Vifa M30WO-49-08 (12" Woofer Magnesium Chassis Coated Paper Cone).

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Magnesium basket;

Coated paper cone;

Rubber surround;

Double magnet system;

Low distortion;

Ideal for bass reflex;

DATASHEETS:

Nominal impedance [ohm]: 8;

Voice coil resistance [ohm]: 5.7;

Nominal power [W]: 100;

Short term max power[W]: -;

Long term max power [W]: -:

Operating power [W]: 2;

Sensitivity [dB]: 93;

Frequency range [Hz]: 21-1000;

Free air resonance [Hz]: 21;

Voice coil diameter [mm]: 40;

Voice coil height [mm]: 14;

Air gap height [mm]: 6;

Voice coil inductance [mH]: 2.1;

Eff. diaphragm Area [cm²]: 513;

Moving mass [g]: 53;

Magnet weight [g]/[oz]: 1396/49.2:

Force factor [Bl]: 12.7;

VAS [l]: 400;

Qms: 2.30;

Qes: 0.25;

Qts: 0.23;

See: www.tymphany.com/m30wo-49-08.

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Fergus Ewing at the QMS breakfast at the Royal Highland Show 2017. Photographer - Bob Gray. Crown Copyright.

Minister for the Commonwealth Games and Sport, Shona Robison, heard the inspirational stories of some of the winners of a new bursary to encourage healthy, active living in Scotland.

The “Go for It Scotland!” bursary was launched earlier this year by Quality Meat Scotland, working with sportscotland. Individuals, groups and clubs were invited to apply for the twenty £500 bursaries and these will be awarded annually in the run up to Glasgow 2014. Almost a thousand people are set to benefit from the first year’s awards and those meeting the Minister today include 14 year old karate enthusiast Rebecca Stewart from Drumchapel, volunteers and skiers from Disability Snowsport Scotland who train at the Midlothian Snowports Centre, members of the junior Edinburgh-based Inverleith Hockey Club, youngsters from the Glasgow Riderz cycling club and junior members from the Dunbar Running Club. Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport Shona Robison said: "We are determined to leave a lasting active legacy from the 2014 Commonwealth Games and these awards are helping to break down barriers and ensure continued participation in sport. “This bursary is a great way to support people of all ages and abilities and will help them to pay for essentials. I am delighted to meet some of the successful recipients and wish them all the very best of luck in their chosen field.”

Further info: gameslegacyscotland.org/go-it-scotland-bursary-winners

Wednesday 18 April 2012

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The main war memorial is located in the boundary wall of Stanton Court, in the centre of Stanton, Gloucestershire, England.

Pray for the men of Stanton who gave their lives in the Great War Ad:1914-1919, to whose memory the village has dedicated the new cross.

QMS C. Arkell Coldicott Warwickshire Yeomanry.

Tpr Harry J Coldicott 4th Australian Light Horse.

Lce Cpr Arthur Ernest Evans 9th Battn Gloucester Regt.

Segt Robert Harrison 7th Battn Gloucester Regt.

Pte Edwin Holmes 10th Battn Gloucester Regt.

Pte Jesse James 13th Battn Gloucester Regt.

Pte Frank Stanley 6th Battn Gloucester Regt.

2nd Lt Philip Nicholson Stott 10th Bn Manchester Regt.

Notes:-

QMS C. Arkell Coldicott. His full name was Charles Arkell Coldicott.

Tpr Harry J Coldicott. The initial J is incorrect. It should be an I for Harry Izod Coldicott.

Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) Instrument Test Bed, Building 34 Room C-180

SAM is a suite of instruments onboard the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, SAM's five science goals address three of the most fundamental questions about the ability of Mars to support life - past, present and future.

Presenter: Melissa Trainer, research space scientist & Jen Stern geochemist.

Learn more at: ssed.gsfc.nasa.gov

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Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer (QMS)

This identifies gases by the molecular weight and electrical charge of their ionized states. It will check for several elements important for life as we know it, including carbon, hydrogen, sulfur, nitrtogen, oxygen and phosphorus contained in volatile molecules.

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For the first time ever, all 10 NASA field centers participated in a multi-center NASA Social event Dec. 3, previewing the Dec. 4 first flight of the Orion Spacecraft on Exploration Flight Test-1.

Goddard hosted up to 25 social media followers to attend an afternoon celebrating the Orion launch. Attendees toured the Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory, where Martian meteorites and other samples are tested to answer two of the biggest mysteries facing humanity: How did we get here? And are we alone? We'll also tour Goddard's massive Integration and Testing Facility, where spacecraft are built and tested and the world's largest cleanroom where the James Webb Space Telescope is being constructed. Webb is the scientific successor to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. It will be the most powerful space telescope ever built.

www.nasa.gov/social-orion-multicenter/#.VJ0hmAHMIA

Very blurry shot of my ingenious Toblerone stacks. These are located on anything strong enough and wide enough to hold them. Like these QMS chillers!

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madrid, spain - december 2012

"madrid graffiti 2" - new ibook for ipad, iphone & ipod available now in itunes shop

video: www.flickr.com/photos/dug_da_bug/7235031632/in/photostrea...

ya disponible en la tienda itunes de españa

available now in itunes and itunes of other countries.

fixed-layout epub for ibooks: richard trussler

tunes: written, produced & performed by richard trussler

photography: me

Yep, I know it's a weird way to hold a camera..

Song of the week : Big girl (Emilia)

Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter S. Cayetano (second from left) receives the ISO 9001:2015 certification from TÜV Rheinland Philippines Managing Director Tristan Arwen G. Loveres (second from right). Joining them in this photo are (from left) Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Civilian Security and Consular Concerns Jose Luis G. Montales and OIC-Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Administration Ma. Theresa Dizon-de Vega.

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), in its commitment to continually improve its quality management system, officially received the ISO 9001:2015 certification from TÜV Rheinland on 29 August 2018.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter S. Cayetano received the certification from TÜV Rheinland Philippines Managing Director Tristan Arwen Loveres in ceremonies held that day at the DFA Auditorium.

The DFA attained its first ISO certification under the ISO 9001:2008 standard in 2016, with the Authentication Division at its Office of Consular Affairs (OCA) in Aseana (DFA-Aseana) as the core process, and authentication-related offices in the Home Office as support.

In 2017, under the subsidy of the Government Quality Management Committee and with guidance from the Development Academy of the Philippines, dedicated DFA personnel worked on the DFA-QMS’ successful transition from ISO 9001:2008 to the ISO 9001:2015 standard. Further, the DFA expanded its QMS to include the regular passport process in DFA-Aseana and the authentication and passport services of DFA NCR West in SM Manila.

The DFA aims to consistently improve the quality of its services, enhance its facilities for more comfort and address client concerns and feedback without undue delay. In addition, through this exercise, the DFA was able to identify the need for better accessibility and will be opening additional consular offices around the country and increasing the roll-out of its Passport-on-Wheels service.

With the ISO 9001:2015 certification, the DFA, under the direction of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and leadership of Secretary Cayetano, endeavors to create an environment of excellence by having well-defined and regularly-reviewed procedures that are responsive to client needs and conform to international standards. END

Road trip from Melbourne to Sydney and back in November 2022.

messin with my new slave flashes

Qatar Motor Show 2011

Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Environment talking at the Industry Breakfast hosted by Quality Meat Scotland at the Royal Highland Show. Seen here with Chairman Jim McLaren and Lady Claire Macdonald who is doing cookery demonstrations on the QMS Stand

Jennifer Menzies, a sixth year student at Arbroath High School was in January, 2007, awarded the title of QMS Top Scottish Student in SQA Higher Health and Food Technology by Scottish celebrity chef, Nick Nairn.

cerca de la cochera de autobuses en fuencarral, madrid

This is not the interior as I recalled it! The original cream seats were replaced with these darker ones by Knotty Bus and throughout there is wood effect laminate - lovely! Just like a 1970s caravan.

Okay - a release from 1968. But this kind of music belongs, like early Edgar Brougthon, Cream, QMS, Steve Miller a.o., to the 1970s music. Friends of Barry Ryan or David Garrick switch off the radio when they hear songs like FIRE!!-

hortaleza, madrid

madrid graffiti - ibook

On this album was my most beloved song in that era - FRESH AIR. Dino sounded here like Johnny Rivers. Great ! THe design of the old QMS LPs was superb !!!!

2-day In-person Seminar on “Implementing Risk Management Principles and Activities within a Quality Management System” at Sydney, Australia Pics

From the homepage: www.uni-tuebingen.de//uni/qms/schoenes-wissen.html

The exhibition "How Beauty Creates Science" at the MUT | Ancient Cultures (Castle Hohentuebingen) is open until September 1st. The exhibition aims to show how aesthetic considerations are reflected in the work of science. It explains how types of field observation are understood aesthetically, what significance that has in the context of research, how imaging techniques might change the approach to research, as well as to what extent the production of art is influenced by scientific knowledge. Highlights of the exhibition are The most beautiful experiment in physics ever, the first model of Darwins theory, and a gigantic crocheted coral reef. Come, and discover the interplay of beauty and knowledge!

Clicked a participant doing backstroke at one of races in YMCA pool for QMS Swimming Competition 2014

At Festival Of The River in Arlington, WA. QMS playing in the 40th anniversary of Summer Love Tour, 2007.

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First Minister for Scotland Nicola Sturgeon address audience at the QMS breakfast during the RHS 200th anniversary show.

Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) Instrument Test Bed, Building 34 Room C-180

SAM is a suite of instruments onboard the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, SAM's five science goals address three of the most fundamental questions about the ability of Mars to support life - past, present and future.

Presenter: Melissa Trainer, research space scientist & Jen Stern geochemist.

Learn more at: ssed.gsfc.nasa.gov

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Main Electronics Box (MEB)

Contains the majority of electrical connections and components vital for SAM's functionality.

Tunable Laser Spectrometer (TLS)

The TLS uses absorption of light at specific wavelengths to measure concentrations and isotope ratios of specific chemicals important to life: methane, carbon dioxide, and water vapor.

Gas Chromatograph (GC)

The GC has six different chromatographic columns. The GC assembly sorts and detects individual volatile compounds it separates from complex mixtures of gases through long (-100 feet and narrow (-1/100 in inner diameter) metal tubes (wound into coils) with a stream of helium gas, it sorts the gas molecules through interactions of the gas molecules with a stationary phase inside the metal tube: the gases elute from the column at different times known as the "retention time" of the compound. Once the gases elute from the column they are detected directly by thermal conductivity (TCD) and are identified by mass to charge ratio using electron impact ionization quadrupole mass spectrometry (QMS)

Wide Range Pump (WRP)

The wide range pump, about 4 centimeters (1.6 inches) across, spins at up to 100,000 revolutions per minute for moving gases out of the system between analyses of different samples.

Solid Sample Inlet Tubes (SSIT)

This is where the rover's robotic arm will deliver powdered samples that the rover drills from rocks or scoops from soil. The inlet is a highly polished funnel that vibrates to get all of the sample material down into a cup at the bottom of the tube.

Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer (QMS)

This identifies gases by the molecular weight and electrical charge of their ionized states. It will check for several elements important for life as we know it, including carbon, hydrogen, sulfur, nitrtogen, oxygen and phosphorus contained in volatile molecules.

Sample Manipulation System (SMS)

The SMS consists of a double ring carousel that holds 74 individual cups where solid samples can be received from the solid sample inlet tube (SSIT) and placed inside one of two pyrolysis ovens. 59 quarts cups can be heated up to very high temperatures (-1800 degrees Fahrenheit) to extract gases from the powdered samples. 9 fluid filled sealed metal cups that can be punctured inside the SMS are used for lower temperature wet chemistry experiments designed to search for certain polar organic compounds including amino acids and carboxylic acids. The other 6 metal cups containing solid samples for instrument calibration.

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For the first time ever, all 10 NASA field centers participated in a multi-center NASA Social event Dec. 3, previewing the Dec. 4 first flight of the Orion Spacecraft on Exploration Flight Test-1.

Goddard hosted up to 25 social media followers to attend an afternoon celebrating the Orion launch. Attendees toured the Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory, where Martian meteorites and other samples are tested to answer two of the biggest mysteries facing humanity: How did we get here? And are we alone? We'll also tour Goddard's massive Integration and Testing Facility, where spacecraft are built and tested and the world's largest cleanroom where the James Webb Space Telescope is being constructed. Webb is the scientific successor to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. It will be the most powerful space telescope ever built.

www.nasa.gov/social-orion-multicenter/#.VJ0hmAHMIA