Current chemical testing missing low-dosage effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals

ScienceDaily (Mar. 29, 2012) ? Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) -- such as BPA -- can show tangible effects on health endpoints at high dosage levels, yet those effects do not predict how EDCs will affect the endocrine system at low doses, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Endocrine Reviews. Study authors say current definitions of low-dosage as used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) do not fully take into account the unique influence that low doses of EDCs have on disease development in humans.

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals are substances in the environment that interfere with hormone biosynthesis, metabolism or action resulting in adverse developmental, reproductive, neurological and immune effects in both humans and wildlife. The current report found that low doses of EDCs, which are comparable to the average person's environmental exposure to these chemicals, can result in significant health effects.

"Whether low doses of EDCs influence disorders in humans is no longer conjecture as epidemiological studies show that environmental exposures to EDCs are associated with human diseases and disabilities," said Laura Vandenberg of Tufts University in Medford, Mass. and lead author of the study. "Current testing paradigms are missing important, sensitive endpoints and fundamental changes in chemical testing and safety determination are needed to protect human health."

In this study, researchers reviewed the current EDC literature and explored the relationships between dose and effect. They found that this relationship could be non-linear; meaning that EDCs effect on the body varied within the range of doses examined. The report provides a detailed discussion on the mechanisms responsible for generating this phenomenon, plus hundreds of examples from the cell culture, animal and epidemiology literature.

"Low-dose effects are remarkably common in studies of natural hormones and EDCs," said Vandenberg. "We recommend greatly expanded and generalized safety testing and surveillance to detect potential adverse effects of this broad class of chemicals. Before new chemicals are developed, a wider range of doses, extending into the low-dose range, should be fully tested."

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Apple issuing refunds over 4G LTE iPads sold in Australia

Apple?s latest generation iPad doesn?t pack a whole lot that?s new compared to its predecessors, but the features that Apple did introduce with the third-generation device are a pretty big deal. The most interesting might be the inclusion of 4G LTE, which gives the tablet some pretty intense data speeds, except if your country doesn?t support 4G.

That?s the case in Australia, where iPad buyers are up in arms. Like in other countries, Apple advertised the new iPad as being capable of attaining 4G speeds, which are significantly faster than the existing capabilities of 3G cellular networks: a difference of 10 megabits per second compared to 1-2 Mbps.

Trouble is, despite advertising to buyers that they could get 4G LTE speeds on their new iPads, the tablet isn?t actually compatible with Australian 4G networks, according to a report from Australian tech site Delimiter. The iPad is configured to access 4G networks at specific frequencies: the 700 Megahertz and 2100Mhz spectrum bands. That?s where 4G networks in the U.S. and Canada, for example, are located. But in Australia, cellular carriers Telstra and Optus are working on 4G networks based on the 1800Mhz spectrum.

Delimiter says that the new iPad is faster than the last two, but the increase in speed isn?t because of a 4G LTE network, but rather the device?s support for HDSPA, which Telstra also offers. The lack of 4G has also resulted in one consumer action group to file a lawsuit against Apple. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission filed a suit alleging that Apple misrepresented the capabilities of the iPad to customers.

In response, Apple has begun issuing refunds to buyers who felt they were misled, according to a story from The Verge. And the company has clarified its description of the iPad in its online store in Australia, making it more clear which networks the iPad can actually connect to ? namely, those outside of the country ? and making it easier for Australian buyers to understand they won?t be getting 4G speeds with the device.

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A tribute to motherhood on the occasion of Mom Taylor's ninety-fifth ...

During the late '60s and early '70s this assault reached fever pitch and the academy was ground zero. College and university students were assigned propagandistic tracts such as Ibsen's,?

, noting that both Karl Marx's youngest daughter, Eleanor, and George Bernard Shaw took part in its first private reading in London, Eleanor playing the title role of Nora. Johnson writes, the "clear message" of?

?was that "marriage is not sacrosanct, the husband's authority is open to challenge, [and] self-discovery matters more than anything else." Johnson concludes, "[Ibsen] really started the women's movement."?

The discipline of home economics (also known as "household arts") was an early casualty. Traditionally, home ec had enjoyed a comfortably apolitical niche in the world of higher education, and the guardians of this discipline had every reason to trust their academic peers would continue to be favorably disposed toward a curriculum so integrally tied to domestic tranquility. It was taken for granted that a dignified and competent wife and mother, devoted to her home and family, was a highly desirable constant in American culture.

To the feminists, home ec was anything but apolitical, so they attacked...

The level of their hostility can be illustrated by Allan C. Carlson's account of an address given to the 1972 American Home Economics Association Convention by Robin Morgan, the feminist editor of?Sisterhood Is Powerful:

[Morgan] laid the matter squarely on the line. The main emphasis of the organization, she reminded the delegates, was 'to reinforce three primary areas: marriage, the family, and the issue of consumerism .... Now those three areas.... [are] the primary areas that the radical women's movement is out to destroy. So one could say that as a radical feminist, I am here addressing the enemy.' Morgan charged that young women who passed through home economics courses were usually left as 'a limp, gibbering mass of jelly waiting for marriage.' Indeed, by feminist standards, home economics was so corrupted in its nature that the speaker had only one unambiguous recommendation: 'You can quit your jobs.' For those who must stay on, she urged that they work to eliminate the home economics requirement for junior and senior high school women and impose it instead on high school men. Home economists should also 'tell people the truth' about the housewife's role and 'the despair she faces in her life' and 'about the economic bigotry against women.' Above all, those who stayed in the obsolete profession must work to 'change' social mores, not reinforce them. For home economics was 'hooked' into institutions that were 'dying.' Morgan concluded: 'It's your choice whether you're going to crumble with that system ... while history rolls over you or whether you're going to move with [history]. I hope that you will join us--but we're going to win in any event.'

The battle for home ec was over almost before it began, and soon the deconstruction of this discipline was complete.?(Footnote 4)?Somewhere in mothballs there may be a beautifully preserved specimen of a home economics department, but at this sitting I don't recall running into one person with this major since my own entry into the world of higher education in 1971. A woman in our congregation who teaches home ec told me recently that her professional association changed its name from the National Association of Home Economics Teachers to the National Association of Consumer Education. "It no longer has the word 'home' in it!" she lamented.

The demise of home economics is indicative of a sea change in the thought patterns and habits of women standing at the edge of adult life today. Although elementary education, Christian education, nursing, and even home economics are still studied, these degrees are often chosen for their professional, and not domestic, value. Women make academic decisions about course work and majors with little thought of the value of specific areas of knowledge for running a home, raising a family, or educating children. Instead, the marketability of the degree is primary. Not surprisingly in a culture that disparages motherhood, we see a decline of conscious preparation for this task by women making academic, financial, and career decisions.

But in lusty defiance of all the rhetoric, men and women still marry, give birth to children, and raise a family of their own. Yet when children are born reality hits: Who will be this child's mother?

Not surprisingly the government's answer is more bureaucrats paid by more taxpayers, trained and certified by other bureaucrats. Thus the Information Class extends its influence to the earliest days of our nation's children.

There are significant economic reasons for our nation not to choose this direction, reasons obvious to thinking women and men from time immemorial. Chesterton sums up those reasons by pointing out that neither bureaucrats nor the money to pay them grow on trees, and that it is quite foolish to set up an industry to do what familial--and specifically maternal--love does naturally; "You are like a lunatic who should carefully water his garden with a watering-can, while holding up an umbrella to keep off the rain."

Seriously though, the reasons for Christians to raise, train, educate, and discipline their own children extend far beyond economic considerations. The making of the Christian home and the raising of children are at the very center of our calling as followers of Jesus Christ. Scripture commands fathers to provide for their families(Footnote 5)?and mothers to "be domestic,"(Footnote 6)?to be devoted to their husbands, their children, and their home."?(Footnote 7)?Scripture calls mothers and fathers to train their children,?(Footnote 8)to teach them about the Lord,?(Footnote 9)?to feed them the Word of God "from infancy,"?(Footnote 10)?and to explain to them the traditions of our Most Holy Faith while sitting in their living rooms, walking through the neighborhood, riding in the car, and lying in bed.(Footnote 11)?God has decreed that one purpose of Christian marriage is to raise up for Him "a godly seed."(Footnote 12)

To purport to be faithful to this task by packing our children off to "professionals" is often dishonest and disobedient.

Its dishonesty consists in the fact that, although many Christian parents give high-minded reasons for turning over the nursing, discipline, and instruction of their children to others, their true reasons are often embarrassingly secular: careers, financial security, and peer respect hold a higher place in their values than the approbation of God and the eternal well-being of the souls of their children.

This is not to say there aren't many Christian women and men who, due to tragic life circumstances, find themselves with no choice in such matters. Consider for instance divorcees who work full-time to pay rent and put food on their tables; widowers whose children are cared for during the day by grandparents; and wives and husbands whose physical or mental handicaps require such attention that childrearing must at least partially be provided for by non-family members.

Yet even in such circumstances the diligent Christian parent and his or her Christian community can do much to compensate, creatively and lovingly, for these circumstances. For an excellent series of stories on just such a family which, while having great hardship due to the absence of the father, maintains its health and integrity, see the series of "Five Little Peppers" books, including?Five Little Peppers and How they Grew, Five Little Peppers Midway, Five Little Peppers Grown Up, and Five Little Peppers: Phronsie Pepper, published one hundred years ago by Lothrop Publishing Company in Boston. The first volume is dedicated, "To the memory of my mother; wise in counsel--tender in judgment, and in all charity--strengthful in Christian faith and purpose--I dedicate, with reverence, this simple book."

But in the too-normal case, face the matter squarely and we see that young women today find themselves in possession of all the old responsibilities as well as a considerable number of new ones, not the least of which is preparing for and competing within the wage-earning world for the level of responsibility, opportunity, and salary commensurate with their abilities. If they are successful in this competition, landing a good entry-level position with significant chance of improvement, they must be careful to maintain their productivity and commitment such that they are in no danger of losing the position they have prepared for and sought for so many years. Would it not be poor stewardship to gain the department headship only to lose it later while trying to meet the needs of one's spouse or children?

Today's college woman gathers knowledge and degrees useful for the world of business, education, service, and health care--not marriage and family life. Still, there is clear evidence that these same women have not disengaged from the timeless rituals of courtship and marriage. This then is the expectation of our culture for young women today: prepare for life-consuming responsibilities in the world and in the home, both at the same time, and then balance these responsibilities for as long as you can as well as you can.

Some men and women are called by God to the single life and are aware of having been given this spiritual grace.?(Footnote 13)?Most men and women, though, will be blessed by God with marriage and children and are therefore to raise up a godly seed for the Lord. To fail to acknowledge this and make decisions accordingly in the critical years of life is so sad, really. Why should Christians join the world in despising housewifery and motherhood?

When young Christian women are ashamed to admit their choice of school, of major, and of method of financing their education is directly related to their commitment to be ready for marriage, bearing children, and making a home, who would deny that the Church is taking her cues from the world?

Christians ask their children, "What are you going to be when you grow up?" Pity the poor young thing who answers, "I want to be a mother like Sarah, Hannah, Elizabeth, or Mary," because her indoctrination is about to begin.

"Yes dear, of course you will be a mother; but wouldn't you like to be a doctor or lawyer, or to play in an orchestra, too?"

Being a wife and mother isn't enough anymore, is it?

So it all starts. And before long, our daughters will be taught it's not sufficient to dream and plan for marriage and motherhood; they must dream and plan for a professional life--a "career"--also.

But before it's over, the pressures of these life choices will have a life of their own with concomitant (and tragic) results for the woman, her husband, and their family. The collegiate woman who follows the culturally preferred pathway comes out of college prepared to work in a profession which will give her material rewards commensurate only with her faithfulness to her colleagues and employer. Often she will arrive at her first position saddled with the substantial debt she has accumulated purchasing her education.

So when, within a year or two of graduation, marriage appears on the horizon, even if the couple desires to place parenthood above their reputation among their peers or their commitment to the woman's career, the debt accrued during their pursuit of professional training and accreditation sinks their hopes and they realize that having children is not feasible, financially. The same logic inexorably leads the woman and her husband to the conclusion that, in the event of an accidental pregnancy (accidental according to the finite plans of man, that is), soon after the baby arrives, mother will return to her profession and give over the care of the child to someone else. Thus the mother will keep on the cutting edge of her career and grow dull in her God-given vocation of motherhood.

This ought not to be. In God's Household, the pillar and foundation of the Truth, we must do our best to honor the Lord in every area of our lives, especially this critical matter of providing for the Christian home a Christian mother who is well-prepared in every way to fulfill her calling.

We must do everything in our power to legitimate--no, to honor--the calling of motherhood so our children grow up knowing no calling is higher. Where is the mother who has found she's too bright for the task of honing her child's mind and nurturing his heart?

A dear friend of mine, 83 years old, gave up her graduate fellowship from the Department of Astronomy at Harvard to marry another astronomer she had met there. Soon she had four children and, as they grew, she devoted herself to those children, teaching them everything possible. She never missed one of their science fairs and, foregoing the faculty wives' coffee klatches, she stayed home so she would be at the front door to welcome her children at the end of each school day.

"That's when they tell you everything," she explains. "When they walk in the door they're eager to tell all the things of the day--things are welling up inside of them then. If you don't get it then, you will not hear it, because they'll put it aside and do other things." My own mother adds that a parallel to meeting the children when they get home from school is staying up late at night, when the kids get older, to talk to them after their late-night excursions.

While her husband built telescopes, observed the sky, and published his research in the?Astrophysical Journal, my friend trained, nurtured, fed, and disciplined her little ones into adulthood. Today, two of those four children have Ph.D.'s and the other two married Ph.D.'s. Forgetting for the moment the spiritual side of these children's instruction, let us ask the smaller question: Was this a waste of good intellectual talent? Would those children have been better off--even intellectually--had Mrs. Cuffey completed her graduate work and been awarded the terminal degree?

At this point some would argue for inserting a delicate caveat to indicate that there are many ways to raise children--many divergent styles of motherhood--and that some mothers can do it all, while others, due to native limitations, have to be more focused. But is it not true that Mrs. Cuffey and others following her path have, in fact, chosen the more excellent way, devoting themselves to their husbands, children, and home in a way that another mother of children who works full-time outside the home is unable to? In fact, was not Mrs. Cuffey's decision to give up her Harvard fellowship and turn toward home a decision laden with spiritual significance, not just for herself but for her husband, children, and future generations?

If we teach our daughters the high calling of motherhood and they take that calling on as their own, it will often lead them to make decisions similar to the one Mrs. Cuffey made. In such cases, certainly their own parents, but also the people of God, must be prepared to provide them fulsome support for any steps they take to decrease, that their husbands and children may increase, especially when those decisions close doors behind which lie prestigious honors and large financial rewards.

In her excellent booklet, Where's Mom: The High Calling of Wife and Mother in Biblical Perspective, Dorothy Patterson writes:

Homemaking, if pursued with energy, imagination, and skills, has as much challenge and opportunity, success and failure, growth and expansion, perks and incentives as any corporation, plus something no other position offers--working for people you love most and want to please the most.... Homemaking--being a full-time wife and mother--is not oppressive restraint of intellectual prowess for the community, but a release of wise instruction to your own household; it is ...the multiplication of a mother's legacy to the generations to come and the generous bestowal of all God meant a mother to give to those entrusted to her care.?(Footnote 14)

As I write, leaves are falling, winter is quickly approaching, and autumn's smells and sounds draw me through fond memories back to my childhood home and my dear mother. There within that home Mother deposited the warmth and love which was its engine and which to this day causes her children and grandchildren such happiness when they return.

What sort of a home was it?

It was a home where the roof beams were raised to make way for grandparents preparing to die; a home where dinners were almost always late--seven or eight in the evening--because Mother was a perfectionist and had to serve food which showed her love, down to the details of the table service. Most nights, prior to our sitting down at the table we'd go around turning out all the lights while Mother lit the candles. She loved eating by candlelight, and we all got used to Grandpa's curmudgeonly lament, "A man would like to?see?what he's eating."

Northern Illinois winters were bitterly cold and, while wind blew through oaks standing guard around our home rustling brittle leaves clinging to branches, our picture window framed three little boys sitting at the hearth, roasting their backs as Mother read aloud from the Lazy-Boy chair. Her husband again gone on a speaking engagement, she led us in family devotions--Bible reading and prayer. Then, as the evening lengthened, she would pick up a book and read aloud to us until she fell asleep--often mid-sentence, or until the old mantle clock caught her eye. Jolted awake by the clock's chimes or coming to the end of a chapter, Mother closed the book, saying, "To bed, to bed, you sleepy heads."

We'd beg, "Oh mother, don't stop now! One more chapter,?pleeease!" More often than not she'd relent, picking up where she'd just left off. Around that fireplace I was first introduced to the five little Peppers, A. A. Milne, P. G. Wodehouse, and many others.

Summertime Mother's attention turned to her gardens where she taught us to love beauty, but also to work. We'd complain about the work, at times, but each night the dinner table rewarded our labors with tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, green peppers, string beans, squash... all picked fresh that afternoon from our own soil. And the table's centerpiece would have been some combination of flowers from Mother's perennial garden, or rose buds cut from the hybrid teas carefully nursed through winter. When, as a high school student, I first read Pearl Buck's, The Good Earth, I thought she must have known Mother.

Though I acknowledge this vision is misty-eyed and could well cause some struggling mothers a bout of depression as they think about all the opportunities they've lost over the years, who can miss the priceless gift my family, as well as the missionaries, pastors, neighbors, and friends who sat and basked in the warmth of our home, received out of the abundance of the heart of this woman who chose to abandon her life to loving her husband and children, honoring her father and mother in their old age, and devoting herself to her home? Can I ever express my gratitude to a mother who was present, concerned, and content within those four walls which were the seedbed of most everything I have come to be? Such is the beauty of my mother who demonstrated her godliness in such domestic ways. May her tribe increase, by the grace of God.

Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: "Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all." Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised (Proverbs 31:25-30, RSV).

(TB: this post was first published on Baylyblog in 2004.)

Footnotes:

(Footnote 1) Brigitte and Peter Berger, in?The War Over the Family: Capturing the Middle Ground?(Garden City: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1983).

(Footnote 2) For a sage essay on these matters, see G. K. Chesterton's, "The Drift from Domesticity," in?The Thing?(New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1948). Here Chesteron refers to Ibsen as "a very powerful dramatist and an exceedingly feeble philosopher."

(Footnote 3) Paul Johnson,?The Intellectuals?(New York: Harper & Row, 1988), p. 98.

(Footnote 4) See Allan C. Carlson, "Treason of the Professions: The Case of Home Economics," The Family in America, (August 1987).

(Footnote 5) Cf.?Isa. 58:6,7;?2 Cor. 12:14;?1 Tim. 5:4?. Especially,?1 Tim. 5:8: "If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever."

(Footnote 6)?Titus 2:5?in the?Revised Standard Version.

(Footnote 7) "Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. 4 Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no-one will malign the word of God" (Titus 2:3-5).

(Footnote 8)?Prov. 22:6.

(Footnote 9) "Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord" (Eph. 6:4,?NIV).

(Footnote 10) "But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus" (2 Tim. 3:14,15,?NIV).

(Footnote 11)?Deut. 11:18-21;?Josh. 4:21-24; and?Exod. 12:26-28. Also,?Deut. 6:6-8: "These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads" (NIV).

(Footnote 12) "And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth" (Mal. 2:15,?KJV).

(Footnote 13) See the Apostle Paul's discussion of this subject in 1 Cor. 7.

(Footnote 14)?Where's Mom: The High Calling of Wife and Mother in Biblical Perspective,?by Dorothy Patterson can be ordered from?CBMW?at a cost of $5.00, plus handling. For this and other helpful?CBMW?publications, please call (847) 573-8210.

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Berea Children's Home and Family Services ... - Healthcare Global

CLEVELAND, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --?In order to reflect its evolution and encourage future growth, Berea Children's Home and Family Services announces the rebranding of the organization as Guidestone?, solutions for children, families and communities.

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The rebranding to Guidestone showcases the organization's progression over time?both in the way clients are served, as well as the expansion of programs and services offered. Over the course of its almost 150-year legacy, the scope and types of treatment have broadened. When Berea Children's Home and Family Services adopted its current name in 1980, the organization's brand identity was truly reflective of the services it provided ? residential services. But over the past 30 years, it has progressed into a much larger, more diverse organization that serves a larger population. Today, the majority of business is in community-based services with geographic reach extending well beyond Cuyahoga County across Northeast Ohio and down to Columbus, Ohio.

As a non-profit organization that is solutions-focused, provides direction and inspiration to children, families and communities, and to help them become stronger, the name Guidestone was agreed upon and selected by both organizational leadership and its board of directors.

"We chose Guidestone because we believe that it best represents who we are as an organization, what we do and our mission," said Rich Frank, Guidestone CEO. "The word "guide" implies leadership and means something or someone that leads others in the right direction or advises and counsels. Stone represents those things that are solid, long lasting and foundational. Therefore, Guidestone means providing positive direction and hope based on a strong foundation."

Guidestone's vision and mission remains identical to Berea Children's Home and Family Services. Therefore, Guidestone ensures its employees, clients, and all stakeholders, that the rebranding will not have an impact on its programs or services. The organization remains committed to creating strong communities where future generations are educated, self-reliant, and fulfilled, and focuses its mission to help children and families reach their potential and become contributing members of a strong community.

"The new Guidestone brand identity helps distinguish our residential treatment programs from our non-residential programs and services, overcomes the perception that we're only located in Berea, creates greater clarity about what programs and services we provide and streamlines the process of entering new geographic locations," said David Zentkovich,? Guidestone chairman, board of directors.

All organization departments and support services will fall under the Guidestone name. Other programming and services, including all home and community based programs, foster care, parenting and family skills, workforce development and Central Ohio programming will also be branded as Guidestone services.?The residential treatment campus, a location of Guidestone, will be known as Berea Children's Home. In addition, affiliate organizations such as Seeds of Literacy, Family Life Child Care Centers, Invision Counseling Solutions and?the upcoming new charter school, Stepstone, will retain their current names but also be branded as Guidestone organizations.

Frank added, "This change has the potential to grow our organization. Ultimately, it will help us serve more clients and communities better and establish greater overall value for our organization."

To speak with Rich Frank or Dave Zentkovich and to learn more about Guidestone, please contact 440.260.8392 or visit www.GuidestoneOhio.org.

About Guidestone

Guidestone is built on a solid foundation of experience and expertise?-- rooted in faith and a legacy of serving children and families for almost 150 years. Our approach is comprehensive, integrated and aimed at creating long-term solutions. Through our passionate people, who are specifically committed to our values, and through our customizable programs, which are designed to build upon one another so they address every aspect of a person's needs, we help children, families and communities become stronger.

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Software outsourcing also disposes of investment risks. There are fewer unknown costs, and business departments are able to offer cost-effective but quality services. Powerful project development is able to occur since goals are outlined unambiguously, correct systems get employed and measurement metrics are used. There are regular evaluations of performance and output.

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A good software outsourcing partner would not take on a project without proper discourse sessions on a project. Outsourcing should only occur after both the partners understand obviously what the project entails and how targets would be accomplished. The requirement should be obviously defined, the systems explained, and the time line stipulated before any partnership is agreed upon.

Best practices in software outsourcing industry include access to distibute management, source control code with all necessary backups, builds as required, written directions, dedicated test environments, etc. Software outsourcing actually makes business more dynamic and profit-making.

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Welcome to the March 2, 2012 Edition #226 of the Carnival of Financial Planning.

The Carnival of Financial Planning takes a long-term view of personal financial planning for individuals and families. We focus on efficient and sustainable personal financial planning practices that can lead to lifetime financial security.

This edition is arranged by subject heading, so that you can browse efficiently.

Enjoy!

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Budgeting and Economics

Cash Flow Mantra presents Working on Improving Monthly Cash Flow posted at Cash Flow Mantra , saying, ?It took me a while to realize the importance of cash flow, but now that I am trying to focus on this aspect of personal finance, I feel that I am beginning to turn the corner and will see marked improvements over the next several years. ?

Justin presents How to Keep Track of Your Bills posted at Budget Snob , saying, ?A recent telecom survey stated that the average household now gets about 11 bills month. These bills include basic utilities, internet, cable services, and loan payments. Keeping track of all of these bills can be overwhelming for some families.?

David presents An Illustrated History of Wired Capital Markets posted at History of Wall Street , saying, ? Looking into the workings of modern securities markets is like looking under the hood of a Prius hybrid car. There are so many complex and obscure parts it?s hard to discern what?s going on. History repeats and informs in market technologies. From the days when front-running involved actual running to the ?Victorian Internet era? brought on by telegraphy, we can learn a great deal from looking back at a simpler era. ?

Sandy presents Get Out of Debt in 2012: Cutting the Fat posted at Yes, I Am Cheap , saying, ?Think back to the past two weeks. Where have you spent money from your entertainment or miscellaneous jar? Do you see the latest movies every week? Are you buying new clothes from the clearance sales? Lots and lots of mocha-choca-latta-ya-ya ( I had to slip that Lady Marmalade reference in there)? How often are you eating out??

Estate Planning

Nick presents Oh, man, I can?t even die right! posted at Step Away from the Mall , saying, ?Anyhow, up until recently I thought ?dying? would be something I couldn?t screw up. I mean, there?s really only one result, right? But then I saw a post over at Yahoo! finance about how to die the right way and I scored a paltry 25% complete. According to the post, there are 8 steps to dying right.?

Financial Planning

Dannielle presents Ten Common Financial Problems posted at Odd Cents , saying, ?If you think that you are alone with your financial problems, think again. This article lists ten common financial problems that are popular.?

Frank?presents Best Index Fund posted at Individual Investment Strategies, saying, ?Short-term mutual fund trading is a zero sum game played against other very well informed mutual fund traders and other securities market traders. On average, higher mutual fund turnover is far more likely to result in lower investment fund performance ? instead of superior risk-adjusted performance.?

Larry presents?ID theft protection posted at Personal Financial Planner, saying, ?As a threat to your financial security, you should take the potential for identity theft very seriously. Identity theft sometimes entails a loss of your money, but whether or not you lose money, it can take a very large amount of your time to rectify.?

Franklin presents Traditional IRA and 401k Versus Roth IRA and Roth 401k Contributions posted at Retirement Planning , saying, ? Many taxpayers puzzle over whether to contribute to traditional versus Roth tax-advantaged retirement plans. For most people, contributions to traditional tax-advantaged plans will probably provide a higher net present value over their lifetimes. ?

Financing a Home

Paul Vachon presents The Hidden Costs of Owning a Home posted at The Frugal Toad , saying, ?Owning a home has long been the American Dream. Has the American Dream become the American Nightmare? The Federal Reserve states that $7 Trillion, or more than half of home equity has been lost since 2006. The real costs or owning a home are much higher than you think.?

Shaun presents Smart Family Finance Mortgage Basics: Lifetime and Reverse Mortgages Explained posted at Smart Family Finance , saying, ?While a lifetime mortgage is not right for everyone, it can be a viable alternative for retirees who want a larger fixed income for no additional monthly expense.?

Money Cone presents Why I Chose a 30 Year Mortgage Even Though I Could Pay It Off in 15 Years posted at Money Cone , saying, ?Having lived debt-free, it would?ve made perfect sense to pay off the mortgage as soon as possible via a 15 year loan. But after careful consideration, I decided, I?ll choose a 30 year loan. Call me crazy, but hear me out.?

Financing Education

Craig Ford presents The Unpopular Truth About the Dangers of a Dave Ramsey Only Approach to Christian Finances posted at Money Help For Christians, saying, ?Christians should consider paying attention to other financial authors as well.?

PFP presents Financial planning reading list posted at Independent Financial Planner , saying, ? When I work with clients to develop their customized lifetime financial and investment plans, they often ask what they should read to improve their financial literacy. ?

Charles Chua C K presents 10 Wise Quotes About Money posted at All About Living with Life.

YFS presents How To Get Rid of Your Student Loans Without Paying or Ruining Your Credit! posted at Your Finances Simplified , saying, ?The only way I know that you can get rid of student loans is through the process of Permanent Disability Discharge, in which individuals get assistance in paying off the amount of their education loan. However, there is a strict guideline as to who can qualify??

Income

Jester presents Make the Most of Your Pay Check posted at The Ultimate Juggle , saying, ?If you want to make your paycheck stretch further every month, you don?t have to play the lottery and hope for the best. There are plenty of everyday things you can do!?

Suba presents I Want To Quit My Job: Leaving Work Without Burning Bridges posted at Broke Professionals , saying, ?The day I finally decided to quit my job was one of the most exhilarating ? and terrifying. Here?s what I learned about giving two weeks notice.?

Investing

Dividend Growth Investor presents Does entry price matter to dividend investors? posted at Dividend Growth Investor, saying, ?The reason for the lost decade in stocks is that many otherwise quality companies were overvalued in the early 2000s. For example Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) was trading at 29.30 times earnings in early 2000, whereas McDonald?s (MCD) traded at 26.90 times earnings. Even some of the best dividend stocks are not worth paying more than 20 times forward earnings.?

Marc Ryan presents Vanguard verdict: Canadian actively-managed mutual funds under perform indexes posted at IndependentInvestor.info, saying, ?Every so often another study comes out casting a critical eye on the performance of the mutual fund industry, and Canada is no exception. The last study by Morningstar gave Canada a failing grade for mutual fund expense levels. Now Vanguard has published its own study, which finds that Canadian mutual funds have underperformed the indexes.?

Investor Junkie presents Is Buying a Franchise a Good Idea? posted at Investor Junkie , saying, ?It is important to understand the pros and cons of buying a franchise.?

Teacher Man presents The Challenges Of Writing An eBook posted at My University Money , saying, ?I reported about a month ago that I was pushing off from shore and beginning my quest to pen an eBook worthy of your collective attention. I believe I have made some great progress along the way, and learned many lessons, but I must admit that it has not come easily. Many financial bloggers have recently released eBooks and most have claimed it was pretty difficult ? now I understand why.?

Janet presents Investment?manager performance posted at Personal Investment Manager, saying, ?The effort to find those few supposedly superior money managers willing to sell their services sufficiently cheaply is a costly, time consuming, and futile, ?Where?s Waldo?,? searching exercise for the individual investor.?

PITR presents Investing Without Investment Experience posted at Passive Income To Retire , saying, ?Investing your money can be one of the best ways to generate a passive income, depending on the type of investment which you choose to make. Many people believe that they will need to have significant experience in investing in order to generate a profit as an investor, but this is not necessarily the case.?

Tushar presents Could You Invest in a Business? posted at Start Investing Money , saying, ?When we think about investments we often think about stocks, shares and different forms of bank accounts. But what about investing in a business? Could this prove to be one of the best ways to invest your money for a good return in the future? What type of business should you invest in??

Luke presents Greek, China, and Europe News Prevents Stocks From Rising posted at Learn Bonds , saying, ?US markets retreated on Wednesday as markets remain skeptical about Greece?s ability to stick to tough new measures imposed by EU leaders.?

Frank Pinter presents?No Load Bond Funds posted at Lowest Cost Bond Funds, saying, ?Investment research overwhelmingly shows that lower cost fixed income funds tend to yield higher bond investing returns.?

FMF presents Are Dividend Stocks Good Investments? posted at Free Money Finance , saying, ?Here?s a piece from the Wall Street Journal that can be summarized as follows: Bonds (and other forms of income-generating investments) are yielding very low rates. As a result, Americans are plowing a ton of money in high-dividend stocks and mutual funds. While doing this can result in a better yield for those needing income, it also comes with extra risks (mainly, the underlying assets can lost their value.) In other words, a dividend-paying stock isn?t the same thing as a bond ? in many different ways.?

Managing Credit and Debt

Mike presents When Does An Annual Fee Credit Card Make Sense? posted at Rewards Cards Canada , saying, ?Annual fee credit cards typically have the best benefits and they can save you money on interest payments or help you earn more rewards points.?

Mike presents Use A Rewards Credit Card To Help Plan Your Wedding posted at Rewards Cards USA , saying, ?One way to save money on your honeymoon is to pay for your wedding with a rewards credit card ? but you don?t want to run up a huge credit card bill.?

Glen Craig presents Four Places Not to Use Your Credit Card posted at Free From Broke , saying, ?Credit cards can be a great tool but there are some places you should just not use them. See four situations where you shouldn?t use your credit card.?

Miranda @ Financial Highway presents How to Improve Credit Score posted at Financial Highway , saying, ?More and more, your credit score is being used to make judgments about your ability to handle your finances. If a low score seems to indicate that you are irresponsible, it will be difficult for you to take advantage of the best offers and loan terms in the world of finances. If your poor credit score is holding you back, here are some things you can do to boost your financial reputation. ?

MR presents Blaming Your Credit Card Debt On Your Spouse posted at Money Reasons , saying, ?Do you blame your credit card problems on your spouse? Are you sure they are really the problem? My friend thought so too, but it was really him??

Jeremy Waller presents How to Deal With Creditors When You Can?t Pay posted at Personal Finance Whiz , saying, ?Despite the harsh lessons that were taught to us by the Great Recession, it seems that we haven?t quite gotten the message about the dangers of overleveraging!?

Liana presents How can stay at home parents get credit cards? posted at Card Hub , saying, ?Can a stay-at-home spouses still build credit under their own name since the Federal Reserve?s new rules went into effect? Not to worry, there are still several options available for building and maintaining your credit score!?

Miscellaneous

Jason presents Pros and Cons of Online Banks posted at Work Save Live , saying, ?What is an Online Bank? An online bank is much of what it sounds like. It is a bank in most terms that we classify the ?normal? banks that you access and utilize online.?

DJL presents Financial Nerds Gone Wild ? Global Markets in Distress posted at Nerds on Wall Street , saying, ? Stock markets are almost perfectly transparent, with full information available to all, and the best electronic clearing and settlement in history. These technologies were omitted in building the skyscraper of cards (?house of cards? seems too mild) out of collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), credit default swaps (CDSs), synthetic collateralized debt obligations (SCDOs), and the rest. ?

A Blinkin presents Fat Wallet Tuesday posted at Funancials , saying, ?Happy Mardi Gras to all! For those who aren?t familiar with this raging holiday, Mardi Gras is french for Fat Tuesday. Excluding the exchange of beads, there is a lesson to be learned here! Fat Tuesday refers to the practice of the last night of eating richer before the ritual fasting of Lent.?

Dana presents The Best Tips for Automating Your Finances posted at Not Made of Money , saying, ?The most common area for people to struggle in their lives is with their finances. Remembering to pay bills on time, putting paychecks in the bank and keeping everything running smoothly can be impossible with the responsibilities present in everyday life. Unordered finances lead to bounced check fees, overdraft fees, late fees and other problems?

TSI presents Where?s Waldo? ? The illusion of superior professional mutual fund manager performance. posted at Skilled Investor Blog , saying, ? If investment mutual fund managers were truly skilled at beating the market, then you would expect mutual fund manager performance prowess to persist over time. Unfortunately, the evidence indicates that superior past professional performance among mutual fund managers tends not to persist. Past superior mutual fund performance is simply not a predictor of future superior mutual fund performance. ?

Ashley presents How Does Your ?Money Style? Affect Your Life posted at Money Talks Coaching , saying, ?What is your money style? According to Wife.org there are 3 basic money styles; hoarder, avoider, or splurger. If you dont know what your money style is you can take the quiz over on Wife.org. I dont even need to take the quiz. I know Im a hoarder. What are you? Think about your money style?

Kyle presents How to Save More Money & Play the Lottery for Free posted at The Penny Hoarder , saying, ?My significant other and I rarely have disagreements over our finances, but the one spending habit that we disagree on is whether to play the lottery. I know it?s only a few bucks a week, but it irks me to throw money at what I believe is a waste.?

Wayne presents Creative Ways to Save on Your Wedding posted at Young Family Finance , saying, ?Need creative ways to save money on your wedding? Here are a few ways that everyone needs to know as they prepare for their wedding day.?

Crystal presents Our Meeting with a Tax Lawyer posted at Budgeting in the Fun Stuff , saying, ?As I have mentioned, Mr. BFS and I really didn?t know how we were going to proceed tax-wise now. So we scheduled a one-on-one meeting with a tax lawyer.?

Retirement Planning

Echo presents What?s Your Findependence Day? posted at Boomer & Echo , saying, ?Findependence Day is a fictional personal finance story following the lives of a young debt-ridden couple?s long journey to financial independence.?

Daniel presents The Ideal Amount of Savings at Age 30 posted at Sweating the Big Stuff , saying, ?I would like to live comfortably in retirement. Just how much do I need to save by age 30 to never have to save another penny for retirement??

MMD presents Is It Time to Change Up My Retirement Portfolio? posted at MyMoneyDesign , saying, ?With the current economic prosperity, my retirement portfolio is almost back up to pre-Recession levels. Is it time to change my portfolio to a safer asset allocation and lock into my earnings while I can??

FMF presents How to Pick a Great Retirement Spot posted at Free Money Finance , saying, ?Retirement Planning US News lists 10 tips for selecting an ideal retirement spot as follows: Affordable housing Lower taxes Better weather Recreation and culture Job or volunteer opportunities Proximity to healthcare Convenient transportation Amenities for seniors Near family and friends Stay close to home?

Whitney?presents Retirement Savings?Worksheets posted at Retirement Savings, saying, ?While personal wealth should measure current financial investments and other salable assets, it should also measure your ability to sustain your household budget, build up your investment portfolio, and weather potential financial risk and misfortune across your lifetime.?

Ryan presents Avoid These Investments that Don?t Keep Pace with Inflation posted at Early Retirement Investments , saying, ?If you invest in investments that don?t keep pace with inflation, you are investing in a vehicle that is a money loser than a money winner!?

Risk Management and Insurance

Sarah presents Lifetime trade-offs between investment portfolio risk and investment returns posted at Do-It-Yourself Financial Planning , saying, ? When making personal finance and retirement planning decisions, individuals must confront the dilemma that, historically, more conservative portfolio investments have yielded substantially lower investment returns than the returns that riskier investments have delivered. With either lower or higher risk-adjusted market return strategies, you simply cannot have your financial cake and you eat it too. ?

John Bartal presents Why do I need a private disability insurance plan; wouldn?t Social Security cover me? posted at Insurance Providers, saying, ?While Social Security does offer disabled people, and their families, benefits, it can be a long process before you are able to claim disability through Social Security. More than that, even if you are able to get the disability benefits early, they still do not go into effect for at least six months.?

Savings

Miss T. presents How to Make Your Own Compost posted at Prairie Eco Thrifter , saying, ?Compost is possibly the most efficient and useful way of disposing of household waste; nearly 40% of this waste is compostable. Compost is then be used on the garden as an organic and valuable fertilizer and soil improver. If this same waste goes into landfill, it becomes toxic and gives off greenhouse gases. Make use of this wonderful garden asset like us by learning how to make your own compost.?

Amanda L Grossman presents A Frugal Date for Long Distance and Near Distance Couples posted at Frugal Confessions. , saying, ?Most of my relationship with Paul has been long distance. We met in Japan in our 20s, fell madly in love, and spent the next several years traversing the globe?

TSI presents Personal earnings, expenditures, and savings determine wealth posted at The Skilled Investor , saying, ? How much you earn, spend, budget, and save are by far the most dominant determinants of your long-term financial well-being. Self-control in your financial decision-making regarding budgeting and consumption is far more important than clever investing. ?

FIRE Finance presents Smart Refrigeration Lowers Electricity Bill posted at FIRE Finance , saying, ?Tips on smart refrigeration will help you to cut down your electricity bill ??

Steve presents 9 Ways to Make Savings Automatic posted at Brip Blap , saying, ?How can you make saving a habit? It?s a trick question ? you don?t have to make it a habit, you have to make it automatic. If you make your savings automatic, you never have to work on developing the habit. The habit will grow naturally once you see how easy it is.?

Boomer presents How To Save Money On Groceries posted at Boomer & Echo , saying, ?I?m determined to save money on groceries by cutting at least 25% off our monthly grocery bill: Here?s how we?ll do it:?

Taxes

Super Saver presents Where?s My Refund? posted at My Wealth Builder, saying, ?Despite getting a refund this year, I have not filed and therefore know why I haven?t received a refund. However, for many that have filed, their refunds have been delayed.?

Paul Tabbet presents?Retirement?Software posted at Tax Planning Worksheets, saying, ?Retirement planning software should automate the development of lifetime projections that incorporate tax laws and rules associated with tax-advantaged retirement investment incentive programs such as traditional IRA, Roth, 401k, 403b, SEP, Keogh, and other retirement plans.?

John presents Do You Have to Pay Taxes on Your Rewards? posted at Wallet Blog , saying, ?2012 tax season has arrived, and with it, the big question that Citi brought forward when it issued 1099?s to its customers ? Are rewards and incentives taxable or not??

Jeffrey presents Tax Hack: Use Premium Features of Turbo Tax For Free and Save posted at Money Spruce , saying, ?Turbo Tax has many premium features that you can use for free while calculating your refund. Follow these steps to use Turbo Tax without paying a thing.?

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The future of plant science - a technology perspective

Public release date: 2-Mar-2012
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Contact: Wolf Frommer
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Carnegie Institution

Washington, D.C. -- Plant science is key to addressing the major challenges facing humanity in the 21st Century, according to Carnegie's David Ehrhardt and Wolf Frommer. In a Perspective published in The Plant Cell, the two researchers argue that the development of new technology is key to transforming plant biology in order to meet human needs.

Plants serve as the conduit of energy into the biosphere, provide food and materials used by humans, and they shape our environment. According to Ehrhardt and Frommer, the three major challenges facing humanity in our time are food, energy, and environmental degradation. All three are plant related.

All of our food is produced by plants, either directly or indirectly via animals that eat them. Plants are a source of energy production. And they are intimately involved in climate change and a major factor in a variety of environmental concerns, including agricultural expansion and its impact on habitat destruction and waterway pollution.

What's more, none of these issues are independent of each other. Climate change places additional stresses on the food supply and on various habitats. So plant research is instrumental in addressing all of these problems and moving into the future.

For plant research to move significantly forward, Ehrhardt and Frommer say technological development is critical, both to test existing hypotheses and to gain new information and generate fresh hypotheses. If we are to make headway in understanding how these essential organisms function and build the foundation for a sustainable future, then we need to apply the most advanced technologies available to the study of plant life, they say.

They divide the technology into three categories: existing technology that isn't being applied for all of its potential uses, new readily envisioned technology, and technology we'd like to have but don't know how to create.

The technological overview includes expanding existing technologies such as DNA sequencing, RNA cataloguing, mass spectroscopy, fluorescence-based microscopy, and electron microscopy, among many others. A key focus is on the advances possible through advanced imaging technologies.

Ehrhardt and Frommer point out that many of the most often-cited academic papers related to the development new technology, demonstrating the interest of the scientific community.

"We certainly expect that new technologies will continue to revolutionize biological research," they say. "Plant science has not often been the driver of innovation but often enough has profited from developments made in other areas."

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Contact: Wolf Frommer
wfrommer@stanford.edu
650-325-1521 x208
Carnegie Institution

Washington, D.C. -- Plant science is key to addressing the major challenges facing humanity in the 21st Century, according to Carnegie's David Ehrhardt and Wolf Frommer. In a Perspective published in The Plant Cell, the two researchers argue that the development of new technology is key to transforming plant biology in order to meet human needs.

Plants serve as the conduit of energy into the biosphere, provide food and materials used by humans, and they shape our environment. According to Ehrhardt and Frommer, the three major challenges facing humanity in our time are food, energy, and environmental degradation. All three are plant related.

All of our food is produced by plants, either directly or indirectly via animals that eat them. Plants are a source of energy production. And they are intimately involved in climate change and a major factor in a variety of environmental concerns, including agricultural expansion and its impact on habitat destruction and waterway pollution.

What's more, none of these issues are independent of each other. Climate change places additional stresses on the food supply and on various habitats. So plant research is instrumental in addressing all of these problems and moving into the future.

For plant research to move significantly forward, Ehrhardt and Frommer say technological development is critical, both to test existing hypotheses and to gain new information and generate fresh hypotheses. If we are to make headway in understanding how these essential organisms function and build the foundation for a sustainable future, then we need to apply the most advanced technologies available to the study of plant life, they say.

They divide the technology into three categories: existing technology that isn't being applied for all of its potential uses, new readily envisioned technology, and technology we'd like to have but don't know how to create.

The technological overview includes expanding existing technologies such as DNA sequencing, RNA cataloguing, mass spectroscopy, fluorescence-based microscopy, and electron microscopy, among many others. A key focus is on the advances possible through advanced imaging technologies.

Ehrhardt and Frommer point out that many of the most often-cited academic papers related to the development new technology, demonstrating the interest of the scientific community.

"We certainly expect that new technologies will continue to revolutionize biological research," they say. "Plant science has not often been the driver of innovation but often enough has profited from developments made in other areas."

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The Carnegie Institution for Science (carnegiescience.edu) is a private, nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with six research departments throughout the U.S. Since its founding in 1902, the Carnegie Institution has been a pioneering force in basic scientific research. Carnegie scientists are leaders in plant biology, developmental biology, astronomy, materials science, global ecology, and Earth and planetary science.

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Posted on: 9:38 am, March 2, 2012, by John Pertzborn, updated on: 09:46am, March 2, 2012

When you lose a pet, you can lose your mind. It?s so difficult to get help.? This will help big time. It?s STL Lost Pets.org. Kathy Warnick with the Missouri Humane Society explains.

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According to Ron Robbins, President of RTP Technology Corporation, ?RTP is often approached by customers looking for storage and business continuity solutions. With this partnership we can now offer a best-of-breed, yet cost-effective alternative to traditional hardware investments.?

About RTP
RTP Technology Corporation brings a unique perspective to corporate information technology customers. Decades of experience and a broad range of capabilities allows us to match an appropriate technological solution to a specific need. RTP?s consulting professionals provide the know-how to design, implement, and manage solutions with the highest efficiency. We offer expertise built on a track record of outstanding service to a broad range of Fortune 500 companies in industries including pharmaceuticals to financial services to retail, distribution and insurance. We have designed and implemented countless solutions supporting mission-critical applications while our technical storage teams have been responsible for day-to-day management of many storage installations ranging in size from terabytes to more than a petabyte. For more information, visit www.rtptech.com.

About Atlantic Metro Communications
Atlantic Metro Communications is an award winning, full-service IaaS provider offering customized fully managed networks and services. With a proven track record, Atlantic Metro is committed to helping customers minimize risk, lower costs, and reduce time to market. Headquartered in Parsippany, NJ, Atlantic Metro provides easy-to-understand networking solutions with the highest level of customer care. The company?s visionary network management team strives to exceed customers? expectations and foster long-standing relationships to help businesses succeed. For more information, visit atlanticmetro.net or follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/atlanticmetro. Visit our blog at http://blog.atlanticmetro.net or contact us via email at sales@atlanticmetro.net.

Source: http://blog.atlanticmetro.net/2012/03/01/atlantic-metro-communications-partners-with-rtp-technology-corporation-to-offer-cost-effective-business-continuity-and-storage-as-a-service-solutions/

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