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		<copyright>&#xA9; LarryVan</copyright>
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		<title>GPS Makes Everyone a Surveyor</title>
		<link>http://surveyorsnotebook.com/2008/03/11/gps-makes-everyone-a-surveyor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s the claim made by John Boney, a retired engineer and city councilman in Butler Alabama, who surveyed a cemetery in Butler&#160; after the city was quoted a price of $30000 by a licensed Land Surveyor.&#160; Boney, who is not a professional surveyor received a letter of reprimand from the Alabama State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and land Surveyors.&#160; He made the statement that::

&#34;PVC pipe made everyone a plumber,&#34; he said. (...)]]></description>
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		<title>Proposals and Invoices and Your Professional Image</title>
		<link>http://surveyorsnotebook.com/2008/01/19/proposals-and-invoices-and-your-professional-image/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LarryVan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing looks worse than a hand scrawled proposal written on a piece of notebook paper and mailed to a client in anticipation of winning over a prospective client.&#160; Not much better, but certainly more acceptable is a typed up form outlining the work with the charges and a total amount due. (...)]]></description>
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		<title>The Perception of the Quality of Land Surveying Services</title>
		<link>http://surveyorsnotebook.com/2008/01/09/the-perception-of-the-quality-of-land-surveying-services/</link>
		<comments>http://surveyorsnotebook.com/2008/01/09/the-perception-of-the-quality-of-land-surveying-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LarryVan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;



I was just completing my dental appointment when the conversation turned to technology.&#160; I was amazed that the tools and technology in dentistry are somewhat similar to those used in surveying, although at a much smaller scale. (...)]]></description>
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		<title>Land Surveying as a Profession</title>
		<link>http://surveyorsnotebook.com/2007/12/06/land-surveying-as-a-profession/</link>
		<comments>http://surveyorsnotebook.com/2007/12/06/land-surveying-as-a-profession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LarryVan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember well when I first received my license to practice Land Surveying. It was 1968, and I , at age 28 was the youngest Land Surveyor in St. Joseph County, Indiana. (...)]]></description>
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		<title>GPS Vehicle Tracking for Record Purposes</title>
		<link>http://surveyorsnotebook.com/2007/09/14/gps-vehicle-tracking-for-record-purposes/</link>
		<comments>http://surveyorsnotebook.com/2007/09/14/gps-vehicle-tracking-for-record-purposes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LarryVan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you use a motor vehicle for business, the IRS requires you to keep a written record of personal and business use.&#160; In the past, I have kept daily records showing business use, but not always showing detailed information regarding destination and any intermediate stops. (...)]]></description>
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		<title>A Fellow Surveyor Needs Your Help</title>
		<link>http://surveyorsnotebook.com/2007/08/31/a-fellow-surveyor-needs-your-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 01:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LarryVan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Porter is a Land Surveyor.&#160; He works for the City of Lawton, Oklahoma. (...)]]></description>
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		<title>The Challenge of Surveying in Ohio</title>
		<link>http://surveyorsnotebook.com/2007/07/14/the-challenge-of-surveying-in-ohio/</link>
		<comments>http://surveyorsnotebook.com/2007/07/14/the-challenge-of-surveying-in-ohio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LarryVan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surveying in Ohio is unlike surveying in any other State of the Union. As John E. (...)]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Border Fence Protrudes Into Mexico</title>
		<link>http://surveyorsnotebook.com/2007/06/30/us-border-fence-protrudes-into-mexico/</link>
		<comments>http://surveyorsnotebook.com/2007/06/30/us-border-fence-protrudes-into-mexico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LarryVan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boundary disputes aren&#8217;t limited to disagreements between neighbors living in residential subdivisions.&#160; Apparently, part of the border fence built by the United States in 2000 was built along an existing farm fence and was discovered to be over the border by 1 to 6 feet.&#160; The fence is in New Mexico and the problem is explained as follows:

James Johnson, whose onion farm is in the disputed area, said he thinks his forefathers may have started the confusion in the 19th century by placing a barbed-wire fence south of the border. (...)]]></description>
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		<title>ALTA / ACSM Long-form Certifications</title>
		<link>http://surveyorsnotebook.com/2007/06/02/alta-acsm-long-form-certifications/</link>
		<comments>http://surveyorsnotebook.com/2007/06/02/alta-acsm-long-form-certifications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 21:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LarryVan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading posts on the POB-rpls message board today when I came upon this excellent post by Peter Lazio, a land surveyor from New York.&#160; Peter gave his permission for readers to copy, and I have re-posted it here so that it can be easily found. (...)]]></description>
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		<title>Employee Non-Compete Contracts</title>
		<link>http://surveyorsnotebook.com/2007/06/02/employee-non-compete-contracts/</link>
		<comments>http://surveyorsnotebook.com/2007/06/02/employee-non-compete-contracts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 20:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LarryVan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many employers use a non-compete contract to restrict&#160;or limit employees and former employees from working for a competitor, or from divulging trade secrets or other proprietary data. (...)]]></description>
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