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What happened to Tomas? Heard he's left the lab . . .
Tri-Valley Cares needs to be on this if they aren't already. We need to make sure that NNSA and LLNL does not make good on promises to pursue such stupid ideas as doing Plutonium experiments on NIF. The stupidity arises from the fact that a huge population is placed at risk in the short and long term. Why do this kind of experiment in a heavily populated area? Only a moron would push that kind of imbecile area. Do it somewhere else in the god forsaken hills of Los Alamos. Why should the communities in the Bay Area be subjected to such increased risk just because the lab's NIF has failed twice and is trying the Hail Mary pass of doing an SNM experiment just to justify their existence? Those Laser EoS techniques and the people analyzing the raw data are all just BAD anyways. You know what comes next after they do the experiment. They'll figure out that they need larger samples. More risk for the local population. Stop this imbecilic pursuit. They wan...
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post doc.
A little chemistry?
Homemade explosives?
Late night experiments?
Finally, Pons and Fleishman are proven right, repeated desktop fusion.
Penetrating scientific exploration.
Chemical attraction?
I'll show you my Bosons if you show me yours...
Neither Einstien nor Freud nor many of the former ADs could stay employed at the current lab.
Trowser chemistry.
I mean really if you can't pillow an attractive, willing post-doc what's the point of the time invested? (misquote of Ayn Rand)
I love Latins!
Did ignition lead to fusion?
Will shower invitations be sent our shortly?
1: talk or opinion widely disseminated with no discernible source
2: a statement or report current without known authority for its truth
Maybe some of the pieces can be found in his travel expense history, if that information is not FOIA exempt.
I'm sure the pieces are out there and openly available, but the dots just need to be connected.
B. Taking a long deserve vacation.
C.Walked off site by security for misappropriations of government funds and impregnating the young hot post doc that works for me.
Is the Post Doc married?
Is the Post Doc underaged?
Does the Post Doc work directly for Tomas?
Did the Post Doc recieve special treatment in getting employement at LLNL?
If the anser is "no" to all of these questions, then what is the problem.
Adjective:
Of or relating to Spain or to Spanish-speaking countries, esp. those of Latin America.
Noun:
A Spanish-speaking person living in the US, esp. one of Latin American descent.
http://www.hispanicphysicists.org/HispanicPhysicist/Jun2004Hisp.pdf
Wow, either you really do not understand or you are a lawyer.
Would Latin Americans characterize him as being Hispanic? That depends on the definition and context being applied
Is he a disadvantaged minority? No
But a lot of you are right! 12:43am doesn't realize that Spaniards are NOT minorities. Tells you how ignorant some people are.
So from the tone of the responses, I'm guessing that some of you are implying that somehow Tomas is misrepresenting his ethnic background, or at least milking some people's ignorance in not being able to tell the difference between a Spaniard and a Latin American.
Too funny!!
Get your information straight!!! YES TOMAS IS MARRIED!!! He ONLY just two months ago moved out of his house with his wife of over 10 years...and YES the postdoc DID get special treatment for working with TOMAS and I believe that there were misappropriations of government funds....
GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!!
AND for any of you who think that Tomas is of or even representative of a minority culture are completely WRONG!
https://pao-int.llnl.gov/news/morenews/2012/Jul/071812_travel.html
Can't wait for the movie version...
If you ever saw him together with his LANL counterpart, you would be proud of how he represented LLNL. Time afer time, he was professional and knew his science, whereas LANL came off as a bombastic buffoon. Would be good if his successor was able to continue to maintain the upper hand.
It appears that he gave in to an age old human failing. If true, sad all the way around.
July 18, 2012 4:44 PM
Atta boy Parney. That's the Bechtel way.... clean, fast, cost-effective, and surgical......
It is a private matter. Really, with all the problems of the world, we have time to concern ourselves with someone else's sex life?
Now, harassment is different, it has a victim. But if both parties engage in a bit of friendly whopee, what business is it of mine? It should concern the local parson, with concern for their eternal souls, but not business operations.
In my 30-plus-year career, I have heard of perhaps 15 different affairs of various randy lab folks. None mattered to lab operations. To the individuals yes, but not to lab business and not to DOE business.
Mind your own....
What's Parney gonna do now when that starstruck young thing, overcome with hormones and a bit too much alcohol, sidles up to him, purring? ("Sorry, my dear...Rules, you know.")
This is one of the benefits of being a powerful, elder statesman; helping those Lewinsky's find their place in life.
Fair exchange.
Thirty years of humdrum and a forgettable retirement party.
or
The notoriety of being frogmarched out for "scientific thrusts above and beyond the line of duty".
Bravo, amigo! You are remembered. I am not.
The male animal.
Did she go on tax-payer financed trips to sensitive foreign countries like China, with Tomas because she had the appropriate technical background over all other postdocs that could have been selected?
Did the other managers turn a blind eye when these kinds of questions come up, because of the environment of fear and intimidation due to Tomas?
You have a national security problem if you have someone at that high of a level abusing their authority, behaving inappropriately, and being cavalier about his own actions. If he thinks that he is above the law, think about how inappropriately he will deal with FIS influences.
Tomas deserves to answer to a plethora of unethical and illegal practices he has historically distributed across a diverse range of employees at LLNL. He has willingly involved (intentionally intimidated) good employees to perform his bidding. He has disgraced and disappointed LLNL employees and the institutional reputation.
What happened to Ed Moses??
Another black eye for LLNL. Rumor is, Ed Moses was also told "he does not have a job at LLNL" come Oct 1. This is allegedly due to misappropriation of funds, resources and potential travel expenses he utilized to support a family owned company.
Tomas has demonstrated his arrogant behavior and finally was challenged. Ed Moses has also been exposed and is the next disappointing manager to be released following unethical practices. This is all such sad data for an institution that continuously emphasizes quality and excellence.
Nope. Must report living in sin. Must report contact with foreign nationals and representatives of foreign governments.
Man, if we had to report everyone we banged while employed, the form would be long and boring.
And no, there is no national security significance to any of our personal thrusts. You must be bent or an intrusive democrat mother-hen.
It appears that he gave in to an age old human failing. If true, sad all the way around.
July 18, 2012 5:19 PM
"Bombastic buffoon", it appears that Bret Knapp was in the meeting with Tomas?
It's also unfortunate that the people who worked at the Lab (and still do) who really care about what happens to the research, science and innovation are all suffering because of "burros" like Tomas.
LLNL use to be a proud institution. Great things came out of it. There's still a little of that there, but it is getting harder and harder to decipher the really good eggs (science, etc.) from the rotten ones.
Tomas, over the years, did hurt innocent people who had careers that were important to them and to their loved ones. Tomas didn't care about that. And, it is true that he had his lackeys that catered to his whims.
All of those individuals (you know who you are) who allowed Tomas to get away with unacceptable behavior (there were so many), shame on you.
Let's face it. Every single person that allowed Tomas to get away with not following the rules played a role in Tomas getting away with way too much. Whether you are a finance person ignoring the facts, truth, policies, etc.... or the person that signed for Tomas travel (Spain for a month for how many years? Seriously?) Or possibly the individual who was approving all of the "perks" that Tomas would conveniently state he needed for his visitors, etc. And lastly, the people who were complicit in allowing Tomas to re-assign or get rid of people... WOW! How do you live with that?
I hope this doesn't read like I have an axe to grind. I truly don't. I just don't like to see a grand institution be tarnished by arrogant individuals such as Tomas. And, I don't like that it will hurt the innocent people when the Lab is no longer a National Lab anymore. No jobs, no retirement, no rich scientific successes.
And last, to Tomas' family... it's unfortunate that anyone has to bare the burden of Tomas' crap. Because, in the end it is crap. We hope you come out of this in a better place.
It's relative.
Think abortion.
It's the uncertainty principle.
Associate Deputy Director for Operations, O&B Deputy PAD for Operations, O&B Assurance Manager, HR Director, CFO
July 21, 2012 4:34 PM
Great idea! Let's go hang all Operations and Support folks and make them bear the burden of a single scientist's greed and affair. Better yet, let's punish them by not allowing them to be transferred from theses "crappy" jobs for one year, ala LANS. Operations folks.
We'll get stuck tacking another web class on ethics and LLNS lawyers will prep for a settlement when Tomas sues.
Expect the same will be seen at LLNL with Tomas. This type of juicy info is considered "corporate proprietary info" by the big boys pulling down the big bucks on the top floors at the for-profit weapon labs. They always protect their own.
Personally, I think Thomas was very capable in his line of expertise, but also very opinionated, and willing to let areas of the Lab that didn't interest him languish. He was probably the worst thing that happened to Bio for a long time, for example.
Ya but at LLNS and LANS it is why bad people do really bad things
Effective Aug. 1, the Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration are implementing changes to the DOE Foreign Travel Order-551.1D, which should improve getting approvals done in a timely manner but also will require more thorough documentation to justify the trip requests. Additionally, there is reduction in the amount of personal time allowed in a foreign country during a business trip.
Key features of the order change include:
DOE/NNSA has five days to review/disapprove a trip request once LLNL's Foreign Travel Office submits the pre-trip data to them.
Personal days in conjunction with business days has been reduced from 1:1 to 2:1 (two business days generates one personal day of use).
If attending a foreign conference, a copy of the agenda is required to be submitted. If you are presenting at the conference, a copy of the draft presentation or abstract is required to be attached to the trip paperwork to aid in the trip approval.
For further questions about the changes in foreign travel, contact the LLNL's Foreign Travel Office at 4-4685.
Curious wording…. 5 days to review/disapprove … shouldn’t it read… 5 days to approve/disapprove ?
Thanks Thomas……
If you have ever had business travel to the east coast of the US, you know that the time change can put you at a disadvantage for example for a difficult negotiation. Travelling earlier and resting, to become acclimated may be a wise business decision.
The same applies only more so for travel of 8-10 time zones.
Even with a socalled extra day to travel, which actually doesn't exist due to the artifact of moving forward 10 hours, a traveller can find himself exhausted at a critical time, generally 4 in the afternoon.
If the success of the enterprize depends on a competent, well-rested individual, then extra travel days are well advised.
So I don't think it's reasonable to define that as a perk. And I can't see why anybody should care about personal days, except to avoid "the appearance" of government-funded vacations.
I can see why we might care about foreign business trips. In the age of Skype and such, perhaps the need for the trips themselves should be scrutinized more.
1 for 2 rule has been in effect per DOE order 551.1_ at least since April. Good to see that LLNL is finally catching up to the rules that the rest of the labs live to.
Though apparently he's back on site. DOE investigation into
something having to do with his family business dealings (already mentioned above). The words "10 day investigation," "criminal prosecution" and "possible jailtime" seem to come to my mind. But much of this is still at the "unconfirmed" level of certainty.
It made me think of the following film adaptations:
"Elevator Defecation Part Deux," except this time, it's Ed Moses getting caught in the act on camera. Go Ed! Stick it to man!
"Collateral Damage" to innocent employees assigned to NIF who are now in a position of being out of work, which leads to...
"Missing Inventory Early Severance" or missing stuff due to spiteful employees taking early severance as a form of "screw you."
and closing out with
"NIF completion celebration party" complete with awards, music, catering, followed by plans to commence immediate dismantlement and pillaging (or more politely, "reuse") of useful equipment for other programs.
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Thank you.
Also all the politicians who came to the NIF event in which the lab had to pay for pre-event NIF landscaping by taxing all of the programs, even work-for-other programs that had nothing to do with NIF. Looks and smells like misappropriations of funds.
Way back when, I was asked to attend a meeting with 30 other people including Ed, in some conference room in Laserland before NIF was finished. Before Ed arrived, people made sure to remind us new people not to sit in the chair at the front of the room where the projector is. That position was always Ed's place. Someone later told me that he used to unceremoniously and often very rudely tell anyone who unknowingly sat in his spot to GTFO. I would have to ask my contacts to get the exact quote.
On the other hand, Charlie's announcement of the shift of 50 million related to the LANL TCP-1 account just might be worth a closer look.
My concern is as it was already posted
"Anonymous Anonymous said
So the consensus at LLNL is that employees work in constant fear of retaliation for doing the right thing and honest, hard-working employees are not rewarded but pawns that are used. The best and brightest of Silicon Valley will certainly want to give up their stock options and other work rewards to come work here.
July 25, 2012 6:00 AM"
This is not good. We need solutions ASAP.
"someone later ***told me*** that he used to unceremoniously and often very rudely tell anyone who unknowingly sat in his spot to GTFO." So he actually had no actual experience himself, but was simply reporting something somebody said.
And heavens, we can't have anybody being "unceromonious".
If that's the best you can come up with to back the adjective "despicable", you fail.
He has agreed to remain with the Laboratory for a period of time to assist in the transfer of his duties and responsibilities.
"We wish to thank him for his years of dedicated service in the national interest," Lab Director Parney Albright said.
the recent alpha heating milestone failure, and now the management disruptions, particularly of someone who was such a strong advocate of the LIFE concept,
"... who's going to write the letter to congress?"
Maybe Ed Moses should become the new Deputy Director of Science and Technology. He's got atleast 7 patents under his belt!
All of these insinuations about their behavior are all part of a smear campaign driven by a vast left wing conspiracy probably led by Obama supporters who are willing to lie and cheat in order to steal the upcoming election. And they are doing it because they are sympathizers with countries like China.
It's our job as members of the Tea Party to protect our own like Tomas and Ed. They are good honest American patriots who are doing a great service to this country, to ensure that we have a working and viable nuclear stockpile to use against those elements trying to discredit leadership at the lab.
I agree with the comments above. Liars you are for making up stories just to cause grief to our patriots. Repeating the fellow patriot above stated, "Good lord, fellah -- get a life."
I agree with you, however I think what is behind this is a vast ultra Right Wing Conspiracy to privatize everything into a for profit scam to create a 1% elite and 99% slaves. They must have only MBA's in charge and destroy science in America.
One of our greatest patriots and national treasure Gore Vidal recently passed away. He was right about the creepy anti-intellectual
William F Buckley Jr when he said
to him "the only sort of pro- or crypto-Nazi I can think of is yourself"
https://life.llnl.gov/about/life_team/index.php
Big problem with most of LLNL management is arrogance and corruption. Love how middle management is being told to squash the rumors. WHY has Parney not come out to dispel the rumors? Simply put: where there’s smoke there is fire.
No ignition no LIFE: How much money was spent on this mirage? It’s called sacrifice, LLNL employees were laid off to further fund this idiotic project. That’s why NIF was excluded from the layoff originally. Hey DOD sure hope this same band of arrogant incompetent idiots are not certifying the stockpile. Remember ignition 2010? 2011? 2012? Four orders of magnitude away from ignition is a complete failure. EM and his band of cronies gives R&D a bad name. Time for management to be laid off.
But....Tomas a professional!??
Hah....Anyone who has experienced his foul-mouthed displeasure would forever refer to him as anything but "professional".
The truth must hurt but look where he is. At the top making ~$500K a year with perks. This $500K should soon be coming out of the TCP-1 pension plan for the remainder of his life. No wonder next year employee contributions is scheduled to be 7% and LLNS portion will be 24% or about $162M verses $82 . How will those funds be acquired. Could it again be SOP for LLNS. ( Bodies = $$), $162,000,000 / $300,000 ='s 540 low paid blue collar workers out the gate !