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So, how are you going to start the new year? Any new traditions or are you sticking to old ones? I find this the best celebration of the year, because a new, filled with hope, potencialy exciting new time is opening up. That is always reason to celebrate!
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Your work is incredible. I like the fact that you can take raw photos of your life and have others look at them and feel some sort of connection to them. It's interesting to see other artists/photographers who can document their life. It's like a small door to who they are and how they see things. I've reblogged quite a few from your blog here because they're all such great pieces. Keep up the incredible work Stephen. Cheers to amazing artists around the world.
Thank you! I really appreciate what you've said because that's exactly what I aim to achieve with my photos.


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Sad women, with too much time on their hands. Suggest they get on with the job of looking after their own families and indoctrinating their offspring.
I think one million mums need one million lays :P (and yes i know there isnt one million of them, but i dont know how many there are lol) xx
these types of a-holes want to ban birth control. Then the best birth control will be backdooring the woman
(really – a poll I say early this year said 37% of str8 couples do it)
What a wonderful way for them to encourage back dooring – ending birth control. from that point its a small step to going gay , and remember Kinsey said that most of us have some amount of gay in them
A psych I met just the otehr day told me why there seem to be very very few bisex people in the USA
they are seen as traitors by the lgbt community.
Get them out and we'll prob have 25% of the population doing it as gays.
Shame on Pink News for promoting this hate group.
OMM have a very small membership and are utterly irrelevant.
They require publicity to surviv.
They really need to read their Bible. I find this passage works best.
1 Timothy 2:11-12
A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.
Did you know those words 'appear' to be have been added to later manuscripts? There are about 5500 copies of the 4 Gospels, because that is how things happened in ancient times. No photocopiers, all were copies by hand and distributed, and then people made copies of those, distributed those, and those got copied and so on. During this a huge number of errors were introduced, and there were changes to the text.
Allegedly in about 300-400AD a womens' movement started, wanting equal rights, this was crushed and that phrase about women being silent in church was added.
One million moms… now if each one of them has 2.5 kids that is 2.5m kids, if 1 in 10 were gay that means that there are going to be a hell of a lot of toxic parents out there… not to mention a hell of a lot of gay kids with their heads messed with.
Really makes you wonder what kind of "Moms" they are going to be when confronted with reality?
One Million Moms get way to much attention. There just about as relevant as that tiny church family with the signs. When I imagine what they must look like, I can't help but visualise a weird cult with white gowns and pointy hats. I know it's not about race, but the hate is equivalent. I suppose the positive spin on this is that I now know about a new TV show that I will most likely check out.
If you don't like it, sign the petition;
Pink News, why do you continue to give press to this Hate Group of almost 1 million less than 1 million moms? They are undeserving of ANY press at all and so should be ignored. They are completely ineffectual and will wither away should they cease getting PRESS from any quarter….ignoring them will hasten their demise back into obscurity….and the Darkness from whence they came….forget them, they are Losers…..
Well just don't blxxxy watch it then you bunch of harodens. There are buttons on your remote and your tv that switch off and change the channel. I am an adult and I will choose for myself what I want to watch thank you very much. You have no right to dictate my choice about that. Just don't watch the channel if you don't like it ffs. If your seeking to oppress the free speech and free expression of others your also doing it to your own rights to it.
ur… guys… one million moms is just a web site run by the AFA… which consists basically of a couple of overweight pig men. They create the web site and decide on the campaigns. Who knows how many of the purported women members even exist. The right wing fringe are quite skilled at populating their numbers with fake twitter accounts etc.
I think it is wonderful that women are coming together to try and change something that they feel is wrong.
I don't happen to agree with their target but i'd much rather an advocate group try and sway a network. The bottom line is profit and with Jennifers name attached its more than certain to turn a profit and the million moms will just have to keep sending emails and change the channel.
How to change the minds of a group that advocates an anti slogan. We are against. What type of world is that, oh wait tis the world we live in and are all privy too.
Unless we start changing the framework of our own selves and inconsistences, we will continue to see groups that advocate an anti position because we still don't know what we stand for.
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Hairstyle fail of the day
Tomeka QueenMeek Porter:
September 16, 2012 at 4:45 pm
that part is a mile wide..lol..wonder if this is what the red sea looked like when moses did it? kmdl..EPIC FAIL.TRRAAGGIIC
Judi Jay:
September 16, 2012 at 6:54 pm
These so called "invisible parts" only invisible to Blind people... SMH!
Shayla Babyblackbottom Flores:
September 21, 2012 at 7:38 pm
Wow she has the same hair do as woody wood pecker. N she looks like a basic bird to match.
Joshua Flores:
September 21, 2012 at 7:41 pm
Wow so u must have thought you'd look hot but the saloon lied to ur dumb ass LMAO
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September 17, 2012 at 2:10 am
and the face she making is horrible I hate the duck face.
Tameka Edison:
September 17, 2012 at 3:13 am
is that what that's called, duck face, I always wondered what was up with young girls doin that in their pics...it looks stupid
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September 19, 2012 at 10:38 am
All Nicki Minaj wannabees.
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September 17, 2012 at 3:18 am
that's more like a receding hairline part.
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September 28, 2012 at 9:02 pm
LMFAOOOOOO omg too funny lol
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September 16, 2012 at 11:39 pm
From the part to the stretch marks on the boobs SMH.
I'd hit it
September 19, 2012 at 10:42 am
LOL! Quit your job! We cannot allow your poor judgement to affect the young impressionable minds that you are privy to! Awww, WTFE, it's only Oklahoma.
Lacy Jones:
May 16, 2013 at 3:36 pm
lmao Anthony Douglas
Melissa Miller:
September 22, 2012 at 2:29 pm
you know she ain't gotta job with that color alone...
Anthony Passley:
September 16, 2012 at 4:03 pm
Seems somebody got a split end
Sybil Coleman:
September 20, 2012 at 3:59 am
Ronald McDonald hair....check. Trout pout.....check. Invisible parts (that isn't one part, that's 3 or 4)....check. Hot mess dressed and ready to go!
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September 24, 2012 at 2:12 am
He is not her friend...if he was he would not have let her take that picture...no excuses for this...I know she looked in the mirror at that part....just wrong.
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September 19, 2012 at 2:52 am
Looks like a landing strip for military cargo planes...
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September 22, 2012 at 8:28 pm
That's more than a hot mess...keep it up & you want have to think about invisible parting.
You be just bald maybe you should find someone that know about real hairdressing!! All I can do is Loooool
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September 25, 2012 at 12:56 pm
that dude behind her laughs with his friends about it! I just know it.
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September 26, 2012 at 6:22 pm
Invisible part or not she still got a man...
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She looks like a dick.
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My respects to Prof Rissel and to Dan sticking up for peer review. It was the 1980s. Like John I also was out there in the 1970s. I lived in Glebe, Ultimo and Newtown and rode. I had no car. Eventually I opened a bike shop - in 1979. So I was quite aware of bike use levels.
I recall being amazed at how few bikes there were. Around UNSW there were some but in the Inner West virtually none. In the winters I could go as long as two (yes 2) weeks without seeing another adult on a bike. That was not typical but it emphasises that there were very few adult cyclists.
Now I see bikes where I never saw them. Now I am at intersections that in the 80's saw virtually no bikes when there are bikes crossing in all of the four directions. My observations are inner-city-based and the data in the research is broader. The data we saw a few weeks ago on the RTA site showed big increases on SHB and Anzac B but no increase in many other places.
Again, the public transport seeming 'safer, cleaner, more effective & less crowded' is likely just to be due to the fact that public transport funding hasn't kept pace with population growth either - it *was* actually better relative to the population size but now we're trying to play catch-up from a position where a tiny proportion of the population actually gives a hoot - same for cycling expenditure.
It's amusing to see people pulling out personal observations and anecdotes to somehow discredit the paper's findings... a common theme.
I have contradictory anecdotes to yours growing up in my large hometown - bicycle use was much, much higher and effectively has been drying up (adults & children particularly - school/work/other trips). These anecdotes are just as irrelevant.
What? I kinda agree with HFree??
Not sure about the early 70s but the bb family have had houses in the same area since my great grandfather. The density of the suburb is still much the same, houses.
I have biked into the North Sydney (school) in the late 70s and then city for college and work from the 1980s. Saw no one other than other loons and I still see some of them now.
Most people used public transport then, but from 1989 interest rates went down from around the 19% mark and cars became cheaper in price and cheaper to buy and the use went up.
Peak hour from Manly to the CBD was around 8.00 to 9.00 AM. Now it is 6.15 to 9.45 which is the same time you now see good numbers of bikes both for people training and commuting as people are finding out that riding is a very good day to day option.
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Looks like imports ramp up in the lead up to Christmas and then fall off again, presumably as new models are introduced in the new year and old stock is cleared.
This data sadly doesn't include any locally made (or locally assembled?) bicycles so the figures are probably higher but who really knows? What percentage of these imports would be department store junk I wonder? Many of which don't even use standard parts and are rapidly junked - my neighbour bought a few of them. They're next to useless. No, they ARE useless as they can't be used even after a year.
What the data doesn't show is how much (or for how long) the bicycles are used if at all - just that they were 'imported' - nor does it show how many bicycles are owned by each households. Most people I know who ride regularly have at least 2 or 3 bikes. It's a crude assessment.
It does appear that 'Peak Bicycle Imports' occurred in 2007 and when you divide those yearly figures by the Australian population over that period the graph certainly looks less impressive. Australia's current population is 16% higher than it was in 1998 - scary...
Is the public - those willing to actually ride a bicycle - already saturated with bicycles?
I think there is an error in the 2007 data Paul. It comes from Custon's data and that comes from import customs entries. There was a line in 2007 that looks very wrong. Just FYI. Beware of drawing conclusions. Imports were hardly a proxy for sales let alone use. Now of course there is further complication in large scale resurrection of old bikes and bikes little used before.
What is most alarming in the data is the decline in real terms in kids bike imports. That is shocking.
Usage is way up in the inner cities but not much in the outer areas where cars are faster, drivers are blinder and distances are greater.
Oh, I agree, I was just 'thinking out loud' with that post... and the 'peak bicycle' I was referring to in 2007 was more about the overall trend (a nice flattened bell curve), not specifically the spike in 2007.
I don't think this is a good proxy for bicycle sales at all - just all that is available it would seem.
Kids bikes get recycled, in that as the child grows the too little bike becomes another child's bike.
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An initiative in Sydney to improve facilities and reduce fear of traffic has led to rapid growth in cycling, with numbers up by 82% in two years...
All these measures have combined to produce rapid growth in cycling over two years, with numbers up by an average of 82% across all areas of the city. They have also been able to demonstrate economic benefits through reduced congestion, better health, environmental improvements and savings for public transport. One newspaper reported an increase in property values as a result of the scheme. Even the infamous driver hostility is showing signs of waning.
Well spotted Kimberley! The journo is on thin ice there, especially with... up by an average of 82% across all areas of the city.
However, the recent data from CoS does show this level of increase in the city.
The Comments after the article are Great, looks like some ex-pat Sydney siders have a good old go!
Fiona at COS is a great asset to Clover and her team, and it's nice to see her trying to get a positive message across about Cycling in Sydney.
The Only other paper you will see positive articles in Oz in, is with Mr.O' in SMH.
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Chang, M. H., Cirillo, S. L., Cirillo, J. D. Using Luciferase to Image Bacterial Infections in Mice. J. Vis. Exp. (48), e2547, doi:10.3791/2547 (2011).
Imaging is a valuable technique that can be used to monitor biological processes. In particular, the presence of cancer cells, stem cells, specific immune cell types, viral pathogens, parasites and bacteria can be followed in real-time within living animals 1-2. Application of bioluminescence imaging to the study of pathogens has advantages as compared to conventional strategies for analysis of infections in animal models3-4. Infections can be visualized within individual animals over time, without requiring euthanasia to determine the location and quantity of the pathogen. Optical imaging allows comprehensive examination of all tissues and organs, rather than sampling of sites previously known to be infected. In addition, the accuracy of inoculation into specific tissues can be directly determined prior to carrying forward animals that were unsuccessfully inoculated throughout the entire experiment. Variability between animals can be controlled for, since imaging allows each animal to be followed individually. Imaging has the potential to greatly reduce animal numbers needed because of the ability to obtain data from numerous time points without having to sample tissues to determine pathogen load3-4.
This protocol describes methods to visualize infections in live animals using bioluminescence imaging for recombinant strains of bacteria expressing luciferase. The click beetle (CBRLuc) and firefly luciferases (FFluc) utilize luciferin as a substrate5-6. The light produced by both CBRluc and FFluc has a broad wavelength from 500 nm to 700 nm, making these luciferases excellent reporters for the optical imaging in living animal models7-9. This is primarily because wavelengths of light greater than 600 nm are required to avoid absorption by hemoglobin and, thus, travel through mammalian tissue efficiently. Luciferase is genetically introduced into the bacteria to produce light signal10. Mice are pulmonary inoculated with bioluminescent bacteria intratracheally to allow monitoring of infections in real time. After luciferin injection, images are acquired using the IVIS Imaging System. During imaging, mice are anesthetized with isoflurane using an XGI-8 Gas Anethesia System. Images can be analyzed to localize and quantify the signal source, which represents the bacterial infection site(s) and number, respectively. After imaging, CFU determination is carried out on homogenized tissue to confirm the presence of bacteria. Several doses of bacteria are used to correlate bacterial numbers with luminescence. Imaging can be applied to study of pathogenesis and evaluation of the efficacy of antibacterial compounds and vaccines.
1. Pulmonary Infection by Intratracheal Intubation
2. Animal Anesthetization and Preparation for Bioluminescence Imaging
Mice are anesthetized with isoflurane using the XGI-8 Gas Aneshesia System.
3. Bioluminescence Imaging
4. ex vivo Imaging and CFU Analysis for the Quantification of Bacteria in the Lungs
5. Analysis of Luminescence Imaging
6. Representative Results:
The bioluminescence images of mice infected with bioluminescent bacteria along with an uninfected mouse control are shown in Figure 1. The mice pulmonary infected with bioluminescent bacteria produce significant signal from the lungs (Figure 1). Luminescence intensity is quantified as total flux within a R.O.I (region of interested) (Figure 2). The quantitative data for light intensity is normalized for colony forming units (CFU) of bacteria obtained from lungs to confirm that the signal is produced from the bioluminescent bacteria and can be compared to negative control. The location and intensity of signal can be further analyzed by DLIT 3D reconstruction of the luminescence source based on tomography of the mouse surface11. These analyses allow quantification and localization of the bioluminescent signal produced. The results of 3D reconstruction of a luminescent source in infected mice demonstrates that light is produced from lungs of the mouse (Figure 3). The ex vivo images of the resulting mouse lungs confirm that luminescence is emitted from the lungs, rather than some other closely juxtaposed tissue or organ (Figure 2C).
Figure 1. Luminescence imaging of pulmonary infected mice with bioluminescent bacteria tagged with CBRluc. Uninfected control mouse is on the left and two infected mice are on the right. Mice were infected with bacteria expressing CBRluc (n=2) via the intratracheal route. 10 minutes after luciferin injection, luminescence images were acquired for 10 min at 4 positions: dorsal, ventral, left side and right side.
Figure 2. The quantitative light intensity from mice infected with bacteria expressing CBRluc. (A, B) Luminescence images of ROI analysis and the quantified total flux of light from R.O.I. in dorsal and ventral positions, respectively. Uninfected mice are on the left and two infected mice are on the right. Luminescence images were acquired from lungs of mice uninfected and infected with CBRlux (n=2). The light intensity around lungs was quantified by ROI analysis. C) ex vivo images of lungs from uninfected (top) and infected (bottom two sets of lungs) mice. Luciferin was injected 5 miniuts before of euthanasia and images were then acquired. The quantified values are normalized to CFU.
Figure 3. The 3D reconstruction of bioluminescence source(s) from a pulmonary infected mouse. The mouse was infected with bacteria expressing CBRluc by intratracheal injection. The image sequence was acquired using different emission filters of serial wavelengths from 540 nm to 700 nm. An image sequence was used for 3D reconstitution for luminescence source in animal subjects that contained a structured imag. A) The tomography for mouse is shown in different positions: front, back, left and right. Light sources are shown as voxels (red boxes within 3D mouse) that are located within lung as determined by reconstruction. B) Photon densiy map of measured and simulated data. Comparing the measured and simulated photon density curves provide the information of quality of reconstruction. Good quality reconstructions result in similar measured and simulated photon densities.
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Although following these protocols will usually result in high quality images, it is important to consider a few key issues in order to obtain accurate and consistent data from imaging studies. Luminescence images should be acquired that have counts from 600 to 60,000 to ensure that the signal is above background and the camera is not saturated. If signal obtained is less than 600 the exposure conditions should be adjusted to increase counts. If signal obtained is over 60,000 the camera is saturated in some regions. When the camera is saturated, quantification should not be attempted in saturated regions, though it is still possible and sometimes necessary in non-saturated regions. In addition, 3D reconstruction cannot be carried out accurately when saturated a regions is included within the region being used for the mask for the reconstruction. The adjustment of exposure time, binning and F/stop for image acquisition as well as modification of the imaging region or animal position can control the signal obtained and allow quantitative analysis of data. Thus, in many experiments it is helpful to consistently image animals under multiple exposure conditions to ensure that at least one set of images will be within the required limits to allow quantitative analysis.
It is important to remember that expression of any reporter gene can affect virulence, making it necessary to carry out pilot studies to evaluate potential impacts on fitness in recombinants strains that are to be used for imaging. This is one of the limitations of bioluminescent imaging, since it requires expression of foreign genes in the bacteria. This may often be overcome through the use of optimized constructs that use the appropriate codon usage for the bacterial species to be studied, titration of expression levels for reporter genes to reduce impact on metabolism or examination of multiple luminescent reporter systems that may differ in their impact on fitness.
Another primary variable for imaging studies with infectious agents is the level of signal produced by the agent being imaged. Since there are differences in the threshold of detection for each agent in animals as compared to in vitro, it is recommended that pilot studies using multiple infectious doses to optimize agent numbers prior to carrying out more extensive experiments. The bioluminescent reporters themselves should also be optimized for transcription, translation and low toxicity, to ensure that the level of signal produced is as high as possible. Optimization of reporters can be accomplished in most cases in vitro, but the wavelength of light emission will also impact the ability light produced by optimal reporters to penetrate mammalian tissue, making it important to also evaluate different reporters directly in animals. Although each animal can be followed individually, which controls for a great deal of the variability between animals, it is still necessary to include sufficient animals to allow statistical significance between groups to be determined. Usually, animal numbers should be 4 - 6 per group, allowing differences as low as two-fold between groups to be observed in many cases. Lastly, the inoculation route and accuracy of delivery to the appropriate tissues and of precise agent numbers will help to ensure consistent results by reducing overall variability between animals.
The spectral properties of the bioluminescence produced is also an important factor affecting the ability to image infections in vivo. In mammalian tissues, light of wavelengths less than 600 nm are largely absorbed by hemoglobin, a major component of mammalian tissue. The depth of penetration for bioluminescence wavelengths drastically increases for wavelengths longer than 600 nm8,12. Both CBRluc and FFluc produce bioluminescence with a broad wavelength, including over 600 nm, making these luciferases nearly ideal reporters for in vivo imaging, even in deep tissues including lungs and liver7-8.
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Animal studies were performed in accordance with the guidelines and regulations set forth by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Commitee of Texas A&M University.
The authors thank the Cirillo laboratory members for valuable discussions and assistance throughout this study. We thank Dr. Joshua Hill and the laboratory of Dr. James Samuel for assistance with during the filming of this protocol. This work was funded by grant 48523 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and grant AI47866 from the National Institutes of Health.
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Is there such a thing as too much sleep? I think so and I think it happened this weekend. Let me rewind. On Friday night my family went to see my cousin perform in one of the leading roles in his school play. The only time I was in "real" clothes:
We came home after and Jonny and I were in bed by 10 pm. (What can I say? We're party animals!) I woke up rather early (4:30!) to my dear dog Zoey whining and wanting to go potty and have breakfast. Shortly after, my dear Aunt Flo came to visit (sorry boys) and left me with pretty painful cramps. I moved to the couch, curled up with Zoey, took some Advil, and waited for the pain to subside while I watched trashy tv (Teen Mom 2 and Bad Girls Club to be exact – I told you it was trashy).
A few hours later, I peeled myself off the couch and headed to the gym for a light sweat session on the elliptical. Did you know one of the best things you can do during that time of the month is workout? It can reduce stress, increase your endorphin release, and alleviate cramps. Don't skip the gym, ladies!
This picture was from last week's Best Body Bootcamp workout: the Squat to Crossover Crunch exercise – can be done anywhere, anytime, no equipment needed! You literally do an air squat with your hands behind your ears, then as you come up you crunch down and reach one of your elbow's to your opposite knee. Alternate sides.
Anyway, after the gym I ran some errands, and then spent a good majority of the day back on the couch. Stephanie and Phil and the kiddos dropped by on Saturday evening, and, as always, we were entertained by Jacob and Audrey.
Jacob played ping-pong for the first time, and while he could barely see over the table, he actually did pretty well! He's a natural athlete, for sure. The bottom picture is blurry because he was jumping off our treadmill to reach and hit the punching bag. The kid is coordinated! Audrey was infatuated with Zoey. First she was giving kisses, then she was cracking up every time Zoey licked her, and then she pretended to go to sleep in Zoey's doggy bed.
After they left, Jonny and I watched When Harry Met Sally and hit the hay. Ten hours later, I woke up to find Zoey snuggled underneath one of our pillows and against my leg (not sure how the pillow ended up down there). She loves finding the littlest nooks to snuggle in.
Sunday morning was spent at the gym with a little elliptical and a little stair climber action before coaching my girls' soccer game. They tied 3-3, but it was the best game they played (we are in an extremely competitive league!). After running more errands, taking Zoey for a walk, and giving her a bath, I headed back to the couch with my freshly bathed Zo and a hot cup of tea.
However, my tea was too hot to drink, so I set it aside, laid down my head, closed my eyes, and I was out. Seriously, I passed out hardcore. I'm not sure if it was the cold rainy weather, the lovely time of the month, the dreary day, or just merely the time I actually had to nap, but whatever it was caused me to be so tired this weekend!
I do think part of it was that I slept for TEN hours both nights and I think that's too much. My ideal amount of sleep is between seven and eight hours, and for me, ten apparently is a couple too many. Not that I'm complaining. My body maybe needed the extra sleep, and every now and then itz nice to have low key weekends.
Recycled picture. We spent way more time horizontal than this.
I will say, I'm fully rested for this next week ahead. Afterall, itz Marvelous Monday, so there's no room to be tired. Bring it on, Monday!
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Hellmut - you have managed to deliver one of the most fact-free rants I have seen in a long time.
You say, "Every year the hurricanes start to impose a bigger cost on your country." The fact is, we are in the longest period in our history without a major (F3-F5) hurricane strike. We just went through the longest period in our history without any hurricane strike at all.
You say, "The ice on the poles is melting closer to the worth case scenarios, so you might go to Florida to visit those large cities sumerged in the Atlantic Ocean." The summer melting of the (floating) Arctic sea ice has absolutely no effect on sea level. The measurements of the land-based ice on Greenland and Antarctica are so close to zero change that any trends are within the margins of measurement errors. Even if you accept the maximum reduction rates, they would contribute less than a millimeter per year to sea level rise.
US government scientists this year examined the recent record of sea level measurements, using satellite altimeter measurements, satellite gravity-change measurements, and ocean heat content measurements. They concluded that the average sea-level rise rate during the satellite era has been 1.3mm/year, without any acceleration. That comes to 13cm (5 inches) per century. Does this require radical actions?
You say, "Every year more and stronger tornados affect your country with a increasing number of deaths." Again, completely wrong. Strong tornados (F3-F5) show a long-term decreasing trend. There has been an increase in the reported number of weak tornados (F0-F2), but that is due to better detection from new technologies like Doppler radar and personal video cameras. We are presently in the longest period in our history without a single tornado-caused death.
You say, "All of this besides beeing extremely expensive for the whole economy that has to pay the bill, you are loosing the time to implement change." Americans spend 5 times as much on heating as on air-conditioning. A warm year actually gives a major boost to the economy due to reduced heating costs. Even the IPCC now agrees that there have been no trends in extreme weather -- see their recent Special Report on Extreme Weather (SREX).
You simply have no idea what you are talking about.
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I perceive that current-day battery EVs fit into the "getting there" category. GM's EV1 was a valuable learning experience, but it was a DOA product - waaaay too short a range to have any real value. "Nice try," GM! The Leaf and Volt, are
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better. They are "getting there," but they're far from "a dream come true," and I expect that in 15 years, we look back at them and again say, "nice try."
However, the Leaf is good enough that, if my family did need two cars, I probably would buy one, and in fact would most of the time drive it, instead of my 2009 Prius. However, the range is still too short to avoid needing a gasoline-powered car in the garage too.
Before I bought a partially-electric vehicle, I would not have guessed just how much gasoline engines would come to gross me out. Driving on electric feels so clean, quiet and elegant, that when the engine kicks in I feel like I'm jumping back a couple decades, back to the age of dirty, noisy and kludgy.
I really do wish I could drive electric all the time, but, again, the current crop of EVs is still firmly in the "getting there" category.
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The cost of battery pack replacement for a Prius is $3K. It is claimed that a used one can be obtained from a salvage yard for around $500, although my recent search did not find an available one, but I did locate battery pack cells on e-bay that can be used for replacement/repair with the extra effort to balance the cell profiles. So there is also a refurbishing process, but one needs to be well educated about safety in handling high DC voltages.
If the criteria for purchasing a EV were simply the cost of replacing the battery pack, then I would have never purchased another vehicle with ICE due to the cost I incurred for replacement of two transmissions at nearly $2K each. Given that the mean time to failure for battery packs is somewhere above 200K miles, we all know that the scrap yard is full of ICE cars that haven't reached 200K miles and burn lots of oil due to various reasons. In the specific case of the Prius, because the cost of replacing the battery pack is coming down to the point of replacement cost for engine or transmission in a conventaional car, then you need to begin to take a balanced approach to look at failure rates and number of potential replacement components. Interestingly enough, the Prius' drive transmission is far simpler than a conventional transmission. Hence, one talks about battery packs vs transmission replacement costs. From this viewpoint, I came to the conclusion that it's not as big an issue as folks have made it out to be with the exception of the final arguement that the electric vehicle repair is far more specialized at this point in time as compared to conventional automobiles...
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I have as you do concerns about battery life. I guess I am thinking old fashioned, but a gas engine can last "forever" if maintained properly. To put a mileage life on the batteries seems weird to me. What if you treat it bad, does that drop significantly? I don't trust batteries lasting even a percentage of the amount that they are claimed to(in our electronics they sure don't!). I also do not think they have had time to be tested...Gas powered cars can be sold after using them for ten years. When do the motors start to use more battery than when they were new? What happens to battery powered cars after ten years? Just throw in new batteries like a remote control? What if the car is beat up, is it worth buying new batteries for? To me that's like buying a used car and throwing in a new engine. Guess I am old school, but I'll wait and see how it all pans out.
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IMO, all the discussions about the economics of electrical vehicles vs those fueled by fossil fuels ignore the real cost of the energy. Perhaps it's because it's too difficult to measure, or perhaps it's because we would like to ignore the issue. Likely somewhere in the middle.
With a few exceptions, the cost we pay for fossil fuels (and the electricity generated from them) does not include the indirect costs of the waste products - CO2, NOx, ground level ozone, etc. I know there is a wide variety of opinion about these issues, but it is kind of hard to ignore the smog in larger cities, or the dramatic increases in atmospheric CO2 in the past century. Perhaps the effects are not enough "in your face", or occur on time scales longer than a human lifetime, so they are harder to appreciate. But there are costs, and we are not paying them. Yet.
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OK, so express what you like or dislike about your Prius rather than put down my viewpoint with the off handed comment... I am not attempting to put down the Prius and I know that folks that own them are pleased with the mileage and performance they get. Many alter their driving habits per the display which is a bit distracting to the first time driver...
It was my impression from the 30 minute test drive my wife and I took at Rushford, Mn. This region is hilly. One has to stomp the peddle on any car to climb up and down the hill sides in that area and the Prius does not have the git-up to pass on these 2 lane slope hillsides... The MPG metering dropped down to around 13 MPG on these slopes and the car was clearly working overload to pull the grade. This wasn't flat land where many folks probably take their test drive.
I am not saying the car is not engineered well for it purpose of recovery of energy by regeneration. Simply that I felt for the same engine, that the Echo has more "get up" with the manual transmission and ability to downshift and control applied torque. The Echo is no show piece car by any means and the airo dynamics suck. Just that it happens to have the same motor. I am the 2nd owner of the echo and it has 230K miles and has had nearly 0 problems for prior owner and myself which speaks volumes about the Toyota engineering.... The Prius has far better styling and airodynamics and road comfort. So any other comparison other than impression of drive train is clearly unintentional from my part. I was only expressing my impression of the abilty of this car to accellerate when one needs it for passing.
From this viewpoint, if one can run a larger engine using the Nissan approach and coast it part time to achieve similar fuel mileage, then I would think that a better solution for the overall machine cost.
I also looked seriously at the battery life of the Prius and was impressed that Toyota has done it's engineering as there has been a lot of hype about cost of battery replacement, yet all indications I could find was the there is not available information for mean time to failure for the battery packs due to the very low failure rates. Toyota switched to Li ion in 2010 and one expects better performance than the prior usage of metal hydride cells. The sales folks at the small down dealership were very informative and spent 30 minutes talking with me about their impression and knowledge of the battery life and issues. They had recently obtained and resold a Prius with 245K miles on the original battery. They informed me that they had discussed with the local Toyota dealership in Winona, Mn and learned that the dealership has yet to purchase and install their first replacement battery pack.... So, from this first hand discussion and my subsequent investigation of the internet materials regarding battery life, my research went a long ways toward debunking the hype that we have seen about concerns regarding early battery pack failure failure and replacement costs... the battery pack replacement costs have come down to around $3K for new replacements (including labor and exhange of the old pack).
So, I not only test drove it, but I have been seriously investigating a purchase when I did so. I simply am impressed by the approach by Nissan to achieve similar gas mileage using alternate means which I would view would be more economical for cost. Having said that, I will say that I have not test driven the equivalent Nissan model to be able to provide similar critique of road experience.
Best regards to you and your family in the new year... - Weldon
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I think we all agree that the sticking point with EVs is the battery or other energy storage device. There is no denying the great amount of energy stored in just a gallon of gasoline. In fact, there is so much energy, that the available waste energy of even today's higher efficiency internal combustion engines can be used to heat and cool our automobiles.
So let's quit arguing about how underdeveloped EVs are and let's emphasize where their use is most advantageous. Let's not (at least not yet) sell the EV as a highway cruiser that can go from your house in Suburban Chicago to Granddad's house in central Wisconsin. Let's sell it as a local-use errand-runner and grocery-getter. Let's make the EV's price attractive and avoid building technical
so that "everyman" and "everywoman" can afford to buy and maintain them. As a local-use vehicle, the battery pack could be sized to allow heating and even air-conditioning. And I'm not talking about some micro-sized car worn one on each foot, but a compact-size vehicle that can haul Mom or Dad, the kids, and groceries with some comfort and in reasonable safety.
This, I think, would expand the customer base, increase customers' familiarity with electrics, and bring in funding to pay for reseach to develop high efficiency, energy-dense storage devices such as novel battery chemistries and supercapacitors, and higher efficiency motors.
Watcha think?
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It is amacing how once and always again I find US citizen using a filter to have the world fit their believes. I remember over many years going to Comdex Show in Las Vegas and have the taxi driver dreaming about this being the biggest electronic show in the World. Over the years those same taxi driver started to learn that their biggest of the world was just a minor show form the pure size perspective. They learned this from the foreign clients they were driving around.
Every year the hurricans start to impose a bigger cost on your country, even afecting those not directly involved through the increase of insurance fees.
The ice on the poles is melting closer to the worth case scenarios, so you might go to Florida to visit those large cities sumerged in the Atlantic Ocean, remembering that using new technologies to get access to oil made you continue brning oil in an ever increasing rate! Lets hope the metan in the oceans will not melt and polute the plant.
Ever year more and stronger tornados affect your country with a increasing number of death. But of course as smart politician of your country said: We are the land of God and so this cannot be true, God would not do this to us.
All of this besides beeing extremely expensive for the whole economy that has to pay the bill, you are loosing the time to implement change.
One of the comment contributors did say it right, to my believe. The goverment has the deepest pockets and has to spped up the solving of the many undoubtfully right weaknesses of todays technical solutions. But with ever increasing deaths at US schools, powerful people with deep pockets, it is probably better to have every school boy and girl have a weapon to protect itself!
This is typical for the US in many areas!
Take the debt! Europe is going through a painful restructuring adapting its economy and its goverments to stop using the money of next generations. The debt of the US per capita is much worth than that of the EU. And you have to compare the US to the EU, not to individual countries!
Wake up America as you have done in the past and bundle your energies and resiurces to fix your country. Stop suffering from tipical islands people behavoir. The North American continent is a big island that make its people blind.
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Ok, I'm way off. So give us references that can be used to check the facts. I was not stating what fuels we were using to generate power in the US. I was simply stating that coal is less efficent than say oil or natural gas. What I was trying to convey was that you loose about 75% of the energy you put into the generator by the time you consume it at home. If this number is really off, what is it then?
Some basic digging on ICE efficiency shows that todays best engines are about 25-30% efficient with goals to get to 50%.Direct injection gas is getting up to 35% and diesels around 40% and turbo diesels up to 50%.
I have a camp in Maine that is 225 miles from home. How the heck do I get there with an EV? Stop every 40-50 miles for a 2-3 hour charge? At 50 miles per charge I could stop at a hotel with a charging station and charge my EV at night. It would only take me 4 days to get there and 4 days to get back. With 40-60 mile ranges, they are good for short commutes. My commute to work is 75 miles round trip. If there is no charging station at work (which there is not) I'm not getting back home.
And that range drops where you live. I live in MA. When it is cold and I need to run an electric heater and defroster and plow through slush and snow that range will likely drop to 30 miles. In the summer I'd like to use the AC.
If these EVs are so great why are they not selling? Becuase NOBODY but a few folks find a use for such a vehicle and the price tag is too high. By the way, the fact that you get a rebate from uncle Sam on your EV purchase is a joke since we all have to pay for that rebate. And to make it worse, the gov't is borrowing money to give you that rebate. Even fewer would sell if you had to pay the real cost.
Did you know that in the early 1900's there were many electric vehicles. The Baker electric being one. It topped out at 25MPH but went 100 miles between charges with 1900's battery, motor, areodynamic, and power train efficiencies. EV's certainly have come far in over 100 years hav'nt they?
EVs are not the best answer to the larger populace now and will not be in the next 15 years. Mr Obama dumped tons of money into the Green energy movement and looked what has happened. Many went bankrupt and they are out of business. For now, fossil fuel is the best answer.
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The statistics, or, more correctly, the projected assumptions, are saying what the media want them to say. The numbers may be carrect, as they appear to be this time, but the assertions are a work of fiction, beyond any doubt. But we need to understand that individuals don't go into the news business because they want to spread the news, they go into the news media to "change the world." That is not my assertion, it came from a study by some university that offered degrees in the news media realm.
So what we really have is a large collection of "spin-meisters" representing that their pet thing is winning. As we often find when we dig deper, the reality is often a bit different. That may be why engineers have a reputation for not being so much fun, which is because we often discount the bleating mass marketer's hype, and we don't run with the crowd. At least, I don't.
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