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Axion Power Concentrator 117: June 20, 2012: RAILWAY AGE | How Norfolk Southern Is "Getting The Lead Out" 165 comments
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RAILWAY AGE | How Norfolk Southern is "getting the lead out" By William C. Vantllono, June 2012
NS-999, Norfolk Southern's experimental 100% electric (all-battery) switcher, is undergoing an extensive rebuild with a new type of battery that, according to supplier Axion Power International, "is ideally suited for both electric and hybrid locomotive applications due to its high charge acceptance, fast charge and discharge capabilities - important in regenerative braking - and an inherent ability to equalize voltage when utilized in large string configurations."
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Some real telling statements from the article IINDelco posted:
"While exact battery prices for the Volt and the Leaf are not known, there are estimates of $US 10,000 for the 16 kWh Volt battery (625 $/kWh) and $US 15,600 for the 24 kWh LEAF battery (~650 $/kWh). Thus these two major programs should add to an initial annual Li-ion turnover of around $US 1 billion. However, both companies are seriously behind schedule."
"Obama's program to put 1 million plug-in electric vehicles on the road by 2015. From an optimistic base of 50,000 plug-ins circulating in 2011, this would correspond to a 20-fold increase in 4 years only. According to China's five-year draft plan, the nation has the ambition of building up an annual 1 million production capacity of 'new energy vehicles' (such as HEVs, PHEVs and pure EVs) and then to increase annual production capacity to 5 million NEVs by 2020. China has committed about $15 billion for vehicle electrification over the next ten years. Japan's METI wants 50% of all new cars in 2020 to be hybrids or plug-ins. Germany announced a plan for 1 million electric cars on their roads by 2020.
All these programs are politically driven and it is unlikely that all the ambitious goals can be met, simply because of cost/benefit economics. Batteries are just too expensive compared to fossil fuels and the situation will not change rapidly. It is unlikely that the US DOE goal of lowering complete vehicle-class Li-ion batteries from today's >600 $/kWh to the targeted 250 $/kWh can be achieved by 2015."
That pretty much says it all. -
I'll go one further...
I believe that the costs for raw materials is going to go the opposite direction, ie, increase by about 30-40% over the 4 year period. This will apply to all companies, including China. Labor costs will probably go up somewhat, since these are mature, automated manufacturing processes already, so figure at least 20% increases there. Finally the costs of operating the various corporate structures will go up, particularly since most of them were created as corporate welfare basket cases rather than vibrant, independent companies.
In the West the AONE example will be the norm. In China it will be less chaotic by far, but also likely that the Chinese will make tactical changes to their plans with abrupt finality.
At the end of the day government will have wasted billions once again attempting to legislate innovation, but I suspect the Chinese will have wasted much less than their counterparts in the West. They have a long and hugely successful history of buying up Western mistakes of this kind for pennies on the dollar. -
Everybody knows that lithium is pretty plentiful as raw materials go, but that hasn't stopped electronic devices like the iPad from driving a 300% price gain over the last few years. This story from Bloomberg is actually pretty good, even if it doesn't touch on the real resource constraints like rare earths, cobalt and copper.
http://bloom.bg/Mr2TmS -
Doesn't help on the copper concern but some know Li is a problem. Toyota is one of them. Only makes sense. With the electronics industry with it's margins competing with the automotive industry and it's margins you know who's going to win. But at a price.
http://bloom.bg/NiYJhM -
Two points to add to LabTech and tripleblack:
1) Only a small percentage of lithium compounds that are mined are battery grade lithium carbonate. Most are used for various industrial purposes. In all the articles I read, it is stated that a mining company mines "X" thousand tons per year or has "Y" million tons in reserve. The articles never say how much is battery grade ore and how much is industrial grade.
2) The Bloomberg article John cites below states that an average mobile phone has 1.7 grams of lithium carbonate equivalent and an average battery electric car has about 19.2 kg of lithium compounds. The following is very sophisticated mathematics so you will have to follow closely. Dividing 19,200 grams by 1.7 grams means one average BEV needs as much battery grade lithium as 11, 294 mobile phones. Putting one million new BEV's on the road worldwide will be the equivalent of adding 11.3 billion new mobile phones, or a lesser number of iPhones or laptops or whatever. The point is there is not that much battery grade lithium in the world. Even if there were, this level of demand would push the price of lithium to that of gold or platinum. -
It's not so much a question of whether a natural resource is battery grade, because none of them are and all of them can be. The question is the amount of post-production processing required to get from a 95% purity at the mine to the 99.99999% purity that's required for batteries.
If you take almost any lithium-ion battery, the commodity value of the materials is somewhere between $1 and $5 per pound. Despite the low raw materials cost, the finished product costs somewhere between $30 and $50 a pound. That entire spread is absorbed in purifying the raw materials, making close tolerance components and producing a finished product. -
There's also the question of where that post-production processing is done. If it's largely done in China, then again they have economic blackmail potential.
Talison http://bit.ly/LDTDsQ and some of their non-China Asian customers have taken note:
Talison has significant South American reserves which they've put on a slower (not stopped) road to development as they focus their financial resources on first the recent doubling of their production in Australia, and second (with a high degree of certainly) the plant mentioned in the above link.
Australia: http://bit.ly/LDTDsS
Proposed Australia conversion plant: http://bit.ly/LkIAYQ
South America (Salares 7): http://bit.ly/LkIAYS -
Personally I think the US government should stop pussy-footing around about this whole 1 million EV vehicles on the road by 2015 crap and get serious. Instead of wasting their time offering $7500 tax breaks for all EV's they should just buy them. Think about it. They've got three years. I figure it will cost about $45 billion to buy a million EV's (I'm including HEVs in the list and not including any EV that costs more than $45K). That comes out to about $15 billion/year for the next three years (they can cut the money out of nonessential programs...like food stamps or unemployment benefits). That way none of the battery companies or auto companies that they've been subsidizing for the last four years will go bankrupt and they would finally have met their goal. Of course there will be few problems. First, I don't know if the car manufactures who make HEVs, PHEVs, and BEVs can actually build a million of them in three years. And I don't know if the battery companies can make enough Li-ion or other hybrid batteries to meet the demand...but I'm sure they've thought of that. Second, they have to find one million people willing to take the cars for free. And then there's the little problem of all the PHEVs and BEVs needing chargers in their homes, but heck, if they are getting a free car you would think they would be willing to pay the money for the charger...right? Of course they'll have to figure out how to spread them out so they don't have too many in one city or neighborhood that would cause the local grid to fail. But I'm sure they've figured all that out before they set the goal...right?
Hunting for more Obama bucks.
Fuel-Cell Frenzy Looks to Convert Obama Favoring Plug-Ins
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Here are 2 related questions I hope will be addressed in the annual meeting prepared remarks, and if not, I would be very appreciative if someone could ask:
1) Could you update us on recent and expected FERC regulatory decisions and timelines and whether you have seen customer PowerCube purchasing decisions on when to sign contracts affected?
2) While the market for PowerCube like devices is huge, there is significant competition developing from both large well capitalized system integrators, and also public and private inverter companies, who provide the most expensive part of such systems and as such affords those companies, in addition to their power electronics expertise, power in setting the lowest system prices. While I understand the need to offer these systems today, how long do you see us trying to help create that market, and do you see us becoming a pure component supplier to the market once our capabilities are demonstrated and a demand for PbC based systems is created?
Rephrasing suggestions to increase useful information are of course encouraged. -
Yesterday Iindelco posted a link to a Green Car Congress headline, "ITF analysis finds that societal costs for electric cars and vans range from €7K to €12K more than fossil-fueled equivalents."
I followed the links back to the actual study from the ITF, which is an operating unit of the OECD in Paris, and was amazed by the detailed analysis that effectively trashed EVs even for France's all nuclear grid. Given the source, the piece is pretty scathing. It truly is worth a skim if not a detailed study.
Once again, Iindelco has won my Gold Star Researcher of the Week Award. Way to go man.
The first clue that I was going to love the report was the author's use of the Hype Cycle graph on the second page of the discussion. -
Hmm...John, haven't I heard an argument "somewhere" before suggesting that EVs are practical, but with two wheels not four?
"Recent estimates put the global electric vehicle fleet at over 120 million in 2010 with sales in 2011 topping 27 million. These are surprisingly high numbers but the overwhelming majority of these vehicles are electric bicycles and scooters and most of these are sold in China. Electric car sales, in contrast, are multiple orders of magnitude smaller with the most popular models representing the lion's share of the 2011 electric car market (Nissan Leaf and Mitsubishi iMiev) tallying global sales at approximately 44 000 units." -
For the EVangelists who want to save the planet long term. Raise em well.
Well it's only a concept but I can hear the clamoring already. Heck, They might even be good for the environment.
No word yet on a Barbie edition. I'm thinking of starting a second family if they launch a Mad Max unit. -
As I recall, Ford tried that when we were young.
http://bit.ly/qSeFAs -
Would fit nicely on the upper deck of our step deck. But I need something with a fuel tank. Wait, it uses LA which means I could connect it to our existing battery array for charging and use it as added capacity when I am not driving it. What's the voltage? maybe we could PbC it! I like it!
There's already a Barbie edition, as well as a Dora and several other superheroes. You just have to leave the Toyota dealership and drive down the road to your local ToysRUs. Granted they are made of plastic, but they've been selling electric cars for kids for years. My daughter's 4 year old friend has a Jeep one that he drives her around his grandparent's yard in whenever they play together. -
Oh. I thought I'd seen one of those. Most of my memories were of the plastic self peddle three wheelers rumbling up and down the sidewalks. No need for noise makers on those babies!
I myself had a steel Radio Flier we took turns pushing around like a bat out of hell! Mad max w/o the stickers.
But alas it looks like I was underprivileged. Should have had a nice brushless DC motor power takeoff with a couple 16VDC PBC batteries in series. -
"Honda to begin reuse of rare earth metals extracted from used NiMH batteries before year end; targeting extraction from motors and Li-ion batteries as well"
http://bit.ly/Na0M4a -
Congratulations. There is nothing like being a parent. I wouldn't trade it for anything. I also was planning on going to the conference, but I have been accepted into a program in New York whereby they pay me to work on getting my business up and running so I can concentrate on that and nothing else. As part of the program I have to attend courses to instruct me on things like writing a business plan, obtaining financing and taxation, etc. One of the courses is scheduled tomorrow. My business is a micro-brewery so I am in essence getting paid to brew beer. Wonderful country, America,
Well done, Birdman! America is an amazing country when anyone can just pick up and start making brew for a living -- not without sacrifice and hard work, but the opportunities are always there in this country. There was a special on Discovery not too long ago about the brewmaster of Dogfish Head. Pretty much just a guy who wanted to brew beer. Pretty good stuff with a few quite interesting concoctions -- I believe one recipe involves human spit.
Articula -- congrats! I have three young daughters running around and it is the greatest thing that could have ever happened to me. At first you won't think your life has changed at all, you just operate with less sleep. Then one morning several years later you wake up dumbfounded by how much you and your life has completely changed. -
Why scaling up liquid metal batteries will be difficult.
But it should result in more government funding. They seem attracted to Black Holes.
Multi-Faceted Magnetic Phenomenon Confirmed in the Laboratory
http://bit.ly/LkXNcs -
>JP .... I've always wondered why NGK designed their units in small tubular cells. Maybe this might Tayler instability be why.
(link about NGK fire & safety response)
GE uses much larger modules so I wonder if they are large enough to be a problem on hybrid trains. -
Guys, I've not followed the tech. that closely but I've had my fingers crossed that this might be a great large scale energy solution along with a few others..
I'm still thinking one best solution is efficiency coupled with things like "hunks of mass" temperature adjusted to time shift electricity as an energy source for things like heating and cooling for at least an hour (or some utility controlled decision) to peak shave.
Maybe I'm all wet. Or there's just no way for the interested parties to make money off it. -
Seven people went out to the Wooden Angel tonight. 5 Axionistas and 2 lurkers. I love that ratio!
Hoping this becomes an annual tradition, and one where when Axion trips past $3.00 per, all of us can afford to take a peek at the wine list!
All of us enjoyed the food and drink greatly. I haven't been to the Wooden Angel in maybe 20 years. Hasn't lost a thing. A wonderful restaurant, with a blissful woodsy feel.
Great to do face time with some Axionistas. We covered a lot of ground...too late to get into it.
Hilarious that three of us all made reservations, putting the Wooden Angel staff into a situational flux of obfuscation. They had no idea how many were coming. 30? 7? 12? I feel like a bit of a gadabout.
JP: The menu states that the Crown Rack of Lamb has been a favorite for 40 years. Surely, it will make 41 ;-) -
You have five fat cats to take care of while your better half is in NYC luring fat cats!
It seems like just yesterday I was here in New Castle for the first time, getting to know Axion, the plants and everyone who works for Axion that I met, in a way intimate that not being here can't reproduce.
I have zero expectations for tomorrow, except to be doing some gladhanding, eating some great pastries, enjoying the cocktail hour...doing some schmoozing...and asking a bunch of questions, of which I hope I gain some answers. -
I expect this year's meeting to be better than last year's because these things always get better with time, but I think the most important thing you're likely to hear is a discussion of vision going forward.
I do hope that you'll be attentive to the changes over the last year and give us all a thorough update like you did 116 concentrators back. It never ceases to amaze me how one simple act can set off a chain of consequences that endure for an amazing period of time. It really is amazing that the comment string on one simple Instablog and its offspring now stands at 21,830 entries. -
For those that have not seen this article, its a good refresher of the Axion story and the people involved.
A testament to TG's negotiating skills -
"Granville found out the bank had assessed the property, for loan purposes, at $5.4 million, so the bank thought it was worth much more and Axion agreed. Enter Bob Averill once more who
was willing to bankroll the full purchase. Granville entered the bank to talk over the sale and when he came out Axion was the owner of the equipment and assets of a lead acid battery company — and for a total price of just $720,000." -
I hope TG is negotiating us an up round for the 2013 financing. I'd think that we can spare 20M more shares if that will get us 10M+ needed dollars to support Axion through the critical 2014 time frame when presumably 2015 model year cars will be shipping with PbC (or not). I love RR and storage too but OEM car deals will really move the needle on pps (imo). We need to become a story stock and have our turn at being fair to overvalued for a while. This market cap below book stuff is no fun for long term Axionistas who bought around a buck. I'd think our plant and RnD are worth our current valuation. =)
Some fun facts:
23,273 is the current population in New Castle. Ten more APCs and our comments will out number the local population.
The average attendance so far this year at a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game is 23,776 (amazing similarity!)
I once gave away nearly three times more cheesesteaks and "Pittsburgh Salads" in Pitttsburgh...in one year, my most profitable year ever, by the way.
Yes tomorrow, I will be attentive. But now we have more ears, eyes, and boots on the ground. What I am most looking forward to is opinions by others, here. Us investors.
Last year, I was all alone in a Wexford, PA hotel, able to knock out a summation. Left maybe halfway during the cocktail party. This year I have chosen to stay another night, such that us Axionistas can gather and put forward more than I did last year. Hopefully, much more. -
(AXPW): "Axion Power, Rosewater Energy Group Developing A Power Quality And Energy Storage Cube For The Residential Market"
HardToLove -
HTL, the link doesn't seem to work
This seems to work: http://prn.to/NT9kRV -
Rick, updated the link in the orig, but here it is again JIC.
P.S. Both tested and work now. -
Pic's last company was originally known as the Association of Value Added Distributors, which was subsequently shortened to AVAD.
AVAD was a national distributor of high-end smart home and entertainment systems for the 1%. Pic and his team built AVAD to a point where Ingram Micro bought them for $120 million with an $80 million contingent earn-out.
Now that all their non-compete agreements have expired, Pic is putting the AVAD band back together and planning a reunion tour. -
A big problem in high end stereo and video is poor quality electricity; remember those teeninsy audio and video signals are riding on the house current.
So, we buy electrical equipment to tame the dirty current; the clean current with the signal is then fed to the TT, the CD player, the pre-amp, the Amps and the TV set and all it's electronic components.
The cost of these little boxes that clean up the electricity is between $3500-$7000 each, and that doesn't count the aftermarket power cords that can run over $2000.00 each. If this is your hobby, you will need several of these boxes and cords for all the electrical hook-ups for your equipment.
This is a large market word wide. -
>H.T.Love ...
Under the detailed Letter of Intent signed on June 21, 2012, Axion would appoint Rosewater Energy Group as its exclusive distribution agent for a period of three years, subject to defined sales minimums and other conditions. Specific details of the strategic relationship with Rosewater Energy will be disclosed after a definitive agreement is signed in the near future. Meanwhile, product marketing will begin immediately.
Encouraging but I'll hold my enthusiasm pending the definitive agreement. That might be some interesting reading. -
Agreed D-inv. A fluff piece of a release. Let's hope our magnificent 7+ attendees can ask the tough questions and separate the fluff from the er non-fluff. As potential revenues from rail and auto are at least another 12-24 months out, these cubes can help to fill the vacuum. I really hope they do.
anthlj > "As potential revenues from rail and auto are at least another 12-24 months out, these cubes can help to fill the vacuum. I really hope they do."
I'm a bit more optimistic re- rail -- and possibly auto -- but whether that bears out or not sustaining my interest in AXPW requires concrete evidence of PbC battery marketability long before a year from now. -
# Trds: 24, MinTrSz: 100, MaxTrSz: 30000, Vol 106235, AvTrSz: 4426
Min. Pr: 0.3400, Max Pr: 0.3500, VW Avg. Trade Pr: 0.3474
# Buys, Shares: 18 88985, VW Avg Buy Pr: 0.3473
# Sells, Shares: 6 17250, VW Avg Sell Pr: 0.3483
# Unkn, Shares: 0 0, VW Avg Unk. Pr: 0.0000
Buy:Sell 5.16:1, DlyShts 16685, 15.7%
Volume, trade size and daily short sale percentage remain choppy.
Early intra-day we saw bids stepping up and for most of the morning our spread was 1/2 cent. But about 10 minutes before noon the sellers started creeping asks lower and we ended with a 1-penny spread for the day.
Status quo is maintained - still consolidating with a very slight upward bias and my daily short sales volume spike follow-on is still on the table, albeit at lower anticipated price levels.
HardToLove -
PowerGenix expands it's relationship in China.
PowerGenix, China City Construction Corporation, and Huainan City partner on nickel-zinc battery manufacturing; targeting micro-hybrids
http://bit.ly/LH6a3k -
"By the end of 2012, the joint venture will have capacity to produce 400,000 auto batteries per year."
Since China is considering regulations that would make stop-start mandatory on all ICE vehicles, 400,000 does not strike me as a terribly impressive number, particularly if getting the plant built exposes your technology to Chinese business and IP ethics. -
DRich, You'd think they'd learn. Since they've been building their consumer products cells in China for some time it might come even quicker.
Shouldn't take them as long to get up to speed before they throw cold water on the victim so they can make sure they fully enjoy be impaled. -
Made in China Not Worth Hassle for Small Firms Returning to U.S.
"Since 2008, Ultra Green Packaging, one of Olson's clients, has used manufacturers in China to make compostable plates and containers from wheat straw and other organic materials. By year-end, Ultra Green expects to start producing the bulk of its wares at a plant in North Dakota to cut freight costs and protect its intellectual property.
"They're infamous over there for knocking off" products, says Phil Levin, chairman of the 10-employee company. "All anybody needs to do is find a different factory and make a mold." "
http://bloom.bg/KXyP05 -
We'll know we've made the big time when there's live tweeting from the Annual Meeting. Will take a little longer for CNBC :-)
Interesting (to me at least :-) ) where today's PR was tweeted:
BTW, Rudy Barrio @barrio10010 was one of them. -
OT (except for even the big boys, and even solely in Canada, get delayed and create angst for their shareholders)
"Beleaguered natural gas producers in Western Canada are going to have wait a little longer for relief from severely depressed prices. Janine McArdle, the senior executive in charge of the Kitimat LNG project at Houston-based Apache Corp., said the facility's planned startup will take an extra year as the company continues to look for firm contracts with buyers in Asia."
Must admit I'm surprised about not being able to firm up contracts yet, but with the explosion in supply, perhaps no one, even Japan with their issues, are going to rush into signing a long term contract at anywhere near today's non-North-American prices. -
Could be that when the Japanese went begging to Russia for quick and large supplies after they shut down their nukes, Putin made em sign a contract for a period of time. Now with a trickle of their nuclear capacity coming back on line they probably have enough.
Eventually even the most scared population will see reality. Can't live with em and you can't live without em. -
Need to understand this better. I've been thinking about using time shifted thermal energy for storage but just haven't added anything to the grey matter to see if it makes sense based on todays tech.
"Ice Energy Finds Profits in Thermal Energy Storage"
http://bit.ly/KWvYEo -
Ice energy works wonderfully. I spent some time with them at Storage Week 2009 and the system couldn't be simpler.
They freeze water at night using off-peak power and use it to provide interior cooling the next day. The equipment is cheap and reliable and the ice energy system has proven itself in thousands of commercial buildings.
The problem is they're privately held and there's no way to get a piece of the action. -
Hot air,
or the real deal?
"Senate bill seeks to stop 'fire sale' of Federal Helium Reserve
The dwindling U.S. government stockpile of helium has scientists, politicians, corporations and federal employees concerned about the ramifications to medicine, science and industry.
Author: Dorothy Kosich
Posted: Monday , 14 May 2012 "
http://bit.ly/MCAYMN -
The couple of messages I've gotten so far indicate that the focus this year is products instead of ideas and marketing instead of development. Apparently the management team, the board and the Rosewater crew are there, accessible and talking one on one with attendees.
Since I've only gotten SMS messages instead of sentences I won't try quoting verbatim. -
A few updates from the meeting:
Joe Piccarilli from Rosewater talked about the residential mini cube, aimed at very high end residences. WIll be a full time "double inverter", so it will output very high quality electricity, and therefore will have a continuous electric draw. Double inversion mean all power is converted to DC to the batteries, then inverted back to 120V AC. It will also have the ability to do non-critical load shedding, although the technical aspects of this was not disclosed. Typically this would mean shutting down the a/c and pool pump while the grid power is out, so saving the battery power for the refrigerator and lights.
The device will be exhibited at the September CEDIA show in Indianapolis. The major hold up for actual sales is UL listing, which apparently is problematic and always takes a long time. There have been no testing units with Axion employees, so there is no real world experience or testing yet. Actual delivered sales are possible by the end of December, but I think that is an optimistic guess. Obviously it cannot be sold without UL listing.
Joe talked about the high end market as houses with $100,000 of electronic control and security systems, not including the actual devices attached to the system. He declined to discuss the size of this high-end market. No pricing info was released.
In direct conversations I asked about networking, so a fleet a mini-cubes could be centrally controlled and therefore earn money through a consolidator, such as EnerNOC, IceBear or Viridity. I also asked about data communications, such as an ATT data packet device, that is a pretty cheap way to communicate over the cell network. Apparently these ideas had not been discussed.
A "mobile app" to control everything was mentioned (not in the presentation) so it could be remotely controlled by the consumer. I did not get any feeling that wifi or cell packet is going to be in the product in the near term; there was no indication of when (or how) it was going to be introduced.
I talked to Vani about the 60-75 locomotive comment he made at the ESA. He said that number was a guess at the number of over-the-road locomotives NS would acquire from Axion. This is NOT a confirmed order. I asked specifically about yard engines, and he said he had no guesstimate about them.
TG mentioned that NS has publicly said that NS intends to invest $8b in upgrading the Crescent Line to New Orleans. This would include 80 new locomotives, but not all of which would be from Axion. My guess is that these locomotives would be consists of 2 diesels with one electric, so this indicates a battery demand of about 25 locomotives for this project. I do not know if Vani's number of 50-75 conflicts or is congruent with TG's mention.
More later. -
The Crescent Line upgrade?
Crescent Corridor Expansion
Norfolk Southern is working to upgrade the Crescent Corridor, a freight rail network that runs through 13 states and connects New Orleans to New Jersey. A series of projects will lay 300 new miles of track and build or expand intermodal terminals in 11 markets. Construction has already begun on terminals in Memphis, Birmingham, Ala., and two Pennsylvania communities.
The estimated $2.5 billion expansion will enable shippers and trucking companies to move more of their goods using rail, instead of relying on trucks, which are more expensive and produce more pollution. Because of the public benefits of the cleaner air and reduced highway congestion that will result from the upgrade, the U.S. Department of Transportation has chipped in more than $136 million to support the project, with the rest of the funds coming from states and Norfolk Southern itself. The company hopes to finish the upgrade by 2030 but says the timing depends on how easily it can obtain enough public funds for the project. http://tinyurl.com/7jn... -
Thanks for the notes. With respect to your statement that, "[t]he major hold up for actual sales is UL listing, which apparently is problematic and always takes a long time."
Do you know if they have started the UL process yet and how long ago that was if they did? -
RK > "The device will be exhibited at the September CEDIA show in Indianapolis. The major hold up for actual sales is UL listing, which apparently is problematic and always takes a long time."
The subject matter there really begs for the question, Is the PowerCube UL certified? Just maybe lack of UL listing is the major hold up for actual sales in stationary applications across the board. -
>D-inv ... I hope not, or I hope such testing has been going on for quite some time. The company where I hang out had one industrial inverter tested and it took nearly a year. Another one that goes into medical scanning equipment took almost 2 years to get that UL seal. Still don't understand what practical good it does but is a requirement.
Excellent job Rick! The Rosewater project seems to be the hot item near term. The project has been two years in the making and they are hoping for UL approval prior to CEDIA. Although the final design has not been field tested, the test model is currently in operation at the Greenridge facility. They are confident with the supply lines for manufacturing the residential unit and there has been significant input from the installers during the design phase (which is always good).
The Rosewater group appear to be the ones to watch near term and they have not been bashfully about providing information. I am looking forward to what our ace researchers can dig up. More later as my attention is needed else where after being gone most of the day... -
Rick, Over the years I've helped build, specified and bought significant levels of industrial automation. UL listing was not a requirement on any equipment for any company I've ever worked for. It needed to meet things like national electrical codes etc. No UL.
So, unfortunately, I am not well informed on UL at all but I think you're right. -
Stef > "How is the PC at Axion hooked up and providing frequency regulation to the grid then?"
It is owned and operated by Axion Power so the unit was not marketed to anyone, only its services. ICBM but i suspect product buyers are interested in UL certifications to facilitate purchase of casualty insurance coverage.
UL certification may not be a requirement of the PJM interconnection or of the local grid operator. -
I'm sure it looks more complicated than it is. Once you have an ingrained engineer that's been through the process it's not that difficult. But that's the key, having someone that knows PJM's process. I'm sure there are P.E.s that do this for hire.
This is not a task I've ever been involved in. I only knew enough to get the people in the various plants I've worked in that were responsible for this task involved soon enough so they and the utility/federal agency were not surprised. I only needed to supply facilities requirements like power, pneumatic (air) requirements, water cooling and any exhaust for permitting as examples. -
I thought we had a pretty good idea it was through this UL certified inverter:
Note this is different than their latest "Demand Response Inverter"
which is "Pending" UL certification.
Now the question is who makes the "double inverter" Rick referred to above.
I'm having bad ZBB flashbacks :-(
Note how carefully they phrased it:
ZBB Energy Corporation Received ETL Certification to UL 1741 for Its ZBB EnerSection Power & Energy Control Center
"... announced today it has received the ETL listing to UL 1741 certification from Intertek Testing Services for its 25kW grid-tie inverter module of the ZBB EnerSection™ power and energy control center. The UL 1741 certification incorporates IEEE 1547 requirements for the interconnection of distributed generation (DG) resources. This certification signifies that the inverter module of the ZBB EnerSection meets all of the product safety standards for connection to a utility power grid anywhere in the United States or other countries where UL standards are accepted."
There was some angst (among the investors) about exactly what that meant, and whether it was "good enough." I'm still not totally clear on it. And oh by the way, ZBB is still waiting on two others ... (60 and 125 kw) hopefully soon. The first one took approximately a year, and the guess what the other two should go much faster, with an estimate of 6 months. The CEO got burned guessing when the first one would be completed.
As I recall ZBB had to spend a huge amount of time getting their proprietary inverter system UL certified. As long as Axion is starting with a third-party power control system that's already certified, getting the energy storage system through should be a good deal easier (I hope).
>JP ... If the inverter is UL already then the product should go fairly quickly. I guess the question would be is the PbC UL certified or does it need to be.
UL battery site, which I've never looked at
Most capacitors I see being used carry the UR symbol from UL. So I don't know. -
WTB - that's right, the PP inverter was UL certified to connect to the grid, maybe that is why the cube was allowed to connect.
Rick, understood that Indy is not related to ZBB, I think WT is just trying to infer a timeline from another UL listing experience ...
Truth be told, after watching the UL testing timeline at ZBB get stretched out, my heart sunk too ... -
Input on Meeting:
I ill leave the technical stuff to Rick and others. However, I came away very impressed with those presenting from Axion's Board and staff---- and Joe Piccarilli from Rosewater.
I asked one question related to "scientific" issues----specifically "what would a respected critic of this approach (i.e., a peer, an outside researcher) say in terms of potential non-financial problems that might derail Axion's efforts.
Vani paused for about 15 seconds (an eternity), and finally said that he could not think of any science-based issues. However, he said that from his perspective one of the major issues going forward is the difficulty in "educating" (or rather -re-educating) people in the battery industry, who seem to have a rather rigid set of questions they ask--- when he (Vani) meets with them. "They ask the wrong questions", he noted.
I asked the same question of their research director, Anders. His first remark was that he "wondered when I asked the question originally--- just how he would have answered." Then, he said he agreed with Vani's comment about education. He had no potential science-based problems.
I wasn't sure when they were done, whether I was more or less comfortable with their answers, given that my training/background suggests that there are scientific shortcomings in all approaches (but--then-- I am in the social sciences).
I cornered Anders afterwards and he said that he felt I was not satisfied with his answer. We spoke briefly---and I left with the impression that he is sincere in his answer above.
On a personal note---it was really cool to meet fellow Axionista's. You are all good guys.
Roger -
Thanks for the feedback.
I wanted to just make one comment on your question and Mr. Dantam's response. First I can kind of see why he would have taken a bit of time to give an answer to your question. I'm sure you put him on the spot a little because it's probably the first time he's been asked such a question in such a form. And yet in the positions he's held it's really not outside of the tool set used to manage program risk.
I'd venture a guess that you might feel he could have gone deeper in his response as you suggested. I'd agree and yet I can see where he might feel compelled not to go any deeper in such a form. Same thoughts extend to Mr. Anders. Also, I'm sure Mr. Anders was glad to have the added time to give it some additional thought before you enjoyed each others company. :)
In the end there's nothing wrong with asking the hard questions. It gives you a better sense about how the company is really doing.
Just my thoughts. -
He actually cited the "wrong questions" asked of him--& they seem to be those that just don't deal with the issues Axion is attempting to solve. Best to have someone else who was present at the meeting--- & more attuned to "battery speak" than I am---spell out the specifics of his answer.
Roger -
Rastros/Rick et al
Thanks for feedback.
"...one of the major issues going forward is the difficulty in "educating" (or rather -re-educating) people in the battery industry, who seem to have a rather rigid set of questions they ask--- when he (Vani) meets with them. "They ask the wrong questions", he noted. "
Anyone care to expound?
Wrong audience in the room?
Older/staid thinking decision makers?
Need that key first sale per segment?
In my experience you need to cultivate key clients willing to jump in ...early adopters...but be it rail, auto, grid...the impetus should already be there. -
Has this been discussed?
Second link down. Out June 1 2012. Response July 27 2012
Sorry haven't reviewed it yet. Or maybe I have! :) -
iind > http://bit.ly/My58Vx
Appendix A - maximum selling prices @ 100,000 units/year: $220 under hood, $180 not under hood.
Lots of technical specs, including
Maximum system weight: 10 Kg
Maximum system volume: 7L -
It looks to me like the bastards have once again stacked the deck. I read through the entire RFP and was feeling pretty good until I got to the bottom of the Appendix A performance goals where they target a system weight of 10 kg.
Aside from the weight thing, the PbC is looking pretty good.
Last night when I talked with Mayascribe, he told me that he asked the maximum charge current question we were speculating about the other day. The response he got, and I'm not sure from who, was that the PbC can accept charging currents of up to 400 Amps, but nobody is designing systems that need that much charge acceptance. NS apparently needed something in the 200 Amp range to cover all their regen loads.
The HT 30 has a 70 Ah rating with a one hour energy capacity of 500 wh. So unless I'm mistaken, we're sitting on a lead-acid battery that can handle a 10C charging current as compared to a C/10 charging current for every other lead-acid device. Two full orders of magnitude is a big deal in my book. -
For comparison purposes, can you point out a continuum of what applications would require different Amps from a 1 to a 400 level in a PbC battery?
With respect to our current testing programs -
70 amp level HT-30 - in powercube?
100 amp level - S/S
200 amp level - NS 999
Are there any others above or below this level that I can't think of? -
I'm not sure that there are any applications that need charge acceptance in the 10C range, but it's one of those "magic numbers" that the highest performance lithium-ion guys like to throw around to impress folks. The bottom line is that the PbC takes charge faster than lithium (except the high C rate titanates).
Absolutely. It's hard to imagine how weight (at this amount of battery for SS/MH) can be much beyond a tertiary KPP. I mean, let's say the ideal SS battery (PbC) meets or exceeds all the other threshold parameters, and is the only competitor to do so, but weighs in at 25Kg vice 10Kg... What auto manufacturer in their right mind calls that a showstopper in a 1500-2000 Kg vehicle?
The former posted SS proposal site was found from this older NREL paper.
Lower-Energy Requirements for Power-Assist HEV Energy Storage Systems—Analysis and Rationale
http://1.usa.gov/O1VeyX -
(AXPW) 6/21/2012 (Really this time! :-) EOD stuff.
# Trds: 27, MinTrSz: 100, MaxTrSz: 18600, Vol 105850, AvTrSz: 3920
Min. Pr: 0.3321, Max Pr: 0.3500, VW Avg. Trade Pr: 0.3467
# Buys, Shares: 26 103850, VW Avg Buy Pr: 0.3470
# Sells, Shares: 1 2000, VW Avg Sell Pr: 0.3321
# Unkn, Shares: 0 0, VW Avg Unk. Pr: 0.0000
Buy:Sell 51.93:1, DlyShts 32150, 30.4%
All the following posted *before* reading any of the comments from the folks that attended the AGM, except for Rick's, so keep that in mind.
Since it's not obvious without thought, I wanted to point out that the low of the day (embodied in the "sells" readings) was a single trade at 12:10:04. Trades before that (1 - 13) were all >= $0.3489 and trades after (15 - 27) were >= $0.3449. What prompted someone to let that one go like that is beyond my ken (and Barbie too! :-).
Without that one trade, the low for the day would be $0.34 - another tight-spread one-penny day.
The combination of average trade size, buy:sell ratio (unsustainable?) and VWAP suggests two things to me: 1) the sellers at the $0.35 level are adamant about getting their price, or *very* near it, and 2) most buyers are retail that see the price as attractive or at least low downside risk.
I'm reading this as a growing sentiment in the market, likely due to the recent articles and these concentrators, that AXPW is on the right path for *investors*, not just short-term traders, who would likely be dealing bigger blocks to reap worthwhile short-term gains.
This leads me to say that if the "flippers'" backs are broken, or they get smarter about maximizing their profits, there's a good chance of a move upwards commencing.
Along those lines, I don't (yet?) see any evidence in the price, volume or trade sizes, and certainly not in the buy:sell ratio, of an inrush of the 2M shares from the bankruptcy trustee being available.
Maybe my fond hope that a back-channel deal got done has been fulfilled.
Volume is remaining choppy but trending lower. I believe this is causing some instability in the daily short sales ratios as it is also quite choppy and tending lower. I mention these only because the traditional TA indicators suggest a move *ought* to be coming and the instability of these items seems to support that. But ...
Since I haven't mentioned it for a long while, I should remind that even my "traditional TA" stuff has experimental settings - shorter than normal periods, reduced by about 1/3.
While most of the normal oscillators are still decidedly neutral (an oxymoron for sure), the stochastic entered oversold 6/19 and continues up ATM. This, while volume is trending down, would normally suggest we've topped out (supported by the Williams %R being near the extreme top), although it's not uncommon for this condition to remain for some time with continued price appreciation. But over the last year (maybe not a fair comparison, all things considered) this has not been the case for AXPW. *Usually* we get a quick turn down ... *until* recently. In our latest case, circa 4/3, we just went flat for a month.
Looking at other traditional TA indicators, and my experimental stuff, I believe the latter scenario is most likely *if* we don't "bust a move" up.
MFI has been trending up since 6/13 and has now gone slightly above neutral to 59.64. This indicator is considered to be one of the few leading oscillators and I really hope it's telling the truth here.
The momentum oscillator has shifted from bear (~.83) on 5/23 to bull, now at 1.13.
The rest of the oscillators remain sort of neutral, in line with the uncertainty suggested by my experimental chart factors.
My feeling remains unchanged - we seem to be consolidating at this range as we clean out the "flippers" at $0.35 and there appears to be both little downside risk and a very slight bias towards the upside.
A short-term triangle supports the consolidation scenario and wants us to believe a break is coming. But it's totally ignorant, I think, and I believe we break the apex of that and just continue mostly sideways for now.
Remember - I'm experimental and learning!
hardToLove -
The tour of the plant included everything but the sheeting process (secret sauce). We saw the carbon electrodes being made and we saw them being paired with the positive electrodes and stuffed (literally under high pressure) into the 30HT case. Yes, the AGM line is building PbC's destined for NS.
The flooded line was also running at a pretty good clip. What I found interesting was the many different case sizes. For some reason I got it in my head that they were building just one flooded battery type but that is not the case. They build a wide variety of flooded batteries which I assume to mean they can do the same with AGM and PbC... -
Well there was one section of the AGM line that needed a bit more "handling" of the electrodes than they would like and it was pointed out that they were working on some automation for this. They were also working on making it a little more worker friendly.
More later if something comes to me... -
Iindelco. We were on the end so I could only see the last two bots. However, the belt advanced every 13-15 seconds.
JP. The flooded and AGM lines each ended within close proximity at their own testing bench. I did not see a second line and don't remember seeing two flooded lines coming together prior to the test bench. However, our tour did not come close to covering the factory floor. Also, I was more focused on the PbC line and less interested n the flooded line <smile>... -
Tim, The belt is all you need to see. For cycle time on an asynchronous transfer line all you need to do it watch the transfer that moves the product and count the time between cycles. There are some caveats. The transfer must be kept full and more cycles are required to do the analysis if the line is not running well.
What you have supplied works fine. Thanks for the info. gathering. We're lucky to have you guys gathering data and sharing it! -
This way to the 2012 Shareholders conference edition.
http://seekingalpha.co... -
HTL - I always appreciate your insight to market behavior. Many years ago when I was a stock broker I occasionally sat in the traders room to watch the chain smoking always moving market makers jump in and out of positions. Those guys practice deception as an art form. They love screwing the other guy out of a penny, it is what they live for (and what they are paid for). If everyone was as observant as you they would have a lot fewer other people's pennies. :)
Rick! I'm flabbergasted and thankful! For I long time I've been doubting my basic thesis that understanding the mechanics and ... "sleight of hand" employed by "the markets" was nothing more than an undesired side-effect of my tin-foil hat.
Your statement disabuses me of that thought and also gives me hope that as time passes I may actually have something reliable and useful out of all this.
One big impediment is that FINRA informs me that the OTC markets will *not* publish the monthly short sales transaction tapes as is done for the major exchanges. That data would have provided potentially revealing insight into what produced the EOD short sales summaries.
I've not given up - I *may* be able to get some insight via proxy - examining some of the monthlies that are published and overlaying what I glean on AXPW.
That'll take a long time I think, based on my experience so far.
Anyway, thanks again for the thoughts!
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Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:44:32 -0700 New York Giants CB Terrell Thomas (knee) was doing work on the side during practice Tuesday. June 11.
Wed, 29 May 2013 20:12:25 -0700 New York Giants CB Terrell Thomas (knee) said Wednesday, May 29, that he has already been cleared to return from his third anterior cruciate ligament surgery, but the team is simply taking it slow with him as a precaution.
Fri, 24 May 2013 11:52:32 -0700 New York Giants CB Terrell Thomas (knee) said he is open to moving to safety because he knew that he would be moving to the position at some point because of his body type. He said he does not think it would be a hard transition for him because it is like some positions he has played in the past.
Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:30 -0700 New York Giants CB Terrell Thomas (knee) said his surgically repaired knee is doing great and that he may start doing individual drills in the near future. Thomas said he is taking is rehab slowly and there is no timetable for his return.
Wed, 22 May 2013 20:45:48 -0700 New York Giants C David Baas (undisclosed), OG Chris Snee (hip), CB Terrell Thomas (knee) and LB Jacquian Williams (knee) did not take part in team drills during organized team activities (OTAs) Wednesday, May 22. They are still rehabbing, and participated only in individual drills.
Wed, 22 May 2013 10:23:56 -0700 New York Giants CB Terrell Thomas said he'd be willing to move to safety and that it would be easy because he played it in high school, for a stint in 2011 and in some formations in 2010. Fantasy Tip: An internal switch would aid the Giants' depth at a vulnerable position and may bolster their potential for takeaways. Thomas, who's recovering from a second torn anterior cruciate ligament last summer, might have fleeting IDP value, too.
Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:27:34 -0800 During an interview on NFL Network's "NFL AM" program, New York Giants CB Terrell Thomas (knee) said he feels head coach Tom Coughlin has one more year of coaching left in him. Coughlin is signed through the 2014 season. "But I think he has one more in him," said Thomas, a second-round pick in 2008 who missed the past two seasons with ACL injuries. "We have a great nucleus of guys, and I don't think he wants to give that up. That passion is still burning within him. He's in that facility all day every day; he's going crazy not being able to coach and watch film. He lives and breathes football. He has everybody in there all day, every day, in the offseason," Thomas said. Coughlin, 66, has given no public indications of his plans.
Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:09:09 -0800 Updating a previous report, New York Giants CB Terrell Thomas' new one-year contract with the Giants will see him make a base salary of $500,000 with the possibility that he could make an additional $500,000 in incentives.
Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:59:56 -0800 New York Giants CB Terrell Thomas (knee) said he would be fine with a possible move to safety because he just wants to get on the field after missing the last two seasons because of anterior cruciate ligament injuries. Thomas said his knee is feeling great and have been able to start running over the past two weeks.
Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:25:40 -0800 Updating a previous report, New York Giants CB Terrell Thomas has signed a new one-year deal. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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THESE DAYS, ONE SEEKS IN vain for voices who contend that the Cold War was a lost cause. The reason, quite obviously, is that the West's triumph over the forces of communist totalitarianism makes this a decidedly difficult notion to sustain.
So why such heated resistance to idea, which finds its most prominent expression in the Bush administration's calls for democracy in the Middle East, that Arab and Muslim tyrannies should share a similar fate? After all, next to the fearsome intercontinental influence once wielded by the Evil Empire, the modest mandates of Middle Eastern potentates qualify them as little more than oil-pumping pygmies.
In his new book, The Case for Democracy, Natan Sharansky gives us the answer. At bottom, he writes, it has to do with moral clarity: there simply isn't enough of it.
For instance, it is this lack of moral clarity that informs leftist critics' resentment of the Bush administration's admirably hard-line approach to Middle Eastern tyranny. Incapable of drawing distinctions between a democratic West and an autocratic Middle East, leftist activists reach for spurious analogies: President Bush becomes Hitler incarnate; America and Israel become the latter day versions of Nazi Germany; Islamist terrorists out to trip-up a democracy-bound Iraq become freedom fighters on par with the heroes of the American Revolution. And those are the flattering comparisons.
Nor is the dearth of moral clarity limited to the America-bashing Left. Sharansky notes that some within the mainstream of American political discourse suffer from a similar affliction. Even as they hold dear the values of American democracy, Sharansky argues, these "freedom's skeptics" — among them the "realist" tacticians who counsel "engagement" with the worst the Middle East has to offer — deny the power of freedom to transform undemocratic societies. Reluctant to insist on the superiority of democratic virtues, these critics carp that America has "no right to impose its values." Unwilling to place their faith in the transformative power of democratic freedoms, they instead urge America to make common cause with regimes that survive by denying those freedoms to their native populations. Thus do these skeptics make the case for dictatorship.
AS A FORMER DISSIDENT in the Soviet Union, Sharansky knows something about dictators. In mounting his central argument that the West should actively promote democracy in places that lack it, Sharansky, enlists his own struggles in the front lines of the Jewish dissident movement — a career that earned him imprisonment in KGB-run prisons. With impressive thoroughness, limpid clarity, and the singular conviction who a man who has seen freedom slay one of history's most formidable tyrannies, Sharansky persuasively contends that the dictatorships that seem so formidable to Western eyes are, like the former Soviet Union, inherently unstable. His case for democracy comes down to this: All that's needed for tyranny to crumble is for freedom to be introduced.
A man of faith in a godless age is hitting Americans where it hurts.
Mr. and Mrs. American Spectator Reader, let P.J. O'Rourke talk sense to your kids.
In Britain, defending your property can get you life.
The debacle of this president's administration is both a cause and a symptom of the decline of American values. Unless Congress impeaches him, that decline will go on unchecked. An eminent jurist surveys the damage and assesses the chances for the recovery of our culture.
It won't take long for conservatives to scratch this presidential wannabe off their 2008 scorecard.
The American Christmas, like the songs that celebrate it, makes room for everybody under the rainbow. Is that why so many people seem to be hostile to it?
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Mother, Meltam Assim, who is frightened about foxes calls for Enfield Borough Council to take action
10:36am Tuesday 5th March 2013 in News By Hermione Wright
A mother "terrified" about foxes attacking her baby is calling for Enfield Borough Council to take action.
Meltam Assim, of Hammond Road in Enfield Highway, claims a skulk of up to nine foxes is plaguing front and back gardens in the street during the day and night.
The 41-year-old claims the pests have lurked for months and refuses to open her windows in case they gain access to her home and harm her five-month-old son Kaya-Khan.
Her fears were heightened following at a fox attack in Lewisham last month, which left a four-week-old baby with a severed finger after an animal gained access to his family's home.
Ms Assim said: "I am at the stage where I am terrified to leave a window open – I have a baby in the house. I don't know how we are going to get through the summer.
"The council has dealt with the wheelie bins, but they have not provided a solution to the fox problem.
"I am not against foxes, I love animals but it is not safe for them to be living here."
She said over the past weeks more foxes have appeared and she is anxious their numbers will rise as they breed over the summer.
The road, she claims, is largely kept clean, but she believes a neighbour encourages the foxes by feeding them regularly.
Although she can keep a watchful eye over her son inside her home, she fears for her cat's safety after a neighbour's pet cat was "butchered" by foxes in the past few weeks.
Kathleen Woodham, who lives next door to Ms Assim, has called the council regularly to warn the authority of the issues.
However, she claims the complaints have fallen on deaf ears.
The 63-year-old is fretting about the safety of the children in the neighbourhood, but is also growing increasingly protective of her pet chihuahua, which she believes could fall victim to the foxes.
She said: "The kids can't play outside because foxes are in the garden. Now the weather has started to improve, we can't go into the garden. It's ridiculous.
"I think the council has got to do something now. We have all had enough."
Ms Woodham said she has spent £200 on pest control to try to coax the foxes away from the area, but she does not know what else can be done unless the council gets involved.
She added: "Foxes look lovely, but they are not – they are evil."
The Enfield Independent is waiting for a comment from the council.
12:41pm Tue 5 Mar 13
I've never tried this, but I know a number of people who swear that bath salts or cheap airfreshener keeps foxes at bay. Spray or sprinkle the stuff along the garden boundary.
But far more important, have a gentle word with the person feeding the foxes. Experts agree that this is never a good idea as it removes the natural fear of humans from these wild animals.
1:13pm Wed 6 Mar 13
Foxes are "evil"... really?
I've seen foxes in all of the areas of London that I have lived, and they are no threat to either humans or pets. They are for the most part shy and avoid humans.
Of course they can be messy with bin bags, but dogs (well certain types of dogs) are more of a menace.
And why is this paper even reporting on this craziness? My wife is scared of spiders... is the paper going to devote an article to this?
4:16pm Wed 6 Mar 13
If you are out with your dog, then the likelihood of it being attacked it remote, to say the least.
I also think the woman scared for her baby ought to get some perspective. Her child is not a helpless newborn but nontheless shouldn't really be left alone out of his cot or other safe place without parental supervision.
4:14pm Thu 7 Mar 13
In reply to the man who thinks that we need our heads examined, I'm not being rude, but I am afraid as you have no idea how often these foxes are seen in this street, at all times of day, how often we hear animals being killed by foxes, and how a cat in the neighborhood has been the victim of a fox attack, which has been said by the vet not us, then I'm sorry but your comments are rude, and actually insensitive.
My baby is 5 months old, so what exactly qualifies as a helpless newborn in the last persons eyes is beyond me. My child would never be left unsupervised, thank you so much for this advice, however I should not feel that I cannot open a window in the house whilst my child is sleeping in his bedroom, or even just playing in the living room whilst I am in the kitchen.
The foxes around here and Im sure in many areas are not fearful anymore, they have become so familiar to humans, that they will not leave our gardens easily, and whilst like I have repeatedly said that I love all animals, including foxes, and I know it is not their fault that they have become vermin, I still believe that I should not feel unsafe to open a window in my house, or feel that my child could play in his safe secure garden eventually when old enough to do so on his own, with my popping in and out of the garden to supervise him.
So whilst I appreciate everyone's comments, I still believe that something needs to be done so that our animals and children can be safe in their gardens.
My neighbor might have lost some perspective when it comes to foxes and her "evil" comment, however I also am the one who can hear her at all times of the night trying to ensure that the foxes leave her garden so that her 2 little dogs can go out and safely do their toilet, which again they should have a right to do. So whilst her comment might be irrational, it is also coming from a place where she is scared for her 2 dogs, and spends most of the night having to throw things at the foxes to get them out of her garden and away from her 2 dogs.
So respectfully, I will not tolerate ignorant comments about our sanity or perspective. I am of sane mind, and have tried to bring up an issue I believe of importance and one that I am sure other responsible parents and animal owners are also worried about.
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Old Soldiers: Santa Cruz County Civil War Veterans
by Robert L. Nelson
Santa Cruz Sentinel (April 2, 1924)
Oakwood Memorial Park
DIED: AMES- In Santa Cruz, April 1, Clark Hubbard Ames, aged 77 years 9 months and 3 days, a native of Ohio.
[April 3, 1924- The funeral of the deceased will be held from the Chase undertaking parlors today at 2 o'clock. Interment in SCruz/OMP cemetery. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend.]
Clark H. Ames Dies Last Night
Clark Hubbard Ames, who resided on Branciforte Ave., died last night at his residence where he resided with his wife. Mr. Ames was 77 years of age and a native of Ohio. The deceased had resided here for four years.
Funeral for Clark Hubbard [Ames]
Funeral services over the late Clark Hubbard Ames, were held yesterday from Chase's undertaking parlors, and were well attended and were conducted by Rev. Wellman of the Seventh Day Adventist church. The burial was at SCruz/OMP.
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The Emerald Lake elves are at it again.
For the third consecutive year, a group of friends in the Union County subdivision of Emerald Lake have organized a gift drive that resulted in Christmas presents for all 144 residents of Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation of Monroe."Some of the residents have no family, so this annual good will gesture might be the only Christmas they will have," said Carlene Cook.Chief Elf Organizer Linda Morrison and her crew put fliers in neighborhood mailboxes the first of November announcing the project. Emerald Lake residents generously gave $1,600 for gifts. Morrison then hit the Internet in search of the best deals. She also frequented local dollar stores. "I love the dollar stores and they love me," Morrison said. The elves ended up with 144 backpacks, 144 pairs of nonslip socks, 288 puzzle books and pens and plenty of hard candy. They then wrapped each present and put each set in a gift bag. On Dec. 15, the elves and a supporting cast of husbands, friends and grandchildren loaded seven cars full of bags and delivered them to the facility. Kindred Transitional Care activities assistant Joyce Hoskins said the presents were a blessing. "The residents were so excited. There were so many things inside the bags, and they especially liked the tins of hard mixed candy. It reminded them of their childhood," said Hoskins. "These presents really made a difference. One of our residents said, 'You would think that in a rehab facility like this, we would have been forgotten. But there are people out there that know we exist.' This made their Christmas."Monday, Dec. 24, 2012
Emerald Lake elves bring gifts
Neighborhood brings cheer to rehab facility
These Emerald Lake elves, including residents of the Union County subdivision and several of their grandchildren, recently delivered 144 gift bags stuffed with presents to the residents of Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation of Monroe. COURTESY OF LINDA MORRISON
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Unemployed young people in Rotherham have been given a career kick-start in construction with the delivery of a national training scheme by Wates Living Space.
Over 19's from across the borough that have been struggling to get into work completed the national Building Futures scheme, which gives jobseekers an opportunity to take part in construction skills training to improve their employment prospects.
The two-week programme saw them learn a variety of practical skills such as carpentry, tiling and plumbing and visit a number of building sites across the district to see the inner workings of constructon in action. They also had the chance to work on their interview technique with members of Wates' supply chain.
The training programme drew to a close with the candidates putting their newly learnt skills to the test by building communal raised planters for residents at Elliot Court, a housing scheme owned by Chevin Housing Association Ltd (a member of the Together Housing Group) and managed by Action Housing and Support.
Wates delivered the programme in partnership with its national delivery partners Ixion Holdings and Skill Centre alongside Chevin Housing and Action Housing.
All participants were rewarded for their efforts with a QCF Level 1 Award in Building Crafts and were guided through their Construction Skills Certification Scheme CSCS test, which will enable them to access to future training and experience on building sites.
Joanne Jamieson, Regional Managing Director for Wates Living Space, commented: "I am pleased to have been able to deliver our Building Futures initiative in Rotherham for the second time in as many years. We take our commitment to the communities in which we work very seriously and the provision of tangible training and employment opportunities for local people underpins our vision. I have been very impressed with the achievements of all the candidates and wish them the very best in their future careers."
Daniel Lilley, one of the candidates who took part in the programme said: "I want to say a big thanks to Wates for this opportunity. I am so grateful for the chance to learn new skills. I really enjoyed the training and didn't want it to end."
Sheena Grice,Reinvestment Site Co-ordinator at Chevin Housing said: "The working partnership which Chevin and Wates Living Space has evolved and we are proud with the work which the young people have carried out on the Building Futures project. The team of young people have worked hard and have made the project work and on behalf of Chevin Housing would like to thank them for a fantastic job well done to everyone".
Established by Wates in 2005, the Building Futures programme, accredited by the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance, was developed to help the long term unemployed and ex-offenders return to the workforce and learn about different trades within the construction industry.
Wates is working with Chevin Housing on the delivery of major refurbishment works to some of the Housing Association's property portfolio.
Photographed above – some of the apprentices with Wates and Chevin staff showing off the fantastic planters they constructed for Chevin's Elliot Court scheme.


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Cleveland Medical Mart & Convention Center adds senior staff and establishes Industry Advisory Board
In the News :: April 19, 2012
Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. (MMPI) announced earlier today the addition of two senior management members to the Cleveland Medical Mart & Convention Center (Cleveland MMCC) operational team, naming Jim Bennett as Senior Vice President and Brian Milner as Director of Operations. Bennett and Milner will begin their duties immediately.
Bennett, a resident of Cleveland since 1982, will bring his more than 40 years of experience as a management consultant and senior line manager with McKinsey & Company and KeyCorp and board leader in both the corporate and nonprofit sectors to provide the overall leadership and direction for Cleveland MMCC. Bennett brings strong management and medical industry expertise to the project. He will work closely with Vice President and General Manager Brian Casey and the Cleveland MMCC team.
"I am privileged to be part of the team that is working to make this exciting new community asset a driver of our hospitality industry in the years ahead," said Bennett. "I've been encouraged and energized by the support and commitment of everyone involved – the County leadership, Cleveland's healthcare community, a number of civic organizations, the business community, and my new colleagues at MMPI in Chicago and here at Cleveland MMCC."
Milner brings more than two decades of facility management experience to Cleveland MMCC, including a lengthy career overseeing a nationwide portfolio of facilities with ARAMARK Sports and Entertainment. Milner will develop the staffing and operational aspects of the operations department, including the implementation of operations strategies, policies, and practices.
County Executive Ed FitzGerald praised the addition of the two executives as "a strong indication of the increasing momentum of the Medical Mart project and the continuing commitment of MMPI to make the project a success. The addition of Mr. Milner and particularly Jim Bennett, who brings 40 years of high-level management experience and long commitment to the Cleveland community, is an indication of the dedication of all parties involved to creating the best product possible."
MMPI has also announced the establishment of an Industry Advisory Board to provide a medical industry and customer perspective on the activities and tenants that would make the facility attractive to permanent showroom tenants and healthcare industry-related meetings and trade shows.
"Our long-range plan has always been to continue strengthening our team as Cleveland MMCC progresses toward opening in 2013," said Mark Falanga, MMPI President. "At the senior management level, this process started last year with the hiring of Brian Casey as General Manager. It continued when Craig Thompson joined Tony Prusak on our sales team four months ago. Now, we're delighted to add two additional senior people with a combined six decades of proven industry experience to our staff and to announce the establishment of an Industry Advisory Board to further strengthen our Cleveland operations."
The Cleveland MMCC Industry Advisory Board includes executives from industry leaders such as Cisco, GE HealthCare, IBM, Invacare, Johnson & Johnson, Philips Healthcare, STERIS, Stryker, Smith & Nephew, and Foundation Medical Partners.
About Jim Bennett
Bennett joins MMPI after a four-decade career that includes 30 years with McKinsey & Company in a number of leadership positions, three years as senior executive vice president with KeyCorp, and the past decade serving as a senior management consultant for major corporations and as a consultant and as a director and CEO for several early stage internet businesses.
Bennett currently serves as Director and client developer at Within3, an internet firm he helped launch in 2005, and Managing Director of the Bennett Group LLC, a senior management consulting firm with practices in strategy development, organizational effectiveness, and board governance.
During his 30 years with McKinsey, 13 of which were in Canada, Bennett served as Managing Director for the Firm's Canadian and Midwest practices, chair of the Clientele and Professional Development Committee, and as a member of the Executive Committee and Shareholders Committee. After joining the firm in 1968, he was elected Principal in 1974 and Director in 1980 and his work spanned strategy, operations, and organizational effectiveness across a wide range of countries, functions, and industries ranging from energy and automotive, through to health care, consumer products, financial services, and professional service firms. In the healthcare industry, Bennett was a leader of the Firm's payer and provider practice, first in Canada and later the United States. From his base in Cleveland, he worked extensively with the management and physician leadership of the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals in addition to the leading integrated systems in Indianapolis and Dayton.
As a Senior Executive Vice President at KeyCorp, Bennett was a member of the Executive Committee and Chair of Retail Banking, along with heading several bank wide functions. He also served on the board of Progressive Corporation.
For the past decade, Bennett helped develop several innovative start-up companies, including EmployOn, a human capital management business, NextMed Systems, an internet-based revenue cycle management firm for physician practices, and Within3, the world leader in building custom Web 2.0 healthcare professional communities for pharmaceutical companies, medical associations, and hospital systems. Since 2007, Bennett has focused on the introduction and development of industry clients, and Within3 now serves 10 of the 20 largest global pharmaceutical companies. He is a well-known lecturer at industry conferences on the impact of social media technology on health care.
Bennett has also continued his senior level consulting work through Bennett Group LLC, a firm he founded in 2002, focusing on overall corporate strategy development, organizational transformation, and top team effectiveness. He is core faculty member for McKinsey & Company's client leadership workshops, a personal development and coaching program for the Firm's newly elected partners.
The Youngstown, Ohio native is well known for his civic leadership in the nonprofit sector, working in the fields of economic development, social services, healthcare delivery, education, and the arts. He has been a Board member for dozens of organizations and has served as Chair of the Cleveland San Jose Ballet, the Cleveland Initiative for Education, the Visiting Committee of the Weatherhead School of Management, and the Grant Making Committee of the Cleveland Foundation.
Bennett graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy before earning his bachelor's degree from Cornell in 1965 and his JD from Harvard Law School in 1968 with selected courses at Harvard Business School.
About Brian Milner
A St. Louis, Missouri native and former ironworker, Milner will develop the staffing and operational aspects of the Cleveland MMCC operations department, including the implementation of organizational strategies, policies, and practices. Milner will develop the operations department for the facility, manage outsourced contractors such as housekeeping, security, dock workers, and engineers, and supervise all building operations.
Milner brings two decades of nationwide facility management experience to MMPI, having spent nearly 10 years with ARAMARK Sports and Entertainment, including six years based in Anaheim, California as Regional Director of Facility Operations Stadiums and Arenas for the Pacific Region. ARAMARK Sports and Entertainment delivers a wide range of innovative solutions to more than 150 premier sports facilities, convention centers and entertainment venues throughout North America geared to creating memorable guest experiences by designing industry-leading hospitality, dining and catering, retail merchandise, and facility service programs.
From 2005-2011, Milner oversaw an extensive portfolio of stadium operations ranging from Vancouver, B.C. to San Antonio, Texas, overseeing plant operations, maintenance and field support. Milner created strategic support to implement operating procedures, safety and training programs, and financial responsibility, working directly with professional sports teams in the National Football League, National Basketball Association, and the National Hockey League. He also worked closely with the organizations to institute green, recycling and sustainability and LEED-EB programs.
Milner also served as Senior Director of Facility Services for ARAMARK Senior Living Services, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, from 2003-2005, directing engineering and plant operations, housekeeping, laundry, grounds and security for a 47-acre facility spanning nearly 540,000 square feet. He began his career with ARAMARK as Director of Plant Operations and Engineering at a 440-bed hospital in St. Louis from 2001-2003.
For the past year, Milner served as Director of Housekeeping for the Cleveland Cavaliers and was responsible for day-to-day, event and post-event cleaning of the 750,000 square foot Quicken Loans Arena, including more than 150 staff members.
Prior to joining ARAMARK, Milner served in a variety of facility management positions with ServiceMaster, DNI Properties, and Wilhite Associates. No stranger to active construction sites, Milner was an ironworker with Ironworkers Local 396 in St. Louis for 15 years on high-rise office buildings, stadiums, arenas, convention centers, and major river bridges.
Managed by Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc., Cleveland MMCC will integrate state-of-the-art permanent showrooms in a 235,000 square foot medical mart with world-class trade show and conference facilities in an adjoining 230,000 square foot convention center underneath the medical mart and Malls B and C. The facility also includes more than 90,000 square feet dedicated to meeting rooms and a grand ballroom looking out onto Lake Erie.
Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. is the world's leading owner and operator of showroom buildings and trade show facilities, bringing buyers and sellers together in more than 300 market events, trade and consumer shows and conferences each year.


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The challenge of separating inherently governmental work from contractor-appropriate work may still bedevil the Defense department.
Defense officials have allowed contractors to perform work that only a federal employee should do because, in part, military departments have not done well in itemizing their services contracts, according to a new report.
Army inventory reviews of fiscal 2009 services contracts found 1,935 instances of contractors conducting inherently government functions, or work only a federal employee can do. The Air Force found 91 instances, the Government Accountability Office reported. In its review of 12 cases related to inherently governmental functions, GAO found officials had not rectified the situation in eight cases.
Although the study was from fiscal 2009, GAO said it's not possible to know yet if the problems are solved. GAO reported that defense officials have made some changes in gathering data in its fiscal 2010 contract inventory reviews that could help. However, officials said they could not get a complete picture for the reviews until at least 2016.
One case detailed in the report involved a $6.1 million IT support contract at Army Training and Doctrine Command's Defense Language Institute. A contractor held a "project manager" function, which officials said was an inherently governmental function. The contractor continues to perform the work.
In two cases, contracting and program officials didn't know that the inventory review process deemed as inherently governmental a contractor's work on an engineering support contract at an acquisition support center. The contractor provided technical expertise and coordination with the program office, other military departments, Congress and private companies. The other case involved a $409,000 Air National Guard contract for financial analytical support.
Both contracts had expired, but the work continued under subsequent contracts, GAO reported.
Officials also said a $120,000 task order for advice and advocacy on Air National Guard positions and programs to staff and commands included inherently governmental work.
In four instances, contractors served as systems coordinators at the Army.
Military officials have several ways to address the problem. They include:
Getting better at itemizing annual services contracts would also help, according to the report. The inventories are intended to make it plain which jobs should be off limits to contractors. Officials could stay abreast of what's happening by keeping detailed records about each services contract.
Nevertheless, GAO said military departments' fiscal year 2009 inventories of contracted services were incomplete. Besides the Army and Air Force, Navy headquarters officials had no assurance that their commands conducted the reviews, and GAO found no evidence at the commands it contacted that officials had conducted the required reviews.
GAO recommended that officials describe in policy who's in charge in doing the reviews and the authority they have to get them done correctly. DOD agreed with the recommendation.
Is this article more of the GWOC or, does the author not realize the report evaluates a situation that wasn't even yet defined in 2009? I've read the new guidance and I'm still not clear on the definition. Seems to me you can make this 'guidance' work to condemn or condone depending upon your disposition.
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