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Welcome to Alternative Education for Disruptive Youth (AEDY)
Pennsylvania's Alternative Education for Disruptive Youth Program (AEDY) provides a combination of intense, individual academic instruction and behavior modification counseling in an alternative setting to assist students in returning successfully to their regular classroom.
Program approval is required for any Local Education Agency (LEA) implementing an internal program or utilizing an approved private provider. Programs are required to meet minimum requirements in order to obtain approval.
De-escalation Techniques (PDF)
Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
List of Approved Private Alternative Education Institutions
Private Providers
Regional Coordinators Contact List (PDF)
Regional Meetings, Conferences and Workshops (PDF)
The AEDY Referral/Intake Documentation must be utilized by any LEA placing a student in an AEDY Program. The AEDY Program (public or private) must ensure that all information is present PRIOR to accepting a student. All procedures must be implemented and all information must be documented on this form and available for review during any monitoring or audit proceeding. It has been created to ensure that all required procedures have been implemented prior to the referral and acceptance of a student in an AEDY Program.
Alternative Education for Disruptive Youth (AEDY) Referral Intake Form (Word)
The Pennsylvania Department of Education creates a schedule of monitoring visits of AEDY Programs at the beginning of each school year.
Programs will receive notification of their scheduled monitoring prior to the visit and will be provided with a pre-monitoring document at that time.
The AEDY End-of-Year Report must be completed for each approved AEDY Program annually by every LEA. The report for each approved program is due July 31 of each year. Failure to comply with this deadline will jeopardize funding for the coming year.
AEDY End-of-Year Reports can be submitted electronically through the Pennsylvania Safe Schools Online Application.
Program or LEAs Applying for Program Approval
Listed below are the guidelines that outline the requirements for establishing and referring disruptive students to an Alternative Education program.
Related Basic Education Circulars (BEC):
Alternative Education for Disruptive Youth
Pennsylvania School Code
Article XIX-C, Act 30 OF 1997 Disruptive Student Programs Article XIX-E, Act 48 of 1999 Private Alternative Education Institutions for Disruptive Students


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Angels set for big series with Yankees
Wilson to take mound in opener against Pettitte, Bombers
Angels manager Mike Scioscia was looking for a spark. After the Halos' eight-game win streak ended two weeks ago, Scioscia watched his team drop 11 out of its past 15 games entering Wednesday's series finale against the Orioles, and he was looking for something to get the team out of its funk.
"Hopefully, it's going to come in the form of a well-played game or a good comeback win. That's what got us going before," Scioscia said before Wednesday's game. "We all see where we need to go and how we need to get there. We just have to get it done."
That's exactly what the Angels did. Trailing by two runs entering the seventh inning, the Halos scored six runs against Baltimore en route to a 9-5 win.
The Angels will try to keep that momentum going against a Yankees team searching for consistency. After suffering through a stretch where they lost six of seven games to the rival Mets and Red Sox, the Yanks won six of seven games, but then were swept in three games by the A's.
The Yankees will send left-hander Andy Pettitte (5-3, 3.82 ERA) to the mound to face the Angels, who will start C.J. Wilson (4-5, 4.02 ERA) in the opener of a three-game set in Anaheim on Friday night.
Pettitte picked up his 250th career victory in his last start, holding the Mariners to one run on three hits over 7 1/3 innings. Overall, he is 14-11 with a 4.49 ERA in 31 career starts against the Angels in his career.
But it's the offense, not the pitching, that has troubled the Yankees lately. The Bombers scored just eight runs in the three losses against the A's and struggled with runners in scoring position all series. The Yankees scored twice in the first inning Thursday and were defeated, 3-2, in 18 innings.
But are the Yankees pressing?
"I think the clubhouse is loose," Yankees hitting coach Kevin Long said. "My job is to make sure that we continue to get our work in, continue to work at having good at-bats, quality at-bats. At the end of the day, if there's something that we need to address, we do that."
Yankees: Gardner stays hot on road trip
• If the Angels are going to beat the Yankees, they'll have to start at the top of their order.
Center fielder Brett Gardner has been among the hottest hitters in June, batting a robust .385 with one home run, six RBIs, seven runs and a stolen base. His nine-game hitting streak was snapped on Wednesday, but he went 2-for-6 on Thursday in the finale.
"He's really swinging the bat," manager Joe Girardi said. "He's been a force at the top of our order, he's playing very good defense and running the bases. He's been locked in."
• Travis Hafner and Vernon Wells combined to go 0-for-15 with one walk on Thursday. Hafner and Wells each have a batting average near the .100 mark in their past 10 games, and their struggles have been hard to ignore.
"They started out really good and they've gone through a tough time, but there's still a lot of season left," Long said. "We're still in a good position. These guys have played a lot of baseball. They've been there. They've done that. We'll just continue to work, continue to try to find the answers to getting some of these guys back on track, and it will happen."
Angels: Blanton pushed back, won't start vs. Yankees
Joe Blanton had his next scheduled start moved back after getting roughed up for seven runs in five-plus innings against the Red Sox on Sunday, meaning he won't face the Yankees this weekend.
If Blanton stayed on his normal rotation, he would have likely pitched Friday's series opener. Instead, Scioscia said Blanton will be pushed back a few days and could pitch against the Mariners in the Angels' next series.
Blanton, who leads the Majors in losses and hits allowed this season, is 0-3 with an 8.18 ERA in his career against the Yankees. Wilson, Tommy Hanson and Jered Weaver will start for the Angels this weekend.
Worth noting
• The Yankees won the season series against the Angels, 5-4, last season and have won the series two years in a row, but the Halos are 25-12 in their past 37 games against the Yankees at Angel Stadium.
• Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, recovering from a broken left ankle, has been cleared to progress into baseball activities and running, the team announced on Thursday.
Jesse Sanchez is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Dumb Cyclists and Pedestrians thread...The Dumb Cyclists and Pedestrians thread...I'm bored... so I though I would post about some of the cyclists I've seen since last Friday.
1. Guy riding in the rain on a narrow, high traffic, 80k/h unlit road at dusk in dark clothing with just a rear reflector. 2. The guy riding at night with a dim front light that I could barely see from 40m away and NO rear light or reflector. 3. The roadie heading across the top of Clyde Mountain for the descent to the coast - in heavy cloud, light drizzle and visibility of maybe 20m. So - anyone else seen "insane cyclists of 2010"? This thread is for posts about observed incidents and discussions of those incidents. Going off-topic to discuss things such as the unfairness of red lights, bicycle helmets or "rights" should be carried out elsewhere. Edit : Rules added. Last edited by twizzle on Thu Jan 28, 2010 3:31 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I ride, therefore I am.
...real cyclists don't have squeaky chains...
Re: I'm bored...saw a scandinavian guy carrying his bike over the Thorung La in Dec 09. if you've trekked in Nepal, you'd know that was pretty crazy.
Re: I'm bored...well just the same insane group that insist on riding the wrong way down Merthyr Road so that they don't have to merge into and out of traffic within a short distance.
A map would be more helpful, but serfice to say my simpthy will be with the motorist and not with the cyclist when another one of them gets killed. (yes I do mean another one) Donald BCC give us some more bikeways fore safe travel!!!!
Upgrade the NCL now QR!!!!!! http://nakedcyclistbrissy.blogspot.com/ My views do not represent any organisation I may be apart of unless otherwise stated
Re: I'm bored...Cablog today posted a video of someone who clearly doesn't know how to choose good roads to ride on: http://www.cablog.com.au/2010/01/redesign.html
Re: I'm bored...Back home in Warrnambool over christmas I saw a lady riding the wrong way along the 'mad mile' a high traffic 100kph road just near Tower Hill. People coming over the hill wouldnt see her till to late.
On a similar line of thought, I ran passed a guy out for a jog about a month ago. Nothing unusual about that, except he was wearing a red full length sleeved button up shirt, cotton trousers and some leather shoes with rubber soles. it was a pretty warm night and he was drenched with sweat
Re: I'm bored...Hi
Cool thread. You reminded me that I meant to post on what I saw yesterday around 9:30 AM near Leederville (for those in WA). It was a cyclist heading south on the Freeway (it is illegal to ride on the Freeway here), riding in the emergency lane with no helmet on (or in sight) and coming up to numerous multi-lane exits (bloody scary unless he was planning to exit at Leederville). The funny thing was I saw him when I was riding on the Principal Shared Path (PSP) which runs right beside the Freeway and is car free Andrew
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Hi That is okay, he is riding a bent and has two nice tall warning flags Andrew
Re: I'm bored...Footscray Rd path, 0740 this morning. I'm headed into work eastbound and nearly get taken out by two cretins riding two abreast at sub 25 out for a rolling chat. Time and place dipsticks
If anybody here remembers copping an earful from the bearded bloke in a grey/orange top on a red dropbar. Let me know, I'm real eager to abuse the mod helmet with some highly creative post edits. Not that I'd have to do much to make you look like tossers. Next time I'm pulling up early across the path, you can go dirt this time. Shaun ...whatever the road rules, self-preservation is the absolute priority for a cyclist when mixing it with motorised traffic.
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Pretty ironic, a taxi driver having a moan about the behaviour of other road users Shaun ...whatever the road rules, self-preservation is the absolute priority for a cyclist when mixing it with motorised traffic.
London Boy 29/12/2011
Re: I'm bored...nothing to report to date, but these make me cringe every time I see them.
The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass
Re: I'm bored...Speaking about dumb things cyclists do on bikes.. ME.. this morning in Aspendale on the way to Frankston at about 8:15 i stopped at a red light and for some unknown reason I thought the lights had gone green (even though they were still red) and rode straight through them.. into traffic... a close but scary call ..
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Santa in training? I have been seeing many, many more cyclists about my burb recently, few of them wearing helmets. Before New Years I saw one of these guys riding a far too small bmx with a carton of beer under one arm and a cigarette in the one hand on the handlebars. I hope he didn't get a phone call while riding or there would have been a disaster. David
Re: I'm bored...Gotta love these gooses that stick a helmet on, then leave the straps undone.
I don't suffer fools easily and so long as you have done your best,you should have no regrets.
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Re: I'm bored...A few days ago I went out for a lunch-time walk and observed this guy riding a Bicycle-Shaped-Object down the footpath (bit of an decline and he had a bit of speed on), no helmet, dog attached to lead in his one hand on the bar, mobile phone up to ear in the other hand, ciggie hanging from bottom lip. He came to the bottom of the footpath and proceeded to turn to the right along the next footpath. There happened to be a street signpost on the corner, which he was on the right of, but his dog decided top go to the left of the post. Needless to say, dog leash got caught around the post, poor puppy came to abrupt halt, dude on BSO got whipped sideways, legs, arms, mobiles and ciggarettes went flying in all directions...
Am I a bad person for immediatley bursting out into laughter? No dogs were hurt in all the entertainment...
Re: I'm bored...i saw a guy today giving out some advice to some walkers "please keep left on the PSP", thing is, he wasn't even wearing a helmet!! what does he know about safety?
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Re: I'm bored...I know that this thread is not targetting silly peds. but I observed a particularly zoned out 1 the other day while I was riding along a PSP in Perth. The guy was of course talking on his Mobile phone while standing on the white centre line of the PSP standing at 90 degrees to my line of travel gazing at nothing in particular whilst stepping back and forward into each side (lane) of the PSP. I'm sure he didn't even notice me squeeze cautiously past him.
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I have a strong feeling that the recumbent rider in that clip is the numpty that pulled out into the intersection at Bondi Rd/Old South Head Rd when I was turning right (with the green arrow) onto Old South Head. Said numpty was on Syd Einfeld Dr heading the opposite direction and pulled out into the intersection as I was making the turn 2009 Trek 2.3
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Re: I'm bored...Not cyclists, but cycling around Parramatta Park, two ladies were pushing prams.
In the opposite direction. In the car lane. Around blind corners. '10 Orbea Udana
Re: I'm bored...Got passed by this tosser while cruising (35km/h) along an on-road cycle lane. Really heavy traffic and I keeping left as I knew there was a bus behind me when this guy brushes past. He was obviously hammering hard, you just had to look at the way he was mashing the pedals, but he was barely doing 40km/h so I was only 100m behind him when he got to the next set of red lights... where he ducked across onto the pedestrian crossing and rode through the red pedestrian lights.
Do you reckon anyone would be upset if I carried a hacksaw and calmly sawed peoples frames in half while explaining to them that it was better for everyone involved? I ride, therefore I am.
...real cyclists don't have squeaky chains...
Re: I'm bored...came round a bend on a shared cycle path and someone had laid their bike down across the path and was standing nearby, taking photos of the trees. i couldn't quite tell which planet they were from.
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I was pi$$ing myself before I got to the end Saw a guy riding a bike under what was Bakewell Bridge (those in Adelaide will know) - he had a helmet, but was in top gear, mobile phone to ear and just getting to the up slope but continuing to struggle to pedal up the hill. Was heading the other way, so didn't see end result. Wally.
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the first time i ever went on a motorbike (my cousin's ducatti supermonde something or other) we went along there. i spent most of the time going and holding on with white knuckles for dear life. would never cycle along there, that's crazy. inflammatory statement or idea
Re: I'm bored...Just one of those days...
Riding through a heavily traffic area and get caught behind a guy on a MTB - not safe to overtake, so I just sit in behind. Get past the next set of lights, overtake the MTB, and then get caught at the next red light. Light goes green, take off and start getting up to speed and suddenly there's a guy on a flat bar passing me, calling out that there is a bus behind. No shite sherlock, there's one about every minute on this section of road... but, I'll be nice and thank him for the advice. He pulls in front and now he's holding me up... but there's a broken down bus ahead, and traffic behind so I'll wait. We pass the broken bus, and when he pulls in I accelerate past him and say 'Bye'... only to get caught 400m up the road by yet another red light. Light goes green, start accelerating... and suddenly Mr Flat Bar Roadie is next to me AGAIN with a semi coming up behind us. I just got on top of the gear and left him for dead. <Removed by Mod - Family Forum - no swearing> I ride, therefore I am.
...real cyclists don't have squeaky chains...
Re: I'm bored...I'll add one..
Saturday morning on Beach Rd Melbourne - it had been raining along the return from Mordi to Sth Melbourne so nice and slippery (and my first ride in the rain on my bike ) Cruising along at ~30km/h when all of a sudden a cement truck passes (nothing unusual there)... with 2 guys slip streaming (... is that the right term?) right behind it... Guessing the truck was going ~50-60km/h, they were behind it until the truck was out of site... INSANE... Had a lot of people on the side of the road pointing and shaking their heads.. Maybe I'm just jealous that I can't reach those speeds
Re: I'm bored...O.K. - what kind of idiot pedestrian runs down a set of stairs and across a pedestrians crossing, causing a major heart attack for the cars on the road... and then proceeds to walk once past the crossing.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former U.S. diplomat in Libya told lawmakers on Wednesday more could have been done to prevent last year's deadly assault on the U.S. mission in Benghazi in which the U.S. ambassador was killed.
In a congressional hearing marked by emotional testimony and angry charges of political partisanship, Gregory Hicks, deputy chief of mission in Libya at the time of last year's attack, became the first U.S. official on the ground in Libya during the attacks to testify publicly.
He detailed a series of frantic phone calls to Washington and between Tripoli and Benghazi, including one from U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens that was cut off after Stevens said, "Greg, we're under attack."
Stevens and three other Americans were killed in the attack by suspected Islamist militants linked to al Qaeda on a lightly defended U.S. diplomatic mission and a more fortified CIA compound in Benghazi.
Hicks gave an emotional account during the hearing of the House of Representatives Oversight Committee, at times choking up and stopping to collect himself and sip water as he described the telephone call from Stevens with the news that the U.S. diplomats were under attack.
Learning of Stevens' death "was the saddest phone call I've ever had in my life," Hicks said.
Hicks said a special forces team was not permitted to travel to Benghazi, although U.S. authorities had no idea how long the attacks would go on. If a U.S. aircraft had been sent to fly over the eastern Libyan city when the assault on the diplomatic facilities began, he said, it might have deterred the assailants.
The Benghazi incident was a headache for President Barack Obama as he campaigned for re-election. Republicans accused him of being weak on foreign affairs.
Opponents have continued to assail the Democratic president over security lapses in Benghazi as well as the administration's early, conflicting accounts of what happened there.
But after months of criticism, there is little sign that the Benghazi issue is hitting Obama's poll numbers or interfering with policy objectives like winning immigration reform or working out how to react to the Syrian civil war.
Democrats charged Republicans during the hearing – the latest of a series – with politicizing the attacks and making false accusations about members of the Obama administration.
"What we have seen over the past two weeks is a full- scale media campaign that is not designed to investigate what happened in a responsible and bipartisan way, but rather to launch … unfounded accusations to smear public officials," said U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the committee.
Republicans focused their criticism on security, early accounts of the report and the conduct of the investigation, such as witness Eric Nordstrom not being questioned by the board probing Benghazi although he had first-hand knowledge of the attacks.
"The witnesses before us are actual experts on what really happened before, during and after the Benghazi attacks," said U.S. Representative Darrell Issa, chairman of the Oversight Panel, who referred to Hicks, Thompson and Nordstrom as "whistleblowers."
"These witnesses deserve to be heard on the Benghazi attacks, the flaws in the accountability review board's methodology, process and conclusion," he said.
Democratic members of Congress closely questioned Hicks and the other two witnesses: Mark Thompson, the acting deputy assistant secretary for counterrorism at the State Department; and Nordstrom, a regional security officer in Libya.
Some noted, for example, that Hicks' assertion that a U.S. military plane could have been sent from Italy to help contradicted sworn testimony by U.S. military commanders, including General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
"I have seen nothing to make me question the truthfulness of our nation's military commanders," Cummings said.
Benghazi became the topic of the day in Washington, featuring in media briefings at the State Department, Pentagon and White House as Obama administration officials tried to get out ahead of Republican criticism.
"It is a simple fact that from first hours of Benghazi attack there have been attempts by Republicans to politicize it," White House press secretary Jay Carney said.
A State Department official said the department has participated in eight hearings, more than 20 inter-agency briefings and responded to more than 100 letters and questions since September 11.
Republicans deny that they are motivated by a desire to discredit a Democratic White House or former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, considered a favorite to be the party's presidential nominee in 2016.
An official inquiry into the incident released in December concluded that "leadership and management failures" in two State Department bureaus led to a security posture "inadequate for Benghazi and grossly inadequate to deal with the attack that took place."


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The budget burden
It's the 200-pound brute cohabitating every police management office across the states: the budget gorilla.
This year's roundtable proves that some curse words have more than four letters, and the big one of these last years, and according to the roundtable participants, likely years to come, is budget.
In this discussion of the police industry and profession, the Law Enforcement Technology management roundtable offers their individual 10- and 10,000-foot insights of where law enforcement is going and where it's been.
2010 has proved a hear of further cutbacks, layoffs and other economic related challenges that law enforcement mangers are continuing to grapple.
But there's some lighter fare too. In addition to their department-specific insight on how to deal, the roundtable managers also share their favorite technological developments from their career (fingerprint tech, electric shock weapons, CAD), wish lists for problems the industry should address (ballistic T-shirts?), and the continued evolution of the police profession "police departments cannot operate in a silo ...).
Roundtable Q&A
What were the biggest challenges law enforcement faced throughout the past year?
Chief Kiederlen: Increased demand for service and lower budgets.
Lt. Twombly: It's budget right now. This is going to be one of the big issues if not No. 1 issue in the top five that's going to be facing departments for the next couple of years at a minimum until the economy improves. Because as Wisconsin, I think we've been pretty fortunate in comparison with other parts of the country that I'm sure you've talked to. Where they've had to lay off big numbers of staff and cut budgets pretty dramatically, we haven't around here had to do that at this point, but I don't know if that is a combination of Wisconsin really hasn't been hit by the economy as much as other parts of the country.
Chief Yaniero: Because of the most recent downturn in the economy and the housing market, one of the greatest challenges will be in meeting the demand for services with reductions in tax revenues. In addition, state and federal mandates, without additional federal funding, have forced police agencies to cut services. In my opinion, these mandates and budget constraints have had a profound impact on the ability of law enforcement agencies to engage in proactive policing. This forces an agency to become reactive to crime and community problems.
Have there been any changes to the threats your officers face?
Kiederlen: I think there's a higher concern of those unknown threats – not so much the potential of terrorists, but the individuals that look at some of those things that have been done and idolize that thing; the bomb-making, IEDs, those types of things. I think there's a heightened awareness. Is it necessarily a firm belief that, 'oh, it's going to happen to me' type of thing? No, I don't think so. But I think all of that type of awareness nation-wide and world-wide has put everyone in a different mindset. It used to be we were worried about the guys in the traffic stops; now we're worried about somebody who's going to blow up their entire car. For me, I think the best way we can even come close to preventing something like that is by establishing those firm relationships with your community is really your best bet. That's what my focus has been as a chief – finding ways to interact with your community through everything from class type situations where classes to people about the substation thing, and just a lot of community interaction in whatever way you can to hopefully befriend that one person who might actually find out something that could save a lot of lives.
Twombly: I would say that we're coming in contact with more and more people that are much more likely to use force on us as far as either fighting with us or using weapons. There's always been a certain segment of the population that didn't like law enforcement or would do whatever they could to evade capture if they felt cornered. But I've seen that segment sort of increasing. [When I started] they were less hesitant to try to take a swing at an officer, let's say, as an example. That that hesitancy has deteriorated somewhat over the years, which I think is also evidenced by the amount of officers that have been assaulted and killed this year and last year, especially ambush style.
People are starting to view suicide by cop more as a viable option. Especially you're getting these people where they've lost their jobs, they can't make their bills, the economic times it's a huge stressor on them and they just don't care about their actions.
Yaniero: Today, police officers generally face a different type of criminal: one that has no regard for human life. The recent ambushes of police officers, indiscriminately targeted for violence, may be a reflection of the current anti-government sentiment in our country. Police officers are the most visible symbol of government in any community. I believe that this anti-government sentiment will continue with the current economic climate. In addition, because of an increase in gang activity in smaller and medium sized communities, police officers have seen indiscriminate violence toward the communities that we serve. Due to the number of high-powered firearms available on the streets, police officers are faced with threats never before experienced.
What problems would you like to see addressed in terms of equipment?
Kiederlen: I'd like to see more less lethal technologies. I think things like the Tasers are nice, but they're cost-prohibitive. So some competition there would be nice. I'd like to see further development of less lethal technology, something I can reach out a little further than 25-30 feet. Right now we have the mobile computers in cars; I'd like to see a less expensive technology that reduces the size of those things and in some way integrates it more into the vehicle. So many vehicles now have those LCD displays in them already, that being able to utilize something like that I think would be really innovative to try to do something.
Twombly: I see training as becoming an issue due to the economic crunch we're in because departments, including our own, are being forced to reduce our budget and there's very few lines where we really can control. Personnel costs usually make up 90 to 92 percent of most budgets for most agencies. Short of laying people off, you can't control that huge chunk that's eating up most of your budget. I'm seeing training budgets decrease and the problem and fear that I have with that is in this profession, in order to stay confident in not only the legal changes and legal updates, but also the physical skills that we have to utilize [like] defensive driving, high-speed pursuit driving, firearms training, defensive tactics. When you cut back training, you really impair the officers from staying proficient in those skills. If they're placed in a critical situation, or an emergency situation, they aren't going to be as prepared and could make. And that increases the chances of them making mistakes. When responding to an attack on you or a crisis situation, you don't have time to stop and think "What should I do."Your reaction has to be almost immediate. And training is really the only way of doing those repetitions to keep your skill level up so you don't have that pause.
Continuing to try to evolve lest than lethal weaponry so that it's more effective. Even though shocking somebody with 50,000 volts or hitting them with a projectile that doesn't penetrate their body but obviously will cause a large bruise and cause them a lot of immediate pain in a small part of their body is better than trying to wrestle with somebody and breaking bones and causing internal injuries over a larger area. The issue of trying to develop less than lethal weaponry that is much more effective at neutralizing the suspect without hurting them or causing permanent injury still needs to be refined a little more.
We're still getting a lot of officers that are shot and killed because the vests that we wear that were developed don't cover enough of our vital organs. The trade off is that obviously, you have to—it's so cumbersome, I guess if they can continue to try to develop anti-ballistic material that would be much more comfortable to wear. The ultimate to me would be making an entire shirt out of it, where you didn't have side panels, where the front and back panels meet, where you have gaps-- if you got shot in the side, it penetrates high up in the neck area where a vest usually doesn't go. So if they could develop a material, that would be the ultimate goal.
Yaniero: One of the most controversial topics in law enforcement today is the use of force. The balance of police authority and the credibility of police within a community are achieved when the police and community are woven together into the same thread. Nothing is as damaging to the relationship between a law enforcement agency and the community as an incident in which the use of force has not been clearly justified. The development of less than lethal weapons, such as the taser, has resulted in a reduction of injuries to police officers and suspects, while reducing the overall need to use force. However, this technology has risks. I believe that this type of technology, in conjunction with focused training, should reduce the risks of improper use of force, injuries to police officers and suspects and the resulting damage to the police/community relations that result from a controversial incident.
How does your job continue to change, and how does it stay the same?
Kiederlen: It stays the same in the fact that you're still always dealing with people – their problems, their issues, their concerns. Where it has changed is in the complexity of those concerns. Electronics make things, everything from e-mail to Facebook, texting and everything else just makes the job a lot more complicated. Evidence collections becomes something completely different than it used to be; you have to be looking at everything people could possibly be using and it makes it more complex.
Twombly: There's going to have to be much more justification done to the cities and counties who hold the purse strings, you're really going to have to show that you've done everything you can internally as part of reorganization and finding other cost-saving measures or time-saving measures you've tried everything you can before you're just going to be able to hire more staff. with the budget cuts, social service agencies are also under the same hit, so the services that are provided to the public, those out in the public that have needs are going to be curtailed and as a result they're going to be calling us because we're sort of the stop of last resort for people in crisis.
I think law enforcement still has to continue and build those relationships with other groups because we can't solve these issues on our own. Yes, we can take action once a crime has been committed, but the whole purpose of government and law enforcement being part of it, it would be nice to be able to stop the domestic violence incidents before they escalate into someone being hurt and us being called and having to arrest someone, as an example.
Yaniero: Change can be difficult, especially in a police culture that thrives on the "this is the way we have always done it" culture. I have also experienced changes in the way government and the community view police agencies. There is a greater call from the constituents we serve for more transparency in police department operations. Legislative bodies are frequently asking agencies to produce results for the taxpayer's dollars. Police departments cannot operate in a silo, which is a change from the traditional culture of isolation from citizen involvement. In a "Do More with Less" environment, a police administration has to "sell" the department's programs and services in a competitive market against other governmental services with limited resources. For example, in order to effectively use technology, a police officer must be willing to adapt as these systems change and improve. Most modern police departments are dependent upon the use of technology as a tool in the delivery of law enforcement services. Technology is changing exponentially and requires adaptability in order to utilize the most efficient and effective means to deliver law enforcement services.
What was the most innovative or most exciting product introduced in your career?
Kiederlen: I think one of my favorites, and I'm going to make sure we're going to get it (we have received a grant to purchase one and we're in that process), is the LiveScan fingerprint technology. I think that's pretty amazing. With fingerprint submittal, there's always such a high return rate of unusable prints. With that technology it's almost impossible to submit a bad print. Additionally, the ability to quickly identify individuals that either you don't know the name of, they're unknown people in the case of deceased individuals and stuff like that, to be able to submit those fingerprints and get responses on such a rapid basis is just amazing.
Twombly: I would say the implementation or the deployment of Tasers, And that's just been over the past roughly 5 years that they've come out. Because for the most part, the technology hasn't really changed . Video: and that's probably the last 10 years really in the late '90s video hit, at least in our agency, and we started to place it in the mid-90s – well, '93-'94 we started putting those things in our vehicles.
As far as from a technology side, I would also say the information management systems as far as the ability to integrate the dispatch information with the records systems to allow street officers the ability to access that information out in the field, that would be a big one too. Rather than having to wait to go to the precinct or to go up to the main office to check records and get copies of reports and that. Now they have the ability to do that from the squad, which really helps if they are investigating incidents for background information or even trying to identify people that they are in contact with. They can pull up mug shots and things so they can immediately, or relatively immediately identify someone. I would say that's probably No. 1, followed by Tasers and video.
Yaniero: Perhaps the most important change introduced during my 30 years in law enforcement is the computer and computer systems. As a police administrator, I have frequently looked to computer technology as a method for enhancing the effectiveness of police officers. As a proponent of the efficient practice of community policing, I believe that the use of high-technology equipment and applications is essential when addressing budget constraints in an environment requiring a high demand for service. Without effective technology, police officers would find it difficult to provide the level and quality of services that the community deserves. Technological tools such as Computer-Aided Dispatch, mobile computers in vehicles, digital cameras, and automatic fingerprint systems provide effective support to police officers on the street. These tools also improve police officer efficiency with the overall goal of improving the quality of life for all the citizens they serve. In my experience, the use of pertinent technology results in quality improvements, an increase in efficiency and a decrease in costs. Service costs decrease because of fewer errors. Delays are less frequent, with an improvement in the management of time and equipment. This improved effectiveness and productivity result in safer communities for the citizens we serve.
In the coming year, (5 years, 10 years) what do you see as the biggest obstacles or barriers to the industry?
Twombly: Right now, my biggest challenges we'll run in to it will be with budgeting. As an example, replacement of our new squads. Just equipment and maintenance, budget lines, those really have never been fully funded in our agency and due to the way our county does budgeting, but it's always tight. I see in the next year, that's not going to get any better. And as far as we could use additional staff, but that's also not going to happen with the current budget, so we're just going to have to continue to again look for more efficient ways of doing business and with the resources we've got.
Yaniero: persist as the greatest obstacle to improved police services. The demands of the electorate will force legislative bodies to continue to cut governmental budgets. Police services will be challenged to improve services in this anti-tax environment. Another obstacle facing our police department and many others is the "CSI effect." Citizens and jurors expect highly technical forensic services in our investigation of crimes. In many cases, these services are not readily available or the technology is cumbersome and expensive. The need to improve forensic services, will little or no funding, will continue to be a challenge to police agencies in the next ten years. In addition, the issues that surround recruitment and retention of police officers and support staff will continue to be a challenge. It is imperative to recruit, select, and retain the type of personnel who will bring a strong commitment and job talent to the department and the community. In recent years, many areas of our country have experienced a reduction in the availability of qualified job applicants. As a new generation of police officer enters the profession, police administrators will be required to adjust in competing for this most important resource. Technology will be the key, as this generation has been raised in a technology-rich environment. These individuals will demand a police agency that keeps up with current technology or they will seek employment with an agency that does. I believe that officers will rarely remain with their initial department, and transition to agencies that best meet their philosophic and technical needs.
Do you see better or worse economic times ahead?
Kiederlen: It's tough. Again, we have increasing demands. I think we're going to see, as is the usual cycle, as the economy continues to be bad, crime will continue to go up. It's just the way things go. And when we're all in tough economic times, and our PD has a higher demand for service, service brings on additional cost, and there's no additional monies, and there's really no additional monies, it's interesting trying to figure out how you're going to do it.
Twombly: I really think that we're facing this for a few more years out, unfortunately. The other thing is just continuing to try to—I don't want to use the word survive—but maintain the level of service in these upcoming budget years. I guess I've always tried to look at things with a glass half full type of guy. I don't see this economic mess getting cleared up before the next presidential election—two more years minimum.
Yaniero: I expect that we shall continue to experience economic challenges for the next five years. From a police point of view, an increase of property crimes will continue as a result of the challenging economy. In addition, in regard to budgets, there will be reductions in federal, state and local law enforcement dollars.
How have budget cuts hit your agency the hardest?
Kiederlen: We had to cut most of our auxiliary assistance programs; we had to cut back in some training, mostly because of travel expense, we just had a general budget decrease overall of about 10 percent.
Twombly: All of our staff had to take a 3-percent pay cut. And then try to do more with less and then on top of that, the stressors of those kinds of incidents. So it's not been an easy year for us by any means.
Our budgets have been reduced and it's an issue of trying to prevent layoffs of staff while maintaining the level of service that we've provided. We've had to look at trying to not radically as much as reorganize, but try to make ourselves more efficient is I think one of the biggest challenges.
About 15 years ago, we were fortunate enough because we had fairly high turnover, we were always running short because someone would always retire or resign. And by the time you get someone hired and trained up, it could be upwards of nine months to a year before you got that position filled. So the only other way to fill a position is obviously on overtime and that was really creating a problem because we were burning our people out, quite frankly. So we were able to institute a pre-hiring group where we were able to over hire, so we always had people (who) could step in. And that worked actually quite well. With this budget year, we've potentially lost eight positions, but we were able to absorb that without laying people off because essentially, we just eliminated that group of pre-hires. Does that make sense? So luckily, no, it doesn't look like we're going to have any physical layoffs. But by the same token, we've lost that ability to fill positions more quickly, which at this moment isn't a problem but if we all the sudden come into—this will be several years down the road—a large group of people retiring or leaving, that could be a problem facing us.
Yaniero: The City of Jacksonville is the home of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, the largest military base on the East Coast. The City has not encountered many of the economic challenges faced in other communities. However, due to the realignment and closures of other military bases, Camp Lejeune has experienced significant growth, with over 20,000 additional Marines, civilian workers and family members in the past five years. Police calls for service have increase 35% in the past five years. In addition, the state of North Carolina has endured significant budget reductions, which adversely affect local budgets. In order to address these budget reductions in a high growth environment, the police department staff has been working on a variety of call reduction strategies. We believe that these challenges allow the staff to focus on developing processes that improve the efficiency of delivering police services. These strategies include the development of an on-line reporting process, the adoption of a comprehensive alarm ordinance, the prioritization and delayed response for calls for service, and the concentration on problem solving at high call locations.
What are your agency's short (remainder of the year) and long-term goals (1 – 3 years)?
Twombly: We have a philosophy in our agency that we respond to all calls for service unlike some agencies. One example is the City of Madison, depending on the kind of incident—you had something stolen from your car, as an example—a minor crash, you get forwarded to a self-report phone number and basically they mail you the forms and you fill them out yourself. The sheriff's office, we've never done that. If you call in an incident, a deputy will show up. As far as providing that level of service to our constituents is a goal that we definitely want to maintain. Continuing to have the highest quality people that we can find to perform the different jobs within the sheriff's office just to maintain our level of quality and service. Again, expanding with other community partners to try and address some of these issues facing society, to find if there's better ways of dealing with them, I guess those are continuing goals. They're not new by any means.
Yaniero: Our short-term goal over the next several months is to detect methods to reduce patrol time, allowing officers to engage in proactive, community based problem solving approaches, as opposed reacting to problems after they have occurred. This goal is linked to the growth within our city jurisdiction and the corresponding increase in demand for police service. We have several long-term goals. The first long includes the recruitment of a diverse work force for the future. The agency has been focused on policy revision, specifically those concerning recruitment, selection, training, performance evaluation, and rewards, to develop policies that more accurately reflect our commitment to the philosophy and practice of community policing. The Jacksonville Police Department has occupied the same facility since 1956. The building is outdated and is in dire need of replacement. The City has hired an architectural firm, purchased property and is in currently engaged in the design process. The police department's goal is to construct a technologically-friendly building that will improve the operational aspects of police services. The development of appropriate quantitative and qualitative measures to evaluate policing is another long time goal of our agency. These measures would prevent falling back to an overemphasis on meaningless statistics such as number of citations issued and response time.
Split optimism
And if this year's roundtable participants are right, the 200-lb. gorilla is not vacating soon, nor within the next couple years.
And Twombly's confidence in a drastic economic mood swing before he retires from law enforcement is split.
You listen to the quote unquote experts and that can scare the crap out of you, quite frankly," He says. "I'm hopeful that by the time I retire, in the next three to five years, there'll start to be an upswing. But am I confident? I can't say that I am.
But with optimistic consideration he adds: "I hope I'm wrong."


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This should eventuelly lead to an open-source nvidia compiz and gaming compatible driver, right?
Phoronix: Nouveau Merged In Gallium3D 0.2
Stephane Marchesin, the leader of the Nouveau project, has announced that the Mesa work has been merged into the Gallium3D version 0.2 branch instead of being developed in an independent branch. Nouveau is the community project that's been reverse-engineering NVIDIA's binary Linux driver in order to provide an open-source 2D and 3D driver for NVIDIA graphics hardware...
This should eventuelly lead to an open-source nvidia compiz and gaming compatible driver, right?
Now what bugs me is... Why would someone want an open source driver to play a closed source game?
And before you rebut me, if you're going to run a completely open source system, then more power to you.
Because the reason we like open source is that it usually results in _better_ source. The more flexibility the end user has with what they use, the better. As of now, the best games out there happen to be proprietary. That may change, but right now, that's the way it is.
I don't use open source stuff because I'm an idealist, I use it 'cause it's better.
I'd just like to say "More power to these guys!". I don't currently use their driver, but I'm really rooting for them to get to the point where loss of features/performance becomes insignificant relative to my want of OSS solutions.
So will radeon and radeonhd be incorporated too?
And Intel?
They already are. Nouveau was the only driver maintaining their own mesa tree.
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ATLANTA -- "16-2," DeMarre Carroll said.
The Atlanta starters had waxed the reserves in the intrasquad scrimmage during practice on Friday, which wouldn't be a revelation, except that it's far less common than you'd think. As he made note of the margin, Carroll pointed to the scoreboard in the Hawks' practice gym.
"The bench usually takes care of us in practice," Carroll said. "Ask Elton [Brand] about it. He pushes them -- and he always brags about it. But today the energy [among the starters] was so high. It was amazing."
To a man, each Hawk who spoke on Friday emphasized the intensity level during the workout. The declarations weren't statements of pride -- players 1 through 5 should beat players 6 through 10 -- so much as acknowledgements that it felt good to ready themselves for some games with serious table stakes. For the better part of a month, the Hawks have been locked into the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. Though they'd never insult fans who paid their hard-earned shekels to watch professional basketball, getting through the back end of their schedule was an exercise in mild indifference, especially coming down off the adrenaline of an improbable midseason run, a winner's remix of the Nuggets' "1-2-3 ... six weeks!"
"It does feel like we have not played a meaningful game in a long time," Kyle Korver said. "It feels that way. But we had a great practice today. Guys had super-high energy. We're ready to go."
Their opponents are the 38-44 Brooklyn Nets, at least to most. To the Hawks, they're the gift that keeps on giving. On July 2, 2012, one week into general manager Danny Ferry's tenure, the Hawks traded Joe Johnson and the nearly $90 million remaining on his contract to Brooklyn for a trove of expiring contracts, a first-round pick, a second-round pick and the right to swap picks in 2014 and 2015. The deal created a trade exception for Atlanta, as well. John Hollinger broke down the trade the morning after, and had this to say:
"With two landmark moves in a period of hours Monday that wiped nearly $90 million off the payroll, the Hawks went from a franchise that considered losing in the second round of the playoffs to be the pinnacle of human achievement to being one that could matter -- I mean really, truly matter -- for the first time since Dominique Wilkins was making nightly highlight films."
The Hawks now really, truly matter and the foundation of that relevance is the dividends of the Johnson trade. The Hawks used that exception to acquire Korver from Chicago. The payroll flexibility created by the deal enabled the Hawks to sign Paul Millsap, to retain Korver when his contract expired the following summer, to make a reasonable offer to Jeff Teague that wouldn't cramp their style and to bolster the roster with a nice complement of reserves.
The Nets can't begrudge the Hawks that, but having to fork over their draft pick this summer to a flourishing team while they creep closer to old age can't be an affirming experience. The Hawks, meanwhile, have the pleasure of enjoying their best season in franchise history and still picking in the top half of the draft.
The Hawks are the anti-Nets, a franchise that values long-range planning and constructing a roster with purpose. Korver and Carroll might not be complete players, but they're so perfectly suited to the system in Atlanta that you can imagine the "Korver-Carroll" wing tandem becoming a league model: Throw an elite defender who can shoot a little bit and an elite shooter who can defend a little bit out at the 2 and the 3, and you're set. They're also considerably cheaper than Johnson, a prolific isolation threat who nevertheless constricts an offense. The Nets didn't care. For them, building a team comes from the accumulation of individual talent. For the Hawks, it comes from the adoption of collective principles.
All that sounds precious, but the Hawks rode that ethic to 60 wins. For nearly six months, they've been the NBA's fair-haired child, one who defied 100-1 preseason title odds and the September dust-ups with owner Bruce Levenson and Ferry to close up the top seed in late March. But the moment they take the court at Philips Arena late on Sunday afternoon, the Hawks officially calibrate their expectations. Their regular season was a real achievement, and there probably hasn't been a full appreciation. But a Southeast Division Champs banner is still a lousy return on 60 wins, even if it looks pretty in contrast to the woeful fortunes of the Nets.
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If you can see the progress the Minnesota Timberwolves are making as they plummet to the second-worst record in the NBA then you can hear Flip Saunders say he doesn't want to make winning a priority right now and understand what he means.
The Timberwolves have young talent. Not "assets" or hoarded draft picks or upcoming cap space that might or might not be used. Their hope is tangible, not calculated. It only requires a belief that players can stay healthy and improve, not a wish that free agents bite on contract bids.
They don't have warring factions within the organization, because Saunders is the coach and the general manager and a part owner. As he says, "I just go in the bathroom and talk to myself and we're in good shape."
"It's a lot easier for me right now being the coach and being the position I'm in than it would be if we had a different coach," Saunders said. "If we had other coaches, they'd be trying to win every game – and what I mean by that is, we're trying to win every game, but we're not going to sacrifice the development of a [Andrew] Wiggins and a [Zach] LaVine and play a 32-year-old veteran who might not be around next year."
He didn't outright say that winning games would also decrease their chances of landing one of the top two picks in the draft, but that's more of an NBA issue than a T-Wolves problem. Minnesota – much like the Lakers – is a product of a system that makes it wiser to use games to evaluate younger players rather than rely on experienced guys to secure victories. The Timberwolves are also like the Lakers in that injuries destroyed any possibility of a playoff run.
But the Timberwolves have a clearer path back to contention. They have the likely rookie of the year. "If you look at Wiggins over the course of the whole season and everything else, there's not a choice there," Saunders said of the award. They had four players in the Rising Stars Challenge at All-Star Weekend -- Wiggins, LaVine, Shabazz Muhammad and Gorgui Dieng -- meaning almost 25 percent of the top first- and second-year players in the NBA are in Minnesota.
They have half a roster's worth of players on rookie scale contracts, which means that in 2016-17 they could have Wiggins, LaVine, Anthony Bennett, Muhammad, Adrean Payne and Dieng on the payroll for a total of about $23 million. That's six viable players for what the Nets paid Joe Johnson this year. They could add Duke's Jahlil Okafor or Kentucky's Karl-Anthony Towns in the draft.
"We do have something to hold on," Saunders said. "Those guys have got to bet better. We know that we've got to develop those guys they've got to get better. Zach and Wiggins have got to get stronger from a physical standpoint. We've got to add pieces to that, we have to have another good draft. But I believe that our fans understand. We've got pieces. We've got guys that we know are going to be good. It's just a matter of how long it's going to take."
For Wiggins, it's looking like it won't take long. He's finishing strong, averaging 26 points and six rebounds in the first five games of April. He told Saunders in a recent conversation that he's sick of losing. He's not at the point where he can singlehandedly deliver victories, but he's showing the right mentality. Down double-digits late against the Lakers on Friday night, he pushed a ball upcourt and kept going until he threw down a suprising – and angry – dunk. On Minnesota's next possession he snatched an offensive rebound and got fouled on the way back up. He shot 16 free throws in the game (and made 15 of them), indicative of an aggressive mindset.
"I'm just trying to execute, get teammates involved and finish off plays," Wiggins said.
Suanders wants Wiggins to develop a superstar mindset.
"If you want to become good you have to have a player, your main guy – whether it's a Harden, whether it's a Curry, whether it's a LeBron James -- someone like that has to put the ball in their hands and you have confidence they can make a play for themselves, they can either get fouled or they can make a play for their teammates," Saunders said. " Wiggins, we've given him more responsibility to do to that. And with the responsibility, he's accepted that and he's played pretty well."
Wiggins is averaging 17 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2 assists on the season. Almost 40 percent of his shots come near the rim, and he's the only rookie in the top 20 in points in the paint.
It's not too hard to imagine Wiggins getting even better. It sure is easier than imagining what other teams will do with their picks and cap space.
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thanks for the post mylo !
I am slowly getting to this same point.
I wonder about one thing. Kevin used "gooey"
RTV on his Oscar. Why don't we use that
technique for small molds as well ?
- clay in the box,
- master in the clay
- then paste the gooey RTV as a layer over the
clay and master
- top off with gypsum or another less expensive
filler material
- then do the other side of the mold the same way.
Seems to me this procedure will avoid/limit the
risk of leaks, allow for slower, more controlled
applying the RTV, and save RTV. maybe it even helps with the bubbles, because you paint it on (I expect you can see what happens and fix it using this method)
I intend to try this with my tower structure
simply to exercise for the large hull I need to do
keep us posted, I will too !


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Excerpted from All the Money in the World by Peter W. Bernstein and Annalyn Swan. Copyright © 2008 by Peter Bernstein. Excerpted by permission of Vintage, a division of Random House LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
Q: What do the richest people in America have to teach us about making money? Do they all have something in common?
There's lots to learn by studying America's super-rich. While it's hard to generalize about any group of 1302 people–the number who have appeared on the list since it first appeared in 1982–our study led us to conclude that those that make the 400 are truly different in certain key respects. For example, they seem to have a different tolerance for risk-taking than the average entrepreneur or businessperson. (Not coincidentally, many are card-players and like to gamble.) It's not that they necessarily take bigger risks in business, but they are better at calculating downside risk. Some 400 members, of course, have had brushes with personal bankruptcies, but statistically not all that many. (Being lucky is another key trait shared by many of the 400.) And many 400 members whom we interviewed are contrarians. When you're selling, they're buying.
But the single biggest common denominator we found is a tremendous amount of drive and focus to succeed. Not necessarily to make money per se, but to succeed.
Q: What's the most important factor in making the Forbes 400 list? Inheriting loads of dough? Getting a top-notch education?
Those happen to be the two most common assumptions about the very rich–the first, that most have inherited their money, and the second, that they have parlayed a top-notch education into masses of money. The reality is far more complex. While it is true that the single easiest way to make it onto the list remains inheriting a fortune, fewer and fewer heirs are showing up in the ranks of the 400–down from 47 percent in 1982, the year the list was founded, to 30 percent in 2006. What's more, when we looked at twelve of the "old money" families most associated with wealth in this country–the Rockefellers, DuPonts, Hearsts, etc.–we found that the percentage of Forbes 400 wealth held by the families collectively fell from 21.4 percent in 1982 to 1.7 percent in 2006. Of course, they still have plenty of money–just not the biggest fortunes of today.
As for education, it turns out that a "blue-chip" degree doesn't translate into much beyond good connections. Overall, those who have never graduated from college–some 10 percent of the list annually–are richer than those with a degree or degrees. And of the top five on the 2006 list, four–Bill Gates, casino impresario Sheldon Adelson, Oracle's Larry Eillson, and Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen, with a combined net worth of a staggering $110 billion–are all college dropouts.
Bottom line, personal determination and drive are far more important than either education or inherited wealth.
Q: How has the Forbes 400 list changed over the past 25 years? How does that reflect trends in the way that wealth is generated in the United States?
The makeup of the 400 has changed dramatically over the last 25 years, both in terms of who's on the list and where their money comes from. While in 1982 almost half of the individuals on the list inherited their fortunes, today almost three-quarters of the richest Americans are self-made. Similarly, twenty-five years ago, oil and manufacturing were responsible for the largest number of fortunes–23% and 15% respectively. Today, the biggest sources of fortunes are finance (almost 25%), media (14%) and technology (12%). And there's been a huge shift in the geographic distribution of wealth as well–from east to west. The number and percentage of Forbes 400 fortunes in California has almost doubled over the life of the list. Meanwhile, there has been a sharp decline in New York fortunes–though things could be shifting again with the growth in private equity and hedge fund fortunes.
Q: There are so many surprising facts and statistics in this book. What is the single most interesting thing you learned in the process of researching and writing this book?
That's like asking a parent which child is his favorite! Probably the single most fascinating thing we learned is how surprisingly different and textured the composite 400 are, unlike so many of the clichés about the super-rich that appear in movies, magazines and the media in general. First off, their fortunes aren't just derived from finance, high tech or entertainment, to name three high-profile fields. What we call blue-collar billionaires in fact account for 10 to 20 percent of the fortunes in any given year. There's nothing new about collecting garbage, but that's how serial billionaire Wayne Huizenga made his first fortune. J.B. Hunt started his trucking empire by finding new uses for poultry litter. And 99 cent stores, today's equivalent of the old five and dime, are the source of another 400 fortune.
Nor does the spending of the very, very rich jibe with popular notions. Most Forbes 400 members aren't champagne-swilling, caviar-gorging, lavish partying types–though some certainly are, and their exploits are covered in the Conspicuous Consumption chapter of our book. Certainly the 400 have the money to spend: their fortunes have soared much faster in the past 25 years than the amount needed to support a lavish lifestyle, as our Cost of Living Well chart in the book clearly shows. But it must be said that many of the best examples of excess and pretension over the last 25 years have in fact been the work of the lesser rich. And another plus on the side of the super-rich: philanthropic giving remains a powerfully entrenched tradition among America's wealthiest people (though the evidence suggests that the super-rich are no more generous than less rich Americans in giving away their money, if you consider their giving in terms of their overall wealth.)
Q: How long did this project take you, and whom did you interview to get so much data? Were members of the Forbes list willing to talk to you?
We were extremely lucky in that, throughout the three years we worked on All the Money in the World, we, together with our team of talented writer/reporters, had great access both to the 400 themselves and to a vast database at Forbes of never-before-compiled facts and figures about America's biggest fortunes. We collectively interviewed or corresponded with dozens of 400 members themselves and their family members, as well as with many writers, professors and analysts who have thought and written about wealth. We also compiled original statistics on everything from which colleges have the richest graduates (MIT is the winner), to who lost and gained the most money when the dot-com bubble burst in 2000/2001 (Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, respectively, to the tune of billions of dollars) to the richest immigrants (Sergey Brin, from Russia, followed by Germany's John W. Kluge) to how many fortunes come from blue-collar businesses (at least 175 over the past 25 years). And on and on.
Q: Why do you think the list is predominantly comprised of white males?
That remains a great, unanswered mystery of the 400 list. While it stands to reason that, as the number of heirs on the list dwindled over the years versus self-made millionaires and billionaires, so the number of heiresses declined as well. But why aren't there more self-made women to match the growing numbers of self-made men–especially during a period when more and more women entered the workforce and maintained full-time careers? Of the richest women on the 400 list over the past 25 years, only one–Doris Fisher, cofounder of the Gap–didn't inherit her money from a family or spouse. Self-made female billionaires are so scarce that they are the genuine celebrities of the list, among them Oprah Winfrey, Estee Lauder and Martha Stewart.
The lack of female 400 members so intrigued us that we asked many of the billionaires whom we interviewed why they thought that so few women had made it to the top of the money tree. And no one was brave enough to hazard a guess!
Q: How do the richest Americans compare to the richest people worldwide?
That's a fascinating question, and one that points to a tremendous amount of flux at the moment. For two decades, Americans have dominated the Forbes companion list of the World's Richest People. But other nationalities are catching up fast. Americans accounted for 44 percent of the world's richest people in 2007, but that's down 3 percent from a year before. The list currently includes billionaires from 53 countries, which shows the growing globalization of wealth. The top 20, who accounted for an eye-popping $537 billion among them, came from 11 different countries. (The list does not include royals and dictators, or anyone who makes his or her money directly from the state.) And just as Americans make their money in increasingly varied ways, so too do the world's billionaires. Mexican industrialist Carlos Slim Helu, the second richest man in the world after Bill Gates–some claim he has now surpassed Gates–made his fortune in banking, construction, mining, auto parts, real estate, insurance, and a seven-year monopoly over the Mexican telecom market in the 1990s. Sounds like the story of a variety of 400 members all rolled into one.
Q: I want to be on the Forbes 400 list — what should I do first? Second?
First thing I would do, of course, is read this book! For less than the price of anything on the Forbes Cost of Living Well Index–even a year's subscription to Forbes magazine or a 10-minute long distance call (without calling plan) from NY to London–it will give you lots of ideas about how people over the past 25 years have accumulated vast wealth. Surprisingly, too, the book points out how and when to be a cheapskate–cutting costs being something at which 400 members are very good. Sometimes, as we discuss in the Winning is Everything chapter, they push the concept of spending the least possible money for the greatest possible return to the point of ruthlessness. As a group, they didn't make their billions by being the high-cost producers of various items or services.
Our second piece of advice would be to follow a passion. Interestingly, most 400 members didn't set out with the goal of making oodles of money. Their fortunes often resulted, as we write, from "hard work, homework and sheer drive to succeed"–not to mention more than a little good luck and fortuitous timing.
Q: Who do you think will top the 25th anniversary edition of the list?
There would be huge, huge headlines if Bill Gates weren't at the top of the list. He has dominated the competition every year since 1994. But casino mogul Sheldon Adelson may give Gates a run for his money, as it were, sometime soon. In the two years since Adelson took his Las Vegas Sands public, he has gotten rich faster than anyone else in history–making just under $1 million an hour. And Carlos Slim Helu of Mexico (see the world billionaire question above) is currently battling Gates for the title of richest man in the world, with some giving the edge to Slim. The 400 list only includes Americans.
Q: Does a huge fortune bring corresponding amounts of happiness?
So you'd think. And most of the 400 members we asked to comment agreed, on balance, that money often does bring happiness. But not always. One of our favorite responses came from T. Boone Pickens, who said, "A happy person with money is probably happier, and an unhappy person with money is never happy. Money is not going to fix it. At least that's what my mother used to tell me–and it's true." Another great response came from Google backer Kavitark Ram Shriram, who coined his own koan. "Money does not bring happiness," he wrote. "It brings complexity."
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These are really great, but the two that take the cake have got to be Clawful and the Faceless one. They're just hands down brilliant.
I was checking out Pixel Dan's Facebook page and he posted an article about Kevin Kosse's custom heads (he's called TIN on the forums)! This guy has made heads that we have been talking about for years and they look so good that you'd swear they come from Mattel!
He's created:
Unhelmeted Zodak
Battleground Evil-Lyn Helmet
200X Clawful
Caligar and Quadian Cosmic Enforcers
Battle Damaged Yelling Faker
Yelling He-Man
I'd provide the link, but I think the .org has a policy about showing the link to custom stores in this forum. Pixel Dan has made a video about these heads that is on Youtube or on his Facebook, so maybe he can post it in this thread!
The Blonde Teela Thread
The Cloak and Dagger Evil-Lyn Thread
Sagitar (Jetlag) Horde Wraiths Azdar Belzar Chazdar Cloak and Dagger Evil-Lyn 200X Teenage Prince Adam 200X Teenage Teela 200X Sorceress General Rattlor (MYP) 200X King Randor and Queen Marlena 200X Battle Armor King Randor and Battle Armor Queen Marlena Ice Armor He-Man WMD Roboto
These are really great, but the two that take the cake have got to be Clawful and the Faceless one. They're just hands down brilliant.
Gwildor: Moo? Moo.
He-Man: Gwildor!
Gwildor: I'm going, I'm going...Moo!
I have 4 heads from Kevin, they are well worth the money. I got 200X clawful, 200X roboto, Filmation skelly and battle damge faker. Amazing!
the ignore list is my new best friend
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the King needs his Queen and pet! Queen Veena and Battle Lion for MOTUC!
For the Love of Illumina & her Cat Sleetah!!
my Feedback http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/...d.php?t=205099
my sale page http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/...d.php?t=205041
damn they look so cool
the King needs his Queen and pet! Queen Veena and Battle Lion for MOTUC!
For the Love of Illumina & her Cat Sleetah!!
my Feedback http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/...d.php?t=205099
my sale page http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/...d.php?t=205041
I have his 200x robot head. It is brilliant! He's a fantastic guy to Deal with too. Super friendly and ships fast.
Photog is here! thank you, Mattel!
Now how about some mini-comics love (like Lodar, Geldor, Dakon......)? And Mermista?
Wow those heads are pretty neat. Would love to see an offical battle damaged faker head.
Evil Army of the Horde!!
How did you get them? Just get hold of him through facebook?
Yeah face book is the best way
the ignore list is my new best friend
Oh my god! Those are awesome!!! Well I'm not on facebook so I guess that option is out, can someone pm me the website? Do they come prepainted? And if they don't fball13z yours look great!
If we can ensure him a minimum order of 20 units we can basically have whatever head we want. I'm thinking about a 200x skeletor head!
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Here's the video. I don't make any mention of how to purchase or anything...I kept it solely as a review, so itr should fit under the guidelines of these forums.
Kevin's work is absolutely amazing! The heads are so professional feeling, it's mind blowing. The sculpts are terrific, and the paint jobs are top notch! Definitely check him out on hi Facebook page.
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Those are amazing. He is very talented.
I have been dealing with Kevin Kosse for a while now and here are pics of the Items I have Purchased from him.
Hey guys, just a quick reminder here. We have guidelines about casting Mattel's product in place. Even though these do not violate that, please keep that in mind as this discussion progresses.
Also, please remember that as MegaGearMax stated, links to purchase these items are prohibited in the main discussion, and have to be kept to the Marketplace.
These are really cool though.
Click here to add yourself to the He-Man.org map!
Check out my business website! If you run a blog or something and can link to it, I'd certainly appreciate it!
Pretty impressive work, but I'm not digging Claful. He looks to me as though he's chewing on his own snout...or someone punched his face in.
I'd love Mattel to give me official versions of bareheaded Duncan and melty Keldor!
Not to sound like a creepy cheerleader for Uki, but it's nice to know there is at least one person on this forum who is extremely positive & friendly all the time. I don't think I could be that nice even if you paid me. If we ever give out awards for "forum member of the month", Uki gets my vote. -Mr. Shokoti
AHH! SO he's the one with the bandana version of Tri-Klops's head. I saw that long ago and thought that would be awesome for another TK I have to put on my prequel shelf.
Gaping holes in my collection: Regular old Teela, Weapons pack 1, Power & Honour book 1, SDCC artbook (maybe)
I've got a few more pictures in my clawful thread with some side by side pictures so you can compare the sculpts
These are great (works of art)! A white version of Zodak's head could work for Lubic. Would love to see some heads of Skeletors troopers from the MOTU 87 film.
if he makes a new head for Buzz Off, I'm totally sold.
"Whoever says money is evil...doesn't have it"- Boiler Room
Who else needs his "treatment"?
I'd say Hsss....but to be honest, I think his entire figure needs to be re-done...
I honestly would've had no problem with Roboto if he'd only had the chest armor/back harness. That alternate head though does look pretty tempting.
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