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Missing Organization Link Report
Objective: To add the organization ID number to personal member records with organization information but a blank organization ID field.
There are 50 entries per page which take approximately 45-60 minutes to complete. Complete at least 1 page per hour to start; as you progress you should be able to complete a page in 45 minutes or less.
- You will need the most recent library school list
- You will also need to open 2 instances of iMIS to make look up/set up easier
- Go to org field and do the look up or if you think there will be lots of results go to the 2nd instance of iMIS and look up the org.
- Keep in mind you may not find an exact match on details like room or suite numbers but the basics of the address should be the same.
- If the lookup in the org field generates results you can use add the ID as usual but when asked "do you want to overwrite" always click no. Click Alt+S to save and you're done.
- If you are using the ID number from a separate lookup, copy and paste the ID number in the org ID field. When asked to overwrite always choose no. Click Alt+S to save and you're done.
- -If there is no similar record create one in the 2nd instance of iMIS and copy and paste the ID number into the org ID field-do not overwrite and click Alt+S to save.
**Compiling the organization list**
While working on this project we will compile a list of ID numbers of organizations that generate large numbers of results i.e. Brooklyn Public Library or University of Chicago.
We will be looking for the main library's address and ID number.
Please add them to our frequently used org ID list in the share drive in the Database Cleanup Folder.
This list will be used as reference similar to the library school list and we will be expected to use the id numbers listed there in the same manner.
For example, everyone at Brooklyn Public Library that is not at a specific branch will all have the same main library ID number.


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BroadbandCensus.com People Column: Tech Lobby, Wireless Board Changes
WASHINGTON, October 30, 2009 - CTIA-The Wireless Association announced Friday that it has a newly elected board of director officers. AT&T Mobility President and CEO Ralph de la Vega will serve as CTIA's chairman, Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse will act as vice chairman, Asurion CEO Bret Comolli as treasurer, Cellcom President and CEO Patrick Riordan as secretary and T-Mobile USA President and CEO Robert Dotson as chairman emeritus. Keep Reading

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This test measures the amount of calcium in urine. All cells need calcium in order to work. Calcium helps build strong bones and teeth. It is important for heart function, and helps with muscle contraction, nerve signaling, and blood clotting.
See also:
Alternative Names
Urinary Ca+2
How the test is performed
A 24-hour urine sample is usually needed:
- On day 1, urinate into the toilet when you wake up in the morning.
- Collect all urine (in a special container) for the next 24-hours.
- On day 2, urinate into the container in the morning when you wake up.
- Cap the container. Keep it in the refrigerator or a cool place during the collection period. Label the container with your name, the date, and the time you finish it, and return it as instructed.
A urine collection bag is needed for infants. This is a plastic bag with a sticky paper on one end. Wash the area around the child's urethra. For boys, place the entire penis in the bag and attach the adhesive to the skin. For girls, place the bag over the labia and secure into place with the adhesive. You can place a diaper over the bag.
This procedure may take a couple of attempts — lively infants can move the bag. The infant should be checked often. Change the bag after the infant has urinated into it. Drain the urine into the container given to you by your health care provider and deliver it to the laboratory or doctor's office as soon as possible.
How to prepare for the test
Your doctor may tell you to temporarily stop taking any drugs that may affect the test results.
Drugs that may increase urine calcium measurements include antacids, anticonvulsants, carbonic anhydrase inhibitor diuretics, and loop diuretics.
Drugs that may decrease urine calcium measurements include adrenocorticosteroids, birth control pills, and thiazide diuretics.
NEVER stop taking any medicine without first talking to your doctor.
If the 24-urine collection is being taken from an infant, you may need a couple of extra collection bags.
How the test will feel
The test involves only normal urination, and there is no discomfort.
Why the test is performed
Urine calcium levels can help your doctor:
Decide on the best treatment for the most common type of
kidney stone, which is made of calcium. This type of stone may occur when the kidney leaks too much calcium into the urine.
Monitor someone who has a problem with the
parathyroid gland, which helps control calcium levels in the blood and urine.
Normal Values
If you are eating a normal diet, the expected amount of calcium in the urine is 100 to 300 mg/day. If you are eating a diet low in calcium, the amount of calcium in the urine will be 50 to 150 mg/day.
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
The examples above show the common measurements for results for these tests. Some laboratories use different measurements or may test different specimens.
Note: mg/day = milligrams per day
What abnormal results mean
High levels of urine calcium (above 300 mg/day) may be due to:
Chronic kidney disease
Leaking of urine from the kidneys, which causes calcium kidney stones
Takiong too much calcium
Too much production of parathyroid hormone by the parathyroid glands in the neck
- Use of water pills called loop diuretics
- Very high
vitamin Dlevels
Low levels of urine calcium may be due to:
Disorders in which the body does not absorb nutrients from food well
Parathyroid glands in the neck do not produce enough parathyroid hormone(PTH)
- Use of a water pill called a thiazide diuretic
- Very low levels of
vitamin D
What the risks are
There are no risks.


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Hawken-Dazs wrote:-The Glove- wrote:Didn't realize Sherman was all about himself. Those type of players almost always cause havoc in the locker room. Interesting that he's so well-liked on the team.
Huh? What did Sherman say?
Nothing lately...it was a sarcastic response to another poster saying Sherman is all about himself.


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Well in my Saturday afternoon post (I know I should do those more often- maybe I will) I mentioned finding out pretty much first thing that Tony Stewart would be going to a backup car because he crashed during practice. This would put him at the back of the 43 car field in the race that should have happened on Sunday. Then it rained out on Sunday. This seems to be the season of rain! So NASCAR finally (and within a reasonable amount of time in my eyes) postponed the race until Monday. The problem with races on Monday- is I have to work. Bah.
I am going to assume though that Tony and Team Old Spice Office Depot did good today all things considered. I know they dealt with a flat tire early in the race- that ended up putting them a lap down. I also know that thanks to the competition Caution thrown at lap 20 that he was the lucky dog and fought his way back up to be in or near the top ten for most of the day. Tony Stewart finished in tenth position at Pocono (after starting 43rd- so I say we call it a good day). Teammate Ryan Newman finished fourteenth. Tony maintains his position in the points as POINTS LEADER (Yey Tony!!). Ryan Newman dropped two spots in the standings to 9th (still within the chase- barely).
Notes on Pocono (far and few between since I didn't get to watch the actual race):
- Congratulations to Denny Hamlin- race winner. It was good to hear that Denny won!
- Dear Jimmie Johnson: My friend thinks you should sell the "Chad is Rad" shirts that you were sporting during the Rain Delay on Sunday- she would def love one. She says you could have the proceeds go to your foundation…she is sure other HMS fans would buy them too.
- Between Fox Sports and NASCAR.COM live leaderboards- FoxSports was just a tad faster for me. Just wanted to share that. But I like the layout of the one at NASCAR.COM better.
- Part of me wants the Tony Stewart Swaggar shirt that says YOUR DRIVER STINKS MINE DOESN'T. Is that weird?
Let's just call this good and get on with next week's race- where our favorite drivers will turn left and right at Watkin's Glen!


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Friday, December 10, 2010
GIFT OF HOPE: From left, Lisa, John and Elana Sargent, and Batchelor
When her father John was diagnosed with a glioblastoma in June 2009, 10-year-old Elana Sargent wanted to find a way to help. She decided to make bracelets with gray beads and ribbons – gray is the official color for brain cancer awareness – and donate the proceeds to cancer research. Elana called her project "Beading for Brain Cancer" and sold the bracelets for $10 at local stores. The items quickly gained popularity, and orders poured in for more.
In October, Elana and her family donated $1,000 – raised from the sale of the bracelets – toward glioblastoma research at the MGH Cancer Center, where John receives care. Tracy Batchelor, MD, MPH, executive director of the Stephen E. and Catherine Pappas Center for Neuro-Oncology, accepted the check on behalf of the hospital.
"After my dad found out he was sick, I saw how hard it was for people with cancer," says Elana. "I wanted to help so that other people don't to have to go through the same thing."
Elana's brother Jack also plans to make a donation to the MGH. He organized a hockey game between students and teachers at his school, and through donations of participants and attendees, raised more than $600.
"We are so grateful to our physicians and nurses and are happy to give back," says their mother Lisa. "Dr. Batchelor, Dr. April Eichler and our nurse practitioner Mary Walsh have all been wonderful."
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Has everyone been noticing the countdown that's been on Ancestry.comand Ancestry.ca for a few weeks now?
Every day this ticker counts down.
Since 1921 Canadian census has been online and available for browsing but is not yet indexed I think I know what it means - what about you?
October 22, 2013
7 Days Until 1921?
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- Jackie Corrigan said...
Definitely looking forward to seeing the index! I've spent a lot of time browsing the images and I've found both of my husband's parents and my father, but not my mom.
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The following crime is from the week of March 17 to March 23, 2013.
March 22. 8400 block Germantown Avenue. Complainant states that an unknown black female was going through her purse and when she was asked what she was doing, she stated that she was waiting for her food. Offender then left and jumped into a gray Nissan, Pennsylvania tag JFZ 4408, and fled southbound on Germantown Ave. Nothing was missing. Black female wearing a silver bomber jacket and pink shirt. Occurred at 5:10 p.m.
Town Watch.
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|S97-E-5104 (9 December 2000) --- This high-angle view is one of a series of digital still camera photographs showing the International Space Station (ISS) during a fly-around by the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The 240-foot-long, 38-foot-wide solar array is the newest part and one of the most prominent components of the station. Onboard ISS for about 40 days at the time of this photo were astronaut William M. Shepherd and cosmonauts Yuri P. Gidzenko and Sergei K. Krikalev. Onboard the shuttle were STS-97 astronauts -- commander Brent W. Jett, Jr., pilot Mike Bloomfield and mission specialists Marc Garneau of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Carlos I. Noriega and Joseph R. Tanner.
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New Mexico Fishing Report
This fishing report, provided by the Department of Game and Fish, has been generated from the best information available from area officers, anglers, guides and local businesses. Conditions may vary as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities.
Animas River – The flow is 270 cfs. The river is reported as good for trout using various bead-headed nymphs, spinners and worms. The river was stocked with 475 rainbow trout last week.
Chama River – Upper section flow is 61 cfs. Below El Vado, the flow is 98 cfs and the flow below Abiquiu is 102 cfs. The upper Chama flowing downstream to the village of Chama and into El Vado reservoir is fair to good. Some big browns have been taken from the wildlife area. Special Kokanee Salmon Snagging Season Oct. 1 – Dec. 31 – Chama River from El Vado Lake to west boundary of Rio Chama Wildlife and Fishing Area. The river below El Vado is fishing good to excellent. The water is at a perfect flow. All methods are catching fish with limits of rainbows being taken. Some brown trout up to 20 inches are also reported being landed using black and gold Panther Martins. The river was stocked below Abiquiu Lake with 445 rainbow trout last week and fishing there is reported as fair.
San Juan River – Upper section – Catch and Release flow is 499 cfs. Midges are hatching all day long. At the moment they are very small, midge pupa and larvae, size 22 to 28, gray, black, chocolate, cream and olive have been my best. The hatch is strongest from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Try fishing BWO's from 1 to 5 p.m. Dark or light gray, brown and olive have been the best colors in a size 20 and 22. Both dry and wet patterns. Back to midges in the evenings.
Abiquiu Lake – Special Kokanee Salmon Snagging Season Oct. 1 – Dec. 31. Not much has changed at the lake and conditions remain the same. Fishing is slow for all species including walleye with smaller-sized fish being caught. No report on salmon or other species.
El Vado Lake – Trout fishing is reported as slow to fair with better reports from the Chama River inlet and the dam. Fish are being landed with worms, salmon eggs, Power Bait and spinners. The main boat ramp is open but the primitive ramps are closed due to low water. Special Kokanee Salmon Snagging Season Oct. 1 – Dec. 31. Salmon snagging is continues to be fair to good on the north side of the lake. Park at the gate just below the Stone House Lodge and walk down to the dirt boat ramp for the best access.
Heron Lake –Kokanee salmon generic rx nexium snagging is prohibited Oct. 1 – Nov. 10 at Heron Lake and Willow Creek. It is unlawful to possess kokanee salmon at Heron Lake and Willow Creek during that time. Snagging season will open at Heron Lake and Willow Creek Nov. 11 – Dec. 31. Reports of trout and lake trout are good from shore when using roe sacks. Trout are also fishing good with spinners and worms. If you hook into a salmon be sure to release it.
Jackson Lake – Trout fishing is reported as fair using Power Bait, salmon eggs and worms from shore. Spinners and black wooly buggers are reported working well on the back side of the lake.
Lake Farmington – Trout fishing is reported as good using Power Bait, salmon eggs and worms. Best success is reported close to the dam.
Morgan Lake – Fishing is slow for bass with very little traffic at the lake.
Navajo Lake – Special Kokanee Salmon Snagging Season Oct. 1 – Dec. 31. Salmon snagging is reported as good at Simms Marina and at the dam. No reports on other species.
Cimarron River – The flow below Eagle Nest Dam is 26 cfs and 26 cfs near Cimarron. Flows are good for now but the release will go back down for the winter soon. Check the flows before you go. Releases below 25 cfs makes for slow fishing. Bead headed nymphs are working well in the specialty waters. Worms, Power Bait and spinners are working in the open waters down stream.
Costilla Creek – The flow is 7.4 cfs near the town of Costilla. Fishing is reported as slow below the Valle Vidal boundary. Anglers are having success with dry droppers and various bed headed nymphs close to the banks. Check the flows before you go, water levels are very low and fish are spooky.
Red River – Flows are 12 cfs near Questa and 42 cfs below the hatchery. Fishing for trout is reported as fair to good with better fishing on the lower stretches. Fish are being caught with all methods working.
Rio Grande – Flows are 278 cfs near Cerro and 416 cfs below the Taos Junction Bridge. Trout fishing is fair to good while weather holds. Bead headed nymphs, worms and spinners are all working. Pike fishing is reported as off and on, with some success using red and white lures. No report on bass.
Rio Hondo – The flow is 16 cfs and fishing is reported as fair from mile marker 8 up to mile marker 16 when using dry flies, small spinners and worms.
Rio Pueblo – The flow is 8.7 cfs. The fishing is fair for trout when using flies, small spinners and worms.
Cabresto Lake – The lake is closed for repairs to the dam.
Charette Lakes – Fishing is good in the mornings and evenings. Perch are fair using small lures and worms. The lake closes for the season Oct. 31 and will reopen next spring.
Clayton Lake – No report. The lake closes for the season Oct. 31 and will reopen next spring.
Eagle Nest Lake – Fishing continues to be good. The perch are reported as good from shore and better from anchored boats. Trolling is great for trout using lightweight tackle. Trout fishing is good when trolling top water gear and hit and miss from the bank using Power Bait. Special Kokanee Salmon Snagging Season Oct. 1 – Dec. 31. No reports on salmon snagging yet.
Lake Alice and Lake Maloya – Fishing is good on Lake Maloya for trout. Fish are being landed using Power Bait and salmon eggs from shore. Fly fishing is reported as good in the early mornings and late evenings. Lake Alice has been effected by runoff from the fire and no fishing is reported there.
Maxwell Lakes – No report. The lakes close for the season Oct. 31 and will reopen next spring.
Shuree Ponds – The water level on the upper pond is reported to quite low. Not much traffic to get a good picture of the fishing conditions. The fish are pooled up and very spooky.
Springer Lakes – Fishing is reported as slow. Water levels are dropping due to irrigation so water levels are low. As a side note Springer Lake is closed to ice fishing.
West-Central, including the Jemez Mountains
Jemez River, East Fork, Guadalupe and San Antonio – The Jemez River was stocked with rainbow trout Monday – the first stocking since the Las Conchas Fire. Flow on the Jemez River is 16 cfs. Fishing in the Cebolla or the Rio de las Vacas/Guadalupe watershed is slow with some fish being landed on nymphs, spinners and worms.
Metro Drainages – Stocking will start up soon, no report as of yet.
Bluewater Lake – Fishing for trout is reported as fair to good. Some anglers are reporting success with most methods working. The tiger muskies are fishing good for the smaller juvenile fish. The fish reported were caught on rattletraps while trolling and jerk baits from shore. Catfish are reported as fair with several landed using stink baits and chicken liver.
Cochiti Lake – Reports of a few catfish and bluegill being taken, but traffic is light. According to sources water quality is still an issue. Water clarity is also a problem with the ash from the fire being swept into the lake by runoff from rain.
Fenton Lake – Fishing for trout is reported as fair to good with worms and Power Bait.
Tingley Beach Trout fishing in the Tingley Beach Children's and Central Ponds has been good. Best reports are from anglers using lures. No reports from fly-rod anglers at the South/Catch and Release Pond. The catch and keep waters were stocked with 1,502 triploid rainbow trout last week.
East–Central, including the Pecos River
Coyote Creek – The flow is .63 cfs. No report.
Pecos River – The flow is 34 cfs. Warmer weather has improved the fishing on the Pecos. Blue winged olives are really the only dry fly game left on the Pecos. If fish aren't coming up try a dry dropper rig, a flashback pheasant tail or a tungsten micro may. Also, Spinners, worms and Power Bait are also catching fish.
Conchas Lake – Fishing is reported as slow overall. North Dock reports that white bass are being taken in 40 to 45 feet of water when suspended at 15 feet with jigs and slabs and when trolling. No report on other species.
Morphy Lake –No fishing report this week. The lake closes for the season Oct. 31 and will reopen next spring.
Santa Rosa Lake – No report.
Storrie Lake – Fishing is fair to good for trout using Power Bait, cheese balls and worms.
Sumner Lake – The lake is being drained to accommodate downstream irrigation demands. A special salvage order for fish in the lake has been canceled. State Parks closed the boat ramp.
Ute Lake – The main lake is clear and the river arms are lightly stained. White bass are fishing good on the main lake when using slabs in 25 to 30 feet of water. Large and smal mouth bass are reported as slow. Walleye are fishing slow with reports of catching one here and there, but still scattered. Some fish are being picked up when trolling vibrating blades and slabs. Channel catfish are reported as excellent with stink baits and chicken liver fished near brush in 8 to 12 feet of water.
Gila River – The flow is 27 cfs and fishing is slow with the best success in the upper reaches of the river on the West, East and Middle forks.
Rio Grande – The flow is 0.00 cfs below Elephant Butte Dam. No report.
Bill Evans Lake – No report.
Caballo Lake – Fishing is slow. Water levels are very low. Best bet is below spillway on the Rio Grande at Percha State Park.
Elephant Butte Lake – Fishing for white bass is reported as fair in 20 – 25 feet of water. White bass are reported as hit and miss. Anglers that are catching fish are having success with shiners, slabs and spinners. No report on stripped bass. Catfish are report as good on the north end of the lake on trot lines baited with liver and stink bait. No report on other species.
Glenwood Ponds – Fishing is fair for trout when using Pistol Pete's, worms and Power Bait.
Lake Roberts – Fishing is reported as good for catfish with liver and worms. Trout fishing is reported as fair with worms. No report on other species.
Quemado Lake – Trout fishing is reported as fair. Anglers are having success using green Power Bait. No report on the tiger muskies.
Rio Ruidoso – Flow is 0.02 cfs in town and 2.1 cfs at Hollywood. Fishing is reported as fair to good on the lower stretches of the river where the flows are a bit higher. Best bet is to fish the deeper holes were fish will be holding in the low water conditions..
Bonito Lake – Trout fishing continues to be good in the mornings and evenings. Green and yellow Power Bait, spinners and black woolly boogers our reported working well. The lake closes for the season Nov. 30.
Bottomless Lakes: No report. Stocking will resume soon.
Brantley Reservoir – There has been light pressure and no current report. A mandatory catch and release is in place at Brantley Lake because pesticides have been found in the fish. Do not keep or eat them.
Grindstone Reservoir – Fishing is reported as good for trout using worms, Power Bait and Pistol Petes.


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Fusion Info Sec needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 260 designs submitted by 72 freelance designers.
FINACK Computer Services (http://www.finack-it.com)
I am an entrepreneur starting my new business in the IT services space. My company will focus on managed services for the SMB market, and provide supplemental services to IT departments at larger businesses. In addition to these offerings we also provide standard break/fix computer services to residential and business customers. We also have a strong portfolio of IT security offerings that include assessments, penetration testing, and incident handling. Our intent is for our customers to look to us as their trusted advisor in IT so they can focus on growing their business. I envision a concept of bringing them from the darkness that they are stuck in by being bogged down with their IT needs into the light that we can bring by handling those needs and letting them focus on the things they enjoy.
Our main target audience would be businesses that are looking for help in managing their entire portfolio of information technology including servers, desktops, and infrastructure. Additional targets are businesses and residential customers that need computer repair and/or upgrades, and businesses that have concerns in regards to their IT security posture.
I am looking for a simple but attractive logo with clean lines and it needs to convey integrity, and professionalism. The logo should include FINACK (all caps) with the words "Computer Services" below it. The logo should reflect the technical aspect of the company without including anything obviously technology related such as computers or keyboards. The logo will appear on our website, office signage, print media, pens, shirts, and other promotional items.
Please no more than 3 colors and nothing pink or pastel, the colors should be relatively bold but can be blended.
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Literature Reviews: An Overview for Graduate Students.
What is a literature review? What purpose does it serve in research? What should you expect when writing one? Find out here
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GOP mega-donors' own convention
Forget the rah-rah speeches to the pin-swapping, confetti-covered delegates on the convention floor in Tampa.
The real action will be with the Republican mega-donors gathered in arena skyboxes, closed-door hotel ballrooms and pricey restaurants around town.
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They're holding a sort of convention of their own in Florida next week.
( Also on POLITICO: Full convention coverage)
Some of the party's biggest names – Marco Rubio, Nikki Haley, Karl Rove, Haley Barbour and Condoleezza Rice – will deliver personalized briefings, pep talks and fundraising appeals. And no need to hang out with delegates or the media – bundlers who have committed to raising $250,000 or more for Mitt Romney's campaign also get access to a VIP lounge and treated to special performances by Don Felder, the former lead guitarist for The Eagles, and the Oakridge Boys country band.
The pro-Romney super PAC Restore our Future, the Rove-founded Crossroads groups and the Koch brothers-linked Americans for Prosperity also have their own events feting big donors, with Americans for Prosperity planning a celebration of billionaire industrialist David Koch, one of its founding benefactors.
It's a fitting celebration of the new big money politics, where a relatively small group of rich backers are providing more cash, mostly through super PACs and 501(c)4 nonprofit groups, than all the grassroots activists combined.
In years past, conventions were a chance to rally the faithful, reward maxed out donors and raise some cash for the national party committees, but that was about it, as the public financing system meant the presidential campaign money race essentially ended at the convention.
Nowadays, there's more incentive to butter up an emerging class of super donors, who have already given massive sums and will be asked to keep giving clear through Election Day.
"There are more ways for big donors to give more money to help the nominee," said Matt Schlapp, a former political director for President George W. Bush , who advanced the craft of big donor fundraising with cool nicknames and perks for bundlers.
"In the 2004 general election, our big donors were still important to the extent that we needed them to give to the [Republican National Committee], but we were basically done fundraising by the time the convention rolled around because we accepted public financing," Schlapp said. "Whereas now, it's important for the campaigns, the super PACs, the 501(c)4s and the national parties to shepherd the big donors all the way through the elections, because they're going to be getting asked for big checks right up until Election Day."
The exclusive and sometimes secretive big donor events in Tampa are being organized by super PACs, Romney's campaign and even some of the biggest donors, themselves, who, POLITICO has learned, have organized their own series of dinners and panels that are expected to draw big names as well.
The Romney campaign has designated two waterfront hotels — the Westin Tampa Harbour Island and the Marriott Renaissance Vinoy Resort & Golf Club — for its bundlers. Those who have committed to raising $250,000 or more – "Stars," in the campaign's parlance — get to attend briefings with Jeb Bush, Rice, Haley, Tim Pawlenty, Bob McDonnell and other big names, according to an agenda obtained by POLITICO.


text: Planter Clinic Worth the Investment, Producer Says February 21, 2013 11:41 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Pam Fretwell Farm Journal Media Multimedia; Farm Journal Special Projects Editor Email A South Dakota farmer explains the ROI for one of Farm Journal's Planter Clinics Louis Nigg, a Sissiten, S.D., farmer, says that although he's been to similar events, Farm Journal's Corn College Planter Clinic is worth the cost. "There's a lot of different things that I learned and picked up to bring back to the farm, shop and corn planter, and to utilize," he said. "Whether it's $2 or $200, you're going to learn something." Listen in as this fourth-generation corn and soybean farmer shares more about his operation, and what he expects for the future of farming: Make this Your Best Year Ever It's not too late to sign up for a Corn College Planter Clinic. Or, head to the field with Farm Journal Agronomists Ken Ferrie and Missy Bauer at one of our summer Corn College events. Start on the path to higher yields today! Back to news


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N.Y. Jets Head Coach Rex Ryan on Weight Loss, Revis
New York Jets Head Coach Rex Ryan talks about the team's quarterback competition and the controversial trade of Darrell Revis, plus his weight loss and running with the bulls in Pamplona, in an interview with Mike Sielski. Photo: AP
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The most interesting part for Doctor Who fans, however, might perhaps be his discussion about his ideas for a spin-off series starring his character, Captain Jack Harkness, and Alex Kingston's River Song.
Talking to TVaddict, he said,
I'd like to see the two of them prior to their lives crossing in some time realm where they actually meet up without the Doctors or anything like that and they are rogue heroes. Kind of like what Star Trek did in the very beginning, going around and saving civilisations without trying to get too involved, but they always get involved! They always do the wrong thing but for the right reasons and succeed.He also indicated that if such a show were to get off the ground there would be a lot of room for further exploring these two characters in their relationship with each other, stand-offish to begin with, but forced to work together through various circumstances.
I have to confess, whilst the idea is clearly nascent at best, and features a core conceit which has already been done to death in science fiction without any reason to believe this will do it differently enough to merit its existence, I'd quite like to see what Captain Jack and River made of each other, what stories they might swap about the Doctor and how they would use their fairly unique approaches to action and adventure to solve the situations they came across or were put in. I bet there would also be a fair amount of jealousy between them as well, which could create some interesting dramatic tensions.
Of course all this is strictly hypothetical. Barrowman was quick to stress that he isn't the one who gets to decide if this will happen or not, nor is there any mention of him having formally pitched the idea to the BBC who do. But it's clear that he loves this character and is itching for a chance to play him again and as fans, we always like to explore the possibilities of the fiction we so love. The what if questions are never far from our lips and this one, like the idea of the Paternoster Group spin-off, is too good to pass up. Hopefully Barrowman will think about his ideas in more detail, or someone from the BBC will have heard about them and want to follow them up a little more thoroughly. It might never get to be a full spin-off, but there's a decent story in there somewhere and it might be nice if it saw the light of day somehow.
What do you think? Is this a good idea with heaps of potential or are you already sick to death of Captain Jack, River Song, or both? If it ever were to become a reality, what sorts of stories would you like it to tell? I'd be keen to know your thoughts.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- The Golden Eagles returned to true form in a dominating performance against an athletic Alcorn State. Tech won the battle 74-57 Tuesday night in the Eblen Center. The team shot 51.6% in the second half, and Lashay Davis cashed in on all the missed shots the team collected in the past week, banking a career high 19 points.
The game ended with a three banked in from four feet behind the arc by Davis, capping a brillant performance by the senior. Davis went 5-8 from three-point land, and joined Diamond Henderson as the only other Golden Eagle to score double figures.
Henderson added five assists to her 18 point performance, while Jala Harris added six assists, a career best, and eight points. Molly Heady added seven points, as did T'Keyah Williams who lead all rebounders with eight.
Overall, 11 players saw action and nine scored as Tech's bench outscored Alcorn State 33-17.
Tech trailed the Braves for majority of the first half before a three from Davis, followed by jumper by Harris gave the Golden Eagles their first lead of the game as they took 30-26 lead at the half.
The Golden Eagles kept the pressure on the Braves in the second half, slowly swelling the lead to 18 points, 67-49, with 3:52 remaining.
Tech's defense forced 18 Alcorn State turnovers and held the Braves to just 39 percent from the floor.
Carolinsia Crumbly lead Alcorn State with 19 points while Tierro Frost added 15.
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The main aim of this blog is to interpret the Christian Order in the light of current affairs, philosophy, literature and the arts -- and vice versa. So it's about ideas. Social, political and religious comment. Links, notes on people, places, events, books, movies etc. And mainly a place where I can post half-baked ideas in the hope that other people, or the passing of time, will help me to bake them.
18 February 2012
The South Africa blogosphere, unravelled
Well, now it has become unsorted, because Amatomu no longer seems to work. To "unravel" means to pull a knitted garment apart so that all you have is separate strands of wool, and you can no longer see the pattern or shape of the garment, or even the garment itself. It has gone.
And one by one the tools that I used to use to find interesting blogs have gone, or become unusable.
The first to go was Technorati. It's still there, I think, but it's no longer useful. It used to have tags that found blog posts with particular topic tags, but that no longer works. It's become a thinly disguised advertising gimmick.
The next to go was Blog Catalog. That's still there, but some whiz kid who had never heard of the old adage "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" decided to "improve" it. Now it no longer works.
Then it was the turn of MyBlogLog. Yahoo! bought it as a successful running concern from the original developers, and then pulled the plug on it. Yahoo! does that a lot. They did it with Geocities, they did it with Webrings, and they did it with MyBlogLog.
MyBlogLog and BlogCatalog were social blogrolling sites. They allowed each person to sort the blogosphere according to their own preference, but in such a way that others could see them and join in, the theory being that if you liked someone's blog, you might like the blogs they liked, and the people who liked their blog might like yours. Since those two disappeared from the scene, I've lost contact with a whole bunch of blogs that I used to read, and I missed them. I found some again and put them in my blogroll, but that doesn't tell me how often the writers of those blogs visit my blog, as MyBlogLog and BlogCatalog used to do.
But there was still Amatomu for South African blogs. You could see who had posted what recently, and which recent articles were most popular and so on. But now even that's gone.
There's still Afrigator, but I've never understood its user inferface, and no matter how much time I spend on it I never seem to find anything I'm looking for.
Occasionally someone comments on my blog, and I think, hey, I used to read your blog, but I haven't seen it for a long time, and now I no longer know how to find it.
It's all rather sad.
And when I say it's sad people say, you must move on... move on to Facebook and imbibe popular culture and immerse yourself in banal and trivial stuff like "What my friends think I do, what my mom thinks I do, what my boss thinks I do" and so on.
Blogging's better, but it's getting harder to find the good blogs.
4 comments:
- CherryPie said...
Blogging is much much better than facebook. I agree with you, it is difficult to find good blogs easily these days.
- February 18, 2012 4:22 pm
- Jenny Hillebrand said...
Is it my imagination or are people blogging less? I used to read only South African blogs, but they have one by one become inactive or irregularly updated. I think it's sad. If new ones are springing up, I don't know how to find them!
- February 18, 2012 4:53 pm
- Macrina Walker said...
Having been perusing Amatomu recently (it does seem to be working again), I've really been quite suspicious as to how accurate it is, both in terms of where it places my own blogs (ie the correlation between the traffic my blog, and even more that of The Way, gets and where it sits on the list doesn't make much sense, and it makes even less sense if I click on the Technorati rating) and those of others. Actually, I have even developed a slightly tongue in cheek suspicion that those running it may have an anti-Christian agenda in placing Discerning the World at the top - I mean, is it really possible that such an awful blog is so popular? And what worse advertisement could one possibly find for Christianity of whatever sort? (Okay, possibly Voices from Russia, but I digress...)
I agree with Jenny's comment that people are blogging less and that it's sad. I don't think that it's just in SA, but I've recently been looking at some older conversations on some SA blogs and regretting that I missed out on them as nothing similar seems to be happening now. However, I'm also not doing much serious blogging, something that I hope may change, but that may be illusory...
Having said that, I have recently encountered others (some of the better Orthodox bloggers elsewhere) wanting to move away from Facebook and get back to blogging and there seems a general acknowledgement, at least among some of us, that we have lost something.
- February 19, 2012 7:23 pm
- Steve Hayes said...
I agree that Amatomo's rankings are pretty meaningless. For example, Dion Forster's old blog has been consistently at number 3, though he hasn't updated it for ages, and ranks above his current blog, which he updates quite frequently.
As for Discerning the world, I think it can be summed up in two sentences:
"What does Discerning the world stand for?"
"We won't stand for much, believe me."
But yes, people have been blogging less and taking all sorts of things to Facebook for which Facebook is an unsuitable platform. But one of the reasons I think people are blogging less is that things like Technorati etc, that used to help sort the blogosphere, no longer work at all, or no longer serve that function.
I find that if I announce a blog post on Facebook, people often comment on Faceboog rather than the on the blog. Two years later, the blog comments are still there with the article, but Facbook comments are impossible to find. For that reason alone, Facebook is not a vehicle for serious discussion, but only really for ephemera.
- February 19, 2012 8:32 pm


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Our Fitness Blog
From Work to Working Out
We all know how difficult it can be to go from working eight (sometimes ten) hour shifts to working out at the gym. I get it. When we've been working all day or night the last thing we want to think about is putting our body to work even more than we have to. It's easier to call it a day, go home, and lay on the couch, so you can watch your shows on Netflix. Sounds pretty good, doesn't it? Unfortunately, doing this will not help you get anywhere near that healthier lifestyle you have been searching for. Before I became a stay at home mother, I worked a 9 to 5 job and found it hard to achieve the motivation needed to hit the gym after work. But, instead of going home, I managed to get myself there. Try out these tips when you start to lose motivation after a long day at the office!
Leave Reminders of Your Fitness Goals
Whether you have your own office, desk, cubicle, or locker - decorate your space with fitness goals. It could be a photo of a fitness model that inspires you, or it can simply be sticky note with a quote that motivates you. Doing so will help you remember how important your fitness goal(s) are throughout the day.
Find a Workout Partner
Although some people enjoy working out solo, most of us like a little company while working out. If you're meeting a friend for dinner or drinks after work, try to change it into a sweat session! You will both feel great after an invigorating workout. Maybe not so much if it were cocktails instead. It will be less likely for you to back out and go home knowing someone will be at the gym waiting for you!
Use Your Lunch Break
I know, I know. Working out during lunch?? That sounds crazy. Unfortunately, this may be the only option for some of us. When I was working at the office, I knew working out when I got off would be difficult. Mainly because I had to pick up my son from daycare and get home to start dinner. So, I packed my lunches and snacks, and I used my 30 minute lunch break to get an awesome workout in. It was a great way to get my mind off of work mid-day, and I was able to come back fully re-energized!
Change At Work
Well, the first step is to actually bring your workout clothes with you to work. If you forget them at home, you are most likely going home and staying home. Before you leave the office, go ahead and change into your workout clothes and tennis shoes. I found it harder to say no to the gym once I'm already in the proper attire.
Mark it on your Calendar
Whether you're a tech person or old school, schedule your workouts. They are just as important as any other meeting or phone call. It's your health! Schedule your workouts on all of your calendars (phone and desk). It's important to make your fitness goals a priority. Some people get so busy at work that they need things written down to remember what needs to be done next.
We all have busy lives, but it's important to remember how much we need to appreciate our lives and our bodies. So, remember to pack your gym clothes, schedule your workouts, and add a little gym decor to your work space! For more details on my awesome 30 minute workouts during lunch, please visit www.9Round.com and try your first workout FREE. You will be amazed at what you can accomplish in only 30 minutes.


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Do the intangibles matter? Do strikeouts not? Depends on your school of thought.
I think they can both be true. Having a player who serves as an example for others by the way he plays the game is a plus — but it doesn't compare with talent. Justin Upton could win an MVP this year. Martin never will.
Yes, an out is an out but some outs are productive. Strikeouts never are — but they are better than double plays. A strikeout-heavy line-up is prone to collective slumps, and this one should be no different.
Upton's 121 K's aren't bad fora power hitter; I'm more troubled by Chris Johnson's 131 K's in 136 games. He's likely to be platoon with Bigger Frank, who struck out 70 times in 192 AB's. McCann and Andrelton are the only line-up regulars who won't top 100 K's.
Defensively, the Braves have gotten worse. The outfield is a little better but third base could be a nightmare. Chris Francisco is likely to be to 3B what Uggla is to second.
I'm glad the Braves didn't trade any of their best pitching prospects. If I wasn't so attached to Martin I'd probably like this trade.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Seeking Carnival of Feminists blog hosts!
The bi-weekly Carnival of Feminists collects some of the best posts from the feminist blogosphere and puts them in one place for your viewing pleasure.
If you are interested in hosting a future Carnival of Feminists, please drop myself or Amelia an email at [firstname].impersonator [at] gmail.com. If you're not sure what hosting entails, we've got a lovely walk-through to help any first-time/long-time hosts.
Please send us an email or leave a comment if you are interested!
3 comments:
- Anji said...
I've already hosted one but I'd love to do it again if you'd have me! :o)
- January 27, 2010 at 1:51 PM
- libby said...
Thank you for writing not only about women's issues, but issues concerning all of humanity in general.
Even just after two years of graduating with a degree in Women's Studies and entering the 'real' world, I really miss discussing feminist ideals and exposing the daily bombardment of a hetero-normative patriarchy today.
Thank you for reminding me of my true feminist beliefs and showing me that I'm not alone and therefore, encouraging me to do something for the better - even if nothing else, to bring awareness.
As a professor of mine once said, 'Even if it is impossible to change the world, it is even more criminal not to try'...
Thank you!!
- January 29, 2010 at 3:34 PM
- Ileana said...
I'd love to host! I have a blog called Feminist Teacher. I'd be happy to do it. Great work!
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Founder circa 1672, of Beaubassin first establishment in the region of Missiguash River and initiator of salt marsh farming in Acadia Jacob Bourgeois arrived at Port-Royal in 1641 as surgeon for the Acadian colony. He is a common ancestor, with Jeanne Trahan, to the whole Bourgeois family from Acadian descent.
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Elisabeth Malloy looked up and saw the oncoming slab. As the avalanche threatened to swallow her, she tried to swim to the top as she slid down a mountain east of Salt Lake City.
She couldn't. The avalanche buried her.
"I immediately called for Elisabeth," said her boyfriend, Adam Morrey, who had been backcountry skiing with Malloy on Saturday.
"There was no response from her," Morrey, 30, said, his voice breaking as he recalled those first few minutes.
But the two had come prepared. And on Wednesday they sat side by side and told their story to reporters at a news conference.
Describing the avalanche as feeling like a "water slide," Malloy said she couldn't stop her momentum.
"I was sliding face-first on my stomach downhill," she said.
Morrey, who hit a tree during the avalanche, said he used a rescue beacon to pinpoint his girlfriend's location and began digging with an avalanche shovel.


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Take Uncle Sam's Financial Stress Test
Marketwatch's Chuck Jaffe's advice to investors is to use the government shutdown as a reason to take a financial stress test to measure the depth of your finances in the event of a prolonged standoff in Washington. Photo: Getty Images.
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Adoption Stories
11 comments:
- Goog said...
How sweet! She sounds like a wonderful little girl. I hope her wish (and yours) comes true soon!
- January 5, 2011 at 10:35 AM
- Tess said...
Heart tugs...hugs...wishes for you...prayers too...
- January 5, 2011 at 10:40 AM
- missy k said...
I hope all your wishes come true, I really, really do.
- January 5, 2011 at 11:01 AM
- JessiVille said...
I fervently pray your wishes come true. I cannot think of a sweeter, more deserving spirit. Believe.
Jessi <3
- January 5, 2011 at 11:45 AM
- Nicola said...
You're a wonderful artist and now I find a wonderful writer too!!! So beautifully put. What a sweet heart Kendra is, I'm sure that yours/her wish will come true!! And what a lucky baby it will be to have such a lovely big sister!!! oxoxoxox
- January 5, 2011 at 1:23 PM
- Julia Christie said...
I so wish this little boy for your family Kristin!
Happy New Year to you all!
- January 5, 2011 at 7:37 PM
- Amy said...
melt my heart sweet!!!! Love the artwork to go with it..truelly touching. I love your new background as well..
- January 6, 2011 at 5:58 PM
- Crafty Mom said...
Oh, Kristen! That is so totally sweet, and sad. Pulls at my heartstrings.
- January 6, 2011 at 8:04 PM
- Emakesart said...
wow, you totally made me tear up. I keep you and your family in my prayers. You are the biggest sweetheart and it seems that Kendra, and I'm sure your husband is too. I know you will be the most loving and deserving family of your sweet little miracle, that'll show up just when the time is right. Just trust.
- January 7, 2011 at 9:40 PM
- Mandy C said...
awww how sweet Kendra is.... I hope hers and your wishes come true very soon xx
- January 9, 2011 at 10:43 AM
- sotheywillalwaysremember said...
this brought a tear to my eye. very soon this is going to happen for you guys. i can feel it.
love you all.
- January 9, 2011 at 8:46 PM


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Financial Analyses of Stranded Assets & the Carbon Bubble
"Investing in fossil fuel today seems like investing in the whaling industry in the mid 1800s—old technology, still dominant but clearly not the future." John Streur, president of Portfolio 21.
"The trustees of the University of Dayton are acting as true leaders both from their faith and their financial responsibility in guiding the University. Fossil fuel companies have a valuation that assumes every single drop of oil, everything they have in the ground, will be taken out. More and more people are understanding the financial risk underlying fossil fuels in the stock market and taking the appropriate action. It's not only values, but valuation risk associated with owning fossil fuel companies." Thomas Van Dyck, a senior vice president and financial adviser for the RBC SRI Wealth Management Group
After Bubbles in Dotcoms and Housing, Here's the Carbon Bubble. Wall Street Journal, 16 May 2013.
Beyond Fossil Fuels – The Investment Case for Fossil Fuel Divestment. Impax Asset Management.
Bloomberg Carbon Risk Valuation Tool. November 2013.
With stranded assets becoming an increasing concern among investors, Bloomberg has developed a tool that helps illustrate the potential impact of stranding on a company's earnings and share price.
Canada's Carbon Liabilities: The Implications of Stranded Fossil Fuel Assets for Financial Markets and Pension Funds. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. May 2013.
Carbon Avoidance? Accounting for the Emissions Hidden in Reserves. Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Carbon Tracker Initiative.
The Carbon Bubble. The Actuary. September 2013.
Carbon Risks and Opportunities in the S&P 500. Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute for Corporate Responsibility/Trucost. 2009.
Carbon Supply Cost Curves: Evaluating Financial Risk to Oil Capital Expenditures. Carbon Tracker Initiative, June 2014.
Climate Risk: From Obscure to Mainstream. Ceres 2014.
Climate threatens retirement savings
Climate News Network. 10 Dec 2013.
Coal and Carbon: Stranded Assets: Assessing the Risk. HSBC 2012.
Cool Response: The SEC and Corporate Climate Change Reporting-SEC Climate Guidance & S&P 500 Reporting: 2010-2013. Ceres. Feb 2014.
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Fund managers who ignore climate risk breaching 'fiduciary duty.' RTCC. 16 January 2014.
Fund managers worth $14 trillion say climate change influences investments. RTCC. 5 August 2013.
Global Oil Demand Growth – The End Is Nigh. Citi Group, 2013.
Investor Concerns About Fossil Fuels Are Growing.
21 November 2013. Forbes.
Oil and Carbon Revisited: Value at Risk from 'Unburnable' Reserves. HSBC 2013.
Pension Funds that Ignore Climate Change are Failing to Protect Savers. Guardian. 29 October 2013.
The Price of Doing Too Little Too Late. Profundo and Sustainable Finance Lab/Green European Fund, March 2014.
Stranded Assets. FTSE.
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Unburnable fuel: Either governments are not serious about climate change or fossil-fuel firms are overvalued. Economist. 4 May 2013.
What a Carbon-Constrained Future Could Mean for Oil Companies' Creditworthiness. Standard & Poor's and the Carbon Tracker Initiative. 2013.


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Every company is different when it comes to compensation management. While budgets are usually based on company earnings, the ratio of employee salaries to overall revenue can vary significantly depending on the industry.
For example, it would make sense for a landscaping company that depends on employee labor to allocate a higher percentage of their revenue to compensation compared to a manufacturing plant that handles the majority of its production through machines.
This is why some businesses struggle to calculate compensation plans that align with business goals and allow them to attract or retain top-notch employees. Luckily, there are a variety of software solutions that can help.
In this guide, we'll break down everything you need to know about compensation management solutions. Here's what we'll cover:
What Is Compensation Management Software?
Benefits of Compensation Management Software
Common Functionality of Compensation Management Software
Additional Considerations
Compensation management software is often sold as a separate module that can be added to a vendor's talent management suite, along with performance and learning management programs. As the name implies, compensation management solutions allow organizations to conduct a variety of compensation and salary planning activities all in one place.
Common features of compensation management software include:
Whether your work for a large company or a small startup, it's critical to invest in the right platform to balance the business' compensation structure. Many affordable and efficient options are available to streamline the planning process and automate necessary tasks. This allows HR professionals to make more informed decisions and recommendations.
Effectively managing compensation means ensuring that employees are paid the right amount on time, every time. To do so, companies must keep current, accurate and accessible records, which is often a complex task. Some companies may use Excel spreadsheets or email to track compensation history, which can be inefficient as well as insecure. Compensation management software can eliminate recordkeeping problems, and comes with a range of other benefits, such as:
Increased accuracy and efficiency. Instead of spending time tracking and calculating employee compensation in multiple spreadsheets—which often leads to errors—business owners and managers can save time, and plan for pay increases and incentives, by tracking all employee data in one place.
Ready-made worksheets guide managers through the salary planning process, and allow them to enter discretionary rewards when an employee performs well. As a result, employers can reduce the risk of overpayment, manual errors and shadow accounting.
Improved security. By storing all compensation information in one online system, companies reduce the risk of misplacing employee compensation data. And since most systems are password-protected, there is also less of a risk that sensitive information will fall into unauthorized hands.
Increased insight into your budget. In addition to streamlining the initial compensation planning process, most solutions automatically monitor payouts and store the information in the system. This data can then be used by managers and business owners to produce built-in reports, ensuring the company stays within its budget and conforms to federal regulations.
Improved transparency and employee satisfaction. A lack of transparency about the compensation planning process can lead to misunderstandings between management and employees about their pay—which may, in turn, cause diminished employee satisfaction. This may be especially true for organizations with more than one reward type, such as stock rewards, pay-for-performance or commission-based pay.
Because employees and managers can view past payments with this software, there is greater transparency in the compensation process. This can help eliminate confusion about current and past compensation, and allows for clear and open communication about compensation practices.
Higher employee productivity. Studies have shown that employees highly value having their documented performance tied see their base pay, as well as increases or decreases in incentive-based. If your company is having difficulty tying performance goals to rewards, compensation management software can streamline the process and ensure employees are aware of the monetary benefits of a job well done—resulting in a culture of high performance.
|Planning automation
|Facilitates collaboration so that multiple business leaders can collaborate on compensation plans. For example, users can set compensation adjustment tasks and assign them to colleagues for approval.
|Reporting and analytics
|Generates data-based reports on a variety of values (e.g., cost of living adjustments, performance metrics and promotions) so managers can track and compare these values for the company at large or for individual employees.
|Budget control
|Sends alerts when compensation allocations exceed predetermined budgets.
|Compensation assessment
|Allows managers to view compa-ratios, goals, guidelines and other determining factors so they can best evaluate compensation allocations.
|Compensation statements
|Creates employee benefits statements that include all of a business' perks and incentives. These may be customized depending on the platform.
|Bonus calculations
|Calculates bonus payouts by factoring in achievement and performance metrics for individuals, departments or the company at large.
|Job market pricing
|Provides roles-based market price data to determine how much employees should be paid as per the going market rate.
Some organizations claim a lack of integration with their talent management system prevents them from adopting a compensation management solution. While most compensation management programs are designed to integrate with your current human resources information system (HRIS) and payroll software systems, ask the vendor to ensure that their compensation management module is compatible with your current system.
Another thing your company may want to consider is deployment models. Traditionally, many organizations went with on-premise software, meaning the system is installed on location and maintained by the company. However, there has recently been a move toward hosting software "in the cloud" and paying for it using a subscription model (i.e., Software as a Service). This means the software is located on external servers, and updated automatically by the vendor. Each deployment model has its pros and cons. They also have different upfront and recurring costs, so your final selection should be based on your needs and budget.
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'Knives are drawn."
This isn't a line from a police blotter. It's the way a leader of the Minnesota Republican Party describes the GOP establishment's intensifying battle with grass-roots insurgents on the right.
Before the 2014 election contests heat up between Democrats and Republicans, the GOP faces a ferocious and momentous internal battle, according to my chats with a number of party insiders.
The stakes are huge. Will the party's nominees for governor and U.S. Senate in 2014 hold firm to the right's pure principle of severely limited government? Or will the party, as a national GOP fundraiser put it, "organize beyond the convention process to appeal to a broader scope of people" — voters who want government to shoulder a larger, if still restrained, range of responsibilities? Should the party select candidates who will take office willing to accept compromises that advance conservative policy ideas, or who will stay committed to staunchly defending principle even if it produces government shutdowns?
Today's Republican civil war arises from longstanding tensions. Barry Goldwater inspired a libertarian backlash against the New Deal on his way to wresting the 1964 Republican presidential nomination away from the party's moderate wing, led in those days by New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. Goldwater lost the general election in a landslide to Lyndon Johnson but ignited a lasting movement on the right that transformed the GOP and cleared the way for Ronald Reagan's election nearly two decades later.
Although these strains have remained within the party throughout the past half century, 2014 may witness an eruption fueled by two recently rising forces on the right.
Texas Congressman Ron Paul revitalized libertarians behind a program to pull the United States back from international entanglements and to severely retrench government to restore individual autonomy — from abolishing the Department of Education, to legalizing marijuana and gay marriage, to prohibiting surveillance. Some of this "Liberty Movement" is gravitating in Minnesota toward state Sen. Julianne Ortman's candidacy to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Al Franken next year.
The Tea Party, meanwhile, formed in reaction to what some conservatives saw as President George W. Bush's moderate Republican brand of "big government" — increased spending, a major new prescription drug benefit in Medicare, and his widening of national authority to conduct surveillance and intercede in education. President Obama's economic stimulus spending and health care legislation ignited the Tea Party as an electoral force, propelling Republicans to victories in the 2010 elections for state offices and Congress.
In Minnesota, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann has embodied Tea Party zeal. Its new local "rock star," according to some activists, is state Sen. David Thompson, who is mounting a 2014 challenge to Gov. Mark Dayton.
These two factions are distinct — the right is not monolithic. The Liberty Movement's isolationist instincts on foreign affairs and laissez-faire social policies are not embraced by the Tea Party. But one leader of the right's grass-roots insurgency in Minnesota describes an increasingly "comfortable alliance" between the two.
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Republican strategists initially believed, in 2008 and 2010, that the new right's energy could be tapped to help defeat Democrats without disrupting the GOP. Wrong. They now bitterly complain about the insurgency's "takeover" and its tendency to be "conservative first, Republican when it suits their purposes." The right mocks moderates as RINOs ("Republicans In Name Only"), but the establishment retorts that "they are the RINOs" and that "it is time to stand up and welcome the debate with the right."
Far from shrinking from a fight, the Tea Party and the Liberty Movement, according to one insurgent leader, are "ready to fight for the heart of the party." Many on the right voice disdain for the mainstream GOP and the thirst of the business community to "buy government and the politicians they can control."
Budget crises and government shutdowns in Washington and Minnesota in recent years (and near federal defaults in 2011 and again this fall) have brought the simmering tensions to a boil heading into 2014. These confrontations, in the view of the right's insurgents (as one explained), were necessary to "act on the principle of liberty" and against crony capitalism that is turning Americans into "tax slaves."
But the GOP establishment was taken aback by the right's brinkmanship. One well-placed national Republican described it as "bad policy" and "bad for America" because it feeds growing doubts about U.S. leadership and reliability. A leader in the Minnesota business community found it "deeply troubling that some Republican lawmakers treated default as feasible — it would have devastated American businesses and consumers." Mitt Romney, a former adviser regretted, "made a mistake by not taking on the right" during his battle to win the 2012 presidential nomination.
"What bothers me most about the right," an influential Republican confided after surveying the right's record over the past few years, "is its lack of optimism about the future of America and lack of confidence in the power of its ideas to make America more successful, win over the country and build a majority party."
The welfare status quo was toppled, this observer recalled, because "we won the intellectual debate about reducing dependency and increasing self-reliance by increasing earned income tax credits." Engaging policy led to good politics — drawing not only Republicans but also some Democrats and even more independents. By contrast, the right's embrace of default and isolationism, according to this longtime Republican, results from "intellectual laziness" that exalts principle but relies on fear and conspiracy theories about "imagined villains."
The last straw for the GOP establishment and business is what it sees as the right's political ineptness. Opposition to reaching a fiscal cliff deal early in 2013 produced more spending and taxes than if House right-wingers had allowed Speaker John Boehner to bargain — instead of leaving the dealmaking to Obama and the Democrat-controlled Senate. Default threats in 2011 led to the sequester process that cut discretionary spending but left untouched long-term commitments to Medicare and Social Security.
In Minnesota, hard-edged Republicans forced a 2011 shutdown to avoid any tax increases and pushed through a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage; voters punished them by sweeping in Democratic legislative majorities, which promptly passed the steepest tax hikes in recent history (and legalized same-sex marriage).
The core of the problem, according to GOP strategists, is that the Tea Party and Liberty Movement now control Minnesota's endorsing process. By storming the caucuses that select delegates for the GOP's endorsing conventions, they nominated Tom Emmer in the 2010 gubernatorial race. He lost to Dayton in what was a banner year for Republicans across the country and in Minnesota, where the GOP seized control of both legislative chambers for the first time in decades. The establishment also blamed the right for anointing Kurt Bills in the 2012 U.S. Senate race. Bills suffered the worst Senate defeat in state history as even Republicans and GOP-leaning independents chose Amy Klobuchar. The insurgent right's promotion of unelectable purists has become a familiar story across the country over the past two election cycles — costing the GOP control of the U.S. Senate.
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So the battle is on. The Republican establishment and the business community are now gearing up to launch primary campaigns in 2014 to topple the party's once sacrosanct endorsing process in Minnesota, the better to nominate pragmatic conservatives for the U.S. Senate and governor.
My conversations with Republicans, traditional party allies and grass-roots insurgents spotlight three questions that may animate the battles in 2014 and perhaps beyond:
1) Whose economic ideas hold out the best opportunity for jobs and growth?
Attacks on an increasingly unpopular President Obama are expected, but Republicans also are looking for attractive ideas to move America forward. The right's recipe is strong leaders who will pull back government's tentacles that are holding back individuals' natural entrepreneurial spirits. The establishment yearns, as a business leader put it, for "Republican candidates who come from business or know about business to support policies that yield growth — not precipitate the next recession."
2) Who can be most effective in the process of governing?
Establishment Republicans hunger for leaders in the mold of Ronald Reagan, who struck compromises with Democrats that advanced conservative principles. He was ferocious in cutting spending and taxes but also produced reforms that strengthened Social Security and Medicare for decades and increased taxes when necessary.
The right recoils at compromise — getting a seat at the negotiating table, they say, invariably produces more government. A Liberty Movement activist confided: "Some of us don't want governing at all" and get "heartburn from working in the trenches to elect Republicans who refuse to roll back government."
3) Who can win general elections in Minnesota?
The Republican establishment is convinced that the right can't win. "The stakes are too high," a leader in the business community tartly observed, to be "nominating candidates who soothe the souls of the far right but can't compete with Dayton or Franken in 2014."
Faced with the threat of business-backed primary challengers, one leader of the Liberty Movement in Minnesota had a confident comeback: "Bring it on." This person counts two-thirds of GOP activists as libertarian and Tea Partiers. Business and its allies may "flood the airwaves and buy some support, but do they have the votes to win a primary?" Realists in the Republican establishment privately concede that a mid-August primary battle (when turnout is low and dominated by ardent activists) is "horrible for us."
The rebellious right may also find its endorsees backed by a Republican Party ready to defend its internal process. A party leader counsels business and its allies to "think long and hard before taking on the party." The difference between their candidate and the party's endorsee may be "only marginal." He also warned the establishment and business against alienating party activists: "If the Tea Party is untethered to have its way, it would bulldoze the buildings."
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Who will win?
Optimists within the Republican establishment hope for a synthesis in which the new right is "integrated" into the Republican Party "just as the social conservatives were in the 1990s." Optimists among the new insurgency hope for the old guard to yield to the grass roots.
But the odds favor a prolonged battle. The right's mobilization appears to have gained a tight grip on the nomination. And it is on guard, as one activist put it, against the establishment's strategies of "recruitment and pacification" and is ready to bolt, pointing to the Libertarian candidate's part in defeating the GOP in Virginia's recent gubernatorial race: "the Liberty Movement made a huge statement that it is not willing to go along with the GOP establishment."
For its part, the establishment is talking tough so far, viewing a fight as the "best chance for growing the GOP."
"Escalating the argument with the right on carefully selected issues and not retreating," a party strategist calculates, is an opportunity to rebrand the party and win independents back.
A prominent national Republican fundraiser warned the right against its risks of "fighting on an island by itself with no legitimate shot at moving their agenda." Kurt Bills won the nomination but found himself abandoned by many independents, by some Republicans and by traditional Party donors — he raised less than $1 million compared with Klobuchar's $7.7 million. A leader in the Minnesota business community swore off "standing next to another candidate who's not immediately credible to independent voters."
The left often assumes that grass-roots organizing favors its agenda and candidates. But the Liberty Movement and Tea Party originate in local organizing. While progressives may cheer the attacks on the right, the resurgent Republican establishment is peddling political remedies — from using the power of money to reining in populist control over nominations — that may threaten the left's own grass-roots strategies if Democratic elites mimic them.
Lawrence R. Jacobs is director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs.
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