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Any SOLID arguments against evolution?
Discussion of everything related to the Theory of Evolution.
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Re: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?
I would like to note that I did not see Moses go up the mountain, but I believe it. Just as evolutionists never actually saw the mitochondria get stuck in an ancestral cell, but believe that it did. We all have the same fossils, strata, chemistry, and science to study--we are just looking at it through different glasses.
Re: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?
At least I can't argue with that AFJ!
Accurately worded I would have to say that Adam and Eve are here a metaphor for "how we came from primates, going from 48 to 46 chromosomes". Science already has a "Mitochondrial Eve" so it's not a big deal or beyond any limit of science to make this connection. Since there were humans before Mitochondrial Eve it's not an accurate metaphor. Chromosomal Adam and Eve is the scientifically precise account of our speciation.
Contrary to popular misconceptions we are not the product of slow 46-46 drift process, we are the product of a 48-47-46 chromosomal speciation event where there is suddenly a first human man and woman in our human ancestry.
Excellent theory! It's describing the mechanism I thought would be there that "controls" whether telomeres are sticky or not.
I wrote all that, so I'm the "They" who is physically writing the theory of ID blog. I'm currently looking for other examples but human, fruit fly and mosquito are the examples used in the PNAS paper referenced from the theory are already providing excellent examples.
It is scientific terminology found in decades old AI, robotics and behavioral sciences. There is a tutorial in the Intelligence Generator/Detector that may already be in a science classroom near you.
Only thing "evolutionary thought" seems to have done is steam up everyone's glasses. Teachers are teaching that our speciation is no different from the 48-48 while we no doubt that we have 46 chromosomes. Instead of explaining this speciation event "evolutionary thought" ignored it, then used it as evidence we are just another ape.
I'm not sure what you are trying to evidence is unsupported with your use of NS based generalizations but if you have a problem with the current scientific views then you have to argue the matter with them by publishing your rebuttal in appropriate science journals.
I'm not sure why you mentioned that either. I'm simply placing the Adam and Eve story to where in science where that event occurred.
The only way for you to change what is currently stated in the theory of ID is for you to present scientific evidence that can challenge what is already there. Which at least worked with the link to telomere theory but that only helped support what I was trying to say on the blog. The theory of ID was predicting that would exist but that was as far as I knew, which is why I had to generalize on the telomere protective/sticky mechanism. If you have info I can reference then let me know.
You'll have to get used to using "random guess" and "good guess" terminology in science, because it's already long existed. Many learned it that way and when you have enough experience in modeling of the phenomena there is a reason why that is a fact. We can flip a coin for "random guess". Or take a "good guess" that is in part based on past experience. It's such a basic principal none can seriously argue it does not exist in reality which automatically makes it a part of science.
You are correct in saying that we are looking through the same science through different glasses. You have the ones I'm glad to be able to do without now that I found a pair with unusual clarity, even though levels of emergence makes it a kaleidoscope view where each has the same basic thing going on but all together makes something fascinating to watch change over time. Once you know what is going in one section it applies to all emergent views in the pictures then one thing after another keeps falling into place. And it just so happens the theory of ID glasses has Adam and Eve waving back at us when you look towards human speciation. Fruit flies have theirs too, which is a cute inference adding to the (under construction) speciation experiment.
The old glasses did not get me anywhere. I was just one more trying to validate another theory that so much changes with the direction science goes it's something one follows. It is not a theory to go further into science with. For that we need the theory of theories, the Theory Of Intelligent Design that the Discovery Institute proposed. Only have to explain what they called "intelligent cause" and such a thing is represented in the 360 degree kaleidoscopic emergence making it all somewhat psychedelic looking. This forum's collective intelligence in one of the sections with the AFJ reflecting through the "levels" of intelligence around it.
Proving that the Theory Of Intelligent Design could be written greatly adds to the experience of looking through that perspective. I and others are no longer repeating what everyone else is taught to repeat, we're establishing the one that goes way beyond that. So far in fact, it is said that 99% of scientists said it was impossible. Not all know about it, but not all need to know for it to with patience become the future.
The theory thrives on your doing your best to find a weakness. But at some point you just have to accept that this "Theory Of Intelligent Design" makes perfect sense. The phenomena of "intelligent cause" is thereby coherently defined by the theory where that is the premise. Which in turn makes any you speculate and "evolutionary thought" totally irrelevant to discussion. The theory never mentions NS or "evolution" anything. Neither should you. That's the foggy pair of glasses. These are the ones where the future of science is clearly visible through. What are the ones I'm looking through showing you?
Re: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?
Wow i have missed alot(had exams), and im not about to read the last five pages but under skimming it seems to have turned into an 'overwhelm the opposition with hundreds of little pieces of half relevant information" type discussions. Maybe i should have asked for any arguments against the process of evolution. As for any 'Intelligent Design' posters your theory defies every science possible and for someone on a science site i do not see your logic so i will take the following space to prove your theory long.
-Energy cannot be created, energy cannot be destroyed.
Don't agree with that theory? Try it.
-Magicians at fairs are in fact tricking you, they cannot predict your future or talk to the dead.
Magic is not real.('Jesus was the only magic one' i hear you say... 2000 years ago there just so happened to be a magician that was good at his game. Who knows maybe in 2000 years time Chris Angel will be worshipped)
-Black people are real.
Adam or Eve were not black.
There, 3 Simple points which defy your theory
AFJ, i was brought up as a catholic, i have only been to catholic schools for my whole life, i have made up my own mind based on simple logic. The human race is becoming too smart for magic. How can you say my ideas are based on something that i cannot see? One example --> European rabbits introduced to Australia have underwent changes in coat color changes which help them survive better in Australia bush, I can see this with my own eyes! What can you see of your theories? Alright, try this, instead of trying to prove the evolutionary process wrong which seems to be the overall action in the religious society, how about trying to prove your theory right? Lets see if you get one point other than that you saw on television blood coming out of a statue...
A wise man once said to me:
"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
Only the fittest chickens cross the road.
Re: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?
I am very sorry that futurezoologist that you believe that Jesus was a magician. I want to stick to science too, but this keeps coming up. Actually you are much more versed in the evolutionary doctrine than myself, but I understand the basics. You have alot of versed theory, but you show no research, so you are in effect just towing the company line.
You know all about the 48-47-46, but then you wonder if the telomeres are "sticky." SO what are you saying--it's all glued together? The DNA is based on sequence as well as content. This is evident because of transcription and the mRMA, tRNA process to make protein. The RNA has to have the proper sequence to build the proper protein or the protein will not fit or be usable in the body. ANd the RNA gets it sequence from the DNA--so the DNA must have the proper kb sequence. Things don't just get stuck together or mixed up like a cake and there it is. Microbiologists know that and there are some who don't buy in to evolution!
So that's why you read the theories you see "however it happened." That is nothing more than a suggestive statement, saying "Even though this is an idea in someone's mind--this did happen, we can not say how, but one day we'll tell you." All they'll do is come up with another theory or present an extinct lemur like Ida and hail it as "finally the missing link!" Which is an admission by scientists of the lack of transitional forms in the fossil records.
Since the human race is so smart, why do we have children killing people in school, why do we have serial killers. Why do we have educated people selling balloon mortgages which have now hurt the economy. Hitler was so smart and he killed 6 million Jews. These are spiritual problems--it has nothing to do with intelligence. There thousands of smart criminals--and magic can not change them.
Re: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?
FZ are you under the impression that creationists deny species change or NS? Most don't. A wise creator has put adaptation within his creation--and why not? It is for survival. The scripture uses the word " kinds." Well qualified Ph.Ds are now researching to see how broad a kind is. Is it the equivalent of a family or order? You see there is flexibility within a given model, just like you have flexibility in your model.
The rabbits are still rabbits, and the fossil record shows fully formed organisms, not extinct transitions which were not selected (not deformities but species who didn't make it because they were in transition). Try to cross a dog with a cat FZ. There is a genetic boundary. ANd I do not believe the evolutionary theories of speciation through separation and genetic drift. The genetic boundary was put there by God in the beginning. Therefore you are made in the image of God!
That's not what I receive as testimony from the Spirit of God. You have been presented a stained glassed Jesus and Mother Mary with a little halo. No offense against catholics, but we live in the real world and we need power to overcome it. The Jesus we find in scripture is in the trenches with sinners--thats who he came to save--and in Acts he sends His Spirit and fire from heaven upon Peter and the first congregation. The bible says they turned the world upside down.
Wow, apparently I missed a lot during my weekend out of town. Here's a few comments:
A. How do you know what Adam and Eve's race was?
B. What does their race have to do with anything?
I have never been able to see this as anything more than an "easy way out" for the anti-evolution crowd. Used to be they were very much denying the possibility of speciation - in fact many still do today. Then plenty of speciation events were shown, and they switched to denying genera and families; in some cases, whole orders or classes. One by one, these are being shown as well. What's next? Retreating to classifying a "kind" as a phylum or kingdom? The beauty of this plan, is that every time new evidence comes to light, you can simply change your definition and claim your theory still stands.
A little bit of shameless religious propaganda is in order here. You are exactly right, AFJ, that Christ and his apostles did work wonders. Acts is one of my favorite books because it tells the story of the founding of the Catholic Church, and the reason I am Catholic today is because that Church alone has the true annointing and power to overcome evil and continues to perform miracles. As Christ said Himself, "This is My Church, and the Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it!"
Okay, I admit that probably wasn't necessary; just showing a little pride in my faith, that's all! :p
Generally speaking, the more people talk about "being saved," the further away they actually are from true salvation.
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Re: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?
Hi Alex and all,
Been doing a bit of thinking. First of all, I wanted to say that if I've been overly dogmatic in something I've said or seemed judgmental, it was not my intention. I don't want to be labeled a troll, and I have noticed more and more buttons on top there. I think that we can respectfully disagree on things, without getting annoyed. That should be the spirit of true science I think. Bring your point out and be done with it.
That was first of all a long time ago, the catholic and protestant churches all preached fixity of species back in the 1800s. If we are going to be true scientist or science students we have to acknowledge research. you can still keep the model until the model has run out of road.
Alex honestly we don't know what "kinds" is. Species is also a word that is "controversial in biology and philosophy. Biologists disagree on the definition of the term 'species.' Philosophers disagree over the ontological status of species..." http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/species/ So it's not really fair to mock at not knowing what kinds is.
There are creationist theories I've heard and can not cite at the moment which believe for instance that the genes were much broader before the fall of man and afterward there was enough information in the genome to cause variation in the "kinds." For instance epines could have been a kind(I believe) and with more information which caused variation into modern zebras, horses donkeys and the like. Evolution says it happened by mutation, some creationists propose a DNA with more info which was already there. Maybe that's why there's junk DNA. Just a thought. I need to study it more, but that is the gist.
That would explain why some scientists say there is a continuing loss of info in the genome, and it would also be in line with the thermodynamic law of entropy. That systems left to themselves tend to break down, they do not become more orderly unless there is intervention of some type.
This is one of my greatest objections to evolution, the continual upward genetic drift by mutation. This would also in my mind bring deformities as fins turn to legs and other transitions and natural selection would eliminate it. It would not be able to survive. And why would it be upward when the genome has no intelligence? There are also new sequences, not just one kb. The mutation doesn't know what it's doing, or what it's producing. And then modern mutations seem to be detrimental currently not upward.
In this I find myself in complete agreement with you.
The Catholic Church has actually always left the door open to evolutionary theory since at least the 4th century. Many Protestant churches have traditionally opposed evolution in any form, and this is why Christianity as a whole often gets labeled (incorrectly) as an anti-evolutionist religion, even when the oldest and original Christian Church has always been accepting of evolution. Some of those Protestant churches are today relaxing their opposition to allow such views as theistic evolution; some (especially non-demons and evangelicals) are just as opposed to it as ever. Nothing is ever as simple as it seems!
I understand your point but I still don't agree with it. Why couldn't God have used evolutionary systems to create life?
This only applies to a closed system; the earth (and life on it) is not a closed system because it is constantly receiving energy from the sun. If the sun were to die, life would soon follow, precisely because of the reason you have stated.
How are you defining "upward"? Anyway experiments with bacteria and viruses have shown that completely new genetic material is capable of being developed through mutation. This is what gives medical doctors such headaches trying to stop diseases!
Generally speaking, the more people talk about "being saved," the further away they actually are from true salvation.
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Because most evangelicals don't pick and choose what they want to take as literal. How do you get your authority for the Catholic Church from Acts if I can turn around and say it's symbolic or an allegory, or it doesn't mean what it says? You take Acts ch. 2 literally but not Genesis. Do you take Exodus literally, because Moses received Genesis on Mount Sinai from God according to Exodus?
Okay, I've got to address this.
No.1 We are not bacteria.
No.2 We do not pick up plasmids which change our genetic material.
No.3 Bacteria were put into whole different domain after it was discovered that they are completely different from us genetically--like night and day.
No.4 I don't see them moving up the evolutionary scale because they obtain new genetic material. They will be hard pressed to become protists because protists are eukaryotes. Totally different genetically.
No.5 Cyanobacteria are dated (supposedly) at 2.8 billion years (evolution dated) , they are the (allegedly) oldest known fossils and are still bacteria!
No.6 This is obviously the way God gives them an immune system seeing they don't have white blood cells and antibodies.
Good night my friend!
Careful analysis of Scripture will make it clear which parts are history and which are allegory; Acts was clearly written as a history. In my experience (sorry if this offends), many non-denoms have a rather poor understanding of Scripture because they do not actually study it rather than merely read it, if that makes any sense. Or, put another way, they simply accept whatever their pastor tells them, without taking the time to think about it, compare it with the Scriptures to verify or deny it, and learn to understand it so as to make their faith their own. Actually the same can be said for Christians in any denomination, Catholics included. Anyone who actually takes the time to study the Scriptures has a rare gift of faith indeed!
By the way, historical research shows that the Book of Genesis (in its current form, at least) did not come into existence until approximately the time of King David, when its final version was assembled from various other texts of widely differing authorship. Some parts of it no doubt date back to Moses, but other chapters are from different times and different authors. Anyway that's drifting a bit from the topic of this thread, so I'll get back to the point.
No we are not bacteria, but out DNA is composed of the exact same nucleotides and operates according to the same principles. The reason so many studies are done with bacteria is because of their short generation time of only twenty minutes; it sure beats having to wait twenty years or so for some larger vertebrates! Anyway, before I go into a more detailed response, I want to make sure I understand what I'm responding too, so here's two questions for you:
What do you mean by "up the evolutionary scale"? Are you applying some sort of medieval theory of biology here, the ladder of life or chain of being? How do you define "up" and why would bacteria be expected to move in that direction?
Why would they be anything else? The entire point of natural selection is survival and reproduction. If they can do those two things just fine being bacteria, why change a good thing?
Generally speaking, the more people talk about "being saved," the further away they actually are from true salvation.
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Hi Alex,
Have to go to bed. But quickly. Yes the entire Bible was compiled at different times. But authorship of writings was held over centuries by the Jewish scribes, and their reverence for the scripture was something that we don't understand today. That is why in Psalm 1 and God's command to Joshua in Joshua 1 it is a blessing to meditate in the law of God "day and night." The Jews passed it down from generation to generation. You may be correct that parts of Genesis were written by others, but they would have no doubt had to be respected prophets or scribes, their bar was high for authorship--couldn't just be Joe down the street. Must be a proven prophet. But traditionally, it has always been accepted that Genesis was mostly penned by Moses, or perhaps God on the mount. It is sure that he recieved the law and instructions of the priesthood and the building of the tabernacle on the mount, because Exodus is contexted that way.
I feel safe though Alex trusting in the scripture and Him who wrote it. Because "holy men of old spake as they were moved upon by the Holy Ghost." This is from the one of the epistles of Peter (don't have time to cite). And "All scripture is given by inspiration of God ("God breathed" in the Greek) and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped unto every good work." Paul's epistle to Timothy (I Timothy 3:16 I believe). Jesus said, "Heaven and Earth shall pass away, but my word shall never pass away."
I don't know if you read my post where I said that if you read Paul's letter to the early Roman Christians (Rom. ch. 3--8), you' ll see that he taught sin came from Adam, and that Jesus Christ through his atonement on the cross and his resurrection sets us free from the power of sin. It's very important to understand that Jesus did not come from the Adamic line--hence the virgin birth. His blood was not tainted by the sinful nature that we receive from Adam. He is called the second Adam in I Corinthians, because he had a sinless nature, like Adam did before he was beguiled by the serpent.
I'm not catholic but doesn't your church teach the original sin? Original sin and the fall of man was part of catholic teaching I thought.
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Actually Adam was persuaded by his wife, Eve was fooled by Satan.
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Need a dose of vitamin sea? This city in the North Malabar region of Kerala can surely take care of that, with its serene beaches, such as Payyambalam Beach, Baby Beach, Muzhappilangad Beach (the only drive-in beach of Kerala) and the comparatively quiet and remote Thottada beach. Another beach-y wonder is Dharmadam, where an island is only a short walk away. The 16th century Fort, St. Angelos and the Tellicherry Fort are also some of the main attractions of this coastal town. Nature lovers will dote over Parassinikkadavu Snake Park, where an array of reptile species can be seen and learnt about, especially through a live show where trained personnel dauntlessly play and interact with a variety of snakes such as cobras and vipers. On the same lines, Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary is another must visit, along with the Munderi Kadavu Bird Sanctuary for a peaceful time amidst 'the wild ones'. Some renowned, archaic but beautiful places of worship are St. John's Angelican Church, Rajarajeshwara Temple and Annapoorneshwari Temple. If your mind still wanders off to the hills, then head off to the picturesque hill station of Paithalmala, a drive to which is just as mesmerizing as the location itself. Some more places to visit are the Alakapuri waterfalls and the Arakkal museum, which gives an interesting insight into Kerala's only muslim royal family and their lifestyle. Kannur is a sight to behold during the month of February when the ritualistic Theyyam is celebrated with vibrant ritualistic song, dance and drama performances. Places such as Randhaal, MVK Restaurant, Sahib's Grill Kitchen and Onakkan Bharathi are popular for mouthwatering local, Indian and international dishes. Kannur is well-connected through various city buses and its railway station is a major stop for most trains.
229 Kms from Malom
Best time to visit - January,February,October,November,December
Thrissur, the land of temples, is one of the most visited cities in Kerala. The waterfalls and the scenic temples here offer one a mix of nature, history and culture. Among the most significant temples, the Vadakummnathan temple is a must visit. The temple is slightly orthodox and allows only Hindus to enter. The temple is known for its antique murals and paintings and even if you aren't spiritual, do visit the temple for its beauty and brilliant architecture. Another stunning spot in Thrissur is the Athirappilly Waterfalls. The space around the waterfalls is the perfect picnic spot allowing you an unobstructed view of the gushing waters. Though, like all waterfalls, this one is in all its glory during monsoons, but you can still spend a day here irrespective of the season. Among other important temples, Vadakkunnathan Temple, Thiruvambadi Krishna Shrine and Triprayar Sri Rama Temple are a must visit. A day in Thrissur is more than enough to explore the city and if you have plans to head to the popular backwaters, let Thrissur be a short stop.
135 Kms from Malom
Best time to visit - January,February,October,November,December
Another mistress of spices of the South, dominated by Arab and European influences. The city's main attractions are Kappad Beach, Kozhikode Beach, Mishkal Mosque and Tali Temple and Beypore Beach. Nature lovers will enjoy solace and silence at Payyoli Beach, Tusharagiri Falls, Kozzhippara Falls, Thikoti light house and Peruvannamuzhi Dam, while Pazhassiraja Museum and Art Gallery cater to art and history enthusiasts with its brilliant artefacts and paintings. If you are interested in buying pottery, sculptures, murals and ornaments, Sargaalaya is the place where skilled craftsmen display and sell such items. Mananchira Square, built by the Zamorin during their reign, consisting of a serene park and pond, is perfect to relax in the evening after a tiring day of sightseeing, while a walk in Janaki Forest offers a serene experience amidst its dense trees and their taciturnity. For a taste of local cinema try out the old school Radha Theatre, a pre-independence era theatre which plays local movies everyday. Places such as Kingsbay, Bombay Restaurant, Dhe Puttu, Salkram and Hut and Bun Club are famous for non-vegetarian, vegetarian and bistro dishes.
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Editors note: this is part two of an ongoing series on testing memory.
In Part 1 of this article, I outlined the growing concern among manufacturers of consumer products that incorporate memory devices that floating-gate flash memory would one day soon no longer be able to satisfy their requirements and the search for alternative NVM technologies. I discussed one alternative to flash memory, phase-change memory (PCM), and explored emerging device characterization approaches. Part 2 addresses the testing challenges associated with another emerging NVM technology, ferroelectric memory (FRAM).
Ferroelectric Memory
FRAM relies on charge storage in a capacitor but uses a ferroelectric layer instead of the dielectric layer of a typical capacitor. The memory mechanism for FRAM is based on polarization shift in ferroelectric materials. Ferroelectric materials have strong non-linear dependency between the applied electrical field (E) and polarization (P). When the electric field reaches a critical level, the ions inside the crystalline structure move from one stable location to another. This shift is accompanied by a shift of the ferroelectric domain walls. Electrically, it is represented by the hysteresis chart (see figure 9), showing the dependency between electrical field and polarization. The switch between one state and another is characterized by the area of hysteresis, which represents the amount of charge moved during re-polarization.
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The challenge of characterizing the ferroelectric capacitor is that the fundamental behavior is switching of the polarization state of the ferroelectric material, which requires measuring the polarization charge on the capacitor as it changes. Typically, a load capacitor, pulse generator, and oscilloscope are used, usually in a Sawyer-Tower circuit. In this approach, measuring the transient voltage using an oscilloscope or digitizer across the load capacitor is a proxy for the charge flowing into the ferroelectric material. This method has several drawbacks, however.
The load capacitance must be relatively large compared to the ferroelectric capacitance to ensure that the voltage drop across the load capacitor is not significant; otherwise, various undesirable assumptions or approximations have to be applied to obtain the voltage across the ferroelectric element. This large load capacitance means that the sense voltage is fairly small.
This small voltage is difficult to measure accurately with an oscilloscope or digitizer. A better solution is to use an instrument that can measure current and voltage directly and simultaneously so that the total charge can be accurately determined without the need for a load capacitor. The charge is calculated from the high-speed current measurements, which are sampled consistently over time.


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Death Notices for Nov. 4, 2013
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Monday, November 4, 2013
Dolores Biljes, 95, Delavan, died Sunday at Fairhaven Nursing Home, Whitewater. Arrangements are pending at Monroe Funeral Home, Delavan.
Glenn W. "Bill" Anderson Jr., 80, Janesville, died Friday at home. Arrangements are pending with Albrecht Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, Milton.
Dana Marie VanDerWielen, 56, Delavan, died Friday at Lakeland Health Care Center, Elkhorn. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Monroe Funeral Home, Delavan.


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Sound Off for Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013
On good Samaritans: I want to thank the wonderful people who helped me when I fell down on Main Street last week Monday. They took my packages to my car; they drove the car right up to the sidewalk and helped me walk to the car. It just reaffirmed my faith in people. There are many caring people willing to help others and come to their aid.
On daylight-saving time: I'm a farmer, and when are we going to abolish this daylight-saving time? I got up two hours ago at 2:30, and I'm still setting my clocks behind two hours later. Now what kind of time efficiency savings is that? Let's grow up, government, and quit doing stuff the childish way.
On Packer picks: Wow, I can't believe it. John Barry actually picking the Packers over the Bears. Miracles do come around.
On Obamacare: Caesar to Jesus: What is truth? Hitler to the German nation: The Jews did it. Obama to the American people: You can keep your health plan and doctors. The big political lies over history lead to disaster. Are we blind?
-- If you're one of the millions of Americans receiving cancellation notices from your health care provider, you should call the Democratic Party and thank them for taking your choices away. Conservatives believe you, through the free market, should determine what type of coverage you have. Liberals believe government should make that decision for you.
-- The selling point from President Obama was that you can keep your policy and doctor. Evidently, people liked their policies and doctors. Do you feel used?
-- I'm calling about the State Views article on Page 6B Oct. 31. There must be a way to override our governor's power to also get Wisconsin rate reviews for affordable insurance premiums. I feel all he wants to do is make sure Obamacare fails and to further his own political career.
On city council: Shame on our council. What a shame to tear out a pool at Riverside Park and outlay all that money to put in a splash pad when there's already a pool there. Once again, I see budget items to upgrade Palmer Park and put in new toys that are luxuries, not something we need.
-- This council must work very hard every day and not sleep at night trying to think of another way to raise taxes. I'm over 80 years old. I'm sick of the whole mess and will be so glad to get out of here. People are hurting. I'm tired of doing without to pay the taxes.
On benefits: I thank God for Social Security and Medicare. I do not take them for granted. I grew up during the Depression. When the doctor came to my house—yes, my house—he gave us $2 for food. Today, because of Social Security, millions of people over this great United States do not go hungry or without shelter.
On food stamps: Why is it every time Republicans want to cut the budget, it starts with taking from the poor, food stamps? Is it because it's easier when they have no lobbyists? Next time take from a wealthy group like subsidies for big oil, big sugar, big farmers and so forth. But that would be like shooting themselves in the foot—no large campaign checks.
-- Regarding Page 2A Sunday, I've got a family of four, and we eat very well and probably don't spend over $350 a month. They should cut that by another $100 and put the law in that you can't buy soda and potato chips. That is a joke that Rep. Tammy Baldwin doesn't think a family of four can eat on $630 a month; she needs to be out of Washington.
On fire station: I can't believe the school board will be willing to sell the land for use or not ("From school to station," Page 2A Saturday). Since when does the school board own the city of Janesville?
On gubernatorial race: Are we going to read over a third of a page of the good that Gov. Walker has done for the state in response to the article on Page 2A Saturday? Mary Burke won't say how she will govern Wisconsin, but Walker has proven how he has helped Wisconsin and most residents by doing, not just by promises.
On president: So al Qaida is once again on the rise. Perhaps if Obama had paid more attention to what happened in Benghazi, it wouldn't be such a surprise to him now. Such incompetence.
On international education: The Gazette editorial�supporting international education efforts in Janesville schools could have highlighted the work of past Director of Instruction Donna Behn. She spent countless hours developing the international academy. She also led development of the Chinese language program in the elementary schools.
On Gazette puzzles: How difficult is it to keep the Universal crossword, Sudoku puzzle and Fun Ciphers all in one column of Sunday's paper? A few weeks ago, they were split up but on the same page. Now they are split into different sections of the newspaper. Seriously?


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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is currently considering a proposal that would require institutional investors to account for their holdings in prime money-market funds—those that invest in short-term corporate debt—using a variable net asset value (NAV), rather than the stable NAV that is currently the industry standard. The proposal was announced in June, and the deadline for comments is September 17.
The goal would be to increase transparency, in order to avoid a run on money funds in future financial crises like the run that occurred in September 2008 when the Reserve Primary Fund "broke the buck," repricing shares below $1 to devalue investors' holdings. Critics of constant NAV money funds argue that their constant $1 price masks movement in the market and that if they're going to promise liquidity on par with bank accounts, they should be regulated like banks. The problem is that what may seem like a fairly minor accounting change could have a major impact on corporate usage of money funds.
Consulting firm Treasury Strategies conducted a study for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that pins a dollar figure on the impact to institutional investors of a move to a floating NAV for money-market funds: between $1.8 billion and $2 billion up front, then another $270 million to $280 million per year. Treasury Strategies came to these numbers by analyzing the effects of the change on investors in an array of different categories, including corporations of all sizes and public institutions such as municipalities and universities. "We applied a lot of different cost components and then generated a very conservative estimate," says Steve Wiley, a manager with Treasury Strategies.
The study identified seven areas in which corporate investors would incur significant costs if they continued using prime money funds under the new proposal:
Investment policy development. Many companies' current investment policies include language that would prohibit investment in a floating NAV money-market fund. Although money funds' prices might hover around $1 per share, the SEC proposal envisions rounding to four decimal places, so prices might swing frequently. To continue using money funds, organizations might have to rewrite their investment policies to take into account mark-to-market valuations in calculating parameters for NAV fluctuations and acceptable levels of counterparty risk in money fund investments, as well as to ensure that their money fund accounting meets GAAP requirements.
"You'll need to establish acceptable net asset value parameters within investment policies, or else say that a prime money-market fund is no longer acceptable," Wiley says. "You'll have to go through the process of having the board and senior executives review and approve that policy. Then there's another dynamic. An institutional investor's counterparty risk policy specifies the total amount of exposure across all financial instruments—credit facilities, bank balances, investments, derivatives—that you're willing to accept with a particular counterparty. That will have to change a little bit as well, to factor in the mark-to-market position for the company's money-market funds."
Investment process reengineering. Today, processes for initiating and redeeming holdings in money-market funds are usually as simple as transferring funds between accounts. Treasury Strategies anticipates that if money funds moved to a floating NAV, companies would have to take the extra step, before every initiation, of verifying that the investment instrument is acceptable at its current net asset value. This step would need to be taken during automatic sweeping of funds into money-market accounts, which would obviously complicate that process, possibly requiring automatic sweeps to involve a great deal more manual intervention.
"Companies will have to put in place a confirmation process," predicts Paul LaRock, a Treasury Strategies principal. "Right now, when you buy or sell a money-market share, you know the price: It's a dollar. With the floating NAV, the price will vary slightly up and down around a dollar. Buyers and sellers will have to confirm with each other the exact purchase price, out four digits right of the decimal, just like when they trade ultrashort bond funds or equities. That will require a formal confirmation process to be put in place. To the extent that a buyer and a seller have slightly different prices on a trade, there will have to be an exception resolution process to mitigate those problems, and that will require staffing. When they don't match, people will have to get on the phone and fix it."
Intraday liquidity management. Even more problematic, financial institutions may no longer be able to accommodate intraday settlements if money funds move to a floating NAV. "The companies we interviewed had a lot of concerns around intraday liquidity management," Wiley says. "It's unclear right now how frequently the net asset value would be published, but corporates may have to redeem funds from money-market investments on a prior-day basis for next-day value. That would eliminate money-market funds as a practical cash-equivalent liquidity instrument. If they lose that key utility, that's going to drive corporates into other instruments that can meet the intraday liquidity management provision." In other words, companies would have to decide between riskier investments or non-interest-bearing accounts for parking cash.
Accounting practices. It's unclear whether money-market funds would change from cash-equivalent instruments, which don't require reporting on daily changes in value of the portfolio, to available-for-sale securities as defined by U.S. GAAP. If the funds' GAAP status changed, companies would have to monitor their mark-to-market value and account for gains or losses on the balance sheet.
"On the balance sheet, there are going to be unrealized gains or losses," LaRock says. "But when you buy and sell the shares, you're generating realized gains or losses. Companies will have to adopt either a LIFO [last in, first out] or FIFO [first in, first out] valuation approach so that when they liquidate they know which shares they're selling. They're going to have to develop that protocol and then calculate the realized gains or losses on those shares, just as they would with equities."
Tax reporting. If money-market funds adopted a floating NAV, all sales of money fund shares would become tax-reportable events. Corporate tax and treasury functions would need to capture each trade's share identifier/name, acquisition cost, and holding period. They would also have to recognize whether a security sale meets the IRS's "wash rule," which prohibits a company from recognizing a loss on the sale of a security when it purchases a replacement security within 30 days.
Treasury Strategies predicts that moving money funds to a floating NAV would require between one-half and one additional full-time equivalent (FTE) employee for the typical company. Much of Treasury Strategies' estimated increase in annual operating costs, a total of $270 million to $280 million across the U.S., derives from that extra staffing. "The ongoing costs would mostly be around additional resources they'd need across treasury, accounting, and tax," Wiley says. "This is a real pain point for the corporate treasury folks we talked to. We talked to one university that said they'd have to hire an additional person to develop and manage the new procedures—and they were worried the skill set would be hard to find because it would be in high demand."
System reengineering. The complexities that a floating NAV would introduce in accounting, tax reporting, and initiation and redemption of money-market funds would likely require a company to upgrade, if not replace, software systems. "As a rule of thumb, the more complex the system and the greater reliance on automated procedures within the systems to transact with money-market funds, the more expensive and elongated the compliance period will be," Wiley says. "Corporations use a number of different systems to manage investment activity. For companies that manage money-market fund activity within a treasury management system, an ERP, or another specialized software package, the move to floating NAV will be very expensive because they are going to be dependent on the system providers for upgrades. And after the upgrades are available, they're going to rely on system vendor consultants or implementation resources to configure those systems.
"One larger corporate we talked to likened this to an ERP upgrade," Wiley adds. "They quoted a low-seven-figure number. It will be very expensive."
Debt issuance. Treasury Strategies anticipates that a move to a floating NAV would make money-market funds less attractive to corporations. "They would probably not be comfortable using the institutional prime funds because of the investment in time and money required to administer those funds if this proposal were to go through," LaRock says. Ultimately, this might shrink the market for commercial paper and drive up borrowing costs.
Treasury Strategies has developed a cost calculator to help companies determine how much it would cost them to continue using money-market funds if the SEC proposal were adopted. The calculator divides costs into five high-level categories and then subdivides each of those into more specific expenses. The firm strongly recommends that money fund users perform these calculations, then contact the SEC with the results.
"The SEC is sincere in wanting input from institutional investors," LaRock says. "They don't know everybody's internal costs, and they sincerely want to have a deeper understanding so they make a good decision. This is not a topic that people should be passive on. To the degree that they can estimate costs, the staff at the SEC would love to see that. Corporate treasurers should take up the SEC on its request for input before the SEC makes a decision."
Meg Waters is the editor in chief of Treasury & Risk. She is the former editor in chief of BPM Magazine and the former managing editor of Business Finance.


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Where does Janesville fit into fairgrounds discussion?
JANESVILLE--Janesville and Rock County leaders don't seem to value the benefits of the Rock County 4-H Fair enough to keep it in Janesville, fair board members said.
In his six years on the fair board, Craig O'Leary said at a meeting Monday he hasn't "heard a peep" from Janesville.
"Never once, other than the fire department, has anyone from the city of Janesville came and had some type of relationship about the economic benefit that this fair provides the city," he said.
After Florida Georgia Line's show at the fair this year, fast food places were sold out, he said, and hotels are booked solid during fair week.
Janesville's acting City Manager Jay Winzenz said the city sees the value in the fairgrounds and "definitely see it as an amenity we would like to continue to have in Janesville."�
Winzenz and City Council President Kathy Voskuil said they would like the city to join the discussion with the fair and county boards as talk of moving to Evansville continues. While the county explored moving the fair during the past decade, Winzenz wasn't sure anybody ever approached the city, either, to talk about the need or desire for a location in the city.
He admitted: "We certainly could have approached them, as well."
"I think it's really important we do everything we can to keep the fair in the city of Janesville," Voskuil said. "I think that we haven't taken it for granted. I think the question is, how can we work together to keep the fair in Janesville and maximize the benefits for the residents of Janesville as well as all the visitors within Rock County when they come to Janesville?"
The 18.5-acre, landlocked fairgrounds is owned by the county and sit in the middle of the city. The Rock County Fair Board runs the fair, but the county rents out the fairgrounds for auctions, car shows, craft sales and weddings nearly every weekend of the year.
The Rock County 4-H Fair this year brought an estimated $10.32 million to the area through food, gas, lodging and other sales, according to an economic impact study by the Janesville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau.
The study uses a formula based on 80 percent of the fair attendees being Rock County residents, Executive Director Christine Rebout said. That ratio would be different for the fair's first night, which featured Florida Georgia Line and record attendance, but Rebout said they were looking for believable numbers.
The formula includes gate admission, lunch, dinner and a snack based on fair vendor prices, games/rides, a retail purchase such as a cowboy hat and gas/lodging for the non-Rock County residents. The result was $10.32 million.
The potential move of the fair to Evansville is an issue Forward Janesville is following but hasn't yet discussed, said Dan Cunningham, vice president of Forward Janesville government relations.
"The fair definitely has a strong economic impact in Janesville, and we like things like that, so it's an issue we'll be taking a look," he said.
A big factor is the year-round use of the fairgrounds, which also is home to the Blackhawk Curling Club.
Fair board member Dean Peterson on Monday night was critical of the county board for not playing a bigger role in helping find a larger location for the fair. He would love to see the fair stay in Janesville, but because of a lack of county leadership, he probably would vote for the Evansville site, he said.
Rock County Board Chairman Russ Podzilni said he was "a little uncomfortable" with those words, recalling previous attempts at relocating the fair as well as a county study and survey.
"The leadership of the county board has not been sitting idly," he said.
Over the past decade, the county rejected multiple proposals to move the fairgrounds. One would have put the fairgrounds at highways 14 and 51. Another would have put it along I-90/39 south of Janesville in a "land swap" deal for county farmland and cash.
The I-90 property wasn't big enough, Podzilni said, and the county property is "very valuable" farmland.
Janesville still would have benefited from those locations, both just outside city limits, Winzenz said. Moving the fair to Evansville changes the discussion for Janesville officials, he said.
"Janesville would no longer be in close proximity to the fairgrounds, and likely people would be leaving this area to go to that area," he said. "That would certainly be a negative for Janesville."�
Often cited has been a county-commissioned 2004 study by Hurtado Consulting, which predicted the fair would face falling attendance and increasing decay if it continued at its Janesville site. The study recommended spending $6 million to renovate the site or $20 million to move it.
"We had been looking, but when you get down to where the rubber hits the road, where does the county get $20 to $22 million? It just plain isn't there," Podzilni said.
After the fair board makes a recommendation about the fair, Podzilni would put the item on an agenda for a county board discussion. He said he knows, however, the board won't jump in and quickly agree to move to the "far-most corner of the county."
Southern Wisconsin Agricultural Group is hoping to build a regional agricultural events and education center on more than 200 acres it owns in Evansville and has invited the fair board to move the fair there.
Feedback on the idea started Monday night when the Rock County Board Agriculture and Extension Committee sought opinions from the fair board and fair association members about a move.
Keeping the fair in a central location in the county was a top concern voiced Monday night, but O'Leary said no other community has stepped forward to offer a new site.
"Has Clinton stepped forward with a group of businessmen and said, 'We've got 200 acres … ?' Has Milton? Has Orfordville? No one. At least Evansville businessmen have decided to offer this as a fairgrounds," he said. "It's a great first step."
Winzenz said he thinks Janesville needs to understand the needs of the fair board, such as land and space.
"It would be a starting point for us," he said. "Then we can start taking a look at potential locations that might be able to accommodate their needs."
Voskuil said it's "exceptionally important" to keep the fair in Janesville.
"Being in the center of Janesville, I think it's important the city of Janesville understands the goals of the county as it relates to the fair. How can we partner and collaborate in the fair and keep the fair in Janesville?" she said.
The fair lost money the last few years until this year's combination of nice weather and Billboard-topping acts led to a single-day attendance record. The fair made about $75,000 this year, fair board President Rob McConnell said.
Fair attendance this year topped 102,700 and covered losses from last year, when attendance was about 77,500, he said. The fair board spent $243,000 on entertainment this year, he said.
"We had to have a big year like this because … we're losing money every year, losing attendance," he said at Monday's meeting. "Our entertainment committee did a fantastic job bringing it back up, but it created problems."�
Tuesday's one-day record attendance of 30,667 caused crowd problems at the gates and grandstand, traffic issues, drinking at the concert and clogged toilets that left many fairgoers asking neighbors to open their bathrooms.
"Why? Because we didn't have the space," McConnell said. "We can bring people into the community."
It was clear Monday, however, not all members of the fair board and association agree on a move to Evansville. While many agree the fair needs more room, officials also heard from long-time fair families who spoke of the nostalgia and beauty of the grounds and feared a move to Evansville would decrease 4-H and FFA participation and attendance.


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Faster and farther seems to be the motto for treasurers these days when it comes to cash-flow forecasting, as companies work to achieve more timely visibility into their cash positions and extend their cash forecasts over a longer time horizon. Treasurers are getting a helping hand from advances in technology, including the cloud, and better ways to connect with their banks.
"In terms of optimizing cash forecasts, treasurers have been constrained by a couple of different things: one, the tools they're using, and two, the difficulty in consolidating global information," said Andrew Gelb, North America head of Treasury and Trade Solutions for Citi. "There are a range of tools, and there are a range of connectivity options as well, that enable better cash forecasting than perhaps would have been possible a few years ago."
Companies' increased focus on cash forecasting in recent years is generally linked to the financial crisis and the premium it placed on corporate liquidity. But a recent Treasury Strategies survey shows interest in forecasting has continued to grow even as the economy and access to credit have stabilized. Fifty percent of the executives the consulting company surveyed said they were increasing their reliance on cash forecasting, up from 40% in September 2012 and 39% in September 2011.
Anthony Carfang, partner and director of Treasury Strategies, argues that the increased emphasis on forecasting "comes down to one point and one point only: You have to go pretty far out on the yield curve to pick up any yield at all in this market. So you need a good forecast in order to determine if you have enough excess cash that you can go out that long."
Companies have substantial cash holdings, reflecting their uncertainty about the outlook for the economy and regulations, which gives them the opportunity to invest some cash farther out the curve, Carfang said. "But you would never want to be in a situation where you invest and then had to liquidate before maturity," he said. "Cash forecasting is your opportunity to figure out the odds of having to redeem something before it matures."
One challenge for treasurers is knowing as quickly as possible what's happening in the bank accounts they have around the world.
A recent survey conducted by Atlanta consulting company Strategic Treasurer and Bottomline Technologies, a New Hampshire-based provider of cloud-based payment and banking solutions, shows that about 60% of the companies surveyed say they have daily visibility into all of their bank accounts, up from just about 40% two years earlier. "That's a real significant difference in the number of companies who have the ability to see where your cash is," said Craig Jeffery, managing partner at Strategic Treasurer.
United Parcel Service, which delivers in more than 200 countries and territories and has more than 300 legal entities, achieved daily visibility into its bank accounts by using the connectivity provided by SWIFT, the global financial messaging network. Along the way, UPS pared the number of its bank accounts and realized considerable savings, said Ernie Caballero, vice president for EurAsia Mergers and Acquisitions and Treasury at $54 billion UPS.
UPS worked with a Citi project manager to get the company's banks around the world to transmit SWIFT messages, a process that Caballero said took about a year. "It was a tremendous amount of work," he said. "It just takes a lot of convincing."
A small number of UPS' banks still aren't connected to SWIFT. "There are some obscure places in the world, for example, Nigeria, where 940 reporting is not possible," Caballero said. "But that's less than .05% of our total bank account inventory."
Now the banks use SWIFT MT940 messages to report previous end-of-day account balances every day. The messages go to Citi, which aggregates the information and provides UPS with four files a day, two for Asia, one for Europe and one for the Western hemisphere, which are injected into the treasury management platform the company developed in-house and then linked to a global daily cash-flow forecasting process.
UPS has three regional treasury centers, in Singapore, London and Miami. Once the appropriate center approves the cash-flow forecasts for each of the legal entities in its jurisdiction, it pushes a button to execute wires that provide cash to entities that need it and sweep cash from entities that have an excess.
Over time, treasury has analyzed the data and worked to get the safety margins on how low a level of cash it's possible to leave in accounts, Caballero said. "We get about 99.7% of our global poolable cash balances into our cash pool," he said.
Cindy Murray, head of Global Treasury Product Platforms and eChannels at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, says companies are extending their forecasts to look farther into the future.
"Many of our clients are saying they can no longer just do the cash forecasting for the next three months or six months, they're doing cash forecasting out to 12 months or 18 months," said Murray, pictured at left. "That is a real challenge for our clients, the fact that they are being held accountable to forecast out longer, as well as being held accountable for the accuracy of their forecasts."
The majority of B of A's clients use treasury workstations, Murray said. "However, they also augment with Excel spreadsheets, doing different modeling to improve the accuracy of the numbers they're presenting," she said, and linked that in part to companies' longer time frames for their forecasts, which involves a greater use of historic data.
B of A Merrill now offers CashPro Accelerate, a program that allows companies to use standard spreadsheets to build cash-flow forecasting models and automates the process of pulling bank data into the model and organizing the data. "It's gotten a lot of great traction because they're comfortable with Excel," Murray said.
At Kinetic Concepts, a San Antonio-based medical technology company, corporate treasury manager Kassie Petrow has used CashPro Accelerate's spreadsheet program to streamline cash forecasting for the company's entities in 20 countries around the world.
The model that Petrow built pulls in data from the banks, matches the data up to her forecasts, calculates the variances and then revises the cash forecast. Petrow said CashPro Accelerate uses BAI codes to pull data from inside wires and populate the fields she has set up. "I can push a button, get that information uploaded and go through it," she said. "I can do all that within 30 minutes, whereas it used to take me several hours a day."
Strategic Treasurer's Jeffery agreed that forecasting over a longer time frame can be difficult. "If it takes the same amount of energy to forecast 3 months or 12 months, it's better to do 12," he said, but noted that "the farther out you forecast, the harder it is unless you have appropriate tools that help you to manage that process."
When it comes to time horizons, Hilton Worldwide has all the bases covered. The hotel company puts together multiple cash-flow forecasts, including a short-term forecast that goes out 13 weeks, as well as one-year and multiyear forecasts. Frederick Schacknies, assistant treasurer and vice president at Hilton, said each forecast has a different purpose.
"The short-term forecast is there to help inform decisions, say the timing on material investments or commitments of capital," Schacknies said, adding that "we're using the forecast increasingly for scenario analysis and that means it requires greater flexibility."
Hilton reworked its cash forecasting processes after the economic downturn, bringing in outside experts to put together the short-term model, which runs on spreadsheets. "Basically it's a classic 13-week receipt and disbursement format, but it's got a fair amount of detail in it," Schacknies said.
Now the company is in the midst of implementing a new treasury workstation and redeploying its ERP system. "Both of those projects will give us increased visibility into our cash flow," Schacknies said.
Hilton operates close to 4,000 hotels in 90 countries and territories. "Forecasting for a company the size of Hilton is an enormous data management exercise," Schacknies said. "There is tremendous complexity when you start looking across data for a company as large as we are in as many ways as you might need to."
Companies that want to fine-tune their forecasts can turn to technology for help, and there are signs that they're increasingly willing to do so. While businesses have been reluctant to untie the purse strings for such projects in recent years, the Treasury Strategies survey showed 35% of respondents this year say they expect to implement new cash management technology, up from 30% in September 2012 and 25% in September 2010.
Treasury Strategies' Carfang said the newest treasury technology focuses on "gathering more data." Information about a company's counterparties, risks and currency exposures "are all part of a really robust treasury management system, but you also have better visibility into your supply chain and your distribution chain, and it's those two that come together to form your cash forecast," he said.
Carfang also pointed to advances in supply chain management that will contribute more certainty to cash forecasts.
If the company and its supplier include the date of payment in their negotiations, or the company uses an auction market for receivables, "you're taking a variable—what day is the supplier going to pay me, is he going to give me a check or a wire, how long will it take to clear—and you're replacing all of those unknowns with a deal that will have good funds show up in your bank account on the 17th," he said.
When such arrangements exist, "what you have is more of a cash calendar than a cash forecast," Carfang said.
B of A's Cindy Murray cited the cloud as a positive development for cash forecasting, noting a trend toward clients' using treasury management systems that are hosted or cloud-based. "Clients are viewing these solutions as more agile and the business can deploy them without leveraging their local IT department and infrastructure," she said.
And Craig Jeffery of Strategic Treasurer noted the availability of "connectivity as a service, or CaaS, where you have a data aggregator (aka a SWIFT service bureau) connect to all of your banks whether they are members of SWIFT or not.
"They will consolidate all of the data and provide it in a format that can be used in your systems," Jeffery said. "This is really important on the visibility front. You don't have to establish and maintain connections to 20 banks, there are providers that will grab that data for you and handle the headaches."
Bottomline Technologies' Levine argued that moving to electronic payments can make a big difference in terms of forecasting.
"Sixty-five percent of all payments and almost 70% of all invoices in the US B2B supply chain are still on paper," he noted. "Considering the time it takes to process a manual invoice and check payment, understanding cash flows becomes extremely difficult. And as organizations go international—and more and smaller organizations are moving to or already have international supply chains—it becomes more and more difficult to manage their liquidity in an efficient way."
Levine stressed that there's a gap between large corporations that have substantial resources and use sophisticated forecasting methods, and smaller companies. "There's a whole world out there that's just trying to understand where the money is that they use to pay their bills from day to day," he said.
Whatever the size of company, treasury departments face the challenge of getting the information they need from other parts of the company. "It's not just what the banks know, but what's within my organization and the information I need within my own organization to improve that accuracy," said B of A's Murray.
Treasury Strategies' Carfang warned that treasurers should also resist getting carried away.
"A mistake I see over and over again is companies strive to achieve a level of precision that requires an amount of data to achieve such that the cash forecasting process is no longer cost-effective," Carfang said. "It costs more to collect and analyze the data than the decision you make is going to improve by."
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