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Perri Ink was founded by Nick Perri (guitarist with Silvertide and other bands) in 2009  and his early models (Prostar and Solostar) were made in Nick's home town of Philadelphia. The Perri Ink Cartel store opened in 2011 on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, California and offered custom guitars, custom motorcycles, clothes, tattoos, haircuts and piercings. In 2012 the company revamped its operations and launched new instrument and hardware lines - including cabinets, pickups and pick guards. The Perri Ink Cartel store closed in 2013, and Nick went back to working on original music, returning to the stage in 2014.

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During lunch today at work the talk went from Lego to cars built from Lego to cars and then car engines and big big 9.7L engines in trucks and so on. Then for some reason it hopped to modified tractors, which reminded me about this video I saw years ago where some guy in Sweden had modified his old tractor with a huge engine and went about terrorising the countryside with it.

This tractor has been modified by Rickard Nilsson. He took a b21et engine from Volvo 240 turbo, put it in his old tractor and named it Volvo Terror. It’s amazing and I love it.

But back to cars with big engines. I remembered seeing a trailer for a documentary about a car nicknamed the Beast of Turin, which has a ver big engine. 28.3 L to be exact.

That car was built by FIAT and called S76. It was built specifically to break the land-speed record and it almost did, only failing on technicalities, because the French had changed the rules and the Italians where having none of that. Unofficially though, it was the fastest car of the time, reaching 217 km/h.

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The trailer for the documentary by Stefan Marjoram is from 2014, shows how Duncan Pittaway rebuilt the car. It also shows how angry the engine sounds. The rebuilt car uses parts from the only two S76 that were built.

The original two cars ended up lost and broken up for parts. Duncan ended up with one of them and later on found the engine from the other. After rebuilding it he then took it to the Goodwood Festival of Speed where they and other vintage car enthusiast drove it 150 miles from Brighton to Goodwood.

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Varicose and Spider Veins

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It was long thought that varicose veins were the problem of older women and that they just came along with age and standing on your feet for too many hours on concrete floors. The fact of the matter is that varicose veins can occur in young women, and often do, as well as in older women. The large, twisted and knotted veins are blue in color and bulge from the back of the leg, rising beneath the surface of the skin. They can be painful and they certainly are unsightly.

Spider veins are similar to varicose veins only much smaller in diameter. They are often red or blue and sit very close to the surface of the skin, closer than varicose veins sit. They can look like tree branches or bruises on the legs or on the face, covering a small or larger area.

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Both varicose and spider veins are caused by the backup of blood in the veins. The heart pumps oxygen-filled blood to the entire body. Arteries carry the blood from the heart to the body and veins carry the oxygen-depleted blood back to the heart. The muscles in the legs act as pumps, squeezing the blood back toward the heart from the lower extremities. The veins have valves that perform like flaps and their job is to prevent the blood from flowing backwards as it is being forced up the legs. If a valve weakens, blood can back up in the vein it is being pumped through and pool. This is called venous insufficiency. The pooling blood stretches and enlarges the vein and it becomes varicose. Spider veins can be caused by this same process as well as by hormonal changes, sun exposure and hereditary factors.

At least half of American women and about 45% of American men have some sort of problem with their veins with one out of two people aged 50 plus suffer with the condition.

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There are many factors that can increase the chance of a person developing varicose veins. Getting older is one of them as well as having family members with the condition, as it does seem to be hereditary. Hormonal changes triggered by puberty, pregnancy, and menopause as well as taking hormones in the form of birth control pills or medications containing estrogen and progesterone also contribute to an increased risk of both varicose and spider veins. Pregnancy increases the risk significantly because there is a huge increase in blood supply in the body during this time and the increased volume of blood can cause the veins to enlarge. As the uterus expands and grows it puts added pressure on the veins. The result is often hemorrhoids which are varicose veins in the anus and vagina. Obesity, leg injuries, and standing are other contributors. A fair-skinned person runs the risk of spider veins on their face from sun exposure.

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Sometimes spider veins and varicose veins can be avoided and sometimes they can't. But, it is possible to reduce the risks and ease some of the discomfort of varicose veins by exercising regularly and controlling weight. Wearing sunscreen can keep spider veins on the face at bay. Keeping the legs strong with leg exercises, not standing or sitting for long periods at a time, eating a diet low in salt and high in fiber and wearing support stockings are all effective ways of easing the discomfort of varicose veins.

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Escaped prisoner: Man convicted for Hackney murder is on the loose

PUBLISHED: 09:56 28 June 2012 | UPDATED: 11:15 28 June 2012

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Police are appealing for help to trace a convicted murderer who escaped from Pentonville prison yesterday.

John Massey, 64, made off from the Islington prison at around 6.30pm.

He is considered potentially dangerous and police are warning the public not to approach him if he is seen.

Massey, a former carpenter, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a man at the Cricketers public house in Cricketfield Road, Lower Clapton, in September 1975.

It was said to be a revenge raid after after two other men were thrown out of the pub after a fight.

Massey, who lived in Castle Road, Kentish Town, was also convicted of attempting to murder a police officer.

In 1976 it was recommended he serve 20 years before parole.

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Family of teenage Hoxton murder victim condemn ‘wicked attack’

PUBLISHED: 20:17 06 September 2015 | UPDATED: 06:48 07 September 2015

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The devastated family of a teenage boy who was chased through the streets and stabbed to death on Friday night, have spoken of their disbelief at such a ‘wicked attack’.

Detectives investigating the murder have now formally named the 17-year-old victim as Marcel Addai.

He was found by police just after 11pm on Friday September 4 at the St John’s Estate in Pitfield Street.

Paramedics from the London Ambulance Service tried to save his life but he was pronounced dead at the scene just before midnight.

In a statement his family said: ““We have been left totally devastated by the death of Marcel. We cannot comprehend how anyone could carryout such a wicked attack.

“We want those people who know something about this attack to come forward and provide information to the police.

“These people must come forward to prevent another family going through the pain we are all now suffering.”

A post-mortem examination will take place tomorrow at Poplar Mortuary.

The Homicide and Major Crime Command are investigating and they continue to appeal for witnesses and information.

DCI Andy Partridge said: “My officers have been at the scene since the attack took place and have come across a community left shocked by what has taken place.

“Whilst we have had a good initial response I believe there are still a number of people who were at the scene who have not come forward, people who hold significant information. I want to stress that any information provided will be dealt with sensitively and in the strictest confidence.”

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Shoreditch families leaving London for weekend over ‘intolerable noise’ from drunk clubbers

PUBLISHED: 17:36 10 July 2017 | UPDATED: 17:47 10 July 2017

Shoreditch has one of the most vibrant night-time economies in London. Picture: Peter Sigrist (

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“Intolerable noise” from drunken partygoers in Shoreditch has got so bad some families have resorted to leaving London for the weekend to get some sleep.

Neighbours said the onslaught lasts from Thursday to Sunday every week and hit out at Hackney Council for the number of alcohol licences it has dished out in recent years.

Nine people wrote to the town hall to object to a bid from Kebab Zero at the bottom of Kingsland Road to sell booze until 4am at the takeaway, and it was subsequently rejected for a third time.

One person said the area is “badly affected by drunks and street chaos should be curbed, not fuelled”. They said the number of licences handed out has “turned a once prospering retail area into a growing slum of a rag tag of tacky bars selling overpriced alcohol to drunks and stag parties.”

They added: “I live with my family and in five years the area has changed from being a balanced area to one you simply can no longer go out at weekends in.

“The noise from drunks goes on all night from Thursday to Sunday and our children cannot sleep. We have resorted on many weekends to leave London and return on Sunday just to allow our family some deep sleep at weekends.”

Another angry neighbour said: “The area is now beyond saturation and is quite simply now out of effective control with the current licensed businesses, and if any further permissions are granted this is frankly going to unleash a further significant amount of more drunk people nightly into the neighbourhood.

“Kebab Zero is in the middle of a zone saturated beyond breaking point with late-night off licences which take advantage of the lack of control and intervention from the licensing authorities, one of the real problems in the Shoreditch area is the problem of off licence premises providing cheap access to alcohol these irresponsible promotions cause street drinking and pre-loading before going into other venues.”

Despite the takeaway changing its bid, saying it would stop serving alcohol at 11pm, councillors rejected the application on Tuesday last week.

They said: “The committee was not satisfied the licensing objectives would not be undermined if the premises were able to operate as set out in the application.”

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Two visits to the shelter are required to complete the adoption. The first would be to meet the pet you're interested in adopting and to fill out the adoption application form which must be reviewed and approved by an adoption counselor. This is to help determine if the adopter and pet are compatible.

We hope you will agree the welfare of these pets is our first consideration in processing all adoptions. The adoption process of this shelter may be somewhat different from larger shelters. We do our best to make available healthy pets with appropriate temperaments and to place them in the home that would be most suitable for them. All adoption applications will be reviewed for approval by an adoption counselor who is also a board member. The adoption counselors have the right to accept or deny any application based on the information provided.

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    For suspects or possible suspects in criminal or market abuse investigations, the FCA may prefer to question that person on a voluntary basis, possibly under caution. In such a case, the interviewee does not have to answer but if they do, those answers may be used against them in subsequent proceedings, including criminal or market abuse proceedings.

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    In the case of third parties with no professional connection with the financial services industry, such as the victims of an alleged fraud or misconduct, the FCA will usually seek information voluntarily.

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    In some cases, the FCA is asked by overseas regulators or EEA regulators to obtain documents or conduct interviews on their behalf. In these cases, the FCA will not necessarily adopt its standard approach as it will consider with the overseas regulator or EEA regulator the most appropriate method for obtaining evidence for use in their country.

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Firms, approved persons and conduct rules staff1 have an obligation to be open and co-operative with the FCA (as a result of Principle 11 for Businesses,1 Statement of Principle 4 for Approved Persons and Rule 3 of COCON 2.11). The FCA will make it clear to the person concerned whether it requires them to produce information or answer questions under the Act or whether the provision of answers is purely voluntary. The fact that the person concerned may be a regulated person does not affect this.

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This chapter sets out rules and guidance on the role auditors play in the appropriate regulator's monitoring of firms' compliance with the requirements and standards under the regulatory system. In determining whether a firm satisfies the threshold conditions, the appropriate regulator has regard to whether the firm has appointed auditors with sufficient experience in the areas of business to be conducted by the firm. Auditors act as a source of information for the appropriate regulator in its supervision. They report, where required, on the financial resources of the firm, the accuracy of its reports to the appropriate regulator and its compliance with particular rules, such as the Client asset rules.

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The Act, together with other legislation such as the Companies Acts 1985, 1989 and 20067, the Building Societies Act 1986 and the Friendly Societies Act 1992, provides the statutory framework for firms' and auditors' obligations.

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Teachers Pay Teachers Sale Tips

Let’s face it, if you’re an education professional, the chances are you love Teachers Pay Teachers and especially when there’s a Teachers Pay Teachers sale! I mean, who doesn’t love being able to have thousands of resources at the tips of your fingers to print out and put straight into action?

Think of that Friday night feeling, putting your feet up, knowing that everything is already set for your students. No more trying to work out how to make resources, what you need for them, finding the time..

A few times a year, the TpT website have a site wide sale. This is where sellers can put their store on sale – and then TpT provide an extra discount code for you to enter on check out!

For me, I ALWAYS reduce everything in my store by 20% for the site wide sale – even my already discounted bundles! Then when you enter the code on check out, you save an EXTRA 5%! Who doesn’t love that?

But today I want to share with you my best tips for how you can make the most of the Teachers Pay Teachers sale. And if you’re not following me on Teachers Pay Teachers, click here to head over now – because you’ll get notifications when new resources are uploaded and when sales take place.

1. TpT Credits

Do you know what TpT credits are? If not, I think you’re able to have the best day ever! TpT credits are earned when you leave feedback on resources that you have previously purchased.

For every $1 you spend on TpT – you get 1 TpT credit. But you have to leave feedback in order to get those credits. And, because TpT are just awesome they round up your credits! So if you spend $9.50 – they’ll give you 10 credits!

50 credits are worth $2.50, 100 credits are worth $5 – but you don’t need 100 to redeem them. To redeem them, you just go to the check-out page, scroll down and look for ‘Use account balance.’ From here, click the little arrow to open the drop down box and then you can enter an amount to redeem. You can use the full amount – or you can just use some of it to take a discount off your cart.

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When I’m shopping the sale, I’ll buy half of my cart first, open it all up, check out the resources, then go back and leave feedback on them all. THEN, I go out and check out the other half of my cart and use the credits that I’ve earned from that first half to get a discount on my next check-out! It’s a great way to save yourself some extra $$.

To find out what resources you can leave feedback on, just go to your ‘My Purchases’ tab and it will tell you which resources need you to leave feedback.

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To view your TpT credit info, just click your name, then TpT Credit Balance.

Teachers Pay Teachers Credits for Free and Discounted Resources

2. Look for Bundles

Most stores will also reduce their bundles in a sale. For me, I add an extra 20% discount on top of the already discounted rate! Then you can use the site wide code for a further 5% off. I love to get year long bundles – for the most obvious reason that it takes care of that skill for the entire year and I don’t have to worry about trying to create resources or come up with activities for it anymore!

A prime example is my year long task box bundle. I don’t know about you, but I LOVE using task boxes. And I’ve actually put together a free ‘Beginners Guide to Task Boxes’ eBook that you can download here.

My task box bundle contains 150 task boxes for you to use – all year long. They’re put into months of the year so you can organize them super easy – and your students are going to go crazy for them! Let’s face it, no more panic trying to find ways to work on skills, keep your students engaged, coming up task box ideas..

So, let’s take a look at the bundle in the site wide sale.

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So, we can see that the bundle is actually worth $270.80 – that’s how much all of the resources included add up to. But, I’ve put it together as a bundle for you guys and reduced it to $185.

On the TpT site wide sale, it’s reduced by an extra 20% – meaning it’s now reduced to just $148 – you guys, that’s a saving of $122.80. BUT! It’s the site wide sale. Which means you can get a discount code for an extra 5% too! So you’ll save an extra $7.40. That takes this bundle down to $140.60. That’s a $130 saving. Guys. Come on.. That’s HUGE!

(P.S. You can check out this year long task box bundle here.)

3. Plan Ahead

The TpT site wide sale doesn’t come around often – so plan ahead for the sale. Don’t just think of now. What will you need for the rest of the month? Next month? Or the month after? Get your plans out and look what you’re going to be working on – themes, targets, skills. Being organized will help you in the long run to save extra $$.

4. Follow Your Favorite Stores!

Make sure that you’re following your favorite TpT stores. Why? Because you’ll get first notification of sales they hold, new resources – and some sellers even reduce their newest uploads by 50% for the first day! Click here to head on over now to start finding your favorite sellers!

5. Set Up Your TpT ClassFund Page

Did you know that TpT have a ClassFund? It’s a game changer. First, just click here to head on over and set up your ClassFund page. You can share your story, talk about the resources that you need and why you need $$ to spend on Teachers Pay Teachers – lets face it, there’s a thousand reasons why!

Then, you just share that ClassFund page with your friends, family, social media, and people can donate $$ for your classroom on this page! When people donate, it goes straight to your TpT account balance – and just like with the TpT credits we discussed earlier, there’s the option on checkout for you to use that amount against anything you check out with.

Be sure to work on sharing this year round, so that you get a nice bulk of $$ saved up for the TpT sale – or use it when you need! If you have a ClassFund, share it on Instagram and tag me – I love to help you guys out and share them with my followers too!

6. Use Your Wish List!

Don’t forget about your wish list! You can find it my hovering over your name and then clicking ‘My Wish List.’ You can use this anytime – and I like to add ‘bigger’ purchases to my wish list when I see them, and then buy them during a sale! This saves me time when I’m trying to fill up my cart on a sale day – and I know that it’s a resource that I’ve wanted!

On a sale day, head over to your wish list and move some of those things straight into your cart for a quick and easy sale check out!

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Those are my best tips for helping you to get the most out of a Teachers Pay Teachers site wide sale. Click here to head on over to TpT and start putting these tips into action!

Do you shop on TpT? Or have any tips you’d like to share about site wide sales? Let us know in the comments down below. And if you found this blog post helpful, please consider sharing it with your friends and colleagues on social media.

You can also listen to the reasons why I became a teacher-author over on my podcast here. This can also be found on iTunes, Spotify etc.

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HVAC/R installers and service technicians are in constant demand, year-round, in all climates.

This career is not subject to fluctuations in the economy as there will always be weather conditions. Hence, there is a constant demand for trained comfort systems service technicians and installers.

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HVAC/R specialists are trained to work with complex comfort mechanical systems in diagnosing electrical circuitries, system components, installation, service and repair for residential and commercial applications that offer a great deal of employment opportunities such as:

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Job prospects for heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers are expected to be excellent, particularly for those who have completed training from an accredited technical school or a formal apprenticeship.

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Career shifters: moving into the charity sector

Whether it’s a matter of personal or professional beliefs, our world is currently more polarised than it has been for a very long time.

We’re seeing significant shifts not only in political power, but in the stability of our natural environment.

All of which means the work being done in the third sector has never been more important, and people are increasingly geared up to get their hands dirty and make a real difference.

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And a recent survey of our registered recruiters revealed that 80% are open to candidates from outside the sector, though in practice it’s an easier move for those with particular skills: finance, HR, data and IT being some of the most transferable.

But is a lower salary something that could potentially deter good candidates from making the shift?

Our research suggests the short answer is no.

Of all the candidates we surveyed, 49% had no previous experience in the charity sector. When asked what they were looking for in a new role, 73.8% said more fulfilment, 54% cited personal development and only 35.1% made mention of improving their salary.

That’s consistent with many other findings, confirming that salaries aren’t the major factor for people seeking to switch. In our experience they’ll tend to be perfectly prepared for a pay cut, in favour of a better work/life balance and a more rewarding, fulfilling career.

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Ms. Naithani earned an M.B.A. from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an M.S. in Computer Science from Texas A&M University, and a B.S. with honors from the Indian Institute of Technology.


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The Heritage Park and Plaza has been closed for more than a year as the entire park is being redesigned and rebuilt.  That process is almost done and the park is tentatively scheduled to reopen this spring.

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Once the park opens, the City plans to move many events like the farmer's market to the plaza.  Heritage Plaza will be a centerpiece of the City's downtown revitalization efforts and a wonderful companion to the new 21st Century Library and Community Learning Center.

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Freight Farms containers use hydroponic techniques (without soil) to grow year round

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Each large metal box can grow as much produce in a year as two acres of farmland, though you'd never know without peeking in.

From the outside, it looks like a shipping container you might see stacked on a barge. That is in fact what it was before being repurposed by a company called Freight Farms into a self-contained, hydroponic garden unit called a "Leafy Green Machine."

And now Holyoke has two of them. They sit side by side in a vacant lot on Race Street next to the HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute, where some of the leafy green vegetables grown inside will eventually make their way.

The pair of 40-foot-long Freight Farms containers was delivered last week, thanks to an investment of $208,000 from the state, and just in time for Holyoke Innovation Week, which continues through Sunday, April 29.

The funds were provided by MassDevelopment, as part of its Transformative Development Initiative, which is meant to accelerate economic growth in its Gateway Cities' communities. The project will provide year-round urban agriculture, education and training opportunities for city residents and Holyoke Community College students. Other partners include Nuestras Raices, the city of Holyoke, and the Holyoke Redevelopment Authority.

The official announcement of the Holyoke Freight Farms urban agriculture project was delivered on the site Thursday by Jay Ash, state secretary of Housing and Economic Development.

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"Gateway Cities are the center of our economic activity," he said. "It's important for them to succeed, not only for the region but for the Commonwealth."

Ash noted the location of the two containers near the HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute, a project supported by another grant from his office. "Every time you do something successful, it just makes you want to do something more," he said. "I can't say enough good things about having Holyoke Community College in this community – and doing great things."

Bill Fogarty, HCC vice president of Administration and Finance, said people at HCC were excited about supporting urban agriculture in Holyoke and using the container farms as training grounds for students with a wide variety of academic interests, from business and marketing to culinary arts, nutrition and sustainable agriculature.

"I think we can all feel the momentum in downtown Holyoke and I think we can all agree that the momentum is based on partnerships," he said.

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Tube Rolling The Xduoo Ta-03s

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The Ta-03s is currently the only all tube amp in the Xduoo line.  All of the other currently available Xduoo tube Amps use a tube preamp and a transistor power amp following it.   The Ta-03s uses a 12au7 tube preamp followed by a pair of 6s19p power tubes.     We discussed the 12au7 tube in installment 2 of this series so some of what follows will be a repeat of some of that information, but be aware that the Ta-03s is enough different sounding that favorites in installment 2 may not be favored in this use case.

NOTE: I am in the process of doing a tube rolling article for the Little Dot Mk3 as well.

Here we will discuss the 12au7 as it applies to the Ta-03s and the 6s19p power tubes used in it as well.    While there are probably over 100 options for different 12au7 variants,  the 6s19P has considerably fewer options with most being either current Chinese manufacture or Russian made surplus tubes from military stockpiles.  Luckily what stock is available can usually be had quite inexpensively.   For the backstory and intro to the 12au7 tube, look here.

The 6s19p is a small power triode tube developed in Russia for use as a regulator tube in voltage stabilizers.   Dimensionally, it is about an inch taller than the 12au7 seen to the right above.   The tube differs from a lot of small tubes in that it uses an indirectly heated cathode and the heaters are visible (vertical glowing red line down the center of the tube) giving the tube a distinct look when compared to the more common directly heated cathode style tubes.    The 6s19p is similar to the US made 7233 tube but not an exact match and not pin compatible.

 The good news is almost every piece of Russian military hardware had some need for voltage regulation so they made a ton of these tubes.  The bad news, none of them were originally intended as audio amplifiers and many were never tested for micro-phonics.    Tubes are most commonly called the 6S19P in the west, but may be found labeled 6C19, 6S19, 6C19P, 6c19N, 6s19P-V, or 6C19PI or the Cyrillic equivalent.

When purchasing these, be careful as their is a similar numbered 6Ц19П  that is often translated as either 6ts19p or 6c19 that is a damper diode designed to reduce voltage spikes and is not the same tube.  Visually the 6ts19p is easy to identify as it has a connection at the top of the tube as well as the 9 pin base.

In researching the tube, I found that the orginal Russian 6s19p was primarily made by Svetlana of St. Petersburg, Russia and by Ulyanov of Ulyanovsk, Russia.   Makers are easily recognized by either the Winged C logo on Svetlana made tubes or the stylized arrow logo on Ulyanov made tubes.    Sovtek tubes have a stylized V logo and were made in the Ulyanov plant as well so while branding is different, construction is the same.   I have seen comments suggesting the 6s19p was once made at the Reflector plant in Saratov, Russia as well.  These would have a horizontal diamond logo on them and likely be bulk packed for military use.  I was unable to find a single pair of the Reflector made tubes for sale at the time I was putting this together but am still looking.  I purchased several pairs that claimed to be Reflector made through ebay but all have Winged C logos and most are 1960s produced.   I checked with New Sensor that markets Reflector made tubes in the US but they currently catalog only Sovtek branded Ulyanov version.   (If you know of available sets, shoot me an email).

Later Chinese tubes seem to have all come from the Shuguang factory as I have not been able to locate samples with any other markings.    I did get two additional sets of the Chinese made tubes to make sure I didn't get a single bad sample when comparing and all performed equally after initially settling down.   The markings on the Chinese made tubes are seen in the right most picture below.

This brings up a point worth noting,  the 6s19p needs some burn in time to settle down.  All tubes need at least an hour to heat up, but these need more like 100 hours of run-time to properly settle in and produce their best sound.   I often found the sound to be very grainy when rolling in new tubes.  Once given some time, that becomes markedly less pronounced and eventually fades out altogether.   For that reason, this article was delayed substantially from the 1st two installments as each tube set took nearly a week worth of burn in before commencing with listening tests.    The amp was left running 24/7 with a pair of BeyerDynamic 770s attached.  I fed the amp with an ifi iOne DAC and a laptop on shuffle play during the tube burn in period.    The amp gets very warm when run for extended periods and needs good airspace around it to dissipate the heat produced.

Since choice of manufacturer is limited I decided to try and test as many different date ranges as was realistic to see if there was a perceptible difference among them.    With the tubes having been in constant production from the early 1960s to today, no shortage of different dates exist.   I found tubes as old as 1966 and as new as 1994.   I started with the the stock Chinese made tubes, and then swapped in four different pairs of Svetlana made tubes from 1968, 1972, 1978, and 1988,  four pairs of Ulyanov made tubes from 1972, 1973, 1975, and 1978 respectively,  and finally two pairs of Sovtek from 1980 and 1994 respectively.

Once the tubes had a chance to settle down, I found that all three makes and all years represented are very close in performance.  The 6s19P is an extremely linear tube regardless of maker and most of the differences heard throughout my testing were from changing the 12au7 preamp tube and not from swapping the power tubes.    If I had to pick favorites amongst the 6s19P, it would be a tie between the early Svetlana made and the newer Ulyanov made tubes.  Both are slightly more linear than the stock tube and provide a bit more punch at the low end.   I tried using the 7233 with some ugly homemade adapters tube socket with wires soldered to the bottom half of a socket saver with pins 8 & 9 crossed.  I used 1 inch 20ga stranded copper wires with silver solder to connect the pin base to the socket.   I must admit I was fully expecting it to be erratic at best, but the strange looking contraptions with tubes hanging off the sides like ears performed reasonably well.   I found no improvement in sound quality as a result of swapping in the 7233 and if anything, this tube was less linear than the 6s19p so spending more on the 7233 tubes and then having to rig adapters for them is simply not a cost effective proposition.

The biggest changes in sound came with changing out the 12au7 preamp tube and here we have a ton of options.  Which tubes suits each user best is going to depend in large measure on the DAC in use, and the users preferred sound signature.   The built in Cirrus Logic DAC in the Ta-03s is slightly warm and slightly upper mid/lower treble forward so a tube that augments that is only advisable if you really like those qualities in the sound.

For this reason, the Mullard,  and Brimar tubes were a bit over the top for me, but if you love a warm sound, they may be exactly the right call for you.   Also, when pairing the Ta-03s with an external DAC, these two tubes come into their own.  I found when paired to the Burson Swing with its 9038 and slightly clinical sound, those same Brimar and Mullard tubes really came into their own and make the signature a bit less sterile than the stock tube.

 If using the built in dac, and wanting to tone down the warmth a bit as I did, the Telefunken and Raytheon are good options but the surprise of the test was the Sylvania black plates which actually outperformed the Telefunken at one third the price.   The Sylvania had a richer sound than the Telefunken which while very linear sounded a bit thin in the upper mids and treble.

For me the two tubes I would buy to fill the 12au7 socket on the Ta-03s are the old stock Mullard 12au7 or CV491 and the Sylvania black plate (Mid-1960s production).   When you want warmth, throw in the Mullard, when you want a bit more linear signature, the Sylvania will provide what you are looking for and both can be had at budget friendly price tags with a bit of looking.

And now we go off the rails,  the 12au7 family of tubes has several higher gain options to toy with if one has the desire and I being a inveterate tinkerer had to try them out.   The 12at7 can be used in the Ta-03s for those wanting more gain and worked reasonably well but did limit the volume knob to roughly the first 30% of its range unless using something really tough to drive as it simply got too loud to be useful above that.   The 12ax7 was not usable for the same reason.  It had two volumes off and too loud to be safely used.    A bit of swapping 12at7s in and out found that I really liked the Mullard CV4024 and the Phillips 6201 (gold pin) made by Amperex in Holland for warmer sounding tubes and the Telefunken 12at7 diamond marked or the Lorenz 12at7 wide-plate from the early 1960s for a cleaner more linear sound.

Testing Notes:

I originally thought I had a couple microphonic tubes when using the USB DAC of the Ta-03s but eventually found that when used with the analog input, the noise wasn't present.  A USB cleaner in line with the cable eliminated the noise so it appears the USB input on the Ta-03s is extremely sensitive as the same port and laptop have been used for daily listening with several other USB devices without the need for a USB cleaner.    This may be because the amp does draw some power from the USB line rather than stripping it off and using the internal power supply as the device remains present in device manager even with the power turned off.   My suspicion is that the USB input board draws current from the USB port rather than being powered by the main, looking at the circuitry seems to confirm this, but as I am not an electrical engineer I'll stop short of saying this is definitely the case.

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Middle Age and Fitness.
Some good things to know about it

What is fitness and where do we go to learn about fitness?

Fitness is our ability to function with alertness and energy over the course of our daily activities.

We have so many places to turn for fitness information, that it would be impossible to cover all the possibilities in one article.

However, we’ll cover the most common places to look, and let the reader take it from there.

The major sources of fitness information are available to everyone, everywhere.  Libraries, the internet, your physical fitness instructor, and your health teachers are all viable avenues of information sources.

The library contains more information about health and fitness than you could possibly read in a year’s time.

weight loss web hintsThere are magazines, periodicals, medical journals, and all sorts of books written on ways to become fit, to maintain fitness, or to participate in fitness activities. There are sources of information that explain the benefits of being fit, the physical benefits, the mental benefits, the social benefits, and the self-esteem and emotional benefits. The library will also usually have video and audio information available on almost any topic covered by the reading material. They may even have fitness tapes available for viewing.

Often, the library provides the opportunity for the low-income to access materials that otherwise would not be available.

Video and audio tapes are examples of this opportunity.

The internet opens more windows on fitness than the library, since the internet is a compilation of many libraries, news articles, newspapers, and individual input.

You have only to type in the word fitness using one of the available search engines, and suddenly you’ve got more sources of information than you can research. The search engines often return information in the order of actual relevance to your search words. So bear that in mind as you search.

The first ten pages, usually, will contain the most relevant information on fitness.  You can locate information about fitness, local fitness center locations, and instructors who specialize in one-on-one fitness plans.

Your local gym physical education instructor and health trainers are invaluable sources of fitness information, in that they have an education in fitness. They are privy to the most sought after reliable sources of real fitness benefits.  Many of the articles you will find, and much of the information you read, are not 100% accurate, ask a gym personal trainer, or instructor actually involved in the fitness process, you are going to receive much more accurate feedback.

Every government website, publishes massive quantities of information about the fitness in each country, from many different perspectives. For give you an example, The US Department of Agriculture is responsible for determining our daily recommended allowances, and as such, accumulates much information about fitness alternatives, the state of fitness in the United States, and how well we participate in fitness programs.

Past these sources, check out your local fitness center. Quite often they have random information posted, current magazines, and periodicals that address current fitness issues and often offer interested persons the chance to observe fitness in action.

What about You? Are You Fit?

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As you probably know, Fitness refers to ability of the body to function with vigor and alertness. Nutrition refers to the nurturing of our body, in our ability to keep it healthy and functioning as it is supposed to do.

Our ability to provide the body with all the necessary food, vitamins, and minerals so that we continue to thrive in our daily life processes.

But do we know if we are really fit?  How do we tell?

First, you might want to look at your exercise habits, if there are any.

If there aren’t any exercise routines to examine, no fitness.  Everyone, no matter what their age, benefits from exercise.

It keeps our bodies conditioned, our mental sharpness working at top speed, and thanks to the physical aspect, we get a boost to our cardio health, extra calorie burn, and more oxygen to those cells!

Do you take in more calories than your body needs? Are you supplementing your vitamins and minerals to make sure you are getting your recommended daily allowances? If you’re not making the most basic of efforts to take care of your nutritional needs, you aren’t a fit individual. You may not look sick, you may not have any noticeable symptoms of ill-health, but you’re not the fit and toned individual you could be.

What about the stress levels in your life?  Do work in an environment with high levels of stress?
Is your personal life a source of comfort or does it add to your stress levels?  Do you engage in some form of stress-relieving activity?

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Stress is the number on contributor to heart attacks and strokes, since they manage to speed up the affect of the real culprits.

Stress is basically an out of control situation for most adults today.

We manage to schedule every moment of our free time, and leave ourselves with no time for quiet reflection, or time to deal with life’s unexpected emergencies.

Fitness requires us to examine more than just our exercise routine.

The mere definition of fitness refers to the body’s ability to meet physical stresses. That includes coping with our day to day life, getting from the beginning of the day to the end, without being worn completely out. In order to be truly fit, we find ways to rid ourselves of built up stress, the kind that begins to affect our muscles, muscle tone, and composition.

Massages are the best cure for ridding our bodies of the stress buildup that can occur, even with exercise regimens and detract from our overall fitness.

Exercises that demand total body involvement are the best for maintaining and improving your level of fitness most effectively.
Running, swimming, jogging, dancing, cycling, and very brisk walking are some of the more popular total body involvement exercises.

There are so many occasions to stop and question our efforts at maintaining optimal health, that we usually don’t even take the time to begin the examination. But it is beneficial to our overall health, the quality and quantity of our life, to make every effort to be fit, healthy, individuals.

The Benefits of Being Fit
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Being able to deal with and handle the daily stresses of life is a benefit afforded to the fit person. Making sure we take the time to accommodate our needs for stress relief, such as downtime, therapy time, massage time, or simply take the time for a nice, hot bath.

The body tends to retain stress in the muscles of the shoulder and back. Taking the time to relax, do relaxation exercises, and combine this with physical exercise for the entire body benefits the fit and unfit.

The added exertion of physical exercise is often the catalyst our bodies needed to boost weight loss into high gear.
For the individual trying to loose weight, the benefits of being fit far exceed an infringement on personal time, or detraction from television time that occurs.  Not only is it good for your body, when you’re trying to cut back, it gives you something constructive to do with your time.

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Exercise also decreases our hunger pangs, increases our fluid intake, and helps our blood to circulate much better.

The peace of mind that comes from knowing your body is in top shape, ready to deal whatever comes along, is a priceless possession.

To be able to ascertain that you’ve spent your day wisely, and invested in yourself is a real accomplishment.
The benefit seen from adding just 20 minutes of exercise to your daily routine are unbelievable.

We can attest to the tremendous increase in energy, as some of our followers reported, by doing simple walks as exercise.

A lot of our facebook group page friends usually lose about 50 lbs. in half a year, by simply adding to our weight loss Supplement, a little and short evening walk, to their weekly routine. Before this goal, they had been dieting for almost two months, with very little in the way of results. Walking was suggested by their physician, and We’ve never been so impressed for their results reached using our clinically tested supplement combined with this simple exercise. Their energy levels were five times what they were prior to beginning the exercise program.

Increased energy levels are one of the greatest benefits of a fit body.

Raised self-esteem and confidence in your appearance are also benefits to keeping a fit body.

A fit and healthy individual shines in how they look, how they treat others, and the pleasure they take in going about their daily activities.

How about the benefits of a fit mind?
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This is another important factor to take into consideration.The onset of many age-related mental disorders occurs because we haven’t taken the time to keep our mind youthful, and involved in new learning.

Learning new things forces our mind to form new neural pathways.
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We need those neural pathways for the transmission of information from the body to the mind, or with our ability to form new memories.

If we don’t exercise the mind, we lose the fitness.

There’s also the added benefit of being able to participate as a productive citizen, well into our retirement years.
For many older citizens, keeping their bodies and minds fit means that they are also able to continue to interact in their chosen work profession, keeping them continually active, and serving as a continued source of enjoyment.

What Are Your Fitness Needs?

As we go about our busy lives, our fitness needs do not often come to mind. In fact, probably the only thought that is given to our fitness needs relates to the 15 pounds we think we need to lose. But even when we are fairly fit, we have needs that help us to sustain that fitness.

Have you ever given thought to what those needs are?

Meditation, an exercise recommended for everyone, but especially those of us with hectic, stressful lifestyles, is defined as an engagement in contemplation, especially of a spiritual or devotional nature.

Meditation has been shown to relieve stress, and promote overall good health, by simply reflecting upon our day, and finding happiness within ourselves.

Your nutritional needs levels are dependent upon your eating habits and whether you use daily supplements of vitamins and minerals in order for you to sustain optimum physical health. Much discussion is centered on this topic right now, because our nation faces obesity problems of epidemic proportions. Our eating habits make up a large portion of our nutritional daily intake.  What we consume goes a long way to keeping our bodies fit.
Do we understand what our nutritional requirements are, how to fulfill those requirements, and how to look for real nutritional value in our foods?  I’m not sure that nutrition has been successfully addressed in its own right. We hear nutrition in relation to our vitamin intake, our fortified cereals and milk, and in the context that we need “nutritional value” from our food choices.

But what really is nutrition when applied to our daily bodily functions?

Nutrition refers to the nurturing of our body, in our ability to keep it healthy and functioning as it is supposed to do.

Our ability to provide the body with all the necessary food, vitamins, and minerals so that we continue to thrive in our daily life processes.

Quite often, our vitamin and mineral needs outweigh our caloric needs. In those instances, we turn to manufactured vitamins and minerals to fill the gap.

Sometimes, alternative medicine options such as chiropractic care, acupuncture, herbal cures, and holistic medicine are all ways we can help to keep ourselves fit. All of these alternative healing approaches offer ways to incorporate their use into staying fit and healthy. Of the examples given here, chiropractic and acupuncture are becoming more widely accepted as complements to the traditional forms of exercise and nutrition. Herbal cleansing and healing are used by many to provide for ways for body keep itself in a state of fitness and optimal health.

What role does exercise play in this process?

Well, exercise conditions our body to keep it in optimal shape. To keep muscles functioning correctly and build muscle mass.  The more muscle mass we have, the more calories we burn.  The more calories we burn, the better our metabolism is at using up the calories we take in through food consumption. Can you begin to see how our body is really a well functioning machine?It’s a continual circle of events, one feeding off the other.

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When all the events are coming together properly, we are healthy, happy individuals.

Today, we must determine how much nourishment we need, how much physical exercise we need, and how best to accomplish those ends. Calorie needs, nutritional needs, physical needs, and education about those needs now is information we should all understand, at least as it applies to our ability to maintain our fitness levels.

As reported in the very beginning of this article, if you will visit your local doctor, library, or fitness center, there is massive amounts of information available to help educate and to help you make good health choices, no matter what the ultimate goal, fitness maintenance, or fitness improvement.

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