Sunday, November 19, 2006

I want to go down to the well,
I want to go up the walls of Granada,
to watch the heart pierced through
by the dark thrust of water.

The wounded boy was moaning
under his crown of rime.
Pools, cisterns, fountains
raised their swords to the wind.

What a fury of love, what a wounding edge,
such nocturnal murmurs, such a white death!
Such deserts of light were crumbling
the sands of dawn!

The boy was alone,
the city asleep in his throat.
A water spout out of his dreams
wards off the hungry algae.

The boy and his agony, face to face,
were two green rains enlaced.
The boy stretched out on the ground,
and his agony bent over.

I want to go down to the well,
I want to die my own death, by mouthfuls,
I want to stuff my heart with moss,
to watch the boy wounded by the water.

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Seawater power sytem

A new SeaWater Activated Power System for marine buoys has been demonstrated in the laboratory during the project of NAVY SBIR program. The passive system is based on a commercially available hydrogen/air, proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell that converts hydrogen to electricity. Hydrogen is generated by a chemical reaction of seawater with a hydroreactive material at the seawater temperature. The energy capacity of the system can be tailored to produce from a few to several hundred kWh. The power generation system is designed for long-term operation without maintenance and produces power continuously on-demand. About 1.4 kWh of electrical energy is produced by the system per kg of the rechargeable reagent, at approximately $4/kWh. Byproducts are environmentally benign. The project efforts include a design of an integrated power source to supply six (6) months of continuous electrical power at an average load of ~ 35 W. The range of possible power production is from zero to the maximum power output of the fuel cell.See also How solar panels work

An energy density of ~ 1.2 kWh/kg of the system weight. This unit can easily be adapted as an electrical power source for different types of marine buoys and other marine customers and can provide long-term operation without maintenance service. This system is ideal for many other low power marine applications, especially in emergency cases, because of its unlimited storage ability at ambient conditions. Developed system can save the NAVY, Coast Guard, NOAA and other potential customers tens to hundreds of millions of dollars per year.

Range of the system parameters:

Range of energy content for continuous work 10-200kwh
Continuous power “on-demand” production up to 1 Kw
Voltage DC 12-24-48V
Cost of rechargeable reagent $4/kWh
Required time of recharging in working position ~ 0.5-2hours
System could be designed for different applications and customers as on the coast as in the ocean conditions. Term of designing and fabrication of the first sample about 3-6 months.

Sunday, April 02, 2006

I finally met my host!

Lord Hélias seems to be a good man. He makes me think of Père. He has his carure and his charisma, his soft glance and his voice posed. Its intentions seem to be good.

After me to have welcomed Thiis, it affirmed me while smiling that it did not think of seeing me arriving also early. I did not know that to think of this advertisement, but it did not let to me ask him question. It immediately proposed to me a visit of the city with horse. In the garden, mountings waited already.



I woke up with the sound of a melody, not knowing more where I was. It was difficult to to me to leave this good bed that one offered to me.

I did not meet my host yet. Yesterday, at the falling night, a man came to me, inviting me to follow it in the residence of his Master. With my questions, it answered that it served Lord Hélias, one of the most important characters of the city. If I judge some with the aspect of the residence in which I am, he said true.

Father would undoubtedly have offusqué himself of my lack of mistrust. Tiredness was not too strong, I did not wish any more but to sleep; I would have followed the demon if it had proposed to me to follow it. I do not know why this man has me acceuillie nor how it took note of my arrival. At present rested, all that appears suspect to me curiously.

It is with a certain concern that I wait to meet it. Who will I discover and whom I will learn? I also have shame of my appearance; in the medium of all this splendour, I feel quite miserable...
It is enough for me one moment for all to include/understand. My glance passed successively from its finger, reddened and inflated, with the blackened dish and the bomb of deodorizer perfume " tropical forest " posed near the furnace.
" I arrived in advance. "
It was so surprised qu’it could not what say.
And then, it is put to cry – my wife was always like that, very sensitive - by explaining the wasted meal painfully, smell of burning, the finger knocked with the resistance of the still hot furnace… And me, I took in my arms and I cried, and I laughed, I did not know more, were so happy qu’it missed his ham in crust !
As it had air really sad, I showed him the paperboard and the cake inside, and one passed one evening…. There, I keep silent myself.

Friday, March 03, 2006

A small turn of skating rink and then from go away... Frozen Balls are made pass a goal, a very small sufficient goal in order to eliminate them from cut KDH and, with the first turn played this season. It is thus not this year that our favorite team will take part in the final table.

It is now certain, the beginning of season is difficult all the same with 4 defeats and only one victory, Balls must react. Eliminated from KDH, the hen last in WG, there is only the championship which too badly does not make a success of with one 4th place shared in the soft belly of the classification. The intentions of beginning of season are thus rather far from being reached for the moment.

In a general way, these 32ème will have saved the headlights teams of the moment. The Gold Lily benefits from a ONR of the Trolls of Chaos to pass the turn without freezing the orteilles, Navys Duck explode the Wolves of Rosières by 4 goals with nothing, the Cousin of St-Hyacinthe also qualifies accuracy in company of Razmokets of the Desert which returns Snowballs to their snowball fights. One will also note the perf of Tarmos since the team of Phil gains here its first match of the season and qualifies oneself for the following turn