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Discussion in 'Amps and Cabs [BG]' started by warwickben, Jul 21, 2002.

  1. i have been looking for a while and i have finally decied on what i want for a rig.a b2r head and a svt410he cab.does any one have a rig that close to this.
  2. fast slapper

    fast slapper

    Dec 11, 2001
    Fresno, CA
    I have a B2R. Loved it when I first got it. It was loud, punchy, and sounded good. After a year of use the power wasn't the same (no headroom). I've used it with that 4x10, sounded great.
  3. cb56

    Jul 2, 2000
    Central Illinois
  4. tim4003

    Apr 30, 2002
    Dawsonville , GA
    I own a B-2R & a BSE-410H cab( 8ohm ).
    I was a little dissapointed with this rig until I hooked up with another 8ohm cab.
    BIG difference in tone & volume!
    I'm a happy camper now!
  5. I'm sure you'll be pleased. I note in your profile that you have a 4 X 10" cabinet now. Do you plan to keep it when you get your new rig? If you do, and it is an 8 ohm cabinet, you'll be able to run it with your new cabinet (an 8 ohm cabinet) and head and you'll be ready for just about anything!
  6. that's a very common statement amongst those that play at too high a volume for too long!!! (seriously, though).

    It's a great rig if the 4x10 is 4 ohms, so you get the full 350 watts from the head.

    A wish choice, good luck, you should be pleased.
  7. ihixulu

    ihixulu Supporting Member

    Mar 31, 2000
    South Shore MA
    The 410HE cab sounds good but isn't very loud so you may want to consider an HLF cab or an additional HE if you're going be involved in high volume sets.
  8. what would be a good ampeg cab to hook up to it.i have a 4x10 but its a speakerhole.com cab pretty ****ty. iam trying spend the least amount of cash so thats why i picked the he.i played the b2r with one of the 15inch speaker wooten help make.it sound great but those cabs were way to much.

    BSE-410HLF $599
    BSE-410H $499
    SVT-410HE $579

    these are the only 4x10 cab i can really pay for.what would be the best chocie.

    also i have a combo15 inch thats 100 watts.i was going to take aline out from the ampeg so i can use the ampeg pramp and feed that in to the combo power amp.if i did this would i have the problem of bse-410h not being loud enough.
  9. ihixulu

    ihixulu Supporting Member

    Mar 31, 2000
    South Shore MA
    If you want to keep using the speakerhole cab, then you should go for an 8 ohm cab. Personally, I'd go for one good cab versus 2 cabs I'm not totally happy with. Of the choices you listed, I'm for the BSE-HLF, but again that's just my opinion.
  10. BlacksHole

    Mar 22, 2000
    Rockville, MD
    The B2R is a great sounding amp and it is nice and light. It is not as loud as other 350 watt amps though. I think some of this may be it's preamp. I was using an active bass, so I used the active input, which is at -15dB. As far as I can tell, it is at least this much reduction, maybe more. It seems to work better using the normal input and letting the red light come on fairly frequently. If you don't, then I think this amp is a bit underpowered and it could not achieve the volume levels I need for our bigger gigs.
  11. i know the reason that most people dont find it loud.the dont set it right.i was reading the maunal.u have to set it right or it will be too loud our not enough.i cant decied between the bse hlf or svt 410he.some one told me its not as loud is that true. claypool used svt he so its good enough for me.
  12. proper use of the GAIN control will fix any preamp questions. You turn it up to where your loudest notes trip the light, so your normal playing doesn't quite trip it, and then it's right. Use the MASTER for volume control. Easy, but so many get it wrong.

    Again, it's a great amp!
  13. Si-bob

    Jun 30, 2001
    Hemel Hempstead, UK
    Focusrite / Novation
    the reason why the HE won't be as loud as the HLF is because the HE is an 8ohm cab, the head needs to be runinng at 4homs to get the full 350watts out of it, the HLF cab is a 4 ohm cab and so makes the most of the head. With the hlf u can't add another cab (unless u buy a head with a 2ohm minimum) but it covers so many frequesncies, some argue you don't need another cab with it!

    Welcome to the Ampeg Family :D
  14. ihixulu

    ihixulu Supporting Member

    Mar 31, 2000
    South Shore MA
    That's only part of the reason. The HE has a sensitivity of 96db, which means it is going to be noticeably quieter than the other cabs which have sensitivities of 99db. Not a huge difference but definitely noticeable.

    Also, Ampeg amps tend to sound quieter because of how they are voiced. Turn the bass down a bit and you'll see how much louder you can push it. Of course then it doesn't sound like an Ampeg anymore.
  15. could u just rewire the he to be 4 ohms.but guess i have to save more money.
  16. keoliphant

    Mar 11, 2002
    Portland, OR
    I had the Ampeg B2 Combo - 15" sub w/ the B2R amp (I think) and was not happy with the system. I later added the Ampeg 2x10 and that rounded out the sound...more full.

    My problems w/ the setup were: 1) When playing with two loud guitarists, the bass couldn't be heard or felt. 2) When the volume knob was above 12 o'clock I'd get a decent amount of hiss....and it wasn't the bass.

    I think the B2R would make a good practice amp for playing with just one guitarist or for practicing by yourself. I wouldn't touch it if you were going to be using it for anything else.
  17. Si-bob

    Jun 30, 2001
    Hemel Hempstead, UK
    Focusrite / Novation
    I havn't had any such problems with my B-2R, i played a gig with 2 guitarists, i found i cut through quite nicely, i was going through a 210 and a 15.

    Regarding the hiss, did you have a the horn on high?
    or maybe there was some sort of fluresant tubing/light in the room?

  18. si bob u seem to really like the b2r help me .what is a good cab to get.
  19. pmkelly

    pmkelly Supporting Member

    Nov 28, 2000
    Kansas City, MO
    I have been using a b4r with a bse-410hlf... I play with two guitarists who are running line 6 ax2 amps to the pa, and we are not running my ampeg rig to the pa... for some reason, they still hear me! Probably because the b4r is a pretty heavy hitting rig (350 @ 4ohms x 2) which is a fair amount of power.... I will probably add another 410 cabinet soon! I haven't had an issues with my rig...

  20. cb56

    Jul 2, 2000
    Central Illinois
    Are you bridging your b4r into that cab at 1000 watts or just running one side at 350 watts? I ran mine bridged at 1000 watts into my 610hlf last saturday at a hot humid outdoor gig. I was fully expecting the amp to overheat and shut down but it never did, it just kept cranking out the low end. :cool:

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    The survey also revealed that expectations for the next quarter remain weak, but on a more positive note they are still above average.

    CBI Director of Economics Rain Newton-Smith stated:

    “Growth in the economy is steady this month, but momentum is slower than in the first half of the year.

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    Rob Dobson, who is the Senior Economist at Market, said:

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    Manufacturing Advisory Service

    The manufacturing sector was handed a blow on Friday, December 4th, when the government made the surprise announcement that it is to close the Manufacturing Advisory Service and the Growth Accelerator, which are all part of the government’s Business Growth Service.

    As part of the advisory service, manufacturers could get advice to help grow their business if they were based in the UK and had a turnover of less than £40 million; it helped to support manufacturers in a vast range of industries including the oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, food and chemical sectors.

    The decision to close the Business Growth Service was unexpected as it wasn’t announced as part of the spending review and some MPs, including Greg Mullholland, are calling for the decision to be reconsidered.

    Commenting on the decision, Baroness Lorely Burt stated:

    "The Manufacturing Advisory Service was a great asset to businesses, and an important part of the Industrial Strategy set up by Vince Cable.”

  • The end of an era for Littlebrook Power station has been announced. The station was officially closed down on March 31st after being in service for decades, the station’s owners announced recently.

    The station, which is based in Kent, was not part of the Large Combustion Plant Directive, which meant that is was scheduled for closure either in 2015, or after it had been in service for more than 10,000 hours.

    German company RWE Generation, who own the Littlebrook Power Station, said they made the decision to close it down this year because of “current market conditions”.

    The plant was the last significant non-gas fired station in the Greater London area to be closed down; it has been operating since the 1980s and construction work began on it in the 1970s.

    RWE Generation says that during the stations life span, it provided 43475.699 GWh of power to fuel both homes and businesses in the local area. The owners of the station also pride themselves on the links they forged with the local community.

    Commenting on the announcement, Roger Miesen, Chief Technical Officer (CTO), RWE Generation, said:

    “Today is a sad but not unexpected day. I’d like to pay tribute to this station and the people that have worked here helping to keep the lights on across London for so many years.”

    While Keven Nix, Head of RWE Generation UK, said:

    “I would like to thank all of our staff past and present who have contributed to the success of the station, we are also grateful to the local community for their continuous support during the life of the plant.”

    Miners’ Strike

    During its lifetime, Littlebrook Power Station set some records for producing electricity. This was during the 1980s miners’ strike, when the power station was operating as a three unit station to keep the electric flowing to local residents and businesses.

    Peak Demands

    The Littlebrook Power Station has also proved crucial when it comes to meeting the growing demands for energy, providing power during peak times in the Greater London area.

    Cleaner energy supplies

    The decision to close Littlebrook Power Station is part of a drive towards finding greener energy alternatives for power generation. RWE has stated it has invested over £6 billion in a five year period into improving the efficiency of power generation by shutting down the older fossil fuel plants.

  • A new survey by British Gas has revealed that 30% of Britain’s have had to take time off sick, use holiday time, or have had to turn up to work late due to an  a home energy emergency such as a broken gas boiler or burst pipes.

    It is estimated that Britain’s take up to an average of 12 working days off to manage winter repairs to their gas heating system over a lifetime; 10% of those surveyed also stated they were concerned taking time off to deal with such problems could lead to them losing their job, missing out on a promotion or stop them from getting a pay rise.

    Moreover, the survey discovered it was residents in London that were more likely to take time off to deal with an emergency, with 44% stating  they had to take time off to cope with an unexpected emergency at home.

    The cost of emergencies

    In addition, electrical faults are another common reason for taking time off work with 21% of people forced to stay at home to deal with the problem, and it is estimated it costs £512 million a year in repairs.

    The survey also estimates UK workers can lose anything up to £100 in lost income and face average bills of £542 a time to repair winter damage.

    Commenting on the survey, Matthew Bateman, managing director at British Gas residential services, said:

     “The results of the research highlight that winter home emergencies can take a toll on people in terms of time and money, and worrying about how it impacts time away from their job. Every winter we increase the number of staff in our call centre teams so we have the resources ready to help customers who may be calling us with problems”.

    Prevent emergencies

    In order to help prevent household emergencies, British Gas advise householders to arrange regular checks of their boilers and bleeding the radiators. They also suggest insulating the gas pipes during the colder months and insulating the hot water tank.

    In addition, Chris Brain, a British Gas engineer from Canterbury, states:

    “This winter, frozen condensate pipes have been a big problem for customers with condensing boilers in colder areas of the country. Frozen pipes can result in damage to the boiler and even flooding, so people should ensure pipes on the outside of their home are wrapped with lagging, at the very least”.

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  • A poll published in the Sunday Times shows more than half of Conservative voters think the government should do more to encourage onshore wind power.  52% of those surveyed said the building of wind farms should be encouraged, while 18% were against the building of more wind farms and thought they should be banned.

    The public in general are also in favour of the use of wind power according to the survey. 61% said that they would like to see more of the wind farms in the UK while 14% said that they would like to see a ban.

    Members of the public are also keen to see more offshore wind power, with 73% of people stating they would be in favour of more offshore wind power plants being built.

    When it came to other forms of energy production, there were mixed views on the extraction of shale gas with 43% against extracting shale and 32% in favour of it.

    Commenting in a press release, RenewableUK Chief Executive Maria McCaffery said:

    “Recent comments suggest that the Government is looking to restrict onshore wind as it’s concerned about the technology’s popularity. These poll results, and the many like them that have gone before, should provide reassurance that the majority of people, however they vote, want to see more onshore wind, and that any premature curtailment is not necessary.

    Indeed, as the Government has said it is committed to decarbonisation at the lowest cost, early curtailment would seem to directly contravene government objectives.”

    Queen’s Speech and Onshore Windfarms

    In the Queen’s Speech it was announced the new energy bill would mean decisions over smaller onshore wind farms that have a capacity of 50 MW will be decided by local authorities in England as opposed to a ministerial level.

    At the moment it is unclear whether this will also affect wind farms in Wales as a decision has not yet been made.

    Renewable energy organisations have expressed concerns that this could cause a delay in renewable energy projects and RenewableUK are calling on the government to give local authorities the additional resources local councils will need to make quick decisions.

    Maria McCaffery, Chief Executive of RenewableUK said

    “Onshore wind is committed to being a good neighbour to the local communities in which it is hosted, providing substantial economic advantages to the region including the ground-breaking community benefits it pays, so we are confident that Local Authorities should recognise the value of these projects.”

  • A survey by the British Chamber of Commerce and British Gas shows that UK businesses want the government to do more to accommodate the cost of the introduction of energy efficient measures into work environments.

    Of the 2,100 companies surveyed, 36% of them said they felt that the introduction of grants to help with the cost of fitting new energy efficient measures would be the most significant measure the government could make. Financial aid was favoured by 43% in the manufacturing sector, while 19% of businesses felt tax breaks could be the solution.

    However, a lack of funds and a lack of available information were also cited as reasons for not investing in energy efficiency measures at work.

    Commenting on the survey, Director of Research and Economics at the British Chambers of Commerce, Mike Spicer, stated:

    “These results demonstrate that getting the economics of investment right for energy efficiency is crucial to promoting take-up. At a time when businesses face growing upfront cost pressures from other sources, grants and tax breaks have an important role to play in offsetting the cost of new energy efficiency measures. On its own, more information won’t do the job.”

    Government Targets

    The government has targets in place and it is keen to improve energy efficiency where it can in order to improve fuel security in the future and lower pollution. However, while energy use in industry has declined in recent years, many firms have still be left not knowing the best approach in order to make efficiency savings, or they are concerned the measures they adopt will not deliver the promised cost savings.

    Wholesale prices

    Many of the companies surveyed felt they hadn’t benefitted from changes in the wholesale gas prices. Of those surveyed, approximately 36% stated that the fall in wholesale prices had yet to be reflected in their energy bills, while 37% had noted little change in the price they pay for energy, despite the fall in wholesale prices.

    According to the survey, micro-businesses have been impacted the most with 74% of them stating that there had been either no change or just minor changes in the cost of their bills.

    Energy Efficiency and the Manufacturing Sector

    In the manufacturing sector, firms seemed less concerned with greater energy efficiency; their main focus is investing in the maintenance and enhancement of their manufacturing facilities. However, the number one reason for not making investment in energy efficiency was the concern that it wouldn’t deliver the promised energy savings.

  • Householders in Cardiff are the most energy efficient in the UK according to a new survey by British Gas. More than 50% of the people surveyed said they are taking steps to save energy around the home while  87% said that they would change their habits if it meant saving money on their bills; 37% of householders stated they wanted to make energy efficiency a priority.

    The survey also showed that many people are completely unaware of just how much their energy bills cost them every day. Many householders estimated their energy spend cost them an average of £2 a day while others assumed the daily energy spend was anything from £3-£6.

    The survey was conducted as part of the British Gas Energy Saving Challenge, which sets out to help people save money on their energy bills.

    Lydia Campbell. Regional Director for British Gas in Wales, said:

    It’s great to see that so many people from Cardiff are looking to make changes to save energy and get their bills down.

    “The 60 Second Energy Challenge will help people living in Cardiff be more aware about how they use energy, it offers simple and practical tips to reduce their energy use."

    As part of the challenge, a survey was conducted and it revealed how little some householders understand about the simple measures they can take to save on energy around the home.

    Only 3% of the people interviewed were aware that by installing insulation they could make significant savings on their bills, and despite the fact smart meters are soon to be rolled out across the country, many consumers did not know that installing a smart meter could help them save money on their bills and gain a better understanding of which appliances were using the most power.

    Smart Meter Roll out

    While 500,000 smart meters have already been installed around the country, the full roll out will not begin until later in 2015.  The government is currently working with the energy industry to ensure that the roll-out goes ahead within the scheduled time frame.

    It is the gas and energy suppliers that will be held responsible for the planning and installation of smart meters; the roll-out will end in 2020. The method of installation will vary from company to company and the Department of Energy and Climate Change will oversee the management and implementation of the programme as well as carefully monitoring the roll-out.

  • Amid fears that Brexit could force some chemical manufactures to move overseas, the Chemical Industry Association (CIA) has reiterated what it wants to see from the final deal with the EU. Among its priorities are tariff free access to the single market, ‘access to appropriately skilled people’ as well as ‘regulatory continuation and consistency’.

    Post-Brexit concerns for the pharmaceutical industry

    The pharmaceutical industry is also facing considerable uncertainty regarding the potential effects of Brexit.

    In June, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry urged the sector to ‘prepare for a crisis’ should a deal not be made early, according to The Telegraph.

    In the worst-case scenario, the pharmaceutical sector could be left with restricted access when it comes to selling in Europe and be faced with substantial restructuring costs. In addition, there have been fears regarding access to medicines post-Brexit, although ministers have acted to quell these worries.

    ‘Hard’ or ‘soft’ Brexit?

    Pressure has been put on the Prime Minister to opt for a hard Brexit, which would mean exiting the single market.

    However, Theresa’s May’s failure to secure a majority in the recent general election means she doesn’t have the firm negotiating hand that she has hoped for; this might force the UK to take a different approach.

    And now there is talk that the EU might be prepared to allow the UK to stay in the single market, in what would be considered by some as a ‘soft Brexit’.

    Calls for a transitional deal

    Many in the business community and some ministers are keen to pursue a transitional deal to soften the impact of leaving the EU; this is a sentiment that is echoed by the CBI, and there has been pressure on the Brexit secretary David Davis to achieve this.

    Further the EEF, which represents manufacturers, has stated that businesses need to be informed about the nature of any transitional deal, including how long it will last for.

    At a recent conference, Terry Scuoler, Chief Executive of EEF, stated:

    “UK businesses need to know soon what arrangements will be in place after March 2019, to be able to plan, make investment decisions and have confidence that an orderly and carefully managed approach to Brexit is underway.

    “If they don’t have that assurance there will come a tipping point, sometime in 2018, when boards in the UK and elsewhere will need to make decisions based on the state of the negotiations at that point. They cannot wait until the end of the process for confirmation of a deal on our departure or future trading relationship.

    The CIA is also in favour of a transitional deal, stating:

    “We believe that staying in the single market for that appropriate transition period would help support trade, investment, jobs and overall economic growth in the critical time taking us to exit from the EU and our future new trading relationship.”

  • An industry expo due to be held in Guangzhou, China from May 14th-16th is expected to attract 10,000 visitors from forty different countries. The expo is an annual event that has been hosted annually since 1997.

    The fair will be held at the China Import and Export Complex, which is Asia’s biggest exhibition center; it was first opened in 2002.

    It is estimated there will be 300 exhibitors at this year’s event, with 8 per cent of them travelling from overseas to be there, and thousands of invitations for the exhibition have been sent out.

    Representatives from the food and beverage industry, environmental protection, petro-chemical, pharmaceutical, gas and electricity, water supply, and a vast range of other industries are also expected to attend.

    The exhibition has been designed to help manufacturers of valves, pipe fittings, castings and a range of other products to gain new customers for their products and make new connections with others in the same industry.

    It will also provide the opportunity to meet with new distributors and agencies to help increase distribution and forge new business relationships. In addition, it will give exhibitors the chance to reconnect with existing clients, increase import and export opportunities, mix with consumers and end users of the products, source new suppliers and even aid in the recruitment of key staff.

    Buyers from around the world have been invited to attend the exhibition and traders, wholesalers, importers and exporters, agents and distributors are all expected to be at the event.

    There will be hundreds of different exhibits on display and numerous companies from China and the rest of the world are scheduled to be at the event when it gets underway in the middle of May.

    Future Trade Fairs

    Aside from the exhibition in China, there are a number of other trade fairs for the valve industry scheduled throughout the year. One of the most high profile events is due to be held in Rotterdam on the 30th September 2015 and it will run until 1st October.

    The trade show will highlight innovations and initiatives from the valve, pump and seal industries. The event is expected to attract buyers, process engineers and maintenance managers who are keen to demonstrate their solutions to new contacts in the industry.

    Exhibitors will also have the opportunity to demonstrate solutions that can make the valve industry safer and more efficient.

  • A recent report by the Competition and Markets Authority has delivered its findings on the challenges that are limiting competition in the energy market. The report highlighted concerns that many customers have not considered changing over their energy supplier and this could be costing them over £100 every year.

    It was found that the far too many consumers were paying too much for their energy bills and it is thought that one of the reasons customers do not switch over is due to the fact that they find billing difficult to understand; regulators have introduced a four tariff system to try and make billing clearer, however, the report concluded it had not been as successful as hoped.

    Moreover, the report revealed that a lot of customers were reluctant to change over suppliers because they were concerned over the complexity of the process and they were unaware of what deals were available to them.

    Roger Witcomb, who chaired the investigation, said:

    “Whilst competition is delivering benefits to increasing numbers of customers, mainly through the growth of smaller suppliers with cheaper fixed-price deals, the majority of us are still on more expensive default tariffs. Many customers do not shop around to see if there’s a better deal out there – let alone switch. The confusing way energy is measured and billed can make comparing deals understandably daunting”.

    Mr Witcomb also noted the high level of customer complaints about companies in the Energy sector.

    Concerns over industry transparency

    Another issue addressed in the report was concerns over the lack of transparency in the energy industry and the distrust that this can cause among consumers.

    CMA Referral and Report

    The energy industry was referred to the Competition and Markets Authority in 2014 with the aim of establishing whether or not competition in the energy sector was working well for customers. It was also hoped that an investigation would help to make the energy market clearer for consumers to understand, and that this would result in a greater level of fairness for customers.

    As a result of the report, a number of possible remedies have now been drawn up; a final report is due to be issued by the Competition and Markets Authority by the end of 2015.

    Companies have been invited to submit their comments regarding the authority’s initial findings and these can be submitted until the end of July 2015.

  • Ofgem has announced a new code of practice aimed at regional electricity distribution networks. The announcement was made at the end of October with the purpose of increasing competition in the UK connections market.

    Ofgem say that the new code of practice should help to lower the cost of businesses connecting to the grid and add that the new measures should help to enhance the quality of service customers can expect.

    Statistics from Ofgem show that the electricity connections market is worth more than £500 million and thousands upon thousands of connections are made on an annual basis.

    Although many independent companies were already competing against the regional electricity distribution networks remained the only providers of a number of essential services that are required to make new connections. Due to the concerns that this was limiting competition in the field, Ofgem introduced its new code of practice at the end of October

    Under the new code of practice, electricity distribution networks - or DNOs as they are known - will have to abide by a new set of guidelines that have been set out by Ofgem.

    If the electricity distribution networks don’t abide by the new code of practice, then they could face action from Ofgem.

    Commenting on the announcement, Maxine Frerk, senior partner, electricity distribution, Ofgem, said:

    “We want to see competition in the electricity connections market thriving. While some DNOs are helping to achieve this, many independent companies still face unnecessary delays and needless complexity.”

    Frerk added that the new code of practice would enable independent companies to compete fairly throughout the UK, and it will mean businesses and other organisations will now have a choice as to who delivers its connections.

    Ofgem decided to implement the Code of Practice after carrying out a review of the connections sector. It found that while some companies were making an effort to improve competition in the connections market, to further improve competition it was going to be necessary to introduce a formal, binding code in order to ensure fairness to independent companies.

    Home Builders Federation welcome announcement

    The decision was welcomed by Dave Mitchell of the Home Builders Federation. Mitchell explained that as home builders are increasing the number of homes built to help address U.K.’s housing crisis, it was important these new changes had been introduced to improve the speed at which new homes are connected to the grid.

  • The Department of Energy and Climate Change has granted permission for the building of an offshore wind farm that is to be constructed on the north-east coast of the United Kingdom.

    If the project goes ahead as planned, the Dogger Bank Teesside A and B Offshore wind farms will incorporate anything up to 400 wind turbines, and there will be two offshore wind generating stations.

    Dogger Bank Teesside A will measure 560 km² and Dogger Bank Teesside B will cover 593 km².  They will have the capacity to produce 2.4 GW of green power.

    The offshore wind farm is being developed by a consortium of four different energy companies called Forewind. The consortium includes Norway-based Statkraft, international energy company Statoil, Scottish-based Energy Company SSE and Germany energy company RWE.

    When the construction is finished, the new offshore wind farm will be situated at least 125 km away from the North East coast. Each generating platform will have up to 200 wind turbines and it is planned that they will be a number of collector platforms.

    In addition, there are plans to build four platforms that would be used for either housing or and helicopters and there could potentially be up to 10 weather stations.

    For the onshore part of the project, there are proposals for a converter station, and underground cabling would also be necessary.

    The onshore elements of the planned project are to be situated in Cleveland and Redcar and they have the potential to create numerous jobs in the area. Once the project is complete, it will have the capacity to produce enough energy to power 1.8 million homes in Britain.

    Commenting on the decision, Energy and Climate Change Minister Lord Bourne stated:

    “Thanks to Government support the UK is the world leader in offshore wind energy. As we build the Northern Powerhouse, we want local communities to reap the benefits of investment and green jobs from low carbon developments like Dogger Bank Offshore wind project.”

    Once the project is complete, it is set to be among the biggest power generators in the United Kingdom.

    Forewind General Manager, Tarald Gjerde, said:

    “It represents a real opportunity for the UK to receive even more of its energy from its abundant wind resource while creating significant economic benefits, particularly for the north eastern regions.”

    Plans for the offshore wind development began with the statutory consultation phase in 2012 and with consent granted, the pre-construction and construction phrase are now free to begin.

  • Ofgem has opened up a consultation over plans for a number of new electricity interconnectors. If the proposals go ahead, Ofgem say they will be built by 2020 and will provide an increase of 3.4 GW of electricity.

    Ofgem states the new electricity interconnectors would help to create cheaper energy generation thus helping to reduce energy bills for customers in the UK; another benefit would be better energy security for the future, and it would help to boost Britain’s energy supply.

    As well as saving the consumer money, interconnectors, which allow electricity to flow between two different countries, can also help to reduce the carbonisation of energy, thus producing greener forms of energy supply.

    Commenting on the proposals, Martin Crouch, Ofgem’s senior partner for electricity transmission, said:

    “Ofgem is helping to deliver greater interconnection. These three interconnectors would further boost Britain’s energy security and reduce pressure on bills. To date, under our cap and floor regime, we are looking at adding around 5GW to Britain’s energy supply.”

    If the plans go ahead, Ofgem says the new interconnectors could offer up to £8 billion worth of benefits to consumers over a 25 year period.

    Four projects under consideration

    The proposals set out explain two of the interconnectors will connect Britain’s electricity system with France and the third one with Denmark

    The FAB project will link Britain and France via the island of Alderney; the project is under development by Transmission Investment and RTE.  If it goes ahead, the interconnector will produce 1.4 GW of electricity.

    The proposed IFA2 project will also establish a connection between Britain and France, but would only produce one gigawatt of electricity; this project is a collaboration between National Grid Interconnector Holdings and RTE.

    Also under consultation is the Viking project, which would mean a 1 GW interconnector transmission link between Denmark and Britain; this would be developed by NGIH and Danish company Energinet.dk.

    In addition, a fourth and final project, which is known as Greenlink, is being considered. The 500 MW interconnector would run between Ireland and Britain; this project would be developed by Element Power.

    Current Interconnections and Consultation

    Currently, there are four interconnectors in place between Great Britain and Europe; they are located in France, Ireland, the Netherlands and Northern Ireland; this produces 4 GW of electricity and accounts for 4% of Britain’s energy supply.

    The consultation will remain open until May 2, 2015.

  • Contracts worth €1.5 billion have been awarded to build an electricity link between England and Norway. When it is complete, the interconnector will be the longest in the world; NSN Link Limited gave the contracts to Nexans and Prysmian, who will be responsible for constructing the 740 km route.

    The England and Norway link will be the first time that two countries have shared a direct energy system; the project is a collaboration between the National Grid and Norwegian company Statnett SF.

    The cables will run from Blyth in Northumberland to Kvilldal in Norway. It will require almost 1500 km of cable to complete the project and there will also be a 10 km offshore route.

    Prysmian will be providing 950 km of the submarine and land cables; they will also be responsible for installing them. Prysmian will manufacture the cables in a factory in Naples and they will use a specially designed cable laying vessel, which is called the “Giulio Verne”.

    Nexans will be providing cabling for the Norwegian side of the connection; they will manufacture the cables in their Halden-based factory.

    Commenting on the project, Alan Foster, National Grid’s director of European Business Development, said

    “There is a huge programme of work for us to undertake over the next five years to deliver what will be the world’s longest interconnector.  Our contractors will have a big part to play in that successful delivery. But the benefits to both UK and Norway are also huge and when completed the link will deliver low carbon electricity for the UK and also add to security of supply for Norwegian consumers.”

    Håkon Borgen, Executive Vice President of Statnett, added that the project was vital for the future of the energy system in Europe.

    The licence that will allow the project to go ahead was first granted in 2013 when the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy gave permission for the interconnector to be built. Preparation work at the site will begin in 2016 and will continue into 2017 when construction will get underway

    The link between the two countries will have numerous benefits including helping to provide a more secure power supply for both the UK and Norway, and the construction work will help to provide jobs. When the link has been finished it will have the capacity to produce 1400 MW of power.

    It is expected that the work would be completed in 2019 and the interconnector will be operational by 2020.

  • The government is taking steps to crack down on anyone who attempts to manipulate the energy markets. On April 13, 2015, the U.K.’s energy regulators will be given new powers to prosecute anyone suspected of rigging the wholesale electricity and gas prices.

    Under the new laws, it will now be a criminal offence for anyone to use insider information to buy wholesale energy products, or to artificially inflate the wholesale price of energy. Any individual convicted of these offences could face a two-year jail term.

    There are already regulations in place to try and prevent the rigging of the wholesale gas and electricity prices, and Ofgem already has the power to conduct investigations and to impose fines on the individuals and companies involved if it is found  they have flouted the rules, however, until now it has not been a criminal offence.

    As well is facing a possible jail sentence, anyone convicted will also receive a criminal record, and companies that are found guilty will face similar sanctions.

    The government believes that by introducing an additional criminal offence, it will act as a deterrent.

    Commenting on the new announcement, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey said:

    “Manipulating the energy market is absolutely unacceptable – which is why we’re introducing the strongest possible sanctions, including prison sentences”.

    “Tougher penalties will help to create a fairer and stronger market, providing more protection for bill payers and building on action we’ve already taken to increase competition, drive down bills and make it easier and quicker than ever for consumers to switch energy suppliers.”

    Ed Davey first proposed the new measures to criminalise energy price rigging in 2014 and a public consultation was later launched.

    Speaking at the time of the proposals, Energy UK told The Independent:

    “Energy companies welcome scrutiny about how the market is working and our members have nothing to hide.

    “Energy companies are also committed to quick switching and have kept government fully informed of the work already underway to cut switching times dramatically while making sure customers’ consumer rights are protected. Already around one quarter of a million customers switch every month, proving it is not only possible but easy.”

    Ofgem investigation

    There has been a previous year-long investigation into allegations of price rigging in the industry, however, after a 12 month review Ofgem and the Financial Conduct Authority concluded there was no further action to be taken regarding the claims.

  • In 2012, Npower announced the famous Didcot A tower was to be demolished. Now, Npower has announced the demolition, which is being carried out by specialist firm Coleman and Company, is nearly a third of the way complete. So far, three of the cooling towers have been demolished and the Didcot A coal yard has also been destroyed.

    The 47 hectare site that was left behind following the demolition of the coal yard has now been sold to developers Clowes Development Limited and a consultation process is now underway to determine what will become of the land.

    In addition, Turbine Hall has also been demolished and recovery of the remaining scrap is still continuing. Thus far, 20,000 tonnes of scrap materials have been collected and 36,000 tonnes of concrete from the site has been recycled; many of the tanks that were used to fuel the Didcot A tower have been demolished and the external ductwork has been taken down.

    Work will continue on the site well into 2016. The main stations buildings are scheduled for demolition in the summer of 2015 and the north cooling towers and chimney are likely to be demolished the following year. It is predicted the demolition of the site will be completed by September 2016.

    The Didcot A power station closed in 2013 after being in use for more than four decades. Speaking at the time, a spokesperson for Npower said the decision to shut down the power station was “driven by government policy” and the need to replace less energy efficient means of power generation with low carbon alternatives.

    The first towers were felled in July 2014; it took less than ten seconds to demolish them. The demolition of the towers was described as a sad day and the end of an era for Npower.

    Speaking at the time, Alan Robinson Chief Commercial Officer for Npower, said:

    “In anticipation of the closure of older coal-fired power stations, such as Didcot A, RWE has invested strongly in modern gas-fired stations. Didcot A has played a vital role in ensuring security of supply for the UK for over 40 years. Our new gas stations are continuing where Didcot A left off by providing reliable, low-cost electricity.”

    “RWE has invested more than £6bn in the UK in new renewable technologies and state-of-the-art gas-fired power stations, which will continue to help keep the lights on whilst dramatically reducing environmental emissions”.

  • The Didcot B Power Station is back online following a fire that occurred in late October. It was eight days before the power station was in action again and repair work is still continuing; until the affected module is repaired fully the tower will only work at 50% of its usual capacity.

    The fire began on a Sunday evening and affected one of the cooling modules in the Didcot B Power Station; the tower stands alongside the Didcot A tower, which was decommissioned in 2012.

    When the fire broke out, an emergency team put in place a co-ordinated plan and worked alongside local emergency services to extinguish the flames as soon as possible. The Fire Brigade stayed on site until the next morning and then control of the cooling tower was handed back to the team at Npower. The fire caused millions of pounds worth of damage, and 25 fire engines were called to the scene.

    It is still not known what caused the fire; Npower have stated that an investigation is being held into the cause. While the investigation is underway, the cooling tower, which is one of two at the Didcot B plant, will remain out of use. Npower are unable to say how long the module will be out of action for.

    In a statement, Npower said that the power station was shut down as soon as the fire began to take hold and that there was no injuries caused to staff at the plant; the public were not put at risk as a result of the fire.

    Roger Miesen, Head of Hard Coal and Gas, on the RWE Generation board, said:

    ‘It’s good news that Module 5 is back online so quickly. It will be available to generate power this winter and essential repairs will be in the region of single digit million pounds. Didcot B, as part of RWE Generation’s wider fleet, has an important part to play in contributing to the UK’s security of supply.

    ‘Our thanks go out for the fantastic response and dedication of the emergency services who worked alongside RWE teams to bring the fire under control quickly and safely. Huge credit is also due to the RWE site and central engineering teams whose expertise meant that we are able to bring Module 5 back into service after only nine days.’

    The gas-fired power station creates enough energy to power 1 million homes, but energy supplies were not affected.

  • Uncertainty continues to surround the UK steel manufacturing industry following a review by Tata of its European Portfolio. In late March it was announced that due to the demand for steel being on the decline across the globe, the current excess of steel supplies and excessive manufacturing costs, the future of Tata steel plant in Port Talbot is now in doubt.

    A plan for Strip Products UK, which aimed to transform and restructure the business, was also deemed as unviable during the review, and it was decided that the Tata steel board would not be able to fund the plan.

    Heavy Losses and Proposed Sale

    It has been reported that the Port Talbot plant is losing £1 million and a day, however, these figures have not been confirmed and there is a question mark over the precise amount of the losses.

    There have been calls for the government to take ownership of the plant, but this is a plan that has been rejected by the Prime Minister and the only hope to save thousands of jobs is to sell the Tata steel plant.

    Sajid Javid Criticism

    Business Secretary Sajid Javid faced criticism for being on holiday at the time the news was announced, however, Mr David has said in a statement on his website that it was his efforts that convinced Tata to put the plant up for sale rather than close it down. The Business Secretary also defended his party’s efforts to support the manufacturing industry in the UK, specifically the steel industry.

    However, Stephen Kinnock, the Labour MP for Aberavon has described the Tory party’s response to the steel industry’s predicament as “a mixture of incompetence and indifference” and he has started the #saveoursteel campaign.

    CBI statement

    The CBI has issued a statement regarding the current steel manufacturing crisis. The CBI Deputy Director-General for policy and campaigns, Josh Hardie, said:

    “It’s clear that firms in our steel industry face major global challenges to stay competitive.

    “Our industrial base can best be supported by developing a long-term industrial strategy, protecting research and development investment to help raise productivity and ensuring energy costs remain competitive.

    “The Welsh and UK governments must work together, alongside businesses, to maintain and increase investment in Wales.”

    Liberty House and steel group with offices around the globe are reported to be interested in purchasing the plant, however, there are some concerns that government funding would need to be made available if the sale is to go ahead.

    It came shortly after the company has announced a deal to sell its plants in Scotland. The Clydebridge and Dalzell steel plants are to be sold to the Scottish government and they would then be sold on to liberty House.

  • The Department of Energy and Climate Change says its energy auctions have led to 27 renewable energy projects being offered new contracts. The Government says the energy projects will create enough power for nearly 1.5 million homes.

    As a result of the auctions, the National Grid predict £315 million a year in new contracts will now be made available to five renewable energy companies. Some of the contracts will be given to companies that specialise in renewable forms of energy such as onshore wind and solar power, which is growing in popularity. However, contracts are also to be offered to offshore technologies.

    The auctions were part of the Government’s Contracts for Difference initiative, which has been designed to help reform the energy market in the UK by encouraging investment into greener forms of power generation. Successful bidders will get contracts that will last for 15 years.

    As a result of the auctions, there could be two new offshore and 15 new on shore wind farms. It could also lead to the establishment of 5 new solar projects.

    Price Reduction

    The Government says the green energy auctions have helped to dramatically reduce prices for green energy by up to 58% in some cases; the move towards greener forms of power generation will also help to considerably reduce CO2 emissions, thus helping to create a cleaner environment.

    In a move to drive down the prices of renewable energy, as part of the auctions, contracts were only offered to the companies that gave the most competitive prices. The Government says this means consumers will get much better value for money.

    As well as a 58% reduction in the price of solar energy, offshore wind energy has been made 18% cheaper, while onshore forms of energy are 17% cheaper.

    Commenting on the auctions, Ed Davey, Energy and Climate Change Secretary, said:

    “This world leading auction has delivered contracts for renewables projects right across the UK. These projects could power 1.4 million homes, create thousands of green jobs and give a massive boost to home-grown energy while reducing our reliance on volatile foreign markets”.

    “The auction has driven down prices and secured the best possible deal for this new clean, green energy.”

    The contracts will be awarded to companies based in England, Scotland and Wales and will include both small businesses and independent generators.

  • While small and medium sized manufactures in the UK have announced new job opportunities, increased orders and more domestic orders, they are still struggling when it comes to exporting goods.

    According to the statistics from the CBI SME Trends Survey, domestic orders remained steady, but export orders show little sign of picking up. It is also predicted that domestic orders will continue to increase in the next quarter, but small and medium sized manufacturers remain pessimistic about the future for exporting.

    A quarter of the 426 businesses surveyed stated their exports increased, but 28 per cent said they have fallen. These statistics are the same as the last quarter and companies expect the export market to remain unchanged in the near future.

    Moreover, there was less optimism surrounding the future for exports in the coming year, and a number of firms expressed concerns over how the exports would be affected by political and economic conditions.

    Export Challenges

    There are several factors making exports a challenge for UK-based businesses. The increase in the Pound against the European currency means UK firms are less competitive, while the on-going financial problems in Greece are causing continued concern.

    Katja Hall, CBI Deputy Director-General, said:

    “Smaller manufacturers are reporting solid increases in output, orders and jobs. While growth was a little slower this quarter, they expect a pick-up in activity in the next three months.

    “However, prospects for exporting to the rest of Europe remain a concern. Sterling’s recent rises against the Euro may mean more money in the back-pocket of holidaymakers, but it makes it that bit tougher for British manufacturers to stay competitive and sell inside the Eurozone.

    “Business will also be keeping a close eye on how the Greek situation develops in the coming weeks.

    New Government

    However, with a new government about to be elected, firms are hopeful there will be a more concerted effort to develop a long-term export strategy for the future, and businesses hope that this will be adopted sooner rather than later, as the CBI makes it clear exports are key for helping to keep economic growth on track.

    Employment Prospects and Output

    Nevertheless, despite the continued negative outlook for exports, employment prospects are looking up. Job creation in the manufacturing sector continued in the last quarter and at better than average rates. Moreover, job creation is predicted to grow in the next three months as well.

    Output was also on the increase; this trend is expected to continue into the next quarter.

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Derwent Lees (14 November 1884 – 24 March 1931) was an Australian landscape painter.

Derwent Lees was born Desmond Lees in Hobart, Australia, in 1884. He lost a foot in a riding accident as a youth, while studying at Melbourne Grammar School in 1899-1900. Moving to London in 1905, Lees studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, joining its staff in 1908. He was a member of the New English Art Club from 1911. The earliest known pencil work of a model is from 1909 while at the Slade school and is held in a private collection in Doreen, Victoria, Australia.

He was a friend of Augustus John and James Dickson Innes, and spent the period from late 1910 to 1912 with them at a cottage called Nant Ddu in north Wales. In 1912 Innes and Lees went on another painting trip to Collioure in France. His wife Lyndra was one of Augustus John's former models. He was the only Australian artist represented at the 1913 Armory Show in New York.

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Keiko Mukaide is a Japanese-born artist who lives and works in Scotland. She creates small glass sculptures and large glass installations.

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  • Three glass jars – each filled with coloured water – one blue, one red and one yellow. Use food colouring or paint to colour the water
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  • A large a piece of white card (as large as possible)
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  • Tightly seal the lids of the jars.
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  • Place the jars in front of the white background.
  • Experiment with shining the torches through the glass jars to see what light and colour effects you can get.
  • Cross the beams of light from the torches.
  • Try to create other colours by shining the torches through more than one jar.
  • Use your pastels and crayons to create different landscapes with the images you have made. Think weird and wonderful, dreamy and fantastic or maybe other-worldly and alien.

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  • Don’t be afraid to experiment, try different ideas and combinations of colour and light
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Organs and tumors are composed of many different cells, which makes it challenging to understand the biology of these tissues at the cellular level.

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Office star Gervais angry over Microsoft training video 'leak'

Have you seen the recently leaked Microsoft training video written and starring Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant? If not it’s well worth a look whilst you can still find it.

Gervais is apparently unhappy that the Office-esque video made for Microsoft a couple of years ago has made it out into the wild, lest his fans think that he’s gone back on his word never to resurrect David Brent.

To be honest, I’m surprised it took this long (when I first saw it I thought it may have been quite a recent video, were it not for a few time-dependent references in the video)

I’m not sure whether Ricky should be too bothered. Most of the comments I’ve read have been pretty complementary (apart from the age-old debate about whether the US version of The Office was better than the UK version – eh?) and I think it’s a really cool thing – leak or otherwise.

Were it not for the yawn-inducing mention of lawyers (Google, Apple,
Gina Ford, Gervais…) I might think that this was actually planned.
Ricky seemed less bothered when an episode of Extras made it out into
the wilds of the Internet.

Microsoft are investigating how the videos slipped out, and lawyers on both sides may well be approaching web sites that are hosting it asking them to take the content down. Let’s hope Google Videos keep it.

C’mon, lighten up Ricky, I think it’s cool (and no it doesn’t look like
you’ve sold out, either). I was getting to a point where I missed The
Office (I’ve not watched it for a while) and this was pretty cool –
specially with the odd dig at Microsoft and geeks in general!)

What do you reckon?

Andy Merrett

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  • I doubt Gervais cares that much, it’s not like the vids are crap or anything. I myself was delighted when I found the videos, especially since Steve Merchant is part of them, too.

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Spermbots Now To Kill Cancer Cells

The cure for cancer has been a long time coming with similar claims to eradicate the prevalent disease. Also, the use of chemical substances for the treatment of cancer has proven to be near toxic to the body of the patient as scientists are yet to arrive at a way to best target the disease so as to avoid accompanying consequences of the drugs.

After years of research, a team of researchers at the German Institute of integrative Nanoscience came up with a promising new way to target cancer and that is by deploying a natural-born infiltrator called ‘sperm’.

Originally, the team had been working for years on a robotic power-boost for slow swimmers, intended to help couples having childbirth challenges as a result of low sperm motility conceive. It was in the process that they discovered other possibilities that, sperm’s double-lipid-lined head could also be coaxed into carrying a payload of chemo drugs and they decided to try it out. That is to say –from inducing life- to slaying reproductive cancer.

How it works

This technique works like gene editing. Using a two-photon laser, the scientist created a set of sperm harnesses, tiny tubes with flexible arms that cling to the head. By coating the harnesses in iron, they were able to control the machines through an external magnetic field. As the ironclad Trojan horses collide with tumours, the force of impact causes them to shed their harnesses, burrow into the tissue and drop their killer payload.

The outcome was amazing as the spermbots killed more than 90 percent of the rogue cells when viewed on a cancerous mass.

However, the technique has so far been tested using bull sperm in microfluidic plastic chambers, not yet in animals or humans. Still, the technology reveals a promising new army of drug carriers that better targets cancer.

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Here's how Office 365 is about to make your life far easier

PowerPoint Designer

Over at the Ignite conference in Atlanta, Microsoft has been busy detailing exactly how it's going to make Office 365 more intelligent and helpful to users going forward.

One of the biggest additions to the suite will be the introduction of Tap to both Word and Outlook. The idea is while you're working on a document or email, Tap will automatically highlight any other related docs (or spreadsheets, presentations) which are commonly used by you or your colleagues.

You can then simply 'tap' those resources (literally if you have a touchscreen) and click on any related file to pinch an image, chart or table from them, and use that in the document you're currently working on.

The feature will find relevant content by using Microsoft Graph, and will be coming to other office apps soon. Meantime, it's live for Office 365 Enterprise E3 and E5 in preview (First Release for Current Channel).

Microsoft has also introduced QuickStarter to PowerPoint and Sway, a feature which allows the user to enter a topic they're going to create a presentation around, and then provides suggestions for slides, images to use and so forth.

This will be coming to PowerPoint in Office 365 by the end of the year, and it's already live for those using Sway on the web.

More power to make your points

Designer in PowerPoint has also had another string added to its bow, now letting users work with text, taking simple bullet-point lists and transforming them into much more professional looking affairs (see the above image). This capability is now available to Office Insiders testing out Microsoft's productivity suite.

In case you're thinking that there's been no mention of Excel yet, the spreadsheet app hasn't been left out in the cold, and its new feature is Maps. This takes a large set of data pertaining to, for example, the GDP of various countries, and automatically creates a colour-coded map based on that data and parameters the user provides.

Again, Maps should arrive in the Office 365 suite by the end of the year.

Microsoft also announced that MyAnalytics (previously Delve Analytics) is now available for Office 365 Enterprise E5 users, aiming to help employees understand how they use their time, and therefore to achieve better levels of productivity.

There were also advances on the security front with improvements to Office 365's Advanced Threat Protection, including 'URL detonation' which interrogates suspicious links in a secure virtual environment, and 'dynamic delivery' allowing for email attachments to be scanned for malware without delaying the associated message.

A new Threat Intelligence feature is also on hand to proactively protect Office 365 users against advanced threats.


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Any advantage a bridged connection over ICS?

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In order to share Internet with other network we use ICS. I wonder if a bridged connection would do a better job. What is the difference in terms of its effect?

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On a slow PC (doing the sharing), bridging would be faster.

The main difference is that ICS is acting as a NAT router and DHCP server, while bridging is not. There is a small amount of latency involved in doing the routing part, but probably not enough to bother switching.

The advantage to bridging is that the remote device is now on the same IP network as everybody else, which can be useful for things like printing.

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Just a few days after it came to light that Verizon had prematurely terminated the two-year free data plan that came along with the 4G LTE version of Google's Chromebook Pixel laptop, the company has announced that it will work with the affected customers to ensure that the problem is fixed.

“We do understand that a very small number of Chromebook Pixel customers may have had a promo end prematurely. We apologize for this, and will work with these customers to address the situation,” said a Verizon spokesperson.

As per the official documentation, buyers were supposed to get two year's worth of 100MB-per-month free data with their Chromebook Pixel purchase, but Verizon curtailed the service earlier than promised. The carrier has reportedly been telling customers that the offer was only good for one year.

Google noted that the service interruption was outside its control, but announced $150 prepaid Visa gift cards to appease the disgruntled owners.

It is not clear what forced Verizon to take a U-turn on the issue. Bad press could be one reason, or perhaps the carrier changed its mind after Block & Leviton LLP, a Boston-based law firm representing consumers nationwide, said that it had started investigating what it described as Verizon's breaches of contract, fraudulent misrepresentations, and/or violations of state consumer protection laws.

Whatever the reason, affected customers will soon have their free LTE restored.


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Diana: Her Fashion Story, review: this riveting show of Diana's dresses shows just how magnificent she was

Princess Diana during a royal tour of Italy in 1985
Princess Diana during a royal tour of Italy in 1985 Credit: Mauro Carraro/REX

On November 4th, 1981, barely three months into her marriage to Prince Charles, Princess Diana fell asleep on stage during the opening reception of an exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum entitled Splendours of the Gonzaga – while wearing, as it happens, a spectacular floral gown by one of her favourite designers, David Sassoon. All aspects of this incident are telling. Her snooze at this august moment was an example of the naturalness and  unpretentiousness which were to humanise, not to say revolutionise the image of the Royal Family. The dress represents her lifelong passion for fashion. And the theme of the exhibition, while it might appear incidental, couldn’t be more relevant as you walk around Kensington Palace's much-anticipated, riveting new show of some of her most iconic dresses.

The Gonzaga, the ruling family of Renaissance Mantua, patrons of Leonardo, Raphael  and Titian, paraded their magnificence to inspire awe and admiration among their subjects. But while Diana, with her fondness for baseball caps and George Michael's music, might have, on the one hand, been the most modern of royals, her image, as demonstrated here, was founded on the same historical traditions of princely grandeur: traditions which Diana updated and brilliantly, if sometimes unwittingly, manipulated to her own ends.

A green and black tartan wool day-suit worn by Princess Diana on a royal visit to Italy in 1985, a pale pink chiffon blouse worn for Diana's first official portrait in 1981 and a brown tweed wool day suit worn on her honeymoon in Balmoral in 1981, on display at the Diana: Her Fashion Story exhibition Credit: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Featuring 25 dresses each of which tells a story in its own right, the show charts Diana's fashion progress in six themed displays. Your impression on entering the first room is of how long ago it all now seems; there's little here to indicate that we're in the second half of the 20th century. In the late Seventies, upper class young women still tried to emulate their mothers' style, and Diana's 1979 debutante coming-out ballgown by Regamus, a label popular with Sloane Rangers, has a sort of female fogey look, with a Jane Austen-style high waist and a nylon net-lace overlay lending a touch of New Romantic frilliness.

The story behind the famous floppy-collared "Lady Di" blouse exemplifies how her royal career was a carefully managed spectacle, though one that was to take unpredictable turns. The epitome of English-rose ingénue style, the pale pink chiffon blouse with its satin neck ribbon, by David and Elizabeth Emanuel, was worn by Diana in a Vogue feature on up-and-coming beauties – in a now iconic photograph by Lord Snowdon – which hit the newsstands on the very day that her engagement to Prince Charles was announced. The blouse, meanwhile, was immediately copied up and down the high street and sold in millions within days.

Princess Diana and Prince Charles on their honeymoon in Scotland in 1981. Diana's tweed suit is on display at the exhibition. Credit:  Tim Graham/Getty Images

The tweed suit she wore on honeymoon in Scotland will bring a lump to the throat of anyone who can remember back to 1981. Even the least assiduous follower of the Royal Family will have this ensemble in their mental baggage. The image of the couple looking radiantly happy by a burn on the Balmoral estate is as emblematic of their "fairy tale" marriage as the Emanuels' spectacular baroque wedding dress (not in this show), while the baggy cut of the jacket inflects classic "county" style with a touch of that most reviled of Eighties garments, the bomber jacket. It was an early example of Diana's patronage of "high-low" fashion: the marriage of haute couture and street style.

From these relatively demure beginnings, Diana rapidly developed a more personal identity that stood decorous royal sartorial traditions on their head, working with a number of carefully chosen British designers to bring out a strain of wayward theatrical fantasy. Belville Sassoon's tight-fitting glass-bead encrusted black cocktail dress brings a touch of kinkiness to the princess fairytale, with its severe white collar that appears to have been sliced off across the top, while Diana's decision to wear Murray Arbeid's striking black and red flamenco-themed dress on an official visit to Spain – and with odd gloves – took chutzpah.

The idea that the style of the modern royals is pretty much the same as our own, but maybe a couple of rungs higher in terms of quality, is given the lie in a roomful of spectacular gowns created for state visits. Anyone who commissions forty designer outfits for a single foreign tour, as Diana was obliged to do -  one of them embroidered with 20,000 pearls - doesn't exist in the same dimension as the rest of us.

Princess Diana dances with actor John Travolta at a 1985 White House party Credit: EPA

A  masterpiece of the dressmaker's art, Victor Edelstein's so-called Travolta dress should by any normal reckoning have been stiff-as-a-board with its dense velvet rouching, but proved superbly supple when Diana danced in it with John Travolta at the White House in 1985, in one of those electric moments that seemed to come naturally to the princess.

Catherine Walker's strapless pearl-encrusted, white crepe sheath with stiff-collared jacket, was dubbed the "Elvis dress" for its Vegas-style overkill. Walker became Diana's leading designer because, focusing entirely on couture, she was able to give the princess the time and concentration she needed, both on a practical and emotional level. Her green sequinned evening dress, worn on an official visit to Austria in 1986, is a big-shouldered, art-deco fantasia that shone a blazing turquoise under the press lights. A relic of Diana's "Dynasty" period, it's a reminder that her royal career ran parallel not only to a huge explosion of interest in fashion, but the great monetarist boom of the Eighties and Nineties.

A Dynasty-style sequinned dress worn at a charity evening in 1990 Credit: Mike Forster/Daily Mail/Rex Features

Paradoxically, though, when she reined in on the excess following her separation from Charles in 1992, so that the focus would fall on her charity work – for Aids-related causes, children's hospitals, land-mine removal and much more – her look if anything was even more luminous, as embodied by Walker's perfectly simple, pale pink day suit.

The exhibition finishes with a selection of the 79 dresses sold at Diana's sale at Christies in New York in June 1997, which raised $3.4 milion for Aids and cancer charities. They include a sleeveless, backless green silk-velvet ball gown, with "smoking jacket" lapels referencing the style of some her key rivals, who weren't by this time other royals and aristocrats, but super models such as Cindy Crawford and pop stars of the order of Madonna. An ice-blue silk Versace ball gown with Ancient Egyptian-style beading immediately evokes Elizabeth Taylor in the film Cleopatra, and reflects Diana's decision to wear continental as well as British designers following the end of her royal duties.

A Versace ice blue silk gown with beading, centre, worn by Princess Diana in 1991, on display at Diana: Her Fashion Story Credit: AP Photo/Alastair Grant

This display is surrounded by blown-up photographs of Diana wearing some of these garments, taken for Vanity Fair by Mario Testino, the great glamour portraitist of the era, who aimed to give her a relaxed and natural look as though she'd "just come from a party". Yet behind the radiant smile there's a faint sense of unease: the fairy tale princess is already, you feel, the tragic heroine. Diana's New York sale, dispensing with so many extraordinary era-defining garments, seemed to presage a new stage in her life and career.

What that would have been, we'll never now know. But one thing is certain: you couldn't have made Diana up. Now that she's begun to recede into history, her story seems almost more extraordinary than it did when it was happening. Renaissance grandeur? The Gonzaga couldn't have got near this level of magnificence not even if, like Diana, they'd had all the world's media permanently at their beck and call.

Diana: Her Fashion Story is booking to October 31. Book your tickets now to avoid disappointment at tickets.telegraph.co.uk or call 0844 871 2118


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Monday 12 November 2018

Country gardener

Elspeth Thompson meets one of her heroes

THE other day I met one of my gardening heroes. Colin Simpson founded Simpson's Seeds in 1993 from the garden and kitchen table of his house in Surrey. The company's catalogue is now the best source for unusual tomato varieties (95 at the last count). It also stocks 98 types of potato, 73 types of peppers and an impressive selection of beans and salad greens.

The idea came to Simpson while he was recuperating from a near-fatal accident. Some friends in America sent him a seed catalogue - he'd long grown his own vegetables to feed his family, but was amazed by the variety and prices in this catalogue. He sent off for some seeds, and got almost 100 per cent germination, vigorous plants and fruit with super flavours. It struck him that there could be a small profit in selling plants to friends, local shops and allotment societies, and he set about printing a seed catalogue. Within months, though, he hit a problem with the Ministry of Agriculture. His seeds were not on the list of approved plants that the EC allowed for sale.

Rather than succumb to this setback, Simpson saw it as a challenge. As a veteran foreign correspondent on The Sunday Times, he was not put off by reams of bureaucracy, and soon discovered a loophole he could use to his advantage. The only people allowed to buy, sell and grow seed outside these directives were plant-trialists. So by turning Simpson's Seeds into the Tomato Growers' Club, and making membership free to anyone who bought seed, he turned his customers into plant-trialists too. All they had to do was report back on the progress of their plants, a practice the company still encourages.

The ministry was not amused and a legal debate ensued, which was finally settled in the ministry's favour. But Simpson was undeterred. The EC laws apply to seeds, not plants. Quoting the European Court of Human Rights ruling that life begins as soon as germination takes place, he began trading in seeds that showed visible signs of germination. The ministry gave in.

Six years later, membership of the club has grown to 15,000 and plantlets are sent out as far afield as Japan. But the business is still run on a personal scale. Most of the plants are grown in greenhouses and polytunnels in the garden, and customers are requested not to call the helpline after 8pm or during the Derby, Grand National, Cheltenham Gold Cup or test matches. Simpson is now planning to hand on more of the business to his wife, Jane, and son, Matthew. By next spring they hope to be based in the walled garden on the Longleat Estate in Wiltshire, where for the first time they will be able to welcome visitors.

The beautiful chilli pepper tree I mentioned in last week's column was given to me by Matthew. It is an orozco plant (a native of south-east Mexico). Matt's great passion is peppers - a large polytunnel in the garden was full of every type imaginable. There were bell peppers as big as a baby's head, 'Friar's Hats' like glossy red Capuchin hoods nodding from slender branches, the fiery 'Jamaican Hot Yellows' used for jerk pork and chicken, and long snaking 'Elephant's Trunk' peppers from India.

Most ornamental and chilli peppers are dealt with as annuals in this country - sown every spring to die down in autumn. But in their natural habitats, many are perennial, and Matt has had some success at overwintering them, by picking off all the fruit in late autumn, cutting the stem back to three inches and keeping the plant under horticultural fleece at a minimum of 10°C. In early February, increased light and heat and a level teaspoon of dried blood watered in should spurt them back into bushy new growth.

Picking all the pretty purple, red and yellow chillis off my orozco tree will be hard, but I may try drying them on a sheet of baking parchment in the Rayburn (a low oven with the door propped open works as well). They can then be ground into chilli powder using a pestle and mortar - gloves and protective eye wear are essential. Then we'll have some of the warmth of Mexico to cheer us through the winter.

  • For Simpson's Seeds 2001 catalogue, send an sae to 27 Meadowbrook, Old Oxted, Surrey RH8 9LT (01883 715242). Books on pepper and tomato growing are also available.
  • Pepper seed should be ordered in time for sowing at the end of February to allow the fruits the maximum ripening time.

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Why this £45 Ikea table could be worth thousands in the future

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Lövbacken table, £45, Ikea (

As bank-holiday activities go, a trip to Ikea is right up there with repainting the spare room and staining the garden fence. Hordes of us will walk through its doors this weekend (and, no doubt, walk out again, several hours later, having spent a small fortune on plates, candles and picture frames that we didn’t know we needed until we got lost somewhere between Lighting and Small Storage). But how many are aware that, amid the Billy bookshelves, tableware and sheepskin rugs, there may be a valuable future antique?

According to experts at the art and antiques search site Barnebys, the humble Lövbacken side table, recently reintroduced and currently available for £45, could be worth as much as...

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Monday 12 November 2018

'Go home' immigration posters are already working, Downing Street claims

Downing Street has claimed that the Home Office’s controversial “go home” immigration campaign is “already working” and suggested the scheme could be rolled out across the country.

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Mobile billboards carry a warning of "Go Home or Face Arrest" Photo: RICK FINDLER

According to David Cameron’s spokesman there has been a “great deal of interest” from illegal immigrants voluntarily calling a Government helpline and asking how to leave the country.

However, Downing Street later indicated that the Home Office has not actually provided any statistics that prove the scheme is working and that officials have merely told their Number 10 counterparts that it has been a success.

It came as Downing Street slapped down Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, who yesterday described the campaign telling illegal immigrants to “go home or face arrest” as “stupid and offensive”.

The strategy has seen vans displaying posters targeted at illegal immigrants driving around six London boroughs.

Asked whether the Prime Minister agreed with Mr Cable’s view that the posters are offensive, Mr Cameron’s spokesman said: “No is the short answer. This pilot is about targeting people who are here illegally and giving the opportunity to leave the country voluntarily rather than be arrested, detained and removed and we know that voluntary returns are the most cost effective way of removing illegal immigrants.”

He added: “If you talk to the Home Office they can tell you that they’ve had a great deal of interest and they are looking at seeing which inquiries they can take forward.”

A Home Office source later said that the vans pilot had only ended on Sunday and that statistics on the scheme may not yet have been compiled.

Asked if the pilot would be extended nationwide , the Prime Minister's spokesman said: "The Home Office has said this is already working. Clearly, we will want to look at that in more detail and see how we take this forward."

The Lib Dems and community groups claim the posters are divisive and heighten racial tensions. Nigel Farage, the leader of Ukip, has also voiced concern.

Mr Cable said it was already difficult to be an immigrant in Britain and made clear that the Lib Dems had not sanctioned the Home Office’s “pilot” scheme.

He claimed that the Conservatives were “obsessing” about the total level of immigration, which was leading them to make poor policy decisions.

However, Downing Street insisted the pilot had been signed off by “the Home Office team”, indicating that it has had support from Jeremy Browne, a Lib Dem minister in the department.

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