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Camp David Guest House and Camping Resor

Camp David Guest House and Camping Resor

Nakuru, Kenya - Lanet
$24 per night
$24 per night

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Description - Bed and breakfast

Camp David Guest House & Camping Resort is a low-budget facility located a long the Nakuru-Dundori Road, about 15 Km from Nakuru town

The space
  • Property type: Bed and breakfast
  • Guest rooms/units: 6
  • Year built: 1954
  • Renovated: 2009
Bed and breakfast accommodations

Lowest price available: $24

Double Vacation rental
  • Check-in: 4:00pm
  • Check-out: 10:00am

Bed and breakfast amenities

Facilities at the guest house/camp resort include a self-catering kitchen with gas cookers and the latest kitchen equipment, beautiful living room surrounded with flags of many nations in the world, spacious camping site and a volley-ball ground.

Clean water, hot-water wash-rooms, washing machine for clothes, a big flat-screen television connected to five hundred and twenty two(522) TV stations world-wide and a music library including any type of music for different tastes.

Local meals are available on request.

24-hr front desk Airport pickup Bicycle rental Breakfast (extra charge) Breakfast included Children permitted Fitness equipment Historic site Hot tub Laundry/valet service Linen included Live music Meal plans No curfew Parking (free) Pets not allowed Smoking not permitted Sports/activities Taxi service

Room amenities

Kansas Room. Double Bed British Columbia Room Double Room Melbourne Room Double Room Nagoya Room Double Room

A/C climate control Coffee/tea maker Fax service Fireplace (gas) Fireplace (wood burning) Iron/ironing board Kitchenettes Maid service daily Microwave Mountain view rooms Refrigerator Shared bathroom Showers without bath Sockets Television Television (cable/satellite) Television not available Toiletries light mosquito nets towels

Lake Nakuru National Park, which is home to millions of flamingos and the "big five" game animals, Menengai Crater, Lake Baringo, Lake Bogoria, Maasai Mara Game Reserve(scene of the wild-beest migration), Mt Kenya, Amboseli and the Kenyan Coast are easily accessible from Nakuru town.

Points of interest
  • Lake Nakuru National Parl 20 Km
  • Hyrax Hill Pre-historic Site 12 Km

Food and drink
Eating in house
Camp David
In the guest house
Eating out
Chicken Spot
In Nakuru town
In Nakuru town
In Nakuru town
In Nakuru town
Nakuru Coffee House
In Nakuru town

Price details

$24 - 25 per night

Taxes: 15.00%
Prices shown here are without tax. Tax will be added to your final payment.

An additional deposit may be requested prior to arrival. If so, you will be contacted directly after you confirm your booking.

Credit cards: Not accepted on location

Booking and cancellation policy

Unless otherwise specified, booking payments are non-refundable.

50% deposilt on booking,Payment in Cash,cancellation should be at least 14 days before arrival.A percentage is charged for cancellation after that time.

Location - Bed and breakfast

Rift Valley (Rift Valley Province)
Kenya  00200

How to get there

Accessibility of Camp David Guest House & Camping Resort can be determined from the location marked on google maps:

Taxi Cab, Public Cabins called Matatus in Kenya

Nearest airport: Jomo Kenyatta in Nairobi,156 km away

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B.C. man dies in custody awaiting trial for Valentine’s Day robbery, kidnapping spree

Robert James Rennie, who was on the Kamloops RCMP’s most wanted list, passed away at the North Fraser Pretrial Centre in Coquitlam

  • Apr. 17, 2021 8:00 a.m.

-Kamloops This Week

A man charged in connection with Valentine’s Day robbery and kidnapping spree in Kamloops in 2019 has died in custody, while awaiting trial. Kamloops This Week has learned that Robert James Rennie, who was on the Kamloops RCMP’s most wanted list, passed away at the North Fraser Pretrial Centre in Coquitlam on March 12.

Rennie, 33, had a bail hearing the day before his death, which was adjourned. The charges against him were stayed by the Crown on the afternoon of March 12.

Both the BC Coroner’s Service and BC Corrections confirmed a death occurred at the facility on March 12, but did not confirm the person’s identity, citing privacy reasons. Another source confirmed to KTW the deceased was, in fact, Rennie.

While they would not confirm the identity, BC Corrections and BC Coroners said they are investigating the March 12 death.

“BC Corrections is investigating and will complete a review of the circumstances,” a spokesperson for BC Corrections told KTW in an email.

The spokesperson said the coroners service is also investigating “as they do in all unexpected and/or unnatural deaths” and look to determine how, where, when and by what means the individual came to their death. It is not clear at this time how Rennie died.

“As this is an open investigation, we are unable to provide any additional information,” a BC Coroners spokesperson told KTW via email.

Rennie had been on the lam for nearly a year when he was arrested by Vancouver Police during a 2 a.m. traffic stop on March 1. He was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for charges of armed robbery with a firearm, forcible confinement and an assault causing bodily harm — all stemming from the Valentine’s Day incident in 2019. Rennie was one of three men arrested in connection with a series of incidents, involving robbery, kidnapping and assault, spanning between Feb.13 and Feb. 14.

The other two men — Michael Mathieson and Justin Daniels — have since been sentenced.

Mathieson, 38, is serving six-and-a-half years in a federal prison, while Daniels, 40, pleaded guilty last August and was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in a federal penitentiary.

The robbery and kidnapping took place in the midst of a violent gang war and involved people active in the Kamloops drug trade. Police stumbled upon the kidnapping in progress in the early-morning hours of Feb. 14, 2019, while monitoring a wiretap as part of a separate, ongoing investigation. The violent spree began hours earlier, when a man was beaten and robbed inside a suite at a Sahali motel.

That was followed by a visit to a downtown motel, where assailants held a couple against their will and lured an acquaintance to the scene with the promise of money. The target arrived with his girlfriend and another man and both men were robbed, with the woman taken against her will to Kelowna. There, she she was handed over to a driver to be taken back to Kamloops and, on the drive back, she was rescued by police during a high-risk traffic stop in Falkland.

Mathieson, Rennie and Daniels were arrested separately on three different days later that month.

Rennie, who had obtained bail following his arrest, fled from a halfway house in April 2020 and failed to show up for his trial last September, before being apprehended this past March.

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Tuesday, 15 April 2014

going graphic | laundry room artwork

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So the person who made the plans for our house probably had a shiny diploma hanging in her/his office. Unfortunately that diploma was no guarantee for plain old common sense. There is an array of strange things in our house - mostly sockets in very odd places - and this one really takes the price. The electrical box in the laundry room is placed right smack in the middle of the only wall that is not covered with cabinets. It's ugly and impractical and it has been bugging me since we moved in. So that was in 2006. I don't always move quickly. Ha!

I painted the wall last summer when I grew tired of all the white in the room, and I really liked the dark grey but the white door for the electrical box was sticking out like a sore thumb. So I created three pieces of artwork and framed them in white Ribba frames from IKEA.

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I might not love it but I think it's at least better than before. I printed the artwork myself on Epson Matte Presentation Paper so if and when I want to change it out it won't be all that much of a heartache. So now the next thing on my list for that room is to change out the hideous light fixtures. I am thinking old industrial looking lamps.

Tuesday, 8 April 2014

going graphic | inspirational quote cards set two

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I finally got my second set of inspirational quote cards printed. I am now ready to put them up on my little wall beside my desk at work. I don't spend much time there at the moment, but it will be a nice thing to come back to when I do start working again.

This set featured a few longer quotes, and it took me a whole to get them to look right. I chose to go with the same cards from Becky Higgins Project Life Midnight Kit as my base, and stuck with basically the same fonts. I like the consistency of the look when all the cards are together.

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If you missed the first set you can find it here!

Thursday, 27 March 2014

going graphic | inspirational quote cards set one

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I have collected a bunch of inspirational quotes for a while that I keep on lovely hot pink post it notes on a wall beside my desk at work. Coming back to work after a long time recently, made me realize that the lovely hot pink post its weren't so very lovely at all. As can be seen in this phone camera snapshot. Awful, isn't it?

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So what to do, what to do? Design some better looking ones of course!

So I used a few cards from the Becky Higgins project Life Midnight Collection to create clean, graphic quote cards that will please my eye much more in the future.

I love doing graphic work. It's like solving a puzzle, trying to work different fonts together with the wording. I spent a few hours fiddling with these, and I am so pleased with the results.

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I have one more set done as well, but naturally I ran out of Epson Presentation Paper, and will have to come back to those in a couple of days.

Wednesday, 10 July 2013

shabby chic 40th birthday invitation

A friend of mine is turning 40 next month and she asked me to create the invitations to her birthday party. She was very specific about two things; she wanted pink, and she wanted shabby chic.

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With an all script font, a rose pattern background, and some pink dotted flags to set it off, I think it met her description pretty well. To finish it off, I added an intricate doily and a satin ribbon for the guests to slip off and reveal the card. I backed the card with a pink paper in the same texture as the front so the card was really thick and lovely. The card was sent in a pink envelope, of course.

And yes, my birthday is at the very beginning of August. And yes, my name is Linda. But no, I don't turn 40 this year. I really do have a friend with the same name as mine, and with a birthday very close to mine. She is just a year older! LOL!

Saturday, 29 September 2012

invitation | autumn birthday

It's nearing the time for the husband's birthday again and as usual he wanted to arrange a small (ha) dinner party for parents and siblings. We have a cool theme planned, and of course I had to do an invitation to suit.

Despite the fact that I got the date wrong, which is something we didn't even notice until one of the guests asked if we really wanted them to come on a Sunday, I think I really love this invitation. It's fun, it's full of beautiful typography, and it has the very trendy chalkboard look. It's defenitely one of my favourites.

Friday, 28 September 2012

corporate design | royal underwear

I was asked to design a flyer for a lingerie shop that is opening today in a shopping center in my city. They wanted a sophisticated and classic feel with a fun and modern touch.

I present you with the finished product:

I like the elegant combination of blue and grey, and I like the retro modern style with a variation of typefaces.

If you are local, do stop by Royal Underwear and take an advantage of their opening offer!

Tuesday, 19 June 2012

paper design | latest work sneak

So I have been hinting that I'm crazy busy with wedding prep. I have the honour of helping out with two weddings this summer. The first one is just a week and a half away, and I am super excited because we've worked in lots of beautiful details. I cannot wait to share them all with you!

The other wedding is in August. So far I have only finished the invites out of the stuff I am involved in, but I plan to get busy on the rest as soon as we enter July.

I thought I'd share just a little sneak of the invites for the second wedding. The couple asked for a traditional style, luxurious paper, red, and roses.

The back paper is a deep shimmery red, and the white is thick with a beautiful deep texture. Luscious!

Sunday, 6 May 2012

typography | inspirational prints

One of the things I noticed when looking at the pictures from last week's Week in the life project was that my office at work is very bare. I do have a few small postcards, but they are on the opposite side of the room and I have my back to them most of the time. The two walls that I see the most when sitting there are empty and very white.

So I decided to do something about it. Since I have a large format printer it would be very easy for me to cook something up and print out at home. Frameless prints would also be easy to put up, and take down, without doing anything to the walls.

So with that said, I created two very simple, but for me effective in message, prints. I will be very happy to put them up.


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Little India

Little India is one of Singapore's most characteristic neighbourhoods: the smell of insence, the colourful clothing, the architecture and the shops are just some of the things that make it so special.

The first Indian immigrants to arrive in Singapore were servants to Sir Stamford Raffles,who arrived in the city in 1819. At the end of the 19th century, many more arrived in search of work.

What to see in Little India

Although the most striking feature of the neighbourhood is the atmosphere itself, don't miss the opportunity to visit the Tekka Centre, Little India Arcade and various temples you'll find.

If you're looking to go shopping, the Mustafa Centre is for you: a major mall which is open 24 hours a day.

Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple

A visit to the Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple is likely to be one of the best things you experience on your visit to Singapore. Built in 1881 it's the most important temple to the local Hindu community.

Sri Veeramakaliamman is closed between 12:15 and 4 pm. The best times to visit are at 8 am, and 12, 6:30 and 9 pm.

If can (and you should try to make time) don't miss the rituals that take place in the temple: an unforgettable experience.

Wandering the streets of Little India is like heading back to Mumbai: its colourful houses, as colourful as the clothes you'll see on the streets, its shops, markets and restaurants make for a spectacle that no traveller should miss.

But more than that, the daily life and the hustle and bustle make this an experience you won't want to end - we recommend that you dedicate at least two hours to exploring at your leisure.

MRT: Little India (Brown line).

Nearby places

Kampong Glam (986 m) Raffles Hotel (1.5 km) Orchard Road (1.8 km) Esplanade, Theatres on the Bay (2 km) Clarke Quay (2.1 km)


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How Metal Gear Solid's Fulton Recovery System Works in Real Life

It's what would happen if Hideo Kojima had directed 'Up'.

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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, a game about a one-eyed man and his binoculars, is quite good. This is not surprising, given the franchise’s 28-year history of pumping out fantastic, if occasionally bloated, video games. The latest incarnation expands on an offbeat game mechanic called the Fulton Recovery System (and another offbeat game mechanic not officially named Tactical Horse Poo), neither of which are terribly surprising given the franchise’s 28-year history of whimsical technology and poop jokes.

The Fulton Skyhook Air Rescue System is a real means of extracting personnel from behind enemy lines. The namesake and creator, Robert Edison Fulton Jr. invented seven components that, when combined, formed the recovery system. He was inspired by earlier systems that used poles for surface-to-air extractions, but balloons allowed planes to fly at higher, safer altitudes. The device consists of one miniature helium blimp lift, one nylon harness, one V-shaped hook on the end of an aircraft, and an aircraft. You may have seen this method of bad guy extraction violate international airspace treaties in such films as The Dark Knight.

As Metal Gear Solid’s Big Boss, you can Fulton Recover enemy combatants to recruit them to your side. You can also snag anything from wolf puppies to Jeeps to mountain sheep. And there is some historical precedent to Big Boss’ zoological outings, as the first live thing Fulton attached to his system was a pig; according to CIA legend the pig not only survived but was pissed off enough to attack the pilots.

From a player’s perspective Metal Gear, the game, leaves out the less-fun logistics of coordinating a low-flying C-130 Hercules (though bad weather can cause Fulton extractions to fail). The video game also diverges from real life vis-a-vis physics: The acceleration was closer to that of an escaped party balloon than getting jerked into the stratosphere by an angling Wind God.

“It’s not as violent as a parachute opening,” Tom Crouch, PhD, a historian and curator at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., tells Inverse. “You went straight up for the first 100 feet or so and then streamed behind the aircraft.”

Even so, the whole thing did look sort of ridiculous, particularly when told by old-timey CIA instruction booklets.

In 1962, the CIA first used the Skyhook to recover agents from an abandoned Soviet sub base in the Arctic. The American military quietly deployed the Skyhook until the ‘90s, when balloons were phased out thanks to advancements in helicopter technology. The Skyhook and rescue device leave a legacy that the Air and Space Museum describes as “perhaps [Fulton’s] most unsung but bold aerial successes.”

Even now, Crouch says, the Fulton system is used to collect mail above hard-to-reach places like remote Arctic outposts. “The oldest means of flight,” he says, meaning the 1793 invention of balloons, “are still with us.”

With a name like Robert Edison Fulton Jr., the inventions didn’t stop there — the Skyhook inspired sea and air-to-air versions. Plus, Fulton created the Airphibian, a car that flew on FAA-certified airplane wings. Your move, Metal Gear.

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Investec leads successful capital raising for ITM Power plc

22 Oct 2019

Investec Corporate and Investment Banking (“Investec”) has acted as Nominated Adviser, Financial Adviser and Broker to ITM Power plc (ITM Power) on its intention to raise at least £52 million through a strategic investment of £38.0 million at 40 pence per share by Linde UK Holdings, a member of the Linde AG group (Linde), and a conditional placing of £14.0 million at 40 pence per share with existing and new institutional investors.

In addition, ITM Power intends to raise up to c.£6.8 million through an open offer of 17,053,126 new ordinary shares at 40 pence per share.
ITM Power has also entered into a 50/50 joint venture with Linde which will focus on delivering green hydrogen to large scale industrial projects.
Investec’s Chris Sim commented:
“Investec is excited to have supported ITM Power with its recent fundraising. Together with the transformative investment and joint venture with Linde, a world leader in industrial gas and engineering, this capital raising will provide the company with a strong platform for the next stage in its journey.”
ITM Power is a specialist manufacturer of integrated hydrogen energy systems and was the first United Kingdom-based fuel cell company to go public when the company floated on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in 2004.

For more information, please contact:

Luke O’Mahony, Investec (Public Relations) - 020 7597 5261
[email protected]
Sarah Oppler, Lansons (PR agency for Investec CIB) - 020 7597 9709
[email protected]
Investec Corporate and Investment Banking
Investec CIB is a division of Investec Bank plc, an international corporate and investment bank working with growth-orientated companies, institutions and private equity funds. Our people set us apart – empowered, straightforward and invested in our clients’ long-term success. We provide capital solutions, advice and ideas, along with bespoke investment solutions and access to capital markets. Founded in 1974, The Investec Group has grown successfully through its client focussed approach and its ability to serve diverse and evolving financial needs.
This press release is issued on behalf of Investec Bank plc. Registered address: 30 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7QP. (Reg No. 489604).  Investec Corporate and Investment Banking is a brand name of Investec Bank plc, which is a member of the London Stock Exchange.
Investec Bank plc (Reg. no. 489604) is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority.


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BitGo Enters Into Agreement To Acquire Kingdom Trust

27 Feb
Kingdom Trust Lighthouse and bridge at sunset

BitGo’s Combined Offering with Kingdom Trust Provides the First Complete and Independent Qualified Custodial Offering for Bitcoin, Ripple, Ethereum, and More PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BitGo, the leader in digital currency security solutions for institutional investors, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Kingdom Trust Company, a South Dakota-chartered, fully regulated trust […]


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The information for this article has come from a  fake report (distributed for profit) on the internet by unscrupulous humorists  masking their juvenile imaginative jokes as actual fact.   Please forgive my mistake.

  1. OMG!!!!! Pope Francis is changing the church for the better in so many wonderful ways . . .
    and now THIS??!!!!! Mike, this website is our #1 news source about children – please keep
    us up to date on this deeply disturbing story. What does S.N.A.P. have to say?
    I’m stunned.

    Carol Hudak

  2. No need to apologize, Mike. This is a very ‘sick’ joke. I’m thrilled to know it is not true.

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Neuromarketing – the way into the consumer’s brain?

Lighting, background music, fragrance – selling strategies in retail are no longer limited to just product placement. To ensure that a trip to the store leads to a purchase, marketing experts plan the layout of the retail space down to the finest detail. The goal is to create an environment or ambience that is ‘sale-friendly’ and speaks to the customer’s subconscious. This environment is not just important for the ‘brick and mortar’ retail sector but also for online sales. The e-commerce sector makes use of any and all means to bring attention to the products and services that they offer.

On a daily basis, online consumers are confronted by an excessive amount of offers from so many companies, many of whom are more or less selling the same thing. This flood of offers means that online retailers must ask themselves: ‘Why should the consumer choose to buy from us and not from the competitor?’ But purely rational approaches and considerations here play a relatively minor role – at least according to neuroscience. Neurologists believe the decision to buy has a lot more to do with the parts of the brain that deal with the processing of emotions and behavioral instincts. Trying to figure just how much neurological factors have to do with marketing is in many ways the definition of neuromarketing.

What is neuromarketing?

Neuromarketing is an interdisciplinary research field that positions itself between market research and neuroeconomics. While neuroeconomists attempt to explain economic decision processes with the help of neurological methods, neuromarketers on the other hand use these explanations to develop new marketing strategies and instruments.

Neuroeconomic research is based on the assumption that decisions are largely made based on subconscious actions. When it comes to making a purchase, it is emotions and not rational considerations that dictate our buying decision.

The aim of neuromarketing is the optimization of marketing processes and, figuratively speaking, gaining an insight into the brain of the consumer. The goal is to decipher what subconscious processes take place during a purchase or the viewing of an advertisement. Researchers and marketing specialists hope to acquire an accurate view of the purchase decision making process, which then leads to a purchase. With this information, neuromarketers now claim to be able to find the answers that up until now have remained elusive from the more classic marketing instruments, such as surveys, etc. Even the most cooperative of test subjects cannot provide information relating to processes that take place subconsciously.

Neuromarketing instruments

The human brain is a complicated network made up of approximately 100 billion nerve cells. It processes sensory perceptions, coordinates complex behavior, and acts as a central storage facility for all processed information. As the base for all thoughts, opinions, attitudes, wishes, and purposes, the brain is the physical bedrock of an individual’s mental processes and configurations, as well as their cognition and emotion. The way in which all these interact with each other and lead to decision processes is the subject of various research areas. But there are no conclusive answers, and neuroscience has committed itself to answering this question by attempting to understand the physical and biological processes that take place in the brain. This is done primarily through non-invasive neurophysiological methods of examination, like electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

  • EEG: Electroencephalography is the measurement of the electronic activity in the brain. This method of measurement gathers voltage fluctuations along the surface of the head, and then plots them graphically. Being a non-imaging process, it provides information on physiological reactions in the brain, but doesn’t lay them out in relation to the underlying anatomical structures. This means that researchers can record that a certain stimulus has triggered a reaction, but they are unable to figure out in which part of the brain this took place.
  • fMRI: Functional magnetic resonance imaging is an imaging method that makes it possible to create a spatial representation of the activated part of the brain. fMRI also make it possible to make use of different magnetic components of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood to identify metabolic changes to blood circulation. This in turn zones in on the neuronal activity in the corresponding part of the brain. In contrast to non-imaging processes like EEG, the reactions can be attributed to a specific area of the brain.

Further to advertising research, neuromarketing can also draw on psychophysiological behaviors, i.e. measurements like heart rate, electro dermal activity, and eye tracking.

  • Heart rate measurement: This is where the number of heart beats during a certain period is measured. The aim is to correlate the arousal of the test person with various stimuli.
  • Electrodermal activity (EDA):  Electrodermal reaction refers to a short subsidence of the electrical properties of the skin. This is caused by the emotional-effective reactions in the sympathetic nervous system. If the presentation of a stimulus leads to an electrodermal reaction, then this is a sign of the test subject’s arousal.
  • Eye tracking: Eye tracking means you gather data on the eye movement of a test subject while they are presented with visual stimuli. Using technical apparatuses, the eye movement can be recorded and divided into fixations, i.e. when the eye gaze pauses in a certain position, and saccades, i.e. when the eye moves to a different position.

Advertising research

Neuromarketing often involves a combination of psycho and neurophysiological examination methods. This is done with the intention of analyzing the reaction of potential target groups to advertisements, product design, the structuring of the design process, or indeed even the design of a retail space. Possible stimuli, whose impact can be monitored, are different versions of an advertisement, a website, the user interface of a software, or maybe a product packaging. E-commerce relies on processes like these to facilitate the optimal design and placement of advertisements, order buttons, visual elements, and calls to action.

Where does the consumer look? How does he/she react to it? Which parts of the brain are stimulated as a result? These are all key questions. The goal is, through neurological processes, to be able to understand the physical actions stimulated by advertising material and layout. This usually means that techniques such as eye-tracking must be applied to measure the eye movement and the attention span caused by the stimulus. This, combined with an imaging process like fMRI, can evaluate which neuronal area was stimulated by observing a stimulus. If a test subject responds to a certain stimulus via neuronal activity in a certain part of the brain, this then implies that this effect can be assigned to that corresponding area of the brain.

It must be noted that neuro and psychophysiological studies mostly take place in a laboratory environment. This allows for information on brain activity and the involvement of certain anatomical structures. But being able to correctly interpret the results with marketing issues in mind is only possible if the experiment results are compatible with fundamental neuroscientific and psychological knowledge, so that a relevant correlation can then be identified.

Example: Judging brain activity in the amygdala, a part of the so-called limbic system, when presented with a certain stimulus is only possible when this part of the brain is then attributed with being emotionally affected by this information. Emotional psychology research has established that emotions very strongly influence the way in which we take in and evaluate the world around us. Neuroscientific studies, particularly those by António Damásio (Descartes’ Error) and Joseph LeDoux (The Emotional Brain), prove insightful in this regard. What they have shown is that emotions that influence attention and memory, as well as emotional evaluation, i.e. all that is assessed emotionally, are processed at a deeper level.

Of particular interest to marketing experts is the mesolimbic system and its neurotransmitter dopamine. An activation of the so-called reward center is connected with feelings of joy and pleasure. According to neuroscientists, one of the key functions of the mesolimbic system is the strengthening of the readiness to act. An activation in the corresponding areal is interpreted as a positive stimulus, which in turn link to motivation. This means that the mesolimbic system plays a role in the positive reinforcement and learning through reward.

A connection has been found between achieving a profit and the activation of the reward center. This sensation is not just prompted by an individual achieving a profit because of making a decision, but can also come from joyfully anticipating a future reward. For example, tests in the area of product design have shown that sports and luxury cars have been known to have activated the rewarding areas of the brain much stronger compared to hybrid cars. This reaction can be explained by social ranking, which is often heavily associated with these kinds of cars. Raising your status can also be a form of social reward, even if it has not yet been achieved but is only a future prospect.

If this actually leads to consumers grabbing for their credit cards is another issue entirely. Ultimately, not all purchase decisions are ones that have successfully appealed to an individual’s emotions with marketing actions. Many other factors are also involved in potential customers’ decision making process, including; their state of mind of at that exact moment, recommendations from friends and family, and past experiences with products and services. On top of this, there are also external factors, such as interruptions and distractions caused by others. These can also influence consumers’ buying process. The fundamental issues when it comes to marketing cannot be addressed based solely on neurons and neuronal activity.

Neuronal marketing: the tricks of the advertising trade

When it comes to figuring out exactly how neuromarketing works, limits are defined by the current knowledge levels of general brain science and research. And in many of the areas relevant to marketing and advertising, little more than the basic amount of research exists. Technically elaborate apparatuses, expensive series of experiments, and PowerPoint presentations featuring colorful pictures of the brain, all disguise the fact that the current state of research is fairly limited. This also applies to the actively complex topics around cognition and emotion, where research is still a long way from done.

The idea that emotions, when mixed with brand awareness, can promote sales is in no way a new idea and is one which has been adapted by advertising psychologists throughout the last century. And advertisers demonstrate it without the use of expensive fMRI studies. But there is no doubt that the amount of influence exerted by neuroeconomic, psychological, and cognitive scientific theories in the minds of marketers is certainly increasing. But not only empirical measurement methods are being utilized. Instead of inviting test subjects into a laboratory, marketing experts instead turn to existing concepts, like arousal, herding, emotionality, priming, and other hypotheses of established marketers in order to develop sales tricks, which can influence consumers’ subconscious decision-making processes.

Human beings act based on the behavior of people around them, mostly without consciously deciding to do so. If one person begins to speak quietly, the other will begin to whisper. If one person feels the need to yawn, it’s often the case that a second person won’t be able to stop themselves from yawning either. Neuroscience explains this phenomenon with the aptly named mirror neurons. This was first recorded by the research group of the Italian neurophysiologist Giacomo Rizzolati. He discovered that the neurons in a certain part of an individual’s brain not only reacted when the test subject carried out a motor hand to object interaction, but that this was also the case when a similar movement was observed being carried out by another test person. Today we know that all it takes is for a gesture, e.g. a yawn, to be seen to cause a subconscious mirror reaction.

The mirror neurons theory also explains the phenomenon of the herd mentality, something which can be observed both in animals and in humans. This refers to the way in which a group of individuals will collectively behave in a similar manner, without any organized controlling. This ‘herding’ term has now also found its way into marketing jargon. While neurophysiologists limit themselves to researching the brains of primates, such as observing test subjects eating ice cream, advertising experts use the herd mentality to give their target market a shove in the desired direction.

A technical marketing use of the herding phenomenon can be seen in the area of user-generated product reviews, something which is now offered by nearly every single online shop. It is no secret that the consumer is more likely to favor the products and services that have been bought by others and subsequently been found to be satisfactory. Who would choose to book a room in a hotel which, because of poor hygiene standards and unfriendly staff, has been given one star out of five by a previous visitor?

Marketing experts assume that the herding effect is much stronger when linked to recommendations made by prominent personalities. Testimonial advertising is an everyday occurrence now with regards to herding marketing. Why would you ever choose to drink Budweiser, when Heineken has now become the drink of choice for James Bond?

While celebrity endorsements have been around for decades, new forms of advertising like Let’s Play, hauls, and unboxing videos are now emerging. What these basically entail is consumers trying out video games or unboxing and sampling recently bought products, and then hopefully recommending them to others. The viewing figures of these sorts of videos on YouTube and other video streaming sites only go to show how large the audience is that can be reached with this form of user-generated advertising.

Emotionalized branding

If you buy into the idea that emotions influence the processing of information relating to memory, thought, and decision processes, then it is obvious that you must link brands, products, and services with emotion. To remain memorable to consumers it is no longer sufficient to make clear and rational points. In many ways, it is much more important to emphasize the emotional value of a brand, product, or service.

The emotional significance of certain brands in the minds of consumers can really be judged by observing the market for the likes of energy drinks, chocolate bars, and lemonade.
Here, it is the brands that have relied on emotionalized advertising for years that are the market leaders. With these brands, there is one advertising style that is king: storytelling. While this marketing trick may sound quite simple, finding good stories and then telling them in a way that evokes emotion is the key to major success in marketing.

A textbook example of a brand that is most certainly emotionally charged is Coca Cola. When blindly tasted, test subjects have been known to say that the main competitor Pepsi actually tastes better. But if they see the branded bottles, then the majority will nearly always go for Coca-Cola. This shows how the company has managed to skillfully link their brand with a certain emotion. So much so that it will override objective taste sensations. Let’s be honest: who’s going to be thinking of Pepsi when you see images of the iconic Coca-Cola Christmas truck rolling past on the TV or on a billboard?

A scientific explanation for how brands manage to emotionalize themselves is offered by the priming effect and also the somatic marker hypothesis (SMH).

Priming refers to a term from psychology which denotes a phenomenon where the processing of a stimulus (the target stimulus) is influenced by the fact that a previous stimulus (cue stimulus) has activated an implicit memory. This implicit memory will recall experiences that lead to specific associations, and subconsciously affect an individual’s behavior. Priming distinguishes itself from other explicit memories, which can be consciously called on and articulated.  A priming stimulus can be a word, image, smell, or a gesture.

The first reference to the priming effect can be found in the work of psychologist John A. Bargh, whose Florida experiment has gone down historically as one of the classic experiments in psychology. Bargh demonstrated that the behavior of the test subject can be influenced by priming. Two different lists of words were used as the priming stimuli. The experiment saw the experimental group receive two successive lists of words, like forgettable, bald, grey, and Florida; all words that were obviously linked to the theme of old age. The control group, on the other hand, were presented with a list of words from a range of other themes. Central to the experiment was the change of rooms that took place between the first and second tasks. Bargh noticed that the experimental group, which had been primed by the list of words to do with age, moved much slower to the next room compared to the control group. This allowed him to make the conclusion that simply reading certain words had subconsciously affected the behavior of the test subjects.

Bargh’s Florida experiment attracted attention, not just because of the implications regarding human decision-making and free will, but also because it could not be replicated in later studies. It was still the case, however, that similar effects were demonstrated by other, comparable social psychological and psycholinguistic studies. Today, ‘priming’ has established itself as a standard term in psychology.

Even in marketing, strategies are used that can be found to lead back to the priming effect. Regardless of whether it has to do with the creation of advertising material, the design of a website, or the furnishing of a retail space. In all these cases, stimuli in the form of words, pictures, and even smells are used to influence the consumer on a subconscious level. Alongside semantic priming, there is also a large focus on affective priming and the stimulation of emotions. These are some examples of how, for example, stereotypes, prejudices, and needs can all be triggered by certain stimuli.

  • Semantic priming refers to a priming effect, wherein a verbal stimuli activates a word association (semantic field). Priming studies have shown that the processing of a word can be influenced by a previous one, insomuch that both words share a semantic relationship. For example: Test subjects comprehend the word ‘nurse’ faster if the word ‘doctor’ is read beforehand. This phenomenon is explained by psycholinguists and cognitive scientists by the fact that individual words lead to the activation of an entire concept or theme. As soon as we read the word ‘doctor’ we immediately begin to run through scenes from ER or Scrubs in our heads.
  • Affective priming refers to a priming effect, wherein the emotional connotations of a previous stimuli (cue stimulus) impacts on the processing of a subsequent stimuli (target stimulus). Studies done by the American social psychologist Russell Fazio have shown that the processing of an affective stimulus is simplified when it is preceded by a consistently affective stimulus, i.e. a stimulus that provokes a similar feeling.

Depending on the relationship between the cue stimulus and target stimulus, either positive or negative priming effects can be observed. Therefore, the processing of the target stimulus will be either accelerated or delayed. With regards to neuromarketing, an invoking of positive emotions is what is sought after. Products and brands should have overwhelmingly positive connotations and therefore be anchored in the memories of the intended target audience.

Above all, advertisers strive to provoke positive associations and affects through priming, subsequently conveying this feeling onto an advertised product or service. In order to do this, stimuli in the form of words, images, music, gestures, and fragrances are all utilized to pave the way for the advertising message. There are countless examples of affective priming to be seen in the motor industry, which in adverts for luxury and sports cars either usually highlight the joy of driving or the accompanying feeling of freedom. On the other hand, rational arguments such as energy efficiency or good value play a relatively minor role.

When it comes to connecting emotions with brands, products, and services, advertisers will rely on the use of repetition. A prime example of this is the McDonald’s slogan ‘I’m lovin’ it’. Regardless of whether on TV, online, or on product packaging, the brand is connected with the most positive emotional state. And this is done in the hope that these positive emotions will in turn transform into a positive view of what the fast food restaurant has to offer. This transfer of emotions is referred to as a halo effect in social psychology. What is happening here is a cognitive distortion, where the known qualities of a person, brand, or product are determined by unknown qualities.

Somatic markers

The somatic marker hypothesis can be traced back to the neuroscientist António Damásio and is based on the assumption that emotional experiences are embedded in people and therefore play a large role in decision processes. According to Damásio, the choice between two alternatives is particularly influenced by unconscious body signals, a.k.a. somatic markers. Anatomically, these are to be found in the prefrontal cortex, and control a person’s preventative and approach mannerisms.

If, in a certain situation, an individual senses a positive body signal, e.g. joy, this in turn results in a subconscious approach behavior. If negative feelings, like disgust or fear were to arise, then this will usually lead to avoidance in the corresponding situation. If we are to believe Damásio’s theory, then body signals in the form of somatic markers represent a precursor to the rational decision process, i.e. they act as a type of pre-decision. Added to this, somatic markers link emotional reactions to memories of specific events, meaning everyone has their own sort of emotional memory. If it so happens that at a later point a person comes into contact again with the respective stimulus, this will lead to a repeat-experiencing of the corresponding emotions. This, then, acts as a type of guiding system, which during a decision-making process will give a push in the right direction.

The origin of Damásios’ hypothesis was observations of patients with damaged frontal lobes. These patients encountered difficulties when it came to making decisions, despite having a consistent level of intelligence and a working social environment. Somatic markers are of huge importance when it comes to neuromarketing. If Damásios’ conclusions are to be believed, then every emotionalized communication with regards to advertising or brand strategy leads to a somatic marker. And in turn, each new interaction with the advertised product or brand will then influence future decisions.

Criticisms of neuromarketing

Does neuromarketing signal the end of the self-determining consumer? While marketing experts are predicting a golden age, consumer advisors are voicing their concerns. Ever-rising consumer credit is reflected by the ever-increasing amount of people in financial difficulty, and the free will of the consumer has become a serious bone of contention. But is neuromarketing really a threat to consumers’ free will?

One thing is clear; there is no such thing as a ‘buy button’ in the heads of consumers, despite what may have been suggested in popular scientific publications. The inner workings of the human brain are simply too complex and cannot simply be broken down or figured out by basic sales tricks. Instead of this, neuroscience offers explanations and theories relating to human thought, perception, and decision processes, all of which are based on underlying biological structures of the brain.

These developments in brain research are valuable to marketers, as they allow for a better understanding of consumers’ decision process. This, in turn, means that products, adverts, and sales channels can be designed to grab people’s attention, evoke emotions, and then remain in their memory – three factors that have always been known to promote sales. With this in mind, neuromarketing can be seen as less of a revolution and more of an evolution of established consumer research. Past methods and findings have not become irrelevant. Instead, they are merely being substantiated and expanded by results in neuroscientific research, and are helping to reveal more comprehensive insight into consumer behavior. Neuromarketing is simply one of many components of the marketing process.

There have been some disputes about the extent to which findings in neuromarketing can and should be used to purposely manipulate consumers. But the idea of a remote-controlled consumer, who feels compelled to buy something due to some jazzed-up advertising, purely remains something from a science fiction movie. But it does pose one question: To what degree is manipulation possible through advertising?

The term ‘manipulation’ usually implies sway tactics, which are unclear to unsuspecting victims and therefore uncontrollable. Everyone knows that advertising is there to facilitate selling, and most consumers are aware that when they visit an online store, that the retailer will undoubtedly describe the products and services on offer in a positive way, and also that the website will be laid out in such a way that the ‘Buy’ button will always catch the eye. Many tactics and approaches adopted by advertisers are subsequently discussed by the consumers themselves. A prime example of this is the expression ‘Sex sells!’ In this sense, neuro-economic research acts as a form of consumer protection. As people become aware of the inner workings of advertising, its power is curtailed and marketing tricks debunked.

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iPhone OS 3.0

How can I fix my lost or mixed up icons in iPhone OS 3.0?

iPhone users have noticed application icons disappearing, or the wrong icon showing above an app name after upgrading to firmware 3.0. Maybe Apple will fix the confused icon bug in iPhone OS 3.1, however the company has been mum on the issue for months.

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Turns out in the meantime you can try the following fix. Truphone contacted its users via email with the following instructions to try:

iPhone MMS on AT&T: Not Until September

Update: Apple iPhone 3G and 3GS will support MMS. AT&T will begin support of MMS on their network starting on September 25, 2009.

iPhones across the world have had MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) capability since the iPhone 3GS was released on June 19. Apple declared that AT&T would make MMS available to its customers in "late summer" of this year.

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Well it's getting close to crunch time for AT&T. Last time we checked, the second half of August can be referred to as "late summer" here in the Northern Hemisphere. There's been no MMS news except for disgruntled iPhone owners complaining.

Fix Camera Roll Problems in iPhone OS 3.0

Users are reporting a bug in iPhone firmware 3.0 that prevents photos from appearing on the camera roll. Although image files are present on the device and can be copied with iPhoto, thumbnails are hidden on the camera roll.

The camera roll even counts the correct number of photos as it hides a portion of the files. Users have determined the problem arises when numbers in photo filenames exceed 10,000. For some reason the iPhone OS 3.0 camera roll does not display these files.

How To Email Full Resolution Photos From Your iPhone

Did you know that when you email a photo from the camera roll on your iPhone, the resolution of the picture is automatically degraded to 800x600? This makes sense if you don't need to send anything at a higher quality resolution.

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But what if you need to send the full resolution photo? The original iPhone and iPhone 3G both take photos at 1600x1200 resolution. The iPhone 3GS with its auto-focus camera takes photos at 2048x1536 resolution.

How to Activate Tethering on iPhone OS 3.0

AT&T does not currently allow tethering on the iPhone even though Apple's iPhone OS 3.0 includes the feature. The company is still deciding what a tethering data plan for iPhone would cost and how it would be structured.

Tired of waiting? If you have an iPhone 3G or 3GS running OS 3.0 and a computer running iTunes 8.2 on Mac OS X here's how to activate tethering. You will be able to connect your computer to the AT&T data network using USB or Bluetooth via your iPhone.

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Billie Jo Character Analysis

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At fourteen years old, Billie Jo living in Joyce City, Oklahoma with her mother and father during the Great Depression during the 1930’s. Billie Jo and her parents struggled to live their lives during the Great Depression, because The Dust Bowl destroyed many crops, and Billie Jo’s family were farmers. Her father, a wheat farmer, works what’s left of the farm and her mother spends her time cleaning the house. While her mother being pregnant, Billie Jo does her best to make her mother proud. Suddenly a horrific accident happened, Billie Jo’s mother gets burnt really bad due to kerosene left next to the stove, and catching on fire. A month later Billie Jo’s mother dies giving birth to a baby boy named Franklin. Franklin only lives for a few days. Billie Jo is in pain, she feels guilty because of their deaths. She blames her father as well for leaving the kerosene next to the stove. Life goes on and Billie Jo is lonely, has a few friend. But the one thing that…show more content…
While her competing Billie Jo is nervous and feels crippled. But at the end she ends up in 3rd place. After the talent show, she notice her father has spots on his skin that looks like his father’s skin cancer. Billie Jo decides to leave her father because she’s scared that he will die of cancer. So Billie Jo jumps on a freight train and travels to Flagstaff, Arizona to get away from The Dust Bowl. During her journey she realized trying to get “out of the dust” was apart of whom she was. She finally decides to come back home to her father, and understand him, and forgives him for what he’s done. After all of that they finally talk to each other more than they used to after the horrific accident with Billie Jo’s mother. They finally connected and redefine their relationships and becomes a family. After they reunited back with each other, Billie Jo’s father meets Louise, a teacher at the night school he attended. Later on Louise becomes a special person to
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On March 2nd, I will again be riding with hundreds of others on stationary bicycles for one to four hours near Grand Central in Manhattan. All to help raise funds for rare cancer research that is poorly supported by major charities. Over the last seven years, the annual Cycle for Survival events have raised $43 million, and all of it goes for experiments and loving care at Sloan Kettering in New York.

You may know that I cycle to help keep my son-in-law Evan alive, because he has a cancer so rare that there are only 100 cases like his in all the literature. The great news is that the research and hospital support have been working. Evan’s total laryngectomy in 2012 was followed by a special prosthesis that allows him to talk softly, and just recently with no hands! And when his neck tumor was removed, some of it was grafted onto mice that were then given different medical cocktails to see what worked best. Amazingly one combination of meds has affected some of his current tumors positively, so that he is still able to work, ride, and enjoy raising his three-year-old son. All very good news. But the fight is not over.

Evan gives me a good luck kiss before I start my ride last year, while daughter Josslyn laughs at my nervousness

Evan gives me a good luck kiss before I start my ride last year, while daughter Josslyn laughs at my nervousness

This year there will be 16,000 of us riding on eight days on 3950 bikes in 13 cities. We will all be cycling away to music, speed and terrain cues from the spinning instructor and the encouraging shouts of hundreds of friends and family members. It’s a very thrilling ride. Evan has again signed up for four hours, while I struggle to make it through for one hour.

If you would like to help support this event, a donation of any amount—no matter how small—would be greatly appreciated and help treat rare cancers (less than 200,000 cases in America), which include cervical, stomach, brain and all pediatric cancers. Most of the money raised through other programs goes for the common cancers, like lung, breast and prostate.

The people I contacted last year were very generous as a group, and my son-in-law and daughter were astonished by how many of you gave and sent good wishes. Evan wouldn’t be alive if he hadn’t had his laryngectomy, and your contributions really helped keep him going. Sloan Kettering is a very supportive community for its patients. Forgive me please for writing about this again, but this is the only non-profit I raise money for…and it’s for a great cause that I can relate to and then see direct results. So thank you with much gratitude.

BTW if you are in New York and want to actually cheer us on and experience the excitement of the event, or if you want to donate yourself, contact me at ira@irasabs.com for more details. We’d love to have you shouting along

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