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MidNite Solar E-Panel - 250A (MNE250STM-L)
Magnum Energy makes a very interesting line of inverters, both modified and pure sine wave. The RE industry is embracing both types of inverters so MidNite builds E-Panels to accommodate all of the RD and MS series. The insides of the Magnum 120VAC E-Panels look much like the Stretched OutBack. Internal AC wires are routed to match the Magnum inverter rather than OutBack. The accessory components like the DC cover, top shield, remote bracket and such are specific to the Magnum E-Panels. Like the Stretched OB E-Panel, the Magnum has a PV input plus and DC plus busbar as well as the regular AC input and output busbars. This chassis is 14.4 inches wide, so has ample room for all your wiring needs. The chassis is only 3.5" deep so wiring access is the best in the industry. All of the present 12 and 24 volt Magnum inverters have a 120VAC inverter/charger input/output as well as a 120VAC input/output that does not go through the electronics. It is strictly a pass through for the other leg of a 240VAC input. The pass through leg can be useful when attempting to utilize both legs of a 240VAC generator. One leg is used for charging and the other is used to pass through to your 240VAC deep well pump. The 120VAC E-Panel here is not able to handle the extra leg of AC, so look to the 240 E-Panel to accommodate this unique feature. Normal installations jumper AC 1&2 on the inverter for 50 amp service at 120VAC.
MNE250STM-L Magnum E-Panel Features
- Main breaker current rating: 250A
- Number of spaces: 8
- Type 1 environmental rating (Indoor)
- Maximum wire size: 4/0
- Maximum AC voltage: 240VAC
- Maximum DC voltage: 300VDC
- 5-year warranty
- Listed by ETL for US & Canada
- Made in the USA
MidNite Solar Magnum E-Panel Specs
- 25"H x 16"W x 4"D
- 39 lbs
- Main breaker current rating: 250A
- Number of spaces: 8
- Maximum wire size: 4/0
- Maximum AC voltage: 240VAC
- Maximum DC voltage: 300VDC
- Manufacturer: MidNite Solar
- Model number: MNE250STM-L
This product is shipped from one of our warehouses in Northern California. Orders placed after 12 p.m. will typically ship the following business day. To see an estimate of our delivery times, click here.
Returns & Replacements
Products can be returned for a refund within 30 days of receipt if unused and in original packaging. Returns are paid for by customer unless product is defective or damaged, in which case Real Goods assumes responsibility. Please use Fedex, UPS, or USPS with tracking, for returns.
Returns of solar panels, inverters or other large ticket items will incur a re-stocking fee of up to 20%. Freight shipping is non-refundable.


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Driving is testing the three key types of family car over the coming months: an estate (Audi A4 Avant); a people carrier (Renault Grand Scenic); and an SUV (Honda CR-V, seen here). Which will prove the most useful for parents?
- Model 2017 Honda CR-V EX 1.6 i-DTEC EX 4WD automatic
- Tested by Nick Rufford ()
- Price (with options) £35,280 (£39,550)
- Delivery date March, 2017
- Mileage at start 8,500 miles
- Options fitted Aero Pack (£1,600); 19 inch Orion alloy wheels (£2,095); Detachable tow bar (£575). Total cost of options: £4,270.
May 4, 2017: Hello, Honda
SUVs like the Honda CR-V are synonymous with school-run mums and dads these days. A high up driving position and imposing road presence are key but are they really the best option for parents?
This is the fourth generation Honda CR-V, and an all-new replacement is due to go on sale next year, so it's likely that drivers should be able to drive a hard bargain when walking into any Honda showroom in the interim.
That's not to say that the current model doesn't look contemporary. It has a distinctive look, helped in part by an optional body styling kit that the Japanese company calls an Aero Pack.
Our extended test car uses the 1.6-litre diesel engine, and this is paired with four-wheel drive and a nine-speed automatic gearbox. Honda says this combination means it can achieve 55mpg and emit 139g/km.
Also of note: it's got a tow bar to which you can fit a bike carrier, which will undoubtedly see some use.
Got a question about the Honda CR-V? Look out for updates on this page as we get to grips with the car over the coming months, and ask us questions via the Twitter account.
July 2, 2017: First report on living with a Honda CR-V
Ask sensible, retired sorts at the golf or bridge club what car they drive and the chances are it will be a Honda, not an Audi or a BMW. They prize the Japanese car maker's reliability, which scores highly in independent surveys.
So although the CR-V may not have a four-year warranty, like the Renault Grand Scénic which is being put through its paces by James Mills, you're unlikely to need it. And it may lack that car's seven seats, but most people need those about as often as one of those exercise bikes you end up using as an indoor clothes line.
The CR-V may not have a four-year warranty, but you're unlikely to need it
What it does boast over the Renault is four-wheel drive. You can haul a horsebox across a field or tow a boat up a slipway without burning out the tyres or clutch. It also has a nine-speed automatic gearbox and, as any hassled parent knows, not having to change gears by hand and pump the clutch while in traffic is a blessing.
The downside to the auto box? The fuel economy — 53.3mpg — can't match the Renault's, but it's none too shabby for this size of car and the Honda will sit comfortably on the motorway at the legal limit. Whereas the Renault's diesel engine is reported to be a little too busy at speed.
The range-topping EX trim includes a powered tailgate, which makes unloading easier: trying to close a rear door while juggling flatpack furniture or beach bags is a challenge you can do without. The CR-V also coped well with wear and tear from tearaways, including a mixture of cereal bar crumbs and frozen yoghurt that set like concrete on the seats.
So while it's hard to ignore the fact that the CR-V costs £6,675 more than the arguably more versatile Renault, the four-wheel drive, automatic gears and high trade-in value make it a worthwhile outlay.
Got a question about the Honda CR-V? Look out for updates on this page as we get to grips with the car over the coming months, and ask us questions via the Twitter account.

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PHILADELPHIA, United States – The first day of the Democratic convention included an FBI investigation, the party chair quitting, the presidential nominee getting booed, apologies, and warnings of a Russian plot to defeat Hillary Clinton.
If indeed Vladimir Putin's Kremlin intended to sow chaos in this U.S. presidential campaign, that mission was surely accomplished Monday.
The FBI announced it would investigate the hacking of the party's servers as thousands of incendiary emails were dumped onto the site Wikileaks just before Democrats gathered in Philadelphia.
The emails revealed mockery and opposition to insurgent candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders within the party's upper echelons. Their public release poured gasoline over embers of bitterness still smoldering from a long primary season.
The roar of the ensuing fire was evident when Sanders was later booed by his own supporters, even as he encouraged them to continue a long-term fight to elect progressives at every level of government. In the short term, however, he urged them to vote for the woman who beat him.
"Brothers and sisters, this is the real word that we live in," Sanders said, as supporters made the thumbs-down sign and chanted, "We Want Bernie! We Want Bernie!"
"Trump is a bully and a demagogue. Trump has made bigotry and hatred the cornerstone of his campaign… He has insulted Mexicans and Latinos, he has insulted women and African-Americans… Trump is a danger for the future of our country and must be defeated. And I intend to do everything I can to see he is defeated."
The crowd responded with jeers that drowned out its progressive champion.
It was even worse for party chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz. She'd already announced she would step down after this week; she didn't last a day. She resigned her convention role after being drowned out by boos while speaking to delegates from her home state Monday. Party titan Nancy Pelosi, who endorsed Clinton, was also booed by attendees from her home state.
The party delivered an apology to Sanders supporters as formal proceedings began. Clinton's campaign said convention speeches would be optimistic, offering ideas for helping people and showcasing Clinton's lifelong commitment to public service.
Campaign manager Robby Mook contrasted that with Trump, whose convention featured angry speeches, few solutions and a headliner whose lifetime cause, Mook said, has been his own personal self-aggrandizement. Mook also said the party leadership is united behind Clinton, unlike the Republicans whose most famous members mostly stayed home or failed to endorse Trump.
Sanders speaks Monday night, as do Michelle Obama and senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker. President Barack Obama, former president Bill Clinton and reportedly ex-New York mayor Michael Bloomberg will address the convention later in the week.
It's true that opposition to Trump persists in Republican ranks, but it was quiet in Cleveland. In Philadelphia, it's been noisy in the street. Pro-Sanders protesters like Lily Raywood said they'll never back the nominee. When asked whether she worried about helping to elect Trump, Raywood replied, "No. I'm not responsible for that… Sorry. I'm not."
Many Sanders supporters are convinced the nomination was stolen from him. Some say they're still hoping for some miraculous, mathematically improbable come-from-behind win at the convention.
That despite the fact Clinton received 25 per cent more votes in the primaries and won nearly a dozen more contests. The party establishment also favoured her — a fact the leaked documents make clear.
Polls say she's struggling to win over about one-third of Sanders supporters.
These devastating timed leaks have complicated the task.
As for the culprit, the security company hired by the Democrats to investigate announced last month that the breach was conducted by two well-known hacking operations linked to Russia's state security apparatus.
Trump has business ties to Putin allies; his campaign manager spent years working with the pro-Putin party in Ukraine; his top military adviser attended a party for the Kremlin news outlet Russia Today; and his policies critical of NATO allies and the European Union are in sync with those of the Russian leader.
The FBI is now investigating.
Clinton's foreign policy adviser said the whole country should be worried about what's happening. He pointed to the month-old analysis from a private security company that blamed Russian state-linked actors.
"(If) Russia was behind this hack, this would be a new watershed," said Jake Sullivan.
"This would be Russia interfering in the American presidential election — which is deeply alarming and completely unacceptable, if it bears out to be true…. All Americans, Democrat, Republican or independent _ if it turns out to be the case that Russia is doing this — need to stand together and say, 'We will not tolerate this kind of behaviour."'


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The Census Bureau's bold projection that the United States population could shrink in 50 years may prove as precise as a cloudy crystal ball. Or historians late in the 21st century may look back with astonishment at the accuracy of the forecast.
The projection this week was based on such data as recent birth, death and immigration trends. But for all of the bureau's advanced demographic and statistical calculations, the fact remains that population projections are as much an art of hypothesis as a science. Making 'Informed Judgments'
Census officials cringe at the words ''guess'' or ''prediction,'' yet they readily admit that they cannot project the future without making what they delicately call ''informed judgments'' about anything from the success of the new immigration bill to the number of women over the age of 65 who will permanently migrate abroad each year.
Gregory Spencer, a demographer who wrote the latest report for the Census Bureau, said there was only one certainty in making population projections: ''We will be wrong, I guarantee you. Unforeseen things will happen.''
He went on to say, ''No projection of anything is perfect - except death and taxes.''
Indeed, Census Bureau projections have been dead wrong. The bureau completely missed the post-World War II baby boom and took years to catch on to the subsequent baby bust.Continue reading the main story
The bureau updates its projections every four years or so. In the previous report, published in 1984, the agency did not forecast that population would peak at 302 million in 2038 and decline to 292 million in 2080, as did the latest report. The 1984 study projected that the population would continue to rise, reaching 310.8 million in 2080.
''In that book we were projecting too many births compared to what was happening,'' Mr. Spencer said. In reality, the birthrate remained rather flat.
However, projections of population can be more reliable than forecasts in more volatile fields, like economics.
''With the exception of geologists, where things move even more slowly, demographers can see clearly ahead for longer time periods than most other disciplines,'' said Michael S. Teitelbaum, a demographer who is program officer at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, a New York-based group that supports scientific research. ''A projection done adequately is likely to be plausible as much as 20 years into the future.''
Such has been the case with the Census Bureau. In its projections released in 1964, for example, the bureau projected that the United States population would rise to 207.5 million in 1970. The actual population that year was 205.1 million, so the bureau was off a relatively modest 2.4 million.
But as years went by, the gap widened between the population growth projected in 1964 and the actual population. The bureau wrongly assumed that the rate of new births would keep pace through the 1970's. So the projection for 260.2 million in 1985 was 20.9 million more than the actual population of 239.3 million. Immigration Bill Considered
Some Census Bureau judgments can be made quite comfortably. For example, an estimate of the number of 18-year-old females a decade from now can be made fairly safely by counting the number of eight-year-old females today. Other estimates are more tricky.
Mr. Spencer said he had no way of knowing how effective the 1986 immigration bill would be in cutting the estimated 200,000 net growth in illegal aliens who had been entering the country each year. ''I just assumed that it would be partially effective,'' he said.
Mr. Spencer estimated the bill would succeed in cutting half the number of illegal aliens and, as a result, projected that the total number of immigrants would decline slowly, to about 500,000 annually in the year 2000 and beyond from about 648,000 in 1985.
Actually, the projection this week of a shrinking population was the middle ground, and thus considered the most realistic, among 30 possible population growth patterns.
To determine what the bureau considered its most realistic projection it relied on these key assumptions, as well as dozens of other judgments:
* Through the year 2080, the birthrate will remain steady at about 1.8 births per woman. To come up with that estimate alone, the bureau made several assumptions - for example, that the higher birthrate for blacks will become even with that of whites by 2050.
* The number of women of prime child-bearing age, 18 to 34, will decline steadily, to 28.8 million in 2080 from 35.2 million in 1987.
* As the baby boom survivors begin to reach age 65, the number of deaths will rise very rapidly. From 2028 to 2080, more deaths than births will occur each year.
But the bureau published 29 other possibile projections based on varied combinations involving factors like birthrates and death rates.
While the projection it called most realistic was that the United States population would peak at 302 million in 2038, the bureau said in its lowest growth projection that by the same year the population could sink to as low as 248.5 million. That could happen if deaths soared because of AIDS and other factors and if births declined substantially. Wide-Ranging Variables
In a projection at the other extreme, the Census Bureau raised the possibility that women would have more babies, that the borders would be opened to greater immigration, and, combined with other factors, the population would reach 383.0 million by 2038.
With such wide-ranging variables, why dare to make long-term projections?
''It's useful in terms of thinking about the future of the country,'' said William P. O'Hare, director of policy studies at the Population Reference Bureau of Washington, a nonprofit group studying population trends. ''We should start planting the seed in people's minds that the country may stop growing.''
Since the short-term projections are most accurate, they are also the most useful. The Government can begin planning now, for example, to gear its welfare programs for a massive growth in the elderly population that is projected in 20 years.Continue reading the main story


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The Definitive Guide to Parking Solutions
Everything You Need to Know About Parking Systems
If you're looking to upgrade your parking system, or need an entirely new parking solution, the good news is that options are extensive. Whatever your unique parking needs, you'll find equipment, architecture, software and services to match.
Unfortunately, it can be difficult to navigate the options. Buyers want to quickly assess parking solutions and make an informed decision, without wading through industry jargon. That's why we've created this ultimate guide. Consider it your one-stop source of information.
Here, you'll find a clear, easy-to-follow overview of parking solutions, organized to help you find what you need to know, fast.
Designed for parking lot owners, this guide begins with one of your top priorities: how to effectively generate revenue. We start by outlining different approaches to collecting parking payments and managing variable rates; then we move on to methods for controlling access to your parking facility; and we wrap up with need-to-know facts on designing and managing a fully-effective parking system.
Parking Payment Solutions
There are many technologies for facilitating parking payments, whether via a cashier, a fully-automated self-serve system, or a hybrid attended/self-serve model. Here, we share essential information on parking payment solutions for each scenario.
Payment Solutions for Attended Parking Lots
While technology has made it easy to run unattended parking lots, some facilities still prefer to have a cashier collect parking fees. The cashier may take payments, issue tickets, validate parking passes, and may also manually control entry or exit gates.
Attended parking lots can benefit significantly from automation. Ticket machines and automated barrier gates, for example, are a natural complement to an on-site cashier.
Here's how automation works in a drive-up parking payment system, where the customer pays on exit:
- When the vehicle enters, the driver takes a ticket from a machine that generates sequentially issued ticket numbers.
- At exit, the customer approaches an integrated Point of Sale (POS) or cashier station, and presents the ticket.
- The ticket is scanned using a barcode or read via a magnetic stripe reader.
- The system generates the rate and the payment due is then displayed on the automated fee display.
- The barrier gate is integrated with the POS, so that when the ticket is paid, it triggers the automated barrier gate in the exit lane to open.
- All transactions are logged in an audit file to ensure full accountability for all tickets printed and payments made.
Alternatively, a cashier may be situated at a walk-up location, rather than a drive-up laneway location. Upon payment, the parking ticket is updated as "paid" in the parking system. On exit, the customer scans their paid ticket, for example with our Exit BOXX machine, to read the paid ticket and open the automated barrier gate.
At Parking BOXX, we offer a simple, powerful parking ticket machine for attended lots. The Desktop Ticket BOXX is an easy way for cashiers to print a parking entry or exit ticket. Ticket BOXX integrates with POS systems, including our Cashier BOXX, which includes full-featured integration with our Parking Management Software that accommodates multiple fee structures.
Many parking lots blend attended and unattended service, by staffing the POS station during peak times and using fully-automated parking solutions during lower-volume periods. Read on for more information on parking self-serve options.
Self-Serve Parking Payment Solutions for Lots with Gates
Self-serve parking management or automation is on the rise because it allows parking lot owners to save payroll costs and improve revenue collection. Automated parking solutions also reduce 'revenue slippage', or loss due to employee theft and error.
Ideally, these self-serve parking payment solutions are combined with gates, to secure access and revenue control. Self-serve parking payments for lots with gates fall into two categories: walk-up payment stations (a.k.a. pay-on-foot or POF), and drive-up payment stations (a.k.a. pay-on-exit or POE).
Self-Serve Walk-Up Payment Stations
In the walk-up payment model, the customer takes a ticket upon entering the lot and retains that ticket until the end of their parking session. Typically, the customer pays after the parking session and payment triggers the exit gate to open. The Pay BOXX "Big Blue" offers total revenue automation by accepting payment by credit/EMV, bills or coins and providing change via bills and coins. Our Mini Pay BOXX is an economical walk-up parking ticket machine for payment by credit card, EMV, or cash without change issued.
Self-Serve Pay on Exit
In the pay-on-exit system, customers use a parking ticket machine to obtain a ticket with a time stamp on entry. Some machines, including our high-speed Entry BOXX, also allow users to scan a pre-paid pass, enter an access credential, or request a credit card encrypted token to start the parking session.
On exit, the customer pays the amount owing to open the exit gate. The Exit BOXX is a slim payment machine that accepts credit, EMV, bills and coins on exit, and the Exit BOXX 'Big Blue' also issues change for cash.
Self-Serve Payment Solutions for Parking Lots Without Gates
Some parking owners or operators choose a hybrid model, where payment is self-serve, and parking citations are issued for non-compliance. This is typically seen with ungated parking on streets or public lots, where municipal parking officers patrol.
The walk-up payment model works well here, and parking meters are the most familiar. Traditional meters are quite simple: the customer inserts coins and the meter displays the paid time remaining. Today, there are several other options. Pay-and-display meters allow customers to pay by credit or bank card and display the ticket on the dashboard. Other configurations can accommodate payment by parking space number or by license plate number.
Pay-by-phone is a new payment technology that allows customers to manage payments from their smart phones. Users can purchase or extend parking time online. Some parking technologies also include interactive voice response systems or allow for SMS to manage parking by phone, without using an app or wi-fi.
Parking BOXX offers Smart Meters and P-123 Pay-by-Phone technologies, integrated with our parking management software.
Managing Parking Rates
Managing parking rates is an essential part of your parking operation.
The first question is whether to adopt a full-featured parking management system, or choose the simpler flat rate approach.
Next, you'll want to put in place technology for managing special rates for select parking customers. Read on to discover the options.
Full-Featured or Flat Rate Parking
Full-featured automated parking payment machines, like Entry BOXX and Exit BOXX, include sophisticated features to facilitate hourly parking rates.
Parking lot owners looking for lower-cost parking technologies can choose to charge a flat rate, which entails just one fee, no matter how long the parking session. Here's how it works:
- Owners can charge a variable flat rate for different times of day (i.e. daytime versus evening parking);
- Alternatively, or additionally, choose to charge by day of the week (i.e. weekday or weekend parking).
- No parking ticket machine is needed to start the session, because the rate isn't based on hourly duration.
- Customers can pay their flat rate at entry or exit, for example using our Flat Rate BOXX or Coin Station Machine.
Flat rate parking can be suitable for a gated or ungated parking facility:
- In a gated scenario, if customers pay their flat rate at entry, the entry lane will be gated and the exit lane will be free.
- If the customer pays on exit, the single gate will be in the exit lane.
Many new parking facility owners or operators choose a flat rate model as a starting place. It's ideal when you're not quite sure how much revenue parking will generate. If you're uncertain what the future holds, rest assured that Parking BOXX flat rate parking systems can be upgraded to a full-featured system at any time, without any loss incurred from the initial investment.
Special Parking Rates and Coupons
Discounted parking rates and coupons are often referred to as "validated parking". The reduced rate or free parking is marked "valid" at the lot, hence the name.
Validated parking is offered to select parkers, in a lot where the general public must pay full-price for parking. Often retailers, hotels or professional services extend validated parking to customers, as a perk. Some parking lot owners sell printed parking validations (in the form of stickers or coupons) to merchants, tenants or partners.
Parking BOXX's Validation BOXX is a touch-screen solution for real-time parking validation. Integrated with EASE, our parking management software, Validation BOXX allows you to program discounts by dollar amount, percentage or time and create buttons for each type on the screen. Selecting the parking validation, then scanning the ticket takes seconds. The parking ticket is immediately validated, so that when the customer scans the ticket for payment or exit, the discount is automatically applied.
Controlling Parking Access
In the self-serve payment sections above, we describe how certain parking payment machines integrate with access and exit gates. Barrier gates are forms of parking access control equipment, but here we'll also describe access control systems – the higher technology side of managing parking access for authorized users.
As owners intuitively appreciate, control over parking lot access means control over revenue and security. Sophisticated access control technologies and equipment allow you to restrict vehicle access to specific areas, track who has entered, exited, and when, all with advanced reporting capabilities. Read on to learn more.
Parking Access Control Systems
Access control systems are technologies that help parking facility owners manage parking by authorized users, such as employees or hotel guests. The essential elements are a) a parking access control devices, and b) software to manage and track access.
Parking access control machines, like our Access Control Pedestals, can be configured with a keypad, for code access, or with a credential reading device, to detect and validate a parker's card or tag for the date, time and location. Some payment machines, like our Exit BOXX, can be upgraded to include a credential reader in lieu of a stand-alone access control machine.
Short-range credential readers must be presented by the parker at the access control machine, whereas long-range readers can pick up an authorized windshield tag or licence plate tag automatically within a certain range.
The access control machine is integrated with a parking management system, like our EASE software, which allows parking facility operators to manage credentialed access from the back-end. When the system 'approves' a credential, a signal can be sent automatically to open the access barrier. The software tracks all access and exit data, to give parking operators full visibility into the movements of authorized users into and out of the parking facility.
In parking facilities with mixed public parking and card-access parking, it's important to consider the flow of parking. Card holder access is a quicker transaction, so it makes sense to create designated access and/or exit lanes for card-holders.
Parking Access Control Equipment
Whether your parking is public access or by authorized credential only, parking access control equipment is a smart choice. Gates are the most common type and can be added to entry lanes, exit lanes, or both, depending on where customers pay or present their credentials.
Entry and exit gates can be integrated with a ticket machine, such as our Entry BOXX, or with parking payment machines, such as our Exit BOXX, Flat Rate BOXX or Coin Station Machine. To open the gate, the customer must accept the time-stamped ticket, pay for parking or have their free pass or authorized credential validated.
Some facilities make use of one-way spike strips to control the direction of traffic into or out of a parking facility. These spikes puncture the tires of a vehicle entering in the wrong direction. As such, spike strips may only be advisable for barring entry to high security sites or for safety, to prevent collisions in one-way lanes.
Parking Management Software
In the sections above, we've referred to several scenarios in which parking management software brings together an entire parking solution, allowing you to effectively manage all aspects of a parking system.
The essential features of parking management software allow you to set rates across the system, create parking passes and coupons, control and track access. Parking software can also manage the 'inventory' of available spaces, to display spaces available by lot, floor or area. (See Navigation and Aids section below.)
Our EASE parking software includes sophisticated reporting tools, so you can create General Manager Reports, or segment data by ticket type, entry or exit, length of stay, date, rate, coupon, and payment method. Audit reports can also be generated to match the printed audits at our ticket and parking payment machines.
EASE includes modules and add-ons to facilitate full-featured card access, cloud-based management and highly-customized reporting.
Parking Safety and Security
Parking safety and security solutions protect users and infrastructure from accidents and help prevent crime. Access control systems, such as those described above, certainly enhance security by regulating who enters and exits, but there are additional options for added safety.
On the low-tech end of the spectrum are bollards, which are concrete or steel pipes or pillars, placed as visible barriers in strategic areas of a parking facility. Bollards can be used to direct traffic and pedestrians and to provide high-impact protection from collisions (for example, to protect your Parking BOXX equipment investments).
Bollards should be used together with signage to direct the flow of traffic and alert drivers to take caution. For a higher-tech option, choose electronic signage integrated with your parking management software to provide dynamic messaging based on lot traffic, time of day, conditions or other factors.
Video monitoring can provide customers with an extra level of security, especially for large, unattended parking lots or those that are open late at night. Video monitoring can also protect parking lot operators by reducing liabilities from accidents in your lot, and by helping to reduce fraud.
Navigation and Aids for Large Parking Lots
Whether you have a fully self-serve or an attended parking facility, parking customers will often need assistance navigating the lot or your parking solution.
For unattended parking systems, two-way intercoms can be invaluable. Alone or together with video monitoring, you can quickly provide remote assistance to parking customers by voice.
In the sections above we've mentioned 'space available' counters and signage. These help drivers navigate to an open space in a large or multi-layer lot. Signage can be part of a sophisticated parking guidance and information system, that tracks available parking and provides customers with real-time information and direction to open spaces.
Parking Design
Larger facilities with complex and high-volume parking needs can look to specialized parking consultants for solutions.
Parking consultants provide expertise on the design and restoration of parking lots and parking structures, for example, multi-level parking lots. Design can involve functional analysis, engineering, architecture and landscaping. Parking consultants also have specialized knowledge on the operations, financial and technological aspects of running a parking facility.
Parking Management Services
Parking lot owners who aren't ready for a major build, but who want the space-maximizing benefits of multi-level parking may wish to consider vehicle stacking. These are mechanical solutions that operate like a lift, literally stacking vehicles and often increasing lot capacity by 300%. Vehicle stacking can be automated or semi-automated, and can be designed to work with a valet or allow customers to independently access their cars.
Some parking facility owners prefer to outsource or sub-contract the work of managing the parking operation. Parking management services typically collect a percentage of the parking fees to operate and manage the parking garage or lot. This can include staffing the lot with cashiers, attendants or even valets. Parking management services may work with your existing parking technology and equipment or may, as part of their contract, assume responsibility for introducing parking solutions.
Valet Parking Services
In closing, we'll talk about a niche parking service: valet parking. Valet parking is a great option for hotels, higher-end restaurants and event venues. Here's how it works:
- The parking customer drives to the valet drop off where an attendant gathers details, including the license number, vehicle make, color and any existing damage.
- The attendant prints off a ticket for the vehicle, provides it to the customer, and prints a tag for the keys.
- On exit, the parking customer pays at a valet kiosk and is given a receipt or a validated ticket to claim their car.
- Some apps allow the parking customer to request their vehicle in advance, so they don't have to wait while the valet retrieves it.
Are We Missing Anything?
There you have it: the definitive guide to parking solutions. This has been a high-level but thorough look at the parking systems, equipment and software that allow owners to generate solid revenues from their parking operations.
We've looked at parking payment solutions, managing rates, controlling access, parking management software, safety and security, navigation and aids for large parking facilities, services for parking design, operations management and valet parking.
Tell us, are we missing anything? If you have unanswered questions about the parking industry, we'd love to hear them. Let us know!
Contact Parking BOXX To Discover Parking Made Easy
Parking BOXX manufactures parking systems and equipment used by parking sites in operation from Los Angeles to the Caribbean to Newfoundland. Our technologies are easy to use, intuitive, and they really work. We back up our products with best-in-class support, so that your parking facility stays profitable without downtime.
All of this is what you'd expect from your parking solutions – but we go one step further. Our customers love that Parking BOXX equipment can be fully branded with your corporate colors, logo and customized text. It's a little thing that shows your customers you stand behind their parking experience.
For more information call us at 800-518-1230 or request a demo at https://parkingboxx.com/request-a-demo/.


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Josh Ewing, missionary to Indonesia talks about the mission field, and encourages others to take the gospel message to the whole world! Listen as Pastor Gardner and Bro. Josh Ewing share their burden to reach the world with the gospel of Christ.
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Friday, June 14, 2013
on show and tell..
Today I am showing off my rad t-shirt that was gifted to me by my step-mom. My family and I took a trip to Friday Harbor, one of the San Juan Island in Washington. It was a nice leisure trip. I loved the view as we drive up to the ferry. There is nothing like the air in Washington, so fresh and crisp. It sounds corny to say but it's just something I always notice.
The drive towards Friday Harbor we passed Swinomish and that's when I spotted the cutest little Native American shop. We ended up stopping on our way back from Friday Harbor. That's where I picked up the shirt of my dreams. Wolves have been my favorite animal since forever so this shirt was love at first sight. The shop was filled with fun Native American goodies and trinkets. Stores like that make me squeal with glee. I can go wild and crazy and my need to buy everything gets a little extreme. Of course, the t-shirt wasn't the only thing I left with, come on, you know me I just couldn't leave without a dream catcher.
My sister and I always had dream catchers growing up. We both always loved the idea that they took away a sleeping person's nightmares. They helped us feel save in our beds when we were little. It's one of those things that has stuck with me for a really long time. For me the dream catcher represents protection, strength and unity. The dream catcher is my dad. This trip home I just really needed to take something like that back with me.
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First mention hotels, and most probably people will picture the grand structures that brim with light and ooze with luxury. The next thing that would come to mind is probably the budget hotel. These hotels are smaller and are likely a step or two down in terms of luxury and quality of accommodations. Still, they should be able to provide adequate quality and, ultimately, comfort and functionality at a more affordable price tag for budget-conscious travelers.


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How my Journey has given me a Best Friend. // Joelle L.
Through that nightmare pregnancy my Mom was always there for me. When my daughter was born, I could see a whole new chapter of her life beginning, and it was awesome. There really is nothing like seeing your mom holding your own daughter for the first time. This began the different relationship that we now have. She has been there every day since. She calls and begs to keep Lenae for me when she knows I'm on a stretch of a few hard days. She drops her plans to run to me when I am sick or when something is wrong with Lenae.
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Thats absolutly wonderful!! Happy to hear all that about your life! Keep up the great work and tell 'mom' hi! ...unless you are like a lot of us and keep this as your little secret!! ;)ReplyDelete
Amazing! Who better to have as a best friend than your mom! Congrats on your THREE 5ks!!ReplyDelete
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What a great story. As a woman who has already said goodbye to my mom as she transitioned from this world to the next, I cannot say enough how important that relationship is! Kudos to you.ReplyDelete
Very sweet story! There's nothing like a mother/daughter relationship. Treasure every day you have with her!!ReplyDelete
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Jesus Peace is a NYC based Gospel hip-hop duo consisting of BAND MEMBERS Randy Mason and Damion B. Sanders. The name "Jesus Peace" is a play on the term "Jesus Piece," which refers to the gaudy medallions depicting Jesus Christ's crucifixion worn by today's flashy mainstream rappers. The name Jesus Peace was chosen because of its relatability to the hip hop community and like a rapper's Jesus Piece on his chest, it makes a bold statement for Christ.
Randy Mason is a Bronx native recording artist, poet, writer, educator, and minister. For years he has honed his innate skill both independently and collectively, performing locally and internationally. To Jesus Peace he brings Godly wisdom, a masterful flow, and a playfulness guaranteed to catch the ear and the tongue of today's hip-hop head.
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Damion B Sanders is a Brooklyn born emcee, writer, performance artist, and animator. He is a former battle rapper and poet who spent years in the underground poetry circuit. Damion adds to the group the wit of a battle rapper, the lyricism and word play of a poet and like Randy, the passion and knowledge of God's word.
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It may be written in every law that a citizen is free to think and to express his thoughts, but that will become completely worthless if it can be targeted by censorship in the case it expresses an opinion that is contrary to the status quo, to the interests of the dominant caste or to who simply has money.
The confrontation of responsible theses about objective facts should take place in the open field of democratic debate and not through recourse to courts and to juridical coercion. And yet, as is publicly known, a Portuguese court has immortalised the book "The Truth about the Lie" by deciding what cannot be opinionated and expressed in Portugal about the disappearance of Madeleine Beth McCann, by censoring a thesis that is based on logical reasoning about concrete facts and material evidence that are part of a criminal process and that never intended to diffuse, to the public, in a gratuitous and irresponsible manner, the notion that a third party holds any kind of responsibility in the disappearance of little Madeleine.
Even more serious. Having already been notified about the preventive arrest of his credits, the signatory fears that he may be prevented from defending his reasons in court, due to the very high monetary cost that the judicial action that has been filed against him by Gerry and Kate McCann impose to him, in terms of lawyers' expenses and millionaire judicial costs, of which apparently only the indigent are exempt.
Whereupon follows that, at the moment, the signatory is not only deprived of his elementary right to freedom of expression, as he also faces constraints relating to his own defence, which cannot be designed but under the shadow of the expression of forbidden ideas and convictions, and in exchange for absolutely insufferable pecuniary amounts.
Thus the truth about the disappearance of Madeleine is at risk of being decided in the office. This is how we live in Portugal, as far as freedom and democracy are concerned.
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Geography 14 districts 33 regions 144 departments Supply 4 institution types 56 financial services providers (FSPs) 4,048 total access points Demand 22.7 million total population 11.7 million male population 10.95 million female population 3.74% urbanization rate Data FieldsDA Horizontal tab groupSupply Data Standard Data Field Available(Yes/No) Actual Data Field Example Value Country Name Yes Country Ivory Coast Geographic Level 1 Yes District Abidjan, Denguele Geographic Level 2 Yes Region Bagoue, Bere Geographic Level 3 Yes Department Alepe, Bettie Institution Type Yes Type of Institution Commercial Banks, Mobile Agent Company Name Yes Name of the Company Orange, Cetpaid Branch Name Yes Name of the Branch Akara, Crystal Services # of Locations Yes # locations 2,382 Name of the Source Yes Source Orange, Celpaid Description of the Source Yes Description Celpaid Retail Outlets Demand Data Standard Data Field Demand data Available(Yes/No) Actual Data Field Example Value Country Name Yes Country Ivory Coast Geographic Level 1 Yes District Abidjan, Denguele Geographic Level 2 Yes Region Bagoue, Bere Geographic Level 3 Yes Department Alepe, Bettie Population Yes Total Population 22.7M Adult Population No Population 18+ N/A Urban Population No Population - Urban N/A Rural Population No Population - Rural N/A Male Population Yes Population Male 11.7M Female Population Yes Population Female 10.95M Name of the Source Yes Source Ivory Coast Census 2014 Description of Source Yes Description Government census Policy MakersPolicy makers and regulators are typically interested in macro expansion of inclusion, current progress of inclusion, risk mitigation, and the stability and soundness of the market. Demand indicators available on FINclusion Lab can also be used to highlight demographic strands who are excluded and to analyze visible gaps in inclusion. Which districts have a lower number of access points per 10,000 people and need a substantial boost in financial infrastructure? Based on the adult population in counties with lower numbers of access points, new policies, incentives and regulations can be framed to encourage financial services providers (FSPs) to start operations in specific regions (e.g. Woroba, Denguele, Montagnes). click to enlarge image What are key regional variations in market penetration across different types of financial services providers (FSPs)? Mobile money agents are best distributed in terms of geographic distribution. While each financial service provider (FSP) type is represented in each region, Poste and microfinance institutions (MFIs) typically have the smallest footprint and commercial banks and mobile money agents dominate the market. click to enlarge image FSPFinancial services providers (FSPs) are interested in gaps in their personal operating markets, but will also find the competitor analysis possible using FINclusion Lab dashboards compelling. Strategic use of information will allow FSPs to better balance risk and growth based on their individual organizational strategies. What kind of business opportunities might exist for a new commercial bank in the Denguele region? Only three commercial bank companies are currently active in Denguele, one of which operates more than a single service point. There is significant room for entry of other commercial bank into the market. click to enlarge image Which districts might be targeted for service line expansion, and promotional campaigns on present offerings? Districts such as Goh-Djiboua and Sassandra-Marahoue have some of the highest population density in the country but relatively low number of access points. Service line expansion and promotional campaigns may reach potential consumers who have access but choose not to use financial products. click to enlarge image FundersFunders have many interests in common with regulators (high level expansion, inclusion within existing systems, risk mitigation, and the stability and soundness of the market) but operate differently. Funders are often interested in major "last mile" projects , and some operate as local "market facilities" to support and improve market function. In which districts can donor funding really help improve financial inclusion? Districts such as Montagnes and Sassandra-Marahoue have a relative high number of population and low number of access points. Donor intervention in these districts could improve financial inclusion. click to enlarge image In which districts is the lack of transportation infrastructure an obstacle to progress toward financial inclusion? While there is a fairly comprehensive network of transportation infrastructure in Ivory Coast, some areas of the country are better served than others. For instance, Vallee du Bandama and Zanzan districts are relatively large in area but only served by two major roadways or rail lines. click to enlarge image Sub-national Analysis Description: FINclusion Lab's geospatial maps depict the distrubtion of financial access points at several levels of administrative divison. Users can click different options under the Geography heading to select different levels of administrative division. 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Merriam-Webster uses Apple fans to define 'sheeple'CNET
'Sheeple' is now in the dictionary, and Apple users are the exampleThe Verge
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What is your evidence that Mary Agnes Adams, who married Thomas Simmons, was the daughter of Valentine & Margaret Adams?
The marriages of a Mary Adams to Thomas Simmons on 23 July 1778 and also of a Mary Adams to John Spangler on 20 Dec 1788 are both recorded in Frederick Co, Maryland.
However, Valentine Adams' 1792 probate records in Frederick Co list a daughter Mary, wife of John Spangler.


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Monday, January 13, 2014
Argyle is the Coziest Manicure
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So pretty! I wish I had the ability to do nail art...all I can seem to do without messing up is polka dots.ReplyDelete
Remy is such a handsome little gentleman now!Replies
This pattern is actually based on making dots and then connecting them, so you could probably do this :)Delete
Sweet simple and totally chic!ReplyDelete
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Isn't it? Thank you.Delete
My two cats sleep with me, and are always glued to me. It's the way I like it. My one cat sleeps curled around my head, half of her body ON my head purring, on my pillow all night long. I can't sleep if she's not there. I LOVE this mani! It's gorgeous.ReplyDelete
I'm so glad you commented on my blog. I felt so bad about upsetting you and felt it best to just leave you alone. I did try to leave a long apology back then, but it didn't post. I hope that you've forgiven me. I was not trying to hurt you in any way. I'm glad things are going well for you.Replies
No apology necessary. We're cool.Delete
Cats are the very best. I love having a little pal around all the time.
I love, love, love your comments, guys! Thanks so much for leaving them! I try to respond to questions either in the comments section or in forthcoming posts, so check back later!


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