Woolpert LLP was selected by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to collect the locations of Ohio's
4,200 noncommunity public water system supply wells. The source water protection and assessment program (SWAP) requires Ohio to evaluate these public water systems (PWS).
The Ohio EPA needs an accurate location of each of these wells in order to perform the required assessments. They will use the location information to delineate the PWS protection area and determine the susceptibility for contamination.
All of these locations are being collected on a county-by-county basis using real-time differential Global Positioning System (GPS) survey techniques and a customized version of Woolpert's utility data collection software.
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New Product Award for UCLID Software
(Madison, WI) July 16, 2001 - Unique technology clinches prestigious national engineering award for UCLID's mapping software. The National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) will present the National New Product Award - Small Company division to UCLID at the annual NSPE conference, July 27 in Detroit, Michigan. UCLID received the Best-of-State Governor's New Product Award - Small Company division from the Wisconsin Society of Professional Engineers (WSPE) in May 2000 and advanced to the national competition.
The NSPE New Product Award program recognizes exceptional engineering research and design as well as a product's impact on the national economy. UCLID's IcoMap software uses a patented Text-to-Vector® technology to read text at any angle and recognize the unique text strings found in legal descriptions, parcel maps and other land records. IcoMap is the only software in the world that can recognize the angled text associated with land measurements.
Converting paper maps, deeds and legal descriptions into digital vector maps is the most tedious, expensive and time-consuming part of establishing a basemap for a Geographic Information System (GIS). Many communities establish a GIS to increase the efficiency of managing geographically related files. A GIS has many uses in county government, helping with tax assessment, zoning and mergency vehicle routing. A county's GIS can also produce valuable mapping information which can be used by public agencies
and private sector companies. IcoMap streamlines the conversion process, making it easier and more economical for counties to establish a GIS.
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Eagle Point approves merger with JB Acquisitions LLC4
DUBUQYE, Iowa, July 16, 2001 - Eagle Point Software Corporation has announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with JB Acquisitions LLC4, an entity formed by John F. Biver, a founder, current director and former executive officer of Eagle Point. The merger agreement provides for the merger of Talon Acquisition Corp., a newly formed wholly owned subsidiary of JB Acquisitions, with and into Eagle Point, with Eagle Point surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of JB Acquisitions.
The consummation of the merger is subject to certain conditions, including regulatory approvals, the approval of Eagle Point’s stockholders, the simultaneous consummation of the transactions contemplated by the agreement between JB Acquisitions, Talon and Digital Canal and the receipt by JB Acquisitions of certain necessary financing. JB Acquisitions has received a financing commitment letter from Dubuque Bank and Trust of Dubuque, Iowa to provide a portion of such financing, subject to certain customary conditions. JB Acquisitions is currently working to obtain the additional financing needed to complete the merger. Subject to clearance of the required proxy materials with the SEC, it is expected that a special meeting of Eagle Point’s stockholders will be called later this year to vote upon the merger.
This press release is not a substitute for the proxy statement that Eagle Point will file with the SEC. Investors are urged to read Eagle Point’s proxy statement because it will contain important information.
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3Dlabs Announces Wildcat II 5000 Graphics Accelerator
Sunnyvale, California, July 16, 2001 - 3Dlabs, Inc. Ltd. today announced the latest addition to the award-winning Wildcat family of professional graphics accelerators, the Wildcat II 5000. It is the first Wildcat to be available as a board-level product in the channel, both to system integrators and end users upgrading their existing systems. Wildcat II 5000 offers best-of-class performance for an estimated street price of less than $1400.
With superb performance, unmatched quality features and support for standard AGP 4X motherboards, the Wildcat II 5000 enables a broad new range of 3D graphics users to experience the productivity benefits of Wildcat graphics for the first time.
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Geologists Explain New Happenings At Kilauea Volcano
In Hawaii, the ground surface subsided abruptly about six weeks ago at Pu`u `O`o, Kilauea Volcano's active cinder-cone vent. Gaping cracks opened around the edges of the subsidence zone, centered on the southwest edge of the cone. A collapse pit about 30 m (100 ft) in diameter and 15 m (50 ft) deep nibbled into the cone's margin. A second collapse pit continues to deepen within the floor of Pu`u `O`o's crater. One large rock slide and several smaller ones ensued.
Many of these structures likely formed within a short period of time, perhaps a few hours or a day. The timing of events is uncertain because our view of the site was frequently obscured by the fume cloud that emanates from Pu`u `O`o. Once formed, however, the pits continued to enlarge for a few weeks, because the cinders don't maintain their integrity on oversteepened slopes.
