never know what idiots will do. My concern isnt looking for riots, it would be me driving home and coming upon one.
I have a "Free Zimmerman" baseball cap and a "Justice for Travon Martin" baseball cap in my jeep. Depending what crowd I come upon I will be prepared to blend in.
Our little part of town is like an Oreo: a fluffy, white center surrounded by a dark crust - didn't do my homework when we bought the house...
That said, we may have to bug-out or resort to an Alamo type defense...
From what I have witnessed in the past is that most rioters,including Sports spectaters who trash the opposing teams town whether they win or lose,don't care about the fact that "WE LOST",or "THEY GOT OFF" what they do is escalate the situation so they can ROB,LOOT,and PILLAGE since the Cops are spread so thin
If you are not putting some type of extra precautionary measures in place now, you are kidding yourself. As usual, I see a large majority of members acting like its no big thing. The Ostrich approach only works for.....the Ostrich. Get your head out of the sand. The people of LA did not realize the Rodney King thing was a big deal until the riots started, and by then they were in a deep world of hurt.
This is what I think will become frequent after Zimmermans acquittal. A high cap pistol or a carbine would have gone a long way to saving this guy from the thrashing he took for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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I remember from the Rodney King rioting that the LAPD had pulled out of threatened neighborhoods due to the danger. They left the residents to fend for themselves. LA also had a ban on selling to civilians any ammo or guns per mandate from City Hall because of the anticipated civil unrest with a verdict to be announced. The Korean shopkeepers wisely talked to their friends and relatives outside of LA, got the arms and ammo they needed (even speaking Korean to cloak their activities), and protected their stores. I stayed in my apartment a mile north of the rioting, with my SW Model 59 and a couple mags, just in case. I'm wiser and much better prepared now. And I don't have the illusion that law enforcement will save me.
No one is going to riot you guys. If they didn't riot over this whole failed occupy movement, they aren't going to riot now.
Rule No. 1 for dealing with a riot...
Dont be there.
I guess im a little confused? I read alot about carrying extra mags to be prepared. Back-up gun to be prepared, bug out bags to be prepared. Pretty much discussing not being caught off guard. Isn't this sort of a reality heads-up, to be prepared IF something should happen from this? Isnt the possiblity there?
Sanford will be the epicenter, without doubt. How far it will spread is anybody's guess. It depends upon the fomentors.
Reasonably certain my neighbors, the cattle and cornfields, won't pay it no mind.
PM me with info on this "new evidence" please.
If by some completely wild billion to one shot the lawless hordes decide to walk from the city out to my neck of the woods I think they would get a very rude awakening. One of the guys in my 'hood owns the newest range in our area and is a class 3 dealer. He has crew served weapons in inventory and literally millions of rounds of ammo. I don't know if the national guard armory near us even has as much firepower on hand as this guy. If the county judge or the governor declared an emergency I imagine my neighborhood would be fairly secure.


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Learn more about Chatti
The Chatti (also Catti) were an ancient Germanic tribe settled in central and northern Hesse and southern Lower Saxony, along the upper reaches of the Weser river and in the valleys and mountains of the Eder, Fulda and Werra river regions, a district approximately corresponding to Hesse-Cassel, though probably somewhat more extensive. According to Tacitus (Histories iv. under 70 [1]), among them were the Batavians, until an internal quarrel drove them out, to take up new lands at the mouth of the Rhine.
The Chatti successfully resisted incorporation into the Roman Empire, joining the Cheruscan war leader Arminius' coalition of tribes that annihilated Varus' legions in 9 in the Battle of Teutoburg Forest. Germanicus later, in 15, raided their lands in revenge, but Rome eventually responded to the Chatti's belligerent defense of their independence by building the limes border fortifications along the southern boundary of their lands in central Hesse during the early years of the 1st century. The remnants of a very large fortified retreat have been found on a hill near the village of Metze (Latin: Mattium) in the core lands of the Chatti south of Kassel.
According to Tacitus in his book Germania (chapter 30), they were disciplined warriors famed for their infantry, who (unusual for Germanic tribes) used trenching tools and carried provisions when at war. Their neighbours to the north were the Usipi and Tencteri.
The Chatti eventually became a branch of the much larger neighboring Franks and were incorporated in the kingdom of Clovis I, probably with the Ripuarians, at the beginning of the 6th century. They are mentioned in the Old English epic Beowulf as Hetwaras.
In 723, the Anglo-Saxon missionary Winfrid -- subsequently called St. Boniface, Apostle of the Germans -- proselytizing among the Chatti, felled their sacred tree, Thor's Oak, near Fritzlar, as part of his efforts to compel the conversion of the Chatti and the other northern German tribes to Christianity.
"Chatti" eventually became "Hesse" through a series of sound shifts.
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The Chasuarii were a Germanic tribe mentioned by Tacitus in the Germania. According to him, they dwelt 'beyond the Chamavi and Angrivarii', who dwelt on the lower Rhine river. Many, therefore, believe the tribe to have inhabited the modern region of Hannover. Some take the name 'Chasuarii' to mean 'Dwellers on the Hase [river]', a tributary to the Ems. The 2nd century geographer Claudius Ptolemy mentions that the 'Kasouarioi' lived to the east of the Abnoba mountains, in the vicinity of Hesse. Many historians are of the opinion that the Chasuarii were the same as the people called the Chattuarii mentioned by several authors.de:Chatten it:Catti fr:Chattes lb:Chatten nl:Chatten (volk) pl:Chattowie pt:Catos ru:Хатты


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NY's wealthy return to summer retreats in Hamptons
By Michelle Nichols
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's wealthy are returning to summer beach retreats in the nearby Hamptons, but the global financial crisis has subdued their tastes and left people wary of flashing cash, real estate experts say.
Sales and summer rentals in the Hamptons, a string of hamlets and villages along the Atlantic Ocean coast on Long Island, New York, have bounced back after an abysmal 2009 when the United States struggled through its worst recession in decades.
But with thousands of Americans still losing their homes and out of work, wealthy New Yorkers are concerned how their luxury Hamptons retreats are perceived and some Wall Street banks have warned employees to lay low, experts say.
"There's a lot of populist rage out there against these bankers and these Wall Street folks, and they don't want to be the guy who rented the $500,000 house or paid $20 million for a house," said Andrew Saunders, president of Saunders & Associates.
"There is tremendous pressure on the part of those people who could write a check and buy a house for $15 million to $20 million not to do it at this moment in time, in light of all the eyeballs that are on Wall Street," he said.
He said after previous economic downturns, such as the bursting of the Internet stock bubble in 2000 and the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks, it had been the most affluent who were first to return to the Hamptons market.
GLIMMER OF EXTRAVAGANCE This time, it has been the more modest end of the market -- properties in the $1 million to $5 million range -- where business was picking up, he said.
Likewise, more properties are being rented for the season, from the end of May through early September, in the $50,000 to $75,000 range rather than the $150,000 to $200,000 range, he said. Continued...


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I installed a flasher to flash both my turn signals as emergency lights.
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I installed a flasher to flash both my turn signals as emergency lights.
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Doesn't the Euro-spec require 4-ways? I believe (not 100% sure) the Euro Busa comes with them.
"Roadracing motorcycles makes heroin addiction look like a vague wish for something salty." - Peter S. Egan
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https://www.kisantech.com/index.php?cat_id=4 This might be what you're looking for and it will cancel the turn signals
why not just get a car switch and mount it on your fairing or smaller one and mount on bars ? cant be that hard to do...............yet another job to add to list to do
I'm not a complete idiot.........some bits are missing
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I've got hazards on my Bird , but they work through the Datatool 3 fitted alarm system and work off the fob , never actually had need to use them as never saw the point or the need ...
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I'm going to my LYS this week, but I don't know what to get:
A tie-dye pink yarn to be made into a blanket.
A funky rainbow feather yarn to be made into a scarf.
A chunky light blue/light green/light yellow/etc. yarn, to be made into a blanket and matching pillow
number 3 number 3!!
i love chunky yarns and blues and green and pillows, so number 3 gets my vote
I would get all of them .
I say number 3 too because your getting yarn to be made into 2 different projects and not just one. it should keep you busy for awhile...
I would have to get all of them!! You can never have too much!!
I would get them all.... BUTTTT If I had to chose just ONE I would get the first one!! I love the sound of a pink variagated blanket!!! :happydance:


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The Director/Chair must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent Doctoral and Masters of Nursing degree (and eligibility for Florida Registered Nurse license).
The Director should be an accomplished administrator, an energetic individual with a history of decisive and innovative leadership, who will advance the Department's commitment to excellence in teaching and scholarship. Ideal candidates will demonstrate excellence in teaching and administration in baccalaureate and higher degree nursing programs. The ideal candidate will possess qualifications and professional experience, including being an effective communicator, ability to develop interdisciplinary and community partnerships, experience developing and managing budgets, and expertise in program evaluation and program accreditation processes. The Director will be educationally and experientially qualified to address the opportunities and challenges facing nursing education and provide the leadership and vision needed to achieve the Department's priorities and goals.
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Enfuvirtide causes injection site reactions. Almost all people get injection site reactions with enfuvirtide, which usually are mild to moderate but occasionally can be severe. Reactions on the skin where enfuvirtide is injected include:
Contact your health care provider right away if you have signs of infection at an injection site (oozing, increasing heat, swelling, redness, and pain).
Enfuvirtide can cause serious side effects. These include severe allergic reaction and possibly pneumonia.
Contact your health care provider right away if you have any of the following symptoms that may signal severe allergic reaction:
Contact your health care provider right away if you have any of the following symptoms that may signal pneumonia:
While taking enfuvirtide, it is important to keep all of your appointments with your health care provider.
What is enfuvirtide?
Enfuvirtide is a prescription medicine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of HIV infection in adults and children 6 years of age and older. Enfuvirtide is for people who have not responded well enough to treatment with other anti-HIV medicines. Enfuvirtide is always used in combination with other anti-HIV medicines.
Enfuvirtide is a type of anti-HIV medicine called a fusion inhibitor. Fusion inhibitors work by blocking HIV';s ability to merge with and infect healthy cells. When used with other anti-HIV medicines, enfuvirtide may lower the amount of HIV in the blood.
Enfuvirtide does not cure HIV/AIDS. It is not known if enfuvirtide reduces the risk of passing HIV to other people.
What should I tell my health care provider before taking enfuvirtide?
Before taking enfuvirtide, tell your health care provider:
How should I take enfuvirtide?
Enfuvirtide comes in powder form and is given as an injection (a shot). Each vial contains 108 mg of enfuvirtide powder. The enfuvirtide powder and everything needed to give the injection come in a convenience kit. The kit includes:
Take enfuvirtide according to your health care provider';s instructions. You or your caregiver should be trained by a health care provider on how to mix and inject enfuvirtide before injecting it. If you are having a hard time mixing or injecting enfuvirtide, contact your health care provider.
Enfuvirtide should be injected under the skin in the upper arm, upper leg, or stomach. Do not inject enfuvirtide in the same area as you did the time before. Do not inject enfuvirtide into the following areas: near the elbow, knee, groin, lor ower or inner buttocks; directly over a blood vessel; around the belly button, scar tissue, a bruise, a mole, a surgical scar, a tattoo, or a burn site; or where there is an injection site reaction.
If enfuvirtide is foamy or jelly, allow more time for it to dissolve. Do not inject enfuvirtide if you see particles floating in the vial after it has been mixed. Enfuvirtide can be taken with or without food. Do not swallow enfuvirtide; it must be injected.
Place used syringes into a special sharps container after injecting enfuvirtide. Do not place used syringes in a trash can.
Always take enfuvirtide in combination with other anti-HIV medicines.
If you take too much enfuvirtide, contact your local poison control center (1-800-222-1222) or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away.
For more information on how to take enfuvirtide, see the FDA drug label from DailyMed. (DailyMed is a federal website that includes the most recent drug labels submitted to FDA.)
What should I do if I forget a dose?
Take the missed dose as soon as you remember it. But if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and just take your next dose at the regular time. Do not take two doses at the same time to make up for a missed dose.
What side effects can enfuvirtide cause?
Enfuvirtide can cause serious side effects. These include severe allergic reaction and possibly pneumonia. (See the WARNING above.)
Other possible side effects of enfuvirtide include:
Tell your health care provider if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away.
These are not all the possible side effects of enfuvirtide. Ask your health care provider or pharmacist for more information on possible side effects of enfuvirtide.
How should enfuvirtide be stored?
Where can I find more information about enfuvirtide?
More information about enfuvirtide is available:
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TROY, Ala. (AP) - Storms are interfering with the journey of eight young whooping cranes that are migrating to Florida through Alabama, setting back their flight a few days.
The organization guiding the young birds, Operation Migration, says the birds were grounded in southeast Alabama on Friday because of flying conditions. Stormy conditions have kept the whooping cranes grounded all weekend, according to the organization's blog.
"A large, wet, green blob of rain will keep us grounded," they wrote in a blog post on Saturday.
The young birds are being guided along the route by pilots in tiny airplanes called ultralights.
The group is in Pike County south of Montgomery, but workers hope to get the cranes moving again on Monday.
The birds are making a more than 1,100-mile journey from Wisconsin to Florida's Gulf Coast.
In the past, Operation Migration has made a stop at the Marion County Airport along their route to the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge near Crystal River.
Budget cuts brought on by the sequester rendered the refuge unable to host this year's flock, making it the third year straight that the whooping cranes will bypass North Central Florida.
The organization is ending the migration at St. Mark's Wildlife Refuge south of Tallahassee instead, where the whooping cranes will spend the winter before flying north on their own in the spring.
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An program launched by the Japanese Olympic Committee to encourage companies to hire top athletes — providing them with a stable income while allowing them to continue their training and competing — is paying off.
Its success in placing athletes in jobs has risen since Tokyo was picked to host the 2020 Olympics, as companies are drawn to the buzz the games are creating.
The program started in 2010. As of mid-January, 92 athletes, including some with physical disabilities, had been hired by 65 companies and organizations, according to the JOC.
In 2011 and 2012 only five athletes were hired through the program. But after Tokyo was chosen in 2013 to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, the number increased to 19 in 2014 and to 35 in 2015.
"A large number of companies want to be involved in the Olympics in one way or another," Shigeru Hatta, director the JOC's Career Academy.
The program is aimed at building a "win-win relationship" between athletes and companies, the JOC said. It is especially helpful for athletes from sports that are not in the mainstream who often have to train while working part time.
The program generally results in athletes getting hired on packages worth about ¥5 million a year, a sum that includes their travel and other expenses.
Companies cooperate with the program in part because of the prestige it brings. They also hope their involvement in the program will fire up other employees.
Cargo transportation and warehouse operator Yusen Logistics Co. plans to employ Ayatsugu Hirai, a swimmer who won a gold medal in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle at the Summer Universiade 2015 last July.
"His pursuit of becoming the top swimmer in the world matches our goals," an official at the company said. The presence of Hirai is expected to "enhance a sense of unity" among employees, the official added.
"It's a happy memory that I could participate in the 2012 London Olympics thanks to the program and was cheered on by all the employees of the company," said Kentaro Asahi, a beach volleyball player who was hired by IT company Forval Corp. through the JOC program in 2011.
There are a number of problems to address in the program, JOC officials said. For example, the chances of employment are smaller for winter sports competitors than summer sports athletes, while the JOC also needs to remain alert to keeping athletes from becoming out of place at their workplaces.
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Reports in the Netherlands have claimed United representatives, including one of the Glazer family who own the club, have met with the former Ajax, Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach.
It is understood United are surprised by the reports and are insisting no such meeting took place.
It was suggested Van Gaal could take over from David Moyes, who has endured a difficult first season at Old Trafford, in the summer.
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This week on our quest to shop local for Christmas we visit the fishing village of Quidi Vidi. Our first stop was The Quidi Vidi Plantation, a unique marriage of cultural interpretation and contemporary craft creation. After visiting the plantation we suggest making your way down to The Quidi Vidi Brewery for some locally brewed beverages. Quidi Vidi Brewing Company Limited (QV) was established in 1996. QV is a Newfoundland-based independent brewing company focused on producing world-class quality beers for the mainstream, specialty, and now the premium segment of the beer market.


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Oracle8i, the long-awaited "Internet database" from Oracle Corporation, has hit the streets running--and you may find yourself struggling to keep up with Oracle's fast-moving technology. Oracle boasts that Oracle8i offers more than 150 new features, many of them designed to make its popular database programming language, PL/SQL, faster, more powerful, and easier to use.This concise and engaging book is both a companion to Oracle PL/SQL Programming (widely recognized as the "bible" for PL/SQL developers) and a guide designed to bring you up to speed as quickly as possible on the new PL/SQL features of Oracle8i. Following the style of Feuerstein's earlier books, the Guide to Oracle8i Features combines easy-to-understand descriptions of the new Oracle8i features with a wealth of interesting and informative examples.The major Oracle8i PL/SQL features include the following:
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Whenever Louisville basketball player Kevin Ware's gruesome leg injury is mentioned in a story about another injury, well, that can't be a good thing, right? No, Browns running back Trent Richardson's leg did not explode, but Cleveland is apparently being "ultra cautious" with his lower leg strain so a Ware scenario does not develop. That would mean, according to ESPNCleveland.com, sitting the second-year back until August. That time frame would have Richardson missing a portion of the training camp. The report also notes the bruising runner has lost weight as a result of taking medication to combat migraines.
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Was Iraq Worth It?Roundup: Media's Take
David Aaronovitch, writing for the Guardian (Feb. 24, 2004)
I know it's true that, as an old friend in Australia pointed out to me in an email last week,"It doesn't really matter very much if you were wrong or I was wrong. One hundred years from now, some very clever historians with access to material we all know nothing about may prove the point conclusively, one way or another. What matters is what happens now."
Now, nearly a year after the beginning of the coalition invasion of Iraq, something is beginning to be created, and it doesn't look like anything that anybody quite anticipated. It is more complex, more difficult, more beset by difficulties and tragedies than anyone who supported the invasion ever allowed before the war.
Judging from those relatively few reports that do not deal with the security situation, it seems that parts of the national infrastructure of Iraq, such as electricity and water supply, have taken far longer to repair or construct than expected. Many hospitals still suffer terrible shortages. Unemployment is over 50%. Crime and fear of crime are very high in some places, with many abductions and murders. There is widespread disappointment at the gulf between the material promises and the reality of post-Saddam Iraq.
And, of course, there are the bombings and ambushes, aimed at the Iraqi police, NGO offices, CNN journalists, Shi'a clerics, communists and soon, doubtless, as those targets protect themselves, at buses and markets. The security failure above all has helped to create the other failures. Attempts by coalition forces to contain such attacks have had the inevitable effect of alienating sections of the population whose houses have been raided or who have been subject to rough treatment by occupying forces.
I bundle these negatives together because we are now four months away from the handover of power from the coalition authority to the new sovereign Iraqi entity; an entity whose shape and origin we are still not sure of. And because, between them, they constitute a major reason why the influential organisation, Human Rights Watch, made the judgment a few weeks ago that the invasion of Iraq could not be justified on humanitarian grounds, the grounds that people like me have specifically used to justify it."The difficulty of establishing stable institutions in Iraq," wrote HRW,"is making the country an increasingly unlikely staging ground for promoting democracy in the Middle East."...
...And here we come to it. Three weeks ago, a few days after the devastating bombs in the Kurdish city of Erbil, a representative of the Kurdish PUK, Barham Salih, addressed a meeting of the council of the Socialist International in Madrid."Friends," he told them,"our nightmare of the Saddam Hussein fascist tyranny is over. The world should have acted sooner to end the killing fields and stop mass graves in Iraq. Good social democrats should be making the moral argument that the war of liberation in Iraq came too late for so many innocent victims of Saddam's fascist tyranny. And the lesson for the international community should be (that) it must be prepared to act in time and pre-empt terrible tragedies from happening again anywhere else in the world."
I respect HRW, but there is, in Salih's words, a reproach and a demand, neither of which can be ignored."Most Iraqis," Salih went on,"see the moral and political imperative for the war of liberation as overwhelming." The Guardian's own Salam Pax put it in his different way, two weeks ago."Saddam is gone, thanks to you. Was it worth it? Be assured it was. We all know that it got to a point where we would have never been rid of Saddam without foreign intervention; I just wish it would have been a bit better planned."
Meanwhile many good things have been happening. The Free Prisoners Association, for victims of the old regime, now has 17 offices throughout Iraq. There are 200 newspapers and Iraqis can debate and watch and listen freely. There is, for the first time in the country's history, a woman police officer, and women's organisations are active and demonstrating for equal rights. The Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) has recognised the Iraqi Federation of Trades Unions as"the legitimate and legal representatives of the labour movement in Iraq", despite an unexplained American raid on the IFTU's HQ in December. The UN is back in Iraq and helping to prepare the ground for elections in the next 18 months. The green shoots of civic society are pressing through what Salih has called the"broken clay" of the Iraqi state. This is despite the killing and bombing of organisations associated with this new Iraq...
...You could, as Tariq Ali and John Pilger have suggested, desire victory for the Iraqi"resistance" despite its massacres of the innocent, on the basis that, as Ali has put it,"Occupations are usually ugly. How, then, can resistance be pretty?" Or, in Pilger's words,"While we abhor and condemn the continuing loss of innocent life in Iraq, we have no choice now but to support the resistance, for if the resistance fails, the 'Bush gang' will attack another country. If they succeed, a grievous blow will be suffered by the Bush gang."
Or you could decide to heed Salih."I call upon you to help Iraqi democrats in this critical juncture of the history of the Middle East. To help us transform our country from the land of mass graves and aggression to the land of peace, justice and democracy. I can see an Iraq that is democratic, that is an anchor for peace in this troubled part of the world and a partner to civilised nations in pursuit of the universal values of human rights and justice. Thank you."
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Doctor Nguyen Xuan Kinh works to preserve ca dao, or folk poetry, which has been passed down orally from generation to generation.
Ca dao dates back hundreds of years but it was only in the 18th century that scholars began to write it down. Now, about 13,000 original lines of poetry have been recorded.
The term ca dao can be loosely translated as "unaccompanied songs". Ca: to sing; dao: to sing without music. The oral tradition of passing on ca dao poems, sustained and nourished the Vietnamese language through its centuries of domination and influence by China. Up until the beginning of the 19th century, the literate class – a distinct minority – preferred to compose their poems, with few exceptions, in classical Chinese, which was inaccessible to the masses.
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The Foundation's initiative, Reclaiming Futures: Communities Helping Teens Overcome Drugs, Alcohol & Crime, was designed to build community solutions to substance abuse and delinquency by developing the systems infrastructure necessary to deliver comprehensive care within the juvenile justice system.The National Institute of Justice's annual Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring study found that the number of juvenile arrestees in Multnomah County who tested positive for drugs quadrupled from 12 percent in 1992 to a record level of 53 percent in 2000. A 1999 survey of youth on probation revealed that 34 percent used alcohol or drugs 3 or more times per week, and 23 percent used them daily. Multnomah County's treatment system is currently inadequate to address this. Sixteen (20 percent) of eighty-one youth committed by the County to state secure custody in 1999 were sent there because they could not access local alcohol and drug treatment or mental health services or because appropriate local services did not exist. The purpose of this project is to strengthen the treatment system for all adolescents, but ensure that youth in the justice system with serious drug or alcohol problems receive the best quality care. The plan is to work with multiple partners to effect changes in the culture of probation and treatment that support strength-based practices. The project will also create an integrated case management system for youth on probation and develop a strategy that mobilizes the community at large and reinvigorates it with the hope and belief that individuals can make the difference in youth around them.
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Amount Awarded $1,000,000.00
Awarded on: 3/28/2003
Time frame: 4/1/2003 - 6/30/2007
Grant Number: 47639
Multnomah County
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Portland, 97214-3589
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I heard several anglers say yesterday that if the wind would pick up the bite would turn on. Well, they got their wish. It's blowing at about 15 miles per hours now, with gusts of 20. We're sticking with Ike. No bite yet.
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Hello darlings! I'm terribly sorry to leave up such a depressing post for so long. I am feeling much better these days despite the smoggy weather and head colds we are still suffering. Really I am. Let's move on shall we.
Over the weekend I was able to travel to Vernal, Utah. It's a nostalgic place for me. I use to travel there ever summer of my childhood. We'd go camping in the Uinta Mountains near there for a family reunion and I'd get to know lots of my distant relatives. Such fun times and such great family. My sweet great uncle Jack has passed on and we had such a nice funeral for him. He was a World War II vet and was given honors at his services. It was wonderful!
The gun shots and bugle touched my heart like nothing else.
On the drive, it was amazing when we left the smog and inversion of Salt Lake Valley and came up out of the clouds on top of the mountains near Park City. Oh, the blue sky! I couldn't believe it. I wish I'd taken pictures for you to compare. It was a like a sparkly heavenly world. The sun was shining and sparkling on the snow like glitter. The thought of the air quality back at home made me absolutely sick. Ugh.
Road trips can be so much fun. I traveled with my parents and sister. On the way home we played a fun guessing game in the car to make the time pass more quickly. I certainly had flash backs to being a kid. There was nothing but giggles. There is something funny about driving in the back seat of a car as a grown adult.
That's it for now. I hope you all are doing well and keeping warm during this bitterly cold winter.
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There IS something funny about riding in the back seat with your parents when you are an adult. Weird. I remember going to WA for John's reception and feeling very strange. Maybe that contributed to my homesickness for all of you! We are glad, though, that you two could be with us! Thanks for the use of the car!! xoxoxo


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In Reply to: RE: Dennis Fraker posted by tube wrangler on May 22, 2012 at 02:25:14
Hello, I had 4 pairs of those AVVT 2A3M some years back. The first 2 pairs failed, and I was not willing to use the last two pair so I eneded up basically giving them away, and lost interest in the 2A3 after that. Not too long ago, I purchased an amp you built, from a guy in California. It's the "best" amp I have ever heard .....period. I'm Not trying to "toot a whistle about your amps to the public", nor stir up some debate, cause many of your past post kinda sounded way out to me but this amp is well........... the one. And I won't speak again in public about this amp you built, cause I dont want to get into THAT debate.That being said, I was curious about your impression on the AVVT2A3. And having actually heard something you built, your post carry a little more weight to my ears today. Thanks for the reply.
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I think the first question from me would be-- what 2A3 are you now running?
You can re-read the last post and get most of what's in a good 2A3, but today I use 3 kinds of them.
The best overall was the LATER AVVT 2A3M-- and I still use this today at audio shows. These are no longer made. This tube is NOT a high power tube, must be run at 11 watts plate dissipation or below, and has decent, but not great Bottom-End. Overall, sonically, NO tube in the world today can beat it. You might get 2 watts out of it-- I wouldn't push it that far. Reliability is total IF you run 245 volts across it, and run it at below 45 milliamperes plate current, and don't overdrive its grid with too much signal input.. If handled correctly, it will deliver terrific dynamics in spades and last almost forever.
The EML that is made today can be run at higher plate currents-- up to 55 milliamperes, and still likes around 245-255 volts across it. It has better Bottom-End, a linear, clean midrange, decent introspection into musical layers (not as good as AVVT 2A3M), and more power. Reliability is total if it's run right. This is today's best tube sonically.
The JJ 2A3-40 will stand plate currents up to 65 milliamperes, will stand at least 260 volts across it, but runs best at the parameters for the AVVT 2A3M!
There will be argument here, but that is just plain wrong-- what we're after is the best sound and the best reliability-- not winning arguments!
The lower plate current allows the tube to better respond to input signal, since that input signal will have less standing plate current as a barrier to overcome.
Response to signal is more immediate, more powerful and much more linear with the lower standing plate current. I'm NOT here referring to the so-called linear plate current curves you see published in tube data.
Instead, I refer to musical response-to-signal input-- a factor that is commonly ignored and is never published with regard to actual musical reproduction. It is a VERY important factor that I choose to pay strict attention to. Standing grid bias ALSO presents impediments to incoming signal for obvious and similar reasons, and must also be very carefully assessed.
The JJ 2A3-40 is, then, simply doing what one would expect it to do-- it also prefers less standing barriers to incoming signal. Just because it is a larger, more powerful tube-- doesn't mean we should ASSUME that it should be run as a larger tube. Actually, it runs just great in the parameters set up for the AVVT 2A3M. And now you know why. Cool!
It does, in fact, like the smaller parameters better. The JJ should be used where you are simply doing non-critical listening and enjoy huge rock-solid bass, power and authority, love a linear presentation, like extended, clean highs, but are not too fussy about musical cues & details that are almost hidden in Studio Mixes. For those, the AVVT 2A3M remains King.
Those amps of yours can run any 2A3, so you can play all you want.
Don't expect NOS biplates to do much-- they're semi-musical, but are not reliable and have a habit of mixing-- or homogenizing music. NOT World Class!
Edits: 05/25/12
Thanks for sharing. Your comments speak a little above the drone often heard here, given your frame of reference and context.
Interesting the relative silence in response...
"The perception of sound is a highly personal experience. It is neither an art nor science, but our own private view through one of the windows of the senses."
The Mind has No Firewall~ U.S. Army War College.
It is what I have always reported on Dennis' amps after hearing them multiple times in different venues, public and private. I wish I owned a pair.
And of course RC Daniel, NONE of the nay sayers have ever lived with them, and MOST have never even heard them.
IMHO, NO ONE doing vacuum tube audio comes close to Dennis' amps' performance level, and particularly IMHO, amps Dennis has done the last couple of years.
I am not trying to be disrespectful to my many triode amp building friends. Not at all, lotsa truly great guys I respect fully !! But I am sure of my statement. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Jeff Medwin
The Mind has No Firewall~ U.S. Army War College.
Sorry to burst your bubble.
I know enough about audio, and THAT amp's design, and the designer, to tell you nothing will come close to it in that power range.
Your "reasoning" is valid, but my vision is very excellent, and that is how I see and hear it.
It is just MY opinion, you are free to have your own.
Jeff Medwin
I never call anything 'best' Jeff.
Am merely more open minded than you. The amplifier surely sounds good, perhaps excellent, in the right room, with the right speaker.
The Mind has No Firewall~ U.S. Army War College.
I came across this thread and I would like to make a comment. I own a pair of Dennis's 2a3 amps using the EML meshplates. I also own a pair of his Altec 604 speakers. I am not an audio engineer but am a long time audiophile who has owned gear from Lamm, Shindo, Wytech etc. The Serious Stereo amps are by far the best sounding amps I have ever had in any system. These very low watt amps along with the Altec 604 provides incredible slam, mid-range magic, and high end extension with volumes that will drive you out of the room if you care to listen that loud. It never sounds stressed but produces music effortlessly. Many people think that this is not possible but those making that claim have never heard these amps. I suggest that any doubters look up Dennis at RMAF if attending to hear what his amps can do.
give me the schematic and I will weigh in myself. I build all my own amps to a level of quality far beyond over 95 percent of high end audio. Using overbuilt power supplies/No electrolytics, choke loaded etc.
The only 'new' circuit I have seen these last couple of years was The late Allen Wright's preamp design.
The Mind has No Firewall~ U.S. Army War College.
No Cleantimestream,
I know the schematic. I have been designing and building DHTs since 1982. I believe you would NEVER in a million years be able to judge it from a schematic, or even duplicate the amp. I certainly can't build it, and I've been "inside" multiple examples of Dennis' amps over many years.
Dennis' work and thought goes WAY beyond what you THINK you might know about audio building and design. Dennis' latest amp, in particular, is the best. I don't precisely know who the above poster is who offered such a stellar review, but I "hear" the 2A3 amp at shows and home venues, so my comments are the result of much direct listening experience.
Jeff Medwin
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To say the schematic has almost nothing to do with how it sounds,
Rather absurd to me, Jeff.
I would call it in thirds.
1/3 implementation/layout
1/3 Schematic
1/3 Parts {obviously if feedback is used the parts would not carry so much weight}
The Mind has No Firewall~ U.S. Army War College.
I liked your response, at least the thirds analysis, good thinking.
Jeff Medwin
enjoy the same same aspects of a (live or reproduced) musical performance; not all people like the same type of musical presentation.
Prescribing a One True Path, or single best, or only is about as far from a true path as one can get.
Hello Guys!
This question just BEGS for an honest explanation-- so here goes:
(1) Most recording studios strive to "lay down" a track that they enjoy and want you to enjoy. This is the art form of making music-- that's only part of it as the musicians are doing the same thing.
(2) If a person involved in audio playback CHANGES this in some way-- to fit a certain taste, then it is no longer the same recording.... it has been perverted.
(3) In fact, the only audio equipment that has any merit is that which reproduces what the musicians did and what the Studio recorded, keeps musician attitudes, dynamics and musical flows intact, and leaves absolutely nothing out. I'll repeat that: LEAVES NOTHING OUT.
(4) Sometimes, I have been accused of being a one-way guy-- "do it my way", so to speak. Incorrect.
My way-- or your way is not relevant. What the Studio recorded IS relevant.
(5) I apply no personal taste-- so please get over it! I use the best parts and methods that I can find or invent in order to reproduce the STUDIO RECORDING accurately. When I need help, I look for the best there is-- and I listen and learn-- and APPLY.
I never consider the source. The only thing I consider is what is true. Truth-- on any subject-- can and will stand on its own. One DOES have to look for, and recognize it!
I much prefer people who KNOW THAT THEY ARE THE BEST-- and ACT LIKE IT. I'm not interested in my own ego or in any of my own tastes-- or in any other egos or tastes.. I learn from the best primarily because I don't shoot the messenger-- instead, I like him because he is relating valuable information to me.
I want to hear those music recordings reproduced RIGHT... regardless of what they are, with total repeatable, no-fuss/no adjustments, and long term reliability designed in. Period-- that's all I want.
That's the minimum required!
(6) Of course, there are methods to do this, and there are methods that don't get it right-- or worse, some very popular methods that many people use and like (for want of better equipment, ideas and execution)--that will please some people-- but will leave out very important parts of the recorded experience-- or the equipment will change-- or need an---ahem!!-- er, uh--- ah--- adjustment! WHY!!!!! JUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"What they don't know won't hurt them"-- or something like that--"Never had it, so therefore it doesn't exist"? "Never had any, so don't want any"?
"Each guy to his own tastes"? BULLSHIT. Each guy should try to reproduce it RIGHT-- or get someone who CAN!
This shouldn't be about your tastes or my tastes-- it's about accurate musical reproduction. All of it, please!
(7) Merely pointing out which methods do what-- does not constitute a personal verbatim or personal taste any more than observing that gravity pulls downward does.
(8) One can observe what is in a musical product-- and then, if he is honest, should cast his personal prejudices aside, and adopt only those electronic methods that result in accurately reproducing that music!
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"This shouldn't be about your tastes or my tastes-- it's about accurate musical reproduction . . ."
Fully agree, that is what "Hi-Fi" means. It used to be the avowed intention of most audio manufacturers (who also provided tone conrols to add a bit of flavor to cater for individual tastes and/or to correct for deficiencies in the source).
When listening to live music, people will be unaware of their personal preferences, which will lead them to experience music differently to the person sitting beside them. By extension - and in my experience - this extends to the types of systems people use to play back music.
In a group of people, each having the same audio ideal, each will have a different personal understanding of a practical definition and methods for achieving said ideal.
�As long as we have any intention to be right� we should be wary. So long as words have the slightest ego attachment, they are dishonest.� Charlotte Joko Beck
I think you're right. There's no doubt that personal tastes do exist-- they do.
Should the designer of good audio equipment, then, build equipment that is inaccurate in order to sell to a certain group of personal tastes?
One could venture to say that most equipment IS built that way-- and quite a bit of it also sells.
The problem arises when you play recording "A"-- and the piece of equipment embellishes it-- "sounds good", you say.
Then, you play recording "B" and that same piece of equipment trashes it! Well, now what? Play only "A" recordings and learn to hate recordings like "B"?
Isn't that kind of stupid? You COULD HAVE had a GOOD piece of equipment, and then you would know what each recording really sounds like. Isn't that better than not knowing what ANY recording really sounds like because your equipment is always changing it on you?
Hi Dennis,
I am glad you interpreted my comments as I intended - sometimes I am less than clear. Sometimes in my efforts to tell people what I don't like I fail to let them know what I do like.
I agree with much you say, applaud the path you have taken and thank you for your willingness to question and share, even if I don't agree with everything you claim. I agree with much of your post, though I don't think someone is stupid for choosing equipment � consciously or not � different or inferior to what you have described.
It is understandable for someone who likes a certain type of music, to try to maximise their enjoyment of it, possibly to the detriment of other genres (often without realising it). When they listen to those other genres they might think them uninteresting, overly bombastic, crude, poorly recorded... indeed, it could be the fault of their system. And/or they may just not like that type of music. So they miss out, in a way. Or not. But, is it really missing out if they are enjoying their preferred music more? Their experiences would be limited, but I would not judge their choice as stupid. All of us are limited in our experiences. All of us make decisions that we feel are based on sound reasoning that are apparently daft to others. We all have blind spots. We are all at the mercy of our own BS.
There is much more I could say. But I will end here because I now wonder whether anything I say is relevant. My relationship with music and its reproduction seems different to most here. It is likely based in Zen practice (though I am not an active practitioner) and seems more about simply experiencing music, in 'most any form, via 'most any system... anything else is an addition that disconnects one from reality, including concepts of more perfect or enhanced reproduction. I also recognise that such is a vague ideal, that I am attached to certain presentations, and that certain systems that help bring me closer to simple experience or enjoyment. One such system would likely be the type you have described.
I would very much like to hear one of your systems one day.
�As long as we have any intention to be right� we should be wary. So long as words have the slightest ego attachment, they are dishonest.� Charlotte Joko Beck
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"The perception of sound is a highly personal experience. It is neither an art nor science, but our own private view through one of the windows of the senses." -Richard C. Heyser
Richard has ALSO just stated there is no such thing as objective.
Just as Chaos theory shows there is no such thing as 'objective':
Everything is subject to time and space with all coherent variables, known and UN-known. Your observations of the recording venue are turned inside out by WHAT room said recreated music is played, always an unknown variable that exerts by far the most influence, the speaker, second {2nd} in direct proportion to the room. I accept and respect any one whom likes what is reproduced for their enjoyment. I could say Criterion speakers sound exactly like my Quad ESL 63's. Others can rightly say, "To YOU, Ken they may sound the same but everyone else in the cosmos can hear a difference"
And yet from a scientific point of view I am Correct
Any scientific test must be free from all interfering variables, and it is incontrovertible that the test procedure itself can be a serious interfering variable when it comes to listening tests.
Acceptance is the answer to ALL my problems, regardless of topic.
The Mind has No Firewall~ U.S. Army War College.
I'd like to commend you on arguing your points well.
I certainly agree that the listening room makes a difference-- that's huge-- as you imply.
I would state that if we do the best we can-- up to keeping all of the music intact as it's coming out of the amplifier-- then we can apply a speaker system that is also accurate musically and, by having remained honest so far-- we can reap the benefits of having not left something out of our music in order to get it to sound "good"..
Now, as you're saying, the room becomes what's left. I wouldn't want to recommend that anyone use the source components, the amplifier, the speaker or any wiring in order to get a given system to work in a given room.
Rather, I'd approach that by keeping all of it as close to reality as possible-- right up to the room-- and then try to change that room and bring it into musical reality also.
I don't mean to imply that all rooms can be easily changed to accommodate an otherwise excellent system. Some rooms just have built-in limitations, and certainly challenge the best of us..
What to do? I would still use the most accurate amplifiers, speakers and wiring. If the room could not go beyond a certain point, I would be forced to use something at the source components-- maybe I would HAVE to make some source curve changes-- that's what people had tone controls for, and is why we now have digital room E.Q.
But please understand what's up here-- you need to get it as good as you can, keeping all of it honest and neutral, and work on the room seriously before you make that final decision to alter something in the electronic mix..
If you'll try to follow these guidelines, the end result-- even if it's not perfect-- will be better than if you had chosen an amp, speaker, or wire in order to compensate for a fault in a room-- by being in itself pleasantly inaccurate.
All I'm saying is you'll get better results by staying with an honest system overall.
"If a person involved in audio playback CHANGES this in some way-- to fit a certain taste, then it is no longer the same recording.... it has been perverted."
I agree. I also agree with much of what you say in this post like, "reproduce the STUDIO RECORDING accurately", etc.
So why do you use a driver tube that can't fully drive the Miller, causing high frequency roll off?
Why do you use a power supply filter that causes instability of the B+ voltage?
Why are your cathode bypass caps (both driver stage and output stage) undersized to the point of changing the frequency response?
I think you are the one who is building to "to fit a certain taste".
If you can't (or won't) explain this in a normal, technical way I will go on believing that you are the one building to suit a certain perverted taste.
I tried to ask you about this on the phone but you got weird about it and wouldn't talk sense with me.
You talk a lot about truth. Truth does not fear examination but every time I try to examine your claims you start with the mumbo jumbo instead of talking sense in a normal technical way.
It's a shame.
Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still Working the Problem"
OH! My Gosh! DARN it!
I've gone and done it again! Designed a totally new Linear Power Supply for Music Servers.
Terrible! Horrible! THREE (3) of them in ONE BOX! It looks nice and professional too!
AND it hasn't failed in over 1200 hours of testing, and neither have its cousins. It runs cool.
It's much worse than that! It makes Music Servers sound MUCH more honest, dynamic and real than the same computers run on ANY other Power Supply!
As you can see, I don't know what I'm doing! Not only that, I can't even handle telephone calls from telemarketers, crackpots, intimidators, and fools! After about 1/2 hour, I hang up on them!
Sometimes even sooner!
Gosh! Maybe I better invent something else real quick! Oh, No! I forgot! I don't know what I'm doing and it's much worse than that! I can't explain it to TRE either!
Oh well! At least the music seems real around here....
I was talking about your 2a3 amplifier and you go off with mombo jumbo talking about your PS for digital.
In light of your statements,
"I use the best parts and methods that I can find or invent in order to reproduce the STUDIO RECORDING accurately"
"I would state that if we do the best we can-- up to keeping all of the music intact as it's coming out of the amplifier"
"What to do? I would still use the most accurate amplifiers"
Defend you use of undersized cathode bypass caps.
Defend your use of a driver with high output impedance.
Defend your use of a PS filter that is unstable.
Why won't you do this? What are you afraid of?
Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still Working the Problem"
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One should be able to understand the following:
(1) Conventional tube amplifier technique chooses cathode bypass caps by their Micro-Farad values. I choose them according to measured and listened performance under actual musically driven conditions.
(2) A high impedance driver is not a problem in this design because the HI-MU driver chosen is far more than capable of driving any good 2A3 vacuum tube way beyond the levels that this design requires.
The high-gain/fast response capability of a good HI-MU driver is exactly what I want-- fast, ultra-dynamic response to signal change. I also want the gain factor designed into TWO amplification stages, not three or more.
The reasons for this are self-evident-- there are too many parts involved in any 3-stage amplifier. The musical information losses in all 3-stage tube amplifiers renders their performance musically boring to me.
If you doubt this, simply compare the best 3-stage tube amp you can find out there to a good Solid-State amp. If you want pace, rhythm, and musical timing to come out correctly, the difference will at once be obvious.
A tube amp CAN be designed to perform with the best Solid-State. It requires a MAXIMUM of TWO amplification stages that are directly connected together, and are powered in such a way so that the two tubes operate as a SINGLE gain device.
Ideally, the "gain architecture"-- that is, overall amplifier gain-- will be in the 18-to-21 db area.
Such a gain figure will ideally match up to industry standard source outputs which ideally range from about 3.3 volts to about 5.6 volts single-ended, or double those figures for balanced.
A Digital source such as a good D/A converter, or a good CD player, etc., will have those output levels, and will prefer to see a constant load across its output of about 10K ohms-- in that range-- allowing proper output loading for the source.
These signal voltage levels (above) allow the inclusion in the system of a
passive preamp of about 10K loading continuously (A Ladder or L-Pad type attenuator), which eliminates the need for any musical-signal losing un-needed preamp amplification stages.
A further advantage of this kind of system is that interconnect cables are DRIVEN at voltages that actually allow such interconnects to work properly.
The amplifier's HI-MU driver stage is a necessary part of this overall "best possible" system approach-- it is very sensitive to interconnect cable output, and picks up musical details that lower-mu stages cannot respond to as well.
(3) The ENTIRE AMPLIFIER is designed as a modulated, distributed audio signal power supply.
To single out SOME OF the individual parts in that system and then claim that only those parts are the "power supply"-- and to further claim that it can't work is an incomplete assessment.
If one can envision an ENTIRE AMPLIFIER as a TOTAL ENTITY-- as I must do in order to get the performance that I require-- then it could be discussed intelligently by people who can see that it is an ENTIRE OPERATING SYSTEM.
I don't think that one can selectively pull parts out of an operating system, ASSUME that they're the only parts involved, and then make claims as to what one ASSUMES will happen in that SYSTEM.
In any case, it's easy to check out-- simply use the system and observe what it actually IS doing! What could be simpler than that?
"(1) Conventional tube amplifier technique chooses cathode bypass caps by their Micro-Farad values. I choose them according to measured and listened performance under actual musically driven conditions."
The value necessary to fully bypass the cathode is a matter of math. The value you have chosen does not fully bypass the cathode. This make your amplifier, to use your word, "perverted". Not only will the frequency response be "off", the phase response will be off as well.
(2) A high impedance driver is not a problem in this design because the HI-MU driver chosen is far more than capable of driving any good 2A3 vacuum tube way beyond the levels that this design requires."
The high impedance driver is, by your own admission, a problem. You said it "starts to roll off at 15kHz". This makes your amplifier, to use your own word, "perverted". Not only will the frequency response be "off", the phase response will be off as well.
I didn't say anything about a three stage amplifier. Most of the rest of your post is a good example of you not addressing the questions and going off talking about other things.
You have done it again.
I didn't/don't assume anything. If the driver is not/can not fully drive the Miller that's a problem no matter what the rest of the circuit looks like.
If the cathodes are not fully bypassed that's a problem no matter what the rest of the circuit looks like.
Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still Working the Problem"
Too many "IFs"!
Those are not "Ifs".
Your driver can not fully drive the Miller by your own admission.
The cathodes of both the driver tube and the output tube are not fully bypassed.
No IFs.
You are doing the very thing you argue against. Making designing an amplifier that is perverted.
Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still Working the Problem"
This message has been moved to a more appropriate venue .
Too many bases not covered in your design.
Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still Working the Problem"
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I fully and completely disagree.
You disagree with yourself?
You said that your amp starts rolling off at 15kHz.
The cathodes are not fully bypassed. That's just a fact.
If you disagree, show the numbers, show me wrong.
Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still Working the Problem"
All the amps I've owned before my SET have been flat from 20-20K with distortion well below 1%. None sounded nearly as good as the SET which doesn't have "the numbers".
If Dennis just said that his amps sound good I wouldn't say a thing.
But instead look at his response to your post,
"OH! But it DOES have numbers. It's been at University E.E. labs where it astounded their engineers."
With undersized bypass caps and a driver that even Dennis admits does not fully drive the Miller capacitance of the output tube, how can his amp have good numbers?
Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still Working the Problem"
Very nice answer. Best of all, your ending comment :
" In any case, it's easy to check out-- simply use the system and observe what it actually IS doing! What could be simpler than that? "
Any good listener understands this totally.
Jeff Medwin
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