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Obama US jobs creation in October
More people found work than expected since August
The economy in the United States added 171,000 net new jobs in October according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, higher than many economists had expected. Even better, more people were added to the payroll in August and September than the BLS had originally expected.
With the economy improving by some measures and companies hiring in various sectors, more long-term unemployed people who had fallen out of the unemployment stats restarted their job searches and therefore the unemployment rate ticked up one-tenth of a point to 7.9 per cent.
Ignoring the ongoing layoffs among local, state, and federal governments, the latest jobs report from the BLS (PDF), which is based on data gathered before Hurricane Sandy hit the Mid-Altantic states and made it impossible for millions of people to get to work even if they wanted to. Ignoring government jobs and jobs on farms, which have their own cycles due to planting and harvest that the BLS has always measured separately, the private sector added 184,000 jobs in October, and thus government has chopped another 13,000 employees.
The good news is that the BLS now believes that non-farm payrolls rose in the United States by 192,000 in August, which is 50,000 jobs more than originally believed, and were up 148,000 in September, a bit higher than the 114,000 projected in the BLS report a month ago. That means job gains the first 10 months of 2012 have averaged 157,000 per month in 2012, which is a tiny bit better than the 153,000 jobs per month that was the average for all of 2011.
The US unemployment rate ticks up a tenth-point to 7.9 per cent
The issue, of course, is that the number of people who have stopped looking for jobs because they can't find any is still enormous, and once you stop looking, you drop out of the unemployment stats. There are still 12.3 million people who want jobs who cannot find them, and at the current rate of job creation it would take 6.5 years to find everyone jobs.
That never happens, of course, because economies have a certain level of structural unemployment, which in the United States was hovering between 4.5 and 5 per cent ahead of the Great Recession. But you need something on the order of 100,000 to 200,000 net new jobs to be created in the US to keep up with population growth, depending on which economist you ask, and the real fear is that the new level of structural unemployment, given the jitteriness of the global economy and the difficulty that people have in selling their homes (and therefore moving to a new area to get a job if they don't have one) have combined to create a new higher level of structural unemployment that is in the range of 6 to 6.5 per cent – and maybe even higher.
The other issue that is interwoven with unemployment is partial employment, with US employers reluctant to give employees full-time jobs because they don't want to incur healthcare costs for them; so long as they are part-timers, they don't get such benefits. Yes, the lack of true national healthcare insurance is a big part of this equation, and more importantly, it keeps the boot on the necks of full-time workers, which is just where employers like it. You'll put up with a lot more crap from your boss when your children's health insurance – and your own – is dependent on your job status. In a full-employment market with lots of job openings, you can tell your boss to stuff it and get a new job with new insurance. That's a bit more problematic in the United States today for most workers with the jobs not being so plentiful.
Job creation bumbles along in 2012 as it did in 2011
As has been the case in the past, the professional and business services part of the US economy was the big gainer, adding 51,000 workers in October and has increased by 1.6 million workers since the low point in September 2009. Healthcare companies added 31,000 net new workers last month, retailers added 36,000 workers, and those engaged in the leisure and hospitality added 28,000 people, and construction companies added 17,000 employees. Manufacturers held steady.
The BLS, which is a part of the Department of Labor, does not count jobs based on what you do, but rather by the industry in which you are engaged. So we can't really figure how the IT industry, which is part of every sector, is fairing in terms of wages, unemployment, or jobs creation.
Computer and electronic products makers added a net new 2,200 jobs, for just over 1.1 million workers. Within this, computer and peripheral equipment makers added 200 people, with a pool of 164,400 workers, while communications equipment makers cut 1,100 workers to a pool of 107,000. Semiconductor and electronic component makers added 2,300 workers, to make up a total of 386,800 workers.
In the information sector, which encompasses telecoms, all forms of publishing and broadcasting, and data processing and hosting, jobs were up overall. Telecom companies, which have been slashing workers since the Great Recession began, added 5,000 workers, to 828,500 people, in October. Data processing and hosting companies added 600 workers, to 239,900, across the country.
The number of hired guns in the computer systems design and related services sub-sector was up strongly last month, as it has been for the past several years, with 17,300 net new workers added in October and raising the pool of workers to 1.63 million. Management and technical consulting firms, which often do IT-related work (but certainly a lot of other stuff, too), added 13,500 people, with a total of 1.16 million workers.
No one is quite sure what the effect of Hurricane Sandy will be on the employment situation, and it is likely that it will take months for it to shake out in the BLS data. ®
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Evidently a missing 11-year-old girl that was abducted on her way to school in 1991 walked into a California police station and identified herself. The pair, a man and his wife, who supposedly held her all these years were arrested. The now grown woman is being reunited with her family. There will be a news conference later today which will supposedly provide more information. My question would be, why would a 29-year-old woman, suddenly appear in a police station maintaining that she is the kidnapped girl. Why now? What was the chain of events that suddenly caused her to want to turn in her kidnappers and be reunited with her family? Was there a reason or was the woman being held under some type of restraint and this was her chance to break free and seek help? While it is truly amazing and probably surreal for her parents who grieved, I am sure, for the loss of their daughter. Their waking and sleeping hours for a long time after the child's abduction must have been ruled with all of the horrible things that might have happened. I truly cannot imagine what that phone call and the conversation afterward must have been like.
I will be interested to see when the story unfolds further, what happened during those 18 years and what led to this woman coming forward at this point in time.

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Troy has aged up and is now a toddler! A new chapter in Seth and Holly's life has started, though Holly still needs four more kids to achieve her lifetime wish. In this little two bedroom house, that's not going to happen… Seth better get his hammer ready, because he's going to have to work a bit on the house!
While not precisely a requirement, Holly calls up work and quits her job at this point. Toddlers require a bit more attention, and Holly was never intended to work for her whole life anyway.
Without a job, Holly has also given up on looking hot. She goes to the dresser in the bedroom and uses the Plan Outfit command. This basically takes you back to a limited version of the Create-A-Sim screen. When you go to your tabs of all the different outfits, you can click the + button below each outfit to add a new one. In this way, Holly gives herself a second everyday outfit: one with a ratty T-shirt, sweat pants that are at least her favorite color, and a pair of those crappy slip-on sneakers that you usually get for 2 bucks at Wal-Mart. Oh, and she takes off her earrings: we don't want Troy hanging from them, do we? Then, she goes to the mirror, uses the Change Appearance command, and removes her makeup. She just doesn't have time to put it on anymore!
Toddlers need to learn three basic skills: walking, talking, and using the toilet. Seth buys a potty seat in Buy Mode and places it next to the adult toilet, and buys a little peg toy for Troy as well. Over the next couple weeks, Seth and Holly will constantly use the Teach To Walk and Teach To Talk commands to Troy, and will use the potty seat anytime Troy's Bladder meter is low. Note that unlike previous games in the series, Seth and Holly can still train up Troy's potty training even if Troy's Bladder meter is absolutely full: if you've got nothing better to do, go ahead and train him.
Also unlike previous games, this process doesn't take all year to do. For vets of The Sims 2, the speed here is equivalent of a baby under the effects of Smart Milk: it takes roughly a day usually for a toddler to learn any one skill, so you can theoretically do all three in a few days, though it will more than likely take you four or five if you get busy. However, because Seth and Holly are Family-Oriented though, they are able teach Troy in half the time!
After Troy has all those basic skills, there's really nothing for him to do other than gain conventional skills. He can use his peg toy or the little oven to gain points in using the toys, for example. All the toys also give some fun, so the child (with some effort) can quickly gain some decent skills in preparation for his later life. Note that any skills he learns won't show up on his Skills Panel for now, but they will manifest once he ages up again. All toy skills can go up to level 3, at which point you'll get an alert in the corner.


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This masked reveler at last year's Bio Taiwan Exhibition was enjoying two kinds of fluorescent protein: one on her lips, and one in her drink. At last, synthetic biology that isn't designed to improve the human condition, cure disease, or revolutionize anything. Nope, it's just there to look cool. Want to see an even cooler — and more expensive — form of facial adornment from the Bio Taiwan Exhibition?
This is a gold face mask. It really has no purpose other than costing $105 and looking like something you'd get done on Raisa the pleasure planet from Star Trek.
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Yeah, it's me. Brad Rossignol of ST Leathercraft. Well, not anymore though.
I've hurt, disappointed, and let people down. In some cases I still owe some folks, which is why I'm here.
I have genuinely missed the friendships I had here. I knew your names, your dogs, I knew what size collar they wore. But I messed things up, and I'm sorry.
I'm not here to make excuses, or to garner sympathy, I don't deserve that much. Though I'll answer any question asked if I can.
I fell into depression for quite awhile and gave up on everything, and lost nearly everything. But I never stopped thinking of everyone and what I still owe, the passing time was always a reminder and I set a goal that I would eventually repay everything. I can finally see a light at the end of it all. I still don't know exactly when this will happen, but it will happen.
Problem is, I no longer have all my contact information. I have no way of getting a hold of you our there I owe. Please please please contact me! If I can't repair the relationships I had, I want to at least return what's long overdue, reimbursement at least.
A few people particularly are, Christine, Yvonne, and Megan (I know I spelled your name wrong and I'm sorry! I always had to look to get it right). There are others I know...
I'm sorry.


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Here's Senator John McCain BEFORE his last election.
We've all heard about how "border security" is included in the latest amnesty bill that McCain and the Gang of Eight are pushing. Let's be clear about security, a fence is critical to stopping the flow of illegal aliens and drugs. Yesterday, we looked at pictures of what passes for "fence" on the border between Mexico and Arizona. A real fence looks like this, it's 15 feet high buried in six feet of concrete, is made of steel posts and has a cap on the top to deter climbers.
Actually, this type of fence occupies just a few paltry miles of the border and it works quite well in those few paltry miles. What actually passes for "fence" when the politicians talk about it looks more like this, minus the cute girl who is about five foot five.
As you might guess, this one might keep an SUV out of the country but it doesn't even begin to slow down somebody on foot even if they're carrying a backpack with eighty pounds of drugs.
Add to that outrage the fact that huge sections of the border don't even have that. There's at least one Indian tribe that has land on the border and because they're a "sovereign nation" they don't allow the US government to erect a barrier. Then there are some areas that are controlled by the US Department of the Interior and for environmental reasons no barriers are allowed. As a matter of fact the US Border Patrol is not even allowed to patrol those areas without permission from Interior 30 days in advance.
But never fear, Janet Napolitano, who will be the person the proposed legislation allows to declare the border is secure, has assured us border security has never been better…
"Now, I often hear the argument that before reform can move forward, we must first secure our borders. But too often, the border-security-first refrain simply serves as an excuse for failing to address the underlying problems," Napolitano told the Senate Judiciary Committee today at a hearing on immigration.
"It also ignores the significant progress and efforts that we have undertaken over the past four years. Our borders have, in fact, never been stronger."…
She said the results of 1986 amnesty wouldn't happen again because "immigration enforcement now is light years away from what it was."
"I think in 1986 there were a couple of miles of fence along the entire southern border and it was basically chain-link fence,"
I don't think I need to comment much on the rank stupidity of those claims, the pictures above pretty well deconstruct them.
The Gang of Eight is also assuring us that they've built a clause into the legislation that requires that 90% of border crossers are apprehended before amnesty is doled out. Well, they got gamed because there is actually no link between amnesty and border security, the legislation treats them as mutually exclusive. And as to assurances that "…enforcement is light years away from what it was…" we've got some new data.
The U.S. Border Patrol has caught a fraction of the border crossers spotted by a sophisticated sensor mounted on unmanned spy aircraft and flown over remote stretches of desert, casting doubts on claims that the area is more secure than ever, according to documents obtained by the Center for Investigative Reporting.
The border crossers were spotted with a new, all-seeing radar system developed for use in the Afghanistan War and patrolling above the U.S.-Mexico border in parts of Arizona since March 2012. The system can reveal every man, woman and child under its gaze from a height of about 25,000 feet.
Between October and December, records show, the remotely operated aircraft detected 7,333 border crossers during its Arizona missions. Border Patrol agents, however, reported 410 apprehensions during that time, according to an internal agency report. The sensor was credited with providing surveillance that led to 52 arrests and 15,135 pounds of seized marijuana.
I have an engineering degree from a top university. I learned how to do math but this problem really only requires 2nd grade arithmetic. Or in today's schools, maybe high school arithmetic.
If I divide 410 by 7,333 (that would be number caught by number of crossers) I get 5.59%. I'm guessing that in whatever arithmetic is in use today that 5.59% is still a whole lot less than 90%. So, we're a tad short of our goal. But we're going ahead with amnesty anyway.
I've got $100 I'm willing to wager on whether the government even attempts to do better than six percent.
Bottom line, we don't have a fence on the vast majority of the border and there is no plan to build one.
Napolitano, a former Arizona governor, noted a U.S. Border Patrol study determined a fence makes sense on 653 miles of the 2,000-mile southern border and so far some sort of fencing is up on 652 of those miles.
Get the idea? It's way past time to contact your Senators and your Representative. Click the button and you can get their telephone numbers and you can send them faxes. Let them know that it's way past time to put security first and this bill doesn't even address security in any meaningful way.


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gards67 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web codificada y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 9 diseños de 4 diseñadores freelance.
A well formatted HTML template which must have one CSS style sheet and all images created in jpeg with medium level 30% - 50% quality in photoshop or more. Full size of template with images must not exceed 30 - 35kb, must be capable of being viewed in IE, Firefox and Opera
The Affiliate Shopping Directory
Desired Color Scheme:
Yellow/Black (Bee) Flowers, Greens
Desired Style:
Funky, modern, sharp, clean,
Accepted File Formats:
HTML, CSS, jpeg
The website must be modern, funky and neat. It is going to be a shopping directory that only has affiliate links - please see alternativesearchengine.co.uk. This layout is acceptable; with a heading across the top, categories down the left, a centre column where I will add the affiliate shop links and a left column where I will add small banners advertising the shops. The categories will be based upon the categories on this web page: shareasale.com/out-programs.cfm
Now the important bit, the website will be called BeBrowsing.com - The Affiliate Shopping Directory and I would like a design and logo based upon a Buzzy Bee theme and it needs to be a modern and clean design, as for the body of the website I am open to any ideas but probably based upon leaves, flowers and other 'Bee things'
I hope I've given enough information as I am new to this - when it's complete I will hand it to my programmer who will complete the backend.


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Deals of the Day: BofA Reaches Repurchase Agreement With Fannie
Deals of the Day compiles this morning's biggest news about mergers and acquisitions, banking, bankruptcy and more. Catch us on Twitter, @WSJDealJournal.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Hostess in talks on brands: Flowers Foods Inc. and Grupo Bimbo are in discussions to acquire pieces of Hostess Brands Inc.'s bread business, as the maker of Wonder Bread and Twinkies sells off assets and liquidates, said people familiar with the talks. [WSJ]
Cerberus to sell Aozora: U.S. private-equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP is in the news again, as it prepares to sell its long-held stake in Japan's Aozora Bank Ltd. in the open market, the bank announced Monday. [Deal Journal]
Sony and BMG team up: Sony has teamed up with BMG to make a joint bid for Parlophone Records and other EMI Group PLC labels being sold off by Universal Music Group, the Financial Times reported Sunday on its website, citing unnamed sources. [FT]
Madison Dearborn backs EVO: Madison Dearborn Partners LLC is committing $250 million to privately held EVO Payments International LLC in a deal that gives the credit processor more fuel for acquisitions, said people familiar with the investment. [WSJ]
EnergySolutions sold for $338.5 million: Private equity firm Energy Capital Partners will buy EnergySolutions Inc for $338.5 million in cash as the debt-laden nuclear waste management company struggles with weak demand. [Reuters]


text: Brewster earned a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1982. As a student, he studied artificial intelligence with Marvin Minsky and W. Daniel Hillis. In 1983, Brewster helped start Thinking Machines, a parallel supercomputer maker, serving there as lead engineer for six years. He is profiled in Digerati: Encounters with the Cyber Elite (HardWired, 1996). He was selected as a member of the Upside 100 in 1997, Micro Times 100 in 1996 and 1997, and Computer Week 100 in 1995.


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A Change in Stamping Lube
In 2007, Martinrea embarked on a mission to devote significant work and study to change stamping lubricant. Ultimately, it found a product and supplier-partner to provide dramatic changes to improve productivity, reduce its impact on the environment, and significantly reduce costs.
Stamping Thick HSLA Steels Requires a Tenacious Lubricant, First and Foremost
Martinrea Hopkinsville, which stamps parts for and assembles automotive subframes, structural parts, couplings and beams, is a Tier One supplier to General Motors, Chrysler and Ford. Martinrea purchased the Hopkinsville facility from Thyssen-Krupp Budd in October 2006. Built in 1998, the facility produces automotive components for several vehicle models. It features 400- and 1500-ton Komatsu blanking presses, 2700- and 3000-ton Komatsu transfer presses, a hydroforming cell featuring a 200-ton Schuler preform press and a 5000-ton hydroforming press, and automated weld assembly using 160 robots. Parts make up the heavy-duty components of a vehicle and as a result can be some of the most difficult to form.
The plant stamps primarily high-strength low-alloy steels—50 to 63 ksi minimum yield strengths—in heavy gauges, as thick as 0.154 in. The alloys work-harden during forming. All of these elements lead to a significant potential problem for the metal stamper: friction. Friction causes tool wear, galling on parts, and part fracturing. Success in this niche of the industry requires attention to tooling, tool coatings, and the use of workhorse stamping lubricants.
In the United States, chlorinated paraffin-based petroleum lubricants frequently are used to protect tooling and the parts during forming, particularly in severe metalforming applications. Measured by their cost per gallon, these products are relatively inexpensive.
However, Martinrea understood that there can be significant associated costs to responsibly manage this type of lubricant, including post-processing costs. Parts stamped by Martinrea that required a significant amount of lubricant retained petroleum residue, which then transferred to part bins, the floor and to the operators. Plant management, committed to avoiding safety hazards, invested in housekeeping operations to remove traces of the lubricant. This created an added expense and impacted the environment through the regular use of floor cleaner and the disposal of mop and scrubber waste.
Lubricant residue on parts also created adverse affects to welds and the paint pretreatment system. As a result, all parts were washed prior to these processes. Significant costs were incurred, including those related to energy consumption, cleaning chemicals and waste disposal. Finally, because the lubricant was not compatible with the plant's waste-treatment system, much of the disposed cleaning-system effluent, mop soap, and used lubricant had to be hauled a by a waste carrier.
The Case for "Green"
Beginning in mid-2007, Martinrea Hopkinsville set out to investigate a change in lubricant. The project involved many people at the plant, but what ultimately drove its success was the involvement and commitment from top management to improve its processes.
Says Bob Sheil, the plant's human resource manager: "Our plant general manager, Kurt Spencer, has been here since this place was a bean field. He built this building. If the roof leaks, we blame him. Likewise, he sees to the plant's efficiency."
|Lighter lubricant residue and efficient lube application allows part handlers to more readily inspect the parts and catch defects more quickly.
Spencer says that the project to change stamping lubricants came about with a few "bumps in the road, but we kept after it. We focused on synthetic lubricants. One company's lubricant attacked our tool coating. You could see the run lines etching the coating."
After testing several different lubricants, from a host of vendors, the plant settled on a heavy-duty water-soluble lubricant that does not contain chlorine or petroleum: Renoform OS 7910, from Fuchs Lubricant Co., Harvey, IL. Says Spencer: "OS 7910 costs more than did our previous oil, but we eliminated washing, we haul waste a less frequently, and our lubricant consumption has been cut in half. One lube does everything."
Renoform OS 7910 owes its success to Fuch's development work in Europe, which has significant restrictions on the use of chlorine and is ahead of the United States in the move toward "green" manufacturing. European efforts have focused on straight oil to replace chlorine as an extreme-pressure additive in heavy-duty lubricants, while the United States generally prefers water-miscible lubricants. The combined efforts resulted in the development of this nonpetroleum lubricant to replace chlorinated paraffin stamping lubricants in heavy-duty operations.
Pumped from a Central Mixing Station
With its change in lubricants, Martinrea sacrificed nothing in performance yet gained considerable advantages. Most parts no longer require washing before welding or paint pre-treatment, as they exit the press "virtually dry," says Ron Shelton, who works at the plant in materials support and steel procurement. The new lubricant is compatible with the plant's waste-treatment system, so costs related to waste disposal have dropped considerably, as the plant has gone from two to three tank wagons per week to just one per month.
The group incorporated several useful innovations that improved operations and reduced waste. The lubricant is automatically mixed in a central system and pumped to spray manifolds at each press. The manifolds feed spray nozzles hard-plumbed into each die. Each nozzle, individually programmed per job, strategically applies the lubricant to the appropriate area of a blank or stamped section. Color-coded tubing ensures that the properly programmed line is attached to the correct nozzle. With each job programmed into the central press PLC, the appropriate lube program automatically transfers.
This system provides several improvements that reduce scrap, improve tool life, and minimize lubricant use. Hard-plumbed and programmed nozzles ensure that the right amount of lubricant is applied in the right area from the first hit. Particularly with high-strength steels, a tool can be damaged in one hit if the lubricant mixture is wrong or is applied in the wrong place.
Martinrea's system minimizes the risk of a sprayer being displaced or improperly aimed. Programmable spray nozzles also allow the plant to strategically apply the lubricant. The program has provided significant reductions in utility use, waste and wastewater disposal, potential scrap reduction and safety issues. The new lubricant operates at a lighter viscosity and allows the spray system to provide a crisp spray pattern that shuts off without dribbling.
Neater, Cleaner and Safer
The lighter lubricant residue and efficient application provides other advantages. Part handlers have noticed that their uniforms are cleaner and their gloves last longer. They report that they can see parts better and catch defects more quickly. Parts do not drip as readily from part bins to the floor as they move around the plant. These process features have reduced scrap, reduced laundry costs, and improved health and safety throughout the facility. MF
See also: FUCHS Lubricants Co.
Related Enterprise Zones: Lubrication


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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spoon the pumpkin puree into a food processor and add the eggs, cream, Swiss cheese, salt and pepper. Process for 10 to 15 seconds to combine. Coat a 6 cup gratin dish with the butter. Fill the dish with the pumpkin mixture. Sprinkle the Parmesan cheese on top and bake for 35 to 45 minutes until set and lightly browned on top.
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When I was twenty and studying art in undergrad, I house sat for my parents one summer and built my entire senior show in their kitchen. I remember the feeling or horror one day when cutting out a shape with the jigsaw and accidentally making a slice into the tabletop that my mother had hand stained when I was an infant. Three decades later and I'm still making most of my work in the kitchen. I have a studio about fifty feet from the house in a shipping container – but the kitchen is oh so more comfortable. At least until Emmett, comes home and starts at his own art experiments precariously poised on top of one of my own almost completed billboard paintings.
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Jay-Z dropped his latest album Magna Carta Holy Grail yesterday. While we adore him for his rapping skills, we also love him for being a doting dad. The hip hop star recently choked up while talking about his baby girl Blue Ivy. Aww. Check out pics below of him looking cute and snuggling up to his wifey Beyoncé.
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Shobogenzo Zuimonki consists of the dharma talks of Eihei Dogen Zenji (1200–1253) who transmitted Soto Zen from China to Japan. These talks were originally recorded by Koun Ejo Zenji, Dogen's dharma successor, and probably edited by his disciples after Ejo's death.
In this introduction, I'd like to briefly introduce Ejo Zenji since he is not as well known in the West as Dogen Zenji.
Ejo was born of a noble family, the Fujiwara, in Kyoto, in 1198. In 1215, at eighteen years of age, he was ordained as a Tendai monk under Master Enno at Yokawa on Mt. Hiei. He studied the fundamental philosophy of Buddhism; the Kusha (Abhidharmakosa-bhasya) Jojitsu (Satyasidhi-sastra), and Tendai teachings etc. However, he realized that studying for fame and profit or for high position in the Buddhist order was meaningless. Arousing bodhi-mind, he wanted to leave the monastery just as many other Buddhist leaders did in that age.
According to the Denkoroku (The Record of Transmitting the Light) of Keizan Jokin, who received ordination from Ejo and later became the successor of Tettsu Gikai, Ejo once visited his mother. His mother said; "I allowed you to become a monk not because I wanted you to rise to a high position and associate with the upper class. Just do not study or practice for fame and profit. I hope only that you will practice in poverty, wear black robes, hang a bamboo hat on your back, and walk on your own feet [instead of riding in palanquins]."
Upon hearing this, Ejo changed his robes and never went back to Mt. Hiei. He visited Shoku (1177–1247), a disciple of Honen and the founder of the Nishiyama School of Pure Land Buddhism in order to study the nenbutsu. Later, he practiced Zen with Bucchi Kakuan (?–?), a disciple of Dainichi Nonin (?–?).
At that time, Zen and Nenbutsu were the two main movements of the so called "New Buddhism". One of the two leaders of Zen was Myoan Eisai (1141—1215). Eisai went to China twice, his second time staying there for five years to study Rinzai Zen. He received dharma transmission from Koan Esho (?–?) and introduced Zen to Japan. Another leader of Zen was Dainichi Nonin. He did not go to China, but rather practiced Zen by himself and attained enlightenment. Since he was slandered by people because he had not received dharma transmission, he sent two of his disciples to China with a letter containing his understanding of Zen. Nonin's disciples visited Setsuan Tokko (1121–1203), and received inka for Nonin. His school was called the Nippon-Darumashu (Japanese Dharma School). Kakuan was Nonin's successor. Not only Ejo, but also Ekan and his disciples, Gikai, Giin, Gien, and others, who later became Dogen Zenji's disciples forming the Japanese Soto School, were originally disciples of Kakuan. Ejo practiced with Kakuan several years and received inka from him.
In 1227, Dogen Zenji came back from China after five years of practice
there and stayed at Kenninji, where he had practiced Zen with Myozen
(1184–1225), a disciple of Eisai, for seven years before leaving for
China. In the same year, Dogen Zenji wrote Fukanzazengi to
promote the practice of zazen which he studied under Tendo Nyojo.
Hearing of Dogen Zenji's reputation, Ejo thought to himself; "So far I have practiced and accomplished the method of meditation of the Tendai School, have completed the essential practice of Pure Land Buddhism, and have been practicing Zen at Tonomine [with Kakuan] and attained kensho. What else does he (Dogen) have to transmit?"
In 1228, Ejo visited Dogen Zenji at Kenninji to examine what Dogen Zenji had learned in China.
According to the Denkoroku, for the first two or three days, everything Dogen Zenji said was in total agreement with Ejo's understanding. So Ejo was delighted because he thought what he had attained was the same as that taught in China, and that his enlightenment was genuine. But later, perhaps since Dogen Zenji recognized Ejo was a sincere practitioner and capable of understanding the true dharma, he started to speak differently. At first Ejo was astonished and tried to argue, but soon realized what Dogen Zenji was saying was much deeper than his own understanding. He aroused bodhi-mind again and desired to practice with Dogen.
Dogen Zenji said, "I have received transmission of the true Way and am attempting to promote it in Japan. I am staying in this temple for the time being, but later I will find my own place to practice. After I have found a place, visit me again. You cannot practice following me here."
This was the first meeting between Dogen and Ejo. Dogen was twenty-nine and Ejo was thirty-one.
In 1230, Dogen Zenji left Kenninji, and moved to a hermitage in Fukakusa. During that year he wrote Bendowa (Talk on Wholehearted Practice of the Way);
"…I returned home in the first year of Shotei (1227). Spreading this
dharma and saving all living beings has become my vow. It feels like
I am carrying a heavy burden on my shoulders. For the time being, however,
I will set aside my vow of propagating this dharma, as I have to wait
for the proper time for it to flourish. Now, for a while, I will live
alone moving from one place to another like a cloud or a water-plant
and follow the way of the ancient sages. However, suppose there are
some sincere practitioners who are not concerned with gaining fame
or profit and, who have true aspiration to seek the Way. They will
be vainly led astray by false teachers and lose sight of any correct
understanding, consequently becoming drunk in their own confusion and
sinking into delusion forever. How will it be possible for them to
nurture the true seed of prajna (ultimate wisdom)? And how can they
ever expect to attain the Way? Since I am now spending a life like
a cloud or a water-plant, how will they be able to visit me and practice
with me? Feeling compassion for those people, I have decided to compile
the things I learned about the way of practice in Chinese Zen monasteries
and the teachings I received from my teacher. I wish to leave them
for sincere practitioners of the Way to enable them to know about the
true dharma of the Buddha."
It is obvious that Bendowa was for people like Ejo. Doyu Takeuchi, the author of Eihei-niso Koun Ejo Zenji Den (The Biography of Koun Ejo, the Second Abbot of Eiheiji-monastery), has surmised that the eighteen questions and replies in Bendowa were mainly based on the discussion with Ejo at their first meeting at Kenninji.
In the spring of 1233, Dogen Zenji founded Koshoji in Fukakusa. In that year, he wrote Shobogenzo Genjo Koan, and Shobogenzo Makahannyaharamitsu, which became the first and second chapters of the seventy-five-volume version of Shobogenzo. He also refined Fukanzazengi. Thus, Dogen began his active life of propagating the dharma.
In 1234, Ejo visited Dogen Zenji again and became his disciple. In the Denkoroku we read," [Dogen Zenji] spent two years with no one visiting him. Finally, Ejo came to practice with him. It was the first year of Bunreki (1234). Dogen Zenji was delighted and permitted him to stay. They talked about the Way of the patriarchs for several days and nights."
Until he moved to Echizen (presently Fukui Prefecture) to found Eiheiji in 1243, Dogen Zenji put all his efforts during the next ten years into founding the sangha at Koshoji. He built the first formal sodo in Japan, educating the monks and writing many chapters of the Shobogenzo as well as other works such as Gakudo-Yojinshu, Tenzokyokun, etc. Ejo received the "Bodhisattva Precepts" on August 15, 1235, and formally became his disciple. Ejo received dharma transmission in 1236, the year the sodo was built at Koshoji. Ejo was appointed the first shuso (head monk) for the first practice period there and gave lectures in behalf of Dogen Zenji. (see 4-5 of Zuimonki) Thus, Ejo became Dogen Zenji's closest assistant. Zuimonki is a record of Dogen Zenji's informal dharma talks to his disciples, visiting monks and lay students during the period 1235 to 1237.
Later on, until Dogen Zenji's death in 1253, Ejo assisted him as his personal attendant (jisha) even when he was in charge of other things. It is said that Ejo missed seeing Dogen for but ten days because of sickness during the twenty years of their association.
After they moved into Eiheiji, Dogen Zenji had Ejo carry out all the
ceremonies in his place. When asked why he replied, "My life will not
be long. You will live longer than I and surely will propagate my Way.
Therefore, I value you for the sake of the dharma."
After Dogen Zenji passed away in 1253, Ejo took over the abbotship of Eiheiji. Ejo himself died in 1280 when he was eighty-three years old.
Ejo's sole writing consisted of a work entitled Komyozo-Zanmai, written when he was eighty-one years old. He did, however, work on the compilation of the Shobogenzo and other writings. Today we can read Dogen Zenji's teachings thanks to his dharma successor, Ejo.


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Grand opening, grand closing. Well, not exactly.
Days after signing New York Yankee Robinson Cano and Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz to his Roc Nation Sports venture, Yahoo! Sports reports Brooklyn Nets part-owner Jay-Z -- he owns less than one percent -- is in the process of selling his share of the team to jump into the NBA.
In what might be a surprise for most to see Marcy's own leave the Nets as one of the most recognized faces of ownership and arguably the main catalyst for the team relocating to Brooklyn, Jay is on to bigger moves. With NBA rules stipulating that owners can't be agents, Jay is divesting his share of the team to become an agent in the league.
With LeBron James becoming a free agent next summer, expect Jigga to try to broker a deal to bring LeBron over to Roc Nation Sports and help King James land his next NBA contract next summer. Jay's "I'm not a business man, I'm a business man" mantra remains true.
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One semi-new thing: Sergei Ogorodnikov won't be coming to camp. "His choice," Howard Saffan said. The Islanders will hang on to his rights. There were summertime rumors that the Islanders might buy him out. Sergei, a likeable kid, had some skills, but the team had deep concerns with his defense.
Russian Prospects has some detailed background on Ogododnikov for those interested.
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Ogorodnikov signed in camp last September 15Th with the Islanders but it's interesting a buyout is mentioned here or that he decided not to report if he is under contract? Last year he played forty two games for Pensacola of the ECHL and twenty seven games with the Sound Tigers.
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Metallic-Cap Toes: Cap-toe ballet flats are nothing new, but a little metal or metallic leather at the toe definitely makes these flats feel a little more fancy — great for the office or any occasion where you want to feel a little more polished.From left to right: Ankle Strap Cap Toe Flats, MOSSIMO, $19; Cap Toe Snake Print Flats, DIANE VON FURSTENBERG, $126; Black and Tan Cap Toe Flats, J. CREW, $168
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Crested Velvet Smoking Slippers: These can get a little pricey, but luckily they are easy to DIY. Just buy an inexpensive smoking slipper and iron or sew on the crest of your choice — super cute with a silk PJ top and a pair of pants, or jeans and a crisp button-down.
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Cecilia Bönström, artistic director of Zadig & Voltaire, reveals herself in a seasonal/seasonable question-and-answer session. 100% cashmere interview.
If we say « autumn », do you think «Back to work !» with a smile or «Goodbye summer !» with a heavy heart ?
«Back to work !» To me, the start of the new school year has always been very positive, a joyful reunion, either at school or with my team. I couldn't always be on holidays, even in the sunshine. I like the new duties and challenges which go hand in hand with this period.
Your first new school year memory, the one you keep always in mind?
The discovering of the new outfits my mother used to give to my twin sister and me. Each year it was a surprise. My mother loved to surprise us, she was both classic and eccentric. One day she could clothe us with a long dress and white straw hat, Sarah Moon style, and the next one with a black polo-neck and mini trench-coat. Each time is was exciting. She set the tone, all the children were looking at us… My sensitivity towards fashion also comes from her.
The item of clothing or the accessory you are glad you have created for this season?
The Skinny Love bag, the Artyvoodoo version. I reissued it and added some lucky charms, nails, and bonds. This mix works well: I like the leather crumpled look, the vintage style, the chain is perfect… It has a personal experience, a story, something really authentic. I'm quite pleased with it.
And the one you really wish you had imagined for this period of the year ?
I wish I had designed an oilskin – a short, well-fitting raincoat made of coated fabric, which one can wear with a navy blue pullover… It would have been a reinvented dark khaki version, with the typical Zadig details.
The Zadig's three ideal - or offbeat - items to have in one's dressing room right from September?
The iconic Evrell bluejean, the Joe military boots - crocodile leather or glitter style – and the Faro oversize cashmere knit, with its long sleeves which can hide everything and wrap you. It's like a cuddly blancket, with a classy look on top.
Your cultural musts this autunm?
In literature, Eva*, Simon Liberati's book dedicated to his wife Eva Ionesco – it's a quite ultimate declaration of love. I'm also going to see Balanchine / Millepied / Robbins**, the new show of Benjamin Millepied and Démons***, the play – written by a Swede – in which Romain Duris acts. I love him ! To me, he represents the real Parisian guy, such as those I met when I first came here, with a perfecto and real dark hair… Besides, to get rid of the stress during this period, I suggest to go dancing a whole night in the Montana night-club!
The three pleasures you won't override in autumn?
I like to walk along the beach in Normandy, to open a Bordeaux bottle in a typical Parisian bistro… As for my guilty pleasure: a café latte instead of a thyme infusion!
Paris in autumn, low-angled light and pastel glow/glimmer: the most beautiful city in the world, according to you?
I am Swedish, so I can say it without being chauvinistic: to me Paris is always the most inspiring city. It's an ancient capital but not old-fashioned/antiquated, which manages to escape the stress, unlike London or New York ; the cultural, architectural and culinary wealth are unique there. And of course there are the Parisiennes : I love their look, their way to wear python and black in a state of total relaxation, the perfect balance between rock et chic, leather and cashmere… I need them to move on, they inspire me.
A really automnal fabric which always tempts you?
The côtelé mille raies velvet in pink powder, cognac or sky-blue color… I use it in each of my autum-winter collections.
Do you sing in the rain ?
Yes, I am an optimistic by nature! Even Iif I prefer when the sun is shining, I never let the weather disturb myself. I move forward, I don't even realize that it's raining.
If the autumn was a women you would she be ?
Ali MacGraw ! She has this mystic beauty, particularly in Love Story – the way she is dressed, what she expresses… To me, it's obvious.
Photos : Alexandre Tabaste
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** In the Palais Garnier (Paris IX), until October 11th.
*** By Lars Norén, Théâtre du Rond-Point (Paris VIII), until October 11th.


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DIY Light Tent
It's been said that lighting makes or breaks the shot, and natural light isn't always available when you want to capture a photo of your paper crafted masterpiece. All you need is a few items from your local home improvement store and you'll have everything you need to build your own light tent. The basic design is adaptable, and can be easily dismantled for storage.
Supply list:
1/2" PVC pipe in pre-cut 24" length (12 pieces)
1/2" street elbows, unthreaded (8 pieces)
1/2" T connectors, unthreaded (8 pieces)
Clamp-on utility lamp (2 each)
GE Reveal spotlight bulbs, 75 watt (2 each)
Full or queen flat sheet, white (1 each)
Assemble frame according to diagram. Cut or rip sheet in half lengthwise. Lay strips over frame, crossing sections to cover all openings except the front. Attach lamps to side of light tent and use as needed when natural light isn't available. Caution: lamps get very hot, so never leave them unattended or allow them to touch the sheets.
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Can anybody send me the java code to do following:
- A directory containing sub-folders with different name and date
- To copy the folder having the most recent date from the directory.
Thanks in advance.
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Can anybody send me the java code to do following:
- A directory containing sub-folders with different name and date
- To copy the folder having the most recent date from the directory.
Thanks in advance.
Please show us your thoughts/code attempts to solve the problem and we will help you
You will probably want to use the File Class.
Well , I tried using File class, which has a method called file.lastmodified(), this returns long value of the time.
Using this I am not able to sort the latest folder created. Can you please suggest me , how to sort based on long value?
The long value returned is the number of milliseconds from a pre-determined time (I believe it's Jan. 1, 1960, but don't quote me on this, and it doesn't really matter for sorting). So, the most recently modified file is the file that has the larges long value returned, and the oldest has the smallest value.
If you need to convert this long value to a Date object, I think there's a method inside the Date class, or possibly one of the Calendar classes (the Java Date/Time representation is a little lacking here)
Basically use the File class and create an instance which points to your base directory.
Use file.listFiles() get all the files in the base directory.
Use a comparator to sort the array by lastModified.
Grab the newest file and add it to your list.
Get all directories in the base directory and do the same for each directory.
As a reply to your question on sorting this is what you could do.
Arrays.sort(files, new Comparator<File>() { @Override public int compare(File o1, File o2) { return (int) (o2.lastModified() - o1.lastModified()); } });
Assuming files is an array of File objects. This would put the last edited file/directory at index zero.
// Json
Somthing like?
private static File getRecent(String directory) { File file = null; for(String x : new File(directory).list()) { File inQuestion = new File(directory + x); if(file == null) { file = inQuestion; continue; } if(inQuestion.lastModified() < file.lastModified()) { file = inQuestion; } } return file; }
It returns the most recently created file in the directory,
Hello Time, would that not also return you a directory if the latest modified file in the directory was actually another directory?
// Json
or if(inQuestion.isFile()) perhaps
// Json
Thanks , I have tried this and somehow gotthis working.
Thanks again for your help


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- Provides information management support in relation to collections management. Such support will include creating and maintaining the computerized database of objects selected for specific exhibitions.
- Works with exhibition team during object list development, assisting with research, access and handling.
- Serves as the COTR (Contracting Officer's Technical Representative) for collections related contracts that involve the handling, movement, storage, documentation and use of artifacts selected for display in NMAAHC Inaugural and pre-building exhibitions.
- Assists with reviewing design drawings to assess risk for objects on display, and evaluating effective exhibition design for maintaining the objects' cleanliness and safety.


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I cannot believe it has been over a year since I wrote last. I apologize for my absence. I honestly wasn't sure if others were reading my posts. (That's my old companion insecurity popping up over my shoulder. I'm sure many of you know him.) Then, life happened and I got caught up in it. Not to mention that I forgot my darn password AGAIN!😧 I was embarrassed asking for help changing it, AGAIN. Silly me. Then, at the beginning of the summer, I had a major medical
Seems like its been forever since i've been online and writing, but it feels good to say that i've finally found my way back after a long hiatus from the interwebs. For a while I let the chronic pains from my SCI get to me. Anyone that suffers from, or knows someone who suffers from these pains understands full well how exhausting and stressful it can be. However i'm happy (more like proud) to say that thanks to a few really big changes in my life, I am now no longer stressed, but more importantly
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|Clara (Moulton) Metzner
Clara (Moulton) Metzner (1843-1899) was my paternal 2nd-great grandmother. What follows is an exploratory analysis of the biographical data I have collected about her.
1. Vital Records
1.1. Birth Certificate
Clara was born September 30, 18431 in Licking County, Ohio.
The State of Ohio did not require birth certificates until 1867.
1.1.1. Birth Notice in Newspaper
I have not been able to locate any contemporary newspaper accounts of Clara's birth.
1.1.2. Bible Record
I am not aware of the survival of a Moulton family Bible. I will continue to reach out to extended family in hopes that one does exist.
1.1.3. Baptismal Record
I have not located a baptismal record for Clara. I do not know what faith the Moulton family was at the time of Clara's birth; in her adult life she was a member of the Evangelical Association.
1.1.4. Adoption Record
There is no indication that Clara was adopted.
1.2. Marriage license
Clara married John Adam Metzner on November 13, 1864 in Jay County, Indiana2. Their marriage license was the subject of a previous post.
1.2.1. Marriage notice in newspaper
I am not aware of any surviving contemporary newspapers from Jay County, Indiana that might have mentioned Clara and John's nuptials.
1.2.2. Anniversary notice
I need to search newspaper records in Jay County, Indiana for mention of their wedding anniversary. Their 25th would have been November 13, 1889.
1.2.3. Divorce decree
There is no indication that they were ever divorced, and a recent search of court records did not turn up any mention of a divorce.
1.3. Death Certificate
Clara died July 2, 1899 in Westchester, Jay County, Indiana3. I need to obtain a copy of her death certificate from the Jay County, Indiana Health Department on my next research trip.
1.3.1. Obituary in newspaper
Clara's obituary appeared in the July 13, 1899 edition of the Evangelical Messenger1. The obituary was the subject of a previous post.
I need to search contemporary Jay County, Indiana newspapers for local mention of her obituary.
1.3.2. Funeral home records
The Jay County Library has funeral home records from the various funeral homes in the county. Will add this to my "to-do" list for my next research trip.
1.3.3. Tombstone photograph
Clara's tombstone in the Mt. Zion cemetery, Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana has been photographed. Will have to make this the subject of a future "Tombstone Tuesday" post.
2. Census Records
2.1. Federal Census Records
2.1.1. 1880 Federal Census
On June 23, 1880, Clara was enumerated in the John A. Metzner household in Wayne Township, Jay County, Indiana4, as Lena A. Metzner, age 36, keeping house. She was born in Ohio and both her parents were born in Vermont. Living in the household were husband John, age 40, born Ohio; daughter Cora B., age 11, born Indiana; son Wesley F., age 8, born Indiana; and a lodger, H. Shaudleman, age 29, born in Ohio.
2.1.2. 1870 Federal Census
On July 4, 1870, Clara was enumerated in the John A. Metzner household in Wayne Township, Jay County, Indiana5, as Clara A. Metzner, age 26, keeping house. She was born in Ohio. Living in the household were husband John A., age 28, born Ohio; son William, age 3, born in Indiana, and daughter Cora, age 1, born in Indiana.
2.1.3. 1860 Federal Census
On June 20, 1860, Clara was enumerated in the Lydia Mouton household in St. Albans Township, Licking County, Ohio6, as Clara Moulton, age 16, born in Ohio. She had attended school within the year. Living in the household were Lydia Moulton, age 64, born Vermont; Emeline Moulton, age 38, born Ohio, and Lydia Moulton, age 11, born Ohio,
2.1.4. 1850 Federal Census
I have not yet located Clara in the 1850 federal census. Her father, Albert, is enumerated in Placerville, El Dorado County, California.
2.2. State Census Records
The State of Indiana conducted state census in 1853, 1857, 1871, 1877, 1883, 1889, 1901, 1913, 1919 and 1931. These however, were merely for the purposes of determining legislative apportionment.
2.3. Agricultural Census Records
I have not yet investigated these types of records to see what light they might shed on the Metzner farm.
3. Military Records
3.1. Draft Registration
Not applicable, as Clara was female.
3.2. Pension Records
Clara did receive a widow's pension based on her husband's Civil War service. I need to make these records the subject of a future post.
3.3. Service Records
Not applicable, as Clara was female.
4. Land Records
4.1. Deed Records
Deed records need to be thoroughly searched in Jay County, Indiana for the Metzner family.
4.2. Plat map / county map
Jay County published a plat map in 1874, 1881, 1887, 1901, 1910 and 1920 that might be relevant to my search for the Metzner homestead.
5. Supplemental Records
Supplemental records to search for Clara include city/county directories, court records and will and probate records. Will add these to my "to-do" list for my next research trip to Jay County.
Sources :
1. Clara Metzner obituary. Evangelical Messenger, New Berlin, Pennsylvania, USA, July 13, 1899, page 443.
2. Jay County, Indiana Marriage records, Book C-B, page 536.
3. Jay County, Indiana Death records, Book H-3, page 40.
4. John A. Metzner household, 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Wayne Township, Jay County, Indiana, ED 208, SD 6, page 5, dwelling 5, family 5; National Archives micropublication T9, roll 287.
5. John A. Metzner household, 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Wayne Township, Jay County, Indiana, dwelling 71, family 71; National Archives micropublication M593, roll 327.
6. Lydia Moulton household, 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, St. Albans Township, Licking County, Ohio, Alexandria P.O., dwelling 121, family 121; National Archives micropublication M653, roll 999.
Sources :This post was developed as part of the series relating to Building My 2011 Research Template, an attempt to systematically document and source the details of my ancestors' lives. Comments regarding this template and the conclusions drawn in this article are welcomed.


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Despite Warnings, U.S. Companies Remain Unprepared for Baby Boomers' Exodus
17 November 2009—With millions of Baby Boomers poised to age out of the workforce, US companies remain unprepared for the imminent talent desert that promises to alter the productive capacity of business and disrupt the national economic landscape, according to a new report by the Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College.
Overall, nearly 70% of the almost 700 organizations surveyed do not yet know how old their workers are or what proportion is likely to retire. Forty percent stated that the aging of the workforce will have a detrimental impact on their organization in the next three years.
"The out-migration of an entire generation of workers will upset the entire balance of the workplace," said Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Director of the Sloan Center on Aging & Work and report co-author. "Knee-jerk reactions to today's challenging economic reality aside, US companies need to start planning strategically for workforce sustainability. The current abundance of older worker talent and experience is going to dry up, and businesses will very soon need to fill hundreds, if not thousands, of jobs."
The report—The Pressures of Talent Management—examined talent management practices at 696 organizations representing the 10 leading sectors of the economy. These types of employers account for 83% of employment and 85% of payrolls in the United States. The companies studied, which range from small enterprises to very large organizations, collectively employed over one million workers.
Additional key findings include:
- 77% of employers surveyed had not analyzed projected employee retirement rates or assessed employee career plans.
- More than half (56%) had not assessed the skills their organizations need today and into the future.
- About one-third of employers reported not having enough programs for recruitment or training of older workers.
Although the aging population will affect companies differently, the long-predicted workforce desolation has generated surprisingly limited responses. In 2000, Baby Boomers (born between 1946-1964) represented the largest portion (48%) of the U.S. labor force. By 2010 this proportion is estimated to decline to 37%, leading some economists to predict labor shortages of 10-15 million in the coming decade.
"Changing age demographics is not necessarily about avoiding pain—it may present new opportunities or competitive advantages," said Stephen Sweet, co-investigator of the Talent Management Study. "Programs like Abbott's 'Freedom to Work,' for example, are designed to meet the evolving needs of employees nearing retirement, while at the same time meeting business needs by keeping experienced talent longer and ensuring business continuity."
"Regardless of which factors are driving an organization's decision-making, workforce planning is simply good business, because this approach helps to ensure that the right people with the right skills are in the right jobs at the right time," said Sweet.