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Kaysian Kennedy, a past Head Girl of Belair High School was admitted to practice at the Jamaican Bar in 2010 after attaining a Certificate of Legal Education from the Norman Manley Law School. She was also the recipient the Principal's Special Prize for receiving straight A's in the Bar Examinations in her final year of tenure.
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Roma now sit in first place in the Serie A standings following their triumphant 2-1 victory over Fiorentina at the Stadio Franchi on Sunday.
The capital city club's win in Florence managed to see the Viola knocked off the top spot in the standings, currently leaving the Lupi in first place with 20 points. Despite having a 2-0 lead for most of the game, Rudi Garcia's men were dominated in possession and passing throughout the clash and struggled to keep hold of the ball when they had it. However, the team's successful finishing combined with some top saves from Wojciech Szczesny ultimately won them all three points and put them in first place.
Mohamed Salah, who was eventually sent off after receiving two yellow cards in the final minutes of the match, opened up the scoring against his former team very early on after netting a stunning goal in the seventh minute of play. Gervinho managed to double the Giallorossi's lead in the 34th minute after making a long run into the box before scoring, put the visiting side up 2-0 at the half. Just when it looked like the Stadio Olimpico outfit would be securing a clean sheet, Khouma Babacar would score a late consolation goal for the Gigliati in the 94th minute, though it was too little too late. Reports from LegaSerieA.it show that Roma were able to keep possession for just 28% of the match compared to Fiorentina's dominant possession rate of 72% throughout the 90 minutes. The capital city club were also bested by their opponents when it came to pass success as the Viola had a pass success rate of 88% compared to Roma's pass completion rate of 65%. Fiorentina defender Davide Astori had the most completed passes during the game with a total of 102 and a passing accuracy of around 87%, while the Giallorossi player closest to him was Miralem Pjanic, who had just 39 passes and a passing accuracy of 82%.
According to WhoScored.com, Roma took a total of just six shots, though four landed on target, while Fiorentina took a whopping total of 21 shots, with just four of theirs landing on target as well. Viola midfielder Matias Vecino had the most shots with a total of four, though only one landed on goal, while Miralem Pjanic was the Lupi player closest to him with one out of his total of three shots troubling the goalkeeper. Fiorentina defender Davide Astori had the most touches in the game with a total of 115, while the Roma player closest to him was goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny with 60 touches throughout the game. Miralem Pjanic won the most balls with five and Edin Dzeko lost the most with 11. Fiorentina had quite a few more corners than their visitors with a total of eight, while the Lupi were awarded just one. Roma favored their left wing when it came to launching their attacking plays as they made 40% of their offensive maneuvers down that side, while Fiorentina favored their right side, making 39% of their attack down the right wing. WhoScored.com named Alessandro Florenzi as man of the match with an 8.0 rating due to his hard work in all areas of play and his assist on Gervinho's goal.
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We were in Singapore's Chinatown for a preview of Chinatown Crossings, a memorable promenade theatre performance which I will write about soon 😄 Before the 2.5 hour show which involves walking the streets of Chinatown, eat first lah.... 😄 We popped into Old Chengdu Sichuan Cuisine Restaurant 老成都川菜馆 at Pagoda Street. Having tried it in China, I have always been curious about Sichuan food in Singapore, so this was an opportune time to try it.
Old Chengdu Sichuan Cuisine Restaurant is about 20 paces from Exit A of Chinatown MRT station, so it is extremely accessible.
Old Chengdu Sichuan Cuisine Restaurant is at the row of beautiful heritage shophouses along Singapore Chinatown's Pagoda Street.
Inside Old Chengdu, it was compact and cosy. I like and feel comfortable in such down-to-earth settings (in the core of the tourist belt).
Chef Tang 唐师傅 hails from Chengdu in Sichuan where he worked for 20 years before coming to Singapore. Chef Tang has been working in kitchens since he was a teen and is in Singapore for 10 years.
The weathered menu (a good sign) had over 100 dishes. Two of us, so we just picked three dishes plus plain white rice and plum juice.
I zeroed in on the 盐水鸭 Salted Duck as I just came back from 7 days in Jiangsu where we had salted duck every day. Salted duck is to southern China what chicken rice is to Singapore. Jiangsu salted duck is a memorable dish to me and nowadays I have a craving for it.
Oh... it was so good.
The meat was tender (not soft) and saturated with savoury sweet juices. It actually was the best salted duck that I have ever tasted so far. Oftentimes, salted ducks are flat salty but at Old Chengdu they are well balanced, mildly savoury sweet. Disclosure: I haven't tasted that many salted ducks (maybe just 20 times over the years). Chef Tang told me that his salted ducks are made with birds from Malaysia, so they are fresh.
At S$26.80++ for half a bird, I can afford to come here when my salted duck craving aches until it needs proper fixing 😂
Another dish I like from my China trips is eels which is a common dish over there. This is Old Chengdu's 霸王鳝鱼 Freshwater Eels in Special Sauce (price S$23.80++).
The freshwater eels are from Malaysia which ain't as tenderly soft nor as sweet as those I ate in China. The spices are from Sichuan and Chef Tang blends them really well, so they are aromatic as well as spicy. We asked for medium spicy which was just moderately numbing hot.
There's mung bean noodles under that fiery looking spicy mala stock. The glass noodles picked up the spicy stock well to make delicious slurpy, slightly numbing spicy-savoury-sweet strands.
回锅土豆 Double Cooked Potatoes S$7.80++
Boiled potato wedges were boiled and then sauteed in a robustly savoury spicy sauce till the outside was well browned. I prefer these over French fries or baked potatoes. I will order these potatoes
👉 From just the small sampling, I like the food here at Old Chengdu Sichuan Cuisine Restaurant and shall be back with more eating troops to taste more dishes from the menu. Prices are at a premium as expected at the core of the tourist belt but it is within reasonable range in my opinion.
I would love to try their 麻辣香锅 mala spicy pot, a dish which I recently took a fancy for. I also need to come here once in a while to get my salted duck craving properly fixed 😋
Old Chengdu also sells braised duck, pork etc in chilled vacuum packs. There's so much more to discover at Old Chengdu.
Restaurant name: Old Chengdu Sichuan Cuisine 老成都川菜馆
Address: 80 Pagoda St, Singapore
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LONDON British police said on Monday they had found no evidence that Khalid Masood, who killed four people in an attack on Britain's parliament last week, had any association with Islamic State or Al Qaeda, but he was clearly interested in jihad.Masood drove a car through a crowd of pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, killing three and injuring about 50, then ran through the gates of parliament and fatally stabbed a police officer, before he was shot dead by police.Neil Basu, senior national coordinator for UK counter-terrorism policing, said there was no evidence that Masood had been radicalised in prison in 2003 and it was pure speculation to suggest that had happened.
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Nova Scotia has a deep history of fishing, ship building, and sailing and thus the sea shanty can be heard echoing through the land.
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She said both man and women should be aware to stop the growing infection. The federation was established to provide treatment to the people who are already infected and stop the infection in coming days. Kunwar said she is working with gender and sexual minority.
As members of this community do not marry, they have multiple sex partners so that there is high risk of HIV infection of this community, Kunwar said. According to a statistics made public by Ministry of Health, the members of this community have 19 more risks than the heterosexual people. Due to social stigma, members of this community are hesitant to come for the treatment.
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Check it out! I received the final package from my Secret Pal, and also opened the "Surprise #9" package. Everything with the exception of the yarn was in package #9. There is a nifty little bag with cute beaded flowers on the outside. Jen mentioned the possibility of using the bag for my dpns, since I don't have a place to store them currently, but I think I might use it as a notion bag so I can carry it in my knitting bag and see it all the time! She also sent a big bar of Green & Black's Organic Dark Chocolate with Orange and Spices - YUM! Also some Chocolate Truffle coffee from Whittard of Chelsea - I can't wait to try this :) ALSO, some cute heart stickers, some butterfly and dragonfly tacks. Actually I can't think of what these are called right now, they aren't thumbtacks, but are metal with two prongs on the back that you bend in opposite directions to hold papers together. I'm thinking about seeing if I can use them as thumbtacks though - My company is moving in 3 weeks, and I'll have a cubicle, so I think these would be great to personalize my space. Oh! See that little gray, DPNlooking thing? That is a stitch holder, and I've never seen one like it before! The long skinny parts, one of them is a spring, and the other is rigid, like a knitting needle. The cap slips off one end, and you slip your stitches on to hold them.
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(Reuters) – Four U.S. senators have asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to launch an investigation into a deal drugmaker Allergan Plc struck with a Native American tribe to protect some of its patents from generic challenge, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
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There's no question that one of the most controversial education issues in Florida has long been standardized testing. Indeed, these tests, once thought to be the catalyst for education reform, have faced considerable condemnation in recent years from both parents and lawmakers alike, with the latter once again renewing the push for meaningful reform.
Indeed, just yesterday, the Florida House PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee voted to advance a measure, House Bill 773, which is designed to curb standardized testing in the state's schools.
Sponsored by Rep. Manny Diaz Jr. (R-Hialeah), HB 773 calls for the following changes to be introduced:
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- Require the Florida Commissioner of Education to review college entrance exams like the ACTs and SATs to determine if they could potentially be used as some type of replacement for the Florida Standards Assessment, the current graduation test
Interestingly enough, there could be trouble ahead for HB 773, otherwise known as the "Fewer, Better Tests" legislation, as a group of state senators are arguing that the measure doesn't live up to its name given that it cuts exactly no tests.
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1st grade will be hosting Mass and Mrs. Brumley will be reading. Parents you are always welcome to join us for Mass.
1st Reading: ACTS 8:1 B-8
Responsorial Psalm: PS 66:1-3 A, 4-5,6-7 A
Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.
Gospel: JN 6:35-40
Songs: We Gather Together
Seek Ye First


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A man found it hard to let go of his ex partner – and the family dog – when their eight-year relationship came to an end.
After the break-up James Hutton (56) began pestering his former partner and became so aggressive and threatening towards her she was forced to call the police.
Appearing at Falkirk Sheriff Court last Thursday, Hutton previously pled guilty to placing his former partner in state of fear in Easton Drive, Shieldhill, between November 28 and December 16 last year.
Procurator fiscal depute Siobhan Monks said: "There was some conflict about the ownership of the family dog. On one occasion the accused became aggressive towards the complainer and both parties agreed they should give each other space."
Hutton, however, began to contact her on a regular basis.
"She received a number of text messages," said the procurator fiscal depute. "He was asking questions about the dog and about her starting a relationship with another party.
"She told him their relationship was over for good and asked him to stop contacting her. On one occasion he blocked her getting into her house. She was frightened she was going to be assaulted.
"She told the accused if he wanted to take the dog to just do so, but leave her alone. He said he didn't want the dog."
In the following days the complainer's neighbours noticed the accused parked outside the premises and driving up and down the street.
Police were called.
Simon Hutchison, defence solicitor, said: "He has stayed away. There is still an issue with the dog, but he will deal with that through the proper channels."
Sheriff Derek Livingston placed Hutton, 98 Victoria Road, Falkirk, on a supervised community payback order for two years with the condition he complete 180 hours of unpaid work within nine months. He also made a non-harassment order so Hutton could not contact the complainer directly or enter Easton Drive in Shieldhill for the next five years.


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Businesses use a wide variety of material handling equipment in their daily operations. This article explains the categories of equipment and shares several examples that could help you understand the different gear in action.
Transport Equipment
This refers to the equipment used in transporting materials from one location to another. For instance, moving materials from the storage area to the construction site or between workplaces and loading docks. Transport equipment has 3 subcategories, namely conveyors, industrial trucks and cranes. Here are some examples:
- Conveyors: Roller conveyor, chute conveyor, flat belt conveyor, screw conveyor, cart-on-track conveyor, monorail and sortation conveyor.
- Cranes: Stacker crane, jib crane, gantry crane and bridge crane.
- Industrial Trucks: Counterbalanced lift truck, automatic guided vehicle (AGV), order picker, side loader, narrow-aisle reach truck and pallet truck.
Positioning Equipment
This refers to the equipment used in one location. The main purpose is to position the material correctly so it is ready for the succeeding machining, storage, transport or handling. Positioning equipment is used at a single location only. Examples of positioning equipment are dock leveler, rotary index table, parts feeder, ball transfer table, hoist, manipulator and industrial robots.
Unit Load Formation Equipment
This refers to the equipment used to maintain the materials' integrity during single-load handling for both transport and storage. Examples of these are pallets, slip sheets, tote pans, bins, racks, cartons, bags, crates, intermodal containers, shrink wrap and baskets.
Storage Equipment
This refers to the equipment used in holding or storing materials for a period of time. Examples of these are selective pallet racks, flow-through racks, sliding racks, cantilever racks, storage carousels, automatic storage/retrieval systems (AS/RS) and mezzanine.
Identification and Control Equipment
This includes the equipment used in gathering the information relevant to the coordination of the flow of materials inside a facility. This also covers the communication of the said collected information. This is not limited to a single facility alone. It could also include the collection and communication of data between facilities, business and vendors and business and consumers. Examples of identification and control equipment are bar codes, magnetic stripes, machine vision, electronic data interchange (EDI) or internet and radio frequency (RF) tags.


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NAPERVILLE, IL—(January 14, 2016) Naperville, Illinois based 3WON, LLC was recently awarded a contract through a competitive bid process to provide credentialing, health plan enrollment and provider directory services for the Texas Hospital Association's 470 hospitals and over 369,000 medical professionals statewide.
Credentialing and enrollment processes typically involve multiple layers of redundancy that are costly and inefficient and impose significant demands on physicians and other medical professionals. Similarly, health plans contend with outdated provider data that cause payment disruption when they cannot accurately identify network providers. 3WON streamlines the collection, management and distribution of provider data through a single online form, which is mapped and auto-populated to any necessary hospital or payer form and is continuously updated, ensuring that the most accurate data is always available.
With the THA joint venture, 3WON will centralize provider credentialing and enrollment functions throughout the state and create a unique data repository for hospitals and health plans to use for the circulation of accurate provider data.
"The collaboration will help participating hospitals reduce the administrative burden and costs for physicians and all allied services," said Ted Shaw, THA president/CEO. "This will give health care providers more time to provide greater care, safety and convenience to both patients and their families."
"We're focused on reducing costs, accelerating health plan enrollment cycle times and reducing negligent credentialing risk" said Tom Bartlett, 3WON president/CEO. "New and effective technology will substantially improve performance and productivity for all parties concerned. In addition, consumers will be better able to identify, locate and connect with medical professionals and be assured of their professional credentials and insurance plan participation."
3WON is pursuing similar opportunities in several other states, as a nationwide trend toward consolidating and automating provider data accelerates.
About 3WON
3WON is a health information technology company specializing in the collection, management, and distribution of real-time, accurate, medical professional data. 3WON is credentials verification organization. Our focus is to provide high value productivity services and practical career management tools for physicians and other medical professionals, an effective risk management service for healthcare providers and health plans, and a trusted safety and convenience resource for consumers.


text: Studio Dream Laser continuing to erase the boundaries and expanding the geography of its works. September 11, hosted the largest international Dance festival Global Gathering. In first time he has held in Georgia.The first festival Global Gathering has the great success in the UK in 2001 and has since held annually in different countries of the world including the US, France, Greece, Australia, Turkey, Ukraine and South Korea.The headliner of the festival Global Gathering 2015 Georgia became famous FatBoy Slim. Most people from Dream Laser studio was grown on Quentin's tracks. Thanks to the organizers for the trust and opportunity to work with the legendary personality!


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Sometimes I come up with a line that I can just work every which way. I started with a pirate theme today. You see, at 4:15am today, Rita decided I needed to get up. She is no longer relegated to her crate at night and now sleeps in the bedroom. She decided the best way to wake me up was to step on my face. Of course, she's a dog and I'm a person and her dog foot slipped off my face and caught on my earring. (which REALLY woke me up) I checked the earring as much as you can at 4:15am right after a dog steps on your face, apparently not as well as I should have. I got out of the shower this morning and ARRRRGH! I'm a PIRATE! I looked around as best as I could, since by then I have literally moments to get out of the house and catch my BARF train and it's no where to be found. Anyway, it made me think of my favorite pirate song that had the great line in it that's today's title, which can mean only one thing…DANGER RANT AHEAD!
I'm taking some classes, which is one of the reasons I go missing now and again. I have to read or study for a test. One of the classes I'm taking was having a discussion about the life of a neighborhood. I've heard this theory before, applied to investing in real estate. Essentially, all neighborhoods go through four phases:
- Integration
- Equilibrium
- Disintegration
- Rejuvenation
Integration is when a neighborhood is built and for lack of a better word, "comes up". Schools are new, homes are new, roads are new, commercial centers are new and the neighborhood is integrated into the town or City. The next phase is Equilibrium. This is where the trees are established, the homes and businesses are established and maybe 3-7 years old, the appliances and kitchens are still in style. The roads are in good repair but not new and the schools are in great shape and the children score well in testing. The next phase is Disintegration. This is where the roads get a little long in the tooth, some of the front yards start to lose their luster, maybe there's more absentee ownership, homes need a coat of paint and the interiors show their age. The final step, which is really the beginning of another cycle is Rejuvenation. People like me come into the neighborhood, remodel the homes, landscape to current designs and generally do what they can to improve the state of things in the neighborhood. This is a phase with a lot of first time buyers and sweat equity. And then it starts all over again.
I think companies go through the same thing. Old Repulsive is an excellent example. They're disintegrating right now. If you were to go back 15 years, they were flying high and virtually untouchable. But they blinked. The Evil Empire tried to take a run at them, but their unwavering burger flipping mentality, and lack of vision kept them from ever being as great as they could have been. Especially considering some of the staff they recruited and then unceremoniously shitcanned when things turned southerly. The Bloodless Empire quietly built a monster. For years, all any one in these parts could do was hope to be Number 2, because Number 1 was locked up and had been locked up for years. Normally being Number 2 means you're first placed loser, but in this industry, you're really Number 1.2, because no one could catch the Bloodless Empire. Now the mirror has cracked. Almost ten percent of the Bloodless Empire's stock is owned by a hedge fund. They say jump and the executive team asks "how high" halfway up. And they're now spinning off the "information services", which means the title company. The implementation has been half assed at best and the truth is, when you serve only your corporate masters, your soul becomes a commodity and eventually worthless. So at the end of the day, a hedge fund that bet on the Bloodless Empire is dismantling it in the name of a "spin off". This is the disintegration phase. As monkeys fly out their asses in Boston the rank and file are assured that there will be no change in your day to day functions. Blah Blah Blah. We're under fire from consumer groups and politicians and we can't seem to justify our existance our get our of our own way. The only real unanswered question is what will become of this business?Â


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MP's in UK vote to legalise three-person babies using Mitochondrial Donation Technique
Members of Parliament (MPs) in United Kingdom (UK) have voted to legalise law for creation of three-parent IVF designer babies using Mitochondrial Donation Technique.
In this regard, MPs in House of Commons during free vote, voted in favour of amendment bill to amend Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act, 1990 by 382 to 128 votes.
With this historic move, UK is now set to become the first country to introduce law to allow the creation of babies from three people. Now this amendment bill needs to be passed in House of Lords.
What is Mitochondrial Donation Technique?
- It uses a modified version of In vitro fertilisation (IVF) to combine the DNA of the two parents with the healthy mitochondria of a donor woman. This technique was first pioneered by scientists at Newcastle University, UK.
- This technique involves addition of healthy mitochondria from donor women to an egg from other women with defective mitochondria. Then it is fertilized with man's sperm.
- In this process, healthy mitochondria is passed to a child from the mother.
- Advantage: It does not allow passage of defective mitochondria from mother to babies. Thus, preventing new born babies from brain damage, muscle wasting, heart failure and blindness due to defective mitochondria.
Mitochondria: It is a tiny compartment inside cell within the body that converts food in usable energy. It is also called as the powerhouse of the cell.
Month:Current Affairs – February, 2015
Categories: International • Science & Technology
Tags: Current Affairs 2016 • House of Commons • In vitro fertilisation (IVF) • Mitochondrial Donation Technique • United Kingdom (UK)


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This is a Google Analytics Flash Audit performed on the Fred Perry website. It evaluates their implementation of Google Analytics and makes some suggestions as to what can be done to improve the usefulness of the data via the configuration.
Fred Perry appears to have a decent basic implementation of Google Analytics although interesting that code is in place to create virtual page names that in most cases replicate the default page names. The implementation of virtual page views in the checkout process is excellent allowing for visitor behaviour to be understood in that critical area. However the action of adding a product to basket is not being tracked making it much more difficult to optimise the performance of the Fred Perry website.
Basic Details
Company Name: Fred Perry
Website: www.fredperry.com
Visits: 300,000 (Apr '11 – DoubleClick AdPlanner)
UK Visits: 85,000 (Apr '11 – DoubleClick AdPlanner)
Code on Website
Fred Perry is using the asynchronous version of Google Analytics although the code is located at the bottom of the page rather than the top.
They do not have code for any other web analytics tools on their website.
Fred Perry has code for the following tools on their website:
- DART Floodlight
- Comscore Scorecard Research
Google Analytics code
Standard Code
There were no pages encountered that did not contain Google Analytics code. However interactions with the Icon Book and the Arcade section (without detailed experimentation) were not tracked as behaviour was all within a single page.
The GA account number was consistent across all pages.
The Fred Perry website does not require any sub domain or cross domain tracking. There is no code in use that affects cookies, nor is there any need for this code.
The possible exception to this is a microsite for Fred Perry subculture. This is currently tracked using a different account number and so visitor behaviour across the two domains is not captured. Capturing behaviour across both domains would only be required if this business intelligence was of use to Fred Perry stakeholders.
While all pages used virtual page names (where the page name is overwritten in the code), in nearly all cases it simply used the page name taken from the URL. The main exception was pages within the blog section of the website where all pages are known as /blog. Examples of these pages are:
- www.fredperry.com/blog/categories/latest-news
- www.fredperry.com/blog/post/2011/04/12/fred-perry-x-stussy-deluxe
Another instance was the landing page if the URL www.fredperry.com is entered directly into the address bar. This page uses the virtual page name of /landingpage.php instead of /.
Additional Variables
No custom variables were encountered during the exploration of the Fred Perry website.
No events were encountered during the exploration of the website.
A number of virtual pages were encountered during the exploration of the website including:
- Pages within the checkout process. All interaction is within a single page and so Google Analytics has been implemented so each stage triggers a virtual page view replicating the experience of visitors.
- Clicks on marketing collateral (internal campaigns) on the homepage are being tracked using virtual page views. The naming convention is /HomeMaxi/<link name>.
Marketing Campaign parameters
Fred Perry doesn't appear to be doing much in the way of online marketing beyond raising brand awareness through the Fred Perry Subculture music initiative. The only marketing channel identified was a twitter account for this initiative directing visitors to the Subculture domain. These tweets did not use GA campaign parameters.
Potential Configuration of Google Analytics
Internal (Site) Search
Fred Perry is able to set-up Internal Search reporting. They need to specify the search URL parameter as "q".
Page Names
To maximise the usefulness of web analytics reporting and analysis, page names should be recognisable as relating to a particular page on the website and follow a hierarchical structure. If they do not naturally follow a strong naming convention, pages can be renamed as part of the configuration of Google Analytics. For an ecommerce website, pages are grouped into three sections: ecommerce pages, checkout process (Basket page through to Order Confirmation page) and non-ecommerce pages.
Ecommerce pages
Pages in this section generally follow a strong page naming convention with some exceptions. Department and category pages follow a nice hierarchy as do product pages which are clicked through to from a category page. However product pages which are accessed via Search Results or directly from Organic Search lose this product hierarchy.
It is recommended that product pages which are accessed via Search Results are given a virtual page name which reflects the most common product hierarchy that these products belong within. For example:
- /striped-oversize-vest.html
is replaced with
- /women/t-shirts/striped-oversize-vest.html
An alternative is to use profile filters as it appears that the only page names that end with .html are product detail pages. These pages could be renamed to remove the categorisation from product details pages that are accessed via navigational menus, resulting in unique instances of these pages. This would need to be tested but the required advanced filter could be:
Using clever regular expressions, it should also be possible to set up a secondary profile where ecommerce pages are grouped as Department page, Category pages, Search Results pages and Product Details pages as recommended in this post on Content Grouping in Google Analytics. This can be useful for extracting a number of insights including understanding visitor navigation within the website.
Checkout Process pages
Pages in this section naturally follow a strong page naming convention with most pages using virtual page views.
Non ecommerce pages
Pages in this section naturally follow a strong page naming convention. Some of the page names are slightly lengthy and could be renamed using profile filters (e.g. /shopfinder/shops/view/shop/newburgh/) but there is no real need for this.
It is recommended that if not already set-up, Goals are created for the following website actions based on the existing implementation:
- Order Confirmation
- Viewing an Ecommerce page
- Viewing a Product Page
- Viewing the Cart
- Commencing the Checkout Process
- Submitting a Contact Us form
- Viewing a map for location of a store
- Send to a Friend
Analyse the Ecommerce Funnel
Not all stages of the ecommerce funnel can be identified and reported on. The stage which cannot be measured is:
- Create Basket
- The page is refreshed when a visitor clicks on Add to Basket but the page name does not change and they are not automatically taken to the bag. As such there is no way of identifying that a visitor has created a basket.
Analyse the Checkout Process
All of the pages within the checkout process can be identified and reported on enabling an analysis of the performance of the checkout process to be performed.
Create a Merchandising Report
It is not possible to create a Merchandising report to identify the most important products for Fred Perry as not all the required elements are being tracked. The elements that are not being tracked are:
- Add to Basket by Product – as this is not available, the critical KPI of Product Page Success Rate is not available.
Recommendations for an Enhanced Implementation
Customisation of Cookies
Fred Perry has no need to add code to customise cookies unless they wish to track visitor behaviour across the Fred Perry website and Fred Perry Subculture microsite.
Custom Variables
It is recommended that the following custom variables are tracked:
- Visitor
- Customer
- Page View
- On the Product Details page
- Product SKU
- Availability
- Price range
- Colour
- On the Search Results page
- Number of search results returned
- On the Product Details page
It is recommended that the following actions on the Fred Perry website are tracked as events:
- Product Details page
- Add to Basket
- Add to Wishlist
- Change colour of product
- Click to zoom into product image
- Click through the different tabs
- Click on internal campaign
- Commence Checkout
- Change Sort method on Search Results or Category pages
Virtual Page Views
It is recommended that the following actions on the Fred Perry website are tracked as virtual page views:
- Each page viewed within the Icon Book
- Interactions within the Arcade section of the website
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HESPERIA � Faced with budget cuts, the Hesperia Unified School District school board voted Monday night to cut 27 non-teacher positions for the next school year.
But three high school career center clerks and specialists, at Hesperia High School, Mojave High School and Sultana High School had their jobs saved at the last minute.
"These are penny-wise and pound-foolish cuts here," said board member Robert Kirk, "Because I see the good these positions do."
The motion to cut the non-teacher or "classified" positions for the 2009-2010 school passed 4-1, with only board member Chris Bentley dissenting.
"I certainly respect the work of the career center, but I respect the work of the other positions being cut as well," he said.
The other position cuts included the following:
� 3 district office secretaries, including a receptionist
� 3 high school health clerks
� 5 computer learning assistants or specialists
� 6 clerk-typists
� 10 elementary school proctors
In addition, 51 vacant classified positions will remain unfilled.
Two employees -- a library media specialist and parent community liaison -- will keep their jobs, but have their hours reduced.
The board made the cuts in response to a state revenue budget crisis.
For the full story, read Wednesday's edition of the Daily Press. Call now to take advantage of our subscription special, 12 weeks for $25 (regular price is 12 weeks for $37.50). To subscribe to the Daily Press, call 241-7755 or click here.
Beau Yarbrough can be reached at 956-7108 or at email@example.com.


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Bringing hope and happiness to kids affected by cancer.
Bringing hope and happiness to kids affected by cancer.
This author has yet to write their bio.Meanwhile lets just say that we are proud Michael Harmer contributed a whooping 13 entries.
Day 14: "Being bald wasn't weird, rather normal. At camp I didn't feel like the odd one out like I did in school. I truly got to feel like a NORMAL kid while at camp." – Kristen "Pocahontas" Gasconwww.theseanyfoundation.org#childhoodcancerawareness #gogold #iamyourdollar#campmakesadifference
Day 11: "When I was going through treatment I was treated so well by everybody involved. I believe it was their efforts that helped give me such a quick recovery. I hope that by giving back the same kind of support I received can help the campers in their own recovery." – Mark "Vette" Mikulics […]
Top 5 Moments of Seany's Camp for the Sky 2015 Hey Seany Supporters, We hope everyone had a great camp season this year! It was an amazing season and we hope everyone made memories that will last a lifetime. I know we all did here at The Seany Foundation. We'd like to thank […]


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The kit shop can be accessed at the following web address.
You will need to use the Password – OTLEYCC18 when asked (uppercase). You do not need to open a Tactic Shopify account to place an order. Prices are unchanged and include VAT and delivery to Chevin Cycles. Deliveries are no longer made to your home address.
The kit will be delivered, individually packed, to Chevin Cycles Ltd. The guys at Chevin Cycles are doing this as a favour to the club and are not in anyway responsible for the kit or deliveries.
Any questions should be directed to firstname.lastname@example.com and not to Chevin Cycles.
There are three ranges of kit available:
TEAM FIT for adults and TEAM KIDS for children.
"A fit for all cyclists who enjoy any type of cycling and want the most amount of comfort possible while riding in group."
"For demanding athletes who are intensely passionate about cycling It has a semi-compressive cut and structure, making it ideal to increase capabilities and improve performance."
"For demanding cyclists who want more than just comfort. Its design offers a great amount of comfort and muscle compression. It's made for the female body and helps optimise performance."
This is a new range of kit which will become Tactic's main race range of kit. All upper body garments are a slim fit/race cut. We would recommend anybody in-between sizes to order the bigger size.
Note that you may need to go up a size when ordering the PLUS Fit ranges. If you normally wear a medium consider ordering large for the PLUS FIT ranges.
Log on to the Club Shop to find out the types of clothing available from short sleeved jerseys, long sleeved jerseys through to bib tights and shorts.
Gareth Frith – Club Kit Co-ordinator, firstname.lastname@example.com


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Tour Sagrada Familia
Duration: 1:30 hours approximately
Friday July 24th
Barcelona is known as the capital of Modernism, where the famous architect Antoni Gaudí lived and worked. This building is located in the middle of Barcelona and over the years has become one of the city's and country's most universal signs of identity. It is visited by millions of people a year, and many others study its architectural and religious contents. We will visit the impressive inside of this church, where the vaults are seventy metres high. Antoni Gaudí designed it in the shape of a Latin cross with five naves, extremely rich in decoration and symbolism. You will also visit the museum on the history of the development of this Basilica.
Montserrat morning Tour
Duration: 5:30 hours approximately
Saturday July 25 , departure at 09:15h
Going through picturesque towns in the province we reach the incomparable setting of the Montserrat mountain, to the right of the Llobregat river, majestically rising 1235 m above sea level. The Montserrat mountain is a unique natural park in the world and Sanctuary of the Patron Saint of Catalonia. We will visit the Royal Basilica, where the Moreneta Virgin or also known of as the Black Virgin is, a Romanesque sculpture from the 13th century. The Basilica has been one of the most important places of pilgrimage in our country for many centuries. Some days you can see the singing of the "Escolanía". the oldest children's choir in Europe. You can also enjoy a tasting of 4 typical liqueurs of Montserrat and enter the "Espai Audiovisual Montserrat Portes Endins".
The prestigious agency Wamos makes it possible that you can make the reservation right now through the link attached below. Or if you prefer, you can hire these or other tours during the three days of the Congress, Wamos will have a representative at the venue of the MESIC 2015.
is a tourist group of the company Andros and Royal Caribbean.
Organised Tours Guide attached below including plenty of 'must have seen' places when visiting the city of Barcelona.


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KIDS on the GO – Kids Fitness is a children's fitness and exercise class for children from preschool to 6th class ages. Our aim is to promote healthy eating, to get our children from a young age moving and teach the importance of exercising in our daily routine.
The classes are created to help improve key developmental skills such as balance, coordination, directional and social skills, using child-friendly sports equipment like balls, bean bags, hulahoops, obstacle courses, parachutes, music and dance.
All classes are age appropriate. Before we start our exercise class we discuss the importance of eating healthy, drinking water and milk, brushing our teeth, getting enough sleep and encouraging the children to stay in their own beds.
Aisling Stenson is the lead Kids on the Go teacher and is garda vetted, fully insured and is 'SNA Fetac L5' and 'Children with Additional' needs certified, with distinctions in both.
KIDS on the GO – Kids Fitness is also very heavily involved in helping special needs children. Inclusion is a big part of our ethos.
We are available for birthday parties and family-orientated social events, such as communions and corporate events.
Phone: 087 6319802
Email: email@example.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KIDS-on-the-GO-Kids-Fitness
Special Features
- Garda Vetted
- Special Needs Trained


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If you want quality custom-built commercial furniture, call us today! We make wood furniture that will set your office apart from your competitors and impress your clients. We only use 100% solid oak wood for long-lasting strength and beauty. There's no limit to what we can create for your business. Call our studio today to schedule your free consultation. Let's get started building your new furniture together.
High-quality American-Made office furniture
Call today for a free consultation
(727) 522-2700
We design and build commercial furniture, including:
- Desks
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- Seating
- File cabinets
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- Reception area furniture
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Commercial Wood Furniture
When you need new wood furniture for your commercial space, we are the company for the job. Our highly-skilled craftsmen create pieces that stand the test of time and also fill a multitude of functions. Your office furniture should not only look great but also allow you to get down to business. For extra comfort, we create build desks that are ergonomic and comfortable to sit at all day long. Call us for more information and to learn more about our furniture options.
Clutter is the last thing you need at work. Luckily, we can solve every storage issue you have at the office. With innovative storage solutions, everything will have its place. Whether you need simple desks with clean lines or more elaborate worktops, we can create anything for you.
Call today to schedule a meeting with one of our team members, and lets get started creating your ideal office furniture! Everyone will love coming to work once they see the new furniture in place.
Custom Furniture Design/Build
Your office furniture should inspire and serve its purpose allowing everyone to work without any distractions. If your office needs a makeover, consider adding custom made wood furniture to the mix. Our consultants will design furniture that fits the specific needs of your business. We always start the process with a free design consultation.
Utilizing CAD software technology, our design consultants create 2-D drawings or 3-D models to help you visualize your new furniture. You have the option to customize everything from the dimensions, style, stain, and more. Our commercial furniture isn't just beautiful; it's functional as well.
Custom furniture will take your office to the next level. Call us today to schedule a consultation so we can work together to design office furniture that works best for your business.
Locally owned and operated
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(727) 522-2700
We deliver custom commercial furniture in St Petersburg, Tampa, and any city in Pinellas, Hillsborough or Pasco County!


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Belle-Art. There is the interview.
1. Explain your art medium
I concentrate on two mediums - I take photos and do photomanipulation in Photoshop. I didn´t think about it as two different ways of expresing myself, photos and manipulations are closely connected for me. I do quite a lot post processing in Photoshop on my photos and also take stock photos for my manips.
2. How long have you been doing your medium?
I take photos for three and a half year. I started in my last year of high school when I bought my first compact camera. I didn´t know anything about taking photos because I´ve never visited any art school or classes before.
I´ve always been intrested in finding different ways how to post process these photos to give them specific mood. So the next logical step for me was to try create "pure" photomanipulation. And I have felt in love with this medium since the first time I tried it. I really like the freedom which gives it to you.
3. How did you get in to doing this art?
I started taking photos because some of my friends did it and I just wanted to try it and test if I can be as good as they were.
I tell in previous answer how I started with doing photomanipulation. I remember that it was the examing period in my first university year and it was so boring to learn all that economic stuff. So I was looking for something to clean my brain off suply and demand rules and stuff like this
4. How did you get in to doing this art?
On photography I really like the possibility to show ordinary everyday things (such as urban nature) and give them magical feels, sometimes change few trifles and let people wonder that there is such a nice world in their neigbourhood. The only thing they need to do to see it is to look arround and see the everyday beauty which surrounds us.
On photomanipulations I adore the absolute freedom which they give me. I can present some of my vision which will be imposible to shoot with camera, I can show other people my inner world and share with them some of my visions without any limitation.
5. Do you have any tips for people interested in the same art form?
Well, I know that this is quite ordinary advice, but there is a lot of truth in it: "Never stop trying to be better artist. Always look for ways how to improve what you do." I guess it can be applied on everything, not only art
To be more specific I would reccomend to read tutorials. I read tons of them.


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DAR ES SALAAM, 4 Apr 2003 (IRIN) - The actress Angelina Jolie, the Goodwill Ambassador for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), has made her second visit to Lugufu refugee camp in western Tanzania. The sprawling camp houses some 85,000 Congolese refugees. Part of Jolie's mission in March was to make a film for the UN on a day in the life of a refugee child. In an interview, she talked to IRIN about her work and experiences with refugees.
QUESTION: What made you become interested in working with refugees?
ANSWER: I have always been curious about the UN, and so I got a book and sat up one night reading about the different chapters of the UN and stopped on the refugee section. I learned what a refugee was, that 20 million people around the world were refugees, and how 50 percent of these refugees were under 18. I wanted to find out how I had gone my whole life without learning about this or hearing much about it on the news, so I called UNHCR in Washington. I think they thought I was completely insane, but I asked if I could come and visit and begin to learn. So I did - and then we decided that I should go on mission to find out more about it. I went to Sierra Leone, some two and a half years ago now, but my first two trips were kept out of the public [eye] because I wanted to make sure that I supported and understood the organisation fully. Then a year later, I joined as their ambassador.
Q: As an ambassador for UNHCR, what do you think you can do to help refugees?
A: I hope I can do something beyond just being out here and being someone who cares - which I'd like to believe anybody could do just by spending some time asking somebody how they are doing and what's happened to them. But I think because of my job and my access to the press, maybe we can help more people to understand. I know there is a lot of hostility to refugees and it makes me very sad, because I've met so many of these people in different countries. I've seen so many wonderful and beautiful things about them, I've been told their reasons for crossing borders and having to be in new countries, what they go through on the way and what they face when they get there. There's a very good chance that these people witnessed a massacre, lost their children, survived the most horrific journey, and now they've somehow crossed the border into your country. I hope that I can say enough, so that a few [more] people can differentiate between refugees and illegal immigrants, and pay attention to what it is to be a refugee, and maybe feel more for them.
Q: What were your first impressions when you visited the camps here in Tanzania?
A: I was shocked. I believe that in Tanzania there is the largest refugee population in Africa - that's some 500,000 people. There are so many children, there is so much sadness, and there is so little that they can do because they are locked in these camps. These hundreds of thousands of people are living in this beautiful country and surviving, but they can't think about their future and they can't really make a plan to go out and do anything with their lives. They have no country or place that is safe to go to. But I have to say, the first day I walked into the camps, I saw a food distribution and I found it so amazingly overwhelming.
Q: The camps are full of stories about individuals. Are there any that have caught your attention?
A: There are so many, but in one camp I went into the Red Cross area and there was a girl on the last bed in the ward. She was about nine years old, and the doctors weren't sure if she would speak to me as she had just seen her mother, father, brothers and sisters being killed in front of her. But she told me her story. When she was fleeing, she grabbed her baby brother and they escaped together - this little kid with a tiny baby. She fed him bananas and they crossed over from Burundi. She was just sitting on the bed, rocking, with her baby brother in her arms. Her baby brother was sick and the doctors weren't sure if he was going to survive. They were very worried about both of them, but we kept in touch and I got a letter about four months later saying that another refugee had taken them on and that the baby was doing okay. It is so wonderful that they survived, but I ask myself how she could ever get over everything that she has seen. But she is still surviving and one day she will be a remarkable woman.
Q: Many of the refugees have been here for years and see no hope of returning. What more can the international community do to create conditions for their return home?
A: I don't know what the solution is, but there is donor fatigue, and I know that after all this fighting many people have lost hope in the whole region. It is two years since I was last here, and I had hoped to come and see people returning home. Instead, the wars have just continued, and these are wars we seldom hear about on the news because no one has invested here - its not newsworthy, it's in the wrong area and involves the wrong people. Their civil wars and massacres are not news anymore because they just keep continuing.
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