City getting 'Smart' about energy

City getting ‘Smart’ about energy

0 Comments | Patriot Ledger, The; Quincy, Mass., Jul 13, 2010 | by Jack Encarnacao

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Quincy is using an $880,000 federal grant to study its energy use, hire an energy manager and launch a citywide campaign called “Energy Smart Quincy.”

As part of the program, the Massachusetts Energy Consumers Alliance, a nonprofit organization run by former Quincy City Councilor Larry Chretien, will link residents with free energy audits offered by National Grid vendors, who also recommend home improvements to save money.

“We’re going to really blow the roof off participation in these programs,” Chretien said.

Maura O’Gara, Mass. Energy’s energy program coordinator, will be its point person for Quincy residents.

While announcing the program outside city hall Monday, she asked interested residents to call her at 617-750-4329. A website – www.energysmartquincy.org – is also available.

O’Gara said National Grid’s energy-savings programs “have a much better response if they have a local presence.”

Two Quincy residents in whose homes O’Gara coordinated energy audits were presented with energy-efficient power strips Monday as tokens of appreciation.

The program also calls for hiring an energy manager to study municipal energy use and suggest ways to make it more efficient.

Mayor Thomas Koch said the city is “aggressively looking” for the manager, who will work in the department of public buildings.

“We’ve got feelers out now,” he said.

The manager, who will be paid $250,000 over three years, must cut the city’s energy use by 20 percent. He or she will have the technical expertise to not only monitor, but also repair and maintain, the city’s energy systems, Koch said.

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ASLA to Elevate 41 Members to Council of Fellows

ASLA to Elevate 41 Members to Council of Fellows

Business Wire, July 27, 2010

WASHINGTON — The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has selected 41
members for induction into its distinguished Council of Fellows.
Fellowship is among the highest honors ASLA may bestow and recognizes
the significant contributions these individuals have made to the
profession and the public through their works, leadership and
management, knowledge and service. The 2010 ASLA Council of Fellows
investiture reception and dinner will be held on Sunday evening,
September 12, at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C. Following the
investiture ceremony, the new Fellows may use the suffix FASLA to
denote this high honor.

View the full list and biographies of the 2010 Fellow-elect at: http://www.asla.org/NewsReleaseDetails.aspx?id=28202

About ASLA

Founded in 1899, ASLA is the national professional association for
landscape architects, representing more than 16,000 members in 48
professional chapters and 68 student chapters. The Society’s mission is
to lead, to educate and to participate in the careful stewardship, wise
planning and artful design of our cultural and natural environments.
Members of the Society use their ASLA suffix after their names to
denote membership and their commitment to the highest ethical standards
of the profession
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Voters approve repairs, land deal in Thomaston

Voters approve repairs, land deal in Thomaston

0 Comments | Bangor Daily News, Oct 7, 2005

THOMASTON – In eight minutes Tuesday, voters agreed to spend up to $45,000 to repair the brick facade on Watts Block and accepted a land deal that waives a sewer connection fee.

The 30 people who attended asked no questions, Town Clerk Joan Linscott said Thursday.

The outer layer of brick on the Knox Street side and rear of Watts Block, which houses municipal offices, the police station, community meeting rooms and a jewelry store, continually deteriorates.

The new brick will be reinforced with tension rods. Audette & SCE Inc. of Gray won the construction contract with a $39,530 proposal.

Another special town meeting article was to accept a 1-acre parcel on U.S. Route 1 owned by Midcoast Federal Credit Union in exchange for waiving the banking institution’s sewer connection fee on a construction project.

The credit union is building a new office across from where a four-story Hampton Inn Suites is being built.

The pie-shaped piece of land conveyed to the town may be used by the town for sewer expansion.

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Identification is ?a process in which speakers seek to create a bond with the audience by emphasizing common values, goals, and experiences.? More simply put: when you are speaking to one or one hundred people you want to find some way of relating to them so that they’ll be more receptive to your speech. It also means that you’ll do your best not to say or do anything that would offend a large portion of your audience, unless your purpose is to shock them which is never a good idea in a wedding speech.

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Royal hero raid shame

Royal hero raid shame

0 Comments | People (London, England), The, June 6, 2010

A REFORMED heroin addict who won a Prince’s Trust award has been jailed for an armed crime spree.

Ex-charity volunteer Barry Charlton, 30, nicked Batman stickers worth pounds 2 and brandished a knife at shop staff in Wallsend, Tyneside. Then he swiped his solicitor’s iPod in police cells.

He admitted possessing an offensive weapon and two theft charges at Newcastle Crown Court and was given up to 20 months for each count and a previous suspended sentence.

His lawyer said he “went off the rails” after failing to land a job with the Trust.

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Hansen Medical Sets Date to Release Second Quarter Financial and

Hansen Medical Sets Date to Release Second Quarter Financial and

0 Comments | Wireless News, Jul 28, 2010

Hansen Medical, a company involved in robotics and the developer of robotic technology for 3D control of catheter movement, announced that it will release its financial and operating results for the second quarter ended June 30, after market close on Wednesday, August 4.

Hansen Medical will host a conference call at 5 p.m. ET (2 p.m. PT) on August 4, to discuss its results. The call may be accessed by dialing 888-549-7750 (480-629-9867 for international callers) and via the Internet in the Investor Relations section of Hansen Medical’s website at hansenmedical.com.

Following the call, a webcast replay will be available on Hansen Medical’s website, and an audio replay will also be available by calling 800-406-7325 (303-590-3030 for international callers) and entering the access code 4333050.The audio replay will be available through August 11.

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