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The expectation of the end result is the driving force of all floor maintenance. The customer's expectation is that the floor will be cleaned and exhibit a pleasant appearance. The customer may not always know what is required to achieve this result, but they know what they expect to see. It is up to the floor maintenance technician to deliver the expected end results.
The primary reason for floor maintenance is to protect the flooring material from the harmful effects of erosion. This continual wearing down of the surface is the result of microscopic scratches caused by the combination of grit in conjunction with traffic conditions. That is why high-traffic areas lose gloss rapidly. Reducing the effects of erosion is accomplished by removing these harmful soils from the surface and in many cases applying a protective coating, polish, seal or finish to the floor.
The definition of clean is to be free of soil or dirt. However, the term may be relative, based on the environment the technician is working in. It is much more difficult to have a clean surface in a foundry than it is in a medical facility. Both can be cleaned, but the effort to clean them will change due to the volume and type of soil being removed. Assorted cleaning chemicals are used in different environments to combat these various soiling conditions; degreasing chemicals may be used in a foundry, whereas sanitizing chemicals may be used in the medical environment.
Appearance has the largest impact on meeting expectations of the end result. Once floor maintenance has been completed, what the customer sees is what they base their judgment on when determining the quality of services provided. The overall appearance of the floor, the level of gloss, the absence of soil will all impact their determination.
Floor maintenance quality is often more than just the floor maintenance services; it is how those services are delivered. This is the essential ingredient that separates one floor maintenance service provider from the next and should be a matter of personal pride.
The customer should always receive and observe professionalism during every phase of the operation, from solicitation to billing. Sometimes it is the most subtle things that help elevate the impression of service quality, such as a professional appearance and demeanor. Communication is extremely important, and understanding and being able to properly explain industry terminology ensures that the service provider is well versed in the trade and can communicate effectively with the customer.
The physical performance of the services is also where you can increase the level of quality a customer experiences. Punctual, uniformed technicians with clean equipment can elevate your quality rating tremendously. Organization and implementation of the services also shows professionalism; the services should flow from beginning to end without interruption. The security of the building upon completion of services is an area that really contributes to the end result. The service providers should remove all items used in the process of providing the service, and doors, windows and alarms should be secured before leaving the facility.
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There are different levels of quality expectation and delivery; that is why, for example, some folks of equal means and status drive economy cars and some drive luxury automobiles. It is up to the service provider to determine what is expected and determine how best to deliver it. If that objective is not achieved, chances are the customer will be unhappy with the quality of your service.
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The question I've asked myself recently after watching any number of worthy but small movies is, "This is a nice little movie -- but who will ever have the chance to see it?"
Blink and you'll miss Personal Effects, a moving contemporary drama starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Ashton Kutcher and Kathy Bates that's playing for one night only in New York next Monday.


text: I was in Disneyland yesterday and me and my friends were on the way to space mountain when i came across a strange sight...Ballo from a jungle book in tommorowland??????? the worst part is guests dident care they were takeing pictures and getting his autograph but personally i was furious i even saw goofy outside of autopia and he was in his normal costume!! this just really made me upset because it ruins the whole tommorwland theme. what is the weirdest out of place character you have seen? and does anybody else get upset about this like or am i just overreacting?


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Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti has died at his home in Modena, Italy, the singer's manager said.
The legendary tenor, who was among the world's most celebrated and beloved singers, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2006. He was 71 years old.
At his side were his wife, Nicoletta; his daughters, Lorenza, Cristina, Giuliana and Alice; his sister, Gabriela; and his nephews and close relatives and friends, according to a statement issued by manager Terri Robson.
His last public performance — singing the aria "Nessun Dorma" from Puccini's opera "Turandot" — was at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, in February 2006 and his last full-scale concert was in Taipei, Taiwan, in December 2005.
In the months preceding this, he had given worldwide farewell concerts in Central and South America, the United States, Spain, France, Greece, Cyprus, Croatia, Japan, China, Russia, the Czech Republic, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, according to Robson's statement.
He had such outsized talent, that his appeal reached far beyond opera lovers.
"Luciano Pavarotti is the Babe Ruth of the opera world," Joseph Volpe, Pavarotti's longtime friend and former general manager of New York's Metropolitan Opera, told ABC News before the singer's death. "There isn't anywhere Luciano wouldn't be recognized — incredible charisma, smile and his sense of humor!"
Volpe also knew that Pavarotti's magic with the crowds was great business, "People would pay the high price for an entire season's series of 10 operas just to hear Pavarotti in one of them," he said.
If opera is all about the emotions made supreme, Pavarotti was a master and his voice was the ultimate instrument for it, Volpe explained, recalling the raptures he and thousands of other opera lovers felt.
"The warmth of his voice, it was kind of like being out on a beautiful summer day. You feel this warmth, you feel relaxed, feel this is what life's about," he said.
If opera is all about the drama and the tragicomedy of life, the very image of Pavarotti was all about that too — and very Italian.
He loved to eat, loved to gather a giant table of family and friends and really loved to sing.
Pavarotti was born in Modena, Italy, deep in the heart of opera country — not all that far from Milan with its world-famous opera house, La Scala.
His father was a baker and amateur tenor, with whom a young Pavarotti sang in choirs and choruses.
Pavarotti had dreamed of being a soccer player, but then "that voice" emerged and his music just took over. They say people born with great voices just love to sing, have to sing. Pavarotti was soon concentrating all his spare time — while teaching school and selling insurance to make money — on studying the fine points of phrasing and repertoire and foreign language pronunciation for those operas in languages other than Italian.
Pavarotti's opera stage debut was in 1961. He caught the attention of diva Joan Sutherland, who asked him to join her tours in 1965. He gathered experience and notice and finally got a big break on the concert stage in "La Boheme." Pavarotti sang the part of a passionate young artist who had found his muse, and the opera world found a new star.
Then he did something astonishing and totally unexpected.
There is a passage in the opera "Daughter of the Regiment" where nine high C's follow close upon one another.


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The Battle of Bunker Hill was the first full-scale military engagement of the Revolutionary War, and although the British won the battle the Americans proved that they were capable of fighting head-on against better trained and prepared professional soldiers who were among the most impressive military forces of that time. The battle took place on June 17, 1775, on Breed's Hill...
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Hollow Boys embrace the dark on third album
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The world of Howler's sophomore album
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There's no real nice way to put this: None of the guys in Anchorhead can much sing. I'd venture that the trio, the members of which share vocal duties, have a combined range of roughly 11 notes. Now you might think that such a limitation would preclude them from creating enjoyable non-instrumental rock music, but that somehow isn't the case. Anchorhead's second album, Disaster, is a charming collection of stoner country-rock tunes. Their self-deprecating wit, aw-shucks harmonies, and obsession with intoxicating spirits bring to mind Texas roots rockers the Gourds. Nowhere is this spirit more evident than on the raucous cheating song "Comin' Home," with the three vocalists trading off verses and collectively shouting out the chorus: "I'm comin' home to you. I can't imagine where, how, or when." Such declarations of loserdom are somehow funny and sweet coming from these guys. You get the feeling that they could actually get away with cheating on their women--just like they get away with not being much able to sing.
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This bright comfortable duplex apartment is located in the heart of Meribel - one of the best-loved and biggest ski and mountain sports resorts in the world. The apartment has a prime position in the resort, located just a few steps from the village centre. The nearest pistes are 250 metres away in the centre of the village, and it is surrounded by shops bars and restaurants. The apartment has chalet style furnishings and the balcony has uninterrupted views over the beautiful mountain scenery, ideal for relaxing after a day on the slopes. With a double bedroom and a large mezzanine, 2 bathrooms and 2 toilets, the apartment offers a comfortable and convenient base for either a family or a group of friends. It also has an underground parking space.
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This is also the perfect base to enjoy a sporty holiday in summer, with a super outdoor swimming pool.
A holiday is made much more memorable if you are staying in a great apartment. We think you'll enjoy our apartment for a few different reasons. Firstly it is in a very very convenient location - everything really is on the doorstep. Secondly, it is an inviting place to spend time. There is a picture-postcard view and a comfortable settee to enjoy it from! The beds are comfortable and the bathrooms spacious with baths that you can lie-back in and relax. The kitchen is tiny but everything is there to cook and then to sit down comfortably to enjoy your meal. We have spent many happy holidays here and we think you will too!
For children: Although children are welcome in our apartment, we don't feel it is suitable for very young children. The mezzanine is accessed by an open stairway and the lovely open space above the sitting room is not safe for very young children. Similarly, the balcony outside is high up. However, once the children have reached the age where they are more sensible, they will love the open-plan mezzanine and their parents will love the fact that the double-bedroom is tucked away quietly downstairs where they can enjoy a lie-in without being disturbed! Older children can safely walk the short distance to the shops in the village and can even reach the village sports centre with its swimming pool and skating rink without crossing over any major roads.
In summer, older children will enjoy the outdoor pool in the apartment complex. This is a great sunny spot and very warm and sheltered on sunny days.
Summer Activities: Over the last few years, Meribel has developed into a great summer activities centre. It is a main centre now for mountain biking (our apartment has a secure underground garage for bike storage) with an extensive network of trails in the surrounding mountains. Throughout the summer there are a number of mountain-biking events. Walkers and nature-lovers are spoilt for choice with the Vanoise National Park - marmots and bouquetins are everywhere! The 18 hole golf course in Meribel is superb - watch out for low flying places as you tee-off on the 3rd! There is also a fantastic, well-maintained driving range. If none of the above appeals - try the tennis courts or perhaps you might like to pony trek. The riding centre also offers an extensive programme of lessons. Adventurous kids can let off steam on the climbing wall in the sports centre or cool down in the ice rink - skate-hire is no problem. The Meribel tourist office has an extensive web page - have a look at what is on offer.
Having skied all our lives, we wanted to have somewhere in a great skiing location. Sharing our apartment with our guests meant we could have an apartment which was really well located and also really well equipped - we like to think everyone benefits. It gives us great pleasure to share it and to hear how much people enjoy their holidays in our place.
This property ticked all the boxes for us. Bright with wonderful views, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, underground car parking and only minutes from the centre of Meribel and the pistes. It is a wonderful place to be, winter or summer.
We very much enjoyed our stay in Meribel ......... As you can probably guess from my email sign-off, I love to cook and it is a great opportunity to do so when on holiday. (I know it is most people's nightmare!) Even though the kitchen was small, is was so well-equipped, that we manage to eat very well!!!
The apartment is just as described and easy to find thanks to the excellent info pack sent by owners. We arrived later than planned and the local management company phoned us to make arrangements for a key to be left. Very helpful and friendly. The layout worked well for us - 2 adults and 3 children - as there is privacy with the separate bedroom downstairs and flexibility with the lounge and mezzanine areas.
The 2 bathrooms are very handy. The apartment was very warm and cosy to come home to after a day skiing and there was always plenty of hot water for baths / showers.
Note for anyone in Meribel over New Year - excellent torchlit descent and firework display at the Chaudanne area on New Years Eve - not to be missed.
Very well located in centre of Meribel, close to shops bars and bus stops. We had a brilliant week, the apartment is small but well laid out and well equipped. Having two bathrooms was a bonus. The apartment building itself is well maintained and very secure. There is a balcony that gets the sun in the afternoon with a good view of the mountain. We would definitely consider a return visit. The butchers shop sells good takeaway food!
I'd avoid this apartment. I emailed the owner who confirm availability and accepted my deposit. They then decided they want to use the apartment themselves and cancelled my booking.
We enjoyed a fantastic week staying in this fabulous apartment which is right in the heart of Meribel. It provided a great base from which we could ski all three valleys and enjoy the fabulous local bars and restaurants at night.
The nearest access to the snow is just above the tourist info centre just 200m (approx) away. You can also ski back to this point which makes for a very short, downhill walk to the apartment. The walk back from the main lifts is a little longer but it's still easy -- you can catch the bus if you are completely exhausted after skiing!
For breakfasts and one or two nights we stayed in, we found everything we needed in the small but well equipped kitchen. Having the main supermarket just down the road was extremely convenient as well.
Communication from Vari and the AMS team was fantastic in the lead up to and after our stay. We had one small issue on arrival with the wireless internet which was resolved quickly and efficiently - very much appreciated.
Overall apartment was perfect for us and we look forward to coming back again to enjoy all that Meribel and the Three Valleys have to offer.
From the first enquiry to leaving Meribel booking this apartment could not have been easier. It was exactly as described - Vari couldn't have been more helpful and efficient.
Great location - quiet, near shops, restaurants and slopes - perfect!
A real plus was the parking place in underground carpark.
All information from owners and letting agents very clear and precise - made everything so easy.
Would have liked 2 sets of keys to accommodate the different times of our party retiring for the night or maybe given the code (if there was one?) for the outside door?
Look forward to returning!
Very clean, comfortable, and of easy access. The apartment has a parking place, which is very interesting because parking in Méribel is not that easy.
The central location of the building is also really convenient for any purpose. Access to ski pists is nearby.
Our apartment has an ideal location for holidays. In winter it is close to ski pistes, shops, bars, restaurants, night-life, the sports centre with swimming pool, spa and skating rink. The Alps have fantastic sun in winter and summer which you can enjoy from the balcony. Just relax and enjoy the views! For a summer visit, the beautiful mountain-side is on the doorstep along with all the sports the village offers - walking, mountain biking, para-gliding, tennis, golf, swimming - and of course sunbathing. In summer, the apartment enjoys free use of a beautiful outdoor pool located in the complex. Meribel is particularly good for mountain biking holidays in summer and our apartment has a secure underground garage for convenient bike storage.
Ski: Meribel, in the centre of the Three Valleys area is one of the most picturesque ski and snowboarding resorts in the Alps - and offers pistes which seems endless. Apart from the Meribel Valley itself, with swift access the huge adjoining ski areas of Courchevel, Les Menuires and Val Thorens, there is definitely a new slopes for every day of your holiday! In addition, the piste management is fantastic. Nowadays, with new snow-making technology the snow is much better prepared and preserved and slopes are open from the beginning of December to the end of April (and often much longer for the ski tourers out there!) Meribel is also the place to browse for new ski equipment. Numerous ski shops offer an incredible range of both skis and snowboards - not to mention very trendy ski wear.
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Sweet Picket Dreams Lyrics
by Solange Knowles
I'm sitting here looking at this old canvas
And the picture looks so different from you
Yes it does
Maybe it's time to go back to the drawing board
Cuz it's likely that the man I drew is fictional
It's possible to dream such a thing that's so far away
And the flame that you bring is warm enough
It's possible we all want a dream that's so far away
And my white picket dream is home enough.
Oh yeah...
I'm lying in the dark but it's pitch bright
Cuz this yellow in my soul and it rays
It brings me whole.
I figured I'd be married young with two offspring
But this timing and it don't wait for you to carry on
So I wait for the day (for the day)
when this frame, shows a face, gives a name
And you say, that you will, it's your will
We can build, we can still see it
And you know I want that, baby
What you do keep on bringing me joy
And you know we'll have that, baby
I'll give you that picture, honey, and so much more
And you know I want that, baby
And you know we'll have that, baby
That white picket dream we'll paint it
That house on the hill with our name on that door
And you know I want that, baby
And you know we'll have that, baby
That white picket dream of mine
Will sure be ours in no time


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The Arizona Cardinals have lost five games in a row and they have not looked good on the road so far this year. The Ravens are going to be in a foul mood after losing at Jacksonville last week. The Ravens are 3-0 at home and they have outscored their opponents 98-38 so far this year. Here is a look at the matchups in this game: When the Cardinals have the ball: With Chris Wells likely out for this weekend's game with the Ravens, Alfonso Smith will move into the starting lineup. Smith will likely have a tough day as the Ravens are only giving up 85.8 yards rushing per game and 3.3 yards per carry. Kevin Kolb might not have a lot of time to throw the ball but he's going to also have to be careful. I have a feeling the safety Ed Reed will be giving whichever corner is on Larry Fitzgerald help over the top. Kolb will need to throw to other receivers to make the Ravens pay for overplaying Fitzgerald. That means that Early Doucet and Rob Housler are going to need to step up this ...
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Military Mail Stories at the Postal Museum at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum
With the war in Iraq officially declared over yesterday, it seemed appropriate to head to the National Postal Museum to reflect upon the experiences of servicemen who are stationed abroad. "Mail Call: A History of America's Military Mail," an exhibition that opened last month, tells the stories of individual soldiers through their mail, and traces the history of mail delivery for the military from the Revolutionary War through today.
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Behind the Webb: 'Spinning a Webb'
July 11, 2013
The James Webb Space Telescope will be launched into orbit using an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana. While the launch is a short-lived phase of the mission, it is a very stressful one. Engineers need to make sure the various parts of the spacecraft withstand the forces involved. While it's critical that the various parts of the observatory survive launch, it's also important that the structure does not change shape because of these high stresses. This episode of "Behind the Webb" takes us to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and its very unique testing platform.
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Tag Team: White House Joins With Congress to Take Aim at Ukraine
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The Obama administration has been fighting with Congress for months, but the two sides are working together to lay the groundwork for punitive new sanctions against Ukraine.
With the violent political crisis there gathering steam by the day, the administration is working with powerful members of Congress — including one of their biggest and most vocal critics — to identify individual members of the Ukrainian government or security forces that could be targeted down the road.
A State Department official said that the administration hasn't determined whether to implement the sanctions. Still, the fact that punitive measures are even under consideration highlights the administration's growing disapproval of the violence spreading throughout the Ukraine — and its potential willingness to act.
"It's a shot across the bow to those Ukrainian officials who we believe are responsible for the violence," said a congressional aide recently briefed by the State Department, one of the two government agencies that would be involved in any sanctions work.
Formally laying the groundwork for sanctions is no small task given the amount of paperwork involved in identifying the individuals responsible for the fighting and calculating and locating their assets, the aide said. Actually imposing the measures would be even tougher because it would require action both by the State Department, which would be charged with putting travel bans on key Ukrainian officials, and the Treasury Department, which would handle the financial piece.
The sanctions preparations come in response to the bloodshed touched off by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's decision to rebuff a long-awaited trade deal with the European Union. At least five people have been killed since November in violent clashes between security personnel and the protesters who have clogged the streets of the country's biggest cities and occupied key government buildings. The uprising is largely seen as a protest against Yanukovych's efforts to strengthen ties with Moscow.
The U.S. Embassy in Kiev revoked the visas of several Ukrainians linked to the violence last week in response to some of the government violence. A State Department official declined to name the specific individuals targeted.
The decision to prepare sanctions, first reported by Reuters, follows a trip by Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) to Kiev last month where they addressed protesters. McCain later said that passing new sanctions legislation was something Congress should consider. The administration's decision also follows the passage of a resolution in the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday calling on all sides to refrain from violence and work toward a peaceful solution.
"This protest movement has since become a struggle between those who want a democratic future based on the rule of law for Ukraine and those who are prepared to use violence to turn the clock back," said California Republican Ed Royce, the chairman of the committee. "This resolution comes at a decisive moment in that struggle." The resolution also encourages the administration to consider targeted sanctions against individuals authorizing the use of force. The State Department briefed the committee on the sanctions package following Wednesday's vote.
President Barack Obama, in his State of the Union address on Tuesday, also expressed support for the demonstrators' right to free and peaceful expression. "In Ukraine, we stand for the principle that all people have the right to express themselves freely and peacefully, and have a say in their country's future," said the president.
Meanwhile, the Russian government has deferred a $15 billion aid package to Ukraine as ongoing negotiations threaten to install a pro-Western government in the country. Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev said Wednesday that Russia would deliver the package "only when we know what economic policies the new government will implement."
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BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
Character Roster
those are all?
Im all about anime and rpgs.
Gonna definately be maining Taokaka and Litchi, maybe Rachel or Noel
Anise: Luke, are you feeling better? You're welcome to just sleep forever, you know! (Evil I know but soo funny!)
I just seen a video of this on youtube, looks SICK. Im surprised there's only 10 charactors though. you guys sure there isnt more?
There's 12 when you include the playable versions of the boss characters, Haku-Men and V-13.
that kina sucks, wonder why they did so little charactors. Im still gonna get it but 12 charactors this day and age is rare
It's only a 12-character roster because BlazBlue is a brand-new, 2D fighting game. It isn't very common nowadays for most fighting games to have such small rosters because almost every single fighting game coming out these days is from a long-running series (SF4, Tekken 6, Soul Calibur 4, DoA4, Virtua Fighter 5, etc) and are usually using 3D models (which are far easier to deal with than drawing thousands and thousands of hi-res, 2D frames).
Also, if you look at any fighting game when it was brand-new (not counting cross overs which usually recycled a lot of old sprites), their rosters were relative small (around the same as BlazBlue).
How is the character balance so far? I've only recently discovered this game and it looks great.
Are there any overly dominant characters at this point?
Xbox 360 GT: Ace7400
good point gun blaze. still can't wait to get it
I'm actually not too sure about the balance, after seeing characters like Arakune, V-13, and Rachel in tournament level action. All 3 seem highly abuse-able to the point of having no chance to win (esp. with the first two).
Bad match-ups usually seem pretty one-sided as well, like Ragna VS Tager, 9 out of 10 times, I always see Tager win (and usually by a landslide).
Versing Arakune seems to usually be a huge game of "dodge the homing curse clouds" (which mark opponents even if they block the cloud) and "catch the fleeing Arakune".
Everyone else seems to be pretty well balanced (though I still have a few tiny qualms with Ragna's pathetically low Life count. Yes, I know he drains life, but with his Life count, anything he drains is hacked off ten times over in one or two hits).
can someone link me to a pic of v-13


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The battle between Harry Takhar and Bemidji Township continues. The Greater Bemidji Area Joint Planning Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to recommend denial of a conditional use permit that would have allowed Takhar to operate offices of Justice Enterprises L.L.C.
A lot can change in two weeks. The Bemidji Area Chamber of Commerce two weeks ago held a meeting in which the business community expressed unanimous support of the proposed events center. During a follow-up meeting on Wednesday, that support was questionable. So what changed? The council now is reportedly considering relocating the events center project from downtown to the south shore of Lake Bemidji, according to Chamber of Commerce President Mike Smith. The City Council has met twice since Oct. 15 in closed sessions to discuss the potential purchase of land.
Recent decisions made by the Bemidji City Council have impacted the city's ability to repair and restructure streets, the city's engineers said Monday. This summer, councilors voted in favor of a 9.9 percent levy increase, which replaces the $260,000 lost in Local Government Aid for next year. Additionally, the council voted previously to transfer liquor store profits and utility fees to the general fund - both of which had been used to fund street maintenance. The council on Oct. 8 voted to pursue raising gas and electric fees by 50 percent.
The city's new public works facility is being constructed to accommodate future growth. The project may not be glamorous, like the Diamond Point Park reconstruction, but it will result in a functional facility, said Public Works Director Andy Mack. "This is the nuts and bolts," he said. "This is where the work gets done." The nearly $8 million facility, located north of Fifth Street Northwest, is expected to be done by Aug. 1, 2008, although city employees may begin occupying the building late next spring, Mack said.
Word Weavers, an online group for authors, poets and others interested in literature, has selected Bemidji author and playwright Roy C. Booth as the Featured Author of the Week. "I'm excited about it," Booth said. Word Weavers members meet to share ideas, post news and tidbits, and promote different literary works, usually in the fields of science fiction, horror or mystery. The online group, accessible at myspace.com/weaversofword, offers a blog, book reviews and trading card program.
The Bemidji City Council is eyeing the south shore. The council met during a 90-minute closed meeting on Monday to discuss the potential acquisition of land on the southeast shore of Lake Bemidji. City Attorney Al Felix offered a recap of the council meeting in which he stated that the council has directed City Manager John Chattin to negotiate with the property owners to acquire some, if not all, of the land on the southeast shore. The council is looking at all of the property on the southeast shore, but whether the city of Bemidji ends up buying "part of or all of it in the end" remains t
A Bemidji woman was killed and her husband and daughter were injured Thursday morning in a two-vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 2 at Railroad Avenue in Proctor, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Julie A. Christensen, 43, died when the eastbound minivan in which she was a passenger lost control when it hydro-planed on water over the highway. It crossed into the westbound lane and was struck broadside by a Chevrolet wagon. The accident happened shortly before 10:30 a.m. Kevin D. Christensen, 41, of Bemidji, the driver of the minivan, was listed in good condition at St.
The Headwaters Regional Development Commission has changed its mind. The HRDC earlier this month said it would terminate its contract with the city of Bemidji as the project coordinator for the events center. However, Executive Director Cliff Tweedale said Friday he did not ask the HRDC's commission for permission to terminate the contract during its meeting Thursday as he previously had expected to do. Instead, Tweedale asked the commission for permission to allow him to terminate the contract if he deems it necessary at a later date. The 25-member commission supported Tweedale on his req
The Bemidji City Council held a public hearing on Monday on the Bemidji Avenue/Highway 197 reconstruction project. One resident, John Carlson, asked for clarification on assessment charges for those who live on corner lots of Bemidji Avenue and nearby streets that underwent reconstruction already. "It appears we're paying for water and sewer twice," Carlson said. Mayor Richard Lehmann said residents on corner lots will only be charged once for each utility. City Engineer Craig Gray referenced Carlson's situation and said his property is scheduled to be assessed for water main improvements
Paul Bunyan is going for a walk. The Bemidji City Council unanimously approved an unusual art project during Monday's meeting in which Paul Bunyan's footprints will depict a tour of a pair of art sites downtown. Paula Swenson of Bemidji submitted the request in which giant footprints will be stenciled on the roadway leading from the Paul and Babe statues at the waterfront to the former site of the Great River Gallery to the Headwaters School of Music and the Arts and then back to the waterfront. Giant nose and handprints will be placed on the windows of the buildings where Paul "stops" to l


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In the past six months, flight paramedic David Harbour has landed on an air strip lit by the headlamps of snow machines. He has tended to patients stretched out in the bed of a wooden sled. He has rushed to someone's aid aboard the village ambulance, a 1972 Suburban.
Harbour works for Aeromed International, a new medevac service dedicated primarily to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and its 22,000 Native residents. Getting an ill or injured person from a remote spot to a hospital may be his job, but his efforts are shaped by the rigors of the land and the resources of the locals. As paramedic and acting operations manager for Aeromed, Harbour is far afoot from his paramedic days in urban Texas.
Recently, when he helped transport a girl with appendicitis from the Bush to Anchorage, the girl's grandmother gave him a big hug and invited him to hunt moose on their land. "The moose is food for their table," Harbour said. "That really touches you. Makes it worthwhile after a long day."
Aeromed has been operating as a critical care air ambulance provider since January, an extension of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Regional Hospital in Bethel. It is the first critical care air ambulance run by a not-for-profit Native health organization in the country, let alone the state, said Ed Hansen, corporate vice president for hospital services at Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation.
As of April, more than 350 patients were flown out of a village either to the Bethel hospital or one of three hospitals in Anchorage, among them a man with a gunshot wound in Aniak, a snow machiner with a fractured leg in St. Marys, and a heart-attack victim in Kwigillingok.
On a busy day as many as five medevacs flights can be sent to rural Alaska. On a slow day, none. "It's feast or famine," said Harbour. "Whenever the weather is the worst is when everybody wants you."
The wheels of the medevac are set in motion by a village community health aid who reports the injury or illness to Bethel. The emergency room physician there decides whether the patient should be moved, and if so, when and where. When movement is necessary, the patient is medevaced to Bethel or Anchorage. Surgery is primarily done in Anchorage, while the hospital in Bethel provides primary care.
Aeromed isn't the first medevac to service the Delta. Previously, Alaska Regional Hospital's LIFEFlight and Providence Alaska Medical Center's LifeGuard flew to the region as part of the Indian Health Service contract.
However, as those medevacs also service the entire state, they were not always available when YKHC wanted them, as under the IHS contract something called stacking took place.
"If two medevacs are needed at the same time, our folks might have to wait," said Hansen. "Nobody was doing anything wrong. The air ambulance was making a professional judgment."
Hansen said the 20 elected board members of YKHC wanted to have a service primarily devoted to their region, in part, to avoid delays. The startup operation is also part of a larger trend among Native organizations across the country to directly control and administer all services delivered to constituents.
Under the Indian health care delivery system, YKHC is authorized to provide health services to Native residents in place of the federal government. About 60 percent of the operating budget for YKHC comes from the Indian Health Service contract. The other 40 percent comes from third party reimbursement, mostly Medicaid.
Hansen said, in running the air ambulance service themselves, YKHC could cut down on duplication of services. The health center pays for the service either through the IHS contract or by paying companies directly to transport, yet they also had their own staff and a billing system committed, he said.
"It was easier for us to manage the process overall than to have pieces of it done by an outside operation," Hansen said. "In the best-case scenario, we see ourselves eventually breaking even," he said.
To create revenue that will allow the service to expand, Aeromed's secondary mission is to serve other Native groups in Alaska, as well as Alaska residents in general, then lastly to fly international contracts. Aeromed recently flew a Lear jet to Korea and returned a patient to the Lower 48, its first international medevac.
Aeromed leases aircraft from F.S. Air Service, the Anchorage company that formerly owned Aeromed International.
FS Air's Lear jet 35, which can maneuver a gravel strip landing, and a 19-passenger Metroliner are ready to pull up their wheels in 45 minutes. A Merlin and a Piper Navajo are also on call at the hangar office at the Anchorage International Airport.
In June, YKHC added to the aircraft on hand by putting a contract out to bid for local aircraft based in Bethel, Hansen said.
Flights range from as far north as Kotlik, south to Platinum, west to the island of Mekoryuk and east to Lime Village on the Kuskokwim. The size of the runway determines what plane can land. In Eek, for example, on its 1,400 foot runway only the Navajo will set down. While in Emmonak with 4,400 feet of runway, the Lear jet can land in good visibility.
"The fastest thing we can get into the field, we'll send," Harbour said.
"They (Delta residents) believe they are being picked up faster and the quality is better because it is their ambulance service," Hansen said. "That's not my perception, that's their feedback."
The Competitive World of Medevac
Some 17 different organizations run medevac services of various levels across the state, sweeping from the North Slope to Southeast Alaska.
Aeromed (Yukon-Kuskokwim Regional Hospital), LifeGuard (Providence), and LIFEFlight (Alaska Regional) are three of the 10 critical care air ambulances in the state. Aeromed, the new chopper on the block, is getting a fat share of business, taking over the Yukon-Kuskok-wim Delta region.
"It's a huge area," said Dean Dow, coordinator of LIFEFlight's emergency room outreach. "We lose our service bond to those communities because Aeromed is now the dominant or primary provider."
"Anytime one more service is available it always makes an impact on the business," said Margaret Auble, program director of LifeGuard at Providence "As far as anybody being put out of business, I don't think that's the case," she added.
Aeromed has been in operation since January, LifeGuard since 1983 (1975 for its charter services), and LIFEFlight since 1985. LifeGuard and LIFEFlight still provide back-up service to the Delta region.
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Cubs lose to Pirates 3-2; Morneau go-ahead single
PITTSBURGH Three batters into the game, it appeared Chicago Cubs starter Travis Wood might not make it out of the first inning.
Jose Tabata led with a triple off the center-field fence and scored on a wild pitch to put the Pittsburgh Pirates ahead 1-0. Jordy Mercer followed with a double that bounced into the left-field bleachers, and Andrew McCutchen singled to put runners at the corners.
"They came out hacking, they had a game plan right there, and fortunately enough I was able to get out of there with just one run," Wood said.
Wood settled down to pitch six innings. But the Cubs lost 3-2 as Francisco Liriano took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning and pinch-hitter Justin Morneau singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth.
Pittsburgh, which began the day tied with St. Louis for the NL Central lead, took three of four from the last-place Cubs and won for the sixth time in seven games.
"You knew runs were going to be tough to go by on both ends," Cubs manage Dale Sveum said. "Woody got out of a big jam in the first inning, settled down, and pitched very well. Obviously Liriano's very good so they matched each other evenly, pitch-for-pitch, a couple bloopers there in the last inning cost us the win there."
Morneau, acquired from Minnesota on Aug. 31, drove in his first run for the Pirates. The 2006 AL MVP is batting .279 (12 for 43) with Pittsburgh.
With the score 2-2 in the eighth, Andrew McCutchen was hit by a pitch from Pedro Strop (2-2), took second on Marlon Byrd's bloop single to center and scored on Morneau's single.
"It's funny how things turn out in this game," Morneau said. "You hit some balls hard and have nothing to show for it then I get a broken-bat hit that ends being the game winner."
Kyle Farnsworth (1-0) pitched a scoreless eighth, and Mark Melancon completed a three-hitter with a perfect ninth for his 16th save in 18 chances.
Liriano didn't allowed a hit until Junior Lake singled into the hole between third base and shortstop leading off the seventh. Shortstop Jordy Mercer made a diving effort and stopped the ball on the outfield grass, but Lake easily beat the throw.
Welington Castillo followed with a tying, two-run homer into the bleachers in left-center. Castillo's seventh homer of the season stopped Liriano's streak of 22 consecutive scoreless innings at PNC Park.
"You knew it was going to be tough and that's how you score against Liriano -- you get somebody on and pop a home run," Sveum said. "Unfortunately, that's all we got and we couldn't get (Wood) a win."
Liriano allowed two runs, three hits and four walks in six-plus innings. At 16-7, he became the first Pirates pitcher with a decision in his first 23 starts since Larry French opened with 24 in a row in 1930, according to STATS.
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9th Forum - Finding the country within: Women Artists of Québec in the Wide World
The ninth UNESCO Forum on Gender Equality, organized in collaboration with the Délégation générale du Québec in Paris, was held on 16 March 2010.
Within the framework of the activities of the Chaire d'études du Québec contemporain at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3, the seminar will focus on the theme "Finding the Country Within", with the presence of Ms. Celine El Masri, documentary and fiction film director.
Ms. S. Gülser Corat, Director, Division for Gender Equality and Mr. Michel Audet, Representative of the Quebec Government, Permanent Delegation of Canada to UNESCO, will open the forum which will feature Ms. Céline El Masri and Ms. Micheline Cambron, Chairholder of the Chaire d'études du Québec contemporain at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle –Paris 3, and Professor at the University of Montréal.
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Ms. El Masri has directed two documentaries: "Who knows. Three open books" (2004) and "Letters in the Sand "(2005). The documentaries focus on the conditions under which women acquire their knowledge in different settings (Québec and rural Egypt). Ms. El Masri has also produced art films and fictions.
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Gayton Library reopens after year-long renovation
After waiting more than a year, the Henrico community had to wait one more day than expected to see the $4.8 million renovation to the Gayton Library.
As officials planned to unveil the inside of the building at its reopening celebration June 25, a powerful storm blew through the region and knocked out power to the facility, along with thousands of other locations.
"It was just one of those things," said Kara Rothman, community relations coordinator for Henrico County Public Libraries. "Weather is just out of your hands, but we were glad that we could welcome people and have the ceremony."
The community had to wait until the following day to see the complete interior renovation, when the library opened at its normal time of 10 a.m.
The library, which originally opened in Dec.1988, closed for these renovations last April.
"Before we closed, we had a lot of problems with darkness at night; our lights didn't really work the way they needed to,"said Erin Rogers, Gayton children's librarian. "We had moved shelving around in the years that we had been open, and it didn't really match up with the paths of the lights anymore."
Last week's storms aside, no one will have any problems seeing inside Gayton Library at night anymore, Rogers said.
Other large changes to the interior include a more-segmented children's area, an actual room for the teen area, updated technology in the meeting room and a new quiet study room. The quiet study room, which completely blocks out any noise, came as a result of numerous requests from the community, including at a town hall meeting that occurred during the renovation's planning stages, Rothman said.
"I really think the architects did a great job incorporating all those comments,"she said. BCWH served as the architectural firm, with Charles W. Wray Jr. as the principal architect on the project. Everything went according to schedule, Rothman said.
Both Rothman and Rogers said it would be good for the community to have Gayton Library open for business again.
Rogers said it had been hard to comfort people with how close the Tuckahoe Library was when they had been so used to just walking to the Gayton Library every day. Rothman added that they can walk again, now to a "much more inviting, open and modern"library.
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Holman Middle School student Victoria Nguyen recently was named Miss Virginia American Coed Junior Teen after competing in the Miss Virginia American Coed pageant in Williamsburg. She was the youngest competitor in her division. Nguyen now will advance to represent Virginia at the 2015 Miss American Junior Teen Pageant at Walt Disney World in Florida in November. > Read more.
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Turns out monkeys can swim. And slide down telephone poles. And do the thing from Flashdance where you bring down a cascade of water on your head and shake it off in slow-motion.
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Three of seven New London city councilors this week flatly rejected Mayor Daryl Finizio's alarmist plea to borrow another million dollars, on top of the $4.4 million the council agreed to borrow earlier this month, to stabilize city finances.
After listening for an hour Monday evening to City Finance Director Jeff Smith duck hard budget questions from skeptical councilors, I can understand why they remained unconvinced of the need for additional borrowing.
Pinning Smith down on pertinent budget questions looks like it might be harder than trapping a greased pig.
"You do a nice two-step in not answering the question," Councilor Martin T. Olsen complained to Smith during a Finance Committee portion of the night's budget talks.
Councilor Michael Passero grew almost hostile with Smith, as the finance director bobbed and weaved in his evasive answers, on topics ranging from the estimated costs of the new borrowing to how an electric car in the administration's proposed budget would be paid for.
Smith himself appeared hostile when, after persistent questions from Passero about the city's lack of a basic cash flow budget, a planning analysis of how money comes in and out, he told the councilor that of course he knows what a cash flow budget is.
But then he couldn't say whether the city has one and if not, why not.
Indeed, whether you agree with the mayor's assessment that the financial sky has fallen in New London, it seems clear that city finances have been woefully mismanaged.
How else could there be an emergency meeting called to say the city can't meet next week's payroll?
Imagine your spouse announcing out of the blue at breakfast one morning that there is no money to pay the rent that is due by the end of the week.
It seems Passero is right that managing cash flow should be basic planning, municipal accounting 101. Passero went on to complain about being "muscled" into borrowing another $1 million.
Finizio has been mayor more than two years, and he can no longer blame cash flow problems and the lack of planning for them on old administrations. He owns it.
The other important objection Passero raised Monday is that the emergency meeting called to consider the additional $1 million in borrowing was originally called as a closed-door executive session.
Plans for the closed session were scrapped on Monday. A former mayor took me downstairs in City Hall Monday to look on the bulletin board at the Monday afternoon time stamp for the revised emergency meeting notice, as he offered his opinion that proper advance notice was not given for the evening session.
The mayor's Monday session to discuss how he claims the sky has fallen was a reminder of another inappropriate call for an executive session, back in 2012, when the excuse for secrecy was said to be real estate transactions.
The mayor relented then on having an executive session, after being told it would be illegal, and called a press conference instead to say the sky was about to fall.
All the intelligent discussion I heard Monday evening about the borrowing plan came from the opposing councilors. The other councilors who voted for the Finizio plan might have just as well baahed like good sheep.
Councilor Erica Richardson made one of the most inane comments I've ever heard from a public official at a municipal meeting, and I've covered a lot of them over the years.
Richardson, expressing exasperation about city finances and things like deferred maintenance of buildings, as she looked up at the peeling paint on the ceiling, said someone needs to find a new source of a lot of revenue, and it can't be tax dollars.
Earth to Councilor Richardson: Municipal finances are about balancing spending with tax revenues, with some state grant money and borrowing for capital improvements thrown in.
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