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For some women with breast cancer, taking adjuvant tamoxifen (Nolvadex®) for 10 years after primary treatment leads to a greater reduction in breast cancer recurrences and deaths than taking the drug for only 5 years, according to the results of a large international clinical trial.
The findings from the ATLAS trial—presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) and published in The Lancet on December 5, 2012—are likely to change clinical practice, several researchers said.
Nearly 7,000 women with early-stage, estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer were enrolled in the trial between 1996 and 2005. After taking tamoxifen for 5 years, participants were randomly assigned to continue taking tamoxifen for another 5 years or to stop taking it.
From 5 to 9 years after the women began tamoxifen therapy, there was little difference in outcomes between the two treatment groups. This finding is consistent with those from other trials of adjuvant tamoxifen therapy, which showed that 5 years of tamoxifen can substantially reduce the risk of the cancer returning and of cancer death in the next few years, what one of the trial investigators, Richard Gray, MSc, of Oxford University, UK, called a "carryover effect."
The improved outcomes with longer tamoxifen use emerged only after the 10-year mark, Gray explained during an SABCS press briefing. Among the women who took tamoxifen for 10 years, the risk of breast cancer returning between 10 and 14 years after starting tamoxifen was 25 percent lower than it was among women who took it for 5 years, and the risk of dying from breast cancer was nearly 30 percent lower.
Overall, from 5 to 14 years after participants began tamoxifen treatment, the risk of the cancer returning and the risk of dying from breast cancer were lower in women who took tamoxifen for 10 years, compared with those who took it for 5 years. (See the table.)
Breast Cancer Recurrence and Death 5 to 14 Years after Beginning
5 or 10 Years of Adjuvant Tamoxifen
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10 Years |
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25.1 percent | 21.4 percent |
Risk of Death from Breast Cancer |
15.0 percent | 12.2 percent |
Tamoxifen can have side effects, including hot flashes, fatigue, and an increased risk of blood clots and endometrial cancer. But there was no substantial increase in serious side effects, including endometrial cancer incidence or death, in women who took tamoxifen for the longer period, Gray reported. The absolute increased risk of death from endometrial cancer in women who took tamoxifen for 10 years versus 5 years was 0.2 percent.
The risk-benefit ratio of any treatment must always be seriously considered, he stressed. But, in the case of extended tamoxifen treatment, he argued, the "risks are far smaller than the benefits."
At least one other trial of extended tamoxifen therapy reached the opposite conclusion to the ATLAS trial. This much smaller trial (about 1,200 patients) conducted in the United States by the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), ran from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s. It found that continuing adjuvant treatment with tamoxifen beyond 5 years did not decrease breast cancer recurrences or deaths.
Why the trials had different findings is unclear. However, with its larger size and longer follow-up, the ATLAS results are more definitive, noted several researchers.
The ATLAS results will have "a major, immediate impact on premenopausal women" with early-stage, estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, said Peter Ravdin, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, who moderated the press briefing.
That patient population represents a substantial number of women diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States each year, approximately 30,000 to 35,000 women. Postmenopausal women with early-stage, estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer are often treated with aromatase inhibitors after tamoxifen. However, aromatase inhibitors are not effective in premenopausal women, Dr. Ravdin explained, so tamoxifen is the standard of care in these patients.
"We can now tell [premenopausal patients] that clinical evidence shows that 10 years [of tamoxifen] is superior to 5 years," Dr. Ravdin said. "And I'm going to be comfortable doing that."
But the decision to use tamoxifen for the extended period is by no means clear cut, he stressed.
Women with a higher risk of their cancer returning long after adjuvant therapy ends, such as those whose cancers had infiltrated their lymph nodes or who had larger tumors, "will definitely be strong candidates for continuation of [tamoxifen] therapy," he said. But a woman at low risk of recurrence at any point "may very well rationally decide she doesn't want to take tamoxifen beyond 5 years," he added.
The findings may have implications for postmenopausal women as well, said Claudine Isaacs, M.D., C.M., co-director of the breast cancer program at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Postmenopausal women are often prescribed 5 years of adjuvant therapy with an aromatase inhibitor. (Some women, however, receive tamoxifen followed by an aromatase inhibitor over a 5-year period.) But, Dr. Isaacs noted, a fair number of women can't tolerate aromatase inhibitors because of their side effects, so the ATLAS results may lead some clinicians and their postmenopausal patients to consider whether an extended duration of adjuvant tamoxifen may be appropriate.
Even for postmenopausal women who can tolerate aromatase inhibitors, the ATLAS findings raise other questions, observed Trevor Powles, Ph.D., of the Cancer Center London in an accompanying editorial in The Lancet.
"No data are available to suggest that [the aromatase inhibitor] letrozole for 5 years is better for long-term benefit than 10 years of tamoxifen, which has a proven effect in terms of long-term risk reduction of relapse and mortality," Dr. Powles wrote.
In a post on her "Chemobrain" blog, breast cancer survivor and cancer advocate AnneMarie Ciccarella urged women who are candidates for adjuvant tamoxifen, regardless of their menopausal status, to carefully consider their options. "Sit down with your doctor. Ask questions. Understand how this study impacts your own set of circumstances," she wrote. "Remember, there is no cookie cutter answer."


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Re-Release: December 2, 2014From James R. Hannibal—a veteran combat pilot with Top Secret clearance from the U.S. government—comes an electrifying high-tech thriller in the great tradition of Tom Clancy…
Over ten years ago, Air Force major Nick Baron was part of a failed special ops mission that left a B-2 stealth bomber at the bottom of the Persian Gulf. Now, leading his men—the Triple Seven Chase team—Baron must find the bomber and dispose of it for good before any unfriendly nation can steal the onboard technology for its own purposes. But as the team embarks on its mission, there are greater dangers waiting.
When the CIA intercepts a call signal from an operative in China long thought dead, the Triple Seven Chase team is given the perilous task of retrieving the lone soldier from deep within the Chinese wilderness. There is only one plane for such a dangerous mission: the Shadow Catcher, a plane with capabilities beyond anything that has ever flown.
What Baron and his men don't know is that the enemy is already among them—and that the Shadow Catcher itself may be the ultimate prize.
Where am I?
Nick stood on a dirt road in thick darkness. He could not remember how he got there. On either side of the road, he saw the high mud walls common to desert villages. They seemed to be closing in on him. He could not feel the ground beneath his feet. The sound of his own breathing echoed in his ears. Then he saw the mosque, its distinctive dome with the worn crescent carved into the west side. Suddenly he knew where he was. He knew what he had to do.
He had to save Danny.
Nick found his teammate less than fifty yards ahead, crouched next to a gap in the wall surrounding the mosque's small courtyard. Danny looked back at him. He stood up and waved as if they were meeting on a neighborhood street back home in Maryland, wearing that same ridiculous grin that he always wore.
"Get down, you idiot," Nick whispered into his communications implant. "Stay there. Wait until I get to you."
Danny did not respond. Instead, he disappeared through the gap in the wall like a ghost.
"Drake, I lost visual with Danny," said Nick, rushing forward. "What's going on in that courtyard? Where is the target?" He had to get to his friend, but no matter how hard he ran, the mosque stayed fifty yards ahead of him.
"You can see what I can," replied Drake, his voice mechanical, distant. "Check the image on your handheld. I've got nothing on the thermal."
Nick checked the faintly glowing monitor attached to his Falcon ROVER handheld. The receiver pulled real-time thermal video from an RQ-7 Shadow UAV flying overhead. He held the small screen up to his eyes, but he couldn't focus his vision. He couldn't make any sense of the hazy green image.
The target, Zaman Ramiz, had smuggled a nuclear weapon out of southern Russia. The Triple Seven had chased him from Azerbaijan, across northern Turkey and into Bazargan, just across the Iranian border. Drake had stayed behind to fly the Shadow. Nick and Danny had crossed the border in pursuit. Now the arms dealer's men were dead, and Ramiz was holed up in the small mosque.
The whole village seemed to shift around him. Suddenly Nick was at the wall. Where was Danny? What a stupid question. He knew where Danny was. He was in that courtyard, and that courtyard was a deathtrap. He looked down at the handheld again. He still couldn't see the video feed. He put the receiver away and cautiously leaned into the gap to get a look with his own eyes. A spray of bullets ricocheted off the wall beside his head, kicking brick fragments and dust into his face.
"He just shot at me," Nick shouted as he pulled back behind the wall. He tried to rub the debris from his eyes. "I need to know where that's coming from."
Drake gave no response.
Nick had to keep the pressure on. He burst into the courtyard with his MP7 tucked into his shoulder, searching for a target, searching for his teammate. There, just ahead. Danny was lying motionless beside a wide, square fountain. The ancient stones were wet with blood.
Another burst of gunfire rang out from the shadows of the mosque. Nick felt two bullets slam into his vest. He dove into a prone position behind the fountain, shouting at Danny. But Danny did not answer.
Nick felt an icy grip crushing his chest. Pain radiated through his torso. He couldn't breathe. He rolled over and tried to rip off his Kevlar vest, but there was no vest. He wore no protection over his cotton undershirt. The fabric felt warm and wet against his fingertips. He raised his hand to his eyes. It was covered in blood.
Footsteps. Ramiz stood over him, a blur at first and then slowly coming into focus. The arms dealer smiled down from behind the barrel of his Stechkin machine pistol.
He pulled the trigger.
"Okay, that's really annoying."
Nick fought to open his eyes. Drake's hand was on his arm, shaking him.
"Seriously, how does Katy get any sleep when you're home? You're thrashing around in your bunk and moaning like a creature from a low-grade zombie movie."
Nick blinked until his small berth on the Illustro came into focus. He wiped the sweat from his forehead. After taking a moment to gather his wits, he rolled onto his side and glowered across the tiny room at Drake. "I wasn't moaning," he said, trying to steady his voice. "And for the record, all zombie movies are low grade."
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Jennifer Weiner is a best-selling author. And while her latest novel, Best Friends Forever, proved popular enough to hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, this didn't stop a Barnes & Noble bookstore in Framingham, Massachusetts from raising a censorious eyebrow.
Some bookstores have begun instituting informal policies which preclude authors from using four-letter words during a public reading. And even dependable draws like Weiner are being asked to hold their tongues. These developments — reflected most recently in the Weiner case — raise new questions about just how much an author is allowed to get away with in the 21st century and whether bookstore policies that are understandably intended to protect children are going too far.
The trouble for Weiner began when she playfully announced the "potty-mouthed" nature of her Best Friends Forever book tour on Twitter. Shortly after her Philadelphia reading, Weiner later tweeted that she had received a warning:
Weiner carried on with the Framingham gig without setting off any F-bombs, and applied her saucy language instead to the inscriptions. (After tweeting about the Framingham event, the organizer of a subsequent off-site event in St. Louis encouraged Weiner to be extra raunchy.)
"I can't imagine it's a blanket B&N policy," said Weiner. "I kicked off the Best Friends Forever tour at the Barnes & Noble in Lincoln Triangle in New York City, and I said 'cock' like nine times and told a story about a Hitachi Magic Wand, and the manager seemed perfectly okay with it (my poor editor, who brought her parents to the reading, not so much). As much as I'd like to turn this into a 'corporate stiffs censor freewheeling lady writer because the world hates it when a lady succeeds' story, I honestly think it was just this one bookstore, that one afternoon, making a not-unreasonable request."
A list of questions was sent to Mary Ellen Keating, Barnes and Noble's senior vice president of corporate communication and public affairs. But there was no response. I was able to reach Margaret Moore, the community relations manager of the Framingham store, by phone. But she was extremely nervous, even when I assured her that I was merely determining questions of policy. I did receive a return phone call from Maddie Hjulstrom, a regional community relations manager at Barnes and Noble, who was gracious enough to talk with me.
Hjulstrom informed me that the email had been sent by Moore when Moore had "learned that Ms. Weiner's language was colorful at her discussions."
According to Weiner, the Framingham controversy arose out of concerns that the reading area was adjacent to the children's section and that Weiner's scheduled reading time — 3:00 PM — would be too early to account for the hallowed ears of tots.
"Because the event was on a Sunday afternoon," said Weiner, "I think the bookstore managers reasonably expected that there would be kids there, and felt that they could reasonably ask me to tone down the cussing."
This was confirmed by Hjulstrom, who told me that the objections had to do with the microphone's close placement to the children's department and the possibility that Weiner's amplified words might drift like cigarette smoke into a 1980s restaurant's nonsmoking section.
"We want to be respectful of young families and children," said Hjulstrom. "We don't regulate where children are in our store. At 3:00 PM, it might be a problem."
Had Barnes & Noble ever received any customer complaints because of an author or a poet using salty language during a reading? Hjulstrom told me that she couldn't give me an example of the Framingham store having received a single customer complaint, but that the region, as a whole, had received a few complaints.
The Barnes & Noble "no salty language" policy is, according to Hjulstrom, "not a written policy, just common courtesy." It is something that is determined on a case-by-case basis.
"All we can do is ask," said Hjulstrom. "We don't enforce. We don't kick them out of their store. We just ask them to respect the children who are in the stores."
I asked Hjulstrom what might happen if an author used salty language, but did not receive a single customer complaint.
"I'm not comfortable going into what ifs," replied Hjulstrom. "I just want to deal with the facts."
But the prohibition causes one to wonder why bookstores — even with the possibility of a child lurking around a bookstore late at night — would be so offended by a monosyllabic exclamation that anyone who has ever stubbed a toe is quite familiar with. Were there efforts by Weiner and Barnes and Noble to broker a last-minute deal?
"We didn't try to broker a compromise mostly because there wasn't time," explained Weiner. "The best solution would have been either to hold the event somewhere else, or after dark, and with just over twenty-four hours, on a weekend, to either reschedule or relocate, that just didn't seem feasible. And again, once I got over my reflexive 'the MAN is trying to SHUT ME UP' paranoia, it didn't seem like a crazy thing to ask. I've got little kids, and if I took them into a bookstore on a Sunday afternoon to pick up the latest Sandra Boynton or 'Junie B. Jones,' I probably wouldn't be thrilled to find some lady standing behind a microphone talking, as I tend to, about 'wall-to-wall cock.'"
Still, independent bookstores such as San Francisco's The Booksmith have conducted numerous author events in its children's section, closing the section off to make room for the audience to sit down. Booksmith co-owner Praveen Madan informed me that, while there are generally no kids around at the time of the event, his bookstore doesn't make any concessions if an event takes place in the middle of the day.
"We take freedom of speech very seriously and even the suggestion of us laying down any kind of censoring guidelines for authors makes me cringe," said Madan. "And the issue here is more than freedom of speech. We believe it's important for authors to be authentic and credible, and sometimes being authentic requires saying things that might end up offending some people. I would rather shut down the bookstore and sell falafels than try to engineer an author's talk to make the author more palatable for a certain audience. You should be clear about what business you are in. We are in the business of intellectual discourse and opening people's minds to new ideas and possibilities. If you want to be in the business of reinforcing people's existing belief systems, than you should run a religious institution or radio talk show, not a bookstore."
It's also worth observing that prohibitions on what an author can say at a reading can sometimes have unexpected side effects. As Tayari Jones observed on her blog recently, the author can feel oddly shamed when contending with a complaint.
Jessica Stockton Bagnulo, formerly of McNally Jackson and now working hard to open the Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene this autumn, says that there was never a policy prohibiting language or controversial topics at an author event when she worked at McNally. But she did mention that she hoped to be more sensitive to such matters at Greenlight.
"We don't intend to set any blanket policy," said Bagnulo. "I think for the most part we will trust our customers to know whether an author is going to be inappropriate for their children or potentially offensive to their own sensibilities. As long as we make clear from the outset what the event is likely to contain, we won't try to restrict or prohibit authors from anything they'd like to say."
Even if the event is scheduled in the middle of the day?
"Not unless it's an event specifically geared toward kids," replied Bagnulo. "For example, at McNally we held a Halloween event that had kids programming earlier in the day, and some adult authors reading later that had lots of graphic blood and gore."
Before the Framingham incident, Weiner had never received any complaints from a bookstore for her act. But censorship issues aren't limited to the big box stores. Weiner alluded to an incident that came from an ostensible independent:
"In 2001, when Good in Bed came out, I did hear from one independent bookstore somewhere in the Midwest that an older gentleman had objected to a cover featuring the book's poster (naked legs and cheesecake) in the window. But that's as close to censorship as I've come."
For what it's worth, Weiner did say that she would do an event at the Framingham bookstore again: "I'd just make sure it was an evening event, or that it was held somewhere far, far away from the innocent ears of children."
"In general, we feel that authors these days have become rather conservative and risk averse because they are trying to become bestsellers and are afraid of stirring controversy," said Madan. "I wish more authors would pick topics that might be controversial and not worry about offending people. There are important topics being ignored and we all tend to surround ourselves with people we agree with and we like."
"I think that indie bookstores work to create an environment of mutual respect between authors and audiences," said Bagnulo, "where what is controversial is taken in context as part of the conversation, and there's enough transparency of intention that people are unlikely to be offended.
"It's not a bad idea to mention ahead of time, 'Hey, I work blue,'" said Weiner, "but it's never been a problem in the past, and I don't really expect it to be a problem going forward."


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Monday, January 6, 2014
30 comments:
- Teresa Kasner said...
What an artistic image you came up with! What a fun little forest! I've cleared my decks too.
((hugs)), Teresa :-) - January 6, 2014 at 5:11 PM
Gorgeous picture, and the quote is great! Spring seems a long way off with this sub-zero weather. Thankful for a warm home. Best wishes to you, Koralee. ~Joyce
- January 6, 2014 at 5:23 PM
- Angelsdoor * Penny said...
Beautiful post Koralee.. I am well, thank you.. I hope your Christmas was full of joy and the New Year brings you much happiness.
Penny - January 6, 2014 at 5:44 PM
- Blondie's Journal said...
As long as it's winter I'm sure those trees are right at home!
Happy New Year, my friend!
Jane - January 6, 2014 at 6:15 PM
- Dagmar said...
How lovely see those little reminders of a year past. What a wonderful year this will be for you!
Sweet hugs my friend!
Arrived safely, will post photos soon! ❤ - January 6, 2014 at 6:58 PM
- Marilyn Miller said...
Isn't that funny how we leave something of our decorations out just a little longer. I have a row of little cardboard houses and some angel wings. Just holding on a little while until I see the flowers beginning to shine outdoors.
- January 6, 2014 at 7:32 PM
- NanaDiana said...
I love that our little forest is sitting by the window completing your sweet landscape. xo Diana
- January 6, 2014 at 7:47 PM
- lesa said...
I love this picture!
- January 6, 2014 at 8:15 PM
- Draffin Bears said...
Happy New Year, dear Koralee and I love your sweet little forest.
Hope your year is off to a great start and sending best wishes for 2014.
Carolyn - January 6, 2014 at 8:40 PM
- Claudia said...
Wishing you a wonderful week, hope you don't stick in the snow .....
Love and hugs
Claudia - January 6, 2014 at 8:54 PM
- Genie said...
The Christmas decorations will have to wait to be put away this weekend. You always inspire me.
I have dreams of the wedding cake topper I will be making.
xxxooo e - January 6, 2014 at 8:57 PM
- Taci simmons said...
Love the card and the quote.
Hope you have a wonderful week 🌹 - January 6, 2014 at 9:57 PM
- gillyflower said...
Happy New Year Koralee!
Gill xx - January 7, 2014 at 3:19 AM
- andrea creates said...
Great quote!
Happy New Year wishes Koralee~
I'm sure looking forward to Spring here in freezing midwest! - January 7, 2014 at 4:58 AM
- Castles Crowns and Cottages said...
Good morning dear friend!
These little trees look just like mine that are sitting patiently in my studio. I cannot or rather, will not take the risk of bending and lift just yet, to put these articles away. My back is SO MUCH BETTER, and being home yet again today, Tuesday, because of our dangerously low temps, is giving me a chance to rest even more.
How are you? Are you back at school today? Is your weather as fierce as ours?
Let us now rejoice in the promise of spring, and all the metaphors that CHANGE of SEASONS brings us for our lives, these special lives we've been accorded! LOVE, Anita - January 7, 2014 at 6:07 AM
- Castles Crowns and Cottages said...
Oooh! Bundle up yourself my friend! Outside supervision is challenging in the winter! I remember having it in -30 degrees!
Yes, today is another blissful day of rest for my back and skin (no exposure to the cold!)
Have a lovely day and know I will be thinking of you! Anita - January 7, 2014 at 6:46 AM
- Lynne said...
I am always happy to see you, and say the name, koralee . . .
Happy New Year! - January 7, 2014 at 7:06 AM
- ~Damita's Pretty Wrap~ said...
I still have a bit of wintery things up, but all my Christmas is put away also. I can't help but think about pinks and reds! :) Have a lovely day! xo Holly
- January 7, 2014 at 8:45 AM
- Maria said...
Hi Koralee!
A perfect message for today ...
Rachael and Juan are putting an offer on a house ... There are other offers so we're keeping our fingers and hearts crossed!
But then again, I know their happiness does not depend on this!
Thank you 💜
Keep warm!
Blessings always to you and your beautiful family!
~ Maria - January 7, 2014 at 4:11 PM
- Dawn said...
My little trees were the last to be put away….
- January 7, 2014 at 5:12 PM
- Karen @ Beatrice Euphemie said...
Your little forest is so charming and the quote is so true. I have a Hellebore blooming on the deck - my little spot of springtime. Stay cozy. Hugs xo Karen
- January 7, 2014 at 8:56 PM
- Jen Kershner said...
Ahhh...Spring. That is a hard thing to imagine right now. Your trees look perfect in their new home!
- January 8, 2014 at 4:40 AM
- ♥ Mary Janes TEAROOM said...
Our decorations are put away too Koralee and spring will be here in no time!
Love your tiny forest and those words of wisdom too...
Happy Wednesday!
Susan x - January 8, 2014 at 8:30 AM
- ♥ Mary Janes TEAROOM said...
Our decorations are put away too Koralee and spring will be here in no time!
Love your tiny forest and those words of wisdom too...
Happy Wednesday!
Susan x - January 8, 2014 at 8:30 AM
- ♥ Mary Janes TEAROOM said...
Our decorations are put away too Koralee and spring will be here in no time!
Love your tiny forest and those words of wisdom too...
Happy Wednesday!
Susan x - January 8, 2014 at 8:32 AM
- Castles Crowns and Cottages said...
Good morning dear, dear friend! Thank you for coming by last night! I hope the POLAR VORTEX has not seized you as it has us...but since you're on the west, it probably passed you! Oh my dear, it IS Thursday and how did it come so fast? I have to go get some study guides ready for my seniors for their final exam next week! AH! Working secondary is different, and I am learning as I go!
WIshing you a splendid day, filled with only that which is bright and good, uplifting and MARVELOUS! Anita - January 9, 2014 at 3:53 AM
- Palomasea said...
How lovely, dearest Koralee! Your little trees are so fresh and pretty...
And yes, the promise of Spring... :)
We had a bit of a thaw...the birds are singing again...
I love your sweet new header...
Thank you so much for the beautiful message you left for me!
Joy and love to you!!
- Irina - January 9, 2014 at 3:49 PM
- Madelief said...
Dear Koralee,
Beautiful words! Just read a book by C.S. Lewis in which he wrote about the death of his beloved wife. Love his style of writing and his approach to life/love.
A Happy weekend dear friend!
Madelief x - January 10, 2014 at 12:40 PM
- {oc cottage} said...
oh what an awesome quote! {i am in the middle of the audio version of the screwtape letters...that man's mind was just AMAZING!;}
HAPPY, HAPPY NEW YEAR to you!
stay warm...and send some of that winter weather my way, if you please! ;}
m ^..^ - January 12, 2014 at 3:44 PM
- Ingrid said...
Beautiful quote Koralee...and I love your new header too...x
- January 13, 2014 at 3:14 AM


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CBC – Thu, 21 Jun, 2012
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has outlined new rules aimed at reining in a hot housing market and ensuring Canadians aren't taking on more debt than they can afford.
Flaherty laid out a series of changes to the rules that govern the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the Crown corporation that effectively oversees the housing market by insuring the vast majority of Canadian mortgages.
The most important new change is that the maximum amortization period has been reduced to 25 years, down from 30. The longer a mortgage is spread out, the lower the monthly mortgage payments are — but the more the borrower ends up paying overall over time.
The impact of the change is likely to be significant. It's about the same as a 0.9 percentage point increase on a typical mortgage, Bank of Montreal economist Robert Kavcic noted.
Indeed, the numbers add up. A $300,000 mortgage spread over 30 years at 4.0 per cent would cost $1,426 a month to pay back. That same mortgage amortized over only 25 years increases the monthly payment by $152 or 10 per cent to $1,578 a month.
Ultimately though, the higher monthly payment saves the borrower money in the long run. The total interest payments are $213,558.91 on the 30-year mortgage, but only $173,416.20 on the 25-year one.
The shortened amortization is also likely to affect a huge segment of the market, as about 40 per cent of all new mortgages were amortized over 30 years last year, the Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals estimates.
Anyone who needed or wanted a 30-year mortgage before is going to have to qualify under tougher 25-year requirements now.
Ottawa has now moved three times to rein in the maximum mortgage term, since the CMHC briefly started insuring mortgages with 40-year terms in 2006. The limit was brought down to 35 years, then 30 and now the more traditional 25.
"The reductions to the maximum amortization period since 2008 would save a typical Canadian family with a $350,000 mortgage about $150,000 in borrowing costs over the life of that mortgage," Flaherty said.
"Our government has encouraged Canadians to borrow responsibly," Flaherty said. "Most Canadians have done so."
At 25 years, the maximum amortization period for CMHC-backed loans is now back to where it had historically been before the Harper government began raising the period after taking office in 2006.
Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae made that very point in question period on Thursday, asking Prime Minister Stephen Harper if raising CMHC's limit to 40 years in the first place was a mistake.
"The government has altered rules a number of times and will continue to do so on a prudent and flexible manner depending on the circumstances," the prime minister replied.
Flaherty also outlined a few other measures Thursday.
The government has lowered the total amount that Canadians can withdraw when refinancing their homes to 80 per cent of the home's value, from 85 per cent.
"This will promote saving through home ownership and encourage homeowners to prudently manage borrowings against their homes," Flaherty said.
Flaherty also moved to cap the maximum gross debt service ratio at 39 per cent and the maximum total debt service ratio at 44 per cent in order to get CMHC insurance. Banks calculate the former by adding up mortgage payments and property taxes on a home loan, and dividing by the borrower's income. The latter adds in other debt payments such as lines of credit and credit cards to the top side of the ledger.
Although they both have obscure, technical names, they're both effectively just limits on how much debt a borrower is allowed to take on as a percentage of their overall income. That move, too, is aimed at making sure borrowers can't bite off more than they can chew.
The final change was to limit CMHC insurance to homes priced under $1 million. "Wealthy people can borrow whatever they want from banks, and they can work that out from banks," Flaherty said. "That is not my concern."
That effectively means that a homebuyer who wants to purchase a home for more than $1 million can't get insurance on it — which in turn means the buyer will have to come up with the 20 per cent down payment requirement in order to get an uninsured mortgage.
So under any circumstance, any new borrower wanting to buy a home of $1 million or more is going to have to put $200,000 down at a minimum. That's also likely to have a major impact on a comparatively small segment of the market.
"Although this could create some market dislocations in the just-under-$1-million segment, it's consistent with CMHC's recent efforts to focus its insurance business on encouraging owner-occupied purchases among average Canadians," BMO economist Michael Gregory noted.
All of the changes will be in effect as of July 9, 2012. In the interim, the action in hot Canadian housing markets is likely to get even hotter, experts say, as borrowers scramble to get in ahead of the more stringent rules.
"As we've observed around prior mortgage rule changes, some housing market activity will likely be pulled forward ahead of the implementation date," Kavcic noted.
But there's likely to be a subsequent pullback, too, he says. The last time Ottawa tinkered with CMHC rules, home sales fell by three per cent in the two months following the implementation date.
The Canadian Real Estate Association reacted coolly to the news on Thursday, calling it a "measured response" to rein in debt loads, but taking pains to note that the home resale market contributes $20 billion a year to Canada's economy and as such, is deserving of caution.
"Going forward, we would urge the government to consider the impact of further interventions in the market carefully," CREA said.


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Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro remembers being absolutely transfixed the first time he saw the 1931 film Frankenstein.
As a child who didn't quite fit in — a self described "hypochondriac ...[who] was constantly concerned with the notion of dying" — del Toro says seeing Boris Karloff's depiction of Mary Shelley's monster was like being "struck by a lightning bolt of fever."
"This monster crossing the threshold, this anomaly seemed to embody everything that I thought was 'wrong' with me, in a beautiful way," he says. "It was like a patron saint being discovered for me."
Del Toro remained fascinated with monsters — and with movies. He's known for his two Hellboy films, as well as for Pan's Labyrinth and The Shape of Water, which won four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.
His latest, Nightmare Alley, is a film noir starring Bradley Cooper as a murderer who joins a traveling carnival, first as part of the crew, and then as part of a clairvoyant act. The film, which del Toro directed and co-wrote with Kim Morgan, shows how insecurity and the desire to believe make people more susceptible to con games.
Though Nightmare Alley is set in the 1930s, del Toro says the themes it addresses about truth and exploitation are as relevant as ever.
"I believe that [there] are moments in which we allow ourselves to be exhibited or [to] exhibit other people with great cruelty for very, very shallow recompenses that become addictive," he says. "Not only that, the sort of flimsy barrier between truth and lies and how we can be fooled by somebody telling us a lie we want to hear — [this] is so urgent right now."
Interview highlights
On the different sideshow acts featured in Nightmare Alley, including the "geek" who bit the heads off chickens
We have mainly what we call the "10 in one," which was 10 attractions under one roof, which is where the geek act would mostly exist, because they tried to hide it. It was sort of illegal at the end of the '30s in most states, and it was only in the low rung carnivals that you would still find a geek for a few more years, and we focus on that. We have the exhibits of unborn [babies] and oddities. Off-camera we have a talking chicken, we have a contortionist, sword swallowers, ... the dog boy, exotic dancers from the far Orient and so on and so forth. The Major Mosquito and Bruno, the strongest man on Earth, Zeena, the fortune teller who can read your mind and tell you what is to come.
On his fascination with psychics and mentalists
Having lived in Mexico for so long, I have actually experienced [this fascination] firsthand ... My mother moved in circles that read the tarot and believed in magic, and I was exposed to that from an early age. But what we did as research, we went to a famous mentalist in England, Derren Brown, who is an incredible practitioner of the craft, more so than ever because he reveals his own tricks at the beginning of the show. And he says, "You will nevertheless experience these emotions, and you have to remember that this is all a trick. I use no allies in the audience and I'm going to do it straight. It's a con, but you're going to get hooked." And he proceeds to do the show, and he's amazing. ... I used to perform very modest magic and social circumstances, but [filmmaker] Alfonso Cuarón is such a tough audience that he destroyed my self-confidence.
On some of the principles he learned through his research with psychics
There are certain devices that come with the psychic craft. ... You find what [people] need the most or what they fear the most and hook them through that.
There are certain devices that come with the psychic craft. ... You find what [people] need the most or what they fear the most and hook them through that. And the other principle is .... "Everybody's desperate to tell you who they are to be seen," which is, sadly or not, a reality of our species. We are all desperate to be seen or to be heard, and we communicate constantly through our clothing, our physical language, our inflections. And a skillful psychic will be able to read all the signs. We break down in the movie quite accurately and minutely how these grifts take place. ...
There are generalizations that are called Black Rainbow, and that is when you throw the net [to] both sides. For example, you say, "You are quite naïve, but at the same time, you're very, very shrewd about who you trust." Or ... "You are very friendly, but ultimately you don't reveal yourself to everyone." And these are generalizations that fit all sizes, and that's what they are called Black Rainbow, because they encompass every color.
On the impact of seeing a pile of dead infants and fetuses at a Mexico hospital when he was young – which informed the image of preserved fetuses in Nightmare Alley
It was in the civilian hospital is what it's called in Mexico, and it is a complex that has a hospital, a morgue and a mental hospital. And I saw that and I instantly was hit by a wave of despair and hopelessness. And all of my life, up until then, I had thought about a very humanistic, anthropomorphized God, and I thought, "There's not such a thing. Whatever the plans of the universe are, are somewhat indifferent to those small things," and I cannot verbalize it beyond that. But it was an existential bullet wound that never closed. [It] was just a symbol of the essential, inexorable cruelty that exists in the universe. Whether we accept it or not, or classify it as one thing or another, it is part of existing and still, to this day, it haunts me.
On why his favorite childhood characters are Pinocchio and Frankenstein's monster
They are both characters that are born into a world and then sort of abandoned to their fate to figure it out. They're very Miltonian in a very different way. I think Pinocchio and Frankenstein both go through that painful learning curve. I find it moving in Pinocchio, the idea that he has no notion of not being "a real boy," and that he is a real boy by the act of existing and being in this world. I try to explore that in the movie I'm making now. I'm making the stop-motion version of Pinocchio, but it's set during the rise of Mussolini in fascist Italy in which most people act like a puppet except the puppet. I think that it will be a very different version from the classic ones. But I think it's one that suits me and my preoccupations and my recurring questions very, very much perfectly.
On feeling comforted by the fact that life is finite
I was a very old man when I was 7, and I think I'm 7 now that I'm 57. I can take life and death in the same notion and I'm at peace with both.
Look, I'm 57, so I've come to one or two truths. One of them is [that] choice is negation. When you choose something, you're negating every other possibility, so you have to be at peace with that. You're not skateboarding if you're reading, you're not reading if you're sleeping, you're not taking a shower if you're walking. So every choice, it comes with something that exists for you but negates every other possibility. You cannot be everything at all times. So I'm very much at peace with that. Whatever your limited time and knowledge of this world is in your lifespan, that's it. That was your share. And then you live it. What happens happens, and then you're gone. That's something comforting for me rather than anxiety generating for me. The fact that we're finite is very soothing, but that's because I'm Mexican, perhaps. We do understand that – that we're all in the same train and they punch our ticket when we come in and the destination and the real north of life is that you're here only for a short time. That's beautiful for me. ... I was a very old man when I was 7, and I think I'm 7 now that I'm 57. I can take life and death in the same notion and I'm at peace with both, and I celebrate our existence no matter how painful and imperfect it is.
Heidi Saman and Kayla Lattimore produced and edited the audio of this interview. Bridget Bentz, Molly Seavy-Nesper and Clare Lombardo adapted it for the web.
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Wegmans: A Haven From Chaos
Kitchen at Wegmans Northborough MA, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.
From today's Boston Globe: A haven from chaos by Brian McGrory:
Not to put too fine a point on it, but Wegmans has become, in the two weeks since it opened, the biggest cultural/tourist/commercial attraction in the state of Massachusetts, bigger than any of the grand museums of Boston.Great post.
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Sharing stories with video doesn't have to be hard. In this session I'll share tools and techniques that anyone can use to post video to the most popular social media outposts including GooglePlus (G+), YouTube, twitter and Facebook. We'll cover: Using the camera you have The new Flip – New cameras to consider How to record and share the best quality video and audio Can you shoot video with a Beginning, an End and No Middle? Don't edit – Live streaming and one take recording How to get your video seen in Google searches and Social Media Sites Key Points 1. You don't need $8,100 to get started in web video 2. Video techniques will last you a lifetime 3. Get Seen by sharingContent Curation: New tools, new opportunities and new situations to consider - Jeff Cutler and Kate Brodock @Just_Kate
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Whether you're a blogger, a business or a journalist, curating content has become much easier in the past several years. This is not only due to the quantity of available data and information out there for you to draw on, but also because of new tools that make curating and aggregating that data quick and simple. This situation is hugely beneficial to those of us with any sort of content production need, and can make the process of storytelling much richer for our audiences. But with tweets, quotes, videos and links being pulled together in a matter of minutes, and published in just minutes more, there comes a host of new problems associated with "quick click" and a need to focus on responsible curating. In this panel, we'll highlight several new tools being used to curate content, and have a frank discussion about how these tools can best fit into your content production program. Key Points 1. An overview of some of the new tools available for content curation. 2. The difficulties associated with being able to curate so easily. 3. How to best think about content curation tools within your content production programs.
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
BostonTweetUp TV, Episode #136, October 23 2011
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Saturday, October 22, 2011
Stores That Carry Ben & Jerry's Schweddy Balls
Stores That Carry Ben & Jerry's Schweddy Balls
Wegmans, Northborough, MA
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Back Bay: Marlborough Market (via Penny Cherubino).
Beverly: Henry's (Eileen).
Charlestown: Johnny's Foodmaster (Cara).
Chestnut Hill: Star Market (Amy Pas).
Northboro: Wegmans (Christian Holt).
South Boston: Tedeschi, W. Broadway and 7-Eleven, E. Broadway (Say-Mo and Molly).
Porter Square: Shaw's (Mamajoan).
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Emerson College class scores with 'Professor Ocho':
...an Emerson College marketing class scored a social media touchdown yesterday, when the prolific Twitter user agreed to drop by this semester as a guest lecturer.Sweet!
"David I just saw ur message? I'm not sure if I'm allowed to do so but I'd be honored to share my ideas n thoughts with ur class," Ochocinco tweeted to Emerson College social media marketing professor David Gerzof Richard, before adding that the "Hoodie Boss," Pats coach Bill Belichick, might have to sign off on the guest lecturing gig...
Last year, when new-media consultant Steve Garfield showed the class some video content he had submitted to "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," a student live-tweeted the presentation, and Fallon replied.
"In the middle of class, a student jumped up and screamed, 'Oh my God, Jimmy Fallon just tweeted at me!' " Gerzof Richard said. "It made me smile, because what other class does that happen in?"
#StopBullying - YouTube Video End Screen
From the YouTube blog:
Updated Video End-Screen: We've redesigned the end-screen that appears directly after a video finishes playing to make it even easier for you to find the next great video to watch.
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A Visit to the new @Wegmans in Northborough MA #WegmansMA Yay!
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Friday, October 21, 2011
VidBlogger Nation
National Social Television Network on Comcast On Demand Local & Simplynew Studios.
Just got a press release on this and wanted to share the link. I know some of these bloggers. Wondering how much exposure they get on Comcast On Demand Local. Do you watch?
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
YouTube Integrates WeVideo cloud-based video editing platform
WeVideo is a new to YouTube web based video editor. I just gave it a try and can say from my brief test that it works and is fast.
To start you upload some video files.
Upload Page
Once uploaded, your files are available to drag down to the timeline.
WeVideo Timeline Editor on YouTube
The editing process is pretty straightforward. Drag clips down to the timeline, then trim them to size.
When you are done, ou can save your video to YouTube.
Export Page
The pop up message says that you have 15 minutes available to export per month at 360p with watermark.
Here's the quick video I edited together:
Here's a WeVideo PRess Release I got via email:
YouTube Integrates WeVideo Editing Platform
WeVideo integration will provide YouTube users a robust, easy-to-use video storytelling platform anywhere they have Internet access
WeVideo (www.WeVideo.com), the first company to offer a full featured, cloud-based, collaborative video editing platform, today announced its integration with YouTube. With forty-eight hours of video uploaded every minute, YouTube will offer the integrated WeVideo editing platform, allowing their users to create compelling video stories from their previously unedited and varied content. The free, YouTube optimized version of WeVideo's award winning video editing solution will be accessible through YouTube.com/create.
Video LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEpLER3cFBI&hd=1
The YouTube WeVideo editor enables users to quickly turn out polished productions through its simple, drag-and-drop design interface for music, transitions, titles and other video creation staples. WeVideo is completely cloud-based, which means there's no software to download. All video creation takes place in the browser of a smartphone, tablet or computer. This allows users to transcend the limitations of traditional desktop computing, delivering anytime, anywhere video editing. Leveraging the strength of cloud computing, the WeVideo platform delivers video rendering and other resource-intensive tasks in record time with expansive and secure storage.
"WeVideo's integration to YouTube opens up the exciting world of video editing to millions of video story-tellers," said Jostein Svendsen, CEO of WeVideo. "This partnership gives YouTube users an intuitive cloud-based tool that is far more powerful than most desktop solutions. And with the ability to immediately post completed projects to their respective YouTube channels, video story telling has never been easier."
WeVideo offers feature-rich packages for a wide range of users, from free personal accounts to monthly subscriptions for corporate clients. To learn more about WeVideo, please visit www.wevideo.com.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Chime.in Settings
Chime.in Settings
Only follow Bravo.TV Chimes about Top Chef
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WBZ Breakfast: Social Media Success - Discovering What Works 11/10/11 FREE
WBZ Breakfast: Social Media Success - Discovering What Works
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Westin Copley Place Boston
10 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
Essex Ballroom, 3rd Floor
8:00am – 10:00am
Also on PLANCAST.
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Room 68 Grand Opening
Untitled, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.
Room 68 is having their Grand Opening this weekend. Very cool furniture store in JP. Stop by on Sunday.
Trillium Brewing was giving out samples.
Trevor enjoyed being there and having his picture taken.
Balloons were delivered.
Grand Opening with Beer and Balloons
Olympus PEN E-PM1: How to Collapse the Lens
[Video] Olympus PEN E-PM1: How to Collapse the Lens
1. Extend the lens
2. Slide the Unlock button
3. Compress the lens
The PEN E-PM1 was given to me by Olympus. (PEN Ready Project) PEN#804
You can watch Angel-A for FREE on YouTube.
You can watch Angel-A for FREE on YouTube.
Have you seen this movie? I remember that I really liked it. I should watch it again.
Thunderbolt Display: Ping = 8ms Download Speed = 34.60 Mbps
The Apple Thunderbolt Display has a Gigabit Ethernet port.
I just plugged in my Ethernet cable to the back of the monitor, and ran a speedtest, whoa!
Thunderbolt Display: Ping = 8ms
Download Speed = 34.60 Mbps
Upload Speed = 5.03 Mbps
I'm in the top 9%. ;-)
How fast is your internet connection?
Is there anything that you do to make it faster?
Friday, October 14, 2011
PEN Art Filters vs Instagram and Social
I had fun using the PEN Art Filters today at Jamaica Pond.
After I was done shooting, I decided to grab a quick shot, of the other side of the dock, with Instagram, on the iPhone, too.
While the PEN photos were still in the camera, the Instagram photo had already been shared online.
Even before I got home, I was getting a lot of LIKES. 17 LIKES as of this posting.
That's the difference between using a connected camera, and one that isn't.
Spotify New User Agreement: Oct 14, 2011
Image: Courtesy Spotify
Just logged on to Spotify and got a little pop up window with a new user agreement. The window was pretty small. I agreed any way. Here's a link to the agreement the popped up if you want to read the whole thing, Spotify® Terms and Conditions of Use. Effective as from 14 October 2011. I begins like this:
This document (the "Agreement") is a legally binding agreement between you and Spotify USA Inc., a Delaware company ("Spotify"), that governs your use of Spotify's software application, including the Mobile Client as defined in Section 5 below (the "Spotify Software Application") and online streaming Spotify Service (as defined below), both available at the Spotify Websites (as defined in the Spotify Privacy Policy). The Spotify Service can be accessed (i) as an ad-supported free-to-the-user service having no monthly cap on listening hours or a cap on number of plays of a unique track during the first 6 months following creation of your Spotify account but thereafter a cap of 10 listening hours per month and a cap of 5 plays per unique track (the "Free Service"), (ii) as an advertisement free version of the Spotify Service for which you pay a monthly or yearly subscription (the "Unlimited Service"), (iii) as an advertisement free version of the Spotify Service including an offline mode which makes it possible to listen to music without a connection to the Internet via conditional downloads and other additional features for which you pay a monthly or yearly subscription (the "Premium Service"), and (iv) as a version of the Spotify Service that provides access to aspects of the Spotify Service via a supported mobile handset (the "Mobile Service"). The Unlimited Service, the Premium Service and the Mobile Service are collectively referred to as the "Spotify Paid for Service". The Free Service, the Unlimited Service, the Premium Service, and the Mobile Service are collectively referred to as the "Spotify Service". Please note that you must read and agree to the terms and conditions of this Agreement before you use the Spotify Software Application or the Spotify Service. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, you may NOT use the Spotify Software Application or the Spotify Service. For a detailed description of the features in each of the Spotify Paid for Services, please see the Spotify Websites.
How to upload photos from your iPhoto Library
You know how when you get a dialog box that asks you to upload a photo, but you can't because you can not select photos from iPhoto Library?
Well now you can.
See below here it says MEDIA > PHOTOS.
Your whole iPhoto library is now available to you.
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Learning Spreecast with Greg Wacks
Joined Spreecast and got a tour with Greg Wacks. Learned how to bring in co-hosts, add moderators, and add clickable lower thirds.
Watch the archived video of me figuring it out. Compelling.
Start your own Spreecast:
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PenReady - Import AVCHD Movies From: Apple Internal Memory Card Reader into iMovie
When you insert an SD card into a Macintosh, iMovie opens and allows you to import AVCHD movies. If you switch to MANUAL, you can mark the check box for movies that you want to import.
If this isn't working for you, you probably have an older version of iMovie.
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
Pen Ready Project: Self Portrait
Used the Portrait and Crop features of the PEN E-PM1.
Taken with the PEN E-PM1 given to me by Olympus. (PEN Ready Project) PEN#804
PENREADY Video 1
PENREADY Video 1 a video by stevegarfield on Flickr.
As part of the Pen Ready project I received a PEN E-PM1. Here's my first video, out of the box.
The PEN saves video as AVCHD format. iMovie on a Mac can import this type of video with no problems. I just added a title and credit to this initial test.
Looking forward to shooting more.
Taken with the PEN E-PM1 given to me by Olympus. (PEN Ready Project) PEN#804
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Felicia Day :: Queen of the Geeks :: Paste Magazine Interview
Felicia Day :: Queen of the Geeks :: Paste Magazine Interview:
Day doesn't do anything half-assed. When she took up violin, she practiced enough to earn a full scholarship to The University of Texas—at age 16. She majored in math, with no intentions of doing anything with the degree other than showing her dad, but she loved the coursework, graduating as valedictorian. "I was doing calculus at [age] 12, and it wasn't like I was some kind of savant; I was interested in the subject and I had people to teach me as far as I could go."
Day speaks quickly, as if her mind is racing, and her mouth is just doing the best to keep up. But while she excelled at math and violin, she didn't love the predictability that came with either career path. So at age 20, she headed west to pursue acting. "I always had this blind idea that I was going to go to L.A. and be an actor, and it was unfounded in a lot of ways. But I think there are a lot of people who arrive in this town just thinking that's what they want to do and that it's their destiny—or righteousness or arrogance, of course. And then when you get here, you're like, 'Oh, that's not going to be easy.' But you know from Austin, Texas, a girl who did like two or three student films, I thought I was perfectly qualified."
The Paste Magazine site is very cool.
I'm a Web Personality. What is a .tv?
I'm on the new .tv website. Cool.
What is a .tv? Learn more about the domain for web video & rich media
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Wirecast 4.1 Desktop Presenter Streaming G+ Hangout to Ustream
Image: Testing G+ Hangout Live Streamed on USTREAM
Image: Wirecast 4.1 Desktop Presenter Streaming G+ Hangout
Today I did a test with Telestream Wirecast 4.1 to live stream a Google+ video hangout to Ustream.
I used Telestream's Desktop Presenter to capture the video and audio of the G+ Hangout, and stream it to Ustream.
The setup, using a complimentary copy of Wirecast 4.1, allows me to switch between streaming the desktop capture of the G+ Hangout, to choosing another local camera.
The quality looked great, and I was on a WiFi connection, not wired.
I had to put on a set of headphones because I got a lot of audio feedback when a started streaming the G+ Hangout.
Ambient Intimacy via Instagram Mobile Photo Sharing
In his post he asks, "Does Instagram Make You A Better Photographer?"
I think Instagram does much more than than. Instagram makes me a better connected friend.
Here's what Brogan asks in his post:
Do you share your photos on social sites? Does it change how you curate what you post? Does it change what you consider a "good" shot?Social Sites
Obviously I share my photos on social sites. Each site is different.
My main photo sharing site used to be flickr. I'd be able to post photos there and then see comments from friends and also see their photos. Flickr has changed. In fact, flickr has not changed to keep up with mobile. Lately, when I go to flickr and look at my friend's photos, all I see are Instagram photos cross-posted to flickr.
Flickr is now more of a storage locker for photos and no longer a vibrant community of people.
Instagram is Immediate
On a recent trip to Paris, I saw lots of people around me taking photos. I wondered, "What's going to happen to those photos?" "Will they be shared?"
On this trip I decided to use my iPhone as my main camera. This allowed me to immediately share my photos via Instagram.
I also received immediate feedback from friends.
This is the powerful feature of Instagram. It's instant.
After taking and sharing the photo, I can check back and see how many 'Likes' it gets. I can see comments too. It's like having my friends along with me. I might even get suggestions on where to go based on the photos.
What I Post
Knowing that my friends are watching, I like to share what I'm eating and drinking. Many times it's beer.
If I wasn't sharing my photos to social media sites, I don't know if I'd be taking so many of these photos. My Instagram friend feed has lots of photos of food and drink.
That's where Ambient Intimacy comes in. Leisa Reichelt describes Ambient Intimacy this way:
Ambient intimacy is about being able to keep in touch with people with a level of regularity and intimacy that you wouldn't usually have access to, because time and space conspire to make it impossible. Flickr lets me see what friends are eating for lunch, how they've redecorated their bedroom, their latest haircut. Twitter tells me when they're hungry, what technology is currently frustrating them, who they're having drinks with tonight.Ambient Intimacy is real.
Who cares? Who wants this level of detail? Isn't this all just annoying noise? There are certainly many people who think this, but they tend to be not so noisy themselves. It seems to me that there are lots of people for who being social is very much a 'real life' activity and technology is about getting stuff done.
There are a lot of us, though, who find great value in this ongoing noise. It helps us get to know people who would otherwise be just acquaintances. It makes us feel closer to people we care for but in whose lives we're not able to participate as closely as we'd like.
Good Shots
Instagram makes me feel a little bit like I did when MacWrite first came out. People went crazy with font choices.
Instagram makes it easy to use features like filters an tilt-shift. Prior to this, you'd have to bring your photo into Photoshop, or some other photo editing software, to adjust it.
The combination of iPhone and Instagram makes it easy.
I keep these features in mind when framing shots. Especially tilt-shift. I might be overdoing it but it's FUN.
Social photo sharing via mobile devices has changed photography.
Instant sharing and feedback has made photography a shared experience between friends.
Monday, October 10, 2011
▶ the broken places.
Moby Promoted New Album 'Destroyed' with Fan-Fueled Instagram Microsite including stream via Soundcloud bit.ly/oARbtG
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Consider, for a moment, the circuitous journey of the insecticide called thiamethoxam, on its way to killing a wild wasp.
Alejandro Tena, a researcher at the Valencia Institute of Agricultural Research, in Spain, mixed the chemical into water used to irrigate clementine trees. This is a common practice among citrus farmers. As intended, the tree roots absorbed the insecticide, and it spread throughout the trees' branches and leaves.
A mealybug landed on the clementine tree, bit through the bark, and began feeding on tree sap underneath. The bug ingested traces of the insecticide. This, in fact, is how thiamethoxam is supposed to work.
Unfortunately, though, the pesticide's journey wasn't over. Traces of it showed up in a sticky, sugary, substance called honeydew that the mealybugs excrete. Honeydew is an important food for other insects, such as wasps and hoverflies. In Tena's experiments, wasps and hoverflies that fed on this contaminated honeydew died in large numbers. Wasps and hoverflies are a fruit grower's friends, because they help to fight harmful insects.
Tena's study, published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is just the latest evidence that a family of pesticides called neonicotinoids, sometimes just called "neonics," can pose risks to the insect world that are not fully understood.
"This is the problem with water-soluble pesticides like neonics," says Christian Krupke, an entomologist at Purdue University. "It's very hard to predict where they'll go and what will happen when they're out in the environment." Other studies have shown that neonicotinoids that are absorbed by crops and wildflowers can later show up in the plants' nectar and pollen, affecting bees and other pollinators. A few years ago, scientists found that slugs living in the soil were ingesting neonics and thus poisoning slug-eating beetles.
Neonicotinoids are deadly to a wide range of insects, but they are relatively safe for people and other mammals; much safer, for instance, than an older family of insecticides called organophosphates. In recent years, farmers have rapidly increased their use of neonics. Most corn and soybean seeds that are planted in the United States now come pre-coated with them.
Another study published this week argues that this shift has made American agriculture dramatically more toxic for insects.
The authors of the study came up with a new way to measure the potential impact of various insecticides, taking into account both the level of toxicity and how long the chemicals persist in the environment.
According to this new measure of "toxicity loading," U.S. agriculture is now 48 times as deadly to insects as it was a quarter-century ago, before neonicotinoids were introduced.
Kendra Klein, a senior staff scientist at Friends of the Earth who co-authored the new study, said in a news release that "we need to phase out neonicotinoid pesticides to protect bees and other insects that are critical to biodiversity." The study appears in the journal PLOS One.
The companies Bayer and Syngenta, which make neonicotinoids, downplayed the significance of the new studies. Syngenta said in a statement that Tena's observation of neonic-laced honeydew killing beneficial insects "is not indicative of real-world exposure." The company pointed out that in this experiment, wasps and hoverflies were only permitted to feed on honeydew from thiamethoxam-treated trees, increasing their exposure. According to Syngenta's statement, "in the real world, there would be other food sources, such as nectar and honeydew from untreated plants."
Bayer's director of pollinator safety, David Fischer, wrote in a statement that neonicotinoids "are typically applied in a way that limits exposure to honey bees and other non-targets." Most neonicotinoids are not sprayed directly on plants, but are instead used as coatings on seeds. When the seeds are planted, the neonics are trapped in the soil. Only small amounts reach insects living above ground, for instance, when aphids feed on plants treated with the chemicals.
Krupke, from Purdue University, wrote in an email to The Salt that since most neonics remain in the soil, their impact on soil-dwelling insects deserves more attention. Earthworms, for instance, are sensitive to neonicotinoids. "We just don't know enough about the soil residents to say with certainty" what the effects are," he wrote.
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Buy Felstriker PvP Gold for Alliance & Horde. Felstriker is a PvP (Player vs Player) English speaking realm in the Australian Eastern Time Zone of WoW Classic US (Americas & Oceania). PvP realms are usually the most crowded ones, where open player versus player combat is allowed in all contested territories. The server was launched on 27th August 2019. The realm name is delivered from Felstriker, one-handed dagger with a unique proc that allows all attacks to land and be criticals.
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Spectronics Corporation invented fluorescent leak detection in 1955, and today we are the world's leading manufacturer of ultraviolet equipment and fluorescent materials. If you remember back to your high school science class, ultraviolet light is an invisible part of the electromagnetic spectrum. So while people might not always see what we do (no pun intended), they will appreciate the far-reaching and far-sighted applications of our innovative technologies. We manufacture lights that make your drive to work every day safer, but I don't mean headlights. Our UV inspection lamps are used by car makers and civil engineers to find tiny cracks not only in your engine but also on the bridges you drive over. Have you ever watched any of the detective dramas on TV and seen actors sifting over crime scenes with special blue light flashlights to find fingerprints? We make the light sources that real-life forensic investigators use to solve crimes. We even supplied UV lamps that were used on the U.S. Space Shuttle.
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