ÿþ<title>09.10 today&#39;s engineer e-mail update</title> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="610" align="center" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="81"><map id="FPMap0" name="FPMap0"> <area shape="RECT" coords="11,22,120,55" href="http://www.ieeeusa.org" /> <area shape="RECT" coords="207,21,589,57" href="http://www.todaysengineer.org" /> </map><img height="81" alt="" hspace="0" src="http://www.todaysengineer.org/Update/images/update-html-header-2010-wedgie.jpg" width="610" align="absBottom" usemap="#FPMap0" border="0" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="203"> <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 10px"><font face="Arial,helvetica," color="#3455b6" size="2">September 2010</font></div> </td> <td align="right" width="407"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="350" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="middle" width="260"> <div align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666" size="2">Network with IEEE Members <strong>&gt;&gt;</strong></font></div> </td> <td align="middle" width="30"><a href="http://bmsmail2.ieee.org:80/ctd/lu?RID=&CON=&PRO=&AID=&CID=UNKNOWN&COID=UNKNOWN&T=http%3a%2f%2fwww.linkedin.com%2fgroups%3fabout%3d%26gid%3d55581%26goback%3d.gdr_1237488272399_1&TN=linkedin&RT=Clicked+On+URL"><img height="22" alt="LinkedIn" src="http://www.ieeeusa.org/images/common/linkies-22.gif" width="22" border="0" /></a></td> <td align="middle" width="30"><a href="http://bmsmail2.ieee.org:80/ctd/lu?RID=&CON=&PRO=&AID=&CID=UNKNOWN&COID=UNKNOWN&T=http%3a%2f%2fwww.facebook.com%2fieeeusa%3fref%3dmf&TN=facebook&RT=Clicked+On+URL"><img height="22" alt="Facebook" src="http://www.ieeeusa.org/images/common/facies-22.gif" width="22" border="0" /></a></td> <td align="middle" width="30"><a href="http://bmsmail2.ieee.org:80/ctd/lu?RID=&CON=&PRO=&AID=&CID=UNKNOWN&COID=UNKNOWN&T=http%3a%2f%2fwww.twitter.com%2fieeeusa&TN=twitter&RT=Clicked+On+URL"><img height="22" alt="Twitter" src="http://ieeeusa.org/images/common/twitter-icon.gif" width="22" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#a6c0e1" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="3"> <div style="HEIGHT: 10px"><img height="10" src="http://www.todaysengineer.org/Update/images/spacer.gif" width="10" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10">&#160;</td> <td> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="590" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div style="HEIGHT: 10px"><img height="10" hspace="0" src="http://www.todaysengineer.org/Update/images/top-bar-white-590-10-wedgie.jpg" width="590" align="absBottom" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="2"> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #c0c0c0 1px solid" align="left"><strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666" size="3">IEEE-USA Today's Engineer</font></strong></div> <br /> <div align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="Today's Engineer]"><em><A HREF="http://bmsmail2.ieee.org:80/ctd/lu?RID=&CON=&PRO=&AID=&CID=UNKNOWN&COID=UNKNOWN&T=http%3a%2f%2fwww.todaysengineer.org%2f&TN=Today%27s+Engineer&RT=Clicked+On+URL">Today's Engineer</A></em></a> is a monthly online publication covering issues affecting U.S. IEEE members' careers, as well as topics that are shaping legislation, the technology workplace, and the engineering world. 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