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On July 29, 2009, Seattle was blazing. The Emerald City had just reached 103 degrees Fahrenheit for the first time in recorded history.
Municipal workers were mobilized to deliver water to the homeless and check on elderly residents, while the Meals on Wheels program offered extra fluids with its regular food distribution.
There may never have been a better time to seek relief in one of the city's 25 shallow-water pools. Why, then, were nearly half of those pools closed?
The answer, simply, is the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act. Signed by President Bush on Dec. 19, 2007, the now infamous law took effect one year later, going down in history as the industry's first-ever federal mandate. In just over a year, VGB, as it is known, has become synonymous with government ineptness, budgetary nightmares and operational snafus.
No accurate records exist, but anecdotally, the law forced hundreds, possibly thousands of public aquatics facilities to shut their doors. Meanwhile, it left operators in the lurch, caught between media reports that painted them as uncaring about child safety — one national news show reported more than 60 percent were noncompliant — and government bureaucrats who couldn't even agree on rules of enforcement, let alone who would do the enforcing.
Even now, confusion remains, and the very mention of VGB stirs up anger and sometimes disgust. Industry professionals can only wonder: How did a law intended to reduce the number of childhood drownings go so wrong? And who is ultimately responsible?
Entrapment vs. drowning
The short answer to the latter question is Virginia Graeme Baker. The 7-year-old for whom the law was named died in 2002 from an entrapment in a backyard spa.
From 1999 to 2008, there were 83 such incidents of suction entrapment, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which was charged with interpreting and enforcing the VGB law. Eleven of those entrapments were fatal, including Graeme Baker, who also happened to be the granddaughter of former Secretary of State James Baker III.
While that death, and all others caused by entrapment, was horrific, those numbers seem insignificant when compared with accidental drownings. Consider that as of Aug. 4, 2009, the state of Texas alone had lost 84 children to drowning for the year, and not a single one by suction entrapment.
Indeed, it was drowning statistics, not entrapment, that influenced the law — so much so that in the "Findings" section of the VGB Act, there's not a single reference to suction entrapment. There are, however, references to drowning as the second leading cause of death in American children ages 1 to 14; and the act does note that "in 2004, 761 children aged 14 and under died as a result of unintentional drowning."
"I think those findings utilize the numbers and emotion of drownings," says Johnny Johnson, president of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance and founder of the Blue Buoy Swim School in Tustin, Calif. "It's misrepresenting the issue. There's no mention of entrapment there. You're comparing apples to oranges.
Others agree.
"The intent of the VGB Act was to protect against suction-entrapment, and the goal was noble," says Dan Johnson, past president of the Florida Swimming Pool Association and founder of Swim Inc. in Sarasota, Fla. "But it's not an effective drowning-prevention act. ... I've been told the chances of a child being entrapped on a drain are 40 times less than they would be for that child to be struck by lightning."
Tom Griffiths, founder of the Aquatic Safety Research Group, spent more than two decades as director of the Aquatics and Safety Office for Athletics at Penn State University in State College, Pa. Like many other professionals, Griffiths believes a more effective law would have focused on teaching children to swim.
"That would have saved many more lives than changing the drain grates," he says. "The bottom line is, you now have a huge law to prevent double-digit deaths. And the sad thing is, we accept thousands of drownings each year. We just shrug it off."
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The answer for why that happened in the case of VGB may lie in who wrote the law.
SVRS's are made by various manufacturers. The devices send air into the system and/or power down the pump motor when a vacuum increase is sensed. Relatively easy to install, they cost approximately $500 to $1,000.
Though VGB doesn't require that these products be fitted on every pool, they are listed as one of only a few permissible options.
Before the law passed, SVRS's were virtually unknown outside aquatics. The new legislation changed that.
Jennifer Hatfield, director of government and public affairs at the Florida Swimming Pool Association, recalls a meeting she attended in Washington, D.C. Also at the gathering were Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Congresswoman who sponsored the act; Bill Weber, CEO of the national trade association APSP; and Alan Korn, an official with Safe Kids USA, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group.
Hatfield went into the meeting believing it was an opportunity to discuss the language of what would become VGB. But the playing field, she says, was noticeably uneven.
"[We] really had no part in drafting the original bill," she says. "Our understanding was that it had already been done by Safe Kids and the Pool Safety Consortium."
PSC was a group of safety equipment manufacturers founded by Paul Pennington, owner of Vac-Alert, an SVRS-maker in Santa Rosa, Calif. The organization has since been expanded and renamed the Pool Safety Council.
Korn confirms his group was involved in the bill's drafting, though not in the "hyper-technical aspects."
"The Baker family helped craft a legislative response," Korn says. "A few pool service companies from Florida, drain manufacturers, Vac-Alert and Stingl Products (another SVRS manufacturer) were also brought in. And the Association of Pool & Spa Professionals was there representing the industry."
Pennington declined to be interviewed for this story. Calls to David Stingl of Stingl Products were not returned.
According to Carvin DiGiovanni, APSP senior director, standards and government relations, the association did review drafts and provide guidance on certain technical aspects of the act.
But to suggest the trade group played a significant role in writing the bill conflicts with the accounts of those who entered the discussions along with it.
"My involvement came late — the same time as APSP," says Larry Caniglia, executive director of the Northeast Spa & Pool Association. "I just knew it was very late in the process. At that point, what was written was written, and we were just trying to get the language fixed. ... But we knew it was an uphill battle.
"Honestly, I wish I knew who in the industry was involved in writing it," he adds.
When asked recently about who was responsible for the language contained in the bill, Wasserman Schultz remembered a different list of contributors.
"In drafting the bill, we worked with the staffs of the Energy and Commerce committees, the CPSC and Safe Kids Worldwide — that's it," she said. "We didn't have a legislative writing party."
Warning shots
After VGB became law, numerous organizations — including the National Recreation and Park Association and YMCA of the USA — contacted CPSC requesting that the deadline for compliance be postponed.
They were joined by Thomas Lachocki, Ph.D., CEO of the National Swimming Pool Foundation in Colorado Springs, Colo. Shortly before the compliance date, Lachocki issued a press release titled, "Controversial New Pool & Spa Safety Act Will Create Public Pool Closures Nationwide."
"Suction entrapment claims about one to two victims per year based on historic data from the CPSC," he wrote. "In contrast, drowning claimed the lives of 761 children aged 14 and under in 2004, and those numbers may increase since fewer children will attend swim lessons when pools are closed." Lachocki added that operators across the nation would be unable to comply with the VGB Act for a number of reasons.
First was education. Despite the act having budgeted $5 million a year for a sweeping educational program directed toward the pool industry, no such program existed. The result, Lachocki said, would be confusion or outright ignorance of the law.
Next was the question of drains. Though manufacturers were working diligently, compliant drain covers still were not available in the quantities required to satisfy the needs of 300,000 public pools nationwide.
Moreover, the law meant the area below the cover (the sump) might have to be excavated and replaced to be compliant. This could add thousands to the cost of repairs at a time when budgets already were stressed.
In addition, under state laws, local health departments must review and approve changes before work on pools could begin. But health departments didn't have the resources to inspect all public pools in their jurisdictions before the Dec. 19, 2008, deadline. Operators would be forced to either break state law by making the changes before local departments could inspect them, or violate the federal statute by first seeking approval from the state.
In each case, the only other alternative would be to close the pool. Lachocki argued that a delay would create time to "resolve technical issues and solve the entrapment problem — without causing a drowning problem, reducing public services, and hurting our fragile economy."
However, no delay was granted, and on the day of the deadline, hundreds of thousands of public swimming pools and spas suddenly found themselves under the jurisdiction of the VGB Act.
Parts and labor
With the law's compliance date quickly approaching, drain cover manufacturers struggled to certify their products in time. Though the issue was discussed prior to the bill's passage, Wasserman Schultz says there was no concern over whether the supply of compliant drain covers would be able to meet an expected spike in demand.
But in the weeks before and the months after VGB took effect, scores of operators had little choice but to close down as manufacturers strained to fill order backlogs.
In Florida, pools in Martin, Port St. Lucie and Indian River counties sent away for new drain covers in autumn 2008. By Dec. 20, 2008, those deliveries still had yet to arrive. The manufacturer, according to published news reports, was bogged down with orders.
The following month, the El Paso Parks and Recreation Department was fielding 20 calls a day from residents asking when their area pools would reopen after at least three were closed due to a delay in the shipment of compliant drain covers, according to reports in the El Paso Times.
Similar scenarios played out again and again, from Maine to California. Jeremy Shoffner has been working with local suppliers for months to find drain covers that fit the nine pools he oversees for the aquatics program in San Jose, Calif.
"All of our pools had different covers," Shoffner says. "It wasn't a cookie-cutter method of getting the new grates." Obtaining compliant drain covers wasn't the only issue. Many operators had trouble finding qualified professionals to install them.
Paul Norris was one of them.
"This thing was massive," says the director of recreation and leisure services for the town of Windsor, Conn. "It was hitting hotels, condo associations, YMCAs. … We couldn't get a vendor to open our pools on time. We were late. There just aren't a lot of contractors around who can do the work."
Worse yet, in many cases just because a contractor can't do the work, doesn't mean he won't. Rick Earnhardt knows this firsthand.
As one of only a few licensed service professionals in western Pennsylvania, he completed upwards of 50 retrofits in 2009, from large-scale college pools to private country clubs.
"What's happening now is, people are making the situation more dangerous than before," he says. "And nobody's checking it."
"I've seen everything," he adds. "I saw one pool where the covers were literally welded onto the bottom, which is illegal. Other pools are now less safe hydraulically. It's a little scary."
The price
Before the VGB Act was passed, the Congressional Budget Office conducted an analysis of its projected financial impact.
The CBO's study concluded the law would not adversely affect those who would be subject to its regulations, according to Wasserman Schultz. "It was given an insignificant score," she says. "The drains are not expensive … and the renovation requirements were minimal. I would say $5,000 is a rare exception."
But across the nation, the fixes required of public pools and spas have varied wildly in price, with some requiring tens of thousands of dollars in certified repairs. Again, the only viable option for many has been closure.
In Seattle, where 11 of the Parks and Recreation Department's 25 public wading pools were shuttered on the hottest day on record, officials still were scrambling to locate the funds to pay for needed repairs in late 2009.
"It's been a big effort," Kathy Whitman, Seattle's aquatics manager said at the time. "Some of our bigger pools have three full replacement drains. We're looking at about $10,000 per pool just for parts. And that doesn't include application fees, paying an engineer to conduct an analysis of the pools' mechanical systems, and labor.
"Clearly, it's going to be in the range — just for the physical pieces and labor — of $400,000," she says.
Seattle is far from the exception. Renovations to 21 public pools in Phoenix cost the city approximately $350,000 (average price for each pool: $16,000).
Recreation officials in Dickinson, N.D., were quoted $55,000 to bring a single outdoor pool up to code, according to The Dickinson Press. No fewer than 10 public pools in Georgia were closed for the season after state officials said they couldn't afford the $150,000 required to make the necessary repairs.
In Woodbridge, Conn., families this winter were locked out of the town's indoor swimming facility at Beecher Road. The pool was built in 1971 and carried L-shaped drains, recreation department officials say. Because no compliant covers could be located, the town instead planned to install new drains at an estimated cost of up to $80,000.
But Wasserman Schultz believes it's a matter of priorities. "The entities that haven't [made the fixes] quite simply don't want to," she says. "The industry continues to resist safety requirements. It's frustrating and it's irresponsible. ... It's the law, it's time — get over it."
The best effort?
There's consensus among many of the nation's leading water safety experts over how the VGB Act could have been made more effective. Besides properly funding an educational element, and perhaps adding a component for child swim lessons, a graduated methodology would have at least identified and targeted pools that posed the greatest risk, they say.
"This really was a hot tub and wading pool problem," Griffiths says. "The law has merits, but to say in one calendar year that all pools needed to change out their [drain covers], to me was way out of line."
He adds that a phased approach based on pool depth might have been better. "More than 5 feet deep and it's very hard to get entrapped," he says.
For his part, Dan Johnson wishes the law had been incorporated over two years, with clearly defined, staggered goals, such as creating an effective delivery system to disseminate information from the federal level down the chain. That, he says, also would have allowed manufacturers sufficient time to produce enough compliant equipment. Year two could have been dedicated to educating health departments, building officials and the aquatics industry about the act.
"And I think [the law] went astray in that it was fast-tracked," Johnson says. "The language was unfocused. They didn't even consider all the issues involved in suction-entrapment avoidance."
But there's another, darker truth that should not escape mention. According to 2007 statistics collected by the Phoenix Children's Hospital, 85 percent of all child drownings occur in backyard pools and spas.
So perhaps there should be a greater sense of urgency, in light of the fact that CPSC still has yet to release its residential guidelines for the new federal law; as of early fall, there was no defined mandate covering private vessels.
It means, tragically, that the same type of spa that claimed the life of Virginia Graeme Baker more than 71/2 years ago, is no safer today than it was the day she died.


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Show up from 7 to 11 a.m. at the 3760 N. Halsted St. location, and you'll catch an appearance by Hannah Smith, more formally known as Miss Illinois. Free pancakes. A good cause. A woman who actually owns a tiara. What more do you want?"
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, March 21, Sen. Paul introduced Amendment 378, to S.Con.Res.8, the Budget Resolution, which would enable Congress to block the transfer of further economic and military aid to Egypt until the President of the United States certifies that the President of Egypt has officially stated his intention to continue to abide by the Camp David Peace Accords.
Since 1984, the United States has provided more than $71 billion in sparsely conditioned military and economic assistance to Egypt. In addition to this, Secretary Kerry recently announced disbursement of $250 million in economic aid to Egypt. A second installment of $260 million will be granted to Egypt once the country commits to further reforms.
"The Camp David Peace Accords serve as an important symbolic and strategic international alliance. My amendment requires the U.S. government to ask Egypt one simple question – is the country willing to abide by its cornerstone agreement with the United States, and the entire Middle East? If the answer is no, then Egypt should not only be deemed unworthy of our billions in foreign assistance; it should give us cause to reconsider the Morsi government's intentions for the peace and stability of the entire region," Sen. Paul said.
I'm glad to see any cut in foreign giveaways but this has the whiff of Israeli pandering.
and israel=muslim brotherhood right?
Rand Paul is no friend of Israel so this has nothing to do with pandering to Israel.
No they just bomb Israel on a daily basis but thats Ok with you
They have right to self determination and sovereignty
and israel=muslim brotherhood right?
Rand Paul is no friend of Israel so this has nothing to do with pandering to Israel.
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Since no one else has started such a thread and since we don't have an official petition (as with the Micro Machines), I am using this forum to voice an empassioned plea to Hasbro. BRING BACK THE EOPIE (w/Qui-Gon Jinn)! There is no reason that it cannot be re-released under the Power of the Jedi logo. Just try finding one of these things. I have tried to bid on eBay and been consistantly outbid at $50.00! There is obviously a demand for the illusive last of the beast packs in THIS COUNTRY, why not meet that demand with product. Ulike the late 80's when Yak Face was relegated to a European only release due to lack of retailer demand for Star Wars figures (one report I heard was that Kenner offered figures for as little as a penny each and retailers would not buy, so most were melted down at the end of the production run), there is still a highly active demand for Star Wars today. Hasbro has made great improvements in recognizing this demand, but in the case of the Eopie Beast Pack (and indeed the counterpart Falumpaset), our needs are being ignored.
So, please join with me in imploring Hasbro to re-release this much sought after set. Please use this thread as a kind of makeshift petition. My hope is for this thread to be not so much a forum for discussion as a place for as many fans as possible to sound off on a mutual desire to see the Eopie with Qui-Gon Jinn finally get a proper domestic release so we can complete our collections without being taken to the cleaners!
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The federal government spends about $450 billion a year on real estate, a sum that includes direct spending, loan guarantees and tax breaks like the mortgage-interest deduction, according to a report released today by Smart Growth America, an organization that pushes for so-called smart growth that centers around denser neighborhoods and public transit. Smart Growth came up with the $450 billion estimate by tallying up the $2.23 trillion in federal real estate spending from 2007 to 2011 (that equates to $450 billion a year over five years).
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- $1.36 trillion went to loans and loan guarantees residential and commercial construction.
- $680 billion to tax credits. The mortgage interest deduction accounted for about $400 billion of that total.
- $187 billion for development grants and subsides.
The report details how much of the tax breaks go to families making more than $200,000 a year and that many of the subsidies go toward the purchase of second homes. In addition, little money goes toward redeveloping existing neighborhoods or apartment buildings, but instead is focused on building new neighborhoods of single-family homes.
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Things have been "Cookin' up in The Kitchen", Kitchen's Field, that is!
Student spirit is at an all time high this year with such a great,and so far undefeated, football season. With homecoming only few weeks away, this year being September 24. Upcoming homecoming activitieswill include the parade on Thursday, September 23.
This starts at 6 p.m. downtown with the community wide pep rally immediately following in Memorial Gym. We hope to see everyone showing spirit at the peprally and parade!
Classes have already started planning their floats in order to win the coveted "Rulers of the Roost" trophy at the pep rally.
Dress up days for homecoming are:
Monday: Senior Citizen/Kindergarten Day, Tuesday: Fairy Tale Day, Wednesday: Decade Day (9th=50's, 10th=20's, 11th=70's, 12th=80's) Thursday: T-shirt, spirit day, Friday: Dress up day. Remember that Friday of Homecoming is a 60% day!
Escorts for homecoming this year include: Taylor Goode, Jimbo Waldrop, Sam Jackson Dunnam, Tarver Reeder, Taylor McCreight, Jake Neuhaus, Collin Stubblefield, Adam Coombs, Tyler Basil, JD Morris, Kareem Brown, Neives Oglesby, Austin Richey, and Andrew Ballard.
AFJROTC conducted their annual Patriot Day Ceremony in honor of 9/11 on Friday, September 10 at 7:50 a.m. The student body gathered in front of the school at the first bell to remember this somber event.
Gifted art and chorus students are preparing for a field trip to Memphis on October 20. Students will tour the Stax Museum, ride the downtown trolley, see the Peabody ducks, eat at the Rendezvous and see "Wicked", a Broadway musical at the Orpheum. Students are reminded to pay their second deposit on the trip by September 30!
Also, Mr. Ladner's classes will soon be traveling to the Buffalo Park and will elect officers on that day.
The counselor's office would like to announce that the PSAT $15 registration fee is due Friday, September 10th. The test will be given Wednesday, October 13. Deadline to register for the ACT October 23rd, is Friday, September 17, students can register online or pick up packets in the Career Center.
Also, all Juniors will take the ASVAB Wednesday, September 15th. Please check our school website www.nahighschool.com for the latest news and videos!
Recently added incude, "Who's Your Hero" , NAHS Softball and NA Fans Cooking It Up. Remember that a DVD of any of our videos can be purchased by contacting Mrs. Thompson at the school.
Here's the schedule of spirit dress up for upcoming games: (dress out your spirit!)
9/17 Independence Wildcats: "Trap the Wildcats," wear your camo!
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10/8 Itawamba Indians: "Wrangle the Indians" Dress wild west/cowboy!
10/15 North Pontotoc Vikings: "Flavor of Success" It's FLAVOR FLAV TIME!"
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ActionFigureCollectors.Com's Q&A is up now also. Still no Action Figs.
http://www.actionfigurecollectors.co...lts_june07.phpThe ANSWERS! Hasbro's Marvel Q&A For June 2007
More answers have rolled in from Hasbro's Q&A program, this time we get a little insight into the world of Marvel Legends! AFC sent in your questions and now you've got answers!
Here are the results:
Q. Are there plans for any Marvel Legends Box sets?
A: Not for 2007, but we're taking a hard look at some cool & exciting possibilities for 2008.
Q. Will there be any figures based on the big Civil War storyline?
A: While we're not ready to discuss plans beyond our 2007 line at this time .. let's just say that Civil War is one of our favorites too!
Q. Will the Spider-Man origins line continue?
A: Origins is a great line that our whole team enjoyed working on. While there are no immediate plans to bring it back with this particular moniker, you will definitely continue to see great classic Spider-Man product from Hasbro...
Q. Toy Biz use to include a comic with their Legends figures. Why Did Hasbro remove this feature?
A: We've revisited the classic comic concept several times over the last year. To be honest, it's a trade off - comic vs articulation/decos. There are pros and cons to each. In the end, we felt our efforts would be better spent on product features. We think the majority of collectors and fans of the Legends line would agree.
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(...) While the music offered in this recording spans only thirty-two years, it best exemplifies the development of French musical style and taste in the eighteenth century. By the middle of the century the unification of both the Italian and French styles of music composition termed by Franois Couperin as les gots-runis had been realised. This disc of chamber music modestly charts the journey through this change from Montclair and Morel through Leclair and Naudot to Rameau. (...)
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Ashley Solomon, Director Regular performances in some of the world's most prestigious venues have confirmed Florilegium's status as one of Britain's most outstanding period instrument ensembles. Following a performance at London's Wigmore Hall, The Times newspaper wrote: Florilegium climbed the heights of dancing bliss and left the Wigmore sighing with pleasure. They have become an indispensable feature on the early music landscape. Formed in 1991, Florilegium quickly established a reputation for stylish and exciting interpretations of music from the baroque era to the early romantic revolution. Among the numerous residencies they held was the coveted post of Ensemble-in-Residence at London's Wigmore Hall, a position they enjoyed from 1998 to 2000, performing several series of concerts each year and becoming actively involved in the Hall's education work. Since September 2008 Florilegium have been Ensemble in Association at the Royal College of Music. They give one public performance each term and, where appropriate, include students from the Historical Performance department. In addition they take string, wind and keyboard sessions and give frequent masterclasses on 18th century baroque repertoire. Concert engagements have taken Florilegium throughout Europe, to North and South America, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. The group receives numerous invitations to perform at major international festivals each season and concert venues have included the Sydney Opera House, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Konzerthaus in Vienna, Beethoven Haus in Bonn, Handelhaus in Halle, the restored Frauenkirche in Dresden, Thtre Grevin in Paris and the Frick Collection in New York. Florilegium's performances range from intimate chamber works to large-scale orchestral repertoire. The Florilegium Choir under the musical directorship of David Hill perform baroque choral and orchestral repertoire including mainstream passions and oratorios. Florilegium regularly collaborate with some of the world's finest singers including Dame Emma Kirkby, Derek Lee Ragin and Robin Blaze.
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The philosophy that bought JFK Award winner Sam Chandler to the stage at University of Massachusetts Boston's commencement was formed in childhood—a product of long nature hikes with his mother, an amateur botanist.
"Every time that we went out hiking or even just in the backyard, she'd stop to point out all of the different plants and animals and flowers," Chandler said in his speech at the May 31 ceremony.
"I realize now what she was really teaching me was more than just to watch out for poison ivy and which berries I could eat. It was the value of paying attention to your surroundings and appreciating the world that we live in."
Some kids were content to learn about life from a distance, through the filter of television or the Internet. Not Sam. The world was offering him an invitation—to learn more, to do more, and to get involved—and he accepted.
The Sudbury native took an unusual route to Columbia Point, serving two tours in Iraq as a member of the US Marine Corps before enrolling at UMass Boston in fall 2009. In the military, he led fellow Marines through the deserts of Fallujah; in school, he served as a mentor for new freshmen on campus.
That eagerness to engage with the world has been a trademark for Chandler, who became the 37th recipient of the JFK Award for Academic Excellence—the highest honor given to UMass Boston graduates. He also received his degree in international management at commencement.
In the Marine Corps, Chandler and his colleagues often stressed the importance of "adding something to our toolbox"—developing new skills and rejecting complacency. It's that attitude that helped Chandler succeed at UMass Boston, and move quickly to his next endeavor: the MBA program at Babson College in Wellesley.
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It's also an hour long. I know it's difficult to devote that much time to a single video in a small uncomfortable museum gallery, but here's how to do it: bring a pillow, sneak in popcorn, and skip the rest of the show.
The Battle of Orgreave begins with jarring, close-up, re-enactment footage of miners grappling with police in riot gear, then shifts to a peaceful meeting hall where a coordinator prepares a room full of men to re-create the 1984 incident. The 2001 re-enactment involved hundreds of performers, among them former miners who participated in the original strike and their families. Part of the drama is the question of what might happen when you bring hundreds of people together and churn up their really bad memories. "If you're watching this, Mrs. Thatcher," one former miner says, "thank you for the future of my children."
In 1984, British prime minister Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government sparked a strike by union miners of the state-run coal industry by announcing plans to close 20 pits and eliminate 20,000 jobs. Conservatives argued that the industry was unprofitable and productivity low and that the miners made irresponsible wage demands. Deller's sympathies are with the miners. His video argues that the Thatcher government deployed cruel tactics to break the rival political power of the unions.
Several thousand striking miners showed up at Orgreave in South Yorkshire one June day in 1984 to stop trucks from bringing coal from a processing plant there to steel factories. Thousands of police officers came to stop the miners. It turned into a brawl. The miners were routed; eventually they lost the strike, as well. The mines closed, and that devastated many of the communities around them. Watching the re-enactment with knowledge of the outcome, it's still hard not to hope that the miners will win, that somehow history can be rerouted, that it all might go better for them this time around.
Re-enactment of great moments in lefty history has become a bit of a trend in art. Providence's Mark Tribe restaged a 1971 Howard Zinn anti–Vietnam War speech on Boston Common last July. In 2004, John Malpede re-enacted Robert Kennedy's famed 1968 tour of poor Kentucky communities. Deller's film is one of the best of the bunch. It's closer in power and polish to Paul Greengrass's 2002 vérité-style film Bloody Sunday, a re-creation of the infamous 1972 Derry massacre of Irish protesters by British soldiers.
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JaddziaDax wrote:omg I love it! but you know that
CodeZTM wrote:I do believe I owe you an opinion from my thread?
Well, here it is!
I just personally finished Madoka yesterday, and I'm thrilled to see that this is the AMV you were working on.
You did a fantastic job of capturing the girls. You captured their wishes and desires and grief exceptionally well. While it lacked some beat sync and faster action during the faster paced chorus parts [which I think could have been effective], the execution of the concept and the overall message you portrayed through the music and video was well enough that it's something that could be easily ignored.
Video wise, I wanted to mention that you kind of had the left and ride sides of the videos with a little bit of black leftover fuzz that didn't get cropped. Not a big deal, but worth mentioning.
The ending credits [while not part of the video really] were just superbly done.
I highly recommend to the Madoka fans, and even more so to people that haven't seen madoka. Despite the OMGSPOILERS, I think this AMV captures the series extremely well and might just make you want to watch it.
EDIT: AND OMG. Happy birthday!
Emong wrote:Happy birthday!
I'll give you my present in the form of an opinion...but give me a few days
For now.. Let's say not my favourite of yours but still very good! 4/5
Fall_Child42 wrote:I was totally hoping this was set to that ICP song
Dragon/Roy wrote:mmmm me gets now lol
Warlike Swans wrote:Beautiful!
Happy birthday
Chained(E)Studio wrote:I really loved that, the whole feeling of it all was amazing ='3
And your poster looks great =D
Happy Birthday! Hope you have a great day and get some cake! (mostly ice cream cake ^.~ )
AimoAio wrote:I highly approve of this video despite me hating Madoka.
As Code mentioned, you did a fantastic job of capturing the girl's and their wishes and desires. I haven't seen the series but I could clearly see and understand your concept, not to mention the overall feel of it was just amazing. I've only seen a handful of Madoka AMVs so I don't know how accurate this might be, but to me your scenes felt very refreshing and new and that's always a good thing to see. Especially with your ending, that made me quite teary(and I have seen that scene countless of times and never felt this way ) And while I still don't have any intention to see this series, you bumped up my interest level for it by just a notch.
Great job and I hope to see more AMVs from you!
(Also Happy Late Birthday! ^^)
kireblue wrote:I think that your editing could have been tweaked at a few parts, but I really enjoyed this video. I love the song/ anime combination, and you gave the video a very nice mood and pace. Also, I like the way that you switched between each of the girls. 4/5
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JACKSON — The trial for two Louisiana inmates charged with killing an Ohio businessman in Mississippi has been delayed until next year.
Ricky Wedgeworth and Darian "Drake" Pierce are charged with kidnapping David Cupps from a hotel in Vicksburg, Miss., after escaping from the Louisiana State Police compound in Baton Rouge on March 4, 2011. They were part of a work detail at the compound.
Cupps, a 53-year-old from Sunbury, Ohio, was in Mississippi to inspect the Grand Gulf nuclear power plant south of Vicksburg. Authorities say he was attacked for his rental car and beaten and strangled. His body was dumped in Bessemer, Ala.
The inmates were caught March 14, 2011, after crashing a truck in Memphis, Tenn. Police said that before their capture, the men tied up a county park worker and stole a government parks department truck from Madison County, Tenn.
The trial had been scheduled for next month, but is now set for Feb. 11 in U.S. District Court in Natchez.
Pierce's lawyer, Joe Hollomon, said in a court filing that he spent considerable time working to convince federal prosecutors not to seek the death penalty in the case. Hollomon said he needs more time to prepare for trial. Prosecutors have decided not to seek the death penalty.
Wedgeworth and Pierce were indicted on multiple charges in U.S. District Court in Jackson, Miss. They're charged with kidnapping resulting in death and carjacking resulting in death as well as conspiracy and transporting a stolen vehicle.
They have pleaded not guilty.
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By Shuli Ren
Russia is holding its benchmark rates steady but is revamping its monetary policy framework and will only be using the one-week auction to provide liquidity. Wall Street Journal has the details:
The revamp—which came as Ksenia Yudayeva took over as the bank's head of monetary policy—aligns Russia more closely with central-bank frameworks in advanced economies, with fewer rates and facilities for lending and deposit taking. The central bank said it will in future focus on its one-week lending facility, similar to the European Central Bank and Bank of England.
The central bank aims to switch fully to an inflation-targeting strategy by 2015.
Russia has a +/-1% corridor on its interest rates. The MICEX Index is little changed. Borsa Istanbul National 100 Index lost 1.5%.
Brazil's private education sector is vibrant with M&A deals and exploration of IPO's. Estacio Participacoes SA agreed to buy Uniseb in a deal worth 615.3 million Brazilian reais ($267 million). Last month, the U.S.-based educational group Laureate Education Inc. agreed to acquire Brazilian university chain FMU in a deal worth BRL1 billion.
Chevron Corp. (CVX) and Transocean Ltd. (RIG) settled with Brazil over an offshore oil spill in late 2011. The Brazilian government had been criticized for heavy-handed punishments for a fairly minor accident.


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Anyone ever heard kee-kees being put out there in less than the usual 3 note burst ? I was out scouting yesterday morning with a friend. We had seen gobbler tracks and scratchings and I wanted to re-visit that area at dawn with an owl hooter and see what answered back. Nothing did, BTW. But about an hour after sunrise, we were walking a dirt and gravel road in that same area when a jake came out of the woods. We were busted right in the middle of the road so we simply froze like statues. He crossed the road and seemed to not pay any attention to us at all.
But when I first heard him, I was confused by the call he made. It was a 2-note sound, sometimes followed by emphatic yelps. Took me a moment to realize that the first two notes were the initial part of a kee-kee run, sometimes followed up with lost yelps. I've been accustomed to hearing "cluck-kee-kee-kee", but his was a just a "cluck-kee....yalp, yalp" "cluck-kee...yalp, yalp". He was clearly distressed and looking for company. There is fresh coyote sign everywhere in that area and I have to wonder if maybe he was flushed onto the roost pre-maturely the previous evening and seperated from his clan.


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Apple's Steve Jobs Used Patent Lawsuit Threat to Bully Palm Into No-Hire Policy
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You have to admire Apple, Inc.'s (
) chutzpah. Many would argue that the company's well-known iPhone "grid of icons" look is deeply derivative of Palms handheld PDAs -- the protosmartphones of the 1990s. But despite Palm's role in trailblazing the technology that would one day send Apple stock soaring to new heights, Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs allegedly had the audacity to threaten to
sue Palm for patent infringement
unless Palm agreed to a questionable no-hire policy.
I. Palm Rejected Jobs' Threats
Back in 2007, Palm CEO Edward Colligan was actively courting Apple engineers, looking to draw them away. Palm would go on to
launch the "Pre" smartphone
in June 2009, which many view as the first serious competitor to the Apple iPhone. While the Pre's successors
would flop
driving Palm to
near bankruptcy
a fire-sale to Hewlett-Packard
Comp. (
), the initial Pre was an important device in setting a roadmap that would later be embraced by Android OEMs who would eventually greatly surpass Apple in unit sales.
The secret threat by Mr. Jobs to Mr. Colligan was rumored of, but never officially confirmed until now. Palm would later
address publicly employee "poaching" concerns
, but until now the earlier exchange was never tipped.
A group of five tech workers have filed suit against Apple, Google Inc. (
), Intel Corp. (
), and others over a string of closed-door no-hire agreements that limited job mobility for talented engineers.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs was allegedly outraged that Palm stepped up to his threats, but realized a lawsuit campaign would be too dangerous. [Image Source: Telegraph UK]
The case is being contested in the
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Judge Lucy Koh
. Judge Koh is perhaps best known for presiding over the famous and controversial
$1.05B USD infringement verdict
against Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (
), which was sued by Apple.
a sworn statement
obtained by the plaintiffs, Mr. Colligan recalls, "Mr. Jobs also suggested that if Palm did not agree to such an arrangement, Palm could face lawsuits alleging infringement of Apple's many patents."
He says that he responded that such an agreement was "likely illegal" and that Palm would not be "intimidated" by Apple or Mr. Jobs. He recalls warning Mr. Jobs, "If you choose the litigation route, we can respond with our own claims based on patent assets, but I don't think litigation is the answer."
When it came to Palm, Mr. Jobs seemed to recognize that he was a chihuahua biting a bulldog: Apple never did file litigation against the rival gadget maker. But allegedly, Mr. Jobs' threat was more effective against greener partners, or companies that were more dependent on Apple and its iTunes distribution network.
II. Evidence of Secret Deals Mounts
U.S. Department of Justice
found evidence that Google, Apple, Adobe Systems Inc. (
), Intel, Intuit Inc. (
), and The Walt Disney Comp.'s (
) Pixar unit had agreements (mostly brokered by Apple) not to poach each others employees. While formal charges were never brought, the respective companies were forced into a settlement in which they promised not to enforce such a no-hire pact.
Intuit would eventually get eventually dragged into a DOJ antitrust suit in 2012 after it allegedly broke its word and signed a no-hire agreement with eBay, Inc. (
). Californian state antitrust regulators have also filed suit over the alleged agreement.
The dispute over no-hire agreements is currently proceeding down two tracks. On the one route you have government antitrust efforts. EBay, currently a defendant in the Intuit case, is very unhappy with those efforts. Its spokesperson griped to
, "[U.S. antitrust law] does not exist to micromanage the interaction between the officers and directors of a public company."
A second route is civil litigation from workers in the tech sphere, who may have suffered from the possibly illegal agreements. Judge Koh has yet to decide whether to allow the current lawsuit against Apple,
et al
. to proceed to trial.
But already the case is dredging up lots of interesting details, and not only on the
late Steve Jobs'
infamous bully streak
. Google is also implicated. A former Google Human Resources director recalls
[former Google CEO] Eric Schmidt
urging him to effectively cover up a no-cold call agreement (a form of no-hire agreeement). He says he asked Mr. Schmidt whether he could share the agreement with competitors and he recalls, "Schmidt responded that he preferred it be shared 'verbally, since I don't want to create a paper trail over which we can be sued later?"
Erich Schmidt (right) reportedly sought to cover up his no-hire agreement with Apple BFF Steve Jobs (left) so Google didn't get "sued later". [Image Source: BusinessInsider]
Google spokeswoman Niki Fenwick in a comment did not directly address that remark, only saying that Google had "always actively and aggressively recruited top talent."
The plaintiffs' lawyers will get to grill Mr. Schmidt next month, which should make for some entertaining courtroom drama.
It's always tough to say whether individuals will be able to push a case against large corporate interests through the federal court system, given the tremendous monetary obstacles to such a quest. However, based on the currently released information it appears the plaintiffs have a healthy body of relatively compelling evidence, details that give a fascinating look at a seedy tech industry practice which may have played an important role in shaping the electronics and internet software landscape over the past half decade.
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will the market prices for this stuff go up in the holiday season?
with the approach of the new film release?
after the new film release?
thank you
i have 75+ old figures to give to good homes
will the market prices for this stuff go up in the holiday season?
with the approach of the new film release?
after the new film release?
thank you
i have 75+ old figures to give to good homes
Originally Posted by dbri
Market prices tend to go up with hard to find merchandise. Right now with distribution problems and stores not ordering, people are paying more onthe secondary market just to have the merchandise. Prior to AOTC, there were a ton of pre sell auctions on Ebay that were high in price. Why anyone would buy a presell when they could get them at midnight at Wal-Mart for regular price is beyond me.
And if you are giving 75 figures to a good home, look no further than this persons home. They will have loads of other figures to play with and hang with. I will tuck them in at night and keep them away from my dog so he cant chew them up. References can be furnished as well.
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i meant to say, sell at exhorbitant prices to a good home
It depends on what you're selling. In the vintage days, people didn't collect figures to keep them in their packages to display, as is common now. Packaged vintage figures are fairly rare, and packaged vintage figures where the packaging is in excellent condition even moreso. Loose figures are plentiful, even in good condition, and are unlikely to go up significantly in value. A significant percentage of collectors today keep their figures MOMC, and I do not expect that there will ever be any shortage of figures from the modern lines. Therefore, I do not expect there to be a significant spike upwards in pricing.
Also, as each of the vintage figures and ships has been re-released in modern lines, their vintage counterparts have declined dramatically in value. This is especially true of modern ships, which continue to use the old molds.
Right now, as a buyer, it is a terrific market, and I expect this will be the case for a while. After the final movie comes out, interest will likely die down again, and I believe the vintage market will continue to hold its value, but I do not believe the same is true for modern lines.
The bottom line though? Don't collect for profit, because there are many investments out there that are much more certain and will realize a much higher return. Plus, all you are doing is taking that figure out of the hands of someone who will really appreciate it!
*note: edited for spelling*
Last edited by Trip J; 07-23-2003 at 07:56 AM.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
nowill the market prices for this stuff go up in the holiday season?
nowith the approach of the new film release?
noafter the new film release?
You're welcomethank you
i have 75+ old figures to give to good homesAre they still mint on mint cards? Because that's the only way to get more than about $5.00-$10.00 each. I don't care what the "book value" is on any of them, collectors know one simple truth, a thing is only worth what the buyer is willing to pay for it.i meant to say, sell at exhorbitant prices to a good home
The fact is, that most figures saw multiple re-re-releases. Darth Vader was released on several different cards over the course of 7 years. Every time a new movie came out Kenner would pull all the old product and stick 'em on new cards for the current movie. So, you can see how a loose Vintage Darth Vader, which was one of the first figures made, would only be worth a few dollars, even in great condition.
As with any collectors market, it's the low production number figures that command more money. In vintage Star Wars terms, that translates to the "Last 17" these are the figures that saw release only in the original Power of the Force line, Han Solo in Carbonite, Luke Skywalker in Stormtrooper disguise, Amanaman, Yak Face, etc.
There were 96+ (debatable) figures released in the original vintage line. Your statement about having 75+ figures, leads me to believe that you do not have any of the "Last 17", though I could be wrong.
As far as the modern line, again I say, the "value" in the secondary market is determined by production numbers, and again, they must be MOMC to command higher prices. A good example of this from the modern line would be the Collection 3 Freeze Frame figures, especially, Weequay, Sandtrooper and Boba Fett, which ironicly I found on regular green cards for $2.00-$3.00 each, yet were only put on a small number of Freeze Frame cards. Many consider these to be "variations" and not true individual figures, the bottom line is that these were re-packs and it's really just the 35mm slide and the package that raises the cost in the secondary market.
There is also a phemomenon I call the "Yoda principle". This one stems from patients or lack there of, "I cannot teach him, the boy has no patients". This happens when new figures first hit the market and they are still somewhat hard to find. This applies to almost every figure. Eventually 99% of all these figures come down to reasonable prices ($5.00). There are however a few exceptions. I point to the final waves of the Episode I line, Queen Amidal (Battle), Darth Sidious Holographic, Pit Droids, etc.
Continuing with the "Yoda principle" If you had gotten a few cases of the SAGA figures before the official release date (AKA the "Street date") you could have made a small fortune on Ebay. Though, you would have had to get them a few weeks in advance to make up for shipping time, etc. Although, Hasbro (and LFL) may have noticed and taken action. I heard that they threatened to cut off sales to anyone who did this.
Looking back at all the peg warmers from the initial release, stores would have been smarter to sell early and take the Hasbro ban. Hasbro would have lifted it by now and the store would be in better shape for it. hehehe
Bottom line...
Noone can predict the market and like Trip j said...
Don't collect for profit, because there are many investments out there that are much more certain and will realie a much higher return. Plus, all you are doing is taking that figure out of the hands of someone who will really appreciate it!
May the force be with you.
You may get more $ if you sell your collection off in chunks rather than as a whole. The latter is like buying in bulk - it's generally cheaper per unit. Doing this however may mean more time and effort for you.
Demand for SW picks up around new movie releases. However, more attention will be towards figs from the new movie, not the OT unless it's a new re sculpt like the SAGA line. Whatever the case, this is the better time for you than now.
Christmas season is good if you can market these as great Christmas gifts.
Ebay seems to have the largest market. I'd sell them in sets of five perhaps making sure one of those five is a HTF fig. They'll pay what they want for it and a little extra because they're getting a little extra.
You can even make a little extra on your S/H. which you'll do 15 times (5 x 15 = 75)
What they said ...
... but also, I would suppose (if we are talking about vintage figures in great condition) that we might see a general spike in prices a while after the next movie has come out. More importantly after the modern line of figures has totally started to fizzle (it's gotta happen some day.) Once the modern stuff starts to fade, I figure people will start turning back to both the newer stuff that they've missed, as well as the vintage items. Finding things mint and carded will be next to impossible, so a lot of newer collectors (who missed the vintage stuff the first time around ) will be looking for decent loose items. Selling off your complete collection will probably get you more attention than if you did it one figure at a time. Don't count on making a fortune ... and don't bother doing it for quite a while if you're looking to make a "killing." (Though you may have to let your grand kids sell them off if you want to see any real profit.)
Prices have been pretty steady for the past 3 years on vintage stuff. The real action is towards the new stuff so don't count on any value spiking. Earlier this year and last year allot of collectors jumped ship. In Nashville people were selling their collections left and right during the Ephant release because of boredom, and aggitation. I sold one of my three collections and got peanuts, if anything the prices might go down. I am only hopping that the new stuff will (and it seems it is) generate enough excitement to maintain the status value. Sorry my take on this is not very uplifting.
After 11 months The BEST/WORST figure poll is still going strong.
I've also noticed that AFA-graded figs seem to have skyrocketed in price while those that are loose or carded but not graded seem to have come way down. It's really buyers' market right now.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
You can also ride on the wave of publicity stirred up by the English lady auctioning of her SW figs.
If you sell your set some people may mistake it to be the same type of figs she sold and they may think your price is a bargain in comparison.
You can ask market price for your figs and it's still a lot less than what they auctioned her SW stuff for.
It may also generate an interest in this market and therfore more potential buyers, some of whom may pay more because they don't know any better.


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While this is an interesting variant, it faces the same problem that vehicle-2-vehicle communication based on the DSRC and 802.11p protocols does.
Nobody has ever, as far as I know, built a network technology where you must network with random strangers you encounter out in the physical world. You can't build that because there is no value to the first people to install the tech, no value even to the first million in a country with 250 million cars like the USA. The odds of any 2 given cars being able to talk is one in 62,000 at that point. How can you sell a tech that provides no value to the first millions of customers? Even with the legal mandate they are hoping for, it will take decades before there is wide deployment of the 2013 designed technology that is then very obsolete.
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