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Cranswick PLC (CWK) - Half Yearly Report RNS Number : 9377R Cranswick PLC 26 November 2012 CRANSWICK plc: INTERIM RESULTS Continued growth Cranswick plc ("Cranswick" or "the Company" or "the Group"), a leading UK supplier of pork products, announces its unaudited results for the six months ended 30 September 2012. Highlights: · Reported revenues up 6 per cent to £418.6m (2011: £393.9m) · Underlying revenues increased by 5 per cent * · Profit before tax rose by 21 per cent to £22.5m (2011: £18.5m) · Earnings per share up 23 per cent to 35.8p (2011: 29.2p) · Adjusted earnings per share 19 per cent higher at 35.8p (2011: 30.1p) · Dividend increased to 9.4p per share (2011: 9.0p) · Net debt £32.2m (30 Sept 2011: £48.2m) · Kingston Foods Limited acquired on 29 June 2012 * Excluding Kingston Foods Cranswick's Chairman, Martin Davey, said: "It is pleasing to report continued growth in sales, in what continues to be a difficult economic and consumer environment, reflecting the ongoing popularity of pork with the consumer, driven by both the versatility and the low relative price of pork to other proteins. "Kingston Foods has made an encouraging contribution to the Group since acquisition and has further extended Cranswick's customer portfolio and strengthened the Group's cooked meat production capability. "Rising input costs were a feature of trading during the period and this has continued into the second half, although efficiency improvements brought about by investment undertaken by the business and ongoing constructive pricing discussions with customers have helped offset the full impact of this. "The Board currently anticipates a more balanced trading performance between the first and second halves compared to last year when there was a strong second half bias. The strategy for the development of the business remains unchanged with future growth being generated by a combination of acquisitions and organic initiatives". -ends- Enquiries: Paul Quade 07947 186 694 CityRoad Communications 0207 248 8010 Note to editors: Cranswick was formed in the early 1970s by farmers in East Yorkshire to produce animal feed and has since evolved into a business focused on the supply of food products to the UK food retail and food service sectors. Well known for the production of gourmet sausages the Company also supplies fresh pork, cooked meats, air-dried bacon, charcuterie, sandwiches and pastry products. Products are sold primarily under retailers own labels including Sainsbury's 'Taste The Difference' and Tesco's 'Finest' as well as under a number of brands such as 'Simply Sausages', 'The Black Farmer', 'Weightwatchers' and 'Red Lion Foods'. Sales in the year to March 2012 were £821 million and have grown more than 350 per cent over ten years. Chairman's statement It is pleasing to report continued growth in sales in what continues to be a difficult economic and consumer environment. Underlying turnover in the six months ended 30 September 2012 was 5 per cent ahead of the same period last year reflecting the ongoing popularity of pork with the consumer, driven by both the versatility and the low relative price of pork to other proteins. Total sales for the six months were 6 per cent higher after taking into account the contribution from Kingston Foods which was acquired on 29 June 2012. Kingston Foods has made, as anticipated, an encouraging contribution to the Group since acquisition and has further extended Cranswick's customer portfolio and strengthened the Group's cooked meat production capability. Profit before taxation for the period increased by 21 per cent to £22.5 million from the £18.5 million achieved in a tough first half a year ago. Earnings per share were up by 23 per cent at 35.8 pence compared to 29.2 pence last year. This has been a solid performance by the business during a period when further investment was undertaken in the asset base to provide the platform for continued growth. Trading highlights and details of capital expenditure are covered in the Review of Activities by the Chief Executive, Adam Couch. Adam was appointed Chief Executive on 1 August 2012 as indicated when reporting to Shareholders in May 2012. Operating cash inflow in the period was £18.1 million compared to £19.0 million in the same period a year ago. At 30 September net debt stood at £32.2 million compared to £48.2 million at the same time last year and £21.7 million at the March financial year end. Interest was covered 60 times. The Group is in a sound financial position further details of which are provided in the Financial Review. Rising input costs were a feature of trading during the period and this has continued into the second half. It impacted margins initially although efficiency improvements brought about by investment undertaken by the business and ongoing constructive pricing discussions with customers have helped offset the full impact of this. The interim dividend is being increased to 9.4 pence per share from 9.0 pence previously and will be paid on 25 January 2013 to Shareholders on the register at the close of business on 7 December 2012. Shareholders will once again have the option to receive the dividend by way of scrip issue. The successful performance of the business in the period is a reflection of the expertise, enthusiasm and commitment of the management and their colleagues at each of our product focussed facilities and on behalf of the Board I express our sincere thanks and appreciation. The Board currently anticipates a more balanced trading performance between the first and second halves compared to last year when there was a strong second half bias. The strategy for the development of the business remains unchanged with future growth being generated by a combination of acquisitions and organic initiatives. Martin Davey Chairman 26 November 2012 Review of activities It is pleasing to report continued growth, with underlying revenues increasing by 5 per cent for the 6 months to 30 September 2012. This growth is particularly satisfying when considered against the backdrop of the continuing difficult consumer environment. The retail environment remains challenging with many of the Group's customers reporting flat or, at best, modest sales and earnings growth. This notwithstanding, the value proposition of pork remains strong, particularly compared to both beef and lamb. Pork's health attributes and versatility both as an ingredient and as a complete meal solution continue to find favour with the consumer. Fresh pork sales increased by 1 per cent. This was on top of the 14 per cent growth achieved in the same period last year. Further investment in the infrastructure of both the Norfolk and Hull facilities has led to increased overall capacity and improved efficiencies. At the Hull site, investment in rapid chilling has increased carcass yields and further expenditure in butchery has delivered significant throughput improvements. Both operations now have full approval to export to China and the Asian market is being targeted with a wide ranging portfolio of pork products. In addition, breaded pork products continue to show good growth with further retail listings expected in the coming months. Sausage sales grew by 15 per cent, despite the disappointing summer weather. This strong growth underlines the resilience of the premium sausage category, as consumers continue to recognise and appreciate the quality, value and versatility of Cranswick's gourmet sausage offering. These products are now a shopping basket staple with the top tier, premium range now representing over a third of total retail sausage sales. The strong growth in the first six months of the year was augmented by an exciting new range of gourmet beef burgers which have been developed with the same uncompromising focus on quality with fresh ingredients and an artisan production process. Bacon sales improved by 6 per cent in the first six months of the year across a wide retail client base helped by targeted promotional plans and strong category management. The Group has also successfully developed further retail listings for gammon products which have significantly increased volumes through the factory and which are expected to lead to further opportunities going forward. These developments have been supported by further investment at the Sherburn-in-Elmet site to drive improved yields, increased operational efficiencies and enhanced volume capability going forward. Cooked meats performed strongly during the first half of the year with total sales ahead by 10 per cent including the contribution from Kingston Foods. New product development continues to be a key focus of Group activities and particularly pleasing has been the development of a premium hand-cured, air-dried ham range for one of the Group's principal retail customers. This range is the culmination of work undertaken at the Hull, Sherburn-in-Elmet and Barnsley sites. This premium ham has delivered a new benchmark for taste and visual presentation in the category and sales are showing a pleasing positive trend. Work has started on extending the Sutton Fields cooked meats facility in Hull. The extension will provide increased capacity to meet anticipated sales growth and will also improve production flows through the factory which in turn will drive efficiency benefits. Cranswick has a strong reputation for producing premium products of the highest quality. This ethos has been further demonstrated by the development of a range of artisan handmade pastry products. Pastry sales showed a good increase on the same period last year from a modest base. Buoyed by this positive performance and with the existing facilities operating at capacity, construction of a state of the art production facility in Malton, North Yorkshire is now underway. The project, which is earmarked for completion in the spring of 2013, will allow the Group to progress further its ambitions in this sector. Customers have been secured and an exciting range of products is being developed to launch when the site is commissioned next year. Sales of continental products were 2 per cent ahead of the same period last year. This was an outstanding performance given the loss of business with a major retail customer over the last 12 months. Key highlights in this category have been the new listings of fresh pasta with a major grocery retailer and the introduction of a new retail customer for value added lines. Sandwich sales increased by 9 per cent. The business has secured additional listings in the retail convenience market which will be used as a solid base upon which to build. Sales were also boosted by the Atherstone facility supplying sandwiches to key sporting events over the summer period which included the Olympic opening ceremony. As has been widely reported in the media, food inflation is a key area of concern to retailers, processors and pig producers alike. Higher feed costs are being reflected in increased pig prices, not only in the UK but across Europe. In addition, the impending increased welfare legislation in the EU member states, which comes in to force on 1 January 2013, is already impacting availability and pricing of pig meat from that region and may lead to further EU herd contraction in 2013. With firm demand and tightening supply, UK pig prices are currently at record levels. This is an issue affecting the whole supply chain and the scale of the inflation and the need to ensure continuity of supply has necessitated discussions on price increases with the Group's customers; these are underway and progressing well. Despite the well documented challenges faced by the pig industry both at home and across Europe, the business' retail customers and the UK consumer, the Group has delivered a pleasing first half performance through focused alignment with customer and consumer needs. This action is supported by well invested, highly efficient, industry leading facilities and strong management in all areas of the business. Given the difficult wider consumer environment, these key attributes are and will remain imperative to Cranswick's future successful performance and development. Adam Couch Chief Executive 26 November 2012 Financial review The Group is presenting its interim financial information for the six months to 30 September 2012 with comparative information for the six months to 30 September 2011 and the year to 31 March 2012. Revenue Revenue increased by 6 per cent from £393.9 million to £418.6 million. Adjusting for the contribution from Kingston Foods Limited which was acquired on 29 June 2012, underlying sales increased by 5 per cent, with positive contributions from all categories. Group operating profit Group operating profit at £22.8 million was 17 per cent higher. Operating margin at 5.5 per cent of sales was also well above the 5.0 per cent delivered in the same period last year, albeit lower than the 5.7 per cent, before goodwill impairment, reported for the last financial year as a whole. The lower operating margin reported in the first half of the previous financial year reflected a sharp increase in input costs during the first quarter. Input costs eased in the second quarter and this together with some inflation recovery from the Group's customers and robust export sales and margins led to a strong second half performance. There was modest input cost inflation during the first half of the current financial year and this, together with less buoyant export margins, resulted in the Group operating margin falling back from the level achieved in the second half of the last financial year. Interest Net financing costs at £0.4 million were 24 per cent lower than the first half of the prior year, reflecting lower net borrowings. Interest cover improved from 37.7 times to 59.9 times. Taxation The tax charge as a percentage of profit before tax was 23.3 per cent (2011: 24.7 per cent). The standard rate of corporation tax was 24 per cent (2011: 26 per cent). The charge for both the current and prior periods benefited from a £0.3 million deferred tax credit following a 1 per cent enacted reduction in the UK corporation tax rate from April 2013 (2011: April 2012). Adjusting for this credit the underlying effective rate was 24.6 per cent (2011: 26.5 per cent). Earnings per share Basic earnings per share rose by 23 per cent to 35.8 pence in the six months to 30 September 2012. After adjusting for the impact of the associate, Farmers Boy (Deeside) Limited, in the prior year, adjusted earnings per share were still 19 per cent higher (note 5). The average number of shares in issue was 48,115,000 (2011: 47,634,000). Acquisitions On 29 June 2012 the Group acquired 100 per cent of the issued share capital of Kingston Foods Limited for an initial cash consideration of £6.0 million net of cash acquired of £1.9 million. A further £2.5 million of consideration may become payable contingent on the performance of the business during a three year period from the date of acquisition. Kingston made an encouraging start under Cranswick ownership contributing £0.3 million to the Group's profit after tax in the period following acquisition. Cash flow and borrowings The net cash inflow from operating activities was £18.1 million (2011: £19.0 million) reflecting a £6.9 million working capital increase in the period driven by revenue growth and higher inventory levels which were built ahead of rising input costs. Net debt increased in the six month period by £10.6 million to £32.2 million, but was £16.0 million lower than the previous half year end level. Cash flow included £14.6 million of capital expenditure and the net £6.0 million spent on the acquisition of Kingston Foods Limited. Net debt fell to just 13 per cent of shareholders' funds (2011: 21 per cent) as the Group's balance sheet continues to be conservatively managed. The Group's current bank facility of £100 million extends to July 2015 and provides the business with generous headroom and medium term funding to meet its objectives. Pensions The Group operates a number of defined contribution pension schemes whereby contributions are made to schemes operated by major insurance companies. Contributions to these schemes are determined as a percentage of employees' earnings. The Group also operates a defined benefit pension scheme which has been closed to further benefit accrual since 2004. The deficit on this scheme at 30 September 2012 was £5.7 million which compared to £5.3 million at 31 March 2012. Cash contributions to the scheme during the period, as part of the programme to reduce the deficit, were £0.6 million. The present value of funded obligations was £21.7 million and the fair value of plan assets was £16.0 million. The valuation of the defined benefit pension liability is dependent upon market conditions and actuarial methods and assumptions (including mortality assumptions). Such changes in actuarial assumptions and the performance of the funds may result in changes to amounts charged or released through the income statement and the Group may be required to pay increased pension contributions in the future. The Board will regularly review its pension strategy with reference to the value of assets and liabilities under the pension scheme as well as the potential impact of changes in actuarial assumptions. Principal risks and uncertainties There are a number of risks and uncertainties facing the business in the second half of the financial year. The Board considers these risks and uncertainties to be the same as those described in the Report & Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2012, dated 21 May 2012, a copy of which is available on the Group's website at www.cranswick.co.uk. The principal risks and uncertainties which are set out in detail on pages 14 to 17 of the Report & Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2012 are: Industry risks Operational Human resource Financial risks risks risks · State of the economy · Interest rate, · Food safety · Health & currency, liquidity · Competition, safety and credit risk customer retention and · Business reliance on key customers continuity · Ethical · Granting of management credit and · Raw material price · Legislation recoverability of fluctuations · Staff debt · Overseas recruitment and · Environmental markets retention · Business matters acquisitions · Technology · Access to · Food scares and workforce product contamination · Business integration · Supplier standards Country and currency risk The Board continues to be mindful of the current difficult global economic conditions and in particular those facing the Eurozone. The Board considers the risk facing the Group in this respect to be limited, with all of the Group's operations located in the UK and more than 95 per cent of the Group's sales being to UK customers. However, the Board continues to closely monitor the Group's policies on granting of credit to overseas customers and terms of trade with foreign suppliers including hedging foreign currency purchases and considers that the associated risks are being managed appropriately. Forward looking information This interim report contains certain forward looking statements. These statements are made by the Directors in good faith based on the information available to them at the time of their approval of this report and such statements should be treated with caution due to the inherent uncertainties, including both economic and business risk factors, underlying any such forward looking information. Going concern The Group's business activities, together with the factors likely to affect its future development, performance and position are set out in the 'Review of activities'. The financial position of the Group, its cash flows, liquidity position and borrowing facilities are described above. The Group has considerable financial resources together with strong trading relationships with its key customers and suppliers. As a consequence, the Directors believe that the Group is well placed to manage its business risk successfully, despite the current uncertain economic outlook. After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the condensed consolidated interim financial statements. Mark Bottomley Finance Director 26 November 2012 Cranswick plc: Group income statement (unaudited) for the six months ended 30 September 2012 Notes Half year Year to 2012 2011 31 March 2012 £'000 £'000 £'000 Revenue 418,645 393,932 820,775 Cost of sales (367,649) (348,143) (718,605) Gross profit 50,996 45,789 102,170 Operating expenses excluding impairment (28,162) (26,269) (55,434) Group operating profit before impairment 22,834 19,520 46,736 Impairment of goodwill - - (4,924) Group operating profit 22,834 19,520 41,812 Share of results of associate - (514) (712) Profit on disposal of associate - - 8,254 Profit before net finance costs and tax 22,834 19,006 49,354 Finance revenue 39 78 151 Finance costs (420) (582) (1,154) Profit before tax 22,453 18,502 48,351 Taxation 4 (5,238) (4,575) (10,871) Profit for the period 17,215 13,927 37,480 Earnings per share (pence) On profit for the period: Basic 5 35.8p 29.2p 78.6p Diluted 5 35.7p 29.2p 78.4p Adjusted (excluding effect of associate and goodwill impairment): Basic 5 35.8p 30.1p 72.9p Diluted 5 35.7p 30.1p 72.7p Cranswick plc: Group statement of comprehensive income (unaudited) for the six months ended 30 September 2012 Half year Year to 31 March 2012 2011 2012 £'000 £'000 £'000 Profit for the period 17,215 13,927 37,480 Other comprehensive income Movement on hedging items: Losses arising in the period (15) (3) (69) Reclassification adjustment for losses/ (gains) included in the income statement 69 (146) (146) Actuarial losses on defined benefit pension scheme (899) (1,835) (3,504) Deferred tax relating to components of other comprehensive income 195 496 892 Other comprehensive income for the (650) (1,488) (2,827) period, net of tax Total comprehensive income for the period attributable to owners of the parent 16,565 12,439 34,653 Cranswick plc: Group balance sheet (unaudited) at 30 September 2012 Half year As at 31 March 2012 2011 2012 £'000 £'000 £'000 Non-current assets Intangible assets 130,382 127,763 122,839 Property, plant and equipment 138,003 124,569 130,853 Investment in associate - 5,277 - Financial assets 1,050 3,846 1,398 Total non-current assets 269,435 261,455 255,090 Current assets Inventories 44,311 39,302 38,516 Trade and other receivables 91,161 85,611 85,534 Financial assets 696 1,321 696 Cash and short-term deposits 10,705 7,351 20,100 Total current assets 146,873 133,585 144,846 Assets held for sale - - 221 Total assets 416,308 395,040 400,157 Current liabilities Trade and other payables (94,572) (92,271) (91,078) Financial liabilities (326) (335) (1,624) Income tax payable (6,015) (5,182) (5,936) Provisions (189) (410) (389) Total current liabilities (101,102) (98,198) (99,027) Non-current liabilities Other payables (434) (526) (462) Financial liabilities (46,741) (59,236) (42,301) Deferred tax liabilities (6,446) (7,595) (7,093) Provisions (188) - - Defined benefit pension scheme deficit (5,725) (4,220) (5,342) Total non-current liabilities (59,534) (71,577) (55,198) Total liabilities (160,636) (169,775) (154,225) Net assets 255,672 225,265 245,932 Equity Called-up share capital 4,833 4,772 4,803 Share premium account 60,221 57,033 58,642 Treasury shares - (136) - Share-based payments 6,579 4,819 5,603 Hedging reserve (15) (3) (69) Retained earnings 184,054 158,780 176,953 Equity attributable to owners of the parent 255,672 225,265 245,932 Cranswick plc: Group statement of cash flows (unaudited) for the six months ended 30 September 2012 Half year Year to 31 March 2012 2011 2012 £'000 £'000 £'000 Operating activities Profit for the period 17,215 13,927 37,480 Adjustments to reconcile Group profit for the period to net cash inflows from operating activities: Income tax expense 5,238 4,575 10,871 Net finance costs 381 504 1,003 Fair value adjustment to put option in - (95) (95) relation to associate Share of result of associate - 514 712 Gain on sale of associate - - (8,254) Gain on sale of property, plant and equipment (32) (22) (140) Depreciation of property, plant and equipment 7,579 6,750 13,972 Impairment of goodwill - - 4,924 Amortisation of intangibles 40 - - Share-based payments 976 717 1,501 Difference between pension contributions paid and amounts recognised in the income statement (516) (529) (1,076) Release of government grants (32) (18) (55) Increase in inventories (5,362) (3,608) (2,822) Increase in trade and other receivables (3,758) (6,812) (6,610) Increase in trade and other payables 2,261 9,016 5,405 Cash generated from operations 23,990 24,919 56,816 Tax paid (5,937) (5,955) (11,283) Net cash from operating activities 18,053 18,964 45,533 Cash flows from investing activities Interest received 39 77 173 Principal amounts received in relation to 348 - 1,906 loans advanced Acquisition of subsidiary, net of cash (5,986) - - acquired Purchase of property, plant and equipment (14,596) (8,764) (20,311) Receipt of government grants 4 156 149 Proceeds from sale of property, plant and 48 37 308 equipment Proceeds from sales of associate - - 14,500 Proceeds from sale of investment classified as 221 - - held for sale Net cash used in investing activities (19,922) (8,494) (3,275) Cash flows from financing activities Interest paid (455) (698) (1,305) Proceeds from issue of share capital 56 33 702 Purchase of own shares - (136) (136) Proceeds from borrowings 2,000 10,000 - Issue costs of long term borrowings - (1,005) (1,005) Repayment of borrowings - - (7,000) Dividends paid (7,828) (8,511) (11,831) Repayment of capital element of finance leases (183) (193) (272) Net cash used in financing activities (6,410) (510) (20,847) Net (decrease)/ increase in cash and cash (8,279) 9,960 21,411 equivalents Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of 18,788 (2,623) (2,623) period Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 10,509 7,337 18,788 Cranswick plc: Group statement of changes in equity (unaudited) for the six months ended 30 September 2012 Share Share Treasury Share- Hedging Retained Total capital premium shares based reserve earnings equity payments £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 At 1 April 2012 4,803 58,642 - 5,603 (69) 176,953 245,932 Profit for the - - - - - 17,215 17,215 period Other - - - - 54 (704) (650) comprehensive income Total - - - - 54 16,511 16,565 comprehensive income Share-based - - - 976 - - 976 payments Scrip dividend 19 1,534 - - - - 1,553 Share options 11 45 - - - - 56 exercised Dividends - - - - - (9,381) (9,381) Deferred tax - - - - - (68) (68) relating to changes in equity Corporation tax relating to changes in - - - - - 39 39 equity At 30 September 4,833 60,221 - 6,579 (15) 184,054 255,672 2012 At 1 April 2011 4,764 56,609 - 4,102 146 155,311 220,932 Profit for the - - - - - 13,927 13,927 period Other - - - - (149) (1,339) (1,488) comprehensive income Total - - - - (149) 12,588 12,439 comprehensive income Own shares - - (136) - - - (136) acquired Share-based - - - 717 - - 717 payments Scrip dividend 5 394 - - - - 399 Share options 3 30 - - - - 33 exercised Dividends - - - - - (8,910) (8,910) Deferred tax - - - - - (255) (255) relating to changes in equity Corporation tax relating to changes in - - - - - 46 46 equity At 30 September 4,772 57,033 (136) 4,819 (3) 158,780 225,265 2011 At 1 April 2011 4,764 56,609 - 4,102 146 155,311 220,932 Profit for the - - - - - 37,480 37,480 year Other - - - - (215) (2,612) (2,827) comprehensive income Total - - - - (215) 34,868 34,653 comprehensive income Own shares - - (136) - - - (136) acquired Share-based - - - 1,501 - - 1,501 payments Scrip dividend 19 1,351 - - - - 1,370 Share options 20 682 - - - - 702 exercised (proceeds) Share options - - 136 - - (136) - exercised (transfer) Dividends - - - - - (13,201) (13,201) Deferred tax - - - - - (52) (52) relating to changes in equity Corporation tax relating to changes in - - - - - 163 163 equity At 31 March 2012 4,803 58,642 - 5,603 (69) 176,953 245,932 Responsibility statement The Directors confirm that to the best of their knowledge the condensed set of financial statements has been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting and includes a fair review of the information required by DTR 4.2.7R (an indication of important events during the first six months and a description of the principle risks and uncertainties for the remaining six months of the year) and by DTR 4.2.8R (a disclosure of related party transactions and changes therein) of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules. On behalf of the Board Martin Davey Mark Bottomley Chairman Finance Director 26 November 2012 Notes to the interim accounts 1. Basis of preparation This interim report was approved by the Directors on 26 November 2012 and has been prepared in accordance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the UK's Financial Services Authority and the requirements of IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting as adopted by the European Union. The information does not constitute statutory accounts within the meaning of Section 434 of the Companies Act 2006. The statutory accounts for the year ended 31 March 2012 prepared under IFRS as adopted by the European Union have been filed with the Registrar of Companies. The report of the auditors on the statutory accounts was not qualified and did not contain a statement under Section 498(2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006. The interim report has not been reviewed pursuant to the Auditing Practices Board guidance on 'Review of Interim Financial Information' and does not include all of the information required for full annual financial statements. 2. Accounting policies The accounting policies applied by the Group in this interim report are the same as those applied by the Group in the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2012. The following accounting standards and interpretations became effective for the current reporting period: International Accounting Standards (IAS / IFRSs) Effective date IAS 12 Income Taxes (Amendment) - Deferred taxes: Recovery of 1 January 2012 underlying assets The application of this standard has not had a material effect on the net assets, results and disclosures of the Group. 3. Segmental analysis IFRS 8 requires operating segments to be identified on the basis of the internal financial information reported to the Chief Operating Decision Maker ('CODM'). The Group's CODM is deemed to be the Executive Directors on the Board, who are primarily responsible for the allocation of resources to segments and the assessment of performance of the segments. The CODM assesses profit performance using profit before taxation measured on a basis consistent with the disclosure in the Group accounts. The Group reported on just one reportable segment during the period and the preceding financial year. The revenues of the Group are not significantly impacted by seasonality. Additions to property plant and equipment during the period totalled £14.1 million (2011: £8.1 million). Future capital expenditure under contract at 30 September 2012 was £5.0 million (2011: £3.4 million). 4. Taxation The tax charge for the period was £5.2 million and represents a rate of 23.3 per cent (2011: 24.7 per cent). The tax charge for the period benefited from a £0.3 million deferred tax credit reflecting the enacted reduction in the UK corporation tax rate to 23 per cent from April 2013. Adjusting for this item the overall effective rate was 24.6 per cent. 5. Earnings per share Basic earnings per share are based on profit attributable to shareholders and on the weighted average number of shares in issue during the period of 48,115,168 (2011: 47,634,237) excluding treasury shares and shares held by Cranswick Trustees Limited on behalf of the Cranswick plc Employee Benefit Trust. The calculation of diluted earnings per share is based on 48,236,454 shares (2011: 47,730,268). Adjusted earnings per share The Group acquired an interest in associate Farmers Boy (Deeside) Limited on 9 July 2010 and disposed of the investment on 30 March 2012. In addition, in the year ended 31 March 2012 the Group impaired the carrying value of goodwill in relation to its Sandwiches cash generating unit. As the investment in the associate and the goodwill impairment do not form part of the ongoing business of the Group the Directors consider it appropriate to present an adjusted EPS on the face of the income statement which excludes the effect of the associate and goodwill impairment to facilitate a more meaningful comparison with prior and future periods. Adjusted earnings per share are calculated using the weighted average number of shares for both basic and diluted amounts as detailed above. Net profits excluding the effect of the associate and goodwill impairment are derived as follows: Half year Year to 31 March 2012 2011 2012 £'000 £'000 £'000 Profit for the period 17,215 13,927 37,480 Share of results of associate - 514 712 Profit on disposal of associate - - (8,254) Fair value adjustment to put option in relation to - (95) (95) associate Impairment of goodwill - - 4,924 Profit for the period excluding effect of associate and goodwill impairment 17,215 14,346 34,767 6. Dividends - half year ended 30 September Year Half year to 31 March 2012 2011 2012 £'000 £'000 £'000 Interim dividend for year ended 31 March 2012 of 9.0p per share - - 4,291 Final dividend for year ended 31 March 2012 of 19.5p (2011: 18.7p) per share 9,381 8,910 8,910 9,381 8,910 13,201 The interim dividend for the year ending 31 March 2013 of 9.4p per share was approved by the Board on 26 November 2012 for payment to shareholders on 25 January 2013 and therefore has not been included as a liability as at 30 September 2012. 7. Analysis of Group net debt At Cash Non-cash At 31 March flow movements 30 September 2012 2012 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 Cash and short-term deposits 20,100 (9,395) - 10,705 Overdrafts (1,312) 1,116 - (196) Net cash and cash equivalents 18,788 (8,279) - 10,509 Other financial assets 2,094 (348) - 1,746 20,882 (8,627) - 12,255 Revolving credit (42,246) (2,000) (126) (44,372) Finance leases (298) 183 - (115) Net debt (21,662) (10,444) (126) (32,232) Net debt is defined as cash and cash equivalents, loans receivable and interest rate swaps at fair value less interest bearing liabilities (net of unamortised issue costs). 8. Acquisition On 29 June 2012, the Group acquired 100 per cent of the issued share capital of Kingston Foods Limited for a total consideration of £10.2 million. The principal activity of Kingston Foods Limited is the manufacture and distribution of cooked meat and poultry products. Book and fair values of the net assets at the date of acquisition were as follows: Acquiree's book value before Provisional combination fair value £'000 £'000 Net assets acquired: Customer relationships - 795 Property, plant and equipment 857 682 Inventories 433 433 Trade receivables 1,743 1,743 Bank and cash balances 1,857 1,857 Trade payables (1,615) (1,615) Provisions - (187) Corporation tax liability (97) (97) Deferred tax liability (100) (200) 3,078 3,411 Goodwill arising on acquisition 6,788 Total consideration 10,199 Satisfied by: Cash 7,843 Contingent consideration 2,356 10,199 Net cash outflow arising on acquisition: Cash consideration paid 7,843 Cash and cash equivalents acquired (1,857) 5,986 The fair values on acquisition are provisional due to the timing of the transaction and will be finalised within twelve months of the acquisition date. From the date of acquisition, the acquired business has contributed a net profit after tax of £0.3 million to the Group. If the combination had taken place at the beginning of the period, the Group's profit after tax for the period would have been £17.5 million and revenues would have been £422.7 million. Included in the £6,788,000 of goodwill recognised above, are certain intangible assets that cannot be individually separated from the acquiree and reliably measured due to their nature. These items include the expected value of synergies and an assembled workforce. 9. Related party transactions During the period the Group entered into transactions, in the ordinary course of business, with its subsidiaries which are related parties. Balances and transactions with subsidiaries are eliminated on consolidation. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange END IR UOVNRUKAAUAA -0- Nov/26/2012 07:00 GMT
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There's a school of thought that thinks the NHL could increase scoring (and according to some, interest in the game) by reducing the size of goalie pads. That protection for netminders has gotten bigger, which has helped contribute to a downturn in scoring. Those advocating for smaller pads got their wish this offseason when the league announced a reduction in size of equipment. However, the 10 percent change — especially when compared to what is now the "old" size — isn't as drastic as you might think. Ottawa Senators goalie Craig Anderson took to Twitter recently to showcase the differences. He posted a photo of one of his old leg pads next to one of his new ones, and again, it's not a huge difference, but it's something at least. Check out the photo below. 2012 vs 2013 - just some slight changes (per league rules). http://t.co/VH1ahmegdW— Craig Anderson (@CraigAnderson41) August 22, 2013 Filed under: Headlines, NHL, Ottawa Senators
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This guy offers everyone at the party a drink except for me, and tells everyone they can help themselves to drinks and yet made a point of excluding me in front of everyone.
My boyfriend took the drink he offered him and started to make nice with this guy. I thought it was wrong of him to do so, knowing I have been mistreated in the past.
I would just like for him to understand that I wasn't trying to get him to start a fight or be rude to him but to simply show me (his girlfriend) some respect and defend my honor by at least not accepting a drink if I wasn't offered one, as well.
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Dear Misunderstood: Most people don't conform to a strict code of conduct when it comes to defending someone else's honor at a drinks party.
I agree that your boyfriend (or any friend) should react if they notice a friend is being slighted or mistreated.
The polite thing for your boyfriend to do would have been to accept the drink and then turn to you and offer you one, as well. Then the path would have been smoothed for a social (if not actual) reconciliation.
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Abandonded Catacombs, Need Critique (with Video Progression)
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Abandoned catacomb environment study for class project.
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It looks good overall and a nice believable space.
The only thing I don't quite get is why you used such an extreme vertical perspective/close vanishing point. It makes the walls seem like they're actually sloped, or at the least, it's ambiguous whether they are or not. Is that some established technique for making a concept drawing look more dynamic?
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I used that perspective angle to give the otherwise small space more room, while creating an almost fish-eyed claustrophobic feel.
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Test Drive Unlimited 2 details have dropped in the latest issue of GameReactor, confirming the game will take place on the Spanish party island of Ibiza. Big-fish-little-fish inclusion is unconfirmed at this time.
The magazine also mentions the sequel is 2.5 times bigger then the original (1800km of roads and 800 km of off road tracks), has added SUVs to the mix and now has a proper 24-hour day-night cycle.
Apparently the racer has a new co-op mode, where one person gets to be the driver while the other reads the map.
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The Hardee's-Carl's Jr. Line
If you live outside New England, you've probably seen some ridiculously oversexualized fast-food commercials from Hardee's, Carl's Jr., or both. This isn't some weird cooperation between chains -- the two are owned by the same parent corporation, CKE Restaurants. CKE was originally just Carl's Jr., but bought Hardee's in 1999, and decided not to rename the nearly 2,000 Hardee's locations, instead gradually merging menus and changing the Hardee's logo to the Carl's Jr. star. And so, there is a distinct northwest-southeast line between the two chains, with a surprisingly interesting story behind where the two franchises tend to cluster.
Anthropology, already read
Déjà Lu republishes locally-selected scholarly articles from journals connected to regional anthropological associations around the world. The result is a PDF-heavy but fascinating collection of long reads on obscure topics. Via. [more inside]
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Lizardpoint [PREVIOUSLY] used to host a decent amount of geography quizzes. If you haven't visited in a while, though, they've vastly expanded. So yeah, you can still
kick yourself for not knowing where "Asia" is improve your knowledge of our great planet — but now you can also: quiz yourself on how to distinguish a stick figure from a the Vitruvian Man about the world of Art; learn to tell one crook from another identify world leaders and historical figures; become an expert in ugly dress patterns vexillologist. There's also weekly Geography trivia, study guides and timelines, and games for those of us who've had enough of being made to feel dumb kids. So prepare to boast about how smart you are in the comments section expand your worldly horizons!
"I mean, would you hire a chef who never fried an egg?"
Cabbies' Street Knowledge Takes Back Seat [New York Times]
New York cabbies have long had to face a rigorous set of geography questions on the test they must pass to get a license. Now those questions have disappeared.Related: Who Needs a GPS? A New York Geography Quiz
Hither and Jawn
New research examines the spread (or not) of local dialectical terms on Twitter. [PDF] [more inside]
Mladjov's Historical Maps
Bronze Age maps. Maps of Ancient Greece and Rome, India and China. Maps of the Viking era, the Crusades, and the High Middle Ages. Maps of Asia after the Mongol conquest, of Mexico before the Spanish conquest—dozens upon dozens of intricate historical maps.
GIS: coming up with solutions for the problems no one asked!
Mitch Hedberg and GIS Disproving "La Quinta" is Spanish for "next to Denny's."
Main Street ran east to west, land astride platted into tidy rectangles
Maps of street layouts, coloured based on their orientation. Includes San Francisco, New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Paris, Chicago, Berlin, Boston and London.
certainly not "95% unexplored"
Political geographer Phil Steinberg reacts to marine ecologist Jon Copley's piece on the new gravity model of the ocean floor from David Sandwell and others at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography. "Instead of understanding the ocean as something to see through as one seeks to map the seabed, water is reframed as something to see with. Volume, rather than being understood as a barrier to vision, becomes a means for achieving that vision." Copley asks: "Philosophically, when it comes to exploring anywhere on our dynamic world, how and when do we decide that somewhere has 'been explored'?" (via)
Your College Football Team Sucks
The NYT, following up previous maps examining the relationship between geography and baseball and basketball fandom, has released a college football fandom map. Like the previous maps, it's based on Facebook Likes and zip code data, so its accuracy may be a little suspect. But it's still fun, especially when it supports your preconceived opinion of a rival school! We discussed the baseball map previously.
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Ass and You Shall Receive
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19 U.S. Maps that Will Blow your Mind Or, um, not. If you love beautiful infodata, you'll really something this.
In 1909, American architect and cartographer Bernerd J.S. Cahill published An Account Of A New Land Map Of The World (and at The Internet Archive), in which he described a novel way of projecting a map. [more inside]
The Ebb and Flow Of History
A dynamic map of world history since 3000 BC. Link starts at 338 BCE, the year before the first conquests of Alexander.
A Planet in 12 Photoshop Layers
Building a plausible world: a step-by-step tutorial, from plate tectonics to trade winds. [more inside]
Travel By Drone
TravelByDrone is a site that lets anyone upload videos and add the corresponding location, which is then pinned onto a map for you to choose from. [more inside]
Through the currents
The SmartMime whale tracker lets you know where Hawaii's diverse population of whales are right now (not actually in real time, but based on migration data).
A maze of twisty little borders, all alike
The world's most complex borders. Bonus: a closer look at Baarle, the Belgian Dutch Belgian enclave in the south of the Netherlands.
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A Geologic Map for Game of Thrones BASED ON CHARACTER OBSERVATIONS, OFFICIAL MAPS, AND EARTH PRINCIPLES OF THE GEOLOGIC SCIENCE [more inside]
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The less Americans know about Ukraine's location, the more they want U.S. to intervene Mark Twain once said that "God created war so that Americans would learn geography." "On March 28-31, 2014, we asked a national sample of 2,066 Americans (fielded via Survey Sampling International Inc. (SSI), what action they wanted the U.S. to take in Ukraine, but with a twist: In addition to measuring standard demographic characteristics and general foreign policy attitudes, we also asked our survey respondents to locate Ukraine on a map as part of a larger, ongoing project to study foreign policy knowledge. We wanted to see where Americans think Ukraine is and to learn if this knowledge (or lack thereof) is related to their foreign policy views. We found that only one out of six Americans can find Ukraine on a map, and that this lack of knowledge is related to preferences: The farther their guesses were from Ukraine's actual location, the more they wanted the U.S. to intervene with military force." [more inside]
The NYPL's Open Maps Project adds 20,000 High Res Maps
The New York Public Library has released more than 20,000 high resolution cartographic works (maps!) for free, to view and download. "We believe these maps have no known US copyright restrictions." All can be viewed through the New York Public Library's Digital Collections page and downloaded through their Map Warper. (Via) [more inside]
"Give me LI-berty or take the blinking phone out."
"In the mid-20th century, in response to the United States' rapidly expanding telephone network, executives at the Bell System introduced a new way of dialing the phone. Until then, for the most part, it was human operators — mostly women — who had directed calls to their destinations." The new system, which eliminated letters from phone numbers and set the stage for an automated national (and eventually international) dialing system. was met with a minor rebellion against "creeping numeralism." The Atlantic examines "Our Numbered Days: The Evolution of the Area Code." [more inside]
A cartographic history of why North, not East or South, is up
How the north ended up on top of the map is an article by Nick Danforth, author/curator of (The/Mid) Afternoon Map blog, detailing how the north-up orientation came to be the default orientation, looking beyond Eurocentrism to Byzantine monks and Majorcan Jews who set the path for modern cartography. If you want more information, you might enjoy the Wikipedia article on the history of cartography, or you can really dig deep with the three-volume text, The History of Cartography, which is available in full from the University of Chicago Press online, split into individual PDFs for each chapter. [more inside]
Should we talk about the weather?
Pronbably to no one's surprise, Southern California leads the nation in the number of pleasant days per year (mean temperature between 55° F and 75° F, no precipitation). How does your city stack up?
OK, in our defense, Europe is really complicated.
Americans Try To Place European Countries On A Map, Brits have similar results attempting to place US States on a map.
He got 20 years for lovin' her / from some Oklahoma governor
Ever been to Johnsburg, Illinois? Have you received a Christmas card from a hooker in Minneapolis? Maybe you left Waukegan at the slamming of the door? Or perhaps you were simply full of wonder when you left Murfreesboro. If so, the Tom Waits map is for you.
What four commonly used projections do, as shown on a human head
Maps can help make sense of the world, but they can also distory your sense of reality (Archive.org stream view, page 58 of Elements of Map Projection with Applications to Map and Chart Construction). [more inside]
A spectacular historical atlas refashioned for the 21st century
Here you will find one of the greatest historical atlases: Charles O. Paullin and John K. Wright's Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States, first published in 1932. This digital edition reproduces all of the atlas's nearly 700 maps. Many of these beautiful maps are enhanced here in ways impossible in print, animated to show change over time or made clickable to view the underlying data—remarkable maps produced eight decades ago with the functionality of the twenty-first century.
Red Planet Blues
Naturalis Historia
"My subject is a barren one – the world of nature, or in other words life; and that subject in its least elevated department, and employing either rustic terms or foreign, nay barbarian words that actually have to be introduced with an apology. Moreover, the path is not a beaten highway of authorship, nor one in which the mind is eager to range: there is not one of us who has made the same venture, nor yet one Roman who has tackled single-handed all departments of the subject."Naturalis Historia was written by Pliny the Elder between 77 and 79 CE and was meant to serve as a kind of proto-encyclopedia discussing all of the ancient knowledge available to him, covered in enough depth and breadth to make it by a reasonable margin the largest work to survive to the modern day from the Roman era. The work includes discussions on astronomy, meteorology, geography, mineralogy, zoology and botany organized along Aristotelian divisions of nature but also includes essays on human inventions and institutions. It is dedicated to the Emperor Titus in its epistle to the Emperor Vespasian, a close friend of Pliny who relied on his extensive knowledge, and its unusually careful citations of sources as well as its index makes it a precursor to modern scholarly works. It was Pliny's last work, as well as sadly his sole surviving one, and was published not long before his death attempting to save a friend from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum, famously recounted by Pliny's eponymous nephew Pliny the Younger.
Here is a reasonable translation that is freely available to download from archive.org for your edification.[more inside]
A source for 531 excellent FPPs
531 of the most interesting articles on Wikipedia covering everything from the linguistic (self-contradicting words in English) to the philosophical (The Ultimate 747 Gambit); from the only German military landing in the Americas (Weather Station Kurt) to the world's only Bigfoot Trap; to oddities both geometric (Gömböc ) and mathematical (Tupper's self-referential formula); great lists of various things (Bible errata, unsolved problems, camouflage patterns, blurred spots on Google Maps, lost art, the last monarchs of the Americas) to things that will make great band names (Orbiting Frog Otolith). [prev, shorter lists]
Can you name a firth in Scotland where the dolphins have individual names? The destination of Haiti's Kita Nago parade? A Sami Village in Lapland where tourists go to see the Northern Lights? A former "city of pirates" on the Adriatic Coast? Every weekday, listeners of PRI's international-news radio show The World are treated to the serendipity of a brief journey to a distant point on the globe. It's part of the daily GeoQuiz, a challenging geographical trivia game enhanced with ambient audio, imagery, mapping, and revealing details of history and landscape. You can play along via Twitter or subscribe to the podcast - either way, this 5 minute vacation will make you a little bit smarter about this incredible planet.
The wondrous world of geography
Twelve Mile Circle: a collection of geographical oddities and unusual places. The site is chock-full of short, well-written pieces on fascinating geographical phenomena around the globe, ranging from time zone oddities to islands joining the mainland to trap streets to roads with unusually low clearance. Among the many categories are borders, time, international oddities, roads, elevation, water, weather, US counties and states, Canada, terrain, history, government, etc. You can view all articles (there are a lot!) on a map as well.
United States Devil Map
Can't decide where to go trick or treating? Jonathan Hull has created an interactive map of all the places in the U.S. with words like Devil, Hell, or Satan in the name. [more inside]
Raspberries and Nuclear Warheads
United States of America
Warning! The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased, entry for the United States of America
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A world of equal districts
I'll take "What is Syria" for $100, Alex
Go With the Flow
"Have you ever dropped a stick in a river and wondered where it might go if it floated all the way downstream? Now you can trace its journey using Streamer." In addition to displaying the distance traveled, difference in elevation, and number of states, counties and cities the stick will pass through before reaching its outlet point, Streamer can do an upstream trace to show you which rivers and smaller streams fed into the spot where the stick was dropped. [more inside]
Mapping the Midwest
How do you define the Midwest? As part of their exhibit Reinvention in the Urban Midwest (in most-certainly-not-in-the-Midwest Boston) Sasaki has created an online tool for people to contribute what the boundaries of the Midwest are for them. Results can be sorted by respondents' percentage of time spent in the Midwest and state of birth. An Atlantic Cities article shows one writer's opinion, and also links to Bill Rankin's similar Midwest mapping project on his always-excellent Radical Cartography site. An excerpt from The Midwest: God's Gift to Planet Earth has a more irreverent take on mapping the region.
Economic Mobility in the U.S. Varies Geographically
A team of economists from Harvard and UC Berkeley studying the effects of tax expenditures on economic mobility has released data showing that economic mobility in the U.S. varies dramatically between different geographic areas. The authors' website includes a summary of their findings. According the NY Times article on the study, which has a nifty map and tools to play with the data, the authors only found relatively small correlations between tax credits for the poor and higher taxes on the rich and economic mobility. However, the following four factors did correlate with greater economic mobility in a region: the size and dispersion of the middle class, more two-parent households, better schools, and more civic engagement (measured through membership in religious and community groups). Matthew Yglesias comments on the study at Slate. [more inside]
"align the nation's political landscape with its natural resource base"
our highly speculative proposal for the reconfiguration of the political geography of the United States to better conform to the spatial distribution of various water resources, such as rivers, aquifers, and man-made infrastructures.[more inside]
Search the memory of The Netherlands
The Memory of the Netherlands is an image library making available the online collections of museums, archives and libraries. The library provides access to images from the collections of more than one hundred institutions and includes photographs, sculptures, paintings, bronzes, pottery, modern art, drawings, stamps, posters and newspaper clippings. In addition there are also video and sound recordings to see and listen to. The Memory of the Netherlands offers an historic overview of images from exceptional collections, organized by subject to provide easy accessSearch 833928 objects from 133 collections from 100 institutions.
Murmuration: A Festival of Drone Culture
OB298 — A Preliminary Atlas of Drone Strike Landscapes. This is part of the Murmuration Festival of Drone Culture.
Textiles and Politics
Throughout human history and across the globe, whether as intimate artifacts of interpersonal relations or state-level monumental works, textiles have been imbued with political importance. Textiles can communicate and construct status, ethnicity, gender, power, taste, and wealth, and have functioned at the nexus of artistic, economic, and political achievement in human culture. As trade goods, creative medium, and social artifact, textiles have been instrumental in generating, supporting, and challenging political power.The Textile Society of America 13th Biennial Symposium (2012) will explore the crossroads of Textiles & Politics.
Jadu Ghar: The house of magic in the heart of Calcutta
Established in 1814 by founding curator, the Danish botanist Nathanial Wallich at the premises of The Asiatic Society, the Indian Museum of Calcutta* is the oldest museum in Asia and the 9th oldest in the world. Referred to as a "museum of museums", considered outdated and obsolete, its Victorian Era majesty dimmed by modernization, the grande dame of Indian history still manages evoke paeans to its otherworldly wonders:
With collections to rival the Smithsonian and the British Museums, it isn't just a storehouse of countless artifacts from the world over. The building seems to be a tiny world, an island in the midst of a busy street. The tall gates with their spikes are the doorways to different recorded ages. All those entering through the high steps are travelers in a time machine. But this is not all that Kolkata's Jadughar or "House of Magic" has to offer. Its jadu lies in the magic with which it houses portions of man's past. The high ceilings seem to stretch to infinity. Amid the silence there is vibrant life. Showcasing essential elements of different cultures, the dark, often dank, interiors show up the objects more sharply. Gradually the eyes grow used to the absence of light; the smell seems natural. It is this ambience that gently draws you in and makes the textbook history we are used to, a tangible living reality.It remains a wonderful time-warp with plenty of mangy-looking stuffed animals, fish and birds, together with fossils so beloved of Victorian collectors, as well as fascinating Indian friezes, bas-reliefs and stone carvings and art.


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|Table of Contents
|Vol. 133, No. 3, 2004
Issue release date: March 2004
|Section title: Review
Fcγ Receptors on Mast Cells: Activatory and Inhibitory Regulation of Mediator ReleaseTkaczyk C.a · Okayama Y.b · Metcalfe D.D.a · Gilfillan A.M.a
aLaboratory of Allergic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., USA; bLaboratory of Allergy Transcriptome, Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, RIKENYokohama Institute, Yokohama, Japan
Received: 2/3/2004
Published online: 4/2/2004
Issue release date: March 2004
Number of Print Pages: 11
Number of Figures: 4
Number of Tables: 0
ISSN: 1018-2438 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-0097 (Online)
For additional information: http://www.karger.com/IAA
Mast cell activation and subsequent release of proinflammatory mediators are primarily a consequence of aggregation of the high affinity receptors for IgE (FcεRI) on the mast cell surface following antigen-dependent ligation of FcεRI-bound IgE. However, data obtained from rodent and human mast cells have revealed that IgG receptors (FcγR) can both promote and inhibit mast cell activation. These responses appear to be species and/or mast cell phenotype dependent. In CD34+-derived human mast cells exposed to interferon-γ, FcγRI is upregulated, FcγRII is expressed but not upregulated, and FcγRIII is not expressed. In contrast, in mouse mast cells, FcγRII and FcγRIII receptors are expressed, whereas FcγRI is not. Aggregation of FcγRI on human mast cells promotes mediator release in a manner generally similar to that observed following FcεRI aggregation. Aggregation of FcγRIIb in mouse mast cells fails to influence cellular processes; however, when coligated with FcεRI, signaling events thus activated downregulate antigen-dependent mediator release. These divergent responses are a consequence of different motifs contained within the cytosolic tails of the signaling subunits of these receptors and the specific signaling molecules recruited by these receptors following ligation. The studies described imply that data obtained in rodent models regarding the influence of FcγRs on mast cells may not be directly translatable to the human. The exploitation of FcγRs for a potential therapy for the treatment of allergic disorders is discussed in this context.
© 2004 S. Karger AG, Basel
Correspondence to: Dr. Alasdair M. Gilfillan
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Published online: March 10, 2004
Number of Print Pages : 11
Number of Figures : 4, Number of Tables : 0, Number of References : 80
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Official Journal of the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum
Vol. 133, No. 3, Year 2004 (Cover Date: March 2004)
Journal Editor: R. Valenta, Vienna
ISSN: 1018–2438 (print), 1423–0097 (Online)
For additional information:http://www.karger.com/iaa
Received: 2/3/2004
Published online: 4/2/2004
Issue release date: March 2004
Number of Print Pages: 11
Number of Figures: 4
Number of Tables: 0
ISSN: 1018-2438 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-0097 (Online)
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Awesome, totally want this. Been waiting for a skin based on the Zune look (while keeping the Steam look as well)!
Just ditch the Tribal decoration before release
Posted 26 March 2012 - 19:35
Thanks everyone. I may release it after all, but not until it's perfect!
The tribal decoration is from the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. If you haven't used it already, it comes with a bunch of different decals for the Start Screen. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to package them with the theme, but I just decided on this one to match the Windows 8 theme I'm using for personal use.
If I do find that I'm allowed to include them there will be several options, one of which would remove them altogether.
Posted 26 March 2012 - 20:23
Looks nice
Frankly I prefer it with the Windows 8 "Tribal" pattern, otherwise it'd be in danger of looking a tad bland.
Looks awesome! I'm using that the second it's released!
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I meant the black colour-scheme that you used in your Photoshop concept. Black looks good, but it just wouldn't be "steam" anymore.


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Descriptions of Some of the Jobs Available in the Oil Fields
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wasn't tomorrowland supposed to represent a view of a utopian future and ignite imagination and wonder? it seems like it has become a re-dressed fantasyland. Think of it this way:
Space Mountain as well as the other attractions that no long exist there had a few things in common. One was that they all dealt with the future travel and the vision of humanity. The other was that they were immersive yet generic. Generic? you might ask. Well for lack of a better term, yes. Space Mountain, the TTA, even Galaxy Palace theatre are all generic enough where what is presented is a there to be a springboard for what YOU make the experience for whatever time you are on it. The queue for SM may remind people of a book they read, a dream they had, their own manifestation of what a space station might be, they could refer to Star Wars or Star Trek, the possibilities are only limited by you and you would be so immersed that you can just run with it however you wanted. Now, as they force feed us the cluster f*ck of movie tie ins that are only there to sell character merchandise we lose the creative freedom to make our own experince...and the experiences they feed us aren't even complementing the other attractions, nor the land. It's like reading a book as opposed to the the crappy, let-down movie version of the same story.
I also wish the brass over in Team Disney or Feature Animation or Celebration Place would get their heads together. You don't need character merch everywhere to sell merch. You can have really cool stuff and if it's there people will buy it. Same things with rides/shows. SM, TTA, PotC (pre movies), Soarin, M;S/ToT, IllumiNations (ROE) are all things that are popular and successful with no direct tie in to characters and their merch. and then you has that heinous rendition of HSM in tomorrowland that would be right near the store that sold pirates merchandise but that's a whole nother story.
Tomorrowland was always my favorite land, it's a shame it's been so bastardized.