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AlanDESIGn PROPERTY SERVICESCertificate of Excellence 2015
We are small group of professional builders, engineers and architectural designer based in Ealing, West London. We offer full house alterations, renovations, complete refurbishments, maintenance and repair. We undertake tasks such as general building, painting and decorating, plumbing and electrical, wooden and laminate flooring, tiling, plastering, suspended ceilings inc. LED lighting and handyman service. We are proud of delivering bathrooms and wetrooms to high end specifications based on designer's plans and also to standard level accordingly to client's request. We have over 15 years experience in multi- trade field. We can improve and repair your property to achieve high quality and best result. We can do smaller jobs such as tiling, re- sealing and grouting, which falls under property maintenance category. Moreover we offer architectural services such as preparation of architectural plans for extensions, lofts and porches for planning and building control applications. Documents' submission and liaising with any council free of charge. Our engineer will visit you to take a photographic and measured survey, to discuss your future plans of required works and then we will follow with a quote at a later date. We have done similar jobs like yours in the past. Meanwhile you can have a look on our portfolio on Rated People with positive job ratings: http://www.ratedpeople.com/profile/alandesign-property-services/index and our website www.alandesign.co.uk bathrooms & wetrooms section http://www.alandesign.co.uk/#!bathrooms-wetrooms/c1iz6 gallery section http://www.alandesign.co.uk/#!gallery/c1qz9 We do care about every single client to ensure that the work goes smoothly. We are proud of quality, service and value to bring mutual success between us and a customer. Thank you for your interest in advance and we are looking forward to hearing from you soon to discuss your best deal with us.
Adam UK Construction Ltd
WELCOME TO ADAM UK CONSTRUCTION Adam UK Construction Is a family run business which has been established more than 25 years in UK. Offering Premier London construction services in the industry. Offering a range of professional services . We have a dedicated team of professionals from Architects to professional tradesman. We specialise in building refurbishments , property renovations and bespoke services. Our quality and workmanship is guaranteed for 12 years. We undertake all types general maintenance for Residential , commercial and educational establishments. Providing a professional service for improvements ranging from plumbing to decorating. We provide a fully comprehensive service ranging from residential to commercial, as well as domestic building services. May be considering a new build home or that new extension, may be even a relaxing patio lounge. Our unique services at Adam Construction tailors for our client's needs or Architectural planning requirement's working closely with local planning authorities. PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS We provide a personal tailored & professional service which over the years has gained much reputation for our high end quality projects at competitive prices. Adam Construction are a master building company in the industry with a dedicated team. Planning a spacious new kitchen, family room or that conservatory space to enjoy with your family! A new home Extension can increase the value of your property providing an investment for your future. Adam Construction will provide an initial face to face consultancy service, together we will tailor your requirements creating that special Home Improvement for that changing lifestyle. Our building services cover a range of services from small renovations to complete build projects. We will provide a tailored solution handling your project management from the initial planning concept to final completion. Providing and working with the best trade craftsman, interior decorators and builders. We undertake all types of Residential refurbishments, commercial office and educational projects. Adam Construction will also undertake building construction projects in the surrounding London areas (20miles) as well as the Central London areas A personal approach - We have a dedicated team of approved professionals from Architects to skilled craftsmen. We are Associate Members with following companies ! * Considerate Constructors * FMB (Federation of Master Builders) * CSCS (construction skills) * TRUST MARK (Government endorsed standards) * The Guild Of Master Craftsmen * Tradesman Liability Insurance covering £2,000,000
We are property management company. Have been providing building contracting services throughout London for the past decade. We believe we have the best tradesmen available anywhere in London. Decorators, Painters, Tilers, Plasterers, Plumbers, Bathroom fitters
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Loft Conversion and Roofing Contractor, General Prestigious Building work carried out to very high standard. 35 yrs experience with plenty of references decades old with old style photos(remember them) as proof. .Church Office and Domestic references and contracts. Serious customers only with appreciation of hard manual work and the skill set's necessary to undertake projects of this nature .Its all craft skill's and the oldest. Prior work for the Lord's and Church buildings and Public properties. Buildings and design work still in appreciable condition after decades..Highly skilled tradesmen only employed. Guaranteed work.
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Abbey Roofing
Based in Chelmsford, Abbey roofing has been established since 1980. We have a wealth of experience and can deal with all aspects of roofing. From small repair works, strip and re-roof and new roofs using most materials including tiles, slates, lead and built-up felt. We also have extensive experience in Period properties, including peg tiles and hand-bossed lead work. Abbey Roofing is a family-run business covering Chelmsford and the surrounding areas including Southend, Colchester, Brentwood, Witham, Braintree and Maldon. For all your roofing solutions a simple call is all it takes. We will carry out a free initial survey, supply you with a detailed estimate, which can be agreed on before any work begins. We can also accommodate general building work from brickwork repairs to full extensions and pvcu installation fascias, soffits and guttering systems. All new work carries a full guarantee.
We cover flat roofs in hot asphalt or built up torch on high performance felts , to dorms roofs,garages ,gutters fascias and soffits in pic tiles ,slates ,reprinting of chimneys,ridges ,flashings , odd repairs ,no job to small , storm damage work coverd
Dean Roofing
We offer a complete roofing service, Flat Roofing, Slating,Tiling, Leadwork, GRP Fibreglass Roofing, Liquid Waterproofing, Roofline (Fascia, Soffits, Cladding), Sheeting. Storm damage and insurance claims, Roof repairs, Insurance Backed Guarantees.
Roofwash services cover all aspects of Roof repairs,cleaning,sealing and painting to prolong the life of a roof as well as new roof installations. At Roofwash we also deal with traditional crafts and skills to repair and restore existing building work and provide brand new limestone and sandstone products to architectural specifications where needed.Work undertaken includes paving, steps, walling, pointing, all architectural and structural stone work, carving and sculpture.We provide a full-design service and thorough consultations. All genuine enquiries considered no matter how large or small. We can provide step by step photos of work completed on listed buildings completed recently.
WesleyCertificate of Excellence 2015
Kendall Roofing& CarpentryCertificate of Excellence 2015
Exall Roofing Ltd
Exall Roofing is a family run business with over 35 years of industrial & commercial roofing experience. Since our formation in 1980, our goal has been to produce high quality work for our customers at a reasonable cost. Whether you require a small roof repair or a complete new roof, we can help.
B m plastic & building services
B M Plastic & Building Services is a well-established building, maintenance & landscaping company working in Essex and the surrounding areas, having completed many successful projects, we can say that we have the experience and the expertise needed to realise the construction or landscaping project that you have in mind. We work closely with project and house owners to ensure their wishes are taken into account. We can also advise on alternative solutions that could be less costly and take less time to complete without compromising quality.
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Keenan roofing
We design plan and also build amazing Lofts and also have extensive knowledge in extensions and internal renovations. whilst we do this we make sure your list of ideas and needs are in the design all of the way. We help with the layout and building control and in some cases, planning and we give simple ideas on how you can have a shower room in you small loft space. We also make bespoke inverted roof terrace,s that are in keeping with permitted development We are very committed and competitive with our quotation price,s for several reasons, We have our own in house designer and our own structural engineer which can help in the planning stage of any loft, Most loft space do not need planning although some do, And we can aid in Party wall agreements.
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Empire UPVC & Roofing Specialists LTD
We are an established and reputable roofing company based in the Hertfordshire area. We cover all aspects of roofing and UPVC. We have a fully staffed office working 5 days a week and 4 full time fitting teams. We are used by our local council contractors and estate agents. We offer 15 year guarantees for the majority of our work.
Roofing contractor all types roofing catered for skylights fixed to roof repairs 35 years in business Houses of Lords, Churches, domestic properties reasonable prices highly skilled tradesmen..
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Masterfix Roofing&Building
With us at masterfix Roofing&Building LTD you are in the safest possible hands all are work comes fully guaranteed we also give free Quotations,advice with no obligations.we take a lot of pride in are projects from ground works to complete new roofing work we also undertake refurbishments all are workers are polite and considerate about your home making sure at the of each day to clean up after them self so your property is left the way before we started work
All star home improvements
All star home improvements is a well established business with 15 years experience we undertake all types of groundwork landscape gardening fencing brick work roofing exc.
Citywide Roofing
Roof Repairs Colchester Essex . As well as our full range of tiled, slated and flat roof replacement and repair services, we also offer new and existing customers our particular expertise with removing, repairing or replacing plastic, uPVC, aluminium, cast iron gutters and downpipes, soffits, fascias and barge boards repaired or replaced with a new installation. All new installations are guaranteed.
a.b.building solutions
We aim to bring high quality work at affordable prices. Our attention to detail is much appreciated buy all of our customers to date. We provide quality throughout from start to finish. Hear is a list of trades we provide. •Gas safe pluming and heating •Roofing •carpentry •kitchen fitters •brick layers •landscape gardening •plastering We take on small and large Jobs from General repairs to loft conversions and extensions.
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Richard Childress Racing
Recent News
Nationwide Post Race Report for Darlington Raceway
May 11, 2013
NASCAR Nationwide Series
VFW 200 Sport Clips 200
Darlington Raceway
May 10, 2013
Race Highlights:
•Richard Childress Racing teammates finished 11th (Austin Dillon), 13th (Ty Dillon) and 14th (Brian Scott).
•Dillon is sixth in the Nationwide Series driver championship point standings, trailing leader Regan Smith by 52 markers, while Scott is eighth in the standings, 58 points behind Smith.
•The No. 33 Chevrolet team ranks seventh in the Nationwide Series owner championship point standings, with the No. 3 team ninth in the standings and the No. 2 team 11th.
•According to NASCAR's Loop Data Statistics, A. Dillon was one of three drivers who spent 100 percent of the race running in the top-15 and maintained an Average Running Position of 8.088, ranking him ninth among the field.
•T. Dillon was the 10th-Fastest Driver Late in a Run and made 31 Green Flag Passes.
•Scott ranked fourth in Green Flag Passes with 35.
•Kyle Busch earned his fifth victory of the 2013 Nationwide Series season and was followed to the finish line by Elliott Sadler, Brian Vickers, Joey Logano and Matt Kenseth.
•The next Nationwide Series race is the History 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday, May 25. The 10th race of the 2013 season is scheduled to be televised live on ABC beginning at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time and broadcast live on the Performance Racing Network and Sirius XM NASCAR Satellite Radio.
Brian Scott Brings Home a 14th-Place Finish at 'The Lady in Black'
Brian Scott and the No. 2 Shore Lodge team took the checkered flag in the 14th spot after battling a loose handling car for the better part of the night at Darlington Raceway on Friday night. The 25-year-old NASCAR Nationwide Series driver took the green flag from the rear of the field because the crew made an adjustment (changed spark plug) under impound conditions following qualifying. Through the course of the first 20 laps, Scott picked off his competition as he navigated his way through the field towards the front. By lap 32 he was up to the 13th position. As the field settled into a lengthy green-flag run, Scott reported to crew chief Phil Gould that the handling was good in turns three and four, but really loose in one and two. The Boise, Idaho-native hit pit road under green on lap 110 for four fresh tires, fuel and a chassis adjustment. Scott continued to battle a loose-handling condition as the race continued. The caution flag was displayed on lap 118 allowing him to make a trip to pit road for another chassis adjustment. The field took the green for the final time on lap 12 and the No. 2 Shore Lodge team was able to earn a 14th-place finish.
Start - 26 Finish - 14 Laps Led - 0 Points - 8th
BRIAN SCOTT QUOTE: "It was a tough evening for the No. 2 team. We had to start from the rear of the field after changing a spark plug following qualifying. We were able to make gains towards the front in the beginning, but as the track continued to rubber up we couldn't get the car tightened up enough to run the high line. It's frustrating; we have to move on to Charlotte and have a strong run there in a couple weeks."
Austin Dillon Earns an 11th-Place Result at Darlington Raceway
Austin Dillon drove Richard Childress Racing's No. 3 AdvoCare Chevrolet to an 11th-place finish in the VFW Sport Clips 200 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Darlington Raceway on Friday evening. The Welcome, N.C. native started the 147-lap affair from the eighth position and reported a loose-handling condition while running high against the wall in turn three during the early stages of the race. Caution periods gave the RCR pit crew the opportunity to make adjustments to the black No. 3 machine and handling conditions improved for Dillon & Co. The driver worked his way into the second position for a restart with 20 laps remaining, after several teams opted to pit while Dillon stayed on the race track. However, a tight-handling condition developed during the final green flag run and Dillon dropped in the running order, ultimately posting an 11th-place result.
Start - 8 Finish - 11 Laps Led - 0 Points - 6th
AUSTIN DILLON QUOTE: "I was hoping for a better finish at Darlington Raceway. We developed a very tight-handling condition on our last run and it caused us to lose a lot of track position in the closing laps. It's unfortunate, but this is a very strong team and we still have a lot of racing left. We will battle back and be strong contenders for the point championship for the remainder of the season."
Ty Dillon Finishes 13th in Darlington Raceway Debut
Ty Dillon and the No. 33 Armour Vienna Sausages team rallied to a 13th-place finish after battling an ill-handling Chevrolet for the first part of the 147-lap affair at Darlington Raceway on Friday night. This was the Welcome, N.C. native's first appearance to the 1.336-mile raceway in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Dillon started from the 15th position and immediately reported a tight-handling condition. The Ernie Cope-led team serviced the Richard Childress Racing entry with a round of chassis adjustments under yellow flag conditions on lap 33. With the changes bringing relief to the 21-year-old driver, Dillon began making his way up through the field. He was scored in the 12th position on lap 118 when Cope called the blue and gold Armour Vienna Sausages Chevrolet team to pit road for the final stop of the evening for four fresh Goodyear tires and a can of fuel. With 20 laps remaining, Dillon climbed as high as 11th but fell to the 13th position before crossing the finish line.
Start - 15 Finish - 13 Laps Led - 0 Owner's Points - 7th
TY DILLON QUOTE: "I definitely learned a lot throughout the race. We struggled in the beginning with the handling on the No. 33 Armour Vienna Sausages Chevrolet, but Ernie (Cope, crew chief) did a great job in fixing the issues. The 33 team was fast on pit road. We just didn't have the track position we needed at the end of the race."


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September 01,2014Governors urge
painkiller reversal
MONTPELIER The six New England governors are urging the U.S. Health and Human Services secretary to reverse the Food and Drug Administrations approval of a powerful new painkiller, Zohydro.
In a letter dated Thursday, the governors of Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island tell Secretary Sylvia Burwell that the region is in the midst of an addiction crisis.
The drug Zohydro is an extended-release capsule that contains up to five times the amount of narcotic hydrocodone previously available in pills.
The letter says the drugs maker is preparing to seek approval for an abuse-deterrent formulation.
The governors say the likelihood of abuse of the current drug and the anticipated availability of an alternative are grounds to rescind the approval.
They say the states dont need another high-risk drug.
Doctor accused of
mishandling pills
BURLINGTON The former chairman of a panel overseeing the use of prescription drugs in Vermont is facing allegations he improperly dispensed medications to 14 patients.
Michael Scovner, who has a medical office in Poultney, was chairman of the Drug Utilization Board. He stepped down in August 2012.
The Burlington Free Press reported that the state Medical Practice Board made the allegations that he was dispensing the medications for other than therapeutic purposes.
Scovner also was accused of ordering bulk delivery of anti-anxiety pills in 2011 that he intended to give to a single patient.
Scovners lawyer, Eileen Elliott, denied her client did anything wrong. She said he intends to fight the allegations.
A hearing before the medical board is scheduled for Sept. 30.
Shumlin names
campaign chief
MONTPELIER Vermonts incumbent Gov. Peter Shumlin, a Democrat, is planning to launch his re-election campaign in Essex.
On Friday, Shumlins campaign announced that he has hired a former member of his communications staff, Scott Corriel, to be his campaign manager.
Shumlin was first elected in 2010. Hes planning to launch his campaign Sept. 9.
Shumlin says his campaign will focus on what he calls the challenges and opportunities facing Vermont in the years ahead.
He says the state has made progress, but he will not rest until all Vermonters have the economic security and quality of life they deserve.
Shumlins Republican challenger is Scott Milne, a Pomfret businessman.
Fossil-free funds
option now offered
MONTPELIER Vermont teachers now have the option of investing some of their retirement savings in fossil-free mutual funds.
State Treasurer Beth Pearce says the addition of the 403(b) option was approved by the Vermont State Teachers Retirement Board of Trustees at its August meeting.
Pearce says the option gives more choices to teachers who want to make socially responsible investments.
The plan is available to teachers in all Vermont supervisory unions.
In February the same option was made available to state employees.
History group buys
home for museum
ST. JOHNSBURY A group working to build a museum and history center in St. Johnsbury has a home, and portions of the St. Johnsbury History and Heritage Center museum that will display local artifacts could be open by the end of the year, officials said.
Were over the moon, said Peggy Pearl, director of the group that purchased a Victorian house on Summer Street for $185,000 on Friday. Weve finally reached it. Were really ecstatic. It has been a long road.
The Caledonian Record reported that the propertys carriage barn will be updated and a wheelchair ramp constructed leading to the house.
Some artifacts that are now being stored at the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium may be installed this year. Its expected the museums opening will be phased in. The first is planned for December.
It will be bit by bit, piece by piece, when we get shelving and the right atmospheric conditions, Pearl said.
The center raised about $250,000 with a fundraising campaign while future operating costs will be covered by donations.
The history center had been looking for a home for some time. It had been ready to use the towns former armory on Main Street, but officials backed away from that because of concerns about the presence of toxic chemicals and a lack of grants to fix the problem.
State seeks bear
teeth from hunters
MONTPELIER The Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife is asking the states successful bear hunters to submit a tooth to biologists so they can collect information about the bear population.
Vermonts early bear hunting season starts today.
Teeth are used to determine the age of the bear.
Biologists use age and sex data to get an estimate of the number of bears in the state and to determine the status and health of the bear population.
Instructions for removing the tooth can be found on the back of an envelope that will be provided by big-game check stations.
State bear project leader Forrest Hammond says conditions should be good this year for bear hunting.
Canada geese, duck seasons set
MONTPELIER The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Board has approved dates for the fall migratory bird hunting season.
The statewide open hunting season for Canada geese will take place Sept. 2-25, with a daily bag limit of five birds. Officials say the purpose of the September season is to help control Vermonts Canada goose population before the arrival of migrating geese.
A second season will occur from Oct. 10 to Nov. 28 with the focus on both resident and migrating birds. The daily bag limit for that season is three birds in the Lake Champlain and interior Vermont zones.
Duck season opens Oct. 8 in the Lake Champlain and interior Vermont zones and Oct. 2 in the Connecticut River zone, which also will have a Canada goose season.
Teacher wins translation grant
PLAINFIELD A faculty member at Goddard College in Plainfield has been given $12,500 by the National Endowment for the Arts to translate into English a collection of poetry by Mexican-Zapotec poet Irma Pineda.
Wendy Call, who works in the schools creative writing program, was one of 20 people around the country to be given the grant as an NEA Literature Translation Fellowship. The poetry from Pineda was published in 2007 and is made up of 36 poems.
The poems come from two voices: a person who has emigrated to the United States to work without legal authorization, and that persons partner, who has stayed behind.
Call has been a faculty member in the schools writing program since April 2013. According to a news release from the school, she has been collaborating with Pineda since 2010, publishing translations of Pinedas work in eight literary journals in the United States.
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For Immediate Release
March 11, 2008
Art students take center stage at State Capitol Arts Education Week ceremony
Event recognizes 2008 arts education poster contest winners; encourages communities to celebrate Illinois Arts Education Week, March 10-16
SPRINGFIELD — Dozens of students from throughout Illinois showcased their talents in the Rotunda of the Illinois State Capitol as part of the 26th annual Illinois Arts Education Week. The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) recognized the student winners in the statewide arts education poster contest. The ceremony was part of Illinois Arts Education Week, which is March 10-16, and highlights the importance of the fine arts to our students and culture with the theme, "Inspiring Learning through the Arts."
"The arts play a pivotal role in our students' lives, and are just as important as math, science or reading. The arts foster creativity and provide additional avenues for students to excel." said State Superintendent of Education Christopher A. Koch. "Arts education brings balance to students lives and, for many, this will be the only opportunity they have for this type of self expression."
Samantha Underwood, a 17-year-old junior at Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School in Chicago was chosen as the winner of the statewide poster contest celebrating the 2008 Illinois Arts Education Week. Samantha's entry is a color pencil drawing that shows her take on modern architecture and is featured on a poster that is distributed to all public and private schools throughout Illinois. The poster contest was sponsored by ISBE in coordination with the Illinois Alliance for Arts Education (IAAE) and the Office of Governor Blagojevich.
"Using colored pencils, I created a drawing inspired by photographs of skyscrapers with intense colors reflecting sunlight off the windows," Samantha said. "My artwork inspires my learning in all subjects through looking at problems from different perspectives."
During the ceremony, Samantha was recognized for her work by Illinois State Board member Brenda J. Holmes and presented with a framed poster. Alex Helander, a fifth-grader at Reagan Middle School in Dixon and Halen Fleet, a freshman at Pana Senior High School in Pana were also recognized for second and third place, respectively.
The Illinois Alliance for Arts Education also recognized several people for outstanding service to the field of arts education. The IAAE recognized Arts Education, Dance, Drama, Music and Visual Arts (media arts), and awards were presented in the following categories: Artist, Arts Educator, IAAE Organization, Industry/Business Partners, Public/Community Service, School Administration and the Nadine Saitlin Award.
"With current state testing, we are assessing the left side of the brain – the logical, the linear, the analytical left side of the brain – but we're also celebrating the right side. The right side looks at the big picture and is responsible for the empathy and symphony," said Amber Haper, president of IAAE and district superintendent for Leepertown CCSD 175 in Bureau. "We're honoring those teachers that instill those fundamental processes in our children. The arts are a fundamental learning area."
Fine Arts is one of the seven learning areas in the Illinois Learning Standards adopted in 1997 by ISBE. Fine Arts are a key component of a student's education and development. It's important that students learn the language of the arts, understand how works of art are produced, and understand the role of the arts in civilizations, past and present. The IL Learning Standards define what all students in Illinois public schools should know and be able to do as a result of their elementary and secondary schooling in the content learning areas of English language arts, mathematics, science, social science, physical development and health, fine arts and foreign languages.
The month of March is also celebrated by many national and state professional education associations as a time to focus on students' participation in the arts. It is a time to recognize the state's outstanding young artists and focus on careers in the arts available to Illinois students, and enhance public support for this important part of our curriculum. The Illinois Art Education Association and Illinois Music Education Association sponsor Youth Art Month and Music in Our Schools Month in March.
Additional posters can be requested by contacting ISBE's Curriculum and Instruction Division at 217-557-7323; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com; mail: 100 North First Street, Springfield, IL 62777-0001. The back of the poster contains references to the Illinois Learning Goals and Standards for the Fine Arts as well as suggested resources, activities and celebrations.
A complete list of the 2008 Illinois Arts Education Week's poster contest winners and honorees is below:
- Winner: Samantha Underwood, junior
Ruth Harper, Art Instructor
Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School, Chicago
- 2nd place: Alex Helander, fifth grade
Deb Thompson, Art Instructor
Reagan Middle School
Dixon USD 170
- 3rd place: Halen Fleet, freshman
Kathleen Hanners, Art Instructor
Pana Senior High School
Pana CUSD 8
- Featured School: Reagan Middle School, Dixon USD
Deb Thomspon, Art Instructor
- Honor Mention winners
A complete list of the 2008 IAAE honorees is below:
- School Administration
- Arts Educator
- Artist
- Industry/Business Partner
- Public/Community Service
- Creative Ticket Excellence Award
- IAAE Organization
- Nadine Saitlin Award


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Walker says venture capital plan coming soon
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Gov. Scott Walker says he still doesn't know whether his proposal for bolstering investment capital in Wisconsin will be included in his budget or put forward in a separate bill for the Legislature to consider.
Walker said at a Thursday meeting of economic development leaders from around the state that he's still working on details of the venture capital plan. He says the exact size of the fund is still being determined and how best to leverage state tax dollars.
Investors have long complained about the lack of money available for startup businesses in Wisconsin.
A $400 million venture capital plan was put forward in 2011, but it died amid disagreement among politicians and special interest groups about how the program would work.
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Billionaire Larry Ellison wants to build a new hotel on Lanai, the island he purchased last June.
Ellison's company representative revealed the idea at a meeting Thursday night.
KITV4 News has learned that the country's third-richest man has plans to construct Lanai's third luxury resort on the eastern tip of the island, at the old Club Lanai.
Those at the meeting say Ellison wants to give visitors to his island the chance to experience something different than the Four Seasons Resort Lanai at Manele Bay and the Lodge at Koele.
"From a business point of view, they feel that they're going to need that third resort to give visitors choices," said Reynold "Butch" Gima, a Lanai community leader. He said Ellison's vision is for a small, bungalow-type hotel similar to the old Kona Village Resort and that the area has no infrastructure and only dirt roads.
"Until more details are vetted out, it's going to be tough to see whether it's going to be a good thing, or something that the community can live with, or whether it's going to be bad," Gima added.
What's not bad, Gima said, is the community's reaction to everything Ellison has done so far on Lanai, from remodeling homes and businesses to upgrading facilities.
Maui County Mayor Alan Arakawa said, "I have not heard where he's doing anything that is anti what the community is asking."
"At the same time, there's a segment in the community saying you know, 'Hey, this is what Murdock did back in the '80s when he first bought Castle and Cooke.' So we have to see if this really pans out in the long run," said Gima.
Other plans in the long run for Ellison include a second runway at Lanai Airport, a desalination plant and increasing agriculture and solar energy production.
"It seems that he's putting together all the components that are necessary to really create a good, viable economic engine. In reality, this is probably the best thing that could have happened to Lanai," Arakawa said.
Lanai's state House Rep. Mele Carroll and the island's state Senator J. Kalani English say they found out about these plans in the news Friday.


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Office of Aboriginal Initiatives
WATERLOO CAMPUS: Sharing Circle with Charlene Leon
Apr 5/13
Date: Apr 5/13
Time: 11:00 - 12:00
Location: Aboriginal Student Centre, 187 Albert St, Waterloo
Cost: FREE
The smudging ceremony is a ritual that opens a sharing circle. Sage and sweet grass are the medicines most commonly used for ritually cleansing the self and the area where a ceremony will take place. Smudging is used in concert with ceremonies which include cleansing, praying, and healing. It is important to share all we can, including knowledge and life experiences. Sharing circles emphasize that everyone is important; it helps us to develop relationships, as well as identify who we are, where we come from, and who our ancestors are. The sharing circle also helps us to establish trust. Once we have shared our knowledge and experiences, the conductor of the circle will bring the ceremony to a close with a song and/or a prayer.
Charlene has worked with several Indigenous organizations over the past 23 years, both on and off reserves in the field of social service, education, and in the private sector. She is currently enrolled in Master of Social Work Program, Aboriginal Field of Study at Wilfrid Laurier University. She chooses to employ the Indigenous wholistic practice of the sharing circle as an effective tool for helping herself and others, as well as striving to incorporate Indigenous tradition into current educational and social work practices.
Contact: Charlene Leon
Phone: 519.884.1970 ext. 4311
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Academic Medals
Academic medals are awarded on the basis of overall academic standing. The Graduate Awards Committee adjudicates the competitions for the academic medals.
This medal is awarded at the fall convocation to the graduate student who achieves the highest academic standing in a master's or doctoral degree program at either the spring or fall convocation.
At each of the spring and fall convocations up to eleven medals for outstanding graduate work may be awarded, as follows:
In each of these cases, the nomination form and supporting evidence is forwarded to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies by May 1 (for spring convocation) and September 15 (for fall convocation).
An annual Award for Excellence in Social Work Research has been established by an alumnus of the Faculty of Social Work in order to promote excellence in social work research and to encourage social work students to undertake and publish research of significant benefit to the professional community. This award is granted on the basis of the following criteria and procedures:
The Ontario Association of Social Workers (Midwestern Branch), strives to promote and maintain standards for professional competence and ethical practice. In an effort to encourage these standards, the midwestern branch wishes to recognize the efforts of Wilfrid Laurier University social work students who have demonstrated outstanding achievement and excellence in these areas. Upon graduation, two successful candidates will receive a new graduate membership in the Ontario Association of Social Workers.
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Lazaridis School of Business & Economics
Business students shine in Laurier's Integrated Case Exercise (ICE)
Aug 2/13
Lauriers spring-term Integrated Case Exercise (ICE) competition, held last week in the School of Business & Economics, successfully developed plans to support this years organization with achieving their stated vision. The winning team (Team 50) included Cody Clayton, Elaine Hu, Heather Mackinnon, Duncan Reynolds, and Dynaform Wang.
ICE, a week-long case study competition that takes place in the winter and spring terms, was introduced into the business program more than 30 years ago. ICE is unique in Canada giving all third-year students in Lauriers Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program the opportunity to analyze comprehensive problems faced by real companies.
When asked what advice they would give for the next batch of ICE students: Work together, said team #50 in an interview following the winning announcement. a team that is on the same page from start to finish is key. The full interview can be seen online now.
This years case featured the Region of Waterloo International Airport, a customer friendly facility centrally located in the heart of Canadas Technology Triangle bordered by the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo. Currently The Region of Waterloo International Airport provides daily service between Ottawa, Calgary and Chicago. This years case was co-authored by David Rose, Detlev Nitsch, and Chris Maziarz.
The ICE competition began with groups of five to six students presenting their recommendations in writing and orally to a board of School of Business & Economics faculty. The groups with the best overall performance, before each internal board, were then selected to present before an external board of business executives, including representatives from the Region of Waterloo International Airport Chris Wood, General Manager, and Sandra McAuley, Marketing and Communications Supervisor.
Through the ICE competition, BBA students have the opportunity to integrate management disciplines into a real-time problem-solving context while experiencing work-world pressures, developing presentation skills, and interacting with business executives.
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Robots are terrifying. Anybody who says different is either a robot scientist or somebody who has been replaced by a terrifying, terrifying robot. Think we're overreacting? Think we're advocating hyperbolic, knee-jerk neo-Luddism for the sake of comedy? Probably! But then, if robots are so harmless, explain why science is ...
5Giving Computers Schizophrenia
Researchers at the University of Texas-Austin have done it! They've finally managed to transfer mental diseases to the realm of computers: They gave a supercomputer schizophrenia. G- ... good job, guys?
Was this an actual check box on the Big List of Scientific Accomplishment -- making crazy artificial intelligences? Are we sure that particular line wasn't penciled in after the fact by a disgruntled intern or something?
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"Wait, no...here it is: Schizophrenic Computer, right above Vacuum Cleaner with Chlamydia."
Well, it's too late now, because DISCERN is a very real thing. DISCERN is a neural network: an artificial mind created by simulating human brain connections. To describe the mechanism behind schizophrenia, scientists posited the hyperlearning theory, which states that schizophrenics retain too much information. They learn things they shouldn't, and can't keep the information straight.
Scientists then emulated schizophrenia in an artificial intelligence (we're pretty sure just typing that sentence is technically a war crime) by telling the computer a bunch of stories, letting it establish relationships between words and events, and allowing it to store them as memories with only the relevant details. It worked pretty well. Then they amped up the memory encoder, causing it to retain ALL details, relevant or not, and boom: Roboschizo. The computer lost track of what it was taught and could not relay any coherent narratives.
How crazy did it get?
At one point it claimed responsibility for a terrorist attack. It literally told the researchers that it had planted a bomb. The AI did this because it confused a third-person report about a terrorist bombing with a first-person "memory" that it retained. Through a simple computerized misfire, a supercomputer accidentally put itself in the role of a terrorist. We're pretty sure that was the plot to WarGames.
In another creepy example, the computer started talking entirely in third person, like a cybernetic version of the Rock (dibs on movie rights). It just didn't know which entity it was supposed to be anymore. DISCERN had developed a faulty sense of self. Hopefully they've already developed some sort of robotic anti-psychotics, or else the University of Texas-Austin scientists are sure going to have egg on their faces when the robots start eating them off.
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"Hi! I am totally a scientist and not a face-stealing robot!"
4Teaching Robots to Lie
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Scientists have taught a group of robots some strategies for deception and trickery, which is nowhere near as compelling as screaming "ROBOTS HAVE LEARNED TO LIE." So we're going with the latter.
These strategies were modeled after bird and squirrel behavior (because squirrels are apparently the tricksiest motherfuckers in all the animal kingdom), and were demonstrated when Professor Ronald Arkin from Georgia Tech's School of Interactive Computing had a robot navigate a course to find a hiding spot. Then he sent out a second robot to try to locate the first one, at which point the scientists would reward the winning bot for a job well done (presumably with cyber-blow and tiny robo-hookers).
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"You win! Your reward is that you get to destroy this in front of humans and watch them cry."
It worked like this: The bots were supposed to follow a path with preset obstacles that got knocked down as they progressed. One of them ran the course and then the other tried to follow the overturned markers to find the first. The hiding robot learned the system, however, and would deliberately knock over other obstacles just to create a false trail. It would then hide somewhere far away from the mess it had created. It's a simple tactic, but using it, the hiding droid was able to trick the seeker 75 percent of the time.
Again, that strategy was not programmed into the robot from the start. It's something it picked up and devised entirely on its own through trial and error. Good thing this is just a mild-mannered university experiment, right? Imagine if the military was using these literal Decepticons ...
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"Liebot! Destroy them with your lies."
Aw, you got us: Of course they are! This harmless academic lark just happens to be funded by the Office of Naval Research. They're planning on using robots like these to "protect ammo and other essential supplies." So they're armed! And they hide really well! Sounds like a plan, traitors to humanity.
Oh, but maybe we shouldn't worry about these cunning and deceptive military robots: The developers have set out an Asimovian series of protocols for the robots to fulfill before they can lie. Here they are: The situation has to involve a conflict in which the robot is involved, and the lying robot has to benefit from the deception.
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"Of course I didn't murder that family. I am just an adorable robot puppy."
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Don't trust the Roomba.


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Madrid buy Benzema today for 35 million. That's over 200 million spent on 3 players. I hope they FAIL MISERABLY. Come on Barcelona!
I make this thread to talk about the market of European Football (Not soccer lol).
This summer Real Madrid is breaking the market with the 2 first trades. This are the trades:
Real Madrid pays 67,5 million to Milan AC for Kaka'. The trade is confirmed by the 2 clubs.
Manchester United accepts 94 million offer from Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo.
Real Madrid is also interested in David Villa , David Silva and Franck Ribery (Barcelona and Manchester United too).
Other rumor of a big deal in Europe is that Barcelona sends Samuel Eto'o and 30 million for Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Inter Milian.
Madrid buy Benzema today for 35 million. That's over 200 million spent on 3 players. I hope they FAIL MISERABLY. Come on Barcelona!
Please bring back the NYK intro from the 1994 Finals...PLEASE!!!!
Real Madrid will as usual have all attack and no defence except their attack is a mile better then last season.
Our biggest signing is Valencia.... dissapointing. There is going to be a fire sale down at the Bernebau so here's hoping we can get Hunteelar and Robben on the cheap
I love this game.This is my favorite sports.Thanks for sharing this this.thanks to you.
Real Madrid are my team from La Liga, but that club is just a mess...Already talking about firing the coach just because of a run of bad results
The spanish teams have been remarkably helped, in the latest years, by a particular Spanish law (known as "Beckham law") that envisaged tax facilitations for Spanish companies employing foreigners ( = non spanish people).
Basically the taxation on foreign employees (including football players) had been reduced from 43% to 24%. You guys can see what this implies: Spanish teams can pay way higher salaries than other European teams, and are therefore much more attractive for football stars.
This was happening until early November, when the Spanish governemnt itself decided to change such law (maintaining it only for "real workers" - pardon me for the term - people with less than 600,000 EUR of yearly salary, therefore excluding most football players).
Just to make an example, the Ibrahimovic transfer would never have happened in a normal regime.
Now hopefully everything will be more balanced...
Real Madrid needs to realize that money can't buy everything. Their last good rucn in the Champions League in the late 90s was built around good players and not stacked with superstars. They also need to realize that nourishing youth is just as important.
We at Barca knew that since the days of Van Gaal and his legions of Dutchmen. No one liked the team and he won the liga once and that is about it. Since than the clud has been promoting youth and produced stars within. Look at the Messis, Iniestas, Xavis etc.
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In Search Of...The Slynnlings - Part 1
An unconventional family finds harmony after divorce
ONALASKA, Wis. -- Robert and Becky Glynn's love story starts like so many love stories. "We met in college. We were both on the UW-L track team. Shortly after we graduated, we got married."
They had two children together, Austin and Madison. But unfortunately for the Glynn's their love story ends like so many love stories. "We kind of just grew apart."
"I always tell people he's a great guy, a great dad, we just weren't compatible in the end for each other."
After 9 years of marriage, Becky and Rob made the decision to divorce. But they also made another key decision. "We always said from day one that we'd put the kids first. We would never argue in front of them or bad talk the other parent. Communicate with each other and not, 'go tell your dad this.' We kept them out of the adult stuff." We wanted what was best for the kids so we knew we had to get along."
"When some people get divorced they just want to make the other person's life miserable. If you decide to get divorced you just got to let go."
And let go, they did. As time passed, both Becky and Rob moved on. First, Becky met twin cites native Erick Berling online. "Eventually she decided to meet me for a night. That night turned into a weekend and that weekend into six years."
Meanwhile, Rob was doing some online dating of his own and a California mother of four named Jennifer Sly took a liking. "She stalked me on facebook." I didn't stalk him. I sent him a message and he messaged me back and that was that."
In 2008 Rob married Jennifer and Becky married Erick. And for awhile things remained civil but separate among the two couples. Until Becky and Erick welcomed twin boys to the world - changing the entire family dynamic forever. "Because it just kind of melded our families closer together. Because everyone wanted to be around the twins so we were just around each other a lot more."
Robert and Jennifer even offered to help out with Erick and Becky's twins. "People always ask, 'why do you babysit your ex-wife's kids?' And he says, 'they're my kids brothers.'
The more time they all spent together, the more they wanted to spend together. In fact the Sly's, Glynn's and Berlings even came up with one universal last name.
'The Slynnlings.' 'The Slynnlings.' 'The Slynnlings.'
The Slynnlings. 4 parents, 8 kids. One uniquely happy family. "There's biological and there's step and there's half and we treat them all the same. They're all brothers and sisters."
And perhaps most interesting of all the bonds formed is the amazing, unlikely friendship between Becky and Jen. "I've just started referring to Jen as my sister. Because I don't have one and were as close as that. Rather than referring to her as my ex-husbands wife."
"People are always telling us how, 'I don't know how you do it.' and I think, 'I don't know how you don't. It's hard enough even in the best of circumstances. Because it's not hard. It's made our lives easier."
But their lives are about to become anything but easy. And this unconventional family will have to lean on each other more than they ever expected.
What happens next is a true test of friendship and family. Tune in next week for part two of the 'Slynnling' family's story.
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Higher taxes hinder investmentsApril 07,2013Tim Calabro / Staff Photo
Jonathan Sargent, 13, of Barre Town browses through the selection of downhillWe are fortunate to have Peter Shumlin as a governor who understands how businesses work and jobs are created. Like most of my fellow business owners, I love Vermont, and I want to stay in this beautiful state and keep my business sustainable.
However, businesses in Vermont face many challenges, including rising costs and onerous regulations that make it difficult to remain consistently profitable and plan for future capital investments.
Gov. Shumlin understands that the correct method of raising more revenue for the state is not to increase tax rates on those who already bear the lions share of responsibility for state tax revenue. He understands that higher sales taxes hurt our restaurants and merchants while falling hardest on those least able to afford it. He knows that helping businesses thrive and become more profitable will result in more revenue to the state.
Last year was a very challenging ski season for Vermont resorts. Had taxes been increased after last season, as some would have liked, we at Sugarbush would not have been able to invest in the capital projects completed over the summer, which helped us improve operations and create a better long-term guest experience.
These investments have allowed us to become more competitive with ski areas in New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine and elsewhere. And while Mother Nature certainly helped this winter, the result of these investments is that our skier visits and revenue have increased more than our costs.
Consequently, we have been sending considerably more tax revenue to Montpelier in the form of rooms, meals and sales taxes. A successful year allows us to hire more employees, increase wages and invest in our future. Importantly, our business success also allows us to support local charitable organizations, whereas higher taxes will diminish that ability.
Next year we will face yet another increase in our property tax and almost assuredly higher taxes on gasoline and diesel. These will come straight out of our bottom line. Further tax increases will force us to spend less on the investments that I mention above. While we are not happy about paying more for fuel, we realize that our roads are badly in need of repair and critical to our business. Matching federal transportation dollars are important to the state, so we understand the need to take action. However, the rise in property taxes over the next few years is another matter.
A good system of education is critical to the success of our business. We understand that. And we are happy to invest in our local schools. But we would be even happier if the system were run more efficiently. Vermont spends far more than necessary to provide quality education for our children.
One example that highlights this inefficiency is the fact that we have more than 60 supervisory unions, which cost the taxpayers $32 million per year. Do we really need more than 60 administrative units for 85,000 students? No, we do not. A fraction of this number is needed to administer our educational system.
The savings could be directed toward early education and make it possible to hold our taxes at current levels or even reduce them. Creating fewer supervisory unions does not mean that school consolidation must occur. Let us reduce administrative overhead and redirect these tax dollars to educators, not administrators.
Success in business often requires difficult choices, and it always requires leadership. If we experience a bad year at Sugarbush, we have to put many projects on the back burner. Even after a good year, our revenue will not support every worthwhile initiative.
We have to prioritize. Sometimes prioritizing requires us to reduce or even eliminate a popular event or program for the good of the whole. It is never easy, but we do it because resources are limited.
As a business owner, I understand the governors approach of harvesting savings from one program to support another more attractive program. We do it all the time. In a perfect world he would keep all programs and build new ones as needed. But the world is far from perfect, and good leaders understand that fact.
Gov. Shumlin has properly drawn a line in the sand about higher broad-based taxes. I agree with his statement that Vermonters are already taxed enough. We are willing to pay more taxes to the state, but we want to do so from consistent improvement in our business results, not by having our tax rates go up further.
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Dangerous Bear: NYIT Jolts No. 3 Dowling
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OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. - Sophomore middie A.P. Nist (Parkland, Pa.) netted the game-winning goal late in the third quarter as NYIT lacrosse handed No. 3 Dowling its first loss of the season as the Bears defeated the Golden Lions 10-7 in East Coast Conference play on Saturday. The victory evened NYIT's record to 2-2 overall and 1-1 in league play. Dowling dropped to 5-1 overall and 2-1 in ECC action.
Reigning East Coast Conference Player of the week Chris Lubin (Syosset, N.Y.) and senior Mike Palmer (Westbury, N.Y.) both recorded hat tricks in the outing, while Palmer dished out an assist of Nist's game-winner. Graduate student Lubin has tallied a hat trick in all four contests thus far.
NYIT took an early 4-1 lead in the first half as Palmer scored unassisted in the third minute. The Golden Lions evened the score as Vito Demola found the back of the net. But, the Bears would respond with three goals spaced about two minutes apart from Lubin, Bobby Calhoun (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) and Ryan Amengual (West Babylon, N.Y.).
However, the second period was all Dowling. The Golden Lions netted five goals in the 15 minutes to knot the score and take a two-goal advantage 6-4. Yet, the Bears mimicked the action in the third quarter as they taked on four runs to tie the game and take a the lead for good. Palmer opened the quarter with his second goal of the game to bring NYIT within one, 6-5. Three and a half minutes in, junior Joe Herman (Seaford, N.Y.) then launched on in for the game equalizer, 6-6. The next seven minutes were held scoreless, but Nist would break NYIT free of the stalemate with 4:10 to go and Lubin would score with 16 seconds remaining to give the Bears an 8-6 edge.
The fourth quarter was pretty quiet compared to the rest as only three goals were scored. Palmer and Lubin scored the final two goals for NYIT, while Dan Abbene netted his third of the game. He led the offense for Dowling.
The win was awarded to junior goalkeeper Billy McGee (Rocky Point, N.Y.). He collected a career-high 21 saves on 36 shots faced. McGee is now 2-2 on the year. The loss was dealt to Ryan Doughtery (4-1), who tallied 14 saves.
NYIT returns to action on Wednesday, Mar. 23 on the road at Bentley College. Face-off is slated for 4 p.m. in Waltham, Mass.
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Dear Parents,
While we cannot give your student the same attention you have, I promise both the Staff in The Office of Student Life and the staff in The Office for Students in Transition are here to help your student through. We will listen, console, push, challenge, help them examine their decisions and connect them to the resources they need.
The Office for Students in Transition promise to you:
Lastly, if your student applies to graduate but then for some reason does not, SIT will reach out to students to assist them in finishing their degree.
Please watch the following video and listen to Vince Repesh give some great advice on Supporting Your College Student.
Sincerely, The Staff for Office for Students in Transition
Lisa, Sam, Tory, Suzan, Nancy, Barb and Jen


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Land Records Management Section
NEW Land Records FAQs are now available.
Land Records Management Section assists local governments in establishing standards
for the indexing and electronic access and storage of vital land records involved
in real property transactions. The Section provides expertise in the creation
and improvement of large-scale county maps and record-keeping procedures with an
emphasis on computerization. Local governments wishing to modernize and standardize
their land records receive technical assistance from the Section in seven major
Base mapping
Cadastral mapping
Parcel identifiers
Automation of land records
Uniform Indexing of land records
Uniform recording and indexing for maps, plats and condominiums.
The Section is also responsible for maintaining the municipal annexation maps and
ordinances, municipal charter amendments, and county boundary maps that are required
to be filed with the Department of the Secretary of State.
N.C. Secretary of State, Improvement of Land Records
Notice of Denied Lien or Encumbrance Filing
Order Adopting Notice of Denied Lien or Encumbrance Filing NEW!
Form - Notice of Denied Lien or Encumbrance Filing NEW!
Upcoming Workshops And Training
Certified Property Mappers
The Land Records Management Section certifies local government property mappers
through an application and training process. Certified property mappers must
have the minimum skills necessary to create and maintain large-scale cadastral maps
in their county.
Certified property mappers are also responsible for reviewing maps for quality and
validity prior to the maps being recorded in the Registers' of Deeds offices.
When serving in this capacity, certified mappers are the official Mapping Review
Officers for their counties.
North Carolina Registers of Deeds
The Section conducts management and comparative salary studies for the Offices of
the Registers of Deeds, including the review and approval of register of deeds satellite
offices. At the conclusion of each study the Department of the Secretary of
State, through the Land Records Management Section, presents written findings and
non-binding recommendations to the County Boards of Commissioners and the Register
of Deeds of each county. The Section also administers the
Minimum Standards For Indexing Real Property Instruments (pdf format).
information on Modernization and Simplification of Notary Public Laws and E-Notarization
Land Records Management Advisory Committee
An advisory committee assists the Department of the Secretary of State in the planning
and administration of the Land Records Management Section's programs. The
Secretary appoints 12 members to the committee who represent the following organizations:
The North Carolina Association of Assessing Officers
The North Carolina Section of the American Society of
The North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute
of Planners
The North Carolina Section of the American Society of
Civil Engineers
The North Carolina Property Mappers' Association
The North Carolina Association of Registers
of Deeds
The North Carolina Bar Association
The North Carolina Society of Land Surveyors
The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners
For more information, please contact us at:
The Land Records Management Section
P. O. Box 29626
Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0626
Phone 919-807-2207
Fax 919-807-2285
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Nonblocking sockets, introduced in Java 2 Standard Edition 1.4, allow net communication between applications without blocking the processes using the sockets. In this article, I will show in detail what a nonblocking socket is, how it works, and in which contexts it can be useful.
As of Java 1.4, a programmer can use a brand-new set of APIs for I/O operations. This is the result of JSR 51, which started in January 2000 and has been available to programmers since Java 1.4 beta. Some of the most important new features in Java 1.4 deal with subjects such as high performance read/write operations on both files and sockets, regular expressions, decoding/encoding character sets, in-memory mapping, and locking files. In this article, I will discuss one particular new concept -- the new I/O API: nonblocking sockets.
A nonblocking socket allows input/output operation on a channel without blocking the processes using it. I'm talking about asynchronous high-performance read/write operations that, as you will see, turn upside-down the techniques for designing and developing socked-based applications.
Java developers might ask: why introducing a new technology to handle sockets? What's wrong with the Java 1.3.x sockets? Suppose you would like to implement a server accepting diverse client connections. Suppose, as well, that you would like the server to be able to process multiple requests simultaneously. Using Java 1.3.x, you have two choices to develop such a server:
Both solutions work, but adopting the first one -- the whole thread-management solution, with related concurrency and conflict troubles -- has to be developed by programmer. The second solution may cost money, and it makes the application dependent on a non-JDK external module. By means of the nonblocking socket, you can implement a nonblocking server without directly managing threads or resorting to external modules.
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Before we can face the nonblocking socket issue, we have to spend some words about a new Java 1.4 class:
java.nio.Buffer. A
Buffer instance is merely a limited container of primitive data. It is limited because it can contain a limited number of bytes; in other words, it is not a container, like a
Vector or an
ArrayList, which theoretically have no limit. In addition, a
Buffer instance can only contain items belonging to a Java base type, such as
boolean, and so on.
Buffer class is an abstract class having seven known implementations, one for each base type:
In nonblocking sockets programming, and in general in all contexts where the new I/O system works, it's very important to figure out how
Buffer objects work. This is because the new socket channels use
Buffer objects to transfer data across the net.
You can create a new
Buffer instance by using one of its static methods:
allocateDirect, or
wrap. In the following code sample, three
Buffer objects will be instantiated in three different ways:
ByteBuffer buffer1 = ByteBuffer.allocate(1024);
ByteBuffer buffer2 = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(1024);
ByteBuffer buffer3 = ByteBuffer.wrap(new String("hello").getBytes());
The first two lines of this code fragment create two
ByteBuffer objects, which can each contain 1024 bytes. The
allocate and
allocateDirect methods work in the same way; the only difference is that the second one directly uses the operating system to allocate the buffer; thus it should provide faster access. Unfortunately, not all virtual machines support the direct-allocation method. The third line uses the
wrap method. It creates a
ByteBuffer object, which contains the bytes composing the string "hello."
Working with
Buffer objects is more or less the same as working with streams. The "current position" concept is an important thing to figure out if you want to deal with the
Buffer objects properly. At any time, a buffer has a current position indicating an item. Automatically, after each read or write operation, the current position indicates the next item in the buffer.
To write something to the buffer, you can use the
put method:
// Writing on a buffer
IntBuffer buffer = IntBuffer.allocate(10);
for (int i=0; i < buffer.capacity(); i++) {
The code fragment creates a buffer that can contain 10 integer values. Then, the numbers from 0 to 9 are put in the buffer. As you can see, I use the
capacity method to get the capacity of the buffer.
To read the contents of a buffer, you can proceed in the following way:
// Reading from a buffer
while (buffer.hasRemaining()) {
int i = buffer.get();
Invoking the
position method, you can set the current position to 0; that is, at the beginning of the buffer. The
hasRemaining method returns true, whether or not there are still elements between the current position and the limit of the buffer. The code inside of the
while instruction reads the items by calling the
get method and shows them on the console.
It is very important to understand the difference between the limit and the capacity of the buffer. The capacity is the maximum number of items the buffer can contain; the limit is a value, somewhere between 0 and the capacity, representing an arbitrary limitation for the buffer set by using the
limit or the
flip methods. Take a look at the following example:
// Sample of using flip
while (buffer.hasRemaining()) {
int i = buffer.get();
The current position is set to 5 by the
position method. The
flip method works like this: it sets the limit to the current position, which is 5; then, it sets the current position again to 0. Therefore, the
while loop will scan only the first five elements, because the
flip method has set the new limit to 5. Therefore, the shown numbers will be 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Another important method of the
Buffer class is
clear. It sets the current position to 0 and the limit to the capacity of the buffer. Basically, the
clear method annuls the effects provided by previous
flip (or
limit) invocations. Consider this example:
// Sample of using clear
while (buffer.hasRemaining()) {
int i = buffer.get();
The code above will show the numbers from 0 to 9, independently of the current position and the limit of the buffer.
In this section I explain, in a theoretical way, the architecture of a nonblocking system and how it works. The characters of this comedy (or drama, if you prefer) are the following:
Server: the application receiving requests.
Client: the set of applications sending requests to the server.
Socket channel: the communication channel between client and server. It is identified by the server IP address and the port number. Data passes through the socket channel by buffer items.
Selector: the main object of all nonblocking technology. It monitors the recorded socket channels and serializes the requests, which the server has to satisfy.
Keys: the objects used by the selector to sort the requests. Each key represents a single client sub-request and contains information to identify the client and the type of the request.
Figure 1 illustrates the architecture of a system using nonblocking sockets.
Figure 1. Nonblocking socket architecture
As you may notice, client applications simultaneously perform requests to the server. The selector collects them, creates the keys, and sends them to the server. This may seem like a blocking system, because the requests are processed one at a time; actually, it is not like that. In fact, each key doesn't represent the entire information stream a client sends to a server, but just a part. We don't have to forget the selector divides the client-data in sub-requests identified by the keys. Consequently, if more clients continuously send data to the server, the selector will create more keys, which will be processed according to a time-sharing policy. To emphasize that, in Figure 1 the keys have the same color of their related clients.
The entities I introduced in the previous section have correspondent Java entities. Client and server are two Java applications. The socket channels are instances of the new
SocketChannel class, which allow transferring data through the net. They can be seen as the new sockets for the Java programmer. The
SocketChannel class is defined in the
java.nio.channel package.
The selector is a
Selector class object. Each instance of
Selector can monitor more socket channels, and thus more connections. When something interesting happens on the channel (for example, a client attempting a connection or a read/write operation), the selector informs the application to process the request. The selector does that by creating the keys, which are instances of the
SelectionKey class. Each key holds information about the application making the request and the type of the request. The type can be one of the following:
A general algorithm to write a nonblocking server might be this:
create SocketChannel;
create Selector
associate the SocketChannel to the Selector
for(;;) {
waiting events from the Selector;
event arrived; create keys;
for each key created by Selector {
check the type of request;
get the client SocketChannel;
associate that SocketChannel to the Selector;
record it for read/write operations
get the client SocketChannel;
read from the socket;
get the client SocketChannel;
write on the socket;
Basically, the server implementation consists of an infinite loop in which the selector waits for events and creates the keys. According to the key-types, an opportune operation is performed. There are four possible types for a key:
Usually an acceptable key is created on the server side. In fact, this kind of key simply informs the server that a client required a connection. In this circumstance, as you can see by the algorithm, the server individuates the socket channel and associates this to the selector for read/write operations. From this moment, when the accepted client reads or writes something, the selector will create readable or writeable keys for that client. Hence, the server will intercept those keys and perform the right actions.
Now you are ready to write the server in Java, following the proposed algorithm. The creation of the socket channel, the selector, and the socket-selector registration can be made in this way:
// Create the server socket channel
ServerSocketChannel server = ServerSocketChannel.open();
// nonblocking I/O
// host-port 8000
server.socket().bind(new java.net.InetSocketAddress(host,8000));
System.out.println("Server attivo porta 8000");
// Create the selector
Selector selector = Selector.open();
// Recording server to selector (type OP_ACCEPT)
open static method creates an instance of
SocketChannel. The
configureBlocking(false) invocation sets the channel as nonblocking. The connection to the server is made by the bind method. The "host" string represents the IP address of the server, and 8000 is the communication port. To create the selector, you can invoke the
open static method of the
Selector class. Finally, the
register method associates the selector to the socket channel.
The second parameter represents the type of the registration. In this case, we use
OP_ACCEPT, which means the selector merely reports that a client attempts a connection to the server. Other possible options are:
OP_CONNECT, which will be used by the client;
OP_READ; and
The Java code for the infinite loop is the following:
// Infinite server loop
for(;;) {
// Waiting for events
// Get keys
Set keys = selector.selectedKeys();
Iterator i = keys.iterator();
// For each keys...
while(i.hasNext()) {
SelectionKey key = (SelectionKey) i.next();
// Remove the current key
// if isAccetable = true
// then a client required a connection
if (key.isAcceptable()) {
// get client socket channel
SocketChannel client = server.accept();
// Non Blocking I/O
// recording to the selector (reading)
client.register(selector, SelectionKey.OP_READ);
// if isReadable = true
// then the server is ready to read
if (key.isReadable()) {
SocketChannel client = (SocketChannel) key.channel();
// Read byte coming from the client
int BUFFER_SIZE = 32;
ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(BUFFER_SIZE);
try {
catch (Exception e) {
// client is no longer active
// Show bytes on the console
Charset charset=Charset.forName("ISO-8859-1");
CharsetDecoder decoder = charset.newDecoder();
CharBuffer charBuffer = decoder.decode(buffer);
The first line of the loop calls the
select method, which blocks the execution and waits for events recorded on the selector. In the code fragment, the socket channel is represented by the
server variable. Actually,
server is not a
SocketChannel object, but a
ServerSocketChannel object. This, as well as
SocketChannel, is a generalization of
SelectableChannel, which is generally used by the server applications.
The event the selector waits for is a client attempting a connection. When this happens, the server application gets the keys created by the selector and for each key, it checks the type. As you may notice, when a key is processed, it has to be removed from the set keys by invoking the
remove method. If the type of the key is acceptable (
isAcceptable()=true), the server locates the client socket channel by invoking the
accept method, sets it as nonblocking, and records it to the selector using the
OP_READ option. We could also use the
OP_WRITE or
OP_READ | OP_WRITE options, but for simplicity, I implemented the server such that it can only read from a channel and cannot write.
The client socket channel is now recorded to the selector for reading operations. Consequently, when the client writes something on the socket channel, the selector will inform the server application that there is something to read. That happens by the creation of a readable key, thus
isReadable()=true. At this point, the application reads the data from the socket channel by using a 32-byte
ByteBuffer, decodes the bytes using the ISO-8859-1 encoding, and shows them on the server console.
To check if the developed server works properly in a nonblocking way, I will implement a client that continuously writes on the socket channel the string "Client XXX," where "XXX" in a number passed by the command line. For example, while this client is running with the number 89, the server console shows "Client 89 Client 89 Client 89 Client 89 ..." What will happen if another client starts with the number 92? If the server were blocking, nothing would happen; the server application would keep on showing a sequence of "Client 89" strings. Since our server uses nonblocking sockets, the console would show something like this: "Client 89 Client 89 Client 92 Client 89 Client 92 Client 92 Client 89 Client 89 ..." That means the read/write operations on the socket channel don't block the server application execution.
Here is a fragment of the client application code:
// Create client SocketChannel
SocketChannel client = SocketChannel.open();
// nonblocking I/O
// Connection to host port 8000
client.connect(new java.net.InetSocketAddress(host,8000));
// Create selector
Selector selector = Selector.open();
// Record to selector (OP_CONNECT type)
SelectionKey clientKey = client.register(selector, SelectionKey.OP_CONNECT);
// Waiting for the connection
while (selector.select(500)> 0) {
// Get keys
Set keys = selector.selectedKeys();
Iterator i = keys.iterator();
// For each key...
while (i.hasNext()) {
SelectionKey key = (SelectionKey)i.next();
// Remove the current key
// Get the socket channel held by the key
SocketChannel channel = (SocketChannel)key.channel();
// Attempt a connection
if (key.isConnectable()) {
// Connection OK
System.out.println("Server Found");
// Close pendent connections
if (channel.isConnectionPending())
// Write continuously on the buffer
ByteBuffer buffer = null;
for (;;) {
buffer =
new String(" Client " + id + " ").getBytes());
As you will note, the structure of the client application recalls the one you have seen for the server. However, there are some differences. The socket channel is associated to the selector by the option
OP_CONNECT, which means the selector will have to inform the client when the server accepts the connection. For the client application, the loop is not infinite. The
while condition is:
while (selector.select(500)> 0)
This means that the client attempts the connection for 500 milliseconds; if there's no answer,
select method will return 0 because the server is not active on the channel. Inside of the loop, the client checks if the key is connectable. In this case, the client closes the pending connections, if there are any, and then writes the string "Client" followed by the value of the
id variable retrieved by the command line parameters.
The new Java 1.4 I/O system is a big step forward towards carrying out fast, flexible, and scalable Java applications. As shown in this article, by means of the nonblocking socket you can write a nonblocking socket-based application without dealing with threads manually.
D. Flanagan, "Top Ten Cool New Features of Java 2SE 1.4," O'Reilly Network, March 2002.
J. Zukowski, "New I/O Functionality for Java 2 Standard Edition 1.4," java.sun.com, December 2001.
T. Burns, "Nonblocking Socket I/O in JDK 1.4," Owl Mountain Software, December 2001.
A. Saltarin, "New I/O API in JDK 1.4," MokaByte N�59, January 2002.
Giuseppe Naccarato has a degree in computer science and works as software developer for an IT company based in Glasgow (UK). His main interests are J2EE- and .Net-related technologies. Contact Giuseppe at http://www.giuseppe-naccarato.com.
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Commission: Ghana's president wins election
ACCRA, Ghana — The head of Ghana's election commission has announced that incumbent President John Dramani Mahama won the country's presidential election with 50.7 percent of the vote.
Election commission chairman Kwadwo Afari-Gyan said Sunday that opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo came in second with 47.74 percent of the vote, according to provisional results from Friday's election.
Armored tanks surrounded Ghana's electoral commission and police barricaded the road around the electoral offices as the results were announced. Earlier Sunday, police dispersed protesters with tear gas. Protesters wanted the electoral body to delay announcing results until allegations of vote-rigging have been investigated.
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Irving leads Cavalers past Celtics, 95-90the associated press | January 23,2013AP PHOTO
Cleveland Cavaliers Kyrie Irving, right, drives past Boston Celtics Avery Bradley during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game Tuesday in Cleveland.CLEVELAND Kyrie Irving scored 15 of his 40 points in the fourth quarter, including several key late baskets, to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers in a 95-90 victory over the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night.
Irving scored 11 points in the final 2:33 on four layups and three free throws to give Cleveland back-to-back wins at home for the first time this season and send Boston to its season-high fourth straight loss.
Irving shot 16 for 24 setting a career high for field goals made and fell one point short of his career-best scoring total, set at New York on Dec. 15.
Tristan Thompson added 21 points for the Cavaliers.
Rajon Rondo led Boston with 17 points while Kevin Garnett scored 16. Paul Pierce, who scored 40 points in a 103-91 win over the Cavaliers in Boston on Dec. 19, finished with 12 points on 3-for-15 shooting.
Irvings layup gave Cleveland an 84-83 lead with 2:33 remaining. He followed with another layup after Rajon Rondos turnover to put the Cavs up three. Four free throws by Garnett sandwiched around a basket by Alonzo Gee left Cleveland with an 88-87 lead.
After Garnett missed a baseline jumper, Irving dribbled past midcourt and drove to the basket for a three-point lead with 52 seconds remaining.
Following another miss by the Celtics, the Cavaliers called timeout. Irving dribbled into the lane and hit a twisting shot while being fouled by Jared Sullinger. He made the free throw to put Cleveland ahead 93-87 with 22.8 seconds left.
After Pierce shot an airball, Irving made two more free throws with 18.2 seconds left to put the game away.
The Celtics have dropped four in a row since winning six straight. Rivers blasted his team following Sundays 103-88 loss in Detroit, a game which Boston never led. The latest loss dropped Boston to 20-21.
I believe we should be better than that and were not so its hard, Rivers said before Tuesdays game.
The Cavaliers acquired three players and a future first-round draft pick from Memphis earlier in the day. Cleveland picked up forward Marreese Speights and guards Wayne Ellington and Josh Selby in exchange for forward Jon Leuer. Speights will help replace Anderson Varejao, who will miss the remainder of the season after developing a blood clot in his right lung. Varejao had had surgery on Jan. 10 to repair a split leg muscle. He was expected to miss two months, but the blood clot was discovered last week and he has been placed on blood thinners.
Irving, who was 7 of 20 from the field in Saturdays loss to Utah, had a strong start against Boston with 19 points in the first quarter, hitting 8 of 10 from the field.
Cleveland led 54-53 at halftime, but two 3-pointers by Avery Bradley and another by Jeff Green helped Boston take a 70-63 lead. The Cavaliers scored the next seven points, but Courtney Lees 3-pointer as the third quarter expired put the Celtics ahead 73-70.
Cavaliers starting guard C.J. Miles didnt play because of an illness that has hit several players and a couple of assistant coaches.
Sullinger, who played at Ohio State, scored 12 points and had 10 rebounds for Boston.
The Cavaliers new players were expected to arrive in Cleveland on Tuesday night. They must first pass physicals and Scott hopes they will be able to practice Thursday and possibly play Friday against Milwaukee.
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AUBURN HILS, Mich. Jason Maxiell, Andre Drummond and Greg Monroe combined for 38 points and 28 rebounds, and the Detroit Pistons pulled away to beat the undersized Orlando Magic 105-90 Tuesday night.
Brandon Knight led Detroit with 18 points, while Monroe scored 16 and Drummond and Maxiell each had 11 points and 11 rebounds.
The Pistons also finished with a 16-6 edge in offensive rebounds against the Magic, who had their size issues
magnified when Glen Davis was benched for much of the second half after taking 15 first-half shots and grabbing just three rebounds. He attempted just one shot the rest of the way and finished with 11 points.
J.J. Redick was Orlandos biggest threat, scoring 26 points on 9-for-10 shooting including 5 for 6 on 3-pointers. Jameer Nelson added 14 points and nine rebounds.
After an even first half, the Pistons got a tiebreaking basket after a strange play to end the second quarter.
Detroit had a foul to give, so Will Bynum grabbed Nelson 30 feet from the basket.
Nelson, trying to draw a shooting foul, flipped the ball straight up into the air. Both teams froze, expecting a whistle, but when nothing was called, Kyle Singler grabbed the loose ball and Monroe finished the half with an uncontested dunk.
That put the Pistons up 54-52 at the half despite 17 first-half points from Redick.
He hit all six of his first-half shots, including three 3-pointers and a four-point play. Maxiell had nine points and 11 rebounds in the half for Detroit.
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APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA ORDER COUNCIL AND STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS PRESENTATIONS 1. Presentation of a Proclamation Honoring Operations Superintendent Rick Misuraca on the Occasion of His Retirement from the City of Mill Valley after 30 Years of Service. ***Council will break for a brief reception in honor of Mr. Misuraca before continuing its consideration of the remainder of the Agenda.*** CONSENT CALENDAR
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KILLINGTON - The public is invited to a series of events this weekend to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Sherburne Memorial Library.
In 1913, Sherburne residents voted to establish a public library. A century later, the library the only one in the state and one of only 30 public libraries nationwide to receive a five-star rating for five consecutive years in Library Journal's index of public libraries.
From 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, there will be an open house that will include games, free cake and ice cream, and a raffle with prizes including a Kindle Fire/HD, four midweek passes for Green Mountain National Golf Course and gift certificates for area restaurants.
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