September 13, 2000

Sprinkler head recall--addendum

I just received notice of this replacement program. The information is dated July 200l. The program involves 33 million "wet" sprinklers with O-ring seals manufactured by Central and approximately 101, "on-off sprinklers" used in wet systems sold by Gem Sprinkler Co. and another 66,000 dry sprinklers manufactured by Star Sprinkler, Inc. The company will replace the 0-ring sprinklers which "can degrade over time" with Belleville seal sprinkler heads which use a metallic "spring seal to maintain a watertight seal."
To cover your costs for replacement labor...," they " will either perform the replacement work ourselves or contract with an authorized sprinkler installer to perform the replacement work."
A detailed brochure on the Voluntary Replacement Program which will help you determine if you have an O-Ring installation that needs replacement is available in hard copy from
Central Sprinkler Company
Replacement Program
PO Box 5005
Lansdale PA 19446
A web based version of this information is available at http://www.sprinklerreplacement.com/ and a special customer service phone number has been established at 1-866-505-8553 to assist you with identifying the potentially defective heads.
I applaud the responsible manner in which Central is acting in this matter.
Richard Strassberg
Kheel Director
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-3901
607-255-3183
Fax: 607-255-9641

ANCIENT ARTIFACTS STOLEN FROM VERGINA

Thessaloniki, 11 September 2001 (16:59 UTC+2)
Priceless ancient artifacts were stolen from the royal tomb of Euridiki, mother of King Philippos B' the Macedon, situated at the archaeological site of Vergina in northern Greece. Police are investigating the theft and are in a state of alert for the past two days. Archeologists found out that half of the statuettes (three depicting women and three Sphinxes) as well as two more small statues have disappeared from the ancient tomb. Archaeologists and police are puzzled regarding the way in which the artifacts were stolen, as the archaeological site is guarded on a 24hour basis and it is hard for anyone to get in without being spotted. The royal tomb of the mother of King Philippos B' was unearthed by professor Manolis Andronikos after years of excavations in the area, while the value of the stolen artifacts cannot be calculated.
Minister of culture Evangelos Venizelos stated that the case will be solved soon, as the stolen statuettes have been photographed, and identified and are internationally known, therefore they cannot be sold in the stolen artifacts market.
Mr. Venizelos stated that the whole incident is curious as the specific tomb is visited only by dignitaries who are always accompanied by archaeologists. The last such visit was made on August 16, while those responsible for the maintenance of the equipment that keep the micro- climate inside the tomb stable are allowed to enter only once a month.
http://www.mpa.gr/

From: "Ken Vail" To: "Museum Security Network" securma@xs4all.nl
Subject:

Re: query: effectiveness of halitron extinguishers

Date sent: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 00:34:55 -0400
Tim,
perhaps you intended to write "halotron"...if so, here is a link to an MSDS sheet that provides some background of the properties. http://www.halotron-inc.com/msds-test.htm Hope this helps...
Kenneth T. Vail, CSP, ARM, ALCM

Risk Management Consultant
610.509.6832 - cell
610.974.9730 - voicemail & fax
Kenmtb1@email.msn.com

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The Art Newspaper; This week's top stories

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LARGEST BALTHUS SHOW EVER OPENS AT THE PALAZZO GRASSI

ZURICH. French-born painter Balthus, who died in February, rarely gave interviews and maintained that he delighted in being anonymous. His friend of 20 years, the actor Richard Gere, spent a few days at his Swiss home in December last year. The Art Newspaper publishes extracts from their discussion as the Balthus exhibition opens to the public in Venice. http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=7330

TEETHING PROBLEMS FOR $258 MILLION NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA

SEOUL. In the wake of a highly critical parliamentary report, the controversial new National Museum of Korea (NMK), currently under construction in Seoul, is undergoing a comprehensive review. The report, submitted in April by a National Assembly committee for culture and tourism, called on the government to re-examine the entire project, stating that construction work so far had been shoddy and calling into question hastily-made decisions on the museum’s design and construction. http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=7293 OH WHAT A JOLLY POTLATCH! KETCHIKAN, ALASKA. Five prominent US museums have returned a large part of the plunder from railroad tycoon Edward H Harriman's 1899 survey of the Alaska coast. The Smithsonian Institution, the Field Museum of Chicago, the Peabody Museum at Harvard, the Johnson Museum at Cornell, and the Burke Museum at the University of Washington sent back four carved and painted totem poles and five large architectural fragments from a clan chief's house, all dating to the early to mid 19th century. http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=7292

THE GHOST OF THATCHERISM?

TORONTO. After one year in office, the highflying president and ceo of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), William Thorsell, is being criticised by Tom Krogh, a senior ROM curator and the founder of the museum’s 25-year-old Earth Sciences Geochronology Laboratory for implementing a business style cost-cutting agenda on a major Canadian cultural institution. http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=7291

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY TO REVIEW RESEARCH ON VENICE FLOODING

LONDON. Shortly after taking office in May, the Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi said that building the mobile barriers to protect Venice from the Adriatic will have high priority in his policies. The mayor of the city, Paolo Costa, has launched a well supported appeal to the mayors of cities on water such as London, Barcelona, Dhaka (Bangla Desh), The Hague and Rio to plead with George W. Bush over his position on the Kyoto Agreement because of the risk posed to these cities by climate change. http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=7290

BRITPOP IN THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY

LONDON. Images of the members of Blur, one of the leading Britpop groups of the Nineties, are now on display in London’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG). The National Art Collections Fund (The Art Fund) has stumped up Ł12,000 to purchase Julian Opie’s portraits of the four musicians, with support from the artist’s gallery, the Lisson Gallery. http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=7279

INDIA TO RESTORE DURBAR SITE

LONDON. Restoration begins this month on one of the most potent symbols of British rule in India, King George V’s durbar site in Delhi. http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=7278

MONET’S GARDEN AT ARGENTEUIL TO REMAIN AT MET

NEW YORK. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (Met) and Henry Newman have agreed a settlement over the disputed Monet in the Met’s collection, “The garden of Monet’s house in Argenteuil” (1874). Mr Newman will receive a payment and then give up all claims to the painting. http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=7277

GUGGENHEIM AND HERMITAGE HIT THE STRIP THIS MONTH

LONDON. This month sees the opening of the speedily conceived, funded, and executed, and highly publicised Guggenheim and Hermitage outposts designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas. http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=7276

HOW TO SELL IF YOU WANT IT KEPT A SECRET

PARIS. Christie’s and Sotheby’s introduced private treaty sale departments during the 1990s, and now, with its new aggressive sales policy, Phillips is following suit, converting the brokerage business set up in 1997 by Simon de Pury and Daniella Luxembourg, now partners in their business. http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=7275

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