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Foreign-Trade Zone 84-Houston, Texas; Application for Expansion
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the Port of Houston Authority, grantee of FTZ 84, requesting authority to expand FTZ 84 to include additional sites in Harris County, Texas. The application was submitted pursuant to the provisions of the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally docketed on June 25, 2013.
FTZ 84 was approved on July 15, 1983 (Board Order 214, 48 FR 34792, 8/1/83). The zone was expanded on December 24, 1991 (Board Order 551, 57 FR 42, 1/2/92), on December 23, 1993 (Board Order 670, 59 FR 61, 1/3/94), on August 24, 2000 (Board Order 1115, 65 FR 54197, 9/7/00), on March 21, 2003 (Board Order 1271, 68 FR 15431, 3/31/03), on May 14, 2003 (Board Order 1277, 68 FR 27987, 5/22/03), and on April 24, 2009 (Board Order 1611, 74 FR 27777-27778, 6/11/09).
FTZ 84 currently consists of 25 sites (2,756.74 acres total) at port facilities, industrial parks and warehouse facilities in Houston and the Harris County area. The sites?which are in Houston unless otherwise stated?are as follows: Site 1 (420.70 acres)?Houston Ship Channel Turning Basin, Clinton Drive at Highway 610 East Loop; Site 2 (97 acres)?Houston Ship Channel (Bulk Materials Handling Plant), north bank between Greens Bayou and Penn City Road; Site 3 (58.39 acres)?Barbours Cut Turning Basin, Highway 146 at Highway 225; Site 4 (3.47 acres)?Cargoways Logistics, 1201 Hahlo Street; Site 5 (7.53 acres)?Timco Scrap Processing, 6747 Avenue W; Site 6 (73 acres)?Odfjell Terminals, 12211 Port Road; Site 7 (126 acres)?Jacintoport Terminal, Houston Ship Channel,16398 Jacintoport Blvd.; Site 8 (162.5 acres)?Central Green Business Park, 16638 Air Center Boulevard; Site 9 (72.52 acres)?Manchester Terminal Corporation, 10000 Manchester; Site 10 (14.2 acres)?13609 Industrial Road, within the Greens Port Industrial Park along the Houston Ship Channel; Site 11 (269 acres)?Oiltanking, Inc.,15602 Jacintoport Boulevard; Site 12 (146 acres)?Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminal LLC, Clinton Drive at Panther Creek and North Witter Street at Bayou Street; Site 13 (18 acres)?Exel Logistics, Inc., 8833 City Park Loop Street; Site 14 (22 acres)?George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Fuel Storage Road, Houston jet fuel storage and distribution system; Site 15 (196 acres)?Magellan Midstream Partners, liquid bulk facility, 12901 American Petroleum Road, Galena Park, Harris County; Site 16 (72 acres)?Katoen Natie Gulf Coast Warehousing Complex, Miller Road Cutoff and U.S. Highway 225, Harris County; Site 17 (172 acres total, 2 parcels, sunset 5/31/2014)?within the Highway 225 Industrial Development: Underwood Industrial Park (162 acres), located at 2820 East 13th Street, Deer Park, and Battleground Business Park (10 acres), located at the corner of Porter Road and Old Underwood Road, La Porte; Site 18 (106 acres, sunset 5/31/2014)?Bay Area Business Park, located at Red Bluff Road and Bay Area Boulevard, Pasadena; Site 19 (190 acres, sunset 5/31/2014)?Republic Distribution Center, located on the corner of Red Bluff Road and Choate Road, Pasadena; Site 20 (299 acres, sunset 5/31/2014)?Port Crossing Industrial Park, located along McCabe Road and State Highway 146, La Porte; Site 22 (146 acres, sunset 5/31/2014)?Port of Houston Authority's Beltway 8 Tract, located at the corner of East Belt Drive and Jacintoport Boulevard; Site 23 (16.94 acres)?Katoen Natie Gulf Coast, Inc., 102 Old Underwood Road and 1100 Underwood Drive, Deer Park; Site 24 (11.32 acres, sunset 5/31/2014)?Kuehne + Nagel, Inc., 15450 Diplomatic Plaza Drive; Site 25 (11.87 acres, expires 12/31/2014)?Emerson Process Management Valve Automation, Inc., 19200 Northwest Freeway; and, Site 27 (45.3 acres, expires 5/31/2015)?Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America, Inc., 2121 West Sam Houston Parkway North. (Note: Site 21 was removed from the zone project in December 2012 (S-142-2012).) There is an application currently pending with the FTZ Board to expand the zone to include a site (Proposed Site 26) in Brazos County (Docket B-10-2013).
The applicant is requesting authority to expand the zone to include the following sites: Proposed Site 28 (199.6 acres)?within the 3,635-acre Generation Park located at the intersection of Beltway 8 and North Lake Houston Parkway in Houston; and, Proposed Site 29 (593.935 acres, 2 parcels)?within the 1,080-acre Texas Deepwater Industrial Port located at the northeast and southwest corner of Jacintoport Boulevard and the Beltway 8 Bridge in Harris County. No specific production authority is being requested at this time. Such requests would be made to the Board on a case-by-case basis.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, Camille Evans of the FTZ Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts and information presented in the application and case record and to report findings and recommendations to the Board.
Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is August 30, 2013. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to September 16, 2013.
A copy of the application will be available for public inspection at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ?Reading Room? section of the Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz. For further information, contact Camille Evans at Camille.Evans@trade.gov or at (202) 482-2350.
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FIFA 14 Cover in Mexico and the U.S. Features Javier Chicharito Hernandez Alongside Messi
After revealing the global cover of FIFA 14 earlier this week, Electronic Arts' Sports division has confirmed that, in Mexico and the U.S., the game's box art will feature not just Lionel Messi but also popular Mexican player Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez.
FIFA 14 is eagerly awaited by millions of football fans from around the world, and EA wants to create new partnerships with prestigious soccer players in order to promote the game.
After signing a deal with FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi a few years ago, the company has confirmed that it's booked Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez to be an EA Sports Football Ambassador and to star on the cover of the game in his native Mexico and in the U.S., where two versions will be put on sale, with and without Chicharito.
The young striker is making history for the Mexican national team and has impressed European fans during his seasons with Manchester United.
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Students Drowning in Debt: An Opportunity for Education ...
This week, while the media has been schooling us on the student loan implosion and interest rates possibly doubling unless Congress takes action, Roger W. Ferguson Jr. and Debra W. Stewart ?published an opinion piece at Politico addressing an issue at the core of BetterInvesting?s curriculum ? financial education.
Ferguson is president and CEO of TIAA-CREF, a financial services organization, and a former vice chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve; Stewart is president of the Council of Graduate Schools.
In Politico, they?re calling for a nationwide policy to teach students money management skills, beginning at the K-12 years.
?A comprehensive national action plan is needed, and it must provide students with the knowledge and tools they need to fully understand their student loans and better manage their overall personal finances,? the column says. ?Helping students and families take advantage of available financial aid options and teaching money management skills will reduce the amount that students need to borrow and help them to manage any debt they may incur.?
The writers conclude: ?Working together, educational institutions, policymakers and businesses can help build a nation of financially literate Americans who are not only well-prepared for their chosen careers, but also secure in the skills they need to lead financially healthy lives. A dedication to financial education will help ensure that our nation has the highly educated professionals who can lead the way to future prosperity.?
As a nonprofit, BetterInvesting has been deeply involved in financial education programs for more than 60 years, with the help of our volunteers nationwide.
For example:
- Charles K. Barker of Indianapolis, president of BetterInvesting?s Central Indiana Chapter, chairs a financial literacy program sponsored by the organization 100 Black Men of Indianapolis. Charles mentors high school students through the education program.
- ?A member of The Standard and Rich Investment Club, a BetterInvesting affiliate located in the suburbs of Cleveland, developed a stock market curriculum that was approved by the National Endowment for Financial Education used in classrooms in a local school district.
- ?Our longtime volunteer Bill Wilson, a professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, used BetterInvesting tools to teach his students how to analyze stocks.
BetterInvesting?s focus is teaching members how to succeed in the stock market, by analyzing how best to use their money and planning for the future. Members grow their wealth either individually or through clubs, and by doing so they reach for financial security.
BetterInvesting members tell us again and again that they use the skills they?ve learned to teach financial literacy to their children and grandchildren. And that?s as good as gold.
About BetterInvesting
BetterInvesting is a national nonprofit organization that has been empowering individual investors since 1951. Founded in Detroit, the association (formerly known as National Association of Investors Corporation) was born out of the conviction that anyone can become a successful long-term investor by following commonsense investing practices. BetterInvesting has helped more than 5 million people become better, more informed investors by providing webinars, in-person events, easy-to-use online tools for analyzing stocks and mutual funds, a monthly magazine and a community of volunteers and like-minded investors. For more information about BetterInvesting, visit its website at?http://www.betterinvesting.org/investing/landing/openhouse/blog/index.html or call toll free (877) 275-6242.
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Source: http://blog.betterinvesting.org/investing/students-drowning-in-debt-an-opportunity-for-education/
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Smile, and JavaTutor's AI knows when you're learning online
College-age kids these days are pretty good at a few things: selfies, social oversharing and staring into screens. But can you leverage that self-obsession into a mechanism for learning? The mad scientists at North Carolina State University think so and they've got a program to prove it. Dubbed JavaTutor, the software's aimed at teaching our future workforce the basics of computer science. And it does this by tracking facial expressions -- using the Computer Expressions Recognition Toolbox, or CERT, as its base -- during online tutorial sessions. Frown and the AI knows you're frustrated; concentrate intently and the same automated emotion detection applies. So, what's the end sum of all this? Well, it seems the research team wants to gauge the effectiveness of online courses and use the cultivated feedback to better tailor the next iteration of the JavaTutor system. But the greater takeaway here, folks, is that at NCSU, online tutoring learns you!
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Hospitals seek high-tech help for hand hygiene
RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP) ? Hospitals have fretted for years over how to make sure doctors, nurses and staff keep their hands clean, but with only limited success. Now, some are turning to technology ? beepers, buzzers, lights and tracking systems that remind workers to sanitize, and chart those who don't.
Health experts say poor hand cleanliness is a factor in hospital-borne infections that kill tens of thousands of Americans each year. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta estimates that one of every 20 patients in U.S. hospitals gets a hospital-acquired infection each year.
"We've known for over 150 years that good hand hygiene prevents patients from getting infections," said Dr. John Jernigan, an epidemiologist for the CDC. "However, it's been a very chronic and difficult problem to get adherence levels up as high as we'd like them to be."
Hospitals have tried varying ways to promote better hygiene. Signs are posted in restrooms. Some even employ monitors who keep tabs and single out offenders.
Still, experts believe hospital workers wash up, at best, about 50 percent of the time. One St. Louis-area hospital believes it can approach 100 percent adherence.
Since last year, SSM St. Mary's Health Center in the St. Louis suburb of Richmond Heights, Mo., has been the test site for a system developed by Biovigil Inc., of Ann Arbor, Mich. A flashing light on a badge turns green when hands are clean, red if they're not. It also tracks each hand-cleaning opportunity ? the successes and the failures.
The failures have been few at the two units of St. Mary's where the system is being tested, the hospital said. One unit had 97 percent hand hygiene success, said Dr. Morey Gardner, the hospital's director of infection disease and prevention. The other had 99 percent success.
"The holy grail of infection prevention is in our grasp," Gardner said.
The Biovigil system is among many being tried at hospitals. A method developed by Arrowsight, based in Mt. Kisco, N.Y., uses video monitoring. It is being used in intensive care units at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., and the University of California San Francisco Medical Center.
Akron, Ohio-based GOJO Industries, maker of Purell hand sanitizer, has developed an electronic compliance monitoring system using wireless technology to track when soap and hand sanitizer dispensers are used. The SmartLink system gives the hospital data on high- and low-compliance areas. The company said it has installed the system at several hospitals around the country, but didn't say how many.
HyGreen Inc.'s Hand Hygiene Reminder System was developed by two University of Florida doctors. The Gainesville, Fla., company now features two systems used in seven hospitals, including Veterans Administration hospitals in Chicago, Wilmington, Del., and Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
One is similar to Biovigil's green badge method. In HyGreen's, a wall-mounted hand wash sensor detects alcohol on the hands. The badge includes an active reminding system. Unclean hands create a warning buzz. If the buzz sounds three times, the worker is noted for noncompliance.
HyGreen spokeswoman Elena Fraser said that because some hospitals are moving away from alcohol-based sanitizers, HyGreen offers a second system. A touch of the sanitizer dispenser clears the worker to interact with a patient. If the worker shows up at the patient bed without hand-cleaning, the series of warning buzzes begins.
Fraser said hospital infections have dropped 66 percent at units of Miami Children's Hospital where the badge system has been implemented.
Nurses using the Biovigil system at St. Mary's near St. Louis wear a badge with changeable colored lights. A doorway sensor identifies when the nurse enters a patient's room, and the badge color changes to yellow.
The nurse washes his or her hands and places them close to the badge. A sensor in the badge detects chemical vapors from the alcohol-based solution. If hands are clean, the badge illuminates a bright green hand symbol.
If the nurse fails to sanitize, the badge stays yellow and chirps every 10 seconds for 40 seconds, then flashes red. Once the flashing red starts, the nurse has another 30 seconds to wash up, otherwise the badge turns solid red, denoting non-compliance. Either way, each instance is tracked by a computer. The hospital can track each individual's compliance.
Registered Nurse Theresa Gratton has helped lead the effort toward hand cleanliness at St. Mary's. She heard about the Biovigil system in early 2012 and convinced the hospital to give it a try.
Gratton said patients are aware of the risk of infection and frequently inquire about whether caregivers have washed their hands. She said the badge relieves their anxiety.
Bill Rogers, a 65-year-old retiree recuperating at St. Mary's from back surgery and a heart scare, agreed.
"The first thing I noticed up here was the badges," Rogers said. "It is comforting for me to know their hands are clean as soon as the badge beeps and it goes from yellow to green."
St. Mary's is expanding the Biovigil system later this year to other units of the hospital and to employees other than nurses, though details are still being worked out, Gardner said. Eventually, the system may be expanded to SSM's seven other St. Louis-area hospitals, he said.
Biovigil's chief client officer, Brent Nibarger, said customers won't buy the system but will pay a subscription fee of about $12 a month per badge.
The CDC's Jernigan said the high-tech systems can only help.
"For a health care worker, keeping their hands clean is the single most important thing they can do to protect their patients," Jernigan said.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/hospitals-seek-high-tech-help-hand-hygiene-071012525.html
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On a percentage basis, carriers pay more to subsidize a Samsung model than a Apple iPhone
Phone Arena writes, The Apple iPhone has a lot of fans and as comScore's data pointed out, the device has the largest market share of any smartphone in the U.S.; but if you were to ask the stateside carriers about the popularity of the iPhone in the executive suites, the responses would not match the data from comScore's statistics...
Continue reading On a percentage basis, carriers pay more to subsidize a Samsung model than a Apple iPhone at Phone Arena
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Top 5 Ways to Smoke Out Lies on R?sum?s ? Business ...
If your job involves hiring, you know how frustrating it can be staring at all those r?sum?s. Which claims are real, which are exaggerations and which are just flat-out lies? And when hiring, you need to think about each r?sum??as a used car ad ? the candidate is trying to sell you something, so you need to adopt a buyer-beware attitude before falling for that sales pitch. The recession caused a big increase in the number of applicants who are adding a little "creative writing" to their r?sum?s?and the Internet is full of ways for applicants to add to that creativity. Business Management Daily's Editorial Director Pat DiDomenico describes five things you can do to smoke out those r?sum?s?lies. 
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5 ways students changed in the last 40 years ? Schools of Thought ...
By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN
(CNN) ? Every couple of years, the National Assessment of Educational Progress releases a short-term snapshot of how students fare in science, civics or other subjects.
But it doesn't ?quite answer the big question: How are students really doing?
That's the job of a report released Thursday, "The Nation's Report Card: Trends in Academic Progress 2012." It's an assessment released every four years that tracks U.S. students' performance in reading and math since the 1970s. The 2012 assessment included more than 50,000 students from public and private schools. It tracks them at ages 9, 13 and 17, regardless of grade level, and compares their performance using tests - mostly multiple-choice questions - that take about an hour to complete.
Here are five things to know about academic progress since the 1970s, according to the 2012 report.
9-year-olds and 13-year-olds outscore 1970s counterparts
Indeed, those kids scored higher in reading and math. In reading, 9-year-olds and 13-year-olds improved at every level, so even the lowest-performing kids now are ahead of the lowest-performing kids then. In fact, kids in the low and middle range showed the greatest gains.
17-year-olds? Not so much
Seventeen-year-old students aren't scoring better in reading and math, but their scores aren't falling, either. In reading, the lowest-performing 17-year-olds made gains since the 1970s, as did lower- and middle-performing 17-year-olds in math. But scores overall are about the same as in the early 1970s ? and that might not be all bad. In a conference call with reporters, Peggy Carr, associate commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics' assessment division, pointed out that there are far fewer dropouts than in the 1970s; even with more kids in school, performance has remained steady.
Gender gaps are shrinking
Just as in the 1970s, girls perform better in reading, and boys perform better in math.
But female students are narrowing the math gap, or even eliminating it. "In 2012, there were no significant gender gaps in mathematics at age 9 and 13," the report says. "At age 17, male students scored higher in mathematics than female students. The gender gap in 2012 at age 17, however, was narrower than in 1973 due to the increase in the average score for female students."
Meanwhile, male students are squeezing the gap in reading by showing significant improvement at age 9.
Black and Hispanic students are making gains
Consider just how much students' demographics have changed: In 1978, 80% of U.S. students were white, 13% were black, 6% were Hispanic and 1% were Asian. In 2012, 56% of students were white, 15% were black, 21% were Hispanic and 6% were Asian.
White students still perform better than black and Hispanic students in reading, but the gaps between white and black and white and Hispanic are narrower for all ages. It's particularly noticeable among 9-year-olds: "The average score for black students was 36 points higher in 2012 than in 1971 ... and the score for white students was 15 points higher," the report says. "The average score for Hispanic students increased 25 points from 1975, and the score for white students increased 12 points."
In math, white students performed better overall, but black and Hispanic students made larger gains than white students since 1973.
Take another look at that summer reading list
At age 9, 53% of students say they read for fun at home almost every day. By age 13, it's 27%. At 17, it's down to 19%. The percentages for 9-year-olds have remained the same since 1984, when the question was first asked, but it has decreased over time for 13- and 17-year-olds. Why does it matter?
"At all three ages, students who reported reading for fun almost daily or once or twice a week scored higher than did students who reported reading for fun a few times a year or less," the report says.
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The Travel Concessions That Aren't Always Worth It (and Why)
Thanks to excessive TSA rules and sequester-fueled flight delays, we?ve all learned to be much more patient when it comes to travel inconveniences?not to mention savvy about what?s really worth paying extra for?a $30 baggage check-in fee, really?! But when are certain compromises just not worth the hassle?
Case in point: Is booking a 4:00 a.m. flight in order to save $100 really in your best interest if it means having to get to the airport at 2:00 in the morning? We decided to look at six common concessions that travelers make to save money?and then asked experts to weigh in on whether they really make sense for you.
Is it Cost-Effective to Buy Overpriced, Travel-Sized Toiletries to Avoid Paying a Baggage Fee?
The quick answer: yes. There?s no question that TSA-approved toiletries will make your trip smoother?and save you money. Even if you spend an extra $20 for travel-sized items, don?t forget that the alternative is paying to check your luggage on both legs of your trip. With baggage fees continually rising, this could translate into at least $50 total on most airlines.
An even better option, recommends Chris Lopinto, co-founder of ExpertFlyer.com, is to buy a set of reusable, three-ounce, travel-sized containers, which you can buy at most pharmacies for a few dollars. Fill them up with your own shampoo and mouthwash each time that you travel, and you?ll never have to shell out for special travel-sized toiletries again.
For frequent fliers like Lopinto, this question is a no-brainer because checking bags doesn?t just cost money?it also slows you down. ?I don?t like to check bags, even when there?s no fee,? says Lopinto. ?It?s easier to keep your bags with you, especially if you have a connecting flight and you run the risk of losing it. For me, you can?t put a price on time saved.?
When Should You Settle for a Layover in Exchange for a Cheaper Plane Ticket?
?You have to think about what will cause you more grief or regret?the extra money or the inconvenience?and that is relative, depending on your circumstances,? says Eileen P. Gunn, founder of travel website FamiliesGo!. ?A teacher who has the whole summer off might be okay with an extra layover because she can take a longer trip to make up for it. For a business owner who has a hard time getting away, saving time is more important.?
When making the decision about whether to book a layover, keep in mind that the time cost of a layover is actually more than it may appear. ?Even if a connection is only an hour and a half, you generally end up losing more like three hours total travel time,? says Lopinto, who recommends calculating the total hours that a trip will take without a layover?from the time you leave your home until you reach your final destination?and then see how much longer it will be with the layover.
Is Booking a 4 a.m. Flight to Save $100 Worth Losing a Night of Sleep?
Think of lost slumber in the same way you would lost time. The value varies for each of us: Some folks can function on a few hours of sleep while others can?t. Is one ruined day of a long weekend getaway worth saving $100? Probably not.
?For me, that trade-off is not O.K. because I value my sleep,? says Lopinto. ?If you?re gonna be walking around like a zombie all day, that?s not really worth it.?
Travelers with less of a time crunch may find it acceptable to lose a night of sleep in exchange for a trip that would otherwise have been unaffordable. ?Before I had my daughter, I was willing to put up with a fair amount of inconvenience to save money,? says Gunn. ?I survived major jet lag on long weekend visits to Lisbon, Brussels and Dublin using last-minute discount fares. But, with kids, even small inconveniences or delays can be stressful, so the trade-off is harder.?
Do Bidding Sites Deliver Enough Savings to Book a Trip Without Having All the Details About Flight Times?
One reason why bidding sites have focused more on hotel sales in recent years is due to the fact that many consumers have already calculated that the savings aren?t big enough to justify horrible flight times. Sometimes these sites can indeed deliver deep discounts, but don?t gamble with the hopes that you?ll end up with a cheap ticket and a good ticket.
When considering putting a bid in, assume that you?ll end up with a flight that leaves at the worst possible time. Then decide whether that would be worth the money saved compared to booking with a site that gives you all of the details up front.
Lopinto notes that search engines like Kayak and Hipmunk now include deal sites like Orbitz in their results, so you should be able to find a price that doesn?t cost much more than what a bidding site can deliver. ?With airfares, you shouldn?t really have to rely on bidding sites,? says Lopinto. ?Kayak?s the biggest, so a search there should cover everything?and, in most cases, will find the cheapest option.?
With hotels, bidding sites can often deliver significant savings, but there?s a trade-off: You could end up in a less-than-ideal locale, which brings us to our next question?
Is Booking a Cheap Hotel That?s Not Centrally Located Worth the Commuting Hassle?
It depends on how much time you have in a destination, and what percent of it you?re willing to dedicate to commuting. If you?re jetting to Paris for a romantic weekend, you probably won?t want to spend half of your morning taking the Metro in from the suburbs. (And it?s definitely not a good idea if you end up blowing your hotel savings on taking cabs back to the hotel!)
If you?re a business traveler, ?time is money,? says Lopinto. ?You?re not going to be in the hotel room that much, so convenience is important.?
On the other hand, a far-flung hotel for leisure travelers can sometimes have unexpected benefits. Depending on the experience you want, that pricey city center stay may not even be the best place for you. ?Seeking out less touristy neighborhoods can save money, and give you insights into local culture and specialties that you wouldn?t find otherwise,? says Gunn. ?For example, heading out of central London to explore Camden market was fun, and the local pub we found nearby for lunch was by far the cheapest meal we had?and it was good!?
Does Brand Loyalty Ever Really Pay?
Probably not. If you travel frequently enough that you?re earning free flights once a year or more, sticking with the same brand might be worth it. But, for most of us, the rewards are so few and far between that it?s not realistic to base your travel plans entirely on the options offered through one company.
For example, a free one-way flight usually runs somewhere around 20,000 miles?you?d have to travel round-trip between New York and California four times before earning enough miles to earn that flight. Plus, with blackout dates and expiring miles, being able to get that free flight is never a sure thing. If the price of a ticket is the same, go with the airline that you have more miles with, but if there?s a significant price difference, pick the cheapest fare.
Of course for business travelers who fly often enough to earn status with airlines, loyalty can have other dividends. ?I go with the airline that I have status with because it gives me perks that I don?t have to pay for,? says Lopinto, who enjoys the chance to board before other passengers, as well as book an exit-row seat for no extra charge. ?I wouldn?t pay $500 more for these perks, but for a few dollars more, it?s worth it.?
Do You Compromise Too Much to Save on Travel? | LearnVest
Brendan Spiegel is a writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Wired, New York magazine, Travel + Leisure, The Village Voice, and many other publications. He is the managing editor of Narratively, an online publication dedicated to in-depth storytelling about New York. He is also a restaurant columnist at Brooklyn Based and the editor and publisher of Endless Simmer, an independent food website that draws 300,000+ monthly readers. He got his start as a political reporter and editor at Congressional Quarterly.
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FCC to Finally Auction Controversial Chunk of Spectrum for Mobile Data
The Federal Communications Commission has finally voted to open up 10MHz of spectrum for "commercial mobile services"?that has until now been protected because of interference concerns.
The spectrum block, sitting between 1915-1920MHz and 1995-2000MHz, is called the H block and could be ready for use as soon as early 2014. Previously the FCC has kept the spectrum clear because of concerns about interference with a nearby Personal Communication Service block.
In some desperation, the FCC decided to set up a series of technical rules to stop the H block from interfering with PCS signals. As a result, it's now ready to be auctioned off. The good news is that more spectrum means better mobile data?or at least, mobile data that doesn't get slower with time. [PC World]
Source: http://gizmodo.com/fcc-to-finally-auction-controversial-chunk-of-spectrum-606531253
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Friday, June 28, 2013
Deadspin Prosecutor: Aaron Hernandez "Orchestrated The Execution" Of Odin Lloyd | Gizmodo Galaxy S4
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Source: http://lauren.kinja.com/deadspin-prosecutor-aaron-hernandez-orchestrated-the-591083080
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Egypt: Opposition rejects Morsi's dialogue offer
CAIRO (AP) ? Egypt's main opposition coalition has rejected the Islamist president's offer for dialogue on reconciliation and says it insists on holding early presidential elections.
A statement by the National Salvation Front read by reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei said Mohammed Morsi's 2 ?-hour speech late Wednesday reflected a "clear inability" to acknowledge the difficult conditions in Egypt.
Morsi spoke ahead of opposition plans for street rallies on June 30 aimed at forcing him from office. He told his opponents to use elections not protests to try to change the government and counseled the military, which has warned it would intervene if violence breaks out, to focus on improving its capabilities and defending the nation.
Speaking Thursday, ElBaradei said "nothing will change our determination to go out on June 30 everywhere in Egypt."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-opposition-rejects-morsis-dialogue-offer-175226402.html
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Visualized: The $15,000 Westinghouse 4K Whiteboard
We like dry erase whiteboards just as much as the next guy, but $15,000 like? Not so much. Of course, when we're given a chance to check out an 84-inch 4K LED whiteboard for free, we're more than happy to. And that's how we ended up here at Westinghouse's Consumer Electronics Week booth, playing around with an unbelievably expensive toy. Yes, of course the multimillion dollar corporations of the world use stuff like this for work -- we used our time to draw an Engadget symbol. Do you expect any less?
Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD
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Thursday, June 27, 2013
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