02 agosto 2012
Diving: Mexicans take leap of faith into diving pool - chicagotribune.com
LONDON (Reuters) - From the high, rocky cliffs of Acapulco, to the perfectly heated pool at the London Aquatics Centre, Mexican divers like to take the plunge on high risk tactics.
The sport has a long tradition going back at least as far as its most successful Olympian, Joaquin Capilla, who won four medals in the 1940s and 1950s, and the locals of Acapulco, who since the 1930s have performed daring dives off their famous 35-metre-high cliffs.
In London, Mexican divers are carrying Capilla's torch, winning the country's only two medals of the Games so far, both silver behind the dominant Chinese diving team.
"Mexicans like to say that we are great fighters," said Julian Sanchez, who competed on Wednesday in the three-meter springboard synchronized event. "So we like to think big."
As part of that psyche, the Mexican divers at London have been betting on difficult dives that produce high scores if they come off, but no podium place if they do not.
The gamble paid off for Ivan Garcia and German Sanchez on Monday, and for Paola Espinosa and Alejandra Orozco on Tuesday in the men's and women's 10-metre synchronized platform events.
But Julian Sanchez and partner Yahel Castillo's risky tactics backfired on Wednesday when their tricky four-and-a-half forward tuck was a little shoddy in the fourth round, before they botched a reverse three and a half in the fifth, Sanchez apparently slipping and coming off too early.
Castillo shrugged off the gamble, saying it was always in the hands of fate.
"Anyone could have won, anyone could have come last. The truth is it was always God's decision, so there's no problem," he said.
With the success of athletes like Espinosa, who also won a bronze in Beijing, the focus for the swimming federation has inevitably shifted away from the pool and towards diving.
The performance of their athletes, two silver medals in three finals seems to vindicate the extra resources and effort that is being put into the sport's development in Mexico.
"Mexico is a country with a lot of diving talent and now the trainers are working together more to help that talent bear fruit," said Espinosa after her medal win on Tuesday.
"This is the most complete team that Mexico has had for years in the Olympics and with a different mentality - that we want to win."
(Editing by Greg Stutchbury)
Diving: Mexicans take leap of faith into diving pool - chicagotribune.com
The sport has a long tradition going back at least as far as its most successful Olympian, Joaquin Capilla, who won four medals in the 1940s and 1950s, and the locals of Acapulco, who since the 1930s have performed daring dives off their famous 35-metre-high cliffs.
In London, Mexican divers are carrying Capilla's torch, winning the country's only two medals of the Games so far, both silver behind the dominant Chinese diving team.
"Mexicans like to say that we are great fighters," said Julian Sanchez, who competed on Wednesday in the three-meter springboard synchronized event. "So we like to think big."
As part of that psyche, the Mexican divers at London have been betting on difficult dives that produce high scores if they come off, but no podium place if they do not.
The gamble paid off for Ivan Garcia and German Sanchez on Monday, and for Paola Espinosa and Alejandra Orozco on Tuesday in the men's and women's 10-metre synchronized platform events.
But Julian Sanchez and partner Yahel Castillo's risky tactics backfired on Wednesday when their tricky four-and-a-half forward tuck was a little shoddy in the fourth round, before they botched a reverse three and a half in the fifth, Sanchez apparently slipping and coming off too early.
Castillo shrugged off the gamble, saying it was always in the hands of fate.
"Anyone could have won, anyone could have come last. The truth is it was always God's decision, so there's no problem," he said.
With the success of athletes like Espinosa, who also won a bronze in Beijing, the focus for the swimming federation has inevitably shifted away from the pool and towards diving.
The performance of their athletes, two silver medals in three finals seems to vindicate the extra resources and effort that is being put into the sport's development in Mexico.
"Mexico is a country with a lot of diving talent and now the trainers are working together more to help that talent bear fruit," said Espinosa after her medal win on Tuesday.
"This is the most complete team that Mexico has had for years in the Olympics and with a different mentality - that we want to win."
(Editing by Greg Stutchbury)
Diving: Mexicans take leap of faith into diving pool - chicagotribune.com
Dramatic reduction of ship calls to Acapulco due to safety issues at this port: TMM | SYS-CON MEDIA
MEXICO CITY -- (Marketwire) -- 07/26/12 --Grupo TMM, S.A.B. (OTC: GTMAY) (BMV: TMM A) ("TMM" or the "Company"), a Mexican intermodal transportation and logistics Company, reported today its financial results for the second quarter of 2012.
MANAGEMENT OVERVIEWJosé F. Serrano, chairman and chief executive officer of Grupo TMM, said, "In the 2012 second quarter, consolidated revenue decreased compared to the 2011 period, driven mainly by lower tariffs and lower utilization at the product tanker segment, reduced operations at Acapulco and the volatility of the peso versus the dollar, all of which is more difficult to overcome in a contracted revenue environment.
"However, 2012 second-quarter and first six-month utilization at the offshore segment was 88.5 percent and 90.4 percent, respectively. In the first six months of 2012, we renewed six contracts for three-year terms each, and in July we renewed two contracts for two-year terms each, all of which will improve our Maritime division results going forward. To date, the Maritime division's backlog is $167.6 million."
Serrano concluded, "We believe we are close to reaching an agreement for the financial implementation of the development of a container and liquids terminal at the Port of Tuxpan. Once completed, this terminal will strategically position TMM in this lucrative sector. Additionally, we continue to work to expand the Company's revenue and profit base through the addition of specialized offshore vessels to TMM's fleet."
SECOND-QUARTER AND FIRST-HALF 2012 OPERATING AND FINANCIAL RESULTSCompared to the same periods of last year, consolidated revenue in the 2012 second quarter and first six months decreased 12.8 percent and 8.7 percent, respectively.
Second-quarter and first six-month 2012 consolidated operating profit was $1.7 million and $6.0 million, respectively. Operating profit in the 2011 second quarter included other income net of $6.4 million, which was mainly attributable to the recovery of certain tax incentives. Excluding this one-time event, operating profit decreased $2.6 million in the second quarter of 2012 and decreased $3.7 million in the first six months of 2012, compared to the same periods of last year.
Consolidated EBITDA decreased 41.8 percent to $14.2 million in the 2012 second quarter compared to $24.4 million in the 2011 second quarter and decreased 26.6 percent to $31.4 million in the 2012 first six months compared to $42.8 million in the 2011 first six months.
Maritime revenue decreased 8.5 percent and 2.3 percent in the 2012 second quarter and first six months, respectively, compared to the same periods of last year, mainly driven by revenue losses at product tankers due to increased offhire days, as well as by lower average daily tariffs compared to the same periods of 2011. These losses were partially offset by $1.8 million of revenue from the Company's shipyard at Tampico recorded in the first six months of 2012.
Comparing the first six months of 2012 with the same period of 2011, offshore revenue increased 0.4 percent to $50.3 million, due mainly to increased revenue days; product tanker revenue decreased 16.8 percent to $13.9 million, attributable mainly to increased offhire days and lower average tariffs, as mentioned above; chemical tanker revenue decreased 18.4 percent to $8.0 million as a result of lower volumes; and harbor tugs revenue increased 7.5 percent to $7.2 million mainly due to higher tariffs per ship call and to the addition of tug services to a new Liquefied Natural Gas, or LNG, terminal at Manzanillo in March.
Maritime operating profit decreased 20.6 percent and 12.7 percent in the 2012 second quarter and first six months, respectively, compared to the same periods of last year, due mainly to operating losses at product tankers as a result of two vessels that were unemployed for the larger part of this year's first quarter and one unemployed vessel in the second quarter, which increased operating costs.
Maritime profit reductions were partially offset by improvements at chemical tankers in both reported periods compared to last year, as this business segment recorded $0.9 million of gross profit in the first six months of 2012 compared to a gross loss of $0.3 million in the first six months of 2011. Additionally, the Company's shipyard contributed $0.5 million of profit in the first six months of 2012.
Maritime's EBITDA for the first six months of 2012 fell 7.7 percent, or $3.1 million, to $37.0 million compared to $40.1 million in first six months of 2011.
Ports and Terminals revenue decreased 11.8 percent and 13.7 percent in the 2012 second quarter and first six months, respectively, compared to the same periods of last year, driven mainly by a dramatic reduction of ship calls at Acapulco due to safety issues at this port, which accounted for a $1.3 million revenue loss in the 2012 six-month period, as well as by lower volumes at shipping agencies, partially offset by improved revenue at the automotive segment due to higher volumes at Puebla and Saltillo.
Ports and Terminals operating profit decreased 30.8 percent and 51.5 percent in the 2012 second quarter and first six months, respectively, compared to the same periods of last year, driven by a $1.4 million gross profit reduction at Acapulco. This decrease was partially offset by a 16.7 percent gross profit improvement at the maintenance and repair segment in the first six months of 2012, over the 2011 period.
Logistics revenue decreased 23.4 percent and 2.6 percent in the second quarter and first six months of 2012, respectively, compared to last year. Operating losses in the 2012 reported periods were partially offset by profit improvements at trucking due to cost efficiencies
Grupo TMM Reports Second-Quarter 2012 Financial Results | SYS-CON MEDIA
Restablece Ayuntamiento sitio web luego del hackeo de @Anonohispano
COMUNICADO DE PRENSA
El Ayuntamiento de Acapulco que preside Verónica Escobar Romo trabaja de manera coordinada con la Federación y el gobierno del estado para mantener la paz social y garantizar la tranquilidad tanto de acapulqueños como de nuestros visitantes.
En esa línea de trabajo, la Dirección de Comunicación Social detectó anomalías provocadas a la página de internet del gobierno municipal www.acapulco.gob.mx, cuyo contenido es abierto al público en general para consultas de trámites e información de las acciones gubernamentales.
La dependencia informa que, después de un trabajo satisfactorio del área de informática, se logró restablecer el sitio de Internet a las 11:05 horas para mantener de forma activa y permanente la comunicación de este gobierno con la sociedad.
Asesinan a Director de Gobernación municipal - Novedades
ACAPULCO.- El directod de gobernanción muncicipal, Rogelio Lozano Herrera fue asesinado a balazos en el andador Lázaro Cárdenas esquina con calle 9 de la colonia Cuauhtémoc.
Fue alrededor de las 11:00 de la mañana cuando ocurrió el homicidio, al lugar llegaron uniformados de la Policía Federal, Municipal y Ministerial para resguardar la zona.El funcionario se encontraba boca arriba y presentaba diversos impactos de arma de fuego en el cuerpo, a los alrededores se hallaban casquillos percutidos de bala calibre .9 milímetros.
Personal del Ministerio Público se encargo de realizar las primeras diligencias, posteriormente el Servicio Médico Forense trasladó el cuerpo a sus instalaciones para practicar la necropsia de ley
Asesinan a Director de Gobernaci�n municipal
El Universal - 'Notoria' caída de homicidios entre narcos: Calderón
El presidente Felipe Calderón señaló que se redujo en 7% la incidencia de homicidios dolosos y en 15% los presuntamente derivados de la rivalidad entre bandas delincuenciales, y deseó que desde el Consejo Nacional de Seguridad Pública se mantenga la lucha contra la criminalidad.
Recalcó que la reducción de homicidios dolosos es notoria y que será cada vez más visible en la tendencia a la baja en el mediano y largo plazos.
"En los últimos meses y por primera vez en varios años se está registrando una tendencia de reducción de homicidios dolosos a nivel nacional que constituye uno de los indicadores de la violencia que preocupa a los mexicanos.
"Estoy cierto que esta tendencia se hará cada vez más visible en el mediano y largo plazos", afirmó el mandatario.
Hizo votos porque desde el Consejo Nacional de Seguridad Pública se mantenga la lucha contra la criminalidad.
"Hago votos porque desde este Consejo Nacional continúe el proceso que nuestra generación inició en la búsqueda de un México de leyes, de orden y de seguridad para todos. Esto es tal vez la labor más trascendente a la que todos estamos llamados autoridades y ciudadanos y de la cual depende en buena medida el futuro de la nación", dijo Calderón.
Ante gobernadores y el jefe de gobierno del DF, Calderón dijo que un "gran pendiente" es la depuración de policías que podrían estar al servicio de bandas criminales.
Dijo que a la fecha llevan evaluados al 45% de los policías del país en el nivel estatal y municipal, pero faltan 239 mil.
En contraste, Calderón aseguró que a julio el 100% de elementos federales habían sido evaluado en los controles de confianza.
"Hoy el gran pendiente es la depuración de los cuerpos policiacos mismos. De nada sirve hacer controles de confianza si quienes no los acrediten siguen en las filas de corporaciones policiales, lo que conlleva el alto riesgo de que estén sirviendo o se sumen a la delincuencia dentro de las propias instituciones públicas", alertó Calderón.
Expresó un reconocimiento a las Fuerzas Armadas y a la Policía Federal, además de la Procuraduría General de la República, pues han permitido desbaratar organizaciones criminales y proteger a la ciudadanía.
Recordó que preside por última vez la sesión del Consejo Nacional de Seguridad Pública, con gobernadores y el jefe de gobierno del DF.
Explicó las acciones de su gobierno, como la instrumentación de Plataforma México.
También reseñó diversos ajustes a la ley para abatir la criminalidad. Dijo que cuando llegó al gobierno "encontré un creciente deterioro" en los cuerpos policiacos.
La expansión del crimen "tomó por sorpresa a instituciones obsoletas", afirmó. Demandó que los estados cumplan con los exámenes de confianza a las policías.
Calderón afirmó que a diferencia del pasado, se invirtió ya lo que sucedía: que se fortalecían criminales y debilitaban las instituciones del Estado dedicadas a combatirlos.
Calderón dijo que su gobierno siempre ha estado abierto al diálogo.
Calderón dijo que su gobierno siempre ha estado abierto al diálogo.
El Universal - Naci�n - 'Notoria' ca�da de homicidios entre narcos: Calder�n
GUERRERO ES TIERRA DE OPORTUNIDADES, CON UN CLIMA DE ARMONÍA Y QUE VIVE UN CLARO PROCESO DE TRANSFORMACIÓN: OSCAR ATHIÉ
Guerrero y en particular Acapulco se han convertido en un nicho de oportunidades para que los empresarios nacionales y extranjeros vengan a invertir, pues existe el apoyo del gobierno del estado y las condiciones de seguridad, dijo el cantautor y empresario acapulqueño, Oscar Athié.
Acompañado del secretario de Desarrollo Económico, Enrique Castro Soto, Oscar Athié aseguró que el gobernador Ángel Aguirre y sus colaboradores han demostrado su interés por fomentar inversiones en el estado, ya que "tienen una gran apertura y ganas de facilitar el trabajo empresarial. Veo con gran esperanza que más empresarios se animen a venir a Guerrero", agregó.
Refirió que Guerrero es una tierra de oportunidades, con un clima de armonía y un claro proceso de transformación gracias al trabajo que ha emprendido el gobernador Ángel Aguirre Rivero, con nuevas estrategias de seguridad y la implementación de programas sociales para reconstruir el tejido social.
Dijo que tiene un profundo compromiso con Acapulco y por eso seguirá invitando a más empresarios para construir nuevos proyectos, porque "queremos ayudar a construir un nuevo Guerrero, el Guerrero que nos merecemos. Debemos de trabajar por ello, y en ese sentido seguiremos trabajando", subrayó Oscar Athié.
Por su parte Enrique Castro Soto, titular de la Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico, (SEDECO), informó que existe el interés de algunos empresarios por consolidar en especial tres proyectos: El primero es el de una empresa ensambladora de tractores, que se pretende instalar en el Parque Industrial Guerrero, en la comunidad de El Ocotito.
El segundo es un proyecto para construir un hospital de tercer nivel en la zona diamante del puerto, en donde se ofrecerán servicios de salud y se atenderán a los turistas, para lo cual se harán convenios con algunas aseguradoras.
El tercer proyecto está orientado a desarrollar un parque temático en Tres Palos, en donde la idea es generar una nueva pequeña ciudad con un centro de diversiones y posteriormente generar una nueva vía de comunicación, a través de tren bala que uniría al DF, Morelos y Guerrero.
"Son capitales privados y el gobierno de Ángel Aguirre Rivero seguirá trabajando para generar las condiciones y convencer a estos inversionistas para concretar estos proyectos lo más pronto posible", sostuvo el responsable de SEDECO.
Por último agregó que el Puerto de Acapulco y otras regiones del estado de Guerrero por sus bellezas naturales representan un atractivo a la inversión minera, la actividad agro industrial y el turismo.
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