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Axion Power Concentrator 270: September 27: '13 AGM Feedback, 10Q Filing For Q2; Two Axion Forbes Articles; John Petersen On PIPE Mechanics & Incentives 332 commentsSep 26, 2013 6:43 PM | about stocks: AXPW
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Q2 2013 10Q Results Filing by Axion
Axion Power International's CEO Discusses Q2 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Axion Power Investor Relations Access to Conference Call Replay and Downloadable MP3 (click the microphone icon labeled "2nd Quarter 2013 Earnings Webcast" for "Thursday, August 15, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. ET. Registration required
Understanding The Mechanics And Incentives In Axion Power's PIPE
Axion Power's Potential For Explosive Growth
CORRECTED: Axion Power: Is There Light At The End Of The PIPE?
Axion Power Announces Resignation Of Chief Financial Officer Charles R. Trego; Will Be Nominated To Serve On Board
Axion Power Receives Additional Purchase Order From EPower Engine Systems To Supply PbC® Batteries And Battery Management Systems For (10) Class 8 Heavy-Duty Trucks --
The purchase order is an extension of the existing agreement between Axion and ePower and further validates the performance of the PbC batteries in this hybrid application. At ePower's current specifications, each conversion kit System would require 56 PbC batteries and the PbC battery management system (NYSE:BMS). Axion values each truck conversion battery order at in excess of $20,000.00.
FocalPoint Analytics' important comment on Axion Power's recent Financing Transaction
Axion Power Receives Order To Supply Class 8 Truck Battery Strings For ePower
Axion Power Reports First Quarter Results For 2013-Press Release
Excerpts from the First Quarter 10-Q --
Axion Power Completes Private Placement for $9 Million in Senior Convertible Notes With Warrants and $1 Million in Subordinated Unsecured Notes With Warrants --
Axion Power on Panel at Energy Storage Economics 2.0 for New YOrk City and Beyond --
Axion Power's CEO Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Axion Power Reports Results for 2012 --
Axion Power Completes New Continuous Roll Carbon Sheeting Process
Axion Power and EPower Engine Systems Inaugurate Strategic Alliance Using PbC Batteries in Hybrid Drivetrains for Class 8 Trucks
Dr. Ed Buiel, Axion's CTO until the end of 2010 -- A link to an archive of his comments on yadoodle about the PbC battery and much more. Invaluable commentary! Thanks to 481086 for putting the list together.
Axion Power PbC Batteries Continue To Demonstrate Effectiveness For Railroad Applications -- Axion completed shipping its high-performance PbC batteries to Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE:NSC), one of North America's leading transportation providers, for use in Norfolk Southern's first all electric locomotive - the NS-999.
"ePower's Series Hybrid Electric Drive - Unmatched Fuel Economy for Heavy Trucks" -- by John Petersen. Discusses the potential fuel savings for ePower's Hybrid electric drive for class 8 trucks using Axion's PbC batteries.
"Axion Power - A Battery Manufacturer Charging Forward" -- by John Petersen. This is an excellent summation on Axion Power's history. It is a good starting point for introducing Axion Power to friends and family.
Axion Power Weighted Moving Average Prices and Volume:
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Axion Power Market Cap, Share Count and 200-day Volume:
Link to JP's write-up on this graph in the header of APC #248 --
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Monthly Volume and FINRA Short Percentage
The FINRA short tracking graph is beginning to look like it may be a reasonable proxy for selling by the PIPErs. It was an extremely useful tool for tracking the big uglies a couple years ago and so far it seems to be providing the same type of information. If the data does in fact track the PIPErs activity, the lines would suggest that they pounded hard in May to set up a fear dynamic, eased up a bit in June once the angst was established and eased up again in July as the angst gained momentum and the stock price stabilized. [Prior months graphs' comments follow APH] With three days left to go in the month, July is already the all-time volume leader by about 400,000 shares. Unless volume plummets over the next three days, I'm expecting a total volume of more than 15 million shares for the month. It's a lot of selling, but its also a lot of buying and I don't think the buyers are timid or weak.
(updated through 09/21/2013)
Axion Power Concentrator Comments Statistics:
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Links to important Axion Power research and websites:
The Axion Power Concentrator Web Sites, created by APC commentator Bangwhiz. It is a complete easy-to-use online archive of all the information contained in the entire Axion Power Concentrator series from day one, including reports, articles, comments and posted links.
Axion Power Wikispaces Web Site, created by APC commentator WDD. It is an excellent ongoing notebook aggregation of Axion Power facts.
Axion Power Website. The first place any prospective investor should go and thoroughly explore with all SEC filings and investor presentations as well as past and present Press Releases.
Axion Power Intra day Statistics Tracking: (new edition 9/1/2013) HTL tracks and charts AXPW's intra-day statistics.
PbC Cost Estimating Spreadsheet and Instablog: Apmarshall62 put together an instablog for estimating costs of the PbC. It includes a downloadable spreadsheet that you can use to plug in your own cost estimations.
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Just as an additional comment: I was interested for an update on the SEPTA (Philly Transit) program to put in SAFT Li-ion batteries for regen braking. I contacted a friend who used to work in the Philly mayor's office who got me in touch with someone at SEPTA who directed me to this article.
They're using Li Ion batteries and going to add super capacitors?
That sounds like a might expensive battery set up.
"By capturing the energy and reusing it for trains still wastes about half of the captured energy, so reselling it to electric companies reduces the waste and the business model with Veridity Energy benefitted both the system and electric company."
It could be discharging it so fast might be the problem.
"Mr. Holty, Well that blows a huge hole in TG's statement that they don't have room for PbC batteries since ultracaps take up more room per unit energy storage than PbC batteries. "
That is for the next one, on a different site. Maybe larger.
Also sometimes a customer will give a bit more when he/she sees it as a success.
Hay it works!
Gee that's not so bad. The space isn't so bad either. You know they were telling me, i could make it a bit better, if I only.....
"The way I read it it is the reuse alone that causes the waste."
ii et.al. - yup, Jack Wealth (sic) had it right: "shareholder value is the dumbest thing in the world".
NJB, I think the real meaning of the article, and I agree, is that setting goals to meet short term assessment periods like quarterly reports or some hedge funds personal portfolio metrics is not the way to run a company. But there does need to be a plan with measurable metrics for ALL employees IMO.
That's right, short term goals to please the Street hinder real advances especially where capital must be spent - the Japanese never let this bother them and they took over American mfg in many areas leaving the US guys no choice but to close up shop and go elsewhere.
NJB: et al: The implications of all this "shareholder second" is that we shouldn't be buying stock in the secondary markets!
Vestas, Duke Energy sign major wind turbine deal
Danish wind-turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems' (VWDRY.PK) major supply deal with Duke Energy (DUK), announced earlier today, may be a sign the U.S. wind-power market may be gaining steam.Vestas will supply 400 MW of power-generating turbines for two wind farms DUK plans to build near Brownsville, Tex., and sell the electricity to municipal utility Austin Energy under two 25-year contracts.After a slow start this year, the U.S. wind power market has been picking up as utilities look to sign new contracts for renewable energy, says Chris Brown, president of Vestas' U.S. business.
Vestas, Mitsubishi form offshore wind joint venture
Vestas Wind Systems (VWDRY.PK) forms an offshore wind joint venture with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHVYF.PK), sealing a deal that has been in the making for more than a year.Mitsubishi is expected to provide the venture with an immediate €100M ($135M) cash injection, followed by another €200M if certain targets are met.Vestas will transfer the development of its V164-8.0 MW turbine, its V112 turbine offshore order book, existing offshore service contracts and ~300 employees to the venture.The deal should ease some of the fears about Vestas' financial health and ability to compete in the market for offshore wind turbines with competitors with deeper pockets such as Siemens (SI).
Nissan to offer free charging to Leaf buyers in Texas pilot program
Nissan (NSANY.OB) will offer free rapid charges for to buyers of its battery-powered Leaf model in Texas starting Oct. 1, Bloomberg reports. The move is a parrot of Tesla's strategy.Charging locations are operated by NRG Energy's eVgo unit.Company officials said Nissan may expand the program to other markets in the future
GE invests half a billion in Turkey, more to come
General Electric (GE) has already spent more than half of the nearly $900M the company committed to investments in Turkey, Jeff Immelt says.So far, $515M has been spent on turbines for a wind farm and power plant, facilities for blisk (that's a combination of a blade and a disk for those unaware) production, and the production of PowerHaul locomotives."The investments by GE ... should boost Turkish manufacturing and slash the country's import bill," Reuters notes. This would be a welcome development for Turkey, as its large current account deficit is a major economic weakness.
Ballard Power +11.5% premarket on China fuel cell bus deal
Ballard Power (BLDP) +11.5% premarket after announcing multi-year agreements to support Azure Hydrogen's partnerships with Chinese bus manufacturers in a phased development program for deployment of zero emission fuel cell buses in China utilizing BLDP's fuel cell technology.The expected value of the contract to BLDP over the initial 12 months of the first phase is ~$11M.
More high mpg cars coming...nothing new but good read
My take on the annual Axion meeting, a take riddled with bad science, financial bias and fatigue.
"One subjective note: I got the feeling that, despite the time and effort, there is still a lot to learn about this technology and that learning curve might make adopters hesitant."
"He said some of the urgency in signing the PIPE financing was anxiety of the financial condition of the company by some potential customers"
LT, They will want two different technologies, If possible which it is, for sure. This does not mean that one is not preferred over the other for some reason. It's just common sense when you need to keep muti-billion dollar plants running and you've also learned that having multiple suppliers to service functions keeps your systems costs down.
Steeleydock, Thanks for the feedback from the annual meeting.
LT, The problem with JCI is exactly what you've eluded to. If you give one company too much market position they can dictate price for your needs. The autos don't want this. An example of them reacting to offset this. BMW nurturing First National Battery in South Africa, giving them a contract for their operations there and then seeing First National buy a partner in Romania to move into Europe. You don't think this all happened based only on First Nationals aspirations do you?
"MO the company that is interested in building the PbC for its own needs is probably East Penn"
For some years I expect Axion to be able to handle ePower, NSC, and the PC.
What do you think East Penn wants them for?
I agree East Penn makes sense in a general interest way and nobody else trips my radar beyond the nebulous hope this means something ideas.
(Such as Bosh in the SS arena.)
Any specific thoughts on EP?
East Penn is not a multi-national. One of the attendees basically said "We're assuming that you're dealing with at least one European manufacturer can you add any color on whether the other is on a different continent." The response was that both were multi-nationals. One was customer driven and the other was acting on its own initiative.
Froggey, East Penn is not currently an OEM supplier for Automotive. This is true. Yet read this old article. I believe the agreement with East Penn has subsequently been expanded further in both the apps it covers and geographic regions. Don't wish to look further for updates I have read to confirm.
John et.al. - I thot this was a worthy quote from the head of SIRI re. the auto industry for those concerned with AXPW's "speed" and "announced forthrightness", etc.:
LT, you may be on to something. I also hold a position in JCI, where the needle is moving north.
East Penn has already earned their invitation to the party and they've been much closer to the PbC during the development process. When East Penn sees a profit opportunity for them, I'm confident they'll move with all due haste. Until then, they don't have anywhere near as much work to do as the newcomers
"Financial and investor fatigue is beginning to noticeably settle in, especially among us the legacy investors"
The APC is slowing down for some time if you take out all the "first's second & thirds along with jokes and funny stuff. Just less interest overall.
I would take a risk and say that investors are dwindling too. Slowly one at a time like the guy from Greece.
(if they really are interested and this is questionable at what price & terms)
lol, tooo funny
jveal, let me make one point perfectly clear, "I am NOT laughing at anyone holding AXPW shares. I too have felt the pain this company has caused."
inde....I posted 6 posts including the ZBB post below that are directly related to energy.....each of them has the potential for battery storage attached.
Good read on how ZBB solved it's capital problem, notice they can't sell like AXPW Pipe deal
I keep thinking about TG's statement that 2 OEM's were interested in the technology.....it just won't go away.
The quoted bid and ask price for a thousand share block of Axion's stock isn't even interesting in a discussion where somebody thinks they might want to buy the company. I can guarantee you that Management would be rolling on the floor laughing at anybody who thought they could buy Axion for anywhere near its current market cap.
I agree with John. An industry player making a serious tender offer could easily be a 5 to 10 bagger from $.12. With some good news and a second player in a bidding war then higher yet.
I'll write a quick comment before heading to the airport. I'll write up a much longer report over the coming days - expect it to be posted early next week.
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This is the kind of post that is helpful. Will read with interest your expanded report next week.
Some suggestions for certain posters:
1) If you haven't already, sell all your shares in AXPW.
2) Start your own company and hire the management you want and appoint the BOD of your choosing.
3) Start your own board for this new company.
4) Stop bloviating on this board. It's a waste of your time and ours.
While I think AGM opinions from the other attendees will be more valuable than mine, I did notice several things that caught my eye and might have been missed by others.
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John, Thanks for sharing your observations.
I'd hesitate to assume that palletized batteries are soon shipping out. Couldn't it just be inventory? How else would you store inventory but on pallets?
Finished batteries don't like sitting on a shelf in inventory. Between a modest rate of self discharge and the high cost of carrying inventory, it looks like Axion is pretty much working as a job shop and building batteries as the orders arrive.
"Fourth, I noted that Axion was using all three lines. One of the flooded lines was doing nothing but making the East Penn Batteries. The AGM line was dedicated solely to the PbC. The most fascinating part was that they were using the second "flooded" line to make specialty AGM batteries for racing and car collectors. I had always assumed that it would take a huge equipment upgrade to make AGM batteries on a flooded line. The fact that they were doing so suggests that switching capacity from flooded to AGM may be less complex than I thought it would be."
<<there were several hundred Group 30HT Pbc's on pallets and ready for shipment along with another 100 Group 30 PbC's like the ones ePower uses.>>
The carbon sheets I was referring to are the outside layers of 5-layer laminated PbC electrode. They were stacked for use by Axion on the line that makes finished electrode assemblies from the basic components.
" I saw a couple of shipping pallets stacked three feet high with carbon electrode sheets that were ready to go as feedstock for the electrode assembly fabrication line. Since the sheets are probably 4x5x1/16, it was an impressive sight."
Remember that the PbC electrode assembly is a five layer lamination with a metal current collector core, two corrosion barrier sheets and two carbon sheets. The pallets of carbon sheets need to be laminated together with current collectors and corrosion barriers before they can be used by anyone, including Axion. The important part of the observation was pallets of critical components awaiting assembly into even more pallets of PbC electrodes.
Good morning all!
I have never sold a share and am holding long term.
I started with 400 shares and now control over 121,000 (OMG!) in less than 1.5 years.
I don't know why some posters grumble and whine so much.
Tim, I feel the same as you. I also feel that if the PIPErs wanted to drive the price down, days like today would be a good day to try. ie, two hours in and less than 20,000 shares traded. One large market sell order could take the pps to below .115. But, then most of us who are just waiting on the sidelines would swoop in and buy a ship-load of shares. I have been long on AXPW for 5 years now and have introduced the stock to many of my family and friends. They understand that this is a long time hold and also understand the risk as I think all who post here do.
It is a good rule I usually follow but when they were seeing the gains I was enjoying on some other stocks they were insisting. I explained to them repeatedly of the risk involved with this company and the possible length of time before things could come to fruition. None of them has more than a couple of grand in the stock so I am willing to take the grief. Heck, that's our tab at the local sports bar for a couple of months.
Imagine what he could of done if he understood computer/internet technology. His company would probably be worth in the Trillions. His main rule of investing is to only invest in things he understands. Seems to have worked out amazingly well for him and many thousands of others who believed in him.
Thanks to all for 'reports' from the meeting (steeley, LT, apm, JP). Helpful and encouraging and thanks in advance for more.
R.A: In 44 trades only one "buy" today. B:S is ATM 1:17.02.
nogo, I totally understand. I have family members that would rather keep their money under the mattress. If they lost $10.00 in an investment it would mean not being talked to for years. Others just don't think any risk is worth it no matter how much I try to explain that the markets always go back up eventually. If they can't handle it emotionally I would never push them. Just as the people that do invest have as many levels of risk they can handle as there are people.
R.A: "meant by "only one buy"".
Yes, I understand HT. If 100,000 shares have been sold by non PIPE'ers, if they were all selling at full speed they could sell 60,000, then 36,000 to match their sales, then .6 x 36000, and so on until they sold a total of 150,000. That would be a total of 250,000 shares for the day. 100,000 for non PIPE'ers and 150,000 for PIPE'ers.
John: pleasant to hear about the batteries on pallets. The 30HT is (NSC) size isn't it?
I had dinner with a few Axionistas on Wednesday night and there was a clear air of hostility and doubt. By the time we left on Thursday evening everybody seemed a good deal more comfortable. Since I really don't want to put words in anybody's mouth, I'd rather have them share their thoughts than have me telling you what I think they thought.
Stockholders fret and worry about where management is going and whether the potential customers really like the PbC. I know where management is going and so do they. When you talk to any of the Axion staff from the plant manager on down they are incredibly proud of what they're doing, and a bit frustrated because the customers are taking so long to act. Because of my association with ePower I also know what at least one customer thinks.
I'll try here: The company must recognize that it is, and brand itself as, 'a leading electricity storage and regulation manufacturing and service organization...with product today, that solves today's and tomorrows' storage and regulation needs'.
Thotdoc re. "The company must recognize that it is, and brand itself as, 'a leading electricity storage and regulation manufacturing and service organization...with product today, that solves today's and tomorrows' storage and regulation needs'.
ZBB earnings and year end results...it's worth reading, impressive customer and product list:
JP> — "I read tons of fear based comments on these concentrators and know that there's little I can do to assuage those fears. I don't share any of them, although I do think the PIPErs are vultures."
I did a variable conversion rate offering in the late 80s and learned my lesson. Since then I've been adamantly opposed to variable deals. Unfortunately, there are a lot of folks in the financial community hawking PIPE transactions as a great way to raise money and the promise of a quick close and certain funding can be very alluring if you've been beating your head against a wall. Mercifully, it's not a mistake that most people make more than once. Oddly enough that was one of the things that gave me a modicum of hope that this time would be different. Maxim's recent deals page shows several repeat customers and that's rare as hen's teeth for most PIPE brokers. I think the odds that TG will ever jump into that arena again are as close to zero as one can imagine.
I talked several times during the day with TG regarding the PIPE financing.
RuggedDC: Thanks for that! I'm encouraged that he seems aware of the nastiness of it. From what you posted it seems he may also be in that "learning curve" I've suggested in the past.
>RuggedDC ... "some number of Axion's big potential customers were expressing nervousness about Axion's financial condition." is rather perplexing to me. Did it not occur to them or TG that they could go a long way toward solving this worry. They could become actual customers or at least make solid declaration of intent (timeline & quantity). Without a solid (at least handshake) agreements why would Axion care because "potential" doesn't get them anything. I mean, I'm a "potential" Tesla purchaser but I wouldn't think expressing such would get them to pay any attention to my worries. Getting Axion to panic into a financing round without solid knowledge of when "potential" becomes "actual" is a big mistake made by Axion.
I'm not sure it makes sense that TG could have been deceived when there is abundant data on PIPEs that suggest PPS will suffer almost in all cases. That to me would suggest a certain type of naivete on the part of TG. I do hope Axion "lives and learns" from this lesson.
Tom was getting pressure from a several quarters including stockholders who were worried the company would run out of money and customers who were spending boatloads on validation and testing but worried about Axions stability. While the Axionista base was willing to bottom feed at whatever prices it thought it could get away with, this crowd views bottom feeding as blood sport, and that's a bitch when an executive has to explain his poor stock price performance.
I may be wrong and my own experience largely invalid . . . but there is often a war of conflicts between what is best long-term and what serves the short-term. Those on the inside have to weigh the alternatives and, obviously, if one fails to survive the short-term, the long-term becomes irrelevant.
I'm sure there is a small mountain of information I'll never (don't want to) know as to why it made sense for Axion to do. Well, no matter why Mr. Granville took the PIPE I do hope that Axion has determined that cash flow is an important item on the list of things to do that needs attention. Maybe it took the concern of a "potential" customer to make the point.
Well, Even if you throw nickles around like man hole covers you still need more nickles at some point. And when gathering them becomes as painful as gathering manhole covers you know it's time to buckle down and gather some seeds and berries along with targeting the big game.
Tom should have at least gone on Shark Tank before doing the PIPE deal, and got national exposure if not a pile of cash.
I don't think Shark Tank accepts public companies.
Ya but, some Exide funding may look better than Hell freezing over should another bunch of cash be needed - and with that comes some terms that may be better than the pikers, especially if Exide gains while Axion gains - win-win works; even if it comes after a divorce of sorts.
It would be incredibly ironic, but the odds that Axion could pull together enough cash to buy a $100 million AGM plant, even at a steep discount, are pretty remote. Besides, the assets that typically get sold in Chapter 11 reorgs are the old worn out facilities rather than the squeaky clean new ones.
DRich, Could be. They know Axion. They need something going forward to grow and distinguish themselves. They have a good feel for what the market is looking for and they have new hopefully better management. They sure need new strategery.
>iindelco ... JP's interpretation of TG's reaction to a query as "when hell freezes over" doesn't count it out but means Axion will dictate favorable terms. I mean, Rosewater is back in the fold when I got the hellish vibe from them about Axion. Anything is possible but I try to figure what is most likely. Today it stands as most likely ... NOT.
DRich, Since Axion is standing in financial hell, never say never. I know they have some time but there will be no second change if they don't get any yield out of the last planting.
RuggedDC and Iindelco: I wonder if they were doing some contract evaluation of suitability for application? Wouldn't surprise me. Or maybe part of the effort for the two-battery system development?
I am still on the road and have not had much time to sit in front of a computer, but I plan on writing an evaluation in the coming days.
Unfortunately, we were running late to the meeting and I did not bring my notepad so my thoughts will come mostly from memory and discussions with the other Axionistas.
A bit of clarification.
"There was a seemingly large PbC charging room that had the capability to charge about 1000 PbCs that was pointed out from afar and that was not built last year. (as pointed out by a fellow Axionista)"
Do you mean it was not there last year?
And was built during the last year?
I asked TG whether he or anyone else at Axion pays any attention to this APC blog.
Appreciate the comments of those that attended the meetings. I am curious about a couple of things...
The mood of the meeting was very upbeat and everybody from top management on down was excited and committed. The stockholders who post on this board are a fairly dour group who sometimes go out of their way to identify risks and worry them to death, but the employees are people with a mission and a vision, and they're clearly proud of what they've accomplished.
Thanks for this great info, John.
"...intriguing new solar powered lighting products..."
I am developing clients who want outdoor solar powered parking lot lights.
John, Did Axion talk about partners for their new energy storage solutions for UPS and lighting? Is it the same partnership as they have for the larger units? I guess I'm wondering if they have some level of distribution in place for these items as it is clearly not an Axion function.
Obieephyhm, Clearly your perspective is correct IMO. Axion is supplying the batteries for storage and probably helping with the electronics for charging and draining the batteries.
Axion, has an LED street light that is powered by a stationary solar panel, with 2 PbC batteries (I do not know the size) inside a ground-mounted, lockable, Princeton-labeled battery/control box that is built to Axion specs to use only PbC batteries. It is installed and operating at the Green Ridge facility. At the reception, I asked Vani how they are to be marketed; he said Axion would, and that he would sell me one (pole not included) if I wanted it. However, I got the feeling that he was partially evading my question, and I speculate (I say again, speculate) that the marketing will likely be by, or largely by, Rosewater, once they can come to an agreement.
>JP ... Is this like a competitive product with the lithium street lamp that Don Harmon was working on. Haven't been to his website in a while but last time I was there I didn't see it. I have seen lithium batteried LED street lamps done like the old cast iron gas light street lamps and so far that's it.
RA, The Chinese have been selling these to poorer regions of the world for some time. Imagine what it means to a village somewhere with no electricity to have a street light or two in the village. There are also smaller lighting units that can be placed outside during the day and offer a few hours of lighting for things like cooking or reading at night.
Dirtdauber: Great info, thanks!
The company I am working with is developing a project in Zhambia for solar outdoor lights that cost about $500.00 each.
Using L-ion batteries that I know won't last 5 years, regardless of any warranty.
In the U.S. the labor/equipment cost to replace or fix the lights high up on a pole can run over a hundred dollars, so ROI on a longer lasting light system easily justifies a higher cost light, AS LONG AS IT WORKS. The battery is the key.


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- 1 1.1 uncountable (act of following) for 6 years in successiondurante seis años consecutivos or seguidosit's happened ten times in successionha pasado diez veces seguidasin rapid successionuno tras otro1.2 countable (series) a succession of visitors/imagesuna sucesión de visitantes/imágenesa succession of defeatsuna serie de derrotasExample sentences
- The game came alive in the 20th minute when Bury, following a succession of a five-metre scrums, were eventually awarded a penalty try, the conversion a formality.
- Following a succession of attacks, a large breakaway group moved clear on the first of three laps and opened up a decisive lead over the rest.
- The city has struggled following a succession of high-profile business closures and job losses.
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- As a fruit of the Pombaline vision, Goa is today the only State in India to have a uniform civil code, which ensures women equal rights of succession, property and inheritance.
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To the Last Man: A Novel of the First World War (Paperback)
Jeff Shaara has enthralled readers with his "New York Times" bestselling novels set during the Civil War and the American Revolution. Now the acclaimed author turns to World War I, bringing to life the sweeping, emotional story of the war that devastated a generation and established America as a world power.
Spring 1916: the horror of a stalemate on Europe's western front. France and Great Britain are on one side of the barbed wire, a fierce German army is on the other. Shaara opens the window onto the otherworldly tableau of trench warfare as seen through the eyes of a typical British soldier who experiences the bizarre and the horrible a Tommy whose innocent youth is cast into the hell of a terrifying war.
In the skies, meanwhile, technology has provided a devastating new tool, the aeroplane, and with it a different kind of hero emerges the flying ace. Soaring high above the chaos on the ground, these solitary knights duel in the splendor and terror of the skies, their courage and steel tested with every flight.
As the conflict stretches into its third year, a neutral America is goaded into war, its reluctant president, Woodrow Wilson, finally accepting the repeated challenges to his stance of nonalignment. Yet the Americans are woefully unprepared and ill equipped to enter a war that has become worldwide in scope. The responsibility is placed on the shoulders of General John Blackjack Pershing, and by mid-1917 the first wave of the American Expeditionary Force arrives in Europe. Encouraged by the bold spirit and strength of the untested Americans, the world waits to see if the tide of war can finally be turned.
From Blackjack Pershing to the Marine in the trenches, from the Red Baron to the American pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille, "To the Last Man" is written with the moving vividness and accuracy that characterizes all of Shaara's work. This spellbinding new novel carries readers the way only Shaara can to the heart of one of the greatest conflicts in human history, and puts them face-to-face with the characters who made a lasting impact on the world.
"From the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
The story of Gods and Generals begins with Michael Shaara, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic The Killer Angels. A native of New Jersey, Michael Shaara grew to be an adventurous young man: over the years, he found work as a sailor, a paratrooper, a policeman, and an English professor at Florida State University. In 1952, his son Jeff was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Michael's interest in Gettysburg was prompted by some letters written by his great-grandfather, who had been wounded at the great battle while serving with the 4th Georgia Infantry. In 1966, he took his family on a vacation to the battlefield and found himself moved.
In 1970, Michael Shaara returned to Gettysburg with his son Jeff. The pair crisscrossed the historic site, gathering detailed information for the father's novel-in-progress. In 1974, the novel was published with the title The Killer Angels. This gripping fictional account of the three bloody days at Gettysburg won Michael Shaara a Pulitzer Prize and a vast, appreciative audience. To date it has sold two million copies.
When Michael Shaara died in 1988, his son Jeff began to manage his literary estate. It was a legacy he knew well, having helped his father create it. When director Ron Maxwell filmed the movie Gettysburg, based on The Killer Angels, he asked Jeff to serve as a consultant. Maxwell encouraged Shaara to continue the story his father began; inspired, Jeff planned an ambitious trilogy, with The Killer Angels as the centerpiece, following the war from its origins to its end.
With Gods and Generals, Jeff Shaara gives fans of The Killer Angels everything they could have asked--an epic, brilliantly written saga that bringsthe nation's greatest conflict to life.
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"A gripping account of World War I–from tactics to strategy. The reader feels the horror of the trenches in France and is drawn into the maneuvering of political and military leaders on both sides of the battle. Jeff Shaara shows the dominance of the U.S. military in the context of coalition warfare–as relevant today as it was in 1918."
"A sweeping, searching look at World War I. Jeff Shaara's novel rings with authenticity, from the feelings of frontline soldiers to the challenges of high-level command."
"Jeff Shaara has again demonstrated that rarest of writing gifts, making literature read like history and history read like literature. He has now shone that talent on another era as he brings World War I to pulsating life."
–JOSEPH E. PERSICO, author of Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour
"The best novel about the Great War since Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, which it greatly surpasses in depth, scope, and intensity. . . . This account of how the war was really fought will be a real eye opener for anyone interested in historical fiction or modern history."
–JOHN MOSIER, author of The Myth of the Great War
"A riveting masterpiece revolving around the ghastly conflict that still profoundly defines the world we live in. With To the Last Man, Shaara cements his reputation as a war writer of Tolstoyan or Homeric dimensions."
"Jeff Shaara's To the Last Man lets you live WWI in the air, in the mud, and in the councils of government in a way that makes you understand how the participants experienced it. Von Richtofen, Lufbery, Ludendorff, and Pershing come alive."
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First moon link getting fixed... don't jump on me yet.
You have to look at that shit everyday because the ratio of waomen offended by it to women compelled to walk in and purchase it is very lopsided on the side of th3e latter.
Victricia's Secret or whatever the fuck that place is called? It's not state run. Nerd your anger at women with a lingerie budget, Mormon. (The 2nd m is silent by the way.)
That's American Eagle's window mannequin, by the way.
I think the top is cute, which is shocking to me because American Eagle is not usually my style. Then again, I'll fuck anything that moves.
I'd hit it.
No head=no oral, pass.
Seems to be a trend...pajama-chic. I swear, I hate those girls that show up in a 12:30 class in flip-flops, sweatpants and some camisole top... If you can't roll out of bed and at least make yourself presentable by noon then maybe college isn't for you. (Ducking to avoid impending onslaught from sloggers)
What exactly does the PJ mannequin have to do with geeks? Are you saying that the only girls we have a chance with are made of plastic and possess unnatural body shapes? 'Cause that is encouraging!
Otherwise? Not so much.
@7: Also, if you can afford to go to college, you can afford real clothes.
Mostly, though, I get angry because college girls are the ones with hot bodies, and they fuck it all up by wearing shapeless sweatpants like they have a diaper to hide.
I thought the mannequin was for women - we do have one of the highest proportions of lesbians in Seattle, after all.
At least she's not too anorexic.
The company that created your wireless access chipset is most likely the company my workgroup told to go take a hike when we ran into the same problem and they said "Windows or nothing."
Intel makes one that is much more amenable to Linux and relatively cheap. Not knowing which would work best for your specific laptop, I'd be reluctant to tell you which is the right one for you, but if you check out one of the more serious parts suppliers (maybe Hard Drives Northwest) or even Intel itself, they could help you in no time flat.
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House Republicans' Response To Obama's Climate Plan: Drill, Baby, Drill
President Obama's speech about climate change at Georgetown University on Tuesday laid out a comprehensive plan to deal with what ClimateProgress editor Joe Romm called "the moral urgency of cutting carbon pollution." Not surprisingly, the President's words have fallen on deaf ears on the Republican side of the aisle in the House of Representatives.
Today, less than a month after it was introduced, the House passed H.R. 2231, the Offshore Energy and Jobs Act, by a vote of 235 to 186. The bill reads like Big Oil's Christmas list. It would open virtually all of the U.S. Atlantic coast, the Pacific coast off Southern California, and much of Alaska's offshore space to new drilling; require the Obama administration to create a new Five-Year Plan for offshore operations; and generally perpetuate an energy agenda driven by climate deniers.
And if the bill is a Christmas list, its lead sponsor Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA), is playing the role of Santa Claus. Hastings rushed the bill through the Natural Resources Committee he chairs, holding a hearing (at which I testified) just two days after introducing the bill — without giving sufficient advance notice for the Department of the Interior to even send a witness to represent the administration's position.
The Committee website describes the legislation as "a contrast to President Obama's no-new-drilling, no-new-jobs plan." But the truth in this statement ends with the word "contrast." In fact, earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal described the offshore oil and gas industry under President Obama as "booming."
Furthermore, the Big Oil fueled coalition supporting more offshore drilling does so while completely ignoring the fact that there are other, far more effective ways to create jobs in coastal communities. According to the National Ocean Economics Program, in 2011 the ocean economy accounted for 2.7 million jobs and contributed more than $250 billion to our GDP.
Nearly 2 million of those jobs occur in fisheries, tourism, and recreation — all industries that would be put at tremendous risk by expanded offshore drilling activity.
Meanwhile, offshore minerals production supported 143,000 workers. In other words, jobs that depend on healthy, unpolluted, undeveloped ocean space outnumber oil and gas jobs 15 to 1.
Yet House Republicans continue to insist that the only way ahead for America's energy policy is more drilling even though they have yet to pass a single piece of legislation that would make drilling safer in the aftermath of the worst offshore oil spill in the country's history.
In March of 2011, the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill released its final recommendations to improve management of offshore drilling. The Commissioners found that Congress had:
…developed a false sense of security about the risks of offshore oil and gas development. Congress showed its support for offshore drilling in a number of ways, but did not take any steps to mitigate the increased perils that accompany drilling in ever-deeper water.
Perhaps the most glaring example of Congressional inaction is that the liability cap for offshore oil spills remains at a pathetically low $75 million, while damages from Deepwater Horizon are expected to exceed $14 billion.
The Big Five oil companies made over $118 billion in profits in 2012 alone, which means together they could pay for the maximum legal liability for four offshore oil spills every day for a year, and still have profits left over. BP waived its liability cap, but there's no guarantee the next company will be solvent enough to pay more than the law requires.
The Offshore Energy and Jobs Act is not part of a true "all of the above" energy strategy. It's an "anything goes" energy strategy that ignores our past failures and creates a game that means — for Big Oil — to play is to win. The losers in this game are sustainable ocean and coastal industries, our marine environment, and some of our most beloved places for rest and recuperation. American prosperity will come from diversifying our economic growth, not supporting one industry at the expense of all others and tilting the playing field dramatically in favor of oil and gas companies that already dominate our economic landscape.
As President Obama put it in his remarks on Tuesday:
Our founders believed that those of us in positions of power are elected not just to serve as custodians of the present, but as caretakers of the future. And they charged us to make decisions with an eye on a longer horizon than the arc of our own political careers. That's what the American people expect. That's what they deserve. And someday our children and our children's children will look at us in the eye and they'll ask us, did we do all that we could, when we had the chance, to deal with this problem and leave them a cleaner, safer, more stable world? And I want to be able to say, yes, we did.
Apparently, the 235 members of the House of Representatives who voted to give Big Oil and extremely early Christmas gift plan to give their children and grandchildren a very different answer.
21 Responses to House Republicans' Response To Obama's Climate Plan: Drill, Baby, Drill
May I ask the author, Did the President actually say anything explicit and concrete, or assert any specific policies, that would actually be in contradiction with "drill, baby, drill"?
Did he say anything that clearly alters his own philosophy of "all of the above" — that is, anything to state explicitly that he has changed his mind on that and now as a different view?
Did the President confront and revoke either "drill, baby, drill" or "all of the above"?
If so, could you please quote that part of the speech, and those statements? I'm looking for something explicit and clear, not merely interpretations of nuanced statements interpreted the way we'd like to interpret them.
In case anyone didn't notice, these House Republicans were placed in office by about half the electorate, and they are doing exactly what their constituents want. Given that we need all hands working collectively in unison if we are to have even a glimmer of a chance for solving the climate problem, it does not bode very well for success when the starting point is half actively opposed and most of the other half completely apathetic.
Obviously this bill will not get passed by the Senate but it will give the Republicans in very conservative gerrymandered districts who voted for it more ammunition in the primaries next year to fight off the challenges from candidates on their right.
Superman1 wrote: "these House Republicans were placed in office by about half the electorate"
In fact, like most of your claims that are coherent and specific enough to be fact-checked, that one is false.
Neither is it true that all, or even most, voters who cast votes for Republican candidates did so because Big Oil's agenda is "exactly what they want". Many, probably most, voted on the basis of entirely unrelated issues.
And of course, part of Big Oil's agenda nowadays is to preach hopelessness and defeatism in the face of global warming, and to propagate false claims that rapidly phasing out fossil fuel use will cause "a global Depression", and will "end prosperity", and will result in all sorts of "draconian" impacts on ordinary people.
Which, oddly enough, is exactly what YOU do here, day after day after day.
Republican ignoramuses require voter suppression to keep them in office…
I think we can all agree that they will not be able to hide the truth much longer. Heat wave in the west, floods in the Midwest, Canada, India and Europe… all that is just going to be too expensive to sweep under the rug.
Right now it seems MSM is colluding with those that would sacrifice the future of civilization for money that ends up in the pockets of Big Oil and Big Coal because they're not really giving these disasters much coverage.
It is a perfect illustration of the insanity of running a sham 'democracy' when half the population are of below median intelligence, and the public is relentlessly brainwashed, day after day, all their lives, by an entirely business-owned MSM, the advertising incubus and various reactionary and regressive 'religious' bigots.
The parasite caste plans these things carefully. The appeal to materialistic greed is both ironic, and more effective, given the rapid immiseration of the working and 'middle' classes in the USA, and in the other states of the Anglosphere and the West in general. Making work low paid, contingent and precarious, then luring millions into unrepayable debt, then blaming the 'Greens' as the cause of this misery, rather than the real culprits, the insatiably greedy rich rulers of all capitalist societies, is a clever, if typically vicious, tactic. It helps turn the dumber, greedier, more ignorant elements of the 'loser' majority against their own interests and those of their children, and for the very architects of their distress. The uniform service of a truly malevolent MSM is crucial to this process.
Which the Reptilican majority on the SCOTUS has just facilitated.
That is their job, the true reason that they exist.
The scale of it is becoming known thanks to a handful of independent sources, and I never thought I'd say it, 'social' media, ME
Only property and life insurers can rescue the world from the lunacy of the MSM, the fossil fuelers, and climate disruption deniers. The money they are losing and will continue to lose because of expensive weather disasters is very real and just might be greater than the combined worth of those fossil fuel companies. Especially if they have to keep reserves in the ground.
I see a conflict with some very wealthy allies on reality's side.
Yes, Munich Re came out with a very strong statement and graphs some years ago now. And they are a big show, ME
Obama broke faith with Congress.
When Republicans scream that Obama is not responsible for the first increases in oil and gas since Reagan's policies started US oil and gas in decline, they scream that the increase is on private land.
That means:
– Congress is not being paid by big oil lobbyists to open up big expensive oil leases
– big oil can't create FUD to prevent investors putting money in wildcatters trying old tricks using modern technology
– private landowners aren't going to pay Congress for favors
– small operators can't match the big bucks Exxon and BP funnel to Congress
– Obama has stolen the Republican hammer used on Democrats – the promise of cheaper oil and gas from drill baby drill
Republicans are trying to put the majors back in control so they keep pouring money through their lobbyists, and the majors need all the government welfare they can get with all those small wildcatters messing up the business model.
The above is in reply to Secular!
IIRC, more drills have been put into operation during Obama's time in office than during the equivalent period of Bush II's presidency.
As repugnant as the Republicans are on this and most other issues, the Democrats have not generally shone very brightly on standing up to big ff interests (or really standing up to or for much of anything else).
Is it time for a Green/Labor party in this country yet?
While the President referenced his "all of the above" strategy in the speech, he made it clear that his priority is to promote new, cleaner energy sources that will ultimately make fossils, particularly oil and coal, a lesser part of the energy mix. There was no implied or explicit suggestion that we should stop drilling. The critical difference is that Republicans continue to ignore the reality of carbon pollution all together while the White House is attempting to put us on a glide path to reducing and hopefully eliminating it. This may not be a sufficiently aggressive strategy for true climate hawks, but the contrast between the President's vision, and the House Republican vision of America's energy future is stark. Hope this helps.
To paraphrase Bush the Elder: Read my Lips; all of the above! No significant group of politicians in this country, or in any other country I can see, will allow fossil fuels to remain in the ground while there's still a lucrative market for them. You can take that to the bank!
Heartily agree; that decision was probably the last nail in the box for any hope of getting sufficient Congressional majorities to over-rule the obstructive minorities.
It's 101 in Pasadena at 6PM right now, and 124 in Death Valley and it will get hotter there before the sun goes down but it's finally cooling off here.
Hot weather is normal here but not this hot. I think Obama's timing on the new proposal for Climate Change was timed to be just before this. I'm surprised we haven't had more wildfires, yet, but the sky has that hazy color that fires bring so maybe they're not yet in the news…
Most of this proposal wouldn't fly anywhere, anytime, so it's just window-dressing. Worthless bunch of baggers ever!
The oil off Santa Barbara is not much different from tar sands, the Gulf is already full of rigs, and Oregon & Washington wouldn't go for more.
That reminds me, I have to put in my two cents on the Pebble mine! We can beat these guys next election! Keep up the good work!
Wili, anybody or party with a shred of integrity and decency who can't be bought would do it, ME
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Anyone know how to do the last 2 challenges? Only ones I have left. I know how to the second to last but don't know the timing to use etc.
Sacrifice - Take the sand from the first island and build a bridge over to the open ground and put a village there. Then use the remaining sand to build a bridge to the power. This is easiest to do by using the close up directly overhead view.
Figured out how to do page 5.
Wagon Of Fire
- Wait for the flames to get near the first set of water trees and activate jellify. Once the flames have moved past them deactivate jellify. Then when the next set of flames come activate jellify whe they get near the first piece of water and carve a path for them to burn across. As soon as they are across deactivate Jellify. Then wait for the flames to get near the top of the little hill near the next set of water plants and activate jellify. Then quickly carve a path through the next piece of water.
Again as soon as the flames are across deactivate jellify. Use water to control the flames so that they hit the explosive trees but don't let them burn too much. Then your guy should grab the power and start returning. However to stop the volcano and flames destroying the village you need to put a U around the side of the base facing the volcano made out of jellified water.
Already knew Sacrifice, just never got the damn timing right. And I prefer to add it after it works for me, so I can tell people 'it worked for me'.
Thanks for wagon of fire, I will try it like that, will add you to the credits if it works for me.
I tried the other last one btw, but I lost due to time >.<
Edit: My moronic shaman is to dumb to walk to the village, so I failed because the fire was hungry. So I might make a couple of changes, as I believe I know how to prevent the U, to what you said and give you the credit or it.
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Thanks for the tips. I'm loving this game, tho it is a bit harder than I expected! The help is appreciated!
Glad it helps and that you enjoyed the game!
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From our local newspaper. Extremely important to use the freshest ingredients for this salad! Recipe amounts were not given so they have been estimated. A note about olive brine: I use the liquid that the olives are soaked in either the package or the fresh ones from the "olive bar" at the natural food store. However I have tried a dirty martini olive juice from this source: www.garliclady.com based in Vancouver, Washington.
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- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon kalamata olive brine (known in these parts as "dirty olive juice")
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 2 firm roma tomatoes, cut into chunks
- 1⁄2 English cucumber, peeled in a strip fashion and cut into chunks
- 1 small green bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, cut into chunks
- 1⁄4 cup red onion, sliced
- 2 slices feta cheese, half inch slices (NOT "crumbled")
- 6 -8 kalamata olives
- fresh oregano sprig, for garnish (NOT dried)
- Whisk together the vinaigrette ingredients and set aside.
- Place tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion and bell pepper on two salad plates.
- Top with the feta slices, kalamata olives and sprigs of fresh oregano.
- Drizzle the vinaigrette on the salad.
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Fresh and clean tasting salad, despite the use of the - uh - dirty olive juice.
Just wanted to say that I LOVE LOVE LOVE this dressing. I made a much bigger Greek inspired pasta salad (that included all the other ingredients here) and was looking for a light dressing. This is perfect. I tripled it and it worked fabulously.
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Natural Dog Training
by Kevin Behan
20 used & new
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
I only reget that I can't give it ZERO stars.
Dec 10 2010
This review is from:
Natural Dog Training (Paperback)
This book is the worst piece of trash I've ever read. There are so many problems with this book, one hardly knows where to start. - it is lacking in style and content.
Behan's writing is virtually indecipherable, the tortured prose struggles for meaning. It is the cognitive equivalent of chicken scratch. The author shows contempt for the rules of spelling and syntax with just as much gusto as he does for the rules of logic and reason. In a single run-on sentence Behan will violate the rules of English and the Laws of Physics.
Behan must fancy himself a multi-disciplinary scientific genius because he demands that we re-write the past 300 years of science all to fit his strange ideas. Apparently we must discard with all we've learned about physics, biology, chemistry and psychology because according to him all are wrong.
The author does not present evidence in support of his views. He proclaims his 'facts' into existence and declares falsehoods to be 'true.' He then uses these 'facts' to support his argument. In the process of laying down his views, Mr. Behan commits every logical fallacy in the book, he ignores all the scientific evidence and fabricates an impossible model of the universe to prop up his views. And he does so with the absolute certainty that only the truly ignorant can muster.
When decipherable, his favorite arguments rest upon straw-man fallacies, circular logic loops, false dichotomies, argumentum ad ignorantiam and begging the question.
All in all a waste of time. Filled with errors, devoid of facts, littered with logical fallacies, spelling mistakes and a labyrinthian prose that renders this book unreadable.
To paraphrase Dorothy Parker, this is not a book to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
For well written and factually accurate look at dogs see
Reaching the Animal Mind: Clicker Training and What It Teaches Us About All Animals
Excel-Erated Learning: Explaining in Plain English How Dogs Learn and How Best to Teach Them
Genetics and the Social Behavior of the Dog
Dog Behavior: Why Dogs Do What They Do
Brad Pattison Unleashed: A Dog's-Eye View of Life with Humans
by Brad Pattison
23 used & new
12 of 17 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
A waste of money and time.
July 27 2010
This review is from:
Brad Pattison Unleashed: A Dog's-Eye View of Life with Humans (Hardcover)
It is unfortunate that despite all the great advances in our understanding of ethology, learning theory and pyschology there are still some people like Pattison taht ignore all the advances and insist on pushing and promoting methods based on old-school techniques. Methods so outdated and dangerous that in a position statement the IPDTA called Pattison's approach as one based on fear, pain and intimidation.
While Pattison cites the work of Miklosi, including "Comparative Social Cognition: From Wolf and dog to humans". Despite all this Pattison ignores Miklosi who writes "Their dominance relationships are context-dependent; kinship relations, alliances and friendships complicate the picture." This paints a far more complex picture than the naive and simplistic "alpha" model presented by Pattison.
Pattison insists on touting 'pack theory', again his own sources refute those claims. Miklosi (49 citations in the book; 9 are from Miklosi et al) writes on the same paper:"It seems that the domestication process disrupted the ancient social organisation. In feral dogs, paternal and alloparental care are reduced; they do not hunt cooperatively, but prefer scavenging or hunting small prey alone." It would seem that he didn't even bother to read his own source material.
In a profound display of ignorance Pattison goes on a 2 page rant criticizing postive reinforcement techniques and foolishly links it with something he invented; "treat training." He even fabricates the history of how PR came about, and his description of it doesn't even come close to the reality. Naturally it is meant to frighten the reader into accepting his archaic methods. PR is used by guide dog, service dog, police, military, detection and other working dog trainers because it works.
The way Pattison presents his case closely parallels they way he approaches dog training; it is heavily based on fear. Again and again he mentions how the dog will get hit by a car, get euthanized, attack babies, kill other dogs or people. Pattison works very hard to instill fear if the reader doesn't follow his methods.
If you believe a dog is really trying to "take over" and "dominance" (aka force) is the only way to communicate; then why get a dog at all?
You are far better off reading any of the following:
Reaching the Animal Mind: Clicker Training and What It Teaches Us About All Animals
Click to Calm: Healing the Aggressive Dog
Train Your Dog Like a Pro
by Brad Pattison
8 used & new
15 of 25 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
A waste of 260 pages
Sept. 18 2009
This review is from:
Synergy (Paperback)
I am wary of one of Pattison's people writing a review when they are directly profiting from teaching his methods. Diane Holmes has invested thousands of dollars into Pattison via seminars and the so-called certification and thus it is in her financial interest to promote his ideas and techniques.
Pattison waxes authoritatively on dog social dynamics, hierarchies, their mental and emotional motivations. However at no point does he really offer any evidence to support his assertions.
In many cases, he completely ignores basic science and makes assertions that are simply ludicrous. His views are refuted by modern science. His use of violent means to address behavior are outdated and in many cases dangerous; and his approach has been rebuked by IPDTA, the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior as well as many others.
In short, there is nothing here for the modern dog owner. Much better reads are authors like Jean Donaldson, Karen Pryor, Pam J Reid, Ian Dunbar, Patricia B. McConnell; authors that have real achievements as well as the academic backgrounds to understand the true nature of dogs and dog training.
This product is so bad, I won't even re-sell it in a garage sale for fear of what it would mean to the next dog.
I would sell it next summer in a garage sale but I have no intention of being the source of a dog
Better options:
The Culture Clash: A Revolutionary New Way to Understanding the Relationship Between Humans and Domestic Dogs
Brenda Aloff's Fundamentals: Foundation Training for Every Dog
Reaching the Animal Mind: Clicker Training and What It Teaches Us About All Animals
Here are the facts:
The American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior has position statements against the use of punishment and dominance. They write "AVSAB is concerned with the recent re-emergence of dominance theory and forcing dogs and other animals into submission as a means of preventing and correcting behavior problems"
The IPDTA has specifically mentioned Pattison, making it clear they do not endorse his practices and his use "of physical force, physical, verbal or psychological punishment, intimidation, fear or pain"
Dr. Stanley Coren, author of '
The Intelligence of Dogs: A Guide to the Thoughts, Emotions, and Inner Lives of Our Canine Companions
and '
How Dogs Think: What the World Looks Like to Them and Why They Act the Way They Do
'' criticizes his use of "harsh techniques that harken back to methods that were popular in the 1930's and 1940's."
Dr. Andrew Luescher director of the Animal Behavior Clinic at Purdue University has also spoken out against the methods employed by dominance centered trainers calling them CRUEL and INEFFECTIVE.
Dr. Nicholas Dodman, Section Head and Program Director, Animal Behavior Department of Clinical Sciences Tufts' Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine North Grafton, has called this approach OUTMODED, MISGUIDED and INHUMANE.
A study published in Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research concludes that the application of dominance theory - which Pattison relies on - is outdated and misguided and is often the CAUSE the very behaviors we want to avoid.
Another study published in the Applied Animal Behaviour Science concluded that these confrontational, punishment based approaches often results in aggressive dogs.
As Bill Maher likes to say, you are entitled to your opinions but not your own facts. That's the reason the "Patties" like to argue personalities and not facts.
Those familiar with the SCIENCE of behavior modification realize that Pattison is a charlatan with little knowledge or skills. What Morgan Spector (
Clicker Training for Obedience: Shaping Top Performance-Positively
) calls a "jerk and puke" dog trainer.
Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar's Way to Transform Your Dog . . . and Your Life
by Cesar Millan
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26 of 87 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
More shouting than Whispering
Nov. 25 2007
This review is from:
Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar's Way to Transform Your Dog . . . and Your Life (Hardcover)
One can only assume the term Dog Whisperer was chosen in irony. If we compare the gentle methods of Horse Whisperer to that of Millan, we see that Cesar shouts and rarely
'whispers' Comparing the Millan's method to what is promoted by Paul Owens in his book "Dog Whisperer: A Compassionate, Nonviolent Approach to Training method of Dog Whisperer" we come to understand what 'whispering' is all about.
Millan's singular belief that almost all issues are somehow related to dominance have been thoroughly discredited by trainers and behaviourists alike. Those with historical perspectives will find that reading Millan is like a voyage 50 years into the past when jerking and force were the essential tools of a trainer. Millan bases his bully approach on his misunderstanding of wolf packs and his erroneous belief that dogs are wolves. Using this line of thinking Millan promotes the 'alpha roll' to 'dominate' and punish the dog; we now know that the Alpha roll is a myth. In short this book is long on intimidation and domination tactics that are not effective, they are inhumane and are based on gross ignorance of wolf and dog biology.
Far better books are those by Sheila Booth, Karen Pryor, Ian Dunbar, Jean Donaldson, Patricia McConnell and the aforementioned Paul Owens.
Cesar's Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding and Correcting Common Dog Problems
by Cesar Millan
104 used & new
15 of 31 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Old Debunked Ideas - Little practical advice
Nov. 25 2007
This review is from:
Cesar's Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding and Correcting Common Dog Problems (Hardcover)
In this book Cesar Millan waxes authoritatively about all he learned in a farm about wolf social hierarchies and dog packs. Unfortunately nearly all of it is wrong, and we've known it was wrong for at least 30 years. There is little practical advice in this book, instead we get some name dropping and Millan's philosophy about how dog's behave.
For far better explanations on dog social hierarchies Behavioral Biology of Dogs by P Jensen, On Talking Terms with Dogs by Turid Rugaas, and Evolution of Canine Social Behavior by Roger Abrantes. For training advice the work of Karen Pryor, Sheila Booth, and Ian Dunbar.
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Healthy Baked Banana Chips
Total Time
Prep 5 mins
Cook 2 hrs
This recipe, from Dole, makes a really great and really healthy snack. These chips are tasty on their own, or you can add them to granola or a snack mix.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 ripe bananas
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- Cut bananas into thin slices.
- Coat slices in lemon juice.
- Bake banana slices on a greased pan in a 200 degree oven, turning every half hour and watching out for burning. Remove when they are crispy, cool, and store in an airtight container.
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These didn't get crisp even after 3 1/2 hours. They got mushy and dripped juices all over my oven. Sorry, don't like to leave bad ratings, but it was just a mess.
I'm happy to have a recipe that is healthier than store bought banana chips, but they didn't quite turn out like I expected. They never did get all that crispy, and the lemon juice gave them a tangy flavor as Seasoned Cook said. They still taste good, but they're not at all what I was hoping for. I'll have to try them again literally just using a single drop of lemon juice on each one, and maybe if I take them out of the oven sooner and let them sit out for a while, they might dry properly. I'm not feeling too optimistic about it, though.
The lemon or lime juice left the banana chips having a tangy/tart flavor. I baked at 250 degrees and it took 1 hour. The bananas after 30 minutes were still mushy and hard to turn over. I should have used parchment paper because it really messed up a good baking sheet. On the positive side it is one way to use up an overripe banana.


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Bangers and Mash (England)
Total Time
Prep 30 mins
Cook 0 mins
This is a favourite in my family, very English (I know we are Kiwi, but we still love it)
Ingredients Nutrition
- 8 links pork sausage
- 8 potatoes (approx, depending on size)
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup peas (approx)
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon garlic
- 2 onions
- peel potatoes and chop in half.
- place in pan with a lid on.
- cover with water and bring to boil, leave to simmer for about until tender, drain water and keep warm in oven with lid on,(or make them just before mashing).
- peel onions and slice into rings, (for a trick to stop watery eyes, put onions in a freezer for 10 minutes before peeling).
- put olive oil and garlic in frypan and add onions, turning with tongs frequently.
- grill sausages, turning with tongs when required.
- just before serving put peas in boiling water and simmer for 3-4 minutes.
- while the peas are cooking get potatoes out.
- place a knob of butter on potatoes and mash dry.
- add milk until you get a creamy consistency.
- serve sausages with onions over and peas and mash.
- place some ketchup on the side for a perfect dinner.
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Thank you for this recipe, I think I have been waiting for it all of my life. Bacon and sausage are the only forms of pork I will eat, and I've wanted a good Bangers and Mash recipe for almost forever. I also love Toad in the Hole. Thanks again.........bb
I followed this recipe with the exception of the peas. My son does not like peas so I used 2 fresh zuchinis and saute them with the onions. My whole family loved this dish. I tried to save the drippings from the sausage to cook the vegys but I did not get any. The sausages were difficult to cook thorough on the skillet, so after browning the outside, I sliced them up about .5 - 1 inch thick and saute them. Thank you for a wonderful dish. This will definitely be part of our regular dinner line-up.
This is a great dish. I didn't add the oil. Just used the fat from the sausage, then added mushrooms. Mushrooms act as small sponges, so they soaked up what little oil was left. Pick them out if your on a diet, like my DH. Awesome recipe Perfect, Thanks!


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In a "25 Things You Don't Know About Me" interview with Us Weekly, the American Idol alum revealed that she had an emotional break down after learning that she was contractually obligated to star in a movie with Season 1 runner-up Justin Guarini…
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After playing coy for many years, Justin Guarini finally confirmed he was romantically involved with American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson. According to Mccall.com, Guarini shared the news during the debut of his one-man show "Lovesick" last Friday.


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Michael Jackson Ceremony… The Running Diary Recap
So I decided to stop doing work and watch the Michael Jackson ceremony today. I figure so many of you have real jobs and couldn't spend you afternoon watching one last way for people to exploit his name… err… I mean a celebration of his life. Now before I get started like I said the other day the dude was a great performer and have accomplished a lot but this production and the entire situation around his death has really gone over the top. I decided to keep a running diary of this event/debacle.
(Some of these were things I posted on Twitter and Facebook to a mild reaction of displeasure and hate.)
1: 00- Sweet ready to go. Decided to watch NBC news just because I like Brian Williams and they have the best "black reporters that sound like white guys". Yes Lester I am looking directly in your direction.
1: 14- Smokey Robinson reads a note from Dinah Ross and then Nelson Mandela. Glad to know those to uppity assholes couldn't make.
1:24-Uh nothing for ten minutes, this is well planned.
1:30- This is supposed to go 90 minutes, glad to see it is on time and ready to go.
1:35- I wonder if his father is going to wear a t-shirt promoting his new record label. Or at least mention a new album is dropping on the 15th.
1:37- They are wheeling in the casket, kind of creepy.
1:40- Mariah Carey and some other dude. A total mess of a situation, potential train wreck event, and a ton of cameras… Of course Mariah is there.
1:45- How did they get Queen Latifah? I am sure her schedule is packed with uh… Nothing. She is reading a poem by Maya Angelou written especially for Michael. I wonder if she had this ready to go like Elton John does of versions for Candle in the Wind?
(Friend's Tweet: cynical_redhead@pointlessbanter i'm sure she has Pizza Hut and Jenny Craig commercials to do…why is it only me that sees the contradiction there?
1:50- Lionel Richie is there… I hope he locked up his liquor cabinet before heading over. You never know what Nicole is capable of doing. The good thing is he doesn't have to worry about her eating that plate of leftovers he has been hankering for since this morning.
1:54- I have no idea who is speaking, someone from Mowtown maybe? Berry Gordy maybe? (yes it is) They just panned to Smokey Robinson who was surrounded by two of the hottest women ever… Apparently "Tears of a Clown" still pulls in some tail. Gordy just mentioned Tito, the first time anyone has mentioned Tito in years.
2:02- Berry Gordy is still talking… I am already bored.
2:04- Video tribute to MJ even with a reference to the press… I wonder if they are going to show the extended crotch grab and car smack up at the end of "Black and White"?
2:07- Stevie Wonder… Even I can't make fun of Stevie Wonder. See I am human. Well Stevie can't, but whatever.
2:15- Magic and Kobe Bryant take the stage. If I ever really wanted HIV to be an airborne disease it is right now. I hate Bryant. Magic is telling a story about how Michael Jackson ate KFC in front of him, saying it was the greatest day in his life… Wow, I can't understand why he doesn't have a TV show anymore.
(Note: I had this exchange with a friend on FB.)
Seth: I like that the best moment of his life was eating Kentucky Fried Chicken, sitting on the floor…really???
Me: I guess his kids, NBA titles, and not getting full blown Aids all take a back seat.
2:21- Bad year for Jennifer Hudson… Family murdered, then she was in the Sex and the City movie, and now singing a song that mentions "feed me" repeatedly.
2:25- Al Sharpton sighting. Not surprising, whenever he has a chance to exploit another legacy of an African American he surfaces. Do black people even like him?
2:34- John Mayer? Really? It is nice to see John Mayer take a break from making Jennifer Aniston batshit crazy and actually play music
2:39- Brooke Shields… Is she going to clear up about the time they spent together? Were they dating? Ah she said it was a friendship… She then went onto say that they met when she was 13… a little old for him. She just said that he loved to be teased… uh… I am not even touching that one.
She actually gave a heartfelt speech, much more touching than the other crap that we have seen.
2:47- Nice to Jermaine Jackson getting some work. Is this about honoring his brother or the hope of getting a new recording deal? Do you think his dad will sign him?
2:53- Martin Luther King III- I didn't even know he existed, I knew about his daughter. You can't make fun of the King family. Well except that they are there but whatever.
2:59- Congresswomen Shelia Jackson Lee from Houston, you don't have anything better to do? Glad Congress could spare a member to tell us that Michael Jackson is innocent. (Cough) $22 million settlement (Cough)… I don't want to get political but uh I think there are some more pressing problems we have to deal with.
3:07- Usher has to be the "headliner" of the service. No Justin Timberlake? Wait… Janet and him probably can't be in the same room for legal reasons. I thought there would be a higher star wattage. No real heavyweights that were his contemporaries in the 80s.
3:12- Another video tribute. I will give them this they but together a much better show than I thought over the last week…
3:13- Smokey Robinson talking about young kids at his concerts telling him he stole a song from Michael Jackson. Really? What is young at this point 35?
3:19-Shaneneda Jaradjad… Some kid singing. Longest name ever, I am too lazy to pause the TIVO. Nice heartfelt speech from the kid. You have to appreciate that. Apparently he was supposed to be a part of the Jackson show in London.
3:22- Kenny Ortega the producer of his shows explains who the kid is. He just said the Staples Center was Michael's house. I am waiting for Kobe to jump on stage and rape him… wait this isn't Colorado.
3:25- The crew from his show is doing a version of "We Are the World" including a guy with the freakiest eyes I have ever seen. I have to say the song doesn't as good without Huey Lewis. How pissed do you think this band has to be? No world tour? Do you think they are getting paid for this? Also do you think Lionel Richie is pissed that the entire world thinks Jackson wrote that song now?
All the performers and family members get on stage now singing "Heal the World"… I have to ask, for a guy that protected his kids from the view of cameras do you think he would be happy having his kids photographed multiple times during this?
(Best comment of the day from Mike aka Armand Assante's Left Ventricle: He'd only care if they didn't bring friends over. Sorry.)
3:35- Jermaine thanks everyone and tells everyone that he was his voice and backbone. The other family members are now getting their television time. I wonder if we are going to see another Janet nipple slip. Wait that is why JT is not there!!!!
Marlon keeps talking and talking… Now his daughter Paris spoke and truly gave a touching, heartwarming comment, which probably would have been better served in private. That clip is going to get replayed over and over, probably not what he would have wanted. I guess it kind of sums up the entire mess that the last 15 years of his life has become.
Alright so there you go…. The running diary for one of the largest pop culture events of our lives.
Let the hate mail begin.
P.S.- When I die if someone live blogs the event… well I just would like to say you are an asshole.


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