If you're looking for a lucrative career that only requires a degree from a two-year school, you may be surprised at the number of options. 

Many careers that can net you over $60,000 annually only require an associate degree. The best associate degree jobs are highly specialized and require strong skills in critical thinking and technical know-how.

Read on for the 10 best associate degree jobs that offer plentiful job opportunities, high salaries, and strong professional satisfaction.

In curating this associate degree job list, we looked for three desirable qualities:

• Higher-than-average salary
• Optimistic projected employment growth
• Appealing to those with strong technical/computer and critical thinking skills

We also selected jobs based on whether or not you can land them with the most popular two-year degrees, such as an associate degree in business administration. 

Read on for our list of the top 10 careers you can get with an associate degree. Keep in mind, several of the careers included here generally require a bachelor's but may allow for an associate plus professional certifications.

1. Computer support specialist

Salary: $57,910 

Computer support specialists help maintain computer networks and offer technical support to different organizations and computer users. They may specialize in computer network or user support and need strong technical and communication skills to succeed. 

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects 9% growth in computer network specialist roles from 2020-30.

You can typically find entry-level to advanced work as a computer support specialist with an associate degree in computer science or other computer/IT-related major. 

Earning professional certifications may help you get a job. Consider the Electronics Technicians Association's Certified Network Technician credential or one of Microsoft's various certifications for computer support.

2. Dental hygienist

Salary: $77,810

Dental hygienists provide preventative oral care to patients, such as brushing patients' teeth, and monitor the progression of oral diseases. They are also responsible for assessing patients' oral health and sharing their notes with dentists. 

The BLS predicts that dental hygienists will see an employment growth rate of 11% from 2020-30.

Working as a dental hygienist requires earning an associate in dental hygiene, which typically takes three years and combines classroom learning with clinical and lab elements. Many colleges and trade schools offer online programs. 

Dental hygiene programs are accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation.

3. Information security analyst

Salary: $102,600 

Information security analysts protect organizations' computer networks and systems using software tools such as firewalls and data encryption programs. 

The BLS projects a 33% employment growth rate for this role from 2020-30. The high demand for professionals to counter cybercrime has created high cybersecurity salary and job security expectations.

You can get an entry-level job as an information security analyst with an associate in cybersecurity and professional certifications. The International Information System Security Certification Consortium's Entry Level Cybersecurity Certification is popular. 

Sometimes it helps to earn your degree or certification in a specialization such as penetration testing.

4. Occupational therapy assistant

Salary: $61,520

Occupational therapy assistants help patients recover from or live with serious illnesses and health issues, such as chronic pain. Success in this profession requires strong empathy, written and verbal communication, and critical thinking skills. 

The BLS projects a 34% growth in occupational therapy assistant positions from 2020-2030. This overwhelming demand can be attributed to the population growth of middle-aged and elderly patients.

You can become an occupational therapy assistant by earning an associate degree in occupational therapy from a community college or trade school. Programs in occupational therapy are typically accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education.

5. Administrative services or facilities manager

Salary: $99,290

Administrative services and facilities managers plan, coordinate, and oversee the daily functioning of different organizations. They may supervise entire offices or individual departments of facilities. 

Typically, these managers need strong leadership, critical thinking, and written and verbal communication skills. 

The BLS predicts that from 2020-30, administrative services and facilities managers will see a 9% employment growth rate.

Though many employers expect these managers to hold at least a bachelor's, some entry-level jobs may accept candidates with only an associate degree in management. Typically, you need fewer than five years' experience to qualify for a job as an administrative services or facilities manager.

6. Paralegal or legal assistant

Salary: $56,230

Paralegals and legal assistants assist lawyers with tasks such as case research, file organization, and documentation. These skilled workers need strong writing, critical thinking, and organizational skills.

The BLS projects a 12% employment growth rate for paralegals and legal assistants 2020-30.

Most paralegals and legal assistants hold at least an associate degree in criminal justice, legal studies, or other related major. 

Paralegal and legal assistant programs typically need accreditation from the American Bar Association, National Federation of Paralegal Associations, or National Association of Legal Assistants.

7. Radiologic or MRI technologist

Salary: $61,980

Radiologic technologists perform diagnostic imaging tests on patients, while MRI technologists operate magnetic resonance imaging machinery to produce medical imaging of patients. Physicians use the medical imaging these professionals help produce to help diagnose and monitor different health conditions. 

The BLS anticipates that employment for radiologic and MRI technologists will grow by 9% from 2020-30.

Radiologic and MRI technologists need an associate degree to practice. Many states have licensure requirements for radiologic technologists. Radiologic technologists typically need to complete a program accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology.

MRI technologists generally do not need licensure. 

8. Real estate broker or sales agent

Salary: $48,770

Real estate brokers and sales agents represent clients looking to buy, sell, and rent properties. These professionals need strong soft skills, including written and verbal communication, leadership, and self-advocacy. Generally, they are self-employed, though some work in real estate agencies. 

The BLS projects 4% growth in positions for real estate brokers and agents from 2020-30.

To become a real estate broker or sales agent, you usually need an associate degree in finance or a business administration associate degree featuring real estate and finance coursework. 

In every state, these professionals need to pass a licensing test in order to practice.

9. Respiratory therapist

Salary: $61,830

Respiratory therapists provide care for patients with breathing issues such as asthma or chronic pulmonary disease. These therapists need strong written and verbal communication, empathy, and critical thinking skills. 

The BLS projects that from 2020-2030, the number of respiratory therapists will grow by 23%. This overwhelming demand has to do with an increase in the population of middle-aged and elderly patients.

To work as a licensed respiratory therapist, you typically need at least an associate degree in respiratory therapy. Many community colleges, universities, and trade schools offer online associate degrees in respiratory therapy.

10. Web developer

Salary: $77,200

Web developers create and maintain websites and web-based applications. These tech professionals usually work from home and know multiple programming languages.

The need for web developers has exploded as more services and products reach consumers online. It will likely continue to grow. 

The BLS reports that web developers can anticipate a 13% employment growth rate from 2020-2030.

Educational expectations for web developers can vary, but you can typically secure entry-level web development work with a computer programming associate degree and a strong portfolio. 

Attending a full-stack web development bootcamp or earning a web development certificate can also help.

Unless otherwise noted, salary and job growth data is drawn from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as of Aug. 1, 2022.

Notice of formation of LIP BEVERLY LLC. Certificate of Authority filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 04-01-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/20,27;8/3,10,17,24 2467148

Notice of formation of HOLD UP ROLL UP, LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts.of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/15/2022. Office location: Albany County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served and the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: 42 Quail Street, Albany, New York 12206. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 7/6,13,20,27;8/3,10 2469952

Notice of formation of ROBINSON’S DISPENSARY, LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/8/2022. Office location: Albany County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served and the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: 42 Quail Street, Albany, New York 12206. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 7/6,13,20,27;8/3,10 2469953

Notice of formation of Steadfast Solutions LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-01-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/6,13,20,27;8/3,10 2469963

NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF THE MIND BODY SPIRIT CENTER LLC under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law. 1 The name of the limited liability company is The Mind Body Spirit Center LLC. 2 Articles of Organization of The Mind Body Spirit Center LLC were filed with the New York Secretary of State on May 20, 2022. 3 The county within the state in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is Saratoga County. 4 The street address of the principal business location is 1155 Middleline Road, Ballston Spa, New York 12020. 5 The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is 1155 Middleline Road, Ballston Spa, New York 12020. 6 The limited liability company is organized to carry on all lawful activities. 7/13,20,27;8/3,10,17 2470827

LEGAL NOTICE Notice of formation of NEW WORLD PIZZA LLC. Articles Of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on May 12, 2022. Office location, County of Schenectady. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 1311 Nott St., Schenectady, NY 12308. Purpose: Any lawful act. 7/13,20,27;8/3,10,17 2470831

Notice of formation of DEL AND DEL LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 06-28-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/13,20,27;8/3,10,17 2470861

Notice of formation of MARKHAM MANAGEMENT LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-06-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/13,20,27;8/3,10,17 2470865

Notice of formation of BODY BY JEN, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-07-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/13,20,27;8/3,10,17 2470866

Notice of formation of LIMBERLIFE LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-08-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/13,20,27;8/3,10,17 2470875

Notice of formation of BUTTA NYC LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 06-02-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/13,20,27;8/3,10,17 2470878

Notice of formation of Power City Landmark QOZB LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-06-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to 156 W Statesville Ave, MOORESVILLE, NC, 28115. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/13,20,27;8/3,10,17 2470885

Notice of formation of 5 White Pine Lane LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 06-29-2022. Office location: Saratoga County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to 595 New Loudon Rd, Latham, NY, 12110. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/13,20,27;8/3,10,17 2470895

Notice of formation of Arline Med Transportation LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 05-18-2022. Office location: Schenectady County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to 14 Alvey St, Schenectady, NY, 12304. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/13,20,27;8/3,10,17 2470898

Notice of formation of M. Greenlee Svcs. LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 05-13-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to 221 N Pearl St, Albany, NY, 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/13,20,27;8/3,10,17 2470906

Notice of formation of INTERNETBALL LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 04-27-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to NORTHWEST REGISTERED AGENT LLC at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. NORTHWEST REGISTERED AGENT LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/13,20,27;8/3,10,17 2470934

Notice of formation of Timothy Mutzel Studio, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 03-23-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/13,20,27;8/3,10,17 2470944

1066 ALTAMONT LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/07/22. Office: Schenectady County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Mohammed Elkholy, 857 Greenthorne Boulevard, Guilderland, NY 12303. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 7/20,27;8/3,10,17,24 2471246

714 Union LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/18/2022. Off. Loc.: Schenectady Co. SSNY desig. as agt. upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 174 Weyford Terrace, Garden City, NY 11530. General Purpose - Any lawful purpose permitted. 7/20,27;8/3,10,17,24 2471439

Notice of formation of Crate3D LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-18-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/20,27;8/3,10,17,24 2471469

Notice of formation of ZAZA ZAZA LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 04/19/2022. Office location: SCHENECTADY County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to 870 CRANE STREET, SCHENECTADY, NY, UNITED STATES, 12303. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/20,27;8/3,10,17,24 2471470

Notice of formation of Rides4u, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-07-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/20,27;8/3,10,17,24 2471472

Party Shapes Diy LLC. Filed with SSNY on 7/13/2022. Office: Albany County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 99 Washington Ave Ste 1008 Albany NY 12260. Purpose: any lawful 7/20,27;8/3,10,17,24 2471477

Le Cafe One Dag LLC. Filed with SSNY on 7/13/2022. Office: Albany County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 99 Washington Ave Ste 1008 Albany NY 12260. Purpose: any lawful 7/20,27;8/3,10,17,24 2471479

K&b Scape Services LLC. Filed with SSNY on 7/13/2022. Office: Schenectady County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: Po Box 4957 Schenectady NY 12304. Purpose: any lawful 7/20,27;8/3,10,17,24 2471480

M & M International Consultants LLC. Filed with SSNY on 7/13/2022. Office: Albany County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 99 Washington Ave Ste 1008 Albany NY 12260. Purpose: any lawful 7/20,27;8/3,10,17,24 2471481

Haitang International Group, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 7/11/2022. Office: Albany County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 99 Washington Ave Ste 1008 Albany NY 12260. Purpose: any lawful 7/20,27;8/3,10,17,24 2471482

Inspirations By Isa, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 5/27/2022. Office: Albany County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 90 State Street Ste 700 Office 40 Albany NY United States 12207. Purpose: any lawful 7/20,27;8/3,10,17,24 2471483

Kulture Kave LLC. Filed with SSNY on 4/4/2022. Office: Albany County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 90 State Street Ste 700 Office 40 Albany NY United States 12207. Purpose: any lawful 7/20,27;8/3,10,17,24 2471484

Loving Hearts Against Dv, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 6/29/2022. Office: Albany County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 99 Washington Ave Ste 1008 Albany NY 12260. Purpose: any lawful 7/20,27;8/3,10,17,24 2471485

Mr4 Owner LLC. Filed with SSNY on 6/23/2022. Office: Albany County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 99 Washington Ave Ste 1008 Albany NY 12260. Purpose: any lawful 7/20,27;8/3,10,17,24 2471486

Mt. Lion Advisors, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 2/22/2022. Office: Albany County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 99 Washington Ave Ste 1008 Albany NY 12260. Purpose: any lawful 7/20,27;8/3,10,17,24 2471487

Notice of formation of EVAN HAMMER, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 05-11-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/27;8/3,10,17,24,31 2471851

Notice of formation of AUTOMACHINATION, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 06-17-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/27;8/3,10,17,24,31 2471854

Notice of formation of VISIONARY ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-07-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/27;8/3,10,17,24,31 2471892

Notice of formation of LOVE LIFE FOOD LLC. Certificate of Authority filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 05-03-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/27;8/3,10,17,24,31 2471893

Notice of formation of APEX RENOVATIONS 716 LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-21-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/27;8/3,10,17,24,31 2471894

Notice of formation of MEGAN PFIFFNER NUTRITION LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-20-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/27;8/3,10,17,24,31 2471895

Notice of formation of GORHAM WEB CONSULTING LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-20-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/27;8/3,10,17,24,31 2471897

Notice of formation of RIVER RUTH PRODUCTIONS LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-21-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/27;8/3,10,17,24,31 2471898

Notice of formation of ONE TO ONE STUDIO LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 04-06-2021. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/27;8/3,10,17,24,31 2471899

Notice of formation of DOCUMENTATION PLUS LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-25-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/27;8/3,10,17,24,31 2471900

Notice of formation of INSUBLIME TRADERS LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-25-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/27;8/3,10,17,24,31 2471901

Notice of formation of K. A. B BUSINESS SOLUTION LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-25-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/27;8/3,10,17,24,31 2471902

Notice of formation of FIRST DUE TRAVEL LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-23-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/27;8/3,10,17,24,31 2471903

Notice of formation of IAACE LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-21-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/27;8/3,10,17,24,31 2471904

Notice of formation of Bizsights LLC. Certificate of Authority filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 03-14-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to New York Registered Agent LLC at 418 Broadway STE Y Albany NY 12207. New York Registered Agent LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 Broadway STE Y Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/27;8/3,10,17,24,31 2471905

DARRAN CONTRACTING LLC. Filed 2/8/22. Office: SCHOHARIE Co. SSNY desig. as agent for process & shall mail to: c/o Erin Darran, 231 Cape Horn Rd, Stamford, NY 12167. Purpose: General. 7/27;8/3,10,17,24,31 2471913

Notice of formation of Coaching Development Productions, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 06-16-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to 3 Haswell Greene Rd, Delmar, NY, 12054. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/27;8/3,10,17,24,31 2471944

Notice of formation of RIVERSIDE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 02-24-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to NEW YORK REGISTERED AGENT at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. NEW YORK REGISTERED AGENT is designated as agent for SOP at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/27;8/3,10,17,24,31 2471948

Notice of formation of EMG PRACTICE LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 03-04-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to 97 Chestnut St, Albany, NY, 12210. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/27;8/3,10,17,24,31 2471954

Notice of formation of IMPACT FOR GOOD LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 6/27/2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to LEGALINC CORPORATE SERVICES INC. at 1967 WEHRLE DRIVE, SUITE 1 #086, BUFFALO, NY, UNITED STATES, 14221. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/27;8/3,10,17,24,31 2471969

Notice of formation of Yard Art Services LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-28-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to REGISTERED AGENTS INC. at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. REGISTERED AGENTS INC. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472397

Notice of formation of STYLEDBYPHINA LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 04/15/2022. Office location: Schenectady County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to 258 WARD AVE, SCHENECTADY, NY, UNITED STATES, 12304. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472411

Notice of formation of Visionary Talent Agency, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 01/19/2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to 374 West 46 St. #2E, New York, NY, 10036. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472415

Notice of formation of WIRED HOLDINGS LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 06-24-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472418

Notice of formation of SLEDGE ENTERPRISES, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-05-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472419

Notice of formation of LOURDELS LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 05-16-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472420

Notice of formation of RENTGO LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 08-01-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472421

Notice of formation of NY CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-27-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472422

Notice of formation of HUDSON VALLEY VISUALS, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-27-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472423

Notice of formation of EXPRESS WEIGHT LOSS LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-27-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472424

Notice of formation of CREATE HABITS, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-20-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472426

Notice of formation of MARICAMA LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-28-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472427

Notice of formation of VCCH LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-28-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472428

Notice of formation of 25 NEPERAN LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-29-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472429

Notice of formation of YONKERS CONSULTING SERVICES LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 08-01-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472430

Notice of formation of XDEL LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 08-01-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472431

Notice of formation of CFE CONSULTING SERVICES, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-12-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472436

Notice of formation of SEN FAMILY OFFICE ADVISORS LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 05-09-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472437

Notice of formation of BONE FLOWERS LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 11-12-2021. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472438

Notice of Formation of DEBEL PHOTOGRAPHY LLC. Art/Org filed 7/20/22. Ofc loc Albany Cty. SSNY desig. agent for SOP at 1967 WEHRLE DRIVE, SUITE 1 #086, BUFFALO, NY, UNITED STATES, 14221. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472439

Notice of formation of DJL MARKETING, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-18-2022. Office location: Schenectady County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to 2300 Bethelview Rd Ste 110-302, CUMMING, GA, 30040. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472440

Notice of formation of 1567 Tibbits LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 08-01-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to 36 British American Blvd, Suite 101A, Latham, New York, 12110. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472443

Notice of formation of 1573 Tibbits LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 08-01-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to 36 British American Blvd, Suite 101A, Latham, New York, 12110. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472444

Notice of formation of REPUBLICIST, LLC. Certificate of Authority filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 05-25-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472448

Notice of Formation of PENWINGS AND THINGS LLC. Art/Org filed 1/24/22. Ofc loc Albany Cty. SSNY desig. agent for SOP at 41 STATE STREET, #112, ALBANY, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 8/3,10,17,24,31;9/7 2472490

THE SARATOGA LAKE PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (SLPID), COUNTY OF SARATOGA, STATE OF NEW YORK Please note that the Saratoga Lake Protection and Improvement District Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on the 2023 PRELIMINARY BUDGET. This public hearing will take place on the 18th day of August 2022 at 3:00 p.m., in the Town of Malta public board room, Malta Town Hall, 2540 Route 9, County of Saratoga, State of New York. Any person may be heard in favor of oragainst the budget or for or against any item or items therein contained. 8/10 2472730

Notice of formation of NEW YORK BUSINESS REPUTATION & MARKETING SOLUTIONS LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 05-17-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to 2811 Brooke Circle, Watervliet, NY, 12189-3151. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472776

Notice of formation of 95 NORTH 6TH INVESTOR, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 08-02-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472791

Notice of formation of STONE ISLAND CONSULTING, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 08-04-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472793

Notice of formation of HSCHOI ENTERPRISES LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 08-01-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472795

Notice of formation of 22MINUS21 LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 04-20-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472796

Notice of formation of LALALULU LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 08-02-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472798

Notice of formation of HARLEM KASBAH PRODUCTIONS LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-25-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472799

Notice of formation of MINDSET TO 750 LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 03-08-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 90 State St. STE 700 Office 40 Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472801

Notice of formation of UNIVERSAL FLX LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 08-04-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472802

Notice of formation of HUDSON VALLEY LUX HOMES LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 08-05-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472803

Notice of formation of HAPPY AWAY LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 08-01-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472806

Notice of formation of 1918 AVE M LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 08-03-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472807

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; Name of LLC: PANGMAN PROPERTY LLC; Date of filing: 8/3/2022; Office of the LLC: Schoharie Co.; The NY Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. NYSS may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 220 Barnerville Road, Cobleskill, New York 12043; Purpose of LLC: Any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472811

Fire District 5 of Town of Glenville, 501 Sacandaga Road, Scotia, New York (518)377-1788 is accepting sealed offers/bids for a Rescue Trailer, 2006 Wells Cargo TC Trecker, 16 ft, tandem axle enclosed trailer, color white, electric trailer brakes, full ramp door, side entry man door, 30 amp breaker panel with outlets, external outlet for generator hook up, cabinetry included, GVWR 7000 lbs. Send sealed offers/bids to the above address prior to September 6, 2022, attention Diana Myers. 8/10,11,12 2472825

Notice of formation of Springer Consulting, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 03-29-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE Y Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP 418 BROADWAY, STE Y Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 7/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472828

Notice of formation of M&W INVESTING, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 08-08-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472829

Notice of formation of Let’s Get Bandz LLC . Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 06-13-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to New York Registered Agent LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. New York Registered Agent LLC is designated as agent for SOP 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472830

Notice of formation of YOUREVOLVEDMIND LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 10-05-2020. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472831

Notice of formation of DAWN OF ERA LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 08-05-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472832

Notice of formation of QTPOC VISIONS LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 08-05-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472833

Notice of formation of KENNEWYCK COFFEE LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 06-29-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472835

Notice of formation of EQUILIBRIUM8, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 10-18-2021. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472837

Notice of formation of CINDY CASTRO NEW YORK LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 05-03-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472838

Notice of formation of SMK BRK LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 08-05-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472839

Notice of formation of SARATOGA STAINED GLASS LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 08-08-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472840

Notice of formation of EBB & FLOW LIFE LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 08-08-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472842

Notice of formation of GIOVANNI PANTORNO ESTABLISHMENT LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 05-17-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472843

Notice of formation of SPEAKY NEW YORK LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 07-11-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472844

Notice of formation of HER; STACEY MULLINGS LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 08-04-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE N Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472845

Notice of formation of CONNOR WRIGHT LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 08-04-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472850

Special Meeting Notice The Town Board of the Town of Waterford will hold a Special Meeting on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 10:00 AM at Waterford Town Hall, 65 Broad St. Waterford, NY. The purpose of the meeting is to consider a Resolution to pave a part of Mallards Landing North that was mistakenly missed in the original bid. 8/9/2022 8/10 2472855

Notice of formation of MULTI DELIGHT LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on 08-03-2022. Office location: Albany County, DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. DOS shall mail service of process to Registered Agents Inc. at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Registered Agents Inc. is designated as agent for SOP at 418 BROADWAY, STE R Albany NY 12207. Company is organized for any lawful purpose. 8/10,17,24,31;9/7,14 2472867

Ahead of World Emoji Day (July 17th), Emojipedia revealed a glimpse of what new emoji could arrive on smartphones later this year.

According to the Emojipedia draft list and demo images, ‘Emoji 15.0’ features 31 new emojis from the Unicode Consortium. The emojis are submitted in a draft list and, once approved, are expected to release sometime in 2022 and 2023.

Notable contenders expected to make the cut are the ‘shaking face emoji,’ ‘high five emoji’ and the ‘wireless emoji.’

The ‘high five emoji’ could be quite useful given the ‘praying hands emoji’ is often currently used to represent a high five.

Other notable emojis include new mammals, birds, fish, instruments and more. To be more specific, jellyfish, moose face, donkey, blackbird, goose, a wing, hyacinth, ginger, pea pods, maracas and flutes are just some of the other emoji candidates included in the draft list.

Although there are 31 recommended emojis likely coming this year, this number is low compared to 2021’s 112 and 2020’s 334.

The list won’t be finalized until September 2022.

Image Credit: Emojipedia 

Sources: Emojipedia Via: The Verge

In exact years, headlines about cyber security have become increasingly common. Thieves steal customer social security numbers from corporations’ computer systems. Unscrupulous hackers grab passwords and personal information from social media sites or pluck company secrets from the cloud. For companies of all sizes, keeping information safe is a growing concern.

What Is Cyber Security?

Cyber security consists of all the technologies and practices that keep computer systems and electronic data safe. And, in a world where more and more of our business and social lives are online, it’s an enormous and growing field with many types of job roles.

According to the Cyber Security & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), "Cyber security is the art of protecting networks, devices and data from unauthorized access or criminal use and the practice of ensuring confidentiality, integrity and availability of information."

What Is Information Security?

Information security is the processes and tools designed and used to protect sensitive business information from modification, disruption, destruction and inspection, according to CISCO.

Information security and cyber security are often confused. According to CISCO, information security is a crucial part of cyber security but is used exclusively to ensure data security.

Everything is connected by computers and the internet now, including communication, entertainment, transportation, shopping, medicine and more. A copious amount of personal information is stored among these various services and apps, which is why information security is critical.

Why Is Cyber Security Increasingly Important?

Getting hacked isn’t just a direct threat to the confidential data companies need. It can also ruin their relationships with customers and even place them in significant legal jeopardy. With new technology, from self-driving cars to internet-enabled home security systems, the dangers of cybercrime become even more serious.

So, it’s no wonder that international research and advisory firm Gartner Inc. predicts worldwide security spending will hit $170 billion in 2022, an 8% increase in just a year.

“We’re seeing a tremendous demand for cyber security practitioners,” said Jonathan Kamyck, associate dean of cyber security at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU). “Most businesses, whether they’re large or small, will have an online presence, for example. Some of the things you would do in the old days with a phone call or face-to-face now happen through email or teleconference, and that introduces lots of complicated questions with regard to information.”

These days, the need to protect confidential information is a pressing concern at the highest levels of government and industry. State secrets can be stolen from the other side of the world. Companies whose whole business models depend on control of customer data can find their databases compromised. In just one high-profile 2017 case, personal information for 147.9 million people – about half the United States – was compromised in a breach of credit reporting company Equifax.

What Are Cyber Attacks?

A cyber attack is an unwelcomed attempt to steal, expose, alter, disable or destroy information through unauthorized access to computer systems, according to the International Business Machines (IBM).

There are many reasons behind a cyber attack, such as cyber warfare, cyber terrorism and even hacktivists, but these actions fall into three main categories: criminal, political and personal.

Attackers motivated by crime typically seek financial gain through money theft, data theft or business disruption. Similarly, personal attackers include disgruntled current or former employees who will take money or data in an attempt to attack a company's systems.  Socio-political motivated attackers desire attention for their cause, resulting in their attacks being known to the public, and this is a form of hacktivism. Other forms of cyber attacks include espionage, or spying to gain an unfair advantage over the competition, and intellectual challenging.

According to CISA, as of 2021, there is a ransomware attack every 11 seconds – a dramatic rise from every 39 seconds in 2019 (CISA PDF Source). In addition, small businesses are the target of nearly 43% of all cyber attacks, which is up 400%.

The Small Business Association (SBA) reports that small businesses make attractive targets and are typically attacked due to their lack of security infrastructure. The SBA also reports that a majority of small business owners felt their business was vulnerable to an attack. This is because many of these businesses:

• Can't afford professional IT solutions
• Have limited time to devote to cyber security
• Don't know where to begin

What Are Types of Cyber Attacks and Threats?

Here are some of the most common threats among cyber attacks:

• Malware: Malware, also known as malicious software, is intrusive software developed by cyber criminals to steal data or to damage and destroy computers and computer systems, according to CISCO. Malware has the capability of exfiltrating massive amounts of data. Examples of common malware are viruses, worms, trojan viruses, spyware, adware and ransomware.

• Phishing: Phishing attacks are the practice of sending fraudulent communications while appearing to be a reputable source, according to CISCO. This is typically performed via email or on the phone. The goal is to steal sensitive information such as financial or login information – or to install malware onto a target's device.

• Ransomware: Ransomware is a form of malware designed to encrypt files on a target device, rendering those files and the systems they rely on unusable, according to the CISA. Once the system has been encrypted, actors demand ransom in exchange for decryption.

• Viruses: A virus is a harmful program intended to spread from computer to computer, as well as other connected devices, according to the SBA. The object of a virus is to deliver the attacker access to the infected systems. Many viruses pretend to be legitimate applications but then cause damage to the systems, steal data, interrupt services or obtain additional malware, according to Proofpoint.

Who Is Behind Cyber Attacks?

Attacks against enterprises can come from a variety of sources such as criminal organizations, state actors and private persons, according to IBM. An easy way to classify these attacks is by outsider versus insider threats.

Outsider or external threats include organized criminals, professional hackers and amateur hackers (like hacktivists).

Insider threats are typically those who have authorized access to a company's assets and abuse them deliberately or accidentally. These threats include employees who are careless of security procedures, disgruntled current or former employees and business partners or clients with system access.

Developing Cyber Awareness

Cyber security awareness month takes place every October and encourages individuals and organizations to own their role in protecting their cyberspace, according to Forbes, although anyone can practice being mindful of cyber security at any time. Awareness of the dangers of browsing the web, checking emails and interacting online in general are all part of developing cyber security awareness.

Cyber security awareness can mean different things to different people depending on their technical knowledge. Ensuring appropriate training is available to individuals is a great way to motivate lasting behavioral changes.

While cyber security awareness is the first step, employees and individuals must embrace and proactively use effective practices both professionally and personally for it to truly be effective, according to Forbes.

Getting started with cyber security awareness is easy, and many resources are readily available on the CISA government website based on your needs. Whether you need formal training or a monthly email with cyber security tips and tricks, any awareness and training can impact behavior and create a positive change in how you view cyber security.

What Are the Types of Cyber Security?

Here are the most common types of cyber security available:

• Application Security: Application security describes security used by applications to prevent data or code within the app from being stolen or hijacked. These security systems are implemented during application development but are designed to protect the application after deployment, according to VMWare.

• Cloud Security: Cloud security involves the technology and procedures that secure cloud computing environments against internal and external threats. These security systems are designed to prevent unauthorized access and keep data and applications in the cloud secure from cyber security threats, according to McAfee.

• Infrastructure Security: Critical infrastructure security describes the physical and cyber systems that are so vital to society that their incapacity would have a debilitating impact on our physical, economic or public health and safety, according to CISA.

• Internet of Things (IoT) Security: IoT is the concept of connecting any device to the Internet and other connected devices. The IoT is a network of connected things and people, all of which share data about the way they are used and their environments, according to IBM. These devices include appliances, sensors, televisions, routers, printers and countless other home network devices. Securing these devices is important, and according to a study by Bloomberg, security is one of the biggest barriers to widespread IoT adaption.

• Network Security: Network security is the protection of network infrastructure from unauthorized access, abuse or theft. These security systems involve creating a secure infrastructure for devices, applications and users to work together, according to CISCO.

Do You Need a Degree To Be a Cyber Security Professional?

A cyber security degree provides an opportunity for students to develop skills and a mindset that empowers them to begin a career in securing systems, protecting information assets and managing organizational risks.

Alex Petitto ’21 earned his bachelor’s in cyber security. Petitto always wanted to work within the IT sector, and he chose cyber security because it’s an exponentially growing field. He transferred credits from a community college through a U.S. Air Force program and finished his bachelor's in under two years. "It was much quicker than I thought it would be,” he said.

It didn't take long for Petitto to begin exploring his career options. "Even before finishing (my) degree, I … received multiple invites to interview for entry-level positions within the industry and received three job offers," said Petitto. He decided to remain within the Air Force and transfer to a cyber security unit as opposed to joining the private sector.

Petitto said his cyber security degree opened doors for him in the field – “a monumental goal for me," he said. "This degree was a critical first step for breaking into the industry."

Your cyber security degree program can also connect you with experiential learning opportunities to further your growth as a cyber security professional. For example, the annual National Cyber League (NCL) has a competition wherein students from across the U.S. practice real-world cyber security tasks and skills. SNHU recently placed 9th out of over 500 colleges participating in the NCL competition.

Career Opportunity and Salary Potential in Cyber Security

As companies large and small scramble to respond to the growing threats, jobs in the cyber security field are growing fast. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) predicts that employment for information security analysts will grow by 33% through 2030. That’s more than twice as fast as the average computer-related occupation and four times as fast as American jobs in general.

To help fill the need for more professionals in the cyber security world, CyberSeek, a project funded by the federal government and supported by industry partners, provides detailed information on the demand for these workers by state. The tool shows that, across the country, there were 180,000 job openings for information security analysts between May 2021 and April 2022, with only 141,000 professionals holding jobs in the role, reflecting an unfilled demand of 39,000 workers.

“There’s a huge shortfall right now in entry-level and midlevel cyber security roles,” Kamyck said. “You’re looking at demand across all business sectors, with companies of all sizes.

CyberSeek lists the following entry-mid-and advanced-level roles available in the field. Average salaries are based on job openings posted between May 2021 and April 2022.

Entry-level Cyber Security Roles

• Cyber Crime Analyst: Cyber crime analysts make an average salary of $100,000, and common skills necessary for the role include computer forensics, information security and malware engineering.
• Cyber Security Specialist: Cyber security specialists make an average salary of $104,482, and important skills for the role include information security, network security and information assurance.
• Incident and Intrusion Analyst: Incident analysts make an average salary of $88,226, and common skills needed include project management, network security and intrusion detection.
• IT Auditor: Information technology auditors make an average salary of $110,000, and common skills for the role include internal auditing and audit planning, accounting and risk assessment.

Mid-level Cyber Security Roles

• Cyber Security Analyst: Cybersecurity analysts make an average of $107,500, and the top skills required include information security and systems, network security and threat analysis.
• Cyber Security Consultant: Consultants in cyber security make an average salary of $92,504 and need skills in information security and surveillance, asset protection and security operations.
• Penetration and Vulnerability Tester: Penetration testers make an average salary of $101,091 and need skills in penetration testing, Java, vulnerability assessment and software development.

Advanced-level Cyber Security Roles

• Cyber Security Architect: Cyber security architects make an average salary of $159,752, and top skills for the role include software development, network and information security and authentication.
• Cyber Security Engineer: Cyber security engineers make an average of $117,510 a year and need cryptography, authentication and network security skills.
• Cyber Security Manager:  Managers in this field earn an average salary of $130,000, and top skills include project management, network security and risk management.

What Does a Cyber Security Professional Do?

Kamyck said cyber security professionals could play a wide range of roles in a modern company. For example, some small businesses may hire a single person to handle all kinds of work protecting data. Others contract with consultants who can offer a variety of targeted services. Meanwhile, larger firms may have whole departments dedicated to protecting information and chasing down threats.

While companies define roles related to information security in a variety of ways, Kamyck said there are some specific tasks that these employees are commonly called on to do. In many cases, they must analyze threats and gather information from a company’s servers, cloud services and employee computers and mobile devices.

“An analyst’s job is to find meaning in all of that data, see what’s concerning,” he said. “Is there a breach? Is someone violating a policy?”

In many cases, Kamyck said, security specialists work with other information technology professionals to ensure a company’s systems are secure. That involves not just technical know-how but also people-oriented skills.

But breaches don’t just take the form of someone hacking into a server. They can also involve customer lists sent through unencrypted email, a password written on a sticky note in a cubicle or a company laptop stolen from an employee’s car.

Depending on their specific role, cyber security professionals must also think strategically. In many industries, companies rely on employees having quick access to highly sensitive data, such as medical records or bank account information.

“The goal is to balance the needs of the company or the organization you’re working for with the need to protect the confidentiality of customer data and trade secrets,” Kamyck said.

Kamyck said people who do well in these jobs tend to be curious, competitive and willing to keep learning to stay up to date with rapidly changing technology. The work draws on multidisciplinary knowledge, and people who continue with the work find there are a variety of directions they can take in their careers.

For example, Kamyck said, if you're interested in the business side, you might become a manager or run audits that let companies know where they need to Strengthen to meet compliance. If you love the adversarial part of the job, you might become a penetration tester, essentially an “ethical hacker” who tests for system vulnerabilities by trying to get through them.

How To Get Into Cyber Security

If you’re wondering how to get into cyber security, it’s clear there are many positions out there. The question is how to make sure you’re a good fit for them. According to BLS, most information security analyst jobs require at least a bachelor’s degree in computer science, information assurance, programming or another related field.

In some cases, the work calls for a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Information Systems. That degree typically takes an additional two years of study and involves both technical and business management courses.

Cyber security job requirements also sometimes include related work experience. Rather than jumping right into the security side of information technology, you can start as a network or computer systems administrator. Depending on the specific cyber security position, employers may have other job requirements. For instance, keeping databases secure might be an ideal job for someone who’s spent time as a database administrator and is also well-versed in security issues.

Aside from work experience and college degrees, some employers also prefer job candidates who have received certifications demonstrating their understanding of best practices in the field. For example, the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) credential validates a professional’s general knowledge and abilities in information security. There are also more specific certificates, which can highlight specialized knowledge of computer architecture, engineering or management.

Whatever path new employees in cyber security want to follow, Kamyck said, those who are willing to make an effort to learn the field will find abundant opportunities.

“There’s needs in government. There’s needs in finance. There’s needs in education,” Kamyck said. “There’s a tremendous unfilled need.”

Discover more about SNHU's online cyber security degree: Find out what courses you'll take, skills you'll learn and how to request information about the program.

Nicholas Patterson is a writer at Southern New Hampshire University. Connect with him on LinkedIn.

MARSHALL – Madison County Schools and the Madison County Sheriff's Office made national headlines Aug. 5 after its decision to allow SROs access to AR-15 rifles in each of its six schools in the county.

There are six schools in the Madison County system: Brush Creek Elementary, Hot Springs Elementary, Mars Hill Elementary, Madison Middle, Madison High and Madison Early College High.

The guns are secured in safes, along with other items, including tools to help break through barricaded doors.

"The reason we put the breaching tools in the safes is that in the event we have someone barricaded in a door, we won't have to wait on the fire department to get there," Sheriff Buddy Harwood said. "We'll have those tools to be able to breach that door if needed. I do not want to have to run back out to the car to grab an AR, because that's time lost. Hopefully we'll never need it, but I want my guys to be as prepared as prepared can be."

Superintendent Will Hoffman said the decision and the funding for school resource officers in each school came together through a collaboration between the local school board, the county commission and the county Sheriff's Office.

"This has always been our highest safety priority. We have also worked to fund digital camera systems at each school, additional counseling, and social worker support at each school and site-based therapy through a partnership with MAHEC to create safe school environments at each of our schools," Hoffman said. "We have now seen senseless school shootings over and over again across our nation. As superintendent of schools, my highest priority is the safety and welfare of our students and staff. I believe in our school resource officers. They build strong relationships with students, and they are highly trained in the use of firearms and de-escalation strategies. They have my trust; the trust of our Board of Education and they have earned the public’s trust. They need to be able to take decisive action that includes all appropriate steps to neutralize an assailant, should a critical incident occur."

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Madison County residents weighed in on the school system's decision Aug. 6.

Some residents, like Betsy Richards Smith, 68, of Mars Hill, said while she agreed with some components of the decision, she felt the use of AR-15s was unnecessary.

"If there are to be any official guns in a school, the SROs are the ones to have them - not the teachers, not the principal and not the aides," Richards Smith said. "The critical aspects are training and access. A gun is no good if you can’t get to it in time. That said, I don’t see the need for AR-15s. In these scenarios, you only have to take out one person: the shooter. Why risk accidentally killing more students with an AR-15 when a well-aimed service revolver will do the same job?"

Mars Hill resident Jacob Mercer, 29, said he supports the school system's decision. Mercer and his wife, Courtney, have a 5-month-old daughter in daycare in the county.

"I feel like this is a wonderful step into limiting school shootings," Mercer said. "I'm very happy with our school board and sheriff's decision. The children's safety is the number one thing that we should be concerned about. Having AR-15s in our schools definitely is a cost-efficient way of protecting our kids."

Harwood cited the continued occurrence of school shootings throughout the nation in his decision to stow the AR-15s in safes.

"I hate that we've come to a place in our nation where I've got to put a safe in our schools, and lock that safe up for my deputies to be able to acquire an AR-15," Harwood said. "But, we can shut it off and say it won't happen in Madison County, but we never know. I want the parents of Madison County to know we're going to take every measure necessary to ensure our kids are safe in this school system. If my parents, as a whole, want me to stand at that door with that AR strapped around that officer's neck, then I'm going to do whatever my parents want as a whole to keep our kids safe."

Michael Bitzer is the department of politics chair at Catawba College, and the author of "Redistricting and Gerrymandering in North Carolina: Battlelines in the Tar Heel State."

"I think the aftermath of Uvalde has laid open some real divides that may transcend partisan dynamics: the overwhelming number of law enforcement officers at the school during the event, and yet the significant delays that law enforcement officers failed to act that could have resolved the issue has both sides bringing new policy initiatives regarding the worth of increasing security in public schools," Bitzer said. "In this environment of highly polarized partisanship, and with the growing policy divisions regarding the role of guns in our society, I suspect we will continue to hear new policy initiatives surrounding one of the most divisive public policy issues of our day."

Bitzer said the Democratic sheriff's decision could have political motivations.

"While Republicans won 55-60 percent of the top three elections (U.S. President, U.S. Senate, N.C. governor) in the 2016 and 2020 elections in Madison County, Harwood has run in midterm elections (and thus avoided the Republican ‘top of the ticket’ ballot influence in very partisan presidential election years) and been either unchallenged, as in 2018, or able to make it against a Republican challenger, as in 2014," Bitzer said. "This year, he does have a Republican challenger, along with confronting a Republican-advantage electoral dynamic with this midterm year.

"So the policy decision may be an honest look at this year’s election dynamics — a Republican challenger in a pro-Republican election year — and Harwood seeking to solidify his more ‘conservative’ credentials to blunt campaign attacks. Certainly, Harwood’s power of incumbency is a major advantage to any candidate (long name-recognition, able to withstand the growing Republican influence in the county), but this year may be a real test to see if a Democrat can continue to win a local office in a county that has shifted more and more Republican in voting dynamics."

Online security measures

Caroline Fletcher, 39, lives near the Petersburg neighborhood of Mars Hill.

Fletcher's 17-year-old son had previously attended Madison County Schools but moved out of state to be with his father in April 2021.

"We should be doing more to help these kids handle strong emotions and prevent them from feeling the need to commit these acts," Fletcher said. "We should be training them on what it looks like to be manipulated by online predators. We should be putting many more psychologists into schools."

The school system will work with the FBI in Asheville this fall to present to middle school, high school and early college students and their parents/guardians about how to be safer online, especially in regards to of online enticement and "sextortion" awareness.

The school system's online security and student surveillance measures will include:

• Web filtering and monitoring tools for all web traffic.

• School security door systems and safety glass at each school.

• Anonymous tipline for students and families.

• Student social media filtering.

• SwiftK12 alert call system w/emergency call feature dials multiple contacts per student.

• Network firewall appliance prevents network intrusion that can compromise sensitive student and personnel records.

• Anti-bullying web form allows anonymous reporting of suspected bullying.

• Digital surveillance cameras in schools.

• Stop-arm camera systems on all yellow buses.

• Cameras installed on all 45 buses.

• Two-way radios on all buses.

In 2020-21, the school system was slotted to receive $5.6 million in Education Stabilization Fund through the Coronavirus Aid Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER Fund) draft plotting allotments.

The funding will be in place through 2024, according to Hoffman.

In the superintendent's view, the pandemic highlighted the critical need for an increased presence of mental health professionals in the school system.

As a result, using the ESSER funds, MCS administration brought in a number of personnel to assist students with mental health concerns, including a nurse and counselor at Hot Springs Elementary School. Additionally, the school system added curriculum interventionists, a speech language pathologist, an additional Exceptional Children teacher and social workers.

"We understand the importance of social emotional learning, and we have added additional student services positions with ESSER funding," Hoffman said. "Our counselors, social workers, school nurses, and Exceptional Children’s staff have been on the front lines for students who have been in crisis during the pandemic. One neighboring school district recently reported that they cannot account for hundreds of students as a result of the pandemic. We are not in that predicament thanks largely to the work of school administrators and this group of individuals."

Other security measures

The rifles in safes and the increased online security presence are not the only security measures the school system is rolling out for the upcoming school year.

The school system will have an SRO and a school safety liaison at each school. Additionally, each school will also have a school counselor, as well as a nurse and social worker. There will also be certified first responders throughout the school district, according to Hoffman.

Crisis teams and plans will be in place for each of the six MCS schools, and the school system will work closely with the county DSS and Sheriff's Office, the superintendent said.

In 2022-23, the school system will conduct lockdown and safety drills, as well as threat assessment training for administrators and SRO staff.

A host of other measures will be implemented as well, the superintendent said, including:

• Entrance gate at Madison High School and Madison Early College High School.

• Panic button system in each building that reports to monitoring center and Sheriff’s Office.

• Updated intercom systems at each school.

• IP phone system with one-button emergency feature enabled on key administrative stations, sends alert announcements to all handsets, including those in use.

This article originally appeared on Asheville Citizen Times: Madison County parents and residents weigh in on AR-15s in schools

The war of the currents was fairly decisively won by AC. After all, whether you’ve got 110 V or 230 V coming out of your wall sockets, 50 Hz or 60 Hz, the whole world agrees that the frequency of oscillation should be strictly greater than zero. Technically, AC won out because of three intertwined facts. It was more economical to have a few big power plants rather than hundreds of thousands of tiny ones. This meant that power had to be transmitted over relatively long distances, which calls for higher voltages. And at the time, the AC transformer was the only way viable to step up and down voltages.

But that was then. We’re right now on the cusp of a power-generation revolution, at least if you believe the solar energy aficionados. And this means two things: local power that’s originally generated as DC. And that completely undoes two of the three factors in AC’s favor. (And efficient DC-DC converters kill the transformer.) No, we don’t think that there’s going to be a switch overnight, but we wouldn’t be surprised if it became more and more common to have two home electrical systems — one remote high-voltage AC provided by the utilities, and one locally generated low-voltage DC.

Why? Because most devices these days use low-voltage DC, with the notable exception of some big appliances. Batteries store DC. If more and more homes have some local DC generation capability, it stops making sense to convert the local DC to AC just to plug in a wall wart and convert it back to DC again. Hackaday’s [Jenny List] sidestepped a lot of this setup and went straight for the punchline in her article “Where’s my low-voltage DC wall socket?” and proposed a few solutions for the physical interconnects. But we’d like to back it up for a minute. When the low-voltage DC revolution comes, what voltage is it going to be?

Resistive Heating

The problem with lower-voltage wiring is simple physics. For a given power demand, P=I*V, so a lower voltage means pushing more current. But substituting in Ohm’s Law, more current also means dramatically higher resistive losses P=I^2*R in the wires. Reducing the resistance of the wire by using more copper is one alternative, but you get more bang for the buck by focusing on the current-squared term.

That’s the reason that, for instance, power over Ethernet (PoE) schemes use around 48 V to transmit something like 30 W of power — those thin Ethernet cables can only carry so much current without wasting most of it away as heat. Even around 50 V, PoE schemes count on a loss of three to five watts in the cabling. So whatever cabling is used for the low-voltage DC segments of your home’s electrical system, it’s going to be thicker than Cat-5.

But copper costs money, so there’s always going to be some upward pressure on the voltage exerted by resistive heating effects.

Safety

Electricity starts getting dangerous to humans somewhere around 30-50 V. That’s where the current levels that push through the human body resistance start to become troublesome. But while everyone says “safety first!” it’s also worth noting that you’ve got 110 or 230 V AC in your walls right now. Clearly it’s “washing machine first” in the real world. Which is to say that although sub-30 V DC would be safer, we suspect that the safety will be designed into the connectors, or into circuit breakers.

Switches and Relays

Which brings us to the last concern. Have you ever arc welded? How much DC voltage does it take to strike up an arc? Something in the neighborhood of 24 V is a pretty common value for a professional unit, but people have been able to weld with 20 V tool battery packs or even 12 V car batteries. Some spot welder designs that we’ve seen only use two or three volts, but they develop the required current by pressing the workpieces together very hard to make the low-resistance path.

Have you ever looked on a relay and noticed that it has ratings for DC and AC use? For example, these relays are rated for 10 A at 250 V AC, but only 10 A at 30 V DC. Where does this factor of ten come from? Relay contacts can spark as the two contacts get close together, and they are prone to weld themselves together at higher DC voltages in a way that’s just not the case for AC, because AC arcs self-extinguish 100 or 120 times per second.

Making mechanical switches that work for your DC home electric system is going to be a problem, then, and that’s going to put downward pressure on the voltage. The average car contains a lot of relays, and they seem to function most of the time, so maybe 12 V is a good pick here. Don’t take my word for it, though. Here is an automotive engineer’s take on DC in the home. It’s a little bit dated, but he complains about the extra design concerns in working on a 24 V diesel vehicle. We take that as a vote for lower voltages.

The X factor here is progress in MOSFET or IGBT manufacture. Solid state DC circuit breakers aren’t as cheap as mechanical (AC) breakers yet, but at voltages like we’re considering inside the home, they’re getting there. The higher price may also simply reflect present lower demand. Maybe the downward voltage pressure will evaporate in the near future?

W.A.G. Time

Now we’ve come to the end of the article, so let’s see if we can make any sense of all this. If solar is going to play a role in our future energy demands, it’s inefficient to round-trip from DC to AC and back again. It’ll be more efficient to stay DC from the panel to the battery to the end device, maybe only changing voltages once or twice with highly efficient DC-DC converters along the way.

If there were to be a complementary DC standard, heating losses push the voltage level up, switching constraints push the voltage down, and safety is, we think, a wash. Solar panels are essentially costlessly configurable for either high voltage or high current, and we think it’s telling that newer installations tend to run in the 24-50 V range. That says a lot about the importance of heating losses. Batteries are similarly flexible, so there’s not much problem matching them to the source.

We’d be stoked to have DC sockets, and devices that plug into them, all powered by a medium-sized panel on our roof and stored in medium-sized batteries in our basement. Whether this goes from the panel to the battery to the plug at 48 V or 12 V is going to depend on the relative prices of copper and hefty FETs, but we’re betting that FETs get cheaper and copper more expensive. We’d personally like to see this relatively high voltage stepped down at the plug for safety, say to 12 V, but we won’t quibble. It would make the perfect complement to our existing AC infrastructure.

What do you say? What factors are we missing? Any of you have a DC side of your home already? What voltage(s) for DC?

VCS-261: Administration of Veritas InfoScale Storage 7.3 for UNIX/Linux

Although each product varies in complexity and depth of technical knowledge, the certification exams target end-users and cover core elements measuring technical knowledge against factors such as installation, configuration, deployment, management & administration, and basic troubleshooting.

This program consists of a technical test at a product/version level that validates that the successful candidate has the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully administer Veritas InfoScale Storage 7.3 for UNIX/Linux

Passing this test will result in a Veritas Certified Specialist (VCS) certification and counts towards the requirements for a Veritas Certified Professional (VCP) certification in Storage Management and High Availability for UNIX.

Exam details

# of Questions: 75 - 85
Exam Duration: 105 minutes
Passing Score: 70%
Languages: English
Exam Price: $225 USD (or your country’s currency equivalent)

Suggested preparation

Recommended Course:

Note: If you do not have prior experience with this product, it is recommended that you complete an in-person, classroom training or Virtual Academy virtual classroom training class in preparation for the VCS exam. Be aware that attending a training course does not ensure passage of a certification exam.

Recommended preparation steps:

1. Exam Preparation Guide (PDF): obtain and review the guide to understand the scope of Topics covered in the certification test and how they map to the key lessons and Topics in the associated training course(s).
2. Attend recommended training classes listed above.
3. Gain hands-on experience with the product. Six to twelve months experience working with InfoScale Storage and Veritas Storage Foundation for UNIX/Linux in a production or lab environment is recommended.
4. Sample test (PDF): Test yourself and your exam-taking skills using the demo exam

In addition, you should be familiar with the following product documentation and web sites:

Recommended hands-on experience (real world or virtual):

• Recommended knowledge of UNIX/Linux system and network administration.
• Recommended knowledge of storage virtualization and high availability concepts.
• Define the types, purpose and benefits of storage virtualization.
• Identify the benefits of Veritas InfoScale Storage 7.3 for UNIX/Linux and Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager (VIOM).
• Describe the functionality of Veritas InfoScale Storage 7.3 components and features.
• Identify VxVM / VxFS / virtual storage objects and volume layouts.
• Install and perform initial configuration of Veritas InfoScale Storage 7.3 for UNIX/Linux.
• Describe the Veritas InfoScale Storage 7.3 user interfaces including Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager.
• Configure and manage disks and disk groups.
• Configure and manage VxVM volumes.
• Create and administer VxFS file systems.
• Define and describe the benefits of performing volume and file systems snapshots.
• Define and describe the SmartIO feature.
• Describe the concept and components specific to replicated volumes and file systems.
• Describe how Veritas InfoScale Storage 7.3 supports thin provisioning including, but not limited to, the SmartMove feature.
• Install and configure Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager (VIOM).
• Perform basic troubleshooting of the above.

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