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SOCIB is offering access to its glider fleet based in the Balearic Islands as described in the guideline document for competitive access available below. This is a unique opportunity for scientists and engineers to use high-quality autonomous underwater infrastructures operating in coastal, shelf and open sea areas for carrying out research, monitoring and/or testing activities.
SOCIB's Glider Facility offers External Users Access to ocean gliders, global leading edge platforms for international research and technology development, to complement its routine and strategic programme of glider endurance lines in the Mediterranean (up to 196 days in 2014). Since 2013, the available time for External Users Access is 90 days per year (96 effectively in 2013 due to a glider battery problem in the 1st deployment). For process-oriented studies (for example complementing a dedicated R/V cruise), a minimum of 7 days usage is required. Longer monitoring proposals of typically 30 days or more are encouraged.
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|First Call
|Second Call
|Call OPEN
|Call CLOSED
|Decision Announced
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|01/May/2018 - 31/Jan/2019
|15/Jan/2019 - 30/Jun/2019
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Note: The TNA activity (in the frame of JERICO-NEXT EU project) aims to provide coordinated 'free of charge' trans-national access to researchers or research teams from academy and industry to SOCIB Glider Infrastructure among others. Detailed info. at http://www.jerico-ri.eu/tna/.
SOCIB Glider fleet
The present SOCIB glider fleet consists of 4 Slocum gliders and 2 iRobot Seagliders. More than 30 glider missions have been performed, collecting ~25000 hydrographic and biogeochemical profiles.
Submitting a proposal
Guideline for competitive access: [doc] [pdf]
- Template for external user application: [doc] [pdf]
- Contract template: [doc] [pdf]
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Previously this image had an eggplant color in the background. The painting was bold, but just not interesting enough (perhaps it was too bold). The background really overpowered the subtle color changes of the white Tulips. I put silver leafing in the negative spaces (background), glazing it with a combinations of burnt umber and burnt siena oil. Finally, I neutralized some of the brighter hues in the flowers while deepening the dark values.
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Carl Tolman (May 7, 1897 – February 13, 1995) was the chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis from 1961 through 1962.
Carl Tolman was born in 1897 to American parents in the Northwest Territories of Canada and served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I. Serving on the Western Front, he was badly injured, taken prisoner by Germany in 1917, and not repatriated until after the war. When he finally returned home he earned a bachelor's degree in geology from the University of British Columbia and a master's degree in science and a Ph.D. in geology, both from Yale University. In 1927 as assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis of geology, he was involved in geological explorations, detailed geographical mapping, and mineral deposit explorations with the Geological Survey of Canada. During World War II, he took a leave of absence from Washington University in St. Louis to serve as a mineral specialist with the Foreign Economic Administration in Washington, D.C.
He was associated with Washington University for 68 years, serving as assistant, associate, and full professor of geology, chair of the department, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, vice chancellor–dean of faculties, and chancellor. During his one-year stewardship as chancellor before mandatory retirement, he steered the course through a time of transition and along the way reduced the university's debt from $1.5 million to $30,000.
After retiring from Washington University, he took a position with the U.S. State Department as science attaché to Tokyo and later managed a program to train mining engineers in the Philippines and helped establish a graduate program in economic geology at the University of the Philippines.
He died in St. Louis in 1995 at age 97. Washington University Chancellor William H. Danforth said at the time of Tolman's death, "Carl Tolman was for 68 years one of the great people at Washington University. As a friend, as a faculty member, and as an academic leader, he was always farsighted and wise and kind and gentle."


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I wonder who's nose is on fire.Belle Book
"Our workers wear goggles, face masks, head cover and protective clothing," says Ananta Saikia, whose firm is the pepper's sole exporter. "They look like astronauts."
Quote from: Belle Book on October 24, 2008, 06:04:24 PMI wonder who's nose is on fire.Belle BookNot sure WHO--but I'll bet this is WHY...Production were all wearing bandanas over their noses.
Belle Book:That would be fine if it were an option. However, teams have to choose one team member to do each roadblock before they know exactly what it is. They typically get only very general and sometimes misleading information to help them decide who it will be. Of course they have to operate within the principle of about a 50/50 split of roadblocks between the team members.So in this situation as applied to you, you would only know too late that it is comething you hate. I happen to think that raodblock rules and standards, particularly when there is a mismatch, leads to some of the best scenes on Amazing Races.
That looks like all kinds of awesome. Let the freaking out begin now.
Next on The Amazing Race:My Nose Is On Fire*One racer conducts an overly-thorough, squirm-inducing search for a clue in a bird's home. *A strict Indian shopkeeper leaves one team teary eyed with a crushing Detour. *A colorful Roadblock is no party for one racer when they face plant into the ground *and two unlikely teams join forces to crack a Detour that confounds teams who work alone.
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Oh and of course my camera which actually fits in this bag, but I was not able to photograph it.
It's amazing how much this Rachel Roy satchel can hold!
Have a lovely Monday!
amazing outfit, ... I wish I could go to work dressed like that ... :)
amazing look! :)ReplyDelete
great outfit. those sunglasses are perfect for your face.ReplyDelete
Spooky, I've literally just posted about what's in my handbag too, although I have a lot more STUFF than you do - I can't help lugging around rubbish in my bag that I don't need! :)
Glad to know I'm now the only one always carrying flats and band-aids ^^ReplyDelete
Those shoes are so classy, I love them.
Very stylish look :) I love it!ReplyDelete
Loving that bag and blazer.ReplyDelete
I love your look, head to toe! I'm a big fan of shorts and blazers together, but have yet to try it on myself ;-) I especially like the pairing of the distressed shorts with the classy blazer... And the "color" scheme. I saved this to my inspiration folder, thanks! :-)
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great outfit. I love the black shorts.
wow u look so pretty <3ReplyDelete
great outfit, love the sunglasses :)
I'm such a fan of your style. I love it! You look chic and fabulous,ReplyDelete
Love this! I'm kind of obsessed with What's in My Bag posts so thank you! And I love this outfit. You have the best style :)ReplyDelete
you look so great Delmy !!
love it !!
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Love the outfit.. so casual yet dressed up just enough.. Love it..ReplyDelete
cut offs done right! LOVE THIS! www.casualglamorous.comReplyDelete
i really love this outfit!ReplyDelete
You look amazing! So chic and beautiful.
Thanks lovelies!! XOReplyDelete
I'm basically smitten with this outfit! I like the cuts on the shorts. & your bag is so nice, and it holds a lot of stuff, bonus points.ReplyDelete
You look absolutely perfect! And I adore those shoes!ReplyDelete
great outfit, love the shorts
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Love your bag and shoes so much ! What a great and smart outfit !
I loooove your shorts!! you look great :)
loving your sandals, absolutely edgy and spectacular
i adore your style,and charisma,you are my inspiration,you are truly gorgeous :) :) :)ReplyDelete
thank you for sharing what is in your bag! :) mints are always a must for sure! love your shoesReplyDelete
Great look! I like these calm colours and your delicate make-up, so pretty ;)ReplyDelete
love your shoes!
your glasses are nice;)ReplyDelete
wow, i love aaaall of your photos!!!! :-)
Gorgeous bag! xx
Such a gorgeous but simple look. Love your bag.
Love the look!
This ensemble actually inspired me to break out a pair of shoes in my closet that I recently rediscovered to wear tomorrow. If you have time, stop by my page either tomorrow or Wednesday to see the finished look.
love ur style!
Ur bag is *lightweight* now I feel like i carry wayyyy too much.
you look amazing! I love those ripped up shorts
xo Julia
You look so classy! And adore hot the Rachel Roy bag is so chic and practical.
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Let's just say I'm SO envious of your body. Girl you be killin' em. hahaa! Love the shorts.
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I've always loved your style.
Love the outfit!! You inspired me for tomorrow! I think I will try your look (with long black jeans) to go to work!! ;-)
Great outfit/combo love the DVF's too
i adore what in my bag posts!! the nars lipgloss is a winner and your a blackberry girl yayay join the club lover enjoying you blog so much xx ♥ A fox that meows http://rochellefox.blogspot.com/ReplyDelete
love the jacket! oh and i love NARS lipgloss as welL!
You look perfectly polished Delmy. I have those shoes and love them, thanks for the inspiration on another way to wear them.
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Cute classy outfit! Love the shoes and That bag definitely is able to hold a lot. I need to find a bigger bag lol.
Love everything about this outfit, so casual and dressy at the same time. And your hair-do is so sheeeek I love.
awesome cut-offs :)!!
Where are the pretty flats from?ReplyDelete
Love your blush and lip color! Can you let me know what you used? Thanks!ReplyDelete
That bag is gorgeous.
Love the jacket - gorgeous.x
You look stunning girl! :) Love your shorts, great post!
xoxo, Jasmin
gorgeous outfit ♥ReplyDelete
Great look!ReplyDelete
Loving the colors. ANd shoes are just amazing.
i love that you topped off your slashed shorts with a structured blazer, it's very unexpected and totally works. the chic two-toned bag and amazing nude sandals really polish the look off..l i love it! <3shelby
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Incredible outfit!!!! You're stunning!!!
LOVE your Rachel Roy bagReplyDelete
Verry nice look :D
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love how this looks together!!
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You look amazing!So casuall but also sexy :) And I love your bag!ReplyDelete
i love your short and your SHOES ! :)
Amazing bag, casual but great outfit- love it!
Nice outfit!!!
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You look so amazingly chic!
You are the epitome of Swag....head to toe. Love it!
wow cute and sexy outfit!!
Smart jacketReplyDelete
I like how you keep your flats handy in your purse. That's actually not a bad idea :)
I LOVE YOUR BLOG! You are very beautiful and your style is amazing. But what I love most about your blog is your beautiful, humble spirit! You are so down to earth and have great inspirational notes that you pass along to us!! when I'm down your blog helps uplift my mood!! I wish you more success and happiness ALWAYS!! xoxo nina
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Dang girl! You look super hot! Your clothes fit you really well, I love the blazer!
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Love your hairstyle! And your figure is fabulous! So jealous :))
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cute outfit, love the blazer with the shredded shorts! i love your hair, it's so sassy too :) i swear, everyone's bags are so much neater than mine! i love seeing what's inside other people's purses though, thanks for sharing!
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LOVE it! That blazer is so pretty! XO Rebecca
I just love your style! Your shoes are always incredible! Love From Paris <3ReplyDelete
u look amazing delmy.. what camera do u actually use to take these photos? xxxReplyDelete
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Lovely shoes and bag, also the outfit is brilliant :) I wish I could have your wardrobe hahahah.
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I want that handbag! you look amazing.ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh i WISH i had your curves, you're gorgeous! I'm so glad I found your blog...
Great outfit :) and love your bag. It looks so stylish.
Nice outfit, love the mix of tailored & "ripped" shorts. I always carry flats in my bag too, heels can be really painful if I have to walk a while.ReplyDelete
I love this outfit! Perfect blazer and make-up. :)ReplyDelete
great bag :D
I really really love this look -- time for me to bust out the scissors on my black jeans (if I had some).
I also LOVE seeing what's in peoples bags. ;)
i am completely obsessed with your blog, your style is impeccable and its not fair that you are soo gorgeous lol keep up the good work
I love it!!! xoxoReplyDelete
Love this look, one of your best yet! I feel so inspired by this look!ReplyDelete
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Brad Marchand scored with 4:20 left in the first overtime and the Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers 3-2 in the first playoff game in 40 years between the Original Six teams.
Marchand, Boston's top goal scorer in the regular season, got his first of the postseason on a pass from Patrice Bergeron. Marchand had carried the puck up the right side, passed it to Bergeron and kept going toward the net. Bergeron passed across the slot and Marchand tipped it past goalie Henrik Lundqvist from the left side of the crease.
The Bruins carried the play throughout overtime. They applied constant pressure, but couldn't score during a power play when Derek Dorsett was penalized for interference at 2:20 of overtime.
Boston nearly won in regulation, but Johnny Boychuk's shot from the right point clanged off the left post with one-tenth of a second remaining. Then he hit the left post at the other end of the ice at 6:34 of overtime.
Zdeno Chara gave Boston a 1-0 lead at 12:23 of the second before Ryan McDonagh tied it with 1.3 seconds left in the period. Derek Stepan put the Rangers ahead 2-1 just 14 seconds into the third period, and Torey Krug tied it on a power play with his first NHL goal in four career games.
Game 2 of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals is set for Sunday night in Boston.
Both teams advanced with Game 7 victories Monday night. The Bruins overcame a three-goal deficit with 11 minutes left in regulation and beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Bergeron's goal in overtime. The Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 5-0 behind Lundqvist's second consecutive shutout.
On Thursday, the Bruins played without three injured veteran defensemen: Andrew Ference, Dennis Seidenberg and Wade Redden. Three rookies started on defense: Dougie Hamilton, Matt Bartkowski and Krug, who was called up from Providence of the AHL after Seidenberg was hurt early in the first period Monday night.
The Bruins ended Lundqvist's shutout streak at 152 minutes, 23 seconds when he gave up a Chara's soft goal. Lundqvist appeared to have a good view of the 50-foot slap shot from just in front of the middle of the blue line and got a piece of the puck, but it trickled by him.
That lead nearly held up through the second period. But when Boychuk passed it from in front of his net to Tyler Seguin in the right circle, Rick Nash hit Sequin's stick and the puck went to McDonagh at the left point.
McDonagh's rising slap shot soared over the right arm of goalie Tuukka Rask. Stepan then made it 2-1 on a 30-foot shot from the slot through Rask's legs, two goals in 15.3 seconds.
Krug tied the game with teammate David Krejci in front of the net trying to screen Lundqvist. The shot from just inside the top of the left circle went under Lundqvist's left arm.


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The Union-Tribune's Christmas Massacre of December 2007 is still producing bloodshed. The Copley Press, aided by a high-powered consulting firm, is contesting unemployment claims filed by a small group of ex-employees who took a buyout after concluding they would be fired.
There is mayhem throughout the newspaper industry, but there seem to be few precedents for what the U-T is doing. "I have not been made aware of other employers fighting unemployment claims," says Linda Foley, president of the Newspaper Guild in Washington, D.C. What Copley is doing is "unusual, and it's unusually cruel. This is not a worker-friendly industry, especially at the moment. This is a new level of cruelty. It's just mean."
Bernard Lunzer, secretary-treasurer of the national guild, says, "This is the first I have heard of this issue. I am not aware of companies hiring outside firms to resist unemployment [claims], but it could be happening. It is certainly wrong."
Copley's motivation is most likely economic. Employers pay into unemployment pools, but a company tapping the system more frequently has to pay more, rather like the way a person responsible for an auto accident has to pay higher insurance premiums. However, the ex-employees are puzzled, because there are probably fewer than 20 who are still trying to get unemployment compensation that they feel is owed them. Possibly the company is planning more buyouts and layoffs. That would hardly be surprising. It may be another indication that ownership is trying to slash costs to sell the company. Also, since the Copley Press has been known for its hostile employee relations, some think spite may be a motivation.
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The warfare began December 3, 2007, when the company suddenly announced a "Voluntary Separation Program," warning that it needed to cut costs and this was just one step in the process. The company listed the number of jobs it wanted to eliminate (for example, nine news reporters would be axed) and said that if enough volunteers didn't take buyouts, there would be layoffs, which there ultimately were. There was this verbiage in a "frequently asked questions" sheet: "Will I be eligible for Unemployment Insurance through the State?" Answer: "Unemployment is between you and the state. However, in our past experience with a 'voluntary' separation, people have not received Unemployment."
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When pondering the 2007 buyout offer and whether they would qualify for unemployment compensation, employees did their homework. One found in the State's regulations that for a termination to be deemed voluntary, the unemployment claimant must be the "moving party, or the person who places into motion the chain of events that is responsible for the termination." That was hardly true of employees who were handed the Hobson's choice December 3. Still, the Employment Development Department kept telling this employee loudly and rudely that the termination was a "voluntary quit." But "I don't believe it's a voluntary quit when the company walks you to the edge of the gangplank and says, 'Here is your choice: jump or be pushed,' " says this former employee, who received some unemployment payments and was forced to return them and pay a 30 percent fine. (A young, low-level employee, who got a pittance for a buyout, allegedly got three checks for $450 each, then was told to return them along with a 30 percent fine. I wasn't able to reach that person.)
Because the company specified how many heads it wanted chopped, "Clearly we were targeted; it was clearly a forced workforce reduction, but that was not satisfactory to the [Employment Development Department]," says another, who didn't fight after being turned down by the State.
Craig Rose, an excellent business reporter, had been on a 2004 list of 48 employees who might be laid off if the economy worsened. (The list was supposed to be secret, but few secrets are kept from newspaper people.) "I felt I was targeted," he says. "This was a forced layoff; when you preannounce that you are eliminating people, how is that not a layoff?" Rose, filing a one-week claim, was told that his was a voluntary departure. He has not heard on his appeal. He has landed a good job with the City Attorney's Office and says the appeal is mainly a matter of principle. Rose refuses to discuss his severance package.
"I worked my heart out for that newspaper, and now they're persuading the State to deny us unemployment compensation," says a longtime reporter. "I'll never wear my Union-Tribune watch again."
Peter Zschiesche, director of San Diego's Employee Rights Center, says the State normally looks at a buyout as a voluntary quit, "but there is a precedent decision that basically lays out that this has to be looked at on a case-by-case basis. Nothing fits all. You can get unemployment under a voluntary quit if there is a compelling reason." On behalf of former employees, Zschiesche presents that compelling reason to an administrative law judge. The Employee Rights Center now represents a handful of ex-Copley employees and may take on more.
Chet Barfield, who covered Native American affairs and casinos extremely well for many years, is one that Zschiesche thinks has a good case. A year before the December Massacre, Barfield was reassigned to cover neighborhood stories. "They certainly didn't need somebody with my experience or expertise to do these stories," says Barfield. "I was a senior person near the top of my pay scale" and in a job for which he was overqualified. "A year earlier, when I was Indian affairs specialist and knew more about the tribes and casinos than others, I would have been less vulnerable," he says. But in the December Massacre, "The company had made it clear that it was trying to save money," so he figured he had more than a 50 percent chance of having his head lopped off. He is unemployed and has applied for jobs with no offers. He appeared before an administrative law judge on Tuesday, April 8. There has been no decision, but he is not optimistic. UC eXpress was not at the hearing, although it was listed as a party. Barfield's impression was that he was fighting the Employment Development Department more than he was fighting the Copley representative.
The explanation for the fierce battling of unemployment claims may be that Copley and the State of California are both on the financial ropes. But so, too, are those who took the buyouts with a gun to their heads. Even those who got a year's pay did not reap a windfall. Rose notes that newspapers "were a lucrative industry for the better part of a century; they should share a piece of the proceeds." But Copley has never seen things that way.
More from SDReader
- More stories by Don Bauder
- Tribune Publishing sharpens the ax — Oct. 5, 2015
- Buyouts Didn't Help U-T and Petco — Feb. 1, 2012
- Union-Tribune sold cheap to Platinum Equity — March 10, 2010
- Unhappy Holidays — Dec. 28, 2006
- Helen Copley's Legacy — Nov. 9, 2006
The U-T takes "Draconian" down to a whole new level, they not only destroy their own employees which is no surprise since they have been destroying San Diego for decades reminding me of a painting of "Hell" by Hieronymus Bosch especially after the 2003 and 2007 firestorms created by U-T "Ballot Recommendations" puppeticians like Golding, Murphy and Sanders.
Response to post #1: Bosch was a great artist. The creatures he created were marvelously creative. The ones in hell were especially so. Best, Don Bauder
I went up against an unemployment claims firm in the past-didn't help the employer, they still lost, and were still charged.
To be honest, after the cost to have the firm represent you is calculated, it is probably not much of a savings.
What the UT is doing is nasty. I've been laid off a couple of times and my father, who worked in the steel industry, was laid off a lot! It's never pretty even if given what the employer labels "a choice"! You are most often escorted out the door like a criminal. And as far as the Employment Development Department (EDD) goes, this government agency makes it one of the most demeaning experiences you'll ever go through. The EDD schedules appointments to which you have to arrive early but they make you sit there for an hour or more and you must sit there because if they call you and you don't respond, then you just broke the covenant and there go your benefits! So don't even try to schedule a job interview the same day you have to go to EDD. And good luck trying to have a 2-way conversation with the EDD clerk, they don't listen. I found out that the employer is always right and the unemployed is always wrong. Though I did win my appeal in the first instance, when I got laid off the second time I used my own resources (used all of my savings) until I got a new job rather than go through that disgusting experience again. Unfortunately, not everyone has the means and next time I may not either.
Response to post #3: I can't figure how Copley has much to gain economically from this, because there are so few that are still trying to get unemployment compensation, and so many who filed but who didn't fight when they were turned down. That's why the ex-employees wonder if this is being done out of spite. It's possible the relationship between Copley and the consulting firm is over, because the firm didn't show up at the last hearing. However, since neither company would talk, I have no way of knowing. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #4: I was told by a couple of former Copley people that the EDD bureaucrats were very rude and would not listen. Best, Don Bauder
The UT has a very long history of mistreating employees. I have worked with Chet Barfield, a very good reporter, and I think it speaks volumes about the UT that they have as little respect for their loyal employees as they do for their readers.
It's time for Copley to sell this paper, and bring it out of the bush-league status it has earned in the last few years.
I was told by a couple of former Copley people that the EDD bureaucrats were very rude and would not listen.
EDD people can be very rude, but they are just the opening round. They frequently make major mistakes and the only way to get issues straightened out is to request an administrative review-or even a review by the Superior Court.
Administrative judges are full fledged lawyers and are for the most part are very fair (but there are EXCEPTIONS). Oh, and it is FREE!
If you get a bad administrative judge then you ask for a review by the Superiour Court.
It is actually a fast, effective and simple process.
Response to post #7: The Copley Press has a long history of hostility to unions. It is now rid of most of them, but is battling bitterly with the Teamsters. The company has long had a militaristic, top-down management mentality that has interfered with editorial integrity and impaired productivity, among other things. On the other hand, Copley has generous medical and retirement benefits: the company has both a defined benefit and defined contribution plan. Morale is rock bottom now, as it is at all metropolitan daily newspapers. After all, employees at these papers have grave doubts how long the industry will survive. The Union-Tribune is doing worse than other metro dailies. That complicates the local situation. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #8: At last: a good word for the system. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #2 & 7:
Interesting comment by Scoop recommending that the U-T "bring it out of the bush-league status" which seems to be part of a national cancer considering the U-T Editorial Board has a Bush-Cheney mentality.
As for the consequences of the U-T "bush-league" mentality to our way of life in San Diego, the newest version of Bosch's "Hell" are "Hell in San Diego" icons produced by the U-T and directed by Davies featuring pictures of firestorms.
Response to post #11: Of course the U-T's editorial board has a Bush-Cheney mentality. Locally, it has a Sanders-Peters mentality, which is not much different philosophically and psychologically from the Bush-Cheney mentality. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #18: Wagnerian style world? Wagner wrote some of the most beautiful music ever composed, although he, himself, was a repugnant person. Please don't denigrate Wagner by juxtaposing him with Bush/Cheney or U-T/Davies. It's bad enough that I have a spouse who dislikes most Wagner; I have to wait until she leaves the house to put on Wagner CDs or DVDs. Incidentally, tonight we will be hearing a Flying Dutchman starring James Morris. She does like Dutchman. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #15: Introspection is not encouraged at the U-T. Best, Don Bauder
I wonder how many former and current employees now wish they were still represented by the Newspaper Guild. "We can negotiate for ourselves," they said. Apparently not. Shame on the U-T for their behavior. As a former employee who left by choice in 1994, I am appalled.
Response to post #12:
I know what you are saying Don, and I don't want to knit pick but there is a big difference philosophically and psychologically between the Cheney Bloodsucker mentality and the Sanders-Peters Puppetician mentality. That is to say, Cheney gives orders as the leader of the Neocon establishment using his Bushpuppet, while our San Diego puppets follow orders of their U-T/Davies masters.
Just thought that needed a little clarification so we know the hierarchy of the cast of characters in this Wagnerian style world we live in today.
Response to post #13: I am sure many employees wish the guild were still around. However, across the country, the guild hasn't been able to do much about the massive layoffs in the newspaper industry. At the U-T, the guild might have been able to ease some of the pain by handling smaller issues. The president of the U-T, Gene Bell, is a union hater and buster. I don't think he cares much for employees, either. Best, Don Bauder
gee ruben navarette in his column this week at the UT wrote democrates are needlessly bitter, over made up issues. maybe he should look into the practices of his own employer.
Response to post #18:
Ooops, you have my empathy Don. I also have a most wonderful wife like that, and it's as good as it gets once you realize the superior benefits. At this point in life I fully appreciate more than ever before my wife who is smarter than me (she got a better grade in International Relations than me and has never let me forget it and other dumb things I did back then), especially most thankfully that she has always had infinitely more common sense than me which got us this far alive in the happily ever after mode, and knows what she likes or not.
Sorry about the blasphemy of comparing Wagner with Bush/Cheney or U-T/Davies in the same thought. Would one or more circles of Dante's Inferno be more appropriate and acceptable? However news footage of the Golding/Murphy/Sanders Firestorms have become somewhat iconic representations of the consequences of our U-T/Davies government all by themselves, but outsiders might not be able to relate to this comparison with the same outrage that we have (or should have but people forget the death and destruction too easily on the first day of spring).
Response to post #19: My wife has a PhD in plant ecology -- a tough field. I have a Master's in journalism -- not a very prestigious degree. Best, Don Bauder
I hope my friends & my co-workers in UT Packaging Department will have an interest reading this article (or site) and hopefully wake up and open their eyes and be not afraid to stand up for their rights!Being ignorance & fear are two of our greatest weaknesses, and these are all what they have to bust the union out! Again we should educate the Union Tribune (SKUNK) and tell them " We are not colony of ants they are dealing with human beings, I said HUMAN BEINGS!"I don't know how these people live everyday with words full of lies and what values they have in raising their families & their own kids. Yes, they can run but they cannot hide with their own conscience which I know they don't have either! But all of us has their own mirror(conscience) which we cannot deny, if not they do not belong to us!"Homeland Security is Job Security!!!Truely " They are American Junk!Something stinks @ the Union-Tribune and they are really a SHAME, SHAME & SHAME to America!(goosebumps!)They don't want a good worker in UT. All they want are stupid, ignorant & lazy people in the Packaging Department. "WHAT A SHAME!"These are the kind people we have "Why America Is In BIG CRISIS NOW!" Let's pray for them!!!
I have a Master's in journalism -- .
By dbauder 1:55 p.m., Apr 19, 2008
Don, where did you get your Masters Degree at????
Response to post #21: There is much bitterness and rancor in the U-T packaging department, as exemplified by your message. The company is trying to effectuate deep salary and benefits slashes; the Teamsters are battling management. I hope you can keep us up to date on what is going on there. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #22: University of Wisconsin (Madison) 1961. Got bachelor's in business there, 1959.
Response to post #20 & 23:
maybelar is indeed one of the people we all need to hear more from because the U-T and far too many other businesses are changing the way business is done in America.
We now live in a new era after corruption and greed have passed tipping points in our corporate, legislative, judicial, educational, religious and other most important institutions impacting all of our futures in increasingly Draconian ways.
The era that the Greatest Generation produced for us is over and the window of opportunity for the greatest middle class in history is closing.
I feel your wife has one of the best degrees, biological sciences are what stimulate my curiosity the most today especially since my wife became a cancer survivor.
Response to post #25: Yes, this new era is scary. Greed is out of control. The experiment with a return to so-called free markets has failed. I say that humbly, because I was once a strong believer in the University of Chicago approach to economics. But because it has clearly failed, and led to an dangerously obscene distribution of wealth and income, the U.S. must go back to the old model of regulation, although it has severe limitations, too. Best, Don Bauder
Yes, this new era is scary. Greed is out of control. The experiment with a return to so-called free markets has failed.
The top American hedgefund/private equity CEO made 3.7 billion last year-that is pretty out of control.
This nonsense started with lax regulation in the 80's that allowed dirtbag financiers to destroy small and medium sized American businesses for the greed of the few. If you remember the mid 80's when Michael Milken was by FAR the highest paid fund manager (and basically Milken/Drexel were a private equity fund) made $562 Million personally in one year (1987/88?), which was 63 on the Forbes 500, right in front of McDonalds.
Has only gotten worse, by allowing greedy individuals to loot American companies. Pathetic.
Response to post #27: You are so right. Leveraged buyouts, for example, are a scam. Period. The private equity group takes over a company that is already publicly held by piling debt on the company. The buyers put in a little money. The company is taken private. The buyers pay themselves an enormous dividend, so they have essentially taken no risk. The company goes public a second time, but this time it is loaded with debt. So what has happened? The insiders at the private equity group have amassed great sums of money. The company is now leveraged to the eyeballs. In the current credit crisis, the private equity groups such as Kohlberg Kravis wail that they have no access to capital (essentially, junk debt). That's good. If they were permanently blocked from the debt market, society would be much better off. But they won't be, because they are among the largest donors to politicians -- particularly those on the House and Senate finance committees. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #26:
What is truly amazing is that The Greatest Generation was able to raise the level of Humanity as high as they did. But in spite of all their truly heroic accomplishments the 20th century is now being characterized as the "Savage Century" of war, threats of war and genocide on a scale far greater than all the peoples of ancient Egypt, Persia, Mongolia, Greece and Rome were able to produce combined, due to the "miracles" of modern science and technology in the 20th century.
As the Durants documented in their Lessons of History: "One of the discouraging discoveries of our disillusioning century is that science is neutral: it will kill for us as readily as it will heal, and will destroy for us more readily than it can build."
And as Freeman Dyson said in Imagined Worlds: "The failure of science to produce benefits for the poor in recent decades is due to two factors working in combination: the pure scientists have become more detached from the mundane needs of humanity, and the applied scientists have become more attached to immediate profitability."
Response to post #29: There are several other factors to ponder here. The so-called pure scientists are becoming less in number, largely because they have drifted over to the applied side. The applied scientists have taken over the universities -- curriculum and all. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #30:
So that's why our education system is crashing and burning!
And unless our younger generations can prevail at the polls to protect their own future, so goes our Democracy because Bush-Cheney has shown us how close to dictatorship we can get, and they're not finished yet.
Response to post #31: Young people have been active in the Democratic primary races thus far. It is critical that they show up in November. It looks like they will if Obama is the candidate. If it's Hillary, they may not. Best, Don Bauder
Don, I am sure the FIRST Mrs. Copley would take exception to Helen being a "good person." By the way, the UT was doing business with Talx for YEARS before any of this happened ... at least as early as 1999. Check your facts!
Helen Copley must be laughing in her grave right about now. Remember, it was Helen who recuited union-bustin' I-Dream-of-Genie Bellboy AND the King & Ballow law firm to rough up the employees. When the Guild conspired to stand her up on her annual Christmas party and printed posters of her as a Nazi, she took the gloves off. The newsroom is partly to blame too. They had become so insulated from their fellow UT employees in other departments that it was easy for management to divide, conquer, and union bust. The folks who worked in Circulation, for example, heard loud and clear that the newsies did not care about them or their work.
I guess it pays to be a columnist as opposed to a reporter where we need actual facts. The California EDD, which is the decider of whether a person would get unemployment, approves a great majority of unemployment claims.
I do not know where you get your facts, but UE benefits are contested for the purpose of the employer not getting charged from the fund.
"Contested" UE benefits are NOT routinely approved, and I highly doubt a "great majority" of them are approved, with a great majority being 65-70%.
In the early 90's I had 5 contested UE claims* within a 24 month period. They were ALL reversed from the intitial decision of the State UE Department-either at an administrative hearing or the Superior Court. 4 went my way, one went the employers way.
The UE Dept. has a number of unqualified and incompetent employees working there (at least they did when I dealt with them, I doubt it has changed any, if at all), and even some of the administrative judges were not that bright.
Bottom line-5 claims-5 bad decisions-5 appeals and 5 reversals. All in a 24 month period. That is pathetic.
Response to post #33: The story as I hear it is that an executive of Tribune Co. in Chicago called Helen and told her that he had an executive (Gene Bell) who was very good, but the company had no place for him. When she learned that Bell was a union buster for the Tribune (particularly in New York), she hired him. He also had expertise in printing press operations and saved the company some money by modernizing the process. He arrived in the early 1990s and brought some areas of the paper (accounting, ad sales, finance, credit) up to 1980s industry levels. Human Relations progressed in some areas, regressed badly in others. Circulation was a disaster but the blame lay mainly with technological and demographic factors that are killing metro dailies, although the poor editorial product contributed. The U-T was late to realize that young people were not reading and a tectonic shift was underway. Copley Press bought Midwest newspapers at a time it should have been putting its capital in the electronics age. (This was the fault of La Jolla top management and the board. Some people who had urged such moves got fired.) Helen Copley was a very good person. You are correct that the guild treated her badly; she was very sensitive. Years after her death, the mishandling of personnel relations continues, but it's hard to keep morale up when metro dailies are sinking, sinking, sinking. Best, Don Bauder
Don, Not too sure how good the Wisconsin school of Journalism is, but a small bit of research may have been helpful. I guess it pays to be a columnist as opposed to a reporter where we need actual facts. The California EDD, which is the decider of whether a person would get unemployment, approves a great majority of unemployment claims. In a previous life, I worked in HR in San Francisco, the EDD regularly approved unemployment claims for people who had, in one instance, called in sick 60 times in 6 months. Ask any HR person and they will tell you the same story. But since you didn't check facts before the article, I doubt you will after.
Additionally, as is so common in our newsroom, you seem to be taking statements from unnamed sources as a fact that represent 100% truths. When, in fact, of the 2 people you quoted, Mr. Barfield (a fine journalist and excellent person) admits he was fighting the EDD more than he was fighting the UT. The other one refuses to discuss the terms of his severance. Is it possible that he is embarrassed to be complaining that he received 1 years pay (based on previous stories of yours).
Perhaps your hatred for this company is blinding you from your real anger. It is the State that is denying these people's claim, not the UT.
Our company has a lot of problems, but I still love working here. As a long term employee, I am appalled at what I hear in the newsroom. Rumors get accepted as facts without even looking into it. We are supposed to be journalist for crying out loud.
Quotes from your friends in the newsroom, while getting no comment from UT and Talx (shocking that they would not discuss this with you), and not checking simple unemployment law facts should be embarrassing to you and the Reader.
Fact check just a wee bit before you publish next time.
Response to post #37: The children of Jim Copley's first wife had a big court battle with Helen Copley. There was lingering bitterness on both sides. You may be right that Copley had done business with TALX since 1999. But was that business related to unemployment compensation? UC eXpress was not formed until 2002, when TALX acquired and merged the two top unemployment cost management firms. (Last year TALX merged into Equifax.) As I said in the column, neither Copley nor UC eXpress would speak to me, so it was difficult to check such facts. Also, if Copley had used TALX for whatever reason since 1999, I am not sure that is relevant to the column. If there is a reason why it should be relevant, please let me know. I appreciate your comments. Best, Don Bauder
Don, Once again, facts would be good. Most companies larger than 500 employees are at the highest tax rate for unemployment insurance. I am sure the UT is included in this group. If one of these people were to receive unemployment benefits, it does not cost the company a dime.
Yes their reserve account is charged. But that reserve account is funded at a certain tax rate. Again, most companies larger than 500 employees are at the highest tax rate.
Therefore, for the sake of redundancy, an added unemployment claim, does not equal additional money out of the company's pocket.
Again, facts help. Perhaps calling the EDD before this article would have been in order.
Response to post #39: First, I don't know that Copley has 500 employees these days, although it may. I can't get information from the company. Second, your statement that added unemployment claims do not lead to additional payments does not square with what other people -- who know employment law -- told me. I am not saying you are wrong. I appreciate your criticism. Best, Don Bauder
Don, If, and I stress if, you want the facts, just ask the EDD. Companies have a cap for unemployment tax. I realize that fiction is much more fun and sexy. But I find the truth to be just as interesting. Plus it has the added bonus of being...a fact.
Each additional claim does not add more cost to the company if they are at the maximum tax rate.
Response to post #41: Your point seems to be that in the headline, we should not have had the question mark after the word "Spite." Best, Don Bauder
Yes, Don. The UT has used TALX for years for UC. Now here's the thing: the UT would tell TALX whether or not to challenge the claim on a case-by-case basis. For example, in some instances, people who DID quit voluntarily would file and the UT would want to deny the claim. Someone at the UT, most likely Gene Bell, made the call to deny the current crop. The call would not have been made by HR VP Bobbie Espinosa. Too bad you newsies never left the third floor long enough to make contacts in your own origanzation!
Response to post #43: If you surreptitiously give me your phone number and/or email address, I will call or email you next time such a question comes up. I know several people in HR but the company is not speaking to me. You can send me the information on my email, [email protected], or call me at 619-546=8529. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #23 & #25 (Here is an Update UT INSIDE EDITION Packaging Department)UT got a new logo & a New Owner...but the same old people in the management...same old dirty tricks..with no job description...their policy changes everyday...every year you have a rebidding process and renew your employment status and still you are a temporary/partime with no benefits even though you spent two decades or more of your life time you are nothing, you are not their biggest asset, we the ordinary worker...NO RESPECT...actually they don't need to have a scoop news...this is a FRONTPAGE HEADLINE NEWS! Unsafe...unhealthy & uncomfortable...it is getting worst and worst! A lot of unfair labor practices...taking advantage of this people try to make a living especially now...THIS IS A MODERN SLAVERY! IT IS A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT...more work for less money...so it is less than minimum wage! So "How can you live, build a strong & healthy community of San Diego?" as one of their first moral values....I just say HA-HA-HA and more (LOL!!!)NO LOGIC!


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Introducing ... The Golden Cobra
Last week I had a lovely surprise when one of the usual suspects, Matt, dropped in to visit me at First Pour. Matt has a habit of ordering coffee from roasters across Australia and the globe and occasionally brought in some of the big-name US stuff to us at Maltitude and Maling Room. Last week, he brought me some stuff from Golden Cobra in NSW.
I only got to have a few shots out of the stuff that Matt gave me, so I won't try to give an in-depth description. For now, they will sit on the "must order" list. But I will make a few observations:
- I liked the shots that I puled.
- I was expecting coffee that was lighter in body and higher in acidity, ala Campos, Morgans, Numero Uno et. al. I was surprised to find that the blends sat more closely towards the Five Senses, Veneziano et. al. end of the spectrum, with a rich mouthfeel.
- These guys are terrible at online marketing. Do a quick google and all that you will find is some random blog comments. Their webpage is a work in progress.
- Golden Cobra have managed to seduce several cognoscenti that I know, including one that almost entirely eschews commercially roasted coffee in favour of his own roaster and linea combo at home.
- Apparently one of these guys is ex-Campos. They're at least a year old.
- Their logo is going to make for some really cool branded cups and paraphenalia.
... whoever they are.
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The mystery of Tom Brady's stolen Super Bowl jersey has been cracked.
According to NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy, the FBI and NFL security teams said they had recovered Brady's stolen Super Bowl LI jersey and it will be returned.
Houston police said Monday the jersey was recovered in Mexico along with Brady's jersey from his Super Bowl XLIX win over the Seattle Seahawks. It was taken by the same person, and that person is expected to face federal charges, including but not limited to transporting stolen goods across state lines and outside the country.
"I am happy my jerseys from SB 49 and SB 51 have been recovered, and I want to thank all of the law enforcement agencies involved," Brady said in a statement. "I know they worked very hard on this case — and it is very much appreciated. Hopefully, when I get the jerseys back, I can make something very positive come from this experience."
The NFL said the items were "found in the possession of a credentialed member of the international media." Houston police would say only that the suspect had legitimate access to the Super Bowl but was not a ticket holder. A Mexican newspaper company, the Mexican Editorial Organization, said on Twitter that a former executive from tabloid Diario La Prensa was involved in the case. No further information on the suspect has been released.
Houston police Chief Art Acevedo said the jerseys are now in the hands of the NFL and the FBI in Boston, and efforts are being made to authenticate them.
"We're highly confident that these are the jerseys," Acevedo said. "They're going to end up where they belong, which is in the hands of Mr. Brady and his family and his colleagues."
Houston police had previously reported that the theft would be considered a felony since the jersey was estimated to be worth $500,000. No value has been given for Brady's Super Bowl XLIX jersey.
"It's kind of like a piece of art," Acevedo said. "It can have great value in terms of monetary gain."
He said recovering the jersey was not his department's top priority, but it was important that what was otherwise a successful Super Bowl not be marred by such a theft.
"He came to the wrong state, you know what I'm saying?" Acevedo said. "You don't come to Texas and you don't steal when the eyes of the world are on our state.
"It's a blemish on our Super Bowl," he added. "You don't come to Texas and embarrass us here on our home turf."
The FBI would not comment on the investigation Monday.
The New England Patriots star previously said he was optimistic about the jersey's return.


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Bernie Madoff said he acted alone in perpetrating a $65 billion swindle. Federal investigators aren't taking his word for it.
The Feds are said to be "working around the clock" to freeze $93 million in assets belonging to Madoff wife's, Ruth, in case that wealth stemmed from her husband's fraud, the New York Post reported.
In an exclusive, the Post reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission is in talks with Federal prosecutors in Manhattan and will ask a judge to freeze Madoff's assets as early as next week.
Sources told the paper that they wanted to prevent Ruth Madoff from trying to hide her money.
"You do not need the case to be nailed down, you just need to be able to convince the judge that there is a strong probability that the funds in question came from crime," a source said.
While Mrs. Madoff volunteered to freeze the assets after her husband was arrested, her agreement wouldn't hold any water in court if should she choose to re-neg, the source said.
Ruth Madoff first came under suspicion for having removed about $15.5 million from two wire transfers only days before her husband's arrest.
Her lawyer, Peter Chavkin, declined comment to the Post.
Last week, Bernard Madoff plead guilt to 11 felony counts and was lead away in handcuffs to a detention facility while awaiting sentencing.
He said that his family was not involved in his Ponzi Scheme.


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Olga Engdahl, possibly with a middle name of Wilhelmina, was my grandmother, who I never met. She immigrated in 1907 with her sister Hilma. I believe they were intending to visit an aunt in Montana. I never found Olga in the 1910 census or her aunt's family in Montana.
She married Thurman Allen Poe (or Allen Thurman Poe) about 1919 in Sparks, Nevada, and lived there for many eyars. I found Olga in the 1920, 1930 and 1940 census records in Sparks. I also found an obituary in 1954 when she died.
If you have information about Olga, her family, or the Poe family, I would be interested in communicating with you. I am particularly interested in copies of any documents or photos that you may have, since I don't believe I ever met her.
Therefore if you are interested in collaborating with me on this family, please contact me.
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AOptix Technologies Inc., a Campbell, Calif.-based developer of iris recognition systems and ultra-high bandwidth laser communication solutions, has raised $12.9 million in Series D funding. Northgate Capital led the round, and was joined by return backers Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Clearstone Venture Partners, DAG Ventures, W Capital Partners and Lehman Brothers. The company has now raised over $60 million in total VC funding.
While Gov. Rick Perry's Office of Emergency Management had "generally" ensured that more than $79 million spent between September 2005 and November 2008 was effectively used to combat border crime, the State Auditor's Office found a handful of examples of squad cars, helicopters and other resources that never made it to Texas' southern frontier.
While the ACLU report primarily focused on the activities of border police and sheriff's departments, the auditor's review analyzed spending within the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Governor's Division of Emergency Management, which together received approximately $142.3 million in state and federal funds between the 2006 and 2009 fiscal years.
To date, the agencies have spent just over half of that money, primarily on salaries, equipment and third-party contracts, the auditor's office found.
Those purchases included:
>> A total of 105 new DPS squad cars that were spread across the state rather than along the border. The department sent 106 used cars to border counties.
>> A $7.4 million helicopter that has since been stationed in Austin. DPS redeployed an old helicopter to Laredo.
>> Five new commissioned officers in the DPS Aircraft Division who were assigned to duty stations outside of the state's six border operational sectors.
The department also failed to establish a planned $1 million Rio Grande Valley Border Security and Technology Training Center slated for Hidalgo County, citing insufficient funds, the audit states.
"The (audit) recommendation indicates that resources should be placed in the most critical areas of the border," DPS management said in its response to the report. "We note that the criticality of various areas of the border varies because of a constantly changing threat."
Security products professionals need help promoting their services in this market but do not wish to hire a PR agency for increased media exposure. To help overcome this, Understanding Marketing [on March 17] launched the PR Toolkit, an affordable new e-Book that helps smaller firms generate their own public relations tactics to increase their client base.
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GE Security in Pittsfield is cutting its workforce, likely by more than one-third.
About 430 people work at the plant.
Just before the end of the first shift Wednesday, company officials called workers together to tell them the news: due to a drop in sales, they have to cut jobs.
They asked first for a voluntary reduction, offering severance packages with benefits.
Company spokesperson Michelle May tells TV-5 the number of jobs that will be cut depends on how many people take the voluntary package.
But, she says it's likely more than 100 people will permanently lose their jobs.
Some workers at the plant were already on month-long furloughs.
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VSI Viscount Selected for Obama Hookerbucks Program.
VSI Viscount is pleased to announce the company has been selected by the US Government as the official co-sponsor of the launch of the Obama Hookerbucks program. Attendees to the upcoming ISC WEST Security Conference will receive complementary Hookerbucks at the VSI booth.
As part of the US Government's $3 Trillion budget, the $30 Billion Obama Hookerbucks program is expected to be the key to stimulating the Las Vegas economy. Stephen Pineau, CEO of Viscount, commented, "The public is being screwed by the whole mess anyways so at least this way attendees will have something to show for it."
Gaming revenues decreased 17% for the fourth quarter. The Company's total table games volume (including baccarat) decreased 17% in the quarter, with the overall table games hold percentage near the midpoint of the Company's normal 18% to 22% range in the 2008 period, lower than the 2007 period when the hold percentage was near the top end of the range. Slots revenues decreased 12% company-wide. Rooms revenue decreased 21% as market conditions impacted rates and occupancy leading to a 21% decrease in Las Vegas Strip REVPAR(1). Average room rates decreased 15% at the Company's Las Vegas Strip resorts and occupancy decreased from 93% to 85%.
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Rossy became the first man in history to fly with a jet-propelled wing in 2006.
Here he is in his latest video doing a formation flight with Aerobatics Champion Veres Zoltán in Dubai.
Rossy teases some news in the caption saying "the best is yet to come," and at the end of the clip we see… a second jetpack person! Duh… duh… duhhhhhh….
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Despite their wealth, 41% of high-net-worth individuals worldwide wish they had more self-control over their financial behavior, according to the latest report in the Barclays Wealth Insight series released Monday. HNW individuals in the U.S., however, score low on the need-for-more-discipline scale, the report found.
A need for increased financial discipline is likely to be felt most by those at the wealthiest end of the scale ($16 million +), where 45% of respondents wish they had more self-control. This is despite the report's finding that those who want self-control are less likely to be satisfied with their financial situation.
The report, "Risk and Rules: The Role of Control in Financial Decision Making," is based on a global survey of more than 2,000 high-net-worth individuals, and provides an in-depth examination of wealthy investors from a behavioral finance perspective. It considers the different financial personality traits that exist among wealthy investors and the different self-imposed rules and strategies they put in place to deal with these traits.
Behavioral finance research has gained traction over the past decade. Last year, Dan Ariely, a Duke University professor of psychology and behavioral economics, discussed some of his research findings about how investors make decisions with AdvisorOne.
The Costs of 'Emotional Trading'
The Barclays survey found that emotional trading can cost investors up to 20% in returns over a 10-year period, and showed that those who employed high strategy usage had on average 12% more wealth than those who did not use rules.
Globally, respondents in Asia-Pacific, particularly in Taiwan and Hong Kong, have the greatest desire for financial discipline. In contrast, developed markets show less desire for self-control over financial behavior, as illustrated by respondents in Spain, Australia and the United States
Markets showing the greatest desire for financial discipline:
1. Taiwan
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5. Japan
Markets showing least desire for financial discipline:
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"Many people will be surprised to see that wealthy individuals have a desire for greater financial discipline; however, with increased wealth comes an increased complexity of investment decisions,"Greg Davies, head of behavioral finance at Barclays Wealth, said in a statement. "The key thing that investors
need to consider is how these decisions might fit in with their overall investment strategy, and importantly, how they fit in with their individual requirements, both financial and emotional."
The Buy-High, Sell-Low Trap
In order to understand investment behavior and the pitfalls to which investors may be prone, the report considers three personality dimensions: risk tolerance, composure and promotion vs. prevention.
It reveals an interesting pitfall on the theme of emotional trading, which can tempt investors to buy high and sell low, costing them nearly 20% in lost returns over a 10-year period. Limitations of self-control lead to what the report identifies as the trading paradox.
Globally, 32% of those polled say that trading frequently is necessary to get a high return; however, these respondents are more than three times likelier to believe they trade too much. In total, 46% of respondents who believe they have to trade often to do well think that emotions force them to do this.
This could lead to them to become unable to control how often they trade. Of all the personality types, the most likely to fall into this category are those with low composure, high risk tolerance and a high prevention focus, according to the report.
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Wealthy respondents see the use of rules and strategies in financial decision making as hugely effective. These provide increased financial satisfaction, and are associated with higher wealth levels for those who report wanting more financial discipline. Comparing the group with the highest strategy usage to the lowest strategy usage, the study saw a 13% boost in financial satisfaction and a 12% boost in wealth.
The report shows that investors use many types of strategies to control their decision-making process, and use rules more in financial decision making (89%) than they do in everyday life (72%). The most popular include using cooling-off periods (91%) and setting deadlines (90%).
Delegating to others (72%) and limiting options (64%) are less popular strategies, although both those with inherited wealth and those with an increasing level of wealth are more likely to rely on others and delegate financial decisions.
The report shows that a combination of strategies is most often employed as people tend to take the approach of involving others, being more structured and/or removing temptation.
"If we attempt to follow a fully 'rational' path without self-control, the effects are clear—we will overtrade, and we will buy high and sell low," Davies said. "As a result, we will be less-effective and less-satisfied investors. In order to prevent this, we need to take steps to facilitate our efforts to exert self-control."
He said this can happen only if investors give up something, such as flexibility to respond to market movements with knee-jerk reactions, or a small amount of the performance of the "rational" portfolio in order to ensure that they have a portfolio with which they are emotionally comfortable in the short term.
The report also shows that a desire for greater financial discipline declines markedly with age, from 53% of those aged 45 and under wanting more control over their financial behavior to just 26% of those over 65. This in turn results in less need for the use of strategies. It is also associated with a decrease in stress and an increase in financial satisfaction.


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Scholars scoff at talk of Mayan doomsday
(12-14) 10:56 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The end of the world is nigh, and the Web is alive with warnings presumably prophesied by the Mayan calendar.
Next Friday, at the winter solstice, planet Earth will go out with a bang, not a whimper - done in by a monster black hole, or some other unforeseen violence.
But it's all nonsense perpetrated by a complete misreading of the Mayan calendar or the product of a hoax gone viral, say Mayan and planetary experts.
"It's clear to me that most of the messages are based on what people are seeing on the Internet, and they're seeing hoaxes," said David Morrison, a planetary astronomer at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View.
Rosemary Joyce, a professor of anthropology at UC Berkeley and a leading scholar on the ancient culture of Central America, has read the Mayan calendar texts inscribed on stone tablets, painted on ancient pottery and written on manuscripts now safely held in European libraries.
"The Maya never did predict the end of the world," she said.
The Mayan calendar is confusing to many, she said. It counts long cycles of 144,000 days, with each cycle called a b'ak'tun, or baktun, and the Maya count back epochs over many cycles and then forward for thousands of years. "The ancient Maya had a concept of long, continuous time on their calendar, but never an 'end time,' " Joyce said. "In their calendar this is now the 13th baktun, and it does end on Dec. 21 as the calendar says. But the cycle will then begin again as the 14th baktun, and there will always be another baktun.
"You can think of each cycle like a car's odometer. When it comes to an end, you just reset it," she said.
But whether a misreading of the calendar or a cruel prank, people are believing the end is at hand, and that can have tragic consequences, noted Morrison, who said his e-mail box is besieged this month with inquiries from frightened people.
"I call it cosmophobia," he said. "A teacher in Stockton told me that the parents of two of her middle school students told her last summer that they were planning to kill themselves before the world ends on Dec. 21," he recalled.
Among the predictions he is seeing for Friday: The Earth will be shattered by a wandering planet named Niburu, or by some other "Planet X"; the Earth's rotation will suddenly reverse itself and all humanity will be destroyed; a black hole 30,000 light-years away will suck up the Earth and destroy it instantly; and three days of utter darkness will precede Christmas.
"There is no planet called Niburu," Morrison said. "It was a minor god in ancient Mesopotamian writing, and in some books it's just another fictional planet."
As for Planet X, it's just a term astronomers use for a hypothetical planet in our solar system - as Pluto once was, and so was the dwarf planet now called Eris.
"Niburu and Planet X are the same thing, and neither one exists," Morrison said. "If it were real, astronomers would have been tracking it, and by now it would be the brightest thing in the sky after the moon.
"And a black hole 30,000 light-years away? Nothing that far away could have any effect on Earth at all."
As for the coming three days of darkness before the 21st?
"This crazy idea appeared about a week ago, but now many people are afraid of it," Morrison said. "How do they think we could really have three days of darkness? Will the sun suddenly turn off for three days? It's probably the silliest claim yet made about 2012."
Robert Frost had it right when he wrote: "Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice," but that was a poem to warn that hate was the danger, not some ancient prophecy.
David Perlman is The San Francisco Chronicle's science editor. E-mail: email@example.com


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Judge agrees to add newly released Apple and Samsung devices to upcoming trial
01/16/2013, 08:01 pm
A California federal judge on Wendesday agreed with additional stipulations filed jointly by Apple and Samsung in which each party sought to supplement its case in an upcoming trial slated to begin in 2014.
Apple hit by Belgian product warranty complaint, Russian railway trademark suit
01/15/2013, 07:01 pm
Following in the footsteps of Italian regulators, a nonprofit consumer protection group in Belgium has taken issue with Apple's advertised product warranties, while a Russian rail company has filed suit over an alleged trademark violation.
Samsung files against CAFC review of decision reversing Galaxy Nexus injunction
01/14/2013, 04:01 pm
Late last week, Samsung filed a document with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit outlining why Apple should not be allowed a full panel review of a previous court denial to block sales of the Galaxy Nexus.
DoJ, U.S. Patent Office say sales bans from SEP suits should be a rarity
01/09/2013, 02:01 am
In a joint policy statement issued late Tuesday, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said companies that own so-called standard-essential patents should rarely be allowed to garner sales bans due to infringement findings.
Apple to appeal dismissal of federal FRAND suit against Motorola
01/04/2013, 05:01 pm
Coming on the heels of Google's agreement with the FTC, Apple on Friday filed a notice of appeal with a Wisconsin district court over its FRAND-related suit against Motorola, a case that was previously dismissed after the Cupertino company agreed to licensing terms laid out by the court.
Apple says Samsung should halt US litigation after withdrawing EU complaints
01/02/2013, 05:01 pm
In a response filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on Wednesday, Apple accuses Samsung of filing a motion to strike to avoid "inconvenient facts" regarding company's conflicting decisions to withdraw SEP-related litigation in Europe but continue pursuit of identical claims in America.
ITC judge: Samsung should post massive bond ahead of US sales ban
12/30/2012, 03:12 am
Samsung products found to infringe on certain Apple patents may be subject to a sales ban if the U.S. International Trade Commission affirms and adopts an initial determination filed by one of its administrative law judges, who also recommended the Korean company post a huge bond worth 88 percent of its U.S. smartphone sales.
Apple agrees to drop patent claims against Samsung Galaxy S III Mini
12/28/2012, 04:12 pm
A court document filed on Friday revealed that Apple is dropping all claims against Samsung's Galaxy S III Mini smartphone after the Korean company said it has no plans to formally import and sell the handset in the U.S.
Apple ordered to pay $165K in Chinese copyright dispute
12/27/2012, 05:12 pm
A Chinese court on Thursday ordered Apple to pay 1.03 million yuan, roughly $165,000, to a group of writers who claimed their work was pirated and sold through the App Store.
Samsung sues Apple in Korea over iOS Notification Center
12/22/2012, 01:12 am
Samsung has reportedly launched a new lawsuit against Apple's implementation of the iOS Notification Center, saying that the feature infringes on an active patent.
European Commission slaps Samsung with formal antitrust complaint
12/22/2012, 12:12 am
The European Union's executive body on Friday formally accused Samsung of abusing its dominant market position to gain a foothold in legal disputes being waged against Apple, a complaint the South Korean electronics giant tried to avoid by pulling out of such litigation in Europe.
Apple appeals ruling that shot down Samsung injunction
12/20/2012, 05:12 pm
In a court filing on Thursday, Apple announced its intent to appeal a ruling handed down from Apple v. Samsung Judge Lucy Koh denying a Samsung product ban, saying that the issue will be taken to the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Apple 'pinch-to-zoom' patent invalidated by USPTO
12/19/2012, 04:12 pm
An Apple v. Samsung court filing on Wednesday reveals that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office invalidated Apple's "pinch-to-zoom" patent, a property key to the trial as its claims were the basis of some of the $1.05 billion in damages won by the Cupertino company.
Apple cleared of infringing on Motorola patent in ITC case
12/18/2012, 07:12 pm
A U.S. International Trade Commission judge issued a ruling on Tuesday exonerating Apple of infringing on a Motorola owned patent involving embedded proximity sensors in mobile handsets.
Penguin to settle e-book price fixing allegations with DoJ
12/18/2012, 06:12 pm
Book publisher Penguin on Tuesday proposed a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice regarding an ongoing antitrust investigation related to e-book price fixing, which leaves only Apple and Macmillan as remaining defendants.
Judge denies Apple motion for Samsung device injunction, tosses jury misconduct claims
12/17/2012, 10:12 pm
Apple on Monday was denied a motion for a permanent injunction against Samsung products found to be in infringement of certain design and utility patents, while a Samsung motion for a retrial on the basis of jury misconduct was also denied.
ITC judge clears Apple, Intel, HP of patent infringement allegations
12/14/2012, 10:12 pm
A U.S. International Trade Commission judge on Friday ruled in favor of defendants Apple, Intel and HP in a case pertaining to processor patent technology asserted by X2Y Attenuators LLC, a small technology firm.
Apple and LG cleared of infringing on Alcatel-Lucent patents
12/13/2012, 05:12 pm
A federal jury on Thursday found products made by Apple and LG do not infringe on video compression patents asserted by Alcatel-Lucent's Multimedia Patent Trust, bringing an end to the nearly two-year long case.
USPTO invalidates all claims of 'Steve Jobs' multi-touch patent
12/07/2012, 04:12 pm
A decision published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Monday saw an Apple patent, co-invented by late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, covering multi-touch functionality have all 20 of its claims invalidated after the property was reexamined.
Apple and Samsung meet in first major post-trial hearing following $1.05B jury verdict
12/06/2012, 08:12 pm
The Apple v. Samsung post-trial proceedings kicked off on Thursday when both parties met in Judge Lucy Koh's courtroom to discuss various motions, with Apple looking to garner additional damages while Samsung seeks a reduction of damages and a possible retrial.


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I'm so grateful to have met such wonderful women during the rehearsal process. Some---like Amy Magan, Heather Sokol, and Michelle McNally---I've "known" in the Indy blogging world for a few years. We've Facebooked and Tweeted, and we've even seen each other once or twice. Now I actually know them, along with several other wonderful women.
Watch the whole playlist. Please. Whether you are an adoptive mother, someone with an aging mother, someone who's lost a mother, someone's who has struggled with being a mother, or if you just are or have a mother, there is a woman here you'll connect to. Probably more than one. We really had an amazing group, and every word assures you that you are not alone in this world.
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