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BAHAN, INDIA—Nineteen-year-old Rajni had been a bride for only a few minutes when her husband, Sanjeev, suggested they head for a nearby police station to ask for protection.
It was only a matter of time, Sanjeev reminded his new wife, before her family started to hunt them down.
In February, after she told her family of her plans to marry Sanjeev, a 24-year-old milkman, Rajni's uncle grabbed her around the neck, slapped her, and threatened to kill her.
The couple was a mismatch, Rajni's uncle raged. Her father, after all, has 25 buffalo, wealthy in this lush stretch of India, a checkerboard of rice paddy and sugar cane fields. Sanjeev and his parents, on the other hand, were labourers who made $2 a day.
If she married Sanjeev, her uncle said, Rajni's family would be forced to kill both of them to preserve its honour.
Sanjeev and Rajni are hardly unique. Throughout northern India, young couples are being killed by the thousands in the name of honour and tradition. Some are poisoned, while others are hanged, drowned or beheaded.
In one recent case, a young woman was reportedly lit on fire and burned to death for marrying the wrong man in a village just outside New Delhi.
There are at least 900 so-called "honour killings" a year in the Indian states of Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, according to a study cited by Human Rights Watch, and there has even been a string of such murders in the country's affluent capital in recent weeks.
"It's a trend that's spreading," says Ashish Nandy, a psychology professor at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in New Delhi. "In some families, when a woman goes off to school and marries someone of her own choosing, her siblings' marriage prospects are hurt. She has slandered the whole family and that can't be tolerated."
Life in India changed in countless ways after reforms in the early 1990s. The reforms were designed to spur the country's foundering economy, but they have also turned social and cultural mores on their head.
Millions of villagers have migrated to large cities in search of work, and women are entering post-secondary schools and the workforce in unprecedented numbers.
Foreign firms such as Nike, Coca-Cola and Harley-Davidson eye the opportunity represented by India's 300 million-strong middle class and even luxury brands drool over their prospects. Women in New Delhi, for instance, can now rent Louis Vuitton handbags by the night.
But the economic miracle that is India has also has strained its social fabric. Many Indians still endorse their country's traditional customs and bristle at the sweeping changes.
Many Hindus believe women should marry partners of the same ancient caste.
Marrying someone from a different social class — Rajni's transgression — is also often outlawed. But perhaps the most forbidden love involves a match between partners of the same gotra, members of a single caste believed to have descended from a common male ancestor. That is considered incestuous.
In India, the government has decried "honour killings" and vows to stamp them out. But some say the promise of a crackdown is half-hearted.
The government is loath to lose the support of local khap panchayats, or village caste councils, a mainstay in some rural areas since medieval times.
A typical khap provides moral direction for at least five villages and, thanks to a woefully ineffective court system, is used to settle disputes. Each village usually has two members on its khap.
Most often, khaps tackle property disputes between neighbours, but cases can often be far more serious. Khap leaders in Bahan told the Star they recently intervened when a bride refused to take part in her arranged marriage. The khap directed her would-be fiancé to return her dowry, and then took him to a nearby village, finding him a new bride.
"We sit people down and make them come to a resolution both can agree with," a khap leader said.
Some khaps have openly endorsed "honour killings," going so far as to suggest they are a family's obligation.
In early 2007, Manoj and Babli Banwana, childhood friends from rural Haryana, eloped even though they belonged to the same clan. They were later dragged off a bus by 19-year-old Babli's relatives. She was forced to drink poison. Manoj was strangled by Babli's uncle.
Earlier this year, five of Babli's relatives, including her uncle and brother, were sentenced to death. Two others, a taxi driver and a khap leader named Gangaraj, were sentenced to life in prison for their roles in the killings. Speaking from behind bars at the Karnal Jail in Haryana, 51-year-old Gangaraj wagged a finger when he was asked whether he regrets what happened to the young couple.
"Her marriage was a blot on their family," Gangaraj said. "It is a scientific fact that people of the same gotra should not be married. They are brother and sister. When they get married, they are not just cursed in this life. They are cursed in the next seven lives."
For Delhi, the problem is that khaps don't just offer moral guidance and advice. They wield enormous influence among voters.
On a recent weekday, khap leaders gathered a short drive away from Sanjeev's home to discuss the Congress Party's plans to amend the marriage act.
Though it's just a three-hour drive from New Delhi, the village of Bahan feels much further.
Irrigation pumps run like fire hydrants, gushing water into paddies around the clock. Haryana and neighbouring Punjab produce 76 per cent of India's food.
Some farmers stand neck deep in canals, washing down their livestock while others laze in the afternoon, sleeping on four-foot roadside cement walls painted with ads for Black Cobra plywood, Red & White Cigarettes and Edwards 5000 Super Strong Beer. Behind many of those walls, youngsters play cricket with abandon.
If cricket is the most popular sport here, politics runs a close second.
Almost 70 per cent of registered voters in Haryana went to the polls. The vast majority supported the ruling Congress Party, which won nine of the state's 10 parliamentary seats.
Alienating the Haryana khaps could herald severe political consequences for the Congress, which is headed by Italian-born Sonia Gandhi.
"We want to send a strong message to Gandhi, who doesn't have any knowledge on this subject," said khap leader Mewa Singh Chhattar, speaking to local journalists from a fellow khap leader's home.
Chhattar, 65, a retired farmer who has been a khap member for 35 years, said Gandhi, the Congress Party leader, "is surrounded by advisors who have failed to explain Indian culture to her. There is unrest in Jammu and Kashmir. The northeast, Chhattisgarh and Bengal are equally disturbed. If there is peace in any part of the country, it is the north. She is disturbing that, too. We want to send out this message loud and clear that this region, too, will be in a state of war."
"For a Westerner to understand this, you have to try to remember that, for us, this is like a brother marrying his sister," said Chhattar.
And some politicians take heed.
Naveen Jindal, a cosmopolitan 40-year-old member of parliament from Haryana who attended the University of Texas and owns his own polo team, has said that while he doesn't approve of "honour killings" per se, he supports the khap's position outlawing same-gotra marriage.
"We should respect their customs and emotions," he said. "The culture of villages is opposite of what we see in cities. Hence, there should not be any comparison between the two."
In reality, you don't have to go to the washboard dirt roads of Bahan to find support for "honour killings."
Several months ago, the Hindustan Times newspaper, one of India's largest English dailies, commissioned a survey of middle-class and upper-middle-class residents in the national capital region and found widespread support for the khaps.
In Bahan, as in New Delhi, the subject of "honour killings" is a popular talking point.
At a roadside food stand, labourers gobbled a lunch of peppers, chickpeas and eggplant and weighed in with their thoughts about Sanjeev and Rajni. "It's such a matter of shame that an 'honour killing' is not a crime," said Raghubir Singh, a Hindu priest. "It's the only option for the family."
For 19-year-old Rajni, being the subject of town gossip is unnerving.
The oldest of four children, Rajni has lived a sheltered life. She was never allowed to attend local village fairs or the movie hall in Panipat, a nearby town.
Instead, she watched Hindi soap operas indoors. Rajni's father decided that after high school, she would be married off, hopefully to a well-to-do local boy who would bolster her family's social standing. His pretty daughter would fetch a fine husband.
Rajni, however, had other ideas.
She spied Sanjeev milking cows near her family's home and asked a friend to get his cell-phone number. After a few hushed conversations, Rajni's family confiscated her cell.
Sanjeev, whip-thin with a shy smile and short, wavy hair, bought her another one. One day while Rajni's father and brothers were busy attending to grazing cows, Sanjeev made his move, stealing into her bedroom. He stayed for 10 minutes, managing a kiss and the promise of another.
"He was different from other boys," Rajni said, adjusting her saffron-coloured head scarf and fiddling with several dozen bangles. "I knew he wouldn't hit or slap me, or leave me."
The couple said they weren't sure how long they would require the presence of a police constable, who sat dozing in a plastic lawn chair outside their home.
That's a problem. Some families have long memories when it comes to avenging their bruised honour.
On a hazy evening in late June, newspaper and TV reporters in New Delhi dashed to the northern suburb of Wazipur after police announced the city's latest honour-killing victims.
A 24-year-old woman named Monica and her 26-year-old husband, Kuldeep, had both been shot twice in the head. The attractive couple had been married four years and Monica was pregnant with their first child. Kuldeep had just landed a coveted job with a call centre.
Police say Monica's brother and a cousin committed the murders because Monica's family belongs to the Gujjar caste while Kuldeep was a Rajput, which is considered higher in the caste system.
"I remember the day of their wedding when Monica's family showed up at the courthouse very agitated and angry," said Kuldeep's father Ajeet Singh, sitting in his home and holding a portrait of his son and daughter-in-law. "They were very rough and tried to intimidate them so they wouldn't get married. It didn't work on that day so they just waited."
Even after their arrest, some locals in Wazirpur remain nonchalant over the gruesome crime.
"The boys had a rush of blood to the head," shrugged Monica's uncle Chowdhary Ram Palsingh, playing cards with friends and lounging on a bamboo charpoy.
Several activist and aid agencies are working in India to eliminate caste discrimination. After the 2004 tsunami, some victims refused to stay in tents in makeshift relief camps alongside lower-caste families. And this month, at least 1,000 students belonging to upper castes in Uttar Pradesh switched schools so they wouldn't have to eat mid-day lunches prepared by cooks who were members of the Dalit, or "untouchable" caste.
"These are not easy times," said Sanjeev, sitting next to his wife in their tiny home. "But if my wife can leave her entire family for me, I can go through this. And if they come for us and kill us, what can we do? We love each other."
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Forecast: Li-Ion Batteries to Have <5% Share of Hybrid Market by 2009
7 February 2007
Although lithium-ion will become the preferred battery technology at some point in the future, there are still important risks and challenges in the short term that will keep overall penetration of the chemistry to less than 5% of the hybrid vehicle market by 2009, according to Menahem Anderman, president of Advanced Automotive Batteries.
Anderman was speaking at the SAE Hybrid Vehicle Technologies 2007 Symposium in San Diego to provide an overview of the opportunities and challenges for li-ion in the hybrid electric vehicle market. Last week, Anderman testified before the US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural resources in a hearing on Transportation Sector Fuel Efficiency.
Lithium-ion batteries offer higher power and energy per unit weight and volume, and better charge efficiency than NiMH batteries. Thus, if they can maintain performance over life, smaller and lighter batteries can be used in given applications. These attributes allowed them to capture a major part of the portable rechargeable battery market—which requires a battery life of only 2 to 3 years—within a few years of their introduction, and to generate global sales estimated at $5 billion in 2006. Nevertheless, the reliability of lithium-ion technology for automotive applications is not proven—unfriendly failure modes, for example, are a concern—and its current cost is higher than that of NiMH.
Cost is a major concern of the industry, and one expressed by other speakers at the Symposium. Anderman listed four primary challenges for lithium-ion batteries for the HEV market, all coming back to cost: cost of the battery at initial manufacturing volumes, safety, manufacturing reliability and life.
There are four major questions that manufacturers need to address, according to Anderman: cathode material, cell structure, manufacturing, and pack design and application.
Cathode selection. While LiNiCoAlO2 is the most proven cathode material, it is also the most thermally unstable at high states of charge. LiNoCoMnO2 is gaining momentum, but there is not much durability data yet. The newer LiMn2O4 materials are better, according to Anderman, but the issue of life at elevated temperatures has not been solved. LiFePO4 materials are the most thermally stable, yet deliver lower voltage and lower energy. Cost and life are not clear yet.
The latest trend is to use blends of materials—more than 50% of new cathode materials emerging are using some form of blended material, Anderman said, hoping that 0.5 + 0.5 is greater than 1.0.
Cell structure. Cell makers use either a spirally wound cylindrical structure which offers the best manufacturability; a spirally wound elliptic structure, which is easier to package and to cool; or stacked plates, which enable uniform compression but require more handling.
In addition there is the packaging issue: hard can versus pouch (soft). There is some question, according to Anderman, as to the ability of pouch packaging to support the life required of the battery in a vehicular application.
Manufacturing. The latest concern among manufacturers has been metal impurities in the cell—the cause of the recent $450-million recall of li-ion batteries. To guarantee power, cell makers need to use long, thin electrodes. To guarantee safety, yield and reliability, manufacturers must be conservative in terms of coating specifications, thickness of separators, winding, welding, filling and closing. Furthermore, batteries for the hybrid applications are required to have a much longer life than batteries targeted at consumer applications. This all translates to high initial manufacturing costs.
Pack design and application. A number of questions emerge in this area, including cell balancing, overcharge protection, crush protection and temperature range.
What the automotive industry is looking for in a battery supplier, according to Anderman, is someone with large cell design competence, with high-volume production experience, a significant amount of life data available, automotive supply experience, and deep pockets.
All those attributes are not always found in a single provider. The auto industry's experience with getting packs from cell makers has not been great, according to Anderman. As a result, some automakers are looking to partnerships between cell developers and pack developers.
A good recent example of this is the partnership between cell developer A123 Systems and pack developers Cobasys that is now supplying li-ion packs to GM for use in the Saturn VUE plug in work. (Earlier post.)
Anderman projects that some 783,000 hybrid vehicles will be sold in 2009, with more than 95% of those using NiMH battery systems—leaving about 38,000 units for lithium-ion. As a result, he projects that hybrid vehicle applications will represent more than 50% of the total NiMH battery market by then.
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I do not know if the chemistry can be blended between the high power/long life type (A123/Altair)and the high energy density type (Electrovaya), but it sure looks do-able to combine a 3 or so KWH storage battery for high power draw and high power recovery (regen braking) with a high energy density battery (20 or so KWH storage) to provide an all electric range of 40 miles. So what is the hold-up??
Obviously that speaker based his words on technologies that don't incorporate the nano li-ion spectrum. There was no mention of the compound Li4Ti5O12. That is the nano material in Altair's NanoSafe battery. In his section "Cathode Selection", Li4Ti5O12 has a normal operating temp of -50oC to 75oC and has been tested up to 240oC. This is a statement from the Altair site...
"By using its nano-titanate material as the negative electrode, Altairnano has achieved a high powered battery that is thermally stable, and therefore can not exhibit thermal runaway. By removing the highly reactive graphite from the battery design, and instead using nano-titanate materials as the negative electrode material no interaction takes place with the electrolyte in the Altairnano batteries. This results in an inherently safe battery. In addition, Altairnano performed high-rate overcharge, puncture, crush, drop and other comparative tests alongside a wide range of graphite-based battery cells with, again, no malfunctions, explosions or safety concerns exhibited by the Altairnano battery cells. In comparison, the graphite cells, put to the same tests, routinely smoked, caught fire and exploded...."
"...Altairnano nLTO-based batteries can operate at temperatures as low as -50°C and as high as +75°C — again, with no unsafe characteristics. To put the NanoSafe batteries to the test, Altairnano performed "hot box" exercises on its batteries at temperatures up to 240°C — which is more than 100°C above the temperature at which graphite-based batteries can explode — with zero explosions or safety concerns."
Regarding the speakers statements on "Cell Structure", his statements are true, but that doesn't mean that issued isn't being research. Altair has partnerned up with Electro Energy Inc. Their agreement was to incorporate Li4Ti5O12 with Electro's bi-polar battery w/cell wafer construction. The end result is to come up with a higher density nano bi-polar li-ion battery w/cell wafer construction. This will enable a battery to be molded to whatever shape to fit into "dead space" in a vehicle's construction. Cell structure isn't a concern on most automotive electric vehicles because by removing the engine and transmission... a designer will have more than enough room for battery placement. For hybrid vehicles, that's a different story. But only for hybrid vehicles that have the gas engine as the main sorce of propulsion. In the concept vehicle by GM, the "Volt", the battery system is primary and the flex fuel generator is secondary. His remarks on cell structure only apply to vehicle designs that still have the gas engine as the primary energy source.
Regarding his comments on "Manufacturing" and "Pact design and application", I'm not going to even go there. The link I provided above adresses 3 of the 4 concerns with the exception of cell structure and that is being handled as we speak.
His statement...
"What the automotive industry is looking for in a battery supplier, according to Anderman, is someone with large cell design competence, with high-volume production experience, a significant amount of life data available, automotive supply experience, and deep pockets."
It's obvious that this article is to ramp up A123/Cobasys/GM on their up and coming models such as the Saturn Vue and possibly the Volt.
Jimmi you say "Altair has partnerned up with Electro Energy Inc." What is your source? I have not been able to find any confirmation of this on the websites of Altair or Electro Energy Inc.
I think that Anderman has some strong points and I hope Altair somehow is listening. There is much more to business success than an outstanding product like the one Altair might have. It seems to me that Altair is wasting precious time getting too involved with Phonix and UQM. Altair need to focuss on increasing cell production and make alliances with others that specialize in cell packing.
It is interesting to note that Altair sell their battery to Phonix for exactly the same price per kWh of battery as A123 is selling their batteries for use in DeWalt's tools. They charge $2400 per kWh. That price is competitive for the mass market for powertools and electric bikes but it is too expensive for a mass market for EVs HEVs or PHEVs. NiMH cost about $1200 kWh when packed for HEV use. In other words, as long as Altair and A123 can sell all of their production volume for $2400 per kWh (to powertools or electric bikes (china makes millions of these bikes already) they should do so. My advise to Altair would be to quickly find a producer of battery packs for electric bikes or powertools in order to create a cash cow before the year end. That will help them finance expanded production and also demonstrate to outsiders that they are capable of delivering in high volume and that they know their production costs. The point is, that for Altair to get a big customer like GM or Ford they must be able not only to demonstrate that they are capable of volume production but also that they make money on it so that they will be in business tomorrow also and therefore can be trusted as a dependable supplier.
Neil -
at the end of the day, pretty much everything comes down to dollars and cents. If traction batteries cannot be made to last for the full life of a vehicle, you *could* replace them every so often. Unfortunately, the cost would probably be prohibitive, plus you'd have to deal with much larger recycling streams.
An alternative approach is to pair up a battery with an ultracapacitor bank for peak shaving during acceleration boosts and recuperation. If the rated power of the battery can be reduced, it becomes that much easier to achieve the required longevity via more conservative design and charge management. Indeed, ultracapacitors alone are a viable concept for mild hybrids provided the customer doesn't live in the mountains.
The reasons batteries are preferred appear to be specific provisions in California's ZEV legislation that favors full hybrids and high all-electric range over the wide application of idle-stop and ICE downsizing. If these provisions steer the auto industry in a direction that will ultimately prove so expensive that unit volumes remain negligible, then perhaps this particular law needs to be reconsidered.
Politicians should define the outcomes society wants to achieve, in terms of the broad based metrics. Picking specific technologies is almost always suboptimal. Given the choice, auto makers would focus on the low hanging fruit first, e.g. idle stop as standard equipment on at least 50% of new cars and trucks. It might only improve per vehicle fuel economy and emissions by a 5%, but the sheer volume means the total benefit would be much greater than what you get from the 1% that are full hybrids. Besides, people will be far more willing to pay a small premium for the sake of the environment if they see most everyone else doing their bit as well.
NiMh batteries improve too. There were couples of hints from ECD that they have serious successes with "advanced Ni-Mh battery", although they prefer to keep it quite so far. The most intriguing recent development is Sanyo/GE Eneloop Ni-Mh batteries: they developed batteries with very low self discharge. Batteries have shelf charge life of couple of years, and are sold pre-charged. Everyone who happened to use Ni-Mh batteries knows how frustrating is their self-discharge, especially at elevated temperatures. AA batteries are already sold on E-bay.
Henrik, A123 does not charge DeWalt $2400/kWh. Discounters sell DeWalt battery packs for $100. These packs have 10 cells rated at 7.59 Wh each (3.3 V, 2.3 Ah). That's about $1300/kWh. Cell cost to DeWalt is certainly below $1000/kWh, quite competitive with HEV NiMH cells.
Your advice to Altair about finding a high volume market is spot on. A123 is following the classic venture-backed company formula outlined by Geoffrey Moore in "Crossing the Chasm": before attacking a huge and uncertain new market (e.g. PHEVs) first build a successful business in a smaller niche where customers already exist.
Jimmi, the reason Anderman and other battery experts ignore Altair's Li4Ti5O12 chemistry is because Altair won't release anything for review. That doesn't guarantee Altair is a scam, but it makes it hard to take them seriously.
2009 is only two years away, that's not a very prophetic statement.
In his position I'm sure that he only reports what he knows is true, so he'll leave out information on Altair's new battery until independent testing can be done.
I hope Altair keeps right on doing what they're doing and focusing on EV's. I feel like A123 sold out. I know that business is business but a longer lasting drill won't help the world but a proven electric car could.
Doggydogworld I would like to see a link for someone selling DeWalt 36W battery for $100. This is a link for online resellers of the battery. http://www.dewalt.com/us/products/attachment_detail.asp?productID=14905. As far as I can see the minimum price is $169. That is the price I used for my calculation and I used 3.0 V per cell because that's what r/c hobbyists say the cells are good for when used for a while (I know a123 say it is 3,3). Otherwise 2,3 Ah 10 cells and 70g per cell.
A123 have said that they will be able to compete with the price of NiMH batteries for HEVs so I guess that you are right that they will be able to deliver for $1000 per kWh. It is going to be interesting to see how soon that will happen.
Henrick... sorry for not posting a link for the EEEI/ALTI agreement. It was actually at both the Altair and the Electro sites. You just had to dig a lil deeper. That agreement was made a while back. And all my comments can be verified at their websites. Concerning Anderman's comments...
"What the automotive industry is looking for in a battery supplier, according to Anderman, is someone with large cell design competence, with high-volume production experience, a significant amount of life data available, automotive supply experience, and deep pockets."
Regarding large cell design competency, I don't think Altair or A123 can qualify themselves as fully competent for LARGE cell design. Of the 2, I would lean toward Altair. With Altair's partnership with Advanced Battery Technology, Electro Energy Inc, and Alcoa, A123 may not be the only company to fit Anderman's comments. I hope the agreement with ABAT will allow Altair to have somewhat access to the Polymer Li-ion (PLI)Battery or its technology. And I hope the EEEI/ALTI partnership will bring us the high density bi-polar nano li-ion battery w/cell wafer design. Not to forget I hope the PHEV battery will come out soon in regards to the Altair/Alcoa agreement. BTW... anyone here live in the San Diego area that has access to the Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Symposium??? The reason that I ask is because there will be an Altair/Alcoa booth set up there. The event is on Feb 7-8 and is sold out. Would be nice to get some intel on what's happening with Altair/Alcoa. All in all I can only hope there will be ample competition in the nano li-ion segment in order to drive R&D to new heights. We are on the verge of slowly cutting down our oil dependancy.
I totally agree that Altair needs to concentrate on shear volume now. I'm glad to see that both A123 and Altair have the backing of majow Dow components...A123 has 3(GM, GE, P&G) and Altair has 2 (GE,AA) and both companies can be set up to mass produce rather quickly.
All I've been trying to say is that while Aderman's comments are somewhat true that this so called "battery company" doesn't exist... he doesn't ackowledge the fact that we are very very close to having one. Time is of the essence since ZEV credits will expire soon and this plays against Altair current California strategy. Let's hope to see our gov't structure has the insight to give more money to the battery sector and see the neccesity of extending the ZEV credits. These new batteries coming out have a good chance at making a big difference in a short amount of time... if given a chance.
Almost forgot... regarding battery costs. The price of the batteries... both the M1 and the NanoSafe are somewhat obscured. You can't derive the actual cost of the NanoSafe battery at $2400 kwh. I see the formula as to how you got that number... the $7.9 mil 75 battery order from Phoenix puts the charge of $84,000 a battery divided by the 35 kwh of the battery gives you $2400. There may be engineering costs, the exclusivity premium, ZEV credit consideration, and possible rapid charging stations built into the contract price. I also frequent "The Energy Blog" (thefrasierdomain) and I think a price of $400 kwh was mentioned from an interview from someone from somewhere of importance. I'll look it up and post the link when I find it. Like I said before... guys.. we are close =)
Regarding what I just said about "actual cost"... and I was trying to address sales price... uhh sorry. But if you kept reading I have some good numbers in there =b I think Altair has a lil cash cow. Not to the extent that we would like to see but ABAT has made some real progress with their PLI Battery... and the PLI battery is based on Altair's Li4Ti5O12 . I know what you're thinking... who the heck is Advanced Battery Technologies Inc? Do some research on ABAT... look at some of their recent news and agreements (site is kinda lame)... and this here is pure speculation but is has been rumored that ABAT might be providing the batteries for the new ZAP-X APX Lotus SUV.
ABAT is a Chinese battery manufacturer based in Harbin, China and already provides their PLI batteries to a company that makes scooters and has other agreements regarding other segments such as EVs... agreement with ZAP... they make batteries for mine laterns... all this is at the sites... just want to give you a lil bit of info.
A123 has more companies financing them then the ones you guys listed above.
As an example you can also add Motorola to the list...I believe they have invested several million dollars in A123 (for their cellphone and two-way radio businesses no doubt).
Now if only we could get Apple to get some of Altairnano's batteries for their iPods we wouldn't have to worry about ever cracking open the case to change those darn batteries.
Very well done Andrew, regarding the Valence batteries. I've some stock in Altair and have been following them since winter 2004 on a huntch a friend of mine gave me. Not many people nowadays know the story about Valence and Phoenix Motorcars. About 6 months after Phoenix made the agreement with Altair... they made over their whole website... in doing so the started to limit their published news releases. They started to ommit press releases prior to the Phoenix/Altair agreement... thus deleting the news on Valence.
Regarding GE...go here...
Toward the bottom, click "Commercial Partnerships" and there you go.
Altair has one direct partnership and one indirect partnership that I feel is more important than the one with GE. At that link above... click on "Government Agencies". The very first listing is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). I'm sure most of us here are aware of that agency. The indirect partnership i must mention and the one with the most potential is actually found at the Electro Energy Inc website in old press releases. We all know that EEEI/ALTI are going to come up with some new stuff, hopefully soon. Look at the chain of events concerning Li-ion research and more specifically bi-polar li-ion events. Prior to the Altair agreement, EEEI had already patented a bi-polar li-ion battery. I would expect news either to be coming out soon where Altair's NLTO is incorporated in that design or the news will be kept secret. Why??? Looking way way back into EEEI's news you'll find a company announced a stake purchase of EEEI. That company is In-Q-Tel. For those of you who don't know about In-Q-Tel, this a news release about that company and the event from EEEI's website...
Electro Energy And In-Q-Tel Announce Strategic Relationship And Development Agreement For Bipolar Lithium Battery Technology
DANBURY, Conn. and ARLINGTON, Va., August 16, 2004 -- Electro Energy, Inc. (EEEI: OTCBB), a leading provider of advanced battery technologies and associated systems, and In-Q-Tel, (www.in-q-tel.org), a private not-for-profit venture group funded by the Central Intelligence Agency, today announced the establishment of a strategic relationship , including a technology development agreement.
The strategic relationship began in March 2004, prior to the company going public. This included In-Q-Tel funding of technology development for the application of Electro Energy's bipolar design to lithium battery chemistry and other advanced battery-power solutions to serve the national security community, as well as the issuance of securities.
"In-Q-Tel invested in Electro Energy because their unique battery technology promises better performance to both public and private sector users across a wide variety of applications," said Gilman Louie, CEO of In-Q-Tel. Martin Klein, CEO of Electro Energy, said, "Our partnership with In-Q-Tel funds the extension of our patented bipolar cell design to lithium battery chemistry, an important addition to the company's capabilities. We are very pleased with the confidence that In-Q-Tel has shown in our company, and we felt our shareholders would be glad to know about this relationship. We believe the resulting product will be superior to existing products for both government and commercial power applications."
Electro Energy's bipolar cell design provides superior performance in energy capacity, size and weight vs. current commercially available battery products. The design of Electro Energy's products is significantly simpler and less costly than conventional cylindrical and prismatic technologies. Among its advantages is the ability to discharge efficiently at exceptionally high rates, compact packaging and lower manufacturing costs. These factors can be critical in applications such as military communications, military aircraft, and space and medical applications, as well as power-consuming commercial applications such as hybrid electric cars, electric bicycles and scooters, cordless power tools, load regulation and stationary energy storage.
About In-Q-Tel
In-Q-Tel is a private, independent, enterprise funded by the CIA. Launched in 1999, In-Q-Tel's mission is to identify and invest in companies developing cutting-edge technologies that serve United States national security interests. Working from an evolving strategic blueprint that defines the CIA's critical information technology needs, In-Q-Tel engages with entrepreneurs, established companies, researchers and venture capitalists to deliver technologies that pay out in superior intelligence capabilities for the CIA and the larger Intelligence Community.
I hope you enjoyed this reading... cheers!!!
If you want an omen of things to come... look at the Insider Trading information on EEEI. Funny... the CEO, Michael Reed, just bought about 14k shares at a price range of $1.35-$1.45 just in the last couple of months. It's still trading at that range... $1.42 currently. It's still a speculative investment but geeeez... talk about the stars aligning. This is the one to watch. I have my trigger finger on the "buy" button. I just need EEEI to flinch just a lil bit before I fire.
Jimmi nice story. I gess that promoting development in potentially revolutionary energy technology is one of the most peacefull means the CIA or USA could pursue to protect the US (indeed the world) from devastating energy crisis. Apart from that, I followed the link you gave to confirm Altairs 'partnership' with GE. I can see the GE logo but I can't find anything on Altair's or GE's webpage that explains the nature of that partnership. Could you help me find a link that documents the nature of that partnership?
I gess that promoting development in potentially revolutionary energy technology is one of the most peacefull means the CIA or USA could pursue to protect the US (indeed the world) from devastating energy crisis.
My inner cynic tells me that weening the world off oil would mean the US would be free to bomb the mideast back to the precambrian.
The relationship with Altair and GE dates back before 2005. I had to Google around a bit but I got you the info...
It's basically a colaborative agreement put together by DARPA...
Altair got a European patent out of it all...
I know... it's not NanoSafe related but it shows the bounds of technology that Altair gets into. I wish Altair would put back some of it's older news... they got into some intresting projects.
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Le Vell, 48, flatly denied any wrong doing when questioned by officers who arrested him, Manchester Crown Court heard.
The star, who plays car mechanic Kevin Webster in the ITV soap, will give evidence himself to the jury later today, on the fourth day of his trial, accused of 12 charges in all, which are five counts of rape, three of indecent assault, two counts of sexual activity with a child and two of causing a child to engage in sexual activity.
The alleged offences relate to one complainant and are said to have taken place between September 2002 and September 2010. He is alleged to have raped the girl while she clutched a teddy bear during one attack.
The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, wept as she told the court Le Vell told her it was their ''little secret''.
Today detective constable Neil Rothwell told the jury about how Le Vell was arrested on suspicion of rape at his home in Hale, Cheshire, at 7.45am on September 30 2011.
''What was his response?'' Eleanor Laws QC, prosecuting asked the officer.
''He did not make any reply,'' Mr Rothwell replied.
Le Vell was taken into custody and interviewed with his solicitor present and told by officers this was his ''opportunity'' to give his side of the story.
''There is no account and no story,'' Le Vell told the officer.
Mr Rothwell said he asked Le Vell if he was responsible for raping the girl.
''No, not at all,'' the actor replied.
Le Vell was then asked about being confronted by the girl's mother with the allegations.
''I don't know where these allegations have come from,'' Le Vell told the officer. ''When she told me you could've just blew me over. My legs turned to jelly.''


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Gulf South Pipeline Company L P
Sixth Revised Volume No. 1
Contents / Previous / Next / Main Tariff Index
Effective Date: 07/07/2008, Docket: RP08-402-000, Status: Effective
Fifth Revised Sheet No. 804 Fifth Revised Sheet No. 804
Superseding: Substitute Fourth Revised Sheet No. 804
"Elapsed-Prorated-Scheduled Quantity" means that portion of the
scheduled quantity that would have theoretically flowed up to the
effective time of the intra-day nomination being confirmed, based
upon a cumulative uniform hourly quantity for each nomination
period affected.
"Electronic Flow Measurement" ("EFM") shall mean that form of
measurement equipment which may consist of a computerized remote
terminal unit, transducers, and other associated power, radio and
sensing and other electronic devices to record gas measurement
that allows for the transfer of data directly to Gulf South,
without the use of charts.
"Electronic Notice Delivery" is the term used to describe the
delivery of notices via Internet E-mail and/or EDI/EDM.
"Equivalent Quantities" shall mean the quantities of gas, as
expressed in Dekatherms, required for delivery by Gulf South for
the account of Customer at the delivery points provided in any
agreement for that Customer covering the quantities of gas
received, as adjusted for PTR if processed for customer's
account, Separator Gas and the then current Fuel and Company-Used
Gas allowance, if applicable.
"Expansion Facilities" shall mean the pipeline and associated
facilities specifically identified in Docket Nos. CP06-127, CP06-
446, CP07-32, and CP07-105, as Gulf South Index Nos. 816, 816-1,
817, and 818, such facilities extending from the Carthage, Texas
area to Transco Station 85 in Choctaw County, Alabama, and
including the facilities leased from Destin Pipeline Company,
L.L.C., but excluding any non-Expansion (i.e., historical)
interconnections and associated facilities, such as Gulf South
Index Nos. 130 (Kosci Line) and 330 (Middle 30).
"FERC" and "Commission" shall mean the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission or any successor agency.
"Firm Primary Service" is the scheduling priority for service
under firm service agreements where both the receipt and delivery
points are primary points up to Available Quantities.


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Julie Price Pinkerton
This one is better for a car as old as yours, he says.
It won't glob up, he says. And spring is almost here,
so of course you need a thicker oil.
And I say, So with this good oil my car will run better
and it'll be washed and waxed every time I get in it?
Yes, he says. And you'll never have to put another drop of gas in it.
And when I start the car, a big bag of money will appear in the back seat?
Yes, he says. And cash will shoot out your exhaust pipe
and people will be glad when they see you coming.
And will I look rested? Like I've gotten plenty of sleep every night?
That goes without saying, he says.
And when I roll over in bed and look at the man
who says he loves me, will I finally believe he loves me?
You, he says, won't be able to believe anything else. Your heart
will soak up the goodness and you will smile and beam and sigh
like a pig in mud.
And what about my parents? I ask. Will this oil keep them from dying?
They're very old.
Let's call them and tell them the happy news, he says.
—from Rattle #40, Summer 2013
Julie Price Pinkerton: "The first half of 'Why I Opted for the More Expensive Oil at Jiffy Lube' is verbatim the conversation I had with the guy working there. He went along with the silliness. The darker ending of the poem came later, in part because the fear of losing my parents became almost an obsession. It entered everyday things, like oil changes. Not that long after I wrote this poem, I did lose my dad. The anticipation of certain loss has always haunted me. A few years ago, before my father died, my husband Scott and I noticed that our beloved, fragile eighteen-year-old yellow tabby, Hankie, was having trouble bending down far enough to reach his food and water bowls. We set the bowls up on phonebooks to make it easier for him, but that didn't seem terribly dignified. Scott began working on a secret project: from a long scrap of wood he crafted an old-fashioned 'lunch counter' for Hankie. He painted it white and curved it at the ends like the counters in the old Woolworth's five-and-dimes. It was grander, by far, than the Yellow Pages. The metal legs made it tall enough for Hankie to eat comfortably and we took delight in watching him walk over to the lunch counter and take his usual spot, just like a regular. It helped us, knowing we were giving him the best old age possible. The poetry I like most is like that homemade lunch counter: original, surprising, and carefully crafted, with the driving force behind it some kind of love. Love of words, love for a parent, maybe love for an elderly cat. Hankie lived to be twenty, by the way, and we still have his lunch counter, though the restaurant is now closed."


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This week on PetSugar, we discovered ways to get your pet to the vet without all the stress, I talked about the effect accelerated ice melt has on the animals in the Arctic, and we got a sneak peek at the California Academy of Sciences that opens this weekend!
What else did we talk about this week? Take my quiz and see how well you were paying attention!
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Leading 3D Experts Discuss Virtual Moviemaking Growth Trends and Opportunities.
Vancouver, BC – The Smith Micro Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMSI) Productivity and Graphics Group today announced that the company will be presenting at the 10th annual Jon Peddie Research event at Siggraph 2011. The event will take place at the Pan Pacific Vancouver in Vancouver, British Columbia.
"Poser has long been a pioneer in the field of 3D character animation, providing beginning and professional artists alike a significant amount of flexibility and creative control to design and animate their characters," said Jon Peddie, President of Jon Peddie Research. "We're honored to have Smith Micro Software join our prominent list of panelists and look forward to their insight and expertise on the topic of virtual movie-making."
The panel will bring together the industry's leading experts on virtual filmmaking to discuss the growth trends and areas of opportunity, technology trends, and competitive dynamics as moviemakers interactively visualize and explore digital scenes for the production of feature films and game cinematics.
"The global phenomenon of 3D live-action and animated films has dominated box office sales for the past few years and is driving significant advances in the landscape of 3D content production for film, television, Web and many other emerging industries," said Steve Cooper, Senior Product Manager, Productivity & Graphics for Smith Micro Software. "Poser is paving the way for an entire generation of animators to interactively visualize and quickly produce digital scenes complete with lifelike, photo-realistic 3D characters."
Event Details:
What: 10th annual Jon Peddie Research event at Siggraph 2011
Where: Pan Pacific, Vancouver, BC
Who: Steve Cooper, Senior Product Manager, Poser, Smith Micro Software, Inc.
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Ping Fu, Chairman and CEO, Geomagic
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THE THOMAS NOMINATION; Excerpts From Senate's Hearings on the Thomas Nomination
Published: October 12, 1991
(Page 2 of 13)
Q. Let's go back to the first time that you allege Judge Thomas indicated he had more than a professional interest in you. Do you recall what the first time was, and with as much precision as you can, what he said to you?
A. I -- as I recall, it either happened at lunch or it happened in his office, when he said to me, very casually, you ought to go out with me sometime.
Q. You "ought to" or you "are to"?
A. You ought to.
Q. Was that the extent at that incident?
A. That was the extent at that incident. At that incident, I declined, and at that incident, I think he may have said something about, you know, he couldn't understand why I wouldn't want to go out with him, and the conversation may have been --
Q. Can you describe for the committee how you felt at that time when he asked you out? Were you -- what was your reaction?
A. Well, my reaction at that time was a little -- little surprised, because I had not indicated to him in any way that I knew that I was interested in dating him. We had developed a good working relationship. It was cordial, and it was very comfortable, so I was very surprised that he was interested in something else. EMBARRASSING INCIDENT
Q. . . . [ W ] ith regard to the other incidents that you have mentioned in your opening statement, can you tell us how you felt at the time? Were you uncomfortable? Were you embarrassed? Did it not concern you? How did you feel about it?
A. The pressure to go out with him I felt embarrassed about, because I didn't -- I had given him an explanation, that I thought it was not good for me as an employee working directly for him to go out.
I thought he didn't take seriously my decision to say no, and that he did not respect my having said no to him.
I -- the conversations about sex, I was much more embarrassed and humiliated by.
The two combined really made me feel sort of helpless in a job situation, because I really wanted to do the work that I was doing. I enjoyed that work. But I felt that that was being put in jeopardy by the other things that were going on in the office.
So I was really, really very troubled by it, and distressed over it.
Q. Can you tell the committee what was the most embarrassing of all the incidents that you have alleged?
A. I think the one that was the most embarrassing was his discussion of pornography involving these women with large breasts and engaged in a variety of sex with different people or animals. That was the thing that embarrassed me the most and made me feel the most humiliated.
Q. If you can, in his words, not yours, in his words, can you tell us what on that occasion he said to you. You have described the essence of the conversation. In order for us to determine -- well, can you tell us in his words, what he said.
A. I really cannot quote him verbatim. I can remember something like, you really ought to see these films that I've seen, or this material that I've seen. This woman has this kind of breast, or breasts that measure this size. And they've got here in there with all kinds of things, she's doing all kinds of different sex acts, and you know, that kind of -- those were the kinds of words, where he expressed his enjoyment of it, and seemed to try to encourage me to enjoy that kind of material as well.
Q. Did he indicate why he thought you should see this material?
A. No. POSSIBLE MOTIVATION
Q. Why do you think, what was your reaction, why did you think he was saying these things to you?
A. Well, coupled with the pressure about going out with him, I felt that implicit in this discussion about sex was the offer to have sex with him, not just to go out with him. There was never any explicit thing about going out to dinner, or going to a particular concert or movie, it was, we ought to go out. And given his other conversations, I took that to mean, we ought to have sex, or we ought to look at these pornographic movies together.
Q. Professor, at your press conference -- one of your press conferences -- you said that the issues you raised about Judge Thomas, you referred to it as an ugly issue. Is that how you viewed these conversations?
A. Yes, they were very ugly. They were very dirty, they were disgusting.
Q. Were any one of these conversations -- this will be my last question; my time is up -- were any one of these conversations other than being asked to go out, were any one of them repeated more than once?
A. The particular --
Q. The same conversation, reference to --
A. The reference to his own physical attributes was repeated more than once, yes.
Q. Can you tell us what he said?
A. Well, I can tell you that he compared his penis size -- he measured his penis size in terms of length, those kinds of comments. Questions From Senator Arlen Specter Republican of Pennsylvania
I would start, Professor Hill, with one of your more recent statements, at least according to a man by the name of Carlton Stewart, who says that he met you in August of this year, ran into you at the American Bar Association in Atlanta, where Professor Hill stated to me, in the presence of Stanley Grayson, quote, how great Clarence's nomination was and how much he deserved it, unquote.


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Notes: Next 10 days pivotal
Notes: Next 10 days pivotal
CLEVELAND -- General manager Mark Shapiro still doesn't know if the Indians are buyers or sellers as the trade market rolls toward the middle of July and the end-of-the-month deadline for non-waiver deals draws nearer. Part of his uncertainty is the fact that so many teams are still in the playoff races, Shapiro said Friday before the Indians played the White Sox. Those teams seem to be looking for much the same thing: talent that can produce. "In 10 days, buyers can be sellers and sellers can be buyers," he said.
Those 10 days could be meaningful for the Indians and Shapiro, because in those 10 days either the ballclub will have stayed close in the Wild Card race or it will have dropped so far behind teams like the Twins, Rangers and the Yankees that the Indians have little or no chance to make the playoffs. In that case, the Tribe will likely become a seller, and it has one extremely marketable commodity in right-hander Kevin Millwood, a free agent after the '05 season. Right now, Shapiro's interested in improving the Indians, a team that's still in the thick of the Wild Card race. He said he's been doing a lot of talking with other organizations, but he's not going to make a deal, he said, simply for the public relations appeal that such a trade might have for the fans in Cleveland. But even players who have PR appeal aren't everywhere for the taking, he said. Teams, aside from organizations like the Royals, Devil Rays, Reds, Rockies and Giants, are gauging where they are in the pennant race before they jump into either the buyers' or sellers' category. In Shapiro's case, he can't just add anybody, though. He has to find a right-handed hitter -- it seems to be his No. 1 objective -- who can play right field, first base and, maybe, third base. "There's only a certain number of positions we can look at -- where we think an upgrade would make us a considerably better team on the field," he said. "But they have to be a clear separation in production and productivity from the guys we're currently playing." Congrats: The Center for Family and Children honored Cleveland Indians Charities at its Living Legends ceremonies Wednesday night at Morton's. More than 600 people attended the event, which raised money for the center. The annual event pays tribute to individuals or corporations that made significant impacts on the Greater Cleveland area through their philanthropic work. And Indians Charities has been a major player in contributing to various civic causes, including its $250,000 contribution to save baseball and softball in the city schools. Here's the question: Chad Ogea won the Bob Feller Award in 1992 and Steve Kline won it in 1994, but can you name the 1993 winner? (See answer below.) Quotable: "I hate 4 o'clock starts. The shadow from the stadium is covering home plate but the pitcher is standing in bright sunshine. It's hard enough to hit a ball that's coming at you at 95 mph. Imagine how tough it is when the ball is coming out of the sunlight and into a shadow." -- Omar Vizquel, in his autobiography "Omar!" Did you know: Baltimore was once the top farm club for the Indians from 1942 to 1948. The only city that has had a longer consecutive run as the Tribe's Triple-A affiliate is Buffalo. Under the knife: Double-A Akron right-hander J.D. Martin, the 35th overall selection in the 2001 First-Year Player Draft, will undergo Tommy John surgery on his right elbow Monday in Birmingham, Ala. "We reached a point where the decision was clear," Shapiro said. "He just had to make it." Martin, who was named an Eastern League All-Star this season, hasn't pitched since June 26. He was 3-1 with a 2.38 ERA in 10 games for the Aeros. This and that: Entering play Friday, the Indians own the fourth-lowest ERA in the American League at 3.79, which includes the lowest relief ERA (2.86) and seventh lowest starter ERA (4.24). ... The bullpen has saved 27 of its 37 save chances. ... Indians starters have pitched five or more innings in 74 of 89 games. ... In the last 59 games since May 9, Indians starting pitchers are 26-19 with a 3.78 ERA (368.2IP, 346H, 155ER) to lower their starter ERA from 5.22 to 4.24. ... The bullpen had an eight-game, 20 1/3-inning scoreless streak snapped July 6. ... Starters in their last 15 games: 6-8, 4.80 ERA. ... The Tribe is 27-1 when it scores six or more runs. ... The Tribe is 5-7 in July after a 17-10 record in June. Tribe tidbits: Tribe fans can buy tickets to home games through the Internet at www.indians.com, at the Jacobs Field box office, at the seven Cleveland Indians Team Shops in Northeast Ohio and through the Ticketmaster.com phone center (1-866-48-TRIBE). On this date: In 2000, the near-mint condition 1909 Honus Wagner card, which the American Tobacco Co. owned, sold for $1.1 million in an eBay online auction. The high bidder paid $1.265 million, including a 15 percent buyer's premium, for the 91-year-old card of the Hall of Fame shortstop. What about B.P.? Manager Eric Wedge said he won't be using infielder Brandon Phillips the way he'd used veteran Alex Cora, whom the Tribe traded last week to the Red Sox. Instead, Phillips will be getting tutoring on the Major League level that should help his development. "It's good for him to be up here and have that exposure," Wedge said. Phillips has appeared in two games and is hitless in four at-bats. And here's the answer: Right-hander John Carter won the award, which goes to the top pitcher in the Tribe's Minor League system. Unlike Ogea and Kline, Carter, now in the Community Relations Department with the Indians, never made it to the bigs. He hurt his arm, an injury that destroyed his career. On deck: Right-hander Jake Westbrook will take the mound Saturday afternoon for the Tribe. Westbrook will face White Sox left-hander Mark Buehrle.
Justice B. Hill is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Open Babel is a project designed to pick up where Babel left off, as a
cross-platform program and library designed to interconvert between many
file formats used in molecular modeling and computational chemistry.
Features currently include:
* A huge variety of common chemical file formats
* Recognition of file type based on filename extension
* SMARTS matcher
* Flexible atom typer
* Gasteiger partial charge calculation
* Hydrogen addition and deletion
* Automatic feature perception (rings, hybridization, aromaticity)
* Multiple conformer storage within molecules
* Command line interface development class
* Bitvector class
* Open-source/Free Software under the GNU General Public License
* Cross platform (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, SGI, Solaris, Dreamcast...)
WWW: http://openbabel.sourceforge.net/
make generate-plist
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/science/openbabel/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install openbabel
cd /usr/ports/science/openbabel/ && make install clean
pkg install openbabel
PKGNAME: openbabel
SHA256 (openbabel-2.4.1.tar.gz) = 204136582cdfe51d792000b20202de8950218d617fd9c6e18cee36706a376dfc
SIZE (openbabel-2.4.1.tar.gz) = 11618304
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
This port is required by:
===> The following configuration options are available for openbabel-2.4.1:
CAIRO=off: PNG support via cairo library
PYTHON=on: Python bindings or support
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
cmake:outsource python gnome
Number of commits found: 53
science/openbabel: Update to 2.4.1
Patches removed:
patch-git_c3abbdda, patch-gcc5-support (Integrated upstream)
patch-scripts__CMakeLists.txt (Builds without it)
While here, set LICENSE and simplify BUILD_DEPENDS.
Changes: https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/releases
Submitted by: Yuri Victorovich <email@example.com>
Approved by: garga (mentor)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D10837
Provide more descriptive error messages for ports failing on powerpc64.
While here, pet portlint.
Approved by: portmgr (tier-2 blanket)
science/openbabel: unbreak with GCC >= 6
GCC defaults to C++14 since 6.0 which no longer converts istream to
bool by default. Instead of fixing just downgrade to C++98.
Reassign makc's ports back to the pool.
See "Maintainer Reset" in
https://www.freebsd.org/portmgr/policies_contributors.html. makc's last commit
was in March 31st (r412218), and his ports have been timing out since at least
July (r418155).
I also emailed him 2 weeks ago and have received no response so far.
many ports: mark broken on powerpc64
Remove ${PORTSDIR}/ from dependencies, categories r, s, t, and u.
With hat: portmgr
Sponsored by: Absolight
Convert my ports to new options helpers
science/openbabel: Support gcc5 (taken from upstream)
This was really painful. I consolidated numerous shared_ptr (TR1)
patches to a single big patch (including moving part of an existing
patch to it because the target needed yet another change).
Tested on FreeBSD 8/i386 and FreeBSD 10/amd64. This was previously
built on DragonFly with gcc 4.7, but libstdc++ incompatibilities caused
avogadro to break which eventually broken kde4 metapackage.
Those openbabel guys are long overdue for a new release, this was a bit
absurd although maybe some clever sed'ding could have reduced the patch
Approved by: blanket (gcc5 & DF breakage)
Cleanup plist
- Convert ports of science/ and security to new USES=python
Approved by: portmgr (implicit)
The FreeBSD x11@ and graphics team proudly presents
a zeising, kwm production, with help from dumbbell, bdrewery:
This update switches over to use the new xorg stack by default on FreeBSD 9
and 10 stable, on osversions where vt(9) is available.
It is still possible to use the old stack by specifying WITHOUT_NEW_XORG in
/etc/make.conf .
FreeBSD 8-STABLE and released versions of FreeBSD still use
the old version.
A package repository with binary packages for new xorg will
be available soon.
This patch also contains updates of libxcb and related ports, pixman, as well
Add upstream patch to fix the build with libc++.
The original commit has been slightly tuned so that it builds with the code
in the latest stable release.
Approved by: makc (maintainer)
- Add dependency on pkgconfig when building with cairo support [1]
- Support staging
- Use option helpers
Reported by: Andreas Nilsson via mail [1]
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
- Remove MAKE_JOBS_SAFE variable
Approved by: portmgr (bdrewery)
- convert USE_CMAKE to USES
- while here clean up some ports from CMAKE_VERBOSE, which is intended
for users
Approved by: portmgr (miwi)
- Update openbabel to 2.3.2
- Switch to CMake build system
- Add PYTHON and CAIRO options
- Don't rename babel binary, mark conflict with ancient biology/babel
- Merge py-openbabel to openbabel
- chase openbabel update
- Remove WITH_FBSD10_FIX, is no longer needed
- Fix build on FreeBSD 10
Remove USE_GNOME=gnometarget from ports. It has been a empty keyword since
mid 2008.
PR: ports/159624
Submitted by: Ruslan Mahmatkhanov <firstname.lastname@example.com>
- remove MD5
Sync to new bsd.autotools.mk
Update to 2.2.3
Feature safe: yes
Builds on ia64.
Approved by: makc
Respect LOCALBASE.
Reported by: QATty
Update to 2.2.2
Mark MAKE_JOBS_SAFE
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It has been tested with GNOME2, XFCE4, KDE3, KDE4 and other many wm/desktop
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old variables set a USE_AUTOTOOLS_COMPAT variable, which is parsed in
exactly the same way as USE_AUTOTOOLS itself.
Moreover, USE_AUTOTOOLS has already been extensively tested by the GNOME
team -- all GNOME 2.12.x ports use it.
Preliminary documentation can be found at:
which is in the process of being SGMLized before introduction into the
Porters Handbook.
Light blue touch-paper. Run.
USE_LIBTOOL instead of local patch
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PR: ports/63756
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forgot to add the patches.
science/openbabel and biology/babel binary names conflict
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Chemistry file translation program
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Mr. and Mrs. Chip Landon of Ridgefield have announced the engagement of their son, Jason Landon, to Christina Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Brown of Wallingford.
Jason graduated from Ridgefield High School in 1994 and from Villanova University in 1998. He lives in Fairfield and is a managing director at Portfolio Advisors, LLC.
Christina graduated from Lyman Hall High School in 1996 and from the University of Connecticut in 2000. She lives in Fairfield and is a director at ITG.
They will be married in October 2013 at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Fairfield.


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Inverness to appeal red card
Inverness Caledonian Thistle will launch an appeal against the red card shown to Greg Tansey in Saturday's 2-0 defeat to Celtic.
Last Updated: 21/11/11 3:33pm
Inverness Caledonian Thistle will launch an appeal against the red card shown to Greg Tansey in Saturday's 2-0 defeat to Celtic.
Referee Stevie O'Reilly sent-off Tansey following an aerial challenge with Georgios Samaras in the 36th minute, with the game goalless at the time.
A second half double from Anthony Stokes sealed the points for the Hoops.
A statement on the club's official website read: "Terry Butcher has confirmed this morning that the club are to appeal the red card issued by Stephen O'Reilly to Greg Tansey in Saturday's SPL fixture against Celtic.
"This is the third red card issued to an ICT player this season, and the third time they have felt they had a good case to have it overturned - something that has been denied on the previous two occasions which involved Ross Tokely and Chris Hogg."
On Saturday a furious Butcher described the incident as: "A deadly assault by fingernail."
He added: "Greg Tansey goes up to win the ball as you would do and Samaras did as well. The referee said to Tansey that he led with his elbow.
"His elbow is nowhere near Samaras' face. His hand flicked against his face and Samaras went down holding his face.
"If you see it and when you do see it, you will say that is never ever a red card. It is not a yellow card but it materially affected the outcome of the match."


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If girls from K-12 schools in Long Beach and the surrounding area are on the campus of Cal State Long Beach, living in dorms and conducting engineering experiments, Lily Gossage is usually in the middle of it all.
As director of recruitment and retention at the CSULB College of Engineering, Gossage has a passion for introducing girls to the world of engineering and stoking their interest in a field dominated by men.
She's written a proposal that led to 30 fifth-grade girls getting a trip to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, hosted a group of fifth-graders and their parents in CSULB dorms under a $12,500 grant from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers — Controls Systems Society, and led girls to the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey.
From rocket launchers to underwater robotics, Gossage has overseen interactive engineering activities for girls who visit CSULB, especially those from underprivileged backgrounds.
Gossage said the key component to outreach is CSULB student volunteers.
"When our women engineering students help young girls see the benefit of an engineering profession, they are discovering their own self-worth," Gossage said. "Their personal growth and self-esteem come from civic responsibility. I believe the success of our programs is largely the result of the efforts of our volunteers; our CSULB engineering students, faculty, staff, and also alumni work together toward a common cause within an environment of camaraderie while giving back to the community."


text: Tim O'Grady, left, and Steve Garrabrant of Ogdensburg hold 4 of the 5 smallmouth that took them to the top of the leaderboard Saturday. Teams from Ogdensburg and Potsdam took the top two places in the Northern New York Bassmasters Team Trail contest in Henderson Harbor last Saturday. For more on the tournament see earlier story.


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For readers of Robot Building for Beginners (Apress, 2002), welcome to the next level! Intermediate Robot Building offers the kind of real-world knowledge that only an experienced robot builder can offer—the kind of knowledge beginners usually have to learn through mistakes. In this book, you'll learn the value of a robot heartbeat and the purpose of the wavy lines in photocells. You'll find out what electronic part you should sand. You'll discover how a well-placed switch can help a robot avoid obstacles better than a pair of feelers. And you'll avoid mistakes that can cause a capacitor to explode.
Want a robot that can explore rooms, follow lines, or battle opponents in mini-sumo? This book presents step-by-step instructions and circuit and part descriptions so that you can build the robot featured in the book or apply the modules to your own robot designs.
Finally, you'll find the complete schematics for Roundabout, a room explorer that requires no programming and uses only off-the-shelf electronics. With Roundabout, you'll use many of the same techniques used by professional robotics engineersand you'll experience many of the same challenges and joys they feel when a robot "comes to life."
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Michael D.wrote a review of Lezyne Classic Chain Rod on August 22, 2013
Not ideal for fixies
Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
Construction seems sturdy enough, though I'm a little disappointed that the whip/spanner isn't full tang.
The bigger issue is that the lockring spanner doesn't seem to have been designed with rear hubs in mind. The bevel on the wood handle extends too far up and prevents the hook from going flush with the rear cog to engage the lockring. This was solved easily enough by sawing about a half inch off the handle but I can imagine that most people aren't going to be satisfied to void the warranty on the first use.


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Build Log
Airplane Work Shop
Hey Guys
Just thought i would show what i've been working on. Since i have gotten back into RC i have been building and buying kits, engines, tools and other RC equipment. My office has turned into a plane building room and everytime i get detailing work i have to clean off my desk to do the job, then when its done all the RC stuff comes back in.
I have kits and tools four rooms in the house and the wife is not crazy about it. She was all for building a new building when i brought the idea up.
Heres a few pics of the weeks work. We (wife & I ) started monday and i thought we would be futher along, but the weather and just the two of us it went pretty slow.'
Its 12 X 24 with floor joist, wall studs and roof truss all on 16" centers
Good start! I did something similar but for my work office. Now it's half work office and half workshop Added two circuits (one for the AC and one for the rest) and ran electrical to it underground. Insulated it well also.
My wife was all gung ho for the idea also. Don't understand why she doesn't have the same passion for the hobby as I do
That's going to make for a VERY nice model shop.
If it's not too late yet I'd strongly suggest that you tip up the floor with some help and better prepare the ground under the floor. I'd slice away the sod for starters. Then I'd ensure that the ground is smoothly sloped for drainage. That part seems good but you simply don't want any dips. Then I'd lay down landscape cloth and top it with a couple of inches of drain gravel.
It'll greatly aid in cutting down grass and weeds growing under the edges and keep down the amount of moisture under the floor.
If it's not possible to raise the floor and move it at least lay down some cloth and gravel. Blocking off the light will kill the grass below. It's not as good as doing it from scratch but it's better than leaving it the way it is. If you don't do this the grass around and just under the edges will be a pest home of the worst order. It'll also tend to grow up and prevent the free flow of air underneath that is needed to prevent the wood from rotting due to long term moisture exposure.
What do you mean by "tip up the floor" ?
Literally to jack it up so you can do the prep to the area under the raised shop that you should have done before you started.
While you're at it I'd consider digging out and locating your footings further down. When they simply sit on the sod you'll find that they have a way of sinking down when things get wet and the earth is saturated and when it freezes and heaves up it'll again move the building. It's the basic reason why building foundations are dug down below the frost line for each area.
I know that all this is postively the last thing you ever wanted to hear. But while it'll be a lot of effort to back up and do this in the end it'll be worth it. A 12x24 shed isn't the sort of thing that you can just plunk down and let it sit directly on the ground without finding that it produces troubles later on.
And what about electric power and telephone? And maybe water for a little sink along with a dug down rock pit for the drain?
Hi Bruce, Im aware of all the issues you mentioned. This method is done alot in my area. The solid blocks i used are dug down a few inches and set on a tamped down bed of gravel. The ground around here is like concrete and we rarely get ground freeze. I put the chain link fence in myself back in july and rented a power auger, the type you pull behind your truck and it would barely scratch the surface without many water soakings. We don't have nice dark soil, we have rock hard clay. The ground does slope from one side to the other and away from the building. I will kill the grass around it and add some type of landscaping stones. The building will have electricity only.
I appreciate your comments and keep them coming.
Fair enough Todd.
So using a ditch witch to trench for the electrical is going to be a real bear by the sounds of it....
I'd still consider killing off the grass under the shed and go with landscape cloth and some gravel out to a foot beyond the walls. It actually would not be that bad to do after the fact when I think about it. The grass under the middle is going to die off soon anyway due to lack of light. Around the endges you can mow it down super short and then lay the cloth and gravel. I'd even say that you could build in a drain ditch at the same time to aid in guiding away the surface water from rain. See sketch below.
I seem to see a definite slope to your yard so a catch ditch would only be needed on the high sides and down to the lower where it can then drain into the lower end of the yard.
It seems like a lot of trouble but doing this SHOULD keep a lot of water away from under the shed. And I can't see that being a bad thing even with it being so open. But if others are lasting well then great. Mind you the real goal is to aid in making it easier to cut the grass by not having to jam the mower uder the walls.
Thanks Todd
Gutters are mostly to avoid the rain from running down your neck when you dash into the building on a rainy day. Also over time rain falling off a non guttered lip will cut into the grass below. Which won't be an issue if you extend the gravel out far enough that it falls onto the stones. Although even if you do put in the gravel you may not want it to extend out that far. Generally soffets are about 2 feet wide after all.
Along the high side and down the two sloping sides is what I was thinking. The low side won't need it unless you want to direct the rain towards a specific area. If that would help then you'll want to do the drain ditch all around with an low "finger" of ditch leading away to the low end of the yard for the water to flow that way.
Had time to work on it today. Got the first wall built and had to make some phone calls to get help to stand it up. There was no way the wife and i was going to stand up a 24' wall with 19/32" ply sheathing on it. I also got the 2nd 24' wall cut out and plan on working on it tomorrow. Not alot of time to work on it in the evenings after work, but its coming along.
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Maccabi Wipes Out Malaga 80-62
Maccabi Tel Aviv stood up to its first big European test last night and beat Spanish club Malaga convincingly 80-62.
Maccabi Tel Aviv stood up to its first big European test last night and beat Spanish club Malaga convincingly 80-62.
Maccabi managed to overcome the Korac Cup holder, a well-drilled team with good defensive ability which is well coached by Bozidar Malikovic.
But an excellent showing by Maccabi in the second half both on defense and on offense proved that David Blatt's charges will again be serious Final Four contenders.
A balanced first quarter that ended with a score of 14-14, as both defenses reacted well, made it appear as if this would be Malaga's night.
In the second quarter, Maccabi conceded 28 points and Malaga led by eight with 1:20 until halftime. Nate Huffman looked a pale imitation of himself as he failed to dominate the boards. He did scoreeight points in 11 minutes, however.
The second half was a completely different story. It was all Maccabi and Huffman. Blatt managed to read every move which Malikovic set up for him, and often preempted his counterpart.
Within five minutes, Malaga's advantage had disappeared as Maccabi leveled at 46-46 and three minutes later Maccabi was up 55-48, with Arriel McDonald doing most of the damage. At that point Huffman moved into high gear, totally dominating under the baskets.
Maccabi closed Malaga down with its tight defense and ran to the hoop at the other end to ensure victory.Huffman, who was chosen as the game's MVP finished with 28 points, 20 of them in the second half, and seven rebounds.
Anthony Parker was the next highest Maccabi scorer with 13 points, while McDonald added 11.
Malaga was led by Mustafa Sonco, who had 15 points.
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Out of the darkness
ANDREW LEIBENGUTH/TIMES NEWS Walk organizer Ann Marie Calabrese looks out over the High Bridge in Hometown. Her sister, Mary Ann Calabrese-Marchalk, committed suicide on this bridge in 1997.
The first annual Out of the Darkness Community Walk, to raise prevention and awareness for depression and suicide, will take place Saturday at the Hometown Farmer's Market.
The three-to-five-mile walk will benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), Schuylkill County Suicide Prevention Task Force and RHD-Power of Carbon county. A portion of of the proceeds will remain in Carbon and Schuylkill counties for local AFSP programs.
AFPS is a non-profit agency that provides support for those impacted from depression and the survivors of suicide.
Ann Marie Calabrese, walk chairman, lost her sister, Mary Ann, 35, to suicide in 1997.
"I decided to bring this important event to our area to channel my own grief in a positive way by helping others," Calabrese said. "I have had to watch too many families go through the same pain and grief over and over since then."
Calabrese reflected on her sister, who was also a well-loved substitute teacher.
"Mary Ann was my concert buddy, as we both shared our love of music," she said. "I remember one time how star-struck she was at an Aerosmith concert when she asked to borrow a stranger's binoculars to drool over Steven Tyler."
Because the diagnosis and treatment of illness associated with mood disorders are misunderstood by the general public, it often forces loved ones to suffer in silence. Some do not know about or do not receive the proper help they need.
Calabrese pointed out that many have experienced losing somone to suicide, and some questions will never be answered. She has one herself regarding treatment.
"Why are people too worried about what people will think of them, instead of concentrating on their recovery?" she asked. "It is time to remove the stigma of depression. It is a very serious issue. There are options and help available."
The first signature walk was in 2004, when only two took place in Pennsylvania and 30 nationwide. Last year, 17 walks were held in Pennsylvania and 300 nationwide.
There were only 15 chapters in 2004, compared to over 50 chapters now.
In the United States, a person dies by suicide every 16 minutes. It is the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. among adults 18 to 65, the third leading causing of death among teens and young adults. Individuals aged 65 and older account for 16 percent of all suicide deaths.
Registration for the walk starts at 1 p.m. The walk starts at 2 p.m. To register or make a donation for the walk, goto www.outofthedarkness.org or simply show up. Donations are being taking until Dec. 31, 2011.


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PM Narendra Modi's village adoption scheme has few takers
New Delhi: While Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going full throttle on his focus on villages with the latest chant 'Gram Uday se Bharat Uday', his flagship programme, initiated in 2014, soon after he took over the reins, are in tatters with few Members of Parliament (MPs) showing interest.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
In its second year, the village adoption programme - Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna - managed to interest only 43 Lok Sabha (LS) MPs and 8 lawmakers in Rajya Sabha (RS) who have pledged their support to village panchayats. In its first year, the scheme had a better response, with 499 LS MPs adopting villages.
While in RS, 200 MPs adopted the scheme in the first year and 52 did not. In the drought-hit Maharastra, only three out of 48 LS MPs have taken part in the programme. None of the LS MPs from Gujarat, Haryana, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Arunanchal Pradesh, Assam, Uttarakhand, Tripura, Sikkim and Goa have shown interest.
In the scheme, MPs have to identify one village panchayat every year to build it up as a role model with the help of the MPLAD fund. A Lok Sabha MP has to choose a gram panchayat from within the constituency and a Rajya Sabha MP can adopt a gram panchayat of the state he or she represents.
"The scheme is unique and transformative as it has a holistic approach towards development. It envisages integrated development of the selected village across multiple areas such as agriculture, health, education, sanitation, etc," the Rural Development Ministry website says about the programme.
"One of the reason for taking less interest in adopting a village is the negative reaction from people of other village panchayats. Also, the programme is more beneficial in those states where the state government is co-operative, as Central government schemes are implemented through state governments," said Dr Arun Kumar, RLSP, Lok Sabha MP from Jehanabad, Bihar.
In addition to Modi, Sushma Swaraj, Ram Vilas Paswan, Nirmala Sitharam, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Thaavar Chand Gehlot and Babul Supriyo are among the prominent ministers who have adopted a village.


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What is Case It?
Case It! is a project providing a framework for collaborative case-based learning via free, open-ended molecular biology simulations and cases based primarily on genetic and infectious disease. It is based at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and has been funded by the National Science Foundation. View the video for a brief introduction to the project:
The Case It simulation (v6.06 or v6.07) performs common laboratory procedures on any DNA or protein sequence. It adds new features such as SNP and expression microarrays to the existing capabilities: restriction enzyme digestion, gel electrophoresis, PCR, ELISA, Southern or Western blot, dot blot, and connection to the NCBI BLAST database (see tutorial links at right and on menu bar). The download includes sequences necessary to analyze the cases described in the Resource Manual.
Case It v6.06 must be used in conjunction with MEGA software* (version 5.2 or earlier) to fully implement bioinformatics features (sequence alignment, tree building). See the new Getting Started tutorial for instructions on integrating Case It and MEGA, both of which are free of charge for educational use.
Case It v6.07 uses the MABL** web site for multiple alignment and tree-building. The PC version of v6.07 can also use MEGA, but only v5.1 or earlier* MEGA v4.1 is still available for downloading at the MEGA web site.
Case descriptions are in the student version of the Resource Manual. For access to the Instructor's version, contact Mark Bergland. That version includes keys to cases and other information on case development and class use.
Suggestions for using Case It in classes
*Tamura K, Dudley J, Nei M & Kumar S 2007. MEGA4: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis (MEGA) software version 4.0. Molecular Biology and Evolution 24:1596-1599.
**Dereeper A., Guignon V., Blanc G., Audic S., Buffet S., Chevenet F., Dufayard J.-F., Guindon S., Lefort V., Lescot M., Claverie J.-M., Gascuel O. Phylogeny.fr: robust phylogenetic analysis for the non-specialist Nucleic Acids Research. 2008 Jul 1; 36 (Web Server Issue):W465-9. Epub 2008 Apr 19. (PubMed)


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With a strike vote looming, hundreds of St. Paul teachers rallied outside the St. Paul Public Schools headquarters before Tuesday's school board meeting.
Teachers, parents and students filled the parking lot holding signs demanding the district lower class sizes, hire more staff and reduce assessment testing. Those are the issues that teachers say they're willing to strike over as they continue negotiating their next two-year contract.
Teachers will vote whether to strike on Monday, Feb. 24, but more talks are scheduled Thursday, Feb. 20.
At the meeting, the school board tabled a resolution that lays out how the district will respond if teachers vote to strike next week.
In the event of a strike, the resolution states schools will close, non-essential employees could be laid off and the academic calendar might be extended.
Board director Mary Doran said tabling the resolution shows the district is serious about making progress in Thursday's contract talks.
"In good faith we're trying to show that we're coming to the table and we're really trying to get this done Thursday," said Doran.
Union officials said the move left them hopeful that teachers and the district could make progress during the talks and possibly avert a strike.
Teachers and the district have been in negotiations since May.