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San Jose, Ca (PRWEB) August 27, 2014

Conklin Bros., a flooring store that offers top-quality hardwood, carpet, tile, linoleum and more at affordable prices, is pleased to announce that its San Jose location has been open for 51 years this August. Since opening for business in 1963, the San Jose Conklin Bros. store has been committed to both its customers and the community.

The Oderio family first opened the San Jose location 51 years ago. The companys president, Rick Oderio, grew up in the business and has worked in just about every capacity over the years, including installation, sales and customer care. In addition to living up to its motto, You Can Count On Us, in relation to their clients, the Oderios feel strongly that the local community can also rely on Conklin Bros. for help.

Conklin Bros. recognizes that staying in business for so many years takes more than just offering a great product. It also takes giving superior customer service and taking a leadership role in the community we serve, a company spokesperson noted, adding that this is why Conklin Bros. has made a commitment to assist community-driven initiatives like Project PEARLS, a Bay Area-based initiative to help Filipinos living in the slums of Manila and elsewhere move into more dignified living circumstances.

It is one way for Conklin Bros. to say thank you to the community for allowing them to serve the Bay Area for over a century, and it is a commitment they intend to honor for years to come.

In 2013, Conklin Bros.' commitment to the environment led to over 2000 pounds of used carpet being recycled, saving precious space in our landfills. Partnering up with local non-profits like Campus-California is proof-positive that every business can make a difference.

About Conklin Bros:

Conklin Bros. is proud to offer a tremendous selection of carpet and flooring from all the top manufacturers for every living space, including high-end designer styles to quality, value-priced products for every budget. After 134 years of being in business, Conklin Bros. continues to be locally owned and managed. The commitment to quality, superior craftsmanship, attention to detail is what separates Conklin Bros. from the rest. For more information, please visit http://www.conklinbros.com/.

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Published: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at 1:48 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at 11:04 p.m.

PALM COAST Flagler County officials expect minor service interruptions at the main branch of the library in Palm Coast as renovation projects get underway.

Work began Wednesday, said Andy Johnson, the countys special projects coordinator.

Roof repairs and flooring installation will happen simultaneously, he said in a written statement.

The childrens room will be closed until Sept. 5, library director Holly Albanese said.

The garden room will also be closed as it will serve as storage for furniture and bookshelves that have be moved.

Well be getting our meeting room back, with the elections over, she said by phone Monday. Everything has to be packed, so theres not much left in the room.

Likewise, all the books may not be back on the shelves by the reopening of the room.

There is a lot to do, Albanese said.

It will be repainted, and while much of the library is getting new carpeting, the childrens room will get vinyl plank tiles that look like hardwood but will be easier to clean.

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By Jonathan Ward Posted on August 26, 2014 | News | Comments Off

The Students Association office is undergoing renovation and is being relocated to improve operating efficiency and accessibility to students.

Rodney Johnson, president of Students Association, and the incoming 2014-2015 Executive Cabinet collectively made the decision earlier this year to renovate the office as well as the entire Student Life section of the campus basement.

Johnson, senior finance major from Odessa, believes the offices renovations will allow students to better connect with ACUs student organizations.

The vision behind remodeling the Students Association office is achieving improved efficiency, increased student interaction and more exposure to the Students Association, he said. It is our goal to reach as many students as we can, and the new office is designed to help serve that purpose.

Rudy Garza, chief communications officer of Students Association, also believes the remodeling will facilitate greater student involvement and provide more effective service to the student body.

Well have more effective co-working spaces for both Congress and the Executive Cabinet, Garza said. The layout will be similar, with the addition of an administrative workroom for congressmen and an office for each executive officer. These improvements will greatly improve the workflow efficiency.

Garza, junior marketing major from Corpus Christi, is also excited about the new location of the office.

Unlike our old offices that were hidden in the back corner of the Campus Center basement, the new offices will be at the forefront of the basement, surrounded by other Student Life offices.

Johnson said ACU is fully funding the project as a part of the entire Student Life basement remodeling. Johnson expects the project to be completed between late September and early October.

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August 27, 2014 - Having received approval from ANSI Executive Standards Council as Accredited Standards Committee (ASC), ASC 137 Lighting Systems Committee is allowed to write American National Standards within its scope. This entailsdevelopment ofstandards and specifications for indoor and outdoor lighting systems installed in an application with consideration of human health and comfort, personal security, physical environment, energy consumption, and daylight integration. National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) 1300 N. 17th St., Suite 1847-T Rosslyn, VA, 22209 USA Press release date: August 25, 2014

ROSSLYN, Va.The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) announces the launch of ASC 137 Lighting Systems Committee. This committee has received approval from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Executive Standards Council as an Accredited Standards Committee (ASC). This approval is the culmination of a multi-month process and will allow the committee to write American National Standards within its scope.

According to NEMA President and CEO Kevin Cosgriff, the launch of this committee puts NEMA at the forefront of efforts for development of codes and standards for lighting systems technologies. ASC 137 will develop and approve standards under its defined scope:

To develop standards and specifications for indoor and outdoor lighting systems installed in an application with consideration of human health and comfort, personal security, the physical environment, energy consumption and daylight integration. Such a system includes components (e.g., luminaires, sensors/controllers, and windows or skylights) and associated software designed to minimize energy use while maintaining lighting quality, and that may be interconnected to provide control, monitoring functions, and interface with related systems.

Standardization for compatibility, interoperability, performance, and system security are crucial to accelerating the adoption of lighting systems, Cosgriff said.

NEMA Technical Director Megan Hayes added that development of American National Standards, via the consensus-based process approved by ANSI, will allow all stakeholders to have input into the standards being developed. This will lead to faster adoption of these critical specifications.

Contact Megan Hayes atmegan.hayes@nema.org to learn more about or to join this committee.

NEMA is the association of electrical equipment and medical imaging manufacturers, founded in 1926 and headquartered in Rosslyn, Virginia. Its 400-plus member companies manufacture a diverse set of products including power transmission and distribution equipment, lighting systems, factory automation and control systems, and medical diagnostic imaging systems. Total U.S. shipments for electroindustry products exceed $100 billion annually.

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Kemp, Texas (PRWEB) August 27, 2014

The GVP-48-3L-LED-G2 from Larson Electronics is similar to our popular explosion proof LED fixtures that provide an LED alternative to fluorescent fixtures. These LED fixtures produce more light output with longer lamp life and are vapor proof and impact and vibration resistant. The lamps in this vapor proof fixture are specially designed LED T8 series bulbs which produce 2,940 lumens each and have a correlated color temperature of 4,500K or 5,600K. These fixtures are designed for operators who wish to replace fluorescent fixtures with a unit that offers better light output, longer lamp life with reduced maintenance costs as well as lower operating costs. By eliminating the ballast that is normally associated with fluorescent fixtures, the weight of the fixture is significantly reduced and a slimmer profile is created. With solid state LED light tubes, this fixture draws 84 watts at 0.7 amps of power while offering durability and versatility that common fluorescent fixtures cannot match.

The integral aluminum heat sink tube backings provide cool operation and long LED life, while a simple latching system seals the lens cover to the housing and provides easy access for re-lamping. These units are designed to be surface mounted or hung from cable or chain and includes built in mounts. The GVP-48-3L-LED-G2 is multi-voltage and operates on any voltage from 110V to 277V AC. This fixture is also available in low voltage 12-24V DC configurations. This fixture is ideal for indoor/outdoor applications and suitable for use as general area lighting, shop lighting, work space lighting, garage and warehouse lighting, and anywhere a rugged and dependable fixture with high output and efficiency is needed.

The solid state design of the LED lamps provides this fixture with a longer operational life without high maintenance costs, said Rob Bresnahan with Larsonelectronics.com. This light comes with a multi-purpose mounting bracket that can be used for a direct surface mount or reversed and used for chain hanging the unit.

Larson Electronics produces a full range of industrial and commercial lighting equipment, telescoping light towers, explosion proof lighting, and LED work lights. To view the entire Larson Electronics line of industrial grade lighting solutions, visit them on the web at Larsonelectronics.com. You can also call 1-800-369-6671 to learn more about Larson Electronics lighting products or call 1-214-616-6180 for international inquiries.

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Refacing is easier and less expensive than conventional remodeling.

Boxes and face frames of existing cabinets are kept intact. You install new pre-finished doors and drawer fronts. Pre-finished wood veneer, or paint, is applied to existing face frames.When you put new KR doors and drawer fronts on existing cabinets, it looks like youve had new cabinets installed.

Instead of sales people coming to your home, you can measure your openings and enter the data yourself. Instead of an endless list of different profiles, woods and finish options, youll find eight beautiful styles that have been carefully designed following latest trends in interior design. It gets better, all eight styles are the same price.

Our online ordering system is easy to use: choose a style, then simply enter the precise dimensions of each door and drawer front as you add each one to the cart. Well help you understand how to measure openings and, if you want, adjust door and drawer sizes for a more contemporary look. Of course, pre-finished veneer, exposed end panels, hinges and hardware are included in simple steps in the KR ordering system.Not quite ready? Need to sleep on it? You can save your order, revise it at any time, and complete it when youre ready.

If youre a DIYer with a few tools in the garage, you can easily handle this project. We have How To Guides for every step.Of course you can hire someone to help, and the nice thing is: it doesnt have to be a full-scale remodeling contractor that takes over your home for a monthanyone that can handle a few basic carpentry tools reasonably well will be more than qualified to install your KitchenReface kit.

Youll see your project come together over a few days, not weeks or months like conventional remodeling. Most openings can be refaced in an hour or less. Our slogan, Completely change your kitchen, just pick a weekend isnt a joke, its real. Friends and family will be amazed the next time they walk in your home.

Important notes: Free shipping is for orders in the Continental U.S. only. Free hinge drilling must be added to your order in the online store.

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The modern art centre (MMC) is located at a highly visible spot beside the Neris river in Vilnius #39; constantly evolving new city centre. The building filters the flow of people between the...

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There's little question many architects and builders are convinced of the threat of climate change and urge clients to plan for a future of weather extremes.

Those who design and construct buildings are required to look decades into the future and are expected to provide owners with the best advice on how and where they should proceed with their projects. Those considerations include everything from what kind of materials to use to best withstand more frequent downpours to whether to build in an area that might become a flood plain in a future with rising sea levels.

But architects and builders who are among the believers the world is inexorably warming due to human activity can face sceptical clients who not only question the science but the added costs that adopting their plans can bring.

That scepticism means it's no easy task for young professionals like Ariane Laxo, a certified interior designer and active member of the US Green Building Council, to win over clients who may be resistant to the notion of constructing a more expensive building with a warmer and riskier long-term weather future in mind.

Laxo, past chairwoman of the USGBC's Emerging Professionals National Committee and its representative to the USGBC national committee, says she returned from a training session in South Africa with former Vice President Al Gore's Climate Reality Project with a message: Builders need to be advocates for "resilient" buildings, for their own professional sake and that of the world.

Laxo says science shows continued rising global temperatures, rising sea levels and more frequent extreme weather events.

"If we continue along this path, we will probably share the fate of the people of Easter Island (whose isolated inhabitants committed 'ecocide' by destroying their island's tree cover)," she said.

"What I'm proposing, and what the Climate Reality Project is proposing, (is) that we need to be both optimists and realists. We need to be realists because climate change is happening right now. We're seeing these intense weather events, and we need to prepare clients for it.

"But we do have the solutions at hand. They're available, and we just need to use them," she added, suggesting that architects and designers honestly confront the climate scepticism of some clients, especially since those "solutions" directly address the source a lot of carbon emissions - commercial buildings.

Laxo asserts that building professionals have a moral and ethical - and in the future, maybe even legal - responsibility to prepare clients for the effects of climate change, including intense storms, future water shortages, rising sea levels, more frequent wildfires and power interruptions.

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Forty-four new architects have been incorporated into the Standing Register of the Architects Registration Council (ARC) of Ghana after undertaking the Councils Professional Practice Examination (PPE) in 2013.

At the 14th Induction ceremony held last Friday at the Ghana-India Kofi Annan ICT Centre in Accra, the Council described the event as an annual one meant to ensure the highest standards in architectural practice.

The induction ceremony bridges the academic and professional life of every architect. It climaxes six years of academic qualification at the university, a minimum of two years coaching and apprenticeship under a qualified senior architect, then six weeks of intensive seminars and tutorials and the passing of a two-day PPE by the Council to gain state licensing.

This years ceremony, attended by key stakeholders of the built environment industry, saw Barbara Simons adjudged the Overall Best Candidate for the 2013 PPE.

In her welcome address, Registrar of the ARC, Arc. Stella N.D. Arthiabah, noted the importance of the event on ARCs calendar, stressing that it showcased the high caliber of architectural practitioners in the country, who were ready to lead the creation of healthy, safe and secure built environment; a total number of 883 registered architects and 211 registered firms to date.

Mrs. Arthiabah urged the architects to desist from relying solely on professional skills but adapt to evolving management and entrepreneurial skills.

One needs interpersonal skills, strategic management, business and leadership savvy. Todays client seeks an all-round professional who can deliver competently, give value for money and also provide high-level customer service, she said.

She also stressed the need for local government, built environment professionals and the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to collaborate in creating safe and healthy communities as a means of promoting public health.

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