The Bank of the Philippine Islands, the leader in electronic banking, continues to give clients more options through its alternative banking channels as it introduces BPI Express Mobile Mall, a service facility under BPI’s 24/7 Banking that gives clients the freedom to use their mobile phones to shop, order coffee, or buy movie tickets from merchant partners.

“Majority of the country’s population already own mobile phones. Using the available technology, BPI Express Mobile Mall provides the means to make activities like buying clothes or getting a cup of coffee convenient and easy,” say Teresita B. Tan, BPI Senior Vice President and Head of Overseas Banking and Channels Services.

The BPI Express Mobile Mall facility is an applet that can be downloaded into a GPRS-capable mobile phone. Once connected to the internet – whether via Wifi or GPRS – users can now utilize the applet to leisurely “go shopping” without having to leave their homes. Purchases are immediately debited to the user’s registered BPI account.

Current merchant partners for the BPI Express Mobile include Phillips and Memo Express, retailer of Nokia mobile phones. Also on board is the Rustan’s Group of Companies. The group is composed by a widespread network of subsidiaries including Rustans’ Supermarket, Rustan Coffee, Stores Specialist, Inc., Starbucks Coffee, Rustan Marketing Corporation, Shopwise, Rustans Specialty Concepts Inc. and Rustan Marketing Specialist, Inc. which carries over 50 brands including Marks & Spencer, Zara, Gap, Debenhams, and Diesel, among others.

Ayala Malls’ Sure Seats is also a merchant partner. Through the BPI Express Mobile Mall service, clients can enjoy the ease and convenience of securing movie tickets without the hassle of lining up at the counter. No need to claim tickets as well, the validation sent via SMS serves as the movie ticket.

“The objective of BPI 24/7 Banking is to give clients more freedom through a more convenient and round-the-clock banking service. When you can do banking transactions on the go – anytime, anywhere – you gain time to do other things,” adds Tan.

To use the BPI Express Mobile Mall Facility, BPI clients must be Express online users and have GPRS-capable mobile phones. Registration can be done through the internet and activation of the registration through any BPI ATM kiosks.

For more information on how to enroll your account for the service, log on to www.bpiexpressonline.com.

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INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE by S.I. Fishgal

(US PTO Application 961,958 dated 11-20-1978)

ABSTRACTF THE DISCLOSURE

   An internal combustion engine comprises a cylinder in which a piston with a crown is reciprocally disposed, with main and auxiliary combustion chambers and a communication passage between them. The auxiliary combustion chamber is executed in the shape of a sonic fluidic oscillator. The latter is formed by a closed loop channel having its inlet opposite to and outlet crossing said communication passage.
   In the first embodiment of the invention, the closed loop channel is arranged in a cylinder head.
   In the second embodiment of the invention, the closed loop channel is arranged in said piston crown and communicates with a cavity spaced apart on the crown.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

   This invention relates to gasoline and diesel internal combustion engines provided with main and auxiliary combustion chambers (the latter chamber is often referred to as pre-combustion chamber or pre-chamber). Their 60-year history is described, for example, in Jan P. Norbye, Stratified Charge, Road & Track, 1976, June.
   In such engines, fuel is injected into the auxiliary combustion chamber to produce a rich fuel-air mixture. A portion of the fuel can be supplied into the main combustion chamber to produce a lean fuel-air mixture. This attains the stratified charge combustion (with primary and secondary combustion).
   Such stratified charge combustion is advantageous in reducing nitrogen oxides, but increases non-burnt hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide due to the rich fuel-air mixture in the auxiliary combustion chamber.
   In engines of US patents Nos. 3,916,864; 3,924,580; 4,005,684; 4,076,000; 4,058,090, and German patent No. 2,001,518, the main combustion chamber has intake and exhaust valves and a communication passage with the auxiliary combustion chamber. The latter has a fuel injection nozzle and gets air from the main combustion chamber. The flame produced in the auxiliary chamber causes secondary combustion in the main chamber.
   The engines of US patents Nos. 4,005,684; 4,076,000 and 4,058,090 have both the combustion chambers in the cylinder head. The engine of US patent No. 3,924,580 has its main combustion chamber in the piston crown. The engines of US patent No. 3,916,864 and German patent No. 2,001,518 have both the chambers in the piston crown. This provides the possibility to modify convenient engines.
   The objective of this invention is to achieve uniform blending and finest dispersion of fuel-air mixture in order to decrease fuel consumption and harmful components of engine exhaust gases.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

   Above objective is achieved by means of executing the auxiliary combustion chamber in the shape of a sonic fluidic oscillator formed by a closed loop channel having its inlet opposite to and outlet crossing said communication passage, in order to return fluid flow and deflect the initial stream away from the communication passage.
   Internal combustion engines with sonic generators are known (e.g. Jan P. Norbye, Ultrasonic Fuel Systems Promise Cleaner Exhaust and Better Mileage from Standard Piston Engines, Popular Science, 1973, March; Should We Have a New Engine? Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, v. 2, 1975; US patents Nos. 3,533,606; 3,756,575; 3,893,434; 3,907,946; 3,949,938; 3,955,545; 3,977,604; 4,000,852; 4,038,348 and 4,067,496; Soviet Inventor’s Certificate No. 497,410, etc.). None of known generators in engines is of fluidic type and arranged in a combustion chamber. Yet, the fluidic sonic oscillator of the present invention represents the combustion chamber itself.
   The first embodiment of the invention is executed in a manner similar to the engines on US patents Nos. 3,924,580; 4,076,000; 4,005,684 and 4,058,090 with the auxiliary combustion chamber disposed in a cylinder head.
   The second embodiment of the invention is made in a manner similar to the engine on US patent No. 3,916,664, both the combustion chambers being disposed in the piston crown. The closed loop channel communicates with a cavity spaced apart.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

   Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of one cylinder of the internal combustion engine according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the piston reaching the upper dead center in its compression stroke;
   Fig. 2 is the same as above according to the second embodiment of the present invention;
   Fig. 3 is a top view of the piston of the second embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

   A main combustion chamber 1 (Fig. 1) is formed in one end of a cylinder block 2 on which a cylinder head 3 is secured by means of conventional means (not shown). A reciprocal piston 4 is disposed in a cylinder bore 5 of the cylinder block 2 and is kinematically connected to an engine crankshaft (not shown).
   The cylinder head 3 is formed with an intake port 6, valve 7 and an exhaust port and valve 8 (shown only in Fig. 2).
   An auxiliary combustion chamber 9 is shaped as a fluidic sonic oscillator in the cylinder head 3 above the main combustion chamber 1 and is provided with a spark plug 10 and a fuel injection nozzle 11. Chamber 9 communicates with the main combustion chamber 1 via a communication passage 12 in the cylinder head 3.
   Above fluidic sonic oscillator represents a closed loop channel having its inlet 13 opposite to and outlet 14 crossing the communication passage 12 to return the fluid flow and deflect the initial stream away from the communication passage 12.
   The latter is inclined in a direction providing the delivery of the stream of air firm the intake port 6 via the main chamber 1. The crown of the piston 4 can be made in a shape assisting said delivery, e.g. with an inclining, or grooves shown in US patents Nos. 3,924,580; 4,005,684 and 4,058,090.
   During the suction stroke of the piston 4, air is drawn into the cylinder bore 5 through the port 6 (the dash line arrows show the clean air flow, the solid line arrows do combustion gases flow). As the initial portion of air passes through the communication passage 12 into the closed loop channel and returns back, the latter flow interrupts the initial stream and deflects it away from the entrance of the channel. This causes the pressure in the latter to drop, the deflected stream again entering the channel. Then the process repeats, the waves of increased and decreased pressure propagating along the channel.
   The geometrical parameters of the channel determine the frequency of the created oscillations.
   When the intake valve 7 is closed during the compression stroke of the engine, the sonic oscillations of the air in the fuel-injection nozzle 11 of the auxiliary combustion chamber 9 inject, disperse, and uniformly blend the fuel.
   The fuel-air mixture is ignited to initiate combustion in the auxiliary combustion chamber 9. The burning gas jets into the main combustion chamber 1 through both ends of the closed loop channel, the jets impinging upon each other. This produces secondary oscillations. Thus, the burning gas flow is satisfactorily mixed with air (or lean fuel-air mixture) in the main combustion chamber 1, thereby improving the rate of secondary combustion.
   As a result, harmful gas components including unburnt hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide contained in the burning fuel-air mixture from the auxiliary combustion chamber 9 are reliably oxidized into harmless carbon dioxide and water, nitrogen oxide formation being small due to low combustion temperature.
   When working with gasoline, the engine in Fig. 1 can be provided with a carburetor to supply a lean fuel-air mixture into the main combustion chamber. The same engine can work or be specially designed as a diesel engine (instead of the spark plug 10, appropriate auxiliaries are installed).
   In the second embodiment of the present invention, both the combustion chambers are arranged in the piston crown of a diesel engine in a manner similar to that of the US patent No. 3,916,864, identical details bearing the same numerals with Fig. 1.
   The closed loop channel of the auxiliary combustion chamber 9 is executed in the crown of the piston 4 and communicates with a cylindrical cavity 16 (Fig. 2 and 3). The channel and cavity 16 are spaced apart equidistantly on opposite sides of the piston crown.
   After the suction stroke of the piston 4 filling the compression chamber with clean air, the piston 4 travels upward again in the direction of the cylinder head 3. The subsequent compression divides the turbulence of the aspirated air into two turbulences in the cavity 16 and the channel 9 producing sonic oscillations (as explained above).
   During the second phase of the first stage of combustion, fuel is injected into the channel 9. Because of the lack of air there, an incomplete combustion at low temperatures takes place, excessive concentrations of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide resulting, but nitrogen oxide formation being negligible.
  Then the combustion gases move from both ends of the channel 9 into the cavity 16, impinge upon each other and generate secondary sonic oscillations. The air still available in the cavity 16 oxidizes hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide. That gives low concentrations of harmful exhaust gases. Produced sonic oscillations disperse the fuel and uniformly blend it with the air for the primary combustion, and so do they with the hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide for the secondary combustion.
   It is clear that those skilled in the art can made many modifications and changes without departing from the scope of the invention.
   What is claimed is:
   1. In an internal combustion engine that comprises a cylinder in which a piston with a crown is reciprocally disposed, main and auxiliary combustion chambers with a communication passages between them and a fluidic sonic oscillator promoting efficient combustion, the improvement lying in that said oscillator is formed by a closed loop channel having its inlet opposite to and outlet crossing said passage, above channel representing said auxiliary chamber.

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VIA Discobelle:
Here is a mix that Mumdance made for the Redlights show on BBC 1 Xtra two weeks ago. The mix is 30 minutes long – the first part is 15 minutes of grime with MCs, the second part is 15 minutes instrumental & a bit deeper with some of his new bits.

Tracklist:
1. Mumdance – Kerplunk Part One
2. Shazam & Slater Brockman – Forward March
3. Silencer – Dirtbag
4. P Money – Left The Room
5. Wiley – Wot U Call It? (Tease)
6. Terror Danjah – Bipolar
7. Plastician – Cha (Switch)
8. Drop The Lime – Set Me Free (Zombie Disco Squad Rmx)
9. El Guincho – Kalise (Mumdance Rmx Ft Jammer)
10. Egyptrixx – Everybody Bleeding
11. Agent X – Decoy
12. Mums Of Death (Mumdance & Drums Of Death) – Golden Axe
13. Mumdance, Shortstuff & Brackles – Sick in a Bag
15. Mumdance Ft Badness – Sacrifice Riddim

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Mumdance – BBC 1 Xtra Mix (ft. Jammer, C Gritz & Diesel)

Aki olyan rég óta hallgat Depressziót, mint én (kb. 8 éve), és elég régóta a koncertjeik rendszeres látogatója, azoknak ebben az évben feltűnhetett egy érdekes jelenség. Budapesten biztosan. Ez pedig a koncertlátogatók számának jelentős visszaesése.

Ne mondja senki, hogy nincs igazam! Olyan főleg ne, aki csak pár éve ismeri a zenekart, és jár a bulijaikra! Szerintem belül még a fiúk is érzik, hogy most valami baj van, hogy most egy kritikus, vízválasztó időszak jöhet a zenekar életében.

Emlékszem még a Wigwam-os bulik idejére (valamikor 2003 táján), amikor kígyózó, százméteres sor állt a klub előtt, beengedésre várva. Pedig a hely háromnegyede már tele volt. És a koncert már majdnem elkezdődött. De kint még mindíg emberek százai vártak arra, hogy bemehessenek, és rengeteg ember, akinek nem volt elővételben jegye, be sem jutott. Bizony. Akkoriban így nézett ki egy Depi buli. Aztán érthetően váltottak a Pecsára, és nem okoztak csalódást, rendre megtöltötték a kétezer ember befogadására alkalmas csarnokot. Emlékszem volt Pecsás buli, amikor az első sorban álttam, és a színpad és a közönség között álló biztonsági őröknek a buli közepénél járva vizet kellett osztotaniuk az első pár sorban állóknak, akkora nyomorgás volt, és annyira nem lehetett levegőt kapni (még Tankcsapdás első soros bulijaim során se találkoztam ilyennel). És biztos vagyok benne, hogy hátrébb sem lehetett volna leejteni egy tűt sem. Ez 2006-2007 környékén lehetett.

Aztán a 2009. április 18-i Pecsás lemezbemutatón tűnt fel, hogy itt valami nincs rendben. Mikor beértem a Pecsa területére, de még nem a színpadtérbe, már akkor is arconcsapott, hogy milyen nevetségesen kevesen lézengenek kint. Mikor bementem, mégjobban ledöbbentem, hiszen már nem az első előzenekar játszott, de a korábbi évekhez képest nagyon kevesen voltak. Amit pedig első látásra egyáltalán nem tudtam mire vélni, az a terem végében felállított kis lelátó volt, ahova le tudott ülni bárki, aki nem állva akarta nézni a bulit. De kérdem én, hogy lehet egy ilyen pörgős zenekar buliját ülve nézni? Aztán a koncert alatt a tömegen szétnézve nem volt nehéz rájönni, hogy miért is állították fel a lelátót. Egy Budapestrockandroll-os szilveszteri Pecsás bulin úgy oldották meg azt, hogy a terem utolsó harmada ne legyen teljesen üres, és ezáltal az egész tér ne legyen szellős (mivel tudták, hogy közel sem lesznek kétezren), hogy egy paravánnal egyszerűen leválasztották a terem hátsó részét. A Depresszió nyilván próbálta kevéssé egyértelmű eszközökkel orvosolni a problémát (vagyis, hogy jelentősen kevés jegy fogyhatott elővételben) a lelátóval, ám így sem teljesen sikerült nekik, hiszen a bulin még a lelátó ellenére is elég szellősen voltak az emberek a terem második felében. Mondhat bárki bármit, nem hiszem el, hogy jófejségből tették oda a lelátót, hogy ha valaki nagyon kimerül buli közepére, vagy valakit nagyon lemészárolnak a Sokkold a rendszert! alatt, az nyugodtan leülhessen. Akkor eddig mért nem volt rá szükség?…

A nyári ZP-s bulin nem voltam, de ha lettem volna se venném figyelembe, ugyanis az eltérő körülmények miatt nem lehet összehasonlítani egy önálló Depi koncerttel (a belépő nevetséges ára, a hely felkapottsága, és a látogatók összetétele miatt).

Később, amikor megtudtam, hogy a szokásos őszi végi koncertjét a zenekar nem a Pecsában tartja meg, hanem egy fele akkora helyen, egyáltalán nem lepődtem meg, sőt megerősítve éreztem magam a korábbi gondolataimmal kapcsolatban. Persze Feri elmondta a bulin, hogy azért akartak újra klubbulit, hogy jobban lehessen zúzni, de ezt maximum a nagyon naív, csőlátású, éretlen Depresszió rajongók hiszik el. Persze ez egy pozitívuma volt a kis helynek, ám kétlem, hogy nyereséges lett volna a srácoknak ősszel is kibérelni a Petőfi Csarnokot, főleg, hogy még a belépők árát is csökkenteniük kellett, nehogy a közönség tovább apadjon. Sőt az, hogy még a Dieselbe is fértek volna, azt bizonyítja, hogy biztosan veszteséges lett volna, ha a Pecsában tartják a koncertet. A helyre megérkezve sajnálattal vettem ugyanis tudomásul, hogy itt sem sokkal jobb a helyzet, mint a kétszer ekkora helyen volt tavasszal. Hiába költöztek ugyanis a fiúk erre az estére vissza egy Wigwam méretű helyre, közel sem volt akkora harc a bejutásért a buli előtt egy órával, mint 2003-ban. Ha a 2009. áprilisi koncerttel kapcsolatban nem lenne igazam, akkor ezen a koncerten minimum az játszódott volna le, mint régen a Fehérvári úton, hogy mozdulni sem lehet a tömegtől. Persze nem így történt. Olvastam a zenekar fórumán valakinek a hozzászólásában, hogy annyian voltak, hogy elférni is alig lehetett. Persze, az első öt sorban mindíg így érezni. Ám aki hátrébb állt, mint én (a tánctér végénél), az jól láthatta, hogy azért meglepően sok szellős helyet lehetett találni így is. Szerintem százötven jegy még minimum gazdára várt volna, amit már nem tudtak eladni, hiszen körülbelül akkor lett volna zsúfolásig telve a klub. Nem állítom, hogy a tánctérre befért volna még százötven ember, de a fele biztosan.

Hamarosan! Színvonalcsökkenés, gazdasági válság, vagy H1N1 járvány? Miért csökken a Depresszió népszerűsége? 2. rész

Después de la censura de TVE a aquella pitada que el himno de España recibió en la final de Copa -algo que provocó precisamente lo contrario de lo esperado, pues las imágenes dieron la vuelta al mundo más rápidamente que Willy Fogg) nos llega desde Youtube otro ejemplo -eso sí, bastante más gracioso- de cómo censurar una película porno y no morir en el intento.

El vídeo es otra campaña de marketing viral de la marca de ropa Diesel. El enlace que aparece al final del vídeo (www.diesel.com/xxx) nos reconduce hacia la página web de la compañía de moda italiana. El resultado final es presa fácil de correos cadena y redes sociales. Objetivo cumplido por parte de la compañía.

Ca faisait longtemps que j’avais pas fait de connerie, tiens.

Pas que ca manquait vraiment, hein. Je m’y serais volontier habituée…

Hier soir j’ai zappé qu’il me fallait de l’essence et je suis partie un peu tard du boulot. Comme MonsieurChéri attendait à la gare, je me dépèche, déboule à la station essence, l’appelle pour lui dire que j’arrive et fait le plein (15 litres, en fait)  en 4è vitesse.

La suite, me connaissant, vous l’imaginez…

En reposant le pistolet j’ai enfin vu mon erreur.

Ach du scheisse.
ach du verflixte Scheisse.
Himmelherrgottsacramentzefixkruzifihallelujaleckmiamarschscheissglumpverreckts!*

Benzin / Diesel, pas le même combat…

J’ai quand même eu la présence d’esprit de ne pas démarrer le moteur. Et j’ai appelé MonsieurChéri.

“Chériiiiii ? j’ai fait une connerie….”

Heureusement, la gare est tout près de la station essence.

On aurait théoriquement pu mettre une huile spéciale puis faire le plein au diesel pour diluer l’essence, mais pas de bol, c’est un HDI donc ca marche pas. Mon beau-frère nous a sauvé de la panade en nous tractant jusqu’à la maison, et il va nettoyer mon bordel pour qu’on puisse dès demain reprendre la voiture.

Me suis rarement sentie aussi débile, même si je sais que ca arrive à plein de monde.

En punition, les transports en commun ce matin étaient tellement bondés et merdiques que j’ai mis 1h30 pour arriver au boulot (au lieu des 20 minutes habituelles).

*oui, ceci est (presque, car retranscrit de mémoire) un vrai juron bavarois.

This weekend made it back down to Dallas and started doing some apartment shopping. Ended up finding a GREAT place called The Marquis at Waterview it’s gorgeous and totally my style. Ended up putting my application in on it today so here’s hoping all goes well. If so, I’ll be calling Texas home come the first weekend of January! I’m soooo excited, I’ve really missed living there… not that Norman isn’t great and all, but it’s just no Dallas. After apartment shopping was finished ended up doing some actual shopping. Hit up my long lost friend, Northpark, and found some great stuff! Hope your weekend went well! It was a really crazy day today and I’m just glad it’s behind me. Looking forward to some R&R with the family this week for Thanksgiving.
-Andrew J.

Oh yeah, on the way to go apartment shopping- stumbled across an estate sale, had some great stuff, but I really loved these masks sitting outside
The entry area at my new home
If anyone wants to get me this Armani Exchange sweater I’d be very appreciative . I like it a lot!
Store orgasm; the new Louis Vuitton store is finally open!
Shoe orgasm; The Diesel Moonwalk Boots… It took a lot of will power to not get these… I loved them so much :’(.
Car orgasm… whew I’m exhausted.

WHO WILL IT BE???

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Det er ingen til i at disse guttene er glad i hverandre. diesel utnytter hver anleding han kan, til å få susset Sam litt. Og han ler og koser seg når Diesel duller litt med han.

Summary:

Nothing original, and nothing we haven’t seen before in the “Fast and the Furious” series.

Review:

The film brings back the two main stars of the first film, Paul Walker (marginal actor) and Vin Diesel (bald marginal actor).  The two actors then run around flip-flopping between good and bad, racing cars, getting in fights, and yelling cliche one-liners.  In all actuality, there is nothing original about this movie.  It’s as if writers were told you could only use bits and pieces from the previous three films.  Teams of drivers using modded street racing cars who normally hijack goods on the highway (“The Fast & the Furious”), must prove their driving skills to a drug dealer for the right to help transport illegal goods (“2 Fast 2 Furious”), which culminates in a final showdown of driving wits (“The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift”).

Quick question: how come criminals in this series continue to rely on extremely rare, bright, flashy, easy to spot cars for pulling off crimes?  This is Similar to why no one seemed to catch on that Tom Selleck drove around in a Ferrari on Magnum PI.  Cool?  Yes.  Practical?  Not at all.

Anyways, there were two slight moments of originality in the movie though.  The first came during a scene where they were attempting to cross the US-Mexican border, coordinated against the security of satellites, camera sweeps and border patrols.  However, once they entered the secret tunnel this scene was killed by extremely cheesy CGI.  It immediately reminded me of those lame 3D ride you see at malls, where all it does is tilt you back and forth, and the video is crappy computer graphics as you travel through a giant cave on a mine cart.  Later in the movie they reuse this scene, so in fact not only does the director steal from all the previous movies, he also steals scenes directly from the same movie.  The second slightly original sequence is towards the end, when they attempt to break Toretto (Vin Diesel) out of the prison bus.  This too is cut short as they immediately cut to the credits as soon as they catch up to the bus.

It would appear there isn’t much juice left in the Fast/Furious franchise.  However, the films continue to make money, this film being the most successful overall at the box office so far.  I honestly enjoyed the first movie, and would like to see the series survive.  To do this however, they’re going to have to bring in some new writer/director who has never seen the series before.

If you’re looking for an adrenaline fueld car racing flick, go check out Ronin or Bullitt instead.

Rating:        2/5

See Also:

Ronin (1998)
Bullitt (1968)

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