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One of the best friends I have on PL Remembers how it once was and how it should be Old school LEO Glad to be your friend Brother In Blue LEO BRO but I do Thank You and PL for the short time on it and Take Care Have a Great and Safe Day Every Day to All of You Take Care THANKS So Much God Bless you and your family Excellent Photographer Awsome LEO A true professionalGod be with you Sgt Joe A True American Hero A clever person who turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all TRUE BLUE The Brotherhood of Malta Protector of Malta
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I'm starting early so I can wish all of my PL friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Stay safe.
about 3 years ago
I know I'm sending this out a little early however; it's going to be a busy a month and I didn't want to miss the chance. I hope you and yours have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I leave you with two Irish Christmas Blessings, wish you all safe travels and as always, Stay Safe!
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Saw you were on and wanted to stop by and say HI. Hope you're having a nice weekend. Be safe.
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Just wanted to wish you and your family a Blessed Thanksgiving! We are having the family over to chow down. I think summer has finally left California, its been raining and getting cold and they say it might rain Thanksgiving. UGH! Have a great rest of the week. and take care!
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Hello.Had a little snow shower early this am,It didn't amount to much.Hope you have some good moments during this week.Take care and keep in touch.
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Hello! Just stopping by to say "HELLO". Haven't been here for a while. Hope you're doing well. Today it's snowing at the moment and I think we'll get a few inches. Have a great Sunday!
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It's been a while... Hope alls well with you and yours!!
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Council's European Market Design Task Force meeting with European Commission
A European Market Task Force comprised of member committees from across Europe are to meet on 22 February in Brussels with the European Commission. Our European Members have already carried out a survey to identify key areas of market design that are likely to become relevant in 5 -10 years time, but are not currently […]
Posted on 19 February 2016
Member Committee 2015 best moments
As 2015 came to a close with a very busy year end culminating in COP21, we asked member committees what were their best moments of the year. Find out more about the highlight events covering key regional issues as well as discussions on global topics that cross the world from North America and Latin America […]
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2nd WEC Baltic Sea Roundtable Discussions
World Energy Council member committees from Finland, Sweden, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia who surround the Baltic Sea gathered in Tallinn for the 2nd annual WEC Baltic Sea Roundtable. They met to discuss the most topical issues for the energy sector, namely regional energy security and the competitiveness of European energy-intensive economy. The 2nd WEC […]
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Energy transition: a tale of two countries
Japan and Germany have much in common in their energy situations, as participants from a recent WEC member event heard. The WEC's Japanese member committee heard an analysis of the German energy transition in a talk by Dr Hans-Wilhelm Schiffer, WEC Chair of World Energy Resources and a German energy expert, in Tokyo on 24 […]
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A brief stop on our way back from a meeting with one of the women's groups organized through FTAK, somewhere between the towns of Kudiyanmala and Vellad.
Small Farmers Big ChangeApril 10, 2014
A brief stop on our way back from a meeting with one of the women's groups organized through FTAK, somewhere between the towns of Kudiyanmala and Vellad.
Small Farmers Big ChangeApril 3, 2014
Mark your calendar and spread the word! The television premiere of SHIFT CHANGE is Sunday, April 6 at 5pm PST onKCTS-9 (Seattle's PBS affiliate).
Because KCTS-9 also broadcasts via KYVE-47 and various cable and satellite channels, SHIFT CHANGE will be seen throughout the Northwest and in many parts of Canada.
Small Farmers Big ChangeApril 3, 2014
Thank you for attending the Equal Exchange Banana Conference!
Participants came willing to ask the difficult questions and contend with imperfect solutions. And while we only scratched the surface, it's clear that we have the building blocks of a real movement for change.
Small Farmers Big ChangeApril 1, 2014
By Tom Hanlon-Wilde, Equal Exchange Sales Manager
Equal ExchangeMarch 28, 2014Categories:
Equal Exchange is proud to launch a new joint tea project with our sister co-operative in the United Kingdom, Equal Exchange Trading Ltd.
Co-ops have represented the heart of Fair Trade and its goal of building markets for small farmers from the beginning and we have joined forces to advance the work of authentic Fair Trade. At a time when corporations and plantations threaten the integrity of this movement, we are excited to be working in partnership to bring consumers and farmers around the world closer together.
Small Farmers Big ChangeMarch 25, 2014
I wanted to repost something that Carol Schachet, Director of Development and Communications, at Grassroots International wrote earlier this year about the important role that small farmers play in "… feeding the world, counteracting greenhouse gas emissions and other environmentally toxic poisons, conserving water and biodiversity and expanding social and economic justice." Click here to read this interesting piece about small farmers, Via Campesina, and our food system.
Small Farmers Big ChangeMarch 21, 2014
People often confuse the terms. They sound so similar. Free and Fair. To the uninformed, they even seem to go hand in hand.
Yet, no two concepts could be further apart in terms of what each represents as an idea and what impact each has on small farmers, workers, consumers, local communities, the environment, and so much more.
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March is Women's History Month–the perfect time to highlight a new initiative that I helped create: Java Jog for a Cause. The co-founders and I started out as a small group of women in coffee that serendipitously came together through our mutual interests: coffee, and in particular, women in coffee. We wanted to find a meaningful way to highlight the important role that women play in coffee and pair that with health and fitness.
Small Farmers Big ChangeMarch 17, 2014
Equal Exchange's Banana Conference:
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I love my new purse
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The Bookmobile makes about twenty-five regular monthly stops to provide library services to residents of unincorporated areas of Cochise County. Stops are at rural schools, post offices, trailer parks, and sometimes just a group of mailboxes. The Bookmobile stocks a rotating collection of books and other materials for all ages, and also takes requests.
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I think it's sort of like an Ino thing with Perona. She can send her spirit out at will, and become more in touch with the ghosts she controls. The only downside is that her body's left out in the open, and any damage caused to it will obviously affect her when she returns her spirit back to her body. What will happen in the next chapter is that they'll show a bit of Usopp's fight against Perona, the outcome being pretty short since both of them are fairly weak fighters.
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Two mountain lion attacks – colt slashed, rabbits dead
September 19, 2013
Two separate mountain lion attacks Monday reportedly left a 2-year-old colt seriously injured and a pair of pet rabbits dead.
The first attack, of a palomino paint gelding, occurred at about 4 a.m. in the 12000 block of La Barr Meadows Road.
"I'm devastated," said the horse's owner, Christine Beatty. "I was just breaking him to ride."
Beatty said she heard what she described as a loud cat cry, followed by her dogs "going nuts."
"They were raising Cain," said her husband, David.
Initially, the Beattys said, they couldn't tell what happened because it was still dark — but they soon discovered the colt and its mother covered in blood.
The colt was "slashed," Christine said, adding that the lacerations could not have been caused by the one strand of barbed wire in the fence.
"The claw marks were from a mountain lion, for sure," said David, adding that the vet concurred after treating the injured colt — to the tune of 180 stitches.
The mare injured her back shins kicking the mountain lion, the Beattys believe.
"The mama horse fought for her baby," Christine said; her husband noted that there was a blood trail leading away from their enclosure.
"The mare got him pretty good," He said. "She might have killed it. I don't know."
David said he spent Monday night in the pasture, in case the mountain lion came back.
The couple is hoping to acquire a depredation permit.
"I never, never would have suspected a cat would go after a horse," Christine said of the colt she was planning to show. "I'm just happy he's alive."
A mountain lion is also the suspect in the death of two rabbits on Banner Quaker Hill Road Monday afternoon.
Ted Johnson, who lives in the 14000 block, said he was gone from his residence for a four-hour period and returned at about 2 p.m. to find the rabbits — which had been in a dog kennel protected by a 6-foot cyclone fence — gone.
"There was no sign of them," he said.
Johnson said his wife eventually found one of the rabbits, half-buried and with its head partially eaten, about 30 feet away.
Tuesday morning, at about 3 a.m., Johnson said he was awakened by what sounded like a baby crying in the area — and when he turned the lights on, something "took off," setting off the motion detectors in his yard.
Johnson said when he went out to investigate at about 8 a.m. Tuesday, he found the second rabbit back in the cage, dead, and then saw what was either a mountain lion or a very large bobcat fleeing.
"It went over a 5-foot fence like it was nothing," he said.
The Mountain Lion Foundation notes that lions roam large territories, and a lion seen in the area after 10 days may not be the same one that caused the damage.
"Many biologists believe younger, dispersing lions are more likely to cause depredation, and these cats will often travel hundreds of miles to find a home range," according to the foundation's website.
"A juvenile dispersing lion may only stay in one area for a few days."
The foundation recommends protecting vulnerable animals, keeping animals in fully enclosed structures or using guard animals; the website notes a mountain lion can jump 15 feet vertically.
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According to the American Heart Association, there are between 1,900 and 14,200 pediatric cardiac arrests that occur each year outside of a hospital. The average ambulance response time is 10 to 12 minutes, but a child whose heart has stopped will have irreversible brain damage within 4 to 6 minutes and will die within 8 to 10 minutes. Learning infant Heimlich maneuver and CPR could save the life of your child or another in your care.
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If your baby is suddenly unable to cry or cough or turns bright red or blue she may be choking. If she is coughing or gagging, her airway is only partially blocked and you should let her try to cough the obstruction out. If she cannot cough, check to see if she is breathing by watching her chest for rising and falling and listen for the sound of her breathing. However, do not spend more than 30 seconds determining whether she is breathing.
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Leinster marched into the Heineken Cup quarter-finals on Friday thanks to a 36-3 victory over the Ospreys at the RDS in Dublin.
Leinster marched into the Heineken Cup quarter-finals on Friday thanks to a 36-3 victory over the Ospreys at the RDS in Dublin.
Ospreys were forced to play the final hour of the game with 14 men after lock Ian Evans was sent off for stamping on the head of a prostrate Mike McCarthy.
Up until then Leinster had toiled away without showing their usual fluency but the one-man advantage eventually told and they went on to score a total of five tries, two of them penalty tries.
Jimmy Gopperth opened the scoring with a seventh minute penalty only for Dan Biggar, the competition's top points scorer, to land his 21st successful kick at goal, albeit with a little help from the cross bar.
Determined Ospreys defending kept Leinster at bay until the 32nd minute when the first of the two penalty tries was awarded to the home side following a collapsed maul. Gopperth turned five points into seven with the conversion.
Matt Moore's surging run almost led to a second score but Gopperth, who was up in support, was unable to ground the ball over the line.
Man-of-the-match Cian Healy burrowed his way over from close range shortly after, Gopperth's second conversion taking the score to 17-3 at the break.
The expected second-half onslaught failed to materialise until the latter stages as Ospreys continued to defend for their lives.
Dave Kearney had a try disallowed before Leinster finally broke Ospreys' resistance with their second penalty try of the evening when, with his forwards being shunted backwards at a rate of knots, visiting scrum-half Rhys Webb was penalised for coming in at the side.
The bonus-point was secured when replacement forward Jordi Murphy charged over for the all-important fourth try after hitting the line at speed.
Isaac Boss then received a good inside ball off Luke Fitzgerald to score the fifth and final try of the match.
The scorers:
For Leinster:
Tries: Penalty try 2, Healy, Murphy, Boss
Cons: Gopperth 4
Pen: Gopperth
For Ospreys:
Pen: Biggar
Red cards: Ian Evans – 20th min – foul play
Leinster: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Dave Kearney, 13 Brian O'Driscoll, 12 Gordon D'Arcy, 11 Luke Fitzgerald, 10 Jimmy Gopperth, 9 Eoin Reddan, 8 Jamie Heaslip (c), 7 Shane Jennings, 6 Rhys Ruddock, 5 Mike McCarthy, 4 Devin Toner, 3 Martin Moore, 2 Sean Cronin, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Richardt Strauss, 17 Jack McGrath, 18 Mike Ross, 19 Leo Cullen, 20 Jordi Murphy, 21 Isaac Boss, 22 Ian Madigan, 23 Zane Kirchner.
Ospreys: 15 Sam Davies, 14 Jeff Hassler, 13 Jonathan Spratt, 12 Ben John, 11 Aisea Natoga, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Rhys Webb, 8 Ryan Jones, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Tyler Ardron, 5 Ian Evans, 4 Alun-Wyn Jones (c), 3 Adam Jones, 2 Richard Hibbard, 1 Ryan Bevington.
Replacements: 16 Scott Baldwin, 17 Marc Thomas, 18 Dan Suter, 19 Lloyd Peers, 20 James King, 21 Morgan Allen, 22 Thomas Habberfield, 23 Matthew Morgan.
Venue: RDSReferee: Romain Poite (Fra)
Assistant referees: Cyril Lafon, Eric Soulan (both Fra)
TMO: Laurent Valin (Fra)


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My 4 year old daughter gets upset when certain things don't go her way and then she gets mad at me. An example would be I enrolled her in a reading prep class in which I am in with her. The class consists of 10 4-5 year olds, one parent, and a teacher. It is pretty structured where the kids must raise their hand to answer a question. Well, if my daughter doesn't get called upon she gets mad, shuts down and refuses to do anything else. Worst of all she gets mad at me. Another time her friend didn't say hi back when she told her hi (because the friend was paying attention to the teacher). She doesn't make a scene or anything but she is mad and wants to leave. I'm not sure if this is a 4 year old deal, a personality thing, or if I need to just be handling it a certain way. The class is only for 5 weeks (Friday's only) for an hour. Last week I took her outside and asked her what was going on, and she wouldn't answer me (although I know her friend not saying hi back was the trigger). She told me she wanted to go home, well I don't want her to give up so fast so I told her we were going to finish up and then go home...but she does this in other similar situation as well...this was just an example. What can I do?!?!?
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Juan E. Méndez is a Professor of Human Rights Law In Residence and since November 2010, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment. In 2009 and 2010 he was the Special Advisor on Prevention to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. He is also Co-Chair of the Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association. Until May 2009 he was the President of the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and in the summer of 2009 he was a Scholar-in-Residence at the Ford Foundation in New York. Concurrent with his duties at ICTJ, the Honorable Kofi Annan named Mr. Méndez his Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide, a task he performed from 2004 to 2007.
Currently Teaching
- LAW-660-003 International Law (Spring)
- LAW-725C-001 Regional Approaches to Human Rights (Spring)
- LAW-739B-001 Adv Hmn Rgts Sem (Fall)
- LAW-795F-001 Preventn of Genocide (Fall)
- LAW-870-002 Impunidad y Justicia Internac (Summer)
Areas of Specialization
- International Human Rights
- International Law
- International Criminal Law
Degrees & Universities
- Certificate, American University Washington College of Law 1980
- Law Degree, Stella Maris Catholic University 1970
Selected Publications
- Juan Mendez, An Emerging 'Right to Truth:' Latin-American Contributions, in Legal Institutions and Collective Memories (Suzanne Karstedt, Hart Publishing 2009).
- Juan Mendez, Preface: Genocide in Guatemala, in Quiet Genocide: Guatemala 1981-83 (Etelle Higonnet, Transaction 2009).
- Juan Mendez, Individual Accountability for Human Rights Violations, in Global Standards, Local Action: 15 Years Vienna World Conference on Human Rights (Wolfgang Benedek et al., Intersentia 2009).
- Juan Mendez, Prevention of Genocide and Its Challenges, in Standing for Change in Peacekeeping Operations: Project for a UN Emergency Peace Service (Kavitha Suthanthiraraj and Manah Quinn, Global Action to Prevent War 2009).
More Publications...
- Juan Mendez, Seguridad Internacional y Derechos Humanos, in Derechos Humanos Hoy: Balance Internacional (Victor Abramovich and Alia Trabucco Zeran, Universidad de Chile 2008).
- Juan Mendez, Preventing, Implementing and Enforcing International Humanitarian Law, in Proceedings of the First International Humanitarian Law Dialogs (Elizabeth Andersen and David M. Crane, American Society of International Law 2008).
- Juan Mendez, Remarks on Intervention: To Prevent and Punish: Commemorating the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Negotiations of the Genocide Convention, 40 Case W. Res. J. Intl. L. 87 (2008).
- Juan Mendez, Keynote Address: Symposium 2008 The United Nations and the Genocide Convention: A 60th Anniversary Commemmoration, 61 Rutgers L. Rev. 41 (Fall 2008).
- Juan Mendez, The View from Outside the Government, in Legal Standards and the Interrogation of Prisoners in the War on Terror (Cynthia Arnson and Philippa Strum, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 2007).
- Juan Mendez, The United Nations and the Prevention of Genocide, in The Criminal Law of Genocide: International, Comparative and Contextual Aspects (Ralph Henham and Paul Behrens, Ashgate 2007).
- Juan Mendez, Lessons Learned, in Victims Unsilenced: The Inter-American Human Rights System and Transitional Justice in Latin America (Katya Salazar and Thomas Antkowiak, Due Process of Law Foundation 2007).
- Juan Mendez, Lou Henkin, Transitional Justice and the Prevention of Genocide, 38 Columbia Hum. Rights L. Rev. 477 (Spring 2007).
- Juan Mendez and Francisco Bariffi, Right to Truth: International Protection, in Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Rudiger Wolfrum, Oxford University Press 2007).
- Juan Mendez and Francisco Bariffi, The Scilingo Case, in Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Rudiger Wolfrum, Oxford University Press 2007).
- Juan Mendez and Francisco Bariffi, The Cavallo Case, in Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Rudiger Wolfrum, Oxford University Press 2007).


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I saw this post, and thought it was just too cute. So I had to make my own.
I made a couple of changes, finding part of her instructions to be more work then you needed to go to. That is why I'm adding my own instructions here.
However, please do refer to her tutorial for the full instructions (even though I made some changes, her tutorial really is great).
4) Now your skirt is ready for your waistband to be added. I'm going to direct you to Cami's directions from here, because I wouldn't change a thing from here on out! I opted to add elastic to my waistband, but think her version is much nicer.
Another note I'll add, this skirt was a good length for my 4 year old. I made a second skirt for my 7 year old, and it is a little short. She just adds leggings underneath. One thought would be to sew the flap seams down, or add a longer waistband.


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Faculty Teaching Fellowship (Biochemistry/Chemistry)
This fellowship offers a unique teaching experience to support faculty at the beginning of their academic career. It is designed as a two-year, full-time visiting faculty position (2014–2016) for recent Ph.D. graduates interested in a teaching at a liberal arts college. The program is open only to candidates with one year or less of full-time teaching experience since earning the Ph.D. (teaching experience gained as a graduate student is not counted). Candidates interested in teaching chemistry/biochemistry to undergraduates within an innovative, interdisciplinary environment that promotes teaching through learning communities.
The Faculty Teaching Fellow will have a faculty mentor and teach as part of an interdisciplinary science team. The team will develop undergraduate biochemistry and general chemistry curricula (including laboratories) and teach in interdisciplinary academic programs. Candidates must be able to teach general chemistry and biochemistry at the undergraduate level and ideally be able to make connections to other lab sciences (ex. molecular biology, physics, organic chemistry, cell biology). The applicant must demonstrate a strong commitment to undergraduate science education. A possible teaching assignment might be:
2014-15: General Chemistry: Introduction to Natural Science
2015-16: Biochemistry: Molecule to Organism
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- Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Chemistry or related field (earned no earlier than 2012);
- No more than one year of full-time teaching since earning PhD;
- Ability to teach general chemistry and biochemistry at the undergraduate level; and
- Demonstrated Interest in interdisciplinary team-teaching teaching.
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- Optional: Student evaluations and/or letters of support from current and/or former students.
Review of complete applications begins January 17, 2014. We will continue to accept application materials until finalists are selected.
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TIM wrote:...'Oolong Puerh' processing... Good material, not time proven process (modern). High aroma, flat in the body, and not aging well so far.
debunix wrote:"Oolong puerh" processing???
TIM wrote:Those high aromatic new style Puerh which goes stale in 8 plus years. They can't age and a total waste of time and money.
nada wrote:Tim, I'm curious to understand. What do you mean by Oolong Puerh processing? Is it simply a puerh tea that has been withered for longer, and hence oxidised more, or is there another process you're referring to?
You were very specific in stating that it goes stale after 8+ years. I don't doubt it, but do you mind sharing why you think this is the case?
TIM wrote:Perhaps should start a new topic Nada?


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The 33-year-old Spaniard with so much unfulfilled promise looked masterful Thursday
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Who knows what sports disaster will befall 33-year-old Sergio Garcia in the next few days, but, for at least one round of the Masters, one of the world's favorite athletic emotional wrecks kept himself together long enough to tie for the lead with a first-round, bogey-free, six-under-par 66.
It was a surprising turn of events for a fellow who told reporters from his native Spain right here exactly a year ago that he wasn't good enough to ever win a major and that he had reached a point in his career where he needed to play for "second or third place" in the four major tournaments.
He still could be right; there are three more rounds left in this Masters, three more days for doubts to creep in and trees to get in the way and Sergio to become Sergio, the man with so much unfulfilled promise, the man without all those majors we figured he would have by now.
But, for one day at least, Garcia was skillful and courageous and so in control, he was downright masterful – which is not a word we ever associate with him. He knows it was quite unlike him, especially after he sounded as if he was giving up here a year ago.
"It's obviously not my most favorite place," he said Thursday after tying Australian Marc Leishman for the lead, "but we try to enjoy it as much as we can each time we come here. Sometimes it comes out better than others, but today it was one of those good days. And you know, let's enjoy it while it lasts."
Do these sound like the comments of the man who will be wearing the green jacket Sunday? Of course they don't. They sound like the thoughts of a frustrated veteran who has never won a major, a man who knows his putting stroke can come unglued under pressure, an athlete who is much more familiar with impending doom than happy endings at the most crucial times on the golf course.
Garcia has good reason for his pessimism. He has played in 14 Masters. He has finished in the top 10 just twice, ending up eighth in 2002 and tied for fourth in 2004.
MORE: Garcia shares lead with Marc Leishman
STORY: A 14-year-old amateur who played like a pro
But perhaps this ignominious history will work in Garcia's favor, just this once. "Lower expectation, maybe that's what you say," he said. "Every time I tee off in a tournament, my goal is to play the best I can and have a chance at winning. So it doesn't change this week. Like I said, today was a nice day. It was one of those days that you really, really enjoy, and, you know, hopefully, I'll have three more of those and we'll see what happens on Sunday night."
Garcia separated his stellar afternoon round into two parts: the first 10 holes, in which he strung together five birdies, and the final eight, when he had one more.
"I played extremely well the first 10 holes and then I struggled with a couple tee shots here and there the last six or seven holes," he said. "So, overall, what I'm going to try to take into my pillow tonight, it's the first 10 holes. I feel like it's the best 10 holes I've played at the Masters. The way I hit the ball and the amount of birdie chances that I gave myself, it meant a lot."
The way he talks and thinks, he can sound like a sensitive child. The way he plays the game, he's sometimes just an overgrown boy. For instance, there's something about Sergio and trees. He announced his arrival on the world golf stage as a 19-year-old at the 1999 PGA Championship when, late in the final round, he closed his eyes and swung at his ball nestled up against a tree trunk, then sprinted into the fairway and scissor-kicked to see that the ball had reached the elevated green. Garcia lost the PGA to Tiger Woods that day, but it appeared Woods had found a major rival for years to come. How wrong that would turn out to be.
STORY: Tiger calls opening round "solid"
Then, just 2 1/2 weeks ago, he climbed a tree at the Arnold Palmer Invitational to hit an errant shot, then boldly jumped out of the tree. One hole later, he withdrew from the tournament, saying he had an injured Achilles and shoulder.
And so it goes. You figure Garcia's career is bound to take another unusual turn this week, and it's certainly within the realm of possibility that this time, it could end in victory.
Not that anyone really expects that, though, himself included.
PHOTOS: Best of Thursday's action


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Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
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Isle of Wight Festival
June 8th - 11th 2017 | Newport, Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight Festival is a music event that's featured everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Amy Winehouse.More information...
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Victorious Festival, Portsmouth
August 25th - 27th 2017 | Southsea Sea Front, Portsmouth
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Murray Pearson Young, (also known as Herman Hucklemeyer), age 64, beloved brother, uncle, great-uncle, great-great-uncle, cousin and friend passed away peacefully on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, while holding his Heavenly Father's hand and looking upward for his mother. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on May 31, 1947 to Lawrence Jefferson and Mary Hazel (Murray) Young.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011 at 11 a.m. at the Gordon Creek LDS Chapel (175 North 1280 West (Ranch Drive) - Price, Utah). Viewing will be on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011 from 6 - 8 p.m. at Fausett Mortuary (680 East 100 South - Price, Utah) and on Wednesday from 10 - 10:40 a.m. prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in the Price City Cemetery. Services are in the care of Fausett Mortuary. Family and friends may sign the guest book and share memories of Murray at www.fausettmortuary.com.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Pinnacle Nursing Center (1340 East 300 North - Price, Utah 84501).


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Debates of June 20th, 2012
House of Commons Hansard #144 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was aboriginal.
- Question Period
- RCMP Musical Ride
- Quebec National Holiday
- War of 1812
- Museum of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien
- Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs
- Ville-Marie
- Government Priorities
- National Parks
- Retirement Congratulations
- Firearms Registry
- Status of Women
- Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada
- International Trade
- Air India
- International Trade
- Government Accountability
- Federal Election
- The Environment
- Search and Rescue
- National Defence
- Ethics
- Pensions
- Search and Rescue
- International Trade
- Health
- Veterans
- Citizenship and Immigration
- International Co-operation
- Canadian Heritage
- Employment Insurance
- Canadian Forces
- Foreign Takeovers
- Pensions
- 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
- Infrastructure
- Research and Development
- Committees of the House
- Government Response to Petitions
- Enhancing Royal Canadian Mounted Police Accountability Act
- Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Committees of the House
- Tobacco Act
- Air Passengers' Bill of Rights
- Firearms Act
- Rail Customer Protection Act
- Parliamentary Librarian
- National Public Transit Strategy Act
- Women, Peace and Security
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Motions for Papers
- Private Members' Business
- Privilege
- First Nations Financial Transparency Act
- Protecting Canada's Seniors Act
- Financial Literacy Leader Act
- Criminal Code
- World Autism Awareness Day Act
- Canada-Panama Economic Growth and Prosperity Act
- Children's Health
- First Nations Financial Transparency Act
- Business of the House
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Judy Sgro York West, ON
Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has launched his OAS pension tax grab, a plan imposing a $30,000 tax on the poorest of the poor. The Prime Minister says he needs this money more than low-income seniors struggling to make ends meet. He says this while spending $8 million to advertise the new plan.
Would the Prime Minister please admit that taking $8 million out of the pockets of low-income soon-to-be seniors to print things like boastful brochures is hurting some of Canada's most vulnerable seniors?
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Kellie Leitch Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and to the Minister of Labour
Mr. Speaker, once again I will state in this House that there will be no reductions in seniors' pensions. In order to ensure the sustainability of OAS, the age of eligibility will gradually be raised from 65 to 67 from 2023 to 2029. Our government is committed to sustainable social programs and a secure retirement for all Canadians.
Search and Rescue
Oral Questions
June 20th, 2012 / 2:45 p.m.
Hedy Fry Vancouver Centre, BC
Mr. Speaker, Conservative MPs like the member for Nanaimo—Alberni are openly criticizing their government's decision to close the Kitsilano Coast Guard base and three marine communication centres in B.C. He correctly points out that B.C. is prone to regular earthquakes that can shut down communication stations and that maintenance issues with hovercraft will affect the crowded Vancouver port in English Bay. If the government will not listen to this House or to experts, will it at least listen to its own members and reverse this dangerous decision—
Search and Rescue
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
Order, please. The hon. Minister of Fisheries and Oceans.
Search and Rescue
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
New Brunswick
Keith Ashfield Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway
Mr. Speaker, as I said earlier, the changes that were proposed to move the Canadian Coast Guard would not impact on the safety of mariners in any way, shape or form. As I said before, Canadians can be assured that the service that is provided by the Canadian Coast Guard from coast to coast will continue, as it has in the past, in a safe and efficient manner. I will again mention that we have committed a huge amount of money in budget 2012 for the renewal of the Canadian Coast Guard.
International Trade
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Don Davies Vancouver Kingsway, BC
Mr. Speaker, the government says that the TPP talks are in a preliminary stage. The fact is that there have been 12 rounds of negotiations, and Canada will not be allowed to join the 13th in July.
In contrast, the Conservatives claim that the CIDA negotiations are nearing completion, and that is after only nine rounds. The truth is that the TPP talks are well advanced, and the U.S. trade office says that Canada cannot change anything agreed on to date by the original nine members.
Will the minister explain why it took two years for Canada to be admitted and what exactly we gave up to do so?
International Trade
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Ed Fast Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway
Mr. Speaker, our Conservative government remains focused on the priorities of Canadians, which are economic growth, job creation and long-term prosperity. That member should understand that trade is a key driver of economic growth, which is why we are so focused on expanding trade in the Asia–Pacific economies. I wish that member would join with us in building economic prosperity, rather than shooting from the sidelines.
International Trade
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Ruth Ellen Brosseau Berthier—Maskinongé, QC
Mr. Speaker, we support free trade agreements that benefit Canadians. The Conservatives, on the other hand, are always ready to sacrifice the interests of Canadians without getting anything back in return.
The buy American clause is a perfect example. Now the Conservatives are jeopardizing supply management in order to join the trans-Pacific partnership without any guarantee of economic spinoffs, any veto power or anything at all.
Are the Conservatives prepared to tell us what is on the negotiating table now?
International Trade
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Ed Fast Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway
Mr. Speaker, as usual, the NDP has it all wrong. As with all of our international trade obligations, our government will vigorously promote Canadian interests across all sectors.
What we seek is a balanced outcome. That has been the case in every single free trade agreement that Canada has ever signed.
Of course, the NDP members are ideologically opposed to trade. In fact, they voted against every single free trade agreement that Canada has ever passed into law. Shame on them.
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Libby Davies Vancouver East, BC
Mr. Speaker, six years ago the Conservatives promised to reduce health care wait times, but this promise, like so many others, has been broken. The Wait Time Alliance's report shows that wait times are now on the rise. This comes on top of the Conservatives' unilaterally imposed a funding formula, which shortchanges provinces and territories by over $30 billion.
Can the minister explain why the Conservatives have broken their promises and failed Canadians so miserably on health care?
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Leona Aglukkaq Minister of Health and Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
Mr. Speaker, we have made progress working with the provinces and the territories on wait times, but there is obviously still room for improvement in the health care system.
To help the provinces and territories make even more improvements, we are increasing the federal health transfer funding to record levels, reaching $40 billion by the end of the decade. More than that, we are investing significantly in health research and innovation that we hope will help people avoid the hospital altogether.
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Libby Davies Vancouver East, BC
Mr. Speaker, the minister knows that our health system is in need of reforms to provide services such as home care and long-term care and to provide cheaper and more accessible medication, all things that her government committed to in the health accords.
Can the minister tell us what she plans on doing now about rising health care wait times, or are her government's commitments made in the health accords not worth the paper they are written on?
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Leona Aglukkaq Minister of Health and Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
Mr. Speaker, as I have stated before, we have been working with the provinces.
We have increased the transfers to the provinces, which the Liberal Party cut back in the day. The $40 billion will be invested in areas of priority by the provinces and territories.
In addition to that, we have made significant investments in areas of health research, aboriginal suicide prevention, physical activity, tobacco reductions, diabetes and much more.
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
David Tilson Dufferin—Caledon, ON
Mr. Speaker, it is truly important that we seek to remember and commemorate those who have fought and died in the service of Canada. They made the ultimate sacrifice, and we owe them a debt that cannot be repaid.
I was shocked and dismayed to hear that 11 headstones were vandalized in a war cemetery in Belgium. The vandalized graves included the headstone of Canadian Second World War pilot Joseph Beasley.
Would the minister please comment on this senseless and shameful act of vandalism?
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Steven Blaney Minister of Veterans Affairs
Mr. Speaker, I want to praise the hard work of the member for Dufferin—Caledon for bringing a private member's bill in this House so that every member can support a bill that will support and protect war memorials and the memory of our brave Canadians.
Regarding what happened in Belgium, acts of heartless vandalism against the graves of our fallen heroes are truly unacceptable. That is why I have instructed my officials to make sure that repairs are and will be made.
We will remember them.


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Leicester welcome back Tom Croft for his first appearance of the season in Friday's Aviva Premiership match at Worcester Warriors.
Leicester welcome back Tom Croft for his first appearance of the season in Friday's match at Worcester Warriors.
Back-rower Croft returns after recovery from a neck injury suffered last season and joins fit-again Steve Mafi and Thomas Waldrom in the Tigers back-row for the opening 2012/13 Aviva Premiership fixture of the new year at Sixways.
Rob Hawkins is joined by Logovi'i Mulipola and Italian Martin Castrogiovanni in the front-row.
Mathew Tait returns at full-back, and there are starting places for Scott Hamilton, Matt Smith and Dan Bowden in the backline, with Toby Flood and Ben Youngs at half-back for the domestic clash.
Warriors expect their biggest crowd of the season so far for the fixture as they defend an unbeaten home record stretching back to September.
Meanwhile, wing Josh Drauniniu makes his first league start since November for the Warriors.
Head coach Richard Hill makes a total of six changes to the XV from the side that lost to Sale as Warriors look to start 2013 with a crucial victory and maintain the club's strong home form.
Scrum-half Jonny Arr will partner Andy Goode at half-back, with former England international Paul Hodgson ruled out of the game with a jaw injury.
Centre Jon Clarke is also named in the back division with Josh Matavesi among the replacements.
Three changes in the pack see a return for hooker Aleki Lutui while Sam Betty plays in the back-row alongside Matt Kvesic and Semisi Taulava. Ex-Ireland ace Neil Best is named on the bench and could make his 50th appearance for Warriors if he features.
Lock Dean Schofield will join James Percival, who retains the captaincy, in the second-row. Fit-again prop Matt Mullan is recalled to the bench alongside scrum half Ollie Frost.
"There are a number of changes to the starting line-up as we look to keep the squad fresh after a run of bruising encounters," said Hill.
"There were a number of battered and bruised bodies after the game at Sale and it is vital the team that starts is in the best physical shape for such a crucial game.
"Paul Hodgson misses out after picking up a jaw injury, but I know Jonny Arr will be keen to grasp this opportunity. We also call-up Aleki Lutui, Dean Schofield, Sam Betty, Jon Clarke and Josh Drauniniu and they will be determined to take advantage of this chance to shine.
"We have a real sense of pride when playing in front of our fans at Sixways, but this will undoubtedly be our toughest challenge yet," added Hill.
"If we want to keep our home record intact we have got to pull out all the stops and raise the bar once more against Leicester Tigers."
Form: Worcester's last nine games in the Aviva Premiership have all been won by the home side on the day. The Warriors are unbeaten in their last eight encounters at Sixways in all competitions since Bath won there, 24-23, on 1 September. Leicester have strung together five successive victories in all competitions since their 12-14 reversal at London Wasps in the Premiership on 25 November. Tigers are the second best away side in the Premiership after Saracens, securing 18 league points from their six away trips so far. The Tigers have won on their last four visits to Sixways including winning the Anglo-Welsh Cup there against Northampton in March. Worcester's only win over Leicester since 2005 remains the 23-19 victory at Sixways in the Premiership on 8 March 2006.
The teams:
Worcester: 15 Chris Pennell, 14 Josh Drauniniu, 13 Alex Grove, 12 Jon Clarke, 11 David Lemi, 10 Andy Goode, 9 Jonny Arr, 8 Semisi Taulava, 7 Matt Kvesic, 6 Sam Betty, 5 Dean Schofield, 4 James Percival (c), 3 Euan Murray, 2 Aleki Lutui, 1 Ceri Jones.
Replacements: 16 Ed Shervington, 17 Matt Mullan, 18 John Andress, 19 Chris Jones, 20 Neil Best, 21 Ollie Frost, 22 Danny Gray, 23 Josh Matavesi.
Leicester: 15 Mathew Tait, 14 Scott Hamilton, 13 Matt Smith, 12 Dan Bowden, 11 Adam Thompstone, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Thomas Waldrom, 7 Steve Mafi, 6 Tom Croft, 5 Ed Slater, 4 Louis Deacon (c), 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Rob Hawkins, 1 Logovi'i Mulipola.
Replacements: 16 George Chuter, 17 Marcos Ayerza, 18 Dan Cole, 19 Graham Kitchener, 20 Julian Salvi, 21 Micky Young, 22 Anthony Allen, 23 Niall Morris.
Date: Friday, January 4
Kick-off: 20:00
Venue: Sixways
Referee: JP Doyle
Assistant referees: Andrew Pearce, Peter Huckle
Television match official: Trevor Fisher
Timekeeper: Laurie Bryant
Assessor: Tony Spreadbury


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Preparing for a mass-casualty disaster can be something of a science.
Parker Adventist Hospital was among 20 organizations that took part in a large-scale drill in which 150 mock patients were transported to metro-area medical centers June 5. The Federal Coordinating Center Denver Reception exercise was meant to test 11 hospitals on their ability to handle multiple patients at one time.
The drill brought together some of the local, regional and federal authorities and agencies charged with caring for victims of a disaster. Among the top priorities for officials was the testing of communications systems and procedures.
Parker Adventist's emergency department was filled with the sound of tones and calmly-spoken alerts over handheld radios, as well as discussions about the duties of hospital staff members when a "code grey" is issued. It announces the implementation of the disaster plan.
The scenario acted out June 5 was a frightening one: it was based on an EF-5 tornado striking Wyoming's two primary medical centers, leaving them unable to care for current patients or take in new patients. Patient transports went through Denver International Airport, and volunteer victims were taken by eight ambulances and 10 helicopters to various hospitals. The hospitals were notified about the number of patients en route and the severity of their injuries. Parker Adventist received about 15 mock patients.
Molly Duffy, safety and emergency preparedness specialist for Parker Adventist, spent six weeks planning for the drill with department heads. It was one of two disaster drills that take place each year, and the objective is to identify and fix any flaws in the system before the hospital is faced with a real mass-casualty event. It was tested last July after the Aurora theater shooting.
Duffy's own 3-year-daughter, Lyndy, was among the mock patients treated at Children's Hospital Colorado at Parker Adventist Hospital as part of an exercise that helps doctors and nurses work on their communication skills with children. At the urging of her mother, Lyndy, shares the well-rehearsed line she is supposed to say to the medical staff: "Ow, my shoulder hurts."
The most seriously-injured patients are instructed to scream and pretend to writhe in pain to make things realistic and to test the medical teams' ability to identify injuries and operate in a stressful environment.
"If we don't make it as real as possible, we're not going to learn anything," said Lisa Woltering, the emergency department's charge nurse and disaster preparedness specialist.
A unified response is perhaps the most critical component of successfully processing a large number of patients. Roger Rewerts, the FCC Denver coordinator, said the goals include "enhancing capacity, building sustainment and creating surge for receiving medical facilities."
A follow-up debriefing enables hospital staff to give feedback on what went well and what did not, and a team of evaluators observes the action and takes notes. A 30- to 40-page "after-action report" is generated and disseminated to hospital leaders, who can then make any necessary changes.
Training sessions are a regular occurrence at Parker Adventist. In addition to the two disaster exercises, the hospital conducts 12 fire drills and two infant abduction drills, as well as security assists and lock downs. While the departments often get notice for major exercises, there are some that go unannounced.
Lyndy Duffy is already a veteran volunteer. She has been the subject of surprise abduction drills in which the staff is tested on their response. With her mother in sight, Lyndy is kidnapped by an actor and screams to get the attention of staff. Watching the reaction of the staff members is gripping, Molly Duffy said.
"She's never made it off the floor," she says.


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Kenny Howell
Managing Editor
Mt. Juliet will be getting much bigger over the next few years, as an annexation, plan of services and a preliminary master development plan for Providence Central was approved by the planning commission Thursday.
"It will be this development that will take us to a whole new level," said Mt. Juliet City Manager Kenny Martin.
Providence Central will be across from the existing Providence Marketplace, behind where Walgreens and Regions Bank is now, and will run over a wide tract of land all the way past Central Pike. An eventual I-40 exit at Central Pike is also in the long term plans.
The land covers 275 acres and will be a mixture of office, retail and residential. The majority of it will be office and retail, which will front Central Pike and along I-40. Two sections are set aside for high density living, one of which already has interest from an apartment complex developer. A small portion to the west of Central Pike will be for single family homes.
Martin said that the most important part of it is the high end offices. They will be 200,000 square feet office buildings that will hopefully attract major corporations to house their offices there. The largest office buildings in Mt. Juliet now are 50,000-75,000 square feet. He said to look at places like Cool Springs, and the larger buildings there to get an idea on what could come in the future to Mt. Juliet.
"This will be less about sales tax revenue, and more about creating jobs," said Martin.
Martin said that will bring corporate heads to the community, and hopefully that will result in large, million dollar homes being built in Mt. Juliet and surrounding Wilson County.
The two high density living areas will provide the office workers a place to live. That way people can live, work and play in Mt. Juliet without having to drive to Nashville to work.
The first phase will be an extension of Providence Parkway west, and possibly one of the high density living areas. The next will connect Adams Lane and Providence Parkway and finish in the office and retail space around Adams Lane, which will curve southwest, and another high density living area. The last phase will fill in the rest, including the interstate exit and widening of Central Pike to five lanes.


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Finding it Hard to Deliver Right Customer Experience: Think BPM!
By Ajay Khanna on Nov 30, 2012
Our relationship with our customers is not a just a single interaction and we should not treat it like one. A customer's relationship with a vendor is like a journey which starts way before customer makes a purchase and lasts long after that. The journey may start with customer researching a product that may lead to the eventual purchase and may continue with support or service needs for the product. A typical customer journey can be represented as shown below:
As you may notice, customers tend to use multiple channels to interact with a company throughout their journey. They also expect that they should get consistent experience, no matter what interaction channel they may choose. Customers do not like to repeat the information they have already provided and expect companies to remember their preferences, and offer them relevant products and services.
If the company fails to meet this expectation, customers not only will abandon the purchase and go to the competitor but may also influence others' purchase decision. Gone are the days when word of mouth was the only medium, and the customer could influence "Six" others. This is the age of social media and customer's good or bad experience, especially bad get highly amplified and may influence hundreds of others.
Challenges that face B2C companies today include:
Delivering consistent experience: The reason that delivering consistent experience is challenging is due to fragmented data, disjointed systems and siloed multichannel interactions. Customers tend to get different service quality if they use web vs. phone vs. store. They get different responses from different service agents or get inconsistent answers if they call sales vs. service group in the company. Such inconsistent experiences result in lower customer satisfaction or NPS (net promoter score) numbers.
Increasing Revenue: To stay competitive companies frequently introduce new products and services. Delay in launching such offerings has a significant impact on revenue realization. In addition to new product revenue, there are multiple opportunities to up-sell and cross-sell that impact bottom line. If companies are not able to identify such opportunities, bring a product to market quickly, or not offer the right product to the right customer at the right time, significant loss of revenue may occur.
Ensuring Compliance: Companies must be compliant to ever changing regulations, these could be about Know Your Customer (KYC), Export/Import regulations, or taxation policies. In addition to government agencies, companies also need to comply with the SLA that they have committed to their customers. Lapse in meeting any of these requirements may lead to serious fines, penalties and loss in business. Companies have to make sure that they are in compliance will all such regulations and SLA commitments, at any given time.
With the advent of social networks and mobile technology, companies not only need to focus on process efficiency but also on customer engagement. Improving engagement means delivering the customer experience as the customer is expecting and interacting with the customer at right time using right channel. Customers expect to be able to contact you via any channel of their choice (web, email, chat, mobile, social media), purchase via any viable channel (web, phone, store, mobile). Customers expect companies to understand their particular needs and remember their preferences on repeated visits. To deliver such an integrated, consistent, and contextual experience, power of BPM in must.
Your company may be organized in departments like Marketing, Sales, Service. You may hold prospect data in SFA, order information in ERP, customer issues in CRM. However, the experience delivered to the customer must not be constrained by your system legacy. BPM helps in designing the right experience for the right customer and integrates all the underlining channels, systems, applications to make sure right information will be delivered to the right knowledge worker or to the customer every single time.
Orchestrating information across all systems (MDM, CRM, ERP), departments (commerce, merchandising, marketing service) and channels (Email, phone, web, social) is the key, and that's what BPM delivers.
In addition to orchestrating systems and channels for consistency, BPM also provides an ability for analysis and decision management. By using data from historical transactions, social media and from other systems, users can determine the customer preferences, customer value, and churn propensity. This information, in the context, is then used while making a decision at a process step. Working with real-time decision management system can also suggest right up-sell or cross-sell offers, discounts or next-best-action steps for a particular customer.
Timely action on customer issues or request is also a key tenet of a good customer experience. BPM's complex event processing capabilities help companies to take proactive actions before issues get escalated. BPM system can be designed to listen to a certain event patters then deduce from those customer situations (credit card stolen, baggage lost, change of address) and do a triage before situation goes out of control. If such a situation arises you can send alerts to right people or immediately invoke corrective actions.
Last but not least one of BPM's key values is to drive continuous improvement. Learning about customers past experiences, interactions and social conversations, provide valuable insight. Such insight can be used to improve products, customer facing processes, and customer experience. You may take these insights as an input to design better more efficient and customer friendly sales, contact center or self-service processes.
If customer experience is important for your business, make sure you have incorporated BPM as a part of your strategy to design, orchestrate and improve your customer facing processes.


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Elder Michael Jewkes has returned from serving in the Portland Oregon Mission. He will be speaking Nov. 21 at 9 a.m. in the Orangeville Second Ward.
Elder Jewkes is the son of Brian and Carol Jewkes. Bryant Terry Jewkes is his grandfather.
Elder Michael Justice has recently returned from two years of service in the Virginia Richmond Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Michael is the son of Mark and Kathy Justice of Huntington. He plans to continue his education at College of Eastern Utah.
Elder Jonathan Charles Fausett has been called to serve as a missionary in the Argentina Buenos Aires South Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His farewell address was Nov. 14 in the Price Eighth ward. He will enter the Missionary Training Center on Nov. 17.
Elder Fausett is the son of Gregory and Terri Fausett. He is the grandson of Grant and Betty Fausett of Price and John and Sonja Godbout of Mesa, Ariz.
Elder Ches Roy Jensen has returned from two years service in the Mesa, Arizona Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He spoke on Nov. 14 at 9 a.m. in the Elmo Ward.
Elder Jensen is the son of Pete and Claudia Jensen. His grandparents are Ted and Elva Jensen, and Bertha Branch of Elmo, and R. Chuck Collard of West Valley City.


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Today I'm on the tour for Forgotten by Cat Patrick. Now it's not really paranormal, more of a psychological type book, but I think it fits in for the My Favorite Things Event well enough and I'm anxious to share my thoughts as well as a terrific giveaway at the end!
Title: Forgotten
Author: Cat Patrick
Details: Hardcover, 304 pgs.
Published: June 7th, 2011 by Little, Brown
Reading Level: Young Adult
Source: Big Honcho Media
What if every day when you woke up, you had no recollection of the days before?
Each night at precisely 4:33 am, while sixteen-year-old London Lane is asleep, her memory of that day is erased. In the morning, all she can "remember" are events from her future. London is used to relying on reminder notes and a trusted friend to get through the day, but things get complicated when a new boy at school enters the picture. Luke Henry is not someone you'd easily forget, but try as she might, London can't find him in her memories of things to come.
When London starts experiencing disturbing flashbacks, or flash-forwards, as the case may be, she realizes it's time to learn about the past she keeps forgetting – before it destroys her future.
The Giveaway:
Thanks to Little, Brown and Big Honcho Media one lucky person will win a copy of Forgotten AND a digital photo keychain (awesome!).
Open to US only.
Must be 13 or older to enter
Ends July 5th
To Enter:
Leave a comment with contact info 🙂


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Open Air Market located outside of County Market on West Route 16. Purchase local produce, flowers, and baked goods along with homemade products such as wood carvings, metal flowers, signs, and more. Tuesdays from 3-5:30 pm.
Historical building in downtown Shelbyville that has been restored. Original murals from Ford Motor Company line the walls. Coffee Shop, Ice cream Parlor and Gift Boutique with soups, sandwiches, and salads. Unique items for your home and unique clothing and jewelry. A specialty children's department and a book section. Coffee Shop, Ice cream Parlor and Gift Boutique with soups, sandwiches, and salads. Open 8a-5p Mon-Thur, 8a-9p Fri & Sat, 12-5p Sunday.
Open Air Market outside of Community Building. The market has local produce, flowers, & baked goods. As well as homemade products such as wood carving, local honey, and more. Thursdays from 4:30-6 pm
Pasta Alley is a small business which employs adults with developmental disabilities in Decatur, IL. As many as 25 individuals currently help with the production process including the mixing, packaging, and labeling of our unique and flavorful pastas, soups, breads, and sauces. We carry 20 flavors of fettuccine and linguine: garlic and herb, sun-dried tomato basil, habanero, spinach, lemon pepper, sweet basil champagne, and many more. We carry five flavors of angel hair, four flavors of whole wheat, seven flavors of glutenfree, ten different sauce flavors, 15 different soups and breads, and eight different dipping oils
Beautiful gift shop with fresh and silk flowers, gifts and accessories.
An elegant shop filled with jewelry and gifts for you or that special someone.
Serving Decatur's furniture needs for over 40 years.
Located within easy walking distance of the Millikin University campus, the Oakwood Business District is home to restaurants, salons and specialty shops at the intersection of West Main, Wood Street and Oakland Avenue. Watch your favorite team on the big screen while sampling Southwestern fare, or choose from an extensive wine list to complement a savory Italian dish. After lunch, check out bikes and gear, order flowers, get a haircut, or even unwind and relax with a soothing massage.
Country Attic Homespun Memories
A gift and collectible shop, specialize in Boyds, Mary Englebreit, Yankee Candles, Anheuser Busch steins, Bennington pottery and classic "Pooh". A collector club headquarters.
A quality men's clothier.
Cathrine's Custom Framing Gallery & Gifts
One of a kind and handmade items fill the gallery. Find yourself strolling among pottery, jewelry and beautiful photography. You can find your favorite goodies with a selection of chocolates, jellies and butters and more. 85% of items sold are from artisans in the county.
The Decanter Fine Wine & Spirits is a retail shop located in downtown Decatur offering over 500 wines as well as craft beers, spirits and gift accessories.
Candles, enamelware, pottery, lighting and accessories, furniture, linens, primitive, colonial and cottage.
Shopping on a budget isn't a problem in this small town store. Low-priced donated items including clothing, toys and home decor.
Seventy plus booths featuring antiques, crafts, collectibles, Coca-Cola memorabilia, agricultural equipment and Fenton glassware. Three flea markets, Memorial weekend, Labor Day weekend, and the Fourth of July.
Antiques and collectibles, fine china, glassware, primitives, toys, lamps, furniture, pictures, quilts, vintage and more.
School band, trial rentals, sales, repairs.
Decatur's most trusted jeweler since 1957.
Beautiful store with unique vintage clothing, handmade jewelry and home decor.
Custom framing and matting services. Can also help to restore old photographs.
Nestled between East Main and Prairie Avenue, historic Merchant Street blends the charm of the past with today's trends. Browse the quaint neighborhood shops lining the tree-lined street for everything from women's clothing and accessories, to home decor and specialty foods. Shopping on Merchant Street in Downtown Decatur offers the ultimate boutique adventure.
Consignment and antique store with new items arriving daily. Sullivan is located in beautiful Amish Country.
Unique and one-of-a-kind floral designs and home decor. Small, cozy shop that will delight and inspire.
Full-service florist with unique gift items.
Take a break and enjoy a full-service espresso bar, premium wines, and craft beers. Treat yourself to a selection of pastries and appetizers after a busy day shopping in Amish Country.
Giggles is a wacky and fun gift and card shop. Located on Merchant Street in downtown Decatur, Giggles has a little something for everyone. What makes Giggles stand out from the rest is their ability to personalize just about everything.
Housed in a closed school, this historic brick school building has found a new purpose. It now houses the Country School Market with consignment rooms with antiques, crafts, collectibles, jewelry, books, furniture, railroad items, farm toys, and much more.
Largest showroom in the area for Amish-crafted furniture.
Yoder's Homestead Shop & Furniture
Beautiful locally crafted Amish furniture in walnut, oak, quarter-sawn, cherry, hickory and maple. You can also find quilts and locally made jams, jellies and popcorn.
In the heart of Amish Country; featuring home furnishings, Vera Bradley, Kitchen and Specialty foods.
Fourteen individual rooms hold antiques of every sort, including pine, oak, & walnut furniture; wicker, glassware, advertising signs and posters, books, jewelry, linens, quilts, primitives, granite ware, stoneware, cast iron, Fostoria, Fiestaware, country florals, crafts, tin chandeliers, country accessories and much more!
This charming Amish wood shop and store features locally made Amish goods. Toys, treats, quilts, crafts and baked goods can also be purchased here.
Jake's Antiques & Amish Warehouse
Antiques & Oak reproductions. Mattresses, Amish made furniture, Bicycles, Yard Decorations and furniture.
Gifts - Raggedy Ann dolls and books - Amish souvenir gifts - T-shirts - locally made brooms - Ambassador greeting cards - infant dept. - Alfred Dunner and Click sportswear - men's sportswear.
A unique shop featuring gifts for every occasion, gourmet foods, Camille Beckman hand and body products - Home decor -- candles, aromatique potpourie, Boyds Bears and gifts -- Jewelry. Stop in to sample our gourmet coffee.
We are the largest custom furniture and cabinet manufacturer in the area. If the item you want is not currently available, we will be happy to custom make it.
Many gift ideas, from miniatures to decorative and functional items. Mementos of the Arthur area, in pewter and brass.
The Hickory Point Mall offers shopping at many great stores including Bergner's, Kohl's, Von Maur and The Limited. Enjoy dining in the food court and at popular adjacent restaurants such as Applebee's, Red Lobster and Texas Roadhouse plus catch a movie at the Hickory Point 12.
The Woodloft works directly with the local Amish craftsmen here in the Illinois Amish Country to ensure that we can offer the finest heirloom quality pieces of custom furniture. The Wood Loft prides itself on being the best store in the Illinois Amish area with the ability to create custom furniture made right here by the Arthur Amish. We have a great staff who stand ready to help you create your heirloom today. Visit our showroom in Arthur, Illinois, or browse our on-line catalog for ideas or to select items that fit your needs.
Olivier's Country Creations & Gifts
Fabric, craft supplies, beads, finished crafts, gifts, handmade quilts, birdhouses, collectibles, books, videos, furniture, and much more.
Large antique store featuring multiple antique dealers.
Antiques of all sizes and descriptions, from books and clothing to kitchen utensils and baby items.
Stop at this roadside spot and pick your own strawberries.
Check out the store and bakery, where you can buy apples, peaches, cider, jams, jellies and apple butter. A playground and picnic area is available. An apple festival is held over Columbus Day weekend.
Unique Antiques & Home Decor. Come in a see the antiques, quilts, inspirational signs, framed prints, candles, Pipberry Accents, Jim Shore, primitives.
Seasonal retail store offers heirloom quilts & homespun accessories. Occasionally the Mennonite shop owner may be seen working on her quilts.
Beautiful flowers, gifts, candy and cards. While away a few minutes in this treasure trove.
Prairie Hill Blueberry Farm began almost 20 years ago when a local couple made a commitment to do the nearly impossible: grow blueberries in Illinois corn country where the alcaline soils were anything but blueberry friendly. Pickers often ask where to find the sweetest fruit. Our answer is always the same, "Eat your way through the berry patch until you find the flavor you like best. And besides, if you eat a pound for every pound you pick, it's like getting the berries for half-price!"
Atwood Visitor & Information Center
Early trains made an "at-the-woods" stop, and in 1873 the town of Atwood was formed. Main Street today features split-rail fences, benches, grassy areas and country crafts, collectibles and antiques.
Calico Workshop and Oak Furniture
Along with Amish Oak furniture, the Calico Workshop offer a lot of, you guessed it, calicos and fabric. Pre-made quilts, patterns, and quilting supplies.
Small craft and gift shop. Some antiques.
This roadside produce stand offers asparagus, radishes, eggplant and sweet corn.
Seek out life's simple pleasures...A gathering of primitives, antiques, folk art, and home and garden decor. A memorable shopping experience!
A shop full of antiques and 30+ dealers, plus a large inventory of antique oil and gas lamps. Repair and parts are available for antique and modern oil and gas lamps. Authorized Aladdin Lamp dealer and repair.
Here at Olde Brick Wall we carry a wonderful collection of upholstered and early American reproduction wood painted furniture. There are several styles and colors to choose from. To complete your whole room, we carry paint, curtains, shower curtains, pillows, rugs, chandeliers, shelves and pictures. Established in 1994 in a charming, old hotel building in the heart of Illinois Amish country, Arcola, the Olde Brick Wall features a wonderful gathering of tinware, light fixtures, candles, redware, folk art and primitives. We offer everything you could ever want to give your home that special look, feel and smell of country that we all love so much.
Locally hand crafted goodness, baked goods, fun decor for the home, children's section & more, soaps, blankets, antiques, sock monkey & designer fabrics, amish souvenirs, hand woven rugs, teapots and more.
This beautiful 10,000-sqare-foot building has been restored to its twentieth-century rail depot grandeur, and now houses antique dealers selling their treasures.
Floral items.
Never Forgotten Thymes Antiques
A wide variety of treasures for you - antiques, collectibles, jewelry, and furniture are just some of the fun items awaiting your inspection!
Open year-round and offering annual and perennial flowers, mums, fall decor, pumpkins, squash, and fall treats. Known also for the 7 acre corn maze, haunted maze and mind twisted maze. School tours and groups welcome. Christmas trees and wreaths offered in winter months.
"The Popcorn Shop" was opened in 1934 by John Baldwin. In 1945, Mr. Baldwin leased his business to Del and Emily Barnett. A year later the Barnett's purchased The Popcorn Shop and changed the name to "Del's Popcorn Shop". Lou Ann Jacobs purchased the Decatur business in 1978 and has added her own flare and expertise to the business taking it way beyond what anyone could have imagined. Del's always has a large variety of tempting treats, most of which can be found and ordered right here online. A package from Del's Popcorn Shop is always sure to put a smile on every face.
Spanning six rolling acres on bluffs overlooking the Sangamon River Walk, Mari-Mann Herb Farm is a potpourri of herb beds, wildflower fields and formal gardens.
Many Styles. One Standard. Amish isn't a style. It's a standard of excellence—desired by many and practiced by a very rare few. It's in the fine details of solid wood drawers, hand-finished, inside and out. It's in the skill of genuine Amish craftsmen, passed down from one generation to the next.
We are very pleased to continue bringing all our valued customers the freshest, made-from-scratch delights such as caramel-iced cinnamon rolls, dinner rolls, honey white and wheat breads, sweet and specialty breads, a variety of cookies, iced cut-out cookies and classic angel food cakes of various flavors. And we feature specialty pumpkin items in the fall. Load up on baked goodies, as well as all the other scrumptious items that we stock on our shelves. These include a substantial assortment of mustard's, pickled vegetables, relishes, salsas, jams, jellies, butter spreads, noodles and a generous selection of fine candies and fudge.
Fine art located in the heart of the Illinois Amish country. The Villa Galleries has dedicated its gallery to local artists who have ties to the central Illinois area either through living situation or artwork subject. Photography, watercolors, colored pencil, oil and acrylic, stained glass, and pottery are just a few of the mediums featured in the gallery.
Shady Crest Orchard and Farm Market
Come visit this working Amish farm and apple orchard. They have a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables for sale, plus fresh honey, apple butter and maple syrup. A Deli filled with 15 different Country-Cured Meats & 24 different Cheeses is also available Monday - Saturday. While you're there, enjoy a hand-dipped ice cream cone. You can also find Fresh Baked Goods every Thursday - Saturday. Open year round.
Authentic, mix-with-the-Amish experience. Auctions held at Vernon Yoder's farm near Arcola.
Firehouse Flea Market & Antiques
We have a wide variety of items including glassware, pyrex, VCR tapes, DVD's, CD's, lamps, Fenton glass, jewelry, vintage clothing, books, small furniture & knick-knacks. We have something for everyone!
Located in the heart of Illinois' Amish country, The Great Pumpkin Patch is a working farm that features beautiful gardens, including a spectacular collection of more than 5,000 mums, and offers its heirloom seeds for sale. Known for its more than 300 varieties of rare pumpkins, squash and gourds from around the globe that are grown right on the farm and displayed in its Great Pumpkin Patch from mid-September through October 31 every year. The on-site Homestead Bakery sells made-from-scratch goodies such as pies and angel food cake during spring, summer and fall.
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A forklift (also called a lift truck, a fork truck, or a forklift truck) is a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials short distances. Forklifts are rated for loads at a specified maximum weight and a specified forward center of gravity. This information is located on a nameplate provided by the manufacturer, and loads must not exceed these specifications. In many jurisdictions it is illegal to remove or tamper with the nameplate without the permission of the forklift manufacturer. An important aspect of forklift operation is that most have rear-wheel steering. While this increases maneuverability in tight cornering situations, it differs from a driver's traditional experience with other wheeled vehicles. While steering, as there is no caster action, it is unnecessary to apply steering force to maintain a constant rate of turn.
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The heavy duty straight mast forklift has a higher ground clearance than industrial forklifts, which makes it is perfect for moving objects and material on rugged job sites - construction and road work zones, open pit mines, etc.
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The two main factors to consider when renting a warehouse forklift are lifting ability and emissions control. Make sure that you choose the right type and power for your needs.
Because rented warehouse forklifts must maneuver effectively within confined spaces while also ensuring that they can reach their desired load capacities, there are a variety of different types. Below are just a few of the more common types of rented warehouse forklifts: