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Geisha & Maiko vs. Hose & Heels: Working Women of Gion, Kyoto
October 5, 2014 by islandkings
"The biggest industry in Japan is not shipbuilding, producing cultured pearls, or manufacturing transistor radios or cameras. It is entertainment." ~Boye De Mente, Some Prefer Geisha
"Geishas are not submissive and subservient, but in fact they are some of the most financially and emotionally successful and strongest women in Japan, and traditionally have been so." ~Iwasaki Mineko, Geisha, A Life
"There is currently no western equivalent for a geisha—they are truly the most impeccable form of Japanese art." ~Kenneth Champeon, The Floating World
Modern Hostesses and "Snacks"
"What is up with all the prom dates and late-night flower shops?" I ask Jody as we wander the streets in and around Gion. Women, or more correctly young girls, scurry about the streets in their über high heels and hipster nylon leg fashion, dressed to the nines for a ball extravaganza that never seems to materialize…while flower arrangements that more resemble funeral ornamentation are whisked away to the many small bars that dot each alleyway. Perhaps the Japanese are subconsciously mourning the loss of their old ways.
Kyoto has a fetish obsession with nylons, which I admit I enjoy
Just after sunset something odd happens on the outskirts of Gion in Kyoto, the original capital city of Japan and still it's cultural and religious center. Young ladies frequent the numerous small nylon and pantyhose shops found there, dressing up on their way to "work" as hostesses and "snack bar" girls, far from the geisha ideal and sensuality of the past. The ever-resourceful Japan has invented the "snack bar" (basic bars, older women) and "hostess club" (plush lounges, younger women), both places that come pre-stocked with attractive women, where drunk men can find female companionship without worrying about breaking the ice – or even rejection, and women can get paid for babysitting inebriated and males with low self-esteem. Leave it to fickle Japan to work out such a regressive lose-lose system.
Me and Jody in front of the Yasaka Shrine
Traditional wooden nameplates of Maiko
Gion (祇園, ぎおん) is a small historical district of Kyoto, Japan, dating back to the Middle Ages. Centered in front of the nearby Yasaka Shrine, the neighborhood was designed and built to accommodate the needs of travelers and visitors to the shrine, and then evolved to become one of the most exclusive and well-known geisha districts in all of Japan. Jody and were fortunate enough to stay on the very outskirts of Gion in an old, authentic Machiya (see Timeless Townhouse to read about that adventure!).
A collage of our Machiya stay in Gion
Geisha (芸者), geiko (芸子) or geigi (芸妓) are traditional Japanese female entertainers who act in general terms as hostesses, but whose skills center on perfecting and performing various Japanese arts such as classical music, traditional dance, skillful games and intelligent conversation. The word consists of two kanji characters, 芸 (gei) meaning "art" and 者 (sha) meaning "person" or "doer." The most literal translation is "artist," "performing artist," or "artisan." The geisha of the Gion district (and in Kyoto generally) actually call themselves geiko, more directly meaning "a child of the arts" or "a woman of art."
Contrast this with Japan today, which offers various flavors of hostess clubs and "snacks." Many young Japanese women work as kyabajō (キャバ嬢), literally "cabaret girl" (although there is no dancing or nudity), and most use a professional name genji-na (源氏名). The Japanese hostesses of fast-paced, impersonal modernity, rather than highlighting traditional high culture and ideals of sensuality, instead are relegated to lighting cigarettes, pouring drinks, offering flirtation more than wit, and singing karaoke pop songs to entertain today's average Japanese Joe Sixpack. Although such hostesses are often said to be the "modern counterpart of geishas," these groups of women are literally worlds and time apart.
Sadly, not Geisha…or even Maiko.
Maiko (舞子 or 舞妓), literally "dance child") are apprentice geisha, and actually are the one who wear the white make-up and elaborate kimono and hair dress which we in the west hold as the popular image of geisha. A year's training leads to a woman's debut as a maiko, and under modern Japanese law, all must be 18 years of age, except for those in Kyoto, where women can apprentice as early as age 15 (as opposed to age 3 or 5 a century ago).
Maiko are considered one of the great sights of Japanese tourism, and although most westerners don't' realize, they look very different from fully qualified geisha. The scarlet-fringed collar of a maiko's kimono hangs very loosely in the back to accentuate the nape of the neck, a primary erotic area in Japanese sexuality. She wears the same white makeup for her face on her nape, leaving two or sometimes three stripes of bare skin exposed. Her kimono is bright and colorful with an elaborately tied obi hanging down to her ankles. She takes very small steps and wears traditional wooden shoes called okobo which stand nearly ten centimeters high (4 inches). There are five different hairstyles of a maiko, all impossibly ornate and complex, each marking a different stage of her apprenticeship. Around the age of 20–22, the maiko is promoted to a full-fledged geisha in a ceremony called "turning of the collar" (erikae) where white replaces red.
The whole idea behind Japanese Hostess clubs and Snack bars….
Modern hostesses' professional wear consists generally of very short skirts or cocktail dresses, but range to prom-like gowns, both looks completed with stylized "big hair," sexy high heels, and what only can be described as a fetished-obsession with nylons and pantyhose. These girls drink with customers, sharing in a percentage of drink sales. For example, a patron purchases a $20 drink for the hostess (in addition to his own), which usually are non-alcoholic concoctions and guarantees the hostess's undivided attention for the subsequent 30-45 minutes.
In modern times the traditional makeup of apprentice geisha is unmistakable, though established geisha generally only wear full white makeup during special performances. This makeup features a thick white base with red lipstick and red and black accents around the eyes and eyebrows. The application of makeup is hard to perfect and consumes vast amounts of time, and is applied before dressing to avoid dirtying a kimono.
Not a geisha
Personal introductions to geisha and maiko were, and still are often required today. However, modern patrons of hostess clubs are greeted warmly (if not insincerely) at the door and invited directly in. At some establishments, a customer is able to choose his specific female companion, but that decision is most often left to the house's mamasan, herself once a hostess who's worked her way up cleaning splashes off the glass ceiling and into management. In either case, the hostesses usually rotate after a certain amount of time or number of drinks, offering customers a chance to see a fresh face. Personally speaking, I have always been assigned a "snack" in a "Snack Bar," but have had choice in the Okinawan Hostess Clubs I've visited. For the experience. And nothing more!
There is no greater insult to Geisha than this.
A mature and established Geisha and her Maiko.
A maiko's eyes and eyebrows are drawn in; the eyebrows and edges of the eyes are colored black, and red is applied around her eyes. The lips are filled in, but not in our more familiar Western style, but instead red and white is used to create various optical illusions and representations, such as a flower's bud. Maiko wear this heavy makeup almost constantly, but it does change over time to a more subdued style to better reflect her maturity and to help display her own natural beauty. For formal occasions, mature geisha still apply white make-up, but for geisha over thirty, the heavy white make-up is only worn during the special dances that require it.
Well, I was wrong. Manson as a Geisha is indeed worse….
Katie, you're no geisha….
There is one way in which geisha and their loosely modern equivalents seem to converge: in addition to their on-site duties, hostesses are generally obliged to engage in paid dates called dōhan (同伴) with their patrons outside of the bar, beyond regular working hours. Although characterized much differently, maiko and geisha are also paid for such alone time. While the intersection of prostitution and both geisha and hostesses remain vague and unsure, the fact is that sometimes sex occurs on these "paid dates." Although such an arrangement of sex for money is clearly dictated by geisha, there are ongoing concerns about human trafficking and sexual slavery with hostesses, particularly those of non-Japanese citizenship. Note that since Japanese law narrowly defines prostitution specifically as "intercourse with an unspecified person in exchange for payment," non-coital services remain legal and are widely offered and available. If only Clinton had been President in Japan, he actually wouldn't have had sex with that woman!
Monica, not a Geisha.
Geisha Girls from our "Sayonara" going-away party last year
Unfortunately, in modern Japan, geisha and maiko are now a rare sight. In the 1920s, there were over 80,000 geisha in Japan, but today, there are far fewer, with most estimates between 1,000 and 2,000. World War II heralded a huge decline, especially after 1944 when geisha teahouses, bars and houses were all forced shut by the government so that everyone could work in factories in support of the war effort. At the end of the war such facilities were reopened, but geisha as a label was irreversibly defamed as common prostitutes began referring to themselves as "geisha girls" during Japan's post-war occupation. An association which the American GIs bought, hook, line and sinker.
I'm pretty sure this Geisha and Maiko are the real deal.
Our "real" sighting!
The most common (mistaken) sightings are those of tourists who pay a fee to be dressed and made up as a maiko. The Gion neighborhood in Kyoto has five hanamachi ("flower towns"), or geiko districts, and despite the geisha's considerable decline in the last hundred years, Gion remains famous for the preservation of forms of traditional architecture and entertainment, and remains one of the places in Japan where a foreigner has a good chance of actually seeing a geisha. While we did see plenty of woman playing the part, we maybe, just maybe saw one in a rickshaw…and I'm almost positive we followed a maiko and her geisha for a block or two (see below).
Not as sure about this one….
Personally speaking, the intrigue and sensuality of geisha and maiko, regardless of how backwards and repressive some in the West may think such lifestyles are, should and will always outclass and outlast the rather demeaning heels and hose of the snacks and hostesses that now frequent the streets of Kyoto. I feel for the Japanese women today who, although they most likely think they are exercising free-choice in pursuit of their destinies, have given up so much status, income and power of the past.
At least they are dressed well for the funeral. And how'bout those flowers….
Me and Jody with our performing Maiko for the night.
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Greek Mathematics
Greek mathematics was the first attempt to use deductive reasoning to devise theories linking numbers together. First developed by Thales, who built upon the empirical approach of the Egyptians and Babylonians, Greek mathematics was built upon the idea of deducing laws governing mathematics and geometry from axioms that were proved to be true. The Greeks believed, because the universe was perfect, that all of the laws governing creation could be found from these first principles.
Pythagoras, from the famous painting "The School of Athens", Sanzio (Public Domain)
The first of the long tradition of Greek mathematicians was Thales [3] of Miletus, and he started off the whole process of moving mathematics away from observation and measurement. He established schools to teach others everything he knew, and the great Pythagoras was amongst his pupils.
Pythagoras: The Pythagoras Theorem and Secret Societies
The greatest contribution of Thales was as a teacher, because his school produced Pythagoras, a name across the world. Like Thales, Pythagoras began work upon proving axioms and using these to deduce other mathematical laws, building theorems upon yet other theorems. He came up with a further five axioms:
The sum of the internal angles of a triangle equals two right angles (180o).
The sum of the external angles of a triangle equals four right angles (360o).
The sum of the interior angles of any polygon equals 2n-4 right angles, where n is the number of sides.
The sum of the exterior angles of a polygon equals four right angles, however many sides.
The three polygons, the triangle, hexagon, and square completely fill the space around a point on a plane - six triangles, four squares and three hexagons.
There is also the famous discovery that;
'The square of the hypotenuse of a right angle triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.'
Pythagoras Theorem (Creative Commons [4])
While we attribute these discoveries to Pythagoras, he ran a very secretive brotherhood that shut itself off from society, and it is difficult to establish who made these discoveries, as most of them seemed to be a communal effort. Thus, we should speak of the Pythagoreans rather than Pythagoras. These proofs have been questioned by later mathematicians, and the way that the Pythagoreans established them is disputed, mathematically at least.
Pythagoras and the Patterns Behind Numbers
Bust of Pythagoras (Public Domain)
The other work of the Pythagoreans involved seeking out interesting patterns behind numbers and finding sets. They believed that all of nature is built upon integers, and did not consider fractions to be numbers, only convenient ratios. This belief also shaped their philosophy and the philosophy of later Greeks, that numbers ruled the universe and would allow philosophers to deduce the nature of creation. The Pythagoreans believed that the number ten was the perfect number, and this belief shaped many of their philosophical theories.
Pythagoras and Prime Numbers
Pythagoras discovered prime numbers and composite numbers (any integer that is not a prime). He also looked at perfect numbers, the ones that are the sum of their divisors (excluded the number itself). For example, six is a perfect number; its divisors are 3, 2 and 1, and 3+2+1=6. He also discovered that 28 is a perfect number, and his students later added 496 and 8128. These were the only perfect numbers discovered for centuries, until the Renaissance was in full swing. Pythagoras also liked friendly numbers, where two numbers are the sum of each other's factors. The example he discovered was 220 and 284, and they would be the only friendly numbers discovered for two millennia. The Pythagoreans also studied the polygonal numbers:
Triangular numbers: 1 + 2 + 3 + … + n = n(n + 1)/2
Square numbers: 1 + 3 + 5 + … + (2n - 1) = n2
Pentagonal numbers: 1 + 4 + 7+_ _ _+ (3n - 2) = (3n2 - n)/2
Hexagonal numbers: 1 + 5 + 9 + _ _ _ + (4n - 3) = 2n2 - n
Pythagoras and his students also discovered irrational numbers, as they found that the square root of two could not be expressed as an integer or a fraction, although it is unclear as to what they did with those numbers.
Pythagoras and Musical Theory
The other lasting contribution of Pythagoras was in music theory and harmony, when he noticed that the strings of instruments were harmonious when the lengths were whole numbers, such as 2:1 or 4:3. He also applied this to other types of instrument, and this certainly reinforced his idea that the universe was governed by harmonious laws.
Pythagoras and the Modern World
Pythagoras developed trigonometry and left us with understanding of shapes, angles, triangles, polygons and proportion. Alongside Thales, Euclid, and Archimedes, he developed mathematics as we know it and gave later mathematicians a solid base upon which to build.
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Trieu: Roots of UM's 2017 class go back long way
Next Wednesday, Michigan will sign its 2017 recruiting class, and while that is the day the most eyeballs are on the recruiting world, recruiting classes truly take years to come together.
Trieu: Roots of UM's 2017 class go back long way Next Wednesday, Michigan will sign its 2017 recruiting class, and while that is the day the most eyeballs are on the recruiting world, recruiting classes truly take years to come together. Check out this story on detroitnews.com: http://detne.ws/2koqgqr
Special to The Detroit News Published 12:56 p.m. ET Jan. 24, 2017
Donovan Peoples-Jones(Photo: Daniel Mears, Detroit News)
Next Wednesday, Michigan will sign its 2017 recruiting class, and while that is the day the most eyeballs are on the recruiting world, recruiting classes truly take years to come together. In the case of this Michigan class, the roots go back nearly three years.
On Feb. 23, 2014, Michigan had just signed a relatively small class, ranked 27th in the nation by Scout, and was in the process of working on the future classes by having young prospects up to basketball games. That day, the Wolverines were playing rival Michigan State in hoops. Only a freshman then, Orchard Lake St. Mary's linebacker Josh Ross attended that game and then-head coach Brady Hoke offered him a scholarship. He was the first recruit set to sign Wednesday to be offered.
The following November, Corey Malone-Hatcher finished school and received a message that he needed to call Michigan's director of player personnel at the time, Chris Singletary. Singletary chatted with the St. Joseph (Mich.) defensive end, then a sophomore, for a minute before giving the phone to Hoke, who extended a scholarship offer. That offer left Malone-Hatcher's mom in tears. He had camped at Michigan and been to several games. He also made it no secret that his family members were big Alabama fans. Mom's reaction made it clear Michigan would be a factor in his recruitment.
On Dec. 3 of 2014, Hoke was fired. Less than two weeks later, Jim Harbaugh was hired as Michigan's head coach. A frantic period of recruiting and closing out that 2015 class followed. Soon after National Signing Day, Harbaugh turned his attention to the underclassmen.
Two years earlier, Detroit Cass Tech was doing summer testing when a skinny freshman jumped so far on the broad jump that head coach Thomas Wilcher questioned the result and made assistant Jermain Crowell measure it again. Indeed it was correct. This freshman had jumped over 11 feet. When the team later went to football work and he was competing with heavily-recruited cornerbacks like Damon Webb, the staff knew they had something special in Donovan Peoples-Jones.
Throughout his freshman season, he flashed superstar potential. By the time he was a sophomore, those flashes became clear and there were visible signs he was a national prospect. That talent, coupled with his dad being a Michigan alum, caused many to be baffled that, as offers rolled in from around the country, the Wolverines were not among them.
At halftime of a basketball game on Feb. 18, 2015, Harbaugh pulled Peoples-Jones aside and let him know he had a scholarship from Michigan. The following day, Harbaugh offered a scholarship out in Colorado to a quarterback named Dylan McCaffrey, who at that time only had offers from Colorado and Colorado State.
Former UM pass game coordinator Jedd Fisch would recruit McCaffrey and visit him at the school to see him throw that spring. The month of April that year proved to be a critical time in the formation of this class.
On April 4, the Wolverines offered a legacy prospect, in-state tight end Carter Dunaway. Within the same week, offensive tackle JaRaymond Hall, safety Jaylen Kelly-Powell, linebacker Drew Singleton and cornerback Ambry Thomas were all offered scholarships. Shortly after that offer flurry, on April 20, Dunaway committed.
Blue Chip countdown: Malone-Hatcher driven to excel at UM
The next month, Jay Harbaugh attended a workout at Cheshire Academy in Connecticut when a tall, smooth receiver named Tarik Black caught his eye. Black would be offered a scholarship that day.
In June, during Harbaugh's first summer camp, a tall, skinny Canadian cornerback with no recruiting profiles and scarcely any film continued to lock down receivers during one-on-ones. The defensive backs coaches let Harbaugh know he needed to come watch this player. He liked what he saw and Benjamin St. Juste left that camp – during which he stayed for several days where many top prospects only work out for one day – with a scholarship offer. He committed shortly after returning home.
That August, Michigan extended an offer to running back Kurt Taylor. He committed in October, following St. Juste and Dunaway as the third commitment in the class. Hall followed in December, then wide receiver Jeremiah Holloman, Taylor's teammate.
In February, McCaffrey committed, giving the Wolverines their quarterback, but Holloman decommitted. (Dunaway would later decommit, as well.) Then the class began to take off in March. Ross, over two years after Hoke offered him at that basketball game, committed. Safety J'Marick Woods closed out the month with a commitment and defensive tackle Phil Paea started April off with a commitment. The following day, a speedy running back from New Mexico the Wolverines had uncovered named O'Maury Samuels committed. He would catch the national radar in the coming months and would be a verbal commitment the Wolverines had to protect right up until this very week.
By the time December rolled around and the crew of Thomas, Peoples-Jones, Black and Singleton – all of whom had all been offered nearly two years before during a two-month span – committed to Harbaugh and Wolverines, the class was now ranked in the national top 10.
Last week, in the midst of the Wolverines looking to close out the 2017 class by doing in-home visits and visiting high schools of a smaller pool of final prospects, the staff also extended a fair number of offers to prospects in the 2018, 2019 and even 2020 classes.
As demonstrated by this 2017 class, those offers are important as a good portion of the group that will sign next Wednesday began their relationship with the Wolverines from an early age.
New offers in Ohio
Among the underclassmen offers handed out this week were two in the state of Ohio, a place fans have hoped the Wolverine staff would become more aggressive. Toledo St. John's Jesuit linebacker Dallas Gant, the cousin of former Wolverine Allen Gant, was offered a scholarship. A 6-foot-3, 215-pound prospect, Gant holds offers from Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan State, Penn State and more.
The Wolverines also offered Cleveland Heights defensive end Tyreke Smith. The 6-foot-4, 255-pound Smith holds offers from Michigan State, USC, Penn State and more.
Both prospects are ranked among the top 200 in the country in their class by Scout.
Donovan Peoples-Jones profile
Ambry Thomas profile
Tarik Black profile
Allen Trieu began covering the state of Michigan for Scout.com in 2005 and began managing the entire Midwest in 2009. He has been featured on the Big Ten Network on its annual Signing Day Show. His Michigan and Michigan State recruiting columns appear weekly at detroitnews.com.
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'Fun to watch': Why Vic Schaefer is excited about next season's Mississippi State team
Tyler Horka
Mississippi Clarion Ledger
STARKVILLE – Vic Schaefer didn't have his suit jacket on this past weekend at Humphrey Coliseum.
It's not because he took it off in frustration as he usually does while coaching his Mississippi State Bulldogs. He simply didn't wear it because he hasn't had to for well over a week.
If circumstances were ideal, Schaefer would have just led his team through the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament. If all went to plan, he'd be preparing for a Sweet 16 game later this week.
But the situation isn't normal, of course.
Instead of gathering with 10,000 folks inside Humphrey Coliseum, Schaefer spent the weekend in self isolation.
"I'm just really trying to do what we've been recommended to do, which is staying away from people and staying out of public places," Schaefer told the Clarion Ledger. "These are unprecedented times, and they call for unprecedented measures."
He'll likely pass the time hunting, fishing and making sure his family, friends, players and assistant coaches are as focused on flattening the COVID-19 curve as he is.
The sooner the coronavirus crisis passes, the sooner Schaefer can replace his rod with a whistle and his fishing shirt with a suit jacket. Here's what to look for when the Bulldogs are able to get back to basketball sometime this year.
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Sidney Cooks' debut
Sidney Cooks has been itching to get on the floor.
A transfer from Michigan State, Cooks sat out this past season because of NCAA transfer rules. The 6-foot-4 redshirt junior is one of the more unique players Schaefer has had during his time at Mississippi State.
"We haven't been able to guard her since she got here," Schaefer said. "There are some practices where we just can't guard her."
Cooks was a McDonald's All-American during her senior season at Saint Joseph Catholic High School in Wisconsin in 2016-17. She averaged 27.6 points and 13.8 rebounds per game.
Cooks averaged 9.5 points per game at Michigan State. She started 22 games as a true freshman, but that number dipped to eight as a sophomore. She averaged 19 points per game in the Spartans' two NCAA Tournament games in 2019.
Cooks can beat defenders on the post with her sizable frame, but she can also hit shots from beyond the arc. She made 24-of-54 (40.7%) of her 3-point attempts as a sophomore in East Lansing.
Only one Bulldog exceeded that percentage this past season. Freshman guard Rickea Jackson, who won the Gillom Trophy as the best female college player in the state of Mississippi, made 13-of-31 (41.9%) of her 3-pointers.
Schaefer is excited to have another player who can burn the opposition with an inside-outside game like Jackson. Cooks can score from all over.
"She's very versatile," he said.
Hayes has All-American skills
Schaefer will have three McDonald's All-Americans at his disposal in Jackson, Cooks and incoming freshman Madison Hayes.
Hayes averaged 25.8 points and 11.3 rebounds per game during her senior season at East Hamilton High School in Tennessee. She was named the state's Gatorade Player of the Year.
"She brings a level of toughness and competitive spirit to our team that in my mind we desperately need," Schaefer said. "On top of that, she has a tremendous skill set."
Hayes was also a standout volleyball player at East Hamilton, twice leading her team to the state tournament. At 6-foot-1, her build is similar to that of Jackson's. The duo's athletic style of play is comparable as well.
If Schaefer chooses to try a lineup with Hayes at the two, Jackson at the three, Cooks at the four and rising junior Jessika Carter at center, he will be working with a lineup that is not short on firepower or size at four different positions.
Jackson averaged 15.1 points per game last season while Carter chipped in 13 points a game. Those outputs combined with whatever Hayes and Cooks are able to provide in their first season as Bulldogs should provide ample offense.
"I think the challenge for us is going to be trying to establish that chemistry with so many offensive weapons," Schaefer said. "That's going to be fun to watch. But I think all of those kids are unselfish, and they all want to win. It's going to be exciting to put the offensive piece together. We have a lot of kids that can score the ball."
Gaston gives Schaefer more size
Schaefer might have another key contributor on the way to Starkville next season in four-star recruit Deyona Gaston.
She's not as heralded as Cooks or Hayes, but that might only be because of a few injuries she sustained during her high school career in Pearland, Texas.
Schaefer followed her journey through the ups and downs and knows just what he's getting in Gaston if she can stay healthy.
"People don't realize that as a freshman in high school, she was the number one player in the country in the 2020 class," Schaefer said.
Gaston scored 18.1 points and grabbed 9.5 rebounds per game in 26 games played this past season. At 6-foot-3, Gaston gives Schaefer yet another player with a size.
Mississippi State's roster will boast eight players who stand six feet or taller.
"It'll be exciting to know that we have some size and some help in there that we needed," Schaefer said.
'You recruit offense and teach defense'
Don't forget about what Schaefer has coming back from the team that went 27-6 and finished second in the SEC behind South Carolina.
Schaefer said teams win in the SEC because of guard play. In addition to Jackson, Schaefer has a wealth of guards returning in sophomores Aliyah Matharu and JaMya Mingo-Young, redshirt junior Myah Taylor, junior Xaria Wiggins and senior Andra Espinoza-Hunter. Forward Chloe Bibby is also on her way back for her senior season.
Matharu and Mingo-Young have three more seasons to keep growing into the type of guards Schaefer is looking for. Matharu came along offensively at the tail end of the season in scoring 15 or more points in four of her final five games. Mingo-Young's minutes were sporadic, but Schaefer liked what he saw from her in the time she did get on the court.
That pair represents the future of Mississippi State's backcourt.
"That's going to be critical for us, to really develop that toughness piece with our guards on both ends," Schaefer said. "Wreaking havoc on defense and then offensively putting so much pressure on people to where if defenders help off somebody, we make you pay."
With every player considered, Schaefer is excited by what the 2020-21 Bulldogs can do on the offensive end. He said last year's team was limited offensively in some of the rotations, but next year's team should be able to score no matter who is playing.
"Now the challenge is to teach them to defense, which is what you do in recruiting," Schaefer said. "You recruit offense and teach defense."
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The thought of teenagers applying martial art training against a bully conjures up images of planned chaos resulting in extreme physical harm. However the opposite is true.
When a young adult puts in the time to train in the physical moves of the martial arts he or she will learn the medical implications of those moves, but they will also come to understand the anatomy of emotions, theirs and the bullies. On the physical end they will learn balance, focus, timing, rhythm, and coordination. They will come to understand the limitations and frailties of their bodies and that of the bully. But they will also learn to respond and not react, that thinking is slow and that muscle memory is fast. Most important they will retain their martial art training as a secret knowledge only to be used when there is no other option.
The physical move comes with a lesson in the law of motion; that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. If they punch to the stomach the bully bends in the middle thrusting his face forward. Emotional self-defense teaches that a calm mind manifests as a calm physical response not the scared effect the bully intended and that calm words defuse.
Who is this young adult trained in the martial arts? He or she moves with ease among their peers. They understand that many, young and old alike, are filled with fear on many levels, and may have the need to lash out verbally and possibly physically. The young martial artist is not afraid of confrontation and through training has learned to manage their own fears so that they can contribute calm to an often-turbulent world.


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The history of homeopathy
Homeopathy is currently the second largest system of medicine in the world, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). It was founded by a German physician Dr Samuel Hahnemann just over 200 years ago.
Painter's Son Paints the Field of Medicine with Revolutionary Colors
Dr Samuel Hahnemann was born on 10th April 1755 at Meissen, a small town in Germany, to a poor porcelain painter. Poverty however, did not deter Hahnemann from studying and he went on to practice medicine. He was one among the very few of his time to graduate with an MD from Leipzig University, Germany. Conventional doctors during that time routinely used bleeding and excessive purging to treat diseases, as they thought that diseases were caused due to bad blood within the body. Hahnemann was thoroughly disenchanted with the state of medical practice during his time. He therefore gave up his medical career!
Hahnemann's Eureka Moment
With no financial backing, to support his family, Dr Hahnemann started translating medical books in different languages, as he knew over a dozen languages. Whilst once translating William Cullen's Lectures on the Materia Medica, he came across a statement that said cinchona [quinine] bark possessed specific febrifugal [fever-relieving] properties, because it was one of the most aromatic and bitter substances known. This aroused his scientific mind and curiosity. He felt that there were many substances that had bitter and fragrant properties. None of them however had the strength to cure fevers, especially malaria-like fevers. He was eager to test the idea. He drank a decoction of cinchona bark to test the results and developed a malarial like fever with chills. This was a Eureka moment for Hahnemann and laid the foundation for homeopathy!
Dr Hahnemann expounded his principle for homeopathy: Likes cures Likes. What does it mean? It means that the substance, which can produce a set of symptoms in a healthy individual, can treat a sick individual who is manifesting a similar set of symptoms.
For example, when you chop onions, you have watery eyes, a runny nose, you sneeze, cough and all of it happens due to exposure to the tuber's active substances. The homeopathic remedy, Allium Cepa, made from red onion, can help you overcome a cold or allergy attack in which you may have similar symptoms – watery eyes, runny nose, sneezing, coughing, or throat irritation.
Dr Hahnemann came with numerous medicines that were made from natural substances and worked well in curing several ailments without causing unpleasant side-effects.
Vicious campaign of 'bullying' against it takes homeopathy to places
Hahnemann's idea of a new, sane, humane and gentle system of healing did not go down well with the orthodox or conventional medicine practitioners. This led to his discrimination. Bullying made Hahnemann's life in Leipzig almost impossible. He was even abused and, also not surprisingly, hounded out of town.
His family scrubbed laundry with raw potatoes, because they could not afford soap. Worse still, he lost one of his newborn sons in a carriage accident when he was hounded from one town to another by his detractors. He also lost his wife to extreme poverty. Thrown out of one place, he travelled to another, but continued his homeopathy practice wherever he went. Homeopathy thus reached wherever Hahnemann travelled, across countries! Hahnemann finally moved and settled in Paris, France, which even today is the largest contributor to homeopathy in the world followed by Germany.
Global acceptance & growth across US, Europe, India and other Countries
Homeopathy was introduced to the United States in 1825 by Hans Birch Gram, a student of Hahnemann. Throughout the 19th century, dozens of homeopathic institutions appeared in the US, and by 1900, there were 22 homeopathic colleges and 15,000 practitioners across United States. The success of homeopathy led to the abandonment of harmful treatments of bloodletting & purging and people moved towards more effective and safer medication. The popularity of homeopathy however led to its criticism by mainstream practitioners. The opposition finally led to closure of several homeopathic institutes and the last school in the US exclusively teaching homeopathy closed in 1920. However, by the mid to late 1970s, homeopathy made a significant comeback and sales of some homeopathic companies increased tenfold.
Likewise, homeopathy received acceptance and grew in several countries including UK, where till the present times, it enjoys royal patronage (The Royal family has used homeopathy for three generations), UAE, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Switzerland.
Homeopathy came to India in 1810 when Dr. John Martin Honigberger, a French traveler, who learnt homeopathy from Dr Hahnemann, visited India and treated patients. On his second visit to the country in 1839, he treated Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the then ruler of Punjab, who was suffering from a paralysis of the vocal cords. Dr Honigberger treated him with a homeopathic remedy Dulcamara.
Pleased with the results, the Maharaja encouraged Dr Martin to continue homeopathic practice in India. Later, a large number of missionaries, some members of the Indian administrative police and foreign services, practised homeopathy with an intent to reach its benefits to many more people. Here onwards, started the journey of homeopathy in India. Homeopathy was legalized in India in 1948.
Standing Tall Even Today & Growing Exponentially
Today, homeopathy being the 2nd largest system of medicine in the world with an estimated market size of over Rs 26,000 crore, is trusted by over 50 crore people across more than 80 countries in the world. In the last few years, homeopathy has grown three times faster than allopathy, at the rate of 25-30 per cent annually.
In England, 42% British physicians refer patients to homeopaths.
More than a third of the French people use homeopathic treatments. A survey of French pharmacists found that an astounding 94.5 percent reported advising pregnant women to use homeopathic medicines.
It has been estimated that over 6 million people in the US use homeopathy for self-care, and day-to-day health problems.
Homeopathy is today followed by over 10 crore people in India. The country has a Rs 3,600 crore organized homeopathy market. There are over 2.25 lakh registered homeopathy practitioners with 20,000 new homeopaths being added every year.
Over 185 homeopathic colleges in India are offering 33 post graduation courses. Besides, there are 11,000 homoeopathic hospital beds.


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Ross Chastain wins Truck Series race at Gateway, passes inspection
By Daniel McFadinJun 23, 2019, 12:14 AM EDT
Ross Chastain beat Todd Gilliland in a seven-lap shootout to win Saturday night's Gander Outdoors Truck Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway.
The win comes a week after a post-race inspection failure resulted in Chastain's win at Iowa Speedway being given to Brett Moffitt. He passed inspection Saturday night.
The top five was completed by Stewart Friesen, Chandler Smith and Moffitt.
Chastain led 21 laps. He took the lead during green flag pit stops when his Niece Motorsports team elected to take fuel only.
"These guys went home and we were mad," Chastain told FS1. "Felt like we had one taken from us. Holy cow. … They believed in me. I didn't want to take tires. Then it was up to me to freaking hold them off, I don't know how."
Chastain, who switched his points declaration from Xfinity to Trucks after eight races in the Truck season, must be in the top 20 in points to qualify for the playoffs. He is now 38 points behind Josh Reaume in 20th.
Chastain is also winner of the final "Triple Truck Challenge" $50,000 bonus.
"Oh, I'm going to take that money home and they're not going to take it from us," Chastain said.
The final restart was setup by a wreck involving Harrison Burton and Sheldon Creed.
Chastain restarted ahead of Christian Eckes, who had 57 laps. Eckes spun from contact on the last lap while racing Gilliland and Friesen. He finished 14th.
STAGE 1 WINNER: Grant Enfinger
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WHAT'S NEXT: Camping World 225 at Chicagoland Speedway at 9 p.m. ET on June 28 on FS1
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Tags: Gander Outdoors Truck Series, nascar, Ross Chastain, World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, Brett Moffitt, Chandler Smith, Christian Eckes, Grant Enfinger, Harrison Burton, Josh Reaume, Ross Chastain, Sheldon Creed, Stewart Friesen, Todd Gilliland
Niece Motorsports' Iowa penalty upheld
By Daniel McFadinJun 19, 2019, 1:22 PM EDT
A National Motorsports Appeals Panelist affirmed and upheld Ross Chastain's disqualification from winning Sunday's Truck Series race at Iowa Speedway for his truck being too low.
Wednesday's decision cannot be further appealed by the team based on section 14.6.f of the rule book, which states:
"In a Race Disqualification Appeal, the decision of the Panelist, which could be an Appeals Panelist, FAO, or his/her alternates, under Section 14 Appeals to the National Stock Car Racing Appeals Panel, will be considered final and there is no ability to appeal the decision to the Final Appeals Office as outlined in Section 15 Final Appeal to the National Motorsports Final Appeals Officer."
The appeal was heard by Bryan Moss, National Motorsports Final Appeals Officer.
The team released statements from owner Al Niece, general manager Cody Efaw and Chastain regarding the decision.
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Chastain's win Sunday at Iowa Speedway was given to Brett Moffitt after Chastain's No. 44 Chevrolet was found to be too low, with Truck Series managing director Brad Moran describing it as being "extremely low."
As a result, Chastain lost all the stage points and race win points he received and was given a last-place finish and just five points. He also lost the $50,000 "Triple Truck Challenge" bonus.
Team owner Al Niece said in a statement after the disqualification was announced that the truck "sustained minor damage during the event, which left the truck too low following the race."
MORE: Ross Chastain "100 percent confident" he will make playoffs after penalty
With the penalty being upheld, Chastain enters this weekend's race at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway 35th in the standings with 43 points.
After switching his points declaration from Xfinity to the Truck Series after eight truck races, he must win in the next six races and be 20th in the standings to qualify for the playoffs.
He's 69 points behind Josh Reaume, who is 20th in the season standings.
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Ross Chastain stands by team '100 percent' as they appeal Iowa penalty
Despite losing his win, a $50,000 bonus and almost all of the points he accumulated Sunday at Iowa Speedway, Ross Chastain is still "proud" of the dominating performance by Niece Motorsports in the Gander Outdoors Truck Series race.
But that performance was taken out of the record books after the front his No. 44 Chevrolet was found to be "extremely low," violating the ride-height rules. Chastain's wins now belongs to Brett Moffitt.
"We stomped everybody's tails out in Iowa and I'm proud of that and our Niece Motorsports team is proud of that," Chastain said Monday on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio's "SiriusXM Speedway. "A little technical hiccup there after the race isn't going to take away the fact that we start started 19th, won both stages. We were able to drive past trucks. We never got passed once all day."
Chastain is credited with a last-place finish and only five points earned instead of 60, a major hit for his hopes of making the Truck Series playoffs after switching his points declaration from Xfinity after eight races in the season.
In the next six races Chastain must win once and be inside the top 20 in the standings to qualifying for the playoffs. Chastain has 43 points. He's 69 points behind Josh Reaume, who is 20th in the season standings.
"It was a pretty incredible day and something I will never forget and I will not let anything take it away from us," Chastain said. "No old rule that still is in effect that isn't applicable anymore, but the rules are the rules, we understand that. But we still kicked their butts and I'm proud of it."
Chastain affirmed that "I stand by my guys" after the penalty, which the team is appealing.
"I stand by everything we do," Chastain said. "We have something pretty incredible, something I've never been a part of in the Truck Series, where you have a group of guys that pushes as hard as this group does and makes as much speed.
"At the end of the day everybody can talk about their guys working their tails off and all that but we have speed. That's so hard to find. A lot of times you don't know why you have it, but I know we have it and we're only getting better and we're only going to be stronger as we move forward. We've got more trucks coming. We're building better pieces and putting them together better. So no, I don't know what the deal is with the truck, but I'm behind them 100%."
Chastain admitted he looked at reaction on social media, which included accusations that the violation was committed on purpose.
"I've got to say, man, in my opinion, I really don't agree with it, thinking that we did something during the race, cars can be modified tremendously and illegally, I don't agree with that and I hate that that stuff gets talked about because it's just not the case," Chastain said. "Anybody in the sport … knows that tech ride height is not indicative of how low the race car is on the sport. I wish that was explained a little better. I hate that the sport is in a point that people don't understand the difference between tech height and dynamic height on the race track."
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NASCAR disqualifies Ross Chastain's winning truck for failing inspection
By Dustin LongJun 16, 2019, 3:41 PM EDT
For the first time since NASCAR instituted a rule before this season that a winning vehicle would be disqualified if it failed inspection, Ross Chastain's winning Truck Sunday at Iowa Speedway failed inspection and was disqualified.
Brett Moffitt, who crossed the finish line second, was declared the winner and also gets the $50,000 bonus for winning a Triple Truck Challenge race.
Chastain's truck was found to be too low in the front.
MORE: Updated race results
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Chastain's team, Niece Motorsports, announced Sunday afternoon that it would appeal the decision. In a statement from team owner Al Niece, he said that Chastain's truck "sustained minor damage during the event, which left the truck too low following the race."
That appeal process will be expedited. Should the team lose that appeal, they cannot appeal the decision any further based on section 14.6.f of the rule book, which states:
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Brad Moran, managing director of the Gander Outdoors Truck Series said after the race: "We have a procedures and rules in place, trucks are restricted on their ride heights at the front and rear of the vehicles. Unfortunately, the 44 (Chastain's truck) was low on the front, extremely low.
"We have a process of what happens at that point. They do get an opportunity to roll around. They put fuel in the vehicle, they air the tires. Give them at least five to 10 minutes. Check them a second time. Unfortunately, the 44 did not rise on the front at all."
Here is the section in the rule book on ride heights:
Chastain was a part of Motor Racing Network's broadcast of the Xfinity race on Sunday and addressed what happened in the Truck race to his team.
"It's tough," he said. "It was tough to walk up here (to the radio booth) across the frontstretch and walk by victory lane and where everything has happened, yeah, they took it away from us. It's an old rule that they stand by and … the lower series of all the divisions still go by ride height rules and Cup Series has gotten away from it but we were just too low. The truck wouldn't come back up. I'm not sure why. They wouldn't let us look under the hood or anything. It went through (inspection) before the race.
"In any race car these days … it's been this way for the last 25 years, the lower you get it, the better it handles. We, as racers and the race teams, our trucks, when we go around the race track are scraping the ground even though our ride height rules (are higher than that). You go through tech pre-race and it has to be up at that predetermined amount.
"As soon as we get into the truck and I come off pit road, every race truck in the field and race car in this Xfinity Series, it falls down on the ground and you race right scraping the ground. That's why we have splitters and our side skirts are made to wear so that we can handle the bumps and still have the aero platform we want. Then, whenever you come in, you're supposed to have it where it automatically comes back up. It's just physics and mechanical parts and something on ours just didn't push quite hard enough.
"I don't know what the problem was, but we still won that race. Like you said, we won both stages, we led a ton of laps. It's still a dream come true, but, yeah, they took it away. It's kind of ironic now that we're sitting next to NASCAR (officials) up here in the booth."
This is Moffitt's first win of the season and the eighth of his career. Ben Rhodes finished second and Harrison Burton placed third. Moffitt did not lead any of the race's 200 laps. Chastain led 141. Racing Insights has no record of a winner in NASCAR ever leading zero laps but notes that lead lap information in the 1950s and '60s is incomplete.
"It's a big change of emotions and obviously this is not the way I want to win it as a race car driver, I still know I got beat on track, which is frustrating," Moffitt said. "Back in the beginning of the year when NASCAR implemented this system, it was to clear up the Tuesday disqualifications and the encumbered wins and let the fans know and everyone else know who actually won the race. I'd still would rather take the checkered and be the first one to it, but I'll take a win anyway I can get it and that solidifies our playoff spot."
Moffitt said he was on the way to the airport when his team called him and told him to return to the track.
Should Chastain's team not win the appeal, it could prove devastating to his playoff hopes. He changed what series he scored points in from Xfinity to Trucks on June 4. Chastain needs a victory in the last six regular-season races and be in the top 20 in points to be eligible for the playoffs.
With the disqualification, Chastain is listed as finishing last (32nd) and receives last-place points (five) instead of 60 he would have gotten. He loses all the points (and playoff points) for the win and also loses the stage and playoff points for winning both stages.
Chastain has 43 points. He's 69 points behind Josh Reaume, who is 20th in the season standings.
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Johnny Sauter wins truck pole at Texas
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By Dan BeaverNov 2, 2018, 5:11 PM EDT
Johnny Sauter won the pole for tonight's Truck series race at Texas Motor Speedway with a track record lap of 188.758 mph.
This is Sauter's first pole of 2018 and sixth in his career. His most recent pole came at Texas in June 2016, 59 races ago.
Noah Gragson (188.594 mph) was .025 seconds slower.
Stewart Friesen (188.160), Brett Moffitt (187.905) and David Gilliland (187.761) rounded out the top five.
Playoff contender Justin Haley (186.593) qualified sixth.
In the second round of qualification, Todd Gilliland got loose exiting Turn 2 and made contact with the wall.
In the first round, Ben Rhodes slapped the wall before settling into 16th on the grid.
Playoff contender Grant Enfinger (185.179) qualified 13th.
In 14th, Matt Crafton (185.014) was the worst qualifier among the remaining playoff contenders.
Josh Reaume and Reid Wilson failed to qualify.
Click here for the starting lineup
Tags: Ben Rhodes, Grant Enfinger, JAG Metals 350, Josh Reaume, Matt Crafton, Reid Wilson, texas motor speedway, Todd Gilliland, track record, Ben Rhodes, Brett Moffitt, David Gilliland, Grant Enfinger, Johnny Sauter, Josh Reaume, Justin Haley, Matt Crafton, Noah Gragson, Stewart Friesen, Todd Gilliland
Ross Chastain wins Truck Series race at Gateway, passes inspection June 23, 2019 12:14 am Niece Motorsports' Iowa penalty upheld June 19, 2019 1:22 pm Ross Chastain stands by team '100 percent' as they appeal Iowa penalty June 17, 2019 5:05 pm NASCAR disqualifies Ross Chastain's winning truck for failing inspection June 16, 2019 3:41 pm Johnny Sauter wins truck pole at Texas November 2, 2018 5:11 pm Harrison Burton wins Iowa Truck pole June 16, 2018 5:31 pm Brett Moffitt takes advantage of Kyle Busch's woes to win Atlanta Truck race February 24, 2018 6:45 pm John Hunter Nemechek gets first Truck win of year with Gateway victory June 17, 2017 10:42 pm Kyle Busch earns 77th career Xfinity win, first time at Atlanta February 27, 2016 4:00 pm NASCAR issues penalties for inspection violations at Loudon, Kentucky October 1, 2015 2:25 pm


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Social networks are considered to be a powerful arena for online marketing. They provide a direct and targeted way to communicate with the relevant audience, and they require less spending than more traditional marketing techniques.
However, with the endless tasks involved in running and improving your business ops, dividing your time between all the available networks can become counterproductive.
Before you start spreading yourself too thin, consider the advantages and disadvantages of each social network and choose the most relevant ones for you. This comparative guide will help you decide which social media channels can work best for your business.
No need for introduction. Facebook is the number one network for people all over the world to connect and share content. Brands that are active on Facebook get to update their followers on exciting news, promote special deals and hold occasional online contests. They also create focused ad campaigns that target a carefully selected audience.
Facebook was designed to encourage people to interact. The "Like" and "Share" buttons are viewed more than 22 billion times a day, not only on the network itself but across millions of websites worldwide!
Only about 1.23 billion people! 945 million of which say that they access the world's largest social network through their mobile devices. With 15.8% of all "internet-minutes" spent on Facebook, it's clear that its users are on average more active than users of other social networks.
The first thing is to create a Facebook Page for brands and companies. Using a personal Profile as a business presence is frowned upon, and Groups have limited functionality as marketing platforms.
After you established a great page, you need to come up with a posting plan that will best suit your target market: How many times per day should you post? Are there specific hours that yield better engagement? Does your audience react better to photos or text posts? Should you keep a formal tone or be more friendly and conversational? The answers to these questions are key to your Facebook success.
The strongest characteristic of Twitter as a social network lies in its 140-character tweet limit. The updates that are posted here are short and clear. While Twitter does offer visual content options, text-based posts are more dominant and often include links to external websites.
If you're trying to reach a broad audience that's receptive to marketing messages, Twitter might be the best bet for you. About 39% of the people who took one recent survey indicated that they'd rather hear from companies on Twitter than on any other social platform, beating out Facebook.
Twitter currently boasts around 650 million users worldwide, and their updates amount to 58 million new tweets per day. Twitter users are more likely to be active on their mobile device than on their PC, so think of it as a real "on the go" network.
Sounds good. How do I get started ?
First you need to learn some Twitter jargon and conventions – Hashtags, Retweets, Mentions, Direct Messages. These are terms that will help you understand the engagement potential.
An important thing to take into account is that the average lifespan of a tweet is extremely short, so you need to be able to post quite frequently – without, of course, spamming your audience – to increase your business' visibility.
One of the most valuable things that Twitter offers to business owners is the ability to search for keywords that are related to them and track people's conversations. This gives you great insights into the way your audience interacts with similar businesses and allows you to improve the content of your tweets. Use a Twitter dashboard tool like HootSuite, TweetDeck or Commun.it to set up tracking for relevant search queries and follow up on them on a daily basis.
Google has been throwing all of its weight on Google Plus, the search giant's social network, in an effort to compete with Facebook. While it's been a rocky start, things now seem to be picking up on Google Plus so don't underestimate this platform.
Since Google is running the game, gaining traction on their social network also impacts search results, and this is an incredible incentive to be active here.
Google Plus has almost 550 million active monthly users. Statistics show that the userbase here is predominantly male and that profession-wise, the biggest segments are students, tech-oriented professionals and creatives like bloggers and photographers.
Like Facebook, Google Plus differentiates between individuals and companies. As a brand, you will be best represented with a Company Page. Google's involvement here requires that you think of the content that you upload in terms of Search Engine Optimization. Your posts and profile description need to include rich texts with relevant keywords.
Communities are very strong on Google Plus, so a key strategy for you would be to find active communities that are related to your business and interact with them in a clever fashion. The idea is to always offer value to people and understand that participation in communities is mostly about giving. Hard selling and spamming simply don't work on social media.
LinkedIn rose to fame as a social platform for people in professional occupations, connecting businesses with potential partners and employees, but it also provides a hub for professional networking in many industries.
While retail and leisure businesses might fight it difficult to market themselves here, a wide variety of technology services, public management experts, self-employed creatives and consultants can actually benefit a lot from sustained activity on LinkedIn.
Because LinkedIn targets a professional user base, this network appeals to an older, well-educated and established audience. While it boasts an impressive number of users for a "niche" network (about 280 million!), about 75% of them spend 4 hours or less per week surfing the site.
Your LinkedIn strategy depends mainly on whether you wish to promote yourself as a freelancer (in which case you should invest time in creating a powerful personal profile), or whether you want to market a business operation under a brand name (in which case you should also set up an official company page).
Here's an updated and thorough guide to help you develop an effective marketing strategy for LinkedIn.
A social network dedicated to the sharing and re-sharing of visual content, Pinterest is all about inspiration and ideas. From beautiful artworks, through stimulating recipes and all the way to DIY projects, Pinterest encourages users to appreciate aesthetics.
Many brands that have a strong visual appeal find Pinterest very useful for promoting their services and products. More than other social networks, Pinterest leads to spontaneous eCommerce shopping and is therefore of great value to online businesses.
Pinterest is an unusual network in the sense that from the 70 million users it currently has, a great chunk is made of female users. In fact, recent studies show that about a third of the women in the US are currently Pinterest users!
Another interesting tidbit about Pinners is that they are three times more likely to be active on their mobile device than on a PC.
Pinterest allows images to speak for themselves, so the power lies in high-quality and frequently updated "pin boards" (the Pinterest equivalent to themed photo albums). Put some effort into creating alluring visual content – photography, illustrations, graphic works – anything that can help you represent your brand in a striking manner.
More than any other social network, Instagram has become synonymous with "generation app". This mobile-based network allows smartphone users to share their photos instantly with their contacts. It's a visual representation of your daily life, spiked by image filters that make it look more beautiful.
Brands that use Instagram often draw major engagement by posting original and creative images. Check out a few examples of companies who do an excellent job promoting themselves on Instagram.
Instagram now has 150 million users, 70% of whom use the app on a daily basis. It's a predominantly young network, with over 90% of users under the age of 35 (some of whom can be extremely agitating).
With Instagram now being a Facebook-owned gem, visibility of Instagram content is significantly increasing, making it even more appealing to companies and brands.
Make sure you can keep up a steady posting pace. Do you have enough interesting visual content to maintain an active Instagram feed? If not, it's time to get creative and get some!
To get a sense of what the Instagram community is interested in, check out the list of most popular hashtags. Integrating hashtags in your posts is an important way to attract new followers, but you'd want to use them cleverly. Hop on to the Wix Instagram page and check out some of our photos for inspirational hashtag use.
Which Social Media Accounts Really Matter and Why ?
Someone might tell you, "OMG! You have to join this social media site! We get all our leads from it!" Okay, that's great. But that doesn't mean that your business needs to be there. What kind of business do they have? If they are a boutique silk scarf seller, and found a social media site for silk scarf aficionados, then they've obviously find the right social media site. But if you're a SaaS business, chances are you won't gain as many warm leads from silk scarf social media sites.


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Two of closest beaches to UCF make USA Today Top 20 list
Playalinda isn't the most well-known beach in Florida.
Two of closest beaches to UCF make USA Today Top 20 list Playalinda isn't the most well-known beach in Florida. Check out this story on centralfloridafuture.com: http://www.centralfloridafuture.com/story/entertainment/2015/03/27/usa-today-names-brevard-county-beaches-best-in-florida/70536960/
Dave Berman, Florida Today Published 10:28 a.m. ET March 27, 2015
Spring breakers and beach goers pack Cocoa Beach.(Photo: Craig Rubadoux, Florida Today)
But it finished near the top of a just-concluded USA Today online survey that asked readers to pick the best beach in Florida. Playalinda, near Titusville, ranked fourth among 20 beaches in the survey — and first among Atlantic Coast beaches.
In a separate USA Today online survey, Cocoa Beach ranked third among 20 choices for the best spring break beach destination, in competition that included beaches in the United States, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico and Puerto Rico. It also was first among the six Florida entries, the others being Daytona Beach, Naples, Palm Beach, Panama City Beach and South Beach/Miami.
Gallery: Spring Break on Cocoa Beach
Spring breakers from several colleges, including Penn State, and one members of the military team up for some volleyball at the Cocoa Beach pier. TIM SHORTT/FLORIDA TODAY
Spring breakers and regular beachgoers at the Cocoa Beach Pier. TIM SHORTT/FLORIDA TODAY
Spring breakers from several colleges, including Penn State, and one member of the military team up for some volleyball at the Cocoa Beach Pier. TIM SHORTT/FLORIDA TODAY
Alicia Julien, a college student from Quebec, works on her studies under the new deck. Families and some spring breakers have booked up the Cocoa Beach Hilton. Among the major upgrades here is a new deck area, including a large area under shelter. TIM SHORTT/FLORIDA TODAY
Families and some spring breakers have booked up the Cocoa Beach Hilton. Among the major upgrades here is a new deck area, including a large area under shelter. TIM SHORTT/FLORIDA TODAY
"I think it's great news," said Eric Garvey, executive director of the Space Coast Office of Tourism. "It's reflective of the attractive destinations we have."
The online voting, over four weeks, was part of an ongoing USA Today "10 Best" series of reader polls.
Contact Berman at 321-242-3649 and dberman@floridatoday.com. Follow him on Twitter @ByDaveBerman and on Facebook at /dave.berman.54
Top five lists
Best spring break beach destination
1. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
2. Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
3. Cocoa Beach
4. Atlantic Beach, North Carolina
5. Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Best Florida beach
1. Gulf Islands National Seashore, Pensacola
2. Clearwater Beach, Clearwater
3. Siesta Beach, Siesta Key
4. Playalinda, Titusville
5. Pass-a-Grille Beach, St. Petersburg
Source: USA Today 10 Best Readers' Choice Travel Awards
Here is how Cocoa Beach and Playalinda Beach were described in the USA Today online competition:
Cocoa Beach: Located on Florida's Space Coast, Cocoa Beach offers a spring break scene for any type of traveler. College revelers blow off midsemester steam along the beach (alcohol is allowed, glass is not) near the pier and Coconuts, while families can set up their beach towels along quieter stretches of sand slightly farther afield. Outdoor adventures, including wind and water sports, abound, so there's always something to do.
Playalinda: The most easily accessible beach along the Space Coast's undeveloped Canaveral National Seashore, it nonetheless requires a drive through the wildlife refuge and gorgeous sand dunes that buffer the NASA space complex to the south, which you can see in the distance. A number of parking lots accommodate sun buffs, surfers and nature lovers. Bathrooms are the only facilities.
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First complete flora "milestone" for Cook Islands
Published: 4 July 2016 - by Ilse Breitwieser
Flora of the Cook Islands author Bill Sykes holds the book for the first time, with his wife Peggy.
A book outlining, for the first time ever, the complete flora of the Cook Islands has come to fruition.
The publication, Flora of the Cook Islands, was written by Christchurch botanist Bill Sykes, a research associate at Landcare Research.
The book - which covers the whole range of vascular plants found in the Cook Islands, including common cultivated species, as well as their uses - was launched earlier this month at Landcare Research's Lincoln site.
Sykes, 88, said it was a "relief" when he got to finally hold the book in his hands. At the launch, Sykes said he could "now rest in peace".
Sykes said he was inspired to write the book by his good friend Anthony (Tony) Utanga, a former secretary of the Cook Islands Ministry of Internal Affairs.
"He persuaded me that we really needed a complete flora of the Cook Islands because there wasn't one in existence, so I thought I'll go for it," Sykes said.
"I am very sad that Tony died before holding the Flora of the Cook Islands in his hands," Sykes wrote in the book's dedication.
His son, Alan Utanga, attended the launch to accept the book on behalf of his father.
Utanga said the publication was another "milestone" for the Cook Islands. He compared it to the country achieving self-governance, and the translation of the holy bible and dictionary into Cook Islands Māori.
"To say thank you Bill, I think, would not be enough to recognise your commitment," he said.
Cook Islands High Commission CEO Teremoana Yala echoed Utanga's sentiments about the importance of the book.
"For a small island developing state such as the Cook Islands knowing what plants exist in our country is the first step in the effective management of our precious and unique floral biodiversity. This publication, I hope, will strengthen our resolve in the Cook Islands, to enhance our working knowledge of the Flora that make up our lush island landscapes and upon which we are so dependent. May your legacy Bill, as encapsulated in this publication, live long for the benefit of all of us today and generations to follow."
Cook Island royalty - Marie Pa Ariki, a queen of the Cook Islands – also attended the launch to mark the achievement.
Landcare Research's Characterising Land Biota portfolio leader Dr Ilse Breitwieser said writing a Flora wasn't like writing just another book.
"The information in the Flora is based on thousands, or actually millions of data. The data in a Flora is gained from mostly herbarium material. For his work on the Flora, Bill has actually collected in the Cook Islands more than 4500 plant specimens. He brought these specimens to the Allan Herbarium. In the Allan Herbarium we have altogether 40 000 specimens that were collected in the Cook Islands and Bill studied the characters of many of these carefully. He then summarised the character analyses, in the form of descriptions, which were published in the Flora. So, writing a Flora means actually hours and hours and hours of research in the herbarium."
As a result, it was common for them to take decades to write, she said.
Sykes made eight trips to the islands - the first in 1974 - to collect plant samples and information to compile the book. However, he wrote the book entirely in his retirement over the last 25 years. Breitwieser, and fellow Landcare Research colleagues, joke that he never actually retired.
The publication was edited by Landcare Research scientist Dr David Glenny, who is also an experienced Flora author, Breitwieser said.
"Without David we would not have the Flora," she said.
Breitwieser said the information in the Flora would be useful to a range of people from biosecurity managers, biochemists and horticulturalists, "basically to everybody who uses plant names, reads about plants or even thinks about plants".
Sykes' dedication to Cook Islands' plants has not gone unnoticed. He has had three plants named after him in the country, the most recent, just last year, a nettle.
Sykes said some of his favourite things about producing the book were the opportunities it provided including seeing new places and discovering new plants.
The Flora is Sykes' third. He also published Floras of Niue and the Kermadec Islands, as well as co-authoring and contributing to several other New Zealand Floras.
Sykes wife Peggy said the Flora of the Cook Islands would be a "lovely legacy".
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