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Monday, April 8, 2013
My fave bodybuilder monsters ANTOINE VAILLANT AND CEDRIC DOYON casually wearing Slick It Up at the gym... YAY!
What do they INHALE before benching??? These guys are living that fantasy you jerk off about where you're gonna do a ton of mones and work out all day and became a roid monster but then you cum and realize its maybe not the best plan for you.... THEY ACTUALLY DID IT?! The reason why I mention their sexual identity is because I LOVE that its the FIERCE FRINGE PEOPLE that wear Slick It Up now that aren't out homosexuals. Its bodybuilders, fashion models, successful artists ALL THE PEOPLE YOU WANT WEARING YOUR CLOTHES that aren't out gay guys.
Posted by David Mason at 1:46 PM
3 comments:
- Joel said...
The Erasure in the background made it for me! Especially after Andy Bell at the wedding. It's a small (cultural) world!
- April 8, 2013 at 3:13 PM
- Eric Arvin said...
So awesome.
- April 8, 2013 at 6:02 PM
- orlando said...
Did you send the the tee to him or did he buy itfrom the site?
- April 16, 2013 at 2:55 PM
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Dell is coming up with a specialized tablet model which can be used in the harsh environment such as military, industrial work, adventurers as well as emergency response crews. Dell Latitude 12 Rugged Tablet is reported to be able to handle most of the things from liquid spills, dust, sand, mud and even dropped from over four feet high and it still will be able to work as intended.
However, it seems that the specification itself does not really impressive. The tablet is coming with a 11.6-inch display screen with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. It is able to work with gloves and can be used under a bright sunlight environment. On top of that, the tablet is also able to work in temperature as low as -20 degrees F or as high as 145 degrees F.
Dell Latitude 12 will be powered by Intel Core-X CPU from Broadwell generation, up to 512GB SSD storage and a battery life that able to keep the light on for about 12 hours. As for the software side, it is pre-installed with Windows 8.1 OS. Dell will be offering a range of accessories for this product such as keyboard cover and rugged pogo pin docks for vehicles and desks. The accessories are optional.
The official launch date for the tablet is not released yet and so does the pricing. However, it is expected to be priced starting on $3,000.


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Sweet Blossom Georgia 3/27/12
Dam: Little Tot's Estate Peach
Sire: TX Twincreeks Portofino
This is our beautiful Chamoisee doe, she is very correct with an amazing udder. She kidded March/2015 with triplets. One of her bucklings is for sale. She went to her first show this May and won "Reserve Grand Champion Senior Doe in Milk" !!
Dam: Little Tot's Estate Orchis 1 x Jr. Rs CH
Sire: PGCH Buffalo Clover Valentino
This little doeling is such a beauty! She showed for the first time, at the Texas State Fair last year, and won two 1st places in the 3 - 6 month does and placed 2nd and 3rd at the 2012 Lone Star Spring Fling, in Kaufman, TX at 12 months in a very large class of Jr. Does (12-15 months old)


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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
February Faux
Where was I going with this?
The wreath. I made this probably 5 years ago, which may explain its notably faded hue. I think I like the faded hue... I don't remember where I ever got the notion to do this, but I cut the heart out of styrofoam, free-hand, lined it with moss, then hot-glued silk ranunculus blooms into the base. I really thought it was the lovliest thing. I still rather like it, although at this point it's equal parts pretty and nostalgia. Without the nostalgia, I'm not sure I would be compelled to dig it out of the basement each February.
The bow looks a little worn and weathered...Let's call it "vintaged". .
This shot was in the reject file, until I realized that it might be a fun subject for a rousing round of I Spy. Who spots my school-house island light? I do. Love that light. I dreamed of that light and searched all manner of websites and catalogs. I really needed a double light, with two globes, which proved very hard to find...until I scoured Ebay. Yup. I found the following kitchen remodel items on Ebay: 1) Island. Dirt cheap. In the exact color I pined for. Shipped to my door from CA and graciously unloaded. 2) Lighting. Blue Marble lighting store. I've used them on 4 separate occasions now. 3) Cabinet hardware. Among the greatest customer service I've ever received. And the hardware is very substantial and was offered in so many styles and finishes. And I bought it for a song. 4) Open shelving. Dirt cheap. And semi-custom designed, just for moi. I felt like the seller and I were old friends by the time all was said and done. 5) 2 of my 3 barn paintings.
What, where in the heck was I going with this???
OK, who spies my garage? I do. It's tan with a brick-red bottom. I love this garage, I do. Well no, I don't. I like that I have a garage, but not necessarily this one...because truly, who builds a new garage and paints it tan and brick red - when the two barns and the house are all white? Who does this? Who????
Finally,who spies the Christmas bulbs still hanging from my window? I do. Ugh. I do. They are still there, as we speak. Cory hammered them right into the top of the window trim and needs to pry them off. Sometimes I forget that they're even there...they are pretty. But on days like today, when it's 60+ degrees and I'm reaching past them to open the window, it just feels wrong. It makes me feel like my Aunt Carol, who used to pride herself in not taking down the tree until Easter. I'm really just 2 or 3 steps away, at this point...
Anyway, happy Valentine's week Tuesday. I hope I am inspiring at least someone out there to find a way to celebrate.
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You are ever the postergirl/pinup girl for Love this week. I must say. You keep going. I love you!ReplyDelete
I must be a little eager this morning, I've already went and checked the blog needed a dose of your love. I see I will have to check back later. xoxoReplyDelete
Everyone needs a little faux once in a while. This is a really beautiful piece--nice crafting!ReplyDelete
uhm, hi...I spie all that lovely milk glass too!! I have an old school light in my house too and I love love love it!ReplyDelete
do you like how I spelled spie...lol, I am laughing at myself now! :)ReplyDelete
I hope you don't mind, but I put a picture of one of your beautiful wreaths on my blog. I named you my inspiration, and I hope that's okay! You are SO crafty, and I just LOVE your work. I think I may copy this wreath next. It's GORGEOUS. You've got a new follower!!!ReplyDelete


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Dear friends in Christ,
I am writing you just before the Labor Day weekend. If you are traveling this weekend, it is my prayer that God will see you safely there and back. If you are not traveling, it is my prayer that God will bless your weekend with rest and the company of loved ones.
Summer is nearly gone. I know this not only because of the date on the calendar but because of the cooler evening temperatures. Some of you have caught on that, that I love cooler weather. Anything below 50 degrees is great by me. There are other signs that indicate that summer is nearly over; fewer fly fishermen are in the streams, school has started back, mowing the lawn has been less frequent, the number of boats and campers leaving Lake Raystown and going into storage have dramatically increased, and the confused and sometimes frightened look on the faces of new undergraduates at Juniata College. For those who have just started Head start, Kindergarten, Elementary School, High School, or College, the new school year school can be a worrisome time.
You can see the questions on their faces, "What am I going to do now?" "What is this place?" This is true to some degree for all students, whether they are new at it or are familiar faces at their school. From preschool to graduate school students all want to know, "What will tomorrow bring? "Now that I am here, do I really want to stay? For those who are in preschool, elementary school, junior high school, and most of those in High School this decision is made for them by the state and their parents or legal guardians. They have to stay! For some who are in High School, trade school, college, or graduate school the decision rests with them. There are a variety of factors that contribute to the choices that a student can make; how much money is available, have they adequately prepared for work or further training, what sort of support can they reasonably expect and from whom, and what do they really want. The last consideration on this list is often the hardest to answer, "What does I really want?"
This is a question all of us have asked ourselves from time to time. Most of us have at different times felt both very confident about what we wanted and very confused about what we wanted. Most of the time, we are somewhere in-between. What I would like to propose is that another factor be taken into consideration when making important decisions in our lives. It would seem reasonable to ask, "What would God want for me?" Many of the decisions I have made, based solely upon what I wanted, have not worked out so well. However, the decisions I have made after first considering God's desires for my life have worked out noticeably better.
If this is a valid question, then the following question becomes very important, "How do I know what God wants for me?" The way we know what God wants for us is through reading Holy Scripture, faithfully engaging God in prayer, actively participating in worship, and by seeking the counsel of Godly men and women. Finding out what God wants for us is a matter of discernment. Paul tells us that God gives to the church that which is needed for the common good. Similarly, God gives us as individuals that which we need for our good.
1 Corinthians 12:7-11 (NIV)
7Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. 11All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines.
I would like to encourage all of you to begin asking yourselves, "What does God want for me?" Not just those of you who are at the doorstep of a new school year, but all of you. When you do this, do it in such a way that you make a conscious effort to actively listen for God's answer. This active listening begins with reading God's Word, engaging God in prayer, actively worshipping God, and listening to the counsel of Godly men and women.
Yours in Christ,
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The whole timetable thingy has been a huge success. You may remember from a previous post where I finally admitted that I needed to budget my time and money. So I started with a weekly meal planner which features my family's favourite meals. On each day I have about three options- hard, not so hard and dead easy to fit in nicely with my mood or energy levels for the day. I shop for the week knowing exactly what we'll be eating throughout the week. Hubby isn't picky and most of the time is happy with whatever I cook. Occasionally I get the 'Nah, I'm not feeling that Toks' . On those days I give him the impression that he actually has a choice. This is when I pull out my other 2 options and he decides. Or so he thinks. As for the kids they don't have a preference- that's African parenting for you. There is no "Sweetheart what will you like to eat?" Instead it is "What is that meal you hate so much? Rice and Broccoli Stew? You better clean your plate, I'll be watching you because that's what we're having!".
Some African Parents love to play God. They decide what their children will study at school. Who they will get married to and when. They plan the wedding, pick the colours and decide on the guest list. Actually this happens in many cultures. In some cases they even name the children borne out of the marriage, I have a cousin who loathes his own son's name because his parents chose the name.
So it is with great pride that I preside over my family's nutrition and choice of meals, even when they think they are exercising their own judgement, it isn't really the case. Heck I even control their thoughts!
Like the X-factor drama. For my non-UK readers this is the UK's version of American Idol. Viewers were made to think that they decided on which act stayed and which one was voted off, until Sunday when the two horrors by the name of John and Edward where "voted" to remain on the show. Word is that the results were rigged and Simon has secretly supported those two from the beginning. Poor Simon.
There are rules about playing God. For one don't protest too much. You don't want to risk having to make a decision that goes completely against the crusade you have been running. To go from "these boys are horrific, I will leave the country if they win" to "I-I-I can't decide" is a banned u-turn and there are cameras everywhere.
So when I take my throne as she-who-cooks-whatever-she-absolutely-wants-to-and-you-must-eat-it, you will not catch me protesting too much when child number 3 tells me he hates fish and don't I remember that he is allergic to it? I will gently coax him and convince him that tuna is not fish. It's just another type of seafood. After all I can't please everyone, I'm not God.


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FH and I recently came across this atheists group located in Austin, TX and we LOVE THEM!! Most of them (if not all) are former fundamentalists christians, and the main host Matt was studying to be a religious figure.
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Title: Elpenor, Amymone, and the Thruth in the Lykaon Painter's Painting
Author(s): GIESECKE, Annette L.
Journal: BABESCH
Volume: 74 Issue: Date: 1999
Pages: 63-78
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Continued and intensified scholarly interest in the iconography of Greek vase painting, especially the study of the relationship between texts and images, has advantageously resulted in a number of books which make this subject readily accessible even to those who are not students of art and archaeology. While being enormously useful tools, these and other iconographic studies tend to focus on painters' representations or interpretations of certain myths, dramatic performances, or major works of art; therefore, they catalog only a very small portion of the overall decorative schema of a given vase. The great disadvantage of this method is the fact that the reader remains unaware of the compositional richness and hermeneutic challenges of a vase bearing a number of images which may or may not be thematically related to one another and which may derive from a variety of sources.


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City Club Weddings | Courtyards and Cobblestones 2018
Today is the day!!!!! I am thrilled to once again take part in this one of a kind wedding show. If you are newly engaged and aren't familiar with Courtyards and Cobblestones, go to the website and check it out. Each year several wedding venues in Downtown Wilmington, along with some of the most talented wedding professionals, work together to create inspiration for engaged couples. Our teams collaborate and set up each venue so you feel like you are walking into a real wedding. You get to tour all the venues and meet all the vendors that put it together. It's a great way to find the rest of your vendors, get ideas and inspiration, taste food, and just have a fun night of being engaged and getting married in this awesome city.
This year I am working with an amazing team at The City Club. We did our styled shoot to give you an idea of what you'll see on January 13th. It is going to be beautiful and romantic. Please come check it out, and be sure to stop by and say hi!! I will also be giving out vouchers to all the brides for a discounted wedding package! Can't wait to see you there!
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Ah, Juan Pablo, easily the most hated Bachelor in Bachelor history. The one who made totally superficial comments and let every woman know "it's ok" to "trust him." We fell in love with him when he was on Desiree's season so much that they brought him back for our viewing pleasure for an entire season. And boy were we pleased. In fact, up until the overnight dates, we were all pretty happy with how things were going, even though we were pretty sure he was going fall in line with his predecessors and pick the nastiest woman of the season, Clare.
So what happened?
We gained so much trust in Andi, which is exactly what the producers wanted since they knew she was going to be the next Bachelorette, that we lost sight of our trust in Juan Pablo and reality t.v., and with it, our sense of reality.
But putting Andi's experience aside, Juan Pablo is the smartest bachelor to ever grace the Bachelor mansion. Here are 3 reasons.
1. He didn't pick Clare
Which, let's be honest, is exactly what we all expected. Bachelors have a hideous track record of picking the worst choice of the season, all the way from Alex Michel and the non-Trista Amanda Marsh to Jake Pavelka and the awful Vienna Giradi. All of Bachelor Nation sat and cringed the second we realized how much Juan Pablo favored Clare over everyone else, including perfect Pediatric Nurse, Niki. We couldn't help but visualized what a wicked step mother Clare would be to sweet Camilla. When ABC took us to meet her family, we watched in shock that her family could somehow be even worse than her and no wonder she's the way she is. But then something magical happened; as soon as we realized it was in fact Clare that was first off the boat walking to her break up, we all collectively jumped for joy and realized, it really is ok!
2. He told Clare like it is
Yes, maybe it was an inappropriate thing to say to someone. But the only reason Clare made such a big deal about it was because she was trying to get Juan Pablo to say he loves her off camera and he didn't, which in my opinion is even more inappropriate. A man will tell you he loves you when he's ready, not when the cameras are turned off. Moreover, Clare was only getting what she put out. Don't go to someone's hotel room at 3 o'clock in the morning saying let's go "swim" in the ocean even though we've only hung out 4 times and then get upset when he says something like that to you. What else do you expect? Sorry sister, he's not in love with you and that's your own fault.
3. He took his opportunity on reality t.v. as reality
I get why everyone is upset. I too followed Juan Pablo's journey for love for 3 months and was a little disappointed that there was no proposal and not even an I love you at the end of it. But Juan Pablo was given the opportunity of a lifetime and he took advantage of every moment, ensuring that his relationship could continue after the show was over. You all may have seen someone dodging the question of whether or not he loves Nicki, but I saw a man that was being berated about whether or not he's in love, having to justify why he wasn't, and couldn't wait for the entire experience to be over so he could really get to know his girlfriend and fall in love with her on his own time. The Bachelor is not very conducive to falling in love and anyone that is "in love" by the end of the show is most likely just making good t.v. Juan Pablo isn't "slapping the hand that fed him," he was simply treating his reality t.v. show as reality itself, something, if more Bachelor couples did, that would drastically increase the success of love on this show.
Sure Juan Pablo had his ups and downs and upset Andi and Sharleen enough they wanted to leave. But no Bachelor is perfect. And let's be honest, what Andi thought was him being self centered and self absorbed may have just been a dude trying to get into her pants. Think about it.
I say people should stop hating Juan Pablo so much and instead focus on how ABC ripped us off and picked Andi as Bachelorette next season. FREE SPIRIT FOR BACHELORETTE 2014!


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Each week the WHM gang force themselves to watch bad movies that were better left forgotten to fuel off-the-wall tangents, inane impressions and unabashed comedic silliness. This is a comedy podcast for movie lovers that can't help but relish pure trash.
Original Air Date: October 16th, 2012On this WHM Summer Rerun, the gang looks back at one of their favorite Halloween Spooktacular episodes, Friday the 13th Part V - A New Beginning! While mostly discussing Star Trek: Generations, the guys do manage to find time to chat about the crappy characters, the inappropriate halfway house setting and, of course, God's gift to Cinema: Roy, the psychotic ambulance driver. Friday the 13th Part V - A New Beginning stars John Shepherd, Shavar Ross, Dominick Brascia and Dick Wieand; directed by Danny Steinmann.


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The transformative power of extreme footwear will be explored in the V&A's summer 2015 fashion exhibition, Shoes: Pleasure and Pain. More than 200 pairs of historic and contemporary shoes from around the world will be on display, many for the first time. The exhibition will explore the agonizing aspect of wearing shoes as well as the euphoria and obsession they can inspire.
The V&A's shoe collection is unrivalled, spanning the globe and over 2000 years. For Shoes: Pleasure and Pain, curator Helen Persson has delved into this, other international collections and the wardrobes of private individuals to select an exceptional range of shoes from a sandal decorated in pure gold leaf originating from ancient Egypt to futuristic looking shoes created using 3D printing.
Shoes worn by or associated with high profile figures including Marilyn Monroe, Queen Victoria, Sarah Jessica Parker and the Hon Daphne Guinness will be shown as well as famous shoes, such as the ballet slippers designed for Moira Shearer in the 1948 film The Red Shoes.
Footwear for men and women by 70 named designers including Manolo Blahnik, Christian Louboutin, Jimmy Choo and Prada will be on display. Historic lotus shoes made for bound feet and 16th-century chopines, silk mules with vertiginous platforms designed to lift skirts above the muddy streets, will also feature.
The exhibition will be shown over two floors. The luxurious, boudoir design of the ground floor gallery will examine three themes: transformation, status and seduction.
We can't wait!
Shoes: Pleasure and Pain
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13 June 2015 – 31 January 2016
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Excerpt from "A Closer Look at Diverse Roles of Practitioners in Parenting Education:
Peer Educators, Paraprofessionals and Professionals"
Stephanie T. Jones, Mary Kay Stranik, M. Gayle Hart, Sandra McClintic, and Judith Rae Wolf
Parenting education consists of periodic education and support for parents to strengthen families by promoting an optimal environment for healthy adult and child development (NPEN, n.d.). Parenting education and support services are intended to build confidence and competence of parents to care for children and increase their capacity to prevent and respond effectively to family life issues and problems as they arise. It is an effective intervention for addressing multiple social problems such as child abuse, juvenile crime, teen pregnancy, and academic disengagement (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2006).
Parenting education is for all parents, regardless of age of children or family configuration. Most often parenting education is conducted in groups; however, one-on-one consultations, home visits, and center-based services are common.
Sponsors of parenting education are many and varied. They include community agencies, religious organizations, courts, public and private schools, mental health, public health, Departments of Social Services, Cooperative Extension, hospitals, senior centers, family resource centers, businesses and employers, and professional affiliate groups (Bryan, DeBord & Schrader, 2006).
The roots of parenting education can be found in many disciplines such as education, social work, health care, mental health, and human services (Carter & Kahn, 1996; Bryan, et al., 2006; Heath & Palm, 2006). Practitioners representing these disciplines provide a range of parenting education services. Professionals most often deliver parenting education; however, peer educators and paraprofessionals also provide services to families. Methodologies, approaches and intensity of services provided by practitioners vary (Carter & Kahn, 1996; Duncan & Goddard, 2007), though they should be complementary (Heath & Palm, 2006).
The success of parenting education is largely dependent on having qualified educators (Campbell & Palm, 2004). Opportunities to develop oneself as a parenting educator and to be recognized vary by region and state. The "Framework for Understanding Parenting Educator Professional Preparation and Recognition" provides a foundation for the future development of a career ladder for parenting educators (see NPEN, 2011b).
The number of program and state sponsored parenting educator recognition systems, also known as credentialing systems, is increasing. NPEN (2011a) identified professional preparation and recognition systems available in parenting education. These recognition systems typically include an assessment of parenting educators' qualifications (i.e. education and experience, as well as knowledge, skills, and attitudes/dispositions) related to working with families. In 2002, North Carolina became the first state in the United States to offer such a system (Bryan, et. al, 2006).
Agreement upon a core set of ethics and competencies as well as licensure are important milestones along the path of professionalization of a field (Czaplewski & Jorgensen, 1993; DeBord & Matta, 2002; East, 1980). Extension Specialists and national program leaders were among the first to propose competencies specifically for parenting education. In 1994, a team developed the National Extension Parenting Education Model (NEPEM) to guide the content of what parenting educators teach parents (Smith, Cudaback, Goddard, & Myers-Walls, 1994). Then in 2000, another team developed the National Extension Parenting Education Framework (NEPEF), which framed the processes that parenting educators perform in their work with parents and families (DeBord, et. al., 2002). More recently, after a thorough review of numerous national and international sources, McDermott (2011) proposed 10 competency areas for parenting education that include: lifespan and human development, child and parent development, family relationships/dynamics, guidance and nurturing, family diversity, school/child care relationships, community relationships, health and safety, professional practice/adult education methods, assessment and evaluation, public and organizational policies, ethics, and laws. McDermott also has organized related competencies into the 10 areas identified from existing sources. Members of NPEN are currently using McDermott's comprehensive list of competencies to propose a refined list of competencies for parenting educators.
Minnesota is currently the only state to require licensure of professional parenting educators. The Minnesota parent and family education license was instituted in 1989 and is both a teacher license and a license specific to parent and family education. The license is required of those working in early childhood family education (ECFE) programs in public schools in Minnesota.
Around 1970, many parenting education programs were generated in the community and commonly utilized peer educators and paraprofessionals. It wasn't until academic programs related to parenting education began to be offered that degreed professional parenting educators emerged in larger numbers. These formal educational programs have increased and expanded. The increase in academic degree programs related to parenting education has helped to provide continuity for professional parenting educator preparation and clarified their role, but less attention has been given to other practitioners in the field. Furthermore, most existing recognition systems focus on professionals and paraprofessionals; few recognize peer educators. North Carolina currently has the only parenting educator recognition system that offers a credential for peer educators.


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Yellow Medicine County. 8 miles southeast of granite Falls on Highway 67.
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Tempers were as hot as an August afternoon when the Dakota Indians destroyed the Upper Sioux Agency, in the summer of 1862. On another hot August afternoon, I wandered past the foundations of the vanished agency buildings and circled the only structure in the present-day park to survive the U.S.-Dakota Conflict. The restored brick employee duplex is now a historic site administered by the Minnesota Historical Society.
It's hard to visualize the tragic violence of that long-ago summer while strolling on the park lawn, reading historical markers. But by piecing together facts from the markers, some causes of the uprising emerge. In 1851, as pressure to open up the Dakota homeland to white settlement grew, the government engineered the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux. This treaty removed the Dakota from Iowa and Minnesota to a 20-mile-wide reservation along the upper Minnesota River. Read more:
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Utilities across the nation are greening their portfolios by adding more renewables and distributed generators as the technologies become more affordable. However, just as the kilowatt-hour you don't use is the cheapest, it is also the cleanest. The ACEEE series highlights a benefit of energy efficiency that often gets little attention, especially on the personal scale.
Each video presents a case study on how weatherization has helped to improve the health of homeowners and their families. The series launched in December 2017 with a video about a senior citizen living in a trailer in rural West Virginia. After a local anti-poverty program weatherized her home, the woman's chronic breathing problems eased and her utility bills decreased.
Part two, released this month, shows how better insulation and air sealing have improved a child's asthma condition in Baltimore. The series will conclude in February with a look at how weatherization is mitigating the effects of outdoor pollution in Pittsburgh. All videos will be available on ACEEE's website.
In March, ACEEE will release The Next Nexus: Exemplary Programs That Save Energy and Improve Health, a report detailing programs nationwide that work to improve public health by improving building health. These programs represent potential partners for utilities and municipalities seeking to promote weatherization and other building efficiency initiatives. The report also highlights the non-energy benefits of weatherization—such as improved comfort and indoor air quality—helping utility program managers build a stronger case for efficiency upgrades.
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Santa Barbara City College's women's tennis team continued their fantastic season, topping Ventura College, 6-3, on the strength of a sweep of all three doubles matches.
The Vaqueros are now 10-2 overall and 8-1 in conference play.
Katelyn Peyvandi got the Vaqueros started by winning at first singles over Lea Meschke, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
Pia Valtierra and Hanna Pesniak also won singles matches for SBCC.
In doubles play, Peyvandi and Gabrielle Goss won an exciting match at first doubles. The duo was up 7-2 before Alyssa Power and Allie DeMarco rallied for Ventura (7-6, 4-4 WSC North) to make the score 7-6. Goss and Peyvandi were able to hang on for the 8-6 win.
The Vaqueros are back in action Friday when they take on Orange Coast College.
Katelyn Peyvandi, SBCC d. Lea Meschke, VC, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
Alyssa Power, VC, d. Gabrielle Goss, SBCC, 6-1, 6-0
Allie DeMarco, VC, d. Josephine Pulver, SBCC, 6-0, 6-3
Pia Valtierra, SBCC, d. Julie Lauringer, VC, 6-2, 7-6
Hanna Pesniak, SBCC d. Karessa Garland, VC 6-1, 6-2
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The Cellars (until October 2012 they have been tagged as The Cureghem Cellars, referring to the Brussels' district Cureghem) are situated on the site of the former Anderlecht cattle market dating from 1890. This covered market is a typical example of forged-iron architecture which became fashionable after the 1850 World Exhibition in London.
Since its inauguration by Leopold II in 1892, the cellars served purely as foundations for the metal structure above. The ground in those days was particularly marshy and barrel vaults were needed as supports.
In the 1930s was there a vain attempt to find a more profitable use for the cellars. This dark damp underground space was an ideal place for growing mushrooms, an activity which continued into the post-war years until it became uneconomic. The market hall was finally listed as a Belgian national monument in 1984.
Since their re-launch in 1992 as an events venue, the Cellars have achieved much greater success. They are still underground, but no longer dark & damp! The private company Abattoir nv-sa invested almost €4 million in a complete transformation which included a concrete floor, new entrances, electricity, heating, lighting, plumbing & safety equipment.
In the early 1990's, the Cellars were chosen as the venue for 'Körperwelten', Jürgen Von Hagen's controversial & record-breaking exhibition of the human body. Over 500.000 visitors passed through the Cellars to see it.
Since then they have carved out an important niche for themselves on the Brussels events' scene and have hosted numerous association & corporate clients.
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Friday, October 31, 2008
Travellin' Girl
I'll be on my way to the airport in a few minutes, bound for Melbourne. It's been over seven years! I'm sure everything will seem different to me this time. My Asus Eee PC mini laptop is stashed in my carry-on bag so I hope I'll be able to update you with stories and photos as I get reacquainted with Australia. Bye for now!
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I walked by that image last week. Where is it?
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- Andrea said...
That is at the southeast corner of Dundas and Brock Streets, if I remember correctly. I shot it as I walked home from my new favourite Vietnamese restaurant, Pho' Phuong.
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During my last GP visit where I had 2 (yes TWO) steroid shots in my gluteus maximus :-) I got to talking about how I make a living from building websites and turns out my GPs wife runs a small local business in Skegness (where I live), a couple of holiday apartment rentals in Skegness : walk by one of the holiday apartments all the time, two minutes walk from Skegness beach where my wife and I walk most days.
They are looking to upgrade their business website (they are looking to pay for web design help) and to be brutally honest I can understand why: out of date design, not mobile responsive, poor SEO etc… since I no longer take on paying SEO client I offered to take a look and give some free advice.
Makes for a great excuse for a case study on why small businesses shouldn't use website builders like DreamWeaver or FrontPage (FrontPage was discontinued in 2006, replaced by Microsoft Expression Web) and should use WordPress as a Content Management System (CMS) : or at least a CMS even if it's not WordPress.
For Google search engine visitors who find their way to this page via Skegness relevant searches you are probably looking for Skegness Apartments or Skegness Attractions, two of the Skegness relevant websites discussed below. Even though I'm not targeting this article at Skegness Google Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs) I'm pretty much guaranteed traffic because I've used relevant phrases below.
Small Business Website Case Study
As I write this I know no more about the holiday apartment website, business etc… as you do, my 'inside info' (from my GP) is the Skegness Apartments site exists and the business owner is looking for a web design update, so anyone could do this exact analysis on their business website or a competing business site.
Skegness Apartments is your typical small business website that's either been built by a small local website design company (there's quite a few in the Skegness, Boston and Lincolnshire area) or someone within the business with basic HTML/design skills (what my first websites looked like) : as an SEO consultant I worked with a lot of small businesses in this sort of situation and see the usual mistakes.
I was a little surprised to find it's a relatively new site (the website design is how sites looked 5+ years ago), first registered early 2012, (search Google for "Whois" and pop a site URL into one of the free Whois checking sites to see some domain data) so only a couple of years old: I was expecting a minimum 5+ years old. After looking through the WayBack Machine results http://archive.org/web/ was even more surprised to find the design is new (added sometime in the past 6 months).
As you can see from the screenshot above it's a very old, out of date website design that won't be doing them any favors with potential holiday makers looking to rent a holiday flat in Skegness.
Validating Code, Find Your WYSIWYG HTML Mistakes
I always jump straight into the code and in FireFox – "Right Click" on a page and "View Page Source" I find the footer code is completely missing (truncated HTML code: FireFox View Page Source shows possible errors in red). One of the risks of using a WYSIWYG editor, looks OK in a browser window, but behind the scenes the code can be a mess.
Looking through the code looks like it was built with the What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) type HTML editor Microsoft FrontPage (not a very good website design building tool to say the least, not easy to use). I've not had to look at a site created in FrontPage for years, I wonder if it's built with Microsoft Expression Web and MS has used the same names for things?
What makes me think it's FrontPage is this javascript code: function FP_swapImg()… it's built into FrontPage.
No idea what you are looking at use the free W3C validator http://validator.w3.org/ running the home page through the W3C validator shows 29 errors, fortunately 28 of them can safely be ignored (don't get too hung up on the errors), this one is for the truncated code:
Line 269, Column 7: end tag for "div" omitted, but OMITTAG NO was specified </body> You may have neglected to close an element, or perhaps you meant to "self-close" an element, that is, ending it with "/>" instead of ">".
Looks like the footer template file has been deleted by mistake: easy to make this mistake with WYSIWYG website builder software.
As I delved deeper into the site found pages with a Back button where the hoverover code works.
WYSIWYG HTML Editors
It's been around 8 years since I built a website in DreamWeaver (another WYSIWYG type editor), but from memory I do recall it was a pain to build new web pages: build your header, footer templates etc… and build individual template files for each main content source! I remember dropping the templates into a text editor to fix broken code!
Not easy for your average non tech savvy small business owner, maybe that's why some local website design companies use tools like DreamWeaver? Build a site the business customer can't easily edit, they have to pay the design company money for every tiny little content edit that the business could easily do themselves in a CMS like WordPress: you could train a monkey to use WordPress, it's that easy.
I'm impressed by any small business owner who had to learn web design from scratch that's even manged to get a site online using tools like FrontPage! Having easier access to content to edit is more than enough reason to use a CMS like WordPress over HTML editors like FrontPage.
Local SEO for Small Business
Not even looked at the SEO yet, (unusual for me, normally the first port of call :-)) a few pages in I'm seeing big SEO issues. A site:domain.tld search in Google, use your domain name minus the http://www. part into a Google search and Google will list every page it has indexed from that domain.
Lists 33 pages indexed, so no issues with spidering/indexing (it's a small site).
Look at the title tags, over half the indexed pages have the same title element: Skegness Apartments. Read about title tags SEO.
In view source you'll see this code:
<title>Skegness Apartments</title>
This is awful SEO wise.
Of the other pages with different titles, 5 are to dead pages (looks like they'd been deleted, no 301 redirects: see 301 redirects tutorial) and the rest seem to all have the same "Skegness Apartments" title tag, but Google has guessed the Contact page would be better titled "Contact – Skegness Apartments".
So the entire site has duplicate title tags, highly unlikely to generate more than a trickle of visitors from Google.
Free WebMaster Tools
I don't see any Google Analytics code so looks like they aren't using Google's free Webmaster Tools https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ or Google Analytics http://www.google.com/analytics/, if they did they'd see multiple duplicate title element tags warnings with advice to set unique titles for every page.
For my site Google Webmaster Tools reports for this domain 82 duplicate title tags, that might sound a lot, but because I use the Stallion Responsive Theme SEO Super Comments feature which turns user comments into search engine indexable pages most of the duplicates are from the SEO super comments.
As I write this (June 2014) this site has 170 published posts and pages, yet over 3,000 pages indexed in Google (site:stallion-theme.co.uk) and most of them are SEO super comments (this site has around 2,500 user comments), so eighty odd duplicates out of over 3,000 indexed pages isn't bad (only about 30 with duplicate title tags).
The above SEO issues and many more would be fixed by using WordPress, even without using my SEO Theme. WordPress in the hands of even a complete beginner can output better search engine optimized content than an above average local website designer using a program like DreamWeaver.
With WordPress though it helps to understand some basic SEO, it's not the end of the world if you don't. WordPress inter links your site so everything is easily found by search engines, to achieve the same with a WYSIWYG editor requires manually adding text or image links.
Migrate to WordPress
When I started using WordPress (2005-2006) I migrated my static HTML websites (like the Skegness site above is static HTML pages) to WordPress blogs.
For a relatively small site with no eccomerce features this is relatively easy when you know how :-)
I find the easiest way is to almost start again. Depending on the server/host setup it should be possible to install WordPress under the same domain without loosing the current website HTML pages. I would set it up so temporarily the current index.html home page still loads as the home page. WordPress is a PHP script, so the home page for a WordPress install has a home page at index.php.
You can access WordPress via index.php, setup the new site (create new WordPress Posts and Pages to replace the old), setup relevant 301 redirects within the roots .htaccess file and when the new site is ready setup the server to load index.php instead of index.html. If it all goes well (never does :-)) a seamless move.
After setting up WordPress the business owner will have much easier access to each pages content (now WordPress Posts or WordPress Pages) and can edit the content directly online (under the WordPress Dashboard) rather than messing around with FrontPage/DreamWeaver type template files and uploading via FTP.
If the small business has multiple staff with the ability to use processing software like MS Word, MS Office etc… it's not a big leap in tech skills to learn to create/edit WordPress Posts and Pages. For simple edits you no longer need to call a web designer and pay for the changes to a product price/description, you do it yourself in-house, WordPress is really easy to use.
WordPress as a Business CMS
My wife who is about as tech savvy as a Hamster on a wheel :-) helps me build websites (she might have created more unique content than I have!). For example we own Skegness Attractions, I setup WordPress with my best SEO theme Stallion Responsive and she logs into WordPress and creates new Posts.
The problem you have with a business site like Skegness Apartments is you quickly run out of relevant content to create new articles with: there's only so much you can write about a room! Which is why I'd advise using a similar approach to the Skegness Attractions site, review/discuss non-competing businesses and services.
The Skegness Attractions site was setup years ago (not long after moving to Skeg), my wife created over 90% of the content, most of it is things we've done in Skegness. She's got bored of the site (kids grew up, nothing much relevant left to review in Skegness) and hasn't added new content for years, really needs a content refresh: realised today it still said Skegness Attraction 2013, oops, 6 months into 2014!
The WordPress site shows how easy it is to generate a site filled with relevant content about Skegness, 300+ pages indexed in Google with plenty of relevant SERPs.
We built the Skegness Attractions site as part of a large network of sites (currently 130 domains), with so many domains to manage you can't put 100% attention on to one website, at least not for very long: I'm currently putting most of my time into this site, but will have to maintain other sites soon. If we owned only one site we'd create content about as many relevant niches as possible.
With a site about holiday apartments would make sense to have web pages about local entertainment, review the Embassy Theater, review all the local Skegness bars and night clubs and direct your Google search engine visitors to a holiday let like I've done with this article. I'm directing visitors to check out the Stallion Responsive Theme that I sell as they read this information.
WordPress Customization
My wife is working on one of our newest sites Skinny Me, we've been dieting for about two years (small portion diet) and between us have lost about 7-8 stone (we are both at perfect weights now).
The weight loss site is running WordPress with Stallion Responsive with one of the built in Stallion designs and header images (nothing customized yet). My wife wants to use a larger image at the top, she's going to create a 1000px by 288px image that completely replaces the top header area, the new header image will include the name of the site (Skinny Me) in fancy text and I guess some graphics to make it pretty.
She will make the image and I'll go set it up: it's easy to do, about a dozen clicks of the mouse, will take me a couple of minutes to make the design change. That's the power of WordPress with a decent theme.
How to Write Website Content that Generates Traffic
Like I said we lost weight on a small portions diet (basically eating less), surprisingly "Small Portion Diet" is NOT a high traffic Google SERP it only has around 210 searches a month! In the weight loss niche diet SERPs are HUGE traffic: "Low Carb Diet" 135,000 searches a month.
Eating less (consuming less energy than you use in a day) is the only safe long term way to loose and maintain a healthy weight, but most of the weight loss niche SERPs are about fad diets and celebrity diets. There's only so many articles you can write about a small portion diet (and it's low traffic), so my wife has researched and wrote about other diets like this article: Sugar Free Diet: 18,100 searches a month, so more people will search for this type of diet than the diets that actually work :-)
You can follow a smaller portion diet without cutting out sugar per se, as we lost weight we naturally progressed to thinking twice about what we ate: if you are going to have a sugary treat on an irregular basis it's better be a treat you LOVE, not just eat it because it's there!
Free Keyword Research Tool
This sort of approach to writing articles to fill a site with content that will pull in your niche relevant traffic isn't that hard. A free tool for determining relevant SERPs is the Google AdWords Keyword Planner, although buying AdWords ads from Google isn't free, using their keyword research tool is :-)
The AdWords research tool (where I got the month search numbers about diets from) when searching for the word Skegness shows us the highest traffic relevant SERPs to the Skegness Apartments business are:
Skegness Hotels
Skegness Caravan
Even Camping Skegness has more traffic compared to Skegness Apartments.
One approach could be to compare the pros and cons of using a
Skegness Hotel vs a Skegness Apartment
Skegness Caravan vs a Skegness Apartment
Camping Skegness vs a Skegness Apartment
There's plenty of relevant SERPs that could be the starting point for an article promoting a Skegness holiday let (another relevant SERP).
To put things into perspective the actual Google search "Skegness Apartments" generates around 110 visitors a month (that's not a lot).
Google search "Skegness Hotel" generates around 590 visitors a month and there's thousands of other relevant searches like Royal Hotel Skegness, Southview Hotel Skegness etc…
These are not enormous traffic figures, but local search results tend not to be which is why you have to target as many as possible, currently the apartments site is targeting only ONE SERP!
How to Generate Search Engine Traffic
Would you consider Skegness Hotels as a direct competitor to Skegness Apartments?
If not adding information about similar businesses, directing potential Skegness holiday makers to good local hotels if they aren't looking for a self contained apartment can generate relevant traffic. They might find your site looking for a Skegness Royal Hotel Review (a popular Skegness hotel) and decide to rent one of your apartments instead. If you don't target similar business SERPs you wouldn't see most of those visitors anyway, if your service is good persuade the visitor to try you instead.
I'd create a new WordPress Post for each of the self contained apartments and target a different set of SERPs for each.
The Avon property has 7 apartments, that's 7 WordPress posts, target each at a different set of search phrases. One could be targeting Skegness Holiday Flats (110 searches a month), another Holiday Flats Skegness (210 searches a month), another Holiday Apartments Skegness (140 searches a month) etc… do the keyword research to find more with relevant traffic.
I'd take photos of each apartment (and views) and add them to the posts, on each post I'd also include an inspirational image related to Skegness: whatever your visitors tend to do while here, on a Skegness golf course for example if golfers are your customers.
I'd add the prices for each apartment so your visitors have a self contained webpage with all the basic information they need with the ability to contact you via a contact form (could use the WordPress comments for basic queries), email address, postal address, phone number etc… I'd also add when the apartments are available (that will require regular updates), will save your potential customers time if they know a flat isn't available on July 1st for example and save them time. By linking all 7 apartment posts together when one isn't available on a particular date direct them to the other 6 (and your other location).
If that was my one and only business site and it was important I'd expect to have at least a hundred articles added within a year and continue to add more year on year.
It's a lot of work, but that's business :-)
I enjoyed creating this article, been a while since I wrote this sort of detailed break down for an 'SEO client' (used to write emails like this all the time for SEO clients). Hopefully it will help lots of small business owners as I've tried to keep the information as general as possible whilst still being specific.
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1. What is the most pressing issue or concern for you as a Muslim in America today, 10 years after the tragedy of 9/11?
The most pressing issue for Muslims in America exists independent of 9/11, but was highlighted by those tragic events. We are not very good at defining ourselves. As a community, we have had a tendency to look outside ourselves for legitimacy, whether it's to countries of origin for new immigrants, or worse, to the Saudis as arbiters of what a true Islam is. We would, like many other Americans, trust CNN to define Islam for us, and we would follow blindly what Shaykh Wolf Blitzer would say a true Muslim does. We have ignored our traditions and heritages, so that we could not speak with an authentic voice on 9/11. Thanks to people who have been in the country for more than a generation, we are reviving that Islamic spirit and making an American Muslim identity.2. In what ways – inwardly /or outwardly – did 9/11 change you or affect you?
Inwardly, I had to decide where I stood in relation to my faith. My personal struggles had to be resolved, so I knew where I stood and where I would stand. I chose God, the Prophet, and the Imams. Outwardly, I became a Muslim spokesperson. It's not a role I want, or desire in the future. But so many of our "official" bodies do not speak for me or my communities, that I feel obligated to continue.
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Business Intelligence, along with Business Analytics and Big Data, is one of the terms often associated with decision-making processes in organisations. However, there is little discussion around the importance of what skills decision makers in your organisation need to use the technology efficiently. In recent years, the development of user-friendly tools for BI processes, Self-Service BI are increasing. Self-Service BI is an approach to BI where anyone in an organisation can collect and organise data for analysis without the assistance of data specialists. As a result of this, many businesses have invested in comprehensive storage and information processing tools. However, many are beginning to find that they are not able to realise the gains of these investments as they were expecting, may often due to underestimating the difficulties of introducing these systems into the current processes and transforming existing knowledge into actual actions and decisions. In a worst-case scenario, if left unplanned, Self Service BI can sabotage your successful BI deployment by cutting mass user adoption, impairing query performance, failing to reduce report backlogs, and increasing confusion over the "single truth". To prevent this from happening, here are our top three tips for ensuring the right implementation of SSBI in your company: UNDERSTAND YOUR USERS' NEEDS There are three major user areas for analytics tools: strategic, tactical and operational. The strategic users make few, but important decisions. The tactical users make many decisions during a week and need updated information daily. Operational users are often closest to the customer, and this group needs data in its own applications in order to carry out a large number of requests and transactions. Understanding the different needs of each group is necessary to know what information should be available at each given frequency to help scale the BI solution. HARNESS THE POWER OF ADVANCED USERS To ensure a successful BI deployment, utilising advanced users is key. Self-service BI is not a one-size fits all approach. Casual users usually don't have the time to learn the tool and will often reach out to 'Power Users' to create what they need. Hence, these users can become the go-to resource for creating ad-hoc views of data. Power Users are the ideal advocates for your business' self-service BI implementation and should be able to help spur user adoption. UPGRADE INTERNAL COMPETENCIES Our final tip for a successful implementation is to communicate the new tool thoroughly to the users. It is highly unlikely that employees who have not been involved in the actual development project will immediately understand what the tool should be used for, who needs it, and what it should replace. By upgrading internal competencies, you can avoid becoming dependent on external assistance. Establishing a cross-organizational BI competence centre of 5-10 members, who meet regularly to share their experiences will help drives and prioritise future use of the tool. The added benefit of a successful implementation is that it will generate new ideas from users for how the organisation can use data to make better decisions. If you have the skillset to implement Business Intelligence solutions, we may have a role for you. Take a look at our latest opportunities or get in contact with our team.
08. October 2018
As a manager of a recruitment business, I am often called into meetings with organisations to discuss the challenge of attracting a diverse workforce. The expectation of us as an agency being to ensure we are doing as much as we can to create a diverse shortlist. What strikes me about this is that as a supplier, we will be rewarded for sourcing candidates for these roles, so it is firmly in our interest to make sure we send the best candidate, no matter what sex, nationality or age. Also, positive discrimination (Affirmative action in the USA) is not legally acceptable in the UK, and therefore asking agencies to present diverse shortlists will potentially lead to more discrimination, rather than less. Equally, I think that looking at the supply of candidates to solve the diversity problem is potentially looking in the wrong direction, and instead companies need to look at some of the things that they do, that prevent them from attracting a diverse pool of candidates. There is a common trend in the meetings I attend. We work in a technical market where entry is dominated by men and where many clients struggle to attract women into management and senior management roles, and this is where I think that organisations are causing their own issues – namely the "Mummy problem". First and foremost, let me clear up any potential for accusations of sexist generalisations – the problem should be considered a "parent problem" rather than a "mummy problem", but the challenge does seem to disproportionately impact the female workforce more than their male counterparts, so please forgive my use of this phrase. The parent trapThe following example highlights exactly what I mean: Chatting to a friend recently, she asked me for some advice. She was in the advanced stages of an interview process and liked the company. She has one child and was thinking of a second in the future. She had asked the organisation in question to send through their benefits package and had been sent it, but it didn't include the parental leave policy. Her concern was that if she went back to the company to ask for this then she would immediately damage her candidacy, so she wanted to see if there was a way she could find out what their policy was without asking. My advice was simple – ask them for it. If they're not willing to share it with you or it does damage your chances of securing the role, then you don't want to work for them anyway. In this situation, the company in question sent it through to her, and all ended well with a job offer and a new role, but that's not the issue at hand – the problem is her perception in the first place. How many other female candidates withdraw from processes because they haven't wanted to ask for a maternity policy? The lack of information available on these policies without asking directly for it seems very poor. Had my friend not had the confidence to ask, the company would have missed out on someone they clearly wanted to hire based on her misconception. Transparency is keyAs far as I can see, the issue isn't exclusively with externally advertising the policies. In researching this piece, I spoke to a client within a FTSE 50 company. She shared with me that she had been looking to leave that business to secure a role with better maternity benefits as the published policy suggested that she would only be entitled to statutory maternity pay and she was worried that if she asked anyone internally if this was the case, she would then be looked at differently. It was only when she had found a potential role and approached a friend in their HR team about a question on notice period that she had an off-the-record conversation about the fact she was looking and was made aware of the fact that she was actually on an enhanced maternity package. She stayed in the business. So we find ourselves in a situation where (some) female candidates don't want to ask the question, and female employees don't either. Either way, this should serve as a wakeup call for many organisations that they clearly must do more to communicate parental leave policies. In my eyes, if these two examples are indicative of the norm, then the solution for companies is simple – it all comes down to communication… Knowledge is powerDetail your parental leave policy in your benefits package. Almost all the packages we see from organisations have a thorough breakdown of all potential benefits, however barely any has any detail regarding parental leave. Companies, of course, want to hire people who will spend many years in the business, but in my eyes, they're simply not doing enough to show what that would involve. As a new father, I know just how important these conversations of maternity and paternity leave are when considering children, so companies need to consider this when selling roles to potential hires. One thing I have reflected on when writing this – is there a reason for companies to be secretive on parental leave policy? Is there a fear of other organisations learning these benefits? Is the fear that employees will feel hard done by at a junior level when their policy is not enhanced? I haven't been able to pinpoint the answer, and whilst I have asked a number of people about this, and can't find a conclusive theme, I would appreciate people's thoughts.
23. May 2016
Harnham – Measurecamp Sponsors 2015 - LondonBy Oscar Rousseau, Recruitment ConsultantWe do our upmost to make work fun. Evidence of this is our continued support of important events in the Data & Analytics industry like Measure Camp – the UK's largest Web Analytics conference. In March 2015 our Digital analytics team once again attended – and sponsored - the London conference which was attended by some of the biggest names in web analytics including British Airways and Webtrends. Here, we networked with our existing candidates and had the opportunity to develop new relationships with those whom we had not yet worked with. The conference also provided a great chance to promote our Data & Analytics Salary Guide, buy some drinks for our candidates and gain valuable industry insight. One thought that dominated the conference was this: how is the media affecting web analytics? There is a perception within the media that constant data monitoring and user tracking is negative. But, obviously, Web Analysts have their own take on this; their job is to optimise and personalise websites by gaining as much information as possible.The question is a tricky one to answer, but one thing is certain: our reputation is growing. Since our second stint at Measure Camp we've helped candidates find great jobs and clients find even better candidates.See all our tweets and photos at https://twitter.com/Analytics_Sam
07. May 2015
Real-time pricing: coming to a store near you.Personal shopping is on the brink of taking on a whole new meaning. The advancement of mobile technology and the information held on individuals' shopping histories means product prices could soon adapt as shoppers walk up and down their supermarket aisle.Gone are the days of retailers only being able to actively manage the price of a small number of products once a week. Algorithmic pricing and real-time competitive pricing data allows the changing of product prices on the fly.Amazon is at the forefront of such "real-time pricing" initiatives, which have traditionally been the preserve of online-only retailers.However, brick-and-mortar retailers in the US are showing their UK counterparts the limitless possibilities when it comes to dynamic pricing.Independent consumer electronics retailer Abt Electronics pipes competitive pricing data gathered by Dynamite Data into its point-of-sale systems to allow staff to negotiate prices at the point-of-sale, according to Dynamite Data chief executive Diana Schulz.Meanwhile, another one of Dynamite Data's unnamed clients uses electronic shelf labels and re-prices every product in their stores each morning based on the prices of its rivals.The ability to change prices dynamically is not simply the preserve of all-powerful brands such as Walmart or Target either.Schulz explained that her company has "seen these types of technologies in both large and mid-sized retailers" despite the "investment in technology and competitive data that is typically needed".Commercial sensitivitiesBack in the UK things are not quite as close to a Minority Report-style personalized shopping experience.Even online-only specialists Shop Direct and Ocado claim they do not engage in real-time pricing, while those that do heavily use real-time data to adapt their prices such as the airline brands are reluctant to discuss the issues.EasyJet declined to comment when contacted because of commercial sensitivities around discussing pricing-related issues.Grocers Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's have all claimed they do not engage in real-time pricing, with the latter two both citing the logistical difficulties in aligning such a strategy across their physical stores and online presence.A Sainsbury's spokesman claims real-time pricing would result in "chaos", while an Asda spokeswoman saying such a strategy would be a "nightmare".Yet, despite such a negative perspective from UK brands, experts are confident real-time pricing will arrive on these shores sooner or later.Simon Spyer, a partner of VCCP data arm Conduit who began his career working on the Sainsbury's Nectar business, believes the UK will begin to see "more and more" of matching rivals' prices dynamically, particularly in the grocery and electrical sectors.He explained that real-time pricing is likely to affect "anything where the product is largely commoditized" and in instances where the only way retailers can differentiate that product is by "being really keen on price".Electronic labelsAs it stands the major barrier for implementing "real-time pricing" in-store is changing the prices to match the online price, a hurdle that could be removed by the electronic shelf labels being pioneered in the US.Schemes like Tesco Price Promise and Asda Price Guarantee already use real-time data to 'price match'In the UK various retailers have dipped their toes into the water when it comes to electronic shelf-labeling including a Nisa Local store in Shrewsbury that launched a trial in August last year to carry out automatic pricing and timed promotional updates, alongside QR codes and meal deals.Tesco has also experimented with electronic labeling on various occasions with trials in 2006 and 2008, but the retail giant has yet to combine real-time pricing with its electronic labels.Spyer claims "the capability is definitely there both online and offline – it is whether there is a business rationale for investing in it".However, with major UK supermarkets lacking a pressing reason to implement real-time pricing, that investment may be slow in arriving, argues Kaye Coleman, the founder of price consultancy Ripe Strategic.Coleman explains: "The supermarkets already do price matching – it is not so sophisticated but price matching is already happening".Schemes including the Tesco Price Promise, the Asda Price Guarantee and the Sainsbury's Brand Match currently use real-time data to "price match" by offering money off the next shop.A cynic could argue the supermarkets should knock money off at the till rather than relying on customers to redeem their vouchers at the next shop, but such an action could hit the companies' bottom line.Mobile sophisticationThe growing sophistication of mobile marketing is also likely to revolutionize the way brands approach their price matching."If you can come up with a value proposition where I check-in [on my mobile] when I walk through the store for the first time and that presents me with a personalized experience based on my purchase history then I could see the benefit for a customer and a retailer," said Spyer.The trick for retailers is persuading customers to adopt such behavior, but the offer of being delivered ever-changing personalized price offers and messages in-store is a compelling proposition.Personalization is already a priority for retailers. Sainsbury's uses anonymized shopping data gathered from the Nectar card to personalize offers.The levels of personalization offered by Sainsbury's are increasingly complex. If a female customer buys folic acid they will be sent promotions on other pregnancy-related supplements during the pregnancy period and offers on nappies further down the line.UK retailers are sure to keep a close eye on developments over the Atlantic, with Schulz claiming she knows of clients that are piloting technologies that enable in-store personalized discounts.The challenges on the high-street mean there will inevitably be more casualties, but real-time pricing does not have to be the sole preserve of online-only retailers.Innovative ways of manipulating real-time data could be the shot in the arm the high-street retail industry so desperately needs.This article was first published on marketingmagazine.co.ukClick here for the article on the web.
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