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HootSuite announced a group of new apps last week including one for video site Dailymotion that allows you to not only post and comment but also to view videos via HootSuite and to promote them to your social network. This multifacted capability is what makes HootSuite one of the favorite tools of many DIY musicians and music marketers.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Who would have predicted that Rutgers at Temple would end up being this season's first marquee football matchup in the Big East?
A larger-than-normal college crowd is expected in Philadelphia on Saturday when the Owls (3-2, 2-0) host the No. 19 Scarlet Knights (6-0, 3-0) for a share of first place in the conference. And while it may not be Florida-LSU, it could be an important game for this conference and region.
"I think it's real important," Temple coach Steve Addazio said. "We're going to represent Northeast and Big East football. "
That seems a bit ironic for a program reinstated to the Big East this season after being evicted in 2004 due to poor attendance, bad facilities and failing to field a competitive team.
But the Big East needs a rivalry or two to develop as it struggles through realignment. The departure of West Virginia for the Big 12, and pending departures of Pittsburgh and Syracuse to the ACC will leave both the region and the league without a lot contests with regional cache.


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OSHAWA -- The grief of two families was palpable Monday when a young man, sentenced to a prison term for a fatal stabbing, apologized in court for his actions.
"I am forever sorry for what I have done," said 23-year-old Kyle Marcoux. "You can believe this will be a stain on my heart and soul forever."
Mr. Marcoux was sentenced Feb. 4 to seven years after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the 2011 death of Tyson Henry. Mr. Henry, 22, was stabbed in the neck after tensions boiled over at a Canada Day party in Pickering.
Relatives and friends of both young men were present for Monday's hearing. The sounds of weeping echoed throughout the Oshawa courtroom as Mr. Henry's loved ones read victim impact statements into the record. They described a vibrant, loving young man who was trying to calm inebriated combatants when he was struck down.
"This was indeed a wicked act," said Sommerville Henry, the young man's grandfather. "I do not seek vengeance. But I do seek justice."â?¨ Tammetha Wilson, the slain man's mother, sobbed as she remembered her only son and the "nightmare" of his violent death.
"He had a beautiful light in him," Ms. Wilson said of the young man who would have turned 24 on Jan. 24.
"I do not seek sympathy," she said. "I just came to speak the truth."
Reading from an agreed statement of facts, prosecutor Lori Anne Turner said Mr. Marcoux and Mr. Henry had both been drinking heavily when they encountered one another at a Canada Day party in Pickering. They wound up on opposing sides as disputes between groups of young men erupted into fights, with a knife being drawn at one point, court heard.
It was after the party had been shut down the two young men met up again, in the vicinity of Colmar Avenue and Parkham Crescent, court heard. Mr. Henry was trying to guide his group away from further disputes when Mr. Marcoux approached and plunged a knife into his neck.
Mr. Henry was rushed to hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Mr. Marcoux was charged with second-degree murder in August 2011.
Mr. Marcoux, a drywaller, said he pleaded guilty to manslaughter to accept responsibility for his actions.
"Tyson didn't deserve to die," he said. "No matter what I do or say, I can never make any of this better.
"God knows how much I wish I could."
Mr. Marcoux's eyes were blackened Monday, the legacy of a beating his lawyer, Emily Lam, said he was subjected to after being taken into custody following his guilty plea Jan. 25. The attack was "retribution" for his role in Mr. Henry's death, Ms. Lam said.
Ontario Court Justice Susan MacLean accepted a joint submission on sentence from the Crown and defence. She called the sentence -- seven years minus 10 months credit for pretrial custody -- appropriate.
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Cassano remains on the outer at Samp after a blow-up with president Riccardo Garrone.
Toni said: "It would be a big loss [for the Derby della Lanterna to be without Cassano].
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MANILA — The Olympic Council of Asia has designated the Philippines as host of the Centennial Asian Games celebration in 2013.
Philippine Olympic Committee chair Monico Puentevella yesterday said athletes and officials from the 45 member-countries of OCA are expected to participate in what will be called the Asian Unity Games to be held in late November 2013 in world famous Boracay.
Puentevella said the Philippine Olympic Committee president Jose "Peping" Cojuangco Jr. immediately formed an executive task force after the OCA approved the hosting during its general assembly meeting last week in Tokyo.
Cojuangco and Puentevella made the pitch to host the event which was also attended by POC secretary general Steve Hontiveros and OCA athletes commission member Mikee Jaworski.
The Asian Games started as the Far Eastern Games, which had its inaugural in Manila 1913. The first Asian Games was held in 1951 in New Delhi.
Puentevella said outstanding athletes all over Asia in the last 100 years will be invited while active national athletes from the 45 nations will compete in several disciplines, including beach volleyball and open sea marathon.
"We haven't hosted an event of such magnitude in the last 50 years or so," said Puentevella, whose father, the late Jesus Puentevella, donned the national colors in tennis and baseball during the 1st Far Eastern Games.
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nepal The British government announced a modest, austerity-sensitive program of legislation intended to tighten immigration controls, reform pensions and reduce red tape for business as Queen Elizabeth II laid out plans for the next year at the ceremonial state opening of Parliament Wednesday.
The Queen's Speech - a legislative agenda written by the government but read out by the monarch - included measures intended to stimulate a national economy that has flat-lined since the global economic crisis hit five years ago.
The speech promised "an economy where people who work hard are properly rewarded," with laws to "reduce the burden of excessive regulation on businesses" and enshrine consumer rights.
There was no hint of deviation from the government's commitment to cost-cutting austerity measures, but the speech announced infrastructure investment in energy and the water system, and a bill to start building a high-speed rail link from London to England's second city, Birmingham.
The government also threw a few nuggets to taxpayers wearied by rising prices and stagnating salaries. It promised better and cheaper childcare, a simpler state pension system and reforms to the way long-term care is paid for so the elderly don't have to sell their homes to meet care bills.
On immigration, the speech said the government would make Britain a country that "accepts people who will contribute and deters people who do not."
New measures, which could limit new immigrants' access to health care and welfare, are intended to counter impressions that some migrants get a free ride on the welfare state - a perception that has fueled support for the anti-Europe U.K. Independence Party, a threat to Cameron's Conservatives.
The legislative schedule was also notable for its absences.
There was no mention of contentious plans to allow police and spy agencies to snoop on email traffic, Web browsing and social media sites. The measures were announced last year in the draft Communications Data Bill, but sparked an outcry from civil liberties campaigners. Last month Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said they would not become law.
Instead, the queen announced unspecified new measures to fight crime in cyberspace.
The state opening is a pageant of power, pomp and politics rich in arcane traditions including a golden throne, a crown studded with 3,000 diamonds and an official known as Black Rod.
The queen was driven from Buckingham Palace to Parliament in a horse-drawn carriage, escorted by mounted members of the Household Cavalry in scarlet tunics and gleaming breastplates.
Dressed in an ivory gown and wearing the diamond-encrusted Imperial State Crown, she delivered the speech from a gilded throne in the House of Lords to an audience of ermine-robed peers and lawmakers in ordinary clothes.
The annual pageant draws heavily on the history of the power struggle between the monarchy and Parliament. Lawmakers were summoned from the House of Commons to listen to the queen by Black Rod, a security official - but only complied after first slamming the door in his face to symbolize their independence.


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"The last time the governor was in the area, he asked me to come and see him and the first thing he asked me was what still needed to be done in order to recover," Douglas added. "He was the one asking, which is far better than us having to seek him out or go to his people."
Douglas said that there are still issues that need to be worked out like debris removal, the Upper Jay and Keene fire departments along with property acquisitions, but that the communities continued to be united.
"Is it as fast as we want it to be? No," Douglas said. "But we are working at it. I think that this has made our community stronger. Our people are resilient and come together. Those small neighborly disputes all of the sudden didn't mean anything."
"We have bounced back very well, and we look good from the streetscape," Ferebee said. "But if you get out of your car and take a walk up any of our rivers and brooks, you can see where we are still working. The staff and the residents are what have helped us get the job done. We have still got some struggles, but I love my job and what we can do. The biggest thing is that we did not lose any lives (other than a cat and a rabbit) and no one moved away who lost their homes. This truly was a situation where we were all in it together."
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Balancing space combat around duels
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Do I understand you correctly that this means that boff abilities and choice of gear (like beams vs cannons) is not really relevant (assuming sensible builds, not intentionally inferior ones) in your system? It would only impact the "style" of the combat and not the actual effectiveness?
I am not sure what you mean by that.
What I mean is that, if both captains have equally competently selected their abilities and gear, and use the resulting ship build equally competently, then the fight should be balanced, that is, both should, all in all, have an equal chance to win the battle. Of course, the way they might win it will differ from ship class to ship class.
Do you have any particular arguments to back that up?
I did give them in the part that you have certainly already read. If you don't agree with them, that's fine.
Look at it this way: Going from 5v5 to 4v4 means a change in total power of -20% per team. Going from 1v1 to 5v5 means changing each team's power by +400%.
What seems like the easier approach?
Balancing around 5v5 means that a 4-player team is just not "80% of a full team", because in such a balancing situation, it entirely depends on which player is missing.
If it actually was 80% in any case, then it would be balanced 1v1, too, because then, of course, 20% of a 5-player-team is one player.
But when you have balanced specifically around 5-player-teams and not around a 1v1 situation, 1 player could be 5% of a team's power or 90%, in relative combat value and when broken down to 1 player. And then they end up in one of the many duel situations in the game, and see how imbalanced that one is.
The result of that will be that some players feel stronger in their ships, and others weaker, resulting in forum threads that complain how weak a given ship is.
And then, there might be slogans floating around like "Escorts Online" or the like.
Yes, scaling a team game all the way down to 1v1 is tricky. But I am absolutely not convinced that 1v1 balance is an easier way to achieve team balance (without making all ships the same in the process).
Making all ships the same... that sort of is the conlusion. But don't take this out of context, because here's the catch: There are different styles to fight. Ships that can hold out longer, but do a little less damage. Ships that do a lot of spike damage, but have little durability. Ships that do all kinds of nifty technobabble stuff to defeat an opponent, and add disables to medium durability and medium damage.
That. at least, is the option that most people seem to prefer here on the forums. Another option would be to have them be best for fighting a given class of targets, but I was told that this was not popular at all (I am not sure why, though).
So what is there to convince anyone that 5v5 or any other team setup would be better to balance the game?
I asked for arguments
balancing for any team size >1, and for not balancing around 1v1 in the first place.
There don't seem to be any?
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SYDNEY (REUTERS) - The first funeral service for passengers from a missing Malaysian jetliner will be held in Australia this weekend, nearly eight weeks after the plane disappeared and apparently crashed in the remote southern Indian Ocean.
Despite the most intensive air, sea and underwater search in commercial aviation history, no trace of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been found since it vanished on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8.
Family and friends of Rod and Mary Burrows, two of six Australians on board the flight, will be holding a formal memorial in Brisbane on Sunday, according to a statement on behalf of the family released by police on Friday.
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Earth Revs its Heat Engine
November 8, 2003
Absorption of solar energy heats up our planet's surface and the atmosphere and makes life for us possible. But the energy cannot stay bound up in the Earth's environment forever. If it did then the Earth would be as hot as the Sun. Instead, as the surface and the atmosphere warm, they emit thermal longwave radiation, some of which escapes into space and allows the Earth to cool. This false-color image of the Earth was produced on September 30, 2001, by the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument flying aboard NASA's Terra spacecraft. The image shows where more or less heat, in the form of longwave radiation, is emanating from the top of Earth's atmosphere.
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Redd, Bogut ready for camp
St. Francis - Back in February, Michael Redd and Andrew Bogut had no idea if they would be ready for the start of the next season's training camp.
Both were smiling at the Bucks' annual media day event on Monday and said they would be participating when camp opens Tuesday morning. Redd is returning from anterior cruciate ligament surgery on his left knee, while the 7-foot Bogut is making a comeback after sitting out due to a stress fracture in his lower back.
If the Bucks want to be competitive in the Eastern Conference this season, they will need both in the lineup on a regular basis.
"You have a better appreciation for what you do, when you're not playing," Redd said. "You want to play, that's the bottom line. For me to be wearing this uniform right now, it means a lot to me. I've just developed a new hunger."
Bucks coach Scott Skiles said he thought both could play "tomorrow" if necessary but stressed he would be cautious with both players during camp and in the exhibition games.
"I might hold them out of some things early on," Skiles said. "Andrew has already been in here playing five-on-five; Michael played a game the other day of five-on-five.
"If somebody comes to practice and they're sitting on the side, more than likely it won't be because they're out of anything. It will be because I took them out. I want to err on the side of caution, especially early on here, and build their minutes up during the exhibition season."
Much of the attention on media night centered on rookie point guard Brandon Jennings, who will take part in his first formal NBA practice session Tuesday.
"I'm really excited," Jennings said. "Coach Skiles said he's going to challenge me a lot, so I'm looking forward to that. We play next Sunday (vs. Minnesota), so it's already here.
"I'm not promising anything. All I'm going to promise is that I am going to play hard and do all I can do to help the team win."
Jennings was asked if he understood how hard it was going to be to satisfy Skiles, a former point guard for 10 seasons in the NBA.
"A lot of people have told me, 'Just don't turn over the ball.'" Jennings said with a laugh.
The Bucks announced their full training camp roster, adding former Marquette University guard Dominic James, 6-foot-9 forward Marcus Hubbard and 6-5 guard Mark Tyndale. Hubbard and Tyndale played last season in the NBA Development League.
The Bucks open practice Tuesday morning with a contact session and will have a non-contact session in the afternoon. They also have two-a-day sessions scheduled on Wednesday and Friday, and one practice set for Thursday.
The team will hold an open practice at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Bradley Center and will play Minnesota in Mankato, Minn., in the pre-season opener at 5 p.m. Sunday.
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It looks to be Mommy's night at the Jutra AwardsThere's a penchant for letting one film sweep up – and this year, Xavier Dolan's gem will, Brendan Kelly predicts.
Inch'Allah wins the FIPRESCI prize at the Berlin Film FestivalInch'Allah, directed by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, courtesy of Seville Pictures. The international honours just keep coming for Quebec films. The Canada-France co-production Inch'Allah has won the FIPRESCI
Laurence Anyways leads the Jutra race, with ten nominationsMelvil Poupaud, Suzanne Clement in Laurence Anyways. Photo courtesy of Alliance Vivafilm. Writer-director Xavier Dolan's Laurence Anyways is the leading contender for this year's Jutra Awards, the Quebec film awards, with ten nods.
Michel Côté to receive Prix Jutra-HomageMichel Côté (left) and Jutra host Rémy Girard. Gazette photo by Phil Carpenter. The folks who organize the Jutra Awards have decided that this year's recipient of the Prix Jutra-Homage, their equivalent
Is there a silver lining to the Quebec film crisis?To quote Supertramp - Crisis? What Crisis? What? You don't remember that 1975 album? Get thee to iTunes tout de suite. Or not. But forget Supertramp - puhleeese! What I want to do here is present a modest
The Genie and Gemini Awards to merge into one galaI know, I know, it's hard to contain your excitement. The Genie Awards, Canada's annual prize-giving event for English and French-language homegrown cinema, is set to merge with the Gemini Awards, which
Shameful that Paul Doucet snubbed by the Jutra votersWhy do Jutra voters always have to get behind one film? I am a big fan of Philippe Falardeau's Monsieur Lazhar, which won seven Jutra trophies Sunday night at the 14th annual Soiree des Jutra, including
First political moment at the Jutra AwardsProducer Andre Rouleau created the first political sparks of the night at the Jutra Awards Sunday. He was on stage to accept the Billet d'or for top box office performance for the dramedy Starbuck and
Screenwriter Steve Galluccio: "Funkytown was snubbed by the Jutra and Genie awards"Quebec's film business is thriving. Director Philippe Falardeau's Monsieur Lazhar was even nominated for a best foreign-language Oscar this year. What is surprising is that Steve Galluccio's critically
Philippe Falardeau's Monsieur Lazhar wins audience award at Rotterdam Film FestivalMontreal filmmaker Philippe Falardeau's Monsieur Lazhar has won the UPC Audience Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, a major European festival. The prize win was announced Saturday.


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Hawks Tag Trufant, Sign Locklear
The Seattle Seahawks were a busy football team Thursday.
The Seahawks officially made their initial move to keep Pro Bowl cornerback Marcus Trufant from free agency by designating him as their franchise player for 2008.
They also reportedly locked up right tackle Sean Lockler. ESPN.com reported that Locklear, 26, will get a five-year deal with $32-million deal (including $12 million in bonuses).
The four-year veteran started every game last season, and, given his youth, was expected to be highly sought after free agent. Locklear has been a starter since 2005.
The team announced that Trufant is still free to negotiate with any other team when free agency begins March 1. That means Seattle used the non-exclusive franchise tag, which allows the Seahawks to match any offer or receive two first-round draft choices if they decide not to match.
Should he decide to sign the tender offer, Trufant would be guaranteed $9,465,000 for 2008, currently the average of the top five salaries for cornerbacks in the league. He could still sign a long-term contract with the Seahawks by July.
Seahawks president and general manager Tim Ruskell expects Trufant will sign the tender — or will eventually sign a multiyear deal to stay with the hometown team that drafted the native of Tacoma, 11th overall in 2003 out of Washington State.
"We are excited that Marcus will remain a Seahawk," Ruskell said.
Trufant is coming off his best NFL season, with eight interceptions and his first Pro Bowl appearance.
Seattle used its franchise tag for last year on kicker Josh Brown, a valuable scorer whom the team would also love to keep for 2008. Brown's agent, Rob Roche, said Brown is now on the verge of leaving through unrestricted free agency that begins March 1.
"Obviously, he has an opportunity at this point based on them franchising Trufant," Roche said in a telephone interview upon arriving in Indianapolis for the NFL rookie combine.
The Seahawks' other pending, unrestricted free agent is wide receiver D.J. Hackett.
The team could lose him to free agency, given its lack of room under the salary cap. The Seahawks are committing $9.5 million to Trufant following the new contract believed to be for about $3 million per year they recently gave to Mike Wahle to be their starting left guard.
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Running back Jamal Lewis has agreed with the Cleveland Browns on a multiyear contract. Browns reportedly are giving Lewis a three-year deal. The financial terms were not known. ... The NFL is considering changing the postseason so seeding would be based on records rather than division titles. That won't avoid instances like the one last season when Cleveland missed the playoffs and Tennessee made it by beating Indianapolis backups. But competition committee members agreed that changing the seeding guidelines would result in fewer such situations. ... The Carolina Panthers released starting running back DeShaun Foster, a move that clears salary-cap space and opens the door for DeAngelo Williams to become the team's featured back. ... The New England Patriots did not designate Randy Moss as a franchise player, but there was no word from the team on whether they had reached a contract agreement with the wide receiver.
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A PDU (Power Distribution Unit, sometimes a "power strip") is a device that allows you to remotely turn on, turn off, and reboot gear running on AC and/or DC power. PDU technology is absolutely critical to minimize wasted driving out to remote sites. Instead of sending out a technician and burning time, fuel, and wages on the road, you can issue power control commands remotely via a simple LAN connection.
Common uses for the PDU.
Power Distribution Units are used in server rooms, data centers, remote telecom sites, and anywhere else that gear may need to be toggled on or off (including remote reboot) without someone physically being on-site. PDUs are used in telecom, transportation/transit, public utilities, government, military, education, and research environments worldwide.
Several PDU Chassis Options.
PDUs come in a variety of form factors, including rack PDU, wall mount, or "0 RU" rack mount.
The advantage of a rack PDU (like the one shown below, and also known as a "rack mount PDU") is that it mounts into your existing gear racks. This not only gives you a place to install the device, but it also reduces the electrical wiring distance required for connecting to your gear.
One disadvantage of the rack PDU model, however, is that it takes up space in your equipment/server racks, where space may be tight. That's where "O RU" PDUs come in. In "0 RU" PDU designs, a long and narrow power strip is attached to the side of an gear rack, which is ordinarily wasted space. This allows you to add PDU functionality to your site without using up any physical rack space.
If you do choose a rack PDU design, try to find one that is only a single rack-unit tall (referred to as "1 RU" or a "PDU 1U"). A PDU 1U in size minimizes the vertical space in your rack that must be consumed to hold the PDU.
Understand the Value of Redundant-Power-Aware PDUs.
When you're evaluating PDUs, consider whether you have devices with a lot of redundant power supplies. If you do, look for a PDU that supports "outlet grouping" or a similarly named feature. This will let you toggle all redundant inputs at the same time, rebooting that device (typically a server) with a minimum number of click or keystrokes.
Get the Right PDU for Your Site's Power.
There are many different kinds of PDUs out there, so you need to make sure that you choose the right one. Your #1 concern is AC vs. DC power. Although internally they may be quite similar, an AC-powered PDU has very different connectors than a DC-powered PDU. If you don't have the right connectors, you're not going to get much use out of your PDU at all.
Don't Buy Power Distribution Units that Aren't Built to Last.
Also, don't skimp on build quality when you're choosing a PDU. Any gear that deserves remote power control should only be connected to quality power equipment. One good rule of thumb is to look for a powder-coated metal chassis instead of plastic. That's one of the easiest things to look for to get a quick idea of overall build quality. Also, look for a manufacturer that's been around for a while. That lets you leverage a proven design that's been providing reliable service for years.
Look for Alternatives to a Modular PDU Design.
There's plenty to like about modular PDUs. They have the same advantages of all modular equipment: flexibility in both cost and capabilities. Unfortunately, a shelf-and-card approach to PDU design is not perfect. The main problem is that, feature-for-feature, a modular PDU will typically be more expensive than a simple rack-mounted PDU. That's simply because a shelf architecture is loaded with card buses that don't exist in a non-modular design.
But there is a solution if you still want flexible PDU capacity. You simply have to choose a rack-mount PDU that can daisy-chain with extra devices if necessary. This allows you to link several PDU (1U) units together and control them as a single unit. Now you get the benefits of a modular PDU – while avoiding the price tag.
Choose a Managed PDU for High-Uptime Environments.
If you want your PDU to be more than an over-hyped surge protector, you need to choose one that has an integrated power management interface. A web interface is the best option for small PDU deployments, because you can access the PDU from any LAN-connected PC on your network. You'll simply type the PDU's IP address into your web browser. From there, you can toggle power on and off.
A web interface is also superior because it travels over reliable LAN transport. Older options include RS-232 serial connections, Telnet, and SSH.
Also, look for a PDU that allows you to switch on, switch off, and remotely reboot gear on a per-port basis. You shouldn't have to toggle the whole power strip all at once.
Large PDU Deployments Demand an SNMP PDU.
For large organizations, there's really no substitute for an SNMP-capable PDU. This kind of power controller can accept SNMP SET messages from an SNMP manager. This allows you to control power as part of your industry-standard SNMP management system. Also, an SNMP PDU can send SNMP TRAP messages back to your manager, providing confirmation that commands have executed successfully. There's nothing worse than sending a power switch command and assuming it executed, when nothing has actually happened.
The Value of Output Current Monitoring.
If you want to know how much power each of your devices is monitoring, current monitoring on each PDU output port is ideal. You can view (ideally through the web interface) how much electricity is flowing through each port. Alternatively, you can reduce your costs by monitoring total current passing through the PDU instead of on a per-port basis. This method requires that your manufacturer only includes a single current sensor, rather than one for every PDU output port.
Look for PDUs that also Include Alarm Monitoring.
Simple PDUs are available from many different manufacturers, but there are a few that include more functionality than the rest. As an example, the Remote Power Controller 100 is a PDU and RTU (Remote Telemetry Unit) in one box. The PDU functionality allows you to control power, while the RTU capabilities allow you to monitor discrete and analog alarm data from your important gear.
This combination of remote power control and remote alarm monitoring is especially useful because sites that need power control likely need alarm monitoring, too. If you're trying to minimize wasted time and effort driving out to sites, don't stop at simple power control. You should also increase your remote site visibility with an RTU combo unit. That's a great way to kill two birds with one stone - without spending more than you have to.


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So you're at JFK and there's your grandma, waiting in line at security, when she gets pulled aside by the TSA for a "special" going-over (while you do a slow burn). Guess what? You're paying for that.
You might be surprised at some of the things you pay for, courtesy of all those taxes and fees levied on that airline ticket of yours. I don't think you'd mind paying some of them, but it's not cheap -- and if you think the taxes and fees make up about 10 percent of your ticket price or so, think again.
Here's an example: you're so jazzed that you've scored one of those elusive $99 each-way cross country fares that you don't even care that it's not a nonstop. However, it's not a $200 fare either, not when you add in the taxes and fees. Let me show the figures for this roundtrip airfare:
Base airfare: $200
Federal Excise Tax: $15
Federal Flight Segment Tax: $14.80
Passenger Facility Charge: $18 (Note this charge can vary and may be lower.)
September 11 Fee: $10
Total airfare: $200. Total taxes and fees: $57.80 for a total ticket price of $257.80. And the taxes and fees represent 28.9 percent of your ticket -- almost 30 percent. Of course, this doesn't include a checked-bag fee (or Spirit's new carry-on fee, which could cost as much as $45 each-way).
So the price of your ticket has zoomed. It's especially high when you consider the taxes you paid on that Kindle you scored from Amazon.com. What taxes? Exactly. Unless you live in Kansas, Kentucky, New York, North Dakota, or Washington, you didn't pay any taxes for that electronic gizmo.
Apples and oranges? Maybe, but taxes are taxes and no one's thrilled by them, so let's see exactly what we air travelers have to pay - and what airlines are paying - and who should be paying. Warning: you may not like what I have to say.
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If you're flying within the U.S. these days, there are the four main extra taxes/fees levied on your airline ticket:
Federal Ticket Tax
This is a 7.5 percent excise tax on each ticket. It is collected by the airlines and passed on to the government for deposit in the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, which is the main source of funding for the FAA and the continued development of the air traffic control system.
Federal Segment Tax
Right now this is $3.70 for every flight segment, meaning every take-off and landing, and it too goes to the Airport/Airway Trust Fund. Seeing as how our air traffic control system is still stuck in the 1950s for the most part, I have no objections.
Passenger Facility Charge
This is another "per flight segment" tax, as much as $4.50 per take-off and landing, but it gets capped out at $18. Money from this tax goes to airports to help them fund projects. Some airports desperately need this money; some airports decide to erect wondrous monuments to the glorification of their cities, which frankly gives me heartburn.
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Corporate Accounting Scandals Rock Public Confidence
We entered the year stunned with the bankruptcy of Enron, which was caused by accounting fraud and misdoings within the corporate office. Trillions of dollars of wealth evaporated as the stock market went south in a vote of no confidence by investors in corporate America, in the accountants who audit them, and in the investment houses that recommend them as investments. WorldCom came along by early summer and took over the dubious title of being the biggest accounting scandal in US history. By year-end, the list of corporate accounting scandals swelled to include other corporate giants such as Adelphia, AOL, K-Mart, Xerox, Qwest, ImClone, Dynegy, Global Crossing, Peregrine, and Tyco. The public watched as CEOs and CFOs were handcuffed, arrested and hauled off to jail in an attempt to reassure the public that the government is looking out for the public's interest. Capping the year was Time Magazine's naming of "The Whistleblowers" as their choice for "Persons of The Year."
02/05/02 The 'Angel of Accounting Death' Looms on Wall Street [1]
06/26/02 Andersen Embroiled in $4 Billion WorldCom Accounting Fraud [2]
06/28/02 Adelphia Goes Into Bankruptcy as Deloitte's Role is Questioned [3]
08/16/02 AOL Swears To Financials But Warns of Accounting Errors [4]
08/21/02 Accounting Scandals Take a Toll on Bank Lending Practices [5]
09/16/02 SEC Charges Former Tyco Officers With Fraud [6]
11/25/02 Ex-Peregrine Official Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges [7]
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Honda's "Micro Commuter" features swappable bodies
By Mike Hanlon
November 13, 2012
Further evidence of the coming fragmentation of personal transportation came today when Honda released details of the next iteration of its "Micro Commuter" prototype which we first saw at the Tokyo Motor Show last year.
The new version is close to production-ready (without the extreme aerodynamics of the initial prototype) and concentrates the battery and functionality of the micro EV below the floor, enabling the vehicle's body to be easily changed to accommodate different functionality.
It seemed so obvious 100 years ago, with an excess of petroleum, unreliable metallurgy and no concerns about air pollution, to over-engineer our automobiles so they'd have low stress, reliability and longevity, and be able to carry very large amounts of everything. There was only one casualty – efficiency. The folly of those ways is now equally obvious, and Honda's Micro Commuter Concept is at the extreme far end of the spectrum to that over-engineering approach.
Billed as a short distance EV commuter, the 100-inch long Honda Micro Commuter is a full six inches shorter than the smart fortwo's 's 106-inch length, and 20 percent narrower at 49 inches compared to the smart's 61.4 inches.
The secret of the latest vehicle's energy frugality is it's extremely light weight. Whereas a smart fortwo ED (Electric Drive) has a weight of 870 kg, the Honda comes in at considerably less than half that weight (it's less than 400 kg but we don't know the exact figure), and is able to achieve similar performance to the the smart ED with a motor producing just 15kW, compared to the smart's 30kW.
The Micro Commuter is built specifically for a new era though – it is designed to take one person and one passenger (or two children passengers) a maximum of 60 miles at a maximum of 50 mph. Those figures are realistically well within the range most people use in their commuting, but it will take some time for people to become accustomed to having just enough, instead of three or four times the power, weight and range required.
Maybe it is possible to build a fully electric vehicle that will still offer a range of several hundred miles and a speed potential of three times the speed limit, but not at this time with currently available technologies.
I'm disappointed that the high-efficiency aerodynamics have been sacrificed for the production model. They may have been dispensed with as a safety concern, with some of those sharp edges a safety concern for pedestrians, but whether or not you like the aerodynamic approach to efficiency, those shapes make for a more efficient automobile – and they reek of functionality.
As is often the case with vehicle design, it's all trade-off, and the Honda's small battery can recharge inside three hours whereas the smart fortwo ED's much larger battery takes eight hours to fully replenish.
Honda developed the Micro Commuter within a new framework of micro mobility categories currently being proposed by the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as well as European L7 regulations. To be classified under the L7 category in Europe, an EV must weigh less than 400 kg and have an output of 15 kW or less – in meeting those targets, the Micro Commuter is suddenly a very realistic alternative to the traditional automobile in an environment which will certainly appreciate it.
Honda will begin real-world testing of the Micro Commuter in Japan next year to verify the potential of the vehicle in short-distance transportation roles for a variety of users – families, ferrying small children and senior citizens to their necessary activities, home delivery services, commuting and car sharing.
The Micro Commuter Concept was first seen at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show this time last year, but the concept has developed significantly since then, with the adoption of the Variable Design Platform.
This concept positions important functional components such as the battery, motor and control unit into a compact space under the floor so that the body and interior can easily be re-purposed for different uses.
One of the most intriguing features of the Micro Commuter is the use of a user-owned tablet device for the display, navigation, audio and back-up camera, and the ability to charge the tablet using solar cells mounted on the vehicle roof.
In the first iteration of the concept seen in Tokyo, the micro-car used Honda's own tablet/smartphone device, but now it appears there has been a change of heart.
I have been highly critical of previous attempts by car makers to designate a specific tablet as the display for their vehicle, mainly because tablets tend to go out of date much quicker than cars.
Some of my concerns disappear if the manufacturer provides a universal docking station and a commitment to provide ongoing support and development of quality software in Windows, Android and iOS for the car's owners. What cannot be easily solved with a tablet as your dashboard, is the likelihood that your car will become a smash-and-grab target, or else you'll need to carry your tablet with you at all times – okay for some, but not for everyone. The whole idea of using a tablet as the car dashboard still looks to me like car makers trying to be hip and relevant with integrated digital technology when in fact they are creating more problems than they are solving.
Finally, Honda's continuing research in all aspects of energy management should be noted here. Japanese auto companies appear far more attuned to the future problems faced by society than auto companies from other countries, and it's hence not surprising to see the Micro Commuter with onboard solar cells and development in conjunction with the Honda Smart Home System (HSHS).
Why do these genius designers all think it is easier to steer these things with sticks insted of a wheel? It looks cool (?) but functionality, I don't thnk so...even a half wheel is better than sticks...the ski machine!equator180
I look forward to the day when an instrument display is as functional as a modern avionics cockpit display. A permanently installed tablet (just the screen and motherboard) would do the job nicely. But I guess a lot of people still like to see cheap illuminated plastic needles spinning within a garish instrument cluster.
But I like this car. Lightweight means fun to drive.jonoxn
When I buy a vehicle it needs to be able to do more than just provide for my commute. I don't have enough money to have 2 'cars'.Pikeman
It seems like an advance form of what can be done with the Smart Fortwo. The Smart Fortwo has interchangeable panesl. One can customize the Smart Fortwo the way one would a smart phone (very similar way). http://www.smartusa.com http://www.smartcarofamerica.com The production vehicle looks very similar the Smart Fortwo. The production vehicle also resembers the Toyota Scion iQ. http://www.scion.com/cars/iQ/
I like the design. It would be nice if they had a small gas engine in it; even if it is just to run a generator to recharge the batteries.BigGoofyGuy
For all that creativity, they don't realize that the future lies not in a steering wheel or even in joy stick for control, but in autonomous control.Dave Brough
Didn't notice any mention of money? ...But, I guess if you want economy you have to pay for it.Gotcha
Pair this concept with robotics and platooning/tram or individual use to provide "last mile commute" between transit hubs/shopping hubs and homes to reduce or eliminate the need for everyone owning a car.Kevin Swanson
Too many fairings for normal usage...
They need to design a VW BUG type smooth shape that can be "reduced" to allow for conv. use when the weather is great and include mounting "hard points" for a roof rack when folks need to carry something that will not fit inside... I'd also suggest a backseat extra battery pack to allow extra millage that can be removed when that space is needed... DoneCaptD
Yet another vehicle attempting to be a "world car", including the North American market.
The problem with all these is they are only good for a few cities on this continent where large numbers of people are able to live close to where they work and other places they need to travel more than convenient walking or biking distances.
In many large metro areas like Los Angeles and even many smaller ones like Boise, ID housing is too expensive deep in the metro zone so people live several miles from where they work and most of the roads between home and work have 55 MPH or higher speed limits.
Too small, too short range and TOO SLOW. Fail X3.Gregg Eshelman
60 miles? Ok, I could live with that. 50mph? Not so much. Living in the suburbs makes getting on the highway pretty much mandatory no matter where I go. And how much am I paying for the commuter special? Keep trying Honda.
P.S. a roof rack for my kayak would be NICE.Bryan Paschke
Ready for China In light of the astounding U.S. national debt, the terrifying "Fiscal Cliff" approaching, the obvious change in China's political party away from 'enchantment' with America and back towards Maoism, (fully realized in Asian circles), and the absolutely criminal decline in the purchasing power of the U.S. Dollar caused by the "Feds" money and now bond printing, 24/7, and with respect to China's forthcoming (2017) thorium nuclear age changing the face of the world's energy maps, I respectfully submit the notion that Honda of Japan seeks Pan Eurasian markets now over American ones, and most notably so with these designs? Similarly the Leaf, really made for an electric based energy system, and many Hybrids now including plug-in capability, market ready for the Chinese "Population Bomb" for which China has built whole empty cities already! (complete with factories?)Bruce Miller
Actually there are cars that run just on electricity, and some of those are even racecars, hitting speeds over 180kph, but those are one off models, that are never to be mass produced.Vincentgizwiz
"Maybe it is possible to build a fully electric vehicle that will still offer a range of several hundred miles and a speed potential of three times the speed limit, but not at this time with currently available technologies"? It's about time someone looked at something other than big car companies for leadership in what can be done. The Aptera has a range of nearly 200 mile at 60 mph, of course the government gave no backing to them so now they are being produced by the Chinese! It should be painfully obvious by now that nothing will change until the last drop of oil and the last penny of profit is squeezed out of the last American!Jerry Peavy
People can usually only afford one car, and that car must handle every mission they have. Even if I still lived in Houston, 50 miles range wouldn't cut it - and 55 MPH would get me flattened on the Southwest Freeway.
No, while many of my trips are just a few miles in town, I still have a need to haul a midsize (Blazer-class) SUV load 750 miles on a trip that's 750 miles one way a couple times a year. I can't afford two vehicles, so my vehicle has to handle that as well as 5 miles one way within town.
Until it'll go 300 miles with that SUV-load of people and stuff at a minimum 70 MPH, then be ready to do it all over again in 15 minutes, repeated indefinitely, an EV simply won't get the job done for me. I'm certain I'm not alone.Jay Maynard
equator180: So true about the steering wheel. I believe the biggest reason none of those goofy joy sticks and other crazy-shaped steering mechanisms ever see the light of day in actual production is that accidental nudging (by the driver or the passenger) of any shape other than a wheel (circle) would most certainly cause immediate and severe loss of control. In other words, mayhem & death.
Why they continue implementing those useless steering technologies in prototypes is inexplicable.Fritz Menzel
Using a massive, fat, inefficient, polluting SUV to carry one person 10 miles across a city at 10mph (just look up average commute speeds for many major cities, say, London, Paris, Berlin, Tokyo) for the 300+ days a year when you're not doing 750-mile trips is an obscenity.
Would you expect your pickup to do your 750-mile trip on less than a single tank of fuel? If not, why not?
Bigger cars are generally more expensive to buy, run, insure and fuel - the savings made by using a small car would easily pay for renting a bigger one occasionally.
There's also a lot of baby and bathwater going on here - this car may not be right for you, but that doesn't mean it's not right for others. There will be others to suit other driving patterns.Synchro
I want one.
Send me one. I'll be the test pilot for Sweden.
Please Honda :)Hagge Aliquis
Too slow doesn't bother me. Sure we've got 120 km / h highways here in Sweden (they are 90, 100, 110 or 120) and 50 mph is 80 km / h but common city speed here is 50, areas with houses 30, "cross country" or whatever to call it 70, 80 or in a few cases 90 or 100.
So yeah. It's not high-way speed. And I would have to travel at 80 km / h rather than 100-120 at the high way. But so what?
Not all travel is there and it would take longer time. But well, you just have to plan for and accept that.
If you are in a hurry and the distance to travel is long then take the train.Hagge Aliquis
Actually, if I was to get an electric car, it would be the NmG from Myers Motors. It is really nice looking. It has a range of 60 miles plus it can go up to 75 miles per hour. It has a really nice design. http://www.myersmotors.com/
http://www.intelligent-energy.com/ Intelligent Energy has a hydrogen fuel cell that can be used in motorcycles, airplanes and automobiles. I think it could extend the range of this cool electric vehicle.BigGoofyGuy
http://www.zapworld.com/zap-alias-electric-car I think the Alias by Zap World shows that electric vehicles don't have to look boring. I think it is an alternative to Honda's micro-commuter.BigGoofyGuy
I'm always somewhat taken aback by the large amount of "that'll never work" type comments on these alternate energy vehicle articles. If I leaned more towards conspiracy theorist, I'd think a bunch of oil industry employees were paid to troll sites for the purpose of marginalizing the technology and idea behind EVs. But I'm not, so I'd like to issue a plea - If an EV doesn't appeal to you, great - you probably shouldn't buy one. If the design doesn't appeal to you, look around - there just may be a few you like. If the price doesn't appeal to you - well, that's a tough one since virtually all are priced beyond what a comparable gas driven peer would cost. That said, with the proliferation of newer models each year, prices will continue to fall (even if slowly) and someday they really will be a "cost effective" alternative. Now, "cost effective" really is relative if you look beyond the intial sticker price, but that's the same hurdle we all have to jump to enter the field. It's funny, I see articles about half million dollar sport cars with two seats and very few negative comments. Show me a two seat electric car that costs under 40k and whiners crawl out of the woodwork! With any luck at all my next car (in the next six months) will be electric. I'm a sport car nut from waaaay back, but I realize I don't need a 420hp track worthy machine to take me to work and the grocery store! Would it be more "fun"? Yep. But the knowledge that I can make the effort to do my own little part to help the future is pretty fun, too.
Keep in mind, virtually none of these cars are designed or marketed for the purpose of being a "one car for all purposes" type vehicle. There are a great many people who would be served well with an EV as their only car, but for those living outside dense urban centers, an EV makes a perfectly perfect second car (which not all, but most of us have).Vince Pack
Here in Boston, MA, USA, this car would be fine for everyone, due to the ease and availability of Zipcar and other car share/rental oranizations for when the Honda's not enough for a task.David Gardner II
All the thing does is commute you can't even take more than one of your coworkers to lunch. With your own car you know what condition it's brakes and such are in with rentals you don't.Pikeman
My wife and I each have our own cars to drive to work but when we take long trips, we just rent a mini-van. I do not understand why most of the millions who live within short commutes don't have EVs and do likewise.Doug Dunlap
The car body does not look like it is high enough for a lot of inner city driving. Some driveways like mine are steep and then flat, almost like driving over a curb. I sometimes have to drive over a curb as I park my car off the street over the sidewalk. Otherwise, this car would suit all of my needs in town. I would still need to keep my regular vehicle for long trips of 600 miles each ways and the higher speeds required.
I like the car and would not mind testing one in West Texas where I live.Sonya Jones
Great Idea from Honda! Until people like Jay Maynard stretch their mind a little ( a couple long trips with a Load.....p.s. Rental for those two or so trips....GAS saved on the other 10,000 Short trips will more than pay for it!) I guess if people WANT to change they will. And if they DO NOT want change......they will continue down the SAME OLD ROAD....... Can not wait ...( Been waiting since the first 'GAS Shortage'...early 70's) much longer. Am 60 already and am now riding a pedal bike....waiting for an electric vehicle that I can AFFORD... Thanks for the Article.........JAY2000


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A couple of thoughts on this critical issue. A major consideration is how often you have to pa to sleep. In some areas (most of the world), you can anchor out every night. In fact, that is often the only choice. In other areas, (western Med and heavily populated parts of the US come to mind) you need to use a marina or at least pay for a mooring. This can really push up the cost and kill a budget. So consider where you want to cruise.
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We gather weekly at 10:30am in a former roller-skating rink that was converted into a civic theatre, and now serves as our church. Children's & Youth Ministry are available every week for nursery through eighth grade in age appropriate classes with screened and trained adults. Our high school meets Sunday evenings at 7pm. Pick up a cup of coffee or tea from the gallery and find sanctuary in our worship space as we gather together in the presence of the living God. more...
Night of Worship: Saturday, May 30 we will have a night of worship in the Sanctuary. Please see the events page for more details.
Church Picnic: Sunday, June 7th we will hold our annual church picnic after the 10:30am service at the County Farm Park (across the street). Please see the events page for more details.
Belong Class: A 6-week class beginning Sunday, June 28th from 9am - 10:15am in the youth room. Please see the events page for more details.
Celebration Time
Sunday 10:30am
Church Address
2275 Platt Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734) 477-9135
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