The hi-fi is well nigh amazing, regardless of whether the top is up or down.

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Computer monitors and speakers, printers, fax machines, hi-fi equipment as well as televisions and set-top boxes are among the biggest electricity suckers.

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As well as the car factory and its supply firms, there are several hi-tech companies here like Intel and Motorola and a cluster of small specialist outfits.

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Hi-Fun's gloves are Bluetooth headsets -- or, well, handsets -- with the speaker built into the thumb and the mic in the pinky, so you can talk by doing the traditional "call me" hand gesture.

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Canolbwyntiodd Bethan Jenkins AC yn ei chyfraniad hi ar y nifer siomedig o ferched sy'n cymryd rhan mewn chwaraeon, a galwodd am well cydweithio rhwng ysgolion a chlybiau lleol.

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Hi-Arts promotes arts and heritage in the Highlands, Moray, Northern Isles and Western Isles as well as Argyll.

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