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BROOKLYN, NY - July 1, 2013 - The Human Capital Institute (HCI) announced today that Accenture is the winner of their inaugural Global Talent Leader Award. Accenture will be recognized at the first annual HCI Global Talent Management Summit, taking place at the Conrad New York on July 22-23.
The Award seeks to address an inescapable business reality: globalization has become the de facto method of commerce. A mastery of culture, economies of scale, technologies and people across a multinational plane is not only optimal but necessary to continue a business' outward and upward growth. The goal of the competition is to recognize and inspire organizations around the globe that have transformed their talent management operations to be as reflective of their global business as possible. The winning submission, titled Integrated Talent Planning (ITP), was an initiative designed to:
- Help connect longer-term human capital strategies, which look three years into the future, and near-term resource and supply/demand forecasting processes, which focus on the current year
- Encourage holistic discussions of talent priorities between business leaders and HR professionals
- Enhance consistent global processes across entities, allowing teams to identify talent priorities and facilitate strategic talent investment decisions more easily
Accenture will be recognized at the HCI Global Talent Management Summit and on the HCI website as a company dedicated to global-minded business culture, and it will be awarded a complimentary HCI Enterprise Membership to further its talent transformation journey. Leaders from Accenture will be on hand to accept the award.
This competition was judged by a dynamic team of talent leaders, including Dave Cooper, VP of Global Staffing at Quintiles International; Michael Knierim, Head of Global HR, Pharma Medicines for Roche; Steven A. Miranda, Managing Director at Cornell University Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies, Cornell University School of Industrial Labor Relations; Tyler Benjamin, VP of Global Talent Management for Discovery Communications; and Dave Forman, Chief Learning Officer for HCI.
To learn more about the HCI Global Talent Management Summit, please visit http://bit.ly/ZdhifB.
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HCI is the global association for strategic talent management and new economy leadership, and a clearinghouse for best practices and new ideas. Our network of expert practitioners, Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 corporations, government agencies, global consultants and business schools contribute a stream of constantly evolving information, the best of which is organized, analyzed and shared with members through HCI communities, research, education and events. For more information, please visit www.hci.org.
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Where to Watch or Dodge the Royal Wedding in LondonEvents — By Erin Gallagher Maury on April 27, 2011 at 11:55 pm
Royal wedding merriment has arrived in London, it cannot be avoided. The Tube is full of visitors hoping for a glance at the royal couple, territorial tents have popped up along the procession route, worldwide media is on every corner, the security barriers are in place and for a country whose majority claims to be disinterested in the nuptials this Friday, the mood is rather jolly. Street parties are planned from central London to the suburbs and the bunting can be spotted strung across every pub, primary school, and shop. Rain is forecast for the special day but in true British spirit, the party must go on. My garden celebration invitation suggests donning Wellington boots and a fascinator for an afternoon of Pimm's and Pride. Where will you be watching the momentous affair?
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Television Screenings & Street Parties
Trafalgar Square and Hyde Park will host complete coverage of the procession, the ceremony, and traditional balcony snog from Buckingham Palace. Food stalls and licensed bars will serve guests throughout the festivities and a full schedule of entertainment is guaranteed. Hyde Park has erected a 60 meter celebration wheel for the nuptials much like the London Eye for a bird's eye view of the action. Gates open at 7am.
Sam's Brasserie Royal Wedding Street Party
If you would prefer to steer clear of central London, head west to Chiswick for Sam's Brasserie's Street Party. Arrive early for breakfast from 9am and watch the official event live on their big screen. From midday to 6pm the soiree promises live music, food, hymn singing, wedding decorations, and waiters in wedding attire.
The Real Street Food Festival
A street party on the Southbank with food fit for a king. Friday through Monday street food vendors will churn out the proper fare while guests watch the event on yet another giant television.
Chelsea Physic Garden Wedding Day Special Opening
Not a street party per se, this one is a garden party. Nestle into one of London's finest hidden gardens for a day of finger food and festivities.
Chelsea Physic Garden
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While Sipping Afternoon Tea
Watch the monumental occasion while noshing on a posh traditional afternoon tea spread at the indoor street party in the Belgravia Room. Decorated with bunting, flags, and all things British at The Berkeley. £46.50 per person, call +44 (0) 207 201 1619 for reservations.
Along the Procession Route
Join the masses (who have already started to mark their territory) along the procession route if you dare, 1.5 million spectators are predicted.
- 10:50 Kate will travel by car from Buckingham Palace along the Mall, Horse Guards Parade, Whitehall & Parliament Square to Westminster Abbey
- 12:15 Mr & Mrs and members of the royal family will process in five horse drawn carriages on the same route in reverse for the reception at Buckingham Palace
- 1:25 Buckingham Palace balcony wave/kiss
- 1:30 RAF Fly past
- More timings
Watch at Home
Rain is still predicted for the big day; therefore, those fair weather fans may prefer to view the shindig from the comfort of their living rooms. Just about every television and radio station will be reporting from the scene and do not forget the live stream on youtube.com/The Royal Channel.
Time zones: 2am PST, 5am EDT, 10am BST London, 11am CEST, 2:30pm IST, 7pm EST, 9pm NZST
For the Anti-Royalist
Why bother trying to escape the frenzy, give in. If you would rather not to get caught checking out anything royal, follow all the action on Twitter
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The Team Committee Chairman is appointed by the chartered organization and registered as an adult leader of the BSA. The team committee chairman appoints and supervises the team committee and team leaders.
- Organize the committee to see that all functions are delegated, coordinated and completed.
- Maintain a close relationship with the chartered organization representative and the Team Coach.
- See that unit leaders and committee members have training opportunities.
- Interpret national and local policies to the unit.
- Work closely with the coach in preparing Team Committee meeting agendas.
- Call, preside over, and promote attendance at monthly unit committee meetings and any special meetings that may be called.
- Ensure unit representation at monthly Varsity Huddles (roundtables).
- Secure top-notch, trained consultants for Scout camp.
- Arrange for charter review and recharter annually.
- Plan the charter presentation program.
- Be a registered adult leader at least 21 years old (except Assistant Scoutmasters, Assistant Varsity Coaches, or Associate Advisors who can be 18 or older).
- Subscribe to the precepts of the Declaration of Religious Principle.
- Abide by the Scout Oath or Promise and the Scout Law.
- Possess the moral, educational, and emotional qualities that the Boy Scouts of America deems necessary to afford positive leadership to youth.
- All volunteers are expected to complete Youth Protection training (or Venturing Youth Protection training for Venturing positions). It is available online on the Web site http://olc.scouting.org. As a volunteer, you are expected to complete the training within 90 days of assuming a leadership position.
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163 Obama came to UIS in 1998 for interview with professor
When Barack Obama was in his second year as an Illinois state senator in 1998, he came to UIS to be interviewed by political scientist Jack Van Der Slik. He was still six years away from being elected a U.S. senator. Watch the entire interview here.
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Date: October 13, 2019
Time: 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM CDT
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Symtext necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 201 diseños de 36 diseñadores freelance.
Symtext's mission is to make it easy for universities, colleges, and businesses to offer learners the ideal mix of instructional materials. In doing so, Symtext supports the needs of educators, learners, and publishers. Symtext enables educators to craft Liquid Textbooks — a unique, interactive learning experience featuring their own material, as well as text, video, podcasts, photos, content from publishers, and student-generated content, rather than be limited to generic print and e-textbooks — publishers are offered an efficient way to embrace the digital revolution and drive revenue, and learners receive an education that is more engaging, relevant and inspiring.
The digital revolution is transforming both education and publishing and, in the process, is poised to undergo profound change. Symtext aims to be in the heart of the action.
For more information check out http://www.symtext.com or our video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBA1uLoRO0g
We want a new image and will be re-designing our product interface and website so there is great opportunity for future work!
1) Publishers and other rights-holders.
2) Professors and other editors/assemblers of content
3) Universities, especially distance education schools and departments
4) Students and other consumers of liquid texts
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1) We are looking for a fresh look and a logo that we will use to build our image.
2) We want a clean, professional, and creative design.
3) Our current branding uses the colour green and we would like to get away from that.
4) Reflect fluid, dynamic, and digital nature of Liquid Textbooks.
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Attached is our current logo which we find rather boring.
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Living Room Decorating Ideas With Sectional Sofas | Furniture For
Hi, buddies. What do you think if I say 'colorful'? Do you think of some colorful candies? You can use it as ornament in home design. Are curious? Let's me give you some pictures about Designing Apartment Design with Bold Splash Color. So, look at these pictures, and you will be inspired.
We start from the living room first. We see a white sofa and some cushions with green, red and white theme. The table is so fancy with rectangle shape glossy table with fresh white flowers on it. The rocking chair with red nuance can be found here. The painting is on the white wall make this room luxurious. I like the carpet with colorful picture generate cheerful nuance.
Because the apartment is small, the small bar is presented near the living room. Look at this picture. The small bar with some stylish chairs looks so charming. The kitchen is located near it which exposes dazzling kitchen cabinet with black and white theme. Some white flowers in a vase presented here which generate fresh nuance.
Other side of the living room, the dining room is presented with white theme of the dining set, namely dining table and some chairs here. With a glamor pendant lamp here, make this room cozier. The wall is painted white with some books area here. The space used to put many books here designed in black theme. Read more »


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Llys Rhosyr was a stronghold of Welsh rule in the 13th century and it's still possible to see the layout of this court of the Princes of Gwynedd, as the ground plan is virtually intact.
The best way to appreciate Rhosyr is to first see the audiovisual presentation at the Prichard Jones Institute in nearby Newborough before visiting the site, 900 yards away. The Princes governed their realm through a local administration based on commotes, essentially small counties sub-divided into smaller townwships. They controlled these by developing a peripatetic court, staying in each commote on an irregular cycle rather than establishing a singular capital per-se. Each commote maintained a suite of buildings in readiness for the visit of the princely entourage; these were called Llysoedd and were pivotal to the cohesiveness of Gwynedd. Each Llys was the centre of a small Royal estate, or Maerdref that provided directly for the Princes or their officials, who presided in the Princes' absence. Llys Rhosyr was the heart of Menai commote and is the most complete site to have been positively identified and partially excavated. Since 1992 over a quarter of the walled site has been exposed, yielding a number of finds, notably pottery, coins and other small artefacts. Rhosyr was probably largely abandoned in the years after the conquest of 1282. In the winter of 1330 a storm buried the site beneath sand dunes. Archaeologists have so far exposed the enclosure wall and three main buildings of the Llys. These are a large main hall and an adjacent building thought to have housed the Prince's private rooms.
Llys Rhosyr is a significant site not least because it is the only Royal Court of the Princes of Gwynedd of which the ground plan remains virtually intact. Those elsewhere were despoiled at the conquest, or destroyed in the last century.


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Designed and presented by Gerson therapists and experienced members of our Support Group, the Training Day gives an all-round insight into the theory and practice of this health-restoring therapy and its lifestyle. You will be shown the equipment needed at home to make juices and prepare food; the enema kit and how to use it; and – most importantly – you will find out about the daily programme that serves as the framework of the therapy.
The Training Day is open to everyone – patients, carers, health professionals, and people who are just interested in learning Gerson principles. Potential Gerson patients would ideally bring along a companion who might then become their helper.
Last minute wish to book?
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Lyrics:First verseIn our fam'ly there has been for many years a Violin, It hangs in our front room upon the wall; Now it's not much on looks or strings, but when it comes to Music things, That fiddler there has got it on them all. And tho' it's worn and old, it's worth its weight in gold. ChorusMy great granddaddy, when he was a laddie, Played ""Yankee Doodle came to town"" upon that Violin, And my own daddy's dad made my grandmammy glad with ""Way down south in the land of cotton,"" Best tune that he had; Now my dad takes that bow, And he syncopates so soft and low a rag, a rag, I love to hear it played; Then he hands that fiddle to me, And I play a Maxixe melody, ""Tia-da-da, tia-da-da, tia-da-da, tia-da-da,"" On the Violin my great granddaddy made.Second verseMany times that Violin upon that wall just seems to grin, And says so soft and sweetly to its bow, As years roll on, the fashions change, the tunes today are mighty strange, 'Twas not this way a hundred years ago. I realize it too, the tunes today are new.
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West Virginia University
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Richard M. Allman, MD is the director of the Birmingham/Atlanta VA Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) and is the Parrish Endowed Professor of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He serves as the director of the Center for Aging and the Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care at UAB. He also serves as Director of the Deep South Resource Center for Minority Aging Research. In addition, he serves as Co-Director of the John A. Hartford Foundation-funded Southeast Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine (SCEGM), a career development and training program for physicians at UAB and Emory University.
A Magna Cum Laude graduate of West Virginia University, Dr. Allman also received his medical school and internal medicine residency training at West Virginia University. He completed fellowship training in General Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Allman is a Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine with a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Geriatric Medicine.
Dr. Allman's research program is funded by the National Institute on Aging and focuses on understanding the causes of mobility loss and testing new ways of helping older adults maintain or enhance mobility. He also has a long-standing interest in age and ethnic disparities in health, and geriatric care quality improvement, especially as it relates to cardiovascular disease and preventive health services.
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Swedish/German speaking Analyst | Information Services | London
- Recruiter
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- Salary
- Up to £30000 per annum + bonuses
- Posted
- 25 Mar 2019
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- 24 Apr 2019
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- Luke Connelly
- Industry
- Finance & accounting, Financial services, Investment, Marketing & PR, Communications, Market research, Recruitment, Business development, Recruitment consultant, Researcher/analyst
- Job function
- Sales
- Job level
- Graduate
- Hours
- Full time
- Contract
- Permanent
- Listing type
- Job vacancy
- Education level
- Undergraduate degree (or equivalent)
The Company
My client is a multinational information services organisation, based in London but with offices globally. The world's leading investment firms, consultancies and corporations depend on this company to access crucial, first-hand perspectives from specialised industry experts.
Established in 2007, my client is an expert network serving hundreds of global institutions and thousands of analysts worldwide. The firm gives its clients compliant, confidential access to expert industry insights through one-to-one telephone consultations, by producing detailed reports and by hosting moderated conference calls, private meetings and roundtable events.
My client counts 800 employees globally is one of the industry's largest and well established expert networks, setting up thousands of risk-free interactions with experts across all industries and geographies every year. They have doubled their turnover every two years since 2007: the firm's success speaks for itself.
Headquartered in central London, the company is present in 3 continents with offices in New York, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong and Mumbai.
The Role
My client is recruiting a language speaking associate to join their Account Management team with a focus on Private Equity, Credit or Public Equities clients. This function will report directly to the Head of Account Management.
This opportunity will give you unrivalled access to senior professionals (think C-level Execs, Fund Managers and Directors), and is a fantastic chance to develop a broad commercial skillset as a foundation for an exciting career in business.
- Interact daily with clients to help engage users with the company's relevant product lines
- Develop a deeper understanding of client preferences and needs, and how to match this with the firm's relevant products
- Identify inactive users on priority accounts and use the content offering to engage clients, including cross-selling products through a variety of media (phone, emails, Bloomberg and face-to-face meetings)
- Maintain and update client user preferences to ensure tailored content and service delivery
- Develop close relationships with sophisticated clients to help refine and develop conference call, project and report ideas
- Liaise with Account Management, Research, Sales and Product teams across the firm
- Maintain client user data on computer systems (account structure, user preferences, compliance requirements, packages)
- Attend weekly sales meetings
Requirements:- Fluent or native in Swedish and German
- Eligibility to live and work in the UK, with a bachelor's degree
- Relevant work experience within Sales, Recruitment, Customer services or Hospitality sector
- A client service-focused mind set
- Proven experience in communicating effectively and building relationships quickly over the phone and face-to-face
- A resourceful nature, with a diligent and proactive approach to work
- The ability to work well within a team, under pressure and with a positive attitude
- A strong interest in financial markets and company news flow
- My client offers a competitive salary, generous commission structure and accelerated career progression for successful and ambitious individuals. There is a dynamic and sociable working culture including monthly socials, company trips and Friday drinks.
With an interactive management team, and an open and collaborative work environment, my client values creativity of thought and listens to the voices of employees. If you are self-motivated, driven, want to use your languages and focused on achievement, there are no limits to your ability to grow and be a part of this firm's success story!
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Health care for Camp Lejeune veterans clears Senate hurdle
WASHINGTON — Thousands of Marine veterans and family members across the country who once lived at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Marine base may be closer to getting health care for illnesses suffered because of decades of water contamination on the base.
A key Senate committee on Wednesday approved legislation to provide the health care — giving hope to advocates who have been lobbying on the issue for years.
But many hurdles remain: The bill still must go through the full Senate and a debt-weary House of Representatives. And though the Obama White House hasn't taken a position on the bill, the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs both oppose it.
Beyond that, health care can't be provided until Congress appropriates money for it in a separate process.
Still, Wednesday's vote was the farthest leap yet for the bill, called the Caring for Camp Lejeune Veterans Act of 2011, and sponsored by Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, the senior Republican on the Veterans Affairs Committee.
"It's significant. I was elated," said retired Marine Master Staff Sgt. Jerry Ensminger, of White Lake, N.C., who has lobbied Congress for more than a dozen years on the issue. His daughter Janey died of childhood leukemia in 1985 at age 9.
Wednesday's approval turned on a deal between Burr and the Veteran Affairs Committee's Democratic chairwoman, Sen. Patty Murray of Washington. The two were seen chatting on the Senate floor in the moments before a committee voice vote, presumably discussing last-minute details of the legislation.
Although Burr's bill would have required the VA to offer care for Lejeune-related illnesses, Murray thought the Defense Department — which was responsible for the contamination — should pay the bills.
Burr and other advocates agreed, but they were adamant that the VA should actually administer the care.
Murray said in a statement that Wednesday's progress was overdue but came about through "passionate advocacy" among veterans and "frank discussion" between herself and Burr.
Veterans Affairs has estimated the bill would cost $3.9 billion over 10 years, though Burr thinks it would cost less and affect fewer than 750,000 people.
"We now have another shot at doing the right thing for the thousands of Navy and Marine veterans and their families who were harmed during their service to our country," Burr said in a statement Wednesday. "While we continue to seek more answers, we can minimize further suffering by allowing Lejeune veterans and their families to receive the care they need and deserve."
Burr has worked in the past to get other senators behind his Caring for Camp Lejeune Veterans Act with little success. The previous veterans chairman, Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, opposed the bill.
Both the Veterans Affairs and Defense departments opposed the legislation at a hearing last month. Some veterans support organizations have concerns, too, fearing the bill would take money from existing needs.
But Burr and other lawmakers have said the health care is required to make up for decades of neglect by the Marines.
It is estimated a million people at Camp Lejeune may have been exposed from the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s to water that was poisoned with tricholoroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, benzene and vinyl chloride. Some medical experts have linked the contamination to birth defects, childhood leukemia and a variety of other cancers.
Similar legislation has been filed in the House by Rep. Brad Miller, D-N.C., but that bill, called the Janey Ensminger Act for the 9-year-old girl who died of leukemia in 1985, remains in committee.
Department of Veterans Affairs information on Camp Lejeune water contamination
The Few, The Proud, The Forgotten: Camp Lejeune Toxic Water
Camp Lejeune Historic Drinking Water
Camp Lejeune veterans take fight to big screen
Military, health agency in PR war over base's tainted water
Judge refuses to dismiss Camp Lejeune water exposure lawsuit
VA slow to find link between Lejeune's toxic water, illnesses
Victims of toxic Camp Lejeune water are holding meet-ups
Warnings about Lejeune's tainted water unheeded for years
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NHL, Union to continue marathon CBA sessionby Dan Rosen
NEW YORK -- After a second consecutive day of marathon negotiating, representatives from both the National Hockey League and National Hockey League Players' Association indicated that they plan to meet again Thursday in pursuit of a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Neither side confirmed when the resumption of negotiations would occur Thursday.
The NHLPA said it plans to hold an internal meeting prior to reconvening with the NHL owners.
NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly and Winnipeg Jets defenseman Ron Hainsey, who is a member of the NHLPA's negotiating committee, spoke for their respective sides after the negotiating session adjourned at roughly 1 a.m. Thursday.
"We obviously had a number of meetings today over many hours," Daly said. "Had good, candid dialogue on a lot of issues. There continue to be some critical open issues between the two parties and we understand the Union should be getting back to us [Thursday] on some of those issues."
The negotiations Wednesday bled into Thursday and were broken up only in the evening by a two-hour dinner break. The sides also met for approximately eight hours Tuesday, with a two-hour dinner break in between, and claimed progress in the process.
Throughout the day Wednesday, the owners and players left each other to meet internally with several other members of their negotiating teams -- including NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman for the owners and NHLPA Executive Director Donald Fehr for the players.
"We had a series of meetings today, very candid discussion, and we plan on meeting again [Thursday]," Hainsey said.
Neither Commissioner Bettman nor Fehr were part of the big-group meetings that took place after the NHL's Board of Governors meeting Wednesday. The top executives on each side also did not sit in on the big group sessions Tuesday.
Removing Commissioner Bettman and Fehr from the big-group meetings was part of the agreement that the two sides made prior to resuming the CBA discussion Tuesday afternoon.
The idea was proposed last week by Commissioner Bettman after two days of meetings with federal mediators yielded no progress.
In a brief statement following a two-hour Board of Governors meeting that ended Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET, Commissioner Bettman said the League's Board was updated on the current state of the CBA negotiations but he did not give any details or take any questions from the media.
"We are pleased with the process that is ongoing and out of respect for that process I don't have anything else to say and I'm not going to take any questions," Commissioner Bettman said.
Daly and NHLPA Special Counsel Steve Fehr represented their respective sides in the big-group sessions Wednesday.
Daly was again joined by owners Ron Burkle (Pittsburgh Penguins), Mark Chipman (Winnipeg Jets), Murray Edwards (Calgary Flames), Jeremy Jacobs (Boston Bruins) Larry Tanenbaum (Toronto Maple Leafs) and Jeff Vinik (Tampa Bay Lightning).
In addition to Steve Fehr, the players were represented by Craig Adams, David Backes, Michael Cammalleri, Chris Campoli, Sidney Crosby, B.J. Crombeen, Mathieu Darche, Shane Doan, Ron Hainsey, Shawn Horcoff, Jamal Mayers, Manny Malhotra, Ryan Miller, George Parros, Brad Richards, Martin St. Louis, Jonathan Toews, Kevin Westgarth and Daniel Winnik.
Andy McDonald was part of the Union contingent on Tuesday, but not present Wednesday. Campoli and Winnik were not on hand Tuesday.
The NHL and NHLPA have been without a CBA since Sept. 16. Games have been cancelled through Dec. 14, along with the 2013 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic and the 2013 NHL All-Star Game.
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Putting Mom on Time Out, The Good Kind
It's that time of year, isn't it? I can feel the stress and
panic start to creep up behind me like an old,
loose pair of underwear. Holidays are coming
Yes, it's a time to enjoy family and friends
and large alcoholic beverages,
but somehow for me it turns into striving for the
Perfect and completely unobtainable
Holiday Experience.
Which is why I am so grateful for the time out I have been putting myself on by going to a moms' group I love, Mom's Morning Retreat.
Mothering is, ironically, such an isolating experience. Do you
have a supportive group of moms? Maybe you know some moms, but
guess what? They are busy moms.
Is there any other kind? And your mom friendship consists
mainly of comparing notes on best baby foods, best playgrounds,
best schools, best healthy lunches
or best torture device that leaves no
I have loved having a place to go twice a month where I can talk about real issues about being not just a mom, but being a whole person. Bev Gaines leads the group discussions and gives us all delicious food for thought.
This week we had a service activity of making fleece blankets
for foster kids.
Fuzzy fun!
Whether we get deep or just have a laugh, we all leave feeling a little less frazzled and hopefully a little more ourselves.
Which can only help everyone around us, before, during and after the holidays, right?
Mom's Morning
Retreat meets 1st and 3rd Thursdays, Sept.-June, on Bainbridge
Island and is open to moms of children of all ages. Coffee, snacks
and even child care are provided during meetings.
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2012-13 Season: Ended her collegiate career by tying for fifth place at the Big Sky Championship where she shot a career best 75-71-71-217…the total broke her previous career low by six strokes while the pair of 71s were her single round best.
2011-12 Season: Was in the lineup for every tournament…averaged 79.58 in 26 rounds…tied for 10th at the Wolf Pack Classic and finished 11th at the Big Sky Championships…ended the season with a third-round 73 at the Big Sky Championships for her lowest career score…her 54-hole total of 223 also set a career best.
2010-11 Season: Was one of three Hornets to compete in every tournament…averaged 80.91 in 23 rounds…tied for 17th at the Cal Poly Match Play for her highest finish…shot 75 at the Folino Invitational and the Big Sky Championships for her lowest score of the year…best 54-hole total was 231 (77-79-75) at the Big Sky Championships.
2009-10 Season: Played in all nine tournaments as a true freshman…averaged 80.00 in her 26 rounds…shot a career best 74 in the second round of the Big Sky Championship…top overall finish also came at the Big Sky Championship where she tied for 24th…best 54-hole total was 230 at the Fresno State Lexus Classic.
Top Five Finishes
t5 - Big Sky Championship (April 21-23, 2013)
Lowest Rounds
71 - Big Sky Championship, 2nd Round (Apr. 22, 2013)
71 - Big Sky Championship, 3rd Round (Apr. 23, 2013)
73 - Big Sky Championship, 3rd Round (Apr. 24, 2012)
Lowest 36-Hole Scores
152 - Wolf Pack Classic (Oct. 3-4, 2011)
156 - Cal Poly Invitational (Nov. 1-2, 2010)
Lowest 54-Hole Scores
217 - Big Sky Championship (April 21-23, 2013)
223 - Big Sky Championship (April 22-24, 2012)
228 - Cowgirl Classic (April 9-11, 2012)


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The Census and cycle commuting - new report out
Happily, the report confirms that 90,000 more people commuted by cycle to work in England and Wales in 2011 than in 2001. The data, collected from the last Census, also show that between 2001 and 2011, the number of people living in London who cycled to work more than doubled from 77,000 in 2001 to 155,000 in 2011.
Brighton, Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield also saw substantial increases. Cambridge too deserves a mention in dispatches – 29% of its working residents cycle-commute, a higher rate than any other local authority (next down is Oxford at 17%).
This is exciting news for these cities, but there are still many places that aren't doing nearly so well – in 29 local authority areas, less than 1% of working residents cycled to work. What's more, the proportion of working residents who cycle to work in England and Wales as a whole is still only 2.8%.
It's good to see cycle-commuting booming in some of our biggest urban areas, but clearly there are many workers elsewhere who could do with more encouragement to see that cycling to work is one of the best, most cost-effective ways of introducing exercise into their daily routines. Promoting the activity to women seems especially important given that the data suggest that males are more likely to cycle to work than females (3.9% compared to 1.6%).
Making the cycling environment more inviting would help – and that, of course, is largely down to local and national government. High quality cycle facilities, lower driving speeds and making urban areas more permeable for cyclists are just a few of the steps that can make a difference and could inspire others to join the 741,000 people who declared their cycle commuting habit on their 2011 Census returns.
More academic analysis is on the way. Dr Crispin Cooper, of Cardiff University's Sustainable Places Research Institute, says: "… ONS Flow data later this year will tell us exactly where everyone's job requires them to travel in the first place – an aspect well worth considering if we are to understand these patterns of change and their impact on sustainable lifestyles."
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ATLANTA, Ga. – Erin Moore and Melanie Short combined for 28 points to lead the Birmingham-Southern Women's Basketball team to an 81-64 Southern Athletic Associations win over Oglethorpe Friday Dorough Fieldhouse.
The Panthers improved to 12-12 overall and are 7-6 in the SAA while Oglethorpe fell to 5-19 overall and 3-10 in conference play.
Moore scored 14 points and went 7-of-8 from the floor with four assists and Short also pitched in 14 points with five rebounds along with four assists and two steals. Alex Adams led BSC with seven rebounds and added 11 points in the process.
Trailing 12-9, BSC went on a 10-2 run to build a 21-14 lead on back-to-back 3-pointers by Alex Adams and Caroline King with 9:07 left in the first half.
Jane Romano gave BSC a 33-23 lead with 4:21 to go and Short made a pair of free throws to give BSC a 40-33 halftime lead.
The Panthers shot 54 percent, making 16-of-30 shots in the first half, and made 14-of-27 shots in the second half for 51 percent, finishing the night 30-of-57. BSC also wend 9-of-18 from beyond the arc.
Kelsey Brown's 3-pointer gave BSC a 51-37 on the end of a 7-0 run at the 16:48 mark of the second half and three minutes later the Panthers held a 61-41 lead on a King layup with 13:14 to go in the contest.
BSC gained its biggest lead of 23 points after a Stefanie Kaiser 3-pointer pushed the lead to 75-52 with 3:36 remaining.
Kalin Williams went 11-of-14 shots to lead the Stormy Petrels with 29 points and five rebounds.
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Dems learn money isn't everything
In South Carolina this spring, Democrats played the big money game better than the GOP.
Independent liberal groups, national Democrats and influential donors spent nearly $1 million to flood the airwaves in support of Elizabeth Colbert Busch — outspending Mark Sanford's conservative allies by more than 5-to-1.
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But as the Republicans discovered last November, Democrats on Tuesday learned that money isn't everything.
( Also on POLITICO: Sanford defeats Colbert Busch)
Sure, national Democrats can say they helped Colbert Busch finish within single digits of Sanford, the former governor whose personal life became a punch line, in a district Mitt Romney won by nearly 20 points last fall.
That's a similar line to arguments from conservative operatives who said their hundreds of millions of dollars kept Barack Obama from running away with the presidential race in 2012. While it may be true, but there's no way to know for sure, and in politics, winning is all that matters.
"Outside spending done right can help push a good candidate over the finish line — but it can't perform miracles with hostile electorates or abysmal candidates," said Jonathan Collegio, a Republican consultant and spokesman for Karl Rove's American Crossroads — which stayed clear of the South Carolina race.
( QUIZ: Do you know Elizabeth Colbert Busch?)
Colbert Busch was the recipient of almost $900,000 in outside spending from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and House Majority PAC alone.
The irony for Democrats is that while many of their rank-and-file members oppose the kind of big outside spending that has characterized the last few election cycles, liberal groups are now as professional and institutionalized as their GOP counterparts.
"There's always that tendency to think that the other side's money is unfair," said Brad Smith, a former Federal Election Commission official and the founder of the group Center for Competitive Politics. "When they've got a spending advantage that seems fine to them," he said, adding, "I don't think that's unique to Democrats."
( Also on POLITICO: Behind Mark Sanford's turnaround)
House Majority PAC spun Tuesday's results as a sign it will continue to spend big on congressional races. The group went negative early with three ads focusing on Sanford's extramarital affair and sent five mailers to Republican and independent women.
"The big takeaway from our perspective is that we will absolutely be aggressive this cycle," said spokesman Andy Stone. "We will take advantage of opportunities that present themselves."


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Violence in the home is as much a public concern as violence on Main Street. Yet seemingly educated people still jerk their privacy-rights knees in cases like this – even though there's nothing "private" about a crime scene, which in this case happens to be Rihanna's face.
One pundit after the next has complained about the release of a photo showing pop star Rihanna's battered face; a picture taken by police in connection with domestic violence charges against Rihanna's superstar boyfriend, Chris Brown.
"It's embarrassing to Rihanna," one said. "And such a violation of her privacy."
Actually, it is NOT embarrassing for Rihanna. It is, however, shameful for the perpetrator. And it isn't a violation of anyone's privacy, because crime is not a private matter.
Violence in the home is as much a public concern as violence on Main Street. Yet seemingly educated people still jerk their privacy-rights knees in cases like this – even though there's nothing private about a crime scene, which in this case happens to be Rihanna's face.
Crime is investigated with public dollars and prosecuted by the public's lawyer in a public venue. Which means all the documents related to the investigation are "public records" – available to anyone upon request, simply for the asking.
Sure, there's an exception that allows material to be withheld when there's an ongoing investigation, which might explain why the prosecutor kicked the case back to cops for further investigation. But usually this exception is invoked to prevent the real culprit from learning about the evidence and then using the information to evade authorities. Clearly, there's no such worry here.
And it's true the accused can argue that disclosure of too much evidence might lead to an unfair trial. But by the time the picture was released, it had already been reported widely that Rihanna was badly beaten. If releasing the photo might lead some to prejudge the case, they can be excluded from the jury when the time comes.
To invoke the "it's not fair" argument, the defense should first have to shut up and stop trying to influence the potential jury pool to feel sympathy toward the accused. Brown's PR people have already issued a statement apologizing, and announcing Brown would seek treatment and advice from his pastor. (Do PR firms actually get paid to suggest such drivel?) So long as the defense spin machine is grinding out propaganda, Brown cannot complain about the disclosure of evidence. The right to a fair trial in a court of law does not include a right to distort the truth in the court of public opinion.
When the defense does attempt to manipulate public opinion, law enforcement officials should respond immediately with leaks of the truth.
I'm not saying Rihanna doesn't feel sad about the picture coming out – but if I were her lawyer, I'd encourage her to be pleased, not only because other battered women won't feel so bad when their truth is known, but also because what Brown is accused of doing is a very big deal – and now the public can hold the prosecutor accountable if Brown tries to plea bargain down to minor charges by suggesting that it was "only a little bit of shoving."
It's too bad the media and the rest of us focus more attention on celebrity violence than the scads of abuse taking place in the homes of regular people. But while more needs to be done, we can also celebrate the fact that paying attention to just one famous case can change how we feel about domestic violence. Rihanna's battered face is now the symbol of a mostly silent epidemic – in a nation of laws that have never effectively redressed violence against women. So if star-gazing means the tide rises for all women – then let's gaze! But let's make sure we're gazing at the truth – and not some PR-machine's version of reality, bought and paid for by yet another wealthy bad guy.
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Mark Lindsay has been in imaging since he was 14 years old when his parents bought him his first SLR camera. Shortly thereafter he set up a darkroom in his bedroom and has been making photographs ever since. He attended Rochester Institute of Technology where he earned his BS in Professional Photography in 1978. He continued on at RIT to complete the coursework for his MS degree in Printing Technology.
After leaving RIT, Mark joined Azoplate Division of American Hoechst Corporation where he developed and tested lithographic plates for the graphic arts industry and installed large platemaking systems at newspaper publishing operations.
In 1980 he moved to San Francisco and was employed for fifteen years at George Lithograph Company as a sales representative, customer service manager, sales manager, and eventually vice president of sales and marketing. He then spent two years as general manager at Lithocraft, Inc., a high-end sheetfed lithographer located in Santa Rosa.
For the next seven years Mark, as president of Lindsay & Associates, was a graphic arts industry consultant, specializing in digital-imaging workflows, sales and marketing, and strategic planning. At the same time he taught cooking classes at Tavola Festiva, his cooking school in Corte Madera, which specialized in authentic Italian cuisine.
In 2002 he left the printing industry and returned to graduate school where he completed his MFA in Studio Arts at John F. Kennedy University. His final show, Desolation's Comfort: Photographic Re-collections was held in October, 2007. The show received rave critical reviews. It later showed for three months at ColorGraphics in San Francisco. Mark is a painter in watercolor and acrylic, and a photographer, specializing in photomontage.
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Unemployment Falls, Improvements in Area
New figures show unemployment rates improved last month across East Central Illinois.
Kankakee County leads the state with an unemployment rate of 12.9 percent. Despite that number, Kankakee County' rate is below the 13.7% in February of 2011.
Rockford's rate, usually the highest, is showing improvement. Rockford's rate dropped from 14.1 in February of 2011 to 12.8 last month. McLean County has Illinois' lowest unemployment are at 7.5%.
Vermilion County's February unemployment rate of 11.1 percent was down a half-percent from January's 11.6 percent rate. In Danville, the unemployment rate fell from 11.4 to 10.7 percent.
In Champaign County, the jobless rate fell from 9.1 percent in January to 8.4 percent in February. It was 8.6 percent in February of last year. The City of Champaign saw its unemployment rate fall from 8.7 percent in January to 7.8 percent in February. Urbana's jobless rate fell from 9.6 percent in January to 8.6 percent in February.
In Iroquois County the jobless rate fell slightly from 10.7 to 10.6 percent. The Ford County rate fell from 11.8 in 2011 to 10.3 last month. Livingston County is at 9.5, down from 10.1 a year ago.
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NFL bag limit is a strike against stadium experience
It's a small thing, really -- as small as a clutch. You know, those tiny little purses designed for form, not function. I took one to my nephew's wedding last weekend -- it held Kleenex, a $20 bill and a Xanax. (Anyone who has planned or financed a wedding will understand.)
But I wouldn't want to take that clutch (or that combination) to a sporting event. (How far can you get on $20?) The NFL, however, wants women to do just that: bring their clutches to games. Oh, and women can also bring the rest of the contents of their purses in a 12-inch by 6-inch by 12-inch clear vinyl bag or a gallon freezer bag. You can buy the vinyl version emblazoned with your team's logo, of course, because the NFL never misses a trick.
Except when it does.
The reason for the new rules is, of course, security, especially in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing. How can you be opposed to higher security? The new rules are designed to make the screening process easier and faster, and no one is opposed to that, either. The NFL points out that Michigan and Michigan State, among others, have a no-bag-of-any-kind rule.
So many women will find a way to make it work if they are NFL fans, or rather, fans of the in-game experience. The odd thing is that women are a demographic the NFL has pursued relentlessly -- and they are crazy protective of their purses.
(Disclaimer: This rule does not affect the media. Essentially, I have no dog in this hunt.)
Not all of the league's new rules are gender-specific. One assumes man-purses -- murses, if you will -- are also banned, as are camera bags, briefcases -- for those who liked to get a little paperwork done during halftime -- and seat cushions.
The contents of diaper bags also will have to fit in one of the approved bags. While I've never understood bringing very small children to NFL games -- the noise alone would concern me -- some people do, and finding a way to fit all of Baby's paraphernalia into a Ziploc bag will be a challenge for Mom and Dad.
Perhaps it's heartening that the need for security outweighed the league's worry about its attendance, but it's also surprising. While the NFL remains the most popular sport in this country by a wide margin, its regular season attendance has been down since an all-time high in 2007 (17,345,205). In 2011, the league had its lowest attendance (16,562,706) since it expanded to 32 teams in 2002. Last season's number was up, to 17,179,573 (by my lousy math), closer to the 2007 number but not there. The league has loosened its blackout rule in order to help some of the struggling teams. This season, all replays will be shown on the scoreboard during official reviews, an effort to give the paying customer at least the equivalent of the couch customer, and footage from cameras in the locker room will be available only on stadium scoreboards.
Is that enough to reverse the trend? Probably not, and the "purse rule" won't help, although it certainly won't have the same impact as high-definition television and the high cost of gas and tickets. A lot of fans already are opting for the comfort of their living rooms, where you can choose with whom you sit and control how much they drink. (During Redskins season, the majority of complaints I get from fans involve drunks in the stands, the concourses, the bathrooms, the parking lots.)
But the NFL may take an image hit with its purse ban, and the league doesn't need that. It's not producing a lot of good news these days. Thousands of NFL players have brought lawsuits claiming the league failed to disclose important information about the risk of serious brain injuries. That's an issue that resonates with women; many of the plaintiffs are the wives of former players. While Dad and Junior may form a special bond while throwing the ball around the backyard, it's often Mom who makes the final decision about Junior's choice of sports.
Then there are the arrests. Tallies differ, but ProFootballTalk's NFL police blotter -- good grief! -- has a current count of 27. Wait, let me check again. Yup, 27. No one arrested so far today. PFT includes only players who were on a team's active roster at the time of their arrest.
What the NFL has going for it: TV ratings. They continue to rise, even at the expense of derrieres in the seats. The new bag rules may help those TV numbers; some people -- male and female -- may decide that they've reached their limit. You can watch a game on a flat screen in three hours and change -- less if you use the DVR and start a little late -- and have the rest of your Sunday free. Many women and men have already decided to forego the stadium experience. With the addition of the bag rule, some women who normally attend games may find those extra hours hard to resist.


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October 4, 2004, 09:55 AM »
OK...I was one of many here predicting gloom and doom that these OTC figures will be clogging the pegs for months to come. And surprisingly they really are not...sure Cantina Han is and so is C-3PO and Lobot and a couple of the Lukes but for the most part they are really selling...I think
How are they selling in your area, see lots of pegwarming? Or not?
One thing I think that has happened is that lots of people are collecting full sets of carded figures...
I hate to see this line succeed though...I don't want reissue after reissue released because Hasbro can now point to the OTC success and say "See!"
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October 4, 2004, 10:43 AM »
I've actually been fairly surprised at how well this line is doing too. But, I will admit...rehashes or not....I do like seeing those black and silver cards on the pegs. For the first couple months since the OTC has hit, it has basically sold out within days. I've noticed recently (probably due to increased shipping), that you can find OTC figures at the stores a little more readily now. I still haven't seen the end of the line around here (Gam. Guard, Hoth Vader, Tusken, Endor Generals, etc.), but the rest are showing up in better numbers. Actually had a chance to do a toy run this weekend, and this is how things are currently looking (OTC-wise only):
Wal-Mart (1) - A few figures, not too many. Mainly Dagobah wave, the repacked R2, Han, 3PO.
Wal-Mart (2) - Quite a few figures, mostly IG-88, Bossk, Bespin Luke, Dagobah Luke and Spirit Obi.
Target (1) - A few figures, Dagobah wave (again)...but mostly Lukes. Also, repacks such as Jedi Luke, X-Wing Luke, R2, Han, and 1 Stormtrooper.
Target (2) - Fairly good supply. Spirit Obi and the Bespin Wave mostly here.
TRU - Finally got on board with the OTC within the last month. Same stuff here mostly - Dagobah Wave, Han, Chewie, TR Vader, Jedi Luke seem most common.
Also, as far as ships go....the Falcon seems to be sitting everywhere. I still really would like to pick this version up, although I don't really have the room for it. It is currently on sale at Target for about $42 (this week), Wal-Mart had it for $47ish, and TRU for $49. I was kind of holding out hope that Target would do a classic clearance price on this one. I also see the repacked X-Wings and TIEs at both Target and TRU, but for some reason they do seem like they are selling a little bit. Not the same ones sitting anyways. Plenty of Vader TIEs at TRU still as well.
I guess, overall, I think this line is doing pretty well...much better than I expected. I think Hasbro's got to be happy with this, although I hope that it isn't a sign of things to come. Overall, the OTC seems to sell better than the vOTC (well, at least the ANH wave of it...the others have come and gone), and maybe there has been an increase in casual buyers due to the DVD release. Long answer short.....yeah, its selling pretty well around here, but things are starting to sit a little longer now than they were a month or two ago.
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Yeah the vehicles are not selling at all...I'm with you on the Target post-Christmas Clearance
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October 4, 2004, 11:47 AM »
They are selling here, in spite of the ultra crap out on the card backs - think blue saga card turned black and there you have it. So in spite of lacking the appeal of the uber cool card back, they are still selling here.
Early on they sold incredibly well. We haven't had much carried by retailers here for quite some time (about 6 months post AOTC) so it was neat to see them and surprising to see them move so well. There are clearly a ton of people buying these that are not on the boards and talking about it, something I already knew from running into people buying them in the past.
Sales are starting to wane a bit now, mostly because our selection has been fairly limited. We saw an absolute ton of the early Dagobah case, something that was good. But now it's fairly easy to find Dag Luke, Yoda, dirty R2. Han of course sits everywhere for the most obvious of reasons
We are now at the point where we've moved out of the Dagobah case into the Bespin case, so Lobot and Leia are starting to sit for a bit. Nothing horrible, but not great speed off the pegs either.
The cases with Stormtroopers, Boba and a Vader sell well and fast. I expect the last case with Hoth Vader and Snowtrooper should sell remarkably well also.
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with case assortments and Canada has had the benefit of missing most of the first runs of a lot of these figures. Much of Saga simply didn't come up here, so while they are a rehash to me due to my trading activities, there are quite a few new figures for other folks. None of the Vaders, for example, ever were released up here. Army builders and Boba's are guaranteed sells. The new 7 figures will sell of course. Even the Luke's didn't come here, if you count the lack of teeth on X-wing Luke as a new version.
I am happier with this line than I was with the HOF stuff, that's for sure. I'm still baffled by how prequel Obi qualifies for a Hall of Fame status
But I agree with Scott and know full well that Hasbro will go for more rehash figures based on the success, relatively speaking, of this line. Are they bright enough to realize it's the cardbacks rather than the figures? That's the real question.
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October 4, 2004, 01:47 PM »
I haven't seen anything but fragments of the OTC wave. Some bastard at target has whipped out the new stuff for a few weeks... It's annoying as hell that whoever he/she is, he doesn't leave anything behind except maybe one lousy figure.
TRU hasn't put but maybe one box of OTC up, and they sold quick - I didn't see but one of those figures, either.
Wal-Mart is dead. They stopped getting figures in after the AOTC boom. All they've got is April 23rd junk.
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October 4, 2004, 02:21 PM »
It seems to me to be selling gang-busters, as I only just started seeing remnants of cases on the pegs. I haven't seen any of the Dagobah wave on pegs, and if it wasn't for Jared and Matt's tagteam hook-up, I would still be looking for those.
So I would say that its at least selling better than the majority of us thought it would. Hopefully hasbro will realize that the card design is sweet and keep it up, rather than abandoning it.
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October 4, 2004, 05:56 PM »
My take? At this point, OTC's no better than initial waves of any other line Hasbro's put out... Saga figures flew off shelves when they were "new" as well, so I'm not as blown away by the OTC. Plus I think the carded completists were underestimated on this line too...
That said, I see pegwarmers... Chewbacca, Spirit Ben, Dagobah Luke, X-Wing Luke, Bespin Luke, Bossk, IG-88, etc... These figures aren't "flying" off pegs here. Bespin Wave is now pegwarming here, but it's mostly just Lobot... It helps that the CCP's just an awesome figure and Leia's got the female figure curse of moving good.
The Endor repacks haven't shown here yet, though I wish they would since they're figures I'm anxiously wanting more of... The army builders are moving, though the TIE Pilot's a findable figure, which is good because I usually buy one or two every time I see him.
To me, OTC's bogging down like any other line... The shorter packed figures are moving quickly still, but that's just supply & demand at its basic level... Carded guys are moving this line though... I'd love to see #'s that show adults vs. kids in purchasing power on these. Real exact #'s or something... Not gonna happen, but it'd be interesting to see nonetheless.
There's a lot of good and bad in the OTC, just like Saga, and at this point I am seeing it bog down where the good's still moving and the bad is starting to sit... Some of the good's starting to sit as well, just like with Saga. It seems like most other lines to me.
The cards rock though... It is nice to see black & silver instead of putrid blues, greens, reds, oranges... Blah.
I even have to admit that I'm saving some of the cardbacks because they're just that nice.
To me, the VOTC's the line that's moving. Cases come in and go out... Only ANH wave is sitting, and it only sits at select Wal-Marts that (for whatever reason) ordered TONS of just that one wave.
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Re: OTC...Selling that Well?
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October 4, 2004, 06:46 PM »
I was another one who thought OTC would tank big. Tonight I'll dine on crow. These things have been moving very well in my area.
I think the thing Hasbro finally got right was case assortments here. These last few cases have for the most part been one-pers. That means every new case is potentially going home with the first customer. Last week at a Wal*Mart near me I had the deeply unsatisfying experince of being the
guy to a new case of figures--the last wave, with the Gam Guard, Bib Fortuna, the Generals and the Scanning Tech. The guy who beat me bought them all--though he was nice enough to let me oggle them first.
That put me on the hunt, though--I hit about twenty stores in one day last week and saw just about every figure that's been released in 2004 (even J'Quille and Tanus)except those last few. I found a Lando General but that's been it.
The thing that hurt them was the early cases (with the Bespin and Dagobah figures) and that crap display at the Wal*Marts (with the figure cases). I've seen those figures lining shelves at most of the WMs around here--just way too many of too few figures to sell like the rest.
And the VOTCs have been a totally different story. They sit and sit, even Yodas and Vaders are starting to hang around here more. One WM here has a top shelf piled high with all the VOTCs they couldn't sell off the Falcon display. Maybe I'll buy Ben there when he gets deep discounted.
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OTC is selling well in my area. It's interesting that the pegwarmers around these parts are NEW figs (Lobot, Bespin Leia, Dagobah R2). Of the rehashes, I see Cantina Han, Leia & Bossk quite frequently. OTC figure sales are doing great. OTC vehicles, not so great.
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Regular Figures - Very well
VOTC Figures - Too many of 1st wave
Vehicles - Not at all!
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OTC sells well here, VOTC sells well too but nothing on any Vader that I have seen & if you find any, it just plain Han.
Sure the carbacks we have (starburst) are nothing to scream about but they do fly on evilbay!
The vehicles move, I have not seen a Falcon for awhile.
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The ANH VOTC is not selling here either...ESB hasn't lasted anywhere I have seen. Still waiting for that to be a problem on the ROTJ wave
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October 5, 2004, 11:10 AM »
Yeah, that is something I was wondering about too. Although I have seen the ESB wave here (some once, some twice), they do not sit at all. Usually gone the same day or the next. I wonder if we will ever see the last two waves on the pegs the way we see the ANH wave. All I can find in town anywhere is the 4 ANH figs, and usually plenty of them, particularly at Wal-Mart and TRU. Target seems to be able to sell theirs better, probably due to their sales/clearancing.
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October 6, 2004, 07:37 AM »
The pegwarmer situation is lower than during Saga, so I'd say yeah they are selling pretty well. In fact, since they've been out which was when, early summer?, I've only now started seeing pewarmers sitting in the same place for a couple of weeks. Its made me worried I wouldn't be able to find the ones I've wanted, but actually I've had good luck so far.
Are they shipping as many as the Saga figures? Anyone know or care to speculate?
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I would say not... MOst I've seen is 2, or perhaps 3 cases at a time... That's my personal experience anyway. Target's had the "most" at a single sitting, and this was just last week that I saw 2 cases (Bespin Wave) go out at a single point.
VOTC at Wal-Mart's had "more" go on the pegs at once than basic OTC at any store...
Wait, nix that... I did see a LOT of OTC go up at once at WM when they put those big displays out... The ones with the carry cases. Those I've seen more of, but that wave (The bounty hunters, Bespin Luke, etc.) I've not seen at another store than WM either.
Right now, my TRU's have lots of Saga and a handful of OTC pegwarmers like R2-D2, and Spirit Obi-Wan... Most Targets near me then have the Dagobah Wave, some Bespin remnants, and repacks of R2-D2, X-Wing Luke, Jedi Luke, etc...
I'd love to walk in and find the Tusken, Gam. Guard and Endor wave...
Love to find lots and lots of ROTJ VOTC figures too.
However, the things I want aren't the things I'm finding at all.
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