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Over the past few years, airports, schools, and businesses have reexamined safety procedures and protocols within their buildings. Many have discovered the importance of establishing designated boundaries for areas that are recognized and managed with a clear view to those walking in or nearby those areas. However, many face fiscal limitations with construction or found they have limited space in their existing facilities that are sometimes 15-20 years old.

In response to this growing need for a clear division, Screenflex Portable Room Dividers has created a sturdy clear acrylic portable room divider in two lengths; a 3'4" single panel unit or a 10'0" three panel unit. These freestanding units are made of 3/16" OPTIX Acrylic surrounded by black anodized extruded aluminum channel framing for stability and structure.

"Our research has shown that acrylic is a safer option for clear panels versus glass wall partitions. Upon a forcible impact glass will shatter creating a greater risk where acrylic will fracture, but remain intact within the aluminum frame," comments Screenflex President John Maas.

In contrast to other dividers, Screenflex Clear Room Dividers arrive fully assembled and ready to use. Hinges connect the clear panels together allowing the unit to be arranged as a straight wall or to form a corner at the hinge. This makes it easy to create designated security areas and boundaries requiring control for security or safety purposes; such as group luggage storage, airport screening area, library study area or a break room to name a few. A secure locking option is available to connect the panels to additional clear units or to add to fabric or vinyl covered Screenflex Room Dividers.

Standard on every Screenflex Room Divider is self-leveling caster wheels Which provide exceptional stability on uneven floors. Once the unit is in place, the corner casters can be locked to secure the divider into position. Because the panels are 6'2" tall, they can easily roll through a standard doorway by a single person for another use or for storage.

"In addition to security applications, the clear divider is ideal for creating temporary areas that double as collaborative learning environments. The wet erase function is ideal for informal group discussions, presentations, and project work. The crystal clear moveable acrylic walls are an economical solution to a division need versus costly glass dividers", adds Mike McClure, Screenflex Vice President of Sales.

Screenflex Portable Clear Room Dividers can also serve as a safety barrier, a shield against drafts and noise, to create cooperative learning environments in the classroom, or funnel visitors in a certain direction. The clear divider can even shield manufacturing equipment from visitors while maintaining sight lines and create positive social interaction among users of private and public spaces.

Screenflex is the premier provider of high-quality portable room dividers and continues to be a trusted supplier among facility managers. To find out more, please visit Screenflex.com.

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About 19 months ago, rain forced groundbreaking ceremonies to be held under a tent, but a ceremony marking UnityPoint Health-Trinity's official ownership of a $63 million addition was held on a frigid Tuesday in the comfort of its new heart center's lobby.

Executives from Trinity and some area builders wore big smiles as a large ornate key was passed from Dan Meyers, the project director for the contractor, and Rick Seidler, the Trinity president and CEO.

The project that got underway June 5, 2013, has gone quite smoothly and will end up under budget, said Jay Willsher, the chief operations officer at Trinity.

"It's an exciting day for us," Seidler said, pointing out that it is the largest addition in the history of the complex at 2701 17th St., originally constructed in 1972 as Franciscan Hospital.

The addition includes the heart center as well as an enlarged emergency medicine department. Importantly, it adjoins the Robert Young Center for Community Mental Health. Included are six special rooms called "crisis stabilization units," which are for behavioral health patients.

Those units and an adjoining room setting are designed to calm agitated patients. The concept has received attention from hospitals across the United States, Seidler said.

The addition encompasses 90,000 square feet and is three stories high.

The ceremony represented the awarding of Trinity's "certificate of occupancy" from the city of Rock Island. That means it meets all city standards, regulations or codes for its intended purposes, allowing the owner to occupy the space.

Before the doors open officially to public use, the addition must be cleaned, equipment moved in and employees trained. Approval also is needed from state regulators, Seidler said. The target date for the addition to open is April 19.

Marika Jones of the Trinity Health Foundation announced that $6.2 million was raised locally for the project, $200,000 over the $6 million goal. The money came from physicians, staff members and others in the community.

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With spring on the horizon (almost!), and designers launching their latest bed linen collections, there couldnt be a better time to give your bedroom a little bit of love and attention.

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After all, its the most intimate room in the house, where we go to unwind and relax and, if were lucky enough, where we spend a third of our lives sleeping.

A haven of tranquility with plenty of scope for personal touches, simple pleasures such as soft cotton sheets, a boudoir cushion and a throw can evoke a feeling of wellbeing, enhance your space, and be an open invitation to come to bed.

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For a fresh, elegant look for spring bedrooms, white or champagne tones are timeless, romantic and naturally calming, making the perfect antidote to a busy day, says Julie Hall, head of design at Bedeck.

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A Delhi court on Tuesday framed charges against the driver of U.S.-based cab service provider Uber for alleged rape and kidnapping, amid some drama by him inside the court room.

Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja framed charges against Shiv Kumar Yadav, accused of raping a 25-year-old woman executive, for offences under sections 376(2)(m) (while committing rape causing grievous bodily harm or endangering life of a woman), 366 (kidnapping or abducting woman with an intent to compel her for marriage), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the Indian Penal Code.

The judge also ordered trial on day-to-day basis in the case from January 15.

The court framed charges against 32-year-old Yadav after he pleaded not guilty.

Yadav created a bit of a drama by initially refusing to sign on the charge order and arguing with the judge, while alleging that arguments on charges were not advanced in his presence and claiming that he was not given a chance to engage a lawyer for himself.

Later, after being assured by the judge that nothing wrong was being done to him and all legal procedures were being followed by the court, he agreed and gave it in writing that he was signing the order on charge at his own will.

The police had filed the charge sheet 19 days after the incident on the night of December 5 last year when the victim, who worked for a finance company in Gurgaon, was headed back home in Delhis Inderlok area.

During the last hearing on January 9, the court had reserved its order on framing of charge after hearing arguments, during which the police asserted that scientific, medical and other evidence showed beyond doubt that Yadav had raped the woman passenger.

The counsel appearing for Yadav, however, had claimed that as per the victims medical report no injury was found on her body and she was tutored before recording her statement under the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) before a magistrate.

The metropolitan magistrate, on January 5, had taken cognizance of the charge sheet filed by the Delhi Police and committed it to the sessions court for further proceedings.

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OSAGE | The Osage School District has completed the first two steps in the process of securing funds for a potential safe room.

The third step involves completing pre-design plans and an estimated budget for the potential room which could be either an addition onto the middle school building or an addition to Lincoln Elementary School.

Although no money is available at this time, money could become available by the approval of Homeland Security, said Superintendent Steve Bass.

"Unfortunately, money generally only becomes available if there is a catastrophic event," he said. "Although we would hate to see that happen, we need to be prepared if that does."

According to Bass, the district has completed its letter of intent to file for funds and has received initial approval from Iowa Homeland Security, the agency that oversees the distribution of funds.

The board is pursuing the two options following a recommendation from the districts facilities committee to meet with architect Ed Wineinger about the possibility.

After speaking with a Homeland Security representative, Bass was informed that the funds could not be used for a middle school gymnasium safe room due to its proximity to the Cedar River Complex.

"They do not want people leaving a 'safe' building to go to another 'safe' building," Bass said. "Even though we know people would."

Bass said he believed the board would still want to consider pursuing a new second competition gymnasium that would include new, upgraded lobby, locker rooms and offices.

"When looking at the 18 schools making up the new super conference," said Bass, "Osage is one of only four schools in the conference that will not have a second competition gymnasium."

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I spent all of 2014 looking back at the 1988 Topps set. I used the 1988 Topps design for my 2014 Chachi set and I used 1988 Topps Phillies-related cards in my game preview posts. I wasn't able to feature all the Phillies-related cards from the 1988 Topps set either because the Phillies didn't play every team in the American League or certain teams just had way too many cards featuring ex or future Phillies.

Similar to what I've done with the 1973 and 1979 Topps sets, here's a look at all 154 cards in the 1988 Topps set featuring players, coaches or managers with a Phillies connection.

National League East (52 - 17 without Phillies) Atlanta Braves (6) - #90 Dale Murphy, #549 Dale Murphy TL, #627 Joe Boever, #732 Dave Palmer, #755 Ozzie Virgil, #39T Ron Gant Miami Marlins (0) New York Mets (7) - #8 Kevin Elster, #30 Sid Fernandez, #164 Dave Johnson MG, #333 Wally Backman, #355 Roger McDowell, #655 Len Dykstra, #787 Bill Almon Philadelphia Phillies (35) Washington Nationals (Montreal Expos) (4) - #93 Bob Sebra, #251 Tom Foley, #365 Floyd Youmans, #588 Jeff Parrett

National League Central (29) Chicago Cubs (9) - #10 Ryne Sandberg, #36 Jamie Moyer, #171 Manny Trillo TL, #287 Manny Trillo, #416 Keith Moreland, #564 Frank Lucchesi MG, #642 Bob Dernier, #717 Jay Baller, #768 Dickie Noles Cincinnati Reds (4) - #265 Bo Diaz, #475 Pete Rose MG, #686 Terry Francona, #55T Danny Jackson Milwaukee Brewers (2) - #592 Dale Sveum, #670 Dan Plesac Pittsburgh Pirates (3) - #168 Barry Jones, #349 Bob Walk, #539 Mike LaValliere St. Louis Cardinals (11) - #59 Danny Cox, #133 Greg Mathews, #208 Steve Lake, #310 Tom Herr, #483 Rod Booker, #509 Bill Dawley, #536 John Morris, #562 Jim Lindeman, #612 Curt Ford, #34T Jose DeLeon, #70T Larry McWilliams

American League East (6) Baltimore Orioles (2) - #11 Mike Young, #142 Andy Van Slyke Boston Red Sox (0) New York Yankees (2) - #636 Charles Hudson, #741 Mike Easler Tampa Bay Rays (0) Toronto Blue Jays (2) - #438 Rob Ducey, #24T Sil Campusano

American League Central (20) Chicago White Sox (5) - #334 Dave LaPoint, #613 Bobby Thigpen, #634 Jose DeLeon, #657 Gary Redus, #714 Jim Fregosi MG Cleveland Indians (4) - #82 Darrel Akerfelds, #293 Doug Jones, #374 Doc Edwards, #683 Julio Franco Detroit Tigers (3) - #14 Sparky Anderson MG, #713 Willie Hernandez, #751 Jim Morrison Kansas City Royals (5) - #324 Danny Jackson, #348 Jim Eisenreich, #597 Gene Garber, #724 Danny Tartabull, #777 Lonnie Smith Minnesota Twins (3) - #218 Dan Schatzeder, #317 Tom Nieto, #49T Tom Herr

Other Team USA (3) - #30T Pat Combs, #71T Mickey Morandini, #88T Jim Poole

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Napa, CA (PRWEB) January 08, 2015

Chatterbox Wine Marketing Services, the wine industry leader in relationship-based telesales and tasting room reservation management through VinoVisit.com, has announced multiple new Omni-channel services that will support winery DTC and digital marketing efforts. In addition to Chatterbox Voice, which has assisted wineries in driving relationship-based telesales for over 5 years, new services such as Chatterbox Mail, Mobile, Social, SEO, Direct Mail, and Tasting Room Abandonment will enable clients to utilize marketing best practices for reaching customers in every step of their DTC journey.

Consumers demand a seamless purchasing experience. From social interactions to phone transactions, Omni-channel solutions are the only way to ensure you are reaching the consumer where, when, and how they want to be contacted. We are focused on delivering services that help our winery clients leverage best practices that can immediately improve every area that touches their existing and prospective customers, said Ron Scharman, COO of Chatterbox Wine Marketing Services.

Overview of Chatterboxs New Services:

Availability: All of Chatterbox Wine Marketings Omni-channel solutions are available now exclusively for clients. For information regarding services and pricing contact:

Chris Pappe, VP of Sales at (707)-556-2303 or Chris(at)chatterboxwinemarketing(dot)com

In the Spotlight: Chatterbox will be at the following 2015 trade shows to discuss services in detail to attendees: Direct to Consumer Wine Symposium (Concord, CA January, 14-15, 2015), Oregon Wine Symposium (Portland, OR February, 24-25), Wine Business Monthly Innovation and Quality (St. Helena, CA March, 4, 2015), WIVI (Paso Robles, CA March, 17-18, 2015), and Eastern Winery Expo (Syracuse, NY March 17-18, 2015)

Recap: Who Chatterbox Wine Marketing Services What New Omni-channel Services: Voice, Email, Mobile, Social, SEO, Direct Mail, Tasting Room Abandonment When Available now exclusively to clients Where Services are available to all wine regions in North America How Much Performance based pricing. Contact Chris Pappe, VP of Sales at (707)-556-2303 or Chris(at)chatterboxwinemarketing(dot)com for more details

About Chatterbox Wine Marketing Services

Chatterbox Wine Marketing Services is a Napa-based company founded in 2009 that offers relationship-based wine telesales, visitor reservation and guest management, and other consumer direct marketing services exclusively for the wine industry. The company serves a growing list of well-known established, and up and coming brands, that require high-touch services in marketing their wines to consumers. http://www.chatterboxwinemarketing.com.

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Looking around inside Leiphart School, the one-room schoolhouse at the Midland County Fairgrounds, one word comes to mind: simplicity.

Mint green paint covers the walls and an original, gray colored desk sits in the corner. This desk rests on top of well-worn wood floors. There is one spot on the floor that outlines a nearly full circle where a potbellied stove used to sit.

The room itself may seem rather ordinary, but the history that took place there that is remarkable.

From about 1881 until 1950, children from kindergarten through eighth grade, many of whom were siblings, sat at their desks and learned their subjects all in one room, and mostly from one teacher. The concept today, with more populated towns and larger schools, seems harder to imagine, but for the students of Leiphart School it was a reality.

In one section of the room are off-white shelves that contain framed copies of photos. One photo from 1910 shows 26 children standing next to their teacher, Grace Sugnet.

Leiphart School is at least 133 years old and was once located on Jefferson Avenue, then known as Old State Road. Driving north on Jefferson today, it is easy to miss the grassy field set apart by a few short, wood pillars and some cable rope, where Leiphart, and eventually the two-room schoolhouse that replaced it, once stood.

After the two-room school was built, around 1950, Leiphart was kept intact but moved to the fairgrounds.

In recent months, 13 people some who went to Leiphart and some whose relatives went have formed a committee. Their hope is to raise the funds needed to renovate the school. The group would like to maintain the originality of the school and its design, while providing updates and some needed repairs.

There is value in preserving the history that goes with Leiphart #4, said Barbara Rice, associate broker at Mid-Land Realtors.

Rice talked about the nostalgia of a quiet, simpler way of life that the schoolhouse represents.

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Room Addition project completed in the Meridian Hills area of Indianapolis.

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