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<h2><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Once You�ve Grown Those
Flowers,<br>
Don�t Let Someone Else Pick Them.</font> </h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Once
again, about 8 years later we are facing a growing labor shortage in the U.S.
The forecasts from almost every source indicate a shrinking American labor force
with an expanding number of job openings.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">There�s
a lot we can do to improve our recruiting and to increase the number of workers
available to us. But its just as important to concentrate on keeping the
employees we already have. Keeping employees is also an important part
of recruiting and its a lot less expensive.</font></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">The
long term health and success of your company may be better served by your long-term
employees than by the next superstar you hire.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Here
are 10 tips for keeping the employees you�ve already got.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1.
Satisfied employees know what�s expected of them.</b> Although job requirements
may change, be sure every employee knows what is expected of them. Reinforce
those expectations and don�t confuse the employee by changing them carelessly.<b>
</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>2.
Good supervisors make and keep good employees.</b> People leave supervisors
more often then they leave jobs or companies. Supervisors need to:</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.25in; margin-left: .5in"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Symbol">�<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Be clear about expectations</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.25in; margin-left: .5in"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Symbol">�<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Identify and develop potential</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.25in; margin-left: .5in"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Symbol">�<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Give constant feedback about performance</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.25in; margin-left: .5in"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Symbol">�<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Convince the employee that he/she can succeed.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>3.
Employees must feel free to speak their mind.</b> The person with the
best opportunity for work improvement ideas is the one doing the work.
He or she must feel they can speak up in order for you to get those ideas.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>4.
You should identify and use the talents and skills of each employee.</b>
People will use the skills, talents, abilities and interests they have.
They <i> want</i> to use them. If they don�t use them with you, they will
somewhere else.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>5.
The perception of fairness and equitable treatment is essential.</b> Even
though you are treating employees fairly, if they don�t perceive it as fair,
then you�re losing them. Be sure that employees feel that you are fair
in all matters that affect them, including </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">pay,
recognition, dispute resolution, performance evaluation, job assignments etc.
Bring them into the decision making process.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>6.
Provide employees with the tools, time and the training</b>. When an employee
is failing at work, first ask the W. Edwards Deming question, �What is it about
the work system that is causing this person to fail?� Explore that problem
first. What should we be doing to improve how things get done? Do
we have the right tools available? Did we take the time to explain and
prepare for this job? Is this person properly and confidently trained?
</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>7.
Your best employees are thinking about and seeking opportunities to learn, to
grow their careers, increase their knowledge and to develop new skills</b>.
The good ones want to be better off next year than this year. They aren�t
working for the love of work nor just for the money. They want to improve
something in their lives and they will, with you or with someone else.
Let them know how they can do those things within your company.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>8.
Make employees feel that they are part of what�s going on</b>. The number
one reason employees leave during the first 90 days, is that they never assimilated
into the group or the environment. They came in as outsiders and stayed
that way. Assign someone to mentor and buddy-up with each new employee.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>9.
Never use looming disaster to threaten or scare employees. </b> �If we
don�t get this contract we won�t be in business long.� If we keep losing
money on these jobs I�m going to have to lay some people off.� Such comments
can scare employee off. Don�t use company failure as a scare tactic to
motivate employees. Once the ship sounds like it�s going to sink, the
smart people will start looking for the lifeboats.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>10.
Recognize employee effort and achievement.</b> When someone does a good
job or has a good idea, say so, publicly. Rewards, recognition, bonuses
and gifts solidify that recognition. Everyone likes recognition for his
or her efforts. Employees seek it. They will find it wherever it
is.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Once
you�ve recruited and planted that new seed and then oriented, trained, worked
with, established relationships and developed it, don�t let someone else pick
that beautiful flower. </font></p>
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<h2 style="margin-left:.75in" align="center">
<font face="Verdana" color="#008000">Have an employment question?</font></h2>
<h3 style="margin-left:.75in" align="center"><font face="Verdana">Send it to
<a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=From HR On The Job">
[email protected]</a></font></h3>
<p style="margin-left:.75in" align="center"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">
Please include Company Name and Association in your e-mail. Company
identification will be kept confidential.</font></b></p>
<hr>
<h2 align="left"><b><u><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hitchhiking on the Information
Highway</font></u></b></h2>
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font
size="4" color="#FF0000">Dateline: July 2005</font></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Note. Although we attempt to provide the HRU update on the first
of each month, we are normally delayed awaiting the release of several
monthly government statistical reports. We will hereafter update the information
as each report becomes available without waiting for all of them to be
released.</font></i></p>
<p> </p>
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<h3><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Salary Increases
for 2005</font></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Across
the board, the U.S. national average for increases this year is 3.5%
and will likely stay at that level into 2006 according to The Conference
Board.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Cost
control is still the main driver for U.S. companies as they reported
the following breakdowns:</font></p>
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<td width="119"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout">Non-Exempts:</span></font></td>
<td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout">3.5%</span></font></td>
</tr>
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<td width="119"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout">Exempts: </span></font></td>
<td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout">3.5%</span></font></td>
</tr>
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<td width="119"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout">Executives: </span></font></td>
<td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout">3.6%</span></font></td>
</tr>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Estimates
for 2006 as reported by U.S. companies:</font></p>
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<td width="133"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout">Non-Exempts: </span></font></td>
<td width="441"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout">Median
- 3.5%</span></font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="133"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"></font></td>
<td width="441"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout">Mid
50% range - 3.3% to 4.0%</span></font></td>
</tr>
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<td width="133"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout">Exempts:</span></font></td>
<td width="441"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout">Median
- 3.5%</span></font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="133"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"></font></td>
<td width="441"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout">Mid
50% range - 3.5% to 4.0%</span></font></td>
</tr>
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<td width="133"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout">Executives: </span></font></td>
<td width="441"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout">Median
� 3.5%</span></font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="133"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"></font></td>
<td width="441"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout">Mid
50% range � 3.5% to 4.0%</span></font></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">If
inflation begins to climb it can wipe out those gains. 2005 makes
the 3<sup>rd</sup> time in the past 11 years that the median increase
has been below 4%.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">�Yes,
this is a bad time for France and friends to lose even more
of their appetite for hard work, just as <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> and
<st1:country-region w:st="on"> <st1:place w:st="on">Poland</st1:place></st1:country-region>
are rediscovering theirs.�<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">
<span style="mso-tab-count:5">
</span>Thomas Friedman</b></font>
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<h3 class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Outsourcing,
To Where?</font></span></b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Is
outsourcing bad? Many people see it as the ultimate evil but to
see outsourcing only as sending our high paying jobs to India for cheap
labor is not the story.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Considering
the number of jobs that are outsourced to the U.S. and that most of
the jobs we outsource are repetitive digital transmissions and telephonic
response, real outsourcing means finding more efficient, productive,
accurate and cost effective ways of doing the job, and that�s how the
U.S. is today still leading the world in the global economy.
</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">A
surprising example can be found in Cape Girardeau, MO at the McDonald�s
restaurant on US 55. As you place your order at the drive-thru
mike to the attendant and begin your 5-second drive to the pick-up window,
you won�t notice that:</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.25in; margin-left: .3in"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="font-family: Symbol">�<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Your photo has just been taken</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.25in; margin-left: .3in"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="font-family: Symbol">�<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Your order has been outsourced to an attendant over 800
miles away in Colorado Springs, CO</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.25in; margin-left: .3in"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="font-family: Symbol">�<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>It has been returned to the pick-up window with your bill
and photo attached to assure a proper match-up</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">After
payment and pick-up the photo is destroyed.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Is
all this trouble just to hire a cheaper, non-uniformed attendant?
Actually, the Colorado attendant makes more money then the one being
replaced. No, its about efficiency and productivity, it cuts the
time from order to delivery by almost half. Over the day it can
cut down on the lines and the accumulating waiting time. And its
about accuracy in that it cuts mistakes by about half. And its
profitable as the Colorado service provider gets a small transaction
fee paid by the McDonald�s owner.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">The
service provider in Colorado? That�s another McDonalds franchise
owner who invented the system for his own restaurant and now does the
order processing for the McDonald�s in MO. He also does it for
a McDonald�s in Norwood Mass and yet another in Brainerd, Minn.
McDonald�s headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill is now considering outsourcing
13,000 Franchisees to the Colorado source. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Outsourcing
to innovation.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">�The
art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to attain
the largest amount of feathers with the smallest amount of hissing.�<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">
<span style="mso-tab-count:5">
</span>Jean Baptiste Colbert</b></font>
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<![if !mso]><![endif]>
<h3 class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">May
I Introduce Myself?</font></span></b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">When
a customer in Las Vegas decided to rob the Papa Murphy�s Pizza Parlor,
he first ordered a pizza and then asked for an employment application,
while completing the form, he pulled out a gun and demanded the money
in the cash register. He got $200 and made his escape leaving
the application blank behind with his name and address.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">And
even though a witness also got his license number, his lawyer says he�s
innocent. He says it�s a case of mistaken identity.</font></p>
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<td><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout">
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">�</font></i><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i>I
have six locks on my door all in a row.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>When I go out, I only lock every other one.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking
my lock, they�re always locking three.�</i><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">
<span style="mso-tab-count:5">
</span>Elayne Boosler</b></font>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</span>
<hr width="75%">
<p></p>
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</blockquote>
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<p align="left"><font size="-1"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Minimum Wage:</b></font></p>
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<center>
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<h3><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">$5.15/hr.</font></h3>
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</center>
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<td width="13%" valign="middle" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Average
Income:</b></font></td>
<td width="67%" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1">
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<td width="50%" align="center"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Hourly</font></b></td>
<td width="50%" align="center"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Weekly</font></b></td>
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</table>
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
<u>
June
2004</u><br>
$15.</font><font size="-1">64</font></td>
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<p align="center">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
<u>
June
2005<br>
</u>$16.0</font><font size="-1">6</font></td>
<td width="25%" height="50">
<p align="center"> <u><font size="-1">June</font></u><span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u>
2004</u><br>
</font></span> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
$52</font><font size="-1">5.50</font></td>
<td width="25%" height="50">
<p align="center"><u>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
June 2005</font></u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u><br>
</u>$541.</font><font size="-1">22</font></td>
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</td>
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<td width="20%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
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<td width="100%" height="40" colspan="2">
<h3 align="center"><span style="text-decoration: none"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Federal<br>
Poverty Level:</b></font></span></h3>
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<p align="center"><b><u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">One
(1) Person<br>
</font></u></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$8,980</font>
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<td width="50%" height="48">
<p align="center"><u><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Family
of Four</font></b></u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><br>
$18,400</font>
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<td width="37%" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>IRS Mileage Allowance :</b></font></p>
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<center>
<td width="63%" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1">
<div align="left"><font size="-1"><b>40.5</b> </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">cents per mile<br>
</font></div>
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</center>
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<table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
<tr>
<td width="32%" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>Postage:</b></font></p>
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<center>
<td width="68%" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1"> </td>
</center>
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<td width="32%" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">1 oz.</font></td>
<td width="68%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">.37</font></td>
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<td width="32%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Each additional ounce</font></td>
<td width="68%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">.23</font></td>
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<td width="32%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><i>Postcards</i></font></td>
<td width="68%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">.23</font></td>
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<table border="0" width="98%">
<tr>
<td width="34%" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b><u>Population:</u></b></font></p>
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<center>
<td width="82%" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1"> </td>
</center>
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<td width="34%" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>World</b></font></td>
<td width="82%">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">6.3 Billion</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="34%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>U.S.</b></font></td>
<td width="82%">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">292.3 Million</font>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</b>
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<table border="1" width="99%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
<tr> <b>
<td width="48%" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1">
<p align="left"><b> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">U.S.
Workforce</font></b></p>
</td>
</b>
<center>
<td width="12%" align="center">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><u>
<font size="-1">
June 2004</font></u></b></font></td>
<b>
<td width="12%" align="center">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u><b>
June
2005 </b></u></font></td>
</b>
</center>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="48%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">U.S. Civilian Workforce</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">147,386,000</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">149,762,000</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="48%"><font size="-1">Number Employed</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"> <font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">139,158,000</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"> <font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
141,638,000</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="48%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Number Unemployed</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"> <font size="-1">8,228,000</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
7,486,000</font></td>
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<tr>
<td width="48%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Unemployment Rate</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center">
<p><font size="-1">5.6</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" align="center">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">5.0%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<tr>
<td width="25%" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1" height="48">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>Absentee Rates (annualized)</b></font></p>
</td>
<center>
<td width="10%" align="center" valign="top" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>1997</u></b></font></td>
<td width="9%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>1998</u></b></font></td>
<td width="7%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>1999</u></b></font></td>
<td width="10%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2000</u></b></font></td>
<td width="9%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2001</u></b></font></td>
<td width="10%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2002</u></b></font></td>
<td width="9%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<span style="text-decoration: none"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2003</u></b></font></span></td>
<td width="11%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<span style="text-decoration: none"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2004</u></b></font></span></td>
</center>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="25%" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1" height="48">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Men equal
approximately 1/3 of all absenteeism<br>
Women approximately 2/3</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.0%</font></td>
<td width="9%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.6%</font></td>
<td width="7%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.4%</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.9%</font></td>
<td width="9%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.1%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="10%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<p><font size="-1">3.6</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="9%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
3.4%</font></span></td>
<td width="11%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<p>
<span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
3.2%</font></span></p>
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<td width="100%">
<h4><b><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">PRODUCTIVITY
OF THE AMERICAN WORKFORCE</font></b><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
(The amount of goods produced, divided by the number of work hours
it took to produce it)</font></h4>
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</table>
<p>
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<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1992</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">3.7%</font></p>
</td>
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<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1993</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">0.5%</font></p>
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<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1994</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">1.3%</font></p>
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<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1995</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">0.9%</font></p>
</td>
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<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1996</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.5%</font></p>
</td>
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<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1997</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.0%</font></p>
</td>
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<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1998</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.6%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1999</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.4%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>2000</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.9%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>2001</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">1.1%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>2002</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">4.7%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>2003</b></font></td>
<td width="68%"><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">4.5%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%"><font size="-1"><b>2004</b></font></td>
<td width="68%"><font size="-1">4.0%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<span style="text-decoration: none">
<font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>1st
Quarter 2005</b></font></span></td>
<td width="68%">
<span style="text-decoration: none">
<font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">+2.6%</font></span></td>
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<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">� 2005 William J. Cook</font></p>
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