Guests mingle during the dedication party and ribbon-cutting for the new Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Pavilion addition to the Danbury Hosptial in Danbury, Conn. Friday, June 20, 2014. Subway founder and Danbury resident Peter Buck donated $30 million toward the $150 million, 11-story addition to the hospital. The new addition features an expanded lobby entrance, state-of-the-art 30-bed critical care unit, 35-bed floor for surgical patients, expanded parking garage and the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Emergency Department, which will double the size of the hospital's old and overcrowded emergency room. Photo: Tyler Sizemore | Buy this photo

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Members of the Osseo City Staff, Osseo City Council and architects throw dirt at a ground breaking ceremony for the new Police Addition to Osseo City Hall June 9. Pictured are: City Planner Riley Grams, EDA President Kevin Rebman, City Council members Mark Schulz and Dan Spanier, Mayor Duane Poppe, Councilor Rick Weber, City Administrator Doug Reeder, Police Chief Tom Hartkopf, former City Administrator Jeffrey Dahl and architects with Buetow 2 Architects Randy Engel and Mod Feders. (Sun staff photo by Alicia Miller)

Back this past February, the Osseo City Council moved forward with plans to build an addition on City Hall that would house the Osseo Police Department.

Monday, June 9, members of city staff, the City Council, the Economic Development Authority and the Osseo Police Department and architects with Buetow 2 Architects attending a ground breaking event on the site of the future addition. People took turns throwing dirt from a pile in the parking lot.

Osseo Mayor Duane Poppe talks at the ground breaking for the new Police Addition to City Hall June 9. (Sun staff photo by Alicia Miller)

Mayor Duane Poppe said this project was something everyone was looking forward to.

The cost of the addition to City Hall for the police department is estimated to be $878,000. These costs include the addition to the City Hall building, removal of the existing police building and reconfiguring the parking lot.

The project will include a 3,463-square-foot addition onto the City Hall building on the west side. The police addition will house a garage for three police cars, a waiting area, booking and photo area, reception area, an open office, police chiefs office, conference room, kitchen and emergency operations center.

Members of the Osseo Economic Development Authority and city staff get their shovels ready. Pictured are: City Planner Riley Grams, Mayor and EDA member Duane Poppe, EDA member Rick Weber, EDA President Kevin Rebman, Police Chief Tom Hartkopf, City Administrator Doug Reeder, and EDA members Mark Schulz, Larry Stelmach and Chris Mercadante. (Sun staff photo by Alicia Miller)

The addition would allow the two current public entrances to not change and remain open as well.

The new addition will also keep the appearance the same at City Hall. The curb cut for one of the drive entrances to the parking area will be then used for the squad garage entrance/exit. The electrical and plumbing infrastructure will be tied into the new addition. The existing bathrooms in City Hall will also serve the new addition.

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In an ongoing effort to make advanced meeting room technology more accessible to more users in any space, at InfoComm 2014, AMX, a HARMAN Professional brand, introduced its new Sereno Video Conferencing Camera, part of the AMX Enzo platform. Sereno provides essential features for small room conferencing in an attractive design and affordable price.

With no cameras on the market that capably combine the features and affordability users needed for small room web conferencing, AMX opted to design and build a conferencing camera from scratch. In addition to high definition AV capture, Sereno also includes two important features rarely found in an affordable camera: a way to ensure that everyone in the room can be seen during a web conference and the option to disable the camera and microphone to safeguard sensitive meetings. These were both features that were particularly suited to web conferencing in small rooms, however Sereno is an ideal camera for supporting web conferences in any sized meeting space.

Sereno includes an ultra-wide field of view to allow everyone sitting in just about any sized room, large or small, to be easily seen on the other end of the conference. Additionally a swivel mount was integrated to allow the camera to easily be angled towards any one area of the room. To safeguard meeting room privacy, Sereno features mechanical video and audio shutters to protect what can be seen and heard in a meeting room. Electronic AV shutters are an unreliable and unacceptable option as they do not offer meeting attendees the absolute confidence that mechanical shutters can provide to ensure that only people physically located in the room are part of the meeting.

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Volunteers transform young leukemia survivors room into fantasy world

After a day exploring Carlsbads Legoland, the Beckler family of Dana Point, pictured (L to R) Greg, Raelyn and Rebecca, return to find Raelyns room made into a fantasyland straight out of dreams by the nonprofit Special Spaces. Photo: Andrea Papagianis

By Andrea Papagianis

Raelyn Beckler stretches out on a snow-white shag rug. Arms spread wide, the vibrant 5-year-old moves her limbs in synchronization. Its snow, she proclaims. Im making an angel!

An hour earlier, Raelyn was surrounded by guests. Now, she is alone in her space, exploring each nook and cranny, examining every colorful toy, story-filled book, sparkling dress and family picture, feeling the materials and soaking in the new features of the bedroom created just for her.

Theres been a lot of change in her young lifeone filled with experiences well-beyond her five years.

Raelyn was just 2 when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a rapid-progressing cancer that attacks the bodys blood and bone marrowthe flexible tissue inside bones where red blood cells are produced. Raelyns parents took her to the doctor with a 104-degree fever that wouldnt break. When medications didnt combat what doctors believed to be a cold, and the young girl became lethargic, she went back. Several tests and office visits later, she was diagnosed. It was February 2012.

For just over two years, the young girl, nicknamed Warrior Princess by her father, battled the disease.

Her parents Greg and Rebecca Beckler by her side, Raelyn underwent monthly chemotherapy treatments at Childrens Hospital of Orange County, took daily doses of oral chemotherapy drugs, steroids and numerous other medications to fight off infections and mask side-effects of the treatment.

With high dosages of steroids running through her small body, Raelyns match with cancer took a hit when she suffered from bad reactions and developed a rare condition referred to as steroid psychosis.

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Kim Kardashian's new home boasts a room catered just for exercising and maintaining her famous butt.

Kim Kardashian is having a 'booty room' installed in her new house.

The 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' star - who has 11-month-old daughter North with husband Kanye West - has filled the area with equipment dedicated to keeping her famous butt toned and has even hired a trainer just to work on her derriere.

A source told Britain's Grazia magazine: ''The room will have butt-toning gym equipment, including the ProForm Booty Firm, the Yukon Fitness Butt and Thigh Shaper, the Suzanne Somers Buttmaster and a range of butt-toning belts and resistance bands.

''There's also a dedicated cellulite-busting area with a laser machine, and a 'bum spa', which will be a pampering and treatment area for her bottom.

''She's even hired a 'butt expert' in addition to her personal trainer, who'll be responsible for her workout every day.''

It was recently revealed Kim and Kanye had spent $750,000 on a 'glam room' for the brunette beauty in their new home.

The staggeringly-priced make-up room comes equipped with a ''glam bath'' that she can access through metal doors from her master closet and will have her hair and make-up teams on standby at all times.

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MICHIGAN CITY -- Geoff Wendt, president of Midwest Metal Products, did his due diligence before deciding to spend more than $500,000 on a building addition plus additional money on new equipment.

"We did turn over every stone," Wendt said Thursday. "If we are going to be spending all this money doing this, we want to make sure we checked everything out."

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Renaissance Hotels Opens Rural Retreat in the Outskirts of Paris

Renaissance Hotels, the hotel brand designed to help guests Live Life to Discover, announced today its latest addition in France. The 110-room Renaissance Paris Hippodrome de St Cloud Hotel will open on 24 June 2014 and is located in the grounds of Paris' most prestigious private leisure club, the Paris Country Club. Surrounded by lush green and tranquil countryside and just 15 minutes by car from downtown Paris, the hotel is also close to the St Cloud Hippodrome horse racing track and offers an ideal escape from city life. Download images.

The country house style hotel has been designed to emulate the Paris Country Club's traditional Normandy architecture with its timber and thatch frame. This is complemented by the Feng Shui inspired interior design by renowned French designer, Jean-Philippe Nuel who has created uncluttered, open spaces that are welcoming and inviting. The colour palette features natural cream and beige tones which complement the modern lighting, while the specially commissioned equestrian themed artwork and leather furnishings reflect the countryside surroundings.

In addition to the hippodrome, the hotel offers an abundance of activities, lending itself perfectly to both weekend escapes and business travel. Guests can play a round of golf on the 9-hole golf course or relax at the fitness centre and wellness area boasting outdoor pool, treatment cabins and steam room. The hotel also offers the Renaissance Hotels' Navigator concierge programme which helps guests to discover local cultural experiences such as the Chateau de La Malmaison, a beautiful 18thcentury manor house, once the home of Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife Josphine.

Classic French dishes can be enjoyed at the hotel restaurant, 'H' - named in honour of the nearby hippodrome. Split into two different sections, guests can choose from a more formal dining experience or a relaxed, laid back ambience with comfortable seating and low tables. Signature dishes include lobster ravioli with vegetable minestrone and lobster salad with potatoes from the French island of Noirmoutier.

For meeting and events, the hotel offers six meeting spaces across 540 square metres, all with natural light and state-of-the-art technology. These can be combined with 12 meeting rooms at the Paris Country Club, increasing available meeting space to 2,600 square metres. For special events, the sun-kissed terraces or huge garden can host many different event types from cocktail parties to weddings.

Rates at the Renaissance Paris Hippodrome de St Cloud start from 169 a night on a room only basis. Price includes VAT.

A special opening offer is available for weekend breaks starting from 200 per room per night on a room only basis and guests will receive a 60 credit to spend on food and beverages at the hotel. Minimum two night stay on a Friday and Saturday night and prices include VAT. Book by 1 September for stays between 11 July and 7 September 2014. http://www.renhotels.com.

With the addition of the Renaissance Paris Hippodrome de St Cloud, the Renaissance Hotels portfolio in France now includes six exceptional hotel experiences including the Renaissance Paris Arc de Triomphe Hotel, Renaissance Paris Le Parc Trocadero Hotel, Renaissance Paris Vendome Hotel, Renaissance Paris La Defense Hotel and Renaissance Aix-en-Provence Hotel.

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Monday morning Hanover Countys $10 million stand-alone emergency room opened its doors to patients with minor and major injuries, giving them one more opportunity to get the care they need.

We saw this as an opportunity here, said Lee Van Sise, director of the Hanover Emergency Center. We recognized a need here for additional emergency resources and I think well be able to fill a void for the community.

Doors to HCAs Hanover Emergency Center opened Monday in Rutland.

The 22,000 square-foot facility, which was built in just over a year, contains 12 private patient rooms for adults and a specialized pediatrics room decorated with children in mind.

What we have found is that a room that has a different appearance is obviously a little more calming for the patient and maybe could be used for some distraction for some of the other things that the doctors and nurses need to do, Van Sise said. And operationally, for us, having the appropriate supplies and equipment in that room for a child versus an adult is beneficial.

It is the second facility of its kind in metro-Richmond from HCA Virginia and is open 24/7. The other location is in Goochland County, which Van Sise said has stayed busy since it opened roughly two years ago.

We put our arm out that way and now were putting our arm out this way, Van Sise said.

Van Sise said the location of this emergency center is on Chamberlayne Road near the Rutland neighborhood helps because of the nearby bustling development. He added that the surroundings and the development will more than likely increase the volume at the Hanover emergency room.

But Van Sise said that he and his staff plan to keep wait times low.

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In preparation for the 150th Anniversary of Arlington National Cemetery, contracting professionals at the Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Fort Belvoir, Va., became heavily involved with much needed updates to the ANC Memorial Amphitheater Display Room.

Since being built in 1920, the Amphitheater's Display Room received its only update in 1975. The room houses exhibits and a collection of gifts presented throughout the years to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

"With the surge of historical interest in ANC because of the 150th, this space was identified as one that needed updating that included the context of historical exhibits," said Dr. Stephen Carney, Arlington National Cemetery historian. ANC was established June 15, 1864.

Carney felt the public, the president, and other VIPs were seeing a space in desperate need of repair and updating.

"As a national shrine we had to show we were taking appropriate care of items of historical significance, which include flags and Medals of Honor for each of our unknown entombed at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier," Carney said. "The contracts that were awarded met the requirements for sufficient updating. The space is now a safe environment for those artifacts because of the contract support from MICC-Fort Belvoir."

The display room has been used as the VIP entrance and holding area for major ceremonies and events at the Memorial Amphitheater since 1920. Presidents, heads of states, senior domestic and foreign military and civilian leaders frequent the room. In addition, a large number of the cemetery's 3.5 million-plus visitors annually walk through the space either before or after they watch a changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

"This Memorial Day, the updated display room was the first room the president of the United States, the secretary of Defense, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff entered after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown. How cool is that? Contracting professionals involved with the project should be extremely proud of what they accomplished," said Maj. Justin Schaeffer, a 7-year contracting veteran and leader of the ANC contract support element.

The process to update the display room for the anniversary began in September 2013 when ANC officials identified three requirements in order to improve the room. With subsequent ANC leadership approval and budgeting in October, the on-site contract support element began its work with the customer.

The activity identified its requirements early, conducted market research with local small business vendors and submitted the requirements package in a timely manner to MICC-Fort Belvoir. The requiring activity immediately identified and nominated its contracting officer representative, trained by the on-site MICC Quality Assurance Representative Kathy Manokey, who Schaffer said, was extremely responsive during the review phase of the requirements package.

During the performance of the contract, the customer's contracting officer representative was constantly on-site using all resources necessary to ensure the contractor was meeting specifications of the awarded contract.

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