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4 days ago | 
entrepreneur.com | John Atkinson
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) updates its shopping basket every year to reflect how consumers spend, adding new items like VR headsets or yoga mats as habits evolve. Businesses need to do the same with performance metrics.
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1 week ago | 
hifinews.com | John Atkinson
Audiostatic Monolith II loudspeakerJohn Atkinson | May 24, 2025 | First Published: Nov 1, 2024 John Atkinson clears space for a towering full-range electrostatic speaker from the Netherlands as Audiostatic’s Monolith II lands on UK shoresBlame Stanley Kubrick. Until 2001 burst onto our cinema screens, the lay conception of outer space had settled down as a mixture of flying saucers and little green men. Why green? Why little?
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2 weeks ago | 
stereophile.com | John Atkinson
Stereophile has favorably reviewed three loudspeakers from Swiss manufacturer Stenheim. Art Dudley reviewed the Alumine standmount in April 2012 and the Alumine Five floorstander in March 2018. More recently, Herb Reichert reviewed Stenheim's three-and-a-half-way Alumine Three tower in October 2021. My assignment for this month's issue was to review the company's Alumine Two. Five floorstander, which, at $23,500/pair, fits neatly between the Alumine Two ($13,500/pair) and Three ($36,500/pair).
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2 weeks ago | 
mondaymag.com | John Atkinson
Maude Hunter's Pub will celebrate its 40th year of existence in 2026 – continuing to offer a Cheers-style vibe to its happy customers.
General manager Anna Fisher will also toast her own landmark next year – 25 years working at the pub – and says, though she’s seen a lot of changes, the soul of the place remains the same.
“We’re a cosy little no-frills kind of pub. Prices are really reasonable because the owners own the land, so that’s nice. There’s no big rent like downtown spots.
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1 month ago | 
outsourcedpharma.com | John Atkinson |FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies |Louis Garguilo
By John Atkinson, Global Head of Information Security Office, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies
Drug developers are under increasing pressure to reduce the cost and time of bringing new medicines to market amidst growing complexities in drug modalities. Automation and digitalization, proven catalysts in sectors like automotive and advanced manufacturing, offer solutions.
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1 month ago | 
jci.org | M. Kathryn Liszewski |John Atkinson
AbstractInitially identified as a regulator of complement activation on host cells, the known roles of CD46 (membrane cofactor protein [MCP]) have expanded. We now know that this ancient molecule is expressed on almost all nucleated cells as a family of four predominant isoforms. It also is involved in human reproduction, modulation of T cell activation and immunoinflammatory effector functions, autophagy, and the newly identified intracellular complement system (complosome).
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1 month ago | 
stereophile.com | John Atkinson
For the past decade or so, I haven't been using a preamplifier. The D/A processors I have been using all have volume controls, so I have been feeding their outputs directly to the power amplifiers. It would seem logical that having nothing in the signal path would have less of a degrading effect than a preamp's input and output sockets, switches, volume control, printed circuit-board traces, and active and passive parts, not to mention an additional pair of interconnects.
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1 month ago | 
newsini.com | John Atkinson
Article created by: Indrė LukošiūtėMany of us are aware of the struggles of finding a new job. You're perpetually sprucing up your resume, constantly writing cover letters, going to countless interviews. Well, all these efforts seem worth it if you land your dream job. However, sometimes you end up with an offer that's so terrible that it makes you question a company’s respect for its workforce. Today, Pandas, we've compiled a list that highlights some ridiculous compensation packages out there.
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1 month ago | 
vidmid.com | John Atkinson
Article created by: Evelina ŠiukšterytėEven though there is only one true way of how historical events actually unfolded, there sure are many myths and legends that surround them. And while some seem way too far-fetched, others can be quite convincing, which is why they often become rather widely known. A netizen going by the moniker of ‘sewistwrites’ recently turned to X (formerly Twitter) to learn more about such convincing yet not necessarily accurate historical myths.
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1 month ago | 
inkl.com | John Atkinson
That’s where Instagram accounts like ‘History Season’ come in, sharing fascinating photos and facts from the past. We’ve gathered some of their most intriguing posts below. Scroll down to check them and upvote your favorites!#1Portraits of a father and son having fun. Ca. 1910s. #2An Apsaroke mother and her child. Montana, USA. 1908. #3Two Victorian ladies making a fancy snow lady. Pangbourne, England. Published in Strand Magazine in 1892. #4Three lacemakers at work. Brittany, France. Ca. 1920.
