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The Office of State Publishing will soon relocate from its digs on Richards Boulevard in Sacramento to a privately owned property in West Sacramento.
The state has leased a 126,243-square-foot property at 885 Riverside Parkway owned by West Sacramento developer RAMCO Properties LP; the 20-year lease became effective Nov. 1, 2018 and will see the state pay $2.2 million over the total course of the lease.
RAMCO Properties is making modifications to the space in anticipation of a June move date, Iida said.
Construction on the Richards Boulevard location is expected to begin in 2020 and conclude in 2024.
The state budget that former Gov. Jerry Brown signed in June set the plans for a new office in motion. It included $30.4 million to begin designs for the printing site as well as two other Sacramento office buildings.
An audit by the State Personnel Board found that almost 1-in-5 employees of the former Board of Equalization had a relative somewhere in the organization. The agency and the department that was created to take over most of its work are sorting out whether they still have improper relationships among coworkers. Sacramen...
Jerry slips naughty phrase into Seven Sharp – again!
The sudden death of the broadcaster – while on a family holiday in Switzerland with his wife and young son – has shocked colleagues and friends.
People from around New Zealand have expressed their shock and sadness at the sudden death of TVNZ news presenter Greg Boyed.
Many people have taken to social media to share their condolences.
Boyed's colleagues have expressed their sadness over the news.
Three news presenter Mike McRoberts described Boyed as a "really warm and generous person".
McRoberts worked with Boyed during the late 1990s-early-2000s at TVNZ and said he was "incredibly generous".
"He was also involved in Archilles NZ which is the charity I'm involved with which helps disabled athletes compete in big events."
Boyed had been to New York as a guide and was an ambassador for the programme.
"That was typical of Greg. He was an incredibly generous person with his time."
McRoberts said he would always remember Boyed's humour.
"He was pretty dry, but very funny. He just had the ability to make people laugh. I know of other colleagues of his who have always talked about how relaxed they felt about working with him on the late show."
He said Boyed's sudden death was a huge shock and a "real upset".
McRoberts said Boyed was a skilled journalist who performed at the top of his industry for at least two decades.
"I think to be in the industry as long as he had and to be still performing at that top level you've got to have a real passion for the job.
"He worked on Q&A as well and so clearly had some very good skills there in terms of interviewing and the work that he did. I know when we worked together he was very well respected."
1 News political editor Jessica Mutch she wanted to thank Boyed for all of the "advice, laughs and debates".
Thanks for the advice, laughs and debates Greg, you’ll be missed. RIP.
TV and radio personality Nathan Rarere said it was a "hell of shock" to read the news about Boyed this morning.
"I shared an office/desk with him and Jody Gill when I first got transferred to Auckland to work at IRN News. He was always so enthusiastic about life and loved a laugh... it was like sharing an office with Jon Hamm."
Rarere described Boyed as "way too handsome and way too nice a person, but was always generous with praise and so, so encouraging in an industry full of selfish people".
"He helped me into a taxi after a monster night at John Tulloch's house and made sure I had cab fare to get home. Just the best of the best."
Close friend and former journalist Rachel Grunwell was shocked and devastated by Boyed's death.
"He was an amazing friend. I just wish I could have helped."
She and Boyed ran together "out west" but she said there was often more talking than running.
The pair were both ambassadors at Achilles New Zealand and she said Boyed took huge pleasure in helping other people.
When Boyed helped Grunwell guide a blind runner in the Rotorua Marathon a few years ago, he told her it boosted his confidence.
"He looked bullet proof but he wasn't. He opened up to few people but when he did he had a massive heart. He was just a really kind man and he loved his kids and his family."
She spoke of many special memories - Grunwell plays saxophone and Boyed was learning, she said.
"He was just a really good friend. He gave back so much, to the charity, it actually made him really happy. I've been crying all morning. It's bloody devastating."
Grunwell and another friend had breakfast with Boyed before he flew to Europe a week ago.
"It's just a lot of shock."
Another former colleague of Boyed's said he was a genuinely kind and funny person.
"Not at all the stereotype of a newsreader. He had a really quick wit and a subversive sense of humour. A decent warm person with no big headedness. There's a genuine sadness around TVNZ."
Broadaster Mike Puru has also shared his sadness at hearing the news today.
"Such sad news to hear - Greg was a great man to work and hang with - always striving to be the best he can - always asked what's going on in the TNVZ dressing room ...always had a good laugh and a great respect for others. RIP my friend."
Boyed was to start as contributing to the National Business Review following his return from Europe. Publisher Todd Scott said he was devastated by the news.
Politicians have also shared their condolences.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she was saddened to hear of Boyed's passing.
So saddened to hear of the passing of Greg Boyed. I’ll be one of many who will have sat opposite him over the years - such a thoughtful interviewer who was quick to share a laugh. My thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues.
Very sorry to hear the news about Greg Boyed. My heart goes out to his family, friends and colleagues. RIP Greg.
Deepest condolences to Greg Boyed's family on their tragic loss. A skilled professional and a decent individual whom so many will miss.
Ka aroha hoki ki a #GregBoyed me tana whanau. #RIP chief.
New Zealand First list MP Jenny Marcroft worked with Boyed for several years at IRN News in the 1990s.
"I am devastated to hear of Greg's passing. He was a supremely talented broadcaster admired by the wider broadcasting community," she said.
"Knowing him was an honour and a privilege. I remember him as a kind and caring man and a pleasure to work with."
Devastated to hear of the passing of @GregBoyed . Absolutely loved working with him back in the days of IRN News. Will miss you my friend. Moe mai, moe mai, moe mai ra.
Minister of Broadcasting Clare Curran extended her condolences to the family and friends of Boyed.
Terribly sad news today about the sudden death of Greg Boyed at 48. My heartfelt sympathy to Greg’s family and friends and to his TVNZ colleagues. If you need help call or text 1737. If it’s an emergency and you feel like someone else is at risk, call 111.
John Bowden from Achilles New Zealand, where Boyed had been an ambassador guiding disabled athletes for the past three years, said news of Boyd's death was devastating.
"We've had lots of tears and sobbing actually. It's just unbelievable."
Bowden, who also coached Boyed as a marathon runner, was expecting to sit down with Boyed after his return from Europe to work out a running strategy.
"I don't know how I'm going to get over it. That's what hard for us who stay behind... why?"
He described Boyed as being able to easily relate to people with disabilities.
At the Rotorua marathon in May he guided a wheelchair bound athlete on the 10km run. At the start she made it clear she could do the event on her own, Bowden said.
But when the pair came to a steep 800m hill and the athlete asked Boyed for help he told her: "But you said you didn't need any help".
It took an extra hour but the woman completed the course under her own steam.
"That's how Greg was and that's how we work. We've lost a great man in terms of being passionate about athletes with disabilities. He could relate to any person with a disability which was unique about him."
He summed Boyed up as "kind and passionate" and said he was also a very loving family man who had drafted in his older daughter to guide at Archilles New Zealand.
Other have also expressed their saddness at hearding the news.
I'm so saddened to hear about the passing of Greg Boyed. He was always a warm smile & intelligent eyes ... condolences to his family.
Sad to hear of Greg Boyed’s passing. He was lovely. Love to all of his family & those close to him.
Greg was the kindest, sweetest, silliest man I knew.
So sad and shocked to hear the terrible news about Greg Boyed. He was one heck of a nice guy! Thinking of him and his family at this sad time, Godspeed.
Boyed was known for his work on some of television's most recognisable shows - including One News, Fair Go, Q+A, Close Up, Target and Seven Sharp.
The Railways has identified a 100-acre plot in Vadodara for the greenfield campus and is in talks with the Gujarat government to acquire it.
A major promise of the BJP-led Narendra Modi government in the rail sector, the country’s first Railway University at Vadodara is ready to begin classes on Teachers’ Day next month.
While it is expected that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose brainchild the university is, will declare the institution open and the Railways Ministry has communicated the date to the Prime Minister’s Office, an official confirmation from the PMO is awaited.
For two undergraduate courses offered by the university in the first year, 103 students have been shortlisted. The two courses are a Bachelor of Science in Transportation Technology and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Transport Management. There are 17 girls in the batch for whom there’s a separate hostel.
Students will arrive at the campus by September 4 for the formal inauguration, while classes for the academic session will start the next day, coinciding with Teachers’ Day. “This way the university will have a memorable day to celebrate its founding,” a senior government official told The Indian Express.
The new university building has been designed in the likeness of Pratap Vilas Palace of the erstwhile Gaekwad state, which houses National Academy of Indian Railways on the same campus. Both institutions will run from this campus until a new, greenfield campus for the university comes up some years later.
Chairman, Railway Board, Ashwani Lohani is the Chancellor of the university. For academics, it will be getting visiting faculty from the likes of Indian Business School, Hyderabad and XLRI School of Management, among others.
The government is giving the inaugural batch 50 per cent scholarship in the annual course fee of Rs 75,000. In all, without the scholarship, the fee is Rs 91,000 for a year, including all charges.
Work on the university, announced in the first Rail Budget of the BJP-led government in 2014, had been at a standstill, with files going back and forth in the ministry until last year. Progress and shape of the final university emerged only in the past few months in what is regarded in the ministry as record speed.
Staying in someone else’s house or apartment instead of in a hotel room may still seem like a foreign concept to some, but that isn’t slowing Airbnb, which is on a tear with the premise as of late. On August 4th, Airbnb had a record 60,000 bookings, with 75% of them being newbies to the experience.
On that Saturday, 52% of the guests were male and more than half were over the age of thirty. Airbnb isn’t just for young people, as 5,500 of the guests that night were over the age of fifty.
The “10 million guest nights booked” milestone was impressive, but getting to dig deeper into what exactly is going on at Airbnb is even more interesting to me.
60,000 people were staying on Airbnb that night. That’s five times the number of guests from August 4, 2011. It’s enough to completely fill the largest hotel in the world (The Venetian in Vegas) — twice. But these 60,000 folks aren’t just “users” – they are members of our tightly knit community.
Even though you might not like infographics, the company has provided a few charts that dissect this case-study of epic proportions for the masses.
Two-thirds of the guests were from outside of the USA, which further supports the fact that Airbnb is in the driver’s seat internationally.
If you haven’t given the service a try yet, you really should. Even if you just take a “staycation” in your own city, it’s nice to experience the world from a different location. I’m not a fan of sterile hotel rooms, so this seems completely normal to me.
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ROCHESTER-DOVER — The third quarter real estate figures for Strafford County contain mostly good news, but not entirely so, according to Registrar of Deeds Leo Lessard.
"I am encouraged by the numbers. The real estate transfer tax (RTT) has done half a million dollars more than this time last year," said Lessard speaking about the nine-month period ended Sept. 30.
For the first nine months of 2011, the RTT — the tax charged on real estate transactions — amounted to $4,577,089, and the equivalent figure this year is $5,090,956. Of this money, 96 percent goes to the state and the county retains four percent.
This increase in revenue, said Lessard, is a clear indication that there is more activity and that property prices are rising.
In the first nine months of 2012, there were 2,571 deeds recorded, compared to 2,447 for the same period last year. This represents a five percent jump, and is the third successive year of improvement.
In the first nine months of 2012, there were 3,838 mortgages recorded, compared to 3,115 for the same period last year. This is almost a 19 percent increase, and is the second successive year of growth.
"The number of mortgages recorded is heartening. It shows that some people who were not able to refinance their mortgage can now do so. The increasing value of property is helping people to refinance," said Lessard. He explained that people whose property had been "upside down" — that is the value of their home had dro...
The sky is not all blue, though.
"I am concerned at the number of foreclosures, particularly in Rochester. People who were in trouble are still in trouble," Lessard said.

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