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P values for centered main effects and interactions are from a regression model including body adiposity index (BAI) or body mass index (BMI), age, sex, race, and sex × BAI (sex × BMI) and race × BAI (race × BMI) interactions. For BAI centered effects, sex β = −5.2 (P < .001); race β = −0.7 (P < .001). For BMI centered effects, sex β = −12.2 (P < .001); race β = −1.6 (P < .001). The race × BAI interaction had P = .19; the 3 other interactions (sex × BAI, sex × BMI, and race × BMI) had P < .001. The lines indicate the linear relationships between the 2 variables.
Barreira TV, Harrington DM, Staiano AE, Heymsfield SB, Katzmarzyk PT. Body Adiposity Index, Body Mass Index, and Body Fat in White and Black Adults. JAMA. 2011;306(8):828-830. doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1189
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Author Affiliations: Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge (email@example.com).
To the Editor: Body mass index (BMI) is widely used as a proxy for body fat and has been shown to correlate with other measures of adiposity.1 However, its use is limited by differences in body fatness for a given BMI across age, sex, and race.2,3 To address this limitation, Bergman et al4 developed the body adiposity index (BAI) in samples of Mexican-American and black individuals. However, no sex-specific information was provided, and it is unknown how well BAI performs in white individuals. We investigated the sex-specific relationship between both BMI and BAI and body fat in white and black adults.
The participants were mainly healthy volunteers recruited from the greater Baton Rouge area for metabolic studies from 1992 to 2011.5 This analysis included only adults with dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry measures. Because a focus of the study was to understand racial differences, race was self-identified. The study was approved by the institutional review board of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, and participants provided written informed consent.
Height and weight were measured using a stadiometer and digital scale, respectively. Hip circumference was measured at the level of the trochanters. The BMI was calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared, and BAI was calculated as hip circumference in centimeters divided by height in meters to the 1.5 power minus 18. Fat mass and percentage of body fat were measured using a Hologic QDR4500 (n = 1549, 2001-2011) or QDR2000 scanner (n = 2302, 1992-2006); QDR2000 data were converted to QDR4500 output (Hologic, Bedford, Massachusetts).5
Pearson correlations were computed among BAI, BMI, fat percentage, and fat mass within each sex-by-race group. A linear regression model was used to assess the relationship between fat percentage and BAI (or BMI), age, sex, and race. Interaction terms were entered into the model for sex × BAI (or BMI) and race × BAI (or BMI). Body adiposity index and BMI were standardized to zero mean and unit variance prior to analysis using SAS version 9.2 (SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina). Level of significance was P < .05, and statistical tests were 2-sided.
The sample included 1462 white women, 812 black women, 1262 white men, and 315 black men. The mean (SD) age, BMI, and fat percentage of the sample were 41.0 (13.4) years (range 18-69 years), 29.4 (6.1) (range, 17.2-57.7), and 32.0% (9.7%) (range, 7.8%-55.9%), respectively. The correlations with fat percentage across the 4 sex-by-race groups ranged from 0.75 to 0.82 for BAI and 0.80 to 0.83 for BMI, and the correlations with fat mass ranged from 0.77 to 0.86 for BAI and 0.90 to 0.96 for BMI (Table).
The regression model that included BAI explained 81.9% of the variance in fat percentage. The corresponding model for BMI explained 84.1%. Women had 5.2% and 12.2% more fat percentage than men (P < .001) at the mean BAI and BMI, respectively, while white individuals had 0.7% and 1.6% more fat percentage than black individuals (P < .001) at the mean BAI and BMI, respectively. The race interaction term was not significant for BAI (P = .19), but it was for BMI (P < .001); however, both sex interaction terms were significant, indicating that the associations between BAI and BMI with fat percentage differed by sex and by race for BMI (Figure).
Body mass index and BAI perform similarly in predicting body fat. In each sex-by-race group, the correlations with fat percentage and fat mass were similar for BMI and BAI. Moreover, the regression models including BAI or BMI explained a similar percentage of the variance in fat percentage. The sex and race differences in the relationship between both BAI and BMI with fat percentage make interpreting these measures in different population groups difficult. Our results are based on a sample of volunteers enrolled in clinical studies, and the representativeness of the results is not known. Neither BMI nor BAI measure obesity complications directly, and further research is required to determine the clinical significance of these measures.
Author Contributions: Dr Katzmarzyk had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Study concept and design: Barreira, Harrington, Staiano, Heymsfield, Katzmarzyk.
Analysis and interpretation of data: Barreira, Harrington, Staiano, Heymsfield, Katzmarzyk.
Drafting of the manuscript: Barreira, Harrington, Staiano, Heymsfield, Katzmarzyk.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Barreira, Staiano.
Statistical analysis: Barreira, Harrington, Staiano, Heymsfield, Katzmarzyk.
Obtained funding: Katzmarzyk.
Study supervision: Katzmarzyk.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: All authors have completed and submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest and none were reported.
Funding/Support: This research was supported by the Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Dr Katzmarzyk is supported, in part, by the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Endowed Chair in Nutrition. This work was partially supported by a Nutrition Obesity Research Center grant 2P30-DK072476-06 entitled "Nutritional Programming: Environmental and Molecular Interactions" and sponsored by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
Role of the Sponsors: The sponsors had no role in the design and conduct of the study; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data; or in the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript.
Additional Contributions: We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Emily Mire, MS, and Connie Murla, BS, for data management and the many clinical scientists and staff of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center who have contributed data to the Pennington Center Longitudinal Study, particularly Steven R. Smith, MD. Ms Mire, Ms Murla, and Dr Smith were all employees of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center and did not receive compensation beyond their normal salary.


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The Economic Viability of Frequency Reward Programs in a Strategic Competitive Environment
We examine the conditions that enhance the economic viability of frequency reward programs in a strategic competitive environment. We focus particularly on conditions related to consumer behavior, namely the extent to which consumers value the future benefits offered by the reward, the expandability of the category, and consumers preferences for competing brands. Consumers maximize utility over a long-term time horizon, taking into account the value of the reward. Two firms maximize profits over a long-term time horizon. They first decide between implementing a frequency reward program or a traditional pricing policy (a constant price), and then decide on the specific prices. We numerically solve for the sub-game perfect equilibrium for this two-stage game. We find that a brand is more likely to find reward programs to be viable strategies if consumers value future benefits, if reward programs can expand the market, and if the brand has a higher preference. The market expandability finding is particularly interesting. If the sales increases generated by reward programs represent category growth, the power of frequency reward programs makes them an effective vehicle for generating profits. However, if gains come mainly from competitors, the power of frequency reward programs precipitates a strong competitive response that erodes profits in a classic prisoners dilemma. We use the airline industry to explore our market expandability finding. We find evidence that the major airlines introduced reward programs to counter-act a stronger outside category (new entrants), and in doing so, they expanded their market.
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The Science Party wants all people to experience the great wonders that the future will hold for us. To make sure this happens, we need to ensure that our minds and bodies are kept in the best possible condition. An efficient, well-resourced and intelligent public health system is an essential part of achieving this for every person.
The early death of any individual is a tragic waste. The longer a person is alive and healthy, the more they can enjoy life, and the more time they have to spend on their favourite pursuits and to share with their loved ones.
The Science Party believes that the improvement in quality of life and extension of life of individuals will ultimately pay for itself, as those who live longer will have more productive working lives, which in turn allows more time and money to be spent in developing their knowledge and skills. A healthier population means greater progress for society as a whole, allowing the individual to enjoy a longer life while also contributing to society for a longer period.
The Science Party believes that the following policies should be a focus of reforms made to the health system by the federal government.
1. Universal health care
1.1. Policy: The Science Party supports further investment in Medicare as a universal health care scheme for all Australians.
1.2. Discussion: One of the Science Party's principles is that quality health care should be afforded to all people, regardless of whether they have the ability to pay up-front. The Australian system is currently a hybrid system of private and public health care; one of several models in use around the world. Our system delivers good outcomes to patients at a cost (as a percentage of GDP) comparable to most developed nations. Any changes to this system should be the result of a review that aims to improve the system; not an attempt to shave short-term costs from primary points of care without regard to the long-term consequences.
1.3. Policy: The Science Party supports the addition of non-aesthetic, basic dental care to the Medicare scheme.
1.4 Discussion: Dental care is an important component of health care. The pain of an ongoing dental problem affects the lifestyle choices, dietary choices and overall wellbeing of the sufferer, and like many conditions becomes more costly to treat with time. However, Medicare currently only covers dental care in a few circumstances. Dental care is already covered for some children and some concession card-holders on a state-by-state basis. The Science Party supports a review of the various dental cover schemes in place to determine the most efficient way that basic dental care can be incorporated into the national public scheme.
2. Aging to be treated as a disease
The Science Party believes that aging, although a natural process, does not have to be inevitable.
Infectious and degenerative diseases are natural processes too, and we have successfully eliminated or reduced the burden of many of them. Maternal and infant mortality have decreased dramatically, and once-common causes of death like many infectious diseases are now far less common and rarely fatal, thanks to medical science's determination to end unnecessary suffering and death. The Science Party is committed to preserving the lives of all people in a way that maximises happy, healthy living (or healthspan). The Science Party intends to prioritise diseases that have a high mortality rate and/or a high impact on quality of life.
Potential scientific approaches include the detailed understanding of individual genetic variation combined with stem-cell therapies. A greater understanding of aging has the potential not just to extend life, but to create an associated benefit of making life healthier and more productive. The outcome will be a net economic gain, as money will be saved by preventing disease rather than treating it, and by allowing people to be employed to an older age if they choose to be.
3. Preventative health care
3.1. Policy: The Science Party believes that preventative health care should be a core focus of the health care system, and that all laws, policy and funding should be considered in the light of preventative health care.
3.2. Discussion: Preventative health care has a long history of reducing illness in the community. Vaccines have eliminated or almost eliminate great numbers of diseases that used to be quite common. Reductions in consumption of mortality inducing substances such as cigarettes and alcohol has resulted in massive decreases in deaths due to the use of these substances. By aiding people to maintain healthy lifestyles and providing care that prevents easily treatable conditions from turning into hard to treat conditions, we both improve the quality of life of the individual and reduce overall expense to the taxpayer.
4. Electronic health records
4.1. Policy: Electronic health records should be promoted more strongly, and the system for signing up to the records must be simplified. All doctors receiving Medicare payments will be required to ask the patient if they would like to join the electronic health record system (if they haven't been asked already), such that patients are aware of this system and its benefits. A record with Medicare must be made with the response of the patient (whether the patient accepted or declined entry into the electronic health record system).
4.2 Discussion: Electronic health records have the potential to improve health care greatly. Electronic health records allow the health records of individuals to move between health providers (such as between GPs when an individual moves, or between hospitals and GP offices). Paper records make it hard for practitioners to get a full picture of a person's health as they may be located elsewhere and they are hard to search for relevant information. Electronic centralised records will ensure that oversight of pre-existing conditions will occur much less often.
Electronic health records also allow for deep data analysis, meaning that computer algorithms can, for example, be utilised to inform practitioners if the combination of the patient's existing conditions indicate another underlying condition.
The current electronic health record system is underutilised and is difficult to sign up to. The government should ensure that this system can achieve its full potential as a preventative and health care aid.
5. Healthy eating initiatives
5.1 Policy: Establish healthy eating initiatives. Publications will be produced that will focus on cheap, easy to prepare and healthy meals from a variety of cultures in Australia. Guidelines and resources will be provided for healthcare professionals to improve the quality of such programs by personalising to individual needs.
6. A New Health Monitoring System
6.1. Policy: Develop an opt-in health monitoring system that asks people to log their health outcomes (weight, exercise regimen, etc.) and aims, and if those aims are met. This system can also be used to capture information about user behaviour that impacts health. This health monitoring system can be integrated with the electronic health care system, such that the doctor can access these records if the individual consents. The health monitoring system can be used by practitioners to try different regimens with a patient, and will be convenient to access either by computer, or by smartphone application.
7. Food labelling laws
7.1. Policy: Adjust alcoholic beverage labelling to include nutritional information.
7.2. Discussion: People should feel free to indulge on occasion, but making healthy eating decisions is impossible without information about what you are eating. Alcoholic beverages are currently exempted from having to include nutritional information on its packaging, despite the fact that mass produced alcoholic beverages have highly controlled ingredient compositions. A significant proportion of the population consume a substantial amount of energy through consumption of alcoholic beverages, and they should at least be able to determine what they are consuming if they wish to know.
7.3. Policy: If a nutritional claim is made on food packaging, it must be accompanied by the energy content of the food in text that is the same size as the claim. For example, if a food packaging has a claim "Contains only 3g of fat" and it takes 5% of the packaging area, it must contain a standardised label of the equal size noting how much energy is contained in the food and the percentage equivalent of the standardised recommended dietary intake (RDI).
7.4. Discussion: The Science party believes that people should be allowed to enjoy a variety of foods, including those that are considered to be not as healthy. Regulation of what is allowed to be sold is an over-reaction to the obesity problem. Consumers should be allowed to make informed choice about the foods that they eat. These changes to food labelling are design to allow freedom in choosing foods, while allowing that choice to be an informed one.
The number of health claims made on food are constantly increasing, but the obesity problem continues to worsen. Health claims on food are often deceptive about the health qualities of the food. For example, many foods claim that their food is low in fat, yet contain high levels of sugar. This behaviour is deliberately deceptive on the part of food manufacturers to encourage people looking for healthy food choices to choose an unhealthy option.
8. Drugs
8.1. Policy: To trial a policy of drug decriminalisation for a limited period to determine if decriminalisation will result in decreased drug use in Australia. Personal drug use and possession is to be treated as a health issue rather than a criminal offence. Drug manufacture and trade will continue to be a criminal offence.
8.2. Discussion: The Science Party considers drug use to be health and social issue primarily, and a law and order issue secondarily. The reason we have laws regarding drug use is the impact that drugs have on people's health; and hence enforcement of drug law is only useful as long as it improves the quality of life of those who will be affected by drug use.
There is ample evidence that shows a strongly punitive legal approach to drug use, such as in the United States, fails to reduce drug use while causing a great deal of secondary harm. Conversely, decriminalisation of drug use and treatment of drug use as a health issue has been shown to reduce the rate of drug use in countries such as Portugal (http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1893946,00.html).
The Science Party believes in making decisions based on evidence, and international evidence suggests decriminalisation has a positive impact on drug abuse. If local evidence shows no improvement or a worsening in drug use following decriminalisation in Australia, the laws will return to what they were before the policy implementation.
9. Mental Health
9.1. Policy: To continue funding for early intervention in psychosis
9.2. Discussion: The Science Party welcomes and supports recent moves by the Federal government to fund early intervention services for people suffering psychosis and related disorders. This model accords with both the latest evidence from clinical research and with The Science Party's general preference for greater preventative rather than reactive healthcare, as the most effective and affordable way to achieve better health outcomes.
9.3. Policy: To provide intermediate-level mental health services across Australia
9.4. Discussion: Most resources in Mental Health in Australia are invested in high level acute care – primarily, people undergoing emergencies requiring treatment in psychiatric hospitals; and in low level care – treatment of low to moderately severe cases of anxiety and depression in the general population, by general practitioners and psychologists. There are few publicly funded treatment services available that fall between these levels of care. Specifically, there are relatively few services for people suffering serious chronic mental health conditions who are not experiencing an acute episode. Given the large costs to both the individual and society of responding to and treating psychiatric emergencies, the Science Party supports the provision of more medium level services to reduce the incidence of acute ill health, and to enable the chronically mentally ill to be productive and flourishing members of society.
Early Intervention in Psychosis model is a good step in this direction. The Science Party would also fund at a federal level a nationwide rollout of supported accommodation services, along the lines of the model established in Victoria.
9.5. Policy: Train front line public health and other government employees in mental health first aid.
9.6. Discussion: Front line public sector employees, including emergency service workers but also, for instance, bus drivers, teachers and Centrelink staff, frequently have to work with members of the public suffering from mental health problems. This may include encountering psychiatric emergencies in their workplaces, such as a suicide attempt or a psychotic episode.
The Science Party would introduce a requirement for at least 10% of all front line public employees to receive basic training in identifying and responding to mental health problems, in the form of the Australian developed and award winning Mental Health First Aid certificate. This is a modest requirement as the course is inexpensive and requires only a day of training.
10. Communicable Diseases
10.1. Policy: Treatment of communicable diseases should follow an evidence based, harm minimisation approach.
10.2. Discussion: Communicable diseases are at the nexus of societal interaction and health. Communicable diseases are a result of interactions with other human beings, whether it be through sex, drug use, or close interactions that result in the transfer of infections such as influenza. Hence effective strategies in communicable diseases must take into account the social situations that result in the transfer of these diseases.
Policy regarding communicable diseases should follow an evidence based, harm minimisation approach. The Science Party believes that fear of criminal repercussion and shame prevents many people from seeking treatment. For example, by removing the criminality attached to personal drug use, people who use drugs will feel less fear in reporting use to their general practitioner, and hence are more likely to access treatment that could treat and prevent the spread of diseases such as Hepatitis C. The Science Party's drug policy reflects this approach to health care.
11. Abortion
The Science Party views abortion as a medical rather than legal matter. The Science Party believes in access to safe and affordable abortion services for all women.
11.1. Policy: Abortion must only be carried out by an appropriately trained medical practitioner, and the practitioner must inform the pregnant woman of the medical implications of the abortion. Remove all other legal restrictions on accessing abortion up to and including the 24th week of pregnancy. After the 24th week of pregnancy, two appropriately trained medical practitioners must agree that an abortion would represent less of a risk to the pregnant woman's physical or mental health than would continuing the pregnancy (as per current Victorian practice). Medical abortion (such as the "abortion pill" RU486, mifepristone) should be offered when the attending medical practitioner believes it is a safe option.
11.2. Discussion: Later-term abortion carries greater risks than early-term abortion, and so while it must still be available as an option, the pregnant woman must be made aware of these risks so that abortion is carried out with fully informed consent in all cases. Data from South Australia, the USA and Canada suggest that later-term elective abortion represents approximately 1–2% of all abortions when abortion laws are permissive.
11.3. Policy: Ensure equality of access to abortion:
(a) Standardise abortion legislation nationwide.
(b) As per current Tasmanian legislation:
- No individual has a duty, whether by contract or by any statutory or other legal requirement, to participate in any non-emergency termination if the individual has a conscientious objection to terminations.
- A medical practitioner has a duty to perform a termination in an emergency if a termination is necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman or to prevent her serious physical injury.
- If a woman seeks a termination or advice regarding pregnancy options from a medical practitioner and the practitioner has a conscientious objection to terminations, the practitioner must, on becoming aware that the woman is seeking a termination or advice regarding pregnancy options, provide the woman with a referral to a clinic or practitioner who does not have objections to such procedures.
(c) Medicare funding for abortion at all stages of pregnancy.
11.4. Discussion: The Science Party believes that the laws surrounding abortion should be consistent around Australia to ensure that people from all states and territories can access abortions that are safe and affordable. Consistency of legality also means that health professionals are not burdened with having to consider the legal implication of procedures when crossing state lines for work. All people should have the ability to choose whether to have children or not, regardless of geography or income level.
12. Electronic cigarettes
12.1. Policy: The Science Party will act to prevent the deaths of thousands of Australians every year. Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes; vaping) will be legalised in Australia. In particular the Science Party proposes to:
- Allow the sale of e-cigarettes and nicotine liquid, without restriction for adults. People under 18 will be allowed to purchase e-cigarettes from pharmacies only, after a consultation with the on-duty pharmacist and receiving a prescription.
- Allow the importation of e-cigarette vapourising devices and nicotine liquid without restriction.
- Not charge additional taxes on vaping except for GST, to ensure that it is affordable for smokers to give up cigarettes and use vaping instead.
- Allow the advertisement of vaping as a method for smoking cessation.
12.1. Discussion: Smoking kills around 15,000 people per year in Australia.
Vaping is a safe and effective way to reduce smoking, especially for those people who find it difficult to quit by going cold-turkey or using traditional smoking cessation methods like nicotine patches.
In fact, the National Health Service in England recommends the use of e-cigarettes to reduce smoking on the back of a review of available literature carried out by Public Health England. It is so safe that they recommend that vaping should not be banned in hospitals or prisons.


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Apr 25 Posted 5 years ago
Good list. It's an important reminder to vary your postings so people will find them worth following!
Apr 19 Posted 5 years ago
This is a great list - I've been doing some of them for a brand but will incorpoate more with the questions. I do find it easier to engage as myself vs. a brand. is that the case with most people?
Apr 19 Posted 5 years ago
Great list! Thanks.
Apr 19 Posted 5 years ago
Very well said Davina! Thanks for your kind words there :)
Apr 19 Posted 5 years ago
Impressed! Keep it up. :)
Apr 19 Posted 5 years ago
Well said Tammy! We miss out on the major chunk of customer experience and sentiments unless real time searches are not set.
Thanks for your comment.
Apr 19 Posted 5 years ago
Thats good suggestion! Appreciate it :) Kudos! together we can make this list grow :)
Apr 19 Posted 5 years ago
Audience engagement, more personality, participating in relevant tweetchats - really so many things brands can do via Twitter, much more than just automating links to salesy blog posts. With so much that can be shared, I don't get brands who don't know what to tweet. Or set up their streams as feeds w/ nothing but "We sell widgets, come check out our widgets, which are totally on sale" noise. Restaurants are some of the worst offenders at that, I always say "you're doing it wrong." Looking at your excellent list - this requires creativity, thinking of what OTHERS find valuable, listening, engaging - you know, WORK; brands can get back only what they put in. FWIW.
Apr 19 Posted 5 years ago
I've used a few of these ideas, and found that my re-tweet numbers increased. Apparentlu, my followers thought my tweets had more value now.
Apr 19 Posted 5 years ago
Great list!
I like #22 "Search on your brand name and respond to tweets that are about you."
All too often companies miss something b/c they haven't been "@ mentioned." Set up some real time searches and always be ready to engage!
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Apr 18 Posted 5 years ago
Great tips! May I also suggest the creation story, any type of rituals that your company may have and personal stories from your employees. For example, how did your business get started. How can you relate to the people who you are serving? Who are you? And don't forget pictures!
Apr 18 Posted 5 years ago Sorav: I have already used it, and I shared the link to your article on Etsy, where I have my small business. It's getting a very good response there! Have a good day.
Apr 18 Posted 5 years ago
Thanks Amar :)
Apr 17 Posted 5 years ago
Nice one Sorav,
Easily among the most useful articles on Twitter I've read in a while.
Kudos on coming up with it. Congratulations on 12k+ reads. Well done!
Best, Amar
Apr 17 Posted 5 years ago
I'm obliged. Thanks for reading it out :)
Apr 17 Posted 5 years ago
Thank You Barbara. I hope you get consistent with tweets :) Glad you will use this post to help yourself.
Apr 17 Posted 5 years ago
Great tips. Twitter is difficult for we hand makers. You gave me excellent ideas. Thank you.
Apr 17 Posted 5 years ago
Thanks for this very helpful list! I like that your suggestions balance being generous and engaging with more direct promotional tweets. I'm going to keep the list by my computer to consult on a regular basis!
Apr 17 Posted 5 years ago
Thanks Britt. Glad you liked it :)
Apr 17 Posted 5 years ago
Totally agree to that point. Refer to point no.22 :)
Apr 17 Posted 5 years ago
Listening on social media especially on twitter is highly possible. If you are a owner or manager of popular brand. You can go on search.twitter.com and use those terms to listen to what your customers are talking about globally. You can thank the positive tweets, address the negative tweets and clarify the tweets with the concern.
If you are a small business owner, you can use term related to business. Example: You run a hotel in Chicago and want to invite traveleers to stay at your place you can use terms like "Visiting Chicago" "Going to Chicago" etc to find out people planning to come to your city.
You can contact them, follow them and offer them details about your hotel.
Hope I have clarified your doubt.
Apr 17 Posted 5 years ago
Thats fantastic. Hope you do that regularly :)
Apr 17 Posted 5 years ago
Thanks, glad you liked my post. Sharing videos and tweeting about pins is also a good idea. Thanks for the suggestion :)
Apr 16 Posted 5 years ago
At first I thought how could you possibly have 30 ideas of what to tweet about, but then you did it Sorav without duplicating! These are all great tips and make for a good checklist to refer back to when you get in a 'tweet' slump.
I like to share videos and now also, images and other information people are posting to Pinterest. That seems to get some good reactions as well.
Apr 16 Posted 5 years ago
I already used a couple of these ideas this morning. Then I applied them to our Facebook and LinkedIn accounts. Thanks much.
Apr 16 Posted 5 years ago
Really great ideas are shared on this..My friend ask me.i surfing internet, i got this link.send to my friend to this..i think really helpful to her.I cant understand this points "Search on your brand name and respond to tweets that are about you."whats this actually you r saying here..can u give explain.
Apr 15 Posted 5 years ago
This is an excellent and very doable list of things brands must do to engage customers in social media.
However, one thing I always am frustrated, amazed and disappointed to see is, even brands that may execute on many of the steps and recommendations above often fail to listen to what customers are saying or even have people empowered to take action on customer requests, feedbacks or queries.
That can turn an active one way social media engagement strategy into something that actually offends and annoys customers. It's essential that a 2-way channel of communication., with empowered, enabled and capable people to back it up be put in place if such strategic and tactical plans are to succeed.
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Great post! I've been struggling with ways to keep my brand engaging on Twitter and these are some great ideas! Thanks!
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Welcome to Miglen and sister. Simple but comfortable room. Near the center, metro and well connected. In order to return to Greece, we will return home Miglen.
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Please tell me about freebirthing(87 Posts)
Okay, so after my first birth I now am unfortunately dealing with PTSD and a massive phobia of midwives. So considering freebirth.
Could anyone be brave enough to share their experiences with me? And legalities, how did it work afterwards?
I have no interest in being controversial so please no one get upset with me
Freebirthing isn't legal. I don't know if you could get into trouble if something went wrong. What would be the point if a midwife next door . to a locked room?
Are you pregnant? You need to address this beforehand.
I read the born free sight a lot during pregnancy and found the story's soothing. But you need to talk to somebody about this seriously.
You are able to refuse any intervention etc. They cannot touch you withit your consent. However after such a traumatic birth first time round, you don't know what a normal uncomplicated birth should feel like. How would you know if something was wrong. Free birthing means you take FULL responsibility for your birth and baby. Not your husband or your friend who try to help. But YOU.
I can understand not wanting them near you. I have a lot of resentment as to how my birth was handled and I blame hospital fully for the circumstances during and after.
But without some help with the potential PTSD can you be sure that this is something you are mentally and physically ready for.
There was an issue with consent last time so that doesn't help. I think I'm asking in the wrong place.
This might sound odd in response to your question, but have you considered elcs? I'm just thinking it would mean you could discuss/agree details in advance, consultant rather than midwife led, etc.
Have you asked for debrief about your previous labour? An independent midwife could come with you to it. It may help.
I also unintentionally freebirthed my second baby.
From the initial 'I think I'm in labour' to 'I want to push' was 45 minutes. The ambulance turned up 10 minutes after dd2 did.
I wouldn't recommend it, from my experience. It was scary, possibly because it was unplanned, but knowing that I was giving birth with no pain relief available (other than half an aspirin somewhere at the bottom of the first aid box, maybe), and nobody who knew what to do if something did go wrong.
I went to hospital afterwards, and they spent quite some time listing all the things that could have gone wrong. I think that they thought I'd done it deliberately as I had originally said that I wanted a home birth.
For you, I'd probably think about a home birth. You are on your own territory which automatically gives you more control. You can discuss what you want (minimal/no intervention unless you ask for it) but still have the safety net of someone who knows what to do if you need help.
Cs not an option. Home birth is the only way forward and I'm really not fussed about pain relief.
That prev thread is very helpful.
I cannot even begin to comprehend how traumatized you must have been by your previous experience, if you are willing to risk your own life and that of your baby in order to avoid midwives. I'm very sorry this happened to you, and I'm not judging, honest. It just blows my mind.
My best and limited advice would be that it may really help you to choose your own independent midwife and build a relationship with them, so they become a real person whom you know and trust, as opposed to "a midwife".
Here's another resource on freebirthing - it is legal.
I don't know what area you're in OP but may be worth enquiring to see if One to One Midwives are available in your area. One to One
You would meet your midwife as soon as you find out that you're pregnant. The same person would see you for all your appointments and would be able to deliver your baby at home. This is a very different prospect from the 'standard' situation where you first meet the midwife who is to assist you when you're actually in labour. I had a fairly unpleasant first birth (although nowhere near as traumatic as your experience) but a very calm, positive home birth with my second. My midwife was fantastic and I had no internal examinations, no directed pushing - she was just sort of 'there' but not.
The thing is, if something goes wrong, you are alone.
I can completely understand that you have serious issues, but if it comes to a life or death situation, and as someone else asked, how would you even necessarily know, a midwife has got to be a better option than someone dying.
Lock the door, and let them sit there until you need them.
Find a lovely IM and build up a relationship and trust with her, and more importantly, speak to a counsellor. I don't think that shaking at the thought of MWs is the best situation for TTC.
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I'm sorry that you had such a hellish birth experience.
Please consider a homebirth with a midwife. Childbirth can be really dangerous for both mother and child. It is easy to forget how perilous childbirth is in a developed country.
I had a homebirth with an NHS midwife who was very hands off. A homebirth is nothing like a hospital birth. I was lucky enough to have the same community midwife who did my ante natal care deliver my baby. It felt more like having a friend with me than a health professional.
I am scared of doctors so I do sympathize. I think that independent midwife would be ideal for you.
Homebirth with IM.... A magic experience.
I have to say that i have read online experiences of freebirthing where new mothers have had social services at the door. Not what you want, however unwarranted. Plus you just have to think of all the possibilities. Shoulder dystocia, cord prolapse, bleeding after delivery. You cannot treat YOURSELF if these things happen.
Btw ive homebirthed. Im not averse to risk.... But you have to balance it.
Where I live homebirth is an option and the MW are very supportive. Best of luck whatever path you take.
OP would it help to try and focus your feelings on the mw who was present at your previous birth?
Not all midwives are like that. I had my babies in a wonderful mw-led unit and the last one at home and the mws were brilliant. Very respectful of me and my body and they knew exactly what to do to naturally help me have the best labour possible.
Have you discussed your feelings with your GP?
Please don't try and have your baby alone. It could be so dangerous for you and your baby.
Where abouts are you in the UK?
Support for someone in your position who has a severe lack of trust in the medical profession is few and far between but there are a few places that seem to 'get it'. I have my own issues with it, to the point that I have had to seek advice over it and its a problem for me prior to getting pregnant.
If you intend to go down this route, please consider the possibility that if it doesn't go to plan that you might end up in a situation where your mental health or whether you are putting your child at risk might be an issue.
To me the issue is very much about you feeling the need to be in control and to be able to make your own decisions rather than be treated in a certain way. ELCS are usually talked about as the solution to this; I don't think this is the case for a second, but you need to be given an alternative that works for you and until you find that, I can understand why this option looks an attractive one.
In terms of legality, there are issues if you deliberately and knowingly avoid medical advice during pregnancy for example if you deny you are pregnant. In terms of consent this could potentially be used against you. You have a right to refuse treatment if you wish, as long as you are considered competent, but to actively avoid any medical involvement, it may identify you in some way as 'at risk' by assessing you as not competent. The point is 'they' (and I think you understand why I have phrased it like that) need to feel reassured that you fully understand the risks to you and yourself and are not acting in a way that is not in your best interests and put you at extreme risk perhaps due to your inability to assess that risk properly due to your fears. (Eg in exactly the same way that some one who was expressing suicidal tendencies might be assessed as a risk to themselves).
On a personal level, one of the things that has been said to me was that that my fears did necessarily just impact on the birth. If you have issues with the medical profession then how does this affect your child? Does this mean you would avoid seeking medical attention for them under certain circumstances. In which case are you putting yourself in a position where you might be considered as posing a threat to your child? Tough question, but be honest with yourself over it, and not anyone on this forum.
I don't mean to sound alarmist. Far from it. What I'm trying to say is you need to do your research and fully understand the implications of what you are thinking about, and you need to fully explore other options that may be an alternative to you.
The key part is you need you address what is the very core of your fear and how you feel you can cope with that under your terms. I'm not entirely sure you are doing that, as you are adopting a coping strategy of 'avoidance', which is rarely a productive response.
My advice. Find somewhere prepared to listen and proactively response to your demands no matter how 'nuts' they might consider them. If they think you are really seriously considering this and therefore have considerable concerns about you, it might surprise you how far they may bend over backwards to help you under your own terms. Not everywhere will be like this but there are a tiny number that are. Thats your problem, finding the right place where you can discuss your concerns - not counselling - so they can put in a plan that works for you. (I refuse to go down counselling route fwiw due my concerns over that too).
Good luck whichever approach you take ultimately.
Redtoothbrush, did you have a plan agreed before getting pregnant? I feel like it's all hanging over me a bit
I think I'll have to find the money for an IM and hope I can find one I trust, unfortunately I only have this one experience and therefore can not say of course it was just one bad mw, anyone could show up on the day and they could be just as awful or even worse
Start with www.homebirth.org.uk
Read every single birth story, i believe it will resonate a lot with you. It will empower you and give you the resources to do it your own way.
Independent midwives are not illegal! There is new EU law that was due to come in on 26 Oct which would make it illegal for an independent midwife to practice without insurance. For some years it has been unaffordable for IMs to get indemnity insurance. However a product has been found and should be able to be put in place, however the latest is that the UK government has delayed the coming into force in this country of the EU law, and the law won't likely change here til Feb 2014. I am due to give birth in the next few weeks with an IM and also have a phobia of hospitals and healthcare providers generally, would highly recommend looking into an IM. Ring a few, try and get a personal recommendation. I was still unsure after booking, but I've had around 10 antenatal appts that usually last an hour and a half each in my own home, still v anxious about my birth but complete faith in my midwife, I've had plenty of time to build up a trusting relationship.
I don't know how much it'll help, and I won't write the full thing because I don't want to terrify people - but the birth of DD1 was a life shattering experience because of how appallingly I was treated, consent issues like you mentioned, and the triple whammy of the fuckers ringing social services on me for not immediately consenting to forceps. I still have flashbacks and nightmares now, am on antidepressants for the anxiety disorder it left me with (they won't label it as PTSD because then it kind of indicates the NHS traumatised me and they won't do that - but basically it's what it is).
Fell pregnant again almost straight away and was absolutely pant-shittingly terrified (I struggle to even drive past the hospital in question who did all that to me). My community midwife had been utterly livid at what had gone on before (had said as much as - and possibly a bit more than - professionalism allowed) and she pulled every single string she could to make things as easy as possible... booked me in at a different hospital, chased up their specialist birth trauma/phobia midwife to try to make sure I was marked as high a priority as possible to NOT be sent to the other hospital if things were busy in the unit I wanted to go to, roped in perinatal mental health to support me on the phone (they were based in the hospital I can't deal with going to) and again, they tried to flag up not sending me to the other place under any circumstances that were avoidable.
I put at the top of my birth plan something like "I am very scared of you. I had a horrific experience last time and if I'm frightened, irrational or defensive - please accept my apologies in advance" - there was only one member of staff (on the post-natal ward and a woman with the general sensitivity of a house brick) took it on board and went absolutely above and beyond to help me out, understood when things triggered me off (a couple of pieces of medical equipment lying around the place that featured prominently in my flashbacks) and they were absolutely and totally fantastic.
Not for everyone - and ideally I wouldn't have had back-to-back pregnancies (but again, I think if I'd had time to think about it all - I possibly wouldn't have been brave enough to risk it again at all - and I'd never swap DD2 now she's here cos she's fab)... but if you get a good community midwife backing you you can get a decent amount in place to try to minimise any possibility of events repeating themselves again (I also had my health visitor chipping away behind the scenes as well).
Miaow I'm so sorry to hear of your experience but I'm glad it was better for you second time around
Beesandbutterflies my position is slightly different in that I would like to go down the ELCS route, but this has meant seeking help before getting pregnant all the same.
I have found it difficult to get referred because I don't fit into a normal care pathway, but I did manage to in the end, and had a talk through my options and what was concerning me most.
To do that, I had to research all the local hospitals within a reasonable distance and found out what their attitudes were to treatment and whether they had a particular bias or interest in a certain approach to supporting women in the way they need and not the way they demand.
And yes, I have effectively got a plan in place which is 'abnormal' and would break some of their normal 'rules' because of what my special needs are. And this is something that will be worked through and expanding on in more detail as time goes on.
So this IS possible. I'm sure a plan could be tailored to your needs and around your fears.
The consultant I saw isn't pro - anything apart from getting the right plan in place for women who have additional needs and anxieties and he is supportive of natural birth as much as a more medical birth (in fact if anything he aims to support women asking for an ELCS to be able to have a VB on their own terms by simply building the trust and confidence up with their team of HCPs to enable them to feel able to do this).
I genuinely didn't think I would feel as reassured as I did given my trust issues, but its made a real difference as its been affecting other aspects of my life and my relationship with my husband.
For me, the biggest thing in the end was I didn't want to spend the whole time being pregnant worrying about what was going to happen and if you did want to go down the free birth route you would be in that position. Far better to at least try and see if you can find some reassurance before you start.
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In an effort to stay in touch with my inner bad girl, I've been studying belly dancing. I'm a lazy student, though, and am afraid I'll never dance as well as my enchanting teacher, Julia, Jewel of the Nile, or Leela, of the Odalisque Dance Troupe.
I met Leela at the local pub on the day she moved to my neighborhood in Brooklyn, and Leela later introduced me to Julia at a party. It was love at first sight for me, and I decided to court them both. I wanted to know them. Leela is a seriously winsome woman, and she loves to dance--she practices little moves even as she walks down the street. Julia has been belly dancing for over 20 years and teaches now. She has the mysterious allure of an artist who knows a lot but doesn't need to talk about it. As I've courted Leela and Julia, I've felt foolish at times, like a belly dance groupie. But they've been patient with me.
Leela Dances!
On my first night out with Leela, she invited me to hear Zikrayat, an Arabic ensemble of musicians who play buzuq, riqq, oud, nay and tabla, and this performance included solo dances by two women, Naraya and Dorit. The music was so gorgeous and strange as it washed over me, and as soon as Naraya and Dorit were finished, Leela got up to dance along with quite a few other women in the audience--dark, waving New York flowers, with flowing hair and discretely spangled outfits.
I was happy just to watch Leela swivel her hips and flutter her fingers, but she beckoned to me to join her on the dance floor. "Use your flamenco," she said (I've studied flamenco dance a bit), and so I did, adding in a little bit of cha-cha while trying to copy the moves of the women around me. "You dance beautifully," a man on the dance floor told me, which got me all confused. Didn't he see I was a rank amateur? Was he trying to cheer me up because he pitied me? Was he simply having a good time?
After a few songs, I returned to my seat, but Leela danced on, lost in an ecstatic haze, a sheen of sweat on her skin. The music kept going and going, obscure Egyptian film music of the 1950s, and the singer sounded like she was crying. A gray-haired man in a navy blue sweater threw a pile of money at the singer and she ignored the bills as they came fluttering to her feet.
"See?" Leela said to me afterward. "It's addictive, like crack."
A couple weeks later, I attended a solo performance by Leela in a dark basement nightclub in Manhattan. She covered herself with a veil at the start of her dance, but eventually threw it off so you could see her in all her gorgeousness. Wearing a brown velvet costume with gold spangles, Leela kept her waist bare to reveal her curves, and she had the sort of vava-voom cleavage I'll never achieve. As she danced, Leela also wore a knowing Mona Lisa smile, but was coy about not looking directly at anyone in the audience. Instead, she watched her hands and arms as they twirled and traced patterns in the air. And she did this incomprehensible and complicated twitch with her hips that reminded me of Mae West.
Julia, Jewel of the Nile
A couple of weeks later, I go to my first belly dancing class with Julia. We are ten or so women in a Brooklyn studio, wearing hip scarves with coins sewn on as we improvised to taqsims--repetitive, pulsing rhythms. Very hypnotic. I wear lipstick, bangle bracelets and my hair loose, but I'm no match for Julia's natural glamour. She has the strong presence of a silent film star, and she boosts her dramatic looks with heavy eyeliner and bangs cut straight across her forehead.
In class, Julia uses baroquely Orientalist metaphors to help us visualize what our moves should look like. We pluck grapes, we carry trays of fruit, we dance with imaginary partners. "Take off like rocket, drop back like a mummy," she says of a sinuous torso movement. She tells us to shape our bodies into creative tableaux. "Think of drawing yourself as a picture," she said. "Every woman has her line."
I've sought my line ever since, but it's not easy to find. Belly dancing is harder than it looks; it's not just about wiggling around. It's about the dance techniques of isolations, of small movements, posture and layering several movements on top of each other. Julia also teaches veil dancing, and I love throwing that sheer fabric around like a colorful, swooping cloud of mist.
Most of all, my favorite part of belly dancing is its erotic tension, because you're doing these tremendously sexy things with your body but trying to hold something back at the same time. One trick I've learned from Julia is that you should never, ever make direct eye contact with your audience; it's all about turning your focus inward, withholding, withholding--what Leela did at her solo nightclub performance. The idea is to drive the audience mad with desire.
What started out as curiosity has turned into a passion for me. I now regularly attend Julia's Wednesday night class and I've assembled a costume to wear--a cropped top, harem pants and that magic hip scarf with the gold coins attached. "I am a woman" is the mantra that runs in my mind throughout the entire class. A shame there are no men there to see me being a woman, but perhaps that's the point. I'm beginning to think the deepest expression of your gender happens when you're surrounded by your own sex.
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Belly Dancers I Have Known
Posted by Joyce Hanson at 4:15 PM
3 comments:
- Nicholas Borelli said...
Which publishing house is releasing your memoir?
- July 23, 2006 4:41 PM
That was beatiful Joycie..and so is Julia. I loved learning about the secrets of belly-dancing. Most enlightening thought was the last line you wrote...wow!
- July 25, 2006 9:55 AM
- jorden said...
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- December 08, 2009 6:41 AM
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