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Sameer Kumar
Professor, CenturyLink Endowed Chair in Global Communications and Technology Management : Operations and Supply Chain Management Department
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As CenturyLink Endowed Chair in Global Communi-cations and Technology Management at the Opus College of Business, Dr. Sameer Kumar's energy is focused on providing research leadership and a strong commitment to teaching and service. At the University of St. Thomas, he is the recipient of the "John Ireland Presidential Award for Outstanding Achievement as a Teacher/Scholar 2013". He is an affiliate faculty and graduate faculty member in the Institute for Health Informatics at the University of Minnesota. He has published over 200 archival journal articles and seven books in health care systems applications, supply chain systems modeling, systems engineering, system dynamics, humanitarian logistics, environmental-friendly supply chains, risk management, knowledge management, outsourcing, production and service cost economics, and decision support systems.
Dr. Kumar has received research grants from NSF, the state of Wisconsin, and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. He received the 2000 Star of Excellence Quality Award from Medtronic Corporation for a successful design of an assembly line using PROMODEL Simulation Software. He is the recipient of OMEGA Journal Best Reviewer Award for 2013. He has also received the 2010 Goodeve Medal for the best paper published in the Journal of the Operational Research Society in 2009. Dr. Kumar is active on 10 academic journal editorial boards, associate editor of Decision Sciences journal, regional editor for Americas of Supply Chain Management journal and advisor of a book series "Supply Chain Management, Operations and Systems Engineering" for the publishing firm Taylor and Francis.
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Academic Background
B.S., mathematics, physics and chemistry, University of Delhi (India)
M.S., mathematics, University of Delhi (India)
M.S., computer science, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
M.S., industrial engineering & operations research, University of Minnesota
Ph.D., industrial engineering, University of Minnesota
Research Specialties
- Supply chain management
- Quality management
- New product development
- Production and service cost economics
- Global operations technology management
- Systems engineering and systems optimization
- Risk management
Current Research
- Supply chain modeling and applications
- Process analysis and optimization
- Product design and development
- Health sector operations and economics
- Sustainability
- Decision modeling and applications
- System dynamics
- Outsourcing
- Revenue management
- Humanitarian logistics
Significant Work
V. Jain, G.B. Panchal and Kumar, Sameer, "Universal supplier selection via multi-dimensional auction mechanisms for two-way competition in oligopoly market of supply chain," Omega – International Journal of Management Science, in press.
Kumar, A., V. Jain, and Sameer Kumar, "A Comprehensive Environment Friendly Approach For Supplier Selection," Omega – International Journal of Management Science 42:1 (2014): 109-123.
Katsaliaki, K., N. Mustafee, and Sameer Kumar, "A game-based approach towards facilitating decision making for perishable products: An example of blood supply chain," Expert Systems with Applications 41:9 (2014): 4043–4059.
Kumar, Sameer and T. Havey, "Before and After Disaster Strikes: A Relief Supply Chain Decision Support Framework," International Journal of Production Economics 145:2 (2013): 613-629.
Kumar, Sameer, Steve Teichman, and Tobias Timpernagel, "A Green Supply Chain is a Requirement for Profitability," International Journal of Production Research 50:5 (2012): 1278-1296.
Kumar, Sameer, R. Breuing, and R. Chahal, "Globalization of Health Care Delivery in the U.S. Through Medical Tourism," Journal of Health Communication 17:2 (2012): 177-198.
Kumar, Sameer and A. Nigmatullin, "A System Dynamics Approach To Study the Food Supply Chains – a Case Study," Simulation Modeling Practice and Theory 19:10 (2011): 2151-2168.
Kumar, Sameer and D. Nottestad, "Supply Chain Analysis Methodology – Leveraging Optimization and Simulation Software," OR Insight 28:2 (2013): 87-119.
Southard, Peter B., Chandra Charu and Sameer Kumar, "RFID in Healthcare: A Six Sigma DMAIC and Simulation Case Study," International Journal of Healthcare Quality Assurance 25:4 (2012): 291-321.
Kumar, Sameer and S. Schmitz, "Managing Recalls in Consumer Products Supply Chain – Root Cause Analysis and Measures to Mitigate Risks," International Journal of Production Research 49:1 (2011): 235-253.
Kumar, Sameer, Marietsa McCreary and Daniel Nottestad, "Quantifying Supply Chain Trade-offs: Using DMAIC Six Sigma, Simulation, and Designed Experiments to Develop a Flexible Distribution Network," Quality Engineering 23:2 (2011): 180-203.
Kumar, Sameer and Ken Bauer, "The Business Case for Implementing Electronic Health Records in Primary Care Settings in the United States," Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management 10:2 (2011): 119-131.
Southard, Peter B., Sameer Kumar and Cheryl A. Southard, "A Modified Delphi Methodology to Conduct an FMEA," Quality Management in Health Care 20:2 (April/June, 2011): 131-151.
Kumar, Sameer and Gregory McKewan, "A Six Sigma DMAIC Quality Study for Expanded Role of Nurse Practitioners in the U.S. for Health Care During and Post Hospitalization," Journal of Home Health Care Management and Practice 23:4 (2011): 271-282.
Kumar, Sameer and M. Sosnoski, "Decision Framework for the Analysis and Selection of Appropriate Transfer Pricing For a Global SME Manufacturing Operation – A Business Case," International Journal of Production Research 49:18 (2011): 5431-5448.
Kumar, Sameer and Anthony M. Kwong, "Six Sigma Tools in Integrating Internal Operations of a Retail Pharmacy – a Case Study," Technology and Health Care Journal 19:2 (2011): 115-133.
"Modeling Hospital Surgical Delivery Process Design Using System Simulation: Optimizing Patient Flow and Bed Capacity as an Iillustration," Technology and Health Care Journal 19 (2011): 1-20.
"Managing Risks in a Relief Supply Chain in the Wake of an Adverse Event," OR Insight 24:2 (2011): 131-157.
Hong, Qui S., Linae N. Haggerty and Sameer Kumar, "A Global Supplier Selection Process for Food Packaging," Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management 22:2 (2011): 241-260.
Chandra, Charu, Sameer Kumar and Neha S. Ghildayal, "Hospital Cost Structure in the U.S.A: What's behind the Costs?" International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance 24:2 (2011): 314-328.
Meade, David, Sameer Kumar and Bob White, "Analyzing the impact of management accounting methods on Lean implementation," Journal of Operational Research Society 61:5 (2010): 858-871.
Kumar, Sameer and Anvar Nigmatullin, "Exploring the Impact of Management of Chronic Illnesses through Prevention on the U.S. Healthcare Delivery System – a System Dynamics approach," Information Knowledge Systems Management 9:3-4 (2010): 1-26.
Kumar, Sameer, Patrick Zampogna, and Jennifer Nansen, "A Closed Loop Outsourcing Decision Model For Developing Effective Manufacturing Strategy," International Journal of
Production Research 48:7 (2010): 1873-1900.
Kumar, Sameer, Arun Deivasigamani, and Wesley Omer "Knowledge For Sale - The Benefits and Effects of Off-shoring Knowledge Based Jobs in Engineering, Design and R&D, Knowledge Management Research & Practice 8:4 (2010): 351-368.
Kumar, Sameer and Kenneth F. Bauer, "Exploring the Use of Lean Thinking and Six Sigma in Public Housing Authorities, Quality Management Journal 17:1 (2010): 29-46.
Meade, David, Sameer Kumar, and Kevin Kensinger, "An Analysis of the Impact of the Pareto Distribution on Product Cost Calculations," Journal of Manufacturing Systems 27:4 (2009): 176-189.
Kumar, Sameer and James Wellbrock, "Improved New Product Development through Enhanced Design Architecture for Engineer-to-Order Companies," International Journal of Production Research 47:15 (2009): 4235-4254.
Kumar, Sameer and Danial A. Nottestad, "Flexible Capacity Design for the Focus Factory," International Journal of Production Research 47:5 (2009): 1269-1286.
Kumar, Sameer, Daniel A. Nottestad, and Erin E. Murphy, "Effects of Product Postponement on the Distribution Network: a Case Study," Journal of Operational Research Society 60:4 (2009): 471-480. (The OR Society 2010 Goodeve Medal winning paper for best 2009 paper published in Journal of the Operational Research Society and OR Insight journal).
Kumar, Sameer and John Wilson, "A Manufacturing Decision Framework for Minimizing Inventory Costs for a Configurable Off-shored Product Using Postponement," International Journal of Production Research 47:1 (2009): 143-162.
Kumar, Sameer and Valora Putnam, "Cradle to Cradle: Reverse logistics strategies and opportunities across three industry sectors," International Journal of Production Economics 115:2 (2008): 305-315.
Kumar, Sameer and Kristoffer Kopitzke, "A Practitioner's Decision Model for the Total Cost of Outsourcing and Application to China, Mexico and the USA," Journal of Business Logistics 29:2 (2008): 107-139.
Kumar, Sameer, Thomas Ressler, and Mark Ahrens, "Educating Rational Decision-Makers About Uncertainty Using US Social Security Investment Economics," Journal of the Operational Research Society 58:10 (2007): 1294-1305.
Kumar, Sameer and W. Krob, "Phase Reviews Versus Fast Product Development: A Business Case," Journal of Engineering Design 18:3 (2007): 279-291.
Kumar, Sameer, Daniel A. Nottestad, and John F. Macklin, "A Profit and Loss Analysis for Make to Order Versus Make to Stock Policy – A Supply Chain Case Study," The Engineering Economist 52:2 (2007): 141-156.
Kumar, Sameer and Christine Chang, "Reverse Auctions: How Much Total Supply Chain Cost Savings Are There? – A Business Simulation Model," Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management 6:3 (2007): 229-240.
Meade, David, Sameer Kumar, and Azim Houshyar, "Multi-Period Model of a Simulated Factory with Lean Manufacturing," Journal of Manufacturing Systems 25:2 (2006): 137-152.
Kumar, Sameer and Daniel Nottestad, "Capacity Design – An Application Using Discrete Event Simulation and Designed Experiments," IIE Transactions 38:9 (2006): 729-736.
Kumar, Sameer and Daniel Nottestad, "Integrated Simulation Application Design For Short-term Production Scheduling," IIE Transactions 38:9 (2006): 737-748.
Kumar, Sameer and Michael P. Hennessey, "Generalized Multiple Economy Cost of Living Ordinary Annuities from an Interest Theory Perspective," The Engineering Economist 51:1 (2006): 53-71.
Kumar, Sameer and Helen Addie, "The Hexopater: From Birth to Market-Innovative Product Development Challenges," Journal of Engineering Design 17:3 (2006): 271-289.
Kumar, Sameer and Charu Chandra, "Providing Support to Product Design Group For Achieving Variety Control," Journal of Engineering Design 12:4 (2001): 373-387.
Kumar, Sameer, and Charu Chandra, "Economic Viability of Component Management for a New Design – A Case Study," The Engineering Economist 46:3 (2001): 205-219.
Arora, Sant and Sameer Kumar, "Reengineering: Focus Towards Enterprise Integration," INTERFACES 30:5 (2000): 54-71.
Kumar, Sameer and Sant Arora, "Efficient Workforce Scheduling for a Serial Processing Environment: A Case Study at Minneapolis Star Tribune," OMEGA, International Journal of Management Science 27:1 (1999): 115-127.
Kumar, Sameer and Sant Arora, "Model for Risk Classification of Banks, "Managerial and Decision Economics," The International Journal of Research and Progress in Management Economics 16:2 (1995): 155-165.
Kumar, Sameer and Sant Arora, "Improved Manpower Utilization in Live-run Shift of Newspaper Printing Operations," IIE Transactions 26:2 (1994): 62-75.
Kumar, Sameer and Sant Arora, "Development of Internal Audit and Cycle Counting Procedures for Reducing Inventory Miscounts," International Journal of Operations and Production Management 12:3 (1992): 61-70.
Kumar, Sameer and Sant Arora, "Effects of Inventory Miscounts and Non-inclusion of Lead Time Variability on Inventory System Performance," IIE Transactions 24:2 (1992): 96-103.
Kumar, Sameer and Sant Arora, "Role of Flow Sensors in Reducing Waste in Newspaper," OMEGA, the International Journal of Management Science 20:5/6 (1992): 631-639.
Kumar, Sameer and Sant Arora, "Optimal Ordering Policy for a Multi-item Single Supplier System with Constant Demand Rates," Journal of Operational Research Society 41:4 (1990): 345-349.
Connective Technologies in the Supply Chain. Florida: Auerbach Publications, Taylor and Francis, 2007.
Kumar, Sameer and D. Meade, Financial Models and Tools for Managing Lean Manufacturing. Taylor & Francis, 2006.
Kumar, Sameer and M. Zander, Supply Chain Cost Control Using Activity Based Management. Taylor & Francis, 2006.
Kumar, Sameer, C. Chandra and M. Seppanen. Process Analysis and Improvement – Tools and Techniques. McGraw Hill, 2005.
Parts Management – Models and Applications, A Supply Chain System Integration Perspective. Springer, 2005.
Kumar, Sameer and P. Phrommathed. New Product Development: An Empirical Study of the Effects of Innovation Strategy, Organization Learning and Market Conditions. Springer, 2005.
Kumar, Sameer and W. Krob. Product Life Cycle Management in a Supply Chain Context: A Prescription Based on Empirical Approach. Springer, 2005.
Editorial Advisory Board Appointments
International Journal of Production Research
Strategic Outsourcing: an International Journal
Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Industrial Management and Data Systems
International Journal of Logistics Economics and Globalisation
International Journal of Sustainable Economy
International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance
Supply Chain Forum - An International Journal
Associate Editor for Decision Sciences Journal
Regional Editor - Americas
Supply Chain Management-an International Journal
Series Advisor of a book series
"Supply Chain Integration: Modeling, Optimization and Applications" for Taylor and Francis Auerbach Group
Current Community Relationships
Registered professional engineer, State of Minnesota
Certified manufacturing technologist, Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Certified manufacturing engineer, Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Certified plant engineer, Association of Facilities Engineers
Member, APICS-The Educational Society of Resource Management
Member, INFORMS
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JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - Dangerous traveling conditions for those taking to the roads and the skies Sunday and Monday morning. Flights were canceled and some roads were shut down due to this winter storm.
Red bold letters showed cancellations at the Jackson-Evers International Airport for more than half of all departing and arriving flights.
"Many of our airlines have decided not to risk it and go ahead and leave the planes where they are so they don't ice up and they don't have safety hazards," said Operating Officer for the Jackson-Evers International Airport Bonnie Wilson.
Charlie Baucum drove in from Meridian to the airport. He had been waiting for his daughter to arrive for four hours and there was a possibility the storm will delay her one more day.
"I'm miserable. It's cold out there. I have a daughter in Memphis, Tennessee," said Baucum.
Drivers were also battling the weather, battling icy overpasses and bridges. The Mississippi Department of Transportation has crews working around the clock to keep the roads safe.
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By 8:00 p.m. Sunday MHP troopers had worked 15 wrecks in the Jackson district which includes nine counties. Jackson Police Department reported 10 accidents with injuries.
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I have been updated F/W to Belle OS in my N8-00. I can't believe what Nokia did. My observations:
- slower operation (ex. switching screens),
- random and spontaneous restarts after sending SMS,
- SMS keyboard (vertical mode) is sucks,
- worst access to emoticons and symbols when writing SMS,
- drop-down list (connection/date/time) is sucks,
- etc.
Quo vadis Nokia?
20-03-2012 17:00
Hello my unlucky friend;
It is sad to hear your experience with the new Belle. When not having those problem at all it is almost unreal to read your post.
My only advice is to reinstall and try once more.
Good luck to you and I hope you will be just as satisfied as I am with my N8 and Belle!!!!;-)
20-03-2012 19:55
Thank you for advaice but I think that the reinstall will not give the expected result. Installation of Belle was done by Nokia Suite so I think there was no error.
06-04-2012 0:24
06-04-2012 1:17
06-04-2012 4:24
Your list:
- slower operation (ex. switching screens),
- random and spontaneous restarts after sending SMS,
- SMS keyboard (vertical mode) is sucks,
- worst access to emoticons and symbols when writing SMS,
- drop-down list (connection/date/time) is sucks,
I had similar problems after updating an N8 to Belle. I decided (based on feedback from Nokia Care) that it needed to be brought back to Nokia to have everything installed again as if it was new. With nothing left to lose, I did a full backup, and then removed any programs that I suspected might be causing problems - especially the SPB data monitor utility. I figure I could always re-install the programs, which I'd have to do anyway if it went back to Nokia. Anyway, doing this corrected the random restarts, and switching screens became butter-smooth.
The SMS vertical keyboard is what it is - it's nicer than the old Anna screen, but not as nice as the iphone screen. After a few days of using it, it feels quite natural (to me). It's a trade-off. There is no "one size fits all".
Emoticons, drop down lists, and many other things that are missing.... if I only had one N8, and it was running Anna, I'd leave it alone, unless the features you'll be losing don't matter to you. As it is, I've got two of the critters, and I'm leaving one alone with Anna (in case the problems don't get fixed), and am still using the Belle phone for daily use. For someone who doesn't use all the high-tech stuff the N8 is capable of, I think Belle will make the N8 seem like a nicer phone. You've just got to decide what matters most to you - form, or function.
You can skip towards the last page or so of this thread to see the full list of things we are hoping Nokia corrects:
06-04-2012 5:22
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06-04-2012 22:21 - edited 06-04-2012 22:23
Suggestion - you can try the same thing I did. I was expecting to have Nokia Care Center re-flash the phone. This obviously means *everything* on the phone would be gone. So, you've got nothing to lose!
Do several backups, on the memory card, on your PC, using Nokia Suite, and also PC Suite. One of those should bring back all your data.
Next, back up your contacts and photos someplace safe, using any method you want. Check out "PhoneCopy" as one place to store a backup.
Now, look at all the programs you've got installed, and start removing them, one by one. Get rid of anything you don't need first. You can do this all at once, or in steps.
Remove the memory card from the N8. All you've got left now is your phone, no cables, no memory cards, nothing.
Turn off bluetooth, and try to make sure everything is at the default settings. No Wi-Fi, no nothing.
Look at the list of installed software, etc. If it's not absolutely necessary, dump it. Change back to a standard "theme", and standard everything-else. Look around until you are satisfied that you're back to a new phone, un-modified. You'll never get all the way there, but maybe you won't have to.
Long before I finished removing software, my N8-Belle got over whatever was ailing it, and started behaving properly once again. Maybe you too will be lucky enough to remove whatever it is that's messing the phone up.
(I suspect it's not Belle, but rather something else on the phone that doesn't play nice with Belle.)
07-04-2012 19:29
i updated my Nokia N8-00 last night with Nokia Suite and symbian Belle was successfully installed in it. .
It worked for few hours and i installed few applications from Nokia Store and was everything fine. .
But suddenly in the morning my phone switched off and never started again. . I treid to start but only Nokia was appearing on the screen and it was unable to boot further. . right now i gave the phone in Nokia Care, they told it takes around 10-12 days to get the phone back from Company. .
Kindly guide me for the problem as i am completely helpless without my Phone working. .


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Jason Shaver enters his sixth season as the voice of the Wolves after being named the team's play-by-play announcer in August 2008. Prior to joining the organization, the 41-year-old Shaver served as the director of broadcasting for the American Hockey League's Houston Aeros during the 2007-08 season and worked as the director of corporate sales and broadcasting for the AHL's Iowa Stars during the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons.
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North and South Malls, Webb Center
An opportunity to "talk back" to popular media images that promote impossible beauty standards and tell us our bodies are not good enough. Read what others have written and write your own reactions to the advertisements on display.
Co-sponsored by: Fashion Association
October 22
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
EveryBody is Beautiful Photo Shoot
Front Lobby, Webb Center
Boost your self-esteem by participating in our EveryBody is Beautiful Photo Shoot, Talk Back Wall, and Operation Beautiful. Pick up information about positive vs negative body image, how to be a critical viewer of the media, and resources for help with eating disorders.
Co-sponsored by: Fashion Association
October 24
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Love What Your Momma Gave You
Portsmouth Room, Webb Center
Ever noticed that advertisers are always telling us that we're not good enough the way we are naturally? Having a hard time living up to the impossible standards set by the "beauty industry"? This workshop will help you to appreciate the body you were born with and find ways to talk back and make a difference.
October 24
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North Café, Webb Center
Forensic artist, Gil Zamara, who created the perspective sketches for Dove's Real Beauty campaign, will be on campus to help create a discussion about how we see each other and ourselves.
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"A group of us have a heart to see things in the world made new and better, and have a heart for people who do not have clean water across the world. So we decided to run to raise funds to instill a clean water system in Rwanda through the organization, "charity: water." CustomInk has always been our first choice to help us raise awareness for this cause. The blue shirts popped out beautifully against the fall colors of Central Park in NYC where the 10K race was held. We went out to celebrate afterward, all of us sporting our bright shirts. We will continue to wear these to raise awareness for this great organization and cause."


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Local Expert: Capt. Tom Migdalski
Fishery: Diamond and metal jigs are deadly for striped bass when fished in rips off southern New England. Productive rips occur where a swift current hits and sweeps over reefs or shoals in bait-rich areas. Comparatively calm water — called the "sweet spot" — occurs at the base of the up-tide side of the structure. Predators hold here to conserve energy and then rocket up to grab a baitfish or jig. The best reefs are long, narrow and situated perpendicular to the current flow, creating ideal conditions and the most fishable water.
Primary Species: During peak season, striped bass, bluefish and occasionally weakfish inhabit most rips off Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Favorite Depths: Metal jigs are effective in inshore rips as shallow as 15 feet to offshore rips as deep as 150 feet. Try a 4-ounce jig in the shallows and an 8-ounce model at depth. I prefer nearshore reefs that ascend from 35 feet to 25 feet in a short distance.
Favorite Jig Design/Type: I like metal jigs in which the weight is equally distributed. The flattened and elongated shape and central weight distribution allows them to flutter downward like a wounded baitfish yet wobble seductively when retrieved.
Preferred Rigging: When bluefish are present, use four feet of 80-pound mono leader and a 4- to 6-ounce diamond jig with an 8/0 circle hook fished off a tail barrel swivel. When only stripers are present, try a 5-ounce metal jig with a 4/0 assist hook rigged off the front swivel.
Tackle: For light jigs (4 ounces) fished in inshore rips (15 to 50 feet), I use a 6-foot-6-inch Lamiglas Tri-Flex rod rated at 12 to 25 pounds matched to a Shimano Tekota 500 levelwind reel.
Deployment Tricks: Run up-tide of the reef and drift back toward the rip line. Quickly free-spool your jig until it bumps bottom, then immediately start your retrieve, taking 10 turns and then dropping back down again. It's important to keep the line vertical. Single hooks and mono leaders are best; wire leaders don't work as well, and trebles hang bottom.
Extra Nugget: Capt. Ricky Mola, owner of Fisherman's World tackle center in Norwalk, Connecticut, pioneered circle hooks on metal jigs to prevent deep hooking.
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Mode Studios CEO Colleen Bonniol expresses her pleasure in welcoming Sean to the Mode family. "Sean Cagney has worked as a critical member of our team on several of our biggest shows. We're so pleased to represent him now for all his commitments and to provide him a powerful production resource."
Cagney will be helping to establish Mode Studios in New York City. He will be providing creative direction, design, and programming services for the local NYC market and for most of Mode's touring applications.
"The addition of Sean in NYC is just the beginning of a major Mode presence we intend to build in the city. In the coming year we're going to look at growing this part of our business aggressively," Bonniol explains.
"It's just got a great feeling about it all," comments Cagney. "I've always looked forward to working on Mode projects, and it's a huge honor to be named as one of the creative people in that team. This is gonna rock."
Sean is known for blurring the lines between disciplines in our industry. He's pioneered programming techniques for interactive integration of audio, video, lighting, and show control.
"My approach is one total show, everything is part of the canvas. "
Sean Cagney's recent credits include Blue Man Group productions worldwide; Total Request Live at MTV Networks; Sinatra Live at the London Palladium; Nickelback's 2007 All The Right Reasons Stadium Tour; Deuce on Broadway; History Boys on Broadway; Baby Phat at Radio City; Kanye West's latest album release; and numerous brand and corporate events for Jack Morton World Wide.
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Deeming the Bedford Hills train depot next door, both historic treasure and important community resource, First, however, professionals must figure out just who owns it.
And if you think the answer is either obvious or easy to find—that it's simply, say, the people offering to sell the station—you just might be wrong. That's among the reasons why Bedford has asked the experts at Chicago Title Insurance Co. in White Plains to do an exhaustive search.
Their search will span a century and a half of sometimes-colorful railroad history, combing the dusty ledgers of railroad robber barons and the microchip entries of corporate shell companies. When it ends some time this summer, town officials hope, they will know whether the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or someone else, has the legal right to sell the station and six-plus acres of surrounding land.
The MTA, successor to the Penn Central as a provider of commuter rail service locally, does not own the Bedford Hills station. Instead, it leases that property and other suburban stations from a holding company that ultimately wound up with assets of the bankrupt, short-lived Penn Central commuter railroad.
Nevertheless, the MTA last year rang up Bedford Supervisor Lee V.A. Roberts, asking whether the town wanted to buy the building and its associated property for $655,000. Town officials—struggling with a bad economy, declining revenue and new tax-cap spending restrictions—initially passed. Later, however, they reconsidered, citing such things as the station's rich history, the needed parking it afforded and the rental income—real and potential—it generates.
Indeed, Town Comptroller Ed Ritter estimated the station could be paying for itself after only three years. Bedford would finance the station's purchase with $300,000 from the town's fund balance, or working capital, essentially making it a "loan to ourselves," Ritter said. The balance, $355,000, would come from a long-term bond, he said, and be retired with station rents. Only nominal tax money would be needed, he estimated, and only for three years, at that.
Ritter sketched out that financing scenario in an interview two months ago, when the town board was just beginning to openly consider the station's acquisition. At the time, in response to a reporter's question, he downplayed any suggestion that the title search was simply a formality, predicting instead that it likely would be complex.
Ritter was right.
For much of the 20th century, commuters at Bedford Hills boarded trains of the New York Central Railroad, which owned that station from 1904 until its merger, in 1968 with the Pennsylvania Railroad. Their joint venture, the ill-fated Penn Central, filed for bankruptcy just two years later. But by then, keeping track of station ownership was akin to following a pea hidden under moving shells. Here's how those shells appear to have moved:
Shortly after the merger, the railroads become formally known as the Penn Central Corp. Soon, however, other entities like the Penn Central Transportation Co. and Penn Central Holding Co. form. Along with the original parent company, they merge, swap stock, trade places. By the time bankruptcy overseers arrive at the scene of the corporate train wreck, Penn Central Corp. is not even in the picture. Instead, highballing down the tracks with a suitcase full of assets, it is pursuing a bright new future in real estate and insurance, among other things.
In 1994, the erstwhile Penn Central Corp. changes its name to American Premier Underwriters and becomes part of the American Financial Group (does the name Carl Lindner ring a bell?). In 2006, American Financial sells its rail assets to a holding company—Midtown Trackage Ventures LLC, which includes Midtown TDR Ventures LLC—where they appear to reside today.
The MTA operates under a lease with Midtown Trackage that runs to 2274 but includes an option to buy in 2019. "We're going to try to sell it to the town as if we owned it," an MTA spokesperson, Marjorie Anders, said in trying to explain how the agency could put on the block something it did not own.
"It would start out as a lease," she said, "and if the MTA actually bought it, [Bedford] would own it."
Lee Roberts, for her part, said the town will do nothing until Chicago Title completes its search, expected to take four to six weeks.


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Reflection did have an engine problem but at times it was still cruising at 18kts and meant one more sea day and missing Rhodes but it did mean we had extra time in some ports e.g. Piraeus which allowed for visiting Athens in the evening.
The extra sea day was a little rougher than all the other days but it was only a short sea and did not cause me any nausea. (I'm not immune to sea sickness but and have survived a Force 10 across the Bay of Biscay on P&O Aurora) I spent time in the very pleasant sky lounge with great views of the coast.
Entertainment was excellent particularly if you stayed for the whole show. The cruise entertainment was the weakest part so not seeing too much of him was not a problem. Comedian not my cup of tea but the "youngsters" who gave us three shows were first class. They were backed up by a variety of specialist performers of which the tenor with his West End musical experience was my favourite (although amplification was a little too high.
As we visited a large number of ports boredom was not on the agenda and the few sea days were a time to recuperate from the very busy exploring (mostly on DIY excursion)of the fantastic sites eg Ephesus, Rome, Capri and others.
It was really good not to have too many announcements in the cabin but if you wanted to hear these it was simply a question of switching on the TV and tuning into Channel 5(I think).
We were kept informed of our engine troubles both by announcements and some typed information delivered by our steward and as I am not a marine engineer I was not interested in the intricacies of the issue just that of safety.
This cruise was suitable for those people who were interested in exploring ancient parts of Europe with other interesting opportunities for the natural world as well as shopping. If you are wanting 24hour entertainment other cruise lines might be more suitable.


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Is there a way to get a list of all the subscribers to a particular blog? I don't see that option in the Analytics package.
Hi Patrick! This is a great question. I have a similar question myself. I'm going to watch this post!
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I don't see anything directly in the API at first glance (which doesn't mean it's not available - I just don't know for certain if it exists).
It appears the stored procedures in place are written for the logged-in individual to see their own subscription status (and subscribe or unsubscribe), and then one that returns a bulk batch of email addresses which I assume is implemented by the job scheduler when it sends out the notifications of new posts for the blog.
If you need to do some quick adhoc reporting and have access to your database:
It looks like the subscription information is stored here: te_Blog_BlogSubscriptions
And you can get a list of emails with this SPROC: te_Blog_BlogSubscription_GetEmails
If you are using Analytics 4.0 you could create a velocity extension that would then call this sproc and return the email address count for the blog in question. Then you could create a widget that displays this data and add it to any page. For a richer set of results, you could query the table above and return a set of results with blog names, counts, etc.
Not supported and not via the API, but looks like that is the location of the data.
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Carl is a six year old Poodle mix.
He may have some Schnauzer in him.
He arrived at Pima Animal Care in mid-July, looking like he had been out running in the desert for some time.
His fur was matted and brown.
Teddy's Dog House Grooming gave him a bath and "supercut!"
Carl had a family once.
He likes to take walks and he is very friendly toward people and other animals.
He has a microchip, but shelter workers could not locate his owner.
Please visit Carl at Pima Animal Care, 4000 North Silverbell Rd. to see if he would fit into your family.
While you are there, look around.
There are so many animals who need homes.
If we each do our part, we can make a difference.
The fee to adopt Carl is $50. That includes his vaccinations.
For more pictures of Carl, go to Ted Hewitt Photography's Facebook page.
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Will another page be written in this fairy tale NCAA tournament tonight? Preview the match ups here!
Fearless picks for tonight's games, including the underdogs Cornell and Washington pushing their games to the wire.
Bubble Saturday pits UCONN and South Florida and well as UTEP and UAB in must win games for everybody. In Charlottesville, Maryland looks to avoid a let down against Landensburg's Cavaliers.
Bubble teams UCONN and Notre Dame meet in South Bend, Big 12 powers look to lock in top seed, and Duke and Maryland battle for ACC crown.
Freeman out for Georgetown as they face WVU, Utah State looks to make it 14 in a row, and everyone wondering if Texas is going to show up for the game tonight.
Northwestern and Marquette try to stay on the bubble, while Duke goes for it's 6th straight game.
Today's BracketBuster Picks
Evan Turner and the Buckeyes host Robbie Hummel's Boilermakers. Meanwhile, Kansas St. takes on Nebraska in the heartland and UNLV and Utah battle out west.
Jones and South Florida look to stay on the bubble, while point guards Kalin Lucas and John Wall look to avoid upsets away from home.
Another Big Monday is here! Reynolds' Wildcats, Vasquez Terps, and Collins' Jayhawks all face tough conference foes.
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DescripciónPocketGuide, the world's leading audio city guide application, gives you tours by voice, revealing the best stories, insider hangouts and must-see sights in close to 100 major cities and tourist destinations. The app determines your location and a recording of your personal tour guide describes where you are – you don't need to touch your phone or read from the screen. All the tours are developed by local experts who know their cities inside-and-out. You can choose from different themed tours, or just wander around the city and let PocketGuide inform you when an interesting site is nearby. The app can also record your trip: With one click you can create an amazing 3D video of the sights you see on your travels.
You can use the GPS-activated voice tours for free as long as your phone is online, but that means you will have to pay roaming charges. If you pay to download the tours, you can use them offline, and save on the cost of roaming. We charge a small fee for downloading the offline features because we need to reimburse the tour guides and cover our development costs. Other features you can get for free include a map that works offline and free use of the 3D tour.
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Two warriors took to the Octagon last night (March 2, 2013) as Pride legend Wanderlei Silva returned to Japan to take on former WEC light heavyweight champion Brian Stann at 205 pounds in the main event of UFC on Fuel TV 8.
It was a bout between two of the most ferocious and powerful stand-up strikers on the UFC roster, and it delivered in one of the wildest two-round fights in UFC history.
The normally reserved Japanese crowd had a Brazilian contingent chanting Silva's name to get things started and both men came ready to bang as Stann stalked the former Pride champion down. You knew exactly what type of fight this was going to be once Stann stepped forward with his first right hand as Silva got backed into the fence and began swinging with reckless abandon like a cornered animal. Both men traded massive blows and the crowd went wild as Silva threw some of his patented knees and both men exchanged heavy hooks from the Thai collar position with Stann hurting Silva pretty badly.
Undeterred, "The Axe Murderer" cleared the cobwebs by changing levels and looking for a takedown but the second he had recovered, they separated and went right back to war. Silva nodding to Stann as if motioning for him to bring it on as both men again traded massive blows with Stann once more gaining the upper hand and rocking the former Pride champion.
Silva again survived by clinching and perhaps got a bit lucky with a low blow from Stann to help him recover even more. After another minute on the feet, they both exploded with a violent exchange that saw both men blast each other with massive shots. Silva wound up on his back with Stann bleeding all over him from top position while dropping some punches.
Both men came out much more reserved in the second round, and why not? They had spent a ridiculous amount of energy in the opening frame and they deserved a breather.
Silva began to turn the tables however, taking the center of the cage away from "The All-American" and changing the momentum of the fight, throwing a nice lead right hand and a head kick to keep him honest. With Stann now forced to fight a bit more defensively, the Brazilian legend stepped inside with a beautiful right hook followed by a left which dropped the former marine.
With Stann hurt on the ground and covering up, Silva dropped huge looping right hands to put his lights out as the Japanese crowd lost its collective minds.
For Brian Stann, he deserves credit for fighting Wanderlei Silva's fight, charging forward and making for one of the most entertaining bouts in recent memory. Stann had his moments, hurting Silva on several occasions but he was a bit too wild and he allowed "The Axe Murderer" to recover with a takedown attempt or a clinch both times and then he made matters worse for himself with a poorly timed low blow which allowed Silva to recover even more. Once he stopped being the aggressor and taking charge in the second round, he was in trouble as Stann is simply not a counter puncher and it was only a matter of time until he ate a bit shot from Silva.
Stann will fight again as long as he wants to. That was an unbelievable performance that fans will be raving about when "Fight of the Year" debates go into affect. He'll be dropping down to the middleweight division again and don't be surprised to see him square off against someone like Tim Boetsch. If that's too high up the food chain, opponents like Stanislav Nedkov or Andrew Craig would make sense.
For Wanderlei Silva, he somehow channeled that old school "Axe Murderer" inside him and put on one of the wildest and most entertaining performances of his entire career. Yes, he got hurt on multiple occasions in the opening round, but his survival instincts were fantastic as he was able to close the distance and hang on to Stann until the world stopped spinning. Silva got his licks in during that insane first round as well, and while he didn't get the better of all the exchanges, he did some good damage, busting up Stann's nose both inside and out with a nasty cut on the bridge.
In the second round, as Stann fought more reserved, Silva took the initiative and this was where the tide turned in the fight. Instead of constantly having to back up and fight reactionary, SIlva went to his roots which was being the aggressor, moving forward and trying to find that opening to connect the fight-finishing blow. It started with a lead right hand, then a bit later it was a head kick. Finally Silva stepped inside with a hook combination which sent his opponent reeling to the cage floor and once the Brazilian's finishing instincts kicked in, Stann didn't stand a chance.
In all honesty, there's no better storybook ending for Silva than to call it a career after returning to Japan and winning the main event in devastating fashion, as my colleague Jesse Holland suggests, but we all know he won't. Silva wants to keep fighting and after a performance like last night, who am I to tell him to stop?
If he keeps chugging along, bouts against the likes of Brandon Vera, Jimi Manuwa or James Te Huna would probably all be very entertaining slugfests.
For complete UFC on FUEL TV 8 results, including blow-by-blow, fight-by-fight coverage of the entire event as well as immediate post-fight reaction click here, here and here.


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An update now, to a story we brought you recently about a little boy facing a leg amputation, due to Proteus Sydrome.
As you can see, 2 and 1/2 year old Trey Mills has an infectious smile and bubbly personality... we first introduced you to him six weeks ago, before the Tee's Fore Trey golf tournament to raise money for mounting medical bills.
And look at this!
Just three weeks after the surgery to remove his left leg, Trey is still all smiles.
Mom Summer Crewsonberry says her little boy is getting along well. She's says he's slowly healing and is back to his normal, happy spirits. Trey will be fitted for his prothetic leg in five weeks.
We'll keep you posted and follow up with Trey after he gets his new leg.
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It is the kind of commute to work a lot of people dream of. The steps that led Edsel Hammond through the door started naturally enough.
"I grew up with my father who was a body man, my grandfather was a mechanic and owned his own gas station in Shelburne," he said.
And with a name like Edsel, becoming a mechanic seemed like destiny.
Edsel Hammond: My parents had a 1958 Edsel that I was named after.
Reporter Julie Kelley: Isn't it one of the worst cars ever?
Edsel Hammond: It depends on who you talk to.
He laughs easily, and after more than two decades working on cars, knows his way around a shop.
"When I tell people, 'Listen, you should really get to know my blind mechanic.' They're like, 'Your what?'" Brian Therrien said.
"If I look right at you I don't see anything," Edsel explained. "I have what they call central scotomas, where I can't see anything. If I look to the side a little bit I can see kind of a blurred, like an old grainy television and some of your outline, but I don't see any details."
In the world of fixing cars, the details are everything. Edsel knows; when he first started in this business he could see.
He is more systematic about things these days and uses touch to tell his tools apart and work on cars. He lost his eyesight to a rare degenerative disease in his mid-20s.
"I woke up one morning and the eye that had the spot in it was completely black. I couldn't see anything out of it. And then the other eye was starting to have issues and that was very scary," Edsel said.
He was 24 and had two young sons. Today, at 45, he uses a closed captioning TV to identify tools and to read customers receipts. Fifteen years ago, family and friends helped him build the garage next to his house in Charlotte. A small Edsel Sales and Service sign is all the advertising he does.
"When I have new customers I always tell them that I'm visually impaired in case they hadn't heard. Just to let them know in case they had issues with it," he said. "So far nobody has had any issues with it!"
Brian Therrien has known Edsel since elementary school. He hesitates when we asked if he would recommend Edsel to other people.
"I don't want too many other people to know about him; he's like a little gem. If he gets busy then he's going to raise his rates," Therrien said with a laugh.
"Life's short. You have to have fun with life and you just have to get through it!" Edsel said.
Which is why he hasn't completely given up driving!
Julie Kelley: You've never gone over the hill, hunh?
Edsel Hammond: Over the wall... yes, yes I have, quite a few times. Sometimes I'll just drive around the lawn and come back around.
A man who sees obstacles and doesn't let them get in the way of living a good life here in Vermont!
Edsel says he got to spend a lot more time with his two sons after he lost his eyesight because he could no longer work at the dealership. He says his boys helped out a lot around the house and shop. Today, both of them have followed in their father's footsteps and are mechanics.
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(RNN) - One hundred years ago today, the world's largest luxury ship - the RMS Titanic - set off on its maiden voyage and sank into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. In its wake came changes to the ways cruise ships handle safety and security - with many of those laws still exercised today.
The Titanic set off from Southampton, England on April 10, 1912. After brief stops in Cherbourg, France, and Queenstown (now Cork), Ireland, it continued to its final destination of New York City – but it hit an iceberg in the north Atlantic and sank about three hours later on April 15, 1912.
More than two-thirds of the people aboard the ship died. The rest were picked up and taken to New York by the RMS Carpathia, a nearby ship that received the Titanic's radio distress signals.
The news of the demise of the "unsinkable" Titanic shocked the world and started several investigations in both Britain and the U.S. into what caused the accident.
According to the Encyclopedia Titanica, Sen. William Alden Smith, R-MI, and the committee working on the inquiry into the Titanic disaster began subpoenaing many survivors to testify about what happened before they even arrived in New York. In the end, both the American and British inquiries sought to update nautical safety regulations.
One of the main things the inquiries looked into was current lifeboat laws. Even though the Titanic's lifeboats could only carry a maximum of 1,178 people out of the more than 2,200 aboard, it met the lifeboat laws at the time.
The American inquiry recommended that the lifeboat laws be changed so that all ships would be required to have enough lifeboats to carry everyone on board.
It also called for crew members to be familiar with how to properly handle the lifeboats and required lifeboat drills at least twice a month. These recommendations would become law and accepted internationally under the 1914 maritime safety treaty called the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS).
SOLAS also established funding for the International Ice Patrol. According to the International Ice Patrol's page on the U.S. Coast Guard's website, "The mission of the International Ice Patrol is to monitor the iceberg danger near the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and provide the iceberg limit to the maritime community … Since 1913, the United States Coast Guard has been tasked with the management and operation of the patrol."
The treaty also recognized red rockets as the universal sign of distress, and indicated that rockets should only be fired in times of distress.
While the Titanic sank, it fired off numerous white rockets. The SS Californian, which was much closer to the Titanic than the Carpathia, misinterpreted those rockets as identification signals, which were common for ships to perform at a time when wireless radio was in its infancy.
The sinking of the Titanic also helped bring about regulation to wireless operations.
Congress passed the Radio Act of 1912, which requires all wireless operators to be licensed and only use certain bandwidths – the rest of which were reserved for the U.S. Navy.
Congress saw the need for radio regulation after there was mass confusion on the radio waves during the disaster. Nearby ships and radio operators on the East Coast clogged the radio waves, sending mixed messages of the Titanic's fate.
Some messages said the cruise ship was being towed to Halifax, Canada by an oil tanker, and many newspapers reported no lives were lost. The Carpathia's wireless operators also at one point started ignoring government queries about what happened to spend his time sending out personal messages of survivors.
All of these laws are still enforced today. SOLAS has been revised several times in 1960s, '70s and '80s to accommodate for advances in technology, like nuclear submarines.
Some of the lifeboat laws have been called into question following the capsizing of the Costa Concordia cruise ship off the coast of Italy in January 2012. Current maritime laws state that cruise ships must hold lifeboat drills within the first 24 hours of a voyage. However, the Costa Concordia capsized within hours after leaving the port, and a drill had not yet been held.
Since the lifeboats were on the sides of the ship and the cruise ship listed to one side, many of the lifeboats could not be accessed.
A civil and environmental engineer professor at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering wrote in the Huffington Post of a potential solution: "A ship-based real time system transmitting measurements of sea surface temperature, salinity and weather information costs less than US $50,000 per installation.
"Yet, even if deployed in 10 percent of the ships industry wide, it can lead to dramatic improvements in the accuracy of sea-state forecasts and substantially improve safety."
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Elena seems perfectly okay with being Damon's slave
Elena is ok with everything lately......LOL, did you notice she hasn't been involved in anything since s4 began other than awkwardly spell out her feelings for Day Day? And thats while everyone else is busy finding cures, starting hybrid revoltions and stuff...nope Elena had only been preoccupied with her love life....
Yeah but at least she was a lil bit involved in other characters' sls as well - actually a lot more involved - now its like all she does is lie around with Damon making goooey eyes at each other.......she wasn't even that marshmallow with Stefan it was always we have to help this ior that person, or I won;t let Klaus hurt anyone I love - I mean yeah her lack of action was always there, but at least she "voiced" her epic failure plans, lol.
True,her sl is going to be focused on that crappy sire bond and her acting OOC.Its kinda disconcerting to see her smile, after 3 seasons of frowning lol.and that mistletoe scene was soooooo cheesy,i wanted to puke,what is it with TVD writers,i thought DE was supposed to be less cheesy lol.
i thought DE was supposed to be less cheesy lol.
And you know what the worst part is? LOL, on E! they made a list of the Top 10 tv moments of 2012 - and guess which one was number 1? Of coarse DEx... BUT as expected Delenas are in heaven because they FINALLY got to see them make out - but no one ever said anything about the 3 words, 8 letters - which confirms my beliefs that DE is mostly about the sexual tension and Damon loving Elena....thats all...no love.
but no one ever said anything about the 3 words, 8 letters - which confirms my beliefs that DE is mostly about the sexual tension and Damon loving Elena....thats all...no love.omg THIS.I thought that too,it just further cemented my beliefst that atleast Elena doesn't really love Damon,she's been on love with Stefan for the past year and just now she's started to think she's falling in love with Damon,that too AFTER the sire bond and sleeping with him lmao.she's just horny for him.lol


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BART "mistake" threatens its contract agreement with workers UPDATED
Just when it appeared the ugly contract impasse between BART management and workers was over — a divisive struggle that resulted in two debilitating four-day strikes and the Oct. 19 death of two workers struck by a train being used to train possible replacement drivers — BART management is threatening to scuttle the deal over a provision it says was mistakenly added to the contract.
At issue is a contract provision where BART workers from SEIU Local 1021 and ATU Local 1555 who go on leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act will be paid for six of the 12 weeks the law allows them to take unpaid, BART spokesperson Luna Salaver told the Guardian.
While BART management and its negotiators — including Assistant General Manager of Operations Paul Oversier and Thomas Hock, a contractor who the district paid $400,000 to lead its negotiations — signed off on the provision back in July and again when the final deal was reached last month, Salaver said BART didn't mean to include it.
"It was a mistake that a provision rejected twice by BART management ended up in the stack of approved documents," Salaver said, noting that it was caught this week as the district prepared to give the contract final approval on Nov. 21. It has already been approved by the two unions.
"We were never confused as to the status of the Family and Medical Leave Act agreement," Local 1021 Political Director Chris Daly told the Guardian, calling the provision a reasonable benefit similar to one that he sponsored for city employees when he was on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
But Salaver said it could add tens of millions of dollars in costs (the district still isn't sure how much) to a contact that will already cost the district an additional $67 million, so management is convening a special session of BART's Board of Directors this afternoon (Fri/15) to discuss the issue, saying that management isn't yet recommending the contract be rejected, as some had reported. [UPDATE: The BART board told administrators to re-open negotiations with the unions, but the unions are resisting a return to the bargaining table and urge the board to approve the contract on Thursday].
"There is an erroneous report that BART management is going to tell the BART board to reject the contract," Salaver told us, inside calling the closed-session discussion a "fact-finding session."
But Daly said BART management had told the unions that it would recommend rejection of the contract, and that it is now backpedaling because some directors are unhappy with the snafu. It also has a serious public relations problem on its hands, finding itself in a position to reignite the battle with workers while also contending with angry state legislators and an ongoing NTSB investigation into its culpability in the worker deaths.
The complete prepared statement issued last night from SEIU 1021 Executive Director Pete Castelli follows:
"BART Management has been in contact regarding the tentative agreement they reached with SEIU 1021 and ATU 1555 on October 21st and which our members unanimously ratified. We've been informed that they've scheduled a special meeting with the BART Board of Directors to discuss the terms of the contract and to clarify details regarding certain provisions for tomorrowafternoon.
"In July, BART Management and its unions reached a tentative agreement on family medical leave, which was signed by BART Management and their chief negotiator. During a thorough review of the final settlement last month, BART Management and their attorneys did not raise any concerns about how this tentative agreement or other provisions in the final settlement would prevent them from recommending the contract to the Board for approval.
"It's disappointing to hear BART Management would recommend that the BART Board reject this agreement—a contract they negotiated with their workers for more than five months, signed, and praised in the public as a fair compromise.
"We expect the BART Board of Directors to vote on and approve this fair and reasonable contract."
benefit was included in the documentation by mistake, then clearly the union should do the honorable thing and agree to the removal of that clause, rather than try and get something for nothing by lying about it and saying they always thought that was included.
That's the ethical solution to this. If the union instead wants to be unethical, then I think many people would support BART management ripping up the entire agreement and starting over. More than a few of think the managements gave away too much anyway, and would welcome some hardball here.
Management agreed to this in July. It has been part of the deal all along. Typically in a negotiation, both sides initial the sections on which they agree. The union is saying they have initialed agreements dating back to July, and that they reviewed the agreed-upon contract line-by-line on two separate occasions with management.
It's not only unethical of BART management to pull a bait-and-switch of this magnitude, it's illegal. It's not "hardball" to renege on a deal you've already agreed to, it's just plain sleazy.
it is clear that management genuinely believed that it was later taken out and didn't form part of the final deal.
Therefore they should not agree to it now.
And I think the union knew this and are lying.
Clear? How? They said nothing else about it in the last four months, during which they disputed and re disputed a host of other items.
that they didn't agree to this, then the deal is off.
Nothing has been signed yet.
Offer, Acceptance, Consideration. Where's the consideration?
Chris Daly is lying. Again.
and local progressives who advocate on behalf of the 5%.
For reals, BART has a real PR problem on it's hands.
Daly and the unions trustworthy status with the non progressives might be taken into account here too?
That might require a real journalist to look into.
6 weeks paid leave, give me a break. If the unions cannot agree on taking the provision out of the contract, then its back to the negotiating table for BART management and the unions.
If that's the way BART wants to play it, the workers are well within their rights to walk off the job immediately.
Then we can rescind the entire contract and impose a new one.
Chris Daly is constantly confused.
Chris Daly was operating the BART train that killed those 2 workers!
He has blood on his hands.
What a stupid thing to say. The unions said all along that the conditions were unsafe; union members had already been killed by very same stupid rule. That was a central point of the disagreement. The people with blood on their hands are management.
potentially confrontational and dangerous situation, then two of their workers would still be alive today.
The deal they agreed after the accident was little different from what they turned down the week before.
Pure greed killed those workers.
Read it before you sign it.
BART management is incompetent. Looks like Hock split town with his hundreds of thousands after either agreeing to paid leave or erroneously signing off on it back in July.
This one's entirely on the BART board and management.
Will this dispute be mediated or will we see round 3 of the strike?
Can't see management trying to use scabs to run skeleton service like they wanted to last month, not after killing two workers.
This fiasco takes away any PR advantage management has had up to this point. What bozos!!
The unions can still pull out if, say, the ballots reject it.
So the management can pull out too
The Unions would be well within their rights to walk out the door immediately if BART reneges on the deal after all this.
They are holding signed documents showing that BART agreed to this as early as July. If BART decides to violate their agreement now, it's a hands-down case of bad faith bargaining, and as such it's an illegal unfair labor practice.
Imagine them trying to pull something like this with Goldman Sachs. Remember when we were told we had to give bonuses to the bankers because "they had contracts" even though we were having to bail them out? The difference is, this is actually a reasonable provision for people who have a catastrophic illness in themselves or their family members. We're not talking 6 weeks vacation here. We're talking about people recovering from cancer or major surgery, or dealing with the impending death of a family member, or the like. And the money actually recirculates in the Bay Area economy, unlike banker bonuses, many of which now sit offshore.
That the management wants to renege on the deal at all after months of contentious negotiations and two strikes, with two unnecessary because BART stubbornly held on to unsafe work rules, is shameful. That it's over short-term pay for workers dealing with catastrophic illness is utterly heartless.
The workers would have an absolute, unqualified right to walk off the job with no notice whatsoever if BART really tries to pull this.
If the unions had voted against it, they would be free to negotiate some more, so management must be free to reject it as well.
Nope. If union leadership signed off on something, never brought it up again, and then sought to renege on it four months later. You get the right to reject a contract if it fails ratification only when you make clear at the table that it is subject to ratification. In this case the very same management team that was at the table is trying to reverse it, and that's a legally defined unfair labor practice. If the union did this, management would make them live with it. If BART did it with a bank, the bank would make them live with it.
BART should probably sue Thomas Hock for legal malpractice, but that doesn't mean they get to recover from the workers for their own team's mistakes.
The unions held ballots. If those ballots had not passed, the unions would have rejected the deal
Same goes for management.
I say we start over here.
Let's begin again and, if the workers want to strike, let them. They have no sympathy anyway.
He really needs to take tips from Haaland about how to get rid of those.
Daly really needs to find something useful to do with his life.
Why does SFBG tolerate this nonsense? The rightist trolls who pollute this site have no honor and no fealty to the Enlightenment values that this country was founded on.
Free speech means the freedom to speak -- or to not speak. By impostering me, and thus "putting words in my mouth," this despicable troll violates the spirit of American values.
why are you so down on alleged trollers here/
Union workers need to be content with the fact they live in a great country, have things that many people in this world don't have, and have a job with better benefits than many who go to college and struggle to make a career - all with barely a high school level education.
The deaths are on THEIR hands because no one forced them to go on strike.
Thanks, union, for causing traffic and making the lives of people (who work hard struggling and wishing for benefits like you have) hell. I have zero empathy for you. If it were up to me, I'd have you all fired and hire new people.
as they were out of contract and refused a new one.
There are thousands of people who would love to work under the pay and benefits of the old contract, so why stick with these lazy losers?
At the very least, we should make it illegal for them to strike.
Look at Daley's trousers in the picture.
Judging from the stain, he seems to have drop one of his F-bombs in his own pants.
... or dishonest.
My theory is that public infrastructure such as BART (and MUNI) is *intentionally* put into the hands of incompetents.
the intent to include this provision in the agreement. The effect might be that every workers finds some excuse or other to claim the extra weeks paid leave, and the costs would be astronomic.
It's not in the interests of the farepayers and taxpayers to support this level of benefit and, if the union will not admit that this, then they are the oens being dishonest, as well as greedy and selfish.
Personally I hope this scuppers the entire deal and we start over.
6 weeks paid FMLA is an obscene burden to put on BART riders and taxpayers. Who gets such a benefit except CEO's and politicians? This is ridiculous and they should be embarrassed by such greed.
to be added upon in future negotiations. In 5 years they'll have 8 weeks off, in 10 years it'll increase to 12 and on and on and on.
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