Word: roofing
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...date, from quietly ornate hardwood desks to glass-backed carrels with individual modem access. The library even boasts the requisite huge, unattractive art installations of the kind found chiefly in modern civic buildings. And it's crammed with helpful amenities, including a top-floor exhibition gallery, a roof terrace, an auditorium, an "educational guidance center" and a cafe...
...community center roof is held together by duct tape," one resident said. "If we told them what problems there are, they might be able to help...
...harsh right angles and rigid grid layout so despised by hapless cubicle-ites are also likely to vanish. In their place, workers might find themselves in a tentlike structure with a retractable roof, pitched right in the middle of a vast, open commons area. Screens stretching from poles could shift from transparent to opaque, depending on your mood and need for privacy. Don't worry about the noise from your next-door neighbor; acoustics technology can block that out. And don't fret about fighting for a windowed office either; with walls of flat-screen monitors raining down images...
Last week, City Manager Robert W. Healy approved more money for roof repairs, furniture, carpet and window replacement, as well as more than $400,000 for technology. Some of this added work will be done next year, but the window and technology upgrades will wait for the following year...
...report describes the initial bewilderment of law enforcement on the scene - too many agencies, too many conflicting 911 reports, not enough coordination. For a while, authorities believed there was a third shooter on the roof; he turned out to be an air conditioner repairman. As for whether police were cowardly, or negligent, or poorly trained, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department has made enough p.r. blunders to know that conclusions of that kind are best left to the courts, and with 15 lawsuits pending, the truth will have ample opportunity to come out. Connie Michalik, whose son was wounded...