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Dell Inc., the world's biggest PC maker, said it could grow sales in China by at least triple the growth rate of the country's total PC market in 2004 for the second-straight year.
"We think we can get to 8 percent by the end of this year," Dell's Asia/Pacific President Bill Amelio said, referring to its market share in China.
"We're definitely going to go for a factor of three next year," he told Reuters in a telephone interview from the company's regional headquarters in Singapore.
Dell recently posted China sales that were up 71 percent from a year ago for its fiscal second quarter ended August 1. Growth was almost as strong at 67 percent in the previous quarter and 72 percent in the quarter before that.
In February, Mr. Amelio said he expected his company's 2003 China sales to grow at least three times as fast as the nation's PC market, expected to grow at about 15 percent this year.
With the 45-percent growth target now easily in range, Mr. Amelio forecast Dell would be able to maintain the three-times market rate of growth in 2004 as well.
Data tracking firm IDC forecasts that the China market -- which posted 11 million unit sales last year -- will grow by 18 percent in 2004, meaning Dell would expect its sales to grow at least 54 percent in China next year.
Since entering China, Dell has rapidly built up its presence and is now the market's fourth-largest PC seller.
Legend Group Ltd is the biggest with 29 percent of the market, followed by Shanghai Founder Yanzhong Technology with 11 percent and unlisted Tsinghua Tongfang Stock Co Ltd with 8 percent, second-quarter data from IDC show.
Dell's growth rate has propelled it from about five percent of the market in last year's second quarter to seven percent this year, making it the top foreign PC seller in China.
The company has a major computer assembly factory in the south China city of Xiamen and recently opened a back-office support centre in the northeastern city of Dalian. It has launched a China version of its Dell Consulting group in a bid to expand its infrastructure and pursue the enterprise segment -- one of its biggest target groups, Mr. Amelio said. "We had one in Japan and Australia, and now we've extended it to China," he said. "We're just starting it out with a few people, but it will grow pretty rapidly if it follows what we've been able to do in Japan."
China is Dell's fourth-largest market behind the U.S., Japan, and Britain -- a position that is unlikely to change for the immediate future, Mr. Amelio said. (Reuters)
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Calling themselves taxpaying second-class citizens, more than 40 Gilbert seniors stormed a Town Council meeting late Tuesday with one request: A center of their own.
Patrons of Gilbert's only senior center say they're concerned that as the town plans a new community center at the site of the current one near Gilbert and Elliot roads, they must continue sharing the facilities with town preschool programs.
"There have been incidents where children running in the existing facility have bumped into people with walkers and canes," senior Harry Smiley said.
Smiley added that with the town paying $38.3 million to build a Big League Dreams sports venue, it shouldn't be hard-pressed to focus the $3.2 million proposed for a community center on the town's growing senior population.
"I love children," senior Jim Morasca said. "But as seniors we need something to ourselves."
Town planners have said the plans for a 16,500-squarefoot facility would better separate the age groups than the current 9,000-square-foot facility. Mayor Steve Berman promised the group the Town Council would address their concern.
Donna Butts, executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Generations United, said nationwide the concept of intergenerational community centers is growing.
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WPSA Rivalries: A Historical Retrospective
by Rob Dinerman
|Great rivalries define both the sport's stars and the sport itself. Rob Dinerman, in an article first published in 1989, explores three great recent North American rivalries: Sharif Khan vs Victor Niederhoffer, Sharif Khan vs Mike Desaulniers and Jahangir Khan vs Mark Talbott.
New York. July 15 2001 First Published 1989 © 2001 Rob Dinerman
The Role of Squash Rivalries
The differing courses that a rivalry can take over the span of a career are often influenced not only by ability but also by the personalities of the duelling duo. Subtle weaknesses can become glaring shortcomings to one who learns how to exploit them: a fear of defeat, a predilection with the flashy shot, a hesitancy under pressure, a hot temper, an inability to react promptly and properly to changing tactics. This constant interplay of strategic and psychological adjustments causes a competitive relationship of unique intimacy to develop between the two athletes, a relationship forged in part by the cruel knowledge that their rivalry will neither permit them to become strangers, nor allow them to truly be friends.
Thus have such legends as Ali and Frazier, Evert and Navratilova, and Russell and Chamberlain marched in uneasy but permanent alignment into history's expanding ledger and thus have the battles they waged impacted the annals of their sports in a manner that far outweighs the statistical measurements of their formidable achievements.
In squash, a trio of rivalries during the 70's and 80's truly stand out for the role they played in the development of the North American professional game. It was during this period, beginning with the early 70's and extending to 1992, that the WPSA Tour, which was in its infancy as the 70's began, rose to prominance before merging with the world PSA softball tour in the mid 90's.
Many factors can be cited for this expansion, from the promotional expertise of the WPSA business office in Toronto, under the leadership of Clive Caldwell, to the technological advantages of the three-glass-wall portable Tour Court, to the vision displayed by those companies whose active sponsorship had enabled the once fledgling tour to grow.
But it is the players themselves whose styles and performances have truly constituted the sport's headlights. The sparse ten-man ranking list of 1972 metamorphosed by 1990 into a 100-player computerized system, and the undulating rhythms of lifelong rivalries constantly showed up in the weekly shifts of these rating charts.
This article focuses on those three head-to-head rivalries that commanded special prominence during this crucial time in the WPSA expansion. As it happens, this set of rivalries are of similar duration and spaced fairly evenly throughout the period we have been describing. But what they really share is the quality of having defined the tour's ongoing evolution.
1. The Mid Seventies: Sharif and Victor
This extended series represented a classic contrast of both personal background and playing style. Sharif, the eldest scion of squash's most celebrated legend Hashim Khan, had by the early 70's left behind his early pro softball barnstorming with Jonah Barrington, Geoff Hunt, and Abou Taleb and clearly established himself as both the top player and most charismatic figure in the North American game. He radiated a mixture of confidence, elegance, and dignity that both charmed the galleries and overwhelmed his opponents.
The natural gifts that Sharif so clearly enjoyed appeared on cursory inspection to be totally lacking in Victor NIederhoffer, which made his noteworthy list of accomplishments somewhat difficult to fathom. Indeed while Sharif seemed in every respect totally in his element on a squash court, Niederhoffer appeared badly out of place on one. This situation was most graphically symbolized by the mismatched sneakers which oddly but understandably remained his trademark. Born the son of a Brooklyn cop, Victor eventually graduated near the top of his class at Harvard, where under the immortal Crimson coach Jack Barnaby he developed into an intercollegiate and five-time US National Champion.
Though Niederhoffer's heavy-footed movement seemed a sorry substitute for Sharif's effortless grace, his sharp eyes, exceptional handspeed, and practiced touch made Victor far more fit for the game than the casual observer suspected. So too did his steely competitive instincts, which belied his unheroic aspect and often reduced the Khan-Niederhoffer confrontations to a clash of warring wills. Though others, such as Rainer Ratinac, Stu Goldstein, and Gordy Anderson, possessed superior fitness and/or firepower levels, it was Niederhoffer whom Sharif admitted he feared the most during the 1970's for Sharif knew that in Victor he was doing battle with an opponent whose mental toughness was at least the equal of his own.
Though their first match occurred in the quarter-finals of Sharif's first-ever USA pro tournament in the 1967 North American Open (with Victor's driving forehand rail winner giving him a 17-16 fifth-game triumph), it was during the middle portion of the following decade that their rivalry really took form.
In fact, these two titans would meet in the finals of every tournament they both entered during the 26-month stretch between November '74 and January '77 (8 meetings), and this skein might well have extended considerably further were it not for the abrupt intrusion of eight-time British Open Champion Geoff Hunt, who defeated Niederhoffer in the semis of the '77 North American Open before barely dropping an airtight four-game final to Khan.
Sharif rebounded from that one-point loss in '67 to control their matches throughout the early '70s up until undoubtedly the most memorable match in their interesting rivalry, which occurred on the volatile terrain of Mexico City in the finals of the '75 North American Open. There Sharif's record six-year title run was abruptly terminated in a four-game struggle that saw Niederhoffer's wicked genius and relentless determination rise superior to a series of physical ailments, the lung-searing altitude, and the Khan aura of invincibility.
This latter point was particularly telling, for Sharif's lengthy domination of the North American scene was beginning to traumatize his colleagues to a degree that decimated their pre-match confidence and thus greatly facilitated Sharif's victories. Niederhoffer refused to bow to the snowballing effects of this phenomenon, and his perseverence through a sequence of long attritional late-match exchanges found its full reward on this sultry afternoon in Mexico.
Ultimately, however, the legacy of this '75 Open final would lie both in the milestone triumph it held for Victor and in the galvanizing effect it proved to have on a chastened Sharif, who systematically and confidently ripped through all five of their matches during the 1975-76 season. Included among the latter was the '76 Open final in New York, though Niederhoffer entered this match slowed by a pre-match ankle injury that gave an eerie no-mas aspect to the twenty-minute 15-3, -7, -5 walkthrough that ensued.
Niederhoffer would have one remaining shining moment on his hometown turf, at the Boodles Gin Open the following November, where he took a 2-1 lead and rode a rash of increasingly anxious Khan tins to a one-sided fourth game victory prior to grudgingly (18-17 in the fourth) ceding the last of the Niederhoffer-Khan matches, also at the Boodles event the following season.
Victor's retirement in the Spring of '78 brought to a close the series between two champions who, for all their differences, were kindred spirits, bound as they were by their fierce competitive determination and the celebrity that they were forced to share.
With Niederhoffer's departure, Sharif knew that the next true challenge would come from the pack of young wolves loudly baying at his door. By far the most fearsome of those was the mercurial young Canadian, Michael Desaulniers, whose captivating rivalry with Sharif next dominated the tour.
II. The Early Eighties: Sharif and Michael
It is somewhat ironic that the same tournament which ended an important chapter of one major squash rivalry would also witness the birth of another. The 1977 North American Open, which we have seen is most vividly remembered for the manner in which Geoff Hunt snapped the Niederhoffer-Khan consecutive finals streak, played a big role in kicking off the rivalry between Michael Desaulniers and Sharif Khan, whose unexpectly difficult four-game first-round win over the precocious Harvard freshman gave an early glimpse of the high-powered series that would follow.
A painful stress fracture in his right foot would sideline Desaulniers for the entire 1978-79 season, but when he returned to the competitive fray the following autumn the rivalry would begin in earnest. And if Sharif was forced to deal in tactical weaponry and psychological warfare in his battle with Niederhoffer, the issue for him with Desaulniers was more one of physical survival.
Michael's blinding speed, hyperactive personality, and constantly attacking style enabled him to create an energy zone that caused meltdowns in his opposition. Playing an entire match at Michael's pace was akin to playing basketball against a full-court press, or perhaps tending goal against a two-man power play in hockey.
Though Sharif had himself always thrived on picing up the pace, it must be remembered that Desaulniers was 23 when he turned pro in the spring of 1980, and Sharif, even by his own undocumented admission, had passed his thirty-fifth birthday as the decade of the 80s began.
If this chronological disparity brought understandable stamina advantages to the young Canadian superstar, its true influence upon the character of their rivalry lies more in the deeper issues it raised both between the two athletes and for the viewing audience. For in the inevitability of the impending Desaulniers takeover, Sharif was forced at last to deal head-on with the terror that lurks behind the dream of being a star professional athlete, the terror that comes with the frightening unknowns which the end brings.
In a way it is the fate of the champion athlete, like that of the heroic warrior, to receive rewards and applause simultaneously with the means of self destruction. What both must eventually confront is the dark side of the Faustian bargain: to live all one's days knowing he can never recapture the exhilaration of those fleeting years of intensified youth. It is a powerful augury of the larger mortality that eventually claims us all. And throughout the winter of '81 Mike Desaulniers mercilessly hammered this painful point home to his valiant adversary with a ruthless finality that no one before him had ever been able to approach.
One three-week span from late January through mid-February seemed especially revealing in that regard. The pair met in the finals of all three tournaments - Minnesota, Toronto and Detroit - with Desaulniers winning first in a fifth-game overtime (18-16), then in a regulation fifth game (15-10) and finally 15-10 in the fourth, his margin of victory slightly expanding with each successive salvo.
The middle of these was the most significant, both for bringing Desaulniers his first (and only) WPSA Championship and for the exact statistical deadlock that existed on the computer rankings coming into the tournament. Desaulniers would thus leave Sharif's home city in possession of both this major title and the number 1 ranking position, which Sharif, incredibly, had held uninterrupted ever since the 1968-69 season --- a period of 12 years!
Desaulniers, who would consolidate his lead both the following week in Detroit and one month later in San Francisco, was on his way to the first of two Player of the Year awards. But Sharif, even though slightly past his prime by then, was one of the few who grasped the fact that the same full throttle that impelled Michael's furious style could also be made to imperil it, in the form of tinny patches and impetuous shot selection against a slower pace.
Several other players, notably the methodical, rock-solid veteran Clive Caldwell, also spotted these drawbacks, which that spring contributed to a brief Desaulniers slump and enabled Sharif, with a strong late-season surge, to come away with the North American Open title and top season-ending ranking, both for the final time.
The following autumn Sharif would defeat Michael in the finals of both a tour stop in Detroit and the prestigious Boston Open event, but by springtime of '82 Desaulniers had locked up the top spot with a torrid midseason tear that gave him an insurmountable rankings lead on the field. Sharif's last stand came, appropriately enough, in the North American Open, where this twelve-time Open Champion led 1-0, 8-1 before his momentum gave out and he crumbled under the glare of the hot Cleveland court and Michael's relentless attack.
Sharif still had one hurrah left, when his hometown Toronto admirers inspired him to an emotional victory over Desaulniers in the Mennen Cup, but by this time his aging frame amongst his sleekly wrought younger opponents struck the eye for time's mismatch the way Joe Louis's had next to Marciano's prime beef. It is to his everlasting credit that Sharif held his top position with heroic tenacity and, when finally forced to surrender it, did so with a dignity that belied the pain he must have been feeling.
And of Desaulniers it must similarly be said that it was he, and not the dozen-odd others who tried and failed before him, (Goldstein, Briggs, Caldwell and brother Aziz to name a few) who finally brought Sharif's reign to an end and thereby came to occupy the throne on which his rival had sat so regally for so long.
To finish this article turn to: Part III: The Mid Eighties: Jahangir and Mark
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Sharif Khan vs Victor Niederhoffer:
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Victor and Sharif ... whereas the typical match with Sharif was always played at an accelerated pace, with Sharif rushing his opponent more and more until the opposition collapsed, Victor's contests with Sharif were all memorable and more resembled chess matches. The mesmerized spectators could see the great squash minds of both players spinning as they struggled to shift tactics rapidly and gain advantage over the opponent...
Victor's mind games --- usually involving constant parrying and discussion with the referee served to annoy and distract most of his opponents. But as far as Sharif was concerned, these discourses seemed to mainly serve as a source of amusement for Sharif, who would respond to Victor and the crowd with a broad smile and glib rejoinder...
One year at the Boston Open, Victor unveiled a highly unorthodox hard serve, that was launched by leaning into the center of the court and blasting the ball at the near wall for an unexpected ricochet. This serve worked well for him up until the finals... Sharif hadn't been sleeping... on Victor's first attempt at this wierd serve, Sharif stepped up and effortlessly volleyed the serve into the nick. Victor never attempted that particular trick serve again...
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|Michael and Sharif ... Sharif in his mid thirties and Michael in his early twenties made an amazing rivalry... both player offered up a big dose of charisma both on and off the court... while Michael seemed hyperactive at all times, darting around, playing videogames at hyper-speed, nervously fidgeting, Sharif painted the picture of total confidence, often downing a large cheeseburger just before playing ... A large part of Sharif's game was the aura of physical domination that he created oncourt. With his wide, allseeing eagle eyes he would piercingly stare down his opponent and unleash extreme power at close range to back his opponent out of the center of the court... Michael, however, was not to be backed-off, and the classic photos of Michael and Sharif show them at extremely close range, jockeying to move each other out of the middle of the court ...


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Professor Stephen T. Morris
Management of Pastoral Animal Production and Health
Institute of Veterinary, Animal & Biomedical
Sciences, Massey University
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16 May 2003)
Providing feed to animals is a major cost in most animal production
systems. This has been recognised by the pig and poultry industries,
where the cost of feed is easily quantified. These industries have
made significant improvements in feed efficiency through genetic
and non-genetic means. The cost of providing feed is more difficult
to quantify in grazing systems. It includes the capital cost of
land, costs of pasture improvement, irrigation, supplementary feed,
operating and capital cost of plant, machinery and labour.
Traditionally, and still today beef producers have improved their
herds by selection for growth. Growth is an easy and economical
trait to measure and is moderately heritable. Selection for growth
traits has resulted in faster growing cattle, however it has also
resulted in the introduction of some correlated undesirable traits
such as increased birth weights leading to calving difficulties,
delayed sexual maturity and increased herd maintenance requirements
associated with the feed costs of larger animals.
In most beef cattle production systems, researchers have established
that 65-85% of total feed intake is required by the breeding cow
herd and that half of that total feed intake is required just to
maintain cow liveweight. In contrast to beef cattle, pigs and poultry
breeding feed costs represent only around 10% of the total feed
costs. Therefore the costs of maintaining the breeding cowherd
is clearly an important factor determining the efficiency of beef
Despite its economic importance farmers in New Zealand do not
usually assess the cost of feed for their farming operation. The
complimentary roles of beef cattle on sheep farms complicate the
economic assessment of feed efficiency in New Zealand's mixed
livestock farming systems. However as profitability is a function
of both inputs and outputs, there is a need to consider avenues
for reducing inputs in order to improve efficiency of production
and increase profits.
Selecting to improve the efficiency of feed conversion in a herd
has been proposed as an alternative to selecting for growth rate.
Here the producer is striving to improve the efficiency of converting
feed to gain, rather than concentrating on growth alone. Different
measures of the efficiency of growth have evolved over the years
because of the complex nature of feed use in the animal. The most
commonly used definitions to describe the efficiency of growth
Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR)
Feed conversion ratio (FCR) is a measure of the amount of feed
eaten per unit of bodyweight gain or carcass weight gain. Since
feed is the numerator, FCR should be minimised. Common values
for growing ruminants grazing pasture are around 7-10 whereas
pigs and poultry aim for values less than 2. For a production
system some people measure the feed conversion ratio for the
system as output of beef (kg liveweight or carcass weight) per
tonne of dry matter consumed. The term Feed Conversion Efficiency
(FCE) is also often used but the more correct term is FCR as
it is a ratio (i.e. feed eaten per unit of gain)
Efficiency of Feed Utilisation
Efficiency of feed utilisation is simply the reciprocal of Feed
Conversion Ratio and since feed is the denominator, it should be
maximised. The important point to remember is that more efficient
cattle will have a lower FCR and a higher efficiency of feed utilisation.
When comparing efficiency from different studies, farms or calculations
it is important to not only be clear about which term is being
used, but to be also clear about the measures (units) of inputs
and outputs used.
Intensive Finishing Systems and Feed Conversion Ratio
In theory intensive finishing systems should utilize cattle that
are capable of efficiently converting pasture to liveweight or
carcass weight. There are a number of factors that influence feed
conversion ratio or the efficiency of feed use such as liveweight,
sex, liveweight gain and breed of the animal.
Liveweight affects FCR through its effect on maintenance requirement.
The heavier the animal the greater its maintenance requirements
and, all other things being equal, the lower its FCR. For example,
a rising two-year-old steer at 350 kg liveweight has a maintenance
requirement of around 4.4 kg DM per day while a rising one-year
old steer at 200 kg LW requires around 3.1 kg DM per day for maintenance.
On a given feed supply, such as a 4-hectare (ha) paddock with
600 kg/ha of available dry matter, only 180 rising two year old
steers can be provided with a maintenance ration for three days
compared with 260 rising one year steers.
Heavier animals also require more feed above their maintenance
requirements to grow at the same rate as lighter animals, i.e.
their production requirements are higher.
To grow at a rate of 1 kg liveweight gain per day, a 350 kg steer
requires 8.6 kg DM/day of which 4.4 kg DM is the maintenance requirement
and 4.2 kg DM the production requirement. However, a 200 kg steer
requires 5.9 kg DM/day of which 3.1 kg DM is required for maintenance
and 2.8 kg DM to produce 1 kg of growth.
Therefore, lighter animals with lower maintenance and production
requirements need less feed to grow at the same rate as heavier
animals; i.e. they use feed more efficiently.
So, on the same 4 ha. paddock with 600 kg DM/ha available, 136
rising one year steers can gain 1 kg/head/day over three days while
only 93 rising two year steers can be grown at the same rate because
they cannot match the efficiency of the lighter animals.
Therefore, intensive beef production systems that start with lighter
(younger age) animals have a potential advantage over those that
start with heavier and older cattle. Another important point is
that the greater the liveweight gain, the quicker the animal reaches
slaughter weight and less time required to maintain that animal.
There is also greater output over which the maintenance costs can
be spread and hence the higher the FCR.
Sex of animal and FCR
The sex of an animal can influence FCR through
the higher (about 15%) maintenance requirement of bulls than that
of steers, with
little difference between steers and heifers. At maintenance or
at low liveweight gains (below about 0.3 kg/day) the feed requirement
of bulls is actually greater than that of steers of the same liveweight.
Note also that the feed intake of bulls and steers of the same
liveweight is often not very different. For an intake of 60 MJ
ME or 5 kg DM, bulls will grow at 0.80 kg/day and steers at 0.60
kg/day. This difference is not much more than the 15-20% extra
liveweight gain expected from the entire male over the castrate.
A second way in which sex has an effect on FCR is through the
composition of liveweight gain. The liveweight gain of bulls contains
more protein and less fat than that of steers and a similar difference
exists between steers and heifers. The cost of depositing lean
is much less than that of fat. Consequently, on this basis, the
FCR of bulls, at higher liveweight gain, will be better (less feed
per kg of gain than that of steers).
The third difference between the sexes is their potential for
liveweight gain, with entire males having a greater potential than
castrates or females. Much of this difference is really due to
the composition of gain effect and mature body weight.
Breeds and Feed Conversion Ratio
Faster growing breeds have leaner
gain and therefore a higher FCR although some claim they may pay
a slight penalty in terms
of a higher maintenance requirement, somewhat like bulls. On the
other hand, faster growing breeds also become heavier and this
counts against FCR.
In summary it can be said that lighter cattle of the same breed
and sex, growing at the same rate, as heavier ones will require
less feed per kg gain. Similarly, if animals are of the same weight,
the faster growing ones will be the more efficient.
Efficiency of feed use on a herd basis
There is however a need
to go a step further and look at feed efficiency across the whole
production system. To compare the feed
conversion efficiency of systems of beef production, the total
feed required over the entire finishing period needs to be divided
by the total beef output of the system.
Although FCR is an important component of intensive beef production,
the seasonal pattern of the feed demand is also of significance.
The lower the winter feed demand and the higher the spring demand,
the lower the need for expensive pasture conservation as silage
or hay or for winter feed crops. Systems buying calves in November
have the advantage of doubling the number of stock over the late
spring-early summer period when herbage growth usually increases.
Selecting animals that are more efficient in their Feed Utilisation
The major disadvantage of selection for FCR is that it increases mature weight
and this is a highly undesirable correlated response in the breeding cowherd.
In response to this other measures of the efficiency of feed use have been
An issue that is of considerable practical interest is the extent to which
individual animals are more or less efficient than would be expected for an
animal of their weight and growth rate. This trait has been termed the net
feed conversion efficiency or the residual feed intake. More efficient cattle
can theoretically be found within any desired cattle weight range, and selection
for improved net feed conversion efficiency (hereafter referred to, as Net
Feed Efficiency) will not increase mature size.
Net Feed Efficiency (NFE)
Net feed efficiency (NFE) refers to variation in feed
intake between animals beyond that related to differences in growth and liveweight.
Consequently it is expected that selection for improved NFE may
reduce herd feed costs with little or no adverse changes in growth
performance. Ranking animals on NFE requires measuring differences
in their feed intake, liveweight and growth rate over a defined
test period. A high NFE bull will consume less feed than expected
over the test period and have a lower (negative) net feed intake.
A low NFE bull will consume more feed than expected over the test
period and have a higher (positive) net feed intake. An animal's
expected feed intake is predicted from the test groups' average
feed requirements for a particular growth (say 1 kg/head/day) and
liveweight maintained (say 300 kg). An animals net feed intake
is simply the difference between its predicted feed intake and
its actual feed intake.
An example of how feed intake is a function of liveweight is shown
in the following conceptual data (Figure 1). In figure 1, as expected,
feed intake increases with animal liveweight so that bigger animals
eat more. However, there is variation and although heavier animals
eat more, there are some that are eating much less than expected
(shown below the line). Also small animals may eat more or less
than expected. This difference from expectation is termed residual
feed intake and used as the net feed efficiency term. The units
are kg feed per day, the values are likely to be normally distributed,
and by definition the mean is zero.
What is happening here is that feed intake is effectively partitioned
into two components 1) the fed intake expected for the given level
of production; and 2) a residual portion. The residual portion
can then be used to identify those animals, which deviate from
their expected level of feed intake, and they can be classified
as high efficiency (negative residual intake) or
lower efficiency (positive residual feed intake). Since "residual" is
a statistical term which may be confusing, the term Net Feed Efficiency
is used.
If genetic improvement for net feed efficiency is
undertaken in New Zealand then it will generate profit when steers
are finished
for slaughter sooner or at heavier liveweights when slaughtered
at the same time, however, greater gains may come from the improvement
in NFE when it is applied to beef breeding cows.
EBV's for net feed efficiency have been developed by Breedplan
and are available for industry use. The Australians have some industry
guidelines for conducting NFE tests. These tests are either conducted
on-farm or at central locations where animals from different properties
are tested together in uniform conditions. A feeding system that
gives accurate measurement of individual animal feed intake is
required. The test usually lasts for 70 days and uses automated
self feeders (with a ration of grain and hay) and cattle with electronic
We need to be sure this is cost effective for our New Zealand
grass-fed conditions and that is the purpose of a MeatNZ funded
trial at Massey University. Firstly evaluating if selection for
NFE using Australian derived EBV's is valid under our grazing
conditions and secondly if it is to then devise systems of testing.
We are using the n-alkane method and the before and after grazing
pasture measurements to estimate animal intakes The difference
in EBV's between the high NFE and low NFE bulls used in our
2001 matings translated to an expected 13% difference when there
progeny weighed 300kg, grew at 1.0 kg/day and consumed 8 kg of
dry matter per day.
Selection for improved NFE needs to be assessed in conjunction
with improvement in other traits such as liveweight gain (for example
600 day weight EBV) and maternal traits (for example 200 day milk
EBV). At the same time as NFE is being assessed selection for high
and low 600-day liveweight EBV and 200 day milk EBV are being evaluated.
Although not part of the original objectives of the trial we will
be able to make an estimation of the value of using high 600 day
EBV bulls (i.e. bulls in the top 10% for that particular trait)
over commercial cows and then recording the performance of steer
and heifer progeny under normal farming conditions.
In year one only the high and low 600 day and 200 day milk EBV
lines were generated and in the second year (calving 2002) the
high and low Net Feed Efficiency progeny (and the appropriate link
bulls with year one) were generated and will be moved to Massey
in May 2003.
The 2001 born steers arrived at an average liveweight of 255 kg
and the heifers weighed 244 kg. The steers have been split into
two - one group to be finished at 20 months and the other at 30
months of age. The liveweight gain of the 20-month group of steers
has averaged 0.85 – kg/head /day from arrival until 25 February
2003 when they weighed 511 Kg. The 30-month groups liveweight gains
have been 0.60 kg/head/day since arrival and they weighed 433 kg
on 25 February 2003. We have been measuring intakes on these animals
but the laboratory analyses of these intakes have yet to be processed.
The heifers are being run together and have been monitored for
onset of puberty with tailpainting and weekly blood sampling to
assess progesterone levels, an indication of when first oestrus
occurs. Onset of oestrus was quite slow last spring and some animals
had not cycled (as indicated by progesterone assay) when the bull
went in on 25 November. There was no difference in onset of puberty
between the selection lines (i.e. high or low 600 day or milk EBV's).
The heifers were mated to four yearling Angus bulls all of which
had similar EBV figures for growth and all were fewer than 3.5
for birthweight EBV. Pregnancy rates were 90% in these heifers
over three cycles of mating with no difference between selection
The first feed intake measurements on the heifers were made in
late June and a second measurement was made in October. We are
using two techniques here, n- alkanes an indirect marker technique
and a before and after grazing technique. The latter involves splitting
the selection lines so that each group and placing them into individual
lanes within a paddock and then allocating each line the same daily
allowance per kg of liveweight (i.e. daily break size is dependent
on liveweight of group) to grow at the planned liveweight gain
(in this case 1 kg/head/day). Early results indicate no differences
in intake between selection lines.
If we accept that an objective of breeding programs might be to
increase the efficiency of production and irrespective of how efficiency
is defined; the efficiency of feed utilisation will form a major
component of the breeding program objective. Feed conversion ratio
although important in a beef systems context (i.e. more efficient
systems have lower FCR) when we select for animals on FCR or efficiency
of feed use we may be increasing mature size, which is detrimental
to a cow-calf system. Selection programmes might be better to use
Net Feed Efficiency to select for efficient animals however this
has yet to be evaluated under New Zealand pasture conditions.
Nicol, A.M. 1999. Principles of Intensive Beef Finishing. New
Zealand Beef Council Publication BC4. Intensive Beef Production,
McRae, A.F. 1999. Beef Finishing – some profitability issues.
A paper presented to Central Districts/Wairarapa Beef Council.
New Zealand Beef Council Publication, BC 31
Smeaton, D.C. 2003. Profitable Beef Production. A New Zealand Beef
Council Publication.
Contact Information
Steve Morris
Institute of Veterinary, Animal & Biomedical Sciences (IVABS)
Mail Code 411
Massey University
Private Bag 11-222
Palmerston North
Phone: 06 350 5364
Fax: 06 350 5616
Email: email@example.com
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Country: USA
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- Herbivore diet breadth mediates the cascading effects of carnivores in food websMichael S Singer
Department of Biology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 111:9521-6. 2014..We conclude that herbivore diet breadth is a key functional trait underlying the trophic effects of carnivores on both herbivores and plants. ..
- Tritrophic interactions at a community level: effects of host plant species quality on bird predation of caterpillarsMichael S Singer
Department of Biology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459, USA
Am Nat 179:363-74. 2012..These results highlight the interrelatedness of plant-herbivore and herbivore-carnivore interactions and thus the importance of a tritrophic perspective...
- Disentangling food quality from resistance against parasitoids: diet choice by a generalist caterpillarMichael S Singer
Department of Entomology, Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
Am Nat 164:423-9. 2004..The resistance of individual caterpillars was associated with the relative amount of defensive plants eaten as well as with the sequestration of pyrrolizidine alkaloids from one such plant (Senecio longilobus)...
- Self-medication as adaptive plasticity: increased ingestion of plant toxins by parasitized caterpillarsMichael S Singer
Department of Biology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
PLoS ONE 4:e4796. 2009....
- Can caterpillar density or host-plant quality explain host-plant-related parasitism of a generalist forest caterpillar assemblage?Timothy E Farkas
Department of Biology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 06459, USA
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Today, many businesses are struggling to stay afloat because of troubles in the financial services industry, which have led to more-restrictive lending policies. In late winter and early spring, the St. Louis Fed's Community Affairs department helped address the financing needs of small business by gathering key stakeholders to share their perspectives on lending matters.
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- The economy continues to be an issue for small businesses, particularly with available capital and access to capital; consequently, many small businesses are more fragile. "The best customers we cater to are hunkering down, and we continue to support them in difficult times as best we can," said one banker. He explained that if his bank can't give a loan to a long-time customer, another bank won't give that person a loan, either.
- For some, credit cards were their primary source of capital, but with some banks cutting credit card limits, owners are finding it harder to get other types of credit.
- Stricter underwriting standards are limiting the supply of loans to small business. Financial institutions have returned to more traditional underwriting standards, which are more dependent on equity and cash flow than on credit scores. At the St. Louis meeting, one financial institution representative described this as "getting back to lending basics in underwriting."
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- Participants agreed that the U.S. Small Business Administration loan programs are great; however, most financial institutions have not taken advantage of the new programs and increased guarantees. Many bankers see SBA products as requiring too much preparation and monitoring of the loans as too cumbersome.
- Collaboration between financial institutions and support-service providers is needed to sustain small-business development. A referral system and better communication are needed between the organizations.
Findings from these local meetings are being combined with information collected from around the country. As a result of what the Fed learned, the Fed's Board of Governors in August will share the findings and best practices and discuss future actions. In the Eighth District, the next step will be to bring together lenders, technical-assistance providers and alternative financial providers to explore the possibility of developing a loan fund for the St. Louis region. Several meeting participants have expressed their interest in being part of the ongoing dialogue.
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Dublin has variety concerning first date ideas. There are many places to choose from for your first date. The first date ideas Dublin has are wide in collection and satisfy almost ever need you may have…
We are going to look into some ideas in Dublin
Dublin has beautiful restaurants that offer different courses or meals. Depending on what interests you, this is among the first date ideas Dublin offers. You can discuss with your date so that both of you are comfortable during the date. There are coffee houses, restaurants specializing in various foods and clubs as well. These are all ideas you would want to consider before having your first Dublin date. You can seek help from those who have visited these places. They will help you choose the appropriate setting.
Dublin has beautiful beaches, forests and parks. Its landscape and features join in the list of first date ideas Dublin gives. You can choose any of these outdoor settings and enjoy your first date. The idea is to be comfortable and have fun with your date. Walks in the parks or at the beach are some of the first date ideas Dublin has to offer. These are refreshing and relaxing. Those that are not thrilled by sitting in restaurants can choose any of these. You can also combine two ideas in one date. There are theme parks as well. If you are both comfortable with it, you can choose to attend.
Some people choose ideas depending on how they expect the date to progress. Some have attended matches for example the loved rugby matches. It is also among the great first date ideas Dublin offers especially to the sporty people. They will definitely enjoy each others company while watching the game. You can choose to go to a concert. This is also among the first date ideas Dublin offers to those that like dancing, arts or music. The best part about first date ideas Dublin offers is that they have a way of satisfying your interests as well as allow you to enjoy your time together as a date.
First date ideas Dublin has to offer range from romantic, indoor to outdoor date ideas. With this variety at your disposal, it would be wise to consider a few considerations. First dates are about making an impression and starting to know a little about each other. You begin to introducing yourselves to one another. With this in mind, I suppose indoor or calm outdoor ideas are the best options. Choose what will allow you to hold a conversation without distractions or any interruption Dublin is such an amazing place. It is even more amazing to realize that you have almost all options at your disposal.
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itwbennett writes "Use of the GPL, LGPL, and AGPL set of licenses is declining at an accelerating rate, according to new analysis by the 451 Group's Matthew Aslett. In fact, the 451 Group projects that GPL usage will hit 50% by September 2012. Instead, developers are licensing projects under permissive licenses such as the MIT, Apache (ASL), BSD, and Ms-PL. The shift started in 2007 and has been gathering momentum ever since. Blogger Brian Proffitt posits that 'the creation of the GPLv3 and the sometimes contentious discussion that led up to it' may be partly responsible for the move away from the GPL."


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Katherine Meadow McTyeire passed away peacefully at home on December 18, 2013. A lifelong resident of Birmingham, Mrs. McTyeire was the daughter of the late Evelyn Adams and Bert Monroe Meadow. She was preceded in death by her husband of almost 62 years, William Walter McTyeire, Jr., a son Bert Meadow McTyeire, and a sister, Evelyn Meadow LaBan of Englewood, New Jersey. Born January 7, 1920, she was educated in Birmingham public schools, Fairfax Hall in Waynesboro, Virginia and Birmingham-Southern College. Mrs. McTyeire was perhaps best known for founding Iron Art, Inc., a home furnishings retail store and design studio, which began on the Southside of Birmingham and later moved to Mountain Brook Village. For 58 years, she was widely recognized as a pioneering female business owner. She served as Director of AmSouth Bank (now Regions), Big B Drugs, the Birmingham Area Chamber of Commerce, and Better Business Bureau of Alabama, where she also served as its President. Mrs. McTyeire also served on the advisory boards of the School of Business for the University of Alabama in Birmingham and Auburn University, where she also served as an Executive in Residence. She was elected into the Kiwanis Club of Birminghams Business Hall of Fame and selected as Woman of the Year by the Business and Professional Women of Birmingham. Mrs. McTyeire was a highly successful businesswoman who modeled and mentored others, balancing the demands of business, civic responsibility and family. In 1969, she was appointed by Governor Albert Brewer to chair the Alabama Sesquicentennial Commission on the occasion of the states 150th anniversary. McTyeire was also selected as a Trustee, Birmingham-Southern College where she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Law degree, as well as being the President of the National Alumni Association; former Co-Chairman of the General Campaign of United Way of Central Alabama; and appointed by the City of Mountain Brook to organize and chair the Emmet ONeal Library Board, for which she currently serves as Trustee Emeritus of its Foundation. She served as President of the Womens Committee of 100, the Junior League of Birmingham, and Mercy Home (now Gateway). McTyeire also helped organize the first merchants association of Mountain Brook. Mrs. McTyeire also served on the advisory boards of Auburn Universitys Interior Design program, Southern Institute, UABs Presidents Advisory Council, Leadership Birmingham and the American Red Cross. She was a member of the Rotary Club of Birmingham, Salvation Army Auxiliary, National Society of Colonial Dames in America, Linly Heflin Unit, Birmingham/Jefferson County Historical Society, French Huguenots, Daughters of Colonial Wars, Daughters of the American Revolution, Newcomen Society, Arlington Association, Lee Society of Virginia, and an allied member of the American Society of Interior Design (ASID). She was named a Woman of Distinction by the Girl Scouts of Central Alabama, and given The Order of the Pearl Award by Kappa Delta Sorority. She was also a member of the First Church of Christ Scientist. McTyeire and her husband built a summer home in Ft. Walton Beach in 1951 where they spent many years enjoying golf and fishing with their children and entertaining friends. Survivors include children William Walter McTyeire, III of Linville, North Carolina, Robert Adams McTyeire (Pam) of Mary Esther, Florida, Katherine McTyeire Millhouse (David) and Helen McTyeire Drennen (Richard); grandchildren William Walter McTyeire, IV (Koko), John Holland McTyeire (Sara), Blair McTyeire Breland (Breece), Robert McCoy Millhouse, Katherine Millhouse Roeder (Michael), Adam Roy Millhouse, Evelyn Adams Drennen, Virginia Hagood Drennen; great grandchildren Elizabeth Holland McTyeire and Elle Meadow Breland; and many nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Katherine Meadow McTyeire Scholarship Fund at Birmingham-Southern College (900 Arkadelphia Road, 35204), the Emmet ONeal Library (50 Oak Street, 35213) or the First Church of Christ Scientist (209 Oxmoor Circle, Suite 701, 35209). The family also appreciates the loving care, friendship and support of Annie Johnson, LaTrenda Johnson, Teresa Hervey, Hattie ONeal and Doris Robinson. A private family graveside service will be held Friday.
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Gold for December delivery at the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange was increasing 90 cents to $1,366.60 an ounce. The gold price traded as high as $1,373.20 and as low as $1,351.60 an ounce, while the spot price was climbing $4.25.
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FRS is the Functional Requirement Specification it is a intial phase of SDLC. Gathering the requirements from customer and prepares the Business Requirement specification by Business Analyst's.
Next in Analysis phase System Analysts analyze the BRS and prepare the SRS (System Requirement Specification).
BRD is a high level documention (means tables) and SRS/FRS is Low level documention (use case diagrams)
Hi Sabita
As per my concerned if this question will majorly asked during Interview processes or during any internal meetings, then should be answered in a sentence , also I appreciated the detailed information of "Indy"
BRS: Stands for Business requirement Specification which defines the requirement of the client to be developed.
FRS: Stands for Functional Requirement Specification which defines the architectural process of a particular requirement , while
SRS: stands for Software Requirement specification which defines the functional requirement to be developed and system requirement to be used.
While the basic difference in them is that the BRS comes under the HLD (High Level Design) and SRS and FRS will come under the LLD(Low Level Design) process of Designing Phase of SDLC process.
Also BRS comes under the SQA process of Development while FRS and SRS will come under the SQC process.
I want to add a point to get a clear understanding of what SRS is:
1st is software requirement specification
2nd is functional requirement specification
................................................NO DIFFERENCE..........................other then definations
Call it BRS, FRS, SRS, FRD, BRD......or call it by any other term.. Objective is same....Requirments are Discussed->Gathered->Listed/Mentioned....Reviews are done.....Final Doc is made which comes in as a final Draft for Further Process (Design->Development->Test)
People Involved are...Customer->BA->Develeopers&Testers (Including or excluding Team Managers and Process Review Teams)...that to depend upon organizations...no hard and fast rule.....
BRS: Business Requirement specification-It is a ruff documentation prepared by Business Analyst gather the information from Client.
SRS and FRS : System Requirement Specification and Functional Requirement Specification both are similar, here PM/PL prepares Technical Documentation with help of BRS.