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They needed help Walking alone in the dark. The man. The child. A broken down car. The child frightened, But not understanding The terror That would soon Come her way. Her parents petrified That their baby was gone, Agonizing Over forbidden images That crowded their way Past ice cream sundays And birthday parties And wedding days. A passer-by. A doer of good deeds. He stops. He sees. He looks into the little girl's eyes. Bravely The girl speaks, "This is not my dad" And the coward who took her, He runs. He hides. The passer-by, Believing he saved A child From a long, cold walk, In reality Saved a child From a long, cold death.
In the past I remember how things were so simple When I was little my cheeks had such cute dimples Looking back I remember how sweet I was as a child When I think again my heart told me I was so wild Yet, in time my simple choices was revealed as true as anyone The reason I was the way I am today, I did things, to get done Finishing lots of my undone ideas was so incredibly hard So I figure my heart and choices should never hold in no bard I never thought I would learn heart aches and pain With such under statement I did things for no gain I was a child who held true to what he has learned But as we got older those kinda perspective would get me burned When I made up my mind that people was not kind I led myself in a confusion that I was blind In the past I do recall that seeing is believing So I was the one who stood their with friends leaving Alone, I felt I did not belong, I cherish each person who knew me I got older too see how the world works it stung me like a bee The feeling of tingling ran through my vain My view of the world and people who knew me was stained Now I know they are out for their selves with no kind feelings Life I know is just a joke because of who I hung out with seeing Today as I look at the world it is in such shambles and astray And rather fallow everyone I just walk away
What if you woke up one morning and discovered you are not who you thought you were, having suddenly learned that your whole life from birth, the person you believed yourself to be is not who you really were meant to be. And at that moment you come to realize that you have been your entire life been following the wrong path not knowing what is the right path. Yet for some unexplained reason you become aware there is a right path and that somehow you have been predestined to find and follow it, knowing only that it will lead you to discover who you really are and were meant to be. Do you know what you would do? Really!!! What would you do? © Eugene Harvey
He could be someone's father Or brother Or friend. He could be The one to cure cancer, The one who Saves a child From a burning building, The one who Sobers up And leads Others to Do so as well. But right now, He's a drunk Who has probably Spent all of his money On booze, The one Who is ungrateful, The one who Won't remember, The one who will Lose his life Over a fallen shoe. And you are the one Who can save him.
Things seems to be very clear, When actually felt it is unclear, What really seems to be clear, May never ever be clear for ever. Your help for others, May be to be appreciated, Or taken as what is called, to be uncounted. My question is clear, Why the help for others, Is sometime never appreciated, However it is always delivered. In response to ethics, lingers in my mind the answer, To help others is not to be recognised, But it is to be called someone, Who can be respected. To all, continue to help, Not to to be appreciated by others, But to be respected by yourself.
My friends and I had midnight hide and seek One had to stand by a tree and not peek In my state of hiding great I was hard to find My friends decided to just be unkind They all got together and decided to hunt me down I first hid in the river near my house and almost drown When they walk close by me I silently move through the grass It was very hard to see, but I crawled a long time and almost ran out of gas Then I heard one say that they were going up and wait by the tree I had an idea that made a way to make them see A shadow that ran in the distance thinking that would be I had my horse pull a little manikin to make them think it was me My friends took their flashlight and shined it toward it I thought I had them but one thing was clear they did not fall for it not a bit They all laugh and started to call out my name They all asked how the heck did you have time to pull that trick that was so lame I did not answer so they kept on looking for me, but I was so quick Some of my friends started to get really mad and tick I was a master of doing weird things they all knew what I can do The night was still young and the grass was collecting dew I decided to make a distraction once again To think of it, it would probably make the night end My friends finally surrounded my tree house I was quiet, so quiet, more than a mouse I had some rope in the tree house to make my escape To distract them I made a loud noise like an ape The tree that my tree house was in was at least forty feet up I had some stash in my tree house a drink or two in a cup My final hour is about to end I did not want my friends to catch me till I got to the tree I took the rope and tide it on a branch and pushed off and that was the key I landed on the garage roof and sneaked my way to the tree My friends knew me to well that they plan things before I could see They had a fish net ready for me to step into I thought that was kinda wise and some what like pew The few feet by the tree there was two of my friends that was ready Up in the tree they both jumped down and pulled me up in the net fast and steady They thought they had won, the person had to tag me before I touch tree She ended up having to get something to stand on to reach me I swung my weight back and forth till I ended up touching and the game ended My friends and I were so full of surprises and that is what the game handed
Urge To Smile By Nate Spears The morning sun rises My flesh is set back Due to my body needing Much needed rest I wonder Does anyone else feel the urge to smile? I know right now I'm feeling sour A grin attached to my face That lights up the sky Behind my clouds of joy There lies a lie With everyone wondering how? How can he smile with so much going on Rapidly by the hour People losing their homes Some can barely feed their kids The government is gone They rather spend our money On billion dollar drones Never the less We're blessed We're here to see another day Being healthy and relevant Gives me strength To soar into a new day With unlimited fight Packed up under my wings Another day Another chance For tomorrow Thanks in advance As long as I'm living I can better my condition It's mandatory to smile A privilege to be living.
I can't imagine being alive without you I can't imagine what it will be like when your gone I don't know what I'll become without you Maybe I'll just run Run away from everything and leave everyone behind Maybe I'll find a way to be close to you Because I won't believe you died My heart will ache so much more Tears will always run My eyes will hold the wisdom That you bestowed upon me young And my recklessness will be noticeable People will wonder why Why am I running when the person I needed most died How can I face my life when I can't do anything right I won't believe you have gone away When God decides to take you I'll still come by your house and always expect an answer I Love You Gamma You Taught Me About My Heritage Please Remember Me When God Takes You Please Guide Me In the Right Way
They ran laughing Into the night. Hand in hand. Heart in heart. Twenty-One, and Nineteen. Forging new pathways, Skirting danger, Laughing at the wind. It took only A second, A heartbeat, For the driver To mow them down. It took only A second, A lifetime For love realized to be lost. But years before He stood next to his father Who said the choice is yours. And the proud young man Checked the box And signed his name Not knowing That the heart He gave the girl Would not be His to give. Seven hours Of waiting, Praying, Hoping. Seven hours Of holding breaths And hands, And the heart Began to beat Again.
People are my weakness and hidden fear I just feel that some words they say set me in tear For example I gave a person a smile one day and they gave me a glare I did not know that smiling in the world today cause people to stare These types of stare gave me chills down my spine a feeling that made me blind Why? why is my weakness the people who are very unkind Hiding is all I can do when people give me a unkind view I get to a point that my fear seems to wonder and stew People are who they are and what should I even do I don't understand that they are evil and some times nice too My hidden fear are people just because they are always around That is no argument and my feeling are perfectly sound The hate builds up in my mind, but does not bother, how my heart feel I learned to undergo a change that my feelings become like steel Hard as it should be in situations needed I forget how to use it So it becomes my weapon and it is to some people heartless just a bit My hidden fear is what I see in people today They harm others and they think it is okay That is why I fear my feelings for others at times because it is so confusing My hidden fear is some what bad and some what a blessing


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First of all i would like to thank each and everyone here in this forum for making it a fruitful place where one can share his knowledge, and help others in their coding helping them achieve their goals.
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Molecules 2008, 13(12), 3171-3183; doi:10.3390/molecules13123171
A Novel Synthetic Approach to C-Glycosyl-D- and L-Alanines
Institute of Chemical Sciences, Department of Organic Chemistry, P. J. Šafárik University, Moyzesova 11, SK-040 01 Košice, Slovak Republic
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Abstract: C-Glycosyl-(S)- and (R)-alanines 12a and 12b were synthesized from the known β-C-glycoside 1. The nitrogen function was introduced by aza-Claisen rearrangement of the allylic thiocyanate 7, derived from the corresponding alcohol 6. The absolute configuration of the newly created chiral carbon center (C-3) was assigned by X-ray diffraction analysis of the intermediate 3(S)-isothiocyanato-D-glycero-D-galacto-decose 8a.
Keywords: C-Glycosyl amino acids; C-Glycosyl alanine; [3; 3]-Sigmatropic rearrangements; Microwave irradiation; X-ray diffraction
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"Our hybrid passenger vehicle work has entered a new phase. The OEM, in an anticipated effort to insure they will not have a "sole source" issue, has asked us to pursue with them, an alternate provider of our final product. Since this initiative is in keeping with our long stated future strategy ("to become the leading supplier of carbon electrode assemblies for the global lead-acid battery industry"), we embraced the process. We are a few months into that program and it is going well."
"The second hybrid truck program we have been working on is a dual battery design for a truck stop/start technology. This is very similar to the stop/start initiative we have been working toward with passenger vehicle OEM's, except that the battery sizes are larger. In this stop/start program, we have an historical industry leader as an initial strategic partner. We are in the early stages with this program, but we have been told that, if initial data continues to trend as we have predicted, then we will be able to incorporate data we developed in our passenger vehicle stop/start program. This is significant because it will literally reduce time to market by at least 1/3 rd."
"Our Phase II proof of concept effort includes collaboration with strategic partners chosen for their expertise in the development of compatible vehicle systems that are essential for our entry into both historical and emerging markets. The unique properties our PbC® battery exhibits - long cycle life; high charge acceptance; fast re-charge; and inherent string equalization - create a strong case for PbC adoption by historical industry leaders and by those with new cutting edge technologies. Our application pointed out, as further evidence of our potential place in those markets, that we are in various stages of lab or field vehicle testing with these strategic partners."
the developer of advanced lead-carbon PbC® batteries and energy storage systems, announced today that it has completed a private placement of $9 million principal amount of senior convertible notes and warrants with institutional investors and an additional $1 millionprincipal amount of subordinated unsecured convertible notes and warrants in an ancillary transaction with directors, officers and one of the original Axion founders. Maxim Group LLC acted as placement agent.
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Its nice to see Dr. Buiel contributing to the discussion again. I look forward to his technical contributions.
I haven't commented on the latest (negative) discussions about marketing and sales. I was extremely happy to see that the one board member who understands marketing and sales contributed an additional $750,000 of his own money into the last cash raise. This is a board member with more experience in developing products, selling products, and growing companies than any of the management team. And his response to slow sales, a discouraged stockholder base, and a cash strapped company was to put up even more money.
BMW wants us to work with one of their suppliers.
PowerCubes will be sold this year.
We are working with an industry giant on the grant to be announced this July.
More ePower trucks will be ordered.
NS slowdown is not a battery issue.
Hiring more sales staff to handle the inquiries from companies that have products that need the PbC and have the resources to pay.
Working with large grid applications. -
My view of the marketing process from ePower's perspective has been an eye opener. The amount of hands-on engineering and technical support that even a small customer requires is amazing. A good salesman is just the beginning of the process. The real heavy lifting is done by the support engineers who have to develop systems that make the battery do the work the customer needs.
Futurist, there is one other point to consider to Averill putting up another $750 k and I am surprised it hasn't appeared already so I will put it out for discussion:
With as many new shares as they are issuing, AND - having to approve the 100 M new shares by shareholder vote, was the BOD forced to do this to maintain a majority vote ? -
John, The point here is that the salesman with a technical product is really more an engineering function than a sales function. An engineer plus if you will. He/She has to understand the product fully, understand the targeted applications and how the product can be integrated, he needs to know the customer and what their technical challenges are along with their targeted metrics, he needs to understand the competition and their strengths/weaknesses along with his own. And so forth. These are really more engineering positions vs what we often think of as sales/marketing positions.
If you go back to 2010, you would find that:
PowerCubes will be sold this year.
We are working with an industry giant on the grant to be
announced this July.
More ePower trucks will be ordered.
NS slowdown is not a battery issue. -
"I think as a condition for the financing, the BOD had to put up $1M of their own money.."
First I don't know how you got from "stand alone financing" to BOD was forced to do this. Even assuming its true it does not change my arguments that Bob Averill supports the way Axion is conducting business. He is not the type to throw good money after bad. He is the type to help lead the company to success. -
There were conditions to the financing....AXPW obtained the financing provided they did certain things...another condition was to expand sales and marketing.
I have been following Axion closely from before 2010.
In 2009 Axion was poised to demonstrate with a power company in NY, but the project went south when the developer went broke. -
Fut, a truly great string of comments...
I am not sure why the PbC isn't available as you suggest. But I am pretty sure that the idea has not escaped a start up company like Axion. My guess is that the product needs to be tweaked to maximize each application. So the customers are picked for quantity needed in the future and ability to succeed. The Axion staff is then assigned and the product is engineered to work correctly. I might be wrong but I thought that is what TG was saying about expanding the sales / engineering staff.
Whether we agree or not it is the Axion strategy. The consistency of Axion to do this tells me that it is working for Axion. -
Now you have really confused me.
Im sure you read where the stand alone financing was required. I simply don't see where you have read this. Clarification would be helpful.
As to your question. Why what?
Axion did not need stand alone financing last year. They had an investment group. The shareholders here were suggesting this year that insiders should show support. They did.
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Let's not deny that the BMW and NSC programs have moved forward since then. C'mon, until this month for BMW and December 2012 for NSC, we weren't even sure the PbC had passed any tests. Now it's a high probability we will get the design wins. It's not just a carrot being dangled in front of us.
Fut, I'm not trying to beat the drum too loudly for this, but I do think it's time, especially now that Axion has made the transition away from development stage. The reasons you cite may well have been valid in the past. And I am loathe to seriously question Axion's strategy. But things *are* moving forward and IMHO this might now be a productive step. In other words, maybe it's finally time to "trust the battery." Especially in view of the success of the continuous roll process. But sure, perhaps not yet. At least begin to publish the full specs now though. Give the universe of potential customers something more meaty to chew on. Also, I imagine there likely exist different versions of the PbC, each tailored to a different part of the energy/power spectrum, but that shouldn't preclude Axion's offering the most common version(s) online, if and when they do...
On the idea of Axion selling PbC's to a retail audience...
jveal - Why would anyone care if OMY bought ten batteries? Even if he didn't buy them, he can claim nonsense. Oh, that's right, he does. He has incessantly proved his lack of authority, competence, and rationality. Why would anyone believe him?
[Note: This is a very small project. Yeah, it might be millions or billions in a few years, but probably won't, so don't get excited - yet. Between 1 and 2 billion people do not have refrigeration now.]
Let the sun shine in! As Moses might have said, "Let my batteries go!" -
at least there would be further disclosure about how they operate.
the reverse result does sometimes occur. -
Question about this argument is; Can it be profitable for Axion?, Is it possible to have a final consumer product with engineering work already on?, It seems that a salesman / engineer can handle just a few customers....yes I know that PC ´s started that way but I want to be shareholder of the IBM in batteriess not the Sinclair one.
SD < "we had a camper refer that ran off a small flame from the propane tank" ... Sounds like a design similar to natural gas fueled refrigerators and central air conditioners that were pretty commonplace in gas producing areas "back in the day." Heat the refrigerant gas a tad to raise the pressure in a small space and feed the pressurized gas into a larger diameter tubing coil for cooling. Worked pretty well as long the NG didn't flame out.
I don't buy this. A custom lithium ion system is $1000/kWh + NRE. If you call EnerDel right now they are six months behind on new application development even at these prices. I think all of JCI and A123 customers are now going to EnerDel which is great for them. Maybe Axion is also very busy but I don't think so and my feeling is that the right people would make Axion a success.
I've been wondering just where the Power Cube/Viridity/PJM project is going.
Good question Albert.
Since we are selling a couple PowerCubes this year and talking a couple MW storage system I suspect the answer is yes. But again it might just be more test marketing.
Hopefully we can find out more as time goes on. -
The biggest problem with stationary storage is customers who don't understand their needs or the overall value proposition. It's not just an Axion problem. It's an industry problem - a problem that's exacerbated by a plethora of willing sellers pounding the table on the technical and economic features they think important. There are lots of willing sellers ready to pitch different products, but very few buyers willing to spend their own money on million dollar hardware purchases they don't understand.
Futurist: I still think the PC is *not* designed to be an income producer as its primary purpose. I believe it is a power quality and availability product that has the ability to generate some offsetting revenues for its users. The big money will come from reduced down-time, curtailment, ... of business operations.
HardToLove -
PowerCube market in the very near term is most likely renewable energy project installations with some prospect for sales to industrial plants and utilities (for pilot projects). Subsidies for wind energy power projects which had been slated to end with 2012 have apparently been extended into 2013 and apply to all projects started (vice completed) before year end. The same may apply to PV projects. Both of those renewable energy projects might also be associated with telecommunication towers.
HTL. I agree that the main focus of the PbC PowerCube is not as a moneymaker. However, it has an added cost. It also has a longer lifespan. If it can produce some income in the meantime the TCO (total cost of ownership) could be equal or less than a flooded lead acid array. If the Power Company wants a major user to help be part of the grid solution then PowerCube could be a solution. Many ifs.
Great, One of Axion's first missions is getting "tanked".
Those kinds of arrangements would really complicate my life and theirs. With five years of separation under my belt I can speak freely about how I interpret disclosed developments in Axion's business. I can also speak with a good deal of authority on the history of the PbC and the development of a strategy that Axion continues to follow with more success than I had hoped for and longer development timelines than I could have imagined.
Tanks? Next up: PbC fired railguns!!! FTW!
Que lastima. Your rounds give you some great contacts. Plus I think you'd find it an interesting very part time job given your interests. Just imagine if E-Power turns into a 20K unit/year contract 4-5 years out. You may get nominated for North America's most competitive salesman of the decade! :)
Since it looks like I'll be accepting an engagement as ePower's legal counsel, I expect to have a lot of skin in that game. It may limit my ability to be a gossipy observer, but some sacrifices must be made.
Congrats John and envy.... I'm sure it's going to be very gratifying to be there first hand in such an enterprise and watch and assist them as they take something you helped create years ago and turn it to much beneficial and money-making use... And we here look forward to hearing good things! From the uh, company I mean. ;)
I don't plan on going anywhere and will continue commenting on the battery industry just as I have in the past. I will need to be a bit more circumspect when it comes to discussing ePower and its relationship with Axion, but beyond that I don't see any constraints on my writing. In fact I'm working on a piece right now that discusses the dark side of Tesla's masterful short squeeze.
48: With the increased usable range of the V2 PbC, and thus more available "energy", the PbC might be a good fit all around: fast (re)charge, 1/3 less weight than LAB/AMG, good temperature tolerance, no fire hazard, long-lifetime, ...
The testing lab that the batteries went to follow strict VDA testing specifications. It is a qualification / quality control testing lab. If you put PbC batteries on this test, it would fail miserably. Lithium ion batteries would also fail miserably because it is very specific to lead acid batteries. The VDA automotive battery testing specification is published so you can get this information and review it. It involves a whole set of tests designed to qualify lead acid batteries and includes cold cranking, over discharge, charge recovery, etc. testing. Voltages are very fixed and so are currents. I'm not even sure how you would do this testing on PbC.
If BMW is/was considering purchase of PbC batteries from Axion ISTM testing of Axion AGM batteries would be one path of testing procedure.
Dr. Buiel, I, like some others here, feel it makes no sense for BMW to be testing flooded or VRLA batteries from Axion since their battery operation is IMO antiquated. By this I don't mean it's poor from a battery technology standpoint for development or low volume specialty batteries but from an automotive OE perspective it's not efficient enough to compete.
D-Inv - seems a bit of a stretch to me. Besides the anodes being different, there is a different number of cathodes (because the anodes are thicker). It is a different product aimed a different market.
HTL, It's the only thing I can think of. But, I agree with Rick K. that it's a stretch. But not as much of a stretch as thinking BMW will be buying VRLA batteries from Axion.
While I can't believe that BMW would send a regular (Flooded or AGM) battery from Axion out for independent testing and not a PbC.
As they are considering a two battery system could this have been testing for the other battery?
For instance if BMW is going to implement the two battery system in the US, might they plan on buying both batteries from Axion? -
I do apologize for not understanding the origin of this discussion!
How do we know which lab they were sent to?
How do we know the shipping weight?
Is there a link or discussion on a previous concentrator that I missed? -
There was an import invoice discovered coming from a testing facility in Europe to Axion a while back. The quantity was calculated by the shipping weight, it was discussed at great length in a previous APC mostly because of the 3rd party testing comment made by TG (I think?). -
Dr. Bueil,
I came across a patent application from Axion that just posted:
Since there seems to be a good deal of customer pressure to get the PbC technology out of the sole source mode, I suspect that the IP team figured the benefits of a solid patent outweighed the benefits of secrecy.
We discussed this patent last month in APC#225:
at least that patent discloses some more performance info (mΩ @ 1kHz ), but Axion is still a long way from providing useful design info like Maxwell http://bit.ly/H3XoV0
FINRA compliance plans are generally pretty pro forma affairs for companies like Maxwell that have identifiable audit and other procedures to complete. The stock price will remain depressed until the Ts are crossed and the Is are dotted, but its only a matter of time and disclosure.
HTL, if a company has adequate financial resources, a totally separate facility/company (with independent finances), probably in another country, could be built and operated. The burden of proof is demonstrating that a financial embarrassment would not close both facilities/companies.
Ed, two of my greatest fears even if all went well was:
1. Someone buying the company for pennies just when things were going to get good. We almost had that happen this recent capital raise.
2. Someone "reverse engineering or stealing the tech". -
Somewhat off topic - Here is a discussion of LNG and CNG use in trucks, and issues with a refueling network. I had no idea that the numbers of new LNG or CNG trucks was so high:
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Shanghai ISSON Power Quality Co., Ltd. Deploys Maxwell Technologies' Ultracapacitors To Power Yangshan Deep-Water Port Electric Cranes
Again with the negative. Of course any technological innovation is subject to technological extinction. But to suggest that the ultracapacitor or other storage medium will eliminate the PbC means you are not taking into account the entire storage arena. -
Too many negative connotations associated with government backing. Just ask GM. Plus the great salesman can turn it into another positive in the public eyes.
Just running off memory, didn't Musk raise over 200 million late last year and just now over 700 million? Close to 1 Billion in cap raise in less than 6 months and 452 million is going to pay off a loan? Scary numbers to me. It did make me think of this however. http://binged.it/119lHKT -
HTL, It does stink from a public perspective to have this hanging over your name. That being said, When you're a start-up company things can go wrong. It is not a wise choice to give this cushion up early. Musk's hubris is causing him to make a very poor business decision. Pride cometh before...?
Not sure if anyone is a member of VIC. One can sign up for a delay and read some of the comments on the stock. Here are some of my favorites:
He is effectively purchasing them on margin. He has borrowed $275M from Goldman with his stock options as collateral including the recent $100M of which we got $125M thereby pulling $25M out. The other intersting thing is that according to that thread the guys who would have bought the converible bonds would effectively want to short their exposure to guarantee their returns at this point. With a limited float and the fact that Musk himself is buying $100M in stock means there really isn't much float for shorts to get so he squeezed the guys who bought the convert.
Cramer: What I am hearing on TSLA
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At the end of the day Idealistic college kids grow up, get married, raise kids and if they are able to will follow their idealistic goals 100%. Most won't and the assumption that these cars will be cheap enough for the masses is pure hopium at this time.
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For the foreseeable future I'd have to settle for a Prius rather than a Tesla. Personally I think Tesla may want to sell hybrids as well to break into a mass market. This is down to micro hybrids (using PbC of course). Unless things have changed, Lithium is still too expensive for a mass market car.
MrHolty, Did you read to the part where the "parents" who have already purchased a car state "wished we had bought a Tesla" now?
LT- Yep. Saw the comment. Assumed that was a looking statement about buying TSLA the stock, not the car. I also wish I bought Microsoft in early 80s, Southwest Air in 1989 and countless others. I'd be Elton Musk rich.
Just one more post from someone who's experience mirrors Dr. Buiel's experience driving the Bimmer. This SS review is pretty close to the 10 or so others I've reviewed.
05/21/2013: EOD stuff partially copied from instablog (up already).
# Trds: 64, MinTrSz: 100, MaxTrSz: 24999, Vol 185758, AvTrSz: 2902
Min. Pr: 0.2531, Max Pr: 0.2640, VW Avg. Tr. Pr: 0.2594
# Buys, Shares: 38 108966, VW Avg Buy Pr: 0.2599
# Sells, Shares: 20 65050, VW Avg Sell Pr: 0.2586
# Unkn, Shares: 6 11742, VW Avg Unk. Pr: 0.2592
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Commissioning of new ZBB site in conjunction with a WY utility co-op.
It makes its own iirc 25kw and 125kw ... they stopped spending money on the development of the 60kw.
>D-inv ... ZBB's battery is a remarkable device that can go to 100% discharge and sit there for years if necessary or go to 100% and operate at 100 to 80 or 80 to 30 and other ranges. What it doesn't do is respond quickly to demand or recharge quickly with opportunity. I just wants to charge & discharge at its own pace. The PbC can match the ZBB performance characteristics & cycle life better than any comparably priced battery with speed on the (grid visible) front end. Thus the PbC, in my opinion, would be a great gatekeeper, a system life extending flow through device, for many storage systems. I see this system doesn't incorporate the ZBB battery, just the controller, and that is a shame.
Based on my rudimentary understanding of the ZBB flow battery as high volume energy storage with low power performance and my understanding of superior PbC power profile and DCA, your perspective on coupling the ZBB with PbC strikes me as imminently reasonable, DR. Add in PbC's KIAS attributes and ISTM use of the PbC with ZBB's flow battery would be technically superior to any ZBB-AGM or ZBB-FLAB combo.
>D-inv ... This ZBB PR piece only mentions using LAB for storage on PV & wind. As has been pointed out LABs don't really like spikes in the charge circuit. Both generation sources can be very spikey with wind going to extremes on the high side. The EnerSection can filter out what the batteries can't handle but by wasting energy and sending it to ground. The PbC doesn't care so much thus lowering the cost of the controller while recovering more peak generation. Still, it is possible that on high current moments some energy will be shunted to ground anyway.
Translating JP's numbers, that is 840 x 150 = 126 kW, which is 169 hp of braking. 126 kW / 54 batts /12 volts = 194 amps charge acceptance per battery ("instantaneous"). Sound about right and consistent.
Here is a project with the ZBB EnerStore, EnerSystem and lead acid batteries in a hybrid format.
So sounds like they (ePower) are using all the batteries in a single 1S series string...
>JP ... Here's are some ePower (to some extent NSC) questions I've wondered about and don't think it has been addressed. If it has, I apologize and could someone point me to just where.
I dont think ePower has let the truck sit long enough to really run the batteries down through self-discharge. According to Jay when he starts the truck in the morning all the engine power is being dumped into the batteries until the truck is warmed up and ready to roll and by that time they're at an optimal SOC.
DRich, the information I have says a PbC can sit for 6 months at 0% without a problem.
>DRich ... Having a truck sit idle for extended periods of time is considered a loss of revenue (missed opportunity) in the business so it would be extremely rare. Also, shore power is growing in the industry in the truck stops and terminal parking locations. Lastly, in the colder climates access to a plug has been available for years for the use of block heaters...
njb - For any battery application, one needs to match the requirements with capabilities of the battery. If you need multi-month electric storage, bio-carbon is the wrong choice; lead gel or ZBB's Zn-Br would be a better choice. If you are going to rapidly cycle the battery deeply multiple times per day, PbC is a very strong contender.
>Tim Enright ... I agree that an idle truck is lost revenue. Then again, I turn everyday in front of terminal operator's yard where tractors (guess 50 to 75 on any given day) are parked and rotated in & out. Most don't stay put very long but there is a row of, I'd say, 20 that aren't very old (judging by body style) and haven't moved in at least 6 months. Right behind the sign that reads "Drivers Needed". Things that make me wonder.
Here's the original ZBB announcement on the project ... back on 11/15/2011!
Since finding good trades in the Energy Storage Section are really rare these days, with JCI & ENS being the only rational choices, is anybody here playing Maxwell (MXWL) for a bounce back to the $8.00 to $10.00 range during the next month or so?
The Devil Made Me Do It!
Axion International Holdings Inc. announced it received a purchase order from new customer Edmonton Light Rail Transit for ECOTRAX™ ties, which will be used for crossing applications. Edmonton Light Rail Transit is Axion's third customer in Canada.
Interesting S/S brochure from JC -
Thanks Stefan! I always stop mid-point with your first name because my middle name is Stephan. I suffer from muscle motor memory. Or a tic! :)
Consumers want fuel efficiency but don't want it
to compromise vehicle performance, according
to research commissioned by Johnson Controls.
Other findings:
In Europe, the leading global market for Start-Stop
vehicles, satisfaction is high.
91 percent of Start-Stop vehicle owners will likely
purchase such a vehicle again.
78 percent purchased a Start-Stop vehicle for
fuel savings.
In the U.S., consumers are looking for fuel-saving
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Stefan, Steven. My fathers side is British and I think this would be more common? But I have no expertise in such matters. During my years at Valeo my French contacts and one German contact, that shared our name all utilized the spelling of your given name.
ii - indeed, I believe you are correct. Interestingly, Stefan is my middle name, which I have always been called. My mother wanted to name me Ludwig after my German grandfather, but she didn't want to do that in America -- so she made my first name Luis thinking it was the American version. However, I was born in Tucson, AZ and everybody spelled Louis as Luis ... hence, everyone has always thought I was of Hispanic decent.
New S/S brochure from Bosch:
>Stefan Moroney ... These two brochures make it seems they've got all the problems licked. Both are "perfect" solutions to the new energy demanding system. Maybe these dynamic AGM batteries can tide us over until we can all afford a used Tesla and drive on free energy the rest of our days.
Axion Power To Present At The Second Annual Marcum LLP MicroCap Conference
The sponsors list of the Marcum conference is truly impressive. It's basically a who's who in the micro cap company space.
Thanks, jveal. That's very encouraging. Finally, get the word out. BMW. NS. Trucking. PC (maybe). PbC manufacturing figured out and ready to go. Have the cash they need for awhile. Did I mention BMW?
When is a news archive not a news archive?
The RoseWater relationship is obviously weaker than it once was, but from my perspective the weakening is simply proof that super salesmen aren't enough for an extremely technical launch of a non-commodity product in a very price sensitive market. Joe Pic has some of the best sales credentials around and found out how difficult and time consuming the process is. It certainly supports the idea that the popular panacea solution of ramping the marketing effort is easier said than done.
John, I would have thought they had at least a few sales in the bag coming into the market. I guess I was wrong. But then, as I said before, I don't have a clue about the luxury market which is where this product was clearly pointed.
The stationary market is dreadfully difficult because nobody knows what they need, nobody understands the value proposition, nobody wants to pay a fair price and everybody and his brother-in-law is flogging a competitive system.
Am I missing something here, it seems to me that Axion has not been able to provide the Hub for sale! Is the issue Rosewater cannot sell the Hub or Axion cannot mass produce the Hub?
Axion has been
2) talking about adding sales staff for PC RFPs, -
I have no doubt that there will be PowerCube sales and those sales may be substantial. It will all be good news for Axionistas.
I think that Axion's approach of diversifying its sales has been, and still is, a very good approach. Transportation's time to significant revenue still looks to be measured in years from now:
2) rail: 1-2 years?
3) truck: 2-3 years? -
I think these investor conferences are the right step to take, if we want to see AXPW reach higher levels on design win news (ie future sales). We need long term and high volume holders.
Ranma, it's actually a very open question as to what a BMW manufacturing agreement will do to the stk price. I used to think a lot, but I'm not so sure anymore. The news is already out there, although arguably largely unnoticed by other investors until next Thursday, anyway, that BMW is trying to help Axion with that manufacturing agreement. Yet absolutely no movement in the stk, although the news may have kept it from falling further. Which is important.
I think we have a couple reasons the stock price remains at this level (but notably not falling) despite the BMW news:
1) Most paying attention are overbought Axionistas.
2) While progress is encouraging, most here are also so used to disappointment they will not assign a win until the actual deal is announced. -
I tend to think that announcement of some significant battery sales will be needed to move share price above $1.
"Very true. I definitely will not assign a win until it is announced."
According to the 10q axion is in the middle of talks with for an alternate provider of their final product as requested by BMW to insure they are not a sole source. i have always felt one posible reason that Axion has not tried harder selling the PbC commercially is because they want to be a component supplier with a strategic partner and the less PbC's that are out their commercially the better for negotiations with that strategic partner. This leaves the possibility that Axion requested Rosewater to drop references to them because of talks with the strategic partner who may be the one supplying the final PbC product commercially.
jak > "the less PbC's that are out their commercially the better for negotiations with that strategic partner."
From today's S-1, page 19:
relationships with established battery manufacturers may be impaired." -
While there are some serious risks about dilution mentioned in the S-1, I liked the following:
On NS:
On the PC
Still a mention of Rosewater:
Impressive what Mr. Dantam achieved in a year at EnerDel:
You have to love ignorance that's supremely confident in baseless assertions.
"we designed this HUB and we had a different manufacturer in mind. We are working with a manufacturer, continue to work with a manufacturer that we've worked with for years, but for this particular product, we really thought we were going to utilize someone else. That didn't turn out as well as we would have liked, so we're with our long-term manufacturer here and that long-term manufacturer has achieved UL certification along with us. So we think the process is really going to move forward in a much faster pace in 2013."
"There have been some issues with electronics that our providers are working through. Integrating those electronics into our REH product and we're confident that they're going to be successful in solving those issues. That will be a late year event this year as well." -
D Lane - What I find interesting is that any company that wants to sell into the energy storage area will have to have a quantifiable track record (and an identifiable ROI). Until that track record (and ROI) is there many larger companies will not take the risk. Its like the chicken or the egq quandry ...
JP, I would divide stationary as two segments: utility, and behind the meter.
Stefan- Thanks for pulling out these comments from the S1. Compare this the Q1 results earlier.
Our hybrid passenger vehicle work has entered a new phase. The OEM, in an anticipated effort to insure they will not have a "sole source" issue, has asked us to pursue with them, an alternate provider of our final product. Since this initiative is in keeping with our long stated future strategy ("to become the leading supplier of carbon electrode assemblies for the global lead-acid battery industry"), we embraced the process. We are a few months into that program and it is going well."
Tell the different parts of stationary marketplace. -
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When I first arrived at the Science Museum in January 2008 as just the 3rd director in nearly 40 years, I heard a lot of staff and Board members tell me they wanted SMV to become the "Go-To" place for science. When pressed into specifics, this usually came down to a student or any...
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Walking into the Science Museum of Virginia is always exciting. Guests are immediately drawn in by the beautiful dome and pendulum. It's an instant and powerful way to get people of all ages thinking about science.
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PALM SPRINGS--Gas prices are back on the rise in Riverside County, triggering a surge in siphoning gas from parked cars right here in the valley.
Hannah Cramer was recently the victim of gas siphoning.
"Well I had just filled up my tank and I noticed the next day that it was gone," Cramer said.
It's a growing problem here in the Coachella Valley, as the price of gas goes up, more people start stealing it instead of buying it.
The price of regualr unleaded gas is almost 4 dollars a gallon getting any of it siphoned out of your tank will definitely put a dent in your wallet.
But the surge in siphoning didn't seem to suprise consumers
"I understand why people would do it especially if they were down on their luck, they don't have any money, they have to get their kids to school, there's a bunch of things," said resident James Zimmerman.
"People can't buy gas, they're going to steal it," resident Mark Green said.
Palm Springs Police Sergeant Mike Kovaleff says there are ways to protect yourself--starting with installing a locking gas cap on your tank.
"The most common way is to take the gas cap off, insert a hose and drain as much gas as they can into fuel tanks and then leave the location," Sgt. Kovaleff said.
He says the crime usually goes unreported and victims like Hannah are forced to simply absorb the cost of another tank to keep their engine running.
If you do happen to see siphoning or if you've been a victim of gasoline theft your asked to call police.
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It was the evening of New Year's and all through my home
You could hear a pin drop as my son answered the phone
"It's the police," my son said, as he passed it to his mother's hand
Soon dad will be home, won't that be just grand.
They had been waiting all night for me to come home
I was just out with the guys, getting stoned
How was I to know they would be of anguished fright?
As they sat with their dreaded fears all through the night
They came to the hospital to see for themselves
It seems because of an accident I was not in good health
I was in a coma and having bad dreams
Oh! Dear God, if you could just take away the screams
The ringing in my ears, if time had no end
A deathly message to my mind it does send
Why didn't I listen to my Family I so loved?
Then maybe I would not hear these screams from above
I was only out with the guys to have a good time
It was not my fault I did not see that double line
We only had a few drinks, or was it more?
My mind is so mixed up, my head is so sore
Why is it that my family and friends seem to be laughing at me?
Yet! The tears in their eyes I can plainly see
This is not a time to laugh I am in pain,
It seems to be that they're all putting the blame on me
The room is getting darker, I can just about see
Why it is this morbid cold air now surrounds me?
Open this door, can't you see I am not dead?
It's just a slight pain I now have in my head
Why won't they listen to my cries and pleads?
If only my heart would beat, instead of bleed
At last they have come to set me free
Why are they putting these fancy clothes on me?
The time is passing so fast I can just about see
Why are my loved ones crying over me?
All I can hear are their screams and their cries
One would think that I had just died
It's morning now I must have fallen asleep
Why is this new bed they gave me so soft and so deep?
At last the pain is gone and I lie here alone
Beneath myself, dug grave and inscriptive stone
Forgive me God, I was just out with the guys
If I had not had those drinks, I would still be alive
I should have listened to my children when they said,
"Don't drink and drive, Daddy, or soon you will be dead.'
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HON. VINTON STILLINGS, only son of the late Judge Edward Stillings, has lived in Leavenworth since early boyhood, though he spent much time in the East and abroad while securing his education and for purposes of travel. With the leisure afforded by ample means he has accepted the many opportunities which come to such men for rendering the vital service so much required in realizing the civic ideals of every community. He is a citizen upon whom progressive Leavenworth has often called and who has never failed to respond. While he is extremely modest to his personal role, others competent to judge say that Vinton Stillings has given a valuable if not indispensable influence to much of the constructive progress of which Leavenworth has most reason to be proud in recent years.
Born in Kenton, Ohio, December 15, 1852, he came to Leavenworth in 1863. The Leavenworth he knew as a boy was almost the metropolis of the West. It was still the outfitting point for many of the great caravans of merchandise and passenger traffic which set out for the golden shores of the Pacific, and as a commercial and social center it rivaled the other river cities of St. Joseph and Kansas City. The theaters of Leavenworth attracted people for miles up and down the river, and besides its cultural advantages and its commerce the city was the home of many splendid old families.
Besides the training he received in the local schools he had the opportunities afforded by one of the most exclusive preparatory schools in the East, the venerable academy at Exeter, New Hampshire. He was president of the class of 1874. That school prepared him for Yale College, but he never entered the higher institution, and instead was sent to Europe to profit by travel and also for the definite purpose of learning Spanish. His father thought his son would become interested in railroad work and that a knowledge of this language would prove available. Mr. Stillings attended for a time the famous Heidelberg University, and while abroad he visited all the principal capitals of Europe.
After returning to Leavenworth he read law with his father, was admitted to the bar, but has never practiced. He has been associated with various business and civic undertakings, and one of them was the construction of a pontoon bridge across the Missouri River in 1888. That the period he spent in Europe was filled with close observation of many institutions and activities has a proof in the fact that the pontoon bridge at Leavenworth is modeled after the one which Mr. Stillings studied at Cologne, Germany. He had much to do with the original and the later plans for the construction of this bridge, and he finally instituted the proceedings to convert it into a steel bridge. Without sufficient means of his own to carry out that constructive enterprise, he secured as an associate Mr. W. E. Snyder, and together they should receive the chief credit for the steel structure which now spans the broad waters of the Missouri.
In 1904 Mr. Vinton Stillings was elected a member of the State Senate and was continuously in service in that body until 1916. He introduced the bill to construct the asylum for the criminal insane. He is a member of various organizations of a civic, fraternal and scholarly nature. In 1895 he married Miss Edith Walkiewicz.
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I have not seen it mentioned yet, so I just wanted to report that SER pages have once again be de-cluttered. I personally never liked the full-page screenshots that Google were displaying and those have been removed. In addition, the cached page link looks similar to what Bing has been doing for quite a while (the down-pointing arrow).
To add, they also seemed to have become a little more conservative when display author photos.
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