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December 2006 

Below are listed featured articles from the December 2006 issue, Vol. 59, no. 12 © 2006 Barks Publications, Inc. ... see also December 2006 departments and columns and Previous issues.

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• When less is more
  Knowing the real causes of electrical outages

By Barbara Wolcott, EA Special Correspondent

• Electromechanical sales and service go global
  Business activity over the past year indicates broadening markets, business consolidation and robust sales

By Kevin Jones, EA Senior Editor

• 2006: a significant year in standards
  Electrical standards development in 2006

By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor

• The year in automation
  A year of incremental changes in industrial electronics technology suggests industry is taking a breather

By David P. Tryling, EA Electronics Editor
 

• Internet questions (and answers) reveal motor misunderstandings
  When open forums become little more than a sharing of ignorance.
  With trilingual summary.
  (Read an online summary )

  By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor

• Standing while working
  Standees deliver more if they have happy feet.

  By Richard B. Elsberry, EA Contributing Editor

• Funding growth
  The lesson is clear: Lean operations ease growing pains.

  By William H. Wiersema, CPA, EA Contributing Editor

See also December 2006's Departments, columns