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Bank failure Friday brings two more failed banks...
The following banks were closed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on July 25th 2008:
FDIC Announcement: First National Bank of Nevada, Reno, NV (Bank Homepage)
FDIC Announcement: First Heritage Bank, N.A., Newport Beach, CA (Bank Homepage)
Both banks appeared to specialize in 'small business loans'. Expect many many more of these as I argued in Regional Banks: Dead Men Walking.
Be careful out there. Under no circumstances should you have a balance at any one bank in excess of the FDIC insured limit...
Strength in equities, especially financial equities, is to be sold.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Bank failure Friday brings two more failed banks...
Posted by Ben Bittrolff at 4:40 PM
Friday, July 25, 2008
Lehman May Sell Neuberger Berman to Raise $8 Billion, CNBC Says: “Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. may sell at least part of its Neuberger Berman asset management unit to raise as much as $8 billion, CNBC reported, citing people it didn't name.
A sale of the unit may make it difficult for Lehman, the smallest of the major Wall Street investment banks, to compete as an independent company, CNBC said.”
This is the same Lehman Brothers (LEH) that absolutely swore that they didn’t need to raise any additional capital as recently as a couple of weeks ago…
Anyways… Selling Neuberger Berman means the following:
1) Lehman really does need to raise capital, and lots of it.
2) Lehman actually tried to quietly raise capital, and failed.
3) Lehman is now left with no other option but to sell assets.
4) Lehman will have to sell the ‘good stuff’ and keep the ‘bad stuff’.
5) The end result will be a smaller, weaker Lehman.
6) Therefore Lehman can’t survive as an independent entity.
This should help put an end to the carefully orchestrated short covering rally in financials in general… Time to Go Ultra-Short, Again.
Posted by Ben Bittrolff at 8:20 AM
Thursday, July 24, 2008
French, German and Italian consumer and business confidence is collapsing. UK retails sales dropped the most since 1986 and Spanish unemployment is rising rapidly as their uber bubble in real estate implodes. Most importantly, Japanese exports fell for the first time in four years, absolutely destroying the ridiculous theory that the rest of the world would pick up the slack of a slowing US economy.
The other BIGGER shoe is finally dropping: The REST of the world is weakening rapidly.
French Business Confidence Falls to Lowest Since 2005 (Update1): “French business confidence fell to the lowest in more than three years in July as record oil prices and a stronger euro dimmed the outlook for economic growth.
An index of sentiment among 4,000 manufacturers dropped to 98 from 101 in June, according to Insee, the Paris-based national statistics office. That was the weakest since May 2005. Economists expected a reading of 100, according to the median of 22 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey.
Growth in the French economy is deteriorating as inflation and oil above $120 a barrel squeeze purchasing power and push up production costs just as the stronger euro hurts exports. The jump in consumer prices prompted the European Central Bank to raise interest rates earlier this month and President Jean-Claude Trichet is refusing to abandon his inflation-fighting rhetoric.”
German Confidence Declines as Europe Recession Risks Increase: “German business confidence plunged the most since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and European manufacturing and services shrank, increasing the risk of a recession across the euro region.
The Ifo institute's German business confidence index dropped 3.7 points from a month earlier to 97.5 in July. That was more than three times the decline forecast by economists in a Bloomberg News survey and the overall reading was the lowest in three years. Manufacturing and services across the euro area contracted for a second month and in the U.K., retail sales dropped by the most since at least 1986.”
Italian Business Confidence Fell in July to Lowest in 7 Years: “Italian business confidence fell to its lowest in seven years in July as rising oil costs and a stronger euro hurt prospects for economic growth.
The Isae Institute's business confidence index dropped to 83.5 from a revised 86.7 in June the Rome-based research center said today. That's the lowest since October 2001 and less than the median forecast of 86.5 in a Bloomberg survey of 17 economists.
Manufacturers' costs are rising as companies struggle with the euro's 13 percent appreciation against the dollar in the past year and near-record oil prices. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who took office less than three months ago, has lowered taxes on overtime pay to try to help businesses cope with slowing growth.”
U.K. June Retail Sales Drop Most Since at Least 1986 (Update2): “U.K. retail sales dropped in June by the most since at least 1986 as accelerating inflation and the slowdown in economic growth prompted consumers to cut spending.
Sales fell 3.9 percent after rising 3.6 percent in May, which was the biggest increase since the data series began more than two decades ago, the Office for National Statistics said today in London. Economists forecast a 2.6 percent drop, the median of 30 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey showed.
Bank of England policy makers cited weaker retail sales surveys as a signal of slowing economic growth at their decision this month, minutes released yesterday show. Falling house prices and a jump in credit costs have squeezed consumers just as the fastest inflation in at least a decade prevents the central bank from cutting the main interest rate from the current 5 percent.”
Spanish Unemployment Rose in 2nd Quarter on Building (Update1): “Unemployment in Spain, the source of half the euro region's new jobs between 2001 and 2006, rose to the highest rate in 3 1/2 years in the second quarter as home- building collapsed.
The unemployment rate advanced to 10.4 percent from 9.6 percent in the first quarter, the Madrid-based National Statistics Office said on its Web site. That compared with the 10 percent median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey of eight economists. The number of jobs increased 0.1 percent to 20.4 million, compared with a 0.4 percent decline in the first three months.”
Japan's Exports Fall for First Time in Four Years (Update3): “Japan's exports fell for the first time in more than four years as demand for cars and electronics cooled, signaling the U.S. slowdown is spreading to the emerging markets that helped sustain growth.
Exports decreased 1.7 percent in June from a year earlier, the Finance Ministry said today in Tokyo. The median estimate of 20 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News was for a 3.3 percent gain. The drop was the first since November 2003.
Today's report adds to evidence the world's second-largest economy shrank in the three months ended June 30 as record oil prices took a toll on sales abroad as well as spending by companies and consumers at home. Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co., Japan's three largest automakers, are expected to say profit fell last quarter on cooling U.S. demand.”
French business confidence drops. The CAC 40 (CAC) is now at resistance. Some follow through past the 50 day EMA (red line) can't be ruled out. The oversold condition (Slow STO) has been worked off and some sideways drift is needed before the next leg down.
German consumer confidence is in free fall. The DAX Composite (DAX) has bounced into resistance around the 50 day EMA (red line) and has gone from deeply oversold (Slow STO) to overbought. Expect some consolidation before the next round of selling...
Spanish unemployment is rising as the construction industry grinds to a halt after what was probably the largest of all the real estate bubbles. A bounce to resistance around 12250 and the declining 50 day EMA is possible, but the oversold condition (Slow STO) already looks to have been remedied. Expect Spanish equities to lead the way lower amongst European equities...
Japanese exports dropped for the first time in four years. That includes exports to Asia... that invincible part of the world that was supposed to put in continued super hyper growth. While the Nikkei (NIKK) could still bounce a bit into resistance around 14000, it is unlikely that prices will be able to clear the 200 day EMA (green line) anytime in the next few months.
Posted by Ben Bittrolff at 8:24 AM
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
On SKF anything around or below $120 looks attractive. SKF might overshoot and temporarily blow through the 200 day EMA (green line), so caution is warranted. I'm not going 'all in' here, and will keep enough powder dry to buy all the way down to $100 should it become necessary.
J.P Morgan Chase (JPM) has the largest weighting in the Proshares Ultra Short ETF at 6.10%. A bounce from $29.50 to $41.50 is just about large enough to blow most shorts out. The declining 200 day EMA (green line) should provide some resistance.
I don’t' expect business to pick in the fancy pants investment banking world anytime soon. I also believe that Bear Stearns will cause some severe indigestion...
Well, BAC is a major component of the Proshares Ultra Short Financials (SKF) ETF as well with a weighting of 5.60%. A bounce from $18.50 to $32.50 should be just about enough. This bounce takes prices back to the 'break down' area from the May Triangle. I also expect Countrywide to cause a severe hangover.
Citigroup (C) is the third largest component of the Proshares UltraShort ETF with a weighting of 4.20%. This bounce, just like the last bear rally, has taken prices beyond the declining 50 day EMA (red line), blowing out the shorts. The declining trend line (black line) should be an area of interest. The volume on this bounce, or more specifically lack thereof is suspicious. I expect this move to fizzle and die quickly. The oversold condition (Slow STO) has been remedied.
I expect more large losses from C and I don't believe C will be able to sell their assets, or portfolios at anyting resembling their optimistic forecasts. Don't forget, C has collected a good percentage of toxic crap through it's multiple massive SIV's that are now on it's balance sheet.
For more on the Proshares Ultra Short Financials (SKF) ETF click here.
Posted by Ben Bittrolff at 9:24 AM
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
This is an update on the post Can’t Resist Apple: Way Too Ripe, Way Too Juicy, Update1, Update2 and Update3.
I ended my last update with the following: “Apple (AAPL) rolled over and broke DOWN yesterday, falling $7.55 (4.18%) to $173.26.”
After releasing earnings last night, AAPL dropped almost 10% after hours, shattering all support levels. AAPL is now below the 20, 50 and 200 day EMAs, (blue, red and green lines). The $150 area my provide support as it is the 38.2% Fibonacci level.
I will take some profits around here, keeping my core short position and will add to that position on bounces.
Apple Falls on Outlook, Questions About Jobs's Health (Update2): “Apple Inc. fell 9.8 percent in early trading after its forecast for the back-to-school shopping season missed analysts' projections and questions resurfaced about Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs's health.
Fourth-quarter profit will be $1 a share as sales climb to $7.8 billion, Cupertino, California-based Apple said yesterday. That compares with analysts' average estimates of $1.24 a share in profit and $8.3 billion in sales in a Bloomberg survey.
A slowing economy may make it harder for Apple to repeat its success in the quarter just ended, when it posted record sales of Macintosh computers and iPhones and better-than-expected demand for iPod media players. Back-to-school promotions and new product development also will curb profit margins, Apple said.”
I raged about the ‘invincible Apple’ philosophy months ago. In Update1 I ended the post with: “Ok. So, you’re house price is falling so fast you still can’t believe it and your mortgage is about to reset to a rate that ‘tastes like vomit’. You’re worried about your job security, despite the fact it costs you so much now just to drive to work that going in for a half day isn’t even worth it. You now deeply regret buying the SUV you don’t actually own, because you’ve traded your previous cars in so frequently that the lease payments on this one almost equal your pre-reset mortgage payments. How likely are you to be both willing and able to load up on shiny, expensive consumer discretionary items with big monthly costs such as the Apple iPhone?
Which is more probable, a surprise to the upside in a stock priced to perfection in a deteriorating economy or a surprise to the downside?”
Surprise. To the downside. Done and done.
Seriously though, was anything else really possible? With credit card delinquencies going vertical it doesn't really matter how fancy and cool that LUXURY, DISCRETIONARY gadget is. You still CAN'T afford it.
Posted by Ben Bittrolff at 9:31 AM
Just before I left, I wondered Indymac: Failure by Friday? Fannie, Freddie: We Need Capital! Sure enough, as I was at the airport my Blackerry damn near exploded with news headlines after hours. So the third largest bank failure in US history had to happen while I was stuck in the airport…
I knew then that the Trading Gods would mock me with one explosive trading week while I was trapped on a beautiful cruise ship for seven long days.
I insisted it was Time to Short Commodities and wondered Oil and Gas: Will They Break Down? I switched from Mohitos to Champagne by Wednesday as oil sliced down through $130 in a series of massive red candles. Those double inverse ETFs, DUG and SNM hit my profits targets and are now in consolidation mode.
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac: Downgraded by Traders foreshadowed that final rinse in both stocks. I mean seriously, even a Former Federal Reserve President Says Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Are Insolvent. Despite the bounce on various empty promises by the clowns in Washington, FNM and FRE common are still worth exactly zero.
Just like speculators were blamed for oil’s sudden rise, so too are they now being blamed for the sudden drop in financial stocks. This time a subhuman species of speculator known as the notorious Short Seller was blamed for causing the failure of financial institutions. A debate over ‘naked short selling’ began and the government finally and SUDDENLY decided to actively enforce an EXISTING rule banning such short selling. Basically, the big boys on Wallstreet were happily selling short naked while they benefited from doing so and the SEC turned the other cheek. Now that they are the target of the same game, they cry foul and their political bitches listen. Classic. Just banana republic classic…
This resulted in a massive, coordinated short squeeze in financials that put in that tradable bottom that I was looking for in How to Spot the Next Tradable Rally.
More as I catch up on the markets…
Posted by Ben Bittrolff at 8:39 AM


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This article comes with an asterisk attached; it is written for those who appreciate the beauty of mass transit. Vienna has a very interesting public transport history. There are several sections of the network which have been kept faithful to the designs of Vienna’s most prominent Art Nouveau architect, Otto Wagner.
Wagner was responsible for much of Austro-Hungarian Vienna’s nascent urban rail planning (as well as the stations), which was to become known as the ‘Wiener Stadtbahn’. Vienna saw itself as a major world centre of culture, and back then it was strongly felt that a functional yet elegant transport system was essential. The S45, for example, showcases some of the best Art Nouveau station architecture to be found, especially at Hernals, Gersthof and Ottakring.
Happily, much of it survives today. Some sections of the network have become what we now know as the S45 stretch, and the U6 and U4 ‘underground’ lines. Thanks to this fantastic guide by Horst Prillinger, it is easy to explore all surviving stations. The tour can be truncated or elongated; exit at the U3 station Ottakring for the abridged version, or go on to the U4 station Hütteldorf and take the U4 back to town for the longer ride. Alternatively, in the warm spring weather, the route can transport you to other beautiful areas of Vienna, including the ‘Wienerwald’ and the Danube. For aficionados of train transport, this little revelation will be a dream.

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ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has responded to the publication of an independent review into smoking in England, raising concerns about the impact of a recommendation to raise the minimum age of sale by one year, every year, until no-one can legally access tobacco products. ACS has welcomed proposals for more funding to tackle the illicit tobacco market.
The Khan Review, entitled ‘Making smoking obsolete’, is an independent review conducted by Dr Javed Khan OBE into the Government’s ambition to make England smokefree by 2030. The review focuses on a series of interventions that Dr Khan believes are necessary to reduce the smoking population in the UK down to 5% by 2030, warning that without these additional measures, England is set to miss its target by at least seven years.
One of the main recommendations made in the Review is to introduce a New Zealand style system that would see the age of sale raised from its current level of 18 by one year, every year, with the intention that eventually no-one will be able to buy tobacco in England.
ACS chief executive James Lowman said: “Increasing the legal age of sale by one year, every year, would disrupt the very effective measures put in place to enforce an age restriction at 18, which applies not just for tobacco but to many of the products local shops sell. We need to look at how this would work in practice, but it looks like it would be operationally very challenging for small shops. Underage smokers aren’t buying tobacco from shops, who have an excellent record of implementing the Challenge25 policy, but from friends, family and the black market.”
The Review calls on the Government to invest £125m per year on smokefree policies, with recommendations for a ‘polluter pays’ industry levy and corporation tax surcharges to fund the investment.
Key recommendations made in the Khan Review include:
- Introducing a tobacco licence for retailers to limit where tobacco is available
- Dedicating an additional £15m per year of funding to local trading standards to boost enforcement
- Raising the cost of tobacco duties by at least 30% across all tobacco products
- Offering vaping as a substitute for smoking alongside information on the benefits of switching
Lowman continued: “The proposals for licensing tobacco retailers need to be fleshed out, with clarity over what this measure would be trying to achieve. Licensing restrictions that stop new entrants from entering the market damage investment and the provision of all the products and services we sell. Ultimately, those who are selling tobacco illegally now without being caught would just continue to do so without seeking a licence.
“The proposed additional funding for local authorities to enforce against those selling illicit tobacco products is welcome, and is something that we’ve highlighted as a necessary priority for Government for a long time, but we need to see this implemented and we need more than £15m investment to close the £2.3bn tax gap caused by illegal tobacco sales. Unless we tackle the black market, the recommendations to further regulate the sale of tobacco through legitimate businesses will not be effective.”
As part of its work on the successful Challenge25 campaign, ACS has produced specific materials for retailers to highlight the need for customers purchasing tobacco products to provide identification. These materials, along with materials for other age restricted products are available here: https://www.acs.org.uk/challenge25
Figures from the 2022 Crime Report show that enforcing an age restricted sales policy is one of the top triggers of abuse from customers to colleagues. ACS provides advice for retailers on how to manage abuse in store here: https://www.acs.org.uk/sites/default/files/acs_crime_guidance_2022.pdf
The full review is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-khan-review-making-smoking-obsolete

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This invention pertains to an improved process for the removal of moisture from a moisture laden gas stream such as air utilizing a membrane dryer unit. The membrane dryer unit is equipped such that it incorporates a selective surface flow adsorbent membrane consisting essentially of an inorganic membrane material selected from the group consisting of alumina and silica gel membranes wherein the membrane has a thickness of approximately 0.5 to 50 microns with a mean pore size of less than about 15 A and preferably within about 4 to 10 A. In the cryogenic separation of air, an air stream contaminated with moisture and carbon dioxide is passed through the membrane dryer unit in countercurrent flow to a dry purge gas, wherein the water is selectively removed from the air stream. The partially dried air stream then is conveyed to an adsorption system operated under thermal swing or pressure swing conditions wherein the residual water and carbon dioxide are removed.
1. An improved process for the production of a dry gas stream from a moisture laden stream in which a membrane system is used to selectively remove moisture from the gas stream, the improvement comprising:
passing a gas stream containing moisture to a membrane dryer unit capable of selectively permeating water present therein, said membrane dryer unit incorporating a selective surface flow adsorbent membrane consisting essentially of an organic material selected from the group consisting of γ-alumina and silica gel, said selective surface flow adsorbent membrane having pores which are predominantly less than 15 Å in diameter;
recovering a dry non-permeate gas from the membrane dryer unit; and
removing water vapor as a permeate gas from a low pressure permeate side of the membrane dryer unit.
2. The process of claim 1, wherein a dry purge gas is passed in countercurrent relationship to the moisture laden gas to the membrane unit.
3. The process of claim 1, wherein the membrane has a thickness of from about 1 to 50 microns.
4. The process of claim 3 wherein the average pore size within the selective surface flow adsorbent membrane is from about 4 to 10 A.
5. An improved process for the production of a dry, high purity nitrogen and/or oxygen from air comprising:
passing a moisture laden feed air to a membrane dryer system capable of selectively permeating water therefrom and forming a partially dried feed air;
said membrane dryer system incorporating a selective surface flow adsorbent membrane consisting essentially of an inorganic material selected from the group consisting of γ-alumina and silica gel, said selective surface flow adsorbent membrane having pores which are predominantly less than 15 Å in diameter;
passing the partially dried feed air to a thermal swing adsorption system capable of selectively adsorbing residual water and carbon dioxide from the dry feed air;
passing the dry, prepurified feed air from said thermal swing adsorption system to a cryogenic air separation system for the cryogenic rectification of air, and the production of dry, high purity nitrogen and dry oxygen containing gas; and
recovering the dry, high purity nitrogen and high purity oxygen gas from said from said cryogenic air separation system.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention pertains to the removal of moisture from a gas; the invention is particularly suited for the removal of moisture required in the pretreatment of air for separation into its components via a cryogenic air separation process.
2. Prior Art
Processes for preparing a nitrogen-rich or oxygen-rich stream from a gas comprising nitrogen and oxygen and contaminated with water such as ambient air with the gas being passed to a pretreatment unit for the removal of moisture to avoid problems downstream are known. It is known that if water and carbon dioxide are not removed from the air, these components will freeze and block heat exchangers employed for cooling the gas prior to cryogenic distillation. There are essentially three commercial methods for removing water and carbon dioxide from a gas stream contaminated with water, possibly carbon dioxide and these include adsorption either by thermal swing adsorption (TSA) or pressure swing adsorption (PSA) and membranes for the removal of water, or, combinations of these three processes.
Representative patents which show the preparation of air streams utilizing pretreatment processes for the removal of water and/or carbon dioxide prior to recovery of at least the nitrogen or the oxygen component from a gas stream, including nitrogen or oxygen recovery by cryogenic processing are as follows:
U.S. Pat. No. 4,249,915 discloses a combination of adsorption systems initially utilizing pressure swing adsorption for the removal of moisture from air followed by thermal swing adsorption for the removal of carbon dioxide prior to cryogenic distillation of air into its components. Water is removed by pressure swing adsorption incorporating aluminas or alumino-silicate adsorbents, such as 5A and 13X zeolites, at pressures ranging from 3 to 20 bar. Thermal swing adsorption is carried out utilizing a 5A or 13X molecular sieve suited for selectively adsorbing carbon dioxide from a dilute CO2 containing gas stream. Temperatures range from about ambient temperature to 150°C.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,931,070 discloses a process for the production of dry, high purity nitrogen utilizing a pretreatment system incorporating dual stage membrane removal of water followed by catalytically removing oxygen by combustion with hydrogen followed by residual removal of moisture utilizing a membrane dryer. The purge gas is used to enhance drying by passing the purge gas countercurrent to gas flow on the permeate side of the membrane drier unit. Representative membranes suited for water removal include those having a water/nitrogen separation factor of at least 50 preferably greater than 1,000 and are constructed of cellulose acetate, ethyl cellulose, silicon rubber, polyurethanes, polyamides and polysytrene.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,952,219 discloses a pretreatment process for producing high purity nitrogen by low temperature separation of air wherein the pretreatment process comprises passing feed air over a membrane selective to the permeation of water, then passing the partially dried air stream over a molecular sieve adsorbent to remove residual water and carbon dioxide and then introducing the moisture-free/carbon dioxide free stream to a low temperature separation unit. Representative membranes suited for the removal of moisture are comprised of polytrimethylsilylpropyne, polysulfones, polyamides and cellulose acetate.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,934,148 discloses a prepurifier adsorption system suited for a cryogenic air separation process incorporating a membrane drier. The prepurifier adsorption system is characterized by a membrane unit operated in a countercurrent flow path followed by cleanup of the moisture-free permeate in an alternating bed adsorption system. The membrane materials are impermeable barrier materials which include cellulose acetate, silcone rubber, etc. The adsorption systems which can be utilized include a pressure swing adsorption system suited for the removal of carbon dioxide and other components including residual water. Alternatively, a thermal swing adsorption cycle may be used wherein adsorption is carried out at a low temperature followed by desorption at an elevated temperature.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,701,187 discloses a gas separation technique involving the interaction between a membrane drying unit and an adsorption unit for providing an efficient process for producing a high purity product stream at recoveries greater than could be achieved by either unit operating individually. Membrane systems incorporating cellulose acetate, polyamides, silicone rubber, polyphenyleneoxide and the like are suggested as being as suited for the membrane drying units. Adsorption system contemplated include pressure swing, temperature swing and vacuum swing units utilizing a variety of molecular sieve adsorbents including, such as, carbon molecular sieves and zeolitic materials which include cation exchanged zeolites from the faujasite and mordenite families.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,690,695 discloses a process for the separation of gas incorporating a membrane dryer unit and a pressure swing adsorption unit. Materials suited for the membrane dryer unit component include hollow fibers of cellulose acetate, cellulose triacetate, and polysulfone. Zeolitic adsorbents are used in the pressure swing adsorption unit.
This invention relates to an improved process for the removal of water from a gas stream and particularly to the removal of water from an air stream wherein water and carbon dioxide are removed in a pretreatment system and then the air stream cryogenically fractionated into its components.
A conventional process for the removal of water from a gas containing stream has been through the use of a membrane dryer system wherein a moisture laden feed gas is passed on one side of a membrane dryer unit suited for the selective removal of water and for the passage of a moisture-free purge gas is passed on the other side of the membrane dryer unit to enhance permeation of water through the membrane to the moisture-free purge gas. The partially dried moisture laden feed gas then is passed through an adsorption unit wherein residual water and carbon dioxide are selectively adsorbed onto an adsorbent and subsequently removed therefrom by regeneration of the adsorbent. The improvement in the overall membrane dryer process comprises utilizing a selective surface flow adsorbent membrane as the membrane in the membrane dryer unit, wherein the selective surface flow adsorbent membrane consists essentially of an inorganic material coated onto a support wherein said selective surface flow adsorbent membrane is microporous and has pores having a diameter generally less than 15 angstroms.
There are significant advantages associated with the membrane dryer unit of this invention utilized for the treatment of gas streams and particularly air streams and to the combination of the membrane dryer unit coupled with a thermal swing adsorption system.
These advantages include:
an ability to selectively remove water with enhanced efficiency;
an ability to remove water from a moisture laden gas stream with low energy requirements: and
an ability to remove moisture from an air stream and membrane units of significantly reduced size as compared to prior art membrane units.
The drawing is a process flow diagram representing an embodiment for the removal of moisture, as well as carbon dioxide via an adsorbent membrane dryer unit and adsorption system from an air stream which then can be cryogenically fractionated into its components.
This invention pertains to an improved method for pre-drying gases utilizing an improved membrane dryer unit. The membrane unit permits removal of moisture from a moisture-containing gas stream, typically one containing nitrogen and oxygen, for subsequent enrichment of specific components in the gas through separation techniques. In a preferred embodiment the process is adapted for an air separation process. In such process an air stream containing water and carbon dioxide is passed through the membrane dryer unit wherein water is selectively removed and the partially dried permeate from the membrane dryer unit passed to an adsorption system, typically a thermal swing adsorption system for effecting the removal of residual water and carbon dioxide. Alternatively, a pressure swing adsorption system could be used.
To facilitate an understanding of the invention, reference is made to the drawing. Air is introduced via line 10 to compressor 12, wherein air is compressed to a pressure of about 3 to 15 bar. During compression the temperature air is increased, wherein the exhaust from the compressor is partially condensed in water condenser 14 by cooling to about 10°-40° C. The partially condensed stream from condenser 14 is separated in phase separator 16 with water being removed via line 18 as waste. The still moisture-laden air stream is removed as a vapor via line 20 to membrane dryer unit 22. Moisture levels in the stream to typical membrane dryer unit 22 will range from about 800 to 25,000 ppm.
Removal of moisture from air stream in line 20 is effected in membrane dryer unit 22. Membrane dryer unit 22 incorporates a selective surface flow adsorbent membrane for effecting removal of most of the water from the compressed air stream. The selective surface flow adsorbent membrane for dehydration of the compressed air stream by selective removal of water consists of a thin layer, typically from about 1 to 50 microns, of a microporous desiccant adsorbent film where the micropores in the microporous desiccant film are predominantly less than 15 angstroms (A) in diameter. Generally the pores will have a diameter of from 4 to about 8 A. The desiccant material is carried or supported on a mesoporous matrix where the average pore size of the mesoporous matrix is typically in excess of 0.005 micron in diameter and generally less than 20 microns in diameter. Alternatively the selective surface flow dehydrating membrane may be supported within the pores of the mesoporous matrix material.
The key to enhanced or selective moisture removal in the adsorbent membrane dryer unit is through a selective surface flow dehydrating membrane. This membrane is highly selective for the removal of water at greatly increased permeation rates as compared to conventional polymeric membranes utilized in the prior art. The selective surface flow membrane effects removal of water via water permeation by selective adsorption and surface diffusion, rather than by dissolution and bulk diffusion as is characteristic of the membranes utilized in the prior art. Apparently, because of the difference in the mechanism for removal water, the membranes utilized herein have a much higher permeability for water than polymeric membranes and thus permits a significant reduction in membrane area required for the membrane dryer unit vis-a-vis the prior art polymeric membranes. In addition because of the microporous nature of the membrane, there is a very high selectivity for water as compared to other components of air, e.g., nitrogen and oxygen due to blockage of the nitrogen and oxygen through the pores in the microporous selected surface flow membrane due to the presence of adsorbed water and selective adsorption of water which excludes nitrogen and oxygen adsorption and their subsequent surface flow.
The membrane consists essentially of an inorganic material selected from the group consisting of alumina and silica alumina. Preferably gamma-alumina is used as a selective surface flow adsorbent membrane. These membranes are formulated such that the thickness of the membrane ranges from about 0.5 to 50 microns preferably and the microporous nature of the membranes such that the pores are generally uniformly distributed throughout the membrane with the pores being of relatively uniform diameter. The mean pore size is less than 15 A and preferably the mean pore size diameter is within the range of 4 to 10 Angstroms.
The membranes may be prepared by a well known Sol-Gel technique as described by A. J. Burgraff, K. Keizer and B. A. Van Hassel in an article published in Solid State Ionics, Vol. 32, pp. 771-782 (1989) which is incorporated by reference. The colloidal gel route is described wherein one first prepares a stable colloidal suspension of particles (SOL) of alumina or silica in a liquid medium by hydrolysis and peptization of a precursor which can be either a salt or an alkoxide. The particles sizes may be between 30 to 150 Angstroms in diameter. The Sols are then deposited on a mesoporous support to form a gel which is dehydrated and heated to form the active microporous selective surface flow adsorbent membrane.
The above described procedure essentially consists of three steps:
(a) Preparation of a stable suspension of a precursor material.
(b) Production of the selective surface flow adsorbent membrane by (a) repeated dipping of a mesoporous support in the suspension so that a thin dense layer of the precursor is formed on the support or by (b) sucking the precursor material within the pores of the support by applying a pressure differential across the support so that the pores of the support are essentially blocked by the precursor material.
(c) Thermally drying and activating the precursor material to produce the selective surface flow adsorbent membrane.
In particular, a γ-Al2 O3 (gamma alumina) adsorbent membrane can be produced by first preparing a colloidal suspension of boehmite (A100H) which is peptized by an acid such as HCl or HNO3. A dense layer of boehmite particles of 200-400A diameter can then be deposited on the surface of a porous ceramic support or within the pores of the support by the methods (b) above. Finally, the boehmite layer can be heated to less than 900° C. to produce a thin γ-Al2 O3 layer supported by the ceramic material. The support can be flat plate or tubular or monolith (honeycomb) in shape.
To effect selective removal of water from the feed gas in the membrane dryer unit 22, the moisture laden feed is conveyed via line 20 to membrane dryer unit 22 and caused to flow along the membrane. A nearly moisture-free waste gas typically is passed in countercurrent relationship to the flow of moisture laden feed. The utilization of a purge gas or moisture-free purge gas enhances diffusion of water vapor through the selective surface flow adsorbent membrane and thereby enhances removal of moisture from the feed gas through the membrane dryer unit. In typical operation, a source of dry gas, typically waste nitrogen from a cryogenic air separation plant, is conveyed via line 24 to a membrane dryer unit 22 and removed as a moisture laden waste gas via line 26. Typically a pressure drop across the membrane dryer unit will range from about 1 to 10 psia.
The dried non-permeate from membrane dryer unit 22 is removed via line 28 and from there it is conveyed to an adsorption system comprising alternating adsorption beds 30 and 32. These adsorption beds are filled with a zeolitic material suited for the selective removal of residual water in the non-permeate stream 28 as well as for the removal of carbon dioxide. In a thermal swing adsorption system, the zeolites typically are 5A and 13X while in a pressure swing adsorption system, the zeolites also are 5A and 13X. Preferably, the process is operated in its thermal swing mode since the removal of carbon dioxide and residual water from the stream can be effected rather easily. Unlike water, carbon dioxide may be removed thermally without significant energy input into the adsorption system. Moisture removal systems as represented in the prior art processes were energy intensive when operated in the thermal swing adsorption mode due to the large amount of energy required to effect desorption of water from the zeolite material.
The methods for removing residual water and carbon dioxide from a nitrogen containing gas stream such as air are well known and the methods can be used in operating adsorbers 30 and 32 in both the thermal swing or pressure swing mode. Preferably, the adsorbers are operated in a thermal swing mode utilizing 13X zeolite. Temperatures of adsorption typically range from 10° to 40° C. and at pressures of 3 to 15 bar. Desorption is effected by elevating the temperature in the bed to temperatures of at least 100°C. and preferably within the range of 100°to 250° C. Adsorbers 30 and 32 are operating in an alternating mode that is one unit is operated under adsorption conditions while the other is undergoing regeneration and cooling. Typically, desorption is effected by elevating the temperature of the adsorption bed and passing a dry stream via line 34 countercurrent to the direction of flow of the moisture laden gas through adsorbers 30 and 32. The hot effluent gas from the adsorber as well as the subsequent cooling effluent is passed through the membrane drier 22 to provide a part of the purge gas after appropriate cooling in heat exchanger 50 to the membrane purge temperature. Product gas is withdrawn from adsorber 30, via line 36 where it is tied in with line 38 from adsorber 32 and then conveyed via line 40 to a separation unit, such as an air separation unit to recover the nitrogen, oxygen and argon.
The following example is intended to illustrate preferred embodiments of the inventions and is not intended to restrict the scope thereof.
A series of tests is carried out in an air pretreatment system incorporating the membrane dryer unit 22 and adsorber units 30 and 32 operated in the thermal swing mode for the purpose of determining the effectiveness of the process in removing water from moisture laden air.
A cryogenic plant capable of producing 300 MSCFH nitrogen product with a recovery of approximately 50%, requires 200 g moles per second of compressed (7.1 bar) air saturated with water. A level of water in such air stream typically is in a range of 4900 ppm at 27° C. A gamma alumina selective surface flow adsorbent membrane is used in the dryer unit which had a surface area of approximately 750 square feet. Air can be passed in countercurrent flow through the membrane dryer unit and substantially all of the moisture (moisture levels not greater than 10 ppm) are removed from the membrane dryer unit. From there the partially moisture laden stream is passed to the thermal swing adsorption unit for the removal of residual moisture and carbon dioxide.
If a conventional cellulose acetate were used as the membrane of the same thickness as the selective surface flow adsorbent membrane, the membrane surface area would be approximately 10 times, or 7800 square feet of membrane surface, for carrying out the same degree of drying.


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New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung (Newspaper) - January 9, 1985, New Braunfels, Texas Rrst dumped body murder case begins By DEBBIE DeLOACH Staff writer The body of Felipe Montemayor Torres was otie of five grim discoveries in Comal County last The trial of Michael Orosco the San Antonio man accused of his began Testimony continued Wednesday morning against who stands accused of stabbing 18yearold Felipe Torres 38 times on May The body was found the next day on the Sid Weldner Ranch near Highway 281 and FM Roberto chief medical examiner f6r Travis testified Tuesday seven of the 38 wounds were Three wounds in the left chest area perforated the chest cavity and punctured the Three more in the left back area and one on the right back area also perforated the chest so seven were Bayardo Felipe Torres came to his death by massive internal bleeding into the Chest Bayardo adding it probably took three to five minutes for him to Bayardo used a stuffed shirt to illustrate where most of the wounds but he was unable to show the location of what he called defense wounds on Torres body that occur when a victim is trying to fend off the Defense attorney Paul Cedillo asked Bayardo if defense wounds can occur when both parties have Bayardo said So the possibility that the victim had a is not excluded by defense wounds Cedillo and again Bayardo That is Bayardo also testified he believed the stabbing instrument was a pocket knife three inches in length and M to of an inch in Other testimony Tuesday indicated an open pocketknife and a portion of another knife blade were found at the crime along with a a Social Security card and a birth All were admitted into as well fcs Torres bloody Tshtrtand his khaki A chemist for the Department of Public Safety testified human blood was found on the partial but he was unable to determine the blood Moles in the clothes were also compared with the knife many of which were The only hole the blade wouldnt fit into was in the right pant The body was discovered by Sid Weldner around 5 on Mothers It Wasnt far off the It caught the corner of my but It couldnt be seen from Weldner Torres Robert testified the last time he saw Felipe alive was on the morning of May He said it was about 9 when Orosco and Julian Mesa came to his asking for Felipe told me he owed Mike about so we went to two stores and tried to cash his They See Page HA Reagan on the tube WASHINGTON AP President Reagans news conference is scheduled to be broadcast live tonight by NBC and the Cable News Network starting at 7 The news conference is expected to last 30 New Braunfels Herald xn Wednesday 1985 25 Cents 24 Sections Talks had close cal Switzerland AP officials fanned out today to brief world leaders on the agreement to resume arms control talks with the Soviet an agreement the Americans said was nearly derailed by a Soviet No date or place has been set for the which the two sides in a joint statement issued late Tuesday said would be aimed at preventing an arms race in space and the complete elimination of nuclear arms The agreement came after two days of discussions between Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei along with top at the and Soviet missions in before leaving for Washington this made no comment but gave a thumbs up who left for Moscow 45 minutes read a brief statement in English in which he spoke of the immense tasks that lie ahead for the two There is no need to speak at length that the talks were not sim said adding that the Soviet Union will go its part of the road fully aware of the responsibility shared by the two great President interviewed by the Dallas Morning News shortly before the agreement was an was quoted as It sounds very The agreement to reopen nuclear arms which the Soviets See Page 11A Legislators paint gloomy financial picture AUSTIN AP Legislators gathered for a second day today after hearing gloomy predictions about the state governments money woes and a list of other key issues that will command their attention this House Speaker Gib Lewis urged lawmakers to avoid raising while Ray new president pro tern of the cautioned that the state faces tough We will do with what we or we will do Iewis vowed as the 69th Legislature opened its 1985 session shortly after noon Texas is at a and we must decide whether to continue or terminate programs created over the past 100 added D Wichita a Fort Worth Democrat first elected to the House in noted that state Comptroller Bob Bullock has estimated that the billion in state revenue expected for the 198687 biennium will fall billion short of what is needed to pay for state government services at 1985 It is my with your to adjourn this session with an appropriations bill on the governors desk that is within the available revenues of this he told We will have to demonstrate beyond a doubt the truth of the statement that biggest is not always best and this goes double for state See Page 11A contest listens to discussion during the tearing this morning GEORGE BIGLEY contest tossed out By PATRICIA YZNAGAKING Wire editor Special committee this morning unanimously overruled District 46 Demoera tic candidate George Bigleys petition to contest the general a New Braunfels contested the election of Edmund R as representative of the District 46 includes Guadalupe and Kendall Kuempel beat Bigley in Novembers general election by more than or a 31 Bigley said he contested the election because of alleged voting improprieties which gave Kuempel more He also said that alleged contributions to Kuempels campaign has affected Kuempels voting Bigley said if the improper votes were thrown out of the he would beat 1 beat him Bigley Bigley explained that his campaign was hurt by several groups in the district that cam paigned against the He added that a rally held at a Catholic church in New Braunfels hurt the Democrats by saying Democratic presidential can didate Walter Mondale was dying and taking drugs to stay Bigley also stated that the Postal Service refused the deliver mail to his garage apartment and delivered them instead to a friend of After the committee heard Bigley explain his reasons for the committee chairman Steve suggested that Bigieys contest be overruled and that there be no arguments on House floor about the contest by representatives of either Although the committee that Bigley filed his papers on time and through the proper state it is my opinion that you have not stated any legal grounds to contest the Wolens told several times this At one Bigley Wolens if he was a After a long pause Wolens said htf was a Biley then asked Wolens if he was lor Wolens he would not allow Bigley to examine any underlying motiviations of tho committee real or See Page IIA Planners pass FM 306 zoning plan after debate on industrial areas Inside ByDANASTELL Staff writer The first step is to annex the The second step is to place some sort of zoning classification on that new city Thats what members of the Planning and Zoning Commission did Tuesday night with one of the more controversial tracts of land taken into the city in After much discussion on the merits of zoning for heavy industrial use versus the advantages of zoning for light industrial members of the commission decided on a suggestion to City Most of the 374 acres in the in dustrial area on FM 306 will be recommended for M2 or heavy Commission fourtotwo Jan Estes and Joe Hartigan voting for M2 the area between the boundary of the Coleman y property eastward to IH The property on the north side of that boundary will be recommended for The Industries In the area were asked to submit their zoning requests JOE HARTIGAN one of two no votes to the One wants one wants and you go back and said Commission chairman David It is time we establish an area that is industrial so landowners can be of industry and the possibility of heavy he So there will be no bones of contention in the future in terms of residents that may go in that Estes 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Iega Industrial Equipment Group Asian Holding Company Limited was set up on Tuesday the 31st of August 2010. Their current partial address is Co. Wicklow, and the company status is Dissolved with the company closing on Monday the 10th of February 2020. The company's current directors have been the director of 11 other Irish companies between them; 9 of which are now closed. Iega Industrial Equipment Group Asian Holding Company Limited has 1 shareholder. This Irish company shares its Eircode with at least 33 other companies.
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According to this report, SVR “assests” reported that on 11 February both President Obama and Justice Scalia were at Joint Base Andrews (JBA) scheduled for two separate US Air Force flights from Andrews Field—the first taking President Obama to Los Angeles, and the second taking Justice Scalia to Marfa Municipal Airport (KMRF) located in the southwestern region of Texas near the Mexican border.While President Obama was scheduled to depart on one of the US Air Force’s two Boeing VC-25 aircraft (commonly referred to as Air Force One), this report continues, Justice Scalia’s flight was scheduled aboard a Gulfstream C-37A—which is the US Air Force’s designation for their fleet of the popular Gulfstream V private jet aircraft.Just prior to these two US Air Force aircraft departing from Andrews Field, this report notes, SVR “assests” assigned to monitoring top American political and military figures noted a “discrepancy from normal protocol” when Justice Scalia’s three US Marshal Services Judicial Security Division (JSD) “protectors/defenders” left the airbase with the “personal protection” of this noted jurist being transferred to the US Secret Service (SS).
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7. How does the ESP know if the baby is a newborn?
This law defines a newborn as "a child who a physician reasonably believes to be not more than 72 hours old". Emergency service providers must comply with the requirements of this law under the assumption that the child is a newborn. The hospital must immediately accept the newborn without the necessity of a court order. Later in the process, if a physician determines that the baby is not a newborn, a report must be made to the local office of the Department of Health and Human Services' (MDHHS) Children's Protective Services (CPS)
In brief, if the baby appears to be a newborn, follow the procedures outlined in this law.

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AUGUSTA, Maine — Bipartisan legislation was introduced in Augusta Monday to establish the Maine Connectivity Authority, an entity that would spearhead the goal of universal high-speed broadband in Maine.
Gov. Janet Mills unveiled the legislation Monday and underscored the importance of affordable, high-speed internet in Maine, a need the coronavirus pandemic has amplified.
“High-speed internet is as fundamental as electricity, heat, and water. It is no longer a luxury; it is a necessity,” Mills said in a statement. “We need to have affordable, high-speed internet throughout our state, and with willpower, we will get there.”
Mills said her administration has “made expanding access to broadband a priority, securing the first state-level investment in more than a decade and bringing high-speed internet access to more families and students across Maine.”
The legislation, sponsored by state Sen. Rick Bennett, R-Oxford, and co-sponsored by state Rep. Seth Berry, D-Bowdoinham, and the other co-chairs of the Legislature’s Broadband Caucus, “would put Maine in the driver’s seat in expanding affordable broadband,” the Governor’s Office said in a release.
The Authority would use Maine’s federal allocation of funding for broadband under President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan, which was signed into law last month. According to Sen. Angus King, who is a co-chair of the U.S. Senate’s Broadband Caucus, Maine is set to receive roughly $120 million for broadband infrastructure from the federal fund under the plan.
“Fully funded and ably led, the Maine Connectivity Authority may one day be seen as a giant leap for Maine-kind, connecting us to jobs, to learning, to health care, and to one other,” Berry said in a statement.
The Governor’s Office explains that the Authority would ensure that:
- Effective, accessible connectivity be universally available in the state
- There be secure, affordable, reliable, competitive, and sustainable forward-looking infrastructure that can meet future needs
- All residents, businesses, and institutions in Maine be able to take full advantage of the economic, health, educational, and other opportunities available through connectivity services
The Authority “would be empowered to own physical broadband infrastructure, such as poles and wires, and hold equity in broadband projects,” the Governor’s Office explained in a release. “It would also be empowered to provide grants and loans and partner with the private sector and local communities to leverage investment and coordinate buildout of infrastructure. Taken together, the Authority positions Maine to take a more proactive approach to closing the digital divide in rural and hard-to-reach communities that will focus on meeting Maine’s current and future needs, rather than reacting in a piecemeal fashion with various private companies to construct a patchwork of infrastructure.”
“This legislation has the promise of making every corner of Maine inviting and prosperous. Nobody will consider moving to a community without high-speed reliable internet. The very survival of many towns across our state is at stake with the decisions we make,” Bennett said in a statement. “The pandemic has underscored the disparities of who gets to communicate and who doesn’t. Nobody should be left behind in the digital age. This includes small businesspeople trying to reach customers, students struggling to learn remotely, rural patients pursuing the state-of-the-art tele-health options, and older people trying to keep in touch with family during the pandemic. Their need is urgent, and the time is now for a bold, bipartisan initiative.”
The Authority would be governed by a board of directors comprised of seven members appointed to three-year terms. Four members would be appointed by the governor, one by the Senate president, and one by the Speaker of House. The Commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development will also hold a seat.
The legislation is scheduled for a public hearing before the Legislature’s Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology on Tuesday.
Watch Mills' full speech Monday here:


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Emma | 2020
It hardly seems like 24 years since the release of the last big-screen version of Jane Austen’s Emma, with Gwyneth Paltrow, or 25 since its surprisingly successful LA update, Amy Heckerling’s sparkling Clueless, with Alicia Silverstone.
Autumn de Wilde’s 2020 adaptation remains firmly in 18th century England.
‘Hartfield’, the home of Mr Woodhouse (Bill Nighy) and his capricious, compulsively matchmaking daughter Emma (Anya Taylor-Joy) is Firle Place, Firle, about five miles southeast of Lewes in East Sussex.
Originally a 15th century manor house built for Sir John Gage, Firle was substantially revamped in the 18th century, and its pastel tones fit the period of the film perfectly. Firle Place is usually open to visitors in the summer months, (June to September).
At the opening of the film, Emma’s governess and friend, Miss Taylor (Gemma Whelan) is leaving to marry Mr Weston (Rupert Graves). His house, ‘Randalls’, is Chavenage House, northwest of Tetbury in Gloucestershire.
TV viewers may recognize it as ‘Trenwith’ in the 2015 version of Poldark.
‘Highbury’ parish church in which the Westons and, later, another couple, are married by the ever-so-slightly ridiculous Mr Elton (Josh O'Connor) is All Saints Church, St Paul’s Walden, near Whitwell, south of Hitchin in Hertfordshire.
The church does house that striking green Georgian screen which separates the chancel form the nave but not pastel green pews. Don’t worry, traditional wooden pews weren’t vandalised for the production – the church normally uses chairs and those seats are film props.
The village of St Paul’s Walden has another claim to fame, as home of the Bowes-Lyon family. It was Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon who married the future King George VI and, after his death, went on to become the Queen Mother. She was born and brought up in the village and christened at All Saints in 1900.
On to ‘Donwell Abbey’, the imposing home where Mr Knightley (Johnny Flynn) lives in contented isolation (save for the servants, naturally). This is Wilton House, near Salisbury in Wiltshire, the country seat of the Earls of Pembroke for over 400 years.
Its severe, four-square exterior belies a magnificent interior including the Double Cube Room (named for its geometric proportions) which was designed by Inigo Jones, and which contains that enormous painting you can see of the Pembroke family by Anthony van Dyck.
Not surprisingly, Wilton is something of a screen favourite, having appeared in Ken Russell’s The Music Lovers, The Madness of King George, The Young Victoria and The Bounty as well as two other Jane Austen adaptations, 1995’s Sense And Sensibility and 2005’s Pride and Prejudice.
Mrs Goddard’s school, attended by ‘natural child’ Harriet Smith (Mia Goth) and the gaggle of red-cloaked schoolchildren, is Kingston Bagpuize House, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The unusual name is the Anglicisation of the de Bachepuis family who lived there in the 11th and 12 centuries.
The present house, though, dates from the 18th century. It remains a private home, but is open to visitors and can also be hired as a wedding venue. Fans of TV’s Downton Abbey will probably recognise it as Lord Merton’s house.
The village of ‘Highbury’ itself is the wonderfully named Lower Slaughter, about four miles southwest of Stow-on-the-Wold in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire (why has nobody set a horror movie here?).
The much-patronised haberdashery store where characters are constantly bumping into each other is the Village Hall, Becky Hill facing the River Eye and nearby on Malthouse Lane you’ll recognise the building transformed into the exterior of the ‘Crown Inn’, which Frank Churchill (Callum Turner) insists is the ideal place for balls.
Lower Slaughter, incidentally, was the village used in Bernard Miles' gentle 1944 drama Tawny Pipit.
Back to the ‘Crown’, the interior of which – where Mr Knightley generously invites the cruelly ignored Harriet to dance – is the Long Hall at Ramster Hall, a country house just outside the village of Chiddingfold, south of Guildford in Surrey.
Built in 1604 as a barn, that glorious beamed ceiling made the hall ideal for conversion into an events space / wedding venue.
Wrotham Park is another screen regular, perhaps most famous from Robert Altman’s Gosford Park, but seen also as the training facility in Kingsman: The Secret Service, as ‘Buckingham Palace’ in King Ralph, with John Goodman succeeding to the British throne, as Jane’s childhood home in the 2011 version of Jane Eyre, as well as appearing in in Kenneth Branagh’s 1992 Britpack drama Peter’s Friends and Ken Russell’s Gothic.
It’s a private home, not open to the public and not visible from the road, though it's available for parties and corporate events. If you can't afford to rent Wrotham Park, you can have a peek inside if you’re lucky enough to get one of the limited number of tickets to visit the house during Open House London weekend, usually held in September.
Finally, the picnic on ‘Box Hill’, where Emma’s indifference to others ends in tears and she’s finally jolted into acknowledging the effect she has on other people’s lives.
The real Box Hill is just east of Dorking in Surrey, but the picnic was filmed atop Leith Hill, a few miles to the south, and the second highest point in southeast England.


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- Republished with permission of emagination, a School of Engineering electronic publication
Dr. Richard Parnas, director of the University’s Biofuel Consortium, hosted a film crew from Connecticut Public Television (CPTV) in April. The CPTV crew interviewed Dr. Parnas and filmed the production of biodiesel from waste vegetable oil as part of a segment on green technologies to be aired during the summer. It’s just one of many recent “tech props” Dr. Parnas has received for his innovative biofuels research.
Dr. Parnas and his team garnered significant press coverage in 2010 for a limited study showing that industrial grade hemp-based biodiesel has superior cold flow properties versus those of many biodiesel mixtures. Cold temperature is the major issue requiring caution when using biodiesel. Dr. Parnas, a professor in the Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering Department (CMBE) and the Institute of Materials Science (IMS) at UConn, has championed biofuels as a green energy source for years. Biofuels are extremely attractive as an alternative transportation fuel because they produce very little in the way of ozone-depleting emissions, in contrast with fossil fuels.
Within the warren of interconnected spaces that make up his basement laboratory in the Engineering II building on the main Storrs campus, Dr. Parnas has spent four years improving upon a basic biodiesel reactor design with the objectives of increasing production capacity and enhancing efficiency. The lab features two reactors: the oldest, smaller of the two units is used in the ongoing waste cooking oil-to-biodiesel production operation; the second, which features unique design enhancements developed by Dr. Parnas, is used for research and testing. A YouTube video of the reactor may be viewed here.
Since 2005, Dr. Parnas estimates 25 undergraduate students have worked in the laboratory, processing waste cooking oil collected from UConn’s dining facilities and from Pratt & Whitney’s food service into clean biodiesel that is used to help fuel UConn’s bus fleet. The students do more than merely combine oil and chemicals, however; working with Dr. Parnas and his graduate students, they have also contributed to a numerical model that accurately mirrors the entire process on a computer screen, using data collected in real time. The model enables the team to monitor each step of the process and to make adjustments as needed for optimal performance.
Dr. Parnas and two partners, Fred Robson and Rich Madrak, recently formed a startup company called RPM Sustainable Technologies. It will commercially market a novel, patented reactor system designed by Dr. Parnas, which features a number of unique process improvements over the traditional reactor design and reduces production costs. The partners have commissioned an industrial equipment manufacturer to build the systems, which will be scaled-up versions capable of serving communities and processing between 250,000 and 5 million gallons of biodiesel yearly. The first unit will be delivered this summer to UConn.
In most traditional reactors, the process is conducted in a batch mode. The biodiesel is separated in one stream while waste products left over from processing – glycerol, methanol and potassium hydroxide – are removed in a second stream that must be further separated and processed for re-use. In Dr. Parnas’ patented design, biodiesel is processed continuously and the glycerol settles out naturally during processing. Continuous processing is more efficient, requires less energy than conventional reactors, and lowers production and material costs. Furthermore, Dr. Parnas’ reactor design efficiently captures the byproducts so they may be further processed for secondary markets. He notes that the glycerin will be sold to the personal care products market or converted to high value specialty chemicals, and the potassium hydroxide may be blended with phosphoric acid to produce fertilizer.
While biodiesel holds promise for replacing fossil fuels in applications such as transportation and home heating, the mixtures suffer from several drawbacks. For one thing, biodiesels generally perform poorly in cold weather, becoming thick and clogging fuel systems. For this reason, biodiesel is currently blended with conventional diesel fuel – commonly at 20 percent biodiesel to 80 percent conventional (so-called B20) for automotive use. Because biodiesel requires feedstocks that are fundamentally plant matter, abundance and growing conditions are a factor. Furthermore, to be approved for vehicular use, biodiesel must meet ASTM International’s rigorous industry standards. Samples of the UConn biodiesel are subjected to a battery of 16-18 validation tests conducted in a CESE laboratory building.
Research into alternative feedstocks is an important aspect of the team’s work. With his faculty colleagues and graduate students, in addition to exploring industrial hemp, Dr. Parnas is studying cotton seed oils and Jatropha oil, among other possibilities. Jatropha, he explains, is a waste cover crop native to India that produces the second highest oil yield, at approximately 34 percent oil, of any land plant and grows readily in even unfavorable conditions. Already, the handsome succulent is being commercially processed into biodiesel in India, Myanmar and Brazil. According to Dr. Parnas, palm seeds offer the highest oil yield, but palms grow in a very narrow geographic band around the equator, so large-scale production is currently infeasible.
Dr. Parnas is also collaborating with Dr. Ranjan Srivastava, a colleague in CMBE, on the development of biobutanol as an alternative to gasoline. The project is in its earliest stages and entails more fundamental research. Whatever the outcome, in the years ahead it is clear that biofuels and biodiesel will gain even greater importance as the nation looks for ways to reduce its reliance on diminishing fossil fuel reserves.


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The ResAppDx-EU, the world’s first smartphone-based diagnostic test for acute pediatric respiratory disease, has received CE Mark certification as a Class II-a medical device, according to the company.
ResAppDx-EU is a mobile software application to be used by clinicians for the diagnosis of lower respiratory tract disease, croup, pneumonia, asthma/reactive airway disease and bronchiolitis in infants and children. The software uses machine learning algorithms that analyze a patient’s cough sounds to diagnose disease. ResAppDx-EU is a software-only solution that runs on an off-the-shelf smartphone and does not require any additional hardware or accessories.
The CE Mark approval was supported by data collected in ResApp’s Breath Easy pediatric clinical study. The Breath Easy study was a double-blind, prospective study which evaluated the efficacy of ResApp’s cough-based diagnosis algorithms in diagnosing acute respiratory disease in children. The study collected data from 585 patients and demonstrated that ResApp’s algorithms had excellent agreement with a clinical diagnosis. Results from the study were recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Respiratory Research.
“We are very excited about receiving our first regulatory approval for ResAppDx-EU, our flagship acute diagnostic product,” said Tony Keating, CEO and Managing Director of ResApp. “This is our biggest achievement yet and results from many years of hard work by our dedicated team. For the first time clinicians in Europe will have access to a rapid and accurate diagnostic test for the most commonly seen acute respiratory conditions in children. ResAppDx-EU has the potential to have far-reaching benefits in the healthcare system and we will now rapidly move ahead with our European commercialization strategy.”
CE Mark certification will facilitate further regulatory submissions in Australia, Canada and Singapore. In April, ResApp submitted a De Novo classification request to the US Food and Drug Administration which is currently pending review.


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Two new engine drivetrain combinations are available for the BMW 5-Series in 2018. The 550i powered by a 4.4L 8-cylinder engine is now available in xDrive. Horsepower is rated at 456, allowing the 550i to sprint to 60 mph in just 3.9 seconds. The new 540e engine is powered by a 2.0L 4-cylinder engine also aided by a turbocharger and AC synchronous electric motor, making 248 hp and 310 foot pounds of torque, all while allowing that car to get up to 34 mpg on the freeway. The vehicle can be charged in less than seven hours and go a full 16 miles ,; on electricity alone. All 5-series models utilize an 8-speed automatic transmission to send power to the rear wheels, and all-wheel drive is optional across the range.
Standard equipment on all 5-Series includes LED headlights and 16-way power adjustable front seats, as well as a sound absorbing headliner, a 10-inch screen located in the dashboard, a 205 Watt 12-speaker stereo, dual-zone climate control, dynamic cruise control and 18-inch wheels.
Of course, the options list is where things really get fun. If those 16-way adjustable seats just aren't quite enough, 20-way adjustable Multi Contour seats are available, trimmed in Napa leather and equipped with ventilation. The optional seats also feature eight different massage functions using 20 different air chambers incorporated into the back of the seat cushion. Each of the eight massage programs has three different intensity levels.
A multi-color heads up display is also available for 2018, projecting things such as navigation instructions, audio tracks or even warnings up on the windshield, where they would be more visible to the driver. This year's display is 75 percent larger than the one it replaces.
There are two optional stereos available for the BMW 5-series. A 600-watt Harmon/Kardon sound system features 16 speakers and nine channels, while true audiophiles will want to spring for the Bowers and Wilkins stereo. It features diamond tweeters, 1400 watts and a 10-channel amplifier. The unit has speakers that subtly glow, as well as a microphone to measure ambient sound to tune sound quality just so. It is one of the most advanced audio systems to ever be installed in a car, according to BMW.
Besides standard safety features such as airbags, ABS and stability control, the BMW 5-series has some innovative passive and active safety systems available. An evasion aid system operates at speeds of up to 100 mph. If the car detects a quick lane change, it will tighten up the steering and counter steering, allowing the driver to need fewer turns required to correct a skid. The car will also use information from the vehicle's sensors to detect how much unobstructed space is around the car. Those same sensors are used for the automatic parking system.
The 5-Series gets number of additions on the heels of complete redesign last year. The Gran Turismo hatch is no longer offered while the lineup expands with the V8 M550i xDrive and 530e hybrid engine. The "e" name change signifies a new, more economical engine that utilizes a 4-cylinder gasoline engine paired with an electric powertrain.
The BMW 5-Series is a mid-sized luxury sedan, competing with the Mercedes E-Class, the Audi A6 and the Lexus GS series. Costing upwards of $50,000, the 5-Series offers all the luxury of its various competitors, while giving drivers a significantly sportier driving experience than any of its peers. Handling is and always has been world-class for the line, with powerful engines, sharp steering and a playful chassis. The 5-Series is even offered with an electric-hybrid engine model that achieves extraordinary gas mileage, even while carving corners.
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