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Marketing, when done well, is both an art and a science. In an age where analytics and metrics tend to dominate marketing discussions, it can be easy to forget the creative side of the equation.
Marketing, when done well, is both an art and a science. In an age where analytics and metrics tend to dominate marketing discussions, it can be easy to forget the creative side of the equation.
But, as Carla Johnson, renowned author and Principal of marketing and branding firm Type A Communications, shared at MuraCon 2017, marketers need to be creative in order to provide truly unique and long-lasting content experiences. After all, in her mind, "creativity in marketing, they go together like peanut butter and jelly."
To see these kinds of creative content marketing experiences in action, look to LEGO. At its heart, the company only makes plastic blocks for children. But, with everything from movies and apps to catalogs and documentaries, the company is using content in a wide variety of ways to drum up interest and keep its audiences engaged.
"If you can just connect the dots for people, that's how you become more creative," Carla said.
So how can other brands follow the example of the LEGOs and Apples of the world and create their own creative content experiences? Carla has eight main tips to keep in mind:
What prevents marketers from following the creative paths set forth by companies like Volvo? According to Carla, it all stems from a "highly medical" problem known as Brand Detachment Disorder, or BDD.
You know you have BDD when "look at the work that comes out of great and inspiring brands and say that's not relevant and that doesn't apply to me because what I sell is different or unique, so that works for them but it would never work for me," Carla said.
It's easy to succumb to BDD. After all, most marketers are dealing with limited time and even more limited budgets. And, when your company is either in the B2B space or has a highly niche audience, it can be easy to think something along the lines of fun YouTube videos with action stars are not for you.
But, this highly limited thinking will drag you down. By opening yourself up to content experiences and ideas from a wide variety of places and sources, you can begin to create interesting, creative and memorable marketing campaigns no matter what industry you're in or who you're targeting.
"The solution for [BDD] is a non-medical procedure, which makes it kind of easy - something else we can do right here [right now] and it's something called a brand transplant. A brand transplant is when you take something that you love from an amazingly creative and inspirational brand, and you transplanted into the world of your own brand your own product whatever it is that you're working on."
In marketing, taking the easy way out is to focus on specs and product details. Talk about boring though. Few things are less creative and interesting than you just talking about yourself, your company and your products. Instead, to help get the creative juices flowing, think first about the purpose of your business, why it exists in the first place.
For Josh Reeves, co-founder and CEO of HR solutions provider Gusto, this revelation came to him while watching the movie Office Space. Watching the corporate ineptitude in the film made him better appreciate the passion his own employees brought to the table, which in turn inspired this video featuring comedian Kristen Schaal.
"That's what he cared about, creating a fun interesting experience for his audience that people loved and they wanted to see again and again," Carla noted.
It even caused Josh to change the name of his company to Gusto from ZenPayroll. Not bad for an almost 20-year-old movie made by the creator of Beavis and Butthead.
For recovering BDD sufferers, it can be hard to think creatively. In part, because it can be hard to see how outside ideas can play out in your own content experiences. But, to see how external influences can positively impact marketing and creatively, consider Cisco.
From a conventional standpoint, it can be hard to see how to be creative when you're selling routers and networking equipment. But Creative Director Tim Washer wasn't going to let that stop him. Instead, he used his comedy background - prior to Cisco he had worked with noted comedians like Amy Poehler and Conan O'Brien - to create memorable ads like this one.
The best part about this video? Not only is it fun and creative, but it also helped lead to increased sales.
"The sales people loved love love this video because they showed it when they went to customer meetings and it made people laugh in a meeting, [they] were lax, and it built a rapport like they hadn't been able to do before for. Tim said it's not about what we're selling it's about sharing an experience that's meaningful," Carla noted.
It's not about what we're selling it's about sharing an experience that's meaningful.
Another example of using surprising outside influences was how virtual phone system provider Grasshopper found success from the Super Bowl. Allison Canty, the company's Customer Engagement Manager, was talking to her boss about the big game and all the big ads that air during the event. In particular, both were impressed by what Doritos had done, holding a contest to have fans create an ad to air during the Super Bowl. Inspired by the grand scale of the contest, Grasshopper embarked on its own successful and splashy viral marketing effort.
The key with creativity is that great ideas just don't come out of nowhere. The best ideas often come from trial and error, from putting a lot of sustained thought to creating unique content experiences. Instead of trying to dive into the deep end right from the get-go, work on making many small creative steps.
"In order to be creative in the moments that you really really need it, you have to practice creativity on a regular basis," Carla advised "It's no different than when you go to exercise a muscle; if you use a muscle really really hard that you haven't used for months [or] maybe years, you really feel it and it doesn't have that kind of performance that you'd like it to have. In order to get a strong creative muscle we have to exercise that muscle."
Allison at Grasshopper has taken this lesson to heart. Not only did they send chocolate-covered grasshoppers to bloggers and news outlets, but they later sent VHS tapes to some industry leaders. With sustained creativity comes sustained marketing results.
On the flip side of Cisco, Grasshopper and Gusto is Mentorina. Its marketing is generic and not very memorable, at least in Carla's mind.
Mentoria co-founder Mohamed Hayel Saeed didn't intend for this to happen. In fact, he originally wanted to model Mentorina's marketing and content experiences after Disney. After all, whether with movies, TV shows, theme parks or anything else, Disney does know how to create something unique and memorable. He even had a handy acronym all ready to go: WWDD. What would Disney do?
However, Mentorina's CFO and others had a different idea. Fearful of having their marketing be too closely associated with princesses and cartoon animals, they put the kibosh on WWDD and other creative ideas. They played it safe, and so their marketing was not as strong or as memorable as it could have been.
"Fear is the biggest hurdle to creativity, and before we can become more creative and before we can start to bring new ideas and new inventions to the market, we have to look at what is it that holds us back from being open to these opportunities," Carla noted.
It's one thing to be creative. It's another matter entirely to be both creative and poignant. Content experiences are at their best when they extol particular values, just in a creative and memorable way.
Think about the effort Grasshopper undertook when they sent VHS tapes to various influencers. The effort is about more than just making an initial splash. If the content on the tape wasn't good or useful or beneficial, then why would the influencer care? If anything, the effort would have just been viewed as a hassle, as they would have spent precious time finding a tape player only to have the final payoff not be worth it.
The videos from Cisco and Gusto follow the same line. Yes, both are funny and memorable. But they're more than that too. At the end of each, you the viewer also have a deeper understanding of the brand/product and its benefits.
Typically, when marketers are working on any new content or messaging, the default first step is to put themselves in their customer's shoes. What do they care about? What do they want to know? But, in order to connect the dots and be truly creative, sometimes you need to go one step further. By thinking in reverse and first developing a core company message before thinking about the audience, you can help get the creative juices flowing.
This is the path that Antonio Lucio, HP's Global Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, took. He joined the company at a fortuitous time, just months before the company split into two. Nevertheless, he still found inspiration from the organization's past.
Seeing all of the old memorabilia around the office, including pictures of the garage in which BIll Hewlett and Dave Packard created the technology company in the 1930s, made Antonio think more about how amazing their technology is and how much it helps in the world today. That then formed the basis for much of their new content and advertising, how amazing HP technology makes life easier.
"They reinvented how they talked about the company because they didn't want to focus on the product. They wanted to focus on what it is that they could deliver for their customers," Carla said.
One of the (many) reasons why Tim's approach to content experiences at Cisco works so well is that it channels the inherently human nature of marketing. People like to laugh, so why not give them content that makes them laugh? Their marketing deliverables work because they connect with their audience on a very personal level.
This mindset and approach has worked wonders for Quirky as well. A platform for inventors, Quirky is the brainchild of serial inventor Ben Kaufman. Ben first made his mark as the inventor of a smartphone case that also combines a keychain ring and a bottle opener. But, he saw the power of the personal when he solicited ideas that he would then turn into actual inventions.
Ben then turned that idea into its own platform, Quirky, where inventors can get feedback on their ideas from others. It has proven so successful that major brands like GE and Mattel have paid Quirky for access to their inventor audience.
Quirky succeeds because it provides a unique content personalization experience. It understands its audience well and caters to their needs in a creative way.
Ultimately, according to Carla, the key to be successful and creative marketers is to help connect the dots for our audience. By being open to inspiration from a variety of sources and taking small successful steps to help connect the dots, you can develop truly memorable content that helps the business, a true win-win.
"That's the only way that we'll be able to put the purpose of what we do over the products that we sell, and that's the only way that we'll be able to start addressing things like fear and getting over that fear and making it feel less risky; the only way that will be able to consistently take small steps so that they add up to big outcomes and it's the only way that we'll be able to become habitually creative," Carla summarized.
"Because that's what it's going to take to take care of that brand transplant and to cure yourself of brand attachment disorder because at the end of the day, creativity is all about connecting the what? Connecting the dots.


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Sleepless Nights
When I began getting into the post-hardcore scene last year, one of the bands I really connected with was Memphis May Fire because of the vocalist Matty Mullins' lyrics. The first song that stuck with me was "Prove Me Right" because I loved the perspective and how the anger was channeled in a more mature manner- the angry profanity of most bands gets old extremely quick. But that was just one of their songs, and all of them seemed to strike a different chord with me.
I almost hadn't realized they were working on new material when their second single, "Sleepless Nights", was released on YouTube. When I heard it, I felt a stronger pull to it than I had any Memphis May Fire song, and it wasn't the instrumentals. It's the lyrics, and the way they're sung that had me captivated when I listened to it.
I'll try to only highlight my favorite parts- although the whole song is pretty great.
"I know that I would never jump,
So why can't I step back from the ledge?"
I really like that part of the verse because I know a lot of people feel this way. Especially as a teenager, when things get difficult you feel yourself being pushed to the limits but you know that you want to keep going, you want to feel happy again. It's helplessness.
But it's the first chorus that gets me the most
"Why am I terrified of everything I used to love
Save me from myself I don't want to hate who I've become
Inhale, exhale
Why is it so hard to breathe
Inhale, exhale
Why isn't this working?!"
There's something about the uncontrollable emotions that take hold of us sometimes. They change us and shape us, and even when we acknowledge it, it seems like it never gets better.
"Tell me that tomorrow when I wake up I'll be fine,
I just want to be myself again
I want to know that I'm alive"
It's a complicated situation to be in as a person, and I was dumbstruck to hear it put down in music with such emotion. The ending surprised me but I really love it.
"Please give me peace
Give me joy
Give me sanity!
Give me hope
Give me love
Give me truth."
It's like a plea, and I think the desperate ending is kind of appropriate. I remember just standing there after the song was over, still hearing the words in my head.
I'm really excited to hear Unconditional; Memphis May Fire did great with Challenger but I want to see where they go next.
Radium Rollercoaster
What It's Worth: Romeo
One of my favorite resources- and a huge influence on my music journalism- is the internet famous music reporter Bryan Stars. I'll have to write about him some day, because he played a big part in my exploration with what I do now. But that's for some other time. I don't know where he gets his music, but I have come to find some amazing bands on his YouTube.
The most recent on is the band What It's Worth, a four piece Australian punk-pop band.
Their newest song, Romeo, is really catchy and I think that it's on the better spectrum of the pop in "pop-punk". Her voice- while yes I can hear an accent- seems smoother than most vocalists and the sound that the band has in general is really great. I think this is the kind of band you can expect to be touring in the US soon, if not Warped Tour in a year or two!
So go enjoy, and pick up their new album Catalyst if you like this single ❤
Seether: "Seether" cover on Seether
A certain well known, alternative grunge band from South Africa is back in the studios for their six album as the band Seether, a compilation album from their 11 years as a band with singles from every record, including the big favorites "Remedy", "The Gift" (my personal favorite), "Broken (Feat. Amy Lee)" and "Country Song".
The first single from this record is a cover of Veruca Salt's song "Seether", which the band accredits to it's own name. Veruca Salt, by the way, announced it's reunion and we're expecting an album from them too. It's a great cover, and on both ends a pretty clever publicity stunt (although I can't be sure that's what it was, of course).
I still hold true to Disclaimer II and Karma And Effect, so I know I'm excited to hear those songs again in this album, but I'm also really excited to see what else Seether has up their sleeve. This band has been going strong for over a decade now, and there's no telling wher they'll go next!
I digress, what's with this album cover?! Does anyone have any ideas?
Enjoy, and come back again when the album is released!
Radium Rollercoaster
Shinedown: Unity
Shinedown had been a big thing when Sound of Madness came out, with songs like "Second Chance", "The Crow & The Butterfly", and of course "Sound of Madness". However, I think they quickly became underrated when their fourth studio album, Amaryllis, came out. This album is more diverse, and a good deal of their songs are relatable on an all-age scale, which is unique as well as important. I think a lot of people just let the album go unrecognized, myself included. While I like all the songs on this album, their second single, "Unity" is the song that really reminded me that Shinedown was still around and that they were a good band, even beyond just their music.
This video almost brought me to tears for some strange reason the first time I watched it. I've put it up on this website once, but I don't think I ever really talked about why I think it's important.
And your moment of truth
Is the day that you say "I'm not scared"
The way Brent Smith sings this line sends shivers down my spine, and the emotion behind it is how you know that this line is why the whole song was written. It's a reminder to everyone that no one is useless and everyone is important, even to the people we think are bigger than we are in life.
I don't know, it's just a good song and a good video. Think what you want.
Radium Rollercoaster
AshTree, Day 3: The Anthem
Now, I am quite understood that this song isn't technically on AshTree's list, but the band is. Good Charlotte is usually the target of great critism for their 'emo' label (usually by self-entitled 'indie' kids), but if they know one things, it's to make anthems. And The Anthem is definitely their most influential one of all. Honestly, can you hear this song and want to be normal? Can you hear this song and still want to be a doctor or lawyer?
Personally they convey everything that I've been trying to tell myself my whole life. Most teenagers can identify with this feeling of never being good enough, never 'fitting in'- especially in a society where being unique just makes you more boring-, and never wanting to stand down.
The music itself is not without quality, either. Much different, in fact. Sometimes it's not about long guitar solos or deep powerful notes. Sometimes, it's about letting go and dancing. And that's what these riffs are all about. It's about making you want to do something with your life and your ambition.
Quite frankly, I think that's what every teenager in this society needs. Right now.
So listen to it guys 🙂 I know this was an awful post, sorry AshTree, but I have another review coming up on a song you might like!
Xoxo Radium Rollercoaster
"Chalk Outline"
August 13th, 2012. Canadian rock band Three Days Grace released the firs single off of their fourth studio album, Transit Of Venus,"Chalk Outline". It has a hard rock sound, resembling the sound of Seether's Karma and Effect album. The chorus is very catchy in the awesome alternative way, versus the annoying radio pop-tune feel. It's fun to sing with, but Adam is still showing off his great vocal talent.
Some bands go less than a year between albums, just pushing them out to make money. "Chalk Outline" just shows you why Three Days Grace takes their time writin songs and records. I love it and know the album will be amazing.
Xoxo Radium
Fearless Vampire Killers!
Well, one does certainly stumble upon interesting music in the strangest ways. Today that music is Fearless Vampire Killers (not the movie, the band). A random My Chemical Romance picture sent my friend on a hunt for two of the unnamed, non-familiar people in the picture. Two of them happened to be members of this oddly titled band. When she approved greatly, I knew I had to check it out.
Listening to "Bow Ties on Dead Guys", you can see why Bizarre Magazine said "if My Chemical Romance and Panic At The Disco mated, their offspring might look like Fearless Vampire Killers." While I attempt to not think of that prospect itself, it is obvious that the similarities are there. Like Panic At The Disco as of late, the band has touches of steampunk and the dead red and black makeup that most people associate with My Chemical Romance.
Despite their theatrical resemblances, I think that this band is definitely an English vampire Fall Out Boy. You can hear the accents in some of the words that they enunciate, but the style of singing and guitar is much like Fall Out Boy. Obviously this band at least sparked my interest and I would be lying if I said most people would not like them.
So, I leave you with a journey to discover them and let me know what you think!
Xoxo Radium Rollercoaster
Sticks And Stones
I found a new musician and song a few days ago, while listening to Never Shout Never. His name is Jason Reeves, and he has a great sound. But, I specifically have been listening to a song called Sticks and Stones. Now, while the song is really catchy, almost to the point of being mainstream, the message is clear and the song itself has a sort of uplifting tone. It's happy AND motivational. His voice is very smooth and sweet, but with a twang. He grew up in Iowa and now lives up in the big Music City. He has also produced Colbie Caillat!
Check this song out! It's amazing!
XoXo Radium Rollercoaster


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Asser Friday. Turnbull and Asser, that is.
A tie on Friday? Sure, why not knot? This particular tie is a Turnbull and Asser. I have a few that I picked up on Ebay. Fresh prices for this brand are outrageous and I'd end up spilling something on it the first time a I wore one if I bought one new. The thing I really like about this brand is that they're generally narrower in width but the taper is such that they still make a fairly substantial knot.


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Some days, you just need a restaurant that will fill your stomach without emptying your wallet. Here are seven places in the Montford/Park Road/Madison Park area with lunch options for less than $10, tax included.
[Related: An insider's guide to Montford/Madison Park/Park Road Shopping Center: What to eat, drink and do]
Shake Shack
1605 E. Woodlawn Road
Try: The ShackBurger with lettuce, tomato and Shacksauce ($5.73).
Try: The Shack-Cago Dog with relish, onions, cucumbers, pickles, tomatoes, celery, salt and mustard ($4.64).
Try: A Featured Shake in Mocha Cookies and Cream, Chocolate Brownie or Marshmallow Chocolate Chip ($6.16).
Charlotte Cafe
4127 Park Road
Try: The Grilled Cheese, served with a side. Get the Baked Macaroni and Cheese to maximize the cheesiness of one meal. ($7.52).
Try: The Old Fashioned Hot Dog with a side. Try the Cole Slaw for a classic American meal. ($5.68).
Try: The French Toast. ($7.04).
The Roasting Company
1521 Montford Drive
Try: A Rotisserie Chicken Plate with dark meat served with cornbread and a side. I highly recommend the garlicky new potatoes. ($6.92).
Try: The tarragon walnut Chicken Salad Sandwich on a toasted bun with a side like the garlicky new potatoes. Seriously, they're so good. ($8.93).
Try: The Vegetarian Combo; herb rice with black beans, onions, cheddar and Jaco sauce served with cornbread and a side such as the garlicky new potatoes (I want everyone in Charlotte to try the potatoes at least once) ($6.22).
4125 Park Road
Try: The Spicy Cashew Soba Noodles with rainbow carrots, edamame, celery, scallions, kale, broccoleaf and purple cabbage ($9.73).
Try: The Mendocino Market with roasted squash, red onion, parmesan, quinoa, lentil and millet blend, kale, broccoleaf and purple cabbage ($9.30).
Try: The Kebab Cobb with feta, red onion, spicy peppers, romaine and pita chips ($9.30).
Midwood Smokehouse
540-C Brandywine Road
Try: The Roadhouse; a chuck and brisket burger with ketchup, mustard, pickles, American cheese, lettuce and tomato ($9.73).
Try: The Midwood Grilled Cheese with cheddar, gruyere, smoked onions and a creamy tomato spread ($8.28)
Try: The BBQ Pork Sandwich with hickory smoke chopped pork and Eastern NC vinegar sauce ($8.93).
Duckworth's Kitchen and Taphouse
4435 Park Road
Try: The Spring Mix Salad with mixed greens, feta cheese, dried cranberries, candied pecans, croutons and balsamic vinaigrette ($8.65).
Try: The BBQ Chicken & Jalapeño Bacon Flatbread with grilled chicken, sweet & tangy BBQ sauce, cheese, caramelized onions, jalapeño bacon and fresh cilantro ($9.73).
Try: The Sweet N' Bold Gold Chicken Flatbread with signature Sweet n' Bold Gold sauce, cheese and all white meat chicken drizzled with ranch ($8.65).
Viva Chicken
4500 Park Road, Suite 100
Try: The Pollo a la Brasa; a quarter dark chicken marinated in a Peruvian spice mix with two sides ($9.69).
Try: The Arroz Chaufa; Peruvian Fried Rice with red peppers, green onions, red onion, eggs, soy sauce and ginger ($7.52).
Try: The Inca Wrap with jasmine rice, canary beans, salsa criolla and avocado ($8.12).
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ALBANY – Better watch where you throw that garbage next time you're on the subway.
A new law will dramatically increase the fines for littering in the system, said Caroline Quartararo, spokeswoman for the state Division of Criminal Justice Services.
Signed into law yesterday by Gov. Pataki, the legislation increases fines from $50 to $250 and/or eight hours of community service for first-time offenders.
Subsequent offenders face $500 fines and more community service under the law, which goes into effect Nov. 1.
"Hopefully, the higher fines will keep people from dumping their garbage," Quartararo said.
The bill also requires that fines collected for littering within the subway system be deposited in a newly created litter-prevention fund.
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October 9, 2013|About escort companions
While many customers are completely satisfied by an encounter with a traditional escort who supplies a girlfriend experience, others are interested by the opportunity to meet their favorite pornography star for a hard-core date.
Porn escorts are not the most recent trend to strike the scene in the escort market, but they are, by far, the most costly alternatives that a client can pursue. Regulating thousands of dollars for a single hour of friendship, pornography escorts depend on their track record and celeb status amongst porn fans to gather them bookings to emphasize their already-full shooting schedules.
Some customers believe it would be a dream become a reality to get the chance to obtain it on with a pornography movie starlet. But what a number of them don't understand is that there are pros and cons, both, to establishing an encounter with someone so well developed in the pornography market. In order to make a knowledgeable decision about whether booking a porn escort is ideal for you, it's important to obtain the lowdown about what you need to expect:
Lots of porn companions do not honestly advertise their services. Because they are busy marketing their other merchandise or services (videos, photos, calendars and personal appearances), pornography actresses do not often openly announce to their fans that they offer escort services, too. Their websites market to their fans, and most of their admirers can not manage the rates they charge for personal conferences. It's easiest to schedule an encounter through an agency that focuses on offering opportunities to satisfy and delight in popular pornography starlets who provide escort services. Nevertheless, that implies finding an agency that concentrates on these kinds of escorts. Some clients attempt making contact straight with a porn star in hopes of obtaining a booking. Through a pornography star's website, she will supply a "contact" page or option where a client can input his demand, in addition to info about how she can reply to him. Some guys never get reactions. However, some porn escorts do respond with their rates and unique requirements. Numerous clients are able to get the ball rolling to book encounters through meeting face-to-face throughout individual appearances, too.
Pornography escorts are extremely exclusive about the types of clients they accept. Because they do not have great deals of time to engage with customers, the ones they do see should be special. They schedule their time for select customers who have earnings and wealth that permit them to have funds readily available to manage their pricey rates. Additionally, like other star, any customer needs to be well evaluated in order to get an encounter. Celebrities have a lot more difficulty with stalkers or fans who end up being serious problems due to their obsessions with them than traditional companions do. And, since pornography is taken pleasure in by such a diverse market base, it's challenging to determine in between the "good, normal fans" and the "fanatical, compulsive fans". As a result, they must be extremely choosey when it comes to clients in order to avoid hard issues that not just put them in threat but might likewise need a restraining order.
Expensive rates discourage numerous clients from scheduling encounters with porn companions. Company experts are always taught about supply and demand concepts, providing the basis for why items that are in high need, but in low supply always cost more than others that are more readily available. The exact same concepts make an application for the approaches that a pornography escort utilizes to set her rates. Since there are numerous less pornography companions serving customers in the companion industry, they have the ability to charge premium rates for their time. In addition to the supply/demand theory, pornography starlets can regulate huge fees due to their name and face acknowledgment among clients and fans. They are understood for specific sexual acts they've shown on movie or in videos, and many fans claim it's an ultimate fantasy to "make it" with their preferred porn star. In fact, it's such a big dream that they want to pay outrageous quantities of cash for the possibility making it occur.
Most porn companions need a deposit in advance to hold a reservation slot. All escorts' time is really important to them. However, a pornography escort feels that her time is much more worthy due to the amount of money she can get for it. To guarantee that a client is capable of paying the high rates asked for by a pornography escort, she might need an up-front deposit before securing an encounter with a client. Pornography companions, similar to other companies in the market, get numerous incorrect alarms from clients who are actually timewasters or won't follow through a booked encounter. So they don't lose out on income they can possibly make, porn companions make a deposit a scheduling condition. Additionally, it likewise works to relieve the mind of an escort to believe that a customer is willing to pay up front for her time.
Some porn escorts supply services that other companions do not. Because their service is so exclusive and limited to only a few customers each year, they might provide vulnerable services to choose clients. If intimacies without prophylactics will be part of the activities included in an encounter, a pornography escort might insist that her client undergo STD testing at a center of her specification. This might need advance planning, along with a customer's cooperation in order to provide a clean bill of health. Customers who are interested in bareback services ought to plan to reserve time with a pornography escort with a lot of advance caution. This type of screening and screening cannot be done on a whim.
Pornography escorts are the best carriers of the "porn star experience," aka PSE. While other escorts in the industry may offer the PSE, they aren't real porn stars in order to understand what the experience should require. Essentially, a PSE encounter need to be focused around raw, hardcore sexual activities. All exercises should be devoid of human feeling or passion, other than in their most sexual, raw kinds. The experience is based entirely on sexual satisfaction, not any personal attachments that is generally supplied in a sweetheart experience. The PSE is planned to leave customers feeling as physically pleased at the end of the encounter, as any GFE would. Anal sexual intercourse, facials (ejaculation on the face or neck) and strap-on penetration are typical parts of the PSE. Many porn companions will offer vulnerable oral sex and permit a customer to climax their mouths, as long as they've consented to STD testing. In a nutshell, the pornography star experience should leave a client physically drained pipes from the sexual experience, despite the high he rides from the intensity he simply came across.
Girlfriend experiences (GFEs) are available from porn star companions, too. Even though many customers anticipate a raw, hardcore encounter when they schedule with a porn escort, those who desire a more tender experience can ask for the GFE. After enjoying a favored porn starlet in video after video, lots of clients establish an affection for her, in some cases thinking about exactly what it would be like to have her as a better half. A GFE provides these tenderhearted kinds of clients an opportunity to praise and adore a porn starlet, in addition to getting affection from her, too. Getting the opportunity to physically and psychologically connect with a pornography star is an unique experience for most guys, and it's a service that porn star companions get requests for often. Do not naturally assume that an encounter with an escort has to be a x-rated, hardcore one.
Customers should anticipate costs in addition to the rates that a porn escort charges for an encounter. Even if it's not something customers may want to think about, a porn star is a celeb (like any other) and may be accustomed to having her own method about accommodations, drinks and other comforts that will make her time throughout the encounter more pleasurable. While most porn actresses aren't completely diva mode, many will require that a customer book a first-class hotel suite, order particular items from room service and offer other gifts or ornaments for her time. Likewise, clients ought to likewise consider expenses related to travel. If a customer is traveling to a pornography companion, air travel or other costs might be incurred. (In turn, if a porn escort should travel to a customer, her lodgings and travel costs will be paid by the client, too.) Unless a porn escort is exploring in your town, the expense for employing a pornography escort can become rather comprehensive.
A porn companion has a difficult schedule to suit. Clients ought to expect that they will have to reserve a number of weeks, if not months, ahead of time in order to get an encounter. Pornography starlets have irregular filming schedules that are quite stressful and might need ample recovery time in order to be prepared for escorting customers. Scheduling beforehand for a porn companion ought to not only be expected, but it likewise demonstrates how special the opportunity is. While a customer might have the ability to, on a whim, schedule an encounter with a traditional escort, the requirement to prepare much ahead of time emphasizes much more how exclusive the client lists and availability are for porn companions. Similar to the difference between having the ability to schedule right away with your routine physician, a professional is much more hard to obtain into. Customers who wish to book a porn starlet have to have patience and the ability to prepare into the future.
Porn escorts provide services to clients to make additional money, just as other companion might. Through her movie career, a porn actress may bring in $100,000 to $200,000 yearly, which is a decent piece of change. Nevertheless, because she develops a costly lifestyle or intricate tastes, she may want to reinforce her earnings. (The porn market is also rather volatile today, with complimentary porn being available on the Internet and pirated videos available all over the place.) Pornography actresses have terrific advantages over ladies who wish to supplement their other incomes, due to the fact that they can capitalize on their celebrity name or reputation. In addition to escorting, they likewise make substantial money from personal looks in the evening clubs or gentleman's home entertainment places. Sometimes, the fees they make from appearances in fact surpass the rates they produce their movies.
Customers often have too high of expectations for encounters with pornography companions. After enjoying a porn starlet over and over in a preferred video, a customer may have daydreamed that an encounter with her would be the very best sex of his life. After dreaming about it for awhile, a customer might in fact construct the experience up to unreasonable goals. Even though a pornography companion is extremely gifted at what she does, she is simply a woman, and sex is simply sex. She can't carry out never-ceasing or wonderful techniques. Nevertheless, if the connection and chemistry is right, she might have the ability to make a client's toes curl. But if a client anticipates excessive from the experience, he might leave disappointed.
Some customers find they get stage scare when they schedule an encounter with a well-known pornography escort. Just like fans often become tongue-tied or star struck when they meet an appreciated celebrity or film star, customers may get incredibly nervous in the presence of a porn companion, making them impotent or not able to carry out. It's exceptionally difficult for a porn companion to help a customer get past his preliminary response to being with her. Clients do best when they think about their companion as other lady, not the lady they jerk off to every night. Getting a conversation going with a porn escort is important for both the escort and customer to be able to enjoy themselves. The encounter can be very uncomfortable if a client is too stiff or nervous to engage in traditional chit-chat. Porn starlets are just like any other escort and like to speak about hobbies, the weather condition, existing events or sex, in basic. Conversation with a pornography companion is essential, especially considering that many customers book longer blocks of time with a celebrity. Having the ability to speak about reality between "activities" will make the experience far better.
Numerous porn escorts look different in real life than they do on screen. Since their images are extremely edited or airbrushed and cam angles are used to increase their appearance, lots of porn actresses do not appear as beautiful in the flesh as they do in their videos or photos. Having the assistance of professional hair stylists and cosmetics artists in between scenes keep a porn starlet looking her finest. However, when she is with you, she may not have those professionals by her side to assist her preserve her perfect image. Some clients are dissatisfied to discover that the porn starlet they've appreciated forever on screen is not actually as stunning as she appeared.
Absence of enthusiasm is a problem grumbled about by many customers of porn companions. Despite their thrilled, out of breath efficiencies in videos, lots of porn companions are less than enjoyed be engaging in intimate activities with their balding, chubby customers. Some escorts reveal in confidential, candid blogs that they develop friendly relationships with their on-screen partners, so sex with them is pleasurable. However, having intercourse with a complete stranger for cash is something various than they prepared for, so they lay there until it's over. Others just rely on their celeb status to impress customers. Some think they do not have to carry out, as their presence, alone, deserves the cash invested by the customer. This is not the case with all porn escorts. However in the market, as a whole, there are excellent and bad companions, too.


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Information to consider regarding whether or not you will get the Flu Vaccine
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Stipulation; trivalent influenza vaccine ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome DARRYL ALDRICH, August 31, 2012
Damages Decision Based on Stipulation; Flu Vaccine ; GBS RAY SIZEMORE, August 27, 2012
Stipulation; Influenza ; Neuropathy; Myelopathy H.G. 08/27/2012
Stipulation; Influenza vaccine; Acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis PAMELA A. GOUDGE, as Parent and Legal Representative of her Minor Daughter, MEGAN ELIZABETH GOUDGE 08/17/2012
Decision by Stipulation; Influenza Vaccine ; Encephalopathy, ADEM, Brain Lesions LEE HAMES 08/16/2012
Decision by Stipulation; Influenza Vaccine ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS); CIDP DEBORAH E. BRADLEY 08/16/2012
Damages Decision Based on Stipulation; Miller Fisher Variant of GBS; Flu Vaccine .TERRIE EAST 08/01/2012
Joint Stipulation on Damages; Trivalent Influenza (揊lu? Vaccine ; Guillain-Barré Syndrome (揋BS?.DESSA STABOLESKI 07/31/2012
Stipulation; Influenza vaccine ; Acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis Stipulation; Trivalent influenza vaccine, flu; Guillain-Barré Syndrome, GBS THERESA LYNCH 07/24/2012
Influenza vaccine , flu; Guillain-Barré Syndrome, GBS; Stipulation RICHARD D. HUMMEL 07/24/2012
Damages Decision Based on Stipulation; Flu Vaccine ; Encephalomyeloneuropathy LAURA LARUE 07/12/2012
Damages Decision Based on Stipulation; Flu Vaccine ; Allergic Reaction; Progressive URI DWIGHT MUNGER 07/12/2012
Stipulation; Influenza vaccine; generalized itching. PATRICIA MORROW 07/11/2012
Stipulation; Influenza; CIDP JAMES JIM KINDELL 07/09/2012
Stipulation; influenza vaccine ; Guillain-Barre syndrome. MONA MENKING 07/09/2012
Stipulation; influenza vaccine; Guillain-Barre Syndrome DANIEL IRWIN 07/06/2012
Stipulation; influenza (flu) vaccine ; transverse myelitis (TM) ARTHUR W. ASKEW 06/29/2012
Stipulation; Influenza vaccine, flu ; Ventricular fibrillation and cardiac arrest PAUL L. CLEARY 06/28/2012
Stipulation; influenza (flu) vaccine ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) THOMAS KIEF 06/28/2012
Stipulation; influenza (flu) vaccine ; neurological abnormalities; transverse myelitis (TM) LISA BURRELL 06/28/2012
Stipulation; influenza vaccine ; transverse myelitis CAROL LYNNE GOERNER 06/25/2012
Stipulation; trivalent influenza vaccine; acute hearing loss; vertigo. JOSEPH MAUS 06/22/2012
Stipulation; Influenza vaccine , flu; Transverse myelitis, TM RICHARD PETRAGLIA 06/01/2012
Ruling on the record; trivalent (flu) vaccine ; acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (揂DEM? JESSICA MURA (healthy 21-year old Emergency Medical Technician) 05/30/2012
Stipulation; Influenza vaccine, flu; Rhomboencephalitis; Dysautonomia; Attorney fees and costs JAY D. PRIEFERT 05/18/2012
Damages Decision Based on Stipulation; Flu Vaccine; GBS; Death Estate of DRAGO POTOCIC, 05/15/2012
Stipulation; Influenza ; GBS PAMELA KWIATKOWSKI 05/15/2012
Damages Decision Based on Stipulation; Flu Vaccine; GBS; Death Estate of DEBORA KAY STEELEY, 05/08/2012
Stipulation; Influenza; GBS GARY C. STEBNITZ 05/01/2012
Stipulation; Influenza; GBS CRYSTAL L. RHODES 04/26/2012
Stipulation; CIDP; influenza DENIS LOUIS 04/18/2012
Damages Decision Based on Stipulation; Flu Vaccine ; GBS; Attorneys?Fees & Costs Decision Based on Stipulation MARY L. JONES 04/18/2012
Stipulation; influenza (flu) vaccine ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) ELIZABETH JASNOSZ 04/16/2012
Decision on the Record; Urticarial Vasculitis; Influenza AUDREY MCELROY 04/13/2012
Stipulation; Influenza vaccine, flu; Guillain-Barré Syndrome, GBS; Attorney fees and costs minor child, JUAN SANCHEZ 3/13/2012
Stipulation; influenza (flu) vaccine; syncope; allergic reaction; orthostatic hypotension JESSICA JONES 03/12/2012
Stipulation; influenza (flu) vaccine ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS); attorneys' fees and costs; award in the amount to which respondent does not object MERRELL S. McILWAIN 03/08/2012
Stipulation; influenza vaccine; Guillain Barre Syndrome MOSCA FLINT 03/02/2012
Damages Decision Based on Stipulation; Flu Vaccine; ADEM; Death ; Attorneys?Fees & Costs Decision Based on Stipulation Estate of, SEAN WEISSE 02/29/2012
Stipulation; Guillain-Barré Syndrome, GBS; Influenza vaccine, flu; Tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis, Tdap MEGAN BAUER 02/29/2012
Proffer; Influenza vaccine, flu; Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, ADEM THURMAN DANIELS 02/16/2012
Damages Decision Based on Stipulation; Flu Vaccine ; GBS DAVID JOSEPH POLCIK 02/02/2012
Stipulation; Influenza (flu) vaccine ; Guillian-Barre Syndrome (GBS) DAN SMITH 02/02/2012
Damages Decision Based on Stipulation; Flu Vaccine; Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis; Urticaria Parents and Natural Guardians of minor DENNIS J. FLANAGAN 01/30/2012
Stipulation; Influenza vaccine, flu; Guillain-Barré Syndrome, GBS DOMINGO MARTINEZ 01/30/2012
Decision by stipulation; Influenza Vaccine ; Guillain Barre Syndrome JOHN HICKMAN, January 27, 2012
Damages Decision Based on Stipulation; Flu Vaccine; GB TAMY T. NGUYEN January 27, 2012
Decision by stipulation; Influenza Vaccine ; Guillain Barre Syndrome CHRISTOPHER COALE, January 24, 2012
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Decision by Stipulation; Influenza, Tdap and MMR; Shoulder Pain; Numbness and Dysfunction WALTER GROSH, January 17, 2012
Decision by Stipulation; Influenza, Tdap and Menningococcal Vaccines; Transverse Myelitis Peter Cieszewski . January 13, 2012
Stipulation; influenza (flu) vaccine; Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS); death Estate of CHARLES JAMES BUSALACCHI, January 10, 2012
Stipulation; influenza (flu) vaccine ; pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV); Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS FRUTO SOTO, January 10, 2012
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Stipulation; influenza vaccine; Guillain-Barre Syndrome death Estate of REX KIMBELL January 5, 2012
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Here is info from Cochrane reviews for healthy children:
From Cochrane Reviews The Cochrane Library
Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy children
Jefferson T, Rivetti A, Di Pietrantonj C, Demicheli V, Ferroni E, August 15, 2012
Children (< 16 years old) and the elderly (above 65 years old) are the two age groups that appear to have the most complications following an influenza infection. Influenza has a viral origin and often results in an acute respiratory illness affecting the lower or upper parts of the respiratory tract, or both. Viruses are mainly of two subtypes (A or B) and spread periodically during the autumn-winter months. However, many other viruses can also cause respiratory tract illnesses.
Diffusion and severity of the disease could be very different during different epidemics. Efforts to contain epidemic diffusion rely mainly on widespread vaccination. Recent policy from several internationally-recognised institutions, recommend immunisation of healthy children between 6 and 23 months of age (together with their contacts) as a public health measure.
The review authors found that in children aged from two years, nasal spray vaccines made from weakened influenza viruses were better at preventing illness caused by the influenza virus than injected vaccines made from the killed virus. Neither type was particularly good at preventing 'flu-like illness' caused by other types of viruses.
In children under the age of two, the efficacy of inactivated vaccine was similar to placebo. It was not possible to analyze the safety of vaccines from the studies due to the lack of standardization in the information given, but very little information was found on the safety of inactivated vaccines, the most commonly used vaccine in young children.
Main results:
We included 75 studies with about 300,000 observations. We included 17 RCTs, 19 cohort studies and 11 case-control studies in the analysis of vaccine efficacy and effectiveness. Evidence from RCTs shows that six children under the age of six need to be vaccinated with live attenuated vaccine to prevent one case of influenza (infection and symptoms). We could find no usable data for those aged two years or younger.
Inactivated vaccines in children aged two years or younger are not significantly more efficacious than placebo. Twenty-eight children over the age of six need to be vaccinated to prevent one case of influenza (infection and symptoms). Eight need to be vaccinated to prevent one case of influenza-like-illness (ILI). We could find no evidence of effect on secondary cases, lower respiratory tract disease, drug prescriptions, otitis media and its consequences and socioeconomic impact. We found weak single-study evidence of effect on school absenteeism by children and caring parents from work. Variability in study design and presentation of data was such that a meta-analysis of safety outcome data was not feasible. Extensive evidence of reporting bias of safety outcomes from trials of live attenuated influenza vaccines (LAIVs) impeded meaningful analysis. One specific brand of monovalent pandemic vaccine is associated with cataplexy and narcolepsy in children and there is sparse evidence of serious harms (such as febrile convulsions) in specific situations.
Authors' conclusions:
Influenza vaccines are efficacious in preventing cases of influenza in children older than two years of age, but little evidence is available for children younger than two years of age. There was a difference between vaccine efficacy and effectiveness, partly due to differing datasets, settings and viral circulation patterns. No safety comparisons could be carried out, emphasizing the need for standardization of methods and presentation of vaccine safety data in future studies. In specific cases, influenza vaccines were associated with serious harms such as narcolepsy and febrile convulsions.
It was surprising to find only one study of inactivated vaccine in children under two years, given current recommendations to vaccinate healthy children from six months of age in the USA, Canada, parts of Europe and Australia. If immunization in children is to be recommended as a public health policy, large-scale studies assessing important outcomes, and directly comparing vaccine types are urgently required. The degree of scrutiny needed to identify all global cases of potential harms is beyond the resources of this review.
Here is info from Cochrane on healthy adults:
Information is from – Cochrane Reviews are systematic reviews of primary research in human health care and health policy, and are internationally recognized as the highest standard in evidence-based health care. They investigate the effects of interventions for prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. They also assess the accuracy of a diagnostic test for a given condition in a specific patient group and setting. They are published online in The Cochrane Library.
Vaccines to prevent influenza in healthy adults
July 7, 2010
Over 200 viruses cause influenza and influenza-like illness which produce the same symptoms (fever, headache, aches and pains, cough and runny noses). Without laboratory tests, doctors cannot tell the two illnesses apart. Both last for days and rarely lead to death or serious illness. At best, vaccines might be effective against only influenza A and B, which represent about 10% of all circulating viruses. Each year, the World Health Organization recommends which viral strains should be included in vaccinations for the forthcoming season. Authors of this review assessed all trials that compared vaccinated people with unvaccinated people. The combined results of these trials showed that under ideal conditions (vaccine completely matching circulating viral configuration) 33 healthy adults need to be vaccinated to avoid one set of influenza symptoms. In average conditions (partially matching vaccine) 100 people need to be vaccinated to avoid one set of influenza symptoms. Vaccine use did not affect the number of people hospitalized or working days lost but caused one case of Guillian-Barré syndrome (a major neurological condition leading to paralysis) for every one million vaccinations. Fifteen of the 36trials were funded by vaccine companies and four had no funding declaration. Our results may be an optimistic estimate because company-sponsored influenza vaccines trials tend to produce results favorable to their products and some of the evidence comes from trials carried out in ideal viral circulation and matching conditions and because the harms evidence base is limited..
Main results:
We included 50 reports. Forty (59 sub-studies) were clinical trials of over 70,000 people. Eight were comparative non-RCTs and assessed serious harms. Two were reports of harms which could not be introduced in the data analysis. In the relatively uncommon circumstance of vaccine matching the viral circulating strain and high circulation, 4% of unvaccinated people versus 1% of vaccinated people developed influenza symptoms (risk difference (RD) 3%, . The corresponding figures for poor vaccine matching were 2% and 1%. These differences were not likely to be due to chance. Vaccination had a modest effect on time off work and had no effect on hospital admissions or complication rates. Inactivated vaccines caused local harms and an estimated 1.6 additional cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome per million vaccinations. The harms evidence base is limited.
Authors' conclusions:
Influenza vaccines have a modest effect in reducing influenza symptoms and working days lost. There is no evidence that they affect complications, such as pneumonia, or transmission.
This review includes 15 out of 36 trials funded by industry (four had no funding declaration). An earlier systematic review of 274 influenza vaccine studies published up to 2007 found industry funded studies were published in more prestigious journals and cited more than other studies independently from methodological quality and size. Studies funded from public sources were significantly less likely to report conclusions favorable to the vaccines. The review showed that reliable evidence on influenza vaccines is thin but there is evidence of widespread manipulation of conclusions and spurious notoriety of the studies. The content and conclusions of this review should be interpreted in light of this finding.


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At Banc Organics we've been growing Organic fruit and vegetables for seven seasons, At first we grew for our families and friends within the local community. Soon this developed into a weekly Organic box/bag scheme and now we serve the Gwendraeth, Llanelli and Carmarthen areas.
All our produce is certified organic and, depending on season, nearly all the fruit and vegetables in our bags is grown at our 2 sites in Bancffosfelen. This radically reduces food miles and carbon emissions and means that our produce is healthy, environmentally friendly and can be offered at reasonable rates. We also offer a wide range of fruit, vegetables, whole foods and other products, sourced as locally and ethically as possible. These are available as 'extra items'.
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Trail Name: George C Waldo State Park
Town: Southbury, CT
Trail Conditions: Greasy and Leafy
Observations/Information: The morning's light rain didn't do much to soften the trails any but made all the non dirt surfaces very slippery. More than one time I slipped on a rock or root.
People are still parking straight in. The couple that came up for the beach that were collecting driftwood looked at as if I was crazy for asking them the next time they came to try and park perpendicular to the entrance. By parking that way you can fit more than 5 cars as if you were to park straight in.
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How did you use the trail? MT Biking
Trails Ridden: Where's Waldo, Down by the Sea, Extra Credit, Daffy Duck.
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Another View: Optimism used to predict elections — not anymore
Democrats finished their party convention in Philadelphia celebrating their monopoly on optimism. Under the headline "Hillary Clinton's Democratic Party Reclaims Morning in America," the Daily Beast's Michael Tomasky wrote: "Donald Trump, and the millions who voted for him, turned the Republican Party into a party of rage about America. They spoke . . . about a country that has stage-four cancer. The Democrats spoke about a country that surely faces problems and challenges, but a country that has to and will choose optimism and hope."
I examined Clinton's and Trump's convention speeches using a technique I've applied to almost every major-party nominee's acceptance address going back to 1900, and I found that Clinton is indeed more optimistic than Trump by most measures. But Democrats may want to temper their optimism about that result.
The axiom that "the more optimistic candidate almost always wins" rests largely on research I published with Harold Zullow showing that the more optimistic candidate won 18 out of 22 presidential elections, from the McKinley-Bryan race in 1900 through the Reagan-Mondale contest in 1984. We found that the optimism of their nomination acceptance speeches was an even better predictor than polling or fundraising numbers. And we theorized that optimism prevailed because it inspires hope in voters and motivates candidates to overcome campaign setbacks.
Yet optimism hasn't been a reliable predictor since the Reagan era. Now that pretty much everyone follows a buoyant script, it doesn't appear to give anyone much of an edge.
I analyzed Trump's and Clinton's convention speeches using a method - content analysis of verbatim explanations, or CAVE - that I helped develop in the '80s. The idea is that we can measure optimism by looking at how people explain bad and good (from their point of view) events. Optimists tend to see problems as temporary, limited in scope and the result of external factors; pessimists see problems as intractable, pervasive and to some extent their fault. Good stuff goes in the opposite direction: Optimists expect good events to persist into the future, to have widespread benefits and to some extent reflect on them; pessimists expect good events to be short-lived, to have a narrow impact, and to have more to do with other people and circumstances than with themselves.
So, for example, here's Trump: "Our convention occurs at a moment of crisis for our nation. The attacks on our police, and the terrorism in our cities, threaten our very way of life. Any politician who does not grasp this danger is not fit to lead our country. Americans watching this address tonight have seen the recent images of violence in our streets and the chaos in our communities. Many have witnessed this violence personally; some have even been its victims. I have a message for all of you: The crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon - and I mean very soon - come to an end. Beginning on January 20th, 2017, safety will be restored."
This passage mentions a chain of bad events that will be resolved by a good event. "Attacks on our police" and "terrorism in our cities" are both "threatening our way of life," which in turn is producing "a moment of crisis." Trump displays a pessimist's tendencies in characterizing these problems as serious and pervasive. But he's optimistic in his suggestion that they are external to him and merely of the moment, with little or no future implications. He's also optimistic in his claim that "safety will be restored." He implies that as a result of his presidency, the issue of safety will be addressed fully, once and for all.
Now, let's look at a passage from Clinton's speech: "America is once again at a moment of reckoning. Powerful forces are threatening to pull us apart. Bonds of trust and respect are fraying. And just as with our founders, there are no guarantees. It truly is up to us. We have to decide whether we all will work together so we all can rise together. . . . But we are not afraid. We will rise to the challenge just as we always have."
Here, Clinton is less pessimistic than Trump in characterizing the problems we face. We are not in a full-blown "crisis" but rather at a "moment of reckoning." Under threat is not "our very way of life" but unity, along with "bonds of trust and respect." These problems are still pretty important, but they aren't catastrophic. Like Trump, Clinton is optimistic in explaining these problems as external to herself. But she's somewhat less optimistic about their resolution. She offers a conditional statement - "we have to decide whether we all will work together so we all can rise together" - and then digresses for a minute or so before concluding, optimistically, that "we will rise to the challenge."
To measure the optimism of a speech, I highlight every causal statement, separate them into good and bad events, and then rate each event based on whether the candidate explained it as internal or external, stable or temporary, global or specific. I also look at the candidate's tendency to ruminate - to dwell on problems - by calculating the percentage of sentences referencing a bad event. (For my formal research, I train teams of coders who are blind to which candidate is responsible for each fragment they are rating. For Clinton and Trump, in the interest of timely albeit preliminary data, I coded the speeches myself.)
I found Trump's speech to be extremely ruminative; 58 percent of his sentences mentioned a bad event. Clinton's address, by contrast, was relatively upbeat: Only a third of her sentences mentioned problems.
Clinton was much more optimistic than Trump about bad events, and it is hope about bad events that matters most to the electorate in our previous work. The single area in which Trump showed more optimism than Clinton was in explanations of good events.
In the final calculation, taking pessimism about bad events multiplied by rumination, Clinton comes out way ahead as the more optimistic candidate.
Thirty years ago, I had high confidence in the power of optimism to predict election outcomes. Our analysis of acceptance speeches found that the sunnier candidate won 82 percent of the presidential elections from 1900 to 1984, and the numerical difference in optimism powerfully predicted the size of the electoral college majority. This was especially noteworthy in looking at the candidates who started lower in the polls but were strongly optimistic: Harry Truman in 1948, John Kennedy in 1960 and Ronald Reagan in 1980.
The four exceptions were intriguing. Three were the Franklin Roosevelt reelections in which FDR, leading the nation in the Great Depression and then into war, was more pessimistic than his opponent at a time when things were objectively miserable. The fourth was the Humphrey-Nixon election of 1968, in which Hubert Humphrey (the "Happy Warrior") was more optimistic than Richard Nixon. But Humphrey, who started at a huge polling disadvantage after the Chicago police beat up antiwar demonstrators during his nominating convention, closed to within 0.8 percent of Nixon by the end of the campaign, leading to claims that if the race had lasted another week, Humphrey would have won.
In 1988, we tried a genuine prediction. We identified George H.W. Bush as the most optimistic of the seven declared Republican candidates and Michael Dukakis as the most optimistic of the six Democrats stumping in New Hampshire that January. Bob Dole was ahead of the Republican pack at the time, and Gary Hart was leading the Democrats. But sure enough, Bush and Dukakis went on to claim their respective party nominations.
The surprise came in the general election. Based on their convention speeches, we predicted in August that Dukakis would beat Bush by six or seven percentage points. I was so certain we were right that on a trip to Scotland I ventured into the betting shops of Edinburgh and wagered $17,000 - essentially all my savings - on a Dukakis win. Zullow, my co-author, refused to go in with me on the bet, which turned out to be a wise decision. Bush beat Dukakis by 7.7 percentage points.
My subsequent predictions have been mixed. In 1996, David Fresco and I assessed that Bill Clinton's convention speech was more optimistic than Bob Dole's, correctly anticipating that election's result. In 2000, Fresco, James Hambrick and I measured Al Gore and George W. Bush as nearly tied in their optimism, with Gore having a slight edge - that's arguably in line with an election so close that it required a recount. But then in 2008, Stephen Schueller and I determined John McCain's acceptance speech to be more optimistic than Barack Obama's, even though Obama would go on to win by 7.3 percentage points. (I didn't assess optimism in 1992, 2004 or 2012.)
In other words, for the last four elections that my psychology lab studied, convention-speech optimism was not a reliable predictor.
I still believe that voters are listening for hope, that we want leaders with a moral compass who will make a better future for us.


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What are anti-vax people talking about with the inserts and whatnot?
The package insert lists the ingredients that are found in vaccines and the adverse events that have been reported for people that received the ingredients.
This gives you an idea what is injected in your body and what effects the treatment could have on you and what efficacy and safety studies had been performed.
Here is an example, the package inserts of a Hep B vaccine[1][2] :
First one can check the ingredients:
· 10 micrograms Hepatitis B surface antigen
· 0.25 milligrams Aluminum Hydroxide
· Yeast cells (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)
· Sodium phosphate
· Dibasic dihydrate
· Sodium phosphate
· Monobasic dihydrate
· Sodium chloride
· Polysorbate 20.
· Bovine derived materials
Then one can check the adverse reaction studies:
We find that over 5000 healthy adults and children were monitored for 4 days post-administration.
Checking the post-marketing experience section one can find a list of reported adverse events or events that have a suspected causal connection to the vaccine. It's not always possible to establish a causal relationship to the vaccine as the science that investigates adverse events has often not been done.
we find the following adverse events:
Herpes zoster, meningitis, Thrombocytopenia, Allergic reaction, anaphylactoid reaction, anaphylaxis, Encephalitis, encephalopathy, migraine, multiple sclerosis, neuritis, neuropathy, hypoesthesia, paresthesia, Guillain-Barré syndrome and Bell's palsy, optic neuritis, paralysis, paresis, seizures, syncope, transverse myelitis, Conjunctivitis, keratitis, visual disturbances, Earache, tinnitus, vertigo, Palpitations, tachycardia, Vasculitis, Apnea, bronchospasm including asthma-like symptoms, Dyspepsia, Alopecia, angioedema, eczema, erythema multiforme including Stevens-Johnson syndrome, erythema nodosum, lichen planus, purpura, Arthritis, muscular weakness, Injection site reaction, Abnormal liver function tests,
What can one learn from this information?
First, we do know that this vaccine contains 250 micrograms(0.25mg) of aluminum.
That number alone doesn't tell us much. We get exposed to aluminum on a daily basis, it's found in food and in the environment, we need to understand whether or not it is a small or a large amount. We need to compare it to other sources of exposure to get a better idea.
Since this vaccine is given to newborn babies we can look at the amount babies are exposed to and compare it to the amount the vaccine contains.
We do know that in the first 6 months of life a baby will ingest approximately 7000 micrograms of aluminum. The intestinal absorption of aluminum is very low ( ~ 0.3%) and we know that most of what is in a vaccine will be absorbed.
A simple calculation shows that in the first 6 months a baby will absorb 7000/300 = 23 micrograms of aluminum from breast milk and 250 micrograms from a single Hep B injection.
That's 60 months worth of aluminum in one single shot.
What about the other ingredients? We do know that it could be possible that vaccination could sensitize the recipient not only against the target disease but also against other vaccine ingredients.
So we could see sensitization against bovine derived materials, yeast proteins and other ingredients and possibly proteins that are close enough to these antigens(molecular mimicry). For example it was speculated that the 2009 swine flu vaccine antigen for H1N1 caused the immune system to cross react with hypocretin which lead to the destruction of hypocretin secreting neurons in brain, the cells responsible for promoting wakefulness and this led to cases of narcolepsy.
The adverse events section shows us that the adverse reaction studies for this vaccine tend to be short-term and often last a few days only.
If we want to know about rare and possible long-term effects(narcolepsy would be one) we need to look at the list of reported adverse events. The problem is that this list tells us little about the actual rate because most adverse events are never reported and we can't assume all events to be causal. That being said the events listed are more likely to be associated with the vaccine, not all reported events are listed.
[1] https://www.fda.gov/downloads/bi…
[2] https://www.gsk.com.au/resources…
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Berkeley is getting the boot.
This month, drivers five or more unpaid parking tickets will have an immobilizing metal boot placed on their car, instead of the car being towed.
The boot will actually save violators because they won't have to pay $75 for a vehicle release form, a $160 tow fee and $65 a day for storage, said Lt. Diane Delaney of the city's traffic and parking bureau.
They will pay $140 to have the boot removed and must pay off all the tickets, Delaney said.
"It's saving people at least $160 and they can pay their tickets off right away," Delaney said.
The program is part of a contract with a company called Paylock. Paylock keeps the $140 fee for each boot Berkeley parking enforcement officers put on cars. The company also pays for a Ford van equipped with special license plate cameras that a city employee will drive around the streets 40 hours a week, Delaney said. The cameras feed data from license plates into a computer which tells the parking officer if a car has more than five unpaid tickets, she said.
The owner of a booted car must put down a $500 credit card deposit on the boot and the Paylock help center will tell the owner how to remove it. The car owner then returns the boot to a tow business on San Pablo Avenue, Delaney said.
The owner also can pay in cash at the city service center downtown, she said.
If a car owner does not respond to the boot in 48 hours, the car can be towed, she said.
Berkeley is hoping the new contract with Paylock helps the city redeem about $1.6 million in unpaid parking tickets out there over the last year, Delaney said.
Doug Oakley covers Berkeley. Contact him at 510-843-1408. Follow him at Twitter.com/douglasoakley