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Don XIX in one summer day
I love your pictures, beutiful horses and so many unusual postures I used this picture as a starting point for a drawing I did.
I feel sorry for whoever had to brush that out!
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This is a great capture. The lighting and the flowing mane really give a sense of the power, movement and beauty that is the horse.
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Hahahaha, looks kinda like me when i wake up x)
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illustrious. The approach into the shadows followed by the light is a spectacle. Reminds me of great paintings.
I liked its curly hair she is stylish with disorder at its hair
I was wondering, what lens you used?
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One might feel that she has put her career on the back burner but that is not the case. Barkha Bisht Sengupta who is busy doing Bengali films has her hands full with things other than acting too. Apart from being a hands on mom she also has a sportsman spirit in her which saw her participating in the Box Cricket League where her team was the winner of the series and she received the Woman of the Series award.
Barkha seems to be happy with the way her career has shaped up and is not eager to take up anything that is offered to her, "I am getting offers for few shows but either the role or budget is not working out. Another thing is that most of the shows are shooting so far off from Mumbai now that either you take a long time to travel or have to go and stay there which becomes too hectic. Also the kind of budgets and payment that they have for such shows is not all that exciting."
One more thing that bothers Barkha is the fact that she is being offered mother roles at this stage, which is strange considering how young and active she looks in real life since she has maintained herself quite well, "Actually, the mindset of people from the TV industry is such that they think that since I am married and have a baby then I would look perfect as a mother in a TV show but then again that kind of role should have some substance to it is what I feel," says Barkha who was last seen playing a mom in Nayi Umr Nayi Chunauti - Parvarrish - Agla Padav.
Barkha in fact is looking fit and in perfect shape as she participated in this year's newly launched Box Cricket League. Indraneil Sengupta who is known to be a good player when it comes to cricket has been coaching Barkha who till now was not interested in the game, "Whatever I have learned about cricket is all from Indraneil who has taught me right from how to hold the bat to hit the ball! He has given me tips and is coaching not only me but my entire team."
The result definitely shows as Barkha's team went on to win the series and Barkha who had on the way picked up couple of Woman of the Match awards was overjoyed to receive the Woman of the Series award. It was quite a big achievement for Barkha who had so far enjoyed watching Indraneil play the game. She tells us excitedly, "I have been a sportsperson but got interested in cricket after Indraneil became part of the Celebrity Cricket League. I enjoy watching cricket when I personally know the people who are playing it and have always been by Indraneil's side cheering for him and his team. However, I had never thought that I too one day would be playing it at such a level. Nevertheless, I am happy with my achievements today."
Well, we too sure are happy for you Barkha and hope to see you in apt roles!
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The Office for Victims of Crime recommends that victims should be informed, consulted, respected, and made whole, rights that relate to informational, procedural, interpersonal, and distributive justice. We surveyed 238 victims in two Pennsylvania counties to test whether crime victims' satisfaction with the criminal justice system was related to their perceptions of the fairness of the process and of their outcomes in their case, particularly with regard to restitution. Results indicated that payment of restitution, perception of fair process, and good interpersonal treatment were positively related to victims' willingness to report crimes in the future but that satisfaction with information about the process was not. Victims' understanding of the restitution process was a significant predictor of willingness to report in a multivariate analysis.
Keywords: restitution; procedural justice; interpersonal justice; willingness to report crimes
Although victims typically initiate the criminal justice process by reporting to the police, they are generally excluded from subsequent decision making because, under the law, crimes are committed against the state, not individual victims. Victims' omission from the process also reflects the criminal justice system's concern with protecting the constitutional rights of the accused. Moreover, the efficient operation of the criminal justice system relies on the interplay of a community of working professionals, and the victim is merely a temporary and tangential player in this ongoing enterprise.
Reforms in the past 30 years have been aimed at recognizing victims' rights and increasing the role of victims in the criminal justice system. There is also the practical concern that victims' cooperation is often needed to prosecute an offender. And future victims, who are disproportionately past victims, must report their victimizations if the criminal justice system is to be successful in identifying, prosecuting, and monitoring offenders. Despite a number of reforms aimed at increasing victims' satisfaction with the criminal justice system, many victims still feel they are unfairly left out of the criminal justice process. This study examined whether victims' willingness to report future victimizations was related to their perceptions of the criminal justice system, focusing particularly on issues of information, process, treatment, and outcome related to restitution since restitution is one of the primary reforms instituted to protect victims' rights.
When victims decide whether to report a crime, their decision rests largely on what they think reporting will accomplish. For example, among reporters of property crimes, the most common reasons given for reporting are to recover property or collect insurance (32%), to prevent this crime or to prevent further crimes (15%), or to catch or punish the offender (12%) (Matson & Klaus, 2003, table 101). Only a small percentage (7%) report because they feel a duty to report the victimization. In fact, if victims report only to realize specific goals, they are likely to be disappointed because most reported crimes are not solved, and, even if there is a conviction, victims are unlikely to have their property restored (Ruback & Bergstrom, 2006).
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It is a little unclear from the article whether they are attempting to ban bottles or the act of bottle feeding and leaves some questions. Is taking away personal choice the best way to support breastfeeding? What about moms who pump breastmilk? Why not target formula rather than bottles?
What do you think? Is this a good way to support an increase in breastfeeding rates?
Not a good idea in my opinion. I don't think the best way to increase breastfeeding is to ban bottle feeding. It would be far better if women were making the choice to nurse, rather than being forced into it. I think they should focus on raising awareness about the benefits of breastfeeding and let women decide for themselves.
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That's absolutely horrible! Yes, breastfeeding is the best for the baby, but being FORCED to breastfeed is a terrible idea. What about women who can't breastfeed? She has to be approved to use bottles? And what happens to the baby while she's being evaluated for lack of breast milk (or other factor)? No, this is just a terrible idea completely.
I feel that such a policy would be a set-back, not an encouragement, to breastfeeding. I think programs that would educate and support breastfeeding mothers would be far more effective. Although I was blessed to have a good breastfeeding relationship with my first for almost 11 months, I know there are women who struggle, or for some reason, simply cannot breastfeed, and I don't think society needs to place a stigma on these as bad mothers. Even so, a mother should have her own personal feelings on the issue taken into account, also, as part of the benefits of breastfeeding are not just the food source but the extra bonding/etc., which a little one isn't going to receive with a mother who is forced to breastfeed despite her inclination not to. As I had planned to breastfeed the first full year and then evaluate from there, even I felt a bit of pressure from others when I found my little one refusing the breast around 10 1/2 months.
I believe, wholeheartedly, in breastfeeding. That it is better for baby. It's what our boobs were intended to do.
That said, I don't believe it should be forced. Or that other options should be taken away. What about that rare mother who can't breastfeed? What about the woman who has endured a sexual trauma, and breastfeeding is so emotionally difficult? What about an adoptive mom? (Yes, I know you can attempt to induce lactation, but I also know it's not 100% successful, and it takes time.) Any way you cut it, you should not take that choice away.
Focus on educating woman. Make incentives for breastfeeding. Incentives work better than penalties, anyway.
That is a really dumb idea. What about adopted babies? What about babies whose moms die? What about babies whose moms have to work? What about babies whose moms lost their breasts to cancer? This would be a huge step backward in infant health.
I support breastfeeding, and oppose this. I can't believe Venezuela is thinking of discussing this seriously.
Then again - this is from the NY Daily News. Maybe they aren't.
The real issue here is the misleading media coverage of this issue in the American and Canadian press. "Banning Baby Bottles" is not the real thrust of this law. Venezuela is actually trying to support breastfeeding, but not by demonizing formula or bottle feeding. It is a very pro-baby and mother policy, in my opinion. Please look deeper into this story, beyond the mainstream and tabloid news, if you are interested.
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The penalties, contrary to what is being reported, are targeted at the formula companies, not mothers themselves. These companies are contravening existing laws by advertising, sampling, and inadequately labeling formula. The law is intended to do many things, including setting up milk banks, and making sure hospitals keep mothers and babies together after birth.
This article is informative: Venezuela Analysis: Venezuela Promotes Breastfeeding Over Baby Food: Corporate Media Spins Out Of Control
It drives me crazy to read the disinformation that is surrounding this policy reform!
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I found this article to be helpful in understanding the regulations: http://www.latintimes.com/articles/5415/20130619/baby-bottle-formula-ban-proposed-venezuela-promote-breastfeeding.htm
Again, as previously, I still feel that policies that support good choices are better than those that "demonize" the alternatives.
One thing I also found puzzling was one of the articles that I've read mentioned Nestle specifically as one of the formula companies with which there had been problems, and those problems to be with no labeling in either Spanish or the native Venezuelan tongue. I know that here in Texas, at least, it can be difficult to find Nestle' products, other than the candies and the heavily commercialized products such as chocolate milk mix, without heavy labeling in Spanish - sometimes they appear to be entirely labeled in Spanish and I'll have to search for a tiny bit of information in English if there's any question. So I would wonder why this packaging would be different in Spanish-speaking countries?
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I ride a ti hardtail, and I weigh 180 lbs.
My (almost daily) ~ 30 km ride to and from work is very mixed:
I ride 10 blocks on the asphalt/tarmac, then I ride hardpack and gravel. Then I ride one km of ups and downs, with babyhead rocks. There's a couple of steep 10-14 degree hills. Then 6 blocks of asphalt/tarmac, and then a steep 1600 foot climb on medium hardpack with with a bit of sand and some gravel. It's non-technical. There are very few turns, so it's a lot of point-and-shoot cardio.
As I'm in Vancouver, there's often some moisture, but luckily very few roots. I guess I really would like the proverbial all-purpose tire, IF it exists...
My LBS has recommended Nevegals for the winter, 2.3 up front and 2.1 rear. (I suspect these will have too much rolling resistance. At the other end of the spectrum, this fall I rode Specialized Fast Traks and they were light and fast, but had too little traction/grip.)
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Nobby Nics? Racing Ralphs? Continental Vertical Pro with black chilli? Someone else recommended the Maxxis Larsen TT tire, but it seemed somewhat like the Kenda Small Block 8, which I SUSPECT isn't quite grippy enough.
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CANOE/KAYAK: Slalom specialist, Angus Thompson, put in his best effort on Day 7 at the Lake Rowing and Canoeing Venue to finish 16th in the flatwater style K1 Sprint at the Youth Olympic Games.
"I did my best. I wasn't planning on doing amazing in the sprint and I did as much as I could," the Sydneysider said.
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"I came up against the Polish guy ( Patryk Grzelka) who just missed out on the Top 8 so it was a pretty tough competition in my first go."
Thompson finished the first race in just under two minutes and continued to improve throughout the day. In his second race he finished just behind the Alex Brent of Canada.
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The FTC and Influence Marketing: The crackdown begins
Apr 6th
By Kerry Gorgone, {grow} Contributing Columnist
Influence marketing and native advertising are gaining popularity as brands continue to shift away from "interruption marketing" and embrace a more customer-centric approach. But in trying to sell without selling, it's possible brands have made the "soft sell" a bit too soft, disguising advertising as organic influencer posts.
Smart marketers have been extra vigilant about disclosure since the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") issued an enforcement policy last December. Actually, the truly smart have been tightening up their own disclosure requirements since the FTC updated its online advertising disclosure guidelines in March 2013.
The threat's been building for years
The agency's been beating the drums for a while. Statements, letters and guidelines have warned marketers and bloggers of the oncoming campaign against sponsored content that doesn't look sponsored: social media posts that don't clearly state that they're contest entries, influencer posts that don't disclose that the influencer received compensation from the brand, etc..
Just ask Cole Haan. The company received a warning letter from the FTC in 2014 for its "wandering soles" campaign. The company encouraged consumers to create Pinterest boards and share Cole Haan's pinned photos using the hashtag #wanderingsole in order to enter a contest. Most of the posts looked like organic social posts, because the company didn't specify that people should disclose the underlying incentive—a chance to win a prize.
In that instance, Cole Haan got off with a warning, because the FTC acknowledged that it had "not previously publicly addressed whether entry into a contest is a form of material connection." Well, now they have.
Fast forward to March 2016. Department store chain Lord & Taylor has just reached a settlement with the FTC after social posts and online articles generated for its native advertising and influencer campaigns were not clearly designated as sponsored content.
According to the FTC complaint, Lord & Taylor paid fifty fashion influencers to share a photo of themselves wearing a dress from the company's "Designer Lab" collection on Instagram. Each influencer received between $1,000 and $4,000 to share the photo.
The campaign appears to have been a success, reaching 11.4 million users and generating 328,000 brand engagements. For those who prefer to look beyond "soft metrics" like engagement, the campaign also converted like crazy: the dress sold out.
So what went wrong? Consumers had no way of knowing the posts were sponsored. Influencers failed to disclose that they'd been paid to share the photo.
Lord & Taylor didn't specify that influencers had to disclose the sponsorship (although the contracts did specify that influencers use the hashtag #DesignLab to help the company track results).
The company did review influencers' posts in advance, tweaking language and making sure the hashtag appeared. However, none of the pre-approved Instas included a disclosure that the influencer had gotten the dress for free and had been paid to post the photo, nor did any of the posts state that they were part of a Lord & Taylor ad campaign.
By paying influencers to post pictures of themselves in the Lord & Taylor dress without proper disclosure, the company misled consumers, many of whom would think the influencers simply liked the dress.
Lord & Taylor also paid an online fashion magazine to write a piece on the Design Lab collection [PDF] featuring a photo of the dress. This native advertising enhanced the overall campaign, but again failed to disclose the sponsored nature of the content.
As they had done with the Instagram posts, the company approved the native advertising content, but never asked the magazine to disclose the fact that they received compensation.
The FTC/Lord & Taylor settlement is fairly lenient (the company doesn't have to disgorge any profits from the sale of the dress, for example), but the agreement does prohibit Lord & Taylor from misrepresenting paid commercial advertising as content from an independent source, and from misrepresenting that a paid influencer is an independent consumer.
As the FTC issues more complaints against brands that fail to insist on complete disclosure, you can expect to see more punitive settlements. Makes sense: they've told you they're serious, you need to listen.
Be sure to check out my previous posts on how to keep your influencer marketing legal and how to use native advertising without getting fined by the FTC.
In the meantime, here's a general piece of advice: Require that any influencers you work with disclose everything.
Insist on disclosure
Require that influencers disclose if you gave them a free sample, bought their airline tickets so they could visit your new resort or tour your factory, and obviously if you've paid them to create content about your brand. Essentially, insist that influencers disclose anything they've received from you or any relationship they have with you that is not obvious to the reader.
Don't "hide the ball"
If you pay influencers for content or purchase native advertising, require in a written agreement that content creators clearly label all such content as sponsored or designate it "advertisement." If you need clarification on when to disclose, check out this handy infographic.
Create a formal brand ambassador program
Brands would also do well to cultivate their existing fan base, perhaps by creating a formal brand ambassador program.
When you formalize your relationship with brand ambassadors, you deepen your relationship with them and increase the likelihood that they'll adhere to brand guidelines relating to disclosure. (They won't want you to get in trouble!)
By all means, work with influencers. Try native advertising. Put your brand out there, just don't expose your business to unnecessary risk by trying to make sponsored content look like independent, third-party posts.
Keep your marketing edgy. Keep it engaging. But above all, keep it legal.
Kerry O'Shea Gorgone is a writer, lawyer, speaker and educator. She's also Senior Program Manager, Enterprise Learning, at MarketingProfs. Kerry hosts the weekly Marketing Smarts podcast. Find Kerry on Twitter.
How to Use Native Advertising Without Getting Fined by the FTC
Jan 13th
By Kerry Gorgone, {grow} Contributing Columnist
By now, you've probably heard the term "native advertising," which means "content that bears a similarity to the news, feature articles, product reviews, entertainment, and other material that surrounds it online." (Federal Trade Commission guide, Native Advertising: A Guide for Businesses).
Now that relevant content powers marketing, it makes sense that advertisers would try to make their messaging more relevant to their audiences, as well. Enter native advertising.
If you've been to BuzzFeed's site lately, you've definitely seen native ads on display next to actual site content.
The power in this form of advertising is that it doesn't disrupt the user experience. People have gotten very good at filtering out advertising messages. In many cases, people don't even see ads anymore: that phenomenon is known as banner blindness.
Not that people necessarily need to do their own filtering: people can install ad blocking software if they choose (and many people have). Ad blocking grew 48 percent in the year leading up to June 2015.
Either way, they won't see traditional display ads.
Native advertising works differently. It mimics actual content in terms of look, feel, and sometimes even topic, so it might offer a solution for marketers concerned about the rise of ad blocking software.
And native ads are effective: Just ask BuzzFeed. The company tripled its revenue from 2012 to 2013, then hit $100 million in 2014. And native ads yield higher clickthrough rates than traditional banner ads, especially on mobile. Studies show native-mobile ads generate clickthrough rates of more than one percent, while the average clickthrough rate of display ads is 0.06 percent.)
Native advertising and deception
But why do they work? Are advertisers tricking consumers into viewing their ads by making them look like actual content? In some cases, yes. And people don't like it. Publishers also need to be careful not to make consumers feel duped into reading adverts. Recent research shows that 48% of readers have felt deceived when they realized that a piece of content was actually sponsored by a brand.
Therein lies the problem: native advertising is more effective because it masquerades as actual content. But it's illegal to pass advertising messages off as editorial content. The Advertising Standards Authority in the United Kingdom, for instance, banned a native YouTube ad sponsored by Oreo that featured two well known video bloggers because the agency felt it was not clearly identified as marketing communication.
Stateside, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") has long waged war on false advertising—marketing or advertising communications that tend to mislead consumers. Recently, the FTC issued an "enforcement policy statement on deceptively formatted advertisements" giving advertisers and publishers alike a heads up: deceptive native ads will not be tolerated.
So how can your brand capitalize on native advertising without breaking the law? The FTC offers some insight in their guide, "Native Advertising: A Guide for Businesses."
Here are a few key precautions brands can take:
1) When in doubt, disclose that the content is sponsored.
Reading the guide, you'll see that there are some instances in which the FTC thinks disclosure would be required, and others in which it might not. Why take the chance? Unless your facts clearly align with one of the examples the FTC uses, err on the side of making sure people know the content is sponsored.
2) Distinguish your sponsored content from the publisher's editorial content.
You might make it appear different visually, you could choose a topic that's out of the ordinary for the publisher's site, or you could use a call to action that's obviously an ad (e.g. "click to view the Sylvania light bulbs sales catalog). You might even use all of these approaches.
According to the FTC, "the more a native ad is similar in format and topic to content on the publisher's site, the more likely that a disclosure will be necessary to prevent deception. "
In other words, the same resemblance that makes native advertising so powerful also makes it potentially misleading. It's up to you to make sure that readers / viewers know your content is sponsored.
3) Disclose in multiple ways.
You might say at the beginning of a video, for instance, that this content is sponsored. But someone might not be paying attention! You might make the statement at the end of the video. But someone might not watch all the way to the end!
If you want to effectively disclose that content is sponsored, use multiple methods: say it, show it (text on the screen) and repeat it in the description or introductory text. It's better to over-disclose than to not disclose enough.
In the Oreo video mentioned above, for instance, the bloggers featured did make multiple statements saying things like "thanks to Oreo for making this video possible." The governing agency in the United Kingdom, however, found those statements insufficient to ensure that viewers knew the video was really an advertisement for Oreo.
4) Make sure that your brand's native advertising content is clearly labeled "sponsored" in search engine results.
In one example the FTC guide, a paint manufacturer's sponsored video displays along with a text link and thumbnail image in response to a consumer's search. In the example, the text link to the video reads "Building a Deck: 5 Steps for Success" and doesn't mention the paint manufacturer.
According to the FTC, the advertiser would need to ensure that any link or other visual elements like snippets or other graphics that will appear in non-paid search results effectively disclose the commercial nature of the content.
Native ad spending is increasing exponentially, and should exceed $10 billion by the year 2020. But for that massive investment to pay off, advertisers and marketers need to make sure they comply with the legal requirements and guidelines regarding disclosure and transparency.
In closing, let me say, definitively, that this post is not sponsored.
But I'm open to offers on the next one. : )
Kerry O'Shea Gorgone is a writer, lawyer, speaker and educator. She's also Instructional Design Manager, Enterprise Training, at MarketingProfs. Kerry hosts the weekly Marketing Smarts podcast. Find Kerry on Google+ and Twitter.
The line between Media and Brands is blurring fast
Feb 12th
by Chad Pollitt, {grow} Community Member
To compete in the next few years, brands will have to act like media agencies.
This is not a moral argument about the "separation of church and state" between the media and advertisers. On the contrary, I'm a content marketer so I subscribe to the prudent creation and promotion of valuable thought-provoking, problem-solving and entertaining content. What I am about to propose is actually a realization of undeniable trends that point to a future full of even more content marketing.
It's no secret that "traditional media" is struggling to thrive in today's social media, multi-screen, and connected world. Journalists in traditional roles are losing their jobs in droves. Foreign bureaus are falling victim to budget cuts. Native advertising and sponsored content are becoming the norm as drivers of media revenue and channels for branded content distribution. Consumers love their media, but aren't too keen to pay for it like they once did.
The music industry was the first to feel this pinch and journalism wasn't too far behind. New disruptive technology and consumer viewing habits are already having a similar impact on movies and television.
The media gap
Despite the world's voracious appetite for content, many traditional media outlets are cutting back. This seems counterintuitive. It's creating a huge media void that's demanding to be filled by something.
That's the reason sites like The Huffington Post and TechCrunch exploded on the media scene last decade and thrived to the point of being acquired by AOL. There's a reason BuzzFeed and its many clones are wildly popular and fill our Facebook feeds. There's a reason content marketing is demanding larger year-over-year swaths of marketing budgets since it was popularized last decade.
Brands and "new media" properties are filling the void left by the erosion of modern journalism and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
The media are building marketing agencies
Just this week Condé Nast announced it created a branded content agency called 23 Stories. With nearly two dozen well-known media properties, like GQ, Vogue and The New Yorker, it is poised to, not just deliver, but to create native and non-native visibility for brands. Its stated mission ". . . is to provide consumer engagement for the company's advertising partners through content developed and distributed by the world's most renowned editorial teams. . ."
Condé Nast isn't the only one doing this, either. AdAge has its own agency called Content Strategy Studio. Its purpose is to "create content and strategies that turn insights and information into stories that authentically connect with your audience." The New York Times and The Huffington Post also have their own in-house marketing agencies.
If publications aren't building internal marketing agencies, they're buying them. Tribune Publishing, owners of The Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, took a minority ownership stake in a content marketing shop called Contend last summer.
By cutting out the middle step (external agencies) media can increase its advertising revenues and give brands even better access to their audiences. In order for more traditional publications to compete for attention with "new media" and brands they'll need to have the capabilities of a marketing agency. While this trend has been under most radars, it will certainly continue.
Brands become the media
As the former VP of Marketing for the content marketing agency DigitalRelevance, I know this all too well. DigitalRelevance built its own industry media outlet, Relevance, which I run and manage as its VP of Audience today. Skyword, a content marketing services and SaaS company, dumped the idea of a traditional blog and instead opted to launch an online publication it calls the Content Standard. Contently did the same thing with The Content Strategist.
Adobe owns CMO.com, GE has GE Stories, HubSpot bought The Agency Post, Office Depot and Office Max built the SmallBizClub and American Express has its Open Forum. That's just a few examples I can rattle of the top of my head. There's likely many I don't even know about or have forgotten.
Also, let's not forget the acquisition of The Washington Post by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2013. While Amazon doesn't own the publication itself, it likely has special access in many ways – and if it doesn't today, it probably will down the road.
The trend of brands and agencies building real publications or buying them is likely to continue to grow. Joe Pulizzi, founder of the Content Marketing Institute, has been predicting this for quite a while.
The transformation of search
For much of their existence, both search engines and social media were pretty much the only content discovery platforms. They were the keeper of the content delivered and consumed online. Today, their oligopoly on content distribution isn't as strong as it once was.
Why? One reason was introduced right here on {grow} last year – Content Shock. There are only 10 organic positions on the first page of most search engines and with online content publishing expected to grow 500 percent by 2020, there's going to be a lot of content duking it out for those cherished spots.
Let's add to that the ratcheting down of organic brand visibility on Facebook and Twitter. These represent major problems for content marketers. As a result, a whole ecosystem of tools and networks outside of search and social has cropped up to assist marketers with content promotion and distribution on media publications. Search engines and major social networks don't like sharing their oligopoly.
The power shift ahead
In addition to owning media properties like TechCrunch and The Huffington Post, AOL also owns a native content amplification technology company called Gravity that connects brands like Charles Schwab, Sony, Intel and Toshiba with its large and growing publisher network. Rumors of a Yahoo/AOL merger or acquisition are stronger than ever and investors are applying even more pressure these days.
AdExchanger sources are sharing some of Google's plans to get into the native advertising game. If I had to guess I'd say Google will probably make an official announcement this year. It's rumored to deliver content discovery and amplification like Taboola and Outbrain currently do, while also creating a robust network that connects brands with publishers for sponsored article publication. They're targeting premium publishers, too.
That's one reason why a Yahoo/AOL merger looks so promising. While Yahoo has its own native network, Gemini, a combined Gravity and Gemini network could be much more competitive against Google. It also doesn't hurt the pairing to have a portfolio of highly traveled online media outlets to deliver native content.
The impact on Social Media
For several years, LinkedIn has been publishing copious amounts of business content daily. It started off curating other media outlet content, but slowly started to build a portfolio of influential writers on its own. Sometime last year it opened up its long-form content hub to members. Today, its online publication, Pulse, rivals most media outlets covering business niches.
In addition, Tumblr just announced its own marketing agency called Creatrs Network. Its purpose is to connect brands with popular bloggers for sponsored content opportunities. Tumblr is owned by Yahoo, too.
Other social networks like Facebook and Twitter are doubling down on their role as strictly content curators and distributors by pushing brands towards their advertising products, both native and more traditional, by slowly decreasing organic visibility.
These trends bode well for content creators and marketers. More and more content will be needed to feed the beast. Brands that wish to compete will be forced to rethink their current budget allocations and spend even more on content research, creation and promotion.
Content marketing without promotion will fall by the wayside for brands that are serious about competing in the ever-evolving media chasm. Content promotion will be the key to content visibility and the full infrastructure to execute it is now beginning to take shape. These undeniable trends point to a future full of even more content than we see today and the lines between media and brands will be even blurrier.
Chad Pollitt, a decorated veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and former Army Commander, is VP of Audience and Co-founder of Relevance, an online publication solely dedicated to helping marketing and communications executives solve their online content visibility challenges. His work has culminated in the first book written exclusively about content promotion, "The Content Promotion Manifesto."
10 Strategies to Battle Content Shock
Mar 17th
In January, I wrote a post called Content Shock which explained that we are entering a new phase in the evolution of content-based marketing. There are primarily two dynamics driving this change:
- The amount of content on the web is literally exploding. By 2020, the amount of web-based information (most of it consumer-driven) is expected to increase by 600%. Think about that for a moment. If you can imagine the vastness of the Internet today, in six years we will have six of those.
- Today an average American spends about 10 hours a day consuming content, a number that has risen steadily year by year. But there is a threshold to the amount of attention we will be able to devote to content, which will further challenge a marketer's ability to get messages through to their audience and stakeholders.
I wrote about a third factor — the development of advanced content filters — as another emerging issue that will make it harder to get our content to emerge as the signal instead of the noise.
My conclusion was that these pressures are bound to thin the herd. Content marketing as we know it will not be a sustainable strategy for some businesses, and it will become more difficult and expensive for almost all of us.
But I concluded this post with a tantalizing question …
Where do we turn to win in an era of Content Shock?
It's hard to deny these facts or the implication that in an eco-system of way too much stuff, SOMETHING is going to have to change. But what?
How do we break through this information density and win in a hyper-competitive content market?
First, I need to emphasize that the affects of this trend are going to vary wildly by industry so this is not necessarily a doom and gloom scenario or the "end of content marketing" as some have contended. I explained that in detail in a follow up post on Arguments Against Content Shock. I also explained that content shock can be seen as a positive for many consumers.
However, many businesses are already struggling with the cost and complexity of competing in a world being covered up in content. Here are brief descriptions of 10 possible strategies to break through.
1) Shock and Awe
The only sustainable content strategy is to find an unsaturated niche and overwhelm the web with so much quality content that search engines only discover you. Effectively, you are creating content shock for your competitors.
You don't necessarily have to be the best content creator if you are in this situation, but you have to be first and overwhelming. This is an uneasy fact we don't often discuss but it is true. The strategy is:
- Find an unsaturated niche.
- Produce a volume of quality, helpful material aimed at relevant platforms.
- Never stop producing content.
Dominating a niche early has extremely important long-term value because the search engines will continue to recognize and reward the authority you accrue. Great content does not rise to the top. Great content from dominant websites with an established audience rises to the top.
2) Content Partnerships
If our "pipeline" to consumers is being strangled, create new content partnerships through innovations such as:
- Brandscaping — Combining audiences by cooperating on co-branded content.
- News jacking — A term coined by David Meerman Scott, newsjacking describes a process to align your brand message with breaking news events so you ride a wave of traditional media coverage.
- Sponsored content — A range of alternatives ranging from paid news placements to paying bloggers for editorial space
- Native advertising — Techniques that embed commercial messages in the editorial copy of news and information channels.
I'm not sure how sustainable these strategies are in the long-term, and they are not without controversy. There is a danger when you cross that line and turn your content/news site into an infomercial. Still, this trend is going to heat up because traditional news sites are desperate for revenue streams and marketers need new ways to cut through the content clutter.
3. Content as social currency
There is an entire science behind associating content with self-identity of your content consumers. In other words, we consume and share content if it reinforces something about our self-identity. We choose our content like we choose the clothes we wear or the car we drive.
Here is a small example. I noticed on the web that many people I admire were watching Breaking Bad. I began to watch this show because I emotionally associate with these friends.
I posted about my progress with the show as a type of social currency to demonstrate that I am part of the cult around this television series. It was not even a conscious act but the content I consumed and shared subtly became part of my identity.
4. Atomizing content
If people don't have time for long content, can you get smaller chunks of content through the pipeline? This would explain innovations such as Vine, Pinterest and infographics.
5. Understanding and working through advanced content filters
Jeff Domansky described the current state as "a drunken frat party" of content. Every search algorithm is going to be working hard to personalize the delivery of content and advanced new filters like Zite will make it even more difficult to break through with new ideas and products.
The content marketing formula used to be pretty straight-forward: Create useful, relevant content and optimize it in every way so it shows up at the top of Google search.
That is about to become infinitely more complex. In addition to personal filters, cognitive computing platforms like Apple's Siri or IBM's Watson use content as "fuel." What does marketing look like in that environment? How do we align ourselves with these filter and produce content in forms that can be absorbed and displayed by these algorithms?
6. Eyes on entertainment
In my classes, I emphasize that a focus on consistently producing content that is RITE — Relevant, Interesting, Timely, and Entertaining — will drive the right behaviors to produce shareable content. Of these, I think the big word for the future is "entertaining." But this is not necessarily going to be easy.
Look at what Chipotle is doing to sell burritos — producing multi-million-dollar mini-movies featuring popular songs and entertainers like Coldplay. That kind of multi-million-dollar quality is not sustainable for most businesses and will hasten the exit of marginal content producers. I think this partially explains why Chipotle's leading competitor Qdoba just filed for bankruptcy, a victim of Content Shock.
7. The paid imperative
As Christopher Penn recently wrote, success in the future probably can't depend on organic reach alone — we will have to have some paid component of a content strategy.
This hand is already being played for us, isn't it? With Facebook's organic reach diminishing year by year, companies have no choice but to pay for sponsored posts that can reach a larger audience. New platforms that integrate with traditional advertising and media will be a key idea.
8. Hit 'em where they ain't
If your competitor has overwhelmed the market with blog content, try videos. If videos are saturated for your business, start a podcast. Are there alternate platforms like Slideshare, Instagram, Pinterest or Google+ where you can make a mark?
In other words, look for alternate delivery channels. Should your business be on the lookout for the next big thing?
9. Borrow a Bigger Pipeline
Most people only look at "paid media" or "earned media" but there is an increasingly powerful third alternative: Borrowed Media.
In a recent Marketing Companion podcast, my co-host Tom Webster commented that the top search results for a new shoe he was looking to buy were all blog posts. Not articles in trade magazines. Not content on the shoe company's website. Not organic news results. Blog posts.
Let that sink in.
As I wrote in my book Return On Influence (a thorough tutorial on this emerging channel), we are in the era of the Citizen Influencer where passionate, trusted experts wield an incredible amount of power over loyal audiences. Companies are now beginning to recognize this as distinct marketing channel and must develop a core competency in the art and science of influence marketing.
In the past 12 months we have seen the beginning of influence marketing departments and even boutique agencies working this niche.
10. Human Connection.
Every week I receive heart-felt messages from members of the blog community like this: "Each morning I sit down with a cup of coffee and your latest blog post. I feel like you are a friend sitting across the table from me giving me a daily marketing lesson."
I work hard to create a true connection with my readers, and it is not something I can fake. I really do care about you and I work hard to write in a way that earns your trust every day.
Connecting in a human way is what leads to that trust. Trust leads to loyalty. And I believe that loyalty trumps everything else I have written about in this blog post.
I sincerely believe that "be more human" is the killer app for Content Shock. The best way to build long-term relationships that lead to business benefits isn't going to be through backlinks, sponsored posts, or native advertising. It is going to be through authentic human connection.
Be. More. Human.
Isn't that the ultimate goal for a person, a business, or a brand? What ideas did I miss here?
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Hey there guys, been looking into sockets in python recently but i'm having a little trouble getting my program to work rite.
It's just a random number generator game but I want to make it available over a network. So people can connect, play and then quit. I know how to open a socket then close it. I've done the basic examples in some tutorials but what I don't get(and i'm sure it's something stupid that i'm just not realising) is how to actually incorporate it into my program.
That's the game. I'm sure it's pretty ugly code so if anyones got any suggestions on how to clean it up that would also be cool.Code:print "Hello, World!" #I put "Hello World" into all of my programs. Just as a kind of good practise thing. # Guessing Game import random # Start while loop number = random.randrange(1,100) guess = 0 while guess != number: guess = int(raw_input("What is your guess? ")) if guess == number: print "Well done you got it!" elif guess < number: print "Sorry it's higher than that" elif guess > number: print "Sorry it's lower than that" else: break print print "Thanks for playing random!"


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I was driving my car and I stopped at a stop light. I put the car in reverse then switched back to drive. The car made a noise that sounded like a something being stuck in a fan while its running. Then the car would not move it was still running though. After a few minutes I tried to put it back in reverse and it sounded like gears grinding on a stick shift but my car is automatic. After a few more minutes the temp hand went up to almost hot so I turned it off. What could this be?
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Peter Moore, Microsoft's video-games boss, will leave the company to head the sports label of leading publisher Electronic Arts, Microsoft...
Peter Moore, Microsoft's video-games boss, will leave the company to head the sports label of leading publisher Electronic Arts, Microsoft announced today.
Moore, whose responsibilities at Microsoft extended to everything gaming — including the Xbox and Games for Windows — will be replaced by Don Mattrick, a games-industry veteran who spent much of his career at EA.
Moore joined Microsoft in 2003. He will leave the company in August and gave his last interview on behalf of Microsoft at last week's E3 Media & Business Summit, said Molly O'Donnell, spokeswoman for Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division.
O'Donnell said Moore's decision to resign was a personal one. He notified Entertainment and Devices Division President Robbie Bach "a few weeks ago."
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Mattrick began working for Microsoft as an outside adviser in February to help with the company's "connected entertainment" strategy. He previously worked at EA for 23 years.
Asked if Moore's departure had anything to do with the "unacceptable" failure rate of the Xbox 360 console, which caused Microsoft to extend the warranty on the system to three years at a cost of more than $1 billion, O'Donnell said "absolutely not."
She reiterated that Moore made the choice to leave for personal reasons.
"Peter has been looking to get back to the Bay Area and looking at opportunities there," she said. "EA has just recently decided to reorganize into the four labels. He was the perfect guy for the job."
On June 18, EA announced a reorganization, dividing the company into four game labels, each with its own studio and publishing arm. Moore, who was the chief operating officer at Sega before coming to Microsoft, will head EA Sports.
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Mine was on scifi channel.....only £3 per month.....
It's polar bear adoption drive in our house.
Think I'm going with this one. Not the cheapest but will give 3 hours water resistance so won't have to stop Steven every hour to lather him up again.
Soltan Once Kids Water Play Lotion SPF 50 150ml - Boots
I'll test Steven before we go. He's fine with the Tesco brand but they don't do a water resistant one.
Took Steven and Harry to an indoor play centre yesterday. While they were off playing me and Nanny Lesley sat planning itineraries.
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Started reading the Brits Guide.
Bought a Mapman map.
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Hmn be careful Soltan stains whites yellow so no wearing good t shirts with that one on. Plus it can be itchy if you're a wee bit sensitive. One of my kids is super sensitive to suncreams and unfortunately the ONLY one she can wear on her face is Piz Buin, yep the expensive one All others make her itch.
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Arrive in Reykjavik, the world's northernmost capital, which lies only a fraction below the Arctic Circle, This city receives just four hours of sunlight in winter and 22 in summer. Have a guided overview of the Old Town, including Hallgrimskirkja Cathedral with its 210-foot tower, and perhaps shed some light on Nordic culture at the National Museum, with its Viking treasures and artifacts, and unusual whalebone carvings on display. Embark National Geographic Explorer.
National Geographic Explorer navigates Iceland's wild western frontier, sailing past the immense Latrabjarg cliffs, the westernmost point of Iceland and home to a huge population of razorbills. The cliffs are an area once famous for egg collecting; the men were tied to ropes and lowered like spiders down onto the ledges. Continue to Flatey Island, a trading post for many centuries, for walks around the charming little hamlet that grew here, and take a Zodiac cruise along the coast.
Located in the Western Fjords, Ísafjördur is surrounded by water on three sides, sculpted by glaciers. Renowned for its traditional eider down production, it is a picture postcard of traditional Icelandic life and a great place for hiking, kayaking and for spotting eider ducks.
Siglufjordur was the center of Iceland's once-thriving herring industry. Stop by the Herring Museum for a talk and a tasting. Continue to picturesque Akureyri, backed by snow-capped mountains. Explore the old town, with its beautifully maintained period houses, or visit the botanical garden.
Drive to Mývatn, the most geologically active area in Iceland. This is world-class field geology! See the bizarre mud pools at Hverarönd — so hot they actually bubble. At the Krafla geothermal area see the explosion crater at Viti and continue to an unforgettable sight: Godafoss, the waterfall of the gods. Meet the ship in Húsavík, and watch for whales as you sail north to the land of the midnight sun. Take Zodiacs ashore to the tiny island of Grimsey, which lies exactly on the Arctic Circle. Here celebrate being officially in the Arctic, in the company of nesting arctic terns, fulmars, and puffins in burrows, all bathing, courting and fishing — another wonderful photo op.
With plenty of rarely-visited coastline, this day is left open to explore Iceland's rugged east coast. Join your naturalists for a hike or a Zodiac cruise to get a better view of the beautiful stacks at the end of the peninsula. Or, conditions permitting, have your first chance to kayak today under the steep cliffs.
Today see firsthand how the country got its chilly name. From Djúpivogur, explore the vast Vatnajökull ice cap, third largest in the world. For a closer look at the ice, take a boat ride through Jökulsárlón, a lagoon strewn with large, sculpted icebergs, or you may take a snowmobile ride across the ice. Photo lovers may set off together with the National Geographic photographer.
The Westman Islands were formed by undersea volcanoes between 5,000 and 10,000 years ago and are among the youngest of the world's archipelagos. In 1963, the world witnessed on film the birth of its newest island, Surtsey — a UNESCO World Heritage Site — which you will see while cruising past the coast. In 1973, Heimaey was threatened by lava flows that nearly closed off its harbor. Visit the crater, where the earth is still hot, and have amazing views of areas that had been engulfed by lava.
Today complete your circumnavigation of Iceland, disembarking in Reykjavík. Stop by the famous Blue Lagoon thermal baths, prior to your flight home. Whether you choose to enjoy the surreal bath and spa facilities or just stroll around the fascinating environs, the Blue Lagoon is unforgettable!
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Receive continuing education credit and discover the best recently-published children's and young adult literature.
Friday, July 17, 2015 | East Tennessee History Center
601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN
The Center for Children's & Young Adult Literature and Knox County Public Library are pleased to present a special workshop showcasing the best new books for children and young adults from the past year.
You will come away armed with an annotated bibliography so you will be up to date on your reading recommendations.
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9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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Presenters: Julie Danielson, Miranda Clark and Beth Jackson
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Presenters: Dr. Susan Groenke, Angela Hoffman, and Emily Davenport