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Corben and Me
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I can recall in perfect detail my first encounter with fantasy art. I was six years old and left to myself I rummaged through a closet filled with assorted junk. I found bag full of magazines, cartoons I thought, but these cartoons were nothing like I had ever seen before.
I flipped open a book at random and "read" the first chapter (I was six and didn't know how to read, much less read a text in English). It was a tale of hairless, bulky, naked people beating each other's brains out and having explicit sex. Later I have found that the images in my memory don't quite match those of the actual book, but that exact same feeling and mood shines through those pages even today. The book was Den by Richard Corben.
I love Corben's work for many reasons. I've always admired his technical skill and his vivid colors, but most of all I admire how he portrays the human body. Corben's characters are made of flesh, they're physical in a sense I've rarely seen anywhere else. This unique quality has prompted me to try to dissect his art and perhaps steal a trick or two from the master. I'll attempt this by doing a series of studies, later moving on to paraphrasing his work and then hopefully make it a part of my own repertoire.
Corben does little to hide the fact that his work is all about naked chicks and violence. He loves big tits, big dicks, and swelling muscles – he indulges in these things without self-censorship. In the beginning of book two in the Den saga he addresses this in his own special way by letting Kath, the female lead, express her frustration with Den's behavior. She has Den wearing clothes and attacks his obsession with walking around naked, killing and fucking. This causes strain to their relationship, but the matter soon resolves by Den going back to his old ways. Kath follows suit, everybody's happy again, and Corben moves on to more sex and violence.
These are male, adolescent fantasies in their purest form, and they don't pretend to be anything else. Love it or hate it; when Corben tells his stories he objectifies male and female alike, and in equal amounts.
A prominent characteristic in all of Corben's work is his dense, flat shadows. We generally don't see anything going on in there, but instead he focuses all his energy on meticulous rendering in the bright areas. He's overwhelmingly anal when it comes to that, as I just found out when I tried my hand at copying one of his characters. Here's the crappy jpg I worked from:
I proceeded by making a sketch in Painter:
At this point I just tried to copy the piece as best I could, figuring that if I didn't start making choices of my own I'd automatically transfer the Corben goodness into my own painting. I brought the sketch into Photoshop and painted on a separate layer under the sketch so I wouldn't fuck it up:
This is when I realized that the damn sketch was going to give me problems. You don't see Corben using scratchy lines like I did, and those little lines steal way too much attention and direct the image in the wrong way. Up to this point I'm actually picking colors off of the original painting just to make sure I wouldn't to astray.
After a couple of hours of intense noodling I arrive at this:
My wrist hurts and it's way past bedtime. The fucking painting looks like cheap porn, but not in a good way. The glossiness distracts too much, it's got PHOTOSHOP written all over it, but most importantly it took too damn long to make. I'm doing something wrong; it's not just that I'm treading in unknown territory. I'll have to try something else, this time in Painter.
The good thing is that I worked my way through a Corben drawing. The expression missed the mark, sure, but do enough of these studies and something has to rub off, right?
Richard Corben was born November 1, 1940, on a farm in Anderson, Missouri. There's an entry on him in the Wikipedia, take a look if you feel like it. It's rather dull and uninspired, and I'm temped to make some stuff up on him just to spice things up. Here's a not-too-recent photo of the guy:
I'd say he's been lifting some weights, that's the unmistakable chin of a guy who's been hitting the 5000-calories mark but doesn't have the motivation to work the stairmaster often enough. Fast forward a decade or two and...
Saggy boobs. Nothing defeats gravity, even Ahnold will tell you that.
Back in 1981, Corben did an interview with Heavy Metal Magazine and
came off rather badly by his own account. The interviewer Brad Balfour
had him pinned as a "petty, childish, borderline psychotic oaf". Mildly
entertaining, read it here. His following letter, with a big
list of corrections and complaints, is here.
November 15, 2005
Time for my second try at copying a Corben painting. This time I use a picture from the uncompromisingly juvenile "The Bodyssey". Could have been a porno, but it reads more like an episode of Benny Hill. The artwork is just fantastic from start to finish, here's the frame I used:
I eyeball a sketch that looks wonky as hell:
Still working in Painter I add a Multiply layer work in some color. The Oil brush variants work beautifully for this, and everything is a smooth ride from start to finish. Unfortunately I didn't save any progress shots here except this one, and that's already far into the painting.
I'm noticing a lot of stuff in Corben's painting now. The color of the skin is a delicate dance of yellows, browns and reds, all of them tempered with the skill of a bona fide art ninja. The black sketch with it's generous shadows push the light areas at the viewer with awesome force. There's something else going on here, a little trick of Mr. Corbens'. Right along the edge of the shadow he tends to put a tiny string of dark purple. This accents the yellow skin and makes it pop even more. With a lot less time spent than on my previous try, this is what I come up with:
That's more like it. And Painter didn't crash on me even though I used LAYERS. Amazing. I seriously think I'm on to something here, this time the result is much closer to what I had in mind. Only wish the day had more hours and that you didn't actually need sleep...


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Kochi: According to latest reports from state police, Arshi Qureshi, the IS link suspect who was recently arrested for playing a major role in the case of missing Malayalis, is said to be maintaining close links with religious conversion agencies functioning on foreign shores. Qureshi is said to be one of the key links in ferrying to foreign lands, those who have been religiously converted. Police procured these details after having interrogated him, along with his accomplice Rizwan Khan.
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A Pakistani mother on Wednesday burnt her 16-year-old daughter alive for marrying a man of her own choice, before shouting on the street to neighbours that she had killed the teen for bringing shame on her family.It was the third so-called honour killing in the South Asian country in as many months, and a rare example of the crime being carried out by a woman.Zeenat Bibi, 16, was set on fire by her mother Perveen Bibi in the eastern city of Lahore a little more than a week after the couple had acquired their marriage licence, police said.
"Perveen Bibi killed her daughter Zeenat Bibi by burning her alive around 9:00 am on Wednesday," Haidar Ashraf, a senior police official told AFP, adding the teen had married a man named Hasan Khan on May 29.Khan's ethnicity, he is an ethnic Pashtun, while Zeenat was a Punjabi — was the main cause of the family's disapproval, according to the woman's family. Zeenat's husband Khan told local TV station Geo News that the pair had eloped, but he had reluctantly allowed her to return to her family home after they promised they would hold a celebration and not harm her.He said: "After living with me for four days following our marriage, her family contacted us and promised they would throw us a proper wedding party after eight days. Then we would be able live together.
"Zeenat was unwilling to go back to her home and told me that she would be killed by her family, but later agreed when one of her uncles guaranteed her safety."After two days, she called me and said that her family had gone back on their word and asked me to come to get her, but I told her to wait for the promised eight days. Then, she was killed."Ashraf, the police official, said Perveen and other family members had confessed to the crime and that police had seized kerosene oil from the scene.
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Incidence of Impaired Driving
For one of every 210 miles driven in Alabama in 2000, a person with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) >.08 sat behind the wheel. Police in Alabama reported 7,351 crashes involving a driver or pedestrian with a BAC of .01 or more. Formulas developed by NHTSA were used to estimate the number of alcohol-related crashes where alcohol involvement was not reported by the police. An estimated total of 36,800 crashes in Alabama involved alcohol. These crashes killed 399 and injured an estimated 12,500 people.
Impaired Driving by Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
In 2000, Alabama drivers with:
· BACs of .10 and above were involved in an estimated 35,000 crashes that killed 326 and injured 10,900
· BACs between .08-.09 were involved in an estimated 600 crashes that killed 21 and injured 500
· Positive BACs below .08 were involved in an estimated 1,200 crashes that killed 52 and injured 1,100
Alcohol is a factor in 36% of Alabama's crash costs. Alcohol-related crashes in Alabama cost the public an estimated $2.5 billion in 2000, including $1.2 billion in monetary costs and almost $1.3 billion in quality of life losses. (For definitions of the cost categories, see the definitions fact sheet.) Alcohol-related crashes are deadlier and more serious than other crashes. People other than the drinking driver paid $1.5 billion of the alcohol-related crash bill.
Costs per Alcohol-Related Injury
The average alcohol-related fatality in Alabama costs $3.0 million:
· $0.8 million in monetary costs
· $2.2 million in quality of life losses
The estimated cost per injured survivor of an alcohol-related crash averaged $91,000:
· $43,000 in monetary costs
· $48,000 in quality of life losses
Costs per Mile Driven
Crash costs in Alabama averaged:
· $6.80 per mile driven at BACs of .10 and above
· $2.90 per mile driven at BACs between .08-.09
· $0.10 per mile driven at BACs of .00
Costs per Drink
The societal costs of alcohol-related crashes in Alabama averaged $1.50 per drink consumed. People other than the drinking driver paid $0.90 per drink.
Impact on Auto Insurance Rates
Alcohol-related crashes accounted for an estimated 19% of Alabama's auto insurance payments. Reducing alcohol-related crashes by 10% would save $52 million in claims payments and loss adjustment expenses.
Prevention Savings of Impaired Driving Measures
Alabama already has many important impaired driving laws. They are saving money and lives. The estimates that follow describe the expected costs and savings, given Alabama's prices and impaired driving rates. The estimates assume Alabama's laws achieve average U.S. effectiveness levels.
Administrative License Revocation: Laws that allow police or driver licensing authorities to revoke a driver's license swiftly and automatically for refusing or failing a BAC test have reduced alcohol-related fatalities by 6.5% on average and saved an estimated $47,600 per driver sanctioned. The value of the driver's lost mobility is the large majority of the estimated $2,400 cost per driver sanctioned. Reinstatement fees assessed to offenders typically cover start-up and operating costs.
Zero Tolerance Law: Laws like Alabama's that make it illegal for persons under 21 to drive with a positive BAC have reduced impaired-driving fatalities by 4% on average. Per licensed youth driver, this law costs approximately $30 and yields net savings of $600. Medical care cost savings alone exceed the intervention cost. The primary cost is the value of mobility lost by youth who are forced to reduce their drinking or driving.
.08 BAC Law: A well-publicized State law lowering driver BAC limits to .08 can potentially reduce alcohol-related fatalities by an average of 7%. On average, in Alabama, the .08 law saves an estimated $36 per licensed driver. The value of mobility losses and alcohol sales reductions resulting from the law are the large majority of the estimated $2.60 cost per licensed driver.
Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA): To reduce alcohol-related fatal crashes among youth, Alabama has adopted a MLDA of 21. It saves an estimated $480 per youthful driver. The loss of liquor sales is the large majority of the $140 cost per youthful driver.
Graduated Licensing: Graduated licensing is a three-stage program that involves a learner's permit, intermediate (provisional) license, and full licensure. To advance between stages, young drivers are required to demonstrate responsible driving behavior. Graduated licensing with a midnight curfew could reduce youth fatalities by at least 5% and total alcohol-related fatalities by 2%. Savings amount to an estimated $500 per youthful driver in Alabama. The value of the mobility lost by youth is a large portion of the estimated $60 cost per youthful driver.
Potential Savings from Further Prevention Efforts
A number of additional strategies can mitigate the harm from impaired driving. The following paragraphs estimate the potential savings, in Alabama's prices, if other proven impaired driving prevention measures were widely implemented in Alabama.
Intensive Sobriety Checkpoint Program: Intensive enforcement of Alabama State BAC limits with highly visible sobriety checkpoints would reduce alcohol-related fatalities by at least 15% and save approximately $55,000 per checkpoint. Including police resources, costs of travel delay and the value of mobility losses by impaired drivers apprehended and sanctioned, the costs of conducting a checkpoint average about $7,800.
Enforcing Serving Intoxicated Patrons Law: Using undercover police officers to enforce the State law against serving alcohol to intoxicated bar and restaurant patrons would reduce alcohol-related crash fatalities by an estimated 11%. It would cost an estimated $0.30 per licensed driver and save about $20 per licensed driver.
Server Training: Server training programs provide education and training to servers of alcoholic beverages with the goal of altering their serving practices to prevent patron intoxication and alcohol-impaired driving. Generally, 40% to 60% of intoxicated patrons drive after consuming alcohol in bars, clubs or restaurants. A statewide, full-day, mandatory, face-to-face server training program with active management support has the potential to reduce nighttime DUI injury crashes by 17%. Implementing such a program costs an estimated $60 per licensed driver and saves about $200 in crash costs per licensed driver.
Interventions Targeting Repeat Offenders
Not many repeat offenders are deterred by broad impaired driving laws. Four alternative sanctioning approaches have proven especially effective at reducing repeat offenses.
Automobile Impoundment: Impounding vehicles after conviction for DUI or driving while suspended can decrease recidivism by an estimated 38% and DUI crashes by about 4%. Overall, per vehicle impounded, enforcement of this law would cost Alabama approximately $700 and save on average $3,600.
Ignition Interlock: Breathtesting ignition interlocks are designed to prevent anyone with a positive BAC from starting or driving a car. Attaching an interlock to a car for a year after its operator is convicted of driving while intoxicated would reduce recidivism by an estimated 75% and alcohol-related fatalities by 7%. It would save almost $7,000 per vehicle equipped. Including equipment and case management costs, interlock costs would total approximately $840 per vehicle.
Electronically Monitored House Arrest: Electronic monitoring is an alternative to incarcerating repeat offenders. It provides assurance of an offender's presence within an assigned area. Monitoring programs attach a device to the wrist or ankle that relays a continuous signal to a computer and also may require offenders to relay a breath test when prompted by a random phone call. Implementation of this program could decrease recidivism by an estimated 31%, causing DUI crashes to decrease by about 3% in Alabama. Per person arrested, the program would cost nearly $1,200 and could avoid an estimated $4,600 in crash costs and almost $1,580 in incarceration costs per person arrested.
Intensive Probation Supervision with Treatment: Intensive probation supervision with treatment is an alternative to incarcerating repeat offenders. This early intervention program seeks to reduce alcohol-impaired driving by addressing repeat offenders' drinking habits and provides intensive individual counseling and monitoring. Implementation of this program in Alabama could decrease recidivism by an estimated 48%, causing DUI crashes to decrease by 4%. Typically, per person arrested, this program costs approximately $1,100 and could avoid an estimated $5,100 in crash costs and $440 in incarceration costs.
Prevention Savings of Occupant Protection Measures
Along with impaired driving interventions, a number of important occupant protection strategies reduce impaired driving and other highway injuries.
Primary Safety Belt Law: Alabama's primary safety belt law allows law enforcement to stop and ticket a driver for nonuse of a safety belt without requiring the driver to be cited for or have committed another offense. Unbelted occupants account for 80% of impaired driving fatalities in Alabama. Savings amount to an estimated $4,100 per new belt user. If enforced with frequent belt-use checkpoints, the value of temporary discomfort experienced by some new belt wearers and travel delay costs at checkpoints are the large majority of the law's estimated $250 cost per new belt user.
Child Safety Seat Law: Infants and children who are seated in places other than the back seat account for nearly 44% of child fatalities in Alabama, and those seated in the back seat without proper restraints account for an additional 28% of child fatalities. Drinking drivers are more likely than other drivers to transport children improperly. Traveling in a child seat reduces the chance of a crash death by an estimated 71% for infants and 54% for children age 1-4. Child safety seat laws like Alabama's typically reduce occupant fatalities of children age 4 and under by approximately 15% and the alcohol-involved deaths by a similar amount. The average child seat costs approximately $45 but avoids nearly $1,400 in injury costs.
Motorcycle Helmet Use Law: Statewide, 3% of alcohol-related crash fatalities are motorcyclists; 12% of these motorcyclists were unhelmeted. The motorcycle helmet use law in Alabama saves lives and prevents devastating and debilitating head injuries. Wearing a motorcycle helmet reduces a rider's risk of death by 29% and nonfatal injury risk by 15%. On average, helmets cost about $190 in Alabama and prevent nearly $3,200 in injury costs.
The estimates reported here were produced under National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Contract DTNH22-98-D-35079, Task Order 7.
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First, we will answer the question what is the Mail.Ru group?
The Mail.Ru Group is a Russian technology company. It includes social networks "VKontakte" and "Odnoklassniki" with which the advertising platform myTarget interacts.
MyTarget unites all the largest social networks and services in Russia and the CIS and allows you to access this audience from one window, so that you do not advertise.
This targeted advertising service makes it possible to specify the desired audience by certain characteristics for effective targeting.
By choosing the settings you need, you can show ads only to potentially interested customers.
There are three types of advertising formats in MyTarget.
Promotion of goods and services through targeted advertising can be carried out on desktop and mobile devices. When translating ads to both sites, a cross-declarative format is used.
Includes several types of advertisements:
Multi-format accommodation
The format of the advertisement "Multi-format publishing" or Multiformat allows you to broadcast ads on all sites of the Mail.ru Group and the advertising network.
Cross-platform video posts (OK + VK)
The format of the advertising "Cross-platform video posts" allows you to advertise posts from video in the social networks - VKontakte and Odnoklassniki, which can be used by the advertiser as a single advertising platform. Desktop layout of the format occurs in the VK and OK tape, similarly for mobile sites in iOS and Android applications.
Video notes (OK)
Video in notes with autorun in Odnoklassniki are broadcasted in the event stream of the web version. It is necessary to add a link to the line "Post on social networks", and the ad will be created automatically based on the content of the note.
Notes (OK)
Promposts in OK will help the owners of groups to increase the coverage of the record, promote the community or solve e-commerce tasks. An advertisement can include both plain text and additional attachments-a survey, an audio recording, a photo or a gallery of pictures, and be broadcast to the interested audience.
Notes with Lead ads (OK)
Now Lead Ads is also available for promotion on Odnoklassniki. Collect the leads right inside the social network and simplify the collection of applications. The new format will significantly increase the effectiveness of advertising campaigns and will be of interest to representatives of major brands collecting applications for their products and services, as well as small businesses.
The new format of Lead ads will allow potential customers to learn more about your company. This advertising format will also simplify the collection of leads for your advertising campaign.
To advertise notes in groups when creating an advertising campaign, choose "Post on social networks" and use links like: https://ok.ru/group/53725899522247/topic/67519264189383
Ways to obtain Leads:
1. Sending leads to Email. On the Mail Notifications page, select the Leads campaign checkbox and select the checkboxes Send notifications to the selected email addresses.
To add an Email on the Contact Information page, fill in the Email field.
2. The received banners can be downloaded in the xlsx file, in the statistics for the campaign:
In campaign statistics:
Carousel (OK + VC)
Carousel - an advertising format, the distinguishing feature of which is the display of several slides with pictures in one ad in social networks:
Preroll in the video
Video advertising on the Internet is considered a fairly effective visual method to convey the advertising message to the audience. The Preroll format is a short video clip (up to 30 seconds) and attracts users' attention before watching the main video.
https://target.my.com/pro/formats/cd/pre-roll-in-video (you can insert the video at the end)
Audio advertising
According to the internal data of the Mail.Ru Group, the placement of audio clips allows reaching up to 62 million Russians - about 70% of the users of Runet and about 43% of the total population of the country. Listening is taken into account if three quarters of the video was played.
Out-stream video on the Nativeroll network
Out-stream is a video format that contains an autoplay and is displayed outside the video stream when the player hits the user's view zone.
Premium audit network
Placement of advertising in this format allows you to purchase the target audience on all thematic sites Mail.Ru Group and on external sites. The client can choose any set of placements with accuracy to the domain.
Suitable for broadcast advertising on a PC in full version mode and include several types of advertisements:
These are suitable for broadcast advertising only on mobile applications and include several types of advertisements:
Mobile advertising
Format Mobile advertising is used to promote applications on all mobile sites of myTarget: social networking events on VKontakte, Odnoklassniki and My World, mobile services on Mail.Ru and mobile advertising network on myTarget.
Mobile Advertising (CPI)
The CPI (cost-per-install) model involves the payment of only real installations, designed specifically for effective promotion of applications and allows developers and publishers to optimize the advertising budget.
Mobile video advertising
Mobile video advertising - the format of advertising with video to promote mobile applications on VKontakte and Classmates. Advertising is placed in the news feeds of users of VC and OK applications for iOS and Android.
Full-screen and Rewarded videos
Interstitial (full-screen) video is a full-screen video that is shown on the myTarget mobile network.
Rewarded (video for reward) video is a similar full-screen video that is shown in mobile applications and games of the myTarget mobile network.
Interstitial and Rewarded videos are shown in breaks between levels or at the user's request to receive a reward (internal currency) per view.
Notes from the Canvas (OK)
Canvas is a new full-screen type of promo post on the Odnoklassniki mobile band. To start using the service, you need to register for it. Create an advertising room and post the first ad, selecting the features that fit your target audience.
Let's take a closer look at the features of the myTarget platform:
What are the different types of targeting?
At the stage of creating or editing a campaign, you can choose gender (men or women) and the age of your audience. At the same time, audiences of close ages are users who behave in a similar way to people of a certain age. Adding this audience increases the reach of the campaign.
In order to select the audience to which you will show ads, first you must select the geographic area. In the interface for creating campaign editing, all countries, most cities, regions and districts are available:
Local advertising is used to promote goods or services on the ground and involves selecting a point (or several) on the map and its neighborhood with a radius of 0.5 km.
In the selected area, you can target two types of people:
At the stage of creating or editing the campaign, user characteristics are also available, determined based on profile data in social networks and behavioral data.
Types of mobile devices, platforms and brands: In case of promotion by mobile applications, you can target not only the type of mobile device (phones or tablets), but also OS and mobile phone brands.
MyTarget processes a huge volume of the audience and determines its interests - based on the expressed interest of users to certain topics and content. You can create advertising campaigns for travelers who fly abroad, as well as for those who are passionate about movies. Interests are available in the menu for creating or editing your advertising campaign.
They are selected by categories, based on a description of the different types of target audience. A full list of interests can be found here. It is very important to reflect the chosen interest in your advertisements.
For example, if you advertise the delivery of ready meals and choose the segment "Sport," indicate that in your menu there are dishes designed specifically for people who lead an active lifestyle. Targeting advertising to office workers, you can specify that you will bring the dish exactly by the time the user returns from work, and he will not need to waste time preparing dinner or breakfast.
In the Statistics section, you can view the following data:
Auction and optimization
MyTarget Auction is a platform for automatic bidding between advertisers for displaying an ad. MyTarget allows you to pay for ads for impressions, clicks and CPI. However, the auction in this case is based on the eCPM model.
Consider the situation when two advertisers collided in one auction with payment for clicks.
Question: who will win and whose banner will be shown to the user?
To begin with, you will need to make sure that: The first advertiser tried with a search for a hypothesis and a bundle of audience and banner, he obtained a CTR of 1.6%
The second banner is less clickable and has a CTR of 1.1%, but the rate is higher.
Will the first win, and why? The first advertiser has eCPM higher than the second. 80 rubles per 1000 hits against 77 rubles per 1000 impressions.
The auction formula can be written in simplified form as follows: eCPM = CPC x CTR x 1000, where the CTR takes the forecast of this value for the next display. In the case of payment for displays eCPM = CPM, that is, the rate set in the system. From the formula follows a simple optimization fact that buying the same price and quality of the audience can be cheaper if you can proportionally increase the CTR when paying for clicks.
Strategies for searching for audiences (targeting)
At the stage of the test run, start by selecting the audience for targeting. To begin with, it is recommended that you follow the strategy of dividing campaigns into several types. When testing all approaches, taking into account their nuances, the probability of finding audiences with suitable business tasks increases with the indicators CTR, CR, CPI / CPA / CPO.
Targeting can be divided into:
The number of campaigns can reach 16-50. Example:
Campaign # 1, Men, 26-35, Moscow
Campaign # 2, Men, 26-35, Regions
Campaign # 3, Women, 26-45, Moscow
and so on, considering all possible intersections.
Broad targeting
Individual campaigns for segments:
The projection of coverage in each segment should not be less than 70,000 people a week. If less, we recommend increasing the segmentation step. As a result of testing, segments that do not satisfy the KPI are turned off.
Targeting using interests and socio-behavioral characteristics
Banners should reflect selected categories of interests or behavior, where interests or behavioral characteristics are selected by categories, based on a description of the different types of CA. Example:
Targeting Groups and Communities on VK and OK, as well as games and social networking applications
1. Interested and active audience of subscribers of VC and UC groups, included in it. Banners should reflect the interest of the audience on the list of groups.
2. Socially demographic targeting is widely chosen. It is possible to segment by sex, the choice of a wide age range, for example 18-45, segmentation on a broad geo (Moscow and Regions).
3. Auditor targeting is not included in the coverage forecast. It is recommended that you have at least 1,000,000 subscribers in total in groups in each audience, at least 300,000 people in the coverage forecast that is generated for all other targeting, excluding audiences.
Targeting advertiser lists
1. The list of retargeting (or exclusion list) can be generated based on email, phones, IDFA and Android ID (GAID) of mobile application users, as well as ID on VC and OK (which is similar to VC and OK groups' targeting). The recommended number of users in the list is not less than 100 000 (minimum 5000).
2. Socially demographic targeting is widely chosen. It is possible to segment by sex, the choice of a wide age range, for example 18-45, segmentation on a broad geographic (Moscow and Regions).
3. For retargeting lists, CPM is recommended with a frequency limit.
4. IMPORTANT: Audiences formed on the lists of retargeting are not considered by the outreach forecast.
Remarketing by site visitors
With the help of remarketing of site visitors, you can catch up and motivate potential customers to buy who were interested in the goods and services on your site or who added them to the shopping cart, but who never bought the product.
Technologic configuration through the [email protected] calculator
To add the [email protected] calculator as a data source, enter its number in the field and click the button "Send request for addition." After clicking the button on the owner's address, if it differs from the account in myTarget, a letter will come with a confirmation link. After clicking the link, the calculator will be linked to the account in myTarget.
Setting Goals
Using the settings of goals in the calculator, you can create several segments of audiences to broadcast different advertising materials. For example, you can separately identify the audience which never was on the site or who has not visited it for a long time.
Or, just the opposite, to identify an audience that carried out useful actions on the site and which came from any channel with the exception of contextual advertising:
Please note that data about site visits begin to accrue only from the moment of installation of the counter, and data on the achievement of goals only from the moment they are established. It is important to remember that tangible results with this type of targeting can be obtained if the audience of the site is sufficiently large.
Information about visiting websites and achieving user goals is stored for 420 days. If you add a counter on which you do not have rights in [email protected], the counter's goals will not be shown until the rights are confirmed by the owner.
Dynamic Remarketing
Dynamic remarketing allows you to show ads for certain products or services to users who previously viewed them on your site, but did not make a purchase. For this technology, ads are created automatically.
To set up dynamic remarketing, just add a special code to your pages and create a price list. Next, set up an ad campaign that will be broadcast to users in your remarketing audience.
Dynamic Remarketing Formats
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Hedgehog is a super homey 36 foot (7 ft wide) steel and wood narrowboat that has served as both a full-time home and city getaway. It has a galley kitchen with full-size cooker, living space with flat-screen TV/DVD and wood-burning stove, bathroom with walk-in shower heated by a combi boiler, and a back room that could be used as an office or bedroom. The boat has a rich teak and tiled interior and solar panels for when cruising or off the grid. The boat comes with a mooring at the New Islington Marina in the up and coming Northern Quarter/Ancoats section of Manchester City Centre, subject to permission from BWML. The boat is fitted with an operational BMC 1.5 diesel engine.It has a steel hull (last blacked in 2017) and wooden cabin divided into four rooms/spaces, plus the engine room.The back room has a bunk for one, and a fold out bed for two. The couch in the living space also folds out into a bed for two. The boat is fitted with a 2000W inverter, 2 leisure batteries (purchased 2018) and a battery charger, 2 solar panels (installed 2017), and a petrol generator (unused). A combi boiler heats water for the faucets and shower. The kitchen has a full-size gas cooker and oven, refrigerator and a fair amount of cabinet space.More photos to come.
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This Cosy Canal Boat Home (36 Ft Narrowboat) boat is located in Manchester, M4 6EA and is being sold on eBay by pedrfuller0.


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(CBS) – A trip to the mailbox stopped an Indiana mother cold in her tracks after she opened a letter.
What she read prompted her to call the police and lock her children inside her home, CBS 2's Chris Martinez reports.
"You have two lovely daughters …"
With every line she reads …
"I and my friend have watched them ever since they moved in …"
… the fear and panic and grow.
"… almost had them on Thursday evening, will keep trying … Thank you!"
A little more than 60 words make up the letter that arrived at Alfreda Murphy's home on Saturday.
The mother of six found it, postmarked and addressed to her house, among her Saturday mail.
There was no name attached, no signature included. Only a warning about her two oldest daughters that reads, "We will get them."
CBS 2 was there as Gary police took their first look at the letter, which includes details about when and where her children played in the neighborhood just two days ago.
"They're sending letters saying that they're watching my kids and they almost had them this week," Murphy says.
She's now terrified to let her children out of her sight.
The letter was postmarked June 6, and Gary police now have it as evidence as they work to track down who sent it. Alfreda and her family just moved into that home two months ago.


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How have been medieval navies organised, and the way did strong rulers use them? Medieval Naval conflict, 1000-1500 offers a wealth of data in regards to the process and strategies of those early fleets and the level to which the probabilities of sea strength have been understood and exploited.
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To minimize health and safety risks to Duke students, faculty, staff and the larger community, Duke Recreation & Physical Education facilities have temporarily closed. Communication regarding future hours of operation and programming will be provided on our website and social media platforms (@dukerec).
The mission of Duke Recreation & Physical Education is to provide exceptional and diverse opportunities that promote healthy active lifestyles in a safe, inclusive environment.
Our core values: Communication, Integrity, Teamwork, Healthy Lifestyles, Fun, Safety, and Inclusiveness.
Virtually any form of exercise, from aerobics to yoga, can be a stress reliever. Regardless of your fitness level, you can still make a little exercise go a long way toward stress management.
The merits of exercise include a variety of health benefits ranging from weight loss and improved sleep to the prevention and management of chronic health conditions.
Duke Recreation offers lots of ways to get out in the sunshine, whether it's through our Outdoor Adventures program, joining a Sport Club, or playing an intramural sport.
Round up a group of friends and start an intramural team! With several different sports and leagues to choose from, we have something for everyone.
With 36 clubs to choose from, Sport Clubs are student-run organizations for those who have a passion for a particular sport or who want to learn a new sport.
Grab a partner or let us pair you up for small group, semi-private or one on one personal training. We also offer private and partner Pilates Training.
Pop your headphones in and hop on our cardio equipment, shoot hoops; go for a swim, grab a smoothie from Red Mango, or hangout and study in one of our lounge areas.
TRX Small Group Circuit workouts will challenge your core, build strength and flexibility throughout your body and can complement any training program.
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Outlast Review: The Most Terrifying Game of 2013 [Giveaway]
If there's one game that you should play five minutes and then never pick it up again, it's Red Barrels' Outlast. I mean that in the best way possible: Seldom does a game damage you psychologically, the way Outlast will. It's like going on an adrenaline-fueled, sprint-paced tour of a monster-infested mansion. Shambling, rattling things scratch at your back and there's nothing you can do to defend yourself other than run – run until your lungs and knees bleed.
I would recommend Outlast to those who like:
- Low-cost games ($20);
- Short, but intense, survival horror;
- Graphic, violent content;
- Paris Hilton style videography.
In Outlast, you play as a journalist investigating a whistleblower's tip. The place of your investigation: Murkoff's Mount Massive Asylum – a tongue-in-cheek pseudo-portmanteau of the pharmaceutical company "Merck" and an H.P. Lovecraft reference to the book, "At the Mountains of Madness".
Equipped with your trusty night vision-equipped video camera, you descend into what may be one of the most terrifying games of 2013.
Best of all, we are giving away three terrifying copies of the game through steam to three lucky winners. Keep reading to bottom to find out how to take home a copy for yourself!
What is Outlast Like?
Let's use a metaphor: Outlast feels like the offspring of Mirror's Edge and Amnesia went on a date with Paris Hilton – it's cardio-intensive terror in the dark, combined with night vision effects.
It's so scary, in fact, that Outlast may be a game you'll buy, play for ten minutes and then never pick up again. In truth, I would not have returned to the game had it not been for getting paid and colossal student debt, which makes even the most cowardly among us, blood-thirsty fighters. But don't think this game will let you do anything but run. Run for your life.
There's an absence of a combat system – you don't engage enemies, survival hinges on stealth and cunning. Although, in truth, the majority of the game involves fleeing in blind terror. Fortunately, the denizens of Murkoff Mountain lose their concentration very quickly, oftentimes chasing you in to a dead end then deciding to focus their naked rage elsewhere. Or throwing ill-timed club attacks that either catch air or do minor damage, which you regenerate from rather quickly. Had I known that journalism would confer Wolverine-like powers, I would have studied harder in school.
What's So Good About Outlast?
As a classic within the survival horror genre 4 Video Games That Will Actually Terrify You [MUO Gaming] Video games are able to capture much of the emotion and feeling that comes with movies and other forms of entertainment. That being said, video games always seem to struggle with making people laugh and... Read More , I have a lot of good things to say about Outlast. Primarily, its gameplay.
- Hide and seek in the dark: Outlast feels a lot like hide and seek, in the dark – Paris Hilton style. You're probably bored with that metaphor, so I'll elaborate — your camera includes night vision, which gives the active display a green tint. This causes a great deal of battery drain. Fortunately, batteries are casually strewn all about the Murkoff Mountains facility. Much of the game involves dodging enemies, finding batteries and trying to find a way out of Mount Massive.
- Dark environments: As stated previously, if you don't like dark environments, or turning your gamma settings up all the way, you won't like Outlast. The vast majority of the game steeps itself in blackness. And it's terrifying.
- Great controls: The controls in feel smooth and intuitive. The tutorial only requires some basic explanation , but after that, you are pretty versed in everything you will ever need to do throughout Outlast.
- Great music and sound effects: The music feels less like a game and more like a film. A really terrifying film. The sound effects are truly rattling. Heavy breathing will haunt your every step. Is it your own? Or some grinning, naked fiend just behind you?
- Runner on rails: Outlast will have you run through what feels like endless, bloodied corridors. Run the wrong way and you'll face death by maniac. Run the right way and you'll live. Although it feels unscripted and completely spontaneous, Outlast rehashes the same formula throughout its four (or more) hours of gameplay: It's a highly scripted "runner" on rails. You won't have much time to think about that, though, as you will be running for your life.
Sad to say, nothing is perfect. While a great game, Outlast uses a great deal of cheap jump scares, it lacks replayability, and sometimes feels repetitive. These issues don't ruin the game, since you won't have time to mull over its short comings because of the maniac at your heels.
- Too intense: It's hard admitting this, but some games might be better off shorter, rather than longer. Outlast is just too intense for long play periods. I found myself getting motion sick, and my jaw ached from all the gritting. There are literally bodies strewn all over the place in grotesque tableau.
- Cheap jump scares: Few moments in Outlast were truly horrifying – such as found in Silent Hill or the Forbidden Siren games. The vast majority of fright comes from running from monster to monster. The horrifying portions of the game have almost nothing to do with its story. The few times you will feel horrified isn't from a compelling narrative – it's from things jumping out at you. The game felt a bit like One Late Night One Late Night: A Free Short Horror Game For People Who Work In Offices We've all done it - turned a seemingly benign situation into a faux-haunting, listening out for any small noise that might suggest we're not alone. This feeling of manufactured anxiety is where the free short... Read More , in this respect.
- Water level: Like most torture porn games, Outlast features a water level. We know very well that water levels can ruin some games. GamesRadar wrote an article on the subject, which discussed the top seven worst water levels of all time. I would rank Outlast's water level much lower, fortunately. For me the worst experience involved a four-foot, flooded ledge that I couldn't climb, which was frustrating.
- Low replayability: Outlast, ironically, doesn't last for very long. The game provides anywhere between 4 and 10 hours of game time – although you will be thoroughly entertained throughout.
- Repetitive gameplay: You will repeat the same action, over and over again – running and hiding from mentally disturbed humanoid-mutates while breathing extremely, extremely hard. If you've ever played Siren (or Forbidden Siren in United Kingdom), you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. Enemies will doggedly chase you, until getting monstrously bored. You will hide under beds, and in lockers – and that's about it.
I played Outlast using both keyboard/mouse and gamepad (Rumbleshock 2). Both provided an entirely seamless gameplay experience. Growing up with consoles, though, I just had to play Outlast through with a pad.
- Gamepad: Playing with the gamepad is much harder than using the keyboard and mouse. You will run from baddies having only the poorest understanding of where they are behind you. Turning around is just too slow and oftentimes evil is just on your heels. It's also worth noting that my gamepad detected without any issue at all.
- Keyboard and mouse: Keep in mind that this game feels designed to be played with the keyboard and mouse. Using the mouse you can rapidly scan rooms, searching for visual cues or precious batteries. Unlike the gamepad, which forces you to slowly look around, the keyboard and mouse grants lightning-fast view changes. For example, while on the run, you can scan ahead and simultaneously shoot back glances at whatever pursues you. You can even check down corridors for dead-ends. You won't get this luxury with a gamepad.
So should you buy Outlast? For $20 there's very little risk involved, and quite a bit of reward, if you end up liking the game. However, compared to some of the budget alternatives Looking for Great Games at Pauper Prices? Score Some Game Bundles Read More out there, combined with Outlast's low replayability, you may want to spend your money elsewhere, particularly if you like independent games.
However, Outlast remains one of the most intense games I've ever played. That includes titles such as Deadspace, Siren (Forbidden Siren in the UK), Silent Hill and Resident Evil. If you're a survival horror fan, then you may want to snap this title up at full price.
Anyone else loving Outlast? Let us know in the comments.
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You may enter by submitting your name and email address. You'll receive one entry simply by doing so.
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Rakul Preet Singh went on a vacation after the release of 'Manmadhudu 2' and she is enjoying every moment during her stay in Ibiza. You have to appreciate that deadly pose in the two-piece bikini. The angle from which the Hottie captured the picture highlights the curvy structure. Here is the caption: 'Sky above, sand below, peace within! happiness all around!'.
This Delhi Beauty spoiled everything with poor choice of scripts after coming so close to the No.1 Spot in Tollwyood. It's high time she thinks wisely, picks up the right subjects and bounces back strongly. For now, Rakul have only two projects in the pipeline..A Hindi Film starring Siddharth Malhotra and a Telugu flick featuring Nithin.
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Time and place: Friday, 6 March, from 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m., Lauttasaari Manor (Otavantie 10, Helsinki, obstacle-free entrance via Kauppaneuvoksentie)
Kone Foundation provides its grantees with a communal workspace in the Lauttasaari Manor, usually on the first Friday of each month.
The room on the lower floor of the manor functions as a shared working space, in which each person does their own work. In terms of structure, the room is open-plan or multi-facility and is best suited to quiet work.
Work is done quietly for 45 minutes at a time, followed by a shared 15-minute break. Each work phase begins at a quarter past the hour and breaks are held on the hour, at which time participants can come and go. If you wish, you can therefore come for only part of the day – part way through the day until a break held on the hour, after which work will resume at a quarter past the hour.
Wifi and desk space is available, and coffee and tea is served during the breaks. In addition, we will treat the Moffice participants to lunch at CAFÉ PUHURI at 12 p.m.
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Shared workspaces – hoffices, coffices and moffices – have become more common. Offices can be moved into someone's home (hoffice), a café (coffice) or any other changeable place (moffice, in Lauttasaari, of course, manor + office). A moffice is a shared workspace, where the people working may not be previously acquainted or engaged in a joint project. The work is punctuated by breaks during which you can share your thoughts, problems and insights.
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Bloodhound's record attempt in 2019
With over two years' worth of discussions with a major third party, it has finally led to this month and a very significant development – one that will enhance BLOODHOUND's ability to raise funds and achieve its goals. It is in the middle of detailed planning so there are not too many specifics but there will be soon.
Bloodhound said: "There have been many false dawns over the life of the Project and we have, regrettably but unavoidably, tested the patience of our friends, supporters and team. The BLOODHOUND leadership team firmly believes this development will be a game changer… but we want to prove this, not merely hope for it."
While intense fund-raising activity has been ongoing, the Project has suffered a setback in the form of two important suppliers going into receivership before they were able to complete their work on BLOODHOUND.
In light of this, but with the very real prospect that the ability to raise funds is about to be transformed, the team has re-evaluated plans for running the car. The opportunity now exists to reduce the time delay between conducting the high-speed tests (known as 'BH500') and the first record attempt.
BLOODHOUND SSC will therefore be flown to Northern Cape, South Africa, in May 2019, ready to take advantage of a desert surface freshly conditioned by seasonal flooding. A record attempt will be made later in the year (October – November). The car will remain in South Africa between events, greatly reducing logistics costs.
Development of the mono-propellant rocket required for the first record attempt will resume in August 2018, with tests taking place at Newquay Aero Hub, scene of BLOODHOUND SSC's successful 200mph shakedown runs.


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Disney has unveiled the plans for a gigantic theme park and resort in Shanghai
The happiest place on Earth is coming to mainland China.
Disney announced on Wednesday that the Shanghai Disney theme park is "a world of possibilities," and will include the largest castle at any Disney park, among other firsts. The park is set to open in the spring of 2016.
Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger unveiled a model of the park at the Shanghai Expo Center.
"We are building something truly special here in Shanghai that not only showcases the best of Disney's storytelling but also celebrates and incorporates China's incredibly rich heritage to create a one-of-a-kind destination that will delight and entertain the people of China for generations to come," Iger said in a statement. "We are taking everything we've learned from our six decades of exceeding expectations -– along with our relentless innovation and famous creativity to create a truly magical place that is both authentically Disney and distinctly Chinese."
Disney already has a presence in the country, having opened a theme park in Hong Kong in 2005.
The announcement comes days before the 60th anniversary of Disneyland in Anaheim, California, which opened July 17, 1955.
The Shanghai theme park will have six themed "lands," including Mickey Avenue, where visitors will be met by popular characters; Gardens of Imagination, designed to celebrate "the wonders of nature and the joy of imagination"; Fantasyland, focusing on the animated films and featuring the Enchanted Storybook Castle (the biggest on the planet); Adventure Isle, focusing on exploration of a "lost world"; Treasure Cove, the first pirate-themed land in a Disney park; and Tomorrowland, celebrating "the limitless possibilities of the future in Shanghai."
"Shanghai Disney Resort guests will find something for everyone," the company said in a statement. "They will be immersed in popular Disney stories that come to life at the largest castle in a Disney park, at the first pirate-themed land in a Disney park, on the longest Disney Parks parade route and in more enchanting places filled with thrills, creativity and adventure."
The company also has big plans for the resort and surrounding area, the Shanghai International Tourism and Resorts Zone.
In addition to Shanghai Disneyland, there will also be the Disneyland Hotel and Toy Story Hotel, a shopping district called "Disneytown" and Wishing Star Park in the center, with walking paths and a lake.
The Enchanted Storybook Castle will be the "tallest, largest and most interactive castle" at any Disney theme park, according to the company. The castle will represent all the Disney princesses, instead of just one.
The Shanghai park's other "firsts" include Voyage to the Crystal Grotto, a ride focusing on classic Disney tales, the Chinese focus of Tomorrowland, a TRON Lightcycle Power Run, a high-speed ride that provides views in addition to thrills, and the Garden of the Twelve Friends.
In the garden, animals of the Chinese zodiac will be Disneyfied, reimagined as Disney and Pixar characters.
Correction: The date of the Disneyland opening in 1955 has been corrected to July 17, 1955. The article previously stated the opening was July 15, 1955.


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You must see the Taj Mahal in your lifetime--to feel the cool white marble, see the intricate inlay work and awe-inspiring architecture, to smell the fragrant gardens, to know the meaning of true love. Well, the Taj Mahal is more accessible than you think! Only a short drive from India's captial of New Delhi, the Taj Mahal, along with Agra's other monuments and sites, becomes a memorable day-trip addition to any vacation.
Your chauffeur greets you at your hotel in Delhi this morning. A luxury car, stocked with plenty of amenities to add comfort to your journey, awaits to drive you to Agra (approximately 4 hours). Upon arrival in Agra, transfer to a luxury hotel for lunch (guests' own account) to revive and refresh you, and then proceed to Taj Mahal.
Arrive at the Taj Mahal, where your English-speaking guide is ready to tell you the magnificent history behind this Wonder of the World. You have time to stroll through the gardens, sit on the steps and absorb these fabulous surroundings to your heart's content.
Depart the Taj Mahal for the nearby city of Fatehpur Sikri. This now-abandoned palatial complex was once a majestic fortress and served as the capital of the Mughal Empire under Emperor Akbar. Your local guide shares his/her knowledge with you to explain its rise and downfall. Depart Fatehpur Sikri in the late afternoon for your return to New Delhi. On your journey back to your hotel, recall the wonders of the day and savor the memories you have made. Arrive back at your New Delhi hotel late this evening.
You can begin this tour on any date you choose! Please note: The Taj Mahal is closed to the public on Fridays.
The Taj Mahal is closed to the public every Friday.
What is the best time to travel to Rajasthan?
Rajasthan is a colorful destination with many activities, fairs and festivals throughout the year. The most visited time is September to mid-April. Starting at the end of April, it will get hot and the rains occur from late July to August. In the summer months (May to August) the temperatures can reach over 40 degrees Celsius and may be even higher in Jodhpur, Jaisalmer and other areas closer to the desert.
What are the passport/visa requirements for travel to India?
A passport with validity at least six months beyond your departure from India is required. Also, visas must be obtained prior to arrival in India. If you are a US citizen, please follow this link for details on obtaining an Indian Visa: https://www.indian-visa.com/. If you are not a US citizen, Please visit www.mea.gov.in, click on "Welcome" and then under "MEA Links" at the right, click on "Missions and Posts Abroad" and then click "Consulate Generals". You can then select your appropriate Consulate General office and link directly to its website, where detailed visa information and application forms can be found.
Can you provide a wheelchair if I need assistance on the sightseeing tours?
Wheelchairs and attendants are available but the arrangements must be made well in advance. Please do let us know and we will be happy to arrange for this. If there is an additional charge, it will be communicated to you depending on your exact requirements. Please be aware that sightseeing vehicles and many monuments are not fully wheelchair accessible. Therefore, it will be beneficial if the party can stand and walk at least a few steps with assistance for entering/exiting vehicles and maneuvering within certain monuments.
What is the recommended gratuity?
Gratuities are solely at your discretion, and should reflect your enjoyment of the journey and your satisfaction with the quality of service provided. As a general guideline, per day, a tip of $10 for the driver and $5-$10 for the guide is appropriate.
What is the recommended gratuity?
Gratuities are solely at your discretion, and should reflect your enjoyment of the journey and your satisfaction with the quality of service provided. As a general guideline, per day, a tip of $10 for the driver and $5-$10 for the guide is appropriate.
We have identified qualified doctors in each destination you visit. These doctors are available in any case you need emergency medical attention. The hotels that we use usually have their own panels of on-call doctors available to their guests. In any case, please let the escort / attendant / anyone in our ground office know immediately if you feel unwell or think you are going to need medical attention.
What is the travel time between the cities?
Delhi - Agra is about 5 hours by car, depending on local traffic conditions.
Unfortunately, we don't offer Visa assistance but we can provide you with all the information that you need for getting a visa to India
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Janet Luimes is a family health nurse practitioner at the Copeman Healthcare Centre in Calgary.
Janet graduated from the University of Ottawa with a Bachelor of Nursing Science and Masters of Science in Nursing. She practiced as a registered nurse in the emergency department, chronic disease management and primary care before returning to school at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario to earn a Post-Masters Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Diploma.
Janet has worked at a variety of family practice clinics in Ontario and Saskatchewan, providing primary health care services to clients across the age spectrum, including program planning and evaluation. Janet is passionate about health education of both clients and health professionals and has worked as an Assistant Professor for the College of Nursing University of Saskatchewan. Her approach to care is founded on evidence-based, patient-centred care that emphasizes health promotion and disease prevention.
Janet enjoys spending time outdoors with her family, especially hiking and biking.


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[ drest ]
/ drɛst /
verb Obsolete.
a simple past tense and past participle of dress.
Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!
Question 1 of 7
Words nearby drest
dressler beat, dressmaker, dressoir, dressy, dressy casual, drest, drew, drey, dreyfus, dreyfus affair, dreyfusard
Definition for drest (2 of 2)
[ dres ]
/ drɛs /
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
clothing; apparel; garb: The dress of the 18th century was colorful.
formal attire.
a particular form of appearance; guise.
outer covering, as the plumage of birds.
of or for a dress or dresses.
of or for a formal occasion.
requiring formal dress.
verb (used with object), dressed or drest, dress·ing.
to put clothing upon.
to put formal or evening clothes on.
to trim; ornament; adorn: to dress a store window; to dress a Christmas tree.
to design clothing for or sell clothes to.
to comb out and do up (hair).
to cut up, trim, and remove the skin, feathers, viscera, etc., from (an animal, meat, fowl, or flesh of a fowl) for market or for cooking (often followed by out when referring to a large animal): We dressed three chickens for the dinner. He dressed out the deer when he got back to camp.
to prepare (skins, fabrics, timber, stone, ore, etc.) by special processes.
to apply medication or a dressing to (a wound or sore).
to make straight; bring (troops) into line: to dress ranks.
to make (stone, wood, or other building material) smooth.
to cultivate (land, fields, etc.).
Theater. to arrange (a stage) by effective placement of properties, scenery, actors, etc.
to ornament (a vessel) with ensigns, house flags, code flags, etc.: The bark was dressed with masthead flags only.
- to prepare or bait (a fishhook) for use.
- to prepare (bait, especially an artificial fly) for use.
Printing. to fit (furniture) around and between pages in a chase prior to locking it up.
to supply with accessories, optional features, etc.: to have one's new car fully dressed.
verb (used without object), dressed or drest, dress·ing.
to clothe or attire oneself; put on one's clothes: Wake up and dress, now!
to put on or wear formal or fancy clothes: to dress for dinner.
to come into line, as troops.
to align oneself with the next soldier, marcher, dancer, etc., in line.
Verb Phrases
dress down,
- to reprimand; scold.
- to thrash; beat.
- to dress informally or less formally: to dress down for the shipboard luau.
dress up,
- to put on one's best or fanciest clothing; dress relatively formally: They were dressed up for the Easter parade.
- to dress in costume or in another person's clothes: to dress up in Victorian clothing; to dress up as Marie Antoinette.
- to embellish or disguise, especially in order to make more appealing or acceptable: to dress up the facts with colorful details.
Origin of dress
1275–1325; Middle English dressen < Anglo-French dresser, dresc(i)er, to arrange, prepare, Old French drecier < Vulgar Latin *dīrēctiāre, derivative of Latin dīrēctus direct; noun use of v. in sense "attire" from circa 1600
synonym study for dress
1. Dress, costume, gown refer to garments for women. Dress is the general term for a garment: a black dress. Costume is used of the style of dress appropriate to some occasion, purpose, period, or character, especially as used on the stage, at balls, at court, or the like, and may apply to men's garments as well: an 18th-century costume. Gown is usually applied to a dress more expensive and elegant than the ordinary, usually long, to be worn on a special occasion: a wedding gown.
OTHER WORDS FROM dresshalf-dressed, adjectiveout·dress, verb (used with object)
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Example sentences from the Web for drest
Sit down and rest you, and tell us how they drest you, and how you wan awa.The Proverbs of Scotland|Alexander Hislop
The verdant meads are drest in green, The champion fields with corn are seen.
On the marble couch within are stretched two figures, carved in stone and drest in the antique garb of the Middle Ages.
The best way of cooking lamb is to roast it; when drest otherwise it is insipid, and not so good as mutton.Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches|Eliza Leslie
When children are naughty, and will not be drest, Pray, what do you think is the way?Aunt Kitty's Stories|Various
British Dictionary definitions for drest
/ (drɛs) /
to put clothes on (oneself or another); attire
- to change one's clothes
- to wear formal or evening clothes
(tr) to provide (someone) with clothing; clothe
(tr) to arrange merchandise in (a shop window) for effective display
(tr) to comb out or arrange (the hair) into position
(tr) to apply protective or therapeutic covering to (a wound, sore, etc)
(tr) to prepare (food, esp fowl and fish) for cooking or serving by cleaning, trimming, gutting, etc
(tr) to put a finish on (the surface of stone, metal, etc)
(tr) to till and cultivate (land), esp by applying manure, compost, or fertilizer
(tr) to prune and trim (trees, bushes, etc)
(tr) to groom (an animal, esp a horse)
(tr) to convert (tanned hides) into leather
(tr) archaic to spay or neuter (an animal)
angling to tie (a fly)
military to bring (troops) into line or (of troops) to come into line (esp in the phrase dress ranks)
dress ship nautical to decorate a vessel by displaying all signal flags on lines run from the bow to the stern over the mast trucks
a one-piece garment for a woman, consisting of a skirt and bodice
complete style of clothing; costumeformal dress; military dress
(modifier) suitable or required for a formal occasiona dress shirt
the outer covering or appearance, esp of living thingstrees in their spring dress of leaves
See also dress down, dress up
Word Origin for dress
C14: from Old French drecier, ultimately from Latin dīrigere to direct
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Medical definitions for drest
[ drĕs ]
To apply medication, bandages, or other therapeutic materials to an area of the body such as a wound.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.


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- Chamber Diameter: 0.72 in./18.29 mm.
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15/02/2017 - 07:31:27Back to UFC/MMA Sport Home
Floyd Mayweather has denied claims he has agreed to fight UFC champion Conor McGregor.
Five-weight boxing world champion Mayweather, who has previously stated he would only return to the ring to fight the Irishman, said he was "happily retired" in posts shared on his social media pages.
MMA star McGregor has obtained a boxing license as part of his pursuit of a cross-sport showdown with Mayweather, who holds a 49-0 record and has not fought since September 2015.
Amid claims a bout had been agreed between the two camps, Mayweather wrote: "There seems to be several rumours floating around media recently however, let the record show, there hasn't been any deals made in regards to a fight between myself and any other fighters.
"I am happily retired and enjoying life at this time. If any changes are to come, be sure that I will be the first to let the world know."
February 14, 2017
McGregor became UFC's first simultaneous two-weight champion in November when beating Eddie Alvarez for the lightweight belt in New York.
He has since vacated his featherweight belt.
McGregor later tweeted a picture of himself sat on a throne, with the caption: "I am in Las Vegas. Floyd has retired on my arrival."
I am in Las Vegas. Floyd has retired on my arrival. pic.twitter.com/z9EcxBJaDr— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) February 15, 2017


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