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Meetings management software can increase compliance with organizational policies and give planners powerful reports to share with leadership. But here's the rub: How transparent is that software you're buying to provide you with transparency? Are there indirect costs? Is your buying influenced in subtle and not-so-subtle ways?
Hidden Fees?
One meeting planner using an enterprise system happened to see an e-mail exchange between the software company and the hotel he was booking in which the company informed the hotel that it would have to pay a per-room-night fee to the software company for the booking. The planner — and his procurement counterparts who had made the software purchasing decision — were unaware of this revenue stream from hotel to software company. Questions arose. For starters, could the planner be confident of getting the best rate from the hotel?
There are other issues. For software platforms that include site-search and e-RFP capabilities, how are search results returned? Are there ads sold to hotels that appear on the results page? When planners use one of the supplier databases for free, as they might use Google, they understand that it needs to be supported by advertising. But what if an organization is paying to use the software and all its tools? Shouldn't the organization's planner be able to work in an advertising-free environment for site searches?
For experienced meeting managers with preferred suppliers and long-standing hotel relationships, the question might not matter quite as much. But what about for their less-experienced counterparts? How do they account for a software company's marketing pitch to hotels that they will be more likely to be selected if they buy marketing packages that bump them to the top of search results, regardless of search criteria?
You might not believe that you are being influenced. But someone is. "Everyone believes there's influence," says one industry observer. "Otherwise, why would they buy the marketing package? Or why buy the highest-priced package?"
Here we profile several companies providing meetings management software and site-search/e-RFP capabilities. We've also included buying tips, which come down to one big idea that should be nothing new: Look beyond the sales pitch.
Test the product with real-world scenarios to know if the reality matches the promise. Look past the initial price tag, and add up the incrementals and options.
The following profiles will get you started, but they just scratch the surface: You still need to dig!
The Integrator
Arcaneo Metron
Clement Ng, VP, client services
The Story: "Clients had asked us for a central view of meetings data," explains Clement Ng. "We quickly realized that they needed more than just a central data repository. What was lacking was a single platform that addressed the end-to-end needs of enterprise meetings management, from meeting request to attendee management to supplier management and spend management, while complying with IT policies and data-protection regulations. There were only disparate systems addressing specific areas, and enterprises and their suppliers resorted to cut-and-paste methods to gain insight into their meetings."
Product Type: On-premises ("shrink-wrapped") software For Meetings Management:
Meeting request and approval
Enterprise calendar
Resource management
Venue database/e-RFPs
Budget management
Attendee management, including registration, surveys, and e-mail marketing
Customizable reports on cost savings, cost avoidance, and spend, aggregated as needed
Agenda management integrated with meeting room and attendee allocations
Housing and meeting-room inventory management
Supplier Database? Yes, through a partnership with Cendyn, whose database has nearly 90,000 suppliers
Supplier Database Marketing Packages: No. Cendyn acquired its database from providers such as Pegasus Solutions and is continuing to aggregate existing databases. Venues in the database are on a "level playing field," says Pete Brady, relationship manager.
Do you get commissions or finder's fees from hotels? No.
RFP Customization: RFPs are configured as templates, allowing users to specify their requirements within each template and issue that same template to multiple suppliers to compare responses side by side.
What are the different ways hotels can respond to your RFPs? An RFP can be sent as an e-mail, as a PDF attachment, or via Cendyn's eProposal solution, which allows planners to view RFP responses in a multimedia format.
What do clients pay for? Fixed annual licensing and maintenance fees for their dedicated deployment of the software and complete control of their data, residing on dedicated systems either hosted by the clients or by Arcaneo.
Credit-Card Partnership? Visa; cards issued on a per-meeting basis with spend limits and expiration dates. "The traditional invoice payment model is highly manual and time-consuming, with the potential for inaccurate payments and fraud," Ng says. "We give planners the ability to pay, allocate, and reconcile charges easily and accurately."
Enhancements: Quarterly
Support: 24/7 for server monitoring; personnel in Canada and U.K.
Our Differentiators:
"Our solution is highly configurable and easily integrated with enterprise systems to maintain data integrity and track meetings with relevant enterprise financial codes, HR, and other key information," says Clement Ng. "We maintain a transparent business model that allows clients complete insight into actual meeting costs and savings. With our end-to-end solution, clients can implement enterprisewide processes and standards to truly scale their SMMPs."
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Chuck Ghoorah, EVP, sales and marketing
The Story: Launched in 1999 as an online-registration provider, Cvent has evolved into a software system for strategic meetings management. "Cvent has grown from four to 497 employees worldwide, with 14,000 users in 22 countries," Chuck Ghoorah says. "We were recently awarded PCI Level 1 Compliance, the payment card industry's highest data-security standard. And as of the fourth quarter, HelmsBriscoe and ConferenceDirect have named Cvent their official e-RFP platform."
Product Type: Software as a Service (SaaS)
For Meetings Management:
Meeting request and approval
Enterprise calendar
Resource management
Venue database/e-RFPs
Budget management
Attendee management, including registration, surveys, and e-mail marketing
Customizable reports on cost savings, cost avoidance, and spend
Integration with Webex that allows registrants to more easily attend Webex meetings
Supplier Database? Yes. "The Cvent Supplier Network took three years to build with a dedicated staff of 120 people," says Ghoorah. Suppliers get free basic listings. All suppliers are able to update their own accounts. Cvent staff also updates the database monthly.
Supplier Database Marketing Packages: Three types: two- , three- , and four-diamond listings. The packages offer varying degrees of increased exposure, from ads on search-results pages to listings that appear first in search results. Cvent also provides additional marketing opportunities in its e-mail newsletter, Destination Guide, and blogs. Packages cost $2,500 to $18,000 annually.
Do you get commissions or finder's fees from hotels? No.
RFP Customization: Planners can create highly customized RFPs and ask "custom questions" as part of the RFP process. Planners may attach documents to RFPs or include standard contracts. Planners also can copy previous RFPs to reduce data entry.
What are the different ways that hotels can respond to your RFPs? Suppliers can log in and respond through the Cvent system itself. Cvent offers free, live, online training 10 times a week to hotels and venues. Cvent is also integrated with Newmarket International's MeetingBroker, which routes RFPs to hotel customer-relationship management systems such as Delphi. This lets sales execs respond to RFPs within the hotel CRM system itself.
What do clients pay for? Annual license fees for different modules; clients choose which they need. The primary cost is for the attendee-management module, priced on a per-registrant basis.
Credit-Card Partnership? No
Enhancements: Three to four a year
Support: 24 hours on weekdays via phone and e-mail; daytime weekend support; based in McLean, Va.
Our Differentiators:
"The primary differentiator is our scale," says Ghoorah. "With a global presence and our 497 employees, we offer a world-class level of customer service, security, and responsiveness. Second is the affordable price point for our SMM software suite. Third, we are the second generation of SMM. The first generation SMM systems are stuck with inflexible legacy architecture. We entered the market and asked customers what they liked and disliked and then built a better, more nimble system.
"Our software has been guided by the same team over the years (11 of our 12 senior managers have been with us since we started the company)," he continues, "so that every component seamlessly speaks to the other parts of the software. We believe this makes for a better user experience and provides the most reliable service for our customers. Fourth is the size and accuracy of the Cvent Supplier Network — 100,000 suppliers, including restaurants and venues such as museums and aquariums."
Editor's Note: MeetingsNet has partnered with Cvent to offer its supplier database at the Web site, http://meetingsnet.com.
The Marketing Experts
Patti Tackeff, president and COO
The Story: Lenos Software was founded in 1999 to develop software solutions to manage meetings and events; in particular, says Patti Tackeff, "to track and report ROI, since meetings and events are critical for building strong, more meaningful and profitable business relationships." As a dedicated software company, Lenos has its product management, engineering, and support centralized in San Francisco.
Product Type: SaaS
For Meetings Management:
Meeting request and approval
Enterprise calendar
Resource management
Venue database/e-RFPs
Budget management
Attendee management, including registration, surveys, and e-marketing
Configurable reports on registrants, cost savings, cost avoidance, and spend consolidation
Supplier Database? Yes, created by Lenos. Supplier listings link directly to hotels' Web sites. "The Lenos Supplier Database is free of supplier fees and advertising to eliminate potential conflict of interest and bias and to ensure transparency for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley," Tackeff says. "Clients (licensees) can add their own suppliers to customize and expand the Lenos database for their specific accounts."
Supplier Database Marketing Packages: None. "Lenos does not solicit or accept payments from suppliers to be listed or advertise because it is an inducement to purchase for enterprise clients," Tackeff says. "It has inherent potential conflicts of interest and creates bias."
Do you get commissions or finder's fees from hotels? No.
RFP Customization: "Lenos clients create their own RFP templates to reflect different meeting types and lines of business," says Tackeff. "Each template can be copied, modified, and reused as needed."
What are the different ways hotels can respond to your RFPs? Hotels receive Lenos-generated RFPs via e-mail. The Lenos RFP engine enables negotiations, cost-avoidance tracking, benchmarking, and reporting. RFPs are branded by the licensee client as a qualified lead.
What do clients pay for? An annual license based on the number of users, programs, geography, and modules selected. For corporate enterprises, the preferred payment is a monthly or annual subscription. Partner organizations may elect preferred payment that is transaction-based.
Credit-Card Partnership? No.
Enhancements: Bimonthly, based on client feedback and the Lenos product road map
Support: 24/7, based on service level agreements; support personnel based in San Francisco
Our Differentiators:
"First is our ease of use for creating custom Web sites, RFPs, budgets, and meeting request forms without the need for coding or knowledge of HTML," says Tackeff. "They get custom-like capabilities without the software engineers." Second is flexibility. Lenos is scalable, from small meetings to large-conference management. Third is the advertising-free environment. Fourth, Tackeff says, "Our core competency is innovative software solutions for the meetings and events industry. We partner with service providers for their complementary expertise. It's the same as when a corporation licenses enterprisewide financial management software — the management expertise is in house."
The Original
Kevin Young, SVP, worldwide marketing and partner management
The Story: StarCite jumped out in front in offering meetings management consolidation tools and site selection. "We see ourselves as a platform to support strategic meetings management," says Kevin Young. "We don't just provide tactical planning tools." Launched in 1999 as a spinoff of meetings management firm McGettigan, StarCite acquired a few companies early on, such as B-there and RegWeb, to add attendee registration, meetings management, and budgeting tools to its online marketplace and e-RFP offering. In late 2006, StarCite merged with OnVantage (itself a merger of PlanSoft and SeeUthere). The combination resulted in a new StarCite platform.
Product Type: SaaS
For Meetings Management:
Meeting request and approval
Enterprise calendar
Resource management
Venue database/e-RFPs
Budget management
Attendee management, including registration, surveys, and e-mail marketing
Standard reports plus customizable reports on, for example, cost savings, cost avoidance, and spend, aggregated as needed
Small Meeting Solution to book smaller meetings
Supplier Database? Yes, with 93,000 suppliers, created by StarCite and updated by both StarCite staff and hotels themselves
Supplier Database Marketing Packages: Several packages are available. "We offer suppliers many opportunities to promote themselves," Young says. "They can come up higher in the search list, add enhanced content to listings, banner ads, a host of opportunities. Suppliers who invest in Search Engine Optimization see better results when they make themselves easier to find." (StarCite declined to offer pricing information.)
Do you get commissions or finder's fees from hotels? "We never collect commissions," Young says. StarCite charges a per-room-night fee to hotels and conference centers booking business from StarCite RFPs. However, Young notes, "We will be moving away from transaction fees on RFPs to suppliers. Those fees will end beginning in 2010."
RFP Customization: "Our clients can customize the cover page of their RFPs and highlight critical information or instructions," Young says. "There is also a section of our RFP for custom questions."
What are the ways hotels can respond to your RFPs? "StarCite provides every supplier in our marketplace access to the Group Lead Center to manage and forward RFPs," Young says. "We also have several lead-management technology products that are used by chains and national sales offices to manage RFPs for their properties. StarCite is integrated with Newmarket International's MeetingBroker. We also have integration partnerships to allow several major brands to respond directly from their internal sales systems."
What do clients pay for? An annual subscription fee based on "the depth and breadth of a client's meetings program and the total meeting spend a company will be managing in the system," Young says. "There is an implementation fee (which varies with the level of integration deployed within an organization's internal technology). StarCite also provides additional consulting services for those that want help creating strategic meetings management programs, or establishing preferred-vendor programs, a meetings policy, or a standardized contracting process."
Credit-Card Partnership? American Express. Meeting planners can automatically upload their AmEx meeting card charges to easily reconcile to the event budget.
Enhancements: Quarterly
Support: 24/7; personnel are based in StarCite's headquarters in Philadelphia and offices in Dusseldorf, Germany, and Shanghai, China.
Our Differentiators:
"First, our technology itself," Young says. "We are an end-to-end technology platform designed for SMMPs. We have 400 clients who have been using us for years. Second is our experience. Our team members can consult on any piece of the process. Third is that our software has been designed for global deployment. We can handle multiple languages and currencies. Finally, StarCite's Global Meetings Marketplace and e-RFP tool are the most widely used in the industry and have set the standard for managing meetings and events. One thing that sets StarCite apart from others is that all of the information contained in StarCite's e-RFP stays within its database to be managed by both the planner and the supplier. This enables faster responses, as information does not have to be rekeyed. It also enables planners to instantly compare results side by side online."
The New Player
Certain Software
Brett Weigl, director, product management
The Story: Certain was launched in 1994 as an online registration and meetings management provider. A merger with Australian company Amlink Technologies in 2008 gave Certain additional event management and continuing education capabilities and a global footprint, says Brett Weigl. This past summer, Certain launched its supplier-search and e-RFP tool, Certain Sourcing.
Type of Product: SaaS or on-premises enterprise installation
For Meetings Management:
Meeting request and approval
Enterprise calendar
Planner resource management
Venue database/e-RFPs
Budget management
Attendee management, including registration, surveys, and e-mail marketing
Custom reports on cost savings, cost avoidance, and spend
Supplier Database? Yes, of about 40,000 hotels, provided by relicensing the database maintained by Meeting Evolution (profile below)
Supplier Database Marketing Packages: Offered through Meeting Evolution
Do you get commissions or finder's fees from hotels? No.
RFP Customization: "Users customize RFPs based on their own preferences, their client's preferences, or on a per-RFP basis," Weigl says. "In addition, planners can make sure the supplier contacts they have worked so hard to cultivate are automatically chosen when working with preferred chains and properties."
What are the different ways hotels can respond to your RFPs? Hotel contacts, either in global sales offices or on property, respond to RFPs through a supplier-specific URL included in the e-mail they receive from Certain Sourcing.
What do clients pay for? Certain Meetings is available in either a standard or a professional edition, with per-registration and per-meeting charges. Certain Sourcing is available on an annual subscription basis in standard, professional, and enterprise editions; these editions include unlimited users and RFPs. Certain eventsPro is available in on-premises and hosted editions, with charges for base modules, user licenses, and optional components.
Credit-Card Partnership? Under consideration
Enhancements: Quarterly; yearly for Certain eventsPro
Support: 24/7 with support personnel in Seattle, San Francisco, the U.K., and Australia
Our Differentiators:
"Our registration tool has strong branding capability. We don't force anyone into a canned view," Weigl says. "We can tie into existing corporate sites and leverage employee or membership databases. We are adding the ability to enter and track data for meeting requests on branded forms that can be incorporated into the corporate intranet for easy access and standardization of process across the enterprise." Clients using Certain Software's Certain Meetings Professional Edition receive private databases, which offers the benefit of SaaS with the advantage of additional data security and data segregation.
The In-House Solution
Meeting Evolution
Rob Wilson, president
The Story: Launched in February, Meeting Evolution grew out of an internal sourcing system developed by meetings management company Meeting Sites Resource beginning in 2001. "We've been refining strategic capabilities over the past seven years, with feedback from account executives, planners, and hotel partners," says Rob Wilson (who is also executive vice president at Meeting Sites Resource).
Product Type: SaaS
For Meetings Management:
Meeting request and approval
Enterprise calendar
Resource management
Venue database/e-RFPs
Budget management
Attendee management, including registration, surveys, and e-mail marketing
Custom reports on cost savings, cost avoidance, and spend
Space hold requests
Custom contract template
CRM system for managing prospects (for third parties)
Tool to build preliminary budget as the planner completes the RFP
Supplier Database? Yes, with about 40,000 venues, built by Meeting Sites Resource; now managed by Meeting Evolution. Basic supplier listings are free.
Supplier Database Marketing Packages: Four options: Platinum, for a one-time $5,000 fee; Gold, for $1,500 annually; Silver, for $1,000 annually; and Bronze, for $500 annually. The marketing packages allow richer content and photo uploads, higher positioning with search results, and the ability to post hot-date/hot-rate promotions.
Do you get commissions or finder's fees from hotels? No.
RFP Customization: RFPs are APEX-compliant and can include standard concessions, custom questions, detailed agenda, accessibility needs, and budgeting requirements.
What are the different ways hotels can respond to your RFPs? "With our system, hotels do not need a username and password to respond to an RFP," Wilson says. "We create a unique link for each property receiving an RFP, and only that property uses that link to respond."
What do clients pay for? Annual licensing fee varies by version: standard, professional, or enterprise. The professional and enterprise versions add functions such as the ability to create a contract from the information already input into the system.
Credit-Card Partnership? Under consideration
Enhancements: Quarterly
Support: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. CDT, Monday through Friday, based in Kansas City, Mo.
Our Differentiators:
"In addition to being flexible and user-friendly, Meeting Evolution has unique features — in particular, our estimator tools that estimate food-and-beverage costs, sleeping-room costs, and analyze air costs," Wilson says. "Meeting Evolution's RFPs are also fully APEX-compliant — and as we add more functionality, such as the ability to build and manage banquet event orders, those will be APEX-compliant as well."
6 Tips for Smart Buyers
On-Premises or On-Demand? On-premises software is installed and run on servers on the premises of the organization that has purchased the software. On-demand software (also called SaaS or "software as a service") is housed on the software provider's servers and accessed on demand by users. Find out if your organization prefers one model over the other.
Software or Services? Some technology providers also offer consulting — or even actual staff members. "Some tools are sold as do-it-yourself applications, but the reality is, it's difficult for the average meeting planner to do it themselves — and I'm not even sure they should," says Mark Jordan, president, Practical Communications Group, a Media, Pa.?based Web design firm, and a longtime industry observer. (He was among those who launched StarCite.) "Building a registration site, for example, takes time that planners don't have." The cautionary tale, he points out, is that outsourcing services might not have been covered in initial conversations about pricing — or planned for in your budget.
Know Your Overall Cost. Low price points might not tell the whole story. Investigate all fees involved in your purchase and use of the software. "Understand the revenue model of the provider as well," says Kimberly Meyer, principal at consultancy Meetings Analytics in Chicago.
Do Real-World Training. Don't make decisions based on a canned demo. Plan a session in which you start from scratch, so you know the time and complexity involved with the tools you need. "Take the time to define your processes and bottlenecks before you investigate technology solutions," Jordan says. "The technology should have some compatibility with the way you work. Changing how you work to accommodate it is a recipe for unpleasant surprises and unplanned costs." And look for the level of integrated functionality. Integration means that you avoid double entry and establish an audit trail of approvals to demonstrate compliance with corporate policies.
Keep Your Data. If you choose an SaaS product, says Meyer, "own your data — legally, by contract with the software provider — and keep a backup copy on your servers. Also, ask how the SaaS company intends to use your data. This should be disclosed in the contract. Many organizations will not let their data be used — even aggregated — in any way, for any purpose."
Re-Evaluate. "You probably don't have the same cell phone that you had three years ago," says Meyer. Think of your meetings software the same way. "There are new products hitting the market all the time. If you haven't looked at your options in several years, you might find something that gives you better value, or greater functionality, or both."


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Here is a sample of the kinds of projects that require Plan Review:
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- Retail food and public pool and spa plan review will only require 1 set of plans initially. 4 sets will be required for final approval.
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In periods of reduced visibility or whenever a boat operator needs to signal his or her intentions or position, a sound producing device is essential. The device must be audible for at least one-half mile. Use the list below to determine what is required based on your boats length:
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Some Common Sound Signals
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Visual Distress Signals (VDSs)
Boats used on federally controlled waters, must be equipped with U. S. Coast Guard-approved VDSs.
If pyrotechnic VDSs are used, a minimum of three must be carried in the boat. All boats are required to carry night signals when operating between sunset and sunrise. The following boats must also carry day signals:
The following combinations of signals are examples of VDSs that could be carried onboard to satisfy U. S. Coast Guard requirements:
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This is the first year for the event.
Will Inbee Park defend her title?
Read all about the first tournament of the season.
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Knit: Mulberry Silk Drawstring Bag
March 30, 2011
Here is a little pattern I came up with that would be great for your second project of working in the round. You will need to know how to work in the round and then transition onto DPN (double pointed needles).
Check out this video to learn a little more about the construction:
You will need:
2 skeins of Darn Good Yarn's Mulberry Silk Yarn (you can click here to check it out)
size 7 circular needles with a 14 inch cord
Set of size 7 DPN's
Personally, I used some wood beads and made 2 white tassels and 2 red tassels for embellishments for a vintage world look.
Instructions: CO 120 sts on the circular needles, place a marker at the end of the round.
K1, P1 for 4 rounds
Knit for 4 rounds
*Knit 9, YO, K2tog* repeat this around your current round for a total of 12 times
Knit in the round for another 8.5 inches
To start decreases:
*K2, k2tog* for one round during this round transition your work onto the DPN's
For the next 3 rounds work your project in seed stitch (*k1, p1* on the next round knit your purls and purl your knits)
For your last rounds of decreases you are going to decrease while working your stitches in seed stitch still by work two stitches in seed and k2tog until you have 14 sts left. Cut a 12 inch tail and weave the end back in through the 14 sts and pull tightly to close the bottom and tie off and weave the tail into your work.
To make the drawstrings cut 6 lengths of the yarn at 70″ a piece. Make two braids and knot the ends leaving about 4 inches of fringe on either end. Weave the drawstrings in opposite directions around the bag. Work each drawstring one at a time and tie the ends together so you can create a little fringe here.
Now you can let your imagination run wild and embellish as you see fit. I used some fun wood beads and made some tassels and went a little over the top as far as my personal style is concerned. But I'm glad I did because it came out so wonderfully! I hope you walk on the wild side too!
Enjoy my dears!
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Hi Precious!
This is AWESOME and perhaps enough to get me off my duff and onto the DPN's! Hope springs eternal, right? I hope you are doing well. Your site is so great and I love visiting just to see the bright colors and gorgeous eye candy, a.k.a. yarn. It actually changes any poor mood I might have to a great one, just seeing the love you put into your site and your company! I have friends who've seen my yo-yo diet scarf and they want one! It's amazing what a little advertising will do. Bright warm and beautiful Love and Light to you!!
Is there a way I can get a pdf for this pattern? I'm getting ready to order yarn for this because I need a new purse and this looks great.
Any first time projects you can recommend?
Omg been getting so angry and frustrated with this pattern and just realized i've been k9 yo k2tog for the 8.5 inches instead of knitting! Although a little more difficult it gave a cool look and more flexibility. Plus i needed this for a backpack bag and the rounded look the pattern gives makes it work great!
Haha, it sounds like it worked out in a fun way! Can you take pictures and send them to me (firstname.lastname@example.com)? I'd love to put them up as a variation of this bag.


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Carnegie's Libraries: A Sesquicentennial Celebration
To mark the 150th exhibition of Andrew Carnegie's birth, this exhibition focuses on the architectural impact of Carnegie's philanthropic public library program in the United States, which helped construct more than 1,600 buildings. Architectural drawings, photographs, cartoons, posters, and 300 vintage postcards, illustrate the program's broad geographic scope as well as the skillful planning solutions developed by architects in response to the problem of designing a relatively new type of building.
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The final grand challenge posed by Secretary Wayne Clough for the new strategic plan of the Smithsonian is explained by the sentence: "America is an increasingly diverse society that shares a history, ideals, and an indomitable, innovative spirit."
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Here's some impressive trivia: Q – How many Museums are there in the Smithsonian? A – 19, including the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.
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Many people complain that technology is isolating people from their fellow humans. I disagree. E-mail, cell phones, FedEx, Blackberries, and other systems are keeping people more in touch than ever. Indeed, many of us are expected to be "reachable" 24/7.
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Will Amazon's bet on the Kindle Fire ever pay off?November 27, 2012: 8:43 AM ET
When you're selling a device at cost you can't really make it up in volume
FORTUNE -- From the start, Amazon's (AMZN) plan for the Kindle family of tablets and e-readers was to sell a compelling device at or below cost that would direct customers to Amazon's online stores.
"We want to make money when people use our devices," CEO Jeff Bezos often says, in a remark widely seen as directed at Apple (AAPL), "not when they buy our devices."
So how has that worked out for Bezos?
Not terribly well, judging from early results this holiday season. According to IBM's (IBM) Benchmark survey of Thanksgiving and Black Friday sales, Kindles accounted for only 2.4% of purchases made via tablet, fewer than those made by Barnes and Noble's (BKS) Nook (3.1%) and way fewer than the iPad (88.3%).
That jibes with a new e-commerce report published by Monetate that tracked sales at 100 retailers (but not at Amazon.com) made via tablet over the past four quarters. Third quarter sales on the Kindle Fire (2.06%) were actually lower than Q2 (2.18%), as shown in the graph above created Tuesday from Monetate data by Asymco's Horace Dediu. Kindle just doesn't not seem to be a popular platform for making online purchases.
On Cyber Monday, Amazon was selling last year's Kindle Fire for $129, about $72 below cost as estimated at launch time by IHS. Economies of scale have no doubt brought those costs down since 2011, but the company is not making a lot of money on the device.
The new Kindle Fire HD, which retails for anywhere from $199 to $499 (with a $50/mos. LTE data plan) was not marked down. That's probably just as well.


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I am having a go at a business card and a letterhead which is a spin off from designing a logo for a web site. I felt sorry for the web site owner and just said, "I'll do that."
Having never produced stuff for print before I have read a bit about it and just want to give the client an illustrator file that she can upload to a print company and get small quantities as she needs them. I have downloaded templates from a few of these and it seems that a 3mm bleed and a 5mm safety margin is the usual tolerance but I am also getting that printing staionery is not very precise in terms of cuts if you work to those dimensions.
So, I decided to make some elements go way over the edge of the page boundaries rather than try to manage tiny areas of white space around the content.
Does any of that sound like I'm missing the point?
Now, when I saved as .pdf from Illustrator it didn't seem to acknowledge the bleed for one element but it kind of made it fit. I put a simple path at the very edge/bottom of the page and lined it up with the bleed marks but the .pdf file has it all in the page.
Do you think I might have done something wrong there?
I'm plucking up courage to show you what I've done!
Presuming you know the dimensions of the business card (apart from A8 and ID-1, each country (group) has its own size), it depends on a few things, such as:
1) How close to the intended dieline are the crucial parts?
2) Does the card have a solid background colour (possibly none/white)?
If the card has a solid background colour and if the crucial parts are at a safe distance (which they should be in any case), you may just place all the cards on one page close together, upon a sufficiently large rectangle with the background, and set marks to cut the rows and columns of cards, no need for actual setting any (individual) bleed.
Thank you
You are welcome, Martin.
Jacob gave you good advice but do not use the the term dieline refer to the the trim size as the trim size and the lines composing the trim size as trim lines.
In some cases a die is used but that is for a special shaped card.
It is no big deal but if yoiu refer to dielines in the U.S, they are going to ask you why you want to use a die to trim the cards?
They will figure it out but the best policy is to use correct term. There are some printers that will flyout the window with instructions.
There are some printers that will flyout the window with instructions.
In which case the term may be self fulfilling.
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McSpaddens Endow Industrial Technology ScholarshipWhen Lem McSpadden Jr. and Donna McNew McSpadden met at Tennessee Technological University in the summer of '67, they had big dreams. This spring, another dream was realized when the McSpaddens returned to laugh, reminisce and especially thank the university for their education and their memories.
The Cookeville couple recently established the McSpadden-McNew Industrial Technology Scholarship Endowment in honor of their parents, Louise and the late Billie A. McNew of Harriman and Nita and Lem McSpadden Sr. of Athens. The generous endowment will help financially disadvantaged students who show academic promise and a desire to enter the industrial technology program.
Mr. McSpadden, a 1971 industrial technology graduate, has worked at Fleetguard/Nelson in Cookeville for almost 30 years. Fleetguard/Nelson, one of Cummins Engine Co.'s four strategic business units, is the world leader in the design and manufacture of heavy-duty filtration and exhaust system products. Currently a global account executive, he has held many different positions through promotions during his tenure and credits Tennessee Tech with preparing him for his career.
"Because of my industrial technology degree, as well as Fleetguard/Nelson's desire to be a global company, I was able to take on a variety of assignments throughout my career," said McSpadden, "They include industrial engineering, technical training, technical publications, product development, sales and world-wide business management for global customers such as John Deere and PACCAR."
Mrs. McSpadden, a 1975 business administration graduate, spent her career in medical management, including physician office and hospital administration, and recently retired after selling a successful medical consulting company.
"Dr. Claude (Mack) Williams gave me a wonderful opportunity and gave me my beginning in the medical field by hiring me while Lem was in school and while I took night classes to finish my degree," said Mrs. McSpadden. "I have been fortunate to have worked with many wonderful people associated with the medical field. Having the opportunity to earn an education at Tennessee Tech prepared me for these challenges and gave us a sense of community that we'd like others to experience."
Although they realize the city and campus life have changed dramatically since their days as students, the McSpaddens talk about getting to Alumni Gym early to get seats for basketball games, taking weekend trips to the lake and eating at Ralph's Donuts and the Tastee-Freeze as if it were yesterday.
But the McSpaddens' present and future plans with respect to the university are now taking on more focus. The first McSpadden-McNew Scholarship will be awarded for the Fall 2000 semester. The couple's plans also includes helping the School of Nursing to fund training, continuing education and technology upgrades. Mrs. McSpadden also serves on the university's Nursing Foundation Board.
And true to their form, they still try to never miss a basketball game on campus. Plus, they stay updated on campus events through their son, Brian, who is attending Tennessee Tech majoring in both finance and information technology.
The McSpadden-McNew Scholarship will be awarded each year to a freshman or sophomore, with preference given to students from McMinn, Roane or Putnam counties, who intends to enroll or is enrolled in industrial technology. The recipient may retain the scholarship for the duration of his/her undergraduate program provided he/she makes satisfactory progress toward degree requirements.For more information, contact Tennessee Tech at 372-3888.


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My son shot this in Kaycee Wyoming. 338 yards with his .270. Very proud...
My son shot this in Kaycee Wyoming. 338 yards with his .270. Very proud...
Congrats nice shooting & good buck!
"Only two people have died for You and I, The American Soldier died for Our Freedom & Jesus Christ Died for Our Souls!" I thank GOD for them! GOD BLESS AMERICA!
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Nice buck and great shooting....Congrats
Congrats on a beautiful goat! A memory I'm sure you'll both cherish the rest of your lives.
Always cool to see a kid get his first buck. Congrats to you both!
congrats on a nice lope
That's some good shooting for a young guy.
Nice buck. Congrats to your son.
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Unbuckling the mailbag:
Question: Is this really a big deal? One USC football player changing his number shouldn't warrant this much attention.
Answer: I'll grant you that one USC jersey swap against Colorado at the Coliseum is not as attention-warranting as say, Brandi Chastain taking her shirt off in a football stadium.
But I honestly don't know what Lane Kiffin is thinking sometimes. He seems incapable of existing without controversy, a trait that followed him to USC from the Oakland Raiders and Tennessee. Al Davis called him a flat-out liar and Southeastern Conference fans still loathe Kiffin almost as much as they do Neil Young's "Southern Man."
At Tennessee, Kiffin suggested he orchestrated stunts to drum up publicity, but he certainly doesn't need to do that in Los Angeles.
I like the fact Kiffin is creative. I even get the idea, sort of, of lining up in goofy formations to make other teams practice against it. Of course, USC has to waste time practicing it too, right? And the Trojans' percentage on those two-point conversions is not very good.
But swapping jersey numbers, during games, is crossing the line. And to do it against hapless Colorado seems so unnecessary.
Most refs wouldn't notice the change, and thus call the penalty, because players have helmets on their heads and USC players do not have names on their jerseys.
USC does not need trickery or deception to compete for national titles. It is not a mid-major looking for any kind of an edge against a superpower. USC is a superpower and recruits enough superior athletes to just line up and play people.
I'm going to need a scoreboard soon to keep count of the distractions Kiffin is creating for opponents versus the distractions he is creating for USC.
Q: Now we know why USC didn't pass at UW. It seems pretty apparent that the game plan at Washington was for Barkley and Woods to get their records at home. Is that too "conspiracy theory?"
Matthew McElreath
A: You may be on to something! Look at this quote I found from Lane Kiffin: "We'd love for those guys to go and do that before their family and friends."
Unless Barkley and Woods have family and friends in Washington, it may have been the calculated plan to have USC risk its national title hopes by holding players back so they could break individual records against crummy Colorado.
Remember, there is no "I" in "team" or "Trojan" but there is in "Kiffin."
Q: Regarding USC, I must be missing something regarding their stellar play. All I can recall is one loss against the only remotely decent team they have played. Or are we to read something in a game against the mighty Buffs?
Mark Merriman
A: No need to go to lost and found. You're not missing anything. And the only thing people are reading into at Colorado is the fine print on coach Jon Embree's contract.
Lane Kiffin of USC finds more controversy, by the numbers
Chris Dufresne takes time out (he gets three per half) each Friday during the season to answer questions on college football. Just in time for Halloween, this week's topics include masquerading players, teams and Wildcats.
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Starbella™ Flash Nightlife Necklace (Crochet)
Try out an exciting new necklace design with Starbella™! This versatile yarn can be worked as a tape or as a ruffle. In this pattern, the two are combined to create a striking effect.
Skill Level: Easy
Material List
- Premier® Yarns Starbella™ Flash (86% Acrylic, 14% Glitter Yarn; 100 ga./33 yds.) Yarn – Gilded (1 Ball)
- Crochet Hook, US Size M/13 (9mm) or Size Needed to Obtain Gauge
- Crochet Hook, US Size G (4mm)
- Sewing Thread
- Needle
Project Instructions
Main Chain
With larger hook, working around entire strand of Starbella™ Flash (not through the ladder), make a slip knot 8" from raw edge of yarn. Place slip knot on hook. Chain 30, or until Necklace measures 19" from slip knot. Fasten off, leaving 8" tail.
Frill is made by working through the mesh portion of Starbella™ Flash, into the loops furthest from the glittered edge.
With smaller hook, beginning at the 10thchain, attach yarn. Chain 1, single crochet into same chain, single crochet into each of the next 9 chains, fasten off.
With sewing needle and thread, sew down edges of Frill to Main Chain.
TipsPay close attention to when the pattern directs you to work with the entire yarn, and when it directs you to work though the top loops of the yarn.
Craft Notes
Finished Measurements: Length: 19"
Gauge: 7 ch = 4" with larger hook, working around entire strand of Starbella™ Flash.
Save time, check your gauge.


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Well, kids, it's the end of an era Next month, EQ joins forces with EM magazine to create a new, expanded Electronic Musician magazine, which we're convinced will be the ultimate technology magazine for musicians, producers, and engineers—anyone who produces
I see a lot of audio interfaces that advertise "zero latency monitoring." I thought there was always at least some amount of latency when using DAWs, so how do they pull this off? And why would anyone use other interfaces
We have a great feature on mastering coming up in the April EQ Ken Micallef chats with some really amazing mastering engineers (Gavin Lurssen, Michael Romanowski, Andrew Mendelson, Joe Palmaccio) to learn more about the mastering process, which often seems
In our January issue, we asked you for your favorite kick drum miking tips, and published our favorite tip (props to winner Ken Lee, below ) in the March issue. But we got so many great submissions, we thought we'd
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014
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TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie blasted the NRA's new ad focusing on President Obama's daughters, calling it "reprehensible" -- but wouldn't give an opinion about a proposed federal assault weapons ban.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie answers a question Thursday at a news conference where he called an NRA ad focusing on President Obama's daughters "reprehensible."
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Christie's comments on the issues of guns and violence came during a news conference Thursday at the New Jersey Statehouse in which he announced the creation of a task force to examine "violence control" measures in the wake of the shooting massacre in Newtown, Conn.
Led by two former state attorneys general, one Republican and one Democrat, and made up of a school superintendent, mental health expert and executives of two substance abuse centers, the SAFE Task Force will have 60 days to offer the governor suggestions.
He said he was "not worried" about how the NRA or gun-control advocates would react to the ultimate decisions he makes on the task force's recommendations.
"I'm not worried about the NRA, I'm not worried about the Brady Campaign (To Prevent) Gun Violence, or (former U.S. Rep.) Gabrielle Giffords or anyone who is very vocal on any side of the issue," he said.
Despite repeated questions, Christie wouldn't give an opinion on a federal assault weapons ban and a limit on high-capacity magazines.
But the governor did strongly criticize the new ad from the NRA calling Obama an "elitist hypocrite" because his two daughters have armed protection at school while most American children do not.
"To talk about the president's children and any other public officer's children who have not by their own choice but by requirement have protection -- and to use that somehow to try to make a political point -- I think is reprehensible ... I think it's awful to bring public figures' children into the public debate. You see that kind of ad and you cringe because it's just not appropriate."
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Gendered Consequences of Colonialism
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Brad Bullock, Professor of Sociology, recently co-authored a chapter entitled "Globalization's Gendered Consequences for the Caribbean," soon to appear in the book Eternal Colonialism. The book will be published by University Press of America in early 2010.
In the chapter, Bullock argues that "colonialism persists in the guise of globalization." And while globalization presents some opportunities for the world, it also has had significant negative impacts, demanding that "Caribbean nations become even smaller as mere factors of labor, production, and services for other more powerful states or trading blocks."
This has been particularly harmful for migrant women and has contributed to a sex trafficking "industry" in what may be understood as part of "the world gender order." Professor Bullock continues to do research on sex trafficking in the Caribbean Region.


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Jeff Larson received his Ph.D. at the University of Arizona before coming to Towson University in 2009. His research lies at the intersection of social movements and organizational studies,
with a focus on organizational behavior within movements. In recent years, Jeff conducted field work in Seattle, WA, examining the social movement field there and the factors that influence organizations' decisions about which issues, tactics, and targets to adopt in their campaigns. More recently he has begun a project (with Michael Elliott) to better understand the "Arab Spring" protests that spread across North Africa and the Middle East in early 2011. He has also published work on levels of social movement organizational activity, collective memories of Che Guevara, and causes of failure among nonprofit organizations. At Towson, Jeff teaches courses on social movements, race, class, and gender, social and political change, and introductory Sociology.
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Larson, Jeff A. "Social Movements and Tactical Choice." Forthcoming in Sociology Compass.
Larson, Jeff A. and William Tsitsos. "Speed Dating and the Presentation of Self: A Teaching Exercise in Impression Management and Formation." Forthcoming in Teaching Sociology.
Larson, Jeff A., and Sarah A. Soule. 2009. "Sector Level Dynamics and Collective Action in the United States, 1965-1975." Mobilization 14(2): 293-314.
Larson, Jeff A., and Omar Lizardo. 2007. "Generations, Identities, and the Collective Memory of Che Guevara." Sociological Forum 22(4): 425–451.
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The CANSail Best Practices session at the Sail Canada AGM provides a forum to discuss various aspects of delivering a CANSail program at a local level. Boats, staff, age groups and resources vary in clubs and schools across the country. This session will provide an opportunity for Sailing School Directors, Instructors and Volunteers to share their successes and challenges. The session will be facilitated by members of the CANSail Instruction Panel.
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In seven big league games before the injury, Beckham hit .316 with an RBI. He played eight games in a rehab assignment with Triple-A Charlotte and batted .333 with five RBI.
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god i feel horrible for her. i feel horrible for every single woman in this world. and it was to the point where she decided to get breast reduction surgery for her to be taken more seriously as an actress. what the hell is wrong with everybody
and i never, ever understood the hate towards anne hathaway. new york times magazine stated "Anne Hathaway practically demands that we love her." fucking wrong. anne never gave a shit about looking stuck up when she was out there on stage, preaching for gay rights and how wrong it is for men to constantly sexualize and put down women in the media in every single interview where a man asked the bullshit question "what diet plan did you use for your role in les mis, i bet every single girl wants to know". she knew a backlash would come from for being so strong and forceful with her retortive statements, but they saved the people that mattered.
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yet people hate her because she decides to be herself. "god kristen, you gotta smile some more, talk more ladylike"
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all the wrong actresses are getting the hate. you know what really pisses me off are the actresses that just drift on by, answering all an interviewer's fuckin condescending questions because they're too afraid to say anything else. just walk nice, smile and say all of those stupid, feminine things you can say in order to get the most fans. at least that's what their publicists are making them do
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Macedonia, a poor country, demonstrated the lowest incidence of type 1 diabetes during that time (3.2 cases/100,000 person years), and Finland had the highest incidence (40.2 cases/100,000 person years). Factors associated with economic wealth, such as infant mortality and gross domestic product, "were most strongly and significantly correlated with [the type 1 diabetes] incidence rate." Type 1 diabetes was also linked to consumption of milk and coffee as well as to latitude.
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Here he was, about to manage the National League team in the All-Star Game and comments he
made a week ago regarding black and Latin players and the heat were raised once again.
Before the Chicago Cubs game July 5 against St. Louis, Baker was asked about how his players were
handling the hot summer days.
"You have to pretend that you're a construction worker out there," Baker said that day in a low-key
session with Chicago media. "You have no choice. It's easier for me. It's easier for most Latin guys
and it's easier for most minority people. Most of us come from heat.
"You don't find too many brothers from New Hampshire and Maine and the Upper Peninsula of
Michigan. Right? We were brought over here for the heat, right? Isn't that history? Weren't we
brought over here because we can take the heat?"
Since then, Baker has been criticized nationally, although Baker was not reprimanded by Major
League Baseball.
"It's over as far as I'm concerned," Baker said Monday. "I expected a call from the Commissioner's
Office and they said, 'No, they know me.' We're living in a very opportunistic world. People will
take opportunities with anything, especially at the expense of other people.
"What shocked me was the reaction," he said. "My question is, why are we so sensitive when it
comes to any conversation about race? That's what shocked me.
"I said what I said. I meant what I said," he said. "What's shocking more than anything is to see how
everybody has jumped on it one way or another so it's their own means, whether they're comedians
or media people or columnists or guys telling jokes.
"I'm the brunt of a whole bunch of stuff," he said. "That's what's shocking. Are they really on it
because of what I said or are they on it because they need something to talk about to fill the time?"
Asked if he was surprised he had gone this far in the All-Star questioning before someone talked
about the subject, he just shrugged.
"My reputation was there long before this. I'm not a kid. I'm 54 years old. I've got a long track
record of diversity," he said. "I not only practice diversity but I've been paid a lot of money to speak
on diversity for a number of years. I live what I talk.
"When I was a player, I told guys that. When I was a kid, I asked my mom questions about it. This
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Baker's mother taught black history. He had a good source. He did apologize to Cubs management,
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Chances are you've never thought about how much electricity your high-speed modem and Wi-Fi router use. And why would you?
Small network equipment doesn't require very much electricity, but these home energy vampires are typically left on and suck power even when they are not doing anything.
A new analysis done fr the National Resources Defense Council shows that electricity used by the modems and routers in the average American home equals that of a new 32-inch flat screen television. Put another way, that's more than twice as much as a new 14-inch Energy Star laptop and 30 times more than a cellphone charger that is always plugged in.
And a little bit of wasted energy in every home can add up to a huge problem on a national scale.
According to the report, the equipment that keeps us constantly connected to the Internet – now in nearly 90 million American homes – uses about $1 billion worth of electricity annually.
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"These small, innocuous black boxes that never sleep consume enough electricity each year to power all 1.2 million homes in the Silicon Valley area," said NRDC senior scientist Noah Horowitz.
The NRDC report, Cutting Energy Costs to Connect to the Internet, estimates that it takes all of the electricity produced by three power plants to keep this small network equipment constantly running across the country.
"These energy vampires put greater pressure on the power grid which leads to more carbon emissions," said Suzanne Jones, vice president of marketing at the Association of Energy Services Professionals. "It's just waste; a waste of energy and money."
A few manufacturers already make energy-efficient modems and routers, but it's difficult to spot them because there is no Energy Star standard for this home equipment.
"The better mousetrap already exists," Horowitz told me. "It's time for that innovation to be a standard feature in the new modems and routers we buy at the store or receive from our Internet providers."
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The NRDC estimates that if all of this inefficient equipment were replaced with devices that used 25 percent less energy, it would cut the country's electric bills by $330 million a year.
Manufacturers respond: Let's not get overly excited
The companies that make home electronics insist they are concerned about energy efficiency and have been working on better home networking technology.
Doug Johnson, vice president of technology policy at the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), believes the NRDC report needs to be put into perspective. The amount of electricity required to power modems and routers is a very small portion of your total home energy use, he told NBC News.
"Let's not make a mountain out of a molehill, if it's truly a molehill," Johnson said.
According to CEA's data, the typical home routing devices use about $5 to $6 worth of electricity a year which is about the same as a new 32-inch TV. By comparison, the average household spends about $15 a year to power the video game console, $75 to run the refrigerator and around $200 for lighting.
"And it's a tremendous value considering all the benefits we get as a result of networking and connection to the Internet – which include saving energy in various ways," he said.
Things are about to change
We should see significantly more energy-efficient modems and routers on the market in 2014.
The Environmental Protection Agency is developing a new Energy Star standard for modems, routers and other equipment used for network connectivity. The final draft of the specifications is expected this summer with an effective date of either late summer or early fall.
The electronics industry supports the idea of Energy Star certification for these devices.
So what can you do right now? You can turn your networking equipment off before you go to bed or leave the house for extended periods of time. Studies show some people do that. But, frankly, that can be a pain – and the system may need to reboot if you turn it off.
Energy expert Suzanne Jones said a smart power strip is a better option.
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"A smart power strip can detect when devices that are plugged into it are not being used and they will power down those devices to a trickle charge," Jones explained. "When the devices go back into use they immediately power back up which is transparent to the user.
It's a little more expensive than a regular power strip by the savings can really add up. And why pay for electricity you don't need?
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