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Reading is fundamental in developing a good self image. Reading not only enhances our knowledge but can also be nurtured as a really good hobby. Non-readers or poor readers often have low opinions of themselves and their abilities. Many times they feel as if the world is against them. They feel isolated [everybody else can read - which isn't true] and behavior problems can surface. They can perform poorly in other subjects because they cannot read and understand the material.  Often the reader tends to "give up." Hence reading is of utmost significance

Basic" may have adapted a negative connotation in recent years, but there's no shame in seeking advice on theoretically simple sartorial conundrums. In our latest column, "Back to Basics," we're here to guide you through life's most common (and important) fashion and beauty concerns.

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BACK TO BASICS: HOW TO BE A FASHION BLOGGER

Here are some practical tips and tricks from the 2016 Bloglovin' Awards finalists for H&M's Breakthrough Fashion Blogger of the Year.

MARIA BOBILA

JUL 21, 2016

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Taye Hansberry of Stuff She Likes. Photo: Courtesy of Stuff She Likes

"Basic" may have adapted a negative connotation in recent years, but there's no shame in seeking advice on theoretically simple sartorial conundrums. In our latest column, "Back to Basics," we're here to guide you through life's most common (and important) fashion and beauty concerns.

Since its genesis in the early aughts, fashion blogging has turned from a hobby to an incredibly lucrative business. Some of today's most influential personal style bloggers have garnered millions of followers, snagged six-figure campaign deals, landed on the cover of fashion magazines and launched their own clothing lines. Of course, it takes time, dedication and a lot of hard work to reach that level, but getting into the game is now easier than ever.

In order to help us break down what it really takes to get your site off the ground, we turned to this year's finalists for the Bloglovin' "H&M's Breakthrough Fashion Blogger" award for their best advice. The lucky group recently had the chance to meet with Leandra Medine of The Man Repeller for a mentorship session at the H&M showroom in New York City, and they were happy to share what they learned from the OG blogging guru. Read on to find out their biggest takeaways.

JUST START A FASHION BLOG ALREADY

With any creative project, sometimes the hardest thing is to simply sit down and start. We're often stuck in our heads, dreaming up ideas instead of making them happen. "I literally said 'I want to start a blog' out loud at a brunch, and I went home and started it that night," says Taye Hansberry of Stuff She Likes. Wordpress and Squarespace are easy platforms to use to launch a blog; eventually, when you want to take it to the next level, you can seek consultation from online strategists like Chloé Digital. The company advised Maristella Gonzalez of A Constellation to hone in on her blog's mission and aesthetic, which continues to help her come up with and create on-brand content.

CAREERS

BACK TO BASICS: HOW TO BE A FASHION BLOGGER

Here are some practical tips and tricks from the 2016 Bloglovin' Awards finalists for H&M's Breakthrough Fashion Blogger of the Year.

MARIA BOBILA

JUL 21, 2016

2.5K

SHARES

Taye Hansberry of Stuff She Likes. Photo: Courtesy of Stuff She Likes

"Basic" may have adapted a negative connotation in recent years, but there's no shame in seeking advice on theoretically simple sartorial conundrums. In our latest column, "Back to Basics," we're here to guide you through life's most common (and important) fashion and beauty concerns.

Since its genesis in the early aughts, fashion blogging has turned from a hobby to an incredibly lucrative business. Some of today's most influential personal style bloggers have garnered millions of followers, snagged six-figure campaign deals, landed on the cover of fashion magazines and launched their own clothing lines. Of course, it takes time, dedication and a lot of hard work to reach that level, but getting into the game is now easier than ever.

In order to help us break down what it really takes to get your site off the ground, we turned to this year's finalists for the Bloglovin' "H&M's Breakthrough Fashion Blogger" award for their best advice. The lucky group recently had the chance to meet with Leandra Medine of The Man Repeller for a mentorship session at the H&M showroom in New York City, and they were happy to share what they learned from the OG blogging guru. Read on to find out their biggest takeaways.

JUST START A FASHION BLOG ALREADY

With any creative project, sometimes the hardest thing is to simply sit down and start. We're often stuck in our heads, dreaming up ideas instead of making them happen. "I literally said 'I want to start a blog' out loud at a brunch, and I went home and started it that night," says Taye Hansberry of Stuff She Likes. Wordpress and Squarespace are easy platforms to use to launch a blog; eventually, when you want to take it to the next level, you can seek consultation from online strategists like Chloé Digital. The company advised Maristella Gonzalez of A Constellation to hone in on her blog's mission and aesthetic, which continues to help her come up with and create on-brand content.

Ashley Roiland of A Fashion Nerd. Photo: Courtesy of A Fashion Nerd

VISUALS ARE IMPORTANT

What's the saying? Behind every great fashion blogger is a great photographer? As style blogging continues to transform into a profitable business, so does fashion blog photography. Hansberry suggests finding a pro through social media and picking the one who you gel with the most. Taria-ann Verburgt of Survivor On Stilettosworks on a schedule with her photographer, picking a day that works best for both of them and then spending a few hours shooting different outfits, which creates about three or four new posts for her blog. You could also go the DIY route: When Amy Roiland of A Fashion Nerd was just starting out, she took all of the photos herself. "I would take a tripod, go out in the woods and do a whole photo shoot," she says.

AND SO IS STICKING TO A SCHEDULE

Consistency with posts is of upmost importance when you're starting out. Stick to posting something new on your blog two or three times a week. Or if you're feeling ambitious, aim to post every day, which will lead to more traffic. And don't second-guess yourself once you've hit the "publish" button. "Something that I would tell myself two years ago that I know now is to trust in my own work," says Jannel Therese of Street Style Teller. "I always was so skeptical to keep going, and now I know what I'm capable of doing."

WITH OTHER BLOGGERS

It might seem intimidating to join the vastly growing space of personal fashion blogs, but building relationships with your fellow bloggers will only help you thrive. To start, Verburgt likes to read and leave comments on other bloggers' posts. "It's nice to connect with other bloggers; you're in the same boat," says Jannel Therese, who often turns to her peers for input and advice. And don't forget to interact with those bloggers' fans, too: If you like the style of a particular fashion blog (or find the aesthetic similar to yours), chances are its readers will be drawn to your blog as well. Hansberry also suggests building your network beyond bloggers. "I don't think anybody should be counted out," she says. "Build relationships with a person who owns a boutique, an editor, your nail technician. You never know where it's going to go."

With New York Fashion Week just days away, you can bet our editors are busy nailing down their outfits. And while we prep our own ensembles, it's only natural that we've noticed a few standout trends we're expecting to make a major appearance on the streets of NYC. From the must-wear bag styles to the prints destined to make a splash, there are plenty of ways to make an outfit truly stand out, even when the crowd around you is ultra-chic. 

Below, we're highlighting a collection of our favorite trends bound to make a major appearance at Fashion Week (and beyond!) this year. And while you may not have a front row seat, armed with an idea of the trends to watch out for, you can do a little pre-shopping to make sure you've got what you need to pull off the look too. Read on for some inspiration, along with a little shopping so you can pull off the NYFW street style look over the next few months too.

These days, work-life balance can seem like an impossible feat. Technology makes workers accessible around the clock. Fears of job loss incentivize longer hours. In fact, a whopping 94% of working professionals reported working more than 50 hours per week and nearly half said they worked more than 65 hours per week in a Harvard Business School survey. Experts agree: the compounding stress from the never-ending workday is damaging. It can hurt relationships, health and overall happiness.

Work-life balance means something different to every individual, but here health and career experts share tips to help you find the balance that’s right for you.

1. Let go of perfectionism

A lot of overachievers develop perfectionist tendencies at a young age when demands on their time are limited to school, hobbies and maybe an after-school job. It’s easier to maintain that perfectionist habit as a kid, but as you grow up, life gets more complicated. As you climb the ladder at work and as your family grows, your responsibilities mushroom. Perfectionism becomes out of reach, and if that habit is left unchecked, it can become destructive, says executive coach Marilyn Puder-York, PhD, who wrote The Office Survival Guide.

The key to avoid burning out is to let go of perfectionism, says Puder-York. “As life gets more expanded it’s very hard, both neurologically and psychologically, to keep that habit of perfection going,” she says, adding that the healthier option is to strive not for perfection, but for excellence.

2. Unplug

From telecommuting to programs that make work easier, technology has helped our lives in many ways. But it has also created expectations of constant accessibility. The work day never seems to end. “There are times when you should just shut your phone off and enjoy the moment,” says Robert Brooks, a professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School and co-author of The Power of Resilience: Achieving Balance, Confidence and Personal Strength in Your Life. Brooks says that phone notifications interrupt your off time and inject an undercurrent of stress in your system. So don’t text at your kid’s soccer game and don’t send work emails while you’re hanging out with family, Brooks advises. Make quality time true quality time. By not reacting to the updates from work, you will developing a stronger habit of resilience. “Resilient people feel a greater sense of control over their lives,” says Brooks, while reactive people have less control and are more prone to stress.

English: An artist's depiction of the rat race in reference to the work and life balance. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_race Made with following images: http://www.openclipart.org/detail/75385 http://www.openclipart.org/detail/74137 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

3. Exercise and meditate

Even when we’re busy, we make time for the crucial things in life. We eat. We go to the bathroom. We sleep. And yet one of our most crucial needs - exercise - is often the first thing to go when our calendars fill up. Exercise is an effective stress reducer. It pumps feel-good endorphins through your body. It helps lift your mood and can even serve a one-two punch by also putting you in a meditative state, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Puder-York recommends dedicating a few chunks of time each week to self-care, whether it’s exercise, yoga or meditation. And if you’re really pressed for time, start small with deep breathing exercises during your commute, a quick five minute meditation session morning and night, or replacing drinking alcohol with a healthier form of stress reduction.

“When I talk about balance, not everything has to be the completion and achievement of a task, it also has to include self-care so that your body, mind and soul are being refreshed,” says Puder-York.

These exercises require minor effort but offer major payoffs. Psychotherapist Bryan Robinson, who is also professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and author of the book Chained to the Desk, explains that our autonomic nervous system includes two branches: the sympathetic nervous system (our body’s stress response) and the parasympathetic nervous system (our body’s rest and digest response). “The key is to find something that you can build into your life that will activate your parasympathetic nervous system,” says Robinson. Short, meditative exercises like deep breathing or grounding your senses in your present surroundings, are great places to start. The more you do these, the more you activate your parasympathetic nervous system, which “calms everything down, (and) not just in the moment,” says Robinson. “Over time you start to notice that in your life, your parasympathetic nervous system will start to trump your sympathetic nervous system.”

It’s meaning: We all know the popular saying “Health is Wealth”. By health we do not mean the absence of physical troubles only. But it is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. The loss of health is a loss of all happiness. Mahatma Gandhi also says, “It is health which is real wealth, and not pieces of gold and silver”.

Health is more important than wealth. A rich person can afford various luxuries of life such as a big car, large house, costly accessories, air-conditioners, etc. But, he can enjoy these luxuries only if his health is good.

Importance of light, air and water: Good health depends on several things. Fresh air and sunlight are very important for our health. Fresh air helps us to improve our immune system and overall health. So a morning walk is very useful for health.

Sunlight helps our body to produce vitamin-D. A dirty and damp atmosphere causes lots of diseases. Fresh and pure drinking water is also necessary for good health. Impure drinking- water is the cause of several diseases. So, we must take care of these things.

Think IoT is just for workouts and home security? Wrong! If you can't compile business data from internal and external sources, your ERP system is not making the digital grade. See why embedded intelligence makes ERP smarter for your business.

The Latest Trend to Stay Ahead

If the big names are using it, you know it's worth giving it a shot. SAP, Oracle and Microsoft are just a few of the companies that have embraced embedded intelligence and are combining the online world with the physical one in order to stay ahead. But what is IoT and how does embedded intelligence work in your ERP system?

How the IoT Works

The Internet of Things (IoT) really is as simple as it sounds. Just like you network with other people in your industry, clients, potential clients and friends, things can now network with other things to provide data for manufacturers, service providers and end-users.

A Fitting Example

Take Fitbit for example. What started out as a glorified pedometer in a bracelet has become one of the fitness industry's leaders in wearable technology. This little device that comes in the form of a watch, bracelet or pendant does everything but move for you. It tracks the calories you need to eat and the ones you burn, measures the length of workouts, monitors your heart rate, tells you where you are with built-in GPS and even controls your music. This information is collected, stored and shared so you can get the most out of your activities and stay in shape. So how does this calculate into your ERP system?

Getting Smart with Embedded Intelligence

Embedded intelligence works the same way. No, your ERP system isn't wearing a fancy wristband and running up and down the block, but it is getting a good workout by collecting data and providing it to you in real time so you can make great business decisions. Embedded intelligence uses wireless communication, microelectronics and sensor technology to integrate applications and monitor functions both inside and outside of your ERP system. This increases productivity and makes better use of all your resources.

Manufacturing a Smart Environment

For manufacturers, placing a chip in products that communicate with the ERP system accomplishes embedded intelligence simply and elegantly. The chip "talks" to the system while the product is still in the manufacturing process so that it provides data to the manufacturing execution system (MES). Combine this with other embedded intelligence sensors in manufacturing equipment and supply chain communication and you get a smart factory with more intelligent processes.

Keeping Smart Tabs

After the product leaves the factory, it generates product lifecycle management (PLM) information, which gives you powerful data about growth, maturity and decline that your business might not otherwise have access to. Information like how long a battery actually lasts, length of time a product is in use, what features are being used and what's being overlooked are no longer "best guesses" by customers on social media, but real-time stats that can help you improve your product and your strategies. Much more than sales data, MES and PLM data has become intelligent, real-time information that can take you to higher levels of success.

Using embedded intelligence allows your ERP system to stay aware of all of your business activities -- unbiased and in real-time. No more need to jot down notes while you're on the run; when you jump on the IoT, your ERP is already on top of it. Now that's a smart system.

A regular exercise routine has many pros, including increased longevity and stable physical and emotional health. While there are many medical benefits to exercise, there are also drawbacks, such as the sacrifice of time and energy that must be given over to establishing a consistent workout. The inconvenience and expense of exercise deters many people from embarking on a regular routine, despite the various benefits.

Eating for beauty doesn

There are few places left on earth that are unaltered by man. One such place is the remote tundra and sparse taiga forests of Nunavik, Canada. Few have ever seen this strange land, where drinking water can still be dipped and supped right from the ultra-pure lakes and streams and where wild plants still exist undisturbed in a state of natural balance. Harsh winters dominate this remote northern country, sculpting the landscape at whim into graceful and delicate patterns. An abundance of natural activity, animal life and great peace prevails. Woven into the landscape is the vast sense of time unchanged. The tundra here lies in the vast Precambrian shield, a landscape of ancient bedrock-glaciated hills covered with lichens, wildflowers and in protected places, sometimes a variety of shrubs and dwarf trees. This is a story many thousands of years old and one intricately bound up with the relationship between the musk-ox, the caribou, the polar bears and sea life

Incredible Wildlife! The Nunavik tundra is home to diverse populations of wildlife and birdlife constantly on the move. Large populations of musk-oxen herds can often be observed during the autumn mating period

The tiger is a unique animal which plays a pivotal role in the health and diversity of an ecosystem. It is a top predator which is at the apex of the food chain and keeps the population of wild ungulates in check, thereby maintaining the balance between prey herbivores and the vegetation upon which they feed. Therefore, the presence of tigers in the forest is an indicator of the well being of the ecosystem. The extinction of this top predator is an indication that its ecosystem is not sufficiently protected, and neither would it exist for long thereafter.

If the tigers go extinct, the entire system would collapse.

Jumping rope is a good aerobic exercise that can really get your heart pumping, and it can also help you burn calories and lose some of those unwanted pounds. However, while exercise is an important part of any weight-loss program, you can't out-exercise a bad diet. Consult your doctor before starting any exercise or diet program.

While mathematically it seems you should lose weight by simply jumping rope, research says this may not always be true. One of the reasons jumping rope alone may not be the best way to drop the unwanted pounds is because of its affect on hunger. A 2012 review study published in Obesity Review found that if you're exercising to lose weight and not paying attention to your diet, you may eat more to compensate for the calories burned. Therefore, losing weight through exercise alone would only work if you didn't eat any extra calories.

The PS4 is now a year old and after a slow start in terms of games, there are now a shed load of excellent titles to play. From the forthcoming GTA V release and its incredible first person mode, to the amazing world of Destiny and the sporting excellence of EA Sports' range of 2014 titles, there's a game for everyone out there. So we've rounded up the best games that are currently available for your Playstation 4. We've split them into categories too, so you can more easily find what you're after. So here we go, the 50 best PS4 games currently available: