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H1N1 (Swine 'Flu) overhyped

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:20:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: After an otherwise healthy 13-year-old boy died of a H1N1 infection, demand for the vaccine jump drastically after the heavy media attention what was given to a horribly tragic, but still singular death from H1N1. Clinics were forced to shut down due to lack of supplies, and people who really should have gotten the vaccine first (like young children, pregnant mothers and seniors) lost out.

H1N1 Influenza is a mere fraction of the virility of normal seasonal 'flu, and has fewer serious cases and deaths than seasonal 'flu. The normal, sensible steps you take to avoid getting the 'flu every year will work as well for H1N1. Yes, it looks serious when the media focuses on individual deaths from H1N1, but such coverage is deceptive. A few hundred deaths, Canada-side from H1N1 is tragic, but seasonal 'flu will claim several thousand, as it does every year. Just keep some perspective.

Be aware; be mindful, but don't be scared. Think sensibly.

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H1N1 overplayed by media, public health: MDs

Public health officials and journalists have overstated the importance of the swine flu, a former Ontario chief medical officer of health says.

Dr. Richard Schabas, chief medical officer of health for Hastings and Prince Edward Counties in eastern Ontario, said the H1N1 influenza outbreak needs to be put into proper perspective.

About 200,000 people die in Canada every year from all causes combined, including about 4,000 from seasonal flu.

"By the time all the dust has settled on H1N1, somewhere between 200 and 300 people will have died in this country," Schabas said Thursday during a panel on media coverage of H1N1 on CBC-TV's The National.

Schabas criticized the media for not trying to put the story into perspective, and for being "a little too easy to spin sometimes" by public health officials.

"By the time all is said and done, this is not a major public health event, but you'd never know that from what some people are saying."

Tags: h1n1, hype, flu, influenza, paranoia, death, vaccine, schabas

Company 3 in Santa Monica

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:41:09 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Company 3® transformed the post production industry a decade ago when it brought a new level of service and artistry to color correction.

Clip Source: www.ascentmedia.com

Company 3^® transformed the post production industry a decade ago when it brought a new level of service and artistry to color correction. Today, focused on high-quality creative results, Company 3 is synonymous with many of today's award-winning commercials, music videos and feature films. Whether you’re producing a small documentary, a commercial spot or a major motion picture, Company 3 has the experience and resources to provide comprehensive, end-to-end solutions for your project, regardless of format.

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A media orgy of rumors, speculation and falsehoods

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:07:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: It's worth focusing on what the major media did last night, and one can use the Hot Air compilation to examine that. I understand that in the early stages of significant and complex news stories, it's to be expected that journalists will have incomplete and even inaccurate information. It's unreasonable to expect them to avoid errors entirely. The inherently confusing nature of a mass shooting like this, combined with the need to rely on second-hand or otherwise unreliable sources (including, sometimes, official ones), will mean that even conscientious reporters end up with inaccurate information in cases like this. That's all understandable and inevitable.

But shouldn't there be some standards governing what gets reported and what is held back? Particularly in a case like this -- which, for obvious reasons, has the potential to be quite inflammatory on a number of levels -- having the major media "report" completely false assertions as fact can be quite harmful. It's often th

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Last night, right-wing blogger (and law professor) Glenn Reynolds promoted this media analysis from right-wing blogger (and Los Angeles Assistant District Attorney) Patterico regarding coverage of the Fort Hood shootings. Patterico wrote: "Whenever there is breaking news, it’s good to keep a few things in mind: . . . Always follow Allahpundit" -- referring to one of the two bloggers at Michelle Malkin's Hot Air site.

Upon reading that, I went to Hot Air to read what he had written, and it's actually quite revealing -- not in terms of what it reveals about Hot Air (that topic wouldn't warrant a post) but, rather, what it reveals about major media coverage of these sorts of events. Allahpundit's post consists of a very thorough, contemporaneous, and -- at times -- appropriately skeptical chronicling of what major media outlets were reporting about the Fort Hood attack,

Tags: msm, media, shootings, breaking news, 24h news cycle, salon, glenn greenwald

Web Media Trends

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:46:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Web Media Trends is an innovative company that has created software programs to help increase office efficiency. The software creates a virtual office by supplying the employees with tools like the web calendar and the online employee time clock.

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Media Trends are greater communication and improved collaboration between team members and virtual office workers

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Recovering photos from SD Cards made easier

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:59:04 GMT

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clipper's remarks: SD cards are common storage media for portable electronic devices like digital cameras, digital camcorders, handheld computers, PDAs, media players, mobile phones, and GPS receivers. A critical data loss can put you in problem.
Know how to recover your precious data and photos from sd cards.

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Recovering photos from SD Cars made easier

SD cards are common storage media for portable electronic devices like digital cameras, digital camcorders, handheld computers, PDAs, media players, mobile phones, and GPS receivers. While this popular utility is solid, SD cards, due to their logical pliability, get easily mishandled, formatted accidentally, infected with virus, or data in them deleted or corrupted.

The ultimate result of these is loss of your data, say photos. We usually run a data backup process to recover photos thus lost. However, it is not available, or cannot help, you will have to use some SD card recovery software.

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Whip Team Launches New BlackBerry Application

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:32:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Nice looking app, needs more info. Could be a great companion to Visible Vote. http://www.visiblevote.us/

Clip Source: republicanwhip.house.gov

WhipCast – a new BlackBerry application, provides instantaneous alerts, audio updates, video features, and additional messages to users. To download the WhipCast application, click here.

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Key Features

The WhipCast is a BlackBerry application, designed to keep you connected with what is happening in Washington and foster a national discussion about the policy issues facing our country.

All Media On-the-Go
Featuring documents, audio, image, and video updates the WhipCast delivers an impressive array of rich media content.

Expansive Updates
The WhipCast features talking points, policy discussions, polling information, floor schedule updates, and more.

Reliable Resource
The WhipCast will automatically update with the latest information alerts as they are made available each day - all without cluttering your email inbox.

Offline Access

If you install an optional memory card

you will have access to all the latest information - even when a cell network or wifi connection is not available.

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Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:13:30 GMT

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Don't Portray Obama or Global Governance in a 'Negative Light'

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:58:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Obama's media liaison meets with Fox News (Satire). Pardon, it just fits so well.

Proof of appropriateness of this from this article here in Dec. 2008

It's a record-setting press honeymoon.

President-elect Barack Obama has received the most positive campaign news coverage on the main network news shows in the 20-year history of such studies by the Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA).

Wonder when the media, other than Fox, will end the love fest and start reporting people's fears and concerns about the Agenda, and without similar V tactics from the White House.

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Tags: obama, propaganda, media, fox news, public manipulation, world government

Controversial New Video of Obama's Pastor

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:57:46 GMT

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Clip Source: www.worldviewtimes.com

Controversial New Video of Obama's Pastor

By Cliff Kincaid

A new video of Jeremiah Wright has surfaced, showing Barack Obama's pastor for 20 years praising Marxism and discussing his ties to communists in El Salvador and Nicaragua and the Libyan government. Equally important, Wright is being introduced in the video by

In an article in the socialist Monthly Review, "Journalism, Democracy, and Class Struggle," McChesney declared, "Our job is to make media reform part of our broader struggle for democracy, social justice, and, dare we say it, socialism."

In the video, which captures Wright's appearance at a September 17, 2009, anniversary celebration of Monthly Review, Wright said that while the "corporate media" provide a "binary lens" of the world, in such terms as "communist versus Christian," Monthly Review offers what it calls "no-nonsense Marxism."

Posted: 11/02/09

Jamie Pappas, Manager, Social Media Strategy, EMC

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:09:49 GMT

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Clip Source: www.e2conf.com

Jamie Pappas, Manager, Social Media Strategy, EMC

Is Enterprise 2.0 a Crock? #e2conf-15

Jamie is an Enterprise 2.0 and social media strategist, evangelist, and community manager at EMC Corporation. She has a hand in developing and driving overall Enterprise 2.0 and social media strategy across the entire organization, identifying opportunities to integrate social media and community into the daily lives of employees, both internally as a team collaboration tool, and externally as a way to engage with customers, partners and prospects. In this role, Jamie successfully designed, launched, and managed an enterprise 2.0 employee community from inception to a combined contributor and lurker base of over 22,000 employees. Responsible for actively engaging the community, Jamie developed the tools, tips and best practices available to community members to enrich their community experience.

Greg Lowe, Social Media Architect/Program Manager, Alcatel-Lucent

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:07:58 GMT

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Greg Lowe, Social Media Architect/Program Manager, Alcatel-Lucent

Is Enterprise 2.0 a Crock? #e2conf-15

The Dark Side of Enterprise 2.0 #e2conf-39

Over20 years of success with transforming organizations through technology as an IT professional for large Fortune 500 companies in emergent areas such as; Desktop Management, Identity /Access Management, Collaboration and Unified Communications. Currently working at Alcatel-Lucent and recognized as a corporate leader in driving strategy and adoption of many Enterprise 2.0 initiatives including; Micro-blogging, Communities of Interest, Social Networking. Key member of a company-wide, cross organizational team charged with understanding and solving Collaboration & Knowledge Management challenges. Inaugural Member of the 2.0 Adoption Council.

Greg Matthews, Director, Consumer Innovation, Humana

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:00:55 GMT

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Greg Matthews, Director, Consumer Innovation, Humana

Does Social Media and Marketing Matter?

Greg Matthews is Director of Consumer Innovation at Humana. After spending a career helping to build and operate businesses, his current work is focused on using social media to create different kinds of interactions with consumers ï¿½ with the goal of supporting a social revolution in health. During his tenure at Humana, he has had responsibility for the start-up HR operations for joint venture companies like Green Ribbon Health and Sensei, and in Humana's first European subsidiary in London. Most recently he led the design and launch of CrumpleItUp.com, where he blogs regularly.

Prior to joining Humana, Greg spent his career in technology-oriented consulting firms. At Accenture, Greg worked in the Financial Services and Technology lines of business both in Chicago and in Frankfurt, Germany.

Another Republican says health care reform will destroy America. Rep. Broun, that is.

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:46:38 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Right -- if a liberal like Grayson calls out Republicans (who have no health care plan), they get their freak on. But I guess they have already been immunized to conservative insanity.

Oh, and we have Rep. Gohmert saying this: Dems Would Allow Seniors To "Die Off More Quickly"

This is standard conservative behavior that never gets mentioned by the media. It only comes up when a liberal is attacked and then they spend 24-48 hours to defend themselves and are forced to use these outrageous statement made by Republicans. And of course they have no traction, because of the defensive position the media puts liberals in.

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And here we have another nut job Republican who claims health care reform will destroy America. Where's the outrage by the Villagers over these statements?
Media Matters:

It's an impressive feat, but there may not be a Republican member of Congress who has been more openly scornful of President Obama's plans for health care reform than Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA).

In July, Broun declared that the public insurance option "is gonna kill people." Later in the month, he argued that "ObamaCare" would "give every single one of those illegal aliens health insurance." At a town hall meeting in September, Broun literally walked away from a constituent who couldn't get health coverage after telling him, "If you have a suggestion, send it to me." And, just a few weeks ago, he introduced "alternative" legislation that would eliminate Medicare altogether.

Yesterday, Broun escalated his attacks on the Democratic reform bill, saying that its passage "destroy America as we know it today."

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Tags: republicans, liars, scaremongers, fear, terror, video, youtube, healthcare

Iran news

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:50:42 GMT

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Clip Source: www.irannewsdigest.com

Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps, already an economic, political and military power, is quietly pushing into a new domain: the media. The Guards “want to dominate the flow of information and be the ones telling the world what’s going on in Iran,” says Omid Memarian, a dissident journalist who now lives in the U.S. and who did his military service with the Guards.

In September, two Fars News Agency photographers, Javad Moghimi, 24 years old, and Hossein Salmanzadeh, 34, fled to Turkey and requested asylum. Their account of the Guards’ presence at Fars offers insight into the force’s media connections.

“We were insiders defying orders to not cover opposition gatherings. They considered what we did treason,” says Mr. Moghimi, whose picture of a demonstration in Tehran made the cover of Time magazine in June. Go to WSJ.

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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:41:20 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The producers of The Balancing Act scout the latest trends and then find the best guests to offer expert advice in an entertaining format,” says Gerry Czarnecki, President and CEO of O2 Media.

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Brandstar Entertainment posted a new blog: The O2 Media Balancing Act TV Show Is Already Making Plans for the “Big Game” in February

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