"We don’t ask - we know that we need to check everything: that there is no hair on the floor, in the shower, no hair in the bathtub, no lipstick, nothing there to show that something happened before,” said David Brugiatelli of the cleaning service Little Elves New York told the New York Post.

One paranoid philanderer wrote in an instant message to the Handybook maid service, "I need to have a cleaning tomorrow, but the timing is critical.

"Girlfriend coming to stay for a week stay needs to be cleaned well and any other female evidence needs to be removed (no hairs, make-up smudges, etc.).

"I can count on someone coming without question though right?"

More at source: Perth Now

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. - During a recent trip to downtown Evansville, Kenny Perry, wheeled past the Vanderburgh County World War II monument to pay his respects to the uncle for whom he was named and who lost his life in the war.

As Perry read the bronze letters spelling out his uncle Kenneth Perry's name he noticed how dirty the memorial had become after years of weathering.

That is when Perry had an idea.

He shared it with other residents in the ECHO Housing Corp.'s Lucas Place II, which provides permanent housing for disabled homeless veterans, and a group of eight veterans turned Perry's idea into a plan.

The residents of Lucas Place II who have taken a lot of pride in their new home, developed a resident council, to take responsibility for their own community as well as help the surrounding neighborhood.

More at source: The Indy Channel

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Meg Roberts, 40, is the President of national cleaning franchise Molly Maid who worked her way up to earn the top spot at a company that she grew up down the street from.

After realizing that an advertising career in Chicago wasn't conducive to a family life or social life, Meg packed her bags and moved back home to her native roots in Ann Arbor, Michigan -- not far from the Molly Maid headquarters. In 2007, Meg was hired as Molly Maid's Director of Marketing, where she immediately put her sharp marketing acumen to work and introduced an online customer-building campaign -- resulting in a 150 percent increase in lead generation. For three consecutive years after, Molly Maid surpassed double-digit sales growth under Meg's leadership.

In 2011, Meg served as Vice President of Marketing for Molly Maid, and sister company Mr. Handyman, and was promoted to President of Molly Maid in September 2012. Currently, the company has more than 450 U.S. locations and sales are up six percent from last year.

How has your journey from the bottom up made you the leader you are today?

I have always worked with great people on very well-balanced teams. I had some great bosses early on who asked my opinion when I was the most junior member of the team -- that built my confidence, challenged me and made me feel like a contributor. As I've had more opportunities, both official and unofficial, to lead and guide teammates, I've used the "inclusive" approach to build stronger, more collaborative and enthusiastic teams. I learned early that including people is the best way to learn, and that "exclusive" leaders might suffer from too much distance between their ideas and the great ideas of their staff.

More at source: Huffington Post

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ABM Industries will release its quarterly report next Tuesday, and investors have been pretty optimistic about the company's prospects, bidding shares higher and approaching their all-time record levels set in late 2010 and early 2011. ABM earnings growth hasn't been spectacular, but it has been consistent, and that trait could reassure shareholders if the economy starts to falter in the face of new uncertainties.

ABM handles jobs that most people only notice if they're not done well. In addition to providing basic services like floor-cleaning and window-washing for office buildings, shopping malls, and other institutional facilities, ABM manages parking lots and also offers more technical services like mechanical engineering and security consulting services. 

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The City of Ventura’s Environmental Sustainability website asks the ominous question, “Do you know that many household cleaning products, even used as directed, could be hazardous to your health as well as the environment?”

The website follows with a series of recipes for “safe substitutes,” featuring items such as “mold killers” made from tea tree oil and vinegar, furniture polish made from olive oil and lemon juice, and deodorizer made from vinegar.

Practicing what it preaches, the city requires its housekeeping contractors to use only Green Seal certified cleaning products. Green Seal, begun in 1989, is a nonprofit organization evaluating and certifying the environmental claims of a variety of products.

Green Seal focused first on standards for paper, and by 1993 had developed standards for the environmental claims of household cleaning products. Green Seal describes itself as using “science-based programs to empower consumers, purchasers and companies to create a more sustainable world.”

“ Since we started this program (requiring Green Seal certified cleaners) in 2007,” said Joe Yahner, manager of the city’s Environmental Sustainability Office, “our contractor has eliminated the use of many harmful cleaning products, improving indoor air quality and reducing the manufacture of toxic chemicals.”

Similar to the city, the County of Ventura also uses only Green Seal-certified products. However, rather than using a contractor to do the job, the County of Ventura’s own General Services Agency provides cleaning services at county facilities.

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