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3301 Fringe Mid Boyfriend Short
€ 99.95 including VAT
Model is 1.76m and is wearing a size 27 (Waist 63cm, Hips 91cm). See size guide
The G-Star RAW 3301 Fringe Mid Boyfriend Shorts offer you a summer version of your favourite jeans. The fringed detailing and the side panel inset add some femininity to it. The perfect shorts for this summer.
Boyfriend Fit
- Mid waist
- 5 pockets
- Zip & button closure
Model is 1.76m and is wearing a size 27 (Waist 63cm, Hips 91cm). See size guide
Sato Denim
The 3301 Fringe Mid Boyfriend Short is cut from indigo denim with classic, 3X1 right hand twill construction.
- Midweight denim
- Dry hand-feel
- 100% Cotton
Light Vintage Aged Destroy
Heavily aged and finished with deep destroy marks.
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Welcome to Allied in Pride! We are committed to building a happy, healthy, and equal environment for LGBTQ students and their allies on campus. We have big plans in store for the upcoming semester, so feel free to join our page and stay tuned for more information on upcoming events!
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Through advocacy, social events, service, and support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning students (LGBTQ), we aim to create a comfortable environment for GW's LGBTQ population, to raise awareness on LGBTQ issues at GW and in the DC Metro Community, and to promote pro-LGBTQ policies at the university level.
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How does Click to Kick work?
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You register your interest. We then send you an automated response with a link to a short self-assessment tool. Once completed, this is automatically forwarded to our coordinator.
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After we have evaluated your answers, we may have further questions. If so, you will be contacted to arrange a confidential call with one of our professionals. They will assess if Click to Kick is the most suitable option for you and, if not, we advise you on further options.
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Using encrypted conferencing software, a Click to Kick group will log on weekly for 8 facilitated meetings. Each session will last about one hour. As part of a group, you will work with up to 6 others going through our tried and tested recovery programme based on both psycho-education and shared experience. We have found that group work is more effective in helping people overcome their porn habit as it helps to reduce shame and gives you a number of accountability partners who are committed to working with you, not just during the formal group sessions, but throughout your journey of recovery.
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A business' employees can make or break the business. And Key Employees are necessary to make the business a success.
First, what is a "successful" business? Often, it is first and foremost a business that allows the business owner to make money without being there every day. It does not depend solely on one person. A business that depends solely on one person is nothing more than a day-to-day job – it might be a great day-to-day job, but it is just that. In that type of business, if the owner leaves, even for a short time, the business dies. Again, it might be a really great job, with lots of flexibility and no headaches that can come with employees, but it is not something that is likely to make the owner any money unless they continue to work it day after day after day.
Further, a business that relies solely on one person will likely not be able to attract the kind of jobs that a larger business can attract – the customers may feel that they have too much risk when they rely on just one person.
The owner should be able to take time off, to go away on vacation (for a month or more) without worrying. The business should go on and do well if the owner does take that vacation, or even just gets sick.
Nobody wants to feel that they are easily replaced. However, if the owner is the "be all and end all" of the business then that owner should be saving money every day because in the end the business will not be able to generate continued income for the owner.
Now, back to the employees … employees in any business are necessary to operations – to getting the work done. And Key Employees are even more necessary if the business is to be a success. Once again, if there are employees but the business owner is the only person who can handle the big decisions, who can bring in customers, who can do more than the mundane work, then the business is not as valuable to that owner in the long run. Key Employees take on part of the management of the company.
Key Employees ensure the company works smoothly every day, and plan ahead with the owner for the future. They should have "owner mentality" even if they are not an owner. They should be able to help the owner plan, strategize and move the business forward. They allow the owner to take time off, and can make the business more valuable in so many ways. (Dated: September 2015)


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Green Party of Ohio: Single Payer Is The Solution
Cleveland OH: The Green Party of Ohio has observed with interest the false "debate" that has occurred in Washington DC and in statehouses around the country. We realize that the "Affordable Care Act", better known as Obamacare, is a flawed law that has never lived up to the promises the Democratic Party talked about during its passage. Continue reading
Author Visits Atlanta, Deconstructs Domestic Anti-terrorism Policy
Asserts it is based on flawed theories and junk science Dr. Arun Kundnani, author of "The Muslims Are Coming: Islamophobia, Extremism and the Domestic War on Terror," will read from, discuss and sign his book at Charis Books and More, 1189 Euclid Ave, NE Atlanta, GA 30307. The event begins at 7:30 pm, Friday, March 31st. This event is co-sponsored by the Georgia Green Party, the Council for American Islamic Relations, Georgia and Charis Circle. Dr. Kundnani has just returned from London where he met with activists dealing with the Islamophobic reactions to last week's violent rampage which killed four and injured twenty-nine. He will address the latest developments in Europe and inside the Trump Administration. Continue reading
Green Party Elects First Black Woman Chair of Any Illinois Political Party
On Saturday, March 25th, the membership of the Illinois Green Party at their statewide Membership Meeting elected Zerlina Smith as party Chair. Ms. Smith will be the first Black woman to lead the Illinois Green Party, and the first Black chairperson of any established political party in the state of Illinois. "This is the face of the Green Party right now," said Ms. Smith, immediately following her election. "This is a vibrant, diverse, and growing party, with people from all walks of life and all colors of skin." Continue reading
Honkala Joins Trans-Partisan Call For Election Investigation
Honkala along with Greens, Republicans, and Democrats call for full investigation of intimidation and election fraud PHILADELPHIA, Pa — Numerous incidents of election fraud and voter intimidation were reported throughout the day of the special election, March 21, by voters, poll workers, and volunteers supporting the endorsed candidates of all three parties represented. Because of that, the Cheri Honkala campaign will join the Green Party of Pennsylvania (GPPA) and various local Democrats and Republicans in calling for an investigation into the anomalies and potential illegal actions that took place. An injunction will be filed to void the election and call for new special election. Continue reading
Green Party Candidate Casts Ballot In Contentious Philly Race
Long-time advocate hoping for an historic upset win PHILADELPHIA, Pa.— Early this morning, Cheri Honkala entered the Norris Square United Presbyterian Church to cast a write-in vote for herself for what would be the first Green Party representative in the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Continue reading
Green Party congratulates Mark Webber and Cheri Honkala on the opening of his film "Flesh and Blood"
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Green Party of the United States congratulated filmmaker Mark Webber and his mother, Cheri Honkala, on the debut of his semi-autobiographical film "Flesh and Blood." The movie opened on March 11 to widespread praise from critics and audiences. Cheri Honkala, who plays a role in "Flesh and Blood," was the Green Party's 2012 vice-presidential nominee, running with Jill Stein. She is currently running as a Green for Pennsylvania State Representative in Philadelphia's 197th District, in a special election on Tuesday, March 21. Continue reading
Green Party calls Trump "criminally negligent" for reckless policies as the climate crisis worsens
Green Party endorses upcoming marches for climate justice in April WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Green Party leaders spoke out today about the environmental and public health threat posed by the Trump Administration's reckless industry-friendly actions, including attacks on regulations and Scott Pruitt's appointment to head the EPA. The Green Party has endorsed upcoming marches for environmental and climate justice, including the March for Science, April 22 in Washington DC; the People's Climate Movement March for Jobs, Justice and the Climate, April 29 in Washington DC; and satellite climate marches throughout the U.S. Continue reading
Greens Blast Racist Threat, Stand Behind Pree-Stinson
Minneapolis, MN – The Green Party stands strongly behind our endorsed candidate for Minneapolis City Council Ward 3, Samantha Pree-Stinson, in the wake of a threatening racist note left on the fence at her home. The note said, "We know where you live," and used a familiar racist epithet. "We deplore this act of racism and threat to the safety of Samantha and her family," said Becki Smith, co-chair of the Minneapolis/5th District Green Party, which endorsed Pree-Stinson on Feb. 25. "We are standing behind her more strongly than ever against hate and intimidation." Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Philly candidate receives major endorsements
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Cheri Honkala, a well-known Kensington-based anti-poverty activist and candidate for Pennsylvania State Representative in the 197th district has been endorsed by a national progressive political action organization, Our Revolution, and a local progressive group, Philadelphia Neighborhood Networks. Our Revolution, the group kicked off by 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, announced its endorsement for Honkala on Tuesday. Continue reading
Green Party of Delaware: Christina School District should vote yes on measure to designate its schools as sanctuary schools for the children of refugees and undocumented immigrants
Green Party of Delaware supports social justice and safety from persecution by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents for all of Delaware's children regardless of immigration status or refugee status NEWARK, DELAWARE – The Green Party of Delaware published an open letter to the board members of the Christina School District urging them to reverse their February 14th decision to vote 'no' on a sanctuary measure that would have protected the children of undocumented immigrants and refugees. Continue reading


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Vol. 10, No. 1, January 5, 2017
ASPE President is featured in Reader's Digest article on tap water
Register now for the 2017 CPD exam
Wife of Past ASPE President passes away
Get hands-on training in Revit MEP this winter
Each workshop offers 0.75 CEUs, and registration is now open at aspe.org/revit2017.
Learn about electric heat tracing at our next webinar
Start the year right with new skills
Green Plumbing Design workshop is being held February 22-23 in Baltimore
Three ASPE Affiliate Sponsors renew for 2017
Don't miss your chance to apply for an Alfred Steele Scholarship!
First joint U.S.-Canada plumbing product standard is published
New tool helps designers select credible green products
Water sector announces plans for collaboration with the DOE
Engineers Without Borders USA collaborates with UNHCR
ASHRAE seeks presentation proposals for energy modeling conference
ASPE partner associations announce new executive directors
The Water Quality Association (WQA) has named Pauli Undesser the association's new Executive Director, succeeding David Westman, who had been serving as interim executive director. More>>
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Tuesday, Oct. 3
7 p.m. — Archbishop's Lecture Series with Father Donald Senior, C.P., lecturer,
Vianney Hall Auditorium,
St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Wynnewood
Friday, Oct. 6
2 p.m. — Installation of Dr. Chris Domes as new president of Neumann University,
Neumann University, Aston
7 p.m. — Young adult Ocktoberfest event,
Frankford Hall, Philadelphia
Sunday, Oct. 8
6:30 p.m. — Mass, with the consecration by young adults to the Blessed Virgin Mary,
Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia.
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Caviar Tasting with Petrossian
You're invited to a caviar tasting! Sit down with Alex Petrossian and friends, sip some champagne, and discover the joys of caviar. In this exclusive podcast, you'll learn from the family whose iconic caviar house was founded in Paris in the 1920's: how to choose and best enjoy caviar; tips for serving and storing it; as well as the company's fascinating history. Find out why savoring fish eggs (straight from a mother-of-pearl spoon) may be the stuff of royal feasts and five-star dinners, but also how caviar is surprisingly available for all; doesn't have to be intimidating to eat; and is best appreciated when shared. Cheers!
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In January I began studying for a postpartum doula certification with Birth Arts International. This would allow me to continue supporting my clients as they transition to the next part of their journey. As expecting parents we tend to focus our time and energy on the pregnancy and birth process. As a result, postpartum plans often get the short end of the stick. After coming home with their babies, many parents may feel as though they don't have the support or resources to feel confident in what they are doing. We are questioning ourselves while trying to learn how to make our newborns happy and healthy, all while sleep deprived and often times neglecting our own needs. Frequently too, we have older children at home that are adjusting to the new baby and the change in household. We still have laundry. We still have to eat. We desperately need sleep, a real shower, and maybe a moment or two just for ourselves.
That's where I come in.
Postpartum doula support fills in the gaps of what the family might need. These services include light errands, light house cleaning, meal prep, infant and sibling care, breast feeding support, postpartum healing guidance, debriefing support of your birth experience, and connecting families to local resources. Best of all is the emotional and mental support of another person who understands exactly where you are and what you are going through. This is someone who listens, knows birth intimately, and can help you process your experience of birth and new motherhood. When we are able to feel whole and have the details of our home taken care of, we have opportunities to heal faster, have improved breastfeeding success rates, and decreased severity of postpartum mood disorders.
1 in 5 mothers experience a postpartum mood disorder, including anxiety and depression. 1 in 10 fathers will experience anxiety and depression as well. These feelings not only impact the individuals health, but the health of the family and community. Currently suicide is the second leading cause of death in perinatal women, with a rate of 1 in 5 postpartum deaths being contributed to suicide. The risk is increased through the first postpartum year. These statistics are a heart wrenching wake up call in how we treat parents, our postpartum care, mental health support, and often the ability of our village to see a struggling parent and know what to do. Having a knowledgeable professional help take off the weight of some of the daily burdens can create space for that family to heal.
It's not about luxury.
It's not about being demanding.
Postpartum doula support is about giving families and communities what they need to feel like better confident versions of themselves.
To learn more about how postpartum doula support, please contact me for a consultation at Living Heart Doula.


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The iPhone 7 plus is available since September 2016, and Samsung Galaxy S8 plus, newly unveiled by Samsung, are undoubtedly the best phablet available in early 2017. These two large format smartphones are excellent devices, but what is the better? Discover it through this detailed comparison.
The Galaxy S8 + has a sumptuous design, notably thanks to its borderless screen that covers almost the entire facade. In terms of dimensions, the device is wider than the iPhone 7 Plus at 1 mm, and less than 4.5 mm.
In comparison, the iPhone 7 Plus seems old-fashioned. It presents to a few details the same design as the iPhone marketed by Apple for three years. Despite a pretty seductive black color of Jets, and a new red Product (RED) version that will appeal to some, the appearance of the headphone smartphone now seems outdated.
The 5.5 inch Retina LCD screen of the iPhone 7 Plus has a resolution of 1080p. Its colors and contrasts are good, as well as its angles of view. However, in front of the AMOLED QHD screen of the Galaxy S8 +, the latest Apple flagship seems again obsolete. The only highlight of the iPhone 7 Plus screen is its 3D Touch technology.
The 18.5.9 ratio of the Galaxy S8 + Infinity Display, the smartphone has a diagonal screen of 6.2 inches, despite dimensions smaller than those of the iPhone 7 Plus. This beautiful screen, qualified by Display Mate's best smartphone screen to date, is compatible with HDR mobile. It will soon allow watching streaming UHD series on the Netflix application, as soon as it is updated.
The 12 MP dual lens back camera is the main novelty of the iPhone 7 Plus compared to the iPhone 6s Plus. This dual sensor allows for example to zoom without losing in image quality. It also offers a portrait mode for making portraits with bokeh effect worthy of a DSLR camera. Opening to f / 1.8 also captures a lot of light, making this camera the best in the smartphone market.
The Galaxy S8 + on its side retains the best camera than the Galaxy S7, namely a 12MP sensor with aperture f / 1.7. Anyway, this camera remains excellent even a year after its first appearance. In addition, thanks to a new smarter software, the shots are improved automatically. The first pictures taken with the S8 + published on the internet are simply magnificent.
The Galaxy S8 Plus and the iPhone 7 Plus both boast a powerful processor. The iPhone 7 Plus is equipped with the A10 Fusion chip developed by Apple, coupled with 3GB of RAM. This configuration surpasses all Android smartphones available on the market since its launch last September. This processor is also optimized for iOS 10 and delivers unparalleled performance.
The Galaxy S8 + on its side embeds the chip Exynos 8895 Samsung in France, and the new Snapdragon 835 from Samsung in other markets. This processor is coupled to 4GB of RAM, as on the Galaxy S7. Expect an unfailing fluidity.
The iPhone 7 Plus comes with a 2900 mAh battery, which should last a full day for ordinary use. However, gamers may soon run out of energy.
The Galaxy S8 + on its side embeds a 3500 mAh battery, but the screen it feeds is wider and its resolution higher. It is still too early to draw definitive conclusions, but it is likely that this new model offers a lower autonomy than the Galaxy S7. However, this phablette is compatible with Samsung's wireless charging and quick charging technology, unlike Apple's smartphone.
In terms of storage, Apple leaves the choice between 32GB, 128GB or 256GB. The Galaxy S8 + offers only 64GB of storage space, but a microSD port can extend memory up to 256GB.
Additional features
The Galaxy S8 + offers several features that the iPhone 7 Plus is lacking. These include the iris scanner, the virtual reality helmet Gear VR, or the DeX Station, allowing the smartphone to be used as a desktop computer.
The Apple smartphone however enjoys the best applications on its App Store. Even if Android is catching up late on iOS, the Play Store is not as well stocked.
Galaxy S8 + or iPhone 7 Plus? Our verdict!
The iPhone 7 plus is undoubtedly the best Apple smartphone to date. However, apart from its camera, this phablet does not really stand out from the iPhone 6 plus, which presented itself as an enhanced version of the iPhone 6 plus.
From a certain point of view, the same can be said of the Galaxy S8 + compared to the galaxy S7 Edge and the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus, but the improvements and changes made by Samsung are still more tangible. Moreover, this smartphone seems capable of accomplishing even more tasks, even if Apple retains the advantage of the iOS and its ecosystem of games and applications.
It will take a few weeks to get the heart clear, but it is very likely that the Galaxy S8 + exceeds the iPhone 7 Plus as well in the rankings of the best smartphones than among consumers. Anyway, Apple has not said its last word, and the iPhone 8 expected for the end of 2017 as a revolutionary device risks putting sticks in the wheels of Samsung.
For us the winner is the new Samsung Galaxy S8 +!


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As educators, we see students come through schools every day with any number of challenges—emotional, psychiatric and physical problems of all kinds. On that continuum, attention issues—even more so than depression, anxiety or disruptive behavior—appear to be more important to later success than previously thought.
A recent study led by Joshua Breslau at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, has shown that children with attention problems in kindergarten often end up having academic problems right on up through high school. They found that these kinds of problems, such as ADHD, had the greatest potential to impact a child's future academic performance.
"The evidence suggests…that kids with attention problems don't learn as much," said Breslau. "This starts very early for many children and is cumulative."
How can we best help students with ADHD or other attention problems and ensure their success? In kindergarten and first graders, it takes looking for problems in following directions, controlling impulses and following through on tasks and projects. Once the problem is identified, parents as well as teachers must be engaged in the intervention process as early as possible to make sure that the child's needs are met so they can get on track for a successful future.


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What is it like to live without a dad? How about without a dad AND a mom? Does a lack of parent's stunt or accelerate an artist's growth? How did they learn to tie thier shoes? Orphan comedians, Amber Rollo & Chanel Ali, have a guest on each week to talk about it and laugh at some supremely dark stuff. Listen to their stories from the luxury of your parent's guest room, while lamenting how hard it is to not have a struggle.
To all you orphans out there, remember, we are proud of you.
Listen on iTunes and give us a review! We love you!


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On the evening of the 20th of April, protesters against the three-headed dragon of the IMF, World Bank, and G20 hit the streets for a night of raiding.
Protesters suceeded in entering the Capitol Hilton and the St Regis, both housing delegates to the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings. Three attempts to get into the Mayflower failed, due to heavy police presence that expected attack.
video featuring Hitlon and St Regis stormings, Hilton storming seen from outside hosted on Liveleak
Youtube video of nighttime Dragon March, with very good footage of the storming of the Capitol Hilton
The Hilton was up first, just a few blocks from where protesters set out from Lafayette Park. There was an effort to get the 3-headed dragon inside, but it did not fit through the doors and the heads had to be hurredly withdrawn so they would not be captured.
The entry into the St Regis was assisted by the distraction provided by a major fire department response to an unknown incident. Protesters rapidly cleared K Street three times to make way for the fire trucks-and the third street clearing morphed into a charge at the St Regis by leading elements of the protest. The charge even managed to outrun a bike cop possibly due to confined quarters up close. There were more fire trucks on 16th st, so protesters didn't stay long and were careful to avoid getting in the way of the Fire Department's response. Whatever was going on appeared to be on the other side of 16th st.
After that incident, everyone marched to the IMF for a short rally, and then back around for the third attempt to storm the Mayflower. There were fewer cops that time, but again the charge was expected. The back doors, target of an earlier charge, turned out to have been locked, possibly due to the approach of protesters, possibly at all times, I don't know.
In the entire night I did not see or hear of any arrests, it seems that Occupy has suceeded in "normalizing" the notion that protesters storm buildings. In previous rounds of IMF protests, especially Spring 2010, a considerable amount of police violence and targeted arrests of leaders stemmed from similar actions.


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My current routine as of 10/1/15
My current morning routine...or lack there of consists of good intentions each night followed by a battle with the snooze button every morning. My boyfriend kindly asks every night before bed "What time do you want to get up tomorrow" Which I reply "7" he looks at me, rolls his eyes, and sets the alarm for 7am. (we both set our alarms) in case one doesnt go off... hey it's happened before.
Morning comes, 7am may as well be 3am because my brain is not having it! I hit snooze... 15 mins later *chimes ringtone* am i ready this time? I always immediately hit snooze rather than giving myself even a second to just GET UP. Well it all stops now. I've laid out my new and VERY improved morning routine here and will be posting updates! After just watching half of this class I jumped out of bed this morning, i hit snooze (knee jerk reaction) but I sat up, scrolled through my missed alerts, and actually got up! Yay!
What is your focus:
• My focus is to break the bad habit of hitting snooze. I want to maintain some of the good morning habits I have and cultivate some even better ones to add to my morning routine.
Habits I want to build:
• Meditation
• Yoga
• Drink more H20
• Journaling
• Reading
• Gratitude
Focus each day (theme):
• Mon. Attitude of Gratitude- write a note, text, letter, gesture to someone you are grateful for, tell them why you are grateful to have them in your life.
• Tues. Create- Draw, paint, sketch, design... Do something just for fun!
• Wed. Go Outside- sit on the porch, watch the sun rise, take the dog for a walk.
• Thurs. Inspirational Morning- Read, watch, or find something that inspires you in some way. Let that help motivate you for the day!
• Fri. Practice Training- Review yoga teacher training material and practice teaching a class. Use the dog, mark, or facetime someone willing to help out.
• Sat. Freebie- Go with the flow, if something is calling you do it. If not feel free to peruse social media, watch netflix, or meditate just a little or a lot longer today.
• Sun. Reflect- Spend 15-30 mins reflecting on the past week. Positives, negatives, and everything in between.
Morning Schedule
6:00am Wake up (bathroom, brush teeth, drink a glass of h20) 10 mins
6:10am Meditate 15-20 mins
6:30am Yoga Every Damn Day 30 mins
7:00am Read 10-15 mins
7:15am Sketch in sketchbook 15 mins
7:30am BREAKFAST 20 mins
7:50am Get ready for work 20-25 mins
8:15am Relax until it's time to leave
8:30am Leave for work
Nightime Routine
3/1/16 Update
So, I suck and fell off the bandwagon pretty early. I am starting this again now! I've found that trying to change too many things at once can be overwhelming. So, I'm going to focus on one thing each week and then add things in each following week. For instance, I love to draw, sketch, paint, and create. If I get up early I can have more time to spend on my projects. Thus, building excitement and hopefully creating a habit of waking up when the alarm goes off, not hitting snooze.
I attend a 6am yoga class on Thursdays that a dear friend of mine teaches. I ALWAYS have a great day on Thurs. and accomplish so much more than I would if I hit the snooze and rushed off to work. I know this. I love getting to watch the sunrise, I love feeing alert and awake in the morning and getting my workout in before my day even starts. I just really suck at the waking up part. This morning when my alarm went off I cringed. I turned it off and I contemplated going back to bed, I had about a 2 minute internal conversation before finally placing my feet on the floor. I'll post another update in a few weeks and see how this goes. You, yes you reading this are my accountability partner since I've already written it here that I'm sticking to this for the next few weeks. So, Thank you! haha & If anyone has any feedback or tips on how to wake up excited please feel free to share!


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La Maison d'Antan
Located in the middle of a rustic village in the village of Bionaz, La Maison d'Antan has four double bedrooms, each with private bathroom, hairdryer, satellite TV, free Wifi, safe, tea kitchen and almost all rooms have balconies and fireplace. In the morning enjoy a buffet of both sweet and savory flavors. The dinner takes the traditional cuisine, prepared with care and using products KmZero. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming and evokes the atmosphere of a time, all in a family atmosphere. To welcome in fact there will be the whole family, ready to satisfy all your needs! In the sunny terrace you can enjoy a few hours of being in our outdoor Spa: yacuzzi and Finnish sauna ideal for cooling off after a nice walk. Guests have access to free private parking.
Bionaz is an ideal destination for those who love peace and untouched nature and, for lovers of the mountain, there are countless walks, from the simplest to the most challenging.
Services & Amenities
Location & Access
Fraz. Les Balmes n°4
11010 Bionaz
- Location
- Aosta
- City
- Bionaz
- Nearby cities
35.58 kms away from Martigny 41.09 kms away from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc 15.05 kms away from Aosta 147.24 kms away from Milano 92.84 kms away from Turin
- Environment
- Mountain
- Airport
- Malpensa (intl) 107.16 kms
- Directions
- From highway A5, take the exit for "Grand San Bernardo", and, after the two tunnels, take the fork for "Bionaz".
Rooms & Rates
4 Rooms
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|Very high
|Single occupancy
|85 € to 95 €
|95 € to 105 €
|120 € to 120 €
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|Double occupancy
|100 € to 110 €
|110 € to 120 €
|120 € to 130 €
|130 € to 140 €
La Grandze
A warm and cozy attic, where the fireplace, made from the stone, creates a romantic atmosphere. Equipped by all amenities: satellite TV, safe, tisane jug and free Wi-Fi connection. The shower, hairdryer and toiletries complete the rustic bathroom.
Price by season:
Low : 100 € | High : 110 €
Lo Pillio
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The room is spacious and very bright, with a balcony overlooking the valley, fireplace, satellite TV, safe, jug tea and Wi-Fi connection. Large private bathroom, with shower, hairdryer and toiletries.
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In the garden framed by the mountains of the wonderful Valpelline, in the traditional country style that always characterizes the Maison, there is a small spa with sauna and jacuzzi whirlpool for your holiday wellness-oriented.
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Typical Valdostan cuisine, rich in traditional dishes prepared utilizing products with zero food miles and paired with typical Valdostan wines. We will enjoy your tastes with themed dinners and tastings, rediscovering the history of a quality agriculture,made of small family-run companies of our village.
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La bella e selvaggia Valpelline è l'ideale per chi ama la montagna: in estate le attività principali vanno dalla semplice passeggiata nel bosco adiacente, al nordic walking, ai numerosissimi trekking, la pesca fino all'alpinismo. In inverno lo sci di fondo, le ciaspole e lo sci alpinismo sono senz'altro le attività predilette!
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La Maison d'Antan offers stunning views of the mountains
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Moments before kickoff of Monday night's National Championship game, Nike tweeted out a coin flip photo that appeared to perfectly capture the coin mid-air with both Nike endorsed schools, Oregon and Ohio State captains present for the toss. The image, which had Nike's Swoosh logo in the top right corner, went viral gaining nearly 3,700 retweets which could easily account for millions of impressions and eyeballs.
Shortly after the image went up, quite a few off-twitter conversations happened between friends in the ad world. Quickly sliding into DMs was talk between people in the ad world of whether the image was the best pre-game photo in coin toss history or if this was yet another amazing campaign that Nike pulled off with no one noticing. The evidence is beginning to point to the latter.
First of all, as pointed out by Rodger Sherman of SB Nation, the players in the photo are not the captains that Ohio State and Oregon sent onto the field for the toss. The Ducks were represented by # 7, 8, 44, and 55. The photo shows three players wearing # 6, 20-something, and 80-something.Overhead photo of coin toss from stadium camera
Secondly, Timothy Burke of Deadspin confirmed what I thought to be the case about student-athletes being used in ads. Per NCAA rules, current college players cannot be used in any form of commercial ads. (They can of course play for a school while earning it millions in revenue, but not get to break bread at the table. Let's tackle that another time.)
Also take note that none of the players on the Ohio State side have helmet stickers and all players are wearing visors.
Looking at the evidence that is before us in plain sight, it is looking like Nike pulled off one of the greatest ads in social media history.
Nike does what Nike does best. They infuse their brand into the conversation during cultural moments in sports and life. In this instance, their photo was shared and talked about by scores of people who were engaged in the experience of watching the National Championship. During that moment of extreme engagement and undivided attention, Nike was on the top of many minds and you can only imagine tomorrow just how many more will be talking about this epic moment in sport advertising history that they pulled off.
There is a long list of great ad campaigns in sports and the business surrounding it, but time and time again, Nike seems to Just Do It.
Heads-up Thanks: Mashable
This isn't do-or-die. It's do or don't. You have to live with it or live without it. #justdoit pic.twitter.com/EbnRzUWYOD
— Nike (@Nike) January 13, 2015


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At a jobs summit sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Chamber President and CEO Thomas Donahoe urged Congress to pass a temporary extension of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, saying it would boost investor, business and consumer confidence and spur economic growth. In addition, Jacob "Jack" Lew has been nominated to succeed Peter Orszag as Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director. Highlights from the IRS include assistance for Gulf oil spill victims, health services regulations and instructions for bankruptcy estates filing tax refund claims.
White House
As a growing federal deficit weighs heavily on the White House and Congress, President Obama announced Lew as his nominee to succeed Orszag as Director of the OMB. Lew was former budget director in the Clinton administration from 1998 to 2001. Obama praised Lew's previous tenure at the OMB, noting that he was the "only budget director in history to preside over a budget surplus for three consecutive years."
In an open letter to President Obama and Congress on July 15, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce warned that existing tax and regulatory policies are "eroding our competitive position globally, as other nations take steps to cut taxes, reduce regulations and restrain the appetites of government".
Speaking at the July 14 jobs summit, Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, co-chairmen of the president's bipartisan fiscal commission, admitted that the panel had a slim chance of reaching agreement on measures to rein in the ballooning federal deficit. "The odds for success are minimal," Simpson acknowledged. Fourteen out of 18 members of the commission must vote in favor of final recommendations, which face a December 2010 deadline. Both the Senate and House must cast an up-or-down vote to adopt the panel's plan. If approved by both chambers, Bowles said he would like to see the commission recommendations take effect in the beginning of 2012.
Meanwhile, Obama is open to lowering corporate tax rates as part of comprehensive tax reform, but believes that restructuring the tax code and closing tax loopholes "can and should be done simultaneously," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said. In addition to the Chamber's vocal concerns, the Business Roundtable recently warned that the administration's tax and regulatory policies are dampening economic growth, stifling job creation and making the United States less competitive in foreign markets. Specifically, the Roundtable listed corporate tax rates, international tax increases and tax deferrals as its chief concerns.
The Senate voted 60-to-39 to approve the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (HR 4173). The bill, which President Obama is expected to sign, passed largely along party lines.
The Senate Finance Committee on July 14 heard testimony from a panel of economic experts who debated the pros and cons of extending tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003. Leonard E. Burman, an economist from Syracuse University, told lawmakers that a combination of tax increases and spending cuts would be necessary to address the nation's growing budget deficit. Simply increasing taxes on wealthier Americans will not raise enough revenues to address federal spending on entitlement programs for the growing number of retiring baby boomers, said former Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin.
The Finance committee hearing was called to lay the groundwork for legislation addressing the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, which expire at the end of 2010. Lawmakers mostly said that an overarching tax reform plan would be the best way to raise the necessary revenues to address the budget deficit. So far, Democratic leaders, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., have not disclosed whether Congress would address the tax issues before or after the upcoming November elections. Senate GOP lawmakers are pushing for quick action.
Treasury Department
The Treasury announced a study of payroll tax credit and exemption claims during the week of July 12, in addition to several reports from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA).
HIRE Act Provisions. The Treasury reported that, according to Current Popular Survey data, employers have hired approximately 4.5 million new workers since the effective date of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act (P.L. 111-147), enabling them to claim an estimated $8.5 billion in payroll tax exemptions and credits (TDNR TG-773, Treasury Department Estimates of Newly Hired Employees Eligible for the HIRE Act Tax Exemption). Treasury Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy and Chief Economist Alan Krueger stated during a telephone press conference that the Treasury would continue to make similar estimates on a monthly basis.
TIGTA Reports. TIGTA released several reports:
IRS Financial Management. TIGTA reported on July 9 that, while the IRS Oversight Board has improved the Service's internal financial management, the Board failed to adequately follow required financial procedures and controls ("The Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board Has Taken Actions to Improve Its Financial Management, but Continuing Weaknesses Identified" (Reference number: 2010-10-052)).
Net Operating Losses. TIGTA also reported on July 14 that the IRS has effectively processed 44,000 claims involving the extended five-year net operating loss carryback allowance provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5) and the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-92) providing over $3 billion in taxpayer refunds ("The Implementation of the Five-Year Net Operating Loss Carryback Claim Provisions Were Generally Effective" (Reference Number: 2010-41-070)).
IRS Mail. As part of its Fiscal Year 2009 Annual Audit Plan, TIGTA stated in a July 15 report that approximately 19.3 million pieces of undelivered mail sent by the IRS during the fiscal year cost taxpayers an estimated $57.9 million due to multiplying interest and penalties ("TIGTA Report: Current Practices Are Preventing a Reduction in the Volume of Undeliverable Mail" (Reference Number: 2010-40-055)).
Gulf Coast Oil Spill. The IRS issued several announcements pertaining to taxpayers affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and subsequent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico:
Special Assistance Day. The IRS announced the times and locations of the Taxpayer Assistance Centers participating in its July 17 Special Assistance Day for taxpayers affected by the British Petroleum oil spill (IR-2010-85, IRS Summertime Tax Tip 2010-09 –IRS Special Assistance Day for Gulf Oil Spill Victims).
UST Clean-up program. The IRS issued a directive indicating that, while it remains a Tier I coordinated tax compliance issue, tax treatment of State remediation reimbursements for the clean-up of leaking underground storage tanks (USTs) has been moved from active to monitoring status (IRS LMSB Tier I Issue: IRC §118 Abuse Directive #9).
Health Services Regulations. The Treasury and the IRS released proposed and temporary regulations on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-152) provisions regarding preventative health services (T.D. 9493, NPRM REG-120391-10). The rules address group health plans and group health insurance issuers offering insurance coverage in the group and individual markets for plan or policy years beginning on or after September 23, 2010.
Bankruptcy Estates. A new procedure is now available for requesting a tax refund by trustees or debtors in possession of a bankruptcy estate (Rev. Proc. 2010-27).
Cellulosic Biofuel Producer Credit. The IRS Office of Chief Counsel issued an advice memorandum addressing claims for the Code Sec. 40(b)(6) cellulosic biofuel producer credit for black liquor sold or used before January 1, 2010 (IRS Advice Memorandum AM-2010-002).
Abatement Claims. The IRS Office of Chief Counsel also announced the IRS's litigation position this week in Tax Court disputes over claims for the Code Sec. 6404(a)(1) abatement of tax liabilities, interest, and penalties (Chief Counsel Notice CC-2010-012). According to Chief Counsel, tax assessments are excessive if they exceed the correct liability as determined by proper application of the law. Additionally, IRS attorneys must oppose any argument that a legally correct assessment is excessive because it is unfair.
Correspondence Examinations. Mike Landsmann, senior IRS tax analyst, Examination Policy, described the IRS's correspondence audit process during a July 14 IRS teleconference. Landsmann reported on how the IRS is selecting cases for examination and spoke about common related questions that practitioners submit to the Service.
By Sarah Borchersen-Keto, Torie Cole, Stephen K. Cooper and Paula Cruickshank, CCH News Staff


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Gotta start somewhere! ** -- MDHokie79 09/05/2019 6:24PM
Athlon pre-season basketball magazine is out. If you think football is bad -- vtox1 09/03/2019 6:34PM
Anything more than 4 ACC wins this year is a victory for MY ** -- hokie19 09/04/2019 3:46PM
Will you be turning cartwheels if we win 8 or more? ** -- EDGEMAN 09/05/2019 08:01AM
8 wins will undoubtedly win him ACC COY, and in National COY conversations ** -- hokie19 09/17/2019 12:19AM
Who wouldn't? That would be an amazing result in year 1 -- soflahokie 09/05/2019 10:52AM
We aren't starting 5 true freshmen. -- EDGEMAN 09/05/2019 1:34PM
We're pretty close, Wilkins was among the youngest players last year -- soflahokie 09/05/2019 2:44PM
There's a future...it will be enjoyable watching the roster turn over -- reece4vt 09/04/2019 2:57PM
No surprise; low expectations, each win will be good... ** -- TomA 09/04/2019 2:13PM
No worse than 10th: book it ** -- PDXHokie 09/04/2019 2:12PM
Give it a year... -- 4dhokies 09/04/2019 1:45PM
What happens if football is 4-8 and basketball last place -- Mercury 09/04/2019 12:06PM
We will definitely be bad in basketball this year, likely worse than -- 132960Hokie 09/04/2019 10:55AM
Probably a bit of an easy and early take on their end -- Vippie1 09/04/2019 10:43AM
Even though we may not be very good on the court. I am excited to see the -- 132863Hokie 09/04/2019 07:46AM
Meh........this season is a mulligan, but we still might over-achieve. a -- squarerootofone 09/03/2019 10:11PM
Not sure why you or anyone else would think we'd be -- Hokeedokee 09/03/2019 8:46PM
Not really surprised, but sort of jarring to see it in print after a sweet -- vtox1 09/03/2019 8:55PM
I don't think he will finish last. Too good of a coach ** -- VictoryTurkey 09/03/2019 9:06PM
At least ahead of WF. ** -- IB4TECH 09/04/2019 8:28PM
Had the opinion we would surprise some teams this year, and if that's... -- EDGEMAN 09/04/2019 08:01AM
Agree! ** -- vtox1 09/03/2019 9:33PM
I wish we had just invested fully in basketball.... -- Hubman 09/03/2019 8:30PM
I dont think Buzz wanted to be here regardless of money. At least we have -- HokieHigh 09/04/2019 4:14PM
No amount of money we could have afforded would have kept Buzz. -- BG Hokie 09/04/2019 09:25AM
Your post shows little understanding. -- 2hhoop3 09/04/2019 09:07AM
I see a bit of Coach Larry Brown in Buzz -- tallahasseehokie 09/05/2019 11:32AM
Agree.... -- 2hhoop3 09/05/2019 11:42AM
Ole Larry was a scrappy PG from Brooklyn, NY- born 1940 -- tallahasseehokie 09/05/2019 1:16PM
True.... -- 2hhoop3 09/05/2019 1:39PM
We are of the same generation -- tallahasseehokie 09/05/2019 1:57PM
The Squires... -- 2hhoop3 09/05/2019 2:10PM
As a young hoops fan, my fave Squires were... -- Gobbler Guru 09/05/2019 2:50PM
Your post shows a closed mind.... -- Hubman 09/04/2019 3:48PM
Your long term desire.... -- 2hhoop3 09/04/2019 4:10PM
Go look at the revenue #'s for Football compared to Basketball -- ShockWaveVT 09/04/2019 3:54PM
Buzz is like a boat. -- VT94 09/04/2019 10:42AM
People say that. I was sad when I sold my boat. Still wish I had it. ** -- chagerma 09/04/2019 11:24AM
LOL! ** -- RJHokie 09/04/2019 10:44AM
Honestly, we have a better coach now. And definitely a better staff ** -- VictoryTurkey 09/03/2019 9:07PM
I love the smell of Kool-Aid in the mornin'... ** -- Hoosenberg 09/13/2019 08:27AM
Buzz is potentially a top 5 X's and O's guy in college basketball....... ** -- hokie19 09/06/2019 01:11AM
Buzz's resume is really good, saying MY is a better coach is a hard sell ** -- soflahokie 09/05/2019 11:06AM
I don't know if Mike is a better coach. -- Will Stewart 09/05/2019 08:13AM
This plus 1000 ** -- hokiewasp 09/04/2019 03:38AM
Throwing the bank at Wuzz would not have made much difference in -- RJHokie 09/03/2019 8:48PM
It was nice while it lasted -- VaTechHokiesACC 09/03/2019 7:45PM
We may hit bottom now, but will bounce back up, and not thud thereafter.** -- OakHillHokie 09/03/2019 7:02PM
Where have you been? ** -- StoneHokie 09/03/2019 7:01PM
Did you really expect better than that? We're replacing -- Hokiestud 09/03/2019 6:38PM
We're returning 13.3 ppg total from that Sweet 16 team. -- nvpbrown 09/03/2019 11:12PM
I guess the board has been too positive ** -- VaTechHokiesACC 09/03/2019 7:46PM


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2018 PraiseMakers Camp Registration
Please fill out a separate form for each child. You will fill out a medical release form Monday morning when your child arrives (please allow 5-10 minutes of your time to complete this form Monday morning.)
Camp is July 23 - 26 (Monday - Thursday)
Cost is $45 per child (includes t-shirt, daily snack, and field trips on Monday and Wednesday). Register by July 15. Pay online here or make check payable to Hominy Baptist Church and mail to:
Hominy Baptist Church, attn: PraiseMakers Camp
135 Candler School Road
Candler, NC 28715
For more information contact Kristen Dominguez, 828-667-4541, ext. 226


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TvTube | Another Tv show TAG – There are just so many shows to talk about | WELCOME TO MY MIND
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Preclinical model development
People are often affected by conditions that increase their risk of developing TB. These conditions include HIV, obesity and diabetes. New animal models will be developed to better reflect these human conditions that are associated with increased TB disease risk. This will improve our chances of identifying vaccines to protect vulnerable populations.
TB Centre members: Helen Fletcher, Andrea Zelmer
TB Modelling and Analysis Consortium
The TB Modelling and Analysis Consortium (TB MAC) is a global community of TB modellers who provide quantitative support for TB policy decisions and implementation. By promoting collaboration and funding research projects, TB MAC has since its inception in 2012 been of great influence in policy debates, and developing the global field of TB modelling.
On the global policy level, TB MAC has updated the World Health Organization methods used to estimate the amount of HIV-related TB globally, and provided input on technical discussions that resulted in the decision by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria not to reduce the proportion of funds it allocates to TB. In recent years, TB MAC has also supported the development of tools to integrate modelling into country-level policy discussions. These have been used in collaborations with UNAIDS, the World Health Organization, and the governments of Vietnam, Ghana, South Africa.
In response to the post-2015 End TB Strategy, TB MAC has led the first multi-model TB comparison exercise to assess the feasibility of the new targets of 50% reduction in TB incidence and 75% reduction in TB mortality by 2025 for China, India and South Africa. This work coordinated the efforts of 11 modelling groups, a team of economists and representatives from the country National TB Programmes and advocacy communities. Results from this work have informed policy discussions, in particular in South Africa, where the work has influenced budgets and operational research priorities. The modelling is being used in South Africa in their first ever combined TB and HIV Investment Case.
The consortium is open to anyone who is interested in quantitative methods to improve TB policy and practice. It is funded by a grant to the School from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Houben, R. M., D. W. Dowdy, A. Vassall, T. Cohen, M. P. Nicol, R. M. Granich, J. E. Shea, P. Eckhoff, C. Dye, M. E. Kimerling, R. G. White and T. M. T.-H. m. participants (2014). "How can mathematical models advance tuberculosis control in high HIV prevalence settings?" Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 18(5): 509-514.
Zwerling, A., R. G. White, A. Vassall, T. Cohen, D. W. Dowdy and R. M. G. J. Houben (2014). "Modeling of Novel Diagnostic Strategies for Active Tuberculosis – A Systematic Review: Current Practices and Recommendations." PLoS ONE 9(10): e110558.
TB Centre members: Richard White, Christine Albertson, Finn McQuiad, Rein Houben, Anna Vassall
TB Impact and Model Estimates (TIME)
TIME is a modelling tool created in 2013 and designed for local TB programme planners in resource constrained settings. Implementation
has four key goals:
(1) enable NTPs to investigate different policy options and support efficient resource allocation;
(2) equip NTPs with the technical skills to use modelling for decision-making;
(3) promote the use of locally-generated evidence for strategic planning;
(4) provide a platform for data collation and promote operational research to strengthen country data.
TIME is being used by NTPs and technical agencies in > 10 high-burden countries including Indonesia, Vietnam and Nigeria.
TB Centre members: Rein Houben, Marek Lalli, Kristian Godfrey, Debora Pedrazzoli, Hassan Bassam, Fiammetta Bozzani, Gabriela Gomez, Richard White
The Global Burden of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: A Re-estimation Using Mathematical Modelling
The long held mantra that one third of the global population has latent TB infection has now been revised to one quarter (1.7 billion people) as a result of work done at LSHTM. Further, it was estimated that even if all prevalent TB cases were immediately successfully diagnosed and treated at the start of 2015, this reservoir alone would generate an incidence of 8.3 per 100,000 each year in 2050, highlighting the critical need for new tools and approaches to LTBI diagnosis and treatment.
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- An understanding of collaboration both offline and online and the ability to transfer seamlessly between the two
- Student proficiency in drawing upon their strengths to work collaboratively with others
- How students can work together to generate ideas and reach a goal in a digital space
- Student ability to build on each other's ideas within a collaborative online environment
- Student self-awareness of the strengths they can offer in a collaborative setting
- Student proficiency in critically reflecting upon the creative process of their collaboration
- Student sensitivity to cultural differences within a collaborative atmosphere
- Student awareness of and sensitivity to digital inequity, as well as the factors that impact ease of digital access, posing barriers to collaboration
We define "collaboration" as working together to reach a goal by combining talent and expertise to learn from, and contribute to the learning of, others. Some of the digital skills included in "collaboration" include:
- Sharing projects and assignments, discussing ideas
- Collaborating and publishing with peers or experts using a variety of digital platforms and media (both face-to-face and online).
- Contributing to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.
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Human-induced habitat modification is the primary driver of worldwide changes in the diversity and composition of species (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005). However, it is less clear how environmental change affects the patterns of interactions among species (Tylianakis et al. 2008). Although the structure of ecological communities (Memmott et al. 1994; M¨uller et al. 1999) is known to vary across gradients of habitat modification (Tscharntke et al. 1998; Klein et al. 2006; Tylianakis et al. 2007; Albrecht et al. 2007), the processes responsible for these changes are unknown. Here we show that variability in consumer functional response among habitats lead to interaction distributions that cannot be explained purely on the basis of resource availability. We apply a simple model of consumer feeding to data on insect hosts and their natural enemies from four regions.
The model accurately recreates observed changes in quantitative food-web structure following habitat modification. The model highlights two processes responsible for changes to the distribution of interactions: altered selection within a consumer's existing resource set, and the initiation of novel trophic interactions. In environments where communities are more impacted by habitat modification, interaction patterns increasingly depart from density-dependent resource selection. Our findings are consistent with improved consumer foraging efficiency in simpli- fied environments, where increased resource selectivity can lead to greater than expected specialisation, while increased resource encounters can also lead to greater than expected generalisation. Understanding how variation in trophic specialisation is generated will improve forecasts of the communitylevel impact of environmental change and its implications for ecosystem functioning.
3.1 Introduction
A central goal in ecology is to explain and predict the structure of species interaction networks (Memmott 1999; Lewis et al. 2002; Montoya et al. 2006). Environmental change can lead to the disappearance of species from ecosystems and cause alterations to the abundance of those species that persist (Foley et al. 2005). Consequently, understanding how anthropogenic changes affect the dynamics and function of ecological networks is an important theoretical challenge, but is also likely to have significant practical consequences since humans rely on the ecosystem services associated with species interactions such as pollination, seed dispersal, and biological control (Costanza et al. 1997; Losey & Vaughan 2006). Theoretical studies exploring changes in community composition have typically assumed that food-web topology remains unchanged even as species are removed, although recent work has proposed mechanisms that allow for structural adaptation (Kondoh 2003; Kaiser-Bunbury et al. 2010; Staniczenko et al. 2010).
Advances in field methods that quantify functionally-important variations in the magnitude or frequency of interactions (M¨uller et al. 1999) have generated highly-detailed food webs that not only provide a more robust description of static community structure (Banasek-Richter et al. 2004), but also enable more accurate insights into dynamic and indirect interactions among species (Morris et al. 2004; Lalibert´e & Tylianakis 2010). This increasing availability of rich, community-level, data requires a parallel advance in theoretical models to explain the mechanisms underpinning quantitative, rather than binary (interaction presence-absence), food webs.
Diets of species are largely constrained by their phylogenetic history and morphology (Ives & Godfray 2006). However, the composition of a consumer's diet can alter depending on resource availability and quality in different environments (Stang et al. 2009). A useful initial null hypothesis that avoids assuming specific behavioural processes is that interactions are primarily determined by resource species density (V´azquez et al. 2007). In the simplest case, we assume a linear response between consumer interaction frequency and resource density, with the explicit form of the relationship remaining independent of environment. We call this constant functional response density-dependent reallocation (i.e., interactions are allocated passively in modified environments, entirely according to changes in resource density). However, consumer functional response is unlikely to remain constant in modified habitats, due to effects such as different preferences for resource species and altered foraging efficiency (Pulliam 1974). We call such flexible functional response active reallocation.
Our simple model of active reallocation quantifies and characterises this dynamic process, and provides significantly better agreement with empirical data compared to density-dependent reallocation. It clarifies the role of novel trophic interactions—also known as switches (Murdoch 1969)—and provides a base model that can help identify more specific ecological mechanisms that lead to altered trophic-breadth in different environments. The model allows consumer selectivity to increase or decrease, so that the corresponding distribution of interactions becomes, respectively, more specific (over-specialisation) or more general (over-generalisation) than would be expected from density-dependent reallocation.
3.2 Materials and Methods
The information contained in food webs can be summarised in various ways. Quantitative, weighted, equivalents of binary food-web statistics have been developed (Bersier et al. 2002) and used extensively. The weighted connectance (Cq) quantifies the amount of potential interactions that are realised in the food web; the interaction diversity (Iq) quantifies the evenness of the interactions between species; the generality (Gq) quantifies the average number of resource species weighted by consumer abundance; and the vulnerability (Vq) quantifies the average number of consumer species weighted by resource abundance (see Appendix 3.5.1). This set of metrics provide consumer-centric, resource-centric and complete food-web summaries of interactions and we used them to assess the structure of food webs across different gradients of habitat modification in Germany, Ecuador, Indonesia and Switzerland.
These food webs focus on a subset of interactions involving insects at two trophic levels: parasitoid species (consumers) and their host species (resources). Similar methods were used to collect food-web data from the different regions presented here, facilitating comparison. Pooling of replicate webs within regions was necessary to maximise resolution on the webs and minimise the possibility of artefacts due to low sampling effort (Tylianakis et al. 2010). Patterns of parasitoid-host interactions have been shown previously to differ between forested and unforested habitats (including no to few individual trees), and more complex compared to more simple environments (Tylianakis et al. 2007; Lalibert´e & Tylianakis 2010). Therefore, we assembled quantitative bipartite webs representative of less-open (hereafter complex) and more-open (hereafter simple) environments in each region (Table 3.1, Figure 3.1). These categorisations were based on replicate web metadata such as ground-level light intensity and plant species richness. There are clear differences in the distribution of interaction frequencies among environments and among regions (Table 3.2).
We used the difference in the Shannon evenness index (Krebs 1989) of host species between webs (∆, Table 3.1) as a measure of the community impact generated by habitat modification. The Shannon evenness for each region was normalised by the maximum value it could take to get a measure in the range [0,1]:
where the numerator is the Shannon entropy for N host species, pi is the
proportional density for host species i, and the denominator is the maximum possible evenness of the distribution. We compare the environments of complex and simple webs using ∆ = Ecomplex − Esimple. ∆ close to zero indicates little change in host distribution, implying little impact due to modification between complex and simple environments; larger values suggest increased impact. Negative values imply increasing homogenisation in the distribution of host species, with positive values implying increasing heterogeneity. This analysis leads to the following ordering from least-to-most severely altered region: Indonesia, Germany, Ecuador, and Switzerland (Table 3.1).
We model quantitative food-web structure in simple environments using data from complex environments. We begin by assuming that each interaction between host i and parasitoid j in the complex food web follows a linear functional response
where mij is the observed per-capita attack rate (i.e., the empirical number of parasitism events divided by the host density). To assess whether the assumption of linear functional response is reasonable, we fit Type I (linear) and Type II (saturating) functional forms to complex web interactions where more than three replicate web interactions contribute to a pooled web interaction. For the Type II functional response, we performed a non-linear least-squares fit with a Michaelis-Menten form
where vij is the saturation interaction strength, and Kij is the rate constant. We assigned a classification—linear or saturating—as the form giving the lowest mean square error following the least-squares procedure (assuming the saturating form has biologically-reasonable parameters, i.e., the rate constant should not be negative). In our complex web data, we found that the majority (72%) of interactions permitting classification were better fit by a linear rather than saturating functional form.
A Type III (sigmoidal) response was not considered here because the limited number of data points for each pooled web interaction would make distinguishing between Type II and Type III forms very difficult. The majority of interactions (73% across Indonesia, Ecuador and Switzerland) in each pooled web were observed in only one of the contributing replicate webs. For these interactions, we can only assume the most parsimonious possibility of a linear response between interaction frequency and resource density. Germany did not have a sufficient number of replicate webs for this analysis.
With density-dependent reallocation, by definition, the set of m-coefficients is independent of the environment. Consequently, we can use Equation 3.2 (parameterised from the complex environment) to model the interaction distribution for each parasitoid species in a simple environment (e.g., after habitat modification), given a new empirical distribution of host species. We compare this density-dependent deterministic model to empirical data from the simple environment by running stochastic simulations of parasitoid-host interactions that incorporate two sources of uncertainty: i) error arising from differences in observed per-capita attack rates among replicate webs; and ii) error arising from requiring integer numbers for interaction events.
We quantified variation in the per-capita attack rate (the number of parasitism events divided by the host density, mij in Equation 3.2) between replicate webs using linear least-squares regression. Where more than three replicate web interactions contributed to a pooled interaction, we recorded the standard deviation of the residuals and the pooled number of parasitism events (pooled interaction frequency). Since we are conducting a least-squares minimisation, residuals are approximately normally distributed (mean zero) with their standard deviation representing the error on the true value of a pooled interaction.
Compiling all interactions, we fit a linear relationship between pooled interaction frequency, J, and the expected error in that value: σJ = a+bJ, where a and b are constants from a linear regression. We used this relationship to incorporate per-capita attack-rate uncertainty into simulations of species interactions in simplified environments. For a given deterministic prediction for the frequency of an interaction, the error on that value is drawn from a normal distribution with mean zero and standard deviation σJ .
Simulations provided an expected frequency-weighted interaction generality for each parasitoid species, with an associated standard deviation, which was compared to empirical data using the z-score. The diversity of interaction inflows to a consumer k is,
where bik is the interaction contribution from resource i and b•k is the total interaction frequency into k, for a total of r resource species. The number of resource species a consumer has (weighted according to their use frequency) is then nk = 2Hk . The empirical value for nk can be compared to the interaction distribution generated by density-dependent reallocation (Null model 1, see below) using the
where n ∗ k is the empirical value, hnkiis the average value of an ensemble of model randomisations and σnk is the standard deviation of the same quantity. Values of zk > 0 indicate over-specialisation and zk < 0 indicate overgeneralisation.
The active reallocation model is deterministic and, as with density-dependent reallocation, begins by assuming that interactions follow a linear functional response (see Appendix 3.5.2). However, the set of m-coefficients for a parasitoid species can be altered between environments by two community-level parameters, R (resource-based changes) and S (switch-specific changes). The parameters take positive values and adjust the dispersion of m-coefficients for each parasitoid species: R, S > 1 "stretches" consumer interaction distributions (m-coefficients become more different), thereby promoting preference of some hosts over others; whereas R, S < 1 "compresses" consumer interaction distributions (m-coefficients become more similar), thereby homogenising host preference.
The model permits two additional modes of consumer behaviour compared to density-dependent reallocation: i) consumer interaction frequencies can change in a non-linear way following changes in resource density (through R); and ii) switches—interactions that are absent in the complex web but present in the simple web—are afforded a separate role to existing interactions in determining quantitative food-web structure (through S). We set parameter values giving closest agreement with the empirical data (deterministic model, Table 3.1) and run stochastic simulations as with density-dependent reallocation.
We compare the reallocation model to two null models. Null model 1 corresponds to density-dependent reallocation and assumes that changes in interaction frequency (including switches) are solely determined by changes in resource density. Null model 2 is as Null model 1 but does not include switches; it assumes that the maximum possible set of interactions in the simple food web remains the same as in the complex food web.
The closeness of a model quantitative food-web metric, Q∗ , to the empirical value, Q, is
values closer to 0 indicate better agreement with the empirical value. Closeness to empirical data is measured by assessing all four metrics jointly for each simulation run, and we use the largest value of δQ as our measure. However, we find similar qualitative results if the average of the individual metric closeness values is used rather than taking the maximum value for the closeness.
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These hummus sliders are a super quick and tasty appetizer or side dish – 100% plant based vegan recipe!
Hummus Sliders
- 7 baby Red Pepper (Capsicum) Cut in half through stems & deseeded
- 7 Tsp Hummus
- 2 Tsp Paprika Powder
Servings: pieces Units:
- Fill halved peppers with hummus and sprinkle with paprika. You're done!
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Hello everyone!
Ugh it's Monday already?
I hope you all had a great weekend given our stressful circumstances with finals this week.
I'm keeping this post short and to the point today. If you follow me on Pinterest (click here and I'll follow you back!) you'll know that I love quotes. Below are just a few of my favorite inspirational quotes I've stock piled to keep all of us motivated during this hectic time.
I hope you enjoy these quotes as much as I do.Weekly Links will be on Friday and a possible gift guide will be coming this way soon.
Good luck with finals and have a lovely week! :)


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To Be A Light
To Be A Light – Evensong for Change
Time and again, Christ demonstrates love and commitment to the marginalized, the outcast, the impoverished, and the hopeless. Just as Mary was chosen to bear Christ, the Light of the world and Love eternal, we, too, are chosen and ordained to bear Christ's light, and to share the love of God with all.
Evensong for Change is a way that you can participate in sharing the Light of Christ with the world. For each Evensong at The Episcopal Church of St. Mary the Virgin, we are partnering with a local non-profit that targets justice issues such as homelessness and assistance for at-risk women and youth. We will educate about the mission of each organization, and donate 100% of the plate collection toward each respective organization.
Below are the scheduled Evensongs and our partnering organizations.
September 20th, 2018 7:00 p.m.
Feast of St. Matthew, the Evangelist
Edward II: Edward II serves Transitional Aged Youth (TAY) aged 18-24 who are at risk of homelessness, including youth aging out of foster care.
October 18th, 2018 7:00 p.m.
Feast of St. Luke, the Evangelist
Sponsored by Elizabeth Gillespie Women in Music Fund
A Woman's Place: A Woman's Place (AWP) is the only 24-hour supportive residential services in San Francisco offering emergency shelter and long-term treatment programs to women and transgender women with special needs due to mental disabilities, sexual or domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse, and HIV+/AIDS-related issues.
February 2nd, 2019, 6:00 p.m.
Feast of the Presentation
Braid Mission: Braid Mission is a non-profit organization whose intergenerational mentoring program is designed to support Bay Area youth who have experienced life in the foster care system.
March 21st, 2019 7:00 p.m.
Feast of the Annunciation (observed)
HOMEY: The mission of HOMEY is to transform the lives of high-risk youth and inspire them to not only choose a path of education, self-sufficiency and non-violence, but also strive towards physical, mental and emotional health. We do this through the youth development practices of skill building, relationship building, youth participation in decision-making, and community involvement.
June 1st, 2019 6:00 p.m.
Feast of the Visitation (observed)
St. Mary's Youth Group Mission Trip: The St. Mary's Youth Group is a place where our teens can find a safe place to grow as a community, and grow in their faith. Loving leaders and teens meet weekly for Christ-centered discussions and games. In addition, from time to time we participate in some kind of community service, from feeding the hungry in San Francisco, to traveling internationally on our annual Youth Mission Trip.
All Evensongs take place at The Episcopal Church of St. Mary the Virgin (2325 Union Street, San Francisco).
God is calling us to be a light. Join us.
Eric Choate
Director of Music
The Episcopal Church of St. Mary the Virgin


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After finishing up my Yoga Tune Up Teacher Training I decided I wanted a fresh zesty roast chicken with all the fixins'. So I poured myself a glass of red wine and began my favorite kind of meditation - cooking. I love to get lost in the process, the smells, the flavors and the presentation.... Continue Reading →
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Our homes and interiors tend to grow and change over the years as our needs or tastes alter; therefore, it is no surprise that we sometimes reach the point when we need a transformation.
Simple ideas
A change does not have to cost a lot of money; in fact, it may not cost anything at all and can be a lot simpler than you might think (http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/10/16/interior-designer-tips-how-to-create-perfect-room_n_8206682.html). Let's have a look at some of the easiest ideas to implement.
Getting the best from you colour schemes
Lots of patterns and colours can look messy and chaotic. A useful rule of thumb is to use your main colour on 60 per cent of your room (walls, floor, furnishings); a second colour on 30 per cent; and an accent colour on the remaining 10 per cent. If this sounds complicated, a simple way of achieving this would be to use the main colour on the walls, the secondary colour for the upholstery, and the accent colour for the accessories.
The right furniture for your space
Choose your furniture carefully. Do not swamp your rooms with oversize furniture; instead, items such as slim-line console tables and wall-mounted televisions will save space. A round dining table takes up less space than a square or rectangular one and will fit more snugly into a corner.
Cut down on clutter
Keep small rooms uncluttered and the shelves tidy. Consider organising your books in colour order, which can look very effective and stylish, or stacking some in vertical piles and others in horizontal piles.
If you have wooden or laminate flooring, particularly in an open-plan layout, rugs can be used very effectively to create different zones; in addition, they will help to reduce noise. Laying flooring on the diagonal or using planks of different lengths and widths can create a very stylish and unique appearance. Specialist retailers such as http://www.woodfloorwarehouse.co.uk/laminate-flooring.html stock a huge range of finishes and sizes from which to choose.
Make sure that mirrors and pictures are at the right height for your room – it helps to have assistance with this to save drilling lots of holes! The middle of the painting or photo should be at around eye height, roughly five feet from the floor. Mirrors hung opposite windows will bounce light back into the room


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Week 1 of Summer Camp 2018/
Summer Camp has kicked off to a great start! Our friends are adjusting well to their new classes, and are making new friends. We have loved watching them interact and get to know with one another. This week was full of fun activities and even included interactions with many little animals!
On Monday, we had our Field Day! All the kids loved our camp activities in our field. We had spoon & egg relay races and played other fun games like duck, duck, goose. Our friends love to be outside and to be able to run and play! They enjoyed the extra time outside and had so much fun!
Tuesday, we had our first Water Day of the summer! These particular days are a favorite for many of our friends. There were a few pools and toys set up outside for some water fun! Our friends loved to cool off in the water and splash and play!
Next week's schedule will be the following:
Monday: Regular School Day
Tuesday: Color Festival! (please bring clothes that can get dirty)
Wednesday: Water Day (please bring swimsuit, towel, and swim diapers if needed)
Thursday: Field Day
Friday: Regular School Day
Because Wednesday was a regular school day, we continued the fun on Thursday. We had some little furry/feathery visitors come visit! There was a petting zoo set up on the playground with pigs, chickens, goats, rabbits, and a little sheep. The friends were enthralled by them and loved holding the animals. We also had a pony ride that was very exciting for the kids.
Friday we watched the movie, Ferdinand. We had a popcorn machine brought to school and had some yummy popcorn while we watched the movie in our pajamas! It was fun to see all the kids get excited for the popcorn machine, and how the light inside it changes colors!
We are so excited for what the rest of the summer will bring!


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his time of year is full of events to find great gifts for the holidays for friends and family. Some highlights include Nottingham Comtemporary's new "Craft. Design. Contemporary." craft market and Sheffield's Frost Fair, both on this weekend. They both present good opportunities to pick up a unique gift, see the work of local arts and crafts makers and talk with the designers themselves.
Craft. Design. Contemporary
Sun 11 December, from 11am – 5pm
30 designer makers based in the East Midlands are selling and showcasing their wares this weekend at Nottingham Contemporary. Offerings include ceramics, jewellery, textiles and illustration. Mulled wine and mince pies are available, along with Christmas carols and seasonal music from Contrast Steel Band and Thoresby Colliery Brass Band, to instill a holiday spirit.
Designer makers include:
Alys Power Design – Jewellery
Andrew Tanner – Ceramics
Anna Collette Hunt – Ceramics
Debbie Bryan – Fashion Texiles and Accessories
Emma Britton – Glass
Foto Ceramica – Ceramics
JC Middlebrook – Interior Textiles
Jon Williams Ceramics – Ceramics
Lucianna Gallucci – Ceramics
Milly Moore – Jewellery
Nina Carolyn Designs – Jewellery
Seven Gauge Studios – Fashion and Interior Textiles
Suet Yi Ceramics – Ceramics
Other artists showcasing include:
Carly Dodsley, Corrina Rothwell, Gemma Latimer Illustration, Hannah Sawtell, Hannah Stevens, Hello Sunshine, Jo Clark Design, Joe Bright, Kate Broughton, Kay van-Bellen, Real Vintage, Sarah Allen Textiles, Sarah Turner Eco Art and Design, The Pig That Laughed, Vintage Reclaimed and Weewoollies.
Frost Fair Sheffield
Saturday 10 December, from 11am – 4pm
Sarah Abbott
Sharon Walker, Codger Bags
Frost Fair at Site Gallery in Sheffield took place on Saturday 10 December. Hand made gifts, artworks and objects by Sheffield's artists and designers were on sale in and around Site Gallery, with locally produced gifts including cards and artisanal goods, with food and mulled cider to keep the Christmas spirit flowing.
Some highlights included Sharon Walker of Codger Bags, showing her handmade handbags, pillows and accessories, and prints and objects by Sarah Abbott.
Christmas Craft Fair at Wollaton Hall
Saturday 10 December and Sunday 11 December, from 11am
Also on today is the Christmas Craft Fair at Wollaton Hall – an opportunity to purchase unique crafts by local craft makers.


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There's a rising tide of bullshit, one that may well drown us all. Through no fault of my own, I was exposed to a few minutes of The Wright Stuff the other morning. Where one panellist explained that, if you give workers too many rights, your firm will go out of business. Similarly, if the Egyptians were to stop raping women on demonstrations, they'll only go taking part in the political process, won't they?
I find it horrific that these sort of perspectives are becoming more common as we sink into Cameron's matmos. Horrific, but not entirely a surprise. We are being governed by greedy and short-sighted imbeciles, who can't see that if they give away all our money to their wealthy friends, we'll see no point in generating more income for our insectoid overlords.
It's a triumph of mediocrity. Mediocre entertainment, mediocre politics, mediocre lives and deaths. Cocaine, the most pathetic drug of all, always swells in popularity when the right take over number ten.
And, with politicians like George Osborne achieving prominence, is it any wonder the 'opposition' are too terrified to present an alternative to the Lovecraftian orgy the Bullingdon Society have pitchforked us all into?
Why not read the novel that started it all? 1919 (inside)
A love story – on home-made acid – narrated by someone first used romatically, then set on fire, by the blue peter team, capering around the pyre like wrinkled vikings.


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Maintaining and improving an E-commerce site is something that is important for businesses, particularly those in the retail sector. But just how to do this can become quite confusing and complicated in the ever developing and fast growing world of E-commerce and online culture. This blog breaks down the key elements that are crucial in understanding exactly how to make or maintain these improvements.
- Acquisition Data: Information associated with getting traffic
- Engagement Data: Info about how people interact with the website
- Conversion Data: Info about business success
- Foundational Data: Other metrics that we should check every now and then
Acquisition Data
This tells us how we get customers to an e-commerce website. It is key for marketers to know which campaigns are working and which are not. The types of campaigns and how we measure them can vary. Whilst some campaigns may be direct-response activities others can simply be used to spread our brand. Therefore the way in which we measure campaigns is crucial. We might measure direct-conversion campaigns with the following questions; Which marketing activities are most effective at reaching people in the early buying process and which are best are engaging consumers late in the buying process? What time of day are certain campaigns successful and which marketing channels generate the most revenue?
Engagement Data
Whilst basic metrics such as Bounce rate can be easier to understand and monitor it is important to look a little deeper and actually see how people communicate with an e-commerce site. As with many other e-commerce sites there are a number ways in which people can interact with an e-commerce site. These interactions are commonly referred to as micro-conversions and though they may not directly generate revenue immediately they can often lead to it.
Here are a few key Engagement metrics:
- Bounce Rate: Bounce rate measures the percentage of single-page visits. Though this is often not very useful at a site-wide level, it's very useful when segmented by marketing campaign or channel.
- Newsletter and RSS Subscriptions: This is still very important. A subscriber is someone that is interested in your product/service.
- Add to Carts: This is a critical step in the buying process. If people do not add items to their cart then how will they purchase them?
- Wish List: This is a useful metric which allows us to trace how many people save an item to a wish list or save their cart, and then how many people actually complete the transaction later.
- On-site social interactions: (Tweets, Likes, +1): An important factor to monitor, which can allow you to gain insight into the groups of people that are clicking on your social media links and expressing interest in your product or service.
- Product Ratings: This can be a useful tool for gaining insight into what your customers like and do not like. Interaction = engagement = future revenue.
- Product Video: Videos are a great way to deliver the message of your product or service. Thus it is important to measure the impact of videos and how people interact with them, and whether or not they make a difference when it comes to potential revenue.
- Look to Book: This measures how many people look at a product or category and then do not buy that product. If people are looking at a product, but not buying it, there is some friction there. Remove the friction!
Conversion Data
There are several revenue-related metrics that are important to keep an eye on:
- Return on Investment: This helps us understand how much money we make based on how much money we spend.
- Average Order Value: On average, what do people spend per transaction? AOV can be used to identify high-value channels like email, search and social networking platforms.
- Revenue by Repeat Customers: Almost every business wants repeat customers. It takes less effort to attract a repeat customer versus a first-time customer.
- Revenue Per Visit or Per Visits Value: This metric normalises the value of traffic from different sources. It allows us to compare the performance of different traffic sources.
- Internal Campaign Performance: Many businesses will run some type of promotion or campaign directly on their site. The ability to segment revenue and measure the effectiveness of these campaigns is performance.
- Visitor satisfaction and intent: Are the people coming to the site happy with their experience? Is their visit a success? Even more important, why are they coming to the site?
Reporting Frequency:
"Foundational" Metrics
In addition to all of the data related to the purchase life-cycle, there are many other metrics that can help us understand the business performance. Some of these are as follows:
- Time Before Purchase: How long does it take a customer to buy a product? Knowing this can be very helpful when it comes to implementing marketing campaigns.
- Website Visits before Purchase: How many web hits are made before the final purchase?
- High-value Customer Behaviour: Finding out details about where those customers who spend more than a certain amount come from geo-graphically, and what sort of marketing campaigns have a beneficial effect on them can be extremely useful.
Site Performance Metrics
There is also an entire world of metrics that help us understand the technical health of our website such as. These metrics are still important! A slow and congested site can discourage potential customers. These are things that can impact revenue and should be monitored. What is the average page load time for the site? Specifically, which pages take a long time to load? And how does this impact bounce rate and revenue?
Reporting frequency: Bi-weekly (for heavily trafficked sites) or monthly.
- Mobile App/Website Data: It is important to not only monitor how a site works on a specific device, but also how it might be accessed through apps or either mobile phones or tablet devices. Which devices are most popular? Which versions of the device are most popular?
Reporting frequency: depends on initiatives
- Site Search: This can also be a useful data set but perhaps something that only needs to be monitored bi-weekly or monthly.
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