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Chris Janson of MSA Professional Services and Ben Sandell of landscape architectural firm Confluence unfurled long topographic maps of downtown Burlington and the Highway 61 corridor across an array of rectangular conference tables at the public library Wednesday evening.

Armed with fistfuls of highlighters and colored sharpies, the two began crisscrossing the maps with lines and annotations as people filed into the conference room.

Tuesday and Wednesday saw Burlington's Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee out in force, holding four several-hour-long future land-use brainstorming sessions, which left Janson and Sandell's heads swimming with ideas.

"We covered just a massive amount of things in the past couple of days," Sandell said. "Good discussion on a lot of different points. We got feedback from everybody, and almost all the different angles were represented. I thought it was very productive."

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One workshop session was held Tuesday, with three more dominating the committee's time from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday The range of issues discussed spanned the minutiae of street-scape and signage design to the prospects of entire commercial and civic developments across the city.

"It's an elephant," said Don Traman. "You can only take a bite of it at a time. But there's different people to take different bites."

Traman serves on the flood protection committee for the Friends of the Depot. He said his personal priority for the city is to see the historic train depot revitalized. While he understands there are a variety of other areas the city must prioritize and plan for, he doesn't think he or other residents of Burlington should shutter their visions of the community's future for the sake of practicality.

"Get your vision, and let it run wild," Traman said. "You can always cut back on your vision."

Florence Paterno of Downtown Partners agreed with Traman.

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VERNON HILLS, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

CDW LLC (CDW), a leading provider of technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare, announced today that it received Cisco Partner Summit award for Global Partner of the Year Americas. CDW also received national and theater awards for Americas Partner of the Year Commercial and Public Sector, U.S. Public Sector Partner of the Year, U.S. Nationals Architectural Excellence Collaboration, U.S./Canada Central Area Partner of the Year, U.S./Canada Central Cisco Capital Partner of the Year, U.S./Canada East Commercial Partner of the Year, and U.S./Canada West Architectural Excellence Borderless Networks. Cisco announced the winners at its annual Partner Summit on April 17 in San Diego, Calif.

Cisco Partner Summit global awards are designed to recognize exemplary channel partners who demonstrate best-in-class business practices and serve as a model to the industry. Areas of consideration include innovative practices, applications successes, unique programs problem-solving and sales approaches. All winners are selected by a group of Cisco worldwide channels and regional executives.

Cisco is privileged to work with some of the best channel partners around the world, and it is my honor to recognize CDW as a Cisco Partner Summit global award recipient, said Edison Peres, senior vice president, Worldwide Channels at Cisco. The awards presented to CDW recognize its outstanding achievement as a Cisco channel partner in 2011.

Each of the nine Cisco Partner of the Year awards, reinforced by our Cisco Master Certifications in Unified Communications, Managed Services and Security, recognize CDW and Ciscos hard work and dedication to deliver industry-leading technology and solutions to our customers, said Thomas E. Richards, president and chief executive officer of CDW. Our strong partnership with Cisco enables us to successfully support our customers needs across all of our markets with powerful collaboration, communications and data center technology.

Cisco Partner Summit awards are presented at three levels: global, geo and theater. Cisco Partner Summit awards reflect the top-performing channel partners within a specific technology market across several geographic regions.

About CDW

CDW is a leading provider of technology solutions for business, government, education and healthcare. Ranked No. 32 on Forbes list of Americas Largest Private Companies and No. 270 on the FORTUNE 500, CDW features dedicated account managers who help customers choose the right technology products and services to meet their needs. The companys solution architects offer expertise in designing customized solutions, while its advanced technology engineers assist customers with the implementation and long-term management of those solutions. Areas of focus include software, network communications, notebooks/mobile devices, data storage, video monitors, desktops, printers and solutions such as virtualization, collaboration, security, mobility, data center optimization and cloud computing. CDW was founded in 1984 and employs more than 6,800 coworkers. For the trailing twelve months ended March 31, 2012, the company generated net sales of $9.8 billion. For more information, visit http://www.CDW.com.

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

With a clean look and superior light quality, the new TruGroove lineup of LED and fluorescent recessed luminaires are high performance solutions for a variety of applications. Not only does TruGroove allow lighting designers to deliver aesthetic impact with optimum light levels at energy densities well below industry guidelines, its sophisticated style, exceptional color rendering and reduced energy consumption are an ideal fit for applications where color, ambience and structure are key.

TruGroove features an innovative optical design, patented MesoOptics technology. This allows TruGroove to make spaces more visually comfortable by optimally blending light and color, controlling high angle glare and creating a precisely-controlled batwing distribution. Its 3 narrow aperture lens provides full end-to-end luminance without socket shadows, which is ideal for commercial applications such as offices, classrooms, libraries, retail spaces and healthcare environments.

TruGroove can create balanced luminous environments to deliver efficacies as high as 69lm/W in LED fixtures and efficiencies as high as 83 percent in fluorescent luminaires. Unlike other narrow aperture recessed products, TruGroove also features a unique cable-cinch procedure, which allows contractors to join fixtures below a drywall ceiling and raise them up to finish installation.

Its challenging to develop a product that is not only beautiful and energy efficient, but also functions without any compromise to light quality or performance, said Don Jacklin, general manager for Philips Ledalite. This new TruGroove family of products is a true winner on all fronts an exceptional LED narrow aperture product, easy installation for contractors, and a wide variety of choices that will give our customers the flexibility they need to create the right solution for their application.

TruGroove fixtures are available in 2, 4, and 8 standalone lengths, and continuous runs in virtually any length. The luminaires can be integrated into both t-grid and drywall ceilings to accommodate a diverse set of spaces. In addition, both LED and fluorescent versions of the product are available in symmetric and asymmetric distributions, in multiple lumen packages, color temperatures, and lens options.

TruGroove integrates Philips Ledalites Response daylight harvesting sensors, which can reduce energy savings by upto an additional 35 percent. To further reduce energy consumption, the system can also be integrated with the companys Airwave wireless, battery-free, solar and kinetically powered controls. All Philips Ledalite LED luminaires feature an easy plug-and-play installation that simplifies maintenance and upgrades.

For more information on these products or Philips Ledalite, please visit http://www.ledalite.com.

About Royal Philips Electronics

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is a diversified health and well-being company, focused on improving peoples lives through timely innovations. As a world leader in healthcare, lifestyle and lighting, Philips integrates technologies and design into people-centric solutions, based on fundamental customer insights and the brand promise of sense and simplicity. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips employs approximately 122,000 employees with sales and services in more than 100 countries worldwide. With sales of EUR 22.6 billion in 2011, the company is a market leader in cardiac care, acute care and home healthcare, energy efficient lighting solutions and new lighting applications, as well as lifestyle products for personal well-being and pleasure with strong leadership positions in male shaving and grooming, portable entertainment and oral healthcare. News from Philips is located at http://www.philips.com/newscenter.

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Deco Lighting Joins Visionary Leaders at the Milken Institute 2012 Global Conference to Advance Solutions for Sustainable Energy

Deco Lighting, a leading manufacturer of latest technology, energy saving commercial lighting, participated in the Milken Institute 2012 Global Conference in Los Angeles, April 29 May 2, 2012. The Global Conference brings together many of the worlds most powerful people to address the biggest challenges of our time in business, health, government and education.

Deco Lighting contributes its expertise to make an impact in the global effort to improve energy efficiency, reduce costs, reduce carbon emissions, and improve the environment with better lighting. As a leading innovator in the lighting industry, we are committed to advancing lighting solutions that save energy and contribute to a cleaner environment, said Ben Peterson, Vice President of Corporate Development for Deco Lighting and a participant in the Global Conference. Through conferences, trade events and tutorial seminars, Deco Lighting strives to educate decision makers on the latest technology lighting fixtures, light sources and controls. Key components in todays rapidly evolving commercial lighting world include the transition to solid state light sources, use of Induction and Plasma sources for high lumen applications, and intelligent lighting controls.

About the Milken Institute Global Conference

The Milken Institute stands for great ideas and effective action. Their mission is to improve lives around the world by advancing innovative economic and policy solutions that create jobs, improve health, and increase access to capital. A nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank, the Milken Institute believes in the importance of human capital and in the power of capital markets to solve urgent social and economic challenges and improve lives. Now in its 15th year, the Global Conference annually attracts 3,000 leaders in business, finance, government, public policy, academia, philanthropy, law, science, news media and more. These individuals represent some of the world's top firms, organizations, universities and governments. The Milken Institute brings together influential decision-makers who put great ideas to work in the marketplace and around the world. People with the vision and resources to make a significant impact. A few of the prominent speakers at the Conference included former President Bill Clinton, entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens, California Governor Jerry Brown, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer, Alan Schwartz Chairman of Guggenheim, former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, Eric Spiegel President of Siemens, Randall Stephenson CEO of AT&T, Sumner Redstone Chairman of Viacom and CBS, Robert Pittman founder of MTV, Mel Karmazin CEO of Sirius Radio, Steven Hess President of Pratt & Whitney, and many others. For more information: http://www.globalconference.org

About Deco Lighting

Deco Lighting is leading the lighting industry with the most innovative green technology commercial lighting products and energy solutions. Recognized by industry associations for innovation, Deco Lighting is winning many new awards and patents for its revolutionary lighting fixtures and control designs. Specifiers knowledgeable in the latest technologies have determined green lighting solutions will immediately save on utility energy costs, save substantially on long term maintenance costs and speed the conversion to go green to improve the environment. Today major universities, commercial buildings, municipalities, hospitals, military bases, transportation and shopping centers are selecting Deco Lighting to retrofit and upgrade their inefficient lighting systems to green energy systems for savings up to 85%. As more lighting specifiers, engineers, architects, city planners, facility managers and building owners become more knowledgeable of the latest technology lighting solutions, their smart decisions will accelerate the financial, environmental and social benefits of green energy.

Going green is a rapidly growing trend for companies in all sectors technology, financial services, retail and manufacturing. By creating and embracing energy efficient green products and services, millions of dollars are saved and carbon emissions are reduced for the benefit of local communities and the global environment. Adapting green energy has stimulated tremendous growth in new technologies, new venture capital investment, new start-up companies and new green jobs.

Deco Lighting is a leading manufacturer changing the world of lighting with the latest green technology, energy saving lighting and controls. Deco Lighting products are proven in commercial, municipal, military and government installations throughout the U.S. and worldwide. Deco Lightings extensive product line includes architectural and commercial fluorescent, Induction, HID, LED, Solar, emergency fixtures and sensors.For more information visit http://www.getdeco.com, e-mail: info@getdeco.com, phone 310-366-6866, fax 310-366-6855

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25 May 2012

PhotonStar LED Group plc

Appointment of Interim CFO Services

PhotonStar LED Group plc (AIM: PSL, "PhotonStar" or "the Group"), the British designer and manufacturer of smart LED lighting solutions, has announced the appointment of CFO Solutions Limited to provide Interim CFO services to the Group. This appointment is being made pending the recruitment of a replacement for CFO Ceri Jones, who leaves the business today, following a handover, as announced 28 March 2011.

CFO Solutions, based in Chichester, West Sussex, provides outsourced Finance Director services to both public and private companies in London and the South East. Principals Nigel Souster and Nigel Lee, between them have over 40 years' experience working at Big 5 accountancy firms. Nigel Souster was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Southampton for 20 years, whilst Nigel Lee brings a wealth of experience from 11 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and more recently as a Finance Director and Controller in a number of IT companies.

CFO Solutions has had a long standing relationship with PhotonStar having been involved with the business since its inception and has recently been advising the Board.

James McKenzie,CEO of PhotonStar LED Group PLC, commented

"CFO Solutions, and Nigel Lee in particular, has provided the financial support and advice needed to guide PhotonStar LED from its start in 2007 to the reverse take-over of Enfis in 2010.

"This experience and deep understanding of the PhotonStar business makes CFO Solutions the obvious choice for the interim CFO role."

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NEW YORK, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Perkins+Will, a leading international design firm ranked number one in the Architect 50 list produced by the American Institute of Architects' Architect magazine, announced today that it is in discussions about the potential opportunity to join with London-based Pringle Brandon, an architecture and design leader in the UK, which has enjoyed its second consecutive year of double digit growth.

The London offices would be known as Pringle Brandon Perkins+Will. The combined list of key clients would span multiple sectors including corporate & commercial, education, healthcare, media, public sector, science & technology, sports & recreation, and transportation. The partners, Jack Pringle, Chris Brandon, William Poole-Wilson, Fiona Balance, and Linzi Cassels would continue to lead the combined businesses.

Pringle Brandon Drew would also operate as Pringle Brandon Perkins+Will. This recently launched practice, offering base build architectural services and strategic advice, is led by former Rafael Vinoly and Foster + Partners architect John Drew, and is currently working on 2.5 million square feet of commercial and mixed-use development in the UK.

By joining forces with Pringle Brandon, Perkins+Will would continue its ongoing strategic development in talent, services, markets, and geographical presence. Pringle Brandon and its 90 professionals would benefit from being able to offer existing and potential clients a greater range of services across a wider international field. Perkins+Will provides integrated design services including architecture, interior design, branded environments, and urban design.

"Pringle Brandon's stature in corporate interiors, workplace strategy, and more recently architecture, is a compelling complement to Perkins+Will and would enhance our ability to provide local resources to clients throughoutEurope," said Phil Harrison, president and chief executive officer of Perkins+Will.

"Not least, Pringle Brandon has been a vanguard for transforming sustainable architectural practices in the UK. This kind of enterprising leadership exemplifies our shared commitment to sustainable design, research, and innovation, and is the kind of talent that we've had great success integrating and supporting as we grow strategically," he added.

Jack Pringle, joint founder of Pringle Brandon said, "After two years of expansion and success through the recession, we need to keep developing our practice and we are convinced that Perkins+Will's combination of design excellence, broad expertise, and ethos of social and environmental responsibility both meshes with who we are and would enable us to take our client offering to an entirely new level."

Chris Brandon, co-founder of Pringle Brandon, added, "We are extremely excited about the increased possibilities this opportunity would bring us. We've enjoyed two years of diversification, growth, and expansion across Europe, and Perkins+Will can bring a depth of expertise across markets that would have taken us many more years to build. We want to continue to be a leader at home and expand our horizons abroad."

Founded 77 years ago and with 21 offices in North America and a total of 24 globally, Perkins+Will is a top global design firm renowned for innovation and sustainable design. The firm has more than 1,000 LEED Accredited Professionals and recently completed the highest-rated LEED Platinum building in North America. It also has widespread expertise in the corporate, education, science, and healthcare sectors.

Pringle Brandon comes to this potential partnership having celebrated 25 years in business in 2011. The firm specializes in corporate interiors and architecture and has been ranked number one in the annual London Interior Architect Rankings compiled by Metropolis Property Research for two years running. It is also at the forefront of research for fit-out and workplace consultancy, publishing ground breaking reports starting with the prescient 20:20 Vision in 1996, predicting the impact of flat-screen technology on office design. More recently, the practice has helped develop and pilot the UK refurbishment and fit-out environmental assessment Ska Rating tool and undertaken workplace density research for the British Council for Offices, which sets the specification for all UK offices. The senior team is also highly regarded with Jack Pringle a former Royal Institute of British Architects President and William Poole-Wilson an active member of CoreNet UK Chapter.

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PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, announces a new community college best practice program to enhance the effort to revitalize manufacturing throughout the United States. The program, developed in conjunction with Iowa Western Community College (IWCC), provides resources to interested community colleges and local manufacturers including a recommended associates degree curriculum, a guide for obtaining in-kind software grants to provide the technology needed for implementation, and a detailed white paper, titled Community Colleges Revitalize Manufacturing, outlining the process for building a successful academic, government and business partnership for the programs execution.

It is estimated that within five to 15 years the retirement of skilled baby boomers will create a workforce shortage of 10 million additional workers by 2020. Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) job growth is projected to rise at twice the rate of the economy by 2018. The shortage of engineers in 2010 totaled 750,000 worldwide. With this in mind, manufacturers are finding it increasingly difficult to fill open positions with individuals who have advanced technology skills.

Jane Oates, assistant secretary for employment and training at the U.S. Department of Labor, stressed the importance of partnerships and the critical need for STEM education in her keynote address at the 2012 Siemens PLM Connection Americas User Conference earlier this month.

Strong partnerships between employers, training providers, and all levels of government are crucial to ensure our workforce has the skills and experience to remain a global manufacturing leader, said Oates. By focusing attention on specific training needs in areas like data management and high-tech manufacturing, these partnerships are helping community colleges expand into community career centers -- places that teach people skills that businesses are looking for right now -- and thats a model the President and I fully support. (President Obama referenced this topic during his 2012 State of the Union address.)

Siemens PLM Software and Iowa Western Community College

In February 2011, Siemens PLM Software announced the largest in-kind corporate contribution ever received by IWCC that enabled the college to successfully launch a design technology program. The program prepares graduates to enter the workforce in a high-demand career field or transfer to a four-year institution to complete a bachelors degree.

Through the successful IWCC and Siemens PLM Software partnership, the new community college best practice program has been implemented. The program provides a two-year, fast-track curriculum, developed by an advisory board of academia and industry, with an emphasis on upgrading incumbent worker skills as well as training dislocated and minority-categorized workers. The curriculum introduces individuals to product design and development software technology used by many of the worlds leading manufacturing, architectural and construction companies.

Now community colleges around the nation have a proven blueprint to meet the needs of local employers and prepare local students for high-paying careers in design technology, said Dr. Dan Kinney, president, IWCC.

As the baby boom generation retires and product complexity continues to grow, students who are able to use PLM technology are expected to be highly recruited, said Bill Boswell, senior director, Partner Strategy, Siemens PLM Software. We are delighted to have had Assistant Secretary Oates present with us at our Americas User Conference to reinforce the need for STEM education and the importance of practical industry, academic, government partnerships.

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GREENSBORO, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Varrow announced today that it is the recipient of a Cisco Partner Summit theater award for Architectural Excellence - Data Center: South Region. Cisco unveiled the winners April 17 at its annual channel partner conference in San Diego, Calif.

Cisco is proud to partner with so many well-respected and industry-leading organizations, and it is an honor to recognize Varrow as a Cisco Partner Summit theater award winner, said Jim Sherriff, senior vice president, Americas Partner Organization at Cisco. The Cisco Architectural Excellence - Data Center: South Region Award presented to Varrow recognizes its performance and expertise as a Cisco channel partner the South Region in 2011.

Being honored by Cisco in this way is appreciated and a testament to our teams focus on a goal and Ciscos investment in their growth partners, said Dan Weiss, CEO and Co-founder of Varrow.

Cisco Partner Summit awards are presented at three levels: global, geo, and theater. Cisco Partner Summit U.S. and Canada theater awards reflect a partners performance in a given geographic region of the United States or Canada.

About Varrow

Varrow provides world-class technology solutions through advanced consulting, design, and managed services from the industrys most talented engineers. Our solution focus includes data storage management, virtualization, and disaster recovery. Varrow is certified at the highest datacenter level with Cisco, EMC and VMware. Varrow is vBlock certified, a certified Cisco Datacenter Networking and Storage partner and UCS Advanced Technology Partner, a Premier VMware partner, and was named EMCs Commercial partner of the year in 2009 and 2010. In 2010 and 2011 Varrow was recognized with the VAR 500 award. Varrow was recognized for CRN Tech Elite 250 list, Inc. 500 for 2010, 2011, and 2012. Varrow was #1 on the Triad Fast 50 for 2010 and 2011. In 2012 Varrow was ranked in the CRN Tech elite 250, was one of only 10 VMware Partners in the world to achieve Virtualizing Business Critical Applications (VBCA) Competency and named Varrow the Architectural Excellence - Data Center Partner: South Region by Cisco. Varrow was also selected as one of 12 VMware Partners in North America to participate in the VMware View Focus Partner Program in 2012. Learn more about Varrow by visiting http://www.varrow.com

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COLUMBIA, S.C., May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --CMARK International, Inc., (OTC Pink Sheets: CMIT) a global provider of facility and logistic support services for government and commercial institutions is continuing to make considerable efforts with a larger portion of its product offering into alternative energy production as well as energy conservation.

Following up on initial efforts last fall with researching and developing geothermal energy applications, the company was invited and attended the U.S Navy Geothermal Program Office'sIndustry Conference on Geothermal energy in Reno, Nevada, this past December. After further study and research the company developed and recently proposed through one its affiliate joint ventures, a geothermal energy option package during the construction of an Army Reserve center in South Carolina.

According to publication on Geothermal Resource Estimates for the United States by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the total resource base in the United States, both renewable and non-renewable, is very large, nearly 50,000 times the annual current rate of national energy consumption. In addition to being a consumer, the United States Department of Defense is now exploring the potential to be a supplier of geothermal energy.

In another energy related area - energy conservation - CMARK International, Inc. has a full and continually expanding line of private label food service equipment - Columbia Food Equipment. This line has been gradually developed for the last four years.

The Columbia Food Equipment brand includes over 4,000 individual products with a substantial amount being cooking and refrigeration equipment. The vast majority of this equipment carries the ENERGY STAR certification for energy conservation features. Since the majority of the applications for this equipment are on U.S. Government projects, the company's effort to continue to develop and offer ENERGY STAR products is an ongoing commitment.

"The increasing involvement and enthusiasm of the Department of Defense and the Veterans Administration in the usage of alternative energy as well as energy conservation programs and requirements, indicates the vast potential of such initiatives and is a clear sign of CMARK moving in the right direction," said Charles Jones, president of CMARK.

About CMARK International, Inc.:

CMARK International is a licensed architectural firm with a history since June of 2000, of providing products and services for construction and design projects for U.S. government facilities worldwide.

CMARK International provides a wide array of facility and logistic support services including construction, architectural design, food service, furnishings and maintenance and operation services with a primary focus on U.S. federal facilities. The company operates out of its headquarters in Columbia, SC with other field support locations in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

For more information, visit http://www.cmark.org.

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