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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has denied TVA's appeal of the regulators' dire safety report over a mechanical failure at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant.
In early May, NRC concluded that last fall's failure of a cooling water injection valve at the Browns Ferry plant — along with the revelation that the valve may have been inoperable for more than 18 months — was of "high safety significance." The finding meant "teams" of NRC inspectors will spend months in federal oversight at the Athens, Ala., plant.
"We disagreed with the assertion that TVA has a deficient inspection program," said TVA spokesman Ray Golden. "And in our appeal we said if TVA's program is deficient, it is like all other inspection programs [required by NRC."
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So this blog post is one that I actually did back in December and had completely forgotten about… Oops! Better late than never, right?!
I was probably around 30 weeks pregnant here, and my tummy has grown quite a bit since (now that I'm 38 weeks). I bought this sweater from Old Navy in a size bigger than usual, and it has been a great piece throughout the second half of my pregnancy! Unfortunately, it's a little too short for me now, but I'm glad that it's a piece that I'll also be able to wear as a part of my postpartum wardrobe.
Usually I tend to gravitate towards wearing chunky scarves with my cozy sweaters, but I decided to glam things up a bit this time with this pretty little necklace I found on GroopDealz and one of my favorite necklaces from Stella & Dot! Thank God my jewelry still fits! Well… Except for my wedding ring…
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FBI role raises questionsMay 27,2013A few weeks into the 2013 legislative session, Special Agent Christopher Destito began making the rounds at the Statehouse.
According to three people with whom he spoke, Destito said he planned to reinvigorate what had been a sleepy public-corruption division at the Federal Bureau of Investigations Vermont headquarters in Burlington.
He had informal meetings with several lawmakers, handed out his card, and encouraged anyone with information about shady dealings by government officials to get in touch.
Its the same Christopher Destito who has allegedly been asking around about Gov. Peter Shumlins controversial land deal with Jeremy Dodge last fall. But while reports of FBI involvement have appeared in multiple media outlets over the past week, evidence of any criminal wrongdoing is nonexistent. And save for a noncommittal statement from U.S. District Attorney Tristram Coffin, federal authorities have been tight-lipped about what it is theyre after.
Asked last Wednesday whether the FBI was interviewing people in an effort to gain information about a land deal in which Shumlin purchased for $58,000 a 16-acre homestead valued by town listers at $140,000, Coffin offered a terse statement.
The FBI followed up on a routine lead, Coffin told the Vermont Press Bureau. And theres no active investigation in our office.
Asked whether that routine lead related to Shumlins land deal, Coffin said he wouldnt comment further.
Three people earlier this month relayed off-the-record accounts to the Press Bureau of being interviewed by Destito about Shumlin. But it wasnt until Bernie Corliss spoke with the Bureau last Tuesday that someone came forward with an on-the-record story of an FBI interview.
Corliss, a longtime friend of Dodges, said Destito had knocked on the front door of his residence at the Weston Mobile Home Park in Berlin last Monday evening.
He just wanted to know what I knew about the deal, and what I knew about Jeremy, Corliss told the Vermont Press Bureau last Tuesday, a day before news of the land deal broke. I gave him all the information I had, and he left his card.
A business card on a table in Corliss living room contained Destitos name and contact number. The Vermont Press Bureau made phone contact with Destito on Tuesday evening. Asked whether he was interviewing people about the Shumlin/Dodge land deal, Destito said, Im sorry, I cant speak to the press.
If I do, Ill get in a lot of trouble, Destito said.
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The FBI traditionally takes the lead on state-level public-corruption investigations and is, according to its government website, singularly situated to combat this corruption, with the skills and capabilities to run complex undercover operations and surveillance.
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We have not been contacted by anyone from law enforcement anywhere along the process, Shumlin said.
A series of one-on-one interviews with media outlets Friday suggests that Shumlin and his legal advisers are supremely confident theres nothing to the FBI angle. A criminal defense attorney who spoke on background last week said the governor would under no circumstances submit to open-ended questioning from reporters if he believed a formal deposition was in the offing.
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Talented entrepreneurs are nothing if not resilient in the face of change: Market forces, competitive threats, technological shifts, you name it. In recent years, government regulation has emerged as another such force to be reckoned with in the technology industry. Startups and founders need to come to terms with the stark reality that the rules of the game may be changed mid-play.Nowhere is this more striking than in matters involving intellectual property and the rights of content owners. At the height of "cyberspace exceptionalism" in the mid-1990s, Congress passed two key laws – the "notice-and-takedown" safe harbor in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which became Section 512 of the Copyright Act, and a separate but equally critical safe harbor in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act holding website operators immune from liability for a broad range of unlawful conduct by their users. Without these two laws (or their equivalent), the social media revolution of the past decade would have been stillborn. Mainstays of user-generated content (UGC) such as YouTube, MySpace and Facebook would have been sued into bankruptcy within days if they were held to traditional standards of liability as publishers of their users' content. (See this blog post for a full discussion.)
When a website has 100 million registered users and is adding a quarter million more per day, as was the case at MySpace when I left in 2006, the notion that the site can or should be held accountable for the actions of those users is about as nonsensical as suggesting that FedEx should be liable for every drug deal completed using its shipping services. The sort of fact-checking and editorial judgment exercised by traditional publishers cannot conceivably be applied to a "publication" with 100 million "authors" adding and updating UGC to the tune of billions of page views per day. Yet the content industry (principally represented by RIAA and MPAA) has been relentless in pushing for UGC site operators to be deputized in a copyright police state in the interest of fighting piracy. As I write this, Congress is teetering on the brink of passing the most disastrously ill-conceived law in the 18-year history of the commercial Internet, SOPA. I will leave it to law professor Eric Goldman to articulate better than I could why "this law mortally threatens the entire UGC community." At the risk of beating a dead horse here, that includes everything from Amazon to Zynga, with sites like Facebook, Google, Twitter and Yelp in between.
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- UGC consumer Internet businesses account for arguably the largest creation of wealth by entrepreneurs in the shortest period of time in economic history. Facebook, which did not exist in 2003, is now valued at nearly $100 billion. Google, which incorporated in 1998, has a market cap of $200 billion and employs more than 30,000 people.
- SOPA would disproportionately alter the risk profile for new startups, which are thinly capitalized compared to the giants like Google and Facebook. In 2011, virtually every new consumer Internet startup incorporates a social/UGC element. Increasing the associated risk would have a chilling effect on the entrepreneurs who found these companies and the investors who fund them, diverting startup activity (and value creation) away from what might otherwise be some of the most innovative new businesses in the "Web 3.0" era.
On a more positive note, the silver lining in a political system that is susceptible to influence is that occasionally common sense will prevail when legislators might otherwise miss a good opportunity to do the right thing. This appears to be the case with a bill called the Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act, currently under consideration by the House of Representatives, which would amend the 1934 law containing the so-called "500 shareholder rule" to double the limit to 1,000 shareholders and make other significant changes.
What may appear to be a hypertechnical set of amendments to obscure code sections (Section 12(g)(1)(B) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, anyone?) targets the Exchange Act requirement that is reportedly forcing Facebook to go public in early 2012. The law would have the effect of allowing companies to stay private longer, deferring the significant expense, management distraction and public disclosure of financial and operating data involved in the IPO process. Principal beneficiaries would be the private secondary markets like Sharespost and SecondMarket, buyers and sellers that use them, and perhaps most importantly, companies like Facebook and Zynga that are generating plenty of cash flow, have no immediate need to raise capital for operations, yet find themselves forced to go public prematurely to comply with the '34 Act.
As background, there are two principal legal requirements at play when a company goes public. The Securities Act of 1933 requires that any type of securities offered to the public be registered with the SEC, involving a major undertaking to prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-1 – known to many as an IPO prospectus. The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires any company with more than 500 shareholders, or with a class of securities registered under the '33 Act, to file periodic reports with the SEC with ongoing financial results (most commonly annual and quarterly reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q) and disclosure of material events (Form 8-K). As it stands, a privately held company with more than 500 stockholders or optionholders can be forced to become such a "reporting company" under the '34 Act, essentially incurring all of the obligations of being a public company with none of the capital-raising benefits.
To avoid this situation, a company like Facebook will choose to go public prematurely. Technology companies in particular, which often grant stock or options to every employee, can easily pass the 500 mark if rapid growth results in rapid hiring. Doubling the limit to 1,000 and exempting certain categories, as proposed in the new legislation, could keep these companies' options open (pun intended), enabling them to choose the timing of an IPO based on legitimate business needs rather than regulatory technicalities.
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Lessons from India's rise can be fruitfully applied to Africa – another group of a billion or so people: this was the message Ajai Chowdhry brought to Tanzania. Chowdhry co-chaired the World Economic Forum on Africa in Dar es Salaam on 5-7 May. The theme was 'Rethinking Africa's Growth Strategy'. Amid calls to increase agricultural investment and combat haphazard urbanisation, Chowdhry was the advocate of information technology.
Chowdry also announced in May that HCL Infosystems would begin looking for more opportunities to expand its software services and hardware business in Africa. HCL won a contract in 2008 to implement India's Pan-African e-Network, which is linking 53 African countries to India for the purposes of sharing information and skills.
Chowdhry is a co-founder of India's home-grown information technology giant, HCL. After earning a bachelor's degree in electronics at the University of Jabalpur in 1971, he took a job at Delhi Cloth Mills, which had a division that manufactured calculators. Four years later, Chowdhry joined five DCM colleagues to set up Hindustan Computers Limited. In the intervening three decades, the company has expanded into software and network infrastructure, and has partnered with multinational companies to bring their products to Indian markets.
In 1980, Chowdhry established HCL's Singapore office, which became the company's launch pad into Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Indonesia and China. He has been President and CEO of HCL Infosystems, the group's domestic services arm, since 1994. He became Chairman at the company's public listing in 1999. Chowdhry is also Chairman of the Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad and the Confederation of Indian Industry's National Committee on Technology and Innovation.
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Who's most qualified to review the Ducati 1199 Panigale S? A racer? A journalist? How about the guy who departed on a 15,000-mile, seven-month, coast-to-coast (and back) road trip the day he bought one? Dennis Matson did just that, then authored this review. » 2/18/13 1:58pm 2/18/13 1:58pm
To make the Honda Gold Wing F6B, the company simply knocked some weight off its flagship tourer and pared down the bodywork to make it look meaner. The result is more than the sum of those parts though. Bagger? Cruiser? Tourer? Muscle Bike? Sports Tourer? How about all five? » 2/15/13 4:10pm 2/15/13 4:10pm
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Former Smallville star Laura Vandervoort wins CSI: NY role
Actress Laura Vandervoort is to appear in a January episode of CSI: NY.
The former Smallville star will take on the part of Macy in the long-running crime drama, according to TV Line.
The character is a young woman who has been mistakenly put in prison for the possession of stolen property.
Once released from jail, a furious Macy attempts to track down her ex-boyfriend and seek revenge for framing her.
The actress is perhaps best known for playing Kara/Supergirl on Smallville between 2007 and 2011 and she has also starred in ABC's remake of V as well as appearing in 2012 films Ted and This Means War.
It was recently revealed that CSI: NY will cross over with parent series CSI during which a number of storylines will intertwine and characters from each series will appear in the same scenes.
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The Grizzlies reached deep into their desire-to-win tank and pulled out a thrilling 91-90 victory over the Sacramento Kings at the FedExForum on Friday night.
It went right down to the final buzzer, with center Marc Gasol getting just enough of a tipped ball aimed for the King's Demarcus Cousins, who was camped underneath Sacramento's basket.
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Sandra, thanks for your kind words... I totally relate to what you wrote about NIN, it has influenced me a lot, thanks again!
I'm really inspired by this to create something similar in Orlando, maybe call it DeBlasa Loft. A place to have Artists around who live their passion, this would make for an inspiring environment! I could have shows/parties for different Artists, Writers, Sculptors, Musicians, Performers, and create a magazine to go with. How would I get happening and get people to submit for a publication---I want to have Art, Poetry, Philosophy, Essays, Pictures, Photography, I want it to be an eclectic collage for the reader.
Thanks Sandra. I've had a blast making these shorts. 2012 very good year. Hope you're fine.
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DeKalb County Hires Interim County Attorney
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DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis today announced that Overtis "O.V." Brantley will serve as Interim County Attorney.
"O.V. has a distinguished and extensive background in local government law, and I am honored to have her as our Chief Legal Officer during the search for permanent legal counsel," said Ellis.
Brantley's law career includes providing legal advice and counsel to city and county officials. She served as Chief Legal Counsel for Fulton County for eight years, managing a 39-member staff and outside counsel; and as Associate to Acting City Attorney for the City of Atlanta. Brantley also has private practice law experience.
The DeKalb County Law Department provides legal counsel and advice on the county's legal affairs including bond issues, contracts, litigation, ordinances, operating procedures and taxation.
Brantley started work on March 18, 2013.
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LEE COUNTY, FL - The State of Florida currently caps the amount of revenue it can spend each year from imposed taxes and fees on a number of items from gas to auto titles. The cap is based on a formula that takes into account Florida personal income. Amendment 3 would change that formula to base the cap on annual population growth and inflation. Supporters say the amendment would further limit government spending. Those opposed say the amended formula would not bring in enough income and would place an unfair burden on working Floridians.
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Michael Gibbs studies the economics of human resources and organizational design. He is co-author (with Edward Lazear) of the leading textbook in his field, Personnel Economics in Practice. The 3rd edition and a Chinese translation will be published in 2015. Gibbs's research has been published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Industrial & Labor Relations Review, Accounting Review, and other journals. Professor Gibbs is a Research Fellow of the Center for the Study of Labor (IZA), the Institute for Compensation Studies, and is on the board of Huy Vietnam.
In 2007 Gibbs received the Notable Contribution to Management Accounting Literature from the American Accounting Association. He has received two Hillel Einhorn Excellence in Teaching Awards.
Gibbs earned an AB, AM and PhD in economics all from the University of Chicago.
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Personnel economics.
"Design & Implementation of Pay for Performance," Oxford Handbook of Managerial Economics (2013).
With A. Levenson & C. Zoghi, "Why are Jobs Designed the Way They Are?," Research in Labor Economics (2010).
With K. Merchant, W. Van der Stede & M. Vargus, "Performance Measure Properties and Incentive Plan Design," Industrial Relations (2009).
With W. Hendricks, "Do Formal Salary Systems Really Matter?" Industrial & Labor Relations Review (2004).
With K. Merchant, W. Van der Stede & M. Vargus, "Determinants and Effects of Subjectivity in Incentives," The Accounting Review (2004).
With G. Baker & B. Holmstrom, "The Internal Economics of the Firm: Evidence from Personnel Data," Quarterly Journal of Economics (1994).
With G. Baker & B. Holmstrom, "The Wage Policy of a Firm," Quarterly Journal of Economics (1994).
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We study the effects of a field experiment designed to motivate employee ideas, at a large technology company. Employees were encouraged to submit ideas on process and product improvements via an online system. In the experiment, the company randomized 19 account teams into treatment and control groups. Employees in treatment teams received rewards if their ideas were approved. Nothing changed for employees in control teams. Our main finding is that rewards substantially increased the quality of ideas submitted. Further, rewards increased participation in the suggestion system, but decreased the number of ideas per participating employee, with zero net effect on the total quantity of ideas. The broader participation base persisted even after the reward was discontinued, suggesting habituation. We find no evidence for motivational crowding out. Our findings suggest that rewards can improve innovation and creativity, and that there may be a tradeoff between the quantity and quality of ...
REVISION: Design and Implementation of Pay for Performance
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A large, mature and robust literature now provides a useful framework for designing and implementing pay for performance. Several excellent surveys of this research are available. The purpose of this chapter is not to provide yet another survey, but to use the lessons of the economic literature on incentives to discuss how to design and implement pay for performance in practice.
New: Optimizing Incentive Plan Design: A Case Study
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We study effects of a firm's attempt to optimize an existing incentive scheme to increase sales growth for direct store delivery workers. Before optimization workers reported Ratchet Effects that lowered productivity. The altered incentive plan offered higher compensation for increased sales relative to a sales growth target, and lower compensation for failing to meet the target. We gathered data on performance and attitudes at pilot and control sites before and after the change. Relative to co
New: Performance Measure Properties and Incentive System Design
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We analyze effects of performance measure properties (controllable and uncontrollable risk, distortion, and manipulation) on incentive plan design, using data from auto dealership manager incentive systems. Dealerships put the most weight on measures that are "better" with respect to these properties. Additional measures are more likely to be used for a second or third bonus if they can mitigate distortion or manipulation in the first performance measure. Implicit incentives are used to provide
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We develop a simple model of the effects of reputation on wine prices. An increasing fraction of consumers who are "naive" (less well informed about wine quality) results in a stronger sensitivity of wine prices to ratings of quality. We then use data on prices and Robert Parker's ratings of wines, to show that prices have become more related to Parker ratings over time. In addition, we find that a change in Parker rating has a stronger effect on price, the stronger is the wine's reputation.
New: Returns to Skills and Personnel Management: U.S. Department of Defense Scientists and Engineers
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Personnel records are used to examine compensation, recruitment, and retention of a group of highly skilled workers: civilian scientists and engineers in U.S. Department of Defense laboratories. In contrast to those of the private sector, returns to skills were largely flat for this group from 1982 to 1996. Despite this, quality and performance of recruits relative to earlier cohorts, and of those retained relative to those who left, remained stable. One explanation is the importance of defense
New: Mergers of Equals and Unequals
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We examine the dynamics of post-merger organizational integration. Our basic question is whether there is evidence of conflict between employees from the two merging firms. Such conflict can arise for several reasons, including firm-specific human capital, corporate culture, power, or favoritism. We examine this issue using a sample of Danish mergers. Controlling for other effects, employees from the acquirer fare better than employees from the acquired firm, suggesting that they have greater po
REVISION: Determinants and Effects of Subjectivity in Incentives
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This study examines two questions: when do firms make greater use of subjectivity in awarding bonuses, and what are the effects of subjectivity on employee pay satisfaction and firm performance? We examine these questions using data from a sample of 526 department managers in 250 car dealerships. First, the findings suggest that subjective bonuses are used to complement perceived weaknesses in quantitative performance measures and to provide employees insurance against downside risk in their pay
Returns to Skills & Personnel Management: U.S. DOD Scientists and Engineers
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Personnel records are used to examine compensation, recruitment, and retention of a group of very highly skilled workers: civilian scientists and engineers in U.S. Department of Defense laboratories. In contrast to the private sector, returns to skills were largely flat for this group from 1982-1996. Despite this, quality and performance of recruits relative to earlier cohorts, and of those retained relative to those who left, remained stable. One explanation is the importance of defense-industr
Why Are Jobs Designed the Way They Are?
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In this paper we study job design. Will an organization plan precisely how the job is to be done ex ante, or ask workers to determine the process as they go? We first model this decision and predict complementarity between these job attributes: multitasking, discretion, skills, and interdependence of tasks. We argue that characteristics of the firm and industry (e.g., product and technology, organizational change) can explain observed patterns and trends in job design. We then use novel data on
Performance Measure Properties and Incentives
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We examine the effects of performance measure properties on incentive system design, using data on incentive contracts for auto dealership managers. The data include information on five properties: two indicators of risk; two indicators of distortion; and one indicator of potential manipulation. We find that these properties have important effects on incentive system design. First, firms appear to choose the "best" performance measure available along these dimensions, and use it for the most imp
Do Formal Salary Systems Really Matter?
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Drawing on a single large U.S. corporation's personnel records for the years 1989-93, the authors analyze an example of the kind of formal salary system used by most large firms. They find that this firm's practices were consistent with most of the important conclusions of prior empirical research on internal labor markets. The system was highly centralized, covering salary levels, salary ranges, raises, and bonuses. Supervisors had little discretion over pay other than through subjective per
Causes and Effects of Subjectivity in Incentives
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This study empirically examines two basic questions. First, where and why do firms make greater or lesser use of subjectivity in the performance evaluations that lead to annual bonuses? Second, what are the effects of greater or lesser use of subjectivity on employee pay satisfaction? We examine these questions using data collected from a sample of 526 department managers in 250 automobile dealerships. Our findings suggest that subjective bonuses are used to complement perceived weaknesses in bo
The Economic Approach to Personnel Research
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We compare the economic approach to research on personnel and organizational design to approaches from behavioral disciplines. Instead of a survey of the field, our emphasis is on topics which are important in organizational research outside of economics, yet have been little emphasized by economics. We contend that many of these topics hold great promise for insights from the economic approach. In some cases we sketch ways in which economists can approach these topics. We also briefly discuss e
Incentive Compensation in a Corporate Hierarchy
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A theoretical and empirical analysis of within-job and promotion-based incentives for middle managers is presented, using personnel data from a firm. Within-job incentives are stronger than implied by previous studies. Evidence is provided that promotions sort employees by ability, and also generate incentives. Promotions are associated with large increases in lifetime earnings, as long as performance is sustained in the future. There is little evidence that the firm trades-off within-job and pr
The Economic Approach to Personnel Research
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We compare the economic approach to research on personnel and organizational design to approaches from behavioral disciplines. Instead of a survey of the field, our emphasis is on topics which are important in organizational research outside of economics, yet have been little emphasized by economics. We contend that many of these topics hold great promise for insights from the economic approach. In some cases we sketch ways in which economists can approach these topics. We also briefly discuss e
Are Administrative Pay Systems a Veil? Evidence from Within-firm Data
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Using detailed personnel data from a firm, we analyze the real effects of the kind of compensation system that is used in many large firms--the Hay system. Such compensation systems are highly centralized and bureaucratic, with little ability for managers to adjust incentives for different job designs, individuals, and circumstances. We find that this system does appear to have real effects, particularly for those who are at the maximum salary in their allowable range. Such employees tend to hav
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Ainsworth youth is winner of Iowa Foundation Heifer program
Sydney Black, daughter of Chris and Tara Black, Ainsworth, has been chosen as the 2013 recipient of three bred heifers awarded by the Iowa Cattlemen's Foundation and the Iowa Beef Breeds Council. This is the third year the two groups have awarded bred heifers through the Iowa Foundation Heifer program.
The program was initiated to help young Iowans begin foundation beef herds. In the program, the winners make a five-year commitment that culminates during their senior year in high school. Through that time period, the winners keep records on their cattle and report progress to the two sponsoring groups. At that time, they repay the program $6,000 earned from their herd. The money will be used to expand the program to more youth.
Black is a seventh grader at Highland Middle School in Riverside. She is an active member of the Washington County Highlanders 4-H Club, showing both market and breeding beef projects. This honor roll student has aspirations of becoming a veterinarian.
Black selected Shorthorns as her breed of choice for the heifers she's receiving. ICG and IBBC purchased Black's heifers from Bern-A-Dale Shorthorns (the Bernie Bolton Family of Oakland).
Black was honored Feb. 11 at the Iowa Beef Expo Annual Kick-off Party in Des Moines. The Iowa Beef Expo was held Feb. 10 to 17.
The mission of the Iowa Cattlemen's Foundation is to enhance the public perception of the Iowa cattle industry and to assist in providing educational and economic opportunities for Iowans in the cattle business. The ICF is a non-profit organization with 501(c)3 status.
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Manufactured by Sportsheets, The Sex and Mischief Satin Blindfold comes in red and black. For my review, I went with the beautiful shade of red. While I don't think that this blindfold is going to appeal to those hardcore, advanced BDSM players, it will do fine for beginners. It's not going to hold up to extremely rough nights, and there may be some issues of keeping it on and in the right place. However, it's perfectly suitable for those who are interested in trying something new in the bedroom.
HINT: When I first started out with blindfolds like these, I had major problems keeping them on. I parted my hair horizontally in the back, about mid-scalp. I then let it fall over the elastic. It's a great way to keep the blindfold from riding up in the back and exposing your eyes.
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The Sex and Mischief Satin Blindfold is made of polyester. The two bands attached to it are made of thin elastic. From the top to the bottom, the blindfold measures about 3 inches. The blindfold measures a little over 7.5 inches wide. The two elastic strips measure 14 inches across when un-stretched. When I stretched them out to their fullest capacity, they measure at 35 inches.
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The Sex and Mischief Satin Blindfold can be hand washed in lukewarm water with a tiny bit of gentle detergent. It can even be ironed at low temperatures. It came packaged in a small paper box with the words "Sex & Mischief" and "S&M" all over it. It also had a picture of a woman wearing the blindfold. I wouldn't suggest this as suitable storage. It takes up too much space.


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Researchers from Osaka University and the National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan, have found a highly significant connection between the molecular mechanisms underlying genetic and environmental sex determination. The scientists report in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics the identification of a gene responsible for the production of males during environmental sex determination in the crustacean Daphnia.
Ways in which an individual organism's sex is determined are diverse among animal lineages and can be broadly divided into two major categories: genetic and environmental. In genetic sex determination (GSD), sex-specific differentiation results from intrinsic genetic differences between males and females, whereas environmental sex determination (ESD) relies upon environmental signals to induce male or female sex determination. In contrast to GSD models, the genetics of ESD organisms are poorly understood.
The researchers cloned Doublesex (Dsx) genes from Daphnia magna, a freshwater brachiopod crustacean that clones itself to produce males in response to certain environmental cues. The Dsx genes play an important role in controlling sexual differences in organisms using GSD such as nematodes, insects, and vertebrates. Knocking out one particular Dsx gene, DapmaDsx1, in male embryos resulted in the production of female traits including ovarian maturation, whereas ectopic expression of DapmaDsx1 in female embryos resulted in the development of male-like phenotypes.
The researchers infer that there is an ancient, previously unidentified link between genetic and environmental sex determination. This study was confined only to the role of Dsx in ESD, so it would be highly desirable to establish the link between the environmental signal and Dsx expression. However, this work lends support to the "Doublesex hypothesis" of sex determination, in which many different sorts of upstream regulatory pathways could converge on Dsx-family genes, which would serve as the basis of sexual differentiation mechanisms across the animal kingdom.
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: This study was partly supported through grants from Grants-in-Aid from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science, and Technology (to HW), grants from Ministry of the Environment of Japan, and a grant of Long-Range Research Initiative (LRI) by Japan Chemical Industry Association (JCIA) (to TI). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
COMPETING INTERESTS: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
CITATION: Kato Y, Kobayashi K, Watanabe H, Iguchi T (2011) Environmental Sex Determination in the Branchiopod Crustacean Daphnia magna: Deep Conservation of a Doublesex Gene in the Sex-Determining Pathway. PLoS Genet 7(3): e1001345. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1001345
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Written by Margaret Whitely Friday, 24 February 2012 00:00At the beginning of the last New Hyde Park Village Board meeting the board voted on an amended hearing law regarding the use of the village parks as follows:
"All parks, fields and playgrounds owned by the village are for the exclusive use of village residents and their guests except that a non-resident may utilize a park as a member of an organized activity sponsored or sanctioned by the board of trustees."
Mayor Daniel Petruccio commented, "I don't think the board is under any illusion that this will close the parks to every possible scenario. However, if we do have a problem then we have another layer of protection and can say, "Are you a resident?" However, if we issued passes, as has been suggested, we would have to check everybody's passes, if we went that road. For us we thought this is the closest thing we could come to in order to have some amount of control in the parks."We now have a new Parks Commissioner, Rich Pallisco, and he will be on hand as well as in the summer we have a parks director in each park. Now, we can ask anyone who isn't a resident to leave the park if they are misbehaving. Prior to this law we did not have that ability."
A resident, who lives close to the park, said, "I think this comes down to common sense, if the parks are being maintained at taxpayers' expense and will it at some point in time result in an increased cost to enforce? Does this cover Little Leagues that come from all over?"
Mayor Petruccio said, "The only time teams that are not from New Hyde Park play on our fields is during tournament season. For the rest of the season New Hyde Park teams play against each other. I only know, since I live right there, that there are kids, during the summer, in the parks until 10 p.m. playing basketball. And, this is our way of addressing that situation. We also know our limitations and we cannot put any additional personnel in place."
The board then passed the local parks law.
Regular Board Meeting
The regular meeting then began with a reading of a very long list of license renewals along with restaurant, dance, used car and games renewals. The only one that was tabled, for the time being was Empire Billiard, 1215 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park, and that was in part because of the number of complaints associated with the location of Empire Billiard.
Deputy Mayor Robert Lofaro said, "Well, I don't disagree, but I think we held off last year and I don't think we did anything, as far as I recall."
However, Building Superintendent Thomas Gannon said, "I don't have any outstanding issues against them at this time. They are in compliance at this time."
Mayor Petruccio said, "I received one complaint last fall from a resident."
Gannon replied, "It could be the same complaint I had and there are always random complaints about loitering and parking at night. This is also the winter, so that may change."
Lofaro said, "So let's make sure we mark this in the agenda as an open item so that we can look to see if we approved Billiard's license from last year."
Public Participation
The first person to speak was a resident who said he had a problem with the parking meters in the municipal parking lot.
He said, "Those meters are ridiculous and you have jacked up the prices on us. Three times in a row I have gone to a meter that did not work and had to jump back in my car to find another meter and missed my train."
Lofaro said, "You need about 29 quarters? Well, when we raised the price of the vouchers from $3 to $4 we raised the price of the meters from 25 cents an hour to 25 cents a half-hour and that probably requires twice as many quarters as before."
The man who was complaining continued, "The taxi stand men are taking spaces. As a working class guy, I would like to see some action."
Lofaro said, "You are actually a customer and we want to hear what you have to say. I also get very annoyed when I see the taxis in those spots. I commute as well, and I get a lot of complaints about that lot. I intend to speak to our public works commissioner to see what can be done about the amount of quarters that have to be used in those meters."
The resident said, "Then when you come home you have a ticket, because you have run out of quarters, which is very frustrating."
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The next speaker was a resident who lives in the vicinity of Empire Billiard. He said, "I don't see the code enforcement guys until 2 or 2:30 a.m. If they were there at midnight, they could easily ticket at least five cars. This has been going on for three years and there are no changes."
Mayor Petruccio then asked Superintendent Gannon, "How many Saturday nights is the code enforcer they have specifically assigned to this location on duty?"
Gannon said, "He is on every Saturday night and the only Saturday he is not there is if he needed the night off. We changed the whole schedule so that there would be a code enforcer there on Saturday nights."
The resident continued, "Another incident happened on the last Sunday in January. There was an ambulance and emergency cars called and they had to park in the middle of the street, since there was no parking anywhere, since they were impeded by illegally parked cars. There was a firetruck parked in front of my house with only one-foot clearance. If that was a fire, it would have been a disaster. The Floral Park firetruck, who answered the call, had to back down the street to Jericho Turnpike."
He then asked, "Have any of you ever gone down there to see what is going on and what did you think about it?"
Deputy Mayor Lofaro said, "Yes, I have. There were six vehicles and three of them were summoned. Three were not. Cars pulled up and the occupants got out of the car and I asked them if they were aware that this was no parking from 12 midnight to 5 a.m. They had not looked at the signs; only saw that cars were parked in the area. I am sure that unless someone like me was parked there for the 5-hour period, they are not looking for signage."
The resident added, "You know this only happened when they got a liquor license and nothing has been done."
Mayor Petruccio said, "We opposed it when they received the liquor license."
The resident said, "You know they are sitting in their cars, on my block, drinking."
Lofaro said, "But for us to say they are drinking liquor they purchased somewhere else, we would need some events to occur on those premises that would help the Third Precinct help us to lobby for them to lose their liquor license."
Mayor Petruccio said, "I am not going to accept your statement that nothing has been done to correct the situation. We have done the best we can within the power of this village. We changed the entire schismatic within a six-block radius in every direction. Adding a code enforcer on Saturday night, that was doing nothing? So, unless you are willing to revise your statement I don't think we can have this conversation."
The resident said, "What about the incident I told you about?"
Mayor Petruccio said, "This is the first I have heard about it. We have made alterations and to revoke a license is a very, very difficult thing to do."
Lofaro said, "We will check with the third precinct to see how many tickets they have written in this location. We have to follow the guidelines of what we can do as far as the billiard location is concerned, as far as the law is concerned. They have rights and we have to be very careful that we don't overstep our boundaries.'
It was also inquired as to why the same 'no parking' law hours are not required on Jericho Turnpike.
Lofaro said, "We did have those laws on Jericho Turnpike, but a resident contacted the state and they said we were not allowed to issue parking laws on a state road, so we had to remove those signs but the signs are back up."
The conversation regarding Empire Billiard ended and the board then went to trustee reports:
Trustee Robert Coppola
Trustee Robert Coppola reported that the New Hyde Park Fire Department is currently conducting a subscription drive. He reminded all residents to make sure that the donations are going to the New Hyde Park Fire Department.
He also reminded all residents to make sure that the number of their house is displayed in a prominent place on their house so that the firemen can see it. Also, please remember to check your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.
He then introduced the members of the New Hyde Park Auxiliary Police. He reminded residents that they do not issue tickets but they are the eyes and ears of the Nassau County police department.
Captain John Concannon then spoke a few moments and said that now they have two cars that are in service 7 nights-a-week. He said, "The good news is that this service does not cost the village a dime. We are your eyes and ears and we help out with parades and other events in the village."
He also introduced two new members: Sgt. Gonser and APR Amato.
Coppola continued with a report that the parks are gearing up for the summer and they are receiving requests for the use of the park which are going to Parks Superintendent Rich Pallisco and how they are working on fixing the tennis and basketball courts for this year.
Deputy Mayor Robert Lofaro
"Regarding the Road Improvement Project" Lofaro said, "We are meeting with our engineers D'Virka and Bartilucci and they will go over with us what we can do. We do have a bond we will be paying off so that we can then float another bond for road evaluation. The listing that we currently have is 7th Avenue, South 5th Street, First Avenue and South 12th Street, but before we officially publicize those roads, let's see what the engineers have to say and how much we will have to spend. The other thing is that, as the mayor indicated, we will be discussing the budget and we will have to get $357,000 in pensions."
Lofaro continued, "As far as equipment goes, we still have not taken possession of our new dump truck with the new plow and the new sander because we think if we do not take possession of it, we won't need it! We have also put an order in for a new vehicle for a 2004 Jeep that has more than 400,000 miles and use it as a car for the Department of Public Works, because their car went down to DPW as a code car. That will take 6 to 8 weeks and it is a budgeted item."
Trustee Donald Barbieri
Trustee Barbieri reported that Project Jericho Turnpike is being discussed back and forth with the project designer and the DOT regarding the type of pavement to be used in the project. He added, "We are still hopeful that we will be able to go out to bid for this project in the spring of 2012."
He said, "Lisa Miranda has been working for many years on the Cultural Committee and would like to add new members to her committee, so please give me a call and come on out to help her out."
Trustee Lawrence Montreuil
Trustee Montreuil said that many summonses were issued for various infractions including roofers working without permits and landscapers without permits.
Plus, he announced that the building department has announced that there is interest in some of the empty buildings for new businesses. He also announced that 44 building permits were issued in January and the permit fees have generated almost $6,000 in revenue.
Mayor Daniel Petruccio
Mayor Petruccio said that he and Deputy Mayor Lofaro at the conclusion of this meeting would be going into a budget meeting that is open to the public.
Petruccio then said, and prefaced that it was his opinion and not that of the board, "In reference to the police plan to cut precincts, I'm all for a plan that will cut expenses without endangering our residents. I just think we cannot continue to do business the way we have always done business. I think that when we have these issues they immediately become partisan. If this had been a Tom Suozzi, proposal then the Republican legislators would have been opposing it instead of the other way around. Again, this is just Dan Petruccio speaking."
Auditor Bill Barrett Report
Bill Barrett gave his extensive auditor report and the bottom line is that the report was very positive for the village and he thanked all the employees for their cooperation during the extensive audit. Anyone wishing further information regarding the audit may contact the New Hyde Park Village offices at 354-0022.
The meeting finally ended and the next meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 6 at 8 p.m. at New Hyde Park Village Hall, corner of New Hyde Park Road and Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park.


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