The TackSHS is a new research project funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme. Coordinator: Esteve Fernandez.
It aims to improve our understanding of second-hand tobacco smoke and e-cigarette emissions and find ways of tackling the health burden caused by exposure to them. Within a fast changing environment, the project will try to elucidate the comprehensive impact that SHS and e-cigarette aerosols have on respiratory health of the European population and how health impacts vary according to socio-economic parameters with particular emphasis on specific vulnerable groups such as patients suffering from chronic lung diseases.


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Find the path that ignites your passion. Don't settle for anything less.
This intimate secret now I know!
We must have compassion for all beings. Every soul is on a sacred journey. We must honor that journey by showing kindness, mercy and to always have hope. There are some answers that we do not possess.
Why is there evil? Why is there suffering? Is it possible for the light to be extinguished in some souls? If this is true than only darkness remains. How can this be true?


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        /// <summary>
        /// Create a simple exception with no further explanation.
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        /// <summary>
        /// Create the exception with an explanation of the reason.
        /// </summary>
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        public NotComparableException(string message) : base(message) { }
    }
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Ship project history: Eight cruisers were intended to work in company with destroyers as scouts, to lead torpedo attacks and to back up their flotillas when attacked by enemy destroyers. The Admiralty provided a broad specification for the ships and left the detailed design to the builders, a common practice when ordering torpedo craft but unusual with cruisers. The Admiralty requirement was for a 25kt ship, with a 38mm protective deck or equivalent side armour, shallow draught for operating in inshore waters, and an armament of 10 76mm, 8 47mm and 2 TT. They were ordered in four pairs which, as might be expected, resulted in four sub-classes that varied substantially in form, machinery and structure. Only one builder, Fairfield, followed traditional small cruiser style in providing a poop as well as a forecastle, but all abandoned the bulwarks amidships which had become a common feature of Victorian cruisers. The Armstrong pair differed from all the others in having four instead of three funnels and a clipper bow, while the Vickers ships had shorter funnels than the other ships. The Fairfield pair employed side armour abreast the machinery compartments with a protective deck at the ends, while Cammell provided side armour abreast the engine rooms only with a protective deck over the remainder of the ship, an expedient intended to protect the engine cylinders. The remaining ships were fitted in the usual manner with a full length protective deck. The 12pdr QF guns were mounted 3 abreast on the forecastle and aft and two on each side amidships, but this armament was heavily criticised for being too light.
Ship protection: 51mm belt protected only machinery, main deck with 16mm flat was connected with its lower edge by 38mm slopes.
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Beer Pong to Become School Sanctioned Sport
By fourthcrown on March 25, 2014
SAINT PETER—In a groundbreaking move, the Athletic Department has officially established Beer Pong as a school-sanctioned sport. Beer Pong will be the twelfth men's and thirteenth women's program sanctioned by the college. The installation came quickly in the wake of last weekend, which featured some "downright unbelievable games," at numerous student owned houses according to Assistant Athletic Director Jeffrey Foreman, who attended the games incognito.
According to Foreman, a contingent of representatives from the Eta Xi Omega brought the idea to the department a week ago, and showed them a YouTube video (with over 300 views) of students playing intense matches. According to Foreman, "The video was good, sure. But I needed more. I wanted to feel the atmosphere, smell the plastic and PBR, hear the cries of victory and sobs of defeat, and see the determination in the eyes of these noble, costumed competitors. After I witnessed that on Saturday…Damn. I knew it just had to be a sport." Foreman also explained his love for the cultural significance of the support, expressing a level of "rapt captivation I didn't even feel throughout birth of my own daughter. The image of a pair of coeds dressed up as Clifford the Big Red Dog effortlessly floating immaculate orbs over a beer-stained slab of plywood will stay with me for years to come."
Foreman's excitement is echoed across most of the campus. The President's office released a statement supporting the move, claiming that it would have been "irresponsible not to tap into the ocean of talent there is a Gustavus". Students have rushed to sign up, and professors have begun applying for candidacy for coaching positions. "This is one heck of an opportunity," says Spanish professor Ángela Cooper. "We will be one of the first programs in the country, and I would love to be a part of such a righteous movement."
The only members of campus who are against the move seem to be the lacrosse and ultimate frisbee clubs, both of which have begun to break down, likely in recognition that their application for official school support will never be taken seriously.
The Pong Program will begin competition in the fall of 2014 against schools of various sizes, location and athletic divisions. "I could really see us competing very well against schools of Division 1 status," says Foreman, who went on to express his belief that having a D1 Beer Pong Program will continue to attract "paragons of athletic excellence and academic acceptability".
On top of inspiring the quickest administrative procedure Gustavus has ever seen, the team has already secured a substantial spending budget which will easily cover the team's traveling expenses and equipment cost. The equipment itself will be revealed next week, but sources have confirmed rumours that each player will get their own set of cups and balls engraved with the three crowns. The men's team uniforms will consist of bro tanks and the women's will feature crop tops.
President Vetos CAB's 'Big Concert' Performer
Department of Admission Adds "Special Talent" Portion to Application

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HRC elections | How do the candidates for 2018 rate?
ISHR has published 'scorecards' for each of the States seeking election to the UN Human Rights Council for 2018-2020.
To coincide with the #HRCpledging events in New York and Geneva hosted by ISHR and Amnesty International, ISHR has published a 'scorecard' for each State standing for election to the UN Human Rights Council.
The scorecards offer a quick 'at-a-glance' objective comparison of the candidates, focusing on their cooperation with the Council, their support for civil society, their engagement with UN treaty bodies and special procedures, whether they have spoken out in concern about reprisals, and whether they have established a national human rights institution.
'If the Human Rights Council is to be the legitimate, influential body that the global human rights situation demands, it is essential that member States undertake to uphold the highest human rights standards and to cooperate fully with the Council – as required by GA resolution 60/251. It is integral that Council members comply with international standards and legal obligations,' said ISHR's Human Right Council Advocacy Director Michael Ineichen.
'To ensure that human rights defenders and civil society actors can rely on the Human Rights Council to promote human rights progress on the ground, its member States must be genuinely committed to promoting universal human rights and defending those who advocate for them,' added Ineichen.
The scorecards and #HRCpledging event are an important contribution in this regard.
While the scorecards are intended to increase scrutiny and enhance transparency in the elections, ISHR acknowledges that data limitations and the need for objectivity mean that many of the criteria are concerned with form rather than substance.
'The fact that a State has accepted a high number of UPR recommendations, has consistently sent replies to communications received from special procedures or has no outstanding treaty body reports, says nothing about the extent to which recommendations from those mechanisms have been implemented on the ground,' said ISHR's Legal Counsel Tess McEvoy.
'We enourage these 'at-a-glance' scorecards to be read in conjunction with the more in-depth reporting on country situations and a country's human rights record produced by the likes of Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International,' McEvoy said.
'We urge voting States to treat human rights considerations as paramount in electing members to the Council, rather than engaging in vote trading or privileging political or economic considerations over fundamental human rights.'
Voting on candidates for the Human Rights Council will take place at the UN General Assembly on 20 October 2017.
Scorecards are available for:
These scorecards should be used in conjunction with other important tools, such as the world reports produced by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, and the election guide published by the Universal Rights Group.
Public pledges on a States' candidacy are another valuable contribution. To date, the following candidate States have published a public pledge – Angola, Afghanistan, Australia, Chile, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Qatar and Slovakia.
Scorecards from 2016 are available here,
The sources and criteria for the scorecards are set out here and below:
Previous terms
OHCHR website, List of past members of the Human Rights Council
Submitted a public pledge on its
Unites Nations Documents Search
Pledged to strengthen Human Rights Council membership and adherence to membership standards
Signed the joint statement at the 35th session of the Human Rights Council presented by the Netherlands
Committed to applying an objective, human rights-based criteria in addressing situations of concern
Signed joint statement at the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council presented by Ireland, and/or the joint statement at the 35th session of the Human Rights Council presented by the Netherlands
Issued a standing invitation to Special Procedures
OHCHR website, Standing Invitations
Consistently responded positively to country visit requests (Less than 5 outstanding)
OHCHR website, Country visits and special procedures
Sent a reply to more than 80% of communications received from Special Procedures
OHCHR website, Communication report and search
Accepted a high level (more than 70%)
of UPR recommendations
UPR Info website, Statistics of Recommendations
Case of reprisals has never been highlighted in SG reports (2011-2016)
OHCHR website, Acts of intimidation and reprisal for cooperation with the special procedures
Spoken out expressing concern about reprisals
Signed the joint statement at the 30th session of the Human Rights Council presented by the Ghana
Consistently sponsored Council and
Third Committee resolutions
on human rights defenders, civil society space and preventing reprisals
Sponsored more than 7 of the following resolutions: Human Rights Council resolutions 13/13, 22/6 & 31/32 (human rights defenders), 24/21 (civil society space), 24/24 (reprisals), 25/18 & 34/5 (renewal of mandate of Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders); General Assembly resolutions: 66/164, 68/181 & 70/161
Ratified 10 or more international human rights treaties and protocols
Ratified 10 of more of the following international human rights treaties and protocols - ICCPR, ICCPR-OP1, ICCPR-OP2; ICESCR, ICESR-OP; ICRD; CEDAW, CEDAW-OP; CRC, CRC-OP-AC, CRC-OP-SC, CRC-OP-IC; ICMW; CPED; CPRD, CRPD-OP; CAT, OP-CAT
OHCHR website, Ratification status
Has 3 of fewer outstanding treaty body reports
OHCHR website, Reporting Status
Has an NHRI in conformity with the
Paris Principles (A-status)
GANHRI, Status of National Institutions
Sponsored both the Council and
Third Committee resolutions on NHRIs
Sponsored both Human Rights Council resolution 27/18 and General Assembly resolution 70/163
Contact: Michael Ineichen at m.ineichen@ishr.ch or +41 78 827 77 86 (Geneva) and Tess McEvoy at t.mcevoy@ishr.ch (New York), International Service for Human Rights
Reprisals and intimidation


The PMP Certification has been designed in line with the standard practices, Optimum utilization of available resources, time management.
The learning has to be broadly based on practical knowledge, so, it is time for self assessment before you step out and flaunt that added feather!
Currently, there are more than 594,603 certified PMPs worldwide come from industries ranging from healthcare, telecommunications, education, finance, construction to information technology, among which 20,000 of them are located in the PRC.
The PMP Certification is a globally recognized and respected credential, demonstrating a solid foundation of knowledge from which you can competently practice as a project manager, lead and direct project tasks and identify concrete directions in an efficient, quality and timely manner.
Demand is high for practitioners with the necessary mix of competencies—a combination of technical and leadership skills plus strategic and business management— as depicted in the PMI Talent Triangle.
responsible for delivering projects within the constraints of schedule, budget, and scope.
A rigorous 40 hours curriculum demands your complete dedication to come out as an expert to monitor, manage and efficiently perform operations as a project manager.
For professional purposes we have crafted a tight schedule, but, in case you are unable to get the essence of any concept or have issues in following any particular lecture considering it to be fast paced for your understanding, our experts will be happy to clarify your doubts in the after-hours.
By obtaining this credential, you validate your commitment to the profession of project management.
The projet is supervised and thoroughly guided by our experts. On submission a detailed report and analysis is provided in order to rectify concepts and provide solutions and clarifications to lingering doubts.
Approach to project management as described by the guide to project management body of knowledge.
For bachelor degree holders and/or above: A minimum of 36 months of unique non-overlapping professional project management experience during which at least 4,500 hours are spent on leading and directing project tasks.
Candidates are required to earn and report 60 professional development units – PDUs – within a 3-year cycle.
Project Management experience must be accrued within 8 years by the date of application. Leading and direct project tasks are identified in the PMP examination specification.
PMP certification from the Project Management Institute®(PMI) is the most widely recognised global project management qualification. "PMP certification demonstrates that you have the experience, education and competency to successfully lead and direct complex projects".
There are currently 773,840 active PMP certified individuals and 286 chartered chapters across 210 countries and territories worldwide.
It is the perfect choice for those project managers who work, or aspire to work, in an international market. Research by the PMI has shown that project managers who hold the PMP credential earn significantly more that those without a qualification, with many earning up to £60,000 in the UK.
The PMP not only evaluates your knowledge of project management but also your ability to take critical decisions in difficult situations and your overall experience. This is done by an evaluation of your experience managing specific projects as part of the exam application process.
The role of a project manager varies in each sector. Starting from planning, coordinating, implementing and finalizing projects as per specific instructions within specified time frame while maintaining accurate budget- it is entirely the responsibility of a PMP.
Depending on the industry and specific initiative, project managers may put together teams of personnel from a number of departments, such as information technology, purchasing, product development, marketing or distribution.
Project management professionals oversee projects from the planning stage through implementation, testing and reporting. They typically choose and manage the project team members, and are ultimately responsible for the project's success or failure, based on objectives set by project stakeholders. Success may depend on whether the project is completed within the financial budget allocated or the established time frame – or whether it is completed at all.
Strong leadership, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, multitasking abilities, including a knack for scheduling and finance, are significant attributes of a project management professional.
According to the 7th edition of PMI's Project Management Salary Survey, which polled over 30,000 project managers from 29 different countries, the median salary for a Project Management Practitioner was $92,000. Considering the median household income in the United States is $51,017.
The average salary for "pmp certified project manager" ranges from approximately $78,730 per year for Program Manager to $89,240 per year for IT Project Manager.
The latest PMI-commissioned talent gap analysis by Anderson Economic Group (AEG) points to outstanding opportunities in jobs and career growth for project managers within the 11 countries. By 2027, the market for project management-professionals is expected to grow by 33 percent, or nearly 22 million new jobs.
By then employers will need nearly 88 million individuals in project management-oriented roles. China and India will represent more than 75 percent of the total project management-oriented employment.
This report shows that project managers are important contributors to productivity. Talent shortages in the profession can potentially create risks of nearly US$208 billion in GDP over the 10-year period in the 11 countries put under scanner.
Project management professionals must also continue to invest in ongoing professional development to maintain their credential. It is this pursuance behind the PMP credential which gives it the credibility in the market place.
Project management professional certification is such a recognition in the commercial industry at large that any such certified individual need not worry about further prospects. Trusted salary survey respondents claim a PMP certified individual can expect a 20% higher salary than his uncertified fellow mates in the same ring.
This itself establishes the fact that a project management professional is a self made man!
To be very urt and clear, we are here to support your learning and do not make false claims of placing you under big brands post completion of the course. What we definitely suggest is, for any deserving and skilled candidate, recommendations and that extra help would not be subject to request, it is a part of our responsibility.
A 4-hour Computer-Based Testing (CBT) examination.
200 multiple-choice questions, of which 25 are considered as pretest questions which do not affect the overall score.
Once registered, the eligibility for examination is 12-months.
You may take the examination up to 3 times within this 12-months period should you not pass in the first attempt.
Check if you are eligible to take the PMP(R) Certification Examination. There are three requirements, as follows: You should hold a Bachelor's degree or its global equivalent (this is a 4-year degree, not a 3-year degree). You should have 4500 hours of project management experience in not less than 3 years.
How many questions do I have to get right on the PMP exam?
What is a passing grade on the PMP exam?
The PMP exam is a computer based exam conducted in the Prometric centers. The exam has 200 multiple choice questions. Each question has exactly one correct answer. You will get four hours to answer these questions.
How much does it cost to get project management certification?
In the past, 61% was published by PMI as the passing score for the PMP Exam (which means that PMP aspirants need to correctly answer 106 or more PMP® questions out of the 175 real questions).
How long will it take to know the results of the PMP exam?
Once you pass the exam, you can start using the title "PMP" immediately, though you may receive your certificate four weeks later. After passing the PMP exam, within one to two weeks you will receive an email from the PMI offering their congratulations and then you can see your name in the PMI certification registry.
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It's Nokia's plan of attack for North America – explaining how in general terms, Nokia could win North America.
Working with carriers will get Nokia 1) easier point of sales 2) better recognition amongst consumers that this old Nokia with old phones is packing some power. This way, North American market can experience the great Nokia hardware that we have taken for granted. Freaking 12MP of actual awesomeness. Put your point and shoot down. Don't hold your phones a special way.
2) Flood the market with different phones.
Nokia still will not go the one phone to suit them all route. Why should they? There's a whole market there to cover that Symbian covered, from low to high. Nokia aims to to this too with Windows Phone. Tango as we have heard of it, will allow Nokia to bring Windows Phone down to lower end segments. Current, Windows Phone devices can already be achieved for under 190 euros. That's with 1GHz offerings of older handsets. The aim supposedly is to bring Windows Phone as low as 100 USD (leaving S40 for the next billion outside of North America).
In North America at least, the ONLY focus will be Windows Phone. This concentrates Nokia's effort and image that Nokia is new, it is fresh, this is what you should come to expect from Nokia.
Lower end phones will also sell in greater numbers possibly allowing Nokia to reclaim market share. However, they must ensure that low end still maintains the great experience folks happy with Windows Phone have. The worst thing that could happen is to have something like a super cheap Android (like the LG GT540 optimus which frankly was a piece of crap and doesn't do Android name any justice in terms of experience, it's possibly just as annoying as S60 5th, perhaps more so).
Much of this flooding though will not come until of course, 2012, as stated many times by Nokia management – that's when they'll be shipping in volumes.
Business Insider notes the high customer satisfaction scores and low return rates with Windows Phone. After playing with it, people 'love it' but how are folks going to play with it if it isn't being promoted in stores? Noted a lot on the blogs, carriers are guiding customers to Androids and iPhones. Seriously that's understandable. At the current state of smartphones, the experience of just the phone isn't enough. With A&P, sales folk sell them for the familiarity and for the bountiful apps. Sales can't sell phones they don't know anything about. It's a miracle if you find a sales person in a phone shop that actually knows anything of what they're selling other than what contract prices to put you on.
Chris Weber wants to get lots of Nokia Windows Phones in stores for customers to play with. This is deadly important. Still dummy phones cannot do them justice, particularly as Windows Phone breaks away from the traditional UI appearance.
Another tactic is to get sales folk to carry a Nokia Windows Phone.
Finally, since Nokia has shut down its stores, the're now apparently in talks with Microsoft to get these phones in the future 75 stores MS plans to open. Business insider suggests Nokia might even assist with logistics and give customer support for its phones.
OK, not one of Nokia's strengths. But things Nokia are taking care of. Marketing, Marketing, Marketing!
Nokia's putting over 120 Million dollars in this brand repositioning campaign. Understanding that you can't just put out an ad, you have to make EFFECTIVE ones, Nokia is now no longer with ad agency Wieden + Kennedy. Nokia must be bolder, and must take every opportunity of advertising to inform about their phones, what they do well, what sets them apart. Not arty farty craptastic forgettable WTF ads.
No need to rant too much on Marketing, we've done it a few times already.
5) Be where the action is.
This is quite an important change. Elop had noted that to make Nokia move faster, his executives and managers had to be more accountable, with direct responsibility over their departments. Before, Business Insider notes that logistics and customer services reported to Finland. Now, Weber controls all of these functions in the new HQ in Sunnyvale at Silicon Valley.
6) Make a stealth play for business.
Windows Phone has a great email client and gets even better in Mango.
7) Get really close to Microsoft's platform plans.
Pretty much a reiteration of the Nokia/MS agreement. Ecosystems. Nokia's efforts in influencing the direction of Windows Phone. Note again Tango, and also note their future work with Apollo (The next big update after Mango). Nokia is definitely going to be making a tablet, and most likely would be making one with Windows 8 (not excluding MeeGo, but Windows 8 tablet is most definite).
This would play to the entire ecosystem Nokia is aligning with. An entire range of connected devices, PC, tablet, phone all connected the same ecosystem (once the plan for MeeGo- still is, but looking to take much, much too long to come about).
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Dual Citizens
by Alix Ohlin
DustJacket: Standard
Used Hardcover
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A masterful achievement: a joint coming-of-age story and an achingly poignant portrait of the strange, painful, ultimately life-sustaining bonds between sisters.
Lark and Robin are half-sisters whose similarities end at being named for birds. While Lark is shy and studious, Robin is wild and artistic. Raised in Montreal by their disinterested single mother, they form a fierce team in childhood regardless of their differences. As they grow up, Lark excels at school and Robin becomes an extraordinary pianist. At seventeen, Lark flees to America to attend college, where she finds her calling in documentary films, and her sister soon joins her.
Later, in New York City, they find themselves tested: Lark struggles with self-doubt, and Robin chafes against the demands of Juilliard. Under pressure, their bond grows strained and ultimately is broken, and their paths abruptly diverge. Years later, Lark's life is in tatters and Robin's is wilder than ever. As Lark tries to take charge of her destiny, she discovers that despite the difficulties of their relationship, there is only one person she can truly rely on: her sister.
In this gripping, unforgettable novel about art, ambition, sisterhood, motherhood, and self-knowledge, Alix Ohlin traces the rich and complicated lives of two indelible women. Dazzlingly insightful and beautifully crafted, Dual Citizens captures the unique language of sisters and makes visible the imperceptible strings that bind us to the ones we love for good.
"For long-time admirers of Alix Ohlin's fiction, the psychological complexity and keen observations in this novel will come as no surprise. In Dual Citizens, Ohlin examines the conflicting desires of two sisters from Montreal with a riveting precision reminiscent of fellow Montreal native Mavis Gallant. However, unlike Gallant's Montreal girls, Ohlin's are not of a generation 'trained to be patient' but to follow their ambitions. A lifelong witness to one's shifting longings, this wise and luminous novel shows, is a sibling." Idra Novey, author of Those Who Knew
"There's so much life in this novel! Alix Ohlin is such an effortless, absorbing stylist, and with Dual Citizens she has given us a story about family and sacrifice that will give readers a great deal to consider. It's a wonderful book that you will want to share." Owen King, author of Double Feature
"Ohlin's story of sisters wraps its tendrils deep as any family. Dual Citizens leads a reader through landscapes of compassion and crisis in this deeply felt, iridescent novel of the spells and surprises a sibling creates." Samantha Hunt, author of The Dark Dark
"I hesitate to call Dual Citizens Alix Ohlin's best book — because her previous ones are among my favorite recent works of fiction — but it's perhaps her most entrancing. This is a spellbinding, fever-dream of a tale that will leave you forever changed, and will surely earn Ohlin a place among the greatest writers of our generation. I loved it." Joanna Rakoff, author of My Salinger Year
"[An] engrossing, intricate tale….Ohlin smartly chooses a broad scope and expertly weaves disparate lives into a singular thread, making for an exceptional depiction of the bond between sisters." Publishers Weekly
"[Dual Citizens] is a lovely, deeply moving work. A lyrical account of the lives of two women, their failures and hopes, and ultimately their quiet redemption…. [Ohlin] asks smart, complicated questions not only about family, but also about the nature of narrative itself — whether in literature or in film — about the difference between artifice and truth and the meaning of nostalgia." Kirkus
Shortlisted for the 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize
"Evocative...traces its] characters over long arcs of time and place with equal amounts grace and wit. Most revelatory is the way that each sister] fights to find her own life as an artist outside the expectations of others and the demands of a male-dominated world."--Vogue
Later, in New York City, they find themselves tested: Lark struggles with self-doubt, and Robin chafes against the demands of Juilliard. Under pressure, their bond grows strained and ultimately is broken, and their paths abruptly diverge. Years later, Lark's life is in tatters and Robin's is wilder than ever. As Lark tries to take charge of her destiny, she discovers that despite the difficulties of their relationship, there is only one person she can truly rely on: her sister.
A Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalist
Raised in Montreal by their disinterested single mother, half-sisters Lark and Robin form a fierce team in spite of their differences. When Lark flees to America to attend college, her sister soon joins her. But even as Lark discovers a calling working in documentary film, she struggles with self-doubt, and Robin chafes against the demands of studying piano at Juilliard. Their bond strains under increasing pressure until it breaks.
Years later, Lark's life is in tatters and Robin's is wilder than ever. As Lark tries to take charge of her destiny, she discovers that despite the difficulties of their relationship, there is only one person she can truly rely on: her sister.
A gripping, unforgettable novel about art, ambition, sisterhood, motherhood, and self-knowledge, Dual Citizens captures the unique language of sisters and makes visible the imperceptible strings that bind us to the ones we love for good.
Alix Ohlin is the author of four previous books, most recently the novel Inside, which was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, Best American Short Stories, and many other places. She lives in Vancouver, where she chairs the creative writing program at the University of British Columbia.
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Some Type Of social media following is essential for the majority of businesses. But, getting things moving beyond the starting blocks (and beyond a couple of followers that are mainly family and friends), can feel like an uphill struggle.
CrowdFire came to my attention Once I looked For a way to build up my Twitter account. I have been using it now for many months, and I'm really pleased with the results. I'm therefore happy to eventually get around to sharing them with you. So let's begin.
CrowdFire Is a online utility which"plumbs in" to your social media accounts. Made as a Twitter tool, it also has performance for Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and Pinterest. CrowdFire helps you automate the repetitive tasks involved in growing a following on social media.
By Way of Example, when I set up the Twitter Accounts for this site, I would spend some time identifying individuals in the home freelancing and working markets, and follow them in the expectation they'd follow me back and interact with me in the future. CrowdFire makes it possible to locate these people and makes it really quick to add them. Even more usefully, it helps you keep track of people that are inactive and not really worth following or people who don't follow you back, which means that you may keep the record of people that you follow in check.
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For Example, on a typical day, it will give me a selection of content to pick from to share in my deadline. Then it will suggest some reports for me to unfollow because they've not reciprocated in following me. I'll find a listing of proposed new reports to follow because they have been tweeting about keywords that are relevant, or because they're fans of similar folks in my markets.
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The amounts above prove I Can continue doing What I am doing and steadily boost my Twitter after (at least till I'm after 5000 people( if things get a bit more difficult). I tipped on the 2000 mark as you can see below!
These Numbers make CrowdFire worth every penny. And it's likely to do this with the version that is free also — albeit in a dramatically slower rate , because of the follow / unfollow limits.
Users that gave Crowdfire a Positive review stated that the program is a tool for scheduling articles. They also shared that it allows them add their competitors' followers and to easily track their neighborhood.
When I Sat down to write this, I knew I'd fight with drawbacks, and in typing up it having reached this stage, that stuggle stays!
1 change that's bugged me is that you utilized To be in a position to bang down on the mouse to follow or unfollow people en masse. CrowdFire recently changed so that you now have to scroll down and click on each green"and" icon in turn (as shown in the screenshot below).
This is Really a fantastic thing, since it ensures you at least glance at. It stops you being lazy and treating the entire thing. But it has made it all take a small bit longer.
An individual who left a favorable Review of Crowdfire on G2 Crowd stated that the app is for managing the Twitter followers of his brand, his favourite tool. He shared that his favorite feature is that the one that allows him to add their competitors' followers to their list. He added that Crowdfire includes a iPhone program that was great.
Crowdfire also Offers yearly pricing for its programs: Plus ($89.76/year or $7.48/month), Premium ($449.76/$ or $37.48/month), and VIP ($899.76/$ or $74.98/month). Plans are billed on lump sum per year.
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There was no mention of a Free trial on Crowdfire's web site. However, users that are interested can subscribe to their program and start using their services.
Yes. You can cancel your paid Subscription anytime and still continue using your plan that is canceled until the end of their billing period. After that, your accounts will be converted to the totally free plan.
You will have to wait till The end of your current billing period until you may upgrade or downgrade your subscription. You might contact the Crowdfire support team from within the app if you want the account modification instantly.
It's Potential to test out what CrowdFire has to offer without spending any money in any way, but as you can see from the above, you are confined to a single account per social networking. You are also restricted in terms of how many people / unfollow each day can be followed by you, and much suggested content you're given to share.
Furthermore, For people handling plenty of social media accounts (possibly with a company specialising in this kind of work), the Premium and VIP choices (at $7.99 per month and $33.32 per month respectively) are excellent value.
Using CrowdFire is a little bit of a"no brainer" if you are keen to build up your social media profile. It basically helps you do the kind of things a social media service would charge you for, but at no cost or all at a few minutes per day, at a low cost.
It pays dividends Who you are following, and it crucial if you're going to keep them interested that you supply content to your followers. Employing CrowdFire does not do everything for you!