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January 15, 2017
Greetings HRCSD Educators,
Welcome to 2017! I hope you all enjoyed the winter break and celebrated the coming of a new year with the people you cherish. So many good things happened across our school district in 2016: your collective work brought increased graduation rates, increases in student attendance, increases in the numbers of students taking dual credit/college-level coursework, decreased suspension/expulsion rates, a great number of athletic and academic championships and honors, and a substantial community-supported capital bond.
Educational Equity
Unfortunately, 2016 was also riddled with some bitter disappointments - especially concerning our budget outlook as a result of the November election (please see the budget discussion below). Also after the election, we heard from many voices in our community asking what the school district is doing to create safe conditions for learning for all of its students, especially concerning students who might be undocumented.
Since 2013, we have set aggressive goals for increasing outcomes for students of color: from beefing up early intervention practices for literacy and math, to increasing college prep programs such as AVID and diversifying dual-credit courses, to trying to impact pay-to-play barriers for extra-curriculars. This year, all administrators have been working with the National Equity Project to deepen our understanding of how race and culture intersects with our education system - and to intensify our collective resolve to champion equitable access and outcomes for all students. I'm excited that our work with the National Equity Project is set to expand to school teams in the months and years ahead.
I'm also excited that our Board took a courageous stand in demonstrating their commitment to all students from all backgrounds last week. Specifically, your School Board passed a resolution affirming our commitment to protecting students from immigrant families who may be undocumented. Amongst other points, this resolution reiterates our current policies that limit access to students by federal law enforcement in non-emergency situations and directs me to require a warrant for federal naturalization and immigration officials to access students while at school. The resolution communicates to our families that our schools remain safe zones for our students. Bravo to our school board. The resolution is attached for your reference along with a draft policy on Educational Equity that the Board is considering for adoption.
2017-18 Budget
The good news first... You should know that we have received our financial audit report for 2015-16 and for the third consecutive year we've received an unmodified opinion, with no material weaknesses and no significant deficiencies. This is the cleanest audit report possible and communicates exceptional fiscal
stewardship to our community. I am extremely proud of Director Buchanan's work since 2013 - and the work of our entire administrative and front-line staff - to turn our financial program around. For those of you that were with the district in 2012, you understand the significance of this turnaround better than most.
Now for the doom and gloom... What would be a New Year's message be without communicating an ominous statewide budget picture? Governor Brown released her proposed budget on December 1st, which included $8.016 billion for K-12 Education. With the decisive defeat of Measure 97, truly massive increases in PERS rates set for the biennium, the surety of increases in insurance, supplies, materials, and utilities costs - all in tandem with a decline in student enrollment (we are down approximately 50 students this year) - our school district is facing a significant budget shortfall for the 2017-19 biennium. Without considerable additional investments from the legislature, we will have to spend down reserves and make reductions in our program.
And, without significant leadership and reform from our elected leaders in Salem, the statewide budget picture in the following two biennia - from 2019 to 2023 - will be far worse. This is due to the compounding nature of the PERS rate increases. To give you an idea of the immensity of our long-range financial predicament: over the course of the next 6 years the District would need to have $12.53 million in reserves to cover PERS rate increases alone! That's not including any other budgetary factor like personnel costs, insurance increases, the cost of basic supplies and utilities, etc. Importantly, these estimates do not include increased PERS contributions for any future salary increases - they are based on today's salary levels.
In many ways, our fate as a progressive school system hangs in the balance. The legislature will either address revenue in the short-term AND a combination of revenue and cost-driver reforms for the long- term, or our programs must compress. My promise to you is that we will fight for every available cent to ensure our students get the education they deserve and need. The administration will begin soliciting input to inform a balanced budget proposal due to our community budget committee in May.
When we began the school year, I addressed you all with these words:
"I firmly believe that when this group convenes again next year, it will be a meeting full of excitement, hope and promise - or it will be a meeting full of sadness and despair. I realize those are strong words, but I really mean them. Two events are going to occur over the course of this year, which will have an impact of that magnitude on public education: the first is the November election. Decisions reached on the November ballot will have a massive effect on the future of education in Oregon... Then, in February, the Oregon legislature will convene. During the session they will determine the level of school funding for the 2017-19 biennium. As we proved in the spring of 2015, your voice has an impact on what happens in the legislature. I encourage you to make sure your voice is heard. Please remember the words I
used. Hope... or despair."
It truly saddens me to deliver this news as we start 2017.
Weather-Related Delays/Cancellations
First, I want to recognize Don Benefield and all the operations staff. From bus drivers to maintenance and custodial personnel, these folks have been unbelievably dedicated to making sure kids are able to safely get to school and that the grounds are prepared for staff and students alike. You should know that under very difficult conditions, our operations staff are doing a down-right amazing job.
We have now missed five full days and had seven delayed starts due to the weather. The forecast for next week includes more precipitation, bringing more challenges. As I'm sure you know, there are state minimums regarding instructional time that we must meet. So far, we have communicated that we will be making up the two snow days that happened before the winter break. These make up days will occur on January 27 and June 14. After we get through the next few days, we'll take stock of the total time missed and announce additional dates to be added to the school calendar. Please prepare for additional days to be added at the end of the year.
Lastly on this subject, I'm sure many of you have heard that an elementary school gym in Bend collapsed last week under the weight of the snow. Thankfully this occurred in the early morning before any students or adults were at the school. On Friday, with even more precipitation forecasted, we completed a significant effort to assess all our roofs. In consultation with a structural engineer and architects, we inspected and analyzed the snow load on all our roofs, ensured drains are clear and functioning, and determined that the weight on the roofs is not exceeding the design standards. I am pleased to report a sense of confidence and relief that our facilities are faring well.
I realize this isn't the most uplifting message you've ever received from me - and, believe me, the ongoing budget issues in our state are difficult for me to communicate year after year. I also know we have a lot to celebrate and a lot to look forward to this year. Your efforts and dedication to your students is palpable and appreciated by so many. Thank you for everything you to do prioritize your students' successes!! I'm looking forward to 2017 with you-


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Mae has previously stated that after March, the United Kingdom formally notified Brussels about startup procedures Brexit, the country's withdrawal from the EU was inevitable. However, Tajani believes otherwise.
"If Britain after the election will want to withdraw (article 50), the procedure is very simple," said he. The EP President also added that if the Brits change their minds and want to remain part of the EU, it will be beneficial for everybody. "I would be very happy," he added.
We will remind, last summer in the UK held a referendum on withdrawal from the EU. 51.9% of the inhabitants of the Kingdom called for the country's withdrawal from the community, 48.1 percent voted against. 13 March 2017 a bill to start Brexit approved by the Parliament, three days later it was approved by Queen Elizabeth II.
29 March the Council received a letter signed by the Prime Minister of great Britain Theresa may about the launch of the procedure Brexit, then began the countdown of the two-year period, after which the country should leave the community.
Meanwhile in the British Parliament there is no unity on the issue of withdrawal from the EU. About it Theresa may said this week, proposing to spend the country's early parliamentary election to strengthen the government and Parliament unity ahead of talks on Brexit, which start in June. Wednesday, April 19, the British Parliament supported the proposal by may. Early elections in the country should be on 8 June.

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Sales rose 10.8pc compared with the same month last year despite the end of the scrappage scheme, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said.
A 25pc increase in fleet sales pushed total registrations to 195,226 in June. This takes the January-June 2010 new-car total to 1,108,662 - a 19.9pc rise on the first half of last year when the motor industry was deep in recession.
Paul Everitt, the SMMT chief executive, said: "The new car market continued to perform above expectations in June. The results indicate improved business confidence and a strengthening economic recovery. The industry still expects challenging economic conditions in the second half of the year."
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Sales of new cars to private buyers was down 3.3pc. The fall is partly down to end of the scrappage scheme, which closed to new orders in March. The Government plan was the chief driver behind a 24.6pc increase in private demand over the first half of the year.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia, 9 November 2011 - For hundreds of thousands of displaced Somali children, daily life is a mixture of fear and insecurity. Communities break apart, as one by one families leave their villages to flee ongoing conflict. If they survive the journey to Mogadishu, life is not much easier, as they are faced with the daily challenge of finding food and shelter.
|VIDEO: UNICEF correspondent Eva Gilliam reports on child-friendly spaces for displaced children in Somalia. Watch in RealPlayer
For children, this experience can be traumatizing. Having fled their homes in search of safety, they find themselves in overcrowded camps, away from all they know.
"They have faced a lot of problems on the way while fleeing," said Omar Ahmed, who works with UNICEF partner NGO Cesvi at what is called a Child Friendly Space in the Somali Capital. "So first we interview the children to see what problems they might have had, then we register them, and if it looks like they need it, we refer them to other health services."
The Child Friendly Space where Mr. Ahmed works is located in a cluster of small white tents that are nestled between Mogadishu's bullet ridden walls. Together, they provide a safe space for over 200 children.
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|A displaced girl at a child-friendly space in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Here the children receive basic food support through on-sight snacks and desperately needed water and sanitation services. Education is a big part of the daily programme as well, and essential literacy and numeracy classes are available to all children. But more than that, these children get to play.
Falling through the cracks
"It's psychosocial support, because children can come together," explained Brown Kanyangi, an Identification, Tracing and Reunification (IDTR) consultant for UNICEF. "Just the act of being together with other children can relieve stress."
Each Child Friendly Space has facilitators from UNICEF's NGO partners who work with the children. Several of the partners also have social workers to help identify and refer children in need of care and protection to the appropriate services.
While most children arrive in the displaced camps with their families, some are tragically separated from their parents and are either left to fend for themselves or forced to rely on already overburdened community members.
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|A small white tent which serves as a Child Friendly Space to 200 children.
"Many children separated from their parents have been taken into the community," said Bindu Abraham, Child Protection specialist with UNICEF Somalia, "With the movement of people, fleeing their homes in this emergency, the usual community structure that would otherwise support them is also displaced - so some children fall through the cracks."
Reuniting families
On a recent UNICEF training in Mogadishu, partners learned to identify and register separated and unaccompanied children, with the aim of reuniting them with their families, as well as provide psychosocial support.
Through a consultative process with approximately 20 individuals from 10 NGO partners, a culturally and contextually appropriate approach was developed for information collection, management, dissemination and ensuring security of data collected. The system set up during this training will now be used to document cases of separate and unaccompanied children, with an emphasis on protection of information and security – so that those children registered are not at risk.
"We learned a lot in this training," said Mr. Ahmed who attended the UNICEF training. "We learned how to register children who are lost from their parents, and also how to do outreach to find the parents to reunite the family."
To date, nearly 32,000 children are enjoying the resources and activities in over 350 of UNICEF's partner run Child Friendly Spaces throughout Somalia.
For these youngsters, access to a Child Friendly Space means they still get to be kids, even when surrounded by the ravages of hunger, conflict and chaos.
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The Pentagon announced on Wednesday the implementation of spousal benefits for gay service members following the U.S. Supreme Court decision against the Defense of Marriage Act — and plans to make these benefits available as soon as Sept. 3.
In a memo dated August 13, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced service members in same-sex marriages will receive the same benefits for their spouses delegated to U.S. troops in opposite-sex marriages, and designated Sept. 3 as the a target date for implementation. These benefits includes health and pension benefits that were previously unavailable under DOMA as well as housing benefits, which the Pentagon had previously withheld.
"It is now the department's policy to treat all married military personnel equally," Hagel writes. "The department will construe the words 'spouse' and 'marriage' to include same-sex spouses and marriages, and the Department will work to make the same benefits available to all military spouses, regardless of whether they're in a same-sex or opposite-sex marriage."
The memo follows up on Hagel's announcement at the end of June immediately following the Supreme Court decision against DOMA that the Pentagon would work to implement these benefits. Additionally, the memo culminates the effort announced in February to implement to provide benefits to gay troops that were available even under that law, such as military IDs and access to family services.
The document is along the lines of what the Associated Press reported last week that the Pentagon was preparing to make final for the implementation of benefits for gay troops.
As such, the memo retracts a previous pledge to allow troops in domestic partnerships to have certain benefits. Instead, it offers gay troops stationed in places without marriage equality leave to travel to another state to marry. The memo says the Pentagon will recognize same-sex marriages of service members even in states that don't recognize same-sex marriage.
"This will provide accelerated access to the full range of benefits offered to married military couples throughout the Department and help level the playing field between opposite-sex and same-sex couples seeking to be married," Hagel writes.
In a supplemental memo dated Aug. 13 also made public on Wednesday, Acting Under Secretary of Defense of Personnel & Readiness Jessica Wright lays out additional details for the rules governing gay troops seeking spousal benefits, citing the need for technical changes in current policy.
"Extension of benefits to same-sex spouses will require some policy revisions, and in the case of identification cards, technical upgrades as the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System currently does not authorize the issuance of an identification card to a spouse of the same gender," Wright writes.
The Washington Blade reported last week that gay service members were unable to enroll for benefits through DEERS because it's set up in a way that only facilitates opposite-sex marriages.
Wright also details the leave process for service members in same-sex relationships who are seeking to marry, saying non-chargeable leave will be granted for troops who are more than 100 miles away from a U.S. jurisdiction where same-sex marriage is legal.
According to the memo, if the service member is the stationed within the continental United States, the Pentagon will grant non-chargeable leave for a period of up to seven days. For a service members stationed outside the continental United States, the Pentagon will grant a leave period of up to 10 days.
"Extensions of this non-chargeable leave period for the convenience of the service member(s) will be charged to the member's leave account," Wright concludes. "Marriage leave may be granted only once during the career of a service member."
Wright says troops will be entitled to these benefits retroactively to the date of the Supreme Court decision against DOMA on June 26, but claims to entitlement before that time "will not be granted."
Praise for the implementation of these benefits came from Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.,) a U.S. House member who has been vocal about providing them to gay service members.
"I am especially pleased that military personnel based in those states where same-sex marriage remains illegal will be offered leave to travel to a jurisdiction that permits same-sex marriage, and I look forward to the day when such travel is no longer necessary," Schiff said. "Our military men and women sacrifice every day to defend freedom and equality around the world. The least we can do is make sure they enjoy that equality here at home."
Expectations that the Pentagon would announce on Wednesday it the implementation of these benefits for troops with same-sex partners was first reported Tuesday evening by NBC News.
Stephen Peters, president of the LGBT military group known as the American Military Partners Association, responded to the NBC News report by praising the move as "a huge step forward."
"The extension of equal benefits for all legally married spouses, regardless of sexual orientation, is a huge step forward for our families who for far too long have been excluded and cut off from support," Peters said. "While this is a huge step forward in making sure our same-sex military spouses have equal access, we still have a long battle ahead of us in making sure all of our LGBT military families have equal protection in all 50 states."
Not explicitly addressed in the memo is whether gay veterans would also have the same access to spousal benefits as their straight counterparts. Title 38 under U.S. code, which governs veterans benefits, defines spouse in opposite-sex terms independently of DOMA and related statutes look to the state of residence as opposed to the state of celebration to determine whether a couple is married. To extent to which gay U.S. troops will be eligible for veteran spousal benefits in the aftermath of DOMA is still unclear.


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For twenty-three years, BSCES has hosted an annual model bridge competition. This event is organized by the Public Awareness & Outreach Committee and took place on February 4th. As president, I served as a judge for the competition. This competition serves the important role of introducing middle and high school students to the world of engineering. During the months leading up to the competition, BSCES assigns mentor role models to the participating schools to assist the students to gain a better understanding of engineering principles and future career opportunities. I was very impressed by the bridges that were built this year. Over fifty model bridges were load tested and the bridge that held the most weight (over 90 pounds) was built by a group of students from Lynn Vocational and Technical High School. I would like to thank Public Awareness & Outreach Committee members and all the mentors that worked with the students to ensure that this program was a great learning experience.
I am excited to report that BSCES continues to set the bar high within ASCE! BSCES' Younger Member Group recently received the 2017 Eastern Region Younger Member Council Award for Outstanding Younger Member Group Project for their 2015 Holiday Meal Drive. This award was given in recognition of the contributions that the Younger Member Group made to impact the local community. The award was presented at the 2017 Regions 1, 2, 4, and 5 Multi-Region Leadership Conference on Saturday, January 21st, where Younger Member Group Chair Alyson Stuer, Alfred Benesch & Company, attended and received the award. For the 2015 Holiday Meal Drive, the Younger Member Group successfully raised over $2,000 for the Greater Boston Food Bank. I would like to thank Jessica Yarmarkovich, Nitsch Engineering, for completing the nomination for this project.
I would like to thank all of our Society and Program Sponsors, whose financial support helps enable BSCES and its committees, institute chapters and technical groups to host the numerous networking and professional development events that are planned for this year.
The theme of this month's newsletter is Water Infrastructure and I urge you learn more about the Environmental & Water Resources Institute Boston Chapter, which is chaired by Ronald Burns of Arcadia Technology, Inc. This issue of BSCESNews contains an article written by Ron (See page 10). I am very appreciative of CDM Smith Inc., which is a BSCES Society Sponsor. Please be sure to read CDM Smith's page 1 article titled "Co-Digestion with Food Waste Organics – The Next Step Towards Net-Zero Operation at GLSD," which was written by Cheri Cousens and Richard Wear from the Greater Lawrence Sanitary District and Benjamin Mosher and Michael Walsh from CDM Smith.


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Crouch separates the men from Young Boys
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SPURS are on their way to Wembley, they chanted on a magical night at White Hart Lane.
The refrain is a familiar one from fans obsessed with the FA Cup, but this time they were referring to the location of the Champions League final. "We're all going on a European tour,'' they added. One they hope will end along London's North Circular Road.
Far tougher tests lie in wait than Young Boys. In the group stage draw in Monaco later today, Tottenham will be pitted against one of the high rollers of European football, either Inter Milan, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, AC Milan or Lyons. They could also play Real Madrid, who lurk amongst the second seeds.
Reaching the promising land of the midweek group stage meant everything. How appropriate that it was a hat-trick from Peter Crouch, the man with the hat-stand frame, that booked Spurs a seat at the top table of European football. It was Crouch's goal at Eastlands last season that had got them through.
Crouch has played in a Champions League final so his experience will be important. Old heads certainly accounted for Young Boys last night.
Jermain Defoe struck Spurs other goal in the evisceration of the Swiss, although it was cloaked in controversy as he clearly handled en route to goal. The Swiss tears were washed away in the downpour.
As a tempest rolled down Tottenham High Road, ripping umbrellas from weak grips, stretching awnings and soaking all hurrying into White Hart Lane, a storm swept into Young Boys inside this famous old ground.
Forty-eight years of waiting, of dreaming of seeing elite European combat back at the Lane, generated a magnificent atmosphere. Spurs fans waved thousands of lilywhite flags but their team never waved a white flag.
Crouch and Defoe, Tom Huddlestone and Gareth Bale were up for this. So were all of Redknapp's players, all of them riding the wave of adrenalin flowing from the stands.
Tottenham supporters were soon singing in the rain, revelling in the sight of their idols playing so irresistibly, racing into a two-goal lead through Crouch and Defoe, the atmosphere hitting fever pitch when Crouch grabbed a second on the hour. Redknapp's juggling of his attacking options was inspired.
Crouch had begun the scoring after five minutes. Aaron Lennon, flying down the right, perhaps realising the number of options England now have on that flank and realising Fabio Capello was watching, set the scene for Crouch's opener, winning a corner off Christoph Spycher, Young Boys' left-back who endured a soul-destroying night.
Bale, again the tormentor of the Swiss, whipped in a corner that Michael Dawson headed back, the ball eventually reaching Bale again.
Xavier Hochstrasser attempted to close the Welshman down but Bale was unstoppable, spotting Crouch's movement and standing the ball up at the far-post. As Ammar Jemal dozed off, Crouch headed from left to right past Marco Wolfli.
Rocked by Tottenham's start, reeling from the hosts' tempo, Young Boys tried desperately to settle, to keep the rampaging Bale at bay. Their set-up looked solid enough, 4-1-4-1, with Moreno Costanzo breaking forward occasionally from central midfield to support the lone frontrunner, Henri Bienvenu.
But the force was with Tottenham. Their passing was slick, the ball skimming across the glistening surface. Their spirit was strong, their team ethic unmistakeable.
Vedran Corluka clipped passes down the inside-right channel for Lennon and Defoe. Lennon kept running at and beyond poor Spycher.
Tom Huddlestone began pinging 40-yarders around. Bale was everywhere.
Benoit Assou-Ekotto demonstrated his eye for the spectacular, unleashing a left-footed drive that seemed destined for the goal until catching Jemal in the stomach, bouncing up and hitting his arm. Defoe and Assou-Ekotto appealed loudly -- they never whisper -- for a penalty but the Young Boys defender knew little about it.
A more obvious handball was seen, although not punished, in the build-up to Tottenham's second. Defoe laid the ball off to Bale, and darted through the middle, knowing the delivery would be swift and accurate.
The ball from Bale duly arrived, although Defoe handled it in working it on to his left foot. His finish brooked no debate, the ball angled brilliantly past Wolfli.
Spurs fans loved it, taunting what resembled a swarm of bees in the away section with a chant of "3-0 and you ****** it up'', a caustic reminder of the first leg. Tottenham's tails were really up. Lennon then set up Defoe, who missed. But they had to be careful as the Swiss threatened briefly on the counter. Bienvenu headed wide from close range as Gomes struggled to meet the cross. The Brazilian had landed awkwardly drilling a long ball down the field and had signalled to the bench to come off. Carlo Cudicini duly arrived at the break.
Spurs made it 3-0 on the night, 5-3 on aggregate when Crouch had the simplest of tasks to head home another excellent Bale corner.
Tottenham were rampant, Lennon really skewering Spycher. One of his crosses was met by the head of Bale and Wolfli saved at the second attempt.
Frustration joined the rain seeping into the Swiss. Alberto Regazzoni smashed into Corluka. Degen clattered Assou-Ekotto.
Spurs took it on the shin-pad. Waves of "Ole'' swirled around the ground, intensifying after Bale was brought down by Senad Lulic, who was eventually dismissed for a second booking, and Crouch calmly drove in the spot kick.
All eyes on Monaco. (©Daily Telegraph, London)
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Washington. In a speech to Tea Party loyalists, Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann called on the Tea Party to adopt the Headless Horseman as its official mascot.
""I suggest that the Tea Party adopt the Headless Horseman as its symbol and mascot," said a beaming Bachmann addressing a small crowd of cheering Tea Party activists in Washington to protest both a government-gone-wild with excess spending and the possible cut in Social Security and Medicare benefits to elderly Americans.
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I love finding good books that come in a series, as I am a pretty fast reader when it comes to a good tale, and can burn through a large novel in a matter of days. So, with this in mind, I was thrilled to discover the Wayward series by Blake Crouch.
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December 23rd, 2005, 09:49 AM #1CJ and AdWords
I recently started a few AdWords campaigns for keywords related to one of the advertisers I work with in CJ on a content site. Receving decent impressions and a decent CTR, but so far no conversions. I have a 1.6% CR with this advertiser from my content site and the AdWords ads go directly to the sale page on the advertiser.
Have received 170 AdWords clicks so far and no sales, according to CJ reports and SIDs from the AdWord links.
CJ reports tell me about the gross number of clicks and impressions, whether or not they result in a conversion, but is there a way I can track whether these AdWord clicks are actually working, i.e., being attributed to me and showing up as clicks in the CJ system? Should have had at least 1 sale if only a 1% conversion rate.
Is there a way I can test this system or do I need to be more patient?
December 23rd, 2005, 10:21 AM #2
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You need a larger statistical sample.
170 AdWords clicks is too few.
You might get 3 sales via the next 3 clicks.
December 23rd, 2005, 11:00 AM #3
The best way that you can see if those ads are converting, aside from your normal site links is to send the traffic to a page out side the normal navigation of the site (keeping all other navigation the same so that traffic away from the page flows properly), with a separate pid.
IE the product page is named domain/product.html If you were to post a copy this page (except set it to no index for the SE) rename it product2.html and then send the adwords traffic to this page using a pid for adwords alone.
If you really want to go loaded for bear copy the whole site, place it under a subdomain change all the pids and see if that traffic spills over to some unexpected conversions on other pages.
Check into your keywords...your getting traffic, but is it the traffic you want?
this is only one way of doing it, I have no idea as to the scale of your site or the number of products that your working with.
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Adding on to others ... I am in kind of a dead zone right now - a lot of clicks and few conversions - it appears to be a lot like waves - maybe surf/buy will be up soon.
December 23rd, 2005, 12:33 PM #6
With a 1% conversion ratio, the results from 100 clicks are pretty varied.
37% of the time, you'll get 0 sales
37% of the time, you'll get 1 sale
26% of the time, you'll get 2 or more sales
I've found that AdWords converts better than normal links from a site, but only if you pick the right keywords. The more general a keyword is, the worse it converts.
December 23rd, 2005, 01:01 PM #7Thanks for the replies
Thanks to all for the replies.
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December 23rd, 2005, 01:27 PM #8Originally Posted by Proverb
December 23rd, 2005, 02:15 PM #9
sid's are not the answer, some advertisers don't support the sid even when you include it. Get a different pid for your adword activity, so you can match the clicks reported to the traffic you paid for. It makes calculating roi much easier.
In general, CJ will report more as adwords (by just a bit) backs out some traffic of people who click to often (or test clicks)....from what i've seen anyway. Make sure the product is in stock and if your distributing your ads to the "content" section you might want to turn that off till you know how well it's doing.
BTW, make sure your not violating the advertisers keyword policy (look for a keyword link and/or contact the advertiser directly), by using protected keywords or display URLs...you risk loosing any commissions earned including those from your content site.
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Might want to wait a few days to dive into AdWords as it seems like online shopping is softening substantially right now. It should pick up again around New Years and stay strong in January.
December 23rd, 2005, 04:35 PM #11
Great idea about using a separate PID for AdWord links mrbshouse - thanks.
And thanks Superstar for the tip about waiting a bit.
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A lot of things matter :
1. The product itself matters the most. If it is good & appropriate enough to satisfy the needs of the prospective customers, there will definitely be conversion.
2. It matters what your target-customers are. Worldwide or country-specific? If you receive a lots of clicks from the users who actually look for some products information only rather than becoming a customer in return.
3. Where are your ads distributed? Google search & content network or only Google Search & search network? I personally don't like my ads to be distributed to Content networks. Why? Lots of fruad clicks, specially from sites running Google AdSense program for making bucks. (poor sites of course, I don't mean every AdSence running sites are doing bad business)
My personal experience regarding Clicks coming from Content Network:
I ran a campaign for one day only with Content network. Google says I've received 34 clicks, and according to my CJ performance report, number of clicks are over 100 ! without any conversion !
I ran the campaign for another day only with Google Search & Search Network. I've received 24 clicks and among them, I got 3 leads registration. got the scenerio ?
But, it's upto what you'll choose as your distribution place. I just don't like the content network. I really don't give them a damn.
4. Your landing page matters. Is it appropriate to deliver the needs of the visitors what s/he is looking for?
There are lots of things to be taken care of. I shared some of mine.
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Tip: There's no merchant product landing page that can't be outdone from a shoppers viewpoint by any affiliate. PPCSE direct to merchant is a lazy automated spammy way to set a cookie.... period. I agree only those pushing high conversion products should play with the content network portion of Adwhords and Overture. Mostly you'll run into affiliate Adword scrappped content page for enticing clicks ... not sales.Webmaster's... Mike and Charlie
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December 25th, 2005, 03:25 PM #14Originally Posted by ecomcityKids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try. -- Homer Simpson
December 26th, 2005, 03:17 AM #15
The buy button is there sometimes...okay, most of the time... but, lets say that they are looking for a blue widget in size 4-f with a frazzle slip collar....
It is true that you could use a redirect link to send them to that page directly. Some merchants don't let you utilize those redirect links though.
If you give them some good info about the blue widget in size 4-f with a frazzle slip collar then they will be more likely to buy it once they see it, yes.
However, in the case of the current Adwords structure, the landing page would need to be as optimized as possible in order to receive the most favorible click-through stats for a cost-effective campaign. You cannot control the landing page structure of the merchants page but you can control the structure of your own landing pages.
This is but one of the reasons that I feel that having your own landing pages is beneficial in the context of Adwords. the technique of preselling is also very important IMO.
If someone arrives at a site and sees the blue widget in size 4-f with a frazzle slip collar then they may think, " Okay, here is another site that sells this blue widget in size 4-f with a frazzle slip collar, I'll keep that in mind but I do think that I may want to shop around a bit".
If you can presell them then they may be more inclined to buy the blue widget in size 4-f with a frazzle slip collar rather than continue to shop around for better deals on it. Or better versions of it.
Just an idea....:warning: If we don't get some cool rules ourselves.... pronto... then we'll just be bogus too..
December 26th, 2005, 10:49 AM #16If someone arrives at a site and sees the blue widget in size 4-f with a frazzle slip collar then they may think, " Okay, here is another site that sells this blue widget in size 4-f with a frazzle slip collar, I'll keep that in mind but I do think that I may want to shop around a bit".Deborah Carney
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How much does your ad pre-qualify the people who click on it?
Try to make sure that your ad gives as much info as possible, so that those who click actually are interested in purchasing the product, and not just browsing. Consider putting the price in the ad, if you haven't already.
Although having a high CTR is great and saves on Adwords costs, it's the conversion rate that really matters.
How anonymous is your proxy?
December 27th, 2005, 09:17 PM #18
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CTR is no problem...you need to get your CR on...No CR and the blues bro said it
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There are 2 things you can do:
1) do a small "test purchase", going through your Adwords link on google, and seeing if the commission shows up.
2) Click on your ad in google & look in the browser URL to see if your AID & PID is in the URL display.
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Paly baseball suffered a loss against Wilcox on Wednesday afternoon, making its overall record 8-3. The Chargers started the game with a lead-off single. After making it to second on a bunt, the player was able to steal third. A ball hit to center field was caught by Phil Lewis ('15) for the out,...
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The Paly wrestling team was dominated by Wilcox in an away meet on January 24th, resulting in a final score of 51-21. Erik Anderson ('13) at 182 pounds and Jordan Gans ('14) at 170 pounds both had pins. The rest of the points for Paly were by Gary Hohbach ('13) at 160 pounds, Eric Oshima ('16)...
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The Palo Alto High School boys' cross-country team placed eleventh out of 14 teams at the North Salinas High School Monterey Bay Invitational this Friday. Placing first for the Vikings was William Kershner ('13), who completed the 3.0 mile course in a time of 17:44.00 minutes. Captain Ben May...
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The Palo Alto High School football team improved their record to 4-2 with a 38-12 win over the Wilcox Chargers, spoiling the Chargers' homecoming game. After forcing a Wilcox three and out, the Vikings drove down the field to the Chargers 20, only to stall on the 3rd down. Palo Alto called out their...
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On a cold wet Thursday night, the Lady Vikes took to the pool against league rival Wilcox High School. Tess Van Hulsen('14) led the way for the Vikings scoring four goals in the team's 8-4 win. Wilcox came off to a hot start, scoring in the opening minute. Wilcox had many more opportunities to score...
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The Palo Alto High School girls' water polo team defeated Wilcox High School 15-7 on Tuesday afternoon. The Vikings scored early in the game and did not look back. Emma Wolfe ('14) scored 15 seconds into the match to give the Lady Vikes an early lead. The Vikings continued their momentum throughout ...
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A borrower looking for a lower interest rate loan can turn to Lending Club where they can receive a personal loan up to $35,000. This singular loan is broken down in to pieces as small as $25, called "notes" which are sold to investors. Investors can purchase notes of all different increments and are able to diversify their holdings across many different loans, reducing default risk. Notes are graded based on borrower's credit score, employment history, mortgage payments, and other related metrics.
State Restrictions
Due to individual states laws regarding investments in securities and lending, the Lending Club services is not available in all states. Some states restrict direct investment but allow for investors to trade on the secondary market, others do not allow for any sort of investment on the platform at all. To find out more check the updated Investor Club blog
IRA Choices
Unlike other alternative investment platforms, Lending Club offers a wide array of retirement account options, including:
Traditional IRA
Rollover IRA
Simple IRA
Secondary Trading Market
As risky as P2P loans are to begin with, the secondary trading market holds that much more risk. As stated on the platform:
"Notes are highly risky and only limited information is available about them. They are suitable only for investors whose investment objective is speculation. You could lose most or all of the money you invest in them. Folio Investing has no role in the original issuance of the Notes and is not responsible for and does not approve, endorse, review, recommend or guarantee the Notes or the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of any data or information about the Notes."
However, since the secondary market is the only place these notes can be bought and sold, investors may have to take on these risks if they wish to liquidate a position earlier than expected.
Fees and Account Minimums
While there is no fee to open an account, there are some fees associated with the P2P lending service that investors should be aware of. A service fee of 1% is charged for any payment received within 15 days of the payment due date. That service fee jumps to 18% for payments that are more than 15 days late, and up to 30% of hourly attorneys' fees if litigation is needed to settle payment.
Platform Features
Lending Club makes it easy to browse and filter a search for notes in a certain category. Investors can search for notes with the highest interest rates, borrowers with the best credit scores, note prices, and more. The platform is easy to use and all information is easily accessible, but due to the nature of the investment, there is not much additional research that can be done on each note.
Customer Service
Investor support is available by phone from 7:00am-5:00pm Pacific Standard Time, Monday through Friday. There is also a separate support line specifically for IRA accounts that holds the same hours of operation. There is an extensive investor support database that has answers to most questions for beginners, but those with questions specific to their account would be advised to contact customer service directly.
The Good
As a new investment vehicle, Peer-to-Peer lending has a great deal of room to grow for investors. Lending Club's 1% service fee is reasonable, and investors who have background knowledge in personal and small business loans should be able to use the site with ease.
The Bad
In a bind and need to liquidate a Lending Club note? It won't be easy, as the secondary trading market is underdeveloped and inefficient. State restrictions put a damper on the opportunity for an investor as regulation has yet to be standardized and those that can invest in notes won't be able to do much more additional research than the basic information provided by Lending Club itself.
Alternative investments are always risky, and Lending Club is no exception. Attempting to get returns on a retirement account from another's credit card debt is a risk that most should not be willing to take, especially when that investment is very illiquid. However, for those looking to diversify a growing portfolio and have the necessary knowledge-base, this new space is an exciting opportunity.
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Hello, please go easy on me as it's my first time writing a RAML spec and also posting in this forum.
RAML is obviously very good at describing the inputs and outputs of an API.
How about describing (or in my case specifying to implementers) how to get from the in to the out, i.e. details of the back-end behaviors that will produce the correct expected output?
Is there a more structured place to put back end business rules like which indexes to search when handling a query request than just in one of the description: attributes and/or documentation: files?
I am also very interested in this question. For my use case, ideally a RAML document should contain all the information about the API, and the tools in the ecosystem should be able to export that to different formats and for different purposes. Today I see other groups in my industry distributing non-REST APIs using tools like Altova XML Spy to specify XML XSD and JSON schemas, together with Word/PDF documentation.
When I compare the documentation we obtain from RAML+Tools vs Altova+Word/PDF I see that RAML is much richer for API definition and it is incredible flexible, but the output is so poor it looks like a hobbyist tool. Obviously my expectations are very high considering the amount of money that has been invested in Altova and Word, they have been around forever and their feature set is very extensive.
We have been contacted by a group of European companies to convert legacy TCP APIs to REST APIs, and maybe in a next phase design an API certification program. The discussions have been around RAML because we are invested in RAML and some of its tools. However this is the big leagues now and we are not totally convinced this is the right path, so we have assigned one of our team members to search for alternatives.
Do I really have to fall back to Word and generate documentation manually? It would probable double or triple our effort.. Are my expectations realistic? Will we be able to generate decent documentation and schemas from a RAML project or am I dreaming? I don't mind paying a subscription. Hello Mulesoft, how about a solution for Enterprise users?
So back to the OP subject, what would be the correct way to document backend behaviour? Should we just use description and write 500 word essays on how the backend behaves? How would that show up in the resulting documentation? I can't imagine RAML2HTML creating anything really useful since it can't even describe a string array properly or use the width of the screen without wrapping examples horribly until they are no longer readable.
You guys are hitting on exactly what RAML CAN do.. but is not yet quite capable of. Let me explain my vision.. at least what I know is possible but not yet implemented. The beauty of RAML 1.0 besides the RAML Types (which has the potential to replace JSON Schema in my opinion), is the annotation framework. The unfortunate problem of the annotation concept with RAML is that it is completely left to each and every RAML parser/generator to implement.. and as such is difficult at best to say USE THIS because you dont know who is going to support your dynamic annotations. You can certainly provide robust documentation by using Markdown and including links to it in your RAML... but let me jump to my biggest problem with Swagger UI and RAML2HTML. They both merely show you a list of endpoints and what each does.. in their own respective layouts. I personally dislike Swagger UI.. it lists every endpoint in a flat list of endpoints that you can expand, try, etc. Same with RAML2HTML but it is more organized by grouping the GET/PUT/POST/etc into a tree structure. Still.. you have NO IDEA how to use the API just by looking at it. It is merely a way to understand a specific endpoint. You can try any endpoint..but some endpoints require data as part of the request.. how do you know what API to call to get the data needed? That information is lacking in current API designs.
So.. that is where annotations come in to play for me. It would not be difficult to define a few annotations that indicate WHAT API endpoint must be called BEFORE this endpoint can be called.. and WHAT response data from that call must be available before this request can be called. With that data information, you can actually auto generate Postman collections, complete automated tests, etc. It is completely possible to do this today with RAML 1.0 (but not Swagger or RAML 0.8.. or at least without a huge amount of work and secondary files). The only thing holding this back.. what tool utilizes the defined annotations to provide this info? If RAML2HTML is the defacto standard way we generate API documentation from RAML, and RAML2JAXRS is the defacto way we generate JAXRS server side code from RAML.. how will they take advantage of these new custom annotations to generate better documentation, code, etc? There inlies the problem. They wont. Or at least.. they probably wont. You have to get EVERY project/team/developer on board with a set of "standard like" annotations that they all agree to, or at least agree to providing support for those annotations.
The question has been raised before..why are there not a set of annotations the RAML 1.0 spec defines and requires support of? I have asked that too. I think the main reason is... the spec is beyond good enough to define API endpoints, in fantastic detail.. enough that you can provide good API endpoint documentation, good code generators to build SDKs, CLIs, etc with. BUT.. there is NO WAY the SPEC designers could possibly know how any given API will be used, so I think the choice to leave annotations as a custom option makes good sense.
To that end, what I have pitched to @christian_vogel and he has told me to figure something out (so maybe this is a good way to lead in to that) is to put together some sort of central set of annotations that we as a group define.. not only writing the actual .raml file with them defined, but documentation on what they mean, how they should be used, etc. I have proposed the idea on the RAML.org site that we have a menu option or something that says Annotations or whatever, and on that page, we define/list them, and as well, list the different projects that support custom annotations. Id also like to see individual projects have something show up on that say Annotations support (a link) and a popup/etc of the annotations it supports. I think it is a very good step towards what the OP and myself and others would like to see.. how to define a way in the RAML API definition of using the API endpoints.
The biggest problem with the above approach will be projects supporting different annotations. So now, if RAML2HTML only supports say a couple, but not all.. then we need yet another doc generator tool to add support for the rest.. but then you are using 2 tools or 3 or 4 to get your docs generated with all the support you want.. or we are having multiple different doc generators, each with their own way of generating doc layout/details.. so now someone may love RAML2HTML output, and not like the other format.. but wants the annotation support the other format has.
Hopefully what this will foster is more developers in the community joining up to add support for annotations (assuming we get that in place first) for given projects!!
So.. lot to say.. what do you think?
Interesting comments - thanks so much for sharing these detailed background considerations.
I would be very interested in some kind of XML output. I'm using oXygen so it would be ideal if we could take advantage of the full DITA (and now markdown!) support...
BTW, I have started this repository as a central place to collect annotations for now. Feel free to contribute.
The question has been raised before..why are there not a set of annotations the RAML 1.0 spec defines and requires support of?
As for me annotations are the extensions to standard. Using the Java analogy annotation types are part of the Java language, but none of particular annotations is a part of Jave specification itself(use we have few in standard library but this is a bit different beast).
There is an enourmous set of potential annotations which you might want to introduce for different usecases, and it is pretty hard to reason about them before you have or actually writing tools which actually use them. So as for me it does not look possible to use revolutionary approach to this(few person sit together and create set of annotations from their brilliant or not to brilliant minds).
So as for me this standard sets of annotations/datatypes should be born by evolution, which might be facilitated and directed by having a right process and approach to it. Continuing analogy with Java: it has a JCP which allows different vendors to talk and agree about standard APIs and annotations for differnet use cases.
The biggest problem with the above approach will be projects supporting different annotations.
Initially yes, but this is probably ok, at some moment when critical mass will be reached they should start converging. We just need a place and clear process for doing it.
You guys are hitting on exactly what RAML CAN do.. but is not yet quite capable of. Let me explain my vision.. at least what I know is possible but not yet implemented.
As for me the biggest problem here is that infratstructure is still not quite done :-(. When it will become more mature and more projects will evolve it, it will be much more easy to reason about annotations that we need.
I am completely with you on it and publishing my libraries of annotations on consistent basis in the registry which I am trying to build.
BTW, I have started this repository1 as a central place to collect annotations for now. Feel free to contribute.
The problem is that there is no process around it, so there is no reasons to use it at this moment.
@mhGLEIF do you have any particular examples of behaviors which you would like to document?
@rojocapo, is it possible to ask you about some more detailed feature requests or examples of what you miss in current tools? (Lets imagine that obvios bugs are fixed)
Can you elaborate on what you mean by that?
Hi @christian_vogel,
Let me try to explain my position by example:
At this moment my Swagger<->RAML library generates few annotations, that represents some aspects of swagger specifications which are not supported by RAML natively, currently I support them in the RAML specifications renderer which I am developing, and plan to support them in other tools that I might build.
Let's now imagine that I am contributing them to the repository. At first I need to pass through review process (which is a pretty big unknown, especially considering what happened with my PR to RAML for JAXRS).
Okey, lets assume that this is done, how it would help myself and another tool makers. At first at this moment we do not have any community of tool makers (and this is pretty sad actually), so most likely no body will see it, or struggling with a more critical things.
Secondary after passing it, I need to support the thing which I can not affect (let's imagine that a month after review another PR which changes the library which I contributed and using/supporting in my tools dramatically, was accepted).
So at this moment contribution to this repo means:
Building healthy ecosystem for a language/platform is a complex task. Annotations/Libraries is a precious element which makes it is much easier, but there is another not technical element which is a necessary to make it useful for tool makers (and as for me tool makers are key element for a language success) - clear and predictable process for collaboration.
In an ideal world I would like to see a process similar to something similar to JCP process, or Eclipse Development Process
but being a little bit more realistic ad for me there are following key elements that process should have
What do you think?
@pavel you make some great observations and comments. My point of the central annotation repo is exactly what you said.. a JCP like set of people, in this case maybe me, you, @christian_vogel and a few more, can review/discuss via email or in the forum thread itself. At some point, I would hope for an agreement of all (or most) parties, especially the ones contributing the annotation/definition. Given how the RAML 1.0 spec went, it is completely possible. I suspect annotations wont take over a year to agree upon though, as they of course arent nearly as large or complex as the RAML spec.
I would argue though that the central repo that @christian_vogel started is a fine place for annotation .raml files to end up. There is the ability to discuss it there, and changes can be made/reviewed/committed for others to use.
Okey guys, lets try to work on it together, I have created initial PR with a library describing mapping of RAML types to Java it definitely needs more work, but as for me it might be a good start for conversation. I know at least 3 implementations of it (my, scraml, and the one which is developed by guys who work on raml4jaxrs project now), so it looks like something that already may benefit from standartization on other side it does not moves us into to complex issues associated with more complex/general libraries.
Thanks Pavel. I made my comments already. Do you think I should ask JP who works on the raml4jaxrs to review as well?
Yes sure. I do not expect that it will be a quick process, but it should be easier to agree on this then on something more conceptual.