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L'Oreal USA, the largest subsidiary of the L'Oreal Group, reduced carbon emissions by 57 percent last year.
The company's 2014 Progress report, titled Sharing Beauty With All, attributes the reduction to projects put in place last year to cut carbon impact. One of those projects is a new biomass power plant in its Burgos, Spain, factory.
The L'Oreal Group sets lofty 2020 targets in the report that work toward its main goal: ensuring 100 percent of its products have a positive environmental or social benefit. The company is well on its way to meeting that goal, as the report reveals.
Here is an overview of the L'Oreal Group's progress:
"These results show that we can deliver significant and tangible results if we put sustainable development at the center of the Group strategy, as we have been doing with determination for several years. Companies have an important role to play in society, and L'Oréal intends to make a significant contribution," Jean-Paul Agon, chairman and CEO of L'Oréal, said in a statement.
Although it only uses a a small amount of palm oil, by 2012 its entire palm oil supply met Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) standards. All of its direct palm oil purchases since 2010 have been RSPO certified, and since 2012 all of its palm oil derivatives purchases have been RSPO certified. By 2015, all of the palm oil, palm oil derivatives and palm kernel oil derivatives sourced will come from known and traced sources.
Reducing waste is another focus of the L'Oreal Group, including reducing transport packaging-related waste. Between 2013 and 2014, L'Oreal plants reduced transport packaging waste by about 3,000 tons. The key drivers to the reductions are introducing returnable packaging for plant deliveries and standardizing pallets to limit wood waste.
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The family of missing teenager Nora Quoirin have been given more than £100,000 in donations to help continue the search for her.
Nora, 15, disappeared from a Malaysian jungle resort on Sunday, 4 August.
More than 300 search and rescue personnel including elite troops have been desperately trying to find the London schoolgirl.
On Saturday, Nora's mother Meabh fought back tears as she thanked search teams for their efforts.
Nora was born with the brain malformation holoprosencephaly and her parents said they fear their daughter will struggle to survive alone and will be upset without her nighttime cuddles with her mother.
The teenager, who often struggles to walk unaccompanied due to her condition, hasn't been seen since going missing during a family holiday, with her parents fearing she may have been abducted from the Dusun eco-resort in southern Negeri Sembilan state.
Meabh Quoirin, who is Irish, and her French husband, Sebastien, consoled one another as they thanked teams for working 'day and night' to find their daughter, in a video broadcast on local media.
Meabh said: 'To be with us here, it means the world to us. We are so grateful for everything that you are doing for us, everyone who is helping here and not from here.'
The teenager's aunt set up an online fundraising page in the aftermath of her disappearance, which has so far collected more than £89,000.
A second campaign created by Nora's uncle to collect money in euros now totals more than 14,000 euros (£13,000).
On Monday morning, a total of 348 personnel were deployed in the search operation, the largest team so far, according to Malaysia's Malay Mail newspaper.
Malaysian police set up a new hotline over the weekend, while voluntary hikers also joined the search for Nora.
Search and rescue teams worked throughout Sunday despite it being a religious holiday in the country.
Her parents – referring to Hari Raya Haji, the Islamic 'festival of sacrifice' celebrations – said: 'You have given up your time especially at a special festival time.
'We see you working so hard and also praying with us and being with us.'
The family have said they remain hopeful after police leading the investigation refused to rule out a 'criminal element'.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Metropolitan Police are supporting the Malaysian police with the case.
A spokeswoman for the NCA said: 'The National Crime Agency, the Met Police and the Irish police are working together to help and support the Malaysian authorities relating to Nora Quoirin's disappearance.'
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Roger Federer eyes historic World No. 1 in Rotterdam
Roger Federer will target a return to the top of the rankings as the Rotterdam World Tennis tournament starts today, with the Swiss aiming to become the oldest number one player in ATP history
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Roger Federer will target a return to the top of the rankings as the Rotterdam World Tennis tournament starts today, with the Swiss aiming to become the oldest number one player in ATP history. The test begins at the Ahoy stadium when Federer, 36, who claimed his 20th Grand Slam title a fortnight ago in Melbourne, returns to the Dutch port city for the first time since 2013.
Top seed Federer starts in the first round against a qualifier in an event he has won twice before, lifting the trophy in 2005 and 2012. Should he reach the semi-finals, Federer would pass Rafael Nadal to take over the world's top ranking. But his quarter-final opponent could well be long-time friend Stan Wawrinka, seeded fifth. Federer lies just 155 points behind the injured Nadal in the standings, with a possible 180 points available for making the last four in Rotterdam.
The Swiss would surpass Andre Agassi, who held the top spot in 2003 aged 33 years and 131 days. The evergreen Federer has repeatedly said he has no intention of stopping in the foreseeable future, but realises that maintaining his longevity requires his trademark precise planning, of which the decision to compete in Rotterdam is the latest example. "I've won three slams now in 12 months. I can't believe it myself. I just got to keep a good schedule and stay hungry. I don't think age is an issue, per se. It's just a number. But I need to be very careful in my planning, really decide beforehand what are my goals," he said after winning the Melbourne title for a sixth time.
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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, founded in 1937, is a modern art museum located in New York City. It is often called simply The Guggenheim. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
References in popular culture
- In the film L.A. Story, Steve Martin's character has fun roller-skating through an art museum as a friend videotapes him. An acquaintance he meets in the art museum asks him, "Have you tried the Guggenheim?"
- The exterior of the Guggenheim Museum can be seen in the opening sequence of The Critic.
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- The Guggenheim can be seen in the film Downtown 81 starring the artist Jean Michel Basquiat
- In Michael Almereyda's 2000 film version of Hamlet, part of Ophelia's (played by Julia Stiles) mad scene takes place in the museum.
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"True, but not Precise"
I have been attending a "12 step" group at a church that explicitly spells out their position that Jesus Christ is their higher power. So far, so good, but I apparently have run afoul of some of the unoffiical "leaders" in the group for expanding on some of their comments with clarifications that appear to contradict what they say. I have puzzled over how to explain my purposes, and have come to the satifying explanation that what the True Church teaches from the Scriptures is true, but that the traditional terminology and word-usage is not precise.
"True, but not precise." What does that mean and how does it translate into practice?-
At the core of the phrase "true, but not precise" is the recognition that the traditional analogies and vocabulary that are used to explain scriptural truths illuminate those truths in a limited fashion because they themselves are not found in scripture. My position with regard to Scripture is similar to the Church's: It is the Word of God that communicates God's general will that are inerrant in the originals. What are not inerrant are the analogies, parables, sayings, cliches, and vocabulary of those who did not write the Scriptures, but who are trying to explain those Scriptures. These analogies, parables, sayings, cliches, and vocabulary are used by expositors to explain the complex ideas found in the Scriptures in a simple way to people attempting to understand the text who do not understand the original language in which they were written. Over time, these explanatory tools become sacred, with any alternative usage viewed with suspicion if they do not "reduce to," or better explain, the existing usage.
The problem with this mindset is that there are real problems when one insists on using imprecise language in the face of complex problems. For instance, the coordinators of the 12 step group rightly extol the Scriptures, but their approach made it appear that the Scriptures themselves accomplish their purpose independent of God's power. Certainly, when God Speaks, what He says amounts to Scripture, but the power comes from the fact that God spoke it, not inherently in the words. For instance, there is a real difference between God saying "Let there be light!" and a human being saying "Let there be light!" The words themselves are found in Scripture, but merely repeating them does not produce the same effect because the power is not in the words themselves (which would be believing in magic), but in thePperson who said them. Here is a search on the words "word perform", and you will see that it is God who "performs" His Word. There is an element of personal intervention and involvement that is missed if one focusses on what a person says that causes stuff to happen rather than on the person themselves actively following through on what they say. Focus on the words, and you get, at best, what the words promise. Focus on the person who says the words, and you not only get what the words promise, but you open yourself up to receiving personal words from that person as well as engaging in a relationship. When you hear the words "The check is in the mail", whether you feel expectation or exasperation depends, not on the words, but on your personal knowledge regarding the one who spoke them. The result will either be you feeling resignation or having patience and expectation (hope). A "Word of Faith" person would, in the face of seeming failure, expand the number or variety of promises they would utter or the style in which they say and pray them, but might miss the fact that their problem is relational or conceptual. Getting more intimate with God, or getting one's understanding of a phenomenon straight, often results in the promise being fulfilled or a desire granted as a form of "feedback" mechanism to signal approval. For decades I hated Romans 12:1 about being a living sacrifice and simply rebelled at those people who insisted that I obey the Word (mostly because it got me into a position that allowed them to wield the knife). However, the moment I got a more intimate and real relationship with the God to whom that sacrifice was going to be made, I not only obey and do it instinctively, as often as possible, and with a real sense of personal pleasure, I find God driving away everyone who has a sharp instrument and plunder on their minds. Our God is a jealous God? Oh you betcha. In fact, you won't know the meaning of the word until you see God showing it!
Another example that is more relevant to Symbiotic Christianity is the phrase "Jesus is in you". The actual fact of the matter is that Jesus is actually seated at the Right Hand of the Father in Heaven, and that it is the Holy Spirit who is actually in you, reflecting Jesus to you in the same way that Jesus reflected the Father to the disciples and us, even though the Father was not literally in Him but was in Heaven. In this case, the use of "Jesus is in you" is apparently calculated to evade any real discussion of the role of the Holy Spirit, but there's no problem keeping Jesus and the Father distinct and separate, with separate roles and responsibilities. To be certain, there are passages that tell us we are "in Christ Jesus", but the passages that tell us we are "in Christ", that do not use the word "Jesus", are also numerous. In a sense, using the looser language while eschewing the more precise language allows the user to evade the seeming contradictions in the passages that actually point to the deeper reality of Unification that I was led to see because I submitted to the discipline of using the more precise language.
Even Paul himself admitted that some of his analogies and illustrations were not precise. In 2 Timothy 2:3-6, Paul uses a series of illustrations to explain the level of commitment God required of him as an empowered worker for Him. In verse 7, he implicitly admits that the illustrations are indirect and do not precisely communicate what he has in mind, so he tells Timothy to consider the examples and invoke Illumination to obtain, by God's aid, a revelation of the underlying truth he (Paul) is finding difficult to get across.
The downside of this is that the benefits of using more precise language are (currently) accruing to to those who have a precise turn of mind that allows them to appreciate the distinctions. At the moment, I find such minds in engineers and pre-teens. In engineers, because they are already disciplined in the use of precise terminology and appreciate the need of attending to detail. In pre-teens, because they haven't acquired the obfusticatory vocabulary and preconceptions that block their elders from understanding the details of the facts given them, while having enough intelligence to process the information, coupled with a naive faith willing to attempt implementing it (and succeeding!) In fact, the pre-teens that didn't "get it" were aping adults and teenagers by copping and imitating the mental attitudes of "grown ups".
Hmm. now that I think of it, this entry suggests some tactical and strategic directions in propagating symbiotic Christianity that I had not seen when I started it...
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Lucy Evans, The Caribbean Short Story: Critical Perspectives
Lucy Evans, The Caribbean Short Story: Critical Perspectives, Peepal Tree Press, 2011, 356 pp
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1Published in 2011 by Peepal Tree Press, Ltd, The Caribbean Short Story: Critical Perspectives is edited by Lucy Evans, who lectures at the University of Leicester, and co-edited by Professor Emeritus Marc Wyatt of the University of the West Indies and Emma Smith who works in the editorial department at Peepal Tree Press Ltd, Leeds.
2The book is a collection of twenty critical essays by British academic contributors for the most part, three essays being by American academics, and two by a West Indian academic and a Caribbean writer respectively. Because the essays are overwhelmingly British, the reader sometimes feels that the interpretative lens are rather Eurocentric in tone.
3The twenty essays are organized in five parts: Publishing Histories, Socio-Political Contexts, Modernity and Modernism, Folktales and Oral Traditions, and Generic Boundaries and Transgressions. While they harness different perspectives on Caribbean short stories, they fail to reach the central argument with which overlaps might have been avoided. One also regrets the lack of background information here and there. Information about the Beacon Group for instance would prove necessary for researchers not quite conversant in Caribbean studies to fully grasp and assess Raymond Ramcharitar's contention.
4This being said, The Caribbean Short Story: Critical Perspectives compares in merits with other scholarly books such as The Routledge Reader in Caribbean Literature insofar as it brings lesser-known but creative writers to the fore, and targets the subject of Caribbean Literature through multiple angles.
5In her foreword, Emma Smith announces that the book is a response to the observation that there was an extraordinary rich heritage of short-story writing from the Caribbean and its diaspora. The essays point to a very rich heritage indeed. As Lucy Evans puts it in her introduction, "the formation of a literary culture based in the Caribbean region in the early to mid-twentieth century is crucial to a full appreciation not only of Caribbean short-story writing, but of Caribbean literary and cultural production more generally". The book under review deals extensively with the formation of such culture. But Lucy Evans's warning that "there are continuities and differences in the way the short story form has been employed by Caribbean writers through time" which the essays "illuminate […] giving readers a broad sense of the genre's evolution" might be discussed. The Caribbean Short Story: Critical Perspectives does not really focus on the genre proper; neither does it focus on a particular mode of writing short stories which would be definitely Caribbean. It focuses on short stories with a Caribbean background, and on short-story writers who happen to be Caribbean, and so the evolutionary path to which Lucy Evans alludes to is the evolutionary path followed by short-story writers whether Caribbean or not.
Part 1, Publishing Histories
6Alison Donnell's comprehensive essay "Heard but not Seen: Women's short stories and the BBC's Caribbean Voices programme" provides a full, invaluable analysis of the reasons why the programme did not serve women writers' rights as fairly as it did men writers'. Contrary to men, many women writers of the time remain unknown to date. Alison Donnell does them justice by paying tribute to works that "present an archive from which Caribbean literary history still has much to learn." (41).
7In the following essay, "The Lesser Names Beneath the Peaks: Jamaican short story fiction and its contexts, 1938-1950", Suzanne Scafe presents writers who made distinguished, innovative steps towards a national aesthetic freed from colonial bondage and marked by the use of the Jamaican vernacular. The reader's curiosity is aroused by names not often quoted, whether in anthologies or in other academic books. This essay resonates with others in the collection also grounded on the use of the vernacular.
8The perspective offered by Trinidadian poet, fiction writer and cultural critic Raymond Ramcharitar counterpoints Suzanne Scafe's. Raymond Ramcharitar contends that "staples of the colonial imaginary […] were reproduced rather than repudiated in the Beacon's fiction". Placed just after Scafe's essay, Ramcharitar's essay sheds light on the editors' attempt to delineate the jagged frame of Caribbean short story production.
9Patricia Catoara's essay "Political and Market Forces in the Cuban Short Story" spans the twentieth-century history of Cuban short-story writing. Her essay has much to do with the historical approach, and could have appeared in the next chapter devoted to socio-political contexts.
Part 2, Socio-political Contexts
10As the title does not straightforwardly suggest, each of the three essays under it provides insight into particular Caribbean short-story writers.
11Abigail Ward focuses on Indian-Trinidadian writer Ismith Khan. In "Tracing significant footsteps: Ismith Khan and the Indian-Caribbean Short Story", she explores the racial contours which shape and inform the writer's stories.
12Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw attends to "The temporal aesthetic in the short fiction of Yanick Larens and Edwidge Danticat." After four pages of general considerations on short-story writing and on the genre as a way of penetrating into the daily fabric of life, Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw comes to the aim of her essay and convincingly comments on Lens's "Le désastre banal" as the character Mirna's failed attempt to reverse the history of Haiti's American conquest. From Lahens's story she moves on to Danticat's "Seven", laying the emphasis on the protagonists' distance due to their time-long separation. She ends her essay by drawing two parallels between the two stories under study which are unequal in their convincing power. The aesthetical argument of characters playing the dramatic roles assigned to them by Haitian collective history is much more forceful than the political argument which appears a little far-fetched.
13"The Shorter Form(s) of the Game: Cricket, Childhood and the Caribbean Short Story" is Claire Westall's enlightening essay on six short stories by Michael Anthony, Paul Keens-Douglas, Earl McKenzie, Ismith Khan, Raywat Deonandan, and Elahi Baksh respectively in which cricket plays a key re-membering part in the young heroes' identity constructions.
Part 3, Modernity and Modernisms
14This part brings together four essays dealing with the influence of global trends on Caribbean literature.
15Dave Gunning tries to appraise "Claude McKay, Eric Walrond and the Locations of Black Internationalism". One fruitful way of reading Dave Gunning's essay is to view McKay's and Walrond's short fiction as representing a "hemispheric conception of the modern Americas" (quote from Michelle Stephens, 148).
16James Procter's essay "To See Ourselves As Others See Us!": Seepersad Naipaul, Modernity and the Rise of the Trinidadian Short Story" is in defense of Seepersad Naipaul's modernity. James Procter compares two collections of short stories by the author: Gurudeva and Other Indian Tales published in 1943 and The Adventures of Gurudeva published posthumously in 1976 to show that Seepersad Naipaul is preoccupied with the intrusion of modernity into Indian Trinidadian communal life.
17The essay on Jean Rhys "'I Cut it and Cut It': Jean Rhys's Short Short Fiction" by Joanna Johnson tackles Jean Rhys's short fiction with the contention that it is definitely modernist in form.
18Jak Peake's essay "Remapping the Trinidadian Short Story: Local, American and Global Relations in the Short Fiction of Earl Lovelace and Laurence Scott" painstakingly tries to drive home the idea that the fictional work of these two Trinidadian authors are modern insofar as they go against the grain. Strangely enough the three main angles through which Jak Peake purports to make his point are announced in the middle of his first part "Remapping the local and the singular": "the short story and novel are related forms"; "the short story need not be entirely centred upon singular or closed events"; "an open-ended continuum of effects may be more apt in describing the Caribbean and, particularly, the Trinidadian short story." (188). So far so good, but how do these assessments relate to the second part of his essay "Remapping America"?
Part 4, Folktales and Oral Traditions
19This is undoubtedly the least unexpected title in a book dealing with Caribbean literature. However the essays collected in it are quite lively in style and luminous in content. They form a whole with the exception of the fourth and last one.
20In "'And Always, Anancy Changes': an Exploration of Andrew Salkey's Anancy Stories", Emily Zobel Marshall deals with canonical writer Andrew Salkey whose fiction she approaches through the angle of Anancy stories.
21Gina Wisker examines young Caribbean Canadian writer Nalo Hopkinson's speculative stories which dip into oral tradition whether Caribbean or European.
22Patricia Murray writes about "The Marvellous and the Real" atmosphere in Pauline Melville's The Migration of Ghosts.
23Sandra Courtman addresses Caribbean short stories which cross mental and cultural borders, as well as cultural ways of reading literature. Her essay is convincingly defended, but it appears somewhat out-of-place in a part devoted to folktales and oral traditions. Interestingly enough, Lucy Evans mistakenly locates Sandra Courtman's essay in the second part of the collection.
Part 5, Generic Boundaries and Transgressions
24The essays found in this part could have been placed elsewhere in the book. However by shedding full light on border crossings they draw the reader's attention to a key characteristic of Caribbean literature.
25Shirley Chew is an academic critic Olive Senior knows well and values. The discussion of Olive Senior's short story "Ballad" falls neatly within the scope of generic boundaries and transgressions, but the section on Olive Senior's poems is more loosely related although as short forms poems do bear resemblances to short stories.
26In her essay about V.S. Naipaul's A Way in the World, Lucy Evans draws heavily on the metaphor of chain linking to show how the semi-autobiographical, semi-historical, and fictional elements meet in the nine narratives which compose V.S. Naipaul's book. Again, one is closer to short form narratives than to short stories.
27Andrew H. Armstrong's essay "Liminality and the poetics of space in Mark McWatt's Suspended Sentences and Kwame Dawes's A Place to Hide" assesses the two authors' cycles of short stories and comes to the conclusion that the boundary between short story and novel becomes artificial for these two books.
28Basing her critical approach of Kamau Brathwaite on Dreamstories and its porous frontiers between prose and poetry, languages past and present, Elaine Savoy concludes that Kamau Brathwaite re-invents "the ancient art of storytelling in postmodern style." (325)
29Being a collection of essays, The Caribbean Short Story: Critical Perspectives suffers to a certain extent from a lack of comprehensive structure. The collection, however, offers interesting pathways into Caribbean literary history and into innovative, creative ways of writing literature.
Pour citer cet article
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Marie-Annick Montout, "Review of Lucy Evans's The Caribbean Short Story: Critical Perspectives (Peepal Tree Press, 2011)", Journal of The Short Story in English, 57, autumn 2011, 115-119.
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Marie-Annick Montout, « Lucy Evans, The Caribbean Short Story: Critical Perspectives », Journal of the Short Story in English [En ligne], 57 | Autumn 2011, mis en ligne le 30 janvier 2014, consulté le 28 octobre 2020. URL : http://journals.openedition.org/jsse/1188


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You know you can count on Suunto products being precise since its origin story stems from the pursuit of precision: Tuomas Vohlonen, the founder of Suunto, started the business selling his patented liquid-filled compasses which provided "better readings and a new level of accuracy" then dry compasses at the time.
The company has come a long way in the last 80 years since it was established, and although they haven't got as popular as manufacturers such as Garmin or Fitbit, their products are held in high esteem in performance sport circles.
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How to choose the best Suunto watch for your needs
Before buying your first Suunto smartwatch, there are a few things you might want to consider. Probably one of the most important criteria will be the price of the watch. Not everyone needs all the functionality the Suunto 9 Baro has to offer and therefore it might be harder for some to justify the higher price tag.
The Suunto 5 and the Suunto 3 represents a good balance between price and features, both being reasonably priced (with the Suunto 3 being cheaper, selling for around £150-200 in general) and offering your standard fitness tracking capabilities, like wrist based heart rate, among other features.
We highly recommend getting a model with integrated GPS, like the Suunto 9 or the Suunto 5, which will save you from having to carry around your smartphone if you want to track your route outdoors. Of course, if you prefer listening to music as you devour the miles, you might still want to have your phone on you since no Suunto watch offers music storage.
Mid- to high-end Suunto smartwatches track all the most popular sport activities in great detail, including running (e.g. average/max/lap pace in real time), cycling (e.g. speed) and even swimming (e.g. pace and distance).
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Best Suunto watches, in order
1. Suunto 9 Baro
All the top features for a reasonable price tag
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The Suunto 9 Baro is pretty much identical to the Suunto 9, apart from two key factors: the Baro has a barometer – as the name suggests – and also comes with a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal glass at the front. For these two features, you will need to pay around 20% premium, but it'll be worth it.
The Suunto 9 Baro's extra features will be appreciated most by trail runners who scale mountains and would like to keep track of the altitude gain/loss of their runs. Even better for them, the Suunto 9 Baro features a storm alarm, so you can find shelter in time, or just skip outdoor training, as you wish.
The extra features offered by the Suunto 9 Baro don't compromise the excellent battery life, another bonus for people who not only like running in mountains, but also also do it for long periods of time each time. We understand that we are talking about a niche market here, but for those, the Suunto 9 Baro is heaven sent.
2. Suunto 9
The non-barometer version is still a decent offering, compared to the flagship model
Reasons to buy
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The Suunto 9 has pretty much all the features the Finnish brand has to offer, apart from, of course, the barometer. Not sure if it's because the lack of barometer, but the Suunto 9 is lighter than the Suunto 9 Baro (9 grams lighter, to be precise) and also cheaper than its more feature packed sibling.
For the price, you get a whole load of watch. And we mean a big watch, the Suunto 9 being one of the bulkiest smartwatch on the market. You will definitely feel it on your wrist as you exercise, unlike wearing the Garmin Forerunner 945. It has a certain appeal to it and reminds one of a diver watch more than a running watch.
Although it misses out on the barometer, it has quite a few other features nevertheless, like the wrist heart rate sensor, touch sensitive screen, vibration motor, water resistance up to 100 metres, and of course, a range of battery management options, with which the Suunto 9 can last up to 120 hours in tracking more.
As in the case of any smartwatch measuring heart rate on the wrist, it won't be as accurate as wearing a chest strap, but the average will be accurate enough for most. The digital compass and the GPS is precise, too, the latter utilising the combination of fours global positioning systems: GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO and QZSS.
3. Suunto 7
Wear OS-powered touchscreen watch with many casual features
Reasons to buy
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The Suunto 7 occupies a strange space on the fitness wearable market: it is too expensive and overpowered to be a fitness tracker and to some degree, too casual to be taken seriously as a running watch. It is more expensive than many of the latest Apple Watch models and also its direct competitor, the Garmin Venu.
Yet, the Suunto 7 has plenty to offer: the sharp display, plenty of smart functionality, good heart rate sensor and built-in GPS, not to mention the offline maps and the really cool running/cycling heatmaps.
The controls are slightly confusing at first thanks to the combination of touchscreen and push button operation. On top of this, the lag of the Wear OS software can cause slight frustration, but it will only last a short period until you get used to the shortcuts in navigation.
On a scale from Garmin Forerunner 945 to Fitbit Versa 2, the Suunto 7 sits closer to the former but still gives the impression that it's the latter on steroids. One thing that pushes the Suunto 7 towards the Fitbit Versa 2 end of the scale is the battery life.
You will be lucky to go two days between two charges, which is not too bad for a Wear OS watch with a huge display, but it is not great compared to running watches like the Suunto 9 or even the aforementioned Garmin Venu which can last up to five days (it has a smaller display, mind).
The biggest issue with the Suunto 7 is its price; it might be an Apple Watch competitor, but I doubt many people would choose a Suunto over an Apple Watch. Once the price has dropped slightly (watch out for those sweet discounts here at T3!), I will be able to wholeheartedly recommend the Suunto.
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4. Suunto 5
Feature packed but display could be better
Reasons to buy
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What do we like in the Suunto 5? For one, it's a lighter, more compact version of the Suunto 9, so if you are concerned about the weight of the watch dragging your wrist down, definitely go for the Suunto 5.
Although it is lighter, it still features most of the features from its older sibling, like the up to two weeks battery life in 'Time' mode, the improved global positioning system, the intelligent battery modes, wrist heart rate sensor and more.
Some corners needed to be cut, though, to keep the price low, which is quite apparent when you look at the screen: it only has a 218 x 218 pixels resolution, which wouldn't necessarily be an issue, but for an unknown reason the messages are displayed with tiny little fonts, so especially if you are exercising, it could be challenging to read the screen.
But for everyday activity tracking – which the Suunto 5 was most likely designed for – it works just fine. And once you stopped running, the Suunto 5 will provide you handy metrics, like the advanced training load features (move summary with lap details, training logbook for long term overviews, training load with totals by sport, etc).
5. Suunto Traverse Alpha
One for hikers, hunters and people who love tracking their fishing
Reasons to buy
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The Suunto Traverse Alpha might have a lower-than-usual screen resolution, but how many other smartwatches out there can track fishing and hunting, eh? Not many.
As Suunto puts it: "Specific fishing and hunting features provide useful tools for your activity, including moon phase calendar, shot detection, sunrise alert, weather trend, and red backlight for nighttime use". And that, in itself, is probably enough for many sportspeople who probably felt left out before.
On top of these, er, special features, for the price, you will also get scratch-free sapphire crystal glass at the front, water resistant stainless steel casing, an up to 100 hour battery life in tracking mode and much more.
The only downside is the blocky display, but there is only so many details you can display with a screen resolution of 128 x 128 pixels. But in return, the backlight of the screen can be used as a flashlight in the dark!
6. Suunto Spartan Sport Wrist HR
Variation on a theme – in this case the Suunto 9
Reasons to buy
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The Suunto Spartan Sport Wrist HR is a peculiar watch from Suunto. It is basically a slightly-less smart version of the Suunto 9, with the same screen and more or less the same built, but without the updated GPS or the intelligent battery modes. even the price is the same, so it's a bit puzzling why it's still on the market.
Not saying that the Suunto Spartan Sport Wrist HR is not a capable multi-sport smartwatch, on the contrary. For the price, you get a watch that looks and feels sturdy, has a large touchscreen display, is water resistant to 100 metres and will last for up to two weeks in 'Time' mode.
Since the intelligent battery management function is missing, you won't get the extremely good battery life with the Suunto Spartan Sport Wrist HR but you'll still get up 40 hours of juice, even in activity tracking mode.
And between you and me, the Suunto Spartan Sport Wrist HR looks slightly sleeker than the Suunto 9, so there is that, too.


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Defects in neocortical neurogenesis and migration cause severe brain developmental disease. LIS1, mutations in which cause lissencephaly (smooth brain), was the first neuronal migration gene to be identified. LIS1 functions in the cytoplasmic dynein pathway, indicating that microtubule motor proteins play a role in brain development. In earlier work supported by this grant we identified multiple discrete LIS1- and dynein- requiring stages in neurogenesis and migration, leading to a comprehensive model for the cellular basis of classical (type I) lissencephaly. We also found LIS1 to be required for the long-mysterious cell-cycle- dependent interkinetic nuclear migration (INM), a general feature of neuroepithelial and radial glial progenitor cell (RGPC) behavior. We have determined further that INM requires the activity of opposite-directed microtubule motor proteins, the plus end-directed unconventional kinesin Kif1a and cytoplasmic dynein. This model appears to explain the underlying mechanism for INM, and should allow us to address further basic and long-standing questions regarding its function and purpose.
The Specific Aims are to determine the mechanism of nuclear transport by Kif1a;to determine how specific inhibition of basal and apical INM affect cell cycle progression and cell fate;and to determine the mechanisms for cell cycle control of INM using small molecule protein kinase inhibitors and other reagents. These issues have important implications for understanding how brain size, composition, and organization are controlled, and how stem cell proliferation is regulated under normal or neoplastic conditions. The analysis of genes responsible for INM and the use of small molecule cell cycle inhibitors will also identify potential targets for modulating neurogenesis and migration during early brain development.
This proposal addresses the mechanisms responsible for neural progenitor cell behavior in the developing brain. We will test the consequences of inhibiting specific genes and protein kinases on the developmental fate of progenitor cells. These studies will identify important new therapeutic targets for developmental conditions, and elucidate the causes of microcephaly, lissencephaly, and heterotopic disorders.
|Wynne, Caitlin L; Vallee, Richard B (2018) Cdk1 phosphorylation of the dynein adapter Nde1 controls cargo binding from G2 to anaphase. J Cell Biol 217:3019-3029
|Baffet, Alexandre D; Carabalona, Aurélie; Dantas, Tiago J et al. (2016) Cellular and subcellular imaging of motor protein-based behavior in embryonic rat brain. Methods Cell Biol 131:349-63
|Yi, Julie; Khobrekar, Noopur V; Dantas, Tiago J et al. (2016) Imaging of motor-dependent transport in neuronal and nonneuronal cells at high spatial and temporal resolution. Methods Cell Biol 131:453-65
|Carabalona, Aurelie; Hu, Daniel Jun-Kit; Vallee, Richard B (2016) KIF1A inhibition immortalizes brain stem cells but blocks BDNF-mediated neuronal migration. Nat Neurosci 19:253-62
|Doobin, David J; Kemal, Shahrnaz; Dantas, Tiago J et al. (2016) Severe NDE1-mediated microcephaly results from neural progenitor cell cycle arrests at multiple specific stages. Nat Commun 7:12551
|Baffet, Alexandre D; Hu, Daniel J; Vallee, Richard B (2015) Cdk1 Activates Pre-mitotic Nuclear Envelope Dynein Recruitment and Apical Nuclear Migration in Neural Stem Cells. Dev Cell 33:703-16
|Taylor, S Paige; Dantas, Tiago J; Duran, Ivan et al. (2015) Mutations in DYNC2LI1 disrupt cilia function and cause short rib polydactyly syndrome. Nat Commun 6:7092
|Fiorillo, Chiara; Moro, Francesca; Yi, Julie et al. (2014) Novel dynein DYNC1H1 neck and motor domain mutations link distal spinal muscular atrophy and abnormal cortical development. Hum Mutat 35:298-302
|Hu, Daniel Jun-Kit; Baffet, Alexandre Dominique; Nayak, Tania et al. (2013) Dynein recruitment to nuclear pores activates apical nuclear migration and mitotic entry in brain progenitor cells. Cell 154:1300-13
|Harms, M B; Ori-McKenney, K M; Scoto, M et al. (2012) Mutations in the tail domain of DYNC1H1 cause dominant spinal muscular atrophy. Neurology 78:1714-20
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Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations Kakashi Strikes (Video)
The new advertisement for the upcoming game for PS3 and Xbox 360 is completely concentrated at the notorious son of the White Fang of Konoha. Hatake Kakash is presented in many forms and ages in this new preview that you can see below just as streamed on the official website of the game.
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations is coming out in Japan on February 23, in the United States on March 13, and in Europe on March 30 and will definitely be a sweet candy for all who admire the franchise!
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This year we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the NHS.
In 1948 for the first time hospitals, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, opticians and dentists came together under one service available to everyone according to need, free at the point of use. The NHS was born.
Healthwatch England asks What do you want from the NHS in the future?
We explore people's views on the NHS at 80 and beyond in our national conversation #NHS100 As the NHS turns 70 Healthwatch Engalnd is turning its focus to the future, asking people some big questions about three key areas of their health and social care: • People's health and care needs now and in the future • People's relationships with their doctors, nurses and other health professionals • Technology, and how it's revolutionising the types of treatments available and how we interact with services, but also comes with some big practical and ethical questions. Join in the conversation on social [...]
What will the NHS look like at 100?
BBC - Forget 70 - what will the NHS look like at 100?
NHS timeline in pictures
BBC - The NHS at 70: A timeline in pictures
Congratulations Rose! St James Hospital cleaner gets top NHS award
Congratulations to Rose Bennett, a cleaner at St James Hospital Milton, who has been recognised for her dedication with an NHS 'Health Heroes' award for Lifetime Achievement. Rose has worked at St James for 46 years and in that time has kept the premises clean, improving the lives and helping the recovery of tens of thousands of patients. The Chief Executive of NHS England Sir Simon Stevens presented the award to Rose at a special ceremony. Portsmouth News - Portsmouth NHS cleaner scoops top award
Spinnaker Tower shines blue to celebrate NHS70
Last night the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth Harbour was lit in blue to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the NHS.
Portsmouth's Guildhall Square celebrates NHS70
On Thursday Healthwatch Portsmouth joined the Lord Mayor of Portsmouth, local NHS organisations, staff, school children and members of the public in a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the NHS. Portsmouth News - Portsmouth's Guildhall Square is taken over for a healthy party for NHS70


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Early Intervention for Psychosis
Early Intervention for Psychosis
Why is early intervention for psychosis important?
Why is early intervention for psychosis important?
- Psychosis affects 3 in every 100.
- The average length of untreated first episode in psychosis in Dublin is 2 years (DETECT, 2010).
- Longer duration of untreated psychosis increases the likelihood of suicide.
- Longer duration of untreated psychosis reduces the likelihood of a full recovery.
- Early detection and effective treatment are associated with substantially improved outcomes.
Early Intervention for Psychosis - International Developments
International development of early intervention teams for psychosis and schizophrenia
The development of early detection and intervention teams for psychosis and schizophrenia has been one of the major movements in psychiatry in the past two decades. This follows on from evidence that longer duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) is associated with a worse prognosis (Perkins et al., 2005, Marshall et al., 2005, Lappin et al., 2006, Harvey et al., 2008, Clarke et al., 2006b, Clarke et al., 2006a).
International examples include:
- Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre (EPPIC) in Australia (http://eppic.org.au/)
- Detect in Dublin South (http://www.detect.ie)
- Early Intervention in Psychosis (http://www.iris-initiative.org.uk/)
- The TIPS program in Norway (http://www.tips-info.com/)
- The Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychoses(PEPP) in Canada (http://www.pepp.ca/)
Typically the focus of these teams is assertive detection of cases at the earliest stage of the illness, either during the first episode of psychosis, or, in the case of some teams, the prodromal phase, in those who are considered to be at "Ultra High Risk" (UHR) of developing schizophrenia or psychosis (Yung and Nelson, 2011).
- PERKINS, D. O., GU, H., BOTEVA, K. & LIEBERMAN, J. A. 2005. Relationship between duration of untreated psychosis and outcome in first-episode schizophrenia: a critical review and meta-analysis. The American journal of psychiatry, 162, 1785-804.
- MARSHALL, M., LEWIS, S., LOCKWOOD, A., DRAKE, R., JONES, P. & CROUDACE, T. 2005. Association between duration of untreated psychosis and outcome in cohorts of first-episode patients: a systematic review. Archives of general psychiatry, 62, 975-83.
- LAPPIN, J. M., MORGAN, K., MORGAN, C., HUTCHISON, G., CHITNIS, X., SUCKLING, J., FEARON, P., MCGUIRE, P. K., JONES, P. B., LEFF, J., MURRAY, R. M. & DAZZAN, P. 2006. Gray matter abnormalities associated with duration of untreated psychosis. Schizophrenia research, 83, 145-53.
- HARVEY, S. B., DEAN, K., MORGAN, C., WALSH, E., DEMJAHA, A., DAZZAN, P., MORGAN, K., LLOYD, T., FEARON, P., JONES, P. B. & MURRAY, R. M. 2008. Self-harm in first-episode psychosis. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 192, 178-84.
- CLARKE, M., WHITTY, P., BROWNE, S., MC TIGUE, O., KINSELLA, A., WADDINGTON, J. L., LARKIN, C. & O'CALLAGHAN, E. 2006a. Suicidality in first episode psychosis. Schizophrenia research, 86, 221-5.
- CLARKE, M., WHITTY, P., BROWNE, S., MCTIGUE, O., KAMALI, M., GERVIN, M., KINSELLA, A., WADDINGTON, J. L., LARKIN, C. & O'CALLAGHAN, E. 2006b. Untreated illness and outcome of psychosis. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 189, 235-40.
- YUNG, A. R. & NELSON, B. 2011. Young people at ultra high risk for psychosis: a research update. Early intervention in psychiatry, 5 Suppl 1, 52-7.
National Clinical Care Programme for Early Intervention in Psychosis
National Clinical Care Programme for Early Intervention in Psychosis (NCP-EI)
- The development of the National Clinical Programmes is an innovation by the Health Service Executive (HSE) to introduce standardised, effective, health interventions nationwide (Quality and Clinical Care Directorate, 2011).
Overarching Aims:
The Clinical Programme for Mental Health is seeking to implement the National policy document "A Vision for Change", through;
- The management of mental health disorders within an evidence based framework of service provision.
- The adoption of an early intervention approach and of more assertive and effective illness intervention/prevention strategies at primary care level.
- The development of partnerships with primary care, voluntary and community agencies.
- The promotion of positive outcomes/recovery for those with mental illness, including the improvement of social functioning and the promotion of personal autonomy and well-being.
Key Solution Areas:
During year one Community Mental Health Teams and GPs will develop.
1. An Early Intervention Programme for First Episode Psychosis.
2. An Early Intervention Programme for Eating Disorders.
3. A programme for the management of Self Harm among Service Users presenting to Hospital Emergency Departments.
This will result in:
- Screening and early identification of people at risk by GPs.
- Rapid access to and assessment by Community Mental Health Teams within set time targets.
- Standardisation of treatment options for service users across the country based on best available evidence.
- Development of shared care arrangements between GPs and specialised Mental Health Services.
- Working in partnership with agencies within the community to provide assertive follow up.
- A focus on positive outcomes for service users and a recovery approach to service delivery.
For further details go to www.hse.ie/mentalhealthprogramme/


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by Tribune Content Agency and Eileen Ogintz, Taking The Kids, August 30, 2018
Bleh, Bleh, Bleh....
We are sharing the hiking trail -- and the spectacular Swiss Alpine views with a herd of goats in the Jungfrau region of the Alps and one goat keeps nudging me from behind, just like my two daughters who have been urging me to hike faster up the steep terrain.
But I can't help pausing to look around at the thundering waterfalls, the Alpine meadows dotted with colorful wildflowers, the huge grazing cows with their distinctive cowbells around their necks and the rustic mountain houses that look like they're straight out of "Heidi." Farmers spend their summers in these small houses so that their cows and goats can graze in the high Alpine meadows.
We see a lot fewer hikers on the trail than we would at a U.S. national park, though this is a UNESCO World Heritage region, and those we do meet (everyone from young kids to those in their 80s) are exceedingly fit.
"Hiking is a way of life for the Swiss," explains Greg Witt, the bestselling hiking books author and founder of Alpenwild, now the largest tour operator offering walking and hiking tours in the Alps. The Swiss, he says, walk nearly twice as many steps a day as the average American.
Our destination is the 15-room Hotel Obersteinberg, which can only be reached by a long uphill hike and is open only from June 1 through September. There are more than 200 Alpine huts in Switzerland where guests can get dinner, breakfast and a comfortable bed, though there may not be electricity or hot showers.
This is the start of a two-week, self-guided hiking trip arranged by Alpenwild for my husband, me and our two daughters -- a rare time together now that the girls are grown -- that will also enable us to hike on the Eiger Trail and see the Matterhorn. As the company does for half its clients, including many outdoor-loving families like ours, Alpenwild booked the hotels and arranged luggage transfers, suggested hikes and other sites. Such trips can be affordable, starting at under $1,000 per person; our Swiss Half Fare Card provided more savings, half off train, bus or boat travel on most mountain railway and public transport (children under 16 travel free when a parent has a valid Swiss Travel System card with the Swiss Family Card).
Except for this foray, if we got tired hiking, we would have another way down the mountain as the Jungfrau region -- this is where J.R.R. Tolkien got his inspiration for Rivendell in "Lord of the Rings" -- offers such a huge network of mountain rails and cableways, including the famous cogwheel Jungrau Railway that first opened in 1912 and now shepherds more than a million tourists a year to the "Top of Europe," Europe's highest railways station (11,332.5 feet above sea level). (Read more in my trip diaries and in future columns.)
No wonder tiny Switzerland -- California is 10 times larger and New York City has more people than in all of Switzerland -- is particularly popular with Americans hungry for an authentic experience to share with their kids, one that will take them away from big cities and tourist sites that have been repeated terrorist targets.
Nearly a million Americans have visited in the last year with tourism from the United States increasing more than 50 percent since 2009.
That's despite the fact that Switzerland, with its own currency, can prove more expensive than other countries (the U.S. dollar and Swiss franc are about an even exchange). The pluses; Switzerland is a safe and stable country, people speak English and the country is exceedingly easy to navigate whether on the trains or the well-marked hiking trails that give you an estimated time to reach nearby towns.
Jamison Dondero, visiting from Dallas, likes most everything in Switzerland -- the chance to ride scooters down the snow-capped mountain, the quaint mountain towns and the cozy, family-owned inns, but the food not so much. "I'd like the fondue better if there weren't so many kinds of cheese in it," she said without a hint of irony. She can be excused because she is only 9.
"Nature is what brings the people here," observed Ruth Fuchs, owner of the popular Restaurant Weidstubli and Camping Jungfrau Holiday Park in Lauterbrunner, which offers more than 400 beds and room for 1,000 visitors in the campground. "There may always be something new (paragliding, hang gliding, scooters, mountain bikes and more) but what remains is the nature."
"It is so pretty everywhere," said Reese Dondero, 12.
Especially at the Hotel Obersteinberg, a working dairy farm and hotel that dates from the 1880s set in a remote valley. There are no roads. Mules transport what the hotel needs. There are chamois, red deer and even ibex in this protected area. (Rates seem a bargain given the experience -- $70 for a dormitory bed; $91 per adult in a private room and $67 for kids starting at age six.)
We eat dinner by candlelight -- vegetable soup, farm-produced sausages and Spätzle, a kind of soft egg noodle traditional here -- and then fall into bed under down quilts in paneled rooms. We don't mind the shared bathroom or the fact that only outdoor cold showers are available. Breakfast is freshly baked bread with cheese and butter that is produced here.
The opportunity for such a unique and remote adventure is what draws families. We met the Arbons, the parents carrying heavy packs, leading their three boys aged 5, 9 and 10 on the trail to the hotel. The biggest plus: "There are no cars and no tourist shops," explained Lea Arbon.
Yann, 10, loves the mountain hut without electricity or showers, "because it is so different than home."
After dinner at Obersteinberg, we sat outside nursing schnapps with our two daughters while taking in the spectacular views across the valley. That it took so much effort to get here made it all the more gratifying.
Lea and Peter Arbon agreed. They were hiking to another mountain hut hotel for a second night. The boys couldn't be happier at the prospect of another night without showers.
(For more Taking the Kids, visit www.takingthekids.com and also follow "taking the kids" on www.twitter.com, Facebook and Instagram where Eileen Ogintz welcomes your questions and comments.)
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Influencer marketing is a tactic that allows companies to leverage industry influencers to amplify their brands primarily through social media channels.
A glance at the influencer marketing landscape
The landscape of digital marketing is ever changing. One cannot solely rely upon the typical marketing tactics and hope for inflated brand visibility online. It's not like they are not working anymore. They work but to cut the clutter of growing competition; you need something with a little extra power.
When marketers are executing a new procedure every day, you need a rock-solid hack that can skyrocket your business sales in the shortest period.
Chances are, Influencer marketing can be your next growth strategy. In a study by Tomoson, influencer marketing is ranked first as the most promising customer acquisition method leaving behind everything from organic search, paid search to email marketing.
So if this is something you've never heard before (which we suppose is very rare), then sit tight, you are about to explore a very effective marketing strategy here. Let's get started.
What is Influencer marketing?
Influencer marketing is for sure one of those terms where the name explains itself. So to understand this, let's break the term first and define "influencers."
Influencers are no one but the people with a vast online audience. They have the power to convince their followers, subscribers, fans, customers, etc. into purchasing or learning more about a specific product or service.
So "Influencer marketing is getting in touch with your industry influencers to amplify your brand's message and project it to your targeted audience."
Your audience might be following these influencers over social media or on Youtube. They look for their reviews, tips, and trends to make a purchase decision.
So you can see, it's working. Influence marketing is most effective when brands want to target genuine customers. Influencer marketing currently amounts to anywhere between $10-15 million in the market value.
Wondering, how can you get it on the trend of influencer marketing?
The first step towards a successful influencer marketing campaign is to approach the right influencer of the industry. That means finding the one who has a good reputation in your niche along with having a huge audience base.
Obviously, you don't want to work with an influencer for your financial business who always promotes beauty products. Relevancy is key everywhere.
So who are these influencers?
For most people, influencers directly refer to some top celebrity figures. But influencers don't necessarily need to be celebrities. They can be anyone- a lifestyle follower, a comedian, a blogger or even an industry expert.
But before beginning your search for influencers, you need to make sure what end motives you want to perform from your influencer marketing campaign. For example, an influencer who is having a highly engaged audience on his blog won't benefit you if you want an active audience on Instagram(just an example).
There are mainly five types of influencers:
- Blogging Influencers:
- Social Media Influencers
- Media Influencers
- Event Influencers
- Discussion Influencers
Now let's see what can you ask these influencers to do for your branding.
How can influencers help you increase your brand visibility?
The sky is the only limit when it comes to any vertical of marketing. This is also true in the case of influencer marketing. You can ask your influencers to market your products in a variety of ways depending upon your end goals.
The most common means by which an influencer can help your marketing campaigns are:
- You can ask an influencer to add a link of your product, service or offer on their website. It can be in any form. They can add a text link in their blog post or can add an image link on their website as a banner on the sidebar.
- You can ask influencers to promote your product at an event they are going to attend. Of course, how they do it totally depends upon the type of event. They can give a short intro about your service in their speaking sessions, can wear your brand logo in the form of caps, T-shirts, etc., or can speak to your potential customers face to face.
- You can ask influencers to mention your brand in their videos or podcasts in a way that people want to explore more.
- The influencer can create a social media post and share it on their official platforms. The type of post can vary depending upon the channel. For example, they can tweet about their experience with your service, they can provide a review of your product on Youtube, and if nothing justifies your service, they can simply share an image on Facebook or Instagram.
- You can ask them to promote you in their marketplace.
In short, there are plenty of ways an influencer can benefit your business. Ultimately, it all boils down to three prime motives a business might have. That is:
- Boosts sales
- Solidifies Brand Awareness
- Saves Money
Probably the last thing that you might want to know in this guide is how to connect with these influencers?
How to connect with influencers?
Once you have an active list of influencers in your hand, the next thing that comes is to approach and connect them. Here are some of the simplest ways you can opt for, let's have a look:
Do your research
Influencers are always interacting with their audience. They keep sharing the updates about their recent collaborations and the type of partnerships they are particularly interested in. So keep a hawk eye on their daily updates and dig around the people who are in general contacts with them.
Prepare a clear pitch
You have to make them fall for your products so that they can stand behind it and promote it. That means you need a clear pitch which should be convincing enough. Make up your mind for what you want in return for a collaboration.
Do you want them to write a review, to make a video, to create a social media post or to mention your product in something they are already doing? Have your ideas prepared but be open to their suggestions as well.
Align it with your other marketing programs
When you are ready to run an influencer marketing campaign, it is always better to offer something more with it. You can align your discount or sale offers in your influencer marketing plan and entice your targeted audience.
Marketing is all about collaboration these days, and Influencer marketing is an effective way of doing it right.
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- Business Strategy: Definition, Examples, And Case Studies
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- Blitzscaling Business Model Innovation Canvas In A Nutshell
- What Is a Value Proposition? Value Proposition Canvas Explained
- What Is a Lean Startup Canvas? Lean Startup Canvas Explained
- What Is Market Segmentation? the Ultimate Guide to Market Segmentation
- Marketing Strategy: Definition, Types, And Examples
- Marketing vs. Sales: How to Use Sales Processes to Grow Your Business


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The resulting noise is measured in the dwelling below, using a sound level meter. Thereafter, background noise measurements are made using a class 1 sound level meter in the receiving room and are used to apply appropriate corrections for external sound such as traffic noise. Similarly the reverberation time (the time taken for sound to decay by 60dB) is measured within the receiving room using the sound source and a sound level meter to determine the corrections that must be applied to allow for the characteristics and absorptiveness of the room.
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The adaptation nominees also include Sony's Oscar-winning feature "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" and Marvel's "Avengers: Endgame," which recently became the highest-grossing movie ever ($2.8 billion) before adjusting for inflation — as well as the live performance "The Snagglepuss Chronicles."
"We're seeing incredible work come from not just traditional comic publishers but from digital publishers, as well by a hugely diverse group of creators across nearly every genre," Mike Armstrong, vice president of ReedPOP, told The Washington Post.
Elsewhere, Tillie Walden's "On a Sunbeam," Jarrett J. Krosoczka's "Hey Kiddo" and "Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me," by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, were among the multiple graphic-novel nominees.
The award is named for the legendary cartoonist and editor Harvey Kurtzman, who most notably worked for Mad magazine and Playboy. The awards, which recognize the best in comics and adaptations, are voted on from the nominations by industry professionals.
NYCC, the East Coast's biggest comics and pop-culture festival, will be Oct. 3 to 6 at the Javits Center.
Here is the full list of nominees:
Book of the Year Award
- "Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home" by Nora Krug, Scribner
- "Berlin" by Jason Lutes, Drawn & Quarterly
- BTTM FDRS by Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore, Fantagraphics
- "Hey Kiddo," by Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Scholastic Graphix
- "Kid Gloves," by Lucy Knisley, First Second
- "Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me," by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, First Second
- "My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies," by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, Image Comics
- "On a Sunbeam," by Tillie Walden, First Second
- "Upgrade Soul," by Ezra Claytan Daniels, Lion Forge
- "When I Arrived at the Castle," by Emily Carroll, Koyama Press
Digital Book of the Year Award
- "Check, Please," by Ngozi Ukazu: www.checkpleasecomic.com
- "Space Boy," by Stephen McCranie: www.webtoons.com/en/drama/space-boy/list?title_no=400&page=1
- "The Contradictions," by Sophie Yanow: www.thecontradictions.com
- "The Nib," edited by Matt Bors: www.thenib.com
- "Woman World," by Aminder Dhaliwal: www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/woman-world/list?title_no=100912&page=1
Best Children's or Young Adult Book Award
- "Hey Kiddo," by Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Scholastic Graphix
- "Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me," by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, First Second
- "Mr. Wolf's Class #2: Mystery Club," by Aron Nels Steinke, Scholastic Graphix
- "New Kid," by Jerry Craft, HarperCollins Children's Books
- "On a Sunbeam," by Tillie Walden, First Second
Children's or Young Adult Book Award
- "Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection," by Junji Ito, VIZ Media
- "Mob Psycho 100," by ONE, Dark Horse Manga
- "My Hero Academia," by Kohei Horikoshi, VIZ Media
- "Our Dreams at Dusk," by Yuhki Kamatani, Seven Seas
- "Smashed," by Junji Ito, VIZ Media
- "Witch Hat Atelier," by Kamome Shirahama, Kodansha Comics
European Book Award
- "Corto Maltese," by Hugo Pratt, IDW Publishing
- "O Josephine," by Jason, Fantagraphics
- "Radiant," by Tony Valente, VIZ Media
- "Red Ultramarine," by Manuele Fior, translated by Jamie Richards, Fantagraphics
- "Waves," by Ingrid Chabbert and Carole Maurel, Archaia
Comics Adaptation Award
- "Alita: Battle Angel," Twentieth Century Fox, based on Battle Angel Alita (Kodansha USA)
- "Avengers: Endgame," Marvel Studios, based on The Avengers (Marvel Comics)
- "The Boys," Amazon Studios, based on The Boys (Dynamite Entertainment)
- "Captain Marvel," Marvel Studios, based on Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics)
- "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina," Netflix, based on Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Archie Comics)
- "Doom Patrol," DC Universe, based on Doom Patrol (DC Comics)
- "Marvel's Spider-Man," Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive, based on Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
- "The Snagglepuss Chronicles," Provincetown (Mass.) Tennessee Williams Theater Festival and Die-Cast, based on Exit, Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles (DC Comics)
- "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation, based on Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
- "The Umbrella Academy," Netflix, based on The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse Comics)
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"The World of Peacock Bass" August '15 Issue
is now out. This issue features information about new peacock bass spinning reels for the 2016 marketplace that you may want to check out. PBA members will learn of some newly introduced lures and lines that are sure to please Amazon anglers next season. Members also can read about a unique "two-guide concept" in place for fly fishermen in Brazil. You'll also find a special deal for a small boat trip up Rio Negro tributaries if you have 3 buddies to go along. There is also info on a great video of a jaguar attack in the jungle and its giant toothy victum!
PBA members will also find new details on the "cabin OK" carry-on requirement that is now on hold. There's also more exotic news from a revitalized reservoir in Mexico that is renown for its trophy largemouth bass. You will also meet our newest Supporting Members who are experienced outfitters throughout South America. In our mailbag this month, you will read about a comparison-seeking fly fisherman that is looking at two peacock rivers in the Amazon Basin. All members will also have access to CLUB CONCIERGE, as usual. Enjoy!
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If you follow us on FaceBook, you know, I spent 6 weeks guiding in the Grand Tetons and Wind River Range. Working with our friends at Jackson Hole Mountain Guides, I was able to have a number of successful significant ascents in the Teton Range, and some big adventures in the Wind River Range.
I'm already looking forward to climbing with you next summer. The 3-4 day ascent of the Grand Teton is pretty civilized. Ascents of the Grand's classic routes like the Exum Ridge II-IV 5.5-5.7, Pownall-Gilkey III 5.8, Direct Petzoldt Ridge III 5.7, North Ridge IV 5.8, East Ridge III 5.7. Don't forget the East Face of Teewinot, Symetry Spire, Guides Wall, the East Ridge of Buck Mountain, the CMC Route on Moran, and many more. Gannet Peak should also be on your radar as well, as is a trip into the Cirque of the Towers.
Let these Photos whet your appetite.
Dates for 2016 will come and go. If you are interested, we should talk soon to begin planning. Space in high camp becomes limited fast! If you need a training plan that is legit, and will work, Mountain Athlete can write one for you.
Our late summer and fall rock season is underway, so get onboard for the best time of year to climb in the North East.


text: The automatic bollards we use are pneumatic, hydraulic and electric piston drive systems. Each system has its own unique characteristics with how it moves the automatic bollards, and also differences in their efficiency and maintenance. Electronic piston drive systems uses an electric motor to push the piston within the cylinder. These systems have the highest precision control, and are also the quietest of all the other systems. Pneumatic uses compressed air to move a piston in a linear motion within the cylinder. The advantages of this system is its simplicity, accuracy, minimal maintenance and the cost being less. Hydraulic systems use an in-compressible fluid being pushed by a pump within the cylinder to give the automatic bollards their linear motion. The hydraulic system has the highest force output being almost 25 times greater force than a pneumatic system.


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Sasha was captured by a famous maniac who loves to play brutal "game" with beautiful girls.
She woke up in a room , sitting on a chair with her hands tied behind her back.
Suddenly she hears the maniac's voice coming from the wall: "To get the freedom from ropes that bind you, you have to defeat 3 ruthless criminals!"
Sasha accepts the challenge even though she knows she can't use her hands.
The first criminal arrives. She gets up and the criminal tries immediately to hit her with two punches to her head but Sasha dodges them and hits him with an headbutt in the face that forces him to fall on the ground. After that she places her foot on his neck and after a series of insults, she breaks it. The first criminal was easily defeated.(2 mins)
Shortly after, the second criminal arrives with a chain in his hand.
This time it's Sasha who starts attacking him with a series of kicks and an headbutt in the stomach.
After a bit of struggle, her attacker manages to take her by the neck with the chain from behind but Sasha manages to knock him out with a series of 3 back headbutt (with the back part of his head) that make him fall unconscious to the ground. Even the second criminal is gone.(4 mins)
Sasha sits back in the chair and the third criminal arrives with a gun.
he stands in front of her and points his gun at her head. After having exchanged a series of words. she (from sitting) hits him with a kick in the balls and forces him to bend. At this point , still sitting, she hits him with a powerful headbutt and the painful criminal falls to his knees, and loses his gun.
Sasha gets up and takes his head between her legs and squeezes as tightly as possible until he loses consciousness.
After the defeat of the third criminal , the voice of the maniac returns: " Congratulation girl, you've earned your freedom" and as if by magic the ropes that bound her hands disappear.
Finally Sasha can escape from that place , but the third criminal gets back staggering and stands in front of her and it's at that point that Sasha with a final single headbutt puts him permanently KO.(4 mins)
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Concert Review: Green Day at Pinkpop Festival 2017
Billie Joe ended the show after more than two hours with a beautiful acoustic rendition of "Ordinary World" and the traditional concert closer "Good Riddance (Time of your Life)" including a well deserved confetti shower for the audience.
Overall, the Pinkpop set was another great Green Day live spectacle. The guys rarely disappoint and their incredible pyro and explosions fit perfectly. While the show might seem too scripted at points, especially when you've seen more than just one Green Day concert, the authenticity of the band's performance counterbalance that effect.
Billie Joe sounded a bit hoarse at times – an impression confirmed at their show in Ljubljana, Slovenia, yesterday. Let's hope it's just a temporary issue remedied by some vocal rest. Other than that, he was as hyper as ever, just like Tré who shows so much passion behind the drums at each concert. The same goes for Mike who bounced around and motivated the crowd to chant and jump. Also, props to Jason White, Jason Freese and Jeff Matika who are as much part of a Green Day show as Mike, Tré and Billie Joe.
The setlist was alright. It was a shortened version of their regular "Revolution Radio Tour"-setlist, which they've been playing for months now. It definitely keeps the energy at a high level throughout the whole show but my enthusiasm was still a little curbed cause it gets somewhat boring when you've seen this set before. Many of the European fans hoped for a few setlist changes, since this is their second leg of the tour and some variety would be nice, especially since Green Day had just debuted "Too Dumb To Die" in Australia – a super catchy track from Revolution Radio that would have been a nice switch up for "Youngblood" which isn't really a fan favorite.
Personally, I'm still missing songs of their trilogy albums like "Stop When The Red Lights Flash", "Stay The Night", "Let Yourself Go" or "Nuclear Family" – at least one of them. "Going To Pasalacqua" would have been awesome, too.
The setlist discussion is a never-ending story, though. There just isn't the perfect Green Day setlist cause the guys have too many great songs to cater to everyone's wishes. Also, they've been playing shows for 30 years now, and one thing that makes them one of the best live bands is that they pour out their hearts and souls on the stage. They can only keep that up when they play the songs THEY want to play, instead of the songs the fans want them to play.
In conclusion: Green Day are epic and you should see them live if you haven't yet. If you have, see them again!


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Guy Beahm was the community manager for Sledgehammer Games. Originally, Beahm was a YouTuber known as "Dr DisRespect". After being hired by Sledgehammer Games, he discontinued his YouTube personality. On March 1, 2012, he announced via Twitter that he had accepted a Level Design position at the studio, and was no longer Community Manager.[1] As a Level Designer, Beahm helped design some of the multiplayer maps for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, including Solar, Horizon, Instinct, Ascend, Recovery, Sideshow, Site 244 and Quarantine.
On September 29, 2015, Beahm announced his retirement from Sledgehammer Games to pursue other interests. He has since returned to running his YouTube personality, "Dr DisRespect".
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- Josh Olin - Former Treyarch equivalent
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Using Phoenix with Mongoread phoenix mongo language tutorial learn elixir
If you're brand new to Phoenix then I would suggest going through Phoenix.You can also read this book from Pragmatic Bookshelf.
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Star Jalsha celebrates 500 episodes of Irabotir Chupkotha
MUMBAI: Irabotir Chupkotha, one of Bengali television's most popular shows, has recently completed 500 episodes.
A unique plot coupled with a stellar cast can only result in a successful mega serial. Irabotir Chupkotha, produced by Acropolis Entertainment is a sparkling example of this instance.
Monami Ghosh and Syed Arefin as Ira and Akash,have brought to life two characters that embody the spirit of Chalo Paltai. Two individuals in their late thirties with contrasting dispositions, eventually find solace in each other's company.
With Irabotir Chupkatha - Bengal witnessed the journey of Iraboti and Akash who had conditioned themselves to lead mundane lives until they fell for one another and realized that it is never too late to give love a second chance.
Soon after its launch in August 2018,Iraboti made her nest in the hearts of the women in Bengal. They loved, laughed, cried and rejoiced together.
As the story took an 18-year leap, we saw Monami Ghosh in a double role- playing the titular character- Iraboti as well as Saloni- Iraboti's long-lost daughter.
There are major twists and turns awaiting the viewer as the show progresses post the leap. The viewers are invited to tune in every Monday to Sunday at 11 pm only on Star Jalsha SD and Star Jalsha HD.


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Dr Catriona Stewart is an Autism Advisor at Scottish Autism and delivers training and consultation services. Catriona co-founded the Scottish Women's Autism Network (SWAN) following her PhD research into anxiety in autistic girls.
Catriona kindly agreed to be interviewed for us when she attended the National Autistic Society Professional Conference in 2019.
In this interview Catriona discusses Under our Wing, a peer mentoring project for autistic women and girls which is being delivered in partnership with SWAN. Catriona also explores how a lack of support can impact on autistic girls and women.
Find out more about the Under our Wing peer mentoring project in this short article written by Catriona.
Download a PDF transcript of this interview
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Investing in your Training Portfolio: diversifying Training Methods
Presented by: Winnie Ling Luper, William Olsen (Rutgers University))
In this presentation, Winnie and William covered their entire student training program in depth and talked about how they used slido.com for the presentation. This session covered their student evaluation, feedback and improvement process.
Student training included some cool gamification ideas. Student leaders were tasked with coming up with gaming themes for training. Some examples include Consultant Ninja Warrior, Who wants to be a Consultant, and The ARC Amazing Race. Training also includes a number of hands-on activities, like building a computer and raspberry pi. They seem to have a great training program with a very small teacher to student ratio (no more than 7 students per class).
This session also covered their consultant review process. Each student supervisor has 7 consultants.
Read the paper on the ACM Digital Library
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Exciting perspective on training student employees with many examples that could be used by anyone even smaller schools. – Tim Foley


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We provide mental health, substance abuse, prevention, pregnancy counseling, open adoption, social services and senior services to over 26,000 people per year. We work in partnership with local, county, and state agencies to offer a wide range of services considered to be the "best practices" in the field. Catholic Human Services is based administratively in Traverse City and has regional offices in Alpena, Gaylord and Cadillac. Each of the regional offices are the "hub" for services in many other community locations throughout the service area. For further information, call
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