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Time to Ban Ms Diamond?
Original post made by Steve Evans, another community, on Aug 31, 2006
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a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Aug 31, 2006 at 9:50 am
That is an interesting suggestion--lets ban people whose opinions we disagree with. We already have the Mayor turning over e-mails that she does not like to the police. We have the people that run this forum censor comments that they claim are not appropriate.
Palo Alto be at the forefront of being politically correct.
a resident of another community
on Aug 31, 2006 at 9:54 am
No, ban someone who can not do her job, takes no time to research what she puts out in the public..this is her job you understand? Subject to rules of journalism. So not that I disagree, it is totally not acceptable for someone in her position of public trust to spew forth such unfactual information.
a resident of another community
on Aug 31, 2006 at 10:06 am
perhaps a better way to say it is: she should be fired.
a resident of Esther Clark Park
on Aug 31, 2006 at 10:42 am
It's obvious that DD doesn't show the due diligence that better journalists demonstrate while researching and writing. It's one thing to have an opinion - we all do - that's why they say opinions are like a particlar body part - everyone has one. The thing about DD is that she thinks her opinion MATTERS, even when it's a badly informed one. Yuck.
a resident of Barron Park
on Aug 31, 2006 at 8:40 pm
DD is not a critical thinker, but she does represent a local view of things.
Palo Alto does NOT want pit bulls approaching our toddlers.
Forget about the dog fanatics! Who are they to tell us anything? Most of them are from out of town (an organized hit piece).
Look, everybody, dogs are NOT allowed off leash in this town, period. If an on leash dog causes a problem, the the owner should be taken to court to face the consquences. This should include major financial consequences.
Why are we even talking about this issue?
a resident of another community
on Aug 31, 2006 at 10:55 pm
Ms. Diamond never does complete research (from with both sides of a story or issue) when doing an article on the city of Palo Alto. She only reports or writes what she wants.It is not to say that the city always makes the right decision, but get the facts "straight" from both sides. She has become "a joke" at city hall.
a resident of Barron Park
on Sep 1, 2006 at 12:08 am
Gee, one of our spoiled city workers -- who gets more than 46 days off a year, full health insurance benefits, use of city vehicles, no time clocks, every other Friday off, annual pay raises that aren't related to work performance -- is complaining about a journalist like Diana who points out such things. I'm surprised that city worker's criticism isn't harsher.
As for pit bulls, it's her OPINION.
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Sep 1, 2006 at 7:01 am
John is right...there is a group of dog fanatics from out of state trying to bully local residents and Diana Diamond for having an opinion about pit bulls they disagree with. Read her blog, it's pretty obvious what's happening. I'm sure "Steve Evans" is another member of one of these organizations.
Why not ban all op-ed pieces, because someone, somewhere will disagree with them?
a resident of another community
on Sep 1, 2006 at 7:01 am
To Karen W.
First, I don't have a city vehicle, do not get Fridays off. I cannot afford to live in Palo Alto (your live in a great city) but thats OK. I enjoyed my job. I also enjoyed working for and serving the citizens and guests of Palo Alto.
All I ask is that Ms Diamond report both "sides" of a story not just "her OPINION". It looks like I'm not the only one who feels this way- city worker or not. Karen- have a nice weekend.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Sep 1, 2006 at 10:56 am
So DD has become a "joke" at City Hall.
The real joke, and it is a sad one, is our City Hall--it is populated by overpaid, overcomensated incompetents, who get away with anything they want and do not have to answer to anyone (i.e. the recent utilities scandal as an example) and it is also the home of our do-nothing City Council.
No wonder PA finances are in such sad shape.
a resident of Mountain View
on Sep 1, 2006 at 9:40 pm
Hey Herman,
You know why your PA finances are in the dumps? All you and your "joke" residents do is whine and fight with the city hall rummies. In the meantime my city is stealing all your sales tax base. So, keep turning down your big box retail, killing your Hyatt deal, building silly playing fields on prime land, closing your supermarkets, closing and moving (to other cities) your auto dealerships, building more homeless shelters so more homeless can hang around downdown and scare you shoppers away. My city loves it.
PA Herman (can I call you PA), have you ever shop at Wallmart, Target,
Cost-co, OSH, Bestbuy, Bed & Bath, REI, Trader Joes, Safeway, Sears, Mervyns in the city of Mt. View? How about Home Depot or Ikea in East PA? I bet you have PA Herman!! My city is laughing all the way to the bank.
Oh, and by the way, don't tell anybody but were thinking of building a five star hotel at Shoreline to compete with the dumps you call hotels in your city and also redo San Antonio Shopping center- to steal more of your sales tax!!
And about DD- keep writing those negitive stories about the city of PA- we love reading about them.
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Sep 2, 2006 at 12:19 am
To "City Worker" who wrote "All I ask is that Ms Diamond report both "sides" of a story not just "her OPINION"."
Last time I checked, she was an opinion page columnist, which means she is paid to give her view of things, like others in the opinion section.
If you want both sides of the story, look on the news pages, not the opinion section.
I'm tempted to make a comment about how this proves that some of our City workers are not that bright, but I'll refrain because there's no way of knowing whether the person who posted as "City Worker" ever actually worked for the City.
a resident of Barron Park
on Sep 2, 2006 at 1:40 am
Douglas Moran is a registered user.
The critiques of Diane Diamond's columns are based upon an outdated attitude on Opinion pieces (Aside: I lament the passing of the old version). The current attitude is that *everything* in an Opinion piece is opinion, including items presented as being facts, and thus there is no obligation to be accurate, or to correct "mistakes" (Rationale: If it is an opinion, it - by definition - cannot be wrong. See also Stephen Colbert's "truthiness".)
If you are interested in the debate on this, a good starting point is the NY Times article of 28 March 2004 by Daniel Okrent entitled "The Public Editor: The Privileges of Opinion, the Obligations of Fact". William Safire (retired NY Times columnist) is a prominent proponent of the viewpoint cited above; Okrent criticized it.
Recognize that many current columnists are essentially propagandists. Newspapers publish them because they are also entertainers: They appeal to people who want their biases validated as well as to people who love to rail against people with whom they disagree. If you look at the NY Times, four of their eight columnists are solidly in this category of entertaining propagandist (Brooks, Dowd, Krugman, Rich); two are often in it but occasional venture outside (Herbert, Tierney), and two are legitimate commentators, albeit with biases (Friedman, Kristof).
Back to DD. From the beginning of her columns in the Daily News, she clearly fit in the category of propagandist. It is inappropriate to criticize her for not having fact-based opinions - that was not her job/role. For example, in multiple cases (examples: Charleston-Arastradero corridor moratorium, Hyatt Rickey's) she was told that by all sides that her "facts" were wrong, but she continued to use them in subsequent opinion pieces. If she was just lazy about getting facts - instead of being a propagandist - she would have used the correct facts in those subsequent pieces. Possible "urban legend" : During an interview, she purportedly cut off a City official with "I don't need to understand this. I just need enough to write my column."
Some of DD's errors seemed to have been intentional - These were facts that were irrelevant to her opinion and were hard to get wrong because they were both correct and prominently featured in the briefings or documents that she most likely would have consulted. Example: She gave the wrong speed limit in a piece on speeding problems on El Camino. Example: She called Foothill Expressway "Junipero Serra" far beyond where the names change. Perhaps to enhance the entertainment value of her pieces for knowledgeable readers, she inserted such errors - akin to "Find the ten differences between these two pictures".
If you look at DD's tenure at the Daily News and the reaction to her departure, you can see that she was wildly successful in her role as an entertainer. Much of the criticism in previous posting should not have been directed at her, but at newspapers, both individually and collectively, for replacing commentators with opinion writers.
a resident of another community
on Sep 2, 2006 at 4:32 am
HEY SUE: I'm not a member of anything! I live in the country with my American Staffordshire Terrier. Plain, simple, boring guy. Guess you don't know me do you? Just wanted to set the record straight on your thoughts about me.
a resident of another community
on Sep 2, 2006 at 7:07 am
To Mr. Wright,
Read Mr. Moran's "opinion". Like I said, I'm not the only one who thinks Ms. Diamond never reports all the facts (both sides) of a story.
Not that bright city worker
a resident of Palo Verde
on Sep 2, 2006 at 10:42 am
I like our (PA) focus on this forum. This is all about dumping on DD and her major faults, such as not recognizing the change of name of Foothill Expressway in a timely manner. It is definitely not about unimportant things such as City Hall waste or our idiotic city council that loves to give sales tax revenues to our neighbors--we will not be provoked and respond to such trivia, or defocus from dumping on DD!
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 2, 2006 at 1:30 pm
DD is the Madam DeFarge any oppressed people need.
Except when she disagrees with me, the cur!!
a resident of Barron Park
on Sep 2, 2006 at 4:01 pm
Douglas Moran is a registered user.
The response by "Wolf, a resident of Palo Verde" is a prime example of the degradation of public discourse exacerbated by opinion writer such as DD.
His reply included "not recognizing the change of name of Foothill Expressway in a timely manner" as a paraphrase of my statement "She called Foothill Expressway 'Junipero Serra' far beyond where the names changed." This displays (1) a lack of general knowledge: A name change can be the result of two roads being extended to meet rather than a partial renaming, (2) a lack of local knowledge: (a) Foothill Expy extends almost to the far border of Los Altos, (b) the change in layout of the roadway from street to expressway occurs where the name changes, (c) the change occurs at a political boundary (Palo Alto city line), (d) The names go back decades before DD columns, (3) poor reading comprehension, and (4) no hesitation in fabricating a "fact": That the error was simply one of timeliness.
Yet Wolf believes that his opinion warrants public airing. The philosophy of "All opinions are of equal value" leads to this sort of narcissism. Note: Conservatives routinely blame liberals for this philosophy, but conservatives seem equally willing to embrace it in practice.
Discourse in which facts and logic don't matter is nothing more than a shouting match. [Portion deleted by Palo Alto Online staff.]
a resident of Ventura
on Sep 6, 2006 at 1:30 pm
Douglas "Doug" Moran has a penchant for "facts". That's fine, as far as it goes. That said, Douglas Moran spewed fact after fact in the recent debate over the California Avenue PTOD in an effort to reinforce his mistaken notion that the PTOD would chase Fry's out of town.
In doing so, he missed the "fact" that his opinion, which was reinforced by City Council, will give Fry's MORE negotiating leverage with Palo Alto in the future. I wonder how many people will remember that when Fry's grinds Palo Alto to a pulp in future negotiations regarding tax breaks and other incentives - all costing our city revenue that it would otherwise have had if we were able to negotiate without giving our cards away beforehand.
a resident of College Terrace
on Sep 6, 2006 at 1:34 pm
Well, KH's, my last post and connect-the-dots post lasted a couple of hours.
I cannot say what they all had in common, because then this post will surely be deletd.
Let's just say that some members of the community have to be protected from criticism by the PA Weekly.
publisher of the Palo Alto Weekly
on Sep 6, 2006 at 1:43 pm
Bill Johnson is a registered user.
Three posts were deleted because they all chose to negatively characterize another poster. We have and will continue to allow a little latitude in these discussions, but if the focus is on the poster rather than the subject being discussed, then they will be taken off. There are obviously some stong opinions about the people involved in this forum, but engaging in personal characterizations of others is not what we want Town Square to be about. Those of you who think that's censorship are free to find a forum that allows it. But we want the culture of Town Square to enable residents of the community to feel safe from personal attacks when the post on the site. If a poster has his or her facts wrong, then correct the facts. Just don't attack or demean them and we'll be OK.
a resident of College Terrace
on Sep 6, 2006 at 2:08 pm
I beg to differ with our esteemed publisher. The posts did not negatively characterize another poster--they mentioned certain facts that were published in our local newspapers, the Daily News and the PA Weekly. The fact the incident in question reflected negatively on the person in question is not the fault of the people who are posting said information.
The comments about "feeling safe from personal attack" are a further extension of the mind set in Palo Alto, held by many, that any criticism of someone else is considered a "personal attack" and therefore cannot be condoned.
I find it ironic that a publisher of a newspaper would come up with such feeble excuses to justify censorship of criticsim of certain individuals in this community, who for whatever reason the PA Weekly feels the need to protect.
a resident of Ventura
on Sep 6, 2006 at 4:42 pm
How did my post say anything different about Doug Moran - regarding his publication of "facts" - as he calls them, than in Doug Moran's criticism of Diana Diamond's use of "facts"? Seriously, where's the personal attack in that.
The Weekly obviously appears to have a misguided bias in favor of Doug Moran's opinions, as it has permitted Moran's Op-Eds on the library (where he has made many factual and other errors), as well as Alma Plaza, and many other topics. I can find factual mistakes in all those publications. What about that?
Why shouldn't someone who claims to be calling someone on factual representation in a public forum be held accountable for his own factual misstatements?
If you permit that to happen, you will deny the healthy - although sometimes antagonistic - process that gets ALL biases out in the open, including those that the Weekly's editors disagree with.
a resident of Barron Park
on Sep 7, 2006 at 12:24 am
One of my posts was removed by Publisher Johnson. The post was just a link to an April 22, 2005 article in the Weekly with no comment by me whatsoever.
The post consisted of only a web link, nothing else.
I guess Johnson will be deleting this 2005 story from his archives as well.
a resident of Menlo Park
on Sep 16, 2006 at 2:32 am
What a double standard! Doug Moran can criticize Diana Diamond, even by reciting "possible urban legends" that he can't support, and his opinion is OK, according to Bill Johnson. Then, when others cite news stories out of Johnson's own newspaper about Moran, that should be deleted? Am I missing something here?
For what it's worth, Moran's reputation speaks for itself, and so does Diamond's. I won't discuss him because it might violate the Weekly's rules, but Diana's columns often carry more facts than all the rest of the articles in the paper. She'll ask tough questions and won't pull punches, which is more than what I can say about the Weekly.
a resident of Midtown
on Oct 12, 2006 at 7:44 pm
I agree that Miss Diamond is entitled to her opinion - we all are -however she is a columnist and frequently states items as "fact" not opinion and then it is discovered these weren't fact at all. She needs to clearly differentiate between fact and her opinions. As to the Pit Bull incident she and her paper should be ashamed for misrepresenting this story - it was one leashed Pit Bull that gave a small dog that came up to it and barked one bite. Because of the size difference between the dogs, the results were tragic for the small dog. When I read the article in the PA Weekly, I thought there had been a second incident, but no, just one that was wildly exaggerated. I think Miss Diamond's opinion was at work there! Likewise in her criticism of city workers pay increases and benefits. She had several things incorrect in this story and did not give a complete picture of what city workers were getting compared to other workers. She may feel that workers pay is too high, but she should get the facts correct when she reports such a story.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Sep 9, 2007 at 6:39 pm
As unfortunate as it may seem, Miss Diamond is exercising her constitutional right to be narrow minded, ignorant and flat out wrong. The fact that she chooses to do it publicly and is then shocked by the backlash really surprises me. Does she actually get paid for this?
"There are no stupid questions, just stupid people."
Regarding her suggested "PA Ban on Pit Bulls" posted 9/2007
Look at the hard facts and numbers lady, almost ALL of the negative pit bull incidents in the U.S. are within or very near to low income areas. This is a crystal clear red flag of the issue at hand. You don't hear about the Hillsborough doctor who's pit bull attacked a child, why? Because it didn't happen. His pit bull or pit bull mixed breed is neutered, trained and loved, and wouldn't do that. Attack another dog?...possibly, but that is an entirely different issue.
I hate to pick on Michael Vick but it seems that the number of ignorant people that say, "I didn't know that dog fighting was illegal" is more than expected here in the U.S. And this is the mentality of the unsavory Pit Bull dog owners.
Bottom line, there are pit bulls in every community. The majority of which you will NEVER hear about because they are trained, loved and properly socialized members of the family that never harm any children. In fact they thrive on protecting the members of their family.
Low income areas have many individuals that are not well educated and have many self esteem issues of their own. This is where the problem lies. They get "tough dogs" such as Pit Bulls, Rottweillers, etc; to boost their macho images. Often pitting these dogs in fights to make money and gain more "ghetto" credibility.
What does this mean? Educate and enforce laws regarding dog ownership, don't just throw out a blanket ban on "large breeds" because they often end up in the hands of ignorant people that are in need education.
Fast cars and motorcycles kill people, people die rock climbing and parachuting all the time, should we just ban these things too?
a resident of Menlo Park
on Sep 10, 2007 at 9:03 am
Thank you Andrew! I was starting to feel worthless based on Diana Diamond's comments. I am a city employee (not PA) with "oh my gosh" TWO pit mixes that were rescued (One from PA animal shelter & one from Rocket Dog Rescue) and with whom my family has invested quite of bit of time and finances to properly train...as we would with ANY breeed. I work extremely hard at my job and have helped increase gross Parks & Rec revenues for my city by over 35% in the last 5 years. I have good benefits and I struggle with wanting more financially in this area - even though DD probably feels I am overpaid. We are wards of the economy. We don't get raises when the economy is bad like everyone else, but we DON'T get bonuses when the economy is flourishing. Our bonus may be steady income and fine benfits, but let me pose this question to you DD...
Would you rather have all of us be paid even less and get less benefits? Would this help retain and recruit quality people to run your city OR would this help you with your platform to keep belittling people who you feel are beneath you?
Please note that I am not sticking up for every city employee- but just like the private sector, there are good employees and bad ones.
Just fed up with reading blanket statements that represent DD's personal views of things on a more global scale than really looking into her own city's demographics.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Sep 10, 2007 at 9:08 am
[Post removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Sep 10, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Anonymous, it isn't illegal to write under an assumed name, is it? what about free speech? what are you talking about?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Sep 10, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Yes, anyone can write under their own name or not. Many of us are doing just that. What is different for a city official is that they are not allowed to advocate for projects in which they might have a financial interest. For example, if they own property that would benefit by the project. A conflict of interest.
If an official advocates for something under a name that is not his own, we would not know that he was violating this important conflict of interest law.
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- Interpret test information to resolve design-related problems.
- Provide technical assistance in resolving electrical engineering problems encountered before, during, or after construction.
- Install or maintain electrical control systems or solid state equipment.
- Evaluate engineering proposals, shop drawings, or design comments for sound electrical engineering practice or conformance with established safety or design criteria.
- Write procedures for the commissioning of electrical installations.
- Write engineering specifications to clarify design details or functional criteria of experimental electronics units.
- Create or modify electrical components to be used in renewable energy generation.
- Plan method or sequence of operations for developing or testing experimental electronic or electrical equipment.
- Assemble or test solar photovoltaic products, such as inverters or energy management systems.
- Assess electrical components for consumer electronics applications, such as fuel cells for consumer electronic devices, power saving devices for computers or televisions, or energy efficient power chargers.
- Prepare electrical project cost or work-time estimates.
- Participate in the development or testing of electrical aspects of new green technologies, such as lighting, optical data storage devices, or energy efficient televisions.
- Plan, schedule, or monitor work of project support personnel.
- Perform supervisory duties, such as recommending work assignments, approving leaves, or completing performance evaluations.
Technology Skills
- Analytical or scientific software — Cadence PSpice; Computer-aided engineering CAE software; Proportional integral derivative control PID software; The MathWorks MATLAB (see all 6 examples)
- Computer aided design CAD software — Altium Designer; Autodesk Revit ; Bentley Microstation ; OrCAD Capture (see all 6 examples)
- Data base user interface and query software — Database software; Microsoft Access ; Oracle software
- Development environment software — Assembler; Microsoft Visual Basic ; National Instruments LabVIEW ; Verilog (see all 5 examples)
- Document management software — Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Electronic mail software — Microsoft Outlook
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software — SAP
- Graphics or photo imaging software — Graphics software
- Industrial control software — Programmable logic controller PLC software; Rockwell RSView; Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software ; Wonderware InTouch HMI (see all 5 examples)
- Internet browser software — Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Object or component oriented development software — C++ ; Computer aided software engineering CASE tools; Python
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office
- Operating system software — Emulators; Microsoft Windows
- Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint
- Program testing software — Debugging software
- Project management software — Bentley Systems ProjectWise; Microsoft Project
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software — Microsoft Word
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used
- Adjustable widemouth pliers
- Adjustable wrenches
- Ammeters
- Amplifiers — Radio frequency RF amplifiers
- Antistatic wrist straps — Wrist anti-static straps
- Automatic soldering machine — Desoldering stations; Soldering stations
- Auxiliary generator — Dual power supplies
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Brushless motor DC — Brushless direct current DC motors
- Desktop computers
- Diesel generators — Alternating current AC generators
- Digital cameras
- Dynamometers
- Electronic counters — Nanosecond universal counters
- Electronic measuring probes — Current probes; Voltage probes
- Frequency analyzers — Harmonic analyzers; Radio frequency RF spectrum analyzers; Spectrum analyzers
- Frequency counters or timer or dividers — Frequency counters
- Goggles — Welding goggles
- Heel grounding straps — Anti-static heel grounders
- Impedance meters
- Instrument transformers — Transformers
- Integrated circuit testers — Logic analyzers
- Laser printers
- Lasers
- Magnetic tools — Magnetic pickup tools
- Microcontrollers — Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Microprocessors — Microcomputers
- Milling machines — Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
- Multimeters — Signal measuring equipment
- Notebook computers — Laptop computers
- Ohmmeters
- Oscilloscopes
- Personal computers
- Phase shifters
- Phasemeters — Phase shift indicators
- Plotter printers — Digital plotters
- Portable data input terminals — Dataloggers
- Potentiometers — Direct current DC potentiometers
- Power drills
- Power meters
- Power screwguns — Power screwdrivers
- Q Meters
- Screwdrivers
- Signal generators — Function generators; Radio frequency RF signal generators
- Soldering iron — Soldering equipment
- Speed sensors — Stroboscopes
- Spot welding machine — Welders
- Stripping tools — Wire strippers
- Tachometers
- Tracer or duplicating or contouring lathe — Bench lathes
- Variable resistors or varistors — Metal-oxide varistors MOV
- Voltage or current meters — Digital voltmeters DVM; Voltage testers
- Wattmeters
- Welding masks — Welding hoods
- Wire cutters
- Wire lug crimping tool — Wire crimpers
- Wire wrapping tool — Wire wrap guns
- Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Design — Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Physics — Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Equipment Maintenance — Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Operation Monitoring — Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Quality Control Analysis — Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
- Repairing — Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Systems Analysis — Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Troubleshooting — Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Systems Evaluation — Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
- Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Visual Color Discrimination — The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
- Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
- Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Flexibility of Closure — The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
- Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Perceptual Speed — The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
- Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
- Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
- Far Vision — The ability to see details at a distance.
- Mathematical Reasoning — The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
- Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Work Activities
- Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
- Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment — Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
- Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
- Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
- Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment — Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles.
- Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
- Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
- Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
- Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
- Assisting and Caring for Others — Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
- Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
- Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
- Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
Detailed Work Activities
- Assemble equipment or components.
- Maintain electronic equipment.
- Calibrate scientific or technical equipment.
- Confer with other personnel to resolve design or operational problems.
- Inspect finished products to locate flaws.
- Resolve operational performance problems.
- Prepare contracts, disclosures, or applications.
- Test performance of electrical, electronic, mechanical, or integrated systems or equipment.
- Fabricate devices or components.
- Interpret design or operational test results.
- Install instrumentation or electronic equipment or systems.
- Provide technical guidance to other personnel.
- Evaluate designs or specifications to ensure quality.
- Prepare procedural documents.
- Design electrical equipment or systems.
- Determine operational methods.
- Devise research or testing protocols.
- Document technical design details.
- Test products for functionality or quality.
- Evaluate the characteristics of green technologies.
- Estimate operational costs.
- Estimate time requirements for development or production projects.
- Supervise production or support personnel.
- Test green technologies or processes.
- Supervise engineering or other technical personnel.
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Work Context
- Electronic Mail — 85% responded "Every day."
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 72% responded "Every day."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 57% responded "Extremely important."
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 59% responded "Extremely important."
- Freedom to Make Decisions — 51% responded "Some freedom."
- Contact With Others — 40% responded "Constant contact with others."
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 65% responded "Every day."
- Structured versus Unstructured Work — 49% responded "Some freedom."
- Telephone — 48% responded "Every day."
- Duration of Typical Work Week — 52% responded "More than 40 hours."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 37% responded "Very important results."
- Coordinate or Lead Others — 55% responded "Very important."
- Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets — 44% responded "Every day."
- Time Pressure — 41% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls — 35% responded "More than half the time."
- Responsible for Others' Health and Safety — 40% responded "Moderate responsibility."
- Physical Proximity — 52% responded "Moderately close (at arm's length)."
- Importance of Repeating Same Tasks — 42% responded "Important."
- Spend Time Sitting — 44% responded "More than half the time."
- Frequency of Decision Making — 39% responded "Once a year or more but not every month."
- Responsibility for Outcomes and Results — 37% responded "High responsibility."
- Exposed to Hazardous Conditions — 32% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Exposed to Contaminants — 41% responded "Once a month or more but not every week."
- Consequence of Error — 31% responded "Extremely serious."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
|Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
|Related Experience
|Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
|Job Zone Examples
|These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, travel guides, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters, and medical assistants.
|SVP Range
|(6.0 to < 7.0)
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- Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
- Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
- Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
Work Styles
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
- Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
- Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
- Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
- Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
- Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
- Social Orientation — Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
Work Values
- Support — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
- Working Conditions — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.
- Relationships — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
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Wages & Employment Trends
Median wage data for Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians.
Employment data for Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians.
Industry data for Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians.
|Median wages (2019)
|$31.38 hourly, $65,260 annual
|State wages
|Local wages
|Employment (2018)
|130,500 employees
|Projected growth (2018-2028)
|Little or no change (-1% to 1%)
|Projected job openings (2018-2028)
|State trends
|Top industries (2018)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019 wage data and 2018-2028 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2018-2028). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
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Sources of Additional Information
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- Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
- American Society of Certified Engineering Technicians
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies
- Occupational Outlook Handbook: Electrical and electronics engineering technicians
- SAE International


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Two weeks ago Steven Brill was a guest on The Daily Show. He's a journalist who recently wrote a cover story for Time magazine shedding light on the absurd health care costs in our country. My Kindle pegs most articles I read at 15-20 minutes long. This one? Over 90 minutes.
You need to read it. The opening paragraphs details Sean Recchi, a 42-year-old man with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma who was charged $83,900 for procedures that only cost around $15,000. He paid $1.50 for a single generic Tylenol. It cost him $283 for chest x-rays that Medicare patients get done for $20.44. The list goes on and on (and on and on and on and on.)
The article got me thinking about my own foray into the health care industry. To be completely fair, I had health insurance that didn't try to screw me, by which I mean they upheld the agreement we made when I read the fine print and signed on the dotted line in 2009. Maybe I lucked out and got one of the good ones, maybe my insanely high yearly deductible was enough to satisfy them, or maybe it's because they were happy to have an excuse to jack my premiums every year since (which they have.)
In 2010 I discovered the lump, had outpatient surgery to remove it, and there were a few doctor visits before and after both events. In 2011 I had monthly checkups, each taking around 15 minutes of "doctor time," in addition to standard monthly blood tests, quarterly chest x-rays, and a few CT scans. Those led to discovering the tumors, which led to thirteen weeks of chemotherapy. Although if I recall correctly, I was only in the hospital for a total of 22 sessions, ranging from four to six hours each. In 2012 I was back to periodic exams and basic tests. The cost? Just over $75,000. And it's not over yet.
Remember, this is Cancer Lite we're talking about here. It wasn't non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or even stage III testicular cancer. Had I not had health insurance, I might not be bankrupt, but I'd be seriously fucked financially.
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The 2012 World Fellowship of Buddhist Conference will be held in Korea, and hosted by the Jogye Order. The decision came during the 25th WFB Conference on November 13 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The 25th World Fellowship of Buddhist Conference, with the theme "Solving Social Issues with Dharma," was held on November 13 in Colombo. Along with the conference, a Board of Directors Meeting, a symposium, and the 60-year Commemoration Ceremony were held until November 17. More than 500 representatives from North Korea, Japan, China, Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea, and other countries attended this year's conference.
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The 26th World Fellowship of Buddhist Conference will be organized by the Jogye Order and the Jogye Order's Central Council of the Laity. The 26th World Fellowship of Buddhist Conference, 17th WFBY, and 9th WBU Conference. This General Conference will take place during the 2012 Yeosu International Expo from the 11 to 16 June B.E. 2012 (B.E. 2556) in Yeosu City, Korea. The representatives from the various regional centers all over the world will participate and the 6th District Temple of the Jeonam North and South Province of the Jogye Order will take the central role in preparation of the event.
Jogye Order plans to make strong efforts in seeing the conference to be successful. In this way, the success can be carried over to the 2013 World Religious Leaders Conference, also hosted by the Jogye Order. Director of Social Affairs Ven. Hyegyeong said, "The reason for coinciding the conference with the expo and the Lotus Lantern Festival is that it would be a good way to show the world the beauty and richness of Korean Buddhist tradition and to promote Korean Buddhism. We will have a tentative six-day visit plan with half the time spent in Yeosu City and the conference, and the other days to see the Lotus Lantern Festival".
Korea hosted the 17th World Fellowship of Buddhist Conference in 1990 in Seoul. Now the conference returns after 22 years. The opportunity to host the WFB conference will be a chance to showcase the excellence of Korean Buddhism and share with the world Korean Buddhist cultural treasures such as templestay, temple food, and the Lotus Lantern Festival.
The World Fellowship of Buddhist Conference first began in May of 1950 in Sri Lanka as Buddhist representatives from 27 countries met to transcend sectarian barriers. This year marks the 60 year anniversary. Now, 153 WFB branches in 40 countries exist to unify Buddhists from all traditions and uphold the Buddha's teachings. The conference is held every two years. There are seven WFB branches in Korea including the Jogye Order and the Jogye Order Central Council of the Laity.
Please note: in case you look for more information about attending the 2012 World Fellowship of Buddhist Conference please address your queries to the Jogye Order: http://www.koreanbuddhism.net/
2012 World Fellowship of Buddhist Conference – Inauguration Ceremony Address
Dr. Kim, Eui-Jeong. President of Lay Buddhist Association for the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism Regional Center
On the occasion of the 26th WFB Korea Inauguration Ceremony hosted by 2012 Yeosu Expo, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all those who came to participate, including the President of Jogye Order, Abbots of the Jeolla North and South Province Head Temples, and other Venerables and guests who came to offer congratulations on this auspicious occasion. Most of all, we would like to thank our gracious host, Yeosu Expo Organizing Committee and the Government of Yeosu City for their generous material and mental support. On behalf of the Korean Buddhists, we would also like to cordially welcome the President and General Secretary of WFB Headquarter and Royal Thai Government who came, despite Thailand's serious emergency flood situation, to offer good wishes for the success of the next year's 25th WFB General Conference, 17th WFBY, and 9th Meeting of the Council of the WBU.
Sixty-one years ago in May 25, 1950, The World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB) was founded at the venerated shrine of the Holy Temple of the Tooth, Kandy, Sri Lanka. WFB was the first Buddhists Organization which brought together Buddhists from different lineages and traditions around the world. It was established to create fraternal bonds between Buddhists, and with the hope that we may all work in harmony and exchange information to benefit all sentient beings. WFB Conference was founded with the principle that Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana Buddhist practitioners will work together as the followers of the Buddha, and to achieve the ultimate goal: spread the Dharma, salvation of mankind, and world peace. With the determination to pursue the mission and duty of Buddhists, WFB Conference were planned for every 2 years, and it is already the time to hold the 26th WFB Conference, at the same time as the 2012 Yeosu Expo.
The 26th WFB Conference Theme has been decided as "Buddhist Ecological-Environmental Thoughts & Practices for the 21st Century". When viewed from the Buddhist perspective, all life in this world has Buddha nature and we know that interdependence taught by the Buddha is true and significant, especially when we see through the ecological way of thought. Especially in the modern world, ecological problems we now face is not limited to one particular region or nation, thus we must work together to protect this precious mother earth. We must remember that in the 21st Century, environmental protection propagation and its implementation is the responsibility of the whole mankind.
During The 17th WFB Seoul Conference in 1990, outstanding features of Korean Buddhist Culture were revealed to the world Buddhists. The 26th WFB Conference will be a great opportunity to display Korea's beautiful and uncontaminated ecological environment, along with five thousand years of beautiful Traditional Buddhist Culture. I am certain that this Conference will create a ground for world leaders to discuss all matters concerning environmental initiatives.


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First Look: The Whale Wins, in Seattle
The Whale Wins will have you at hello. This new restaurant from chef Renee Erickson (of Boat Street Café and The Walrus & the Carpenter fame) is bright and airy by day, then at night becomes romantically lit, with an installation of downward-facing light fixtures spelling a huge artistic HELLO in two directions.
The Whale Wins can be found in the Fremont Collective along with the relocated Joule restaurant and Evo's flagship store—selling skis, skates, and snowboards. (Word is that there's a skate park in the basement.) While there will soon be patio space out front, the action is currently in the L-shaped dining room, where there's also a friendly bar (serving predominantly French wines and cocktails) and an open kitchen. Olives, salt, and Boat Street Pickles are among the many items on pantry shelves. White walls and wood logs contribute to a country cottage feel, with bowls of food out on the counter begging to be sampled. You might find yourself with an urge to snag a sardine or some roasted fennel.
That's all part of the plan, as Erickson explains on her website: "Piles of delicious, ripe, seasonal vegetables, wood oven–fired meats and fish, and pickled treats—favorites from my childhood and my travels—will be displayed in abundance and served to share in a bright, beautiful setting." Those travels include England and southern Europe, while the locality and seasonality of the Pacific Northwest added their influence. Erikson told me that she'll be sourcing ingredients from where it makes sense to find them, like area farms and gardens, and even foraged from such places like local beaches.
The menu is simply divided in two halves: Pantry and Oven, with several items available as large or small portion. Pantry currently consists of small, shareable plates like Salumeria Biellese Culatello & Butter, Vegetable Hummus with Braised Greens & Pickled Peppers on Toast, and Rogue Flora Nelle Blue Cheese & Ballard Bee Company Honey. But with the wood oven a big, visible feature of the restaurant, it's hard to resist the roasted meats and vegetables it produces. Look for such things as marrow bones, clams, cauliflower, and even Butter Roasted Zucchini Bread. And if anything also includes Erickson's renowned Boat Street Pickles, it won't just be the whale that wins.
The Whale Wins
3506 Stone Way N, Seattle, WA 98103 (map) (206) 632-9425; thewhalewins.com
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Research Shows Lasting Gains of Preschool Programs
The High/Scope Perry Preschool Project is one of the best-known studies of the long-term effects of a high-quality prekindergarten education. It examines the lives of 123 African Americans born in poverty and at high risk of failing in school. The young people were tracked from age 3 or 4 through age 27. The study showed that, among other things:
- By age 27, over 33 percent of the children who attended the Perry program owned their own homes, compared with 7 percent of the control group.
- Four times as many Perry students as control group students were earning at least $2,000 a month.
- Two-thirds of the former Perry kids graduated from high school on time, compared with less than half of the control group.
- Only 15 percent of the Perry kids required special-education services, compared with more than 33 percent of the control group.
- The Perry group was also less likely to receive welfare or be arrested for a crime, and the women were five times as likely to be married and less likely to have out-of-wedlock births.
Read more about the High/Scope Perry Preschool Study on the High/Scope Web site.
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HAILO raises $30 million, picks up former Head of Coffee Biz at Starbucks to Perk Up Urban Travel
Feb 05, 2013, 02:00 ET
Top NYC Venture Capitalist and Twitter-Backer Union Square Ventures leads investment; Hailo now the largest and best-capitalized taxi app network in the world with over $50M raised.
Starbucks VP joins to Turbocharge NYC launch and Lead US; Former Head of LVMH to Win Japan and Asia, Outdoor Advertising Maven and HAILO first-round Angel Investor to spread Dublin success across EMEA.
First stops for 2013 include NYC, Tokyo; "HAILO puts ten thousand taxis in your pocket. Games and music made smartphones fun. Maps made them useful. HAILO will make them indispensable. Get ready to take back control of your life," NYC-based CEO and Founder Jay Bregman states.
TORONTO, Feb. 5, 2013 /CNW/ - Today, Hailo laid out its plans to expand its market-leading taxi app network across the globe. With the addition of Tom Barr, former Starbucks Head of Coffee Business as its new President and COO USA and a $30.6 million investment led by mobile and network gurus Union Square Ventures, Hailo's vision to be on home screens everywhere is now closer than ever.
"Hailo is mobilizing a massive, global shift in consumer behavior from hail to e-hail which will substantially improve the control passengers and taxi drivers have in their lives," says Jay Bregman, Hailo CEO and Co-Founder and native New Yorker. "In just over a year, we have operations in ten cities across six countries and sales in excess of $100M. We now have the senior team, resources, and the investment and corporate partners to deliver our vision of bringing Hailo to NYC, Tokyo, and every street corner in every major city in the world. We have shifted into overdrive."
Union Square Ventures has a reputation and track record of spotting networks with global potential, as the first institutional investors in Twitter, Foursquare and Tumblr. USV Opportunity Fund Partner John Buttrick said "We first met the Hailo team at the end of 2011, just after they launched in London. The company did a superb job in this market and are now the dominant e-hail application in London by a wide margin. We believe the Hailo platform will develop into a global network and will significantly improve transportation experiences in cities around the world. We are thrilled to lead this round of financing as Hailo expands into the United States - including our hometown of New York City - Asia and continental Europe." Mr. Buttrick joins the Hailo Board.
Superstar entrepreneur and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson and top Japanese telco KDDI also invested in the latest financing. KDDI signed an exclusive partnership leveraging its 35 million subscribers and extensive relationships to support launches in Asia, starting with Tokyo. Tokyo has 40,000 taxis and the Japanese taxi market is estimated at $25B, making this an extremely important growth area for Hailo.
Hailo is coming to NYC this quarter and has reinforced its US team with a heavyweight former Starbucks Executive. Over 12 years, Tom played a core role in growing the Starbucks business from 2,500 to over 16,000 stores and creating a wealth of new products and services across their network. Tom's mission is to make HAILO a brand name across the United States and to leverage his expertise improving the experience of morning coffee to the morning commute.
Kiyotaka Fujii is President, Japan and Asia Pacific and has also joined Hailo's Board of Directors. Fujii is an expert at bringing western brands to Asia. Educated at the University of Tokyo and Harvard Business School, he was McKinsey's first employee in Tokyo. He went on to bring business software giant SAP to Japan to market leadership. He was personally recruited by the founder to lead LVMH in Japan where he catalyzed a renaissance of luxury brands in Japan. He recently joined the Board of Olympus.
Colm O'Cuilleanain is President of EMEA. O'Cuilleanain launched Hailo in Dublin, making it the number one taxi service in the city in just three months, with uncontrollable growth and brand recognition. He is now taking Hailo to Spain, beginning with Madrid and Barcelona. Additional European capitals will follow.
Hailo is the evolution of the hail - its free smartphone app ensures you are always just two taps and two minutes away from a taxi, and helps cabbies get more passengers when they need them.
Quick facts about HAILO:
- A HAILO hail is accepted every five seconds around the world.
- HAILO cabs have carried over 2.5M passengers.
- HAILO is the world's largest e-hailing network with hundreds of thousands of passengers and tens of thousands of drivers registered.
- HAILO has a global workforce of nearly 200, with a significant engineering team led by the former COO of Shazam.
- Right now in Manhattan you are always less than five minutes away from a HAILO taxi. HAILO has thousands of drivers in NYC using its driver-only network and is currently awaiting a response to its recently submitted E-Hail application from the Taxi and Limousine Commission to begin servicing passengers.
- HAILO is live to passengers in Chicago, Boston, Toronto, Dublin, and London.
Notes to editors
Hailo's $30.6M Series B investment was led by USV and included participation from Sir Richard Branson, Phenomen Ventures (a Moscow-based fund on track to be the next DST), Felicis Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, as well as existing investors Accel Partners, Wellington Partners, and Skype Founder Niklas Zennström's Atomico Ventures. This brings Hailo's total capital raised to date to $50.6M.
Tom Barr, President and Chief Operating Officer, USA
Tom Barr possesses extensive operational expertise, having served senior roles at some of the world's most prestigious companies such as Starbucks Coffee Company and GlaxoSmithKline. His career is marked by continuously leading organizations through major change; where creation of a new strategic vision and resourceful relentlessness are the key success criteria. Barr worked at Starbucks for more than 10 years, seeing the company through massive growth. Most recently, he served as Vice President, Global Coffee. His accomplishments include scaling the lunch and hot food business across North America and aggressively growing the Coffee business through the introduction of Blonde Roast coffee. This level of experience will be invaluable as Hailo takes on a host of U.S. cities, leading with New York. Barr received his MBA from Vanderbilt University where he serves on the Alumni Board of Directors and he also serves on the Board of Directors of Cracker Barrel, Old Country Store.
Colm O'Cuilleanain, President, EMEA
Colm O'Cuilleanain launched Hailo Dublin and made it the number one taxi service in the city its first three months of operations. He now extends his remit to become President, EMEA. His first priority in his new role is to introduce the service to Spain, beginning with Madrid and Barcelona. Colm brings a wealth of international leadership and entrepreneurial experience gained across the media and tech sectors - including senior executive roles at Maiden Outdoor Advertising, Avenir SA, Mills & Allen and founding numerous technology start-ups including Netsure Telecom and Visible Thread. Colm was an Angel investor in HAILO's first round of financing in 2011.
Kiyotaka Fujii, President, Japan and Asia Pacific
Kiyotaka Fujii has been appointed President, Japan and Asia Pacific and has joined the Hailo Board. With over 30 years in international business, his experience has ranged from investment banking, information technology, and consumer products to the electric vehicle industry. Fujii has held Japan President and CEO positions with top global companies since 1997, including Better Place Japan, Louis Vuitton Japan, SAP Japan and Cadence Design Systems Japan. Fujii expanded SAP's business three-fold, led Louis Vuitton as the leading luxury brand and showcased the world's first electric vehicle taxi project with the Japanese government as president of Better Place Japan. He is currently a non-executive director of Olympus, having been brought in to re-build the business. Fujii received his MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1986 and his B. Law from the University of Tokyo in 1981.
For more information about Hailo visit: http://hailocab.com or @HAILO
To download the app, visit the Apple App Store or Google Play store and search on "hailo".
SOURCE: Hailo Network Canada
For further information:
David Dwyer
Veritas Communications
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Justin Bieber has apologised after a years-old video surfaced showing the then-teenager telling a racist joke.
In a statement to The Associated Press, the Canadian pop star said when he was a kid he did not realise how certain words could hurt.
He said he learned from his mistakes and apologised for them, and now is apologising again because they have become public.
The Sun first published the video, which is five years old.
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