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South Lake Tahoe named Zillow's most popular place of 2021

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Tuesday, December 21, 2021
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SEATTLE, Dec. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --South Lake Tahoe is Zillow's most popular place of 2021, leading a West Coast near sweep of the most in-demand places of the year, including the most popular vacation town, beach town and small town.

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  • SEATTLE, Dec. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --South Lake Tahoe is Zillow's most popular place of 2021, leading a West Coast near sweep of the most in-demand places of the year, including the most popular vacation town, beach town and small town.
  • Most popular on Zillow overall: South Lake Tahoe, California
    South Lake Tahoe1boasts vacation-style living along the largest freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada.
  • The city also landed first place in Zillow's rankings of most popular small towns and vacation towns.
  • South Lake Tahoe was omitted from the "most popular vacation town" and "most popular small town" indexes, and the city that ranked second-highest in these particular categories was named the most popular.

Laundry Room Technology: Mobile Payment App Integration at University of Rhode Island

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Tuesday, December 14, 2021
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BOSTON, Dec. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Automatic Laundry, a leading laundry service provider to the college and university market in the Northeast, has recently integrated its proprietary LaundryConnect Pay app , a closed-loop mobile payment system, with the University of Rhode Island's legacy online campus card system.

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  • BOSTON, Dec. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Automatic Laundry, a leading laundry service provider to the college and university market in the Northeast, has recently integrated its proprietary LaundryConnect Pay app , a closed-loop mobile payment system, with the University of Rhode Island's legacy online campus card system.
  • Automatic Laundry was able to integrate their mobile app with the existing online system eliminating the need for a costly system upgrade.
  • Since the implementation of the mobile payment platform campus-wide this past July and August, approximately 4,600 students have already downloaded the mobile laundry app.
  • For the first three months of the semester, 97% of laundry revenue has been derived from the mobile payment app.

New MITRE BlueTech Lab Will Accelerate Maritime Technology Development

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Wednesday, November 10, 2021
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MITRE today announced the new MITRE BlueTech Lab, a national resource for advancing undersea testing, innovation, and collaboration.

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  • MITRE today announced the new MITRE BlueTech Lab, a national resource for advancing undersea testing, innovation, and collaboration.
  • The MITRE BlueTech Lab will accelerate and provide a foundation for underwater research and innovation for positive impact and help make New England a global nexus of maritime research.
  • The MITRE BlueTech Lab will be a state-of-the-art, all-weather maritime test facility and a national resource for advancing undersea testing, innovation, and collaboration.
  • With the BlueTech Lab maritime test facility, MITRE is once again leading the way for advancing undersea science and testing, said Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA).

Grant takes on organic challenges with third-party certifications

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Tuesday, October 5, 2021
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  • To address these concerns, USDAs Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Institute (OREI) has awarded a $50,000 planning grant for the University of Rhode Island in collaboration with The Organic Center and a diverse team of researchers, organizations, and farmers.
  • She is an expert in organic regulations, and was the technical director for the Organic Materials Review Institute and policy director for Pennsylvanian Certified Organic prior to her current role.
  • The Organic Center's mission is to convene credible, evidence-based science on the health and environmental impacts of organic food and farming and to communicate the findings to the public.
  • The Center is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) research and education organization operating under the administrative auspices of the Organic Trade Association.

Sklar Kirsh Bolsters Real Estate Practice with Attorney Jessica Demeter

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Wednesday, July 14, 2021
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LOS ANGELES, July 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Top boutique law firm Sklar Kirsh LLP announced today that Jessica Demeter has joined the firm as an Associate in its Real Estate Practice Group .Demeter's practice consists of representing a diverse range of clients on complex commercial real estate and business transactions, including securitized financing, acquisitions, dispositions, preferred equity, leasing, joint venture and construction transactions.

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  • LOS ANGELES, July 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Top boutique law firm Sklar Kirsh LLP announced today that Jessica Demeter has joined the firm as an Associate in its Real Estate Practice Group .Demeter's practice consists of representing a diverse range of clients on complex commercial real estate and business transactions, including securitized financing, acquisitions, dispositions, preferred equity, leasing, joint venture and construction transactions.
  • Demeter's experience in real estate transactions includes multi-family, retail, office, hotels, condominium, industrial, storage, ground-up development and mixed-use properties.
  • Prior to joining Sklar Kirsh LLP, Jessica was as an attorney in the Real Estate Transactions Department at the Los Angeles boutique law firm Safarian Choi & Bolstad LLP.There, her experience included representing various lenders on eight-to-nine figure transactions over 50 commercial real estate secured bridge and construction loan transactions.
  • Sklar Kirsh LLP is a boutique law firm that provides sophisticated and expert advice in the areas of corporate, real estate, bankruptcy and entertainment law as well as commercial, real estate and entertainment litigation.

University of Rhode Island Adopts Liaison's Graduate School Application Services to Simplify Application Process with a Single Portal

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Tuesday, August 28, 2018
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URI, the state's flagship research University, will provide a better experience to applicants and admission staff through three of Liaison's Centralized Application Services (CASs).

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  • URI, the state's flagship research University, will provide a better experience to applicants and admission staff through three of Liaison's Centralized Application Services (CASs).
  • By offering access to these services, URI will provide applicants with a mobile-friendly application and a convenient single portal to discover all available graduate education opportunities.
  • Liaison's Founder and CEO George Haddad added: "URI is a major research university defined by its dedication to big thinking.
  • The University of Rhode Island is a diverse and dynamic community whose members are connected by a common quest for knowledge.