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Show Wednesday, March 15, 2006 Work * that facilitate asteady flow of Continued from D6 by new mothers who wanted e-mail, teleconferences and instant messaging —the modern apevncet st atapon Se ey shoulder. Moreover, the grow- to have more time with their sauideen, aesuid Then dacs sought arrangements, ing reliance on such non-faceto-face communication inside the traditional workplace, sug- — co-workers were ee — they wanted to devote le do get isolated inthe cube,” said Kevin Remlinger, an DAILY HERALD Delta | | added, “Certainly not in my presence.” Atlanta-based Delta, which Continued from D6 cessions in a five-year deal based Cadence Design Systems | manager for San Jose,Calif. Inc. who works remotely from his homein Timonium, Md. By contrast, Remlinger said being a telecommuter forces him to be moreproactive about developing solid relationships with co-workers. Remlinger love of the outdoors. Heis at said he spends about four his desk by 7 a.m. — usually in hours a day on teleconferences — with co-workersin India, China, Germany and France y and that as and California — a result “we know each other pretty well.” Jack Nilles, a Los Angelesbased workplace consultant whois widely credited with coining the term “telecommuting” morethan three decades shorts and sneakers — in order to work the same hours as his coleagiesin the Central time unlike Frudakis, Rocco ea “it is really important to draw that boundary” between work andleisure, something he does by turning off the phone at the end of the day and before weekends. “Otherwise it would be too easy to workall the time,”he said. Kristen Havens, who markets booksonline from her Los Angeles apartment,e-mails frequently with her employer, but said that “socially, it is more isolating” than being in an office. Havens,an aspiring screenwriter, also writes ablog,and concedes this may be her way to makeupfor the lack of watercooler chatterinher life. But these challenges areoffset by perks, said Havens, who doesn't miss loud co-workers andloves being able to gotothe gym atless busy hours. Morethan a dozen people who telecommute or work from homesaidin interviews that they feel ever more connected to the workplace thanks to high-speed Internet connections ago,said technology has never been the main barrier to a moreflexible work schedule. Instead,it has been “the idea fixed in everybody's head that in orderto do useful work you had to be someplace where the boss could keep an eye on you.” Fortunately that way of thinkingis slowly becoming outdated,Nilles said. Managers like Frudakis are leading the way. “When you get away from’ the office environment,” Frudakis said, “you can be morecreative in your thought process.” Thatsaid, Frudakis visits PetAg’sIllinois headquarters once a monthand jams in as many face-to-face meetings with senior managers as she can,“I really enjoy being around co-workers,” she said. the companywill reap. | | | | Cc Provo 36 N. University Ave. 373-4440 Orem 626 N. State St. 224-0006 AF 76N 100€. 756-3313 by April 15 whether to grant 10 percent of the $3 billion in WWW.allenscamera.net Traditional darkroom printing from any digital camera In the latest negotiating pro- Delta's request to reject its pilot “overall annual cost cuts Delta is _posals, the company has agreed contract. The pilots, meanwhile, seeking. to reduceits request to $305 will wrapuptheir strike authorization vote on April 4. Typically, if such a vote is approved, union leaders could set a date for a strike Delta has said a strike by its pilots would be illegal, and Deltahas said it hopes to million in cuts annually, while emergefrom bankruptcy inthe the union said it is offering $140 summerof 2007. million ann The airline had asked the According to the company, New York bankruptcy courtin + the average earningsofpilots Novemberto void the pilot con- last year who worked the full tract, but shortly before a judge year was morethan $157,000. Albertsons aie Continued from D6 Sea Katherine Yung THE DALLAS MORNINGNEWS free trade and environmental DALLAS — Concerns are stave off attempts to dissolve it. The bank “has had some stumbles.Butit has done some about $6.1 billion in Albert- is purchasing about 700 stand-alone Sav-on and Osco Drugstores anda distribution centerin La Habra,Calif., for $2.93 billion in cash.It will also acquire real estate interests in the drug stores for $1 billion. The otherbuyers,led by Cerberus Capital Management,will acquire 655 stores in Texas, California, Florida, the Rocky Mountains and the Southwest. The group plans to operate the stores under the Albertsons name. Only Kroger Co.will be larger once Supervalu takes over1,124 stores under the rtsons, Acme Markets, Bristol Farms, Jewel-Osco and Shaw's Supermarkets banners. The expanded Su- = Development bank’s future in balance stock and cash and assume sons debt for the 1,124 stores andin-store pharmacies under the Osco and Sav-on brands. CVSof Woonsocket,R.I., eS mounting that U.S. and Mexican officials could close the North American Development Bank, one of two maiorinstitutions set up to protect the envirormentunder the North American Free Trade Agree- ment. The U.S. Treasury Depart- mentand its Mexican coun- terpart, Hacienda, have been holding discussions about the bank’s future. Among the options being considered are closing the bank or forming a different organization, bank executives said. The discussions come at a critical time for the bank, which has been struggling to improve its effectiveness. The ’s board has not metin more than two years and has been approvingloans by e-mail protection. And several members of Congress are trying to good workandit’s getting better,” said Daniel Esty, director of the Center for Environ- mental Law & Policy at Yale University andthe lead negotiator for the Environmental Protection Agency during the NAFTAtalks, “Ifit is simply shut down,iit would be terrible setback. During the last decade, the San Antonio-based financial institution has provided $704 millionin loans and grants for 90 projects worth $2.4 billion in communities along bothsides of Nevertheless,the bank is widely viewed as an example of how to accommodateboth poorest towns, where thou- sands ofcolonia residentslive without sewer and waterser- in thepipeline. “Wethink wehavethe record to prove wehave been effective,” said Jorge Garces, the bank's managingdirector. “The needs are there. The communities are looking to the bank to help them finance projects.” The Treasury Department won't say howlongits review of the bank maylast. “It's part of an ongoing look at whereour resources are going and howthey can best be used,” said spokeswoman Brookly McLaughlin. 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He noted the pilot cuts the _airline is seeking are only about | credit for the savings they say company and its pilots reached a deal on interim pay cuts. ‘That deal, equal to little less than half of what the company of two weeks of hearings at a Washington hotel, must decide started amid the terrorist attacks. The panel, on the second day was set to issue a decision, the fuel pricestore- pilots’ defined benefit pension plan, they should receive some information techocionype project Bill Rocco, a mutual fund Delta main high and ticket prices to remain low because of i tion and too manyseats avail- more time to a hobby or just spend less time in traffic. Soeetan thc easokoff the job. Bastian told the panel that protection, has lost roughly $12.6 billion since January 2001, the year the industry downturn | much. 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