Job Purpose: Perform accounting related duties involved
in processing the Institute payrolls to include data entry and verification, customer service and preparing schedules and
reports.
Major Responsibilities:
Enter and validate data in Payroll HRMS.
Respond to customer
inquiries regarding Payroll policies and procedures.
Research and assist all employees with gross to net issues.
Update
paylines for on cycle processing overrides and process weekly off cycle checks.
Validate employee paperwork for
correctness.
Run ad hoc queries and Excel spreadsheets as directed.
Perform other related duties as
assigned.
Basic Qualifications:
Education: A High School/GED or Vocational School
Diploma
Work Experience: Four to five years job related experience.
Certifications:
Skills: This job requires working knowledge of and skill in payroll processing to include performance of
data entry, verification, reconciliation, basic analyses and report preparation. Skills in customer service and use of payroll and human
resources information systems are required.
Successful candidate must be able to pass a credit check. Please visit http://www.admin-fin.gatech.edu/human/ employment/080100.html to obtain GT's background
and credit policy.
Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Preferred Education: Technical Diploma, Associate's Degree, or two years college course work in
accounting, business, and/or computer science related field.
Preferred Work Experience: Experience working with
PeopleSoft is highly desire.
Additional Information:
Impact & Influence: This
position will interact on a consistent basis with: Payroll supervision and co-workers, customers. This position typically will advise and
counsel: NA. This position will supervise: NA.
Department Description:
Georgia Tech is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law. Consistent with its obligations under federal law, each company that is a federal contractor or subcontractor is committed to taking affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified women, minorities, disabled individuals, special disabled veterans, veterans of the Vietnam era, and other eligible veterans.
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Contact: Kat Kerlin kekerlin@ucdavis.edu 530-750-9195 University of California - Davis
Decades of extreme weather crippled, and ultimately decimated, first the political culture and later the human population of the ancient Maya, according to a new study by an interdisciplinary team of researchers that includes two University of California, Davis, scientists.
The collapse of the Maya is one of the world's most enduring mysteries. Now, for the first time, researchers have combined a precise climatic record of the Maya environment with a precise record of Maya political history to provide a better understanding of the role weather had in the civilization's downfall.
Their findings are published in the Nov. 9, 2012 issue of the journal Science.
"Here you had an amazing state-level society that had created calendars, magnificent architecture, works of art, and was engaged in trade throughout Central America," said UC Davis anthropology professor and co-author Bruce Winterhalder. "They were incredible craftspersons, proficient in agriculture, statesmanship and warfareand within about 80 years, it fell completely apart."
To determine what was happening in the sociopolitical realm during each of those years, the study tapped the extensive Maya Hieroglyphic Database Project, run by UC Davis Native American Language Center director and linguist Martha Macri, a specialist in Mayan hieroglyphs who has been tracking the culture's stone monuments for nearly 30 years.
"Every one of these Maya monuments is political history," said Macri.
Inscribed on each monument is the date it was erected and dates of significant events, such as a ruler's birthday or accession to power, as well as dates of some deaths, burials and major battles. The researchers noted that the number of monuments carved decreased in the years leading to the collapse.
But the monuments made no mention of ecological events, such as storms, drought or references to crop successes or failures.
For that information, the research team collected a stalagmite from a cave in Belize, less than 1 mile from the Maya site of Uxbenka and about 18 miles from three other important centers. Using oxygen isotope dating in 0.1 millimeter increments along the length of the stalagmite, the scientists uncovered a physical record of rainfall over the past 2,000 years.
Combined, the stalagmite and hieroglyphs allowed the researchers to link precipitation to politics. Periods of high and increasing rainfall coincided with a rise in population and political centers between 300 and 660 AD. A climate reversal and drying trend between 660 and 1000 AD triggered political competition, increased warfare, overall sociopolitical instability, and finally, political collapse. This was followed by an extended drought between 1020 and 1100 AD that likely corresponded with crop failures, death, famine, migration and, ultimately, the collapse of the Maya population.
"It has long been suspected that weather events can cause a lot of political unrest and subject societies to disease and invasion," Macri said. "But now it's clear. There is physical evidence that correlates right along with it. We are dependent on climatological events that are beyond our control."
Said Winterhalder: "It's a cautionary tale about how fragile our political structure might be. Are we in danger the same way the Classic Maya were in danger? I don't know. But I suspect that just before their rapid descent and disappearance, Maya political elites were quite confident about their achievements."
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Co-authors leading the study are Douglas Kennett of Pennsylvania State University and Sebastian Breitenbach of Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule in Switzerland. The research was funded by the National Science Foundation, the European Research Council and Alphawood Foundation.
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Contact: Kat Kerlin kekerlin@ucdavis.edu 530-750-9195 University of California - Davis
Decades of extreme weather crippled, and ultimately decimated, first the political culture and later the human population of the ancient Maya, according to a new study by an interdisciplinary team of researchers that includes two University of California, Davis, scientists.
The collapse of the Maya is one of the world's most enduring mysteries. Now, for the first time, researchers have combined a precise climatic record of the Maya environment with a precise record of Maya political history to provide a better understanding of the role weather had in the civilization's downfall.
Their findings are published in the Nov. 9, 2012 issue of the journal Science.
"Here you had an amazing state-level society that had created calendars, magnificent architecture, works of art, and was engaged in trade throughout Central America," said UC Davis anthropology professor and co-author Bruce Winterhalder. "They were incredible craftspersons, proficient in agriculture, statesmanship and warfareand within about 80 years, it fell completely apart."
To determine what was happening in the sociopolitical realm during each of those years, the study tapped the extensive Maya Hieroglyphic Database Project, run by UC Davis Native American Language Center director and linguist Martha Macri, a specialist in Mayan hieroglyphs who has been tracking the culture's stone monuments for nearly 30 years.
"Every one of these Maya monuments is political history," said Macri.
Inscribed on each monument is the date it was erected and dates of significant events, such as a ruler's birthday or accession to power, as well as dates of some deaths, burials and major battles. The researchers noted that the number of monuments carved decreased in the years leading to the collapse.
But the monuments made no mention of ecological events, such as storms, drought or references to crop successes or failures.
For that information, the research team collected a stalagmite from a cave in Belize, less than 1 mile from the Maya site of Uxbenka and about 18 miles from three other important centers. Using oxygen isotope dating in 0.1 millimeter increments along the length of the stalagmite, the scientists uncovered a physical record of rainfall over the past 2,000 years.
Combined, the stalagmite and hieroglyphs allowed the researchers to link precipitation to politics. Periods of high and increasing rainfall coincided with a rise in population and political centers between 300 and 660 AD. A climate reversal and drying trend between 660 and 1000 AD triggered political competition, increased warfare, overall sociopolitical instability, and finally, political collapse. This was followed by an extended drought between 1020 and 1100 AD that likely corresponded with crop failures, death, famine, migration and, ultimately, the collapse of the Maya population.
"It has long been suspected that weather events can cause a lot of political unrest and subject societies to disease and invasion," Macri said. "But now it's clear. There is physical evidence that correlates right along with it. We are dependent on climatological events that are beyond our control."
Said Winterhalder: "It's a cautionary tale about how fragile our political structure might be. Are we in danger the same way the Classic Maya were in danger? I don't know. But I suspect that just before their rapid descent and disappearance, Maya political elites were quite confident about their achievements."
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Co-authors leading the study are Douglas Kennett of Pennsylvania State University and Sebastian Breitenbach of Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule in Switzerland. The research was funded by the National Science Foundation, the European Research Council and Alphawood Foundation.
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REHOBOTH, Mass. (AP) ? It wasn't hanging chads or voter fraud that delayed the vote count in one Massachusetts town ? it was a spider.
Rehoboth (ruh-HOH'-buth) Town Clerk Kathleen Conti says one of the town's aging voting machines malfunctioned Tuesday morning.
She called a technician, who said a spider web apparently prevented the machine's scanner from counting ballots. Conti tells The Sun Chronicle of Attleboro (http://bit.ly/XmzmSj ) all Rehoboth's voting machines received preventive maintenance a month ago.
The vote count wasn't completed until Wednesday afternoon.
Rehoboth voters favored Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney and incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, but went for Democratic U.S. House candidate Joseph Kennedy III.
Rehoboth, with about 12,000 residents, is about 50 miles southwest of Boston.
Conti says she has been pressing to have the machines replaced for several years.
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Information from: The (Attleboro, Mass.) Sun Chronicle, http://www.thesunchronicle.com
NEW YORK (AP) ? United Airlines says Superstorm Sandy cut its October revenue by about $90 million as it was forced to cancel almost 5,300 flights.
That's nearly an entire day's worth of United's schedule lost. It runs about 5,500 flights a day throughout the world.
United, the world's largest airline, said late Wednesday that the storm that came aground in the New York area 10 days ago shaved about $35 million off its profit in October.
But the hurricane-winter storm hybrid boosted its per-passenger revenue by about 1 percent. That's because some stranded travelers were stuffed onto other flights, allowing the airline to improve efficiency.
Delta said last week that Sandy cut its October revenue by $45 million and profit by $20 million.
United parent United Continental Holdings Inc. is based in Chicago.
Facebook has just updated their app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch to version 5.1 which brings with it updates to make chat easier to access, a way to add favorites to the top of your chat panel, multi-photo upload, and more. Unfortunately, many users are reporting multiple issues with the new update as well.
The update release notes are as follows -
Now it's easier to chat with your friends and share multiple photos. - Swipe left anywhere in the app to quickly see who's available and send a message - Add friends you message most to the top of your Favorites - Share multiple photos fast - Give real gifts to your friends using Facebook Gifts (US-only) - When sending messages, see who's active so you and your friends know how soon to expect a reply
While the ability to upload multiple photos at once may be cause for celebration for some Facebook users, others are wishing they wouldn't have updated at all. We've received several reports from readers claiming that after the update they were unable to log in at all or the "Recent Updates" section of the update was blank.
Some users have reported that uninstalling the app and re-installing it fixed the issue while others aren't having any luck. If you've updated Facebook for iOS to version 5.1, are you experiencing any issues? If so, let us know what issues you're having in the comments.
Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades made a pastoral visit to Holy Family School on Thursday, Nov. 1.
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SOUTH BEND ? In an unexpected turn of events, during a Mass marking the solemnity of All Saints Day at Holy Family Parish, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades had the pleasure of interviewing one of America?s newest saints.
Well, not exactly.
As a part of his pastoral visit to Holy Family School, the bishop began with an all-school Mass that included fourth-grade students who were dressed as their favorite saints. Among the students was Alexis Moran, who was dressed as Kateri Tekakwitha, a Native American who was canonized on Oct. 21 by Pope Benedict XVI.
Bishop Rhoades asked Alexis to come with him to the pulpit where he interviewed her on the background of St. Kateri. Moran?s information on the saint resulted in accolades from the bishop and applause from the congregation.
During his homily, Bishop Rhoades asked the students to repeat the phrase ?beatific vision,? which means seeing God in the glory of heaven. He explained that beyond the souls of those in heaven are those in purgatory that are in need of purification before they see God.
?That?s why it is important to pray for the dead, to pray for those in purgatory,? said Bishop Rhoades. He added that the Church ?includes Christ?s disciples here on earth, the saints in heaven and the people being purified, which make up the communion of saints.?
Bishop Rhoades? visit included a tour of the school?s facilities and answering students? questions within their classes. Eighth-grade students were very interested in getting information about Confirmation and the selection of their new saint name during the process.
Holy Family School opened on Sept. 6, 1954 with 236 students in grades 1-6. The school was the 14th Catholic grade school in the diocese and was staffed by five Felician Sisters from Livonia, Mich. Seventh and eighth grades were added in 1955 and 1956, and in 1978, a kindergarten was opened. Due to a need for increased enrollment, a preschool was added in 1991.
Felician Sister Joan Marie Shillinger has been the principal of Holy Family School since 1993 and is pleased with new structural changes and updated educational programs at the school.
Last summer new windows were installed in all of the classrooms with hallway windows to be completed in the next phase of school remodeling. In addition, updating technology through the use of Smart Boards or Polyvision boards and projectors has been added in the classrooms. Sister Joan Marie noted that the school would like to update computers in the labs and classrooms and have all teachers receive updated notebook computers for their classrooms as well.
Holy Family fourth-grade students have participated in the past few years in a Water Safety and Aquatic Emergency Program presented by the South Bend Fire Department, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, South Bend Parks and Recreation Department and St. Joseph?s Regional Medical Center. Notre Dame allows the school to use their Knute Rockne Pool. This ?hands on? program is an expansion of a 90-minute program that was presented to all the parochial and South Bend Community School Corporation students a number of years ago.
Sister Joan Marie said, ?While this program will not ?drown proof? the children, it does teach them respect for the water, how to prevent water accidents, and in the event of an aquatic emergency, how to properly respond to save themselves or someone else, while minimizing the danger to themselves.?
Some of the topics covered are CPR, self-rescue, survival swimming and floating, HELP and huddle positions, life jackets, lifesaving skills, water and medical emergencies and special water emergencies. Additionally, parents are invited to a special demonstration at the end of the five-week program.
Two active priests from the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Send are alumni of Holy Family School.
Father Andrew Budzinski, parochial vicar of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Fort Wayne recalled, ?Holy Family Parish and School were very important in my formation in becoming a priest because, after my family, the parish and school were the most important factors in teaching me the Catholic faith and bringing me the sacraments.?
Father Andrew Curry, pastor of St. Robert Bellarmine Parish, North Manchester, and St. Francis Xavier Parish, Pierceton, and chaplain to the Catholic Newman Group at Manchester College, has fond memories of the school.
?I remember having fun with friends from my class such as when we would stay after school to play the card game Uno with Mr. Bob Budzinski, (a teacher at Holy Family School for 25 years and currently the assistant principal),? said Father Curry.
Father Chuck Herman, pastor of Holy Family Parish, offered his assessment of what makes the school successful.
?At Holy Family we strive to provide a well-rounded education for all of our students, in helping them to grow spiritually, mentally and physically. A Catholic education is so important today because of our very secular society. It is our mission to teach positive Christian values to our students, which will enable them to live good lives,? Father Herman concluded.
Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades made a pastoral visit to Holy Family School on Thursday, Nov. 1.
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