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Facebook and Instagram are powerful advertising channels that can be an effective part of your Owned Marketing strategy. Owned Marketing is about taking ownership of your company's growth by curating the end-to-end customer experience. It's about leveraging the tools you already possess and using this knowledge to grow meaningful and lasting customer relationships.
Owned channels are channels that allow you the freedom to create personalized, memorable experiences for your customers that reflect your unique branding and personality. Your website, email, and mobile marketing are examples of fully-owned channels. While Facebook and Instagram are not fully owned channels, you can leverage your owned data and Klaviyo tools to make Facebook and Instagram Ads an effective part of your Owned Marketing strategy.
In this article, we'll explore how you can incorporate Facebook and Instagram ads into your customer journey. We'll also highlight some analytic tools you can use to examine your customer data so you can continuously iterate and refine your customer's journey.
Facebook owns Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and Whatsapp. Each of these are legitimate advertising channels in their own right. This article will focus on Facebook and Instagram because Facebook Ad Manager controls both. Many principles and ideas discussed in this guide can be applied to additional social media channels as well.
This is an outline of this article's content. Skip ahead to any section you'd like to explore:
- Leverage Owned Data in Facebook Ads
- Custom Audiences with Owned Data
- Lookalike Audiences with Owned Data
- Build Your Customer List with Lead Ads
- Target Subscribers Who Respond to Facebook Ads
- Build Brand Awareness by Encouraging Sharing
- Encourage Your Customers to Create Content
- Iterate Your Ad Strategy Based On Owned Analytics
Leverage Owned Data in Facebook Ads
Klaviyo is a data analytics platform that allows you to leverage your customer list and associated data to create a personalized, meaningful customer journey. Although there are inherent limitations to advertising on a non-owned channel, you can optimize your marketing budget and resources by using Klaviyo first-party data and tools.
You can use Klaviyo lists and segments to create Facebook Custom Audiences and Lookalike Audiences. Use Facebook Lead Ads to build your customer list and pull in related information. You can segment your customers based on data you sync from Facebook and/or Instagram.
One of the most powerful advantages of Owned Marketing is the ability to communicate directly with your customers, enabling you to build meaningful, lifelong relationships. Use Klaviyo to reach out to your customers to encourage them to engage with one another, building brand awareness and UGC (user-generated content).
The following sections provide suggestions, instructions, and use cases for using Klaviyo to leverage your owned data with Facebook and/or Instagram ads. We encourage you to apply these ideas to additional social media channels so you can optimize your marketing initiatives there as well.
Custom Audiences with Owned Data
Facebook allows you to create Custom Audiences based on your own contact list. Manage those audiences by being selective about which contacts you send to Facebook. Klaviyo gives you the ability to dynamically sync a list or segment to a Custom Audience via the Facebook-Klaviyo integration.
Dynamically Sync Contacts to a Custom Audience
Integrating your Facebook Advertising account with Klaviyo allows you to dynamically sync contacts to a Facebook Custom Audience. After integrating, you'll select a custom audience to push your contacts to.
If you have not already integrated with Facebook, head over to Integrate Facebook Advertising with Klaviyo for specific instructions on enabling the Facebook Integration. You'll also find instructions there for syncing a list or segment to a Facebook Custom Audience.
Once a list or segment is synced to a Facebook Audience, as profiles are added or removed from the list or segment, they will also be added or removed from the audience. Note that only email addresses associated with a Facebook login will be synced, so the size of your audience may not exactly match the size of your list/segment.
After you've started syncing a list or segment to a given Custom Audience, you can also switch the audience at any time or delete the sync completely.
Remember that Instagram ads are also managed through Facebook, so you can advertise to Instagram audiences as well.
Create Segments that Sync to Facebook Audiences
Segmentation can be used to create Custom Audiences and Lookalike Audiences in Facebook so you can get the right ad in front of the right group of people on Facebook and Instagram. For example, if you are a pet supply business, you can create targeted Facebook Lead Ads that appeal to dog owners, and different ads that target cat owners.
Any segment you build in Klaviyo can be synced to a Facebook or Instagram audience for either custom or lookalike audience-level targeting.
This video will walk you through creating segments to sync to Custom Audiences:
You can also review these use-cases for more ideas on segmenting for Custom Audiences:
Use Case: Segment Customers Based on Purchase History
One great way to engage your customers is with Facebook Ads related to items they've already purchased. Segments can be built around the Placed Order metric, and filtered based on specific products or categories of products purchased. In this example, we'll segment customers who purchased dog supplies but not cat supplies.
This segment can now be synced to a Facebook Audience to target people who purchase dog supplies and not cat supplies. Create an ad that appeals to your dog lovers, and watch your dog supply purchases soar.
Use Case: Align Social Remarketing to Customer Email Behavior
You can use Klaviyo segments to remarket to customers who you've previously targeted through email and could use an extra nudge on Facebook or Instagram.
For example, create social ads for snack bars to target segments of customers who prefer salty snacks.
- Build the segment
- Sync to Facebook
- Create the ad
As customers qualify for the Salty not Sweet Snack segment, they'll be added and removed from your Facebook Custom Audience of people who prefer salty foods. This allows you to target customers who prefer salty snacks by email, and retarget them on Facebook as well. They'll be reminded that they're hankering for your new bacon burger bar when they check their email and also when they check Facebook!
Use Case: Target Unengaged Profiles on Social Media
In some cases, some unengaged subscribers may want to hear from you on social media rather than through email. Create a segment of your least engaged email subscribers and retarget them on Facebook or Instagram. (This can be done either before or after list cleaning— when you suppress people who do not wish to receive your emails.) Reaching out to this segment on social media will not harm your deliverability since you're not emailing them. Rather, you're attempting to pique their interest on a different channel of communication. An unengaged or pre-suppression list can be synced to a Custom Audience you want to target with a Facebook Ad designed specifically with a light touch.
Lookalike Audiences with Owned Data
A great way to expand your customer list is by introducing your product to people on Facebook who resemble an engaged segment of your Klaviyo customers. Facebook Lookalike Audiences allow you to target new Facebook users who resemble an existing segment of contacts. Use an existing audience composed of your first-party owned data to create a Facebook Lookalike Audience. For example, if you are a pet supply company, you may want to target your customers who have demonstrated interest in dog supplies.
Create a Lookalike Audience Based on Owned Data
To leverage your owned data in a Lookalike Audience, make sure you've created a Custom Audience based on a Klaviyo list or segment. This ensures that your audience is composed of first-party data.
Log into your Facebook Ad Account, and create a new Lookalike Audience. In Select Your Lookalike Source, choose an existing audience composed of your owned data. For example, for your pet supply company, choose your existing Custom Audience which features customers who have purchased dog supplies.
A Lookalike Audience targets new Facebook people who fit similar criteria to the source audience. In the example above, the Lookalike Audience is based on Klaviyo customers who purchased dog supplies and will now be used to target new Facebook users who fit similar criteria.
Incorporate Klaviyo Predictive Analytics into Your Lookalike Audiences
You can export your Klaviyo customer lifetime value (CLV) data for a particular list or segment and upload those profiles to Custom Audiences in Facebook. Then, you can use this custom audience as a source to create a value-based lookalike audience.
- Build the segment
We're using our VIP segment, but you can choose a different segment depending on your advertising goals.
On the Export Review screen, include both the Email and Total Customer Lifetime Value properties.
- Create a Source Custom Audience
Login to your Facebook Ad Account and create a new Custom Audience. Select Customer File > Use a file that includes customer lifetime value (LTV).
Facebook requires you to accept their Terms of Service for a value-based audience because they want to ensure that you have rights to the data you use to create an audience. Of course, if you are using Klaviyo first-party data, you'll never have that problem. If you have not already done so, accept the TOS for working with value-based audiences.
Create a Value-Based Lookalike Audience
From your Facebook Ads manager create a new Lookalike Audience. In Select Your Lookalike Source, choose the custom CLV audience you created in the previous section. Enter your audience location and size, and click Create Audience.
Learn more:
See Facebook's documentation on creating a Lifetime Value Custom Audience. Detailed instructions can be found at Create a Value-Based Lookalike Audience with Klaviyo CLV
Build Your Customer List with Lead Ads
Klaviyo's integration with Lead Ads is one of the best ways to grow your customer list from Facebook and Instagram. Your customer list is the most valuable piece of owned data you possess, and Lead Ads give you the ability to collect contact information and consent from Facebook and Instagram users directly from ads. Lead Ads are pre-populated with the customer's information, so it's easy for Facebook and Instagram users to sign up for your communications.
Integrate with Facebook Lead Ads
Facebook Lead Ads can be synced to Klaviyo lists. You'll need an active Facebook integration for this feature to work.
Navigate to the list you'd like your Lead Ad Form to be funneled to and click Settings. In the Facebook Advertising section, click Choose a lead ad form to connect.
A modal will appear asking which Lead Ad Form you'd like to sync to your list. Choose one or more forms, then click Update.
Now all future signups will be added to the designated list. If you want to add contacts that signed up prior to the integration, export the list from Facebook and import those contacts into Klaviyo.
View our Facebook Integration guide for more detailed instructions on integrating Facebook Lead Ads with a Klaviyo list.
Sync Lead Ads to a Klaviyo List from Multiple Ad Campaigns
You can choose to sync all incoming leads to the same Klaviyo list even if you have different ads running. Simply choose multiple Lead Ad Forms when you configure a list.
What Data Is Synced with Lead Ads
Klaviyo tracks the following information when a customer fills out a Lead Ad Form:
- Contact information such as email address, name, and address.
- Filled Out Lead Ad event, which fires each time a Lead Ad Form is submitted. This includes associated metadata such as AdID (Ad Form ID) so that you have visibility into the specific form someone filled out
To view the Filled Out Lead Ad metrics pulling into your account, head over to your Metrics tab and view the Facebook Advertising metrics. Click on the Filled Out Lead Ad metric to drill down into overall metric activity.
You can segment your customers using this metric and filter by associated metadata.
This is an example of a Filled Out Lead Ad event. For example, expand the event to view AdID, FormName, and PageName.
You can design your Lead Ads to pull in additional metadata. This is an example of a Filled Out Lead Ad event that includes AdsetName, CampaignName, and Platform.
This is valuable data that you can use to segment your customers so you can create targeted follow-up messages. Keep reading to learn how.
Target Subscribers Who Respond to Facebook Ads
Well-placed Facebook Ads will grow your subscriber list. As profiles are added to your Newsletter list through lead ads, you can segment your subscriber list based on which specific Facebook Ad they responded to. This will allow you to further customize your email messaging based on the specific Facebook or Instagram Lead Ad source. For example, pull together a segment of customers who signed up for your newsletter from a successful "Dog Supplies" Facebook Ad Campaign. Then send your "Dog Lovers" segment a welcome series designed just for them.
Segment by Facebook Ad Source
You can create a segment of customers who have responded to a Lead Ad on Facebook. This is useful for zeroing in on subscribers who respond to a specific ad type, such as dog supply product ads. You'll use the Filled Out Lead Ad metric and the specific Lead Ad Form ID (AdID) to segment your customers.
You can then target this segment of customers with targeted campaigns designed to pique their interest in, say, the launch of new dog-related products.
Flows Triggered by Facebook Ad Source
Similar in concept to segmenting customers by ad source, we can create a customized flow for subscribers sourced from a specific Lead Ad by using the Filled Out Lead Ad metric and a Facebook Ad Form ID.
Following is an example of a Welcome flow for people who subscribed via a specific Lead Ad. We're adding all customers who responded to Dog Lover Lead Ad #1 to this Welcome flow:
In the above example, the trigger metric is Filled Out Lead Ad, the trigger filter is AdID, and the form id is AdID 1234567.
You can customize your welcome email with dog-friendly content:
Advanced Segmentation for Social Media
You can use segments for advanced targeting of social media campaigns and analyze your Facebook leads as you would email recipients.
- Cross-Channel Segment: a cross-channel segment can reinforce your marketing efforts by targeting customers across multiple channels, such as email and also Facebook.
- Recent Subscribers Segment: this is a segment of people who have recently opted-in to your marketing but have not yet placed an order. This is a good audience to target because they have shown recent interest in your brand and are likely to make a purchase.
- Former VIP Segment: former brand-enthusiasts are a great segment to target on social media; if they once responded enthusiastically, their interest might be rekindled by retargeting them on social media.
Learn more:
View our Guide to Advanced Segmentation for Social Media
Build Brand Awareness by Encouraging Sharing
Spread the love by encouraging your customers to share on social media. This is an excellent way to build brand awareness. You control the messaging on owned channels so you can direct your existing traffic to Facebook and Instagram via links in your emails and on your website. You can also add hashtags to email banners and social media posts, and run contests that encourage social media sharing.
Include Social Links in Your Email Templates
Make it easy to share by incorporating social links in your non-transactional emails. You can easily accomplish this by embedding social links in your base email templates. Be sure to link only to your most active social media accounts.
Include Hashtags in Email Banners
Everyone loves a clever hashtag! A catchy hashtag can help your brand get discovered; relevant hashtags can help you become part of a larger conversation around topics related to your business. Consider using a brand-consistent logo for Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter and feature your hashtag logo in campaign or flow emails.
Encourage Your Customers to Create Content
User-generated content (UGC) is a valuable marketing resource. You can sing your brand's praises, but a 5-star customer review or video of a brand enthusiast using your product is worth more than a thousand words.
Encourage your customers to create UGC by including a call-to-action (CTA) in your emails and by collecting customer reviews.
While this article focuses on Facebook and Instagram, you can drive customers to create content on additional social media platforms as well.
CTAs in Campaign Emails
Placing a call to action (CTA) that directs your customers to generate content that praises your brand is a great use of email space.
Launch a Contest Campaign
The best part of Owned Marketing is developing ongoing, lasting relationships with your customers. Let them know that you want to hear from them, see videos of them using your products, and read posts about your brand.
Offer a reward to the person who posts the best video of using your product. Encourage subscribers to write in with their best product-related stories, and post the top winners to your website. You may need to choose a video hosting platform or create a dedicated email account to receive the entries. Be sure to gather consent from participants to feature their UGC on your website and in your marketing emails.
Let your existing customers know about the contest via social media posts and email campaigns. Some of your engaged subscribers might just become your next brand evangelists in the process of competing!
Learn more:
Create and Send a Campaign
Create a Highly Engaged Segment
Designing Emails that Convert
CTAs in Flow Emails
Encourage customers to create UGC in a Product Review flow or Post-Purchase flow.
Create a Review Flow
After someone purchases a product, you can ask them to write a review. This is a great way to build social proof and drive customer engagement with your brand.
As a starting point, you can use Klaviyo's built-in Product Review/Cross Sell flow which can be found in the Klaviyo Flow Library, or you can build your own flow from scratch. Klaviyo doesn't support in-email product reviews, meaning customers cannot write reviews directly within the product review email they receive from you. As such, don't forget to include a link in your email that customers can click to leave a review on your site.
A Product Review flow may look something like this:
Learn more:
Create a Product Review Flow
Integrate with a Reviews App
While you can use Klaviyo to collect reviews, some of our customers have also had success with Review Apps that integrate with Klaviyo, such as Yotpo, Stamped.io, or Delighted. Collect and publish reviews, photos, and Q&As that can be used to identify segments and enrich marketing emails. Create a data feed with review content to include in your marketing emails.
Run a Contest to Generate Content
Hosting a contest for a video/photo/post is a great way to encourage UGC. One way to do this is by using Klaviyo forms and/or subscribe pages to run a contest and post it to social media.
You can enable a Contest Entry Welcome flow to engage your customers after they submit their contest entries.
Learn more:
Getting Started with Signup Forms and Subscription Pages
Tag Contest Entrants in a Welcome Series Flow
Iterate your Ad Strategy based on Owned Analytics
As you collect more customers, build your audience, segment your customers, and gather quality UGC, you'll continue to generate valuable data. Klaviyo gives you the tools you need to understand your owned data so you can make better marketing decisions.
Analyze the effectiveness of your Facebook and Instagram ad campaigns based on the number of customers you brought in and their predictive lifetime value. Compare the performance metrics both with and without UGC content using A/B testing in campaigns and A/B testing in flows. Ongoing data capture and analysis gives you the ability and freedom to iterate and refine your ad marketing strategy so you can build your business based on data science and not on guesswork.
Subscribers by Volume
Facebook Lead Ads integrate with Klaviyo lists so you can grow your customer base. The List Growth Report gives you insight into your lists' growth over time. This report displays growth by data source, so you can see which lead source produces the greatest number of subscribers over time.
Below is an example of a List Growth Report. Notice that an individual lead ad run on Facebook is featured among the data sources listed. You can use this report to see how Facebook stacks up against your other lead gen sources.
Subscribers by Customer Lifetime Value
Predictive analytics open up a world of insight into your customers' behavior. Klaviyo gives you the tools to track the lifecycle behavior of leads procured from Facebook, Instagram, and other channels. Use Klaviyo CLV data to predict how many subscribers you can expect from each ad channel and how valuable those subscribers will be.
This is an example of a pivot table analyzing CLV by source available in Klaviyo's CLV Calculations Template. You can use CLV metrics to assess the quality of leads captured by each ad channel based on how much revenue each lead is predicted to generate.
A quick analysis of the above data indicates that Facebook Ads have been a significant contributor to leads that convert into customers, as well as a significant historical income source. The Count of UTM_Medium column (this metric tells you how many people came in from each media channel) tells you how many people came in from each media channel. Facebook Ads (facebook_ads) pulled 88 customers into the account who converted into purchasers. In comparison with other avenues of acquisition (email, shop_now button, Pinterest), Facebook has been a successful ad source. The Sum of Historic CLV column shows that historically, facebook_ads brought in almost $10,000 of revenue.
Analysis of this type can inform your ad strategy. For example, the above analysis suggests that it would be smart to increase your marketing investment in Facebook Ads. Additionally, you might consider that Pinterest Paid ads are a good potential source of quality leads and invest more into your Pinterest Ads.
Learn more:
Klaviyo's Guide to Predictive Analytics
Campaign Performance
Campaign performance can be analyzed using a combination of segmentation and engagement reports.
Based on Profile Source
Segmentation can be used to analyze groups of subscribers who sign up through Lead Ads. The Segmentation Engagement Report is a tool that allows you to gauge how engaged your subscribers are based on their behavior.
This segment pulls all profiles obtained via Facebook Lead Ads:
After running an Engagement Report on this segment, these are the results:
This report highlights level of engagement, open rate, click rate, average order value, as well as rates based on how long a profile has existed in your account.
Learn more:
Use Segment Engagement Reports to Judge Lead Quality
A/B Test UGC
Marketing statistics show that using UGC creates a more compelling experience for customers. You can test this theory for yourself.
Klaviyo's A/B testing allows you to easily test different content strategies to help you refine your campaign email content. For example, A/B test campaigns with and without UGC and compare their performances.
Learn more:
Add UTM Tracking to a Flow Email
Create an A/B Testing Campaign
Flow Performance
Flow Email Analytics
View open and click rates and conversion metric for each flow email containing UGC.
These can be viewed directly within the Flow Visual Editor:
And also in the Flow Message Overview Report:
Learn more:
Review Flow Analytics
Field Test UGC
As you would with campaigns, you can test the effectiveness of UGC in your flow emails by using A/B testing. Add a Conditional Split into your flow to send a random sample of customers a flow email with UGC, and send the remaining customers a flow email without UGC. Compare how these two paths perform by looking at open and click rates for each email type.
Learn more:
A/B Testing a Flow
Review Flow Analytics
Optimizing Segments and Flows
As Your Business Grows
Klaviyo analytics are increasingly valuable over time. Periodic assessment of your ad performance based on channel performance, quality of subscribers, and ad content will yield important data about your advertising choices. Use these insights to iterate your marketing strategy as your business grows with Klaviyo.
Additional Resources
Check out these Klaviyo:Boston presentations:
Personalizing the Customer Experience
Execute Your Plan Cross-Channel
Klaviyo Blog:
3 Ways to Use Social Proof to Boost Holiday Sales
User Generated Content (UGC) in Ecommerce Email Marketing: The Why and How


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Update Day
Happy Thanksgiving!
Oh yeah, and I got another rejection.
Welcome to Rejection City! Hop on the Emotional Rollercoaster Tour Bus and I'll give you a tour!
I hope you brought your thick-skinned coat because the roads are bumpy and all uphill. Hang on tight, this ride is crazy!
1st Stop: Form Rejection Factory
On your left, you'll see the smog-filled skies of Form Rejection Factory. About 99% of the residents get stuck here breathing in the fumes. But we're in the top 1%, right? Let's move on.
Silence Alley
Just outside of Form Rejection Factory is the longest-feeling road in history. This claustrophobic street seems to go on for miles simply because of its incessant quiet. Feel that chilling wind? That's coming from Cold Shoulder Lake, which you will see right about...
Cold Shoulder Lake
This historic site is where many dreams have been crushed. But pull your thick-skinned coats tighter, and we will skirt around this swampy bog as quickly as possible. Which is never quick enough.
Self-Publishing Path
This ever-present nontraditional route exists for anyone with the moxie to do it all on their own. Be careful, though. This path goes through Trailblazing Forest where thinly veiled Vanity Press Monsters lurk and pounce. Our tour bus will not be going in that direction today, so if this is your chosen path, feel free to hop off anytime.
2nd Stop: Author Platform
On your right, you'll see your author platform. If you don't see anything, then you'll need to build one! Luckily, there are plenty of tools nearby to help you get started. For example, that's Social Media tower, over there is Website Construction Company, and those are the gateways to Online Writing Courses Golf Course. If you're a children's book writer may I recommend exclusive membership to Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
3rd Stop: Personalized Rejection Spa
Pamper yourself at the Personalized Rejection Spa. You're still being rejected, but at least you're getting a massage while it happens! Many revel in the praise here, but emerge refreshed and more determined than ever. Maybe you do too! You look amazing, by the way.
Final Stop: Request and Resubmit Railroad Station
On the borders of our fair city is the Request and Resubmit (affectionately known as the R&R). Trains with spacious compartments and seats as hard as rocks await you. Simply obtain a boarding pass, and you're on your way out of the city for good - until you write another manuscript.
End of Tour
Hope you enjoyed my little tour through Rejection City! I wrote this blog post as part of a goal-setting blog hop. My goal this year was to get rejected 24 times by filling up my rejection bingo sheet. I have 14 so far. In December, I'll be assessing how to get more rejections - or more hopefully an acceptance!
11/25/2016 04:19:48 pm
Love your tour: it made me smile. You're right, humor is the only way to deal with rejections.
11/26/2016 09:37:00 am
Very amusing! My Update post also dealt with the agony we go through, and I listed a 20 step submission process, but yours is much better :D
11/27/2016 06:33:20 am
I got rejected 12 times this year, but I'd be that 99% most of the time, stuck gasping for air in Form Rejection Factory. Ahhh! The smog--it lives! Thank goodness for my thick-skinned coat being equipped with a full-face respirator mask.
11/29/2016 01:06:32 am
What a fantastic post and way to vent out the pain. This is good stuff. If your query is half as fun to read this, I can't imagine you being stuck at the station much longer.
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Great article! I've travelled to all your spots, with a side trip to the Swamp of Silence, where the only sound is crickets and submission responses never come.
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Ah! I forgot to mention the crickets! I'll remember that next time I give the Rejection City tour.
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Ukonniemi offers a variety of facilities for different sports. You're welcome to try out roller skiing or cross-country biking on the shores of Saimaa.
Ukonniemi is the number one cross-country skiing location in Southern Finland, year-round! In the summer, you can enjoy the roller skiing track that meets all international race standards and has even been titled 'the best in Finland.' In the winter, you are welcome to use Southern Finland's longest ski track on first snow. During the natural snow season, a 35-kilometre-long skiing track can be accessed from Ukonniemi. The services of the Ukonniemi stadium and the 30-spot shooting range for biathlonists are the highlights of the excellent sports opportunities.
Disc golf
The Ukonniemi track and field area includes a diverse, 22-fairway disc golf course. The height differences and forests offer diverse challenges for players. The surface is forest soil in some parts and sandy soil in others. The diversity of the fairways is illustrated by a 50-metre narrow tunnel fairway where the disc is thrown towards a hill and a relatively open 181-metre par-4 fairway that ends on a basket on a small hill.
The new 18-hole golf course offers challenges for Ukonniemi visitors. The Kohonkangas heathlands, in the immediate vicinity of Holiday Club Saimaa, are a perfect location for a golf course. The rolling heathlands, combined with the dramatic kettle terrain shaped by the ice age, provide an impressive setting for your golf round.
Ice sports
To the delight of all ice sports enthusiasts, Ukonniemi features three ice rinks. Two of the rinks are located at Imatra Ice Stadium, and one is located at Holiday Club Saimaa. At Imatra Ice Stadium, you can watch the games of the local ice hockey team, Imatran Ketterä, or hop to the rink yourself for skating or curling. At Holiday Club Saimaa Arena, you may also rent equipment during the skating turns.
Racket sports
Tennis, badminton or padel – Ukonniemi has courts for all of them! Imatra Tennis Hall, located in the heart of Ukonniemi Sports Centre, includes two courts where you can play regardless of the weather. You may reserve badminton courts at the indoor arena of Imatra Spa. At Holiday Club Saimaa, you can find a padel court and an outdoor tennis court.
Canoeing and SUP boarding
Going canoeing or stand up paddle boarding in the Saimaa archipelago is easy. You can rent a SUP board at Tuplakasi Action or Saimaa Adventures. Canoes can be rented from the Imatran Lapinkävijät organisation. The 20-kilometre Oritsaari route is suitable for a day trip, and you can also choose to take a shorter route.
Mountain biking
The hub of mountain biking in Ukonniemi is the pump track that is one of the largest tracks in Finland. The track is constantly developed by active cyclists in the area. The area around the track has a 100-kilometre network of biking paths and routes. The pump track and the paths are enjoyable for both beginners and veteran cyclists. Both groups can find challenges and rewarding experiences!


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Outgassing. If you don't know what it is, as I didn't until recently, it might sound like one of those little slips in bodily function that all humans occasionally have, only outside. But it's more serious than that.
With its unfortunate name, outgassing, sometimes called offgassing, is the release of a gas that has been trapped or absorbed in a solid or liquid material. The process occurs all the time in nature, but for us at home it refers to the release of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from our new home furnishings and coverings. We don't want to be breathing in VOCs because they include a variety of chemicals that can have short or long term adverse health effects.
The problem reached national attention after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in 2005. The Federal Emergency Management Agency gave about 140,000 trailers and mobile homes to families displaced by the storm, but soon after, many of the recipients began to suffer from burning eyes, bloody noses, headaches and breathing problems. As it turned out, the construction materials used for many of the trailers, combined with poor ventilation, exposed families to dangerously high levels of formaldehyde. Particleboard is a notorious source for this indoor containment, and it was used extensively in constructing the trailers.
The most common outgassing culprits in our homes are carpets, mattresses, paint and particleboard. But VOCs are also released from common household products such as cleaning supplies, pesticides, glues, permanent markers and adhesives.
Surprisingly, there is a risk of granite countertops emitting too much radon, which occurs through radiation rather than outgassing, but affects our indoor health in similar ways. The vast majority of granite countertops are safe, and granite suppliers have shown extra diligence in testing slabs before they are sold ever since a 2008 article in The New York Times brought the issue to the fore. In that article, a homeowner's new countertop brought the level of radon in her kitchen to a dangerously high level, carrying the same cancer risk as smoking half a pack of cigarettes a day.
Testing for radon is easy and inexpensive. Kits can be purchased at radon.com or at most home improvement stores for under $20. Unfortunately, if your granite countertop is emitting dangerous levels of radon, there is nothing to do but remove it and replace it with tested granite or one of the attractive substitutes on the market.
If outgassing is a problem in your home, your nose may have told you so already. The first way to deal with the problem is to limit the number of outgassing items coming into your home in the first place. You may opt to buy solid wood furniture with an all-natural finish. All natural rugs made from organic wool, jute, or sisal will spare you the familiar but unpleasant smell of new carpet.
Mattresses are a tricky matter because much of the environmental labeling is still not regulated, but a natural latex mattress with a wool topping is a popular eco-friendly choice. Indoor paints with low or no VOC emissions are becoming widely available. However, more wholesome alternatives may come at a higher purchase price, and the designs and options may not be to everyone's taste.
One way to reduce exposure to outgassed VOCs is to let items air out before bringing them into your home. Newly-manufactured items release most of their fumes within the first few days or weeks after being unpacked. If you have a garage or a closed-off but well-ventilated spare room, consider putting your new item there for a week or two before bringing it into your living space.
Another recommended option is to purchase used pieces of furniture, where one can assume that most of the outgassing has already taken place. But then, how many of us want to buy old stuff?
If you are painting your home with conventional paints, see if you can time it for right before everyone leaves on a trip away.
VOCs are outgassed at different rates, and they outgas faster in areas with warmer temperatures and higher humidity. Some scientists suggest that we "bake-out" our homes to help clear the area. With this method, which generates some debate among experts, you set the heat in your home in the 90s, increase the ventilation, and leave it like that for at least three days. But, that seems like a lot of sweat, literally, not to mention the energy expense.
Throughout our marriage, my wife and I have furnished our homes with antique furniture and old rugs. Now I discover that what was a style preference on our part may in fact have spared us the effects of outgassing and reoccurring health problems. Sometimes you do the right thing without knowing it.


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ActiveProspect partners with HubSpot to offer sections of the HubSpot API directly through LeadConduit.
You can use the LeadConduit HubSpot Integration to do any of the following:
- Create a New Contact
- Send the contact information to a form
What you'll need to get started:
- A HubSpot account
- A HubSpot API Key
The links below will help you find the required information.
Finding What You Need
Log in to your HubSpot account and switch to the Hubspot API Key section.
If you've already generated an API Key, click the View Key button.
Otherwise, generate a new API Key.
Configuring in LeadConduit
From your selected Flow, choose Edit, scroll through the steps and click HubSpot to reveal the Edit Field Mappings button.
Upon opening the Field Mappings modal window, the API Key will already be mapped, but you can map additional information to HubSpot if needed.
The following lead fields will automatically be sent to the HubSpot API and you don't need to add them in the field mapping section unless you're setting up conditional rules:
- First Name
- Last Name
- Website
- Company Name
- Phone 1
- Address 1
- City
- State
- Postal Code
Additional Custom Fields can be mapped using the HubSpot Custom option from the Right-Hand-Value selector.
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Next year promises to be a very significant and exciting year for the Meetings Industry Association (the mia) as it celebrates 25 years serving the industry and there are plans afoot for a whole year of celebration. This is a true milestone for the professional body that created AIM accreditation – the industry's mark of service excellence.
Jane Longhurst, chief executive of The mia, comments: "The determination of the association's leadership during its 25 year history has given the conference, meetings and events industry an accreditation scheme, industry awards, invaluable research and a voice to government."
Today, the mia is one of the largest and fastest growing trade associations in the sector, connecting people, ideas and best practice.
Through its history it has gathered some of the brightest minds in the industry to solve business problems and facilitate learning. The 25th year will focus on celebrating the importance of community, knowledge exchange and success.
The conference will provide attendees with an innovative and future-focused view of the industry and will feature keynote speakers and interactive work streams on the topic of marketing, including: embracing and encouraging change, reputation, leading change, internal communication, technology, creativity and brand personality. The day will also provide the opportunity to network with fellow industry professionals throughout the day and into the evening.


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Mothers with kids who love playing on the San Clemente beach may have reason to rejoice. Surfers who hang out at T-Street or the pier may wonder if the waves at their local break will change.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – asked by the city of San Clemente 10 years ago to try to do something about the city's badly eroding beaches – has come up with a proposal.
Tentative plan: Restore two-thirds of a mile of San Clemente's coastline with 250,000 cubic yards of fresh sand every six years or so for 50 years.
How: Dig into the sea floor a mile off Oceanside Harbor to dredge up pockets of beach-quality sand, sail it to San Clemente and pump it onto the beach.
Where: Linda Lane Beach to south T-Street Beach
Process: Working on a 200-foot stretch of beach at a time, build a sand berm near the water and backfill the beach, extending a level beach from the Coastal Trail out 50 feet.
When: Winter, when beach closures – 200 feet at a time for a couple of weeks each – would have the fewest effects on people and on habitat for grunion and California least terns.
How long: Total replenishment would take four months in 200-foot increments.
Potential benefits: A nicer beach for locals and tourists, more towel space, and a sand buffer to protect city beach facilities and the railroad tracks against erosion.
Potential risks: Engineers say if there are any effects from sand creep offshore, they likely would be minimal, but there are no guarantees.
Why: By industry standards, this is a small project designed to use the least amount of sand to effectively restore the beach while avoiding offshore effects.
Why every six years: That's how long engineers think each replenishment is apt to last. It could be longer or shorter. Replenishment timing could vary.
Options: After the first replenishment, the city could opt out of the program if it doesn't like the result. The beach presumably would return to the way it is now.
Why here: San Clemente's beach is unique, with an important rail corridor running along a seriously thinning stretch of sand.
Federal interest: To protect beach facilities, the tourism economy and the railroad.
Implication: Without the project, the beach likely would get worse and the railroad could have to extend a seawall the length of the city to protect the tracks.
Cost: Total project: $63.5 million over 50 years.
Who pays: The federal government would pay 65 percent of the $7.3 million initial replenishment. The city's $2.5 million share could be assisted by grants. Eight follow-up replenishments, totaling about $56 million, would be a 50/50 cost share.
Status: A dozen residents attended a public workshop Thursday night to see the plan and to comment. An environmental report can be viewed at the San Clemente Library at 242 Avenida Del Mar or in city offices. You can comment on the study until Sept. 23.
Residents' concerns: Asked if they are skeptical, all the residents Thursday indicated yes. A couple of surfers worried that migrating sand might ruin surf breaks or wall up the waves for a time. One suggested the debt-riddled government shouldn't spend millions to dump sand on a beach.
Next meeting: The city's Coastal Advisory Committee could make a recommendation to the City Council either Sept. 9 or Oct. 14. Both meetings will start at 7 p.m. at the Community Center at Avenida Del Mar and Calle Seville. The public is invited.
After that: If the City Council says yes, the Army Corps of Engineers would seek authorization and funding from Congress.
Questions? Call the city's assistant engineer, Tom Bonigut, at 949-361-6187.
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Craig Bellamy has snubbed an offer to go on Strictly Come Dancing as he bids to become a respected manager.
Firebrand striker Bellamy hung up his boots at the end of the top-flight season at relegated Cardiff.
His career included a number of controversies such as famously attacking Liverpool team-mate John Arne Riise with a golf club.
But Bellamy, 34, is now aiming to get his UEFA pro-licence as he bids to become a future manager.
He is already the hot favourite to succeed Chris Coleman in charge of Wales after the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign.
And Bellamy is anxious to be taken seriously as a potential manager of the future.
So when popular BBC TV show Strictly came calling recently about this year's series, MirrorSport understands Bellamy politely declined.
A number of famous former footballers have gone on the prime-time show previously including Peter Schmeichel, John Barnes , Peter Shilton and Robbie Savage.
Bellamy played for seven clubs in the Premier League including Liverpool, Manchester City, Newcastle United and until recently Cardiff.
The former Wales captain played his final game in relegated Cardiff's last game at home to Chelsea. Bellamy also won 78 caps for his country before retiring from international football in October 2013.
On retiring altogether earlier this summer, Bellamy said: "I'm taking my full coaching badges. I've got A, B and C, I just need to do the Pro-Licence which will prepare me properly for management.
"I plan to visit lots of football clubs, home and abroad, look at training in different sports, to broaden my knowledge.
"Then, when the management opportunity comes, I will be as fully prepared as possible."
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Panoramic Picture Creation
This example is converted from old blog : Panoramic Picture Creation which is using the IPD and SIVP that time. It illustrates simple method of panoramic picture creation using sum of absolute differences. It assumes no zooming, rotational variation in 2 images.
Our task is to combine the 2 images above at their overlapping region.
Reading and Showing Images
Download the images above and save them as '1.jpg' and '2.jpg'. Read and show them on the same figure.
S1 = imread('1.jpg'); S2 = imread('2.jpg'); subplot(121); imshow(S1); subplot(122); imshow(S2);
Calculate Sum of Absolute Differences (SAD)
Extract the "Red" layer for the SAD calculation, we could also use other layers for this purpose.
S1r = S1(:,:,1); S2r = S2(:,:,1); sz = 50; roi2 = S2r(1:sz,1:sz); [x,y]=size(S2r); for cnt = y:-1:x/2 roi1 = S1r(1:sz,cnt-sz+1:cnt); data(y-cnt+1)=sum(sum(abs(double(roi2)-double(roi1)))); end plot(data); [minval,ind] = min(data); plot(ind,minval,'r*');
Combine The Images At The Minimum Error Region
From the figure above, we will use the minimum error point as the binding point for 2 images.
Sc = S1(1:$,1:y-sz-ind+1,:); Sfinal = [Sc S2]; imshow(Sfinal);


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TONY EASTLEY: In what's believed to be the first study of its kind, a survey has revealed that globally smoking rates amongst women have almost halved since 1980.
On the flipside, the study shows that because of world population growth, the number of cigarette smokers has actually increased since 2006.
Australia has recorded one of the fastest declines in smoking rates, down by just under 2 per cent since 1980.
Alison Caldwell reports.
ALISON CALDWELL: The University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation conducted the study of smoking rates from 1980 until 2012, based on a wide range of data from 187 countries.
Director Dr Christopher Murray is speaking from Seattle.
CHRISTOPHER MURRAY: I think on the good news front is that some countries like Norway, Sweden, Canada and Mexico, and a little bit just behind them, the US and Australia, have been quite successful at reducing smoking in both men and women.
But the bad news is at the global level - the declines in smoking rates are slower than the growth of population so that the market for tobacco, the number of smokers, the number of cigarettes smoked every year has been rising every year for the last 30 years.
ALISON CALDWELL: Globally, the percentage of the population that smokes every day has decreased by 42 per cent for women and 25 per cent for men.
According to the study, the number of cigarettes smoked each year* is 6 trillion, on average 20 a day per smoker.
Dr Christopher Murray again.
CHRISTOPHER MURRAY: What we're trying to do is put together all the evidence on what's actually happened to smoking rates, but I think that provides a powerful scientific basis for trying to then tease apart how much of these changes in smoking prevalence can be traced to specific policies and how much can be traced to the actions of industry or sort of ineffective action by different governments. And we're hoping that that's the next step.
ALISON CALDWELL: From 1980 until 1996, the world showed modest progress in reducing the number of smokers. From 1996 until 2006 the world saw rapid progress. But from then on, a slowdown occurred with an apparent increase in smokers among men since 2010.
The study's authors believe that's due in part to increases in the number of smokers in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia and Russia.
Dr Christopher Murray says the differences persist despite decades of strong tobacco control measures globally.
CHRISTOPHER MURRAY: We have countries like Indonesia, which has the second-highest smoking rates for men in the world. And they have yet to sign the framework convention on tobacco control. So I think it's the ongoing agenda that there is strong industry action that promotes smoking and in some countries that's been more effective at stymieing the adoption of effective tobacco control.
ALISON CALDWELL: Worldwide, an estimated 967 million people smoke.
The study is published today in a special issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association which is devoted to tobacco.
TONY EASTLEY: Alison Caldwell.
EDITOR'S NOTE (8 January 2014): In the original story, the number of cigarettes smoked was reported as a daily figure. The number is an annual tally. The transcript has been corrected.
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Despite global declines in smoking rates, number of smokers and cigarettes rises
Alison Caldwell reported this story on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 08:12:00
TONY EASTLEY: In what's believed to be the first study of its kind, a survey has revealed that globally smoking rates amongst women have almost halved since 1980.
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What is it and how is it used?
ADENURIC tablets are used to treat gout, which is associated with an excess of a chemical called uric acid (urate) in the body. In some people, the amount of uric acid builds up in the blood and may become too high to remain soluble. When this happens, urate crystals may form in and around the joints and kidneys. These crystals can cause sudden, severe pain, redness, warmth and swelling in a joint (known as a gout attack). Left untreated, larger deposits called tophi (TOE-FI) may form in and around joints. These tophi may cause joint and bone damage.
ADENURIC works by reducing uric acid levels. Keeping uric acid levels low by taking ADENURIC once every day stops crystals building up, and over time it reduces symptoms. Keeping uric acid levels sufficiently low for a long enough period can also shrink tophi.
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|What do you have to consider before using it?
|How is it used?
|What are possible side effects?
|How should it be stored?
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What do you have to consider before using it?
Do not take ADENURIC if you are:
- If you are allergic (hypersensitive) to febuxostat, the active ingredient of ADENURIC, or any of the other ingredients in these tablets.
Take special care with ADENURIC
Tell your doctor before you start to take this medicine:
- If you have or have had heart failure or heart problems
- If you are being treated for high uric acid levels as a result of cancer disease or Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (a rare inherited condition in which there is too much uric acid in the blood)
- If you have thyroid problems
If you are having a gout attack at the moment (a sudden onset of severe pain, tenderness, redness, warmth and swelling in a joint), wait for the gout attack to subside before first starting treatment with ADENURIC.
For some people, gout attacks may flare up when starting certain medicines that control uric acid levels. Not everyone gets flares, but you could get a flare-up even if you are taking ADENURIC, and especially during the first weeks or months of treatment. It is important to keep taking ADENURIC even if you have a flare, as ADENURIC is still working to lower uric acid. Over time, gout flares will occur less often and be less painful if you keep taking ADENURIC every day.
Your doctor will often prescribe other medicines, if they are needed, to help prevent or treat the symptoms of flares (such as pain and swelling in a joint).
Your doctor may ask you to have blood tests to check that your liver is working normally.
Taking other medicines
Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, or have recently taken, any other medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription.
It is especially important to tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking medicines containing any of the following substances as they may interact with ADENURIC and your doctor may wish to consider necessary measures:
- Mercaptopurine (used to treat cancer)
- Azathioprine (used to reduce immune response)
- Theophylline (used to treat asthma)
Taking ADENURIC with food and drink
The tablets should be taken by mouth and can be taken with or without food.
Pregnancy and breast-feeding
It is not known if ADENURIC may harm your unborn child. Tell your doctor if you think you are pregnant or if you are planning to become pregnant as ADENURIC should not be used during pregnancy. It is not known if ADENURIC may pass into human breast milk. You should not use ADENURIC if you are breast feeding, or if you are planning to breastfeed.
Driving and using machines
No studies on the effects of ADENURIC on the ability to drive and use machines have been performed. However, you should be aware that you may experience dizziness, sleepiness and numbness or tingling sensation during treatment and should not drive or operate machines if affected.
Important information about some of the ingredients of ADENURIC
ADENURIC tablets contain lactose (a type of sugar). If you have been told that you have an intolerance to some sugars contact your doctor before taking this medicine.
How is it used?
Always take ADENURIC exactly as your doctor has told you. You should check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
ADENURIC is available as either an 80 mg tablet or a 120 mg tablet. Your doctor will have prescribed the strength most suitable for you.
- The usual dose is one tablet daily. The back of the blister pack is marked with the days of the week to help you check that you have taken a dose each day.
- The tablets should be taken by mouth and can be taken with or without food.
It is important that you do not stop taking ADENURIC unless your doctor tells you to.
Continue to take ADENURIC every day even when you are not experiencing gout flare or attack.
If you take more ADENURIC than you should
In the event of an accidental overdose ask your doctor what to do, or contact your nearest accident and emergency department.
If you forget to take ADENURIC
If you miss a dose of ADENURIC take it as soon as you remember unless it is almost time for your next dose, in which case miss out the forgotten dose and take your next dose at the normal time. Do not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten dose.
If you stop taking ADENURIC
Do not stop taking ADENURIC without the advice of your doctor even if you feel better. If you stop taking ADENURIC your uric acid levels may begin to rise and your symptoms may worsen due to the formation of new crystals of urate in and around your joints and kidneys.
If you have any further questions on the use of this product, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
What are possible side effects?
Like all medicines, ADENURIC can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
Common side effects (reported in more than 1 in 100 patients but less than 1 in 10 patients) are:
- abnormal liver test results
- diarrhoea
- headache
- rashes
- nausea
- increase in gout symptoms
Uncommon side effects (more than 1 in 1,000 patients but less than 1 in 100 patients) are:
- decreased appetite, change in blood sugar levels (diabetes) of which a symptom may be excessive thirst, increased blood fat levels
- loss of sex drive
- difficulty in sleeping, sleepiness
- dizziness, numbness, tingling, reduced or altered sensation (hypoaesthesia or paraesthesia), altered or reduced sense of taste
- abnormal ECG heart tracing, irregular heartbeats, feeling your heart beat
- hot flushes or blushing (e.g. redness of the face or neck), increased blood pressure
- cough, shortness of breath, chest discomfort or pain, inflammation of nasal passage and/or throat (upper respiratory tract infection), bronchitis
- dry mouth, abdominal pain/discomfort or wind, heartburn/indigestion, constipation, more frequent passing of stools, vomiting, stomach discomfort
- itching, hives, skin inflammation or discolouration, other type of skin conditions
- muscle cramp, muscle weakness, pain/ache in muscles/joints, bursitis or arthritis (inflammation of joints usually accompanied by pain, swelling and/or stiffness), pain in extremity, back pain, muscle spasm
- blood in the urine, abnormal frequent urination, abnormal urine tests (increased level of proteins in the urine), a reduction in the ability of the kidneys to function properly
- fatigue, localised swelling due to the retention of fluids in the tissues (oedema), chest pain, chest discomfort
- Stones in the gallbladder or in bile ducts (cholelithiasis)
- changes in blood chemistry or amount of blood cells or platelets (abnormal blood test results)
- kidney stones
Rare side effects (more than 1 in 10,000 patients but less than 1 in 1,000 patients) are:
- allergic reactions (e.g. skin rash, itching, swelling)
- generalised skin rashes Stop taking Adenuric and contact your doctor immediately if these side effects occur, because a serious allergic reaction might follow
- nervousness
- feeling thirsty
- erectile difficulties
- ringing in the ears
- hair loss
- mouth ulceration
- inflammation of the pancreas: common symptoms are abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting
- increased sweating
- weight change (increase/decrease), increased appetite, uncontrolled loss of appetite (anorexia)
- muscle and/or joint stiffness
- abnormally low blood cell counts (white or red blood cells)
- urgent need to urinate
If any of the side effects get serious, or if you notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet, please tell your doctor or pharmacist.
How should it be stored?
- Keep out of the reach and sight of children.
- Do not use after the expiry date which is stated on the carton and the tablet blister foil after ?EXP.? The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.
- This medicinal product does not require any special storage conditions.
Medicines should not be disposed of via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of medicines no longer required. These measures will help to protect the environment.
Further information
What ADENURIC contains
The active substance is febuxostat.
Each tablet contains 80 mg or 120 mg of febuxostat.
The other ingredients are:
Tablet core: lactose monohydrate, microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate, hydroxypropylcellulose, croscarmellose sodium, colloidal hydrated silica.
Film-coating: Opadry II yellow, 85F42129 containing: polyvinyl alcohol, titanium dioxide (E171), macrogols 3350, talc, iron oxide yellow (E172)
What ADENURIC looks like and contents of the pack
ADENURIC film-coated tablets are pale yellow to yellow in colour and capsule shaped. The 80 mg film-coated tablets are marked on one side with ?80?. The 120 mg film-coated tablets are marked on one side with ?120?.
ADENURIC is supplied in 1 blisters of 14 tablets (14 tablet pack), 2 blisters of 14 tablets (28 tablet pack), 3 blisters of 14 tablets (42 tablet pack), 4 blisters of 14 tablets (56 tablet pack), 6 blisters of 14 tablets (84 tablet pack), 6 blisters of 14 tablets (84 tablet pack) or 7 blisters of 14 tablets (98 tablet pack). Not all pack sizes may be marketed.
Marketing Authorisation Holder and Manufacturer
Marketing Authorisation Holder
Menarini International Operations Luxembourg S.A.
1, Avenue de la Gare, L-1611 Luxembourg
Patheon France
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38300 Bourgoin Jallieu
Menarini - Von Heyden GmbH
Leipziger Strasse 7-13
01097 Dresden
For any information about this medicinal product, please contact the local representative of the Marketing Authorisation Holder.
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Phil Spencer Wants No Man's Sky, More Platformers and Adventures on Xbox One; Hints at Diablo III (UPDATED)
Microsoft Game Studios head honcho Phil Spencer is always on the lookout for new games for the Xbox One's growing portfolio, and today he mentioned on Twitter what he'd like to see on the console:
Have you tracked No Man's Sky? Not exactly the same genre but would be good on XB1.
When a fan asked him what genres he'd like to see more on the console he answered:
For me personally, I'm a fan of platformers and good story driven adventure games.
I'm pushing for a lot of story in one of our unannounced projects. I thought story in Ryse, as an example, really helped game.
Yea, Diablo III was really nice on XBOX One. Sold well. Would be good to get more iso dungeon crawls as well.
When I read that, I guessed he meant Xbox 360 there…or maybe it was a slip? When asked if that was a confirmation for Diablo III on Xbox One he responded:
Not by me, that's obviously Blizzards decision and schedule.
Afterwards he did correct himself by admitting that meant Xbox 360, and he made a mistake because he was typing too fast, but Diablo III on Xbox One wouldn't be too farfetched (I actually expected it to be announced long ago), so a slip of the tongue – or more precisely of the fingers – isn't too unlikely. Of course you shouldn't take it as a confirmation, but who knows what the future holds…
We'll have to wait to see if it was indeed just a typo or an actual slip. One thing is for sure: the fact that he explicitly mentioned Hello Games' impressive space exploration indie title No Man's Sky probably means that something is brewing on that front. My curiosity is piqued. Bring it on, Phil. My body is ready.
Update: Spencer further clarified that he "knows nothing" of Diablo III's plans. We have no reason not to believe him since he denies so vigorously. In any case, No Man's Sky is where it's at. Please and thank you, Phil.


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- Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume s1-15, Issue 2, 1 Mar 1935, p. 155 - 174
A Clinical Study of Intestinal Fungi 1
A study of the data presented leads us to feel that in no case did the fungus have a pathognomonic relationship to the diagnoses involved. It is possible, but difficult of proof, that the fungus in any case modified or influenced the symptomatology. The course of therapy ignored the fungus findings and in all cases the response to therapy was characteristic and average for the diagnoses concerned. The surprisingly even balance between positives and negatives in the various diagnoses listed in table 3 strengthens this feeling. It is further confirmed by the wide variety of fungi present under the same clinical diagnosis, and the wide distribution of each fungus type among different diagnoses, as shown in table 4.
It is probable that further survey studies would be of value in elucidating the problem of pathogenicity of intestinal fungi. Such studies should use a uniform method of culture and classification. They should be made so far as possible on individuals with a single type of pathology, of localized residential history, with repeated cultures, associated cultures of the mouth and of gastric and duodenal contents, and close correlative study of the chemical and bacterial features of the specimens cultured.


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11 killed, dozens wounded in bomb attacks at 3 churches in Indonesia: Police
JAKARTA: At least eleven people were killed and 40 injured in a wave of blasts including a suicide bombing outside churches in Indonesia's second-biggest city Surabaya on Sunday (May 13), police said, tripling the initial death toll.
"There have been three attacks at three churches," East Java Police spokesman Frans Barung Mangera said.
"The victims are being identified," the spokesman added.
The deadly blasts all occurred within 10 minutes of each other, police said, with the first explosion at 7.30 am (0030 GMT).
TV footage appeared to show a person on a motorcycle driving into the grounds of one church before a bomb went off seconds later.
Televised eyewitness reports suggested that one suicide bomber was a veiled woman with a couple of children in tow.
Television images showed debris scattered around the entrance of one church and police cordoning off areas as crowds gathered.
In an update, police said they "secured" an unexploded bomb in a church in Surabaya.
Authorities had earlier said they were investigating whether there was an explosion at a fourth church.
Police ordered the temporary closure of all churches in Surabaya, and a large food festival in the city was cancelled.
The bombings come days after Islamist militant prisoners killed five members of an elite counter-terrorism force during a 36-hour standoff at a high security jail on the outskirts of the capital, Jakarta.
Islamic State later claimed responsibility for the attacks, the militant group's Amaq news agency said, without providing any evidence.
"Three martyrdom attacks inflicts at least 11 deaths and 41 injuries of the churches' guards and Christians in the city of Surabaya in East Java province in Indonesia," the agency said in a statement that gave no further details.
In a later update, officials said that a family of six launched the suicide attacks.
"The husband drove the car, an Avanza, that contained explosives and rammed it into the gate in front of that church," East Java police spokesman Frans Barung Mangera told reporters at the regional police headquarters in Surabaya.
The wife and two daughters were involved in an attack on a second church and at the third church "two other children rode the motorbike and had the bomb across their laps", Mangera said.
The two daughters were aged 12 and 9 while the other two, thought to be the man's sons, were 18 and 16, police said.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo said the attacks were "barbaric" and ordered police to track down the perpertrators.
At a news briefing alongside Police Chief Tito Karnavian, Widodo said that in one of the attacks, two children had been used in the bombing.
"I have instructed police to look into and break up networks of perpetrators," said Widodo.


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There are five types of eucharistic veils used in the Coptic church: altar veils, chalice veils, mats, paten and chalice veils, and paten veils.
Altar Veil: The altar veil is a set of cloth coverings and curtains on and around the altar to provide the right protection and veneration during the liturgy. After a church has been consecrated, the altar should at no time be left uncovered. Three cloth coverings are required: (1) a tight-fitting case (Arabic, kiswat al-madhbah) made of linen or cotton reaching to the floor on all four sides; (2) a second covering usually made of silk with embroidered crosses on all sides; between these two coverings is placed the altarboard; and (3) a third and smaller covering to be placed over the oblations immediately after the prayer of thanksgiving until the end of the prayer of reconciliation, when it is lifted by the priest and the deacon. This covering is called the prospherein (from the Greek term prosphora, offering), and represents the stone that was rolled away by the angel from the sepulcher at the resurrection.
The canopy over the altar, upheld by wooden, stone, or marble pillars, used to be surrounded with curtains hanging down from rods, as may still be seen in the Church of Abu Sarjah (Saint Sergius) in Old Cairo. These curtains were drawn at certain times during the liturgy, for example, at the descent of the Holy Spirit and the Fraction Prayers. In modern times, however, such curtains no longer form part of the altar coverings, since the curtains on the iconostasis doors provide the necessary protection.
These coverings, which are also consecrated by means of special prayers, help protect the oblations in the paten and chalice (see EUCHARISTIC VESSELS) so that, should any of their contents inadvertently fall, it can then be properly disposed of, in accordance with church ritual.
In the earlier days of Christianity, when churches were open to heathen attacks at times of persecution, priests used to remove these coverings, together with the altar vessels, and take them to a safe hiding place.
Chalice Veil: This is a mat similar in shape and color to the paten veil, used to cover the chalice in the ark on the altar.
Mat: Liturgical mats are square or circular pieces of fabric, white, pink, or blue in color, with a cross embroidered in the center. They are used for various purposes: to wrap the Lamb (the Body of Christ) and the cruet of wine (the Blood of Christ) during the offertory prayers at the beginning of the liturgy; to cover the Lamb in the paten, and the wine in the chalice, before both are to be covered with the large prospherein on the altar; to be held by the celebrant priest in both hands while saying the prayers of the liturgy.
Mats are distributed to the communicants a short while before administering Holy Communion, so that they can cover their mouths after receiving the Body. But they have to be laid aside before receiving the Blood.
Paten and Chalice Veil: This is a rectangular sheet made of silk, measuring about 6 feet by 4 feet (180 by 120 cm), usually white or red in color, with a large cross embroidered in the center and smaller ones in the corners. At the beginning of the celebration of the liturgy, this veil remains over the oblations on the altar until the prayers of reconciliation have been said, after which it is removed by the celebrant and a deacon. It is then neatly folded and placed on the altar until the end of the liturgy. Then, after the altar vessels have been carefully washed and wiped, it is unfolded and spread once again over the empty vessels on the altar until the next celebration of the liturgy.
Paten Veil: This is a square or circular mat, white or red in color, with a cross embroidered in the center, used to cover the Lamb in the paten. At the beginning of the liturgy, after the celebrant has said the prayer of reconciliation, he removes this veil with his right hand and, holding it, makes the sign of the cross over the people, then the deacons, and lastly himself.
- Burmester, O. H. E. The Egyptian Coptic Church. Cairo, 1967.
- Butler, A. J. The Ancient Coptic Churches of Egypt, Vol. 2, pp. 30-32. Egypt and Oxford, 1884.