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  Mission of BFI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
BFI is one of a small number of interdisciplinary research units in the US whose focus includes efforts to understand the complex phenomenon of physical and cultural change in the built environment.
BFI research leads to technical reports and recommendations, technology transfer and adaptation studies, symposia, published papers and educational tools for use in university teaching and for use in consulting with firms and organizations in the building industry locally and internationally.
BFI Research Associates are appointments offered to faculty or visiting scholars who choose or are invited to participate in studies identified as BFI projects that they initiate and direct, or who take part in projects led by the Director or by other BFI Research Associates.
www.bsu.edu /web/capweb/bfi/Mission/mission.htm   (422 words)

  
 British Film Institute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The BFI takes a global view of cinema, programming films from all over the world at its venues: it runs the National Film Theatre and IMAX theatre, both located on the south bank of the River Thames in London.
The BFI also devotes a large amount of its time to the preservation and study of British television programming and its history.
In 1988 the BFI opened the London Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI) on the South Bank.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/BFI   (582 words)

  
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BFI filed a renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law and, in the alternative, a motion for a new trial.6 As noted, the district court denied both motions.
BFI also asserts that "no customer appeared to testify that he was under a false impression, or was prevented from acquiring information which would adversely affect his judgment of his transaction with BFI." BFI Brief at 23.
BFI also contends the district court's analogy to comparative negligence was an improper basis for the court's conclusion that an employee may recover for wrongful discharge under the public policy exception even if the employee is engaged in the illegal activity.
vls.law.vill.edu /locator/3d/Oct1998/98a1981p.txt   (5563 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
BFI sought damages in the amount of $3 580.50 pursuant to a formula set out in a liquidated damages clause in the contract.
Sundance argues that because BFI breached this oral agreement by failing to meet the terms for cardboard removal, it was excused from fur ther performance.
BFI maintains that the original contract between Sundance and A-1 was an ordinary business contract, not a personal services contract and, as such, the contract was properly assumed by BFI when it purchased A-1.
www.courts.state.wi.us /ca/opinions/97/97-1444.DOC   (3040 words)

  
 STOP BFI Main Page: Texans against landfill expansion
BFI support erodes even further with the addition of this Amicus Brief from the county.
BFI attempts to weaken MEG support one city at a time--but is unsuccessful.
BFI employees Paul Floyd and Mitch Noto appear to "set the record straight" about BFI's Tessman road landfill expansion at the St. Hedwig City Council Meeting.
www.stopbfi.com /newhome.htm   (1843 words)

  
 BFI Consulting AG - []
BFI Consulting AG draws on a team of dedicated and experienced professionals in the field of international asset management, international banking and life insurance planning.
She has been with BFI Consulting since its founding and can be seen as the "mother of good spirit" in our firm.
Having served as an expert witness on policy design, he principally consults BFI Consulting in the area of international life insurance and annuities planning, international life insurance trusts, and the formation of international carriers.
www.bfi-consulting.com /about_us_team.html   (827 words)

  
 News in BFI Circumstances   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The society of BFI congratulated him for the achievement with hopeful thinking that his research will give a new color on researches in BFI and in general in the economic analysis in the country.
The paper presented by BFI is on the construction of artificial neural network on the financial Poincare map data.
This was hard to be received by anyone in BFI, but it also reflected the spirit of scientific culture enforcement internally in BFI on enforcing honesty, innovation, and creativity in the environment of BFI.
www.bandungfe.net /news.html   (2281 words)

  
 BFI data consolidation: A boon to marketing, sales- ADTmag.com
BFI successfully overcame significant challenges during the development of the data warehouse.
BFI is now using the data warehouse as a strategic tool for re-defining the business model.
BFI utilized the data cleansing and matching expertise of Vality Technologies for that project.
www.adtmag.com /print.asp?id=4190   (1266 words)

  
 Teamsters BFI Strike Settlement Commentary by Mitchell Lind
In this display of what true unionism is all about, concern for your brothers and sisters and sacrifice for the greater good, I wonder if BFI can relate to this act of sacrifice, or is it all they understand is what they have gladly sacrificed to the altar of their Corporate greed.
BFI acted like anyone coming back wasn't what they had in mind.
BFI’s dirty bag of tricks and lies is what they resorted to when the going got tough, while these Union brothers resorted to each other.
www.thesteward.net /local315/315mitchelllind.html   (511 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: D.C.'s Thayer Gets Stake in BFI Canada
BFI Canada was created in 2000 in a management-led buyout of Canadian assets of Allied Waste Industries Inc. following Allied's purchase of the old Browning-Ferris Industries Inc. -- the well-known "BFI" seen on many trash trucks.
BFI Canada went public in 2002 as an "income fund," a corporate structure popular in Canada that passes operating income on to shareholders in the form of dividends.
BFI chief executive Keith Carrigan, in a conference call with analysts, said the deal would give BFI a solid foothold in the United States, where BFI expects to keep up IESI's strategy of internal growth and acquisitions.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A20830-2004Nov29?language=printer   (485 words)

  
 Environmental Background Information Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
BFI also obtained a liquid waste facility, chemical plants, and Consolidated Fibers, Inc.(CFI), one of the three largest scrap paper dealers in the U.S. In 1976, Fatjo left the company to form an investment consulting firm known as Criterion Capital Corporation.
BFI was sued by the federal Equal Opportunity Employment Commission in Pittsburgh Pa. The suit alleges that BFI discriminated against a job applicant because of his age, and that the company hired a younger, less qualified applicant.
BFI was ordered not only to pay $3 million, but restitution of $6.4 million to four wastewater treatment plants, as well as $1.5 million to organizations that handle environmental concerns of the PA/DE region.
www.ebic.org /pubs/BFIAlliedprof.html   (2379 words)

  
 BFI Liason Group Minutes 5-08-04
BFI will continue to do full inspections as well as focused inspections and will need to identify which type of inspection is appropriate to which authority.
BFI have examined their reports to identify what considerations are given to the end customer.
BFI considered that it would be rare for BFI to speak directly with the customer although it would always be a possibility.
www.bfi.gov.uk /about/liason_group/minutes_05-08-2004.asp   (5027 words)

  
 BFI's Safety Program Payback
BFI tracks its safety progress - especially its total injury rate or the number of reported injuries per 100 employees - with pie charts and graphs.
BFI became the first corporate member of SafeAmerica, which was launched last November in Washington, D.C. With pilot programs now in three cities - Atlanta, Detroit and Minneapolis - SafeAmerica identifies ways to prevent death and injury in homes, schools, workplaces, on streets and highways, and in communities.
BFI's role is to guide national SafeAmerica programs and ensure they are in line with local and regional needs assessments, as well as to help recruit other corporations.
wasteage.com /mag/waste_bfis_safety_program   (1751 words)

  
 Bukidnon Express / News and Articles
The BFI has gained the reputation of having served as facilitator and a catalyst on forest development and formation in the Province of Bukidnon at the generic level, by encouraging people's involvement in plantation forestry.
Aside from establishing forest plantations to respond to the call of our times, BFI has been contributing towards forest conservation, biodiversity preservation, employment generation, and economic upliftment of rural communities in the Province.
Propelled by unrelenting efforts and sustainable development of forest plantations, BFI's and Bukidnon's vision to support domestic wood requirements and a growing forest industry, and preserve remaining natural forests, will not be far from reality.
mampaalong.tripod.com /Athens/news.html   (346 words)

  
 City of Naperville || 2004-01-14, Media Release, BFI Negotiations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The city plans to continue to negotiate with BFI in hopes of resolving this issue in a manner that is amicable for all parties.
On December 22, 2003, BFI notified the city of their intention to begin strict enforcement of the size limits of garbage containers used by Naperville residents.
As a result of BFI’s decision, city staff met with representatives from BFI on January 6, to urge BFI not to proceed with its proposed enforcement of the 32-gallon restriction for the remainder of the city’s contract with BFI, which runs until May 2005.
www.naperville.il.us /dynamic_template.cfm?doc_id=750   (379 words)

  
 San Antonio Current - feature - 11/20/2003 - MISERY SPREADS AROUND BFI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1994, BFI received a permit from the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission to open a landfill less than 1,500 feet from a reservoir that serves as the water supply for 23 rural schools and 14 cities.
BFI's original permit called for the landfill to be 44 feet tall.
BFI claimed the agreement left open how high the landfill could go; the TCEQ agreed that the waste hauler could expand, but a Hidalgo County jury disagreed, ruling in favor of Steidinger and the other plaintiffs that BFI cannot expand the landfill.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=10548092&BRD=2318&PAG=461&dept_id=500613&rfi=6   (383 words)

  
 The Herald News - News - 08/05/2004 - City wins $13M suit against BFI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
While BFI was paying the city for most of the trash dumped at the site, known to some as "Mount Trashmore," the massive company did not believe it was liable to pay host fees for what it deemed "cover," used to cap the landfill.
BFI is also liable to pay Fall River 12 percent interest for each day it does not make payment.
In February, the city was dealt a major setback when a Suffolk County Superior Court Judge ruled BFI could move ahead with plans to expand the sprawling 110-acre dump.
www.heraldnews.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=12616593&BRD=1710&PAG=461&dept_id=99784&rfi=6   (727 words)

  
 BFI Landfill Gas to Power The Solae Company Plant in Memphis
Instead of burning off the landfill gas in a flare at the BFI site, the gas that is collected can be used to generate electricity, heat or steam, thereby reducing reliance on fossil fuels such as coal, oil or natural gas.
BFI plans to invest additional resources in its South Shelby Landfill site to increase its gas recovery capabilities.
About BFI Waste Systems of North America, Inc. BFI has operated the 474-acre South Shelby Landfill since 1981 and is owned by Allied Waste Industries, Inc. Allied Waste Industries, Inc., is a leading waste services company that provides collection, recycling and disposal services to residential, commercial and industrial customers in the United States.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-16-2004/0002194304&EDATE=   (807 words)

  
 Globeinvestor.com: BFI Canada Enters Into Agreement To Acquire The Ridge Landfill In Chatham, Ontario
Management of BFI Canada estimates that the acquisition of the Ridge landfill is expected to be immediately accretive to BFI Canada's free cash flow available for distribution per unit on a fully diluted basis, after giving effect to the recently announced agreement to acquire IESI Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas.
BFI Canada intends to fund the purchase price of the Ridge landfill from the proceeds of its recently announced offering of subscription receipts.
BFI Canada Income Fund, through its subsidiaries, is one of Canada's largest full-service waste management companies, providing non-hazardous solid waste collection and landfill disposal services for municipal, commercial, industrial and residential customers in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.
www.globeinvestor.com /servlet/WireFeedRedirect?cf=GlobeInvestor/config&vg=BigAdVariableGenerator&date=20041129&archive=bwire&slug=20041129005369   (1186 words)

  
 Soarer DieHard - BFI Hardware   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
I used new ones to hold my BFI top cover down for that original factory look - you can also get x-tree clips - they will all be on a stand together - check it out - heaps of handy bits and pieces there.
The BFI under headlight chamber - this bit seals off the intercooler (unless you have regular V8) and smoothly directs the air under the headlight into the airbox.
Here's what Iain had to say about the BFI "....difference is alarming, the car is a quantum leap forward in throttle response and acceleration is markedly quicker and she is smoother, worth all £5 that it cost a hudred times over,....
www.users.bigpond.com /pgscott/BFIHardware/BFIHardware.html   (1549 words)

  
 BFI-BSA Cleanup - Council - South Florida Council - Boy Scouts of America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Pictured (L-R) at the March 27th Boy Scout – BFI cleanup in the Allapattah area of the City of Miami are Boy Scouts from Troop #204 in Liberty City; and Cub Scouts from Troop #38 in Overtown.
Pictured (L-R) at the March 27th Boy Scout – BFI cleanup in the Allapattah area of the City of Miami are Cub Scouts from Troop #38 in Overtown and from Troop #54, also in Overtown.
Pictured (L-R) at the March 27th Boy Scout – BFI cleanup in the Allapattah area of the City of Miami are Boy Scout s and Scoutmaster Greg White from Troop #77 in Overtown; and Boy Scout Troop #54 in Overtown.
www.sfcbsa.org /Council/BFICleanUp.html   (631 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES
In 1988 BFI was the industry's second largest publicly held company, serving 4.5 million households, 544 municipal contracts, and 522,000 commercial and industrial customers.
BFI owned, leased, or operated more than ninety sanitary landfills, had fifty-five transfer stations for urban waste consolidation and shipment to distant disposal sites, and carried out initial resource recovery through its American Ref-Fuel Company, jointly owned with Air Products and Chemicals, Incorporated.
BFI provided sanitation services in Spain through its first overseas contract in 1973.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/BB/dzb3.html   (613 words)

  
 BFI Warned About Lapses in Service / Trash regulators could cancel franchise
BFI spokeswoman Dorothy Beeler said the threatened fines will be a moot point because service will be fully restored.
Many Contra Costa leaders have accused of BFI of trying to break the union and have criticized the company for threatening to replace all 180 striking workers with new workers.
BFI also wants a new clause in the contract that would force workers to cross other unions' picket lines.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/08/07/MN94051.DTL   (641 words)

  
 BFI Consulting AG
BFI Consulting specializes in strategies that are based on specifically tailored annuities and life insurance policies.
For many of them, BFI Consulting has become a trusted partner for all of their financial business overseas.
BFI Consulting -- the missing link in your global wealth preservation plan...
www.bfi-consulting.com /home_e.html   (222 words)

  
 CBC News: BFI Canada in $1.1B waste management merger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
TORONTO - BFI Canada Income Fund of Toronto and IESI Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas have agreed to a $1.1-billion deal to merge and create one of the largest non-hazardous solid waste management companies in North America.
BFI Canada will indirectly acquire 100 per cent of the common stock of IESI, and the current equity investors in IESI will wind up with approximately a 39 per cent indirect interest in the fund.
BFI Canada anticipates that it will increase its annual cash distribution to $1.5708 per unit from $1.4025 following the closing of the transaction.
www.cbc.ca /story/business/national/2004/11/29/bfi-041129.html   (301 words)

  
 Easy Flight - Becoming a Basic Flight Instructor (BFI)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
You need to become a BFI in order to take someone flying in the back seat of your powered parachute.
BFI = Basic Flight Instructor (BFIs are instructors that are certified to fly under a training exemption to the ultralight regulations.)
Take your BFI application with all your documentation of hours and test scores to your BFI and obtain his recommendation for you to take the check ride.
www.easyflight.com /BFI.html   (686 words)

  
 BFI
The Benefit Fraud Inspectorate (BFI) began operating in November 1997 as part of the Government's initiatives to reduce the high levels of fraud in the social security system.
We are part of the Department for Work and Pensions, but operate independently of those responsible for administrating benefits, reporting directly to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
BFI plays a key role in delivering Government objectives to improve the standards of benefit administration and counter-fraud activity.
www.bfi.gov.uk   (264 words)

  
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On June 30, 1999, the Branch returned the application to BFI for correction of certain defects in its application pertaining to its proposed technical parameters and also denied BFI’s waiver request.
BFI requests a rule waiver that would permit reinstatement of its license for Station KRJ257, even though the reinstatement of license application was not filed within the 30-day time period specified in the Commission’s Rules.
Id. After BFI filed its request, Section 90.149(a) was superseded by Section 1.949(a) requiring renewals to be filed prior to the expiration date of the license.
www.fcc.gov /Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/2000/da001167.doc   (672 words)

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