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By TerryAnn Fitzgerald, SMB Solutions Marketing Manager, HP Networking

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photo_44110_20110601.jpgI?ve always had a special respect for small business leaders. In addition to running the business, you?re often the IT manager by default. Your budget is tight. And yet somehow, you?re tasked with making technology the great equalizer, the secret weapon to compete with bigger companies. But as your business grows is your network able to grow with you?

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Technology can certainly help today?s small business. And at no other time has there been such an array of powerful technologies at your disposal: e-commerce platforms to reach a global marketplace; blogs, Twitter and social networks to communicate directly with customers; and rich-media applications such as Skype and Google+ Hangouts to improve employee collaboration.

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But in speaking with small business leaders, it?s clear that the range of technology options is both a blessing and a curse. With so much choice, where do you invest? What technology will most positively impact your business, deliver the most bang for your buck, and enable business growth? ?

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Growth-ready networks

My advice is to first invest in your network. And not any old network, but a growth-ready network. What do I mean by growth ready? Well, read on for an explanation and I?ll also summarize the different types of networks you should consider.

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Let?s begin by asking some questions about your current network and its ability to support your growing business. Check your network against these five characteristics of growth-ready networks.

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  1. Is it responsive? Your network should be able to easily handle spikes in network traffic.
  2. Is it flexible? Your network should easily expand as you add new components or reconfigure when devices are removed. You should be able to unplug and install the core equipment anywhere in your building, even where there are no power outlets.
  3. Is it easy to deploy and manage? Your network gear should be plug-and-play and offer an intuitive, Web-based management interface so that non-technical staff can get equipment up and running, quickly.
  4. Is it scalable? Can you add new users, equipment and applications without requiring a fork-lift upgrade every time?
  5. Is it standards-based? A network that supports industry standards, such as IEEE 802.11 for wireless networking removes worry about compatibility as install other standards-based equipment.

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Basic vs. advanced networks

A small business growth-ready network typically falls into one of two categories: basic or advanced. With a basic network, you don?t have to do a lot of customization work because all the equipment is plug-and-play. A basic network is ideal if you have a handful of servers, a wired infrastructure and up to 25 employees.

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If you want to configure your network, opt for an advanced network?it will also give you a higher-level of performance.

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Regardless of network type, consider the total cost of ownership (TCO). Your network TCO will be based on not just equipment and maintenance, but any employee training you?ll need to provide, your level of network support, warranties and service costs.photo_24809_20101220.jpg

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A network built to last

If you?re contemplating technology investments, think seriously about your network. Your network touches everything?employees, applications, communications and customers. If you build a growth-ready network, you?ll have a foundation for the latest applications and technologies, and long-term business growth.

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If you manage IT in your small business, I salute you. I know the challenges you?re up against.

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To help you navigate the choices of networking equipment available to you, I invite you to read our white paper, which goes into more details about the issues I?ve covered in this post. Download the paper ?A network that can support your growing small business,? today.

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Yield on 10-year Treasury sinks to record low

(AP) ? Investors stampeded into U.S. government bonds Thursday, driving the interest rate on the 10-year Treasury note as low as 1.54 percent, a record.

People were fearful that the U.S. economy might be hitting the skids at the same time as Europe is falling apart and the economies of China and India are slowing. When investors want to protect their portfolios they tend to plow money into U.S. government bonds, which are considered among the safest in the world because they are less likely to lose value and are easily tradable.

The record low rate beat the previous mark of 1.55 percent, which was set in November 1945. That was just after the end of World War II, when government price controls kept interest rates artificially low to preserve financial stability.

"The record today is even more dramatic when you consider that the Fed and Treasury had an explicit policy of keeping interest rates low after the war," said Campbell Harvey, finance professor at Duke University. Harvey said that when he conducts research on government monetary policy, he doesn't consider the interest rates on bonds prior to 1953 because the markets were heavily manipulated by the government then.

Investors were already on high alert after learning on Wednesday that Spaniards were pulling billions of deposits out of their banks, which could lead to larger bank runs and unhinge an already fragile debt situation in Europe.

A slew of worrisome U.S. economic data Thursday unnerved investors further.

Claims for unemployment benefits rose last week to a five-week high, and a closely watched index of factory output in the Chicago region fell for a third straight month to the lowest reading since September 2009. The Institute for Supply Management-Chicago warned that three consecutive declines have been associated with the onset of last seven national recessions.

Lastly, the government reported that the U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 1.9 percent in the first three months of the year, slower than estimated earlier.

That report also contained other worrying trends. Growth in disposable income in the fourth quarter was revised downward to 0.2 percent from 1.7 percent in a previous report.

"There was this belief that the U.S. would be able to economically withstand the financial ramifications of a European fallout," said John Briggs, Treasury strategist at the Royal Bank of Scotland. "Today's economic numbers show that there are big cracks in the U.S. armor."

For investors, it seems like there's no place to hide. Previously fast-growing emerging economies are facing their own problems.

India said Wednesday that its economy grew at the slowest pace in nine years during the first three months of the year, while China's growth plunged to a nearly three-year low of 8.1 percent.

One bright spot for the average American is that the drop in Treasurys yields means even cheaper mortgage rates. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note is an anchor for borrowing costs throughout the economy. The drop in that yield, or interest rate, has pushed rates on 30-year mortgages to record lows for five weeks in a row.

Freddie Mac said that the average rate on the 30-year home loan fell to 3.75 percent this week. That's down from 3.78 percent last week and the lowest since long-term mortgages began in the 1950s.

On Thursday, yield on the benchmark 10-year note fell as low as 1.54 percent in the morning and ended the trading day at 1.56 percent, still sharply lower than 1.62 percent the day before.

These low yields have dramatically brought down the cost of U.S. government borrowing in recent months. The 10-year yield has averaged 4.7 percent over the past 20 years.

The price of the 10-year Treasury rose 49 cents for every $100 invested as demand for them rose.

In other Treasury trading Thursday, the yield on the 30-year bond dropped to 2.65 percent from 2.73 percent late Wednesday. Its price jumped $1.31 for every $100 invested. The two-year Treasury dropped to 0.27 percent from 0.28 percent from 0.30 percent.

The three-month T-bill paid a yield of 0.07 percent.

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Lexmark C748de

The Lexmark C748de ($1,199 direct) provides decent speed and voluminous standard and optional paper capacity as a color laser printer for a small office or workgroup. Its output quality, though a bit below par, was still good enough for internal business use.?

The C748de is a towering gray-and-white machine that measures 17.9 by 17.1 by 15.7 inches (HWD) and weighs 56 pounds?moving it into place is a two-person job. Set in the front bezel is a 4.3-inch color touch screen, which lets you preview documents and print jobs, access shortcuts and pre-loaded Lexmark solutions. Not far from the touch screen is an alphanumeric keypad. A front USB port lets you print from a thumb drive.

The C748de has a standard paper capacity of 650 sheets, split between a 550-sheet tray and a 100-sheet multipurpose feeder. You can add an optional 2,000-sheet tray plus additional 550-sheet trays to bring the maximum paper capacity to 4,300 sheets. This printer comes standard with an automatic duplexer for printing on both sides of a sheet of paper.

It provides USB and Ethernet connectivity; I tested it over an Ethernet connection with a computer running Windows Vista.

Lexmark C748de

Print Speed

I timed the C748de on our business applications suite (using QualityLogic's hardware and software) at an effective 7.1 pages per minute (ppm). That?s in line with its rated speed of 35 ppm for both color and monochrome printing, and should be about the speed you?d get if you were to print text only. (Our suite consists of pages of text, pages with graphics, and ones with mixed elements.) Its tested speed was identical to that of the OKI C711dn ($1,139 direct, 4 stars), rated at up to 34 pages per minute for monochrome printing, 32 for color. We clocked the Editors? Choice Xerox Phaser 6280DN ($649 direct, 4 stars) at 4.5 ppm when we tested it in 2009.

Output Quality
Output quality for the C748de was slightly sub-par overall for a color laser, with sub-par text, graphics quality on the low side of average, and average photo quality. Fortunately, even sub-par text quality is fine for internal business use; I?d draw the line at resumes, marketing materials, or other documents with which you intend to convey an air of professionalism.

As for graphics, for the most part colors were rich and well saturated. Some graphics showed banding, a regular pattern of faint stripes of discoloration. The C748de had trouble printing very thin, colored lines. Most illustrations showed dithering in the form of visible dot patterns. Graphics were of a quality suitable for in-house use; whether they?re good enough for PowerPoint presentations depends on your intended audience and how picky you are.

For photos, generally color looked fairly accurate. Prints showed detail well in darker areas, though brighter areas tended to look washed out. Dithering was a significant issue. One print showed traces of banding.? Photo quality was fine for printing out recognizable images from files or Web pages; whether you?d use it for client newsletters with color photos depends on how picky you are.

Other Issues

Lexmark claims reasonably low running costs of 1.8 cents per monochrome page and 9.8 cents per color page. These are better than the Xerox 6280dn (2.7 per monochrome page and 13.8 cents per color page). Still, the LED-based OKI C711dn?s running costs were even lower than that of the C748de, with 1.1 cents per monochrome page and 7.9 cents per color page.

The C748de provides high-volume color printing for a small office or workgroup. The OKI C711dn is similar in price and provides an identical (100,000-page) maximum duty cycle and the same tested speed as the Lexmark, similar output quality and standard paper capacity. The C748de offers a copious optional paper capacity to a maximum of 4,300 sheets, more than double that of the OKI C711dn. The OKI C711dn, however, offers lower running costs, which can lead to considerable cost savings in the long run, particularly because if you?re getting a printer like this, you?re bound to be printing in volume.

The Editors? Choice Xerox Phaser 6280dn is slower than the C748 and has lower paper capacity and higher running costs. The Xerox?s forte, though, is output quality, which is easily good enough for printing marketing materials. If high-quality color output is paramount, the Xerox 6280dn can?t be beat.? It?s being discontinued, and as of this writing can be bought from a number of etailers for less than $350.

The Lexmark C748de offers decent speed, fairly low running costs, and exceptional paper capacity. It?s worthy of consideration for a high print volume office that can make do with output quality that?s slightly below the curve.

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How to Help Your Cat Adjust to New Surroundings | Best Pet Jobs

When it comes to adjusting to new surroundings, it can be an extremely frightening experience for a cat. Helping your cat to adjust is pivotal in helping him feel at home. The following are a few tips on how to help your new cat adjust to his new home environment:

The First Ride Home

For a cat (or kitten), riding in a car can be a traumatic experience. Your cat should be placed in a secure carrier. Never let your cat roam loose while your car is in motion. Make sure he?s kept in the carrier until you have arrived safely home.

Get a Feliway Diffuser

A Feliway Diffuser is a plug-in that helps release feliway. This basically reduces stress related behavior in cats. It is an odorless and toxic-free product that?s safe around humans and other animals. Make sure you buy a Feliway Diffuser before your pet arrives.

A Feliway Diffuser helps reduce excessive urine making, appetite loss, Decreased desire to play and vertical scratching. Cats normally experience these symptoms when they are under stress. A feliway is helpful to use when you invite visitors to your home. It can help cats to adjust to living with more than one cat. Plus, you can use a feliway when traveling with your cat on vacation.

Adapting to a New Home Environment

It could take a cat a few weeks to adapt to his new surroundings. Make sure you keep all doors and windows closed during this time period. If you have to keep the windows open, make sure you have a secure screen to prevent your pet from escaping. Experts recommend that new pets stay indoors at least the first month of their entire lives.

Sleep Arrangements for Your Cat

Cats can sleep anywhere within a home and feel comfortable. However, you may want to provide your pet with a bed. This will discourage him from trying to sleep on your furniture. All you have to do is get a nice basket lined with bedding. Then place it in a quiet corner in your home.

Meeting Other Household Pets

Like all animals, every cat has a personality. So, the ability of your cat to get along with other pets in your home will all depend on his personality. For example, some new cats will feel a need to establish dominance right away, especially if you have another dog in the house. The first few days may be a little chaotic. Just be patient ? they?ll eventually become one big happy family. It may take a little time for your cat to get acquainted with your other pets.Hopefully, the tips above will help your cat to get adjust and feel at home. The key to having a happy pet is to shower him with a lot of tender loving care.

To find out more information on how to get a Feliway Diffuser for your pet, visit www.chemistdirect.co.uk . Feliway will help in reducing your pet?s stress-related behavior.

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Estate Planning ? Rules And Trustees |

In case you are correctly trying to place some assets into a trust (inter vivos) in your lifetime, then you will have been paying attention to the vital variations between wills and trusts. A belief created during your life shall be far safer with respect to its means to face up to challenges to how your assets are to be distributed during estate planning than a will. Making a trust is a brave factor to do, because it telegraphs, to a certain extent, what you will do with your property when you are still alive. This is what insulates it from attacks on your capacity, as a result of it?s unlikely, for example that, one of your relations is going to say you are insane or feeble and unduly influenced by another of your relations to your face and this makes the belief a far surer bet than a will, in some cases.

However, the belief additionally might engender arduous feels concerning the exclusion of a relative and those emotions will turn into identified to a person creating a trust while they are still alive. This is the benefit of a will ? if individuals do not prefer it, you?ll by no means know. The will maker is long gone when those who don?t love what they?ve accomplished contest the need and people who do prefer it try to defend it. Though, it needs to be noted that intelligent drafting ought to be capable of alleviate the necessity of either a contest or a defense. That?s the reason you need a clever estate planning legal professional to create your will somewhat than just a form. The lawyer that creates your will typically defends its contents, or in other words, their understanding of your wishes. The belief is a special story, as a result of your belief will probably be administered by someone (known as the trustee) for the aim of people who the belief advantages (the beneficiaries).

One of many paramount issues of forming a trust is deciding what powers the trustee has and what powers they don?t have relative to the belongings you may have placed in trust. Keep in mind that a trustee is already assumed to have a duty to profit the trust and that many states have laws concerning what a trustee can and can?t do, if the settlor (the creator of the trust) does not specify otherwise. However, once more, you don?t need to go away the financial destiny of your trust up to the state any greater than you want the state to decide who gets your assets. Your wills and trusts lawyer will be capable of provide you with a list of the normal powers of a trustee in your state and let you know what they mean. Many of the powers concern what type of property the trustee can spend money on on behalf of the trust. For instance, the trustee is typically prohibited from shopping for normal securities for the belief as a result of they?re considered too risky. But, in case you have chosen your trusted inventory dealer as your trustee and he or she has agreed, then this is perhaps exactly the restriction you don?t want. Consult along with your lawyer concerning the kind of belief you wish to create and what the foundations are in your state. Remember, that these guidelines are there to cowl the bases in case you do not make your own rules. Understanding the foundations which are there, and why, will provide you with a way of the kinds of guidelines that may be good and those that you would fairly not have. As well as, it is possible for you to to give the trustee extra freedom than the state rules would enable, or less, depending on how conservatively you want your assets to be managed.

Be ready to have a candid dialog with your attorney regarding what the foundations are and what you want to see happen. It is good to remember that your property planning attorney has seen many trusts and understands how they work. Typically restrictions that seem good at present is likely to be the very restrictions that cripple your trust in a vastly different economic environment. In some cases, a belief could span a number of many years and the trustee could change together with the local weather the trust was created in. When radical economic adjustments have occurred, a trust with larger flexibility will probably be beneficial. So you could have loads to consider as you enter the exciting world of forming a trust. Do not let rules be off-putting, they are there as guides and while you understand them you?ll have a larger understanding of what you need. Ask your estate planner to offer you details about the current rules and some basic recommendation about how to choose a trustee.

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Meloni gets bloody in new 'True Blood' trailer

By Tim Kenneally, TheWrap.com

After leaving his long-running gig on "Law & Order: SVU" last year, Christopher Meloni has finally found a new role that he can sink his teeth into.

Meloni has signed on for season five of HBO's hit vampire drama "True Blood" as Roman, an ancient bloodsucker and guardian of the Vampire Authority.

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A new trailer for the upcoming season of the series offers a brief but enticing glimpse of the former Det. Stabler in his new role, laying down the law in his undead community and catching a face full of plasma -- which is either a sign of a very dramatic scene to come, or a luxury treatment available at vampire spas everywhere.

The new season of "True Blood" premieres June 10 at 9 p.m. Until then, watch Meloni in action.

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Try These Useful Ideas For Home Improvement |

If your kitchen is in need of a renovation that you can?t afford, consider simply repainting your cabinets and replacing their hinges. You won?t have made any major functional changes, but your kitchen will appear much nicer and newer. Replacing hinges ensures that cabinet doors fit snugly instead of hanging open, and the new paint will brighten up the whole room.

If you are looking for exterior window treatments that will provide efficiency and privacy, bamboo is a good choice. Using bamboo window treatments for the outer decor of the home not only provides shade for natural cooling, but also resists the sun and hot temperatures. At the same time, you will find that they offer excellent privacy within the home.

Before you begin painting the exterior of your home, it is critical to repair and prepare the surfaces you plan on repainting. Your paint job will not be durable if you do not prepare the surfaces properly. If your house has siding, any section that is damaged must be repaired. If the surface you are repainting is wood, remove any peeling, flaking, or blistering paint, before applying a new coat. This difficult job of removing paint can be done by scraping or sanding. Be sure to wear safety equipment, such as a dust mask and protective goggles, when removing the old paint.

Create a budget for your home improvement idea, stick to it the best you can. Look closely at how much it will cost you to get your project completed. It is best to make a budget before you get started so you don?t get in over your head with expenses.

Make sure that you clean your downspouts and gutters at least a couple of times per year to prevent costly damage to your home. Overflowing gutters can actually cause water to leak onto interior walls, and gutters clogged with pounds of wet leaves may buckle under the weight. This is especially important in autumn, when leaves are shedding rapidly from the trees.

When replacing flooring, think about the kind of foot-traffic that will be in the room. Stone and ceramic floors are perfect for high traffic areas such as the foyer and bathroom. Areas in your home that have low traffic, such as personal bedrooms, are better suited for flooring that is more attractive but harder to clean.

Vinyl decks have been increasingly more popular for homeowners. It is important to clean the deck surface twice a year to keep it looking good, and making sure that it is available for years of enjoyment to come. Spring and fall are the best times to do a clean sweep of your vinyl deck.

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There is nothing quite like the satisfaction of doing a job yourself and doing the job well. The most important part of home improvement is to overcome your fear. By taking a job one step at a time and following the instructions and advice provided by this article, you will be surprised at what you can accomplish!

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