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Early Bird Savings Cloud Expo
Cloud computing is a game changer. The cloud is disrupting traditional software and hardware business models by disrupting how IT service gets delivered. Entrepreneurial opportunities abound as this classic disruptive technology begins to proliferate, so it is no surprise that SYS-CON's industry-leading International Cloud Expo is going from strength to strength.
The 5th International Cloud Expo, to be held April 19-21, 2010, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York, NY, announces that its Call for Papers is fast approaching.
Topics on which submission are welcome include all aspects of providing or using massively scalable IT-related capabilities as a service using Internet technologies (see suggested examples below).
Help plant your flag in the fast-expanding business opportunity that is The Cloud: submit your speaking proposal today!
We do not encourage or accept breakout sessions promoting a particular product - though good case studies with transferable lessons are always welcome.
Topics to be covered at the 5th International Cloud Expo will include:
- SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS
- Storage as a Service
- Cloud Standards
- Green IT
- Application Portability
- Automation
- High-Performance Computing
- Cloudsourcing
- Grid Software
- Cloud-Delivered Testing
- Performance Monitoring for Cloud Applications
- Vendor Lock-in vs. Open Cloud
- Web-scale Computing
- In-Cloud Data Encryption
- Cloud-Delivered Security
- Cloud Reliability
- Cloud Serviceability and Architecture
- Elastic Computing
- Secure Cloud Computing
- Cloud Management
- Cloud Databases
- Private vs. Public Clouds
- Cloud Computing & SOA
- Scalability
- Hadoop as a Service (HaaS)
- Internal Clouds
- Cloud Analytics
- Cloud Computing & SMBs
- Cloud Applications
- Enterprise Cloud Orchestration
- Fabric Computing
- Cloud Building
- Cloud Dataflow
- Eclipse & Cloud Computing
- g-Eclipse Project
- HPC in the Cloud
- Cloudbursting
- Multi-Cloud World / Cloud Computing Interoperability
- Cloud Internetworking
- Virtual Private Inter-Cloud
- Java Enterprise Clouds
- Mobile Cloud Computing
- Monetizing the Cloud
- Government Cloud Computing
- Cloud Federation
- Cross-Cloud Management Tools
- Cloud Firewalls
Speaker Candidates
Ideal candidates are infrastructure experts who have first-hand experience in the development or implementation of cloud applications and/or services.
If you have something substantive, challenging, and original to offer, you are encouraged to submit a proposal. In the proposal, please highlight previous speaking engagements. Please provide at least three references with respect to speaking ability, as well as contact information that will allow us to reach you to evaluate presentation skills. Past speakers do not need to provide references.
Benefits of Being a Member of the Cloud Computing Expo Faculty
Speakers will receive unprecedented visibility in pre-conference promotion in print and online. They will also receive exposure via the accompanying Cloud Computing Expo 2010 East conference portal for many months prior to and following the conference. Sessions may be recorded and made available via the Internet to a wider audience (at the discretion of SYS-CON Events).
Guidelines for Submitting a Proposal
- All submissions become the property of SYS-CON Events.
- All conference breakout sessions must be vendor-neutral. Proprietary or confidential material should not be included.
Speakers at the 4th International Cloud Expo included John Treadway (pictured left), Director of Unisys' Cloud Computing Portfolio
With over 2,000 registered delegates, General Sessions at 4th Cloud Expo in Silicon Valley were packed to capacity. At 5th Cloud Expo in New York City, more than 5,000 delegates are expected.
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To increase the sound pressure level of a flexible acoustic transducer from a dielectric elastomer film, this paper proposes compounding various kinds of dielectrics into a polyurethane elastomer, which is the base material of the transducer. The studied dielectric elastomer film utilizes a change in side length derived from the electrostriction for sound generation. The proposed method was conceived from the fact that the amount of dimensional change depends on the relative dielectric constant of the elastomer. Acoustical measurements demonstrated that the proposed method was effective because the sound pressure level increased by 6 dB at the maximum.
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About Jane Tripp
I was born in Derby, officially the most haunted city in England. I grew up in Derbyshire and immigrated to Canada in 1978 at age 22. I live in Mission, beautiful British Columbia, the home base from which I take photographs, research, write and paint.
I began to paint seriously in 1992, using mixed water media. I experimented diversely with acrylics, watercolor, inks and pastels, but when I discovered colored pencils I knew that I�d found something that excited me. I saw an awesome creative potential, and I found the work of other colored pencil artists fascinating and compelling.
Since then I�ve used them in almost every painting I�ve completed over the years. I love the control they give me when rendering detail, as well as the saturation of color that I am able to achieve.
I�m a mythic artist. My paintings reflect the spiritual myths and mysteries of this planet, and I usually select the point where our world intersects with other dimensions as a starting place for each piece.
Despite my passion for painting, circumstances were going to steer me firmly and mysteriously in another different yet connected direction.
I couldn�t have known at the time that some of my other life-long areas of interest, study and research, as well as my painting and writing, were preparing me for an entirely different kind of work that I could never have foreseen.
Since an early age I�ve been passionately interested in the paranormal and other connected subjects, quite literally as far back as I can remember. Although this may not seem pertinent to an artist bio, as you will see in this particular instance it certainly is.
As well as being an artist, writer, researcher and photographer, I�m a psychic photo-medium. I photograph spirits and other paranormal phenomena, profusely.
My experiments and research in this direction led me to develop a photo-editing technique that has taken me on a fascinating journey into largely unexplored worlds where I have been able to discover some amazing but hidden secrets about the true nature of the photographic image.
As a result of this research I have become very interested in photographic imagery in general, but with perhaps a slightly different perspective than most people.
I soon noticed that some of the photographs of landscapes that originated from my experimentation were beautiful in their own right. I became fascinated by the shapes, colors and forms I found across the photographs, and by the nature of light itself.
Some of the photos contained unusual impressionist or abstract landscapes, only with a slight twist, as they frequently also contained images of spirits of many different kinds. While editing them I noted that while some looked like oil or acrylic paintings, others appeared more like pastels or crayon/pencil work.
Once edited for exposure and color they appeared as works of art, containing elements of the spiritual components of the landscape and its hidden denizens.
While editing a paranormal photograph to reveal more clearly the entity captured in the image means I have to concentrate on bringing out the details of the anomaly more clearly at the expense of the rest of the photograph, but preparing a photo as an art piece is a different matter.
The pieces offered here in this gallery have been optimized as art, and therefore the details that the ghostly faces and figures can be shown to have when subjected to the correct editing technique have been lost.
Although my work can probably be technically labeled as �outsider art� because of its unusual content! I would like to believe that it might help open the door to the acceptance of a new form of art, one that is brought into existence by a collaborative effort between the artist and beings who exist primarily in a different dimension than our own.
My current work and plans for the future are varied, and some of them are listed below:
� I�m working on a painting and will probably always be in the middle of one.
� I will be continuing my photography and research in relation to paranormal imagery and editing into the foreseeable future, and hope at some point to work in collaboration with other interested researchers, psychics and *ITC experimenters.
� I recently produced **�Just the Other Side of Here�, a CD presentation of amazing interdimensional photo-galleries and articles relating my discoveries, as well as tips for those who wish to experiment for themselves.
� I�m presently producing a special presentation of my findings after researching in another area linked to imagery but not related to art.
� My next project is one that I�m looking forward to. I�m producing a presentation of genuine faery and nature spirit photography with accompanying text, and I believe I will be the first person to ever do this. I have dozens of enchanting photographs. Unfortunately I have to keep them secret until they are published in book and CD format because they are phenomenal. A section will include art created from the unique photographs, which I consider to be gifts to pass on to the world on behalf of those who participated from another dimension.
Please visit my website and see my blog posts for more information on photographing spirits, elemental life and many other diverse and largely unknown life-forms, and to discover further how they relate to a brand new kind of art.
I hope you will come back and see my progress from time to time, because when my new material is released and made public, my discoveries may change your vision of life as you believed it to be!
*ITC: Instrumental Transcommunication. An exchange of information between disembodied spirits and the living by means of an instrument, usually electronic in nature. The messages or pictures are both received and stored using some kind of technical device. When I intend to photograph spirits and they agree to communicate with me by manifesting on the photographs, this is a type of Instrumental Transcommunication. There are many instruments that can be used for this type of experimentation, including but not limited to TV, radios, tape recorders, computers, and telephones.
**If you wish to see spirits in stunning detail, I have galleries and articles that can be downloaded and I will be making some of them available free to those who are interested in knowing more about this extremely compelling subject.
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Big East teams with high hopes for March Madness get it on in NCAA basketball betting action on Thursday night, as the Louisville Cardinals face off with the Cincinnati Bearcats.
About the only thing that has stopped the Cardinals of late have been the Syracuse Orange. Aside from that, they haven't been beaten in their last eight games, though they do have a very tough end of the regular season ahead. Louisville's defense has looked suspect at times, like when it allowed 82 to the DePaul Blue Demons over the weekend, but this is still a team that is allowing just 62.6 points per game. Squads are only shooting 37.6 percent from the field against the Cards as well, ranking No. 6 in the nation. The big time influence defensively is that of Gorgui Dieng. He is averaging 3.3 blocks and 9.2 rebounds per game, and he is one of the five players on this team that is averaging at least a steal per game as well. Dieng is also one of the six men on this roster to average at least 8.5 points per game, creating a very well-rounded effort. There aren't many holes on this team, as Peyton Siva is a remarkable point guard, Dieng is a great center, and the rest of this backcourt is most certainly talented, though at 21-6, it almost feels like the Cardinals have underachieved just a tad bit.
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Cincinnati has the same 9-5 mark in Big East play that the Cardinals do, but it doesn't nearly have the same chances of getting into the NCAA Tournament. The Bearcats really didn't schedule all that well out of conference, and some of their biggest games, like the one against the Xavier Musketeers, are looking worse and worse as the days go by. Winning four out of five has almost certainly put the Bearcats on the right side of the bubble for the moment, though it is clear that there are at least two more wins that have to be had to get this team in the field. It has been a frustrating year for UC, which hasn't had most of the youngsters that were supposed to highlight a great freshman class from this past year. That being said, there is still plenty of talent, as Sean Kilpatrick, Dion Dixon, and Yancy Gates are all great pure scorers with a lot of potential. Still, all of that potential has come up short in some of the biggest games of the year, and just as the South Florida Bulls find themselves in some tourney trouble in spite of their nine conference wins, the Bearcats are in a very similar, though slightly better boat.
The Final Word: This is the type of game that the Bearcats just have to have. Louisville is playing well, but it can be had. UC might only have two wins all season long against teams that are going dancing (Notre Dame and at Georgetown), but it also has wins against bubble dwellers Seton Hall, UConn, and U-Pitt. This could be the Bearcats' lucky week.
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Based on 623 Ratings for the 2003 - 2009 models.Review this car
By figure 8 on Sunday, June 29, 2008
overall rating 9 of 10rating details
"These cars a joy to drive and have excellent fuel economy. My 2007 e350 sport has been both fun/practical. Over the past 22 months and has had no drivability or mechanical issues. After the first year I usually find something wrong with anything including past my toyotas/honda-acuras but not this car. I have averaged 22-25mpg with a/c on between 80-90mph mixed driving. When you need to fly the 7sp auto just moves out.. This is Benz # 7..I can't wait for # 8. I have driven and owned BMW/Lexus, for everyday satisfaction they don't compare. Lexus great car without a real SOUL. BMW fun at the beginning but later something else. If you want real overall value try a E-class. You won't regret it."
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"Mercedes E 350 is truly a great car. However, it's not for everyday driving. I believe it is over priced and only gets 22 to 23 mpg on the highway. But it does give a great ride and is very reliable with great road performance."
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By Alex_B on Sunday, July 15, 2012
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 46,000overall rating 9 of 10rating details
Pros: "All of aforementioned."
Cons: "As aforementioned"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"I love my car. I have driven up and down California in it, and across to Vegas from SF, all around the Bay Area including the seven steep hills within SF along with the dangerous inside city driving that includes bicycles, trams, busses, scooters, pedestrians etc where everyone seems to have right of way. This car is perfect. Stops on a dime, clear visibility out of all windows without blind spots, nimble steering and a transmission so smooth you forget it is working all the time. I have been surprised by gas mileage too, averaging 27-28 on my long haul trips and 19 in the city. Plenty of room in the backseat (we were five, with 4 nearly 6") on our last roadtrip (to Vegas). Massive trunk. And if music is your thing, this system (Harmon....) is as good as anything from Bose or B"
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By Josh on Tuesday, October 25, 2011
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 95,000overall rating 10 of 10rating details
Pros: "Great power, fuel mileage and luxurious"
Cons: "Pricey turbo charger replacement"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"I have driven this car for two years. It was a one-owner when purchased. The car has been very dependable, aside from having to replace a pricey turbo charger, the car has been fabulous. The power off the line is very surprising. I get approximately 500 miles to a tank of fuel!! It even has massaging seats!! Overall, the ride is very Mercedes-like, the drive is tight and the surroundings are very supple."
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By Town on Tuesday, September 20, 2011
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 85,000overall rating 10 of 10rating details
Pros: "You feel like a million bucks, surrounded by leather and burled wood!"
Cons: "Everybody assumes that you're rich -- while you think you just found a good value."
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"We have been driving our 2007 MB-E320 Bluetec for over 2 years. We can't say enough about the total reliability and elegance of this car! It is loaded with "creature comforts" that make it a pleasure to drive, or ride in. In addition to being my comfortable daily driver for work, we have thoroughly enjoyed long trips using the navigational system, heated, power seats, sensational sound system and integrated phone. Everything is easy, pleasant and elegant. Not to mention excellent gas mileage! On trips we average 32-34mpg. We will definitely remain MB customers, for life!"
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Chris Brown has reignited his feud with Drake by alluding to their clash last month on a new hard-hitting track.
Entourages of the hip-hop rivals were caught up in a scuffle at a New York nightclub, with Brown suffering a facial injury after being hit with a bottle. Neither Drake nor Brown are considered suspects in the brawl, but the Kiss Kiss hitmaker refuses to let the incident rest.
In a new remix of the song I Don't Like, Brown sings about bottles being thrown and seemingly taunts Drake with the line, 'One on one, what you scared bruh?'
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A website that aims to make it easier for skiers to find detailed information about their chosen resort, such as which is the best apres ski bar, has been launched by a couple of British entrepreneurs.
Mountago.com is a user-generated digital directory which includes details about local businesses such as accommodation, ski hire, après ski bars and childcare.
Information is supplied by users and by local businesses, the site is free to use and an iPhone app will be added shortly.
"We want to get under the skin of a resort and provide a service where people can find everything they need," said Chris Purcell, one of the group of friends behind Mountago. The concept came from a ski trip last season when it proved a hassle to easily find the right place to go for a drink after skiing."
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Tony Moro has had a 40-year career in banking and finance, half of it abroad. He has long been interested in and committed to education. As a student he attended both public and private schools, and also served as a basketball and baseball coach for kids in New York City as well as counselor and tennis coach at Adirondack Camp on Lake George.
In the past, Moro served on two K-12 school boards, as well as on the International Advisory Board at the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University. More recently he was Chair of the Education Committee of the Business Counsel of New York State, and was a founding board member of the Leadership Charter School for Girls in Albany, sponsored by The Brighter Choice organization.
Together with other concerned citizens Moro helped found the Johnsburg Central School Citizens Budget Committee (JCS-CBC). This is an entity committed to high quality education for all students within a carefully structured budget in which expenditures are rigorously managed so as to avoid waste and ensure that required tax funding is always maintained within sustainable levels.
If elected, Moro believes the JCS Board and School Administration should: A) obtain community input for significant financial commitments, including all multi-annual contracts which should be fully costed out and made public; B) insure everyone is informed of financial pitfalls that lie ahead so they can be avoided or properly planned for; and C) coordinate the best available internet course offerings (such as math, science) with classroom efforts of JCS teachers; D) study combining certain course offerings and activities with nearby schools; and E) welcome parents and community members to observe, silently, teacher-student interaction in the classroom.
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Why are you running for School Board? I'm a fourth-generation resident and a second-generation board member (who's served 12 years). My father, Brian Richards Sr., was here in the 1980s and '90s. And I work in another school district (as a gym teacher at Wells Central School), so I have seen what works and maybe what doesn't.
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Happy Friday, food truck followers! Get your Memorial Day weekend started right with specials such as rare roast beef sandwiches with Muenster cheese from Corned Beef King, beer-battered fish tacos aboard DC Empanadas, and cannellini bean soup with spinach at Mediterranean Delight.
Farragut Square (17th and I sts., NW), where you'll find Yumpling, Cajunators, Cap Mac, Caribbean Cafe, Carnivore BBQ, Cheesequake, Red Hook Lobster, Pho Nation, DC Slices, Halal Grill, Pepe, Tasty Kabob, Wassub, Big Cheese, Chef Driven, and Peruvian Brothers; Popped Republic, and Pho Junkies (nearby at 20th and L).
Franklin Square (13th and K sts., NW), where you'll find Feelin' Crabby, Fojol Bros. (Volathai), Dangerously Delicious Pies, Lemongrass Truck, Sundevich Truck, and Cheesecake Truck.
L'Enfant (Sixth St. and Maryland Ave., SW), where you'll find Crepes Parfait, Cathy's Bistro, Halal Grill, Lily Pad on the Run, Mighty Dog Acai, Tasty Kabob, Mojo Truck, Sol Mexican Grill, El Fuego, Salsa Room Empanadas, and Tapas Truck.
Metro Center (12th and G sts., NW), where you'll find Kimchi BBQ Taco, BBQ Bus, Stella's PopKern, Tasty Kabob, Wassub, What the Pho?, Curbside Cupcakes, and Tasty Fried.
Montgomery County, where you'll find Greatest American Hot Dogs, Tasty Kabob, Corned Beef King (Rockville), DC Empanadas (Takoma Park), Linda's Luncheonette (Gaithersburg), LA Taco Truck, and Hardy's BBQ (Bethesda).
Navy Yard (First and M sts., SE), where you'll find Rolling Ficelle, and Halal Grill.
Northern Virginia, where you'll find Redbone, Tortuga Truck, Curly's Q (Tysons), District Taco (Clarendon), A'Lo Cubano, Lemongrass Truck (Rosslyn), Willie's Po Boy, Lime Tree (Court House), Rito Loco, and Mediterranean Delight (Ballston).
State Department (around 21st St. and Virginia Ave., NW), where you'll find Captain Cookie, Chatpat Truck, Azn Eats, DC Ballers, and Chick-Fil-A Truck.
Union Station (North Capitol St. and Massachusetts Ave., NE), where you'll find BonMi, Carnivore BBQ, DC Doner, Hungry Heart, Korean Taco Box, Kushi-moto, Sol Mexican Grill, and Brown Bag.
West End (24th and M sts., NW), where you'll find Dorothy Moon Burgers, and Surfside.


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St. Louis Hills Art in the Park
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Francis Park in the St. Louis Hills Neighborhood
Nottingham Avenue & Childress Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63109
Nottingham Avenue & Childress Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63109
September 2, 2014
Enjoy a day of fun outdoors with St. Louis Hills Art in the Park!
This art fair features artists of various wares, including jewelry, pottery, glass and textiles, wood, sculpture, painting, photography, and mixed media. The fair also features live music, a classic car show, tasty food and drink from several area restaurants, and children's activities.
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By Keith Buglewicz
Electric cars are becoming more mainstream, and the best evidence is the 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive hatchback. Conventional in appearance, electric range and charging time, this first electric car from the German manufacturer nonetheless distinguishes itself with its uniquely Mercedes driving experience. It also offers up comfortable seating (especially for the front occupants), cargo space that's uncompromised by the underfloor battery pack, and some unique twists on "regenerative" braking – using the energy produced under braking to charge the battery pack. Using a drivetrain supplied by electric-car leader Tesla, the Mercedes B-Class Electric Drive doesn't break a lot of new technological ground. Yet it refines and matures the genre with a premium feel, handsome but not eye-catching style, and a surprisingly reasonable price.
If you want an electric vehicle from a luxury manufacturer, but aren't looking for outrageous styling, then the Mercedes B-Class Electric Drive is just the ticket. The hatchback's $41,500 entry-level price is also low enough to attract EV buyers who just want more cargo space in their environmentally friendly ride.
For some, electric vehicles are the future, and the styling should match that vision. If that describes you, then you'd do better to skip the Mercedes-Benz B-Class and its conservative lines. Check out the BMW i3 instead, Buck Rogers.
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The 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive is an all-new model for Mercedes. While the B-Class is old hat in Europe – and sold with a variety of powertrains – the 5-door hatchback is new for the U.S., destined to be the company's electric vehicle for the U.S.
Driving Impressions The 2014 Mercedes B-Class Electric Drive is utterly conventional in the way it goes about its business. Rather than wow you with a whole new way of driving a car,...... the B-Class simply gets the job done, always with a premium feel and very good control of things like wind and road noise. The firm suspension and good steering aren't exactly sporty, but they do make the B-Class more athletic. As for the drivetrain, the electric motor moves this car better than you might expect. After an initial rush of torque, the B-Class electric settles into the same steady accelerative pull you get in a jet airliner taking off. Of course, foot-to-the-floor starts will discharge that battery quicker than you can say, "Where's a charging station?"
Electric cars use regenerative braking to recharge the batteries as the car slows and coasts. The 2014 B-Class electric offers a system that lets the driver choose the regenerative braking's aggressiveness. Most interesting is an adaptive mode that uses radar to slow the vehicle depending on traffic and road conditions.
Using the Mercedes-Benz mbrace app, B-Class electric owners can monitor and control a variety of functions from their smartphones. Our favorite is programming the climate control system to cool or warm the car while it's still plugged in, saving the batteries for driving, rather than getting the temperature just so.
The new Mercedes B-Class interior is high quality, with the dash top and doors covered in soft-touch materials, and hard plastic on the lower parts and center console. An iPad-like screen juts out from the top of the dash, above three air vents and the rest of the audio and climate controls. The front seats are roomy, but the high floor in the rear limits passenger legroom. There's plenty of cargo space though.Exterior
While handsome, there's not a lot of visual pizazz to the 2014 B-Class electric's styling. The tall 5-door hatchback shape is shared by a number of other vehicles, although the 3-pointed star on the nose classes things up on its own. We also like the LED accents on the headlights, which emphasize the kinship this car has with other Mercedes vehicles like the S-Class. Callouts to the car's electric nature are subtle, with just a few "Electric Drive" badges here and there, plus a blue-tinted grille.
The 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive comes well equipped for a reasonably priced electric car. In addition to cruise control, aluminum-alloy wheels and automatic climate control, the car wants to assist you with just about everything. Collision Prevention Assist warns if you're about to rear-end another car, while Active Parking Assist helps find a big enough parallel parking spot. Attention Assist determines if the driver is getting drowsy, and advises to take a break from driving with a dashboard warning. Safety equipment includes front, side and side-curtain airbags, and a knee airbag for the driver to prevent lower-limb injuries.
In addition to the radar-based regenerative-braking system, the 2014 B-Class electric offers up several other high-tech options. A range extension package allows drivers to add up to 18 miles to the B-Class electric's range, although it could affect the battery life in the long run. Blind-spot monitoring warns if you are about to change lanes into another car, and lane-keeping assist helps nudge you back into the correct lane. Parktronic with Advanced Parking Assist helps drivers find and park in a parallel parking spot. The COMAND multimedia system with its 7-inch dash-mounted screen is also optional.
The 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive comes with one powertrain option only: A 177-horsepower electric motor driving the front wheels. Supplied by the electric vehicle pioneers at Tesla, the motor accelerates the B-Class electric to 60 mph from a standstill in just under eight seconds, according to Mercedes. The 28-kWh lithium-ion battery provides up to 85 miles of driving range, and can be recharged to 60 miles of range in about 2 hours using a Level 2 (40-amp) charger. A full recharge takes 3.5 hours on the same charger.
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Range with full charge (estimated): 85 miles
The 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive will have a base price of around $42,400 when it goes on sale this summer. However, prices for individual options have not been announced, so we can't tell you how much a fully loaded model will go for. The good news is that price is before the $7,500 federal incentive and any local or state incentives, meaning you could get into a fully electric Mercedes for about the same price as a loaded Toyota Camry. That's still not cheap, but it's not too bad for a Mercedes-Benz that qualifies for carpool-lane access – a feature worth its weight in gold in congested cities like Los Angeles. Before buying, be sure to check the KBB.com Fair Purchase Price to see what others in your area are paying.
To compare current market prices, check out KBB.com's car classifieds to view the new and used Mercedes-Benz B-Class vehicles for sale near you.
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By HarleyMYK on Monday, February 09, 2015
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 1,500overall rating 9 of 10rating details
Pros: "Great lease deal. Super smooth and quiet."
Cons: "Limited range may not work for you."
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 9
"We have had our B-Class Electric Vehicle for six weeks and it has become one of our favorite cars ever. Everyone who sees our B-Class EV notes the luxury appointments. When you first open either front door, you are greeted with the words "Mercedes Benz" lit up in the door sills. There are zone climate settings for the left and the right and a separate vent for the back passengers. My car has the optional burl walnut dash that adds to the opulent appearance. The car has a built in cell connection (paid for by Mercedes) that, amongst other things, connects to a cool B-Class web app (for iOS, Android, and Chrome on the PC) that allows you to remotely use you smart phone or computer to see the charging state, observe how economical your driving has been, and control the pre-conditioning of the interior temperature by running the heat or A/C before you get in. Both the driver and the shotgun passenger enjoy power seats, each with three memory presets, plus the driver side seat memory includes presets for the outside mirrors. I need a lumbar support and both of the front seats have one that is adjustable in 4 directions that is great for me. My wife and I both think these seats feel terrific and we have very different settings and taste when it comes to car seats. Even the back seats are so comfortable that they would be good for a longer trip than the battery will deliver. It comes standard with rain detecting windshield wipers and several other state-of-the-art technology features, like a buzzer that goes off if it thinks you are getting drowsy. The B-Class Electric has a good amount of power, which is especially impressive at lower speeds. It is very quiet, velvet smooth, and handles just fine on the winding canyon roads that I frequently drive. It is quite small on the outside and a breeze to park in tight spaces. It has plenty of room in the back seat for at least two adults, unlike the BMW i3. While the back seats do not fold totally flat, there is enough room with the back seats folded down for me to toss my bike in without taking off the front tire. The backup camera is the first one I have tried that I can be totally dependent on when backing up – I now don't even use the mirrors for driving in reverse, except for parallel parking. I have the extended range charging, which I understand will be standard on all the B-Class EVs in 2015. I also have the regeneration paddles and usually sift the car to full regeneration (D-) so it regenerates like the Tesla. The heat and AC will significantly impact the range and that needs to be figured in, especially if you have cold winters. I live in Southern California and if I do not use the heat or A/C and drive very gently, I can get close to 100 miles on the extended range charge -- maybe more. The 70-100 mile range works well for me because I rarely drive more than 60 miles in a day. If I need to go over the range limit (or even close), my wife and daughter both have conventional cars and rarely go even 40 miles a day, so we trade for the day and I use one of their cars. My wife LOVES the B-Class and is more than happy to swap her car with me. Because of the range limitations (and anxiety), for most people, I would say DO NOT BUY THIS CAR IF IT WILL BE YOUR ONLY VEHICLE! The car comes with a slow portable charging station that can plug into a normal dedicated outlet and has a maximum of 1,200 watts (about 3 miles of range per hour). That may be all you need if you drive less than 45 miles per day or have access to a level 2 charging station at work. If you don't have a charging station at work, drive more, plan to take advantage of Time of Use (TOU) rates, or want to come home and get an extra 20 miles during the lunch hour, you will probably want to get at least a 7,200 watt (30 amp / 240 volt) station. The car has the capacity for 10,000 watts, so you can even get a 40 amp station. You may also need an electrician to bring the high voltage and high amperage service to the area where you park the car. You should definitely add in the cost of installing a charging station and your cost for electricity if you are trying to see if the car makes economic sense for you. I think the deal I got was fantastic. The dealer had a car with the options I wanted and a sticker that was over $48,000. I chose to add to that the optional discounted pre-paid maintenance. The dealer took more than $9,000 off the sticker PLUS they provided the full federal tax credit of $7,500 as capital reduction on the lease. On the down side, there were a number of Mercedes and leasing fees, but I think that is pretty standard and did not compare to the total of the discount and federal credits. With tax, registration, and maintenance my monthly is $328 and drive off was $2305 (including first payment) for a 36 month lease. If I had known there was a discount for automatic payments, I would have elected to have them and have saved a little bit more. Other B-Class lesees have reported similar or even better deals. I have filed for the California rebate of $2,500 which is expected to take 90 days. I also had a $500 off e-mail coupon from Mercedes from visiting them at a car show. The checks I am expecting from California and Mercedes will more than reimburse me for my drive off as well as the second and third payments. When I total the discounts, credits, and rebates I ended up with just over 40% off the MSRP. Some minor negatives: - I wish that the car would remember the regeneration and eco/sport modes that you picked last time instead of resetting them to the default each time you turn on the car. - I miss having keyless entry and push button start – not available on the 2014s, but I understand that it will be on the 2015 models. - There is no setting on the car or the app to delay or set the charging time (hopefully this will change in a software upgrade). - No DC super charger connection. The label on the door for the connector indicates 400 V capabilities, but it is missing the needed sockets. - Not as energy efficient as some competitors. You can do a web search for the B-Class user forum and user Facebook page, both of which can provide you with a lot more information. The biggest topic is the range, especially for people who live in cold winters. For me, range is not a big issue, so this is an excellent car with a fantastic lease."
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The Agatha Knights are one of two factions in the game. The Knights are the soldiers who are still loyal to Danum Argon, King Alfonso Argon's nephew. They fight Malric and the Mason Order, hoping to keep peace and stability within Agatha. The Agatha Knights are also known as "loyalists", and are made up of mostly royalty and nobility, people who once owned most of the lands and peasants before civil war, and who are distraught by the war at home's effect on trade and matters of economy. Late in the war, though, King Danum used the growing might of the army to persuade many peasants and barbarians to take up arms against the Masons. The Agatha Knights believe in the concepts of nobility and being just in one's actions, though greed and corruption exists within those with power. On the battlefield, Agatha Knights bring the notion of honor and chivalry almost to the extent of losing logic and reason. Many men who agree with their ideals and have been driven away by the Mason's ferocity against peasants have joined Agathian levies along with the knights and nobility.
The Knights are led by two people; Steward Feydrid Kearn, who ruled in place of Danum Argon while he was on the battlefield, and the aforementioned Danum Argon, rightful King of Agatha. As well, Sir Finnian Guld and the Man-at-arms Foxfingers are commanders of the army, with Finnian becoming General of the Army after Kearn's death at Stoneshill.
Principles Edit
- Respect your superiors.
- Die with valor.
- Fight with honor.
- Defend the weak and innocent.
- Act in the best interest of your king and countrymen.
- Praise the gods for all they give us.
- Give mercy if asked for.
Heraldry Edit
The Agatha Knights use for their heraldry the colors and symbols of the Argon family.
- Colours
- "Blue as the sky where the gods guard over all,
- Gold as the sun which giveth life with its sprawl."[1]
- Symbols
- Agathian animal symbol is a lion
- Agathian object symbol is a cross[1]