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Charter has a new sweepstakes that is worth taking a look at.

Charter is known for doing things in a fun way. Have you seen some of their contests and give-aways? They have given away cars and Xboxs to name only a few. This is only one of the many ways that Charter wants to connect with customers and show new customers how happy they will be with Charter services.

Charter Communications wants to meet the demand for HD programming. If you become a new Charter customer or you upgrade your current service during the month of April you will be automatically entered into their drawing for a 22-inch flat screen HDTV!

Visit Charter’s website and easily navigate around to build the service bundle that fits your desires and needs. When you bundle your services this way you not only save money but you can be sure that you are receiving the services you want.

In addition, Charter is offering a chance to win a grand prize package that includes a 52-inch LCD flat screen HDTV, a home theater system, and a year of free Charter Digital Cable service!

A new study is researching what factors lead laser printers to emit toxic particles into the air. Laser printers are the biggest polluting piece of equipment in the typical office.

Individual components were heated separately in furnaces so that researchers could observe how they emitted particulates in response to heat. They found that each component had a threshhold under which emissions were almost nonexistent. Then there was a higher threshhold determined at which only volatile organic compounds were emitted and another threshold at which both volatile organic compounds and particulates were produced.

The researchers also operated the printers in different settings to measure either the nature of particles emitted or to measure how long the particles persisted. The laser printer emitted about 100,000 percent more particulates than the other printer mostly because of a different pattern of particulate release.

Toner or paper type had only limited effect on volatile organic compounds or particulate emissions. These findings have led the researchers to conclude that printer design is the biggest indicator of emissions levels.