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UK companies are planning to spend more and hire additional employees over the next 12 months, according to professional services firm Deloitte. Approximately 80 percent of large UK businesses anticipate that they will hire new staff over the next 12 months, as well as increasing total investment.
Deloitte's quarterly survey of finance directors is regarded as the most accurate in the business, and is frequently used to forecast long-term business development. A growing number of Britain's chief financial officers appear to be more willing to take large risks in order to fuel expansion.
Deloitte's chief economist Ian Stewart noted that the view that corporate spending will increase is supported by "strong risk appetite, along with positive readings on hiring and capital spending". Deloitte believes that the UK's largest companies may invest as much as £200 billion over the next two years.
Interestingly, the large-scale expansion plans of many leading UK companies come despite a high chance of interest rates increasing. Of the finance directors polled in the survey, 23 per cent believe that Bank of England will increase its base rate from 0.5 per cent to 0.75 per cent. 20 per cent think it will reach 1 per cent within a year.
It's not just large businesses that plan to expand this year. Small and medium-sized companies anticipate a 12 per cent increase in spending over the next year, with the total SME spending potentially reaching £58 billion.
SMEs were polled separately by finance company GE Capital; their data also reveals that SMEs plan to hire upwards of 660,000 people over the coming 12 months. Most businesses have benefited from the decline in real wages, which makes employees cheaper to hire, relative to company earnings.
Britain's businesses are recovering, and at a reasonable pace, according to the Office for National Statistics. Total business investment rose by 8.7 per cent during the last quarter of 2013. Data from the Deloitte survey indicates that confidence in Britain's businesses rose more sharply than any other economic factor.Read more
Japan's economic recovery has run into a speed bump. Factory output slowed during February to just 2.3 per cent, according to an official report released by the Japanese government.
Japan is the world's third-largest economy, and manufacturing is arguably its most important sector. The February output decline was the first slowdown in industrial production in three months, after many economists had dubbed Japan's recovery a success.
Analysts are now concerned that Japan could face a long-term slowdown after the last few months of 'Abenomics' success. The slowdown was the opposite of what most economists had expected, with established experts predicting an increase in output during February prior to sales tax increases in Japan this month.
Japan's sales tax will increase from 5 per cent to 8 percent on the 1st of April. Tax increases are part of the government's long-term plan to reduce Japan's debt and refocus its economy on domestic consumption and exports. Total factory output increased by 3.8% in January, making the February decline even more surprising.
Additional data from intelligence firm Markit/JMMA reported an expected decline in manufacturing output from executives at many of Japan's largest companies. Survey results from the Markit/JMMA analysis closely mirrored the official statistics. Other aspects of the Japanese economy, such as household spending, have also declined.
Analysts believe that the decline in household spending and weak retail sector could lead to action from the Bank of Japan. Japanese economists fear that failing to act on the slow economy could result in a repeat of Japan's 'lost decade', during which low economic growth prevented many Japanese graduates from accessing jobs.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has prepared a detailed plan to tackle Japan's economic woes, including tax increases aimed at increasing prices and fighting the country's deflation issues.Read more
Chinese Factory Output Continues to Contract
EconomyManufacturing March 25, 2014
The Chinese economy faces additional roadblocks to sustained growth in the form of a slowing manufacturing sector, according to new data from the HSBC Purchasing Managers Index.
The PMI reading for March measured just 48.1, compared to a 48.5 reading during February of this year. A PMI reading of less than 50 indicates that contraction – the decline of manufacturing output – is occurring, while a reading of more than 50 is evidence of manufacturing growth.
Although HSBC's monitoring activity in China primarily records small and medium-sized business activity in the private sector, analysts believe it could indicate a long-term slowdown in China's valuable manufacturing sector. Official PMI data from the Chinese government will be released towards the end of the month.
China has recently taken steps to improve its economic growth in the face of falling manufacturing figures. The Chinese government hopes to increase domestic sales and encourage consumers to spend more. The country, which has previously been very dependent on exports, "needs to develop its own consumption economy."
While China's official Purchasing Managers Index reading of 50.2 still indicates that growth is occurring, it is an eight-month low for a historically robust and massively growth-focused economy. Total Chinese exports dropped 18 per cent in the last 12 months, resulting in a £23 billion trade deficit during February of 2014 alone.
Economists believe that China may fail to achieve its ambitious 7.5 per cent growth targets for 2014, which were set by Premier Li Keqiang at the government's annual National People's Congress at the beginning of March. Keqiang noted that there was some "flexibility" regarding the country's economic goals for 2014.
China's main priority remains jobs, and its commitment to growth is focused around the development of an internal consumption economy. Economists are awaiting the results of China's official PMI survey for March, which tracks the output of larger, state-owned manufacturing companies.Read more
Energy-intensive manufacturers will be some of the largest beneficiaries of United States economic growth, according to a new industry report from the Conference of Mayors. Employment in the energy-intensive manufacturing sector will increase by one per cent or more per year in the United States until 2020, the report states.
Of the jobs created in the energy-intensive manufacturing sector, more than 72 per cent will be based in major metropolitan areas. The strong growth has been made possible by the domestic natural gas and oil production boom that's occurred over the past three years, driving 1.7 per cent annual job expansion in manufacturing.
From 2010 to 2012 alone, more than 196,000 new jobs were created in the energy-intensive manufacturing sector in metropolitan areas. The report uses data sourced from HIS Global Insight, an economic and financial information firm headquartered in Massachusetts.
Economists have called the surge in US energy production a "energy revolution" and cited growing competitiveness as an indicator of long-term US economic growth. In many major US cities, employment in industries such as machine manufacturing has increased by 9 to 10 percent in the period from 2010 to 2012 alone.
Much of the growth has been driven by cheaper energy sources, such as the massive increase in domestic natural gas production. Although the cheaper gas has driven an incredible amount of economic growth and created hundreds of thousands of jobs in major metro areas, it hasn't been without criticism.
American environmental campaigners have criticised the fracking process used to extract natural gas from shale, noting that it has negative effects on groundwater quality and could have dangerous outcomes. Manufacturers have noted that gas extracted inside the United States has reduced dependence on foreign oil sources.
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Manufacturers across the UK back Chancellor George Osborne's vision of "a Britain that makes things again", according to a new article in The Guardian that profiles a West Midlands manufacturer specialising in machine tools for aerospace, oil and defence firms.
BSA Machine Tools is one of many examples of declining British industry. Just over 40 years ago, the company employed a full-time staff of about 14,000 people. Today, its workforce is made up of just 38 full-time workers. Despite the long-term decline in output, its owners are optimistic that British manufacturing is on the rise.
Over the past two years, the company has taken on four apprentices, creating a new atmosphere of confidence in the economy. However, despite the company's limited recent success, it has been forced to deal with a problem that many other British manufacturers can relate to: a nationwide shortage of apprentices.
As UK manufacturing declined over the past 40 years, the number of young people entering apprenticeships dropped at a massive speed. Although exports have shot upwards in recent months, many UK manufacturers face supply limits due to small workforces that simply can't produce enough goods for export.
In the case of BSA Machine Tools, the company believes that despite its recent UK-based workforce growth, outsourcing to low-tech markets such as China will be an important part of its business model in the future. Interestingly, many of the firms' target sales markets include the growing Chinese consumer class.
Despite the shortage of skilled workers, manufacturers in Britain have a lot to be optimistic about. Recent changes to energy tax policy mean that manufacturers in the UK will have a steady carbon tax for the next 12 years, and strong exports are driving growth that – despite labour issues – is pushing up industrial profits.Read more
British Manufacturing to Benefit From £7 Billion Energy Bill Cuts
Energy NewsManufacturing March 19, 2014
Chancellor George Osborne recently announced a £7 billion energy bill cut for UK-based manufacturers, as part of a long-term effort to reduce costs for businesses in Britain exporting products overseas. The cut will also apply to certain households, largely to reduce the pressure on consumers struggling with everyday expenses.
The cost of energy has become a major economic issue for many in Britain. Over the last month, reports have emerged of food banks preparing special 'cold packages' of products that can be consumed without heat. Others have reportedly dealt with a growing number of beneficiaries turning down food that requires cooking.
The package offered by George Osborne includes a freeze to the carbon tax, which is currently charged to major carbon dioxide emitters in the manufacturing sector. The carbon tax freeze will occur for ten years from 2016 and cap taxes at £18 per tonne, rather than the £30 per tonne that businesses would otherwise need to pay.
As a result of the tax freeze, large manufacturers could save as much as £50,000 per year in energy expenses. The average UK household would also benefit from the tax freeze, enjoying a £15 per year saving in energy bills. The package also includes a £1 billion payment to firms that require a lot of energy to compensate for green levies.
Numerous leading manufacturers have criticised the carbon tax, stating that it sets back British manufacturing and creates unnecessary costs for manufacturers. Most of the criticism revolves around the tax's relatively minor impact on global carbon dioxide output in comparison to its massive cost for UK-based industry.
Manufacturing has grown at a steady pace as the economy has moved back into a growth phase. The 2014 budget is part of a long-term effort by the government to ensure that this growth is steady and to keep costs relatively low for both British households and leading manufacturers.Read more
US Consumer Confidence on the Rise
EconomyManufacturing March 1, 2014
Consumer confidence is on the rise in the United States. With the US housing market starting to stabilize, people are increasing their spending on consumer products and previously dormant factories are ramping up production.
Supply Management Chicago Inc. released its latest regional factory barometer – an industry-wide measure of production. Its rating had increased from 59.6 in January to 59.8, indicating that manufacturing is on the rise across the US as consumers add more products to their monthly shopping lists.
Household sentiment also increased slightly, although overall economic growth in the fourth quarter of the year was slower than had previously been estimated by many economists.
John Silvia, chief economist at Wells Fargo Securities, noted that the weaker growth doesn't necessarily mean that 2014 will be a poor year. Quite the opposite, he noted, saying: "2014 is going to be a much better year than 2013."
The United States isn't the only economy to pull itself out of the crisis and return to a period of reasonable growth. Japan – a country that has struggled with more than a decade of sluggish growth – is increasingly showing signs of increased inflation and improved economic performance.
Japanese industrial production increased at the highest rate since 2011, a new study confirms, and consumer prices rose at the highest rate in the last five years. Many of Europe's largest economies have experienced reasonable increases in production, with inflation in the Eurozone exceeding analysts' expectations in February.
Economists had not predicted the surprising growth in the Chicago manufacturing index. A recent Bloomberg survey of 53 economists predicted that the index would fall to 56.4. The index, like the Purchasing Managers' Index, uses a 0-100 scale to indicate economic stability – ratings of exactly 50 – growth, or recession.Read more
UK Car Sales on the Rise
EconomyManufacturing January 10, 2014
The UK is now Europe's second largest market for cars, beating out France to take second place behind Germany. Strong car sales in the UK are the result of 22 months of nonstop growth fuelled by improved economic confidence and significant payouts to consumers duped by PPI mis-selling scandals.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) confirmed that the total number of new cars sold increased to 2.26 million in 2013. It is now at is highest level since the beginning of the financial crisis, growing at a rate of over 11% in the last year alone.
According to the SMMT, more than 600 new cars were sold per day above the level recorded throughout 2012. Unlike other European nations, which have experienced declining automotive sales growth, the UK has been "a bright spot" in Europe, says SMMT chief executive Mike Hawes.
He believes that payouts from PPI mis-selling scandals could be fuelling part of the sales growth. Average payouts to consumers misled by the scandal of £3,000 were "enough to put a deposit down on a car", according to the SMMT chief executive.
While the strong automotive sales have been positive news for economists, some automotive industry experts believe that a surge in new car sales could affect the value of used vehicles. John Leech, from consulting group KPMG, believes that the cheap credit used for new car sales could drive used vehicle prices down.
Due to financing arrangements, many consumers purchase cars for 36 months and switch to a new model to avoid "bullet" payments at the end of their financing deal. This could lead to a build-up of three-year-old cars, according to Mr Leech, which makes a residual price crash possible.
Top-selling UK cars include the Ford Fiesta, the Ford Focus, and the Volkswagen Golf. The Vauxhall Astra and Corsa were also popular with new car buyers.Read more
US auto sales fell below expectations during December, according to new data from leading automotive manufacturers such as Ford and Chrysler. GM shares decreased in value by 2.4% on the news that sales had dropped 6.3% over the twelve months from December 2012 until December of 2013.
Automotive industry analysts have pointed to several possible reasons for the drop in auto sales. Poor weather throughout much of the United States is believed to have kept customers from visiting car dealerships, reducing sales during one of the year's busiest and most profitable months.
Edmunds.com analyst Michelle Krebs believes that the weather is to blame for slow sales, noting that there were several major storms at the beginning of December that affected consumers' priorities. As a result of the stormy weather and poor sales, the December sales carried out by many dealerships have been extended into January.
Other reasons for the slow sales include the four-day Thanksgiving weekend, which many analysts believe was used as an opportunity for families to purchase vehicles prior to the beginning of December. The holiday weekend may have pushed forward sales from the end of the year, increasing November's relative sales figures.
Certain brands have continued to perform well throughout the United States. Jeep, a brand owned by Chrysler, saw its sales rise by 34% last month. As a whole, Chrysler saw its sales rise 9% over the course of the year, making it one of the country's top-performing automotive manufacturers.
Trucks sold particularly well in the United States last year, with new models from Chrysler brands Dodge and Jeep especially strong. The company believes that the strong truck sales can be linked to the housing market recovery, noting that truck sales increase as families move into new properties.Read more
Growth in UK Manufacturing Sector 'On Track'
EconomyManufacturing January 3, 2014
The UK's manufacturing sector is performing well, according to new information in the latest Markit/CIPS Manufacturing Purchasing Index. The index measures growth or decline in the manufacturing sector, with a measure of 50 indicating no change in output. The UK's manufacturing sector recorded 57.3 during December of 2013.
Markit noted that the figure, which is slightly below November's record high of 58.1, shows "strong growth" in the UK manufacturing sector. The sector's growth started with a strong upsurge in output towards the end of the year, with order figures at a historically high level compared to Markit's 22-year PMI survey index.
The growth in manufacturing could indicate a change in the UK economy, which has previously depended primarily on exports of professional services. Growth was high in the automotive industry, with UK car production increasing substantially during the last year.
Strong performance in the manufacturing sector has had positive effects on the job market. New unemployment data shows that the national jobless rate has declined over the past month, reaching 7.4 per cent. The current rate is the lowest on record since 2009, indicating a manufacturing-fuelled recovery in employment.
Much of the UK's manufacturing growth has been driven by markets outside of the Eurozone. Emerging markets such as Brazil and Russia have been responsible for a large amount of sales, as have larger markets such as China and the United States.
Despite the strong growth, analysts are concerned that growing inflation in the UK's manufacturing sector could lead to economic issues. CPI inflation has declined over the past year, but costs related to inputs and outputs have increased in the country's manufacturing sector.
However, many economists believe that the manufacturing price pressures will not cause any serious issues for the Bank of England. BNP Paribas economist David Tinsley notes that the trend does, however, "underline that inflation is not dead in the UK."Read more


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A multiplex system having a main transmission channel (MC) for transmitting or not, within a pass-band corresponding to the information rate, information signals coming from a plurality of sub-channels in accordance with the priority levels of the sub-channels. A priority level having overflow authorization is assigned to certain of the sub-channels, an overflow transmission channel (OC) being provided for transmission by sub-channels having overflow authorization when the main channel (MC) is saturated.
1. A multiplex transmission system having a main transmission channel, an overflow transmission channel, and a plurality of sub-channels having various relative priorities; sub-channels which have priorities above a predetermined priority level being high priority sub-channels, access to said overflow transmission channel being authorized only for certain of said high priority sub-channels; the priority of a sub-channel and whether it has overflow authorization being signified by a priority identification code signal which is transmitted therein when a sub-channel requests access to a transmission channel; characterized in that said system comprises:
a main multiplexing unit coupled to all of said sub-channels for providing multiplexed access to said main transmission channel for a plurality of sub-channels;
an overflow multiplexing unit coupled to those of said high priority sub-channels which have overflow authorization for providing multiplexed access to said overflow transmission channel for a plurality of high priority sub-channels which have overflow authorization; and
a management unit coupled to all of said sub-channels and which, in response to priority identification code signals from a plurality of sub-channels concurrently requesting access to a transmission channel, is adapted to:
i. control said main multiplexing unit to provide access to the main transmission channel for up to a first limited number of requesting sub-channels in accordance with their relative priorities; and
ii. control said overflow multiplexing unit to provide access to the overflow transmission channel for up to a second limited number of requesting high priority sub-channels which have overflow authorization but do not qualify for access to the main transmission channel.
2. A multiplex transmission system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said management unit is adapted to control the main multiplexing unit to provide a requesting sub-channel with access to the main transmission channel by disconnecting a number of sub-channels which are already connected to the main transmission channel and which are of lower priorities than the requesting sub-channel, said disconnection being performed in descending order of priorities of the already connected sub-channels until the number of disconnected sub-channels corresponds to a pass-band signified by the identification code signal transmitted by the requesting sub-channel.
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/904,772, filed Jun. 26, 1992, abandoned.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a multiplex system for sub-channels which have various priority levels, the multiplex system utilizing a first main transmission channel for transmitting or not transmitting the information signals coming from said sub-channels depending on the priority levels of the sub-channels.
This type of system is applicable to data transmissions which use a main transmission channel of the type defined by Recommendation X28 of the CCITT.
2. Description of the Related Art
For a better utilization of the multiplex system, priority levels are assigned to the sub-channels to be multiplexed so that a sub-channel having a high priority may force itself onto the main transmission channel and interrupt the traffic of the sub-channels having a lower priority. In that regard, the reader may be referred to the publication "TP-119002" (INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY DISCLOSURE of the American Government), 25 Nov. 1990.
A problem which may arise with this type of system is the question of accessibility by transmission for a sub-channel that has a priority level comparable to those already occupying the whole, main transmission channel.
In order to specifically resolve this problem, the present invention proposes a system of the type mentioned in the opening paragraph which is characterized in that above a certain priority level overflow authorization is assigned to specific sub-channels. A second main transmission channel, termed overflow the "overflow channel" is provided for transmitting the information signals of the sub-channels having overflow authorization when the first main channel is saturated.
The following description accompanied by appended drawings, all given as a non-limiting example, will make it better understood how the invention may be realised. In the drawings:
FIG. 1 represents a diagram of a multiplex system according to the invention; and
FIG. 2 is a flow chart to explain the operation of the system represented in FIG. 1.
In the multiplex system 1 shown in FIG. 1 it is possible to connect a plurality of terminals T1, T2, . . . , Tp to a main transmission channel MC. The links between said terminals and the system 1 are realised by means of sub-channels SC1, SC2, . . . , SCp. Various priority levels are assigned to these sub-channels; thus, certain sub-channels have the lowest priority level and are qualified as normal sub-channels, and other sub-channels have higher priority levels. A main multiplex unit 10 makes it possible for these sub-channels to access a main transmission channel MC under the control of a management unit 15. These different sub-channels SC1, . . . , SCp can transmit information signals at various rates and may thus need large or less large pass-bands; the multiplexing on the MC channel is to be arranged for transmitting these information signals at various appropriate rates. On this subject see French Patent Application No. 9015691, filed 14 Dec. 1990 in the name of Applicants.
As, in principle, the transmission pass-band represented by the MC channel is smaller than the sum of the pass-bands of the various sub-channels, the access of these sub-channels to the MC channel must be regulated. For example, it is possible to give access to a priority sub-channel and deny access a number of the normal channels, such number being a function of the pass-band required by the priority sub-channel.
According to the invention an additional priority level is assigned which is an authorization to use an overflow channel OC. Thus the sub-channels SCk+1, . . . , SCp may be connected to this OC channel by means of a second overflow multiplex unit 20 itself controlled by the management unit 15.
The flow chart shown in FIG. 2 explains in detail the operation of management unit 15. A handshake between such unit and the terminals is provided by a set of; circuits [105] and [106] shown only by identification in FIG. 1. A request for access passes through circuit [105] and the authorization giving access passes through circuit [106]. The design of these circuits is given in Recommendation V24 of the CCITT.
In FIG. 2 box K100 indicates a request for access from a sub-channel, the terminal sends a signal to the circuit [105], which requests a certain pass-band BWR and gives its priority level ST. The following priority levels are possible:
ST can be equal to "N", denoting a normal sub-channel to which the lowest priority has been assigned,
ST can be equal to "D", which gives access to overflow channel if necessary, and is the highest priority level,
ST is not equal to either "D" or "N"; this denotes a priority sub-channel on normal channels, without having a right of access to the overflow channel.
In box K102 there is verified whether the pass-band DWR is smaller than the available pass-band BWF; if so, the branch "+"; is taken and box K104 is proceeded to where the multiplex transmitted by the MC channel is rearranged, in conformity with the method described in afore-mentioned Patent Application. Subsequently, the box K106 indicates the operation according to which access is finally authorized and a signal is sent to the circuit [106].
If the verification indicated in box K102 is negative, box K110 is proceeded to where the priority level of the requesting sub-channel is examined. If a normal sub-channel is concerned (ST="N"), the sub-channel is not permitted to connect to the main channel MC, which is indicated in box K112. No transmission takes place to the circuit [106].
If the verification in the box K110 is negative, then a priority channel is concerned. Subsequently, in box K120 the total pass-band occupied by the normal sub-channels is verified; if this is larger than the one required by the requesting sub-channel, a disconnecting procedure, of the normal sub-channels is started in box K122. This procedure may consist of disconnecting the sub-channels while simply taking their identification codes into consideration. For example, if this code is an alphabetical code, the disconnection may be effected in an alphabetical order, so that only the necessary pass-band is obtained. Box K124 denotes the rearrangement of the multiplex and box K126 the access authorization everything as shown in above boxes K104 and K106.
If the verification denoted in box K120 is negative, box K130 is proceeded to, where it is verified whether it is a sub-channel for which an overflow access is permitted or not. If not, this sub-channel is neither authorized to be connected to the MC channel, nor to use the overflow channel (box K132). If it is a matter of a priority channel having authorization to use the overflow channel, then this connection is authorized by the procedure indicated in box K134.
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The presence of rhythmic limb movements when sleeping, which may vary in intensity, may be an indicator of periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD). In a study of 100 patients with PMLD, researchers from Toledo, Ohio divided the patients into those who were right-handed and those who were left-handed. Of the 84 right-handed and 16 left-handed patients, 69% of right-handed patients had bilateral limb movements compared with 94% of left-handed patients, irrespective of age, sex, and race. Their findings indicate that left-handed people have significantly higher chances of having bilateral limb movements, indicating the potential for PLMD.
Weight Gain Common After CPAP Therapy
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Obesity is causally linked to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas studied electronic medical records of veterans diagnosed with OSA and treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) from January 2005 through May 2005, for baseline data. They examined sleep apnea severity, weight, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels before and after initiation of CPAP. Of the 61 patients studied, including 61 men and three women, with an average age of 63.8 years, the researchers found a trend toward weight gain at 1 year and a statistically significant weight gain at 2 years compared with baseline. This study shows that individuals using CPAP are prone to weight gain due to decreased energy expenditure from a reduction in an active need to breathe.
Women Pregnant With Multiples Experience Higher Rates of Sleep Apnea
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ECT has welcomed a new tenant to the Slimbridge Estate – Gerard Wildy is taking over at Slimbridge Farm following the death of Norman Smith.
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The Slimbridge Estate
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In contrast to the other Ernest Cook Trust estates, the Slimbridge Estate is a relatively modern creation: it was based on an original purchase in 1945 of 1,109 acres in the parishes of Slimbridge and Gossington out of the sale of outlying portions of the Berkeley Castle Estate. The Berkeley Estate had for years been a famous sporting estate although the last Earl of Berkeley, who died young, was more interested in the sciences.
Ernest Cook extended the estate further by purchasing Breadstone Farm and Wanswell Court from the Berkeley family; the current ECT holding comprises 2,480 acres.
While most of the other Trust estates are predominantly used for arable cropping, the Slimbridge Estate is mainly grassland and includes three of the Trust's nine dairy farms. These farms produce milk which, in one form or another, ends up on the shelves of supermarkets.
These three farms demonstrate the wide variety of countryside businesses supported on the Trust's estates.
Farmer Simon Pain provides livery and equine services and has been a runner-up in the prestigious Pintail Awards which promote good conservation practice, while fellow farm tenants Tim and Caroline Wilson are previous winners of the Cotswold Life Magazine Food Producer of the Year Awards for their organically reared pork products.
The woods are an important feature of the Slimbridge Estate and are managed to combine the production of quality oak in conifer nurse crops with ecological biodiversity.
Unfortunately the issues associated with climate change have already reached this part of the countryside – problems have been experienced with the Norway Spruce trees which are suffering from sub top crown die back, which appears to be caused by milder winters. When the roots are dormant, the warmer air stimulates the top of the tree to start growing; this growth drains on sap that is not rising, causing stress and die back. The problem has been widespread across the estate, resulting in the need to fell all the Spruce. However, these areas are being replanted and are used increasingly for the Trust's educational visits.
ECT has welcomed a new tenant to the Slimbridge Estate – Gerard Wildy is taking over at Slimbridge Farm following the death of Norman Smith.
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Altitude: 16.000 feet pass with a 1982 R100
A 16.000 feet pass with a 1982 R100:
I am on the leave for a week trip between Chile and Argentina.:norton
We are going to ride the Passos Aguas Negra at 4.800 m (16.000 feet).
I guess the carbs needs a special tuning.
Could you please tell me what to do, a small picture would be welcome.
Thanks in advance
Have you done any acclimation? I suspect how your carbs are breathing will be the least of your worries!
I have gone that high with my R100 GS. I had little power but it made it OK. Usually, you are only up that high for a short time, so I don't think it's worth adjusting the carbs. Fine if you want to though or if you are going to be there for a while.
I've had my R80 over 5000 meters without any trouble (other than seriously low on power). Just go do it.
Yeah, if you have the Bing CV type carbs, they are pretty much self compensating for altitude within normal operating conditions. You will experience the loss of power, but no tuning can restore that power - in simplistic terms, it is a function of the lower atmospheric pressure and the resulting lower oxygen going into the motor as altitude increases.
Rule of thumb for naturally aspirated motors of ANY kind, gas, diesel, fuel injected or otherwise is 3% / 1000' of elevation. or at 6600' you lose 20% of your power. Which is why turbo motors are so popular in the Rocky Mtns. They are altitude compensating to 10,000', basically the turbo spools up faster with the thinner air to the set pressure of the waste gate.
Now if they just made a low pressure turbo 600 cc, high torque dual sport that weighed under 400 lbs.
Turbo Dual sports...
Hhmm... On that last wish, you might could find a decent Honda CX 500 Turbo (I think I got the model right), graft the right front end on it, play with the seat and subframe maybe, and end up with something close to what you wish for. Think in terms of smaller lighter and more tractable version of the Guzzi Quota.
Single track carver - not. But dual sport which keeps going when the pavement stops - possible.
Going back to the Dark Ages when I started riding, all motorcycles were dual sports. You took them anywhere they would fit, would climb, would hopefully get back home from.
There's potential out there sitting in barns, sheds, and the garages of anal retentives all over the place. :D
There are (I'm pretty sure) 5 notches, and most bike have them in the middle notch.
Beyond that, it helps a bit to remove the air filter (or maybe not, if you're going to be on dirt roads!). Just remember to undo everything as you come down in elevation, or you'll be running very lean.
Don't want to swerve to far off course here, but OLD turbo's like the CX were not a low pressure turbo, they built their boost late in the RPM range and came on strong with a bang, also CX 650. I am old enough to remember riding Trump 650's almost EVERYWHERE, even hill climbs.
What makes a modern LOW pressure turbo work is electronics, knock sensors, oxygen and bar pressure sensors, They build boost and TORQUE way early in the combustion cycle, making for a small, lightweight, very tractable motor. VW was the first to push them on a large scale with the 1.8T, now they are every where, just google ecoboost.
Living at 6,700' with two airheads, that regulary go above ten, I don't think you will have any problems. The second post would be more important. Lots of people have trouble above 14,000. Vision gets wonky, headaches, strength and coordination. Never mind clear thought. Stop at the top and try to run!
Take oxygen for yourself. I fly a glider, and suffer splitting headaches for days after a flight when I spend more than a half hour above 12,000 feet without oxygen. I usually turn on the oxy at 11,000, especially if it's a good day and I'm climbing well.
Some people don't seem to have as much trouble as I do though.....
Good points about personal oxygen needs. If you have never been that high - you don't know.
Where I grew up in GA a lot of my friends got pilots licenses before we graduated high school. One friend, a doctor's son, told me he couldn't go above 10,000 ft without oxygen or else he would completely pass out.
Something to be aware of, so that if you start feeling funny, you know to take it seriously.
I must be extremely lucky or in good shape when I did it.. but 14,000 wasn't that big of a deal. Yeah... Walk then stop, walk then stop for a while, but then things just clicked over and no worry. This was after a 10 mile hike up the hill and all.
On a moto.. yeah I could see the bike straining... No worry on the headaches etc.
Have a great adventure and bring back pics!
Hey pfb! It's me Billy over in SSF!
Being able to deal with altitude varies SO much. The absolute key is that you won' t be up there very long. If something happens and you are, you could be in serious trouble real fast and you WILL need help. Being above about 1400ft is enough to get even experienced climbers in trouble if they don't go through all the motions of their acclimation routine.
For the umpteenth time, CV carbs do not some how magically re-jet themselves for high altitude. The only thing they do in high altitude is the exact same thing they do at sea level and that is keeping the carb from getting more throttle than it really needs. That's it. Nothing else. It is really nothing that a well trained wrist couldn't do with a slide carb!
I would leave the needles alone. Too hard to get to and it involves re-syncing the carbs. IF I messed with it, I would screw the mixture screws in as I went up and change the mains. 125's work good above about 8000ft. I am guessing that 14000ft could use about 115's. They're are jetting charts that could check my own guessing if your interested.
I was nervous heading to CO, was only at 12,000 for a few days and running a 150 main. Just power loss, no biggie. Just had to plan a bit more carefully if I needed to pass.
The atmosphere isn't linear. There is a Big Diff between 12 or 14 thousand feet and 16 thousand feet.
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The Democratic National Convention Committee is set to go live today with its convention blog -- the first in convention history according to the DNCC. Eric Schnure will be named the official blogger and the public will get to participate in a "name the blog" contest online.
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The Boston Herald's Jack Meyers reports, "Unprecedented security measures planned for the hundreds of convention-related parties this July will spread traffic woes and disruptions beyond the FleetCenter to locales across Boston, according to security experts and hospitality professionals." LINK
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My boyfriend's ex girlfriend still texts/calls him, he said they are only friends. Should I be jealous of this?
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In honor(?) of the new A Nightmare on Elm Street, we're recapping all of the Elms so far. Find more on the Pixel Vision blog.
"Live together, die alone." I stole that line from Lost, but it sums up A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) all too well. The remaining Elm Street kids — you know, the ones whose parents enacted mob justice on Fred Krueger — find themselves locked in a psych ward. They're not really crazy: they're just having bad dreams. But these teens are (mostly) smarter than their predecessors, and they refuse to go down without a fight. The "dream warriors" pick up on two important facts: there's safety in numbers, and you can do awesome shit when you're dreaming. I believe The Simpsons' Ralph Wiggum said it best: "Sleep! That's where I'm a Viking." Read more »
A Nightmare on Elm Street, Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) is probably the most reviled of all the Nightmare movies. Which is silly, because it's awesome. OK, there are serious continuity problems and an utter lack of interior logic. You could skip right to part three without missing a beat — in fact, maybe you should. Freddy's Revenge works better outside the context of the series. You have to appreciate this movie for what it is: a campy, homoerotic comedy. Dark comedy, but still.
Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) has been replaced by adorkable dweeb Jesse (Mark Patton). Freddy (Robert Englund) doesn't want to kill Jesse; he wants to—wait for it — get inside him. And if you're wondering how this Freddy relates to the original, don't bother. Part 2's Freddy seems to be able to torment people who are awake. He doesn't murder teens on his own: he has to work through Jesse's body. Or something. Screw the plot — the fun of Freddy's Revenge is noting all the queer subtext.
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someone put up some images of one of justins painting demos....thought you all might enjoy his process...
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that's great to see! it just goes to show that you can never make a mistake, and to just keep playing around til you get it right. it seems indecisive, but thats the way it goes sometimes, even for the great ones!
thanks for the link J.
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i wish MY blobs turned out that good...lol
very interesting to see how he works..
im curious if anyone knows: was this all on one layer? it looked like it.
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Thanks for the link!
As someone who in the business but is not an actual image maker, I'm always fascinated to see an artist's process.


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Tommy Tuberville left Texas Tech for Cincinnati in December, and Red Raiders fans aren't about to forget about the way he made his exit. A highly-publicized report from December quoted a recruit who said Tuberville left them in the middle of dinner and didn't return. Tuberville says he didn't leave in the middle of dinner, but that he accepted the Cincinnati job the next day. Either way, Tuberville left Texas Tech during a recruiting weekend, and some fans decided to remind him about it this week. Texas Tech fan site Viva The Matadors tossed around an idea Wednesday morning to send a fax to Tuberville's football office at Cincinnati to tweak the coach about leaving Lubbuck. What was their idea? To fax the menu from 50 Yard Line Steakhouse, which was the restaurant where Tuberville supposedly ditched the recruits. One fan actually went through with the idea. Here's what the cover sheet stated and looked like: Date: 2-06-2013 From: Texas Tech Nation To: Tommy Tuberville and staff. MEMO Was thinking of you. . . We will miss you . . . Here is an intent letter to remember us by Signed XoXXOOxxoo WreckEmTech Below you can see the cover sheet and menu they faxed: As long as Tuberville has the slightest sense of humor — and by that we mean just better than Nick Saban — there is no way he couldn't laugh at that. Well done Texas Tech fans, well done. Helmet smack to Dr. Saturday The post Texas Tech fans fax Tommy Tuberville menu from restaurant where he supposedly ditched recruits appeared first on Larry Brown Sports. Related posts: Recruit: Tommy Tuberville left us in the middle of dinner to take Cincinnati job Cincinnati commits say Tommy Tuberville pulled their offers without telling them Four Texas Tech recruits missed visit because they couldn't find the campus
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Intel's reworked Atom platform enhances netbooks and Internet devices with integrated graphics and memory controller.
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 Investing in, and using, program evaluation has been a hard sell in many agencies for years. While evaluation is important for long-term program assessments, it can be expensive and take years to complete. But with new technology and greater availability of data, many agencies are beginning to take advantage of the value of existing real-time administrative data. This movement is called "data analytics." And the immediacy of results is appealing to many executives.

 In my blog post last year about an earlier 2011 report, From Data to Decisions: The Promise of Analytics, I talked about the importance of investing in trained data analysts in agencies – "data detectives"-- who solve problems and tell stories with the data.

But how do you get started? This new report, From Data to Decisions II: Building an Analytics Culture, addresses that question. Its key points:

Start with a systematic and disciplined approach

Make analytics the way you do business

Get the people piece right

To illustrate these points, the Partnership invited several pioneers from federal organizations it interviewed to come and talk to an invited audience about their experiences.

Federal Emergency Management Agency. Carlos Davila is the director for the business management division of FEMA's Recovery Directorate. Prior to that, he had earned a PhD in history and anthropology and served as a management consultant in the technology industry. His colleagues call his office "Nerd Palace" because of all the analyses it undertakes.

His division mapped out its operations and intended impact using a logic model. Davila launched an analytics program to determine whether services like debris removal, housing, and financial assistance were achieving the desired results. He created a special team to measure the effectiveness of your division and in its initial report it focused on the quantity of services. But he quickly sent them back and asked them to focus on the quality of services and their impact on people. Which they did, and it changed the focus of what the staff saw as their key mission – making it more people-oriented, toward those who experienced losses from a disaster.

He promotes among his staff the need for "analytic thinking, not just process thinking." He calls the work he does "performance analysis" -- not performance measurement or performance assessment. He says this sends a very different symbolic signal to agency staff by engaging them in problem-solving, and that data analytics should not be seen as a "gotcha" exercise.

Transportation Security Administration. Daniel Liddell is the Federal Security Director for TSA at the Syracuse, New York airport, along with spoke operations at six other airports in the mid-state New York region. Prior to working at TSA, he was a combat-decorated Marine for 23 years.

Five years ago, he set out to link staff training and performance, and measure their effects on good security at airports. He had his staff identify the specific skills needed and they identified over 1,300 specific skills necessary to be a successful screener. He engages his front-line managers in diagnosing problems, collecting real-time data (such as detecting fake bombs in luggage), and then doing an immediate "lessons learned" feedback briefing of staff involved.

To some extent, Liddell had adapted what he had learned in the Marines, which they call "hotwashing" as an active, hands-on training and skill-building approach for teams of individuals. He said they started with a set of performance standards that described "where we are now" and compared them with the training standards, that described "where we would ideally like to be." The gap was where he and his teams targeted their training and analytic efforts. He says he relies on a "bedrock of a systems analysis approach." He found these efforts significantly improved security officer performance on the front line.

When asked if his approach was being used elsewhere in TSA and he said that it has spread to about 30 other airports so far.

Internal Revenue Service. Dean Silverman is a senior advisor to the Commissioner and is the lead executive for IRS's new Office of Compliance Analytics. The Commissioner invited him to join the IRS in January 2011 to stand up a new unit focused on data-driven analytics. Prior to that, he was a business school professor and a consultant with a law degree.

He encourages the use of "systems thinking" among staff and pushes them to identify problems, such as identify theft, and to determine when and where it will occur – and what kind of data would be needed to predict and prevent it. The staff then tests their hypotheses in the "real world" via pilot or simulations.

Silverman says the new function he leads is not intended to grow into a large, central office. Rather, he envisions a small staff that serves as specialists on initiatives that would be owned by the different IRS divisions. He sees their role as more of a catalyst, and that in the long run, this would begin changing the culture to be more analytic – "data detectives" -- in approach toward the huge volumes of data that they already collect.

He says that by focusing on initiatives (which are finite) and topics that are outside the normal flow of work, that this should help others in IRS to not see his Office as a positive contribution, not a threat. Interestingly, he says the initiatives he takes on are "really big problems, not ones that are easily solved" in order to demonstrate the power of analytics.

He also said that, when creating an analytics function, it is important to distinguish between analytic skills and problem-solving skills. He sees a greater importance in finding talent that has problem-solving skills, where curiosity and higher purpose are the drivers, as a key to a successful analytics program. Interestingly, this seemed to be borne out by the three pioneers – none of whom had a highly statistical or engineering background.

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Universal pitched against BLM Media for the media business, which was previously held by Vizeum. Naked Communications also loses its communications planning business on Wagon Wheels.
Burton's has not spent significantly in the pasty two years but is gearing up for the launch of a new product and for campaigns to support Jammie Dodgers and Cadbury Chocolate Fingers.
Damian Blackden, the joint managing director of Universal McCann, said: "This win demonstrates the quality of our strategic team -- it's going to be good to add some real value to Burton's business."
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A pretty long transcription from Abraham-Hicks, called A Rampage of Relief. It's a pretty powerful message, and it is one of thousands offered by Abraham, channeled through Esther Hicks. It's not that I'm into channeling, it's that the specific messages from this "spirit" is just so true and makes perfect logical sense as well. There are tons more on Youtube…:
"It feels good to recognize that I don't have to figure it out right now and that I'm never going to figure it all out. I like doing things because I want to do them. I am gently leaving behind me feelings of responsibility and replacing them with enthusiastic enter twining. We are all here, especially me, for the satisfaction of it, for the thrill of it, for the good of it. I like the thought about not getting it done when I think about not having to get it done. And I like the thought that I cannot get it wrong when I don't try to compare it with everything and figure out what is right and wrong. I never get it done and I cannot get it wrong. I really like that. I can't get it done and I can't get it wrong. If I can't get it wrong, then I'm not here to figure out how to get it right, then I'm not here to get it right or wrong. It must just be for the good feeling of it, for the contentment of it, the well-being of it, the satisfaction of , etc. I'm here because I am a really worthy, really good person who isn't ever going to get it done and isn't being measured about how well I'm getting it done. I like this. This is a vacation of sorts, a freedom from responsibility, it is a freedom from needing to do something and in the absence of needing to do something, I'm wanting to do something. I like fun, and I like to play and I like smart people, and there is no curriculum that has been laid out for me. Whatever I choose is all right. I didn't just begin when I began, I am an extension of something. Babies and children know their well-being. Here I am, fully functioning, and I feel free of needing to do stuff, free of needing to be responsible. I've had this little rampage within myself where I deliberately stayed away from shoulds and shouldn't's, and I think I sort of found a place of natural well-being. And so I wonder how long I can stand in this place of natural well being and just feel good. It feels like a relief. Because just a little bit ago I was trying so hard just to figure things out that I got my brain twisted into a knot. I don't have to do anything. I'm starting to feel the tiniest bit of boredom because I've let a lot of what has driven me be deliberately deconstructed. Now I don't know what to do because there isn't anything that I'm supposed to do, anything I should do, no hoops to jump through. And there is no one noticing whether or not I am jumping through the hoops anyway except other who have completely lost their way…I got so tired about jumping through the hoops that no longer jumping through the hoops is pleasing in some ways because I don't quite know what to do with myself because there is nothing that I am supposed to do and nothing that I should, so I wonder if I'm here to find things that I want to do. I like the idea of that, finding something that I want to do. What do I like doing? I like… I like…not being in a hurry. I like funny people. I like seeing new things. I like having lots to choose from. I like being on a planet where there is a lot of variety. I like humanity. I like the flora and fauna/sea of this planet. I love beautiful islands….I like the way the land and sea mix together…I like the sky, I like the way the sun goes up in the morning…I like the well-being of this planet, I like the way this planet spins in perfect orbit and perfect proximity to other planets…I like being a part of all of this I like knowing that there is so much about that well-being that I don't have to tend to…I like discovering my part, and that my part must surely be in the interest that calls me. I like knowing that there are interesting things out there. I like being interested and then following that interest. I like speculating that maybe I could really live a complete life of letting go of the shoulds and the half to's and the need to s and the commitments and just following the want to's and the what feels good. I feel that that's the way my inner being is. My inner being refuses to focus on things of responsibility, my inner being won't go there with me, I can feel that my inner being stays in a very general place. It's like my inner being has deconstructed thought and put a blanket of well-being over everything. My inner being doesn't have to consider the rightness or the wrongness of the way that person looks or talks or dresses or lives, My inner being loves them, loves them, loves them, loves them. My inner being has found a way of deconstructing the details of thought and finding the essence of who my inner being is and drape that feeling of well-being over everything. I think I might like to do that. I think I might like to be in this general place of well-being where I am less opinionated, less comparing of opinions and more feeling. I'm going to enjoy this sort of deconstructing of thought, I'm going to use fewer words and offer more emotion. I'm going to look at the people I love and say to them what I mean through thought and emotion and through silence and body language and touch, and through smile, and so much through words…"
I'm going to try and keep listening to a couple of these every day and gain new insights. Some of these are really amazing, well most of them are. Enjoy…
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Links to March Madness stories and profiles by national news outlets on the Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles.
The Business Of Dunk City: Florida Gulf Coast Is Set To Cash In - They have swagger. They do the chicken dance. They slam home alley-oops in traffic as if it were routine. They made the Georgetown Hoyas look like the Washington Generals. And after last night's 10-point victory over San Diego State, the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles are the first 15-seed to ever make a run to the Sweet 16 in NCAA Tournament history.
Player of the Week -- Sherwood Brown - Brown got the tourney player of the week, despite this video mispronouncing his name
"This isn't a Cinderella story. This is the ugly stepsisters, the ones no one knows the names of, winning the hearts of the prince." - ESPN
"But it's not just that (they are the first 15-seed ever to be one of the top 16 college basketball teams in America). No, not at all. It's the way FGCU has leapt and heel-clicked and chicken danced into America's hearts. It's the memories they've made during games with their above-the-rim aerials and their below-the-backboard antics. In a college sporting world of corporate fakery and soiled amateurism, FGCU stands for pure joy." - Yahoo! Sports
"I can't remember an NCAA Tournament team delivering a louder message than Florida Gulf Coast University did during their two games in Philadelphia this weekend. It was pretty straightforward, too. Play like you don't have a care in the world, and the world may soon care about you." - TIME
"They are more than just a Cinderella team this year; FGCU is a legitimately lovable underdog who wins in style and seems to have a blast doing it. If there's any team to get behind this year, it's the Eagles." - Bleacher Report
"If anything, FGCU played with more abandon and more athleticism Sunday even though a Sweet 16 berth was at stake. Instead of tensing up, they started loose and got looser as the game unfolded, playing basketball as if it were a jazz session, each player riffing off another." - Washington Post
"In four hours of basketball, Florida Gulf Coast has done what is nearly impossible in modern sports: It has awakened wonder among a populace addicted to snark and seemingly immune to joy. The Eagles — and surely their spectacularly unconventional coach — have shaken a sport turned stodgy by over-management, by refusing to apply brakes to their basketball or their words." - Sports Illustrated
"FGCU is an instant hysteria for our era of instant history: It took George Mason four rounds to become the national obsession that FGCU became in four days."
"What stands out most about FGCU is the moxie. They play like they believe they should be running the other team off the court — regardless of the opponent. With most Cinderellas, you expect them to lose; with FGCU, you now expect them to win." - USA Today
"This is the story of an athletic, balls-to-the-wall team outclassing 'better' teams, and doing it with style. The Eagles win by running the break, attacking the rim, forcing turnovers, and never being afraid to throw alley-oops. Everything that's fun about watching basketball, FGCU is designed to do." - Deadspin
"Even watching Florida Gulf Coast celebrate has become more enjoyable than switching to another game." -Esquire
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