Discusses preventive and follow-up care and maintenance of power and transmission components found in a power laboratory. (GR)

Videotapes can be used by park and recreation managers to: (1) define what a specific maintenance task entails; (2) describe equipment and manpower required to do a task; and (3) illustrate the quality required at job completion. (CJ)

Since installing a comprehensive smoke alarm system, Princeton University has had no major fires in protected buildings. (Author)

Regularly scheduled maintenance will help keep carpets clean. An aggressive maintenance plan should concentrate on those sections known to receive the heaviest traffic. (Author/MLF)

Contracting for school maintenance in Vancouver (Washington) has improved custodial care and provided more than 20 CETA jobs while saving money. (Author/WD)

Presents tips from experienced facility professionals for the purchase, installation, and maintenance of flooring and carpet. (EV)

Concerning the issue of molds and indoor air quality in school buildings, addresses the importance of planning and design for building operations and maintenance, the effects of indoor air quality, and ongoing documentation and training. (EV)

Five basic questions are posited that pertain equally to "fully alive,""partly alive," and "barely alive" languages. These three types of languages may be seen as existing along a continuum, differing in the degrees to which they can be linked to the dynamics of reward processes and institutional spill-overs that…

Reports that thousands of the world's languages face extinction and that linguists are racing to preserve at least some of them. (MM)

Describes how to establish an internal service fund (ISF) for school district vehicle maintenance. Includes three drawbacks to establishing ISFs. (PKP)