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Within any learning program, learners need to be assessed to measure their growth over time. Some questions managers might consider for their learners when they build assessments include:
• Are they retaining what they've learned?
• Have their skills improved?
• Are they performing better?
How Are Learners Usually Assessed?
The most common—and traditional—methods of assessing learners are summative assessments, which tend to involve higher stakes and evaluates learning at the end of a class or program, and formative assessments, which usually have lower stakes and involve assessing learners and providing feedback during the learning process.
We're all familiar with both types of assessments: when we think back to our school days, we took those dreaded final exams, gave presentations, or submitted term papers or projects that evaluated and summed up what we learned at the end of a class (summative assessments). Similarly, quizzes or shorter learning opportunities (formative assessments) were often used to help prepare us for the final assessments.
Within organizations, summative assessments are sometimes used after employees complete onboarding or finish a certification program, and formative assessments may be more common in longer or ongoing training programs, such as role-plays for sale reps.
Social Assessments: Getting Peers Involved
Then there's also social assessment, which allows people to coach their peers, and is a key component of the Bridge Practice solution. Peers can evaluate one another on their skill level, provide feedback, and in the process, reflect on their own performance.
Although providing consistent feedback to all learners can be quite time-consuming for managers, leveraging social assessment allows learners to receive actionable, timely feedback from their peers and reduces the burden on managers.
To Score or Not to Score
In general, assessments are often built with an associated score that demonstrates whether learners have mastered the content or skill. We received scores on our final exams and grades at the ends of our classes, and based on these scores, we could pass or fail a test or class. An employee might receive a certification if they achieved a certain score.
Yet in some situations, scores aren't the most effective way of reflecting how much a learner has developed. Some companies may want to provide feedback to their employees in training programs, but don't want to include the pressure of a score, and instead focus on growth and areas of improvement.
This is where assessments without scores come in. Using unscored assessments allows companies to train and assess their employees in different, qualitative ways without tying a hard number to development.
Unscored Assessments on Bridge Practice
At Bridge, we continuously enhance our solutions to enable purpose-driven employee development, and we are excited to announce the release of Bridge Practice's "unscored assessments" feature, which allows managers to choose from scored assessments or unscored assessments.
How Does it Work?
Unscored Assessments
Managers can create assessments that don't include scores, but still have choices that provide feedback to employees.
Horizontal or Vertical Layout
Assessments can also be displayed in a vertical or horizontal layout. In the vertical layout, an assessment can contain up to 10 choices, while in the horizontal layout, up to five choices can be shown.
Hidden Scores
Managers also have the option to create a scored assessment, but hide scores from learners. This allows managers who prefer to assess with a score have visibility into these numbers, but still removes the experience of receiving a grade on the learner's end.
A Safe Environment to Practice, Fail, and Grow
Without the pressure of a score, learners can focus on where they need to improve, rather than right or wrong answers. Managers can also target specific skills for development, such as communication, leadership, product knowledge, or presentation skills.
Practice co-founder and general manager, Emily Foote, explained that participating in a Practice exercise with an unscored assessment provides "a safer environment to learn, grow, practice, and develop. It's not a place to be punished for what you don't know; rather, it's a safe place to fail and consequently, grow."
If you would like more information about unscored assessments on Practice, please visit the Release Notes page in Bridge Community or contact your CSM.
We would love your feedback about this, any other feature in Practice, or any of our other products within the Bridge suite of solutions. To submit an idea or provide feedback on an existing idea, please join Bridge Studio, our ideas exchange platform.


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Bank Customers Could Be Getting Big Refunds
Bank customers across the area could be in for some major refunds after a multimillion-dollar settlement.
Citizens Bank has reached a $137.5 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit claiming customers were charged excessive overdraft fees through debit card and ATM transactions.
LINK: Official statement from law firm handling the suit
The settlement announced Wednesday is the latest in similar lawsuits against at least 30 banks that were consolidated in Miami federal court. Major settlements have been reached with Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase & Co., among others.
Customers accused lenders of routinely processing transactions from largest to smallest rather than in chronological order. They said this caused overdraft fees, typically $25 to $35, to pile up for millions of people, meaning some customers were paying $35 fees for small purchases such as a cup of coffee. That, in turn, led to an increase in fees which boosted the bank's bottom line.
Critics said the banks' practice disproportionately burdened customers with lower incomes and balances, Reuters reported. In 2010, the Federal Reserve barred banks from charging overdraft fees on electronic and debit card transactions without advance customer approval.
Citizens Bank did not admit any wrongdoing as part of the settlement.
In a statement, the bank's spokesman said Citizens is "pleased to have this matter behind" them.
The settlement still needs court approval, and after that customers will learn how the refunds will be distributed.

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As we all know that the Path of Exile 3.6 expansion has launched in March, and this March expansion contains the POE Synthesis challenge league, new POE items, new POE gems, a complete rebalance of spells throughout Path of Exile, an integrated version of the Betrayal league and so on. Then how can I master the POE 3.6 Synthesis League builds? Is there anyone can share POE Synthesis League starter builds? What is the builds for POE 3.6 Synthesis League?
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Hi Joe,
We have an old version of MediaSite; our system does video and screen capture, producing a combined result – see:
We have a Building Block installed, but I tend to just add URL links to the videos from Blackboard. Our version is quite old and requires specialist hardware for the capture; I believe there's a much more up-to-date system which uses capture software. We're going to look into this.
For our general video catalogue we use Planet eStream, which has proved to be extremely good. It has excellent Blackboard integration; a MashUp is provided by a Building Block which works in exactly the same way as the Youtube one. Our eStream system also has a freeview television recorded, and comes with eSign, a digital signage system, which we're starting to make use of. They are a very helpful and responsive company to work with.
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We are looking at a video solution partly to take several gigabytes worth of video out of Blackboard. We are considering Tripleplay or possibly Mediasites from Sonic Foundry. Would anyone have any insights to these products, particularly from the integration with Blackboard software.
Mediasites is a late contender which we have not yet investigated, but hoped for some information from the community. Any advice on either product would be greatly appreciated.
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12 Things you should not say to Bajan employees
May 1, May Day was Labour Day in Barbados and as we continue to salute workers in Barbados this month, here are some tips to keep Bajan employees happy.
We thought we'd take a look at some things which when said by superiors, friends, family and customers make Bajans feel like firing de wuk! #Quiting
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We all know that work is not easy to come by today, so in order to keep yuh lil pick, many Bajans are ignoring and biting their tongues, but there are some words which when strung together rub many employees the wrong way in Barbados. Help a brother or sister out but shutting your mouth or dropping these lines from your vocab. You may think it's funny sometimes, but it aint funny and it ain't cute.
DISCLAIMER: It's not always what you say, but HOW you say it.
1. You see de time?
You get in the office one minute after your start time and your manager sings this out while looking at the office clock… *whooosah* Or worse yet, a coworker asks it with your boss in earshot. #Stupse
2. Lunchtime is uh hour.
Skippa, you feel dat song lyric 'longggg like de traffic in Warrens' is a mek sport ting? Plus, when I come back in 45 minutes, you don't sing out, 'You still have 15 minutes!'
3. Because it's 4:30 you don't have to fly up and leave?
Excuse you! Allow me to explain that when yuh get in at 7:30 am and start before your allocated 8:00 am, no one says you don't have to start so early or says I'll deduct it from your day, so today you finish at 4:00 pm instead of 4:30 pm. So my time is 4:30pm not 4:31pm! #Sorrynotsorry
4. Copy me in on all the emails
Micromanaging drives employees up a wall and on the flip side, some clients hate dealing with a superior or hate a superior jumping in when they have grown accustomed to their rep or handler.
5. You can't take lunch in the last two hours of your workday.
Dear stomach, work with this clock, because we both need this job. Thanks, Your disgruntled owner.
6. Too many people want to take vacation at the same time so submit another period please.
So why I got to move? Am I the pawn on these invisible chess board?
7. Is there a problem?
A manager sees you arrive noticeably late and dishevelled, and then this is the greeting as opposed to 'Are you okay?' Also, if the person is late on a deadline, try 'How are you getting through so far?'
8. Someone called for you but I can't remember the name.
Tell me how this message helps me?
9. Stocktaking is this weekend.
Stocktaking don't pop up like emergency surgency, how you mean THIS weekend? I HAVE PLANS from every long time sense! #Don'tcorrectanangryBajansgrammar
10. You hard at work or you hardly working? Which one it is?
Do what I tell you… see me and don't see me. This question is made up of fighting words, especially at minutes to 2:30 pm in a government office that closes at 3:00 pm officially.
11. Wunna got anything? How you mean wunna sint got no chicken?
*Deep breath* Fast food cashier tries not to cuss each customer that asks this, because to be honest she JUST told her manager 'Well close til chicken done cause you putting me to get cuss!'
12. "I waan try this white thing fast"
*sees sign that says No trying of white items*
Customer with white romper in hand: Sweet girl I could try this?
Sweet girl grumbles and walks off the floor: I gine lunch cause dese illiterate customers on an empty stomach is two no-nos.
Customer: wunna so aint got nuh manners
Sweet girl tells self: Keisha this is your third job in two weeks, cause of your mout, go and grab a Snickers! #Hungryangerisreal
Take care as you speak to Bajans while at work. Please.
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Zippy Broccoli
Total TimePrep/Total Time: 15 min.
Makes8 servings
- 7 cups fresh or frozen broccoli florets
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
- Place broccoli and water in a microwave-safe bowl; cover and cook on high for 3-5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Meanwhile, combine remaining ingredients. Drain broccoli. Drizzle with lemon juice mixture; toss to coat.
Editor's NoteThis recipe was tested in a 1,100-watt microwave.
Nutrition Facts1 cup: 49 calories, 4g fat (1g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 326mg sodium, 4g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 2g fiber), 2g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 vegetable, 1/2 fat.
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My sister-in-law gave me this recipe. It's the first time that I can honestly say that I liked eating broccoli! Yum!
Jan 2, 2016
Our household loves broccoli so making it in different ways is fun. This was very good. My husband loved it. I prefer less heat so the second time used half the hot pepper sauce.
Feb 20, 2012
When using frozen broccoli I would suggest following the package directions for time and amount of water. It really was a tasty change from our usual steamed broccoli with butter!
Nov 13, 2011
Really good! I used 2 large garlic cloves and it had strong garlic flavor.
Apr 15, 2011
My family enjoys this refreshing tangy sauce. It's super simple to make. I've never used the pepper sauce, we enjoy the milder flavor.
Apr 30, 2010
I wasn't crazy about this recipe and we love broccolli. Plain, steamed broccoli is the best tasting way to serve it at least for us. I'm glad I tried it but I'm deleting it from my recipe box.
Jan 21, 2010
My family loved this recipe. I have had a hard time getting my 4 year old to eat broccoli and he devoured it and has been asking for it every dinner since. I steam it instead of microwaving so it preserves the nutritional value. Thank you so much for this recipe!


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By now you would have heard that Somerset House in London is playing host to one of the most exciting exhibitions to take place this summer: elBulli, Ferran Adrià and The Art of Food. So let FOUR Magazine remind you why you should be keeping the date firmly in your diary…
The Art of Food is the world's first exhibition dedicated to a chef and his restaurant. And not any chef; the exhibition will shed light on the global icon of gastronomy, otherwise known as Ferran Adrià, and the restaurant he built to become the world's best, elBulli.
The exhibition will take a behind-the-scenes look at the legendary laboratory and kitchen of the restaurant which is world renowned for being the first to introduce science into the kitchen and delighted diners in Cala Montjoi, a small picturesque bay on the Catalan coast near Roses, for over 50 years.
In total, the elBulli team invented 1,846 dishes and in doing so, they led the culinary revolution which has inspired and influenced a generation of chefs including Heston Blumenthal, René Redzepi, Joan Roca, Andoni Aduriz, Massimo Bottura and Grant Achatz. Under Adrià's leadership and creative direction, elBulli was voted the world's best restaurant five times by Restaurant magazine and the restaurant received over 2 million reservation enquiries for each summer season that it was open.
Celebrating the legacy which Adrià and elBulli has left behind, the exhibition, with its archived footage of the restaurant including: multimedia displays of essential ingredients used by Ferran Adrià and his team; handwritten notes and hand-drawn sketches from research; plasticine models, which were made for all the dishes served as a means for quality control of colour, portion size and position on the plate; original tasting menus, cutlery laid on the tables and salivating shots of the creations, and original restaurant reviews and other press clippings, will give Adrià fans the taste of elBulli they have longed for ever since its closure.
elBulli: Ferran Adrià and The Art of Food
Embankment Galleries West, Somerset House, London
5 July – 29 September 2013
Tickets on sale now at £10 available online from somersethouse.org.uk
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Six Mile Creek – Whitewater Rafting Adventure
Class V Whitewater Rafting - 45 min from Girdwood
- Three canyons of pure thrilling fun and adrenaline – Class V whitewater experience.
- Don't venture down this canyon on your own if you don't know what you're doing. Use one of the local guiding companies to experience this river in a safe fashion.
- Six Mile Creek is located just before Hope, AK. This is a great day trip from Girdwood.
Locals Tip
- Make a day trip out of it. Visit one of the local guiding companies for a thrilling adventure down Six Mile Creek. They will provide you with everything you need (including a dry suit). After your trip, head into Hope for lunch or an afternoon hike. If you purchase one of the afternoon rafting packages, head into Hope and stop by the Seaview for some live music! When you're ready to head back to Girdwood, enjoy the beautiful 40-minute scenic trip home.


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Blue Sky PIGS Out!
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Blue Sky had some VIPs in the studio this week. And by VIPs we mean: VERY IMPORTANT PIGS!
While crew members gathered outside to visit the local food trucks that often come to the studio during the summer, they were greeted by dozens of therapy pigs waiting to be played with and loved!
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Did you know October is National Cybersecurity Month? Dating back to 2003, National Cybersecurity Month is an initiative from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity.
At High Touch, we know cybersecurity threats are constantly evolving, becoming more difficult for users, software developers, and even firewalls to detect. We also know that protecting your business and sensitive customer data is one of your top priorities.
Cybersecurity and Physical Security Go Hand in Hand.
Just because your front door is safe, doesn't mean hackers can't access your network and workstations remotely. Likewise, just because your computer has the latest in cybersecurity protection, doesn't mean you're safe from someone breaking in and walking away with your data.
In developing a total security solution, High Touch works closely with you to engineer a customized plan in line with your business's security goals and budget. If you're ready to beef up your cybersecurity solution for National Cybersecurity Month, here are seven tips you should consider:
If you're not already on Microsoft's cloud-based Office 365 platform and you're still on the old on-premise version of Windows, now is the time to consider an upgrade. With an Office 365 subscription, you get smarter security capabilities like file recovery from ransomware attacks, information security tools, and advanced threat protection from viruses and cyberattacks. That's just the beginning — to learn more, click here to read about the robust security features available to Office 365 subscribers.
As an added incentive, Microsoft recently announced a new pricing model that makes Office 365 look even more attractive. On-premise products will continue to get more expensive over time. For example, Office 2019 commercial prices already increased by 10 percent for October 2018. As a Microsoft P-Seller, High Touch can help you understand your Microsoft licensing and pricing options.
A quality, sophisticated firewall is the first line of defense when engineering an effective, multi-layered cybersecurity solution. With a properly configured firewall, you can prevent incoming security threats with automatic remediation, sandboxing, anti-virus, intrusion prevention, content filtering, and advanced threat detection (ATP).
If you're unfamiliar, ATP employs advanced techniques, such as machine learning, code analysis, and sandboxing, to keep your company's data safe. Including ATP in your company's security solution is a proactive way to help protect your business against sophisticated attacks.
Do you know who owns your business's domain name? If it's not properly secured, your valuable domain portfolio could fall into malicious hands. Through High Touch's domain management services, we can help you select and secure domain names relevant to your brand. Once secured, we can help maintain your domain, including DNS changes, transfers, and renewal processes.
You could have the finest security solution plan in place: top-of-the-line firewalls, night vision security cameras, and the best security software money can buy. On paper, it's a security solution that makes your business seem impenetrable. Consider the traffic your business has, and how one flaw could throw a wrench into your finely tuned system.
A good security plan doesn't work without employee education. It's important to continually remind yourself and your employees about safe IT practices, such as internet browsing protocol, email safety, peripheral device usage, password management, and data control. If it's been awhile since you did a security check-in, now is the time to do it.
Can anyone walk into your business off the street? Sure, old fashioned keys are great, but with access control, you can determine who's accessing areas of your business and when. Using keycards, fobs, or badges, you can protect your employees, property, and customers by restricting access to unauthorized areas. Oftentimes, just seeing an access control mechanism can deter thieves looking for an easy target.
We understand that every business has unique needs when it comes to surveillance. The easiest way to see who's at your door is to monitor who's walking up before the doorbell rings.
Many business owners are surprised to learn how affordable surveillance can be. We work with you to understand your personalized business needs before engineering a secure, dependable, and cost-efficient solution to your problem. When determining the cost of a business surveillance system, we assess multiple variables when constructing your quote, including your business size, required equipment specifications, and desired features.
High Touch partners with EverFocus, Speco Technologies, and Vivotek to offer quality and affordable surveillance solutions.
With new threats popping up every day, cybersecurity is a 24/7, 365 day per year job. Despite the advancements in technology, cyberattacks still happen. As an added threat, physical disasters like flooding, hardware failure, file corruption, theft, or human error could happen anytime. Is your business prepared to handle a data disaster?
Data backup and recovery is an important part of any security solution, often overlooked when businesses construct in-house security solutions. Your business's data is a financial asset that you need to protect.
Does Your Business Need a Security Solution Checkup?
Whether it's surveillance, cybersecurity, or updating to the latest and safest Microsoft 365 product, High Touch can help keep your business safe. Fill out the form below to contact us today to learn more about our security, data backup and recovery, and Microsoft services.


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Ready Mixed Concrete Deeside and Ellesmere Port
We are an experienced ready mixed concrete company based in Wrexham. We cover the areas of Deeside, Mold, Ellesmere Port, Chester and of course Wrexham. We mix the concrete to your specific consistency on site and pour it directly from the wagon. You only pay for what you use. No waste and no fuss. Our minimum amount is only half a cubic metre and we offer a next day delivery service. If you need ready-mixed concrete in Deeside, Ellesmere Port, Chester, Wrexham or surrounding areas then please view the rest of this site for details of our services.


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What do you call TWO Tornadoes that miss all the local trailer parks?
A Redneck Dream come true.
Every News Crew's worst nightmare!
As Tropical Storm Ernesto wanders through the Eastern Part of our state tonight we spent today covering the aftermath of twin tornadoes that passed through rural Alamance County yesterday.
Firefighters saw 2 funnel clouds pass over the Hawfields area late Wednesday as stormes from an approaching cold front blew up all over Central North Carolina. When we arrived in the area on Thursday morning I expceted a couple of downed trees and maybe a sheet of tin or two.
But as we passed by tree after tree, snapped, twisted or broken I realized that this wind maker really packed some punch. (That sounded cliche!)
Of course our object was to find the epicenter, the worst of the damage to illustrate what had happened. That focus took us not into a devastated trailer park but into a middle class neighborhood that had debris spread all over, a trampoline in a million pieces, a garage door blown out and all the foundation vents sucked out of one house.
Luckily however the twisters bounced over all the houses just downing trees in insignificant non-damaging locations. That's OK though.
On our search for a location to do a LIve shot with a debris field we found the scene in the the next picture.
At first look you might think it came from the mobile home. It did, sort of. It bounced off the trailer in mid flight after the wind ripped it from the feed barn of this dairy farm.
The debris field of this storm stretched about 5 square miles.
Only one trailer was damaged.


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JAZZ FEST INDEX - 2010 Rochester INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL
Gwyneth Herbert was a complete surprise and she is almost impossible to pin down. She covers songs by Neil Young, Dolly Parton and Portishead but she does it all like a jazz cabaret singer. Her voice reminded us of Marianne Faithful when she had a voice. She is an entertainer first and she has picked the perfect musicial accompaniment to let her shine. The acoustic guitar and bass playing was stripped to the core and right on. She played piano, drum and closed the night wandering through the crowd with a ukulele singing a beautiful lullaby. We loved it. - photo by P Doddy - click photo to advance > next


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Three different tracks in a wonderful island, surrounded by the ocean and the desert. That was the 18th Boa Vista Ultra Trail, the race that went on stage on the Capo Verde island.
The winner of Ultra Marathon (150 Km) is Orlando Silva Tavares, second place for the italian Fabio Caporali. 6th, but first for the female category, Alice Modignani Fasoli.
The winners ot the Salt Marathon (75 Km) are Ivan Zufferli, for the male category, and Romina Rivella, for the female category.
Joao Lopes Fonseca and Giuseppina Bisignano are the winners of the Eco Marathon race (42 Km).
See the complete rankings here: https://www.endu.net/it/events/boavista-ultramarathon/results


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Staff Vacancies
There are currently no staff vacancies at the moment, however do email us if you are interested in working for us.
Most of our staff hold an NVQ level 3 in Child Care and Education or hold or are currently studying for a degree in Early Years.
Our staff are required to work within the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum framework, regulated by OFSTED and the nursery's strict company policies and procedures.
Staff Benefits
As an independent nursery we aim and can offer a competitive salary package to the successful candidate that will reflect their experience, skills and qualifications.
To Apply
Please email Rebecca Warner, Company Director at email@example.com
To be considered for a first interview candidates must show their commitment to building a career in childcare in their personal statement (within the application pack).
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Preferred candidates will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (previously CRB check).


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Postal Changes Take Shape
When the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) approved most of the recommendations made by the Postal Regulatory Commission in March, it set into motion an often confusing set of regulations and cost increases that will have a wide-ranging impact on direct mail users of all sizes, budgets and markets. Since the initial rate changes for First Class and Standard mail are scheduled to be implemented on May 14—followed by scheduled changes in July for periodicals and catalogs, and in August for mandatory use of Delivery Point Verification (DPV)—hopefully you've already begun preparing for these adjustments and new requirements. If you wait too long, you may face postage increases that can throw off your direct mail budget projections and anticipated profits for the year.
The New Postal Deal
What are the changes? The USPS proposes rate increases for all classes of mail to go into effect on May 14. The following link, www.usps.com/ratecase/fcm_summary.htm, will give you access to the latest information on new rates. But understand that this postal rate case is more than a flat-out price increase, though the USPS certainly is faced with the need to address its own increased costs with higher revenues. The "postal reform" label involves a host of other complex adjustments, including realignment of mail classifications, greater incentive to comply with updated sorting and processing equipment, new recommendations on the use of NCOA (National Change of Address) and LACS (Local Address Correction System) processes, and uniformity in mailing dimensions.
In addition to the postage rate increases and the realignment of many class- and rate-qualification tiers, changes on the vendor side also will impact mailing costs. One that will be in place by August is the way the Coding Address Support System (CASS) software will code addresses. CASS, used to append ZIP+4 codes, translates into postage savings, and essentially is the USPS' stamp of approval for ultimate deliverability, as those codes help to automate and streamline the processing and delivery of mail. Currently the software codes address ranges, meaning the USPS provides a number range for a street address, e.g., 100–500 Main St. If the address you have falls in that range, then the USPS supplies the ZIP+4 code. Come August, however, the USPS will tighten the match criteria, providing the ZIP+4 code only if the address you have is an exact match. So, if you have 507 Main St. and the USPS has 501 Main St., no ZIP+4 code will be returned. Miss enough matches and you could lose out on postal savings.


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MEXICO – The coronavirus crisis has also affected the drug trafficking economy in Mexico, where the reduction of supply spaces and the disruption of chains have led cartels to diversify their operations, exacerbating violence in the country.
Reflection of this is the annual drop of 24.61% in the first four-month period of 2020 of crimes against health, as Mexico is called to federal crimes that involve, among others, production, transportation, traffic, commerce, possession and supply of drugs.
From January to April, 12,544 of these crimes were registered, compared to 16,639 in the same period of the previous year, reveals an analysis of the database updated this week by the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System.
This April, the second month of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico, 2,364 of these crimes were reported, 33.5% less than in March and 37.67% less than in April 2019.
"Clearly, the demand did drop because many of its workplaces are restaurants, bars, and all of this is closed," explains Vidal Romero, director of the Center for Studies on Security, Intelligence and Governance of the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM).
Another sign of the impact is the reduction of seizures at checkpoints of the United States Office of Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Civilians are preparing to handle weapons to fight drug trafficking.
Compared to the same period of the previous year, in the first four-month period of 2020, the amount of marijuana confiscated at these points reported by CBP decreased by 18.71%, that of cocaine 30.85%, and that of heroin 33.33%.
The director of CESIG attributes the phenomenon to a possible drop in demand in the United States rather than to the restriction of non-essential travel on the border between the two countries, agreed from March 21 to June 22 by the pandemic.
"The border is closed for citizens on foot, for those who want to cross into the United States, but the drug is not passed through those places, the drug is passed through tunnels, by light aircraft, by boats. That part has never been closed", aim.
Despite the panorama, Mexico registered 3,000 homicides in March, the most violent month of the Presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who took office in December 2018.
Although the government presumed a monthly reduction of 1.66% of this crime in April, with 2,950, the organization Semáforo Delictivo remembers that March has one more day, so the daily average in April was 98.33 compared to 96.77 in March.
These killings are "mainly adjustments of accounts between gangs," says Romero.
According to official records, around 20 homicides are committed every day in this entity, and the violence that fills the streets, assures the state security commissioner, is a desperate act of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel.
The cartels are now "very fat companies, with many employees" that, due to low demand, take advantage of the pandemic to dispute localities, comments the ITAM professor.
"What has happened in Mexico since the last years is that these organizations diversified and are no longer just drug trafficking or production organizations, but they diversified to issues such as extortion and kidnapping," he says.
While in 2006, at the start of the "war on drugs," there were three active conflicts between drug cartels, in 2018 there were 18, according to the Institute for the Economy and Peace (IEP).
Given the decrease in imports of chemical precursors from China and the closure of distribution spaces, the gangs have turned to extortion and theft of passenger transport, says Gerardo Rodríguez, professor of national security at the University of the Americas Puebla.
Six out of 10 companies report an increase in violence in the pandemic, the Confederation of Industrial Chambers (CONCAMIN) reported this week in its "COVID Industrial" report.
"There may be a substitution effect there. Organized crime is going to look for other spaces that the formal economy leaves, spaces that the government leaves to look for other mechanisms to obtain income," says Rodríguez, co-author of the Global Impunity Index.
AMLO waves to El Chapo's mother.
In the crisis, groups such as the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJGN) challenge the state with the massive delivery of pantries, Rodríguez says.
Also, there are reports that small businesses and workers are approached to offer them "credits", he adds.
"They had a decrease, probably, the first months, but they are going to overcome it. So they need to continue giving cash flow, food, to families from their criminal structure," he says.
The drug traffickers, he describes, are also no stranger to fear of the health effects of COVID-19, which accumulates 62,527 infections and 6,989 confirmed deaths in Mexico.
"The field and the production of drugs have not stopped, so the producers must be nervous because their relatives continue to go to work and they can catch it," says the researcher.


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Saturday, July 25, 2015 from 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM (EDT)
Our award winners for best World Cinema short and feature will be announced at our awards ceremony Saturday, July 18.
Since 2004, the Indy Film Fest has quickly grown into one of the Midwest's fastest-growing and most-watched film festivals — and one of the most valued annual cultural events in the city. With attendance growing every year, we continue to deepen our impact on the city and the film community worldwide. Featuring the best in independent and innovative film from both award-winning professionals and emerging filmmakers, we've exhibited films from nearly every state in the country and more than 50 countries around the globe.
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A curated list post is a collection of links to content that already exists – content you didn't have to spend the time to create. If you can tie those resources cohesively like a series of how-to posts, the odds of having increased traffic are definitely in your favor here.
LinkedIn is one of the social media networks that often gets ignored in social media marketing plans. It's my list of the best free network monitoring tools available today. Please note that website traffic from this service can come from a wide variety of websites and will not match the quality of search engine website traffic from Google, Yahoo or MSN.
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You align your pages to target the keywords that people are searching for to provide the most relevant information & get traffic from those searches. Create blog posts, social media posts and forum discussions about the charity or cause you are donating to, and link back to a main article on your website discussing your involvement.
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Worcester Sun publishes obituaries daily. Click here to see obituary listings from previous days.
Today's obituary listings from Central Mass. funeral homes.
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Jason E. Adams, 44, of Rutland — Obituary
Betty E. (Gormley) Ashmore, 90, of Winchendon — Obituary
Geraldine Elizabeth (Moore) Aubuchon, 86, of Leominster — Obituary
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Lillian C. Sepavich Bagdis, 94, of West Boylston — Obituary
Edwin Dale Beals — Obituary
Robert L. Beauvais, 76, of Holden and Fitchburg — Obituary
Ronald R. Bergeron, 81, of Leominster — Obituary
Jason Brassard, 35, of Fitchburg — Obituary
Edward W. Burtt, Jr., 47, of Leicester — Obituary
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Mike J. Cammuso, Sr., 59 — Obituary
Robert R. Charland, 80, of Gardner — Obituary
Rosemarie Veronica (Mandella) Chiancola, 102, of Worcester — Obituary
William A." Billy" Chisholm of North Brookfield — Obituary
Rebecca B. (Langley) Cole, 82, of Spencer — Obituary
Catherine D. (Noonan) Corriere, 89, of Worcester — Obituary
William "Bill" Frederick Criggar, 82, of Gardner — Obituary
Mary B. Cyganiewicz, 88, of Gardner — Obituary
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Melora M. (Butler) Dauksz, 71, of Webster — Obituary
Paul K. "Cookie" Drady, 74, of Uxbridge and Douglas — Obituary
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Robert O. Guillet, 88, of Charlton and Southbridge — Obituary
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Olive (Kelley) Hallaman, 90, of Holden — Obituary
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Jane A. (Woodbury) King, 70, of Auburn and Holden — Obituary
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Annette G. (Raymond) Krasnecky, 75, of Webster — Obituary
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Jacalyn M. (Rossi) Lastella, 67, of Leominster — Obituary
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Noella M. LeBlanc, 68, of Gardner — Obituary
Alex J. "AJ" Lessard 38, of Auburn and Leicester — Obituary
Vito A. Lopopolo, 84, of Worcester — Obituary
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Francis Charles McGourty, 80, of Worcester — Obituary
Mary Leonora McGrail, 89, of Westborough and Framingham — Obituary
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Ludger "Gerry" Metivier, 73, of New Port Richey, Fla. — Obituary
Goldie (Brown) Miller, 88, of Revere and Worcester — Obituary
C. Carvill Moore, 84, of Leicester — Obituary
Giovanna (Simmarano) Morrissey, 72, of Worcester — Obituary
Elizabeth "Liz" Anne (Alderton) Moss, 89, of Westborough — Obituary
Doris T. (Powers) Mountain, 62, of Worcester — Obituary
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Philip L. Philip, 87, of Shrewsbury — Obituary
Richard C. Pierce, 78, of Northborough — Obituary
Robert W. Piltzecker, 78, of Worcester — Obituary
Louise "Topsie" Piragis of Orange — Obituary
John Poplawski, Jr., 67, of Danielson, Conn. — Obituary
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Rosaura Santiago, 88, of Northbridge — Obituary
Sanford E. Schulman, 83, of Auburn — Obituary
John "Jack" H. Seymour, 69, of Worcester — Obituary
Margaret "Maggie" (Soojian) Snyder, 87, of Webster — Obituary
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Dr. Richard M. Donnini
First, I want to thank you for taking the time to visit the PEMCO website. I started this practice over 25 years ago when I saw the lack of pain management options in the area. I was drawn to this specialty partly because of my experience as an emergency room doctor. I am proud to say that I was the first physician to practice outpatient interventional pain management in southwest Ohio and one of the first to do so in the state. I have spent a long time working with patients in pain. My experience has shown me that every person has their own story and every person requires their own path to recovery. My physicians, nurse practitioners, and staff are trained to provide comprehensive pain management options and compassionate patient-focused care.
One thing I enjoy about being a physician is getting involved with the community. I often meet with other physicians and discuss multi-specialty options for patients. I am involved with the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, and because I understand the system, I'm able to better treat injured workers. Recently, I've held dinners for primary care and internal medicine physicians informing them of the changing narcotics laws. I've always been involved in medical research and I'm currently working on two independent studies.
Outside of work, I enjoy playing golf with my wife and sons. Now that our sons have graduated college, my wife and I travel together in our free time. Both of my sons attended Centerville City Schools and went on to graduate from University of Cincinnati. I have always loved sports and played collegiate football many years ago. I coached football at Centerville when my boys were in high school. Ryan graduated with a business degree from U.C. He recently married his high school sweetheart and they bought their first home. Connor played football at U.C. and now works in Atlanta as a marketing manager. My Tonia and I attend Bengals football games whenever we can. We like to keep as busy as possible.
Read Dr. Donnini's article on the Use and Effectiveness of Spinal Cord Stimulation
Read Dr. Donnini's article on Diagnostic and Therapeutic Issues of Neuropathic Pain
Dr. Janice P. Pauley
I am a board certified Anesthesiologist and Interventional Pain Specialist. I graduated with a medical degree from The Ohio State University in 1987. My anesthesia training with emphasis in pain management was completed in 1991. I have managed acute and chronic pain for over 25 years. I practiced anesthesia and pain management at many hospitals in Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio. During that time, I learned several techniques and systems that have provided me with leading qualities as a physician. Working within many hospital systems helped me become a an expert problem solver. Over the years, I supervised many anesthesia residents, CRNA's- Certified registered nurse anesthetists- and taught EMT's- Emergency Medical technicians-airway management. In 2013 I joined PEMCO- Pain Management Center of Ohio.
I then decided to dedicate my time solely to chronic pain management. At PEMCO, we utilize physical therapy, massage therapy, manual therapy, acupuncture, psychological therapy, injections, radiofrequency ablation, spinal cord stimulators and implantable pain pumps to manage extremely difficult pain syndromes. We also specialize in Workman's Compensation cases and work closely with community attorneys to get the best treatment for these patients. The PEMCO team consists of many well trained medical assistants, physical therapy specialists, a psychologist, many qualified CNP's- Certified nurse practitioners, and 3 very experienced physicians. I am dedicated to helping patients improve their lives and increase their activities of daily living. Being a Dayton native I understand the difficulties many Ohioans face.
If you are feeling that pain is adversely affecting your life I strongly urge you to try PEMCO and allow us to work with you. The only thing you have to lose is the pain.
Dr. Tammy Dann
I knew early on in my schooling that I wanted to be a pain physician and wanted to be able to provide my future patients with a well rounded approach to managing their pain. After attending medical school at the founding osteopathic medical school in Kirksville, Missouri, I completed an anesthesiology and critical care residency at St. Louis University, followed by an Interventional Pain Management fellowship at the University of Iowa. Prior to attending medical school I also obtained a Masters' Degree in Public Health from the University of Minnesota.
I am currently board certified in anesthesiology and critical care as well as interventional pain management by the American Board of Anesthesiology. I have thus been provided with the tools to treat pain with a combination of osteopathic manipulation, injections, implantable therapies and medications. I am specifically interested in treatments for chronic regional pain syndrome, as well as management of implantable therapies including nerve stimulators and pain pumps. I have given lectures at national conferences and am involved with various anesthesia and pain societies in order to remain well versed in the best and most beneficial pain treatments for my patients.
In my free time, I enjoy volunteering at my children's schools, running and spending time with my husband, four children, dog and two cats.
Dr. Thomas Heitkemper
I have been a psychologist at PEMCO in Centerville since 1996. I began training in health psychology at the Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center in 1982 and joined the Pain Center at Jewish Hospital in 1986. I graduated from the University of Toledo with a PhD in 1988. I was the Director of Psychology Services at the Pain Rehabilitation Center at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, one of America's leading pain centers.
I've taught classes on pain management at Xavier University, University of Cincinnati, and Kettering College of Medical Science. I serve on the OPA Task Force for Workers' Compensation reform and I am a member of the Disability Evaluators' Panel for the Ohio Industrial Commission. I'm also on the Board of Trustees for the Cincinnati Academy of Professional Psychology. I'm very involved in Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation's "Strategic Early Intervention Program" which will allow delivery of psychological/behavioral interventions in the very early stages of the claim with the goal of identifying and addressing psychosocial risk factors for the development of long-term disability. I'm also developing standards for the psychological screening of candidates for implantable therapies and spinal fusions.
I have three daughters and two grandsons. I enjoy cooking, gardening, and hitting the bike trail on a regular basis. I am known locally as a "plug and play" trumpet player who has performed in venues ranging from cathedrals to a night club in Osaka, Japan. Most weekends I'm anchoring the horn section of a ten-piece rock band, "Second Wind." I am also president and co-founder of Santa's Goody Bag Band, a charitable performing group which has raised over $60,000 for Shriners Hospital and other children's charities.
Lidia Berrone MS, CNP
I began my nursing career at Grandview Hospital after I graduated from Wright State University with my bachelor of science in nursing. At Grandview, I worked on a number of units including advanced care, intensive care, surgical intensive care, and post-procedural unit. I was interested in cardiac patients and obtained a position at the Dayton Heart Hospital (DHH). During my time at DHH, I decided to go back to school and obtained my Master's Degree in nursing as an acute care nurse practitioner.
In 2003, I graduated from a master's program and offered a position as a nurse practitioner with a cardiology practice. I worked there two rewarding years and provided excellent training in the cardiology field. I decided that I wanted to change gears and work with geriatric patients. I began working for a primary care physician that was based in a nursing home facility.
I began working at PEMCO over 9 years ago. I find that it is very satisfying to help people manage their chronic and acute pain.
In my free time, I enjoy cooking, dancing, and exercising. Yoga is one of the things I enjoy doing to clear my mind and body of stress. I also spend a substantial amount of time attending medical seminars for continuing education to keep my knowledge and skills up to date on current clinical practices.
Kathi Flanders MS, CNP
I have always enjoyed working in a social environment. My interest in helping others led me to the health care field. I ultimately decided to get my bachelor of science in nursing from the University of Cincinnati in 1995. I went on to University of Cincinnati's masters in nursing program of which I graduated with my masters of science in nursing in 1997. My career as a nurse practitioner began shortly following my degree. I've worked in nursing for over 25 years and pain management for over seven years. I enjoy helping patients find the source of pain and providing treatment options to help every person live as free from pain as possible.
I have an active social life and I enjoy spending time with family and friends. I especially take pleasure in spending time with my grandchildren that I see as much as possible. My husband and I enjoy traveling and spending time on the beach. I also enjoy taking quiet time to read.
Rhea Jeffers, BSN, CNP
I recently joined the PEMCO team. I have worked in the healthcare field for nearly 30 years in a number of different environments. I earned my BSN (bachelor of science in nursing) and FNP (family nurse practitioner) at Indiana Wesleyan University. I've worked as a nurse practitioner in cardiology, family practice, and pain management. One of the things I appreciate about pain management is the opportunity to get to know my patients and their families. Pain is personal and should be treated with respect and understanding.
My children and grandchildren are the best company anyone could hope for. There is always someone visiting and my home is never quiet. I've fostered children of all ages and they have brought joy to my life. My grandchildren come over to cook, play cards, and garden in the summer. I can't say that there is anything I enjoy more than family.
Joni Abramczyk, MSN, CNP
I have been in the field of nursing for 7.5 years, spending my first 3 years caring for those with various cardiac and pulmonary issues and my last 4.5 years working at Soin Medical Center in an outpatient/inpatient procedural area. I obtained my undergraduate nursing degree from Wright State University in 2009 and my master's degree from Chamberlain University in 2016. Though I am a new nurse practitioner, I am not new to those with acute and chronic pain for 4.5 years, it was those connections I made with patients and the progress I seen over the years that led me to pursue a career in pain management.
In my off time I enjoy spending time with family, binge-watching my favorite shows on Netflix with my husband, playing games with my daughter, watching her at gymnastics, and appreciating the outdoors. I look forward to traveling more and creating new memories with my family.
Keith Rost, Director of Physical Therapy
I have worked as the Director of Physical Therapy at PEMCO for the over 19 years and have been in the physical medicine field for over 28 years. As long as I can remember, I've been passionate about physical medicine and nutrition health. I earned my associates degree in exercise science in 1989 and my degree in radiological science in 1995. I also attended Wright State University where I studied athletic training. I have certifications in spinal rehab from the University of Florida as well functional training/manual therapy, among others. My focus is integrating conventional physical therapy procedures and modalities with integrative alternative pain management options. I was one of the first in the Dayton area to implement the homeopathic anti-inflammatory medicine Traumeel with Iontophoresis for effective pain relief.
In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my wife and three children. Our kids are involved in athletic and academic programs which keep us very busy. I have enjoyed coaching my kids in sports throughout the years and guiding them to be the best they can be. I love all sports, strength training, and improving my knowledge of nutritional health and wellness. To keep my skills fine-tuned I often attend training/certification seminars in physical medicine and nutrition in hopes to educate our patients at PEMCO.


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Frank Warren wants to make Golovkin-Saunders at a football ground in London
With the May 5 rematch between unified middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin 37-0-1 (33) and Canelo Alvarez 49-1-2 (34) dead in the water after the Mexican star's two failed drug tests, promoter Frank Warren has stepped up to the plate to offer to make a fight between the Kazakh bomber and WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders 26-0 (12).
"Golovkin has always said that he wants to get the last middleweight belt he doesn't hold yet by fighting Billy Joe. This is the chance for both of them," Warren was quoted as saying in the Daily Mail.
Saunders is currently scheduled to face fellow Brit Martin Murray 36-4-1 (17) on June 23 at London's O2 Arena but Warren says that the 28-year-old southpaw titleholder could be ready before that.
"That was the only date in June available at that arena," Warren said of the Murray match-up. "Although Billy Joe can't recover in time for May 5, he could go as early as the first or second Saturday in June.
"I am making a huge offer for Gennady to come to a football ground in London. Otherwise we are just as happy to go to Las Vegas, where Golovkin is keen to headline for the first time in his career."
Golovkin has already stated he wants to keep the May 5 date, which coincides with the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo and has become synonymous with boxing ever since Oscar De La Hoya and Top Rank took a mortgage out on the date in the late 1990s.
"The T-Mobile Area in Vegas are already refunding the high-price tickets for Canelo-Golovkin. Their problem now is that the date coincides with a Mexican national holiday and most of those expensive seats have been taken by the thousands who come across the southern border to celebrate.
"It might be wiser for Gennady to take a slightly smaller arena in June and fill it with Billy Joe, who really believes he has a great chance of winning that fight."


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October 22, 2018 • Lee Faler
Is it okay for me to be vulnerable? Is it okay for me to bear my soul with you, the reader for a moment? I'm assuming if you're still reading this, then the answer is "yes."
I struggle with staying encouraged. As a pastor of a church with an average attendance of less than 100, discouragement is something that I battle on a frequent basis. The discouragement is usually strongest on a Sunday when the attendance is waaaaaaayyyy down. In a small church like mine, when people are absent on a Sunday morning, you notice. In fact much of my Sunday afternoon, is usually spent identifying who was present and who wasn't and immediately contacting them. Our church is small enough that you can easily tell who was there, and who wasn't by simply looking around.
A few weeks ago our attendance was waaaaayyy down. Like, depressingly down. I must confess, after church I found myself envying megachurch pastors. They get all the social media shares. They get quoted. They get the applause from their congregations. They don't have to make the phone calls and texts saying "we missed you at church today." The discouragement piled on deeper and deeper.
But I fought against that discouragement and if you will let me I'll share with you how I fought. In order to fight against this discouragement I took the following actions:
I asked myself several questions. Was I faithful with the word of God? Did I preach the passage with integrity? Did I faithfully preach the gospel? Did I present Jesus as the only means by which people can be saved? If I did that, then regardless of how good the attendance was, I did my job. That is something to be proud of.
I committed to not play the comparison game. The comparison game is a game where there are no winners. Peter liked to play the comparison game and received some pretty harsh words from our Lord. When Jesus told him what kind of death he would die in John 21, Peter's response was "Jesus, what about John?" Do you remember what Jesus told Peter? He basically told him, "Mind your business. Let me worry about John. You, follow me!"
As long as we are constantly comparing ourselves to other people's ministries we will always be discouraged. There will always be someone with a bigger church, and there will always be someone who preaches a better sermon. Here is what I have found thus far in ministry: I can't' run a good race, constantly looking over my shoulder in order to compare myself with other runners. God has not called me to comparison, but to faithfulness.
I remembered this encouraging truth from an unlikely passage, Isaiah 6. You're probably familiar with the passage. Isaiah sees the Lord, becomes aware of his sinfulness, responds to the Lord's commission by saying "Here I am! Send me!"
Wow! What an encouraging passage! Until we read past verse 8 that is. God tells Isaiah that he is to preach to a people who will not listen to him, and instead of his preaching softening hearts, his preaching will harden hearts. Isaiah is to do this until the Babylonian captivity ultimately. I'm willing to bet that none of us would sign up for such a gig.
How did this encourage me? I promise you I'm not that sadistic. God reminded me of this truth:
God does not judge success by our results, but by our faithfulness.
That truth is so freeing. As long as I am faithful to God's call on my life, I'm successful. In fact if I'll be faithful, I can trust the results to God and sleep in peace at night.
So what am I going to do? I will be faithful to the passage. I will not play the comparison game. No one wins that game. I will rest knowing that God is not rewarding me based on success, but instead on my faithfulness. With all the power that the gospel provides, let's fight discouragement.
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Cute and Perky, Slim and Sexy - A Poet's Guide to Personal Ads
MacPherson, Jennifer
A poetic account of the author's seven-month sojourn through the Personal Ads scene.
"Her newest book is a mixture of insight, humor, and brutal honesty - a spiritual signpost for the modern dating game. . . . In an age of pretension, it is a revelation of persistence, of hope rising above bitterness. I found this book of poems impossible to put down once I picked it up." - Bryan Wilbur in The Seasons
"Jennifer MacPherson knows our shallowness and our depth, knows our pain and our potential, knows our desire and our capacity for love. A sometimes funny, sometimes sad, always moving book." - Patrick Lawler, author, Reading A Burning Book, and A Drowning Man Is Never Tall Enough
"Through the humorous and intimate vocabulary of the personal ad, MacPherson touches upon what is most personal in all of us, the need to stretch through the emptiness of space to touch one another. These poems are poems of our late twentieth century civilization with their lyrical exploration of our growing interpersonal relationships through the media." - Sean Thomas Dougherty, author, The Mercy of Sleep and Love Song of the Young Couple.


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Rate the best sausage and have a Krafty to wash them down. Rut&Wiess and Golden Ale on tap. All Sunday long...
At this years' festival we will serve our bestseller "Blau&Weiss" from tap along with our summer hit "Golden Ale".
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At the Krafty Braumeister we use a very traditional way to condition (carbonate) our beers. Before we fill bottles and kegs with our ready fermented beers we add unfermented wort (=liquor consisting of malt and water which is the basis for any beer) and a tiny bit of fresh yeast to the fermenting vessel. This step ensures that carbonation continues in the bottle or keg and produces CO2 in a natural way, adding refreshing fizziness to our products.
This step prolongs the maturation process of the beer for at least two weeks (depending on the beer style sometimes even much longer). To save this time a huge number of breweries force-carbonate the beer by adding CO2 from a gas cylinder. In our opinion the force carbonation process interferes in the natural maturation of beer and does not allow the beer to develop its natural aroma.
We are using CO2 from gas cylinders for the counter-pressure filling of bottles and kegs for the only reason to prevent oxygen flowing into the beer during the filling process. That keeps us widely independent from huge CO2 supplies.
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Yoga practice is about cultivating connection no matter what "shape" we're in, including, and maybe more importantly, the spaces between "poses". Refined transitions feel beautiful, maintain connection, and keep the body safe. With arm balances as our muse, this workshop will guide how to ground pose foundations and demystify body mechanicsfor efficient movement. Expect to deconstruct transitions with functional anatomy toemploy intelligent alignment as we refine common transitions, like bakasana (crow pose) to chaturanga dandasana (four limbed staff pose), before moving towards some more extensive transitions and flows.
*Prerequisite: Bakasana (crow pose) with ease & serious sense of play .
Amanda Shepherd, 200 RYT, Yoga Tune Up ®, Mentee of Erika Burkhalter, has 20 years of yoga experience. She guides with lightness, often sprinkling jokes between anatomy information and meticulous detail.


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A nice paper from Ding Ding and Iyabo Masha.
It seems India's reforms and high growth have led to rise in spillover to South Asian economy as well. So from 1995 onwards if India grows by 1%, it has a +ve spillover effect to South Asia of 0.37%.
Some history and basics:
Many South Asian countries share a common history and culture, and until 1947 the three largest – India, Pakistan and Bangladesh – had a common market with integrated monetary and communication systems. Though the economies share similar developmental challenges, India's economy is disproportionately larger than its neighbors'. Currently, India accounts for about 80 percent of the region's GDP, Pakistan accounts for about 10 percent, Bangladesh 6 percent, Sri Lanka 2 percent, and the rest less than 2 percent.
Economic growth in the region accelerated since the late 1990s, a period that coincides with the opening up of the Indian economy. On average, the rate of growth of real per capita GDP rose from 3.5 percent in 1990–1995 to 4.5 percent in 2005–2009. This was the case even though Afghanistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka faced considerable political challenges that likely negatively affected macroeconomic performance for part of the period under study. India's granting of duty-free access to goods from five SAARC countries in November 2011 is expected to strengthen intraregional links and there is a framework agreement to reduce custom duties of all traded goods to zero by 2016.
How does Indian economy help SAR? Official financial flows from India are the main source:
Unlike some regional powers such as South Africa, India does not operate an economic union with its neighbors4. For the smaller economies like Bhutan and Nepal, India is the single-largest trading partner, and a fixed peg with the Indian rupee provides a source of stability and has helped anchor inflation. For Bangladesh, trade with India as a share of total trade remains around 10 percent since mid-1990s (Chart 4); while Sri Lanka's trade with India has picked up following a bilateral trade agreement, with exports to India quadrupling since the full implementation of the agreement in 2000. The recent increase in Maldives's trade with India was boosted by increasing demand for tourism, with India supplying round 3 percent of tourists.
India's official financial flows, especially to the smaller economies, are key transmission channels for spillover effects to the region. More than 70 percent of Bhutan's budgetary grants are from the Government of India, and almost all (98 percent) of Bhutan's external debt is owed to India and serviced automatically from the proceeds of joint venture hydroelectric power receipts. In Maldives, loans from India account for about 20 percent of external debt outstanding, and the State Bank of India is the second largest bank operating in Maldives. In Afghanistan, India recently committed to US$ 650– 750 million (about 4 percent of GDP) in aid through direct and indirect budget support. In 2010, EXIM Bank of India extended a line of credit of $1 billion to the Government of Bangladesh for financing eligible goods and services, including project exports and consultancy services. While these flows allow these countries to bridge the gap between domestic savings and investment, enabling higher levels of consumption, they could also make the economies susceptible to adverse developments in India.
However private financial flows are not as big. Remittances have also become a major source lately:
Remittances provide another channel through which India's growth may affect growth in SAC. Although not recorded by official data, it is believed both Nepal and Bangladesh have a sizable number of emigrants in India. Their remittances are important in financing domestic consumption and moderating the impact of exogenous shocks.
Another interesting source of spillover is SAsian students coming to India for education. THis is human capital spillover. In spillover research one hardly discusses human capital spillover:
India's contribution to human capital development in South Asia is mainly through education and health. It has long been a destination for higher education in the region. From 1992 to 2007, the number of SAC students studying in India's universities has more than doubled to almost 5000 (Dongaonkar and Negi 2009). Both officially and through private sector driven initiatives, India is investing in health and education sectors in other countries. India is also assisting to train Afghan civil servants, diplomats and police, while in Bangladesh and Bhutan it is providing technical assistance for the implementation of power projects.
So these are possible sources of spillover. However, empirically it is difficult to identify the sources of spillover:
This growth spillover though does not seem to depend on the traditional trade channel, consistent with the stylized facts on the key trade indicators. Nevertheless, the modest impact in the post reform era indicates that India is able to influence growth in the region. It is likely that India's growth spillovers are transmitted through a combination of direct and indirect channels in different countries, in which case the panel analysis may not be able to pinpoint a particular channel as being the most important. It is possible that the productivity and efficiency of SAC have been enhanced by increased availability of technical knowhow from India and increases in human capital development. The achievements of India in the post-reform era may also have increased business confidence across the region, and contributed to the implementation of policies that eventually affected SAC's growth positively.
Though spillover from India to SAsian region is lower than Safrica to Africa region and China to SEAsian region:
Although India's growth has good explanatory power for growth in its South Asia neighbors after 1995, the level of the spillover impact is less than those found in other large economies. While a 1 percentage point increase in India's growth translates into 0.37 percentage point increase for SAC, Arora and Vamvakidis (2005) show that a 1 percentage point increase in GDP per capita growth in South Africa is correlated with a 0.5–0.7 percentage point rise in growth in the rest of Africa for the period 1980–99. They also find a 1 percentage point increase in China's growth is correlated with an average of 0.5 percentage point increase in the growth of the rest of the world for the last two decades, with potentially larger effects for Asian countries (Arora and Vamvakidis 2010).
There are certain issues which need to be worked upon to increase spillovers effect:
- Infrastructural constraints and institutional restrictions.
- High levels of overall protection.
- Challenging business environment.
- Restrictive rules of origin and destination.
- Limited revealed comparative advantage
- Substantial informal or illegal trade.


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This policy outlines the criteria and process for the display of artwork from the cultural collections of The University of Western Australia on campus.
For the purposes of this policy and any related procedures, the University means the University of Western Australia.
Artworks means an artwork from The University of Western Australia Campus Display Collection.
1.1 The policy is administered by the University Cultural Collections Board and implemented by officers of University of Western Australia Museums.
2.1 UWA locations must meet environmental, security and accountability conditions before they can be considered for the placement of artworks.
2.2 Works of art from The University of Western Australia Campus Display Collection may be installed in the following areas:
2.3 UWA Museums staff may consider other spaces on a case-by-case basis.
2.4 To minimize the potential for damage UWA Museums Staff must specify the positioning of artworks in each location.
2.5 The UWA Art Collection, Berndt Museum and the Cruthers Collection of Women's Art must nominate a group of artworks suitable for campus display.
2.6 An insurance limit of $10 000 per artwork must be set, subject to clause 2.7
2.7 Further to 2.8, the Vice-Chancellery may display higher value works from the three collections in view of its security systems.
1 All requests for the display of artworks to be directed to the Director of the Cultural Precinct in writing and forwarded to relevant UWA Museums staff.
2 UWA Museums staff to make a site visit to ascertain security and environmental issues, and possibilities for display, and liaise with relevant contact in the selection of artworks. In the first instance a file of photographic reproductions from 'The University of Western Australia Campus Display Collection' will assist in this process, though it is recognized that on occasion works will be viewed in storage.
3 The relevant section of the University to be provided with costings for installation staff time and materials.
4 The installation of works will accord with the scheduling priorities of UWA Museums staff. It may take up to 12 weeks from selection of works to installation.
5 Prior to the loan UWA Museums staff to complete a condition report for all works to be loaned. The reports will be used for reference in the case of damage and to monitor any deterioration to the work whilst on display.
6 An internal loan agreement for campus display to be agreed to and signed by the borrower prior to the dispatch of the material from UWA Museums.
7 Insurance: works displayed on campus are covered by the University Insurance policy
8 UWA Museums require a minimum of two months notice for campus display requests.
3.1 UWA Museums reserves the right to recall the loan at any time if the loan conditions are not met, and disclaims any liability resulting from such action.
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3.3 An Internal Loan Agreement for Campus Display, provided at the time of loan negotiation, must be signed by the Director of the Cultural Precinct and the borrower prior to the works being released.
3.4 Borrowers are responsible for the cost of packing, crating, transporting (including any special provisions that may be required during travel) and installation.
3.5 In the event of any damage or deterioration, such damage or deterioration must be reported immediately to UWA Museums.
3.6 No repair or restoration work of any kind must be attempted without the prior approval of the Director, UWA Museums.
3.7 Works must not be reproduced in documents or on websites without permission from relevant UWA Museums staff who can advise on the University's copyright responsibilities.
3.8 The UWA Museums Campus Display Standards and Requirements document, provided at the time of loan request, contains further information on borrowing of UWA Museum Artworks.
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Meet the Mount: Noah Ginty '20
In our "Meet the Mount" series, we'll be highlighting some of the Mount's people – our students, faculty, staff, and alumni – who make this college the wonderful community it is.
Noah Ginty '20
Class year: Junior
Major: Accounting (5 Year Master's Program)
Campus Activities: Resident Assistant, Member of Student Business Association, Captain of Track and Field Team, Member of Alpha Chi National Honor Society
Favorite Spot on Campus: Kaplan Center (Mostly the Weight Room)
Career Aspirations: Obtain his CPA license and work in a public accounting firm for some years, then become a college professor to teach accounting
One word to describe the Mount: Incredible
Noah Ginty '20 is certain that he has made the right choice by coming to the Mount. "My favorite thing about being a student here is being involved in the community on campus. The relationships and friends that I have gained throughout my time here are invaluable to me," he explained.
Noah wasn't always so active and involved around campus though. "Coming to school my freshman year, I had no clue what I wanted to do with my life, or what I was even interested in. I became really good friends with my RA who encouraged me to apply to become an RA myself. I can say this was hands down the best decision I could have made to become more involved in college."
Besides being an RA, Noah is also a captain on the Mount's track and field team where he has also had much success. He talked about how one of his greatest memories here at the Mount came while on the track team. "By far the most memorable thing I've done in my time at the Mount was when I set the new school record for Javelin my sophomore year. That was definitely one of the most rewarding achievements of my life and it was extremely nice to see all of the hard work that I put in pay off into something so positive," he explained.
If he had the opportunity to go back in time, he'd still choose the Mount every time. "Choosing to come to the Mount has by far been the greatest choice I've made in my life. The opportunities that have been created for me would not have been possible at any other school. I wouldn't trade it for the world."
You can catch Noah around campus usually either at class, in the gym, or studying and hanging out with friends in the library.
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Unity in Diversity: A Case Study on the Achievements, Good Practices and Lessons Learned from the Consortium of MSM and Transgender Networks Read more: http://msmgf.org/unity-in-diversity-a-case-study-on-the-achievements-good-practices-and-lessons-learne
This case study is about the Consortium of MSM and Transgender Networks (the Consortium), a groundbreaking collaboration of global and regional networks by and for men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people. It describes the Consortium's achievements, good practices and lessons learned, with a focus on its most recent work.
The case study is framed around eight key achievements from the Consortium's action on HIV, sexual health and human rights. Each one is illustrated by examples of the work of members. All of the examples are inter-dependent – with the efforts of one or more networks not possible without the backing of other members and the Consortium as a whole. The examples also highlight critical issues about coordinating a large and effective Consortium. This includes the importance of having agreed principles, transparency, consistent communication, strong financial and programmatic management, and skilled group facilitation, especially during tough decision-making.
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