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Wandering Middle-earth's winding paths is the travelling conjurer Gandalf, known by many names to many peoples in many lands, though few could guess the true extent of his powers or purpose. His fireworks may delight many a Hobbit youngster, but the Grey Wizard is no mere magician or trickster. Gandalf is old beyond reckoning and wise beyond the reach of mortal men.
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There are quite a few things on my Northwest To-Do List and I was able to check one off this weekend. The girls and I took the Clipper to Victoria, B.C., and celebrated Dr. B's birthday with some sight seeing, dancing, good eats, and of course, shopping.
The rain wasn't really condusive for photos, or our hair for that matter. We gladly took cover in some of Victoria's trendy boutiques along Government Street. Canada might be a different country but let's be real, for the most part, the fashion isn't that different. I'm always on the lookout for unique pieces as well as up and coming trends. What do you think of these rings?
Ok, I get it, they're a little Lady Gaga-esque. Why do I like this ring so much?! I stopped myself from buying it simply because I thought it'd scare away any man I'd meet. So how about something a little more subdued?
You Canadians have me inspired but I still need time to get comfortable with this claw ring trend. Would you wear these rings or should they be reserved for Halloween only?
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I personally love all things strange and original. Obviously these aren't for everyday wear but they could work as dual purpose items for a night out with the girls. Fashionable weapons are trending as well girls.

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I have Zimbra OS 5.01 installed and running for the past week or so. We've setup multiple briefcases and subfolders. We've uploaded files to them without problem,
The issues is if we try to move a file from one folder to another.
Error dialog appears:
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this happens regardless of using drap & drop or the right-click "move" command.
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How do I force Zimbra to use the local IP address of my other domain names ? Currently Zimbra resolves the real IP numbers of my other local servers and not the local IP, as a result, our firewall prevents SMTP traffic from local Zimbra towards my other local SMTP server.
I need to be able to sent messages from local Zimbra to addressess like domain.com and lists.domain.com which are hosted on a different server, but with local IP addresses.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Steve Fluharty, the University of Pennsylvania's senior vice provost for research, is participating in a new congressional program that will highlight federally funded science projects. Called the "Golden Goose Awards," not just any projects will do; the program exists to draw attention to the sometimes-serendipitous nature of scientific progress. The value of many avenues of research is not always obvious at first blush.
"We're facing unprecedented pressures on government spending and federal funding for research is definitely under intense scrutiny," Fluharty said. "These types of programs can do a lot to convince the lay public how important — and how unpredictable — investments in science can be in regards to payoff,"
In times of economic trouble, funding for scientific research is an easy target for politicians. By nature, its methods can be arcane, and its potential uses obscure. Those uncovering the mysteries of the universe may literally have their heads in the clouds while more practical concerns are occupying voters back on Earth.
The late Democratic U.S. Sen. William Proxmire of Wisconsin famously embodied this stance with his monthly "golden fleece" awards, which lampooned what he felt was wasteful government spending. Scientific research was a common target. And though Proxmire retired in 1989, legislators such as Oklahoma's Republican Sen. Tom Coburn and advocacy groups, such as Taxpayers for Common Sense, have taken up his mantle.
The brainchild of U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper, a Tennessee Democrat, the Golden Goose Awards aim to highlight scientific research that has provided a lasting benefit or economic return, despite unglamorous or perhaps even silly-sounding subject matter. The name was chosen to skewer Proxmire's assertion that these science projects are a waste of money; on the contrary, killing these golden geese would be a waste of an invaluable investment.
As a member of the selection committee, Fluharty will help sort through nominees provided by scholarly societies and university associations, looking for the scientific projects that best exemplify unexpected scientific boons. By showing off big projects' often-humble beginnings, the organizers hope to convince politicians and the public not to judge basic research rashly.
Fluharty, who received his undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees at Penn, has had a personal stake in fighting this misunderstanding.
"When Proxmire was in his heyday, the lab I was working in for my Ph.D. was considered to be in his firing line," Fluharty said. "We were studying the hormonal controls of salt consumption in a rat model."
Animal studies are particularly ripe targets for mockery; Proxmire awarded a Golden Fleece to researchers studying the "sex life of the screwworm," while Coburn hung his 2011 attack on National Science Foundation funding on a project that put "shrimp on a treadmill." Yet that screwworm research eventually represented a billion-dollar savings to cattle farmers, while the shrimp research — which analyses how the crustaceans respond to stress, disease and pollution — could have a similar return on investment to the aquaculture industry.
Fluharty's doctoral research followed that trend and underscores the need to instill a greater understanding of the long, winding road scientific progress often takes.
"It's easy to say, 'Why do we care about salt preferences in rats?' But the reality is that the hormonal mechanisms that were identified are now some of the key components of many of the hypertension drugs that, with a low-sodium diet, are used for controlling blood pressure today," Fluharty said.
The first class of three to six Golden Goose awardees will be announced in September, with new awards continuing regularly afterwards.


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Family dinners and more
Bringing back family dinners, home cooking on the decline in Europe and UNESCO honors French cooking.
Bring back family dinners
"Everything about our current lifestyle is pushing away connectedness. That's why it's so important to put your foot down and recapture this ritual." Laurie David wants to bring the family dinner back. �The climate activist and producer of An Inconvenient Truth believes that gathering the family over dinner is an opportunity where parents can teach manners and the art of conversation.
From grist.org
Kitchen orphans
Post-World-War-II social changes took European women out of the kitchen… but it also created generations of "kitchen orphans". These are the people who never witnessed their parents cooking at home and the reason why European home cooking is on the decline. �Apparently, the little conversations about food preparation between mother and daughter (or father and son) are a very effective way to teach cooking.
From wsj.com
World cultural treasure: French cooking
UNESCO honors "intangible" world cultural treasures this year, and French cooking made the list. But its "artery-clogging richness of the saucing and the prissy presentation" is not for everyone.
From Yahoo News
No nuts allowed
Banning peanuts in the cafeteria has gone too far, warns allergy expert. Most kids aren't actually allergic to the foods they've been told to avoid. It's about time - allergyphobia is seriously detrimental to one's love life.
From Shots via NPR
Barack and his Bakso
When Barack Obama was in short pants running around Jakarta, he developed a love for a simple dish that stays with him to this�day: bakso.
From Fox News Food & Drink
Holy cow!
If you're a Muslim in a blockaded town in the Middle East, you do what you have to do for the Eid Al-Adha feast - smuggle cows in through tunnels.
From Dine & Cook
Kimchi LA-style
How to make kimchi - a step by step by a Korean chef in Los Angeles.
From Squid Ink via LA Weekly
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Thousands enjoy merry Christmas in Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM, West Bank Thousands of Christians from the world over packed Manger Square in Bethlehem Monday to celebrate the birth of Jesus in the ancient West Bank town where he was born.
For their Palestinian hosts, this holiday season was an especially joyous one, with the hardships of the Israeli occupation that so often clouded previous Christmas Eve celebrations eased by the United Nations' recent recognition of an independent state of Palestine.
Festivities led up to the Midnight Mass at St. Catherine's Church, next to the fourth-century Church of the Nativity, built over the grotto where tradition says Jesus was born.
"From this holy place, I invite politicians and men of good will to work with determination for peace and reconciliation that encompasses Palestine and Israel in the midst of all the suffering in the Middle East," said the top Roman Catholic cleric in the Holy Land, Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal in his annual address. "Please continue to fight for a just cause to achieve peace and security for the people of the Holy Land."
In his pre-Christmas homily, Twal said the road to actual freedom was still long, but this year's festivities were doubly joyful, celebrating "the birth of Christ our Lord and the birth of the state of Palestine."
"The path (to statehood) remains long, and will require a united effort," added Twal, a Palestinian citizen of Jordan, at the patriarchate's headquarters in Jerusalem's Old City.
Then he set off in a procession for the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Jesus' traditional birthplace. There, he was reminded that life on the ground for Palestinians has not changed since the U.N. recognized their state last month in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
Twal had to enter the biblical town through a massive metal gate in the barrier of towering concrete slabs Israel built between Jerusalem and Bethlehem during a wave of Palestinian suicide bombings in the last decade. The Israeli military, which controls the crossing, said it significantly eased restrictions for the Christmas season.
Israel, backed by the United States, opposed the statehood bid, saying it was a Palestinian ploy to bypass negotiations. Talks stalled four years ago.
Hundreds of people greeted Twal in Manger Square, outside the Church of Nativity. The mood was festive under sunny skies, with children dressed in holiday finery or in Santa costumes, and marching bands playing in the streets.
After nightfall, a packed Manger Square, resplendent with strings of lights, decorations and a 17-meter (55-foot) Christmas tree, took on a festival atmosphere, as pilgrims mixed with locals.
A choral group from the Baptist Church in Jerusalem performed carols on one side of the square, handing out sheets of lyrics and encouraging others to sing along with songs such as "We Wish You A Merry Christmas."
Vendors sold balloons, cotton candy and corn on the cob, bands played Christmas songs and tourists packed cafes that are quiet most of the rest of the year. Pilgrims from around the world wandered the streets, singing Christmas carols and visiting churches.
Devout Christians said it was a moving experience to be so close to the origins of their faith.
"It's a special feeling to be here, it's an encounter with my soul and God," said Joanne Kurczewska, a professor at Warsaw University in Poland, who was visiting Bethlehem for a second time at Christmas.
Pastor Al Mucciarone, 61, from Short Hills, New Jersey, agreed.
"We come here to celebrate Jesus. This is a very important town. Great things come from small events. The son of God was born in this small village. We hope all will follow Jesus," he said.


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Women and Spirituality is Donna Read's definitive series that explores the power of the sacred feminine in mythological, historical and cultural contexts. This trilogy investigates the relationship between women and spirituality from ancient times to the present.
Goddess Remembered - Part 1 - This poetic documentary is a salute to 35 000 years of "pre-history," to the values of ancestors only recently remembered, and to the goddess-worshipping religions of the ancient past. Goddess Remembered features Merlin Stone, Carol Christ, Luisah Teish, Starhawk, Charlene Spretnak, and Jean Bolen, who link the loss of goddess-centred societies with today's environmental crisis. They propose a return to the belief in an interconnected life system, with respect for the earth and the female, as fundamental to our survival.
Burning Times - Part 2 - This beautifully crafted film is an in-depth look at the witch-hunts that swept through Europe just a few hundred years ago. False accusations and trials led to massive torture and burnings at the stake, and ultimately to the destruction of an organic way of life. The film advances the theory that widespread violence against women and the neglect of our environment today can be traced back to those times.
Full Circle - Part 3 - In this stirring documentary, authors, teachers, social activistsm, pagans and feminists explore manifestations of contemporary women's spirituality in the Western world. Drawing on the customs, rites and knowledge of the past, Full Circle envisions a sustainable future where domination is replaced with respect. At the centre of these discussions is a reverence for the Earth–a sacred circle which we must protect.
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There are a lot of aphorisms about second albums: "It takes 20 years to make your first album and nine months to make the second;" "the first album is about life's big issues; the second is about how it sucks to be in a band."
Those, and many more, are cheeky ways to define what is commonly described as "the sophomore slump."
Weekend guitarist/vocalist Shaun Durkan has certainly gotten plenty of feedback concerning Jinx, the band's second release. And while no one has exactly accused Durkan of slumping on Jinx, there's certainly been a fair amount of grumbling about the differences between the new album and its louder and more visceral predecessor, 2010's Sports.
"I think we made more of an effort to communicate the larger idea," Durkan says of Jinx by phone after a Christmas Eve shopping excursion at a California Target. "It's not a concept album, but we focused on how a listener might absorb the record, whether it's the production or the lyrics or the artwork. In general, we just put more thought into it."
The acclaim that greeted Sports was based largely on Weekend's sonic proximity to Psych-drenched Shoegaze proponents like Jesus and Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine, played at a volume as palpable as a dense fog. For a variety of reasons, Jinx has turned out to be a subtler and more diverse affair, in songwriting as well as execution.
"The first record was kind of a cathartic, guttural reaction to what we were doing live and the way we thought about music then," Durkan says. "This one is really much more premeditated and carefully crafted. … The way the first record sounded and the whole attitude behind it was more of a quick read. You're like, 'Oh, it's loud, abrasive, moody and dark.' There are less facets to Sports than to Jinx. It hasn't been as easy for people to grasp onto it and sum it up in a handful of words."
Weekend - Rosaries from Slumberland Records on Vimeo.In the three years between Sports and Jinx, there have been a number of changes in Weekend's world, which has long been defined by the interplay between Durkan and guitarist Kevin Johnson, friends since they were both bassists in their middle-school band.
Original drummer Taylor Valentino opted out of the group and was replaced by Abe Pedroza, Durkan's roommate at the San Francisco Art Institute; bassist Nick Ray joined early last year.
Around that same time, the band decided to pull up stakes and move from its native Bay Area base in California to the more competitive but scene-friendly atmosphere in Brooklyn, N.Y. It's tempting to imagine that all the upheaval in Weekend's situation had at least some impact on the outcome of Jinx. But Durkan says only Pedroza's presence in the drum chair had any discernible effect on the new album's identity.
"Adding Abe was a huge change, just stylistically he's a lot different than Taylor," Durkan says. "We were able to bring the drums up higher in the mix and make the tracks a little more groove based. That changed a lot of things. Adding Nick Ray happened after we finished recording the record — we wrote and recorded it as a three piece — and we recorded before we moved to Brooklyn, too."
Although Jinx doesn't bear the marks of Weekend's New York move, Durkan makes it clear that they have definitely evolved into a better band as a result of their cross-country relocation.
"When we were living in Oakland … we were all at a point in our lives where we felt like we could just take a chance or test ourselves a little bit," Durkan says. "Living in Brooklyn has been good for the band. It makes us all work a little harder. We haven't started writing anything new quite yet — it will be interesting what happens when we do."
A good deal of the emotional tone on Jinx — with lots of songs about the desire to distance oneself from circumstances or places — was inspired by Weekend's economic struggle in Oakland. Another external factor that may have had at least a partial impact on Jinx is Durkan's therapy sessions, which took place before and during the recording process. Durkan has spent nearly a decade coming to grips with the suicide of his father (who was the vocalist for Post Punk group Half Church), and therapy helped him to unload some of that emotional baggage. In some ways, Jinx served as an extension of Durkan's treatment.
"I had kind of a personal, emotional breakdown or freak-out, whatever you want to call it, in New York after a tour and I started going to therapy for it," Durkan says solemnly. "It was one of the first times I'd actually tried to work through some of the issues my dad's suicide was responsible for, or feelings I had never confronted before. I spent six months doing that and that was when we were writing this record. To me, this record is about me being honest with myself, the person I am and the relationships I have and my own personal history and recognizing the fault in all of that and also the positives. It's really an introspective record for me, whereas the first record was more about trying to live through fantasy and making up characters and situations that ultimately did resonate with me. But Jinx is more bluntly about self-analysis. The record wouldn't have happened unless I was in that emotional space."
Durkan feels as though Weekend accomplished what they all set out to do with Jinx and is content to allow the album to find its own audience, both within the band's fan base and in the wider listening world.
"I think we gained a lot of new fans who really appreciate this new record and I know a lot of people who loved Sports love this record," Durkan says. "Of course, there are people who wanted us to make Sports 2, but we're musicians and there's no point in doing this unless we push ourselves and move forward. As long as people that are coming to the shows love the record, that's all that matters."
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Sword of the Stars II Enhanced Edition (c) Paradox Interactive
30-11-2012......Release Date - Protection.................Steam
Strategy/RTS.......Game Type - Disk(s)....................1 DVD
The Enhanced Edition contains Sword of the Stars II: The Lords of
Winter and the first expansion, the End of Flesh. The new expansion
introduces the new playable race, the Loa. All previous DLCs containing
new avatars, new combat music, alternate voices, skins, and new badges
for the warships are also included.
Customize your own starships, amass your fleet, explore the outer
reaches of the galaxy and expand your empire. Research new alien
technologies and bring them into battle with a mix of turn-based
strategy and real-time skirmishes.
Now a new Faction bursts onto the scene, a race of Artificial
Intelligence who once served as slaves and now return seeking
vengeance. Playing as the Loa, your Fleets will become masters of
metamorphosis, shape-shifting into new forms to become the ships you
need, where you need them. Durable and hardy, your colonies can be
built on any rocky planet. Building an empire of silicon and steel,
you will bring your former masters to their kneesor will you bring
about the End of Flesh.
Play as the Loa, with over 120 new ship sections and their own unique
drive system - the Neutrino Pulse Gate
Over 25 additional technologies, including a new Cybernetic Tech Tree
10 new weapons and attacks to use in battle
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Leviathan class vessels
2 new Independent Races to encounter, study and incorporate into your
New Random Encounters, a new Grand Menace, and new Star Maps
New Evacuation Mission, and Supplemental Mission system allowing
players to focus on the Target or the Fleet
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Effectively managing human capital is of concern to companies across the globe. Many of those human resource issues are becoming less siloed to particular countries as outsourcing becomes more commonplace in business. This week, we take a look at some of the top news and issues surrounding human capital management and compensation across the world.
Tim Low, PayScale
Tim Low, PayScale
It is HR's time in the sun. Technologically-speaking,
that is.
While the past several decades have delivered
ever more sophisticated capabilities to businesses in the form of software, analytics
and transaction processing tools, HR was always a bit of an afterthought. Oh,
there was the PeopleSoft wave of the 90s and even an ongoing flirtation with
'employee self service' which was really aimed at getting the employee to do
the data entry so that HR didn't have to hire clerks to do it. And while these
systems—often closely tied to financials because the real goal was to get
payroll right—provided some benefits, they were mostly administrative, not
We spend a lot of time in the Compensation Today blog talking about attracting, motivating, rewarding and retaining employees, but what about your own career? Have you thought about what you'd like to change to keep yourself on track with your career goals? Maybe you want to earn more money or finally earn that promotion. Maybe it's time to begin working on an advanced certification, like a PHR or SPHR. Have you often thought about getting an MBA in Human Resources? Or, perhaps, you might be ready to switch careers and start over in a new field. Big career goals like that can be daunting—where do you begin? It's simpler than you think. Start with three words: Make It Happen.
Jessica Miller-Merrell, blogging4jobs
How many times have you checked your email today? Is your email always up and ready to be checked every time you get a pop-up notification? Do you have notifications set up on your smart devices to make sure you never miss an email? Is email proving to be a distraction that's keeping you from all your other HR duties? If you're anything like me, this sounds all too familiar. Email has begun to dictate our lives whether it is for discount codes or the newest business opportunity.
Evan Rodd, PayScale
I recently made a life decision that is both scary, and
exciting: I have taken the plunge and re-entered academia after some time away.
When I was younger, I was on track to earn a degree, but my focus was fuzzy and
I felt uncertain of the path I wanted to take. Had I stuck to my school guns, I
would have probably pursued a BA in music, or an arts-based field. I don't mean
to bemoan these career paths, but given my current interests and ambitions, I'm
glad I made the decision to wait to go to school.
Jessica Miller-Merrell, blogging4jobs
Carrot Principle
unwraps one of the most in-depth
management studies ever undertaken. Involving nearly 200,000 people over a
ten-year period, it showed that the most central characteristic of any successful
manager is that they offer frequent and effective recognition to their employees
on an ongoing basis. Productivity skyrocketed when managers took a hands-on
approach to constructive praise and gave small, yet meaningful, rewards that
motivate employees.
As a small or startup business professional, payroll might seem
like the last logistic you'd like to figure out. Your first crucial human resources investment should be in tools to get compensation right, but after that it makes sense to take a look at automating other HR processes, such as payroll. Learning how to file business
taxes and payroll paperwork might not be your idea of time well spent, so
hiring a payroll provider could be a strategic option.
Ahh, the New Year has finally arrived. We can now all breathe
a collective sigh of relief, as the apocalyptic predictions surrounding 2012
did not come to pass. Since the planet wasn't engulfed in flames, we can
finally focus on something slightly less stressful: New Year's Resolutions.
Jessica Miller-Merrell, blogging4jobs
Having worked for
both male and female bosses, it is no secret that the sexes see work,
priorities, and life differently. My male boss would often cut out of the
office at 4:30 p.m. while a female boss would call me at 8 p.m. on a
weekend. Some of this is work style,
but science has proven that men think, lead and react differently than their
female counterparts. As an HR professional who likely has a female boss, it
can help to know it isn't just you.
Many of us have dreamed of rock stardom—climbing on stage
in front of an audience, and watching thousands of people sing along with us as
we aggressively strum our guitar like Angus Young. There's nothing like that
level of recognition to get your adrenaline pumping, especially from a stadium
full of people who are able to come together under the common bond of your
awesome abilities.
Jessica Miller-Merrell, blogging4jobs
Technology is rapidly changing
the face of HR. It impacts the way businesses are organized and is a big
influence on how people define work. With more pressure on becoming mobile, social,
automated, cloud-based and overall tech friendly, Human Resources must stay on
top of the changing trends and demonstrate value. No longer is the Human Resources department
where you go to just get benefits information, but it's the department that
drives the value of the company through recruitment and employee retention.
Evan Rodd, PayScale.com
During the 2012 election, voters in Colorado and Washington
were faced with an interesting decision: Should recreational marijuana use be
Many states continue to legalize medical marijuana, while others
are considering similar measures for recreational use. Currently, 18 states have
laws regarding the legal consumption of marijuana.
Jessica Miller-Merrell, Blogging4Jobs
show that while employee rewards programs are popular by employers, they are
not as appealing to the employees for which they were created in the first
place. Employee perks and healthcare
benefits are popular lures among employees, but salary compensation still
reigns supreme as the benefit of choice.
Money is (and probably always will be) the number one way to recruit,
retain and hire qualified job seekers. But, that doesn't mean rewards programs should go by the wayside. A comprehensive total rewards package is
essential, but half the battle is letting the employees know the rewards are
out there. Communication is the key.
A few years ago, I went to a presentation where the former
President of SHRM, Sue Meisinger
was speaking to a group of HR professionals. When it was time for questions, I
asked, "What do you wish HR professionals would stop doing?" Her priceless response was, "Would you please stop asking for your seat at
the table." She went on to explain that people don't get to the executive table by asking. Either they show up and no one stops them, or they
are needed there because their input is invaluable. She commented
that HR needs to stop asking and start doing. Even better, HR needs to become
so influential that their input as the expert on talent management strategy is also
invaluable. So, why are so many people asking instead of doing? Because they
don't do anything that warrants being there. Every HR
person I've ever met has plenty of work to do. The problem is not the volume of work
being done but the prioritization of work.
Jessica Sanders, ResourceNation
In today's business world, the temporary workforce is
growing at a rapid pace. According to the American Staffing Annual Analysis,
"In a 2011 McKinsey Global Institute U.S. Jobs Survey of 2,000 employers of all
sizes and in all sectors, 34% said they expect their companies will use more
temporary and contract workers over the next five years."
Stacey Carroll, PayScale.com
Last week,
PayScale presented a well-attended webinar entitled, "The Right Way to Give Pay Raises." This
time of year, we hear from many of our customers that they have a raise budget
for next year, but need help understanding how to best allocate the funds. The
overall budget for pay increases seems to be between three and four percent for most
companies this year. At the same time, research suggests that to truly drive behavioral change the reward has
to be significant (upwards of seven percent). So, how do you motivate your talented
employees to stay and perform at their best with only a four percent raise to give? The best solution is to use a Merit Matrix to differentiate raises based on three factors: market changes, proficiency, and
If you're in the business of giving or receiving (or hoping to receive) an annual merit increase, it's a good time to get familiar with pay bands. Pay bands — a term that is sometimes used to lump broader terms such as pay levels, ranges or grades — is a component of an organized salary compensation structure. For example, an administrative position at a software company might include receptionists, office assistants and executive assistants. Those jobs are categorized together and given a predetermined minimum and maximum (Pay Band 1 = $12-$18 per hour).
On the popular FOX TV series, "Arrested Development," Michael Bluth (played by Jason Bateman) is forced to take over his family's
failing construction company, after his CEO father is placed in jail under accusations
of treason. The show follows Bluth through a series of hilarious attempts to build
a business out of a staff and family that are beyond ill equipped for the
Following the Bluth family from one misguided effort to the
next leaves one to wonder, what kind of talent management systems are in place
in their company? Also, in what world does Portia De Rossi pursue a
relationship with David Cross? I suppose that is another story.
Laleh Hassibi, payscale.com
Today PayScale released improved versions of our products,
MarketRate and Insight. This release represents the first set of enhancements
resulting from recent conversations between our development team and our customers.


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I wrote about my client's miserable treatment at a local hospital's emergency room recently — and was hit by an avalanche of mail...
I wrote about my client's miserable treatment at a local hospital's emergency room recently — and was hit by an avalanche of mail describing much worse.
That's why I like to toss out some good news occasionally — not to make you feel "happy days are here again," but to put things in perspective. No matter what happens to us as a society, each of us needs to have our little pocket of grace to hold onto, a sense of optimism that there are still good people in the world doing good things.
This month, Qualis Health, a nonprofit organization in Seattle that works to improve the quality of health-care delivery and outcomes across the nation, presented Awards of Excellence in Healthcare Quality to six outstanding health-care providers in our state. The categories included large urban hospitals; rural critical-care providers; information technology-driven health care; nursing homes and home health care. Each submission required concrete, demonstrable evidence of success.
Of the six organizations that were honored, five are in Eastern Washington, which I find remarkable since all providers in the state were eligible. The one on "our" side of the mountains is Providence Hospice & Home Care of Snohomish County in Everett.
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Providence has provided home health and hospice services in Snohomish County and Camano Island for 30 years. This year, Qualis Health honors the organization for dramatically improving the bereavement services of its hospice program. (Hospice is specialized care for people in the last stages of dying, making their remaining time as full and comfortable — pain free — as possible. Bereavement is support for their survivors, usually lasting a year.)
Hospice services are one of the true success stories of the health-care system, established in England and transported to this country, quietly, about 30 years ago. Medicare and other insurers pay for it. Some services, such as bereavement, are mandated but not reimbursed, meaning they're often provided scantily.
In 2006, Providence partnered with two university master's programs in counseling psychology — at City University and Northwest University — to train student interns to provide ongoing bereavement services to clients' families. Each student received 35 hours of training, then provided 15 hours a week of unpaid work for a year, providing a total of 3,192 volunteer hours, or more than $98,000 in unpaid bereavement services, for a net cost of zero. Family and student evaluations have proved its success.
My favorite honoree (because I've written so often about the failures in eldercare) is in the nursing-home category. The winner this year is Hillcrest Manor and Rehab Center, a 60-bed nursing home in rural Sunnyside, Yakima County. Built in 1970, Hillcrest looks like any other facility. However, its philosophy of care — called "Culture Change," which it adopted in 2000 — delivers superior quality that's light-years ahead of most.
Nonetheless, Hillcrest still suffered from a common problem: high staff turnover and absenteeism. Most nursing homes rotate their nursing assistants frequently from one group of residents to another, meaning that staff and residents don't get to know each other or build relationships. In 2005, Hillcrest's staff turnover was 84 percent (the state's average is 71 percent).
After training from Qualis Health, Hillcrest embarked on a program called "consistent assignment," meaning the same nursing assistants care for the same residents, getting to know them better and bonding with them. Staff turnover fell to 59 percent in 2007. Absenteeism dropped 16 percent in a single year. The day-shift staff liked it immediately, but the swing-shift staff preferred to continue to rotate — until they tried consistent assignment and, after a month, adopted it permanently. The nurse's aides even took over their own scheduling, based on their residents' health needs and preferences.
But the real improvement is in the quality of care. Pressure sores dropped 66 percent from 2006 to 2007, and other areas of concern — such as falls, weight loss and psychotropic medications — have also remained low. When staff know their residents' needs, their histories and their likes and dislikes, the "care relationship improves exponentially," says Mary Arthur, Hillcrest's administrator.
To read more about Qualis Health and its honorees, go to www.qualishealth.org.
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Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) Movie Reviews
Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Release Date: Apr 30, 2010
Genre: HorrorSciFi/Fantasy
Rating: (R)
User reviews on Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
i loved the new nightmare freddy was serious and mean as hell the whole story had a great twist .not to say the originals didnt rock but the new one was more intense!
it was decent, not a bad remake at all. but i still like the original more. this one did have some original scenes plus some old ones brought back to life. its a good hack n slash, but i still like the older more. this was more about how many can be killed and how quickly while the other built up to it. i also liked the old freddy more, the one in this one just doesnt look as intimidating.
I love movies but this Nightmare was aweful!! The guy who played Freddy could not act if his life depended on it..skip it...it's not worth your time or money....Yikes!!
this movie was great. After the movie was over i was to scared to even sleep i thought if i slept i was gonna get killed. So when you watch this movie be ready to shit and pee your pants{ this includes girls ] you just heard from the review master justin peker.so go out there and watch it.
first one was a ton better!
even freddy vs jason was better!
Absolute garbage. To think about what they did to a nice classic movie, where a little girl's belief in Santa Claus brings joy to the world, makes me want to diarrhea. Some major differences in this new version:
-Santa's name is "Freddy"
-Instead of 12 vicious reindeer, he has 10 razor-sharp knives on his fingers
-Santa's rosy red cheeks have been interpreted in this version as hideous burn scars
-Instead of giving toys to children, he murders them
-The little girl from the original has been re-cast as a horny teen
Note to Hollywood: Stick with the original. Don't remake the classics!
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September 26, 2012
Real Scientists Change Their Minds To Fit The Facts
Personally, I prefer to take my science without politics.
Let's actually study preconceived ideas and see if they stand up to scientific scrutiny. If they do not, perhaps it's time to change our views. However, as we all have known since the days of Galileo, science and politics can get messy. And there's nothing messier than a scientist gerrymandering, contorting his research to fit an already-reached conclusion.
According to media reports, it appears that an activist against genetically modified (GM) food "studied" the effects of GM corn and found that, surprise, it's toxic to laboratory animals. The problem is that Gilles-Eric Seralini of the University of Caen in France, who is also the lead scientist at an organization devoted to lobbying against genetically modified foods, appeared to have manipulated, and even falsified, data to reach this erroneous conclusion.
The study was on Monsanto's Roundup-Ready corn. And for those who follow the anti-GMO movement, Monsanto is considered the evil empire among activists. That may or may not be, but manipulating data is obviously not the way to prove it.
You can draw your own conclusions in the links I'll place on the bottom of this post, but Forbes contributor Steven Salzberg put it concisely, writing:
It turns out to be a very badly designed study, and the report itself omits many crucial details that may (and probably do) completely invalidate the findings. The scientists leading the study have a strongly biased agenda and a conflict of interest, which they failed to reveal. More here
As I've written before on the anti-nanotech movement, just because you think it's harmful since it fits your preconcieved world view, and repeat the same lie over and over again, doesn't make it so no matter how many times it's "liked" or "retweeted" or "upvoted," or whatever.
The way science works is that one study builds upon another, which builds upon another until, over time, real conclusions can be reached. There are no shortcuts. Take, for example, these former climate-change skeptics who just could not ignore the evidence.
Real scientists change their minds to fit the facts, rather than the other way around.
- Read more in this Forbes report
- The Scientist covers the story as well
- So does Reuters
- And my old friends at BoingBoing ran an excellent commentary on "why peer review doesn't mean accurate"
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Nothing to do with Robert Muldoon the one-time prime minister of New Zealand, or Paul Muldoon the Northern Irish poet, or even Peter Cooks Ballad Of Spotty Muldoon (1965). No, the roots of this quaint expression reach much further back. . .
We have recently heard from Don Meade, a scholar of Irish-American history and an expert on the Irish genre of music-hall, who has sent us a wealth of information on the origins and development of Muldoons Picnic the show. He has very kindly given us permission to upload his 6,000-word essay on the subject, The Life and Times of Muldoon, the Solid Man, which you can read in PDF format here. If you can supply any further information on the subject, wed be very glad to hear from you: please drop us a line by mailing .
To summarise, a satirical song called "Muldoon, the Solid Man", written by Edward Harrigan was first performed in 1874 as part of a long-forgotten sketch about a washing-line called Who Owns the Line?. The character of Muldoon was a great hit and was appropriated by (among others) Barry and Fay for their Muldoon's Picnic, a farcical romp involving Muldoon and his sidekick Mulcahy.


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I'm pretty new to fixed gear riding. Actually I've never ridden a fixed gear bike in my life and would like to get started. I'm planning to use a fixed gear for training for road races, and commuting to college, as well as doing an occasional road time trial. I was pretty set on getting a Bianchi Pista from another bike shop since my LBS doesn't stock Bianchi. So I put a deposit down, but I found out yesterday that all the 06 chrome Pistas (and the green ones as well) were out of stock at the suppliers. So I was put down first on a waiting list. It wasn't certain when the next shipment would be coming in though. The shop owner said maybe early or late Feb or maybe even March. I then went down to my LBS, and the owner told me he could get me a 2005 KHS Flite 100( I think the 2006 looks kinda ugly in red) for $499.99 (The price the other shop was selling the Bianchi for). But there were only 2 50cm in stock at the supplier.
They both appear to be good bikes. I know the Binachi comes with a front brake and is chrome. But I really don't know how it handles or how the KHS handles. How are the components on both of them? I know there might be another thread on this. But I'm really confused on which one I should get. Can anyone help me out?
Thanks a lot.