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Wazco's MetroCell Adds Oomph to LTE
LTE networks aren't structured the same way as 3G networks. The flat, all-IP networks make extensive use of small cells to handle network traffic, extending capacity away from the base station.
Wazco is getting into the small cell business with the debut of its new ultra-compact metrocell for LTE networks, the MetroStorm, at the LTE World Summit in Amsterdam.
Wazco's MetroStorm metrocell provides more capacity than a picocell but is small enough to fit on a lamppost. The company managed to achieve this feat by combining up to four different chips into a single piece of equipment, dramatically increasing the amount of traffic the metrocell is able to handle.
Each of the MetroStorm's four chips – Wazco calls them sectors – comes with a specially designed MIMO antenna that can be adjusted to target a specific area around the equipment. For instance, engineers could choose to point one sector at an apartment building while pointing another toward a busy street.
"Picocells tend to be single-sector, and if they're multisector, they tend to be very large," says Wazco CEO and co-founder Mike Nasco. "Our metrocell is very compact, all its antennas are within the dome, and it has four sectors. It's a very small, powerful unit."
The MetroStorm uses Interphase's customizable iSPAN 36701 baseband module and DataSoft's front-end RF hardware.
The MetroStorm is designed to be deployed anywhere operators need to offload data traffic, expand coverage and increase capacity. Wazco simplified the deployment of the MetroStorm by incorporating AirHop's technology for self-organizing networks.
AirHop's software allows Wazco's metrocells to coordinate with each other, maximizing capacity while mitigating interference problems that can crop up when cells are placed in proximity to a base station. AirHop's technology is flexible, allowing the MetroStorm to adjust to changes in network traffic.
The MetroStorm is the first product Wazco has put on the market. Wazco doesn't have customers for the MetroStorm yet, but Nasco says the company has planned discussions with Indian wireless operators interested in the product.
Wazco may be a new company, but Nasco has been in the wireless industry since the very beginning. His first major foray into wireless communications came in 1984, when he founded Cellular Communications Corporation (CCC). Those were the pre-digital days, and Nasco developed analog cellular call boxes set up along freeways in the United States and Europe.
Nasco went on to hold a variety of posts in the telecommunications business and sees Wazco has an extension of his decades worth of experience.
"Wazco is an evolution of the work we've done over the years," Nasco says.


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Fast and healthy, Mark Sargeant's fish dish makes the perfect midweek supper
Method1. Season the halibut with a little salt and cook in a hot oiled pan. Cook quickly until golden brown on each side, but do not cook it all the way through. Add a little more oil if necessary.
2. Once the fish is coloured on each side, turn off the heat and add a knob of butter. While it finishes cooking in the residual heat of the pan, baste the fish every now and again with the melted butter.
3. Put the onions in an oiled pan over a medium heat. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper, add the sugar and cook until dark golden and caramelised. Pour in the sherry vinegar and cook for 30 seconds.
4. Stir the kale into the onions, add a splash of water to help it steam and cook until wilted, adding a little more water if necessary.
5. Add the capers and parsley to the buttery juices in the pan of fish.
6. To serve, plate the kale and onions and top with the halibut steak. Spoon over the caper and parsley butter sauce and serve immediately.


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Badgers Hockey – Giving Back Feels So Good
Here's a Twitter pic for the U.W. Badger Mens & Women's Hockey players who visited U.W. Health Kids hospital recently. Click on either photo to be taken to their Twitter page. * * *
Ella's Deli & Ice Cream Parlor – Past, Present & Fantasy
I had the pleasure of dining with our dear friend Steve "The Owner" Tate at Ella's Deli several months ago and it was quite the pleasing experience for a number of reasons, particular the great deli food and ice cream, but also the decor. So many things from the past and present on display, yet … Continue reading
Benvenuto's Italian Grill in MIDDLETON
My good friends at the Wisco Hotel Group recently opened up a new Benvenuto's Italian Grill in Middleton Wisconsin adjacent to the Wisco Hotel Group Holiday Inn & Suites (West Madison) and gave me the chance to test it out pre-opening night. Great food, reasonably priced, and a Wisconsin original chain of restaurants too (started in … Continue reading
Lexxy Cow At The Wisconsin Capital Building
Last fall after we had the opportunity to interview Mayor Soglin of Madison for the documentary, our traveling companion mascot Lexxy decided she must have her picture taken at the state capital building, so that's exactly what we did. She also had to posh it up in our Avis Budget rental for the sake of … Continue reading
The Tipsy Cow In Madison's Capital Square Is Divine
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We had the opportunity to tour the dariy facility (see last photo) at Babcock Hall on the campus of U.W. Madison and interview the head of the Center For Dairy Research on Wisconsin's incredible variety of cheeses and how they help in the process of keeping Wisconsin at the top of cheese production, as well … Continue reading
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The other day, a co-worker of mine gave me some sock yarn "Kroy Sock Yarn" to make him a Beanie. I started simple Beanie with a 2x2 rib brim about 15 rows, and the remainder stockinette.
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Super 8 fell into film-format purgatory when digital film spread as a more dominant media preference. And after a long hibernation, it might be making a comeback.
The Swedish Tekniska museet has just released this charming vintage photograph of "the World's first mechanical elephant", giving no further information about the huge robotic creature in the black and white shot.
Looking back a solid 23 years later, the once so-called "Volkswagen of PCs" is downright adorable.
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CAS DataLoggers Introduces Accsense VersaLog Product Line
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CAS DataLoggers now offers its new product line of Accsense VersaLog dataloggers as a powerful low-cost solution for your real time temperature monitoring and alarm needs. These stand alone recorders commonly feature 7-8 channels for accurate monitoring in medical refrigerators, deli freezers, incubators and more. Models are available to log temperature/humidity and current/voltage, along with a thermocouple and ambient temperature version. These devices support USB, Serial port and Ethernet connections for easy local and remote access, with a 4-Megabyte Memory storing up to 2 million measurements. Suitable for heathcare, supply chains and many other industries, Accsense VersaLog offers you unmatched functionality, accuracy and memory for the price.
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Taking care of an elderly family member is tough, especially when you can't be there all the time. It's even tougher when that person has health issues. Balance is a new app from the National Alzheimer Center that hopes to help those caring for people with Alzheimer's, so they can know what's going on all the time – even when they're not physically there.
The app facilitates ongoing communication among multiple caregivers (for example, a child of the patient with Alzheimer's, the patient's doctor and the patient's nurse), so all participants can track and share changes in real-time. That way, if something changes with the patient's condition at 2 p.m., you won't have to wait until your checkup at 5 p.m. to get briefed on the details.
Balance also gives updates on the latest developments in the disease and gives info on what to expect as the disease progresses. It goes step by step through Alzheimer's teaching caregivers about the stages of the disease and how to care for a loved one. A virtual pill box lets caregivers manage daily medications by inputting the names, dosages and refill dates of the medications, as well as notifications on when to give the medication.
Users can manage the patient's schedule and share that calendar with other caregivers' calendars, as well as share with other family members, so you all can figure out a system for who will be with the loved one at what time. If you notice a change in your loved one's behavior, mood or activity, you can track those changes in a log, then share it with the doctor in real-time.
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Eggs with Caviar
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- 6 hard-boiled eggs, split longways
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- 2 tablespoons sour cream
- 1 tablespoon capers
- 2 bunches watercress
- 2 tablespoons beluga caviar
Remove the yolks from hard-boiled eggs and mash with sour cream. Fold in chives and capers and spoon back into egg halves. Garnish with caviar and watercress and serve.
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text: Healthy Recipes Cherry-Almond Snack Mix Recipe E-mail recipe Print recipe To save this recipe, register now! Quick Info: Servings Contains Nuts Contains Wheat/Gluten Vegetarian Nutritional Info (Per serving): Calories: 82, Saturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 58mg, Dietary Fiber: 1g, Total Fat: 3g, Carbs: 12g, Cholesterol: 3mg, Protein: 2g Exchanges: Other Carb: 1, Fat: 0.5 Carb Choices: 1 Recipe Source: More Diabetic Recipes Prep Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Rest Time: 20 mins Total Time: 30 mins Ingredients 4 cup(s) cereal, sweetened oat squares, or brown sugar-flavored oat biscuit cereal 1/2 cup(s) nuts, almonds, sliced 2 tablespoon butter, melted 1/2 teaspoon apple pie spice dash(es) salt 1 cup(s) cherries, dried, and/or golden raisins Preparation 1. Preheat oven to 300°F. In a 15x10x1-inch baking pan, combine cereal and almonds. In a small bowl, stir together melted butter, apple pie spice, and salt. Drizzle butter mixture over cereal mixture; toss to coat evenly. 2. Bake about 20 minutes or until almonds are toasted, stirring once during baking. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes. Stir in dried cherries or raisins. Cool completely. Store in a tightly covered container at room temperature for up to 1 week. E-mail recipe Print recipe To save this recipe, register now!


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Patient: Donna Marie Bloomquest, Brooklyn, NY
Clinician: Henry Anhalt, M.D., Infants and Children's Hospital of Brooklyn at Maimonides; SUNY Downstate
Specialty: Pediatric Endocrinology – Childhood Obesity
Approximately three years ago, nine-year-old Donna Marie Bloomquest began to gain weight unexplainably. Not an overeater or one to be sedentary, Donna Marie's body was suddenly changing for no apparent reason. She was embarrassed, confused and fearful that she had done something wrong to cause this change. Within one year, she had gained an astonishing 20 pounds.
Her mother, Christine, became very concerned about Donna Marie's weight gain, turning to her daughter's pediatrician for answers. Unfortunately, Donna Marie's pediatrician did not diagnose her condition as characteristic ofmetabolic syndrome and the youngster's weight continued to climb.
A referral from a friend resulted in both mother and daughter visiting with a specialist – an endocrinologist named Dr. Henry Anhalt. Dr. Anhalt's "Kids Weight-Down" program caters to the specific needs of overweight children, childhood (pediatric) obesity, and their families. Designed to address all elements of a person's weight loss – overall health, diet, lifestyle, etc. – this 12-week-long program incorporates the input from nutritionists and psychologists as well an endocrine team to customize each child's program.
At the first appointment, Dr. Anhalt noticed a ring around the back of Donna Marie's neck – a tell-tail sign that she had severe insulin resistance – and quickly diagnosed her with Type 2 diabetes , dyslipidemia (elements of the metabolic syndrome) and hypothyroidism. Donna Marie weighed 140 pounds.
In addition to a regimen of Metformin® twice a day and obesity medications designed to reduce her lipid levels and treat Donna Marie's thyroid disease,hypothyroidism, she actively participated in Dr. Anhalt's "Kids Weight-Down" program for weight loss. With her mother's support, Donna Marie met with behavioral therapists and nutritionists who assessed her childhood (pediatric) obesity situation, identified reachable goals and developed a customized weight loss program.
Donna Marie emerged from the weight loss program with stronger eating and living habits, and has been able to wrangle her blood sugar to normal levels (without needing insulin typically needed with diabetes), while getting her lipid and thyroid hormone levels under control.
Despite Donna's improved health profile now, she currently weighs 180 pounds and continues to gain weight – an issue being addressed by Dr. Anhalt and his team during Donna's monthly check-in appointments.
Her mother says that while the teasing Donna Marie experiences at school hurts her, the youngster is determined to be successful in weight loss and is very receptive to treatment – she even asked her mother for a treadmill for Christmas.
The changes in Donna Marie's life to cope with her thyroid disease (hypothyroidism) and related childhood (pediatric) obesity issues are not easy and require lifestyle modifications by the whole family. Christine is a vegetarian who lives for carbohydrates – mostly pasta and bread. Now, she has to sneak them. But Christine is grateful that her daughter is learning how to manage her thyroid disease (hypothyroidism) condition rather than risk developing an eating disorder down the road as a remedy to her weight loss issue.
"In order for a patient to really benefit long-term from obesity treatment, they need life-long support systems in place," says Dr. Anhalt. "Most patients, especially children, need reinforcement to maintain the lifestyle changes necessary to regain what's been lost as a result of obesity. Each child should be treated based on their own unique needs."
Christine, a single mom, recommends that any mother who sees changes in their children's weight should immediately seek out the care of an endocrinologist. She says that her daughter's pediatrician was a barrier to Donna Marie's hypothyroidism diagnosis and, she feels, may have actually cost her valuable treatment time.
Christine wants people to think about obesity and its causes before they judge the way others look. Acknowledging the looks people give her daughter, she challenges others to consider the possibility that people may be obese because of a medical condition (like thyroid disease, hypothyroidism), not just because they "sit at home and stuff their faces."
Donna Marie's health and childhood (pediatric) obesity issues are slowly improving and she hopes to get back to looking "normal." Although she faces a lifetime of obesity medication, especially for her thyroid disease (hypothyroidism) condition, Donna Marie continues to fight childhood (pediatric) obesity, maintaining a positive outlook and remaining vigilant in her weight loss and treatment.


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Students played an important role in organizing the exhibit Lasting Impressions: Monumental Brass Rubbings, which showcases figures depicted on medieval and early modern brass tomb monuments.
An exhibit on campus is bringing new life to the dead—or at least some of the vivid, often life-size, images of them that were produced from the 13th through the 17th centuries. Lasting Impressions: Monumental Brass Rubbings showcases 23 figures depicted on medieval and early modern brass tomb monuments in England and Germany, and reveals much about these individuals and their times.
The exhibit, which a group of Haverford students played an important role in organizing, celebrates the inauguration of President Dan Weiss, an art historian whose own scholarship focuses on Crusader art. It showcases a collection of brass rubbings made in England and Germany in the early 1970s by David Cook '64 and his wife, Maxine, who produced the images by laying paper on engraved metal monuments and rubbing colored wax on the paper to pick up the incised lines. The Cooks donated their collection to the College in 2013 for use in teaching and research. Featuring more idealized than lifelike portraits—and often including surviving heirs as well—the brasses were intended to inspire viewers to pray for the soul of the dead person, to preserve familial memory, and to trumpet the deceased's social status. They have been a rich source for historians, reflecting as they do evolving fashions in clothing and armor, the development of heraldry, shifting social structures, and more.
The exhibit is broken up into five sets of images on display in different locations on campus, and explores the themes of family and marriage, identity and self, spirituality and the afterlife, and power and rank. Among the figures on view is a daughter of King Edward III by one of his mistresses; a gentleman who com- missioned his own monument a full 40 years before he died; and Joan, Lady of Cobham, who had five husbands— including the man who inspired Shakespeare's character Falstaff.
The exhibit, which can also be viewed in a digital version (hav.to/brass), might not have been possible without the help of several Haverford students who worked full-time through the summer putting it together. With advice from faculty and librarians, the students researched the people memorialized in the brasses, examined the historical eras in which they lived, and identified thematic issues, says Margaret Schaus, lead research and instruction librarian at Magill Library. "One group wrote catalog descriptions, exhibit labels, and digital content," say Schaus. "Another group of students designed the layout of the digital exhibit, which guides users from one location to another, allows them to tap on points on a rubbing to get more information, and see related images."
Rachel Davies '16, Shannon Smith '15, and James McInerney (a visiting student from the University of King's College, in Nova Scotia) helped develop exhibit content; Blair Rush '16, Karl Moll ' 14, and Mohamed Abdalkader '14 worked on the digital exhibit site, which was developed to optimize mobile browsing. "They had no previous experience," says Mike Zarafonetis, digital scholarship librarian. "But they learned to organize data to create dynamic web content, write code, present it in a visually appealing way, and manage a large technical project over a defined period of time." By the time they were done, he says, "They said they will never look at a webpage the same way again."
—Eils Lotozo
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Toyota develops high-efficiency 'free piston' no-crankshaft combustion engine… to power an EV
- By John Hewitt on July 7, 2014 at 12:09 pm
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There is probably no better chronicler into the full depth of American ingenuity than YouTube. Here one finds not just computer models for all manner of esoteric combustion engine designs, but actual working prototypes of them, often built by individuals. Big companies can also innovate here sometimes. A new free piston engine linear generator (FPEG) from Toyota Central in Maine is a case in point.
The piston is called "free" because there is no crankshaft. On its power stroke, the piston dumps its kinetic energy into the fixed windings which surround it, generating a shot of three-phase AC electricity. It can be run sparkless through a diesel cycle or run on standard gasoline. What has folks excited is the claimed thermal efficiency for the device — at 42% it blows away the engines used in cars today. Toyota's demo engine, just 8 inches around and 2 feet long, was able to generate 15 hp. A two-cylinder model would be self-balancing and have much reduced vibration.
Not surprisingly, the valves are electrically operated and can therefore be better used to fine-tune the power delivery through the full range of the stroke. Speaking of strokes, the video indicates a two-stroke design, which might present a few problems for a road-worthy design. For one thing, emissions would be suspect. Nonetheless Toyota imagines that a twin unit design pumping out 20 kW could power a light electric vehicle at a cruise speed of 120 kph (75 mph).
Linear generators and linear combustion engines are nothing new. Shake-to-charge "Faraday" flashlights, smartphones, and even energy-harvesting backpacks are all standard fare, while single-acting direct power pistons have also seen action in applications as intriguing as power-assist boots for the Russian military. The trick is to get the two working efficiently in unison and that is the beauty of what Toyota appears has done. Considering that the piston is decelerated and re-accelerated at each end of the stroke, any mismatch between combustive power input and electromagnetic power extraction needs to be absorbed somewhere. Mechanical or air springs can help although there is still likely to be some efficiency loss.
At the risk of adding some confusion, the device is technically an alternator as it generates AC. As (most) electric cars use 3-phase AC induction or "AC-like" 3-phase brushless DC motors, they could potentially run directly from the output of this device, perhaps save for some intermediary voltage and current conditioning. However, like standard car alternators, there will likely be DC conversion to charge the battery pack — unless Toyota has also secretly perfected the AC battery. There is still plenty of room to innovate here. Linear alternators are similar in design to linear motors, but one does not simply reverse the cycle to swap one into the other — there are certain control functions that need to be imposed on how the coils are energized in a motor. However that does not mean a multipurpose linear electric power device could not be constructed.
While this concept would not immediately be in the same class as the 740-hp electric wheel hub motor designs, it could still have its niche. There is no reason the engine couldn't be scaled up to a larger footprint and bolder performance.
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But how will this linear movement be converted to a circular movement in an electric engine?
A dc motor is what you need…. this video below explains really well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_aTC0iKO68
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You just said it, the intermediate form of the energy transmission is electric energy and not kinetic energy. Toyotas engine directly produces a 3-phase alternating current which could be used to drive an electric motor. (It would probably still require some kind of frequency converter to achieve that solution.) They could also charge a battery with the electric energy and just use the battery to power the electric motors, or maybe both at the same time.
if they use a frequency converter than they could as well convert the AC to DC and use a brush less engine and use the DC power for the batteries.
Marcel Klein
I only wanted to clarify the energy transmission without going into too much detail. However, of course there many different ways how the electric energy can be converted and used with different pros and cons.
For instance, Tesla's Model S uses a 3-phase AC induction motor (a Tesla motor ;) ). High performance DC motors are still quite expensive, currently it's more economical to use AC and AC can actually be transformed quite efficiently.
I thought the Tesla's where brush less DC thanks for pointing out it is AC. i guess we need some kind of evolution in the highpower DC brush less engines to make them cheaper.
Thank you for explaining that!
I just didn't understand all parts of the Toyota piston engine.
The swedish Seawave-energy company Seabased have a similar piston generator.
doesn't have to. Linear movement produces energy in the same way.
The swedish Seawave-energy company Seabased uses a piston-generator for generating energy.
I just didn't understand from the Toyota animation how it's piston combusting engine generates power.
The windings on the cylinder walls is excited by the "stator" (the cylinder itself) which produces current, thus, generator.
My first design for an automobile had independent motors on the wheels… In 1988… People suck…
you copied a decades old design and then say that people suck? lurk away smart guy
I did it in 1988 you freak… And I had never heard of it then… No wonder third world countries score higher than the US…
Mike Morgan
Electronically operated valves?…… That is a good idea! It would be like having infinite adjustability of the lift and duration on the camshaft…
So…this is a good thing, right?
Daniel Glass
The idea is simple enough – a small, high efficiency electrical generator that lets hybrids be a lot closer to EVs. Instead of a massively complex transmission system like on the Prius that selectively transitions kinetic energy from either the electric or gas motors, you have this crank on when more electricity is needed. Similarly sized motorcycle engines can get ~80MPG, sometimes significantly better. Pair it with a computer-controlled power converter/distributor and a big battery and efficient motor like in the Tesla and you'll have a hybrid with high-end ev performance and the range characteristics of a fossil fuels vehicle. Pure EV is the ideal end goal, but tapering off petroleum use smartly until the tech catches up is the ideal.
The headlights on the Mercedes at the end of this article look the same as one of the old Honda Preludes . . .
A new free piston engine linear generator (FPEG) from Toyota Central in Maine is a case in point. http://num.to/264-974-592-824
Ivor O'Connor
"What has folks excited is the claimed thermal efficiency for the device — at 42% it blows away the engines used in cars today. "
"Modern gasoline engines have a maximum thermal efficiency of about 25% to 30% when used to power a car."
"Some of the problems of the brushed DC motor are eliminated in the BLDC design. In this motor, the mechanical "rotating switch" or commutator is replaced by an external electronic switch synchronised to the rotor's position. BLDC motors are typically 85–90% efficient or more. Efficiency for a BLDC motor of up to 96.5% have been reported,[64] whereas DC motors with brushgear are typically 75–80% efficient."
So how efficient it the Tesla motor? 88%? So this on a Tesla would give a 36% efficient solution?
Ivor O'Connor
"Full load motor efficiency varies from about 85 % to 97 %, related motor losses being broken down roughly as follows"
Tesla motors could be made to be super efficient apparently! (Though the 88% figure seems to be thrown around a lot when discussing Tesla.)
If anybody has actual numbers for their motors with references that would be great to add here.
Well Tesla itself claims 88%.
I would prefer to see that verified by some independent third party though.
The big issue is not really the technical problems behind getting near 100% efficiency. They are transitioning the entire world of automobiles to electric vehicles or even better, making as many cities walkable/bike-able as possible.
That and public acceptance. This thread is somewhat of a microcosm for what is happening. A substantial proportion of people seem to be global warming denialists for example. Some may purchase fuel inefficient vehicles out of some bizarre feeling of spite.
Ivor O'Connor
"This thread is somewhat of a microcosm for what is happening. A substantial proportion of people seem to be global warming denialists for example."
Yes indeed.
You have a point about how it should be verified by a third party. And why do they end at 70 mph instead of their top end of 130 mph?
We should be happy they are transitioning the planet. There will be time in the future to look into the details…
Rockne O'Bannon
How much do you want to be that Tesla will NEVER do this?
Assuming that they don't for ideological reasons, then one can only conclude that somebody else will. It will be Toyota. And Toyota will eat Tesla's lunch.
Higher gas prices? Who cares! I have a Toyota plug in hybrid.
Higher electricity prices? Who cares! I have a Toyota plug in hybrid.
Don't have 70k to spend on a new car? Buy a Toyota plug in hybrid.
Want to have zero emissions? Buy a Toyota FCV.
But wait, it gets better. The FCV is going to have trouble in US markets, but it will be a hit elsewhere. Toyota needs a hit for the US market. Well. Here it is. The next generation Prius getting 100 miles per gallon. Gas is cheaper in the US than just about anywhere, so it makes sense that Toyota emphasizes hybrids rather than battery cars for the US market.
Ivor O'Connor
It is a transition niche at best. Something the car companies should jump on as they try to catch up with Tesla.
Rockne O'Bannon
Considering that Tesla has already jumped the shark, I think catching up will be no problem.
Tesla will not adapt. They think they can beat the range problem by adding more battery and putting more superchargers here and there. It just won't be enough. People, particularly rich people, cannot just wait around for 20 minutes every 300 miles.
Here is a solution. It involves drops and driplets of gasoline, so it is a sure bet that Tesla will not grab it. Let's see what happens.
By the way, it is mid-July. Heard anything about the gigafactory?
Ivor O'Connor
Thank you for introducing the concept of "jumping the shark". I had to look it up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_shark
Thank you for telling me that rich people do not stop every 300 miles to eat and freshen up. Rich people must not be human. Humans would eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Smart humans would simply plugin the charger, eat and freshen up, and continue on till the next meal.
Yes, Tesla will not bother with driplets of gasoline.
Yes, I've heard lots about the gigafactories.
Rockne O'Bannon
You had to look up JUMP THE SHARK? Judging from the hairdo in your picture, I felt certain that you would know who Fonzie was. Although you appear to fit the Tesla target market to a tee, I guess you are younger than you appeared to be.
I will also introduce this. You can add it to your vocabulary..
Enron Musk.
Do you like it?
Meaning that the particular mission creep of Tesla from electric car maker to battery wholesaler to infrastructure provider is exactly the same thing Enron did to confound investors, regulators, and others who really wanted to evaluate that company.
Enron also reports non GAAP financial numbers, just like Enron did, claiming that established accounting rules just don't fit their business model.
I don't care about that too much, but in light of the financials, I am not sure how Tesla is going to put together 5 billion dollars in loans from serious adults. I mean, would you buy Tesla 10 year bonds with a 15% coupon? I don't think anyone would, and the conditions are not likely to be that good. Morgan Stanley has been pushing the stock lately. Do you think they will underwrite the bonds? Darn tootin they will!
Which brings me back to the broken promise. If Tesla cannot build a gigafactory, and it won't, please tell me how it can possibly be the car that everyone will eventually want to drive, as opposed to a hybrid from an established company that gets over 100 mpg?
Thank for using "transition niche". I will remember that. It might come in handy in the future to describe Tesla cars.
Ivor O'Connor
Or perhaps older than you think. "Happy Days" and the "Fonz" passed right under me never getting close to making contact. Though I still remember shaking my head sadly as I saw kids emulate him. You are striking out.
I'm amazed at how certain you are that Tesla will never build a gigafactory. I'm going to pass and not touch that or the "enron musk". I'll just shake my head sadly.
http://www.w8ji.com Charles Rauch
There is no such thing as zero emission. Moving the power source of your plug in car to a coal fired electrical energy provider is delusional zero emissions. Using an FCV simply shifts the emissions to the hydrogen production, from which hydrogen might be produced by processing coal (which generates CO2) or with electricity from coal fired plants. The problem is we have a society formed around personal transportation, and an incredible waste of home energy.
So basically they have created a petrol/diesel fueled electric vehicle… doesn't that go against the whole idea of creating electric vehicles in the first place? Seems like a bad idea to me.
No they crated a new engine for hybrid cars like the Prius, and a 50% efficiency boost over traditional motor designs sounds to me like a good idea!
The only thing i don't get is why there is no piston on the other side coil, as it would help with the return stroke.
No they have created a combustion engine that powers an electric vehicle. Hybrids have two motors that can power the wheels (electric motors and combustion engines) but you are right in that its a similar concept. However that is just a way to keep combustion engines in the 'loop' which is what we (should be) are trying to get away from.
I own a 85kWh Model S(p), pure because i wanted to have some extra range sometimes, o'tho i did not really mind the extra performance. ;-)
Also i prefer the electrical motor over any petrol engine, as i love having 100% torque at any speed.
But if i would have a lightweight 30kW free piston engine, to augment my driving range i could easily had enough with a 30kWh battery, for my daily driving, and use the free piston engine if i need a longer range.
Preferably as a drop-in or bold–under unit, to use only when needed.
I would then have gotten a smarter +/- $60K 45kWh model, instead of the $110k Performance model
Average driving distance per day is about 40mi, mine is (partly) because i live in Norway, and have to drive around mountains and fjords, about 50mi a day, but even so, a 20kWh would still be big enough or my daily driving, even in a 2t car.
So if there ware a small (portable) generator size petrol/diesel engine i think most people would be soled on EVs, as most people say that range is there biggest concern for buying a EV.
Most EV buyers have a second car, because even do they can do 99% of there driving with there EV, its those 1% drives to grandma or so, that can be a real pain to have a EV as the only car.
This could properly be the most efficient solution for plug-in's.
That s good point. I would love to get a Tesla Model S some day, they are great cars!
I am always looking forward to advancements in battery and power generation technologies that are 'clean and green'. =)
Too be honest i do prefer "Clean and Green" and i am even willing to pay a certain premium for it.
But i got a Model S, just because they are so damn cheap ere in Norway, compared to the much higher taxed combustion brothers!
Rockne O'Bannon
Havor. I also have an EV and you have perfectly described here and now why EVs are a dead end.
100% battery is just plain dumb because the only solution to any problem is just to buy a bigger battery. Which means more weight and then more steel and then more battery, ad nauseum.
Your solution is to have a battery at 35 or so and then use some other resource to charge it as necessary. Of course! And from a materials perspective, you can probably make two or three cars instead of one, and have them be about a third of the price.
Sure. We all think that EVs are the future, but they aren't. Hydrogen. Eventually it will be hydrogen and FCVs because it is the way that humans can finally put renewable together vehicles without using clunky batteries.
Range extender, like the Chevy volt. Run in full electric for local, but stll capable of very long range and regular gasoline fill-ups when plug-in is not available or practical.
Rockne O'Bannon
Now THIS is an intelligent comment. And the great thing here is that the engine will likely be very light and simple and small. Toyota can pump out a jillion of these things with no problem.
The key is that they are much much more efficient than the most efficient four stroke engines that are used for hybrids now. That is why it is a leap.
Of course, it is useless for regular ICE vehicles. But it gives a huge boost to hybrids. It is exciting. Last week, most people were just absolutely positive that battery cars were the last word in efficiency, convenience, etc. This week, that is not so clear. I can't wait until next week.
Ivor O'Connor
I'll help. Next week you will realize that this is at best a transition from ICE to BEV.
Rockne O'Bannon
For me, hybrid vs. BEV was a purchase decision. I could have bought either with no problem.
Now if I did not choose a BEV, even with subsidies THEN, then why would I change my mind now? I see hybrids increasing their efficiency by 60% or so in the next few years, and even Elon Musk can only dream about 30% cost reductions on one component of his cars if he invests 5 billion dollars. So… I don't see things improving much there.
A Tesla STILL takes a long time to charge. I just don't have time to wait. Who does? Poor people? Are they going to be Tesla's target market? You know, I do my part for the environment and all that, but there are limits. And a two ton two seater? WIth a titanium plate underneath? How much practicality has to be sacrificed at the altar to get people to choose a BEV?
I guess we will see. Fisker, EcoTotality, Miles Electric, Better Place. All bankrupt. Throw in DeLorean and Tucker Motors.
I really wonder who can look at that and plunk down 5 billion for a gigafactory. Nobody, apparently. I have been waiting for news, and there isn't any.
Ivor O'Connor
Often people change their views as they learn more about a subject. You seem to have accidentally implied in your writing that you do not change your views: "Now if I did not choose a BEV, even with subsidies THEN, then why would I change my mind now?"
"even Elon Musk can only dream about 30% cost reductions on one component of his cars if he invests 5 billion dollars" No. He clearly said in his last shareholder meeting he expects a 50% reduction or more. And has said batteries are expected to improve by about 50% every 8 years. Maybe you are confusing the 30% reduction in size of the model E over the model S?
"A Tesla STILL takes a long time to charge. I just don't have time to wait. Who does? Poor people? " The waiting to charge concept you have all wrong. Here is the correct paradigm you need to integrate your thinking into. For normal commuting and errands the car never needs to be charged. There is no going to the gas station because it is done at night while you sleep. On long trips you get stuck waiting 20 to 30 minutes for a charge. However most people eat every four or so hours and charging works out perfectly. Drive four hours and plugin while you eat and freshen up. It's really cool how they designed the Tesla to work this way while no other car in existence can do this…
No news on the gigafactory you say? I suppose it depends on where you get your news. I've seen lots of news. Maybe you have missed it but he has upped the number of states to be included and also upped the number of places where ground breaking will occur. His long term goals are apparently to not have one gigafactory but to have tens and maybe hundreds of them. Furthermore it looks as if we may have all the material needed for these factories within the USA.
Hopefully with this new information your views will change…
Rockne O'Bannon
That is a really convoluted way of saying the following. "There are no satisfied customers, only closed minded people." or how about "the customer is always wrong." I just finished telling you I could have bought a battery car, and didn't. Your first reaction is to tell me I must be wrong. Thanks for the reveal there. A fanatic who jumps to conclusions. That really helps your credibility.
What you are missing is that Tesla is not improving, and it really can't improve. Think about it. The number 1 best thing we have out of Tesla lately is "somebody someday might be able to buy a Tesla for about 10% less than they can buy one today." And that is predicated on a gigafactory that is vapor, workers who are vapor, and supply chains that are vapor.
Actually, what you call news is not what I call news, and I alluded to that earlier. Musk PROMISED that he would be breaking ground at two sites in June. I have seen many reporters accept his promises and his estimates out of hand. I won't. Do you?
Broken promises. I predict that Tesla will dump the gigafactory.
Ivor O'Connor
Your first two paragraphs left me totally lost. I think maybe you are so worked up you can't express yourself.
However the third paragraph I could understand. Yes, Musk makes many highly optimistic statements. I call them FUD. Like when Gates used to announce vaporware to destroy the competition and then pretend he was being overly optimistic on his timelines. However maybe this overly optimistic approach is needed to combat the psychophants of crony capitalism?
Regardless of slipping timetables Musk always delivers. Just adjust your expectations and multiply his time estimates by a factor of three and you'll be ok. He wears so many different hats I'm surprised he has room for them all. With the purchase of a new PV panel manufacturing plant and the launch of the much delayed latest rocket this Monday morning he must never sleep.
Rockne O'Bannon
Uh oh. Now YOU have jumped the shark.
"crony capitalist conspiracy and cabals"
Hey. How do I argue with that? I predict you will be calling me a paid shill for something or other next.
Yeah. FUD, I did not have to use Wikipedia to understand that. But why single out Gates? Steve Jobs used it more than anyone before he got canned and replaced by a Pepsi executive. In fact, one might look at this Toyota announcement and call it FUD, but really, why would Toyota do that? And it is not announcing any new product using this… or even plans to do so.
But Musk? How about the announcement he made last year that he was going to get a second source for batteries? That went on for about three months before it came to nothing. And what possible purpose did he have calling fuel cell vehicles fool cell vehicles? FUD. And what about using expletives to do the same thing? How does that court rationality? It doesn't. It is FUD. This year, the promises were a gigafactory and sales in China. But the gigafactory is vapor, and China operations are stalled by a trademark dispute. And it is July. Musk always delivers? Ouch. Enron always delivered too.
I think that the gigafactory is FUD. He wants to scare battery manufacturers into investing in his company. Considering that he has nobody with expertise in manufacturing, it is no surprise that it is not working.
He has a 20 something wife and five boys. If he never sleeps and runs three other companies, is he really the guy who should be running this multibillion dollar company? I would rather have Fonzie calling the shots.
Ivor O'Connor
When you quote somebody you are suppose to use their words and not make up stuff for them. I would appreciate it if you would quit making stuff up. But why stop. Please go on and tell me more. It's interesting in a certain way.
Rockne O'Bannon
Did I paraphrase you? Maybe I was quoting someone else.
Tell you what. Let's leave this for now… but…
come back and reply to this after Musk announces that he is breaking ground on two gigafactories.
and I will come back and post when he actually finishes one.
I predict that our conversation ends here, without even one more post. And certainly not two.
This should be interesting. Musk has already broken his promise by not announcing this in June, but let's see if he at least follows through.
Can you please define "ICE" here? Is that "internal combustion engine"? This is still internal combustion engine, ya know.
The "problem" of applying this to our regular road cars is going to be some sort of a "energy buffer" system that allows the energy to be applied when we need it, for acceleration and deceleration.
A regular ICE / transmission combo uses multiple gears and large RPM variance to control the delivery of power, even if the engine RPM range takes the engine out of its most efficient zone. CVT alleviates that somewhat.
A electric / ICE hybrid use the batteries (and the alternator/motor combo) as an energy buffer between the wheels and the engine to keep the engine mostly in the efficient zone. However, this conversion process is itself inefficient, and there are a lot of ways you can insert the buffer, resulting in weak hybrid, half hybrid, full hybrid, and other confusing terminologies, depending on where the buffer is used. Honda's hybrid, with assist on the transmission, is like weak hybrid, while Chevy volt, where the ICE does NOT drive the wheels, but ONLY makes electricity to be passed to the motors which drives the wheels, is a different way.
This free piston engine seem to be best employed in small generators, and when that is proven, deployed as "range-extending power packs" for battery-based electric vehicles. (that is, until supercapacitors came along and replace the batteries as the energy storage medium)
Why not create a nuclear based system that makes coal for coal power stations! =P
I have an even better (dumber) idea! Why not hunt down and kill all the whales we can find then use the blubber to hose down Japanese whaling ships and set them on fire… that will stop them whaling =D
or we could emulate Captain Waddell's heroic attack on the whaling fleet. Few people today realize that the Confederate Navy lead the first, and most successful, anti-whaling effort. Hint: real cannons work a lot better than a fire hose.
Maybe that would send a stronger message… no means NO!
I think you read the pictures wrong. It's the whaling ships hosing down the green ships.
and how does that change what I said? To me it only makes my idea stronger. The CSS just sank the whaling fleet, until they found out the South had already lost the war.
http://bienestarmutuo.org Elisha Bentzi
Just make this like a done, with compresion in one side, combustion in another side. Free your mind.
Get the combustion engine off of the drive wheels. Been saying that forever. Of course without the drive-line stresses the auto maintenance / parts suppliers won't be happy about this.
We also need new battery technology. The current battery are too old. And too heavy. I hope new battery technology coming soon and will make electric car much better and popular
Rockne O'Bannon
Hope floats. Batteries don't.
MarvinQ Acme
Cylinder one mixes the air & fuel and sends it to the second cylinder which detonates it and extracts the power. That is the simplest way to make a two stroke engine cleaner than a four stroke, there are others, such as this article from the Society of Automotive Engineers demonstrates: http://articles.sae.org/11808/
It is still a net energy loss ——- one engine to generate electricity to run a second motor uses more energy than one engine delivering power to the car.
Rockne O'Bannon
Not a loss, and not necessarily even a reduction in what we have now.
Think about it, and you know it is true.
A small engine feeding a battery is going to be more efficient than a huge engine delivering power to the car directly. We know that.
So now we have a more efficient engine feeding a battery.
So we started with a normal Prius. They improved it by a few percent with software. Then they improved it by 10% with a better inverter. Next they are going to improve it by 50% or so with these new generating engines. This is a big leap. Very exciting. 80 mpg? And think of the weight reduction.
I don't know how non-hybrids are going to match that.
Batteries are not 100% efficient, and takes a lot of rare earth minerals to make, plus the batteries and other electric and electronic components.
Hybrids are more efficient due to the 'energy recovery' systems, and they don't recover *that* much energy over non-hybrids, esp. in steady driving environments where little energy can be recovered, such as highway driving.
Rockne O'Bannon
You have a real talent for oversimplification.
Not 100% efficient? Wow. Really? You spout that like you just found that out. I think I learned that in about 1975. Anyway, it does not matter because batteries never have been 100% efficient, nobody said they were, and they don't have to be, so the point is meaningless.
Rare earth minerals? Not really a problem. People are making plenty of batteries every day, and rare earths are not that rare. In fact, there is a glut on the market right now, which is sinking companies like Molycorp.
Plus the batteries? Your grammar in that sentence is seriously messed up.
Hybrids are not efficient solely or even mainly because of energy recovery. You go to the back of the class for that one. I can think of about 5 reasons the Prius is extremely efficient, for instance, and battery recovery might rank fourth or fifth. In highway driving, hybrids do extremely well, thank you, mostly because of reasons 1 through 3.
If you do not understand torque, universal differentials, mass minimization, and electric motors, you need to avoid discussions about hybrid vehicles.
Today's hybrid vehicles are not that much more fuel efficient than the econoboxes like Geo/Chevy Metro. The main "tricks" are better engine management (thanks to sensors and CPUs), Atkinson Cycle engine, and energy recovery/regen braking, which didn't exist back then. Any other fuel saving trick are just engineering and can be applied to non-hybrid vehicles.
And you just have to throw in that ad hominem "grammar" bit, eh? Ran out of things to pick on?
Ivor O'Connor
You clearly did not read my previous post here where I did the math for everybody. To summarize this solution would give about 1/3 more mileage than the existing engines.
Garu Derota
Combustion engine in 2014? This is NOT something we need at all.
Rockne O'Bannon
Oh come on. Sure it is. In 2014, people don't have 70 k for a Tesla. Or 40 k for a Leaf or whatever. And you can bet that all those Chinese won't have that much moolah sitting around to spend on battery cars anytime soon.
This world needs fuel efficient cars cranked out by the millions, not Elon Musk's pie in the sky models selling a few thousand a year. Do the math, and you will find that the Prius, a gas burner, has already saved more fuel than Tesla will save in the next 50 years. And clearly, Toyota is not done yet. The name of the game is reducing emissions NOW, not dreaming about how great the future might be.
Ivor O'Connor
According to green car report Tesla is selling 35K cars this year and all of the Prius models together are selling 80K. Or basically Tesla on its second year out is selling half as much as the Prius which has been on the market for 17 years. Looks like Tesla will easily surpass Toyota's Prius total yearly sales in a few years. Unless you know something the rest of the industry does not know…?
Rockne O'Bannon
I have sworn off of green car reports and its sister publications because their writers and editors admit that they print PR. So sorry about that. They also have an editorial position that is San Francisco centric. That is not in their stated information, but I was told that in online communications with a writer. Frankly, I just don't trust them anymore. I did once, but they conveniently forgot to print appropriate disclaimers too many times.
I know there are people who think Tesla is great, and they take forward looking PR as fact. Good luck. That will continue until it doesn't.
In fact, I do know some things that are not part of Tesla PR and things about the auto industry in general. My opinion is that the Tesla model has no legs.
You know the Volt and the Leaf are outselling Tesla, so not only is Tesla not outselling the Prius, it is not even the leading battery car on the market. They have the highest costs, the lowest sales volume, no dealer networks, and they buy all their batteries from one supplier. But the market cap is higher than all battery car producing operations of all manufacturers put together.
We will see what happens, but I think that competitive pressures are going to pinch their profits, well, forever. Their capital will dry up, and the projects they have planned will have to be cancelled or drastically modified.
Have you heard about the gigafactory? They were supposed to announce groundbreaking in June. It is mid July now. Any news?
Ivor O'Connor
And yet you use numbers without any references? Surely you are not making up numbers?
Rockne O'Bannon
This is huge. Toyota is competing with itself. So what will it be? A Prius that gets 80 mpg, or a zero emission FCV?
Ivor O'Connor
Zero emission FCV? I love this concept of zero emissions. By the way are there any emissions in the creation, storage, and transportation of the hydrogen as compared to say electricity. What would the efficiency ratios be?
Rockne O'Bannon
Wind to hydrogen is ramping up in Germany.
If you think about how much energy is wasted by wind, that is a lot of potential hydrogen right there. Now think about off peak coal and nuclear.
If you think "hydrogen generation" instead of "batteries" and think global instead of US, FCVs will make a lot more sense to you.
Ivor O'Connor
Yes wind is ramping up in Germany and everywhere else.
Yes there is a lot of potential for hydrogen there.
Now if I think off peak power and "hydrogen generation" instead of "batteries" I think we lose 80% of our energy generation. Can we lose 80% of our energy chemically converting water and electricity to hydrogen, packaging it, shipping it, then repackaging it, and then finally using it in a fuel cell? Or ship the power out over existing lines and lose only 20% over the wires and in the battery?
Do you see why it makes no sense at all for general use?
Rockne O'Bannon
Well, let's look at it another way.
Charge and discharge of a battery eventually destroys the battery. Then you buy a new battery and start all over again. In a Tesla, you pay about 10 bucks each time just for the privilege.
You can talk about "efficiency" all you want, but the power from wind and coal that could be used for hydrogen is being 100% wasted right now. So getting 50% of that back without having to buy a huge battery and run it down on a daily basis is going to be a huge plus for a lot of people.
And I thought all the batteries were going to be used in Teslas. If you are going to use batteries for everything, count on the prices getting way out of hand. Not to mention materials bottlenecks.
And you are still assuming a gigafactory that was supposed to be breaking ground a month ago. It is already behind schedule, and no financing is in sight.
Ivor O'Connor
You like to throw numbers around as facts. You give conclusions without details or references. You have to do better if you want to be taken seriously and get replies.
Rockne O'Bannon
Then don't reply. Just watch. Wait and see.
I am actually not trying to convince you.
What I am kind of looking forward to is somebody looking at this after Tesla stock goes to 5 or so, after reverse splits. They will say,
"Wow. This Rockne guy was totally right for all the right reasons."
because there was nobody to do this with Enron, DeLorean, ZZZBest, or any of the electric vehicle scams that have already gone to pot. They fooled investors. They fooled the press. They fooled their accountants. I am keeping my eyes open and calling this whole thing as I see it. Frankly, nobody else is. it is hard to find anybody even questioning concepts such as 5 billion dollar factories in the desert, which is much much less ambitious than what BETTER PLACE was planning before it went bankrupt.
Eventually, everyone will agree with me, so you don't have to agree now. Just watch. Wait and see. I will never buy or sell a penny of Tesla stock. I will keep saying what needs to be said, though.
And every time somebody says, "But how was I supposed to know?" I will get a really good laugh. So please please don't agree with me. It will detract from the humorous ending I am building up to.
2 cylinder… Opposing like a "Boxer" type engine?
Chuck Hunnefield
EXACTLY what I was thinking. Also, I think this could have applications to scale with. For instance, what about a portable power generator, or with the weight reduction, can it be put into an electric plane?
Build a Junckers Jumo-style version of this, with opposing pistons, electrically-controlled side valves and HCCI.
Piston-driven linear electric generators are nothing new, one patent filed in 1925 was granted to the Swiss Noack.


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Female and Reconstructive Urology, Male & Female lower urinary tract symptoms and outlet obstruction, Male & Female incontinence, colosuspension, sling, TVT and spinchter replacement, fistulae & diverticula surgery, female prolapse repair, bladder augment
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Mr Jeremy Ockrim is Honorary Senior Lecturer at UCL and Consultant Urological Surgeon in Female and Reconstructive Surgery at University College Hospital. He trained in Glasgow before moving to Imperial College, London to complete his postgraduate thesis in the clinical management of prostate cancer in 1999. He continues to have academic links to Imperial College, including current MRC trials managing patients with advanced prostate cancer. His fellowship was spent at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia, providing general, prostate and female urological expertise. For the last five years, Mr Ockrim has subspecialty trained in Female and Reconstructive Urology at the Institute of Urology, University College Hospital, offering tertiary expertise to Urologists nationwide. He was appointed to this substantive consultant post in November 2008. His practice specialises in the treatment of voiding dysfunction, including male and female lower urinary tract symptoms and outlet obstruction, male and female incontinence including colposuspension, sling, TVT and sphincter replacement, fistulae and diverticula surgery, female prolapse repair, bladder augmentation, bladder replacement and both continent and incontinent diversion. Mr Ockrim has particular interest in managing bladder overactivity and pain syndromes. This includes medical therapy, acupuncture, pTENS and neuromodulation. He is the clinical lead for this new technique at UCLH, and is one of the first providers of sacral nerve stimulation to manage urgency, incontinence and pain syndromes in the United Kingdom.Mr Ockrim is a member of the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) Female and Reconstructive Urology Committee and is Assistant Editor of the Central European Journal of Urology
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Quote from: TwoCanChew on July 29, 2012, 09:01:36 PMWell. i wouldn't play a sims type game,you mean syms type game xDonly a true Postal fan will understand this
In Postal IV, in the final level when the Dude and the RWS staff cause a huge shootout at Akella/TM, Resovoir Dogs style, Andrew Belkin jumps out and it turns out he is the final boss. To defeat him, the Postal Dude transforms Mike J into the Mad Cow Zombie Messiah-whateverthefuckitwas. Then, you play as Mike J and kill Andrew, transforming back, walking away with the rest from an explosion and driving into the sunset.


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Dr. Dexter Woods
Professional Experience:
- Professor of Business Administration. Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio, 1987.
- Corporate and Tax Attorney, Carlton, Fields, Tampa, Florida, 1984
- Certified Public Accountant (currently inactive)
- Attorney in Ohio and Florida (currently inactive)
- LL.M., University of Florida (taxation)
- J.D., Ohio Northern University (law)
- B.A., B.S.B.A. Ohio Northern University (political science and accounting)
Teaching Interests:
- Business Law
- Employment Law
- Taxation Law
Research Interests:
- Law and Tax Pedagogy
- Employment Law
Selected Publications:
- An Appealing Exercise: Group Review of Multiple-Choice Exams, 12 Atlantic Law Journal 198-226 (2010_
- What To Do About "Me, Too"? Supreme Court in Sprint/United Management Co. v. Mendelsohn Rules on Recurring Evidentiary Issue in Employment Discrimination Cases, 41 Business Law Review 189-209 (2008).
- Do You Blush Often? Questions on Integrity and Personality Tests That Legally Embarrass Employers, 33 Employee Relations Law Journal 3-31 (2007) (with Professor David Savino).
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Fr. Patrick Kinder
**After 18 years serving as priest of St. Ignatius, and two or so years prior in the unknown developmental stages of this "mission," it was announced to the parish by His Grace Bishop ANTHONY, on Sunday, December 14, 2014, that Fr. Patrick will be given a six month leave of absence for a time of rest, reflection and restoration. Following this leave Fr. Patrick will be reassigned. The Rev. Fr. Gregory Jensen has been appointed by His Eminence, Metropolitan JOSEPH, as Interim Priest. Fr. Patrick is very grateful for the honor of starting and serving St. Ignatius parish and its parishioners, and for this bittersweet leave of absence. And he is very grateful that St. Ignatius has been assigned a very fine priest to lead the parish into a new phase of work serving the Madison area with the Good News of Jesus Christ in God's Holy Orthodox Church! **
Fr. Patrick is a native of the Madison area, having grown up in the City of Monona, a southeast suburb of Madison. As a "cradle" Orthodox he was baptized and raised at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Madison. After graduating Monona Grove High School in 1978 he began his college studies in Music Education (and basketball) at the University of Wisconsin at Platteville. After transferring to U.W. LaCrosse for the spring semester of 1981, he went through a period of discovery, encountering his Orthodox Christian faith and roots really for the first time independently of his family and his home church. He began attending St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Church in LaCrosse nearing Pascha of 1982. Joyfully, he knew that he had found the place his heart and soul had been searching for. By the time 1984 had rolled around Fr. Patrick had graduated U.W. LaCrosse with a degree in Business Administration and had become very involved at St. Elias. He was also beginning to look for other ways to serve the church. He began writing Christian folk music from an Orthodox perspective. In 1985 he was accepted to be a counselor at the Antiochian Village Youth Camp in Western Pennsylvania. Serving as a camp counselor would be one of the most spiritually inspiring periods of his young adulthood, and it was there that he would meet Rick Michaels (now Fr. Anthony), who would become a best friend and brother, and Alan Shanbour (now Fr. Michael), two young men also working in contemporary folk music. Eventually these three young men would found the pioneering Orthodox Christian music group KERYGMA.
Fr. Patrick earned his Masters of Divinity degree from St. Vladimir's Seminary in 1989 and from there spent the next six or so years continuing with the KERYGMA music and serving local churches in Nashville, Akron and Madison in various ways: chanting, Sunday school director, youth director. In 1992 Fr. Patrick returned to Madison to live with his recently widowed mother and to be near family. He accepted a job with the local school district working with high school students with disabilities. The summer of 1995 would be a turning point for Fr. Patrick. He would spend the summer working with his close friends, Greg & Margaret Yova, who had established Project Mexico and St. Innocent Ranch/Orphanage near Tijuana, Mexico. That summer he would become reacquainted with Vanessa Murray, the Youth Director at St. Athanasius church in Santa Barbara. Fr. Patrick and Vanessa were engaged on New Years Eve 1995 and married in June of 1996.
Shortly after Patrick's return to Madison in 1992 he began working with college students interested in Orthodoxy at U.W. Madison. Regular educational meetings ensued, after which people from the Assumption church also became interesting in attending. After about four years of regular, weekly Saturday evening meetings, a series of events lead to the thoughts of beginning a mission church in the Madison area. Both Fr. Patrick and Vanessa had a relationship with Fr. Peter Gillquist, head of the Department of Missions and Evangelism for the Antiochian Archdiocese. As the newly engaged couple began to make plans for their future Fr. Peter came to Madison to visit with the group thinking about starting a mission (a group of about 20). Fr. Gillquist was pleased with he saw and recommended that His Eminence, Metropolitan PHILIP, give his blessing for Fr. Patrick, Vanessa and the founding core to begin the formal work of establishing a new mission. In March of 1996, Saidna PHILIP gave his blessing. In July the newly married couple would settle in Madison. In October/November Fr. Patrick would be ordained to the deaconate and elevated to the priesthood and St. Ignatius Mission would celebrate its first Divine Liturgy on December 1, 1996.
The other joy of Fr. Patrick's ministry, after the miracle of St. Ignatius Church, is his appointment to be Director of Camp St. George, an inter-jurisdictional Orthodox Christian youth camp for the children of the Midwestern states. In 2005 Fr. Patrick will enter his third year directing CSG and is so thankful to be able to be faithful to the work and excellent leadership of the founding director of the Antiochian Village, Fr. John Namie (of blessed memory).
Fr. Patrick, Khouryia Vanessa and their son, Anthony, still live in Monona, just minutes from the newly constructed St. Ignatius Church building. Regarding the move to the permanent location of St. Ignatius' new home Fr. Patrick merely stated, "It's been a beautiful journey. After eight years of nomadic living we now have a new, beautiful and permanent home. Our St. Ignatius family has grown through the love of God, the love of each other, lots of commitment and hard work, and even some struggles. God's guidance has been and will continue to be the Light illumining the many wonderful memories of the times and the people, especially our beloved departed, that are fulfilled in the celebrations of these days, and that brings us only hope and surety of His grace for all that lay ahead in the continuing ministry of St. Ignatius Church. We are so thankful!"
* Fr. Patrick was elevated to the rank of Archpriest in April of 2007.


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Verizon Drops DIY Security/Home Automation InitiativeVerizon Home Monitoring and Control, a $10/month home automation and security offering for DIYs, has been discontinued; platform partner 4Home by Motorola is gone.
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Verizon will soon start selling a home monitoring control service that allows consumers to remotely check their security cameras via Web-enabled devices. Bright House plans to offer home monitoring and security services. August 03, 2011
So word is out that Verizon is going into the home security business. We've seen this before, of course, when telecommunication companies decided they had the heads-up and the means to provide the service. So why not? By Ken Kirschenbaum · March 22, 2011


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- Birthplace: Czech Republic
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I study at the university for photography and cinema. My hobbies are traveling and shopping. For now I am living in a dormitory with a lot of students and some times it is fun. I have a lot of new friends there. I also like working as a model because it gives me the freedom having money while also gives me more confidence. I hope you enjoy my photos and I put my whole heart in this.


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Who isn't a Peanuts fan? iLuv lets you express your fun side with its Snoopy series, made from durable hard materials. With a thin fit that offers access to all ports and controls, the collection is available in four different Snoopy designs.
You're not supposed to put cards with magnetic strips near cell phones. they all have magnets in them…
so the smart flex one is beyond stupid
No, the speck case is actually designed not to upset the ID/Credit card. Bus cards, hotel room keys, etc may be affected.
These cases are fine,However seen some amazing designer Samsung Galaxy S4 Cases here http://www.squidoo.com/designer-samsung-galaxy-s4-cases
Last time, I bought case for my galaxy s3, but it didn't fit into it. Later when I went to the shopkeeper he refused to take it back. Are these covers made as per the size of Galaxy S4? As per http://www.phonegain.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-specs-review-and-latest-features-must-read the size of galaxy S4 is
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I hope, these covers fits Galaxy S4, these are really nice covers !
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