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from Alcohol price crackdown to tackle Scottish binge drinking - Telegraph Alcohol price crackdown to tackle Scottish binge drinking A minimum price on a unit of alcohol is to be introduced under radical plans to tackle Scotland's binge drinking epidemic. By Simon Johnson, Scottish Political Editor Last Updated: 8:42PM GMT 02 Mar 2009 Alcohol will be priced according to the number of units in an attempt to tackle binge drinking in Scotland Alcohol will be priced according to the number of units in an attempt to tackle binge drinking in Scotland Photo: Simon Roberts Scottish ministers argued the measures, the first of their type in the world, were needed to stop shops selling cheap lager and cider for "pocket money prices". Campaign groups urged the Government to roll out minimum pricing across the rest of Britain, but the drinks industry predicted it would have little effect other than to punish ordinary shoppers. Alcohol misuse costs the NHS and justice system around

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^^ Thanks for the Clarification. It sounds like I should book Fri/Sat/Sun soon, regardless - which makes sense. If I understood the numbers I saw in the Chat room correctly, with *enough* people it could *even* be cheaper than flying (include parking etc etc) -although that could be a pretty big IF. How many people can Santa's RV take? maybe we should charter him, instead

Al, Could you just re-iterate, for those of us wanting to experience MOAOW (Mayberry On Acid, On Wheels) , or should that be MOAR! (Mayberry On Acid, Rolling!) AKA The Magic Bus , What Days/Nights should we book at the hotel. I'm somewhat by the dates right now. Thanks.

Have a good one! Enjoy any business you get up to, Risky or otherwise

^ And will using it with an HD800 make it not suck even more or less?

You need to ask? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19s4PCaQ5Mk

Don't you want something like ... Cool Stuff: Star Trek Home Theater | /Film The Bridge Home Theater (you know you do )

Not forgetting Rum, Sodomy and The Lash

Sweet! Sir, I applaud your efforts! I have been watching the various threads on this matter with interest. From a personal perspective, I've been interested in a High End SS amp, having seen what various people have done with the B22, naamf amongst others. Given the likely cost of such an endeavor , the incremental delta for adding decent control, monitoring and display over and above the power supply, amplification and casework seems worthwhile. (If I'm spending this much on amp, it should do double duty as a speaker amp, and thus have a remote control of some sort!, etc) Given the block diagram, how much of it is tied to the use of DynaFet gain stages, e.g could you substitute B22 boards? I think there is a lot of mileage in this approach, and look forward to your progress with interest. (Disclosure: As a Transporter owner, I'm very interested in the direct external control - you could imagine the duet/controller controlling the amp functions -etc)

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The Captions just write themselves? (original title: A member of the of the Beija-Flor samba school parades at the Sambodrome)

Someone ought to tell these people The World's Largest Anechoic Chamber [audiojunkies] They wasted their money, then

FTFY Proper (Black) Tea BBC - h2g2 - Tea requires Boiling water!

^ Do I Detect a Tom Brown's Schooldays - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia / Harry Paget Flashman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Reference? What our colonial cousins have overlooked ( understandable, given their preference for obsolete technology, like the stove top kettle: Forget your stove-top kettle?go electric. - By Seth Stevenson - Slate Magazine ), is that with the aid of an electric kettle, the UK system allows you to boil water for a cup of tea, in half the time of the US system. electric kettles take about twice as long to boil in the US as in the UK Google Answers: 110volts vs. 230 volts -- Pros and Cons? And they call themselves the land of instant gratification!

Ahh. Good old BS 1363 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Shuttered Sockets, Longer earth (ground) pin that ensures that the earth path is connected before the live, and remains connected after the live is removed, and ensures correct polarization of the Live And Neutral wires. Definitely a case of [Crocodile Dundee accent on] You call that a Plug? Now That's a Plug! [Crocodile Dundee accent off] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN_-_eRDvf0 THE ORIGIN OF THE BS 1363 PLUG AND SOCKET OUTLET SYSTEM (PDF File) But don't try This at home! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-GEmHtIRNk

Have a good one!

So, If I belatedly wish Steve well for his Birthday, we're good?

Keep Calm and Carry On

Two threads on this over at the squeezebox Audiofile forums With titles CD red book de-emphasis? and Pre-emphasis Part of the Redbook Spec, but derived from RIAA equalization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Think of it as Dolby (Noise reduction) for Vinyl Master was pre-emphasized prior to transcription to vinyl Playback would be de-emphasized (RIAA EQ curve) - thus allowing you to overcome some limitations of the medium Ripping to FLAC with EAC will store the pre-emphasis flag in the CUE file. The above threads discuss this, and suggest the EQ is best handled in the analogue domain. It can be done in the digital domain, but it is lossy function - leading to information loss if re-truncated back to 16 bits. It appears iTunes and sox can handle this - as described here in the steve Hoffman Forums - thread Question about "pre-emphasis" for Abbey Road (Black Triangle) I'd post links - bit they come back as **Internal Linking (Threads)

Have a good one, Birthday Boy.