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Some think the fuss is not worth the price. Rather than reducing costs, warns Robert Jones, an Atlanta regional manager with the real estate firm of Cushman and Wakefield, smart technology actually increases them; for one thing, more sophisticated workers are required to maintain the buildings. "We're no longer talking about boilers and fuse boxes," says Jones. "Maintenance crews today have to know what 'optimum start times' and 'digital control devices' mean." Others criticize the lack of choice implicit in a smart building, which gets its technology from only a few suppliers...
...WAKEFIELD, Mass.--Lt. Gov. John Kerry, nursing a blister from shaking hands in his U.S. Senate race, scrambled yesterday to clear up a question over campaign finance, then fulfilled a non-political promise and took his children to the circus...
Earlier in the day, Kerry appeared in Lawrence with Sen. Paul Tsongas, the Democrat who precipitated this race by retiring, then hurried to the West Side Social Club in Wakefield to address a Democratic unity breakfast...
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...attitudes of the parents are another matter. As the controversy continues, those in a quandary may derive some reassurance from Barbara Fry, principal of Wakefield Forest Elementary School in Fairfax County. Says she: "Of course we want to develop a child's formal learning skills. But in the end, some children just need to be children." -By Richard Lacayo...