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09 August 2018
Store visits & audits | In-store conversion optimization
09 August 2018
Store visits & audits | In-store conversion optimization
In this 2-part series we'll investigate how retailers can bolster sales, even when foot traffic is down, by focusing on two key store performance indicators. This week we'll cover conversion rate.
Unless you're fortunate enough to be selling fans, food, festival gear or Pimm's, chances are your shoppers have been sitting at home with the fan on full blast instead of heading to the high street for a little retail therapy.
In the UK, footfall has dropped by by 10.8% thanks to the scorching weather.
Is this yet another blow to the physical store?
It doesn't have to be.
Retailers can't control the weather (yet), and they can't control how shoppers respond to it.
But they can control store performance. There's even a performance indicator that measures it.
Conversion rate is a solid indicator of store performance. Retailers can help stores become immune to declining footfall by increasing it.
The summer's not over yet. Research shows an inverse relationship between extreme temperatures and store traffic, so the time to improve is now.
Why does conversion rate matter?
Because it measures in-store customer experience.
Conversion rate is the percentage of shoppers already in-store who leave with a purchase.
If conversion rate increases or decreases, something within the store made it happen.
It's an indicator of how well visual merchandising, operations, sales associates and everything else in the store are performing.
Divide the number of transactions by the store traffic to calculate a store's conversion rate.
Conversion rate increases when retailers eliminate things that make shoppers leave empty-handed.
And what better time for this than when stores are less busy?
Here are a few ways to increase your stores' conversion rate so the sales come pouring in, rain or shine.
Identify: Find areas for improvement by observing a shopper's journey through the store.
A shopper's journey into a store could start with that Instagram ad they saw 2 weeks ago. Or it could start when they see that sign for the end-of-summer sale in the front window.
Either way, the magic has happened, and they've entered the store.
What could make them leave?
Stores teams are focused on the day-to-day and probably won't spot the big issues.
An outside opinion is needed. An area manager observing what goes on in the store, while keeping an open mind, will also do.
Take a look at the first things a shopper experiences when they walk through the door. Which displays do they gravitate towards? Which do they ignore?
When and how are they greeted by staff?
How far into the store do most shoppers make it before leaving? (e.g. middle of the store, sale area at the back)
The trends in browsing behaviour will help retailers identify what's working and what needs to be changed.
Maybe the store's VM is sloppy, unorganised and makes shoppers feel that having a browse is too much effort. Maybe there aren't enough sales associates on the till.
Understand: Conversion rates are higher when sales associates have more time to spend with customers.
It seems counterintuitive, but conversion rates tend to decrease rather than increase during busier times. That's because sales associates are tied up and can't get around to helping everyone. Queues are longer. It's harder to grab what you want because there are 5 other people all looking at the same thing.
Busier doesn't necessarily mean better.
Sales associates have a huge role to play in making shopping experiences better during slow times and busy times.
They'll need a helping hand, though.
To keep conversion rates high during busy times, retailers can schedule more staff and/or make the existing ones more productive.
Hint - mobile tech boosts employee productivity. But concerningly, only 15% of retailers are currently piloting mobile devices for sales associates.
Adapt: Equip store teams to rapidly change up the store interior to suit what shoppers want and need.
On Tuesday here in London it was sunny and 32 degrees. Today, Thursday, it's raining, miserable and 17.
Today is the kind of day where people buy cardigans and pumpkin spice lattes. Weather impacts browsing behaviour and purchasing decisions. Stores must be reactive and agile to stay one step ahead.
To increase conversion rate when the weather's just too much, stores need to be ready to change everything at the drop of a hat.
This could entail implementing a new set of visual merchandising guidelines overnight. It could mean putting up new point-of-sale material with just a few days notice. It could mean having sales associates all turn up to work in items from the Fall collection the next day.
Agile retailers anticipate what shoppers want before they want it. To make this happen, retailers must be able to quickly push new guidelines and materials to stores and prepare teams to execute flawlessly.
Watch this space for part 2, in which we'll be investigating another key performance indicator stores can improve to bolster sales - basket size.
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Written by Vearna Gloster.
Young men today need to have reassurance from the older men that they can do things right. Recently, I observed that a young man was put to do the small task of sealing or patching as we say here, a bicycle tube for his sister. He took his time and completed the job. However, the older man, his uncle, was to pump it up and replace it in the tyre. The older man grumbled that the patch did not look right and proceeded to do the airing up followed by the water test. After doing the water test for air leakage, he was amazed that there was none. I asked him if he did not have the confidence that the youngster was capable of doing the task. His answer came back with a resounding no! I was totally taken aback and curious as to why but of course he had no answer.
Fathers, uncles, older men on a whole need to reflect on how they behave toward young boys. They need to be much more supportive to the young men in society as they would on day be fathers and uncles too. If thy are underestimated now and interest from the elders are not shown with a positive attitude, then this is yet another breach in helping upcoming generations to hold strong in their aspirations.

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I Quit My Job As A Chef Because I Realized Our Planet Needs Me
I learnt to be a chef. As cliche as it might sound, my grandma used to love to see the tiny me cook; I loved the attention, as a result - I looooove cooking. I would get to go to the market with her. She was a widow, so I could go to the fish section with prior stated orders and I could then buy my own fish. I would choose the best one, get it descaled, gutted, cleaned, pay Ramu Kaku and then bring the fish double packed in black polythene bags and back to the grandmother-ship.
I had to carry it separately from the potato thaili and separately from the vegetable thaili all the way back home. She would cook it though, happily, but she wouldn't let me carry them together.
I don't know why, maybe it was the blood?
What did I learn from all this?
Lesson 1* - Ingredients are different for different people.
Kolkata food was different, as there existed no Kolkata food. It was what was available: বক ফুল (a flower that looks like a stork), করমচা (I don't even..), কুমড়ো ডাটা (pumpkin stems), রাঙালু, ব্যাঙের ছাতা (mushrooms) - I was a single child, obviously, dishes couldn't be repeated. Every day was different , I never even had to ask. I didn't even have to pretend to like my food. THINGS were different back then.
Lesson 2* - Ingredients Come, Ingredients Go
Chef school, food truck association, corporate job, modern trade for food retail, restaurants, cafes, catering stints, FSSAI, heck I have worked even at a McDonalds for a day to eat fries for free and learn how their systems work. I dropped the corporate job, started my own company after a few years, through that, I learnt farming, ran farmers' markets, learnt vegetable delivery models, logistics, testing. I can go on.
In the food space, I have been around the block, the dark alleys, meeting rooms with suits, traffic with AC, traffic without AC, first train to last train. My grandma is not around anymore to point out since last October BUT everywhere I could slowly feel... that...SOMEONE , is deleting my ingredients, and worse:
Lesson 3* - Seasons have changed and water has run outShare this quote
What good is a chef, if the Gajar doesn't taste like Gajar in the Gajar ka halwa. If strawberries don't exist, chocolate disappears, maple syrup becomes a concept, heck chai addas don't happen as chai can't be grown at affordable rates and on your menus in Indie-Chinese Restaurants - your options of noodles or rice/noodles + rice is just reduced to noodles as water has runout for rice cultivation. Culturally, the ভেতো বাঙালি (the rice loving Bengali) in me can't digest it.
Humans know agriculture for 10,000 years
Christianity for 2,000 years
Islam for 1,000 years
Science for 500 years
And just 200 years ago did we figure out how to change the chemistry of a closed system, which is our planet earth. That's your dadu's dad. 2 Generations above yours.
Carbon, oxygen, nitrogen and other gases are in balance for the last 10,000 years (not before that) - Seasons before 10,000 years were not stable. that's why we have more than one ice age movie. Only post stabilization of the climate did agriculturalists figure that we can plant this plant now, and in 3 months it will not rain anymore and we can grow this vegetable successfully. Preempting how natural conditions are going to be in the coming months is what made farming possible.
Even 1 hour of rain on a plant that doesn't need water in that season can destroy the entire crop and if it doesn't, then the next day could just be too hot to work on the field. This unsurety has destroyed our farming system. Fish boats spend way more money to sail, with a hull full of ice and a pantry full of food for the fishermen who stay out on these trips for 12-14 days ; out of the entire catch only 5 types of fish make money and the rest is ground up to make pet food and egg farming is saving drought-affected farmers as spinach requires water 3 times a day and chickens don't.
I learnt to be a chef but I shut my company, I stopped my salaried job, my vacations and I paused my dream. Honestly, I guess it's unrealistic to even think of my ingredients anymore. Little pipe dreams.
The climate and seasons are not changing, they have changed. I have stopped my jobs and I am an environmental activist now, struggling, struggling to even agree to call myself an activist. Struggling to make my parents understand, struggling to make my friends get that jobs have shifted and maybe even we would have to. Trying to justify my present life of temporariness.
I don't know if you know this but out of 10 breaths you take, 4 come from all the trees and shrubs and bushes and grass in the world, the rest 6 come from the ocean as phytoplanktons are the real drivers of the oxygen cycle. Our scientists tell us that in the next ten years it will be too hot for the phytoplanktons to be alive in the water, along with too much carbon leading to acidification of the ocean and in turn - yes - killing the phytoplanktons again. We are in the 6th mass extinction event of the earth's lifetime.
Every story should, however, have a happy ending? Well the industrial experiments/revolutions of steam engines to carry heavy loads, and the steam press to print at record speeds and spread more information to more people and then cars to carry heavy loads to the steam engines and then telegraph wires to spread even more information, all using carbon from previous mass extinctions trapped under the soil in the format of coal and petroleum happened without A MOBILE PHONE WITH CAMERAS.
Based on a Harvard University Study of political movements for the last 100 years, where non-violent civil disobedience has been used to protest, only 3.5% of the population is needed to come down to the streets to have a 100% success rate of a movement. We are all we got and trust me, we got this. Share this quote


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Utah Ski Resorts
Lesser known than their Colorado cousins, Utah ski resorts quietly boast some of the best skiing mountains in the United States. Less crowded than the Colorado and New England resorts, Utah ski resorts get a huge blanket of powdery snow each season - an average of 500" - and offer some of the most challenging skiing in the country. Among the most popular resorts are:
Park City
Located about 30 miles east of Salt Lake City, Park City - along with its neighbor Deer Valley - was the site of the ski competitions at the 2002 Winter Olympics. The quiet former mining town of about 8000 permanent residents is lined with charming 19th century restored buildings and is the home of one of the venues for the annual Sundance Film Festival.
The skiing at Park City is some of the area's - and indeed the world's - best. The resort's 3300 acres of skiable terrain is spread out over seven peaks and nine bowls. Park City has 104 ski trails, 50 percent of which are designed for intermediate skiers and 33 percent of which are geared towards advanced skiers. In the summer, vacationers enjoy the area for its hiking, golf, and temperate climate.
Alta, located in central Utah about 25 miles southeast of Salt Lake City, is a small town and a unique ski resort. Opened in 1938, Alta is a skier's resort; no snowboarding is allowed. The 2200-acre ski area gets an average of 500" of snow each season and is known for its fine powder. The resort's runs are divided into 25% for beginners, 40% for intermediate, and 35% for advanced skiers. Alta also offers extensive Nordic ski trails and a luge run. The resort offers an interconnecting lift to the Snowbird Resort (see below) and a popular "Ski Free after 3" program.
Deer Valley
Deer Valley is located adjacent to Park City (see above), about 23 miles from Salt Lake City. The 2200-acre ski resort opened in 1981 and boasts 21 lifts and 91 ski runs. Like Alta (mentioned above), Deer Valley is a ski-only resort; no snowboarding is allowed. With Park City, Deer Valley hosted the ski events at the 2002 Winter Olympics.In the summer, Deer Valley is home to the Utah symphony and the annual Deer Valley Music Festival, held each July and August. Summer visitors also flock to the area for its hiking, fishing, climbing, and kayaking.
Snowbird, located just east of Salt Lake City, is considered (with its sister resort, Alta) to be among the best ski resorts in the world. The area gets an incredible average of 500" of snow each season and is known worldwide for its fine powder.
Visiting Utah Ski Resorts
All of the resorts mentioned above are easily assessable by flying into Salt Lake City. Accommodations vary widely from large resort hotels to ski-in/ski-out condo units to charming bed and breakfast inns. A car rental is a good idea, since all of the resorts are within driving distance of one another.


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- First quarter EPS increased 10% to $1.55, or $1.61 adjusted for business realignment
- Strong segment operating and decremental margins
- Order rates turn positive
- Fiscal 2017 full year earnings guidance maintained
CLEVELAND, October 21, 2016 -- Parker Hannifin Corporation (NYSE: PH), the global leader in motion and control technologies, today reported results for the fiscal 2017 first quarter ended September 30, 2016. Fiscal 2017 first quarter sales were $2.74 billion, compared with $2.87 billion in the prior year quarter. Net income increased 8% to $210.2 million compared with $195.0 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2016. Fiscal 2017 first quarter earnings per share increased 10% to $1.55, compared with $1.41 in the prior year quarter. Adjusted earnings per share were $1.61, compared with $1.52 in the prior year quarter. Cash flow from operations for the first quarter of fiscal 2017 was $113.9 million or 4.2% of sales, compared with $19.9 million or 0.7% of sales in the first quarter of last year. Excluding discretionary pension contributions, fiscal 2017 first quarter cash flow from operations was 12.2% of sales compared with 7.7% of sales in the prior year quarter.
"This was another solid quarter for Parker driven by our ability to execute the Win Strategy™," said Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Tom Williams. "Despite a decline in sales, we were able to deliver strong decremental marginal return on sales and segment operating margins of 15.0%, reflecting improved performance in the Industrial segment. Net income, earnings per share and operating cash-to-sales also increased from the same quarter a year ago. Quarterly order rates turned positive for the first time since the December 2014 quarter, reinforcing our previous view that we are progressing towards stabilization in many of our key end markets."
Segment Results
Diversified Industrial Segment: North American first quarter sales decreased 9 percent to $1.2 billion, and operating income was $200.6 million compared with $212.7 million in the same period a year ago. International first quarter sales decreased 2 percent to $1.0 billion. International operating income was $137.2 million compared with $129.3 million in the same period a year ago.
Aerospace Systems Segment: First quarter sales increased 3 percent to $561.2 million, and operating income was $73.3 million compared with $74.0 million in the same period a year ago.
Parker reported the following orders for the quarter ending September 30, 2016, compared with the same quarter a year ago:
- - Orders increased 2% for total Parker;
- - Orders decreased 4% in the Diversified Industrial North America businesses;
- - Orders increased 3% in the Diversified Industrial International businesses; and
- - Orders increased 14% in the Aerospace Systems Segment on a rolling 12-month average basis.
Share Repurchases
During the first quarter of fiscal 2017, the company repurchased $115 million in Parker shares. This completes the previously announced commitment to repurchase a minimum of $2 billion in shares by October 2016.
For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, the company has maintained guidance for earnings from continuing operations in the range of $6.15 to $6.85 per share, or $6.40 to $7.10 per share on an adjusted basis. Fiscal year 2017 guidance is adjusted for expected business realignment expenses of approximately $0.25 per share.
Williams added, "Having now completed one full year of implementation of the Win Strategy, I am even more confident that we can deliver on our financial performance goals. I am also pleased with the progress we have made towards other key goals such as safety performance, customer experience, and profitable growth strategies, which will allow us to deliver sustainable long-term value for our customers and shareholders."
NOTICE OF CONFERENCE CALL: Parker Hannifin's conference call and slide presentation to discuss its fiscal 2017 first quarter results are available to all interested parties via live webcast today at 11:00 a.m. ET, on the company's investor information web site at www.phstock.com. To access the call, click on the "Live Webcast" link. From this link, users also may complete a pre-call system test and register for e-mail notification of future events and information available from Parker. A replay of the conference call will also be available at www.phstock.com for one year after the call.
With annual sales of $11 billion in fiscal year 2016, Parker Hannifin is the world's leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. The company has operations in 49 countries around the world. Parker has increased its annual dividends paid to shareholders for 60 consecutive fiscal years, among the top five longest-running dividend-increase records in the S&P 500 index. For more information, visit the company's website at www.parker.com, or its investor information website at www.phstock.com.
Note on Orders
Orders provide near-term perspective on the company's outlook, particularly when viewed in the context of prior and future quarterly order rates. However, orders are not in themselves an indication of future performance. All comparisons are at constant currency exchange rates, with the prior year restated to the current-year rates. All exclude acquisitions until they can be reflected in both the numerator and denominator. Aerospace comparisons are rolling 12-month average computations. The total Parker orders number is derived from a weighted average of the year-over-year quarterly % change in orders for Diversified Industrial North America and Diversified Industrial International, and the year-over-year 12-month rolling average of orders for the Aerospace Systems Segment.
Note on Non-GAAP Numbers
This press release contains references to (a) earnings per share without the effect of business realignment expenses; (b) the effect of business realignment expenses on forecasted earnings from continuing operations per share; and (c) cash flows from operations without the effect of discretionary pension contributions. The effects of business realignment expenses and discretionary pension contributions are removed to allow investors and the company to meaningfully evaluate changes in earnings per share and cash flows from operations on a comparable basis from period to period.
Forward-Looking Statements
Forward-looking statements contained in this and other written and oral reports are made based on known events and circumstances at the time of release, and as such, are subject in the future to unforeseen uncertainties and risks. All statements regarding future performance, earnings projections, events or developments are forward-looking statements. It is possible that the future performance and earnings projections of the company, including its individual segments, may differ materially from current expectations, depending on economic conditions within its mobile, industrial and aerospace markets, and the company's ability to maintain and achieve anticipated benefits associated with announced realignment activities, strategic initiatives to improve operating margins, actions taken to combat the effects of the current economic environment, and growth, innovation and global diversification initiatives. A change in the economic conditions in individual markets may have a particularly volatile effect on segment performance. Among other factors which may affect future performance are: changes in business relationships with and purchases by or from major customers, suppliers or distributors, including delays or cancellations in shipments, disputes regarding contract terms or significant changes in financial condition, changes in contract cost and revenue estimates for new development programs and changes in product mix; ability to identify acceptable strategic acquisition targets; uncertainties surrounding timing, successful completion or integration of acquisitions and similar transactions; the ability to successfully divest businesses planned for divestiture and realize the anticipated benefits of such divestitures; the determination to undertake business realignment activities and the expected costs thereof and, if undertaken, the ability to complete such activities and realize the anticipated cost savings from such activities; ability to implement successfully the company's capital allocation initiatives; increases in raw material costs that cannot be recovered in product pricing; the company's ability to manage costs related to insurance and employee retirement and health care benefits; threats associated with and efforts to combat terrorism and cyber-security risks; uncertainties surrounding the ultimate resolution of outstanding legal proceedings; competitive market conditions and resulting effects on sales and pricing; and global economic factors, including manufacturing activity, air travel trends, currency exchange rates, difficulties entering new markets and general economic conditions such as inflation, deflation, interest rates and credit availability. The company makes these statements as of the date of this disclosure, and undertakes no obligation to update them unless otherwise required by law.


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We believe in only the best and most practical clothing for your children. Elf.n.Kinder sources almost all of our fabric from Germany and Sweden where the quality is unmatched. We source only the softest and most natural fabrics we can.


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From the acclaimed author of Roses and Rot - a "Brothers Grimm tale for the contemporary reader" (School Library Journal, starred review) - Kat Howard's exquisite shorter works, nominated for the World Fantasy Award, and performed on WNYC's Selected Shorts.
Kat Howard has already been called a "remarkable young writer" by Neil Gaiman and her "dark and enticing" (Publishers Weekly) debut novel, Roses and Rot, was beloved by critics and fans alike.
Now, you can experience her collected shorter works, including two new stories, in A Cathedral of Myth and Bone. In these stories, equally as beguiling and spellbinding as her novels, Howard expands into the enchanted territory of myths and saints, as well as an Arthurian novella set upon a college campus, "Once, Future," which retells the story of King Arthur - through the women's eyes.
Captivating and engrossing, and adorned in gorgeous prose, Kat Howard's stories are a fresh and stylish take on fantasy. "Kat Howard seems to possess a magic of her own, of making characters come alive and scenery so vivid, you forget it exists only on the page" (Anton Bogomazov) .


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Aer Lingus gets 4-Star rating by Skytrax
Aer Lingus has announced that it has retained its highly prized 4-Star rating by Skytrax, the international air transport rating organisation, as a result of its ongoing investment in enhancing the guest experience at every touchpoint of their journey from booking at aeringus.com to their transit through airport and inflight.
Having first achieved a 4-star rating in 2016, Aer Lingus has made a range of investments in its inflight offering, digital platforms, airport services and staff training to maintain this position as Ireland's only 4-star airline.
Enhancements on the ground
Over the past few years investment in new Aer Lingus airport facilities has included an Express Bag Drop service at Dublin Airport, designed to make travel as seamless as possible. The service enables guests to self-tag and check-in their bags once they have their boarding card printed or downloaded to your mobile, cutting the time guests need to spend in the check-in area by at least 66%.
The airline has also invested in a new and more efficient flight connections centre, as Aer Lingus continues to drive its strategy of expanding the airline's Dublin Airport base into a major European transatlantic gateway. The airline offers seamless connections from Europe and the UK to its destinations across North America. Connecting via Dublin, Aer Lingus guests can experience the benefit of US Immigration Preclearance before they depart which allows them to arrive into the US like a domestic passenger, avoiding any lengthy queues.
Enhancements in the air
Investment in inflight services has resulted in improvements to entertainment content, new touchscreen seat back screens, new earphones and better food and drinks offerings on long haul flights.
Recently, there has also been a roll out of new ambient mood-lighting in cabins. The LED mood-lighting system aims to help guests relax on flights with a dim lavender used during take-off and the cruise. During overnight flights a sunrise is simulated when it's time to wake up. The carefully curated lighting settings have been chosen with the wellbeing of guests through each phase of the flight in mind.
Another significant inflight product offering recently unveiled was AerSpace, a premium short-haul travel experience, designed to give guests more space to work and relax, with the middle seat remaining free.
Enhancements in its digital platforms
Aer Lingus also invested in digital platforms, with significant improvements in the website and mobile app including the introduction of Apple Pay and Pay with Avios, offering guests new seamless payment options. This has led to a more customised and intuitive digital experience for guests.
In addition to calling out these significant investments in its independent audit, Skytrax also noted that Aer Lingus staff, both on the ground and in the air, were a stand-out attribute of the airline's position as a 4-star airline.
Mike Rutter, Chief Operating Officer, Aer Lingus said: "We have worked hard to maintain the 4-star rating originally awarded in 2016, by maintaining and improving our high standards of service to guests. Our guest experience is constantly evolving and improving as the needs of travellers today are ever-changing. We do ongoing "Voice of Guest" surveys, which enable us to be fully tuned into what our guests want and deliver on these.
"Pivotal also to our overall customer satisfaction rating has been greater capacity and new destinations. This summer we are operating our largest ever transatlantic schedule flying to 14 North American destinations, including a new direct service to Minneapolis from Dublin commencing on July 1st. The airline's longhaul schedule boasts a record 3 million seats to North America in 2019. On short haul, our summer schedule added close to 300,000 extra summer seats to Europe this year.
"Looking forward, we are confident that we will maintain and further improve our guest experience, as we continue to execute our ambitious growth strategy. For example, soon we will roll out a full business class product refresh, 20MB of free WiFi for long haul economy guests, and complimentary beer and wine for long haul economy guests. "
Aer Lingus remains the only Irish airline to receive this rating and joins a select group of only 42 airlines worldwide, and only 14 in Europe, that also boast a 4-Star guest experience. The airline is also the only 4-Star airline connecting Ireland and North America.
Edward Plaisted, CEO of Skytrax commented: "Aer Lingus continues to build on the 4-star foundations established over the last 3 years with a number of product innovations observed onboard and in the airport. The airline continues to improve the proposition for Business Class guests with a new lounge for US departures, and we are anticipating further changes to the Economy Class catering service that will enhance the customer experience further.
"A leading factor in an airline's Star Rating is front line staff service quality, and Aer Lingus excels in this area for both the ground service standards at its Dublin hub, as well cabin crew service across the network."
Aer Lingus' 4-Star rating has been awarded by Skytrax following a range of rigorous audits conducted by Skytrax to measure the quality of front-line product and staff service standards in the air and on the ground.
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Hotel Carris Porto Ribeira
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- Phone:220 965 786
Overlooking the Rio Douro river and set along a cobblestone street in the historic district, this upscale hotel is also 4 km from the iconic Casa da Música concert hall.
Cozy modern rooms come with free Wi-Fi, flat screen TVs and bathrooms with internal windows. Some rooms offer river views. Suites (some duplex) add extras such as balconies and lounges.
A sophisticated restaurant with stone arches serves Portuguese fare and a breakfast buffet (surcharge). Other amenities include a rustic tapas bar and parking (fee). Guests have access to an off-site gym.
Address: Rua do Infante D. Henrique 1, 4050-296 Porto, Portugal
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May 25, 1805
In Philadelphia, leaders of a shoemakers' union are arrested for organizing one of the country's first strikes. They were brought to trial on criminal conspiracy charges of trying to raise their wages and convicted. In 1842, another case – also involving a strike by shoemakers – overturned the precedent set by Commonwealth v. Pullis.


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In The Beginning Was The Word
The ancient myths, without exception, contain esoteric messages that to this day have remained of significance for us and our world. For as long as humankind insisted on interpreting them exoterically, from a purely earthly view, their true meanings had to remain hidden. By shedding onto them the light of our inner teacher, the intuition, they quite happily start to reveal some of their most precious spiritual treasures. This surely is the case for the legend of Uranus and Gaia. The traditional rulers of Aquarius are Saturn and Uranus, and at the time of our entry into the Age of Aquarius, this profound tale has some messages of great poignancy for us. It can provide us with some essential pointers to the very beginnings of all created life and therefore take us a vital step forward in our comprehension of the concept of God.
First we shall inspect the symbolisms hidden behind Gaia, the feminine aspect of God, the Goddess. The myth tells us that she gave birth first to Uranus himself and then to their offspring, but that Uranus hated their offspring so much, even though he had played his part in creating them, that he hid them in Gaia's body. This raises the question why Uranus should have been presented to us as the husband and also the son of Gaia, the Goddess of the Earth. Many different versions of this legend have come down to us throughout the ages from various cultures. Yet, upon closer examination one finds that time and again they have been repeating the same message.
In the tale before us Uranus stands as a metaphor for the first aspect of Divinity, the masculine, the God. Uranus is the original creative thought, abstract and pure, he is the thought that consists of and expresses itself, now as it did ever before, through the elements of Fire and Air. Although this thought always was, for aeons it remained unconscious of itself and its own nature – the same as we have done until fairly recently. Eventually the thought woke up and became aware of itself, so the need arose to get to know itself.
The first step towards this was giving itself a name, God, and the second one was thinking of ways of getting to know itself. The creative thought came to the conclusion that the solution was to start creating worlds – ever more of them – through his feminine counterpart, the Goddess. These worlds were going to be inhabited by living beings, which he would created through her. Being a part of him, they would inherit all his characteristics. These they would reveal to him through their actions and with the help of these he too would become familiar with them. He decides that the more worlds he creates, the better he will get to know himself. No sooner said than done, so with the help of his Goddess he gets to work and starts creating world after world, all peopled with the most wonderful beings – which he dreams up.
As above, so below! The initial situation of Uranus is very similar to ours, up to the present phase of our return into the awareness of children of God and our own Divinity. His greatest need – the same as ours – was to get to know and learn about himself. On his own the male aspect could and did not want to do anything. The best way of helping him in this quest for self-knowledge was to convert his feminine aspect, the Goddess, into one through whom he could express his creative ideas. So, by the sheer power of his thoughts he created the elements Earth and Water. Ever since then, the Goddess expresses herself and her love for him through them. She responds to his creative ideas by bringing forth into all material worlds everything that is in them and all living creatures are imbued with his and her spirit. The Goddess is the mother of all God's children and any wisdom that is gathered by them is stored in her.
The ancients Greeks called the Goddess Gaia. To the ancient Egyptians she was Isis and her consort was called Osiris. In the Christian tradition of our present world the Virgin Mary, as the Mother of Christ, became the esoteric and therefore hidden from public view and knowledge, representation of the spiritual aspect of the Goddess. St. John 1:5 grapples with how all life began as follows: 'The word was in the beginning and that very word was with God and God was that word. The same was in the beginning with God. Everything came to be by His hand and without Him not even one thing that was created came to be. The life was in Him and the life is the light of the people. And the same light shines in darkness and the darkness does not overcome it.'
True! The word was in the beginning and it was with God. And the word was God, but in a different way. God wasn't the word, he invented it. As he became conscious of himself, he needed a name by which to recognise himself. So, he called himself God. This embraced and explained the concept of God, first to himself and later also to his creation. Thus the word God was also given to humankind, when our race first descended onto the Earth plane. This was to provide us with the understanding that we didn't bring ourselves into being, but that there are higher and highest forces who did so and who are in charge of us and our world, as well as all others.
Moving through vast evolutionary cycles, we would eventually discover that our Creator's highest aspects are all good, while the lower ones are what in Earth terms would be called all bad, although in truth that's by no means the case. Nothing in God's Creation is itself inherently bad. It is just that God's destructive forces, which are also in us, require most careful controlling and handling. God's cast-iron will has all parts are under perfect control and they are constantly kept in impeccable balance. Humankind would have to learn through its own experiences that when these powers are tapped into in pursuit of selfish aims and with ill intentions, for example to seek personal power over things, people, countries and our whole world, that which is known as evil is produced.
Saturn's presence in Aquarius signals the need for human souls to acquire the sterling gifts it is waiting to impart on each one of us, God's beloved children of the Earth. Saturn is a symbolism for the aspect of the Divine that spiritualises all areas of our lives that are touched by them. Self-mastery and self-discipline, an ever increasing awareness of responsibility of the self towards the whole of life are among gift all Saturnian experiences can bestow upon the human soul. Until ever one of our thoughts, words and actions proves that we have truly mastered these gifts, there is no hope for anyone of being released into the spiritual freedom of the Aquarian Age. Saturn is the gatekeeper and the guardian Angel of this age. He stands at its portal, stern and undeviating, making sure that not a single soul gets past him who does not fulfil his requirements.
Recommended Reading:
• 'Let There Be Light'
• 'Saturn as the Teacher and Rewarder'
• 'Saturn – Gatekeeper of the New Age'
• 'Saturn as Father Christmas'
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Positive people tend to find the bright side in everything. No matter what happens in life, they don't let it get them down. It seems like luck is on their side and positive things happen to them even when they aren't doing anything to make these things happen. Their stress levels tend to be lower also. What many don't realize though is the other effects this positive attitude has on a person.
People who are optimistic tend to stick with something until they get it right. Dave Ramsey, a financial guru, went bankrupt more than once but never gave up. He simply evaluated his life and why he kept ending up with financial troubles and made a decision to change his ways. Today, he has an abundance of money, a successful career, and a loving family, and it is because he was persistent in chasing his dream.
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Have you ever wondered how an underdog in any sport makes it to the championship game and wins? It is likely due to the optimistic nature of the players, the coaching staff, and the management. People who never give up even when the odds are against them often find they come out on top. It's because they never gave up. Companies are now coming to realize optimistic people achieve more and look for this quality in individuals during interviews because it is so helpful to the overall success of the organization.
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by: Becky Ferguson
Among fans of collectible figurines, Willow Tree Collectibles have become increasingly popular, although they have only been in existence a relatively short time. Each of these collectibles is the result of the effort of artist Susan Lordi, who individually hand sculpts the original of each piece. Particularly if you are interested in collecting angel figurines and angel inspired ones, you are likely to find something irresistible among Willow Tree's catalog. There are also inspirational creations relating to the nativity and the Christmas story in general.
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Willow Tree Collectibles is not so much about making money as it is about making art. Willow Tree itself does not market its product to the public. The art is available through retailers, each of whom sets its own price for these beautiful creations. Thus, if you are interested in acquiring a piece or a collection pieces, you can do so most economically by shopping around. Fortunately, there are a number of sources online from which to choose.
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After the Israel Security Agency (ISA, or Shabak) conceded Tuesday that the anti-assimilation organization Lehava is perfectly legal, Lehava director Bentzi Gopshtain called for the government to join his group in preventing assimilation - as stipulated by Jewish law.
The ISA admission came after Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon (Likud) called for an investigation into the group last December following a police crackdown on vague charges of "incitement," which the court threw out while ruling Lehava's activities are fully legal. The new admission also came after Opposition chairperson MK Yitzhak Herzog on Saturday called to brand Lehava a "terrorist organization."
"The time has come for everyone to internalize the opinion of the ISA, which examined and investigated up and down, and with no other option was forced to admit that the Lehava organization acts according to the law," Gopshtain said Tuesday.
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The dessert menu also is a mix of two traditions. The lime mousse meets fresh raspberries, island fruit swing with Grand Marnier and soursop sherbet, the chocolate lava cake cools off with Tahitian vanilla ice cream.
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These initial ten questions were forwarded to me as a meme tag by the lovely Ms Roses via I think the originator Dear Mago who posted them in response to the lovely Miss Scarlet's request.
1) Do you believe in ghosts?
Isn't that a spooky question? I was just discussing it with my dear friend 'Casper' whom assured me that there are ghosts and that he just happened to be a friendly one.
I told him that he was talking 'crapola...
"Bullshit Casper" I said, until I was rudely interrupted by the rattling of chains and things going bump in the night and objects strangely moving of their own accord.
"Well that should change your opinion" laughed Casper...
It certainly gave me food for thought..
I do believe that the energy of a person remains as a presence for some time in or around the place that meant the most to them in life or their energy attaches itself to the energy around a loved one until they move on the next part of their spirit journey.
I have often felt a presence when entering new buildings or houses. I have never been frightened as such but get more of a sense of the type of person that they were in life. Sometimes I am able to sense things about the person or "Ghost" if you like that can be confirmed by people that knew them in life, at other times I get given a picture or image of an item that I see in my minds eye or a word that keeps repeating in my head. Sometimes it is a physical sensation that I experience which means nothing to me at the time and often I dismiss it off hand.
But often there is someone that I will meet and talk to about the experience and discover that they knew of the person i'm describing or that they had pain or an injury in the area that I sensed it in, before they died. It doesn't happen to me all the time and often I am not consciously trying to make a connection, it just seems to happen.
"Casper! For Fucks sake will you stop flying through me like that, you keep turn my innards all cold!'
2) Are you content with your life?
Well I don't have many other options at present so I guess that yes I am generally content with my life, Though, I would like to be in better health than I am in at the moment. But that is in train. I'm over a long Battle with Major Depression. But, I finally after many years of torment and distress, have managed to finally give him his marching orders.
He was rather slow on the uptake but I am at a stage now in my life that should I choose to invite him back it will be a purely unhealthy indulgence on my part.
3) Have you ever been at or close to point blank?
Yes. There have been times in my life when going on all seemed too much. When death seemed like a better option and a quick fix to remedy the painful feelings of hopelessness, helplessness and self loathing. These feelings were often helped along by Major Depressions' whisperings and subtle cajoling.
But, after living through my fathers suicide and Knowing the effect that his sudden and seemingly inexplicable death had on myself, his wife (my mother) and my other siblings, extended family and his friends and work mates left behind, I decided that I couldn't do that to the people around me that loved me (even though I felt so unworthy and unlovable) and that I loved, knowing that they would be left behind dealing with overwhelming grief without explanation and the never ending search for answers.
4) Is philosophy necessary?
Well I had a tree fall in my back yard the other day and I'm pretty sure that no one heard it clapping! Well at least I didn't anyway. I was to busy considering the number of angels that would fit on the head of a pin and exploring the meaning of life and imagining that the world existed as a speck of dirt under some huge beings fingernail. I try to practice being like the uncarved block and am always kind to cows. Does any of this count?
5) Do you live with books?
Yes I'm surrounded by books, they line my walls and I am one of those people that have great difficulty in parting with books once they find their home on my shelves. I have very eclectic tastes and often have two or three books on the go at the same time. I am not unknown to have read the same book several times over. Not straight after reading it of course but months or even some years later.
I don't stick to any one particular genre and don't ask me who the author is as I won't be able to tell you but... I try to avoid horror, space travel, and alien invasions. But I have read all the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series, and all of Harry Potter several times over. I do enjoy a good murder mystery or conspiracy theory with spy thrillers thrown in for good measure. The occasional period romance is a light and fluffy change of pace, biographies and gay anthologies and fictional tales also find there way to my shelves.
As I said I'm an eclectic when it comes to reading mater. Oh I also have several shelves of reference books for Gardening, Patchwork, Arts and Crafts, Massage and Aromatherapy, Complimentary therapies, and Metaphysical/Spiritual Practices and theories. Oh... and a couple of shelves of now vintage childrens storybooks and almanacs. Its sad when your childhood reading is naw classed as vintage....
6) Have you ever been on stage?
The world is a stage…. And all the men and women are players upon it aren't they?
Well, yes I have. I was always in Plays and Musicals at High school, I sang soprano as a soloist and played clarinet solos in school music festivals and competitions.
I played guitar and sang in concerts and at church functions with a folk group as a teen and later sang tenor with a choir as an adult, we were called the Mountain Minstrels.
I sang a solo "Endless Love" at my sisters wedding during the signing of the register and another couple of songs later at the reception in front of 250 people.
At parties I would get requests to sing Noel Coward and Cole Porter and at the Local Jazz club would often get dragged up to sing a few old standards…
I have also helped backstage and trained the kids' chorus to sing for a production of "The Wizard of Oz" at my youngest brothers' high school and helped making the costumes for a local Musical Theatre Production of "Anything Goes" and "Mozart" and costumes for a local high schools interpretive dance group.
I have emceed a retro fashion show for a local community group fund raiser. I had a Gig playing Father Christmas for several years with a professional photographer at a local shopping centre and still volunteer for a community service group each year playing Father Christmas and handing out presents to the oldies at the local hospice and then to all the kid in the district at the local town hall. Gifts for anywhere up to 200 kids.
So yes Princess has been on stage.
7) Do you regularly read a printed newspaper?
No. I find Newspapers to be very boring and usually filled with alarmist drivel and misinformation often just cut and pasted from other publications. I only purchase a newspaper to line the bottom of my budgerigar cage.
I prefer listening to talkback radio and occasionally but very rarely news on the television.
8) Are you afraid of the future?
Not for me personally but the generations that come after me I do hold fears for but also hope that the youth of the future will be more informed and able to sort the chaff from the grain.
The world is getting crazier every day and there are real basic issues that just are not being addressed. Clean water and food supplies, basic health needs, the challenge of a changing climate, relance on finite fossil fuels. "Big Business" and its insidious control and surreptitious manipulation and calling of the shots globally. Manipulation and alarmist reporting of the truth by the media and associated government spin as opposed to unbiased reporting of the news or the truth. The increasing manipulation and behind the scenes machinations if the stock market and the purported attitude that the accumulation of money is the highest defining attribute of being human frightens me. Generation of Corporate wealth, managerial bonuses and shareholder dividends are more important and take priority over social responsibility.
The expectation that to be successful one must consume, consume, and continue to consume and have the very latest gadget that is released onto the unsuspecting public. There is also a pervasive reluctance to take personal responsibility for our individual actions and the expectation for the Government of the day to take responsibility for individual lack of boundaries and personal integrity. "It's the governments' responsibility" to resolve every issue that arises is the cry. Well in some situations it is appropriate to legislate but, what about our own personal responsibility? But I might have to do something on a personal level like stop buying a product, adjust my attitude or change my behaviour to or actually think about an issue. Gosh i might even be able to come up with an alternative or even a solution.
But if the response to every issue is to legislate due to public pressure then we open ourselves up to external controlling elements.
And through this process we are being lead closer to becoming a "Nanny State". In my opinion socialism is on the rise, on a global scale.
9) Do you know yourself?
Do I know myself? Yes, only, too well.
10) Will you play on?
I don't think I'll tag anyone in particular as most of you have already participated in some way shape or form but for anyone that would like to do some future probing...
Here are another 10 questions to ponder. If you do find the time to answer them i'd be more than happy to read your responses on your blog...
1) You go to a new place that you are unfamiliar with. People are there, doing something that you have always wanted to try but have never actually done.
Do you, turn around and leave, stand around the edges watching or take the opportunity and get involved with the activity? What is your reason for your response?
2) What is the first physical attribute that you notice about a person and what is it about that attribute that gets your attention when you meet them?
3) What is it that you do that makes you feel good about yourself?
4) It is your Birthday… Do you celebrate it with gusto or just let it pass quietly, without, so much as a word to anyone? And what is your reason.
5) You are an artist, what is your field and what first attracted you to it?
6) You are creating a new home you have a choice between installing fossil fuel or renewable systems as your energy source, what form do you choose and why?
7) If you could travel to any planet in the solar system other than earth which one would it be and why would you want to visit it?
8) You have discovered a skill that will benefit the future of humanity.
What is the skill and would you choose to impart your knowledge?
9) You have discovered an opportunity to make yourself very, very rich financially but at the cost of not being happy… Do you keep your secret to yourself or invite others along for the ride.
10) You recieve notice that you have been chosen out of millions to join with a group of other people to settle and ready a new planet for future human habitation... What qualities, skills or attributes do you posess that you think got you the gig... and would you go?
So there you go ... you can get on with it or not. The choice is yours Dhaaarlings...
Oh.. Look a post without gratuitous nudity....


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Just two mornings ago while monitoring 530AM CW was actually heard just below the traffic advisory coming from the Lower Sideband. Due to difficulty copying, it's hard to say what the message was. If your state has an AM traffic advisory system, have you heard this as well? Were you actually able to confirm what the CW sent was? A beacon? Some other radio service also on the band? Maybe a station that drifted off frequency?
I'd like to hear your stories!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
530AM - Chicago
Posted by Shortwave_America at 3:33 AM
Labels: Radio Weirdness
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Have been hearing CW on 530AM in the central coast of California. There is no other audio. I do not know Morse code, but copied .-. .-- . which I believe is RWE. I don't know what normally broadcasts on this freq. Maybe the current storms have knocked out a station link to the transmitter and the transmitter is broadcasting an ID.
- January 22, 2010 at 3:05 PM
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Authorities in Fife, Scotland, have a new warning for residents near the Old Course at St. Andrews: beware the flying hospitality tent.
With the European tour's Alfred Dunhill Links event set to begin next month, the Old Course is currently dotted with tournament infrastructure. But on Wednesday, a massive storm dubbed "Storm Ali" blew through the southeast coast of Scotland, and gusts of up to 100 mph hammered the Home of Golf.
Local resident Alan O'Laughlin was walking the course when he noticed a large hospitality tent starting to give out from the relentless wind, according to The Courier. That's when O'Laughlin stopped walking and began filming. Moments later, the gusts lifted the tent into the air and back down to the ground in a heap. Pieces of the shattered structure tumbled across the course.
Local police tweeted out a warning to residents.
Police in Fife are asking the public to take care around St Andrews Old Course after reports of tents from the Alfred Dunhill Links Championships site being blown about. #stormy #stormAli #staysafe
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The Courier notes that no one was injured in the incident, which is fortunate considering that people regularly walk the course when no tournament is in town.
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