Dear MICHAEL DOLINSKY: Here's your monthly Online Alert with news of the IEEE from the editors of The Institute. The most current version of The Institute can always be found at ________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE: 1. E-mail Alert Now Arrives Twice a Month 2. Worldwide Project Teams Need Special Handling 3. Ask the Right Questions When Financing a Home 4. Wi-Fi Fills the Need for Speed 5. Section Count Hits All Time High 6. Election Ballots Coming in September 7. Member Profile: Cramming Fun into Engineering Education 8. Managing Your Subscription to The Institute Online Alert +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SPONSORED BY: FREQUENCY DEVICES INC. "NEW" Brick-Wall Digital Filters with Linear Phase CLICK HERE: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A word about the links in this email: Because URLs can be long, some e-mail programs might not capture an entire URL for direct clicking. Note that the complete link, contained between the < > symbols, should be selected when clicking or copying and pasting into a browser window. 1. E-mail Alert Now Arrives Twice a Month Beginning this month, members will receive two updates a month with highlights of news and other articles of interest published in The Institute Online, which is at . 2. Worldwide Project Teams Need Special Handling Managing projects that meld people and resources around the world to work on everything from an initial concept to a finished product demand new approaches. Learn more about global project management at 3. Ask the Right Questions When Financing a Home Many people often fail to ask the right questions when they shop for a mortgage. Understanding your options, especially now with interest rates in the United States at their lowest levels in 40 years, helps you get terms that can save you thousands of dollars during the life of the loan. 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