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Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is a United Kingdom-based multinational public holding company that through its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures and distributes power systems. Rolls-Royce Holdings[4] is headquartered in City of Westminster, London.[5] It is the world's third-largest maker of aircraft engines,[6] and also has major businesses in the marine propulsion and energy sectors. Through its defence-related activities, it is the world's 16th-largest defence contractor measured by 2011 defence revenues.[7] It had an announced order book of £62.2 billion as of the end of 2011.[8]
Rolls-Royce is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. As of June 2013, it had a market capitalisation of £22.22 billion, the 24th-largest of any company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange.[9]
Rolls-Royce Limited was founded in 1906 by Henry Royce and Charles Rolls at the Midland Hotel in Manchester, and produced its first aircraft engine in 1914.
Around half the aircraft engines used by the Allies in World War I were made by Rolls-Royce. By the late 1920s, aero engines made up most of Rolls-Royce's business. The last design in which Henry Royce was involved was the Merlin aero engine, which came out in 1935; Royce had died in 1933. This was a development subsequent to the R engine, which had powered a record-breaking Supermarine S.6B seaplane to almost 400 mph in the 1931 Schneider Trophy. The legendary Rolls-Royce Merlin is revered as a British icon.[10] The Merlin powered many World War II aircraft: the British Hawker Hurricane, Supermarine Spitfire, De Havilland Mosquito (twin-engined), Avro Lancaster (4-engine); it also transformed the American P-51 Mustang into one of the best fighters of its time, its Merlin engine built by Packard under licence. The early Merlins – Rolls-Royce piston engines were named after birds of prey – were used by the British Royal Air Force in the Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire that won the Battle of Britain. The Merlin engine is often considered to be one of the main factors in winning the war for the Allies.[11] Over 160,000 Merlin engines were produced.
In the post-World War II period, Rolls-Royce made significant advances in gas turbine engine design and manufacture. The Dart and Tyne turboprop engines were particularly important, enabling airlines to cut journey times within several continents, whilst jet airliners were introduced on longer services. The Dart engine was used in the Argosy, Avro 748 (and its military variant the Andover), Friendship, Herald and Viscount aircraft, whilst the more powerful Tyne powered the Atlantic, Transall and the Vanguard. Many of these turboprops are still in service.
Rolls-Royce turbine engines had traditionally borne numeric designations during development, and then were assigned the name of a British river on delivery. The use of river names was introduced with the earliest Rolls jet engines to reflect their nature: a steady flow of power rather than the pulses of a piston engine. RB stands for "Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick",[12] the latter a major ex-Rover plant north of Burnley. This facility was bought by Rolls-Royce when it traded production of tank engines (the Merlin based Rolls-Royce Meteor) for production of the first Whittle turbine engines.
Amongst the jet engines of this period was the RB163 Spey, which powers the Trident, BAC 1-11, Grumman Gulfstream II and Fokker F28. Military versions of the Spey powered the Buccaneer S2 for the RAF, the Phantom F4K and F4M, and the Nimrod. The Spey was licence built by Allison Engine Company as the TF41 for the A-7 Corsair II. Other types of military engines produced in the second half of the 20th Century include the Avon and Viper; these engines powered many of the British Aircraft of this period.
Also of this period was the Conway, a low (by today's standards) bypass ratio turbofan which was used on some Boeing 707s and Douglas DC-8s, and all Vickers VC10s, as well as on the MkII variant of the Handley Page Victor bomber for the RAF.
During the late 1950s and '60s, there was a significant rationalisation of the British aero-engine manufacturers, culminating in the merger of Rolls-Royce and Bristol Siddeley in 1966. Bristol Siddeley, which had itself resulted from the merger of Armstrong Siddeley and Bristol in 1959, and with its principal factory at Filton, near Bristol, had a strong base in military engines, including the Olympus, which was chosen for Concorde.
Having been selected as the sole engine supplier for the Lockheed L-1011 (TriStar), Rolls-Royce committed heavily to the RB211 engine, but its development was hampered by considerable technical problems, and on 4 February 1971 Rolls-Royce went into administrative receivership. To save the company, Edward Heath's government nationalised it.[13] The automotive division was separated from the aircraft engine division in 1973, as Rolls-Royce Motors and sold to Vickers. A side-effect of this affair was a change in accounting regulations to forbid the capitalisation of expenditure on research. This practice had resulted in Rolls-Royce massively overstating its assets, thus disguising its financial difficulties until it was too late to seek effective help.
Rolls-Royce plc was privatised in 1987 under the government of Margaret Thatcher. The 1980s saw the introduction of a policy to offer an engine fitment on a much wider range of civil aircraft types, with the company's engines now powering 17 different airliners (and their variants) compared to General Electric's 14 and Pratt & Whitney's 10.
In 1988, Rolls-Royce acquired Northern Engineering Industries (NEI), a group of heavy engineering companies mainly associated with electrical generation and power management, based in the North East of England. The group included Clarke Chapman (cranes), Reyrolle (now part of Siemens) and Parsons (now part of Siemens steam turbines). The company was renamed Rolls-Royce Industrial Power Group. It was sold off piecemeal over the next decade as the company re-focused on its core aero-engine operations following the recession of the early 1990s.
In 1990, BMW and Rolls-Royce established the BMW Rolls-Royce joint venture to produce the BR700 range of engines for regional and corporate jets, including the BR725 powering the Gulfstream G650, which received EASA Type Certification in June 2009.[14] BMW subsequently withdrew from the company, and Rolls-Royce took full control of it in 2000, renaming it Rolls-Royce Deutschland.
On 21 November 1994, Rolls-Royce announced its intention to acquire the Allison Engine Company,[15] an American manufacturer of gas turbines and components for aviation, industrial and marine engines; the two companies had a technical association dating back to the Second World War. Rolls-Royce had previously tried to buy the company when General Motors sold it in 1993, but GM opted for a management buyout instead for $370 million. Owing to Allison's involvement in classified and export restricted technology, the 1994 acquisition was subject to investigation to determine the national security implications.[16] On 27 March 1995, the US Department of Defense announced that the "deal between Allison Engine Co. and Rolls-Royce does not endanger national security."[17] Rolls-Royce was, however, obliged to set up a proxy board to manage Allison and had also to set up a separate company, Allison Advanced Development Company, Inc., to manage classified programmes "that involve leading-edge technologies" such as the Joint Strike Fighter Program.[17] In 2000, this restriction was replaced by a more flexible Special Security Arrangement.[18] In 2001, Rolls-Royce and its LiftSystem was among the group that won the JSF contract for the F-35.[19]
The Allison acquisition, at $525 million (equivalent to £328 million),[15] brought four new engine types into the Rolls-Royce civil engine portfolio on seven platforms and several light aircraft applications. Allison is now known as Rolls-Royce Corporation, part of Rolls-Royce North America.
In 1996, Rolls-Royce and Airbus signed a Memorandum of Understanding, specifying the Trent 900 as the engine of choice for the then A3XX, now called the Airbus A380.
Rolls-Royce spent £1.063 billion on acquisitions in 1999. These were interests of Cooper Energy Services (with the effect of making the Cooper Rolls joint venture a wholly owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce), Vickers, National Airmotive Corporation and BMW's share of BMW Rolls-Royce.
Rolls-Royce acquired Vickers plc for its marine businesses. Vickers had expanded this part of its business in the period leading up to the purchase, acquiring Kamewa, a manufacturer of waterjets and controlled pitch propellers, in 1996, Brown Brothers, steering gear and stabilisers manufacturer and Ulstein, a major marine propulsion and engineering company, in 1998. Rolls-Royce sold Vickers Defence Systems (the other major Vickers area of business) to Alvis plc in 2002, which then became Alvis Vickers, then the largest armoured vehicle company in the UK.
Rolls-Royce has established a leading position in the corporate and regional airline sector through the development of the Tay engine, the Allison acquisition and the consolidation of the BMW Rolls-Royce joint venture. In 1999, BMW Rolls-Royce was renamed Rolls-Royce Deutschland and became a 100% owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce plc.
Optimized Systems and Solutions (formerly known as Data Systems & Solutions) was founded in 1999 as a joint venture between Rolls-Royce plc and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). In early 2006, SAIC exited the joint venture agreement, making Rolls-Royce plc the sole owner.
On 6 April 2004, Boeing announced that it had selected both Rolls-Royce and General Electric to power its new 787. Rolls-Royce submitted the Trent 1000, a further development of that series. GE's offering is the GENX, a development of the GE90.[20]
On 13 June 2004, Rolls-Royce were awarded a £110m deal with the Ministry of Defence to supply engines for its C-130 Hercules transport aircraft for the next 5 years.[21]
In July 2006, Rolls-Royce reached an agreement to supply a new version of the Trent for the revised Airbus A350 (XWB) jetliner. Although details have yet to be released, it is likely that the so-called Trent XWB will be significantly larger than the Trent 1700, basically a throttle-push of the Trent 1000 intended for the original A350 proposal.[22]
In October 2006, Rolls-Royce suspended production of its Trent 900 engine because of delays by Airbus on the delivery of the A380 superjumbo. Rolls-Royce announced in October 2007 that production of the Trent 900 had been restarted after a twelve-month suspension caused by delays to the A380.[23] The plant in Derby employs 11,000 workers and will continue to produce engines for Bombardier and Boeing, including those for the new 787 series and other Airbus aircraft such as the A330 and A340.
On the military side, Rolls-Royce, in co-operation with other European manufacturers, has been a major contractor for the RB199 which in several variants powers the Panavia Tornado, and also for the EJ200 engine for the Eurofighter Typhoon. Two modified RB199 engines also powered the EAP demonstrator which evolved into the Typhoon. Rolls-Royce has matured the Rolls-Royce LiftSystem invented by Lockheed Martin for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F-35 Lightning II to production level, planned to be produced in significant numbers.[24]
At the 2005 Paris Air Show, Rolls-Royce secured in excess of $1 billion worth of orders. The firm received $800m worth of orders from Air China to supply its 20 Airbus A330 jets.[25]
On 18 June 2007, Rolls-Royce announced at the 2007 Paris Air Show that it had signed its biggest ever contract with Qatar Airways for the Trent XWB to power 80 A350 XWBs on order from Airbus worth $5.6 billion at list prices.[26] On 11 November 2007, another large contract was announced at the Dubai Airshow from Emirates Airline for Trent XWBs to power 50 A350-900 and 20 A350-1000 aircraft with 50 option rights. Due to be delivered from 2014, the order is potentially worth up to 8.4 billion US Dollars at list prices, including options.[27]
On 20 November 2007, Rolls-Royce announced plans to build its first Asian aero engine facility in the Seletar Aerospace Park, Singapore.[28] The $562m (£355m) plant complements its existing facility at Derby by concentrating on the assembly and testing of large civil engines, including Trent 1000 and Trent XWB. Productivity will be higher than at Derby, as the plant is fully integrated, as opposed to manufacturing occurring across five sites in the UK: a Trent 900 will take only 14 days to manufacture, as opposed to 20 in the UK. Originally expected to provide employment for 330 people,[29] by the start of production in 2012, 1,600 employees were based in Singapore.[30]
During the 2011 Avalon Airshow, Rolls-Royce faced questions concerning incidents with its Trent 900 Turbofan used to power the Airbus A380 aircraft. One of the engines suffered a partial power loss during a Qantas flight in February 2011. This followed an incident in November 2010 in which an engine disintegrated in flight causing Qantas Flight 32 to make an emergency landing in Singapore.[31] The aircraft was extensively damaged and the airline grounded its fleet of A380s. The problem was traced to a fatigue crack in an oil pipe requiring the replacement of some engines and modifications to the design.[32] Trent-powered A380s operated by Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines were also affected. Qantas gradually returned its A380s to service over several months. In June 2011 the airline announced it had agreed to compensation of US$100m from Rolls-Royce.[33]
In March 2011, Rolls-Royce and Daimler AG launched a $4.2 billion public tender offer for 100 per cent of the share capital of Tognum AG, the owner of MTU Friedrichshafen - a leading high-speed industrial and marine diesel engine manufacturer, which was completed using a 50:50 joint venture company.[34] Rolls-Royce and Daimler AG intend that the joint venture company, which also now incorporates Rolls-Royce's existing Bergen engine business, is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.[34]
In May 2012, Rolls-Royce won a contract worth more than £400m, for integration of the reactor design for UK's next generation nuclear-armed submarines, by Ministry of Defence.[35]
In 2013 media reported allegations from two American ex-employees that thousands of the company's jet motors from the US division were manufactured with defects, including the use of used parts in jet motors sold as new.[36]
Rolls-Royce's aerospace business makes commercial and military gas turbine engines for military, civil, and corporate aircraft customers worldwide. In the United States, the company makes engines for regional and corporate jets, helicopters, and turboprop aircraft. Rolls-Royce also constructs and installs power generation systems. Its core gas turbine technology has created one of the broadest product ranges of aero-engines in the world, with 50,000 engines in service with 500 airlines, 2,400 corporate and utility operators and more than 100 armed forces, powering both fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft.
Rolls-Royce Marine Power Operations Ltd (a subsidiary company) manufactures and tests nuclear reactors for Royal Naval submarines.
Rolls Royce is consistently working on the industrial gas turbines. Montreal in Canada is the place where the research work is done on Gas generator. Mount Vernon will support complete packaging of the Gas turbine. Shipping of the complete skid is done from mt Vernon.
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peels of 3 oranges
1 lemon sized ball of tamarind
salt to taste
1.5 tsp chana dal
2 tbsp sambar powder
1.5 tsp tur dal
1.5 tsp urad dal
1 tsp fenugreek seeds
1 tsp mustard seeds
a pinch of hing
2 tsp date paste
1 dried red chili
Chop the orange peel into small pieces. Extract tamarind juice and keep aside
In a kadai, roast mustard seeds till it splutters. Add hing, broken chili, fenugreek seeds and dals. When dals turn golden brown, add chopped orange peels and roast well. Add tamarind extract, salt and sambar powder.Add water if necessary. Boil for about 10 minutes till the raw tamarind smell is gone. Add date paste, let it boil for 2 minutes more. Remove from flame. Serve with red, brown, black or millet rice.
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Lawrence Virtual Tour Provides Powerful Sales & Marketing Tools in Douglas County
LAWRENCE, KS – February 11, 2008 – Lawrence Virtual Tour (LVT), a new Douglas County provider of virtual tours has recently partnered with Real Tour Vision(TM) (RTV). This partnership will enable LVT to specialize in true 360 panoramic views utilizing RTV software, as well as 2D/3D interactive floor plans, Hit Stats and additional services. LVT Virtual Tours leverage the power of the Internet to showcase properties, facilities, products and communities online using an interactive format. LVT tours are also able to be emailed without the requirement for special plug-ins or software downloads.
"Panoramic virtual tours add an exciting dimension to the presentation products, homes, stores or other facilities," said Kate Huchet, Virtual Tour producer for LVT. "Because they are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on the Internet, they can attract global audiences. Virtual tours eliminate repetitious presentations, reduce travel time, and decrease travel costs for businesses." Typical businesses using virtual tours include Real Estate companies, FSBO, resorts, educational institutions, health care facilities, retail stores and manufacturers.
"We are also very excited by our new 2D and 3D floor plan technology. RTV technology allows for a true 3D walkthrough experience." added Kate. "The latest improvement is the interactive floor plans where each room in the floor plan has a small image thumbnail. Simply hover the mouse over the thumbnail and the viewer will see the full-size picture. Due to this recent partnership with RTV, we can now offer these interactive virtual tour packages and highly advanced marketing tools at very affordable prices."
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This is slightly hard to explain but I'll give it a go. My art project is to have three square canvasses (or just thick paper, though that's irrelevant), on which are three scenes drawn as silhouettes.
My three silhouettes must be detailed, so one cat and a tree won't do. I'd have to add a brick fence which the cat is sitting on, leaves falling from the tree, ivy creeping up the wall, etc.
I'll be using marbling for the backgrounds which the silhouettes will be placed upon, so it will be colourful. Therefore a dark, gloomy scene in a graveyard won't do. It needs to be something magical, fun, like a fairytale in three panels.
Lastly, the three images, when placed side by side, must tell a story. Some of my own brainstorms are below, but I'm not quite sure about them. I'd appreciate it if you could give me extra ideas, or expand on my own.
-Three scenes from Alice in Wonderland.
-A child's birthday party, where the images flow together. For example, the first panel could show a hoard of children running with swords in their hands, the next could show them bashing a piñata and the last would show the children collecting lollies from the ground. But instead of being three seperate pictures, they could all fit together as one.
-Pompeii on volcano day, with a family running from the ash. The last panel could either be the family in water, or their frozen corpses. The background would be marbled with red, orange and yellow to represent lava, or red, black and grey to represent the ash. Although the second option would make it difficult to see the black silhouettes, it would show the chaos in Pompeii.


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For Magei Kasai the battle against hardships did not end when the guns fell silent two years ago in the Sri Lankan civil war. New battles began for survival, for herself and for what was left of her family. The 45-year-old mother of two lost her husband and a son to the war. Since the war ended in May 2009, more than 300,000 survivors like Kasai have returned to their native villages. Kasai returned to almost nothing in her village Allankulam, about 320 km from capital Colombo in the Mulaithivu districts, where the battles were at their worst. "No house, no garden, no vegetable plants, no nothing," she tells IPS. She now cooks, cleans and does the everyday chores at home, which is a mud hut with leaking tin sheets as roof. Her work does not end there. She is one of a group of five women who have begun a poultry farm to keep the kitchen fire burning.
The five women got together and pooled 30,000 Sri Lankan rupees (around 240 dollars), some of it saved from funds they received as assistance when they returned to their villages, some saved from what they earned from taking part in cash for work programmes. "We got 25,000 rupees (about 200 dollars) when we left the camps (for the displaced) to build temporary homes. What was more important was money to live, so I did not spend the full amount (on the house)," Kasai says. The poultry operation now brings in about 300 rupees (2.50 dollars) per day, just enough to feed and clothe two teenage sons. One son has left school to look for work. "Work, where is the work, there is nothing but temporary labourer jobs here," Kasai says, tears rolling down her cheeks. "It would have been better if he stayed in school." Her youngest is also now rebelling to leave school and follow his brother. The pressures of eking out a living have driven the most unexpected of women to become wage earners. In a village close to that of Kasai, 62-year-old Selvanayagi Chellathurai is now part owner of a poultry farm. Like Kasai the grandmother put in her savings to set up the small farm with five others. "I have 12 members of my family living in one compound, only one male who is working, I had no choice but to do this," she tells IPS. It is a decision that thousands like her are making.
According to funding reports compiled by the Sri Lanka government and donors, more than 30,000 of about 110,000 families that have returned to the former battlefield are headed by single women. "It is a figure that may be an under-assessment because of lack of data," Saroja Sivachandran, director at the Centre for Women and Development in Jaffna in the north tells IPS. She says there are many women whose husbands have either gone missing or are in detention, and who are yet to register with authorities. The World Bank found that more than two-thirds of those who participated in a cash for work programme in the former conflict zone last year were women. The programme that paid out 5.5 million dollars for about 290,000 days of work eased the participation of single women. "We allowed the participants to select how they took part in the programme," Susrutha Goonasekera, social protection economist at the World Bank tells IPS. Women were allowed to take part when they could. Arrangements were also made to pay elders to look after children so that women were free to work.Sivachandran tells IPS that more programmes that benefit single women are needed in the former conflict zone. "A lot of people talk about the issues facing single women, especially those with children, but few have taken action that will help them."
A mid-year review of a joint 280 million dollar U.N-Sri Lanka government development plan for the region identifies households headed by single women as a target group that needs special attention. Sivachandran says such action is necessary. "There are social barriers to be broken. In the northern Tamil society the traditional role of the woman was at home. It is still a very patriarchal system. But now we have to compete with men for the few jobs." Most of the jobs going in the former conflict zone are in construction, agriculture and fishing where employers look for men to sweat it out. "We need programmes that are tailor-made for these women, otherwise they will always come second," says Sivachandran.


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The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum will host the 14th annual Antique Treasures Show — this year extended to two days — on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 26-27.
The new show will have plenty of old treasures this year as more than a dozen antique and collectible dealers from as far away as Santa Fe will be here to show some of their merchandise. Most of the vendors are donating items to a silent auction that will continue over both days.
Visitors can play "Stump the Curator" by bringing items in to see if our experts can identify them or their use.
Preservation also is an important part of the show, and professionals from the Museum's staff and New Mexico State University will offer advice on how best to preserve your treasures.
The expanded show also will include several old-fashioned demonstrations, and all of the regular museum offerings and exhibits are included in the regular admission — $5 for adults, $4 for senior citizens and $3 for children 4 to 17.
Hours for the Antique Treasures Show are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum is located at 4100 Dripping Springs Road.
For more information, call 522-4100 or visit nmfarmandranchmuseum.org.
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A 2005 retrovation restored the Inlet Tower to its chic style of its 1950s origins. The plush bold and yet elegant lobby is the first indication of the comfort and style that awaits. We offer our guests many amenities including- in-room microwave and refrigerator coffee maker cable TV new in-room movies CD clock radio-free local calls-guest laundry-ample parking and 24-hour courtesy airport and railroad shuttle. We now have high-speed Internet access in all of our rooms and wireless Internet available in our lobby. Our full service restaurant Mixx Grill at the inlet-features the renowned culinary expertise of executive chef Mick Hugg-specializing in regional comfort food with a twist. Enjoy our outdoor patio. We have meeting-banquet space available and catering services for all occasions and will be happy to work with you to meet your needs. Our staff is willing to go the extra mile for your comfort and make your stay as pleasant as possible. The Inlet Tower Hotel and Suites is perfect for your business or vacation travel.
Two blocks from the Park Strip in downtown Anchorage the Inlet Tower Hotel and Suites is located across the street from downtowns only market New Sagay City Market. This downtown locations places us near Westchester Lagoon the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts the Egan Convention Center the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail and Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.
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Garden Path quilt block from McCall's Quilting. Pattern available online at : http://www.mccallsquilting.com/patterns/details.html?idx=15047
Also called "Fujita Maze". The first two blocks Are done in Japanese Taupe fabrics. This is the first quilt I am making using Japanese Taupe fabrics. After making 30 blocks in a 5 x 6 layout (still to be sewn into a quilt top) I started on using some floral FQs I had laying around, as a maze is an age old garden design. Quite a different look with the very same block.
block details: Finishes at 14", center square is 6"
Here are some other Japanese Fabrics that I am using in the quilt. This are what some shop owners call "Top Shelf" Japanese Fabrics, as they are woven and not printed. The top two fabrics are light taupes with some woven threads, they are very nubby and have a great texture.
The bottom two fabrics have much more woven design using multiple colors. I especially love the red and purple threads randomly places in the black fabric.


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Thank you to all BCWS volunteers who came out on such short notice last Saturday, December 14, 2019. We were quick and efficient and we planted over 120 plants in less than 2 hours in the area where extensive work was done around the creek south of Noel Avenue, Comox. Your hard work and dedication to Brooklyn Creek is very much appreciated!
A special thank you to Rupert and Caitlin of Current Environmental for managing activities and to Parks Manager Al Fraser of Town of Comox. Al is retiring as of the end of December. BCWS has been so fortunate to have had a wonderful cooperative arrangement with both Al and Rupert over the years. All the best to Al as he embarks on his new career, 'Retirement'!


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2018 New York City Marathon
On the 2nd November 2018 I headed out from home, bound for New York City filled with the familiar sense of nervous excitement that I get before every big race. In a few days' time I'd be stood on the start line of the New York Marathon, and along with 53,000 lucky others I'd be taking in the sights and sounds of the Big Apple by racing around its five boroughs.
I'd read a number of reviews in the weeks leading up to the race to try and get an idea of what the course was like, and most had advised that this was a race to be enjoyed, but not one in which to attempt a PB.
Much of what I'd read had described the course as a tough one, with undulating hills and challenging bridge crossings as the route weaves its way through all 5 boroughs of the city; Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Manhattan.
After doing my research I knew that a PB would be tough ask, but my training block had gone really well, I'd recently set a big PB at Manchester Half Marathon, and most importantly I was healthy and injury free, so I arrived feeling confident. I felt in good shape so my plan was to set off at PB pace or thereabouts and see what happens – I could always re-adjust later in the race if it wasn't happening.
Number pickup at the Expo
To get runners from Manhattan to the start of the race on Staten Island, the organisers provide a choice of free ferry or bus transport to the start. However, to get so many people there in good time for the start, the transport leaves early... really early. I went for the bus option, and my allotted pickup time was 5.30am outside the magnificent New York Public Library. With my alarm set for 4.15am, I ate a quick breakfast, picked up my gear check bag and joined the throngs of other runners as we filed to meet the buses in the pitch dark of the brisk November morning. The organisation was really efficient; after only a short wait to get through a security checkpoint, the buses were lined up and ready to go so I joined my fellow runners as we embarked on the 45- minute ride to Staten Island.
During the bus journey, I could overhear runners exchanging stories, advice and snippets of information that they'd picked up about the course, whilst dawn was slowly breaking to our left in the skies above Brooklyn. Before too long we arrived at the start area in Fort Wadsworth, greeted by our first sight of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge which connects Staten Island and Brooklyn, and on which we would shortly be lining up to start the race. After another quick security check we arrived in the enormous pre-start area, underneath the clear blue skies of a beautiful but chilly autumn morning – perfect weather conditions for a run.
With the race not due to start until 9.50am, there was over 3 hours to kill; in the lead-up to the race I was dreading this period. With so many runners participating (this race would set a record for the highest ever number of runners in a marathon), I was concerned that 3 hours in the pre-start area would be claustrophobic and that there may not be enough facilities - however my fears were unfounded, and on the contrary the organisation was truly excellent. There were separate "villages" corresponding to the 3 separate start areas (Green, Blue and Orange) and there was more than enough room for everyone to sit and relax, a plentiful supply of portaloos with hardly any queues (essential), and free supply of coffee, water, pastries and even free beanies were handed out to help keep warm.
At 6.30am on a November morning I was expecting it to be cold, and those who know me won't be surprised to hear that I had taken plenty of layers to wear beforehand (I tend feel the cold more than most!). Most of my layers would get packed in a gear check bag to be transported to the finish area, but I also had an old hoodie that I could wear right up until the last moment, and then discard just before the start so as to stay warm for as long as possible.
Before too long it was 8.30 and time to start getting ready. The race was due to start at 9.50 but the start corrals opened at 8.50. There are 3 separate start areas at NYC which funnel the runners into slightly different routes for the first 5k to help ease congestion, which is similar to the start at the London Marathon.
After checking my gear bag and one last loo stop, I made my way to the green start holding area, underneath the intimidating sight of the Verrazano Bridge from where we'd shortly be starting the race.
Pre-start area and view of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge
After a short wait of approximately 15 minutes, Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York" came blasting out over the PA which was the signal for my corral to start making our way up onto the bridge itself and towards the start line. As runners congregated on the start line in the final few moments, nervous glances were exchanged along with last words of encouragement. After a spine-tingling rendition of the Stars and Stripes, and a message from the race director, the starting cannon sounded and finally we were off, racing over the bridge towards Brooklyn!
After the steady first mile of ascent getting onto the bridge itself where I held back a bit, the next few miles consisted of steady but fast undulations and I hit 10k feeling good but just behind target pace.
The atmosphere and support out on the course through Brooklyn and Williamsburg (and throughout) was superb. The streets were absolutely lined with people yelling out messages of support and holding up funny banners which raised a smile and provided moments of welcome distraction as I went past (there seems to be far more of this in the USA than in the UK, everyone seemed to have one!), and there were live bands and DJs set up every few hundred yards it seemed, it was so much fun and hard to keep the pace steady and not to get carried away in the excitement of it all. And of course, the views of the Manhattan skyline from where we were in Brooklyn, especially on such a clear day were totally awe inspiring, I couldn't take my eyes off the view!
From miles 8 to 13 as the course moved north towards Queens, the undulations had gotten a little more challenging. My plan beforehand had been to ease off on the hills and run them steadily so as not to risk blowing up early – this meant I lost a little bit more time and hit half way a couple of minutes behind PB pace, which I knew would be difficult to make up given that the second half of the course is the tougher of the two. I also knew that I was running a fantastic race and if I could hold the pace steady in the second half there was a real chance of posting a time that would be the second-quickest I'd ever ran. This was my new target.
After the halfway mark, the next point I'd been focussing on was mile 16 which takes the runners over the Queensboro Bridge from Brooklyn into Manhattan. I'd been past the bridge during a taxi ride on the previous day and so I'd gotten a close-up look at it – and as my friend pointed out, it looked imposing!
Coming at mile 16, which I knew from past experience is usually the point that things start to get tough in the marathon, mentally I'd prepared myself that this would be the real start of the race. I also knew however that my cheering crew of friends and family would be stationed immediately on the other side of the bridge, so whilst I wasn't looking forward to the climb, I knew the welcome sight of my loved ones on the other side would provide a much-needed boost.
Just before the mile 15 marker the route turned 90-degrees left and started long gradual run up onto the lower level of the double-deck bridge. With no spectators allowed on the bridges it was a strange experience; almost total silence other than the sounds of runners' footsteps on the tarmac. The climb wasn't terribly steep, it just seemed to go on forever, and again I purposely took it easy until hitting the crest of the bridge after a mile or so then careered down the welcome (and pretty steep) downhill on the other side.
The crowd of people waiting to greet the runners' arrival into Manhattan was monumental, this must have been the spot where many people had picked to spot their runners, and my personal highlight of the race. It was amazing to go from the eerie calmness on the bridge to be hit with a wall of noise on the other side, it felt like running into a stadium! I was worried that I wouldn't be able to spot my group in amongst the tens of thousands of people that had gathered there, but I should have feared not; they knew I was coming, had already spotted me and were cheering louder than anyone else there. I was able to take a detour and give them a fist pump and big smile, before floating off on a cloud of their encouragement – I felt great (for a bit)!
After entering Manhattan, the route turns north onto 1st Avenue towards the Bronx, and there is a relatively flat and perfectly straight 3-4 mile section where I was able to settle back into a good pace, and I hit 30k feeling in good shape but I knew the hard work would start soon.
The route enters the Bronx at mile 20 when it crosses the Willis Avenue Bridge and it was at was this point when I noticed that I was working much harder than I had been previously to maintain pace. We crossed the final bridge of the day to enter Harlem at 21.5 and then back into Manhattan for one last time as we headed towards the finish. My legs were really starting to feel the strain by this point; my mile splits had dropped by approximately 20 seconds, and I could feel the tell-tale twinges from my calves that indicated cramp could set in at any moment. I decided it was better not to push too hard to make up time, and instead I aimed to keep a steady pace so as to push back the onset of cramp, which I've suffered with in the late stages of races before. I was still on for a fantastic performance and just needed to hold it together.
The final stages of the route heads south towards Central Park on the famous 5th Avenue, but before it reached the park there was one last hill to negotiate between mile 23 and 24. The crowd support again was fantastically encouraging, urging runners up the hill although I couldn't acknowledge them quite as much as I'd have liked to, other than the occasional wave and grimace by that point! At mile 24 the route finally sweeps quickly right and left as it enters Central Park which was a fantastic feeling. I knew the hard work was all done and now I could enjoy the amazing experience of those iconic last couple of miles through the park. At mile 25 I spotted my cheer crew for the last time as they shouted and waved me into the last mile and a wave of euphoria swept over me as I turned the final corner into the finishing straight. I felt amazing and gave it my all in an attempt at a sprint finish, but with the finish line in sight I was struck with a sudden cramp spasm in both calves and had to stop dead and stretch out until it passed! So frustrating but after a few seconds I got going again and made it across the line with a time of 2:47:13 – my second-fastest ever marathon, and my fastest on foreign soil. I was overjoyed and couldn't stop smiling as I collected my medal and made my way up to the exit areas, high-fiving everyone in sight. Within half an hour I was with my family and friends in a New York bar, and the real party could begin.
Thank you NYC - you put on a fantastic race!!!
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Jammu and Kashmir government said today that it will soon organise a "Wagah-type parade" in the Suchetgarh sector along the international border here to boost tourism in the state.
Minister for Public Health Engineering (PHE) Sham Lal Choudhary told reporters here that frequent firing on the boundary was a reality but in Suchetgarh sector it has not taken place, especially in the area where a picnic spot has been set up.
He said 1,500 to 2,000 people visit the place every day especially on Sundays.
"We are going to organise Wagah-type parade in Suchetgarh shortly. If the parade starts there, I am hopeful that the tourists who visit the state will definitely go there to watch the place and explore the new destination," he said, without elaborating on the details of the plan.
Earlier, in his address to the people after inaugurating the nine-day Navratra festival here, the minister announced that the government has enhanced the budget for the festival by nearly three times.
"I was told my Minister of State for tourism Priya Sethi that there used to be Rs 25 lakh budget for the festival which has been enhanced to Rs 70 Lakh. In addition, the provision of Rs 50 crore has been kept for the holy town (Katra) in the annual budget to ensure all facilities for the people and the devotees," he said.
Choudhary made the comments after minister of state for finance Ajay Nanda highlighted the decline in the number of pilgrim arrivals at the Vaishno Devi shrine over the past several years and demanded enhancement of the budget for the festival.
Nanda said over one crore devotees used to visit the shrine but over the past several years, the number has declined and last year nearly 80 lakh pilgrims came.
He listed several reasons, including the 2014 floods and terror attacks, for the dip in the tourist arrivals.
Minister of State for Tourism Sethi said the government was making all out efforts to project the Jammu region as a separate tourist destination.
"All our efforts are on this direction. We are focusing on various tourist spots and trying to attract tourists to these places," she said.


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Described as Britain's Forgotten Army, mid-market firms generate a significant proportion of economic revenue and employment opportunities, yet they have often fallen under the radar of policymakers. Some say now is the time to start championing and nurturing medium-sized companies, enabling them to grow, drive prosperity and create more jobs – but what does the sector need? Six mid-market business leaders joined IoD director general Simon Walker to discuss…
The panel
Simon Walker
Director general, IoD
Ilaria del Beato
Chief executive, GE Capital UK
Ian Wilkins
Lending leader, GE Capital UK
Peter Digby
Managing director, Xtrac
Dennis Overton
Chairman and managing director, Aquascot
Hal Reisiger
Chief executive, Cosworth
William McGrath
Chief executive, Aga Rangemaster
Claire Watkin
Managing director, Trendsetter Home Furnishings
David Milner
Chief executive, Tyrrells Crisps
Simon Walker Welcome to you all. This is a discussion I am very much looking forward to as the IoD has about 5,000 members from mid-sized companies, so we're very interested in this sector of the economy. One often hears the lament that Britain doesn't have enough mid-sized companies, but I want to start on a more positive note.
The 'Brittlestand' may be smaller than Germany's 'Mittelstand' but sales growth in mid-sized companies in this country almost kept pace with German firms last year and is considerably ahead of the rest of Europe. The business environment in Britain is looking much better, the IMF revised its growth forecasts up, while the purchasing manufacturers' index shows that the export order balance is at its highest level for four years. However, the trade deficit is stubbornly high and we're not yet seeing a recovery led by exports and business investment but we know it is firms like yours that are going to lead the way in that area.
I'll be interested to hear about your successes and challenges but can I first ask about growth. British mid-market firms grew by 2.3 per cent last year. What growth have you been having
– and what are your expectations?
David Milner Tyrrells Crisps is a privately held company and I've been involved for four years. We've grown, on average, about 25 to 30 per cent in each of those years and this year should be in the high twenties. Our growth is from the UK, but in the last four years our international business has gone from zero to 30 per cent. Our success is about brand. We like to think we sell the best crisps in the world – our name goes on them and we spend money convincing people that they're superior to what's already in the market. We are the brand leader in premium crisps in France, with almost half the market to ourselves. Our flavours are the same as they are in the UK and we try to sell with a sort of English eccentricity and humour – that seems to work.
William McGrath We make cookers. Indeed, we've been making things in Britain since 1707, so we've seen quite a few economic cycles. We're also pleased to see the market has been picking up with the housing market. While it's good to know that we're still selling cooking pots as we were in 1707, the big growth area is online. In Britain, we don't do dull well. There is a desire and enthusiasm for premium, niche products. We came out of making lower-price products on the grounds that it was difficult to compete, but there were niches further up the scale where we could say something new.
Hal Reisiger At Cosworth, we are increasingly exporting products to the US and to Japanese and Asian car manufacturers, and so are fortunately poised for rapid growth. For us, the cornerstone is always technology and differentiation brings better margins than competing with more commodity products, when you have a strong brand.
Ian Wilkins I run GE Capital's UK lending businesses and we are seeing a very significant increase in confidence among our customers and among the advisers that we work with in the marketplace.
Dennis Overton Aquascot is a sustainable seafood business in Scotland. We process and distribute a range of ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook convenience products. We launched 25 years ago and have found ourselves in the fastest-growing form of food production around the world. It is a very buoyant market.
Walker How important is research and development to growth?
Overton It's very important. Five years ago, we set up a blue-skies team to differentiate from our ongoing product development and look at deeper innovation. Long-term growth is linked to that, but medium term there's this strong, inherent growth. That's what we're experiencing within the current ranges. What we're thinking about in research and development is beyond that, and the importance of continually innovating is crucial. On British heritage, one additional dimension we're finding in terms of export markets, especially in China and the rest of Asia, is the importance of trust in the quality systems that we operate.
Ilaria del Beato That's important. Some clients, particularly in the meat sector, have found real benefit in short supply-chain management – slaughterhouse to supermarket shelf.
Claire Watkin We manufacture duvets and pillows, and although much of our market focuses on the supermarkets and high volume, we've elevated ourselves out of that. We've put a lot into innovation for better-quality fillings, and we're also finding that the British brand is very attractive. We're constantly innovating – we're even using aerospace engineers, for example. We're finding that the reinvestment of our profits back into our manufacturing capabilities is really paying off. Like Dennis, though, trust is also vital in our industry, in the supply chain.
Walker How confident are you in the recovery we're seeing at the moment? Are we there, or is it still fragile?
Milner Our growth years were right in the teeth of the recession, so I have to say I don't spend any time at all worrying about whether the government is achieving a recovery or otherwise. We have set our own plan, and we try to achieve it. I'm selling crisps for £2 a bag and you can treat yourself to those, whether it's a boom or a bust.
Wilkins The big difference is that confidence has returned. I don't think we're back to where we were in the early 2000s, but I think that across our client base there's an acknowledgement that we've seen the worst. There's confidence in terms of investment, and we're seeing clients looking at acquisitions and for companies to add to their business.
Peter Digby We're the world's largest manufacturer of motorsport transmission systems and export just under 70 per cent of our products every year. Business has never been stronger. It's almost like a light switch was turned on six months ago and suddenly there was confidence, not only in the UK but in the US and Germany. Italy and France are still fragile, though. We're looking at expanding our workforce by eight, nine, 10 per cent, taking on a lot more new machinery. We're really going for it and I've told all my guys we are absolutely flat-out now – unlimited overtime until May 2016.
Del Beato Over the last 18 months competition has been increasing. Banks are generally sorting out their problems, although they've still got some way to go in recognising that there is an economic opportunity for them to play into.
Reisiger A lot of our growing business is in premium car manufacturing. That's been a strong market, especially in the UK. We are also expanding relationships with US and Asian companies. We have probably 25 per cent of our order book through to 2020 because of long-term production contracts that involve new products and technologies which we develop, so that gives us a very solid foundation.
We've managed through recent times by transitioning out of Formula 1 and some other projects, which was a little tricky. How do you make the investments that you have to make in developing new products and technologies while at the same time losing key revenue streams? But we've survived it and it's put us in a strong position, so we feel very confident about our prospects.
Watkin Similar to David, we've focused on what Trendsetter is strong at, irrelevant of what is going on, to a degree, within the rest of the market. We have invested during a period where a lot of our competition haven't and we're seeing positive effects. We already have a very clear strategy but adaptability is now key for us. I think with a family business you have got to have a much longer-term view as well. It is good to see consumer confidence returning because ultimately, you know, that gives people the incentive to trade up a bit in the market.
McGrath We're very much tied to the housing market and the lead indicator we've followed for many a good year is really around mortgage approvals. We've seen the number of housing transactions move on quite a pace. You spend as much money in the six months after you move house as you do in the next five years, so clearly our kind of business will do well if housing transactions pick up.
The tide has turned in our market and the switch is interesting because when things shift, the mindset within the business has got to change, too. In the last five years all has been firmly at the feet of the finance team, with the objective being to not let in goals. Now the question is: Have we got enough strikers? Our shareholders would expect us to score a few goals now and win a few home games. A year ago, it was about exports and winning away games. Now, with the team and the products we've got, we are finding out how good the last few years' work on evolving the product mix has been: there should be a point where we see some traction.
Overton That is very interesting – different drivers completely. In our operation, the recession didn't have too big an impact. One of the main factors driving our demand has been the changes in eating patterns and a move in terms of protein consumption. That seems to override any economic background.
Walker Can I move to financing and growth? How are you finding that?
Reisiger For us, it's actually not been difficult. There are a number of good government programmes about fostering innovation. Being in the manufacturing sector helps because you create so many more jobs through the supply chain of manufacturing than you would in a service- sector business, for example. With regards to commercial funding, we've found that if we have a good business plan and a cashflow projection that makes sense, then funding is readily available.
Digby I think 2008 made us all a little more cautious. We were involved in a management buyout in 1997 and then in 2000 we took on some private equity individuals and a lot of debt.
We're now debt-free, but the recession has made us a lot more conservative. We would not go out and borrow anywhere near the sums of money we did before, just in case another 9/11 or 2008 banking crisis comes along.
Milner I've been involved in private equity for almost 10 years and one of the upsides is that they do have access to capital and as long as what you're proposing pays back, there is never any barrier to getting hold of the money you need.
Wilkins From a GE perspective, it's an incredibly complex area. I think the reality is if you look at where lending was in 2003 and 2004, it was in completely the wrong place. Bad businesses got a lot of money and put themselves in a perilous position. What I think we're seeing at the moment, with the quarter-on-quarter reduction in lending to businesses, is almost a rebalance of wrong behaviour in the early 2000s.
I take Peter's point – there are many businesses out there that have taken a deep intake of breath and thought: if it was not for the grace of God, we would have gone when that banking crash came. Businesses are far more reluctant now to leverage themselves as they were before the downturn. Most people around this table have probably never seen anything like that before, and hopefully will not see it again.
Overton The only leverage that we use in the business is three-year asset finance, and we are looking at setting up a couple of new production lines this year and also next year. We were out in the market for three-year asset finance against the capital input when our finance director came forward with a proposal to issue bonds, effectively, and he completed that process at the beginning of last December.
The biggest attraction has been the almost complete avoidance of fees. That was a first for us.
Wilkins Alternative finance is a really interesting one to watch, whether it's from bond issuance or through peer-to-peer lending platforms. Clearly there is a lot of momentum gathering in those areas.
Walker What are the barriers to growth for your companies? I mean, is it red tape, is it talent?
Digby If we wanted to grow, I could justify taking on 60 extra people now. I'm only taking on 20 because there will be a downturn in the business cycle in 'x' years' time. Three, four, five years, I don't know what it is but having been there, and having had to lay some guys off, I'd much rather try and manage my business through product pricing to match our investment needs. It is always a difficult balance because you're trying to look after existing customers.
You don't want existing customers to go away, so it's still about confidence and being conservative in the growth. We've been growing at 10 per cent per annum for the last three or four years. That has to slow down. It will probably be more like five per cent over the next three years because we're becoming a bigger company and scaling up. Trying to get the right people is now the biggest problem for us.
We are really suffering from the lack of skills coming out of schools. If you see the prime minister, please ask him to do something about university funding for students doing physics or maths. They should get those courses for free because that's what we need. We take on a lot of apprentices and train them all ourselves.
Reisiger We're the same – very engineering-centric and that's a big challenge. Ten per cent of our workforce are apprentices but we lose them to higher-pay-scale industries as well. That's a challenge because you have to manage the pay-scale foundation alongside the investment you need to make in new product development.
Watkin We're in a similar situation. I actually married an engineer who's now working for us, but otherwise we wouldn't have the engineering skills that we have got now. We couldn't have sustained the level of growth that we did without taking a breather and investing back into the team. We've been looking at the skills of the entire team and the most appropriate element going forward. We're manufacturing in Estonia and as we continue to grow there is opportunity for UK-based manufacturing, but there are issues such as higher rates of electricity compared to what we currently pay. There are also more restrictive labour laws than we have in Estonia – although Estonia's are still quite strict.
Digby Energy costs are important. In our business, we spend £45,000 to £50,000 a month on electricity. It's a massive amount for us and high on our agenda.
McGrath There may be question marks around the impact of the housing market on the economy and whether it's desirable, but I think you have to look at this sector if you want to bring a little more confidence into the consumer market and therefore into business demand. Having made the play around Help to Buy, it now needs to be consistent. Mark Carney has said he's taken his foot off the accelerator, but it would be very poor if he put on the brake. The other thing – in the Midlands, we've worked with a lot of other companies around the idea of Birmingham being a centre of innovation and design, bringing together universities and local government, and restating just how good the region is. There's so much good stuff coming out of the car industry but we need to keep saying it and change people's enthusiasm for engineering.
Digby We've still got some way to go with the term engineering in England, haven't we? In Germany, an engineer is a guy in a white coat who is well respected. In England, an engineer is often someone who mends your washing machine who, while still well respected, of course, is a very different kind of engineer that reacts to problems rather than actively pushing boundaries and seeking technological advances through innovation.
Reisiger Yes. You'll have difficulty if the perception of cutting metal is still the dirty business that was done by our grandfathers. The levels of automation and technology that are involved nowadays means that it actually requires a very high level of training and skill.
Overton In terms of limitations, ours is definitely a technological one – how we make the next leap in terms of aquaculture into more open, oceanic waters. There will be scientific solutions and we need to link businesses like ours with university knowledge and expertise, which has always been hard.
Walker What about the tax, national insurance and other breaks that are available to businesses?
Digby R&D tax credits have been fantastic for Xtrac. We have to make our own products obsolete almost every season because if we don't, one of our competitors will. Thirty five per cent of our turnover is allowable for R&D tax credits and that's been a significant benefit to us. The easing of employment legislation has helped, too. You heard me say how cautious I was about taking people on but now we can take them on for two years before we have to make a final decision. We don't want to be irresponsible but it makes it a little bit easier when you're taking people on if you've got those sort of benefits for the longer period.
Walker For those of you who are exporting and looking at new markets, where is next for you?
Milner Our fastest-growing businesses are the first markets we went into – still France, Germany, Holland, then the US and Canada. We do have a business in India and in China but the biggest markets are still those next door, the ones in Europe.
McGrath Our most fascinating new market is China – the growth has been not only to do with the product but also to do with social change. For a medium-sized company such as ourselves, it's the quality of the partner that matters. If the local partners are good enough, and explain the product, then that's the way forward. We've also got a reciprocal deal, so we're selling there and we're going to be bringing some of their products to Europe.
Walker Finally, please can I go around the table and ask where you all get your best bits of leadership advice and your business thoughts from?
Milner I live in the country and a lot of my friends are farmers. I'm always incredibly impressed by some of the things that farmers do and often learn from them. Anyone who's got a successful venture can teach you something and if there's one thing that is a common theme it's attention to detail. People that are into every little bit of detail, whether it's a business or a farm or an art gallery. That often equates with success in my experience.
Digby I'm fortunate in that I have a fantastic management team at Xtrac, which is extremely experienced. I've also been involved a lot with the Motorsport Industry Association, and I've just joined the IoD, so there are some gains there. I'm the vice- president of Chelsea Football Club as well, so I look there to see how (and sometimes how not) to look after your managers.
Reisiger Joining trade associations is one thing, but I think you have to be active; you have to get involved and spend time with peers and share experience. In the US, I started up a roundtable that still goes to this day – they're all business owners and it's kind of a pre-board, so before I go to my board I bounce ideas off them.
Watkin I started in a family business so a lot of my mentoring came from my father. Now I've also got a number of different mentors who I go to and we go to non-competing firms that might be, for example, 10 years ahead of us with their CSR policies. And hopefully there's something that they gain from us, too.
McGrath Creating multidisciplinary teams that can cover all the angles of your business, and having confidence in them,
is crucial.
Overton I'm a member of YPO – a network of 21,000 chief executive officers around the world and that's been incredibly resourceful for me. We have forums that meet every couple of months. It's like having an additional board and it has been really extraordinary.
Walker Thank you so much – it's been a really interesting discussion, with an awful lot of food for thought.


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One of the perks of working at We Are White River is that we come into contact with a variety of every day Stars quietly getting on with fixing things that need fixing and making White River a cleaner, better town without making song or dance of it. They grasp what being part of a community is all about – helpfulness, friendliness and connection.
In fact, despite being nominated and our pleading with them to accept Star status, they insist on remaining anonymous and being allowed to quietly carry on with their labour and neighbourliness.
We are privileged to have met some very bright Stars and to know the good work that they are doing, and it's a shame that we can't introduce them to you too. However, we respect their wishes and applaud their efforts and can assure you that there are several active townsfolk visibly improving our surroundings or getting involved in helping to effect positive change in the broader community. Isn't that good to know?
So, we award huge, shiny White River Stars to the Heroes who've chosen to be unsung, and will be sending them this message privately. They may not want public recognition for their amazing deeds, but we want to thank them for embodying the spirit of We Are White River and their contribution to our special little town.


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Hi all. I've been wanting to release this for a long while now, but I've only just had time to write this all up. I should start by talking about what this is, and what this isn't. This is a tutorial showing you how to set up Cygwin on Windows 7 or later, in order to run an initial, stripped down version of DDRescue-GUI. This is not an easy installation, and it isn't free of bugs and other issues, but I hope that it's enough to get you started running DDRescue-GUI on Windows.
NOTE: This video and post expect a small amount of knowledge about how Linux and Windows work. It's possible to follow the tutorial without this, but it may make your life significantly harder. If you aren't very technically minded, this may not be the tutorial for you.
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The Writeup
System Requirements and Prerequisites
You need to have:
- Windows 7 or later (32-bit or 64-bit).
- At least 2 GB free disk space to install Cygwin.
- A (preferably fast) internet connection.
- At least 2 GB of RAM, but preferably more.
- A few hours to set up Cygwin.
It may be possible to do this on Windows Vista, but I don't support that configuration as Vista is end-of-life.
If you have a faster machine with a good internet connection, it may be significantly quicker, but expect this to take at least 2 hours in total to get it set up.
Installing the Cygwin packages and dependencies for DDRescue-GUI
Temporarily disabling antivirus software
As demonstrated in the early parts of the video, Cygwin is not popular with antivirus programs because of the way it works. As a result of this, it is necessary to temporarily disable your antivirus program when installing Cygwin, and then create an exception after the base packages have been installed.
Disabling your antivirus is usually simple. You can often click an icon in the system tray and use the menus, but if not, you may need to open the main window and look in the settings section. If in doubt, search online for instructions for your antivirus product.
NOTE: Make sure not to browse the internet with your antivirus disabled! As soon as the Cygwin installation steps have been completed, you should re-enable your antivirus and add an exception for Cygwin as is detailed later.
Downloading and installing the base Cygwin packages
Next, head to http://www.cygwin.org and download the Cygwin setup program. I used the 32-bit version, but the 64-bit version will work fine as well, as long as your system has 64-bit Windows installed. If in doubt, use the 32-bit version.
After downloading, simply click through the Cygwin installation wizard and click "Okay" where needed to install the base packages as shown in the video.
At this point, it's a good idea to check that Cygwin is working – open the Cygwin Terminal and check that you get a command prompt.
Installing dependencies for DDRescue-GUI
Next, re-open the Cygwin installer, and find and select the following packages for installation using the search box:
ddrescue, python2-wx, python2-wxversion, python27-requests, wget, libnotify, xauth, xorg-server, xinit
Make sure not to install any versions of packages labelled "Test". Installing these may take a while. If you need additional instruction, see the relevant part of the video which walks you through this.
Defining an exception for Cygwin in your antivirus program
This is likely to be a bit more complicated to do, but generally there's an "exceptions" area in the settings where you can define files and folders to ignore. You want to head here, and add a exception for C:\Cygwin (or C:\Cygwin64, if you installed 64-bit Cygwin).
As before, if you're not sure how to do this, your best bet is to find instructions for your specific antivirus program.
Installing DDRescue-GUI in Cygwin
Head to https://www.hamishmb.com/html/downloads.php?program_name=ddrescue-gui, or https://gitlab.com/hamishmb/ddrescue-gui/tree/initial-cygwin to download the Cygwin version of DDRescue-GUI. Once done, you should extract the folder using Windows Explorer, and then open a cygwin terminal as administrator by right clicking on it and choosing the "Run as Administrator" option from the menu. You may be prompted for authentication.
Once opened, you should run the following commands one line at a time to install DDRescue-GUI:
mkdir /usr/share/ddrescue-gui
cd /usr/share/ddrescue-gui
cp -rv /cygdrive/c/Users/<yourusername>/Downloads/ddrescue-gui-initial-cygwin/ddrescue-gui-initial-cygwin/* ./
cp -v images/Logo.png ../pixmaps/ddrescue-gui.png
If you need any more instruction, please watch the relevant part of the video, or drop me an email.
Running DDRescue-GUI
A final few commands are needed to start DDRescue-GUI each time you want to run it:
cd /usr/share/ddrescue-gui
startxwin &
DISPLAY=:0 python2 ./DDrescue_GUI.py
You may see a load of output from the startxwin command, but that is normal and can be ignored. To type the next command, you can press enter first. You may also see a taskbar icon for the XWin Server.
Once started, DDRescue-GUI looks and runs very much like how it does on Linux and macOS, with two exceptions:
- Disk Information is not available.
- You cannot yet mount output files using DDRescue-GUI.
Neither of these problems stops you from using the GUI, but you'll just have to figure out which devices in "/dev/" correspond to the Windows drive letters. This can be done by plugging in the drive to recovery from while browsing /dev, and seeing which files are added. To mount output files you will have to use Windows' built-in tools, or other third-party tools.
This has been a very extensive blog post, but I hope it has helped anyone who wants to run DDRescue-GUI on Windows, until I get a polished release with an installer out. That's it for now, but stay tuned – the PXE booting series is due to be finished very soon!


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One of Norfolk's most iconic Broads' icons can celebrate its landmark birthday in style thanks to a lottery grant.
The much-painted St Benet's Abbey on the scenic River Bure is looking ahead to its 1,000 year anniversary marking a millennium since it was founded by King Canute in 1019.
A successful lottery bid for £26,000 means The Friends of St Benet's Abbey can go ahead with all they have planned under the banner St Benet's Abbey: 1000 Years!
Welcoming the award Trish Fitzmaurice said: "We are thrilled to have received this support thanks to National Lottery players and are confident the project will bring the stories of St Benet's Abbey alive and fire up people's enthusiasm so they get involved in enjoying and sharing our history in future years." As part of the anniversary celebration a community play first performed in 1907 will be enhanced and developed to create a modern performance involving stories and people from the villages.
Life-size willow sculptures, visible from the river, will be created by local groups and installed at the abbey site and a history discovery day of talks and walks is also planned.
Meanwhile an exhibition focussing on the abbey and its associated churches will display photographs from the Two Rivers Artists and include the work of local schoolchildren.
The aim, say the Friends, is to generate greater enthusiasm for the much-loved landmark, which is owned and managed by the Norfolk Archaeological Trust, and attract more enthusiasts to become involved in cherishing and conserving the site.
The abbey was founded on a small raised area in the marshy landscape.
Following his conversion to Christianity, King Canute gifted the land for the establishment of an abbey on the site in 1019, and granted it an income from 26 associated churches.
A huge flint and stone church was built and a thriving Benedictine monastery became established, with such power and influence that it caused a change in the course of rivers and encouraged peat-digging which led to the creation of the Broads.
In the early 1700s a mill was built in the gatehouse ruin creating what has become a chocolate box image.
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